Playlist Christopher Cross

christopher cross - sailing

Well, it's not far down to paradise, at least it's not for me
And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility
Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see
Believe me

It's not far to never-never land, no reason to pretend
And if the wind is right you can find the joy of innocenceagain
Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see
Believe me

Chorus:
Sailing takes me away to where i've always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
And soon i will be free

Fantasy, it gets the best of me
When i'm sailing
All caught up in the reverie, every word is a symphony
Won't you believe me?

Chorus

Well it's not far back to sanity, at least it's not for me
And if the wind is right you can sail away and find serenity
Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see
Believe me

Chorus

christopher cross - best that you can do

Once in your life you find her
Someone that turns your heart around
And next thing you know you're closing down the town
Wake up and it's still with you
Even though you left her way across town
Wondering to yourself, "Hey, what've I found?"

When you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do ......
The best that you can do is fall in love

Arthur he does as he pleases
All of his life, he's mastered choice
Deep in his heart, he's just, he's just a boy
Living his life one day at a time
And showing himself a really good time
Laughing about the way they want him to be

When you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do .....
The best that you can do is fall in love

When you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do .....
The best that you can do is fall in love

christopher cross - i will

I was a man who always played around the love
So quick to take but so afraid to give enough
But now I?ve found the one
And heaven will only know
What only my eyes can say
And time can?t take away

I was a girl trusted no one with my heart
And the dreams that young girls dream
Were just vanishing in the dark
But now I?ve found the one
And heaven will only know
What only my eyes can say
They say

(chorus)
That I will take you forever
And there will never be anyone else in my heart but you
And I will take you forever
And there will never be anyone else but you
Anyone else but you

Now my touch belongs to you
And I will always be your best friend
Now my secrets are safe with you
And the magic will never end
Now you are the one
And heaven will only know
What only our eyes can say
They say

(chorus)

That I will take you forever
(Oh yes I will yes I will take you forever)
There will never be anyone else in my heart but you...
(In my heart)
I will take you forever
(Yes I will)
There will never be anyone else but you
(Anyone else, anyone else)
I will take you forever
(I will take you forever, I?ll take you forever)
There will never be anyone else in my heart but you.
In my heart I will take you forever
(I?ll take you forever)
There will never be anyone else in my heart but you.
(ohh yeah)
I will take you forever

christopher cross - save your sadness

Lost in the future
Worried about the past
Willful and lazy
Pedaling nowhere fast

She works her wonders
Keeping me in today
Reaching through my darkness
Reminding me how to play

And she says
Save your sadness for the bad times
Time is not your enemy
Save your sadness for the bad times
For now you are with me

Nothing is certain
Certainly nothing new
Hoping some light shines
On us before we are through
She spends her heartbeats
Seeing the best in you
As I learn my mind the more I find
The things she says are true

And she says
Save your sadness for the bad times
Time is not your enemy
Save your sadness for the bad times
For now you are with me

You live gracefully
Having faith in me

And she says
Save your sadness for the bad times
Time is not your enemy
Save your sadness for the bad times
For now, for now
Save your sadness for the bad times
For now you are with me

christopher cross - arthur s theme

Once in your life you find her
Someone that turns your heart around
And next thing you know you're closing down the town
Wake up and it's still with you
Even though you left her way across town
Wondering to yourself, "Hey, what've I found?"

When you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do ......
The best that you can do is fall in love

Arthur he does as he pleases
All of his life, he's mastered choice
Deep in his heart, he's just, he's just a boy
Living his life one day at a time
And showing himself a really good time
Laughing about the way they want him to be

When you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do .....
The best that you can do is fall in love

When you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do .....
The best that you can do is fall in love

christopher cross - never be the same

It was good for me
It was good for you
Now nothing either of us can say or do
Can change the way you feel tonight
Sometimes love just slips out of sight

Just one thing before you go
Just one thing that you've got to know
No one will ever touch me that way
The way that you did that very first day

And I'll
Never be the same without you here
I'll live alone
Hide myself behind my tears
And I'll
Never be the same without your love
I'll live alone
Try so hard to rise above

The years go by
There's always someone new
To try and help me forget about you
Time and again it does me no good
Love never feels the way that it should

I loved you then I guess I'll love you forever
And even though I know we could never stay together
I think about how it could have been
If we could just start all over again

And I'll
Never be the same without you here
I'll live alone
Hide myself behind my tears
And I'll
Never be the same without your love
I'll live alone
Try so hard to rise above

It was good for me
It was good for you
Now nothing either of us can say or do
Can change the way you feel today
Sometimes love just slips away

Just one thing before you go
Just one thing that you've got to know
No one will ever touch me that way
The way that you did that very first day

And I'll
Never be the same without you here
I'll live alone
Hide myself behind my tears
And I'll
Never be the same without your love
I'll live alone
Try so hard to rise above

christopher cross - ride like the wind

It is the night
My body's weak
I'm on the run
No time to sleep
I've got to ride
Ride like the wind
To be free again

And I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind

I was born the son of a lawless man
Always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand
Lived nine lives
Gunned down ten
Gonna ride like the wind

And I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind

Accused and tried and told to hang
I was nowhere in sight when the chuchbells rang
Never was the kind to do as I was told
Gonna ride like the wind before I get old

It is the night
My body's weak
I'm on the run
No time to sleep
I've got to ride
Ride like the wind
To be free again

And I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind

christopher cross - i know you well

A good fight half won
A good scotch half gone
And I'll never win Mr Congeniality
I bd's once again
She acquiesced
And I got off on a technicality

I've always loved our little wars
Treaties we sign behind closed doors
I may concede but I will not bleed
I will not bleed

The James Deam the prom queen
Impractical fascination
Having its way again
She knows Astaire's got nothing on me
When I take her out tonight
When I take her out tonight

I've always loved the way you dance
How you defy our circumstance
There may not be more than see
More than I see
C'est la vie

I know you well (You know me well)
I know you well (You know me well)
I know you well boy
And before the dawn comes you'll be gone

It's symbiotic
It's a sweet narcotic
Not a futile search for romantic perfection
That's too much trouble
So make mine a double
My head's a very scary neighborhood
Don´t wanna walk it alone

Thought I had something to day
Before you kissed my neck that way
I'll let it be
That works for me
So C'est la vie
C'est la vie

I know you well (You know me well)
I know you well (You know me well)
I know you well boy
And before the dawn comes you'll be gone

You know me well (I know you well)
You know me well (I know you well)
I know you well girl
And tomorrow we might just move on

christopher cross - think of laura

Every once in a while I'd see her smile
And she'd turn my day around
A girl with those eyes could stare through the lies
And see what your heart was saying

CHORUS:
Think of Laura but laugh don't cry
I know she'd want it that way
When you think of Laura laugh don't cry
I know she'd want it that way

A friend of a friend, a friend till the end
That's the kind of girl she was
Taken away so young
Taken away without a warning

I know you and you're here
In everyday we live
I know her and she's here
I can feel her when I sing

Hey Laura, where are you now
Are you far away from here
I don't think so
I think you're here
Taking our tears away

CHORUS

christopher cross - wishing well

In this land of accessories
The obsolescent sheen
Like so many fools before us
Lost in dreams

What`s behind the curtain
The dinette or the stole
Such important choices
To satisfy the soul

Take it on down to the wishing well
Make a wish to stop your wishing
`Cause you just can`t tell
Give it up

The power of suggestion
The tabloids and the tube
Muscles and money
Tits and glory
What`s your story

Are we so unhappy
Being what we are
Sly told us a long time ago
Everybody is a star
Give it up

christopher cross - isn t it love

Maybe things are not what they seem
And baby we know it
I feel like I`m wakin` up out of a dream
And we both want to control it
I don`t wanna make a wrong move
I don`t wanna lose a good groove
So baby let`s talk about it
Baby let`s think

Isn`t it love
Isn`t it love that we are feeling
Isn`t it love
Isn`t it love
Isn`t it time we stop concealing
Isn`t it love

We don`t have to love by the rules
So baby enjoy it
Bein` a fool for love don`t make us fools
Don`t let anyone destroy it
You need a home to run to
You need to have your fun too
So baby let`s talk about it
Baby let`s think

Isn`t it love
Isn`t it love that we are feeling
Isn`t it love
Isn`t it love
Isn`t it time we start revealing
Isn`t it love

And from the dawn of time
People lookin` for souls that rhyme
People lookin` people lookin` for souls that rhyme
But when our worlds collide
You gotta see it from a different side somehow
You just gotta say

We don`t wanna make a wrong move
We don`t wanna lose a good groove
So baby let`s talk about it
Talk to me and tell me how you feel
Can we really live without it
Baby let`s think

Isn`t it love
Isn`t it love that we are feeling
Isn`t it love
Isn`t it love
Isn`t it time we start the healing
Isn`t it love

christopher cross - when she smiles

Well they met in line at the checkout stand
Both unaware of what the gods had planned
She was lost in her Cosmo readin' about the stars
He was readin' about two-headed babies from Mars
When she reached for a Snickers she dropped her keys
And so began one of life's mysteries
He was a little old-fashioned and a little oversexed
He picked them up never guessing what would happen next

Then she smiled and said I like your tie
Yeah she smiled and told him that little white lie
And his soul lit up like the fourth of July
When she smiled

They made it to Starbuck's just before it closed
He pointed to the jar and said you want one of those
So over biscotti and double decafs
They shared their stories and they had some laughs
He got up his courage and asked her back to his place
Then he held his breath as he studied her face
She just sat and she stared and she said nothing at all
He knew he blew it and he waited for the ax to fall

Then she smiled and he knew he hadn't been wrong
Yeah she smiled and said what took you so long
And the world felt good like a rock and roll song
When she smiled

When she smiles I forget my lines
When she smiles man I'm on cloud nine
When she smiles oh it's time out of mind
When she smiles

Then she smiled and said where you been all my life
And she smiled when he asked her to be his wife
And the future had never looked so bright
When she smiled

I'm just diggin' her diggin' me diggin' her

When she smiles I forget my lines
When she smiles man I'm on cloud nine
When she smiles oh it's time out of mind
When she smiles

When she smiles I come all undone
When she smiles I'm the only one
When she smiles I'm a smoking gun
When she smiles

christopher cross - curled up around the world

Life is a long road - everyone knows it
Nothing is ever the way that you suppose it
The window blows open the minute you close it
And hatred finds a way into our heart

Living escapes us - losty in our labors
Doing our damage and blaming our neighbors
Praying to paper and begging for favors
And hatred finds a way into our heart

Picture a place where your love makes a difference
Where silence has meaning and the nuble run free
Cradle the dream of your sisters and brothers
Arms gently Curled qround the world

We can relinquish the sorrows that hold us
Taking our strength back from those we let control us
Letting acceptance and mercy enfold us
And clear the path for love to find a way into our hearts

Picture a place where your love makes a difference
Where silence has meaning and the nuble run free
Cradle the dream of your sisters and brothers
Arms gently Curled qround the world

We can find the way to hold this world inside our hearts

Picture a place where your love makes a difference
Where silence has meaning and the nuble run free
Cradle the dream of your sisters and brothers
Arms gently Curled qround the world

I will remember my love makes a difference
And try to recall that it all begins with me
Cradle the dream of a sweet ever after
Arms gently Curled qround the world

It all could come true...

christopher cross - charm the snake

You gotta keep a straight face
When you're playin' the fool
You gotta wear a smile
When you're breakin' the rules
You gotta charm that snake now, baby

You gotta be smooth,you gotta be quick
I think it might just help
To be a little bit sick
You know the bite can't cut you
If the skin is thick
You gotta charm that snake now, baby

Hey, we ain't all good lookin'
Ain't no reason to take a good lickin'
The clock on the wall's
Gonna keep on tickin'
Charm that snake now, baby

Don't let go of it
Don't let go
You gotta charm that snake
You gotta charm that snake

One stripe, two stripes
What does it mean
The venom is lethal
But the meat is clean
The best take advantage of you like a machine
You gotta charm that snake now, maybe

Don't let the fingernails
Under the heart
If they get a good grip
They're gonna rip it apart
The first and last kisses
Are the dangerous part
You gotta charm that snake now, maybe

There's a hook in the bait
The first one made a mistake
If you've got what it takes
You better charm that snake
You gotta let it show
You ain't gonna let it go
I'm gonna let 'em know
I'm never gonna let it go

christopher cross - a fisherman s tale

Took my troubles
Down to the sea
Put my ear to a seashell
Inquisitively

Thought I heard a heartbeat
It could have been mine
I guess it doesn't matter
In the grand design

Like a windblown sail
Like a fisherman's tale
There's no end to the glory
Like a windblown sail
Like a fisherman's tale
There's no end to the story

Don't let your vision
Go down with the sun
'Cause it might be cloudy
When tomorrow comes

Where the winds of a heart
Meet the wiles of a mind
There will be stillness
At the waterline

When I was young and time was free
I thought the world was reaching out for me
I believed I could
I believed I would
Live forever and ever

Took my troubles
Down to the sea
Put my ear to a seashell
Inquisitively

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