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Personnel:   David Pack   Joe Puerta   Christopher North   Burleigh Drummond   David Cutler Lewis   Royce Jones Colleen Ford: Guest vocals on "Mama Don't Understand" Michael McDonald: lead vocals (with David Pack) on "I Just Can't Let Go" Produced by David Pack

MAMA DON'T UNDERSTAND

(Puerta - Pack)

My mama don't understand
She's impossible to the core
Now she says that she's gettin' married
He's a friend of a friend of the boy next door

He's got all of the best intentions
Half of a school degree
But when he does his song and dancin'
They know they can be happy as the shows on TV

She needs a change, she wants a life
Where she can grow and they can thrive
Some kind of space of her own

A different view
Another slant
Another way
Another chance
To get on with her life

(Mama she don't understand)
Mama she don't
She don't even know
She don't know
She don't understand

She's gotta know
If she can cut life on her own
But like the man says,
"You can never go home again"

You gotta come see the new place
Mom, you're gonna feel right at home
Could you just front that deposit
Mama, we'll pay you back when the welfare check comes
Nothin's gone as expected
No one knows all the trouble we've seen
But we'll pull ourselves together
It's the two of us now
Of course, baby makes three

A little luck
An even break
We'll find a way
To have our cake
And even eat a piece or two

We'll show you how
We're winnin' now
We'll live it up
Can't keep 'em down

Woh-wa-no-no-no-no
Woh-wa-no-no-no-no
Woh-wa-no-no-no-no
Woh-wa-no-no-no-no

She don't understand me
She don't understand me

So mama, please understand
(Mama, please understand)
If it's possible, we implore
Could we just move in these few things
We won't get in the way
And we'll sleep on the floor
Cuz, times have been getting tougher
(Times have been getting tough)
It's an unfriendly world outside
They say things will pick up by summer
Can we borrow the car
Will you watch little Clyde,
Thanks a lot

Woh-wa-no-no-no-no
Mama don't understand
Woh-wa-no-no-no-no
Mama don't understand me
Woo-wa-doo
Woo-wa-doo-ooo

Woh-wa-no-no-no-no
Mama don't understand
Woh-wa-no-no-no-no
Mama don't understand me
(Mama don't understand me)
Woo-wa-doo
Woo-wa-doo-ooo
(Mama don't understand me, no)

Woh-wa-no-no-no-no
Mama don't understand
Woh-wa-no-no-no-no
She don't understand me
(Mama don't understand me)
Woo-wa-doo
Woo-wa-doo-ooo
(Mama, she don't understand me, yeah)

BIGGEST PART OF ME
(Pack)
Yeah
(Sunrise)
There's a new sun arisin' 
(In your eyes) I can see a new horizon 
(Realize) That will keep me realizin' 
You're the biggest part of me
(Stay the night) Need your lovin' here beside me
(Shine the light) Need you close enough to guide me
(For all my life) I've been hopin' you would find me
You're the biggest part of me
Well
Make a wish, baby 
Well, and I will make it come true 
Make a list, baby 
Of the things I'll do for you 
Ain't no risk, now, 
In lettin' my love rain down on you, 
So we could wash away the past, 
So that we may start anew
(Rainbow) Risin' over my shoulder; 
(Love flows) Gettin' better as we're older 
(All I know) All I want to do is hold her 
She's the life that breathes in me 
(Forever) Got a feelin' that forever 
(Together) We are gonna stay together 
(For better) For me, there's nothin' better 
You're biggest part of me
Well
Make a wish, baby 
Well, and I will make it come true 
Make a list, baby 
Of the things I'll do for you 
Ain't no risk, now, 
In lettin' my love rain down on you, 
So we could wash away the past, 
So that we may start anew
Oh
More than an easy feelin', 
She brings joy to me 
How can I tell you 
What it means to me? 
Flow like a lazy river 
For an eternity 
I've finally found someone 
Who believes in me, 
And I'll never leave
Oh
Oh, not to doubt now
Mmmm, make life grand
Well
Make a wish, baby 
Well, and I will make it come true 
Make a list, baby 
Of the things I'll do for you 
Ain't no risk, now, 
In lettin' my love rain down on you, 
So we could wash away the past, 
So that we may start anew
(Beside me) Need your lovin' here beside me
(To guide me) Keep it close enough to guide me 
(Inside of me) From the fears that are inside of me 
You're the biggest part of me
(Forever) Got a feelin' that forever 
(Together) We are gonna stay together 
(Forever) From now until forever 
You're the biggest part of me 
You're the life that breathes in me 
You're the biggest part of me
Mmmmm
You changed my life 
You made it right 
And I'll be a servant to you 
For the rest of my life  
You're the biggest part of me....

YOU'RE THE ONLY WOMAN (YOU & I)
(Pack)
Oh baby 
Say, now, you 
You talk about The things I do 
But baby, I yeah, 
I'll try 'n' explain the reasons why
'Cause I've been thinkin' 'bout the things
That we said late last night, 
When every word I said 
Just didn't come out right, 
And you were so afraid 
That I'd found someone new 
But darlin', well, there's no need 
For what we're goin' through
Because you and I've been in love too long 
To worry 'bout tomorrow 
Here's a place where we both belong
I know you're the only woman that I'm dreamin' of 
You're the only woman that I really love
Baby, see what a foolish heart has done for me 
Darlin', why yeah would you break my heart and make me cry? 
Well now, you can't go back and change the way things are,
And all this foolish talk won't take us very far 
And so I hope you're list'nin' 'cause I'm tellin' you
About the, the way I feel and what I'm goin' through
Because you and I've been in love too long 
To worry 'bout tomorrow 
Here's a place where we both belong
I know you're the only woman that I'm dreamin' of 
You're the only woman that I really love
Oh Don't speak Ssshh 
When the pain of love surrounds you 
And the world may be unkind
I'll put my lovin' arms around you 
Take you far from this place and time
Because you and I've been in love too long 
To worry 'bout tomorrow 
Here's a place where we both belong
I know you're the only woman that I'm dreamin' of 
You're the only woman that I really love
You're the only woman You're the only woman
I know you're the only woman You're the only woman 
Well now you're the only woman... You're the only woman 

NICE, NICE, VERY NICE
(Vonnegut Jr. - Puerta - Pack - North - Drummond)
Oh a sleeping drunkard Up in Central Park
Or the lion hunter In the jungle dark
Or the Chinese dentist Or the British Queen
They all fit together In the same machine
Nice, nice, very nice 
Nice, nice, very nice 
So many people in the same device
Oh a whirling dervish And a dancing bear 
Or a Ginger Rogers and a Fred Astaire
Or a teenage rocker Or the girls in France 
Yes, we all are partners in this cosmic dance
Nice, nice, very nice 
Nice, nice, very nice 
So many people in the same device
I wanted all things to make sense
So we'd be happy instead of tense
Oh a sleeping drunkard Up in Central Park 
Or the lion hunter In the jungle dark
Or the Chinese dentist Or the British Queen 
They all fit together In the same machine
Nice, nice, very nice 
Nice, nice, very nice 
So many people in the same device 
So many people in the same device
			

LIFE BEYOND L. A. 
(Pack - Drummond)
Sometimes I think about the only way
That I'll ever see life beyond L.A. is dying
I sit in the corner of a hotel room
With a room service menu and I'm looking at the moon,
I'm crying
I'm out here waiting, praying, trying to keep from sayin'
That I don't miss you, though I do
You've got me shaking, praying, trying to keep from sayin' 
That I don't miss you, though I do, 
You know I do...
Livin' out here you soon come to know
That it ain't how good you are as much as who you know and how you fake it
Working this dive it's a matter of time
'Cause I'm a good lead player got a way with a line 
And I can make it
And when the day breaks dawn
Something is in my room 
When all my faith is gone
Something begets my gloom
I'm out here waiting, praying, trying to keep from sayin' 
That I don't miss you, though I do
You've got me shaking, playing, trying to keep from sayin' 
That I don't miss you, though I do 
Well, you know I do. 
Yes.I do
Sometimes I think about the only time
That I'll ever be happy in my own mind is dying...

LIVIN' ON MY OWN
(Drummond - Puerta - Pack)
She got a heart of steel 
She don't care how I feel 
But nothin' warms the chill 
When I'm livin' on my own
She keep my mind in worry 
She left my vision blurry 
Left me in a hurry 
Now I'm livin' on my own
Baby, when you left me here, 
I was so alone and full of fear 
Thought that I would be all right, 
But it's hard to last these lonely nights
Thought that I quit carin' 
When we both stopped sharin' 
The pain is hard to bear 
When I'm livin' on my own
She came into my life 
She kept all my dreams alive 
Baby, when you left me here, 
I was so alone and full of fear 
Thought that I would be all right, 
But it's hard to last these lonely nights
She got a heart of steel 
She don't care how I feel 
But nothin' warms the chill 
When I'm livin' on my own
Livin' on my own
Livin' on my own 

HOLDIN' ON TO YESTERDAY
(Puerta - Pack)
Well I keep holdin' on to yesterday
I keep holdin' on enough to say 
That I'm wrong
I keep thinkin'that I'm lonely 
But it's only missing you inside 
Days that we were once together 
Seems they'll never come alive
So I keep holdin' on to yesterday 
I keep holdin' on enough to say 
That it's wrong
Lord I don't know when I'll see you 
I can't reach you anymore 
If I'd only known I'd need you 
Then I'd keep you like before
I keep holdin' on to yesterday 
I keep holdin' on enough to say 
That I'm wrong, wrong, wrong To keep holdin' on 
My yesterdays have all gone by...

ANGOLA
(Puerta-Pack)
I was living in Angola, 
Reading in the paper
'Bout the new depression
Got the States upset
Still, I just can't see
How only one TV
And two slightly used cars
Causes such regrets
In this country such as ours,
If we had these things,
We would either be European 
Or descend from kings
Oh! Sometimes, you know,
I hunger for more than food, 
For more than the shelter 
From the cold monsoons 
I'd like swimmin' pools
And refrigerated air 
And an extra room to spare 
(No more ten to a room), 
And a thinking color set 
With a close-up zoom
But in this country such as ours, 
If we had these things,
We'd be a U.N. delegation
Or a visiting queen
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
And you remember well 
The day when old Wall Street fell
And do you fear it again?
Still there is one major difference
In just how we see some things 
What you call poor we call prosperity
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh! Sometimes, you know, 
I hunger for more than food, 
For more than the shelter
From the cold monsoons 
I'd like swimmin' pools
And refrigerated air
And an extra room to spare
(No more ten to a room), 
And a thinking color set 
With a close-up zoom
But in this country such as ours,
If we had these things,
We'd be a U.N. delegation 
Or a visiting queen
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh Living in Angola ...

HOW MUCH I FEEL
(Pack)
I don't know how this whole business started 
Of you thinkin' that I had been untrue 
But if you think that we'd be better parted 
It's gonna hurt me but I'll break away from you
Well, just give me the sign and I will be gone, yeahh
That's how much I feel 
Feel for you, baby 
How much I need I need your touch 
How much I live I live for your loving 
That's how much, that's how much 
That's how much, that's how much
I sleep alone, and late at night I'm dreamin' 
Of the togetherness that seems to be leavin' me 
I'd give it all and then I'd give some more 
If you would only love me like you had before
Take hold of my hand and all will be forgiven 
That's how much I feel 
Feel for you, baby 
How much I need I need your touch 
How much I live I live for your loving 
Well that's how much, that's how much 
That's how much, that's how much
So you try
Try to stay in the middle 
And then you cry 
Well you cry just a little
Then you both realize 
Just how foolish you've been
And you try to make amends 
But you're better off as friends 
'Cause that's how much, that's how much 
That's how much, that's how much
How's your life been goin' on 
I've got a wife now 
Years we've been goin' strong 
There's just something that I've got to say 
Sometimes when we make love 
I still can see your face
Just try to recall
When we were as one
That's how much I feel 
Feel for you, baby 
How much I need 
I need your touch 
How much I live 
I live for your loving 
That's how much

TIME WAITS FOR NO-ONE
(Pack - Puerta - Drummond - North)
Hurry up, get along, be on your way
And make sure that your certain 
It's not the wrong day
Punctual people are lost in their plight 
To become unprecedented when they arrive
Why am I searching and when will I know? 
Are the years that I've waited with nothing to show?
I'm ready to listen I'm ready to win 
But I can't wait much longer before we begin
Time waits for no-one
Time waits for no-one No-one,No-one
There's time to conceive in and time to expire 
Though the time 'twixt the two tells the tale that transpires So why must we continually disturb the universe 
With decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse
So people don't worry 'bout where you've gone wrong Cause you know if you hurry it takes twice as long
Relax and forget about what's to be done, it's time to have fun
Time waits for no-one
Time waits for no-one 
It really doesn't matter much to me 
I know the best times are timeless, you'll see...

I JUST CAN'T LET GO

(Pack)

Ooohh,
Oh, what's the matter baby?
Is the truth too hard to hear
Well, I think you know I'm not the one who lied
And now it's all behind us
And we both play out our lives
But the years don't change the way I feel inside

So we play the game out
Though it feels the same now
Are you missin' me?

Well now, baby just be aware
Of how much I still care
Ohhhh, I need your love

I gave to you
My heart and soul
Now I just need
To let you know
You're part of me
That I just can't let go (go, go)
Go (go, go)

Well, tell me somethin' baby
Is there still some thing inside
To remind you of the way it used to be?
And how the years have rolled by
Still there's somethin' I must say
No one ever could have loved you more than me

So I'm passin' time now
(Oooh)
Wishin' you were mine now
(Oooh)
Are you missin' me?
(Are you missin' me?)
(Oooh)

Well you know it's not too late
(Oooh)
Oh, how long must I wait
(Oooh)
Ohhhh, to hear you say

I gave to you
My heart and soul
(Yeay-ah)
Now I just need
To let you know
You're part of me
That I just can't let go (go, go)
Go (go, go)

(And I)
And I need your love
And I need your love
Everywhere I go there's a memory
(And)
If you can't decide on me
(Wooohh)
Well you gotta make up your mind
Someday you're gonna find
You just might need me
(Meeee)

Ohhh, baby
Ah Oooh

Well now, baby just be aware
Of how much I still care
Ohhhh, I need your love

I gave to you (gave)
My heart and soul (heart and soul)
(heart and soul)
Now I just need
(I just need to let you know)
To let you know
You're part of me that
(Part of me, yeah)
I just can't let
(That I just)
Part of me that
(Part of me)
I just can't let
(Baby)
Part of me that
(I just can't let)
I just can't let go (go, go)
(Can't let go, babe, no)
Go (go, go)
(But I need you baby, so bad, baby)
(Ooohh)
Go (go, go)
(I just can't let go, no, baby)
(No matter how many years we're apart, I)
Go (go, go)
(I still hold you here in my heart, baby)
Go (go, go)
(Can't let go, babe, no, no)
Go (go, go)
(Ahhhh, just can't let go, just can't let go)
(Yeah)

Ooooooohh....

HEART TO HEART
(Puerta-Pack)
Heart to heart
Soul to soul 
Feeling lost 
Everywhere I go
Love to love
Or hold to hold 
Choose your cost 
Be it pain or Be it gold
Ain't there nothin' In this world You can count on?
Ain't there nothin' In this world to believe?
Save a gypsy's song When she's singin' 
With a violin sweet?
Heart to heart
Soul to soul 
Feeling lost 
Everywhere I go
If only, my love, 
You would try, love, 
You could reach me 
Long enough to teach me
All in time,love,
Will we find love 
But it taunts me 
You don't seem to want me 
Why does your love haunt me 
Everywhere I go?
Heart to heart
Soul to soul 
Feeling lost 
Everywhere I go,
Everywhere I go
AND... 
(Drummond)
But if you can want love 
You can hide 
All the memories inside
And It won't take more Than you can give
Just to find a way to live 
And As soon as you Can look around 
There's a new love to be found

SOMEWHERE I'VE NEVER TRAVELLED
(Pack - Puerta)
Somewhere I've never travelled 
That's where I've been today 
Somewhere beyond all reason 
But it became the only way
I could find it
Something inside of me 
I can find it
Someplace I've always dreamed of
That's what I finally see 
And when I'm there I feel love 
So there I always want to be
I believe it 
Believe in myself 
I have seen it
And there's a day when you'll wake
With the sun in your eyes 
Hearing a voice that is calling 
Within you to rise
(Rise...)
Someday I'll be there 
Though I know not
Where I go 
There I'll be 
When I go
Somewhere I'd never travelled 
That's where it all began 
And as my dreams unravel 
I long to go that way again
I am waiting 
Waiting to take you there 
No more waiting
(Off you go...)

SKY IS FALLING

(Pack - Puerta - Chiaravelle)

It's a fine time
To be askin' for charity
We've got babies cryin'
The well's run dry
Hardly make enough to make ends meet
Or keep on the heat

And you want me to talk about it
Like it's up to me to choose
Whether my voice counts I doubt it
You won't see my face
On the evening news

Sky is fallin'
(I don't understand)
Ooooohhhh
(Tell me, what can I do?)
World is callin'
(Just one man)
Ooooohhhh
Where can I turn?, ain't got a clue
(Aaaahh, ohh the sky is fallin')
Sky is fallin'
Time has come
(And I've got bills to pay)
Tomorrow's calling
(I've gotta live today, live today)
(Ohh)

It's a hard drive home
Round the corner from the condo town
Living' next to five types of violence
It's enough just to bring you down
Gonna mess you 'round
(Mess you 'round)

And you want me to bend over
To pull the rich man's plow
Yeah, that's the way it's always been
Why should anybody
Wanna change it now

Sky is fallin'
(I don't understand)
Ooooohhhh
(Tell me, what am I to do?)
World is callin'
(Just one man)
Ooooohhhh
(And I haven't got a clue)
(Aaaahh, ohh the sky is fallin')
Sky is fallin'
(I've got bills to pay)
Time has come
(Ooooohhhh the world is callin')
The world is callin'
(I've gotta live today, live today)
(Yeahhhh)
(Woooohhhh)
(I've gotta live, live...)

(Ooooohhhh)
And you don't know why or when it's gonna be
(But you heard it's out there waiting)
(Ooooohhhh)
Do you pull up stakes and leave or wait and see
Ahhh
If it's a false alarm?
Ahhh, Ahhh

There's an outside chance
Ooohh, we could win it in overtime
But the clock is running
Night is comin'
If you're gonna save yourself
Better get off the dime

Sky is fallin'
(Sky is fallin')
Ooooohhhh
(Tell me, what do I do?)
World is callin'
(Well, I'm just one man)
Ooooohhhh
(And I ain't got a clue, ain't got a clue)
(Oooooh)
Sky is fallin'
(the sky is fallin')
Time has come
(I've got bills to pay)
World is callin'
(Tomorrow's coming)
(I can't turn it around, but I can't turn away)

STILL NOT SATISFIED
(Drummond - Pack - Puerta)
Well, I'm livin' but I still ain't satisfied 
I'm runnin' but I don't know where to hide 
There have been lovers, places I've known 
Strangers I've turned to when I've been alone 
And I'm leavin' 'cause I'm still not satisfied
Yeah, I'm bleedin' and I don't know where to hide
There have been places I'd like to have seen 
Dreams that have never come true
But in this lifetime there's no in between 
In between living with you
I've been shot down but still I stand to fight 
I know what's wrong but I don't know what's right
'Cause all of your money, sweet talk and gold 
Can't buy a heart back that's already sold 
And I'm leaving 'cause I still ain't satisfied 
Yeah, I'm bleedin' and I don't know where to hide
I have no reason to go back again 
Living but not getting through 
'Cause in this lifetime there's no in between
In between living with you
Ain't found nothing to rely on
No place I feel at home 
Show me something to get by on 
Seems I've waited so long 
I don't hear what you say anymore
Well, I'm runnin'...

COWBOY STAR
(Puerta - Pack - North - Drummond)
Of man's progress I don't give a hoot 
And man's estrangements Of nature's arrangements 
Has given cause for my heartbreak To boot
The simple life though Filled with strife
And struggle with the land 
Still remained its simple self 
And that I understand
So city smog and dog eat dog
For some may hold sublime 
Well as for me If I had my way
I'd had lived Some other time
Praise the prairie 
And pass the cake 
I'd like to eat it too 
But being born now was my mistake
I've passed the buckaroo
I'd say 
You're right 
No chance Why fight? 
Why be A cowboy star
(But) Hump back brahmas 
Lovely cow mamas 
Saw dust floor saloons 
Dance hall queens Romanced in my dreams 
So why pop my baloon?
No chance 
Why fight? 
Still in my own right 
I'd be A cowboy star
Dreams of my life
Are so carried away 
If just in my dreams 
I could Be for one day 
Just for one day
Lost in my dreams
I'll be riding away 
like a cowboy star
Stage set: Sundown, 
In my last Showdown I'll be....
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