The One Before the One - Johnny and Heidi

Stop me, oh, oh-o, stop me Stop me if you think That you've heard this one before Stop me, oh, oh-o, stop me Stop me if you think That you've heard this one before Nothing's changed I still love you, oh, I still love you Only slightly, only slightly less Than I used to, my love I was delayed, I was way-laid An emergency stop I smelt the last ten seconds of life I crashed down on the crossbar And the pain was enough to make A shy, bald, Buddhist reflect And plan a mass murder Who said lied I'd to her? Oh, who said I'd lied? Because I never, I never Who said I'd lied? Because I never I was detained, I was restrained And broke my spleen and broke my knee And then he really lays into me Friday night in out-patients Who said I'd lied to her? Oh, who said I'd lied? Because I never, I never Who said I'd lied? Because I never And so I drank one It became four And when I fell on the floor I drank more Stop me, oh, oh-o, stop me Stop me if you think That you've heard this one before Stop me, oh, oh-o, stop me Stop me if you think That you've heard this one before Nothing's changed I still love you, oh, I still love you Only slightly, only slightly less Than I used to, my love

It seems to me as though I've been upon this stage before And juggled away the night for the same old crowd These harlequins you see with me, they too have held the floor As here once again they strut and they fret their hour I see those half-familiar faces in the second row Ghost-like with the footlights in their eyes But where or when we met like this last time I just don't know It's like a chord that rings and never dies For infinity And now these figures in the wings with all their restless tunes Are waiting around for someone to call their names They walk the backstage corridors and prowl the dressing-rooms And vanish to specks of light in the picture-frames But did they move upon the stage a thousand years ago In some play in Paris or Madrid? And was I there among them then, in some travelling show And is it all still locked inside my head For infinity And some of you are harmonies to all the notes I play Although we may not meet still you know me well While others talk in secret keys and transpose all I say And nothing I do or try can get through the spell So one more time we'll dim the lights and ring the curtain up And play again like all the times before But far behind the music you can almost hear the sounds Of laughter like the waves upon the shores Of infinity

Hello, hello, I know it's been a while but, baby I got something that I really wanna let you know, yeah Something that I wanna let you know You say, you say to everybody that you hate me Couldn't blame you 'cause I know I left you all alone, yeah I know that I left you all alone And, yeah, now I'm back at your door You're lookin' at me, I'm sure I should've seen it before You're all I think about, baby I was so stupid for letting you go But I-I-I know you're still the one You might have moved on But, girl, you should know That I-I-I know you're still the one I know it's sayin' too much But I will never give up I was so stupid for letting you go But I-I-I know you're still the one I-I-I know you're still the one Hello, hello, I'm really hoping you'll forgive me I keep talking, begging, tell me what I wanna hear, yeah Girl, just tell me what I wanna hear I tried, I tried to start again and find somebody But I remember all the times and all the words he said, yeah I can't get it out of my head, yeah Now I'm back at your door You lookin' at me unsure I should've seen it before You're all I think about, baby I was so stupid for letting you go But I-I-I know you're still the one You might have moved on But, girl, you should know That I-I-I know you're still the one I know it's sayin' too much But I will never give up I was so stupid for letting you go But I-I-I know you're still the one Hey, you, you're still the one Hey, you, you're still the one Hey, you, you're still the one Hey, you, you're still the one (hey) I know it's sayin' too much (yeah) But I will never give up (come on) I was so stupid for letting you go But I-I-I know you're still the one I-I-I know you're still the one

He stands alone outside the blooming yard All is calm there on the street The shadows pass him hung right over The pain on his face he knew he'd keep... His hair is long, and it's twisted, it's twisted Around the smile spread cheek to cheek Another child, another soul, grabs a hold To the metal that will end his misery... One by one We stand beneath the sun With arms high open wide Two by two He's getting you To watch him as he leaves this life he knew How much anger is set aside As each one of us cries Red light they come and they take him away In the thoughts, he'll be better, some day... Tied tight, can't see out your eyes That he's sure to shine, sure to shine In this deep dark, fucked up, played out, reality show So, who's the man, with the plan, Eating up all that he can? Don't you see, don't you see... One by one We stand beneath the sun With arms high open wide Two by two He's getting you To watch him as he leaves this life he knew Do you ever think that things are meant to be? I know we all have our reasons why And now the power of one human being Has gone and changed so many lives... One by one We stand beneath the sun With arms high open wide Two by two He's getting you To watch him as he leaves this life he knew One by one We start to come undone... Two by two He's getting through to you... One by one we stand, we stand, we stand, over, Over, you...

They say mother earth is breathing With each wave that finds the shore Her soul rises in the evening For to open twilight's door Her eyes are the stars in heaven Watching o'er us all the while And her heart it is in Ireland Deep within the Emerald Isle We are forty against hundreds In someone else's bloody war We know not why we're fighting Or what we're dying for They will storm us in the morning When the sunlight turns to sky Death is waiting for its dance now Fate has sentenced us to die Ireland I am coming home I can see your rolling fields of green And fences made of stone I am reaching out won't you take my hand I'm coming home Ireland Oh the captain he lay bleeding I can hear him calling me These men are yours now for the leading Show them to their destiny As I look up all around me I see the ragged tired and torn I tell them to make ready 'Cause we're not waiting for the morn Ireland I am coming home I can see your rolling fields of green And fences made of stone I am reaching out won't you take my hand I'm coming home Ireland Now the fog is deep and heavy As we forge the dark and fear We can hear their horses breathing As in silence we draw near There are no words to be spoken Just a look to say good-bye I draw a breath and night is broken As I scream our battle cry Ireland I am coming home I can see your rolling fields of green And fences made of stone I am reaching out won't you take my hand I'm coming home Ireland We were forty against hundreds

I was eight and he was late in life But still as sharp as that old Case knife That lives inside the pocket of his working shirt They never made a car he couldn't fix They never spent long up on bricks Always charged a little less than he was worth Ain't too many like him on this earth People say I'm like my dad Hey, I can't argue with that After all we're both cut from that same Carhartt canvas cloth So if we look you in the eye and shake your hand too tight Well, the truth is we're both trying to be Like the man who raised the man who raised me He took and taught me how to cast a line And the way to say grace at suppertime And how to handle and respect a loaded gun Heard the war made Grandpa tough Guess the grandkids softened him up 'Cause he never really was that hard on us Nothing like my aunts and uncles claim he was People say I'm like my dad Hey, I can't argue with that After all we're both cut from that same Carhartt canvas cloth So if we look you in the eye and shake your hand too tight Well, the truth is we're both trying to be Like the man who raised the man who raised me How to keep and treat a woman And cherish fifty years of moments People say I'm like my dad Hey, I can't argue with that After all we're both cut from that same Carhartt canvas cloth And when that sad day rolls around and he's lowered in the ground I hope they all can look at me and see The man who raised the man who raised me He raised me

The day that I came into the world You finally got your baby girl With me in your arms, right next to your heart Beatin' like a drum You started to shake, but it was okay Cause God knows I was In good hands Safe every day right there in the care of a good man Lookin' back now it's easy to see that You're the reason I am and have always been in Good hands They held me to help when I was hurt And held mine to climb the steps to church You couldn't make the smallest mistake Not in my eyes I understand how lucky I am To walk through this life In good hands Safe every day right there in the care of a good man Lookin' back now it's easy to see that You're the reason I am, and have always been in Good hands This is the day you give me away But we'll be alright Cause daddy I know you're letting me go Knowin' that I'm In good hands Safe every day right there in the care of a good man Lookin' back now it's easy to see that You're the reason I am, and have always been in Good hands I thank God for good hands I thank God for good hands

I don't need to be somebody, to be somebody I don't need a spotlight on me to change anything Anytime you want me, call me, middle of the night you got me I don't need to be somebody, to be somebody you need I don't know about you but sometimes I feel like I'm Drowning in the noise Hard to know what to do when you're stuck in a bad dream screaming You can't find your voice Who am I to go and try to fix the broken hearted All I know to do is show the lonely where I started You don't need to be somebody, to be somebody I don't need a spotlight on me to change anything Anytime you want me, call me, middle of the night you got me I don't need to be somebody, to be somebody you need Ordinary light can find the way to shine and chase away the dark If you got a minute to slow down, hand you can hold out You can be the spark, no matter who you are You don't need to be somebody, to be somebody I don't need a spotlight on me to change anything Anytime you want me, call me, middle of the night you got me I don't need to be somebody, to be somebody you need Who am I to go and try to fix the broken hearted All I know to do is show the lonely where I started You don't need to be somebody, to be somebody I don't need a spotlight on me to change anything Anytime you want me, call me, middle of the night you got me I don't need to be somebody, to be somebody you need I don't need to be somebody, to be somebody you need

If my first love hadn't broke my heart If I'd never lost that job Or picked up a guitar And if I hadn't made that friend If I didn't get to play That dive bar that weekend I'd still be in my hometown If I was never let down I never would have moved to The city where I saw you Strumming on a bar stool Singing something old school Knew it when I heard it All of it was worth it Cause if I hadn't gone through Everything I went through I never would have met you I never would have met you If an ex just would've loved me right If I hadn't got that gig To sing to you that night Back then girl if I had Everything I wanted I never would have moved to The city where I saw you Strumming on a bar stool Singing something old school Knew it when I heard it All of it was worth it Cause if I hadn't gone through Everything I went through I never would have met you I never would have met you Can't be mad at the past I had One little change, good or bad I never would have moved to The city where I saw you I never would have moved to The city where I saw you Strumming on a bar stool Singing something old school Knew it when I heard it All of it was worth it Cause if I hadn't gone through Everything I went through I never would have met you I never would have met you