The nights are long since you went away
I think about you all through the day
My buddy, my buddy
No buddy quite so true
I miss your voice, the touch of your hand
I just long to know that you understand
My buddy, my buddy
Oh, your buddy misses you
I miss your voice, the touch of your hand
I just long to know that you understand
My buddy, my buddy
Your buddy misses you
since you've been gone, I've cried a river for you
but I'm just wastin' time, and wastin' water, too
I'm hanging out these nights, in these twilight worlds
with all the late-night news, and the weather-girls
no-one here but me, so I sit and cheer,
watchin' sports t.v., sipping luke-warm beer
I can take the pain, I can stand the rain
but what I cannot bear, is that bum givin' you his name
I'd like to tell all the whole wide world,
what a cryin' shame this is
but I get tongue-tied up,
just tryin' to say my name without sayin' his
what kind of a man am I? givin' up on love without a
thought what we had was, like, a special thing,
now I find your wearin' that bum's ring!
and what kind of a girl are you,
tell me you love me then you tell him, too
guess I'll be wonderin' 'til the day I die,
what kind of man am I?
It's a cryin' shame, what's become of me
I'm not half the man, that I used to be
and it's you's to blame, with your dirty tricks
give a dog a name, you'd best beleave it sticks
I can't compete with the fancy cars
and the limousines he owns
but there's a heart beatin' ten feet tall
inside of all of this skin an' bones
what kind of a man am I? I read the papers,
let the world go by
I let him walk you right through the door,
when I should'a punched him on the jaw
and what kind of a girl are you,
tell me you love me then you tell him, too
too dumb to laugh and too proud to cry,
what kind of man am I?
instrumental solo
it's bad enough tryin' to hold my head up
on the streets of our tiny town
if ther's a God up in heaven,
I wonder if he'd send a bolt of lightnin' down?
what kind of a man am I?
I'd love to tell you but I'm too damn shy
I stood an' let him give me all that grief,
when I should'a kicked him in the teeth!
and what kind of a girl are you,
tell me you love me then you tell him too
guess I'll be wonderin' 'til the day I die,
I had friends against the war
By things they did so well yesterday
They lived their lives without fortune or thrill
With nothing very much to say
Always standing in the same old lines
Moving sideways to the march of time
CHORUS
What might have been
What might have been
A portrait of my life
No fool would say
You live today
Without a will to survive
Cornered now, what can I do
I'm trapped by what might have been
The great big 'if' that hangs around my neck
Has played its part in all my dreams
Always making the bad seem worse
Living my life reversed
CHORUS ('picture' instead of 'portrait')
I know the call that I can't seem to move
Without a little fall from grace
But now I know when I'm down in this mood
It's only me that I have to face
What might have been, yeah
What might have been
What might have been
Always standing in the same old lines
Moving sideways to the march of time
Giant steps are what you take
Walking on the moon
I hope my legs don't break
Walking on the moon
We could walk for ever
Walking on the moon
We could live together
Walking on, walking on the moon
Walking back from your house
Walking on the moon
Walking back from your house
Walking on the moon
Feet they hardly touch the ground
Walking on the moon
My feet don't hardly make no sound
Walking on, walking on the moon
Some may say
I'm wishing my days away, no way
And if it's the price I pay, some say
Tomorrow's another day, you'll stay
I may as well play
Giant steps are what you take
Walking on the moon
I hope my legs don't break
Walking on the moon
We could walk for ever
Walking on the moon
We could be together
Walking on, walking on the moon
Some may say
I'm wishing my days away no way
And if it's the price I pay, some say
Tomorrow's another day, you'll stay
Words and music by jimmy nail
Can you hear it in your streets ?
Talk so cheap like tumbledown
Empty words and dirty deeds
Words so deep we all could drown
Promise of a world so fine
A picture-postcard pepperdine
And all you have to do is sign
Upon that dotted line
Take the word of one who knows
Hear it comes, there it goes
Get yourself out while you can
Save you from the running man
I'll decide what I believc
No-one's gonna change me now
And I'll say how I live this life
You're not gonna tell me how
Promise of a world so fine
No more drugs, an end to crime
Don't you see for folks like mine
Your ways have had their time
Heaven help the chosen few
You best start prayin' that it's not you
Get your kids out while you can
Save them from the running man
Take your vision some place else
Give to them your tired tale
Can't you hear those ringing bells ?
Can't you see your bread is stale ?
Promise of a world so fine
Angels drinking turpentine
Don't you know we know that line
We've heard it all before
Close your mouths and close your doors
Spare us all from any more
Get your guns out while you can
Buy brown besoms buy them when they're new
Buy broom bessoms better never grew
Once upon a time we had a lead to follow
Well respected me used to show the way
Folks would follow on 'cause they believed the promise
Well respected men would never betray
Now look around it's hard to see integrity
You ask for direction and they don't know
Once upon a time the sun shine brightly
But once upon a time was a long time ago
Once upon a time we build a revolution
Big steel wheel roll around the world
Tin ships sailed and whaled and delivered
All the food necessary for the boys and girls
Then one day came a man with a mission
To take away everything they know
Once upon a time was a land for heroes
But once upon a time was a long time ago
Once upon a time things were so simple
You did a day's work you got a day's pay
It didn't come to much but it kept a wife and children
Burned in the lantern that light the way
Now all's left is the story of a memory
The real thing fades with a dying glow
Once upon a time was a land of plenty
There's a moment in the mornings when the birds refuse
to sing
When the wind blows in it's cargo and the eyes begin to
sting
And you can't see these Elysian Fields for the bodies
on the ground
So you grope the dead for souvenirs that are lying all
around
Lay your head down on my pillow and show me heaven
Lay your head down on my pillow and show me heaven
I killed a little boy today; I put a bayonet in his
breast
They said I was a hero and pinned a medal on my chest
But I will not kill another for now I know it to be
wrong
That young man had a mother and for her I must be
strong
So lift your skirt up a little higher and show me
heaven
Lift your skirt up a little higher and show me heaven
In the morning they'll be waiting and before the day is
done
I will make my peace with Jesus, I will walk toward the
And they'll take me to the bloody war, where the ones
before me fell
And I'll go to meet my old friends, yes and my enemies
as well
So put your sweet lips against my body and show me
heaven
Put your sweet lips against my body and show me heaven
Show me heaven, show me heaven
Words and music by jimmy nail
My arms are just as strong as his arms
But my arms had to let you go
You walked straight into his arms
Hadn't I the right? hadn't I the right to know?
My heart is really such a big heart
With big love and room enough to grow
So my heart was summarily ripped apart
But I hadn't I the right? hadn't I the right to know?
I want to tell everybody all around the world
To stay away from you 'cause you're a wicked girl
But no can do
I'm still in love with you
'cause in a world gone crazy where nothing rhymes
The breaking of a heart is just a small-beer crime
Even so, I think I had a right to know
One day when all of this is far away
I'll say "that's the way it goes"
Until then let me remember when
I held you oh, so tight, I think I had a right to know
I want to tell everybody all around the world
To stay away from you 'cause you're a bad bad girl
But you know me, too much decency
'cause in a world gone crazy where nothing rhymes
And breaking someone's heart is just a small-beer crime
There's a feeling coming over
Getting bigger
Growing stronger every day
You can't turn your face or hide
Your head
But it's not gonna go away
With a little bit of caring
We can get it back to where it
Used to be
But if we take and if we take
Then take some
More we'll shake the nature
From the tree
As we walk this world alone
Only love can bring us home
Millions of children are born
Into hunger
Only love can bring us home
I can see it ever clearer now
In letters written big upn the wall
That of we don't ease up a
Little on the earth
We're gonna take a major fall
So if you're looking down and listening
We could use a heapin'
Helping from above
Because a hundred tons of hate
Can be negated
With a little bit of love
As we walk this world alone
Only love can bring us home
Millions of children are born
Into hunger
Only love can bring us home
Poor is the man who walks on is own
Some day we'll learn that our
Wells can be
Since youv'e been gone I've lived my life
In dreams of used to be
And I wonder if I'll ever love again? I don't know
I'm gonna lock my heart today
And throw away the key
And I wonder if I'll ever love again?
I wonder if I will ever love this way again
Walking a straight line through the sunshine and the rain
Makin' a vow and seein' it through
Doing the things that lovers do
I wonder if I will ever love this way again
I take your picture from my wall
And gently lay it down
Oh, and I wonder if I'll ever ease this pain, I don't know
Now as the rain begins to fall
And there's darkness all around
That's when I wonder if I'll ever love again
I wonder if I will ever love this way again
I can survive by staying alive every now and then
But that's not the way that I want it to be
I want it back the way it was with you and me
I wonder if I will ever love this way again
Instrumental solo
I wonder if I will ever love this way again
I'm willing to try but I don't know that I can stand
The hurt and the pain
But just as I am sure that there's a heaven above
I know there can be no life if there is no love
Words and music by jimmy nall
When the world is dark, when the lights go down
When the demons walk, when they're all around
There's a light that comes from a place on high
There's a light that comes that the angels shine
And it shines for you, and it shines for me
And it shlnes for all, and it shines for free
When the world is dark, when the demons walk
There's a light that shines like a burning arc
And though I walk through the valley of the shadow
I will fear no evil
And though I walk through the valley of the shadow
I will fear no evil
Since the dawn of time, when the world began
We've borne witness to all the acts of man
How he ruled the earth, when he learned to walk
How he learned to hurt, when he learned to talk
And he's broken laws, and he's broken dreams
And he's broken bones, and ignored the screams
Through the longest day, through the darkest night
There wlll always shine, his redeeming light
And though I walk through the valley of the shadow
I will fear no evll
And though I walk through the valley of the shadow
hit to the head
and straight away dead
lost
so much to give
every reason to live
lost
you’d climbed your mountainand
you thought it was sorted
lost
while above men are stranded lost in space
who’ll shine the light?get to lead the way?
lost
we need somebody right now, today
lost
where we gonna findthe dog to lead our blind?
lost
while above men are strandedlost in space
down below,indecision, heavy-handed,a world with no-one
to command it
we are lost
look to the bible
look to the sky
lost
people afraid, they don’t know why
we are lost
we need an answer something to believe in
we are lost
while above, men are stranded
lost in space
down below, indecision, heavy-handed,a world with no-
one to command
it this is not the way we planned it
If I could turn back the hands of time
If I could turn back the clock
I wouldn't be in the place I'm in
I wouldn't be in the dock
Where's your friends when you need them most
Probably hidin' under a rock
If I could undo the things I did
If I could turn back the clock
It started out like any other day
Lazin' around with nothing to do
My mind started wondering onto criminal things
And how to make a dollar or two
I called the guys on my telling phone
And told them of my little scheme
We drank some beer, we ate some pills,
I shared with them my dream
I can't recall exactly how
I got to where I shouldn't have been
]my head seemed filled with hombre stuff
I fealt like I was on the screen
I drank more beer, I ate more pills
Gained myself a spinning head
I raised a gun, I killed a man
I'm told it was for something he said
It's been a year since I said a prayer
But God almighty, if your listening up there
If I could turn back the hands of time
If I could turn back the clock
I wouldn't be in this cell right now
I wouldn't be in the dock
Where's your friends when you need them most
Probably hidin' under a rock
If I could undo the things I did
If I could turn back the clock
Misters life and death drone on
In their salutary tones
While I stand in that wooden dock
All sober and alone
The papers say it's such a crime
What's been dished to me
And people who I do not know
Are banging on for clemency
Now I have the best of cells
With ladies on my walls
When I'm moved they holler "dead man walking"
The words echo around the halls
I ponder on where my soul is bound
As I stare up at the moon
Above the clouds, beneath the ground
I'm gonna find out real soon
Strap me in to the killing chair
Give me the volts, straighten out my hair
It's been a year since I said a prayer
But God almighty, if your listening up there
If I could turn back the hands of time
If I could turn back the clock
I wouldn't be in this place right now
I wouldn't be in the dock
Where's your friends when you need them most
Probably hidin' under a rock
If I could undo all the things I did
There's a saying that I read
Saying fools was easy led
Saying all the boys are strong
And all the girls just tag along
Well I don't know if all that's true
All I know is I've found you
So show me the difference if you can
Between a woman and a man
I was washed up on your shore
Couldn't take one heartbreak more
The good lord answered all my prayers
When he showed me to your door
Now as each new day arrives
I thank God that I'm alive
And that you helped me make a start
To mend the pieces of my heart
You can't see it with your eyes
And you can't hold it in your hands
So show me the difference if you can
Between awoman and a man
Show me the difference if you can
What do you do
When it hurts
When the kids
Call you names ?
Nobody wants to know you
They won't let you join in all their games
And what will you do
When the man in the moon goes away ?
And leaves your little world in darkness
Hiding from the night time until the day
You can come to me,
I'll know what to do
And if I don't I'll pretend or I'll lie for you
But I'll be there for you
Forever
Until the day I die
Right there by your side,
To keep you safe and warm
Glad to be your shelter from the storm
Yes I'll be there for you
Forever
Until the day I die
And what will you do when you've grown
And flown away ?
Where wlll the four winds take you ?
Will they bring you back to me someday ?
And what will you do
When the one that you love breaks your heart ?
You have to pick up all the pieces
But you don't know just where to start
You can come to me,
I'll know what to do
And if I don't I'll pretend or I'll lie for you
But I'll be there for you
Forever
Until the day I die
Right there by your side
To catch you when you fall
And put you back together
Whether-with-all
Yes I'll be there for you for always
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
I'll be there
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
I promise
Devil walks behind you
Sneakin' ever ready to steal your world away
No matter what you mean to
He'll have you saying things you really should not say
It's not that I'm a bad man
Had my good intentions just like all the rest
But when he gets behind you
It's hard to see for real it's hard to know what's best
But just 'cause I missed it
No need to get all bitter 'n twisted
Pocket full of promises
But promises don't buy your things or pay your way
I had it my palm girl
Now there's just an empty hand down there today
But just 'cause I missed it
No need to get all bitter 'n twisted
I said just 'cause I missed it
No need to get all bitter 'n twisted
I tried to walk the straight line
Tried to pass the swingin' door on my way home
I thought about the good things
Then I thought about the bad things too and was undone
I miss my wife and kids now
Miss all the little things we used to do and say
Devil walks behind you
Sneakin' ever ready to steal your soul away
But just 'cause I missed it
No need to get all bitter 'n twisted
I said just 'cause I missed it
Wine, beer and spirits all the time
Though I have you still she's always on my mind
The rain falls down I'm soaking through
I'm an old man inside a young man's suit
My crocodile shoes are crying too
For they know how much love I have for you
Crocodile shoes, crocodile shoes
Crocodile shoes, crocodile shoes
Wine, beer and spirits take me down
The lights are low and there's no one else around
The waitress sure looks pretty and that's a bad sign
I smile at her still yo're always on my mind
With your crocodile shoes, crocodile shoes
Crocodile shoes, crocodile shoes
I've lost so much in a short time
Don't see my kids how I miss my wife
I let the world slip through my hands
And now I'm talking to the only friends I have
Crocodile shoes, crocodile shoes
Crocodile shoes, crocodile shoes
They're crying too
They're crying too
Crocodile shoes
hey wicked world
I'm down on everything that
makes you turn
forbidden pearl
I hate you with a pain that
makes me burn
oh wicked thing
I curse you but I need the
feel you give
destroy my world
but feed me with the juice that
makes me live
I want, I need
I need to have you feed from me
I'm up, I'm down
my head is spinning round and round
I'm in, I'm out
it's such a wicked world
some better day
I'll wlk along these boulevards alone
I will be free
I'll shake you from my veins and from my
bones but ot for now
I need your little number one last time
I have no shame
you're so sublime
I want, I need
I need to have you feed from me
I'm up, I'm down
my head is spinning round and round
I'm in, I'm out
it's such a wicked world
oh, I would lie for you
I would die for you
I would crucify the stars up in
the sky for you
I'm so weak
but with yor help I will be strong
I want, I need
I need to have you feed from me
I'm up, I'm down
my head is spinning round and round
I'm in, I'm out
Words and music by jimmy nail
What do you do when it hurts when the kids
Call you names ?
Nobody wants to know you and they won't let you
Join in all their games
And what will you do when the man in the moon
Goes away ?
And leaves your little world in darkness
Hiding from the nightmare until the day
You can come to me, I'll know what to do
And if I don't I'll pretend or I'll lie for you
But I'll be there for you forever
Until the day I dle
Right there by your slde,
To keep you safe and warm
Glad to be your shelter from the storm
Yes I'll be there for you forever
Until the day I die
What will you do when you've grown and
Flown away ?
Where wlll the four winds take you ?
And will they bring you back to me someday ?
And what will you do when the one that you love
Breaks your heart ?
You have to pick up all the pieces
But you don't know just where to start
You can come to me, I'll know what to do
And if I don't I'll pretend or I'll lie for you
But I'll be there for you forever
Until the day I die
Right there by your side
To catch you when you fall
And put you back together whether-with-all
Yes I'll be there for you forever
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
I'll be there until the day I dle
Until the day I die
On this night of a thousand stars
Let me take you to heaven's door
Where the music of love's guitars
Plays forevermore
In the glow of those twinkling lights
We shall love through eternity
On this night in a million nights
Fly away with me
I never dreamed that a kiss
Could be as sweet as this
But now I know that it can
I used to wander alone
Without a love of my own
I was a desperate man
But all my grief disappeared
And all the sorrow I'd feared
Wasn't there anymore
On that magical day
When you first came my way, mi amor
On this night, on this night
On this night of a thousand stars
Let me take you to heaven's door
Where the music of love's guitars
You abandoned me
Love don't live here anymore
Just a vacancy
Love don't live here anymore
When you lived inside of me
There was nothin', I could conceive
That you wouldn't do for me
Trouble seem so far away
You changed that right away
Baby
You abandoned me
Love don't live here anymore
Just a vacancy
Love don't live here anymore
Love don't live here anymore
Just emptiness and memories
Of what we had before
You went away
Found another place to stay
Another home
You abandoned me
Love don't live here anymore
Just a vacancy
Love don't live here anymore
In the windows of my eyes
Everyone can see
The loneliness inside of me
Why'd you have to go away?
Don't you know, I miss you so?
I need your love
You abandoned me
Love don't live here anymore
Just a vacancy
Love don't live here anymore
You abandoned me
Love don't live here anymore
Live here anymore
Don't live here anymore
Don't live here anymore
No no
Don't, don't live here anymore
You abandoned me
Love don't live here anymore
Love don't live here anymore
Love don't live here anymore
I can hear the ocean pushing t the bay
If I close my eyes then maybe it'll go away
Everywhere ther'e sunlight and
Children play for time thought I heard a sign then
I realised it was mine
The sky's a perfect blue again
But if you look it's hard to tell
If it's paradise or hell
But now I know, laura
Summer is a lonely place
Oh, laura
I wish I could see your face
When a million birds sing how can I be sad
It's s if they know I lost the only chance I had
The sky's a perfect blue again
But it might as well be grey
'cause I let you walk away
But now I know, laura
Summer is a lonely place
Oh, laura
I wish I could see your face
Oh, laura
I kissed you in the rain
Oh, laura
How I wish I was home again
In winter I was warmer
Don't make me wait here alone
The sun has cast it's shadow
And it chills me to the bone
Oh, laura
How I wish I was coming home
The sky's a perfect blue again
But it might as well be grey
'cause I let you walk away
But now I know, laura
Summer is a lonely place
Oh, laura
I wish I could see your face
Oh, laura
I kissed you in the rain
Oh, laura
Words and music by jimmy nail
You wake up in a dlfferent bed
Forgotten every word you said
Do you recognise the person next to you ?
You're sneeking down the backroom stairs
Braving all ihe public stares
What's a living legend supposed to do ?
I've been told that you're looking old
But you're still appearing well preserved to me
Let them stare, let them lose their hair
'cos you've seen the movie, read the book
You've been there, done that, set that look for free
You keep trying but you just can't win
You keep breathlng but the air's too thin
Keep knocking but you can't come in
Keep trying but you just can't win
Looking at your works of art
Banging your peroxide heart
You get them in a lucky bag for free
You said you couldn't live without it
So what you gonna do about it ?
Nostalgia's not the game it used to be
And I've been told about your bands of gold
But I have to say they cut no ice with me
Silver chains that dangle down
And you're tryin' hard to beat the clock
Dressed up shouting long live rock & roll
You keep trying but you just can't win
You keop breathing but the air's too thin
Keep knocking but you can't come in
Words and music by paddy mcaloon
Girl I sing this song for you
For the miseries I've put you through
For the moods I can't explain
For the sunny days I've spoiled with rain
Please forgive me if you can
Girl you know that I'm a troubled man
Girl you know that I'm a troubled man
Child I sing this verse for you
For the duties I have failed to do
For ihe times I wasn't there
Times like broken toys, beyond repair
Please forgive me if you can
Child your daddy was a troubled man
Child your daddy is a troubled man
God in heaven heed my plight
On my darkness shed eternal light
I am weak, you are strong
I can't count the times that I've done wrong
Please forgive me if you can
Lord you know that I'm a troubled man
When I was born as I recall
The preacher didn't hold out any hopes at all
He looked at me all pink and skin
Thought he'd better dip me in the bath again
I scuffed my shins on bigger things
People throwin' rocks at the angel's wings
But through it all I stood tall
Even when my back was up against the wall
The devil's daughter keep a calling out my name
(Oh, baby I can take you down)
I so sincerely want to cross the road and play the game
Raise your hands, jump for joy
Let's hear it for the country boy
Raise your hands, jump for joy
Let's hear it for the country boy
Ooh, let's hear it for the country boy
So I grow'd up became a man
I took my daddy's teachings all across the land
The journey's long but I must be strong
And try to tell the difference 'tween right and wrong
But devil's daughter keep a calling out my name
(Ooh, come on I'll make you miserable)
I've been to heaven now I'm never gonna see things the same
(Oh, love to be with [Incomprehensible] boy)
Raise your hands, jump for joy
Let's hear it for the country boy
Raise your hands, jump for joy
Let's hear it for the country boy
Ooh, let's hear it for the country boy
(Raise your hands)
Ooh, let's hear it for the country boy
(Let's hear it now)
Ooh, let's hear it for the country boy
(Raise your hands)
Ooh, let's hear it for the country boy
(Ooh, oh yeah)
Ooh, let's hear it for the country boy
(Raise your hands)
Ooh, let's hear it for the country boy
(Raise your hands)
Raise your hands, jump for joy
Let's hear it for the country boy
Raise your hands, jump for joy
Let's hear it for the country boy
Raise your hands, jump for joy
Words by jimmy nail
Music by jimmy nail/andy caine/danny schogger
It was a kind of town, edge of the universe
Nothin' happened there to ever make the news
Lived a little boy and a girl next door
Had opinions and independent views
They dreamed of nights and big city lights
It helped to kill each dreary day
And all the things that gettin' out would bring
If only they could get away
He say
I can't hold on 'cause I'm feelin' strong
But there's so many things I'm not knowing
But the city light didn't burn so bright
And the light of day was never warm
And the little boy got into one more fight
And the girl next dorr said "i miss my home"
He said "believe in me"
She said "i don't know"
He said "can't you see? "
I can't hold on 'cause I'm feelin' strong
And there's so many things I'm not knowing
And I can't hang round this one-horse town
When my soul's tied down, I'm for going
So the little boy became a broken man
With a broken face and broken dreams
And the girl next door disappeared one day
And in her place
Was a woman-child, with long red hair
And a price per hour, that she feels is fair
I can't hold on, I'm not feeling strong
There's so many things that hurt me now
And I can't step down from this big cold town
Words and music by jimmy nail
Walking on cobble stone, little bits of skin and bone
Jumping on the tram car for a ride
I can remember then, I was just a boy of ten
Hanging out along the old quayside
Not all the capstans and the cargo boats
And stevadores are gone
To where all the old ships go
But memories just like the seas live on
That was when coal was king,
The river a living thing
And I was just a boy, but it was mine,
The coaly tyne
This was a big river,
I want you all to know that I was proud
This was a big river, but that was long ago,
That's not now, that's not now
My fther was a working man,
He earned our living with his hands
He had to cross the river every day
He picked up a union card out of the neptune yard
Mouths to feed and the bills to pay
Then came a time for him to sail across the sea
And far away
Finally when the war was won
You brought him home and home he stayed
And when his days were done, under a golden sun
You carried him to where he longed to be,
Back to the sea
This was a big river,
I want you all to know that I was proud
This was a big river, but that was long ago,
That's not now
The neptune was the last to go,
I heard it on my radio
And then they played the latest number one
But what do they do all day?
And what are they supposed to say?
What does a father tell his son?
If you you believed that there's a bond between our future
And our past
Then try to hold on to what we had,
We build them strong, we built to last
'cause this is a mighty town,
It's built upon solid ground
And everything they tried so hard to kill,
We will rebuild
This was a big river
I want you all to know that I was proud
This was a big river, but that was long ago,
That's not now
This is a big river,
And in my heart I know it will rise again
I had to wait so long I had to take my time
Before love knocked upon my door
I had to be a man I had to take a stand
'cause I couldn'y take no more
I was cold I was lonely 'til you gave me the sign
Soon as you did I felt the bright sunshine
I was a deceiver now I'm a true believer in love
Because angel
With every little beat of my heart
I love you
And I just got to tell you right now
It was a hurricane it was a desert storm
It was a mountain I had to climb
I was a rolling rock I was a man alomne
And I was running out of time
I was cold I was lonely 'til you gave me the sign
Soon as you did I felt the bright sunshine
I was out of giving but now I'm into living in love
Because angel
With every little beat of my heart
I love you
And I just got to tell you right now
It's a bad bad world
With danger everywhere
But as long as you're beside me angel
I don't care
Angel
With every little beat of my heart
I love you
there's a saying that I read
saying fools was easy led
saying all the boys are strong
and all the girls just tag along
well I don't know if all that's true
all I know is I've found you
so show me the difference if you can
between a woman and a man
I was washed up on your shore
couldn't take one heartbreak more
the good lord answered all my prayers
when he showed me to your door
now as each new day arrives
I thank God that I'm alive
and that you helped me make a start
to mend the pieces of my heart
you can't see it with your eyes
and you can't hold it in your hands
so show me the difference if you can
between a woman and a man
show me the difference if you can
between a woman and a man
I broke my world in pieces yesterday
I woke to find my angel gone away/astray
I was loud and I was strong
I was proud but I was wrong
didn't realise the price I'd have to pay
long ago when sharing things was new
I did the things I thought a man should do
so I tried to break her will
but it was me who paid the bill
'cause instead of breaking one heart
I broke two
what's the use in askin' where she's been to
what's the use in askin' what she's done
I'm the one who told her she was leavin'
so what's the use in askin' where she's gone
loneliness is tearin' me apart
I swear to God I'll make a brand new start
so I'm on the telephone
sayin' angel, please come home
before you break your poor old daddy's heart
what's the use in askin' where she's been to
what's the use in askin' what she's done
I'm the one who told her she was leavin'
so what's the use in askin' where she's gone
instrumental solo
anything you need I'll be there/I'm tryin'
heaven knows I'm cryin;'
angel
what's the use in askin' where she's been to
what's the use in askin' what she's done
I'm the one who told her she was leavin'
Words by jimmy nail
Music by jimmy nail/andy caine/danny schogger
On a day like today I could blow my cares away
Not a sign of a cloud to make me blue
But then you said goodbye, took the sun out of my sky
When you told me that you and me were through
Catch a falling star, fall down from above
Put it where you are, wrap it up in love
On a day like today I could blow my cares away
Not a sign of a cloud above my head
But then you said goodbye, took the sun out of my sky
When you told me of something that you'd said
Take me as I am, it's all I have to give
Give you all I have, for all the days I live
On a day like today, I could blow my cares away
Not a sign of a cloud to make me sad
But then you said goodbye, took the sun out of my sky
Time was when I was a different boy
Innocent of life until you came around
The boy turned bad
Time was I never ever dared to touch
Not they've got my fingerprints all over town
The boy turned bad
Coul have been the boy who gave them hell
Could have been the king of cool as well
But you had to blow it all and tell
Ah, well
Waiting for the sunshine
Waiting for the sun to shine all over me
I'm waiting for the sunshine
You said 'love will never be enough'
Turn your pretty head and I was on my knees
The boy turned bad
You said 'babe, you've got to be so tough
Take a bite of life and don't you say
Please'
The boy turned bad
Waiting for the sunshine
Waiting for the sun to shine all over me
I'm waiting for the sunshine
Waiting for the sunshine
Waiting for the sun to shine all over me
Words and music by brian wilson
Time for supper now
Day's been hard and I'm so tired
I feel like eating now
Smell ihe kitchen now
Hear the maid whistle a tune
My thoughts are fleeting now
Still I dream of it
Of that happy day
When I can say I've fallen in love
And it haunts me so
Like a dream that's
Somehow linked to all the stars above
Young and beautlful
Like a tree thats just been planted
I found life today
I made mistakes today
Will I ever learn the lessons
That all come my way
Still I dream of it
Of that happy day
When I can say I've fallen in love
And it haunts me so
Like a dream that's
Somehow iinked to all the stars above
A little while ago
My mother told me
Jesus loved the world
And if that's true then
Why hasn't he helped me to find a girl
And find my world ?
'til then I'm just a dreamer
I'm convinced of ii
The hypnosis of our minds can take us far away
It's so easy now
You see someone up there high
In heavens here to stay
Still I dream of it
Of that happy day
When I can say I've fallen in love
And it haunts me so
Iike a dream that's
Wish I could find the words to say
To change your mind and make you stay
I've loved you so very long
But I know that's not the way
To stop you walking out that door
If you don't love me anymore
Lord if I could there's no price I wouldn't pay
I go to bed I try to sleep
I lie in between
I pray the lord my soul to keep
And I try so not to dream
In my arms I hold you near
With my lips I kiss you dear
I won't want to wake up
And face this new day
Only one heart, only one heart
What made you take it and break it apart?
Only one heart, only one heart
Lord why did you make us with only one heart?
I go to bed I try to sleep
I lie in between
And I pray the load my soul to keep
And I try so not to dream
Only one heart, only one heart
What made you take it and break it apart?
Only one heart is all I can give
Only one heart for as long as I live
Only one heart, only one heart
there's a feeling coming over
getting bigger
growing stronger every day
you can't turn your face or hide
your head
but it's not gonna go away
with a little bit of caring
we can get it back to where it
used to be
but if we take and if we take
then take some
more we'll shake the nature
from the tree
as we walk this world alone
only love can bring us home
millions of children are born
into hunger
only love can bring us home
I can see it ever clearer now
in letters written big upn the wall
that of we don't ease up a
little on the earth
we're gonna take a major fall
so if you're looking down and listening
we could use a heapin'
helping from above
because a hundred tons of hate
can be negated
with a little bit of love
as we walk this world alone
only love can bring us home
millions of children are born
into hunger
only love can bring us home
poor is the man who walks on is own
some day we'll learn that our
wells can be
emptied and only love can bring us home
And when the shouting's over
Where do you go?
Nd when you're a wounder soldier
Who wants to know?
And when ther's just no getting
Through to you
Pull back the clouds and take
A glimpse of the sky
When love comes down it's just like
Learning to fly
There's no harm that's gonna come to you
You're not in danger any more
Real love can climb any mountain
Real love as big as the sky
It's a mysterious thing
How it begins
You search for a life-time
But it won't let you in
And then it's there
There's a joy that runs
Through everything you do
Through somebody's love you
Become alive
Real love can climb any mountain
Real love as wide as a mile
Real love as deep as the ocean
There's no gentle way to break somebody's heart
To say - it's over - it's time for us to part
Angel dry your eyes soon you're gonna see
I was wrong for you this wasn't meant to be
Love may do the cruellest things
May bruise those angel wings
But angel love will find someone for you
So angel don't you cry in a little while
Every tear will dry and you'll look back and smile
Love may do the cruellest things
Abuse those angel wings
But angel love will find someone for you
Angel don't you cry
Love may do the cruellest things
Abuse those angel wings
But angel love will find someone for you
When the night is cold
And my arms want somebody to hold
I think of you
And when the rain falling
I think of you
I think of you and of the hours
We spent together every night
I think of you and of the day
You walked away and out of sight
But now my arms just wanna hold you
Like they used to do before
I'm a broken man
Now you don't love me any more
I think of you and of the hours
We spent together every night
I think of you and of the day
You walked away and out of sight
But now my arms just wanna hold you
Like they used to do before
I'm a broken man
Now you don't love me any more
When the night is cold
And my arms want somebody to hold
I think of you
And when the rain falling
I think of you
Reaching, reaching love
Love is real, real is love
Love is feeling, feeling love
Love is wanting to be loved
Love is touch, touch is love
Love is reaching, reaching love
Love is asking to be loved
Love is you, you and me
Love is knowing we can be
Love is free, free is love
Love is living, living love
Words and music by jimmy nail
Hey momma don't you cry for me
I'm gonna shake all the apples off of all the trees
Oh yeah, but I'm coming home
Hey baby don't you weep tonight
When I see them apples hangin' gonna take a bite
Oh yeah, but I'm coming home
Hey daddy don't you worry now
I'm gonna make every little thing right somehow
Oh yeah, I'm coming home
Hey momma don't you cry no more
You know that very soon now I'll be beyond the law
Oh yeah, I'm coming home
Hey child remember when I'm gone
I got to ride in a town car, twenty feet long
Oh yeah, I'm coming home
Hey boy you'd better get it right
When you tie that rope you'd better fix it tight
Oh yeah, I'm coming home
Hey boys you remember me
I rocked the ground. I shook the tree, but no more
I'm coming home
Hey jesus give a hand to me
I'm a two-time sinner tryin' to make it three
I'm about as bad as I can be, but I swear
I'm coming home
Here he come again that man in the mask
Telling me I have to go home
Telling me I have to go home again
Pointing with his finger and waving that lamp
Telling me I have to go home
Telling me I have to go home again
I don't wanna go home
Don't wanna go home no more
I don't wanna go home
Don't wanna go home no more
Just when I get to thinking that I've shaken him free
Just when I get to thinking that he's gone from me
He seems to have a hold upon my soul
Here he come again that man in the mask
Telling me I have to go home
Telling me I have to go home again
I don't wanna go home
Don't wanna go home no more
I don't wanna go home
Don't wanna go home no more
Because I've been a lot of places that I shouldn't have been
Seen a lot of faces that I shouldn't have seen
Said a lot of bad things that I really didn't mean
But they still won't let me go
I don't wanna go home
Don't wanna go home no more
I don't wanna go home
The first time I saw you I realised at once
You were an angel in torment
How could I desert you I vowed in that moment
Nothing in this world
Or any other would ever threaten or hurt you
Dragons rage outside your door
But I'm on my way to save you
Demons wage unholy war
But I'm on my way to save you
The forces of darkness may mobilise
One hundred million demons
An army to keep you far from me
Determined to stop me they'll
Spend eternity regretting
They ever crossed me
They'll suffer - believe me
Dragons rage outside your door
But I'm on my way to save you
Demons wage unholy war
But I'm on my way to save you
Dragons rage outside your door
But I'm on my way to save you
Demons wage unholy war
But I'm on my way to save you
To save you
devil walks behind you
sneakin' ever ready to steal your world away
no matter what you mean to
he'll have you saying things you really should not say
it's not that I'm a bad man
had my good intentions just like all the rest
but when he gets behind you
it's hard to see for real it's hard to know what's best
but just 'cause I missed it
no need to get all bitter 'n twisted
pocket full of promises
but promises don't buy your things or pay your way
I had it my palm girl
now there's just an empty hand down there today
but just 'cause I missed it
no need to get all bitter 'n twisted
I said just 'cause I missed it
no need to get all bitter 'n twisted
I tried to walk the straight line
tried to pass the swingin' door on my way home
I thought about the good things
then I thought about the bad things too and was undone
I miss my wife and kids now
miss all the little things we used to do and say
devil walks behind you
sneakin' ever ready to steal your soul away
but just 'cause I missed it
no need to get all bitter 'n twisted
I said just 'cause I missed it
no need to get all bitter 'n twisted
I didn'tbelieve all the things
That I'd heard about you
I couldn't believe all the things
That I'd heard were true
And then you took me for a ride
I started on my downward slide
You wouldn't believe all the measures
That I've been through
I should've believed
All the things that I'd were true
I put my coat as the time-bell rings
I give a shiver as the day begins
You put your spell on me
And I can't shake you free
So let's drink to absent friends
My insides are crying out as I walk alone
A body without a soul looking for a home
Another hold in my expensive shoe
Another shiver as the rain comes through
You put your spell on me
And I can't shake you free
So let's drink to absent friends
You put your spell on me
And I can't shake you free
So let's drink to absent friends
Between the benches nd the swinging door
I've walked that route a million
Times or more
So just remember, when you look away
I climb a mountain every single day
You put your spell on me
And I can't shake you free
So let's drink to absent friends
You put your spell on me
And I can't shake you free
Watching you begin your going
I can still remember how it was with you
And then you go and throw it at me
Sleeping with a guy I called my friend
Some friend
Big shot, I could've won
Nothing stopping me
Shoot for the moon
Big shot, I should've done
I could've owned it
Bit I made it too soon
Beautiful is what you are
Beautiful to me
Beautiful is what you are
But I can't set you free
Tie a ball and chain around
You keep you close to me
Beautiful is what you are
But I can't set you free
And hurting was your special thing, girl
And you could turn it on just when you wanted
To you hd me wrapped around your fingr
Every little thing you wanted me to do
I would do for you
Big shot, I could've been
I could've made it
Could've reached for the sky
Big shot, I should've been
But you took it from me
Wore it down by and by
Beautiful is what you are
Beautiful to me
Beautiful is what you are
But I can't set you free
Tie a ball and chain around
You keep you close to me
Beautiful is what you are
I believed all the things you said
So I laid my weary head
And as the dawn began the day
All we had was swept away
Because I believed
And you believed that the world was
Yours you were waiting fr applause
But the people ll said no
And as you came, so did you go
I believed
I believed
Oh, you fools
You broke all the rles
And now you have to pay
They believed that a change would come
That one day 'thy will be down'
An behold, it came to pass
That the free were free at last
Because I believed
I don't want to be the answer, girl
I don't want to be a dancer on your dreams
I don't want to shield you from yourself
But you know it's sometimes harder than it
Seems
In a wicked world there's light somewhere
I care
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
When it seems you've got the broken cup
When your given soap instead of sympathy
When you feel as if you're giving up
There's another road that leads right back to
In a wicked world there's light somewhere
I care
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
And I would never steal your time
Or make you sign forever
You're free
You're free
Take me
Take me to your heart
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
And I'll be there
Reach out your little hand to me
Words and music by jimmy nall
One day at a time
That's how I live my life today
One glimpse at the sun
And I was blinded by the light
What a price I was to pay
Each morning I rise
And I pray to God above
That one day I will return
To the world I left behind
To the people that I love
It's been ten years, maybe more
Since I've been locked behind this door
And by rights I should be free
You can take a man, break his will
Make him bad, give him time to kill
But you can't do that to me
I'm an innocent man
And I refuse to lie down
I refuse ta lie down
They put me in a place
Where the sun refused to shine
They took away my soul
But my memories remained
Of that once-upon-a-time
One day at a time
That's how I live my life today
Still searching to find
A single word ihat fits the lock
To turn the key to set me free
And I refuse to lie down
Yippi ay oh
Love's a silver bullet that blows your world apart
I wanna be remembered as an outlaw honey
The boy who stole your heart
I wanna be the guy who wears the white hat
And rides across the plain I'm gonna be your enigmatic stranger
Honey you are lookin' at your shane
Cowboy dreams, cowboy dreams
You give me cowboy dreams
Cowboy dreams, cowboy dreams
You give me cowboy dreams
If ever you're in trouble if ever you are down
I'm gonna be the hangin' judge and sherif
Gonna ride your troubles out of town
You're lookin' at a mountain you're lookin' at the law
You're lookin at a six gun legend - fastest on the draw
Cowboy dreams, cowboy dreams
You give me cowboy dreams
Cowboy dreams, cowboy dreams
You give me cowboy dreams
I can make you happy it's easier than it seems
I'm gonna ambush you at sundown gonna give you cowboys dreams
Yippi ay oh - I'm gonna give you cowboy dreams
Love's a silver bullet that blows your world apart
I wanna have it written on my tombstone
Here lies the boy who stole your heart
Yippi ay oh
Cowboy dreams
Blue roses will blossom in the snow
Before I ever let you go
Blue roses will grow up to the sky
Before I ever make you cry, blue roses
You need more reassurance
Than a frightened orphan child
That I'm always gonna want you
That I'll always be beguiled
So I search for words to tell you
That my love for you is blind
But this fragment of a children's song
Is all that I can find
Blue roses will blossom in the snow
Before I ever let you go
Blue roses will grow up to the sky
Before I ever make you cry, blue roses
This nursery rhyme is corny
It is stranded out of time
But it's simple and it's honest
And since when was that a crime?
And perhaps whoever wrote it
Loved someone like I love you
For in matters of the heart I've found
There's little that is new
Blue roses will blossom in the snow
Before I ever let you go
Blue roses will grow up to the sky
Before I ever make you cry
Blue roses will blossom in the snow
Before I ever let you go
Blue roses will grow up to the sky
Before I ever make you cry
