HANG ON TO YOUR RESISTANCE Tom Cochrane

I was choking on attemtped laughter As I looked up from the room A symphony of breezes caught me Drifting around my tomb Watching to see if they knew me With my faceless intruders pride And even

Whipping Boy Tom Cochrane

There is always some excuse For your air of sad abuse But when the table's turned Holding it out don't you ever learn CHORUS: I won't be a whipping boy I won't get down on my knees I won't be

LUNATIC FRINGE Tom Cochrane

Lunatic Fringe I know you're out there You're in hiding And you hold your meetings We can hear you coming We know what you're after We're wise to you this time We won't let you kill the laughter

CITIZEN CAIN Tom Cochrane

own the world You can give her everything you want But you won't have my girl Man you leave it all in pieces Let us all come and clean it up Love to see your name in the papers Like to hang out

SINKING LIKE A SUNSET Tom Cochrane

She's thinking about the prince and cinderella The outlaws the hustlers and the heroes They never seem to fall It doesn't matter it doesn't matter what The outcome of the story is Because in real

BEAUTIFUL DAY Tom Cochrane

Could it be the joke's on us 75 degrees and it's just the end of winter She says we've got all we need To go outside and sit right down and paint a picture One more day to be alive One more good

IRON IN THE SOUL Tom Cochrane

Get a little iron in the soul Don't let yourself be sold Get a little iron in the soul And let your money ride Looking for the man that she calls little Caesar He makes it home on weekends Just so

HEARTBREAK GIRL Tom Cochrane

just like me when you hurt Heartbreak girl it's your choice Break outside, raise your voice Like the book of esther where she shows her colours And lets down her hair Heartbreak girl if you knew

Young Thing, Wild Dreams (Rock Me) Tom Cochrane

Young thing, young thing Your blade is ripe Walk out with a fever In the night Young thing, young thing (With) your fist so fat Forget about that Come on out and move me Move me, move me

I WONDER Tom Cochrane

Change your eyes, your shoes, your hair Be an island, I don't care Not depending on what others think Change your plans, your style, your flair I'd know you anywhere Not depending on what others

THE SECRET IS TO KNOW WHEN TO STOP Tom Cochrane

It started to rain My coat your dress got wet We laughed til we almost cried Your spirit was so contagious Our timing was really bad You were so outrageous How could we hold back?

WORK OUT Tom Cochrane

Walking on glass Walking on stone When you're walking Sometimes walking alone Put your heart out And reach for the top Keep moving, don't ever stop Written on the wind Written on the sand Every

ASHES TO DIAMONDS Tom Cochrane

s bad man says give me one at a time CHORUS Ashes to diamonds Taken all they find Turning blood to gold Won't let go So damned hot The next time you better slow down If they catch you near the

PIECE OF YOUR SOUL Tom Cochrane

secrets unfold And we're like a river you and I Like a river we're gonna run I can depend on this Handle to hold You give a piece of your soul You pick me up when I get too low You give a piece

SONG BEFORE I LEAVE Tom Cochrane

once was The sweet smell of some bright springtime CHORUS And i'll remember Sunflowers on your breast And i'll remember That halston that you'd wear the best And i'll remember your fatal touch

JUST THE WAY IT GOES Tom Cochrane

Time to be what you Want to be And all the time in between When loneliness calls Do your thoughts turn back to me?

LOOK OUT AGAIN Tom Cochrane

I was at your port of call One more flower upon the wall You were talkin' to my friend Bout your new place east of Number 10 Say Look out again You don't know what you do to me Oh I'm not to blame

All The Kings Men Tom Cochrane

Shut your eyes my darling there's nothing you can say the man in the moon won't fall on you he doesn't live there anyway you don't have to be a soldier to fight in your private war let the blood

LOVE UNDER FIRE Tom Cochrane

it's not to be forgotten She's seen this place before Where do you stop it?

CRAWL Tom Cochrane

down from nowhere to somewhere Where love was made to last Don't know where this might lead But the light shines for her still Ain't gonna crawl No...ain't gonna crawl no more No...ain't gonna lay

PAPER TIGERS Tom Cochrane

Keep your powder dry and warm Thru the coming darkest storm All the fear that's sent your way Thru your eyes you might wash away When you can Still your lantern's strong and bright Even thru the

RAGGED ASS ROAD Tom Cochrane

Moving out, can you see that shine Feel the change as you roll on down the line Where the shore fires burn out on a new frontier Where the past don't haunt you and there's Nothing else to fear

WASHED AWAY Tom Cochrane

washed away I watch the wind blow out there Maybe hear some distant laughter Look outside the hotel window When my soul wanders off babe This is the town I met you in And I won't soon forget that Your

WINDY NIGHT IN FALL Tom Cochrane

She says think you're the only one who's had it rough And the sky over you is the only one That's not bright enough Well some habits are hard to kick Some people in life are hard to lick They haunt

DIFFERENT DRUMMER Tom Cochrane

a stage to her She wants to bash and dance on it She moves to a different drummer Nobody tells the truth like she can She moves to a different drummer She's in time, she don't lie Different Drummer

BIGGER MAN Tom Cochrane

I watched while you might say So long happy trails You can only wait so long Till the wind shakes your sails And you see the she says "bye bye" Then she turns and digs her heels back in I'm gonna

Shake Monster Tom Cochrane

I was on patrol It was late at night I was checking the parameters To see if it was air tight All points clear looked like everything was alright Twelve o'clock high when I saw the big green light

THE UNTOUCHABLE ONE Tom Cochrane

See her by the corner Then she walks on by Heads turn to meet her Steely eyed She's her own girl Her own design She holds her head high Hides her scars just fine CHORUS She makes it work

BRAVE AND CRAZY Tom Cochrane

guitar in a distant place When a man walks up and tells him "Buddy there are some things you cannot say" I'll be damned if you'll tell me What I can and cannot feel I won't be no puppet here none of your

WILDEST DREAMS Tom Cochrane

You talks as if in riddles You talk as if in rhymes Down in the lion's lair Stroke yourself to feel so fine And what are you afraid of Afraid to get so touched When you begin to feel Is it way

WALKING THE FINE LINE Tom Cochrane

Lost my job in the darkest place, Going to get back up Clean my face, And take that longest ride I talked to the man with the busy pen Tired of being on the losing end I'm going to walk with pride

OCEAN BLUES (EMOTION BLUE) Tom Cochrane

Ask any stranger Out on the boulevard Who is alone They'll say it's me In any country This road leads everywhere A road that leads down to the sea CHORUS Colour me blue When the lights are

JUST SCREAM Tom Cochrane

have you gone insane You can fly 6000 miles And think its no big deal And turn and come back in Anytime you feel If there's something more need I cried for you, I would've died for you Tell it to

GOOD MAN FEELING BAD Tom Cochrane

can't sleep I'm so vain I'm sometimes so weak I didn't mean to hurt you Sometimes I just don't think enough I'm a sane man gripped by my duty Something lately has really gotten to me I tell myself

EMOTIONAL TRUTH Tom Cochrane

Let the woman have her peace Let her see the beat Around the world for emotional truth Waited out here for so long Wanna let love liberate you Don't you need emotional truth I don't want to fake

SONS BEAT DOWN Tom Cochrane

Hundred and one in the shade tonight All that time in the wilds of youth You might find it won't desert you We're gonna shake your soul tonight Some may say let's wait and see Some may find it's

THE LOADING Tom Cochrane

(Hold the line) Linin' them up I remember they shoot 'em Never dared dream that they'd shoot anyone Now I'm a simple man tied on the vine Caught up in the times And fates on my right hand CHORUS

MAKE MYSELF COMPLETE Tom Cochrane

I am not the original one Working man's son Nine to five and I'm barely alive When the day is done Want to laugh a bit Want to cry a bit Want to make myself complete Want to break you up Want

WILL OF THE GUN Tom Cochrane

I find it hard to imagine This world without guns and wars When we have our own private battles Our own bashing and slamming of doors What makes us want to hurt each other Can you help me to understand

BREAKING CURFEW Tom Cochrane

Walk out Through the rain Where the sound of your own footsteps Speak of Change When we take our refuge In a higher place Somewhere no one knows We'll meet it face to face CHORUS: Breaking

MAD MAD WORLD Tom Cochrane

standing with my paper there Minding my own news For everything that someone said Someone else had a different view I watched the whole thing there Unfold upon my tv screen "A new world order is on

ONE MORE TIME (SOME OLD HABITS) Tom Cochrane

Another place in another time I'd know that face anywhere Without a trace and without a sign Anytime you could come to me In the night When you thought No one should have known With your hard

MESSAGE (RISE UP AGAIN) Tom Cochrane

faint, but it's coming in clear Meet by the lake far away from here The place we'd meet, way back when Hearts as one Can you show me how it feels again Where the moon rises up again Shining down on

SIGHTS ON YOU Tom Cochrane

He's on the front line, He's set for the kill It's happening then, And it's happening still Dog eat dog, You've got to change it Battle lines there, Of a thousand odd years The tracks are there of

FLOWERS IN THE CONCRETE Tom Cochrane

Tilting at windmills on a downtown street O the big grey landscape has lost its sheep She wears a tight smile as she's walking the beat Looking for a little fame This ain't no oliver twist - no mister

Didn't I Lorraine Tom Cochrane

Waiting in silence You had to go 'Cause just like a baby You had to know And to think that by leaving We would see more clear To undo the pattern of doubt and fear, Drifting apart It has brought us nearer

ONE WAY OUT Tom Cochrane

Stand too close I can feel her pull me in All the time here waiting Has been wasted in the wind Adjusted to your way And the corner of your stare You can only stand so close to it Before you see

FRIENDLY ADVICE Tom Cochrane

owe that to me like I'd owe that to you So go your own way and in time you'll see Exactly who your best friend was Your wise friends might say This is how we survive But I know in my own mind

Life Is A Highway Tom Cochrane

Life Is A Highway Tom Cochrane Life's like a road that you travel on When there's one day here and the next day gone Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand Sometimes you turn your back to the

VACATION (IN MY MIND) Tom Cochrane

to kick it in the sand Some guys are selling visas They're trying to sell tickets to the promised land People going to get there I see it in my dreams Saw people dancing, saw people moving In