Wide Open Spaces lyrics
Angel Called
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Angel Called tonight
Called me on the telephone
Caught me on the wires of the soul
Out on the highway all alone
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Angel Called tonight
Seemed to me he needed a friend
So I tried to be there cuz I believe
There could be love
When I think of him
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Once I saw a meteor
Fall to earth not very far
From where I stood in unprepared amazement
But it was not as bright
As the light that you bring me
It was not as bright
As the love
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Angel Called tonight
Sent me to the Twilight Zone
Left a message blazing cross the sky
Out on the highway all alone
He's looking my way through the phone
And so I told him
Ah, but he should have known
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The Nights of Eden
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If I had a chance I surely would
Go back to the days of pure romance
I remember Eden
Just one more dance if I only could
But I cannot go and so I sing
Of the Nights of Eden
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There was but one who knew my name
It was a song of joy that I remember singing
We were so young
And we were playing with a flame
And we set fire to the skies
In the Nights of Eden
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I'm on the outside now but I remember Eden
I've not forgotten how the taste of life
Was sweeter than we ever
Could have dreamed then
Oh we never did imagine
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I heard it said the other day
There was a rumor
That the garden gate was open
He was alone and coming out to play
And it was time to say the words
That were left unspoken
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I'm on the outside now... (chorus)
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Repeat first verse
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Orion
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Red lights glow
Out of evening windows
Soft against the snow
I am walking
Talking to the wind in whispered voices
In oaken leaves
The winter breeze rejoices
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Just the talk of vagabonds and bums
Along the tracks behind the houses
The sound of howling comes
At the moon
From every yard in town
From every kenneled hound
That wants to track us down
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Walking on the waters now
Trapped beneath the snow
Soon in the spring how they're gonna shimmer
How they will dance and they will flow
Funny how at night this deep frozen land
Looks like the desert
Looks like the night on silent sand
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Stars above the desert burning clear
But with a light as cold as winter
As this blue evening here
And the fires
Shining through those windows
Casting taunting shadows
Are every bit as near
As the desert sun
To this cold lonely one
So far away so near
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Orion my dear friend now
With your arrow and your bow
Shoot for me a dream
And send it falling softly through the snow
Into my hands
A dream of summer friends
Of nights on desert sands
Where day and evening blends
Into a purple glow
Soft against the snow
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For the Ironwood
When I was a child I dreamed of a great land
Fearlessly wild and taken by no man
Green as a long summer's day
I never understood when they told me don't believe it
You'll never get it back that way
So I dreamed and I played
I watched the trees fall around me
Those mean city ways
They never ceased to astound me
'Oh it's allright' they'd say
'Didn't need that old thing anyway'
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But when I was alone an ironwood tree consoled me
A few miles from home strong branches would hold me
If I'd ever known it was true what they told me
My friend would fall someday
I'd go to the hills, the crowd overwhelmed me
I'd go to be still, the loudness repelled me
What could the ironwood say?
Listen to the wind, c'mon girl climb in
You just got to be strong and pray
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So I dreamed and I prayed, and I made my escape plan
A long string of days never taken by no man
'Oh it's allright' I'd say, 'didn't need no old man anyway'
Oh but I was afraid
I started growing my own armor
The ironwood swayed
I couldn't stay and watch them harm her
So I ran away to a place where no foreman or farmer
Would ever lay claim
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Go to the hills, the trees they won't blame you
Go to the sea and the sky will reclaim you
Throw all your armor away
Pick it up again if you really need it
When you go back someday
Purple & Green
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Once in a dream of a mountain slope
Purple & Green the colors
That spoke up and stopped me
Heaven only knows the world before me I see
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Up in the wind where the hawks will pass
Fireweed and the sunshine
Through the foxtail grass
Heaven only knows how long
The daylight will last
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Purple & Green
He stood high on the mountain
Purple & Green
She just lay where she lay
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Proud as a king in a purple robe
Or bowed to the green
Like monkshood on a mossy road
Heaven knows how far that road's gonna go
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Some gonna make sure you know their name
Some disappear just as quiet as flowers
The way that they came
Heaven knows we all got to go just the same
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Purple & Green
She stood high on the mountain
Purple & Green
He just lay where she lay
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Waiting patiently there by a dying stream
Days of magic solitary flying dreams
Heaven only knows the world before me I see
E/Motion
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Bitter sweet like heather
Staring out across a mossy green sea
Stormy weather between you and me
Set it free, let it be
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Hush upon the ocean
Whisper soft against a mist of rain
Pure devotion
And things will never be the same
Let it change, let it rain
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The nature of emotion is motion
The nature of emotion is change
The nature of emotion is motion
But always I love you
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Breathing in, breathing out
Feeling like the ocean in motion constantly
Oh let it be
Set it free
Between you and me
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The nature of emotion is motion
The nature of emotion is change
The nature of emotion is motion
But always I love you
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Bittersweet like heather
Staring out across the mossy green sea
We are together
No matter what that means
Set it free
Between you and me
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The Lion Song
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You set the world in motion once again
I thought I heard the ocean roaring in your hand
You uncaged the lion pacing restless in me
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I gave up all of my newfound security
For the singing of a lark who is just like me
Cuz he swears he's gonna fly away and always be free
Yeh, just fly away and leave me in the dark
But at the break of day the arrow found its mark
And don't you worry 'bout
What's happening tomorrow or yesterday
I'm sick of living in another time anyway
If you don't mind I'll be right here in your arms
For as long as you'll stay
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It happened when I was only a little child
I heard the laughing of the loon out in the night so wild
And out across the lake the footprints
Left behind by the moon
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And she brought me on her hunt when the sun went down
And she taught me how to run like one of her hounds
And she warned me of the lark singing in my room
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She said he's gonna fly away... (chorus)
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You set the world in motion inside of me
You set the girl and the woman and the lion free
You let me hear the wilderness calling for me
You let me hear the wilderness singing in me
You let me hear the wilderness laughing at me
The Moonisblooming
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The moon is blooming in a room
Where flowers are forbidden
Blossoms smouldering a jasmine perfume
I must keep them hidden, hidden
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Something's growing where it oughtn't to grow
A red rose in prison
Someone's going where they oughtn't to go
Imminent decisions, decisions
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Try and understand
That's just the way these things go
Try and take a stand tell that man no
Try and take a stand tell that man no
Just say no, no
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We were speaking of souls seeking, finding
We were thinking things out of our control
Forgetting, reminding, reminding
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The moon is blooming in a room
Tunnels to chambers
Jungle drumming a persuasive native tune
Calling you to dangers, oh the dangers
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Try and understand
That's just the way these things go
Try and take a stand tell that man no
Try and take a stand tell that man no
Just say no, no
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The Fault Line
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I got my beads on
I'm calling from San Francisco
In these neo-revolutionary times
Out here on The Fault Line
When Leonid died
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Oh will you or won't you?
And do you or don't you need me?
I got nothing to offer but my name
Out here on The Fault Line
Nothing has changed
Nothing's changed
Nothing's changed
Nothing's changed
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Silver Companion
Fall away til the rockets lose you
In your pocket a feeling full of cloud
Out here on The Fault Line
It's a worried crowd
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And do you or don't you?
And will you or won't you see me?
I got nothing to offer but my shame
Out here on The Fault Line
There's no one to blame
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Marisol
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Marisol, I hardly even knew you
Marisol, but I loved you just the same
Marisol, you are sitting right above me
When I call your name
Marisol, Marisol
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Marisol, I know you had to leave us
Marisol, I never will know why
Marisol, do you know how it grieves us
To bid you goodbye?
Marisol, Marisol
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We are changed into the grass of springtime
Yes we are changed but we remain
Our hearts will grow green again
And they will open their petals
And lift up their songs
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Marisol, the sun upon the waters
Marisol, this beauty will remain
Marisol, you are heaven's daughter
And you are home again
Marisol, Marisol
White Lies
by Dan Connor 1992
Down through the ages the list is long
You don't have to read the pages to see what's going on
Two nations, black and white
The separation starts with the Bill of Rights
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Telling White Lies---we the people
White Lies---created equal
White Lies--now we've seen it with our own eyes
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We saw the beating, we saw it
We saw the man fall, we saw it
Then we heard the jury say
That's not what you saw
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Outrageous, outrageous! This is 1992!
Those people still have not rights
We still pretend that they do
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With our White Lies---we the people
White Lies---created equal
White Lies--now we've seen it, now we've seen it
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Truth is marching on (it's not over)
The truth is marching on...
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The future is now playing
It's just been released
Without truth there's no justice
And without justice no peace
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We saw the fire, the rage and the crying
And they will keep on raging if we keep on denying
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Telling White Lies---we the people
White Lies---created equal, White Lies...
But maybe we'd be surprised if we admit the White Lies
Maybe we'd be surprised if we admit the White Lies
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All songs © Cici Porter 1990 except for White Lies © Dan Connor 1992