Livin' on a razor's edge
sharper than a knife
surrender to the power of wedge
keep running for your life
you don't need no periscope
you won't need second sight
it'll come at you so fast my friend
it's thank you and goodnight.

Chorus:
Caught in the river
you can't stop the flood
that's the power of money, paper blood.

Ambition flies on silver wings
searching for a crown
king of kings, they pull the strings
until they run you down
no matter what you've undergone
the measure of success
is how much you can charge it on
American Express.

Chorus

You don't need to drive a car
and you don't need a house
and you don't need a guiding star
when living like a mouse
in the presidential suite
they'd rather see you burn
ducking and diving just to make ends meet
to the point of no return.
 

She looked at me across the room
emerging from a silk cocoon
alone beneath Venetian chandeliers
against the moon her body rocks
her eyes were cunning like a fox
the wings of passion fly on all frontiers.

From this fire there's no returning
no escape your heart is burning
love becomes a lethal weapon
no one is too smart
in affairs of the heart.

Now upon the bridge she waits
dreaming of our tangled fates
her face was like a ghost with eyes of jade
I fell just like a falling star
a victim of this coup d'etat
I could not see behind this masquerade.

Be careful where you start
in affairs of the heart.

Sometimes I think I'll never learn
were all those promises in vain
do the wings of fire still remain.

All is fair in love and war
the tender draw the shortest straw
like autumn leaves they vanish in the air
is this the time we say goodbye
I call her room there's no reply
tonight we end this fleeting love affair.

From this fire there's no returning
no escape your heart is burning
love becomes a lethal weapon
sharper than a dart
in affairs of the heart.
 

In this our life on earth
another dawn we face
is this the moment of truth
for the whole human race
is that the last man down
is that the last life laid to waste
we must find in our hearts
each and every dream we've misplaced
before heaven cries tears
on the mountains we climb.

Chorus:
Farewell to arms
rest in peace
may the reign of freedom be released.
Farewell to arms
we just can't walk away
we're all sharing this earth at the end of the day.

So when the cold winds bite
and when the mad dogs speak
however dark is your night
just keep turning your cheek
cause when the last shot's fired
it is then the world will be free
and still we are asking
just how long it will be
though we're blown by the crosswinds
we stand like a tree.

Chorus

Down this road we've wandered for so many years
with every step we take
we can tear down all frontiers, make no mistake.
 

I was walking on this station
I could see somebody lying on a chair
I went over to him
I said, hey man, what are you doing there
and have you got a smoke
I said you'd better come in out of the rain
before you get yourself soaked.

No one can feel inside
how deep the oceans, heartaches hide.

Chorus:
So stand on me, I'll catch you falling
you can stand on me and I'll help you find a way
stand on me, I can see our ship turning
stand on me, we're sailing on the wind of better days.

And they accuse you when you're over and out
ulterior motives, that's what it's all about
it's just human nature, they try to make you flinch
but we're takin' the higher ground inch by inch
no one cal feel inside
how deep the oceans, heartaches hide.

Chorus

And if you tumble when the snowflakes fall
(this is a jungle, it's not a waterfall)
from where you're standing you can't get no change
they keep moving the target clean out of range.
 

First time when you looked at me
you tried to hide but I could see
a special beauty in your eyes
passion flying like a spark
like an arrow to the mark
I feel it sting my jealousy.

Before you know there's footprints in the snow

Desire like a river flows
where it comes from no one knows
love just like a flower grows
and then God only knows
it comes down like guillotine.

Now I feel the rain
of love torn by a hurricane
one night eclipsed the sun
how deep still waters run.

How deep they go like footprints in the snow

Take my love into your breast
commit my spirit to the test
you will see him like a knight
his armour gleams
we'll fly upon his angel's wings
above the clouds in rainbow rings
we can sail a ship of dreams.

Chorus:
If you will take my hand
we can cross this desert made of sand
we can break in through the ice
and feel the wind of paradise
we'll feel it blow our footprints in the snow.

Anytime you feel alone
just raise your hand, pick up the phone
take in my number, there I'll be
if one day your stars won't shine
I will give you some of mine
cause they could fall so easily.

We both know there's footprints in the snow