"CHAMPION IN DISGUISE"
Hey, hey what do other people say
When you let them down?
Your life can't get any lower
Now you've hit the ground
And someday all the dust will clear
and you'll hear the cries
That they always knew you were a champion in disguise
All along you were a champion in disguise
Can I help you find some reasons
To ease the pain?
You can't keep yourself dry when
You're standing in the rain
And someday you'll see the world for what it is and realize
That all along you were a champion in disguise
Bridge:
No one ever thinks they're strong enough
No one ever thinks they're wise enough
To look at themselves in an honest way
We always want to picture someone else
We always want to be somebody else
Be yourself today
And someday you'll join the world and compromise
Even though you're a champion in disguise
You wear a mask of many faces
From day to day
You touch every one around you
In a special way
And someday you'll see yourself
for who you are with opened eyes
It's only you, a champion in disguise
Only you, a champion in disguise
You're a champion
Yeah, you're a champion
A champion
© 2002 F.X. Stagliano
"SENSELESS WORLD"
There's a miserable man
Flagging a cab down out on the street
And he doesn't even know it,
He ain't got no drum to beat
He's been chasing all that money
Being floated around all day
Then at the end of it, he bows his head to pray
He says, "God won't you help me make
Some sense of the
Senseless world I'm livin' in?"
I'm a sensitive man in a not so sensitive world
You got the head of a sensible woman
And the heart of a sensitive girl
You're so complicated, a feline of fine precision
I'm not an impulsive man,
But I gotta make a quick decision
Somehow I've got to make some sense of the
Senseless world I'm living in
Bridge:
When other people find our bones in stone
Will they laugh at us, laugh at us?
Will we all be named as criminals
Will that be our curse, tell me
Will that be, now will that be our curse?
Freedom is not a choice, it's a stroke of luck
Happiness is relative, sometimes you just get stuck
Freedom is not a choice, it's a state of mind
Happiness is relative, come over here
And get some of mine
Somehow we gotta make some sense of this
Senseless world we're living in
Somehow we gotta make some sense of this
Senseless world we're living in
Somehow we gotta make some sense of this
Senseless world we're living in
© 1996 F.X. Stagliano and Ryan Stagliano
"IN SEARCH OF"
Do I need to understand the design
Behind the human struggle
Before I'm even considered part of the crowd
If everything I ever wanted was attainable
There'd be no joy in accomplishment
Yeah, but every now and then
It's just fun to scream out loud
Chorus 1:
I'm in search of the softest landing
I'm in search of days with no nights
Doing away with all my pain and troubles
I'm in search of these things all my life
Do I need to look any further
Than the corner of my own heart
To better judge my love for
The people close to me
And as time passes I'm learning
To share more of myself
And as my sight grows dimmer
The better I'm able to see
Chorus 2:
I'm in search of the perfect love
I'm in search of that smile everlasting
Doing away with lonliness and heartache
Been in search of these things all my life
Bridge:
I appreciate, appreciate my happiness
I appreciate all my blessings
Repeat Chorus 1
© 2001 F.X. Stagliano
"SMILE"
I could be having a bad, bad day
Then I come home and see your face
It changes all how I feel
And all that bad don't seem like such a big deal
Chorus:
When I see you smile
I wonder what it is you're thinking of
Are you thinking about me
When I see you smile?
The whole world could crumble right under my feet
But that don't mean a thing to me
I'll always have a place to stand anyplace you are
When you smile I could be standing on a star
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
The smile on your face replaces
Everything negative
I'm holding both of your hands
And all I feel is positive
That when I
Repeat Chorus
© 2003 F.X. Stagliano
"ONLY FOR THE TOUGH"
Who will find me now that I am lost?
Will they even try considering the cost?
It's so hard to tell time without the sun
It's hard to be everything to everyone
Chorus 1:
How much more can I take before, before I break?
Will you believe in me when I had enough?
Because it's gonna be a trip only for the tough
I saw you last night with your guard down
You get so affected by this town
How can you be you ever again?
You can never lose until you win
Chorus 2:
How much more can you take before, before you break?
Will I believe in you when you had enough?
Because it's gonna be a trip only for the tough
Bridge:
Make it easy, make it quick
Make it painless, make it stick
This adhesive better be top quality
To perform this symphony
Repeat Chorus 1
Win some, I lose some but mostly I stay strong
But I still feel the chill in places I don't belong
A dead man warned me twice about this road
He said, "Fairy tales are all that you been told"
Repeat Chorus 1
© 2003 F.X. Stagliano
"SEE THROUGH EYES"
She left without a place to go
She wrote crazy words in a note
She said the blame was not with me
Said she had to face her misery
Chorus:
And I wonder where she is tonight
I wonder who will be the right one
For the girl with the see through eyes
Father left her before she could crawl
Brother touches but doesn't talk to her at all
Her mother dates more men than she does
She wanted a family just like mine was
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
Was I the one to save her?
Did I need to save myself?
Will anyone ever save her?
Is she just a dream of someone else?
Repeat Chorus
© 2001 F.X. Stagliano and Amy Stagliano
"GOING UNDER"
I been feeling like a fugitive
In the city where I've always lived
Very seldom see a friendly face
Very seldom keeping up the pace
With anyone
I feel like I'm losing my grip
Chorus 1:
I've been going under
I've been going under
For a while now, for a while now
I can see the lightning
I can feel the thunder
I may not know how to sing the blues
But let me tell you I can wear those shoes
I guess you could say my brain
Somehow adjusted to the pain
That's what it's come to
I can see the pain in my face
When I'm shaving myself
Chorus 2:
I've been going under
I've been going under
For a while now, yeah yeah
I can see the lightning
I can feel the thunder
Over my head now
Inside I want to shout 'cause
I just can't seem to get out from under
Sometimes I feel like living in the sun
Grab my baby and go have some fun
Give up my dreams and this dirty cold town
Start feeling free instead of feeling down
Maybe someday
Maybe someday
Repeat chorus 2
© 2000 F.X. Stagliano and Amy Stagliano
"THE WAY IT ENDS UP"
You're like a flower blooming brightly
Against the backdrop of morning skies
You got the power like those before you
And just like magic, you hypnotize
Chorus:
But, the way it ends up
You'll love nobody but me
The way it ends up
You'll want nobody but me
You skip around like a skipping stone
On a pond that will not freeze or dry
You buzz around like a mother queen
While drones adore you and try to catch your eye
Repeat Chorus
You're like a storm that keeps on raging
Even though the sun is in clear view
You wonder where it is you're going
When everybody wants a piece of you
Repeat Chorus
© 2003 F.X. Stagliano
"WHAT'S THERE NOT TO LOVE"
There is a wind blowin' in
That moved a cloud to free the sun
When I first held you in my eyes
I knew you were the one
An eternity can be lost
In the blink of an eye
I want you to fly alongside me
Don't want you left behind
These observations and decisions
Only one in love can make
When you say you think I don't want your love
You're making a big mistake
Chorus:
You look to me to be paradise
You ask me could I love you and I ask
What's there not to love?
Oh God, you must have been hurt bad
You must have have been hurt good
You do not see all the things you are
You're not seeing all you should
That broken heart and the walls you stand
Behind perpetuate your fear
I hope you figured out by now
Why I'm still standing here
Repeat Chorus
I will not go away so quickly
I'm not easily removed
I'm not faint hearted and not every road
That I've been on's been smooth
Repeat Chorus
© 1999 F.X. Stagliano
"BANG BANG ZOOM"
Parking meter baby, telemarket guy
Martha Stewart, Phillip Morris, all those who can fly
Brittany Spears, Yugo Chavez, people who sell diets
People on the weather channel, people who start riots
The A C L U, the I R S
Five hundred CEO’s, the easily impressed
All greedy people, and those who sell kids drugs
TV evangelists, all crawly things and bugs
A bus full of criminal defense attorneys
Everybody jealous, get them ready for the journey
Chorus:
Bang Bang Zoom
Gonna send them all to the moon
I've got some tickets for these folks
I'm serious, this ain't no joke
I'm gonna send them all to the moon with a
Bang bang bang bang zoom
A beauty pageant host and every terrorist
An heir to a fortune and a psychoanalyst
A couple of super models, what do we do without them?
A killer named Manson, but don't send Marilyn
Those who think up schemes to screw other people
Politicians on the take and all those who are evil
Like sexual abusers and dead beat dads
People who are prejudice, people who start fads
Used car salesmen, tailgate drivers
People who piss me off and the people on Survivor
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
Somebody start a colony, give them plenty of food
Give them lots of money and incentives for the move
We don't need their asses parking around here no more
Fuel up the rocket baby, I'll show them all the door
Repeat Chorus
© 2001 F.X.Stagliano and Amy Stagliano
"YOU ROCKED MY WORLD"
I will follow you
To the ends of the earth
Because I believe in you
And all that you're worth
And I will follow you freely
With each breath that I take
I won't let you get away from me
You won't see me making
Pre-Chorus:
No matter how many times I come to get you
When you've lost your will to go on
You can count on me to let you
Be my earth, my moon, my stars and my sun
Chorus:
Because you rocked my world from day one
You rocked my world from day one
You rocked my world from day one
I know that you love me
Beyond space and time
You've always had me
I'm yours and you're mine
And I will follow you freely
With each breath that I take
I won't let you get away from me
I won't be making that mistake
Repeat Pre-Chorus
Repeat Chorus
© 2000 F.X. Stagliano
"SOMEDAY TRAIN"
Somebody's been smart, somebody's been a fool
Somebody's got heart and somebody's been cruel
Somebody selfless, somebody's got style
Somebody helpless and somebody's on trial
Somebody sure, somebody's in doubt
Somebody wants more and somebody wants out
Chorus 1:
But my heart keeps riding on that someday train
I'm gonna get on board and I won't look back again
I don't want no free ride, I just want out of the rain
I know you're out there and I know you're listening
And I'm gonna find you right up around the next bend
Somebody's driving, somebody's on the passenger side
Somebody's depriving and somebody's satisfied
Somebody's dreaming, somebody set in stone
Somebody's scheming and somebody's all alone
Somebody's hot and somebody's cold
Somebody shooting for the top and somebody gonna fold
Chorus 2:
But my heart keeps riding on that someday train
I'm gonna get on board
My heart keeps riding on that someday train
I've paid my fare, won't have to pay again
Don't want no free ride, I just want out of the rain
I know you're out there and I know you're listening
And I'm gonna find you right up around the next bend
Chorus 3:
My heart keeps riding on that someday train
I'm gonna get on board
My heart keeps riding on that someday train
I paid my fare, I won't have to pay again
Don't want no free ride, I just want out of the rain
I'm gonna get on board
Don't want no free ride, I just want out of the rain
I know you're out there and I know you're listening
And I'm gonna find you right up around the next bend
© 1998 F.X.Stagliano
"WRAP MYSELF AROUND YOU"
Is this transmission coming from some other planet
When I look at the late night TV news
Another bunch of people surrender, oh damn it
Now after these messages we’ll tell our views
Chorus:
I’m gonna wrap myself around you
I’m gonna hold on tight as I can
I know just what I get when it comes to you
And that’s more than I can say for my fellow man
Does anybody really care about anybody anymore?
The American dream no longer politically correct
You’re not even safe behind your own locked front door
Some lawyer gets another moron to protect
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
When I was a young boy I dreamed about a world
That was forming only in the mind of a naive child
I didn't recognize that I was only dreaming
And being punished for somebody else's lies
What will this world be like for our sons and daughters?
Will they learn about love, but live to fight
Will they have to put up guns at all our borders
Will their freedom fade away into the night
Repeat Chorus
© 2006 F.X.Stagliano
"IN PERSON"
You can write a long, sad letter
Full of tears from far across the sea
You can write words you think
Will make me feel better
But I got to tell you baby,
That ain’t enough for me
Chorus:
You gotta give me what you got in person
You gotta give me what you got in person
You can talk on the telephone wire
Telling me how much
You been missing me
Promise things that can
Set me on fire, but that still
Ain’t where you need to be
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
I’m a patient man, but
My patience is wearing thin
I’m a lonely man and I’m
Screamin’ for your sweet lovin’
The sun won’t shine and
The winds won’t blow
I’m gonna hold my breath
Until you show so, you got
To get here quick, oh yeah
You can turn on your personal computer
E-mail me until I’m all e-mailed out
Make my password
Love Hungry Recruiter
Guess I’m gonna have to climb
Up on a mountain and shout
Repeat Chorus
©2000, Music and lyrics by F.X.Stagliano, Amy Stagliano, Ted Greenberg
"I'M BACK"
I walked into a party
I wasn’t invited to
They threw me back
Out on the street
I was going to marry this girl
That I just met late last night
But she got bored with me now
I’m back out on the street
I bought this fancy house,
Couldn’t pay the bills
Guess what? you got it,
I’m back out on the street
La la la la la la la, la la la la la la
Chorus:
I’m back, back out on the street again
Here I am, all alone
I’m back, back out on the street again
I was trying to sell stocks and bonds
To this man I met from the mafia
Almost got myself shot, now
I’m back out on the street
I was feeling pretty good, then
Somebody I loved ain’t my friend no more
Now I’m back out on the street
Had all these great ideas and
Then I forgot them
Fought my way back to the ground,
Back down to the bottom
La la la la la la la, la la la la la la
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
I’m crying, “Poor me”
Don’t know what I’m gonna do
Do you really think the world’s
Gonna pay attention to me now that
Repeat Chorus (2x)
Coda
© 2002 F.X.Stagliano
"TODAY'S A GREAT DAY"
I've got no reason to feel lonely any longer
When I feel so blessed and I got so much
More than most humanity, I can only keep
My sanity by singing this to you
Chorus:
Today's a good day, no
Today's a great day, yes
Today's a great day,
A great, great day
Cause I'm loving you
I just don't understand it see my karma
Came down just in time to meet you
Halfway to forever now I'm inside and
Never ever will be left outside again
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
All my yesterdays were so ordinary
But that's before I fell in love with you
You complicate my life, but that ain't no worry
Cause that's exactly what I want you to do
Repeat Chorus
I feel so guilty like a criminal who gets over
On everybody in society and never has to pay
For all the time they've been loving
Somebody like you
Repeat Chorus
©2006, Music and lyrics by F.X.Stagliano and Bill Ryan
"WHEN I WAS ONE"
When I was one I could get things done I had so much fun When I was one Life was smooth I had my own little groove When I was one I was a king Ruled everyone and everything When I was one Pee’d in my pants I even thought I could dance When I was one
Bridge:When I was one I thought That the sun revolved around The moon and I was told that
The moon revolved around The earth and I thought that The earth revolved around
My sorry little ass
When I was one Never heard about war Never cared about the score When I was one Every one protected me Nothing affected me When I was one Every one selected me No one rejected me When I was one Everybody loved me There was no one above me When I was one
© 2003 F.X.Stagliano
"WAVELENGTH"
I was helpless and by myself
I was thinking about somebody else
I was fed up with relationships
I was fed up with relationships
Pre-Chorus:
Except when I first laid eyes on you
Except when I first laid eyes on you
Chorus:
You was on my wavelength
I thought I heard you calling
Looked but, you weren’t talking
That’s when I knew you was
On my wavelength
I felt I was going circular
I felt I never had closure
I felt betrayed and afraid to feel
I felt I needed more time to heal
Repeat Pre-Chorus
Repeat Chorus
© 2003 F.X.Stagliano
"YOU'RE THE ONE"
Chorus:
You’re the one, the only one
The only one for me
You’re the one, the only one
The only one I see
The whole world’s going crazy
And I’m going crazy with it
When I look for sanctuary
I got to find you in it
Repeat Chorus
Feel like I’m not from this place
Feel like I’m where you’re from
When I’m looking for a piece of home
I look for you to give me some
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
You give me comfort
You give me no pain
You know how to bump it
So let’s do it again
Repeat Chorus
© 2002 F.X.Stagliano
"GUARDIAN ANGEL"
You don’t have to be my guardian angel
You don’t have to be the one who saves my life
But that’s who you are
When I think of you
That’s who you are
That’s who you are
You don’t have to be the voice of my soul
You don’t have to be the star that lights my way
But that’s who you are
When I look at you
That’s who you are
That’s who you are
I never knew a love like this
I aimed at dreams and I’d always miss
But here you stand before me now
I lived without you but I don’t know how
I lived without you but I don’t know how
Da da da da da da, da da da da da da
You don’t have to be my guardian angel
You don’t have to be the one who saves my life
But that’s who you are
When I look at you
That’s who you are
That’s who you are
© 2002 F.X.Stagliano
"THE CORNER"
There is a corner of the world
Where all of God’s children love one another
Nobody hates, nobody hurts each other
There’s no prejudice, no selfishness
And everyone’s your brother
In this corner of the world
I’m gonna dig a little bit deeper
And get a little closer to the truth
Beneath all the scars in
The corner of my heart
There is a corner of the world
Where everybody is taken in from the storm
They’re judged by their roses, not by their thorns
And every chance for fairness is given
In this place where love is born
So let my soul be saved
And let my love be brave
In spite of this poor start in
The corner of my heart
© 2001 F.X.Stagliano
"MAKE YOURSELF HAPPY"
Pre-Chorus:
I ain't no preacher and I ain't no teacher
Just sitting in the bleacher
Screaming out these words to you
Chorus:
Make yourself happy, don't make yourself sad
It's on yourself, how you survive
Make yourself happy, make yourself glad
That you're yourself and that you're alive
That it's in your hands and that you've got at
Least fifty five more years to do it
Interlude:
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
You feel like you're the only one
Whose parade gets rained on
Every day you get depressed
Try to smile but you fail the test
Cause you're not happy baby
You just ain't happy baby
Repeat Pre-Chorus
Repeat Chorus
You could live for a million years
And get to cry a billion tears
Who cares if you're in the black or the red
Money can't bring you back from the dead
You got to change your thinking baby
You got to change your thinking baby
Repeat Pre-Chorus
Repeat Chorus
Repeat Interlude
© 2006 F.X.Stagliano
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