RUMBLE DOLL (1993) _______________________________________________________________________ RUMBLE DOLL Baby take a walk in toy land Be my hero play the part I'm falling down hard from salvation Come protect this china heart Though my party dress is torn I still walk and talk and cry and crawl And I've got no one on my arm Well I am just a rumble doll Now some girls are just born lucky Yeah, they're lucky that's for sure Well in my soul I've never felt that clean though I Though I know my heart is pure Sometimes I feel like I know too much--and Sometimes I feel like I don't know Nothing at all But I can still be soft to the touch Well I am just a rumble I am just a rumble Well I am just a rumble doll Now I don't know how to unlock the door To those forgiving worlds--no I I just don't understand 'Cause every time I try to turn that key It leaves a dark stain in my hand So measure my intentions afainst my sins And if you think my name it should be called I'll be on the outside somewhere looking in Well I am just a rumble I am just a rumble Well I am just a rumble doll So baby take a walk in toy land Be my hero play the part I'm falling down hard from salvation Come protect this china heart _______________________________________________________________________ COME TOMORROW From the first time That I saw you I wanted nothing but to make you mine Now there's this girl With milk white hands And on her finger your wedding band shines Still you tempt me With your charm Ain't gonna struggle no more with this Tonight I'm gonna lie down in your arms And all my fear and all my sorrow It will disappear I'll do the right thing come tomorrow But tonight I'm gonna stay right here I'm gonna stay right here Now me I'm just a lonely girl And I know baby you're a lonely man And I May never mean more to you Than a sin that lied waiting in your hands Still I tempt you With my kisses Still I tempt you with my charm Ain't gonna ask but one thing of you Forgive me darling and I'll forgive you--well All my fear and all my sorrow It will disappear I'll do the right thing come tomorrow But tonight I'm gonna stay right here I'm gonna stay right here Come tomorrow don't you worry baby Ain't gonna turn the blame on you Come tomorrow ain't nobody gaonna Make me walk in shame For loving you I ain't got no diamonds on my fingers Ain't no gold baby in my hands I know this world don't owe me nothing So tonight I'm going to take baby what I can All my fear and all my sorrow It will disappear I'll do the right thing come tomorrow But tonight I'm gonna stay right here I'm gonna stay right here _______________________________________________________________________ IN MY IMAGINATION When I was young I believed in everything I turned by rag man into king And I carved him a soft world from Hard stone With a laurel crown and a velvet throne 'Cause in my imagination Was a world no one could touch--no I had a fascination for Little things that don't mean much--in my Now tomorrow comes abandoning Painted ponies and a little brass ring Well I got that ring I pulled it down And my little girls world came Tumbling down 'Cause in my imagination Was a world no one could touch--no I had fascination for Little things that don't mean much--in my In my imagination In my imagination In my imagination In my imagination In my imagination I could walk without fear and I could hide from all my sorrow Close my eyes and disappear Now I lay awake and I'm so afraid Will the things I treasure fade away And leave me standing here alone With no way back to the world I'd known 'Cause in my imagination Was a world no one could touch--no I had fascination for Little things that don't mean much--in my In my imagination In my imagination In my imagination In my imagination _______________________________________________________________________ VALERIE To the east the factories stand Like fire-breathing dragons against the sky And from their throats a scarlet river Burns itself into smoky lullabies Over neon and flurrescent skies Valerie Can you hear those engines drone I wanted to go to Mexico But I'm stranded here alone And once I knew a true love It's been three years since he's gone And if I could get the feeling back I'd give up everything I own 16 days since I left Corona and I Traveled to this carnival town Near Alberndeel And I rode the coaster there on the Fair ground Twisted backbone of a beast that never heals And I left some skin on fortune's wheel Valerie Can you hear those engines drone I wanted to go to Mexico But I'm stranded here alone And once I knew a true love It's been three years since he's gone And if I could get the feeling back I'd give up everything I own Everything's in slow motion now In this little border town I've come so close from so far Just to hide behind these windows here From the world outside I watch those cars and trucks raise Trails of dust Down the road as they pass by Valerie Can you hear those engines drone I wanted to go to Mexico But I'm stranded here alone And once I knew a true love It's been three years since he's gone And if I could get the feeling back I'd give up everything I own Everything I own Everything I own Everything I own _______________________________________________________________________ AS LONG AS I (CAN BE WITH YOU) They say there's a light Through darkness shines If two hands protect that light Against the change of time You can have your gold and silver Build your kingdoms high But it's just one of those things baby That money can't buy So I don't care where we go baby I don't care what we do As long as I Can be with you Now I've been lost And I've been found Been lifted up to the gates of heaven And put back down I've walked in chains baby And I've walked free But I never walk the way that I do When you walk with me So I don't care where we go baby I don't care what we do As long as I Can be with you Well maybe I'm Just a foolish girl 'Cause I always though the right kiss Could wash away some sins of the world Wash away those sins baby And go walkin' free 'Cause that's just how I feel darlin' When you walk with me So I don't care where we go baby I don't care what we do As long as I Can be with you As long as I Can be with you _______________________________________________________________________ BIG BLACK HEAVEN You promised me there'd be no denials When I was weak under your spell When I fell thirsty your would not let me Take water from your well Well big black road Big black river Big black heaven in the sky above I need someone I can talk to I need someone I can love So I went down that valley To a boy that I once knew And he looked at me so tender Oh baby like you used to do Well big black road Big black river Big black heaven in the sky above I need someone I can talk to I need someone I can love So I crossed that river of temptation And I lay down in that young boys arms And there I claimed my destination Through this once last unforgiving harm Well big black road Big black river Big black heaven in the sky above I need someone I can talk to I need someone I can love _______________________________________________________________________ LOVE'S GLORY Oh baby tell me stories About those pretty worlds Who will deliver us from believe Who will walk free Who will walk in chains And when the sky is falling What do we believe in When everything we learned to trust Turns around and makes a fool of us Well baby I'll I'll believe in all All of love's glory So don't you try and talk me down I'm not afraid to stumble Baby I can fall Oh my tender dreams I Gave them such fragile wings and I Sent them up to heaven But heaven was just too high And I watched them falter against the sky But baby I Still believe in all All of love's glory I gave that promise to the rain I'm not afraid to stumble Baby I can fall Oh if I could I'd play out my part I'd cup my hands and I'd Collect the rain that falls inside your heart But I can't stop the rain I can't hold back the thunder Oh but I can make one vow And promise you my heart right now 'Cause baby I I believe in all All of love's glory And no one's gonna talk me down I'm not afraid to stumble Baby I can fall I'm not afraid to stumble Baby I can fall Not afraid to stumble Baby I can fall _______________________________________________________________________ LUCKY GIRL I never wanted nothing Baby you know it's true I never wanted nothing The way I wanted you I kept my hands clean I walked a good line I knew someday baby Someday you'd be mine And when fortune came to town I was standing in With the unsatisfied So I lay my wishes down For the things that Money can't buy Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl Oh baby you know it's true Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl I've been lucky since I found you I used to play it safe Yeah what's what I'd do I never wanted nothing Nothing I could lose I was just frightened of Of the price you pay For every good thing That ever comes your way I'm going to lay my worries down Lay them down baby Yeah I can't complain 'Cause I'm shining--shining now Like a new link in an old chain Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl Oh baby you know it's true Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl I've been lucky since I found you I'm a lucky girl I'm a lucky girl I'm a lucky girl I'm a lucky girl Yeah I got lucky baby Yeah 'cause I got wise You can run But you can never hide Build a house of steel Raise a cross of stone When that cols wind blows It finds you all alone And when fortune came to town I was standing in With the unsatisfied So I lay my wishes down For the things that Money can't buy Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl Oh baby you know it's true Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl I've been lucky since I found you Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl Mm baby you know it's true Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl I've been lucky since I found you I've been lucky since I've been lucky since I've been lucky since I found you I've been lucky since I've been lucky since I've been lucky since I found you Oh guess I'm a lucky girl Of such a lucky girl Oh yes I'm a lucky girl Oh such a lucky girl _______________________________________________________________________ CHARM LIGHT You know I Got a string of kisses Tattooed down my arm For the love of lonely men That always came to harm Tattooed down my arm To my fingertips You ain't the only lonely Man that I've ever kissed But then the night sinking low Hold me baby oh and don't let go 'Cause when you turn that charm light on me Yeah you turn all the wrong in my world right When you turn that charm light on me Make it so pretty make it all seem right You know I Saw those fallen crosses Those broken stones of faith Knew I could name the sorrow That haunts the side of your face Yeah I could name the sorrow And somehow set you free I knew you'd be the once Who'd do the same for me So when the night is sinking low Come on baby oh here we go 'Cause when you turn that charm light on me Yeah you turn all the wrong in my World right When you turn that charm light on me Make it so pretty make it all seem right Now I know Love ain't no fairy tale Ain't so pretty or so pure There's a train of unforgiveness For things that came before But I know who I am And I wash myself clean Of all that muddy water And all those railroad dreams So when the night is sinking low Come on baby oh here we go 'Cause when you turn that charm light on me Yeah you turn all the wrong in my World right When you turn that charm light on me Make it so pretty make it all seem right Turn the light on me Turn the light on me now Turn the light on me Turn the light on me now Turn the light on me Turn the light on me now Turn the light on me _______________________________________________________________________ BABY DON'T Baby don't Put the sugar on me Don't talk me up so sweet Baby don't Dress me in your kisses When they're not mine to keep Some boys think I'm carved out of stone Guess they're not so smart 'Cause just a few kind words from you And I fall all apart Oh yes I do I fall apart So baby don't Come around here tossing matches Oh no don't you tempt No baby don't Make me steal a little happiness At anyone's expense Do you think that I am caed out of stone Now don't you go get smart 'Cause just a few kind words from you And I fall all apart Oh yes I do I fall apart You better stop this little drama Better drop the curtain around it You may not be looking for trouble But boy you sure have found it You found it So baby don't So giving me the green light On no don't you do that No baby don't 'Cause that ring around your finger this time Won't hold me back I could pretend that I am carved out of stone So we never start But just a few kind words from you And I fall apart So baby don't Oh no no baby don't Oh oh oh no baby don't _______________________________________________________________________ TALK TO ME LIKE THE RAIN The night is falling Under the vesper bells lonely chime And I I ain't nobody's Valentine But I ain't sorry for wanting the things That you cannot give And if you want me to walk away Give me something I can walk away with Talk to me like the rain baby Talk to me like the rain And I will lie here and listen All of those promises They're held like tender dreams Inside our hands And they're all Just waiting there for our command Now I don't want to talk to no one darlin' I don't want the sun to shine I'll just like inside this darkness baby Until you are mine Talk to me like the rain baby Talk to me like the rain And I will lie here and listen Yesterday's empires they are all vanishing And without you those new worlds darlin' They don't mean a thing Talk to me like the rain baby Talk to me like the rain Talk to me like the rain darlin' Talk to me like the rain And I will lie here and listen _______________________________________________________________________ SPANISH DANCER Oh mama there's this Spanish dancer Whose steps I follow when he comes near The red dress of temptation Over a long black slip of fear Will I fall beneath the shadow Of some broken cross My arms emptied and all my treasures lost Still like that Spanish dancer I Throw my roses down for him Across these beds of darkness he Opens his arms and gathers them in Oh mama the bridges were burning Over a river black and cold But I walked when loved commanded me Up to the edges of his soul But I'm still frightened of that dark divide Will I gain entrance of be denied Still like the Spanish dancer I Throw my roses down for him Across these beds of darkness he Opens his arms and gathers them in Oh mama when you were a young girl Did you ever love a man so much As if he were some fantastic jewel That you should never be worthy of But all those illusions strip and fall ANd he is just a man after all And just like that Spanish dancer I Throw my roses down for him Across these beds of darkness he Opens his arms and gathers them in Just like that Spanish dancer I Throw my roses down for him Across these beds of darkness he Opens his arms and gathers them in Just like that Spanish dancer I Just like that Spanish dancer I Just like that Spanish dancer I Just like that Spanish dancer I Just like that Spanish dancer I Just like that Spanish dancer I