Blanket Of Stars – Glenn Eric
© All songs copyright 2013, Glenn Eric Meganck
the one that got away
he saw her on the street again,
her body swaying like the summer wind
his heart races and he longs to speak,
his body’s strong but his heart is weak
so he simply turns and walks away
because what can you say to the one that got away?
what do you say to the one that got away?
do you tell her that you think of her every day?
do you tell her that you miss her in every way?
do you tell her she’s the one that got away
her smile lit up the sky
lit a fire in his eyes
but now those flames are gone
and he’s left standing all alone
nothing but gray smoke in his eyes
and that’s the reason he tells you he cries
not for the one that got away
what do you say to the one that got away?
do you tell her that you think of her every day?
do you tell her that you miss her in every way?
do you tell her she’s the one that got away
everybody’s got a story to tell,
a story we know all so well
a tale of struggle and hope pulling on that rope
only to see it slip from our hands the one big catch that never lands
i saw him later with his hands in his pockets
staring in a window at all the lockets
i know he gave her one heart shaped
it hung so fine along her nape
now his head hangs when i see him
like some sad painting in an empty museum
portrait of the man who let her get away
what do you say to the one that got away?
do you tell her that you think of her every day?
do you tell her that you miss her in every way?
do you tell her she’s the one that got away
i wish i was a river
you were a child, and i was no man
when our paths crossed unexpectedly, like paths sometimes can
and we fell in love, and we fell out again
and now i’m yearning, for the place where we began
and i wish i was a river, i wish i was the wind
i wish i could move through time, to the place where we begin
i wish i was a river, my waves running through your hair
and i wish i was the wind, blowing the kisses i no longer dare
and just like the movies, and the just like the books
we raised a family, we did what it took
to get through the hard times, and keep our eyes on the good
that’s the secret of living, that’s the light in the wood
and i wish i was a river, i wish i was the wind
i wish i could move through time, to the place where we begin
i wish i was a river, my waves running through your hair
and i wish i was the wind, blowing the kisses i no longer dare
and now you are no child, and i am no young man
and we’ve stood through the storms, as best as we can
through the hard and the easy, the bad and the good
and i’d do it all over, if only-if only i could
and if we could see tomorrow, as clearly as we see today
if we knew the ending, what then would we say
i’d say i love you, though words could never do
justice to the magic way that i feel about you
and i wish i was a river, i wish i was the wind
i wish i could move through time, to the place where we begin
i wish i was a river, my waves running through your hair
and i wish i was the wind, blowing the kisses i no longer dare
the moon
there's a light in the sky called the moon
that some people say you can fly to
and i hope in my heart that it's true
because everyone needs something to reach to
like the moon, like the moon
we all need something up there
we need something up there like the moon
there's a land across the sea far away
that i have never seen before
yet i hope someday to stand on its shore
and look up to see the stars and so much more
like the moon, like the moon
we all need something out there
we need something out there like the moon
now you might think i’m crazy or weak of heart
but to believe in miracles, that’s a start,
mmmm, that’s a start
if there's somebody standing out there
and from far away you see me
reach out across the stars and the sea
because everyone needs something to reach for
like the moon, like the moon
we all need something up there
we need something up there like the moon
blanket of stars
i wasn’t searching for anyone at all
when in you came like a hurricane, threw me against the wall
as a matter of fact some loneliness would have suited me just fine
now i don’t know what hit me, i never saw the signs
i knew i was stalling, you knew i was falling
when from those lips of red, this is what you said
with a blanket of stars over our heads
and blanket of grass beneath our backs
we could watch the heavens circle above us all around
while here on earth we revel in this heaven that we’ve found
you said you’d only knocked on my door to introduce yourself
i offered you some coffee from the jar i keep up on shelf
you said you were new in town and trying to make friends
i asked how long you’d be sticking around and you smiled and said that just depends
and still i was stalling, you knew i was falling
when from those lips of red, this is what you said
with a blanket of stars over our heads
and blanket of grass beneath our backs
we could watch the heavens circle above us all around
while here on earth we revel in this heaven that we’ve found
love scares me to death, love takes away my breath
love makes me want to run away, love makes me want to run to
the one that makes me feel this way and that one is you
i felt a shiver run up my spine and then back down again
i knew i’d fall in love with you, i just didn’t know it would be then
the way you smile makes my heart race, that mystery in your eyes
now i’m falling dangerously and i think you realize
that i’d been stalling, and you knew i’d been falling
i knew i’d been stalling, you knew i was falling
when from those lips of red, this is what you said
with a blanket of stars over our heads
and blanket of grass beneath our backs
we could watch the heavens circle above us all around
while here on earth we revel in this heaven that we’ve found
baby , i need your company
it’s been a long day on the road
you and i waiting for the mountains to unfold
like a page torn from a travel book
promising a sight so magic we just had to look
come on and slide over closer to me
because the fire’s getting low as you can see
i need you to keep me warm
baby i need your company
though you ride with your arms around me tight
i feel a certain distance here tonight
is it a fear of the unknown
or a fear of ending up alone
come on and slide over closer to me
because the fire’s getting low as you can see
i need you to keep me warm
baby i need your company
don’t fear the dark because the stars are there to watch over you and i
think of them as our very own special angels up in the sky
there to guide us on our way through the maze
that makes up the uncertain hours and minutes of our days
in the morning we’ll pack up and be on our way
this could be a new beginning, girl what do you say
the mountains could be our destination not some obstacle
that we can reach together and together i know we will
come on and slide over closer to me
because the fire’s getting low as you can see
i need you to keep me warm
baby i need your company
lonely world
i got tired of hanging on
you got tired of letting go
there’s no sense in recriminations
guess we both just ran out of patience
now it’s a lonely world, don’t you know
it’s a lonely world, wherever i go
and everywhere i go, i think of you
and it’s a lonely world whenever i do
i fell away on a road away from your heart
past all the signs that said we’ve never part
there’s no point remembering all of the bad
only know i miss now what we once had
now it’s a lonely world, don’t you know
it’s a lonely world, wherever i go
and everywhere i go, i think of you
and it’s a lonely world whenever i do
and if you get lonely girl, it’s okay if you call
you might think i’m hurt or angry, but i really won’t mind at all
like those times when i would not touch you, though i longed for your touch
i never dreamed that i’d miss it, i never dreamed how much
and now i’m looking back over the years
though it’s hard to see through all of the tears
i’d swim all the way back if i could
through a sea of tears back if it would
take me back down the road i once took
lead me back to you for just one more look
now it’s a lonely world, don’t you know
it’s a lonely world, wherever i go
and everywhere i go, i think of you
and it’s a lonely world whenever i do
all the king’s horses
like a character from a story sitting on a wall
i watched our love tumble and fall
but if we could claim it was all a mistake, hearts would not have to break
if in my arms i could hold you
if in my arms i could hold you, if in my arms i could hold you
all the king’s horses and all the king’s men
could not pull us apart again
if in my arms i could hold you
like pieces of a battered ship now scattering to sea
i watch my life flowing out of me
but i would not be on the brink, and this ship would not have to sink
if in my arms i could hold you
if in my arms i could hold you, if in my arms i could hold you
all the king’s horses and all the king’s men
could not pull us apart again
if in my arms i could hold you
so tell me that the stories have got it all wrong
tell me that we can go back to where we belong
because the honest truth is i’m all in pieces and my only release is
if in my arms i could hold you,
if in my arms, if in my arms, i could hold you
like a movie hero we see now dying in slow motion
whose life can only be saved by some fairy tale potion
but this film would not have to end so tragic, we could make our own magic
if in my arms i could hold you
if in my arms i could hold you, if in my arms i could hold you
all the king’s horses and all the king’s men
could not pull us apart again
if in my arms i could hold you
gulls cry
here i sit with my hands in the fire
if words had wings i'd be a bird on the wire
waiting for the words to come down to me
and how i wish i could put out this fire
but every day it just keep burning higher
and every day i keep on missing you more
and gulls cry and they cry,
and they cry, and they cry, and they cry
i stand at the shore and i watch the waves
they come for me and i believe that i=m saved
but then they turn around and leave me stranded again
i bend my neck and look up at the sky
i see it's blue and so am i
and i wonder where we're gonna go from here
and gulls cry and they cry,
and they cry, and they cry, and they cry
and how i wish there was just some way
to turn around and hear you say
that this life has been but a bad dream
but everything is just as it seems
life goes on scheming its schemes because
the genies keep all our wishes bottled inside
now here i stand at the end of the earth
praying for our rebirth
and trying hard to watch over you
but all you can do is wait your turn
meanwhile try not to get burned because
life can be a hell of a ride
and gulls cry…
hoping
she’s all alone in a lonely apartment
not much to see from this gray tenement
not much to do, going nowhere
but she wouldn’t go anyway, she wouldn’t dare
the door is always open, because she’s always hoping
that he’ll come back to her, one of her many sleepless nights
so afraid he’ll think that door’s locked and she won’t hear that bell ring
and for him she keeps on the lights
two floors up but feeling so down, wondering how the world manages to keep turning round
while her life remains so unchanged, everything so perfectly arranged
the door is always open, because she’s always hoping
that he’ll come back to her, one of her many sleepless nights
so afraid he’ll think that door’s locked and she won’t hear that bell ring
and for him she keeps on the lights
and on the other side of town, from a lonely man there comes a sound
of empty bottles and a broken heart, all the pieces come apart
spread across the bed and floor, nothing keeping him from happiness
but an open door
and while the world goes on outside of her door
she sits alone inside hoping, praying and waiting for
him to come back, take her in his arms
bring her back to life with his magic, with his charms
the door is always open, because she’s always hoping
that he’ll come back to her, one of her many sleepless nights
so afraid he’ll think that door’s locked and she won’t hear that bell ring
and for him she keeps on the lights
no superman here
if i was just half the man that you see through your eyes
i’d be a better man than i am now
and if i could do just half the things that you think i can
i’d be a better man than i am now
but i am only the man that i see in the mirror
there is no superman here
i am just a man growing old before my eyes
i’m not the man you think i am, i realize
if i was a wealthy man you’d have a villa by the sea
you’d have a bigger house than you have now
and if i was a famous artist, whose paintings hung on every wall
you’d live a finer life than you live now
but i am only the man that i see in the mirror
there is no superman here
i am just a man growing old before my eyes
i’m not the man you think i am, i realize
if you should ever come to see this man that time has wrought
the very man that i see in the mirror caught
without his weapons, without his guard, without a saving grace
you may see a man with love in his heart and pages on his face
and if i could, you know i would give you everything and more
there’s no one in the world i more adore
and if i could, in a minute i would lay the world’s riches at your door
and in all the world there’s no one else i would do that for
but i am only the man that i see in the mirror
there is no superman here
i am just a man growing old before my eyes
i’m not the man you think i am, i realize
there is no superman here, there is no superman here
there is no superman here, no there is no superman here
sometimes a sad song makes me smile
sometimes a sad song makes me smile
a song so bittersweet i’m drawn to tears
some crooner up on stage singing about loss and heartache
the kind i’ve been living all these years
he sings a sad song all about his first love
a girl he met when he was just 18
and though he cannot say how many years have come between
he says he still holds her in his heart like a dream
sometimes a sad song makes me smile
a song so bittersweet i’m drawn to tears
some crooner up on stage singing about loss and heartache
the kind i’ve been living all these years
and he tells a tale about when he was married
about his lovely wife and his two kids
about how it all fell apart around him
about how he still wonders what he did
sometimes a sad song makes me smile
a song so bittersweet i’m drawn to tears
some crooner up on stage singing about loss and heartache
the kind i’ve been living all these years
and as i watched him up on stage at that moment
i realized that crooner could be me
on the outside smiling like he really means it
but breaking on the inside you just can’t see
sometimes a sad song makes me smile
a song so bittersweet i’m drawn to tears
some crooner up on stage singing about loss and heartache
the kind i’ve been living all these years
