“Nothing or no one will ever
Make me let you down”
Kiss them for me, I may be delayed
Kiss them for me, I may find myself delayed
On the road to New Orleans
A spray of stars hit the screen
As the 10th impact shimmered
The forbidden candles beamed
Kiss them for me, I may be delayed
Kiss them for me, I may find myself delayed
Kiss them for me, kiss them for me
Kiss them for me, I may find myself delayed
Coming in from London from over the poll
Flyin’ in a big airliner
Chickens flyin’ everywhere around the plane
Could we ever feel much finer?
Comin’ into Los Angeles
Bringin’ in a couple of keys
Don’t touch my bags if you please, mister customs man
There’s a guy with a ticket to Mexico
No, he couldn’t look much stranger
Walkin’ in the hall with his things and all
Smilin’ said he was the Lone Ranger
Comin’ into Los Angeles
Bringin’ in a couple of keys
Don’t touch my bags if you please, mister customs man
“Columbia now nine times the speed of sound.”
“Roger that, Dan, I’ve got a solid TACAN
locked on, uh, TACAN twenty-three.”
“The, uh, tracking data, map data and pre-planned
trajectory are all one line on the block”
“Roger your block decoded recorded”
Hello, Earth.
Hello, Earth.
With just one hand held up high
I can blot you out,
Out of sight.
Peek-a-boo,
Peek-a-boo, little Earth.
With just my heart and my mind
I can be driving,
Driving home,
And you asleep
On the seat.
I get out of my car,
Step into the night
And look up at the sky.
And there’s something bright,
Traveling fast.
Just look at it go!
Just look at it go!
I overheard the elders telling each other stories
About the days when they were young
Back on Planet Earth
I wish to learn the secrets of those who lived before me
So I program my computer
For a flight to Planet Earth
Blue skies, over the oceans
Sail on the wind to the valley below
Rise high over the hills
To where the wildflowers grow
And I ride, ride, ride the waves of time
Fly, fly, fly beyond the sky
We’ve abandoned all emotions, whether good or bad
Up here in this station
Far from Planet Earth
I can’t tell if I’m happy I don’t know if I’m sad
But I do know I’d have been at home
Back on Planet Earth
Black clouds, over the debris storm
Is raging over the land
No life left on this planet
Now you will understand
And I ride, ride, ride the waves of time
Fly, fly, fly beyond the sky
It’s a long way home from the Field of Mars
Distant, alone, beneath the platinum stars
And I turn to look, but I’m never any closer
Only just the rain makes the skin feel colder
All my life seems so far away
All my life seems so far away
The air is soft in the Field of Mars
Tears are lost to feed the overgrown grass
And I have to leave, but I never seem to go
Only more sad clouds where autumn winds will blow
All my dreams seem so long ago
All my dreams seem so long ago
Oh, Field of Mars
Oh, Field of Mars
Time is past in the Field of Mars
Grief won’t last in the departing cars
And I call her name, but she never, ever hears
And I call again to the cruelty of the years
Oh my love she’s so far away
Oh my love she’s so far away
Oh, Field of Mars
Oh, Field of Mars
Oh, Field of Mars
Oh, Field of Mars
Oh, Field of Mars
Oh, Field of Mars
Oh, Field of Mars
Oh, Field of Mars
But you’re so far away
Doesn’t anybody stay in one place anymore
It would be so fine to see your face at my door
Doesn’t help to know you’re so far away.
It’s so nice to meet an old friend and pass the time of day
And talk about the home town a million miles away
Is the ice still on the river, are the old folks still the same?
And by the way, did she mention my name?
Did she mention my name just in passing?
And when the morning came, do you remember if she dropped a name or two
Is the home team still on fire, do they still win all the games?
And by the way, did she mention my name ?
Took a ride, I went downtown
The streets were empty, there was no one around
To place that we used to know
Been all the places that we used to go
I’m at the wrong end of your looking glass
Just trying to hold on to the hands of the past and you
And there was nothing left to bring me back
I was a million miles away
A million miles away
I’m just a million miles away
And there’s nothing to bring me back today
Bring me back today, bring me back today
I started drifting to a different place
I realized, falling off the face of the world
And there was nothing left to bring me back
I was a million miles away…
Bet your life it ain’t no easy money
But you won’t hear me bitch
Spent a long time wrecked and funny
I’ve got the ten-year itch
See me running all around the world
Trying to make some time
A million miles, a million girls
A million real good times
But now the days grow short
I’m in the autumn of the year
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
from fine old kegs
from the brim to the dregs
And it poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year
When I was seventeen,
I drank some very good beer,
I drank some very good beer
I purchased with a fake ID.
My name was Brian McGee,
I stayed up listenin’ to Queen
When I was seventeen.
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train
And I’s feeling nearly as faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
It rode us all the way to New Orleans
I pulled my harp from and my dirty red bandanna
I was playing soft while Bobby sang the blues
Windshield wipers slapping time, I was holding Bobby’s hand in mine
We sang every song that driver knew
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing don’t mean nothing honey if it ain’t free, now now
And feeling good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues,
You know feeling good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee
From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun
Hey, Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Through all kinds of weather, through everything that we done
Hey Bobby baby kept me from the cold
One day up near Salinas, Lord I let him slip away
He’s looking for that home and I hope he finds it
But I’d trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday
To be holding Bobby’s body next to mine
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing, that’s all that Bobby left me, yeah
But feeling good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues,
Hey, feeling good was good enough for me, hmm hmm
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee
Michael holds a block of chalk in his hands
Carving through the dust the somber face of a man
Bobby from next door never sees the art at all
He just grabs the chalk and he draws 'til the face is gone
Michael is Dreaming On
Longing to be seen by the world
Knowing his will is strong
To become something more than unknown
Michael packs his life and goes off to school
Searching for the skills to free his creative muse
His collection grows, he begins to show his art
Critics turn his work into words that lack all heart
Michael is Dreaming On
Longing to be seen by the world
Knowing his will is strong
To become something more than unknown
Unknown…
Dreams can change, grow, and fade
Dreams can change…
Michael is older now, he owns a cafe’
Calls it “Angelo’s” to honor an idol’s name
He displays his art alongside young artist’s dreams
Shares his sage advice as he serves coffee and cream
Michael is Dreaming On
Though it’s changed Michael has reached his goal
Michael is now well-known
As he sculpts many young artists’ souls
Sculpts souls…
sing with me, sing for the years
sing for the laughter and sing for the tears
sing with me, if it’s just for today
maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away
dream on, dream on, dream on,
dream yourself a dream come true
dream on, dream on, dream on,
and dream until your dream comes true
[In honor of tonight’s total lunar eclipse]
My spirit is crying for a love so tired of being alone
I remember he came here to steal, and you are his stealer of souls
I see a black moon rising, and it’s calling out my name
Oh it’s calling my name
I’ve been blinded, lost and confused, darkness will call me no more
Heaven is no friend of mine, no god ever knocked on my door
I see a black moon rising, and it’s calling out my name
It’s calling out my name, it’s calling
I’m standing on the dark side of time reaching for the power of her hand
She’s weaving an unholy light and calls from Lucifer’s land
I see a black moon rising, and it’s calling out my name
An angel of hell is rising, heaven’s no friend of mine
I see a black moon rising, and it’s calling out my name
I see a black moon rising, and it causes so much pain
All that you touch
All that you see
All that you taste
All you feel
All that you love
All that you hate
All you distrust
All you save
All that you give
All that you deal
All that you buy
Beg, borrow or steal
All you create
All you destroy
All that you do
All that you say
All that you eat
And everyone you meet
All that you slight
And everyone you fight
All that is now
All that is gone
All that’s to come
And everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We’ll be holding on forever
And we’ll only be making it right
'Cause we’ll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
(All of the time)
I don’t know what to do and I’m always in the dark
We’re living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever’s gonna start tonight
(Forever’s gonna start tonight)
Once upon a time
I was falling in love
But now I’m only falling apart
There’s nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there’s only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
This is for the things I don’t say enough
Waiting for the day we touch
Your lips to mine eclipse solar lunar
For there is a purpose and reason
Beyond all human apprehension
The shrieking silence in the blackness of space
For there is a knowledge more complex
Than life on this planet
A knowledge in tune with the progress of stars
Lunar Strain
All across the milky way, life suffers defeat
Life that once was treasured
What once was nothing has blossomed into form
Once it was I that was nothing
But now they say I will die
All across the galaxy, life suffers defeat
Lunar Strain
Lunatic Fringe - I know you’re out there
You’re in hiding, and you hold your meetings
I can hear you coming, and I know what you’re after
We’re wise to you this time we won’t let you kill the laughter