Robert LAMM

Woke this morning had it made
My sheets were clean my rent was paid
Out the door walked down the street
Pavement new beneath my feet
Set my watch ahead a year or two
Set my head to watch what the world would do

New president but it's the same
A different face another name
Half of friendship is receive
In god we trust in bucks believe
Weird to watch itfrom this point of view
Weird for sure and funny but it sure ain't ne

Sign on the store front
Says come put yourself in debt
Not to worry
In America you're free
Just don't forget
People pay a price for life that other people set
People are so strange
But people will be people
Will people ever change

These random moments of content
We hunger for our soul is spent
Born each day then die with sleep
The memories in the darkness weep

2. The Love You Call Your Own

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Many reasons that hold you back
That tell you no Make you fall short of what you want to say
Too many voices in my head
Where's the boy who used to take chances
Used to say when I grow up to be a man someday
True to my heart in everyway Seems so simple why's it so hard
I'll never know
Take the time seize the moment and don't let go
The state of mind is everything about
The love you call your own
What tomorrow never knows could be gone
Could be fighting fora place in line
One more reasoyou should know
What's so simple ain't that hard to understand
Take the time seize the moment and don't let go
The state of mind is everything about
The love you call your own
You can spend half your life
Wondering where you belong
Suddenly you realize
It's right in front of your eyes
Take the time seize the moment and don't let go
The state of mind is everything about
The love you call your own

3. Sacrificial Culture

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In a sacrificial culture
There's an ornamental man
Place him in the center
All music is static
Every book is a line
There was no evolution
Only aflood there was notime
It's a sacrificial culture
You're an ornamental man
Placed into the center
Credit cards crystal shards no backyards
Blah blah blah
Empty trains winter rains see-thru brains
Blah blah blah
Bishops on the right
Queens to the left
The pawns will not advance
Pushed into the center

4. Watching The Time Go By

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So unsure of my direction
I would follow where
My friends and family would lead
I was strengthened by the birth of the Beatles
I was sparked by inspiration
I was scarred by the pain of constant departures
I was wounded severely atan early age
But my hopes hung high
On the thought of the future
I was happy to watch
The time go by day for night
Watching the time go by time goes by
Eye to eye watching the time go by
And then the world changed
There was hope in the distance
Until it raced up around us
And proceeded to shine
Like a moonlight full of reckless abandon
We would reach for the stars
'Cause there was room at the top
And food on the table
We were doing quite well for such an early stage
There was no need to stop nor were we able
And no one could see
The time go by dark to light
Watching the time go by time goes by
Why oh why watching the time go by
There are moments I regret more than the rest
There are days I can't recall at all
Looking back now
There's not much that I would change
I am happy to watch

5. Sacha

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You got your blue eyes open wide with wonder
A world you’ve never seen before
The love, these feelings and this spell i’m under
Each day i love you more and more
Sacha my love
My litttle one
Gently i hold you in my heart

I love the way you trust so purely and completely
It comes so naturally to you
You look me in the eye and smile so sweetly
As you discover something new
Sacha my love
My little one
Gently i hold you in my heart
You in my heart
Baby you, you, you

chorus:

Sacha babe we waited for you all through the night
Sacha babe don’t you know it was love at first sight
Sacha babe since you’ve been here i’m starting to get it right bridge:

Not much to say, just big blue eyes
Such eloquence despite your size

You seem to understand so much that i am saying
Words can be frustrating, i know
So well you speak to me when we are playing
So sure and steadily you grow
Sacha my love
My little one
Gently i hold you to my heart
Baby you, you, you

chorus out:

6. The Best Thing

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Woke up in confusion
I don't know where I stand now
I have a new name but I don't know who I am
Evidence been hiding
In records I been keeping
I'll look one last time then I'll put them to sleep
There's a gentle explosion
A color profusion
I light up like the fourth of July
It's the best thing
It's the best thing
It's the best thing that I've ever known Well I've been elated I've been nominated
Hell I've been hated just for being a woman
I've been in the limelight
I didn't always do right
They tell me that I'm famous except not with you
Oh does it ring true to you
Oh can I get through to you

7. The Love Of My Life

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So many people with a story to tell
The world's full of victims
And if you asked 'em what they're trying to sell
They want to drag you down with them
In the end the love we live with
Is the love that we wait for
And the waiting cuts like a knife
In the end the love we hoped for
Is the love that we learned with
Looking for the love of my life
The love of my life There's not a day when I don't open my eyes
Random moments of fashion ur heart will guide me when my head tells me lies
I've still got the passion
You know I've still got the passion
Jever mind tomorrow it's only a gypsies fantasy
Time we have is borrowed
Only wanting whatwe're needing
Needing only what we have today
Got to treasure every moment
Every moment is a good time
And I never have nothing to hide
Got a sense of someone who cares
Automation is deadly
Looking for the love of my life
The love of my life

8. Standing At The Door

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Most of my life I was living without you
On my own
Independent son
Nights I would lie awake
I tried to picture the moment
I would know
Was I the only one
Conversations overdue
Years in the way I stand at your door
I'm ready now
All of these years
Just marking time
Now I'm standing at your door
I felt like a child
Afraid of the darkness
Now comesa light
Am I supposed to care
Something went wrong
Did you come to forget me
Conversations overdue
Years in the way
What are your thoughts
What do you do
What part of me has come from you
Now I'm standing at your door

9. Swept Away

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Once in a lifetime
You find the boy of your dreams
If it's the right time
Thank god as you fall to your knees
It's all in the kiss such sweet prejudice
It's all in the touch
You want him so much
Logic all swept away hold on 'til forever
Once your inside her
Your lost in time and space
You lay beside her
Feeling her breath on your face
Your heart beats away stronger each day
You feel so complete you can't eat or sleep
Reason all swept away
Hold on 'til forever love until forever
Then in a moment
Your dreams are scattered like rain
You can't stand the pain
Burn like a nova
Now all that's left is goodbye so go on and cry
Hold on 'til forever
It's all too surreal you know what you feel
You must let it go your last chance to show it
Hold on 'til forever love until forever

10. Sleeping In The Middle Of The Bed

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Caught in a love storm
Howling like a newborn trying hard to stay warm
My cover up is torn up and tattered
Addicted to apocalypse
Looking for the big hit tending to take trips
The ship of love is beat-up and battered
Time after time I blow me away
Sign on the street now brother let me pray now
Winter's here I believe it's hereto stay
I read somewhere that religion is for people
Who want to stay out of hell
I was praying for a sign or a vision or a message
Until you been there you won't get well
I was sitting in a room I'd never recognize it
With a picture before my eyes
I've been sleeping in the middle of the bed again
I'm not sure this qualifies
Lost in a crosswalk
Battle only half fought crawling 'cause I can'ttalk
Childhood finally caught up with me
Flashing likea neon
Noisy as an A-bomb looking to the beyond
Staring into the half-life of eternity
I read somewhere that religion is for people
Who swear they need to be saved
I've been sleeping in the middle of the bed again
You can trust me I will be brave

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