| MIKE ZITO "TODAY"
01. Love Like This (song for Zach)
(M. Zito - Delta Groove Publishing, ASCAP)
when I was a baby in this world / I used to cry for everything / I didn't know how to defend / I only knew how to depend / but I heard my mother say to me / I'm gonna rock you up to be / everything a man is supposed to be / and everything a man will ever need / cause when you got a love like this my son / you got to hold on tight / and when you got a love like this my friend / you got love it to the end / and don't you ever turn your back on love / or ever give up on a friend / Lennon said that love is all you need / and with a love like this, you'll bleed / the first time I looked into her eyes / well I was under a spell / I didn't know what I was in / I only knew it was a sin / but confession did not save / my broken heart / I learned that love can be a fire / I learned that love can really burn / chorus / and when I saw that picture on the screen / and felt you kickin deep inside / I was lost for all my words / I was truly mesmerized / and when I got to hold you in my arms / you know I'd finally understand / just how true love really feels / and what it's like to be a man / chorus
02. Superman
(M. Zito - Delta Groove Publishing, ASCAP)
your sexy eyes are on tonight / you're looking for a one way flight / you need a man to ease your worried mind / I know you've seen me here before / and girl before you lock that door / I think you know exactly what you'll find / so baby don't you worry now / cause I'll be coming right to you / this man of steel he surely understands / you need a superman / your troubles, lies and your mysteries / have all been catching up I see / you feel like running off in some kind of dream / chorus / but dreams, sometimes they do come true / girl it's really up to you / to take a chance on love at first sight / chorus / and my love won't come on too strong / and we can make it last as long / until the sun is rising in your eyes / chorus
03. Holding Out For Love
(M. Zito - Delta Groove Publishing, ASCAP)
so tell me now, how's it gonna be? / only you can make it right you see / I believed in your mystery / that you were never gonna set me free / well here I sit, all alone / locked in my mind, waiting by this phone / nowhere to run, nowhere to hide / these feelings for you that kill my pride / say how long / that you're gonna need to get strong / I'll give you anything you want / and anything that I’m made of / I'm holding out for love / I tried to cry, but these tears for you / suddenly die, without rescue / almost at once, you were gone again / didn't seem to care, how it all might end / so take me down to the bottom low / and make it hurt like I've never known / but still I look at you and can't deny / I want you now over any lie / chorus / now I open up my arms / so I can show you, my true love / if this doesn't get through to you / I know..... I need to walk away / chorus
04. Little Red Corvette
(Prince - Controversy Music, ASCAP)
05. Universe
(M. Zito - Delta Groove Publishing, ASCAP)
so why are we here / walking around / driving our cars / we're loving one close / hating one far / but no one really knows why / all of us searching for the truth / for the answers inside / cause we need to know why / oh but why do we need to know why? /why can't we just try to love / this world no matter what they say / we look into the eye / and thank the sky / I don't need to know why / and I don't know why / we live in this universe / it's all so physical / everything we see / from the bottoms of the oceans / to the top upon the mountains / and our bodies / all go crashing into one another / to create one loving mother / and the space inside my mind / is the space where I will find / peace and love, for my sisters and brothers / chorus / I am so glad, you’re here with me, in this universe / it's just like everything is crashing down on my soul / it's like this world is trying to get inside of me and take control / so why are we here / walking around, driving our cars / to take it all in / cause today may be the end / oh now why do I / look outside for the answers / chorus
06. Blinded
(M. Zito - Delta Groove Publishing, ASCAP)
barely alive / in the depths of the dark side / trying to catch my breath / between the liquor and the pride / stone cold crazy / losing my mind / blinded / blinded by the life / I was blinded / blinded by the life / but amazing grace / it took away my knife / ate up with ego / driven by desire / and all my loved ones / were thrown into the fire / "won't somebody help me?" / words straight from a liar / chorus / I was lost / but now I am found / my broken heart / has spoken strong and bound / and I know the dark side / is always just around / chorus
07. Slow It Down
(M. Zito - Delta Groove Publishing, ASCAP)
when I look back / upon my life / it's hard to remember / anything I did right / I try to examine / all my bad ways / but there's not enough / hours and days / if I've learned one lesson / the one I have found is to / slow it down / well I can't believe / what I have done / the days run together / and melt into one / and all of the heartache / and all of the pain / I pray to God / please baptize the rain / if I've learned one lesson / the one I have found is to / slow it down / I gotta slow it down / now I take each breath / in and out / I don't live in the past / I live in the now / I try to surrender my will and my way / and I live forgiveness and treasure each day / if I've learned one lesson / the one I have found / is to slow it down
08. Today
(M. Zito - Delta Groove Publishing, ASCAP)
I take my time about growing older / I try to live like I'm getting younger / all my friends say that life is colder / well I just smile and offer my shoulder / my life is simple, for that I'm grateful / with all my blessings I can't be hateful / this world is heaven with you beside me / my eyes are open to what my find me / well I know that life is gonna bring some pain / but with some help from above / well I know it's gonna be okay / just for today / I know the feeling of always falling / the lost confusion of endless crawling / and when I woke up among the living / I became bound to love and forgiving / there’s a world on fire / full of hate and desire / but I know that love is gonna / pour like rain / chorus
09. No Big City
(M. Zito - Delta Groove Publishing, ASCAP)
I remember being young when I went downtown / buildings so tall I can't see / the clouds in the sky they were blocking the sun / and the shadows would black out the streets / people walk for miles just to get back to work / all the cars and buses stealing the scene / of one homeless man who’s sleeping on the corner / with a newspaper pillow, obscene / and it's no big city, anymore / it's no big city, not to me / now it's time to grow up and stay out all night / the downtown clubs they got the beat / the girls in the bars, well they drink too much / and the drugs really turn on the heat / the lights at night would shine on the river / while I'm heading east to wake up my mind / now the sun's coming up over east St. Louis / and I'm wide awake walking the blind / chorus / 34 years later from the day I was born / in the same city almost all of my life / I've been right from wrong / I've been black and white / sometimes at the blade of a knife / now it all makes sense, why we need to stay together / and work on fighting the good fight / cause the time’s gonna come, to open our hearts / our minds and become one tonight / chorus
10. Deep Down In Love
(M. Zito - Delta Groove Publishing, ASCAP)
you've got everything / that you'll every need / more than you deserve / more than history / so tell me what you're made of / now what’s got into you / looks like the devil do / pulling you every way / just like them crazies say / but tell me what you're made of / looks to me like you're / deep down in love / so now you're on your own / making it all alone / they can all go to hell / and swallow it like a pill / tell me what you're made of / you think you got your own damn groove / where everything is nice and smooth / in walks some long blonde hair / smiling pretty with an evil dare / so what do you think you're made of / it looks to me like you're / falling deep down in love / life ain't no mystery / it's all about you and me / you pay your bills, you go to church / that's making life easy to burn / so tell me what you're made of / you get a feeling deep inside / telling you big fat lies / you start sweating and you're losing control / about time to start trusting your soul / now tell me what you're made of / cause it looks to me like you’re / deep down in love / we all got to get there someday / deep down in love /it’s what we’re made of / deep down in love
11. Dirty Things
(M. Zito - Delta Groove Publishing, ASCAP)
I'm taking my time cause I know I'm gonna be alone / there's nothing left to say when I get you on the phone / you won't look me in the eye when you're walking out the door / you been running me wrong in circles around my heart / and you won't come clean with the one that you're loving in the dark / and all the pain inside, no it won't stop hurting at all / and it's all because of you / and the dirty things you do / and it's all because of you / and the dirty things you do / I can't help myself / when it comes to loving you / something inside is telling me to walk away / but I see your body and my mind starts to go astray / I lose my cool every time you look my way / chorus / you won't try to hurt me / cause I know all your lies / I see all the little dirty things babe / they sparkle in your eyes / chorus / I knew in my heart that you're just no good / when you hurt me this time, I knew that you would / I knew I should have never let you in/ and never let you taken control / chorus
12. Hollywood
(M. Zito - Delta Groove Publishing, ASCAP)
freaks on the corner setting the trends / bums on the street on their last bender / too much trash and too much time / and not much to eat on just a dime / people ask me why I would / live my life in Hollywood / record deals are down the street / up the hill the porno chicks in heat / alcohol is not enough / but smack from Sunset is gonna get me tough / people ask me why I would / live my life in Hollywood / it's got that nasty reputation / for messing up this generation / but it's not a mess, it's misunderstood / it's worse than hell / it's Hollywood / cigars and martini's, well they make the scene / and transvestite love, yeah that’s all I need / everybody is doing their thing / they're keeping in line, they're keeping in swing / I'm packing up, I'm on the move / I'm gonna live in Hollywood
13. Time To Go Home
(M. Zito - Delta Groove Publishing, ASCAP)
well it's about that time again / I pack my bags full of where I’ve been / all the guitars and the microphones / are loaded up / and we are ready to roll / it's 30 hours / looking straight down the line / and I'm thinking about / that little girl that’s mine / and you know up north it never gets warm / like it does in the gulf of Mexico / and I know the boys had a good time / and thanks to all our friends / who were there each night / but now it's time, it's time to go home / and just when you think you were on your way / you turn around and you got one more day / and then you get tired / you're gonna get tired / all over again / and sometimes you're thinking..."what’s it all for"... / cause you're working so damn hard / just to make enough to pay the bills / and hope for a little more / baby just a little more / chorus / well it's the music that drives my soul / it keeps me going when I'm getting low / and you can't miss home, you can't miss home / until you're on the road / chorus /
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