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Lyrics are arranged chronologically by album, if possible, and then alphabetically. Looking for a specific song? Do a word search with your browser for the title. Backup vocals are in parentheses. Any corrections/additions may be sent to me at cucfan@yahoo.com

Lyric/Music writer credit information from the U.S Copyright Office LOCIS Database
DB = Dale Bozzio / Life After Music
TB = Terry Bozzio / Private Life Music
WC= Warren Cuccurullo / Private Parts Music
PO = Patrick O'Hearn / Gypsy Joker Music

MISSING PERSONS 1980 EP Songs
(for Words and Destination Unknown, see Spring Session M)
(for Action, Reaction, see Rhyme & Reason)
(Note: these are fan transcriptions, if you see something that needs corrected, let me know)

I Like Boys (Lyrics & Music: DB, TB, WC)
(©1980, KoMoS EP, 1980; Capitol EP, 1982; Best of Missing Persons, 1987)

I ....like.... boys!
In all the world there's just one thing for this little girl, ooh I like boys
Some are my lovers, some are my friends, I don't try to pretend, ooh I like boys
Whatever I do, wherever I go, if you're the one I'll let you know, I... like ...boys!

People like this, people like that, but I like boys
It's easy for me, you'd better believe, I like boys
It's a matter of taste, I'm stating my case, I like boys
And boys like me too, ooh, I like boys

I.....like....boys!
I don't care where they're from, or what they've done, ooh I like boys
Lay no shame, rich or not, just as long as they're hot, ooh I like boys
Give me a boy, what should I do, don't you wish it could be you? I.....like....boys!

People like this, people like that, but I like boys
It's easy for me, you'd better believe, I like boys
It's a matter of taste, I'm stating my case, I like boys
And boys like me too, ooh, I like boys

I like boys...Boys! B-O-Y-S! I like boys

Mental Hopscotch (Lyrics: TB / Music: TB, WC)
(©1980, KoMoS EP, 1980; Capitol EP, 1982; Best of Missing Persons, 1987; Spring Session M re-released CD, 1995)

Sometimes you say you will, sometimes you say you won't, you always keep me waiting, waiting, hesitating hey yeah
At times I think you do, at times I think you don't, my mind is rollerskating, skipping, jumping rope, and fading

Mental Hopscotch, why must you treat me this way? mental hopscotch, ready or not I'm going away

Why can't you be like this, why can't you be like that? I don't know where I am, or where or where I'm at
So now you got me up and now you got me down, you will me, won't me, do me, don't me, watch me now it's crazy!

Mental Hopscotch, why must you treat me this way? mental hopscotch, ready or not I'm going away
Mental Hopscotch, cover your eyes and count to 10 mental hopscotch, don't come up till I say when

So now you got me up and now you got me down, you will me, won't me, do me, don't me, watch me now, it's crazy!
You don't think twice about what I might say, I follow you around and play an play an play an play!

Mental Hopscotch, why must you treat me this way? mental hopscotch, ready or not I'm going away
Mental Hopscotch, cover your eyes and count to 10, mental hopscotch, don't come up till I say when
Mental Hopscotch, do me, don't me, will me, won't me, mental hopscotch, rollerskating skipping fading
Mental Hopscotch, mental hopscotch, mental hopscotch

Hello, I love you, won't you tell me your name? Hello, I love you, let me jump in your game (repeat)
Walking down the street, blind to every eye she meets
Do you think you'll be the guy to make the queen of the angels sigh?

Hello, I love you, won't you tell me your name? Hello, I love you, let me jump in your game (repeat)
She holds her head so high, like a statue in the sky
Her arms are wicked, and her legs are long, when she moves my brain screams out this song
Sidewalk crouches at her feet, like a dog that begs for something sweet
Do you hope to make her see you fool? Do you hope to pluck this dusky jewel?

Hello, I love you, won't you tell me your name? Hello, I love you, let me jump in your game (repeat & fades)

Spring Session M, 1982 / 1995
(Lyrics from lyric sheet in vinyl release, all ©1982, corrected as recorded)

Noticeable One (Lyrics: DB, TB / Music: TB, WC)
(©1982, Spring Session M, 1982 & 1995)

My image is hard and my attitude heavy, I'll take you out with the things that I say
I draw the crowds and whenever I'm ready, I've got what it takes to blow them all away
I am your social and your cultural leader, I create the fads and make all the scenes
You know about me from your Weekly Reader, I'm on the cover of your magazines

'Cause I am one of the noticeable ones, notice me, I am one of the noticeable ones, notice me
I am one of the noticeable ones, notice me (notice me) notice me (noticeable ones)
I am one of the noticeable ones, notice me (notice me) notice me (noticeable ones)

My private life is scandalized by the public, but that's the price I have to pay for my fame
And all the liggers in my way with their cute tricks, are getting over just by dropping my name

'Cause I am one of the noticeable ones, notice me, I am one of the noticeable ones, notice me
I am one of the noticeable ones, notice me (notice me) notice me (noticeable ones)
I am one of the noticeable ones, notice me (notice me) notice me (noticeable ones) (repeat)

(Noticeable ones) notice me (noticeable ones) notice notice me (noticeable ones) notice me (noticeable ones) notice notice me (noticeable ones) notice notice me (noticeable ones) notice notice me (noticeable ones) notice me noticeable ones

Windows (Lyrics: DB, TB / Music: TB)
(©1982, Spring Session M, 1982 & 1995; Best of Missing Persons, 1987)

Something feels so strange tonight, it's not wrong but it's just not right
Some hidden complications, fill me with hesitation
And it gets so dark in here, I can't see through doubts and fears
Walled in by expectation, I need a deviation
Change in perspective, alternative view, to help me see clearly, observe something new

All I want is a window to look through, all I need is a window to look through
It's the only thing that I really wanna do anyway (repeat)

Outside the world's so dangerous, it's hard to find someone to trust
Fills me with reservation, drives me into hibernation
I watch what's going on, but I don't want to belong
Leave me in my introspection, safely behind protection

All I want is a window to look through, all I need is a window to look through
It's the only thing that I really wanna do anyway (repeat)

Looking through windows at the world (looking through windows at the world)
Safe behind windows from the world (safe behind windows from the world)
Watching my window world go by (just watching my window world go by)
Without my window who am I (without my window who am I)

All I want is a window to look through, all I need is a window to look through
It's the only thing that I really wanna do anyway (repeat)

(All that I want) all I want is a window to look through (all that I want is a window) all I need is a window to look through (all that I need is a window) it's the only thing that I really wanna do (it's all that I want) anyway
(Anyway) all I want is a window to look through (all I want is a window) all I need is a window to look through (all I need is a window) it's the only thing that I really wanna do (it's all that I want) anyway

It Ain't None Of Your Business (Lyrics: TB / Music: TB, WC)
(©1982, Spring Session M, 1982 & 1995; Best of Missing Persons, 1987)

Don't tell me what to do, and don't you ask me where I'm going to
I have to do what's right for me, why is it so hard for you to see?
Tryin' to get along with you is not an easy thing to do
Your suspicious nature drives me mad, you're wrecking everything that we had

It ain't none of your business where I'm goin', it ain't none of your business who I'm seein'
It ain't none of your business

So stop fooling around with my life, you can't possibly know what it's like
To be inside of me, I'm on my own, why can't you just leave me alone?
I have always trusted you, if I can do it you can too
What I do is my concern, now you're just gonna have to learn

It ain't none of your business where I'm goin', it ain't none of your business who I'm seein'
It ain't none of your business what I'm doin', it ain't none of your business...it ain't!

You've got to take me serious, you're makin' me delirious
I feel like someone who's in jail, now let go of my shirt tail
This kind of thing has got to stop, relationship is on the rocks
I can't take it anymore, you're driving me right out of the door

It ain't none of your business where I'm goin', it ain't none of your business who I'm seein'
It ain't none of your business what I'm doin', it ain't none of your business...it ain't!
It ain't none of your business, it ain't none of your business, it ain't none of your business, it ain't none of your business, it ain't none of your business, it ain't none of your business, it ain't none of your business
It ain't...it ain't none of your business!

Destination Unknown (Lyrics & Music: DB, TB, WC)
(©1980, KoMoS EP, 1980, Capitol EP, 1982, Spring Session M, 1982 & 1995; Best of Missing Persons, 1987)

Life is so strange when you don't know, how can you tell where you're going to?
You can't be sure of any situation, something could change and then you won't know

(You ask yourself) where do we go from here? it seems so all too near
Just as far beyond as I can see, I still don't know what this all means to me

(Tell yourself) I have nowhere to go, I don't know what to do
And I don't even know the time of day, I guess it doesn't matter anyway

(Life is so strange) destination unknown (when you don't know) your destination (something could change) it's unknown (and then you won't know) destination unknown

You ask yourself, when will my time come? Has it all been said and done?
I know I'll leave when it's my time to go, till then I'll carry on with what I know

(Life is so strange) destination unknown (when you don't know) your destination (something could change) it's unknown (and then you won't know) destination unknown (repeat)

(Life is so strange) life is so strange (repeat to fade)

Walking In L. A. (Lyrics & Music: TB)
(©1982, Spring Session M, 1982 & 1995; Best of Missing Persons, 1987)

Look ahead as we pass, try and focus on it, I won't be fooled by a cheap cinematic trick
It must have been just a cardboard cut out of a man, top-forty cast off from a record stand

Walkin' in L.A., walkin' in L.A., nobody walks in L.A. (walkin' in L.A.) walkin' in L.A., nobody walks in L.A.

I don't know could've been a lame jogger maybe, or someone just about to do the freeway strangler baby
Shopping cart pusher or maybe someone groovy, one thing's for sure, he isn't starring in the movies.

'Cause he's walkin' in L.A., walkin' in L.A., nobody walks in L.A. (walkin' in L.A.) walkin' in L.A., only a nobody walks in L.A.

Walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin'... walkin', nobody's walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin'... walkin', nobody's walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin'... walkin', nobody's walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin'... walkin'

You won't see a cop walkin' on the beat (nobody's walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin'... walkin')
You only see 'em drivin' cars out on the street (nobody's walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' ...walkin')
You won't see a kid walkin' home from school (nobody's walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin'... walkin')
Their mothers pick 'em up in a car pool (nobody's walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin')

Walkin' in L.A., walkin' in L.A., nobody walks in L.A. (walkin' in L.A.) walkin' in L.A., nobody walks in L.A.

Could it be that the smog's playing tricks on my eyes? Or it's a rollerskater in some kind of headphone disguise?
Maybe somebody who just ran out of gas, making his way back to the pumps the best way he can.

Walkin' in L.A., walkin' in L.A., nobody walks in L.A. (walkin' in L.A.) walkin' in L.A., nobody walks in L.A. (walkin' in L.A.) walkin' in L.A., nobody walks in L.A. (walkin' in L.A.) walkin' in L.A., only a nobody walks in L.A.
(walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin') nobody's (walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin') nobody's (walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin') nobody's (walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin') nobody's (walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin') nobody's (walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin') nobody's (walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin') walkin'...nobody walks in L.A.!

U S Drag (Lyrics: TB / Music: TB, WC)
(©1982, Spring Session M, 1982 & 1995)

You can feel it closing in on you, but there's not much you can do
It's not a thing you can put your finger on, but you know when it's gone
Endless stream of highways, neon roadsigns and telephone lines
A little town somewhere in the midwest gonna put your patience to the test

It's the U.S. Drag....U.S. Drag...It's the U.S. Drag....there ain't no drag like the U.S. Drag!

Music down a windy street, half a glance from strangers you don't wanna meet
Juke box blaring, stale beer, mixes with gamblers, gangsters, boredom & fear in the pale blue T.V. light

It's the U.S. Drag, U.S. Drag, It's the U.S. Drag There ain't no drag like the U.S. Drag!
And it's closin' in on you, It's the U.S. Drag...It's the U.S. Drag...nothing you can do, nothing you can do, nothing you can do...ain't no drag like the U.S. Drag, It's the U.S. Drag...It's the U.S. Drag

Tears (Lyrics: DB, TB / Music: TB)
(©1982, Spring Session M, 1982 & 1995; Best of Missing Persons, 1987)

I can't bear the thought of leaving you, but I don't dare to stay
My heart and soul are at a tug of war, but my choice is made
Left with emptiness, no second thoughts, there's nothing left to say
There was time enough to tell you that you were the only one
I held thoughts of you inside me when I was the lonely one
You so thoughtlessly took all from me and drained my life away, oh

All I have left to give are my tears, All I have left to give are my tears, All the time spent through all of the years
All I have left to give are my tears, oh all my tears, all my tears, all my tears, all my tears

They say time will heal everything, reason and common sense
But with time and reason surely comes the loss of innocence
I've outgrown this kind of silly game, I just don't want to play
Who'd have thought from such a simple start, this would get so involved
Who'd have thought that this would ever end being unresolved
And for now I think I've had enough, so let's call it a day, oh

All I have left to give are my tears, All I have left to give are my tears, All the time spent through all of the years
All I have left to give are my tears, oh
If there were someone I could turn to, it would be easier for me
It's not an easy thing to go through, without a reason to believe

They say time will heal everything, reason and common sense
But with time and reason surely comes the loss of innocence
I've outgrown this kind of silly game, I just don't want to play
Who'd have thought from such a simple start this would get so involved
Who'd have thought that this would ever end being unresolved
And for now I think I've had enough, so let's call it a day

All I have left to give are my tears,All I have left to give are my tears, All the time spent through all of the years
All I have left to give are my tears, oh... all my tears, all my tears, all my tears, all my tears, all my tears, all my tears, all my tears, all my tears

Here And Now (Lyrics: DB / Music: DB, TB, WC)
(©1982, Spring Session M, 1982 & 1995)

Here we are in the here and now, all I can see is what's in front of me
All I know is what is you tell me now, all I know is what is you tell me now, tell me now
I'll continue on, I know somehow, can't remember how it felt just then
I can't seem to remember when, I can't seem to remember when... even then

Did it feel the way it should? Did it feel really good?
I want to be back there now, wish I could, and you would
Wonder if you held me tight? And did you shield me from my fright?
Where are you now? Where are you now... are you now?

All I can see is what's in front of me, all I know is what is you tell me now, it doesn't seem the same somehow
All I can see is what's in front of me, all I know is what is you tell me now, it doesn't seem the same somehow
In the here and now, now and then, in the here and now, now and then

Did it feel the way it should? Did it feel really good?
I want to be back there now, wish I could, and you would
Wonder if you held me tight? And did you shield me from my fright?
Where are you now? Where are you now... are you now?

All I can see is what's in front of me, all I know is what is you tell me now, it doesn't seem the same somehow
All I can see is what's in front of me, all I know is what is you tell me now, it doesn't seem the same somehow
In the here and now, now and then, in the here and now, now and then,
In the here and now, here and now (now and then) now and then (in the here and now) here and now (now and then),
Now and then.....now!

Words (Lyrics: TB, WC / Music: TB)
(©1982, Capitol EP, 1982; Spring Session M, 1982 & 1995; Best of Missing Persons, 1987)

Do you hear me? Do you care? Do you hear me? Do you care?

My lips are moving and the sound's coming out,
The words are audible but I have my doubts that you realize what has been said
You look at me as if you're in a daze
It's like the feeling at the end of the page when you realize you don't know what you just read

What are words for when no one listens anymore? (What are words for) when no one listens? What are words for, when no one listens, it's no use talkin at all

I might as well go up and talk to a wall
'Cause all the words are having no effect at all, it's a funny thing, am I all alone?
Something has to happen to change the direction
What little filters through is giving you the wrong impression, it's a sorry state, I say to myself

What are words for when no one listens anymore? (What are words for) when no one listens? What are words for, when no one listens, it's no use talkin at all

Do you hear me? Do you care? Do you hear me? Do you care?

Let me get by, over your dead body, hope to see you soon, when will I know? Doors three feet wide with no locks open, walking always backwards in the faces of strangers, time could be my friend, but it's less than nowhere now, it's less than nowhere now, it's less than nowhere now nowhere now ow ow ow

(Pursue it) any further and another thing you'll find, not only are they deaf and dumb they could be going blind
No one notices, I think I'll dye my hair blue
Media overload, bombarding you with action, it's getting near impossible to cause distraction
Someone answer me before I pull out the plug

What are words for when no one listens anymore? (What are words for) when no one listens? What are words for, when no one listens, it's no use talkin at all (repeat)

Do you hear me? Do you care? Do you hear me? Do you care? (tell me what are words for?) Do you hear me? (tell me what are words for?) Do you care? (tell me what are words for?) Do you hear me? (so tell me what are words for?) Do you care? (so tell me what are words for?) Do you hear me? (tell me what are words for?) (fades)

Bad Streets (Lyrics & Music: TB)
(©1982, Spring Session M, 1982 & 1995; Best of Missing Persons, 1987)

I'll tell you right now I'm committed to myself, I'll use you, I'll put it to you
No one will ever play chess with my life, I'm for certain, a free person
It's only real when it's real for me, I'm tryin', not cryin'
Seven chances means seven times changed, no waiting, no debating

I'm kicking down bad streets, just look at what I'm becoming
I'm dancing to my beat, just look at the game I'm running
I'm just kicking down bad streets, I'm just dancing to my beat

No one ever gets close to me, I'm selfish, stand offish
You'll never guess what I'm gonna do next, I'm impulsive-compulsive
I'll get over if it's the last thing I do, I'll make it, I won't fake it
You can tag along if you've got nothing better to do, I'll show you, won't slow you

I'm kicking down bad streets, just look at what I'm becoming
I'm dancing to my beat, just look at the game I'm running
I'm just kicking down bad streets, I'm having fun, I'm looking out for number one
I'm just dancing to my beat, look at me go, I know a lot of things that you don't know

I'm kicking down bad streets, just look at what I'm becoming, I'm kicking down bad streets, bad streets, bad streets
I'm kicking down bad streets, just look at the game I'm running, I'm kicking down bad streets, bad streets, bad streets
I'm kicking down bad streets, I'm kicking down bad streets

Rock And Roll Suspension (Lyrics: DB / Music: TB, WC)
(©1982, Spring Session M, 1982 & 1995)

So she says that you need too much attention, what is the answer to this rock n' roll suspension?
Will you remain alone to spend your old age pension, to reconcile with the hours of school you spent in detention?
When she is gone, where will you regain this adoration? now what will you declare to be your destination?

Can you depend on your reflection to disguise your love contamination? (shadoop!) do do-do do-do ooh! (shadoop!) do do-do do-do!

So she says that you need too much attention, what is the answer to this rock n' roll suspension?
Do you examine your projections based on the impulses of your impressions?
Just know only you will live your reputation, will be the culmination be perfection?

Can you depend on your reflection to disguise your love contamination? (shadoop!) do do-do do-do ooh! (shadoop!) do do-do do-do!

(Too much attention) too much attention (this rock n' roll suspension) so she says (too much attention) this rock n' roll (this rock n' roll suspension) su su su su suspension (too much attention) what is the answer? (this rock n' roll suspension) to this rock n' roll suspension (too much attention) it's rock n' roll (this rock n' roll suspension) it's rock n' roll, rock n' roll, rock rock!

No Way Out (Lyrics: TB / Music: TB, WC)
(©1982, Spring Session M, 1982 & 1995)

No way! No way out! No way! No way out!

I'm watching all my friends searchin' so desperately, they think they know, but they don't really see
They can't find peace of mind, they're wasting all their time, lookin' for something that they'll never find
I face the music n' dance, be what I have to be, there's no escaping from it now for me
Who cares what it all means? 'Cause there can be no doubts, you won't find me searchin' for an easy way... out!

No way! No way out! No way! No way out!

Everyone's so afraid in this atomic age, can't seem to handle living day to day
Becoming so confused, they don't know what's in view, they seek escape in everything they do
I've had my fill of kicks, I'm tired of drugs and sex, and I don't worry 'bout what's happenin' next
Who cares what it all means? 'Cause there can be no doubts, you won't find me searchin' for an easy way!

I'm not searchin' for a way out, I'm not searchin' for a way out (I'm not searchin' for a way out) you won't find me searchin' for an easy way! (I'm not searchin' for a way out) all you wanna do is seek escape escape escape!

No way out, no way out, I know (no way out) there's no way out for me I know (no way out) just what I have to be (no way) no way out (no way) no way out, days go by (no way out) it's getting late, don't you know (no way out) you're tempting fate (no way) no way out (no way) no way out

Rhyme & Reason, 1984 / 2000
(Lyrics from lyric sheet of cassette, all ©1984, corrected as recorded)

Closer That You Get, The (Lyrics: TB / Music: DB, TB, WC)
(©1984, Rhyme & Reason, 1984 & 2000)

When you follow your dreams...

You turn to find the light has faded, you wonder what it was you were reaching for
How quickly you have lost your way, it's always when you think you've got it made
You take one step after the other, at times you may not know which way to go
You open one door just to find another, someday you will begin, begin to know

They told you, they told you, you didn't listen to a word they said
It takes so long to remember, but then how quickly we forget
The closer that you get (the closer that you get) the harder that it seems (the harder that it seems) you never know what's next (you never know what's next) when you're following your dreams (when you're following your dreams)

Dreams, find you, when you follow, falling, dreams, remind you, in tomorrows, calling (you never know what's next)

You take one step after the other, at times you may not know which way to go
You open one door just to find another, someday you will begin, begin to know

They told you, they told you, you didn't listen to a word they said
It takes so long to remember, but then how quickly we forget
The closer that you get (the closer that you get) the harder that it seems (the harder that it seems) you never know what's next (you never know what's next) when you're following your dreams (when you're following your dreams)

(You never know what's next, you won't ever know what's next, you won't ever know what's next, you won't ever know what's next [repeats continually as she sings]) When you follow your dreams, when you follow your dreams (you won't ever know...)
(The closer) the closer that you get (the harder, you never) you never know what's next (when you follow, the closer) the closer that you get

Give (Lyrics: DB, TB / Music: TB, WC, PO)
(©1984, Rhyme & Reason, 1984 & 2000; Best of Missing Persons, 1987)

When's the last time you really touched someone? How did it feel?
Did it surprise you when you found yourself unselfish? Did it seem unreal?
The pressures everywhere, everywhere around you, beckon you to turn the other way
But I say the results are superficial, there's only one way to play

Give, when you have anything at all to give, you have everything to live for (give all you've got to give)
After you've given all you can, give again, give again, give again (repeat)

Put your head where your feet are going, 'cause the good outweighs the bad
It's you that should be, you should be knowing, it's for what you give, not what you have
When it seems you, you can't give enough, realize it's the good you do it for
So when the going gets a little bit tough, you've got to give a little bit more

Give, when you have anything at all to give, you have everything to live for (give all you've got to give)
After you've given all you can, give again, give again, give again

When you're looking for an answer, nothing seems to fit, don't give up
You've got to let your heart become the mirror of your mind, give in
Don't wait for something to cause you reason, set your goal let your mind follow through
When you feel something to believe in, you'll make all your dreams, all your dreams come true

Give, when you have anything at all to give, you have everything to live for (give all you've got to give)
After you've given all you can, give again, give again, give again (guitar solo, then repeat)
(Give all you've got to give) you've got to give, you've got to give, you've got to give (repeat to fade)

Now Is The Time (For Love) (Lyrics & Music: TB)
(©1984, Rhyme & Reason, 1984 & 2000)

You're so seriously in need, you're so seriously in need
We're going nowhere, not convinced there's something wrong, as if it's all a dream
Try to deny the facts, and truth and understanding aren't as close as they seem
We lock ourselves inside a mask of apprehension to black all we see
Confused disguises, dreams, we hide behind, not knowing what we believe

Now is the time, now is the time for love, now is the time, now is the time for love, for love

You're so seriously in need, you're so seriously in need
We play with reasons to delay the situations that could bring us love
Life is too short, life holds no answers to the questions which we won't ask enough
We stand before ourselves and look beyond the mirror, shatter all the past
We can awaken hopeful, dreaming of a future that will bring love at last

Now is the time, now is the time for love, now is the time, now is the time for love, for love, for love, for love

Now is the time (I really mean it when I say to you) now is the time for love (love is the answer) now is the time (much more than anything we say or do) now is the time for love (we've got to live)
For love, for love, for love, for love...for love

Surrender Your Heart (Lyrics: DB, TB, WC, PO / Music: TB, WC, PO)
(©1984, Rhyme & Reason, 1984 & 2000)

It's not my imagination, it's a no win situation, there's no way to get away from, from my love
I've got you cornered with my devotion, I've got you captured by emotion, it's impossible to go on without love

Surrender your heart to me, surrender your heart to me, surrender your heart, why can't you see it's the only way that it can be? surrender your heart, I don't know why, but you never give in to me

My decision is a strong one, and I know that I can hold on, how much longer can you go on without love?

Surrender your heart to me, surrender your heart to me, surrender your heart, why can't you see it's the only way that it can be? surrender your heart, I don't know why, but you never give in to me
Surrender your heart...surrender your heart...surrender your heart (repeat to fade)

Clandestine People (Lyrics: TB / Music: TB, WC)
(©1984, Rhyme & Reason, 1984 & 2000)

Sweeping all the dirt under the rug, never let you know just what they're thinking of
What they do behind closed doors, hiding all the things that you've been waiting for

Clandestine people you're so surreptitious, clandestine people you're so very suspicious

All your vicious sneaking around, putting up a front so that the truth can't be found
Someday soon you'll make a small slip, and be forced out in the open 'spite of all your trips

Where are all your secrets right now? Curiously tucked beneath your furtive brow
What is it you're trying to hide? Someday it will eat you all up inside

Clandestine people you're so surreptitious, clandestine people you're so very suspicious
Clandestine people you're so surreptitious, clandestine people you're so very suspicious
Clandestine people, surreptitious, clandestine people, clandestine people, very suspicious, clandestine people, clandestine people, clandestine people, surreptitious

Right Now (Lyrics: DB, TB / Music: TB)
(©1984, Rhyme & Reason, 1984 & 2000; Best of Missing Persons, 1987)

You've got that look in your eye, the one that makes me wonder why
You could be wanting and needing, but then again these feelings, could it be I'm dreaming?
It's in the way that you stand when you're near to me, it's in the tone of your voice when you talk to me
Or could it be that I'm the one that's wanting you, and I really want you to want me too?

'Cause right now, I'm only guessing, so let me know, right now, don't keep me guessing

Imagination maybe, seems like it's running away with me
So make it clear for my sake, this is no time for mistakes, please don't hesitate
At times you seem to let on and then you pull away, just give me some kind of chance, I know you wanna play
Or could it be that I'm the one that's wanting you, and I really want you to want me too

Right now, I'm only guessing, and right now, I don't know if you're for real, so let me know
Right now (right now) don't keep me guessing (don't keep me guessing) I need to know right now (right now) show me the way you feel

Right now (right now) don't keep me guessing (don't keep me guessing) I need to know right now (right now) show me the way you feel

Imagination maybe, seems like it's running away with me
So make it clear for my sake, this is no time for mistakes, please don't hesitate
At times you seem to let on and then you pull away, just give me some kind of chance, I know you wanna play
Don't you know that I'm the one? don't you know that I'm the one? don't you know that I'm the one? don't you know that I'm the one?
Don't you know that I'm the one that's wanting you, and I really want you to want me too?

Right now (right now) I'm only guessing, and right now (right now), I don't know if you're for real (I don't know if you're for real) So let me know right now (right now) don't keep me guessing (don't keep me guessing) I need to know right now (right now) show me the way you feel (show me the way)

Right now (right now) right now (right now), right now

All Fall Down (Lyrics: DB, TB / Music: TB)
(©1984, Rhyme & Reason, 1984 & 2000)

There's nothing you can do, what they tell you isn't true, can't find any answers
And then who do you trust? protect yourself you must, but should you be getting involved?
It's getting so involved, it's getting so involved

Is this some foreign game? Are they the ones to blame? Will you ever find out?
Do you really want to know? Could you continue if it shows you're not as right as you think you are?
Are you right or are you wrong? Are you right or are you wrong?
It isn't making any sense, Must we use the ultimate defense or watch the dominoes around us all fall down?

The situation's pressed, all you do is guess, they've got you into a corner
While the others thrive, by spreading 'round the lies, you can't let it get to you
You can't let it get to you, you can't let it get to you

All the things that people say, obstacles put in your way, don't let them make you quit
When your back's against the wall, and no one hears the call, you've got to fight for yourself
It isn't making any sense, they'd like to think that you believe the things you read
Must we use the ultimate defense? The picture that they paint is an illusion
Can't let the dominoes around us all fall down, all fall down, all fall down, can't let the dominoes around us, all fall down, can't let the dominoes around us, all fall down, can't let the dominoes around us, all fall down, can't let the dominoes around us, all fall down, can't let the dominoes around us, all fall down

Racing Against Time (Lyrics: TB / Music: TB, WC)
(©1984, Rhyme & Reason, 1984 & 2000)

Plotting, planning, preaching, panning, causing diversion for the pass under the table
Who to know, what to show, where to go, when to blow, be wise to sleep with one eye open if you're able
Running in, running out, running over, you're in doubt, running on a line in a circle 'neath a net
Getting upset , wanting to forget, everything's a threat, feeling something wet, who said it's no sweat?

Racing against time, it's all I do, racing against time, I don't like to (repeat)

The clock keeps ticking, pieces of my life go slipping by
I'm pushing forward, moving backward, and I don't know why
The pressure's building, pressure's making it impossible
Before you know it it's completely uncontrollable
Wheeling, dealing, stealing, squealing, does this kind of life look interesting to you?
Modify, amplify, simplify, intensify, it could be quite confusing just to watch me do what I do!

Racing against time, it's all I do, racing against time, I don't like to (repeat)

It's like I'm living in a situation comedy, they've got me socializing with these absent entities
Even when I'm reasoning in slow decaying orbits, public opinion isn't fast enough to grasp it

Racing against time, it's all I do, racing against time, I don't like to (repeat)
Racing against time, I don't like to, racing against time, I don't like to

Waiting For A Million Years (Lyrics: DB, TB / Music: TB, WC)
(©1984, Rhyme & Reason, 1984 & 2000)

When will there be forgiveness? Are there enough reasons?
I do believe it's possible, we can find peace between us
In the real world all the numbers have no names, real world, notice how the faces change

I've been waiting for a million years, all the promises and all the tears
Patiently waiting as the days go by, still looking for the truth but finding lies

What will bring light to our eyes? When will we hear the laughter?
Can we build hope on promises, here on the edge of after?
In the real world, all the numbers have no names, real world, notice how the faces change

I've been waiting for a million years, all the promises and all the tears
Patiently waiting as the days go by, still looking for the truth but finding lies

I've been waiting, still waiting, I've been waiting, still waiting, I've been waiting, still waiting, I've been waiting for a million years

If Only For The Moment (Lyrics & Music: DB & PO)
(©1984, Rhyme & Reason, 1984 & 2000)

You try to live up to what others believe, till you conquer all your fears and just find what you need
In the time that it takes to settle for less, you could have done with what you thought would be best
You set your ideals with the truth that you see, nothing turns out quite the same as you thought it would be
Counting the times that you've said what you mean, all the reasons to forget what you want to believe

And you know what I'm thinking now, if only for the moment (repeat)

All that you think has meaning for you, excuses are many when you seek what is true
You live in your thoughts and believe you are right, till what you foresee is brought into sight
You set your ideals with the truth that you see, nothing turns out quite the same as you thought it would be
Counting the times that you've said what you mean, all the reasons to forget what you want to believe

All the reasons to forget what you want to believe (repeat to fade)

Action, Reaction (Lyrics & Music: DB, TB, WC)
(©1980, Late Nights Early Days, 1997; Rhyme & Reason re-released CD, 2000)
(taken from Late Nights Early Days (Japan release) liner sheet, contributed by Ramon Gonzalez, minor corrections as recorded)

Action reaction, once you get started you can't stop, action reaction you might think it's new but it's not
Action reaction, the girl knows just what to do, action reaction, she gets some reaction from you.

She's gonna take you by surprise, she's gonna hit you right between the eyes
She'll use her hippest trick, just to make your street slick
Then she'll take you for a ride, she knows how to satisfy, come get your satisfaction

Action reaction, once you get started you can't stop, action reaction you might think it's new but it's not
Action reaction, the girl knows just what to do, action reaction, girl gets reaction from you.

She's gonna take you for a ride, she's gonna drive you real fast
Better than what you planned for, you won't have to beg for more
She's runnin' all the red lights, burnin' straight on through the night, she's your non-stop satisfaction

(Action reaction) gonna put it to you (action reaction) she knows just what to do (action reaction), she'll get a reaction (action reaction) 'cause once you get started she can't stop, she can't stop, she can't stop, she can't stop, she can't stop, she can't stop, she can't stop...can't she can't she can't she can't stop! ....action, reaction

Fight For Love (Music: TB, WC, PO) (copyright record says "Lyrics: TB, WC")
(©1985, released on Rhyme & Reason re-released CD, 2000, incorrectly titled "Fight For Life" according to Warren)
(Instrumental)

Color In Your Life, 1986 / 2000
Official lyrics from Japanese release, contributed by Ramone Gonzalez

Color In Your Life (Lyrics: TB, WC / Music: TB, WC, PO)
(© 1985, Color In Your Life, 1986 & 2000; Best of Missing Persons, 1987)
Sweet scent of a gentle rain, will you ever come again?
Smooth skin, soft and white, we lose ourselves within the night
Dance inside the dreamer's circle, I'm waiting for you, escape the life of black and white, I'm waiting for you
I wanna be the color that's in your life, and you make love electrical, welcome to the festival (repeat)

Facing towards still rose dawn, intuition leads you on
You're all dressed up in dreams, in a liquid limousine
Dance inside the dreamer's circle, I'm waiting for you, escape your life of black and white, I'm waiting for you
I wanna be the color that's in your life, and you make love electrical, welcome to the festival (repeat)

Dance inside the dreamer's circle, I'm waiting for you, escape your life of black and white, I'm waiting for you
I wanna be the color that's in your life, and you make love electrical, welcome to the festival (repeat)
Wanna be, the color, in your life, 'cause you make love electrical, welcome to, welcome to, welcome to the festival
I wanna be the color that's in your life, and you make love electrical, welcome to the festival

I Can't Think About Dancing (Lyrics: TB, WC / Music: TB, WC, PO)
(© 1985, Color In Your Life, 1986 & 2000; Best of Missing Persons, 1987)
I'm a statue in the light, a witness in the empty crowd
Lost in thoughts, shrink by your touch, frozen silent, not a sound
Through the music you can see that by a vision I have captured
The fever of the night is raging, I only dream of what comes after

We know the scheme is in the air, no camouflaged intentions
For starving hearts it never ends, so let's not be pretentious

I can't think about dancing, won't think about, I just think about you (repeat)
I can't think about dancing, won't think about, I just think about you
I can't think about dancing, all I think about is you
I can't think about dancing, I only think about you, just think about you

Like the victim of the nightlife, so compelled to stay around you
Moving in electric silence, wondering what you'll lead me into
We know the scheme is in the air, no camouflaged intentions
For starving hearts it never ends, so let's not be pretentious

I can't think about dancing, won't think about, I just think about you (repeat)
I can't think about dancing, won't think about, I just think about you
I can't think about dancing, all I think about is you
I can't think about dancing, I only think about you, just think about you
Can't think about dancing just think about you, can't think about dancing, just think about you
I can't think about dancing, can't think about dancing, just think about you

No Secrets (Lyrics: WC / Music: TB, WC, PO)
(© 1985, Color In Your Life, 1986 & 2000; Best of Missing Persons, 1987)

One look is worth a thousand words, just one touch and you'll always be there
So good to know the doors are open and we're both free to come and go, we have no secrets
I see clearly through your eyes, I understand when I hear your voice
The walls that stood have now been broken, you look at me and we both know there are no secrets

We have no secrets, we are all as one, what we have between us is forever on and on
No secrets, we are as one, what we have between us is forever on and on

One look is worth a thousand words, just one touch and you'll always be there
So good to know the doors are open and we're both free to come and go, we have no secrets
I see clearly through your eyes, I understand when I hear your voice
The walls that stood have now been broken, you look at me and we both know no secrets, no no secrets

We have no secrets, we are all as one, what we have between us is forever on and on
No secrets, we are as one, what we have between us is forever on and on

One look...is worth a thousand words, one touch...and you'll always be there
So good...to know the doors are open, we're free...free to come and go
No secrets between us, no secrets at all, no secrets between us, no secrets at all
The walls that stood have now been broken, the walls that stood have now been broken, the walls that stood have now been broken, you look at me and we both know
No secrets, no secrets, no secrets, no secrets (repeat to fade)

Flash Of Love (Lyrics: ? / Music: TB, WC, PO)
(© 1985, Color In Your Life, 1986 & 2000)
I feel I was lost, never meant to be found, floating in a rainbow of emotion
Just then an accidental twist of fate, had let me know that it was not too late
And from out of the blue you came into my life, as if I were the only one alive
I have to tell you what you've done for me although I'm inside out, it's just so hard to believe

Quick turn around, I stepped into another room, I'm lost but found, with you I'm in another world (repeat)
In a flash of love you've changed my everything, in a flash of love, you've given me a reason
You turned my world around in a flash of love, in a flash of love, I found something to believe in

When I was alone, I'd be turning the pages, it seemed like the story would never end
Time would come when I could use a change, I'd seen it all, and it all looked the same
I didn't know what to do when I ran into you, looking like a picture of perfection
I've always thought that you'd be hard to find, but looking in your eyes I found no time for surprise

Quick turn around, I stepped into another world, I'm lost but found, with you I'm in another world (repeat)
In a flash of love you've changed my everything, in a flash of love, you've given me a reason
You turned my world around in a flash of love, in a flash of love, I found something to believe in

Sometimes it can happen so fast, quick turn and you step into another room
Blindsight, breaking out of the past, lightning strikes and you know this time it's gonna last
In a flash of love you changed my everything, in a flash of love, you've given me a reason
You turned my world around in a flash of love, in a flash of love, I found something to believe in
In a flash of love (repeat to fade)

Go Against The Flow (Lyrics: TB, WC / Music: TB, WC, PO)
(© 1985, Color In Your Life, 1986 & 2000)
You say you wanna be free, no chains to bind you, just come along with me, don't look behind you
You tried following, didn't get you anywhere, tried to conform to a society that doesn't care
What the other people think doesn't matter at all, no need to feel like your back's against the wall
They don't wanna know, they don't wanna see, faking everything, chasing fantasy
If you wanna be wild, if you wanna stand tall, let's stand together, we can take it all

We can go against the flow 'cause I'll be there beside you, do just what we wanna do
We can go against the flow, the feeling deep inside you, no one can stop us from what were gonna do (repeat)

Sad state of affairs, you've got your future spent, that's why you laugh at those who dare to be different
To close your open mind or try to understand, the answer waits for you but not so close at hand
So many have tried, so many have failed, fallen soldiers lie beside the darkened trail
I can see the sound, I can hear red, I can feel the thoughts deep inside your head
If you wanna be wild, if you wanna stand tall, let's stand together, we can take it all

We can go against the flow 'cause I'll be there beside you, do just what we wanna do
Go against the flow, the feeling deep inside you, no one can stop us from what were gonna do (repeat)

Visions of blindness, conformity, rage in your head (spoken: Visions of blindness, conformity, rage in your head)
But life without choice isn't living when freedom is dead (spoken: But life without choice isn't living when freedom is dead)
You wanna be wild (spoken: you wanna be wild), you wanna stand tall (spoken: you wanna stand tall)
Let's stand together, we can take it all!

Be there beside you, I'll be there to guide you, to take you anywhere, you know how much I care (repeat)
Go against the flow, go against the flow, go against the flow, go against the flow
Tall, wild, stand tall, be wild, stand tall, be wild, from our feelings, from inside

Boy I Say To You (Lyrics: ? / Music: TB, WC, PO)
(© 1985, Color In Your Life, 1986 & 2000)
A lasting impression isn't something you can ignore
Having had you once makes me only want you more
If I ever had the chance, I guess I wouldn't give it another thought
Something should have been said and you gave me silence instead

What I say, you don't wanna hear, what I do, you don't wanna know about
And it's you that I that I had to have, never knew it would be too much to ask
I need to know the way that you feel (you feel), is this for real? 'cause boy I say to you
Don't try to hide your feelings inside (inside), open your eyes, 'cause boy I'm sayin' to you

A lasting impression isn't something you can ignore
Yes, I've had you once, but I won't have you anymore
If I ever had the chance, I guess I wouldn't give it another thought
A love without a past, and the memories don't always last

Don't you know to speak when you're spoken to? Won't you let me know what you're gonna do?
This is not a game or a fantasy, how could you be so blind when it comes to me
I need to know the way that you feel (you feel), is this for real? 'cause boy I say to you
Don't try to hide your feelings inside (inside), open your eyes, 'cause boy I'm sayin' to you
I need to know the way that you feel (you feel), is this for real? 'cause boy I say to you
Don't try to hide your feelings inside (inside), open your eyes, 'cause boy I'm sayin' to you

Come Back For More (Lyrics: ? / Music: TB, WC, PO)
(© 1985, Color In Your Life, 1986 & 2000)
Come back, come back for more, come back, come back for love, come back, come back for more, come back

Like the image in the mirror over your shoulder as you stare
See a shadow of painted lust, turn away, she won't be there
Warm sheets and empty champagne, through the hotel drapes streams daylight
Burning the candle at both ends, can what feels so good turn out right

Come back for more, come back for love! Are you caught off guard? Is this more than you wanted?
Come back for more, come back for love! It's not just an affair, this love has got you haunted

As the feeling of desire was only instinct to begin with
So the yearning yields to love, you can't turn away from it
And the parting at the doorway, is innocence and childlike love
Needing and wanting never to leave, exactly what our dreams are made of

Come back for more, come back for love! Are you caught off guard? Is this more than you wanted?
Come back for more, come back for love! It's not just an affair, this love has got you haunted

Gotta come back back, gotta come back for more, gotta come back back, gotta come back for love (repeat)
Come back for more (back for love) come back for love (come back for love come back for love) come back for more (back for love) come back for love (repeat to fade)

They promised you roses, all you got were promises
What you believed in everyone else, you forgot about yourself
You took what you needed, and it didn't even seem to help
Now what you're looking for, you thought you had, before it all began to melt

Like the light of day (like) (I can see) I can see through you and all you say
(Even if you) even if you try to get away, the final escape will bring you face to face

Haven't you noticed? You've made a bargain you can't break
You thought it was freedom, now you find you're a shadow in an empty space
The house on the corner, at the end of an old familiar street
Someone is waiting and it's understood, this game is only played for keeps

(from lyric sheet - - ??): You can live and you can learn, which way it will turn, and the secret reasons why hide behind your eyes

Like the light of day (like) (I can see) I can see through you and all you say (even if you) even if you try to get away, the final escape will bring you face to face, the final escape will bring you face to face, the final escape will bring you face to face...face to face, it will find you face to face, to remind you, face to face, it will find you, face to face, to remind you, face to face (repeat to fade)

We Don't Know Love At All (Lyrics ? / Music: TB, WC, PO)
(© 1985, Color In Your Life, 1986 & 2000)
Ooh...ooh, ooh...ooh, ooh...ooh, ooh...ooh
When needless words are spoken, the patience pushed too far, self-restraint is broken, as if all love has left my heart
And standing in a face off, the blood is pounding red, we switch the course from 'seek to find' to 'losing it' instead

We surely don't know love at all, the callers many, but so few the doors are open to
No one to catch you when you fall, cemented in your reason? Will your precious pride protect you now?

The thoughts are born, the words are spoken, the many promises are broken, I'm sure we don't know love at all
We can't see clearly through the rage, we yield to pressures, come of age, we surely don't know love at all,
Oh...oh, oh

Ooh...ooh, ooh...ooh
Fire in our anger, like a lesson we forgot, is forcing us relentlessly to be all that we are not
It's not my real nature, it's not what I want to own, but it always brings me to my knees before I'll let it go

Ooh...ooh, we surely don't know love at all, ooh...ooh, we surely don't know love at all
Surely don't know love, surely don't know love, surely don't know love at all (repeat 3 times)

Thoughts are born, words are spoken, and many promises are broken, ooh oh oh
Can't see clearly, through the rage, yield to pressures, come of age, ooh oh oh
Surely don't know love, surely don't know love, surely don't know love at all (repeat)

Ooh...ooh...

Hot To Cold (Lyrics: TB / Music: TB, WC, PO)
(©1985, released on Color In Your Life re-released CD, 2000) (According to Warren, the liner notes to the Color In Your Life CD are incorrect - Terry sings this vocal, not Warren)

Have things changed, my love? My instincts tell me you don't love me anymore
It's not the same, details warn my ears, all the subtleties have gone
As we awaken from this dream, are we still dreaming?
Have we forgotten all that once held the meaning?

Has time changed our love from hot to cold? (repeat twice)
Has time changed our love (time changed our love) time changed our love (time changed our love)

No time left in our lifetime, time passes so quickly
So quickly the seasons they, change as winter comes from autumn
Things have changed, my love, no need to tell me, you don't love me anymore
You're not to blame, time holds the reasons why, these things were planned so long before
There are no answers in the answers to the questions
Questions fall beneath the power of suggestion

Time has changed our love from hot to cold (repeat twice)
Time has changed our love (time's changed our love), time's changed our love (time's changed our love)

Time has changed our love from hot to cold (repeat)
(Time has changed!) time has changed (our love) our love from hot to cold (time has changed our love)
(Time has changed!) time has changed (our love) our love (time's changed our love), time's changed our love (time's changed our love)

Money, secret ways, one step closer to the edge, the pleasure and the pain, screaming, silent shout, where and when can we connect so we can take it out? This is so real! So real! This is so real, this is what the facts are, so real! Everything I asked for!

I'm the one that you want, I'm the one that you need, I'm the one that you want, I'm the one that you love...I'm the one

Your two eyes cut like a razor, Show me what's behind them, and do us both a favor, Illusion will disappear, Let me listen to your heart and tell you what I hear This is so real! So real! This is so real, this is what the facts are, so real! Everything I asked for!

I'm the one that you want, I'm the one that you need, I'm the one that you want, I'm the one that you love, I'm the one that you want, I'm the one that you love, I'm the one that you want, I'm the one that you love...I'm the one

Feels so real, feels so real, feels so real, feels so real, feels so real, feels so real

I'm the one that you want, I'm the one that you love, I'm the one that you want, I'm the one that you love, I'm the one that you want, I'm the one that you love, I'm the one that you want, I'm the one that you love...I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one that you love, I'm the one that you need, I'm the one that you want, I'm the one that you need

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