Turn to Now: Lyrics

Here Side  

WELCOME TO NOWHERE LAND Beckham/Hyche/Kelly 

Welcome to Nowhere Land 

Where time does its best to stand still 

Where all anybody wants is an uncomplicated thrill 

  

Something in the way the wind comes rushing in  

And makes the tall grass bow down  

The road I take tempts me with every sin  

And in my own thoughts, I might drown 

  

Welcome to Nowhere Land  

Where everybody looks straight ahead 

Where one step over the line might be the last you tread 

  

Welcome to Nowhere Land 

Where nobody gets out alive 

Just when you think you're somewhere, you'll find you'll never arrive 

  

Walking in darkness, searching for light 

A place where still waters flow 

Where everybody wants to tell you what's right 

But you already know 

  

Ah, welcome to Nowhere Land 

  

TIRED OF LOVIN'                                                      Beckham/Hyche/Kelly     

 I'm tired of lovin', I've laid down my sword 

I'm preachin' freedom like the Holy Word 

I won't equivocate, I ain't goin' back 

  

Love is foolish, love is absurd 

It can speak so loudly it can't be heard 

You just want to be beyond contact 

  

Hey, hey, hey, don't you come my way 

I ain't got no time now to fool with you 

  

I'm tired of lovin', I've had plenty of love 

What's your deal, what are you tryin' to prove? 

I ain't tryin' to prove nothin', I'm keepin' to myself 

  

The past ain't dead, it ain't even past 

Not too many things were meant to last 

You don't want to be livin' for somebody else 

  

Hey, hey, hey, don't you come my way  

I ain't got no time now to fool with you 

  

I'm tired of lovin', I don't need no more 

What makes you sure you want to close that door? 

What do you hope to find? How 'bout happiness? 

  

Sometimes too much is not enough 

It all depends on what you're goin' through 

I've got all I need and nothin' to confess 

  

Hey, hey, hey, don't you come my way... 

  

AMONG OTHER THINGS                                        Beckham/Kelly 

There are things you think you know and things you know you never will 

And other things that take and leave, leave you unfulfilled 

If intimations leave you cold, are you frozen out for good? 

Is it real, or just a way of staking your claim to being misunderstood? 

  

Don't tell me how to feel 

I can see for myself what is real 

Everyone wants everything their way 

But that's something no one wants to say 

  

Now you're drifting in and out, the lines are dragging slack 

Things you once took for granted are gone and they ain't coming back 

Are you factoring the future or are you living in the past? 

Do you know the difference? Was this thing really, really built to last? 

  

Don't tell me how to feel  

I can see for myself what is real  

Everyone wants everything their way  

But that's something no one wants to say 

  

Suddenly, you realize that everything is standing still 

That there are things you think you know and things you know you never will 

  

ONLY HERE AND NOW                                          Kelly 

Reassess and rearrange the best that you know how 

The best that you know how 

The past is not the future, there is only here and now 

Only here and now 

You can't see with any clarity the what, where or when 

What, where, or when? 

Who can speak with authority while the wheel is still in spin? 

Yeah, the wheel is still in spin 

  

Can I see through your eyes? Can I walk the path you trod? 

Can I suffer as you've done and still feel the hand of God? 

When does the past become the past? 

How do the scales of justice weigh? 

Can the balance be corrected? 

When will damages be paid?  

  

Every day is greeted by new atrocities 

Brand new atrocities 

Casual and calculated, high velocity 

They're coming high velocity 

Separated, isolated, shut in with myself 

I'm shut in with myself 

Marveling at the substance of the books on my shelf 

Yeah, I got books on my shelf 

  

When does the page turn to now? How does the future begin? 

What the relative value of things that were and won't be again? 

Is it less than we thought? 

Is it more than we admit? 

Can't you look around and know 

That there are no answers fit? 

  

Is what we're looking for the same? Are we too far apart?  

Will we get our shit together? Were we doomed from the start? 

Was it built into the system? 

Were intentions undeclared? 

Can the debts be calculated? 

Can the damage be repaired? 

There's too many questions blowing in the wind 

Chasing after answers on which no one can depend 

We can talk about the future 

And the things we'll disallow 

But in the open-ended meantime 

There is only here and now 

  

SUSPENSION                                                            Beckham/Hyche/Kelly    

I got my groove on, but I'm feeling low 

You say you love me, but it don't show 

I got my groove on, it don't do me no good 

'Cause I don't act like people think I should 

  

My vision's clear, but I'm seeing double 

I blew away on a broken bubble 

My vision's clear and I see the light 

To guide my way as I take flight 

  

Hear the warning, rooster crowing 

What's happening? I can't say 

If you see me coming, run away 

  

I'm a dreamer, but I'm wide awake  

I very rarely make the same mistake 

I'm a dreamer in a moving stream 

Things are never quite what they seem 

  

I'm a rambler, but I'm planted here 

I'm seeing far, but I'm thinking near 

I'm a rambler in another time 

I tend to talk in riddles and rhymes 

  

See the shadows, clouds a-drifting 

What's happening? I can't say 

If you see me coming, run away 

  

WHISKEY AND WINE                                              Beckham/Kelly  

Whiskey and wine don't go good together 

Neither will help you your pathway to find 

The two of us might love one another 

But we don't mix no better than whiskey and wine  

  

Flipping my words without asking permission 

Reading my thoughts, you go straight to my head 

  

Whiskey and wine makes you ask the wrong questions 

And no matter the answers, you're still flying blind 

The two of us used to have conversations 

That weren't predicated by whiskey and wine 

  

Whiskey and wine is a bad combination 

That boxes you into a bad frame of mind 

The two of us, we run hot and run cold 

Leave destruction behind, like whiskey and wine 

  

Flipping my words without asking permission 

Reading my thoughts, you go straight to my head 

  

Whiskey and wine don't go good together...

Yonder Side 

HERE WE REST                                                          Kelly 

Beautiful as paradise, end to end and side to side 

But wounded pride and fallen hopes have inheritance denied 

Prone to violence, expressions inarticulate   

Elide the subtle variance between prejudice and hate 

 

Here we rest, victims of confusion 

Defending rights derived from delusion 

 

Through history winds the tale of generations unfulfilled 

Of promises case into flames, of blood coldly spilled 

Still, we wait in vain for revelations great or small 

A faded world of fervent dreams recedes beyond recall 

 

ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?                                          Beckham/Kelly   

Here in this moment, I've got nothing but time 

For reflecting on things that I've said and I've done 

But for better and worse, what will it come to 

If we're losing our connections to the thread that connects us every one 

 

From where I'm standing, the lay of the land is unclear 

Things that once seemed so near now seem so far away 

The paths of the moon and stars proceed unaffected 

But our vanity makes us believe there are debts that are not ours to repay 

 

Are you happy now, now that everything's breaking apart? 

Do you know the difference between true love and a fleeting affair of the heart? 

 

Conversations that never again may be had 

Certain questions and answers that disappear into the blue 

Like the writing on the wall, it can't be mistaken 

Warning us of dreams we never liked believing would come true 

 

Are you happy now, now that time refuses to crawl? 

Can you measure the distance between where we stand and where we're bound to fall? 

 

I'm counting the cost of all I've taken for granted 

Affirming truths that I know in my heart 

Reexamining things in the light of the realization 

That I'm closer to the end than I am to the start 

But here in this moment, I've got nothing but time... 

 

FLOW                                                                          Hyche/Kelly 

Sometimes the circumstances break 

Just right to see you through 

Life is just surviving your mistakes 

And understanding what's not up to you 

 

THE DISTANCE                                                          Kelly 

The distance between what I am and what I'll be 

Can't be measured by the ways or means of man 

Every breath I ever drew, trials and triumphs I've been through 

Are penstrokes on the pages of a perfect, finished plan 

 

It's struggling with demons that makes the angels' songs 

Such sweet and ceaseless beacons in this gloom 

And in a world of dimming light, there's hope, however slight 

That we can stumble through the darkness and find ourselves a place 

Where glory shines and love stays in bloom 

 

The road is never clear, misfortune ever near 

We tend to only miss things when they're gone 

Everything we need to know was told us long ago 

Like a lifeline to the drowning not seized upon 

 

The time slips away, truth becomes cliché 

And people, times, and places come and go 

Won't you need a gentle hand to guide you to that land 

Of reunion and rejoicing, where peaceful waters flow? 

 

It's struggling with demons that makes the angels' songs  

Such sweet and ceaseless beacons in this gloom  

And in a world of dimming light, there's hope, however slight  

That we can stumble through the darkness and find ourselves a place  

Where glory shines and love stays in bloom 

Yeah, where glory shines and love stays in bloom 

 

ON MY STREET                                                          Fields/Kelly      

I've risen to impressive heights, I've flown before the wind 

I slipped in through the side door and paid no wage of sin 

Now I keep a candle burning to see my hand before my face 

On this untrodden path where the swift could win the race 

 

My street is no longer familiar, it's nothing but hills and curves 

My neighbors want to dictate what they do and don't deserve 

We have nothing left in comment but this endless war of words 

Convictions I thought we shared have migrated like birds 

 

It's one side or the other 

And the twain no more shall meet  

I knew it happened in other places 

But now, it's happening on my street 

 

The gospel of disruption resounds from every hill 

And every point is argued with an eye toward overkill 

It's testing every limit of generosity 

While making a religion of grandiosity 

 

We're all adrift together on an endless astral sea 

And everything that's done to you is also done to me 

We ride the swells and troughs, we search the starless sky 

For a glimpse of light to guide us to a place that's warm and dry 

 

Ways and means of information 

Displaced and obsolete 

If you want to find salvation 

You won't find it on my street 

 

Bonus CD Track

ORANGE SEE OF CONFUSION                    Oates 

I dreamed I worried myself sick in a world undone

Suspended by frayed, bare wires that had all come unwound

The whores of convenience with their six-inch heels

Unbuckle sugar daddies, render them beneath their wheels

The preacher is celebrating, he's playing liar's dice

In the orange see of confusion, 'neath an atmosphere of lies

 

At midnight in her cubicle, where she's only half alone

Amy slips from the whispering glade trying to find her way back home

Conflicted by her two loves, quietus and youth

The light performs illusions while the dark obscures the truth

Now no one can breathe life again into her cold desire

While the orange see of confusion consumes her in its fire

 

A moment later, I awake, my throat is caked with mud

Dust and dark surround me and my body is drenched in blood

My heart is pounding in my chest, the boards above me quake

I'm tangled in this silk thread as the floorboards begin to break

The day the reverend called to me, I should have run for home

From the orange see of confusion, where no bearing can be found

 

My fear has now subsided, I embrace the fates

The hunter's moon is shining and the air is cold as slate

It's time to grapple with the truth, no more time for lies

While the violin is playing, the reverend tears the sky

But the accordion is surging and the bajo drives it home

From the orange see of confusion, where we waste away alone 

 

All songs copyright 2022 Sharpshin Music                     "Orange See of Confusion" by permission of Light Upon Light

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Room Enough: Lyrics

FULL GOSPEL (Hyche/Kelly)

SURE IS FUNNY SOMETIMES HOW A THING TURNS BAD 

HOW YOU COME UP MISSING WHAT YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD 

EVERY TIME I THINK THAT I MIGHT HAVE IT MADE 

SOMETHING COMES ALONG TO PUT ME IN THE SHADE 

SOMEDAY, THAT LIGHT WILL SHINE ON ME 

 

TRY TO KEEP IT SIMPLE, TRY TO KEEP IT STRAIGHT 

KEEP IT ROLLING FORWARD UNDER SHIFTING WEIGHT 

IF I GUN THE ENGINE, I MIGHT MISS THE CURVE 

IT AIN’T UP TO ME TO SAY WHAT I DESERVE 

SOMEDAY, THAT LIGHT WILL SHINE ON ME 

 

DAYLIGHT TURNS TO DARKNESS, DIAMONDS TURN TO DUST 

IS IT FACT OR FICTION?  IS IT LOVE OR LUST? 

I’M ASKING QUESTIONS, BUT I GET NOWHERE 

I’M STUCK IN NEUTRAL WITH NO TIME TO SPARE 

SOMEDAY, THAT LIGHT WILL SHINE ON ME 

 

JUST KEEP A-GRINDING, KICK OUT ALL THE JAMS 

AIN’T NOTHING EASY THAT IS WORTH A DAMN 

MY DAY IS COMING IN A COSMIC FLASH 

ALL THAT IS PROMISED SOON WILL COME TO PASS 

SOMEDAY, THAT LIGHT WILL SHINE ON ME 

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KNOWING LESS (Kelly) 

“ONCE YOU’VE STARTED DOWN THE ROAD,” SHE SAID, 

“YOU’RE FOREVER LOOKING BACK, AFRAID OF WHAT YOU’VE FLED” 

I SAID, “I DON’T SEE IT LIKE YOU DO 

“IF YOU DETACH YOURSELF, FEAR CAN’T FOLLOW YOU” 

 

PROXIMITY PUSHING US APART 

WE CAN’T FATHOM WHAT WE CANNOT CHART 

 

I SAID, “THE HORIZON’S JUST A LINE 

“YOU CAN SEE BEYOND IF YOU STEP OUTSIDE YOUR MIND” 

“MY NEXT STEP IS THE ONE THAT COUNTS,” SHE SAID 

“A MIND UNOCCUPIED IS A NEEDLE WITH NO THREAD” 

 

DELUSION REIGNS SUPREME 

WE CAN’T RECONCILE OUR SEPARATE DREAMS 

 

DESPERATE FOR SOME CONTACT 

WE’RE TOO WILLING TO AMEND THE FACTS 

 

“AND WHEN YOU COME BACK AROUND,” SHE SAID 

“THE STREETS DON’T WALK THE SAME, THE AIR IS DAMP WITH DREAD” 

I SAID, “CHANGE WILL WORK ITS WAY ON YOU, 

“DISTORT THE THINGS YOU SAY, OBSTRUCT YOUR POINT OF VIEW” 

 

“RACING TO STAND STILL 

“WE’LL FIND NOTHING TO RELIEVE THE CHILL,”  

I SAID...

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I DON’T MIND (Beckham/Hyche/Kelly/Ruha) 

SHE GOT A STRANGE WAY OF SHOWIN’ 

THE WAY SHE WANTS ME GOIN’ 

BUT THE GETTIN’S GOOD AND THE GOIN’S FINE 

SO I DON’T MIND 

SHE GOT INTRIGUING WAYS OF WAITIN’ 

WHILE I FINISH HESITATIN’ 

KNOWIN’ ALL ALONG HOW I’VE BEEN INCLINED 

AND I DON’T MIND 

NO, I DON’T MIND 

 

I DON’T MIND THE WAY SHE SEES RIGHT THROUGH 

ALL MY SELFISH WAYS AND MEANS 

JUST AS LONG AS MY AIM IS TRUE 

SHE KEEPS ME SHOOTIN’ STRAIGHT AND CLEAN 

SHE KEEPS THE WEATHER OUT, SHE KNOWS WHAT I’M ABOUT 

AND I DON’T MIND 

NO, I DON’T MIND 

I DON’T MIND 

I SURE DON’T MIND 

 

SHE GOT A WAY OF NOT PRETENDIN’ 

ABOUT WHAT SHE’S INTENDIN’ 

AND IT’S ALWAYS RIGHT AND IT’S ALWAYS FINE 

SO I DON’T MIND 

SHE GOT A WAY OF ASKIN' QUESTIONS 

THAT FUNCTION AS SUGGESTIONS 

TO LEAD ME TOWARD WHAT I NEED TO FIND 

AND I DON’T MIND 

NO, I DON’T MIND 

 

I DON’T MIND THE WAY THAT SHE DON’T MIND 

THINGS THAT MATTER MOST TO ME 

JUST AS LONG AS I WALK THE LINE 

SHE’S RIGHT WHERE ALL MY WALKIN' LEADS 

SHE IS THE SUN AND MOON, SHE KEEPS ME RIGHT IN TUNE 

AND I DON’T MIND 

NO, I DON’T MIND 

I DON’T MIND 

I SURE DON’T MIND 

 

SHE GOT JUST THE WAY OF LOVIN’ 

TO KEEP MY MIND A-MOVIN’ 

TOWARD A HIGHER PLANE 

WHERE THE STARS ALIGN 

AND I DON’T MIND 

NO, I DON’T MIND 

I DON’T MIND 

I SURE DON’T MIND

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TRAIN TOWN (Kelly) 

IN THE WANING TWILIGHT, THE WHISTLE OF A TRAIN 

BLOWS AWAY THE YEARS 

AND AS THE EVENING GATHERS, I AM A CHILD AGAIN 

WONDERING WHEN THE FUTURE WILL APPEAR 

 

ONCE UPON A TIME, THAT TRAIN STOPPED HERE 

PAST TO FUTURE BOUND 

BUT THE TIME PASSED ON, AND IT ALL DISAPPEARED 

AND LEFT THIS LINGERING ECHO OF A TOWN 

 

PAST TO FUTURE BOUND 

SEASONS FADE AWAY 

FADE AWAY AS THE WORLD BEGINS TO TURN 

TO A DIFFERENT DAY 

 

YONDER STOOD THE DEPOT, ACROSS FROM THE HOTEL 

TRADE FROM MILES AROUND 

THERE ROSE THE WATER TOWER, UNTIL THE DAY IT FELL 

BUT BY THEN, THERE WAS NO ONE TO HEAR THE SOUND 

 

PAST TO FUTURE BOUND  

SEASONS FADE AWAY  

FADE AWAY AS THE WORLD BEGINS TO TURN  

TO A DIFFERENT DAY

 

IN THE BRILLIANT DAYLIGHT, THE WHISTLE OF A TRAIN 

BRINGS BACK /ALL THE YEARS 

STANDING IN THE MOMENT, I WONDER YET AGAIN 

AT THE REASONS THINGS HAVE TO DISAPPEAR

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DARLIN' CORY (Traditional)

DIG A HOLE IN THE MEADOW, DIG A HOLE IN THE COLD, COLD GROUND

DIG A HOLE IN THE MEADOW, GONNA LAY DARLIN' CORY DOWN

 

WAKE UP, WAKE UP DARLIN' CORY 

WHAT MAKES YOU SLEEP SO SOUND

WELL, THAT REVENUE OFFICER'S COMIN'

GONNA TEAR YOUR STILL HOUSE DOWN 

 

DIG A HOLE IN THE MEADOW, DIG A HOLE IN THE COLD, COLD GROUND

DIG A HOLE IN THE MEADOW, GONNA LAY DARLIN' CORY DOWN

 

LAST NIGHT, I LAY ON MY PILLOW

LAST NIGHT, I LAY IN BED 

LAST NIGHT, AS I LAY ON MY PILLOW

I DREAMED DARLIN' CORY DEAD

 WELL, THE CROW, HE FLEW O'ER THE MEADOW

HE FLEW IN FROM THE WEST

TO THE BEDSIDE OF SLEEPIN' CORY

YOU'RE THE ONE THAT SHE LOVES BEST 

AND ANOTHER CROW, O'ER THE RIVER

HE FLEW IN FROM THE EAST 

TO THE BEDSIDE OF SLEEPIN' CORY

THEN HE GIVE HER THE KISS OF PEACE 

AND ANOTHER CROW, O'ER THE OCEAN

HE FLEW UP FROM THE SOUTH

TO THE BEDSIDE OF SLEEPIN' CORY

AND PUT A GOLD COIN IN HER MOUTH

AND THE LAST CROW FLEW O'ER THE FOREST

FLEW IN FROM THE NORTH

TO THE BEDSIDE OF SLEEPIN' CORY

SAID, "RISE, MY LOVE, AND COME FORTH" 

 

DIG A HOLE IN THE MEADOW, DIG A HOLE IN THE COLD, COLD GROUND

DIG A HOLE IN THE MEADOW, GONNA LAY DARLIN' CORY DOWN

 

THE FIRST TIME I SEEN DARLIN' CORY

WAS SITTIN' BY THE DEEP BLUE SEA

WITH A .44 WRAPPED AROUND HER BODY 

AND A BANJO ON HER KNEE

WELL, THE NEXT TIME I SEEN DARLIN' CORY

SHE HAD A BIG SMILE ON HER FACE

WITH A BOTTLE OF MESCAL IN HER RIGHT HAND

SHE WAS HEADIN' IN THAT OTHER GIRL'S PLACE 

 

SO DIG A HOLE IN THE MEADOW, DIG A HOLE IN THE COLD, COLD GROUND

DIG A HOLE IN THE MEADOW, GONNA LAY DARLIN' CORY DOWN 

Music and lyrics Public Domain

NEED OF SAVING (Beckham/Fields/Kelly/Lasecki)            

THE NEED FOR CONFIRMATION IS WEARING ME DOWN  

THE FEAR OF CONFRONTATION KEEPS ME UNDERGROUND  

I’M FINDING OUT THE HARD WAY WORDS DON’T SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES  

THOUGH THEY HELP TO FILL THE HOLES THAT SOCIETY DELVES  

 

WELL, I THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS READY FOR SALVATION  

TO CONFESS THE SINS OF IGNORANCE AND POVERTY  

BUT I SEE NOW I MISREAD THE SITUATION  

AND THE ONE IN NEED OF SAVING MIGHT BE ME  

  

THE WEIGHT OF EXPECTATION IS A WELCOME RELIEF  

WHEN THE CLAMMY HAND OF COMMERCE PICKS YOUR SOUL LIKE A THIEF  

THE PRICE OF OBLIGATION IS WHATEVER THEY SAY   

THEY CALCULATE YOUR INTEREST, THEN THEY TAKE IT AWAY  

  

SO YOU THINK YOU’VE DONE THE WORLD A GREAT BIG FAVOR  

JUST BECAUSE YOU NEVER QUESTIONED ITS CONCEITS  

I JUST HOPE YOU’VE BEEN WELL-PAID FOR YOUR BEHAVIOR  

OR WELL-VERSED IN THE ART OF SELF-DECEIT  

  

WELL, I THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS READY FOR SALVATION  

TO CONFESS THE SINS OF IGNORANCE AND POVERTY  

BUT I SEE NOW I MISREAD THE SITUATION  

AND THE ONE IN NEED OF SAVING MIGHT BE ME  

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CROSS COUNTRY LIMOUSINE (Hyche/Kelly) 

OUT ON THE ROAD, TRYING HARD TO RUN AWAY 

EVERY EXIT LEADS TO NOWHERE, EVERYTHING IS SO CLICHÉD 

JUST TO BREAK INTO THE OPEN, TRY TO SEE WHAT DON’T GET SEEN 

AIN’T BUT ONE WAY TO GET THERE: A BIG CROSS COUNTRY LIMOUSINE 

 

IT’S HIGH AND WIDE, LIKE THE MOUNTAINS AND THE PLAINS 

WITH ROOM ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO SEE THE DREAM SUSTAINED 

IT DON’T PUT OUT BAD EMISSIONS, IT DON’T RUN ON GASOLINE 

THERE AIN’T NOTHING THAT AIN’T NATURAL ‘BOUT THAT BIG CROSS COUNTRY LIMOUSINE 

 

SIT BACK AND RIDE OUT THERE OFF THE INTERSTATE 

SEE THE PLACES PEOPLE LIVE IN, PLACES LEFT TO THEIR OWN FATES 

IN THE DAYTIME OR THE NIGHTTIME — COUNTRY, TOWN OR IN BETWEEN 

FOLKS’LL LOVE TO SEE IT COMING, THAT BIG CROSS COUNTRY LIMOUSINE

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LEVELS OF SURRENDER (Hyche)                                                            

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SOME DAYS THE DRAGON WINS (Fields)

YOU FORM YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION, BUT FROM THE INCEPTION 

IT’S ALWAYS CLOUDED BY PRIDE 

BUT WHEN HE STARTS FLYING, THERE’S NO DENYING 

SOME DAYS THE DRAGON HIDES 

 

WHAT’S REALLY TRAGIC, HE DON’T HAVE MAGIC 

IT’S NOT HIS AURA OR HIS ZEN 

BUT WHEN HE STARTS FLYING, THERE’S NO DENYING 

SOME DAYS THE DRAGON WINS 

 

SOME DAYS THE DRAGON WINS 

SOME DAYS THE DRAGON WINS                              

YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND A WHOLE NEW SET OF FRIENDS 

‘CAUSE SOME DAYS THE DRAGON WINS 

 

YOU TICKLE HIM, YOU CHASE HIM, YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO FACE HIM 

I WOULDN’T WANT TO BE IN YOUR SHOES 

YOU’RE TANNED, YOU’RE RESTED, BUT YOU’VE NOT BEEN TESTED 

NO, YOU’VE NOT PAID YOUR DUES

 

SOME DAYS THE DRAGON WINS

SOME DAYS THE DRAGON WINS 

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND A WHOLE NEW SET OF FRIENDS

'CAUSE SOME DAYS THE DRAGON WINS 

 

YOU TICKLE HIM, YOU CHASE HIM, YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO FACE HIM 

NOW HE’S FRONT-PAGE NEWS 

HE’S DOUBLE-BREASTED, HE’S FIRE-TESTED 

AND NOW HE’S GOT NOTHING TO LOSE 

HE’S NO CREAM PUFF, SO USE YOUR BEST STUFF 

TO SMOKE HIM OUT OF HIS DEN 

IF HE’S NOT FIGHTING, THERE’S STILL NO DENYING 

SOME DAYS THE DRAGON WINS

 

SOME DAYS THE DRAGON WINS

SOME DAYS THE DRAGON WINS

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND A WHOLE NEW SET OF FRIENDS

'CAUSE SOME DAYS THE DRAGON WINS

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THE SECOND COMING                              (Oates, words by W.B. Yeats)

TURNING AND TURNING IN THE WIDENING GYRE

THE FALCON CANNOT HEAR THE FALCONER

THINGS FALL APART; THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD

MERE ANARCHY IS LOOSED UPON THE WORLD

THE BLOOD-DIMMED TIDE IS LOOSED, AND EVERYWHERE

THE CEREMONY OF INNOCENCE IS DROWNED

THE BEST LACK ALL CONVICTION, WHILE THE WORST

ARE FULL OF PASSIONATE INTENSITY

SURELY SOME REVELATION IS AT HAND

SURELY THE SECOND COMING IS AT HAND

THE SECOND COMING! HARDLY ARE THOSE WORDS OUT

WHEN A VAST IMAGE OUT OF SPIRITUS MUNDI

TROUBLES MY SIGHT: SOMEWHERE IN THE SANDS OF THE DESERT

A SHAPE WITH LION BODY AND THE HEAD OF A MAN

A GAZE BLANK AND PITILESS AS THE SUN

IS MOVING ITS SLOW THIGHS, WHILE ALL ABOUT IT

REEL SHADOWS OF THE INDIGNANT DESERT BIRDS

THE DARKNESS DROPS AGAIN; BUT NOW I KNOW

THAT TWENTY CENTURIES OF STONY SLEEP

WERE VEXED TO NIGHTMARE BY A ROCKING CRADLE

AND WHAT ROUGH BEAST, ITS HOUR COME ROUND AT LAST

SLOUCHES TOWARD BETHLEHEM TO BE BORN? 

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THE GROOM'S STILL WAITING AT THE ALTAR (Bob Dylan)

PRAYED IN THE GHETTO WITH MY FACE IN THE CEMENT

HEARD THE LAST MOAN OF A BOXER, SEEN THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENT

FELT AROUND FOR THE LIGHT SWITCH, BECAME NAUSEATED

SHE WAS WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY WHILE THE ROOM DETERIORATED

WEST OF THE JORDAN, EAST OF THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR

I SEE THE TURNING OF THE PAGE, CURTAIN RISING ON A NEW AGE

SEE THE GROOM'S STILL WAITING AT THE ALTAR

 

TRY TO BE PURE AT HEART, THEY ARREST YOU FOR ROBBERY

TAKE YOUR SHYNESS FOR ALOOFNESS, YOUR SILENCE FOR SNOBBERY

I GOT THE MESSAGE THIS MORNING, THE ONE THAT WAS MEANT FOR ME

'BOUT THE MADNESS OF BECOMING WHAT ONE WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE

WEST OF THE JORDAN, EAST OF THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR 

I SEE THE TURNING OF THE PAGE, CURTAIN RISING ON A NEW AGE 

SEE THE GROOM'S STILL WAITING AT THE ALTAR

 

WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT CLAUDETTE THAT WOULDN'T COME BACK TO HAUNT ME?

FINALLY HAD TO GIVE HER UP 'BOUT THE TIME SHE BEGAN TO WANT ME

WELL, I KNOW GOD HAS MERCY ON THE SLANDERED AND HUMILIATED

I'D HAVE DONE ANYTHING FOR THAT WOMAN IF SHE'D MADE ME FEEL OBLIGATED 

WEST OF THE JORDAN, EAST OF THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR

I SEE THE TURNING OF THE PAGE, CURTAIN RISING ON A NEW AGE

SEE THE GROOM'S STILL WAITING AT THE ALTAR

 

PUT YOUR HAND ON MY HEAD, BABY, DO I HAVE TEMPERATURE?

I SEE PEOPLE WHO'RE SUPPOSED TO KNOW BETTER, STANDING AROUND LIKE FURNITURE

THERE'S A WALL BETWEEN YOU AND WHAT YOU WANT, AND YOU'VE GOT TO LEAP IT

TONIGHT, YOU'VE GOT THE POWER TO TAKE IT, TOMORROW, YOU WON'T HAVE THE POWER TO KEEP IT 

WEST OF THE JORDAN, EAST OF THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR

I SEE THE TURNING OF THE PAGE, CURTAIN RISING ON A NEW AGE

SEE THE GROOM'S STILL WAITING AT THE ALTAR

 

CITIES ON FIRE, PHONES OUT OF ORDER

THEY'RE KILLING NUNS AND SOLDIERS, THERE'S FIGHTING ON THE BORDER

WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT CLAUDETTE? I AIN'T SEEN HER SINCE JANUARY

SHE COULD BE RESPECTABLY WED, OR RUNNING A WHOREHOUSE IN BUENOS AIRES

WEST OF THE JORDAN, EAST OF THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR

I SEE THE TURNING OF A PAGE, CURTAIN RISING ON A NEW AGE

SEE THE GROOM'S STILL WAITING AT THE ALTAR

Special Rider Music

 

BACK TO JERICHO (Hyche/Kelly) 

SOUND OF DRUMBEATS IN A CAPTIVE COUNTRY 

MAMAS THIRSTIN’, BABIES GOIN’ HUNGRY 

PAINTED FACES, ENFORCED JUBILATION 

ALL JUST DIGITIZED MANIPULATION 

GIVE IT UP, ALL UP, AND YOU WON’T GET IT BACK 

THE PRICE OF LIVIN’ AIN’T HARDLY ON A DOWNWARD TRACK 

GET ON THE TRAIN, GIVE THE MAN YOUR NAME 

TELL HIM, “I’M GOIN’ BACK TO JERICHO” 

 

PEOPLE MARCHIN’, PEOPLE DEMONSTRATIN’ 

FEELIN’ LIKE THEY’RE IN A LIVIN’ NATION     

WAVE A-CRESTIN’, GENERATIN’ FORCES 

FLOWIN’ TOGETHER FROM A MILLION SOURCES 

DAM IT UP, ALL UP, AND THERE’LL BE NO RETURN 

SLIP OFF TO ONE SIDE, AND YOU CAN WATCH THE LANDSCAPE BURN 

GET ON THE TRAIN, GIVE THE MAN YOUR NAME 

TELL HIM, “TAKE ME BACK TO JERICHO” 

 

PERSON TO PERSON, STATION TO STATION 

REVOLUTION, RECONCILIATION 

A NOBLE CAUSE IS NEVER….LOST OR WON 

THE COUNTIN’ DON’T START TILL THE KILLIN’S DONE 

KEEP IT UP, KEEP UP, OR YOU’LL BE LEFT BEHIND 

THE FLESH IS WILLIN’, BUT YOU BETTER EXERCISE YOUR MIND 

GET ON THE TRAIN, GIVE THE MAN YOUR NAME 

TELL HIM, “GET ME BACK TO JERICHO”    

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