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1. |
| 5:34 |
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High on this mountain
The clouds down below
I'm feeling so strong and alive
From this rocky perch
I'll continue to search
For the wind
And the snow
And the sky
I want a lover
I want some friends
And I want to live in the sun
And I want to do all the things that I
never have done.
Sunny bright mornings
And pale moonlit nights
Keep me from feeling alone
Now, I'm learning to fly
And this freedom is like
Nothing that I've ever known
I've seen the bottom
And I've been on top
But mostly I've lived in between
And where do you go
When you get to the end of
your dream?
Off in the nether lands
I heard a sound
Like the beating of heavenly wings
And deep in my brain
I can hear a refrain
Of my soul as she rises and sings
Anthems to glory and
Anthems to love and
Hymns filled with early delight
Like the songs that the darkness
Composes to worship the light.
Once in a vision
I came on some woods
And stood at a fork in the road
My choices were clear
Yet I froze with the fear
Of not knowing which way to go
One road was simple
Acceptance of life
The other road offered sweet peace
When I made my decision
My vision became my release
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2. |
| 3:18 |
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I have these moments, all steady & strong
I'm feeling so holy & humble
The next thing I know I'm all worried & weak
And I feel myself starting to crumble.
The meanings get lost
And the teachings get tossed
And you don't know what you're going to do next.
You wait for the sun
but it never quiet comes
Some kind of message comes thru to you
Some kind of message comes thru.
And it says to you....
Chorus:
Love when you can
Cry when you have to
Be who you must
That's a part of the plan
Await your arrival
with simple survival
And one day we'll all understand....
I had a woman
Who gave me her soul
But I wasn't ready to take it.
Her heart was so fragile
And heavy to hold
And I was afraid I would break it
Your conscience awakes
And you see your mistakes
And you wish someone would buy your confessions.
The days miss their mark
And the night gets so dark
And some kind of message comes thru to you
Some kind of message shoots thru
And it says to you....
(Chorus)
There is no Eden or
Heavenly gates
That you're gonna make it to one day
But all of the answers you seek can be found
In the dreams you dream on the way.
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3. |
| 4:14 |
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Well there's too many windows
in this old hotel
And rooms filled with reckless pride
And the walls have grown sturdy
And the halls have worn well
But there is nobody living inside
Nobody living inside...
Gonna pull in the shutters
On this heart of mine
Roll up the carpets and pull
in the blinds
And retreat to the chambers that
I left behind
In hopes there still may be
Love left to find
Still may be love left to find.
Seek inspiration in daily affairs
Now you soul is in trouble
and requires repairs
And the voices you hear at the
top of the stairs
Are only echoes of unanswered prayers
Echoes of unanswered prayers.
Well there's too many windows
in this old hotel
And rooms filled with reckless pride
And the walls have grown sturdy
And the halls have worn well
But there is nobody living inside
Nobody living inside...
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4. |
| 3:15 |
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Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean
Higher than any bird ever flew
Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens
I've been in love with you
Stronger than any mountain cathedral
Truer than any tree ever grew
Deeper than any forest primeval
I am in love with you
I'll bring fire in the winters
You'll send showers in the springs
We'll fly through the falls and summers
With love on our wings
Through the years as the fire starts to mellow
Burning lines in the book of our lives
Though the binding cracks and the pages start to yellow
I'll be in love with you
Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean
Higher than any bird ever flew
Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens
I've been in love with you
I am in love with you
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5. |
| 3:59 |
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Lucky at love
Well maybe it's so
There's still a lot of things you'll never know
Like why each time the sky begins to snow, you cry.
You face the future with a weary past
Those dreams you banked upon are fading fast
You know you love her but it may not last, you fear
It's never easy and it's never clear
Who's to navigate & who's to steer
And so you flounder drifting ever near the rocks
It's hard to say where love went wrong
It's hard to say just when
It's hard to walk away from love
It may never come again
You do your best to
Try to keep those lonesome blues at bay
You think you're winning but it's hard to say sometimes
It's hard to say where love went wrong
It's hard to say just when....(It's so hard to say)
It's hard to walk away from love
It may never come again
Lucky at love, well maybe so
There's still a lot of things you'll never know
Like why each time the sky begins to snow you cry
You cry
You still have to cry
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6. |
| 4:18 |
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An only child alone and wild
A cab'net maker's son
His hands were meant for diff'rent work
And his heart was known to none
He left his home and went his lone and solitary way
And he gave to me a gift
I know I never can repay
A quiet man of music
Denied a simpler fate
He tried to be a soldier once
But his music wouldn't wait
He earned his love thru' discipline
A thund'ring velvet hand
His gentle means of sculpting souls
Took me years to understand
The leader of the band
Is tired and his eyes are growing old
But his blood runs thru' my instrument
And his song is in my soul
My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man
I'm just a living legacy
To the leader of the band
My brother's lives were diff'rent
For they heard another call
One went to Chicago and the other to St. Paul
And I'm in Colorado
When I'm not in some hotel
Living out this life I've chose
And come to know so well
I thank you for the music
And your stories of the road
I thank you for the freedom
When it came my time to go
I thank you for the kindness
And the times when you got tough
And papa I don't think I said
"I love you" near enough
The leader of the band
Is tired and his eyes are growing old
But his blood runs thru' my instrument
And his song is in my soul
My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man
I'm just a living legacy
To the leader of the band
I am the living legacy
To the leader of the band
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7. |
| 5:20 |
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Met my old lover in the grocery store
The snow was falling Christmas Eve
I stole behind her in the frozen foods
And I touched her on the sleeve
She didn't recognize the face at first
But then her eyes flew open wide
She went to hug me and she spilled her purse
And we laughed until we cried.
We took her groceries to the checkout stand
The food was totalled up and bagged
We stood there lost in our embarrassment
As the conversation dragged.
We went to have ourselves a drink or two
But couldn't find an open bar
We bought a six-pack at the liquor store
And we drank it in her car.
We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to now
And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
But neither one knew how.
She said she'd married her an architect
Who kept her warm and safe and dry
She would have liked to say she loved the man
But she didn't like to lie.
I said the years had been a friend to her
And that her eyes were still as blue
But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I saw
Doubt or gratitude.
She said she saw me in the record stores
And that I must be doing well
I said the audience was heavenly
But the traveling was hell.
We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to now
And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
But neither one knew how.
We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to time
Reliving in our eloquence
Another 'auld lang syne'...
The beer was empty and our tongues were tired
And running out of things to say
She gave a kiss to me as I got out
And I watched her drive away.
Just for a moment I was back at school
And felt that old familiar pain
And as I turned to make my way back home
The snow turned into rain
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8. |
| 4:18 |
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Born in the valley
And raised in the trees
Of Western Kentucky
On wobbly knees
With mama beside you
To help you along
You'll soon be a growing up strong.
All the long, lazy mornings
In pastures of green
The sun on your withers
The wind in your mane
Could never prepare you
For what lies ahead
The run for the roses so red --
And it's run for the roses
As fast as you can
Your fate is delivered
Your moment's at hand
It's the chance of a lifetime
In a lifetime of chance
And it's high time you joined
In the dance
It's high time you joined
In the dance --
From sire to sire
It's born in the blood
The fire of a mare
And the strength of a stud
It's breeding and it's training
And it's something unknown
That drives you and carries
You home.
And it's run for the roses
As fast as you can
Your fate is delivered
Your moment's at hand
It's the chance of a lifetime
In a lifetime of chance
And it's high time you joined
In the dance
It's high time you joined
In the dance
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9. |
| 4:32 |
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Now that we love
Now that the lonely nights are over
How do we make love stay?
Now that we know
The fire can burn bright or nearly smolder
How do we keep it from dying away?
Lucid as dreams
Barley remembered in the morning
Love like a phantom lights
But held in the heart
It builds like the empty smile adorning
A statue with sightless eyes
Moments fleet is sweet within the rapture
When precious flesh is greedily consumed.
But mystery's a thing not easily captured
And once deceased, not easily exhumed
Now that we love
Now that the lonely nights are over
How do we make love stay?
Moments fleet are so sweet within the rapture
When precious flesh is greedily consumed
Mystery's a thing not easily captured
And once deceased, not easily exhumed.
Now that we love
Look at the moonless night & tell me
How do we make love stay?
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10. |
| 4:05 |
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Hard days I'm travelin' alone for too long
Ooo I'm missing you
I'm always somewhere that I never belong
Ooo I'm missing you
I'm moving so fast now it doesn't seem true
Ooo I'm missing you
I'm getting closer but I don't know what to do
Ooo I'm missing you
Oh if I had you beside me
Then I just might sleep through the night
Your love is the promise that guides me
All of the days of my life
This life I'm living's gettin' so hard to feel
Ooo I'm missing you
The days are empty and the nights are unreal
Ooo I'm missing
Oh if I had you beside me
Then I just might sleep through the night
Your love is the promise that guides me
All of the days of my life
All of the days of my life
Hard days I'm traveling alone for too long
Ooo I'm missing you
I'm always somewhere that I never belong
Ooo I'm missing you
Oh if I had you beside me
Then I just might sleep through the night
You love is the promise that guides me
All of the days of my life
All of the days of my life
All of the days of my life
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11. |
| 3:43 |
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She says no
When she means yes
And what she wants
You know that I can't guess
When we want more
You know we ask for less
Such is the language of love...
I say leave
When I mean stay
But she don't see
And so she moves away
What we really want
You know we rarely say
Such is the language of love.
It's tooth for tooth
and eye for eye
We hide our hearts
And then we won't say why
It's truth for truth
and lie for lie
Such is the language of love.
One cries foul
And will not speak
The other claims a little victory
And all the time
You know we fail to see
This is the language of love.
When a loves begins to wander
No one ever knows
But we feel it deep inside us
Long before it shows
Long before it shows.
We hem and haw
We balk and bluff
Our words don't ever seem to
say enough
But a simple smile
A tender touch
Speaks the true language of love.
When a loves begins to wander
No one ever knows
But we feel it deep inside us
Long before it shows
Long before it shows.
She says no
When she means yes
And what she wants
You know that I can't guess
When we want more
You know we ask for less
Such is the language of love
Such is the language of love...
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12. |
| 4:36 |
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If I could ever say it right
And reach your hostage heart
Despite the doubts you harbor
Then you might
Come to believe in me
The life I lead is not the kind
That gives a woman peace of mind
I only hope someday you'll find
That you can believe in me
Those other loves that Came before
Mean nothing to me anymore
But you can never be quite sure
And will not believe in me
Too many hearts have been broken
Failing to trust what they feel
But trust isn't something That's spoken
And love's never wrong When it's real
If I could only do one thing
Then I would try to write and sing
A song that ends your questiong
And makes you believe in me
Too many hearts have been broken
Failing to trust what they feel
But trust isn't something That's spoken
And love's never wrong When it's real
If I could only do one thing
Then I would try to write and sing
A song that ends your questioning
And makes you believe in me
Oh, you can believe in me
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13. |
| 5:28 |
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Some say that love is its own
Love is its own reward
But I can't help but believe
There's got to be more.
A man needs a woman
To have and to hold
To love him in body
As well as in soul
I need your desire
Where did the fire go?
I keep trying to sleep
But sleep won't be mine tonight
There's so much sorrow inside
And baby, I don't know why.
I give you your freedom
I give you my love
I give all I have every time that we touch
I don't know, baby,
Maybe I give too much.
Chorus
Now I'm lonely in love
Why must I be lonely in love
I'm so lonely in love
Baby why must I be lonely
Why must I be lonely in love.
I know that love carries no
She carries no guarantees
But still I can't seem to
Find a reason that I can believe in
You said to be patient
And give you some room
You said you had changes
You need to work through
But the longer I wait
The farther I feel from you.
(Repeat chorus twice)
Baby, you're my one and only
Why do you keep me lonely in love
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14. |
| 4:47 |
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She's got a way of getting so inside you
That you think she's gonna steal your soul
She's got a way of making sure that you can't let go.
She's got a trail of broken hearts behind her
Like a shadow where no shadow's cast
I ain't the first one and I doubt that I'll be the last.
Too long--too late
You're wrong
To ever think she'd wait.
Chorus
She don't look back.
She don't look back.
The lady don't look back
And when she's gone she's gone.
You can never tell just what she's after
You can never read it in her eyes
And in her laughter there's no hint of compromise.
You can stare into the fire forever
You can squeeze a stone until it bleeds
But you will never find the kind of love she needs.
Too much--too late
You're such a fool to think she'd wait.
(Repeat chorus twice
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| 4:22 |
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Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool i've been
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
And let me be alone again
Now the only girl i've ever loved has gone away
Looking for a brand new start
Little does she know that when she left that day
Along with her she took my heart
Rain please tell me now does that seem fair
For her to steal my heart away when she don't care
I can't love another when my heart's somewhere far away
Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool i've been
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
And let me be alone again
Oh the only girl i've ever loved has gone away
Looking for a brand new start
Little does she know that when she left that day
Along with her she took my heart
Rain won't you tell her that i love her so
Please ask the sun to set her heart aglow
And rain in her heart and let the love we knew start to grow
Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool i've been
Oh i wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
And let me be alone again
When the rain comes
They run and hide their heads
They might as well be dead
When the rain comes
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| 4:22 |
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I awoke this morning to a shattering sound
And I went downstairs and found these shards
of glass strewn all around --
There upon the floor I found this poor
broken dove
And it make me realize how very fragile is
this life that we so love
I came back up to bed and I held you so tight
And I prayed up to the Father, Oh I prayed
with all my might
That he'd always keep you with me
That he'd always keep you safe
And when I went downstairs I found that
dove had somehow up and flown away
There's magic every moment
There's miracles each day
There's magic every moment
Oh won't you let the music play?
Oh won't you let the music play?
On a high and windy island I was gazing out
to sea
When a long forgotten feeling came and took
control of me
It was then the clouds burst open and the sun
came pouring through
When it hit those dancing waters in an
instant all eternity I knew
There's so much we take for granted
There's so much we never say - we get caught
up in the motion of just living day to day
We are fettered to the future, we are prisoners of the past
And we never seem to notice 'til our lives
have finally slipped right through our
grasp
There's magic every moment
There's miracles each day
There's magic every moment
Oh won't you let the music play?
Oh won't you let the music play?
You can see forever in a single drop of dew
You can see that same forever if you look
down deep inside of you
There's a spark of the creator in every living
thing
He respects me when I work but he so loves
me when I sing
There's magic every moment
There's miracles each day
There's magic every moment
Oh won't you let the music play?
Oh won't you let the music play?
There's magic every moment
There's miracles each day
There's magic every moment
Oh won't you let the music play?
Oh won't you let the music play
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| 3:56 |
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And now the lonely days are done
And with each rising of the sun
Love begins anew
And if you ever ask me why
I know that my love will never die
I'll say these words to you
Of all the souls I've ever known
Mine sings to yours and yours alone
And yours sings just to me
In all this world I'll never find
A heart that could beat as close to mine
And this time I can see
A love like this
Is so hard to find
And so many never do
And loves like this
When they even exist
Are precious and few
You know they're precious and few
A love like this
Is so hard to find
And so many never do
And loves like this
When they even exist
Are precious and few
You know they're precious and few
Down the miles, through the years
Yours is the star by which I steer
The brightest star I've known
And when I feel all hope is gone
Yours is the love that leads me on
The light that guides me home
The light that guides me home
Your light will guide me home
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