Signs
Sometimes there are things I want to say
things I cannot utter, in any other way
Things that for me seem to be true
though they might seem like lies to you
And every day I start on something new
By night I'm never finished, it all went askew
With every breath, we take another step
But in which direction who can say
So wrap it up and go outside to play
The sweetest melodies of all, are those of pain
The serious are always in the wrong
with credence in their melancholy songs
Time keeps dragging on
The monsters underneath my bed are growing old
The silence of the stars is creeping in
to finish off the stories that I'm in
And every time we seem to get close
the answers keep on skipping, right across the pond
And everyone who tried to dive in
drowned or died a little within
So wrap it up and go outside to play
The sweetest melodies of all, are those of pain
The serious are always in the wrong
with credence in their melancholy songs
Darlin'
Oh my darlin', Oh my darlin'
won't you please, let me in
I've been workin', I've been workin'
for a chance, to mend...
Oh my darlin', Oh my darlin'
Summer days have gone
In the twilight, in the twilight
all I want is my friend...
Oh my darlin', Oh my darlin'
won't you please, let me in
I've been workin', I've been workin'
for a chance, to mend...
The Captain
The captain sets the course that I will take
I'm a stowaway, just glad not to stay
And anywhere is better, heave away
To distant shores and lands of revelry
We twist and turn as waves become our way
The wind is singing promises of praise
The wood will creak, the sails will beat our pace
The captain knows the stars and finds our way
Away from the wayward pines
Away from city lights
Away from the promises
I'm never gonna keep
Oh, captain, won't you please take me in
To crew the ship that steers me out of sin
I'll steer us straight and learn to feel the wind
To distant shores and lands of revelry
Away from the wayward pines
Away from city lights
Away from the promises
I'm never gonna keep
River of Wrongs
Stoned and lost on the river of wrongs
Feel like just drifting along
Fighting on, I'm the tempest, the storm
But I'm calm when I'm alone
Ref:
Carry me on down the line
Ferry me right to the heart, of the river of wrongs
Set in stone, it's the feeling of home
Like the love you put on hold
So take your time on the seduction line
But be careful, you're getting old
Ref:
Carry me on down the line
Ferry me right to the heart, of the river of wrongs
For All You Have Done
If I have a daughter, I wish for her to be like you
She would never be lonesome, her friends would line up in queue
I would tell her all the stories that made me the way I am
I would give her all the world and tell her not to be afraid
And if she had a mother, I know that she would be like you
The one who finds the right way and always knows what to do
To take away the pain when the world seems dark and blue
If she had a mother, I wish for her to be like you
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For all you have done, I don't feel right,
not to let you know that you are the one
I wish that I had told you more often than I have before
The words to make you happy, I'll find a way to say them more
I hope I find the right way to tell you how I really feel
For all that you have done, and every thing I know you will
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For all you have done, I don't feel right,
not to let you know that you are the one
Walking Waltz
The tightest embrace as we erase the things we have shared
The road we traveled that took us here, we'll no longer share
As paths divide, we set aside, the thought of going back
we're miles apart, we've lost the art, to say the things we feel
It seems to me, the only decree I've left for you
Go live your life and find paradise, and try to be true
you have so much to give, I have only one thing left to say
we're miles apart, we've lost the art to say the things we feel
Clocks
I wish that time went by minutes alone,
Then the hours and days since you left wound be gone
And I’d count the minutes and feel less alone,
Though time goes on and on
And I hoped the clock had just seconds to show
That I could make it go backwards by staring it down
But time keeps on going and all that I own
Seem lessened, how the seconds have flown
And all those hopes and desires
Were lost by turning of the tide
Now I might seem feeble and broken by life
But when the years turn to dust, I’ll tell you I’m fine
When the young turns old, and it’s the end of the line
I’ll forget about the passing of time
If ever our paths cross each other again,
Pretend that I still look the same.
Just give me a smile and say I look fine,
That I’m untouched by the passage of time
And all those hopes and desires
Were lost by the turning of the tide
Rock n Roll
Did you find yourself singing along to that rock'n'roll song
Did you found yourself humming along to the beat and the chords
Scaring righteous believers, so preachers you stay at home
I'll be out playing music, playing rock'n roll all night long
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Now, times are a-changing, and music is moving along
So it's time we start telling the children where their music is from
That is why I'll keep telling the story of how I was born
'Cause my daddy was blues but my mother was a-rock'n'roll
If your legs start thumping and your heart starts jumping along
If your hands start clapping, then we know we got the right groove on
If your body starts moving, then come along and move right on
'Cause your daddy is blues and your mother is rock'n roll
REF:
Now, times are a-changing, and music is moving along
So it's time we start telling the children where their music is from
That is why I'll keep telling the story of how I was born
'Cause my daddy was blues but my mother was a-rock'n'roll
'Cause my daddy was blues but my mother was a-rock'n'roll
On The Prowl
Think about the changes and all that will come
Will people see a difference at all?
Will you see your friend at all and will they ever call
When you're a married man, ring and all
You know I hang out with girls, and Jesus knows they rock my world
But marriage just don't seem to be that fun
Be together all the time, and be as one in the eyes of God
Oh, I'll stay singel for a while
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Oh I might crumble, but if I can rumble, I'll stay out on the prowl
Think about it for yourself, is this what life is all about
Marry, have some children, a picket fence?
Or would you rather prance about and take your time to find out
What life means for a man with better sense
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Oh I might crumble, but if I can rumble, I'll stay out on the prowl
Oh I might crumble, but if I can rumble, I'll stay out on the prowl
I'll stay out on the prowl
The Wise Man
Sitting on a corner when the night has lost its fight
Lost in the city with the twilight blurring out the sights
There in the castle of his mind sits a man of might
With the courage of a bottle he found God in the city lights
He tells the story of the wisest man around
Who doesn’t need the confines or the comforts that will make him bound
Take it from the man who’s seen the belly of the beast first hand
Life will pick you pockets so be sure to close you heart first chance
For the freedom found in just one man
is enough for cracks to start in a fellow traveling heart
Listen to the story he will tell you how to find the truth
He will spin a tale like no man can and tell you that he missed his youth
He will give you all the pieces and the shards of his puzzled life
He’s been the king, the thief, the gambler but he’s never been the happy kind
Sitting on a corner when the night has lost its fight
Lost in the city with the twilight blurring out the sites
There in the castle of his mind sits a man of might
With the courage of a bottle he found God in the city lights
For the freedom found in just one man
is enough for cracks to start in a fellow traveling heart x2
The Sun Goes Down
Crawl, crawl, crawl
Crawl towards the door
Don't stay down, please get up
Get off the floor
The shadows fall
On the land that took in all
With a gun to the head
The last thing she said:
"We'll be back from the dead"
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The sun goes down
On freedom town
Like 1865 - we're backtracking now
Like a burning cross
A reminder of how it was
It came too fast
The ghost from the past
Let's hope it's the last
Crawl, crawl, crawl
Crawl towards the door
Don't stay down, please get up
Get off the floor
Ref:
The sun goes down
On freedom town
Like 1865 - we're backtracking now
The Road
A prayer out on the road a from a broken man to carry him home
I would take your burden on, if my back weren’t trodden and laden with stones
To be the savior of nothing at all is how I carry on…….
On the road If you don’t step aside for a fool
On the road would you then step aside for two?
I’d carry the world on my own, but the wheight on my mind has anchored my soul
And the burden of carrying hope, is lost on the father and the wayward son
To be the savior of nothing at all is how to carry on
I’d carry you on my back, but when hope I frail than so is strength
So, I’ll leave you on the road if find your way back convey my hope
To the saviors of nothing at all…. I hope you carry on
An Old Song
There was a time not long ago, when the people just to sing the old song
While sowing or wielding their hoe, came the melodies and word that they knew
In the evening they would gather round the fire, and sing songs about their dreams and desires
It gave them all a common bond, that everybody knew the same song
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Carry me back to the old home, down the valley, round the bend, then straight on
There’s a quarry empty of stone, where my Father learned to sing his first song
Now, there’s a song that I like to sing, with a melody as old as those hills
When I hear it, I get carried away, and wish that I had learned to sing that way
With a tone as somber as stone, and a wisdom I will never know
But the melody I know it well, it holds a story I would like to tell
Ref:
Carry me back to the old home, down the valley, round the bend, then straight on
There’s a quarry empty of stone, where my Father learned to sing his first song
Where my Father learned to sing his first song
Where my Father learned to sing his first song