[Deborah Gibson]

Come Home.

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

Don't Flirt With Me.

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?)

Dream.

Performed by: Debbie Gibson.
Written by: Deborah Gibson.
(as performed on July 15th in Pittsburgh, PA, 1995 Special Olympics)
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

Everytime We Say Goodbye.

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

Heart And Soul.

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

I Come From America.

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

Love Or Lust.

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

Love Under My Pillow.

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

Sleigh Ride.

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.

So Close To Forever.

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

Take Me Home For Christmas.

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.

Taken By You.

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

Teach You to Love.

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)
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

The Most Beautiful Love Song.

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...

The Streets of London.

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

'Til You Come Back Again.

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?

Whose World Is It.

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

Without You.

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

You're The One That I Want.

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