You hold in your hand a diamond

The left holds it tight

You hold in the hand our love

You let it fall from the right

I feel for the love and it cost me

Another painful night

This time I'm afraid you've lost me

And without a fight

Girl it's so strange now my life's rearranged

How you want to say goodbye again oh oh

Girl it's so strange how your feelings can change

Are they real are they only pretend

Oh girl

I don't need you

I never wanna see you

Do you understand

And now that you have my heart

You walk away

One thing we never learned

Was how to make love stay

Love is a lethal weapon

If you use it wrong

You carry with you my affection

But as two we don't belong

You held in your hand a diamond

The left held it tight

You held in your hand our love

It fell from the right

In closing I remind you

Don't be callous with the heart

Love is just one step behiond you

You'll wait for it if you're smart

Close

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

1985 ©Primary Wave

how could i be taken so bad baby

how could i be taken

was i taken

must a been mistaken about you maybe

i was mistaken

was i mistakin'

heat for love cause i'm in a hurry

had enough of heartache and worry

we were really somethin'

i can see you racin' away like thunder

i can see you racin'

who are you racin'

you know i'll be chasin'

cause i'm your hunter

you know i'm chasin'

i will be chasin'

you, the best, i know what i'm after

takin' less and still gettin' much more

you are really somthin'

don't tell me we have nothing

cause i know what i know

don't tell me we have nothing

where you go i go

you want competition it's getting clearer

you want competition

i'm competition

one step from a vision and getting nearer

one step from a vision

you shift your vision

lookin' back to see if i'm still there

eyes that flash and fill me with laughter

we are really somethin'

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

1985 ©Primary Wave

There's a time I wish I could remember

the more I try it's harder to find

it's a feelin' I know

that's burnin' in my soul

I wanna be there all of the time

I laugh when I hear you talkin'

cause it's a sound that reminds me

of a warmth I miss so much

I felt it in your touch

a love so strong, a light that blinds me

I feel so much

feel so much love in the touch

When the city closes in around me

and my friends are nowhere around

eyes don't meet face to face

it's lonely in this place

I miss you girl, I miss my hometown

No matter where I wander

in my mind I have your picture

but what I need the most

wanna hold your body close

you always carry me back there

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam/T. Bell)

1985 ©Primary Wave

You're the kind who makes my head spin

You're the kind who can't stop movin'

When you love when you love

You love it when you win

When you lose sometimes you lose

Just to prove it

I'm the kind who does not give in

Don't get in my way when I'm groovin'

Cause I know when I'm down

And when I'm still fallin'

When I fall sometimes I fall

Just to prove it

Kissing falling flying

These are all the same

Kissing falling flying

Do you know what I mean

Kissing falling flying

Just to say your name

Kissing falling flying

Now do you feel the same

You're the one I want to love me

You told me yourself you don't wanna be lonely

And you know when you fall

You'll come lookin' for me

Cause when we kiss

You know we'll fly

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

1985 ©Primary Wave

Bare shadow of a moon

Sends traces of light across my room

Long ago on a night like this

There was passion and love that I miss

Now you're out there runnin' around

It's beginning to wear me down

My heart so full of you

My mind unaware of your point of view

I remember we lay on the bed

I remember the words you said

I will love you from now on

I assumed I would be the only one

'Cause I loved you then and I love you now

But with my eyes wide open

If I knew you then like I know you now

Before those lies were spoken (before this heart was broken)

No future plans would be allowed

I would've loved you just for fun

From now on

Forever and always

You can run

But you can't have it both ways

I will see you one more time

Don't try to explain you can't change my

All the damage has been done

No matter who lost or who won

I will love you from now on

I won't forget about you when you're gone

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

1985 ©Primary Wave

'til we met was down

I couldn't imagine

love again with no one

you found me cryin'

when you smiled and touched my hand

my cares went flyin' by

you make me want to try

be my baby

say that you'll be my baby

be my baby

say that you'll be my baby

my friends say there's this girl

and you're seein' so much of her

that don't change the way I feel

but I need to get your answer

could that light in your eyes

be shinin' for me

do I have a chance with you?

tell me that you'll be mine

be my baby

say that you'll be my baby

be my baby

say that you'll be my baby

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

1985 ©Primary Wave

You say you like to rock 'n roll

Makes you crazy when it moves too slow

You're not lookin' for a hand to hold

Never found a love that moved your soul

And if you did you wouldn't let it show

I don't mind

I've got time

You know I've been watching you

One day you will shine

'Cause I've been watching you

Do you know what I see

In your eyes oh oh oh

I see fire I see love

In your eyes

I think you see me through a tiger's eye

Afraid I'll chain you up and tame your style

Don't wanna claim you or call you mine

Wanna love you

See more of you

How much runnin' can you do

When your road gets rough

I'll be right here for you

Do you know what I see

In your eyes oh oh oh

I see fire I see love

In your eyes

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

1985 ©Primary Wave

i can't talk about you

it hurts my head

my world took a strange turn

since you left

where have you gone to

lost the thread

someone must'a stole you...no trace yet

i wish you were here

to read to me

to laugh with me

why do you haunt me

i wish you were here

i wish you were here

i wish you were here

to rock me

police tried to press me

was there a fight

stripped down my memories

took all night

i told them i love her

i would not lie

you've got to find her

i might spend a lifetime

in suspense

no story unwinds

no evidence

your face in the papers

front page news

disappeared into vapors

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

1985 ©Primary Wave

Pictured scenes of long ago

Lookin’ bright and full of hope

Time must have cast this shadow

Cause when I see your face up close

Missing pieces telescope

I was carefree and unconfined

A shooting star that would always shine

Now I can’t free my mind

Of the love I left behind

Swept away on the wings of time

Pieces of my life

Are all I have

They’re only pieces are they lost forever

And I want you back

I’d like to run right back to you

That’s the one thing that I can’t do

It broke my heart to choose

And left my senses so diffused

I did not see what I stood to lose

Girl on a a swing

Girl with a toy

Girl with a smile

Girl with a boy

(George Merrill /Shannon Rubicam)

1985 ©Primary Wave

Late one night in a small seaside village in the Middle East, a boat of terrorists landed on the beach and raided a nearby apartment building, waking the sleeping residents with gunfire and killing the two young daughters and husband of one very special woman. Both she and one of her daughters had premonitions of this event. This song is inspired by her deep loss and by her strength to carry on. Amid the misunderstandings of hate and anger we are doubly touched by the courage and power of love.

Premonitions come alive

you dream you fear you wait

bullets crack the silent night

no one lies where loved ones lay

though the wounds have bled dry

healed and gone away

sorrow sleeps in your eye

and watches by the gate

Tore me up with your eyes

shut me down with what you said

struck the mask where I hide

shot the pain straight through my head

you wished to live a simple life

and watched it fall apart instead

you said nobody has the right

Something tells me you will make me

give my heart away

something tells me you will make me

They took away my flesh and blood

I still hear those cold hearts beat but

love will not be driven from me

love will not be driven from me

People like me fear to lose

the ones we call our own

and death has seldom been so close

to lay our children in the ground

but in the deepest part of you

a mother's love is still so strong

you promise life and love will keep you

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

1985 ©Primary Wave