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There's A Bell That Rings Close Your Eyes The Real Side Of Love Just Let Go StarShadow The Haunted Ground One Voice Up Thru Desert Skies Spirit Of The River Virgin Love Your Light In Me Takin' Time In The Country	Mystic Windows Your Shaman's Heart Hey John Your Own Sweet Time A Mind Of Glass Three O'Clock In The Morning Tear Stained Page Sweet Tender Love Step To The Left Your Own Apocalypse Is That The Way It Goes In Eden Ships Bound For Nowhere

August 28, 1994 THERE'S A BELL THAT RINGS THERE'S A BELL THAT RINGS IN A FORGOTTEN TOWER SOUNDED ONLY BY THE WIND LIKE A FLEETING MEMORY OF A CHILDHOOD DREAM OR LONELY ECHOS IN THE HEARTS OF MEN THOSE WHO CHANCE TO HEAR IT'S DISTANT PEALING FEEL STANGELY DRAWN TO THE SOUND TOUCHING ON SOMETHING LOCKED DEEP INSIDE SOMETHING YOU'VE LOST THAT HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND {CH.}..... WHOA-OA HEAR THE WIND MOAN LIKE SOME WAYWARD SPIRIT ALL ALONE AHHH-AH THE BELL STILL RINGS DO YOU WONDER OF THE ENCHANTMENT IT BRINGS {MID-8} IT SEEMS TO RECALL THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS AND FEELINGS OF YOUR YOUTH REMEMBERED FACES AND DISTANT PLACES AND THINGS YOU USED TO DO A BITTERSWEET MIXTURE OF SADNESS AND JOY MUST IT ALL FADE AWAY I GUESS THE BEAUTY OF TIME IS IN THE KNOWING THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE TODAY {BREAK} THERE'S A BELL THAT RINGS LIKE GENTLE THUNDER THAT ECHOS THRU THE HEARTS OF MEN A DISTANT CALLING LIKE SWEET SIRENS SINGING HEAR IT ON THE WIND THEN IT'S GONE AGAIN OR IS IT ONLY ECHOS OF THE PAST FADED MEMORIES OF A CHILDHOOD LOST IF IT BRINGS A SMILE OR IF IT BRINGS YOU TO TEARS IT'S ONLY YOUR HEART AND IT'S PAID THE COST {CH.}..... WHOA-OA HEAR THE WIND MOAN LIKE SOME WAYWARD SPIRIT ALL ALONE AHHH-AH THE BELL STILL RINGS DO YOU WONDER OF THE ENCHANTMENT IT BRINGS Back to the Index September 30, 1995 CLOSE YOUR EYES YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SMILE AT ME I RUN MY FINGERS THRU YOUR HAIR THIS WARM SPRING NIGHT SETS OUR HEARTS FREE TO REVEL IN THIS LOVE WE SHARE {CH.}..... I CAN'T SAY THE WORDS I WANT TO SAY TO TELL YOU HOW I FEEL BUT THE WORDS DON'T MATTER ANYWAY WHEN THESE FEELINGS ARE SO REAL THE MOON REFLECTED IN YOUR EYES SEEMS DRAWN DEEP IN POOLS OF LIGHT I HEAR THE PASSION IN YOUR SIGHS KNOW WHAT WE FEEL IS SO RIGHT {REPEAT CHORUS} WE SHARE SOME WINE AND SHARE OUR DREAMS THE WORLD OUTSIDE IS SO FAR AWAY I PULL YOUR BODY CLOSE TO ME AND WE MAKE LOVE UNTIL THE BREAK OF DAY {REPEAT CHORUS} OH BABY, BABY, BABY, I LOVE YOU IT'S SO DEEP THIS LOVE'S SO REAL I CAN'T SAY THE WORDS I WANT TO SAY TO TELL YOU HOW I FEEL Back to the Index THE REAL SIDE OF LOVE I'M SEARCHIN FOR THE REAL SIDE OF LOVE NOT JUST ANYTHING WILL DO I WANT TO FEEL IT IN MY SOUL I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TOUCH YOU I FEEL THE NEED TO BREAK DOWN THE WALLS THAT SOMETIMES COME BETWEEN FRIENDS I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT I LOVE YOU THEN SHOW YOU AGAIN CH: I DONT HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS SOMETIMES I WISH I DID ALL I'VE GOT IS ALL I HAVE TO GIVE AND I GIVE IT FREELY TO MY FRIENDS (MID.8:) LIFE CAN BE A STRUGGLE LOVE CAN BE SO HARD TO FIND THE WORLD CAN GIVE YOU SO MUCH TROUBLE BUT A FRIEND WILL ALWAYS TREAT YOU KIND {BREAK} I'VE BEEN LOOKIN FOR THE REAL SIDE OF LOVE I THINK I'VE FOUND IT IN YOUR EYES I CAN HEAR IT IN YOUR LAUGHTER IT BREAKS MY HEART WHEN I HEAR YOU CRY SO TOGETHER WE BREAK DOWN THE WALLS THAT AT TIMES HOLD US APART YOU KNOW THE KEY IS UNDERSTANDING YOU CAN FEEL IT IN YOUR HEART Back to the Index JUST LET GO LETS LET THE WIND BLOW AND LET THE SKY CRY WHY NOT ITS SO LOVELY WITH THE APPROACHING NIGHT WE CAN RUN NAKED INTO THE DYING SUN YOU'VE HEARD IT SAID GO WEST YOUNG MAN GO WEST GO WEST CATCH UP WITH THE REST STRANGER THINGS THAN THESE HAVE PUT YOU TO THE TEST GO OUTSIDE SMILE AT THE SKY LET A DROP OF GOLDEN STARLIGHT FILL YOUR EYE LET THE MOON HEAL YOUR SOUL YES LET THE SWEET CARESS OF MOONBEAMS SHINE ON THIS MOMENT THAT YOU'VE STOLE IF YOU WILL GO OUTSIDE RAISE YOUR FACE TO THE SKY STRETCH OUT YOUR ARMS PULL THE MILKY WAY INSIDE JUST LET GO JUST LET GO THERES NO TIME BETTER THAN THIS JUST LET GO Back to the Index STARSHADOW AROUND THE CRYSTAL FOUNTAIN IN THIS GARDEN OF DELIGHTS I'M LOST IN REFLECTIONS OF THE MOON IN YOUR EYES COME AND RUN WITH ME LOVE DEEP INTO THE NIGHT UNTIL WE CHASE THE SHADOWS AWAY WITH DAWNS FIRST KISS OF LIGHT FRAGRANT BREEZE THRU THE GARDEN IS INCENSE ON THE AIR AND I CAN SEE A HALO OF STARLIGHT PLAYING ACROSS YOUR HAIR CH: THIS IS ALL FOR YOU AND ME STARSHADOW THIS NIGHT WHISPERS OF OUR LOVE LET ME HEAR YOUR GENTLE LAUGH STARSHADOW LIFT MY HEART I'LL FLY FREE AS A DOVE YOU WERE BORNE TO THIS WORLD IN THE SHADOW OF A STAR THE WORLD WILL NEVER KNOW YOUR NAME BUT I KNOW WHO YOU ARE YES YOU HAVE COME TO ME ON YOUR PATHWAY FROM THE SKY JUST LIKE A FALLING STAR YOU LANDED AT MY SIDE SO TAKE MY HAND AND WE WILL DRIFT INTO A DREAM WHERE WE RIDE WINGED HORSES UP A PATH OF SILVER MOONBEAMS Back to the Index THE HAUNTED GROUND THE CASTLES ARE EMPTY THE SOLDIERS ARE GONE NO ONE WORKS THE FIELDS THERE'S BLOOD ON THE CORN THE WAR CRIES ARE SILENCED THE KILLING IS DONE THE BATTLE IS OVER NOBODY HAS WON NO CHILDREN ARE PLAYING THEIR GAMES IN THE STREET NO SOUND OF LAUGHTER NO RUNNING OF FEET SEEMS LIFE HAS VANISHED NO SOULS TO BE FOUND REPLACED BY THE STILLNESS OF THIS HAUNTED GROUND PALE DEATH RIDES THE WIND HIS WEAPON IS WAR TOO MANY HIS CHOSEN COUNTLESS HIS SCORE HIS PATH IS WINDING OVER LAND AND SEA PLACES HIS HARVEST IN ETERNITY A CHORUS OF ANGELS SING SOFT ON THE BREEZE CALLING TO THOSE THEY SOON WILL RECIEVE PALE DEATH RIDES THE WIND A SHADOW ON THE LAND HIS WORK IS MADE EASY BY THE MINDS OF MAN Back to the Index ONE VOICE WE NEED ONE VOICE THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE AND JUST ONE CHOICE THE CHOICE OF FREEDOM ITS TIME WE STAND UP IN UNITY END THE BRUTAL MENTALITY COME TOGETHER AS ONE TO BETTER HUMANITY SO MUCH SUFFERING TO MUCH GREED TO MUCH CONFUSION SO MUCH NEED AND BARRIERS BETWEEN RACE, RELIGION, AND CREED WHATEVER HAPPENED TO LOVING YOUR BROTHER WHY CAN'T WE LIVE IN PEACE WITH ONE ANOTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS ALL ONE TO THE OTHER THERE'S NO ROOM FOR TRUTH WITH MINDS FULL OF HATE THERE'S NO TIME TO WASTE THE HOURS GETTING LATE WE MUST FIND OUR VOICE WE CANT TRUST TO FATE WE'RE NOT TALKING OF A VOICE RAISED IN ANGER WE'RE TALKING OF A VOICE RAISED IN CELEBRATION WHEN LOVE IS THE RULE WE'LL BE DANCING AND SINGING AND ONE VOICE OF JOY WILL BE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE NATIONS ........ONE VOICE, ONE VOICE, ONE VOICE, ONE VOICE........ SEE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE WITH HUNGRY EYES SEARCHING FOR TRUTH THEY HEAR ONLY LIES BIG BROTHER WON'T LISTEN TO THEM OR HEAR THEIR CRIES THE LESSONS WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH HISTORY ARE STILL NOT APPLIED IN THIS CENTURY PEOPLE STILL GO TO WAR AND LIVE IN POVERTY WE ALL COULD BE STANDING IN THE LIGHT WITH PRAISES FOR JAH IN HIS GLORY AND MIGHT WE MUST STRUGGLE ON FORWARD AND FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHT WE MAKE THE CHANGE WE HAVE THE CHOICE THEY WILL TREMBLE IN FEAR WHEN THEY HEAR OUR NOISE LIKE JERICHO OF OLD WE'LL BRING DOWN THE WALLS WITH ONE VOICE Back to the Index UP THRU DESERT SKIES BLUE SKIES FALL DOWN THRU MY MIND WHITE CLOUDS GO DRIFTING BY I JUST MET A WOMAN WITH GOLDEN OCEAN EYES BUT SHE DISAPPEARED TO MY SURPRISE I KEEP WALKING DOWN THIS ROAD THRU NO-MANS LAND WITH CHECKERED THOUGHTS GETTING OUT OF HAND TRY TO CATCH A RIDE ON A WHIRLWIND BUT IT UP AND SWIRLS OFF AROUND THE BEND COYOTES HOWL EAGLES CRY RED SUN DIPS LOW IN THE WESTERN SKY I'VE BEEN WALKING FOR DAYS SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHEN LOOKS LIKE I'LL SPEND THE NIGHT IN THE DESERT AGAIN I DANCE THRU MIRAGES OF WATERFALLS AROUND ICE MOUNTAINS TEN MILES TALL I STAND NAKED AND TORN BENEATH A LAUGHING SUN HEAR FAR-OFF VOICES SINGING THEN I HEAR NONE FIND MYSELF STANDING BY AN OCEAN OF GREEN BUT THEN STUMBLE BLINDLY INTO AN EMPTY STREAM DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM DON'T KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN LOST IN A WORLD BETWEEN REALITY AND DREAM GOLDEN EYED WOMAN REACHES OUT HER HAND AND WITH A CRYSTAL FLASK FILLS MY THROAT WITH SAND BLUE SKY FADES FROM MY EYES THE GOLDEN EYED WOMAN POINTS UP WITH A SIGH NOW I HEAR THOSE VOICES CALLING ME AWAY UP THRU THE SKY INTO THE GRAY WHISPERING TO ME CLOSE YOUR EYES WAKE UP PEACEFUL ON THE OTHER SIDE COYOTES HOWL EAGLES SCREAM RED SUN FADES AWAY FROM ME BEEN WALKING FOR DAYS DON'T KNOW HOW OR WHY BUT I'LL BE LEAVING THIS DESERT TONIGHT Back to the Index SPIRIT OF THE RIVER WHEN YOU'RE STANDING ALONE BY THE RIVER AND THE WATERS BECKON TO YOU SOOTHING, TOUCHING, CARESSING YOUR SPIRIT ITS WANDERING NATURE BORNE FRESH AND NEW SURFACE REFLECTIONS OF THE MORNING STAR LIKE A MILLION EYES AS THE RIVER FLOWS SHATTERED IMAGES OF THE HEAVENS ABOVE PULLING MISTY THOUGHTS INTO THE WATERS BELOW {CH.} AND YOU FEEL AS ONE WITH THE RIVER YET BORNE GENTLY ON THE WIND FEEL TIES THAT BIND TO THE SPIRIT OF THE RIVER SHARE THE SAME RAPTURE OF A FREEDOM WITHOUT END AND YOUR LIFE IS JUST LIKE A RIVER YOU'RE TRAVELING THE WATERCOURSE WAY NEVER STILL, FOREVER MOVING FORWARD WITH NO TIME TO MOURN THE PASSING OF THE DAY {REPEAT CHORUS} Back to the Index MYSTIC WINDOWS I SEE THE WORLD THRU MYSTIC WINDOWS ITS LIKE A DREAM WHAT I PERCEIVE AND LIKE A LOTUS UNFOLDING EACH GLANCE REVEALS MORE MYSTERY TO ME BUT THE DEEPER I GO THE MORE IN TUNE I GET VIBRATING LIKE A CANDLE MY SOUL DRAWS CLOSE TO IT SHINING LIKE A GUIDING LIGHT THRU AN ENDLESS NIGHT I FEEL THE TRUTH REVEALED TO ME JUST HAS TO BE RIGHT MYSTIC WINDOWS AND IN DREAMS I TOUCH THE BEAUTY OF THIS AGELESS NAMELESS THING SOMETIMES OUT OF REACH BUT ALWAYS IN YOUR HEART IT COMPRISES THE ALL AND EVERYTHING AND THE MORE I LIVE THE DEEPER IN I GET LIKE A SHOOTING STAR MY SOUL DRAWS CLOSE TO IT LIKE A WARM FIRE BURNING ON A COLD ENDLESS NIGHT I KNOW THE TRUTH I'VE FOUND JUST HAS TO BE RIGHT MYSTIC WINDOWS (Spoken Word Verse - TIM GAMMILL) THE SWEETNESS OF A MORNING SUNRISE................ WHEN ALL THINGS ARE SINGING IN UNKNOWN TONGUES, SPEAKING OF THE UNSPOKEN SPIRITUAL DEPTH AND WONDER OF IT ALL, BEYOND ALL LOGIC AND REASON, BEYOND ALL PRACTICALITY AND PRODUCTIVENESS, BEYOND ALL MENTALITY AND MANIPULATION, BEYOND ALL PROFIT AND POSSESSION IN THE FIELD OF LILIES, WHERE BY GRACE ALONE WE SMILE IN THE PEACE THAT SURPASSES UNDERSTANDING..... WHERE WE HAVE GAINED NAUGHT, BUT HAVE LOST ONLY THE WORLD AND OUR "LIVES", AND YET STILL THE SOUL SHINES FORTH IN ECSTATIC WONDER AND LOVE IS REAL.................. Back to the Index VIRGIN LOVE FULL MOON BREAKS THRU A CLOUDY SKY AND SOFT BREEZE WHISKS GENTLY THRU THE TREES TWO LOVERS DANCING IN THE SHADOWS ONE WHISPERS DO WITH ME AS YOU PLEASE THEY SLIP AWAY LIKE FACES IN A DREAM AND COME DOWN UPON THE MOONLIT SEA THEIR NAKED BODIES SLIP INTO THE WAVES AND THEY FEEL AS FREE AS ADAM AND EVE {CH.} VIRGIN LOVE LIKE FLOWERS IN THE SPRING UNFOLDING MYSTERIES THEIR DISCOVERY IS EVERYTHING PASSIONS FIRE BURNS SWEET AS THE MORNING SUN YOUTHFUL DESIRES PENT-UP EMOTIONS ALL COME UNDONE LAZY LOVERS DRIFTING ON THE SEA MOONLIGHT CAN'T MATCH THE GLOW OF THEIR FACES KNOWING EYES ALL DREAMING FAR AWAY A CHILDS' INNOCENCE GONE WITH NO TRACES INTO THE DAWN NOW THEY RUN HAND IN HAND BREATHING THE PERFUME OF THE EARLY MORN HE'S TANGLED UP IN HER HEART SHE IN HIS FROM THEIR TENDER AGE SO SWEETLY TORN Back to the Index YOUR LIGHT IN ME IN A SPACE BETWEEN DREAMS IN A SACRED PLACE DEEP INSIDE MY HEART THERE WAS A FLAME THAT BURNED UNTOUCHED AND LIT MY WAY WHEN THE WAY WAS DARK YOU CAME TO ME WHEN THE FLAME WAS BURNING LOW TOUCHED MY HEART AND FILLED MY SOUL CH. LADY OF LIGHT WITH THE WARM GLOW ON YOUR FACE YOU'VE OPENED MY MIND AND MY EYES THAT I MIGHT SEE I WAS A HALF-FILLED VESSEL BUT YOUR LOVE HAS MADE ME WHOLE AND I SHINE SO BRIGHT WITH YOUR LIGHT IN ME YOU CAN SHINE IN ME JUST LIKE THE SUN OR SUBTLE AS A CANDLE IN THE NIGHT THE FLAME IN YOU HAS FILLED ME TOGETHER AS ONE OUR LOVE IS PURE LIGHT YOUR EYES REMIND ME OF STARS IN THE SKY AND YOUR SMILE'S AS WARM AS THE GLOW OF THE FIREFLY Back to the Index TAKIN' TIME IN THE COUNTRY I TAKE MY TIME I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND I'M GONNA SING YOU A SONG FEEL FREE TO SING ALONG WE'VE GOT ALL NIGHT AND THE MOON IS LOOKIN' JUST RIGHT GOT NO PLACE WE NEED TO GO KICK OFF YOUR SHOES WIGGLE YOUR TOES WE'RE IN THE COUNTRY TONIGHT FAR AWAY FROM THOSE CITY LIGHTS WE COULD BUILD US A FIRE AND DANCE AROUND WHILE THE FLAMES GO HIGHER PASS AROUND A JUG OF WINE MADE FROM GRAPES FROM MY OWN VINE SURE TASTES SWEET GIVE YOU A BUZZ FROM YOUR HEAD TO YOUR FEET MIGHT DO US SOME FISHIN' CAN'T CATCH A CATFISH LAYIN' 'ROUND WISHIN' IF WE GET LUCKY WHAT WE'LL DO GRAB UP SOME COALS AND FRY US A FEW WHEN THE FIRE BURNS DOWN GRAB UP YOUR BAG ROLL IT OUT ON THE GROUND PULL UP CLOSE THE ONE YOU LOVE AND DREAM DEEP ON THOSE STARS ABOVE {CH.}..... CARE TO DREAM CARE TO DREAM WITH ME TONIGHT CARE TO DREAM CARE TO DREAM WITH ME TONIGHT TAKIN' OUR TIME WE'VE GOT TIME TO BE FREE JUST TAKIN' TIME TAKIN' TIME IN THE COUNTRY Back to the Index YOUR SHAMAN'S HEART Bm7 F#7 VISIONS OF THE MYSTERIES ANCIENT AS THE DAYS WISDOMS ALL BUT FORGOTTEN CALLING TO US FROM FAR AWAY MURMURS OF ANCIENT MUSIC ECHOS OF DREAMS WE SOMEHOW KNOW WHISPER TO US THRU THE AGES RECALLING IMAGES FROM LONG AGO Am7 F#m CALLING TO YOU CALLING TO YOU CALLING TO YOU CALLING TO................. YOUR SHAMAN'S HEART DOWN THRU THE YEARS SHAMANS AND SAGES PASS ON THE LEGACY AND THOSE WITH AN EAR FOR UNDERSTANDING FIND THIS KNOWLEDGE SETS THEM FREE AND EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD HAS A BIT OF THE SHAMAN IN THEIR SOULS THEY SOMETIMES HEAR THAT ANCIENT MUSIC AND IT SETS THEIR HEARTS AGLOW THOSE OF YOU TIRED OF THESE SUPERFICIAL TIMES THE UNMASKED GREED, THE INHUMANITY YOU KNOW YOU NEED SOMETHING MORE IN YOUR LIVES TO LIFT YOU SPIRIT AND MAKE YOU ALL YOU CAN BE GET YOU IN TUNE WITH THE MUSIC OF LIFE THE COSMIC SONNET YOU'RE APART OF IT ALL DANCE TO ANCIENT RHYTHMS YOU HEAR IN YOUR MIND SWIRL AWAY ON MOONBEAMS WHEN YOU HEAR THE CALL CALLING TO YOU CALLING TO YOU CALLING TO YOU CALLING TO................. YOUR SHAMAN'S HEART Back to the Index January 6, 1996 HEY JOHN HEY JOHN, YOU'RE SINGING THAT SONG AGAIN HEY JOHN, BY THE WAY WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN YOU'VE BEEN DOWN TO FAN THE FLAMES FIRE SO HOT IT CONSUMED ALL YOUR PAIN LOOKS LIKE, YOU'VE COME BACK CHANGED ROLL UP, ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD AFTER AWHILE, YOU MIGHT FEEL THE NEED TO UNLOAD I SAW YOUR SISTER WALKING WITH MARY HER BACK BENT DOUBLE FROM THE WEIGHT THAT SHE CARRIED HEY JOHN, WHERE ARE THE ANSWERS BURIED {MID-8} COMPROMISES BLOWN AWAY ON THE WIND DON'T LOOK NOW HERE COMES THE DEVIL AGAIN THAT'S SOME REFLECTION I SEE IN HIS EYES AS YOU STRETCH OUT YOUR ARMS AND RAISE YOUR FACE TO THE SKIES HEY JOHN, I HEAR THE THUNDER IN YOUR SIGHS {BREAK} HEY JOHN, WERE YOU ONLY SLEEPING HEY JOHN, WHERE'S THE FIRE YOU WERE KEEPING REVELATIONS OR REVOLUTION NUMBER NINE WHICH ONE WILL YOU CHOOSE TO GET BEHIND THESE DAYS, THE ANSWERS SEEM SO HARD TO FIND WE DANCE, TO THE WORDS YOU LEFT BEHIND TRUTH OR FICTION, WE'LL ALL KNOW IN TIME WRITTEN DOWN IN THE BOOK OR SUNG OUT LOUD I SEE CONFUSION IN THE FACE OF THE CROWD HEY JOHN, WAVE GOODBYE FROM YOUR CLOUD ROLL UP ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD (HEY JOHN IT'S A LONG WALK TO HEAVEN) ROLL UP ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD (HEY JOHN IT'S A LONG WALK TO HEAVEN) ROLL UP ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD (HEY JOHN IT'S A LONG WALK TO HEAVEN) ROLL UP ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD (HEY JOHN IT'S A LONG WALK TO HEAVEN) Back to the Index December 3, 1993 YOUR OWN SWEET TIME STRANGE WIND IS BLOWING BRINGS ECHOING SIGHS TO MY MIND LIKE RIPPLES ON THE WATER ROLLING OFF THRU RECESSES OF TIME YOU GOT TO..........REACH IN SO DEEP, TO FIND REASON YOU GOT TO..........PICK FROM THE VINE, IN IT'S OWN SEASON QUESTING AFTER TRUTH YOU JUST MIGHT TOUCH THE SUBLIME AND THE ANSWERS THAT YOU SEEK YOU WILL FIND IN YOUR OWN SWEET TIME BREATHING IN THE COLOURS OF THE LIGHT OF A MAGICAL DAWN SWIRLING THRU THE WHIRLPOOLS OF THE RAINBOWS YOU'RE STANDING ON YOU GOT TO.........LOOK DEEP WITHIN TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU'RE ALL ABOUT YOU GOT TO.........STAND IN THE LIGHT BEFORE YOU SEE WHAT IS GOING DOWN QUESTING AFTER TRUTH YOU MIGHT FIND THE SUBLIME AND THE ANSWERS THAT YOU SEEK YOU WILL FIND IN YOUR OWN SWEET TIME YOU HEAR YOUR NAME ON THE STRANGE WIND BECKONING YOU FROM SO FAR AWAY MYSTIC THOUGHTS COME SURROUND YOU OPENS YOUR EYES TO ANOTHER WAY A SEPARATE REALITY YOU WALK THRU THE OPEN DOOR TO FIND A WORLD OF YOUR DREAMS ONLY TOUCHED ON BEFORE YOU GOT TO..........REACH IN SO DEEP, TO FIND REASON YOU GOT TO..........PICK FROM THE VINE, IN IT'S OWN SEASON QUESTING AFTER TRUTH YOU JUST MIGHT TOUCH THE SUBLIME AND THE ANSWERS THAT YOU SEEK YOU WILL FIND IN YOUR OWN SWEET TIME Back to the Index A MIND MADE OF GLASS SLIDING INSIDE OF HER HEAD HANGING ON TO EVERY WORD SHE SAID CLOSING YOUR EYES AND RUNNING YOUR HAND ACROSS THE GLASS BATHED IN THE IMAGES SHE FORMS AS SHE CONJOURS UP HER PAST SLIDING INSIDE OF HER HEAD YOU'LL WAKE UP IN HER BED SHE'LL TWIST AWAY AND LEAD YOU WITH HER EYES TO THE DOOR WILL YOU EVER RETURN YOU'VE LEFT HER BUT YOUR HUNGRY FOR MORE JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GETTING TO KNOW HER YOU FIND OUT....... SHE HAS A MIND MADE OF GLASS SHE LIVES IN A HOUSE OF MIRRORS AND NONE OF THEM REFLECT HER THE SAME SHE'S SO MANY FANTASTIC LOVERS BUT YOU DIDN'T CATCH HER NAME SHE KNOWS HOW TO TEAR YOUR HEART OUT LEAVE YOU HANGING IN THE WIND SHE COULD KILL YOU WITH GLASS DAGGERS BUT YOU'LL LOVE HER TO THE END SLIDING INSIDE OF HER HEAD SHE JUST MIGHT LEAVE YOU FOR DEAD IT'S ALL SHARP ANGLES AND WILL CUT YOU TO THE BONE SHE'S NOT WHAT YOU THOUGHT YOU BETTER LEAVE THE WOMAN ALONE JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GETTING TO KNOW HER YOU FIND OUT....... SHE HAS A MIND MADE OF GLASS Back to the Index March 30, 1994 THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING THERE AIN'T NO WISDOM IN WHISKY AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING WHEN THE WORDS THAT COME TO YOUR MIND ARE LIKE WISPS ON THE WIND AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE A DREAM SOMEHOW OUT OF REACH YOU KNOW YOU'VE LOST HER BUT YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT'S THE END YOU POUR ANOTHER DRINK AND WONDER WHY IT HAPPENED BUT IF YOU DRINK YOURSELF TO DEATH IT AIN'T GONNA CHANGE A THING IT'S TOUGH ON THE LOSING END SHE MIGHT OF BEEN YOUR BEST FRIEND MIGHT AS WELL HANG IT UP AND SEE WHAT TOMORROW MIGHT BRING {CH.}..... BUT HER WORDS KEEP HANGING IN YOUR MIND THERE AIN'T NO WAY YOU'LL LET GO OF WHAT SHE'S LEFT BEHIND AND HER FACE IS IN YOUR MIND AND HER FACE IS IN YOUR MIND DON'T LET THE WHISKY MAKE A FOOL OF YOU SHE'S GONE AND THERE AIN'T NOTHING YOU CAN DO YOUR TEARS WILL DRY AND THIS TIME WILL SOON PASS AND I KNOW WHAT YOUR FEELING 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE TOO THERE AIN'T NO WISDOM IN WHISKY AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING BUT SOMETIMES A MAN'S GOTTA DO WHAT HE'S GOTTA DO IF IT TAKES YOUR PAIN AWAY EVEN FOR ONE DAY THAT'S ONE MORE DAY, THAT YOU'VE PUT BEHIND YOU {REPEAT CHORUS} Back to the Index March 23, 1994 TEAR STAINED PAGE I'VE GOT THIS SONG IN MY HEART BUT I'M STARING AT AN EMPTY PAGE AND LATER ON TONIGHT IT WILL PROBABLY LOOK THE SAME IT'S SO HARD TO WRITE DOWN THESE WORDS EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE TRUE I NEVER DREAMED I'D EVER WRITE A SONG ABOUT LOSING YOU THEY'RE THE ONLY WORDS THAT COME TO MIND AT THIS TIME I DON'T CARE IF THE LINES DON'T EVEN BEGIN TO RHYME SOMETIMES I WONDER IF I'LL WRITE AGAIN IN THE YEARS TO COME BECAUSE BABY IT WAS ALWAYS YOU THAT I DREW MY INSPIRATION FROM {CH.}..... AND I'VE NEVER HAD A CHORUS COME THIS HARD IT'S LIKE THE VERSES ARE LOCKED AWAY IN A CAGE I KNOW THE CAGE WELL IT'S MY OWN HEART AND STILL I STARE AT THIS EMPTY TEAR STAINED PAGE {BREAK} IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE YOU LEFT BUT YOU'RE STILL ON MY MIND TODAY'S THE FIRST DAY I'VE EVEN TRIED TO WRITE A LINE STILL THE WORDS DON'T COME EASY I KNOW WHAT THEY'LL SAY I SUPPOSE THAT'S WHY I'M STILL STARING AT THIS EMPTY TEAR STAINED PAGE {REPEAT CHORUS} Back to the Index July 7, 1994 SWEET TENDER LOVE SHE CAME ALONG WHEN HE WAS GIVING UP ON THE WORLD EVERYTHING HAD CHANGED AND BECOME SO STRANGE UNTIL HE TOUCHED THIS GIRL AND SHE GAVE HIM LOVE.......... SWEET TENDER LOVE....... SHE OPENED HIS EYES TO THE DEEP BLUE SKIES CHASED THE STORM CLOUDS FROM ABOVE SHE GAVE HIM LOVE....... SWEET TENDER LOVE........... THEY KNEW IN THEIR HEARTS WHEN THEY TOUCHED THIS WOULD LAST FOREVER AN EMPTY VOID WAS FILLED AND HEART AND SOUL THEY STOOD TOGETHER AND THEY HAVE LOVE......... SWEET TENDER LOVE......... TWO SEPARATE HALVES BECOME THE WHOLE AND SHE FITS HIM LIKE A GLOVE THEY HAVE THEIR LOVE........ SWEET TENDER LOVE....... {MID-8} AND SHE SAID SHE'D HEARD THOSE VOICES ON THE WIND CALLING TO HER LIKE THEY CALLED TO HIM THEY KNEW THE DIRECTION THAT THEIR LIVES WOULD GO AND THEIR SEARCH FOR TRUTH WOULDN'T BE ALONE AND THEY HAVE THEIR LOVE A DEEP TENDER LOVE A WORLD OF WONDER AND TIME TO EXPLORE THE THINGS THEY'RE DREAMING OF THEY HAVE THEIR LOVE SWEET SWEET TENDER LOVE THEY HAVE THEIR LOVE SWEET SWEET TENDER LOVE {ETC.} Back to the Index June 24, 1994 STEP TO THE LEFT STEP TO THE LEFT STEP TO THE RIGHT STEP RIGHT UP BOY AND TOE THE LINE WE'LL PROTECT YOU FROM THIS WE'LL SAVE YOU FROM THAT STEP RIGHT UP BOY HERE'S WHERE YOU SIGN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOU IF WE ENCOUNTER A PROBLEM WE'LL IMPOSE ANOTHER RULE NO NEED TO WORRY WE'LL MAKE YOUR DECISIONS FOR YOU WE'LL TEACH YOU WHAT TO THINK WE'LL PUT YOU IN OUR SCHOOL HERE'S YOUR CARD WITH YOUR NUMBER TO KEEP THINGS STRAIGHT IT HAS TO BE THIS WAY IT'S FOR THE OVERALL GOOD OF SOCIETY IT'S JUST A SOCIAL DEVICE AND IT WILL BE OKAY WE'RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON YOU WE'VE GOT A BIG FILE ON EVERYTHING YOU DO EVERYTHING WILL RUN SMOOTH IF YOU DON'T MAKE WAVES WE WON'T HAVE TO GET TOUGH IF EVERYONE OF YOU BEHAVES WE'RE THE POLITICAL LEFT WE'RE THE POLITICAL RIGHT WE'RE TWO SEPARATE FACES OF ONE ENTITY YOU'RE SO SMALL PART OF THE MACHINE AND THERE'S NO ROOM FOR YOUR INDIVIDUALITY Back to the Index July 30, 1994 YOUR OWN APOCALYPSE Am I CLOSED THE DOOR ON HER FANTASY SHE TURNED AND WALKED AWAY FROM ME THIS TIME FOR GOOD BOY YOU'LL PAY THE COST SHE LEFT ME LIVING WITH THE LOST DARK ANGEL PASS OVER ME THERE'S NO MARK ON MY DOOR NO HAND OF DARKNESS CLOUDS MY VISION NO MALIGNANT SPIRITS WALK THIS FLOOR I TRIED TO GIVE HER WHAT SHE WANTED SHE STARED RIGHT THRU ME AND HER EYES WERE HAUNTED IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I SEE BOY YOU'D CHANGE YOUR VIEW I HAD TO LEAVE WHAT ELSE COULD I DO SHE'S SEEN MADNESS LURKING IN THE SHADOWS I SEE IT RAGING IN HER EYES SHE SAYS THE WORLD IS HOPELESS SOMETIMES I BELIEVE HER SHE'S WAITING FOR RESCUE FROM THE SKIES {CH.}..... HEY BABY..... I TRIED TO LOVE YOU BUT YOUR LOVE'S TOO STRANGE HEY BABY..... WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES I KNOW YOU'LL NEVER CHANGE AND YOU BELIEVE IN SOMETHING YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU'RE REACHING FOR SOMETHING JUST OUT OF YOUR GRASP I MIGHT LOAN YOU MY STRENGTH BUT I CAN'T LOAN YOU MY REASON YOUR OWN APOCALYPSE COMES IN IT'S OWN SEASON KEEP SEARCHING THE SKY YOUR SALVATION MAY COME THEN I'LL KNOW WHERE YOU WERE COMING FROM YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT BOY I HEAR YOU SAY JUDGEMENT'S COMING TO YOU ONE DAY DARK ANGEL PASS OVER ME THERE'S NO MARK ON MY DOOR NO HAND OF DARKNESS CLOUDS MY VISION NO MALIGNANT SPIRITS WALK THIS FLOOR {CH.}..... HEY BABY..... I TRIED TO LOVE YOU BUT YOUR LOVE'S TOO STRANGE HEY BABY..... WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES I KNOW YOU'LL NEVER CHANGE AND YOU BELIEVE IN SOMETHING YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU'RE REACHING FOR SOMETHING JUST OUT OF YOUR GRASP I MIGHT LOAN YOU MY STRENGTH BUT I CAN'T LOAN YOU MY REASON TO EACH HIS OWN APOCALYPSE COMES IN IT'S OWN SEASON Back to the Index January 21, 1995 IS THAT THE WAY IS GOES IN EDEN IT SEEMS THE PROMISE OF THE GARDEN IS SUCH A DISTANT ECHO FROM THE PAST AND SOMETIMES IT SEEMS THE FALL FROM GRACE HAS FINALLY OVERTAKEN US AT LAST IF WE TORE AWAY THE VEIL WOULD WE SEE WHAT'S GOING ON OR FIND SHADOWS WITHIN SHADOWS WITH NO GLIMMER OF THE LIGHT OF DAWN IF YOU BELIEVE IN FOREVER THIS IS JUST ONE RUNG ON THE LADDER WE WON'T STAY CHILDREN FOREVER GROWING IN UNDERSTANDING THE HEART OF THE MATTER MAN'S HOPE'S NOT EASILY CRUSHED HIS DREAMS HARD TO DENY IF PARADISE IS ALL BUT FORGOTTEN CAN'T WE STILL FIND THE WINGS TO FLY {CH.}..... IS THAT THE WAY IT GOES IN EDEN ARE WE SURROUNDED BY HALOS OF LIGHT IF WE SHADOWBOX WITH REASON WILL IT EVER GET US THROUGH THE NIGHT THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS THAT MUCH IS PLAIN TO SEE NO SOUND OF THUNDER WILL ROLL BACK THE HEAVENS TO REVEAL THE TRUTH TO YOU AND ME {BREAK} {MID-8} WE COULD BLAME IT ON THE GOVERNMENT WE CAN BLAME IT ON THE MOON SOME MIGHT BLAME IT ON THE DEVIL BUT HOW LONG ARE WE GONNA PLAY THAT TUNE NO PEOPLE IT'S ALL INSIDE ANY CHANGES THAT WE MAKE IF WE WANT TO CALL THIS WORLD OUR OWN IT'S MEASURED BY THE THINGS WE TAKE SOMEDAY WE'LL FIND THAT EDEN IS LIKE A METAPHOR OF OUR LIVES WITH ALL THIS WONDER WITHIN OUR GRASP WE FIND OURSELVES LOCKED OUTSIDE THE WAY OF THE SPIRIT IS THE WAY WE MUST PURSUE YOU KNOW ALL THE POSSESIONS OF THE WORLD WILL NEVER REVEAL THE TRUTH TO YOU {CH. 2}..... IS THAT THE WAY IT GOES IN EDEN TELL ME WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE LIGHT WHY DO WE SHADOWBOX WITH REASON HOW LONG TO LIFT THE VEIL FROM OUR SIGHT THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS BUT REMEMBER THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE IF THE ANSWERS LIE LOCKED IN OUR OWN HEARTS THEN WE KNOW WHO HOLDS THE KEY Back to the Index April 4, 1995 SHIPS BOUND FOR NOWHERE WHAT'S THAT ON THE HORIZON WHAT'S THAT I SEE SHIPS BOUND FOR NOWHERE SAILING AWAY FROM ME ON THE SEA A STORM IS BLOWING THEY MIGHT NOT EVER RETURN ALL SHIPS BOUND FOR NOWHERE ARE SO EASILY BURNED SO I STAND ON THIS DOCK WAVING I'M WAVING GOODBYE AND THOUGH I FEEL A CERTAIN SADNESS THERE'S NO TEARDROP IN MY EYE {CH.}..... HOW MANY YEARS MYSELF HAVE I SAILED THESE SHIPS OF DREAMS ALWAYS ENDING UP GOING NOWHERE AND NEVER ENDING BEING FREE ALL THE PROMISES WERE EMPTY THOUGH WHISPERED WITH VOICES SO SWEET BUT THESE VOICES WERE ONLY ILLUSIONS MASKING AN EMPTINESS BENEATH {BREAK} {MID-8} LOADED CONFESSIONS SPOKEN AT MIDNIGHT ARE VOICES UTTERING WORDS IN VAIN TWENTY YEARS SPENT FLIRTING WITH TEMPTATION IS ALL JUST TIME GONE DOWN THE DRAIN UP ON DECK THE QUATERMASTER WITH EYES THAT BURN LIKE HELL SHOUTING DOWN IT'S TIME FOR BOARDING AND ALL IT TAKES IS YOUR SOUL TO SELL TELL ME BROTHER IF YOU HEAR THESE WORDS DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN YOU EITHER SAIL THE SHIP OR LET IT GO THERE AIN'T NO IN BETWEEN IF YOU'RE LUCKY YOU MIGHT SAIL INTO THE EYE OF THE STORM BUT IF YOU SKIRT THE EDGES YOU MIGHT WISH YOU WERE NEVER BORN EVERYONE FINDS THEIR OWN PATH I SWEAR THAT I'VE FOUND MINE IT SEEMED TO TAKE FOREVER BUT I'VE GOT TO LEAVE THOSE SHIPS BEHIND {CH.}..... HOW MANY YEARS MYSELF HAVE I SAILED THESE SHIPS OF DREAMS ALWAYS ENDING UP GOING NOWHERE AND NEVER ENDING BEING FREE ALL THE PROMISES WERE EMPTY THOUGH WHISPERED WITH VOICES SO SWEET BUT THESE VOICES WERE ONLY ILLUSIONS MASKING AN EMPTINESS BENEATH {FADE OUT WITH......} I TRULY BELIEVE THESE WORDS I SAY GOD HELP ME IF I FAIL IT'S A MATTER OF LOVE IT'S A MATTER OF LOVE GOD HELP ME WITH THIS STRUGGLE IT'S A MATTER OF LOVE ~

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