NO WAY OUT

(Bernie Chiaravalle ~ Bernoit Music ~ ascap)

Who knows where love will leave us
When we both touch down
There's no way out
'Cause all we once believed in
Has gone by the wayside
And there's no love around

No love and tenderness
No truth to be told
Hearts filled with emptiness
Emotions so cold
How can we go on day after day
Wasting our lives away
Chasing our love away

What holds us here together
Just by a thin thread
There's no way out
Is it that we don't know any better
Fear keeps it's grip on us
And there's no trust around

All hope we once possessed
Is gone from our eyes
No room for happiness
No place in our lives
How can we go on day after day
Wasting our lives away
Chasing our love away

Who knows where love will leave us
Well I can't say and you can't say
Seems there's no way out

Who knows where love will leave us
When we both touch down
There's no way out

Who knows where love will leave us
When we both touch down
There's no way out

ONLY GAME IN TOWN

(Bernie Chiaravalle/John Goodwin ~ Bernoit Music/Queens Knight Music ~ ascap/bmi)

You will never miss
The love you'll never know
If ignorance is bliss you better take another road

'Cause once you let love in
It stays with you forever
There's nothing like love to turn your world around

There can be no forgetting
Come joy of regretting
Once you were lost
But in a moment you're found
And there will be no turning back
When you heart goes down that path
Win or lose, high or low, up or down
In the end
Love's the only game in town

There are many ways
To fill your empty days
If you call being free not making any ties

If you're not afraid of losing
You could win it all
You may never reach the heights
If you're afraid to take the fall

And there will be no turning back
When you heart goes down that path
Win or lose, high or low, up or down
In the end
Love's the only game in town
In the end
Love's the only game in town

YOU GOT NOTHIN' ON ME

(Bernie Chiaravalle ~ Bernoit Music ~ ascap)

It's too easy for me now babe
To live life in denial
Holdin' on to what i know
Believe me when i tell you darlin'
Things are gonna change around here
Whole lot a reason why i should go

Baby don't lie to me
I don't need this misery
Been around this one too many times
Baby your hold on me
It don't mean what it use to mean
It means nothin' at all
Nothin' at all
You got nothin' on me

We go 'round and 'round in circles
Like a ride goin' up and down
Holdin' on for dear life
For too long i've been lookin' away
Holdin' back what i need to say
No more reason for me to stay

Baby don't lie to me
I don't need this misery
Been around this one too many times
Baby your hold on me
It don't mean what it use to mean
It means nothin' at all
Nothin' at all
You got nothin' on me

THE WORLD HAS LET YOU DOWN

(Bernie Chiaravalle ~ Bernoit Music ~ ascap)

Take a look in the mirror of your life
Is it hard to take what you see inside
That you've become more cynical with time
Overcome with regret
Overwhelmed by your pride
Is it your wish to take the whole world on at once
Well you're doin' just that

I wouldn't want to be the one who's near to you
Well there's nothin' anyone could ever say or do
To try and change your mind
What's the use in tryin'

When the world has let you down
You don't want anyone around
The world has let you down
It's let you down

I caught a glimpse of that life you use to lead
When you walked the line
And you said your piece
But you've become all consumed in your grief
And you fall deeper still
'till you're so out of reach
If what's you want is to chase them all away
Well you're doing just that

Now tell me i'm never gonna end up like that
So far removed that i can't remember last
When eveything had reason
Everything was right

But the world has let you down
You don't want anyone around
The world has let you down
It's let you down

I've tried and change your mind
But what's the use in tryin'

Chorus…

LONG HAUL

(Bernie Chiaravalle/Michael McDonald/Chuck Alvarez ~
Berrnoit Music/Genevieve Music/Blue Wolf Music ~ ascap)

Just a little further baby

In for a penny, in for a pound
To the bitter the end now baby
You know i'm gonna stick around
Love don't come easy baby
It don't come easy at all

A man may be a fool
He's known to make mistakes
You make thinks he's making the wrong time
In exactly the wrong place
Don't jump to conclusions baby
It make not be what it seems at all

Things are gonna get a little clearer
A little further down the long haul

Heard the phrase
Easy as takin' candy from a baby
When it's obvious who ever said that never tried
Nothing good comes easy baby
It don't come easy at all

Oh it's for sure you gonna get a little closer to it
A little further down the long haul

Looks can be deceiving baby
I know it's true
What looks like the truth right now
May just be a lie that's foolin' you
Nothin' good comes easy baby
Don't come easy at all

Things are gonna get a little clearer
A little further down the long haul

Just a little further baby
A little further down the long haul

Gonna get a little clearer
Gonna get a brighter
Gonna get a little easier
Just a little further
A little further down the long haul
Just a little further baby

THE WORLD AROUND ME

(Bernie Chiaravalle ~ Bernoit Music ~ ascap)

I don't know 'bout the world around me
I feel it spinnin' so out of control
You gotta wonder if you're gonna see tomorrow
I can't stand to see it slip away

I believe in one love
From a light that shines above
It's everything that holds us to be true
I believe in the human race
The innocence in a child's face
It's all that matters when it's time to choose

I'm so tired of the talkin' heads
I can't listen to another word
I carry love in the back of my mind
I can't stand to see it slip away

I believe in all that's good
Womankind and brotherhood
With liberty and life that we pursue
I believe in peace on earth
The promise that our founders heard
It's everything that we now stand to lose

I don't know 'bout the world around me
I feel it spinnin' so out of control

I hope i live to see the day
When the world comes around
To a better way of thinkin'
To a brighter day in time

I believe that dreams come true
They come alive if you want them to
Anything you set your mind to do
I believe in a second chance
I believe in "yes we can"
It's everything that binds us in the end

I don't know 'bout the world around me
I feel it spinnin' so out of control

WHAT I KNEW BEFORE

(Bernie Chiaravalle ~ Bernoit Music ~ ascap)

Don't say you're sorry
No lame excuses
I know your reasons
And it's all of your own choosing

Don't say you didn't see it comin'
When you knew damn well
What had to be done

There's nobody to blame
Nobody but me in the end
Nobody to blame
I should have learned long ago what I know before

You just couldn't listen
To what your heart was sayin'
You can't play the victim
'Cause that part's already taken

Don't say you didn't see it comin'
When you knew so well
What had to be done

There's nobody to blame
Nobody but me in the end
Nobody to blame
I should have learned long ago what I know before

I can't say I didn't realize what was in store for me
"Cause any fool in his right mind couldn't help but see
All good things in life
Come eventually
Yes they do

Don't say you didn't see it comin'
When you knew damn well
You wanted to stay

There's nobody to blame
Nobody but me in the end
Nobody to blame
I should have learned long ago what I know before …

FOR A LITTLE WHILE

(Bernie Chiaravalle/Steve Leland ~ Bernoit Music/Youngman Music ~ ascap)

You gave so much
I wonder if you knew
I hope you know now
What I learned from you

Now you're all grow up up
Grow up and done
And I'm still here tryin' to learn
I'll learn what I can
But it just ain't the same
Somehow it doesn't seem right
Without you in my life
I'm so glad you were mine
For a little while

We had some times
They went by so fast
Always loved the way I could make you laugh

A love like this
Never fades away
You're everything I miss
That ain't ever gonna change

I'll take from this what I can
And maybe someday understand
To live one day at a time
In this short little life
I'm so glad you were mine
For a little while

There is one place we could not go
I won't guess now 'cause I don't know
You took that with you
It's your's alone
You shined a light in my world
Oh for a little while

I'll learn what I can
But it just ain't the same
Some it doesn't seem right
Without you in my life
I'm so glad you were mine
For a little while

Glad to make you mine
Oh for a little while
Yeah, for a little while
For a short little life…

NO LONGER IN MY DREAMS

(Bernie Chiaravalle ~ Bernoit Music ~ ascap)

My eyes have seen the light
It's been dark for so long
A new world has come to life
And the heartache is gone

I found a reason to believe
It me long enough to see
I feel I've broken free
"Cause you're no longer in my dreams

Now why did I keep holding on
So much longer than I should
So hard to know until it's gone
But that's never understood

I found a reason to believe
It me long enough to see
I feel I've broken free
"Cause you're no longer in my dreams

You're gonna leave this heart of mine
Get you out of my system baby
Once and for all
You're you gonna leave this heart of mine
Get you out of my system baby
Once and for all

I nearly gave up on love
I couldn't see the need
But angels from far above
Are surely watching over me

I found a reason to believe
It me long enough to see
I feel I've broken free
"Cause you're no longer in my dreams

WHITE LIES

(Bernie Chiaravalle ~ Bernoit Music ~ ascap)

Baby, as I look in your eyes
I wonder where you are
And where we're gonna go
' Cause white lies are ringing in my ears
Silence speaks as loud as words as times
And I don't like what I hear
Do don't deny it now
It's never been more clear

Baby, I've seen this look before
What's behind those eyes
And how can I know more
It's fine line
Between love and losing you
And neither one us
Knows just what to do
Afraid to make a move
We could deny it now
But what's that gonna prove

Eyes don't lie
Dreams sometimes die
Worlds may collide
Maybe we've come to that place and time

It's fine line
Between love and losing you
And neither one us
Knows just what to do
Afraid to make a move
We could deny it now
But what's that gonna prove

Eyes don't lie
Dreams sometimes die
Worlds may collide
Maybe we've come to that place and time
Maybe we've come to that place and time

Baby, as I look in your eyes
I wonder where you are
And where we're gonna go

NOTHIN' LEFT TO BELIEVE IN

(Bernie Chiaravalle/Chazz Frichtel ~ Bernoit Music/Chazzmanian Music ~ ascap/sesac)

A long way from nowhere
Just beside myself
Reliving each moment
And I'm not taking it well
Our words became weapons
And I'm black and blue

It may mean nothing to you
But it's everything to me
Just look back in your memory
Even you will see

I put my faith in you alone
Every piece of my heart
Every bit of my soul
But I'm beginning to see
There's nothin' left to believe in

What good did it do me
What did I learn
That the light of desire
Can so easily burn
But you put out that fire
Like you always do

It may mean nothing to you
But it's everything to me
Just look back in your memory
Even you will see

I put my faith in you alone
Every piece of my heart
Every bit of my soul
But I'm beginning to see
There's nothin' left to believe in

I gave you every piece of my heart
And every bit of my soul
But what good did it do me
When I've got nothin' to show for it

What good did it do me
When I lose after all

It may mean nothing to you
But it's everything to me
Just look back in your memory
Even you will see

I put my faith in you alone
Every piece of my heart
Every bit of my soul
But I'm beginning to see
There's nothin' left to believe in …

LET THE NIGHT UNWIND

(Bernie Chiaravalle ~ Berjon Music ~ bmi)

I can tell you stories that you won't believe
Many thing to talk about before I leave

Baby you can ease my mind
And let the night unwind
Baby you can ease my mind

I was down and out before I met you girl
And now without a doubt you've entered in my world

Baby you can ease my mind
And let the night unwind
Baby you can ease my mind

I'm alright as you as you're here by me
Love don't lie
There's nothing for us to hide

How I came upon you is a mystery
Only know this love I've found is meant for me

Baby you can ease my mind
And let the night unwind
Baby you can ease my mind

Love don't lie
There's nothing for us to hide

How I came upon you is a mystery
Only know this love I've found is meant for me
I was down and out before I met you girl
And now without a doubt
You've entered in my world …