| Restless There's a kind of a restless feeling and it pulls me from within, it sets my senses reeling and my wheels begin to spin. In the quietude of winter you can hear the wild geese cry and I will always love that sound until the day I die. There's a plain and a simple answer to each and every quest from every quiet dance who might be a special guest. In a movie made for TV or a late night interview, you might even find them on the Young and the Restless too. Do you get that restless feeling when you hear a whistle blast like an echo from the past of an old engine flying down a road that's ironcast? The lake is blue, the sky is gray, the leaves have turned to gold. The wild goose will be on her way, the weather's much too cold. When the muskie and the old trout too have all gone down to rest, we will be returning to the things that we love best. Do you get that restless yearning when you think about your dad and the scrimshaw that he had of an old schooner roving neath a sky that's ironclad? There's a kind of a restless feeling and it catches you off guard as we gaze off at the distance through the trees in my back yard. I can feel that restless yearning of those geese as off they roam then trade that for a warm bed and a place I can call home. Will you get that restless yearning when you hear the wicked blast of a spectre from the past of a cold diesel rolling down a road that's built to last? Still I get that restless feeling when I hear a whistle blast, see an image from the past of an old schooner flying down a sky that's overcast. Ring Them Bells Ring them bells ye heathen from the city that dreams. Ring them bell from the sanctuaries, across the valleys and streams. For they're deep and they're wide, and the world's on its side and time is running backwards and so is the bride. Ring them bells St. Peter where the four winds blow. Ring them bells with an iron hand so the people will know. Oh, it's rush hour now. on the wheel of the plow and the sun is a-going down upon the sacred cow. Ring them bells sweet Martha for the poor man's son. Ring them bells so the world will know that God is one. For the shepherd is asleep where the willow weep and the mountain is filled with lost sheep. Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf, ring them bells all those who are left. Ring them bells for the chosen few who'll judge the many when the game is through. Ring them bells for the time that flies, for the child who cries when innocence dies. Ring them bells St. Catherine from the top of the roof. Ring the bells from the fortress for the lilies that bloom. For the lines are long and the fighting is strong and they're breaking down the distance between right and wrong. Fading Away I was at the breakwall, I was looking at the sea in back of the eight ball in some misery. There on the horizon stood a mighty ship of fools, they were heading into the harbor with all their broken rules. Whenever I'm feeling lonely I can just pick up the phone or I can go to the movies or just stay at home alone. They're better off to be someplace that's a good long way from home, anyway I can lose myself. Dawn is breaking, I'm hesitating, I'm fading away, fading away. They sailed right to meet me, I said, what's it all about? Please try to excuse me, we can work things out. If you've ever wondered if that mighty ship is real, let me tell you about it brother, it was something you could feel. Whenever I'm feeling lonely I let twilight set the tone or I can go to the movies or just stay at home alone. They're better off to be someplace that's a good long way to roam. Ain't living high on the hog right now. Time is wasting, I'm hesitating, I'm fading away, fading away. One more day on the calendar, on my mind. I am down around the breakwall putting in some time. The whole ship of fools has gotten safely under way and I was proud to be a part of what it was they had to say. Whenever I'm feeling lonely I can just pick up the phone or I can go to the movies or just stay at home alone. They're better off to be someplace that's a good long piece from home, anyway I can lose myself. Dawn is breaking, I'm hesitating, I'm fading away, fading away, fading away, fading away. Only Love Would Know Does the light of passion still burn bright? Only love would know, my imagination tells me I'm a pent-up fool in the deep end of the pool. Is the light of passion burning bright? Only love would know, only love would know. She lives on the other side, you wanna know the reason why. She arrives at promises and you believe in what she says, everywhere you go. Is the light of passion burning bright everywhere you go? Only love would know. You think you've been wronged again, oh, what a way to treat a friend. She belongs to other eyes and surely you must realize- she ain't the kind who would soon step aside, pay any dues at the expense of her pride. Everywhere she goes, only love would know In the days gone by I came to believe everything is trust, all the rest is dust. Mother nature, mother dear, listen to us over here. Are the sounds of laughter ringing true? Only love would know, only love would do. She lives on another plane away from the driving rain. She says no, you say yes, and that's how it should be I guess. Only love would know. May the light of love surround you tonight everywhere you go, only love would know. You think you were wrong until you learned once and for all it's still one more lesson on the way or that is what it seemed to say. She's not the kind who would soon step down, not the kind you would try to walk around. When only a thought would go very well you can tell by the touch, ah but only love would know. Passion burning bright, tears of passion late at night. Is the light of passion burning bright everywhere you go? Only love would know. Welcome To Try I have been down in the valley of tears, I have stood on the highest peak for the best part of a week. Battered and bruised, I had pulled myself through, every scene I would never repeat. I have hung out with the beasts of the field and with them I've spent many long nights, got in some awful bad fights. I came unstuck, I was down on my luck and I'm still getting over the bites. Sounds of my own heart breaking, not to mention my mind. Nothing can hurt me, a small voice said into a mike, take a hike. No one will lead me astray anymore, you are welcome to try if you like, welcome to try if you like. I had been down in the valley so long I had almost run out of respect, got in right up to my neck. Battered but wise to the truth and the lies that no layman would ever accept. Reaching for all of the good things in life can provide some surprises I guess, it may be the way we are dressed. These threads that you see mean so little to me, they don't count when they put us to rest. Late about dusk, I would start to feel one more day had been lost, nothing I'd say ever seemed to convey how I felt with that I have dealt. All of my children are healthy and sane, they may say anything that they like, say anything that they like. Sitting alone in the Blue Ridge Saloon is no place for an angel to be, ladies make faces at me. Battered but clean I had pulled my machine off the road, I was too tired to see. Wearing a smile like the rim of a cup, I will get down to my final point, there is no one left to annoint. And the sowing of seed, was it good? Yes, indeed, it thrills me, but only to a point. Use your imagination, try every trick in the book, my mother said with the life that I led I'd be broke, holy smoke. All of my children are healthy and wise, they may say anything that they like. If they want to preach and are not within reach, they may say anything that they like, say anything that they like. I'll Prove My Love Any way the wind may blow, any way the creek may flow, any way the crow may fly within the confines of the sky, I will prove my love to you in everything I say and in all I do. Anywhere the song is king, anywhere the robin sings, anywhere the lake is cold, anywhere the bell is tolled, I will prove my love to you in everything I say and in all I do. Anytime our paths don't cross and the losing dice are tossed, anytime you know what's best, anytime I can't care less, I'll make it up to you in everything I say and in all I do. Any way the wind may blow, any way I stub my toe, any way the tree might bend, any way the day might end, I will prove my love to you in everything I say and in all I do. I will make it up to you in everything I say and in all I do. Waiting For You Say what you will, I will miss you my friends. Let me move along for the road never ends. Vowing to live till the end of all time, all the way to the ends of the earth because I'm waiting for you to say you will be mine. Many long days, many long years, many wrong plays, many wrong fears. I could be tossed in the arms of the sea, I could be caught between decks eternally waiting for you to ask what's keeping me. What would we do at the end of the day when the hours are asleep and the time slips away? Children are all that the earth has to show, children are all that the earth wants to know. Up here in the northland, up here in the snow, up in the wilderness, land of our birth, land of our toil, land of our worth, I could stay healthy and wealthy and wise for I love the snow other snowbirds criticize. Tell that to a wife and you'll get a surprise. The skies of North America are covered in stars over factories and farms, over hamlets and bars. The breeze of North America is breathless at night out there in the distance, some souls are in flight, some soft-hearted lovers whose goals are in sight. Here in my on-again, off-again style, here in my on-again, off-again smile, here in my off-again, on-again grin, here in my off-again, on-again skin, waiting for you to say, let us begin. Wild Strawberries If I had a dollar, if I had a cent, I would play most anywhere if it would pay my rent. I'd be living on the downside in my old apartment for the rest of my days. People always ask why the world is on the run, people like you and like me. Is it really true you can really never win moving to the upside? Tell me, when does the fun begin? Deep as the sea and as wild as the weather, we will go, just you and me to pick wild strawberries together. Or be living on our own, in a cabin in a meadow or meandering alone, we can face the world forever or we'll hit the bounding main or be on a railroad train, hit the boundless tide or be on a steamboat ride. Hit the bounding main or be on a midnight plane, hit the pounding tide or be on a rainbow ride. People often ask me just the way it must feel to be standing up here with you down there. Let it now be known that throughout all of these years, I have been wearing polka dot underwear. Deep as the sea and as wild as the weather, we will go just you and me to gather crabapples together and be wandering along toward a cabin in the meadow or meandering alone, we can face the world together or we'll hit the bounding main or be on a railroad train, hit the boundless tide or be on a steamboat ride. Hit the bounding main or be on a midnight plane, hit the pounding tide or be on a rainbow ride. People always ask why the world is on the slide, people like you and like me. Is it really true there will be no peace left to hide? Turning to the upside, when does the fun begin ? Deep as the sea and as wild as the weather, we might go, just you and me to pick wild strawberries together. Or be living on our own in a cabin in a meadow and the cows will come home. They can face the world forever and we'll hit the bounding main or be on a railroad train, hit the boundless tide or be on a steamboat ride. Hit the bounding main or be on a midnight plane, hit the pounding tide or be on a rainbow ride, hit the bounding main or be on a midnight plane. I'd Rather Press On Is it my imagination or is it my iron pride? I wonder if it matters much if time is on my side. I'd rather press on, I don't wanna rest easy, anywhere I stray, I will make it a brand new day. Anyway, that's all I've got to say. I'd rather be by the seaside, than be playing a one night stand. I've been too wrapped up in my own dreams, I will change things if I can. I gotta press on, don't wanna rest easy. Wouldn't it feel fine to return to the women and the wine and all of the sunshine that we knew? You will never know what blue is until you have played the game, till you live life in solitaire where no one knows your name. I'd rather press on, I don't want to rest easy. Have it anyway you will, I will be with you right up until the spell is broken and all is well. If you'd rather be by the seashore, well, I sure can understand. Are you too wrapped up in your own scene? I would change things if I can. I'd rather press on, don't wanna rest easy. Wouldn't it feel fine, but remembering the rhythm and the rhymes and all of the good times makes me blue. Wouldn't it feel fine to return to the women and the wine and all of the sunshine that we knew? Drink Yer Glasses Empty Listen up and I'll tell you what you'll do, forget about music and alcohol too. Forget about yer baby, we've got other work for you. Better drink yer glasses empty now, it's time to rise and shine. There's one less cause in the world to be living for. It was back in '39 when I was one year old, sitting by the backyard fence and the world had turned to cold. Drink yer glasses empty now was all that they were told, drink yer glasses girls and boys, it's time to hit the sky to the tune of thunder, there's no time to wonder why. We'd love to take life over, that is plain, forget about sorrow, forget about pain. And watch a John Wayne movie to remind us once again- better drink yer glasses empty now, it's time to hit the line. You got one less cause in the world to be living for. Drink yer glasses girls and boys, it's time to hit the sky to the tune of thunder, there's a tear in every eye. I'd like to take things one at a time, forget about reason, forget about rhyme. Because beg, steal, or borrow you got another hill to climb so drink yer glasses empty now, it's time to hit the road. There's one less cause in the world to be living for. Drink yer glasses girls and boys, it's time to hit the sky to the tune of thunder, there's no time to wonder why. We'd like to take life over again when time of war had passed away into the rain and watch a John Wayne movie to remind us of the planes. Just drink yer glasses empty now, it's time to rise and shine, there's one less cause in the world to be living for. |
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