Gamblin’
Once in a while I get the urge to take a chance.
Once in a while I’m in the mood for sweet romance.
Once in a while I let myself give in
And I start gamblin’,
Gamblin’ –
Gamblin’ myself away.
I’ve got a style – a loving face, a poker heart.
I’ve got a style – I fix the rules before I start.
I’ve got a style when I give in to you
And I start gamblin’,
Gamblin’ –
Gamblin’ my night away.
Spin the old wheel.
Place your bet on odd or even.
See if you’re dizzy when the spin is ended.
Life’s so unreal,
And I get scared I might believe in
What you whisper –
What you promise –
When I know it’s all pretended.
Lost in a smile, I’ll hide the heart that’s growing cold.
Lost in a smile, I’ll bet and hope my luck will hold.
Lost in a smile, I’ll play the game to win
As I start gamblin’,
Gamblin’ –
Gamblin’ my love away.
Spin the old wheel.
Place your bet on odd or even.
See if you’re dizzy when the spin is ended.
Life’s so unreal,
And I get scared I might believe in
What you whisper –
What you promise –
When I know it’s all pretended.
Once in a while I get the urge to take a chance.
I’ve got a style – I’ll play the game for some romance.
Lost in a smile, I let myself give in,
And I start gamblin’, gamblin’ –
One more night with you,
One last chance or two –
Gamblin’, gamblin’ –
I’ll still be the same,
I won’t lose the game
Just by saying I love you.
But I’m just gamblin’,
Gamblin’ –
Gamblin’ myself away.
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Don’t Let the Music Stop
(Keep Me Dancin’/Another Day)
Two eyes that shine like before –
Two lips that kiss like before –
Two arms to hold me through the night –
But in the morning light
They fade away –
Another day….
(Don’t let the music stop!
(Don’t let the music stop!
Keep me dancin’, dancin’, dancin’--)
No tears – not while I’m dancin’.
No fears – not while I’m dancin’.
No pain, no sorrows, no regrets –
My lonely heart forgets
This dance is not with you,
My darling –
Night flies – I keep on dancin’.
Night lies – I keep on dancin’.
Night songs, night people, nights of sound
Can’t match the love we found
But ‘til the dance is through,
I’m still with you.
Dreams brought our worlds together;
Dream worlds can last forever.
I dream of all that we had before,
But since I have you no more
I spend my nights in dancin’—
In the heat I dream you’re near me.
Come on – just keep me dancing’.
Come dawn – just keep me dancin’.
Come now – come someone – come and take
A heart about to break –
My nightmare can’t come true.
I’ll dance with you.
(Strobelight and silver dust –
Lovers entwined in lust –
Don’t let the music stop!
Ev’ryone mesmerized –
Don’t let the music stop!)
Two eyes that shine like before –
Two lips that kiss like before –
Two arms to hold me through the night –
But in the morning light
They fade away –
Another day alone with time passing by –
Another day alone with tears I can’t cry –
Another day alone – I fall asleep at dawn,
But then the day is gone:
Another chance to dance.
I’ll dance and dream and dance forever more –
(Don’t let the music stop!
Don’t let the music stop!
Dancin’, Dancin’, Dancin’, Dancin’
Now!)
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The Secret
The secret…
We shared the secret.
(The secret was there.)
We shared the secret
The secret…
A dome for the sky –
(Gone were the corners)
From the world we could fly –
No longer mourners –
You and I, you and I and you and I, you and I and you and I
Forever smiling
Knew the secret.
A vision of lights –
In flight they lead us
To a thousand delights –
Our wings can speed us,
You and I, you and I and you and I, you and I and you and I
Forever smiling
Know the secret.
The Saint’s in the mirror –
An idol who leads in
Erotic release.
Can sound last forever?
Come with me to the circle and
The chant cannot cease, cannot cease!
Come with me! We can follow –
Come with me, and we’ll soar through the night….
Our arms reaching high,
The saint’s ascending.
On our own, you and I –
We’re just beginning –
You and I, you and I and you and I, you and I and you and I
Forever smiling
Know the secret.
The secret (a secret to share),
We shared the secret.
The secret (We soared through the air),
Forever smiling,
Knew the secret.
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Endymion (Shadows in the Clouds)
(Endymion…
Endymion…)
A gentle soul – no friends he’s found.
He speaks no words; he hears no sound.
A runaway who’s heaven-bound –
(It was a hot summer night,
When a boy went to the city
Went alone into the city
For the first time.)
He walks with the moon (Endymion…)
On shadows in the clouds.
Never growing; always grown –
Yet still a child, he’s all alone:
A fallen star returning home –
(It was a hot summer night,
When the boy broke his silence –
Met a stranger on the street.
It was his first time.)
He walks with the moon (Endymion…)
On shadows in the clouds.
(In the summer night of heat
He felt his innocence suddenly fade.
In the nighttime passion
He felt guilty, confused, and afraid –
Always searching for love,
Never finding love –
And the stranger looked beyond him
pressing, kissing, stroking, groping –
felt his breathing, seething passion,
felt the climax
(Endymion…)
felt the silence…
left in shadows…
And the stranger left him lying where he laid
On that first hot summer night.)
Moonlight, starbright – lovers entwined;
One night – insight – lovers resigned.
Two souls reach out. What will they find?
(It was a hot summer night
When a boy broke a mirror,
And he killed the city’s secret
For the first time.)
He walks with the moon (Endymion…)
On shadows in the clouds. (Endymion…)
(Disappeared in the shadows
For the first time.)
(Endymion…)
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Love Songs
Thought at one time
I could never
Love a lifetime –
No, not me.
Then thought one time
Love’s forever –
Simple child’s rhyme:
One, two, three.
And all the love songs
Were for the child in me.
It was the child in me
Who learned to sing.
It was the child in me
Who learned to care,
Who learned to hope,
Who longed to share a love song –
A simple love song.
Prayed for someone –
Seemed forever
‘Till a someone
Might want me.
Wished for someone,
Time together.
Day by day, none –
Still, just me.
And all the love songs
In silent voices dwelled
Within my empty shell –
I couldn’t sing.
It was an empty feeling
Deep inside
That made me hurt,
That made me hide from love songs,
From all those love songs.
What’s a heart?
It taught me how to love and how to damn.
Worlds apart –
The trusting child, the cynic that I am.
Well, now there’s no more expectation.
Now there’s no more obligation.
It’s person to person
And I’m on my own.
It’s night after night
And I’m never alone.
Why look for a lover
Or what might have been?
Why face all the problems
Again and again and again?
But again and again and again and again and again…
I hear those love songs.
They’re still a part of me,
And in the heart of me
I hear them sing.
For deep inside the man
You can’t deceive
There lives a child
Who can believe in love songs –
In simple love songs.
When the rhyme’s done,
Love is trusting;
“Take” is “giving.”
Now I see.
Let us be one,
Time protecting.
Two become one –
Two set free.
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