(matthew wilder/greg prestopino)

I thought it would rain forever
caught in the flood
reaching for some high ground
just before I went down

it's hard for me to remember
just how I got through
now I'm lying on the cool sand
happy here where I am
 
I look up
the setting sun is bathing the world with a healing light
little darlin'
it's gonna' be a Beautiful Night
 
the rollin' of distant thunder
trouble ahead
don't you be afraid now
we'll get through it somehow
 
Just look up
the setting sun is bathing the world with a healing light
little darlin'
it's gonna' be a Beautiful Night
 
some like burning all night long
some like howling at the moon
some just need to sing along
'cause we get lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely
 
the stars in the sky above me
can make me forget
everything but you baby
everything but you
 
I look up
I see your shining smile and I know it'll be alright
little darlin'
it's gonna' be a Beautiful Night

I look up
the setting sun is bathing the world with a healing light
little darlin'
it's gonna' be a Beautiful Night
 
© 1994 Streetwise / No Ears Music

(music: greg prestopino / lyrics: greg prestopino / mary lee kortes)

I've been walking in my sleep
I've been driven to extremes
turning over every shadow in the night
chasing down a crazy dream

you've been knocking at my door
throwing pebbles at my pain
you don't worry if the rain is gonna fall
we'll go dancing in the rain

if I follow your advice
and I lose my heart tonight
how will I find it again
 
I have tried love
everybody takes that dare
but I Can't Find Love nowhere
 
could I use a little luck
am I trying way too hard
should I build a higher wall around my heart
should I just let down my guard

I would like to take your hand
let you lead me far away
where the bounds of love will open up again
let me in and let me stay

is it hidden in your hands
is it here beneath my feet
if I find it will it just fly away
 
I have tried love
everybody takes that dare
but I Can't Find Love nowhere
 
I've been searching over and under
I checked the lost and found
I wonder what my heart will discover
now that you're around

I have tried love
everybody takes that dare
but I Can't Find Love nowhere

I've been looking for the place they hide love
maybe you can take me there
'cause I Can't Find Love nowhere

© 1991 No Ears Music/Leonora Music

(g. prestopino / a. gold)

I woke up real groggy
the air so hot and soggy
I floated out the window of my room

I flew to an oasis
where gardenias turned their faces
toward the dreamers they dispatched with their perfume

you know that there is nowhere you can run
when city streets have melted in the sun
 
these southern towns are vicious
feels like I might be here forever
these summers are the worst I've ever known
the only thing auspicious
I can see about this weather
is the clothing that the women leave at home
 
I knew I'd crossed a border
when that waitress took my order
and I asked her for a donut with my beer

outside the rain was boiling
I made her laugh a little
but I couldn't take us far enough from here

you know that there is nowhere you can run
when those city streets are melting in the sun

these southern towns are vicious
feels like I might be here forever
these summers are the worst I've ever known
the only thing auspicious
I can see about this weather
is the clothing that the women leave at home

don't they move you
slender arms and fingers
skin so smooth and irridescent
lit from within
flushed at the neck
pinched, the smell of honeysuckle rises
and the canvas falls flat and white again
ready for the brush

these southern towns are vicious
feels like I might be here forever
these summers are the worst I've ever known
the only thing auspicious
I can see about this weather
is the clothing that the women leave at home

© 1996 No Ears Music / Quarkbrain