Carry On My Wayward Son (Kerry Livgren) Album: Leftoverture (October 1976) Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry no more Ahhhh ... Once I rose above the noise and confusion Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion I was soaring ever higher But I flew too high Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man Though my mind could think I still was a mad man I hear the voices when I'm dreaming I can hear them say Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry no more Masquerading as a man with a reason My charade is the event of the season And if I claim to be a wise man, well It surely means that I don't know On a stormy sea of moving emotion Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean I set a course for winds of fortune But I hear the voices say Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry no more Carry on, you will always remember Carry on, nothing equals the splendor Now your life's no longer empty But surely heaven waits for you Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry (don't you cry no more) The Wall (Kerry Livgren /Steve Walsh) Album: Leftoverture (October 1976) I'm woven in a fantasy, I can't believe the things I see The path that I have chosen now Has led me to a wall And with each passing day I feel a little more like something dear was lost It rises now before me, A dark and silent barrier between, All I am, and all that I would ever want be It's just a travesty, Towering, marking off the boundaries my spirit Would erase To pass beyond is what I seek I fear that I may be too weak And those are few who've seen it Through to glimpse the other side, The promised land is waiting like a maiden that is soon to be a bride The moment is a masterpiece, The weight of indecision's in the air It's standing there, the symbol and the sum of all that's me It's just a travesty, Towering, blocking out the light and blinding me I want to see Gold and diamonds cast a spell, It's not for me I know it well The riches that I seek Are waiting on the other side There's more that I can measure in the treasure of the love that I can find And though it's always been with me, I must tear down the Wall and let it be All I am, and all that I was ever meant to be, in harmony Shining true and smiling back at all who wait to cross There is no loss What's On My Mind (Kerry Livgren) Album: Leftoverture (October 1976) Well you told me That I was just not the one And you left me standing out in the cold. It's been a long time And I'm so much better now That I'm looking back and seeing it all. And for the first time, There's no pain in my life It's been a long hard road that I've gone We had a good thing And it made me a man And I know you got me going Pardon me, my feelings are showing I'm only saying What's on my mind. Well I found you Or maybe I found myself And I think we knew it all of the time. We fit together Just like a lock and a key And we opened up each other's mind. Yeah I was laughing 'cause there was no room to cry. There was too much growing to do. We had a good time, And it ain't over yet. 'Cause I know you've got me going Will you pardon me, my feelings are showing I'm only saying ... You came from nowhere And you just jumped in my life. And I know it never will be the same. You made me love you. Now I'm home once again. No I never want to leave you nomore. 'Cause I'm attached to the better half of myself And there is nowhere else that I'd rather be. You feel same thing You fixed a bad broken heart Yes I know you've got me going Pardon me my feelings are showing I'm only saying what's on my mind. Miracles Out Of Nowhere (Kerry Livgren) Album: Leftoverture (October 1976) Ona crystal morning I can see the dewdrops falling Down from a gleaming heaven, I can hear the voices call When you comin' home now, son, the world is not for you Tell me what's your point of view Hey there Mister Madman, what'cha know that I don't know Tell me some crazy stories, let me know who runs this show Glassy-eyed and laughing, he turns and walks away Tell me what made you that way Here I am just waiting for a sign Asking questions, learning all the time It's always here, it's always there It's just love, and miralces out of nowhere Tell me now dear mother, what's it like to be so old Children grown and leavin', seems the world is growin' cold And though your body's ailin' you, Your mind is just like new Tell me where you're goin' to Here I am just waiting for a sign Asking questions, learning all the time It's always here, it's always there It's just love, and miralces out of nowhere It's so simple right before your eyes If you'll look throough this disguise It's always here, it's always there It's just love and miracles out of nowhere I sang this song a hundred, maybe a thousand years ago No one ever listens, I just play and then I go Off into the sunset like the western heroes do Tell me what you're gonna do Here I am, I'm sure to see a sign All my life I knew that it was mine It's always here, it's always there It's just love anad miracles out of nowhere Opus Insert (Livgren /Walsh) Album: Leftoverture (October 1976) On a crystal morning I can see the dewdrops falling Down from a gleaming heaven, I can hear the voices call When you comin' home now, son, the world is not for you Tell me what's your point of view Hey there Mister Madman, what'cha know that I don't know Tell me some crazy stories, let me know who runs this show Glassy-eyed and laughing, he turns and walks away Tell me what made you that way Here I am just waiting for a sign Asking questions, learning all the time It's always here, it's always there It's just love, and miralces out of nowhere Tell me now dear mother, what's it like to be so old Children grown and leavin', seems the world is growin' cold And though your body's ailin' you, Your mind is just like new Tell me where you're goin' to Here I am just waiting for a sign Asking questions, learning all the time It's always here, it's always there It's just love, and miralces out of nowhere It's so simple right before your eyes If you'll look throough this disguise It's always here, it's always there It's just love and miracles out of nowhere I sang this song a hundred, maybe a thousand years ago No one ever listens, I just play and then I go Off into the sunset like the western heroes do Tell me what you're gonna do Here I am, I'm sure to see a sign All my life I knew that it was mine It's always here, it's always there It's just love anad miracles out of nowhere Questions Of My Childhood (Livgren /Walsh) Album: Leftoverture (October 1976) When the sun is in the mid sky, he wears a golden crown And he soaks the world with sunshine as he makes another round It's been a faster yeard than yesterday, all things that I had planned And when I think I might be gaining I'm in the sunshine once again Well I walk the road of life among the strong, among the weak And I ask them for the shortcut to the answers that I seek But it seems nobody understands what is and what will be Oh, the questions of my childhood weave a web of mystery Can you get me through these changes? Well I sure don't know about life, but one thng for sure All I need is you babe, we got to get the golden key to unlock the door I don't need to face a world of disillusion I've come to one conclusion that I know you know is true In the game of silent searching the cost of love is rising And I'm just now realizing I'd be better off with you It's a game that I've been living, now I Need to know what's real Can you help me find the answers, can you tell the way I feel? Will you stay with me forever, just stay with me tonight And we can talk about tomorrow if it all works out alright Cheyenne Anthem (Kerry Livgren) Album: Leftoverture (October 1976) From the mountains to the sun, life has only just begun We wed this land and pledge our souls to meet its end, Life has only just begun Here my people roam the earth, in the kingdom of our birth Where the dust of all our horses hides the sun We are mighty on the earth, on the earth You have come to move me, take me from my ancient home, Land of my fathers I can't leave you now We will share it with you, no man owns this earth we're on Now the wheels are rolling, hear the howling winds of war It's my destiny to fight and die Is there no solution, can we find no other way, Lord let me stay Under the endless sky and the earth below Here I was born to live and I will never go, oh no But we cannot endure like the earth and the mountains Life is not ours to keep, for a new sun is rising Soon these days shall pass away, for our freedom we must pay All our words and deeds are carried on the wind, In the ground our bodies lay, here we lay Magnum Opus (Father Padilla Meets The Perfect Gnat /Howling At The Moon /Man Overboard / Industry On Parade /Release The Beavers /Gnat Attack) (Livgren /Walsh /Phil Ehart Rich Williams /Dave Hope /Robby Steinhardt) Album: Leftoverture (October 1976) Instrumental: a. Father Padilla Meets the Perfect Gnat b. Howling at the Moon c. Man Overboard d. Industry on Parade e. Release the Beavers f. Gnat Attack This foolish game, oh it's still the same The notes go flyin' off in the air And don't you believe it's true, the music is all for you It's really all we've got to share Cause Rockin' and Rollin', it's only howlin' at the Moon. It's only howlin' at the Moon. |