Paula Abdul

Alright Tonight

Paula Abdul


you came down 
a twisted up road 
you've been traveling 
for light years 

you got here the same time 

those tears found their way 

down your face 
i fought with the laws tooth and nail 
and i traveled by night, dear 

you're a sight for sore eyes i've been looking all over the place 

up where the angels sigh
down where the dreams get smashed on the rocks 
you and i 

wait to begin again 
lifted above by a love 
that does not end 

[chorus:] 
i'm alright tonight 
i'm alright 

you're alright tonight 
you're alright 

we're alright tonight 
it's alright tonight 

you picked up some pieces of light 
as you broke through the speed of sound 

i was rockin' around in my own two-dimensional way 

now when i hear that jet engine blow 
then i know you are leaving town 

baby, i'd follow you to the edge of it all, anyway 

up where the kingdom comes 
down where the streets take the breath of another young gun 
love is a whispered prayer 
shot like a spark through the heart 
of dark despair 

[chorus]

i don't regret any nineteen-year-old indiscretions 
i can still fit both my feet in my mouth, anyway 
but these days i'm just not as willing to nurse the obsession 
(no no no)

if the doc says it's got to come out 
then i'm happy to pay 

[chorus x2]