"Awful Lot" by Eleven, copyright 1996
"Eagle" (alternate lyrics) by Peter Johnson, 1997

I want you in my life
I don't care if it's "right"
Too many times I've stopped cold
And this illusion that something's "wrong"
Is growing old

And when you share how you feel
And I know it's for real
Then tell me why I feel ashamed
Why is it so hard to say
That no one's to blame?

Chorus:
Why do we not love the ones we need?
Why is it the false alarms we heed?
Keep us held down and clip our wings
Making us feel we've missed something

Why do I hurt myself when she does not?
Why do I not take the spoils after I've fought?
Is there really sunshine in the middle of the rain?
Am I forever bound to earth by ball and chain?
(Fly away, fly away)

I feel pain deep inside
When I try not to hide
I want to make it all good
When I open up my mouth 
And share things I never should

Why do we not love the ones we need?
Why is it the false alarms we heed?
Keep us held down and clip our wings
Making us feel we've missed something

Why do I hurt myself when she does not?
Why do I not take the spoils after I've fought?
Is there really sunshine in the middle of the rain?
Am I forever bound to earth by ball and chain?
(Fly away, fly away)

Bridge:
Drifting in the sky alone
Watching all the others far... below me
Thinking there are other skies
That are better than the ones... I can see

Then I see you flying too
And you're happy being where... you are now
And I take a look at myself
And wonder how... how

Why do we not love the ones we need?
Why is it the false alarms we heed?
Keep us held down and clip our wings
Making us feel we've missed something

Why do I hurt myself when she does not?
Why do I not take the spoils after I've fought?
Is there really sunshine in the middle of the rain?
Am I forever bound to earth by ball and chain?

Why do we not love the ones we need?
Why is it the false alarms we heed?
Keep us held down and clip our wings
Making us feel we've missed something
(Fly away, fly away, away)