Lines of a tale Cut in the face of a crowd, sentenced no veil There in the night Deep in the back through the black beckons a life Time moving in a straight line And then at a whim, a change in the wind A story begins in its mind For deep in her eyes hidden the lies Of the dark leaving marks, sparks She has been steel Standing there looking so tight, caught in high heel One of a kind The kind of the girl that only a dream could design Time seen through glasses of wine Never reveals the why or the when How the story will end as you find Deep in her eyes hidden the lies Of the dark leaving marks, sparks Come on conjure up a reason for living Take me round and around and around and around and again Come on do it in the name of living For if not tonight, tell me when For if not tonight, tell me when Come on do it in the name of living For if not tonight, tell me when For if not tonight, tell me when Hearts can confuse That messed up bundle of nerves that tends to bruise Still, lay it bare It's better to bleed than to bleed and never have dare Chance, a move based on a glance A move based on no more than feel In this unreal circumstance For deep in her eyes hidden the lies Of the dark leaving marks, sparks Come on conjure up a reason for living Take me round and around and around and around and again Come on do it in the name of living For if not tonight, tell me when For if not tonight, tell me when For if not tonight, tell me when