CURTIS STIGERS

CURTIS STIGERS

CURTIS STIGERS (1991)

  1. Sleeping With The Lights On
  2. I Wonder Why
  3. You're All That Matters To Me
  4. The Man You're Gonna Fall In Love With
  5. People Like Us
  6. Never Saw A Miracle
  7. I Guess It Wasn't Mine
  8. Nobody Loves You Like I Do
  9. I Keep Telling Myself
10. Count My Blessings
11. The Last Time I Said Goodbye

CURTIS STIGERS

CURTIS STIGERS

1. SLEEPING WITH THE LIGHTS ON

My ghosts and monsters
They wake me every night
Sharp teeth and bad breath
Whispering your name

I'm not quite lonely
Feels more like scared to death
Your memory haunts me
When I put myself to bed

I've been sleeping with the lights on
Talking in my sleep
And waking to an empty home
I've been sleeping with the lights on
Since you've been gone

Bela Lugosi
And Boris Karloff too
Make such strange bedfellows
But how do they know you

They'll stay for hours
They'll haunt me all night long
Talk about your new love
'Til the crack of dawn

I know you're not to blame
For the shape I'm in
It's the nature of the beast
But how do I explain
When it's time to love again
The monsters are real...

2. I WONDER WHY

Love is a hunger
That burns in my soul
But you never notice the pain
Love is an anchor
That won't let me go
I reach out to hold you
But you push me away
You always convince to stay

And I wonder why
We hold on with tears in your eyes
And I wonder why
We have to break down to just make things right
And I wonder why
I can't seem to tell you goodbye
Yeah, I wonder why

I'm no angel
With my selfish pride
But I love you more everyday
Love is an anger
That builds up inside
As the tears of frustation
Roll down my face
Why does love always have to turn out this way

I don't want to fight again tonight
About the little things please baby
I just want to find my way
Back to love
And I'll need you there, baby.

3. YOU'RE ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME

I make mistakes like any man
But I try to love you best I can
I can't convince you
Though, heavens knows I try
I've tried to make you see
To make you believe

You're all that matters to me
The ground that you walk
The air that you breathe
Someday you'll discover
I son't want no other
Believe me
You're all that matters, baby
All that matters to me

I know that you've been hurt before
But that won't happen anymore
Just give your heart to me
I'll guard it with my life
I don't know what I'd do
Baby, without you

People looking for paradise
Well, baby, I know that I found mine
And if you don't believe it, baby
Take a look at the love in my eyes
Oh I'll be with you, baby
'Til the end of time
I'll be alright, baby
Just as long as you're mine.

4. THE MAN YOU'RE GONNA FALL IN LOVE WITH

I'll bet I can describe
The man you're gonna fall in love with
He's all the things I'll never be
To you
I know he's all in my mind
The man you're gonna fall in love with
But he's real enough to steal your heart
No matter what I do

The man you're gonna fall in love with
After you leave me

He'll love you strong
He'll love you sweet
The man you're gonna fall in love with
He'll bave the money in the bank
And wash the dishes, too

I keep comparing myself
To the man you're gonna fall in love with
But I know I'll never measure up
To half the man he'll be for you

I know it's premature
But I hate that bastard
Whoever he is
And I'll hate him more
When you're his.

5. PEOPLE LIKE US

Baby I know
You hear a lot of talk
About the bad times ahead
That I'm the wrong kind of man
What you need is a doctor
Or a lawyer instead
Well I know that I'm not made of money
And God knows I'm a fool
But you know that I'll always be there for you

People like us got no business in love
Yeah that's what the people say
But people like them got nothing better to do
Than chase our dreams away
Well I've finally found you and I won't let go
They say it's never gonna last
But baby, what do they know
When they say
People like us got no business being in love

Baby I know
Things may not get better
Before they get worse
They've all got their reasons
Whe we can't survive
The'll quote you chapter and verse
Wall I know that this life isn't easy
And God knows times are hard
But you know that I'll always take care of you

I wanna made make them all look foolish
And in the end
We're gonna make them eat their words

Well I've finally found you and I won't let go
They say it's never gonna last
But baby, what do they know
When they say
People like us got no business
People like us
People like us got no business being in love.

6. NEVER SAW A MIRACLE

Seen a light divine
Seen water turn to wine
Seen healing hands and walking on the water
I've knelt in churches
But that was all just fruitless searches
For something to believe in
And I thought i'd seen it all

But I never saw a miracle
'Til baby I found you
I prayed I'd find my heaven
Then all my prayers came true
No I never saw a miracle
I was blind but now I see
The miracle is the love you give to me

Seen a flower bloom
And a man walk on the moon
But I never seemed to find sweet inspiration
Seen the stars fall from the sky
And heard a newborn baby cry
And felt the warmth of human kindness
'Til the tears came to my eyes

I've never been a winner
And God knows I'm a sinner
But I found my salvation in you
Oh, I was lost until you found me
Put your loving all around me
Gave me back my faith
And my strenght to carry on
And no baby I believe.

7. I GUESS IT WASN'T MINE

How can you blame me for
The way I never felt before and
All the mistakes that I made
It's just that I was so in love
I couldn't keep you close enough
I held too tight to the reins

Can't keep a moment from passing by
Love's not a thing that you own

Oh, I
I guess it wasn't mine
I didn't mean to lose the love
It took so long to find
I guess it wasn't mine

I wore your heart upon my sleeve
A prize for all the world to see
A child's dream of soul possession
The thought of ever letting to
Was more than I could bear, you know
I just thought of my protection

Love is a gift that you give away
It's not a thing that you own

I could drive myself crazy
Tear myself down
But things will be different
Next time.

8. NOBODY LOVES YOU LIKE I DO

I'm choking back the anger
As I'm hanging up the phone
You just called let me know you're doing fine
Another civil conversation
I never raised my voice
I just bit my tongue and swallowed my pride

As angry as I am
I'll never let you see
Cause there's always the chance
You'll come back to me
Nobody loves yuo like I do

It's a lonely life you're living
Though you never would admit
it's not easy loving more than just one man
You've got lovers at the office
And boyfriends on the coast
And a friend who's just a casual thing

The grass is always greener
'Til you reach the other side
You'll search and you'll search
But in time you'll find
Nobody loves you like I do

I wish you'd tell me where I went wrong
How could you walk out on me
Now all I have are these telephone calls
Where I never say exactly how I feel

There's never been a moment
Since the day you walked out
That I haven't felt the pain of losing you
But every time you call me
I just say that I'm alright
I never let the loneliness shine through

But if you ever get the feeling
That you want to settle down
Just call out my name
And I'll be around
Nobody loves you like I do.

9. I KEEP TELLING MYSELF

It's the time of the night
When they turn on the lights
And lovers go out like we used to do
And here I am again I find myself alone
It's no one's fault know nobody's but my own
I won't listen to the part of me
The part of me that holds me and won't let go

I keep telling myself it was not meant to be
I keep telling myself but my heart disagrees
No matter how many times
That I keep telling myself
I know I know there's nobody else

And at the end of the night
When they turn out the lights
And lovers go home like we used to do
I walk the empty streets I don't know where to go
Without you being there the house is not a home
But I'll keep on walking until I can't hear
The part of me that says that - that says I'm wrong.

10. COUNT MY BLESSING

There's bills to pay
And trains to catch
And my socks just never seem to match
But I'm alright
And every night I lie awake
And I think I've taken all thatt I can take
But I'm alright
Just when I think that I'll break
From all the bending I take
The thought of you pulls me through

Oh, and then I count my blessings
Count up all my dreams come true
I'm gonna count my blessings
And when I count my blessings
They all add up to you

Every night the news is bad
While the rich get richer and the poor get had
But I'm alright
The threat of war is in the air
While the wise men try to lead us there
But I'm alright
And just when all hope is lost
Too many rivers to cross
I come running to you.

11. THE LAST TIME I SAID GOODBYE

The first time I said goodbye
I thought I'd lost my heaven
And so I came running back to you
And I made a vow to myself
I'd never lose you again
THe first time I said goodbye

The first time you broke my heart
I never saw it coming
I was as blind as a fool in love can be
And I made a vow to myself
You'd never hurt me again
The first time you broke my heart

Hey, wait a minute, baby
I'm always walking out that door
I stand the pain for a little while
And then come running back for more
So this is it, baby
Yet another sad farewell
I can't stand to live without you, baby
But living with you is a living hell

The last time I said goodbye
You told me, go and good riddance
Knowing that I'd come back to you
But I made a vow to myself
I'll never go back again
The last time I said goodbye.

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