1 - EAST SIDE STORY There was this girl I used to see, down on 42nd street She'd walk on by on her way to work and make the air smell so sweet She used to sit in the coffee shop, sometimes I'd have a cup When she'd go by she'd light up the sky like the sun comin' up Then there by the bus-stop, driver opens up the door I just sit and watch her gettin' on the 104 Never knew my number, never even knew my name She climbed on board that crosstown bus and I never saw her again It's just another east side story Everybodys got a date on the town Like a hundred guys before me I fell under her spell Theres some things you hold on to, theres some you just let go It seems like the ones that you can't have are the ones you want the most I think about her sometimes, I wonder if she was real And if I ever find her I'm gonna tell her how I feel It's just another east side story Everybodys got a date on the town Like a hundred guys before me I fell under her spell na na na na na - na na na na na na na na na na - yeah her spell na na na na na - na na na na na na na na na na - yeah Still the same old story, still the same old game Up there on the east side, life goes on the same Never knew my number, never even knew my name She climbed on board that crosstown bus and I never saw her again It's just another east side story Everybodys got a date on the town Like a hundred guys before me I fell under her spell na na na na na - na na na na na na na na na na - yeah her spell na na na na na - na na na na na na na na na na - yeah her spell Her spell, her spell Oh it's just another east side story It's just another east side story 2 - THIS SIDE OF PARADISE 3.50 i'm ridin' in the back seat - nine years old starin' out the window countin' the highway poles and then i get to thinkin' - that it don't seem real i'm flyin' through the universe in a '69 oldsmobile and i wanna know what they're not tellin' and i don't wanna hear no lies i just want something to believe in ah - it's a lonely lonely road i'm on this side of paradise i'm ridin' in the back seat - black limousine starin' out the window at a funeral scene and then i get to thinkin' - and it don't seem right i'm sittin' here safe and sound and someone i love is gone tonight i wanna know what they're not tellin' and i don't wanna hear no lies i just want something to believe in ah - it's a lonely, lonely road we're on this side of paradise there ain't no crystal ball - there ain't no santa claus there ain't no fairy tales there ain't no streets of gold there ain't no chosen few - ya it's just me and you and that's all we got ya...that's all we got to hold on to ya this side of paradise i remember bein' a little boy in the backseat - nine years old always askin' questions - never did what I was told and then i get to thinkin' like i always do we wander 'round in the darkness but every now and then a little light shines through i want to know what they're not telling i don't wanna hear no lies i just want something to believe in ah - it's a lonely lonely road we're on this side of paradise 3 - NOT ROMEO NOT JULIET 3.37 this is story about a boy and girl trying find a life in the big world somehow they're together there ain't much to the mystery misery loves company she just waves her hand and says whatever well this ain't love, this ain't love, this ain't love at all and he says... we're not romeo we're not juliet how long does it take to fill this emptyness we're just two lost souls and baby we got no regrets we don't wanna say bye-bye babe it's just you and i we're not romeo we're not juliet he ain't pretty with his hard old heart second generation immigrant scars and he knows that this ain't heaven - no she's all skinny like a cigarette and he's the only thing - the only thing that she respects and he's trying to make it better this ain't love, this ain't love, this ain't love at all and she says... we're not romeo we're not juliet you'd thought you'd seen it all - but you ain't seen nothin' yet we're just two lost souls and baby we got no regrets now it's just you and i we're nothin' unless we try we're not romeo - not juliet it has feel right but it never does it has to be perfect but it never is you wanna be sure but you never do we're not romeo - or juliet - it's just me and you we're just two lost souls and baby we got no regrets we don't wanna say bye-bye babe it's just you and i we're not romeo we're not juliet, no no we're just two lost souls and baby we got no regrets ya it's just you and i we're nothin' unless we try - oh no we're not romeo - not juliet no we're not - that's a fact 4 - FLYING / 4.04 if you ever feel like you're gonna fall - oh i'll be there and if you ever feel down or feel small - oh don't despair and if you ever feel lost or feel alone - babe c'mon home lets just make love - all night lets just hold on - so tight lets make it last - for life i won't let you go ya we're flying - feels just like flying we're such a long way up - from the ground just u and me flying - so high 'n i'm never gonna come down every time you turn around and wanna run - oh come to me when every little dream comes undone - oh don't worry lets just make love - all night lets just hold on - so tight lets make it last - for life i won't let you go ya we're flying - feels just like flying it's such a long way up - from the ground just u and me flying - so high 'n i'm never gonna come down ya we're flying so high and we're never gonna come down, you and me 6 - OPEN ROAD I'm sittin' at the wheel i got a green light i'm not afraid of nothin' cuz heart and soul i'm built for life So let the engines roar push the pedal down i want the white lines on the highway to lead me out of town I'm rollin' on and on and on... Who knows where i'm goin' Life is an open road it's the best story never told it's the endless sky it's the deepest sea life is an open road to me life is an open road to me I got headlights to guide me through the night i got the window down and the radio playin' it makes me feel alive I'm rollin' on and on and on... Who knows where i'm goin'' Life is an open road it's the best story never told it's the endless sky it's the deepest sea life is an open road to me life is an open road to me Yeah life's an open road!