Techno Ted may be a person who caused Chris incredible emotional pain & trepidation as well as moments of peace & happiness but now is removed and awaiting his fate. Darling may be a different person who is also free of him and can live her life free of Ted's tyranny. "In between all the laughing, and daydreams ... lies: a desert of truth" Lies are like a desert or the omission of Truth: Where there were Lies then Truth was absent. The song, "Techno Ted", may be a cathartic celebration of the downfall of this person.
She stood on the tracks
Waving her arms
Leading me to that third rail, shock!
Quick as a wink
She changed her mind
She gave me a night
That's all it was
What will it take until I stop
Kidding myself, wasting my time, whoa
There's nothing else I can do
'Cause I'm doing it all for Leyna
I don't want anyone new
'Cause I'm living it all for Leyna
There's nothing in it for you
'Cause I'm giving it all to Leyna
We laid on the beach
Watching the tide
She didn't tell me there were, rocks
Under the waves
Right off the shore
Washed up on the sand
Barely alive
Wishing the undertow would, stop
How can a man take anymore, whoa
There's nothing else I can do
'Cause I'm doing it all for Leyna
I don't want anyone new
'Cause I'm living it all for Leyna
There's nothing in it for you
'Cause I'm giving it all to Leyna
I'm failing in school
Losing my friends
Making my family loose their minds
I don't want to eat
I don't want to sleep
I only want Leyna, one more time
Now, I'm in my room
Watching the tube
Telling myself, she still may, drop!
Over to say, she's changed her mind
So, I wait in the dark
Listening for her
Instead of my old man saying, stop
Kidding yourself, wasting your time
There's nothing else I can do
'Cause I'm doing it all for Leyna
I don't want anyone new
'Cause I'm living it all for Leyna
There's nothing in it for you
'Cause I'm giving it all to Leyna
All for Leyna
All for Leyna
All for Leyna
All for Leyna
All for Leyna
All for Leyna
Waving her arms
Leading me to that third rail, shock!
Quick as a wink
She changed her mind
She gave me a night
That's all it was
What will it take until I stop
Kidding myself, wasting my time, whoa
There's nothing else I can do
'Cause I'm doing it all for Leyna
I don't want anyone new
'Cause I'm living it all for Leyna
There's nothing in it for you
'Cause I'm giving it all to Leyna
We laid on the beach
Watching the tide
She didn't tell me there were, rocks
Under the waves
Right off the shore
Washed up on the sand
Barely alive
Wishing the undertow would, stop
How can a man take anymore, whoa
There's nothing else I can do
'Cause I'm doing it all for Leyna
I don't want anyone new
'Cause I'm living it all for Leyna
There's nothing in it for you
'Cause I'm giving it all to Leyna
I'm failing in school
Losing my friends
Making my family loose their minds
I don't want to eat
I don't want to sleep
I only want Leyna, one more time
Now, I'm in my room
Watching the tube
Telling myself, she still may, drop!
Over to say, she's changed her mind
So, I wait in the dark
Listening for her
Instead of my old man saying, stop
Kidding yourself, wasting your time
There's nothing else I can do
'Cause I'm doing it all for Leyna
I don't want anyone new
'Cause I'm living it all for Leyna
There's nothing in it for you
'Cause I'm giving it all to Leyna
All for Leyna
All for Leyna
All for Leyna
All for Leyna
All for Leyna
All for Leyna
Lyrics submitted by fletch699, edited by DanVitaleRocks
All For Leyna Lyrics as written by Billy Joel
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