That shares our fate and deserves our pity I don't want to remember it all Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on There's a room in a hotel in New York City And there's a jet black crow droning on and on and on Up above our heads droning on and on and on The

Is it over? His dreams are closed Shared woes and fiction Far, far away I remember a world That's gone astray Close your eyes, hold your breath Dreams severed from each other now Are tangled in a web

Love for them that steal in the name of the Lord Dem a tell 'nough lie but holding my bird in a cloud Using the name of the Lord in vein While the people in the ghetto, feel 'nough pain And I remember what my papa told me Remember what my papa told me,

I can remember The day that you told me I won't be there, I'm not that strong Holding these memories I feel unfolding This is the last time Now I'm gone Just one last time and I'm gone I'll return to the scene of the crime

Til I remember lending softer ears to my lungs And maybe if I hold you now, would you hold me now? Sometimes it ends too soon We're getting older too Night falls We're covered over now We're getting older And I don't want to sleep

Ah ooh, ooh ooh, stranger, stranger In the arms of a stranger, pretendin' it's love Holding her closely, rememberin' your touch And I'm wrapped around your finger, even though I'm knocked up I'm wrapped around your finger, stranger, stranger You know

I've got dreams Dreams to remember (I've got dreams) rough dreams (dreams to remember) I know you said he was just a friend These eyes of mine, they don't fool me Why did he hold you so tenderly? I've got dreams, dreams to remember I've got dreams,

Don't cry for me In case you think I've changed and I'm different I'm not keeping you at a distance So have a thought for me, yeah Hold down this thought for me, yeah Remember the time before things changed? Back in the day Everything can stay the same

'Cause I remember everything If I could hold back the rain Would you numb the pain If I could help you forget Would you take my regrets Oh, dear mother, I love you I'm sorry, I wasn't good enough Dear father, forgive me 'Cause in your eyes, I just never

Like dying in the sun Will you hold on to me Do you remember The things we used to say? I feel so nervous When I think of yesterday How could I let things Get to me so bad? How did I let things get to me?