Deep in the jungle in the mountains of the east There was a dragon young and free. Living off the land, playing in the streams, Sleeping in the shade of the trees. And late at night he’d soar through the skies Among the stars, earth far below, But all of that was destined to change when the tiger-lady came along. Tiger-lady had quite the appetite, so she prowled on the dragon-boy one night. She was as quiet as a mouse but dragon-boy was ready for her pounce. That battle raged til the sun came up. From the valleys to the mountaintops they fought. No match was better made, no passion so great. By morning they’d fallen in love. He breathed her fire, and he flew her threw the air. She let him nuzzle in her fur. And wonders there they never would have known til the tiger-lady came along. Wooah, wooah. Wooah, wooah. And late at night tiger-lady’d prowl on the dragon-boy, fire in her eyes. And it was hot, but that didn’t stop those chills from running up and down his spine. But time it came, and tiger-lady needed to get in touch with her roots. Dragon-boy, he looked around, but the tiger-lady, she was gone. And he searched for her day and night From the mountains to the seas. Time went on, but love it seemed just wasn’t meant to be. Dragon-boy, he found a dragon-girl and their love burned bright and hot. And all was right, but he still dreamed of that night When the tiger lady came, she came along.

And I had to watch as you walked away, smile on your face, no turning back… But somehow I knew you’d be back again. And now you’ve returned not one second too soon. Come on let’s put the pieces together and try it again. And my friends, they tell me that I should get out while I still can. But why would I walk away when, oh, how I love you so? And you were so young when we started out, you knew nothing of love and that didn’t change for a while. And maybe you had to go to see what we had. You left me out in the cold, but all the same I’m glad you’re back. And I spent weeks trying to tell myself that I didn’t want you anymore But you, you thwarted my plans, and oh, how I love you so. And now the tables have turned and our love is there rain, snow or shine. And I, I’m driving up to your house, and you’re sitting there on the porch waiting for me. Then you’re in my arms, and oh, how I love you so.

I went to the library not long ago. I did not notice her at first. Exploring the bookshelves, she caught my attention stacking the magazines peacefully. She was alone, but I dare not approach her, she probably wouldn’t say, “hi”. She walks home alone in the cold, she feels lucky to live close to work. She tells of her day to her listening kitty and journals her dreams in a book. “It seems everyone has someone to lean on, but who’s there to lean of for me?” Quiet she works there among all the books, Wrapped up in mystery, exploring the looks of the people who watch her but don’t understand who she is. I went for a stroll on a cool summer evening. The neighborhood’s pretty at night. My eyes lifted up to a second floor window. I stopped, struck by surprise. There stood that girl, free from her guise with free flowing hair and her uncovered eyes. How had I missed her that beauty so plain and why had I never said, “hi”? Cause quiet she works there among all the books, Wrapped up in mystery, exploring the looks of the people who watch her but don’t understand who she is. I went to the library just yesterday and oh, how I noticed her right away. Exploring the bookshelves to catch her attention, she looked and my heart beat frantically. I walked over to her and I gazed in her eyes, behind the lenses and under the guise. I opened my mouth but the words wouldn’t come. I just wanted to say, “hi.” But quiet she works there among all the books, Wrapped up in mystery, exploring the looks of the people who watch her but don’t understand who she is. Quiet she works there among all the books, Wrapped up in mystery, exploring the looks of the people who watch her but don’t understand who she is.

I wandered lonely through so many seasons. Wondering why I was living, it seemed there were no reasons. But then by a chance I caught a glance of the prettiest eyes I’ve ever seen. She called ‘em cloudy-grey but to me they were daylight and there was Juliana. How time flew by in that wondrous world of adventure. I was the king of the world and she my queen I remember. And then when the day was done we’d come close and whisper. Those were my days in love with Juliana. We swayed in and out of love like a boat on the ocean. Rocked by the wind and rain in storms of emotion. Knocked off of course and overwhelmed by force I sought love in another one. I will always regret the day I left Juliana. It wasn’t long before I realized the mistake that I’d made. But when I tried to come back to her she had already been swept away. And he was the perfect one for her and he picked her up where I had let her down. Oh, how I ached when I came back to late for my Juliana. And I know I will find love again and these wounds inside of me will mend And I will hold Juliana as my friend: Laughing once again until the very end. So moving on works a whole lot better than foolish pride. In letting go after all of this time my spirit can finally come alive. I’ll never forget all those things that we did and her love I’ll keep deep inside. I will always cherish my days I spent with Juliana.

If my love for you were honey I’d be a bee. If my love for you were recess I’d be a child. If my love for you were a gust of wind I’d be a sailboat. And if my love for you were reception I’d be cell phone. If my love for you were a lamp you’d be the outlet. And if my love for you were a flower you’d be the rain. And if my love for you were a hot summer day you’d be my slurpee baby. Mmm. And I don’t know how to tell you, baby. But my love for you, it’s who I am. Yea, it’s who I am. If my love for you were a cut you’d be my band aid. And if my love for you were bedtime you’d be my story. And if my love for you were a cup of ice cold tea you’d be my sugar, baby. And oh, how you sweeten me. And I don’t know how to tell you, baby. But my love for you, it’s who I am. Oh, it’s who I am. If my love for you were premium gas I’d be an Acura driving around. If my love for you were grammar class I’d be a teacher, cause you’re required for me to do. If my love for you were Josh Groban I’d be a middle aged woman. If my love for you were a straight jacked, well, check me in. And if my love for you were a lovely loaf of light white bread I’d be a duck and I’d eat you up. And I don’t know how to tell you, baby. But my love for you, it’s who I am. Yea, it’s who I am. If my love for you were a banana I would be a monkey. And if my love for you were a maze I’d be lost. And if my love for you were a metaphor I’d be this song Cause my love for you, it’s who I am. Yes, my love for you, it’s who I am.

I run out the door and I dash through the leaves And I watch how they dance care free in the breeze. I take a deep breath, the brisk air stings my lungs and I know that I am alive. I did it all in the midst of the fall. I made all my best friends and wrote my first song. And as the leaves changed my life did the same and every breath was new. And oh, how childhood days last so long. You run home from school and you’re racing the sun. Trying hard to squeeze it all in and learning what life was about in the autumn. There she was waiting for me at the door and I left my child play-toys on the floor. And she took my hand and she showed me the world and like the leaves our passion flew. And oh, how those nights lasted so long. What wasn’t right? But what wasn’t wrong? She taught me how to feel and I won’t forget that love that I had in the autumn. And lately I live less on the edge. The summer is nice, that warm air feels right. But comfort seems to come with a price, I look back and long for those days that I spent in the autumn. It’s funny how life forgets how to live when the day-to-day becomes so bland. Maybe I should go out on a limb and live in that brisk air again in the autumn. I run out the door and I dash through the leaves And I watch how they dance care free in the breeze. I take a deep breath, the brisk air stings my lungs but I know that I am alive.

Wake me up. You might need to push me kind of hard. I have a habit of sleeping through the day. It’s not like I want to, I’ve tried to stay awake. But I can’t see what I’m missing while I’m lying here in bed. And I don’t what time of day it is anymore. The sun is higher than my window goes. I don’t want to sleep through the morning while everything around me is blooming. Oh, wake me up. Wake me up. Even though I eat and drink and laugh with you. Beneath the surface I’m living in a dream, Prince of far-off lands that only I can see. And I can’t stay here forever, even I know that. And I’m as high as a cloud in the skies, but I’ll be down. I’ll be down. So wake me up. I cannot see the lights in my eyes fading away. I cannot hear my laughter growing thin. And I don’t want to sleep through the morning while everything around me is blooming. Oh, wake me up. I am a heavy sleeper.

Well I don’t know what lies ahead, What tomorrow will bring my way, But here with you as miles pass, I am happy in today. Not long ago I wanted out, To cut the ropes and drift away. My ship departs, but now there’s you, And I am happy in today. And time will not stop for me Though I want it to now I’ve found you. The night puts the sun to bed But there is nothing I can do. So hand in hand we’ll travel down Familiar streets silently. And with you now I am at peace And I am happy in today. And time will not stop for me Though I want it to now I’ve found you. The new day will bring bright new things But you are nowhere to be seen. And I don’t know what lies ahead, What tomorrow will bring my way, But here with you as miles pass, I am happy in today. I am happy in today.

I had a great time tonight. And I couldn’t make it better if I tried. Then a kiss finds it’s way from your lips to mine And the words and the melodies arise. But then you drive away and I know it’ll be ok Thought I don’t want you to go, I hear the music start to flow. You stir it deep and start it’s way so to you I say: Goodnight my song. I hope you have some wonderful dreams in the night to come. Goodnight my song. I hope I’m in your dreams and that’s where we’ll belong. The days grow long as summer comes to teach us to laugh, Us to laugh, us to grow and us to reach For a love that we root in Christ from above. Oh, I’m dreaming of that love. Then we go astray and the warmth of day Fades to cold of night where there is no light, So we strive to make it right and in the end I say: Goodnight my song. Look what we have done today, we’ve made our love grow strong. Goodnight my song. I’ll meet you in prayer and that’s where we’ll belong. And though the months, they go by. And our spirits fall and fly. We will hurt but we will grow and in the end we will know, That our ways, they must part. And we’ll know inside our hearts that our love was not in vein. In the sadness of the rain, I’ll say: Goodbye my song. I hope you have a wonderful life in the years to come. Maybe someday we’ll look back on these years and smile, And think how I would say: Goodnight my song. Goodnight my song. Goodnight my song. Goodnight my song.

Like a dream, I walk into a room She sits there all alone waiting for me. Like a dream, she throws her arms around me, Leans her head against my head, it just can’t be real. Like a dream, I’m living on the edge. Walking closer to the ledge ready to make my leap. Like a dream, everything’s a blur, but some things are for sure, Like every time we touch. Woah, I could look in those blue eyes forever. Crystal fortress be my home. When she laughs my world spins around me And I know that I am lost… Like a dream. But like a dream I’ll have to wake up and face the facts. She probably won’t want to stick around and waste her time with me. But maybe like a dream she’ll stay with me tonight, And we’ll face the morning light and she’ll be smiling so bright Like a dream. Like a dream, I walk into a room She sits there all along waiting for me.

I walk alone on this cold winter night. My eyes lift up to the endless skies. I see the stars, crystals of light. They bring my mind back to when things were right. You were north and I was south yet in the night sky we found three stars And they held us together. And though there were miles between us I never felt so close to you. I thought we’d last forever. There was pain and now I’m free but I still wonder, Will you return to me? I remember how we’d lay outside underneath the open skies, So close together. Hours would pass without a sound, Even when the stars weren’t out we had each other. And in the night I’d gaze into your eyes And before I could realize I’d be lost in your kiss. And time would go by like a flash of light on those nights with you, dear. Those nights of bliss. And there was pain and now I’m free but I still wonder, Will you return to me? I end my walk at this moonlit pier and wipe the tear from my eye – This is where we said, “Goodbye” I feel the echo of our last embrace at this place and I see us there. But that’s just a dream. We never ran out of love but we could not rise above the differences between us. And how I’d pray to God that I’d change, so that we could rearrange and stay together. But in the end we went our separate ways. Separate ways. There was pain, but am I really free? And I still wonder, Will you return to me?

Now I don’t know quite where to begin this little tale of mine. You see, there are so many places that I could start. But hanging with your lover and your best friend in the summer Are moments that just run together deep inside your heart. There we were out on the river around the end of June. Riding on a couple wind-boards, but only one would move. We laughed so dagum hard I’m surprised we didn’t drown right there. A not so friendly jellyfish but my lover’s longing stare. And you can’t forget those sweet summer nights. Laying on the trampoline, stars in our eyes. And oh the secrets that we slipped out in the dark. Most I’ve forgotten now, but there’s some I keep on guard. And you never wanna stop to take a breath Cause if you do you might loose what you have, And you don’t want that, not any day of the week. And you never wanna look back and say, “what if we did that?” So we did it all while the summer days were long. Now you know that I’m more fond of the girls than I am the boys. And I’m not the kind of guy who likes to share all his toys. So me, and my cutie pie, we left my friend behind. He didn’t say much afterwards, so I guess he didn’t mind. And for every moment there was a song, most of them happy and lovely and long, And if I tried to write them all I would fail. And yes, though our group was three, it always seemed that it was she who got my attention in the end. So I guess you could say my best friend got the short end of the stick. But it’s hard to be a good friend when that girl lays it on thick. And I tried out my rebel ways on those sweet long summer days And if I could, well, I’d do it all again.