(Hold on, I am still alive) this is not the end of me, this is the beginning This is not the end of me, this is the beginning Hold on, hold on 'Cause I have been where you are before And I have felt the pain of losing who you are And I have died so many

Yeah I know we've come so far Let's take it back to where we first began They turned us strangers into closest friends Turn the page and see the wonder That's here for you and I, ha Was all so different once upon a time But now the spark we got won't

I feel like history on the turntables Old school to new school Like nothing ever been realer On the history of the turntables I'm the mystery of what's inside the speaker cables I'm Nina Simone in the park, and Harlem in the dark I'm the musical to the

Walk with me, your new beginning Religion and creed The eternal voice Beyond this door Illusions of peace Now and forever more Upon these wings This flight of greed

Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, in the beginning. In the beginning, long time ago. He saw an animal that liked to growl, Big furry paws and he liked to howl, Great big furry back and furry hair. "Ah, think I'll call it a bear." He saw

It's the beginning of forever Keep doing it, and doing it again, oh Soon as I saw you, baby, I had plans Then we'll change, change the world So after you change your clothes Girl, if you change your mind I'm ready, whatever time You don't have to go

It takes all kinds of kinds Ever since the beginning to keep the world spinning All kinds of kinds Ilsa was an acrobat who went and fell in love with that Horatio the human cannonball A wedding 'neath the big top tent with barkers clowns and elephants

You, you make loving fun It's all I want to do I never did believe in miracles But I've a feeling it's time to try I never did believe in the ways of magic But I'm beginning to wonder why Sweet wonderful you You make me happy with the things you do Oh,

You don't miss your water Till your well runs dry But when you left me Oh! How I cried In the beginning You really loved me But I was blind And I could not see I was a playboy

Goodbye for now Let's say goodbye for now It hurts down to my soul Watching us go But we'll hurt more if we stay Goodbye for now Doesn't mean you lose my security Doesn't mean we will never speak And that's the beginning of the end