IMAGINATION

        Brian Wilson


        Producer: Brian Wilson and Joe Thomas
        Released June 16, 1998
        Album Archive entry
        Guitar tabs


        1. Your Imagination
        2. She Says She Needs Me
        3. South American
        4. Where Has Love Been?
        5. Keep An Eye On Summer
        6. Dream Angel
        7. Cry
        8. Lay Down Burden
        9. Let Him Run Wild
        10. Sunshine
        11. Happy Days



        YOUR IMAGINATION
        (Brian Wilson/Joe Thomas/S.R. Dahl)
        New Executive Music/On The Fox Music, Inc

        Another car running fast
        Another song on the beach
        I take a trip through the past
        When summer’s way out of reach
        Another walk in the park
        When I need something to do
        And when I feel all alone
        Sometimes I think about you
        You take my hand
        Smile and say you don’t understand
        To look in your eyes
        And see what you feel
        And then realize that nothing’s for real
        ‘Cause you know it’s just

        Your imagination running wild

        Another bucket of sand
        Another wave and the pier
        I miss the way that I used
        To call the shots around here
        You know it would’ve been nice
        If I had something to do
        I took a trip through the past
        And got to spend it with you
        You take my hand
        Smile and say you don’t understand
        To look in your eyes
        And see what you feel
        And then realize that nothing’s for real
        ‘Cause you know it’s just

        Your imagination running wild



        SHE SAYS THAT SHE NEEDS ME
        (Brian Wilson/Russ Titelman/Carole Bayer Sager)
        New Executive Music/Ruse By The Sea/All About Me Music

        She says that she needs me
        And I guess I need her too
        ‘Cause I can’t keep wonderin’
        Why I feel the way I do
        Baby, if you don’t stop crying
        I’ll just want to die
        But it’s too late and you know
        There’s nothing here for you and I

        Chorus:
        Sorry baby, I just can’t stand it
        It didn’t work out the way planned it
        I don’t know whether we’re going to be together
        And sorry baby, it’s time we said good-bye

        She says that she’s sorry
        And I guess I’m sorry too
        But baby I’m wonderin’
        When I was lonely, where were you
        Baby, if you don’t stop crying
        I’ll just want to die
        But it’s too late and you know
        There’s nothing here for you and I

        Chorus

        She says that she loves me
        And I’m not sure that’s really true
        Because if she loves me
        I wouldn’t feel the way I do
        Baby, if you don’t stop crying
        I’ll just want to die
        But it’s too late and you know
        There’s nothing here for you and I

        Chorus



        SOUTH AMERICAN
        (Brian Wilson/Joe Thomas/Jimmy Buffett)
        New Executive Music/On The Fox Music/Coral Reefer Music

        Got a letter from a long lost cousin of mine
        Who owns a little piece of heaven in the Argentine
        It’s a different planet, it’s a different place
        He calls it out of this world without traveling to space

        It’s not just a lesson in geography
        No equation to unravel algebraically
        It’s written in the wind and on the tropical sea
        From south of the equator it keeps callin’ to me

        South American well you know I would
        South American if I only could
        I wanna be, I wanna be going back

        You only get to heaven if you chase your dreams
        Let the paparazzi flash, let the tabloid scream
        I’ve been around too long to care what anyone says
        I’m hungry and I’m doing lunch with Cameron Diaz

        South American she’s got that tango look
        South American she’ll read you like a book
        I wanna be, I wanna be going back

        It rolls off my tongue like a magical phrase
        A simple translation this message conveys
        Gimme that, gimme that South American girl

        I wanna be, I wanna be where it’s at
        South American I’m not on some trip
        South American I just long for a ship
        A sailing boat or anything that floats
        Going back



        WHERE HAS LOVE BEEN
        (Brian Wilson/Andy Paley/J.D. Souther)
        New Executive Music BMI/WB Music Corp/Satellite Six Songs/ASCAP

        I’ve been places I can barely talk about
        Sunny days that died away in tears
        Tumbling like a leaf out on the sea of doubt
        I’ve seen nights that seem to last for years
        I know that even if I tried
        I couldn’t hide my love inside
        It’s plain to see
        That I’ve been looking everywhere
        But somehow no one seemed to care

        Chorus:
        Where has love been
        Where has our love been
        All my life

        Now and then it seems as though you get it right
        Some is never worse than none at all
        Making love can always get you through the night
        But true love’s there to catch you when you fall
        I know that even if I tried
        I couldn’t hide my love inside
        It’s plain to see
        That I’ve been looking everywhere
        But somehow no one seemed to care

        Chorus

        I’m in love and I know it was meant to be
        Close your eyes and dream with me again
        Dream again



        KEEP AN EYE ON SUMMER
        (Brian Wilson/Bob Norman)
        Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc

        We said good-bye last September
        Your words I still can hear
        Keep an eye on summer this year
        Keep an eye on summer

        Those things I say in my letters
        You’ll find them most sincere
        Keep an eye on summer this year

        Soon we’ll be graduating
        And we’ll be so far apart
        And though you could be dating
        I’m waiting and waiting

        And as we look at the future
        Though it be through a tear
        Keep an eye on summer this year



        DREAM ANGEL
        (Brian Wilson/Joe Thomas/Jim Peterik)
        New Executive Music/On The Fox. Inc BMI/Jim Petrik Music ASCAP

        I’m holding you as you sleep
        I get this feeling of peace
        I know that you’re going to be all right
        ‘Cause heaven is in my arms tonight
        And I know that someday girl
        You’ll be the one to change the world
        Believing and seeing your wishes all come true

        Chorus:
        So dream angel through the night
        You can fly forever, never wonderin’ why
        Dream angel in my arms
        With just one smile you can take my heart away

        I’ll do the best that I can
        And hope that you’ll understand
        But baby, we’re going to be OK
        We’ll weather the storm along the way
        And someday when I am gone
        You’ll have the strength to carry on
        Believe me and feel me I’m always by your side

        Chorus



        CRY
        (Brian Wilson)
        New Executive Music, BMI

        You touch my heart
        You touch my soul
        When I heard you cryin’
        You broke my heart
        Broke it in two
        How could I have left you alone

        A silly quarrel
        That’s what we had
        Then I heard you cryin’
        You broke my heart
        Broke it in two
        How could I have left you alone
        Like that to cry
        She seemed so fragile
        I really should have cared
        And that sent her cryin’
        You broke my heart
        Broke it in two
        How could I have left you alone
        Like that to cry



        LAY DOWN BURDEN
        (Brian Wilson/Joe Thomas)
        New Executive Music/On The Fox Music BMI

        So many years spent running away
        How many times I wished I could stay
        Too much emotion a hole in my heart
        Feeling alone since we’ve been apart
        And if I had the chance
        I’d never let you go
        Just want you to know

        Chorus:
        Lay down lay me down
        Lay me down
        Lay down burden

        How many things I wanted to do
        How many times spent thinking this through
        So many nights spent here by the phone
        Wonderin’ if you felt just as alone
        And while some things have all been
        Crazy from the start
        It’s tearing me apart

        Chorus

        Just remember the way I held you
        You’re always in my heart

        Chorus



        LET HIM RUN WILD
        (Brian Wilson/Michael Love)
        Irving Music. Inc BMI

        When I watch you walk with him
        Tears fill my eyes
        And when I heard you talk with him
        I couldn’t stand his lies
        And now before he tries it
        I hope you realize it

        Chorus:
        Let him run wild he don’t care
        Let him run wild he’ll find out
        Let him run wild he don’t care
        I guess you know I waited for you girl

        He’ll do the same with other girls
        As he did to you
        Then one day he’ll run into one
        That’s going to hurt him too
        Before he makes you over
        I’m going to take you over

        Chorus

        All the dreams you shared with him
        You might as well forget
        Because I know a truer love
        and that’s what you’ll get
        And now that you don’t need him
        Well he can have his freedom girl

        Chorus



        SUNSHINE
        (Brian Wilson/Joe Thomas)
        New Executive Music/On The Fox Music

        You shouldn’t be afraid to call
        I really wouldn’t mind at all
        Here’s my number, number one
        Dial it honey, let’s have some fun
        Oh yeah, oh yeah

        Chorus:
        Sunshine
        Can’t get enough sunshine
        I’m following the sunshine
        Beating down on me

        I never even mind the rain
        But life’s really driving me insane
        Here’s my story, sad but true
        Things are better when skies are blue
        Oh yeah, oh yeah

        Chorus

        Baby don’t be afraid to call
        Baby don’t be afraid at all



        HAPPY DAYS
        (Brian Wilson)
        New Executive Music BMI

        Dark days were plenty
        Never ending sorrow
        Only the past with
        Uncertain tomorrow
        Oh God the pain
        That I’ve been going through
        Raining in my heart
        To my emotional rescue

        I used to be
        So far from life
        No one could help me
        Not even my wife
        Oh God the pain
        That I’ve been going through
        Raining in my heart
        To my emotional rescue

        Happy days are here again
        The sky is blue and clear again
        Everybody I talk to
        Says, man, you’re looking cool

        Nature oh nature is slow to heal
        Nature oh nature please let me feel
        When he was….

        Oh my gosh happy days are here again
        I can see the twinkle in the people’s eyes
        Goodbye blues, happy days are here again
        Spread it good




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