All songs written by Ben Reel (unless stated) 

© Copyright Ben Reel (IMRO)

 

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 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