1. THING CALLED LOVE

Don't have to humble yourself to me,
I ain't your judge or your king
Baby, you know I ain't no Queen of Sheba
We may not even have our dignity,
This could be just a powerful thing
Baby we can choose you know we ain't no amoeba.

Are you ready for the thing called love
Don't come from me and you,
It comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine,
Take off your kid gloves
Are you ready for the thing called love
I ain't some icon carved out of soap
Sent here to clean up your reputation
Baby, you know you ain't no Prince Charming
We can live in fear or act out of hope
For some kind of peaceful situation
Baby, how come the cry of love is so alarming.


Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans
And glide off down the lake
Whether your sunglasses are off or on
You only see the world you make.

Are you ready for the thing called love
Don't come from me and you,
It comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine,
Take off your kid gloves.

Are you ready for it
Are you ready for the thing called love
Don't come from me and you,
It comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine,
Take off your kid gloves.

Are you ready for it
Are you ready for love, baby
Oooh yeah babe
Are you ready for love.


2. I CAN'T MAKE YOU LOVE ME

Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me, tell me no lies
Just hold me close, don't patronize, don't patronize me.

CHORUS: Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no you won't
'Cause I can't make you love me, if you don'.


I'll close my eyes, then I won't see
The love you don't feel when you're holding me
Morning will come and I'll do what's right
Just give me till then to give up this fight
And I will give up this fight.

Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no you won't
'Cause I can't make you love me, if you don't.


3. NICK OF TIME

A friend of mine she cries at night, and she
Calls me on the phone
Sees babies everywhere she goes and she
Wants one of her own.
She's waited long enough she says
And still she can't decide
Pretty soon she'll have to choose and it tears her up inside
She's scared, scared she'll run out of time.

I see my folks, they're getting old, I watch their bodies change
I know they see the same in me, And it makes us both feel strange
No matter how you tell yourself, It's what we all go through
Those lines are pretty hard to take when they're staring' Back at you.
Scared you'll run out of time.

When did the choices get so hard?
With so much more at stake.
Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste.
Hummmm, Scared she'll run out of time.

Just when I thought I'd had enough
All my tears were shed
No promise left unbroken,
There were no painful words unsaid.
You came along and showed me
How to leave it all behind
You opened up my heart again and then much to my surprise.

I found love, Love in the Nick of Time.


4. SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT

People are talkin, talkin 'bout people
I hear them whisper, you won't believe it
They think we're lovers kept undercover
I just ignore it, but they keep sayin
We laugh just a little too loud
We stand just a little too close
We stare just a little too long
Maybe they're seeing, somethin we don't, Darlin'

Chorus
Let's give 'em something to talk about
Let's give 'em something to talk about
Let's give 'em something to talk about
How about love?


I feel so foolish, I never noticed
You'd act so nervous, could you be falling for me?
It took a rumor to make me wonder
Now I'm convinced I'm goin under
Thinking 'bout you every day
Dreaming 'bout you every night
I hope that you feel the same way
Now that we know it, let's really show it, Darlin'.

Let's give 'em something to talk about
A little mystery to figure out
Let's give 'em something to talk about
How about love, love, love?

Hooooo

et's give 'em something to talk about
A little mystery won't baby
Let's give 'em something to talk about.

Wooh wooh

How about love?
How about love?
How about love?


5. COME TO ME

All I ever wanted
Was a love to be true
More than just enough to get me by
I want a love to see me through.

I don't need another well spent night
Another clever, sideways glance
I wanna look my baby in the eye
And know there's nothin' left to chance.

So if you're tired of bein' lonely
Beat up and confused
Darlin' there is only
One thing you can do
Come to me
I'll be the one who's waiting
Come to me
I got what you need
Come to me
Won't be no hesitating
I know what you mean to me.

I'm gonna hold out for the one I want
Ain't gonna settle for less
Cause the kind of love I'm lookin' for, baby
You can't fake, you can't finesse.

I ain't lookin' for the kind of man, baby
Can't stand a little shaky ground
He'll give me fire and tenderness
And got the guts to stick around.

So if you're tired of bein' lonely
Beat up and confused
Darlin' there is only
One thing you can do
Come to me
I'll be the one who's waiting
Come to me
I got what you need
Come to me
Won't be no hesitating
I know what you mean to me.


6. NOT THE ONLY ONE

I was in a daze, movin' in the wrong direction
Feelin' that I'd always be the lonely one
Then I saw your face, on the edge of my horizon
Whisperin' that I wasn't the only one
The lonely one.

One chance intervention, see what it can signify
The slightest misapprehension, baby
We'd have passed each other by
When I heard your sweet voice callin'
Saw your light come shinin' through
I couldn't stop my heart from turning
Churnin' out my love for you.

I was in a daze, movin' in the wrong direction
Feelin' that I'd always be the lonely one
Then I saw you face, on the edge of my horizon
Whisperin' that I wasn't the only one
That lonely one.

True love or perfection
It seems like it's overdue
Then just when you least expect it
It comes sneakin' up on you
When I thought that I was dreaming
Felt your body close to mine
Now love takes on a different meaning
Together till the end of time.

I was in a daze, movin' in the wrong direction
Feelin' that I'd always be the lonely one
When I saw your face through the web of my confusion
Whisperin' that I was not the only one baby
The lonely one
Ohh the lonely one
Oooooooo baby.

Huh Not the only one.

Listen baby
Not the only one
I'm not the only one
I'm not the only only one baby
Ooooo I'm not the only one, listen baby
Oooooo I'm not the only one, only only only only
Ohhhh I'm not the only one.