Are You Going To Hear The Music
I know where you’re goin’
You’re goin’ to see us
The crowd’ll be warming and starting to buzz
When we come on
You can keep on staring
We’re gonna play so tight
All the crowd’ll be starin’ the rest of the night
When we come on
Hit the stage we’re gonna throw the power
Gonna get there in under an hour
Gonna ride there ahead of time - ‘s gonna be fine
Are you gonna hear the music
Heat’s risin’ all around
Look we’re livin’ in the sound
Sing the high notes - lift my head
I’m waiting for you, waiting for you
Don’T Kill It Carol
Oh Carol oh,
Won’t you let this red rose grow
Don’t kill it Carol
This red rose that I hold in my hand
It’s the smallest flower I’ve seen
One bud only just starting to show
And the leaves are the lightest green
It’s had its share of the rain
It needs some kisses to light its fiery flame again
One cruel lie and it could die
Oh Carol oh,
Won’t you let this red rose grow
Don’t kill it Carol
It’s looking for a place to live outside all space and time
Where there will be no need for it to fade
There is a secret garden that I think we could find
Lots of sunshine there, just a touch of shade
Oh Carol oh,
Won’t you let this red rose grow
Don’t kill it Carol
This red rose that I hold in my hand
It could grow to be so strong
Born one night as I lay in your arms
Created in a lover’s song
It’s only just seen the light
It could easily slip back into the gentle night
One cruel lie and it could die
2nd Verse not sung on record - words appear on the inner sleeve only
Do It Yourself (Desert Song)
Billy and me were the best kind of friends
We were drinking every night
And most every night Billy’d keep the good times rollin’
But every once in a while he’d get a look in his eye
Like he was lost and he couldn’t go on
He’d just say:
It ain’t easy sometimes to see where you’re goin’
It ain’t easy sometimes to see where you’re goin’
Billy and me we’d take the Southside bus
‘bout once in every week
He’d leave me in the bar and then he’d go off strollin’
He’d be back in an hour with money to burn
But he’d never say where he’d been to
He’d just say:
It ain’t easy sometimes to see where you’re goin’
It ain’t easy sometimes to see where you’re goin’
There is a desert where no life does move
There is a darkness where no light does shine
Nobody can take your first step out of there
You got to do it yourself, you got to do it yourself
Friday night I was waitin’ in the Southside bar like before
Two, three hours went by Billy still wasn’t showin’
You know when I found him he was hurt real bad
And bleedin’ like I have never seen
He just said:
It ain’t easy sometimes to see where you’re goin’
It ain’t easy sometimes to see where you’re goin’
Call out your doctor, call out your nurse,
Call out your preacher too
You can call out your doctor, call out your nurse,
Call out your preacher too
But the will to live, you got to do that yourself
There’s no other way
The will to live, you got to do that yourself
Redbone
Krendo, how long we been fighting
How long we been dying
And still we return
Krendo, we gypsies in starships
We just don’t know what fear is
We’ve died too many times
But this time you’ve got me, it’s one up for you
This body is done
Childhood, another damn childhood
Sure I know that you’ll miss me
But don’t count the years
One day you’ll see my starship
Making your heart beat just a little bit faster
When old Redbone flies again
Stand aside yeah, pale mother of mine
Your boy is going
There ain’t no force field that you have
That’s strong enough to keep him back
Stand aside yeah, pale mother of mine
I played the blue-eyed boy for you
Just as long as I could do
And now I’m through
Krendo, how long we been fighting
How long we been dying
And still we return
Krendo, we gypsies in starships
We just don’t know what fear is
Guess we’ve died too many times
Look out here comes my starship
Making your heart beat just a little bit faster
Old Redbone flies again
Trim Up Your Love Light
Edinburgh on Sunday night, very little happening,
Nowhere to go
I looked up from my drink in the Drummon bar
I saw it was her and my heart was beating so
Just meeting that girl again did it,
Made me see what I’d closed off
I had forgotten what she meant to me
And how she’d stood by me when things were rough
She said «Oh baby never sell yourself short
For me you got it, I got faith in you
Only way you could lose it you know
Is if you close off the love that’s in you.»
Trim up your love light, love mine,
Trim up your love light, love mine,
Trim it up, trim it up, trim it up
Trim it up, trim it up, trim it up
Trim up your love light, love mine
Let it shine, shine, shine.
At night I would sing in the Crown bar
It brought me down, it was emptier day by day
That darling girl she’d come up behind me
She’d whisper «I love you, send your blues away».
She’d say «Oh baby never sell yourself short
For me you got it, I got faith in you
Only way you could lose it you know
Is if you close off the love that’s in you
Don’t close it off, don’t close it off.»
Come ten o’clock we moved out to the street
We looked in each other’s eyes
We had this special song we used to sing
Just to keep from crying - it went like this:
Trim up your love light, love mine,
Trim up your love light, love mine,
Trim it up, trim it up, trim it up
Trim it up, trim it up, trim it up
Trim up your love light, love mine
Let it shine, shine, shine.
Draw Back The Veil
When I was born into this world
I was so easily fooled
I didn’t know which way was up
I was anyone’s tool
I was anyone’s radio receiver
Anybody’s eager believer
Till I found out
Some people you know they try a little harder
And some people you know they try a little harder
To draw back the veil
Let the truth out, the truth out
Draw back the veil
Stranded In Iowa
There’s a lot of lights threading up the highway tonight
And I’ve been goin’ nowhere too long
But there’s a lot of signals getting through to me now
I hope that help’s coming soon
And I will be gone
If only this highway stretched out so far
So I could stand naked shouting from a far star
And my voice would get right t you in your hired car
Stranded in Iowa
Stranded in Iowa
You’d better get the breakdown squad out
And get me rollin’ on
‘Cause I can’t keep my thoughts out of sight
You’d better get the breakdown squad out
Get me rollin’ on
Oh I need to see the stars slip by at night
I’m stranded all right
I’m stranded all right - stranded
Diamond Of Dreams
Diamond of dreams
Shine on diamond - of dreams
What would we do if you left us alone
You give us the canvas to paint our futures on
You help us to bear our confusion and pain
And you tell us we’re not dreamin’ in vain
Shine on diamond of dreams
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