3 Hearts In The Happy Ending Machine

Daryl Hall 3 Hearts In The Happy Ending Machine Lyrics
1.Dreamtime

(hall, beeby)

I saw you standing and i felt your rage
Like a dark cloud on a crowded stage
You were talking thru the smoke in your fantasy
I know you girl i know what to believe

Maybe things ain't been so good at home
And the people that you love never cared at all
You wanna run away don't care where you go
You wanna run away that's all you know
Believe it's alright to fantasize
And say the words you think will satisfy me
But you know better than that
'cause you know what's a lie

You're living in dreamtime baby
It's time to wake up
You're living in dreamtime baby
It's time to shape up

In your dream it's overcast
Rain comes down movin' your way fast
You wanna run away don't care where you go
You wanna run away that's all you know
Turn a corner then you see a door
Walk on thru throw yourself on the floor
When you're looking up it's no surprise
Standing there is a man with movie star eyes
Think he's gonna take care of you
The man with the plan that'll see you thru
I say there ain't no way
'cause i know he's a lie

You're living in dreamtime baby
It's time to wake up
You're living in dreamtime baby
It's time to shape up

I never saw anybody fall apart so fast
Living in dreamtime you know it ain't gonna last
Never saw anybody think she's so right and be so wrong
Living in dreamtime
It's hard to carry on


2.Only A Vision

(hall)

I can't see you when i look at you
Only see you in my memory
When i find you it's just outside my sight line
Between experience and fantasy
Don't bear up to close inspection
Close inspection of the cold hard facts
Blow in and out of my life like a spirit
My eye can't see you but my mind reacts

Only a vision in the corner of my eye
Only a vision that i see out of the corner of my eye
Only a vision

Said you loved me
Heard that plain as day
I should lose this
Vision fade away
What's holding on to me
Just some state of mind
Feeling's coming on
One more time
Close inspection
I've checked this out again and again
And it won't respond to cold hard facts
Then you blow in and out of my life like a spirit
My mind knows better but my heart reacts

Only a vision in the corner of my eye
Only a vision that i see out of the corner of my eye
Only a vision girl
I wish that vision that i'm seeing was real


3.I Wasn't Born Yesterday

(hall, allen, stewart)

I forgot just how to feel
City scene ain't no big deal
Soul deep so ya say
None of that takes my breath away
Oh i always seem to see
Both sides when they disagree
And neither one seems right
Too much city life
Is messin' with my inner lite
And everybody's too cool to believe

I wasn't born yesterday
You should know by now
So let's set the record straight
And we can carry on
I wasn't born yesterday
I'll find out
I ain't innocent
Lots of room for me to doubt
I never learned to cry

So far so extreme
If i'm jaded, you're naive
But behind that cynic's steady gaze
There's a wide-eyed lover drink for days
Oh i don't want to be
One of those guys who only sees
The joke behind the lie
Too much city life
May i don't know wrong from right
But baby i ain't too cool to believe

I wasn't born yesterday
I don't die for love
Just let the record speak
Then i carry on
I wasn't born yesterday
I don't die for love
It's never too late to come of age
Never too late
Oh i wanna learn to cry


4.Someone Like You

(hall)

Only you could ever know
How hard it was for me to let you go
Hard to face all those nights
And suffer thru all the fools advice
Seems to me it's not so bad
To try for the kind of love that we had
Oh i need that romance
One that grows strong
When it's got no chance

Now you're gone away
And i'm left to carry on
Ain't nobody else gonna bear up to comparison
And if i can't have the real thing
Then i've got to find someone
Just like you

What you got it's what you need
There's pain in that but it's plain enough to see
I know i was satisfied
But nobody else came out of my side

I hope someone will come today
Somebody like you
Someone to take me all the way
Somebody like you
Someone to take your place
Somebody like you
Someone to fill this empty space


5.Next Step

(hall, stewart, wolk, baker)

I wanna go up where something matters
I wanna blow up where matter scatters
I wanna live into the future
I want to give... more girl

Next step
No side stepping this time
Cross over life on the line
One thing to talk big
Go to follow thru
All set
Got to get past the present too
Don't want to reach out for yesterday
Don't want to block the shock of the new
I wanna see what new love will bring
I'm gonna give all that love to you

What's the next step
My mind is open wide
Next step
What'll be the next step baby
What's the next step
I'm finished with the past
Next step
Won't be the last step baby

You wanna wake up with me beside you
You wanna shake off bad thoughts inside you
We're gonna walk on into tomorrow
We're gonna have more fun now
Don't look around for yesterday
No blocking out the shock of the new
Do you wanna see what new love can bring
I'm gonna give all that love to you

What's the next step
My mind is open wide
Next step
What'll be the next step baby
What's the next step
I haven't got a clue
Next step
Wanna make the next step with you
What's the next step
Gonna take it gonna take it
Next step
Gonna step right
Won't step back
What's the next step
No bad songs
No bad songs
Next step
Say hey
Don't you want to take the next step
Ring out the old
Ring in the new
Never know 'til i do what i'm gonna do
Say hey
I want to take the next step
Say hey

What's the next step
My mind is open wide
What'll be the next step baby
Next step
What's the next step
Ain't gonna be the last
Next step
Forget about the past
What's the next step

We've got to open up
When the next step comes along
I've got to follow thru
Take the next step with you
I wanna ring out the old and ring in the new
Come out of the cold
Take a step with you


6.For You

(hall, stewart, wolk)

Soothe me baby
Squeeze tite
Hold the moment
Fall thru the nite
Itch for pleasure
I scratch
Love's a treasure
I want to give back
I wanna give you
All that i've got
Attention's essential
Analysis not
It's not what you say girl
It's what you mean
So whisper with me
Share dreams
Stop
If you stop i'll remember so much
No one can steal what's real from my touch
Stop
What more can i say
There ain't nothing gonna get in the way

For you
Oh baby baby
I've been waiting waiting waiting
Before you i was given a lie
You opened up my life
Will i ever be the same again
Will i ever talk this way again
For you for you all the time
I know it's so right
I'm sending you a sign

Girl are you getting
What you expect
Blindly trying
Cry to connect
Needing affection
Ships in the nite
Making a statement
If it's wrong or it's right
Stop
Think for a while
Person to person
Mile after mile
Stop
There's something you missed
Here it is here it is
I just can't resist
Can't resist you


7.Foolish Pride

(hall)

When i'm hurt then i come on strong
I wanna break down
But i just keep it in
Being too strong is a weakness, girl
'cause when you fight the world
You know who's gonna win
And you say i won't look you in the eye
It's like talking to a wall
But a wall can crumble down
Yeah there's something that's deep inside
That's gotta be tough
Whenever you're around

I've got this foolish pride
And pride goes before a fall
Yeah i've got this foolish pride

You make me feel like the livin' end
But the end came quick
And made me wanna die
So i played like i didn't care
Didn't mess my hair
Believe me i don't know why

I've got this foolish pride
And pride goes before a fall
Yeah i've got this foolish pride

If i wanted i colled have fooled 'em all
That's great 'til tomorrow when i'm all alone
You know the truth comes out in the end
When the fools start falling they need their friends


8.Right As Rain

(hall)

I've been trying so hard to close my eyes
Dawn is rising under those cloudy skies
Days in darkness
Seemed like they'd never end
But now the rules are changing, girl
We can begin again

And we'll be right as rain

Who's been fooling you
They've been cruel to me
The kind of love we share
Is hard for those people to see
Stormy weather
Still the chill remains
What they thought was lost forever
Has been found again

And we'll be right as rain

All those violent people
Wind up tearing our peace apart
Do their best to destroy our future
Before it has a chance to start
Never had a chance to start
The kind of love we share
It's so hard for some to see
I know it was hard for me
It ain't lost forever
It's been found again
In the rain
And it feels so good to me


9.Let It Out

(hall, stewart)

People don't read so easy
Never wanna say what's on their mind
Go from dreams to dollars
Then they wonder why the truth seems so unkind
They just hold on tighter and tighter
Running down the road that they know so well
Never wanna change the order
Too quick to say that time will tell

Let it out - unlock the box
Let it out - unravel the knots
Let it out - if you've got something to say
Let it out - get it out of the way

Why be an artful dodger
Come cool kind of fool who can slide on by
There's a whole lot of art in sadness
So make it worth your while if you're gonna cry

Let it out - unlock the box
Let it out - unravel the knots
Let it out - if you've got something to say
Let it out - get it out of the way

You've got to push pull
Loosen up baby
Let out all the rage
Get a little crazy
Rearrange your furniture
Don't be afraid

You gotta push it
Pull it
Push it
Pull it

Any way you gotta do it
Just as long as you let it out


10.What's Gonna Happen To Us

(hall)

I saw on the tv we're sellin' arms to the enemy
So he can blow us all down
When we charge with the cards in our hands
And men in power places are resigning
'cause even in high seats the woman is still fighting with the
man
And tho i thought the time of the tough guy was just about over
Here comes another savior to stir the soldiers in the field
But what do the generals think about while the soldiers are
dying
'cause the rallying cries don't reach 'em
And if they could feel they'd say

What's gonna happen to us

Does your shrink say find out who you are
Before you try to become a part of me
I'd think you'd want to anyway
She can't help you live out a middle-class fantasy
But can she talk you into leavin'
When your heart tells you to stay
Just when i thought the era of the guru was over
Here comes another savior to stir the soldiers in the field
What does the teacher care about while the student is trying
'cause your crying mind don't reach her
If she could feel she'd say

What's gonna happen to us