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Prime of Life
03:34
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PRIME OF LIFE
It’s the prime of life
There is no next time
See the moment shine
Then slip away
I see you next to me
Like two fish swimmin’ upstream
Tryin’ to live the dream
Today
And you, locked inside that room
I hope you find your way out soon
When I saw you there
It was like a prayer
That I never dared
To say
In the early spring
The chapel bells did ring
And sparrows came to sing
The day away
And you, out there in the wind
I hope today’s the day your life begins
And you, underneath that stone
I hope someday your secret will be known
It’s the prime of life
We got nowhere to hide
As we leave the past behind
To try our wings
I see you next to me
Two branches of one tree
Leanin’ out to see
What the mystery brings
And you, locked inside that room
I hope you find your way out soon
And you, out there in the wind
I hope today’s the day your life begins
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Outsider
04:24
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OUTSIDER
He’s an outsider, he’s an outsider
He’s an outsider and he lives in a world of his own
The world didn’t want him so he lives in a world of his own
You can see him in the night, you can see him in the night
You can see him in the night, if you wander far enough he will be there
See him standin’ on the corner ’neath a streetlight in the rain
Before you have the chance to turn around and look at him again
He’s gone
He walks apart from the crowd, he walks apart from the crowd
He walks apart from the crowd ’cause he knows he don’t belong and he don’t care
He’s got the hunger in his eyes like a wolf in the wild
But you never hear him say a word, never see him smile
He’s an outsider and he lives in a world of his own
He stays amongst the shadows, he stays amongst the shadows
He stays amongst the shadows starin’ at the world with eyes that never close
There’s something in his solitude that grabs you by the heart
But there’s no way that you can reach him, so you don’t even start
He’s an outsider and he lives in a world of his own
You better take a good look, you better take a good look
You better take a good look ’cause you don’t know where you’ll see him again
Maybe in a railway station in some foreign land
Or on the front page of the news with a rifle in his hand
He’s an outsider and he lives in a world of his own
When the morning sun comes, when the morning sun comes
When the morning sun comes you may look around
But you won’t know why or where he’s gone
Tomorrow they might be carryin’ him through the cemetery gates
Or he could be shakin’ hands with the President of the United States
He’s an outsider and he lives in a world of his own
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Drift Away
04:31
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DRIFT AWAY
There’s so many things I think I’d rather do,
than have to find away to say goodbye to you
And there’s so many things I’d rather see
than the sight of you disappearing silently
But I don’t have much say
And I know you’d stay, if you had your way
And time is short on these broken shores
Where I watch you drift away
Thinkin’ ‘bout all the times we shared
It don’t seem right, it don’t seem fair
That you should have to leave this world behind
When there’s so much beauty left to find
And this catastrophe
Has left me speechless as I try helplessly
To make a stand
As I take your hand
And I watch you drift away
Into somewhere
That no one can know but you
I hope there’s comfort there
After all you’ve been put through
And as you’re goin’
I hope that you know
The love that is flowin’
From all us left down here below
The autumn comes
To destroy the leaves that cling
Still every flower returns again with spring
But there’s a treasure
That’s vanished from this place
And through each spring o come,
You won’t be replaced
I’m thinkin’ of a friend
The kind that’s lost and is not regained again
Whose will was strong
Who suffered long
And then drifted away
Who suffered long
Then had to drift away
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DREAMS OF A RIDICULOUS MAN
There’s a man livin’ under the steps of a cathedral
Trying to recover from
The vision of walking one day through the sunlight
With the world and himself overcome
Where the air sang his name like a hymn of redemption
And the crowd placed a crown on his head
And he moved with the weight of some great revelation
To his promise most faithfully wed
I am that man, I dreamed that dream
A great vision which some say may deceive
But I still believe
He waited and he prayed for the great day to come
He drew up his plans scrupulously
Half-driven by visions of vast domination
Half-weeping with humility
He laboured with his head bent down to the table
And barely noticed the gathering fog
And the creeping suspicion his life had become
A hastily written epilogue
I am that man, I dreamed that dream
A great vision which some say may deceive
But I still believe
The bridge that you walk on between all these moments
Has been constructed from the purest of gold
And the cornerstone you reject so thoughtlessly
Is worth more than all this world can hold
So don’t trust me too quickly you who know my face only
Don’t believe I’m ever all on your side
For if I said I was content just to sit in the bleachers
And observe the procession, I lied
I am that man, I dreamed that dream
A great vision which some say may deceive
But I still believe
There’s a man livin’ under the steps of a cathedral
Trying to recover from
The vision of walkin’ one day through the sunlight
With the world and himself overcome
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Long Lonesome Night
04:18
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LONG LONESOME NIGHT
I can tell that you’ve been livin’ under somethin’
That you can’t even foresee the end of
It started out a stone, now it’s a mountain
All you can do is feel it press down from above
And you try and smile the calm and easy smile
But sometimes it’s all you can do to stand upright
With your eyes upon the doorway all the while
On this long and lonesome night
There ain’t no easy answer to this trouble
In spite of what you might hear on TV
You can talk to anyone and they’ll act puzzled
These things aren’t discussed in polite society
And you go back down to the little town you came from
Just in time to see the last fading taillights
Wonderin’ where this sorrow got your name from
On this long and lonesome night
I’d never say I’ve been exactly where you’re standin’
But I think I’ve been in the area enough to know
That all the fancy talk, all the highwire dancin’
Just comes down to Should you stay or Should you go?
Sometimes you don’t get too much choice about what you’re left with
To hang onto, and it’s way past wrong or right
Well anyway you’re not about to get that selective
On this long and lonesome night
And it’s not like you’ve got any huge ambition
To save the world or perform miracles of note
Sometimes the hardest task, the greatest mission
Is just to somehow simply stay afloat
Now everywhere you go you think you hear the cheerin’
Of a crowd that seems so distant and so far
The future, they inform you most sincerely,
Belongs to anyone with a computer for a heart
You’re just an other unknown rider through this ruin
Tryin’ to make sense and keep the palace gates in sight
And a touch of grace is all that you’re pursuin’
On this long and lonesome night
Just a touch of grace is all that you’re pursuin’
On this long and lonesome night
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Two Hearts
03:42
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TWO HEARTS
If a foot’s got to stumble
If an eye’s got to weep
If a back has got to bend, let it have one godsend
Two Hearts, One Beat
And if a mind’s got to worry
If a body’s got to sleep
In an everlasting rest, let it be blessed
Two Hearts, One Beat
Yeah, you know it’s coming pretty soon now.
How long have we waited for this?
Beneath the high crescent moon now.
But look out, you know it’s never the way you think it is.
And if a light’s got to falter
If a body’s got to feed
From the toil of its hand, through all the years on the land
Two Hearts, One Beat
I go out walking with my loved one
Through the graveyards, we hold each other close
Sometimes it’s only when I’m out walking with my loved one
The world don’t seem like a dream, and I don’t feel like a ghost.
If a vision’s got to tarry.
If a soul’s got to bleed
Born to lose its way in the night or in the day
Two Hearts, One Beat
Two Hearts, One Beat
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Oh My Love
04:28
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OH MY LOVE
Oh my love the lost you’ve had cannot be counted
It’s left a hole so wide there is no way around it
But to walk on through when every hope has foundered
And if it helps, I’m with you every single moment
Oh my love, oh my love
The winter branches bare against the sky
Could never be as bleak as the pain in your eyes
And how to start again, or even try
When the one so tightly wound around your heart has died?
Oh my love, oh my love
He was rare and true as anyone could be
And though his message to you says his soul’s at peace
Does it help you now, or calm you when you see
Where there was once four shadows, only three?
Oh my love, oh my love
It’s time for us to build our house on solid land
Far from the swamp, far from the shifting sand
We’ll construct a brand new life, a better plan
And try to live it out as best we can
But for now, my love, stand strong ’neath shattered skies
Console yourself with the memory of his eyes
Till every stitch of grief has fallen, till every tear’s been cried
Till we begin to dimly see the distant shrouded sun arise
Oh my love, oh my love
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Why
02:28
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WHY
I grow old, you stay young
Your fears fade, mine live on
You can’t talk and I can’t stop
Wondering why
Your tears end where mine begin
How I tried not face the end
But that’s just my way, you know how I hate
Sayin’ good-bye
He conceals, He conceives
He’s not much for guarantees
He prepares a mansion, some declare
Up in the sky
You are gone, I remain
Your memory fades, I sustain
Till the day I drop I know I’ll never stop
Wondering why
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Really Love
05:20
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REALLY LOVE
Look into my eyes
There’s something you must see
Behind these tears, a love that’s here
Waiting to flow to you from me
For if sadness must come
So must sadness go
And tears may fall but they’re not all
That does between us flow
It’s really love, and it’s really love
It’s comin’ on strong after so long
And it’s really love
Been so long since we’re together now
Sometimes I can’t recall
Who I was or what I was
Or if I was at all
Before you stepped out of a dream
Before you came into my life
Before you swept right in, more than a friend
And now more than a wife
It’s really love, it’s really love
Like a bolt from the blue, it’s comin’ on through
And it’s really love
And so why should we listen to the voice that tells us to despair
When the greatest gift that can be given
Is ours to share, ours to share
And why should we seek shelter
From whatever’s out there
When no mater where we wander
It’s everywhere, everywhere
Come and sit down beside me
For we both know so well
Where two are gathered close together
The spirit finds a place to dwell
With the faith that time makes stronger
With the hope the world can’t bend
With every moment growing longer
As they stretch towards the end
It’s really love, it’s really love
Lifting us higher, setting us afire
And it’s really love
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You Make it Easy
03:39
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YOU MAKE IT EASY
When I was a runnin’ boy
I heard the hymns of heaven’s joy
In a country church in a little town
But I never knew what they meant till now
And in between all I could see
About life was how hard it could be
But you make it easy
And life is joy, your love tells me
You make it easy
And everyday your love shows me
How easy it can be
Friends have come and friends have gone
Some depart, some are outworn
But the greatest loss by far’s the friend
Who fades from life to never come again
Left behind at such a cost
And how to believe when so much has been lost?
But you make it easy
Your love tells me that life goes on
You make it easy
And everyday your love shows me
That no-one loved is ever gone
So much has been shown to me
Sayin’ that love never dies
How could I not believe?
I’d have to be blind
Starin’ out at the autumn rain
Waitin’ for you to come home again
I see you walkin’ up the street
Where have you been and who did you meet?
And though the times may bring us down again
I’m not afraid ’cause something’s changed
And you make it easy
The future’s bright, your love tells me
You make it easy
And everyday your love shows me
How easy it can be
You make it easy
And life is joy, your love tells me
You make it easy
And everyday your love shows me
How easy it can be
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