I’ve got the night beat
This is my town
Come with me
I get around
I know the clubs
Got friends everywhere
Know where the lovers park
We could go there
But first its time for a bite
At the Elbow Room
Cool jazz with some chard
Then we Zoom to the palace on the alley
The decor I swear is something to die for
From there, we go cruising down the boulevard
You and me with the top down in my Firebird
Yes I’ve got the night beat
You’re coming with me
The evening is young
So are we

We watch in horror at the inhumanity
Death and destruction, so many pleas for
Help that doesn’t come
Please!
What’s it gonna take to stop this from going on?
The world sits on its hands
We must not let the Ukraine fall
Prayers and guns for sure are helpful
But that’s not all
Let’s go NATO, stand tall!
Bosnia, Rwanda, Syria, just to name a few
Are reminders of what happens
When the world ignores the call
Humanity is being challenged
Build this needed wall

Dream vacation
Meant to be
This isn’t no dream
But reality
Fun and suds
Surf and sand
Me and the babe
Holding hands
Sun and mirth
Mai Tais and beer
Living the dream
Me and her
We disappear
Into the sunset
Into the night
So jocular
We never fight
Rather we smooch
Hold each other tight
On this dream vacation
Doin’ just right

Not all love is meant to endure
But ours is not entirely lost
It is embedded into a moment in time
Ever ours to cherish
Ever in my thoughts

Oh, we tried so very hard
Though we had to split apart
But that fundamental love we shared
Stays ever in our hearts

Which is why I often think of her
Those golden days of yore
She means so very much to me
Someone I still adore

In one sense we are over
But we still have a bond
She’ll always be my first true love
Apart but not gone

He should be me
He’s got your tomorrows
I’ve got our yesterdays
He’s got the good times
I’ve got memories
They don’t do me any good
This ain’t the way to be
He’s got your heart
He should be me

So I’m hurt, sad, and lonely
That’s no way to be
I look back in sorrow at who used to be me
When the sun shined on us
When life was a breeze
I had you
You still have me
He’s got you
He should be me

That thin line between fame and oblivion  
All of us somewhere
Between the spark
And death
It’s everything in between
Making a mark
Or trying to
Staving off the inevitable
But that day will come
As it must to all
There is no permanence
We each find our way
Trying our best
Refusing to fail

Hungry in the lonely city
That's me on the street
Minding my own business
Incomplete
Motor running, no place to go
Collar upturned
Cold wind on the blow
I'm easygoing
I'm very sincere
I just gotta find my somewhere
I don't think it's here

The friends I once had have all gone away
To jobs, to the army, to other arms
They've got kids on the way
This is the middle of nowhere
I've got the sense that I'll be much happier
If I head way out west

I got this cool car, an SUV
It'll sleep me just fine
No more wait and see
I'll chuck this job at my Dad's laundry
Head for the coast, Huntington Beach
I got a friend there, Billy Joe White
He says it's a cool scene
More than all right

Hungry in the lonely city
Yeah, that's me tonight
But tomorrow I'll be heading out
In the dawn's early light