To Our Childrens Childrens Children, 1970
Decca RecordsProduced by: Tony Clarke
Cover design: Phil Travers
Higher And Higher
(Graeme Edge)
Blasting, billowing, bursting forth With the power of ten billion butterfly sneezes Man with his flaming pyre Has conquered the wayward breezes Climbing to tranquility Far above the cloud Conceiving the heavens Clear of misty shroud Higher and higher Now we've learned to play with fire Go higher and higher and higher Vast vision must improve our sight Perhaps at last we'll see and end To our homes endless blight And the beginning of the free Climb to tranquility Finding its real worth Conceiving the heavens Florishing on earth Higher and higher Now we've learned to play with fire Go higher and higher and higher
Eyes Of A Child (part 1)
(John Lodge)
Listen hear the sound The child awakes Wonder all around The child awakes Now in his life he never must be lost No thoughts must deceive him In life he must trust With the eyes of a child You must come out and see That your world's spinning 'round And through life you will be A small part Of a hope Of a love That exists In the eyes of a child you will see Earth falls far away New life awaits Time it has no day New life awwaits Here is your dream and now how does it feel No words will go with you And now what is real? With the eyes of a child You must come out and see That your world's spinning 'round And through life you will be A small part Of a hope Of a love That exists In the eyes of a child you will see
Floating
(Ray Thomas)
Floating free as a bird Sixty foot leaps it's so absurd From up here you should see the view Such a lot of space for me and you Oh you'd like it Gliding around, get your feet off the ground Oh you'd like it Do as you please with so much ease Now I know how it feels To have wings on my heels To take a stroll among the stars Get a close look at planet Mars Oh you'd like it Gliding around, get your feet off the ground Oh you'd like it Do as you please with so much ease Bouncing about on the moon Guess you'll all be up here soon The candy stores they'll be brand new And you'll buy a rock with the moon right through Oh you'd like it Gliding around, get your feet off the ground Oh you'd like it Do as you please with so much ease Come fly... Come fly... Come fly...
Eyes Of a Child (part 2)
(John Lodge)
I'm gonna sit and watch the web That you will build this day Will it be a thread of love you weave It's yours too show the way Then everything will be as you will see in the light In the eyes of the child You must come out and see That your world's spinning 'round And through life you will be A small part Of a hope Of a love That exists In the eyes of a child you will see In the eyes of the child You must come out and see...
I Never Thought I'd Live To Be A Hundred
(Justin Hayward)
I never thought I'd live to be a hundred I never thought I'd get to do The things that all those other sons do And they do I never thought I'd ever have my freedom An age ago my maker was refusing me The pleasure of the view
Beyond
(Graeme Edge)
(Instrumental)
Out And In
(Mike Pinder and John Lodge)
Gazing past the planets Looking for total view I've been laying here for hours You've gotta make the journey out and in Wonders of a lifetime Right there before your eyes Searching with this life of ours You gotta make the journey out and in Out and in, out and in If you think it's a joke That's all right Do what you want to do I've said my peace And I'll leave it all up to you Wonders of a lifetime Right there before your eyes Searching with this life of ours You gotta make the journey out and in Out and in, out and in If you think it's a joke That's all right Do what you want to do I've said my peace And I'll leave it all up to you Gazing past the planets Looking for total view I've been laying here for hours You gotta make the journey out and in Out and in, out and in Out and in, out and in
Gypsy
(Justin Hayward)
A gypsy of a strange and distant time Travelling in panic all direction blind Aching for the warmth of a burning sun Freezing in the emptiness of where he'd come from Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Left without a hope of coming home Speeding through a shadow of a million years Darkness is the only sound to reach his ears Frightening him with the visions of eternity Screaming for a future that can never be Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Left without a hope of coming home A gypsy of a strange and distant time Travelling in panic all direction blind Aching for the warmth of a burning sun Freezing in the emptiness of where he'd come from Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Left without a hope of coming home
Eternity Road
(Ray Thomas)
Hark listen here he comes
Hark listen here he comes
Turning, spinning, catherine wheeling
For ever changing
There's no beginning
Speeding through a charcoal sky
Observe the truth we cannot lie
Travelling eternity road
What will you find there?
Carrying your heavy load
Searching to find a peace of mind.
You'll see us all around
You'll see us all around
Turning, spinning, catherine wheeling
For ever changing
There's no beginning
You're so very far from home
And so very much alone
Travelling eternity road
What will you find there?
Carrying your heavy load
Searching to find a peace of mind.
Travelling eternity road
What will you find there?
Carrying your heavy load
Searching to find a peace of mind.
Candle Of Life
(John Lodge)
Something you can't hide
Says you're lonely
Hidden deep inside
Of you only
It's there for you to see
Take a look and be
Burn slowly the candle of life
Something there outside
Says we're only
In the hands of time
Falling slowly
It's there for us to know
With love that we can go
Burn slowly the candle of life
So love everybody
And make them your friends
So love everybody
And make them your friends
Something you can't hide
Says you're lonely
Hidden deep inside
Of you only
It's there for you to see
Take a look and be
Burn slowly the candle of life
Something there outside
Says we're only
In the hands of time
Falling slowly
It's there for us to know
With love that we can go
Burn slowly the candle of life
Sun Is Still Shining
(Mike Pinder)
The sun is still shining, look at the view The moon is still dining, with me and you Now that we're out here, open your heart To the universe, of which we're a part Everything's turning, turning around See with you mind, leave your body behind Now that we're out here, open your heart To the universe, of which we're a part But if you want to play Stay right back on earth Waiting for rebirth The sun is still shining, look at the view The moon is still dining, with me and you Now that we're out here, open your heart To the universe, of which we're a part But if you want to play Stay right back on earth Waiting for rebirth
I Never Thought I'd Live To Be A Million
(Justin Hayward)
I never thought I'd get to be a million I never thought I'd get to be the thing That all these other children see Look at me
Watching And Waiting
(Justin Hayward and Ray Thomas)
Watching and waiting For a friend to play with Why have I been alone so long Mole he is burrowing his way to the sunlight He knows there's some there so strong 'Cos here there's lot of room for doing The things you've always been denied Look and gather all you want to There's no one here to stop you trying Soon you will see me 'Cos I'll be all around you But where I come from I can't tell But don't be alarmed by my fields and my forests They're here for only you to share 'Cos here there's lot of room for doing The things you've always been denied So look and gather all you want to There's no one here to stop you trying Watching and waiting For someone to understand me I hope it won't be very long