It's just coincidence
Well, you can talk that way
But I have to say, I don't believe in it
But with the chill of chance
I desired to dance the days away

And I wasn't worried at all
Sneaking through, through the back door
No, I wasn't worried at all
Dreams are what you live for

Waiting for the light to turn green
And carry me home
To the kindest eyes that I've ever seen
Carry me home
Well, can you tell me how will it be now?
How will it be?
Can you tell me how will it be now?
How will it be?

Well, we were younger then
And the days were long and slow
But were we wiser then?
I couldn't say, I wouldn't know

But I wasn't worried at all
I had someone to run to
No I wasn't worried at all
I knew which way the wind blew

Picking out the chaos and gloom
Carry me home
I watched the ceiling spin 'round the room
Carry me home
Well, can you tell me how will it be now?
How will it be?
Can you tell me how will it be now?
How will it be?

In a cold world how will it be?
In the real world how will it be?
In the lonely world how would it be?
Will the ghosts just stop following me?

In a cold world how will it be?
In the real world how will it be?
Beg and crawl, how will it be?
Will the ghosts just stop following me?

Oh, now drawn to the sun
He was the only one
He calls out to everyone
For his only son

From the window of my room
I can see the colored moon now
Haunting the look in my eyes now, what will you see?
If you could look into my eyes now, what would you see?
What would you see?
Just coincidence
You can talk that way
It's just coincidence
Well you can talk that way
Don't believe him
Don't believe him


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Tears Lyrics as written by David Fielding Mark Burgess

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    hey fellow hairy man, on the chameleons' website it says that it's about Mark's dear departed pet dog named Sandy. I think it's a beautiful expression of the love between a boy and his dog (Does anybody have kinder eyes than a dog's?). It also makes sense as a song about someone lost to cancer. Really it's just an awesome song about loss and remembrance.

    hairyliberalon March 18, 2006   Link

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