Ghosts Bob Ezrin, Steve Morse, Steve Walsh Album: In the Spirit of Things, 1988 There's tombstone in a snowy field Close by an old ghost town The epitaph's been weather-blown away There's a belltower where petitions peeled It's been half torn down But it must have softened every soul that came to pray There's a schoolhouse full of broken glass And wounded walls The rusty swings like derelicts sleeping in the weeds There's a picture-graduation class Staring down deserted halls "THE HOPE OF 44" is what it reads It's just as if some restless wind blew their dreams away far away It's just as if those dreams had never been but oh- I feel their ghosts around me now- I hear them say They've come back home to dream those dreams again One Big Sky Phil Ehart, M. Ehmig, Ezrin, H. Kleinfeld, Walsh Album: In the Spirit of Things, 1988 Colored banners - color kills What color is the blood that spills If we don't see it no one will Under one big sky Guns and plowshares - promise land Ghosts of war stretch out their hand If we don't hear them no one can Under one big sky Under one big sky a voice is crying to be heard But in a world where love has died That voice seems so absurd We are children of the future - maybe we're just passing through here All depends on what you do here Under one big sky Quest for power; pay the cost Liberty in tempest tossed If we don't stop them, we'll be lost Under one big sky Under one big sky a voice is crying to be heard But in a world where love has died That voice seems so absurd We are children of the future - maybe we're just passing through here All depends on what you do here Under one big sky Inside Of Me Morse, Walsh Album: In the Spirit of Things, 1988 The fire's inside me - the bridges burn Love is the lesson but love never learns And if it's all up to me, in a matter of time All theses memories will return Try to run a little faster - try to reach for the sky Try to come a little closer; even if I lose, I gotta try Inside of me, is a man that I knew Who could rattle these chains - who could shake these cages Inside of you, is a dream that I see And the echoes of voices are calling Inside of me - Inside of me I've captured the nightmares that burst in your bed I've run with the horses inside your head But as I turned to walk away, I never heard you say "We are hanging by a thread!" So I skated in circles over cracks in the ice And I stand in the shadows; now my heart must pay the price Inside of me, is a man that I knew Who could rattle these chains - who could shake these cages Inside of you, is a dream that I see And the echoes of voices are calling Inside of me - Inside of me One Man, One Heart Dann Huff, Mark Spiro Album: In the Spirit of Things, 1988 This is my beginning Tomorrow holds my hand Yesterday is dead and gone Buried in the sand The vision stands before me And now there's nothing else So close your eyes and realize The way I see myself One man, one heart Standing in the flame Can you hear my voice tonight I'm calling out - I'm calling out your name You've broken my defenses And opened up my soul The love I tried to keep inside I cannot control So let the wind be silent The ocean turn to sand And let your body dream of me And see me as I am One man, one heart Standing in the flame Can you hear my voice tonight I'm calling out your name One man, one heart reaching for the light If I can hold on, I'll come through the dark House On Fire Ehart, Ezrin, Morse, Walsh Album: In the Spirit of Things, 1988 She strides down 7th street Smokey night - summer heat Commotion - concrete fires Where neon souls are burning His whole life - a hung jury She was the crime - Wheel's gonna pay She's got blue steel; cocked and locked She is Justice - Justice is burning She's turning the tables upside down She's like a flame; she's burning higher She's like a house on fire - House on fire Wheel feels lucky - drinkin' blind One track mind - sheer distraction Steps on cracks, breakin' backs Nothin's sacred on the other side He turns left - she turns right They both step through the veil of night Cold blue steel reflection And Wheel's got nowhere to hide She's turning the tables upside down She's like a flame; she's burning higher She's like a house on fire - House on fire Players of passion playing with fire Streetlights are flashing but who are they for Fisted love fueling fantasy Is love worth the fire he's asking for Once In A Lifetime Antonina Armato, Albert Hammond, Dennis Morgan Album: In the Spirit of Things, 1988 If only it was raining out tonight Reflections on the sidewalks would take me back in time You told me when I left you standing there Someday I'd be sorry Well that day is here I was wrong, oh so wrong I should have known That you were the one Now I know a love like yours only comes along Once in a lifetime Once in your life you'll find The kind of love that never ends The kind I want back again You were trying I could see it in your eyes As I held a one way fare To some false paradise I was dying to spread my restless wings Now just to see your face again I'd do anything I was wrong, oh so wrong A dreamer in a small town can survive Now I know it's love like yours That keep these dreams alive Once in a lifetime Once in your life you'll find The kind of love that never ends The kind I want back again So let the rain fall down Take me back oh take me back Don't let me down Let the rain fall down It's such a lonely sound Don't let me down Once in a lifetime Once in your life you'll find The kind of love that never ends The kind I want back again Stand Beside Me Bruce Gaitsch, Marc Jordan Album: In the Spirit of Things, 1988 I can feel someone here In the air tonight Waiting alone inside for survival Cruising this place Like flesh on a neon sign Brighten up my life tonight Before the candle flickers Stand beside me I will never let you fall Stand beside me I'll come whenever you call I will take it to the wall I had a life out here Like a rumble fish Waiting to drown like all of my rivals Hiding in rooms so hot To the human touch Choose your poison if you can Take this heart of mine and... Stand beside me I will never let you fall Stand beside me I'll come whenever you call I will take it to the wall I Counted On Love Morse, Walsh Album: In the Spirit of Things, 1988 I'm hangin' on - cause I hate letting go (I hate letting go) I'm not that strong - but you already know; how I hate letting go We believed that dreams came true, now that picture's torn in two I counted on love but love will never cry for me I counted on love but love will never lie for me I counted on love but lover say goodbye for me I counted on love Some great defender - is that what you need? To heal not to bleed Some great pretender - shouting "Set yourself free - Set yourself free" Why do memories have to be like a lock without a key I counted on love but love will never cry for me I counted on love but love will never lie for me I counted on love but lover say goodbye for me I was flying oh so high Now I'm trying not to cry I was trying - but I'm dying, 'caus I hate letting go I counted on love but love will never cry for me I counted on love but love will never lie for me I counted on love but lover say goodbye for me I counted on love I counted on you The Preacher Morse, Walsh Album: In the Spirit of Things, 1988 Gather round the preacherman gather round here If you're waiting for the word that'll make it all clear When you look in the sky you can see what he sees There's a fire in the Belt of Hercules Well the man in the collar says come to the fold Bible in his hand tassle of gold Says heaven could be locked but he's got a set of keys They fit the buckle in the belt of Hercules We all gotta come to the light together Put your dreams in your pocket boy We all gotta come to the light together Follow me The preacherman's climbing up above a timberline Bible in his hand praying for a sign Says "I'm tired of the devil - I'm down on my knees!" "I'll fight the battle for the belt of Hercules" We all gotta come to the light together Put your dreams in your pocket boy We all gotta come to the light together Follow me Rainmaker Ezrin, Morse, Walsh Album: In the Spirit of Things, 1988 Have you ever seen a miracle - you couldn't doubt or imitate What's it really worth to you to shake the holy hand of fate Well I did what I could to make ends meet Been a gunrunner and a medicine man In a Kansas town I was a rainmaker - there the hand of fate got out of hand Rainmaker Rainmaker save this one horse town Rainmaker pray to heaven From the Flint Hills the land was cracked and dried Thirsty streets in misery I took the sign down that said medicine man Put one up that said rainmaker - that was me So the townspeople gave me money up front To light a fire - pray, and dance around Tell them it'd rain so they'd all go to bed And I'd make my break clean out of town But I started this dance and a storm kicked up The sky went black from coast to coast It was too late to stop - it was to late to pray I had summoned down the Holy Ghost Oh the searing wind and the clouds of dust And hell came raining down What came out of me and the powers that be Was the last of that one horse town T.O. Witcher Album: In the Spirit of Things, 1988 (Instrumental) Bells Of Saint James Morse, Walsh Album: In the Spirit of Things, 1988 Her letters gave me purpose, Her letters gave me pride Armies far across the ocean Guns and letters by our side It was someone else's homeland It was someone else's war But at the line of the 38th parallel It was her I fought them for Her victory garden grew from weeds and from stone I smelled those flowers in my sleep The day I left as we were standing alone She swore to me those dreams would keep And the bells of St. James were ringing The bells of St. James were ringing down Lifting the eyes of those homeward bound I don't remember when those words changed Like Kansas summer turns to fall But she quit talking 'bout the future Never mentioned dreams at all I don't blame my enemies and I don't blame my wife For love fires that fleeted long ago But when she wrote me about this change in her life There was just one thing I had to know And the bells of St. James were ringing The bells of St. James were ringing down Lifting the eyes of those homeward bound |