1. |
Rooms of Light
03:25
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My heart is pounding in my chest
With all I cannot say
A silent drum beats with no rest
To the rhythm of the day
Thinking of my home at dawn
While driving down the line
Back to my loved ones I am bound
With bread and a bottle of wine
Chorus:
I see your eyes
and how you look at me
deep in the night
A vision of your mystery
Is there within my sight
Two figures on the edge of darkness
Yearning for the light
A room of neon light
A place I’m destined for the day
It’s an assault of senses, sound, and sight
A bi-weekly world of pay
Telephones ringing, business calls
The councilors at war
To defend a world where lightning falls
On those at heavens door
Chorus
A digital world downloads before me
Glowing in the night
Information in a sea
Streaming in its might
Reaching out I strike the keys
Every time I search
Yet so many people on their knees
Still longing for a church
Chorus
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2. |
The Oak
03:17
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I know I wouldn’t be who I am
If it was not for you
You fed the dreams of a child
Who looked up to you
I still know the days
When we walked through the mountains together
I pass these things to my children
It’s ancient, forever...
Chorus:
I know a grove of oaks
Where there is a spring
Farther down there’s a pool that I swim in
Where it is a stream... of it’s beauty I sing
How can somebody tell you what its like
When you change from a boy to a man
Your strength and your wisdom
Guided my passions through that span
Your roots are so deep
Now I see that we are all connected
And when you are gone
Through me you will be resurrected
Chorus
I know I wouldn’t be who I am
If it was not for you...
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3. |
The Ocean And The Land
02:56
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Morning comes, then sunrise
There’s an inward look that’s in your eyes
I know we have our differences
But it’s time to tear down these fences
Chorus:
I just have to say I love you
More and more each day
Because you have something special
Let’s not let it slip away
On a little island in the sea
The storms we watch can be like you and me
Like a wind tossed boat we search for light
Over fearsome waves on a raging sea
Chorus
I’ve been looking for your love and finally found it
Let’s heal our spirits on the warm beach sands
I want to touch your soul and hold you by the hand
And as lovers come together like the ocean and the land
Morning comes then sunrise
there’s an inward look that’s in your eyes...
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4. |
The Circle Is Broken
04:06
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What do I do I don’t know what to say?
The world is changing ‘round me every day
I’m strugglng with a sense that something’s wrong
All that I hold dear could soon be gone
We have eyes but still choose not to see
The desperate lives of those who cannot flee
They live on land not fit for you and I
In these places they will live and die
Chorus:
Where is my voice? I swear I’ll find it
The circle is broken, now we must bind it
Joining as one to end this violence
All our voices will end this silence
The Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, and the Jew
Are struggling to prove their faith is true
We all want to feed our family and friends
But do our actions justify the ends?
No prophet ever said to hate and kill
Or terrorize the innocent at will
Or take away from all of those who toil
Or make more right the ones who take the oil
Chorus:
Where is my voice? I swear I’ll find it
The circle is broken, now we must bind it
Joining as one to end this violence
All our voices will end this silence
You must resolve the conflict in your heart
If you are to find a place to start
You cannot be afraid of who you are
If there is doubt you will not get far
Final chorus:
Where is our voice? I swear we’ll find it
The circle is broken, now we must bind it
Joining as one to end this violence
All our voices will end this silence
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5. |
This Little Coastal Town
04:34
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There are so many things
That can turn your life around
Like being here with you
In this little coastal town
It’s the little things in life
I’ve come to know and understand
Those often over rated big things
Can leave so fast dreams follow like a child needing love
Chorus:
I smell your hair and feel your breath
I drink the waters from your well
There’s nothing complicated about my life
Except this path that led me here to you
The many places that I’ve been
I thought I could have stayed
But it was here that I met life
It held me tight just like a lover
There’s a power and a strength that’s here
In these mountains by the sea
It grows inside and drinks from me
Like the roots of a tree
Chorus
There are so many things
That can turn your life around
Like being here with you
In this little coastal town
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6. |
Babel On
03:36
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Their eyes can’t see and their ears won’t hear
They speak of narrow streets my children fear
Messages ride on waves day and night
False prophets read their scripts from under a spot light
Chorus:
Why do I listen and not turn away
I sit in faithful silence and hear them bray
With a flick of a switch it could all be gone
Icons hiding in glass would cease to babel on
Saturday morning starts with a glow
Psyco-fantasy heroes somehow save the show
We look to the stars searching for some kind of truth
A twisted make-believe world clouds our youth
Chorus
Its a world we see but we cannot touch
We long to be like those who don’t know much
As I walk through the forest and the hills
I can feel the force of life banish celluloid chills
Why do I listen And not turn away...
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7. |
A New Day
03:35
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A new day arises
And clears the mist from our bay
A new life is in you
My love for you is more than I can say
And as the moon rises
The warm light of love is in your eyes
We seize the moment for it can soon be gone
Our lives can change just like the skies
You know a new life is coming to you
It spreads in ways we’ll never fully know
You know a new life is coming to us
We’ll open up and let it grow
Now I think about the day
When my life might start to fade away
And I feel this need to reflect
On all the things that I’ll leave behind
I think about my children
And the love I’ve always given them
There is nothing that I’ll ever do
That will ever have more meaning
Chorus
I can fell this presence from deep inside of me
A voice keeps calling me, calling...
From in my heart, to follow my heart
You know I’ll follow my heart
A new day arises
And clears the mist from our bay
My love for you is more than I can say
And I follow my heart...
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8. |
The Headless Horseman
05:30
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I wake from dreams of frightening scenes
Of a headless horseman riding
Its an ancient tale of a man and his son
Who fell to feud and fighting
These were people that I come from
I am of there flesh and blood
It’s an ancient place where legends came
For more than a thousand years
chorus:
We’ll make these halls
Ring of their feats and their falls
Be strong and brave let’s not be afraid
To hear their songs
Legend says that it was the son
Who took to fire and sword
To war against his father
On his horse he rode
The headless horseman was Ewen
Of the Little head
His father Ian The Toothless One
Took poor Ewen’s head
chorus
When a prince of Ghille Ian is to die
On the night before
The headless horseman will ride again
For death is at his door
This tragic tale of father and son
who fell to greed and hate
Threw their love to the wayside
And duly sealed their fate
chorus
I wake from dreams of frightening scenes
Of a headless horseman riding
It’s an ancient tale of a man and his son
Who fell to feud and fighting...
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9. |
Love Is Near
05:33
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Strands of light reaching into the night
That touch on shadows out of sight
Never knowing what lies ahead
We choose these paths down which we tread
Reaching out as though I’m blind
To touch on spirits of like kind
Love is hard when you don’t know how
Love is always there if you try somehow
Chorus
Thunder booms and lightning strikes around me
My lightning rods are grounded in eternity
I want to look through eyes the way my children see
Standing there I saw your shadow in the hallway
Calling you I lost the words I meant to say
I ask that I might find them every day I pray
I hear your voice there is no word
It’s a fearful song from a flightless bird
You once had wings you were high and strong
You fought the winds of time too long
Past events hang in review
And no one knows what it is to be you
Uttered words from the past still hurt
Only loving hands can wash away the dirt
Chorus
I’ve lost track of where we’ve been
I ask forgiveness for my sin
Where there’s love there is no fear
And loving words I long to hear
This night will pass there will be light
And some good things are worth the fight
Find yourself some solid ground
Then stand tall on what you’ve found
Chorus
Love is near
I can feel it stretch my face from ear to ear
Come to me here
I’ve been feeling it grow inside from year to year
The sun’s been shining down upon my face
It’s been shining light upon the human race
Sometime this world can seem so full of hate
And I catch myself just thinking it’s too late
Love is near
Come to me here
Love is near, love is near
Love is Near, love is near...
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10. |
The Dark Stream
04:35
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To be a man might be the hardest thing
That You might ever do in your life
To say and do what you have to do
You will put yourself out on a limb
So if you slip into the dark stream
You will need to swim
What does a man say to his son
When he does not know what’s in his heart
Everyone can slip and fall
The turbulence of life can drown your calls
And if you slip into the dark stream
You will need to swim
It used to be a man could shake the hand
Of another man and give his word
Why do people turn their backs
On others when they truly are in need?
So if you slip into the dark stream
You will need to swim
Some men think the world is but a heap
The rooster stands on top to crow
Listen past those raucous cries
And listen to the voice inside your heart
And if you slip into the dark stream
You will need to swim
To be a man might be the hardest thing
That you might ever do in your life
When you swim, in the dark stream, where I dwell...
In the dark stream
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11. |
Fire And Ice
02:52
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There is a mist in the mountains
And forest tonight
There’s warmth in our cabin
Our fire is burning bright
Sometimes life can be hell
But this is paradise
So let’s drink down our drinks
Deal the cards and roll the dice
Chorus:
Let’s be glad we have this place to go
To enjoy all this fine drink and smoke
We live life and we all pay the price
So drink up my friends, embrace the fire and the ice
I need nothing more in life
Than family and friends
Our love as companions
Is what matters in the end
I have many friends I’ve found
And some that I’ve lost
In the drama of our lives
Many rivers we will cross
Chorus
There is a mist in the mountains
And forest tonight...
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12. |
To Be
03:11
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One can see it in the eyes
It speaks louder than the cries when you realize
That you thought you could see what would set you free
Yet you’re struggling ‘to be’
The spirit in your heart is what sets you apart
When you make your start
To loving everything life, even loneliness and strife
When it pierces like a knife
Chorus:
There can be words that are said that make it hard to see
beyond the narrow path we tread where we are struggling ‘to be’
Deep in your soul where you think there’s a hole
In a place you need to know
I know a place like a tree, where there’s shade and you can see
and it’s safe just ‘to be’
If you listen you will hear a quiet voice you will not fear
Then you’ll know that love is near
If you grasp it you will see, there’s the possibility
Of living ‘to be’
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