ZEBRA - debut album (1983)

TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT

I've been wasting my time
I am losing my mind
My head's on the floor
For evermore
I have given you all
All that I had
But with a slam of the door
You've driven me mad
Now I'm sad


Tell me what you want

 

You have taken it all
All of my love
Unrelenting you told
You told me a lie
So I can cry
There aren't words for it all
All that I feel
With the palm of your hand
You crushed me for real
Now what's the deal

 

Tell me what you want

 

I'm wishing to God you're gonna say you miss me
I'm crossing my fingers that you say you're gonna kiss me
I'm wishing to God you're gonna say you miss me
I've got my fingers crossed you'll kiss me one more time

 

So I can say I ain't been wasting my time
I am losing my mind
My head's on the floor
For evermore
I have given you all
All that I had
But with the slam of the door
You've driven me mad
Now I'm sad

 

Tell me what you want

 

I need you so bad
You got to tell me, tell me what you want...

 

ONE MORE CHANCE

If I could only relive yesterday
I think I'd try to do it right
If I had one more chance to be with you
I think it might just save my life

Just one more chance
And I will be your love forever
Just one more chance
And I will be your love forever

 

I'm caught in the same old world
And I just can't get my head unwhirled
And I'm looking for any old place to hide

 

I took a journey down through paradise
I think I'd like to make it twice
I took another journey yesterday
I hope it just won't ruin my life

 

Just one more chance
And I will be your love forever
Just one more chance
And I will be your love forever

 

Just one more chance
And I will be your love forever
Just one more chance
And I will be your love forever

 

SLOW DOWN

Well come on pretty baby won't you walk with me
Come on pretty baby won't you talk with me
Come on pretty baby give me one more chance
Try to save our romance

Slow down
Baby now you're moving way too fast
You've got to give me a little lovin', give me a little lovin'
If you want our love to last

 

Well I used to take you home baby after school
Carry your books home too
I need your lovin' baby oh so fast
The best little woman I ever had

 

Slow down
Baby now you're moving way too fast
You've got to give me a little lovin', give me a little lovin'
If you want our love to last

 

Knock me down
Step on my face
Slander my name all over the place
Do anything that you want to do
What the hell you tryin' to do

 

Slow down
Baby now you're moving way too fast
You've got to give me a little lovin', give me a little lovin'
If you want our love to last
...(just rappin' and rollin')

 

AS I SAID BEFORE

As I said before, I don't want no more
And I can't complain 'cause my mind's insane

I won't say it again and I won't even think about it
I just hope you'll believe me but I think that you're gonna doubt it when I say it again

 

As I said before, I don't want no more
And I can't complain 'cause my mind's insane

 

I won't say it again and I won't even think about it
I just hope you'll believe me but I think that you're gonna doubt it when I say it again

 

Leaves on the trees
Nothing more to believe
I can't be sure
And I know I'm not crazy
Life is just a pleasant breeze

 

Tides rush the shore
Pleasing me a little more
Nothing here to fight me
Everything delights me
Hope I get my tea by four

 

But don't lay no second laughs down my way
Don't let the evenings that devour you lie forever

 

And don't you no second laughs down my way
Don't let the evenings that devour you lie forever

 

As I said before, I don't want no more
And I can't complain 'cause my mind's insane

 

I won't say it again and I won't even think about it
I just hope you'll believe me but I think that you're gonna doubt it when I say it again

 

WHO'S BEHIND THE DOOR?

We sailed away
We walked two thousand miles and then we slipped away
We looked so hard
But couldn't seem to find just what the world was for
Now we know
Just what the journey's for

Looking out to the stars
Think about what you are
What do they think of you
Animals in their zoo
They haven't got the time
Landing is not on their minds
How do they have the nerve
We're animals in preserve

 

They watch us all
They're only making sure that we don't trip and fall
They looked so hard
But they can't tell us why they're here and just what for
Because they don't know
Who opened up the door

 

How can we find out more
Who owns the keyless door
Where does the circle end
Who are the unwatched men
Where do we go from here
Faith is a fading fear
Life is a waiting room
I hope they don't call me soon

 

How much more do you really think you know than a flower does about who's behind the door!

 

WHEN YOU GET THERE

You wake up in the morning
And you're not feeling quite the same
You feel a gentle hand upon you
But you seem to have forgotten her name
You put on your clothes
You're headed home
You're hoping and praying you won't be all alone

When you get there
When you get there

 

You haven't had a chance to think
About explaining where you slept till noon
You can't say you were working all night
'Cause it's Sunday afternoon
The truth is so hard
You'll never come back
'Cause a one night stand is not worth the attack

 

When you get there
When you get there

 

You're walking up to our front door
As my face comes into view
You think you've got a pretty good lie
You say you slept at Mary Lou's
You open the door
You start telling lies
But then from the hall you hear Mary Lou cry

 

When you get there
When you get there

 

When you get there
When you get there

 

TAKE YOUR FINGERS FROM MY HAIR

Take your fingers from my hair
They have gotten us nowhere
We can't last another second
For we are two, too lost for open doors
Take your memories and your ways
Let me see a brighter day
Greener fields aren't hard to hope for
It's just hard to go on living here without you

Somewhere I have dreamed
That you haven't got the time to be with me
Somewhere though it seems
That you have been making love without me

 

Starshine, moonshine, you're the light that shines upon me baby
I know, you'll go, find yourself another lover lady

 

Let me tell you how I feel
Loving others isn't real
You are blind
Too blind to notice
That their love is not the love we share together

 

Somewhere I have dreamed
That you haven't got the time to be with me
Somewhere though it seems
That you have been making love without me

 

Starshine, moonshine, you're the light that shines upon me baby
I know, you'll go, find yourself another lover lady

 

Starshine, moonshine, you're the light that shines upon me baby
I know, you'll go, find yourself another lover lady

 

DON'T WALK AWAY

I don't know why you keep lying about your sanity
Always keep fighting till the end
And I can't stop you from shining up your vanity
Never taking chances to pretend

We get one chance to sip the wine
And life don't come on borrowed time
He just cries with no reply
If we only knew just what it takes
To leave the others making their mistakesIf you care to say that life ain't worth it anyway

Beze's gonna grab you in the end
If you see a fool in memories that belie the rule
Always take the chances to pretend

 

I heard the voices of the people as they started praying
I heard them singing songs of laughter as they started saying
Well don't walk away

 

I heard the voices of the people as they started praying
I heard them singing songs of laughter as they started saying

 

Well I know why you have lied about you vanity
Always never fighting till the end
And I can't stop you trying to save your sanity
Heaven will protect us in the end

 

We get one chance to sip the wine
And life don't come on borrowed time
He just cries with no reply
If we only knew just what it takes
To leave the others making their mistakes

 

THE LA LA SONG

I won't be the fool in my life
I won't change the rules in my life
In all your silence
I knew it all along
You haven't got the sense to know
what's right from what is wrong
And I really haven't got the time to tell you about the things that are absurd

Don't fear tomorrow

Don't fear tomorrow

 

I won't play the fool to your knife, to your knife
You can't change the tune in my sight, in my life
With all your silence, I knew it all along
You haven't got the nerve to write the words within this song
And you really haven't got the time to tell me why you really are
And you really haven't got the time to tell me why you really are

 

You really haven't got the time to tell me why you really are afraid!

 

Don't fear tomorrow

Don't fear tomorrow

 

ZEBRA - No Tellin' Lies (1984)

WAIT UNTIL THE SUMMER'S GONE

The time is right but don't be critical
The same could happen to you
You know I'm not right and I can't be analytical
About the things you're going through
Look at me baby now you think I might be crazy
But you just can't touch me now
I know I'm not right and I really can't be lazy
and I think I'm going home


Look into my eyes

 

The high is fine but don't be cynical
The game is still the same
If you're coming up light and you want some retribution
Then believe in what I say
Take a position where there ain't no superstition
And just grab whatever's gold
'Cause if you're coming up light on the day of testimony
They'll just send you packing home
They're gonna do it to ya!

 

Look into my eyes

Wait for the lies

 

Wait until the summer's gone
Waiting for the lines to fall
Wait until the summer's gone
Look into my eyes
Wait for the lies...

 

I DON'T LIKE IT

 

BEARS

In the middle of winter
The trees are bare and the bears are hibernating
The only sound in the forest
Is the sound of snow heard crashing to the ground

And in the middle of loving
I hope you'll find a place in your heart for them
They really can't do us any harm
It is only us who can do harm to them

 

But there's an animal that winter won't affect at all
He sits by fireplaces waiting for the winter's fall
He owns guns and oh you know he's got that gun in his hand
He's a man and oh he's got that precious thing in his hand

 

So in the middle of loving
I hope you'll find a place in your heart for them
When it's cold and the grass is gold
All the animals take shelter as they hide
And when an animal can't find shelter
Some time winter takes over and he dies

 

But there's an animal that winter won't affect at all
He sits by fireplaces waiting for the winter's fall
He owns guns and oh you know he's got that gun in his hand
He's a man and oh he's got that precious life in his hand

 

I DON'T CARE

 

LULLABY

You packed your bags, I heard you left last night
You left a world of broken hearts
You couldn't tell us why
You only made us cry
Like in '64
The days are long the gloom is hid by night
They make a point we can't deny
The pain we can't conceal
The feelings that we feel
Those that never heal

So here's a lullabye
Close your eyes and sleep tonight
So here's a lullabye
Close your eyes and make us cry

 

The world you dreamed
We tried to make our lives
You made a point we can't deny
I know the dream was real
The difference is feel
How mysterious
You stole the show, you know you played it right
Way back in 1965
Oh no, well well
The truth was far from real
Reality was feel
Why not save a seal

 

The days are long your tune is in the song
Without your love along the way
You said the things you know could make it right
If we did'nt lose the way

 

NO TELLIN' LIES

 

TAKIN' A STANCE

 

BUT NO MORE

The time is now or never
The crashing is coming near
The delphi is on the corner
And he whispers in your ear

It used to be men could be solemn even while laughing
And laughter could be heard shore to shore
But no more

 

Now all you hear is crying
Cause no one's on the phone
Your feet are just now freezing over
You know that you are here all alone

 

It used to be men could be solemn even while laughing
And laughter could be heard shore to shore
But no more

 

When I think of friends and places
Things we wanted, hoped we'd be
All that's left is fading traces
Memories of what use to be
Hear their laughter, see their shadows
Feel the darkness, see the light
We had lit all but lost so quickly
We think we won but we lost the fight
But it's all the same to me
I've seen all I want to see
First they laugh at you
Then they cry
Say they'll always be there
Then they die
So alone yet so alive

 

It used to be men could be solemn even while laughing
And laughter could be heard shore to shore
But no more

 

LITTLE THINGS

 

DRIVE ME CRAZY

 

ZEBRA - 3.V (1986)

CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT

All the dreams
You can't live without
All the love that you made
You can't live without

If you look at the grief in your heart
And the dreams that you had are all gone

 

You'd better stop it now
You just can't take it hard
You'd better stop it now
You just can't take it so hard, right now
All the praise
You can't live without
All the highs in the days you can't live without
When you look to the right and the one
Who was saying goodbye is now gone

 

You'd better stop it now
You just can't take it hard
You'd better stop it now
You just can't take it so hard, right now
All left behind
I'm not here to find and amaze you
All left my mind
I'm not here to try and appraise you now
I didn't wanna hold you up
You know I wanna hold you
But never wanna hold you up
I didn't wanna call

 

All the love you can't live without
All above you can't live without
Well you look to the right and the one
Who was saving your love for a song
Is telling you she's gone
Right now, oh now

 

You'd better stop it now
You just can't take it so hard, right now
You'd better stop it now
Or she's gone
Well she's gone

 

HE'S MAKIN' YOU THE FOOL

No matter when you call
No matter what you say
Wink and I'll be there
No matter when you fall
Or what the time of day
I'm gonna be there

All those lies
Made you cry

 

You'll never know
How much it shows
It's all been left for you
You'll never know
How much it shows
He's makin you the fool

 

You've gotta look into my eyes
Remember all the years
To know that I'll be there
Whatever time of day
No matter what the way
I'm gonna be there

 

All those lies
Made you cry

 

You'll never know
How much it shows
It's all been left for you
You'll never know
How much it shows
He's makin you the fool

 

Leavin' all out heartaches behind
Take the time to rest up your mind
Well you know
In the daily affairs of the moments
Of my life I need you!

 

Look into my eyes
No matter what you say
I'm gonna be there

 

All those lies
Made you cry

 

You'll never know
How much it shows
It's all been left for you
You'll never know
How much it shows
He's makin you the fool

 

TIME

Time can never lose the game
Will never lose
Time can never feel the pain
Will never feel

There's a wheel that turns our fortunes
There's a light to lead the way
It's holding back tomorrow
From a destiny today

 

I used to be so lonely
Never thought that I could find the time
Never thought that I could give it up
Ahhh

 

It's back to
Here today
But never leave
Do what you want
Here today
Don't ever leave
It's what you want
It's here today
But never leave
Do what you want
Here today
But never leave

 

Time, can never lose the game
Will never lose
Time, can never feel the pain
Will never feel

 

From a love that's going nowhere
To a heart that feels the pain
It's holding back the forces
Of a destiny distained in vain

 

I used to be so lonely
Never thought that I could find the time
Never thought that I could give it up
Ahhh

 

It's back to
Here today
But never leave
Do what you want
Here today
Don't ever leave
It's what you want
It's here today
But never leave

 

Say what you will
You can't shout it up and crowd it up
and shout it on down

 

Look around, look around

 

It's what you want
It's here today
But never leave
Do what you want
Here today
Don't ever leave
It's what you want
It's here today
But never leave
Do what you want
It's here today
Don't ever leave me

 

When you call me up
In the evening
And we're standing there in time
You can feel the wind,
Touch the stars
Leave our cares behind
We'll make love till the morning

 

YOUR MIND'S OPEN

You rest your mind
Flying to the home that you knew
You made you past
Trying to get home in as few but

All the time
Your mind is just aching for
All the time
You can't stop but faking it
All the time
Your mind is just breaking your heart
You rest you heart
Oh, listen to me

 

You can be 'bout, anywhere
You can take you mind anyplace because
Your mind's open, the rest is up to you
You can dream 'bout any dream
You can take safaris right up into the sky's open,
the rest is up to you

 

You can do it
You can dream it all
Sing it in your heart
Don't have to be lonely

 

You can do it
You can feel it all
Breakin' in your heart
Don't have to be lonely
You can do it
You can leave it all
Make another start

 

You can be 'bout, anywhere
You can take you mind anyplace because
Your mind's open, the rest is up to you

 

You can dream 'bout any dream
You can take safaris right up into the sky's open,
the rest is up to you

 

Might wind up just anywhere
Might wind up just anywhere
Might wind up just anywhere

 

BETTER NOT CALL

Just when I wake up and baby you call
You're driving my mind up the side of a wall
I'm giving you my best now I'm begging you please
I'm not in the mood to see you on your knees

Sayin' you won't run on the street again
Sayin' you will come back runnin' back again
Saying you won't buy on the street again
Sayin' you will come runnin' back again

 

But you better not call me
You'd better not cry
You'd better not wake me up in the morning
Just a tellin' me lies

 

No you had better not call
I used to call her
Call!
I used to call her

 

Just when I'm knocked out, and baby you call
I look in your eyes and you're not there at all

 

Sayin' you won't run on the street again
Sayin' you will come back runnin' back again
Saying you won't buy on the street again
Sayin' you will come runnin' back again

 

But you had better not call me
You'd better not cry
You'd better not wake me up in the morning
Just a tellin' me lies
No you better not call me
You'd better not cry
You'd better not wake me up in the morning
Just a tellin' me lies
No you had better not call
I used to call her
Call!
I used to call her

 

Sayin' you won't run on the street again
Sayin' you will come back runnin' back again
But you better not call me
You'd better not cry
You'd better not wake me up in the morning
Just a tellin' me lies

 

But you better not call me
You'd better not cry
You'd better not wake me up in the morning
Just a tellin' me lies

 

No you had better not call
I used to call her
Call!
I used to call her

 

YOU'LL NEVER KNOW

Why am I here all alone
I'm gettin' growing pains
And I'm feeling so old
I'm gettin' tired,
Walkin' in the rain, sleepin' in the sand

Now life has taken its toll
And now my sanity's gettin' harder to hold
I'm kinda tired
Walkin' in the rain, sleepin' in the sand

 

Now don't take advice from a stranger
You can't live your life by what others do
We're all here alive for a reason
You'll never know

 

You'll never know just what it means
You'll never know just what it was
You'll never know just what it means
You'll never know just what it was

 

How can I make it alone?
It's such a crazy world,
And I'm feelin' so stoned
I'm kinda tired
Walkin' in the rain, sleepin' in the sand

Just sleepin' in the sand

 

You can't see the light from an angel
You can't add the price of what others do
We're all here alive for a reason
You'll never know

 

You'll never know just what it means
You'll never know just what it was
You'll never know just what it means
You'll never know just what it was

 

You'll never know just what it means
You'll never know just what it was
You'll never know just what it means
You'll never know just what it was

 

ABOUT TO MAKE THE TIME

Well you're walking on the moon
But there's nothing
No there's nothing left to do deep inside
And you can't believe it's real
Got ya thinking boy
(You) may be better off to stay than to slide
Lucky boy!

But now she's falling close to you
And there are things that just cannot last forever
And there is nothing I can say that is possibly kind

 

But I'm about to make the time
Cause I'm about to lose my mind

 

And you think you're on the move
But there's nothing
No there's nothing left to breathe deep inside
And you say it's in the wheels,
God it's stinkin' boy
Well you know that all you said was a lie
Lucky boy!

 

But now she's falling close to you
And there are things that just cannot last forever
And there is nothing I can say that is possibly kind

 

But I'm about to make the time
Cause I'm about to lose my mind
And I'm about to make the time
Cause I'm about to lose my mind
Yes I'm about to make the time
Oohhhh

 

I do it
We're gonna do it
Gotta stop and take it slow
You blew it
They're gonna screw it
Gotta stop and steal the show
You count the ways
You stop it!

 

And you say you're on the move
But there's nothing
No there's nothing left to do deep inside
And you can't believe it's real
Got ya thinkin' boy
Maybe better off to stay than to die
Thinkin' boy

 

But now she's falling close to you
And there are things that just cannot last forever
And there is nothing I can say that is possibly kind

 

But I'm about to make the time
Cause I'm about to lose my mind
And I'm about to make the time
Cause I'm about to lose my mind
But I'm about to make the time
Oohhhh!

 

YOU'RE ONLY LOSING YOUR HEART

Don't' do anything I wouldn't do
Pass me anyway, like I'm a fool for you

Passionate anyway
Walkin' out the back door
Used to be alive until just now
It's just becoming unreal

 

You're only losing your heart
It's nothing critical
You wont believe it till it starts
You're only losing your heart
It's not unusual
It's only tearing you apart


Don't' do anything I wouldn't do
Pass me anyway, lie like a fool

 

Laugh at me anyway
Walkin' out the back door
Used to be alive until just now
It's just becoming unreal

 

You're only losing your heart
It's nothing critical
You wont believe it till it starts
You're only losing your heart
It's not unusual
It's only tearing you apart

 

Oh, how can I be
So far away
Without a reason?
Should I know
How not to lose?
How can I not
Follow you anywhere?
But I'm lost
Take me away!

 

Takin' all my time, make me a choice

 

Passionate anyway
Walkin' out the back door
Used to be alive until just now
It's just becoming unreal

 

You're only losing your heart
It's nothing critical
You wont believe it till it starts
You're only losing your heart
You can't believe it to be
The thing that's tearing you apart
You're only losing your heart
It's nothing visual
You won't believe it till it starts
You're only losing your heart
The thing you're dreamin' of is
The thing that's tearing you apart

 

Even though I'm wasting my time

 

HARD LIVING WITHOUT YOU

Nothing to say no place to hide
I can't find a good reason even to lie

All of our dreams are gone
I may not be right but I'm surely not wrong
And it's gonna be hard

 

So very, very hard living without you
Well don't you know that it's
Hard living without you

 

Nowhere to go, no place to run
We started out just having fun
Well, I never cared too much
Not till the going got so very rough
And it's gonna be hard

 

So very, very hard living without you
Don't you know that it's
Hard living without you

 

Don't you know that it's

 

Hard living without you
Well, don't you know that it's
Hard living without you
Baby don't you know that it's
Hard living without you
Don't you know that it's

 

Hard living without you
Well, don't you know that it's
Hard living without you
Baby don't you know that it's
Hard living without you
Don't you know that it's

 

ISN'T THAT THE WAY

I've got feelings inside me
I'm not letting you know
I can't stop the wastin' of the world
Wastin' all the days and minutes hours slip away

I can't stop the ways in which you plan
To leave our past behind
I know they've changed your mind

 

Isn't that the way someone told you
Isn't that the way someone cared
Isn't that the way someone told you
Isn't that the way someone cared

 

I can't stop the rest of me
From not letting you know
I'm not here to preach to you what I had
Faking all the feelings that I started letting grow

 

I can't stop the ways in which you plan
To do it all, leave it all behind
Tomorrow's left my mind

 

Isn't that the way someone told you
Isn't that the way someone cared
Isn't that the way someone told you
Isn't that the way someone cared

 

ZEBRA - LIVE (1989)

SHE'S WAITING FOR YOU

 

LAST TIME

 

ZEBRA - IN BLACK AND WHITE (1998)

CHILDREN AT HEART

You never thought that it could ever end in a day
Thinkin' 'bout our fortune babe
Say it isn't so
You never thought that there were other plans
In the ways of seeking fortune like you never had it
Say it isn't so
It started looking like we'd never win anyway
Thinkin' 'bout our fortune babe
Say it isn't so

 

I say that someday that you will be mine


There always seems to be another man
In the ways of seeking fortune like we never had it


I pray that you'll change your mind.


Given the time
Think about the life that you made and what you used it for
Ooh, think of it all
Think about that way that you took but never gave at all
Ooh, think of it all


I look at myself
Look at us all
Look at the things we did before
We did it before
We're children at heart
Children at heart


You never stopped to think and never planned
on the day they would be a callin' you
Say it isn't so
You used it up like it would never end
on a day when there was no more time for seeking fortune
Say it isn't so
It started looking like we'd never win anyway
Thinkin' 'bout our fortune babe
Say it isn't so


I say that someday that you will be mine


Within the future lies another plan
in the ways of seeking fortune like we never had it


I pray that you'll change your mind


Given the time

 

RIVERSIDE

I never made it
I just put it off a while
Just sleepin' at the bottom of a tree with my shoes off
I never faked it
I just do it awful well
Just dreamin' of a time when I can take another day off

 

Because ooh, well it's got me down
By the riverside
Got me down today
Well it's got me down
By the riverside
Got me down today
I never craved it
I never do it all
I just wake up in the morning by the tree and shake the dew off
I never saved it
I just hung it out a while
I'm not leavin' with the bottom of my feet up in a U-Haul


You know you look so pitiful
Easily critical
You shouldn't be so cynical
All from the pit of your heart
Well it's cruel the way you pass me by
Well it's hard, and it's hard


Well you've got me down
By the riverside
Got me down today
Well it's got me down
By the riverside
Got me down today
By the riverside...