In Between The Lines
--words and music by Michael Stanley

from "MSB", 1982, EMI Records Group


Well when the word hits the street you
  Can watch 'em all stop
See them turn around - see who is
  Gonna cop
To some six-string, front-page
  Temporary loss of sanity
And all the midtown angels with
  Their bedroom eyes
They live beneath the covers of black
  And white lies
Stare into the mirrors
Dream about the ones they want
  To be...

		But you ain't reading baby (ooh) ...in
		  Between the lines (in between the lines)
		That's where you find it...that's
		  Where they hide it, ooh
		You ain't reading baby (ooh) ...in between
		  The lines (in between the lines)
		Tonight is a lesson that we
		  Never learned
		Tonight goes on and on
		But you know that...

You see all of this time you thought
  You really knew
But then the king fell hard and
  The nightmare grew
A midnight goodbye to
  Johnny Cool
Put some dreams up on the shelf
And so you hide in the memories of a 
  Couple that you won
It never seemed easy but it always
  Seemed fun
Who you gonna lie to if you can't lie
  To yourself...

		But you ain't reading baby (ooh) ...in
		  Between the lines (in between the lines)
		That's where you find it...that's
		  Where they hide it, ooh
		You ain't reading baby (ooh) ...in between
		  The lines (in between the lines)
		Tonight is a lesson that we
		  Never learned
		And tonight goes on and on
		But you know that...

		But you ain't reading baby (ooh) ...in
		  Between the lines (in between the lines)
		That's where you find it...that's
		  Where they hide it, ooh
		You ain't reading baby (ooh) ...in between
		  The lines (in between the lines)
		I said tonight is a lesson that we
		  Never learned
		It just keeps going on

		And you ain't reading baby (ooh) ...in
		  Between the lines (in between the lines)
		That's where you find it...oh that's
		  Where they hide it, yeah
		You ain't reading baby (ooh) ...in
		  Between the lines (in between the lines)
		You know the night is a lesson that we
		  Never learned
		Tonight goes on and on
		  In between the lines
		
		Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
		  It goes on and on
		It goes on and on
		  (In between the lines)
		It goes on and on
		  On and on and on and on
		Take me for a little while
		  Rock me for a little while
		Gotta hold me for a little while
		In between the lines