A Short Album About Love

Feb 1997

A Short Album About Love is the fifth studio album and features the single: Everybody Knows (Except You).

In Pursuit Of Happiness Hey, I'm not the type to say one thing and do another And if it's all right, I'd kind of like to be your lover 'Cause when you're with me I can't help but be So desperately uncontrollably happy! And hey, I'm not the kind to fall in love without good reason And if that's a crime then baby I'm committing high treason 'Cause when you're with me I'm absolutely And totally, quite uncontrollably happy! And hey, I'm not so blind that I can't see where we're all going And it's no fault of mine if humankind reaps what it is sowing Just as long as we are together forever I'll never be anything other than happy! Hey, don't be surprised, if millions die in plague and murder True happiness lies beyond your fries and happy burger

Everybody Knows (Except You) Everybody knows that I love you Everybody knows that I need you Everybody knows that I do, except you I told the stars above About the one I love I told the morning sun Yeah I'm telling everyone I told my mum and dad They seemed to understand And I'll get through to you If it's the last thing that I do Everybody knows that I love you Everybody knows that I need you Everybody knows that I do, except you Everybody knows that I live for you Everybody knows that I adore you Everybody knows that it's true, except you I told all of my friends Again and again and again I drove them round the bend So now you're my only friend I told the passers by I made a small boy cry And I'll get through to you If it's the last thing that I do 'Cause everybody knows that I love you Everybody knows that I need you Everybody knows that I do, except you I'm going crazy baby What do I have to do? You know I love you baby Maybe you love me too Everybody knows that I live for you Everybody knows that I adore you Everybody knows that it's true, except you Except you, except you, except you How come everybody knows, except you? Oh everybody knows that I love you And everybody knows that I need you Everybody knows that I do, except you

Someone Someone I once knew Told someone like you "Love is just a word" Now I'm not so sure that's true Someone made me see How someone like me Needn't be so closed Just 'cause they once chose to be I need to be someone's somebody Someone heard my call When I was all at sea Someone rescued me When my life was all but through Someone made me feel Like someone really cares I hardly even dare To believe it's real, it's really true I need to be someone's somebody

If... If you were the road I'd go all the way If you were the night I'd sleep in the day If you were the day I'd cry in the night 'Cause you are the way, the truth and the light If you were a tree I could put my arms around you And you could not complain If you were a tree I could carve my name into your side And you would not cry, 'Cause trees don't cry If you were a man I would still love you If you were a drink I'd drink my fill of you If you were attacked I would kill for you If your name was Jack I'd change mine to Jill for you If you were a horse I'd clean the crap out of your stable And never once complain If you were a horse I could ride you through the fields at dawn Through the day until the day was gone I could sing about you in my songs As we rode away into the setting sun If you were my little girl I would find it hard to let you go If you were my sister I would find it doubly so If you were a dog I'd feed you scraps from off the table Though my wife complains If you were my dog I am sure you'd like it better then You'd be my loyal four legged friend You'd never have to think again And we could be together till the end

If I Were You (I'd Be Through With Me) If I were you I'd look at me And fail to see the things I see in you If I were you And if I were you I wouldn't let the shit you get from me Get the better of you If I were you Don't you ever wonder why I could never make you cry? Well, if I were you I'd ride away To a pasture new where I could graze On the grass so succulent and sweet If I were you I'd be through with me If I were you I wouldn't need To always read the magazines that I do They make me blue So if I were you I'd make the break Before I take my frustrations out on you Just break on through Don't you ever, in your dreams, take a lover and make her scream? Well, if I were you I'd ride away To a pasture new where I could graze On the grass so succulent and sweet If I were you I'd be through with me Well, if I were you I'd ride away To a pasture new where I could graze On the green, green grass of virgin country I'd live real fast and die real young You see if I were you I'd end my days In a field of stupid sheep Just grazing the grass so succulent and sweet If I were you I'd be through with me

Timewatching When I fall asleep it could be forever So I'll never fall asleep again When I fall apart put me back together And my life will be complete Maybe it's tonight Maybe tomorrow night Next week, next month, next year We've only time to fear When I fall behind in the quest for pleasure I shall treasure this short time with you We shall not be chained We shall not be tethered And we'll never be unkind Maybe it's tonight Maybe tomorrow night Next week, next month, next year We've only time to fear When I fall in love it will be forever So I'll never fall in love But the moment I can feel that you feel that way too Is when I might fall in love with you Fall in love with you

I'm All You Need Don't look a horse in the mouth Don't let a frog get you down Dragging you round like a dog on a lead I'm all you need Baby I'm in love with you And my love could go on and on Maybe you could love me too And our love could go on and on So don't look a horse in the mouth Don't let a frog get you down Dragging you round like a dog on a lead I'm all you need Baby I'm in love with you And my love could go on and on Maybe you could love me too And our love could go on and on But don't look a horse in the mouth Don't let a frog get you down Dragging you round like a dog on a lead Now baby, I'm all you need Baby I'm in love with you And my love could go on and on Maybe you could love me too And our love could go on and on and on and on...