THE MADNESS STOPS RIGHT HERE
We all think that we know best
We all think we’re right
Politicians tell us lies
And lead us into fights
But you and I know the score
We know what course to steer
We wont take it no more
The madness stops right here
I listened to the news tonight
Planned with us in mind
If they think we believe all that
Then they must be blind
But you and I know whats what
It’ll all end in tears
Hang on to what you know you’ve got
The madness stops right here
So when you hear them telling lies
About some far off land
Just look into their eyes
And you will see their plans
There’s madness here and madness there
But we’ve got no real fears
We don’t believe their silly scares
The madness ends right here.
BUILD ME A BRIDGE
Build me a bridge
Tween here and tomorrow
Build me a bridge
To cut across sorrow
Build me a bridge
Built it today
Build me a bridge
To take me away
Build me a bridge
Build me a window
Tween you and me
Build me a window
To let you see
Build me a window
To see the sunlight
Build me a window
So I can see right
Build me a faith
To last across years
Build me a faith
To keep me from tears
Build me a faith
To preserve me from hell
Build me a faith
And build it right well
Build me a day
When we can be friends
Build me a day
Which has no end
Build me a day
Like there has not been
Build me a day
And build me a dream
Build me a dream
To light my way
Build me a dream
In which I can stay
Build me a dream
Of sunshine and song
Build me a day
Don’t let it go wrong
Don’t let it go wrong.
I’M LOOKING
I’m lookin for you
I’m lookin for me
I’m lookin for ways
That I can break free
I’m lookin for dreams
I’m lookin for hope
I’m lookin for ways
To help me cope
I’m lookin for love
I’m lookin for fun
I’m lookin for a life
That’s just begun
I’m lookin at tears
I’m lookin at pain
I’m lookin at having
To start again
I’m lookin to scream
I’m lookin to fight
I’m lookin to you
To make it right
I’m lookin at me
I’m lookin at you
And I don’t know
What to do
I’m lookin at you
To give me a sign
Are you to be his
Or are you to be mine.
YOUNG MAN
Young man standing by an open door
Wonders why he went to war
Young man dying in the sand
In a far off foreign land
Young man dying in the surf
Takes his last breath on earth
Young man now don’t get around
Now he’s buried in the ground
Young man watches the sun rise
Never again to see the skies
Young man walks a stoney path
When each next step could be his last
But still we send out boys to die
Ain’t we learnt to ask why
Stop and think about it please
Before you shed your hearts tears.
COMES A TIME
Comes a time, comes a time
When we are at war
Pray sir please tell me
What it is all for
Comes a day, comes a day
When you will kill me
Pray sir please tell me
If it sets you free
Comes a time, comes a time
When battles are lost
Pray sir please tell me
Who bears the cost
Comes a time, comes a time
When life’s in the dust
Pray sir please tell me
The value of lust
Comes a time, comes a time
When we have all won
Pray sir please tell me
Why was has begun
Comes a time, comes a time
When victory and pain
March hand in hand
With famine again
Comes a time, comes a time
When we are all gone
Our unborn children
May right our wrongs
Comes a time, comes a time
When hero’s lie dead
Will we ever learn
To love peace instead.
THE ROAD HAS NO END
I have to go
It never ends
I walk the road
With many bends
So come with me
And hand in hand
You will walk with me
Throughout the lnd
We cannot see
Around the bend
But we both know
The road has no end
I walk the hard
And stoney road
I’m carrying
My heavy load
Through lonely days
And empty nights
Hoping that things
Work out alright
So walk with me
Be my friend
Come walk the road
That never ends.
EXECUTION SONG
Tomorrow I will fly away
Fly away from here
Prison walls can’t keep me
I cannot live in fear
Tomorrow I’ll be free
Free as a bird
Tomorrow I will fly away
Tomorrow I’ll be heard
Today I wear your chains
Tomorrow I’ll be free
You cannot kill my soul
My soul will fly free
Stone walls cannot a prison make
Tomorrow I will fly
I will fly away from here
You that stay may die
Tomorrow I will fly away
Leave my cares with you
Tomorrow I will live again
I know that this is true
Times may come and times may go
They may take your youth
Tomorrow I will fly away
That is the only truth.
YOU GAVE ME
You gave me
A crown of thorns
And laughed as I walked by
Another joke
Another man
On his way to die
You gave me
A cross of wood
And threw stones at my head
Another fool
Off to die
Better when he’s dead
You gave me
Nails of steel
Hammered through my flesh
We don’t care
We want to see
The suffering and death
You gave me
Eternal life
By killing me that day
But love is long
And life is short
I haven’t gone away.
FIGHT FOR THE NIGHT
Fight for the night
Fight to end pain
Fight for the right
Then fight again
Fight for the sea
Fight for the land
Come fight with me
Come take my hand
Fight for the folk
Who live in fear
Fight for the talk
That makes it all clear
Fight for the light
That shows how they cheat
Fight for the right
To vote with your feet
Fight for the dream
That never died
Fight for the screams
You’ll hear in their eyes
Fight through the day
Fight through the night
Don’t give it away
You know you are right.
WATCHING BRIDGES BURNING
Watching bridges burning
I see you walk away
No more hope
No more talk
No another day
Watching bridges burning
I see you leave it all
Leave the past
Leave it fast
Make it all feel small
Watching bridges burning
You drive into the night
No more tears
No more fears
No more will to fight
Watching bridges burning
I see you turn and say
No more us
No more you
So turn and walk away.
THIS ROAD
It’s like I must keep going
Down that old highway
Don’t know where I’m goin
Don’t know where I’ll stay
Many girls behind me
Many round the bend
Just keep right on goin
This road has no end
I’ll leave this town tomorrow
Tomorrow I’ll be gone
Don’t ask where I’m goin
I’m just movin on
Many dreams behind me
Many round the bend
Just keep right on goin
This road has no bend
I’ll be gone by morning
Don’t wait round for me
I’m leavin in the dawning
I guess I must be free
Many loves behind me
Many round the bend
You thought you were my lover
But the roads my only friend.
STREET OF BROKEN DREAMS
On the street of broken dreams
Near the avenue of tears
I walk and talk and sometimes scream
At all the wasted years
Had I known from the start
How weak your heart could be
I’d have saved my broken heart
And I’d still be free
On the street of broken dreams
In a household of despair
I sleep where no one hears my screams
There is no hope left there
And you who once were so strong
So handsome to the eye
What you were is now gone
And I just want to die
RAIN AND TEARS
You take me where
I’ve never been
You show me things
I’ve never seen
I’ll be with you
Thru all the years
I’ll be with you
Thru rain and tears
And rain and tears may flow
Like loves and lives can go
But out love will only grow
And I’ll never let you go
And there were times
When things went wrong
And I was weak
But you were strong
You stayed with me
All thru the years
You stayed with me
Thru rain and tears
The cup of love
Can overflow
Hard to come
Quick to go
Just be with me
Thru all the years
Be with me
Thru rain and tears
And all my life
I live for you
And all my dreams
Are dreamt of you
I’ll be with you
Thru all the years
I’ll be with you thru
Rain and tears.
MAYFLIES DANCING ON THE RIVER
Mayflies dancing on the river
Mark another passing year
Spring has come to find us
And you are still not here
Another year turns over
It’s leaves of shining green
But where are you my love
You’re nowhere to be seen
Swallows fly the summer skies
And blue shades out the grey
Signs of summer are all around
But you have gone away
All around I see the signs
Of summer on the wing
But if you’re not here beside me
What joy can summer bring?
Now frost is forming on the trees
The fall is coming fast
And all I do is think of you
And good times that have now past
The walks thru fields of ripened corn
The trains that took us home
I return to my empty room
And I spend my year alone
Now winter holds me in his grip
And I sit by a smouldering fire
And remember nights that used to be
Filled with love and our desire
Winter’s grip is in my heart
And icicles touch my spine
And slowly I come to realise
That you never will be mine.
ONE DAY
One day
One special day
I will rise and I will fly
One day
Not so far away
You will see me touch the sky
My day
My special day
Is coming and I can see
One day
One great day
The world will take note of me
That day
That day’s coming
I see it in my dreams
My life
Is just beginning
And I will set the scenes
Keep on
I must keep on
And I’ll reach, for the sky
I’ll do it
I know I’ll do it
And one day soon I’ll fly.
WHAT IF
What if it’s over
What if you’re gone
What if I never
See you again.
What if I loved you
But couldn’t see you
What if I never
Kissed you again
And I just loved you
I wanted to be there
And I’ve always loved you
It hurts that you don’t care
What if you never
Knew how I loved you
What if you left me
What would I do
If you just left me
What would I be
‘Cos you’re my future
Everything is you.
HOLD NO CANDLES FOR THE DREAM THAT DIED
I don’t think of you at night
I don’t need your alibis
I cant count the times you lied
I hold no candles for the dream that died
I don’t care just what you say
I don’t care cause I’m going away
I don’t care how much you cried
I hold no candles for the dreams that died
I don’t want to stop and fight
I don’t want to stay tonight
You’re gonna need some place to hide
I hold no candles for the dream that died
I have to leave to get away
I can’t take another day
You can’t come for the ride
I hold no candles for the dream that died.