Love With My Eyes Closed
(M. Bolton/W. Afanasieff/B. Mann)

I close my eyes
And now I pray
That you are out there
Doing the same.

Come far to touch
To stand alone
And each new vision
To find its home.

I've seen beauty in the mountains
I've seen rivers 'neath the sea
I've seen light on the horizon
shining down all over me

I've seen beggars turn to rich men
Seen the birth of my own child
I don't wanna find this feeling
just to let it go

Wanna love with my eyes closed
Wanna feel you inside my soul
Want your warm body next to me
So I can feel what my heart knows
Wanna love with my eyes closed

Deep in my mind
I touch your skin
To risk our emotions
On ice so thin

Will you love me
When I am old?
When I'm no longer
Too strong to hold?

I've seen beauty in the mountains
I've seen rivers 'neath the sea
I've seen light on the horizon
Shining down all over me.

I've seen beggars turn to rich men,
Seen the birth of my own child,
I don't wanna find this feeling
just to let it go.
Wanna love with my eyes closed,
Wanna feel you inside my soul
Want your warm body next to me
So I can feel what my heart knows,
Wanna love with my eyes closed,
Wanna live in the afterglow,
Wanna trust that I can believe
Everything that my heart knows.
Wanna love with my eyes closed.

I don't wanna find this feeling
Just to let it go.
Wanna love with my eyes closed.
Yeah,
Want your warm body next to me
So I can feel what my heart knows
Wanna love with my eyes closed
Wanna live in the afterglow.
Wanna trust that I can believe
Everything that my heart knows,
Wanna love with my eyes closed
Ohhhhh


Center of My Heart
(M. Bolton/W. Afanasieff/B. Mann)

How do I begin to say?
Words are not enough to show you
How I really feel.
And all that matters now
Is knowing you are here.

I can show you night and day
And hold you til the end of all tomorrows disappear
Now it’s all so clear.

What a fool I would have been
If I never let you in,
Inside of me
So faithfully you stood by me.

Started with a leap of faith
Took me to a higher place
Though I wasn’t ready to believe
You were there to reach inside of me.

I thank you for the love you gave.
For every step along the way
You taught me to believe again,
And baby, that’s the hardest part.
It’s all because you took the journey,
Journey to the center of my heart.

Lookin’ back I had to laugh
Thinkin’ how I walked the earth so proudly on my own,
While deep down I was scared of being alone.
Somewhere down that lonely path
You appeared with love to follow
Anywhere I go.
How did you know
That you could turn my world around?
This place I never would have found
Without you I would spend my life
Afraid to fly.

Started with a leap of faith.
You took me to a higher place
And though I wasn’t ready to believe,
You were there to reach inside of me.
I thank you for the love you gave.
For every step along the way
You taught me to believe again,
Baby, that’s the hardest part.
It’s all because you took the journey,
Journey to the center of my heart.

What a fool I would have been
If I never let you in
Inside of me, so faithfully
You stood by me.

Started with a leap of faith
Took me to a higher place
Wasn’t ready to believe
You were there to reach inside of me.
Thank you for the love you gave
For every step along the way
Taught me to believe again.
Baby, that’s the hardest part.
All because you took the journey.
Every step that brought you to me,
And you new it from the start,
On your journey to the center of my heart.
I thank God you took the journey
To the center of my heart.


To Feel Again
(M. Bolton, D. Child, G. Burr)

I know I owe it to a moment of weakness
Finally realized I’m not so strong
Told my heart I’d had enough
Swore I’d close the door on love
But baby you proved me wrong

Now I remember what it’s like to hurt so deep inside
Thought I’d never wanna know
Til you brought me back to life.
It’s been forever since I loved somebody
Til I cried.
Because of you, because of you
I can feel again, I can feel again.

My heart was going through the motions of beating
While I was faking every breath I’d take
You taught me with a single kiss
A simple truth I almost missed
What good’s a heart that can’t break?

Now I remember what it’s like to hurt so deep inside
Thought I’d never wanna know
Til you brought me back to life.
It’s been forever since I loved somebody
Til I cried.
Because of you, because of you
I can feel again, feel my life begin.
Put an end to all this emptiness and let you in.
Took me long enough but now that I know
Never gonna let this feeling go
Oh baby,

Now I remember what it’s like to hurt so deep inside
Thought I’d never wanna know
Til you brought me back to life.
It’s been forever since I loved somebody
Til I cried.
Because of you, because of you
Baby everywhere you touch me
Makes my senses speak
Now I dream in living color
Since you woke me from my sleep

The more you feel
The more I wonder where the hell I’ve been
Because of you, because of you
I can feel again, I can feel again.
I can feel.


This is the Way
(M. Bolton/A. Goldmark)

Your heart is my need
And I love what it means to succeed
‘Cause your faith is my prize
I love your feeling me
It’s what keeps me alive
Hold on til forever is gone
Let’s hold on til whatever it takes
To go on and on and on, oh baby.

This is the way that we live.
This is the world where our dreams survive.
Fight for the love that we give.
All that we make
It’s all in the way that we live.
The way that we live.

And my dream can fly
In your arms, there’s no earth, no sky.
Just one truth, no lies
And there’s no distance between us
Just trust in our lives.

Hold on til forever is gone
Let’s hold on til whatever it takes
To go on and on and on, oh baby.

This is the way that we live.
This is the world where our dreams survive.
Fight for the love that we give.
The love that we make
It’s all in the way that we live.
The way that we live.

We fill our lives with so much useless information.
The truth is simple as the air that we breathe.
So many souls that need for human affirmation.
But you and I, we choose to believe we are free.

This is the way that we live.
This is the world where our dreams survive.
Fight for the love that we give.
The best that we take,
It’s all in the way that we live.
This is the world where our dreams survive.
Fight for the love that we give.
This is the way that we live.


Simply
(A. Goldmark/M. Mueller/M. Bolton)

I simply love you
I don’t have to ask why
I simply know this
Like the sun knows to shine.
The way you touch me
Is there anything so right?
In the soul and every part of me
I realize

It’s true, I don’t have to think twice,
So true, baby, you’re a fact of life,
Every little thing you say and do
Just breaks me down and brings me back to you

It’s true, there ain’t a doubt in my heart
It’s you, livin’ in the deepest part.
Never gonna be a way around
It all comes down to

I simply need you,
And I want you til I ache.
You made me need you
The choice was never mine to make.
I surrender. I’m just a man with no escape,
‘Cause I’m really not about to live without you, baby.


It’s true, I don’t have to think twice,
So true, baby, you’re a fact of life,
Every little thing you say and do
Just breaks me down and brings me back to you

It’s true, there ain’t a doubt in my heart
It’s you, livin’ in the deepest part.
Never gonna be a way around
It all comes down to

Ain’t got no temptation
To try and solve this mystery.
There ain’t no explanation
Maybe it’s how it’s meant to be

It’s true I don’t have to think twice
So true, ‘cause you’re a fact of life
Every little thing you say and do
Just breaks me down and brings me back to you

It’s true, there ain’t a doubt in my heart
It’s true, I tell you from the deepest part,
Never gonna find a way around
What it all comes down to

So now I’ve told you
What I’ve been feeling all along.
I search for the right way
As if it ever could be wrong
To simply say
All there is to say
I simply love you.

 

Slowly
(M. Bolton/R. Marx/D. Hill)

Slowly, desire fills the room.
Slowly, I feel my soul consumed.
I’m losing myself in you.

Sweetly, a lovers dance begins.
Gently my fingers brush your skin.
Now I found myself in you.

Heartbeat to heartbeat
The night has begun.
Piece by piece, baby,
I come undone.
Slowly.

You’re the sun, my universe,
My every shining star.
I was born to live and die
Right here in your arms.
I want you to need me,
To know you completely.
There is only one way I’ll make love to you.
Slowly.

Slowly,
I’ll let this moment end.
Touch me
Like we’ll never touch again.
I look for my star in you.

Oh, You’re the sun, my universe,
My every shining star.
I was born to live and die
Right here in your arms.
I want you to need me
To know you completely.
There is only one way I’ll make love to you.
Slowly.

Heartbeat to heartbeat, the night has begun.
Piece by piece, baby, I come undone.

You’re the sun, my universe,
My every shining star.
I was born to live and die
Right here in your arms.
I want you to need me
To know you completely.
Tonight there’s only one way I’ll make love to you.

You’re the sun, my universe,
My every shining star.
I was born to live and die
Right here in your arms.
I want you to need me
To know me completely.
There is only one way I’ll make love to you.

So slowly.



I Surrender
(R. Marx/M. Bolton)

A million miles beyond the voice of reason,
That’s where I can be found.
Got me walking with my head in the clouds
My feet well they don’t touch the ground.
I don’t know what you gotten me babe,
But my resistance is gone.
I thought that I was strong.
Baby I was wrong.
‘Cause you call my name
And you turn me around.
As my arms reach out
And the walls come down
I surrender.
I’m a fool in a game
I’ve got no way to win.
Take control of my heart,
I give up, I give in,
I surrender. I surrender
To you.

Heart attracts love’s innocence
With trust engage the truth.
My indifference was my best defense
But I never counted on you.
You got the key to my destiny, babe,
I’m just a willing slave.
I can’t walk away.
No, baby, I can’t walk away.

You just call my name
And you turn me around.
My arms reach out
And the walls come down.
I surrender.
Like a fool in a game
I’ve got no way to win.
Take control of my heart,
I give up, I give in,
I surrender, I surrender.

Here I am trying to hold back the ocean,
Drowning in the sea of desire.
I feel betrayed by my own emotion.
You and my senses conspire.

You just call out my name.
My life won’t be the same.
I surrender.
I’m a fool in a game
I’ve got no way to win.
Take control of my heart,
I give up, I give in,
I surrender. I surrender
To you. I do. I surrender to you.

A million miles beyond the voice of reason,
That’s where I can be found.

Eternally
(R. Marx/M. Bolton)

Tell me something I can say
To make you feel the power of my love for you
Just help me find the way
And every moment, every hour I'll keep trying to

Oh I swear I couldn't take it
If I thought you didn't know
Just how sweet you really made it
Music to my soul

And now beyond all space and time
You live within this heart of mine
And forever with you I will be

Take my heart and take my hand
I'll love you with all I am
When forever's through,
I'll be loving you
Eternally.

Within my dreams I knew you'd come
I knew you long before I ever saw your face.
You are the only one
And no one in this world could ever take your place.

Oh for as long as I am breathing 
Til the stars fall from the sky
You're the one thing I believe in 
For you're the reason why
Far beyond all space and time
You live within this heart of mine
And forever with you I will be
Take my heart and take my hand
I love you with all I am
And when forever's through
I'll be loving you
Eternally.

I'll love you all my life
And there was no time before you
And this fire burning for you will go on.

Far beyond all space and time
You live within this heart of mine
And forever with you I will be.
Take my heart and take my hand
I'll love you with all I am
When forever's through
I'll be loving you
Eternally
Eternally
From now on, endlessly
loving you 
eternally.

All For Love [From the "O Clone Internacional" album]
(Marcus Viana/Michael Bolton)

The night becomes the dawn
To prove that love goes on.
It’s written in the stars and in my heart of hearts
With you is where I still belong.

Through every page we turn,
Each lesson that we’ve learned,
Will finally set us free or bring us to our knees.
But love is right and never wrong.

We know we can say we gave it all.
We gave it all for love.
Each step of the way we gave our soul.
We gave it all for love, all for love.

In silent prayers I pray
What words could never say.
To reach into your heart no matter where you are,
To promise we will find a way.

To walk the road we’ve known,
The road that leads us home.
A million dreams I’ve dreamed in every one I’ve seen
The face of you and you alone.

We know we can say we gave it all,
We gave it all for love.
Each step of the way, we gave our soul,
We gave it all for love. We gave it all for love.

A lifetime goes by so fast
For the secrets that remain
Soon the future becomes the past
When I hold you again. I’m gonna hold you forever.

In silent prayers I pray
What words could never say.
To reach you through the dark,
To reach deep into your heart,
And promise we will find a way.

As night becomes the dawn,
To prove that love goes on.

[These next two lines are on the lyrics sheet but not sung in the song. There is a guitar break instead.]

It’s written in the stars and in our beating hearts,
Together is where we belong.

Through every page we turn
Each lesson that we’ve learned,
Will finally set us free or bring us to our knees,
But love is right and never wrong.

So we give it all for love.