the moody blues

The Moody Blues

Discography

Days of Future Passed

The Day Begins (Redwave, Knight)

Cold hearted orb that rules the night,

Removes the colors from our sight,

Red is gray and yellow white,

But we decide which is right.

And which is an illusion?

Pinprick holes in a colorless sky,

Let insipid figures of light pass by,

The mighty light of ten thousand suns,

Challenges infinity and is soon gone.

Night time, to some a brief interlude,

To others the fear of solitude.

Brave Helios wake up your steads, Bring the warmth the countryside needs.

Dawn: Dawn Is A feeling (Mike Pinder)

Dawn is a feeling

A beautiful ceiling

The smell of grass

Just makes you pass

Into a dream

You're here today

No future fears

This day will last

A thousand years

If you want it to

You look around you

Things they astound you

So breathe in deep

You're not asleep

Open your mind

You're here today

No future fears

This day will last

A thousand years

If you want it to

Do you understand

That all over this land

There's a feeling

In minds far and near

Things are becoming clear

With a meaning

Now that you're knowing

Pleasure starts flowing

It's true life flies

Faster than eyes

Could ever see

You're here today

No future fears

This day will last

A thousand years If you want it to

The Morning: Another Morning (Ray Thomas)

Balloons flying

Children sighing

What a day to go kite flying

Breezy school

Away from school

Cowboys fighting out a duel

Time seems to stand quite still

In a child's world it always will

Fishes biting

So exciting

Lunchtime sounds so inviting

At the bill

He gets a thrill

Sitting, watching Bobby Quill

Time seems to stand quite still

In a child's world it always will

Yesterday's dreams

Are tomorrow's sighs

Watch children playing

They seem so wise

Mary Green

Today's a queen

One thousand dollies are her dream

In cotton frocks

And golden locks

Her palace is an orange box

Time seems to stand quite still In a child's world it always will

Lunch Break: Peak Hour (John Lodge)

I see it all through my window it seems

Never failing like millions of bees

All that is wrong

No time will be won

All they need to do-o-o-o

What can be done?

Peak hour, peak hour, peak hour

Minds are subject to what should be done

Problem solved, time cannot be won

One hour a day

One hour at night

Sees crowds of people

All meant for flight


It makes me want to run out and tell them

They've got time

Take a step back out

And look in at their debt

And their time

Minds are subject to what should be done

Problem solved, time cannot be won

One hour a day

One hour at night

Sees crowds of people

All meant for flight


The Afternoon: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?) (Justin Hayward)

Tuesday, afternoon,

I'm just beginning to see,

Now I'm on my way,

It doesn't matter to me,

Chasing the clouds away.

Something, calls to me,

The trees are drawing me near,

I've got to find out why

Those gentle voices I hear

Explain it all with a sigh.

I'm looking at myself, reflections of my mind,

It's just the kind of day to leave myself behind,

So gently swaying thru the fairy-land of love,

If you'll just come with me and see the beauty of

Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday, afternoon,

I'm just beginning to see,

Now I'm on my way,

It doesn't matter to me,

Chasing the clouds away.

Something, calls to me,

The trees are drawing me near,

I've got to find out why

Those gentle voices I hear Explain it all with a sigh.

Evening: Time To Get Away John Lodge

Evening has come to pass

The time of day doesn't last

Evening has earned its place today

I'm tired of working away

Working, living it brings

Only way to have those things

Toiling has bought too many tears

Turn round all those past years

Evening time to get away



Till next day

Live all you people

You can see where you're at

It doesn't really hurt you

So that can depend


Live all you people

You can see where you're at

It doesn't really hurt you

So that can depend

Evening time to get away Evening time to get away

Evening: The Sun Set (Mike Pinder)

When the sun goes down,

And the clouds all frown,

Night has begun for the sunset.

See it with your eyes;

Earth re-energized

By the sun's rays every day.

Take a look out there,

Planets everywhere.

When the sun goes down,

And the clouds all frown,

Night has begun for the sunset.

Shadows on the ground;

Never make a sound,

Fading away in the sunset.

Night has now become

Day for everyone.

I can see it all

From this great height.

I can feel the sun

Slipping out of sight;

And the world still goes on Through the night.

Evening: Twilight Time (Ray Thomas)

Twilight Time, to dream awhile

In veils of deepening gloom

As fantasy strides over colorful skies

The fog disappearing from view

In twilight time, dream with me awhile

A nightingale plays a dark mellow phrase

Of notes that are rich and so true

An aerial display by the firefly brigade

Dancing to tunes no one knew



Building castles in the air

Whistling to the wind

As nature bows down her head

See what tomorrow brings

Twilight time, dream with me awhile

Bats take to wing, like puppets on string

Prancing in cool evening air

In a sightless glide, no reason to hide

Away from the sun's blinding stare

In twilight time, dream with me awhile In twilight time, dream with me awhile

The Night: Nights In White Satin (Justin Hayward and Graeme Edge)

Nights in white satin,

Never reaching the end,

Letters I've written,

Never meaning to send.

Beauty I'd always missed

With these eyes before,

Just what the truth is

I can't say anymore.

'Cause I love you,

Yes, I love you,

Oh, how, I love you.

Gazing at people,

Some hand in hand,

Just what I'm going thru

They can understand.

Some try to tell me

Thoughts they cannot defend,

Just what you want to be

You will be in the end,

And I love you,

Yes, I love you,



Nights in white satin,

Never reaching the end,

Letters I've written,

Never meaning to send.

Beauty I'd always missed

With these eyes before,

Just what the truth is

I can't say anymore.

'Cause I love you,

Yes, I love you,



'Cause I love you,

Yes, I love you,

Oh, how, I love you. Oh, how, I love you.

Late Lament (Graeme Edge)

Breathe deep the gathering gloom,

Watch lights fade from every room.

Bedsitter people look back and lament,

Another day's useless energy spent.

Impassioned lovers wrestle as one,

Lonely man cries for love and has none.

New mother picks up and suckles her son,

Senior citizens wish they were young.

Cold hearted orb that rules the night,

Removes the colors from our sight.

Red is grey and yellow white.

But we decide which is right. And which is an illusion???.

In Search of the Lost

Chord

Departure (Graeme Edge)

Be it sight, sound, the smell, the touch.

There's something,

Inside that we need so much,

The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,

Or the strength of an arquebus deep in the ground.

The wonder of flowers, to be covered,

and then to burst up,

Thru tarmack, to the sun again,

Or to fly to the sun without burning a wing,

To lie in the meadow and hear the grass sing,

To have all these things in our memories hoard,

And to use them,

To help us,

To find...

Ride My See-Saw (John Lodge)

Ride, ride my see-saw,

Take this place

On this trip

Just for me.

Ride, take a free ride,

Take my place

Have my seat

It's for free.

I worked like a slave for years,

Sweat so hard just to end my fears.

Not to end my life a poor man,

But by now, I know I should have run.

Run, run my last race,

Take my place

Have this number

Of mine.

Run, run like a fire,

Don't you run in

In the lanes

Run for time.

Left school with a first class pass,

Started work but as second class.

School taught one and one is two.

But right now, that answer just ain't true.

Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah

Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah

My world is spinning around,

Everything is lost that I found.

People run, come ride with me,

Let's find another place that's free.

Ride, ride my see-saw,

Take this place

On this trip

Just for me.

Ride, take a free ride,

Take my place

Have my seat

It's for free.

Ride, my see-saw.

Ride, ride, ride, my see-saw.

Dr. Livingston, I Presume (Ray Thomas)

Doctor Livingston, I presume,

Stepping out of the jungle gloom

Into the midday sun.

What did you find there?

Did you stand awhile and stare?

Did you meet anyone?

"I've seen butterflies galore,

I've seen people big and small,

I've still not found what I'm looking for."

We're all looking for someone.



Captain Scott, you were so bold,

Now you're looking rather cold

Out there in the snow.




"I've seen polar bears and seals,

I've seen giant Antarctic eels,





Columbus, where are you bound?

So you think the world is round.

Sailed off in the blue.




"There are Indians by the score

In many places that I saw.





House of Four Doors (John Lodge)

Mystery spead it's cloak

Across the sky

We'd lost our way

Shadows fell from trees

They knew why

Then thru the leaves a light broke thru

A path lost for years lead us thru

House of four doors

I could live there forever

House of four doors

Would it be there forever?

Loneliness, the face of pilgrim’s eyes was known

As the door opened wide

Beauty they had found before my eyes to see

To the next door we came

Love of music showed in everything we heard

Thru the third door where are we?

Enter in all ye who seek to find within

As the plaque said on the last door

Legend of a Mind (Ray Thomas)

Timothy Leary's dead.

No, no, no, no, He's outside looking in.



He'll fly his astral plane,

Takes you trips around the bay,

Brings you back the same day,

Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary.





He'll fly his astral plane,

Takes you trips around the bay,

Brings you back the same day,


Along the coast you'll hear them boast

About a light they say that shines so clear.

So raise your glass, we'll drink a toast

To the little man who sells

you thrills along the pier.

He'll take you up, he'll bring you down,

He'll plant your feet back firmly on the ground.

He flies so high, he swoops so low,

He knows exactly which way he's gonna go.


He'll take you up, he'll bring you down,

He'll plant your feet back on the ground.

He'll fly so high, he'll swoop so low.

Timothy Leary.

He'll fly his astral plane.

He'll take you trips around the bay.

He'll bring you back the same day.



Timothy Leary.

House of Four Doors (Part 2) (John Lodge)

Walking thru that door

Outside we came

Nowhere at all

Perhaps the answers here

Not there anymore

Then in our hearts the light broke thru

A path lost for years is there in view

House of four doors

You'll be lost now forever

House of four doors

Rest of life's life forever.

House of four doors

You'll be lost now forever

House of four doors

Rest of life's life forever.

Voices in the Sky (Justin Hayward)

Bluebird, flying high

Tell me what you sing

If you could talk to me

What news would you bring

Of voices in the sky

Nightingale, hovering high

Harmonize the wind

Darkness, your symphony

I can hear you sing


Just what is happening to me

I lie awake with the sound of the sea

Calling to me

Old man, passing by


Though your voice be faint

I am listening

Voices in the sky

Children with a skipping rope


Play time is nearly gone

The bell's about to ring

Voices in the sky

Just what is happening to me

I lie awake with the sound of the sea

Calling to me

Bluebird, flying high


If you could talk to me

What news would you bring


Voices in the sky

Voices in the sky

Voices in the sky

The Best Way to Travel (Mike Pinder)

And you can fly

High as a kite if you want to

Faster than light if you want to

Speeding through the universe

Thinking is the best way to travel

It's all a dream

Light passing by on the screen

And there's you and I on the beam



We ride the waves

Distance is gone, will we find out?

How life bean, will be find out?



And you can fly

High as a kite if you want to

Faster than light if you want to



Visions of Paradise (Justin Hayward and John Lodge)

The sounds in my mind just come to me

Come see, come see

And the call of her eyes makes waterfalls

Of me, of me

In the garden of her love I'll stay awhile

To be, to be

What the seeds of her thoughts once mean to me

Come see, come see

Visions of paradise, cloudless skies I see

Rainbows on the hill, blue onyx on the sea

Come see, ah, ah, ah

And the sounds in my mind just come to me

Come see, come see

And the call of her eyes, makes waterfalls

Of me, of me

The Actor (Justin Hayward)

The curtain rises on the scene

With someone shouting to be free

The play unfolds before my eyes

There stands the actor who is me

The sleeping hours takes us far

From traffic, telephones and fear

Put out your problems with the cat

Escape until a bell you hear

Our reasons are the same

But there's no-one we can blame

For there's nowhere we need go

And the only truth we know comes so easily

The sound I have heard in your hello

Oh, oh, darling, you're almost part of me

Oh, oh, darling, you're all I'll ever see

Ah, ah, ah

It's such a rainy afternoon

No point in going anywhere

The sounds just drift across my room

I wish this feeling I could share

It's such a rainy afternoon

She sits and gazes from her window

Her mind tries to recall his face

The feeling deep inside her grows

Our reasons are the same

But there's no-one we can blame

For there's nowhere we need go

And the only truth we know comes so easily







Ah, ah, ah

The Word (Graeme Edge)

This garden universe vibrates complete.

Some we get a sound so sweet.

Vibrations reach on up to become light,

And then thru gamma, out of sight.

Between the eyes and ears there lay,

The sounds of colour and the light of a sigh.

And to hear the sun, what a thing to believe.

But it's all around if we could but perceive.

To know ultra-violet, infra-red and X-rays,

Beauty to find in so many ways.

Two notes of the chord, that's our fluoroscope.

But to reach the chord is our lifes hope.

And to name the chord is important to some.

So they give a word, and the word is OM.

OM (Mike Pinder)

The rain is on the roof

Hurry high butterfly

As clouds roll past my head

I know why the skys all cry

OM, OM, Heaven, OM

The Earth turns slowly round

Far away the distant sound

Is with us everyday

Can you hear what it say

OM, OM, Heaven, OM

The rain is on the roof

Hurry high butterfly

As clouds roll past my head

I know why the skys all cry

OM, OM, Heaven, OM

On the Threshold of a

Dream

In the Beginning (Graeme Edge)

First Man:

I think...

I think I am.

Therefore I am!

I think...

Establishment:

Of course you are, my bright little star...

I've miles and miles of files

Pretty files of your forefather's fruit

And now to suit our great computer

Your magnetic ink!

First Man:

I'm more than that

I know I am...

At least, I think I must be

Inner Man:

There you go, man

Keep as cool as you can

Face piles of trials with smiles

It riles them to believe

That you perceive

The web they weave...

And keep on thinking free

Lovely to See You (Justin Hayward)

Wonderful day for passing my way

Knock on my door, even the score

With your eyes

Lovely to see you again, my friend

Walk along with me to the next bend

Dark cloud of fear is blowing away

Now that you're here, you're going to stay

'Cause it's...

Lovely to see you again my friend


Tell us what you've seen

In faraway forgotten lands

Where empires have turned back to sand

Wonderful day for passing my way

Knock and my door and even the score

With your eyes

Lovely to see you again my friend


Dear Diary (Ray Thomas)

Dear Diary, what a day it's been

Dear Diary, it's been just like a dream

Woke up too late, wasn't where I should have been

For goodness sake, what's happening to me?

Write lightly, yours truly, dear Diary

It was cold outside my door

So many people by the score

Rushing around so senselessly

They don't notice there's people like me

Write lightly, yours truly, dear Diary

They don't know what they're playing

They've no way of knowing what the game is

Still they carry on doing what they can

Outside me, oh politely, dear Diary

It's over, will tomorrow be the same?

I know that they're really not to blame

If they weren't so blind then surely they'd see

There's a much better way for them to be

Inside me, yours truly, dear Diary

[...Dear Diary, it was cold today

But the sun came out later

So I went out and strolled about

Looking at the shops

I didn't really see anything I liked

So I didn't buy anything.

On the way home, I posted a letter

Been quite a nice day...

Somebody exploded an H-bomb today

But it wasn't anybody I knew...]

Send Me No Wine (John Lodge)

Send me no wine to make an invitation

Leave me no time in your imagination

Only to find

Words in your mind

They're gonna make you leave your

Leave your heart behind

Send me, send me no wine

To send my love away



For once in my life I need no conversation

All of my time I'll spend in fascination

Give me my love

With you in my life

If only everybody found the answer in love





To Share Our Love

(John Lodge)

Makes me feel good

Now I can see

It takes more than one to give

The life we need

I can't think why

I never thought of this before

Now I know what it means to me

To share

To share my love

[Can't think why...]

[Why I never thought of this before]

[Now I know what it means to me]

[To share, share all my love with you]


Now that I know

I found the answer for myself

What a day it would be for me

To share

To share your love






I can't think why

I never thought of this before

Now I know what it means to me

To share

To share my love






Now that I know



To share

To share your love


[Why I never thought of this before, never]




Now I know why



To share

To share your love


[Why I never thought of this before, never]




To share, to share my love



[Makes me feel good]




[I found the answer for myself]


So Deep Within You (Mike Pinder)

Talk to me baby

I want to sleep at night

My heart is heavy

It's weighed down by the night

And now I'm lonely

I want to see the light

So deep within you

Cool wind is blowing

Through your crazy hair

Warm colors flowing

This feeling we have shared

And now I'm lonely

I want to feel the love

So deep within you

Your love's a never ending dream

A castle by a stream

Of sweet understanding

I know you're thinking of me, too

The messages from you

Are my inspiration

Love's incense lingers

It never fades away

Like you I'm waiting

For our special day

And now I'm lonely

I want to feel the love

So deep within you

My love is burning

Like a forest fire

My heart is yearning

I feel a warm desire

And now I'm lonely

I want to touch the fire

So deep within you

Never Comes the Day (Justin Hayward)

Work away today

Work away tomorrow

Never comes the day

For my love and me

I feel her gently sighing

As the evening slips away

If only you knew what's inside of me now

You wouldn't want to know me, somehow

But you will love me tonight

We alone will be all right

In the end

Give just a little bit more

Take a little bit less

From each other tonight

Admit what you're feeling

And see what's in front of you

It's never out of your sight

You know it's true

We all know that it's true

Work away today

Think about tomorrow

Never comes the day

For my love and me

I feel her gently sighing

As the evening slips away

If only you knew what's inside of me now

You wouldn't want to know me, somehow

But you will love me tonight

We alone will be all right

In the end

Give just a little bit more

Take a little bit less

From each other tonight

Admit what you're feeling

And see what's in front of you

It's never out of your sight

You know it's true

We all know that it's true

Lazy Day (Ray Thomas)

Lazy day, Sunday afternoon

Like to get your feet up, watch TV

Sunday roast is something good to eat

Must be lamb today 'cause beef was last week

So full up, bursting at the seams

Soon you'll start to nod off, happy dreams

Wake up for tea and buttered scones

Such a lot of work for you Sunday Moms

[It's such a crying shame]

[Week after week the same]

Today's heaven-sent and you're feeling content

'Cause you worked all week long

Still, it's quite sad tomorrow's so bad

I don't feel too strong

Lazy day, Sunday afternoon

Like to get your feet up, watch TV

Sunday roast is something good to eat

Now it's almost over till next week

[That's how your life goes by]

[Until the day you die]

Are You Sitting Comfortably? (Ray Thomas and Justin Hayward)

Take another sip my love

And see what you will see

A fleet of golden galleons

On a crystal sea

Are you sitting comfortably?

Let Merlin cast his spell...

Ride along the winds of time

And see where we have been

The glorious age of Camelot

When Guinevere was Queen

It all unfolds before your eyes

As Merlin casts his spell...

The Seven Wonders of the World

He'll lay before your feet

In far-off lands, on distant shores

So many friends to meet

Are you sitting comfortably?

Let Merlin cast his spell...

The Dream (Graeme Edge)

When the white eagle of the North

Is flying overhead

And the browns, reds and golds of autumn

Lie in the gutter, dead

Remember then, the summer birds

With wings of fire flaying

Come to witness Spring's new hope

Born of leaves decaying

Just as new life will come from death

Love will come at leisure

Love of love, love of life

And giving without measure

Gives in return a wondrous yearn

Of a promise almost seen

Live hand-in-hand

And together we'll stand

On the threshold of a dream....

Have You Heard (Part 1) (Mike Pinder)

Now you know that you are real

Show your friends that you and me

Belong to the same world

Turned on to the same word

Have you heard?

Now you know that you are free

Living all your life at ease

Each day has its always

A look down life's hallways, doorways

To lead you there

The Voyage (Mike Pinder)

(Instrumental)

Have You Heard (Part 2) (Mike Pinder)

Now you know how nice it feels

Scatter good seed in the fields

Life's ours for the making

Eternity's waiting, waiting

For you and me

Now you know that you are real

Show your friends that you and me

Belong to the same world

Turned on to the same word

Have you heard?

To Our Children's

Children's

Children

Higher and Higher (Graeme Edge)

Blasting, billowing, bursting forth

With the power of ten billion butterfly sneezes

Man, with his flaming pyre

Has conquered the wayward breezes

Climbing to tranquility

Far above the clouds

Conceiving the heavens

Clear of misty shroud

Higher and higher

Now we've learned to play with fire

Go higher

And higher

And higher

Vast vision must improve our sight

Perhaps at last we'll see an end

To our own endless blight

And the beginning of the free

Climb to tranquility

Finding its real worth

Conceiving the heavens

Flourishing on earth

Higher and higher

Now we've learned to play with fire

Go higher

And higher

And higher

Eyes of a Child (Part 1) (John Lodge)

Listen, hear the sound

The child away

Wander all around

The child away

Now in his life he never must be lost

No thoughts must deceive him

In life he must trust

With the eyes of a child

You must come out and see

That your world's spinning 'round

And through life you will be

A small part of a hope

Of a love that exists

In the eyes of a child

You will see

Earth falls far away

New life away

Time it has no day

New life away

Here is your dream and now how does it feel?

No words will go with you

And now what is real?

With the eyes of a child






In the eyes of a child

You will see

Floating (Ray Thomas)

Floating free as a bird

Sixty foot leaps

It's so absurd

>From up here you should see the view

Such a lot of space for me and you

Oh, you'd like it

Gliding around

Get your feet off the ground

Oh, you'd like it

Do as you please

With so much ease

Now I know how it feels

To have wings on my heels

To take a stroll among the stars

Get a closer look at planet Mars

Oh you'd like it

Gliding around


Oh you'd like it

Do as you please

With so much ease

Bouncing about on the moon

Guess you'll all be up here soon

The candy stores they'll be brand new

And you'll buy a rock

With the moon right through

Oh, you'd like it

Gliding around


Oh, you'd like it

Do as you please with so much ease

Come fly...

Come fly...

Come fly...

Eyes of a Child (Part 2) (John Lodge)

I'm gonna sit and watch the web

That you will build this day

Will it be a thread of love you weave?

It's yours to show the way

Then everything will be

As you will see in the light

In the eyes of the child






In the eyes of a child you will see

In the eyes of the child


hat your world's spinning 'round



Of a love that exists...

I Never Thought I'd Live to Be a Hundred (Justin Hayward)

I never thought I'd live to be a hundred

I never thought I'd get to do

The things that all those other sons do

And they do

I never thought I'd ever have my freedom

An age ago my maker was refusing me

The pleasure of the view

Beyond (Graeme Edge)

~~ Instrumental ~~

Out And In (Mike Pinder and John Lodge)

Gazing past the planets

Looking for total view

I've been lying here for hours

You gotta make the journey

Out and in

Wonders of a lifetime

Right there before your eyes

Searching with this life of ours


Out and in

Out and in

Out and in

Will you think it's a joke?

That's all right

Do what you want to do

I've said my peace

And I'll leave it all up to you

Wonders of a lifetime

Right there before your eyes

Searching with this life of ours


Out and in

Out and in

Out and in

Will you think it's a joke?

Well, that's all right

Do what you want to do

I've said my peace

And I'll leave it all up to you

Gazing past the planets

Looking for total view

I've been lying here for hours


Out and in

Out and in

Out and in

Gypsy (Justin Hayward)

A gypsy of a strange and distant time

Traveling in panic, all direction blind

Aching for the warmth of a burning sun

Freezing in the emptiness of where he'd come from

Left without a hope of coming home

Speeding through a shadow of a million years

Darkness is the only sound to reach his ears

Frightening him with the visions of eternity

Screaming for a future that can never be


A gypsy of a strange and distant time

Traveling in panic all direction blind

Aching for the warmth of a burning sun

Freezing in the emptiness of where he'd come from


Eternity Road (Ray Thomas)

Hark, listen here he comes

Hark, listen here he comes

Turning, spinning, catherine wheeling

Forever changing

There's no beginning

Speeding through a charcoal sky

Observe the truth, we cannot hide

Travelling eternity road

What will you find there?

Carrying your heavy load

Searching to find

Your peace of mind

You'll see us all around

You'll see us all around

Turning, spinning, catherine wheeling

Forever changing

There's no beginning

You're so very far from home

And so very much alone




Searching to find

Your peace of mind




Searching to find

Your piece of mind

Candle of Life (John Lodge)

Something you can't hide

Says you're lonely

Hidden deep inside

Of you only

It's there for you to see

Take a look and be

Burn slowly the candle of life

Something there outside

Says we're only

In the hands of time

Falling slowly

It's there for us to know

With love that we can go


So love everybody

And make them your friend

So love everybody

And make them your friend

Something you can't hide

Says you're lonely

Hidden deep inside

Of you only

It's there for you to see

Take a look and be


Something there outside

Says we're only

In the hands of time

Falling slowly

It's there for us to know

With love that we can go


Sun Is Still Shining (Mike Pinder)

The sun is still shining

Look at the view

The moon is still dining

With me and you

Now that we're out here

Open your heart

To the universe

Of which we're a part

Everything's turning

Turning around

See with your mind

Leave your body behind


Open your heart

To the universe

Of which we're apart

But if you want to play

Stay right back on earth

Waiting for rebirth

The sun is still shining

Look at the view

The moon is still dining

With me and you


Open your heart

To the universe

Of which we're a part

But if you want to play

Stay right back on earth

Waiting for rebirth

I Never Thought I'd Live to Be a Million (Justin Hayward)

I never thought I'd get to be a million

I never thought I'd get to be the thing

That all these other children see

...Look at me...

Watching and Waiting (Justin Hayward and Ray Thomas)

Watching and waiting

For a friend to play with

Why have I been alone so long?

Mole he is burrowing

His way to the sunlight

He knows there's someone there so strong

'Cause here, there's lot of room for doing

The things you've always been denied

Look and gather all you want to

There's no one here to stop you trying

Soon you will see me

'Cause I'll be all around you

But where I come from, I can't tell

But don't be alarmed

By my fields and my forests

They're here for only you to share

'Cause here there's lot of room for doing

The things you've always been denied

So look and gather all you want to

There's no one here to stop you trying

Watching and waiting

For someone to understand me

I hope it won't be very long

A Question of Balance

Question (Justin Hayward)

Why do we never get an answer

When we're knocking at the door?

With a thousand million questions

About hate and death and war.

It's where we stop and look around us

There is nothing that we need.

In a world of persecution

That is burning in it's greed.



Because the truth is hard to swallow

That's what the wall of love is for.

It's not the way that you say it

When you do those things to me.

It's more the way that you mean it

When you tell me what will be.

And when you stop and think about it

You won't believe it's true.

That all the love you've been giving

Has all been meant for you.

I'm looking for someone to change my life.

I'm looking for a miracle in my life.

And if you could see what it's done to me

To lose the love I knew

Could safely lead me through.

Between the silence of the mountains

And the crashing of the sea

There lies a land I once lived in

And she's waiting there for me.

But in the grey of the morning

My mind becomes confused

Between the dead and the sleeping

And the road that I must choose.

I'm looking for someone to change my life.

I'm looking for a miracle in my life.

And if you could see what it's done to me

To lose the love I knew

Could safely lead me to

The land that I once knew.

To learn as we grow old

The secrets of our souls.

It's not the way that you say it

When you do those things to me.

It's more the way you really mean it

When you tell me what will be.



With a thousand million questions

About hate and death and war.

It's where we stop and look around us

There is nothing that we need.

In a world of persecution

That is burning in it's greed.

Why do we never get an answer When we're knocking at the door?

How Is It (We Are Here) (Mike Pinder)

How is it we are here,

on this path we walk,

In this world of pointless fear,

filled with empty talk,

Descending from the apes

as scientist-priests all think,

Will they save us in the end,

we're trembling on the brink.

Men's mighty mine-machines

digging in the ground,

Stealing rare minerals

where they can be found.

Concrete caves with iron doors,

bury it again,

While a starving frightened

world fills the sea with grain.

Her love is like a fire burning inside,

Her love is so much higher it can't be denied,

She sends us her glory, it's always been there,

Her love's all around us,

it's there for you and me to share.

Men's mighty mine-machines digging in the ground,

Stealing rare minerals where they can be found.

Concrete caves with iron doors, bury it again,

While a starving frightened

world fills the sea with grain.

How is it we are here

How is it we are here How is it we are here

And The Tide Rushes In (Ray Thomas)

I've been searching for my dream

A hundred times today

I build them up, you knock them down,

Like they were made of clay,

Then the tide rushes in

And washes my castles away.

Then I'm really not so sure

When side of the bed I should lay,

I should lay...

You keep looking for someone

To tell your troubles to,

I'll sit down and lend an ear

Yet I hear nothing new.

Then the tide rushes in

And washes my castles away.

Then I'm really not so sure

When side of the bed I should lay,

I should lay...

Blackbird sitting in a tree

Observing what's below

Acorns falling to the ground, He'll stay and watch them grow.

Don't You Feel Small (Graeme Edge)

Ask the mirror on the wall

Who's the biggest fool of all,

Bet you feel small,

It happens to us all.

See the world

Ask what's it for,

Understanding, nothing more,

Don't you feel small,


Time is now to spread your voice,

Time's to come there'll be no choice,

Why do you feel small,


Look at progress,

Then count the cost,

We'll spoil the seas

With the rivers we've lost.

See the writing on the wall,

Hear the mirror's warning call.

That's why you feel small,


Ask the mirror on the wall

Who's the biggest fool of all,

Bet you feel small, It happens to us all.

Tortoise And The Hare (John Lodge)

You know he's moving fast,

Be he's still going slow,

He's ahead in the race,

And there is not far to go,

And your load is so heavy

And your legs want to rest.

It's all right, it's all right, it's all right.

You think he's way up in front

But he's so far behind.

He's asleep in the grass,

And he's run out of time.

While your load was so heavy

You never wanted to stop.


Your friend is heavy

But he was ready

And never stopped for a while

And while you were sleeping

He went on keeping the final line in his mind.



Your friend is heavy

But he was ready

And never stopped for a while

And while you were sleeping

He went on keeping the final line in his mind.




It's all right, it's all right, it's all right. It's all right, it's all right, it's all right.

It's Up To You (Justin Hayward)

When the breeze between us calls,

love comes and lingers into our lives,

And the leaves begin to fall,

you point your finger at me.

I love you-

I love you-

In the sadness of your smile love

is an island way out to sea,

But it seems so long ago

we have been ready trying to be free.

And it's up to you,

Why won't you say?

Make our lives turn out this way.

If they knew, that we have got nothing to lose,

No reason to hide from what's true.

In the world of me and you

All is forgotten when we're inside

And the words that pass us by,

I am not listening, all of it's lies.

And it's up to you,

Why won't you say?

Make our lives turn out this way.

If they knew, that we have got nothing to lose,

No reason to hide from what's true,

That we have got nothing to lose.

Minstrel's Song (John Lodge)

Words a simple song

A minstrel sings

A way of life in his eyes

Hear the morning call of waking birds

When they are singing, bringing

Love - love.

Everywhere love is all around,

Everywhere love is all around.

Now the winter's gone

Cold wind has blown

The endless stream in our lives

Where the minstrel sings

This simple song

He's always bringing, singing,

Love - love.



Listen to the one

Who sings of love.

Follow our friend,

Our wandering friend,

Listen to the one,

Who sings of love.

Everywhere love is around,

Around, around.

Here the nations sing

Our minstrel's song,

As he walks by in their lives

Soon the spring will come,

And everyone will all be singing, bringing

Love - love



Listen to the one

Who sings of love.

Follow our friend,

Our wandering friend,

Listen to the one,

Who sings of love.

Everywhere love is around, Around, around.

Dawning Is The Day (Justin Hayward)

Rise, let us see you,

Dawning is the day,

Miss, misty meadow,

You will find your way,

Wake up in the morning to yourself

and leave this crazy life behind you.

Listen, we're trying to find you.

Flow to the sea,

You know where to go,

Still we are free,

No one tells the wind which way to blow.

Wake up in the morning to yourself,

Open your eyes and start to be you.

Listen, we think we can see you.

Baby there's no price upon your head,

Sing it, shout it.

Now the angry words have all been said.

Do it, don't doubt it.

So rise, let us see you,

Dawning is the day,

Miss, misty meadow,

You will find your way,

Wake up in the morning to yourself,

open your head and look around you. Listen, we think we have found you.

Melancholy Man (Mike Pinder)

I'm a melancholy man, that's what I am,

All the world surrounds me,

and my feet are on the ground.

I'm a very lonely man, doing what I can,

All the world astounds me and I think I understand

That we're going to keep growing, wait and see.

When all the stars are falling down

Into the sea and on the ground,

And angry voices carry on the wind,

A beam of light will fill your head

And you'll remember what's been said

By all the good men this world's ever known.

Another man is what you'll see,

Who looks like you and looks like me,

And yet somehow he will not feel the same,

His life caught up in misery,

he doesn't think like you and me, 'Cause he can't see what you and I can see.

The Balance (Words - Graeme Edge, Music - Ray Thomas)

After he had journeyed,

And his feet were sore,

And he was tired,

He came upon an orange grove

And he rested

And he lay in the cool,

And while he rested,

he took to himself an orange and tasted it,

And it was good.

And he felt the earth to his spine,

And he asked, and he saw the tree above him,

and the stars,

And the veins in the leaf,

And the light, and the balance.

And he saw magnificent perfection,

Whereon he thought of himself in balance,

And he knew he was.

Just open your eyes,

And realize, the way it's always been.

Just open your mind

And you will find

The way it's always been.

Just open your heart

And that's a start.

And he thought of those he angered,

For he was not a violent man,

And he thought of those he hurt

For he was not a cruel man

And he thought of those he frightened

For he was not an evil man,

And he understood.

He understood himself.

Upon this he saw that

when he was of anger or knew hurt or felt fear,

It was because he was not understanding,

And he learned, compassion.

And with his eye of compassion.

He saw his enemies like unto himself,

And he learned love.

Then, he was answered.

Just open your eyes,

And realize, the way it's always been.

Just open your mind

And you will find

The way it's always been.

Just open your heart And that's a start.

Every Good Boy Deserves

Favor

Procession (Graeme Edge, Justin Hayward, John Lodge,

Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas)

DESOLATION...

CREATION...

COMMUNICATION...

The Story in Your Eyes (Justin Hayward)

I've been thinking about our fortune

And I've decided that we're really not to blame

For the love that's deep inside us now

Is still the same

And the sounds we make together

Is the music to the story in your eyes

It's been shining down upon me now

I realize

Listen to the tide slowly turning

Wash all our heartaches away

We're part of the fire that is burning

And from the ashes we can build another day

But I'm frightened for your children

That the life that we are living is in vain

And the sunshine we've been waiting for

Will turn to rain

Listen to the tide slowly turning

Wash all our heartaches away

We're part of the fire that is burning

And from the ashes we can build another day

But I'm frightened for the children

That the life that we are living is in vain

And the sunshine we've been waiting for

Will turn to rain

When the final line is over

It's certain that the curtain's gonna fall

I can hide inside your sweet, sweet love

Forever more

Our Guessing Game (Ray Thomas)

Walking in the sand

Thinking of things

Adventures in my mind

Tall ships that sail

Across the ocean wide

They won't wait for me

See the way they glide

Away so gracefully

And with tomorrow

What will become of me?

They leave me so much to explain

That's the start of our guessing game

There are times when I think I've found the truth

There are times when I know that I'm wrong

And the days when I try to hide my fears

Bless the days when I'm feeling strong


Wonder why we try so hard?

Wonder why we try at all?

You wonder why the world is turning around

When in the end it won't matter at all

Standing in the town

Looking at people

Counting their frowns

Unhappy faces hurrying around

So blind they cannot see

All of these things

The way life ought to be

And with tomorrow

What will they make of me?

It leaves me so much to explain

That's the start of our guessing game










Emily's Song (John Lodge)

Lovely to know the warmth

Your smile can bring to me

I want to tell you but the words you do not know

Sing me a lullaby

Of songs you cannot write

And I will listen for there's beauty where there's love

And in the morning of my life

And in the evening of my day

I will try to understand in what you say...

Rivers of endless tides

Have passed beneath my feet

And all too soon they had me standing on my own

Then when my eyes were closed

You opened them for me

And now we journey through our lives to what will be



I will try to understand in what you say

Through all that life can give to you

Only true love will see you through

And will stand beside you now in what you say



I will try to understand in what you say

Take me into your world

Alone I can not go

For I've been here so long

You're leaving me behind

Walk with me now

Into your land of fairy tales

And open up that book of pages in my mind

And open up that book of ages in my mind

And open up that book of pages in my mind

And open up that book of ages in my mind

After You Came (Graeme Edge)

Since it began I've got one dream

And really it's my only blessing

If I can come through then so can you

And you will find there's no regretting

Things that you want from your life's font

Will never let your spirit grow

Come back to earth for what it's worth

For you've been dreaming of the ceiling not a home

I've been doing my best

What else can I do?

Is there something I've missed

That will help you through?

I've reached the top of my wall

I've found another way to fall

For some short time

For a while you and I

Were joined to eternity

Then we're split in two

Back to me and you

Like the rain rising from the sea

Rising from the sea

We all can see what we shall be

But knowing's really not controlling

With time perhaps I'll pass the traps

And find some peace and understanding

After you've come and while you're gone

You leave me guessing it's depressing

Never to know the way to go

To find some time along a little less pressing

So you just have to laugh

When it hurts so much

You're so far away

And so hard to touch

I've reached the top of the wall

And all I've found

Is another way to fall

Since it began I've got one dream

And really it's my only blessing

If I can come through then so can you

And you will find there's no regretting

Things that you want from your life's font

Will never let your spirit grow

Come back to earth for what it's worth

For you've been dreaming of the ceiling not a home

I've been doing my best

What else can I do?

Is there something I've missed

That will help you through?

I've reached the top of the wall

And all I've found

Is another way to fall

One More Time to Live (John Lodge)

Look out of my window

See the world passing by

See the look in her eye

One more time to live and I have made it mine

Leave the wise to write

for they write worldly rhymes

And he who wants to fight begins the end of time

For I have riches more than these


Desolation

Creation

Evolution

Pollution

Saturation

Population

Annihilation

Revolution

Confusion

Illusion

Conclusion

Starvation

Degradation

Humiliation

Contemplation

Inspiration

Elation

Salvation

Communication

Compassion

- Solution -

[Tell me someone why there's only confusion]

[Tell me someone that this is all an illusion]

[Tell me someone]

[Tell me someone]

[Tell me someone why this talk of revolution]

[Tell me someone when we're changing evolution]

[Tell me someone]

[Tell me someone]

[Changes in my life]




Look out on the hedgerow

As the world rushes by

Hear the birds sing a sigh

One more tree will fall,

how strong the growing vine

Turn the earth to sand and still commit no crime

How one thought will live provide the others die



Desolation

Creation

Evolution

Pollution

Saturation

Population

Annihilation

Revolution

Confusion

Illusion

Conclusion

Starvation

Degradation

Humiliation

Contemplation

Inspiration

Elation

Salvation

Communication

Compassion

- Solution -

[Tell me someone why there's only confusion]

[Tell me someone that this is all an illusion]

[Tell me someone]

[Tell me someone]

[Tell me someone why this talk of revolution]

[Tell me someone when we're changing evolution]

[Tell me someone]

[Tell me someone]





Nice To Be Here (Ray Thomas)

Nice to be here hope you agree

Lying in the sun

Lovely weather, must climb a tree

The show has just begun

All the leaves start swaying

To the breeze that's playing

On a thousand violins

And the bees are humming

To a frog sat strumming

On a guitar with only one string

I can see them they can't see me

I feel out of sight


Much to my delight

And it seems worth noting

Water rats were boating

As a lark began to sing

The sounds kept coming

With Jack Rabbit loudly drumming

On the side of a biscuit tin


I feel out of sight


Much to my delight

Silver minnows were devising

Water ballet so surprising

A mouse played a daffodil

A mole came up blinking

Underneath an owl who's thinking

How he came to be sat on a hill


I feel out of sight


Much to my delight

I know you won't believe me

But I'm certain that I did see

A mouse playing daffodil

All the band was really jumping

With Jack Rabbit in there thumping

I found that I couldn't sit still

I just had to make it with them

'Cause they played my kind of rhythm

And the bees hummed in harmony

And the owl played his oboe

Then the frog's guitar solo

It was all just too much for me

I know you won't believe me

But I'm certain that I did see

A mouse playing daffodil

All the band was really jumping

With Jack Rabbit in there thumping

I found that I couldn't sit still...

You Can Never Go Home (Justin Hayward)

I don't know what I'm searching for

I never have opened the door

Tomorrow might find me at last

Turning my back on the past

But time will tell

Of stars that fell

A million years ago

Memories can never take you back

Home, sweet home

You can never go home anymore

All my life I never really knew me till today

Now I know why

I'm just another step along the way

I lie awake for hours

I'm just waiting for the sun

When the journey we are making has begun

Don't deny the feeling

That is stealing through your heart

Every happy ending needs to have a start

All my life I never really knew me till today,

Now I know why

I'm just another step along the way

Weep no more for treasures

You've been searching for in vain

'Cause the truth is gently falling

With the rain

High above the forest

Lie the pastures of the sun

Where the two that learned the secret

Now are one

I don't know what I'm searching for

I never have opened the door

Tomorrow might find me at last

Turning my back on the past

Ah, time will tell

Of stars that fell

A million years ago

Memories can never take you back

Home, sweet home

You can never go home anymore

My Song (Mike Pinder)

I'm going to sing my song

And sing it all day long

A song that never ends

How can I tell you

All the things inside my head?

The change in these past years

Has made me see our world

In many different ways

How can I tell you?

Love can change our destiny

Love can change the world

Love can change your life

Do what makes you happy

Do what you know is right!

And love with all your might

Before it's too late

Where did I find all these words?

Something inside of me is burning

There's life in other worlds

Maybe they'll come to earth

Helping man to find a way

One day I hope we'll be

In perfect harmony

A planet with one mind

Then I could tell you

All the things inside my head


And sing it all day long

A song that never ends

How can I tell you

All the things inside my head?


A song that never ends...

Seventh Sojourn

Lost In a Lost World (Mike Pinder)

I woke up today

I was crying

Lost in a lost world

So many people are dying


Some of them are living an illusion

Bounded by the darkness of their minds

In their eyes it's nation

Against nation against nation

With racial pride

Sad hearts they hide

Thinking only of themselves

They shun the light

They think they're right

Living in their empty shells

Oh, can you see their world is crashing?

Crashing down around their feet

Angry people in the street

Telling them they've had their fill

Of politics that wound and kill

The seeds of evolution

Revolution never won

It's just another form of gun

To do again what they have done

With all our brothers' youngest sons

Everywhere you go you see them searching

Everywhere you turn you feel the pain

Everyone is looking for the answer

Well look again, come on my friend

Love will find us in the end

Come on my friend

We've got to bend

Down on our knees and say a prayer

Oh, can you see the world is pining

Pining for someone who really cares

Enough to share his love

With all of us, so we can be

An ever loving family

Have we forgotten we're all children?

Children from a family tree

That's longer than a centipede

Started long ago when you and I

Were only love

I woke today, I was crying


So many people are dying


So many people, so many people


So many people, so many people


New Horizons (Justin Hayward)

Well I've had dreams enough for one

And I've got love enough for three

I have my hopes to comfort me

I got my new horizons out to sea

But I'm never going to lose your precious gift

It will always be that way

And I know I'm going to find

My own peace of mind

Someday, someway

Where is this place that we have found

Nobody knows where we are bound

I long to hear, I need to see

'Cause I've shed tears too many for me



'Cause I know I'm going

to find my own peace of mind

Someday, someway

On the wind soaring free

Spread your wings

I'm beginning to see

Out of mind far from view

Beyond the reach of the nightmare come true

Well I've had dreams enough for one

And I got love enough for three

I have my hopes to comfort me

I got my new horizons out to sea



'Cause I know I'm going

to find my own peace of mind

Someday, someway

For My Lady (Ray Thomas)

My boat sails stormy seas

Battles oceans filled with tears

At last my port's in view

Now that I've discovered you

Oh I'd give my life so lightly

For my gentle lady

Give it freely and completely

To my lady

As life goes drifting by

Like a breeze she'll gently sigh

And slowly bow her head

Then you'll hear her softly cry


For my gentle lady


To my lady

Words that you say when we're alone

Though actions speak louder than words

But all I can say is I love you so

To drive away all my hurt


For my gentle lady


To my lady

Set sail before the sun

Feel the warmth that's just begun

Share each and every dream

They belong to everyone.


For my gentle lady


To my lady

Isn't Life Strange (John Lodge)

Isn't life strange?

A turn of the page

Can read like before

Can we ask for more?

Each day passes by

How hard will man try?

The sea will not wait

You know it makes me want to cry, cry, cry

Wish I could be in your heart

To be one with your love

Wish I could be in your eyes

Looking back there you were

And here we are

Isn't love strange?

A word we arrange

With no thought or care

Maker of despair

Each breath that we breathe

With love we must weave

To make us as one






And here we are

Isn't life strange?

A turn of the page

A book without light

Unless with love we write

To throw it away

To lose just a day

The quicksand of time






And here we are

You and Me (Justin Hayward and Graeme Edge)

There's a leafless tree in Asia

Under the sun there's a homeless man

There's a forest fire in the valley

Where the story all began

What will be our last thought?

Do you think it's coming soon?

Will it be a comfort

Or the pain of a burning wound?

All we are trying to say

Is we are all we've got

You and me just cannot fail

If we never, never stop

You're an ocean full of faces

And you know that we believe

We're just a wave that drifts around you

Singing all our hopes and dreams

We look around in wonder

At the work that has been done

By the visions of our father

Touched by his loving son










If we never, ever, never, ever stop

The Land Of Make-Believe (Justin Hayward)

We're living in a land of make-believe

And trying no to let it show

Maybe in that land of make-believe

Heartaches can turn into joy

We're breathing in the smoke of high and low

We're taking up a lot of room

Somewhere in the dark and silent night

Our prayer will be heard

Make it soon

So fly little bird

Up into the clear blue sky

And carry the word

Love's the only reason why, why

Open all the shutters on your windows

Unlock all the locks upon your doors

Brush away the cobwebs from your daydreams

No secrets come between us anymore

Oh, say it's true

Only love can see you through

You know what love can do to you

We're living in a land of make believe

And trying not to let it show...

Maybe in that land of make believe

Heartaches can turn into joy

We're breathing in the smoke of high and low

We're taking up a lot of room

Somewhere in the dark and lonely night

Our prayer will be heard

Make it soon

So fly little bird

Up into the clear blue sky

And carry the word

Love's the only reason why...

Open all the shutters on your windows

Unlock all the locks upon your doors

Brush away the cobwebs from your daydreams

No secrets come between us anymore

Oh, say it's true

Only love can see you through

You know what love can do to you

When You're a Free Man (Mike Pinder)

Time quickly passes by

If only we could talk again

Someday I know I'll see you smiling

When you're a free man again

High on a mountain side

We laughed and talked of things to come

Someway I know I'll see you shining

When we're all free men again

You left your country for peace of mind

And something tells me you're doing all right

How are the children and Rosemary?

I long to see you

And be in your company

Someday I know I'll see you smiling

When you're a free man again

I often wonder why

Our world has gone so far astray



You gave love freely to those with tears

Your eyes were sad then you saw the need

You know that love lasts for eternity

Let's be God's children

And live in perfect peace

Peace, perfect peace

Perfect peace

Peace


When you're a free man


I'm Just a Singer

(In a Rock And Roll Band) (John Lodge)

I'm just a wandering on the face of this earth

Meeting so many people

Who are trying to be free

And while I'm traveling I hear so many words

Language barriers broken

Now we've found the key

And if you want the wind of change

To blow about you

And you're the only other person to know

Don't tell me

I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band

A thousand pictures can be drawn from one word

Only who is the artist?

We gotta agree

A thousand miles can lead so many ways

Just to know who is driving

What a help it would be

So if you want this world of yours

To turn about you

And you can see exactly what to do

Please tell me

I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band.

How can we understand

Riots by the people for the people

Who are only destroying themselves

And when you see a frightened person

Who is frightened by the people

Who are scorching this earth

I'm just a wandering on the face of this earth


Who are trying to be free

And while I'm traveling I hear so many words

Language barriers broken

Now we've found the key

And if you want the wind of change

To blow about you

And you're the only other person to know

Don't tell me


How can we understand

Riots by the people for the people

Who are only destroying themselves

And when you see a frightened person

Who is frightened by the people

Who are scorching this earth

Music is the traveler crossing our world


Bridging the seas


We're just the singers in a rock and roll band


Octave

Steppin' In a Slide Zone (John Lodge)

I took a ride in a limousine

I took a road I'd never been

I met a stranger by the way

His coat was torn but his eyes were clear

Standing in a slide zone

Steppin' in a slide zone

He told me where the river flows

He showed me how the apple grows

He told me of a magic stream

His face was worn but his eyes were clear


I could be steppin' in a slide zone


I could be steppin' through a time zone

He went to find a shooting star

Around the bend that's where they are

I went along just for the ride

Suddenly I began to slide



The air raced by there was no sound

We drifted high above the ground

And then he said, "You know this place"

And then a smile lit up his face


I could be steppin' in a slide zone



I turned my head and looked below

And there was something that I know

Suddenly I began to fall

I looked around and tried to call


He had me steppin' in a time zone


Falling through a time zone

"Help me please!" I thought I said

Then something happened in my head

Music came from all around

And I knew what I had found


Falling through a time zone

Steppin' in a slide zone

He had me falling through a time zone

Under Moonshine (Ray Thomas)

The dawn crept into my room

And stole my dream

Now I'll never know

Just what it means

Or what could have been

Yet still I try to lie

But I'm seen

Under moonshine

That's where I've been

Under moonshine

I'm clearly seen

Under moonshine

That's where I've been

Under moonshine

I'm clearly seen

Creator of dreams

That melt with the sun

I'll tell you the things

This man has done

He was a saint

And sinner rolled in one

But I miss now that he's gone

I said I sure miss him

Now that he's gone

Sure I feel the pain

Deep inside I pour like rain

Remember when you smile

Love's in your eyes

[Melt with the sun]

[This man has done]

[Rolled into one]

[Now that he's gone]

[Now that he's gone]

The world keeps turning

The grass still grows green

The fruit on my tree is the

Biggest you've ever seen

But which way's up?

You know when you're down

You've gotta stand tall

With your feet on the ground

You must stand tall

With your feet on the ground

Or maybe I'm crazy

And also they say I'm lazy

But I'll have my days

When I do as I please

For you won't see the woods

While you're a tree

No you'll never see the woods

While you're a tree

Yes I'm crazy

Also they say I'm lazy

But I'll have my days

When I do as I please

You won't see the woods

While you're a tree

No you'll never see the woods

While you're a tree

[Grass still grows green]

[Biggest you've seen]

[Know when you're down]

[Feet on the ground]

[Feet on the ground]

[The dawn]

[Crept into my room and stole my dream]

[Now I'll never know]

[What it means]

[Under moonshine]

[Under moonshine]

[The dawn]

[Crept into my room and stole my dream]

[Now I'll never know]

[What it means]

[Under moonshine]

[Under moonshine]

Had To Fall In Love (Justin Hayward)

What mattered to me

Was the right to be free

Like I'll be, someday

I'm waiting for my heart to lead the way

The places I've seen

And the road in between

Make me wonder why

I'm searching for my dreams up in the sky

I heard the call

And in the mirror

I saw the writing on the wall

And I had to fall

In love with you

The face that I've known

Seems so lost and alone

When you're far away

I'm comin' for you, baby, right away

The places I've seen

And the roads in between

Make me wonder why

I'm searching for my dreams up in the sky

I heard the call

And in the mirror

I saw the writing on the wall

And I had to fall

In love with you

What mattered to me

Was the right to be free

Like I'll be someday

I'm waiting for my heart

To lead the way

I'll Be Level with You (Graeme Edge)

Little guy

Little hands

Little eyes

And lots of time

Whatcha gonna be

What you gonna see

When your eyes are level with mine?

I'll be level with you

I don't know what I would do

If I had to face the things

That you've got coming down the line

If I had to face the things

That you've got coming down the line

Lots of luck

Lots of health

Lots of wealth

And little pain

That's what I want for you

But there's little I can do

To put you on the gravy train


You'll always end up coming through

But you'll find yourself

Lost in space now and again

But you'll find yourself

Lost in space now and again

But you have to have a world you can live in

Not a world where all the hope is gone

And as long as we are here together

We'll try to build a home for the free

Filled with pity

Not pain

That's loving and sane

Not divided by hate

And living in spite

'Til it's too late

Life is here

Love will come

In the end

Give it time

There's wonders still to do

And I know you'll find it's true

That yours will be bigger than mine


The one thing I hope you will do

Is tell me about what you're doing

From time to time

Tell me 'bout what you're doing

From time to time

Driftwood (Justin Hayward)

Just like the driftwood of a dream

Left on the seashore of sleep

Just like the words that wouldn't rhyme

Lost in the desert of time

Time waits for no one at all

No, not even you

You thought you'd seen it all before

You really thought you knew

I don't remember what was said

In the confusion that night

I only know what's on my mind

What's in the future we will decide

Time waits for no one at all

No, not even you



I've shattered the illusion

Of fortune and of fame

But darling, now I know you

Life could never be the same

Oh no, don't leave me driftwood

On the shore

Time waits for no one, my love

No, not even you



I've shattered the illusion

Of fortune and of fame

I'm waking up

I'm reaching up

I'm getting up from this game

Oh no, don't leave me driftwood

On the shore

No, don't, don't leave me driftwood

On the shore

Top Rank Suite (Justin Hayward)

Rain on the river

Turns the torrent to a flood

Swim or you'll never rise above

Two lonely people

Can mend a broken heart

Love and you'll never fall apart

But can you tell me why?

They made a good bowl of chili at the jazz club

They played a good game of football in Mucron

They got everyone off at the Top Rank babe

If you could ever get into their suite

Avenue Tombola and Social

We just drove right on by

We was on our way to the big time, baby

To the great gold record in the sky

Sun in the morning

Brings the flowers from a bud

Hail to the giver

Of life and love

Two lonely people

Can mend a broken heart

Love you'll never fall apart


They made a good bowl of chili at the jazz club

They played a good game of football in Mucron

They got everyone off at the Top Rank babe

If you could ever get into their suite

Avenue Tombola and Social

We just drove right on by

We were on our way to the big time babe

To the great gold record in the sky


I'm Your Man (Ray Thomas)

Here I go again

Finding it so hard to explain

The way I feel when I hold you near

Still it hurts when you cry

Maybe you think love has passed you by

Don't you know I need you so?

But I guess you need to know

I'm just a man, that's all I am

I'm just a man, that's yours

I'm yours, you know I'm yours

Life keeps changing key

I'll look to you please look back at me

See I'm changing every day

Reaching out for happy days

But I'm just a man that's all I am

I'm just a man I'm yours

I'm simply yours

Life keeps changing key

I'll look to you please turn and look at me

You'll see I'm changing every day

In my search for happy days

But then I'm just a man

That's all I am

I'm just a man I'm yours

That's yours, simply yours

See me as I am, for I'm just a man

I'm just a man but I'm yours

Oh I'm yours I'm simply yours

Survival (John Lodge)

Shadows of night

Falling over my head

People walking

Passing me by

Shadows of dreams

Falling out of the blue

People talkin'

What can I do?

Where do I go from here?


I could give you any dream and watch it grow

I could take you for a ride but you would know?

I could tell you every answer that I know

It wouldn't be much though

It wouldn't be anything you didn't know

But survival

Nothing more than survival

Survival

Nothing more than survival

Shadows of days

Hanging endless in time

Slowly fading

Passing us by

Shadows of worlds

Disappearing from view

People asking

What could we do?



If I gave you every dream, would they grow?

If I took you for a ride, would you know?

If I told you every answer that I know

It wouldn't be much though

It wouldn't be anything you didn't know

But survival

Nothing more

Than survival

Survival

With nothing more

Than survival

Survival

Nothing more

Than survival

Survival

With nothing more

Than survival

Survival

With nothing more

Than survival

Survival

With nothing more

Than survival

Survival

With nothing more

Than survival

Survival

With nothing more

Than survival

Survival

With nothing more

Than survival

Survival

With nothing more

Than survival

[In your love I have all]

[That I need for survival]

[With your love]

[I have all that I need for Survival]

[With your love]


[With your love]


[With your love]


One Step into the Light (Mike Pinder)

One step into the light

One step away from night

It's the hardest step you're gonna take

The ship to take you there

Is waiting at the head

Of the stairs that lead up through your opening mind

Above the dark despair

Shines a light that we can share

Close your eyes and look up in between your brows

Then slowly breathing in

Feel the life force streaming in

Hold it there, then send it back to him

All the old things are returning

Cosmic circles ever turning

All the truth we've been yearning for

Life is our savior

Savior

Save your

Save your soul

The river of living breath

Is flowing through the sun

He was there before the earth began

The world will drag on you

Use his love to pull you through

Find the mission of your life

And start to be

All the old things are returning

Cosmic circles ever turning

All the truth we've been yearning for

Life is our savior

Savior

Save your

Save your soul

There's one thing I can do

Play my Mellotron for you

Try to blow away your city blues

Your dreams are not unfound

Get your feet back on the ground

The truth will set us free, we cannot lose

We cannot love, we just have to choose

The Day We Meet Again (Justin Hayward)

The day we meet again

I'll be waiting there

I'll be waiting there for you

'Cause the years have been so lonely

Like a dog without a home

It's dangerous when you find out

You've been drinking on your own


We will walk in peace

Through the garden down the road

Where the mist of time is lifting

See it rising in the air

Like the shadow I was chasing

When I looked it wasn't there

Oh, no

But just in case you're wondering

What was really on my mind

It wasn't what you took my love

It's what you left behind

And just in case you're wondering

Will it really be the same?

You know we're only living for

The day me meet again

So hold on

And don't let go

Time heals

You know, I know


I'll be waiting there

I'll be waiting there for you

'Cause the years have been so lonely

Like a dog without a home

It's dangerous when you find out

You've been drinking on your own


We will walk in peace

Through the garden down the road

Where the mist of time is lifting

See it rising in the air

Like the shadow I was chasing

When I looked it wasn't there

Hold on baby, don't let go

Long Distance Voyager

The Voice (Justin Hayward)

Won't you take me back to school?

I need to learn the golden rule

Won't you lay it on the line?

I need to hear it just one more time

Oh, won't you tell me again

Can you feel it?

Won't you tell me again

Tonight

Each and every heart it seems

Is bounded by a world of dreams

Each and every rising sun

Is greeted by a lonely one

Oh won't you tell me again

Can you feel it?


Tonight

'Cause out on the ocean of life my love

There's so many storms we must rise above

Can you hear the spirit calling?

As it's carried across the waves

You're already falling

It's calling you back to face the music

And the song that is coming through


The one that it's calling

Is you

Make a promise, take a vow

And trust your feelings, it's easy now

Understand the voice within

And feel the changes already beginning

Oh, won't you tell me again

Can you feel it?


Tonight

And how many words have I got to say?

And how many times will it be this way?

With your arms around the future

And your back up against the past


It's calling you on to face the music

And the song that is coming through


The one that it's calling

Is you

Each and every heart it seems

Is bounded by a world of dreams

Each and every rising sun

Is greeted by a lonely, lonely one


Can you feel it?


Tonight

Talking Out Of Turn (John Lodge)

When I took a little loving from you

Oh I never thought about the hurting inside

But I took a little more than I should

Oh why can't explain that I ever would

Let you slip through my fingers

Let you escape like yesterday

I would appreciate you knowing

I thought your love had come to stay

Talking out of turn

Shot to pieces

When will I learn?

Talking out of turn

Shot to pieces

When will I learn?

But I took a little more of your each day

When I didn't see that I was breaking you apart

With angry words of love I didn't mean

Oh I can't believe that I ever would

Talk myself out of tomorrow

Talked like a fool to yesterday

And as the evening loses color

Your love began to fade away [Fade Away...]

Talking out of turn

Shot to pieces

When will I learn?

Talking out of turn

Shot to pieces

When will I learn?

Talking out of turn

Talking out of turn

If I upset you

I didn't mean to hurt you

I didn't mean to make you cry

I don't need an alibi

To start me talking out of turn

When I took a little loving from you

Oh I can't believe that I ever would

Let you slip through my fingers

Let you escape like yesterday

I would appreciate you knowing

I thought your love had come to stay

Talking out of turn

Shot to pieces

When will I learn?

Talking out of turn

Shot to pieces

When will I learn?

Gemini Dream (Justin Hayward & John Lodge)

Long time, no see

Short time for you and me

So fine, so good

We're on the road

Like you knew we would

First night, so long

State of mind

What can go wrong?

We're here, the time is right

To rock 'n' roll

Right through the night

Make it work out

Make it work

Make it work out

Make it work out

For each other tonight

Stage fright, candle light

You can let go

Tonight's the night

Came back for you

Glad to see

That you came, too

There's a place, a Gemini dream

There's no escaping from the love we have seen

So come with me, turn night to day

You're gonna wake up

You know you're gonna wake up in a Gemini dream

Turned round to see

Where we've been

And what we believe

In life, love

Take a chance

See it through

You'll be glad

That you came, too

There's a place a Gemini dream

There's no escaping from the love we have seen

So come with me, turn night to day

You're gonna wake up

You know you're gonna wake up in a Gemini dream

Long time, no see

The lights go up

For you and me

We're here

The time is right

To rock 'n' roll

Right through the night

Living it

Believing it

Wanting it

Make it work out

Make it work

Make it work out

Make it work out

For each other tonight

Long time no see

Short time for you and me

So fine, so far, so good

We're on the road

Like you knew we would

In My World (Justin Hayward)

In my world

It's heaven on earth when you're close to me

I could see

That moment of truth when you spoke to me

In my world

It's never too late, we can both be free

In my world

It's heaven on earth when you're near

If you knew

The changes I feel that you put me through

And you do

I see in your eyes that you really do

And it's true

It happened so fast that it must be true

In my world


And I'm only just beginning

To believe what you have done

How you turned it upside down

This world of mine

And it seems while I was looking

It was right in front of me

All the time

In my world

It's heaven on earth when you're close to me

I could see

That moment of truth when you spoke to me

In my world

It's never too late we can both be free

In my world


'Cause I'm only just beginning

To believe what you have done

How you turned it upside down

This world of mine

And it seems while I was looking

It was right in front of me

All the time

If you knew

The changes I feel that you put me through

And you do

I see in your eyes that you really do

And it's true

It happened so fast that it must be true

In my world

Meanwhile (Justin Hayward)

Just in a simple conversation

You can hear the feeling change

Like a river running down

Down to the sea

And if you need an explanation

I defy you to explain

But something's not the same

And it's bothering me

I think I see where I went wrong

I think I see what's going on

Meanwhile and far away

As the night draws in

He's holding her right now

I can feel it all begin


When the day is done

I ride away, my friend

Into the setting sun

And the river's running down

Down to the sea

I let love slip right through my fingers

And I watched it drift away

But still I had to say

What was written for me

I thought I'd end up as the hero

Thought the glory would be mine

Very soon I was to find

It wasn't to be

'Cause in this part I've got to play

It doesn't quite turn out that way


As the night draws in

He's holding her right now

I can feel it, I can feel it all begin


When the day is done

I ride away, my friend

Into the setting sun

And the river's running down

Down to the sea

22,000 Days (Graeme Edge)

Even though I know it's only me

And my dreams

That drives me so

Let me go, please

Let me go onto tomorrow

One day at a time

Now I know the only foe is time

22,000 days

22,000 days

It's not a lot

It's all you've got

22,000 days

22,000 nights

22,000 nights

It's all you know

So start the show and this time

Feel the flow and get it right

Now the time when I first saw you

Is over and gone

Then I knew my life with you would go on

Knowing you so much longer

I've changing mind

Change for you

You have changed to mine

22,000 days

22,000 days

It's not a lot

It's all you've got

22,000 days

22,000 nights

22,000 nights

It's all you know

So start the show and this time

Feel the flow and get it right!

Everybody knows

It always shows

Wasting time's an aggravation

Got no time for confrontation

You want to take a lot

By love, by law or stealth

Time's the only real wealth

You have got

Even though I know it's only me

And my dreams

That drive me so

Let me go, please

Let me go onto tomorrow

One day at a time

Now I know the only foe is time

22,000 days

I've got 22,000 days

It's not a lot

It's all you've got

22,000 days

We've got 22,000 nights

22,000 nights

It's all you know

So start the show

22,000 days

22,000 days

22,000 days

It's not a lot,

It's all you got

22,000 days

22,000 nights

22,000 nights,

It's all you know

So start the show

22,000 ways

Nervous (John Lodge)

Why I am so nervous?

Please explain to me

Why I can't sleep

I close my eyes to shelter

In the dark I try to hide

If you leave me on my own

I'm worried I could lose my way

In my mind's confusion

I see you everywhere

But we don't speak

I try so hard to touch you

But you're always out of reach

If you walked right by

Would I see in it your eye?

Would you turn away?

Seems to me

I've been a long time

On this road

Has there been a sign

Another way

And I've passed it by?

I don't know what it is that drives me on

Gotta keep movin'

Gotta keep movin' on

Bring it on home

Let's bring it on home, your love

Bring it on home


Bring it on home


Down parallel lines

Don't question faith

Don't answer lies

Tell me why I'm nervous


Why I can't sleep


Why you're always out of reach

If the water ran dry

Would I see it in your eye?

Would you walk away?

It seems to me I've been a long time on this road

And I wonder why

Has there been a sign that points another way

And I've passed it by?

I don't know what it is that drives me on

Gotta keep movin'

Gotta keep movin' on

Bring it on home


Bring it on home


Bring it on home


Down parallel lines

Don't question faith

Don't answer lies

You know you gotta keep movin'

Bring it on home


Bring it on home


[Straight lines before my eyes...]





Painted Smile (Ray Thomas)

I can sing

I can dance

Just give me a chance

To do my turn for you

There's a change I'll slip

But with stiff upper lip

I'll sing a song for you

Laughter is free

But it's so hard to be a jester

All the time

And no one's believing

I'm the same when I'm bleeding

And I hurt all the time deep inside

I've shed a tear for the lying

While everyday trying

To paint this smile for you

Backflips, cartwheelings

Somersault feelings

What is there left to do?

Laughter is free

But it's so hard for me

A jester all the time

No one's believing



Roll up, roll up

Enjoy the show

Pick me up, wind me up, put me down

You'll see me go

And this painted smile

May miss for a while

Then come back and steal your show

I sing, I dance

Give me a chance to do my turn for you

With backflips, cartwheelings,

Somersault feelings

What's there left to do?

Laughter is free


All the time

No one's believing



Laughter is free


All the time

No one's believing



Reflective Smile (Ray Thomas)

Your painted smile hides you, still

While you search yourself within

Yesterday and tomorrow's found

Fused as one upon solid ground

As all around the milling crowd

Confuse themselves with raging sounds

And their love's forgetfulness abounds

So be thankful for your greasepaint, clown

If Loneliness wears the crown

Of the Veteran Cosmic Rocker

Veteran Cosmic Rocker (Ray Thomas)

The lights go down

The stage is set

The man in the wings breaks out in sweat

A backstage joker spiked his coke

While the dressing room was full of smoke

A crowd of fools got him high

He's afraid he's gonna die

He's the apple of their eye

He steps into the remaining light

The crowd goes wild

He's outta sight

Arms held high in the sign of peace

His manager signed the one night lease

The house is full, getting high



He struts, he strolls

His love is rock 'n' roll

He's the Veteran Cosmic Rocker

He steps into the remaining light

The crowd go wild, he's out of sight

Arms held high in the sign of peace

His manager's signed a one night lease

The crowds are full getting high



He struts, he strolls

His life is rock 'n' roll

He's the Veteran Cosmic Rocker

He's afraid that he will die...

The Present

Blue World (Justin Hayward)

Heart and soul took control

Took control of me

Paid my dues, spread the news

Hands across the sea

Put me down, turned me round

Turned me round to see

Marble halls, open doors

Someone found the key

And it's only what you do

That keeps coming back on you

And it's only what you say

That can give yourself away

Underground, sight and sound

Human symphony

Heard the voice, had no choice

Needed to be free

Fly me high, touch the sky

Left the earth below

Heard the line, saw the sign

Knew which way to go

'Cause it's easier to try

Than to prove it can't be done

And it's easier to stay

Than to turn around and run

It's a blue world

It takes somebody to help somebody

Oh, it's a blue world

It's a new world

It needs somebody to love somebody

Oh, it's a blue world

Heart and soul took control

Took control of me

Paid my dues, spread the news

Hands across the sea

Put me down, turned me round

Turned me round to see

Marble halls, open doors

Someone found the key

'Cause it's easier to try

Than to prove it can't be done

And it's easier to stay

Than to turn around and run

It's a blue world


Oh it's a blue world

It's a new world



It's a blue world



It's a new world



Meet Me Halfway (Justin Hayward and John Lodge)

Never dreamt I would hope

While I count the miles

Through the wind and the rain

I can see your smile

There ain't no turning back

I can see it in the distance

Got it in my sight

Like a vision, like a face

Coming out of the sky

You were there, not a dream

You were there in my eyes

There ain't no turning back

I can see it in the distance

Touch it through the night

Driving into the light

When I'm on my own

When I'm all alone

Won't you meet me halfway?


Is it a dream?

Is it a dream coming true?

Meet me halfway

Like a vision like a face

Coming out of the sky

You were there, not a dream

You were there in my eyes

There are no words to say

I can see you in the distance

Hear you through the night

Ain't no easy way

When you're on your own

When you're all alone



Is it a dream?

Is it a dream coming true?

Meet me halfway

Sitting At the Wheel (John Lodge)

I can hear the music playing

I can hear the word that you're saying

I can see the lovelife in your eyes

What's the use in looking for an answer?

I might find out

It could be a disaster

Hold on to your own time

Don't let go

Don't let go

I'm sitting at the wheel

Watching the river roll, roll on by, baby

Sitting at the wheel

Don't let the river run dry

I can see your face on a piece of tomorrow

I'll hang my dream on a road I can follow

I gotta touch the warmth of your love

(Keep the warmth of your love)

Not gonna chance a change of direction

Gonna keep on rolling till I find the connection

Hold on to your lifeline

Don't let go

Don't let go


Watching the river roll, roll on by, baby



I'm sitting at...


Like a voyeur standing at the edge of time

Looking for a reason

It's got no rhyme

Love took a corner

Shot off for a mile


Rock on, Rocker!

I can hear the music playing

I can hear the word that you're saying

I can see the lovelife in your eyes

Ain't no use in looking for an answer

I might find out

That it could be a disaster

Hold on to your own time

Don't let go

Don't let go


Watching the river roll

Roll on by, baby



I sitting at...




Roll on by, baby





Rock and roll on by


I'm just sitting




Watching the river roll by

Rock and Roll on by


I'm just sitting


If you're sitting at the wheel

Watch this rocker roll by

Going Nowhere (Graeme Edge)

Once more I've loved, I've laughed and I've lost

Now I'm alone left counting the cost

Once more sweet child of middling years

Basted again in bitter-sweet tears

I will survive the solitude

But come alive

I'll love anew

Somebody tell me you love me

Somebody tell me you care

I've got a heart full of giving

Going nowhere

Going nowhere

Daylight will come and steal the night sights

Starlight on black replaced with gray lights

Now I must go out and set my best pace

Running all day in the human race

But now I know the good news

Before you win, you have to lose




Going nowhere

Going nowhere

How much longer must I travel on?

Looking for someone to help me sing my song

How much longer will it be?

I need to find someone

For the love

From me

(I need someone to help me, help me!!)




Going nowhere, going nowhere

Hole in the World (John Lodge)

- Instrumental -

Under My Feet (John Lodge)

It's a hard life

Never let yourself get down

You may never get back

You may never ever turn it round

You may say it took you by surprise

Never ending

Never changing

I didn't see through your disguise

It took my breath away

Under my feet

The earth shook

Under my feet

The earth just fell away

Under my feet

Gave way

Did you never, ever want to take a chance?

Never thought the time would come round

Quite so fast

Would you walk right through that wall

And keep on walking till you couldn't stand

On your feet no more

But you came and took me by surprise

When you stole up on me

I didn't see through your disguise

It took my breath away

Under my feet

The earth shook

Under my feet


Under my feet gave way

Where were you

When I needed you?

Where were you

When I needed you?

Where were you?

Where were you?

I'm holding on

Under my feet

The earth shook

Under my feet


Under my feet gave way

Under my feet

The earth shook

Right under my feet

Gave way

It's Cold Outside Of Your Heart (Justin Hayward)

The harder I try

Seems the further I fall

The deeper my love seems to be

And I know that I

Never doubted at all

That someone was waiting for me

Then out of the blue

It was over

And how did you think I would survive?

'Cause it's cold outside

Yes it's cold outside of your heart



I never thought it could happen to me

Like the one that gets you

That you just don't see

And now I don't want to be free

I thought it was always to be


The longer the shadows

Become in my life

The colder the breeze seems to be

The days roll on by

Still I can't quite believe

That someone's not waiting for me

The flame of desire

Is still burning

The warmth of your body close to mine





It's a big world to face all alone

And I'm begging you now just to come on home

'Cause I, I don't want to be free

I thought it was always to be


You know that it's you I need

You see I refuse to believe

That someone's not waiting for me

Running Water (Justin Hayward)

Time hurries on

Look and it's gone

The changing of the autumn tide

The hopes that live

The dreams that die

If I could have you by my side

I'd give it all away

You and I

We must hold on

We must try

To reach beyond that far off cloud

Along the road we're travelling now

If I could only show you how

I need you there with me

Oh, running water

Don't care what people say

We live to love another day

Oh, running water

Don't throw your love away


Time hurries on

Turn around and it's gone

If only we could hold that dream

If only life was what it seemed

I know my darling what you mean

I've seen it slip away

Oh, running water

Don't care what people say


Oh, running water

Don't throw your love away


W

I Am (Ray Thomas)

Salt water never grew roses

Seems roses can't grow in the sea

A river can fashion a valley

From a thousand sweet drinking streams

I AM [Built in the image of the Father]

I AM [From the outside looking in]

I am the son

Yes, I am [But inside is a different place]

I am the son

Yes, I am the son of love!

[Due to my earthbound skin, I am!]

I AM!

Born in the times when eyes could see

What's written in the stars

Freedom was ever

And ever was never far

I am!

I AM!!

Sorry (Ray Thomas)

Just look at me now

Because I'm tired of yelling

Look at me now

It's only me I'm selling

I'm not willing to trade

My life to make the sale

You turn me around

You're puttin' me down

Look at me now

I'm hanging out my heart to dry

For the last time

I'll tell you the reason why

It's for the last time

Laid back uptown turnaround people lie

Laid back uptown turnaround people wear disguises

"Sorry" a word they only use too late

"Sorry" is a word

that only ever means forgive my yesterdays

Laid-back uptown turnaround people lie

Laid-back uptown turnaround people wear disguises

And "sorry", that's a word they can only use too late

"Sorry" is a word

that only ever means forgive my yesterdays

Sorry..

Here I am, loving you

You're laying there so quietly

I can feel your breath upon my skin

Afterglow came suddenly

With you it always did

I'm hanging out my heart to dry [Look at me now]

For the last time

I'll tell you the reason why [Look at me now]

It's for the last time

Laid-back uptown turnaround people lie

[Look at me now]


They say "Sorry"

That's a word they only use too late

"Sorry" is a word that only ever means

Forgive my yesterdays

Uptown people lie


They say "Sorry"

That's a word they only use too late

"Sorry" is a word that only ever means forgive...

Sorry

The Other Side of Life

Your Wildest Dreams (Justin Hayward)

Once upon a time

Once when you were mine

I remember skies reflected in your eyes

I wonder where you are

I wonder if you think about me

Once upon a time

In your wildest dreams

Once the world was new

Our bodies felt the morning dew

That greets the brand new day

We couldn't tear ourselves away

I wonder if you care

I wonder if you still remember

Once upon a time


And when the music plays

When the words are touched with sorrow

When the music plays

I hear the sound I had to follow

Once upon a time

Once beneath the stars

The universe was ours

Love was all we knew

And all I knew was you

I wonder if you know

I wonder if you think about it

Once upon a time



And when the words are touched with sorrow

When the music plays


I hear the sound I had to follow

Once upon a time

Once upon a time

Once when you were mine

I remember skies mirrored in your eyes

I wonder where you are

I wonder if you think about me

Once upon a time


Talkin' Talkin' (Justin Hayward and John Lodge)

Talking, talking

It doesn't really matter if you know my name

It doesn't really matter

If you see things the same as I do

It doesn't even matter if I'm tired and tense

It doesn't even matter

If I'm still making sense over you

I'm just talking, talking

Talkin, talking

'Cause I'm only talking, talking

Talking, talking

It doesn't matter what the people

All around you say

Be careful how you listen

They don't know you the way

That I do

And if you wanna talk about it

Baby that's alright

It's better if I say it

Than to sit down and write it to you


Talkin, talking

'Cause I'm only talking, talking

It can be that you're here with me

When I'm standing out on my own

I can listen to the words of love

That you gave

When we were alone

It doesn't matter if you want

to rock and roll all night

I know you're gonna be there

When the Feeling is right

The feeling is right

The feeling is right


Talkin, talking


Talkin, talking

You know I'm just

Talking, talking, talking, talking

Rock 'N' Roll Over You (John Lodge)

Like a rock

I'm gonna roll over you

Like a rock


Not gonna lose my nerve

Not gonna fall apart

Not gonna turn the tide

Not even gonna start from the top

Not gonna lose control

Not gonna turn around

Not gonna break my step

Not gonna till I take you to the top

Cause there's something baby

That I want you to know

What price love

If there's nothing to show

Like a rock


Like a rock


No need to close the door

No need to lose your way

No need to stand alone

Just try to understand what I'm saying

(Cause I'm gonna hold on)

Not gonna turn you loose

Not gonna bring you down

Not gonna let you go

I only want to take you to the top

'Cause if I don't have you

Then I want you to know

What price love

If we've nothing to show

Like a rock


Like a rock


Rock 'n' Roll over you

I Just Don't Care (Justin Hayward)

The indestructible has broken down

The undeniable is turned around

And I don't care my love

I just don't care

I love you

The unbelievable has all come true

I love the changes that you've put me through

And I don't care you see

I just don't care

I love you

I see the magic that we're making now

And a veil is lifted from my eyes somehow

And the most amazing thing that comes to light

Is the world looks different

To me overnight

My friends will tell you

That I've lost my cool

The lovesick schoolboy

Turning up for school

But I don't care, you know

I just don't care

I love you

I see the magic

That we're making now

And a veil is lifted

From my eyes somehow

And the most amazing thing

That comes to light

Is the world looks different

To me overnight

My friends will tell you

That I've lost my cool

The lovesick schoolboy

Turning up for school

But I don't care, you know

I just don't care

I love you

'Cause I don't care, you see

I just don't care

I love you

I love you

Running Out Of Love (Justin Hayward and John Lodge)

Some days you're gonna put me on hold

Some days you're gonna put me

On a pedestal up high

I don't know if it's me

I don't know if it's you

I don't know if it's both of us

Not knowing what to do

When we're running out of love



And when it comes to taking my calls

There's something more between us

Than a telephone line

I can't believe it's me

I can't believe it's you

I can't believe it's both of us





Can't think of how we lost our way

Some days I feel

I'm getting very close to you

Can't think of how the story ends

Can't hear the words

I really want to hear from you

We're running out of love

Can't believe we're running out of love


Some people like to put you on hold

Some people like to put you

On a pedestal up high

I don't know if it's me

I don't know if it's you

I don't know if it's both of us








The Other Side of Life (Justin Hayward)

The atmosphere on the streets tonight

Is the driving beat of the world

The word down here on the streets tonight

Is the truest music you've heard

So take your share of the gifts that are there

They all belong to you

And come what may at the break of each day

We all begin anew once more

We all begin anew

Baby, baby, baby, let's investigate

The other side of life tonight

The lovers and the fighters

And the risks they take

Are on the other side of life tonight

Let's lose our way

Go completely astray

And find ourselves again

You know the only way to get there

Is to take that step

To the other side of life tonight

The atmosphere on the streets tonight

Is the driving beat of the world

The word down here on the streets tonight

Is the truest music you've heard

So take your share of the gifts that are there

They all belong to you

And come what may at the break of each day

We all begin anew once more

We all begin anew

Baby, baby, baby, let's investigate

The other side of life tonight

The lovers and the fighters

And the risks they take

Are on the other side of life tonight

Let's lose our way

Go completely astray

And find ourselves again

You know the only way to get there

Is to take that step

To the other side of life tonight

The Spirit (Graeme Edge and Patrick Moraz)

The sun and moon every day

Day and night, mark my play

See the future in the past

Try to change or make it last

Go for broke, don't regret

Get your hands dirty get you feet wet

Take your place use me well

I'm in your hands, make me tell

A broken dream seems unkind

I can help, for I am Time

I can heal you

It's not a matter of slight

Only of sound

Let me feel for you

Then you can feel for yourself

The love all around

I can lead you

Is you soul afraid?

Afraid of what you've made?

Do you know the way the spirit goes?

All around on the wind

Distant whispers of what I bring

In the day, in the night

Locked in the words of lovers delight

If I'm lost or mislaid

Keep looking, don't be afraid

In the eye, on the mind

I'm everywhere and yours to find

I'm not far, close at hand

I'm in you for I am Love

I can heal you

It's not a matter of slight

Only of sound

Let me feel for you

Then you can feel for yourself

The love all around

I can lead you

Is you soul afraid?

Afraid of what you've made?

Do you know the way the spirit goes?

Slings and Arrows (Justin Hayward and John Lodge)

Slings and arrows, slings and arrows


No chance for a second chance

When the arrows start to fly

No way is there an easy way

To say goodbye

No dream is ever lost

If you never cease to try

Never thought you could walk away

From my side

I just can't hide from



Life is ever changing

Nothing stays the same

Nothing in this whole wide world

Can turn us back again

'Cause where we're standing now

Is the point of no return

Looking back on a world

That's got to learn

You just can't hide from



Love is the shield

When you're fighting

With your back to the wall

And if you turn around and walk away

You're never gonna lose

'Cause love conquers all

No chance for a second chance

When the arrows start to fly

No way is there an easy way

To say goodbye (goodbye, goodbye)

No dream is ever lost

If you never cease to try

Never thought you would walk away

From my side

I just can't hide from



It May Be a Fire (John Lodge)

It may be a fire

Tomorrow it could be nothing

It may reach out to the sky

Light up everything that you know

Everywhere you go from now

You will see better than before

People you've not known for years

Will come knocking at your door

It may be a fire

But you gotta get it into your heart

It may be a warm wind

That tries to blow your heart away

It may walk into your life

Tell you everything that you know

Looking down through all the years

Making plans that have gone passed

Something you've not known for years

But you knew that it would last

It may be a fire


I'm turning all the answers inside out

Looking for a love that reaches out

Of the fire into my heart

It may be a fire

Tomorrow it may be nothing

It may reach up to the sky

Light up everything that I know

Everywhere I go from now

I will see better than before

People I've known for years

Will come knocking at my door

It may be a fire


It may be a fire

But you gotta get it

You gotta get it

You gotta get it into your heart

It may be a fire


Sur La Mer

I Know You're Out There Somewhere (Justin Hayward)

I know you're out there somewhere

Somewhere, somewhere

I know I'll find you somehow

Somehow, somehow

And somehow I'll return again to you

The mist is lifting slowly

I can see the way ahead

And I've left behind the empty streets

That once inspired my life

And the strength of the emotion

Is like thunder in the air

'Cos the promise that we made each other

Haunts me to the end




Somewhere you can hear my voice


Somehow, somehow



The secret of your beauty

And the mystery of your soul

I've been searching for in everyone I meet

And the times I've been mistaken

It's impossible to say

And the grass is growing

Underneath our feet






Somehow, somehow



From the words that I remember

From my childhood still are true

That there's none so blind

As those who will not see

And to those who lack the courage

And say it's dangerous to try

Well they just don't know

That love eternal will not be denied






Somehow, somehow



Yes I know it's going to happen

I can feel you getting near

And soon we'll be returning

To the fountain of our youth

And if you wake up wondering

In the darkness I'll be there

My arms will close around you

And protect you with the truth






Somehow, somehow

I know I'll find you somehow And somehow I'll return again to you

Want To Be With You (Justin Hayward and John Lodge)

When I think of all the things

that we've been through

And the things we've yet to do

I... I start to realize

The world is such a lonely place

Want to be with you

I remember all the heartaches we have known

The angry nights when we were lonely

The jealousy and pain

Can we remain the same

The world will have to hold it's breath

Want to be with you

I don't need a reason

I don't need to understand

I just want to be

Want to be with you

Only want your love

Only want you by my side

Only want to be

Want to be with you

And when I look back down that road

I see the turnings that we both made

The choice we had to make

The promises we break

Are nothing more than memories

Want to be with you

The jealousy and pain

Can we remain the same

The world will have to hold it's breath

Want to be with you

I don't need a reason

I don't need to understand

I just want to be

Want to be with you

Only want your love

Only want you by my side

Only want to be Want to be with you

River Of Endless Love (Justin Hayward and John Lodge)

I'm looking for a better world

Where there's no more hurt

Where there's only hope

For the eagle and the dove

I can see your face

Nothing can take your place

If we sail away on a river of endless love

I'm living in the hands of time

On the wings of love

On the edge of night

Where there's darkness everywhere

I won't be denied

I'm never going to leave your side

I will always be

On the river of endless love

In the silence just before the dawn

The shadows lose their form

We rise to greet the morning

In the calm that comes before the storm

A troubled and a restless heart is born

The river of endless love

I'm tearing down the walls of hate

Gonna start again gonna turn it round

Gonna build it with a prayer

I can always dream

And nothing is what it seems

If you lose your way

In the silence just before the dawn

The shadows lose their form

We rise to greet the morning

In the calm that comes before the storm

A troubled and a restless heart is born The river of endless love

No More Lies (Justin Hayward)

I need you like you need me

Truly and completely

Never be apart

I think that you should tell me

Come right out and tell me

Just what's in your heart

And if you think that it's alright

Let's make a deal and work it out

We'll walk into the sunset you and I

With no more alibis

When we tell each other

No more lies

Well truth is my addiction

Stranger still than fiction

Wider than the sky

And songs that have such feeling

Words that have such meaning

Dreams that never die

And if you think that it's alright

Let's turn around and start again

We'll walk beside the ocean hand in hand

With no more alibis

When we tell each other

No more lies

I sometimes think that maybe

You're just a little girl

You know I love you baby

I've got to tell the world

So that's the final story

The truth in all it's glory

See how much I care

You know you drive me crazy

Thrill me and amaze me

Drive me to despair

And if you think that now feels right

Let's close the door and dim the light

We'll greet the dawn together side by side

Just look into my eyes

Cause you know I'll tell you

No more lies

Here Comes The Weekend (John Lodge)

Somewhere in the night

There's a heart that beats so fast

I can feel the heat

Of the fire in your eyes

Burning like a naked flame

Waiting for the ice to break

Counting down the days

Waiting for the weekend

Lonely is the night

Silence is a friend to wake with

With no one else to talk to

But on a Friday night

It's alright, it's alright

You can be who you want to be

Take off for the weekend

If you can dance you can dance with me

'Cos it's Friday night


Nothing's gonna stop me now

I'm all wired up and ready to go

I'm on my way

Let's get on with the show

Here comes the weekend

Here comes the weekend

Somewhere in the heat

There's a heart that beats so fast

I can hear your voice

Talk to me tonight

Taking a different face

Every time I hear your name

I'm counting down the days

Waiting for the weekend

Lonely is the night

When all are sleeping

Silence is a friend you walk with

With no one else to talk to

But on a Friday night


You can be who you want to be

Take of for the weekend

If you dance you can dance with me

'Cos it's Friday night


Nothing's gonna stop me now

I'm all wired up and ready to go

And I'm on my way

It's the weekend

And it's starting today

Here comes the weekend Here comes the weekend

Vintage Wine (Justin Hayward)

I remember the taste of the vintage wine

From '63 through to '69

And I'm proud of the things we believed in then

If I had the chance I'd go around again

Oh I tell you

We were young and free

Oh I'll tell you

'Cause I was there you see

And I look to the future with open arms

And the songs that flow from my old guitar

And I want to be there when the music plays

And the lights go up on the empty stage

Oh I tell you

Music set me free

Oh I tell you

It sounds so good to me

And if you're into wandering

Underneath the stars

We'll take the trip together

Through this magic world of ours

And If you're still uncertain

Just what we can be

Well baby make your mind up

Get you things and follow me

'Cause if you're into romance baby

Love will find a way

And if you're into dreaming

Dream with me

I remember the sounds of the children’s prayer

The laughing eyes and the golden hair

And as hard as I try

Not a day goes by

That I don't think of them

I tell you

We can be so free

Oh I tell you

If you'll be there with me

Breaking Point (Justin Hayward and John Lodge)

Is that the wind

On your face?

Are you sure you're alone?


Feel the chill

Of an empty space



In the middle of the night

Is that your heart you hear

Or a train to nowhere

That pounding in your ear?

Have you reached your breaking point?

Have you reached your breaking point tonight?

Only when you're sleeping can you drift away

No one can hurt you

Listen to the secret of your dreams

Though you want to sleep forever

Still you must return

Hands of ice

Down your spine



Feel the grip

Of a clinging vine



In the middle of the night

Is that your voice I hear?

Or the wind that's calling

Back across the years?

Have you reached your breaking point?

Have you reached your breaking point tonight?

Miracle (Justin Hayward and John Lodge)

I closed the door and I walked away

From the life I knew

On a night in June

I took a chance and I lost control

Trying to find out why

On a night in July

Why this hesitation

I an feel that the night is slipping away

Wanna drown in the ocean of your love

Wanna dance in the moonlight

Looking for a miracle

I left the city on a wave of despair

To stand on my own

On an August night

From the valley of broken hearts

Gonna make a new start in September

Why this confusion

I can feel that the night is slipping away

Wanna walk from the shadows to the sun

Just to dream on a summer night

Dream about a miracle


Never had the chance before

To turn the tide my way

In the heat of the summer night

You took my breath away


Wanna walk from the shadows to the sun

Just to dream on a summer night

Dream about a miracle

Your love is just a miracle

I closed the door and I walked away

From the life I knew

On a night in June

I took a chance and I lost control

Trying to find out why

On a night in July

Why this hesitation

I an feel that the night is slipping away

Wanna drown in the ocean of your love

Wanna dance in the moonlight



Love Is On The Run (John Lodge)

Just because it's raining here

It doesn't mean the sun isn't shining

Somewhere else for someone

You have loved

But who's not near you anymore

When your love is on the run

Don't fall apart at what's begun

It's just the healing process

Of your heart

When your dream has lost it's cause

Don't waste your time in closing doors

You'll be the last to know

When love has gone

Love is on the run

Love is on the run

Love is on the run

Love is on the run from me

Love is on the run

Love is on the run


Couldn't find the words to say I love you

Couldn't fight the hurt of holding on

Couldn't hope

Couldn't dream

Couldn't see tomorrow

With out your love

I can't go on

Love is on the run

Love is on the run

Love is on the run


When your love is on the run

Don't fall apart at what's begun

It's just the healing process

Of your heart

When your dream has lost it's cause

Don't waste your time in closing doors

You'll be the last to know

When love has gone

Love is on the run

Love is on the run


Deep (Justin Hayward)

Every time I hear the sound of the rain

Beating on my roof again

I want to taste your love

And I want to go deep

Deep

I want to go deep

Deep

I want to go deep

Every time I lift my eyes to the sky

Something in my heart asks why

I want to know the truth

And I want to go deep

Deep

I want to go deep

Like the footprints

Disappearing from the sand

I try to catch the thought

It slips right through my hand

And as the darkness

Throws it's cloak upon the ground

I start to run to you

I've got to take you down

I want to go deep

Deep

I want to go deep

Deep

I want to go deep

Every time I feel I'm loosing my way

The power of your love remains

I want to touch your love

An' I want to go deep

Deep

I want to go deep

Deep

I want to go deep

Deep

I want to go deep

Keys of Kingdom

Say It with Love (Justin Hayward)

I've been thinking the way people do

'Bout the things that matter

To me and you

I've decided to do what I can

And to find the kind of man

I really am

I can see the world from here

And it sometimes makes me

Want to disappear

Back to nature, that's where we belong

And with just one truth I've found

You can't go wrong

Wherever you go

Whatever you do

Whatever you say

Say, say, say

Say it with love

I remember a long time ago

When I heard those guitars

That I worship so

I was captured, I wanted to stay

And to hear that kind of music

Everyday

Heard the songs around the world

Saw the smiling faces

On the boys and girls

I was destined to play come what may

And there's just one thing

I knew I had to say

Wherever you go

Whatever you do

Whatever you say

Say, say, say

Say it with love

Underneath a sea of doubt

There's a million voices shouting

"Let me out!" (Let me out!)

When we go, we never return

'Cause there's just one lesson

That we got to learn

Wherever you go

Whatever you do

Whatever you say

Say, say, say

Say it with love

Say it with love

Bless the Wings

(That Bring You Back) (Justin Hayward)

Like the rose that blooms in the wintertime

As it reaches up through the snow

The more life keeps us apart

The more love will grow

Like the seed that grows in the darkness

As it reaches up to the sun

I will always reach out for you

'Cause you are the one

I bless the wings that bring you

Back across the shore

If I could touch you now, my darling

And love you just once more

If I could hold you

Hold you

Hold you

I know you'd understand


As I cross the bridge by the waterfall

As I make my way by the stars

There's a shadow walking beside me

Here in my heart

Like the restless wind in the treetops

Like a whispered voice in my ear

I will always be there for you

I'll always be here



If I could touch you now, my darling


If I could hold you

Hold you

Hold you



In a far off wonderland

That flashes past my eyes

The kiss of inspiration that was mine

The dust of many centuries

Has blown across this land

But love will not be scattered by the sand

Like the sunrise over the mountainside

Like the bird that has to be free

There's a part of you that will always be

Part of me



If I could touch you now my darling


If I could hold you

Hold you

Hold you



Is This Heaven? (Justin Hayward and John Lodge)

Walking home with you last night

You said the world is beautiful

And how things look that way

When you're in love

I love this world

When I'm in your arms

Is this heaven?

I opened up the letter

That the postman gave to me this morning

Had to stop myself from shouting out

"I love this world!"


Is this heaven?


Is this heaven?

I know that heaven waits

For those whose love is true

I want to be there when

The age of love is come again

Tell me all about yourself

And how you came to me like in a dream

And every night I dream of you

I dream of you


Is this heaven?


Is this heaven?

I know that heaven waits

For those whose love is true

Don't ask me where or when

The time for us will come again

I sit and watch the sun go down

And in the darkness there's no sound

While in the sky tonight

The stars all cry "I love you"

Are they crying out over you?

'Cause you're in my heart

Is this heaven?

'Cause the story starts and ends with you

Say What You Mean (Part I) (Justin Hayward)

Say what you mean

Mean what you say

Say what you mean

Mean what you say

Think about the words

That you're using

Speak for yourself

Say what's on your mind

And think about the life

That you're choosing

I know that you need somebody

I know that you're looking

For somebody who knows

When trouble won't leave you alone

Say what you mean

Mean what you say

Look into the world of tomorrow

Say what you want

Want what is true

Check out of that room

Full of sorrow

I'm ready to take you with me

I'm ready to be the one

Who's there by your side

When you've just got

Nowhere to hide

And oh,

The angels will walk with you

Whenever you need them, yeah

The glory that comes of love

Yeah, yeah, yeah

And oh,

The treasure that waits for us

Whenever we need it, now

I just can't hold it back

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

The work and the pain

The thunder and the rain

The word of the earth has been spoken

The bird on the wing

Free as the wind

Knowing that the spell

Has been broken

Now you can laugh with meaning

Now you can throw away

The cloak of disguise

As you turn your face

To the skies

The blue of the night

The secrets of the light

The touch of the hand

That can lead you

I known you recognize

The shiver of surprise

When you realize

That he's seen you

Into the strange unknown of love

Standing before me

How your nakedness shows

Now I just can't leave you alone

And oh,

I'm ready to take you now

Whenever you want to

Yeah, my heart is there for you

Yeah, yeah, yeah

And oh,

The glory that comes with love

For always and ever, now

Now you can feel my love


Say what you mean

Mean what you say

Tell me about the love

That you're feeling

Say what you mean

Mean what you say

Say What You Mean (Part II) (Justin Hayward)

Say what you mean, mean what you say


Let us walk into the forest

Only witnessed by the moon

And the breeze that once would chill us

Now excites



And we'll touch the secret places

As the earth beneath us breathes

And the raw exquisite ecstasy

Rushes in



Lean On Me (Tonight) (John Lodge)

Lean on me

I'll be there

Whenever you need someone

To share in every prayer

In every dream

You've left somewhere

'Till tomorrow

Will be just like it was when we were young?

'Cause tonight

I'm gonna take you where

I've never taken you before

Lean on me

I'm everywhere

Wherever you look I'll be

Forever yours

The northern lights

The southern cross

I'll give to you

'Till tomorrow

Will be just like it was when we were young?

'Cause tonight



If you're lonely

You know where you can find me

You know there's no escape

When you are on your own

And if you're worried

And you can see your world

Slip through your fingers

I'll reach out for you in my heart

There's no more dancing in the dark

You're not alone

Tomorrow...

Will be just like it was when we were young

'Cause tonight



It will be just like it was when we were young

Tonight I'm gonna take you where


It will be just like it was when we were young

Hope and Pray (Justin Hayward)

I see the headlights

Shining on the wall

It seems I've got a visitor

Who is kind enough to call

And I hope and pray, everyday

I hope and pray

It's you

I thought I heard some footsteps

On the floor

And tell me am I dreaming

Or is it someone at the door?

'Cause I hope and pray

Everyday

I hope and pray

It's you

Autumn turns to winter

And winter turns to spring

I only know the passing of the days

And if you were to ask me

About the meaning of my life

It kind of lost its meaning

On the day you went away

You know that when it comes

To matters of the heart

I thought I had it covered

But it's tearing me apart

And I hope and pray

Everyday

I hope and pray

It's you

Autumn turns to winter

And winter turns to spring

The summer sun still lingers

In my head

If it wasn't for the letters

That you wrote me from the heart

I'd sometime wonder baby

If I dreamed it all instead

You see I've got to feel your hand

Upon my face

I need to get the calling

To rejoin the human race

And I hope and pray

Every day

I hope and pray It's you

Shadows on the Wall (John Lodge)

When the fantasy we live in

Lies in pieces on the ground

And there is no false illusion

That can turn your heart around

Nothing can change the way I feel

Nothing can take your love from me

If only I didn't worry

If only I could see

If only I could see

Chasing shadows on the wall

Chasing shadows as they dance on the floor

Chasing dreams that were forever young

Now I'm on my own


Shadows on the wall

On the sea of mediocrity

Drifting from a distant shore

No goodbyes, no celebration

No one there to close the door

Only the silence that I feel

Only the lonely road is real

If only I didn't lose you

If only we could be

If only we could be




Now I'm on my own


Shadows on the wall


Chasing shadows as they start to fall






Once Is Enough (Justin Hayward and John Lodge)

Just ask me once

Don't ask me twice

Never ask me three times

I don't give that much advice

I took my chance at the first opportunity

To wander through this world

And to do what comes so naturally

Once is enough

Just ask me once

Once is enough

Just ask me once

Sometimes you're first

Sometimes you're last

Then again you're somewhere

In your "Days of Future Passed"

If you can find yourself

And know just where you are

Don't let the wind turn you

You're stronger than you think you are

Once is enough

Just ask me once

Once is enough

Just ask me once

Once I was rich

Once I was poor

Once I was no one

I ain't no one anymore

Once in a lifetime

There's a chance that comes your way

Take it with both your hands

And be somebody for a day

Once is enough

Just ask me once

Once is enough

Just ask me once

Celtic Sonant (Ray Thomas)

Deep peace of the running wave to you

Deep peace of the flowing air to you

Deep peace of the quiet earth to you

Deep peace of the shining star to you

Deep peace of the son of peace to you

One man stood firm, guarding cups overflowing

Brimful of memories and yesterday's dreams

He could never explain his own silent thunder

The ocean just blows rough at this time of year

And the wheel keeps on turning

The wheel keeps on turning


Turning around

Words left unsaid may have special meanings

Dust hidden pages fill the books left unread

One blank page left the poet crying

He failed to remember there's a price on his head




Turning around

Away we will sail with all our flags flying

Too many changes can cause us delay

Each star in the sky is there for a reason

Making it so bright for this time of day




This fool made it round

Magic (John Lodge)

When I look in your eyes

I can't see why

There's no reflection of me

When I look in your heart

Let it be the start

Work your magic on me

When I look in your eye

I can't see why

It's all a mystery to me

When I ask you to look inside

And tell me why

Nothing can change what will be

Baby work your magic on me


I'm in a state of permanent confusion

Without your love

Without your love


When I look in your mind

Is there a reason why

It's all an illusion to me

I was lost in the game

That only two can play

When you work your magic on me




Without your love

Without your love


What kind of love is this you're talking about?

It's got no reason got no easy way out

What kind of love has got a hold of me?

What kind of love

What kind of love

What kind of love


When I look in your eye

I can't see why

There's no reflection of me

I should have known from the start

That you would steal my heart

If you work all your magic on me




Without your love

Without your love

I know I want to be with you tonight


Never Blame the Rainbows for the Rain (Justin Hayward and Ray Thomas)

Sailing along

The river of time

Adrift on dreams

Through midnight chimes

Positively frozen

Crystal waterfalls

The mountain of hope

Is there to be climbed

The sea of serenity

Is rightfully mine

Step on to the water

Knowing what is true

Never blame the rainbows for the rain


And learn to forget the memories

Painful memories

That cause you pain

The last whispered wish of age

Is to live it all again

So never blame the rainbows for the rain

The beat of my heart

The rhythm of love

The earth that's beneath us

The heavens above

I can hear forever

Calling out to me

The changes we go through

Are making me strong

The shelter of friendship

Is where we belong

Look into the future

Knowing what we see




That cause you pain

Painful memories




The whirlpool of doubt

Can spin you around

The wave of emotion

Takes you up, pulls you down

Leaving far behind us

Sweet young passion's spray




That cause you pain

Painful memories



So never blame the rainbows

Never blame the rainbows


Strange Times

English Sunset (Justin Hayward)

I want to ride the range

Across those skies of black

I want to see for myself

And see me coming back

And when I've gone the distance

I'll be making tracks

For an English sunset

We're on a runaway train

Rolling down the track

And where it's taking us to

Who knows where it's at

But if we hold together

We can make it back

For an English sunset

We want an English sunset

I feel the rhythm of the earth

In my soul tonight

May it never fade away

And I've decided I can live

With humility

And the sad decay

'Cause that's the English way

We keep the faith alive

In everything we do

And at the end of the road

We still keep coming through

And though it's sad and sorry

What else can we do?

It's an English sunset

An English sunset [More tea, Vicar?]

I feel the rhythm of the earth

In my soul tonight

May it never fade away

And I've decided they can wait

For the requiem

We take it day by day

'Cause that's the English way

I saw the English sunset [ENGLAND!!]

Haunted (Justin Hayward)

I really miss you when the nights are long

And only silence is heard in this world of song

But life goes on

And forever more

I'll be haunted by your love

I see you walking through the gates of home

And then I wake up to find I'm still all alone

I should have known

But forever more


Lonely is the river as it tumbles to the ocean

Searching for our future

We can't find our way back home

My only comfort is the love we shared

And as I walk through this world

With sadness everywhere

I've had my share

And forever more


And forever more


Standing in the doorway

As the sunrise greets the morning

Searching for our future

We can't find our way back home

I really miss you when the nights are long

And only silence is heard in this world of song

But life goes on

And forever more


Haunted by your love

Haunted by your love

Sooner or Later (Walking On Air) (Justin Hayward and John Lodge)

Walk on the water

Swim with the life tide

Clear away the storm clouds

You got to roll with the punches

Shelter from the weather

Have no fear of the darkness

Sooner or later, oh

Sooner or later, oh

We'll be walkin' on air

Live for the moment

'Cause life is worth living

Love will surround you

Sooner or later, oh

Sooner or later, oh



Love is out there waiting for you

Wearing no disguise

Nothing left behind closed doors

It's right before your eyes

So take a walk in the sunshine

Send a message on your online

Then you can do it in your own time

Sooner or later, oh

Sooner or later, oh


Walkin' on air


Walk on the water

Shelter from the weather

Clear away the storm clouds

Sooner or later, oh

Sooner or later, oh

Sooner or later, oh

Sooner or later, oh


Walkin' on air


Wherever You Are (John Lodge)

These times have passed and gone

It's time that we moved on

Into a new tomorrow

And leave behind the hurt

The sorrow and the pain

'Cause tonight will never

Pass this way again

Wherever you are

Wherever you go

Wherever you stand

Let your shadow show

Whatever you think

Whatever you do

Whatever you want

Let your feelings show

These times have passed and gone

It's time that we moved on

Into a new tomorrow

And leave behind the hurt

The sorrow and the pain

'Cause tonight will never pass this way again


Just like the winter sun

That hides behind the dawn

Just like the shifting sands

That ride upon the storm

Tonight will never pass this way again




Foolish Love (Justin Hayward)

We ran through the summer fields

Between the earth and sky

Little did we realize

We were flying you and I

We sang to the stars above

We praised the earth below

You fell into my arms that night

And I've never let you go

It was beautiful, glorious

We were riding on a wave

With foolish hearts, and foolish love

We would give ourselves away

Remember how we cried out loud

Heard angry voices shout

I love you as I loved you then

No danger and no doubt

It was beautiful, glorious




And now as we look behind

To see the road of life

Turning to the ones we love

Salvation is in sight

'Cause it was beautiful, glorious




Remember how we cried out loud

Heard angry voices shout

I love you as I loved you then

No danger and no doubt

Love Don't Come Easy (John Lodge)

The way you looked at me tonight

I've never seen that look

In your eyes before

But then again

I don't think I've ever looked

Had the time to spare

The will to share with you

What have I missed

What have I done

I'm gonna turn back the tide

Like it's just begun

Time changes

Time changes

Time changes for the better

After all we've been through

Love don't come easy for me

The way you looked into my eyes

I could see the hurt

I saw through your disguise

Just give me time

I can make it up to you

Let me heal the pain

I'm scared of losing you

What have I missed

Where have I gone wrong

If I could turn back the time

So we've just begun

Time changes

Time changes




For me

What have I missed

What have I done

I'm gonna turn back the tide

So we've just begun

Time changes

Time changes




Love don't come easy



Love don't come easy

All That Is Real Is You (Justin Hayward)

All the world over I've searched for a dream

I've found out that life is not what it seems

I've seen all the wonders the world has to give

But all that is real is you

All of the silver and all of the gold

Seems worthless to me

Lifeless and cold

I've known all the treasure

A man can possess


So bring me back home

My love, my love

Oh how I need you

Take me back home

My love, my love

Oh how I love you

Even the place where my heart used to fly

The warm summer breeze

The wild seabirds cry

All are illusions and all just a dream

'Cause all that is real is you

So bring me back home

My love, my love

Oh how I need you

Take me back home

My love, my love

Oh how I love you.

All the world over I've searched for a dream

I've found out that life is not what it seems

I've seen all the wonders the world has to give


'Cause all that is real is you

Strange Times (Justin Hayward and John Lodge)

Long time ago

Back in the mist of time

Back when the crystal waters flowed

There was a world

So strange and so beautiful

All life would flourish and would grow

Years went by

Time just fell away

Love was worshipped like the sun

But as we arrive at the house of the water sign

We're living in strange times

Strange times, strange times

What do we need?

What do we hunger for?

Who holds the secrets, who will know?

Temples of greed

In ruins on the river bed

Wastelands that lived before the snow

Time stands still

As we race through the universe

On our way to the sun

And as we arrive at the house of the water sign



It's you and I forever

We won't be afraid

Even if the stars are falling down,

down, down, down, down

Falling down

Time stands still as we race through the universe

On our way to the sun

And as we arrive at the house of the water sign





Words You Say (John Lodge)

Words you say to me

I listen in sympathy

But I don't know what it is

That makes me ignore you

I hear you every night

I listen but the words

Don't seem right

My mind seems somewhere else

What else can I tell you?

I don't know what to do

I'm losing you

Something I can't control

You are in my heart and soul

I don't want to wake up now




Words you say to me

I'm living in fantasy

If I don't know what it is

I simply ignore you

I hear you every night

I listen but the time is never right

My life is so confused

What more can I tell you?

Don't turn and walk away

Don't leave this way

Something I can't control

You are in my heart and soul




My Little Lovely (Ray Thomas)

Fairy tales sometimes come true

Use fairy dust and pixie glue

Then all the love will stick to you

My little lovely

Always believe and never doubt

That wizards cast their spells about

There's such a lot you won't lose count

If you look closely

Ripples are like dreams

Searching for the shore

Poured together make oceans roar

Night visions make spirits soar

So choose one wisely

Not all angels can grow wings

They seem to soar by other means

You can fly although it seems

A little slowly

Fairy tales sometimes come true

Use fairy dust and pixie glue

Then all the love will stick to you

My little lovely

Ripples are like dreams

Searching for the shore

Poured together make oceans roar

Night visions make spirits soar

My little lovely

Forever Now (John Lodge)

If we could live forever

Where would our dreams lead us to

Living in a world of ever

Changing expectation

If it could be

If it could be

It would be forever now

If we could be here forever

Where in this world would heaven be

As we race across the universe

In search of confirmation

Why can't it be

Why can't it be

Why can't it be forever now

There's no way out

There is no return

There's no way back

There's no way to learn

The final act

The curtain falls

On the stage

On the stage

Standing at the crossroads

Waiting for the new millennium

For if it could be

If it could be


If we could live forever

Where would our dreams lead us to

Living in a children's world

Of simple fascination

If it could be, If it could be




For if it could be

If it could be



The One (Justin Hayward and John Lodge)

No surprise

Hey, that you wanna be the one again

No surprise

You wanna be the one

Heard you had a story to tell

Sold your soul in a kiss and tell

Sliding down on a helter skelter ride

Into yesterday

No way out, the price of fame

Once it's told will you be the same

Rolling down on a roller coaster ride

We'll be waiting for you

No surprise

Hey that you wanna be the one again

No surprise

No surprise

Hey that you wanna be the one

No surprise


Shock the world with your fall from grace

Glory days gone without a trace

No surprise you're a face without a name

But we all still love you

No surprise


No surprise

No surprise


No surprise


It's time to tell you

We're faithful and true

Take us back to the days

When we could dream

'Cause it makes us happy

No surprise


No surprise

No surprise


No surprise

No surprise


No surprise

No surprise


No surprise

No surprise


The Swallow (Justin Hayward)

Time goes by

Seems like the blink of an eye

It's so crazy

What can we do?

It's so strange

Life in the really slow lane

Take it easy

That's what we'll do

Just me and you

In the wide outside

See the swallow as he glides

Like a spiral up to freedom

We're all right

Maybe get lucky tonight

Only lovers feel like we do

We take our time

Leave all our worries behind

No more mind games

Simple and true


In the wide outside

See the swallow as he glides

Like a spiral up to freedom

Time goes by

Seems like the blink of an eye

It's so crazy

What can we do?

It's so strange

Life in the really slow lane

Take it easy


Just me and you


Just me and you


Nothing Changes (Graeme Edge)

The dark cloak of winter's war

Left a future still unsure

Sitting in a class

Of the future's past

We saw a list of dates

And we knew we would last

To see them all

1984 was a year to fear

Hope was dead

A police state here

Halley's comet was to fly by

And we would see a shining

In the night sky

Now 2001 is soon to come

And just as soon

Will have come and gone

Nothing changes

Standing at the crossroads

Of what is, will be, and was

The obvious eludes us

Not because the zeroes line up

We should change our way of thought

More, if we do not

The way ahead

Is dangerously fraught

And if we did the things

We all know to be right

Left would be the childish fears

Of danger in the night

We, each of us are fine

For we have all heard the word

But grouped together

Babel's triumph stampedes

The thoughtless herd

Nothing changes

Nothing changes

And nothing stays the same

And life is still

A simple game

December

Don't Need a Reindeer (Justin Hayward)

Do you remember long ago?

And how we loved when we were children

Let's be like children

This Christmas time

And if you say that you'll be mine

Then all the stars will shine around us

Love will surround us

This Christmas time

(Ahhhh, ahhhh)

I don't need a reindeer

I don't need the snow

Tell me you love me

And I'm ready to go

Out of the darkness, into the light

This is the Christmas where we make it all right

Make it all right

I hear you talking in my dreams

Of nights of love and days of wonder

I still remember each Christmas time

So if you see me on the street

No need ask me what would please me

It's your love, believe me

This Christmas time

(Ahhhh, ahhhh)


I don't need the snow

Tell me you love me

And I'm ready to go

Out of the darkness, into the light


Yeah, don't need the snow

Yeah, I'm ready to go

This is the season of beauty and light

Love, love, we can make it all right

Make it all right


Don't need the snow

Tell me you love me

And I'm ready to go

Out of the darkness into the light


Yeah, people will sing

Sing of the new life and the joy it will bring

This is the season of beauty and light

Love, love we can make it all right

Yeah...

Love, love we can make it all right

'Cause all the world over, the people will sing

Yeah, the joy it can bring

December Snow (Justin Hayward)

Like December snow

That lays in the wood

You're gone too soon

I knew you should

With October skies

You brought your love

But November came

Taking all I have and

Time, take this sadness from me

Time, bring my heart back safely

Hold on to warm September

'Cause life can be like December snow

With your touch of love

in this Autumn world

The Sun was bright

The songs were heard

And maybe fools like me

Are under your spell

But with leaves that fall

I hear you callin'




'Cause life can be like December Snow




'Cause life can be like December Snow

In The Quiet Of Christmas Morning (Bach 147)

(Traditional

Arr. Justin Hayward a Danilo Madonia)

In the quiet of Christmas morning

In the peace of Christmas dawn

The child that is the future

Will see the earth reborn

When we take our Christmas journey

In the steps that went before

With hands across the water

In the peace forever more

In the quiet of Christmas morning

In the peace of Christmas dawn

The child that is the future

Will see the earth reborn

On This Christmas Day (John Lodge)

I saw your picture in the paper

I didn't know your name

But the pain was there for all to see

As the snow turned to rain

I saw your picture didn't know what to do

A lonely face in the crowd

In that moment when the world stood still

And tears lay on the ground

Wherever I go, I will think of you

Whatever I do, whatever I say

on this Christmas Day

A silent a prayer on the street

Is it Heaven that has the final word?

With the world at your feet




On this Christmas day




Wherever I go, I will think of you,

I will be with you

On this Christmas Day On this Christmas Day

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon a Yoko Ono)

So this is Christmas

And what have you done?

Another year over

A new one just begun

And so this is Christmas

I hope you have fun

The near and the dear ones

The old and the young

Very, merry Christmas

And a happy new year

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear

And so this is Christmas

The weak and the strong

The rich and the poor ones

The road is so long

And so happy Christmas

For black and for white

The yellow and red ones

Let's stop all the fight

A very, merry Christmas

And a happy new year

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear

A Winter's Tale (Mike Batt and Tim Rice)

The nights are colder now

Maybe I should close the door

And anyway the snow has covered

All your footsteps

And I can follow you no more

The fire still burns at night

The memories are warm and clear

But everybody knows

It's hard to be alone this time of year

It was only a winter's tale

Just another winter's tale

And why should the world take notice

Of one more love that's failed?

A love that can never be

Though it meant a lot to you and me

On a world-wide scale

We're just another winter's tale

While I stand alone

A bell is ringing far away

I wonder if you're here

I wonder if you're listening

I wonder where you are today

Good luck, I wish you well

For all that wishes may be worth

I hope that love and strength

Are with you for the length

Of your time on earth





It's a love that can never be








It's a love that can never be



The Spirit of Christmas (John Lodge)

Yes I Believe (Justin Hayward)

When A Child Is Born (Zacar a Fred Jay)

White Christmas

(Irving Berlin)

In The Bleak Midwinter (Christina Rossetti a Gustav Holst)

the moody blues

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