So long ago
Certain place
Certain time
You touched my hand
All the way
All the way down to Emmiline
But if our paths never cross
Well you know I’m sorry but
If I live to see the seven wonders
I’ll make a path to the rainbow’s end
I’ll never live to match the beauty again
The rainbow’s end
So it’s hard to find
Someone with that kind of intensity
You touched my hand I played it cool
And you reached out your hand for me
But if our paths never cross
Well you know I’m sorry but
If I live to see the seven wonders
I’ll make a path to the rainbow’s end
I’ll never live to match the beauty again
The rainbow’s end
I hark back to olden days
To her and her magic ways
Two souls in harmony in an endless sea
The cruel wings of destiny carried you away from me
And left a heart unstilled
That never will be filled
Beyond these Stygian skies our fortress lies
Across the Rainbow Bridge
We’ll span the sea of tears and conquer all our fears inside
I’d sacrifice my very life to have you at my side
Like a dream I see your face
Through the misty haze
We were one amid the stars and time never healed my scars
Deep inside the sadness burns
I must return!
Beyond these Stygian skies our fortress lies
Across the Rainbow Bridge
We’ll span the sea of tears and conquer all our fears inside
Forsake this mourning field and drop your shield
Across the Rainbow Bridge
Run to the other side where all our dreams abide
[Kermit the Frog apparently sang this:]
Why are there so many songs about rainbows
What’s on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide
So we’ve been told and some choose to believe it
I know they’re wrong, wait and see
Someday we’ll find it, the Rainbow Connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me
Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that and someone believed it
Look what it’s done so far
What’s so amazing that keeps us star gazing
What do we think we might see?
All of us under its spell
We know that it’s probably magic
Have you been half-asleep and have you heard voices?
I’ve heard them calling my name
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
It may be one and the same
I’ve heard it too many times to ignore it
It’s something that I’m supposed to be
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
There’s a rainbow in my heart
That reminds me of how we parted
And I, I know
My love is gone forever
But deep down in my heart
I’ll love her forever
There’s a rainbow
Oh, oh, in my heart
Baby, baby, baby
Come on now, baby
Listen to me
Ooh, yeah, yeah
I’m down on my knees
Please listen to my plea
Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah
I’m looking up above
Ooh, yes, up above
Praying for your love
Please, please stop this rainbow
Oh, oh, in my heart
Baby, baby, baby
Come on now, baby
Come on, stop this rainbow
Come on now, baby
And stop this rainbow…
When evening falls
She’ll run to me
Like whispered dreams
Your eyes can’t see
Soft and warm
She’ll touch my face
A bed of straw
Against the lace
We believed we’d catch the rainbow
Ride the wind to the sun
Sail away on ships of wonder
But life’s not a wheel
With chains made of steel
So bless me
Come the dawn, Come the dawn
Come the dawn, Come the dawn
Then came the dawn
And you were gone
You were gone, gone, gone
I had too much to dream last night
Too much to dream
Some sunny day, baby
When everything seems OK, baby
You’ll wake up and find that you’re alone
'Cause I’ll be gone
Gone gone gone
Really gone,
Done moved on
'Cause you done me wrong
Sunny, thank you for the truth you let me see
Sunny, thank you for the facts from A to Z
My life was torn like a wind-blown sand
And the rock was formed when you held my hand
Sunny one so true, I love you
Sunny, thank you for the smile upon your face
Sunny, thank you for the gleam that shows its grace
You’re my spark of nature’s fire
You’re my sweet complete desire
Sunny one so true, I love you
Sunny, yesterday my life was filled with rain
Sunny, you smiled at me and really eased the pain
Now the dark days are gone, and the bright days are here
My Sunny one shines so sincere
Sunny one so true, I love you…I love You…
Sunny came home to her favorite room
Sunny sat down in the kitchen
She opened a book and a box of tools
Sunny came home with a mission
She says “Days go by, I’m hypnotized
I’m walking on a wire
I close my eyes and fly out of my mind
Into the fire”
Sunny came home with a list of names
She didn’t believe in transcendence
And it’s time for a few small repairs, she said
Sunny came home with a vengeance
She says “Days go by, I don’t know why
I’m walking on a wire
I close my eyes and fly out of my mind
Into the fire”
Like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.
Like a worm on a hook
Like a knight in some old fashion book.
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
If I, if I have been unkind,
I hope that you can just let it go by.
If I, if I have been untrue.
I hope you know it was never to you.
Like a baby, stillborn
Like a beast with his horn.
I have torn everyone who reached out to me.
But I swear by this song
And by all that I have wrong
I will make it all up to thee.
I said I’d never do it again
I swore my ways that I would mend
But you cheated, dear, and that’s a sin
Here I am I’m drunk again
I’m drunk because that you are gone
At the bar I’m standin’ all alone
Drowning my sorrows deep within
Here I am I’m drunk again
I don’t like this life of mine
Drinkin’ whiskey, beer and wine
Dear you know this is the end
Here I am I’m drunk again
I’m drunk because that you are gone
At the bar I’m standin’ all alone
Drowning my sorrows deep within
Here I am I’m drunk again
Here I am I’m drunk again
was runnin’ thru the summer rain, try’n’ to catch that evenin’ train
And kill the old familiar pain weavin’ thru my tangled brain
When I tipped my bottle back and smacked into a cop I didn’t see
That police man said, mister cool, if you ain’t drunk, then you’re a
Fool.
I said, if that’s against the law, then tell me why I never saw
A man locked in that jail of yours who wasn’t neither black or poor as
Me?
Well, that was when someone turned out the lights
And I wound up in jail to spend the night
And dream of all the wine and lonely girls
In this best of all possible worlds.
Well, I woke up next mornin’ feelin’ like my head was gone
And like my thick old tongue was lickin’ something sick and wrong
And I told that man I’d sell my soul for something wet and cold as that
Old cell.
That kindly jailer grinned at me, all eaten up with sympathy
Then poured himself another beer and came and whispered in my ear,
If booze was just a dime a bottle boy, you couldn’t even buy the smell
I said, I knew there was something I liked about this town.
But it takes more than that to bring me down, down, down.
’cause there’s still a lot of wine and lonely girls
In this best of all possible worlds
Well, they finally came and told me they was a gonna set me free
And I’d be leavin’ town if I knew what was good for me
I said, it’s nice to learn that ev’rybody’s so concerned about my
Health.
(they were obsessed with it)
I said, I won’t be leavin’ no more quicker than I can
’cause I’ve enjoyed about as much of this as I can stand
And I don’t need this town of yours more than I never needed nothin’
Else.
’cause there’s still alot of drinks that I ain’t drunk
And lots of pretty thoughts that I ain’t thunk
And lord there’s still so many lonely girls
In this best of all possible worlds.
Brother, can you spare a dime?
Brother will kill brother
Spilling blood across the land
Killing for religion, something I don’t understand
Fools like me, who cross the sea
And come to foreign lands
Ask the sheep, for their beliefs
Do you kill on God’s command?
A country that’s divided surely will not stand
My past erased, no more disgrace
No foolish naive stand
The end is near, it’s crystal clear
Part of the master plan
Don’t look now to Israel
It might be in your homelands
Holy wars
Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build all the bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks.
You that never done nothin’
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it’s your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly.
Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain.
You fasten all the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion’
As young people’s blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud.
You’ve thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain’t worth the blood
That runs in your veins.
How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I’m young
You might say I’m unlearned
But there’s one thing I know
Though I’m younger than you
That even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do.
Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul.
And I hope that you die
And your death’ll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I’ll watch while you’re lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I’ll stand over your grave
'Til I’m sure that you’re dead.
I want to live where soul meets body
And let the sun wrap its arms around me and
Bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing
And feel
Feel what its like to be new
Cause in my head there’s a Greyhound station
Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations
So they may have a chance of finding a place where they’re
Far more suited than here
I cannot guess what you’ll discover
We turn the dirt with our palms cupped like shovels
But I know our filthy hands can wash one another’s
And not one speck will remain
I do believe its true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
But if the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I’ll hold you near
Cause you’re the only song I want to hear
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
Where soul meets body
I do believe its true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
But if the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I’ll hold you near
Cause you’re the only song I want to hear
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
The atmosphere’s strange out on the town
Music for pleasure, it’s not music no more
Music to dance to, music to move
This is music to march to
It’s a wardance, a wardance
It’s a wardance, a wardance
Look at the victim scrawled on the wall
You know the, the reason
Outside the door you got something
Nasty in your mind, trying to get out
It’s a wardance, a wardance
It’s a wardance, a wardance
We walk round the pitch, honesty is sick
Try to be honest, look what you get
The food runs short and then the money talks
One way out, your premonition is correct
I can stand upon a hill at dawn
look all around me
Feel her surround me
Soldier Blue
Can’t you see her life has just begun
It’s beating inside us
Telling us she’s here to guide us.
Ooo
Soldier Blue, Soldier Blue
Can’t you see that there’s another way to love her
Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won’t be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after…
One tin soldier rides away.
Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor
Time will tell them they are powered minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'til their Judgment Day comes, yeah!
Now in darkness, world stops turning
Ashes where their bodies burning
No more War Pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of Judgment, God is calling
On their knees the war pigs crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings
Oh, Lord yeah!