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Album: Open The Door Released: 2000 Total Time: Roger Hodgson - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards |
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Album: Open The Door Released: 2000 Total Time: Roger Hodgson - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards |
1 - Along Came Mary
2 - The More I Look
3 - Showdown
4 - Hungry
5 - The Garden
6 - Death And A Zoo
8 - Say Goodbye
9 - Open The Door
10 - For Every Man
Along Came Mary
Was alone then along came Mary, hair of gold and lips like cherries
Was amazed when she stole my thunder, filled my world with the ways of wonder
Come away come away with me, Far away where the eyes can't see
Come away to another time, Pardon me if you lose your mind
Who are you now? Who makes the rules?
Follow your heart and get back....
Won't you get back....
Oh get back
Was alone then along came Mary, hair of gold and lips like cherries
Was amazed when she stole my thunder, Filled my world with the ways of wonder
Come away come away with me, Far away where the eyes can't see
Come away to another time, Pardon me if you lose your mind
Pardon me if you lose your mind
Pardon me if you lose, oh if you lose your mind
The More I Look
The more I look, more I see, The more that life asks of me
The more it hurts, the more I feel, The more it takes time to heal
For easy times they come and they go
They come and they go so quickly
And peace of mind is so hard to know
It's something to keep me striving
The more I learn the less I know, So little time, so far to go
When your heart's getting burned, As you weep, so you learn
For easy times they come and they go
They come and they go so swiftly
And peace of mind is so hard to know
It's something to keep me striving
The more it hurts, the more you feel
The more it takes the time to heal
The more you look, the more you see
The more these things were meant to be
For easy times they come and they go
Come and they go so softly
And peace of mind is so hard to know
It's something that keeps me smiling
The more I look, the more I see, the more that life gives to me.
Showdown
Well there's crying in the kitchen and there's fighting in the street
And there's cocaine in the schoolyard yet my heart don't miss a beat
And the preacher's on the telly and he's handing me the phone
Got an ulcer in his belly and a torment in his soul
He can't let go - oh he can't let go
Everybody wants a contribution, telling me they've got the best solution
No one wants the carousel to slow down, seems to me we're heading for a showdown
And there's poison in the water and there's holes up in the sky
And the children keep on asking "Is the planet going to die?"
You must let go - oh you must let go
Got to get fired - it's going to get hot
We got to take it higher, give it everything you got
oh - oh, you never know, oh way to go
Everybody's talking revolution, politicians offer no solution
No one seems to want to face the lowdown
Seems to me we're heading for a showdown
This morning when I woke up, I fixed myself a drink
Hungry
I was feeling kind of broke up, my mind was on the blink
I couldn't see a future, can't seem to hold a job
I feel I'm just a loser, oh when's it gonna stop
I said Baby, say you'll always get to hold me
Say we'll never go hungry, never run out of money
You say we'll just have to hold on, maybe life is just a put on
Won't you come and just hold me, say I'll never get lonely
Some mornings when I wake up I just don't know who I am
If I look behind the make-up, I see a troubled man
I wander in the darkness, just talking to the walls
Seems life has turned against me, who'll catch me if I fall
I said Baby, say you'll always want to hold me
Say we'll never go hungry, never run out of money
Give me something to hold on, tell me life is just a put on
Won't you come and just hold me, Say I'll never get lonely
I said Baby, say you'll always want to hold me
Say we'll never go hungry, never run out of money
Give me something to hold on, tell me life is just a put on
Won't you come and just hold me, say I'll never get lonely
Walk around the garden, choking at the weeds
The Garden
Won't you come and help me try and sow some seeds
All the trees are weeping, branches hanging low
Seems as if they know that they haven't long to go
All the world's a funfair, hide behind your mask
Say that you're enjoying it if anybody asks
Don't believe in sinners, don't believe in sin
Love is all the answers so why don't we begin
Taking up the story that Jesus told
It's older than the years
All the seeds he planted have blossomed
Into concrete walls of fear
Lying in the gutter, gazing at the stars
Like to send a letter to the men on Mars
Asking if they'd help us, help us if they could
Come and weed this garden ... or do you think they should?
Death and a Zoo
Hey what would you do, caught between Death - Death and a zoo?
What if your world was stuck in a cage would you feel rage boy?
Caught in a crossfire, stung by the cold wire
Would it feel lonely?
Hey what would you give so that your heart in freedom could live?
What if your love was stuck in a cage, hey don't you feel rage boy?
Caught in a landslide, where does the child hide?
Oh does he feel lonely?
So cold on the inside, where does the Sun hide?
Oh don't it feel lonely? lonely
Caught in a man's dream, silent the heart scream
Don't it feel lonely?
Love is a Thousand Times
Love, love is a thousand times stronger than me, stronger than you
Well if you want to be a soldier go marching off to war
You think you're going to be a hero but we've heard it all before, boy
Love, love is a thousand times dearer than me, dearer than you
Well if you want to be a leader, Then go and lead the way
You're never going to give us freedom no matter what you say, boy
I said it'd better come soon...
La-La-La
'Cause love-love is the way
If only we all could hear, It just seems so clear
I just can't believe watching the world what am I seeing?
But I know there's a way, oh there must be a way
Oh there must come day - come a time when I can be free...
'Cause I want to hear her voice, softer than me, softer than you
Whatever will it take me to bring her smile my way
'Cause every time I try to please her, she loves to go in hiding
I said she'd better come soon...
Say Goodbye
Say goodbye to the old way, say hello to a new day
Well if you want to linger, a trail a finger
It'll only leave you wondering what the future might have been
Say goodbye to the old scene, say hello to a new dream
You say you want your freedom, but is it freedom
When you leave it all behind you but your mind just can't let go?-oh no
When the news is known and you hear those cries
Then waves of sadness will fill your eyes
You're alone as an island, alone as a man can be
Say goodbye to the old days, say hello to a new ways
Well if you want to linger, trail a finger
Just remember what was told you about the way it's going to be-you'll see..
You're alone as an island, alone as a man must be
Say goodbye to the old way, say hello to a new day
Well if you want your freedom, oh where's your freedom?
On the road that lies before you, that is all you need to know, let go...
Open the Door
Who's to say, who's to know, where the ship is going to blow
Taking time beneath the trees, State of mind, state of ease
Easy come, easy go, what a life, what a show,
Caught in old familiar ways, has our love gone astray?...
Gone away?...gone away?...
Open the door ... Open the door
Open the door-I want to be with you
Open the door-I want to play with you
Do what you want to, be who you want to be
'Cause I don't care what you say or what you do to me
I'm having trouble going a whole day without you
Don't want to live if it's a lifetime without you
Come on give me some sing I can see
Come on give me now-show me something
Open the door-I want to be with you
Open the door-I want to play with you
Open the door-I want to dream with you
Open the door-I want to stay with you now...
Right, right on, easy come, easy come -easy go-easy come
And I know, yes I know that I'm wanting the world to be one
But we take as we please and we can't see the wood for the trees
But I know, yes I know when I open the door I'll be home
I want to go home, I want to go home...
Right, right on, easy come, Easy come-easy go-easy come
And I know, yes I know That I'm wanting the world to be one
But we take as we please And we can't see The wood for the trees
But I know, yes I know When I open the door I'll be free
I want to go free, I want to go home...
Open the door-I want to be with you
Open the door-I want to play with you
Open the door-I want to dream with you
Open the door-I want to stay with you now...
Do what you want to, be who you want to be
Cause I don't care what you say or what you do to me
I'm having trouble going a whole day without you
Don't want to live if it's a lifetime without you
Come on give me some sign I can see
Come on give me now-show me something
Who's to say, who's to know...
For Every Man
For every man who has a dream, there's a light that's rarely seen
Within a world where all is greed, all is lies
For every child who lies awake and hopes that dawn will never break
To be alone, to be afraid but never cry
Where is the love, where is the fire we used to share, we used to live
Where is the hope, where is the flame we used to feel, we used to give
Where is the man who says he never wants to dream, wants to live
For every man who feels alone working fingers to the bone
I have a voice, I still yearn and I still cry
It's not the singer, it's the song, strikes the chord in everyone
And makes us dance, makes us sing, Makes us fly
Where is the love, where is the fire we used to share, we used to live
Where is the hope, where is the flame we used to feel, we used to give
Were is the man who says he never wants to dream, wants to live
Instrumental
Where is the love, ...
For every man
(There's nothing that we know, just watch the magic flow)
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