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JAGGED EDGE
Written by Billy Alessi and Bobby Alessi

I should have seen it coming
Just like I usually do
But this time t was different
This time it was you

I could have run for cover
And made it just in time
But I was in a daydream
And you were on my mind

Chorus:
Caught up on the jagged edge
Of another broken heart
Yes, another broken heart
Caught up on the jagged edge
Struggling like a puppet to be free
Wishing it was you instead of me

How could it really happen?
How could the worst be true?
Where are all the answers?
What am I to do?

I guess it doesn’t matter
Whose doing what to who
I couldn’t make you happy
You wouldn’t give me room

(Chorus)

Whenever you’re not looking
It will sneak up and
Shatter your illusions
It comes up from behind
And twists around your mind

(Chorus)

YOU GOT THE WAY
Written by Billy Alessi and Bobby Alessi

Turn the music down
Let me put my arms around you
Who told you I was leavin’
Take a look behind, and see how far we’ve come
Do you really think I’d leave you, baby

Chorus:
You got the way
To make me feel better, baby
You got the words
I wanna be hearin’, baby
I got a reason, it’s you I’m believin’ tonight

And if ya ever start to fall
You know I’ll be there to help ya
Baby, baby, I don’t think
I’d ever be the same
If you weren’t here to call my name

(Chorus)

It’s only words, it’s only words
Look here in my eyes,
But look here in my eyes

(Chorus)

AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED
Written by Billy Alessi and Bobby Alessi

I might say the meanest things
Sometimes I’m not much company
There’s no rearranging
my feelings remain the same
I’d have no other way
You bring on the night
Chasing our dreams as we climb
It’s what life’s about
And if I may say
As far as I’m concerned,
You belong to me

I know times I’ve neglected you
And for this, I apologize
There’s no reservations,
My feelings will never change
I’d have it no other way
Chasing our dreams
Together as time passes by
It’s what life’s about, and if I may say
As far as I’m concerned,
You belong to me

Chorus:
Give me tomorrow,
Give me every time you wake
I need your gentleness
There’ll be no emptiness
Give me forever,
Give me every time you cry
I need your gentleness
There’ll be no emptiness

I know times I’ve neglected you
And for this, I apologize
There’s no rearranging
my feelings remain the same
Girl, you belong to me

(Chorus)

RISE UP
Written by Billy Alessi and Bobby Alessi

A man appears to be strong
Can start out with nothing
And take on the world
A girl can take it all away
And leave him with nothing, with nothing
With nothing to say

Chorus:
Rise up above
And let your heart see again
Rise up above and let…
It’s your mind, It’s your mind

Hard, is going your own way
You’ve got to believe in yourself
If you want to be strong
And know that no one is perfect
We’ve must be giving, giving
If we want to receive

Rise up above
And let your heart see again
Rise up above and let…
It’s your mind, it’s your mind

And then those times
When you’re calling out, alone
You’re just a minute away
You’re just a minute away

(Chorus)

Rise Up!

I’M GONNA TELL HER TONIGHT
Written by Billy Alessi and Bobby Alessi

I feel sometimes confused
Makes me wonder if I’m a fool
Do we ever get to feel secure
It turns me around –
And gets me down
Nights by the fire, just for two
Exchanging feelings
You’d think we’d never lose it
Then unexpected complications
We turn our back on it all

Chorus:
I’m gonna tell her tonight
I’m gonna tell her tonight
We’ve got to look what we’ve got
It’s our lives we’re investing

She’s something from a dream
She takes my breath away
And the way she says she loves me
In her own way
I’m so confused
I’m afraid that either way I’ll lose

(Chorus)

I’m gonna tell her tonight
I’m gonna tell her tonight
We’ve got to look what we’ve got
It’s our lives we’re investing
But when she gives me those eyes
I fall apart, I fall apart

(Chorus)

PUT AWAY YOUR LOVE
Written by Billy Alessi and Bobby Alessi

It’s nice you call me up long distance
Everything is fine with me
We lost touch but had our reasons
Yes I remember how it used to be
Yes I got your letter
I didn’t want to have to say

Chorus:
Put away you love stop believin’
Though I’m not married
Someone needs me
Put away your love,
Things are different
Don’t come to me
I’ll keep the love I’m in

This old world just keeps on changing faces
Sorry to hear he left you, oh you left him
I understand what you’re going through
I’ve been to so many different places
No I won’t be comin’ out that way
I didn’t want to have to say

(Chorus)

Who’d have believed
I’d ever settle down
I found a magic world
This time there is no choice
For you – yeah

(Chorus)

WHAT A WAY TO GO
Written by Billy Alessi and Bobby Alessi

Lookin’ my best, checkin’ the time
Everything I tried to say
I could see was taken wrong
She’s lookin’ away, fightin’ the tears
With haste in our decision
We swept away the years

Love with no end
Neither one of us would give in

Chorus:
What a way to go
What am I gonna find
When I turn the corner and admit that I was blind
Too late to change
Too much has been said
But if I could start again
I would do anything

We could have been there
We could have had everything
We’re never gonna know
What we pushed aside
I’m takin’ my last look into those lonely eyes
Nothin’ else left to say
We slowly turn away

Love with no end
The two of us too stubborn to bend

(Chorus)

As the final moment enters
There’s a stillness in the air
As I slowly let go of your hand

(Chorus)

STILL IN LOVE
Written by Billy Alessi and Bobby Alessi

Hope this letter finds its way to you
I’ve written several times
But never followed through
Yesterday seems so unconfused
Did we ever find ourselves
Is it really what we choose
Exciting places and pretty faces come and go
Just one thing, girl, there’s something
I just have to let you know
I just had to let you know

Chorus:
Darling, you are the best
Yes. you’re a blessing to the man that shares
The world around you
Now I’m a fool,
No my heart just won’t deny it
Girl, I’m still in love with you

Gentle nights just seem to waste away
I remember every word,
All the things we used to say
Broken dreams bring unspoken words
We just slipped away
I hope you don’t mind that I say
Hope you don’t mind that I say

(Chorus)

HOW LONG, HOW MUCH
Written by Billy Alessi and Bobby Alessi

When I woke early this morning,
The sun was just about to rise
I’d forgotten you’d left me
You hurt me all over again
I think of how you left me
You must be stronger than
You let on to be
That you could pick up and go
And not leave a note,
No tears, no fight,
Just off in the night

How long before you let me go
How many times will I wake up
Feeling this break up over and over
How long, how much

Last time I saw you
I was kissing you good-bye
I said, “I’ll see you at five.”
But you knew inside it was the end
I wouldn’t see you again

Chorus
How long before you let me go
How many times will I wake up
Feeling our break up over and over
How long, how much

(Chorus)

How much will I need your touch
How many nights do I give
Before my heart will forgive
How long, how much
Before you let me go

How many nights do I give
Before my heart wants to live

FOREVER
Written by Billy Alessi and Bobby Alessi

Don’t explain yourself
Doesn’t matter reasons why
I’d just as soon you leave it never said
I’d just as soon you go
I can feel your sympathy
And there’s pity in your eyes
Well, do you think you mean so much to me
Do you think I’ll die?

Chorus:
Well you go and you play
But don’t ever think a minute
That you took my love away
Well I know, I said a lot of things
But forever really means until the day it ends
That’s tonight,
It’s gonna be tonight

I’ve been turned around
And unsure of what to do
But like nature’s streams that wash away
We must let it through
Now you just can’t disguise
There’s a hardness in your eyes
And we’ll never know how much we had
Until it’s far behind

(Chorus)

And I’ll remember the days I spent with you
Never to lose (never, never, no)

Never, never, no

(Chorus)

I know you said a lot of things
But forever really means until the day it ends
(repeat)

LONG TIME FRIENDS
Written by Billy Alessi and Bobby Alessi

Long time friends start lookin’ older
Everybody agrees it seems time goes so fast
And down the road don’t seem so far
Tell me you won’t go away
Tell me you’re her to stay

True love is how true you make it
Some people choose to play between the lines
But you can’t fool yourself
Some people have to wait
Some people never find it

Give me the love you make
Give me the rainy days
I wanna hold you through the night,
Through time
We’ve had to make our way
Been through the cloudy days
It’s up to us to keep it together

Give me the love you make
Give me the rainy days