In Your Song
(Nicky James)
If you find you can't sleep at night
and you pace up and down in your room
and your mind is just full up with words
you'll be writing your own song soon
So let the music just turn you around
when you can't seem to utter a sound
but don't worry my friend that's alright
you'll be doing the same tonight
For we've got the music for your soul
we've got the rhythm to the roll
we hope the melody lingers in your mind
we've got the freedom of our youth
we've got the chance to speak the truth
so put you hopes your wishes and dreams
in a song
in your song
in your song
in your song
Laughter heartaches tears and sorrow
joy of living peace and trust for the heart
time is space with all things borrowed
live your life and learn to love that's a start
in your song
in your song
in your song
If you find you can't sleep at night
and you pace up and down in your room
and your mind is just full up with words
you'll be writing your own song soon
So let the music just turn you around
when you can't seem to utter a sound
but don't worry my friend that's alright
you'll be doing the same tonight
For we've got the music for your soul
we've got the rhythm to the roll
we hope the melody lingers in your mind
we've got the freedom of our youth
we've got the chance to speak the truth
so put you hopes your wishes and dreams
in your song (repeat)
Friends
(Ray Thomas and Nicky James)
A long time ago when we met you were lonely
I helped you forget life was solely only a wish to survive
and blood flows much thicker than wine
friends who give up their time to be near you
sing you a song just to cheer you
you will be rich in the end
brother now you've got a friend
Life hurries by in the wink of an eye
almost without meaning
days speeding past like the wind hard to grasp
no wonder you're bleeding
friendship is needed today
or tomorrow is empty and we need each other please stay
For your only hope is together
we'll live in much calmer weather
and we'll make a beautiful blend
brother now you've got a friend
Friends who give up their time to be near you
sing you their songs just to cheer you
you will be rich in the end
brother now you've got a friend
We Need Love
(Ray Thomas and Nicky James)
My soul is willing to travel
I've got a song that's waiting to be sung
I've got a dream that needs to be answered
and my heart needs to belong
My hope is we can learn together
my dream is we can all belong
and my reason for loving doesn't matter
my hunger for life carries on
But we need love we need love we need love
my love song's a sad song
I sing it to say I'm sorry
then maybe just maybe
you'll learn to love again my baby
So much time is spent in forgiving
so much time is lost in a lie
and the truth is sometimes never answered
I'm left to sit and wonder why
But we need love we need love we need love
yes, we need love (love) we need love we need love
we need love
we need love
Within Your Eyes
(Ray Thomas and Nicky James)
Within your eyes so many good hellos and sad good-byes
your future shines the past reclines
yet still you seek to find
a place to run you can't hide yourself behind the sun
your wings will burn you'll never learn
that life must carry on
For you could be the dancing breeze
that moves the trees to shed their leaves around you
or you could be the light in me
that shows the way my life could be around you
When you feel low you try so hard but still you let it show
such foolish pride you're hurt inside
I know so why pretend
when love goes wrong you're left to sing a very empty song
your love was blind but that's no crime
true love is hard to find
But you could be the dancing breeze
that moves the trees to shed their leaves around you
or you could be the light in me
that shows the way my life could be around you
One Night Stand
(Ray Thomas and Nicky James)
The lights go down the band prepares
the scene is set we're here to sell our wares
and we know that truth is an ever guiding light
so we sing our songs each and every night
Do you know can you feel it do you understand
what it's like to be living in a rock 'n roll band
up and down the land on a one night stand
Well I've sworn that I'd been in this place before
yes I wrote my name on the dressing room wall
it was another band on a one night stand
And it's all for the music
love is in the band
and freedom we command
on a one night stand
(one night stand)
(one night stand)
And it's all for the music
love is in the band
freedom (freedom) we command
on a one night stand
The lights go down the band prepares
the scene is set we're here to sell our wares
and we know that truth is an ever guiding light
so we sing our songs each and every night
Do you know can you feel it do you understand
what it's like to be living in a rock 'n roll band
up and down the land on a one night stand
Well I've sworn that I'd been in this place before
yes I wrote my name on the dressing room wall
it was another band on a one night stand
(up and down the land on a one night stand)
(up and down the land on a one night stand)
Yes it's all for the music (up and down the land on a one night stand)
love is in the band (up and down the land on a one night stand)
(up and down the land on a one night
stand)
It's all for the music (up and down the land on a one night stand)
love is in the band (up and down the land on a one night stand)
(up and down the land on a one night
stand)
Yes it's all for the music (up and down the land on a one night stand)
Keep On Searching
(Ray Thomas and Nicky James)
Well I've always been a dreamer
and I sometimes play the fool
but when the lights go down
and I hear the crowd then I'm cool
Then I sing my song of freedom
and I sing my songs of love
but there's nothing changed
'cause I'm still the same as I was
You gotta keep on keep on searching
you gotta keep on searching
and I believe I've found the way
along the road along the road of freedom
you gotta keep on trying to belong
come sing the song be strong
I sometimes think that the world's gonna pass me by
in my mind I ask myself the reason why
and before I know the answer's come and gone
and before I know the music's turned me on
You gotta keep on keep on searching
you gotta keep on searching
and I believe I've found the way
along the road along the road of freedom
you gotta keep on trying to belong
come sing the song be strong
Well I sometimes stop and wonder
just what we are doing now
life has got to change
maybe we can arrange it somehow
But then I've always been a dreamer
and I sometimes play the fool
but when the lights go down
and I hear the crowd then I'm cool
You gotta keep on keep on searching
you gotta keep on searching
and I believe I've found the way
along the road along the road of freedom
you gotta keep on trying to belong
come sing the song be strong
We gotta keep on searching
we gotta find a way (gotta find a way)
along the road of freedom (along the road of freedom)
we'll be there someday (we'll be there someday)
we gotta keep on searching (we gotta keep on searching)
we gonna find a way (gonna find a way)
along the road of freedom (along the road of freedom)
we'll be there someday (we'll be there someday)
Didn't I
(Ray Thomas and Nicky James)
They day that love should last forever
forever's such a long long time
and my darling I still love you
is that a crime
Didn't I buy you pretty flowers
didn't I tie them in your hair
didn't we spend those precious hours
without a care
Didn't our love burn like the sun
didn't our passion run so very high
didn't we aim for the moon
but our love died too soon
and that's no lie
Didn't our love burn like the sun
didn't our passion run so very high
didn't we aim for the moon
then our love died too soon
and that's no lie
Didn't I love you in the morning
didn't I love you through the day
then our love left without warning
memories don't die
do they
And they say that love should last forever
forever's such a long long time
and my darling I still love you
is that my crime
Migration
(Ray Thomas and Nicky James)
On and on they journey southward
to the land of warmer summers
on the way they shed their feathers
for the poet's hand to write love letters
Flying high in straight formation
seeking out their destination
over seas and windswept forest
frost and snow they're soon forgotten
Trees are bare snowflakes are falling
you can hear their leaders calling
follow me fly strong my brother
be strong of heart and help each other home
And here I am I'm just a man
and there you are among the stars flying high
searching for a new tomorrow
I wish I could follow
Nearer still to new horizons
chill winds blow so far behind them
endless days and sleepless nights
a borrowed gift navigates their flight
Still and pure this morning air
so tired now but almost there
the mysteries of nature's calling
some will climb while others return back home
Carousel
(Ray Thomas and Nicky James)
The world's like a big carousel
turning in space with the whole human race hanging on
but the sounds that are played on that penny arcade
turn me on
Then I need a little romance
if you play me that song
then you'll get me to dance
I can dance
sing me a slow song and maybe then I'll take a chance
For there's something in the air
and it's turning spinning
seems like I float everywhere
For there's something in the air
and it's turning spinning
seems like I float everywhere
Oh I need some loving tonight
someone to hold me and make me feel alright tonight
and I can't explain why the whole human race
wants to fight
For the world is a beautiful place
so small but it's all that we have to stand on
you and I
so won't you join me on my carousel in the sky
For there's something in the air
and it's turning spinning
seems like I float everywhere
The Last Dream
(Ray Thomas and Nicky James)
A simple man had the strangest dream
he stood in a garden of flowers
that overlooked the sea
and there sailing by
were his truth and his lies going home
While all around the sweetest sounds
filled the air with love
they made his senses pound
he saw with open mind
his life turn with the tide to go home
Memories of youth had passed before
he and he alone could count the score
for he was free he was free
this was his last dream
Such melodies are made to sing
the mellow sounds within a thousand violins
caught upon the breeze
they play in harmony sweet harmony
At last he knew his act was through
with no applause and no encores
though the house was full
so bring the curtain down
lay him in the ground
for he's gone home
Memories of youth had passed before
he and he alone could count the score
now he is free he is free
this was his last dream