We search for an answer,
And when it appears
We can challenge the world with our sweat and our tears.
Through winning and losing,
The brave never bend,
The hero keeps fighting, standing tall in the end.

Time can change anything…and mend any fall.
The moment of truth is facing us all,
It’s time for the hero to stand tall.

It’s a time for heroes,
Time to answer the call,
It’s a time for the hero in us all.

We carry the flame
For all to see
The fire and the passion, of what we can be.
Sometimes we must fight,
But we never bend
The hero keeps fighting, standing tall in the end.

Love can change anything…it’s inside of us all
To reach out a hand whenever we fall.
It’s time for the hero to stand tall.

It’s a time for heroes,
Time to answer the call,
It’s a time for the hero to stand tall.
It’s a time for heroes,
When our back’s to the wall
It’s a time for the hero…in us all.

And as the band began to play
Without a song they lose their way
A song of love and custom dreams
A song of yesterday

When they danced
When they danced
Her skirts were lifted high
She felt the music in his arms
The danger in his eyes

And a woman said no
And a man said but I love you so
And a woman moved closer
And a man said take my love into your heart
I must have you here by my side

It happened all too fast
They came to love and they came to last
No-one remembers now who lied
True love is made glass

And a woman said change
And a man said as soon as I can
And a woman said open up
And a man said your way’s right
You’re my love
I want to be holdin’ you down

In the evening of their lives
No regrets and clear blue skies
They meet again in old New York
He tells her one sweet lie

And they danced
And they danced
And a man said I love you
And a woman said take my love into your heart
I must have you here by my side

45 seconds of ecstasy.
How it comes right back to me.
Fly so high and feel so free.
45 seconds of ecstasy.
45 seconds of ecstasy.

Cuts right through the complexity.
When I feel him right next to me.
45 seconds of ecstasy.

Long distance callin’ in the middle of a rainy night
So much static, hardly knew your voice
An’ you’ve been cryin’, want me to love you like I did before
Girl when it comes to you, you know I’ve got no choice
You put a storm inside me, I wanna head for a safer harbor
They all tell me I should give you up, but no man coulda tried any harder
Feels like an odyssey that’s never gonna reach an end
Every time I hear you callin’ me, just wanna feel you in my arms again
Chorus:
Like a sailor to a siren, like a moth to a flame
I know your love might be the death for me, but I run to you just the same
Like a sailor to a siren, nothing’s gonna keep us apart
Crashin’ over the wreckage of all the sailor’s broken hearts
Musta met you when we were livin’ in another time
Had nothin’ but the jealous gods to point our way
When men were sailors and a woman was a rocky shore
Wailin’ like a siren leadin’ him astray
I got another woman and I know you got another man
They all tell me I should give you up, but I don’t think that any mortal can
Feels like an odyssey that’s never gonna reach an end
Every time I hear you callin’ to me, just wanna feel you in my arms again
(chorus)
Gonna abandon ship, steal you from the cliff
Take you to a place where the gods can’t find us no more
Let the sailors listen to the sirens if they dare
Gonna be dancin’ on the water, drownin’ in your yellow hair
(Solo)
(chorus repeats out)

The skies were pure and the fields were green
And the sun was brighter than it’s ever been
When I grew up with my best friend Kenny
We were close as any brothers than you ever knew

It was always summer and the future called
We were ready for adventures and we wanted them all
And there was so much left to dream and so much time to make it real

But I can still recall the sting of all the tears when he was gone
They said he crashed and burned
I know I’ll never learn why any boy should die so young

We were racing, we were soldiers of fortune
We got in trouble but we sure got around
There are times I think I see him peeling out of the dark
I think he’s right behind me now and he’s gaining ground

Chorus:
But it was long ago and it was far away, oh God it seems so very far
And if life is just a highway, then the soul is just a car
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are

(Solo)

And when the sun descended and the night arose
I heard my father cursing everyone he knows
He was dangerous and drunk and defeated
And corroded by failure and envy and hate

There were endless winters and the dreams would freeze
Nowhere to hide and no leaves on the trees
And my father’s eyes were blank as he hit me again and again and again

I know I still believe he’d never let me leave, I had to run away alone So
many threats and fears, so many wasted years before my life became my own

And though the nightmares should be over
Some of the terrors are still intact
I’ll hear that ugly coarse and violent voice
And then he grabs me from behind and then he pulls me back

chorus

(Solo)

There was a beauty living on the edge of town
And she always put the top up and the hammer down
And she taught me everything I’ll ever know
About the mystery and the muscle of love

The stars would glimmer and the moon would glow
I’m in the back seat with my Julie like a Romeo
And the signs along the highway all said, Caution! Kids At Play!

Those were the rights of spring and we did everything
There was salvation every night
We got our dreams reborn and our upholstery torn
But everything we tried was right

She used her body just like a bandage, she used my body just like a wound
I’ll probably never know where she disappeared But I can see her rising up
out of the back seat now Just like an angel rising up from a tomb

chorus

And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
(repeats 6x)

And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
(repeats 6x)

She used her body just like a bandage, she used my body just like a wound
I’ll probably never know where she disappeared But I can see her rising up
out of the back seat now

Another New York waltz at four a.m., in the canyons lost at night
The city’s just a jail for me, full of high rise prison walls
And I’m riding through this darkness, ’cause I know there’s life within
And I’m searching through the shadows, just to find that light again
Keep driving (keep driving), let the meter run
Keep driving (keep driving), oh the night’s not really done
Keep driving
And I’m hanging on a memory, and I feel it in the air
I’m a prisoner of these lonely streets, but I know I’ll find you there
And oh Lord, you look so pretty, but you can see it in my eyes
And just before my tear will fall, oh you smile and get inside
It seems so real until the light turns green
Don’t wake me up, don’t ruin this dream, don’t take me from my scene
Keep driving, keep driving, keep driving, keep driving
I can’t go home, don’t take me home, I can’t go home alone
(Solo)
They don’t tell you when the music stops, or how the movie ends
Is it too late once the feeling’s gone, to back it up and start it all again?
Oh Lord you look so pretty, and you can see it in my eyes
And just before that tear will fall, oh you smile and get inside
(Keep driving) keep driving, driving
I can’t go home, don’t take me home, I can’t go home alone
(Keep driving) let the meter run, (keep driving) don’t take me home
(Keep driving) ooh, the night’s still young
(Keep driving) I gotta find someone, (keep driving) I gotta find someone
(Keep driving) I gotta find someone, (keep driving) I gotta find someone
(Keep driving) ooh find someone, (keep driving) I gotta find someone
(Keep driving) find someone, (keep driving) find someone
(Keep driving, keep driving, keep driving, keep driving, keep driving)