It's A Hard WorldI live in a vacumn, no air I'm stuck in back room, somewhere But it don't bother me amyway 'cos I know Goin' to get out soon, I got places to go There's a big world waiting for me I just need a break, someone to believe But right now I'm just tryin' to survive Livin' rough, shackin' up, hangin' tough, shapin' up Get the picture, get the scene I paint fo ryou Ah, but it's worth it, all the pain I'm goin' thru Beat the sidewalk, hear the fast talk, everyday I don't worry 'cos I know I'm on my way The view from my window, ain't too good Should be some mail for me soon from Hollywood When the phone rings, could be big things, anytime Operator is there somethin' wrong with this line Rejections, I've had a few Happens to the best, it ain't nothin' new Still I keep on swingin' away S'gonna be a breakthrough any day Keep hanging in there, that's my philosophy And soon I'll find my big chance, wait and see Some make it fast, but they just come and go Me, I'm built to last and that's one thing I know Those straight life people, they don't understand Yeah they just want it all laid out and planned Me, I'm not like them, I do things my own way I know I'm gonna break thru any day Life in the city, can get you down There's amillion guys out there all snooping around You gotta think you're the best, beat out all the rest And fight your way up to the top of the town There's a big world waiting for me I just need a break, someone to believe Right now I'm just tryin' to survive I'm know I'm gonna get there, dead or alive I'm going to reach for the moon And all the stars too I'm gonna get there real soon, I know I will I want the universe, and all the planers too Supertramp Index You Win, I LoseYou win, I lose I beg, you choose You're so cool and I'm confused I'm me and you're you You're so loose and I'm uptight You're day, I'm night Like two ships in the night in foggy weather, Just a waitin' for fresh winds to blow. Maybe we're losin' one another I could be wrong I don't know You get the best, I get the rest You pass the test, I'm just a mess You got it made, I'm in the shade Like two ships in the night ... Like two dopes in the boat, without a paddle Just a wonderin' why it don't go We could be losin' one another I could be wrong I don't know I know you're tryin' to phase me It's gonna drive me crazy I can't wait for the day when I win, You lose You beg and I choose You're in the shade, I'm on parade Like two ships in the night ... Supertramp Index Get Your Act TogetherYou say you're so tired, you're never satisfied But I can't seem to make you understand I see your point of view, but life's been to good to you Just stand up and face things like a man You better get your act together If you ever wanna take it on the road You can't sit around Or the bad times are gonna get to you And you're never gonna see it through I know, that things don't seem so good right now But you gotta move along some how Try to do the best you can Sure nuff, thins will slowly turnaround You won't always be so down I know that it's true It won't always be such stormy weather It may be a cliche but the sun is gonna shine So you can't sit around Or the bad times are gonna get to you And you're never gonna see it through It don't matter where you've been It's where you're going to Yeah, and it won't do you no good Just livin' in the past You know you can't sit around 'Cos the bad times are gonna get to you And you're never gonna see it through And they're never ever gonna go Yeah, they'll be here to stay Yeah, it's always gonna be that way Supertramp Index Live To Love YouThe situation's clear It's fine as long as you are here Of that I'm really sure I will live to love you more The say you drag me down They try to tell me your around Just to even up a score But I will live to love you more And the say I've been blind That you deceive me every time And soon our love will end But i will live to love you again So what if they can't see You know I'll love endlessly And this they can't ignore I will live to love you more I know they're only rumors Altough they say the truth hurts I don't need to hear lies And fantasize you leaving me But when I think it all over And over and over I still want you around me You know you astound me I couldn't live without you If there's a price to pay It's worth it just to hear you say All their lies ere just a bore I will live to love you more and more You know where my heart is With you alone My every thought is I will live to love you more Supertramp Index Some Things Never ChangeI went back my home town To the school and walked around And the way it felt It seemed just like yesterday From the cradle to the grave Some say we never change No matter how we try We try to rearrange Life father so like son It's as if wife we're both as one Just as if our fate was pre-ordained In some countries far from here You know the one s we used to fear Are they waiting to return to Those old evil ways You can take a correspondance course Be single married or divorced You can psychoanlyze your brain But you know some things will never change And what will those people do When Russia starts anew They'll just stand in line All under a different name You can listen to those brainwash tapes Take a Jewish, Catholic, Buddhist faith But I'm sure it's gonna be in vain 'Cos you know some things will never change If their theories all come true Then there's nothin' we can do Where the future lies Well it's not to hard to tell But after all is said and done And if the world it lives as one You can bid those old taboo's A fond fare well Yes a fond fare well A very long fare well Supertramp Index Listen To Me PleaseWell if you want some advice You gotta listen to me Getta hold of your life And you can have a new dream Forget the ups and the downs There's a new game in town For every turn in the road There's a new way to go I don't hear what you say Gonna find my own way You just try to persuade Everyone around you We'll make it easy for you Plane everything that you do Won't have to work very hard You'll make it big from the start Don't have to take it from me Here's a lsit you can see Every one of those names They found their fortune and fame Well it all sound so sweet So simple, so neat Ah but I can't believe Anything you tell me I know your life's a big mistake Let's go, this music you must face Listen to me please, get down upon your knees They'll never treat you like they did before I'll make your dreams come true now all I need is you Please believe me and all this will be yours You'll have a penthouse in town You'll be the king with a crown Live on country estate You'll have a twenty foot gate Getting tanned at the pool You'll be making them drool Taking trip overseas Do anything that you please Well I feel so alone Where did I go so wrong? Do you know? Can you tell? Maybe can you help me I know, it's hard for you to take Let's go, this move you mhave to make Listen to me please, I'm down upon your knees They'll never treat you like they did before I'll make your dreams come true now all I need is you Please believe me and all this will be yours Your vision will be clear, your pain will disappear You'll know that I'll be watching over you I'll chase your blues away So just change your life today Everything I say to you is true Supertramp Index Sooner Or LaterSooner or later it's gonna get better Sooner or later I'm gonna get over her You know I can't go on like this It's just a matter time There'll come a day when I will wake up Without her on my mind Sooner or later it's gonna get better Sooner or later I'm gonna get over her They say that time will heal everything So I'm winding the clock And waiting for that glorius moment When my heartache will stop She let me go It took me by surprise I feel out of place Without her by my side Sooner or later it's gonna get better Sooner or later I'm gonna get over her Sooner or later ... Sooner or later Sooner or later ... Supertramp Index Help Me Down That RoadI feel so close to you 'Cos you know you always do Help me down that road I go to slepp at night Feeling that it's alright 'Cos you help me down that road When I feel I've been beat You get me on my feet You help me spread that heavy load Now that I realize Just where our friendship lies It will help me down that road You think you've seen my best But you ain't seen nothin' yet Since you, help me down that road When life is a bitter sweet You mix it up a treat Yeah, you're the best pick up I know If you don't satisfy Don't give me the evil eye It won't help me down that road When I ain't doin' so well You never kiss and tell You just help me down that road Just when I'm feelin' sick You give my heart a kick Then I don't feel so all alone When I can't get it right Just when the end's in sight Yes you help me down that road I know you'll be callin' me To see you that I'm OK I know that you will always be With me night and day I could live in poverty, I could be in pain I know that you'd be there with me To you it's all the same Supertramp Index And The LightSo many years have come and gone since then Still I can't forget the past But you and me, we'll surelt meet again And maybe find the truth at last And the light, in the night Shines on brightly If it's alright with you It's alright with me Well I believe, that fate will find a way To guide us through these restless years And yes I know, that we'll speak one day With no more doubts and no more fears And the light .. So tell me now, if you can share my view Tell me where your comin' from We've both had time, time to think it through To know just where we both belong And the light .. And if your heart is real Then tell me how you feel 'Til I'm saying If it's alright with you It's alright with me It's quite alright with me It's all alright with me Supertramp Index Give Me A ChanceIn time this fire will turn to ashes The sun will fall out the sky Still you see no urgency To spend some time with me Time with me I can't believe you haven't noticed Just how long I've been waitin' for you I've been such a patient man But I still don't understand You won't Give me a chance to show how much I love you Give me a chance to show how much I care How I care It's hard to know just what you're thinkin' You cloak yourself in mistery Conversations always brief Like a sigh with no relief You won't Give me a chance to show how much I love you Give me a chance to show how much I care Give me a chance to show how much I love you If you dare You gotta give me a chance to show how much I love you Give me a chance to show how much I care Give me a chance to show how much I love you Give me a chance Supertramp Index C'est What ?Yes I've been waiting Waiting patiently and waiting Well if you ever feeling sorry So sorry for yourself And they tell you not to worry Just leave your problems on the shelf C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what? That's what they tell you C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what? Day and night You're on the inside looking outside Wishing you were somewhere else But you sit back with reservations As you count up all your unearned wealth C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what? Ah they're sayin' it again C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what? You know it and I know it too Well let me tell you a story Like the one's I used to know 'Bout love and all its glory Well I'm sorry but it just ain't so It took a long time just to get even If you know just what I mean So let's call it even Steven In the land of broken dreams C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what? Ah they're at it again C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what? Every day and every night I can't take it anymore Gonna get it, don't sweat it Don't apologize, it's all around you Gonna get it, don't sweat it Don't apologize, it's all around you You may never be all that you wanna be Deep down inside you, you know it will never be No bed of roses or walk down the avenue Culturally, socially, people walk over you Get with the program and make with the attitude Life is a dream if you face it my friend Hey Hey Supertramp Index Where There's A WillWhere there's a will, there's a way Or so they say A friend in need is a friend indeed He'll be there every day And if it's trouble that's in store You know they'll tell you even more Where there's a will, there's a way That's what thet'll say When the writing is on the wall And if you could fall When your best ain't good enough And life's tough When the lad of hope and dreams Isn't always what it seems Where there's a will, there's a way They always say You may be sorry, you may be sad, you may be blue You think you'll never see the sun come breaking thru You struggle morning noon and night And you still I can't get it right But where there's a will, there's a way Just say it every day Well so much for trouble, so much for heartache So much for pain You just gotta get up, you just gotta reach out You gotta try and try again You think you'll never see it thru But what the hell you gonna do Where there's a will, there's a way You've heard'em say Well I don't no nothing 'bout this world And all it's wrong I can tell you now, Why we all can't get along But after all is said and done We gootta keep on, keepin' on 'Cos where there's a will, there's a way I don't know what to say Thru all your sorrows All your dreams, and all your joys In times of sadness, In time of grief And even times that you enjoy As your life you live it through You know it all depends on you And if where there's a will, there's a way You better get down and pray From the cradle to the grave You better say it every day When the crime's above the law When the plane's about to fall When the mighty oceans roar When tomorrow's at your door Where there's a will, there's a way That's what they'll say Supertramp Index |
