Sweetness and light

Just out of JFK the turbulence was terrifying

I closed my eyes and did my best to shake my fear of flying

I'm not so heroic

Cavalier or even stoic

You want catastrophe

It's nothing that you'd want to see



Look over there, the sun is shining

Breaking the clouds that blocked the way

Look over there a silver lining

Right over there well look at that



Just over Wichita the flight attendant started screaming

I placed my head between my knees and then I started dreaming

I don't set examples

Bad excuses always ample

You want calamity,

It's nothing nothing that you'd want to see (ch)



Nothing's ever gonna save me

Nothing's ever gonna change



Just shy of LAX, the preacher led us all in prayer

I had objections but decided I wouldn't dare

I'm not ordinary

Evidence is quite contrary

You like catastrophe

It's nothing that I want to see

Underneath the highway

That's were you will find me

Broken mirrors and black cats

Leaving trails behind me

Messed around with fire

Played around with thunder

Messing with the shadows

Is it any wonder



Nothing ventures, nothing gained

and now there's nothing left

Ooooh, black magic

coming down on me

Yeah, black magic

So blind that I can't see anymore



When I was a young boy,

I was drawn to danger

Doubles dares and

We were never strangers

Every bit of darkness

Add to my collection

And the light would fade

Under my directions (ch)



I heard that you've been laughing

Round the skulls and bones

Playing with candles

When you were home alone

It's an ancient story

But you might forget it

Careful what you wish for

Cause you might regret it (ch)

Jennifer sits and cries in the dark

And dreams about dreaming and waits for the spark

Of anything that will remind her of anything else again

She remembers the day that she drove him away

How she hated him then but loves him today

And she wonders what she would say to him now

It doesn't matter anyway



Sweetness and light

Sweetness and light

Why can't it allways be sweetness and light



Jennifer writes in her journal, she says

"He's been calling me over and over again

And every time I pick up the phone

He says nothing"

She can't remember the pain,

She can't remember the kicks

Just a Stevie Wonder song from 1976

And they say you should learn from your past mistakes

she says, "That's easy for you to say" (ch)



And she says "Why do you call me ?

Why do you write me ?

Why are you always around

What do you want from me?

What do I hav for you?

Why don't you leave me alone?"



Jennifer writes in her journal, she says

"He's been calling me over and over again

and I put on a record and turn up the sound

and close my eyes until the noise goes down

and the phone rings over and over again

over and over and over again"

and she picks it up on the 20th ring

and says "don't fuck with me, please don't fuck with me."

You've got this strange effect on meand I like it

You've got this strange effect on meand I like itYou make this world seem right

You make my darkness bright - Oh yeahYou've got this strange effect on me

and I like itand I like itAnd I like the way you kiss medon't know if I should

But this felling's love and I know itThat's why I feel good

You've got this strange effect on meand I like it

You've got this strange effect on meand I like itYou make this world seem right

You make my darkness bright - Oh yeahYou've got this strange effect on me

and I like itand I like itand I like it

Polly said to Jack, "Baby I like your style.

Would you step into my office for a litle while?

I got a sugar coated web and a candy center."I said to know her is to defend her

Oh it's all or nothingQuenn of diamonds and a second cousin

Come in, sign your name for this deadly gameBabylon was dropped in haze

and nobody had seen the night in days

She was dancing in the room in a violet sweater

I said to know her is to regret herOh, it's now or never

Don't think of me wheneverSomeone has to take the blame of this deadly game

Daddy won't be home until a little later

and he'll be looking for his little instigatorTake whatever means are handy

To know me is to understand meOh, it's not that easy

Immaculate but a little greasyOh, they are not the same in this deadly game

Polly said to Jack, "Baby I like your style.

Would you step over here for a litle while?"I said "I'll see you later"

I sad to know her is to hate herOh, it's time for action

A pile of words and a cool retractionNo time for shame in this deadly game

Recognition stains your eyesMy it's funny how time fliesMaybe it's the liquor

Nothing but a flickorHow's my little girl?Is it really better now?

Underneath the lines, underneath the signsUnderneath the curls

How's my little girl?Make the mark in borrowed timeWords can soften any crime

Never mind the scandals,The lotion or the candles (ch)

And there's nothing in your eyesAnd there's nothing

No, there's nothing you can hideThere's nothing you can hide

no, there's nothing you canyou know there's nothing you can hideanymore

The temptation of second look To take back the chances that you took

Maybe it's the liquorbut nothing could be quicker (ch)

I hear you're feeling better now

The fog has lifted and haze has shifted

But the magic's really the same

And now there's nothing left to blame



I hear you're sending letters now

Apologies and explanations

and though it's all forgiven now 

It's not forgotten anyhow



I hear you're looking younger now

Better than you ever were

Though late at night when no one's there

You feel every rip and tear



It's only ghosts and ghosts can't touch me now

It's only ghosts and ghosts can't touch me now



I hear you're walking lighter now

The sun is shining from your eyes

and even though it's brightly lit

It's not the way you pictured it



I hear you're feeling wiser now

And telling it all to your friends

And though you're not that sure

You kind of miss the way you were (ch)

The final curtain revealed nothing at all

Piled up like junk at the end of the hall

Empty bottles long since drained

Cheapened by the smell that no longer remained



You're damned if you do, damned if you don't

I said that I still do but she said that I won't

The ending was written a long time ago

It's a foregone conclusion that you didn't know



What do you want to hear

Now that you're alone

Nothing left to give anymore

Like blood from a stone



Silence echoes through the lonely room

Torn by the madness but no linger consume

I see you in the mirror but the mirror is gone

Paralyzed and numb but I've got to move on (ch)

You're a restless kindIn love with everyoneI'm not saying I mind

But you used to be so much funIf you think you want to know me

And you don't want to look in my eyes

'Cause if there's noting that you want to show meIt's not a surprise

You're the ruthless kindIn love with everyoneI'm not saying that's nice

But I guess you know how it's doneIt's a shame that you want to ask me

'Cause I don't want to tell any liesAnd if you're looking for my reflection

Just open your eyes, open your eyesAnd if you're looking in my direction

And we don't see eye to eyeAnd if you want you can try to call me

But I'll be wondering whyYou're the perfect kindIn love with everyone

I'm not saying I mindC'mon show me how it's done

And if you really think you want to know meBut you don't want to hear any lies

And if you're looking for your own reflectionJust open your eyes, open your eyes

After all is clear along the great divide

You can look down but you can't come inside

And every day's a little slower than the one before

And everybody feels okay but they're still not sure



Everything is breaking along the great divide

It's a long way down but it's a lovely slide

And everybody feels the same as they did before

And nothing really seems to change

After bitter tears have fall form your eyes

1000 times you ask yourself why

The one guy you love have departed

And now you're left alone and broken hearted

Love it comes and it goes

How long it's gonna last nobody knows



That's the way love is, baby

 (That's the way love is)

That's the way love is, sugar

 (That's the way love is)

That's how it is



I know you're waling down a lonesome road

And you're heart is carrying a heavy load

You feel like you ain't got a friend

And your whole world is caving in

A 1000 times you've been told

You better forget him now that his gone

Don't you know baby



That's the way love is, honey

 (That's the way love is)

That's the way love is, baby

 (That's the way love is)

That's how it is

That's how it is



Let me tell you

The road to love is rough sometimes

Don't let it get the best of you

I've been hurt by a love so many times

So I know what you're going through

You wish that you were never born

You better forget him now that he's gone



Don't you know baby



That's the way love is, baby

 (That's the way love is)

That's the way love is, honey

 (That's the way love is)

That's how it is

That's how it is

If my life was an open book

I guess I'd let you have a look

Set you up with chapter one

And then I'd wait until you're done

There's nothing that I'd want to hide

I just forget to look inside

Would it be worth the time it took

If my life was an open book



But I though that I should let you know

The things that I don't allways show

May not be worth a second look

If my life was an open book 



I could make some new mistakes

And not the same ones every time

Time and time and time again

Time and time and time again

Then maybe I could feel some shame

And not try to act surprised

The promises I wouldn't break

If I could make some new mistakes (ch)



If my life was an open book

I'd probably let you have a look

And you could try to change the end

But I'd just change it back again

And then we could collaborate

On all the sections that you hate

Give it all one final look

If my life was an open book

If my life was an open book