Just a minute before you leave, girl,
Just a minute before you touch the door.
What is it that youre trying to achieve, girl?
Do you think we can talk about it some more?
You know, the streets are filled with vipers
Whove lost all ray of hope,
You know, it aint even safe no more
In the palace of the pope.
Dont fall apart on me tonight,
I just dont think that I could handle it.
Dont fall apart on me tonight,
Yesterdays just a memory,
Tomorrow is never what its supposed to be
And I need you, yeah.
Come over here from over there, girl,
Sit down here. you can have my chair.
I cant see us goin anywhere, girl.
The only place open is a thousand miles away and I cant take you there.
I wish Id have been a doctor,
Maybe Id have saved some life that had been lost,
Maybe Id have done some good in the world
stead of burning every bridge I crossed.
Dont fall apart on me tonight,
I just dont think that I could handle it.
Dont fall apart on me tonight,
Yesterdays just a memory,
Tomorrow is never what its supposed to be
And I need you, oh, yeah.
I aint too good at conversation, girl,
So you might not know exactly how I feel,
But if I could, Id bring you to the mountaintop, girl,
And build you a house made out of stainless steel.
But its like Im stuck inside a painting
Thats hanging in the louvre,
My throat start to tickle and my nose itches
But I know that I cant move.
Dont fall apart on me tonight,
I just dont think that I could handle it.
Dont fall apart on me tonight,
Yesterdays gone but the past lives on,
Tomorrows just one step beyond
And I need you, oh, yeah.
Who are these people who are walking towards you?
Do you know them or will there be a fight?
With their humorless smiles so easy to see through,
Can they tell you whats wrong from whats right?
Do you remember st. james street
Where you blew jackie p.s mind?
You were so fine, clark gable would have fell at your feet
And laid his life on the line.
Lets try to get beneath the surface waste, girl,
No more booby traps and bombs,
No more decadence and charm,
No more affection thats misplaced, girl,
No more mudcake creatures lying in your arms.
What about that millionaire with the drumsticks in his pants?
He looked so baffled and so bewildered
When he played and we didnt dance.
Dont fall apart on me tonight,
I just dont think that I could handle it.
Dont fall apart on me tonight,
Yesterdays just a memory,
Tomorrow is never what its supposed to be
And I need you, yeah.
