Kim Carnes Album

I'd like to live out all my dreams
And if I could, yes if I could
The nicest one would be with you
And you'd be here with me
Don't you ever get lonely?

Lord, I'm no good when you're away
But what do you expect, from a girl
Who loves you like I love you
Won't you ever just get tired
And come on home to me?
Won't you ever get lonely?

You're a part of me
That I can't live without
You're a part of me
That dreams are all about
But you can't hold on to
Something that you've never had before
Love waits for the wind
To bring you back again
And take me away, take me away

Friends say it's great now you're a star
But what do they expect, from a girl
Who loves you just the way you are

Oh, and late at night
How I wish things had never changed
And you were here with me
Don't you ever get lonely?

You're a part of me
That I can't live without
You're a part of me
That dreams are all about
But you can't hold on to
Something that you've never had before
Love waits for the wind
To bring you back again
And take me away, take me away
And take me away, take me away
And take me away, take me away
And take me away, take me away
And take me away

(Kim Carnes/Dave Ellingson)

When does a lover ever learn to say goodbye
When does a lover finally stop giving it one more try
If holding you for a night or two
Is all I'm ever gonna see of you
You'd better love me up and on the way back down
Give me somthing I need
Something I ain't found

Just like a bad seed in the wind
You keep blowing back again
When everybody's turned you out I'll take you in
You're a bad seed in the wind
And you've just got to have a friend
Come on and take my love and you can break my heart again
Darlin' come on and take my love and you can break my heart again

I see the memories in your eyes do they keep you company
And I hear your temporary sighs callin' out to me
Givin' in is all I do
I give you more and you take it too
If that's the way that it's got to be
Come and take what you need
And take it good from me

Just like a bad seed in the wind
You keep blowing back again
When everybody's turned you out I'll take you in
You're a bad seed in the wind
And you've just got to have a friend
Come on and take my love and you can break my heart again
Darlin' come on and take my love and you can break my heart again

Damn that ol' dream that you keep chasin'
So many things that I could have done
But I keep waiting waiting

Just like a bad seed in the wind
You keep blowing back again
When everybody's turned you out I'll take you in
You're a bad seed in the wind
And you've just got to have a friend
Come on and take my love and you can break my heart again
Darlin' come on and take my love and you can break my heart again

(Kim Carnes/Dave Ellingson)

You're the poets finest song
And like a painter you can move me with your sunrise
Touch me with the look I see in your eyes
And I fall again

In the silence after love
With the words that go unsaid I'll understand you
Things may not work out the way we've planned them to
But I'll fall again

Loves been called a game
Winner takes it all
And everyone who plays
Plays knowing he could fall
And if love's a game
I'd rather lose to you
Than win with someone else
And still be loving you

When the love songs have all been sung
And time has taken down its last December
You will be the one love I'll remember and I'll fall again
For like the fool I am
I'll be the pawn again
Move me as you will
I've always given in
And if love's a game
I'd rather lose to you
Than win with someone else
And still be loving you

(Kim Carnes/Dave Ellingson)

Line up your hood ornament with the highway honey
Turn on your radio they'll be playing our song
Congratulations are over we're heading for clover
Chasin' the big time being young

(And you gotta)
Hang on to your airplane honey
Let it lift you up don't let it hang you in the sky
Life is like a fast train comin'
Catch you standin' still
It'll pass you by

Some folks just sit around the house and do nothing
Some people can't lose some people can't win
There's a man on the street
He got something to sell you
Listen to his story
Don't let him take you in

(And you gotta)
Hang on to your airplane honey
Let it lift you up don't let it hang you in the sky
Life is like a fast train comin'
Catch you standin' still
It'll pass you by

No matter were you stand there's another side
And I wanna find it with you
Rockin' the boat still keep it afloat
Honeymoon me and I'll honeymoon you

When we're much older and the world's on our shoulders
I wanna be glad for all that we've done
I'll sit beside you sweet lullaby you
Livin' in our dreams still being young

(And you gotta)
Hang on to your airplane honey
Let it lift you up don't let it hang you in the sky
Life is like a fast train comin'
Catch you standin' still
It'll pass you by

(Kim Carnes)

I've seen you dancing with her
And there wasn't any music playing
I couldn't here the words you were saying
Oh no do you love her

I've seen you buying her things
I stood silently afraid you might see me
Thinking how that girl used to be me
Oh no do you love her

Does she remind you of the things I am
Or of the things I'm not
Do I still have a change to try and change
You're all I've got
Sometimes the light that burns the brightest
Burns itself right out with time
While yours is dimming mine pain is beginning

Don't leave me standing alone
While I watch you walk away with your new love
How can my life go on without you love
Oh no oh no do you love her

(Will Jennings/Richard Kerr)

Time you found time enought to love
I found love enough to hold you tonight
I'll stir the fire you feel inside
Until the flames of love enfold you

Laying beside you
Lost in the feeling
So glad you opened my door
Come with me

Somewhere in the night we will know
Everything lovers can know
You're my song
Music too magic to end
I'll play you over and over again

Loving so warm
Moving so right
Closing our eyes
And feeling the light
We'll just go on
Burning bright
Somewhere in the night

You'll sleep when the morning comes
And I'll lie and watch you sleeping
And you'll smile
When you dream about the night
Like it's a secret you've been keeping

Laying beside you
Lost in a feeling
So glad you opened my door
Come with me

Somewhere in the night we will know
Everything lovers can know
You're my song
Music too magic to end
I'll play you over and over again

Loving so warm
Moving so right
Closing our eyes
And feeling the light
We'll just go on
Burning bright
Somewhere in the night

Sit right here beside me
And sing me through the night
And if you sing right through to the morning I won't mind
As long as the song you sing is coming from your heart
Nothing makes me feel as good as a love song
As a love song as a love song as good as a love song

You can bring me gifts
And swear they're from the moon
Thinking you can win me with the things that shine the most
Oh Lord you make me close my eyes
And listen with my heart
Nothing makes me feel as good as a love song
As a love song as a love song as good as a love song

We all grab for moments
That feel good along the way
Spending time to find a rhyme
That makes a memory

If an old lover never dies
And if words don't age with time
And if it comes easy write me a love song
And I'll keep it forever 'cause it's coming from your heart
Nothing makes me feel as good as a love song
As a love song as a love song as good as a love song

(Kim Carnes/Dave Ellingson)

You won't see me cryin' anymore
And don't think because I mention your name
I still love you

But it could have been so so much better
How could we know at the time
That is could have been so so much better
It's so easy to look back and say
That things could be so much better
If I had you today

Now what if we'd believed each other's lies
And just suppose you'd tried holding me closer
Once or twice

Then it could have been so so much better
How could we know at the time
That is could have been so so much better
It's so easy to look back and say
That things could be so much better
If I had you today

The all night movies are my only company
And love's so clear in black and white
Somebody's wrong and somebody's always right
Another happy ending and I'm still all alone
And I wonder if it could have been so much better

(Steven Dorff/Milton Brown)

I'm waiting for the pain to go away
I though maybe that this would be the day
At noon I tried a little smile
Then I sat down and cried a while
Just waiting for the pain to go away

If I could only get you off my mind
But these old memories treat me so unkind
The way you laughed your gentle smile
Still makes me love you oh so much
I know that I can't get you off of my mind

I see happy lovers everywhere I go
Sharing dreams in a world for two
He holds her hand and she holds his
They never know how good love is
We lost the only chance for me and you

So I'm waiting for the pain to go away
But I'm afraid the blues are here to stay
Not many loves like ours around
So easily lost so rarely found
Just waiting for the pain to go away
To go away

(Kim Carnes/Dave Ellingson)

What good is love when there is no music
What good is love when there ain't no songs to sing
What good is love if it's one sided and you just can't buy it
If you don't have a good place to hang your hat
What good is that? What good is love?

What good is love is there's no illusion
Just like a trick in a magic show
What good is love if it's confusin' and you're always losin'
Everybody needs a good place to hang his hat
What good is that? What good is love?

Just yesterday I was out on a tropical island
The moon was full and the mood was right
But it don't get warmer it just kept on getting later and later
Waitin' for you wastin' my time
Sittin' on the equator...baby who whoo

What good is love if there's no reflection
Even the moon needs some help from the sun to shine
What good is love if it's deceivin' and there's no beleivin'
Everybody needs a good place to hang his hat
What good is that? What good is love?

(Kim Carnes/Dave Ellingson)

Good old days are ridin' on my mind
Flowing freely like a good time
Good old days and it's nice to have a friend
So we'll just sit and rock awhile
Me and my baby love to smile
We got it good we got it made
And we love these good old days

Good old days wring 'em out and let 'em dry
Paste 'em in a picture book when we got the time
Big Ben roll ahead and leave us here behind
And we'll just sit and rock awhile
Me and my baby love to smile
We got it good we got it made
And we love these good old days

Like summer leaves the grapes on the vine
Each day leaves the last behind
And when we find that now is then
We'll play the record once again

Good old days thank you for the ride
'cause the laughin's free and we're slidin' all the way
I said Big Ben roll ahead and leave us here behind
And we'll just sit and rock awhile
Me and my baby love to smile
We got it good we got it made
And we love these good old days

Like summer leaves the grapes on the vine
Each day leaves the last behind
And when we find that now is then
We'll play the record once again