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Performed by: Debbie Gibson.
Written by: Deborah Gibson.-
Well that phone doesn't ring when you want it to
And it isn't your dream on the line
It's just dad telling mom to have dinner without him
'Cause he won't be coming home on time
Well there's always that dance to escape to
But that doesn't always work out
You don't have a date; you're not going alone
Isn't it nice to know you can still come home?
Well you don't have a million friends to speak of
But a best one is all that you need - oh
Growing up so strong but you're not made of stone
Isn't it nice to come home?
In the real world you're not always welcome
And all's not forgive and forget
It's a cruel world without understanding
And little one it's not over yet
Well you never can trust a stranger
So you may as well give up this fight - oh
Your best friend's are waiting in the living room
So go on and kiss them good night
Performed by: Debbie Gibson.
Written by: Deborah Gibson.
(as performed on the Electric Youth World tour)-
If you mean it - well, then you mean it
If you don't - just stay away
I don't want to be a penny
That you saved for a rainy day
Stop wishing it, take action
I tell myself make your move
It's just a kiss
Better stop it, think logically
Do I want a guy who acts like this
CHORUS:
Don't flirt with me
Say what you mean, don't hurt me baby
Don't flirt with me
I can't deny, I want you baby
Don't flirt with me
Don't play mind games
Just stop, before someone gets hurt
Don't flirt...
All I'm asking, is for the real thing
No tricks are up my sleeve
Be straightforward, ask your questions
Tell me something I'll believe
My feelings are so strong
But they hurt so easily
Oh, I'm not asking for much at all
Just a lifetime guarantee
CHORUS
I know that there will come a time
When you will stop messing with my mind
And when love is the message you understand
I'll be here to give you some of your own medicine
You'll be saying...
Na na na...
CHORUS
Stop, stop, stop it boy
Don't hurt me baby
Don't flirt with me
I can't deny, I need you baby
Don't flirt with me
Don't play mind games
Just stop...
Just don't flirt with me (OK?)
Performed by: Debbie Gibson.
Written by: Deborah Gibson.
(as performed on July 15th in Pittsburgh, PA, 1995 Special Olympics)
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VERSE1:
I like to sing so I sing
Someday I'm gonna shine like the stars and
Yes, I can do it
I know I can do it
'Cause I can dream
VERSE2:
My friend says when he grows up
He wants to find [fires?] that burn bright and
Yes, he can do it
I know he can do it
'Cause he can dream
BRIDGE:
When people tell you it's impossible
But you know it's not true
That's the time to show them what you can do
Through dreaming
VERSE3:
I like to reach so I reach
Tonight I'm going to reach for the stars and
Yes, I can do it
I know I can do it
'Cause I can dream
Yes, I can do it
I'm gonna see to it
'Cause I can dream
Performed by: Ana.
Written by: Deborah Gibson.
(On Ana's album "Body Language")-
Huh listen!
Do you have to go shake your head (yes or no)
Do you have to go tell me it isn't so
Do you wonder why it makes us cry everytime we say goodbye
Do you ever give in to what you believe
You know I never want you to leave
Do you wonder why it
Makes us cry everytime we say goodbye
CHORUS:
Catch your breath and I'll catch mine
Why does it feel like the end of the world
I've felt [read?] and I've seen and I've heard
About the power in that word
Goodbye, I know it's not forever
Goodbye, I don't understand
Why it seems so silly to cry everytime we say goodbye
I don't see how you've become so far away
I'm around the new friends I have found
But you mean so much more I just can't ignore
You're the one that I adore
It's so crazy there's just not a choice
My heart beats just to hear your voice
Do you wonder why it makes us cry everytime we say goodbye
CHORUS
Funny how when you are younger
You just giggle at a farewell kiss
I never knew it could be like this
The way you're watching from the outside
You can see what's in a soul
I guess that loving someone makes us all
CHORUS
Performed by: Debbie Gibson.
Written by: Deborah Gibson.
(debuted on the One Step Ahead tour)-
VERSE 1:
Baby you've got to believe in me like I believe in you
Turn around, look what you've got
When I've got you, I see in you, I know how deep you run,
And I love every piece of your mind and heart.
Friends turn when the wind blows, the wrong way,
But I am here for you always.
Chorus:
You've got me heart and soul
We will grow old together
Don't care how the world turns
I promised you forever.
To have and to hold
You've got me heart and soul.
VERSE 2:
Never met anyone who was perfect, and I never will.
Disillusion, promises, I've had my fill,
But much greater is the power to rise above
Any obstacles we're given because we have lots of love
CHORUS
Performed by: Debbie Gibson.
Written by: Deborah Gibson.-
CHORUS:
I may speak like I'm from Korea
I may look like I'm from Africa
I may have an Italian accent
But I come from America
VERSE1:
I left my heart in San Francisco
I also went to Tampa Bay
I lost my money in Las Vegas
And laid in the sun all day
BRIDGE:
America is the place I love
The home of the free and brave
So hurry up and climb aboard
Get on the boat and wave goodbye forever
VERSE2:
I did the hula in Hawaii
I went swimming in Peoria
Although I may have been to Spain and Portugal
I come from America
CHORUS
Performed by: Debbie Gibson.
Written by: Deborah Gibson, Carl Sturken & Evan Rogers.-
INTRO:
I feel there's something wrong between us
I have no real reason
You say you love me
But you have one way to show me
And I need more
So listen to me
VERSE 1:
Another night alone with you
Another game you put me through
Another tear, another lie
Another see-through alibi
How can you say "I want you, dear"?
You know the words I want to hear
But every time that you say that line
Can't help but wonder what's really on your mind
CHORUS:
Is it love or is it lust?
Are you someone I can trust?
Would you take it to the limit for me?
Is it truth or is it dare?
Tell me if you really care
Baby, I don't mean to make a fuss
Is it love or is it lust?
Is it love or is it lust?
So tell me
VERSE 2:
The finest jewels may hypnotize
But I don't need what your money buys (oh no)
I'm searching for a heart that's true
(You know) The kind of love I give to you
I can't deny you satisfy
I'm not so sure of what you feel inside
You don't express your love unless
You feel the warmth of my caress
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Just talk to me, can't read your mind
I hope you're not the selfish kind
I could be wrong, I could be right
So you tell me
Just stay tonight
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
Is it love or is it lust?
CHORUS
I don't mean to make a fuss
Tell me is it love or lust?
Tell me
Baby, is it truth or dare?
Tell me darlin' do you care?
Is it love or is it lust?
Another tear, another lie
Just tell me dear 'cause I wonder why
I'm searching for a heart so true
You always said I could trust you
Now I feel that something's wrong
I thought we had a bond so strong
I can't deny you satisfy
I want more
Let's try
Performed by: Debbie Gibson & Keeth Stewart.
Written by: Deborah Gibson.
(performed on the Electric Youth World tour)-
Baby I know it's time to go but
I've been meaning to tell you for some time
How special you are, the closeness I feel for you, girl
Oh, the one thing I need to know, is do you feel it too?
'Cause every night I close my eyes
And you're all I'm thinking about
'Cause it's so nice to go to sleep
With love under my pillow
It's so nice to know that someone cares
I hold you close to me
At night, 'til the morning light
The best of our words, are here with me
Love, under my pillow
Baby when I held your hand
Well you showed me that you cared
'Cause I felt my heart leap out from my head to my feet
I felt like I wanted to give you the world
If only it was mine to give
'Cause without your loving I can't live
It's so nice to go to sleep
With love under my pillow
It's so nice to know that someone cares
I hold you close to me
At night, 'til the morning light
I have all your words
Right here with me
Under my pillow
'Cause I no longer have to be alone - anymore
And I close my eyes and I shut the door
I turn up my favourite song
And baby I sing along
How can anything be so right
Nothin', nothin' at all is wrong
It's so nice to go to sleep
With love under my pillow
It's so nice... It's so nice...
I hold you close to me
At night, 'til the morning light
The best of our words, are here with me
Under my pillow
I got your words lying under my pillow
I got them all under my pillow
I got your words lying under my pillow
Performed by: Debbie Gibson.
Written by: Leroy Anderson (music) and Mitchell Parish (words).-
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling,
ring-ting-tingling, too.
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride
together with you.
Outside the snow is falling
and friends are calling, "Yoo-hoo!"
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride
together with you.
Giddy-yap, giddy-yap, giddy-yap, let's go,
Let's look at the show
We're riding in a wonderland of snow.
Giddy-yap, giddy-yap, giddy-yap, it's grand,
Just holding your hand.
We're gliding along with a song of a wintery fairyland.
Our cheeks are nice and rosy and comfy-cozy are we.
We're snuggled up together
like two birds of a feather would be.
Let's take that road before us and sing a chorus or two.
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride
together with you.
There's a birthday party at the home of Farmer Gray.
It'll be the perfect ending of a perfect day.
We'll be singing the songs we love to sing
without a single stop,
At the fireplace while we watch the chestnuts pop.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
There's a happy feeling nothing in the world can buy,
When they pass around the coffee and the pumpkin pie.
It'll nearly be like a picture print by Currier and Ives.
These wonderful things are the things we remember
all through our lives!
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling,
ring-ting-tingling, too.
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride
together with you.
Outside the snow is falling
and friends are calling, "Yoo-hoo!"
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride
together with you.
Performed by: Debbie Gibson.
Written by: Deborah Gibson.-
VERSE 1:
Jealousies
Misconceptions
Opinions
Outside advice
Fears of getting hurt again
Doubt in your eyes
Why do we listen?
Why do we care?
We almost made it there
CHORUS:
We came so close to forever
Now what's done is done
There'll be no resurrection
How can life break its promises
I even made this promise to myself
So close but never there again
VERSE 2:
Once a king
Now a prince
One step lower
On the list
It's not plain and simple innocence
'Cause we've been through more now
And it's left its scars somehow
CHORUS
Oh, oh, oh now what's done is done
hmmm...
It's close so close but never there again
oh, oh, oh
Performed by: Debbie Gibson.
Written by: Deborah Gibson.-
VERSE 1:
Christmas songs are playing,
but not for me.
Why does everything seem so out of place?
Everyone thinks this is a merry time for all
and to see the frozen tears upon my face.
CHORUS:
Someone take me home for Christmas
so I won't be alone.
Let me have a family
to call my very own.
And then
I'll feel the joy that they're all singing of.
This Christmas just give me someone to love.
VERSE 2:
I was too small to remember,
though I cried out loud.
I wish they would write or call me,
I guess they're just too proud.
People make mistakes,
though the heart sunk to the ground.
I'd gladly open my arms if they'd only come around.
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
All year came and went.
I held my hopes up high.
But now I need you bad.
If ever there was a time.
It's just once that we live.
We take so much, why can't you give?
CHORUS:
So someone take me home for Christmas,
so I won't be alone.
Let me have a mom and dad again,
someone to call my own.
And then
I'll feel the joy that they're all singing of.
This Christmas just give me someone to love.
Performed by: Debbie Gibson.
Written by: Deborah Gibson.-
VERSE 1:
You can do no wrong
Baby all you have to do is
be yourself from the [?]
It's here in the sun
Can't you hear my [?]
My heart's going out to yours
I feel you in my arms
I touch your lips in my mind
And in my dreams we're always together
CHORUS:
I'm so taken, taken by you
Oh baby touch me
I'm shaken through and through
And I'll never rest easy
Til your heart is all mine
They say that love is blind
Baby forget all you've heard
I'm not fakin', I'm so taken
so taken by you
VERSE 2:
I'm all heart and soul
I lose all my strength to you
[ ? ]
And all the words I heard about my fallin' too
Do not [replan], my friend
I can't help feeling all emotions
'Cause right now my life depends on how you feel
So please say you love me
CHORUS
Performed by: Debbie Gibson and Robert Ellis Orrall.
Written by: Deborah Gibson and Robert Ellis Orrall.
(debuted on May 25th, 1995, at "ASCAP Quiet on the Set", CBGB Gallery NY)
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They teach you to read
They teach you to write
They teach you to say
Your prayers at night
They teach you good manners
And all that stuff
But they don't teach you how to love
Dad taught me fishin'
Baitin' the hook
Mama taught me how
To sew and cook
I know that they tried
But what I'm dreamin' of,
Is that someone's gonna teach me how to love
Anyone can move a mountain
If they work hard enough
If it was only that easy
To move someone to love
They teach you to hurt
They teach you to hate
And learn to hold back
Till it's just too late
Then they teach you to run
When the goin' gets tough
But they don't teach you how to love
They teach you to dance
They teach you to sing
These days they teach you
Everything
I know why my heart
Feels like it does
If someone's gonna teach me how to love
Please won't you teach me how to love
Performed by: Debbie Gibson.
Written by: Deborah Gibson.-
VERSE 1:
I wanted to write the most beautiful love song
Because we have the most beautiful love
But words never came harder
It's not as blatant as days has gone by
It's hard to be as unique as you
But since it's for you I'll try
We're you feeling what I was feeling?
We're you dizzy when you let go?
Does it seem like sometimes when you're alone
I'm the only thing you really know?
CHORUS:
'Cause I could be completely mad
Broken down in tears, sadder than sad
And if there's one thing that could change my mind
It's knowing you're not far behind...
VERSE 2:
You touch something inside of me
That's been only touched in dreams
I never felt my happiness in heartache
Go to so many extremes
We didn't say what we're supposed to say
We just were ourselves
It turned out this way
Didn't know your impact
It just crept up and swept me away
CHORUS:
'Cause I could be completely mad
Broken down in tears, sadder than sad
And if there's one thing that could change my mind
It's knowing you're not far behind...
No words can get me when they come from you
You finish everything
You follow through
It's not just a matter of consistency
Everything you do is new to me...
BRIDGE:
Everytime you talk about it baby
I think words
Do we really belong
In the same place, at the same time
Wasn't sure about faith but you changed my mind...
CHORUS:
'Cause I could be completely mad
Broken down in tears, sadder than sad
And if there's one thing that could change my mind
It's knowing you're not far behind...
No words can get me when they come from you
You finish everything
You follow through
It's not just a matter of consistency
Everything you do is new to me...
Performed by: Debbie Gibson.-
Have you seen the old man in the closed down market
Kicking up the papers with his worn out shoes?
In his eyes you see no pride,
And held loosely at his side
Yesterday's papers telling yesterday's news
CHORUS:
So how can you tell me you're lonely?
And say for you that the sun don't shine
Let me take you by the hand
and lead you through the streets of London
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
In the all night cafe, at a quarter past eleven
Same old man sitting there all alone
Looking at the world over the rim of his tea cup
Each tea lasts an hour, and he wanders home alone
CHORUS
Have you seen the old girl who walks the streets of London
Dirt on her face, and her clothes in rags
She's no time for talking, she just keeps right on walking
Carrying her home in two carrier bags
CHORUS
Performed by: Debbie Gibson.
Written by: Deborah Gibson.
(debuted on the One Step Ahead tour)-
There was a time I knew were you were
You weren't mine, at least not yet
But I'd like to dream that you were
There was a space only you could fill
And no one has and no one will
'Til you come back again
Precious moments that we've shared
They're nothing to you
But I remember every single glance
They were promised, they were few
Too few I want one more chance at...
I wonder now where you are tonight
How can your life be close to right
Without what I never gave you
Why can't we dance?
I know that we could fly...
Can I call you my friend
'Til you come back again?
Performed by: Debbie Gibson.
Written by: Deborah Gibson.
(performed live for Earth '90 telecast on June 2, 1990)-
VERSE 1:
There's a very good reason
Why there's not just
One person in this world
We gotta do what we can
Oh, there's a reason
Now there must be a plan
If we want to make it work
Word of mouth
Hand in hand
CHORUS:
Whose world is it anyway?
Who do we think is gonna make it right?
Whose world is it anyway?
Who are we hurting?
After all, it's our fight.
VERSE 2:
There's a time for laying low
There's a time for sticking your neck out
On the line
I think now's our time
'Cause there's a real real problem
What are we without the air we breath?
No one should have to be without
CHORUS
After all, it's our life.
We've gotta make it stop
But it begins with just one drop
We will do it, in just one day
But if we never stop
The earth will crumble
Fall apart
And the children will be left
In a helpless land
Who's gonna make it right?
Who's gonna make it right?
We've gotta make it right
Or no one else will.
There's a reason
Now there's gotta be a time
Gotta stick your neck out
On the line
Performed by: Debbie Gibson.
Written by: Deborah Gibson and Tatsuro Yamashita.-
VERSE 1:
Couldn't go anywhere
Without feeling,
All alone inside
Could say I didn't care
But that would be a lie
I've seen a million faces
Passing through my eyes
But yours stays with me
And I hope you realize that....
CHORUS:
Life wouldn't be the same without you
That whole world revolves around you
And when I've called on you
You were always there
Only a true friend can give me
All the joy each day you bring me
I have to tell you 'cause it's true
Life wouldn't be the same
Without you
VERSE 2:
I could turn
I could smile
I could cry for a little while
'Cause I know you'll always put me in my place
It's this thing friendship brings
A little of everything
But most of all a smile to my face
And I've seen a million of them
Passing through my eyes
But yours stays with me
I just hope you realize that....
CHORUS:
Life wouldn't be the same without you
That whole world shines all around you
And when I've called on you
You were always there
Only a true friend can give me
All the joy each day you bring me
I have to tell you 'cause it's true
Life wouldn't be the same
Without you
Performed by: Debbie Gibson & Craig McLachlan.
Written by: John Farrar.-
KEY:
DG - Debbie Gibson
CM - Craig McLachlan
CD - Debbie & Craig
() backing singers
VERSE 1:
CM: I got chills they're multiplyin'
And I'm losin' control
Cause the power you're supplyin'
It's electrifyin'
DG: You better shape up
Cause I need a man
And my heart is set on you (and my heart is set on)
You better shape up
You better understand
To my heart I must be true
CM: Nothin' left
CD: Nothin' left for me to do
CHORUS:
CD: You're the one that I want (You are the one for)
The one that I want (You are the one for)
The one that I want (You are the one for)
The one I need (one I need)
oh yes indeed (yes indeed)
VERSE 2:
DG: If you're filled with affection
You're too shy to convey
Better take my direction
Feel your way
Aow
CM: I better shape up
cause you need a man
DG: I need a man
Who can keep me satisfied (who can keep me satisfied)
CM: I better shape up
If I'm gonna prove
DG: You better prove
That my faith is justified
CM: Are you sure
CD: Yes I'm sure down deep inside
CHORUS 5 x