when I wandered alone aching for a friend
who would understand the passions I could feel
I listened to Harry Chapin story songs
and understood how music made words real

and then when the pain of the loss grew too great
and I reached for drugs and drink to escape
I listened to Pink Floyd while I played the buffoon
welcoming the machine on the dark side of the moon

and emotions became a game I could play
like a story in a song I could perform
I don't know if I would have made it any other way
music got me through my darkest storm

and now as I think back on my first true love
I listen to my heart and write my song
for true love that is never ending
soothes my heart by being safe and strong

for a love that is never ending
is where me and my heart belong

I am as shameless as Billy Joel or Garth Brooks
I'll do anything to make you feel my love
I'm as holy as Jesus Christ Superstar
as I believe there is nothing that my love can't rise above
I'm as horny as Led Zeppelin or Bare Naked Ladies (Aguilera)
and Portishead can express how I feel (Madonna)
I can fly with John Denver or Jim Croche (Crash Test Dummies)
or with Stevie Nicks landslide I can kneel (Linda Ronstadt)
(as the landslide brings me down,
oh,
the landslide brings me down)
and with the Moody Blues I am saved by the music
and the Beatles from beginning to end
as true love has always been my one true savior
music has always been my friend

so now as I think back on my first true love
I listen to my heart and write my song
for true love that is never ending
soothes my heart by being safe and strong

for a love that is never ending
is where me and my heart belong

remember when the music... was real and strong
remember when the song made us all sing along
remember when we believed that our voices could be heard
now I don't hear a sound, not a word
if it was not so sad, it'd be absurd...

so as I say welcome to my world, I wonder
why anyone would want to come in when
it is nowhere I want to stay
misery might love company
but I've had enough misery for one day
and I can't seem to get what I want or what I need,
wish I might, wish I may
first star I see tonight is the second star on the right,
but all the fairy dust has blown away
and the first and deepest cut of all
is that the music still will not play

remember when the music... was real and strong
remember when the song made us all sing along
remember when we believed that our voices could be heard
now I don't hear a sound, not a word

is it time to say goodbye
tell me that is a lie
in this silent prison
dry tears don't cry

how can I say hello
when the air does not flow
through my throat or my ears
it's the worst of my fears

in this prison of silence
a life without substance
the greedy get rich while the rest of us bitch
cuz we're too lazy to scratch the itch
so tell me
what good is wishing upon a star
if we're still too afraid to be who we are?

I am a singer, a lover of song,
locked in a prison of silence
I am a secret, a lover of mystery,
but there is no longer any suspense
I am a dreamer, a lover of peace and love,
trapped wide awake in a nightmare
of fear, hate, and pain
oh have I gone insane?
what happened, or don't you care?
what happened to the love we used to share?
what happened to the songs we used to share?

remember when the music... was real and strong
remember when the song made us all sing along
remember when we believed that our voices could be heard
now I don't hear a sound, not a word
if it was not so sad, it'd be absurd...

even lost in the wilderness of raging frustration
or wasting away on a cloud of apathy
even running in circles of procrastination
or buried in fear of every mystery

I know in my heart that I can find a reason
and time is a moment that never will end
and everything changes so why should I worry
we can make it better, together, my friend

but the key is the will to survive and be happy
relaxed concentration keeps us knowing what to do
we can find the silver lining in the darkest cloud
by finding the positivity in you

all we need to do is want to...

and the key is the will to survive and be happy
determination keeps me knowing I am free
to find the silver lining in the darkest cloud
by finding the positivity in me