Frontiers - 1983 Raised On Radio - 1986

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SEPARATE WAYS
(Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain)
Here we stand
Worlds apart, hearts broken in two, two, two
Sleepless nights
Losing ground
I'm reaching for you, you, you

Feelin' that it's gone
Can change your mind
If we can't go on
To survive the tide live divides

Someday love will find you
Break those chains that bind you
One night will remind you
How we touched
And went our separate ways
If he ever hurts you
True love won't desert you
You know I still love you
Through we touched
And went our separate ways

Troubled times
Caught between confusions and pain, pain, pain
Distant eyes
Promises we made were in vain, vain, vain

If you must go, I wish you love
You'll never walk alone
Take care my love
Miss you love

(chorus twice)

I still love you girl
I really love you girl
And if he ever hurts you
True love won't desert you
No, No
GIRL CAN'T HELP IT
(Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain)
If he could hold her, so close in his arms...again
If she could show him
The letter her heart forgot to send...why
They're livin' dreams on their own
Ooh they'll never stop running

The girl can't help it, she needs more
He hasn't found what he's lookin' for
They're still standing in the rain
He can't help it, and she's just that way

And when he calls her
She tells him that she still cares
Under the moonlight,
He wonders why she can't be there...why
Why do they go on alone
When they're missin' each other

The girl can't help it, she needs more
He hasn't found what he's lookin' for
They're still standing in the rain
He can't help it, and she's just that way

The girl can't help it, she needs more
He hasn't found what he's lookin' for
They're still standing in the rain
He can't help it, and she's just that way

There's a fire
Ooh there's a fire in his eyes for you
Don't you know she still cries
Ooh do you know she still cries for you
Fire
Ooh there's a fire in his eyes for you
For you she cries
Ooh do you know she still cries for you
Fire
Ooh there's a fire in his eyes for you
Ooh nothing stands between love and you

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SEND HER MY LOVE
(Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain)
It's been so long
Since I've seen her face
You say she's doin' fine
I still recall
A sad cafe

How it hurt so bad to see her cry
I didn't want to say good-bye

Send her my love, memories remain
Send her my love, roses never fade
Send her my love

The same hotel, the same old room
I'm on the road again
She needed so much more
Than I could give

We knew our love could not pretend
Broken hearts can always mend.

(chorus)

Callin' out her name I'm dreamin;
Reflections of a face I'm seein'
It's her voice
That keeps on haunting me

Send her, send her my love
Roses never fade
Memories remain
Send her, send her, my love
POSITIVE TOUCH
(Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain)
Emergency breakthrough
There's no way to reach you
There's somebody else I'll turn to

She (she's) has got the positive touch (touch)
She's bringing love back to me, yeah, back to me. I said--
She, (she's) to me means so much (much)
She's saving it all for me, yeah

I'm missin' your touch, you're wondering where I've been
No, it's never enough, you're pushing me to the end
You won't break his heart, no...
She's not like you are, no...
Girl, I'm lettin' your love, go...

She, (she's) has got the positive touch (touch)
She's bringing love back to me, yeah, I said back to me
I said she (she) to me means so much
She's saving it all for me

You won't break his heart, no...
She's not like you are, no...
Girl, I'm lettin' your love, go...

Baby...oh bye-bye baby
Girl, now that you're here
In my arms, love is here to stay
Eyes of blue, good-bye yesterday
Love is here to stay
Eyes of blue, good-bye yesterday

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CHAIN REACTION
(Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain)
I bet you, she's the one
Who helped you, come undone
Those changes
She put you through
Long long distance
You're overdue
I bet you, she'd like to say
She's changed you, in every way
She's so sure
Now she's on the run
She ran a red light
You jumped the gun

Chain reaction, shades of passion
We surrender, lose control
So now you, lived a mystery
You won't be
Just one more casualty
You stumble, before you fall
Won't be the last time
No not at all
In motion, it's on her way
The red light
Somebody's got to pay
Those changes
She put you through
Long long distance
You're overdue

Chain reaction, shades of passion
We surrender, lose control
Chain reaction
Strange attraction
Love's a viper, steals your soul

So now just where do we go
Tell me where

Chain reaction, shades of passion
We surrender, lose control
Chain reaction
Strange attraction
Love's a viper, steals your soul
SUZANNE
(Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain)
I see your face at the movies
I hear your voice on the radio
You're makin' love on the silver screen
I want you more, I know
Temptation...Infatuation...
Suzanne, don't walk away
On no Suzanne, oh girl I'm callin' you
Suzanne, so far away
Remember Suzanne, those summer nights with me

I wonder if you're really happy
And if you saw me, would you know my name
I'm the one you used to hold on to
You're the one who used to wear my ring
Remember...our last September...

Oh Suzanne, don't walk away
On no Suzanne, oh girl I'm callin' you
Suzanne, so far away
Remember Suzanne, those summer nights with me

Remember...our last September...
Suzanne, so far away
Remember Suzanne, those summer nights with me

Suzanne, don't walk away, I love you Suzanne
I'm still callin' you
Suzanne...no no no no no remember
Those summer nights with me, those summer nights

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AFTER THE FALL
(Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain)

So now love is gone
I can't t go on, love is gone
I want to say
Now it's just too late
Waited far too long

Should have told you then I knew
Should have told you right
From the start
But the words
Didn't come out right
So I'll tell you
Straight from my heart

You meant more to me
Than I let you see
You held on somehow
All your tenderness
And your sweet caress
I miss you now

Buy a headstrong stubborn man
Only works it out the best he can
Valentines he never sent
There's not enough time
He's a workin' man

Can't stop fallin'
Heartaches callin'
Finds you after the fall
Saints or sinners
Take no prisoners
What's left after you fall
No not much no

Oh I say love is gone
I can't go on
Now love is gone
I want to say
But It's just too late
Waited far too long

Should have told you then I knew
Should have told you right
From the start
But the words
Didn't come out right
So I'll tell you
Straight from my heart

(chorus)

No no not much
After the fall
After you fall
After you fall
BE GOOD TO YOURSELF
(Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain)
Runnin' out of self-control
Gettin' close to an overload
Up against a no win situation
Shoulder to shoulder, push and shove
I'm hangin' up my boxin' gloves
I'm ready for a long vacation

Be good to yourself when, nobody else will
Oh be good to yourself
You're walkin' a highwire, caught in a crossfire
Oh be good to yourself

When you can't give no more
They want it all but you gotta say no
I'm turnin' off the noise that makes me crazy
Lookin' back with no regrets
To forgive is to forget
I want a little piece of mind to turn to

Be good to yourself when, nobody else will
Oh be good to yourself
You're walkin' a highwire, caught in a crossfire
Oh be good to yourself
Be good to yourself when, nobody else will

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FAITHFULLY
(Jonathan Cain)
Highway run
Into the midnight sun
Wheels go round and round
You're on my mind
Restless hearts
Sleep alone tonight
Sendin' all my love
Along the wire

They say that the road
Ain't no place to start a family
Right down the line
It's been you and me
And lovin' a music man
Ain't always what it's supposed to be
Oh girl you stand by me
I'm forever yours...faithfully

Circus life
Under the big top world
We all need the clowns
To make us smile
Through space and time
Always another show
Wondering where I am
Lost without you

And being apart ain't easy
On this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy
Of rediscovering you
Oh girl, you stand by me
I'm forever yours...faithfully

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Faithfully, I'm still yours
I'm forever yours
Ever yours...faithfully
ONCE YOU LOVE SOMEBODY
(Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain)
Two young hearts lost in love they vow to stay,
Running wild they believe they've found a way
Filled with hope
She's the dream, she understands you
Now this time He'll hold on, she'll never leave him
They'll never let go 'cause...

Once you love somebody, (once you love)
There's no turning back (turning back)
It can burn forever, it can haunt you, haunt you in the night

How can lovers just turn and walk away
Loneliness is an edge that cuts both ways
So easy to fall
So hard to get over

Once you love somebody, (once you love)
There's no turning back (turning back)
It can burn forever, it can haunt you, haunt you in the night

So easy to fall, so hard to get over
Once you love somebody, (once you love)
There's no turning back (turning back)
It can burn forever, it can haunt you, haunt you in the night

(Once you love somebody), once you love
(they can break your heart), no no no
It can burn forever, letting go, that's the hardest part

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EDGE OF THE BLADE
(Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain)
You've been tryin', very heard
Now this time you've gone too far
Your performance perfect
In every way--perfect!
I hear rumors all around
Contracts and lawyers
And champagne downtown
Tell me what you think
You want me to do
I've been always fair with you
Turning on me
After all we've been through
You want trouble then that's just
the way it will be

You're caught up in the power
A blue magical maze
Now the circle is broken
In a spellbinding rage
Better see if you're holdin'
The wrong edge of the blade

If it's sharp, if it cuts
Enjoy yourself
HAPPY TO GIVE
(Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain)
I was born a believer, played the fool
Lonely dreamer, left to choose
I don't know where the love is, there's a promise undone
Someone's cry'in, in a room all alone
Shadows fall, after the hurt is gone
Through it all, we love and we lose

Where is the one, someone who's happy (happy to give)
Happy to be with you, it's here you belong, with someone
Who's happy (happy to give) happy to give you love

A song for the singer, one book of dreams
Take this heartache, away from me
A page in a story, romance untold
Sharing secrets, we call, our own
Shadows fall, after the hurt is gone
Through it all, we love and we lose

Where is the one, someone who's happy (happy to give)
Happy to be with you, it's where you belong, with someone
Who's happy (happy to give) happy to give you love

Happy, happy, oh happy
(Happy to give), oo happy to give
Oh somebody's happy to give you love,
Your love, your love oh yeah
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BACK TALK
(Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain, Steve Smith)
I work all day to make a livin'
No one needs
Your kind of attitude
Your sharp tongue
It cuts me like a razor
Lip service gets you nowhere
No, no, no
Back talk I don't need it
B-B-B-back talk I don't need it
No, no, no back talk
Don't want to hear it
Don't give me no back talk

Watch that temper
You watch what you're sayin'

Don't talk to me
With that tone of voice
Your act is pushin' me
To the limit
Can't stand it, can't stand it
Can't take it any more

Don't won't back talk
I don't need it
Don't give me back talk
I don't want to hear it
Don't give me back talk
Don't need it, no

I believe you enjoy
this aggravation
Lately that's all I get from you
You were born to drive me crazy
Can't take it, can't take it any more from you
No, no more

Back talk, I don't need it
Back talk, I don't need it
Back talk, Don't want to hear it
Don't give me no back talk
Sassy back talk
Don't give me no sassy back talk
No I don't want to hear it
No don't really need it
No don't give me no
Give me no don't you give me no
RAISED ON RADIO
(Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain)
Stagger Lee, can you Do The Locomotion
Lucille I hear you knocking but you can't come in
Rockin' Robin, C.C Rider,
A Rama Lama Ding Dong
Let the Good Times Roll
My Sweet Sixteen
I'm Maybelline

The Great Pretender
Returned To Sender
I wonder Why Fools Fall in Love
Yeah, Louie, Louie, loves drive-in movies.
Johnny Angel Rocks Around the Clock

Mister D.J. make a dedication
Cause I'm All Shook Up over Peggy Sue
I'm Mister Blue,
The hits keep rockin' station to station
In the Midnight Hour in the Sea of Love
My Turtle Dove.
When I Found my Thrill, On Blue Berry Hill,
We wrote Love Letters in the Sand.
Be Bop a Lu La,
She Loved Me Tender.
Jungle Lion Sleeps Tonight

Radio, radio
We're all rasied on radio, radio
I love my radio
Radio, Radio,
Radio, Radio

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FRONTIERS
(Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Steve Smith)
Oh yeah
Progress flys, into our lives
Got to find time, find time
Talk digit talk
You're doin' find
Machines never mind
They never mind

Out on the border
Of a changing skyline
We put hope in front of fear
And all the Heroes
Have gone east of eden
We all need new frontiers

Ooh It's a 3D rise
All tech-na-ca-jive
Talk a video dive
War is for fools
Crisis is cool
Barbarians play

(chorus)

New, new, frontiers
Barbarians play away, away, away...play
I'LL BE ALRIGHT WITHOUT YOU
(Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain)
I've been thinking 'bout the times
You walked out on me
There were moments I'd believe, you were there
Do I miss you, or am I lying to my self again
I do these things...
(It's all because of you)
I keep holding on, but I'll try
(try not to think of you)
Love don't leave me lonely

I'll be alright without you
There'll be someone else...I keep tellin' myself
I'll be alright without you
Oh...love's an empty face, I can't replace
(you don't need it)
People wonderin' why we broke apart
The great pretender here I go again
These things I do
(It's all because of you)
I'll keep holdin' but I'll try
(try not to think of you)
All I wanted was to hold you

I'll be alright without you
There'll be someone else, I keep tellin' myself
I'll be alright without you
Love's an empty face...Oh I've got to replace

I'll be alright without you
There'll be someone else, I keep tellin; myself
I'll be alright without you
Oh...love's an empty place, I can still see your face
I'll be alright

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RUBICON
(Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain)
In this promised land
Fire burnin' in our hands
The choice is ours to make
Realize your fantasy
You live the dream
With every step you take
Stand tall stand on the edge
Use the thin end of the wedge
The will to cast your fate
Don't turn around too late
Lose ground if we hesitate
Burning youth won't wait

Make a move across the rubicon
Futures knockin' at your door
Take your time
And choose the road you want
Opportunity is yours

See it all so clear
Time is right time is near
We know now what to do
All god's children learn
Which way to turn
Turning' back we're through
We all refuse to lose
Live life and light the fuse
Burning youth won't wait

IT COULD HAVE BEEN YOU
(Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain)
We were so close yet so far away
I'd reach out, you'd be gone
Moments that still talk my breath away
There's so much more to life than loving you
You don't need me, no...

I...can't wait all my life, on a street of broken dreams
It could have been you my love (where are you now)
Oh I...still wonder if you remember the night
It could have been you

Time washes over, memories
I can't look back no more
Change has forsaken, our promises
There's someone else for you to hold again
So please stop your crying

I...can't wait all my life, on a street of broken dreams
It could have been you my love (where are you now)
Oh I...still wonder if you remember the night
It could have been you

Remember, remember, girl I remember
I...can't wait all my life, on a street of broken dreams
It could have been you my love (where are you now)
Oh I...still wonder if you remember the night
It could have been you (where are you now)
Should have been you my love (where are you now)
It could have been you my love, (where are you now)
remember...remember...remember

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THE EYES OF A WOMAN
(Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain)
In the eyes of a woman, in a world of desire,
From the moment she looked my way. I was so hypnotized
Should I show how I feel, she's the magnet, I'm steel
The eyes of a woman, there's nowhere to run
The eyes of a woman

In the arms of an angel, in a dangerous disguise
Love's a blue fascination
It's a mystery that burns, takes a lifetime to learn
The eyes of a woman, there's nowhere to run
The eyes of a woman, my fears come undone
In the eyes of a woman, there's nowhere to run
The eyes of a woman, my fears come undone

Nowhere to run
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to run

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WHY CAN'T THIS NIGHT GO ON FOREVER
(Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain)
Lost in twilight, the memories
Precious moments, you and me
We've been old friends, all through the years
Picture postcards, sharing tears

What's in our hearts, there's never time, to say
Need you tonight, lover don't fade away
I've seen your city lights
As I walk away
Why can't this night...go on forever

Without love, we won't survive
Run together, we rule the night
Tell me secrets, oh that make you cry
Where's the laughter, we gotta try

What's in our hearts, there's never time to say
Need you tonight, lover don't fade away
Like a photograph
That time won't erase
Why can't this night...go on forever
Go on forever and ever...ever and ever

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