Thanks to CJ803 for the lyrics
Just Wakin' Up++ Drifted Away++ Shine++ Loved You All Along++ Seventh Stair ++ Drinker's Hour ++ Now & Then ++ A Need To Care++ Ignorant Hearts ++ I Still Care ++ Emma ++ Apology ++ Eyes On The Sky ++
Just Wakin' Up
Well it seems so early
Like dewdrops on my mind
I've just begun to realize
The things I could not find
Just like I was told as a child
By the greatest man who ever shined
I'm just wakin' up
Just smelling the coffee
I'm just wakin' up
To the sweetness of life
He said life isn't easy
But he told me from a different point of view
He said, "You've got to watch your back, boy
Everybody's gonna love you
And everybody hates somebody, somebody loves
Watcha gonna do?"
(Chorus)
He said, "There's something I've got to tell you
Before I send you out on your own"
And then there was a stare so deep, my man
It chilled me to the bone
"It's somewhat like a legacy, it can't be left alone"
(Chorus)
Drifted Away
Tossing and turning all night long
Searching for a place to call my own
Hoping this feeling might come along
On this journey so far from home
Cause I'm leaving tomorrow
Could I stay the night?
Cause I'm leaving tomorrow
Would it be all right?
Even though these feelings are hard to express
I've got to admit babe that you were the best
An expedition where life is a bliss
Let me go girl, but please tell me this
(Chorus)
Waiting for reasons why I should stay
Tired of watching seasons just drift away
Loving is easy or so they say
When I'm gone I know I'll wish I had stayed
(Chorus)
Well I've done it now, I've gone my own way
Even though I shouldn't have
I drifted away
Drifted away
But I'll be all right
Shine
I look at the world and its patrons
Clicking along with a smile
Oh how I wish I could join them
For a little while
I look in your eyes and wonder who's there
Smile and wonder when you'll leave
I wonder how long it takes you
To deceive
I need to shine . . . shine
You walk away, but I don't cry
I send you away with a smile and a sigh
I don't know you but you've
Made a part of me die
I need to shine . . . shine
With you I'm as cold as the morning
As dry as the evening sky
I don't know you but you've
Made a part of me die
I need to shine
Loved You All Along
Imagine the world with no borders
No boundaries to fight about
Imagine the peace and love
And no need for the doubt
Think of a world with no leader
No rats to run the race
And every single loved one
Has a single face
A vision of the light above me
Shining into the corners
Feeling of joy, for the terminal mourners
A voice, on the speaker
Hums a mellow song
And together we're the ones
Who've loved you all along
Loved you all along
Now the place of which I'm speakingv
Has yet to arrive
But I hope to see this place
While I'm still alive
The thoughtless of today
Have yet to feel the urge
Yet the day will come
When our minds and our souls will merge
(Bridge – Chorus)
Seventh Stair
Emily sits on the seventh stair
Just outside the lion’s lair
Holding the magic in a bowl
She feels complete it makes her whole
She takes the hand of a passing boy
He treats her like a bad toy
She doesn’t know she doesn’t care
She breathes the magic in the air
(chorus)
How do you tell her it isn’t real
How do you say it’s a short end deal
How do you save a passing glance
How do you give her another chance
It’s a hard one fight to keep her here
But reality is crystal clear
She says she loves you, she slips away
She says she’ll find you some other day
She’ll make you feel like she wants to go
She said it isn’t true you know
She says the hazes are her home
She’ll show you where she wants to roam
(chorus)
She’s beautiful and she’s very sweet
Magic smoke soon she’ll meet
Those letters you write you never send
The daytime nightmare never ends
You’re watching it pull her to the top
You’re waiting for the shoe to drop
She says she loves you but she won’t stay
She says it’s her life anyway
(chorus)
Drinker's Hour
Welcome to the Drinker's Hour, two thirty-five a.m.
Welcome to the cold dark time, when I admit to what I am
I'm scared to death and all alone, Lord, please give me the power
To fight the demons one more time
I'm in the Drinker's Hour
Welcome to my world of fear, where I wonder what I said
Before I started throwing things, and crashed off into bed
I've got to change, I swear I will,
Lord please give me the power
To fight the demons one more time
I'm in the Drinker's Hour
She's lying here beside me now, with tear stains on her cheek
She cried herself to sleep again, for the fifth time in a week
I know I'm running her life too, our world is going sour
Thoughts like these are terror, friend
Here in the Drinker's Hour
My children think that I'm a fool, I guess I've proved them right
By doing all the stupid things, I do most every night
They look away, they've lost respect, the strength's gone from the tower
I'm reaping now, my just reward
Here in the Drinker's Hour
I'm afraid I've traded off my life, my hand's slipped from the throttle
I've lost the people living here, my love lies in a bottle
I need your love - I want you back, you were my brightest flower
For me there's only darkness here
I'm in the Drinker's Hour
Now & Then
Every now and then there stands a man beside me
Standing right beside me but he aint there
I look him in the eyes in the eyes of a stranger
Well I keep running man this aint fair
And every now and then I see
All that life has given me
Well aint that what life’s all about
We’ve got to struggle to be free
Set your mind on higher things
Even when the men get out
Every now and then there stands a man behind me
Standing right behind me but he aint there, no
I look him in the eyes, in the eyes of a stranger
Well I aint running man I aint scared
Now the problem seems to be
Judging time for you and me
Aint that what life’s all about
We’ve got to struggle to be free
Set your mind on higher things
Even when the men get out
Yeah
Well every now and then I see
All that life has given me
Well aint that what life’s all about
If I can struggle to be free
Set your mind on higher things
Even when the men get out
A Need To Care
The world is locked outside my head
And I refuse to let it in
I don't find peace in the things I've done
Or the places that I've been
I feel the sides of a velvet trap
That holds me tight at bay
I want to sail and think blue skyBut my life has blocked the way
I wanted so to do great things
To leave them all in awe
But instead I blundered into things
That I never even saw
Now every man has got his cross
Yes, the one that he must bear
And no life, I know, can be complete
Without the need to care
A need to care
But a coldness falls around my soul
Like a curtain on a stage
And thoughts that should be gentle ones
Come on like burning rage
In a crowded room I'm all alone
I don't care what's being said
In spite of all that's going on
Creative thought is dead
If all I hate is removed today
What I want is not what's left
Because the dragons aren't really real, you know
They're all within your self
Now every man has got his cross
Yes, the one that he must bear
And no life I know can be complete
Without the need to care
A need to care
Ignorant Hearts
We are lovers of improvements, we admire progressive movements
We're the mortals of an age of many things
And we harp on education, it's our foremost calculation
And we praise the learned products that it brings
Our professors brains are burning with the boundless store of learning
For we think our minds' the most important part
And the man who is commanding, is the man of understanding
So we never think to educate the heart
Ignorant hearts, there's nothing more to say
Ignorant hearts, will we always be this way?
When we want to last the longest
Then we strive to be the strongest
For we cannot win unless we can endure
And we think we're up on learning, when we know we're up on earning
And we build a body that is strong and sure
With a mind that's educated, and a brain that's graduated
And a body that is taught to help us start
We go out and take our chances
In the winds of circumstances
Having never thought to educate the heart
(Chorus)
Hoping this will cause no question, for it's only a suggestion
And of course I still admit we're very smart
But we lack one thing my brothers, it's greater than all the others
We should take the time and educate the heart
(Chorus)
I Still Care
Every time that I look into your eyes
I just can't wait another day
I let my spirit fly and you know that I
Will be with you all the way
But ain't it funny how time just slips away
Into the corners of my mind
And I'll be with you now; with you all the way
Till time's the only thing we can find
Things forgiven in a past that we both know
Often makes my wonder why
Why we can't be together
Why can't we give it another try?
We both know the circumstances
Of these misled feelings we both share
We've got to break down these mental fences
So I can show you I still care
Apology
Come on girl I know you’re there
Now pick up that phone
Don’t act like you don’t care
Well I’ve called for hours
Seems like days
I’ve got so much to say
Don’t act this way
Ya know it isn’t fair
Now you know I wouldn’t hurt you
You know that’s not the game I play
Pick up the phone and listen
Just listen to what I have to say
Sometimes I feel you’re out to get me
With these little games that you insist to play
What you don’t know is one sharp word can cut me like a knife
Hurt me deep into the shadows where I stay
Now you know I wouldn’t hurt you
You know that’s not the game I play
Pick up the phone and listen
Just listen to what I have to say
Now you know I wouldn’t hurt you
You know that’s not the game I play
Pick up the phone and listen
Just listen to what I have to say
Eyes On The Sky
Things are getting rough
Seems no light in the hall
One slip and you feel
That never ending fall
Stuck in a rut
With no exits from the road
You wonder why
One man must burden this load
Sometimes you feel a little pleasure
But it’s never without guilt
It only seems to crack
The foundation that you’ve built
Try to find a little happiness
But you can’t afford the cost
Can’t shake the feeling
That a child is lost
Just step on back now
Big picture’s a lovely sight
You will soon find out
The light is bright
Keeping your eyes on the heavens
And your feet upon the floor
Your eyes on the sky
You can open any door
(chorus)
Your eyes on the sky
You can open any door
Your eyes on the sky
You can open any door
Never ending faith the keys to the world
Expect too much to be considered
No one turns a new leaf
With a might that is littered
A child to a giant
Wings learn to fly
Change is possible
With your eyes upon the sky
(chorus)