The Best Of Bob Welch

Bob Welch The Best Of Bob Welch Lyrics
1.B666

Written:bob welch.

We're livin a madhouse, you know
Digital religions' runnin' the whole show
See that guy over there
Rolling his eyes & tearing his hair
He controls deploymentof a thousand phantom jets
Slouching towards bethlehem
Up to his tricks
Dealing with a real b666

Were livin'in a madhouse, you know
Nothing works & the jerks are runnin' the whole show
See that guy over
Conversing with the empty air
Well he wrote all the programs on a million tape machines
Slouching towards bethlehem
Up to his tricks
Dealing with a real b666

Well you've seen him before, in the past
He was there at first, he'll be there at last
But i just couldn't help tryin' to warn ya
Cause he's slouching towards bethlehem to be born
You're just one of his million programming tricks
Dealing with a real b666


2.Big Towne, 2061


3.Black Book


4.Blue Robin


5.Church

Written:bob welch.

Well come down from your church
And talk to a man
Who knows that he loves you
And wants to understand
He knows why you cry

When you were young
You got down on your knees
You prayed for someone
Someone you could believe
Yeah, you put your faith
Right in his hands
Oh, when he let go
You couldn understand

Welcome down from your church
And talk to a man
Who knows that he loves you
And wants to understand
He knows why you cry

Fallen angel, temptation had you lost
Single girl, youe been double-crossed
Hold on holy one, some day youl be saved
And i want to be the one
On that blessed day
When you come down from your church
And talk to a man
Who knows that he loves you
And wants to understand
Fly down from your perch
And walk with a man
Who knows how to love you
Yes, i believe i can
I know why you cry


6.Don't Stop

Written:christine mcvie.

If you wake up and don't want to smile,
If it takes just a little while,
Open your eyes and look at the day,
You'll see things in a different way.

Don't stop, thinking about tomorrow,
Don't stop, it'll soon be here,
It'll be, better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone.

Why not think about times to come,
And not about the things that you've done,
If your life was bad to you,
Just think what tomorrow will do.

Don't stop, thinking about tomorrow,
Don't stop, it'll soon be here,
It'll be, better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone.

All i want is to see you smile,
If it takes just a little while,
I know you don't believe that it's true,
I never meant any harm to you.

Don't stop, thinking about tomorrow,
Don't stop, it'll soon be here,
It'll be, better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone.

Don't you look back,
Don't you look back.


7.Don't Wait Too Long

Written:bob welch.

Night after night, day after day
The dream i keep havin' just won't stay away
And it's you that's the star with the famous name
Gettin' all that you wanted taken away

(chorus)
Two headed coin, the other side is gettin' strong
And saying good things come to those who wait
But don't wait too long...

Hold out a candle, look in my eyes
You'll see a prisoner, just learnin' to lie
How does it go ?
Just like a whisper on the wind
And the voice that gets louder before it disappears again

(repeat chorus)

Now that your famous, now that you're rich
You'd love to be young, but you can't find that switch
You've come a long way, you've got nowhere to go
Cause you've waited to long, and it's startin' to show


8.Ebony Eyes

Written:bob welch.

Have you seen that girl on the corner
I'd like to take her out of her chains
Cause if i had my way with you baby
I would be chaging your life today

(chorus)
Your eyes got me dreaming
Your eyes got me blind
Your eyes got me hoping
That i'll be holding close tonight

(repeat chorus)

She was the same as a hundred ladies
But when my eyes looked at her i learned
That she was keeping a secret fire
And if i got real close i'd burn
And so it looked like i had to move slowly
Just like a cat at night in the trees
Cause i was waiting for her to show me
That way that she liked her love to feel

(repeat chorus)

Ebony eyes....


9.Future Games

Written:bob welch.

I did a thing last night
You know those future games
I turned off all the lights
Oh, the future came
You were by my side
Will you explain-oh yeah
Real rhyme or reason for those future games

Now you were there last night
And oh were you afraid
Of things we'd come upon
While playing future games
But baby it's alright and so have faith
Oh yeah, you invent the future that you want to face

How many people sit home at night
Wondering if they will be here tonight
Wondering if children will he bring to the light
Inherit the world, or inherit the night
Wondering if neighbors are thinking the same
All of the wild things tomorrow will tame
Talking of journeys that happen in vain

Well i know i'm not the only one
To ever spend my life sitting playing future games

You better take your time
You know there's no escape
The future sends a sign
Of things we will create
Baby it's alright
And so have faith
Oh yeah, you invent the future that you want to face

How many people sit home at night
Wondering if they will be here tonight
Wondering if children will he bring to the light
Inherit the world, or inherit the night
Wondering if neighbors are thinking the same
All of the wild things tomorrow will tame
Talking of journeys that happen in vain

And i know i'm not the only one
To ever spend my life sitting playing future games

Future games...
Future games...
Future games...
Future games...

I know i'm not the only one...
I know i'm not the only one...
I know i'm not the only one...
I know i'm not the only one...
I know i'm not the only one...
I know i'm not the only one...
I know i'm not the only one...
I know i'm not the only one...


10.Heart Of Stone

Written:christine mcvie.

Oh i have seen
Such madness in the air
Just like a dream
It makes no sense anywhere

Hopes have shattered
Shattered like broken glass
I believed it was just too good to last
(it seemed to me it was too good to last)

So now you're saying you've been wrong
And you want to come back home
You know i've known all along
That you had a heart of stone

And now you want to change your song
You're tired of living alone
You know i've known all along
That you had a heart made of stone

But don't you remember
Those days of cold delight
When we knew that together
We could make it all right

It seems so long ago
Oh maybe it was yesterday
Where did the time go
I guess it just slipped away
(seemed like the time was slipping away)

So now you're saying you've been wrong
And you want to come back home
You know i've known all along
That you had a heart of stone

And now you want to change your song
You're tired of living alone
You know i've known all along
That you had a heart made of stone

You're never too old to learn
You're never too young to pray
It's never too late to learn
And hope for better days

You're never too old to learn
You're never too young to pray
It's never too late to learn
And hope for better days

So now you're saying you've been wrong
And you want to come back home
You know i've known all along
That you had a heart of stone

And now you want to change your song
You're tired of living alone
You know i've known all along
That you had a heart made of stone

So now you're saying you've been wrong
And you want to come back home
You know i've known all along
That you had a heart of stone


11.Hot Love, Cold World

Written:bob welch and john henning.

Now there is a way to say i love you
And it's said everyday by some kind of fool
But where is the way to tell her goodbye

We both can't be wrong, i must be right !

(chorus)
Hot love cold world, gonna make you cry
Hot love corld world, oh yeah
Hot love cold world, gonna make you cry
Hot love cold world, oh yeah..

Our connection was strong i thought it could last
Dreams of the future not a care for the past
But look at us now not knowing what to do
You're looking so sad i feel so cruel...

(repeat chorus)


12.Man Overboard

Written:bob welch and j. carter.

Too much too soon, sure was sweet
Foreign cars soft leather seats
Foreign prices can't compete
We can't go back, were in too deep

Man overboard
For rich or poor
They all want more
We've gone too far, man overboard

Man overboard
You can't ignore
It's so hard core
We've gone too far, man overboard

Man get laid off, he can't eat, vietnam vet., he can't sleep
Big rolls royce drivin' down the street two sexy blodes in the
back seat !

Man overboard
When it rains, it pours
I vote against
I don't vote for
We've gone too far, man overboard

Man overboard
No he can't afford
You've got enough
But we want more
He's gone to far, man overboard

I'm bored over everything i read
I'm bored over everything on t.v.
I'm bored over you
I'm bored over me
I'm overboard
Way overboard
Man overboard !

Man overboard
I'm falling overboard
We'll i'm so bored
They've gone too far, man overboard

Man overboard

It's all their fault
I've think i gone too far, man overboard


13.Precious Love

Written:bob welch.

You got those big dark eyes that flash at me, baby
You got a head on your shoulders, you know what i mean
You got legs so long like you could walk on air
For you darlin', i'd go anywhere

(chorus)
For your love, your precious love
I' d do anything, yes i would
I want your love, your preicous love
I' ve been too lonely too long

You got a kind of walk that's just so fine
The way you fill those blue jeans baby, my my my
Yes and when you smiled at me like you did just now
All i want is just to get to you somehow

(repeat chorus)

Yeah those big dark eyes that flash at me
It's just your preicous love that i want, you to see

(repeat chorus)


14.Rebel Rouser


15.Sentimental Lady

Written:bob welch.

You are here and warm
But i could look away and you'd be gone
Cause we live in a time
When meaning falls in splinters from our lives
And that's why i've travelled far
Cause i come so together where you are

And all of the things that i said that i wanted
Come rushing by in my head when i'm with you
14 joys and a will to be merry
And all of the things that we say are very
Sentimental gentle wind
Blowing through my life again
Sentimental lady
Gentle one

Now you are here today
But easily you might just go away
Cause we live in a time
When paintings have no color, words don't rhyme
And that's why i've travelled far
Cause i come so together where you are

And all of the things that i said that i wanted
Come rushing by in my head when i'm with you
14 joys and a will to be merry
And all of the things that we say are very
Sentimental gentle wind
Blowing through my life again
Sentimental lady
Gentle one

You are here and warm
But i could look away and you'd be gone
Cause we live in a time
When meaning falls in splinters from our lives
And that's why i've travelled far
Cause i come so together where you are

Yes and all of the things that i said that i wanted
Come rushing by in my head when i'm with you
14 joys and a will to be merry
And all of the things that we say are very
Sentimental gentle wind
Blowing through my life again
Sentimental lady
Gentle one

Sentimental gentle wind
Blowing through my life again
Sentimental lady
Gentle one

Sentimental gentle wind
Blowing through my life again
Sentimental lady
Gentle one

Well sentimental gentle wind
Blowing through my life again
Sentimental lady
Gentle one


16.The Ghost Of Flight 401

Written:bob welch.

You've had about the flying dutchman
The ghost of all the ships at sea
But just in case you think it's lies
Then here's a ghost for our own time

You see there was a crash at night
And the pilots in command all died
And after many months has passed
The widows all had cried their last

(chorus)
And when the moon shines on the silver wing
When the moon shines on the silver wing
When the moon shines, look out here comes the ghost of flight
401...

The ghost of flight 401, appeared aboard the jet airplanes
In flesh & blood & clothes he came
On an eastern airline i can't name
But suddenly the ghost appeared
Of the pilots that had died that year
I'm not saying they were puffs of smoke
They were real as life, it ain't no joke

(repeat chorus)

Ooh those silver wings
Yeah those silver wings
Yeah there shinin' in that sun
The ghost of flight 401