The Alan Parsons Project Unreleased Songs

1.In The Real World

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

One more compromise I won't be making
One more easy way out I won't be taking
So many chances don't come twice
So many eyes are made of ice
One more cheating hand I won't be shaking

One more substitute I won't be trying
One more piece of the rock that I'm not buying
So many times we stand and fight
So many reasons can't be right
One more simple truth I'm not denying

Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many lonely nights in the real world
Too many fools who don't think twice
Too many ways to pay the price
Don't wanna live my life in the real world

One more sacrifice I won't be making
One more golden rule I won't be breaking
No one to let me state my case
No one to tell me to my face
One more sweet surprise I won't be faking

Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many lonely nights in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world

Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many lonely nights in the real world
Too many games that I can't play
Too many windmills in my way
Don't wanna live my life in the real world

Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many lonely nights in the real world
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Don't wanna live my life in the real world


2.Vulture Culture

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Somehow you made it in the big wide world
And you're absolutely home and dry
You got away from a one horse town
And the only way out was to fly

You heard a lot about an easy street
And it seems like the place to be
You heard some talk about a slippery slope
But you think, it can't happen to me

Vulture culture, use it or you lose it
Vulture culture, choose it or refuse it
Hollywood is calling won't you join the dance
Moving onto wall street, why not take a chance
It's a vulture culture, never lend a loser a hand
Just a vulture culture, living off the fat of the land

No where to turn around and catch your breath
It's all relatively trouble free
No need to bother with the bottom line
Or a money back guarantee

You sign a deal that's been etched in stone
It's absolutely cut and dry
That's when they got you in the danger zone
And the only way out is to die

Vulture culture, use it or you lose it
Vulture culture, choose it or refuse it
Hollywood is waiting striking up the band
Everyone on wall street shakes you by the hand
Such a vulture culture, never lend a loser a hand
Just a vulture culture, living off the fat of the land

Use it or you lose it oh yeah, choose it or refuse it
Hollywood's a no go not a second chance
Nobody on Wall Street gives a second glance
It's a vulture culture, moving to the beat of the band
It's just a vulture culture, never lend a loser a hand
It's just a vulture culture, living off the fat of the land


3.Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

The traveler is always leaving town
He never has the time to turn around
And if the road he's taken isn't leading anywhere
He seems to be completely unaware

The traveler is always leaving home
The only kind of life he's ever known
When every moment seems to be
A race against the time
There's always one more mountain left to climb

Days are numbers, watch the stars
We can only see so far
Someday, you'll know where you are, remember

Days are numbers, count the stars
We can only go so far
One day, you'll know where you are

The traveler awaits the morning tide
He doesn't know what's on the other side
But something deep inside of him
Keeps telling him to go
He hasn't found a reason to say no

The traveler is only passing through
He cannot understand your point of view
Abandoning reality, unsure of what he'll find
The traveler in me is close behind

Days are numbers, watch the stars
We can only see so far
Someday you'll know where you are

Remember
Days are numbers, count the stars
We can only go so far
One day, you'll know where you are

Remember
Days are numbers, watch the stars
We can only see so far
Someday you'll know where you are


4.The Voice

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

It's almost a feeling you can touch in the air
You look all around you but nobody's there
It's been a long time now since you've been aware
That someone is watching you
(He's gonna get you)

Sooner or later when your big chances come
You'll look for the catches but there'll be none
Remember before you grab the money and run
That someone is watching you
(He's gonna get you)

Before you run and hide
He's gonna get you
You got no choice
'Cause you can't escape the voice

Jumping at shadows that come up from behind
Scared of the darkness that's there in your mind
You're frightened to move because of what you might find
Someone is watching you
(He's gonna get you)

Before you run and hide
He's gonna get you
You got no choice
'Cause you can't escape the voice


5.Dream Within a Dream (Instrumental)

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Norman Woolfson

{For my own part
I have never had a thought which I could not set down in words
With even more distinctness than that with which I conceived it
There is however a class of fancies of exquisite delicacy
Which are not thoughts and to which as yet
I have found it absolutely impossible to adapt to language
These fancies arise in the soul, alas how rarely
Only at epochs of most intense tranquility
When the bodily and mental health are in perfection
And at those weird points of time where the confines of the
waking world
Blend with the world of dreams
And so I captured this fancy
Where all that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream}


6.Prime Time

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Well even the longest night won't last forever
But too many hopes and dreams won't see the light
And all of the plans I make won't come together

Something in the air
Maybe for the only time in my life
Something in the air
Turning me around and guiding me right

And it's a prime time, maybe the stars were right
I had a premonition, it's gonna be my turn tonight
Gonna be my turn tonight

Well even the brightest star won't shine forever
But all of the hands I play are working out right
And every move I make feels like a winner

Something in the air
Maybe for the only time in my life
Something in the air
Turning me around and guiding me right

And it's a prime time, maybe the stars were right
I had a premonition, it's gonna be my turn tonight
Gonna be my turn tonight
Gonna be my turn tonight
Gonna be my turn tonight

Something in the air
Something in the air

And it's a prime time, maybe the stars were right
I had a premonition, it's gonna be my turn tonight
Gonna be my turn tonight
Gonna be my turn tonight
Gonna be my turn tonight


7.One More River

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Don't look back 'cause there's one more river
Don't turn your back, you got one more river to cross
No more fightin' and no more dyin'
No more cheatin' and no more lyin'

Don't look back 'cause there's one more river
And don't turn your back, you got one more river to cross
Don't start askin' the rhyme or reason
Don't hold back, it's the time of the season, oh, oh

One more mile and one more road
One last bridge and one less load
One more river

And don't look back you got one more river
Don't turn your back, you got one more river to cross
Don't start askin' the rhyme or reason
Don't hold back, it's the time of the season, oh, oh

One more mile and one more road
One last bridge and one less load
One more river, one more river


8.Stereotomy

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Diamond eyes that burn me
And turn me to stone
Crystallize and freeze me
In clear monochrome

Turn me to stone
Do anything you want with me
Turn me to stone
Do anything you want

Stereotomy
We can make it together
Do anything you want with me
Do anything you want

Scarlet minds possess me
And I feel no shame
Silent knives dissect me
And I feel no pain

Stereotomy
We can make it together
Do anything you want with me
Do anything you want

Stereotomy
We can make it forever
Do anything you want with me
Do anything you want

Starlight beams project me
In red, blue and green
Velvet dreams protect me
When I hit the screen

Stereotomy
We can make it together
Do anything you want with me
Do anything you want

Stereotomy
We can make it forever
It's always the same
It's always the same

Stereotomy
We can make it
We can make it
Do anything you want

Turn me to stone
Do anything you want with me
Cover my eyes
There's nothing more they need to see

Turn me to stone
Before there's nothing left of me
Make me a rock
And not what I appear to be

Turn me to stone
Turn me to stone


9.Pyramania

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

There are pyramids in my head
There's one underneath my bead
And my lady's getting cranky
Every possible location
Has a simple explanation
And it isn't hanky-panky

I had read somewhere in a book, they improve all your food and
your wine
It said, that everything you grow in your garden would taste
pretty fine
Instead, all I ever get is a pain in the neck and a
Yap yap yap yap yap yap yap

I've consulted all the sages
I could find in the yellow pages
But there aren't many of them
And the Mayan panoramas
On my pyramid pajamas
Haven't helped my little problem

I've been told someone in the know can be sure that his luck is
as
Good as gold, money in the bank and you don't even pay for it
If you fold, a dollar in the shape of the pyramid
That's printed on the back

I had read, somewhere in a book, they improve all your food and
wine
I'd been told, someone in the know can be sure of his good luck
And it's no lie, all you really need is a little bit of
paramedic help


10.Limelight

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

I can see the glow of a distant sun
I can feel it inside
Maybe this day could be the one

I can hear the roar of a distant crowd
They are waiting for me
Calling my name, shouting out loud

Holding on isn't always easy
I ain't gonna change my mind

Limelight, you were all I ever wanted since it all began
Limelight shining on me, telling the world who I am
Limelight, don't let me slip right through your fingers
There's a long way to fall

After the years of waiting
I'm gonna show them all

I can see the world in a different light
Now it's easy to say
Where I went wrong, what I did right

I can hear the beat of a different drum
Take it all in my stride
Hold my head high, second to none

Holding on wasn't always easy
Nothing can change my mind

Limelight, you were all I ever wanted since it all began
Limelight shining on me, telling the world who I am
Limelight, don't let it slip right through your fingers
There's a long way to fall

After all the years of waiting
I'm gonna show them all

Maybe the role's not easy
Maybe the prize is small
After all the years of waiting
I'm gonna show them all


11.Ammonia Avenue

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Is there no sign of light as we stand in the darkness
Watching the sun arise？
Is there no sign of life as we gaze at the waters
Into the strangers eyes？

And who are we to criticize or scorn the things that they do？
For we shall seek and we shall find Ammonia Avenue

If we call for the proof and we question the answers
Only the doubt will grow
Are we blind to the truth or a sign to believe in？
Only the wise will know

And word by word they handed down the light that shines today
And those who came at first to scoff, remained behind to pray
And those who came at first to scoff, remained behind to pray

When you can't hear the rhyme and you can't see the reason
Why should the hope remain？
For a man will be tired and his soul will grow weary
Living his life in vain

And who are we to justify the right in all we do？
Until we seek, until we find Ammonia Avenue

Through all the doubt somehow they knew
And stone by stone they built it high
Until the sun broke through
A ray of hope, a shining light Ammonia Avenue


12.The Eagle Will Rise Again

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

And I could easily fall from grace then another would take my
place
For the chance to behold your face
And the days of my life are but grains of sand
As they fall from your open hand at the call of the wind's
command

Many words are spoken when there's nothing to say
They fall upon the ears of those who don't know the way
To read between the lines, that lead between the lines
That lead me to you

All that I ask you is, show me how to follow you and I'll obey
Teach me how to reach you, I can't find my way
Let me see the light, let me be the light

As the sun turns slowly around the sky
Till the shadow of night is high
The eagle will learn to fly

And the days of his life are but grains of sand
As they fall from your open hand
And vanish among the land

Many words are spoken when there's nothing to say
They fall upon the ears of those who don't know the way
To read between the lines, by following the signs
That can lead to you

But show me how to follow you and I'll obey
Teach me how to reach you, I can't find my way
Let me see the light, let me be the light

And so, with no warning, nor last goodbyes
In the dawn of the morning skies
The eagle will rise again


13.Don't Let It Show

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

If it's getting harder to face every day
Don't let it show, don't let it show
Though it's getting harder to take what they say
Just let it go, just let it go

And if it hurts when they mention my name
Say you don't know me
And if it helps when they say I'm to blame
Say you don't own me

Even if it's taking the easy way out
Keep it inside of you, don't give in
Don't tell them anything
Don't let it, don't let it show

Even though you know it's the wrong thing to say
Say you don't care, say you don't care
Even if you want to believe there's a way
I won't be there, I won't be there

But if you smile when they mention my name
They'll never know you
And if you laugh when they say I'm to blame
They'll never own you

Even if you feel you've got nothing to hide
Keep it inside of you, don't give in
Don't tell them anything
Don't let it, don't let it show


14.Snake Eyes

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down boys
Gimme, snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No, don't let me down tonight

Just one minute more, give me just one minute more
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Just one minute more, then I'll walk right through that door
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
If ya gimme

Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down boys
Gimme, snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No, don't let me down tonight

Just one minute more, gimme just one minute more
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
But'cha gotta, gimme one minute more
Gimme one more, gimme one minute more
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright

Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down boys
Gimme, snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No, don't let me down tonight

Just one minute more, then I'll walk right through that door
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
But'cha gotta, gimme one marker more
Then I'll walk right through that door
Gimme one more, don't let me down
It's gonna be alright, alright, alright


15.You Don't Believe

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

My eyes with your vision
My choice but always your decision
My play with your direction
Well, it's my lead but always your connection

But when I look into your eyes, you don't believe me
I can see it in your eyes, you don't believe

My words, your expression
My land always your possession
My song, your production
My expense is always your deduction

But when I look into your eyes, you don't believe me
I can see it in your eyes, you don't believe

And the face I see before me
Is both sides of a mirror
You really know you've got a hold on me

And the face you're looking into
Is both sides of a window
Any way you look you see through me

My fame, your reflection
My weakness, always your protection
Well, it's my terms on your conditions
And they're my tunes but they're your compositions

But when I look into your eyes, you don't believe me
I can see it in your eyes, you don't believe

And the face I see before me
Is both sides of a mirror
You really know you've got a hold on me

And the face you're looking into
Is both sides of a window
Any way you look you see through me

But when I look into your eyes, you don't believe me
I can see it in your eyes, you don't believe

But when I look into your eyes, you don't believe me
I can see it in your eyes, you don't believe

But when I look into your eyes, you don't believe me
I can see it in your eyes, you don't believe


16.Don't Answer Me

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

If you believe in the power of magic
I can change your mind
And if you need to believe in someone
Turn and look behind

When we were living in a dream world
Clouds got in the way
We gave it up in a moment of madness
And threw it all away

Don't answer me, don't break the silence, don't let me win
Don't answer me, stay on your island, don't let me in
Run away and hide from everyone
Can you change the things we've said and done？

If you believe in the power of magic
It's all a fantasy
So if you need to believe in someone
Just pretend it's me

It ain't enough that we meet as strangers
I can't set you free
So will you turn your back forever
On what you mean to me？

Don't answer me, don't break the silence, don't let me win
Don't answer me, stay on your island, don't let me in
Run away and hide from everyone
Can you change the things we've said and done？

Don't answer me, don't break the silence, don't let me win
Don't answer me, stay on your island, don't let me in
Run away and hide from everyone

Don't answer me, don't break the silence, don't let me win
Don't answer me, stay on your island, don't let me in
Can you change the things we've said and done？

Don't answer me, don't break the silence, don't let me win
Don't answer me, stay on your island, don't let me in


17.The Raven

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

The clock struck midnight
And through my sleeping
I heard a tapping at my door
I looked but nothing lay in the darkness
And so I turned inside once more

To my amazement, there stood a raven
Whose shadow hung above my door
Then through the silence
It spoke the one word
That I shall hear for evermore

Nevermore
Thus quoth the raven, nevermore

And still the raven remains in my room
No matter how much I implore
No words can soothe him
No prayer remove him
And I must hear for evermore

Quoth the raven, nevermore
Thus quoth the raven, nevermore
Quoth the raven, nevermore
Thus quoth the raven, nevermore

Nevermore, nevermore, nevermore
Never
Nevermore, nevermore, never
Nevermore, nevermore, nevermore

Nevermore, nevermore, nevermore
Never
Nevermore, nevermore, never
Nevermore, nevermore, nevermore


18.What Goes Up...

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

What goes up must come down
What must rise must fall
And what goes on in your life
Is writing on the wall

If all things must fall
Why build a miracle at all？
If all things must pass
Even a miracle won't last

What goes up must come down
What must stand alone
And what goes on in your mind
Is turning into stone

If all things must fall
Why build a miracle at all？
If all things must pass
Even a pyramid won't last

How can you be so sure？
How do you know what the earth will endure？
How can you be so sure？
That the wonders you've made in your life
Will be seen by the millions who
Follow to visit the site of your dream

What goes up must come down
What goes around must come 'round
What's been lost must be found


19.Let's Talk About Me

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Let's talk about me for a minute
Well how do you think I feel about what's been going on？
Let's talk about me for a minute
Well how do you think I feel about what's gone wrong？

Let's talk about dreams
I never learned to read the signs
Let's think about what it all means
I never seem to have the time

Let's talk about you and your problems
All that I seem to do is spend the night
Just talking 'bout you and your problems
No matter what I say I can't get it right

Don't think about me
Is it all a waste of time？
Don't think about what it all means
If you are a friend of mine

Talk about me for a minute
I'm the one who's losin'
Talk about me for a minute
I'm the one who's always losin' out

And how do you think I feel about what's been going on？
Let's talk about me for a minute
Well how do you think I feel about what's gone wrong？

Let's think about dreams
We never seem to have the time
Let's talk about what it all means
You are a friend of mine

Let's talk about me
I'm the one who's losin' out
I'm the one who's losin' out
I'm the one who's losin' out, losin' out

Talk about me for a minute
I'm the one who's losin'
Talk about me for a minute
I'm the one who's always losin' out

I'm the one who's losin' out
I'm the one who's losin' out
I'm the one who's losin' out, losin' out

Talk about me for a minute
I'm the one who's losin'
Talk about me for a minute
I'm the one who's losin'

Talk about me for a minute
I'm the one who's losin'
Talk about me for a minute
I'm the one who's losin'


20.Old and Wise

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

As far as my eyes can see
There are shadows approaching me
And to those I left behind
I wanted you to know
You've always shared my deepest thoughts
You follow where I go

And oh, when I'm old and wise
Bitter words mean little to me
Autumn winds will blow right through me
And someday in the mist of time
When they asked me if I knew you
I'd smile and say, 'You were a friend of mine
And the sadness would be lifted from my eyes
Oh when I'm old and wise'

As far as my eyes can see
There are shadows surrounding me
And to those I leave behind
I want you all to know
You've always shared my darkest hours
I'll miss you when I go

And oh, when I'm old and wise
Heavy words that tossed and blew me
Like autumn winds will blow right through me
And someday in the mist of time
When they ask you if you knew me
Remember that you were a friend of mine
As the final curtain falls before my eyes
Oh, when I'm old and wise

As far as my eyes can see


21.Dancing on a High Wire

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

We're living in a different reality, we're toeing the same line
We give in we call it neutrality, a joke with no punchline
The silver plated hero meets the golden hearted whore
The odds'll give you zero, she'll be leaving in a few days more

Movin' on forever
Maybe she don't care
Holding on together
Maybe it just ain't there

You're dancing on a high wire
You need to be so sure
There used to be a lifeline
There isn't anymore

We are the same with no similarity, talk at the same time
We believe in freedom and charity as long as I get mine
The ivory Madonna is walking through the door
You watch her from a window, it doesn't matter anymore

Movin' on forever
Maybe she don't care
Holding on together
Maybe it just ain't there

You're dancing on a high wire
You need to be so sure
There used to be a lifeline
There isn't anymore

Movin' on forever
Maybe she don't care
Holding on together
Maybe it just ain't there

You're dancing on a high wire
You need to be so sure
There used to be a lifeline
There isn't anymore

Dancing on a high wire
You need to be so sure
There used to be a lifeline
There isn't anymore


22.Sooner or Later

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Oh what a price we pay for the things we say
And the closer I get to you the further you move away
All the lies we tell in the games we play
And the longer I think it over the harder it is to stay

Sooner or later I'll be free to leave the past behind
Sooner or later you're gonna be the last thing on my mind
Little by little I'm finding out the truth behind your eyes
Maybe if I don't show I thought you might like to know
You're gonna be the last thing on my mind

You didn't want to know I could have told you so
But the moment I think it's over the further there is to go
Just a little word such an easy way
But the longer I think about it the harder it is to say

Sooner or later I'll be free to leave the past behind
Sooner or later you're gonna be the last thing on my mind
Little by little I'm finding out the truth behind your eyes
Maybe if I don't show I thought you might like to know
You're gonna be the last thing on my mind

Sooner or later I'll be free to leave the past behind
Sooner or later you're gonna be the last thing on my mind
Little by little I'm finding out the truth behind your eyes
Maybe if I don't show I thought you might like to know
You're gonna be the last thing on my mind

Sooner or later I'll be free to leave the past behind
Sooner or later you're gonna be the last thing on my mind
Little by little I'm finding out the truth behind your eyes
Maybe if I don't show


23.The Turn of a Friendly Card (Pt. II)

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

There are unsmiling faces in fetters and chains
On a wheel in perpetual motion
Who belong to all races and answer all names
With no show of an outward emotion

And they think it will make their lives easier
But the doorway before them is barred

And the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card


24.The Turn of a Friendly Card, Pt. 1

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

There are unsmiling faces and bright plastic chains
And a wheel in perpetual motion
And they follow the races and pay out the gains
With no show of an outward emotion

And they think it will make their lives easier
For God knows up till now it's been hard

But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card

There's a sign in the desert that lies to the west
Where you can't tell the night from the sunrise
And not all the King's horses and all the King's men
Have prevented the fall of the unwise

For they think it will make their lives easier
And God knows up till now it's been hard

But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card

But a pilgrim must follow in search of a shrine
As he enters inside the cathedral


25.Time

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Time
Flowing like a river
Time
Beckoning me

Who knows when we shall meet again
If ever, but time
Keeps flowing like a river
To the sea

Goodbye my love
Maybe for forever
Goodbye my love
The tide waits for me

Who knows when we shall meet again
If ever, but time
Keeps flowing like a river
To the sea, to the sea

Till it's gone forever
Gone forever
Gone forevermore

Goodbye my friends
Maybe forever
Goodbye my friends
The stars wait for me

Who knows when we shall meet again
If ever, but time
Keeps flowing like a river
To the sea, to the sea

Till it's gone forever
Gone forever
Gone forevermore

Forevermore
Forevermore


26.Can't Take It With You

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Well, I sympathize completely but there's nothing I can do
I am just a humble servant with a message here for you
Well I know you have good reasons and there's things you've got
to do
But the boatman won't be waiting and he's leaving here with you

And you can't take it with you
No matter what you do
No, you can't take it with you
Not the place you're going to

One more mile
One more road
One last bridge
One less load

Well, I sympathize completely but there's nothing I can do
I am just obeying orders I'm a simple soul like you
Well you really are persuasive but I've heard it all before
And the boatman's getting restless as he stands upon the shore

And you can't take it with you
No matter what you do
No, you can't take it with you
Not the place you're going to

Can't take it with you
Can't take it with you
Can't take it with you
Can't take it with you
Can't take it with you


27.Psychobabble

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Tell you 'bout a dream that I have every night
Tell you 'bout a dream that I have every night
It ain't in Kodachrome and it isn't black and white
Take me for a fool if you feel that's right
Well, I'm never on my own but there's nobody in sight
I don't know why I'm scared of the lightning

Trying to reach me
I can't turn to the left or the right
I'm too scared to run and I'm too weak to fight
But I don't care it's all psychobabble rap to me

Psychobabble

Tell you 'bout a dream that I have every night
It's in Dolby stereo but I never hear it right
Take me for a fool well that's alright
Well, I see the way to go but there isn't any light
I don't know why I'm scared of the lightning

Trying to reach me
Help me to find what I don't wanna know
You're taking me there but I don't wanna go
I don't care it's all psychobabble rap to me

Psychobabble all psychobabble
Psychobabble all psychobabble


I don't care it's all psychobabble rap to me

You're readin' my mind
You won't look in my eyes
You say I do things that I don't realize
But I don't care it's all psychobabble rap to me

Psychobabble all psychobabble
Psychobabble all psychobabble

You're lighting a scene
That's faded to black
I threw it away 'cause I don't want it back
But I don't care it's all psychobabble rap


28.Some Other Time

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

In the matter of a moment
Lost till the end of time
It's the evening of another day
And the end of mine

Now the starlight which has found me
Lost for a million years
Tries to linger as it fills my eyes
Till it disappears

Could it be that somebody else
Is looking into my mind？

Some other place
Somewhere, some other time
Some other place
Somewhere, some other time

Like a mirror held before me
Large as the sky is wide
And the image is reflected
Back to the other side

Could it be that somebody else
Is looking into my mind？

Some other place
Somewhere, some other time
Some other place
Somewhere, some other time


29.The Three Of Me

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart Alexander Elliot, David Pack, Alan
Parsons, Andrew Powell

(Ahh ahh)
There's a voice on the phone
Who just called in to say
'Mr. Jones isn't home, he'll be gone for the day'

So he pulls down the blind
To adjust his disguise
But it's all in his mind which he proudly denies

Turn the boat back from the weir
Where to go from here, I can't hide from each face I see
Looking out from behind them is me

I'm attempting to guess
What they meant when they said
'Mr. Jones and his guest won't be using the bed'

So if I take the rap
While they stay out of sight
I can spring from the trap when the timing is right

One minute I think I know what I mean
The next I hear voices inside disagree
Why are they laughing at me？

Oww!
Ha ha ha ha
Oww!
Ha ha ha ha
Ah

So I pick up the phone
Someone's asking of me
Is the real Mr. Jones, Mister one, two or three？
(One two three)

So I say that they're not
But it's not as I say
'Cause they're all that I''ve got and I can't get away

Alice waves us through the glass, are we home at last？
For tomorrow they'll be here you see
Locked away safe inside there with me
'Cause tomorrow they'll be here you'll see
Locked away safe inside there with me

One minute I think I know what I mean
The next I hear voices inside disagree
Why are they laughing at me？


30.Turn It Up

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliot, Alan Parsons, Andrew Powell

It's no good believing in somebody else
If you can't believe in yourself
You give them the reason to take all the power and wealth
It's no good you trying to sit on the fence
And hope that the trouble will pass
'Cause sittin' on fences can make you a pain in the ass

If there's something you find to believe in
Then the message must get through
So don't just sit in silence
When you know what to do
Turn it up
Turn it up, make it louder
Turn it up
Turn it up, make it louder

There's no conversation if nobody speaks
And nothing gets done in the end
There's no confrontation when fantasy makes you its friend
So much injustice, too many lies
We don't have to look very far
But nothing will change if we leave things the way that they are

If there's something you find to believe in
Then the message must get through
So don't just sit in silence
When you know what to do
Turn it up
Turn it up, make it louder
Turn it up
Turn it up, make it louder
Ohh


If there's something you find to believe in
Then the message must get through
So don't just sit in silence
When you know what to do
Turn it up
Turn it up, make it louder
Turn it up
Turn it up, make it louder

Turn it up
(Turn it up)
(Turn it up)
Turn it up, make it louder
(Turn it up)
(Turn it up)
Turn it up
(Turn it up)
(Turn it up)
Turn, turn it up, make it louder
(Turn it up)
(Turn it up)


31.Wine From The Water

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliot, Alan Parsons, Andrew Powell

You can take me up, you can wind me down
There's no escape, but I'll never drown
No wires or strings, no rough and smooth
Just fire and stings, watch me closely, watch my every move
I can count your money while I check your hand
(Ooo ooo)
And you know I just can't lose

Wine from the water, gold from a tree
I wouldn't fool you, there's nothin' up my sleeve
Look for a mirror, there's nothin' there
I get rings out of nowhere, money from thin air

I can break these chains, while I'm upside down
Well, it may seem strange, I don't hit the ground
Now you see my hand is quicker than your eye
You should know by now, what you see here all of it's a lie
I can steal from your pocket when I shake your hand
Ooo ooo and I know you can't refuse

Wine from the water, gold from a tree
I wouldn't fool you, there's nothin' up my sleeve
Think of a number, I'll get it right
Throw me in the river, tie my hands up tight

I can wind you up, I can turn you 'round
No cunnin' stunt till the lady's found
No coils or springs, just nice and smooth
No knaves or kings, find the lady, watch my every move
I can count your money while I check your hand
Ooo ooo and you know I just can't lose

Wine from the water, gold from a tree
I wouldn't fool you, there's nothin' up my sleeve
Look for a mirror, no, nothin' there
I get rings out of nowhere, money from thin air

Wine from the water, gold from a tree
And I wouldn't fool you, there's nothin' up my sleeve
Think of a number, I'll get it right
Throw me in the river, tie my hands up tight

Wine from the water
(Oh, wine from the water)
Gold from a tree
(Good gold from a tree)
I wouldn't fool you, there's nothin' up my sleeve
(You know I wouldn't fool you)
(No no no no no)
Look for a mirror
(Look for a mirror)
There's nothin' there
(You know there's nothin' there)
I get rings out of nowhere
(Get the rings out of nowhere)
Money from thin air


32.Mr. Time

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Jacqui Copeland, Rick Driscoll, Stuart Elliot,
Alan Parsons, Andrew Powell

Stealing a moment from Mr.Time
He rocks in his chair like a shiny dime
But it's all for show, all for show
Wearing your name and a number or two
When the minute's up so are you
But everybody knows, everybody knows

Watching the hour from the light in his eyes
He waits for your soul to come in from the sky
But it's lost below, lost below
Turning the wheel of your destiny round
When the motion stops no more sounds
Does anybody care, anybody care

Where's the man？ Where's the child？
Wrapped together side by side
Who can tell you what to do？
When Mr.Time has come for you
See the truth, hear the lies
An' there be no compromise
Who can tell you what they knew？
When Mr.Time has come for you
When Mr.Time has come for you

Is it a feeling or deja vu？
When he points his finger callin' you
Is it illusion？ Just an illusion
Pickin' up seconds that fall to his feet
He blows them away as he rocks in his seat
Cool as his smile, his smile

Where's the man？ Where's the child？
Wrapped together side by side
Who can tell you what to do？
When Mr.Time has come for you
See the truth, hear the lies
Can there be no compromise
Who can tell you what they knew？
When Mr.Time has come for you

Where's the man？ Where's the child？
Wrapped together side by side
Who can tell you what to do？
When Mr.Time has come for you
See the truth, hear the lies
Can there be no compromise
Who can tell you what they knew？
When Mr.Time has come for you
When Mr.Time has come for you


33.I'm Talkin' To You

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart Alexander Elliot, David Pack, Alan
Parsons, Andrew Powell

(Ohhh)
Somehow you fell out of time
Boy, you lost your place in line
But don't even try
To drag me down too

I'm talkin' to you
I'm talkin' to you

One star rises, one falls from the sky
You're still hiding the way you feel inside
One word closer to things we need to say
One cut deeper to tear the past away

You think I don't know your mind
I know fools don't change with time
Until the warning signs
Come out of the blue

I'm talkin' to you
I'm talkin' to you

One light's burning, another fades away
Don't stand watching your dream go down in flames
One step closer the door is open wide
Come tomorrow, we'll see the other side

On and on until we change
Everything remains the same
On and on until we learn
On and on the wheels will turn

Wounded words and eyes that lie
You won't let your demons die
Take a look inside
Or you're gonna lose

I'm talkin' to you
(Talkin', talkin', talkin', talkin', talkin')
I'm talkin' to you
(Talkin', talkin', talkin', talkin', talkin')
To you

Ohh
Ohh, I'm talkin' to you
Whatever you do
The last laugh's on you

On and on until we change
Everything remains the same
On and on until we learn
On and on the wheels will turn

Somehow you fell out of time
Ooh, boy you lost your place in line
One star rises, one star falls
(Somehow you fell out of time)
Do you even care at all？
(Boy you lost your place in line)
This time

I'm talkin' to you
(I'm talkin' to you)
I'm talkin' to you
(I'm talkin' to you)
I'm talkin' to you


34.Games People Play

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Where do we go from here
Now that all other children are growin' up
And how do we spend our lives
If there's no one to lend us a hand

I don't wanna live here no more
I don't wanna stay
Ain't gonna spend the rest of my life
Quietly fading away

Games people play, you take it or you leave it
Things that they say, honor brite
If I promise you the moon and the stars, would you believe it
Games people play in the middle of the night

Where do we go from here
Now that all of the children have grown up
And how do we spend our time
Knowin' nobody gives us a damn

I don't wanna live here no more
I don't wanna stay
Ain't gonna spend the rest of my life
Quietly fading away, yeah

Games people play, you take it or you leave it
Things that they say, just don't make it right
If I'm tellin' you the truth right now, do you believe it
Games people play in the middle of the night

Games people play, you take it or you leave it
Things that they say, honor brite
If I promise you the moon and the stars, would you believe it
Games people play in the middle of the night

Games people play, you take it or you leave it
Things that they say, just don't make it right
If I'm tellin' you the truth right now, do you believe it
Games people play in the middle of the night


35.Light Of The World

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

I am just a stranger in a promised land
I am only learning a game with rules I don't understand
Going 'round in circles, I've been 'round before
I am lost in so many ways, I can walk no more
I can walk no more

I am just a drifter on an open sea
But no matter how much I try, the tide will not turn for me
Going 'round in circles till I reach the shore
I am blown by so many winds, I can take no more
I can take no more

Light of the world, I stand alone
'Cause I could not see the light of the world
Show me the fire in a true believer's eye

I am just a dreamer when I close my eyes
I can fly so close to the sun that I cannot see it rise
Going 'round in circles in a silent sky
I am lost for so many words, I cannot say why
I cannot say why

Light of the world, I stand alone
'Cause I could not see the light of the world
Show me the fire in a true believer's eye

Just a traveler on an endless flight
But no matter which way I turn, I journey into the night
Going 'round in circles till the mountains fall
To believe in so many truths makes no sense at all
Makes no sense at all

Light of the world, I stand alone
'Cause I could not see the light of the world
I was afraid 'cause I could not see the light of the world
Show me the fire in a true believer's eye

So many ways
So many ways


36.Call Up

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart A Elliott, Alan Parsons

No one ever lived a thousand years
Not like things we do or say
Some of those who really changed this world
We would welcome back today
They could really light the way

So call up Otis
Call up Marvin
Call for Buddy
Bring them on

Call for Ludwig
And for Johann
We need Lennon
We mean John

Words live longer than a thousand years
Listen hard to what they say
Single voices that would change this world
We would welcome back today
They would really light the way

So call up Jimi
Let's have Stevie
Look for Miles
To take the floor

Call for Billie
Yell for Ella
Call up Elvis
We'll need more

So call up Einstein
Bring back Darwin
Call for Newton
And Luther King

We need Gandhi
Call Da Vinci
Call for Jesus
And ask Him in

If we live another thousand years
Who could help along the way？
Some of those who came and changed this world
We would welcome back today
They would really light the way

So call up Garbo
Let's have Mansfield
Maybe Monroe
No, she's for sure

Call Sinatra
Come on Crosby
Is that Bogie
At the door？

Bring on Bergman
How about Dietrich？
Let's have James Dean
Leave the car

Call Picasso
We need Monet
Let's have Rembrandt
And Renoir

Call up Groucho
Come on Gable
Bring on Hitchcock
And let's get wilde

Come on Gershwin
Let's call Porter
Maybe Duke
Could show some style

Call up Shakespeare
Bring on Byron
We need Shelley
And maybe Keats

Come on Wordsworth
Bring on Browning
Robert Burns


37.Press Rewind

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliott, Alan Parsons

If you could press rewind and do it all again
Would you change your mind, would you change a thing？
Would you make it easy, would you make it hard？
Would you play the game under another name
Or ask the dealer for one more card？

Bang your drum, sing your song
Don't give up, keep the faith, it won't be long
You've been high, you've been high and you've been low
Press rewind and let it go, let it go

Have you had your say, seen all you wanted to see？
Or did your dream give way to reality？
Don't think it's all too late for you to even try
Before you clip your wings, see what this life brings
You've waited too long, it's time to fly

Bang your drum, sing your song
Don't give up, keep the faith, it won't be long
You've been high, you've been high and you've been low
Press rewind and let it go

Do you believe in fate and what is meant to be？
Could you imagine life without a guarantee？
Would you appreciate that time was on your side？
A flash of second sight, a chance to do it right
Is something money just can't buy？

Bang your drum, sing your song
Don't give up, keep the faith, it won't be long
You've been high, you've been high and you've been low
Press rewind and let it go

Bang your drum, sing your song
Don't give up, keep the faith, it won't be long
You've been high, you've been high and you've been low
Press rewind and let it go

Bang your drum, sing your song
Don't give up, keep the faith, it won't be long
You've been high, you've been high and you've been low
Press rewind and let it go


38.Siren Song

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliot, Frank Musker, Alan Parsons,
Andrew Powell

Days go by, adrift upon a rolling sky
The miracles escape my eyes
But I still hope

Time, regret
Is this as good as life can get？
It's only when the spirit sets me free I cope

If I seek in every corner
(Aah)
If I search in every doorway
(Aah)
When the water turns to wine, will I believe？
(Aah)

If I navigate the river
(Aah)
Would you take me to your island？
(Aah)
Sing the siren song so I can never leave
(Aah)

Long and wide
Eternity from side to side
Lead me through the rapids
Guide me to the shore

There's a place
That's far beyond this time and space
When each of us comes face to face with something more

If I open up the channel
(Aah)
Would you send me information？
(Aah)
If you tune me to your station I'll receive
(Aah)

If I navigate the river
(Aah)
Would you take me to your island？
(Aah)
Sing the siren song so I can never leave
(Aah)

Ooh
Plans can fail
But only fail to understand
The pyramid will turn to sand and I'll be here

I will be here
And I'll be here
I will be here
(Ooh)


39.Back Against The Wall

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliot, Alan Parsons, Andrew Powell

Stand up, and with your hand on the Bible
Tell the truth to one and all
'Cause you know that feeling
When you've got your back against the wall

My God, it's only Tuesday tomorrow
Your loved one's gone an' blown it all
Now you've got no money
And you feel your back against the wall

Well, if you talk to your brothers
And they don't give a damn
And you look like you're gonna fall
You can call my number
When you feel your back against the wall

Some tripper's got you right in a corner
And you feel you're gonna lose it all
Now you don't want trouble
But you feel your back's against the wall

So the guy moves forward but you hold him away
Shit there's no one there to hear your call
So you take your chances
And you push him back against the wall

Now the guy's in the gutter
And you don't give a damn
And he looks kind of weak an' small
'Cause you called his number
When you felt your back against the wall

Stand up, and with your hand on the Bible
Tell the truth to one and all
(Stand up on the wall)
'Cause you know that feeling
When you've got your back against the wall
(Got your back against the wall)


Well, if you talk to your brothers
And they don't give a damn
And you look like you're gonna fall
You can call my number
When you feel your back against the wall

Feel your back against the wall
Feel your back against the wall


40.Oh Life (There Must Be More)

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliot, David Pack, Alan Parsons, Andrew
Powell

Waves roll out
Out to sea
Tasting the saltwater
Tears upon her cheeks

Morning breaks, she's not there
Who could ever find her？
Who would even care？
Oh ohh

No one heard
No one came
No angel of mercy
Appears to know her name

Where is hope
When words fail？
All the colors running
Inside when life turns pale

Oh, in the docks the boats are harbored
Where the water's cold and still
'Oh' life, she cries, 'I've lost the will'
From the bridge she sees a lifetime
Being washed upon the shore
'Oh life', she cries, 'There must be more'

Tides roll in
Waters rise
Any chance of reason
Only clouds her eyes

Arms of grace
She won't feel
All the wounds inside her
That time can never heal

The city lights shine seaward
Swirling in her trance
Her eyes upon the water
Alone in her last dance

From the docks the boats are leaving
As she cries into the dawn
'Oh life, I'm barely holdin' on'
And she sees her future falling till it finds the ocean floor
'Oh life', she cries, 'There must be more, oh'
There must be more, oh

And with the early light
She'll sail into the clear
The winds are all behind her
The hour's almost here

Oh, from the bridge she hears the voices turn into a roar
'Oh life', she cries, 'There must be more'
On the dock her soul is sinking but her spirit longs to soar
'Oh life', she cries, 'There must be more'

There must be more
There must be more
Oh life, I'm barely holdin' on, ohh
There must be more
There must be more
Oh life there must be something more, ohh


41.Breakdown

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

I breakdown in the middle and lose my thread
No one can understand a word that I say
When I breakdown just a little and lose my head
Nothing I try to do can work the same way

Any time it happened, I'd get over it
With a little help from all my best friends
Anybody else could see what's wrong with me
But they walk away and just pretend

When I breakdown

I breakdown in the middle and lose my thread
No one can understand a word that I say
When I breakdown just a little and lose my head
Nothing I try to do can work the same way

Where are all the friends who used to talk to me？
All they ever told me was good news
People that I've never seen are kind to me
Is it any wonder I'm confused？

When I breakdown
When I breakdown

(Freedom, freedom, we will not obey)
(Freedom, freedom, take the wall away)
Take the wall away
(Freedom, freedom, we will not obey)
(Freedom, freedom, take the wall away)
Where are all my friends？
I'm so confused
Take the wall away
(Freedom, freedom)
Take the wall away
(Freedom, freedom)
Will somebody help me？


42.What Goes Up Must Come Down

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

What goes up must come down
What must rise must fall
And what goes on in your life
Is writing on the wall!

If all things must fall
Why build a miracle at all？
If all things must pass
Even a miracle won't last

What goes up must come down
What must stand alone
And what goes on in your mind
Is turning into stone!

If all things must fall
Why build a miracle at all？
If all things must pass
Even a pyramid won't last

How can you be so sure？
How do you know what the end will endure？
How can you be so sure
That the wonders you've made in your life will be seen
By the millions who'll follow to visit the site
Of your dream？

What goes up must come down
What goes 'round must come 'round
What's been lost must be found


43.I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

If I had a mind to
I wouldn't wanna think like you
And if I had time to
I wouldn't wanna talk to you, oh

I don't care what you do
I wouldn't want to be like you, yeah

If I was high class
I wouldn't need a buck to pass
And if I was a fall guy
I wouldn't need no alibi

I don't care what you do
I wouldn't want to be like you, oh

Back on the bottom line
Diggin' for a lousy dime, hey
If I hit a mother lode
I'd cover anything that showed, oh

I don't care what you do
I wouldn't want to be like you, oh

I don't care what you do
I wouldn't want to, I wouldn't want to be like you
I wouldn't want to be like you


44.You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Watch me closely, catch my eye
If you do I beg you to remind me
Who is stronger, who is weak, of those who seek
And don't know where to find me

Ask me why, I don't know
You ask me why and I say

Now you see me, now you don't
I thought by now you'd learned
You're gonna get your fingers burned, hey yeah
You're gonna get your fingers burned

Watch me closely, understand
That what you see is only an illusion
If I'm wrong and you are right
Then I will light your darkness with confusion

Ask me why, I don't know
You ask me why and I say

Chances are, you're playing with fire
I thought by now you'd learned
You're gonna get your fingers burned, hey yeah
You're gonna get your fingers burned
Watch me

Watch me closely, be aware
That all I do is only to surprise you
Every move is slight of hand
And every word is planned to mystify you

You ask me why, I don't know
You ask me why and I say

Don't get fooled a second time
I thought by now you'd learned
You're gonna get your fingers burned, yeah yeah
You're gonna get your fingers burned

You're gonna get your fingers burned
You're gonna get your fingers burned
You're gonna get your fingers burned
You're gonna get your fingers burned


45.Eye in the Sky

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Don't think sorry's easily said
Don't try turning tables instead
You've taken lots of chances before
But I ain't gonna give any more
Don't ask me that's how it goes
'Cause part of me knows what you're thinking

Don't say words you're gonna regret
Don't let the fire rush to your head
I've heard the accusation before
And I ain't gonna take any more
Believe me the sun in your eyes
Made some of the lies worth believing

I am the eye in the sky looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
And I don't need to see any more to know that

I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind

Don't leave false illusions behind
Don't cry I ain't changing my mind
So find another fool like before
'Cause I ain't gonna live anymore believing
Some of the lies while all of the signs are deceiving

I am the eye in the sky looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
And I don't need to see any more to know that

I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind

I am the eye in the sky looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
And I don't need to see any more to know that

I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind


46.A Dream Within A Dream

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Norman Woolfson

For my own part
I have never had a thought
Which I could not set down in words
With even more distinctness
Than that with which I conceived it

There is however a class of fancies
Of exquisite delicacy, which are not thoughts
And to which as yet I have found it
Absolutely impossible to adapt to language

These fancies arise in the soul
Alas how rarely, only at epochs
Of most intense tranquility
When the bodily and mental
Health are in perfection

And at those weird points of time
Where the confines of the waking world
Blend with the world of dreams
And so I captured this fancy
Where all that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream


47.Children Of The Moon

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Pay no attention to the writing on the wall
The words seem empty 'cause there's nothing there at all
We let the wise men beat the drums too soon
We were just children of the moon
No one to turn to, nowhere to run to even if we could

Too late to save us but try to understand
The seas were empty there was hunger in the land
We let the blind man lead the way too long
Easy to see where we went wrong
Nothing to live for, nothing to die for

We're lost in the middle of a hopeless world
Lost in the middle of a hopeless world
Children, children of the moon watch the world go by
Children, children of the moon are hiding from the sun and the
sky

Children, children of the moon watch it all go by
Children, children of the moon are blinded by the light in their
eyes
No one to turn to, nowhere to run to even if we could

Follow the pilgrim to the Temple of the Dawn
The altar's empty and the sacrifice is gone
We let the madmen write the golden rules
We were no more than mortal fools
Nothing to live for, nothing to die for

We're lost in the middle of a hopeless world
Lost in the middle of a hopeless world
Children, children of the moon watch the world go by
Children, children of the moon hiding from the sky


48.Turn Of A Friendly Card Part 1

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

There are unsmiling faces and bright plastic chains
And a wheel in perpetual motion
And they follow the races and pay out the gains
With no show of an outward emotion

And they think it will make their lives easier
For God knows up till now it's been hard

But the game never ends
When your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends
When your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card

There's a sign in the desert that lies to the west
Where you can't tell the night from the sunrise
And not all the king's horse and all the king's men
Have prevented the fall of the unwise

For they think it will make their lives easier
And God knows uptil now it's been hard

But the game never ends
When your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends
When your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card

But a pilgrim must follow in search of a shrine
As he enters inside the cathedral


49.(The System Of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Norman Woolfson

Just what you need to make you feel better
Just what you need to make you feel
Just what you need to make you feel better
Just what you need to make you feel

At the far end of your tether
And your thoughts won't fit together
So you sleep light or whatever
And the night goes on forever

Then your mind change like the weather
You're in need of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether

Just what you need to make you feel better
Just what you need to make you feel
Just what you need to make you feel better
Just what you need to make you feel

Even clouds seem bright and breezy
'Cause the livin' is free and easy
See the rat race in a new way
Like you're walkin' up to a new day

It's a wise thing if you're clever
Take a lead from Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether

Find the end of the rainbow
Fly wherever the winds blow
Laugh at life like a sideshow
Just what you need to make you feel better

Just what you need to make you feel better
Just what you need to make you feel
Just what you need to make you feel better
Just what you need to make you feel

Satisfaction altogether
Guaranteed by Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether

Find the end of the rainbow
Fly wherever the winds blow
Laugh at life like a sideshow
Just what you need to make you feel better

Don't stop bringin' the girls 'round
Don't start havin' a showdown
Keep on handin' the jug round
All that you need is wine and good company

Just what you need to make you feel better
Just what you need to make you feel
Just what you need to make you feel better
Just what you need to make you feel


50.Dancing On A Highwire

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

We're living in a different reality
We're toeing the same line
We give in we call it neutrality
A joke with no punchline

The silver plated hero
Meets a golden hearted whore
The odds will give you zero
She'll be leaving in a few days more

Moving on forever
Maybe she don't care
Holding on together
Maybe it just ain't there

You're dancing on a highwire
Need to be so sure
There used to be a lifeline
There isn't anymore

We are the same with no similarity
Talk at the same time
We believe in freedom and charity
As long as I get mine

The ivory madonna
Is walking through the door
You watch her from a window
It doesn't matter anymore

Moving on forever
Maybe she don't care
Holding on together
Maybe it just ain't there

You're dancing on a highwire
You need to be so sure
There used to be a lifeline
There isn't anymore

Moving on forever
Maybe she don't care
Holding on together
Maybe it just ain't there

You're dancing on a highwire
Need to be so sure
There used to be a lifeline
There isn't anymore

Dancing on a highwire
You need to be so sure
There used to be a lifeline
There isn't anymore


51.Too Close To The Sun

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliott, Alan Parsons

There must be a thousand ways
Holding us within this maze
Every path we take, leads us astray

Comfort me, my only son
Till the day my work is done
There's no earthly reason, we should stay

And when the wind gets under these wings
You will feel what freedom brings
Stay right by me, walk, don't run
I don't want you flying too close to the sun

Turn your eyes towards the light
Steal away in silent flight
The skies are calling out to you and me

Over sea and over land
God protect us with your hand
Bring us safely to our destiny

And when the wind gets under these wings
We can taste what freedom brings
Stay right by me, walk, don't run
I don't want you flying too close to the sun

God, forgive his fall from grace
The sea conceals his resting place
Can we learn to stay behind the line？

If we have the means to fly
Some of us will surely die
Being reckless was his only crime

And when the wind gets under these wings
We can taste what freedom brings
Stay right by me, walk, don't run
I don't want you flying too close to the sun
Too close to the sun, too close to the sun, too close


52.Blown By The Wind

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart A Elliott, Alan Parsons

All along the shoreline
There are footprints by the sea
They head into the distance
Then they lead right back to me

I made the break to freedom
Now I'm following the dream
You're never going to get here
If you hold the old routine

Now everything that we possess
That fills our empty lives
Is only good for leaving far behind

We are blown by the wind
Just like clouds in the sky
We don't know where we're going
Don't know why

We just ride with the wind
And we'll drive through the rain
We don't know where we'll get to
Or if we'll get back again

Call along the valley
And you just may find us there
I couldn't say for sure
Because we may be anywhere

Head into the sunset
Or just wander out to sea
Wherever your heart leads you
Is the place you're meant to be

And someone who could be impressed
With ordinary lies
Could really use a little peace of mind

We are blown by the wind
Just like clouds in the sky
We don't know where we'll go
But we'll get by

We just ride with the wind
And we'll drive through the rain
We don't know where we'll get to
Or if we'll get back again

Now everything that we possess
That fills our empty lives
Is only good for leaving far behind

We are blown by the wind
Just like clouds in the sky
We don't know where we're going
Don't know why

We just ride with the wind
And we'll drive through the rain
We don't know where we'll get to
Or if we'll get back again


53.Beaujolais

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

No clock beside my bed, don't try to wake me
No phone upon my wall, who's going to call？
No knock upon my door, no news to shake me
Nights like the one before, I can't take no more

Beaujolais goes straight to my head
Beaujolais puts me to shame and I don't know
Why I'm in this place or how I came
Beaujolais and I go crazy, Beaujolais, I can't explain
But it helps me to forget the past and ease the pain

One race that I can't win with an alter ego
One chance to sink or swim, what am I to do？
One tail that I can't shake, wherever I go, he go
One circuit I can't break, it's a catch twenty two

Beaujolais goes straight to my head
Beaujolais, the one to blame and I don't know
Why I'm in this place or how I came
Beaujolais will be my ruin, Beaujolais, I can't complain
'Cause it helps me to forget the past and ease the pain

Beaujolais, Beaujolais, Beaujolais goes straight to my head
Beaujolais puts me to shame and I don't know
Why I'm in this place or how I came
Beaujolais and I go crazy, Beaujolais, I can't explain
But it helps me to forget the past and ease the pain

Beaujolais goes straight to my head
Beaujolais, the one to blame and I don't know
Why I'm in this place or how I came
Beaujolais will be my ruin, Beaujolais, I can't complain
'Cause it helps me to forget the past and ease the pain

Beaujolais, Beaujolais, Beaujolais
Beaujolais, Beaujolais, Beaujolais
Beaujolais, Beaujolais, Beaujolais
Beaujolais, Beaujolais, Beaujolais


54.I Don't Wanna Go Home

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

'Go back home', you damn fool
Surely you know you can't win
You should've never have come near this place
You should have stayed outside
(Lookin' up)

It's too late to turn back
Nobody asked you to try
But they blinded you with diamonds
And all the money that money can buy

And I'm so afraid of being on my own
But I don't wanna go home

'You can't win', you damn fool
You drank all the wine from the cup
And your painted lady's gone now
And you're way back on the downside
(Lookin' up)

You can't catch the monkey on your back
Nobody asked you to try
But for every heart they held a spade
And you lost more than money can buy

And I'm so afraid of being on my own
But I don't wanna go home

I'm like a washed up rag, tattered and torn, yeah
I wish I'd never been born

And I'm so afraid of being on my own
But I don't wanna go home

I'm like a down and out just blowin' my horn
Oh, I don't wanna go home

I'm like a washed up rag, tattered and torn
Oh, I don't wanna go home, yeah


55.I Can't Look Down

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliott, Alan Parsons

Another passenger, your baggage, thank you sir
I don't wanna go
What am I doing here？ I feel so sick with fear
God, don't let it show

I must control myself
You must control me too

Cover my eyes 'cause I'm so high
I can't look down
I'm scared to fly and I'm so high
I can't look down

They say they'll care for me but I would rather be
Both feet on the ground
What if the engine dies？ These are no friendly skies
My head's spinning round

It's all a twist of fate
But it's myself I hate

Cover my eyes 'cause I'm so high
I can't look down
Afraid to fly and I'm so high
I can't look down

I must control myself
You must control me too

Cover my eyes 'cause I'm so high
I can't look down
Afraid to fly and I'm so high
I can't look down

Cover my eyes 'cause I'm so high
I can't look down
Afraid to fly and I'm so high
I can't look down

I can't look down
I can't look down
I can't look down
...


56.Let Me Go Home

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Yea yea
Ha ha ha
Ooh

Waitin' till the sun goes down
Shadows walk in the night
Livin' in a fantasy in and out of dreams
Nothin' is the way it seems

Let me go home
I had a bad night leave me alone
Let me go home
I've had a hard time being on my own

Every way I turn my eyes
Shadows pass in the night, uhh
Haunted by reality livin' out of dreams
Nothin' is the way it seems

Let me go home
I've had a bad night leave me alone
Let me go home
I've had a hard time being on my own

I'm waitin' till the sun goes down
Shadows talk in the night, huh
Living out a fantasy slippin' into dreams
Nothin' is the way it seems

Let me go home
I've had a bad night leave me alone
Let me go home
I've had a hard time being on my own

Let me go home
I've had a bad night leave me alone
Let me go home
I've had a hard night, yea ooh

Let me go home
I've had a bad night leave me alone
Let me go home


57.One Day To Fly

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart Alex Elliott, Scott David English, Alan
Parsons

Where does a dream belong
Locked in the mind, on the edge of time
Like a ship lost in a storm

How do we find the key
Longing to see, through the artist's eye
Maybe only birds can fly

The man must be insane, who knows
A mind alive with images so strange
So close but never rode the sky

Watching the birds as they sail on the wind
Trying to figure out the reason why
Picturing wings held together with string
One day to fly

As someone said and I believe
Try if you dare, you can walk on air
A dream is all you need

A circle that takes you high
Lighter than air as the earth goes by
Through a spiral in the sky

The man must be insane, who knows？
A mind alive with images so strange
So close but never rode the sky

Watching the birds as they sail on the wind
Trying to figure out the reason why
Picturing wings held together with string
One day to fly

Just a charcoal sketch on canvas
Made them laugh but now they see
That the artist had a vision of
The wind could set us free

It's a bridge until tomorrow
Taking us beyond the sun
As the artist paints his picture now
The story's just begun

Analyzing, criticizing fear of the unknown
Theorizing, visualizing
The road to take us home

If it takes forever someone's gonna fly
We may never get to heaven
But still we're gonna try, try

Watching the birds as they sail on the wind
One day to fly


58.Fall Free

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliott, Alan Parsons

What's the use of worrying if we'll be here tomorrow
All we need to be is here today
Don't care if you're rich or if you have to beg and borrow
You can always find a way

Dive and breakaway

Fall free, freedom's in the air
It's calling you, your heart is there
Fall free, blaze across the sky
The perfect fall, the perfect high

Mother earth looks peaceful as we climb towards the ceiling
We must be ten thousand feet or more
Hear the wind rush screaming while we fight to curb our feelings
As we stand beside the door

Let our spirits soar

Fall free, freedom's in the air
It's calling you, your heart is there
Fall free, blaze across the sky
The perfect fall, the perfect high

Fall free, freedom's in the air
It's calling you, your heart is there
Fall free, blaze across the sky
The perfect fall, the perfect high


59.Brother Up In Heaven

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart A Elliott, Alan Parsons

A boy flies for freedom
But dies for the peace
In the clouds, he waits for an answer
But there's no release

It's strange here without you
And it's so hard to see
So brother up in heaven
Please wait up for me

Oh, brother up in heaven
Please wait up for me

I still see his shadow
His laugh lingers on
When I dream, we're all back together
When I wake, he's gone

It's strange here without you
This was not meant to be
So brother up in heaven
Please wait up for me

And though we try to change the world
A flower when it's cut will surely die
So why do men with so much hate
Destroy what they cannot create
While we all stand by

We look back in anger
But you helped us to see
So brother up in heaven
Please wait up for me

Oh, brother up in heaven
Please wait up for me


60.No Future In The Past

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliott, Alan Parsons

Yesterdays come easy
They're looking back at you
The sun will rise tomorrow
There's nothing you can do

It's the same old story
Coming 'round again
What is done is done now
You know you can't hold back the rain

And there's no future in the past
So take it slow, you're getting nowhere fast
You could be saving the situation now
You'd better run like the devil if you still know how

You know the tide is turning
It's got you on the run
Your last bridge is burning
No time for having fun

Time will wait for no one
To get their days work done
We're in this boat together
You know one and one and one ain't one

And there's no future in the past
So take it slow, you're getting nowhere fast
You could be saving the situation now
You'd better run

We've come a long long way
Maybe one day you'll see the light
But don't, don't let it die
Don't let it fade away into the night

Yesterdays come easy
They're looking back at you
The sun will rise tomorrow
There's nothing you can do

It's the same old story
It's coming 'round again
What is done is done now
You know you can't hold back the rain

And there's no future in the past
So take it slow, you're getting nowhere fast
You know you're getting nowhere fast
You could be saving the situation now
You'd better run like the devil if you still know how

No future in the past
So take it slow, you're getting nowhere fast
You know you're getting nowhere fast
You could be saving the situation now
You'd better run


61.One Good Reason

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Gimme one good reason why I should listen to you？
I need one good reason why I should do
What you want me to？
Gimme some air or I can't breathe
I can't see so I can't believe
Show me just a little more
Woh oh gimme one

Gimme one good reason why I should listen to you？
I need one good reason why I should do
What you want me to？
Under your thumb ain't no place to hide
I can't choose and I can't decide
Gotta be a better way
Oh oh gimme one, gimme one

I keep makin' the same mistake
No win no lose no give and no take
I'm just playin' a simple game
And I don't wanna ask you again and again

For one good reason why I should listen to you
Just one good reason why I should do
What you want me to？
Under your spell ain't no place to be
Don't mess around with a fool like me
Help me just a little more
Woh oh gimme one, gimme one

Well I keep making the same mistake
No win no lose no give and no take
And I'm just playing a simple game
And I don't wanna ask you again and again

For one good reason why I should listen to you
Just one good reason why I should do
What you want me to？
Pull on the string you hold in your hand
Making me jump like a one man band
Gotta be a better way
Oh oh gimme one

(One good reason)
One good reason
(One good reason)
One good reason
...


62.Since The Last Goodbye

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

The hours the minutes seem to fly
And since the last goodbye you and I came a long way
Nights too short to fill with sleep
Or fallin' in too deep seem so far away now

Memories, all we share between us
Everything we were, all that we remain
But memories somehow came between us
Breakin' up two minds that were one and the same

The years are moments passing by
No time to wonder why you and I went the wrong way
Days too short to fill with dreams or question what it means
Are a part of me now

Remember all the leaves were falling
Walking hand in hand, standing in the rain
Remember distant voices calling
Whispers in the dark, I can hear them again

Since the last goodbye
It's all the wrong way round
Since the last goodbye
It's all the wrong way round

Memories, all we share between us
Everything we were, all that we remain
But memories somehow came between us
Breakin' up two minds that were one and the same

Since the last goodbye
It's all the wrong way round
Since the last goodbye
It's all the wrong way round

(Since the last goodbye)
Since the last goodbye
It's all the wrong way round
(It's all the wrong way round)
Since the last goodbye
It's all the wrong way round


63.Pyromania

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

There are pyramids in my head
There's one underneath my bead
And my lady's getting cranky
Every possible location
Has a simple explanation
And it isn't hanky-panky

I had read somewhere in a book
They improve all your food and your wine
It said, that everything you grow
In your garden would taste pretty fine
Instead, all I ever get is a pain in the neck
And a yap, yap, yap, yap, yap, yap, yap

I've consulted all the sages
I could find in the yellow pages
But there aren't many of them
And the myan panoramas
On my pyramid pajamas
Haven't helped my little problem

I've been told someone in the know
Can be sure that his luck
Is as good as gold, money in the bank
And you don't even pay for it if you fold
A dollar bill in the shape of the pyramid
That's printed on the back

It's no lie you can keep the edge of a razor
As sharp as an eagle's eye, you can grow a hedge
That is vertically straight over ten feet high
All you really need is a pyramid and just a little luck

I had read somewhere in a book
They improve all your food and wine
I'd been told, someone in the know
Can be sure of his good luck and it's no lie
All you need is a little bit of pyramidic help


64.Shadow of a Lonely Man

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Look at me now
A shadow of the man I used to be
Look through my eyes
And through the years of loneliness you'll see

To the times in my life
When I could not bear to lose a simple game
And the least of it all
Was the fortune and the fame

But the dream seemed to end
Just as soon as it had begun, was I to know？
For the last thing of all that was on my mind
Was the close at the end of the show

The shadow of a lonely man
Feels nobody else
In the shadow of a lonely, lonely man
I can see myself

Looking out of nowhere
Looking out of nowhere

But the sound of the crowds
When they come to see me now is not the same
And the jest of it all
Is I can't recall my name

But I cling to a hope
Till I can't hold on anymore, anymore
And for all the acclaim, I am all alone
And I see as I look through the door

The shadow of a lonely man
There's nobody else
In the shadow of a lonely, lonely man
I can see myself

Look at me now
A shadow of the man I used to be


65.You're the Voice

Lyricist：Andy Qunta, Keith Reid, Maggie Ryder, Chris Thompson

We have the chance to turn the pages over
We can write what we want to write
We gotta make ends meet before we get much older

We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun？

You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear, whoa whoa
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear, whoa whoa

This time we know we all can stand together
But with the power to be powerful
Believing we can make it better

Mmm, we're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun？ Oh oh

You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear, whoa whoa
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear, whoa whoa

We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun？ Oh

You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear, whoa whoa
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear, whoa whoa

(Try and understand, yeah)
You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear, whoa whoa
(We're not gonna sit in silence)
We're not gonna sit in silence
(We're not gonna live with fear)
We're not gonna live with fear, whoa whoa

You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear, whoa whoa
(We're not gonna sit in silence)
We're not gonna sit in silence
(We're not gonna live with fear)
We're not gonna live with fear, whoa whoa

(Try and understand, yeah)
You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear, whoa whoa
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear, whoa whoa


66.Temporalia

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliott, Alan Parsons

When you look into a night sky
You see the stars far away
You're seeing them because of the light
Which travels from them to you

Now it takes time for light to travel here
So what you're doing is seeing the stars as they were in the
past
The amount of time it has taken for the light to reach us
And the further and further away those stars are
The further back in time you are looking

Now you are seeing a star that is say six thousand years ago
Imagine somebody on that star looking at us
They would be seeing us as we were six thousand years ago
Which of those two is now？

So space and time are linked together
As we are looking across space, we are looking back in time


67.The Tell-Tale Heart

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Norman Woolfson

You should have seen him
Lying alone in helpless silence in the night
You should have seen him
You would have seen his eye reflecting in the light

So for the old man
Ashes to ashes, earth to earth and dust to dust
No one will see me
No one with guilt to share, no secret soul to trust

And he won't be found at all
Not a trace to mark his fall
Nor a stain upon the wall

Louder and louder
Till I could tell the sound was not within my ears
And you should have seen me
You would have seen my eyes grow wide and cold with fear

Heard all the things in Heaven and Earth
I've seen many things in Hell
But his vulture's eye of a cold pale blue
It's the eye of the Devil himself

Take me away now
But let the silence drown the beating of his heart
I can't go on
Let me be free from this wretched secret that I carry
Please set me free


68.Somebody Out There

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Maybe I'm imagining the things they say about me
Maybe there is really nothing there at all
Standing in the middle while the rumors fly around me
Hiding from a shadow on an empty wall

When my back is turned he's up to something else
And I must not stop believing in myself
Am I dreaming will the nightmare just go on
And never end

Somebody out there, says that he's you
Somebody out there, talks like you do
He calls up your number
And you can't get through somebody out there

I wish that I could run away and leave it all behind me
I wish I wasn't hurt by all the things they say
If I didn't need to know the simple truth about me
Wouldn't it be easier to walk away

And I don't need more confusion in my life
No more pain and disillusion in my life
If I'm dreaming will the nightmare just go on
And never end

Somebody out there, using your name
Somebody out there, you get the blame
There's doubt and suspicion
It's hard to explain somebody out there

And I don't need more confusion in my life
No more pain and disillusion in my life
If I'm dreaming will the nightmare just go on
And never end

Somebody out there, stolen your base
Somebody out there, parked in your place
You've no reservation, he's taken your place

Somebody out there, wasting your time
Somebody out there, using your dime
Your friends think you're crazy
You're way out of line

Somebody out there, says that he's you
Somebody out there, thinks like you do
You stare at the mirror
You're looking into somebody out there, somebody out there


69.The Cask of Amontillado

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Norman Woolfson

By the last breath of the four winds that blow
I'll have revenge upon fortunate
Smile in his face I'll say, 'Come let us go'
I've a cask of amontillado

Sheltered inside from the cold of the snow
Follow me now to the vault down below
Drinking the wine as we laugh at the time
Which is passing incredibly slow

(What are these chains that are binding my arm？)
Part of you dies each passing day
(Say it's a game and I'll come to no harm)
You'll feel your life slipping away

You who are rich and whose troubles are few
May come around to see my point of view
What price the crown of a king on his throne
When you're chained in the dark all alone

(Spare me my life only name your reward)
Part of you dies each brick I lay
(Bring back some light in the name of the Lord)
You'll feel your mind slipping away


70.May Be A Price To Pay

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Something's wrong in this house today
While the master was riding the servants decided to play
Something's wrong in this house today
Something's been going on, there may be a price to pay

There's evil brewing, getting out of control
And I'm helpless, I can't put it right
Something unrighteous is possessing my soul
And it's cold in the heat of the night

Something's wrong in this house today
While the sorcerer slept the apprentice decided to play

While the master was hiding the servants decided to play
Might be too much sun or too much of something in the air
Whatever's happening nobody else is aware

There's evil brewing, getting out of control
And I'm helpless, I can't put it right
Something unrighteous is possessing my soul
And it's cold in the heat of the night

Something's wrong in this house today
Something's been going on, there may be a price to pay


71.Silence And I

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

If I cried out loud
Over sorrows I've known
And the secrets I've heard
It would ease my mind
Someone sharing the load
But I won't breathe a word

We're two of a kind, silence and I
We need a chance to talk things over
Two of a kind, silence and I
We'll find a way to work it out

When the children laughed
I was always afraid
Of the smile of the clown
So I close my eyes
Till I can't see the light
And I hide from the sound

Oh, we're two of a kind, silence and I
We need a chance to talk things over
Two of a kind, silence and I
We'll find a way to work it out

I can hear the cry
Of the leaf on a tree
As it falls to the ground
I can hear the call
Of an echoing voice
And there's no one around

Oh, we're two of a kind, silence and I
We need a chance to talk things over
Two of a kind, silence and I
We'll find a way to work it out


72.Gemini

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Watching, waiting, rising, falling
Listening, calling, drifting
Touching, feeling, seeing, believing
Hoping, sending, leaving

I couldn't say why you and I are Gemini
If I tried to write a million words a day
I see your shadow coming closer
Then watch you drifting away

Watching, waiting, rising, falling
Listening, calling, drifting
Touching, feeling, seeing, believing
Hoping, sending, leaving

I couldn't say why you and I are Gemini
We are traveling a million worlds away
I see your shadow coming closer
And watch you drifting away
Watch you drifting away


73.Step By Step

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

I was just a joker in a serious game
I didn't have the heart to play
But sooner or later
I'll find a reason to throw it away

Risin' on the crest of a natural wave
That never seems to break my way
I'm livin' without it
But I got to do somethin' about it

Step by step, little by little
(Move a little closer to me)
Step by step, take it line by line
(One day at a time)
Move, move, move, move a little closer
(Move a little closer to me)
Step by step, the deal is mine

I was just a runner in a one horse race
Livin' on the don't pass line
Sooner or later
I got to lose 'cause I'm wastin' my time

Lady luck must have been a wonderful girl
She's never been a friend of mine
I'm livin' without her
But I still got that mountain to climb

Step by step, little by little
(Move a little closer to me)
Step by step, take it line by line
(One day at a time)
Move, move, move, move a little closer
(Move a little closer to me)
Step by step, the deal is mine

Step by step, little by little
(Move a little closer to me)
Step by step, take it line by line
(One day at a time)
Move, move, move, move a little closer
(Move a little closer to me)
Step by step, the deal is mine


74.So Far Away

Lyricist：Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliott, Alan Parsons

We say welcome to the mission
Show us all what you can do
We need a man with vision
So we put our trust in you
And now we hope sincerely
That you'll do the best that you can do

Oh, for sure it won't be easy
And we'll have to risk our lives
Some will try to break us
And cut us down to size
But just remember there can be no consolation prize
Not in our eyes

It's a long way to go
We can't wait one more day
We need someone to light up the way

We may run out of time
Can you hear what we say？
Because heaven is so far away

Although time is getting short
There's still some sand left in the glass
And now we have a living breathing
Rocket man at last
It's time to take a step
And nail our colors to the mast

No more talk of great adventures
When it's movement that we need
It must be our intention
That we never lose the lead
So count us down to zero and let's get up to speed
We're up and away

It's a long way to go
We can't wait one more day
We need someone to light up the way

We may run out of time
So believe what we say？
Because heaven is so far away

And so now they cry for justice
As if justice will be done
But the eye up in the sky
Was flying too close to the sun
The Challenger has fallen
And the race has now been run


75.The Turn Of A Friendly Card

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

There are unsmiling faces and bright plastic chains
And a wheel in perpetual motion
And they follow the races and pay out the gains
With no show of an outward emotion

And they think it will make their lives easier
For God knows, up till now it's been hard

But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card

There's a sign in the desert that lies to the west
Where you can't tell the night from the sunrise
And not all the king's horses and all the king's men
Have prevented the fall of the unwise

Oh, they think it will make their lives easier
And God knows, up till now it's been hard

But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card

But a pilgrim must follow in search of a shrine
As he enters inside the cathedral


76.Stereotomy Two

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Stereotomy

Oh, stereotomy
We can make it forever
Do anything you want with me
Do anything you want

Stereotomy
We can make it
We can make it
Do anything you want

We can make it


77.The Same Old Sun

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Tell me what to do, now the light in my life is gone from me
Is it always the same, is the night never ending
Tell me what to do all the hopes and the dreams went wrong for
me
There's a smile on my face but I'm only pretending

Taking my life one day at a time
'Cause I can't think what else to do
Taking some time to make up my mind
When there's no one to ask but you

The same old sun would shine in the morning
The same bright eyes would welcome me home
And the moon would rise way over my head
And get through the night alone

And the same old sun would shine in the morning
The same bright stars would welcome me home
And the clouds would rise way over my head
I'll get through the night on my own

Tell me what to do now there's nobody watching over me
If I seem to be calm well, it's all an illusion
Tell me what to do when the fear of the night comes over me
There's a smile on my face just to hide the confusion

Taking my life one day at a time
'Cause I can't think what else to do
Taking some time to make up my mind
When there's no one to ask but you

The same old sun would shine in the morning
And the same bright eyes would welcome me home
And the moon would rise way over my head
I'll get through the night alone

And the same old sun would shine in the morning
The same bright stars would welcome me home
And the clouds would rise way over my head
I'll get through my life on my own, on my own
On my own, on my own


78.Separate Lives

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

It's been a long road
We've walked the last mile
We reach the same conclusion
And we stop for a while

Together we know
The way we must go
We're leaving an illusion
That's for us to share
Only for us to share

We live our separate lives
And go our different ways
'Cause we don't see eye to eye
And we can't stand face to face
We live our separate lives
While counting all the days
Till the two of us arrive
In another time and place

We share the same thoughts
We read the same lines
We meet on sad occasions
And in happier times

A spoken goodbye
And both of us try
To walk away in silence
That's for us to share
Only for us to share

We live our separate lives
And go our different ways
'Cause we don't see eye to eye
And we can't stand face to face
We live our separate lives
While counting all the days
Till the two of us arrive
In another time and place

And always goodbye
But heaven knows why
I can't erase the memory
That's for us to share
Only for us to share
Only for us to share
Only for us to share

We live our separate lives
And go our different ways
'Cause we don't see eye to eye
And we can't stand face to face
We live our separate lives
While counting all the days
Till the two of us arrive
In another time and place

We live our separate lives
And go our different ways
'Cause we don't see eye to eye
And we can't stand face to face
We live our separate lives
While counting all the days
Till the two of us arrive
In another time and place


79.Nothing Left To Lose

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Nothing's good, the news is bad
The heat goes on and it drives you mad
Scornful thoughts that fly your way
You should turn away
'Cause there's nothing more to say

You gave the best you had to give
You only have one life to live
You fought so hard, you were a slave
After all you gave
There was nothing left to save

You've got nothing left to lose
(You've got nothing left to lose)
No, you've got nothing left to lose
(Who'd wanna be standing in your shoes)

You read the book, you turn the page
You change your life in a thousand ways
The dawn of reason lights your eyes
With the key you realize
To the kingdom of the wise

You've got nothing left to lose
(You've got nothing left to lose)
No, you've got nothing left to lose
(Who'd wanna be standing in your shoes)

Nothing ventured, nothing gained
No more lingering doubt remained
Nothing sacred or profane
Everything to gain
'Cause you've nothing left


80.Pyschobabble

Lyricist：Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson

Tell you 'bout a dream that I have every night
Tell you 'bout a dream that I have every night
It ain't Kodachrome and it isn't black and white
Take me for a fool if you feel that's right

I'm never on my own but there's nobody in sight
I don't know why I'm scared of the lightning

Trying to reach me
'Cause I can't turn to the left or the right
I'm too scared to run and I'm too weak to fight
'Cause I don't care, it's all psychobabble rap to me

Pyschobabble

Tell you 'bout a dream that I have every night
It's in Dolby stereo but I never hear it right
Take me for a fool well if you feel that's alright
Well, I see the way to go but there isn't any light

I don't know why I'm scared of the lightning

Trying to reach me
Help me to find what I don't wanna know
You're taking me there but I don't wanna go
'Cause I don't care, it's all psychobabble rap to me

Psychobabble, all psychobabble
Psychobabble, all psychobabble
I don't care, it's all psychobabble rap to me

You're readin' my mind, you won't look in my eyes
You say, I do things that I don't realize
I don't care, it's all psychobabble rap to me

Psychobabble, all psychobabble
Psychobabble, all psychobabble

You're lighting a scene that's faded to black
I threw it away 'cause I don't want it back
I don't care, it's all psychobabble rap


81.Far Away from Home

Lyricist：Lou Reed

We've come so far to hear the words of hope and consolation
With no star to guide us through the night
Through many realms of fantasy we wander and we roam
Far away from home

Then all of those we held so dear grew tired of understanding
And we dream through the endless night alone
What sun can light this darkness
And what hand remove this stone

Far away, far away
Like a leaf that the wind has blown
Far away, far away
Far away from home, far away from home

All that I am, what I've become
Will I ever find my place in the sun
What sun can light this darkness
And what hand remove this stone

Far away, far away
Will I ever find my place in the sun
Far away, far away
Far away from home, far away from home


82.To One in Paradise

Songwriters：Alan Parsons, Eric Norman Woolfson

If I could see the sky above
And my mind could be set free
As wild white horses reached the shore
I'd stand alone and oversee

And if the bush before me burns
Should I turn my eyes away？
And still the voices I can hear
As clear to me as light of day

I believed in my dreams
Nothing could change my mind
(Nothing could change my mind)
Now I know what they mean
How could I be so blind？

Cold sands of time
(Winds that blow as cold as ice)
Sounds that come in the night
Shall hide what is left of me
Come from paradise

I've been through times when no one cared
(Words that were mine)
I've seen clouds in empty skies
(Clouds in empty skies)
When one kind word meant more to me
(Shall last as a memory)
Than all the love in paradise

I believed in my dreams
Nothing could change my mind
(Nothing can save me, nothing can save me, nothing can save me)
Till I found what they mean
Nothing can save me now

And all my days are trances
And all my nightly dreams
Are where thy gray eye glances
And where thy footstep gleams
In what ethereal dances
By what eternal streams


'For my own part, I have never had a thought which I could not
set down
in words with even more distinctness than that with which I
conceived it.
There is, however, a class of fancies of exquisite delicacy
which are not
thoughts, and to which as yet I have found it absolutely
impossible to
adapt to language. These fancies arise in the soul, alas how
rarely.
Only at epochs of most intense tranquillity, when the bodily and
mental
health are in perfection. And at those weird points of time,
where the
confines of the waking world blend with the world of dreams. And
so I
captured this fancy, where all that we see, or seem, is but a
dream within
a dream.'