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Lyrics for Come a Long Way album 2023

1. Don’t Fight It Baby

If there was one more song that I had to write
If there was one more fight that I had to fight
One more dream that I could dream
If there was one more kiss that I could steal.

If there was one more scene that my eyes could see
If there was one more place that I’d rather be
If I had one more day on the open road
Just one more place that I could go

Chorus
Don’t fight it baby just let it go
Don’t fight it baby or you’ll never know (Get on with the show)

If I had one more night what would I do
Ah just one more night to be with you
One more time for old times sake
If there was one more chance that I could take.

If there was one more song that I could sing
One more gift that i could bring
If i could wish just for one more thing
Dial one more number who would I ring

Chorus - solo

bridge
So get out there and play like it was your last show
As if your days are numbered cause you never know
The final hour cometh the man
So go out there and give it all you can. -

chorus rpt

2. Hunter

When the time is right
When the time is right
I’ll make my move, I'll make my move
I’ll make my move on you

When the time is right
When the time is right
I’ll bide my time until the stars align
Until it’s written right there across the sky

I’m coming for ya
I’m coming for you
I’ve waited for this moment all my life
For I am the hunter in the night

3. Hardwired Blues
Complacency
I'm guilty of breaking my own rules
I can't walk straight in my new shoes
Nothing but the same old story, de ja vu
I'm stuck in the groove, I've got the hardwired blues

Complacency
I'm just like a rat on a thread mill
Chasing after my own tail
I give in to my muse, U Say what's new
I'm stuck in the groove, Hardwired blues
bridge
And I said baby, it ain't right for u to judge me at all
No it ain't right for you to let me to always take the fall.
You say it's my fault every time we hit the wall. Now we've hit that wall

Complacency
I guess I'm just kidding myself
No one to blame but me
It's hard to face up to the facts, Let the truth be told
I'm stuck in the groove, Hardwired blues

Complacency, I take my eye off of the game
Result always ends up, just the same
Heads u win, tails I loose
I fall off the wagon, cut and bruised
I'm still stuck in the groove, Hardwired blues
Same old news, I got the Hardwired blues, (rpt)

4. From The Day I Was Born

From the day I was born there was war
Before and after that day it came and went
The Yanks were still there in Vietnam
Nixon and Kissinger, still bombing the shit of them.

1971 , 25th of November was the day I was born.

2 months later 1972
Bloody Sunday in Derry, It made the world news
The Brits put there boots on the ground
Paratroopers went in, and do what do

14 civilians died and our wee country would explode
I was only 2 months old

I was 11 when it came to our door
Balaclava boys , evil eyes and guns
I carried that fear for a longtime
only talk about it now, 39 years on.

And in the meantime, It was World Cup 82
What a goal by Armstrong

And the Cold War was still raging on
The dread of them dropping those nuclear bombs.
I prayed every night that they where all gone.
and my prayers where answered, when Gorbachev came along.

Then the wall came down 1989, I just turned 18
Oh what a promising time.

Ronny Reagan left then George Bush came in
And it was not long before war was back on
The new bogey man was Saddam
Even though he was their buddy when they wanted Iran

Here comes 90s now the Gulf and the Balkans are in flames.
I’ve just turned 21 -
(rap)
but the promise of peace in Ireland was a coming,
but we had a long way to go, before good Friday came, 1998

There was a hope for the future come millennium
Then George W Bush falsely won an election
And It all fell apart on 9/11
And soon the bombs where a falling on Afghanastan

And downtown Baghdad again,
Wanted dead or alive Saddam, and I just 30 then.
(rap)
Texas cowboy, Looking for WMDs , Never found them.
War that was built on a lie, thousands of innocent people died.
Blood on your hands, Bush, Cheney & Blair.
We hoped Obama would take care,
He said Yes We Can, But No U didn't

Since then nearly 20 years of Mayhem
With Trump, Syria, Libya, Bin Laden , Isil
And In all of that time what did America gain
They came for the oil, left behind only pain

Here we are again, The year 2020 and we’re locked in,
I’m 48 and counting
And I’m nearly a half a centurion. –
From the day I was born there was war (rpt)

5. Come a long way

I’ve come along way, With a heavy price to pay
Oh I’ll keep chipping away, Until my dying day
I’ve come along way, That’s all I have to say
I did it my own way, And I’ll keep digging it, to my grave

bridge
So many winding roads, I’ve roamed through many lands
Got shipwrecked on your shore, You took me by the hand

I’ve come along way, From those dark days of yesterday
Since 1971, Almost 50 years around the sun
I’ve come along away, To finally see peace in our time
Leave all those troubles behind,
Witnesses through the eyes, of a child

bridge
There was some bad days with black clouds
Then the sun would come shining through
You can get used to living in the shadows
A fear of loosing u
solo
I’ve come along way,From the time I was on top of the hay
Those long hot summer days, We were singing in the sun
I’ve come a long way, Kicking football in the fields we’d play
Soldiers up on top the hill, Was a time and place, in Drumill

bridge
I’ve left many miles behind me, Still a few mile up ahead
It’s too late to think about turning back,
Take back what I’ve done and said

outro
Yeh I’ve come along way (rpt)
No you can’t stop me now
I’ve gone too far now to turn around
Still got a long way to go now - A long way to go
And I dunno where I’m goin

6. Let the Road Rise

(chorus)
Let the road rise
Let the road rise up high
Let the road rise
Let the road rise up high
May the road rise up to meet you

1. Raise you up above the clouds

2. May the road be your guiding light

3. As you drive into the night

4.Underneath the starry skies

5. Take you on to the other side

(outro)
Let the road, Let the road rise

7. Loretto on my Mind

Another light has gone out in this world tonight
But there's a new star in heaven shining bright
You can see her in the sky when your out in the countryside
She catches my eye Loretto on my mind

She was a Belfast girl, The finest you'd ever see
She had a great big smile, time for everyone she'd meet
When the trouble times came she give only love and peace
One more in heaven tonight, Loretto on my mind.

They say the North star will guide you to Bethlehem
But there's a new star that will lead you straight to heaven
And I will try to follow you
I'll be searching for your light
Driving through the night with Loretto on my mind.

She was a young girl then when Elvis came on the scene
When she stepped out in the city a Belfast beauty queen
Now she's jiving in heaven dancing with the king
You're a star in the sky, Loretto on my mind
You where one of a kind, Loretto on my mind

8. I Get It

The rustling leaves, when the cold wind blows
The bustling streets, where did all the people go
The silence is deafening, and the lights are low
I’m hustling you, with all the songs I know

Well the days are changing As the clocks go back
Time passes by and the time we lost
we ain’t getting back
I’m too long in the tooth To be fooled by a kitten like you
So I’m going back to basics
You've gotta do what you’ve gotta do

You ain’t been round for ages
Nobody’s coming here soon
You gotta play out the stages
The seventh act will be played out on zoom
Yeh it’s contagious infectious, It’s in the room
It’s called love and I get it when I’m with you

All U people, No need to worry
No need to hurry, We will get there soon
All the sorrow will be gone tomorrow
All will be forgotten, In the coming bloom
And all the tears will be washed away
By rivers so clean
All our fears will evaporate
Just a like bad dream
And all the loneliness
And the sadness and pain
I just want to comfort you
In these days of endless rain
Ah to be free again

Yeh it’s contagious infectious, It’s in this room
It’s called love and I get it when I’m with you

9. Old Whore

How did it ever come to this
I guess I never really stood a chance
Where did it all go wrong
tragic love and lost romance
All broken promises to myself
I can't fix this old wrinkled wreck
(chorus)
I had dreams just like anybody else
I had dreams just like you
Who is walking by and staring through
The window of my shame
an old whore on the game (an old whore still on the game)
(verse 2)
I still try to sell my body
I've longed sold my soul
Along the Amstel river
For a price unknown
10,000 men maybe more
You stop counting when your 64
What else I'm I meant to do
A washed up hag a dried up prune
Now I'm just some kinda freak show
In that window near Moulin Rouge
Drunken sailors don't come here no more
trade is slow at my door

(chorus)
I had dreams just like anybody else
I had dreams just like you
Who is standing there and staring through
The window of my shame
an old whore on the game (an old whore still on the game)

10. The Finish Line

I’ve been a drunk, I’ve been a gambler
my soul is black as the Boston strangler
I want to repent now it’s near my closing time
Help me Jesus across the finish line

I left my woman my little boy of 2
I’ve been with all the hoe’s down on 7th Avenue
I want to repent know it’s near my closing time
Lord of mercy on my soul at the finish line

I was born a loser gonna die a sinner
But the last throw of the dice I could turn up a winner
I want to repent now it’s near my closing time
help me Jesus across the finish line

(bridge)
They say you can change the water into wine
Well can you can take my blackened heart and make a divine

I killed a man in a rage on the whiskey
Got off with the crime, I lied to the jury
But I wanna make it right with that great judge in the sky
Lord of mercy on my soul at the finish line

They say it’s not too late to catch that train
Some preacher tells me I can be born again
I wanna repent now it’s near my closing time
Help me Jesus across the finish line
Lord of mercy on my soul at the finish line

11. I shall be redeemed

I've lived my life fast and free
I've burned up the road behind me
I took some wrong turns & dead end streets
Felt the coldness I’ve felt the heat
I put up my hands I've made some mistakes
Now I stand up before thee
Just say the word and I shall be healed
I shall be redeemed

I've walked through the valley of darkness
I've lived in the shadow of fears
I've been lost in the caverns of my mind
I've drowned in a river of tears
I come before thee humbled and scorned
I'm naked for all to see
Just say the word and I shall be healed
I shall be redeemed

Give me the sword to defend myself against the evils of this world
Make me a soldier a soldier of love
A soldier for God above
Send me the Angels send me the saints
To help a wretch like me
Just say the word and I shall be healed
I shall be redeemed

Lyrics from Locked In & Live 2022

2020 Vision

2020 vision, The year that the world went blind
2020 vision, Stopped in our tracks all mankind
Now I can’t see no way to the future
only the mess that we’ve left behind
I can’t see your face, behind the mask
Only your eyes

2020 vision, Nobody seen it coming
2020 vision, Was it Mother Natures last warning
Conspiracies say it was the Chinese
Escaped from a lab some bat disease
We may never know what went on
There’s no smoking gun

chorus
It’s the year for awakening
It’s the year for the reckoning
It’s the year for the shaking
It shook up the world

2020 vision, Everybody got blind sighted
2020 vision, U can’t see it and u can’t fight it
U can’t hide and u can’t run
Is it a payback for what we’ve done
Has our time come, to pay our dues

2020 vision, It’s not what we envisioned
2020 vision, Locked down and in revision
The entire human race
Never in our whole lives have we faced
We’ve been put back down, in our place

chorus

2020 vision

Tear it down

No need for guns or bombs this time
Every man, woman, child will stand in line
From every hamlet, village and border town
With our bare hands we’re gonna tear it down

(Chorus)
We will not heed your Tory orders
No more walls , barricades or borders
Your rule Britannia and your crown
With our bare hands we’re gonna tear it down

As u sit in your robes lords in London
Making plans that will end up in a sunder
You arrogant pompous privileged fools
Your days are over of divide and rule
You don’t care what happens on the island of Ireland
You destroyed many nations down through the ages.
Manipulative scheming machiavellian ways
Your tired old tactics from your colonial days

We will not heed your Tory orders
No more walls , barricades or borders
Your rule Britannia and your crown
With our bare hands we’re gonna tear you down

Your empire has crumbled
And thankfully long gone
But your cruelty not forgotten
Through memory and song
Cromwell, Trevelyan, Churchill, Thatcher
Those names will haunt the psyche of nations forever
Your history white washed, Knighthoods for the unsavoury
While you inflicted famine, war, torture and slavery,
Your Karma is coming for all of your crime
You hard brexiteers will pay, it’s a coming the time

Chorus

Isolation Blues

Isolation blues, I should’ve found a girl
Before Donald Trump ruined the world
He blames China but he’s a fool
He stopped the funding for you know who
I’m sick and tired of everyday, watching the news
I’m coming down with isolation blues

I wish I was locked down with you
The pretty girl on TV in the high heel shoes.
I’m sitting here in my shithole flat all alone
The only company I’ve got is my mobile telephone
I can’t take it anymore, I think I’m gonna blow a fuse
I’m coming down with isolation blues

I’m bored of Netflix I’ve watched every show. I can’t stand the music that their playing on the radio.
For 2 months solid I haven’t left this room.
I’m coming down with cabin fever, not the Covid flu.

Isolation blues it’s not good for you
If Corona won’t kill you, I think this will do
I’ve watched every conspiracy theory on YouTube
My head is spinning round with all this fake news
I’m drinking more and more whiskey than I was ever used to.
I think I’m going to die from isolation blues
Isolation blues, I’ve got nothing left to do but sit around here and wait till they lift this damn curfew. I wanna break out, I wanna be free I wanna shake the hands of my old enemies. I wanna hug and kiss, I wanna hold you tight, I wanna dance with you until the morning light
Isolation blues, Isolation blues
I can’t take it any more
I think I’m going to blow fuse
I’m coming down with isolation blues

Lyrics for the album `The Nashville Calling' (2020)

1. All in Good Time

The word is on the street today
The people’s gonna have their say
Let the voices ring out, don’t turn a blind eye,
don’t turn a blind eye
One day soon our day will come
Be a good day for everyone
Things will get better on down the line
On down the line

(chorus)
So hold on baby, cause times are changing
It will all happen, over again, All in good time
So hold on baby, this worlds gone crazy
It will all happen All in good time, All in good time

I heard it on the news today
A sea of change is on the way
They say good things come for those that wait
It’s been a long wait.
And Patience is a real virtue
Wait for me and I’ll wait for u
You’re always in a hurry , just slow down, just slow down

(chorus)

(bridge)

And time feels like it’s speeding up
speeding up and spinning around
While eternity just is
No such thing as time

If my whole life was in lived vain
That would be a crying shame
But the truth is no one will remember your name

In a hundred years from now.

(chorus)

2. Tough People

When the bank took the keys of my house
I didn’t know what to do
My old dog died that year too, I had the dog gone blues
I lost my job when everything went bust
Everybody got screwed
The banksters gambled all our money away
Those sneaky greedy fools

(chorus)
Tough times they never last
Tough people do (rpt2)
keep on Rollin rollin
Keep on rolling on down the track
keep on goin goin
And don’t look back

I’ve been kicked in the teeth, I’ve been beaten up
I’ve been battered I’ve been bruised
I grew up through the troubles, In those old dark days
Nothing but blood and death on the news
I was cornered, My back was up against the wall
I’d run out of choices to choose
I came out fighting with all guns blazing
I had nothing left to lose

(chorus)

I’ve was down I was out
I was stumbling with the walking dead
I was knocked down to the ground
But I got up before the count of 10

(chorus)
Tough times they never last, Tough people do (rpt2)
keep on Rollin rollin
Keep on rolling on down the track
keep on goin goin
And never look back

Tough times they never last, Tough people do (rpt4)

3. Safe and Sound

Safe and sound on my shoulder
I can feel you there watching over me now.

When the lights go out
and another day is gone without you here beside me
People lie when they say time will heal
Because your grieving is never, never, never, really over.
They say one day that time will come to us all
You don't know, you don't know, you don’t know,
what's round the next corner.
But I know, I know I can feel your presence now,
now that I'm more sensitive to the spirit world, just listen to your heart, listen to your heart.

(chorus)

Safe and sound on my shoulder
I can feel you there watching over me now.

Now the summers gone
and another year has nearly passed me by without you by my side
Autumn’s here and once again, once again everything dies around us, all around us.
As the nights crawl in with their cold winds
I stare into an open fire and I ask myself
who we really are, who really are we
Are we at the mercy of God above,
Some fragile souls who yearn for love.
So c’mon take me now, I just wanna be with you.

Since you've gone I've been lost
I've cried Endless streams of tears (rpt2)

(chorus)

4. Like a Breeze

Babe I tried to warn you
You can’t carry the world on your shoulders
Babe I tried to warn you, you can’t carry the load, no
Red sky in the morning , Is a sailors warning
Storm on the horizon, Your ship is lost at sea

This is the last time this is the last time, I
Will be born with this old soul
This is the last time this is the last time, I
I’m gonna walk this winding road

(chorus)
If there’s love in your heart you can
Just float through life like a breeze, like a breeze
If there’s love in your heart you can
just float through life like a breeze

It will take away your heartache
It will take away all your sad feeling
Draw out all your poison, give up you’re suffering to me
Cause my hands are full of healing
Human touch is all you are needing
This world can be a prison, but love will set you free.

This is the last time this is the last time, I
Will be born with this old soul
This is the last time this is the last time, I
I’m gonna walk this winding road

(chorus)

5. Round the Next Bend

Silver moon over the trees
I hear you whispering in the breeze
Just go and follow your dreams
Life is more simple than it seems (rpt 2^nd verse)

(chorus)
The sun goes down once again
How many times more will I see it rise
Life goes by in the blinking of an eye
I'm just driving round his next bend,

what’s round the next bend

I don't know, nobody knows where it goes
Where do we go, I don't know
only God knows (rpt2)

Just keep it simple
Don't get too complicated
Between the ditches
Keep it on the road
On the right path
Oh Follow your heart and soul
Your life path, the right path
It's laid out in front of you
Just let go, just let go, let the spirit wheel go.

(chorus/refrain)

What's comes around it goes around, Round the next bend

I’m just driving round it.

I don't know, nobody knows where it goes, where do we go, I don't know.
Only God knows.

6. Imagination

Imagination is the key to change the world (rpt2)

Imagination
Who dares to believe
Who dares will succeed
Use your imagination

Imagination is the key to change the world (rpt2)
Imagine it and you can make it real
Into something u can feel
Use your Imagination

(bridge 1)
Listen to your inner muse
Cause someday boy you're going to lose it.
Listen to your inner blues, cause someday soon boy

You’re gonna have to use it, use it, use it.

Imagination is the key to change the world (rpt2)
Alchemy and magic
Turns nothing into something you can see
Use your imagination

(bridge 2)
As the sun comes up to play
Brightens up the brand new day
Angel whispers in your ear A great idea.

Imagination is the key to change the world (rpt 2)

Imagination
Who dares to believe
Who dares will succeed
Use your imagination.

7. Up There in the Sky

Everybody’s got one moment in their life
When all the stars align
Everybody’s got one title shot
When all the luck is on your side
When you’ve got that hunger in your heart
And you know it is your time
And you’ve been touched by the hand of God
And you glow like a blinding light

(chorus)
Up there in the sky (up there in the sky)
Up there with the moon and the stars and the sun
Up there in the sky (up there in the sky)
Up there with the moon and the stars and the sun, you will Shine

When u know it’s within your reach
Feel the pounding of your heartbeat
In the heat of the battle raise up your sword
And let out the primal roar
Oh Be brave, be strong, be true
Oh Believe and it will come to you
And your faith will be rewarded
And u shall lighten up this world

(chorus)

You will shine, shine, shine, shine

I see a shining light (rpt4)

(chorus)

8. Fine Wine

You were the dreamer
You made dreams come to life
When your smile reached us
It felt like the healing sun, beams of light
Made us feel much better
I hear you calling one more for the night

You made us feel alright

(chorus)
Miss you, miss you, fine wine, oh yes I do
Miss you, miss you, fine wine
Yeah but we had our good times.

Doctor won’t you please, give me a pill to ease this life
I need some pain release
Want to leave all the suffering behind,
And I thank you kindly
For all those times you made the world more bright
You were a shining light

(chorus)

Now you’re sailing on heavens seas
Feel your spirit still blowing in the breeze
Now you’ve reached Gods golden shore
Since you left things aren’t the same round here no more
A space that can’t be filled

You left before your time
No better man you’d find
You had a touch of class
To you I raise my glass

(chorus)

9. New Jerusalem

I'm just like Jonah
Who was swallowed by the whale
Now I dwell in the belly of the beast
No I know it inside out
I'm gonna take it down from within, Jerusalem

I've walked through these city streets
seen where he carried the cross
I know how to breach the gates, these city walls
Corruption corroded its soul
Out with the old in with the new, Jerusalem

(bridge)
They say a Temple of gold will rise again
The moon will be confounded
The sun ashamed
When the Lord of hosts shall reign
On Mount Zion, in the new Jerusalem

The scribes and the Pharisees are at it again
Murdering the prophets
Who expose their game
Not one stone will be left upon another here
All will be thrown down, In the new Jerusalem

10. Broken
Broken people broken homes
Broken noses broken bones
I see on those faces wherever I go.

I see it all the time when I’m out on the road.

Hard times come, hard times stay
Some folks know no other way
Struggling just to get through this hard day
Struggling most their lives away

Broken bottles on the floor.
Another drink might be the cure
Tie it tight to try and find the vain
Shoot it up to wash away the pain.

Take a closer look around
Hidden in the shadows of this town
People just bury their heads and walk on by
Pretend not to see, turn a blind eye.

Scratch the surface, it will bleed
The pain and hardship underneath
Too many hungry mouths to feed
Homeless sleeping on the street
While they spread their evil seeds of war
Trillions of dollars spent on blood and gore
They have it all but they’re thirsty for more, thirsty for more

Broken people broken homes
Broken noses broken bones
Your just another number on some bankers sheet
Your just some cannon fodder for the elite

Broken people broken homes
Broken noses broken bones
Broken lives Broken dreams
It's broken down , it's broken me, Its broken, Its broken

Borrowed time

Can’t see what’s round the corner
What’s on the other side
Across that border
No one gets out of here alive
Living on borrowed time

Ain’t Life is a funny thing
And all the joy and sadness that it brings
We’re only here now for a little while
Living on borrowed time

(chorus)
Living on living on (rpt) borrowed time

It don’t make no sense at all
Sometimes u wonder why we’re here at all
Where do we go man when we die
Living on borrowed time

Out of here into another
I pray your gone to some good place brother
Didn’t get a chance to say goodbye
Living on borrowed time

(chorus)

All Words & Music by Ben Reel.

Lyrics for the album `Land Of Escape' (2018)

Landscapes

Land of escape
I'm floating like a cloud
I'm flying like a bird
I go there in my dreams
Over beautiful landscapes (rpt 2)

Is this real or am I dreaming
I don't want to wake up
And lose this feeling

Chorus/Bridge

Let me soar where eagles fly
Way up on mountains high
Let me soar through open skies
For another little while

Chorus / refrain
Over beautiful landscapes

Fields of dreams

Through the fields of dreams
I saw you running (I came running)
running through the fields of dreams

In the fields of dreams
You never grow old
In the fields of dreams
I'll rest my soul

Chorus

All that has died will rise again
All that shall be will come to an end
At the end it begins all over again
Back to the start it goes around my friend

Chorus

I want to close my eyes and drift away
I want to see you again
In the buttercup spring
With our hearts filled with joy
we will sing again

Chorus

Soldier of love

Ah won't you take me by the hand
Lead me to back to the promised land
Where the milk and honey flow
In the story book that's how it's told
I'll take my shield and sword
I'll fight for you my Lord
I am a soldier of love

Now the battle has begun
Between the Good and blacked out sun
Nowhere to hide nowhere to run
U Got to choose which side you’re on
The time is coming near, the nemesis is here
I am a soldier of love

When all is said and done
And all the wars in the world are won
I will stand there by your side
In the glory of your paradise
Bring heaven down to earth
A 2nd chance rebirth
I am a soldier of love
I am a soldier of God
I am a soldier of love

Fish out of water

chorus

Like a fish out of water
Misplaced soul
Exiled from my home
With nowhere to go ( no place to go )

Mister won't u help me across this border
My family is sleeping rough on the streets

Chorus

There is no justice in this world
when you are born
on the wrong side of the line
or you've just got the wrong colour of skin .
I run from the guns into the sword
I run from the bombs
into the arms dealers of this world.

(Bridge)
I run for my life for what it's worth
I'm running round in circles back and forth
Solo

Mister won't u help me across this border
Our bellys are empty ,my kids got nothing to eat.
Mister won't u help me across this water
Please take me on your boat across the sea

Chorus
With no place to go (rpt 4)

Healing hands

I remember you had flowers in your hair
When I came home from the war
it was an Indian summer sky
Tinted red pink and saffron
Your skin was soft and warm
in the mellow evening breeze
You bathed me down on the river
With your healing hands of love

With your healing hands of love (rpt 4)

We watched the enchanted sunset
Over the mountainside
As it slowly sank down
And give its way to the sultry moonlight
Left behind an orange glow
On the horizon line
Such a beautiful sky, reflected in your eyes
We reached for the stars above

With Healing Hands of Love (rpt 4)

Man should savour such moments in life
For life itself is just a moment
You must be the change you wish to see in the world
There's two things in life that for sure are true
Is that you're born and then you die
Everything in between your just searching trying to find

Oh the healing hands of love (rpt 4)

Some mercy

Ah people's just the same
this whole world over
Ah people is just the same
where ever I have been
people just want some bread on the table
A smile or a kiss
And a love to keep

Everyone searching for some meaning everyone is following a dream
everyone is looking for salvation
For some mercy

Ah peoples just the same
this whole world over
Ah people is just the same
They just wanna be free
people just want
someone to hold onto, roof over their head and a bed to sleep

Everyone searching for some meaning everyone is following a dream
everyone is looking for salvation
For some mercy
Everyones looking for a connection
To something that they've never seen
Everyone's living with the hope
for some mercy

I See Paradise

21 is oh so young
But history flows through your veins
You've seen those ships

sail from the shore
All hands to the oars

from the land of Thor

chorus

When I look into your eyes

I see sunrise I see blue skies

I see paradise

Your innocence is the sweetest

kind
But your old soul has been here before
I've kissed your lips so long ago
Died in your arms deep down u know

I yearn again for one more glance
To meet by chance
one last romance
Cheek to cheek in one final dance
You slip away from me

goodnight, goodnight

Misty morning rain (Ben Reel, Michael Prins)

Take me away over the rainbow
Take me back to that day
Remember when hand in hand
We strolled down that lovers lane

Chorus 1
Let me love u , let me hold u, one last time again
I wish I had u, I wish I’d said to you
All those feelings that I kept
In the misty morning rain

Bitter sweet, I can still hear u, Calling out my name
T’was like a dream so it seems darling

as memories fade into the pale (grey)

Chorus 2
So let me love u , let me hold u
Just one last time again
I wish I had you, I wish I could talk to you
and tell u how I felt
In the misty morning rain

Bridge
Washed away, in the morning rain ,Washed away .
darling believe me

Chorus 3
That I still love u, I want to hold u, one last time again So let me love you, Let me hold you and Forever taste your kiss.

In the misty morning rain

Suffer in silence

Been thru some hard times
Will we ever break thru
Get up on your feet again
Life is what hits u
we suffer in silence
That's what we do
We suffer in silence me and u

Used to the dark nights
No one to hold on to
Love is a distance star
That long ago I once knew
we suffer in silence
That's what we do
We suffer in silence me and u

Bridge
But there's a light switch on every heart
Try to find the gold key to make it start
Oh lighten up your heart again

Now a new day is coming
Time to face the truth
Reach deep down inside u
And rip up the weeds that grew
Yeh we suffered in silence
That's what we do
We suffered in silence
It's time to talk to u

Drifting

Fall asleep in the summer breeze
Fall off the earth In a lucid dream
I don't know what drugs your taken
I don't know if you are faking.
You let the rain fall on your skin
Chasing rainbows that just ain't real
I don't know what colours your seeing
I don't know if you’re in my spectrum
Is it really that time again
Life flashes by like a bullet train
But you got off at the wrong station
Drifting

You came like a cosmic space drifter
You fell from grace, a shape shifter.
I don't know what planet your from
And u don't know what planet your on.
Your mind reflects the dark side of the moon.
Cold but mysterious eclipsing doom
You roam through the night cloak and dagger
Beyond space and time and matter.
Drifting

Where have u gone
When did you lose control
I can't reach you down in your hole
Like a sunken ship how did u stoop so low
Down in the ocean depths, way down deep below
Drifting

Paradise found

The gentle evening sun
Caresses my skin
like a young maidens
Soft hands.
Like bathing in a lake of love
paradise found

The sweet surrender of seduction
Carried me against my will
Ravaged by your beauty
A force so profound
In the garden we lay naked on the ground
Paradise found

My ancestors ways
Imprisoned in my bones
Weighs heavy on my heart
I am overcome
You make me stagger like a drunk weary soul, weary soul

Paradise found , paradise found
In the garden we lay naked on the ground
Paradise found (twice)

How did we ever get lost

Smouldering simmering

Yeah I'm still about
I'm still in with a shout
spreading by word of mouth
smouldering simmering

Yeah I've been hanging around
Tune in check out the sound
rumbling in the underground
Smouldering simmering

You know I haven't gone away
no matter what the people say
every dog has its day
my day is coming, real soon
I'm slow burning

Turn me up to boiling point
Stoke me up and light the fire
ignite me with the fuel I need
to let my soul bleed
Fan the flames, let it roar
Intensify my central core
to help me hit the road once more
I'll be smouldering simmering
slow burning

Ben Reel lyrics for the album `7th' (2015)

1 Lucky Streak

I went out searchin’, for love and grace

I met the man and he told me

Thing’ s shall fall right into place

Those who wait shall be rewarded

He said the last shall be first

Don’t hesitate when you reach it

Just trust your gut and instinct

Chorus

They say everything, It comes round my friend, comes round my friend

They say everything, is just a waiting round the bend

And we’ll get there in the end

I’m on a Lucky Streak

Gonna find that girl I wanna meet

Way down on lucky street

Things are just falling at my feet

Verse 2

I hit the ground running

And I swear I’m never going back

I went off the rails, but now I’m back on track

I caught the last train, just in the nick of time

Now I’m riding in to the sunset

Straight on down the line

Chorus

2 One Of These Days

I’ve been thinkin’, about a change of scenery

I’ve been looking for a different point of view

I’ve been struggling with the big picture

That’s in my head that I used to know for sure.

Chorus

These days , well I’ve been thinking about it

These days, got to do something about it

These days, one of these days.

Verse 2

I’m searchin’, for a new direction

Pull back the blinds let the sun that’s shining through

Don’t like the look of my own reflection

Woke up this morning in a mood for something new

Chorus

Bridge

One of these days, oh I’m gonna break the mold

One of these days, I’m gonna find my own way back home

Verse 3

I can’t drink as much as I used to

I can’t keep up tryin’ to run around after you

The world is changing gotta do what you’ve gotta do

No black or white just a different kinda blue

3 Crushed it

I fell for you, so hard and true

You where my everything

You held my heart in the palm of your hand

I was at you’re mercy baby

U squeezed it, U burst it, U crushed it

Verse 2

You lead me on, I was the last to know

It’s true that love is blind, I never read the signs

You held my heart in the palm of your hand

I was at you’re mercy baby

Chorus

U squeezed it, U burst it, U crushed it

U bleed it, U broke it, baby U crushed it

Bridge

Baby you’re so cruel

You played me for a fool

You held my heart in the palm of your hand

And then you crushed it

Rpt 1^st verse & chorus

4 Say

Baby will you wear my ring

Will u say I do

You’re the only woman that I want

I swear I swear I’ll be true

I know babe that you’re the one

And I’ll give all my heart to you

Please will u say u will

Will u be my girl, cause no one else will do

Chorus

Say you’ll love me for all time

Won’t u tell me so

Say you’ll love me all your life

I just gotta know

Verse 2

Baby you’re my fatal desire

Girl you set my soul on fire

I can’t live without you

Can’t breathe without you

So kiss me quick I’m dying

Baby in the dark of the night

I can’t get u out of my mind

I can’t sleep I’m tossing

Can’t sleep I’m turning

I need you right here by my side

Chorus

Please , please , please

Chorus

Please, do you love me, Tell me

5 God’s World (Ben Reel, David Olney, Sergio Webb)

In the cold heart of the night I hear my mother calling

Through the clatter and the clang of heavenly angels falling

From God’s world

I hear a woman cryin’, or was it really laughter

I hear a bullet flyin’, footsteps running after, God’s world

Chorus

God’s world can be a cold world

But it’s yours and it’s mine

It’s a hard world but it’s our world

The blind leading the blind leading the blind

Verse 2

Hold on to my hand, we don’t have much time now

We’ll cross this bleeding land

Try to find what’s left of God’s world

Chorus

6 Reflection Of The Blues (Ben Reel, John Hadley, Segio Webb)

chorus

When I look in the mirror

It couldn’t be clearer

The only thing I see is you leaving me alone

With the reflection of the blues

U told me that u loved me

Always thinking of me

Well I heard that one before

I cried and I cried

When I found out u lied

From the only one that tells me

The truth anymore

Chorus

You shattered my heart

The shards of glass

Are scattered all over the floor

I see my face a thousand times

And u walking out that door

chorus

7 Back On The Road

Chorus

I’ll be pulling out of here soon

Back on the road again

I’ll be heading off around noon

Back on the road

I’ll see you when I’m coming through

Back on the road

Verse 1

Sometimes it’s hard to say goodbye

Baby when I get back home I’ll make it all worthwhile

I’ll see when I see you again

You won’t find it coming around till next time

Chorus

I’ll be pulling out of here soon

Back on the road again

I’ll be heading off around noon

Back on the road

I’ll be coming to a place near you

Still singing those homesick blues

Back on the road

Verse 2

Roaming from town to town

Like a gypsy I keep travelling around

Always on the move

Oh the cat’s eyes are my guide

To follow the white lines

Through the night

Chorus

I’ll be pulling out of here soon

Back on the road again

I’ll be heading off around noon

Back on the road

I’ll see you when I’m coming through

Back on the road

I’ll be coming to a place near you

Still singing those homesick blues

Back on the road

I’m going back, I’m going back now now

8 MEANT TO BE

When I met you all those years ago

I got that feeling, when you just know

U shot a cupid arrow straight through my heart

I fell in love with u right from the start

Chorus

Yes It’s all meant to be

It’s all gonna work out for you and me

They say It’s all meant to be

Things are gonna work out for you and me

Verse 2

Like a force of nature, U hit me hard

And in a whirlwind I was caught

When I saw u, I was blown away

And we’re still dancing in the wind today

Chorus/ Bridge

All my sorrow, all my pain

You sucked the poison from me, you give me strength

Verse 3

Now we’re half way down the tracks

Baby don’t turn around, don’t look back

Cause it could turn us into pillars of stone

U know we’ve come too far down the road

Chorus

It’s all meant to be

9 Many A Time

Whiskey drenched night, beer stained floor

Smoked out room, ashtray filled morning

Close over the curtains, the sun will make you go blind

Tom Waits plays us out with Closing time

Chorus

Many a time, oh many’s a time

I’ve been here before oh many a time

Verse 2

Like trying to carry water in the palm of one hand

Like trying to grasp the mystery of God’s glories plan

Told all the secrets whispered in a dream

Wake up and it’s gone floating way down on stream

Chorus

Verse 3

Lost in confusion, lost in the haze

Lost in translation like a rat in a maze

Can’t break the circle or shatter the glass

Break all the old habits to be free at last

Chorus

Bridge

There’s something going

but nobody’s telling anybody what they know

There’s something going on behind the smoke and the mirrors

Most people just don’t wanna know

On a road that’s leading to nowhere

Chorus

10 Gimme Some Room

Haven’t much time

Just one life

I need some space to work it out

They say you talk about freedom

How does it feel

Baby don’t shout

You’re like a wagon wheel

Chorus

Gimme some room to mess about

Gimme some room to shake it out

Verse 2

Life’s too short

And you’re so young

Just one kiss

Baby we haven’t got long

Enjoy yourself

I hope you have fun

Cause you never know

When you’re day is done

Chorus

Bridge

I’m gonna say it again

Too many religions when there’s only one god in the sky

Too many kings when there’s only one king in the sky

Elvis Presley shake it out, come on Elvis

Verse 3

This circus is leaving

Time to bring on the clowns

It’s time to get off

This merry go round

You say you talk about freedom

How does it feel

Baby don’t shout

It’s whispering in the wind

Chorus

Gimme some room to mess about

Gimme some room to shake it out (rpt)

Oh let me shake it , I wanna shake it out

Watch me

11 Given It All

I’ve had it all and I’ve given it all

I’ve been around and I’ve seen it all before

I was here, I’ve been over there

I’ve been everywhere that’s been ever known

Chorus

How much more can I give

How much more have I got

You give yourself away

Maybe I’ve given it all

Verse 2

I’ve been reborn and I have died

I’ve passed through this way many’s of time

I’ve been shot and I’ve been stoned

I’ve been crucified up on that hill

Chorus

Bridge

For they whom have seen a glimpse of God’s mind

For they whom have seen the shining light

Won’t you please show me the way, show me

Verse 3

They say if there’s a will

Then you’ll find a way

Cause I’ve been a willing fool

And a price I’ve paid

I’ve been cursed but evenly blessed

And I hope I’ll be at peace when I rest

Chorus

12 Coming round Again

Hear the sound of the leaves blowin’

Rustling in the wind

Autumns here and winters coming

The birds flyin’ south with their songs

And you won’t hear them sing

Until the early days of spring

It will be coming round again

See the light in the evening is fading

All the harvest is in

The farmer kisses his wife saying

Rest now dear our work is done

And he’ll pray for the rain

In the early days of spring

It will be coming round again

Thanks be to God for his blessing

Feel the chill a north east wind blowin’

Siberian wind

My father tells me the snow is comin’

And I say Christmas won’t be long

And you’ll hear the church choir sing

And the sound of sleigh bells ringing

It will be coming round again

Hear the sound of the leaves blowin’

13 All Souls Alive

John Lennon shot in Manhattan

December 8^th 1980

A guy called Chapman blew him away

But his spirit still lives with us here today

The girl with the beautiful body

She,s just like a snail in a shell

When she gets old, she’s gonna wither and die

Where she gonna go, nobody can tell

Chorus:

Yeh where all souls alive (rpt)

Too many religions when there’s only one God

Too many decisions to make

Too many wars going on in this world

Someday they’ll drop all the bombs and blow us all away

Cos everybody wants to be a millionaire

With all that silver & gold

Tonight I just wanna breathe the air

Come on with me baby lets rock ‘n’ roll

Yeh we’re movin’ down the river

All souls tonight, Yeh we,re movin’ down the river

Rock ‘n’ rollin tonight

Yeh we,re movin’, movin’, movin’

Ah, won,t U move with me

Resurrection Man (Ben Reel, Tony McLoughlin)

I took 3 hundred lashes from a rhino hide bullwhip

And I lived to tell the tale.

I followed that bastard to the shores of lake Albert

Cut out his heart so they put me in jail

I busted out of that prison after 39 days, I cheated on the hangman

From the Congo river basin to the blue blue Nile

I blazied a trail of death and mayhem

Chorus

Surrendered in the heart of darkness, bloodied disabled disarmed

Resurrection man, that’s who I am

I was a black hearted villain on the opium trail

misery followed my name

Blood flowed down the Ganges as we butchered and maimed

On the highway from India

We loaded those ships on the banks of the Bengaul

Legalized drug warlords

Brought the Chinese empire to its knees, mercenaries for the queen

Chorus

I am a vengeful assassin and I’ll die by the sword

Murder mutiny and mayhem

Under the cry of seize burn and destroy

We are killer’s liars cheats and madmen

I carry many flags and use any and all deception

A pirate and a privater.

Emissary of pity when you’re begging please

I’ll be your judge when you’re pleading for mercy

A self annointed despot warrior messiah

wreaked havoc around this world

Resurrection Man , That’s who I am

Lyrics: Darkness & the Light album (2013)

1. Darkness and the Light

(Ohm padme siddhi ohm)

We’re walkin the tight rope, we’re walkin the fine line

Tryin to keep our balance, between the darkness and the light

We’re livin on the edge, on this great cosmic wheel

Spinnin thru the great void, between the darkness and the light

(Chorus)

We’re all half crazy, we’re all half insane

We’re all sailing on the same boat, on a sea of suffering

We’re walkin the tight rope, we’re walkin the fine line

Tryin to keep our balance, between the darkness and the light

We’re trapped in samsara, on this fragile blue world

Caught between the forces, between the darkness and the light

2. Fill Me Up

My mind is like a fragile glass, it gets shattered many times

Sometimes I get a little crazy, sometimes I’m on the borderline

Feels like I’m emply, runnin out of gas

My whole life feels like a critical mass

Pressure building, I’m gonna expload

Somebody help me with this heavy load

(Chorus)

Fill me up, I’m always half emply

Fill me up, I wanna be half full (rpt)

Fill me up with your love wine (rpt)

We’re livin in uncertain times, the end is near, the preacher cries

Quote revelations, prophets of doom, look at the fear in the peoples eyes

I wanna be on the winning side, gotta change the ways that I live my life

I’m ready for love, ready to fight

I’ve been in darkness, now I need the light

And when I feel your kiss, I’m alright again

And when I’m in your arms, I feel like a child again

3. River of Time

Waitin for a train, that never comes

Just can’t move, when I try to run

I’ve had that dream, a thousand times

Is it tryin to warn me, what does it mean

Just like a feather, floatin in the wind

Where will it take me, where will I end

(Chorus)

No Rhyme, nor reason

No Rhythm, nor rhyme

Just be a friend, to the river of time (rpt)

No beginning, there’s no end

To this river, I don’t understand

Just don’t push, against its flow

Take your hands off the wheel, just let it all go

Glorious mystery, will we ever know

Just surrender, and let it wash your soul

The truth is shattered, into a million pieces

That no man can put, together again

I look into the eyes, of a million faces

The answers are locked, deep inside their minds

The waters of wisdom, flow down to the sea

The ancient secrets, she holds the key

4. Watershed

There’s a watershed coming, no man can hide

There’s a watershed coming, cleansin tide

There’s a watershed coming, heed the warning signs

There’s a watershed coming, changin times

When I look at you, all I see is a soul diminished, soul diminishing

You’ve lost that sparkle in your eyes

That glint of light has nearly died

I hope there’s just enough light left

I hope there’s just enough light left to save your soul

5. Heart just won’t Heal

I don’t talk to strangers, keep it all to myself

I put on a smile, like everyone else, in this big old world, another face in the crowd

But when I look in your eyes, I understand somehow

(Chorus)

I know how it feels, I know how it feels, I know how it feels when your heart just won’t heal,

heart just won’t heal

You miss their love, someone who cares

You feel their presence everywhere, like a shadow, that just keeps hangin around

In the darkness, a loneliness profound

You can pray for a miracle, that never comes true

The best that you get, is someone to talk to

6. Could’ve Been

I’m a dangerous man on the streets of this town

Getting into fights on Saturday night

I’m drunk today and I’ll be drunk tomorrow

I’m down and I’m out, I’m too far gone

I’m so sorry that I hurt you

I’m so sorry for the things I done

(Chorus)

We could’ve been, together

It should have been, forever, amen

They say I’m past the point of rescue

They say I died the day I lost you

Well I don’t blame you for up and leavin

I wish I could turn back this clock of pain

You know I’ll always love you baby

But I know, I’ll never get the chance again

Maybe I’ll head out to California

Get some heat back into my bones

Another lost soul in the city of angels

Another drifter without a home

I pray to you lord for forgiveness

And I know, it comes down to you and me in the end

7. Before Your Time

The whiskey is a dear dear friend of mine

I love all my addictions, like to keep them by my side

I’m comfortably dysfunctional, I know no other life