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For my high there lies a low
For all the people that I know
Fulfilling their every want and need
Their hungry souls I often feed
(Chorus)
I thought of you as a very close friend
But we all saw it in the end
But it's alright (etc)
I always knew you were for yourself
But we all see who's got all the wealth
For each tear there lies a year
Filled with pain and often fear
Now the sun is rising high
Still I know you'll never cry
(Solo guitar)
(Chorus)
For my high there lies a low
To all the people that I know
Now the sun is rising high
Still I know you'll never cry
Still I know you'll never cry
Still I know you'll never cry
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The Thinker
04:49
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My life has started turning and it's getting underway
Though many times mistaken I still think I wanna play
I wanna play, I wanna play
Though once there was a time when I was sure I had it made
I stepped off of the track and now I rarely feel that way
Never that way, never that way
(Chorus)
It makes me sad to think there was a time when I did love
Just for the living of
The happiness, the innocence, the coming of experience
It wouldn't come soon enough
(Solo)
And now this roller-coaster ride goes rolling night and day
Mirages, games and puzzles such a never ending rain
Straining my brain
Is pain really gain?
And in taking stock of all that I have ever seen or done
I notice I've been getting by just barely under the gun
A race never won
It's only begun
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
Make all your new plans and don't lose your place now
Figure it all out, remember it too yeah
And pump out the cash just to keep it all going
Maybe I just wanna go home
(Solo)
... like the statue of a man I saw as a boy
with his head in his hands and a sigh on his face
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Rising Stakes
03:50
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I grasp again at the unseen thing
No answer in reply
And I keep wondering what it means
The hours flying by
The dancing hopes and the sleepy dreams
A vague remedy
To this restless itching thing
Way down inside of me
What to make of this life that I choose
And what about the lives that I lose
The stakes are rising 'cause no one dares call the game
The heavy weight or the runner's high
Call it either way
The irresistible force is tried
By stubborn ones who wait
The tension mounts so incredibly high
There's no wind today
But when the pin drops with hurricane stride
Some will still be saying...
What to make of this life that I choose
And what about the lives that I lose
The stakes are rising 'cause no one dares call the game
(Instrumental)
1st verse (I grasp again... )
Double chorus - out
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Return Of The Bison
06:50
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Thunder on grass plain
Shadows on terrain
Pushed on by the new trains that pass them by
Sweating and heaving
Silently grieving
Perceiving the time's come for them to die
They do not know why
How could they know why?
Man against man's needs
Fires that the needs bring
Burn hot with the creatures they victimize
Fair against dark man
Bison the orphan
Who's home has become such an angry land
Out in the open
Their lives have frozen
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Last of the great beasts
Alone and without peace
Nature cries for you with tired eyes
Return with the new sun
When there is no gun
To cause you to run from a careless hand
Out in the open
Free in the open
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The Lighthouse
04:10
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I saw a light there upon the shore
And everyone was wondering who it was for
It seemed to me to hint of life
Forever ever glowing on that dark night
(Chorus)
Reflections off the mast
Searched my angry past
Lighthouse shined a beam
Shades of blue and green
(Solo..)
I'm scanning hard for the source
Standing by to welcome me on distant shores
With good cheer aplenty, by heartwarming fires
Signals to the wretched who's souls have grown tired
(Chorus)
So up to the wall I'm lifting my head
It's all going, it's all going away
Perfectly calm not tense or afraid
It's all going, it's all going away
I'm seeing the light not missing the shade
It's all gone now, it's all going away
In trying to recall those storms in my head
All gone now, all going away
Lamplight will shine both near and far
And lead a man to safety like a night star
Watch over closely the mariner's flight
And lead him with your wisdom all through the night
(Chorus, out..)
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Waiting In The Dark
05:57
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I'm in the midst of a storm
Though maybe I'm freed from it's harm
But funny how I feel so afraid
Though from it's rage I am saved
I'm worried about an overall restlessness I see
Though some hold tight to beauty others ignore the search for knowledge and truth
And you may just write this off as a load of self-righteous dung
But we must drop our cynicisms and move forward with our dream
What you say can have an impact
On those with whom you share your space with
First I mentioned fear, very soon I'll mention hope
I hope we can discover the latter
In this time we're living now
A tiny forgotten seed
Could again become a flower of power
With an older and wiser sense
A new experience
Could originate this very hour...
And so I'm waiting here
Change is drawing near
At least that much is clear
Our eyes are wide approaching evening
We stand on our guard
I ask God for strength
Turn to face the crashing shore
Awaiting what I hope will be daylight
Will there come the morn ?
Then suddenly I feel a hand
Take mine first left and then right
And suddenly I understand
That we are all one on this night
And with all our conflicts aside
We wait defiantly still
A tiny flicker of hope
Against the ever growing chill
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Heart Shaped Face
03:41
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A million years ago I was thinking of what I might do
And thirty seconds later I realized it all had come true
A dusty piece of amber held up in the light of this dream
Melts quickly to honey the moment my fondness looks in
Chocolate caramel mints, chocolate caramel mints
Chocolate caramel mints, chocolate caramel mints
And I'm looking around to make sure that I got the right door
So we turn our fears to song
As we see love be always strong
It's here in my hand..
Heart shaped face
Way back in year zero, a mere heart's beat in the language of love
Some certain red arrows appeared in the palms of white gloves
A quivering landscape of cherry trees all in a row
And bouquets of roses with valentines tied up with bows
Starfish pelican breeze, starfish pelican breeze
Starfish pelican breeze, starfish pelican breeze
Just tropical beaches laughing in the eternal sun
Now we live among the stars
And we sing loving repertoires
It's sold out shows for..
Heart shaped face
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