Lyin' In A Bed Of Fire
Steven Van Zandt (Blue Midnight Music, 1982)

Where does all the smoke come from baby
Ain't it hard to see through it
Don't it hurt your eyes to try
It was so much easier yesterday
When all we had to do was survive

Well it's trust somebody or we're all goin' down baby
But the neighborhood ain't what it used to be
In case you ain't looked lately
You wait and pray, maybe it'll all go away
It clings like a curse
But being nowhere is worse

We're lyin' in a bed of fire
Did we come all this way just to blow it
We're lyin' in a bed of fire
We're burnin' and we don't even know it
We're lyin' in a bed of fire
If you want to keep what you got then defend her
We're lyin' in a bed of fire
Better wake up now or surrender

Whatever happened to everybody I heard talkin' so loud
All the changes that never came to be
I've still got that same old bad taste in my mouth
Somebody took something that once belonged to me

Well it may not be in my best interest to be pointing my finger
But I'm still pointing my finger right at you
Take control or keep following blind
I'm trying to get straight but I'm running out of time

We're lyin' in a bed of fire
Can't you feel the heat all around us
We're lyin' in a bed of fire
The flames threatening to drown us

Had me a real bad dream last night
This morning my bad dream was alive walking the streets of New York City
Somebody has to face this thing somehow
There's no one left but us now
We're all just lyin' in a bed of fire

Inside Of Me
Steven Van Zandt (Blue Midnight Music, 1982)

Even if it's all over, don't ever say it was all in vain
And don't tell me everything we believe in has been washed away
Because something still remains
I known it still remains, because I'm still the same
And there ain't nothing gonna change my mind
Because I've spent my whole life just trying to find
Something I know I need but can't define
Everything I ever wanted is here baby
It's still alive inside of me
It never died inside of me

Everybody tells me, open up your eyes, it can never be like it used to be
I say to them, open up your heart, you see just what you want to see
Is it too much for you to see the truth
Every time you look in my face
Ain't it a little late in the game to throw your hand in
And ain't it a little late in the game to forget everything we've been
Trapped by the locked doors you never could get in
It's still alive inside of me
It never died inside of me

There was a moment in time, we could almost taste the adventure every day
Now I know that we're a little bit older
but that don't mean there's nothing new left to say
Now we spend the days walking away instead of trying to do something about it
You oughta be right by my side
Instead of trying to find a place to hide
Fighting to keep everything that we had baby
It's still alive inside of me
It never died inside of me

Until The Good Is Gone
Steven Van Zandt (Blue Midnight Music, 1982)

We always stood on the same block way back then
Waiting to find out where in the world we fit in
Then something on the radio changed everything we'd been
Ever since, I need it, over and over again

Where it comes from baby I don't know
That same old something just won't let me go
It's too late baby, it's been too long
Don't try to stop me 'till the good is gone

It seems like only yesterday I could hear big mama call
Get the boys and meet me down at the union hall
And always in the background after everybody's gone
It was something on the radio saying come on, come on

Where it comes from baby, I don't know
That same old something ain't gonna let me go
It's too late baby, it's been too long
Don't try to stop me 'till the good is gone

So many others never beat the city line
They weren't so different, they just ran out of time
You need something in your soul that's gonna keep you strong
That kind of good never ever gonna go wrong

Where it comes from baby I don't know
That same old something just won't let me go
It's too late baby, it's been too long
Don't try to stop me 'till the good is gone

Men Without Women
Steven Van Zandt (Blue Midnight Music, 1982)

I worked all day and all night too
I just can't see enough of you
But the things men without women do
You just don't understand

I went out last night and played the fool
It's different when it's me and you
'Cause the things men without women do
You just don't understand

I've been on the outside so long
I don't know how to treat you
Keep the tears out of your eyes
It's hard for me to admit that I'm wrong
Cause baby, I
Never learned to compromise
I never have learned to apologize

I do just what I want to do
I want everything and I want you, too
I wish I could explain to you
But the things men without women do
You just don't understand

Under The Gun
Steven Van Zandt (Blue Midnight Music, 1982)

In the eleventh hour
Whose name do you call
Ain't it funny how all the rest
Don't mean a thing at all
And baby where you been to
It's down to you and me
No more foolin' around the pressure's on now
What's it gonna be
You're under the gun

Can you still deliver
After all these years
Don't you feel abandoned, let's see who's standing
After the smoke clears
And how does it feel baby
To taste your own sweat
Your skin is crawlin', your mama's callin'
But you ain't safe yet
You're under the gun

In the eleventh hour
You find out what you're made of
Gather your strength if you've got what it takes
To protect the things you love
We're runnin' out of heroes
So what you gonna do
Can't wait forever I got bad news
They're all waiting for you
You're under the gun

Save Me
Steven Van Zandt (Blue Midnight Music, 1982)

I'll be someone in the morning, I don't want to be
And the things that were so easy are getting hard for me
I lived with things when I was younger
I can't swallow now
I'll lose everything I worked for
If I don't fight it somehow
Baby can you help me
Before I lose sight of who I am
I'm getting tired of depending on intangibles
Take the gun out of my hand
Baby save me

I wanna reach right out and touch you
But I don't know how
I've got to know if you are with me
Or against me now
And if you ask too many questions, you've got no chance
They'll keep you going round in circles
You've got to stop this dance
I'd get down on my knees girl
But it's too late for me to learn how to pray
Can you look into my eyes and understand
The words that I cannot say
Baby save me

Come here baby don't cry, we need all our strength to get well
Who's gonna save the children when we can't help ourselves
Nobody's picking up the fallen flag
Nobody seems to know it never went down
It's getting harder and harder to find the things you need
It's getting harder and harder to find someone who believes
Who can see girl, who can still feel baby, don't let it ever be me

It gets so quiet in the morning
I don't wanna be
You've got to have some faith in someone but they lied to me
You make more money baby by lying down
But I ain't lying down for no one
They're cannibals and clowns
As the things we want come closer
I feel the things we need slipping away
Don't ever let me forget girl
What it took to get here today

Princess Of Little Italy
Steven Van Zandt (Blue Midnight Music, 1982)

Guess you'll be all right baby, sometimes you're such a bad girl
You really should have called, you know how your mama worries
You think I don't know baby and I don't understand
Well I was there once too, I know life can be so hard girl

She wants to run away, and she's gonna change her name
And forget everything she was, but your blood stays the same, my love
Someday she'll marry somebody that's just like daddy
She's the princess of Little Italy, trying to find her way home

I hear you got a new boyfriend, never mind how I know
He loves you very much, yeah I'm sure he does
But is he enough protection

She wants to spend the day laughing her life away
Makin' fun of everything she does, and hurt everyone she loves
She's gonna marry somebody that's just like daddy
She's the princess of Little Italy, trying to find her way home

The rain caught me on Jane Street
Soaked the crease out of my shirt
And baby, by the way nobody's ever gonna take your place

Baby's gonna run away, and she's gonna change her name
And forget everything she loves, your blood stays the same, my love
She's gonna marry somebody that's just like daddy
She's the princess of Little Italy, trying to find her way home

Angel Eyes
Steven Van Zandt (Blue Midnight Music, 1982)

She sits by her window I watch her there
She makes me coffee, she combs her hair
Her eyes are shining she's gone I know
She's on a stage in a palace so long ago
Ain't it a shame, money can't buy what she sees
She's got the heart of a child, bless my soul
Precious as diamonds, silver and gold

When I look into your angel eyes
You got me baby I realize
I ain't never gonna make you cry
Ooh, you angel eyes

She dances in shadows, she bleeds in tears
She turns into animals, she disappears
Surrounded by mirrors while the spirits watch
They look now baby, but they can't touch
The pain is intoxicating if the music is loud enough
I'd buy her jewelry, I'd buy her a ring, I'd buy her the world
But it don't mean a thing

When I look into your angel eyes
You got me baby, I realize
I ain't never gonna make you cry
Ooh, you angel eyes

Ain't it a shame, up 'till now she's had to dream alone
She really belongs in another time
But for awhile she's mine all mine

When I look into your angel eyes
You got me baby, I realize
I ain't never gonna make you cry
Ooh, you angel eyes

Forever
Steven Van Zandt (Blue Midnight Music, 1982)

I learned when I was a young boy
You turn your cheek you get slapped
I take the punches I can't slip
And I give it right back
Even if I win girl, you know it really won't mean too much
What I want baby most of all is the only thing I can't touch

If I give you my heart would you love me forever
Would you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fall
If my world falls apart could you keep it together
If I can't have you I don't want no one at all

Just because I'm so quiet
Just because I don't cry
The hardest lesson to learn girl
Is how to take it inside

There's leather and jewels to soothe me
But it really isn't what I need
There's an aching hurt inside of me
And it's the kind of thing you don't see

If I give you my heart would you love me forever
Would you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fall
If my world falls apart could you keep it together
If I can't have you I don't want no one at all

Now the years are unwinding
But I still feel the hurt
I've been fighting my whole life
For the privilege to work

Now I've stopped and looked around me
There's nobody left to blame
If I don't have you to hold me girl
All of my work's in vain

If I give you my heart would you love me forever
Would you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fall
If my world falls apart could you keep it together
If I can't have you I don't want no one at all

I've Been Waiting
Steven Van Zandt (Blue Midnight Music, 1982)

I've worked hard so I could say nobody owns me
You can spend your whole life trying to forget that you're lonely
Meanwhile the world went by and I paid it no mind
I thought I could close the doors 'cause baby I earned it
I felt I had to prove myself and that meant everything
Then you walked in, and suddenly I realized
I've been waiting such a long time
Waiting here for you, girl

We finally opened up our eyes and looked around us
Like children trying to hide but baby they found us
Now I don't recognize the streets no more
Now I feel guilty just havin' a good time
If we don't share the pain we live with how will it end
Honey, let's try again
Don't you tell me that the dream is over 'cause
I've been waiting such a long time
Waiting here for you, girl

Take your time girl, it won't disappear
Come tomorrow, I'll be right here
Oh, I ain't goin' nowhere because
I've been waiting such a long time
Waiting here for you, girl

Song lyrics are reproduced by kind permission of Steven Van Zandt.