ROCK IN THE ROAD

There's a rock in the road
And a ditch on the side
And a steep hill that must be climbed
It's a big heavy load
And it measures too wide
And a destination
That's hard to find
But
I will get over
I'll make it there
'Till I climb up that mountain
And breathe heaven's air
I will get over

There's a stop sign ahead
And it's slippery when wet
And a detour at every turn
There's a narrowing bridge
And a long threatening ridge
And a big-old landslide
That bars return
But
I will get over
I'll make it there
There's just no getting round it
There's trouble out there
I will get over

There's a wreck on the right
And it's getting on night
And my headlights, they won't turn on
All the brakes have been worn
And the bumper's been torn
And my pride and patience
Are all but gone
But

I will get over
I'll make it there
'Till that sweet day I find it and know that I'm there
I will get over

NO TIME TO SMELL THE FLOWERS

And I really don't like
Rushing through life
Takin' no time to smell the flowers
Years pass like hours
The seasons rush by

There's a song in the wind
And I feel it again
They'll be no time to smell the flowers
Blind eyes to the colors
The seasons rush by

There's no time to regret
No time for cryin'
There's a way to forget
But it dulls the senses

I want to live
With all my powers
Asking for this
Could be askin' for trouble

And I really don't like
Rushing through life
Takin' no time to take no chances
Danger in the dancing
The seasons rush by

There's a song in the wind
And I feel it again
They'll be no time to smell the flowers
Tears pass like hours
The seasons rush by

There's a wolf in disguise
Makes up pay our brothers
He puts fear in our eyes
And he dulls the senses

We want to live
With all our powers
Askin' for this
Could be askin' for trouble


SOMETHING WARM

I'd like to leave you with something warm
Maybe a whisper or a thank you or a love that lingers on
If I could leave with you a little bit of me somehow
I'd leave you with something warm

I'd like to tell you that you're beautiful, in everything you do
That you're a part of me, the heart of me, the mirror of the truth
And in return I'd like to give it all right back to you
I'd like to leave you with something warm

Love has always one excuse for every reason
So much love so precious little time my friends
We've all had our moments to believe in
So farewell until I see you all again

I'd like to leave you with something warm
Maybe an angel to fly you away from any harm
Or a little light that shines you all the way back home
I'd like to leave you with something warm

Now there's always one excuse for every reason
So much love so precious little time my friends
We've all had our moments to believe in
So farewell until I see you all again

I'd like to leave you with something warm
Maybe a whisper or a thank you or a love with open arms
Or a little light that shines you all the way back home
I'd like to leave you with something warm

I'd like to tell you that you're beautiful
In everything you do
The part of me, the heart of me, the mirror of the truth

I'd like to tell you that you're beautiful
Something warm, something to take home
Something good and something kind
Warm your heart and ease your mind
Something warm


OLD BITCH WARRIOR

Old Bitch Warrior she sleeps in the grave
People think so, but what they don't know
Is that she roams the streets in the still of the night
Ready to conquer up for the fight

And oh she's not afraid
The steel in her pocket
The ice in her veins
Fingers are calloused
Her nails thick and black
She's made her decision
And there's no turning back

Old Bitch Warrior
A scream in the night
Look over your shoulder
Put on the light
That wind in the shadows
She's with us you pray
Someone will find her
And take her away

She's not afraid
The steel in her pocket
The ice in her veins
Oh she can't be ignored
The building is burning
With a lock on the door

Old Bitch Warrior
She sleeps in the grave
People think so,
But what they don't know
She roams the streets in the still of the night
Ready to conquer
'Till they take her away

She's not afraid
Steel in her pocket
Ice in her veins
Enemies scatter
When she comes around
There's comfort in thoughts of her
Dead in the ground


THESE NIGHTS

No room service after midnight
So I'm dining lite on nuts from the machine
And your pictures not like havin' you but it sure dresses up room 418
If I didn't feel like I belonged here I picked tonight to have my doubts,
Oh yeah
It's just another road map that I never got the time to figure out

These nights
They must be sent in to depress me maybe break maybe test me
These nights

These nights
Are the life I try to fashion outta microphones and passion
These nights

And the things that I discover every time I hold my heart up to the lights
These nights

Sometimes I'm blinded by the spotlight and reminded of the first night
That I played
It's lucky that I didn't know how bad I was or I'd have never stayed

And after all these nights if more of me is diamond and less of me is rough
I'd still fly it to the candle 'cause on nights like these
You're never blind enough

These nights
They must be sent here to amaze me maybe bury maybe craze me
These nights

These nights
Am I blazing am I bleeding all my secret words to dealing with
These nights

And the things that I discover at the time I hold my heart up to the lights
These nights

These nights
They must be sent here to confound me maybe bury maybe pound me
These nights

These nights
When I'm stranded on the runway
Wondering if there might be more than one way up - one way down

And the things that I discover any time I hold my heart up to the crowd
These nights

YOU DON'T KNOW ME

You have seen me through my windows
In the heat of different lights
You've held me 'till I trembled
Loved me 'till I cried
Now you're off to far horizons
I can see your other side
They'll be news of thid tomorrow
So tonight we'll sit here quiet

You don't know me
You don't know me

When I dream I take you with me
Though you never really go
To the places where I travel
To the secrets left untold
So you held me deep inside you
In a place that felt like home
Ah the face it's so familiar
It's the heart you'll never know

You don't know me
You don't know me

Round the colors of deception
At the risk of telling lies
In the opposite direction
There's a temporary high
But it's only one more dead end
On a street that's paved with gold
When you can't create a reason
For the mystery to unfold

You don't know me
You don't know me


I DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS

I don't know what love is
Is it roses and kisses or moonlight and song
Or just a lot of people talking
I thought that I knew but I guess I was wrong

You told me love was everything
The reason for living to listen to you
Please don't ever leave me
Just shadows of words disappeared in the blue
Years just go by
My heart keeps beating though it doesn't show
Tears in my eyes
And words like forever are all that I know

I don't know what love is
Temporary dream go away with the dawn
But I believed in always
And I kept on believing until you were gone
Years just go by
My heart keeps beating though it doesn't show
Tears in my eyes
And words like forever are all that I know

Tell me what you're thinkin' of
Fallin' in and out of love
Tell me what it's like to be you

You said you would love me always
This confusion leads me in all ways
Tell me what it means to you
To be true

I don't know what love is
One woman's fantasy another man's game
But it kept you close inside me
In the heat of the night I still call out your name

I don't know what love is
But my heart keeps beating though it doesn't show
But I believe in always
'Cause words like forever are all that I know
And words like forever are all that I know


BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

ANY TIME AT ALL

Any time at all, any time at all,
Any time at all,
All you've gotta do is call and I'll be there.

If you need somebody to love, 
Just look into my eyes,
I'll be there to make you feel right.
If you're feeling sorry and sad,
I'd really sympathize.
Don't you be sad, just call me tonight.

Any time at all, any time at all, 
Any time at all,
All you've gotta do is call and I'll be there.

If the sun has faded away,
I'll try to make it shine,
There's nothing I won't do
If you need a shoulder to cry on
I hope it will be mine.
Call me tonight, and I'll come to you.

Any time at all, any time at all,
Any time at all,
All you've gotta do is call and I'll be there.
Any time at all,
All you've gotta do is call and I'll be there.


FREEDOM KNOWS MY NAME

Freedom pulls my heart strings
As I board another plane
It's not leavin' I am wanting
But freedom knows my name

Friends turn into strangers
Strangers can be cold
I've been blessed with angels
At least I'm not alone

And they come to me in a sunrise
In the words of some old song
In the name of all creation
In a life long out of bounds

Freedom knows my name
Freedom knows my name
Freedom knows my name

Tender roots grow deep with longing
To the core of solid ground
Mine go left of center and sightly off the ground

Through the worn torn ages
Seams of freedom's fight
Drawn on hidden pages
Haunt our dreams at night

Freedom knows my name
Freedom knows my name
Freedom knows my name

To the child without a promise
To the frightened and the tame
Although it's just a whisper
Freedom knows your name


SUMMER OF LOVE

Step inside the shoes I walk in
Walk them down onto a pasture
Where the green may have been yellow
But the music will remember

In the summer of love
(Repeat)

Where we raged and reached for freedom
When we kissed and loved a stranger
And we asked our silly questions
And would not settle for the reasons
Dared we rise up to the cause
Or did we cause the thing to happen
When humanity awakens
But the music will remember

In the summer of love
(Repeat)

There's a power on a hillside
There was magic in the moment
It's a farm land that lies fallow
But the dream grows on forever
Cynics laugh and make it less then
The extraordinary wonder
When humanity awakens
Ah but the music wil remember

In the summer of love
(Repeat)


BALLERINA

Well you didn't grow up to be a ballerina
But you do a great song and dance
Mamma used to rock you with a concertina
To the tune of a rock'n'roll band

You were such a little lady
Such a pretty little baby
Had the look that could undo a full grown man
You didn't grow up to be a ballerina
But you do a great song and dance

You never went further than that first tondu
But your smile sure made 'em rave
I'll bet you made your mom and daddy proud of you
When that float drove by and you waved

You were everybody's dream
Just a cutie beauty queen
Destined for a life of romance
You didn't grow up to be a ballerina
But you do a great song and dance
Put on your tutu
Do a great song and dance
Oh yeah you do do
Do a great song and dance

Well you made the grades in every class at school
It must've been your natural charm
When it was hot outside you always could stay cool
With that boy in your eye and the one in your arms

Never mind the arabesque
Just do what you did best
Come on we're gonna give the girl a hand
You didn't grow up to be a ballerina
But you do a great song and dance
Put on your tutu
Do a great song and dance
Oh yeah you do do
Do a great song and dance


I WILL SURVIVE

Copyright 1995 All songs written by Melanie Safka Schekeryk - Two Story Publishing Inc./Schekeryk Publ., except: Something Warm co-written by Jess Leary - Loose Angel Music; Rock In The Road (alternative version) written by David Bruen - Two Story Publishing, Inc./Schekeryk Publ.; These Nights written by David Buskin and Robin Batteau - POSD Music/McDuck Music, ASCAP; I Don't Know What Love Is written by Jonathan Edwards - Joinatune Earthwords, ASCAP/Two Story Publishing, ASCAP; Any Time At All written by Lennon & McCartney - Maclen Music Ltd./Northerns Songs Ltd.; I Will Survive written by Dino Fikaris & Freddie Perrin - Polydor International/Perrin Vibes