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

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

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: 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

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,
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.

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

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,
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 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
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'
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
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
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
Want To Be With You
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
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

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

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
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
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?
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
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)
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
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
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)

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The Moody Blues

Cold hearted orb that rules the night,

Pinprick holes in a colorless sky,

Brave Helios wake up your steads,

You're here today

You look around you

You're here today

Now that you're knowing

You're here today

Time seems to stand quite still

Time seems to stand quite still

Time seems to stand quite still

I see it all through my window it seems

Peak hour, peak hour, peak hour

Minds are subject to what should be done

Peak hour, peak hour, peak hour

It makes me want to run out and tell them

Minds are subject to what should be done

Peak hour, peak hour, peak hour

Something, calls to me,

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

Something, calls to me,

Evening has come to pass

Working, living it brings

Evening time to get away

Live all you people

Evening time to get away

Live all you people

Evening time to get away

When the sun goes down,

See it with your eyes;

When the sun goes down,

Shadows on the ground;

I can see it all

Twilight Time, to dream awhile

In twilight time, dream with me awhile

A nightingale plays a dark mellow phrase

In twilight time, dream with me awhile

Building castles in the air

Twilight time, dream with me awhile

Bats take to wing, like puppets on string

In twilight time, dream with me awhile

Nights in white satin,

Beauty I'd always missed

'Cause I love you,

Some try to tell me

And I love you,

Nights in white satin,

Beauty I'd always missed

'Cause I love you,

'Cause I love you,

Breathe deep the gathering gloom,

Impassioned lovers wrestle as one,

Cold hearted orb that rules the night,

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

Ride, ride my see-saw,

Ride, take a free ride,

I worked like a slave for years,

Run, run my last race,

Run, run like a fire,

Left school with a first class pass,

My world is spinning around,

Ride, ride my see-saw,