We left school with big ideas
locked within we were naïve
Never made it out the starting line
You were sure we had a choice
sure, we had a means and a voice
But no one listened to what we said

Chorus
And it blew away on the breeze
Brought us crashing down to our knees
Was it all pretend, always going to end
it was just so hard to believe

We looked at the world through twisted eyes
Declaring war on all sides
Isolation was our company

Chorus
And it blew away on the breeze
Brought us crashing down to our knees
Was it all pretend, always going to end
It was just so hard to believe

Bridge
I’ve seen it in your eyes
The light has gone there’s no desire
You’ve grown old your passions been dethroned

I looked behind your tired smiles
The light has gone the force the drive
Settled down to our destiny

Chorus
And it blew away on the breeze
Brought us crashing down to our knees
Was it all pretend, always going to end
It was just so hard to believe
It was just so hard to believe

When I wake up, on broken glass
I try to forget the days that have passed
A crowd of people they pass me by
Reflecting no image in their eye

The hours go by, like a year
And every year I shed a tear
The concrete bed is cold and hard
I feel so old, I feel so sad

I rest my head upon the ground
The procession of traffic vibrating a sound
My weary life goes drifting by
The hopelessness makes me cry

The trees shake off the drops of rain
Wish I could only shake off this pain
I have no place where belong
The future is dark, and the road is long

Focus your eyes on my face
soften your gaze open a smile
Never forget who you are
you are a star always to shine
Keep things in time
measure it down to the beat of your heart
Never depart
never depart

You were always so strong
where has it gone, look deep inside
the pressure you put on yourself
lay it aside placed on the shelf
keep things aligned
measure it down to the beat of the drum
never to run
never to run

Cut through thoughts in your mind
what do you see, what did you find
it’s now time to open your heart
making a start to try and break free
keep things arranged
measure it down to the beat of song
you can’t go wrong
you can’t go wrong

Broken windows line the roadside
There are needles lying in the park
People stay inside their houses
It isn’t safe out after dark
I don’t know where we’re heading
But we’ve broken down

Painted walls send out a warning
Break the code and you are dead
The dealers do their trade in daylight
No one dares to say a word
I don’t know where we’re heading
But we’ve broken down

Chorus
I look into the eyes of those who are faceless
I look into the eyes of those who are nameless
I’ve seen into their dreams
And they’re broken down

Burnt out cars on every corner
Junkies living in a shell
A mother tries to protect her baby
But she knows he’ll either buy or sell
I don’t know where we’re heading
But we’ve broken down

Chorus
I look into the eyes of those who are faceless
I look into the eyes of those who are nameless
I’ve seen into their dreams
And they’re broken down

Solo

Chorus
I look into the eyes of those who are faceless
I look into the eyes of those who are nameless
I’ve seen into their dreams
And they’re broken down
And they’re broken down
And they’re broken down

Empty spaces where once I had friends
The book of instant pictures tell the story
Now my friends all new
And the old a painful memory
In the back, hid away, in my mind

Chorus
I lie awake another lonely sleepless night
Reminiscing all my deeds of yesterday
All my friends back at school
All the girls I learnt to love
In my room, up above me, I can see, I can see

I surrendered to the bleak and lonesome highway
Just to see the places I grew to know
Satisfying all my thoughts
Down the streets I used to walk
In the light, of a lamp, in the street

Chorus
I lie awake another lonely fearful night
Reminiscing all my deeds of yesterday
All my friends back at school
All the girls I learnt to love
In my room, up above me, I can see, I can see

Organ Solo

Chorus
I lie awake another lonely sleepless night
Reminiscing all my deeds of yesterday
All my friends back at school
All the girls I learnt to love
In my room, up above me, I can see, I can see

I don’t mind, I’ve fallen in and out of love
You found that strange
I don’t mind; I’ve been something of a fool
To let you go

Chorus
It’s gone, we’re running in and out of space
It’s gone that’s all.
It’s gone, we’ve been running round and round
It’s gone that’s all.

I don’t mind, sometimes feelings simply fade
away with time
I don’t mind, when I watched you walk away
With tears in your eyes

Chorus
It’s gone, we’re running in and out of space
It’s gone that’s all.
It’s gone, we’ve been running round and round
It’s gone that’s all.

Solo

I don’t mind, you knew you couldn’t mend pain
We left behind
I don’t mind; the bad times overtook the good
Then they drifted way.

Chorus

It’s gone, we’re running in and out of space
It’s gone that’s all.
It’s gone, we’ve been running round and round
It’s gone that’s all.
It’s gone that’s all.

I knew a girl with nothing in her heart
She’s got a fancy life but it’s falling apart
Looks out the window in the after glow
What’s the point in leaving when there’s nowhere to go

Chorus
And I feel the pain
Theres Nothing out there stops you feeling this way
What can you do or say
Its only life passing us by
Then it’s gone in the blink of an eye

And I knew a girl who one day flew to the moon
Or so she said but she came back far too soon
Now she spends all night watching TV
Dreaming of a life that never will be

Chorus
And I feel the pain
Theres Nothing out there stops you feeling this way
What can you do or say
Its only life passing us by
Then it’s gone in the blink of an eye

Solo

And I knew a girl who loved life so much
I could tell from her smile, her eyes and her touch
I wiped the tears away from my eyes
For a final moment to say our goodbyes

Chorus
And I feel the pain
Theres Nothing out there stops you feeling this way
What can you do or say
Its only life passing us by
Then it’s gone in the blink of an eye

A case of wine and a savage soul
cigarettes so she don’t get old
She’s like a paper bag blowing in the wind
A devil’s smile and a godly look
She’s never been quite understood
But once you get to know her, she’s just fine

Chorus
she is watching her world fall apart
as she walks that thin line of addiction
she remembers all the dead dreams she had
now all she gets is a pity look
and turning tricks with cheap suits
while looking out for some form of salvation.

Another drink will see her fine
One day she’ll lose her mind
there’s a hurricane blowing through her life
she once looked good walking down the street
but no one really looks these days
and no one wants to pass too close beside

Chorus
she is watching her world fall apart
as she walks that thin line of addiction
she remembers all the dead dreams she had
now all she gets is a pity look
and turning tricks with cheap suits
while looking out for some form of salvation.

Solo

Chorus
she is watching her world fall apart
as she walks that thin line of addiction
she remembers all the dead dreams she had
now all she gets is a pity look
and turning tricks with cheap suits
while looking out for some form of salvation.

Her mother said she was the prettiest child
A prom queen and a beautiful bride
But she never liked the company that she kept
He’s long gone but she’s still here
Carrying his lasting legacy
A monochrome life where the colour disappeared

Chorus
she is watching her world fall apart
as she walks that thin line of addiction
she remembers all the dead dreams she had
now all she gets is a pity look
and turning tricks with cheap suits
while looking out for some form of salvation.

I’ve come to think it’s all a mess
The news reports are lies at best
The substance changed somewhere along the way
The music feels it’s out of time
The voice you hear it isn’t mine
The doors have closed there no way out of here
I know its fear
A long lost legacy

Chorus
But its ok I’m just man with things to say
no one wants to hear
I’m making noise but I’m standing up upon a hill
Shouting at clouds

The words have changed but mean the same
As the words we used for many years
The context that the youth just can’t explain
It doesn’t matter anyway
the time has come where thoughts decay
machines will make you happy for a while
I know my time
Won’t mean anything at all

Chorus
But its ok I’m just man with things to say
no one wants to hear
I’m making noise but I’m standing up upon a hill
Shouting at clouds

Piano Solo

Chorus
But its ok I’m just man with things to say
no one wants to hear
I’m making noise but I’m standing up upon a hill
Shouting at clouds

Communications lost its edge
Sex for the computer age
Love is gone replaced by the need for need
Irony is such a laugh
World is run by oligarchs
And old men with a great desire to kill
I know contrare
We won’t disappear at all

Chorus
But its ok I’m just man with things to say
no one wants to hear
I’m making noise but I’m standing up upon a hill
Shouting at clouds

Guitar Solo

Don’t know why I watch the TV.
Don’t know why I read the news.
Don’t know why I listen to rock n roll.
When all I sings the blues
Don’t know why.
I Don’t know why.

Don’t why she left me hanging
Don’t know why she walked away.
Don’t why she said she didn’t love me.
I’m sure she did one day.
Don’t know why.
I Don’t know why.

Bridge
Life can always catch… you out.
And you never see it… come.
She never told me why… she left.
Or why she’d fallen out… of love.
Don’t know why.
I Don’t know why.

Don’t know why I watch the TV.
Don’t know why I read the news.
Don’t know why I listen to rock n roll.
When all I sings the blues
And I Don’t know why.
Don’t know why.

She don’t care that I get too drunk
As long as I don’t leave with her at closing.
She don’t think that I’m too smart
I ain’t got the brains to make an honest living.
And she don’t care
She don’t care that I’m not too smart
As long I got my pistol to protect her.

She don’t care what her momma says
She knows it’s better to stay here with me.
She don’t care that I don’t know love
As long as I’m able to fulfil her.
And she don’t care
She don’t care that I don’t know love
As long I worship the ground that she walks on.

Chorus
Oh, change is everything.
Everyday there’s a sign.
If I could only get out of here and leave it all behind
Gotta get her out my life forever

She don’t care if I live or die
As long as I leave it all behind me.
And on the day I’m dead and gone
She’ll take that gun and make sure I don’t haunt her.
And she don’t care
She don’t care if I’m dead and gone
As long I don’t come on back to haunt her.

Chorus
Oh, change is everything.
Everyday there’s a sign.
If I could only get out of here and leave it all behind
Gotta get her out my life forever

Solo

Chorus
Oh, change is everything.
Everyday there’s a sign.
If I could only get out of here and leave it all behind
I Gotta get her out my life forever
I Gotta get her out my life forever

I saw you walking down the street.
a close encounter we should meet.
The sound of horns from pickup trucks, the fire brigade, the big parade
And we danced, yes, we danced.

It’s now the autumn of our lives.
The leaves have fallen to the ground.
I’ve never loved you more than now, the summer breeze still there somehow.
And we danced, yes, we still dance.

Chorus
Hold me close.
It’s by your side I want to be the most.
We had our dreams, some passed us by
Take my hand.
I can still hear the music from the band.
The song they played from that year.

In the middle of our town
There’s an apple tree it’s built around.
Where everybody goes to meet the blossom lying around their feet
And they dance, yes, they dance.

Chorus
Hold me close.
It’s by your side I want to be the most.
We had our dreams, some passed us by
Take my hand.
I can still hear the music from the band.
The song they played from that year.

Piano Solo

That day is etched upon my mind.
My dress was blowing in the wind.
Our eyes they locked no words were said I held your hand and then you smiled.
And we danced, yes, we danced.
yes, we danced.

Hey bartender have you heard the news.
Everything is dying and none cares.
Now we’re down this road.
nowhere else to go reached a dead end.

Hey bartender have you heard the news.
We got a rocket to reach the moon.
We’ve been crying in our sleep again.
Now we’re down this road.
Heading for a hairpin bend, everybody’s dead.

Chorus
I know I’m never gonna get away.
I know you’ve changed.
I know I’m never gonna run away.
I know your safe, In the belly of the snake.

Hey bartender have you heard the news.
We voted for a clown to rule the world.
Have you seen his face before?
Standing on a big trap door, everybody laughs

Hey bartender what’s the news.
Pour another beer and a whisky too.
To help me fall asleep at night.
I’m past the point of no return.
Everything is coming undone, everybody run.

Chorus
I know I’m never gonna get away.
I know you’ve changed.
I know I’m never gonna run away.
I know your safe, In the belly of the snake.

Solo

Chorus
I know I’m never gonna get away.
I know you’ve changed.
I know I’m never gonna run away.
I know your safe
I know I’m never gonna get away.
I know you’ve changed.
I know I’m never gonna run away.
I know your safe, In the belly of the snake.

I have walked this road.
Nothing left for it to show me.
Walking the lines, thinking time.
Take me back to the sun.
Children playing having fun.
Back to a time, when I was fine.

Chorus
Take away these chains from me.
Take away this life, I fear.
Take away the things I have become.

Now as I look back.
The time of chasing butterflies gone by
Now it’s the days of you and I
Tell me what you fear.
Is it up ahead or is it here.
Maybe time to change out of this gear.

Chorus
Take away these chains from me.
Take away this life, I fear.
Take away the things I have become.

Solo

Chorus
Take away these chains from me.
Take away this life, I fear.
Take away the things I have become.

Now I’m on this road.
And I don’t know where I’m going.
Standing in a line, doing time.
And as I look down.
Butterflies are all around me.
Lying dead on the ground

Chorus
Take away these chains from me.
Take away this life, I fear.
Take away the things I have become.

Outro
Now as I look back.
The time of chasing butterflies gone by
Now it’s the days of you and I
Of you and I

They say that Jesus loves you more than life.
For worse and for better.
They say that Jesus gave his life
For the good and the bitter.

Chorus
But you can hide your faith, hide your faith.
But you know that it matters.
But you can hide your faith, hide your faith.
But you know that it matters.

They say that Devil brings you joy.
But its really just poison.
When he looks into your soul.
You lose all sense of reason.

Chorus
But you can hide your faith, hide your faith.
But you know that it matters.
But you can hide your faith, hide your faith.
But you know that it matters.

Solo:

They say it all comes down to love
if its love that your after
When the day of reckoning comes
does this stuff really matter

Chorus
But you can hide your faith, hide your faith.
But you know that it matters.
But you can hide your faith, hide your faith.
But you know that it matters.
But you can hide your faith, hide your faith.
But you know that it matters.
But you can hide your faith, hide your faith.
But you know that it matters.

Solo:

I see the water rising brown and black.
I sense the killer in our mist.
Another beer should see me back on track.
To just forget about the fear

Chorus
And just breathe, and just breathe.
The world is done.
And just breathe.
My day is done, this summer day.
This summer day can’t last.
Just breathe.

I think we’ve passed the point of no return.
There’ll be something looming soon.
Another whisky will see me left undone.
Sitting howling at the moon.

Chorus
And just breathe, and just breathe.
The world is done.
And just breathe.
My day is done, this summer day.
This summer day can’t last.
Just breathe.

Solo

Chorus
And just breathe, and just breathe.
The world is done.
And just breathe.
My day is done, this summer day.
This summer day can’t last.
Just breathe.

She howled like a hurricane on the Kent state floor.
She walked on peoples march against the war.
She cried out when you gonna make it stop.
She cried out when you gonna stop.

She fought for everyone to be as one.
She rallied in Birmingham to make the point.
She cried out when you gonna make a change.
She cried out when you gonna change.

Solo
Oh oh oh

She fought like a mother to save her child.
She carried her dreams and hopes in a paper bag.
She cried out when you gonna make it break.
She cried out when you gonna break.

Solo

On the day you said you loved me
was the day it all went sour.
and the day I broke my promise and my vow.
I’ve been in and out of trouble.
Since we battled on the phone
And I don’t quite understand who I’ve become.

Chorus
But you are beauty, you are innocence.
A mistress for the cause
You’re the southern cross a northern star.
Like no one else before
You’re an angel, you’re a sunset.
A standout from the crowd
And I don’t want you to follow down this road.

I am bitter I am sweet.
and all that’s in between.
you will never understand what you have saved.
I was lost in my perception.
Between the truth and lies
I’m a living indecision of a life.

Chorus
But you are beauty, you are innocence.
A mistress for the cause
You’re the southern cross a northern star.
Like no one else before
You’re an angel, you’re a sunset.
A standout from the crowd
And I don’t want you to follow down this road.

Bridge
Everybody said you would never let me down.
Everybody said you stood out in the crowd.
Everybody said you were a wonder of the world.
Everybody said I would take you down.

Solo

Chorus
You are beauty, you are innocence.
A mistress for the cause
You’re the southern cross a northern star.
Like no one else before
You’re an angel, you’re a sunset.
A standout from the crowd
And I don’t want you to follow down this road.
don’t follow down this road.

If you took all my money, would you fly around the world.
Would you leave me in the gutter and take away my home.
say that you loved me just get what you want.
tempt me with your presence then leave me in the lurch.

Chorus
Everybody saw you coming.
Everybody said to leave.
Everybody said don’t love her.
Everybody said get free.
And I tried every way to get you out of my mind.
When I looked into your eyes, I was completely mesmerised.
And I cry. I’m just a man in need, of something more than this and more than you can give.
And I try. to make you understand there’s more to life than this and more to love than you.
I don’t know why.
I don’t know why.

Well, you took all my pride and stamped in the ground.
You took away all the reasons for keeping me around.
You said that you were busy meeting other folks.
Most of the time you didn’t wear your clothes.

Chorus
Everybody saw you coming.
Everybody said to leave.
Everybody said don’t love her.
Everybody said get free.
And I tried every way to get you out of my mind.
When I looked into your eyes, I was completely mesmerised.
And I cry. I’m just a man in need, of something more than this and more than you can give.
And I try. to make you understand there’s more to life than this and more to love than you.
I don’t know why.
I don’t know why.

Solo

Chorus
Everybody saw you coming.
Everybody said to leave.
Everybody said don’t love her.
Everybody said get free.
And I tried every way to get you out of my mind.
When I looked into your eyes, I was completely mesmerised.
And I cry. I’m just a man in need, of something more than this and more than you can give.
And I try. to make you understand there’s more to life than this and more to love than you.
I don’t know why.
I don’t know why.

Cold winter nights are much longer without you to hold
All those tomorrows are so close yet so far away
The memories are locked in my mind
Waiting to take me, hurt me
But I hold the key

Chorus
Time…..is now on my side
Shall I hide this pain and despair
The love that I gave from my heart
You took me, tore me apart
And you held the key.

Sitting for dinner but no one to sit by my side
Think of the nights we would dance, romance and love
Those memories are locked in my mind
The words are so hard to find
But I hold the key

Chorus
Time…..is now on my side
Shall I hide this pain and despair
The love that I gave from my heart
You took me, tore me apart
And you held the key.

Solo

Chorus
Time…..is now on my side
Shall I hide this pain and despair
The love that I gave from my heart
You took me, tore me apart
And you held the key.

Faith, do you worry about your faith.
Are your feeling so ashamed.
you cut the rope from round your waist.
I’ve carried you far.
You held on tightly to my back.
Across the deserts of the world
Across the mountains and the lakes

Faith, you cried yourself to sleep.
Because you never seen it come
Lying in your room alone
The journey we took.
We followed every map and book.
Across the rivers long and clean
Across the sea of galilee

Solo

Faith, Are you sure your so right.
There’s a few who say the same.
So committed to the end.
The roads that we walked.
In the daylight and the dark
Across the valleys and the streams
To the citadel of dreams

Solo

Tell me your secrets, tell me your lies.
Express all you anger show me you tried.
There’s nothing left for you to try and hide.
Said you don’t need money you just need our love.
Now we’ve fallen on hard times nothing is left.
We can no longer say we stand on top of the hill.

Chorus
Let’s go down to the river of blue.
Let’s go down one last time.
Let’s go stand by the tree in the field.
Let’s lie down in its shade.

Share with me all the thoughts in your head.
Can’t you remember the days when we cared.
It’s only a matter of time before we fail.
Said you would love me for all your days.
How did it come that you drifted away.
Can we ever say we stood on top of the hill.

Chorus
Let’s go down to the river of blue.
Let’s go down one last time.
Let’s go stand by the tree in the field.
Let’s lie down in its shade.

Bridge
Momma said you were always the queen.
Momma said you were just far too keen.
Momma said I was drawn to your looks, your smiles, and your books.
Momma said I was green.

Solo

Tell me your secrets, tell me your lies.
Express all you anger show me you tried.
There’s nothing left for you to try and hide.
Said you don’t need money you just need our love.
Now we’ve fallen on hard times nothing is left.
We can no longer say we stand on top of the hill.

Chorus
Let’s go down to the river of blue.
Let’s go down one last time.
Let’s go stand by the tree in the field.
Let’s lie down in its shade.

He made her a ring out of silver & pewter.
A Glasgow rose he said it would suit her.
Down on his knees he asked for the rest of her life.
They walked down the street passed the old factory.
The place where they worked, the place where he met her.
Dressed to the nines to commit to the rest of their lives.

Chorus
Take all your hearts and bones.
And all the things you’ve known.
With nothing but the love that’s grown
In a great love affair

along came the children one after the other.
over the years they built up their family
she quit her job he still works at the factory, all day long.
One by one the children they left them.
Some settled down some went on travels.
They always returned to home for the memories, the memories gone by

Chorus
Take all your hearts and bones.
And all the things you’ve known.
With nothing but the love that’s grown
In a great love affair

The day finally came when he could retire.
The rest of his days at home by the fire
His Glasgow rose by his side would suit him just fine.
Lying in bed as the light it was fading.
they drifted off to a new place that was waiting.
Then they walked hand in hand into the light

Chorus
Take all your hearts and bones.
And all the things you’ve known.
With nothing but the love that’s grown
In a great love affair
Take all your hearts and bones.
And all the things you’ve known.
With nothing but the love that’s grown
In a great love affair

You mend the pieces of my broken heart.
You give me love and then you tear me apart.
You kiss me gently then you laugh when you’re alone.
But what can I do, I’m so in love with you?
Cause’ you healed my shattered heart then you broke it in two.

Chorus
Oh no one told I was crazy;
nobody gave me a start.
Baby don’t you ever leave me
cause’ I’ll die in arms with a broken heart

You pick me up then you throw me around.
You pull no punches when I’m flat on the ground
And when I call you on the phone you never make a sound
What can I do, I can’t get over you?
Cause’ you healed my shattered heart then you broke it in two.

Chorus
Oh no one told I was crazy;
nobody gave me a start.
Baby don’t you ever leave me
cause’ I’ll die in arms with a broken heart

Oh no one told I was crazy;
nobody gave me a start.
Baby don’t you ever leave me
cause’ I’ll die in arms with a broken heart
with broken heart
with broken heart
with broken heart

We were born in this place
To conform but with grace
And follow the path that was made
No original thought
As we stare through the fog
Unable to see where to go

So, the man in the robes
Raised up a toast
To the world’s most original fraud
We all stood in line
To get us some wine
pushing our way to the front

Chorus
Have you seen the ploughing machine?
That furrows a path for your life
Have you seen the thrashing machine?
That removes all your seeds of desire

So maybe we’ll talk
But we’ll never have luck
But we are bound to the end
I know we’ll never be free
After years of being away
Its always in the back of your mind

Chorus
Have you seen the counting machine?
That runs down the years of your life
Have you seen the bottling machine?
That seals up your emotions inside

Have you seen the ploughing machine?
That furrows a path for your life
Have you seen the thrashing machine?
That removes all your seeds of desire
Have you seen the counting machine?
That runs down the years of your life
Have you seen the bottling machine?
That seals up your emotions inside

I remember all those days
When you cried the hours away
I remember all those dreams that you had
Then they went away
I remember all the sadness
I remember the stone you carried through the storm
Until you slowed to a crawl.

I remember all those days
You would stare into space.
I remember all the times you ran away
To your little place
I remember all the madness
I remember the chains that anchored you to shore
Not let you wash away

Chorus
From the comfort of the sane, to watching shadows on the wall
A character of flaws that stops you standing tall
A constant pounding pain makes you stumble, then you fall.

I remember all those days
When you looked into my eyes
I remember all the memories you would try to find
And who was I
I remember all the panic
I remember the weight you carried up the hill
Trying not to fall back down

Chorus
From the comfort of the sane, to dancing shadows on the wall
A character of flaws that stops you standing tall
A constant pounding pain makes you stumble, then you fall.

I remember all those days
I remember all those days
I remember all those days

Ain’t got no reason to believe in anything that I say.
Ain’t got no God on my side as I don’t even pray.
So, if you want to love me, then love me don’t expect me to stay.
I got a need for motion every part of my day.

Chorus
I’m a traveller in my mind on a thought constructed plane.
I can sail across the ocean I can ride a tidal wave.
I wish I was cruiser but I’m a loser getting out of control.
Can’t live this life anymore!

Ain’t got no reason to believe when you see me that’s me
Ain’t got no friends I call friends no friends of my own
So, if you want to call me then call me don’t expect me to phone
I gotta get a little time a little time on my own.

Chorus
I’m a traveller in my mind on a thought constructed plane.
I can sail across the ocean I can ride a tidal wave.
I wish I was cruiser but I’m a loser getting out of control.
Can’t live this life anymore!

Anymore
Anymore
Anymore

Down by the river where the water flows into the sea
That’s where I met my true love
Down by the river the hot sun is cooled by the breeze
That’s where we cradled our fears
Down by the river tattooed on our skin are our names
Forever together til death
Down by the river we would watch the sunset on the hills
Youth pulsing deep in our veins

Chorus
In this bitter sea
You hold me down so I can’t breathe
In a world of debris
You’re a beautiful monster to me

Down by the river the boats they don’t sail there no more
No one’s got boats anymore
Down by the river the clouds seem to hang in the sky
The sun it don’t shine there no more
Down by the river is longer a part of our life
Desperation and I pulled the knife
Down by the river my true love she died in the rain
As I held her, she whispered my name

Chorus
In this bitter sea
You hold me down so I can’t breathe
In a world that I fear
You’re a beautiful monster to me

Solo

Chorus
In this bitter sea
You hold me down so I can’t breathe
In a world of debris
You’re a beautiful monster to me

Down by the river where the water flows into the sea
That’s where I met my true love

Thought I saw you down in Georgia, yeah, yeah, yeah
Thought I saw you there on Mars
Thought I saw you in a local club, sitting by the bar
Thought I saw you in my suitcase, yeah, yeah, yeah
Thought I saw you on the train
Thought I saw you in a see-through dress
dancing in the rain, dancing in the rain

Chorus
I can see you; I can see you everywhere
The closest thing to hell I’ve ever been
Was when you weren’t there?
I can see you; I can see you everywhere
The closest thing to hell I’ve ever been
Was when you weren’t there
Was when you weren’t there

Thought I saw you in the corner, yeah, yeah, yeah
Thought I saw you in the stars
Thought I saw you in a local lot, parking cars
Thought I saw you my daydreams, yeah, yeah, yeah
Thought I saw you in the snow
Thought I saw you in my rear-view mirror
standing by road, standing by road

Chorus
I can see you; I can see you everywhere
The closest thing to hell I’ve ever been
Was when you weren’t there?
I can see you; I can see you everywhere
The closest thing to hell I’ve ever been
Was when you weren’t there
Was when you weren’t there

Thought I saw you down in Georgia, yeah, yeah, yeah

I sit in my room, with pictures alone
I have no command as I stare all alone
I kid myself on with silly replies
As we die

I am clairvoyant, clairaudience too
I have powers that will astound you
I have all the questions, do you?
As we die

People are bound in chains of gold
The richest possessions they will take hold
Is it your god or just tranquillity?
As we die

Every now and then I sense your anger
Every now and then I feel your pain
I know it ain’t easy
It ain’t easy
It will be ok

Every now and then I watch you struggle
Every now and then I see you fail
I know it ain’t easy
It ain’t easy
Not to walk away

Chorus
Someday we’re gonna make our own way
And on that day the stars will align
So don’t be afraid now
Don’t be afraid now
Gonna work out fine

Every now and then you try to hold on
Every now and then I must let go.
I know it ain’t easy
It ain’t easy
Just to keep on going

Chorus
Someday we’re gonna make our own way
And on that day the stars will align
So don’t be afraid now
Don’t be afraid now
Gonna work out fine

Bridge
I don’t need no questions, I just need your heart
I don’t need no reason, to watch it fall apart
I don’t need no sense when there’s no sense at all
I don’t need no distance when I got it all.

Solo

Chorus
Someday we are gonna make our own way
And on that day the stars will align
So don’t be afraid now
Don’t be afraid now
Gonna work out fine
Gonna work out fine
Gonna work out fine

Don’t talk to me
I’m a man who shows no fear
I’m a man who needs understanding
Don’t talk to me

Don’t say goodbye
Say you will hold me in your arms again
Say I’m precious to you
Say you will help me through this empty feeling
And throw your arms around me

Chorus
There’s a voice on the telephone
Voice on the telephone

Don’t talk to me
I’m a man of upright standing
I’m a man of cold compassion
Don’t talk to me

The world goes on changing
Turning upside down again
But I’m not part of it
Will you stay and help me through this empty feeling
And throw your arms around me

Chorus
There’s a voice on the telephone
Voice on the telephone

Don’t talk to me
I’m a man who shows no fear
I’m a man who needs understanding
Don’t talk to me

Don’t say goodbye
Say you will hold me in your arms again
Say I’m precious to you
Say you will help me through this empty feeling
And throw your arms around me

Chorus
There’s a voice on the telephone
Voice on the telephone

Don’t talk to me
Don’t talk to me

Don’t cry a river of tears
Tell me your hopes and dreams, to conquer your fears
give it some time, unburden your mind,
and we’ll pass from the shadows into the light

Come, let’s get out of this bar
Where the boys have stopped talking and the girls don’t know why
They dance in slow motion, devoid of emotion
But we’ll pass from the shadows into the light

Please, come take my hand
We can dance through fields, we can cherish this land
Dream we can fly as we look to the sky
so, we’ll pass from the shadows into the light

Remember all the things that we said
The promises made the reasons we gave
We have to believe no more time to grieve
time to pass from the shadows into the light
into the light

Ohohohoh  ohohohoh

Oh Lord I’m a sinner
I’m the girl who cracked the moon
I’m the girl who broke the Queen of hearts
Then I danced the devil’s tune

Oh Lord I’m a killer
I’m the girl who killed the clown
I’m the girl who drowned the laughter out
When I shot him to the ground

Chorus
sometimes, I think I understand
Most times I’m just confused
Sometimes I think you’ll understand
When you want someone, when you need someone
Like I need you

Oh Lord I’m a stranger
I’m the girl who lost his way
I’m the girl who failed in everything
But I was not the one to blame

Chorus
sometimes, I think I understand
Most times I’m just confused
Sometimes I think you’ll understand
When you want someone, when you need someone
Like I need you

Oh Lord please forgive me
If I could only mend my ways
If I could only keep on the path, you made
And lose my need to walk away

Chorus
sometimes, I think I understand
Most times I’m just confused
Sometimes I think you’ll understand
When you want someone, when you need someone
Like I need you

A full night of drinking
You walk to the door
Your body is aching
Your head it is sore
You stand at the doorway
Can’t seem to ignore
The girls are all sleeping
Lying around on the floor
Lying around on the floor

Chorus
It’s cold and it’s raining outside
Morning traffic is starting to build
And nothing can push you to stay
The party is over today

You go down to the basement
And out through the door
You call for a taxi
You got to get home
You’ll try to be better
You’ll try to be good
You know it won’t happen
You know that it should
You know that it should

Chorus
It’s cold and it’s raining outside
Morning traffic is starting to build
And nothing can push you to stay
The party is over today

A full night of drinking
You walk to the door
The girls are all sleeping
Lying around on the floor
Lying around on the floor
Lying around on the floor

God made man, that was good
Man made a fire and he burnt some wood
Man made wheels to carry his stuff
Man made the car and the pickup truck
Man made cities big and tall
Man made divisions and built a wall
Man made the plane so he could fly
Man made the gun so he could die

Babababa dadadada

Chorus
We shape and bend but nothing really matters in the end
We are never wrong but the world will be much better when we’re gone
Oh…., oh…. when we’re gone

God made the world and that was good
Man drank the water and ate the food
Man made heaven; man made hell
Man made a boat so he could sail
Man burnt the coal to keep him warm
Man wanted peace so he built the bomb
Man filled the sky so he could spy
Man made ice melt and the rivers dry

Babababa dadadada

Chorus
We shape and bend but nothing really matters in the end
We are never wrong but the world will be much better when we’re gone
Oh…., oh…. when we’re gone

Chorus
We shape and bend but nothing really matters in the end
We are never wrong but the world will be much better when we’re gone

We shape and bend but nothing really matters in the end
We are never wrong but the world will be much better when we’re gone
Oh…., oh…. when we’re gone

They take away your home
Take away your life
Have to look up to the sky
Is it day or night
It don’t make no sense just give me time
I’m going around the bend driving blind

Watching all ships
Sail out to sea
Look at all those people
Waving back at me
I can’t break no more I’m going down
Please don’t leave me now I need you around

Chorus
I hold the bitterness close to my heart
I’ll take punches arms wide apart
I’ve become a martyr to some cause
You took the holy vow now I paid the cost

Watching all the ships
Turn to rust
Mirroring my dreams
As they turn to dust
Night has turned to day, day to night
Please don’t leave me now I need you tonight

Chorus
I hold the bitterness close to my heart
I’ll take punches arms wide apart
I’ve become a martyr to some cause
You took the holy vow now I paid the cost

Watching all ships
Sail out to sea
Look at all those people
Just staring at me
It don’t make no sense I need a little time
I’m going around the bend driving blind
Watching all the ships
Watching all the ships
Watching all the ships, sail out to sea

Lying in her big brass bed
In the middle of the day
Smoking funny cigarettes
And drinking cheap champagne
But now she’s gone
Oh Yeah, she’s went and gone
Rosie was my Girl, but now she’s went and gone

She was the brightest star
She lit up the whole sky
She would draw you in and pick you up
Make you feel alive
But I feel Fine
Oh Yeah, I’m doing fine
Rosie was my Girl, but I’m ok I’m doing fine

Chorus
Goodbye Rosie, you were one that kept me true
You wrapped me up in your loving arms whenever I was blue
Goodbye Rosie, oh you made me a better man
You kept me out of trouble and you made me understand
Goodbye Rosie, there’ll never be another one

You were the prettiest girl
Driven deep inside my core
The only girl I ever loved
The only one I did adore
But I feel Fine
Oh Yeah, I’m doing fine
Rosie was my Girl, but I’m ok I’m doing fine

Chorus
Goodbye Rosie, you were one that kept me true
You wrapped me up in your loving arms whenever I was blue
Goodbye Rosie, oh you made me a better man
You kept me out of trouble and you made me understand
Goodbye Rosie, there’ll never be another one

Chorus
Goodbye Rosie, you were one that kept me true
You wrapped me up in your loving arms whenever I was blue
Goodbye Rosie, oh you made me a better man
You kept me out of trouble and you made me understand
Goodbye Rosie, there’ll never be another one

Bababadada Bababadada Dadadadadadadadadad

All of the books you’ve read
All of the things you’ve said
All of the put downs you gave
Are you happy with life my friend?
All of these things come on back to haunt you again

All of the hurtful jokes
All of the hearts you broke
All of the fools that you made
Are you happy with life my friend?
All of the broken remains are enemies made

Chorus
Oh no, the evidence is all there on show
You can never take back all your lies
And the worry lines can’t be disguised never happy again

All of the things you feel,
The tears that were never real
All of the tales that you told
Are you happy with life my friend?
Tear-soaked faces are there in the back of your mind

Chorus
Oh no, the evidence is all there on show
You can never take back all your lies
And the worry lines can’t be disguised never happy again

Bridge
You can always decide
To relinquish your pride
To confess all the sins, you’ve been trying to hide

Chorus
Oh no, the evidence is all there on show
You can never take back all your lies
And the worry lines can’t be disguised never happy again

All of the books you’ve read
All of the things you’ve said
All of the put downs you gave
Are you happy with life my friend?
And the worry lines can’t be disguised never happy again

I took my girl down to the river
I thought that we could talk a while
When I told her that I loved her
She just looked at me and smiled

Chorus
Sometimes you go down
Sometimes up
Then it spins you around
Then you hit the dirt

I followed her across the water
I had to see what we could be
When I said that we should marry
She just turned and walked away

Chorus
Sometimes you go down
Sometimes up
Then it spins you around
Then you hit the dirt

Bridge
I guess she needed time to understand her mind
I guess she wanted just to see what she could find
I guess she never wanted to be with my kind

Chorus
Sometimes you go down
Sometimes up
Then it spins you around
Then you hit the dirt

I left my girl down by the river
I never did see her again
Then one day I heard she married
To guy who was my friend

Chorus
Sometimes you go down
Sometimes up
Then it spins you around
Then you hit the dirt

Sometimes you go down
Sometimes up
Then it spins you around
Then you hit the dirt
Down
Then you hit the dirt
Down
Then you hit the dirt
Down
Then you hit the dirt

Bought one-way ticket to oblivion
A case of whisky
And hotel room
He said my god what have I become
No place to go
Nowhere to run

Chorus
What do you do when you’ve reached end
When you’ve said goodbye to your only friend
What do you do when you’re out of luck
You’ve crossed the line and there’s no turning back
You can’t go back

He had no friends all were lost
The father, son
And the holy ghost
he had a picture inside his head
a bloody cross
him hanging dead

Chorus
What do you do when you’ve reached end
When you’ve said goodbye to your only friends
What do you do when you’re out of luck
You’ve crossed the line and there’s no turning back
You can’t go back

Bridge
Oh, come what may
Oh, what can I say?
Take me to your leader
Get on my knees and pray
Let me pray

Bought one-way ticket to oblivion
A case of whisky
And a hotel room
He said my god what have I become
No one will hear
No one will come

Chorus
What do you do when you’ve reached end
When you’ve said goodbye to your only friends
What do you do when you’re out of luck
You’ve crossed the line and there’s no turning back

What do you do when you’ve reached end
When you’ve said goodbye to your only friends
What do you do when you’re out of luck
You’ve crossed the line and there’s no turning back
You can’t go back

Love on the sidewalk, heart on the ceiling
When I hold you close, well I know that I’m near you
When I walk with you, I want most to be with you
And the night we fell in love will always be with me

Chorus
And I recognise your face, I recognise you’re feeling
I recognise the way you hold me close, you’re gonna leave me
I recognise the love we had; I recognise the ceiling
I recognise the way you hold me close, you’re gonna leave me

Bridge
Someday, when the avenues are dry
but the rain keeps falling down
Never know too well, never know too well, Aha

Chorus
And I recognise your face, I recognise you’re feeling
I recognise the way you hold me close, you’re gonna leave me
I recognise the love we had; I recognise the ceiling
I recognise the way you hold me close, you’re gonna leave me

I dream in the dark, the old man cried
He said I remember just like it were yesterday
She stood a bride child, child of a woman
The woman that I loved who never knew me
So, I sit here in my twilight years
Ride slowly toward my fears of dying a lonely man

Chorus
And I recognise your face, I recognise you’re feeling
I recognise the way you hold me close, you’re gonna leave me
I recognise the love we had; I recognise the ceiling
I recognise the way you hold me close, you’re gonna leave me

Bridge
Someday, when the avenues are dry
but the rain keeps falling down
Never know too well, never know too well, Aha

Emily says that she knows how to fly
Takes her a little time but she says she gets quite high
Emily says she can run like the wind
Never comes first but she gets there in the end

Emily says
Emily says

Emily says that she’s happy all the time
Always has a smile and she never wears a frown
Emily says that she bounces through life
Had a little spot of bother but only once or twice

Chorus
Emily Says
Emily Says
you gotta try
Learn how to fly
Learn how to fly

Emily says that everybody’s good
Some are just mixed up and others misunderstood
Emily says that the world is a crock
People should appreciate everything they got

Chorus
Emily Says
Emily Says
you gotta try
Learn how to fly
Learn how to fly

Emily says that breaks all the rules
Spending all her time in the company of fools
Emily says that she walks the streets at night
Looking at the stars and all the pretty lights

Chorus
Emily Says
Emily Says
you gotta try
Learn how to fly
Learn how to fly
Emily says
Emily says
Emily says

Wake up in the morning and again my head is sore
I have to stop the whisky drinking from the night before
I have so many sorrows that needing to be drowned
The trouble is with sorrows they somehow come back around
I don’t expect any sympathy; all I really need is to be left be

Evert street I walk there are mad men on my tail
They’re all out to kill me or to put me in the jail
I’ll tell you there are surely better ways to live a life
I really should stop stealing other fella’s wives
I don’t expect any sympathy; all I really need is to be left be

I have pillaged I have plundered I have promised I have sworn
I have kissed a thousand women I have broken many homes
I have gambled every table from east out to the west
And I never left a gambling hall where house didn’t come off best
I don’t expect any sympathy; all I really need is to be left be

I’m sure the day will come when they will lay me down to rest
They’ll say here lies a man who wasn’t rich, fulfilled or blessed
They won’t say he was handsome, he was honest he was brave
I see a thousand hurting souls’ dancing on my grave
I don’t expect any sympathy; all I really need is to be left be

Like a ship across the ocean wide
Like a jet plane on a spree
There’s a girl I know sits on telephones
Listening; to the time
Like a face of beauty cold and sad
Like a woman without child
Like a feeling I had when I was young
Of feeling; very sad
Like a ship across the ocean wide like a plane

Don’t just lie there, baby fake it
I want to feel good tonight

Chorus
Don’t just lie there, baby fake it
I want to feel good tonight

Like a ship across the ocean wide
Like a jet plane on a spree
There’s a woman I know who cries all night
Waiting; for the bell to ring
Like a statement said with integrity
That grows into a lie
Like a feeling you get holding someone tight
Then they fade into the night
Like a ship across the ocean wide like a plane

Chorus
Don’t just lie there, baby fake it
I want to feel good tonight
Don’t just lie there, baby fake it
I want to feel good tonight

Solo

Like a ship across the ocean wide
Like a plane
Like a plane

I’ve been picking up the pieces of my life for many years
And every single one I’ve been shedding endless tears
And my body is sore from the lack of success
So, I’ve closed all the doors for a well-earned rest

My schooling was short and so was my height
My patience was strained so I’d keep out of sight
And I’d write out the bible one hundred odd times
Convalescing in the class room every lunch time

Now I sit in the subway without a penny to my name
Protecting my interests from the mad and insane
With everything that I need in the pit of my pocket
Padlock and chain, a key to lock it

I think of wasting my time in the fields of Bordeaux
Drinking the wine from the grapes that they grow
Or visit the church and beg for forgiveness
But knowing my luck they would be closed to business

Now I sit in the hallway of a no start motel
It reminds me of some sleezy whore house near hell
And everybody’s going through some reckless stage
Helpless rats lost in a maze

Now I’ve sinned all my life and I hope I’ve been forgiven
For living my whole life in perpetual self destruction
But our days are numbered through my own persistence
Cutting on the rope that governs my existence

Standing in shadows, protects me from the light
No one even cares to look my way
Standing by the road side in the pouring rain
Counting all the cars are they go by

Chorus
How come this life is oh so helpless?
How come this life is oh so hard?
How come this life is but a hopeless waste of time?
How come I’ve never felt this bad?

Maybe when they find me, I’ll be missed a while
Or maybe I’ll just fade away
The cuts may look deep, they even hurt sometimes
But at least they take away the pain

Chorus
How come this life is oh so helpless?
How come this life is oh so hard?
How come this life is but a hopeless waste of time?
How come I’ve never felt so bad?

Sitting in the corner, knees against my chin
Just thinking through each point in time
Maybe on the highway, maybe on the train
Wonder if I’ll ever get away

Chorus
How come this life is oh so helpless?
How come this life is oh so hard?
How come this life is but a hopeless waste of time?
How come I’ve never felt this bad?
How come this life is oh so helpless?
How come this life is oh so hard?
How come this life is but a hopeless waste of time?
How come I’ve never felt this bad?
How come I’ve never felt this bad?

I don’t know but someone has stolen my heart
And is this a dream or is my room so dark
I can’t understand this feeling I have within
Please turn away leave me to my sin

The walls are soft and white the roof is cold and dark
My voice is echoing in the chambers from where I hide
And now the voice the returns to the place from where it came
And it turns my place into pain

I look an evil man locked in a cage from the world
Passion has caught me up, frozen me up within
Dreaming is just a way of portraying your heart’s desire
But every step you take, you’re getting no higher

You’re heading down well-trodden roads
Trying to find out what you already know
Wrestling with your bag of tricks
A sacred heart and a crucifix

Chorus
Don’t be cruel when you’re feeling doubt
You got a long way to go
You’re going the long way round
Don’t be scared of the dark
You got a long way to go
With that heavy heart

On the roof in the mid-day sun
Dancing with the freaks and the broken ones
And every move is so sublime
Every step you take is out of time

Chorus
Don’t be cruel when you’re feeling doubt
You got a long way to go
You’re going the long way round
Don’t be scared of the dark
You got a long way to go
With that heavy heart

Chorus
Don’t be cruel when you’re feeling doubt
You got a long way to go
You’re going the long way round
Don’t be scared of the dark
You got a long way to go
With that heavy heart

The last remaining obsolete
You may be on the ropes but you’re on your feet
The final scene is leaving quick
With the bleeding hearts and the lunatics

Chorus
Don’t be cruel when you’re feeling doubt
You got a long way to go
You’re going the long way round
Don’t be scared of the dark
You got a long way to go
With that heavy heart

Baby I’m nothing, without you I’m less
You were sent to me, heaven so blessed
Pictures and postcards
Sun drenched afternoons
Locked in your room, with the little boy blue!

Maybe I’ll be there down by the track
Watching each corner for you coming back

Chorus
Why are you leaving, can we turn back the time
Cause I’m losing light
Lost in this world where I’m losing my mind

Baby I love you, this much is true
You were my mission I was the poor
Hide in the islands, write me a book
Stories we told but never quite understood

Maybe I’ll be there down by the track
Watching each corner for you coming back

Time is a healer, times running out
And I got to be with, never without

Chorus
Why are you leaving, can we turn back the time
Cause I’m losing light
Lost in this world where I’m losing my mind

Baby I’m nothing, without you I’m less
Lost in this world where I’ll never rest
Where I’ll never rest

My room, filled with arts and me
A place to contemplate
Find answers with ease
To feel at peace with yourself
But confined by my attempts
Of painting pictures
Which to me are so unfeeling?

My room, filled with games and fun
To sit away from rain
You watch it patiently on the pain
As you drift out of range
Looking back is hard to do
Something for the day
And the dream of being not what you are

Bridge
There’s nothing outside I want to see
This space has become the air I breathe
Nothing can tempt me from my place of darkness and these ghostly calls
Inside my walls

Interval

Bridge
There’s nothing outside I want to see
This space has become the air I breathe
Nothing can tempt me from my place of darkness and these ghostly calls
Inside my walls

Time is now on my side
I’m empty and aching and I don’t know why
Caught in this rain
I’m falling again, this time

Love is now on my side
I’m empty and aching and I don’t know why
Caught in this rain
I’m falling again, this time

You are now on my side
I’m empty and aching and I don’t know why
Caught in this rain
I’m falling again, this time