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Like a fool I'm reaching out, Lord
To the hands of time For if he knew how you were drowning He'd never toss you a line If all we have is here and now Honey, I won't change a thing If all I know is how I feel When you move your snow white hand in mine I'll never hold the hands of time From the moment we are born We're in the hands of time As drunk on life as death is sober When we say goodbye Though it hurts to lose a friend May it help remembering For every door that closes in One'll open to the other side Opened by the hands of time Heaven knows There are days when it flies on by Heaven knows There are days when it drags Though it may seem to be on your side Turn around, it?s left you high and dry And that is why It's a fool who reaches out To the hands of time If all we have is here and now Honey, I won?t change a thing If all I know is how I feel When you move your snow white hand in mine I'll never hold the hands of time Feel it hands upon the strings As the music starts to ring In my soul, in my dreams For to help these melodies and rhymes Become this song 'Hands Of Time' Hands of time |
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| 2. |
| 3:54 |
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Strange how their love bloomed in the winter
Only to vanish in the spring It never fails to make him shiver To see the outline of her wings Where she made her last snow angel Little did they know That it'd make a lasting impression Deeper than the snow In his soul, snow angel never faded And when love calls to make that promise One to be faithful and be true It's then temptation falls upon us The world turns awkward and aloof And with this betrayal An angel descended from on high Oh, but this was not a manger And as he came inside to his fright T'was no angel hanging naked Strange how each year 'round late November When the first snow is on the ground She reappears so he'll remember How a love so young can be cut down' When she made her last snow angel Little did they know That it'd make a lasting impression Deeper than the snow In his soul, snow angel never faded In his soul snow angel never faded |
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| 3:35 |
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It all seems so obvious now
When I look back over my life There were times that I really felt down To think it passed me by But in these hours of serious doubt Through the coal black lonely night Something told me, It'll work out Something deep inside Was comforting me All in good time All in good time It said "All in good time" The bad times will be gone Hold your horses, a willow tree cried While the sun called to me, Where's the fire? Run your course my feverish child, Came a voice from even higher Inspiring me All in good time All in good time It said All in good time We rise and fall We try and fail And people may judge us But angels know us darling All in good time It all seems so obvious now When I look back over my life There's a need for sorrow and doubt For darkness and for light It's how it must be All in good time All in good time It said All in good time? All in good time The bad time will be gone |
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| 4. |
| 3:41 |
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Of foolish dreams
I'm done with these Of childish things I've set them free Filed them away in the past Gave up on all that don't last Save for just one thing There's something that I'd never do I'd never give up on you Though they try to break us in two Never give up on you Whatever I do Come early spring I bailed on that From apron strings I freed my hands And woke from the spell that cast I kicked that habit at last Oh, but I would stick by you Wherever you lead me to Never give up on you The world may try to break us I two I'd never give up on you, darlin' Whatever they do I'd never give up on you Because I know you'd do the same for me Never give up on you Because you take me as I am How I'll always be When times are bad When things go wrong What makes you sad Will make me strong I'm keeping an eye on your tears Sweeping up all this broken mirror Our luck may not come through But that's something that I'd never do I'd never give up on you Though they try to break us in two Never give up on you, darlin' Whatever I do Never give up on you |
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| 5. |
| 2:57 |
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Hate to be the bearer of bad news
But lately even the sun seems confused then now Think we're lost, think we're lost Then sun don't shine the way it used to And the rain falls harder then it's supposed to All the world looks cold and gray, think we're lost Dark shadows keep swarming 'round us nowadays On the road home I feel surrounded in harm's way, my love Think we're lost, think we're lost And the night seems darker than it used to I fear we've gone much farther than we're supposed to Hate to be the world just say Think we're lost, think we're lost Think we're lost, think we're lost Then sun don't shine the way it used to And the rain falls harder then it's supposed to All the world just turns away And I keep worrying about it, baby I keep waiting for your love to save me Tell me that we'll find our way Think we're lost, think we're lost Now it only seems to make me sad When I think of what we had and what we've lost |
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| 6. |
| 3:10 |
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Caught in the middle
Of a daydream of you We're lost in this riddle Where they keep the answers up above There's a reason for our love There's a reason for our love Thought life held nothing Now I'm holding your hand My heart, always wondering When all at once, it understands There's a reason for our love There's a reason for our love Everybody seems so surprised Though it has been right before our eyes All the time And while we were talking Time has flown, so it seems That you were sleepwalking Through that very same dream and back to us There's a reason for our love There's a reason for our love Though the answer lies above There's a reason for our love |
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| 3:40 | 
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| 3:29 |
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Leadbelly's in the background
Being drowned out by the grind He's singing about "Rock Island Line" Nobody seems to pay him any mind Bestsellers and bookshelves Full of self-help printed word Some faint elegance is heard Now was that Ellington or Bird? And has it really come to this? Can ignorance be bliss? I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop Jazz at the bookstore And blues in the coffee shop Jazz at the bookstore And blues in the coffee shop There's a man standing at the crossroads With a dark roast in his hand Livin' in white yuppy hand Over by the milk and sugar stand And have I really come to this Cup of caffeinated bliss? So we browse around All over town Sipping coffees that we can't pronounce And meanwhile in the blues cemetery All the coffins commence to bounce Leadbelly's in the cold ground Rolling over in his grave The hard road where so many slaved Is now so smooth and Paved And Has it really come to this? Can Ignorance be bliss? I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop Jazz at the bookstore And blues in the coffee shop Jazz at the bookstore And blues in the coffee shop |
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| 3:09 |
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Famous disappearing act
Kills 'em every time The willing subject sneaks out back And leaves her space behind Life is not a parlor trick There's no slight of hand Just tryin' to save the sinking ship And there's no sight of land We are all in the same boat, darlin' On the same rough sea We are all in the same boat, darlin' The ship of fools it seems there's no good news in the news Only bad news papers As black humor stands amused At the plight of human nature Still a lot of good in the world No matter what they say And when the darkness comes unfurled There's a light that was built to stay We are all in the same boat, darlin' On the same rough sea We are all in the same boat, darlin' The ship of fools it seems Optimists and realists And cynics all agree That we are all in this Together whatever will be Oh, we are all in the same boat, darlin' On the same rough sea We are all in the same boat, darlin' The ship of fools it seems We are all in the same boat, darlin' On the same rough sea We are all in the same boat, darlin' The ship of fools it seems The ship of fools it seems |
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| 2:59 |
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When the moon is only a shadow
When the world is wiping her eyes The grim trucker darkens the meadow To the market he never drives All the pigs go down the hill Past the police station, across the tracks They turn right at the next light And they never come back See the sleepy-eyed little children As we bus 'em off to school To a greasy grimy ol' building With a rusty golden rule All the pigs go down the hill Past the police station, across the tracks They turn right at the next light And they never come back Never come back Fill our face with eggs and bacon While this question weighs on our minds Will we wake to wings up in heaven Or to hooves and snout in our next life? Some say if we get it right in this life Than we never come back We never come back We never come back Never come back We never come back Never come back Never come back Never come back |
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| 2:38 |
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The world is a very small place
And before we know We're back in our own space Some dusty things to remind us All of our time on earth How sweet and precious it was And how we will never be the same For love is a very small word It?s easy to say but seldom is heard Above the war that lives on And on in the hearts of men How sweet and precious it was But now can it ever be that way again? Have no fear If we?re nearing the end We?ll just drink to old friends The world is a very hard place When lost in a crowd We search for a kind face Some trusting soul to confide In arms we can hide into Some sweet sad face from a passing train We may never see again Some dusty things to remind us All of our time on earth How sweet and precious it was And how we will never be the same |
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| 4:21 |
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The sun has gone
It arose but never shone And now the day is done Before it'd ever begun It was such a pleasant dream Till someone pulled the plug T'was a rude awakening Guess, it's time we all woke up And admit that something's very wrong The sun has gone It arose but never shone And now the day is done Before it'd ever begun Now I guess we'll never know Of the load you had to bear When you walked that lonesome road Did it lead you to despair? I just hope you've found some comfort there The sun has gone It arose but never shone And now the day is done Before it'd ever begun I just hope you've found some comfort there The sun has gone It arose but never shone And now the day is done Before it'd ever begun The sun has gone It arose but never shone And now the day is done Before it'd ever begun |
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