
Date of issue: 28.02.1975
Song language: English
Between the Lines |
There’s never much to say between the moments of |
Our games and repartee |
There’s never much to read betweeen the lines of |
What we need and what we’ll take |
There’s never much to talk about or say aloud |
But say it anyway |
Of holidays and yesterdays, and broken dreams |
That somehow slipped away |
In books and magazines on how to be and what to see |
While you are being |
Before and after photographs teach how to pass |
From reaching to believing |
We live beyond our means on other people’s dreams |
And that’s succeeding |
Between the lines of photographs I’ve seen the past -- |
It isn’t pleasing |
So strike another match |
We’ll have another cup of wine |
And dance until the evening’s dead |
Of too much song and time |
There’s never much to speak about |
Or read between the lines |
Of what we dream about |
When we’re apart |
And no one’s looking on |
To say you’re mine |
It was a good year then, it was a good year then |
We all remember |
The time you threw the looking glass and seemed a fool |
Or very clever |
Don’t spoil it all, I can’t recall a time when you were |
Struck without an answer |
We’ll live a quiet peaceful time between the lines |
And go together |
And I’m striking up the band to play our last hurrah |
We’ll dance until we’ve killed another evening off |
Don’t think of anyone but me |
I’ll have no lovers on the side |
Tonight is all we’ve ever dreamed about |
For once let’s get it right |
We’ll go down flying in the end |
Through another bottle in between the lines |
I’ll go down like a ship of state |
Let’s be gracious now |
Between the lines |
Name | Year |
---|---|
Sweet Misery | 1967 |
In the Winter | 1975 |
Breaking Silence | 1993 |
Stars | 1974 |
Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye | 2007 |
Have Mercy, Love | 1979 |
Dead Men Walking | 2004 |
Streetlife Serenaders | 1978 |
My Mama's House | 1978 |
Hopper Painting | 1978 |
I Need to Live Alone Again | 1978 |
Silly Habits | 1978 |
The Bridge | 1978 |
Some People | 1978 |
Tonight Will Last Forever | 1978 |
That Grand Illusion | 1978 |
Pick Yourself Up ft. Cy Coleman, Janis Ian, Gerry Mulligan | 1987 |
Mountain Greenery ft. Cy Coleman, Janis Ian, Gerry Mulligan | 1987 |
New York State of Mind ft. Cy Coleman, Janis Ian, Gerry Mulligan | 1987 |
House Without a Heart | 1997 |