Brand New Day

Album: Brand New Day (1999)
Charted: 13
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  • How many of you people out there
    Been hurt in some kind of love affair?
    And how many times did you swear
    That you'd never love again?
    How many lonely, sleepless nights?
    How many lies, how many fights?
    So why would you want to
    Put yourself through all of that again?

    "Love is pain," I hear you say
    Love has a cruel and bitter way of
    Paying you back for all the faith you ever had in your brain
    How could it be that what you need the most
    Can leave you feeling just like a ghost?
    You never want to feel so sad and lost again

    One day you could be looking
    Through an old book in rainy weather
    You see a picture of her smiling at you
    When you were still together
    You could be walking down the street
    And who should you chance to meet
    But that same old smile you've been thinking of all day, hmm

    Why don't we turn the clock to zero, honey
    I'll sell the stock, we'll spend all the money
    We're starting up a brand new day
    Turn the clock all the way back
    I wonder if she'll take me back
    I'm thinking in a brand new way

    Turn the clock to zero, sister
    You'll never know how much I missed her
    I'm starting up a brand new day
    Turn the clock to zero, boss
    The river's wide, we'll swim across
    We're starting up a brand new day

    It could happen to you
    Just like it happened to me
    There's simply no immunity
    There's no guarantee

    I'll say, "Love is such a force if you find yourself in it, babe"
    Leave some time for reflection, you think
    Baby, wait a minute, wait a minute
    Wait a minute, wait a minute
    Wait a minute, wait a minute

    If you can turn the clock to zero, honey
    I'll sell the stock, we'll spend all the money
    We're starting up a brand new day
    Turn the clock to zero, Mac
    I'm begging her to take me back
    I'm thinking in a brand new way

    Turn the clock to zero, boss
    The river's wide, we'll swim across it
    Starting up a brand new day (it's a brand new day)
    Turn the clock to zero, buddy
    Don't wanna be no fuddy duddy
    We're starting up a brand new day

    I'm the rhythm in your tune
    I'm the sun and you're the moon
    I'm the bat and you're the cave
    You're the beach and I'm the wave (it's a brand new day)
    I'm the plough and you're the land
    You're the glove and I'm the hand
    I'm the train and you're the station
    I'm the flagpole to your nation
    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

    I'm the present to your future (stand up)
    You're the wound and I'm the suture (it's a brand new day)
    You're the magnet to my pole
    I'm the devil in your soul (stand up)
    You're the pupil, I'm the teacher
    You're the church and I'm the preacher (it's a brand new day)
    You're the flower, I'm the rain
    You're the tunnel, I'm the train (stand up)

    All you lovers in the world, yeah
    Stand up and be counted, every boy and every girl
    Stand up all you lovers in the world, yeah, yeah
    We're starting up a brand new day

    You're the crop to my rotation (it's a brand new day)
    You're the sum of my equation
    I'm the answer to your question (startin' up a brand new day)
    If you follow my suggestion
    We can turn this ship around (it's a brand new day)
    You go up instead of down
    You're the pan and I'm the handle (startin' up a brand new day)
    You're the flame and I'm the candle (stand up)

    All you lovers in the world (it's a brand new day)
    Stand up and be counted every boy and every girl (startin' up a brand new day)
    Stand up all you lovers in the world (it's a brand new day)

    (It's a brand new day)
    (It's a brand new day)
    (It's a brand new day) Writer/s: Gordon Sumner
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Bob from Birmingham Michigan The ending is just like AS from Stevie
    Wonder.
  • Bob Young from Farmington, MiNot only is this a great, optimistic song... but the double-entendres at the end are hilarious! Consider some of the following metaphors he used:

    I'm the bat and you're the cave
    You're the beach and I'm the wave
    I'm the plough and you're the land
    You're the glove and I'm the hand
    I'm the train and you're the station
    I'm the flagpole to your nation
    You're the magnet to my pole
    You're the tunnel I'm the train

    Pretty funny, eh?
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