Life's Too Short

Marshall Crenshaw Life's Too Short Lyrics
1.Better Back Off

(m. crenshaw, t. teeley)

Now you can't always get what you want
No, you can't always get what you need
Sometimes you lose what you thought you had
Now that's a real bad deal indeed
But when you're angry at life itself
Having a bad, bad day
Don't judge yourself so brutally
I can't stand it when you talk that way
Oh baby, baby
Better back off of that stuff
You'd better take it slow
I know you know
That you're talking about someone i love
Did you say what i think i heard?
Did you mean what i think you said?
Why don't you redirect your rage
Onto someone else instead
Now, we all have to walk that line
Between sorrow and happiness
Come over here and take my hand
Won't you please give us both a rest?
Oh baby, baby
Better back off that stuff
You'd better take it slow
I know you know
That you're talking about someone i love
Oh baby, baby
I've heard enough
'cause i know you will come through
And you know it too
You're talking about someone i love


2.Don't Disappear Now

(m. crenshaw, t. teeley)

There is a certain appeal to danger and pain
When she whispered those words, i said
'what's your name?'
Right then i knew in my heart
That we shouldn't start
But there you go...
Could she mess up my mind?
She looked so fine
I just had to know...
So we got into her car
And drove to her place
We didn't stop making love
For thirty long days
Until the telephone rang
My very soul she did command
All it took was her smile
The wink of her eye
The wave of her hand
So just imagine how i'm feeling right now
No word from her again today
Did she follow that dream like a flaming star
I hope she hasn't gone to stay
I just wish that i could find a way
To make her hear these words somehow
I need you bad
Don't disappear now
We'll meet again by and by
'til then i'll try to keep moving my shoes
One step ahead of the blues


3.Fantastic Planet Of Love

(m. crenshaw)

The way you smile even when heartbreak
Is closing in around you
You know that's one thing
I ought to learn how to do
Won't you hear my plea
Come by and see me
'cause every time i see you smile
You make my world
A fantastic planet of love
What new battle will this day bring
Just this morning i felt like trouble's plaything
Believe me darling this is true
It's only when i'm next to you that i ever dream of
A fantastic planet of love
Right now i feel it
I feel something closing in around me
It's in the headlines of the tabloids
And i heard it on tv
Come see about me, (i) can't wait to be
Hanging 'round with the one who makes my world
A fantastic planet of love
Don't get angry
Yeah, that's what you say
Save your anger, you shouldn't look at it that way
Come over and i'll be satisfied
It's only when i'm by your side
That i ever dream of
A fantastic planet of love


4.Delilah

(m. crenshaw, l. preston)

Where's the light from yesterday?
When you and i were unafraid
And lost inside a world we'd made
Again today the air is hanging heavy and grey
Got a lonely feeling that won't go away
And i feel like my world's in disarray
So i say
(hey) delilah
I want to be beside your bed tonight
Oh delilah
I can't shake your memory
Like a dark cloud following me
I want to drop everything and be
With my delilah, hey delilah
So tell me delilah, where are you now?
Got to get this message to you somehow
I need you more than the law should allow
Don't let too many years and tears go by
Don't give your heart to some other guy
I'm going to find you some way, that's no lie
Delilah, we've got to be together tonight
Oh delilah - why did you do me like you've done
If i knew where you had gone
I'd drop everything and run to my delilah,
Oh delilah
Am i only fantasizing when i
Think that you might
Still care why don't you
Take the time to answer are you
There do you dare yes i know
You're out there somewhere


5.Face Of Fashion

(c. knox)

I know why
Fish swim in the sky
And beat their leather wings
Until they're high and dry
We fly in the face of fashion
Full scale and fair
We fly in the face of fashion
With passion rare
Weave and sigh
My angel and i
Reach our hands above the clouds
And rip the seething sky
We fly in the face of fashion
Full scale and fair
We fly in the face of fashion
With passion rare
My oh my
My angel and i
Reach our hands above the clouds
And rip the seething sky


6.Stop Doing That

(m. crenshaw)

Stop doing that
Maybe i've missed my chance
To talk to you as a friend
But stop doing that
That's what i'm gonna say
When you and i meet again
I thought the rumors were lies
Until i saw for myself
Not your better watch out
Or you're soon gonna find
That you're on the losing side
Of the battle line
Stop doing that
Don't try to lie to me
The way you lie to yourself
Stop doing that
Don't say that things you do
Shouldn't matter to anyone else
Somewhere in my heart
There will always be a place
For you and all the moments we shared
When we both believed
There was a reason to care
We used to live on the run
Not so long ago
And tt was all about fun
Fun and self discovery
And now you say nothing's changed...
Better look again
'cause the way you're living now...
It looks more like you're dying to me
You look like walking misery
Stop doing that
Why should i keep on telling you?
You won't stop doing that
All your wreckless self-indulgence
Your disregard for the mess you're creating
Don't tell me, i know it's hard...
Now i don't know where to find you
But if you were here
I'd grab you by the collar
And whisper in your ear
Stop doing that


7.Walkin' Around

(m. crenshaw)

Last night we had a showdown
That went on 'til along about four
God knows you sure suprised me
Sometimes i just don't know what to think anymore
But listen now
Let's take a walk anyway
Let's go walkin' around on a warm saturday
Now it's late afternoon
Let's keep walkin' around 'till we see the moon
We're just walkin' around in the afternoon
We walk into the sea of faces
Taking in the sights and sounds
Maybe this will be the last time
We might just be better off without the other around
Right now i've got nothing to say
We're just walkin' around on a warm saturday
Now it's late afternoon
Let's keep walkin' around till we see the moon
Just walkin' around in the afternoon
With a crowd all around us
The sun in our faces
We've known all these places
For a long time it's true
And i've been a long time loving you
I don't want to see us
End up with broken hearts
What's been going on between us
Will either make us stronger or tear us apart
Right now
As we walk together
My mind is racing
We'll have to be facing this situation we've made
Real soon i'm afraid
I don't want to see us
End up with broken hearts
What's been going on between us
Will either make us stronger or tear us apart
Right now it might go either way
We're just walkin' around on a warm saturday
Now it's late afternoon
Let's keep walking around 'till we see the moon
We're just walkin' around in the afternoon


8.Starting Tomorrow

(m. crenshaw)

Starting tomorrow
If this night ever ends
Bring on tomorrow
'cause i'll be
Heading back home again
And i know i'll feel more alive
As soon as i'm not alone
Starting tomorrow
I'm gone
All i'm gonna do now
Is hang around waiting for the sun to rise
How can i sleep
When i hear a hundred voices in my head?
When i close my eyes
Shadows on the wall
Stillness all around
And a feeling in my heart
That won't let me settle down
I've been restless
There was a time when that was all i knew
But not anymore
It only comes around and bothers me
When i'm away from you
All night long it seemed like
Time was running slow
I can hardly remember now
Just why i had to go
Starting tomorrow
If this night ever ends
Bring on tomorrow
'cause i'll be
Heading back home again
And this long lonely time
Will be part of the past
Starting tomorrow
At last


9.Everything's The Truth

(m. crenshaw, j. shear)

You say you caught me in a lie
You say that i'm the one who made you cry
Well if you're angry
(aw) just go on girl, and let it loose, let it loose
Be that way if you want to
Or why not do what millions do
And just say everything's the truth
Everything's the truth
If you don't believe me, go and ask around
Try anyone on any street in this town
Where the tension is getting so extreme
You can barely move, barely move
Let's just see if you can prove me wrong
Listen close as you move along
They're whispering everything's the truth
But you say you're not interested in this little game
That this double-talk will never make me
Any less to blame
Well, i never said reliability was my middle name
Or my claim to fame


10.Somewhere Down The Line

(m. crenshaw)

Somewhere down the line
It's gonna be more than fine
These days won't even cross our minds
Somewhere down the line
The months go one by one
Simplest thing under the sun
I know some time will be our time
Somewhere down the line
I said it with all my heart
As though i had a guarantee
Mainly because i thought
That that's what she wanted from me
Though i don't really know
That it isn't all in vain
I looked into her dark eyes
And said these words again
Somewhere down the line
You get yours and i get mine
We can't give up i know we'll find that it's
Somewhere down the line
We won't be looking back
As we move on down the track
We'll leave our broken dreams behind
Somewhere down the line
Then she said, though we try with all of our ability
We can't always rule our fate or determine our destiny
Right away i understood what was going through her mind
We're sitting here wondering what's waiting for us down the line
These blues will fade away
And i believe it's safe to say (that)
I'll still be yours, you'll still be mine
Somewhere down the line