(John Lodge)
Walking the line that
Takes you between your eyes
Showing a place where
Nobody has to hide
Keeping it straight is
Only not living a lie
Drifting on life and
Nobody missing you
Look for a while and see
What Skid Row can do
Tom Fool fell for a
Back Street point of view
All my life I've tried
Oh how I've tried
Suddenly I'm there
There's a feeling in the air
I can feel it
I can feel it
I can feel it
All my life I've tried
Oh how I've tried
Suddenly I'm there
There's a feeling in the air
Here on Natural Avenue
Living on air you take
From the Earth for free
Money you make to pay
For this liberty
Tenement dreams are
Missing reality
Walking the line that
Takes you between your eyes
Showing a place where
Nobody has to hide
I'm walking the line down
Natural Avenue
(Natural Avenue, a Natural Avenue, a Natural Avenue,
a Natural Avenue, a Natural Avenue, a Natural Avenue)
I'm doin' fine (Natural Avenue, a Natural Avenue) (Repeat and fade)
Summer Breeze
(John Lodge)
Would you like to tell me
All the secrets that you know
Would you like to tell me
While you're thinking
I want to tell you
Everything I know
How hard I try
I'll not understand why
'Cause there's nobody here
Nobody here but me
How hard I see I'll not understand me
'Cause there's nobody here
Nobody here I see
Summer Breeze
Whisper softly thro' the trees
Make my cares slip away
My thoughts drift away from view
Summer Song
Make my day
Make it long
Help this world walk on by
On its Natural Avenue
Would you like to tell me
All the secrets that you know
Would you like to tell me
If you're asking
I want to tell you
Everything I know
How hard I try
I'll not understand why
'Cause there's nobody here
Only my love for you
Summer Breeze, Summer Breeze
Summer Song, Summer Song
How hard I see I'll not understand me
'Cause there's nobody here
Nobody here but me
Summer Breeze
Whisper softly thro' the trees
Make my day slip away
My thoughts drift away from view
Summer Song
Make my day
Make it long
Help this world walk on by
On its Natural Avenue
Summer Breeze, Summer Breeze
Summer Song, Summer Song
Summer Breeze, Summer Breeze
Carry Me
(John Lodge)
Make me the captain of your Pirate Ship
Paint all the clouds the colour of no
Drift on the warm wind of your secret world
Hang on to your Starstream
Make the sun reappear
Make the dark disappear
From my night sky
Fly away
Fly away
Carry me, carry me
Carry me, carry me
Show me your island of a thousand names
Washed by the tide of time gone by
High on your mountain we can share the view
There for a short while
In the corner of an eye
Is a dream passing by
In my night sky
Fly away
Fly away
Carry me, carry me
Carry me, carry me
Would you believe me
Would you believe when I tell you
Would you believe me
Would you believe when I tell you
All the dreams you found are mine
Carry me, carry me
Still is the new day as the dawn unfolds
Gone is the White Horse that carried us home
Lost to the morning all your deepest fears
Watched over safely
By the words of a prayer
And the love that we share
In our night sky
Fly away
Fly away
Carry me, carry me (Repeat and fade)
Who Could Change
(John Lodge)
Who could change
Or rearrange
The love I have for you
Who could feel
The way I feel
The way you make me do
Nothing I can say
Will make this feeling go
Nothing I will say
No word no thought will show
Take it away, take it away
From me, from me
Who could know
Begin to show
The love before my eyes
Who could dream
Know what it means
Of love the way you do
Somewhere in this
Crazy Dream
That we call life
Someone who can give
You time and rest from strife
Take it away, take it away
From me, from me
Who could change
Or rearrange
The love I have for you
Who could feel
The way I feel
The way you make me do
Who would know
Or even show
Their dream before my eyes
Who would try
So hard they cry
And never say a word
Who can see
The way you see
I'm down upon my knees
Who can hide
The hurt inside
In love that's part of you
Who has thought
Of no-one else
No love no dream denied
Who has made my life complete
The reason that I live
You. You. You. You. (Repeat and fade)
Broken Dreams, Hard Road
(John Lodge)
I looked everywhere
Thought that I would find you
Thro' the night
Shadows dancing in the moonlight
Broken dreams
Hard Road
Wish I could write of the love
I have known
In my lifetime
Wish I could find just one word
One small line
When I'm down
The world has gone and changed
Its face
The world has gone and changed
Its place
While we were dreaming
For the Human Race
I know I've
Been down this road many times
Many ways
In my lifetime
And
Somehow the path that you've
Walked
In your life
Has led to me
Your love has gone and changed
My world
Your love has changed the world I
See
While I was waiting
You came to me
I looked everywhere
Knew that I would find you
Thro' the night
Shadows dancing in the moonlight
Broken dreams
Hard road
Hard, hard road
Hard road
Hard, hard road
(Repeat and fade)
Piece Of My Heart
(John Lodge)
I can remember the
Words that you say
Seems like forever
Or was it today
The cold light of dawn broke in two
The one part of me
That was you
'Cause you're the one that went
And stole a piece of my heart
High on our hillside
We both shared the view
Talking of people
We thought we knew
How could that dream fade away
And fall on the ground where we lay
'Cause you're the one that
Went and stole a
Piece of my heart
Oh well, you must be
Twenty-three by now
Married with kids of your own
And the little boy
Is three
Does he look like me
It's a long way from freedom
It's a long way from home
I can remember
The words that you say
Seemed like forever
Was taken away
When time made its own point of view
On the promise
Two young people knew
'Cause you're the
One that went and stole a piece of
My heart
'Cause you're the
One that went and stole a piece of
My heart
'Cause you're the one that went and
Stole a piece of my heart
(Repeat and fade)
Rainbow
(John Lodge)
Make my life a Rainbow
Paint it every day
Break my heart or even sin
Do it, right away
Make my life the morning
A promise for today
Break my heart or let me in
Do it, right away
If I have to lose you for a while
If I have to lose your loving smile
If I have to lose your loving ways
If I have
Make my life worthwhile
Make my life a Rainbow
Paint it every day
Make my heart forever sing
Do it, right away
Make my life a lifetime
Never walk away
Like the wind upon the sand
Can't blow it all away
If I have to lose you for a while
If I have to lose your loving smile
If I have to lose your loving ways
If I have
Make my life worthwhile
Make my life a Rainbow
Turn your face away
Look upon the setting sun and
Rainbow fade away
Say You Love Me
(John Lodge)
If I could read you like a book
If I could read your second look
If I could be the one you love
The one you're thinking of
I wouldn't need these eyes
I wouldn't need to see
I wouldn't need to hear your voice
Say you love me
If I could stay here for a while
If I could hang on to your smile
If I could turn your loving ways
Upon my lonely days
I wouldn't need these eyes
I wouldn't need to see
I wouldn't need to hear your voice
Say you love me
Say you love me
I tried so hard to find
The reason you came my way
And now I can't believe my eyes
Are you here to stay?
If all the world came falling down
And lay in pieces on the ground
With only darkness from above
If I could touch your love
I wouldn't need these eyes
I wouldn't need to see
I wouldn't need to hear your voice
Say you love me
Say you love me
(Repeat and fade)
Children Of Rock 'N' Roll
(John Lodge)
You have to know
Where you're going
Before you say "good-bye"
You have to know
What you're asking
Before you ask "why?"
And I think to myself
Wonderful way
My world revolves just a different way
And I think for a while
Reflecting a smile
If changes are coming
I gotta say
You have to know
Where you're going
Before you say "good-bye"
You have to know
What you're asking
Before you ask "why?"
Love, love
Children of Rock 'n' Roll
Love, love
Raised on Rock 'n' Roll
I remember all the words of
Love that we sang out of tune
Waving good-bye to a generation
As we danced
By the light of the moon
I remember oh so clear
How the world
Looked from Blueberry Hill
When you sang all the songs
On a six-string guitar
And it made you a Rock 'n' Roll Star
You have to know
Where you're going
Before you say "good-bye"
You have to know
What you're asking
Before you ask "why?"
You have to know
Where you're going
Before you say "good-bye"
You have to know
What you're asking
Before you ask "why?"
Children of Rock 'n' Roll
Raised on Rock 'n' Roll
Children of Rock 'n' Roll
We played Elysian Park
Until the night was dark
Children of Rock 'n' Roll
We traveled eight miles high
We never saw the sky
Children of Rock 'n' Roll
We had a beautiful day
When an island gave way to the
Children of Rock 'n' Roll
And in the Garden of Dreams
We found out what it means
To be the
Children of Rock 'n' Roll
Raised on Rock 'n' Roll
Raised on rockin', raised on rockin', raised on rockin' ways
Raised on rockin', raised on rockin', raised in rockin' days
(Repeat and fade)
Street Cafe
[CD version only]
(John Lodge)
The-the-the music played from the street cafes
All the people were passing in a distant haze
When you walked by
And I'm-a lonely and need someone to talk to
I sa-said "Hello girl
Would you walk with me
I got-a nowhere to go
And I'd-a much rather be
Taking a chance that you had more than a fancy way about you"
So tell me girl
Where will it end, rescue me
The music you send
I'll play in the end, rescue me
The-the-the way you smiled was like a rising sun
You set a burning inside from which I should have run
But you walked by
And I was lonely and need someone to talk to
You-you-you blew my mind just like a neutron bomb
You left a shell outside where I could never come from
Now you walk by
You say you're lonely and need someone to talk to
So tell me girl
Where will it end, rescue me
'Cause the music you send
I'll play in the end, rescue me
I sh-sh-should respect your point of view
But what can I say when I'm in love with you
When nothing makes sense
I'm gonna take one more chance that you can love too
So tell me girl
When will it end, rescue me
'Cause the music you send
I'll play in the end, rescue me
The-the-the-the-the-the-the music played from the street cafes
Mmmmm......rescue me
Rescue me
Rescue me