[ti:YOU WRITE THE BOOK]
[ar:Rick Springfield - Jeff Silverman]
[al:From The Vault]
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[00:00.00]YOU WRITE THE BOOK - Rick Springfield/Jeff Silverman
[00:19.07]Oh ya look at him and see a tortured man
[00:22.90]A man with a plan you both cried as it all fell apart
[00:30.66]Yeah it broke his heart
[00:34.17]You held him close and tried to heal his wounds
[00:37.60]But he pushed you away
[00:39.46]Something good switched off in his heart
[00:45.29]Yeah in his heart
[00:48.80]And all that's precious is a stranger now
[00:52.94]He's gonna drag you down into his fire
[00:57.21]Afraid to leave but you're going nowhere
[01:01.33]Like climbing mountains as they just get higher
[01:05.26]You write the book
[01:07.07]Turn over the page
[01:09.15]You say that you're trapped
[01:10.94]Baby you built the cage
[01:13.39]Yeah you write the book
[01:15.21]Gotta pick up your pen
[01:16.99]With all the love in your heart
[01:19.35]Start living again
[01:22.65]You write the book
[01:30.83]I don't know who taught you in your life
[01:33.76]Who told you this was right to take all
[01:37.16]That a bad man can give
[01:41.37]That's no way to live
[01:45.25]It makes me sad to see what he does to you
[01:48.46]It makes me sadder still just to see what you let him do
[01:55.97]What you let him do
[02:00.08]He's so angry he knows you can take it
[02:04.07]He lashes out and he makes you pay
[02:08.41]He doesn't know who he's fighting anymore
[02:12.80]It's a battle ground unless you say
[02:16.54]You write the book
[02:18.33]Turn over the page
[02:20.36]You say that you're trapped
[02:22.16]Baby you built the cage
[02:24.55]Yeah you write the book
[02:26.35]Gotta and pick up your pen
[02:28.22]With all the love in your heart
[02:30.49]Start your living again
[02:33.71]They'll make it sound so easy
[02:37.97]I don't know what's at stake
[02:41.76]The first step is always the hardest
[02:45.46]To walk away
[02:48.08]But that's the one you gotta take
[03:07.27]Don't be fighting in his dirty war
[03:11.13]You're not his prisoner lying helpless on the floor
[03:15.06]You write the book
[03:16.97]Turn over the page
[03:19.03]You say that you're trapped
[03:21.05]But you built the cage
[03:23.33]You write the book
[03:25.23]So pick up your pen
[03:27.38]With love in your heart
[03:28.98]You can start living again
[03:31.94]You write the book
[03:33.73]Turn over the page
[03:35.78]You say that you're trapped
[03:37.35]But baby you built the cage
[03:39.86]Yeah you write the book
[03:41.92]Gotta pick up your pen
[03:43.58]With all the love in your heart
[03:45.96]Start living again
[03:48.53]You write the book
[03:50.50]Turn over the page
[03:52.53]You say that you're trapped
[03:54.01]But baby you built the cage
[03:56.64]Yeah you write the book
[03:58.54]Gotta pick up your pen
[04:00.32]With all the love in your heart
[04:02.49]Start living again
[04:05.28]You write the book
[04:07.12]Turn over
[04:08.85]You write the book
[04:09.52]You say that you're trapped
[04:11.30]But you built the cage
[04:12.31]You write the book
[04:14.43]You write the book
[04:15.88]Pick up your pen
[04:16.68]You write the book
[04:18.50]You write the book
[04:20.04]Start living
[04:20.74]You write the book
[04:22.70]You write the book
[04:24.03]Turn over
[04:25.06]You write the book
[04:26.34]You say you're trapped
[04:27.99]But you built the cage
[04:29.17]You write the book
[04:31.08]You write the book
[04:32.36]Turn over
[04:33.19]You write the book
[04:34.97]But you say you're trapped
[04:36.06]You write the book
[04:37.56]You write the book