LYRICS
all lyrics written by
Richard Alan "Crane" Krieger
Copyright 2005

BECAUSE OF YOU
I was feeling so sorry for myself
Any hopes of true love I put upon the shelf
I was good at pretending that I was doing alright
But when I'd come home alone the tears were hard to fight

Somehow I knew this wasn't meant to be
To live my life without intimacy
So I kept a little piece of hope until a miracle came to me

Because of You, everything is coming together
Because of You, I found a love that will last forever
Because of You, gone are the days of being sad and lonely
Because of You, I can finally say I love you only
Because of You...........

ONLY TO BE WITH YOU
I long to be with you in this lifetime before it's
through
And it's going to happen soon I feel
But I'm not going to cry or even ask the questions why
For my faith in our love keeps me going on

My friends say that I'm wasting time away
But they don't know how much I love you

Only To Be With You
I would leave all my sorrows
Only To Be With You
I would look forward tomorrow
Only To Be With You
All my dreams would come true
Only To Be With You......
Only To Be With You......

HAPPY TO BE
Happy To Be without you...I'm Happy To Be
Happy To Be without you girl....

You were such a nightmare to my reality
I can't believe I ever went with you
Always finding problems that you'd blame on me
But you're the one who doesn't have a clue

I don't care what you think of me
All I know is that I'm finally free

LOVE I THOUGHT I KNEW
You know I often think about you
And all those things that we use to do
But now you've telling me that we're through

I always thought our love would be there
Remember the moments that we shared
You really seemed like someone who cared

The Love I Thought I Knew has gone and left me today
The Love I Thought I Knew has thrown our love away
And all I do is cry......for The Love I Thought I Knew

SHE IS THE GIRL
I would love to take you far away, to a place where all they do is play
Just like the garden of so long ago, we'd have so much fun being there I know

But we still have so much to work through
And there's nothing we can do until the time is right
Hold on to your dream of a better world, where there will be no need to fight

I reach out and there you hold my hand, and I feel you truly understand
How special it has been ever since we met
It may be great right now but it's gonna get better yet

(Bridge)

She is the Girl who makes me happy
She is the Girl who I want to marry
She is the Girl, She is the Girl.....She is the Girl
She is the Girl who makes me feel love
She is the Girl sent from heaven above
She is the Girl, She is the Girl, She is the Girl.....

OUR LOVE
I've climbed to the top of the world and I've been down in the deepest caves
I've wrestled hungry alligators and I've surfed the biggest waves
Jumped out of a burning airplane and caught a tiger by the tail
Walked across a hundred miles of desert then I rode a giant whale

Fate, chance and luck they like to take you for a ride
Your destiny is what you must decide

Then I came upon this beautiful mermaid and she took me to the lost city of gold
She said if I would only stay with her I'd never have to grow old

(Bridge)

But out of all these things that I've done
Nothing can compare to Our Love
I'm sure the angels are smiling from above because
Nothing can compare to Our Love.....to Our Love

YOU NEVER LISTEN TO ME
You Never Listen To Me or any of my problems
Meanwhile I'm drifting out to sea.....because You Never Listen To Me
You Never Listen To Me and it makes me feel so sad
You have no sympathy.....because You Never Listen To Me

It's hard to sleep in this lonely room I keep
You probably don't know what that feels like
Whenever I reach out all I get from you is doubt
Why can't you try to be a little more understanding?

(Chorus)

I realize that you might not love me like you use to
Maybe it's time to say good-bye
Because I don't know what else I can do

LIKE IT WAS BEFORE
My broken heart is feeling so much pain
And it will never be the same again

I did everything I could, but somehow I was wrong
I'm tried of being strong for everybody but myself

What could have been will linger in my mind
Until the day I find a reason to go on

I wish it was....Like It Was Before
Everybody being good friends
I never thought it would end
I wish it was....Like It Was Before
Things will work out somehow
For I have to live for now
Yet, I wish it was....
I wish it was....
How I wish it was....
Like It Was Before

TRAGICOMEDY
"Homage to Nada"
New Alliance Records 1983

EVERYDAY LIFE
Trivial nonsense causing static waves
Inadequate validity in these concepts
Emphasizing phenomenal ideals
Controversial things are said about "Ultimate Reality"

Although smarter than we think....bare facts are just assumed
Tra la la la la.....La la la la la.........

Vague awareness of what goes on
Public opinion, common sense and fashion

The fulfillment of your special goals
Achieving success in a lifetime

DRASTIC CHANGE
We do many stupid things to scare the moments we have
What other alternatives would be the safer plan?

With a Drastic Change we'll finally see.....

Water down the version so this can be accepted
What's worth more than some money?
Nature that's been neglected

With a Drastic Change we'll finally see.....

SCIENTIFIC PROOF
Way out in left field where energy and matter can't be destroyed
Where clocks can't watch what's rearranged as we transform
Flexible to experiment with endless possibilities
Building on what is found erasing the boundaries

If it could be pinpointed as such would it be different than
The courage to come face to face with oncoming trains?

Expanding and merging in every direction just like that
As we move on past the traditions that contradict
For the sake of an argument that comes to terms with itself
They find a theory that would work yet they put it back on the shelf

Expectations of something worthwhile
Investing in that which seems to make sense
Nothing ever happens when we try too hard
We don't need your evidence

HAVE A NICE DAY
How could you tell how I felt?
I wouldn't have you go through the same
I want you to have the things you could have had in the game
Have a Nice Day

Let's go have a picnic flying kites and dancing till dawn
Forget about the statistics and this day that only lasts so long
The magnitude is overwhelming me because you make me feel all of my feelings
We ought to go so we better leave even though we finally broke the ceiling

MOVIE MONGREL
You Movie Mongrel, we gave you our tickets and what did you give us?
Your alter ego, we wanted a classic but you gave us plastic
A financial fiasco, if this is all to do you better get on to
A sequel that will go, that we give us proof that you're not a spoof

With your make-up, costumes and special effects
No substance without any regrets

You Movie Mongrel, you go to a party that you think is fancy
With a girl you don't know, who wants your money and she thinks it's funny
That you're just a so-and-so, another big name who's out for the same
Wants to try and steal the show, you're so screwed-up why don't you just shut-up

Movie Mongrel...........

UNEMPLOYED EXTRAS
Smiling on main street looking for the right girl to be with
There's no one there to meet because of introduction formalities
How are you suppose to act if you can't get in plays?
Maybe you can stand in as an extra today

Choice roles are not easy to come by, what connections do you have anyhow?

Knocking on some doors maybe you can stick your foot in
Sweeping up the floors you're done everything you could
When does it ever seem that they'll give you a break?
Don't you be discouraged you're a star and not just a fake

Unemployed Extras heroes hang on your walls
Unemployed Extras waiting for curtain calls

Sleeping on a train going to a strange destination
Hope it doesn't rain you've got lots of places to go
If they don't want you there you can always turn around
You did all that you could even though you were not found

TERRA FIRMA
Doesn't it embarrass you that we kill each other off?
International pastimes of self-destructive games
Trigger happy idiots play stratego
Bluffing like the scarecrows on cultivated earth

Terra Firma, impressive treasure....how can we measure?

Risk turns to cost if we ever turn out backs
Alignment of the planets such coincidence
Best to place your bets as the wheel spins around
Flirtation with disaster a bunch of thrill-seekers

Terra Firma, uncertain project....void of logic

Fate is our only challenge.........