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1. |
Fly
05:12
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~ FLY ~
Go ahead
Speak you mind
But listen well cause I’m going to waste no time
I’m going back
I’ve got to see
See if it’s true they’ll ever rescue me
Something tells me something
Isn’t right
People are falling all around like flies
The cause could be that new invention
But if it’s the government then don’t even mention it
A whisper here
A gesture there
And we could meet again
Be sure that no-one sees you leave
Go out that door and then
Be sure you fly
Until it’s all over
I still love you so
When we have won the day
We’ll be free to be together then
Oh go ahead
Say your piece
But move quick before you loose you feet
I know you think we should never part
But we’re together now and that’s a start
So while I’m gone could you
Gather our weapons
When I get back we’ll send them through the heavens
And if you think of something that I missed
Just tell me and I’ll rectify it
A whisper here
A gesture there....
Broken by the seed of discontent
There doesn’t seem any way at all
Where it would be possible to mend
The damage that it truly has caused
Fly….
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2. |
Indecision
05:03
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INDECISION
H.Wilson
This indecision is going to kill me
If I can’t make up my mind
I keep leaning left
Then drifting right
Staying, leaving, nothing feels right
This indecision, has got me sleepless
And I don’t seem able to find
Clear direction, or clear answers
A holding pattern is where I’m flying
And I don’t understand if there are reasons for this
All that I know is that doesn’t seem right
Shifting sands make poor foundations
Oh what I’d give to leave this far behind
This indecision, inhibits planning
All I do is go day to day
No resolution, no clear solution
So I keep swinging at whatever comes my way
This indecision…. This indecision
Oh forgive and forget
Let the pieces fall wherever they may
Oh forgive and forget
There’s a rain that’ll come and wash it away
Oh forgive and forget
Forgive and forget
Let’s dance in the rain
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3. |
Sick & Tired
05:43
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SICK AND TIRED – Hugh Wilson
It doesn't matter who is wrong or right
I'm so sick and tired
of trying to fight you
anymore
I'm miles from home but I really don't care
I thought of coming back but now
I can't seem to get there
anymore
If this is how it goes I'm leaving
If this is how it ends I'm standing still
If this is how it flows
I'm caught in a bind
And oh it's original
there always were
a million explanations and justifications
but this time I can't find the strength
to do it all again
And oh it's incredible
there always were
a million dissertations and character assassinations
but this is where it ends
the end of the line
It doesn't matter who is wrong or right
I'm just so tired
of trying to fight you
anyway
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4. |
Love
05:44
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LOVE
H.Wilson
Love
It’s a beautiful thing
Can make you cry and it makes you sing
Love
Don’t throw it away
It’ll come back like a brand new day
Love
It brings peace to the earth
Turns the other cheek and it gives you worth
Love
It could save the day
Can make you see things in a whole new way
Love
Has the trust of a child
The wisdom of years with arms open wide
Love
Has not much to say
But has plenty of ears
And when you feel your heart opening
And you trust what you feel is true
There’s an ocean of everything
Where you are, you were and you’ll be
Though it seemed you were running from
All your fears that will never be
There are arms opened wide for you
For eternity
Hallelujah
Love
Is patient and kind
A record of wrongs is nowhere to find
Love
Protects your soul
With it’s humility keeps you whole
Love
It’s a beautiful thing
Can make you cry and it makes you sing
Love
Don’t throw it away
It’ll come back like a brand new day
And when you feel your heart opening
And when you trust what you feel is true
There’s an ocean of everything
Where you are, you were and you’ll be
And though it seemed you were running from
All those fears that will never be
There are arms opened wide for you
For eternity
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5. |
Talk Talk Talk
03:45
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TALK TALK TALK
H.Wilson
Talk about the weather - talk about science fiction
talk about anything other than what's on our minds
talk about cranberry soft-drink
talk about the way the potatoes are cooked
talk about anything other than what's on our minds
But I love everything that you are
and I love everything you could be
I love everything you are right now
talk about elections
and paperback manifestations of
hard boiled ideas theories that are light years
from our emotional needs
Talk about television - talk about infotainment
got to stay current lest we become redundant
and the global village leaves us behind
But I love everything that you are
and I love everything you could be
I love everything you are right now
talk about walking the dog - and tell me that your lettuce is soggy
talk about anything other than what's on our minds
talk about cellphone radiation
talk about psycho evaluation
methods of madness - solutions to sadness
but what I want to hear is how you are feeling
And I love everything that you are
and I love everything you could be
I love everything you are right now
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6. |
Not Too Old
06:39
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NOT TOO OLD
H.Wilson
feeling like an old guitar left on the shelf
feeling like an angel in it's afternoon
watching as the years slip by with an increasing impotence
wondering if all you do's irrelevant
but you're not too old
but you're not too old and grey for me
feeling like the use-by date has come and gone
feeling like your deepest values are a fading fad
watching as the pieces move from squares behind to squares ahead feeling like a pawn that's being slowly discarded
but you're not too old
but you're not too old and grey for me
and you might believe that
what you are feeling is the sum of reality
but I don't believe that 22 years is the apex of existence
so I will hold on to my subjective values
that what we do isn't who we are
and I will hold on to this feeling of love
as we drift into eternity
feeling like a week old sandwich ready to be chucked away
feeling like your promises never realised
watching as your water spirals down the drain-hole
wondering how to spend the rest of your time alive
but you're not too old
but you're not too old and grey for me
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7. |
Dying Again
03:31
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DYING AGAIN
Hugh Wilson & Lindsay Jehan
I’m dying again
But you’re here safely
Filling a void I never knew
I’m lost in a world
That’s going crazy
Nothing that’s here is what seemed true
But I was there when you were laughing
I was there when you became
I looked down and saw his saving grace
It fell like rain
I’m dreaming again
Futile expressions
Taunting my days
With what could have been
I walk in a daze
A thousand thoughts spin
I’d save your world
But time slips away
But I was there when we were dancing
I was there when sunlight came
I looked up and felt the warmest rays fall on my face
I’m dying again
I’m drowning again
But I was there when you were crying
I was there through all your tears
I looked down I saw you breathing
Singing through the pain
So free
Free
So free
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8. |
Speak For Yourself
03:25
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SPEAK FOR YOURSELF
H.Wilson
You say you can't know, and that nobody knows
I say you can't know I can't know so now you know
I think you don't know, what everybody knows
So if you say you know, I know you really know nothing
About something
You aren't feeling
In disbelieving
You're still believing
So there's a reason
Why I'm believing
That you’ve got nothing at all for me.
So speak for yourself
Speak for yourself
I had no indoctrination
Don't need your liberation
I know it's quite ok not to believe but honestly it all makes sense to me
It's not a fantasy
I see reality has it’s causality in deity
That speaks and moves in ways that I love to see
So open your mind and you might find
That my delusion
Is true perception
Through revelation that you've got nothing for me
So speak for yourself
Speak for yourself
So this hostility
Is not constructive
It's not productive
It’s so destructive
And it seems to me
That you've become a priest
A new fashionable religion is surrounding all your diction
Speak for yourself
Speak for yourself
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9. |
Think About It
04:22
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THINK ABOUT IT
Lyrics: H.Wilson
Music: H.Wilson /N.L’Green/P.Stivitts
There’s a whole world watching - Hoping you’re free
People praying - Believing it’ll come to be
There’s too much hatred - So much despair
We gotta keep on reaching
We gotta keep on preaching love
The roller coaster rolls right along
The journey speeds through right and through wrong
Different faces, different creeds
Different stages but united we breathe
So think about it
So think about it
I believe in Jesus I believe in his peace
I believe those who search will find what they seek
So Lay down your weapons
Lay down your guns
Cause loving is better than running away
Loving is better than running away
Loving is better than running away
The roller coaster rolls right along
The journey speeds through right and through wrong
Different faces, different creeds
Different stages but united we breathe
Hope hope hope is gonna feed my soul alright ……
Hope hope hope is gonna feed my soul tonight …..
Love love love is gonna lift me up - Love love love is gonna fill my cup
Faith faith faith is gonna drive me on
In faith faith faith Im gonna sing my song
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10. |
Every Time
03:47
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Every Time (So fun baby)
Lyrics H. Wilson
Music H.Wilson/P.Stivitts/N.L’Green
Every time I walk
Is gonna be a dance
And every time I speak
Is gonna be a song
Every note I play
Has got to be from my heart
And everything I do
Has got to be in love
Hey Hey Hey Hey
Ahhh It’s so fun baby
Spending every day with you
Hey Hey Hey Hey
Ooh It’s so fun baby
I’m gonna live with you
Every step I take
Has got the rhythm in my shoes
And everywhere I go
Is gonna be with you
I’m gonna be with you
So everything I do
Has got to be in love
Is gonna be in love
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11. |
The Invitation
03:46
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THE INVITATION
H.Wilson
C'mon over
said the beauty queen
C'mon over
we've got time to dream
you've been living like there's life on mars
and been drinking all your time in bars
c'mon over
there's a way to go
but we'll make it if we start down this road
oh I
I think you
Might be someone that
I could talk to
All those days summers to winters
learning how life keeps on giving
my oh my how it takes so long
So we parted and went separate ways
but feelings started and did not dissipate
so I went back there to my place of pain
and watched her flower in my pouring rain
she said "sunshine there's a way to go
but we'll make it if we give this some time"
C'mon over
said the beauty queen
we've got time to dream
we don't live on mars
you won't need guitars
let's go out in the sun
you're be the only one
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12. |
Over & Over
03:41
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OVER AND OVER
H.Wilson
You should be the one to know
Just how very far I'd go
Tell your friends that we've been hurt before
A lover for you overnight
We'll keep the bedroom out of sight
Can't believe I'm feeling things at all
stone by stone the walls came down
when Joshua's people made their sounds
silence only makes our wall survive
Over and Over and Over again
We've been simply fighting to surrender
Beautiful
We'll leave this all to chance
Over and Over and Over again
We've been briefly dying to extend a hand of grace
Instead we keep this dance
One by one it takes control
Consuming every moment till
Brick by brick we build another wall
Blow it up and break it down
Just to watch it rise again
How long will we wait until it falls
stone by stone the walls came down
when Joshua's people made their sounds
silence only makes our wall survive
Over and Over and Over again
We've been simply fighting to surrender
Beautiful
We'll leave this all to chance
Over and Over and Over again
We've been briefly dying to extend a hand of grace
Instead we keep this dance
Uh Uh Oh
Uh Uh Oh
Uh Uh Oh
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13. |
You and I
02:48
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YOU AND I
H.Wilson
Doesn’t matter about the songs we sing if there’s you and I
Doesn’t matter what tomorrow brings if there’s you and I
We could fly away we could stay here, but it’s you and I
With all I’ve seen of the world
I love you more and more
I’m falling apart at the seams
But you
I love
My love
Doesn’t matter about what weighs us down we were made to soar
Worry won’t create our food today so let’s not be anxious at all
Wherever we go, here we still are, so let’s turn our face to the wind
Right now we have all that we need, no matter what tomorrow brings
With all I’ve seen
Of the world
I love you more and more
I’m falling apart at the seams
But you
I love
My love
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