I’ve gotten rid of my guilt and my lily white
And I’ve gotten used to an empty bed, sometimes
We used to be glowing
But I wouldn’t be going now
If I needed you
If I needed you

Oh love, you know I could hold you long
But the holding has turned to lean upon
And I may be blowing it
But I wouldn’t be growing now
If I needed you

I’ll take this space in time
For what I need to say
Some race within the limit
Winning ‘cause their needs are in it
Mine have always got in my way
But, I’ll sing along to the life and times
Just go wandering alone and learn that I’m the guide
At least it keeps me believing
But I wouldn’t be needing now
If I needed you

I wouldn’t be bleeding now
I may be blowing it
But I wouldn’t be growing now
I would be lying
But I wouldn’t be crying now
This might be living
But I wouldn’t be dying now
I may be blowing it
But I wouldn’t be growing now
I would be lying
But I wouldn’t be crying now
If I needed you

Hold tight cyclone
A fool to continue, but love keeps me holding on
And it feels good, real slow
I love you to hurt me, but pain makes me let you go
It makes me let you go

INTERLUDE:
Ooooooooh aah, Ooooooooh aah
Ooooooooh aah, Ooooooooh
Ooooooooh aah, Ooooooooh aah
Ooooooooh aah, Ooooooooh

BRIDGE:
I wait for the day to burn into night
And then I wait for dawn
And I open my eyes when it gets bright
I know I must be home
I know I must be home
I know I must be home

Hold tight cyclone
Don’t need no religion to look for the kingdom come
Gotta feel for the ground, reach for the sky,
Leap off the edge to see if you fall or fly
If you fall or fly

INTERLUDE:
Ooooooooh aah, Ooooooooh aah
Ooooooooh aah, Ooooooooh
Ooooooooh aah, Ooooooooh aah
Ooooooooh aah, Ooooooooh

OUTRO:
Cyclone – lost in the overtones
Cyclone – lost in the overtones
Cyclone – lost in the overtones
Lost in the overtones
Lost in the overtones
Lost in the overtones
Hold tight!

INTRO: C G Am G (4x)

I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day in the morning

And what was in those ships all three
On Christmas day, on Christmas day?
And what was in those ships all three
On Christmas day in the morning?

The virgin Mary and Christ were there
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
The virgin Mary and Christ were there
On Christmas day in the morning

I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day in the morning
In the morning

OUTRO: (## fade to end ##)
La la la la, la la la la
La la la la, la la la la
La la la la, la la la la

And when I remember how good your love feels
The real world goes slipping away
And though it’s just dreaming, I make your love true
And I’d trade in this real world for Christmas with you

I go to a wonderland in the moonlight glow
When most of me is feeling alone
And we’ll make snow angels in the new fallen snow
And make tracks from our heaven, to the place we call home

BRIDGE:
And though it’s just Christmas, is there anything else
Sometimes I awaken to question myself

Oh, what fools what children to follow the heart
For a dream that might last just one night
But something that doesn’t speak English says, ‘Do’
And I’d trade in this real world for Christmas with you
And something with wings and speaks only in blue
Tells me, trade in this real world for Christmas with you

INTRO: G D

While walking through life I would never fall
If I could be close to it all and all
If I could be close to it all

If I had my dream, it would not fall down
If I could live high on the ground
The sound of high is a good one to many around
When they wanna be close to it all
And I wanna be close to it all and all
I wanna be close to it all____

[Bb5/F]The village sugar takers
[Bb5/F]Madison Avenue pink dream makers
[Bb5/F]They try to escape from it all
But instead, they build walls, that’s all
But they wanna be close to it all

If I had my dream, I would fill a hall
And tell all the people, tear down the wall
That keeps them from being a part of it all
‘Cause they gotta get close to it all

[Bb5/F]The village sugar takers
[Bb5/F]Madison Avenue pink dream makers
[Bb5/F]They try to escape from it all
But instead, they build walls, that’s all
But they wanna be close to it all

There’s just one more thing that I wanna say
Everyone has got their own special way
That keeps them from getting too close to the day
Accept and be part of it all and all
Everyone tear down your own little wall
That keeps you from being a part of it all
‘Cause you gotta be one with the one and all
And everyone tear down your own little wall
That keeps you from being a part of it all
‘Cause you gotta be one with the one and all
You gotta be close to it all_____

INTRO: C G Am F C G C G Am F C G

And it’s blue as in cerulean
It’s the scent of new mown hay
Laugh and turn the pages
When there’s nothing left to say
And it’s true that a thing of brilliance
Can be paled by dimmer light
Spin the tale of ages
And get me through this night

CHORUS
Tragedy takes a number
Beauty takes to flight
Reason’s on vacation
And it’s killing me tonight

There’s a row of oleander
That divides your house from mine
Stifles words of anger
And keeps the neighbours blind
There’s a star set in the distance
Of a steely cold and grey
With lights on the horizon
As we look the other way

And it’s blue as in cerulean
It’s the scent of new mown hay
Laugh and turn the pages
When there’s nothing left to say
And it’s true that a thing of brilliance
Can be paled by dimmer light
Spin the tale of ages
And get us through this night

CHORUS
Tragedy takes a number
Beauty takes to flight
Reason’s on vacation
And it’s killing me tonight

There’s a music in the silence
Of a spring that plays no more
A desert in our future
And a knocking at the door
There’s a peace for the unknowing
There’s a warning to the wise
A smile upon the faces
Of our ruin in disguise

And it’s blue as in cerulean
It’s the scent of new mown hay
Laugh and turn the pages
When there’s nothing left to say
And it’s true that a thing of brilliance
Can be paled by dimmer light
Spin the tale of ages
And get us through this night

INTRO: C

I tried to die young, really I tried
But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
I laugh at the things that I’ve done
When I tried to die young

I took a plane through the dawn, threw myself on the tracks
But the train didn’t come and I had to walk back
I jumped into the whirlpool, thought I’d get sucked in
I just kept spinning around ‘til I learned how to swim and I

Tried to die young, boy, did I try
But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
And I laugh at the things I’ve done
When I tried to die young

Well, my heart kept on breaking and the crack sought the edge
Where the hand of a shadow grabbed the hand in my head
There were demons, I know them and they still come by
But we’ve become friends, my demons and I

Well I tried to die young, really I tried
But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
And I laugh at the things I’ve done
When I tried to die young

I took a razor to the wrist of reality
Hell-bent on my way toward futility
I’ve got a reason to believe that it won’t go on forever
But reason to the heart, is a message undelivered

Ahhh, I tried to die young, really, really I tried
But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
And I laugh at the things I’ve done
When I tried to die young

Now I’m the old girl I never thought I’d become
“Does it get any better?”, asks the little girl in my song
I’m still learning the answers, so I make up things you see
She laughs, “You’re still the same and you’ll never kill me!”

Oh, I tried to die young, really I tried
But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
And I laugh at the things I’ve done
When I tried to die young

OUTRO: (## repeat and adlib to end ##)
Oh, I laugh at the things I’ve done
Well, I laugh at the things I’ve done
I laugh at the things I’ve done
When I tried to die young