Wishbone Ash Album

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If I seem a bit crazy
It's because these thoughts they crowd my mind.
Gets a little bit hazy;
these events distort my sense of time.
My heart's like a cave where the sun, the sun refuse to shine.

Well, it's bleeding me dry;
it's a little like an ancient remedy.
Nowhere left to hide,
leeching all my energy.
My thoughts turn to death when I'm in your company.

It used to be that our planets were so perfectly aligned,
In our time.
If you could see that, now it's harder to bring back
All your dreams and all you've left way behind.

There's been a subtle shift
in the population's hearts and minds.
Is there something I missed?
Something kinda hard to define.
Now we search for evidence
of the stranger in our midst.

It used to be that our planets were so perfectly aligned,
in our time

The grey mist ushers in the day.
A beggar walks along the king's highway.
Where does he come from? Who can tell?
They can't escape the gaze they know so well.

The dream came true in far off lands.
He always knew she'd understand.

The march of time her love did wane.
Another's crime played on the lady's pain,
And now the ring shines in her hand.
Who's the stranger with her wedding band?

With faith so true, robbed of his lands
He always knew she'd understand.

They're telling me if I believe
They'll pull the evil out of me
Gonna set my spirit free
Down at the healing ground.

Cure me with a snake bite
Something ain't feeling right
Blood in the moonlight
Down at the healing ground

Have I really gone this wrong?
Do I really need a shot this strong?
Can salvation be found?
Down at the healing ground?

They don't know the shape I'm in
Drowning in a sea of sin.
Will I die and be born again
Down at the healing ground?

Flying over the Mississippi Delta,
John Lee Hooker on my mind,
my faith could move a mountain.
Heart full of Blues, Space and Time.

Took a long train to Memphis,
Stax of music on my mind.
Toss a coin into a fountain,
I kick my heels here for a time.

Am I running away?
Am I changing tracks?
Am I jumping trains?
I ain't turnin' back.
Well, I'm making tracks from ya, baby,
With godspeed and help from below.

Blowin' cold in Chicago,
The sun has the blues and it just won't shine.
The riffs that really move me
Make the hours and the minutes mark time.

Took the blacktop to Texas,
Stevie Ray was on my mind.
Knelt down at the crossroads.
Can't get the devil off my mind.

Am I running away?
Am I changing tracks?
Am I jumping trains?
I ain't turnin' back.
Well, I'm making tracks from ya, baby,
With godspeed and help from below

Why does love have to?
Where does it go to
Outta my door?
How much have you got?
Is it enough for me
Or will I want more?

Oh,oh, you tell me you just want some fun.
Oh, oh, I'm trapped between the fire and the man with the gun.

Time in a vacuum,
Waiting for someone to say what they think.
But all that pretending doesn't convince me
'Cause they just want to buy me a drink.

Oh, oh, you tell me you want to be free.
Oh, oh, baby, I'm trapped between the devil and the deep blue sea.

It's night in the city,
I'm filled with self-pity -
I'm taking the air.
If somebody hits me
Here in this city,
I swear I just don't care.
Oh, oh, just looking for proof.
Oh, oh, I'm trapped like a cat on a hot tin roof.
Oh, oh, just looking for proof.
Oh, oh, I'm trapped like a cat on a hot tin roof.

I got to have proof,
I got to have proof,
I got to have proof,
I got to have proof. (Repeat)

It happened in an open field
Down in a southern state
And no one knows the reasons why
Some would say it's hate
They shot the guy who sold the dogs
It came as some surprise
And to the lady standing there
Brought sadness to her eyes

She's a rock and roll widow living in this town
Another rock and roll widow since they gunned him down

The heat of the day still hung around
As night began to fall
The sheriff came up from the town
In answer to the call
The band played on in darkness
Not knowing what to do
As people ran from side to side
Just looking for a clue

She's a rock and roll widow living in this town
Another rock and roll widow since they gunned him down

We'll be leaving this town in the morning
Tomorrow we'll be able to see
I've seen enough of the city
And she's had enough out of me

Say if I climbed to the mountains
Would you still follow me there
Steal me away in an echo
The mountains will always be there

I'm turning my sights on the country
I've sold everything that I own
I'm heading away from the bright lights
Looking for where the wind blows

Say if I climbed to the mountains
Would you still follow me there
Steal me away in an echo
The mountains will always be there

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I've seen you in black and white
like a silent movie,
But your colours came through tonight
You really threw me.
Wings of desire will carry us to where we want to be.
Wings of desire will keep us flying for eternity.

I'm riding on a wave of love too blue to lose me.
I just can't get enough
You really knew me.
Wings of desire will carry us to where we want to be.
Wings of desire will keep us flying for eternity.

How many times have I told you
Whenever you ask me why?
How many times can I hold you?
You always know when I try.

We connect without a single word
Like a book you read me.
One look, the message heard
With you it's easy.
I'm riding on a wave of love
And I see you in black and white,
But your colours came through tonight.

In a garden of the southland
He found her wandering astray
She came to show him of her beauty
That many passersby don't see

Would you be taking in
Such frail-looking lady
The sadness of her lone display

Dressed in yellow fire burning
The corner dweller on the lane
Sorrow was her only feeling
For she could have no living shame

Take good care of time
To sow your own true seed
The summers end will bring your leaving

Then he journeyed for a long ways
She was never in his mind
Came he home to just a memory
For the lady she had died

Take good care of time
To sow your own true seed
The summers end will bring your leaving

Savour the moment as you take your first breath of the day.
Capture that moment with no thoughts to intrude in your way.
Go with the feeling; don't be scared to strike out on your own.
All your spells and your potions will protect you from feeling alone.

All you aspire to, all will be there for you.

The illusion of fredom is what gets us through the night.
Rebirth and renewal are the lessons of all that's right.
Stay in that sweet spot, let the fear and the loathing slide by.
Capture the moment as you ready yourself to fly

Go ahead and cry and weep and moan -
You know the blame is all your own.
You paid your money and you made a choice.
A world out there's waiting to be shown.
Stuck in conformity, something wrong with that.
Searching for sanity, I'm not falling in that trap.

The way you're going, you'll travel alone
'Cause I'll never stay in the comfort zone.

You didn't roll the dice, you didn't take the shot,
You're all wrapped up in what you got.
You're crying about the way you feel
To the music of your spinning wheels.

Why don't we get some answers,
Stop messin' around with our lives?
We hear the same old story, where's the glory?
It's our lives, it's our lives!
Changes are vital, do we care?
It's taken far too long - maybe we're there?
Start walkin' with our time, if you dare.
There is a rightness, yes, everywhere.
Why don't we, why don't we,
Open our eyes?
Why don't we, why don't we,
Change our minds?

Honest and sweet surrender -
Never wanted this illusion
In our lives.
Trials and tribulations,
Familiar conversations,
In our lives, in our lives.
Competing against everyone,
A trap, that, and a snare.
Return to nature, no solution, so beware!

How can it be this way?
Shouldn't be so.
Surviving day after day,
Unwilling to let go.

Why don't we, why don't we,
Share this time?
Why don't we, why don't we,
Open our eyes?

Livin' with a global village,
Aware of the unexpected
In our lives.
Transforming greed and pillage,
Not to be rejected -
It's our lives, it's our lives!

Changes are vital, do we care?
It's taken far too long - maybe we're there?
Stop workin' with our time, if you dare.
There is a rightness, yes, everywhere.

Why don't we, why don't we,
Open our eyes?
Why don't we, why don't we,
Share this time?
Why don't we, why don't we,
Change their minds?
Why don't we, why don't we,
Share our lives?

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As the night falls all around me,
black as the raven,
I am silently waiting
for sleep to come.
Through the doors of perception
I am gliding swiftly
To dreams beyond them.
I am not alone.
I have never felt a bond so strong.
You're by my side.
Gave all your love to guide me there.
I have no fear.
I'm not afraid to turn my face
to the light.
It's a fine threaded line
around my pillow
holds me safe through the darkness
till the raven flies.
When I'm torn and helpless
and drawn to the dark side
I have only to feel you
and the raven flies.
You're by my side.
Gave all your love to guide me there.
I'm not afraid to turn my face
To the light

Breathing is a sin, they say,
Loneliness is the price to pay.
Sad for you, I go once more.
I'll dry my eyes on a distant shore.

No way of freezing your rising tide
No way of keeping you by my side.
Like a bird, I'll fly high,
Guarding over this love of mine.

A room of trust
A room of fears
A room of laughter with a few sweet tears.
There we lay that sunny dawn
Calm and helpless as it lingers on.

No way of breaking the march of time.
No way of keeping our love sublime.
Like a bird, I'll fly high,
Guarding over this love of mine.

Many times we hurry by
Lose our problems in a knowing smile.
Many days were swept along
Left unnoticed as our love grew strong.

Believing each of us would always know
Believing one of us would never go.
Like a bird, I'll fly high
Watching over this love of mine.

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There's a light in the distance burning faithfully.
Can't you show your resistance to the enemy?
Make your way under cover of night.
You brave bad weather and you hold on tight.
See the light in the distance burning faithfully.

Why don't you see it burn, it's plain as day.
When will you ever learn that it's better this way.
You point a finger and you turn your back -
There's no disguise for the faith you lack.
There's a light in the distance burning faithfully.

The pale blue yonder is calling me.
These days I wonder where you'll go
And what you'll be.

Wait out the storm, that's all that you can do.
Praying for dawn, let the bell ring true.

Now that we're through
I guess you'll be leaving
to pastures new.
Well, I won't be grieving.

Light outta darkness,
dreams outta dust.
Knowing that you
sold out my trust.

Well, I can't be part of that tragedy
knowing that you're so wrong for me.

I'm never through
through with believing.
Seems that it's true;
you were deceiving.

Light outta darkness,
dreams outta dust.
Lucky in life
if not in love.

Well, I can't be a part of this tragedy,
'Cause you and I were never meant to be

Eyes wide open,
it's taking hold of my life.
Words unspoken,
rumours cut like a knife.

Walk a mile in my shoes
then tell me, what do you see?

It's high treason,
open season on my life.
Pour my heart out
would that help to suffice?

Walk a mile in my shoes
Tell me, how would you feel?

Clowns and reformers
trap my words in a noose.
Double dealing
radar scanning for the truth

Reflecting back on the life that I once knew,
I'm pretty sure I could have changed a thing or two.
In our restless youth, we were wild and running fast,
And everyone I knew said “Boy, you'll never last.”

I saw an ad for a player in a band.
I took a train, guitar case in my hand.
Like a dream, sweet music in my ears.
Had a little luck on the course we were to steer.

Never found another reason,
you gave me something to believe in.
You came and you saved me.
Yes I got what I need in:
Faith, Hope and Love.
Faith, Hope and Love.

I settled down with my family, that is true.
I kept my faith in the music to guide me through.
And life can change, if you really want it to.
And you can change, too, just believe in what you do.

Never found another reason,
you gave me something to believe in.
You came and you saved me.
Yes I got what I need in:
Faith, Hope and Love.
Faith, Hope and Love

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Isadora
Dancing
Can you see her?
Che Guavara
Marching beside her
Valentino
Loving every minute?
Don't you see them looking
Looking down on you?

Pictures on the walls of your room
Gonna help you play the parts
Of your ever changing mood.
Lying low
The cast is set around your bones
When all you ever wanted to be
Was plain Mister Jones.

Cell of fame
It's gonna trap you forever.
Self confessions
And your back's against the wall.

Idolized by the hands that hold the key
Not even time will set you free.
When it's your turn to leave
Hung at dawn
Then you will join up
With the faces looking on
That's where you belong.

Cell of fame
It's gonna trap you forever.
Self confessions
And your back's against the wall.

Bird rise high from the cinders
Leave it all far behind
All the ruins and the fire

Bird raise your head from the ashes
Many men lay dead
You can see them like I

Phoenix rise
Raise your head to the sky

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Hard on you
But don't you think it's hard on me
Leave me now just with this memory
Hard on you
But don't you think it's hard on me
Leave me now just with this memory

Sneak on now
Before the dawn
The sun comes to the sky
Get out of bed
Still out of my head
I show you to the door

Bluebird singing to the dove
They're talking about flying high above
And the mothership to a fatherland we go

Hard on you
But don't you think it's hard on me
Leave me now just with this memory

Gimme a sign and I play my role
Nothing down the world
Century they say we'll come
To north to seek its way

Bluebird singing to the dove
They're talking about flying high above
And the mothership to a fatherland we go

Hard on you
But don't you think it's hard on me
Leave me now just with this memory

Bluebird singing to the dove
They're talking about flying high above
And the mothership to a fatherland we go
Hard on you
But don't you think it's hard on me
Leave me now just with this memory
Leave me now just here to company

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I had troubles aplenty,
My pockets were empty
From livin' out on the sidewalk.
Footsteps takin' me nowhere,
But where can you go when you don't know
What it is you're lookin' for?

Just as I was a desperate man
You made the sun start to shine,
You said,"Baby, come in from the rain".

You could see down the stitches and patches
That were holdin' me together,
So with stolen faces, hand in hand,
We made footsteps together for musicland.

Used to be I had troubles aplenty,
My pockets were empty, yeah,
From the bad life on the back streets.
But when your footsteps are takin' you nowhere
Where can you go and what can you do
When you don't know what you're lookin' for?

Hey, just as I reached the real world
You made the sun start to shine,
You said,"Baby, come in out of the rain".
Oh, yeah, I said you made the sun start to shine,
Oh, baby, come in from the rain.

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You never told me you'd be waiting,
You never told me you'd be there.
Nothing was said, but it was understood.
I never doubted that you'd care.

Another time, another memory,
Like the light from a burning star.
Another time you will come back to me
Like a messenger from afar.

Now the storm breaks without a warning,
With no time for us to prepare.
Now more than ever how I need you.
I never doubted you'd be there.

Oh, the prophecy
Of what it's gonna be
For you and me,
Oh, forgive me if I wander
From the path that we were on.

You never told me you'd be waiting,
You never told me you'd be there.
Now more than ever how I need you.
I never doubted you'd be there.

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child.
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone.
Sometimes I feel like I don't have a friend.
I'm a long way from home

Well, you know the boss was a good man,
But kindness on its own don't pay.
"You can figure you're part of the cut-back"
Was all that he could say.

Hard times,
Well, they sure do hit,
Hard times.
Well, the dollar you got in your pocket
Ain't worth a dime when you got it -
Hard times.

It's a messy situation
Keeping the wolf from the door.
How can I stay solvent
When they're hounding me for more?

Hard times,
Well, they sure do hit,
Hard times.
Well, the dollar you got in your pocket
Ain't worth a dime when you got it -
Hard times.

Well, the Government's got advisors,
And they're sitting on Capitol Hill.
They're balancing the budget,
But they still can't pay the bill.

Hard times,
Well, they sure do hit,
Hard times.
Well, the dollar you got in your pocket
Ain't worth a dime when you got it -
Hard times.

Oh, hard times,
You're down on your luck.

You turned a blind eye to everything I ever said,
You turned a blind eye to everything I ever did.
You didn't worry, why call your telephone?
You didn't worry, baby,
You're just content to roam around.
Yes, you are.

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Money can't buy it
the love I have to give.
You can't deny it
it's my kiss that you miss.
Love, let's be patient, one day soon.

Memories haunt me
and I ask myself why.
They tease me and taunt me
since we said, said goodbye.
I'm living a new life from now on.

After we parted
it all came so clear.
I looked and I counted
the sum of my fears.

With memories like loose change
in the palm of my hand,
can't let you escape from me now.
There is no way, now how.
I feel like that loose change
and I can't understand.
There is no way, no how
I'm living a new life from now on.

These memories haunt me
and I ask myself why.

Money can't buy it,
all the love that you give

I'm leaving to search for something new,
Leaving everything I ever knew.
A hundred years in the sunshine
Hasn't taught me all there is to know.

In the valley, we will gather there,
Helpless in our surrender.
Tomorrow the plow becomes the sword -
Make us stronger in our danger.

Time will pass away,
Time will guard our secret.
I'll return again
To fight another day.

I'd have to be a warrior -
A slave I couldn't be -
A soldier and a conqueror,
Fighting to be free.
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