Ron Sexsmith

First chance I get, I'm gonna write you a letter
Tell you everything I'm feeling
First chance I get, I'm going to make it better
Then we can both start healing

But right now, there's blood everywhere
Tears and despair
And the mirror is cracking

First chance I get, I'm gonna send my blues packing

First chance I get, I'm gonna take you somewhere
Somewhere safe and secluded
First chance I get, I'm gonna take you up where
Pure love ain't diluted

But right now the roads are bad
World's going mad
But I swear, we're gonna get there someday
(Someday)

First chance I get, I'm gonna plan out the big getaway

But right now I'm occupied, my hands are tied
But I swear I'm gonna get 'round to it
(To it)

First chance I get, I'm gonna say, ?I love you? and prove it
First chance I get, I'm gonna say, ?I love you? and prove it
Oh, first chance I get, I'm gonna say, ?I love you? and prove it

I woke up on Galbraith Street
Where the houses stood like twins
Oh, and even though the door's been closed
I can find a way to get back in

For in daydreams my mind returns
Like a ghost upon the hill
As I knock upon old doors again
And find my friends all live there still

So many good times to speak of in a life
But none compared to the good times I had there

The world looks so much brighter when
You believe in every word
Now, I'm holding on to all those years
Like a tear before it falls unheard

So many goodbyes to speak of in a life
But none compared to the goodbyes I said there

The sun went down on Galbraith street
Saw it from my childhood bed
As the red and gold brick houses stood
Underneath a crimson sky that bled

And I greet you from the other side
Of sorrow and despair
With that love so vast and shattered
It will reach you everywhere

And I sing this for the captain
Whose ship has not been built
For the mother in confusion
Her cradle still unfilled
For the heart with no companion
For the soul without a king
For the prima ballerina
Who cannot dance to anything

Through the days of shame that are coming
Through the night of wild distress
Though your promise counts for nothing
You must keep it nonetheless

You must keep it for the captain
Whose ship has not been built
For the mother in confusion
Her cradle still unfilled
For the heart with no companion
For the soul without a king
For the prima ballerina
Who cannot dance to anything

And I greet you from the other side
Of sorrow and despair
With that love so vast and shattered
It will reach you everywhere

In place of a brick wall you made a window
In place of a dark hall you painted a mural
Where there was only weeds you raised a garden
And if I've failed to notice I'm sorry darling

If you were gone what would I do?
Cause no one could ever take the place of you
If you should go where would I be?
In place of you, an empty space for me

In place of wandering blind you put direction
In place of squandering my love and affection
You built a place for me, where I could store it
And I'm eternally grateful for it

If you were gone what would I do?
Cause no one could ever take the place of you
If you should go where would I be?
In place of you, an empty space for me

There is so much from what I've gathered
To put in place of these things you think you need

In place of emptiness you put fulfilment
In place of bitterness you put endearment
Where there was only weeds you raised a garden
And if I've failed to notice I'm sorry darling

If you were gone what would I do?
Cause no one could ever take the place of you
If you should go where would I be?
In place of you, an empty space for me

I'm going down to Lebanon, Tennessee
From where I stand
It's as good a place as any
I don't know anybody there and
Nobody knows me

There'll be a job in Lebanon, Tennessee
I'll work on a farm
I'll work in some factory
And I'll buy myself a home down there
You can get one pretty cheap

Get off the bus on the border of town
Head in from the East
Walk into a bar, take a seat in the corner
Be a man of mystery

Folks don't treat you mean in Lebanon, Tennessee
But like a human being
They'll take you in off the street
They'll bring you in their home down there
And give you something to eat

I'm going down to Lebanon, Tennessee

secret heart
what are you made of
what are you, so afraid of
could it be, three simple words
or the fear of being overheard
whats wrong?
let her in on your secret heart

secret heart
why so mysterious
why so secret, why so serious
maybe your, just acting tough
maybe your just, not man enough
whats wrong?
let her in on your secret heart.

the very secret, your trying to conceal,
is the very same one, your dying, to reveal,
go tell her how you feel

secret heart,
come out and share it
this loneliness, few can bear it
could it have, something to do with
admitting that you, just cant go through it alone,
let her in on your secret heart

Several miles have come between
All for the best it seems
And just in case you're listening
To this song, I will make it clear
That I still love you

Whatever happened, it don't need to be second guessed
We move from one home to a new address
Oh, it's just miles, miles behind us
Miles to go, miles behind us

Several miles have come to pass
The smoke is cleared at last
Into our lives we disappear
It's just a song that you sometimes hear
As you're passing through

Whatever happened, it don't need to be second guessed
We move from one home to a new address
Oh, it's just miles, miles behind us
Miles to go, miles behind us

I'm listening too
Oh, it's just miles, miles behind us
Miles to go, miles behind us
Oh, it's just miles

Several miles have come between
All for the best it seems
Just in case you're listening
I'm listening too

He don't know how to lie or undermine you
He don't know how to steal, how to deal or deceive
So leave him alone, set him free
'Cause he's speaking with the angel
Speaking with the angel that only he can see

You'd say he's so helpless, but what about you?
You don't pull the string, don't you know anything?
Leave him alone, let him be
'Cause he's speaking with the angel
Speaking with the angel that only he can see

Would you teach him 'bout heaven?
Would you show him how to love the earth?
Would you poison him with prejudice from
the moment of his birth?

He in the name of love, he in the blood of lamb
He that never lays blame, he don't even know his name
So leave him alone, set him free
'Cause he's speaking with the angel
Speaking with the angel (the very one)
that spoke to you and me
Oh do you remember?

More than once around
More than once so near
Left standing here to witness
Summer blowing town

But it all works out
In it's own sweet time
What comes to mind is forgiveness
Summer blowing town

With no wounds left unhealed
No hard feelings and no scars to reveal
As we go 'round life's ferris wheel
What comes to mind is forgiveness
Summer blowing town

With no wounds left unhealed
No hard feelings and no scars to reveal
As we go 'round life's ferris wheel

Let the birds fly south
Let the first snow fall
Doesn't hurt at all to witness
Summer blowing town

No it doesn't hurt at all to witness
Summer blowing town

There's a rhythm under the song
And it beats for the old and the young
And it pounds in the back of the sun
It's the sound of one drummer, one drum

There's a rhythm, it's subtle yet strong
And it moves all the wallflowers on
To the dance floor that holds everyone
To the sound of one drummer, one drum

Dance, for the time marches on
Off to a war that can never be won
To the heartbeat of drums

There's a rhythm not cruel or kind
Though you feel that it's left you behind
Is it justice or you that is blind
When you don't see it coming, how come?

There's a rhythm under the song
And it beats for the old and the young
And it pounds in the back of the sun
It's the sound of one drummer, one drum

There's a rhythm under the song
And it beats for the old and the young
And it pounds in the back of the sun
It's the sound of one drummer, one drum

There's a rhythm, it's subtle yet strong
And it moves all the wallflowers on
To the dance floor that holds everyone
To the sound of one drummer, one drum

Dance, for the time marches on
Off to a war that can never be won
To the heartbeat of drums

There's a rhythm not cruel or kind
Though you feel that it's left you behind
Is it justice or you that is blind
When you don't see it coming, how come?

There's a rhythm under the song
And it beats for the old and the young
And it pounds in the back of the sun
It's the sound of one drummer, one drum

A day is long, many hours to fill
But it's alright if we let a few minutes spill
Where's the crime in wasting time with you?

Don't have to run when the pistol's fired
It's alright if we let the meter expire
Where's the crime in wasting time with you?

People love to talk about
Big things they're gonna do
Or they've been through it all
We can just remove ourselves
We don't have to prove ourselves
Worthy of their approval

"You're only young once"
Well that's one point of view
And it's alright if we've nothing better to do
Where's the crime in wasting time
Where's the crime in wasting time
Where's the crime in wasting time with you?

I can't understand this sadness here
Sorrow's rolling in, from where's unclear
But I know there's a reason for all these blues
So I'm off to find the words we never use

Yes I know you've been hurt by words I've said
But more by the times I turned my head
For the willow of your smile is showing through
You're aching for the words we never use

How long must we bury all we feel?
Yes, and turn in the face of what is real
Well now, love has made an offer we can't refuse
So let's try for the words we never use
The words we never use

It's really coming down
Raining cats and hounds
It's falling on parades
And on the plans we made

But there'll be other days
And things will turn our way
The rain has got to fall
It's April after all

Even the longest night
Will lead you to daylight
It's the way May leads to June
And it's how I've come to you

The world goes spinning round
Life goes up and down
And rain is bound to fall
It's April after all

They'll be other days
Darling come what may
The rain has got to fall
It's April after all

Tears are bound to fall
It's April after all

In the midst of all this welcome change
I can hardly wait
Oh, to welcome all that was estranged
To my life again

I thought I was on my own
At different times
Just a voice on a cold pay phone
At different times

Now I'm taken by these thoughts of how
We found you and I
In the midst of it all, in a northern town
Between the earth and sky

These thoughts of you come around
At different times
We watch as the sun goes down
At different times

At different times
I've been tempted by these open doors
You turned and I was gone
Now I pray that I was spoken for

In my absence, in my song
I thought I was on my own
At different times
Like a stranger in my own home

At different times
At different times

Tour bus rolling down Broadway
Says "nobody you would know"
In all the store front windows I see my face
And the lame expression of this average Joe

Lord, a fool and his money parted ways
To a con artist at the bus depot
Oh now who would've thought such an honest face
Would make a monkey of this average Joe

I'm a walking disaster
I'm an accident waiting to happen
I can't walk any faster, no
If I could I'd be tap dancing, yeah

Oh I see the porch light of my home
Where my love lies waiting for me
No we don't have much but this I know
You've made a king out of this average Joe

Child star, child star
You've reached the end of the road
They only wanted you
When you were good as gold

Child star, child star
You've had a pretty long run
Go back to the real world
While you're still young

Did you think this love would last
Did you think this love was true
It came and went so fast
They loved somebody but it wasn't you

Child star, child star
This is where we get off
Stay on and ride awhile
Till the road gets rough
They loved somebody but it wasn't you

Child star, child star
Live and learn and move on
Go back to the real world
While you're still young

Standing on the side of the road near the overpass
With a sign around his neck that says
"Car wash, free balloons", he's a clown in broad daylight

He's waving at the people in cars who do a double-take
And goad him on with their horns outside the car wash
Ike a cartoon, he's a clown in broad daylight

Raising eyebrows and emotions
He don't phase some people at all
For everyday the circus is open
Everything is alright
It's just a clown in broad daylight

Everything is alright
For against the backdrop of ordinary life it's the easy laugh
That gets you through your working day and the hogwash
Sad but true, he's a clown in broad daylight

Yeah he's waving at you
He's a clown, a clown in broad daylight

Sometimes in anger we seem to forget
All the wrongs that have been done to us
We've done to others and regret
Pull back

You'll see the picture that much clearer
Anyone
Anyone can make an honest mistake
Anyone

Anyone can make an honest mistake
To err is human and all you can do
Is to tell it to your wounded heart
Forgiveness is human too

Go back
Accept each other for who we are
Anyone
Anyone can make an honest mistake

Anyone
Anyone can make an honest mistake
Few can admit it when they're wrong, I know
Few can forgive and then move on, I know it's hard

An honest mistake
Anyone
Anyone can make an honest mistake
Sometimes in anger we seem to forget

All the wrongs that have been to us
We've done to others and regret

Oh it never fails, anytime I start
To speak my mind I break her heart
Oh it never fails
Every time I feel my faith is strong

This doubt appears and steers me wrong
Oh it never fails
This world is not the one we used to know and love
Can't help wondering if it ever was

This world is not the one we used to know and love
Can't help wondering if it ever was
Oh it never fails, in times like these
I hold you and my soul's at ease

Oh it never fails
Oh it never fails

He sees it coming from a mile away
He knows all the rules by heart and so the game is played
He's trading love for this sordid night of bliss
Though nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this
Nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this

You've seen how people rise in times of need
Forget all their pettiness, forget all their greed
But he can't rise above this warm and reckless kiss
Though nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this

From this only sorrow
From this no future, only tomorrows

And when the morning comes tumbling down
No trace of the night before, it's still the same old town
But deep inside now hides a stranger in his midst
And nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this
Nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this

Pretty little cemetery on a summer's day
Walking with my family, stopping on the way
To read the epitaphs and wonder at the graves
Pretty little cemetery on a summer's day

Pretty little monument beneath a shady tree
For a little boy who died in 1943
But still in the air this lingering grief
Pretty little monument beneath a shady tree

There's an old couple on the bus
Sitting next to us, my boy and I
And pointing to the graveyard
My boy turns to the old man
And says "this is where you go to when you die
My papa told me so"
The old man said "yes, we know"

Pretty little cemetery, hear the bells ring
When the night falls it's a very different thing
Outside the gate there's a woman looking in
Pretty little cemetery, hear the bells ring

So young
So young at the start
So strong that it left its mark
Upon our hearts
So young

So strong
So strong we had no choice
We're pulled along by the ancient voice
Of girls and boys
So young

So young
So young at the end
Of a long day that was spent
Just being friends
So young

She was not the girl next door
But the girl from 'round the corner
It was at the tail end of grade four
When she came to school one morning

And all eyes were upon her as she took her seat
Her name was Amanda with pretty eyes of green
And hair of blonde, strawberry blonde
Springtime and dandelions

And summer 'round the corner
Was at the tail end of age nine
With a million dreams before her
She lived with her mother in an old decrepit house

If there was trouble she kept it to herself
All summer long, the strawberry blonde
And by her face there was no way to tell
It seemed like all was well in her world

But the neighbours said
Her mother had lost her will
To gin and sleeping pills
It was no life for a little girl

Still I see her face framed in blue sky
At the top of a slide coming down
And when the sirens wailed
(her mother had failed to rise)

All the neighbors stood outside
As Amanda just stared at the ground
Time flies and years are piled
I'd forgotten all about her

When I saw her down the aisle
Of a streetcar with her daughter
Then I heard Amanda say as she got up
"See'mon Samantha, girl, this is our stop"

And they were gone
Two strawberry blondes

Thinking out loud
Is all I'm doing
Trying to raise my love
Above the ruins

With each song
I kick it around,
Thinking...
My love I can tell

There's a load on your mind
If we poured ourselves
Like this bottle of wine
And let it flow,

We'll figure it out
Thinking out loud
But it's hard to think with all the racket
Going on inside our heads

All this worrying is getting us nowhere
Let's go somewhere instead
Just thinking out loud
Is it all we're good for?

Trying to raise our love
But always falling short
Heaven knows
What it's all about

Thinking out loud
With each song
I kick it around
Thinking out loud

Under every sky of baby blue
Is an undercurrent of rain
Under every trial life puts you through
Is an undercurrent of change
Though the sun now is shrouded in grey
It's pulling the wool over my eyes
When it looks like hell I tell myself
It's a thinly veiled disguise

I feel a dark wind blowing through my hair
Blowing through my dreams at night
It's tearing me from all that I hold dear
As I hold on for dear life
Through the dark hours we stumble and fall
And fumble around for the light
As far as I can tell, the dark as well
Wears a thinly veiled disguise

Under every sky of baby blue
Is an undercurrent of rain
Under every trial life puts you through
Is an undercurrent of change
Through the noise and the poisonous words
That lead us to believe otherwise
I can hear the bells, they're ringing out
Through a thinly veiled disguise

If I had all this time on my hands
Well I would love to share it with you
And though our days have made other plans
But there is nothing I'd rather do
Than sit and talk with you
My beautiful view

The squinting of her eyes when she smiles
The glinting of sun in her hair
She wets her lips and takes a sip of
Her tea as I try not to stare
And though I try not to
It's such beautiful view

Oh my heart
What's all the commotion about?
For so long
I guess you've been going without

With all these numbers staring me down
And all this stormy weather so gray
So many grim reminders
Of how much I have lost along the way
But you remind me, it's true
Of a beautiful view

Well there is nothing I'd rather do
Than sit and talk with you
My beautiful view

All I wanna do
Is take a walk, girl, with you
My beautiful view

Can't believe our luck sometimes
Anyway things will fall apart
And somedays it seems as though
We were doomed from the start

But I can't believe that fate
Would have such a cruel heart
Though somedays it seems I know
We were doomed from the start

When all the world's asleep
And the night is quiet and still
Your love returns to me
As if sent from above to my window sill

So, we'll take the good times then
We'll take on its counterpart
If this love was meant to be
Not doomed from the start

Your love returns to me
As if sent from above to my window sill

So, we'll take the good times then
We'll take on its counterpart
If this love was meant to be
Not doomed from the start

If this love was meant to be
Not doomed from the start

And up above me its the same old sky
Be it blue or be it grey
And more do I wonder
What goes on behind
Every passing day

The voice of reason is seldom heard
But fear and ignorance have their say
I need more than ever
To hear a kind word
With every passing day
Every passing day

But the more I see
The more I feel
The more I need
To know for sure what is real

Every passing day

And the more I see
The more I feel
The more I need
To know for sure what is real

What is real?

And from the pavement flowers grow
From the shadows children play
I'm feeling stronger
In my heart I know
With every passing day,

Every passing day

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How I hate to see you this way I feel for you, Love
Is there nothing, I can say to cheer you up?
For I see your face is filled with so much sorrow
Wish I could make it disappear
Before this night is through with us
I feel for you, Love
I feel for you, Love

How I've tried to see the good side I feel for you, Love
You see all the years going by and you can't get off
But it's not that way, time is all we're taking
For our own sake just let it go
Before it makes a fool of us

Before its too late in the game to change anything
Is it too late in the game to change anything?

How I hate to see you this way I feel for you, Love
Is there nothing, I can say to cheer you up?
For I see your face is filled with so much sorrow
Wish I could make it disappear
Before this night is through with us
I feel for you, Love

Is it too late in the game to change anything?
Is it too late in the game to change anything?
Is it too late in the game to change anything?
Is it too late in the game to change anything?

The end must come for some good reason
I've heard it said before
To everything a time and season
What was this season for?

In a flash, in a flash
There one moment and gone in a flash

Think of all the strangers you've encountered
In cafes or subway trains
Or lined up at this water fountain
One drink and on your way

In a flash, in a flash
There one moment and gone in a flash

When hopes are rising like a rocket
When cups are overflowing
When hearts were filled like children's pockets
It's then I'll hear your song

In a flash, in a flash
There one moment and gone in a flash

Our eyes can't help but disbelieve this
Bad news and even though
The end must come for some good reason
Right now I just don't know

In a flash, in a flash
There one moment and gone in a flash

There one moment
Gone in a flash

High above it all
These words have lingered on
"I won't let you fall"
Though I must have heard it wrong

Cos I've been lying here
Seems all these broken songs
Have fallen on deaf ears
Oh, I must have heard it wrong

It's time I got used to it
We've all been left behind
But I can't make the pieces fit
Hard as I try

Oh, when will I learn
Believing for so long
As if I had faith to burn
Though I must have heard you wrong

I can't make the pieces fir
Hard as I try

Behind this starry wall
I turned and then walked on
Thought I heard a star fall
Though I must have heard it wrong

Thought I heard a star fall
Though I must have heard it wrong

You can count on many things to let you down
You can take you plans
And stick 'em six feet underground

Wouldn't your time be better spent on days to come?
Not the ones that went
And left you on a doorstep one grey morning

But there's a rumour and everybody's so convinced
But you don't believe
Your eyes have seen no evidence

Of any good left in this town
Of any need to be hanging around
But you'll leave the sun behind you one grey morning

One grey morning
One of many grey mornings
Always turning up without warning

One grey morning
One of many dream orphans
Always turning up on your doorstep

You follow up on all the leads that lead nowhere
Trying to recognize
The need inside that led you there

You'll either listen to your heart
Or go drown it out in a noisy bar
'Til you're overcome by the silence one grey morning

One grey morning
One of many grey mornings
Always turning up without warning

One grey morning
One of many dream orphans
Always turning up on your doorstep

One grey morning
Like today

Wouldn't your time be better spent on days to come?
Not the ones that went
And left you on a doorstep one grey morning

One grey morning
One of many dream orphans
Always turning up on your doorstep

One grey morning
Like today

When the world is wearing me down
And the wind is throwing its weight around
So cold, it blows right through me

I need your love
I sure could use your love
Right about now

They say every soul needs searching
But I just don't know where to begin
Give me something to go on

I need your love
I sure could use your love
Right about now

Now that it's late and I see things so clearly
Must be something I can do
I feel like calling but it's much too early for you

So I'm up here writing this song
But tonight the words have come out wrong
Think I'll just let my heart speak

I sure could use your love
Right about now
I need your love
Wish I could feel your love

Riverbed, I'll lay my head upon your pillow
And watch the waves go flowing by
Riverbed, underneath the weeping willow
I'll sleep until the sunlight fills the sky

Never said, "I would be your super hero"
I never said, "That I was strong"
Riverbed, I'll lay my head upon your pillow
If you'd just let this night go on and on

'Cos everything I felt before
Don't make much sense to me anymore
And everything I'm feeling now
I can only dream about

Riverbed, I'll lay my head upon your pillow
And watch the waves go flowing by
Riverbed, underneath the weeping willow
I'll sleep until the sunlight fills the sky

River runs so cold and clear
You'd think it must be heaven's mirror
And like the leaves I'm on the ground
Old Jack is back in town

Riverbed, I'll lay my head upon your pillow
And watch the waves go flowing by
Riverbed, underneath the weeping willow
I'll sleep until the sunlight fills the sky
I'll sleep until the sunlight fills the sky

And up above me its the same old sky
Be it blue or be it grey
And more do I wonder
What goes on behind
Every passing day

The voice of reason is seldom heard
But fear and ignorance have their say
I need more than ever
To hear a kind word
With every passing day
Every passing day

But the more I see
The more I feel
The more I need
To know for sure what is real

Every passing day

And the more I see
The more I feel
The more I need
To know for sure what is real

What is real?

And from the pavement flowers grow
From the shadows children play
I'm feeling stronger
In my heart I know
With every passing day,

Every passing day

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Staring down these days ahead
And the days gone by
All these regrets
Best make room for love

Seems we're always racing
With trouble too close behind
We may never win
But where there's still hope

There's still time

Why blame ourselves at all
For promises we never made
Though I'd blame myself
If I should lose your love

Always some bridge to cross
Or some mountain to climb
But all is not lost
Sure as the stars above

There's still time

Still time to find what
We've been looking for
Still time to find out
There's no need to search anymore
For love

Staring down these days ahead
And the days gone by
All these regrets
Best make room for love

There's still time

God so loved the idiot boy
He gave him a pair of eyes to explore
Gave him a pair of hands to destroy
Any good thing that he found

Put this kid in a candy store
Let him run around until he drops
Then just like a bull in a China shop
Everything came crashing down

God so loved the idiot boy
That he filled the nights with dreams
Till dusty sunlight beams
Danced upon the floor

Gave him a solo in the choir
Where songs of wild desire
Were all his voice was for
Lo lo lo lo lo lo

God so loved the idiot world
He gave it his only son to kick around
That was long ago in another town
It could use a good laugh now
God so loved the idiot world

Gave him a solo in the choir
Where songs of wild desire
Were all his voice was for
Lo lo lo lo lo

God so loved the idiot boy
He gave him coffee grounds in a paper cup
And a reason everyday to keep getting up
In a world that drags you down

God so loved the idiot boy
God so loved the idiot boy
God so loved the idiot boy

Look up my darling
Way up high
At the clouds above you

My heart's a window, darling
If you look inside
You'll see how I think of you

We all get angry sometimes
But it disappears
Don't have the patience sometimes
I create tears

But there's nothing in this wash
That won't come clear in the end
'Cause we're best friends

Some say you've got to lose to win
Any moment now our luck will stumble in
And claim us at the lost and found and help us all
Get our feet back on the ground

Disappearing act, I want my money back
Disappearing act, I wish life had warned us long ago
We're only one half of a disappearing act

Who pulled the rug out under us?
Maybe all the time in the world ain't quite enough
One day you're saying, "Look ma, no hands"
Then it's, "Help me ma, I just don't understand"

Disappearing act, I want my childhood back
Disappearing act, I wish life had warned us long ago
We're on the wrong half of a disappearing act
Of a disappearing act

Oh and when you hear the saints go marching in
As you're walking down your street again
No magic wand can make it stop
And as your house of cards comes crashing down
So loud it makes you turn around
Look longer, think harder now

Some say you've got to lose to win
Any moment now, our luck will stumble in
And claim us at the lost and found
And help us all get our feet back on the ground

Disappearing act, I want my money back
Disappearing act, I wish life had warned us long ago
We're on the wrong half of a disappearing act
Of a disappearing act, of a disappearing act
Oh, of a disappearing act

Used to work as a messenger
Spent my days riding elevators
In the heart of the business world
Till one day there came a sign

In the form of a
Dragonfly on Bay Street

Buzzing round from tower to tower
At the twilight of the working hour
Had he taken a wrong turn?
Was he lost without a trace?

Just like us
Dragonfly on Bay Street

In the crowd without a face
Dragonfly on Bay Street

No fields for miles around
As through the underground I go
What was it telling me?
It's better to be free or maybe nothing at all

Now I work in another field
Spend my time keeping my eyes peeled
For a sign that'll lead me home
'Cause Lord, I feel so out of place

Just like that
Dragonfly on Bay Street

I'm lost without a trace
Dragonfly on Bay Street
In the crowd without a face
Dragonfly on Bay Street
It's all or nothing at all

I'm lost without a trace
Dragonfly on Bay Street
In the crowd without a face
Dragonfly on Bay Street

I'm lost without a trace
Dragonfly on Bay Street
In the crowd without a face
Dragonfly on Bay Street

For a moment there
I could've swore I knew where I was going
For a moment there
I was in my room following the music
Never knowing if it was going anywhere

I could hear it in the sky above
In the streets below me
I could hear it in the songs of love
Just enough to show me
There was a light somewhere, somewhere

For a moment there
The sun was in my eyes and I was blinded
For a moment there
But now I look again and when it seems
Like all is lost I find it or it finds me anyway

I can see it in the sun above
In the grass below me
I see it in the ones I love
Just enough to show me
There is a light somewhere

For a moment there
I could see it in the ones I love
Just enough to show me
There is a light somewhere

Your eyes are burning low
As you look out on this morning
But your eyes will return
To their former glory

Though the cold North wind may blow
It's all sound and fury
And the summer will return
In it's former glory

Everything will be just like you remember
Today won't look as bad as it seemed
And though love's become a dying ember
It will burn brighter than you ever dreamed

For the day is coming soon
You don't have to worry
Your light will return
In it's former glory

Everything will be just like you remember
Today won't look as bad as it seemed
Though love's become a dying ember
It will burn brighter than you ever dreamed

For the day is coming soon
You don't have to worry
Your lights will return
In it's former glory

Your lights will return
The summer will return
Your hearts will rise again
In it's former glory

God loves everyone
Like a mother loves her son
No strings at all
Unconditional

Never one to judge
Would never hold a grudge
'Bout what's been done
God loves everyone

There are no gates in Heaven
Everyone gets in
Queer or straight
Souls of every faith

Hell is in our minds
Hell is in this life
But when it's gone
God takes everyone

Its love is like a womb
It's like the air from room to room
It surrounds us all
The living and the dead
May we never lose the thread
That bound us all

Oh, the killer in his cell
The atheist as well
The pure of heart
And the wild at heart

Are all worthy of its grace
It's written in the face
Of everyone
God loves everyone

There's no need to be saved
No need to be afraid
'Cause when it's done
God takes everyone

God loves everyone

I know it doesn't seem that way
But maybe it's the perfect day
Even though the bills are piling
Maybe Lady Luck ain't smiling

But if we only open our eyes
We'd see the blessings in disguise
That all the rain clouds are fountains
Though our troubles seem like mountains

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose heart
Give the day a chance to start

Every now and then life says:
Where do you think you're going so fast?
We're apt to think it's cruel, but sometimes
It's a case of cruel to be kind

And if we get up off our knees
Why then we'd see the forest for the trees
and we'd see the new sun rising
Over the hills and horizon

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose faith
Give the world a chance to say:

A word or two, my friend
There's no telling how the day might end
We'll never know until we see

That there's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose heart
Give the day a chance to start

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills

I know it doesn't seem that way
But maybe it's the perfect day
Even though the bills are piling
Maybe Lady Luck ain't smiling

But if we only open our eyes
We'd see the blessings in disguise
That all the rain clouds are fountains
Though our troubles seem like mountains

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose heart
Give the day a chance to start

Every now and then life says:
Where do you think you're going so fast?
We're apt to think it's cruel, but sometimes
It's a case of cruel to be kind

And if we get up off our knees
Why then we'd see the forest for the trees
and we'd see the new sun rising
Over the hills and horizon

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose faith
Give the world a chance to say:

A word or two, my friend
There's no telling how the day might end
We'll never know until we see

That there's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose heart
Give the day a chance to start

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills

Though you don't believe your eyes
As your mind's taken by surprise
But there's a reason to the rhyming of
Your heart's desire

Though it seems too good to last
Don't write it off too fast
For there's a method to the madness of
Your heart's desire
Yes

I guess it's out of our hands
Though we try to understand
It's not for us to know
Where the night is going
Though you may say that it's not what you're looking for
How can you be so sure?

How can you be so sure
In your heart that this isn't it?
In your plans it just won't fit
So you keep on second guessing it
Your heart's desire

Cause you don't believe your eyes
As your mind's taken by surprise
But there's a reason to the rhyming of
Your heart's desire
Your heart's desire

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Skies are gray
For miles around
Though the sun tries
Hard to break through the clouds

And while the sun is trying
The least that I can do
Is to keep on rising and shining
My light on you

Another season's turning
And the least that I can do
Is to keep on learning and returning
Till everything's brand new

With all the love you've given me
All the love so perfect and true
To call your arms eternity
Is the least that I can do

With all the love you've given me

While the bells are ringing
The least that I can do
Is to keep on singing and believing
This song will see me through

And while the birds are flying
The least that I can do
Is to keep from crying, keep on trying
To raise my heart to you

With all the love, you've given me
All the love so perfect and true
To call your arms eternity
Is the least that I can do

With all the love, you've given me
All the love so perfect and true
To call your heart infinity
Is the least that I can do

With all the love you've given me
It's the least that I can do

Promises are made to be broken
Haven't you heard?
He said he'd never break your heart

Now haven't you learned?
You believed in the words
In all that they meant

Oh, but love is not some popular song
Filled with empty sentiment
That's what passes for love
That's what passes for love these days

It won't take a miracle, darlin'
Just keep it real
This world can make us cynical, darlin'

I know how it feels
You took it to heart
What they said on the screen

Oh, but love is not just playing a part
In some very scripted scene
That's what passes for love
That's what passes for love these days

No one can complete you or make you whole
But love will come to greet you half way
Though the streets are never paved with gold

Promises are made to be broken
Haven't you heard?
He said he'd never break your heart

Now haven't you learned?
You believed in the words
In all that they meant

Oh, but love is not some popular song
Filled with empty sentiment
That's what passes for love
That's what passes for love
That's what passes for love these days

I'm looking out across the way
To her old abode
It'd sure be good to see her again
Coming up the road

When out to paint the weather grey
Lo and behold
Her eyes told of better days
Coming up the road

Oh and maybe
Love knows where to find me
And I'll wake up
And find her beside me
To guide me

For the world can not defeat us when
You've got a hand to hold
And how the stars will greet us then
Coming up the road

Oh baby, there'll be happier times
If we believe
Everything's gonna be alright
With all our might

I'm looking out across the way
To her old abode
It'd sure be good to see her again
Coming up the road

And how the stars will greet us then
Coming up the road

I know it doesn't seem that way
But maybe it's the perfect day
Even though the bills are piling
Maybe Lady Luck ain't smiling

But if we only open our eyes
We'd see the blessings in disguise
That all the rain clouds are fountains
Though our troubles seem like mountains

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose heart
Give the day a chance to start

Every now and then life says:
Where do you think you're going so fast?
We're apt to think it's cruel, but sometimes
It's a case of cruel to be kind

And if we get up off our knees
Why then we'd see the forest for the trees
and we'd see the new sun rising
Over the hills and horizon

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose faith
Give the world a chance to say:

A word or two, my friend
There's no telling how the day might end
We'll never know until we see

That there's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose heart
Give the day a chance to start

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills

I know it doesn't seem that way
But maybe it's the perfect day
Even though the bills are piling
Maybe Lady Luck ain't smiling

But if we only open our eyes
We'd see the blessings in disguise
That all the rain clouds are fountains
Though our troubles seem like mountains

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose heart
Give the day a chance to start

Every now and then life says:
Where do you think you're going so fast?
We're apt to think it's cruel, but sometimes
It's a case of cruel to be kind

And if we get up off our knees
Why then we'd see the forest for the trees
and we'd see the new sun rising
Over the hills and horizon

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose faith
Give the world a chance to say:

A word or two, my friend
There's no telling how the day might end
We'll never know until we see

That there's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose heart
Give the day a chance to start

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills

I know it doesn't seem that way
But maybe it's the perfect day
Even though the bills are piling
Maybe Lady Luck ain't smiling

But if we only open our eyes
We'd see the blessings in disguise
That all the rain clouds are fountains
Though our troubles seem like mountains

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose heart
Give the day a chance to start

Every now and then life says:
Where do you think you're going so fast?
We're apt to think it's cruel, but sometimes
It's a case of cruel to be kind

And if we get up off our knees
Why then we'd see the forest for the trees
and we'd see the new sun rising
Over the hills and horizon

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose faith
Give the world a chance to say:

A word or two, my friend
There's no telling how the day might end
We'll never know until we see

That there's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose heart
Give the day a chance to start

There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills

I can't understand this sadness here
Sorrow's rolling in, from where's unclear
But I know there's a reason for all these blues
So I'm off to find the words we never use

Yes I know you've been hurt by words I've said
But more by the times I turned my head
For the willow of your smile is showing through
You're aching for the words we never use

How long must we bury all we feel?
Yes, and turn in the face of what is real
Well now, love has made an offer we can't refuse
So let's try for the words we never use
The words we never use