All songs written by Ben Reel (unless stated)
© Copyright Ben Reel (IMRO)
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
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 2nd 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.
©℗2020 Ben Reel (IMRO) All Rights Reserved
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 where my everything
You held my heart in the palm of your hand
I was at you’re mercy baby
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
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 1st 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
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
It will be coming round again
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
It will be coming round again
Hear the sound of the leaves blowin’
13 All Souls Alive
John Lennon shot in Manhattan
December 8th 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
In the town where you grow old before your time
I’m headin down to the bookies once again
If my horse comes in at 10 /1, I’ll be feelin fine
Set me up for another day, of drinkin beer and wine
In the town where you grow old before your time
(Chorus)
It’s too late, for getting out (changing now)
It’s too late, there’s only one way down
It’s too late, I’m used to it now (I’m doin comfortably fine)
In the town where you grow old before your time
The state the system sedates you, society I’ve dropped out
It will numb you and kill the dreams you had, when you were a child
Gotta wake up kid, don’t do what I did, or life will pass you by
In the town where you grow old before your time
The Guiness is a dear old friend of mine
I love all my addictions, like to keep them near my side
I’ll bum another cigarette, another doobie to get me high
In the town where you grow old before your time
8. Counting down the Days
When the blue blue skies, turn into a night grey
Times goes slowly, everyday’s the longest day
I miss your love, oh my heart it aches
But it won’t be long now
I’m wishin time away
(Chours)
Counting down the days, counting down the days til I see you again
I see lonely faces, when I travel alone
I know how it feels, to be on your own
So roll on the day, roll on the day
Till I hold you again
Only your love, only your love
Can drown my pain
The nights are lonesome, and the days are long
It feels like years now, since I’ve geen gone
So put me on a train, put me on a train
Put me on a plane, put me on a plane
Back to the rain, homeward bound
9. When I was a Boy
Cleanse my soul, shiny new
Crystal clear blue, pure and true
Save yourself, it’s up to you and no-one else
Save yourself, this is the last chance to be blessed
(Chorus)
When I was a boy, I’d come a runnin back to you
When I was a boy, everything was simple
Oh lord, can you hear me, oh lord can you hear me, oh lord can you hear me pray
Love walked into the house of lust
Came out withered, turned to dust
Can you feel it, the world is hangin by a thread
Can you see it, the dead dancing with the dead
Peace god willing, peace be with you
Can’t we have peace now, stop the killing
Good vibrations, is so much better for your heart
Soul of nations, risin up for a brand new start
10. Flickering Light
We could’ve been good together, you and I
We could’ve walked off into the sun
Life doesn’t always work out, as you plan
You don’t always end up with the one
When it feels like God has forsaken you
When it feels like your world has stopped turning
(Chorus)
Light up this flickering light
Just as sure as the sun still rises, in the east
Just as sure as the sun sets in the west
I’m not that sure anymore, what to believe in
It’s hard to trust anyone, anymore in this mess
When it feels like God has forsaken you
When it feels like your world has stopped turning
Light up this flickering light
Oh my love, I’ll give you all I,ve got to give you
Oh my love, give me one more chance to try to put things right
We could’ve been good together, you and I
We could’ve walked off into the sun
Light up this flickering light
11. Place in the Sun
Got this feelin that my numbers are comin in
I keep on losing but this time I know I’m gonna win
I’m anticipating, ready and waitin for the starting gun
I’ll take my chances, my luck is in, I’m on the run
(Chorus)
My time has come, for my place in the sun
I can feel it comin up, my dreams are finally comin true
I’m getting ready for the final push, I’m gonna conquer all my blues
Im coming up on the inside as my darkside begins to fade
I scored the winner, now I’m no longer in the shade
If I leave here tomorrow, would anybody care
Life goes on behind the shadows, shades of sorrow and despair
Everyday the wheel keeps turning as time just slips away
I’m not waitin for tomorrow, I’ve got my engines runnin,
Now it’s time to seize the day
I’ll be the last man standing, I’ll go the distance, all the way
12. You’re Not Alone
(Chorus)
You’re not alone, even in the darkest night, you’re not alone, you’re not alone
Even when the sun ain’t shining, and you can’t see the light of the day
Every cloud has a silver lining, keep searching and you’ll find your way, back to the one
Don’t lose faith, your time will come
Your mind runs wild on fire, burning on the fuel of fear
Don’t let the beast devour you
Let those bad thoughts just disappear, hold on to me dear
And I promise calm waters are near
Oh my darling, I’ve been crying
I miss your sweet love, it cuts like a knife
Often I dream about her, she’s never to far from my heart
A million light years of time and space, can never keep us apart
Oh we’ve still got the spark
13. What Is Done
The door is closed, there’s no going back
Don’t beat yourself up, you can’t change the past
Your future is now, your moment is here
For what is done, cannot be undone
Descartes said ‘I think therefore I am’
That’s all we have, we’re like a house built on sand
So use all your reason, and go ahead with your plan
For what is done, cannot be undone
Forgive yourself, or you will not be forgiven
Forgive yourself, or you can’t go on a livin
Just say you’re sorry, and look straight ahead
For what is done, cannot be undone
All the mistakes that you made
Are now part of you, are now part of you
If there was one thing that you could change,
What would you do, what would you do
We gotta learn from the past, from mistakes that were made
You can’t turn the clock back,
You can’t take back what you said
So forgive eachother, for we’re all to blame
For what is done, cannot be undone
14. I’ve Been Away
I’ve been away, I’ve been outa town
What can I say, I just aint been around
Call out the search lights, call all the posse
I just couldn’t stay
I remember your face, the day I left just seems like yesterday
I’ve been away, I’ve been outa town
T’was lead astray, I’ve been outa bounds
Since I’ve been gone alot has changed ‘round here
Some strange faces, different atmosphere
You fill me in on whose all died and whose been saved
(chorus)
When you’re too far gone to remember
When you’re too far gone to change
I’ve been away, I’ve been outa town
What can I say, I just aint been around
Things are fallin to pieces, its the sign of the times
People led astray
Just keep your head down, keep your ear to the ground,
Until the storm passes away
I’ve been away, I’ve been outa town
T’was lead astray, I’ve been outa bounds
I’ve been struggling with demons
I’ve been fighting the fight
I’ve slayed them with the sword
It’s plain sailin from here, now I’m with you
Together we’re gonna reach the shore
15. Our Father’s Sins (Ben Reel, Tony McLoughlin)
In the days of celtic dreams
Innocent child wild and free
Ancient voices callin me, feel the heartbeat
And I walked in the sun
Thru the gap in the hill
And the blood of my past, rose up with a thrill
Feel the heartbeat, feel the heartbeat
(Chorus)
In the cold winds that blow
In from stormy seas
And we’re rollin back the stone, of history
And the glories of our past
Comes risin from within
And we know, we’ve seen the last
Of our father’s sins
This old land lost it’s soul
Wicked ways took control
Forgotten wisdom of old, lays awaiting, in the mist
Take me back to golden days
Follow the laylines and passageways
Sacred mountains, holy streams, drink the waters of healing
Drink the waters, of healing
(Lyrics) Time To Get Real album (2009)
1. Rainy Night
I’ve been thinkin bout home now lately
Been thinkin bout all those good times
I’ve been thinking bout my childhood memories
Playing football in the fields in the summer
I’ve been wonderin bout my old school friends
And the sweetheart that I used to fancy
Is she married, where is she now
Would she still catch my eye in a crowd now
Ooh, it’s a rainy night in Ireland, whats new
It’s a rainy night but I’m still missin you
It’s a rainy night
See I left my home many years ago
Went to work in New York city
I’ve travelled around this whole world I’ve roamed
Settled down with a girl in Sydney
I have’nt been back in a long time now
Got me thinking it’s been overdue
I Called my Mother on the telephone
What’s the latest news from home now
Ooh, I dream of you, when I’m gone
Ooh, I’ve yearned for you, for so long
I’m missin you
2. .Summers Always Here.
Summer’s always here when your around
Leaves never fallin to the ground
I hear you whispering in my ear
Have no fear
When the evening sun goes down
And the darkness fills the room
When the twilight shadows fall
And the dogs howl at the moon
Your like the warm summer sun that’s rising
Feel your warm love in my heart
Melting away the cold ice of winter
The storms have passed
There’s a new life on the way
Summer’s always here when your around
Leaves never fallin to the ground
I hear you whispering in my ear
Have you fear
Leave my troubles at the door
Don’t feel like suffering anymore
You seem to calm my troubled mind
Everytime
I can feel your warm love rising
I’ll lay down where you lay
Melting away my cold heart of winter
Spring has sprung
And there’s a new life on the way
(Inspired by Mick Galvin playing Pat Cunnane’s Piano @ 6 a.m one lovely summers morning)
3…..Feel Alive.
Can you feel, Can you feel your heart beatin next to mine, next to mine
Do you believe, do you believe our love will last for all time, for all time
All this pain and suffering makes you feel alive, it makes you feel alive
Can you feel, can you feel our hearts are breaking all the time, all the time
Your never free, your never free until you free your crazy mind, crazy mind
Feel the heat, feel the heat whenever your soul crosses the line, crosses the line
You can’t conceal, you can’t conceal away your sins when you die, when you die
4……Keep on Drivin.
Maybe my darkness will drive me to my light
Maybe the day will drive out the night
It takes a long time for a big tree to grow
Just like my spirit, I ain’t gonna push the flow
There’s a lot of road between us
So I’ll keep on drivin, keep on drivin
Maybe my black will turn into white
Maybe your love will light up my life
It will take a while to grow
But that seed has been sown
Just like a pebble into water
The ripples keep on goin
Lets break out of jail and be free
Lets break out of jail and be free
I’ve been stuck in this place for many years I don’t know
Let’s break out of jail and I’ll come runnin home to you
5…..Time Just Slips Away
Remember back the days when I was a child and not a worry in the world
And when I fell I cried and ran into the comfort of my mother’s arms
Those endless summer days, the sun would shine
I wish it could always stay this way
But now I’m 35 I’ve lost the peace of mind of that child at heavens gates
Time just slips away
Oh time, just slips away
Take me back down the road where I was born and raised, oh take me home
Bring me back to the fields of love and dreams so I can dream again
Breathe in the air of the countryside
The fresh breeze is the wind from the angels wings
And I hope that I grow old and wise
Like you my Father, and mistakes I learn from them.
Remember your life is just a dream
6……Looking For A Lost Horizon.
Why do all the pacifists get shot
Without Lennon, King and Gandi
This world will rot
Got to pick up the pieces of great men before
What’s wrong with peace and love and end all war
You spend your life looking for a lost horizon
An idealist vision of a better world
It’s a cruel irony, when you think you,ve got what you wanted
Life hits you a killer punch and takes it away
If you want to make a stand against the powers that be
Like great hero’s before like James Connolly
Who fought for justice and died for it
So his people could be free so never forget
Like a cloud evaporating in the sky
Will our dreams and visions just pass and die
Like a God shaped hole just filled with sand
Just an empty desert, no promised land
(Aunt Mimi’s last words to John Lennon, 1 hour before he was shot dead in N.Y city) “You spend your life looking for a lost Horizon”)
7…..Who You Are.
This whole world is full of sin
Don’t let this evil win
Just put your faith in peace and love, put your faith in peace and love
When the skies are fallin down
And earthquakes shake this ground
Just put your faith in peace and love, put your faith in peace and love
Then you’ll know just who you are
Then you’ll know just who you are
When you realize your power
It will be your finest hour
Just put your faith in peace and love, put your faith in peace and love
When your on the right road home
Riding towards that golden sun
Just put your faith in peace and love, put your faith in peace and love
Oh I believe in, oh I believe in, oh I believe in, Love
Got to search your soul within
There you,ll find your central being
Just put your faith in peace and love, put your faith in peace and love
(Inspired by The Power of Now: Eckhart Tolle)
8….. Raise Your Glass.
What was I thinking, thinking
I don’t know, I don’t know
What was I dreaming, dreaming
I don’t know, I don’t know
So raise your glass now
A warm summers evening, is’ redeemin
See you glow, see you glow
Live in the moment, the moment
Feel the flow, feel the flow
Watch close and listen, listen
Move in slow, move in slow
Open your vision, your vision
We pass and go,we pass and go
9…… Old & Wise.
It’s the end of the world when your heart stops beatin
When your body gets cold, you start loosing the feelin
But I ain’t gonna die for a long time yet
I’ll be around for a long time, you can bet
Well I hope that I grow old and wise
See the Autumn days of my life
With you my love still by my side
Oh I hope that I grow old and wise
Don’t wanna overdose like a rockin-roll star
Or choke on my vomit after whiskey in the jar
I’m getting fire in my belly now the older I get
I’m gonna live my life with no regret
Don’t wanna burn out like a shooting star
Or end up in a wreckage in a flash sports car
I wanna cruise down the motorway when I’m 75
With my guitar in the back and my woman by my side
Well I hope that I grow old and wise
Live the twilight years of my life
With you my love still by my side
Oh I hope that I grow old and wise
10…..Time To Get Real.
Time, your ahead of your time
You read between the lines, one step ahead of the rest
You lead the way, and I’ll follow your line
You’re just one of a kind, yeh a beautiful mind
Its Time to get real,to get a grip of reality
Time for the truth to be told
For the mystery to unfold,yeh it’s time
Time to break free
Loosen the chains, part the sea
Follow your heart, make the blind see
To see through the lies, and the false prophecy
Are you ready this time, to walk the line
To follow the signs
Don’t look back to the past
You’ve got to live in this time
Just taste the sweet wine
From the best grape of the vine
Just taste the sweet wine
I can see the clouds are clearing
I can see the clear blue skies
I can feel my fear is fading
Blowin away your seeds of doubt
Just cast them out
(Written in Ina & Bernard Rexwinkle’s house in Aalten, Holland, my great Dutch friends)
11….. Old Bog Road.
Seasons change as people come and go
Life and death is the endless flow
Want to find the answers
Want the story to be told
Ain’t gonna quit mining for the gold
Wanna find a reason before I go
Before they take my body, down that old bog road
You feel it comin when the cold north wind blows
Send a chill right through your bones
Hear the banshee crying through the crackle of the storm
Hear the dogs howling at the moon
Wanna find a reason before I go
Before they take my body, down that old bog road
Lyrics: New Horizon album (2007)
1.
Pre destination prayer
Everybody’s got a destination
Sometimes happy & sometimes sad
Everybody’s got a destination
Sometimes good,and sometimes bad
Understand my friend
You got it comin in the end (rpt)
(Hope for the glory Amen)
Everybody’s got a destination
God only knows the road ahead
Everybody’s got a destination
And your beds already made
(middle 8)
Everybody’s got a destination
Your life story is already told
Everybody’s got a destination
But getting there is a winding road
2.
Come out from within
We’re all living in a delusional life
Trapped in the samsara of this world
Chaos, uncertainty, impermanence & fear
Is the nature of this universal game
Like a dancing flame, out in the wind & rain
Your gonna blow out for certain
Your gonna suffer the pain
Karma is gonna get you, if you don’t get there first
Chorus:
Got 2 waken up yourself
Time to shed your skin,Got 2 waken up yourself, come out from within
Haven’t been to many places
But I don’t care too much anyway
Cos if you go you’ve gotta take yourself
Explore the mind before you sail the seas
Don’t have to go to India
To find yourself within
Don’t have to climb the highest mountain
To wash away your sin
The blind leads the blind
As we walk this earth aimlessly
Every heartbeat, is like a heartbeat away
Every second is of precious time
If you’ve done something good
For somebody in this world
then you’ve done something worthwhile
You’re past is like a dream
future a fear unseen
You wake up in the night, scared & screaming
Then U realize, your life is full of emptiness
3.
Hell in ur own head
Well if this is it, it makes no sense at all
Hell in ur own head
Eternal trip a groundhog day
Hell in ur own head
All mixed up words that don’t mean a thing
Hell in ur own head
Your life is played back like a 5 minute film
Hell in ur own head
Well take this cup away give me eternal fire
Hell in ur own head
Am I a tortured soul that’s stuck in the mire
Hell in ur own head
A lunatic for endless time
Hell in ur own head
Is this my sentence for all my crimes
Hell in ur own head
Well if this is what its all about
We’re all fucked & nobody’s getting out
10.
For U and I
I see one magpie outside my window
The signs are bad,I don’t wanna go out there no more
The vibes are bad between you and me
This house is filled with a bad energy
Do you get the feeling that we ain’t gonna make it at all
Chorus:
When the night comes & darkness about to fall
Are we ready to quit and lose it all
Got to get ourselves out and start breathin again
This ain’t no way for you and I live
You see your own little world outside your window
Everyone got there own little reality
Your’s is maybe different than mine
We’re 2 separate worlds that collide
Most people don’t think about it they just let it be
See a rainbow in the sky now the storm subsiding
I feel the wind has changed maybe there’s hope for us all
Things ain’t that bad when you look what you’ve got
More than enough, more than a lot
Hey look on the bright side, I’m sick of complaining
5.
Orbit
Spin yourself slowly into my orbit
Spin yourself slowly into my world
U comfort me
With an angels kiss
Send shivers down my spine
As I feel your bliss
Spin yourself slowly into my orbit
Spin yourself slowly into my world
Sink or swim
I just want to be with u my love
Like a lighthouse in the night
I’ll guide u in
Strange sky under the full moonlight
Like a lover’s eye
Watching me through the clouds
Feel your heartbeat
In my soul to keep
I don’t want to wake up
From this lucid dream
Spin yourself slowly into my orbit
Spin yourself slowly into my world
I’ll bury my heart
At the end of your rainbow
I’ll go there in the end
And find gold
4.
When will we every be free
What about the native American Indian
The cherokee the Sioux, the cheynee the apache
The Navahos & Utes too
They took their land & freedom, killed off the buffollo
Their aim to wipe them out, left them no place left to go
They butchered their women & children, buried their hearts at wounded knee
Turned the white snow to red, with the blood of the cheynee
What is this world coming to, I just don’t know
Welcome to the new world order, the white man’s sown
Chorus:
When will we ever, really be free
When will be ever, really be free
Trapped in a cage of so called democracy
When will we ever, really be free
They killed off the spirit, evaporate the soul
Turned us all into cyborg robots, under their control
Brainwash our minds with lies, try to put into line
The truth will always suffer, lost through time
History is always told by the conquerers and winners
The losers are betrayed as the evil do’ers & sinners
Over 400 years ago in a place called San Salvador
Christopher Columbus landed on the shore
Took the natives all for slaves, turned paradise into desert sand
Nothing much has changed in the empire of the new land
Money is the new God, and that God is greed
The more & more they take, the more & more they need
6.
Waitin for U
Saw U on the street just the other day, 2 U
might as well have been a million miles away, your hair
Flowing long touched my skin as U passed me by
Sent a shiver down my spine U know it nearly blew my mind
Chorus:
I cant stand here forever
Waitin for U (rpt)
Seen this girl on the street just the other day,
She looked into my eyes nearly took my breath away
She could, be my soul mate the one to share the rest of my life
But we passed like 2 strangers
Like 2 ships in the night
Going down, to my local fill me up with a feed of drink
When u’r lonely, in the dark of night you’ve got too much time to think
In this bar, same old faces, same old tunes playin, every night
Some people like it like that
But tonight I’ve got to change my life
Fade:
I let U slip away
I let U off my line
But U ain’t gonna get away
Next time
11.
Frightening
Well I walked to the top of the mountain
Life seems so insignificant below
Closer to the edge
I’m scared of this feelin, I can’t find no place to go
Does that sky really meet that sea
Maybe that’s the place babe where U & me should be
If you’re too scared to fly, just hold my hand, close your eyes
And dream, we’re walkin through the moonlight
Chorus:
Cos I’m frightened of life, frightened of love
Frightened of dying, wasting my time
I’m frightened of losing my soul
Standing on the edge of something baby
It’s to dangerous, please don’t follow me
Cos my eyes have gone blind to the ones I left behind
And I’ve lost all sight of what’s in front of me
The road is long and the dust I rise
From beneath my feet, will blind the search for me
Well my cup of waters empty
And my throats feelin dry
I feel my skins getting older
And I’ve wandered long miles
At the end of the road, I see a shining light
With a smile I walk out of the darkness to find my soul
Losin U, Losin my soul
12.
Meet U again
When our days are finally over
And our time is finally spent
My brothers and my sisters
We all walk this road together
Lets face our own mortality
Not the illusion of this reality
Ain’t nothing gonna last forever
Things just keep on a changing
Chorus:
When will I see U again my friend
Something new begins when things come to an end
When will I see U again my friend
One day somewhere I’m gonna meet U again
It’s gonna take your love to raise me
It’s gonna take your love to heal me
And love will finally conquer
And all good will prevail evil
I’ll walk with U my brothers
I’ll walk with U my sisters
And we’ll all become the dreamers
Imagine all the people
Middle 8:
we’re all born into this life kickin & screamin
And we spend our whole life
Trying to find some meanin in this world
Tryin to seach for something to believe in, to believe in
9.
Lonely Ship
I was a sailorman never found myself a wife
Worked my fingers to the bone
I lived a solitude life
Married to the ocean, sailed the seven seas of life
Now I’m old and weather beaten
I’m washed up with the tide
Chorus:
The lonely ship is waitin for me
I’m lost at sea
Somebody save me
I’ve had many a lovers in every port & town
Broke many of hearts
I could never settle down
I had a gypsy’s soul, kept a wanderin around
Now I’m just a wise old fool
I miss the oceans sound
Got to wash my soul in the waters, wash my dirty hands clean
Getting ready for the last voyage
I pray my soul will be redeemed
Like a wave on the ocean, I’ll blend back into the sea
Dissolve into the deep
Into this universal dream
7.
Westcoast
Chorus:
Headin out 2 the westcoast of America
Where dreams turn real in the pacific wind
I’m gonna hit that trail where the girls have golden skin
So Im Headin out 2 the westcoast of America
I’m California dreamin, I’m headin out to win
I’ve got this gut feelin, somethings bout to begin
Many have fallen on this yellow brick road
But I’ve had the callin, so I’ve just gotta go
Gonna hang out with old hippies, in Haight Street up in San Francisco
Wanna smoke some California grass down in San Diego
In the morning I’ll be leavin, I’ll be hittin the road
Headin out the westcoast, to find my silver & gold
I see a new horizon, like a mirage in the sun
In a previous life, I saw how the west was won
So I’m headin out 2 the west coast of America(rpt)
Well I’m sick of this rain back in the old homeland
I’m headin straight into the sun, where there’s golden sand
8.
All Souls Alive
John Lennon shot in Manhattan
December 8th 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
And probably end up goin to hell
Chorus:
Yeh where all souls alive (rpt)
Too many religions when there,s only one God
Too many decisions to make
Too many wars goin 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
13.
New Horizon
Wake up now
There’s a new horizon (rpt)
When our day is done
I’ll meet you there
I’ll meet you there When our time has come
I’ll meet you there
I’ll meet you there
14.
When the Summers Gone
When the summers gone
U and I will sit and cry a little
And we’ll die a little
Like when you’ve lost someone
We’ll be forever young
We’ll sit and laugh & drink & fly a little
And your smile will light
Up like the evening sun
When U love someone
U will see the sunshine
Out of their eyes, like a morning sunrise
Until thy kingdom come
When the summers gone
You and I will sit and cry a little
And we’ll die a little
Like when you’ve lost someone
And now that time has come, to fly
Lyrics from previous albums 1999 -2004
SWEET VICTORY
Sweet victory gonna make it happen baby Free the melody (rpt)
I'm sick of all you DJs hangings to good for you and all you A&R record company fat cats
Go funk yourself funk you
Take your manufactured pop corporation rock puppets on a string
Teaching monkeys how to sing and stick it where the sun don't shine
Because your production line is running out of time
running out of phoney clones and corny tunes
you see I'm coming up behind not afraid to speak my mind I think it's about time
I busted through, I busted through
I can't take it anymore, time to settle up the score, time to start a revolution
time for the soul solution baby this is war
Sweet victory gonna make it happen baby Free the melody
I've been through some bad times I've been down this road before
I've been through the mill had my fill lost the thrill lost the will
But I still come back for more
13 years of sweat and tears humping dear drinking beer it's all I know how to do
I've lived my dream without a bean
But I found myself a beauty queen along the way
I walked tall through it all I've got my pride a fire inside like a fighter who keeps coming,
like a fighter who keeps coming
I can't take it any more time to bust through every door time to start a revolution
time for the funky solution baby this is war
Chorus
Free at up now Free at up
Cosmic Shifting
I’ve been drifting like a space man
In the great void galaxtacly confused
I’ve been travelling through this milkyway
Out of my body a body I’ve abused
Got to raise up my mind
Up to the higher ground
Got to lift up my soul, up to worlds unknown
chorus
Comic shifting, cosmic drifting, cosmic shifting
Maybe I’m out of this world
I’m an alien from a parallel universe
Travelled through a worm hole
To bring peace & love to all the earth
If u only knew what I knew
It would really blow your mind
If u only seen what I seen
Freak out all mankind
Got to raise up my mind
Up to the higher ground
Got to lift up my soul, up to worlds untold
Chorus
This is bigger than life, this is bigger than you, this bigger than me
Chorus
Comic shifting, cosmic drifting, cosmic shifting
Maybe I’m out of this world
Angels Calling
Well I need u now
More than ever I needed u before
How did we loose eachothers footsteps in the sand
Comfort the one, who needs u most
Give her the love and anything and everything that she needs
Never meant to turn my back on U
Forgive me now all I want is U
I hear U tonight forget all my sorrow
Chorus
Angels calling me again (rpt)
Show me, Oh show me the way, I’m listening
Wild is the night, that batters and bruises me
Look at me now, deteriorating life light I am
Shelter from storm, heat from the fire
That’s burning from U, feed off the flesh
The blood the love U sacrificed
Oh won’t u please take me back again
Heal the wounds and ease the pain
I hear u tonight forget all my sorrow
Chorus
Angels calling me again (rpt)
Show me, Oh show me the way, I’m listening
On a peace night fields are covered in a virgin white snow
And the moon shines like a torch
Making earth look like heaven below
As I feel your touch a warmth that comforts me
I’m back again this time I ain’t gonna never let go (rpt)
I’m back again, I’ll never let u go
I hear u tonight forget all my sorrow.
Chorus
Angels calling me again (rpt)
Show me, Oh show me the way home I’m listening
Hear them calling, listen
LOST IN THE HAZE (song lyrics)
PEOPLE CALLING ON THE HUMAN RACE LIVING ON THIS PLANET
JUST A TINY SPECK IN SPACE, IMAGINE THERES NO GOD, PEOPLE
NO HEAVEN ABOVE US NO HOLY LORD
PEOPLE ARE U AFRAID TO DIE
TO LEAVE ALL YOUR FAMILY AND LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND
PEOPLE UNDER THE MYSTERIOUS SUN THE MOON AND THE STARS
LOOK INTO THE GREAT BEYOUND PEOPLE
YOU’VE GOT TO FREE YOUR MIND TO SAVE ALL MANKIND
TO SAVE ALL MANKIND
WHO ARE WE TO KNOW THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING
WE,RE LOST IN THE HAZE
PEOPLE LIVING IN THE WORLD TODAY
SEARCHING FOR SALVATION FIND A GOD FOR U TO PRAY
PEOPLE TELL ME WHAT DO U FEAR SURRONDED BY EVIL
WHEN PARADISE IS NEAR PEOPLE
WHO KNOWS WHOS RIGHT OR WRONG
THE ORDINARY MAN THE CHURCH OR THE POLITICIAN
PEOPLE GIVE THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE
I DON’T BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY SAY repeat
RELIGION INCITES DEVISION
THE PEOPLE NEED THE ONE ,THE ONE VISION
SCIENCE IS SPECULATION
WE,RE ALL UNDER INVESTIGATION
MUSIC IS MY FREEDOM MYSPIRITUAL HEALING
MY MUSIC IS MY CREATION LIFE IS MY CELEBRATION
STILL DON’T KNOW WHERE IM GOIN WHERE IM COMING FROM
EVERYDAY PEOPLE WHERE DO WE BELONG
WHERE DO WE BELONG
Feelin Kinda Funky
You've got to move with me baby
Feelin kinda funky funky funky
You’ve got to groove with me baby
Feelin kinda sexy sexy sexy
You’ve got to move like a cagey tiger
Hunting for your prey on the dance floor
Prowling in the shadows, stalking your victim
Creeping up slowly for the kill
You’ve got to move with me baby
There’s no use putting up a fight
You’ve got to groove with me baby
Cause there’s no way I’m gonna let u get out of my sight
chorus
Come on get down Come on get down down down down
to the funky sound.
Come on get down down down down
You’ve got to move with me baby yeh
Feelin kinda funky funky funky
You’ve got to groove with me baby yeh
Feelin kinda sexy sexy sexy
You’ve got to move with me baby
There’s a full moon out tonight
You’ve got to groove with me baby
I’m gonna take u as high as a kite
Im gonna feel your skin so smooth
We’re gonna get right down put u into the mood
I’m gonna kiss your body all over
I’m gonna give u such a thrill before I go for the kill
C’mon get down
Chorus
bridge
Night falls down like a sleazy lover
The hunter comes out when the sun goes down
Night is the time for the funky people
Vampires and ghouls all funkin around
C’mon get down
Chorus
You've got to move
Feelin kinda funky (rpt)
Once in a Lifetime
When you feel so free, like a bird flying so high
And you’re gliding across the moon, silhouetted by the light
All the places I’ve been, all the faces that I’ve seen
All the colours of the sunsets are locked in my mind
Give me the mood, give me the groove
Give me the words that I’ve long to write
And we’ll fly to the moon
This moment is just once in a life
Chorus:
Don’t wanna lose it (rpt), it’s once in a lifetime
Give me soul sweet melody, let me hit that perfect key
And the gold and the riches in my heart you will find
I’ve been drifting through my life
Floating through these days and nights
Trying to reach that satellite to beam me across the world
Give me the mood, give me the groove,
Give me the words that fit so right
And we’ll fly to the moon, This moment is just once in a life
Chorus
Just wanna find my soul, just wanna feel at home
Just wanna reach your heart and make you feel part
Just carry that heavy cross, through all the pain and loss
And if I can make you smile, help you walk that extra mile
So let the people sing, so let the music begin
Let the freedom bells ring, and love will be king
Don’t lose this feeling, don’t lose this feeling
it’s just once in a life.
chorus
Don’t wanna lose it, this feeling (rpt).
THIS IS THE MOVIE
Life in a traffic jam, no longer knowing who I am
Floating like a space probe, picking up what I can
my spirit is dying , I can't find no soul
where is my heaven , where is my home
Chorus
This is the movie , This is the flight
This is the mission , This is you're life
you got to walk to the light
2nd verse
God won't you come now
I feel I'm in danger
I hope when you find me
I won't seem like a stranger
I want inspiration , I need stimulation
I need some electric to get it to roll
chorus
3rd verse
I had a beautiful vision of a beautiful world
with beautiful people I had a beautiful girl
wake up from you're daydream remember your name
today is the day and then tomorrow's the same
Chorus
QUEEN OF ALL ROSES
Come with me now give me sweet inspiration
And I will be with you always
Ill sing you a song my sweet Irish nation
She is the Queen of all Roses
chorus
Drown your sorrows throw them into the sea
We could happy we could be free
She is the Queen of all Roses, She is the Queen of all Roses
Dance with now, give me sweet inspiration
And I will be with you always
There’s dance in her eyes
Her beauty is sparkling
She is the Queen of all Roses
chorus
Drown your sorrows throw them into the sea
We could happy we could be free
She is the Queen of all Roses, She is the Queen of all Roses
Where is romance, where is romancing
Where is romance, It disappeared with the winter snow, wow ho no
Run through the forest oh where did you go
Like a rose in November lost in the snow
And I hear winter is dying, And I hear winter is dying
And I hear winter is dying.
Hold me now it won’t be long now
Hold me now it won’t be long now
And I’ll sing this song for you now
And I’ll sing this song for you now
And you’ll hear this song when winter has gone
And you’ll hear this song when spring time comes around
Yeh She’s my Queen of all Roses
Yeh She’s my Queen of all Roses
She’s my Queen, Queen of all Roses
Christmas is here
I went outta walking way downtown on shopping street
I gotta talking to nearly everyone I'd meet
Hear those bells ringing in my ears
People bustling
It's that time of the year
Christmas is here
Hey there johnny I haven't seen you in over 16 years
Do you fancy going down to the local for a pint
For a few festive beers
We gotta catch up and talk about the old times
Take a trip , lets walk down memory lane
Hey johnny, remember Suzy, she was so fine, she could've been mine
I wonder where is she
Clinging glass (Raise You’re Glass), laughs and cheers
Maybe she'll come in tonight (Slainte buddy)
It's that time of the year
Christmas is here, my favourite time of the year
Christmas is here
Angels are singing, while lovers are swinging
Drunkards are drinking, another years passed away
Christmas is here
It's Christmas Eve, Santa is coming
I still believe, I still believe
The Contender (McLoughlin & Reel)
I Stepped in to the ring, I stood toe to toe
I Stared him right in the eye
The first bell rang , I came out punching,
But he caught me by suprise
I fell back on the ropes took some heavy
But I held my guard up high
(chorus)
I am The Contender (1)
My Blood on the canvas , the world spinning round
The sting of the grease in my eye
But I fought out of the corner ,I moved back to the centre
I showed him my will to survive
(chorus)
I am The contender (rpt 2)
(bridge)
Roll with the punches, get hit and hit back
Its the name of the game
who's gonna stop the fight
(solo)
I Feint to the left , lead with my right
I take my chance and let the big one fly
And the bigger they come the harder they fall
Ill be the last man standing ill beat them all
(chorus)
I am the contender (rpt 4)
Rise like the Sun
Oh my love, without you my heart is breaking
Oh my love, the pangs of pain I feel
Oh my love, my fiery soul is aching
Oh my love, only you can bring me peace
Chorus:
In the morning light, we'll be as one
We shall rise like the sun, we shall rise like the sun
Oh my love, wipe away those tears your crying
Oh my love, open up your champagne eyes
Oh my love, soon I'll hold you in my arms
Oh my love, drown in the pleasure of your charms
Chorus
And in this dream will never die
This Christmas Time
Chorus
Into the love of your arms (rpt)
I’m so glad I’ve got somewhere to dwell
This Christmas Time
Baby It’s cold outside
Just want to lay next to u in your warm bed
Listening to Sam Cooke on the radio
As we sip on another glass of red
And I think of all the lonely people in the world tonight
And I feel blessed, as I kiss u on your sweet lips
Mistletoe above our heads
Chorus
Into the love of your arms (rpt)
I’m so glad I’ve got somewhere to dwell
This Christmas Time
I miss u when I’m gone
I can’t wait till I get home
I’m driving through the snow
They’re saying outside its nine below zero
I see the North star shining bright
Like the 3 wise men it is my guiding light
I trust the angels will take me home tonight
And everything’s gonna be alright
Chorus
Into the love of your arms (rpt)
I’m so glad I’ve got somewhere to dwell
This Christmas Time
I can hear , I can hear jingle bells, This Christmas Time
Oh I’m so glad I’ve got somewhere to dwell
This Christmas Time
Bohemian Grove
Ain't going down to Bohemian Grove that's where the rich man gonna sell their souls don't join the club at the Bohemian Grove
the world we know ain't the world you know
I wanna die before I die, to wake up and find out that you can never die
The truth is out and your game is done
let's rid this world of you devil sons
End all wars and feed the poor
don't bury your head in the sand no more
I wanna die before I die to wake up and find out that you can never die
Wake up now better heed the call
got to rid this world of evil once and for all
the time is come and the end is near
but if you believe in love then you'll have no fear
I wanna die before I die to wake up and find out that you can never die
Unmovable mover
Ladies and gents boys and girls male or female he or she rich or poor old and young
greed or hunger freedom of slavery to be or not to be
Plus or minus ying and yang woman and man is all gods plan he is nothing and everything not being just being the unmovable mover who start a movement that never moves.
High or low north and south east and west right or left reality or illusion energy and matter, empty or full happy or sad healthy or sick dead or alive come and go heads or tails success or failure hope and despair faith or proof above or below, yes or no, darkness and light, black or white good and evil, Satan our God, desire or self control, war and peace, love and hate, Saints and sinners.
Saved or damned, angels and Demons, wisdom and ignorance, and anger and calm enlightenment or fear, joy and suffering liberation or fear, night and day, moon or sun, life and death, past and future, now and then, space and time, stop or run