ONE DAY
One day we will meet again
On that far and distant shore
And holding hands understand
That no one loved us more
One day we will meet again
After the pains and the tears
One day we will be as one
After the rain and the fears
One day we will meet again
After other loves have gone
And looking at each other
Will see our loves lives on
One day we will leave it all
And walk through forest lawns
Our day will come again
Like the sunlight and the dawn.
THE LONG GOODBYE
This is where the story ends
This is the long goodbye
This is the road that has no end
This is the time for love to die
This is the long goodbye
This is the vale of tears
This is the lonely road
This is the place of fears
This is the long goodbye
This is the time to leave
This is the end of love
This is the time to grieve
This is the long goodbye
This is the time to go
This is the day it ends
But how I loved you so
This is the long goodbye
This is the trail of tears
This is the vale of sighs
This is the time of fears
This is the long goodbye
This is the long goodbye
This is the hardest time
I can’t sing a lullaby
And I can’t make you mine
This is the time for tears
Shed them on the ground
I must be moving on
I can’t wait around.
This is the long goodbye
This is the time and day
I have cried myself dry
Now I must go away
This is the hardest time
This is the darkest night
You were never mine
You know that I’m right
This is the long goodbye
This is the hardest time
I can’t sing a lullaby
And I can’t make you mine.
I KNOW THE SONG THE WHITE SWAN SINGS
You ask me why I don’t much smile
You say that I don’t laugh enough
You say I’ve got a lonesome style
You say that I act too tough
But I have learnt too many truths
And I have seen too many things
I know the hurt and pain of youth
I know the song the white swan sings
Sit awhile and I’ll talk to you
Tell you things ‘bout love and war
Of things we all fail to do
And how we all play the whore
And you tell me from all you know
About the sanctity of kings
And I will say it was ever so
I know the song the white swan sings
Holy holy is the ground
On which we build the lives we live
And yet we yield without a sound
And they take all that we can give
So tell me now my new best friend
Of all the good that mankind brings
But I’m close now to the end
I know the song the white swan sings.
THIS THING MUST PASS
This thing must pass
This thing must end
No more my lover
But only my friend
This thing must pass
This thing must die
No more the laughs
I only can cry
This thing must go
This thing must fall
I know you know
I’ve lost it all
This thing can’t live
In the shadow of lies
This girl/guy can’t keep
The tears from his eyes
This thing gives pleasure
This thing gave pain
This girl/guy won’t take it
If it comes back again
This girl/guy knows now
That he loves you so
But he said nothing
And allowed you to go.
LIVE IN PEACE
When I needed sunshine I got rain
When I needed loving I got pain
Now the wind is from the west
Gonna go where I know best
All you sisters
Let us live in peace
When I needed up I got down
When I needed you, you played around
Now your sun no longer shines
I’m so glad that you’re not mine
All you brothers
Let us live in peace
When I needed day I got night
When I needed peace I got a fight
Now the clouds are in the sky
You can just kiss me goodbye
All you people
Let us live in peace.
LET ME DOWN EASY
Let me down easy
Let me down slow
Tell me you love me
Won’t let me go
Let me down slowly
Let me down right
Tell me you love me
Love me tonight
Love me tomorrow
Love me tonight
Let me down easy
Let me down right
Love me forever
Love me today
Tell me you love me
Don’t go away
I’ll love you tomorrow
I’ll love you tonight
I won’t let you down
We’ll be alright
Love me tomorrow
Don’t let me go
Love me forever
I love you so.
I WANNA BE BESIDE YOU THRU’ THE NIGHT
I wanna go where the wild wind blows
I wanna go where the sunshine goes
I wanna stretch in your arms embrace
I wanna drown in your lovely face
I wanna do what I know is right
I wanna be beside you thru the night
I need to be here aloe with you
I need to learn what not to do
I need a dream I can call my own
I need a love like you at home
I need you to resign the fight
I need you to be with me tonight
I need for your warm sweet kiss
I long for our nights of bliss
I long for the chance to be alone
I long for you in my home
I long to hold you here tonight
I long to be around you tonight.
FOLK SONG
On the banks of green willow
You lay by my side
No one came near
There was no need to hide
And as I lay by you
You turned and you said
This bank needs must be
Our wedding bed
For my mother and father
They don’t know your name
And if they see us together
Then I’ll be to blame
I’m only sixteen
And this is all new
But I know that I
Can want only you
And so through the daytime
We loved and we lay
Until darkness came
And you went away
I never saw you
From that day to this
But all of my life
I’ll remember our kiss.
LONG GOODBYE
So the time has come at last
When you say our love has passed
Love is like a butterfly
Make this day a long goodbye
Now you say that you must go
Ad you say that I should know
Love can stay and love can fly
Make this day a long goodbye
Ad now you’ll face the world alone
A broke heart without a home
There’s no light left in my sky
Make this day a long goodbye.
MY HEART
My heart is on fire
Burns through the night
Flying ever higher
And burning too bright
My heart is a soldier
Fighting all our wars
We live all the battles
And come back for more
My heart is an apple
For you to bite
Your lips kiss my skin
And it is so right
My heart like starlight
It twinkles above
But when the dawn comes
Will it go with your love
My heart is a wave
Breaks on your shore
You do not love me
I come back for more
My heart is has broken
Cracked by your lies
But I am still lost
Still trapped by your eyes.
JUST AROUND THE CORNER
Just around the corer
Right around the bend
Cross at the border
Keep on ‘til the end
Just another mile
Not too far to go
Gonna make you smile
Pretty soon you’ll know
Just hang on with me
Now the end’s in sight
Nothing now to give me
Surrender to the night
No more lonely nightimes
Set your feelings free
Now is the right time
Give your love to me.
WHY I CRY
You talk to me
Of normal things
Of summer nights
And what they bring
You tell me all
But don’t say why
Just look at me
And see me cry
You talk and talk
But you don’t hear
In your world there’s
No hint of fear
You always win
So don’t deny
Just look at me
And see me cry
You smile and kiss
And walk away
We’ll meet again
Another day
When you go home
I live a lie
It’s because of you
That I cry
Another dream
Another night
Another cold
Dark morning light
Another day
To live a lie
Another time
That I will cry.
TONIGHT
I look upon you lying there
So still through the night
The hopes and fears
Of wasted years
Are ended here tonight
When morning comes to find us
Lightens up your hair
The sun can see
That you and me
Have found a life to share
So wake up now and listen
I have some things to say
I love you
You love me too
Don’t ever go away.
BODY LIES
Your body lies
By my side
No secrets now
Nothing to hide
But I saw
In your eyes
Words are true
But body lies
Side by side
Through the night
Arms round me
Hold me tight
You can’t see
Tears in my eyes
I can feel
Your body lies
Warm and sae
‘til break of day
Let the lover
Gently lay
I thought you
Were first prize
But I found
Your body lies
Your body lies
Tells on you
I know what
You like to do
What I see
Makes me cry
I just see
Your body lies.
I KNOW YOU’RE HURTING
I know you’re hurting
Bleeding inside
I know you want
To run off and hide
I see your fears
There in your eyes
I’m always here
I never ask why
I know the pain
Is burning inside
I see the hurt
You want to hide
I see a friend
Battered and sore
Come to me now
Don’t take any more
You have a light
Deep in your soul
All the worlds pain
Can’t take it all
You will rise again
Just take my arm
Together we’re strong
We’ll come to no harm.
DON’T CLOSE YOUR EYES
Don’t close your eyes
Don’t shut the door
If you go away
I can’t take no more
Don’t close your mind
Don’t look away
I know love is blind
And it’s slipping away
Don’t tell me I’m wrong
Don’t tell me your right
It’s gone on too long
I can’t take the fight
Don’t cling to a dream
That curls up and dies
You don’t hear my screams
I don’t need your lies.
YESTERDAY WHEN YOU STILL LOVED ME
Yesterday
When you still loved me
The days were fine and nights were long
Yesterday
When you still loved me
I thought that life was like a song
Today
Now that you’ve left me
And the days are filled with fears
Today
Now that you’ve left me
I see the world thru veils of tears
Yesterday
When you still loved me
I laughed and planned the days ahead
Yesterday
When you still loved me
My love still shared my happy bed
Today
Now that you’ve left me
I face my life so all alone
Today
Now that you’ve left me
I see my house is not my home
Tomorrow
I’ll be without you
My days hold nothing but pain
Tomorrow
I’ll be without you
And will I ever smile again
Tomorrow
The sun will rise and
I’ll look out upon my day
Tomorrow
The sun may rise again
But will I ever smile again?
SISTERS AND DAUGHTERS
Sisters and daughters
Cry their tears
Mothers and children
Hide their fears
Sisters and mothers
Wave goodbye
Children and mothers
Watch love die
Bridge and key change
So here we are
Once again
So let us play
The old war game
Fathers and sons
Off to war
Sons and brothers
Ask what for
Brothers and sons
Don’t want to cry
Sons and lovers
Don’t want to die
So here we are
Once again
So let us play
The old war game.
CALL MY NAME
If you ever want me
Just call my name
And if you’re hurt
I’ll take your pain
If you’re ever lost
I will guide you home
If you are homeless
I will be your home
Call my name when you’re lonely
Call my name when you’re down
Call my name when you need me
And I’ll be around
Call my name
If you’re ever sad
I’ll dry your tears
If it ever gets bad
I’ll calm your fears
If ever you fail
Come hold my hand
And together we’ll find
Our promised land
Call my name when you’re lonely
Call my name when you’re down
Call my name when you need me
And I’ll be around]
Call my name
If you’re ever lonely
I’ll be your friend
If ever you only
Feel it won’ end
I’ll be beside you
Even though I’m not there
My love inside you
And I’ll always care.
THE PASSION OF DREAMS (WITH CARRIE COUTURE AND AYESHA PEZASHKI)
I know my life don’t look much fun
I know I seem sad to you
But you don’t see me when my day is done
And you don’t know what I do
Night after night I work my way
Through lovers and through scenes
That don’t ever go away
In the passion of my dreams
You think I’m foolish because I dream
And I live my dreams alone
But I’m not quite as I seem
I’m a queen upon her throne
I live in love for half my life
In scene after vivid scene
I always know what is mine
In the passion of my dreams
And all the time I live I dreams
I know just what goes on
I dream I see I love I laugh
And watch when it all goes wrong
So you my friend you live your life
And I’ll watch you as you cry
You live your life I’ll live my dreams
‘Cos I know my dreams won’t lie.
LIE TO ME SOFTLY
Lie to me softly
When you lie with your eyes
Tell me you love me
Tell me your lies
Lie to me gently
Lie with your smile
Tell me you love me
Once in a while
Lie to me slowly
Just take your time
Tell me you love me
Just one more time
Lie to me tonight
Then never again
Tell me you love me
Take away my pain
Lie with me tonight
Just one last time
Tell me you love me
And it’ll be fine
Yes
It’ll be fine.