1. Already Great
2. Fly by Night Deal
3. Almos Always
4. Stand Tall
5. Change of Heart
6. Carnival
7. Diggin' a Hole
8. Children of Destiny
9. When Bad Got Good
10. Forever
ALREADY GREAT
I'm Canadian by the way
And I love the USA
(My American friend)
I love this way of life
The freedom to act and the freedom to say
Already great
You're already great
You're the promised land
You're the helping hand
Woke up this morning
Thinking about you and your new deal
(My American friend)
Trying to put myself in your shoes
Trying to feel how you feel
Already great
You're already great
You're the promised land
You're the helping hand
No wall
No ban
No fascist USA
No wall
No ban
No fascist USA
No wall
No ban...
Not my words
That's just you the other day out on that street
(My American friend)
You're looking at one of the lucky ones
Came here from there to be free
Got to chase the life with Freedom land
Got to play my part in God's plan
(My American friend)
Already great
You're already great
You're the promised land
You're the helping hand
No wall
No ban
No fascist USA
No wall
No ban
No fascist USA
No wall
No ban
No fascist USA
No wall
No ban
No fascist USA
Whose streets?
Our streets
FLY BY NIGHT DEAL
Lately I been thinking
Bout the changing world
Trying to fit in pieces of dreams
Just trying to add it up
Figure out what it means
When a lost planet comes tumbling home
Does it have to have a beer
To break free from what is here
And continue to pick up those pieces of dreams?
And I'm living with a gameshow host
Who has to brag and has to boast
I'm tearing down the things that I hold dear
While the day is with us
And the birds are near
Singing in the sun, basking in its light
Has it just risen
Through the fogs of fear?
Can I take a minute to do what's right?
Before that starts me thinking
Distracting me again
Do I have something to say?
Maybe just a feeling
That things are bound to change
Or just that crazy searchlight
Lighting someone's way
I'm not gonna work it out
Right here and right now
I got some things to do, got some calls to make
Hear that crazy little bird
Calling out its song
Standing out on a limb almost too long
Staying out 'til it's May
She answers every time
She answers every time
Every time
Almost always
STAND TALL
Stand tall for Earth
Long may our planet live
Together we can win
As long as you and I stand tall
Stand tall
Some say it's the era of sedition
Our way of life turning upside down
Old ideas put out on exhibition
Like criminals parading through the town
You can turn with me
We can face this foe
Wherever you go, whatever you do
We win when you and I stand tall
Stand tall
Stand tall for Earth
Long may our planet live
Together we can win
As long as you and I stand tall
Stand tall
For a woman's right to be equal
Doing all that she was born to do
Let Earth become a rainbow of people
Blending all the colors as they choose
It's the dawn of our day
The light of our way
Wherever you go, whatever you do
We win when you and I stand tall
Stand tall
Stand tall
Stand tall
The Boy King don't believe in science
It goes against the Big Money Truth
His playpen Is full of deniers
They’ll flush our future down the tubes
Don't you get me wrong
‘Cause we got to be strong
Wherever we go, whatever we do
We win when you and I stand tall
Stand tall
Stand tall
Stand tall
CHANGE OF HEART
Talk to the people
They know the truth
Time don't mean nothing
It's the ways that you choose
To go on living inside your house
Or move a mountain, an elephant or a mouse
Instead of stayin and dying inside
Sometimes you move
Sometimes you ride away
Don't tell no stories
Don't tell no lies
Not even the ones you already tried
Not proud of lies
Nothing is saved
Just a road to nowhere, your name engraved
They pick up on you
‘Cause you pick up on them
Just cause they're birds don't mean you can't fly
So don't be sorry
The pastor touched my hand
There on the church steps
I was 9 or 10
I had a change of heart
It was a change of heart
A change of heart
Life is confusing
Love is time bent
Hate is not worth using
Even as cement
To build your walls
That you hide behind
And not see over and it blows your mind
There's hate there now
That never was
Love is waiting just because of you cuz
There's nothing sacred
The blind man said
I see your feelings inside my head
I can't predict it, what happens next
I love a future I don't expect
You fortune tellers
Take my hand
See what's there, its shifting sands
I had a change of heart
It was a change of heart
Just a change of heart
I was the ocean
Washed up here
I'm you're emotions
I'm your fresh beer
So drink me up and laugh away
And let's all continue on another day
Maybe tomorrow our ship will come in
And we'll set the sails for oblivion
Not so fast
Don’t let's give up
Let’s don’t be angry
And spill the cup
While we’re still drinking
And I'm feeling so high
My eyes are water logged, let's give it a try
Come on baby, I'm ready to rock
Give me all you've got
And then let's talk
It's a change of heart
I had a change of heart
Just a change of heart
CARNIVAL
In a smoky tent I approached his loudness
Step by step up the long stairway
And looked into the barrel at Evel Knievel’s Great Grandfather
(Carnival, Carnival, Carnival, Carnival)
He was flying by in a silver jacket
He rode there in the barrel wall racket
Securely held by centrifugal forces
(Carnival, Carnival, Carnival, Carnival)
Every time he touched the edge
With a gasp I gulped the fumes
In my lungs and felt my mind
Exploding!
(Carnival, Carnival, Carnival, Carnival)
Flying through the air
With the greatest of ease
The daring young lady
In the greatest show of earth
The giant wheel turned in the sky
Its colors fashed in my eye
The barkers calling to me on the Midway
(Carnival, Carnival, Carnival, Carnival)
I held a picture in my eye
From a photo booth nearby
With a girl so lovely I loved too dearly at the time
(Carnival, Carnival, Carnival, Carnival)
She had the sugar in her eyes
I was totally mesmerized
As we walked together towards the big tower
(Carnival, Carnival, Carnival, Carnival)
Flying through the air
With the greatest of ease
The daring young lady
In the greatest show of earth
Aside the girl of flaming red hair
Later that day I returned there
Perhaps the devil himself had been the father
(Carnival, Carnival, Carnival, Carnival)
Then we consumed the giant Midway
Taking it in ‘til it threw us away
Yes, we wandered among the crowd of circus goers
circus goers
(Carnival, Carnival, Carnival, Carnival)
Eating fire and swallowing snakes
A potpourri of nature’s mistakes
On display at the tent of the bearded ladies
(Carnival, Carnival, Carnival, Carnival)
Grinding through the night
With the greatest of ease
The daring young lady
In the greatest show of earth
We were grinding to the human beat
There was nothing safe about it
Nothing was right and nothing was wrong on the Midway
(Carnival, Carnival, Carnival, Carnival)
I do resent
Too much time was spent
In the tent of the strange elephant of enlightenment
My mind was free
My thoughts were pure
How much good could a man endure
As he made his way towards the big top?
(Carnival, Carnival, Carnival, Carnival)
Flying through the air
With the greatest of ease
The daring young lady
In the greatest show of earth
Grinding through the night
to the human beat
There is nothing safe about it
Nothing safe about the greatest show on earth
(Carnival, Carnival, Carnival, Carnival)
DIGGIN' A HOLE
I'm diggin' a
hole (I'm diggin' a hole)
I'm diggin' a
hole (I'm diggin' a hole)
I'm diggin' a
hole (I'm diggin' a hole)
Right now
Oh (Oh)
Woah (Woah)
My
grandchildren (My grandchildren)
My
grandchildren (My grandchildren)
My
grandchildren (My grandchildren)
Woah
Woah (Woah)
Oh yeah
Woah (Woah)
Woah
I need a long
rope (I need a long rope)
I need a long
rope (I need a long rope)
I need a long
rope (I need a long rope)
My
grandchildren
Woah (Woah)
Woah (Woah)
Woah
I'm a worried
man (I'm a worried man)
I'm a worried
man (I'm a worried man)
I'm a worried
man (I'm a worried man)
Right now
I'm a worried
man
Woah (Woah)
Woah (Woah)
Woah
I'm diggin' a
hole (I'm diggin' a hole)
I'm diggin' a
hole (I'm diggin' a hole)
I'm diggin' a
hole (I'm diggin' a hole)
Right now
Oh (Oh)
Woah (Woah)
CHILDREN OF DESTINY
Earth is like a church without a preacher
The people have to pray for themselves
Animals and birds cannot help them
Trees and plants have nothing new to say
Planets are just bumbles, floating carelessly
Streets lined up with boxes, so it seems
Lined up there forever by their buildings
Standing in the way of children's dreams
So I make my way down this highway
Stopping now to rest and then to eat
Trying not to damage that that's in my way
Lookin' for a way to be complete
That's how it ends in the beginning
That's how I plan to say goodbye
Leavin' bells just as they were ringing
I'm not trying to make something die
My friend Al got the message
Sent it down that street with the boxes on
Lined up there forever, filled with thinkers
Working on solutions here and gone
I really want to make a difference
Trying now to help him with the work
Originating in the heart of something
Worth keeping in the soul when it gets hurt
As we keep on building roads of boxes
To think inside of what we will
With increasing distance from the foxes
From the wolves and whippoorwill
And from the crows and all the sea creatures
Mermaids and the galleons of war
Crossing over untold waves of fortunes
To finally crash upon the shore
Upon the shore
Upon the shore
On the shore
On the shore
On the shore
…
Rescued there by primative tribesman
Living in round triangles for evermore
Never ever in a straight line
And always on the road to Heaven's door
Will the clouds and the rains come in torrents?
(On the shore)
And will the winds blow forever
(On the shore)
Over the dry land between the castles
Or the herds of horses grazing on the clover?
Earth is like a church without a preacher
Without a preacher
Earth is like a church without a preacher
Earth is like a church
Earth is like a church
Earth is like a church
