Brand New Day

A thousand years, a thousand more, 

A thousand times a million doors to eternity 

I may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand times

An endless turning stairway climbs 

To a tower of souls 

If it takes another thousand years, a thousand wars, 

The towers rise to numberless floors in space

I could shed another million tears, a million breaths,

A million names but only one truth to face



A million roads, a million fears

A million suns, ten million years of uncertainty 

I could speak a million lies, a million songs,

A million rights, a million wrongs in this balance of time

But if there was a single truth, a single light

A single thought, a singular touch of grace

Then following this single point , this single flame,

The single haunted memory of your face 



I still love you 

I still want you

A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves 

Like galaxies in my head



I may be numberless, I may be innocent 

I may know many things, I may be ignorant 

Or I could ride with kings and conquer many lands

Or win this world at cards and let it slip my hands 

I could be cannon food, destroyed a thousand times 

Reborn as fortune's child to judge another's crimes 

Or wear this pilgrim's cloak, or be a common thief 

I've kept this single faith, I have but one belief



I still love you 

I still want you

A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves 

Like galaxies in my head

On and on the mysteries unwind themselves 

Eternities still unsaid  

'Til you love me

I dream of rain

I dream of gardens in the desert sand

I wake in pain

I dream of love as time runs through my hand



I dream of fire 

Those dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire

And in the flames

Her shadows play in the shape of a man's desire



This desert rose

Each of her veils, a secret promise

This desert flower

No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this



And now she turns 

This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams

This fire burns

I realize that nothing's as it seems



I dream of rain

I dream of gardens in the desert sand

I wake in pain

I dream of love as time runs through my hand



I dream of rain

I lift my gaze to empty skies above

I close my eyes, this rare perfume 

Is the sweet intoxication of her love



I dream of rain

I dream of gardens in the desert sand

I wake in pain

I dream of love as time runs through my hand



Sweet desert rose

Each of her veils, a secret promise

This desert flower,

No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this



Sweet desert rose

This memory of Eden haunts us all

This desert flower, this rare perfurme 

Is the sweet intoxication of the fall

I sat down and wrote this letter

Telling you that I felt better

Since you'd gone and I was free

I'm so happy



I have so little time to spare now

I'm wanted almost everywhere now

I make out like Casanova

Friends are always coming over



I signed my name as if I meant it

And sealed it with a kiss and sent it

The letter had improved my mood

Happy in my solitude



But halfway home I changed my tune

And when I saw my lonely room

The mirror caught my eye

When I sit down I cry



Big lie, small world

It was a big lie, small world



I had to intercept that letter

Telling you that I was better

I raced to catch the postman's van

He was leaving as I ran



I missed the bus, I missed the train

I end up walking in the rain

Big dog chased me down the street

I hadn't had a bite to eat



Feeling sorry for myself

And wishing I was someone else

I walked across the city

'Cause I couldn't stand your pity



Big lie, small world

It was a big lie, small world



The place you live looks opulent

And obviously a higher rent

Than our cozy little room

I had this sense of doom



Your landlord says you're out of town

But your new boyfriend's always around

The hour was getting late

So I sit down and wait



Here's the postman with my letter

Coming down the path, he'd better

Give that thing to me

I have to make him see



Begging doesn't do the trick

He thinks that I'm a lunatic

But then who comes upon the scene

But your new boyfriend, Mr. Clean



I hit the postman, hit your lover

Grabbed the letter, ran for cover

The police arrived in time for tea

Said they'd like to question me



But I can only curse my fate

I had to face the magistrate

It hasn’t been the best of days

I'd like to fly away



Big lie, small world

Big lie, small world

It was a big lie, small world

Big lie, small world

The palace guards are all sleeping 

Their fires burn into the night 

There's a threat of rain on the dark horizon 

And all that’s left is a quarter moon of light



He climbs up through the darkness 

No weapon but his surprise 

The greatest thief in the high Sahara 

Enters the room where a sleeping princess lies



All your money, your pretty necklace 

This is my work on such a night 

There's a storm coming over the mountain

I'll be gone long before the morning



After the rain has fallen

After the tears have washed your eyes 

You find that I've take nothing, that 

Love can't replace in the blink of an eye



He was as gentle as the night wind 

As no lover had been before 

And the rings she wore for her bride groom 

Slipped from her fingers and fell to the floor 



Take me with you, take me with you 

Before my lonely life is set 

I've been promised to another 

To a man I've never even met



After the rain has fallen 

After the tears have washed your eyes 

You'll find that I’ve take nothing, that 

Love can't replace in the blink of an eye

After the thunder's spoken, and

After the lightning bolt's been hurled 

After the dream is broken, there’ll 

Still be love in the world



She said take me to another life 

Take me for a pirate’s wife 

Take me where the wind blows 

Take me where the red wine flows 

Take me to the danger 

Take me to the life of crime 

Take me to the stars 

Take me to the moon while we still have time



After the rain has fallen 

After the tears have washed your eyes 

You'll find that I've taken nothing, that 

Love can't replace in the blink of an eye



After the thunder's spoken, and 

After the lightning bolt's been hurled

After the dream is broken, there’ll 

Still be love in the world 

Still be love in the world

I've had a question that’s been preying on my mind for some time

I won't be wagging my tail for one good reason

It has to be a crime



This dog house never was the place for me

Runner up and second best just ain’t my pedigree

I was so happy, just the two of us

Until this alpha male 

Turned up in the January sale



He won't love you 

Like I love you

It won't be long now before that puppy goes astray

And what I like about this guy the most

He'd be my favourite lamp post

Devil take the hindmost



Je sais que c'est dur, mais il faut se faire au changement, tu vois

J'ai neglige le primordial pendant trop longtemps crois moi…

Je suis consciente, je vois bien que tu souffres, mais ca s’attenuera

Car c'est d'un homme plus d'un chien dont j'ai besoin pres de moi

Cesse donc de grogner, mon choix est fait c'est comme ca

N'en fais pas trop, ton attitude risque de t'eloigner de moi

Faut que tu comprennes, puisque tu dis m'aimer tant que ca

Desormais nous sommes trois, lui toi et moi



It's a shaggy kind of story

Would I tell you if I thought it was a lie?

But when the cat's away the mouse will play 

I wouldn't dish around here

There's something fishy 'round here



I howl all night and I sleep all day

It takes more than biscuit, baby, to chase these blues away

I've got a long enough leash

I could almost hang myself

It's a dogs life loving you baby 

But you love someone else

Now he's moved by basket

I'd like to put him in a casket

I'll wear my best collar to his funeral



Ta mauvaise foi, j'aimerais bien que ca s'arrete

Me separer de toi, aujourd'hui ca trotte dans ma tete

Moi non, j'en peux plus, tu n'es qu'un chien, c'est trop bete

La situation m'avait pourtant l'air d'etre des plus nettes

C'est clair, que je l'aime c'est un fait, ton egoisme m'inquiète

Après toutes ces soirees passees seuls en tete à tete

Chaque chose a une fin, et c'est la fin de la fete

Pour toi, car bientot il n'y aura plus que lui et moi, lui et moi.



To have found this perfect life

And a perfect love so strong

Well there can't be nothing worse

Than a perfect love gone wrong



You said I wasn't just your Christmas toy

I'd always be your boy

I'd be your faithful companion

And I would follow you through every thick and thin

Don't need nobody else

And we don't need him

The streets are wet

The lights have yet

To shed their tawdry luster on the scene

My skirt's too short

My tights have run

These new heels are killing me



My second pack of cigarettes

It's a slow night, but there's time yet

Here comes john from his other life

He may be driving to his wife

But he'll slow down take a look 

I've learned to read them just like books

And it's already half past ten

But they'll be back again



Headlights in the rainy street

I check, make sure it's not the heat

I wink, I smile, I wave my hand

He stops and seems to understand

The small transaction we must make

I tell him that my heart will break

If he's not a generous man

I step into his van



They say the first is the hardest trick

And after that it's just a matter of logic

They have the money I have the time

Being pretty's my only crime

You ask what future do I see

I say it's really up to me

I don't need forgiving

I'm just making a living



Don't judge me

You could be me in another life

In another set of circumstances

Don't judge me

One more night I'll just have to take my chances

And tomorrow we'll see



A friend of mine, he wound up dead

His dress is stained the color red

The next of kin, no fixed abode

Another victim on this road

The police just carted him away

But someone took his place next day

He was home by Thanksgiving

But not with the living



Don't judge me

You could be me in another life

In another set of circumstances

Don't judge me

One more night I'll just have to take my chances



I know it's just not in my plan

For someone to care who I am



I'm walking the streets for money

It's the business of love, "hey honey,"

C'mon, don't leave me lonely, don't leave me sad

It'll be the sweetest five minutes you ever have



Don't judge me

You could be me in another life

In another set of circumstances

Don't judge me

One more night I'll just have to take my chances

And tomorrow we'll see

The fox has done running

  And the beast is at bay

  We'd run them in circles

  By the end of the day



  They chased him through brambles

  They chased him through the fields

  They'd chased him forever

  But the fox would not yield



  And some saw her shadow

  On the crest of a hill

  When the hounds were distracted

  Away from the kill



  One day we'll reach a great ocean

  At the end of a pale afternoon

  And we'll lay down our heads just like we were sleeping

  And be towed by the drag of the moon



  We ran through the forest

  We ran through the streams

  We ran through the heather

  'Til we ran in our dreams



  And you were my lover

  And I was your beau

  We ran like the river

  For what else did we know?



  One day we'll reach a great ocean

  At the end of a pale afternoon



  The dogs are all worn out

  And the horses are lame

  The hunters and hunted

  At the end of the game



  Our love was a river

  A wild mountain stream

  In a tumbling fury

  On the edge of a dream



  They'd chased us through brambles

  They'd chased us through fields

  They'd chased us forever

  But the heart would not yield



  When the fox had done running

  At the end of the day

  I'm ready to answer

  I'm ready to pay



  And this river's still running

  And time will come soon

  Carried to the great ocean

  By the drag of the moon

stand

This old gas pump in my hand 

The Boss don't like me, got a face like a weasel

Oil on my hands and the smell of diesel.

   

Here comes the big shot,  



Here he comes!



From the city.



God Damn!



V-8 engine, she runs so pretty.



"Woo! Fill 'er up son, unleaded.

I need a full tank of gas where I'm headed"



Up in the front seat a pretty red head



"We're going to Vegas we're gonna get wed"

"So fill her up son, don't be staring

Yeah that's a real diamond she be wearing." 



I'm gonna treat my baby one day.

I'm gonna fill her up and head West.

I'm gonna find some money alright.



Yeah

That's it.



See those tail lights heading West

I got no money to invest

I got no prospects, no education

I was lucky to getting a job at this gas station

   

That old cash box 



That old cash box



On the top shelf



On the top shelf



The boss is sleeping



The boss is sleeping



I'll just help myself

Let's consider this as just a loan

I can sort it out later on the phone



I'm gonna pick my girl up tonight

I'm gonna fill her up and head West

I'm gonna show her all the bright lights

We're gonna say we lived 'for we come home 

   

And as I head through the woods on the way back

The evening sun is slanting through the pine trees real pretty

It's like i walked into a glade of heaven

And there's music playing 

And this money is cold in my hand

And voice somewhere id saying:

"Why would you wanna take that stolen thing

And what real happiness can it bring?"  



Ahhhohhhh......Ohhhh

You're gonna fill her up with sadness

You're gonna fill her up with shame

You're gonna fill her up with sorrow

Before she even takes your name

You're gonna fill her up with madness

You're gonna fill her up with blame

You're gonna live with no tommorow

You're gonna fill her up with pain

You're gonna fill her up darkness

You're gonna fill her up with night 



You gotta fill her up with Jesus!

You gotta fill her up with light!



Fill her up! 



You gotta fill her up with spirit

You've gotta fill her up with grace

You gotta fill her up with heaven

You've got the rest of life to face



You've gotta fill her up the right way

You gotta fill her up with care

You gotta fill her up with babies

You gotta fill her up and swear

You’re gonna love that girl forever

You’re gonna fill her up for life

You’re gonna be a loving husband

She’s gonna be your loving wife

You gotta fill her up with gladness

You gotta fill her up with joy

You gotta fill her up with love

You gotta fill her up with love

I watch the Western sky

The sun is sinking

The geese are flying South

It sets me thinking



I did not miss you much

I did not suffer

What did not kill me

Just made me tougher



I feel the winter come

His icy sinews,

Now in the firelight

The case continues



Another night in court

The same old trial

The same old questions asked

The same denial



The shadows close me round

Like jury members

I look for answers in

The fire's embers



Why was I missing then

That whole December?

I give my usual line,

I don't remember



Another winter comes

His icy fingers creep

Into these bones of mine

These memories never sleep

And all these differences

A cloak I borrow

We kept our distances

Why should it follow 

I must have loved you?



What is the force that binds the stars?

I wore this mask to hide my scars

What is the power that pulls the tide?

Never could find a place to hide



What moves the Earth around the sun?

What could I do but run and run and run?

Afraid to love, afraid to fail

A mast without a sail



The moon's a fingernail 

And slowly sinking

Another day begins 

And now I'm thinking



That this indifference 

Was my invention

When everything I did 

Sought your attention



You were my compass star

You were my measure

You were a pirate's map

Of buried treasure



If this was all correct

The last thing I'd expect

The prosecution rests

It's time that I confess

I must have loved you

I must have loved you

How many of you people out there

Been hurt in some kind of love affair?

And how many times did you swear 

That you'd never love again?

How many lonely, sleepless nights?

How many lies, how many fights?

And why would you want to 

Put yourself through all of that again?



"Love is pain," I hear you say 

Love has a cruel and bitter way of

Paying you back for all the faith you ever had in your brain

How could it be that what you need the most 

Can leave you feeling just like a ghost?

You never want to feel so sad and lost again



One day you could be looking 

Through an old book in rainy weather 

You see a picture of her smiling at you

When you were still together 

Or you could be walking down the street 

And who should you chance to meet 

But that same old smile you've been thinking of all day?



Why don't we turn the clock to zero, honey

I'll sell the stock, we'll spend all the money 

We're starting up a brand new day 

Turn the clock all the way back

I wonder if she'll take me back 

I'm thinking in a brand new way 



Turn the clock to zero, sister

You'll never know how much I missed her 

I'm starting up a brand new day 

Turn the clock to zero, boss

The river's wide, we'll swim across 

We’re starting up a brand new day



It could happen to you,

Just like it happened to me,

There's simply no immunity 

There's no guarantee.

I say love's such a force if you find yourself in it 

You need some time for reflection

You say, baby wait a minute, wait a minute 

Wait a minute, wait a minute 

Wait a minute, wait a minute 



Turn the clock to zero, honey 

I'll sell the stock, we'll spend all the money 

We're starting up a brand new day 

Turn the clock to zero, Mac 

I'm begging her to take me back 

I'm thinking in a brand new way 



Turn the clock to zero, boss

The river's wide, we'll swim across 

We're starting up a brand new day 

Turn the clock to zero buddy 

Don't wanna be no fuddy duddy 

Started up a brand new day



I'm the rhythm in your tune 

I'm the sun and you're the moon 

I'm the bat and you're the cave 

You're the beach and I'm the wave 

I’m the plow and you’re the land

You're the glove and I'm the hand

I'm the train and you're the station 

I'm a flagpole to your nation - yeah



Stand up all you lovers in the world 

Stand up and be counted every boy and every girl 

Stand up all you lovers in the world 

Starting up a brand new day



I'm the present to your future

You're the wound and I'm the suture

You're the magnet to my pole

I'm the devil in your soul

You're the pupil I'm the teacher

You're the church and I'm the preacher

You're the flower I'm the rain

You're the tunnel I'm the train

    

Stand up all you lovers in the world 

Stand up and be counted every boy and every girl 

Stand up all you lovers in the world 

Starting up a brand new day

    

You're the crop to my rotation

You're the sum of my equation

I'm the answer to your question

If you follow my suggestion

We can turn this ship around

We'll go up instead of down

You're the pan and I'm the handle

You're the flame and I'm the candle

    

Stand up all you lovers in the world

Stand up and be counted every boy and every girl

Stand up all you lovers in the world

We're starting up a brand new day