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Dokken

Inside Looking Out

Release date: 16th February 1995

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About This Track

"Inside Looking Out" is a track by Dokken, from the album Dysfunctional, released 16th February 1995. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Dokken

Dokken

Lyrics

Inside Looking Out

(dokken, pilson)

Let go of your mind

And see what there is to see

It can be real

Not just a fantasy

Open your eyes

And leave the world behind

Open your mind

Come along for the ride

Do what you want to do

Be what you want to be

Do what you want to do

It's just a short trip from reality

Chorus

I'm on the inside

Looking outside

I'm on the inside looking out

I'm going somewhere

Feeling nowhere

I'm on the inside looking out

I can't be free

Till I know what free is

I can't be me

Till I know who I am

Do you believe

There's more than what you see

All that we need

Is some free association

Painted pictures in a room of glass

Looking throught the floor above

Don't know what has brought me to this place

Ectasy confused by love

Chorus 2

I'm on the inside

(in the dark so long

What's been going on

Come and look inside my mind)

Looking outside

It's up to you

You can make the changes

You make your dreams come true

What will you do if you don't start

Rearranging the things that you do

It's all up to you

Chorus 3

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Track details

From Dysfunctional

1995
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Album
Dysfunctional
Dysfunctional
Dokken
16th May 1995
Release year
1995
  1. —Nothing Left to Say
  2. —Hole in My Head
  3. —Lesser of Two Evils
  4. —Shadows of Life
  5. —Sweet Chains
  6. —From the Beginning
  7. —What Price
  8. —Long Way Home
  9. —The Maze
  10. —Inside Looking Out
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Dokken — Inside Looking Out

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