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I feel sorry for the soldier who is shot and stoned in anger
I feel sorry for his wife and child at home I feel sorry for the bomber who all life and limb dishonours For the people that he's maimed and left alone The Lord God said love thy neighbour Though in human life he trades, he's still a man I feel sorry for the children who with open mind are willing To fight for ideals aged and past their time I feel sorry for the children who will join the vicious circle Of instinct fear bred from their parents' minds The Lord God said love thy neighbour Break the circle, free the hater, call him a friend Wake up, wake up, there's a man by your side With a knife and a gun in each hand Wake up, wake up, you're one and the same It's time to stop and decide Is it love or hate? Is it peace or war? It's for sure there's no inbetween Politicians point views But they're pointing for you The solution has to be seen I thought I saw a summer soldier, helmet on his brow His silver rifle clutched beneath his armour-plated shroud I fire in hate, he cried aloud To protect myself from defeat My shield's my cause, my cause is war And from war I'll make no retreat I dreamt I saw an angel bright, a halo on his brow His golden sword lay in its sheath beneath his silver shroud I drwa thee not, he cried aloud Though your deeds like spears strike my soul My shield's my love, my cause is peace Faith be sure I shall not retreat |
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Didn't anybody see his hand move faster
Than the lightning in his eyes Oh! what a cold surprise the flying horses cried And didn't anybody want to ask the calliope To call the tune The flying horses crooned but did not know The Medicine Man sits on the stage Eats fire and water, earth and air while we all stare The silver blade burns bright And tells us to beware Of mirrored passages that throw a thousand images Of younger days The wheel spins slower as it calls us back to play Round and round now we go Shout your name to the wind As it spins by your side Coloured lights echo as the sound slips on by Could that have been me? |
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Running alone in the crazy city
Look at the face of once were pretty People then wonder what happened To make it that way Listen around you, have you heard? Climb on the back of a silver bird London to L.A. before you can think What to say Stop awhile, take a smile Know that you're living in today Up and down, look around No need to hide yourself away Out in the country's where I'm going Back where the tree of life's still growing Take a free ride where the tide Flows the way of your heart Follow the wild dove where he's flying Out where the sun is never crying Wait at the gate or they'll stop you And blow you apart Stop awhile, take a smile Know that you're living in today Up and down, look around No need to hide yourself away |
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John's vision of armageddon literally closes the album with a bang! The references in the lyric to a stained-glass window ("one great wall of coloured parts") and "the multi-coloured cross left standing through it all" add to the apocalyptic feel of the song, which was a live favourite for many years, particularly in the days of the band's concerts with the orchestra.
Lyrics: The eyes of night march slowly by The last grain falls The kneeling man just sighs Protected by the one great wall Of coloured parts He probes his clouded mind If he takes a look around him Is there nothing left to see Is there nothing left at all After the day With trembling hands he wipes his eyes He tries to stand But does not feel the need The morning sun shines on The multicoloured cross Left standing through it all If he takes a look around him Is there nothing left to see Is there nothing left at all After the day If he takes a look around him Is there nothing left to see Is there nothing left at all After the day |
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Negative Earth - Barclay James Harvest
For fifty-five days I've been flying around the world Didn't anybody know, didn't anyone suppose That my life up here was slowly drifting by And all I've got to do is sit and cry The Earth is so clear and it's simply a reach away I just had to laugh today but the news it seemed to say That my life once full was surely running dry I prayed a while but then I had to cry Look in my eyes - I know That man is surely just a man It's no surprise - I know The road is far too long And life too short to carry on For fifty-five days I've been flying around the world Here in syncopated time, while my tangled web of rhyme Dangles aimlessly, time drips slowly by And all I've got to do is sit and cry Look in my eyes - I know That man is surely just a man It's no surprise - I know The road is far too long And life too short to carry on |
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She said, "Why don't you
Come and stay with me Far away from people we know? We could live our lives together Happiness wherever we go" And I will always love her And I will always care And I will always love her Wasn't long before she grew tired of me And the life she thought would redeem All the love she'd thrown away as a child All the things she thought she had seen And I will always love her And I will always care And I will always love her - instrumental break - And I will always love her And I will always care And I will always love her |
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Paper Wings - Barclay James Harvest
His crazy frame against the dawn His hungry leap and ragged fall A suicidal perch is now laid bare To searching eyes and empty stares A fearful silence hits the crowd The air hangs heavy with the sound Of useless wings against the morning sky As paper yields before their eyes Oh, can you see him now? A broken man without a dream Oh, can you hear him now? A futile laugh above the screams |
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For No One - Barclay James Harvest
Please lay down your pistols and your rifles Please lay down your colours and your creeds Please lay down your thoughts of being no-one Concentrate on what you ought to be Then lay down your bullshit and your protests Then lay down your governments of greed Take a look at what lies all around you Then pray God we can live in peace Everyone's a loner 'till he needs a helping hand Everyone is everybody else Everyone's a no-one 'till he wants to make a stand God alone knows how we will survive So please lay down your pistols and your rifles Please lay down your colours and your creeds Please lay down your thoughts of being no-one Concentrate on what you ought to be Everyone's a loner 'till he needs a helping hand Everyone is everybody else Everyone's a no-one 'till he wants to make a stand God alone knows how we will survive |
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For No One - Barclay James Harvest
Please lay down your pistols and your rifles Please lay down your colours and your creeds Please lay down your thoughts of being no-one Concentrate on what you ought to be Then lay down your bullshit and your protests Then lay down your governments of greed Take a look at what lies all around you Then pray God we can live in peace Everyone's a loner 'till he needs a helping hand Everyone is everybody else Everyone's a no-one 'till he wants to make a stand God alone knows how we will survive So please lay down your pistols and your rifles Please lay down your colours and your creeds Please lay down your thoughts of being no-one Concentrate on what you ought to be Everyone's a loner 'till he needs a helping hand Everyone is everybody else Everyone's a no-one 'till he wants to make a stand God alone knows how we will survive |
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Paper Wings - Barclay James Harvest
His crazy frame against the dawn His hungry leap and ragged fall A suicidal perch is now laid bare To searching eyes and empty stares A fearful silence hits the crowd The air hangs heavy with the sound Of useless wings against the morning sky As paper yields before their eyes Oh, can you see him now? A broken man without a dream Oh, can you hear him now? A futile laugh above the screams |
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Running alone in the crazy city
Look at the face of once were pretty People then wonder what happened To make it that way Listen around you, have you heard? Climb on the back of a silver bird London to L.A. before you can think What to say Stop awhile, take a smile Know that you're living in today Up and down, look around No need to hide yourself away Out in the country's where I'm going Back where the tree of life's still growing Take a free ride where the tide Flows the way of your heart Follow the wild dove where he's flying Out where the sun is never crying Wait at the gate or they'll stop you And blow you apart Stop awhile, take a smile Know that you're living in today Up and down, look around No need to hide yourself away |
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Negative Earth - Barclay James Harvest
For fifty-five days I've been flying around the world Didn't anybody know, didn't anyone suppose That my life up here was slowly drifting by And all I've got to do is sit and cry The Earth is so clear and it's simply a reach away I just had to laugh today but the news it seemed to say That my life once full was surely running dry I prayed a while but then I had to cry Look in my eyes - I know That man is surely just a man It's no surprise - I know The road is far too long And life too short to carry on For fifty-five days I've been flying around the world Here in syncopated time, while my tangled web of rhyme Dangles aimlessly, time drips slowly by And all I've got to do is sit and cry Look in my eyes - I know That man is surely just a man It's no surprise - I know The road is far too long And life too short to carry on |
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Where's the lady and the time I used to know
I think that I've been on the road too long Scenes of better days are pictured in my head And haunting me those old familiar songs Oh sweet Jesus hear me cry Let me see a clearing sky For tomorrow I may be back home again So take the shadow from my eyes Sunday morning comes I'm feeling kind of down I can't see back to where it all began And I know you'd help me if you only could I don't know why or where or who I am Oh sweet Jesus hear me cry Let me see a clearing sky For tomorrow I may be back home again So take the shadow from my eyes Take the shadow from my eyes |
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Their spirits soar on high
They wing with birds that float on by Your love and mine Their spirits with the breeze That gently plays the summer leaves Your love and mine Life is a bird in the sky Life is the breeze blowing by Time picked the words Time picked the songs But we sang them wrong Their spirits with the rain That feeds the wheat and weeds the same Your love and mine The sun their spirits light That feels and warms both black and white Your love and mine Life is the rain from on high Life is the sun in the sky Time picked the words Time picked the songs We were the choir But we sang them wrong Their spirits bless the cruel The intellectual, the fool Your love and mine Their spirits point the way But who has noticed, who will say Your love or mine? Life is a soft lullaby Soothing a child as it cries But it cries in pain Time wrote the songs We hear the cry And still we sing wrong |
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Running alone in the crazy city
Look at the face of once were pretty People then wonder what happened To make it that way Listen around you, have you heard? Climb on the back of a silver bird London to L.A. before you can think What to say Stop awhile, take a smile Know that you're living in today Up and down, look around No need to hide yourself away Out in the country's where I'm going Back where the tree of life's still growing Take a free ride where the tide Flows the way of your heart Follow the wild dove where he's flying Out where the sun is never crying Wait at the gate or they'll stop you And blow you apart Stop awhile, take a smile Know that you're living in today Up and down, look around No need to hide yourself away |
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I was down on the east side
On a block with no name When I walked in a movie You were blue, I was game Tell me, did you love it, baby? Did you think your smile looked right? Tell me when you came together Was it in your mind 'cause it sure wasn't out of sight Didn't know when I entered Second seat, second row It was then that I saw you But your mouth stole the show Tell me, did you love it, baby? Did you think your smile looked right? Tell me when you came together Was it in your mind 'cause it sure wasn't out of sight Got your name, got your number Got your form on the line I don't know who you're under But I know it ain't mine Tell me, did you love it, baby? Did you think your smile looked right? Tell me when you came together Was it in your mind 'cause it sure wasn't out of sight |
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The higher you fly, the harder you fall
The way that it goes, so they say No mountain's too high, no valley too low No river too wide on the way So you're gonna be a rock 'n' roll star Gonna make it on your own Write a song that everyone can sing along So you want to take a trip to the stars Can you find your way back home? You'll get your break, but don't you wait too long The harder you try, the lower you fall The way that it seems, so they say The mountain is high, the valley so low You're losing your dreams on the way So you're gonna be a rock 'n' roll star Gonna make it on your own Write a song that everyone can sing along So you want to take a trip to the stars Can you find your way back home? You'll get your break, but don't you wait too long Looking behind you All the bad times that you've had Looking before you Only good times? So you're gonna be a rock 'n' roll star Gonna make it on your own Write a song that everyone can sing along So you want to take a trip to the stars Can you find your way back home? You'll get your break, but don't you wait too long Now don't you wait too long |
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I woke up to a feeling, it was cold by my side
You had gone with the sunrise, leaving tears in my eyes I got up with a feeling of an emptiness inside To the noise of the sidewalk and the silence of my mind Well I walked out this morning, down a street with no name To a club called "The Loser", like a dog that's gone lame Took the club elevator to the floor with a view I took out life subscription - it's the only one they do I stepped out on the guard rail, saw the crowds slowly part Heard a voice shouting "Don't jump, please for God's sake let me move my car!" Felt a hand on my shoulder, heard a voice cry "Just in time!" Felt the quick push, felt the air rush Felt the sidewalk, fell in line |
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