Joshua Kadison

Love means so many different things, but you're all that matters, and this is all I'll ever ask of you. Tell me your dreams, so they could be mine too, let me be there, to help them come true. Tell me your fears, when you feel afraid, come to my arms, l...

Well, here I am in Amsterdam as winter waves goodbye... Almost seven in the morning and I'm walking all alone And the moon's still in the sky. And I have to laugh just thinking how I've never found a home. Pillows yes, to lay my head, but I've mostly been alon...

Tangled in the sheets of a motel bed. Samantha paints her toenails cherry red. And she asks me if she can paint mine too, and I say "Samantha, anything for you." And through the tinny speakers of an ancient radio the All Night Love Line begins another sh...

You're my peace of mind in this crazy world. You're everything I've tried to find, your love is a pearl. You're my Mona Lisa, you're my rainbow skies, and my only prayer is that you realize you'll always be beautiful in my eyes. The world will turn and the se...

I was locked up in a crazy place They found me on the streets begging for grace I don't remember but they say I lost my mind She was in the garden after the rain In a white robe we were dressed the same She took my hand and said my eyes looked kind Then she s...

Born to shine "Shimmer little one, shimmer little one Shine on, shine on, you were born to shine on. Shimmer little one, shimmer little one Shine on, shine on, you were born to shine on. I am your refelction and you are mine. All of us, reflections of th...

In Carolina's eyes I see the ocean In Carolina's eyes I see the one for me When Carolina's eyes fill with emotion I see the better man she makes me wanna be And I say, "Oh, Carolina You deserve a better man than me" A warm breeze blowin' From the sea...

Saw her at the Texico just the other day Even more beautiful her hair had a touch of grey We both stood and stared at each other Couldn't say a word , then I said: "God, it's good to see you" And she said: "Well, have you heard..." "They're tearing down the C...

A cigarette burns itself out in a crushed up co'cola can ashtray. In front of a busted up old mirror, Delilah Blue is checking out his tired sachet. Getting bored or just disappointed with his own reflection He just waves it all away. Taking to his good friend...

Outside of Albuquerque, about an hour north of there She's got a house of three little Indians in the middle of nowhere You wonder where her man went, you wonder if she minds They've got smiles and healthy tummies, so you guess they're doing fine She sells jew...

Once upon a time In a little Spanish town There lived a girl who played guitar They came from all around She sang of all their laughter She sang of all their pains She knew their lives And wove them into sweet guitar refrains There were the songs she...

Flagstaff by morning She don't know I'm coming Maybe I'll wake her softly From a dream she's dreaming sweet Flagstaff by morning She don't know I'm coming And maybe I'll just gently slip between the sheets Well I promised her one day my songs would make the...

You are afraid, you are afraid In these fragile days of men. And I know You are afraid, you are afraid We may never meet again. Well, so am I but don't you cry because I'll be there in the song of your memory, In a land where tommorow never comes. I'll be ther...

When all my dreams are fallin' on stony ground And I start wonderin' why I'm even around, Can't find the sunshine anywhere, Jessie puts her arms around me and runs her fingers through my hair. And Jessie sings soft as the Georgia rain Coming down easy on...

Please don’t be mad at me for callin’. Saw this phone and I had to dial. We left so many things unspoken, thought we could talk for just a while. Now I’m not sayin’ you owe me anything. My memories are my souvenirs, like all those cherry lipstick "love-...

Sometimes I wish this world was an easier place And when I see those tears falling from your face I pray, little angel, don't give up on yourself Don't let nothin' get you down Just keep on reaching for your higher group If you could only see yourself th...

Been working on a song, For you a simple melody. Something just to let you know, How much you mean to me. Tryin' to find the perfect lines, But the words put up a fight. No matter how hard I try I just cant say it right, I love you so much more than words cou...

Woke up this morning with a funny feeling Wasn't really sure what it was all about But it felt like I was disappearing So I ran to the mirror to check it out I said, "Here I am, here I am, here I am But why do I feel like the invisible man?" I stumbled...

From a phone booth in Vegas, Jessie calls at 5 A.M. to tell me how she's tired of all of them. She says, "Baby, I've been thinking 'bout a trailer by the sea. We could go to Mexico... you, the cat and me. We'll drink tequila and look for sea shells. Now, doesn...

He lives above the First Baptist Church downtown in one small furnished room with a cat named Job. And Job stares out the window at the people on the ground. His chin restin' on the sill, his tail curlin' slow. And the old man, well, he's just talking as if Jo...

Neffertiti came out west in a stolen limousine. Twenty dollars to her name and a walk like you ain't never seen. She moved into number eight with just a bottle in her hand, an old radio wrapped up in it's cord and no particular plan. I watched her in the hallw...

Listen to the lambs all a-crying, listen to the lambs all a-crying, listen to the lambs all a-crying, I want to get to heaven when I die. I want to get to heaven when I die. 

The morning sunrise through the window spillin' on to your pillow, And as I watch you sleepin' sweet as can be, I say to myself, "Love's sure been good to me." Last night's clothes scattered here and there, a sleepin cat on the old green chair And your arms ar...

Going back to a tender age So full of confusion and rage Daddy says, "Boys, your mama's gone" There's a hand on your shoulder as you're throwing dirt Someone says, "Time heals the hurt Little man, you got to keep on keeping on" But all you want is mama'...

Molly's in the attic as the sun goes down Looking through some boxes for her wedding gown Now she's standing in the mirror in dusy white Talking to herself in the rusty light She says "I've never been to Paris, but I've wanted to go To see the moon reflectin...

The moon ain't made of cheese you'd say So find your own truths along the way But Santa Claus and his magic sleigh Had to be you in the rain that day The Super Heroes on TV Saturday's we'd pretend to be You'd say: 'Boys, well it seems to me You're the best he...

He tells her, I wanna paint you naked on a big brass bed With bright orange poppies all around your head And she says, "Crazy old man, I'm not young anymore" "But that's all right", he whispers, I've never painted before Do you love me Lady Jane, Lady Jan...

Ezra was an old man He lived by the sea. Watchin' himself gettin' older, With no Family. And Cassie was a pretty one, A bartender by trade. She had a daughter with big green eyes, She called her Jade. They met each other in the park, While Jade was o...

I'm the piano player down at Eddie's bar, and Rachel she's the waitress who wants to be a star. She swears she's gonna make it, make it big someday, and she'll send me picture postcards from L.A. When it's time for closing, I play while Rachel cleans. Sh...

Rosie and Pauly in the back alley... The funniest twosome that you ever did see. Standing on a trash can, Pauly talks. If he ain't too drunk and his words are clear He gives the prettiest sermon you ever did hear While Rosie wags her tail by the collection box...

A vow of love broke it seems Spilling all our precious dreams Among the jagged fragments And all the space between We stood in awe of this sacred scene. Wondered what it all could mean. We watched vague confusion At the working of the great unseen. To...

Hey, Sebastian, don't be blue It ain't up to you Sometimes this world just has a way of goin' astray And hey, Sebastian, look around It's a crazy lost and found We're all tryin' to find a place in this human race to shine Everybody wants to shine And brother...

May the roads in your gypsy soul Lead you to a higher ground Kindred pilgrim, my kindred pilgrim 'Till what you seek is found I see you now wandering through this world And how you seem to me Like a grounded angel Remembering the sky and trying to be free S...

Hey, I didn't mean a thing I said last night. I swear I didn't mean a word I used. You don't have to listen, baby. You have every right To feel that heart of yours has been abused. I know I've used up all my chances a long, long time ago And I really don'...

We could hear the gospel all around. My dad and me leanin' 'gainst a tree with leaves falling down. Now, daddy, he's no holy man. He never taught us how to pray. But he saw the questions on my face. He looked at me and I turned away. And he said, "Believe wha...

There was a Pearl at the bottom of the sea. He was a diver like you and me from a little village built on the sand where the people had nothing but faith in the Lord's hand. In the far-away near, the Pearl was always there, floating like a dream or like...

A man down on the corner carves your name on a grain of rice. Imagine that, on a grain of rice, your name on a grain of rice. He asked me if I wanted my name on a grain of rice. I said, "Hell with the grain. Can you carve my name in the sky? Now, that would be...

A heart is fragile, baby It can break so easily. So, just for safe keeping, darlin', why don't you give your heart to me? Don't you know... my love won't ever let you down? My love won't ever let you down. Trust in me, baby. What I feel is real and true and...

Waiting in green velvet with a suitcase in her hand, Standing down a ways from the bus stop sign, Looking at the sky, like she was bound for the promised land, Checkin' out her watch like she was losing time. She was checkin' out her watch like she was losing...

When a woman cries, when a woman cries She can wash your world away When storms fill her eyes, when storms fill her eyes You never know just what to say Don't say a word, don't say anything She don't need your truth or lies Just hold her close and love...

Didn´t anybody ever tell you that you´re made of stars? Didn´t anybody ever tell you how wonderful you are? Didn´t anybody ever look into your eyes and see the whole world spinnin´ around, spinnin´ around? Strange days we´re living in. Sometimes it se...