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America
Can’t Last
(P. Bamburak)
Days don’t last, they turn to night
Peace is a space between a fight
Money burns like firewood
Age erases childhood
Home can’t stand the driving rain
Health is a prelude to the pain
Memory is furthest from the truth
Work paves over the dreams of youth
And America can’t last
America can’t last
America can’t last
Without love
Freedom is a street of violence
I can’t hear for the silence
Strength is a lack of security
Friendship breeds jealousy
And America can’t last
America can’t last
America can’t last
Without love
I’ve got nothing that’s
something to me
Seems these things can bring no relief
Life seems like a burden to me
That is propped up by the grief
And America can’t last
America can’t last
America can’t last
Without love
And America can’t last
America can’t last
America can’t last
Without love
 
Lies
and Stories
(P. Bamburak)
I know a girl who can tell you the day
When she’ll walk down the aisle
Though it is years away
She’s written the lines her lover will say
She’s well rehearsed for the show
Turning the leaves
Through drama and comedies
A chapter will end then a new one begin
She’s choosing the words
To paint her little glories
These are just lies and stories
All just lies and stories
She says, Peter’s the past
Cause his promises never last
Richard’s not right
For there’s always a fight
Phil would be fine
If he’d just find the time
To learn how to dance real slow
Turning the leaves
Through drama and comedies
A chapter will end then a new one begin
She’s choosing the words
To paint her little glories
These are just lies and stories
All just lies and stories
She puts to the page
Her odes and devotions
She brings to the stage
Her hopes and emotions
She counts on a triumph and critical praise
To feel like she’s not the only one
Turning the leaves
Through drama and comedies
A chapter will end then a new one begin
She’s choosing the words
To paint her little glories
These are just lies and stories
All just lies and stories
I
Won’t Be Coming Home Tonight
(P. Bamburak)
I won’t be coming home tonight
And I’ve thrown the television in the river
This time I will win then you will see
The other side of my life
Don’t answer the telephone
Don’t open any mail
Don’t feel like you’re all alone
When there’s no one there I’ll be everywhere
You’re sleeping with yourself
tonight
She’s the one that you meet at the mirror
Just look in her eyes then you will know
The other side of your life
Don’t try to tell me I’m
wrong
Don’t throw your hands to the wind
Don’t laugh in the face of changes
You’ll wake up and find it’s too late to begin
And I know we’ve been there
and we’ve tried
Just to come back battered and crucified
Every sharp word was justified
Still I care though you could prove me wrong
Maybe I knew it all along
Maybe I know
I stand behind the barricade
To avoid this ugly demonstration
I can’t take anymore of this un-civil war
The other side of my life
Modern
American Love Song
(P. Bamburak)
I should have know it when I heard the sound
It’s the type of thing that turns your world around
She said there’d be no walking until I’ve had my say
I didn’t want it to be this way
I can’t sleep with this Earth-thing you know
And in your words poison rivers flow
I’m sick of running and exercise
It took too long for me to realize
Then she said, Wait
If it’s so intolerable
Why do you still give at all?
If it’s so impossible
Why don’t you just wait?
Am I alone in my misery
Or is this face just a part of me
I think it all goes back to my childhood
And being young and misunderstood
I haven’t figured it out quite yet
My mind’s too full with the National Debt
I guess we’re in it together straight to the end
But I can’t even trust my own psychic friend
Then she said, Wait
If it’s so intolerable
Why do you still give at all?
If it’s so impossible,
Why don’t you just wait?
If it’s so illogical,
Why do you still think at all?
If it’s so improbable
Why don’t you just wait?
Then she said, Wait
If it’s so intolerable
Why do you still give at all?
If it’s so impossible
Why don’t you just wait?
If it’s insurmountable
Love is invincible
If it’s undeniable
Why don’t you just wait?
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How Can
I?
(P. Bamburak)
How can I tell you I love you
When you’re a million miles away
How can I whisper to you
When I can’t find the words to say
Though I can see it in my mind
With your hands held close in mine
I can live it in my dreams
I can feel it in my dreams
Your touch shoots through me
And I crumble in defeat
Your voice, it soothes me
Fills my heart with every beat
Though I’ve strength to stand alone
I just have to take you home
And you love me in my dreams
And you hold me in my dreams
I hope that something I’ll say
Will turn your heart my way
I try to be so sincere
If there’s something I could do
To show my love for you
I know when you’re near to me
You think I’m a mystery
But if you could only see
What you really mean to me
How can I tell you I love you
When you might not understand
Can you really see through me
And know I’m more than just a man
I know your secrets down inside
I’ve been the friend that you’d confide
And I’m living in your dreams
And I’m living in your dreams
I hope that something I’ll say
Will turn your heart my way
I try to be so sincere
If there’s something I could do
To show my love for you
How can I tell you I love you
When you’re a million miles away
How can I whisper to you
When I can’t find the words to say
Though I can see it in my mind
With your hands held close in mine
I can live it in my dreams
I can feel it in my dreams
September
(For You)
(P. Bamburak)
It’s only me are you lonely
Your beauty haunts me
It’ll soon be night and the moonlight
Tell me you love me
With a true September song as the changes come undone
The cold wind seems to say
Turn away, turn away
The autumn leaves are falling
and I’ve packed my bag
I’ve charted a destination by the edge of a lonely railroad track
You know that I’m a sinner yet you follow me
I am just a sailor in a sea of mediocrity
There was a time in the dead of winter when I was on my own
But now I have these waiting arms to call my home
It’s only me are you lonely
Your beauty haunts me
It’ll soon be night and the moonlight
Tell me you love me
With a true September song as the changes come undone
The cold wind seems to say
Turn away, turn away
I remember a field of green when
I was a boy
Moving through these empty spaces has left me with little joy
Until I saw the future in the curl of your hair
The way you spoke of innocence has overcome my deep despair
We’ve seen the work of profits and we’ve made our way
Working with these tired hands so the Lord will know that we are saved
I don’t believe in anything but I believe in you
Love is the only thing I hold onto
It’s only me are you lonely
Your beauty haunts me
It’ll soon be night and the moonlight
Tell me you love me
With a true September song as the changes come undone
The cold wind seems to say
Turn away, turn away
Touch
My Soul
(P. Bamburak)
You come to me in the pale moonlight
You comfort me make me feel all right
Don’t know where I’d be without your love
Burns a fire in me hot as the sun above
From a distant shore footprints in the sand
From the water’s edge I take you by the hand
You’re a part of me half of the whole
You’ve reached inside and touched my soul
Only if I could do anything
Change the place or time of day
I would take you to my castle on shore
And love the pain away
I will dry your eyes I will fill
your heart
To see you so sad is tearing me apart
I need you so more than I’ll ever know
I’m warm in your light bathe me in your soft glow
Oh let me see your smile
Let the past fade away
Memories remain but my love can bring the change
To bring sun into the pouring rain
Give yourself to me I give mine
to you
Let me know your thoughts let me know the truth
All I have is yours my body and mind
Explore my emotions keep what you may find
Only if I could do anything
Change the place or time of day
I would take you to my castle on shore
And love the pain away
I Won’t Be Coming Home
Tonight
(Reprise - 1993)
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