domingo, 8 de octubre de 2023

JOE BONAMASSA: Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 (2023)

 


1. Twenty-Four Hour Blues
2. It's Hard But It's Fair
3. Well, I Done Got Over It
4. I Want to Shout About It
5. Win-O
6. Hope You Realize It (Goodbye Again)
7. Lazy Poker Blues
8. You Sure Drive a Hard Bargain
9. The Truth Hurts
10. Is It Safe to Go Home


TWENTY-FOUR HOUR BLUES
Every morning when I wake up
Lord, I cry a pool of tears
Seven days now, since you left me
Well, it seems like seven years
Loneliness keeps hanging around my door
An unwanted friend I can't lose
Every day the same dog-gone thing
Twenty-four hour blues

Lonely minutes turn into hours
I keep waiting by the telephone
But you don't call me, I guess I'll be
Spending another sleepless night alone
I can't seem to get myself together
Without you it's all bad news
Every day the same dog-gone thing
Twenty-four hour blues

If you don't hurry on back to me
Then I have nothing left to lose
Just these four gray walls
Twenty-four hour blues
Yeah!
Every day the same dog-gone thing
Twenty-four hour blues

IT'S HARD BUT IT'S FAIR
Gonna tell ya, it's hard but it's fair
You had a good home, but you wouldn't stay there
I swear
I'll tell it anywhere
It's hard but it's fair

It's hard but it's fair
When a man loves you, woman, and you don't even care
I swear
Tell it everywhere
It's hard but it's fair

So hard to love someone when they don't love you
Ask somebody quick, what am I to do?
Play the blues
Play the blues

It's hard but it's fair
Can't find no one to love, I've been lookin' everywhere
I swear
Tell it anywhere
It's hard but it's fair

Tellin' еverybody anywhere
I'm tеllin' anybody over there
Tellin' everybody I don't care
I'm tellin' everybody
I'm gonna play the blues
(It's hard but it's fair)
Play the blues
(It's hard but it's fair)
I'm gonna play the blues
(It's hard but it's fair)

WELL, I DONE GOT OVER IT
Well, I done got over it
Well, I done got over it
Yeah, I done got over it
Well, I done got over it
Yeah, I done got over it
I done got over at last

Now the day that I first met you
You seemed like a sweet little thing
But after a while you got so bad
You know it was a cryin' shame
But I done got over it
Lord, I done got over it
Yeah, I done got over it
I done got over at last

I was so in love I was miserable
I know my love was in vain
'Cause every time I turned my back
You was out with another man
But I done got over it
Lord, I done got over it
Yeah, I done got over it
I done got over at last

Yeah, I didn't want you to be no angel
Neither no gal that's jive
'Cause all I wanted was some good woman
To keep me satisfied
But I done got over it
Ooh, got over it
I done got over it
I done got over at last

I WANT TO SHOUT ABOUT IT
Well, she's strong enough to hold me
Strong enough to turn me loose
Let me sing my song
And do the best that I can do
I want to shout about it
She's so good for me
When I'm miles from home
And it's week 'til we kiss again
One thought of her
And I burst out in a grin
I wanna shout about it
She's so good for me
Oh yeah

I come up short
She slips me a ten
When I need good lovin'
I just say when
She takes me for who I am
I know, I'm a lucky man
Yeah, I'm a lucky man
You know that I'm a lucky man
Yeah, I'm a lucky man

When I'm draggin' on home
Throw my bags on the floor
Like I never left
She loves me long, long and slow
I want to shout about it
She's so good to me
I want to shout about it
She's so good to me
I want to shout about it
Oh, tell the whole world about it
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Shout!
Shout about it
Shout
Shout
Shout about it
Shout
Shout about it
Shout
Shout about it

WIN-O
I'm a win-o
As high as I can be
I'm a win-o
As high as I can be
I've got an office in the White House
All the laws are made by me

I don't drink no good whiskey
Lord knows I can't stand beer or gin
I don't drink no good whiskey
I can't stand no beer or gin
When I drink my whiskey down
Wow, I drink to the bitter end

I say I'm a great politician
And I make all the laws
I say I'm a great politician
And I, ooh, I make all the laws
You know I got a seat in Congress
Right next to Santa Claus
Oh, look out!

HOPE YOU REALIZE IT (GOODBYE AGAIN)
Left you a letter in a combo box
Saw a live feed when the truck pulled up
You were running hot, I couldn't sit still
I was busy pushing rocks up that hill
I ain't been in love in a long time
And I'm not the one who gets cast aside
All my hopes, all your sins
Hope you realize it's goodbye again

Hope you realize it's goodbye again, hope you realize it
Goodbye again, babe
Hope you realize it's goodbye again, hope you realize it
Listen!

I'm a wanted man from Wichita
Snakeskin boots running from the law
Made a wrong left at the Oklahoma line
Roadblock ahead, guess I'm out of time
Leavenworth Prison here I come
Ain't no mercy for what I done
Judge looked at me with a Tulsa grin
Said, "I hope you realize it's goodbye again"

Hope you realize it's goodbye again, hope you realize it
Hope you realize it's goodbye again, hope you realize it
Hope you realize it's goodbye again, hope you realize it
Hope you realize it's goodbye again, hope you realize it

No place lower than down and out
I had to move back to my momma's house
Two drink drunk, one night stand
Momma said, "Son, it's goodbye again"

What'd my momma say?
Hope you realize it's goodbye again, hope you realize it
Hope you realize it's goodbye again, hope you realize it
Hope you realize it's goodbye again, hope you realize it
Hope you realize it's goodbye again, hope you realize it

LAZY POKER BLUES
Yeah, me and my baby don't do nothing
But lay around all day long
Me and my baby don’t do nothing
But lay around all day long
Yeah, when I'm with my baby
Lazy poker goin' on

She puts some coal on the fire
So I can keep my poker hot
She puts some coal on the fire
So I can keep my poker hot
Well, we stoke around all day long
Nighttime we stoke some more

Oh, me and my baby don’t do nothing
But lay around all day long
Oh, me and my baby don't do nothing
But lay around all day long
When I'm with my baby
There's some lazy poker goin' on

YOU SURE DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN
I walked into your store
Just to have a look around
Asked if you could help me
With the bargain that I found
Tried to explain to you, darling
I was just a working man
You came up with some term, little girl
I just couldn't understand
Little lady, little lady
You sure drive a hard bargain

The price you're asking, mama
Is too much for me to pay
Now you're trying to tell me
I can't have it layaway
I know your merchandise is good
Your sample proved it so
If it was to kill me, little girl
What a good way to go
Little lady, little lady
You sure drive a hard bargain

I'm just a guy in town
And it's plain for me to see
If I come into your store
You're gonna make a stock boy out of me
Little lady, little lady
You sure drive a hard bargain

Drive a hard bargain

Little lady
You sure drive a hard bargain

THE TRUTH HURTS
The truth hurts
You wanna tell her, but you can't
The truth hurts, baby
You wanna tell her, but you can't
When you can't tell it like it is
You gotta tell it like it ain't

Tell it like it ain't, Kirk

Some say it's wrong
Some say it's right
But who am I to judge someone else's life
The truth hurts
No one claimed to be a saint
When you can't tell it like it is
You gotta tell it like it ain't

Yeah, tell 'em about it, Joe

Well, some have patience
Some can't wait
Some come homе early
Some stay out late

Thе truth hurts, baby
You wanna tell her, but you can't
When you can't tell it like it is
You gotta tell it like it ain't

Come on, Josh

The truth hurts
No one claimed to be a saint
When you can't tell it like it is
You gotta tell it like it ain't

Come on, fellas
Alright

IS IT SAFE TO GO HOME
Every now and then I get a feeling
And it chills me to my bones
When the lights go down and I'm all alone
Is it safe to go home?

In my own world every night
While the world passes me by
When the fog is lifted and I just don't know
Is it safe to go home?

It's a lonely life for anyone
How can anything change
I pushed you away for fortune and fame
How could I be so wrong
When it all comes down and I'm left all alone
Is it safe to go home?

Is it safe to go home?
Is it safe to go home?
When it all comes down and I'm left all alonе
Is it safe to go home?

viernes, 16 de junio de 2023

GOV'T MULE: Peace...Like a River (2023)

 


1. Same As It Ever Was
2. Shake Our Way Out
3. Made My Peace
4. Peace I Need
5. Your Only Friend
6. Dreaming Out Loud
7. Head Full Of Thunder
8. The River Only Flows One way
9. After The Storm
10. Just Across The River
11. Long Time Coming
12. Gone Too Long


SAME AS IT EVER WAS
Now is the time
Was there ever any other?
Looking back at all we've wasted
One good thing that we've discovered

It's time to make up for all you've lost
Years and friends that you can't get back
These things are gone forever
But memories never die

There's nothing stopping you now
There probably never was
You just had to get around
Some things, same as it ever was
Takes all the strength inside you
Just to make it through some days
You've got to own your scars
Turn them into wings

Sing what you have to say
Sing it like you have no choice
Play what you want to play
Play it loud with your own voice

From the top of the mountain that you climbed
Let your song and your spirit fly
Like eagles and angels and ancient melodies
Let it sanctify your soul like the first time that you heard rock and roll

Sing what you have to say
Sing it like you have no choice
Play what you want to play
Play it loud with your own voice

There's nothing stopping you now
There probably never was
You still have to get around
Some things, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was

SHAKE OUR WAY OUT
Fancy meeting you here
Guess I came to the right place
Is that your real name?
Don't make no never mind anyway
Just keep on dancing
While I pay the tab
And don't stop, don't stop
Just lemme hail a cab

Got to keep shaking
Shake our way out of this mess

Step on the gas, baby
I got somewhere to be in a little while
And take off that mask, baby
Let me see that wicked smile
Got my temperature rising
And that ain't all
And don't stop, don't stop
Another mule is kicking in your stall

Got to keep shaking
Shake our way out of this mess
Got to keep shaking
Shake our way out of this mess

Been a long time
Since I spent the night on the Upper West Side
Maybe it'll change our luck
Oh, let's roll the dice

And the storm will break
And the sun will shine
We got to keep moving
I know the hour's late
But we're right on time
We got to keep moving

Got to keep shaking
Shake our way out of this mess
Got to keep shaking
Shake our way out of this mess
Got to keep shaking
Shake our way out of this mess

MADE MY PEACE
For many a year I've wandered this road
Never once paying the debts that I owed
But there's no place to hide when the day finally comes
A reckoning waits for us all
For us all

Hey look at me I'm the prodigal son
Coming back home after years on the run
Ready to reveal to you all that I'm finally whole
And that I've made my peace

I watched them all die as they struggled with honor
Defending their anger as if it were truth
Lusting for fame as they fell through the air
But nobody's there when you fall

Hey look at me I'm the prodigal son
Coming back home after years on the run
Ready to reveal to you all that I'm finally whole
And that I've made my peace

I squandered my love just to lay down in darkness
Sold my soul for wine and a song
Traded my gold for a morning of glory
Now I know my time ain’t long

Listen to me, my tale is a tragic one
Come feast your eyes on the damage I've done
But it's not too late to reap what you sow
'Cause nobody's there when you fall
When you fall
When you fall
When you fall
When you fall
When you fall
When you fall
When you fall
When you fall
When you fall
When you fall

Hey look at me I'm the prodigal son
Coming back home after years on the run
Ready to reveal to you all that I'm finally whole
And that I've made my peace
Made my peace
I've made my peace
Made my peace

PEACE I NEED
I wanna testify
Right now here today
I had my eyes closed
But now I've got something to say
Listen to me
I won't steer you wrong
Heed my words
There's more here than a song

Lost in the pages
Written in ancient hand
The quest for peace
Has been abandoned in this land

In this land of illusion
She gives me the peace I need
I'm a man of constant confusion
You give me the peace I need

I need to testify
Don't walk away
You may not wanna hear it
But I've got more to say
Inside we're burning
To fly to the highest star
Can't let your journey
Take you away from who you are

Another crash landing
You need something warm when you hit the ground
Crawling from the wreckage
Another fool that's fallen down

In this land of illusion
She gives me the peace I need
I'm a man of constant confusion
You give me the peace I need

In this greedy world gone crazy
She gives me the peace I need
I don't need you to save me
Just give me the peace I need
Give me the peace I need

In this land of illusion
She gives me the peace I need
I'm a man of constant confusion
You give me the peace I need

In this land of illusion
She gives me the peace I need
I'm a man of constant confusion
You give me the peace I need

In this greedy world gone crazy
She gives me the peace I need
I don't need you to save me
Just give me the peace I need
Give me the peace I need
Give me the peace I need
Give me the peace I need
Give me the peace I need

YOUR ONLY FRIEND
Year after year
I've all watched you fall
And pick yourself up again
And time after time
We've all seen you crawl
2 am 3 sheets in the wind
Back to your only friend

Is it me or is it her tonight?
Will it be somebody else tomorrow?
Is that you? I can't tell anymore
The line between us has narrowed
Will you walk that line again?
Back to your only friend

These days we've all gone a little crazy
But you're way beyond the rest of us
Your shadow shows up long before you do
Covered in ashes and dust
Not a soul that you can trust

Are you lonesome or just confused?
Is it your head or your heart that's broken?
Are you still the victim, is that still your lame excuse?
Why you've closed every door I ever opened
Will they stay closed at the end?
Will you blame it on your only friend?

So many times in my mind I've left you
On the side of some dark road along the way
And so many times I've wept for you
Guess I always knew we'd wind up here someday, someday

So here we are
The moon is bright and full
Shining like a big ol' yesterday
We both know those days were beautiful
But for me they're long ago and far away
And for you they're here to stay

It's time for us to wake up from this dream we shared
A dream that ends two different ways
Don't blame me 'cause I chose to walk away
From the bright lights and the haze
No one else left here now to offend
But on me you could always depend
So don't you dare condescend
Just say goodbye
To your only friend

DREAMING OUT LOUD
World's in trouble and that's no lie
But somewhere in the future we're all gonna fly
So open up your mind, it's been closed for so long
Let your body relax and get lost in the song

We all got to live together
Put our difference aside
Fighting is not the answer
We're living in the great divide

Somebody said, "it's all about truth"
Try to find it today, well, there ain't no use
And somebody said, it's time to rise above
"You only need a heart full of grace a soul generated by love"

Forgive me, I'm dreaming out loud again
I said forgive me, I'm dreaming out loud again

"An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind"
Free your heart and let your spirit unwind
"I'm gonna stick with love", the love we share,
"'Cause hate is too big of a burden to bear"

We all got to live together
Put our difference aside
Silence is not the answer
We're living in the great divide

Somebody said "a lie cannot live
But don't be devoid of the power to forgive"
Time to find out who you are
"Only in the darkness can you see the stars"

Forgive me, I'm dreaming out loud again
I said forgive me, I'm dreaming out loud again

Somebody said that "in the end
We will remember the silence of our friends"
"If we're gonna leave a better world behind us
We've got to get everybody on the bus"
"We may not have chosen the time but the time has chosen us"

"The future is not beyond our control, it's the work of our own hands"
And "those that look only to the past are certain to get passed by" bye bye
Bye bye

Forgive me, I'm dreaming out loud again
I said forgive me, I'm dreaming out loud again

HEAD FULL OF THUNDER
You had me caged like a criminal
Yeah, locked me in like an animal
But I'm busting out baby while I'm still able

Gonna find somebody
To bring life to the party
'Cause I'm feeling naughty naughty
Wanna get down and dirty
Yeah, I'm headed over yonder
With my head full of thunder
And I can't help but wonder, can't help but wonder
Why I ever let you walk all over me

You put my soul in a deep freeze
Yeah, knocked my head down to my knees
But I'm gone, gone
Don't come looking for me

Gonna find somebody
To bring life to the party
'Cause I'm feeling naughty naughty
Wanna get down and dirty
Yeah, I'm headed over yonder
With my head full of thunder
And I can't help but wonder, can't help but wonder
Why I ever let you walk all over me

Sweet lady gonna shake away my blues
Pretty mama gonna make me forget about you
Forget about you

Gonna find somebody
To bring life to the party
'Cause I'm feeling naughty naughty
Wanna get down and dirty
Yeah, I'm headed over yonder
With my head full of thunder
And I can't help but wonder, can't help but wonder
Why I ever let you walk all over me

Bye bye, miss misery
Blow me a kiss, miss misery

THE RIVER ONLY FLOWS ONE WAY
There's communication and compromise
But the river only flows one way
There's looking at things through someone else's eyes
But the river only flows one way
You can build a dam, cut your losses
You can build a bridge to get across it
But at the end of the day
The river only flows one way

Oh, how could you hurt me so?

There's answers here and answers there
But the river only flows one way
So many questions floating in the air
But the river only flows one way
You can change directions, you can change your mind
You can change partners, even change your crimes
You can get down on your knees and pray
But the river only flows one way

Oh, how could you hurt me so?

One shot answers when another shot calls
But the river only flows one way
One fool rises when another fool falls
But the river only flows one way
Jack be naughty, Jack be styling
Jack Ruby was the queen of diamonds
But the king is here to stay
And the river only flows one way

Oh, how could you hurt me so?

AFTER THE STORM
Wake me in the early hours
Moonlight glowing on your skin
We will always have these memories
Of when the new world began

Come to me like the ocean
Smell of magic in the air
I know the old world will still be there
If we ever return

Save me
Raise me

Pray to the Gods of peace
Mercy is worth fighting for
In the valley where the river flows free
There's a place where we all belong

Save me
Raise me
Save me
Raise me

Everything dies, everything dies
Just to be reborn
We're stronger, we're stronger
After the storm
After the storm
After the storm
After the storm

Thunder from the Heavens above
Brings no darkness, only love
Rain that falls down like gold
Only soothes our souls

And when the morning breaks
The silence is its' own fresh breath
The suffering of our past has been erased
There is no end, there is no death

Save me
Raise me
Save me
Raise me

Dry your eyes, dry your eyes
We're almost there
Wait no longer, no longer
Venture on a dare
Everything dies, everything dies
Just to be reborn
We're stronger, we're stronger
After the storm
After the storm
After the storm
After the storm
After the storm

After the storm

Save me
Raise me
Save me
I said
I said
Save me

JUST ACROSS THE RIVER
Just across the river
A good life waits on the other side
Can't float here forever
You know it's too deep and wide
Just across the river
People are smiling so carefree
I've been told I can redeem my soul
New world waiting for me

All my life I've been shortchanged
Nobody wants to hear a poor boy complain
Work like a slave to stay out of the rain
Then they closed the factory down
Yeah, they closed the factory down

But just across the river
You don't need a job, time is free
Work if you wanna
The sun is warm and the air is sweet
Just across the river
Clouds are calling out your name
All you need is the blood you bleed
Don't need no fortune or fame

Can't you see it getting closer day by day
Golden rainbow is headed your way
No more wandering you're there to stay
You can lay your burden down
You can lay your burden down

Just across the river
They're building a warm fire every night
Just across the river
The wind is calm and the moon is bright
Sweet, sweet music
Ringing through the valley shaking the trees
My clothes are packed and I ain't coming back
Don't come looking for me

Ain't nobody singing no sad songs
Tired of walking you can rest your bones
Your wandering spirit is never again to roam
They're calling you home
Yeah, they're calling you home

Ain't nobody singing no sad songs
Tired of walking you can rest your bones
Your wandering spirit is never again to roam
They're calling you home
Yeah, they're calling you home
Just across the river

LONG TIME COMING
Something's happening
It's different today
Can't you feel it
A new sun is rising
They say this change
Change is here to stay
No looking back
No more compromising

Riding on the rhythm, rhythm of a thousand dreams
Feels like our souls are flying
Time to wake up and smell the world changing
No question, no denying

Long time coming
But we're finally here
Look around the world
Change is in the air
Look to your neighbor
He ain't your enemy
We're in this together
But fighting to be free
Seems a little crazy to me

Something's happening and it sure feels good
Dark clouds have all been swept away
Spirits rising like we knew they could
Moving on up, stamping out the pain of yesterday

Riding on the rhythm, rhythm of a thousand dreams
Feels like our souls are flying
Time to wake up and smell the world changing
No question, no denying

Long time coming
But we're finally here
Look around the world
Change is in the air
Look to your neighbor
He ain't your enemy
We're in this together
But fighting to be free
Seems a little crazy
Seems a little crazy to me

Open up our eyes
We can finally see
Open up our souls
We can breathe again
Can breathe again

Long time coming
But we're finally here
Look around the world
Change is in the air
Look to your neighbor
He ain't your enemy
We're in this together
But fighting to be free
Crazy to me
Crazy to me
Crazy to me

GONE TOO LONG
Dreams mixed with time can take you on a journey
I know I've been too far in flight
Stir in some pain and some known remedies
And the days turn into nights
Gone too long

Home and security never meant much to me
Always chose to go my own way
They say freedom comes and freedom goes
But loneliness is here to stay
Gone too long

Never thought I'd see the world through somebody else's eyes
But finally I can see where I've been
Too many nights without a friend

Hands of time are pushing me along
And I'm growing tired of resisting
Dreaming now still takes me on a journey
I'm closer to the shore but I'm still drifting

There's a light shining on an open door
And a heart that's warm and true
Chasing my shadow has never let me down
Long as it leads me back to you
Gone too long

Never thought I'd see myself through somebody else's eyes
But finally I can see who I am
Finally found someone who gives a damn

I've gotta go now, work's picked up again
God knows I'm dying to play
One more kiss, I'll leave it on my lips
But please don't let me stay
Gone too long

One more kiss, I'll leave it on my lips
But please don't let me stay
Gone too long

But please don't let me stay

Gone too long

One more kiss, I'll leave it on my lips
But please don't let me stay
Gone too long

viernes, 19 de mayo de 2023

YES: Mirror to the Sky (2023)

 


1. Cut From the Stars
2. All Connected
3. Luminosity
4. Living Out Their Dream
5. Mirror to the Sky
6. Circles of Time
7. Unknown Place
8. One Second Is Enough
9. Magic Potion


CUT FROM THE STARS
Starlight gaze out
Walkabout
International dark sky park

Desert. twilight
Second sight
International dark sky park

Relate reach out
Fathom what life is all about
Each atom cut from the stars

When I'm in need of some perspective
I find my place in the jewelled collective
Daylight glare blinding me
Only after dark may I clearly see

Look up breathe out
Walkabout
International dark sky park
I wanna be in zero G
International dark sky park

Relate reach out
Fathom what life is all about
Each atom cut from the stars

In the light of pure perfection
Troublеs are so very small
Planetary sanctuary
I touch, I can rеflect it all
Envision
Envision
Ignite the spark
Vision in vision
We have transmission after dark

Andromeda
Dog Star splendor
Horizon lightening, distant thunder
A canvas for creation theory
Now the hunter's in the southern sky

Have you really travelled so many light years to find us
So confused and so careless
In desperate need of awareness
Our pale blue dot
Dangling in the crossfires
Unravelling
(Reeling and reeling)
But what of the healing

In the light of pure perfection
Troubles are so very small
Planetary sanctuary
We touch, retrace
Embrace it all
Envision
Envision
Ignite the spark
Vision in vision
Point of ignition
Envision
Envision
Ignite the spark
Vision in vision
Vision our mission
We have transmission after, after dark
After dark

ALL CONNECTED
Always true pathways
Open doorways
Right of ways for everyone
Tell me how can we break down walls
Any other way

Always true pathways
Upon us equal shines the sun
All for the tragic
Karmachromatic
Static to obscure the very key of life
Our global symphony
Karmachromatic
It’s only static
The key defines the scale we climb
To at last perceive we are
We are contrast in harmony

You're never out of reach
You're never out of mind
So free your mind
This is your time

For thosе who wish to seek
Forgotten and left behind
Wе are connected
Respect it, the Collective
Like satellites ...
(There’s nowhere you can run)
... passing in ...
(There’s nowhere you can hide)
... the timeless night
(Connecting all our lives)

You're never out of reach
You're never out of mind
Free your mind
This is your time
Know together we stand strong

Why take it all to heart
Then for a rain drop you fall apart
Take the ups and downs in stride
Often times just let things ride

There's nowhere you can run
There's nowhere you can hide
We're all connecting
Connecting all our lives
You're never out of reach
You're never out of mind
We're all connecting
Connecting
Connecting all our lives

You're never out of reach
You're never out of mind
And those you wish to seek
Are those you will find
There's nowhere left to run
So many words being thrown round and round

Always true pathways
Open doorways
Right of ways for everyone
Tell me how can we break down walls
Any other way

Always true pathways
Upon us equal shines the sun
All for the tragic
Karmachromatic
Static to obscure the very key of life
Our global symphony
Karmachromatic
It’s only static
The key defines the scale we climb
To at last perceive we are
We are contrast in harmony

Contrast in harmony

LUMINOSITY
Dream the night came calling from forest mist
The light in Man leaves none to resist
Voiced the thunder to hearts of brotherhood
Perceive the arc Man's rising
Gone the dark and selfish way
Like the stars we are luminous

I hear the wind carry upon its breast
The woes of many each heart's unrest
Voiced the thunder to all
A circle of fire
The arc within Man's rising
No hardship could mar
With soul unscarred we are luminous

We are as the stars
Luminous
We all are stardust
If ever there was a sun to dream upon we are as one
We're luminous
Beings luminous
Bright lighthouses on the sea
The ocean of humanity
Gazing up wondering if on some distant world
A lonely soul is gazing back
Longing for contact
To stand face-to-face
Someday not so far away

Come to light dream caller up from the mist
The powers that be lowered their fists
Voiced the thunder to all
A circle of fire
Perceive the arc Man's rising
Passed greed and the power play
Like the stars we are luminous

We are as the stars luminous
We all are stardust
If ever there was a sun to dream upon we are as one
We're luminous
Beings luminous
Bright lighthouses on the sea
The ocean of humanity
Gazing up wondering if on some distant world
A lonely soul is gazing back
Longing for contact
To stand face-to-face
Someday not so far away

Why on earth can't we, lest we become a dying race
Bring to light
Stand in love face-to-face
Someday not so far away
Surely one day

LIVING OUT THEIR DREAM
Spinning your yarn and push each word
The race is on to be absurd
Around a myth everything turns
So all the words go unheard
Romeo loves Juliet so much
It's Hollywood in double Dutch
Married at the steak and seafood place
They've got anger written on their face

Living out their dream
Covered in ice cream
Their convictions don't convince me
Just a mouthful of glee
Don't convince me
Just a mouthful of glee

Things you have don't make you happy
Things that you want don't come your way
Things that you've lost are gone forever
Whilе you're watching the weathеr
Stories we hear tear us apart
What we believe is happening
Words are distorted, you'd never think
Pushing them to the very brink

Living out their dream
Covered in ice cream
Their convictions don't convince me
Just a mouthful of glee

The oval blots of scarlet foam
Illuminate the silver dome
We're no longer descending
Now there's no time for a happy ending

MIRROR TO THE SKY
Dreams of a sky without fire
Dreams of a sky without fire
An occurrence of chance
This fleeting existence
Are we not leaves in a storm
Here tossed and there blown

Dreams of a sky without fire
Dreams of a sky without fire

You are my mirror to the sky
You are my mirror to the sky
You're my mirror to the sky
You're my mirror to the sky
Still I dream of a sky without fire

Still I dream of a sky without fire falling
Still I dream of a sky without fire

What the shadow minds behind the third eye
Spiеs in vain define
The еssence they fail to posses and so resist all
They cannot control
Their forces then despise the very Soul
And Its inseparable ties
To the limitless sacred skies

Voices stir from future Earth
Tikkun olam
Spiritus mundi
Affirm the principal of unity

After all
We are star fall

Pause and reflect the cause and effect
With mindful mind
Sail timeless time
Strange worlds unknown
Where all man soon must go

CIRCLES OF TIME
Time circles
Circles of time
Time circles
Circles of time

Win or lose
That clock on the wall
Like the shadow of a noose
Is a ticking time bomb
Orchestrating and dictating our every move

Not lost on me
How bittersweet the mockery of irony
The sooner I go
The sooner to you I'll arrive at your door
To be by your loving side

I'm caught in a circle of time
Stuck on a spinning wheel of our few hellos and many goodbyes
I'm caught in an endless time circle
Spinning out of mind
Wishing somehow I could get off of this ride

Across the polar night
Thе blue twilight
Time circles
Timе circles

Far and away
I'm off to ride the sun's bending rays
And I'm lost to your sight
On a never-ending flight
Only nearer to one more yesterday

I'm caught in a circle of time
Stuck on a spinning wheel of our few hellos and many goodbyes
I'm caught in an endless time circle
Spinning out of mind
Wishing somehow I could get off of this ride

Across the polar night
The blue twilight
As we fly right through
The midnight sun
As we head into
The midnight sun
The lonely midnight sun

Across the polar night
The blue twilight
As we fly right through
The midnight sun
As we head into
The lonely midnight
The lonely midnight sun
Midnight sun
Midnight sun
Time circles
Circles of time
Ring upon ring, expanding
Time circles
Circles of time
Time circles
Circles of time
Ring upon ring, expanding
Time circles
Circles of time

UNKNOWN PLACE
Reasons to smile, after a while in our own world
Hidden from things, somewhere within no one's disturbed
Move things aside, innocent age trapped in a cage

Each step taken seems to retrace
Ancestor's footsteps to this unknown place

Bring me that sacred song in the dawn
We can belong in our own unknown world

Confined by a thought (confined by a thought),
It dims to a glow (it dims to a glow)
It falls well below
Needing the joy that nothingness brings needing that joy
Pure light, pure self feeding your health when nothingness gives

Each step taken seems to rеtrace
Ancestor's footsteps to this unknown placе

I live these four walls, beneath the ceiling and floor
I think the plants and the flowers through an open door
Not ever knowing what's written in stone
Take only what is really your own

Happiness tolling bells resounds
Towards a place where peace gently abounds

ONE SECOND IS ENOUGH
With the ins and outs
And the whereabouts
In-between the scenes
Playing out our dreams
That we think occurred

Take it stage-by-stage
Turning page-by-page
From the open space
There's a warm embrace
Now we've come of age

One second is enough
In a blink of an eye
Happiness comes and goes
But we don't know why

In the afterglow
There's a lot we know
How our lives unfold
In what we behold
Inside ourselves

The glory days were beautiful
So young at heart, did energize
Move on from there to be so strong
Always belong

One second is enough
In a blink of an eye
Happiness comes and goes
But we don't know why

One second is enough
One second
One second
One second is enough

MAGIC POTION
On another night we sung our song
Such simple pleasures they can last so long
We stood our ground on the nights return
In the knowledge of what it is we learn

It's a good day to be had by all

As we're drifting in slow motion
All consumed by the notion
That love is the magic potion

It's the way of things
Conclusions drawn
Justice founded on
Though it's worn and torn
The waves aren't calm
When the words alarm

It's a good day to be had by all
It's a good day to be had by all

As we're drifting in slow motion
All consumed by the notion
That love is the magic potion

sábado, 22 de abril de 2023

JETHRO TULL: RökFlöte (2023)

 


1.Voluspo
2.Ginnungagap
3.Allfather
4.The Feathered Consort
5.Hammer on Hammer
6.Wolf Unchained
7.The Perfect One
8.Trickster (and the Mistletoe)
9.Cornucopia
10.The Navigators
11.Guardian's Watch
12.Ithavoll


VOLUSPO
Ek man jötna ár of borna
Þá er forðum mik fædda höfðu
Níu man ek heima, níu íviðjur
Mjötvið mæran fyr mold neðan

Ár var alda, þar er Ymir byggði
Var-a sandr né sær né svalar unnir
Jörð fannsk æva né upphiminn
Gap var ginnunga, en gras hvergi

I remember yet the giants of Yore
Who gave me bread in the days gone by
Nine worlds I knew, the nine in the tree
With mighty roots beneath the mould
Of old was the age when Ymir lived
Sea nor cool waves nor sand, there were
Earth had not been, nor heaven above
But a yawning gap and grass nowhere

GINNUNGAGAP
This first and elemental flesh
Both man and woman falls awake
From void and darkness, frost and flame
From sleeping Ymir, a world to make

The wordless voice, the scream, the howl
Pure essence fills new Earth and Sky
Ancestral form of myth and legend
Giants, Gods, to glorify

Father, Mother, to them all
The bleak betrayal comes to pass
As daughters, sons, bad families
Are cut from stone to break like glass

I dream of spaces, emptiness
Deserts golden, endless dome
Dome of blue with white clouds scudding
Folded origami home

Home to all creation
Vistas of foreign lands. We conjure ghosts
Of pre-birth state, primal recall
The calm amongst the heavenly hosts

ALLFATHER
Allfather, how can we help you?
How can we bring you wondrous notions?
Allfather, how do we read you?
How do we will you godly emotions?

Eye for a lie, tooth for a truth
Hang from the branches, above the well
Nine days pass in the blink of one eye
One eye in heaven, the other in hell

Allfather, learn from the symbols
Born in these waters, a gift for the giving
To others who fawn at the feet of the master
And bathe in the presence, the dead and the living

The heavy door closed with a thud
The vast and book-lined hallowed halls
Sucks me in with endless breath
With steady heartbeats to install me

At the gate of all there is
And all there was, as best we know
From pen to paper, man to child
The gift of learning's afterglow

Afterglow
Afterglow
Allfather

THE FEATHERED CONSORT
Feathered consort, woven fronds maternal
Silken, shining, light the day
With her whispered promises of passion
Fertile joining, fashioned clay

Like distant Venus, so seductive
Smoothing her scent on boys and men
To make them whole and leave them smiling
Thinking of her now and then

They raise her up to sit at heaven's portal
To suckle babes, ripen anew
While second self, the sultry Frеya
Rides behind her cats, grеy and blue

Wicked diva, cool mug-magnet
The sulky, saucy temptress lights
Another lip-stained cigarette
And turns her face to show the whites
Of eyes like torches, piercing, steely
Thin, grey smoke, a coiling plume
Paris showgirl, headdress cast
Aside in tawdry dressing room

HAMMER ON HAMMER
Was there a time when I was Jupiter
Ringed like Saturn, with sacred belt?
Anvil sweating under blows
Hammer on hammer, cold steel to smelt

Coiled serpent, silently waiting
Takes the bait I place beneath
The darkened deeps so far from shore
Line cut, dagger to sheath

Stage must be set for mortal battle
Völva prophesy fufilled
At Ragnarök, gory conclusion:
Drowning world to raise, rebuild
Vlad, the bad, seethes and schemes
An empire past he must renew
Tough man in waiting, stares at me
At White Nights, 1992

Sabres rattle, pipelines tremble
Wasted opportunity
To build a better motherland
A nobler place in history

The darkened deeps so far from shore
Line cut, dagger to sheath

Stage must be set for mortal battle
Völva prophesy fufilled
At Ragnarök, gory conclusion:
Drowning world to raise, rebuild

Was there a time when I was Jupiter
Ringed like Saturn, with sacred belt?

WOLF UNCHAINED
From out the marsh with jaws agape
And angry howls, the wolf does run
All set to roam and havoc make
Amongst the nine worlds of the sun

But soft as silk, strong fetters fixed
To calm, restrain the rage awhile
Invite the hand between sharp teeth
To prove good faith, to reconcile

The bond unbroken, trickery
Could not prevent the savage bite
And free at last with jaws against
The ground and sky, the final fight

Curled at my feet in sleep, Tervueren
Malinois or Groenendael
A shepherd's friend, unfеttered loyalty
Sweet devotion natural

Drеaming of a wilder past
A wilder bark, the howl, the growl
Soft limb to tear and bone to grind
The postman corpse to disembowel

THE PERFECT ONE
He smiles, beguiles, and occupies
A perfect placid sacred space
Enthrals all those who gaze, admire
And, fascinated, beg his grace

Bold but blessed with calm resists
Well armoured, turns aside all harm
Directed at his sweet perfection
Bathed in gentle lights to charm

All but one who, seizing
Opportunity, devises dark
And cunning deed to snuff the candle
Put an end to vital spark

Ken and Joe, Joe and Andy
Frank and George, and Joe and Trav
Fatal friends, fatal attraction
To a rough Adonis, havе

A dark, sad commonality
All hero worship, bit of rough
Frail bond to stretch to breaking point
A point distillеd from stronger stuff

TRIKSTER (AND THE MISTLETOE)
What is this spear of mistletoe
That flies like dart from brother's hand?
Seemed innocent, a prank misfired
The great shapeshifter, fire-brand

Two-faced fool, the jester bold
Grasps at opportunities
To turn his coat, self-satisfy
And go wherever he might please

Little giant, skin so thick
Can hold the fate of all his kin
With treachery, duplicity
Behind the wide, engaging grin

The class clown sits in back of class
Throws paper darts, blot paper balls
To bounce off heads of swots like me
Provokе a fight when lunch break calls

His tiresomе japes, the prods and pokes
The never-lasting friendships made
Bring only our feigned approval
Soon resigned to trusts betrayed

CORNUCOPIA
The barley grows and ripened, feeds
The hungry souls who toil and sweat
They gather to give thanks and praise
For wealth and peace, repay the debt

I make for them a bounty
To reward the pains of honest men
Ask only for their loyal faith
In planting seeds to sprout again

My sister joins the happy throng
To dance and sing with all who care
To lie with her in soft repose
Gold diadem in golden hair

Summer sounds of combine wheezing
On the top fields, by the lane
Which winds down rutted tracks to sleepy
Barns, the dryer for thе grain

Farmer eyes fixеd on the headlands
Dazzled by the dipping sun
Which lights the corners of her eyes
The farmer's wife, we lie as one

THE NAVIGATORS
Feet fixed firm on windswept headland
Far above the raging sea
Lord of all the stormy deeps
The wealth of ages at his knee

Protects and nurtures navigators
Raiders bold who loot and plunder
Giving strength to hold at bay
The tallest wave, the savage thunder

Then, to bring them home again
Safe to revel in their fame
With tales of valour, harsh and virile
Treasures taken in Gods' names

Crab pots stacked, fat diesel straining
At the white and foam-flecked wave
Echo sounding, seaman rounding
Dark mull skirts a watery grave

Which calls to lure brave navigators
Who venture far from harbour home
Burning with that lust of feisty
Fisher-folk who live to roam

Feet fixed firm on windswept headland
Far above the raging sea
Lord of all the stormy deeps
The wealth of ages at his knee

Protects and nurtures navigators
Raiders bold who loot and plunder
Giving strength to hold at bay
The tallest wave, the savage thunder

Then, to bring them home again
Safe to revel in their fame
With tales of valour, harsh and virile
Treasures taken in Gods' names

GUARDIAN'S WATCH
The Guardian stands above the plain
Surveys the path to rainbow bridge
Keen-eyed stares t'wards middle world
From high upon that castle ridge

With trumpet drawn to warn of first
Approach of those who might intrude
He hears the sound of grass a-growing
Senses keen, a quiet étude

Before the giants come to call
The rage of final battle locked
With flaming sword and serpent venom
Revelation, Ragnarök

Mae West, helmet, Mk VIII goggles
'Chute at ready on the wing
Young men sprint to action, answer
Jarring scramble bell's harsh ring

Gear up, climbing, Merlin roaring
Bandits one-five, sounds the cry
Chime of destiny sends aloft
Virgin guardians of the sky

ITHAVOLL
Sé ek upp koma öðru sinni
Jörð ór ægi iðjagræna
Falla forsar, flýgr örn yfir
Sá er á fjalli fiska veiðir

Finnask Æsir á Iðavelli
Ok um moldþinur máttkan dæma
Ok minnask þar á megindóma
Ok á Fimbultýs fornar rúnar

Þar munu eptir undrsamligar
Gullnar tö ur í grasi nnask
Þærs í árdaga áttar höfðu

Now do I see the Earth anew
Rise all green from the waves again
The cataracts fall and the eagle flies
And catches fish beneath the cliffs

The gods in Ithavoll meet together
In wondrous beauty once again
Shall golden tables stand mid the grass
Which the gods have owned in the days of old

lunes, 28 de noviembre de 2022

NEIL YOUNG: World Record (2022)

 


1. Love Earth
2. Overhead
3. I Walk with You (Earth Ringtone)
4. This Old Planet (Changing Days)
5. The World (Is in Trouble now)
6. Break the Chain
7. The Long Day Before
8. Walkin' on the Road (To the Future)
9. The Wonder Won't Wait
10. Chevrolet
11. This Old Planet (Reprise)


LOVE EARTH
(Love Earth)
(Love Earth)
And your love comes back to you
(Love Earth)
Such an easy thing to do
(Love Earth)
Till the water and the air is pure
From the birds in the sky
To the fishes deep in the sea

(Love Earth)
(Love Earth)
(Love Earth)

The place where all the children can live
(Love Earth)
Really nothing better to give
(Love Earth)
And your love comes back to you
So I’m calling out
So I’m calling out to you

(Love Earth)
(Love Earth)

The sky was blue and the air so clean
The water crystal clear
We lived by the sun and have it all
We were living in a dream

(Love Earth)
(Love Earth)
(Love Earth)

We can bring the seasons back
(Love Earth)
Can you imagine that
(Love Earth)
Your love comes back to you

So I’m calling out
So I’m calling out to you
(Love Earth)
Love Earth (Love Earth)
(Love Earth)
Love Earth (Love Earth)

The sky was blue and the ear so clean
The water crystal clear
We lived by the sun and have it all
We were living in a dream
(Love Earth)
(Love Earth)
(Love Earth)

(Love Earth)
(Love Earth)
(Love Earth)
(Love Earth)

OVERHEAD
I was walkin' in a dream
And I couldn't get the message
You tried to call me but I was not home
It's more than what it seems
And I'm pickin' up some meaning
But I'm just not sure if I can reel it all in
It's my life (it's my life)
It's my love (it's my love)
It's my day

In the old world life was just a rollin' and a tumble
One foot in front of the other all day
But I found you now and I'm trying to make the difference
Trying to make it through the beautiful day
It's my life (it's my life)
It's my love (it's my love)
It's my day

Crimson Pirate on the big screen
And I'm lookin' at the ocean
Tryin' to see if I belong out there
I got love and light and devotion
Got a chance to make a difference somewhere
It's my life (it's my life)
It's my love (it's my love)
It's my chance
Overhead in the skies of blue
Not a thing between me and you
All the love in the world there too
Overhead in the skies of blue
I'm a bird and so are you
We can fly in the world there too

We've got to say goodbye before I go into the good times
Got to say hello when we meet again
Thinkin' 'bout us now on the porch outside the Lincoln
Parked out front, so we're ready to go
It's my life (it's my life)
It's my love (it's my love)
It's my chance (it's my chance)

It's my life (it's my life)
It's my love (it's my love)
And my chance (and my chance)

I WALK WITH YOU (EARTH RINGTONE)
I saw the change rolling by out the window of my life
I'm so grateful to have lived all these years
From the falling leaves to the snow in the trees
And the spring to the summertime we knew

As they came and they went and I rode along with life
In my ways with my memories and love
I look out at the change and I wonder how the Earth
Could be going to somewhere I've never seen

Walk with me now to the ends of the Earth
And you'll see what the damage can be
Fight with me now to the end of the wars
And believe what they've done for you, if you now are free

The end of wars, the price of life
The cost of care, the toll of strife
I walk with you and count the days

Walk by my side as we enter the days
And we find what we have in store
Stand with me now as we walk through the land
And we wonder what we were fighting for

THIS OLD PLANET (CHANGING DAYS)
Well they say the autumn leaves
Don't fall in the springtime
It's just too soon
And the time has home
But it's just too soon
You're not alone on this old planet
It's still all yours to do as you may
You're not alone on this old planet
Time was long ago
When we were just children
The sun would rise and the sun would fall
On the changing day
The big blue sky and the sparkling water
The river flowed right through our town
On the way down to the lake
You're not alone on this old planet
It's still all yours to do as you may
You're not alone on this old planet
Time was long ago
When we were just children
The sun would rise and the sun would fall
On the changing days
The sun would ride and the sun would fall
On the changing days
The sun would ride and fall
On the changing days

THE WORLD (IS IN TROUBLE NOW)
The flowers growing from the ground
The sunlight shining down
My memories of the past delight
In all the things I found
Because the earth has held me so
I never will let go
I never will let go
I never will let go

On this street we walk together now
To send this message here
Let me wait beyond the things I know
And try to be a light
Searching for the way back home
And lost in your delight
Well, I try to make the feelings show
I try to make it right

Take my life towards the endless flow
And move me with the night
I'm beyond the time I had to know
I'm waiting out of sight
These things are kept from me
By defense I must know
I could hear you in the early prime
You let your feelings go

The flowers growing from the ground
The sunlight shining down
My memories of the past delight
In all the things I found
Because the earth has held me so
I never will let go
I never will let go
I never will let go

BREAK THE CHAIN
I'm gonna love every breath that I take
(Break the chain)
Down to my soul that my heartbeat makes
(Break the chain)
(Break the chain)

Walk as straight as my eyes can see
(Break the chain)
I'm gonna stay home in eternity
(Break the chain)
(Break the chain)

When I'm outside and I take a deep breath
(Break the chain)
It's like I'm dancin' am I dancin' with death?
(Break the chain)
(Break the chain)

Let's break the chain, let it die on the vine
(Break the chain)
No human home and scarce little time
(Break the chain)
(Break the chain)

Break the chain
Break the chain
Break the chain
Break the chain

THE LONG DAY BEFORE
In the old days and the newer days
The present days and the future days
Tomorrow will never be late
If your dreams can come true

On the true days and the lyin' days
The crowd stays and the purple haze
Is floating down from the sky
That's where it shows

On the TV, in the newscast
They're never gonna talk about
On the front page of the internet
You're never gonna see about
The big thing in the room
That's happening right now

In the long day before
To the night of the morning and after it
Will live on as a memory of fate
It's so big that you can't see
It's so large that it's you and me
It's nothing if not the dream
We have is not coming true

People swear it's a conspiracy
A dirty trick to get you and me
Into believing that something's not real

WALKIN' ON THE ROAD (TO THE FUTURE)
Walkin' on the road to the future is scary
We want to make the best of the past and not tarry
These are the things we've done and they have a cost
We will take it on and try to make the best of us

Walk with me brothers and sisters of the future
To the world as we know it and the Earth as we knew it
Hand in hand, fist to fist with no more weapons, no more war
No more war
Only love
No more war
Only love

Walkin' with me now to the future of all mankind
One step right in front of the other
Walkin' to the future, as sisters and brothers
We've got to do it now, though some may say it's too late
No more war
Only love
No more war
Only love

Walk with me now for the children of the future
The green grass, blue sky, clear water future
With sun shedding light through a flicker in your laughin' eyes
Your cryin' eyes, your laughin' eyes
Your cryin' eyes, your laughin' eyes
No more war
Only love
No more war
Only love

THE WONDER WON'T WAIT
The wonder won't wait till tomorrow again
The wonder won't wait for you
To come back home

If you're lost where you are and you can't get back
The wonder won't wait for you
To swing at the stars in the sky

Take some time to live before you die
'Cause the wonder won't wait
No, the wonder won't wait

I'm the air all around the bank
Where your money pays for crimes against me
'Cause I'm the Earth and I wanna live
But the wonder won't wait for me
To swing at the stars in the sky

Take some time to live before you die

There's something big happening and part of it's you
You've got to stand outside yourself
Get out your own head so you see what you do
You've got to stand outside yourself (stand outside yourself)

Take some time to live before you die
'Cause The wonder won't wait
The wonder won't wait for you
The wonder won't wait
The wonder won't wait for you
To stand outside yourself

CHEVROLET
Almost got an old Chevrolet
Man, that car was talking to me
Chevrolet
Pretty red lights and the paint was gleaming
I was seeing myself in a different way
Chevrolet
Shifting gears, I had to pull away
Lost on the winding highway in my mind
Oh, but it feels so good
How will it comfort me
Burnin' all that fuel again?
Gone is the crowded highway
Lost, are the roads we left behind
Found in the place they live inside me
Chevrolet

Chevrolet

Wanderin' with an ancient Nomad
On the dusty lanes of this old highway
Chevrolet
Never lost before I found you
Now I need to just forget our bad turns
Chevrolet
What a curve and what a way to go
We took it fast before we took it slow
Oh, and it feels so good
Rollin' the window down
Ivory wheel in my hands again
Gone is the crowded highway
Lost, are the roads we left behind
Found in the place they live inside me
Chevrolet

Chevrolet

On the road in my old Corvette
New mama said we have a baby on the way
Chevrolet
Soon enough, we lost all contact
We were young and foolish, that's behind us now
Chevrolet
One bad turn behind us now
That's the road we can't go back on
That's the turn we've already made
Oh, but it feels so good
Rollin' the window down
Ivory wheel in my hands again
Gone is the crowded highway
Lost, are the roads we left behind
Found in the place they live inside me
Chevrolet

Chevrolet

Chevrolet

Chevrolet

THIS OLD PLANET (REPRISE)
But it's just too soon
You're not alone on this old planet
It's still all yours to do as you may
You're not alone on this old planet
Time was long ago
When we were just children
The sun would rise and the sun would fall
On the changing day

miércoles, 13 de julio de 2022

NEIL YOUNG: Toast (2022)

 


1. Quit
2. Standing in the Light of Love
3. Goin' Home
4. Timberline
5. Gateway of Love
6. How Ya Doin'?
7. Boom Boom Boom


QUIT
Don't say you love me (Don't say you love me)
Don't say you love me (Don't say you love me)
Don't say you love me (Don't say you love me)
Don't say you love me (Don't say you love me)

Hey baby
I'm your man
I know I treated you bad
But I'm doin' the best I can

Now is not the time
To cash it in
I'm with you babe
I've always been

And I got to tell you baby
That our love is strong
And I'm the one
The one that did you wrong

Don't say you love me (Don't say you love me)
That's what she said (Don't say you love me)
Don't say you love me (Don't say you love me)
Don't say you love me (Don't say you love me)

Hey baby
Don't count me out
I still got a lot to give
Stick around and find out

I might surprise you
With what our love still brings
I'm never quiting you
Even if you quit me

Oooh I got to tell you baby
And our love is strong
I'm the one
The one that did you wrong

Don't say you love me (Don't say you love me)
That's what she said (Don't say you love me)
Don't say you love me (Don't say you love me)
That's what she said (Don't say you love me)

(Don't say you love me (Don't say you love me))
(Don't say you love me (That's what she said))
(Don't say you love me (Don’t say you love me))
(Don't say you love me (Don't say you love me))
(Don't say you love me (That's what she said))

STANDING IN THE LIGHT OF LOVE
I don't wanna get personal
Or have you put me on the spot?
Don't know how you feel
But for me it's getting hard

Floating in the deep blue sea
Standing in the big parade

All it takes is a little shade
Standing in the light of love
Standing in the light of love

All we need is a little love
To make a handout worth a lot
Doesn’t matter where you are
Or where you’re not

Sinking in the deep blue sea
Marching in the long parade

All you need is a little shade
When you’re standing in the light of love
Standing in the light of love

Drowning in the deep blue sea
Drudging in the long parade

All it takes is a little shade
Standing in the light of love
Standing in the light of love

GOIN' HOME
On the hill where Custer was
Making his last stand
With the Indians all around him
And his gun in his hand
Such a wind was blowing that day
Through the battleground
I could feel it in my hair
As I turned towards downtown
Weaving through the buildings
Cutting though the streets
Slicing through the culture
Piling on the weeks

Goin' home, I'm goin' home
Goin' home, I'm goin' home

Dropping in on you, my friend
Is just like old times
Said the fool who signed the paper
To assorted slimes
It's hard to get blood from a stone
But I'll give it a try
To provide your accommodations
And leave you satisfied
You'd think it was easy
To give your life away
To not have to live up to
The promises you made

Goin' homе, I'm goin' home
Goin' home, I'm goin' home
Goin' homе

Elusively she cut the phone
And went from cell to cell
Really looking remarkable
And obviously doing well
Made a turn on a wooden bridge
Into the battleground
With a thousand warriors on the ridge
She tried to turn her radio down
Battle drums were pounding
All around her car
She saw her clothes were changing
Into sky and stars

I'm goin' home, I'm goin' home
Goin' home, I'm goin' home

Goin' home, I'm goin' home
Goin' home, I'm goin' home
Goin' home, I'm goin' home
Goin' home, I'm goin' home

TIMBERLINE
Well, I saw you on the timberline walkin' with your tools (Timberline, timberline)
I know you seen the signs, know you know the rules (Timberline, timberline)
You saw my machine, all of them are legal (Timberline, timberline)
Monkey with that madness, I'll blow your head off (Timberline, timberline)

Fooled by the Lord
Fooled by his grace
Put my faith in Jesus
Took away my livin'
Took away my place
Oh, Lord

Well, they really did it to me when they closеd down the cut (Timberline, timbеrline)
They left that baby standing and it wrenched me in the gut (Timberline, timberline)
They really did it to me when they closed down the cut (Timberline, timberline)

Finger on the iron
Got you in my sight
Put my faith in Jesus
Goin' back to school
Gonna show them what I've learned
Oh, Lord

Well, they really did it to me when they closed down the cut (Timberline, timberline)
Left those babies standing, wrenched me in the gut (Timberline, timberline)
They really did it to me when they closed down the cut (Timberline, timberline)

Fooled by the Lord
Fooled by his grace
Put my faith in Jesus
Took away my livin'
Took away my place
Oh, Lord, yeah

GATEWAY OF LOVE
Background noise on a changing sky
Blacked out eyes saw the reason why
I still feel you in my heart's eye

Gateway of love
Gateway of love

Try to find the perfect time (Perfect time)
To say something to you
Filled with need and filled with truth
But I'm just a drifting soul
With nothing much to say
Strong in the head
And bound to stay that way
I got almost everything except that little key
To the gateway of love
Gateway of love

Once I heard, there's a place all high (Therе's a place)
Where angеls spread their wings
And babies learn to fly
Once I heard, there's a place all high
But I'd like to stay down here
And try to love someone
Caught in our life
While we watch the bouncing sun
I'd just like to hold her near
And bring her back to me
But the gateway of love
Gateway of love

Background noise on a changing sky (Background noise)
You're making love to me
I still feel you in my heart's eye
If I could just live my lie as easy as a song
I'd wake up someday and the pain would all be gone
Help me now, I'm sinking fast, I gotta get along
To the gateway of love
Gateway of love

Try to find the perfect time (Perfect time)
To say some things to you
Filled with need and filled with truth
If I could just live my life as easy as a song
I'd wake up someday and the pain would all be gone
Help me now, I'm sinking fast, I gotta get along
To the gateway of love
Gateway of love

HOW YA DOIN'?
Where did all the feelings go?
What about that happy glow?
Was that so long ago
When we were first in love?
I didn't feel the change
Everything was still the same
And when that moment came
I didn't know
I miss the feeling
I miss the light
But I got faith in something
I'll never give up the fight
Why's it so heavy?
This heart of mine
I lost the feeling
I lost the time
I'd like to shake your hand, disappointment
Looks like you win again
But this time will be the last

Let's say I got a habit
Let's say it's hard to break
Let's say we gotta do something
Before it's just too late
I wanna get you back
I don't know how to do that
I miss you loving me
The way we used to
I'd like to shake your hand, disappointment
Looks like you win again
But this time will be the last

I'm taking the blame myself
For livin' my life in a shell
And now I'm breakin' out
But will you still be there?
Let's say that love is blind
Let's say that time is kind
Let's say that it's not over
'Til it's over
I'd like to shake your hand, disappointment
Looks like you win again
But this time will be the last

I'd like to shake your hand, disappointment
Looks like you win again

I'd like to shake your hand, disappointment
Looks like you win again
So now it's up to me
To set your spirit free
So you can swing again
On our gate

BOOM BOOM BOOM
There ain't no way I’m gonna let the good times go
There ain't no way I'm gonna let the good times go
The touch of my woman can soothe my soul
When she make me feel right that’s when the good times roll
Let the good times roll

Oh, she's a healer to me
Oh, yeah

The blue-eyed woman is a mystery to me
The blue-eyed woman is a mystery to me
The touch of my woman can soothe my soul
When she make me feel right, that's when the good times roll
Let the good times roll

Oh, she's a healer to me
Oh, yeah

Way out on the prairies where the wheat fields grow
Way out on the prairies is back where the wheat fields grow
I stop to slap plastic at an Esso station
About a thousand miles from my destination
Let the good times roll

Oh, she's a healer to me
She's a healer to me

All I got is a broken heart
And I don't try to hide it when I play my guitar

There ain't no way I’m gonna let the good time go
There ain’t no way I'm gonna let the good time go

There ain’t no way I'm gonna let the good time go
There ain't no way I'm gonna let the good time go

Blue-eyed woman is a healer to me
(Blue-eyed woman)
If I lose that woman I'm history
(Blue-eyed woman)
Blue-eyed woman
(Blue-eyed woman)
If I lose that woman I'm toast
(Blue-eyed woman)

There ain't no way I'm gonna let the good time go
There ain't no way I'm gonna let the good time go
There ain't no way I'm gonna let the good time go
(Ain't no way)
(Ain't no way)