Rhythm (A Bridge So Far) Lyrics – Billy Squier

Rhythm, rhythm...rhythm, oh-oh
Rhythm, rhythm...rhythm, oh-oh

It's the rhythm of the changing tides
It's the stars against a moonless night
When two bodies learn to move as one
It can bring you back where you belong

To the rhythm, rhythm...rhythm, oh-oh
Rhythm, rhythm...rhythm, oh-oh

It's the changing of the day to night
It's the color of the grass in spring
When you're wrong it's tryin' to make it right
You can be just what you want to be

Feel the rhythm...rhythm, rhythm
Rhythm...rhythm, oh-oh

Now I have travelled far
To wrap my world around you, oh-oh
And I have lingered on to find the colors of my rainbow
Now I have soldiered on
To build a bridge between us, oh-oh
And I have lingered long to find
The colors in your rainbow

It's the color of the grass in spring
Or the stars against a moonless sky
When two bodies move as one
When two lovers groove on
You can be what you want to be
You can be most anything

Feel the rhythm

Now I have travelled far
To build a bridge between us, oh-oh
And I will linger on...to find the colors in your rainbow
You turn me on...your tear me up
You tear me up...you turn me on
You turn me on...you set me up
You set me up...you turn me on

Hercules Lyrics – Billy Squier

I can't stop...it always gets the best of me
I can't stop...been holdin' out so long
I can't stop...whenever you get close to me
I can't stop...I'm really not that strong
I don't wanna grow apart
I don't wanna drift away
I don't wanna come apart
We can surely find a way

Now I don't mind...lookin' at the photographs
I find myself...holdin' back the tears
And I don't mind...when I read the words you wrote to me
'Cause I got time...to silence all my fears

I don't want us torn apart
I don't wanna slip away
I don't want us torn apart
Give me just another day

I don't wanna throw it all away
I don't wanna lose my hold
I don't wanna throw it all away
I don't wanna lose my...whoa...

I can't stop...I'm holdin' back the memories
But Hercules...is not my middle name
Walls will fall...and you'll be standin' next to me
And Hercules...will never be the same

I don't wanna fall apart
I don't wanna fade away
I don't wanna fall apart
Give me just another day

I don't wanna throw it all away
I don't wanna throw it all away
I don't wanna throw it all away
I don't wanna throw it all away...all away

Lovin' You Ain't So Hard Lyrics – Billy Squier

Oh...it's all clear to me now
Oh, oh-oh...it all comes through to me now

Sleep-walkin' through a frozen dream
Wakin' up from a fantasy
Where happiness got the best of me
Those dreams only go so far
Some people have a place inside
Where you can run, but you just can't hide
'Til one fine day I pushed my fears aside

'Cause lovin' you ain't so hard
Lovin' you ain't so hard
Turn on your light...now I won't go far
'Cause lovin' you ain't so hard

Love...it's not easy to know
Sometimes...it's so hard to let go

Many times I tried to walk away
Listened long to what my friends would say
Only to find out at the end of the day
They'd taken me just so far
No more wanderin'...I'm almost home
Only a fool would walk this earth alone
When he could have your smile to call his own

Now lovin' you ain't so hard
Lovin' you ain't so hard
Turn off your light...now I won't get far
'Cause lovin' you ain't so hard
Lovin' you ain't so hard

You cast your light out of the shadows
You spread your light in front of me
You cast your light out of the shadows
Shadow me

Lovin' you ain't so hard
Lovin' you ain't so hard
Turn on your light...now I won't go far
'Cause lovin' you ain't so hard
Lovin' you ain't so hard
Turn off your light...now I won't get far
'Cause loving you ain't so hard
Lovin' you ain't so hard
Lovin' you ain't so hard
Lovin' you ain't so hard

Time Bomb Lyrics – Billy Squier

I'm sittin' on a time-bomb
The world is like a time-bomb
And it's about to explode...

There once was a young boy...a modestly done boy
Who seemed pretty normal on sight
Wantin' for nothin'...but wantin' for somethin'
But mama made everything right
Inside her protection he learned of rejection
By a world that was not quite his own
He took his reward in a double-edged sword
Now the poor boy is always alone

He built himself a time-bomb
A ticking, talking time-bomb
It's about to explode under me
His world is like a time-bomb
A walking, talking time-bomb
It's about to explode under me

Now off on a new day...alone in her own way
A young girl waits by the phone
Longin' for daddy...she's missin' him badly
She knows that he's not comin' home
So down by the levee...her heart weighin' heavy
She knows that she's got to break free
She falls when she sees him...she knows how to please him
They can't see the woods for the trees

She built herself a time-bomb
A walking, talking time-bomb
It's about to explode under me
She's sittin' on a time-bomb
A ticking, talking time-bomb
It's about to explode under me

You gotta have faith late into the night
If there's another day...try to make it right
Find another way...shine another light

So now they're both older...their world growin' colder
And nothin' appears as it seemed
They look to their future...and the wounds that they nurture
And try to hold on to their dreams
This terrible twosome have really been through some
Scenes that they both know by heart
Mem'ries that jail them...support that has failed them
And they laugh but it tears them apart

We're sittin' on a time-bomb
A ticking, talking time-bomb
It's about to explode under me
This world is like a time-bomb
A walking, talking time-bomb
It's about to explode under me
The world is like a time-bomb
A ticking, talking time-bomb
We're sittin' on a time-bomb and it's about to explode

I see the enemy...and he looks like me
I see the enemy...and he looks like me
Looks a lot like you--looks a lot like me
Looks a lot like you--looks a lot like me

Stranger To Myself Lyrics – Billy Squier

Stranger, stranger...

I...don't know where I'm goin'
But what I'm leavin' behind...I already know
Run...the streets have no ending
But what I'm hopin' to find...I just can't ignore

I live to be strong...I want to be king
But I act so unwise--look how foolish I've been
When time after time...I try to be me
But I look down inside--it's the stranger I see

Stranger, stranger...stranger to myself
I was born on the other side of life
I'm just a stranger...stranger to myself
Never thought I'd ever cry
Never thought we'd ever be denied

Stranger to myself...

Why...are my thoughts so uncertain
Will I ever unwind...this damage I've done
Love--It's a fight--it's your life--it's not over
Can you look at me now...and show me I'm wrong

For once in my life...I want to be good
But I'm playin' the bad boy...much more than I should
When time after time...I try to explain
Those voices inside...they're callin' out again

Stranger, stranger...stranger to myself
I was born on the other side of life
I'm just a stranger...stranger to myself
Who'd have thought we'd ever hide
Who'd have thought we'd ever be denied

Now don't ask me why...I don't really know
But sure as I'm breathin' I've got to let it go
The eyes of a man...see the world of a child
The door it lies open--won't you step inside and see the

Stranger...stranger to myself
I was born on the other side of life
I'm just a stranger...stranger to myself
Who's to fall if you won't try
Who's to fall if you won't try...you won't try...you don't wanna try

Stranger to myself

The Girl's All Right Lyrics – Billy Squier

Got myself a woman...or I should say I try
To keep the faith 'fore it gets too late
Hold her down when she wants to fly
Always tryin' to tell me...how it ought to be
And if I treat her right then she won't be the end of me
I don't know why...
She cast my life in shame
But everytime she walk I seem to fall down on my honor

She's got rhythm...rocks me to my soul
Hey!...the girl's all right
She's got rhythm...steers me when I roll
Hey!...the girl's all right

What's she tryin' to say
Does she ever hear me at all
Everyday there's somethin' that she wants
Tells me things that I can't recall
Nails me down--she's a hammer
Can't see no way out
Of all the ways you can run these days--you can't out-run the mouth
I don't know why
At times she can go on
But if by chance we meet I know
With her it won't be wrong

She's got rhythm...rocks me to my soul
Hey!...the girl's all right
She's got rhythm...scares me, then I know
Hey!...the girl's all right

Sometimes I fail to notice...sometimes I play too rough
But when I feel I'm losin' her
Well then I've had enough
Knows my limitations...and she always calls my bluff
I take back what I said tonight

She's got rhythm...rocks me to my soul
Hey!...the girl's all right
She's got rhythm...scares me, then I know
Hey!...the girl's all right

Break Down Lyrics – Billy Squier

I found your note this mornin'...
I didn't want to know
I locked the doors around me...
And tried to let it go
But I think back to yesterday...
To when I had a home

Oh I...oh-oh I...break down
Oh I...oh-oh I...break down

I wish it could be different...
And we hadn't gone so far
And I could show my weakness...
Then you wouldn't be so hard
Every time you walk away...
Now I fall down and I crawl

Oh I...oh-oh I...break down
Oh I...oh-oh I...break down

Catch me, I'm fallin'...I believe I'm fallin'
Catch me, I'm fallin'...right down
Catch me, I'm fallin'...I believe I'm fallin'
Catch me, I'm fallin'...right down

I'm scared to let you hold me...
I'm scared to let you go
I'm scared that you might know me...
In a way I'd never know
Every night I steal away...
But comin' back's so hard

Oh I...oh-oh I...break down
Oh I...oh-oh I...break down

Catch me, I'm fallin'...believe I'm fallin'
Catch me, I'm fallin'...right down
Catch me, I'm fallin'...hear me, I'm callin'
Catch me, I'm fallin'...right down
Right down

Not A Color Lyrics – Billy Squier

Hey brother the sky is fallin'
Hey brother it all comes down
Soul-searchin' amongst the ashes
There must be some way out of this old town

Sin-sister don't curse your neighbor
No tellin' (when) she might be you
Sin-sister you're not the only
Lonely girl who's left with nothin' to lose

Saw my future in yesterday
Someone told me it won't be long
Turned my future in yesterday
Think it's time that we move on

Love's not a color...what does it matter to you
Love's not a color...what would ya do if I were you would ya do it

Hey brother your streets are burnin'
Loose talkin' and the work's all gone
Say brother we best be learnin'
Don't make it right doin' somebody wrong

Soul sister I feel your sadness
Soul sister it hurts me too
Soul sister I can't stop thinkin'
We got to make some peace between me and you

Heaven knows--not an easy thing
It's not somethin' we laugh about
Heaven knows--not an easy thing
Take my hand got to hold on

Love's not a color...what does it matter to you
Love's not a color...what would ya do if I were you would ya do it
Not a color...what does it matter to you
Love's not a color...

Open your eyes to the sky and the mountains
Learn how to fly--I can take you anywhere
Lift your voice through the sounds of silence
Yea...yea...yea

Not a color...does it matter to you
Not a color...does it matter to you

Mind Machine Lyrics – Billy Squier

I saw you for the first time yesterday
You looked at me but somethin' wasn't right
A face I thought I'd come to know by heart
Now hidden by a mask with no reveal
Just when I thought I knew you

I can feel no pulse inside your mind-machine
I can feel no pulse...you stripped my senses clean
I can feel no pulse...there's just your mind-machine

You say that you got feelin's just like me
You prove it as you throw me out the door
I'm reelin' from your sensitivity
Is this the shape of better things to come
I'm frightened for the future

I can feel no pulse inside your mind-machine
I can feel no pulse...you stripped my senses clean
I can feel no pulse...inside your mind-machine
I can feel no pulse...you broke my mind-machine

Inside your world it's cold and blue as ice
Where no one speaks and no one need reply
To questions that I've asked a thousand times
No answer to the riddles that you keep
It must be hard to be you

I can feel no pulse inside your mind-machine
I can feel no pulse...you stripped my senses clean
I can feel no pulse...inside your mind-machine
I can feel no pulse...you broke my mind-machine

Shocked Straight Lyrics – Billy Squier

And so the knife comes down...another curtain falls
And no one hears the sound...and no one takes the call
From me and my anxiety...locked up in these four walls

I come to you now I'm alone...with my defenses down
I tell you everything I need...I get down on the ground
I always know that when I go...that I'll be back again

Shocked straight--doctor can you get my medicine
Shocked straight--doctor can't you see the shape I'm in
Shocked straight--doctor when you gonna let me in

If I could listen to my mind...and keep the world outside my door...
But time has opened up my eyes and shown me somethin' more
Now all I want is to be free...and get up off the floor

Why can't you look into my heart...
Why can't you ever let me know
You're always takin' me apart...you're never lettin' go
There's always somethin' on your mind...
This ain't reality

Shocked straight--doctor can you get my medicine
Shocked straight--doctor can't you see the shape I'm in
Shocked straight--doctor when you gonna let me in

Why you be so hard
Why you be so hard
Why you be so hard

I know it's gonna take some time...for me to straighten out my head
To say what's on my mind...to hear those words I said
And while I'm tryin' to learn to feel...
You keep on tellin' me...

Shocked straight--doctor can you get my medicine
Shocked straight--doctor can't you see the shape I'm in
Shocked straight--doctor when you gonna let me in
Shocked straight...
Shocked straight...
Shocked straight...when you gonna let me in
Why you be so hard
Why you be so hard
Why you be so hard

"Creatures Of Habit" (1991)

Young At Heart Lyrics – Billy Squier

So you're out to change the world
You can do it none too fast
You don't want to see your future
Wash away into the past
Now a change is gonna come...
Say it's written on the streets
But there's a monkey on your back
...Try to put him on a shelf
And you try to find in others
What you hide inside yourself

And you worry 'bout the war
And you try to understand
But forget about tomorrow
When you're playin' in the band

Stay young at heart
Stay young at heart

Now you've been around the world
Seen the shape of things to come
You begin to feel the damage
From the crazy things we've done
Now the lines are overdrawn
...See 'em bleedin' down your face
And there's a sore and scary monster...
She's-a comin' after you

Stay young at heart
Stay young at heart
You can't be too wise
So open your eyes
Stay young at heart...yea

Now you're weary from the war
But it's time to start again
And you don't know what you're fightin' for
But you'll fight until the end
Now forget about the future
Don'tcha try to understand
There's no need to fear tomorrow
Just keep playin' in the band

Stay young at heart
Stay young at heart
You can't be too wise
So open your eyes
Stay young...stay young
Stay young at heart

She Goes Down Lyrics – Billy Squier

She goes down
She...walks into your life so effortlessly
Makes you swallow...she go down

She make you look--she's trouble boy, oh yea
She'll take your life into her hands, oh yea

She goes down--she never gets enough
She goes down--she never gives it up

She...laughs at all the things you pretend to be
You're a gone boy...she's the one

She got the look--she's soul attraction
She'll lead you out across the line
She got the love that comes in colors
She got the touch that's hard to find

She wrote the book--spells trouble boy, oh yea
Run for your life--she'll make your plans, oh yea

She goes down--she never gets enough
She goes down--she'll never give it up
Cause she makes you...she go down
Say she'll take you ...she go down

She acts out all your dreams--she'll be your fantasy
You're a schoolboy in her arms and she'll teach you
She got the love that comes in colors
She got a touch that's hard to find
She got the gun--she's got the power
She'll shoot it up do you dare to try

She makes you...she go down
And she'll break you...stick around

She goes down--she never gets enough
She goes down--she never gets enough
She goes down--she'll never let you up
And she'll take you...she goes down
And she'll make you...she goes down

Lover Lyrics – Billy Squier

I was green in my younger days
Full of plans but not much knowin'
Tried my hand at the game of love
But I was so naive
From the shelter of mama's wings
Learned to fly but I was broken
By a woman of 25
When I was just 19

Didn't know where to find myself
The rules they were not so simple
Makes no sense tryin' to face this world
'Til you're old enough to fight

Lover...you're the reason I'll be home tonite
Lover...never thought that I would see the light

I was hungry in '81
For a time I thought I'd found her
Found myself on the road again
Freezin' from the cold
Fortune found me in '82
With a girl from way down under
She seemed like the natural thing
I thought I knew for sure

Tried to hold her--I could not see
Past her eyes was a spell unbroken
Battered visions and frozen dreams
That would never see the light...now you're my
Lover...you're the reason I'll be home tonite
Lover...someone told me it comes once-in-a-lifetime
Lover...never thought that I would see the light
Lover...you're the reason I'll be home tonite

It's a long road to salvation
People say nothin' lasts forever
But when it comes to the bottom line
When I make it I'll see you there...see you there

Once in a lifetime...

Now we're lookin' on better times
It seems like a miracle
But I'll never forget those days
I'm ready now to fight...for you my

Lover...you're the reason I'll be home tonite
Lover...someone told me it comes once-in-a-lifetime
Lover...never thought that I would see the light
Lover...you're the reason I'll be home tonite

Once in a lifetime...

Hollywood Lyrics – Billy Squier

Heaven, everything you wanted
You know what you came for
Tell me what you got right now
Ain't it funny, they all come for money

From Maine to Arizona
And a star out on the Walk of Fame
Do you like it, go and shout it
Play it harder, never doubt it

Now in a world of constant change
Nothin' stays the same
They'll run you outa here, that's Hollywood
And though you think you'll never change

You're not quite the same
It all seems so sincere, in Hollywood
Winnin', winnin' makes you over
The glory days roll by you

You're leavin' all the clouds behind
And the losers don't have much to offer
But they can drag you under
As fast as you can draw the line

And though you're really not to blame
You fall into your fame
The flames are oh so near, in Hollywood
And when you think you know their game

Somethin' quite so strange
No one knows you're here, in Hollywood
So you're dancin' on the dotted line
They got you workin' workin' overtime

It's a shame, shame, shame
You can't fight it, don't deny it
You can't hide it
The way you do the things you do

They say that some things never change
The plot remains the same
No one wins out here, in Hollywood
And though you think you're not to blame

You fall into your fame
Flames are oh so near, in Hollywood
And with the real world out of range
Can you make the change

And walk on outa here, that's Hollywood

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