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Painful
Recollections
V1:
I was born on the run in the dead of night
To a two fisted thief and a woman with a bite
V2:
I was taken for a ride by some unrepentant men
I was made to look inside once again & again
And the pain cut deep from the sight.
Pre: I
was schooled by the old
Who tried to teach me how to pray
On my bended knees I learned to crawl away
Ch: Well
I’ve never seen a guardian angel
That could show me the light-of a new dawning day
I’ve only heard painful recollections
Of thousands of souls
V3:
I was shown the doorway too many times
I was told I could stay, if I’d do the crimes
And I did to be one of the boys
V4:
Now I'm riding down the road in a car I don’t own
With a bag of tools and a box of bones
And I’m trying to find heaven or the truth.
Pre:
I was schooled by the old
Who tried to teach me how to pray
On my bended knees I learned to crawl away
To the dead end of the night
Ch: Well
I’ve never seen a guardian angel
That could show me the light-of a new dawning day
I’ve only heard painful recollections
Of thousands of
souls
Br:
I’ve got a whole lot of stories and no place to go
And I’m running out of time, or so I’ve been told
And I need to find my own way home
Ch:
Well I’ve never seen a guardian angel
That could show me the light-of a new dawning day
I’ve only heard painful recollections
Of thousands of souls
Ch:
Well I’ve never seen a guardian angel
That could show me the light-of a new dawning day
I’ve only heard painful recollections
Of thousands of souls
Out:
Coming home to play
Coming home
to play
Coming home
to play
I got
to find my own way home
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Always
You
A1:
Always you
Forever true
Never blue
You don’t know how much
You mean to me
Sometimes it
Doesn’t seem to be true
A2:
Always you
Wonderful you
Your soul’s the glue
That keeps me together
When things look bleak
Makes me strong
When I’m weak
It’s you
B1:
So goodnight
So long
Say farewell
With this song
Your love is light
It makes me strong
When I’m gone
Don’t cry
Don’t let the tears
Roll by
I’ll be back
Once again
In your arms
My dear friend
So goodnight
Gotta go
Another trip
Just…one more show
I’ll be home
Before you know
A3:
Always you
Forever true
Never blue
You don’t know how much
You mean to me
Sometimes it
Doesn’t seem to be you
B:
So goodnight
So long
Say farewell
With this song
Your love is light
It makes me strong
When I’m gone
Don’t cry
Don’t let the tears
Roll by
I’ll be back
Once again
In your arms
My dear friend
So goodnight
Gotta go
Another trip
Just…one more show
I’ll be home
Before you know
Out:
So goodnight
So long
Say farewell
With this song
Your love is light
It makes me strong
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Paved in Gold
V1:
As the night falls
Across my window
I can feel all
Slip away
And the first stars
In the night sky
Shine to show me
A brand new day
V2:
And I’m looking
Towards tomorrow
And I’m looking
To the east
We were promised
Milk and honey
We were told of
A coming feast
Ch:
And this city keeps walking by us
And it’s starting to get cold
And the young men making small
talk
On the sidewalks paved in gold
V3:
For tomorrow
Is my Saviour
I don’t think I can
See the light
All together
As we travel
We can make it
Through
the night
Ch:
And this city keeps walking by us
And it’s starting to get cold
And the young men making small
talk
On the sidewalks paved in gold
Br:
And the city...keeps walking by us
V4:
We have wandered
Far together
Through the crowded
Restless town
Mrs. Moses
In the morning
Bringing all that
She has found
Bringing all
that
She has found
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River
of Years
V1: The king of broken hearts
Fell for the queen of
lies
Never knew she was
cruel
Till he won the prize
He tried to escape
As his smile turned to a
frown
By then it was too late
His heart had checked,
checked out of town
Ch: Welcome to the land of broken dreams
Honesty replaced by
cunning schemes
Be sure you don’t
reveal your fears
Unless you’re ready for
the tears
That flow down the river
of years
V2: The jester said
I could have told
you…king
She
didn’t want the love
That you really wanted to
bring
You gave up your control
For the darkness that is
her soul
Why did you only choose
to see
The perfect life that can
never be
Ch: Welcome to the land of broken dreams
Honesty replaced by
cunning schemes
Be sure you don’t
reveal your fears
Unless you’re ready for
the tears
That flow down the river
of years
Br: Tell me what he sees
(he’s blinded by
his heart)
Tell me what he
feels
(a love
that’ll never part)
Tell me why he
believes
(true love is
the only way)
Didn’t
anybody tell him
Why couldn’t
he see
That pictures
of perfection
Are never taken
of you and me
V3: The kingdom wasn’t happy
As the queen now
flamed the pyre
There’s such a huge
difference
Being lead by a born
liar
The jester, he
remained loyal
To no single person
he knows
Guess the way to get
what you want
Is to be selfish, I
suppose
Ch: Welcome to the land of broken dreams
Honesty replaced by
cunning schemes
Be sure you don’t
reveal your fears
Unless you’re
ready…ready…for the tears
That flow down that river
of years
That river of years
That river of years
That
river of years
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Are You Ready
V1:
Charlie doesn’t know what he’s doing
Got some memories stuffed in a
coat
Going down to meet a friend of a
friend
With his thoughts memorized by
rote
Katie spends Sunday mornings
Trying to remember what’s gone
Cat haired dress thrown upon the
floor
Talk about tired and worn
Ch:
Are you ready for the lightning
Are you ready for the rain
Are you ready for the storm that
is coming
Are you ready for the thunder
again
Are you ready for the thunder
again
V2: Two
flawed people on a Saturday night
Having met when the sun went
down
Waiting for the lines that they
knew would come
Gonna play it around &
around & around
& around & around
Some men know all the right
words
Some women jump right in
Sometimes storms meet between
the two
And they do it again & again
& again
Talk about tired and worn
Ch:
Are you ready for the lightning
Are you ready for the rain
Are you ready for the storm that
is coming
Are you ready for the thunder
again
Are you ready for the thunder
again
Br:
Katie passes time
Brushing her long dark hair
Waiting for her prince to arrive
Charlie waits for no one
In particular to appear
Two hopeless souls
Talk about tired & worn
V3:
Charlie doesn’t know what he’s doing
Got some memories stuffed in a
coat
Going down to meet a friend of a
friend
With his thoughts memorized by
rote
Katie spends Sunday mornings
Trying to remember what’s gone
Cat haired dress thrown upon the
floor
Talk about tired and worn
Ch:
Are you ready for the lightning
Are you ready for the rain
Are you ready for the storm that
is coming
Are you ready for the thunder
again
Are you ready for the thunder
again
Are you ready for the thunder
again
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The Light
V1: All my words are meaningless
My
thoughts get tossed around
My life
has never meant much less
Till the
light in you I found
Ch: It’s a light that brings me
comfort
It’s
a light I truly heed
You’re
the darling of my happiness
The
only one I need
V2: My days were filled with darkness
My nights
were filled with fright
With loneliness
surrounding me
You came
and brought the light
Ch: It’s a light that brings me
comfort
It’s
a light I truly heed
You’re
the darling of my happiness
The
only one I need
Br: You have shown me who I am
Much more
than I would know
The light
that's shining from your eyes
Lifts my
spirit so
I never knew
that loving you
Would be so
warm
V3: Now I feel like I belong
My heart
is growing strong
My
candle’s out in full plain sight
My voice
is filled with song
Ch: It’s a song that brings me
comfort
It’s a
song I truly heed
You’re
the darling of my happiness
The only one I…The only one I...The only one I need
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Are We Scared
V1:
I watched all the boys march off
They're going off to fight
They were promised fortunes
If they fought with all their
might
V2:
They were told the union needed them
For honor and for love
And a patriot always gives his
life
For country and god above
Ch:
Are we scared
Is the fear running our lives
Are we scared
To believe those god damned lies
Are we scared
Are we scared
V3:
But what about the god that lives
Right behind our eyes
Does he live above in some great
house
Is he born inside our lives
V4: Does
he really care or give a shit
In which country we reside
The god I was taught to love
Is always found inside
Ch: Are
we scared
Is the fear running our lives
Are we scared
To believe those god damned lies
Are we scared
Are we scared
Br:
Ahh he was pushed out long ago
Replaced to meet a need
You can't have ethics in your
way
As you’re marching off to
greed
V5:
Now I dream of a future
Where I sit beside a man
And we tell each other stories
Disregarding foreign lands
V6:
And we talk about our sorrows
Our joys and all we love
And with god as man - we are
hand to hand
With no need to look above
Ch:
Are we scared
Is the fear running our lives
Are we scared
To believe those god damned lies
Are we scared
Are we scared
V7:
My enemy lives inside me
I needn't look outside
The fear is told for money sake
We've been taken for a ride
V8: I
watched all the boys march off
They're going off to fight
They were promised fortunes
If they fought with all their
might
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Too Much Fun
V1:
Summer of ‘04
In the great outdoors
We came to play and chased the
rain away
Didn’t get there too soon
Past the month of June
We came to play and chased our
blues away
Pre:
We laughed and cried
Sharing all of our inside
feelings
A better day would not have been
Ch: Too
much fun
Now we’re having way too much
fun
But too much fun
Is never enough
V2:
Our friends were there
In the country air
Yasgar’s farm was only a dream
away
Sunny afternoon
Life was in full bloom
We wished it all would never go
away
Pre:
We laughed and cried
Sharing all of our inside
feelings
A better day would not have been
Ch:
Too much fun
Now we’re having way too much
fun
But too much fun
Is never enough
Br:
Was it a dream
We didn’t have a care
Back home life
Doesn’t seem to compare
The daily pace of ours
Moves way too fast
We got to find a way
We got to find a way
We got to find a way
To make this last
Ch:
Too much fun
Now we’re having way too much
fun
But too much fun
Is never enough
V3:
Memories are pure
Friendships secured
We lived a rich life in just a
day
Same time next year
We’ll be back don’t fear
The ties that bind us won’t
ever disappear
Pre:
We laughed and cried
Sharing all of our inside
feelings
A better day would not have been
Ch: Too
much fun
Now we’re having way too much
fun
But too much fun
Is never enough
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Backwards
Vision
V1:
There’s a girl with rear view eyes
Telling all these bitter lies
Look in that mirror, focus on behind
There I am in front of you all the while
All the time I needed you
You toyed with me, it’s a crime
My heart was always broken in two
I might as well have ripped out mine
V2:
Live in the past, remember
your first
Never got over how much that hurt
Thought he was yours the rest of your days
Never getting over parting ways
Twenty years later, been through them all
Don’t care how they feel
Until the first one comes back to you
Until then love’s not real
Ch:
Backwards vision, look in front of you
Can’t see others point of view
Know what’s passed, but can’t see ahead
Gonna break all their hearts instead
V3: Your
seductive stare gets to them all
Bedroom eyes set them up for the fall
Won’t know what happened till it’s too late
Another one out on a deadly date
Hanging them all out to dry
Clueless as to why
Hopeless romantic up on the mount
Another battered psyche down for the count
Ch:
Backwards vision, look in front of you
Can’t see others point of view
Know what’s passed, but can’t see ahead
Gonna break all their hearts instead
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