That’s Why I’m Here
Released: October 1985
Platinum-selling album containing three Top Ten hits - "That's Why I'm Here", "Only One", and a cover of Buddy Holly's "Everyday."
That’s Why I’m Here
- That’s Why I’m Here
That’s Why I’m Here
Person to person
And man to man
I’m back in touch
With my long lost friendListen to reason
And understand
And think of me
From way back whenHe said me and Melissa
Well, we fell out of love
Ran out of luck
Seems like lightning struckI’ve been thinkin’ of leavin’
But I can’t raise a buck
James, I’m wondering
Could I borrow your truckI said that’s why I’m here
(That’s why I’m here)
Got no better reason
That’s why I’m standing before you
(That’s why I’m here)
That’s why I’m hereJohn’s gone found dead
He dies high he’s brown bread
Later said to have
Drowned in his bedAfter the laughter
The wave of dread
It hits us like a ton of leadIt seems “learn not to burn”
Means to turn on a dime
Walk on if you’re walking
Even if it’s an uphill climbTry to remember that
Working’s no crime
Just don’t let ’em take
And waste your timeThat’s why I’m here
(That’s why I’m here)
There’ll be no more message tonight
That’s why I’m here
(That’s why I’m here)
(Whoa) That’s why I’m hereThis is an I.O.U.
I reckon I owe you one now
Listen Wendy and listen Gloria
This’ll be better tomorrowOh, fortune and fame’s
Such a curious game
Perfect strangers
Can call you by nameAnd pay good money to hear
“Fire And Rain”
Again and again and againOh, some are like summer
Coming back every year
Got your baby, got your blanket
Got your bucket of beerI break into a grin
From ear to ear
And suddenly
It’s perfectly clearThat’s why I’m here
(That’s why I’m here)
Singing tonight, tomorrow
And every day
That’s why I’m standin’
(That’s why I’m here)
Whoa, that’s why I’m hereThis is the part
About Kitty and Bim
He loved her
And she loved himWake ’em up, shake ’em up
The middle of the night
You got to tell me
Everything’s all rightI said that’s why I’m here
(That’s why I’m here)
You got me walkin’ and
Talkin’ like a natural man
That’s why I’m here
(That’s why I’m here)
That’s why I’m hereThat’s right
- Song For You Far Away
Song For You Far Away
people around
me are at it again
god only knows how they do it
one to another then back again
something keeps putting them through it
me i’ve been watching more than fifteen years
and it hasn’t changed a bit
people keep talking ’bout a different line
but it never seems to fitthis is a song for you
far away far away
this is a song for you
far away from me
this is a song for you
far away far away
this is a song for you
far away from mesitting here all alone
is bringing it on again i’m gone again
sitting here thinking of you
is driving it home again
this is a song for you far away so far away
this is a song for you far away from me
open the door it takes me back
oh it takes me back
mention your name and i’m gone again
oh i’m gone again
this is a song for you far away from me
far away from me - Only A Dream In Rio
Only A Dream In Rio
More than a distant land
Over a shining sea
More than the steaming green
More than the shining eyesWell they tell me
It’s only a dream in Rio
Nothing could be as sweet as it seems
On this very first day down
They remind me
Some others so soon forgotten
Often as not it’s rotten inside
And the mask soon slips awayStrange taste of a tropical fruit
Romantic language of the Portugese
Melody on a wooden flute
Samba floating in the summer breezeTake it easy, now
It’s alright
Yankee stay and sleep
You can close your eyes
You can trust the people of paradise
To call your keeper
And tender your good-byesOh what a night
Wonderful one in a million
Frozen fire Brazilian stars
Oh holy Southern Cross
Later on
Take me way downtown in a tin can
I can’t come down from the bandstand
I’m never thrown for such a loss
When they singQuando a nossa mae acordar
Andareimos au sol
Quando a nossa mae acordar
Cantara pelos sertao
Quando a nossa mae acordar
Todos os filios saberao
Todos os filios saberao
E regozijaraoCaught in the rays of the rising sun
On the run from the soldiers gun
Shoutin’ out loud from the angry crowd
The mild the wild and the hungry childI’ll tell you
There was more than a dream in Rio
I was there on the very day
And my heart came back aliveThere was more
More than the singing voices
More than the upturned faces
And more than the shining eyes
But it’s more than the shining eye
More than the steaming green
More than the hidden hills
More than the concrete Christ
More than a distant land
Over a shining sea
More than the hungry child
More like another time
Born of a million years
More than a million years - Turn Away
Turn Away
i open my arms to hold you
you turn away you turn away
i feel it just like i told you
how can you turn away
the things that we said last saturday night
you turn away you turn away
now you want to throw that away
how can you turn awaybridge
it was true love it was you and me
and the sliver moon and the shining sea]
it was new but it felt to me
just like love was suppsosed to be
finallyand now your eyes won’t meet mine
you turn away you turn away
i never want to taste that sweet wine again
how can you turn awaybridge
and after this love i’m keeping for you
you turn away you turn away
i never want to taste that sweet wine again
how can you turn awaybridge
and after this love i’m keeping for you
you turn away you turn away
i’ll dry these tears that i’m weeping for you
and take my turn to turn away yeah - Going Around One More Time
Going Around One More Time
my heart had been broken
and i couldn’t take no more
i shuttered up my windows
and i bolted tight my door
then i took one look at you
and i nearly lost my mindchorus:
now i’m going ’round going ’round
going ’round going around one more time
yes i’m going ‘roung going ’round
going ’round goung around one more timebetty was a little heartbreaker
it didn’t quite work out
she did a number on my confidence
i was riddled with self doubt
i said that’s it i’m through i quit
the juanita she looked so fine.chorus
’round and ’round in a circle
it’s always the same
one moment you swear you’ve had enough
the next you’ve got to know her nameall on my own it wasn’t that bad
i was getting by as i could get
i stopped into a drug store
for one pack of cigarettes
she did’t have a quarter
had to call her cousin kate
and could i lend her maybe
one thin dimechorus
- My Romance
My Romance
My romance doesn’t need to have a moon in the sky
My romance doesn’t need a blue lagoon standing by
No month of May
No shining star
No hideaway
No soft guitarMy romance doesn’t need a castle rising in Spain
Nor a dance to a constantly surprising refrain
Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true
‘Cause my romance doesn’t need a thing but you - Everyday
Everyday
Oh every day
It’s a getting closer
Going faster than a roller coaster
With a love like yours
Will surely come my wayYeah, every day
Seems a little faster
All my friends
They say go on up and ask her
With a love like yours
Will surely come my wayOh every day seems a little stronger
And every day lasts a little longer
Come what may baby
Do you ever long for
True love from me
OhOh, every day
It’s a little closer
Going much faster than a roller coaster
With a love like yours
Will surely come my wayYes, a love like yours
Will surely come my way
Every day(Every day) Every day seems a little stronger
(Every day) It lasts a little longer
come what may do you ever long for
True love from me
Like I longed for yours baby sayEvery day
It’s a little closer
Going much faster than a roller coaster
With a love like yours
Will surely come my way
Surely come my wayOh every day
I say every day babe yeah
Every day every day every day
Oh every day every day every day…. - Limousine Driver
Limousine Driver
Limousine driver
Big cadillac car
Rich and famous
No matter who you are you are
I seen a rock n roll rider
I seen a cinema starChorus:
Won’t you roll down the road
Roll down the road roll down the
Roll down the road with me
Want you to roll down the road
Roll down the road roll down the
Roll down the road with meDeep into the night
Blue velvet push
Cut glass crystal
I mean it means so much
Long cool fingeroos
Soft tenderloin touchChorus
City sidewalk shining wet with rain
Run through the run through one more again
Run through the jungle
Fetch a lady’s glove
Kicking off a bundle
Go on and give it a shove
Speak up don’t mumble
Who do you love - Only One
Only One
Oh, you are my only one
You are my only one
Well, I’m telling you now
Now you’re my only oneI’ve got two long legs like to carry me
Two sharp eyes to look for the light
I got two strong arms to hold on tight
Two good friends on my left and right
But only one, only oneAnd you are my only one
You are my only one
Don’t be leaving me now
Now you’re my only oneNow there’s only one road before me
Too many turns in the way
Thousands of things to do today
Millions of moments I must admit
But only one, only oneAnd you are my only one
You are my only one
Well, I’m telling you now
Now you’re my only oneTaken for granted and pushed aside
All that it wanted was a place to run and hide
Missing message in a hollow tree
Hidden deep inside a memoryAnd the memory seems like dreams
Hundreds of hopes in the past
Nevertheless it was never the last
Hold on strong or you fade out fast
And only one, only oneOh, you are my only one
You are my only one
Don’t be leaving me now
Believe in me now
Believe in me now
Well, I’m telling you know
You’re my only oneYeah, you are my only one
You are my only one
Don’t be leaving me now
Now you’re my only oneYeah, you are my only one
You are my only one
Well, I’m telling you now
Now you’re my only oneYeah, you are my only one
You are my only one
Don’t be leaving me now
Believe in me nowOh, you are my only one
You are my only one
Well, I’m telling you now
You’re my only oneOh, you are my only one
You are my only one
Don’t be leaving me now
Believe in me now - Mona
Mona
Life’s good friends are hard to find
And now one of mine is dead
The things I should have said to her
I shall say to you insteadMona, Mona
So much of you to love
Too much of you to take care of
Mona, Mona
You got too big to keep
And too damn old to eatWhen you where just a football
At your mama’s side
I reckon everyone figured you
For a bar-b-que when you died
And here i’m thinking about you lying underground
Pushing up a pine tree in my fieldOh Mona, Mona
You can close your eyes
I’ve got a twelve gauge surprise
Waiting for youWince the day she passed away
Everything’s just the same
Everywhere i go
Somebody mentions her name
Sometimes it’s easiest to tell a friend a lie
’cause they don’t understand the way i feelOh Mona, Mona
So much of you to love
Too much of you to take care of
So longNow she is gone and i am left alone as you can see
But ever since i caused her death
I do miss her company - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
When Liberty Valance rode to town the womenfolk would hide, they’d hide
When Liberty Valance walked around the men would step aside
’cause the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood
When it came to shootin’ straight and fast he was mighty good.From out of the East a stranger came, a law book in his hand, a man
The kind of a man the West would need to tame a troubled land
’cause the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood
When it came to shootin’ straight and fast he was mighty good.Many a man would face his gun and many a man would fall
The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance
He was the bravest of them all.The love of a woman can make a man stay on when he should go, stay on
Just tryin’ to build a peaceful life where love is free to grow
But the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood
When the final showdown came at last, a law book was no good.Alone and afraid she prayed that he’d return that fateful night, aww that night
When nothin’ she said could keep her man from goin’ out to fight
From the moment a girl gets to be full-grown the very first thing she learns
When two men go out to face each other only one retur-r-r-nsEveryone heard two shots ring out, a shot made Liberty fall
The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance
He was the bravest of them all.The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance
He was the bravest of them all. - That’s Why I’m Here (Reprise)