~Songs~ (Free mp3 downloads!) Endure the Hard Times.  And More.™ KEEP YOUR DISTANCE Music and Lyrics by Steffi Tassos.   © KeepSafe Music 2005.  BMI.  All rights reserved. Verse 1: I have learned to keep my distance To keep myself far from heavy blows I have learned to play it cool and to take my own car And make my own dough I have learned that you're somebody Who could hurt me and leave me blue And you're the kind who can say that you love me But only mean it when you're in the mood In my arms you will find the path of least resistance, mmmm Verse 2: I have heard all about your old love How she played you and put you down How she lied and took your money (Boy, she musta loved having you around!) Do you suppose every woman now owes you Her soul and her gratitude? Just because you were made a fool of By somebody who was smarter than you She was wrong for you, Honey Still you loved her with such persistence Now you keep your distance Yeah, you keep your distance You keep your distance Yeah, you keep your distance Bridge: Why would I fall in love with the likes of you? Why in the world would you wanna fall in love with me too? You know I'd never, even dream of whether Me and you together, how could we ever? When I'd be much better off if I never ever met you, yeah If I never met you (SOLO. . .) So Baby come on and depend on me for a little assistance But if you want a guarantee or some added insurance, yeah In my arms you will find the path of least resistance Now don't you keep your distance Yeah, don't keep your distance Keep your distance Yeah, keep your distance Keep Your Distance Absolute ABSOLUTE Music and Lyrics by Steffi Tassos.  © KeepSafe Music 2003.  BMI.  All rights reserved. Verse 1: There have been times when I haven't been true And turned my back on my commitment to you Thought I could have it all, and stay on top of the world But when all is said and done I’d rather be your girl Chorus: Absolute, never less than perfect you're one-hundred proof Absolute, you're all I ever wanted so then here's to you Whatever lies ahead, it’s you and me till the end We'll endure the hard times and more, I'm absolutely sure Verse 2: All of those places I had to be Just so I could grab at every opportunity The price of accomplishment, it don't add up when you spend The best part of every day hurtin’ your one and only friend Chorus: Absolute, never less than perfect you're one-hundred proof Absolute, you're all I ever wanted so then here's to you Whatever lies ahead, it’s you and me till the end We'll endure the hard times and more, I'm absolutely sure Bridge: Found myself lured, into mastering my own destiny And tried to ignore, what my lonely heard was telling me (Solo . . . ) Now there's another scheme for this ambition of mine It'll be my new career to keep ya' here by myside Chorus: Absolute, never less than perfect you're one-hundred proof Absolute, you're all I ever wanted so then here's to you Whatever lies ahead, it’s you and me till the end We'll endure the hard times and more, I'm absolutely sure We'll endure the hard times and more, I'm absolutely sure Am I To Blame? AM I TO BLAME?  Music and Lyrics by Steffi Tassos.   © KeepSafe Music 1986.  BMI.  All rights reserved. Verse 1: I've been put down before, too many times And I've learned that you can't trust anyone I can give you no more, am I to blame for illusions? There's sorrow somehow when love has been worn by repair But it's happening now so let tenderness be what we share Verse 2: Your free-hearted friends, they got nothin' on me Their hungers unleash on any one I'm a stranger to dreams, I tame my desire to lonliness Am I to blame for love I gave over again? It's all and the same so let tenderness be what we share IN A SECRET GARDEN Music by Steffi Tassos / Lyrics by Elise Wolff.   © KeepSafe Music 2001.  BMI.  All rights reserved. Verse 1: I am glad you've come to me, I heard your footsteps in the rain And passed me quietly in dreams But we'll talk of other things, while sunset spreads her violet screen Lighting gessoed walls and roof red-tiled Holding hands while falling leaves Fly like kites in autumns breeze Chorus: In hearts of these two names we've etched Under lanterns of one evening's light That bend to join us head to head like stones along the path We'll hold this moon in fingertips That slip away as petals slip And join in whispered moments spent where love remains In a secret garden Verse 2: Who will say we are misled, for simple love that we reflect In the hearts of these two names we've etched? And who will say we're wrong, and who will say we should forget? We are children lost in innocence I looked across a crowded space, and saw a world within your face Chorus: In hearts of these two names we've etched Under lanterns of one evening's light That bend to join us head to head like stones along the path We'll hold this moon in fingertips That slip away as petals slip And join in whispered moments spent where love remains In a secret garden In A Secret Garden