ULTIMATE SURVIVOR – 2004 (Volcano/BMG)

Eye of the Tiger
Poor Man’s Son
Is This Love
The Search Is Over
Burning Heart
First Night
Across The Miles
High On You
Man Against The World
Desperate Dreams
American Heartbeat
Caught In The Game
Didn’t Know It Was Love
Rebel Girl
Summer Nights
Somewhere In America
Rockin’ Into The Night

Song lyrics below.

Eye of the Tiger

Rising up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I’m back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive

So many times it happens too fast
You trade your passion for glory
Don’t lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive

It’s the eye of the tiger
It’s the thrill of the fight
Rising up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor
Stalks his prey in the night
And he’s watching us all with the eye of the tiger

Face to face, out in the heat
Hanging tough, staying hungry
They stack the odds still we take to the street
For the kill with the skill to survive

Rising up, straight to the top
Had the guts, got the glory
Went the distance, now I’m not gonna stop
Just a man and his will to survive

The eye of the tiger
The eye of the tiger
The eye of the tiger
The eye of the tiger

Poor Man’s Son

Baby if you really love me
You had better understand
That the silver in your pocket
Ain’t no measure of a man

And though the fortunes of our fathers
We aspire to rise above
When you’re born into a breed
You’re signed in blood

I’m a poor mans son
Workin’ all night long
Got a bad guitar
And a simple song
You’re a rich mans daughter
Look at what you’ve done
You went and fell in love
With a poor mans son

Baby you were born in splendor
To a house of wealth and fame
Your mother was a spender
And you grew up on a stage

And girl you coulda loved for money
Coulda fooled around for fame
You went and took a chance
On the real thing

And though the fortunes of our fathers
We aspire to rise above
When you’re born into a breed
You’re signed in blood

I’m a poor mans son
Workin’ all night long
Got a bad guitar
And a simple song
You’re a rich mans daughter
Look at what you’ve done
You went and fell in love
With a poor mans son

Is This Love

I’ve heard talk of blind devotion
Lovers through thick and thin
Lives touched with real emotion
Faithful till the bitter end

Now I must admit that the story’s attractive
I’ve lost in far too many affairs
I’ve seen all the pain that the morning can bring

I need to prove to myself
This is more than a crush
Can you convince me
It’s not just a physical rush

Is this love that I’m feelin’
Is this love that’s been keepin’ me up all night
Is this love that I’m feelin’
Is this love

So many nights in blind confusion
I’ve walked the line of love
We reach out in disillusion
When one night isn’t nearly enough

Now I’d like to know that for once in my life
I’m sure of what tomorrow may bring
I’ve heard all your talk
Can I take it to heart

Now look me straight in the eye

‘Cause tonight is the night
We’ve got to ask each other
If the moment is right

Is this love that I’m feelin’
Is this love that’s been keepin’ me up all night
Is this love that I’m feelin’
Is this love

I’ve tread those mean streets
Blind alleys where the currency of love changes hands
All touch, no feeling
Just another one night stand

I need to know that there’s someone who cares
Could you be the angel to answer my prayers

Is this love that I’m feelin’
Is this love that’s been keepin’ me up all night
Is this love that I’m feelin’
Is this love

Is this love that I’m feelin’
Is this love that’s been keepin’ me up all night
Is this love that I’m feelin’
Is this love
Is this love

The Search Is Over

How can I convince you
What you see is real
Who am I to blame you
For doubting what you feel

I was always reachin’
You were just a girl I knew
I took for granted
The friend I had in you

I was living for a dream
Loving for a moment
Taking on the world
That was just my style
Now I look into your eyes
I can see forever
The search is over
You were with me all the while

Can we last forever
Will we fall apart
At times it’s so confusing
The questions of the heart

You followed me through changes
And patiently you’d wait
‘Till I came to my senses through
Some miracle of fate

I was living for a dream
Loving for a moment
Taking on the world

That was just my style
Now I look into your eyes
I can see forever
The search is over
You were with me all the while

Now the miles stretch out behind me
Loves that I have lost
Broken hearts lie, victims of the game
Then good luck, it finally struck
Like lighting from the blue
Every highway’s leading me back to you

Now at last I hold you
Now all is said and done
The search has come full circle
Our destinies are one

So if you ever loved me
Show me that you give a damn
You’ll know for certain
The man I really am

I was living for a dream
Loving for a moment
Taking on the world
That was just my style
Then I touched your hand
I could hear you whisper
The search is over
Love was right before my eyes

Burning Heart

Two worlds collide
Rival nations
It’s a primitive clash
Venting years of frustrations
Bravely we hope
Against all hope
There is so much at stake
Seems our freedom’s up
Against the ropes
Does the crowd understand?
Is it East versus West
Or man against man
Can any nation stand alone

In the burning Heart
Just about to burst
There’s a quest for answers
An unquenchable thirst
In the darkest night
Rising like a spire
In the burning heart
The unmistakable fire

In the burning heart

In the warrious code
There’s no surrender
Though his body says stop
His spirit cries – never!
Deep in our soul
A quiet ember
Know it’s you against you
It’s the paradox
That drives us on

It’s a battle of wills
In the heat of attack
It’s the passion that kills
The victory is yours alone

In the burning Heart
Just about to burst
There’s a quest for answers
An unquenchable thirst
In the darkest night
Rising like a spire
In the burning heart
The unmistakable fire

In the burning heart

First Night

We will remember this first night forever
After all the songs fade away
And the stage fades to gray
And we will remember this first night together
We’ll recall the things that we said
All the foolish dreams in our head
On the night we met
I’m searching your eyes
Have I seen you somewhere
You’re filling my thoughts with a strange intrigue
I rivet my glance to your every movement
I got a notion your love’s in a whole different league
Tell me your name, what’s your persuasion
Your first impression of this whole occasion

And this night shall be the first night
And first nights were made for love
I can taste the action in the air tonight
Hearts are poundin’ as the sparks ignite
And this night shall be remembered
Long after the music’s gone
And we’ll reminisce on the things we said
And we’ll fall in love again

In the air I can sense a strong attraction
Emotions run wild–are we on the verge?
We got a hot-line to satisfaction
I got the answer if you got the urge
My motor is hot, I’m feeling elation
You came in the night with the right temptation

We will remember this first night forever
We’ll recall the things that we said
All the foolish dreams in our head

Across The Miles

When I’m all alone on a distant path
And my ticket home has been torn in half
Oh, I can hear your voice, girl I can feel your touch
Across the miles tonight
On the road again, will it always be
That the dream gets changed on its way to reality
Oh, but the thought of you, strange how it pulls me through
Across the miles tonight
And I am sending you this message through the wires tonight
Just close your eyes and hold on tight
And here I am, concentrating girl with all my might
Now the sound of your laughter trails off through the midnight sky
As the miles go by, cities come and go
When you close your eyes and listen to the radio
Girl, can you hear my song, the signal is clear and strong
Across the miles tonight
And I am sending you this message through the wires tonight
Just close your eyes and hold on tight
And here I am, concentrating girl with all my might
Now the sound of your laughter trails off

High On You

There you stood, that’ll teach her
To look so good and feel so right
Let me tell you about
The girl I met last night

It’s understood, I had to reach her
I let the wheel of fortune spin
I touched your hand before
The crowd started crashin’ in

Now I’m higher than a kite
I know I’m getting hooked on your love
Talkin’ to myself, runnin’ in the heat
Beggin’ for your touch
In the middle of the street

And I, I can’t stop thinkin’ about you, girl
I must be livin’ in a fantasy world
I’m so high on you

Smart and coy, a little crazy
The kind of face that starts a fight
Let me tell you about
The girl I had last night

Piercin’ eyes, like a raven
You seemed to share my secret sin
We were high before
The night started kickin’ in

Now I’m screamin’ in the night

I know I’m getting hooked on your love
Talkin’ to myself, runnin’ in the heat
Beggin’ for your touch
In the middle of the street

And I, I can’t stop thinkin’ about you, girl
I must be livin’ in a fantasy world
I’ve searched the whole world over
To find a heart so true
Such complete intoxication
I’m high on you

There you stood, that’ll teach her
To look so good and feel so right
Let me tell you about
The girl I met last night

Now I’m higher than a kite
I know I’m getting hooked on your love
Talkin’ to myself, runnin’ in the heat
Beggin’ for your touch
In the middle of the street

And I, I can’t stop thinkin’ about you, girl
I must be livin’ in a fantasy world
I’ve searched the whole world over
To find a heart so true
Such complete intoxication
I’m high on you
I’m high on you
I’m high on you

Man Against World

Have you ever walked alone at night
Like a man against the world
No one takes your side
A boat against the tide
When your faith is shaken you start to break
And you heart can’t find the words
Tossed upon the sand
I give you a man against the world
All the people cheer ’til the end is near
And the hero takes a fall
Then they’ll drag you through the mud
You’re only flesh and blood
I have walked the path from dark to light
And they’ve yet to come to terms
Alone I take my stand
I’m only a man against the world

And love, like a distant reminder
It tugs at my shoulder
It calls me home
I shout, can a single voice carry
Will I find sanctuary within your arms
Someday when the answer’s clearer
Someday when I even the score
You’ll reach and you’ll find me near you
Right beside you
Forevermore

But for now I’ll walk the night alone
Like a man against the world
A brand new day will shine
Through the avalanche of time
Now the road’s grown long, but the spirit’s strong
And the fire within still burns
Alone I take my stand
I give you a man against the world

Desperate Dreams

Two dreamers, what would it feel like to meet by light of day
So lonely, wouldn’t if feel right to love this night away
Your name keeps echoing down this wishing well
Wild hearts on an endless flight,
Set free in our dreams tonight

Two souls drawn to the fire in desperate dreams
Two hearts lost to desire’s desperate schemes
One girl lost in a reverie
Lost love found in a memory
Those nights live on forever
Two fools lost in a desperate dream

Torn pages, more than a memory, pieces of the past
One vision, your image keeps haunting me, a love too good to last
Your voice keeps echoing down this wishing well
Wild hearts on an endless flight,
Set free our dreams tonight

One love divided burns brightly through the night
Two dreams united until the morning light

American Heartbeat

The night’s alive with wind and fire

We telegraph our heart’s desire through the night with our eyes.
Wheels are tuniing fast and hard
hearts are burnin’ on the Boulevard.
Hear them pound – young and proud:
It’s the American heartbeat.
Chart the stars and head out for the action

Hit the streets and find some satisfaction.
It’s the American heartbeat
it’s the American heartbeat

Oh
the American heartbeat.
The stage is set
the roles are chosen.
The lights grow hot as the midnight’s closin’ in at last –
It comes so fast.
Poundin’ harder as the midnight’s strikin’

It hits us like a bolt of lightning.
Deeper down
it’s the sound of the American heartbeat.
Chart the stars and head out for the action

Hit the streets an find some satisfaction.
It’s the American heartbeat – young and proud

The American heartbeat – young and proud

American heartbeat
the American heartbeat

It’s the American heartbeat
it’s the American heartbeat

Caught In The Game

You swore you’d never again, let yourself be tempted,
Too many times in the past when you’ve opened up your heart —
You’ve had it broken in pieces, by too many lies,
Still it’s hard to acknowledge the past —
When she flashes those eyes,
Over and over the song skips,
Just as the final refrain fades away —
Like fools we are caught in the game

Caught in the game,
Caught in the game again —
Caught in the game,
Caught in the game

I swore I’d never again catch myself believin’
Too many times I’ve been hurt — and it makes you hard inside
But when I saw you in the city tonight —
Was it just imagination —
Or did your eyes burn a little too bright,
For purely conversation —
Over and over the lights flash down at the corner arcade
Swept away —
Like fools we are caught in the game

Caught in the game,
Caught in the game again —
Caught in the game,
Caught in the game

Over and over the song skips
Just as the final refrain fades away.
Like fools we are caught in the game

Caught in the game,
Caught in the game again —
Caught in the game,
Caught in the game

Didn’t Know It Was Love

It felt so easy in the morning sun
When love was in season I was on the run
I was lookin’ for trouble and the thrill of the chase
Love was lookin’ at me eye to eye, face to face
One touch should’ve told me, try and understand
Love was always a long shot to a gambling man
With a roll of the dice, girl I threw it away
Now I’m thinkin’ ’bout you day and night, night and day

Didn’t know it was love
Didn’t know it was fate
Didn’t know it was destiny callin’
Tell me it’s never too late
Was I too blind to see
When push came to shove
You were all that I needed
Didn’t know it was love

Wasn’t blind to the magic, you think I’m so tough
Turning back on the thunder just ain’t good enough
I keep trying to shake you, there just ain’t no way
Now I’m thinkin’ ’bout you day and night, night and day

Those crazy nights on the borderline
Did my best to cut myself free
Stood alone, just a prisoner
Never knew you were holdin’ the key

Rebel Girl

Out on the edge of night
In any city you can name
There rides the rebel girl
The wild one no-one dared to tame
And the light in her eyes is a fire
Have you seen her
The rebel girl in action in the city
At night you hear her call
Oooh rebel girl
Don’t try to take her in
She says she runs her life alone
She wants you to believe
A rebel’s heart is made of stone
And the light in her eyes is desire
Have you seen her
The rebel girl in action in the city
At night you hear her call
Oooh rebel girl so lonely and so pretty
Bringing out the rebel in us all
Oooh girl
It’s a lonely world, for a rebel girl
So far from home, she’s all alone
In her rebel world
Oh, have you seen her
The rebel girl in action in the city
At night you hear her call
Oooh the rebel girl so lonely and so pretty
Bringing out the rebel in us all
Oooh girl
She’s just a rebel girl (have you seen her)
She’s just a rebel girl (have you seen her)
She’s just a rebel girl (have you seen her)
She’s just a rebel girl (have you seen her)
She’s just a rebel girl (have you seen her)

Summer Nights

Girl it always seems about September
That’s the time, again I remember the lights
And all the fun of those summer nights
Young and innocent and livin’ fast
Didn’t know enough to know
That a summer love can’t last
Can’t last

(Do you remember those)
Summer nights all night
Dancin’ in the light of love
(Dancin’ in the light of love)
Summer nights so right
Couldn’t last beyond September
Summer nights all night
Livin’ for your love,
Dreamin only of
You and summer nights

I remember playin’ by the shoreline
Before the fall when we had it all at our fingertips
Buildin’ castles in the driftin’ sand
Raced the waves as they ran to the shore
But the tides were turned for ever more
And the things we planned
Were castles made of sand

Oooh summer nights
We were diamonds in the rough in the moonlight
Oooh summer nights
Now I’m out in the cold again
Back on my own again

(Well I remember those)
Summer nights…

Somewhere In America

Hey girl. help me if you can
I’m coming to you with my heart in my hand
Give me love, I’m starved for affection
All I need is just a little direction

Wow
Somewhere in America,
somewhere cross the sea
Somewhere in America,
she waits for me

I need a teacher who can use a pet
Give me a lesson in etiquette
If there is anyone who’d like to try
Maybe she’d like to come and teach me tonight

Wow
Somewhere in America,
somewhere cross the sea
Somewhere in America,
she waits for me

Same old story, same old song and dance
What good is the glory, if you can’t find romance
I know she is waiting
Ooh, somewhere in the heartland
And if she’s out there tonight
I wish she would raise her hand

Hey girl. help me if you can
I’m coming to you with my heart in my hand
Give me love, I’m starved for affection
All I need is just a little direction

Wow
Somewhere in America,
somewhere cross the sea
Somewhere in America,
she waits for me

Somewhere in America….

Rockin’ Into The Night

Ooh, rockin’
Oh yeah

Cruisin’ down the motorway
Got my girl by my side
We’re both a little anxious
Ooo, we got love on our mind

Waitin’, anticipatin’
For the fireworks in the night
Well I swear we were doin’ eighty
When we saw those motel lights

And we were rockin’ into the night
Rockin’ into the night
Oh hoo, rockin’
Rockin’ into the night
Rockin’ into the night, yeah

Back on the back streets
Taking love where I can
I found a sweet Madonna
Ooo, with a bible in her hand

Waitin’, anticipatin’
Well for someone to save her soul;
Well I ain’t no new messiah
But I’m close enough for rock and roll

And we were rockin’ into the night
Rockin’ into the night
Oh hoo, rockin’
Rockin’ into the night
Rockin’ into the night
And I’m slowin’ down and she’s pullin’ in

Waitin’, anticipatin’
For the fireworks in the night
Well I swear we were doin’ eighty
When we saw those motel lights

And we were
Rockin’, rockin’ into the night
Rockin’, rockin’ into the night
Rockin’, rockin’ into the night