Unreleased Songs

The Icicle Works Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Rapids

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mcnabb

Vagrant suspicious and quite out of breath
Stumbles into a town where the people wear frowns
Picks up a paper, the pages are blank
They say, 'No news today, no more writers around'

What price hope over adversity
Cause to applaud this perversity
I'm still deaf from the hydroplanes
Blessed with a cynical gaze

No words in our own defense
Independence our recompense
Fate casting a finer line
To pity or to pay

These rapids we're rolling on
Seem calm when they're good and gone
Love, as good as the house it warms
A million miles between us
Still we're heading the same way

I sing this song with my tongue in my cheek
For the jilted, the jaundiced, the angry young men
Who somehow believe that the status quo changes
With juvenile slogans in down market rags

What price hope over adversity
Cause to applaud this perversity
I'm still deaf from the hydroplanes
Blessed with a cynical gaze


2.Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)

Lyricist:Ian Mcnabb

Love come down upon us till you flow like water
Burning with the hope of insight
Feathered, look they're covered with a bright elation
Stolen in the sight of love

We are, we are, we are but your children
Finding our way around indecision
We are, we are, we are rather helpless
Take us forever, a whisper to a scream

Birds fly in the eyes of the faithless daughter
Broken at the bitter end
Wasted sacrificed for a new nirvana
Nighttime sends us on our way

We are, we are, we are but your children
Finding our way around indecision
We are, we are, we are rather helpless
Take us forever a whisper to a scream

A whisper to a scream
A whisper to a scream
A whisper to a scream
A whisper to a scream

We are, we are, we are but your children
Finding our way around indecision
We are, we are, we are rather helpless
Take us forever a whisper to a scream

We are, we are, we are but your children
Finding our way around indecision
We are, we are, we are rather helpless
Take us forever a whisper to a scream

We are, we are, we are but your children
Finding our way around indecision
We are, we are, we are rather helpless
Take us forever a whisper to a scream
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3.Love Is A Wonderful Colour

Lyricist:Ian Mcnabb

My friend and I were talking one evening
Beside some burning woods
Trading tales of places we came upon
When the times were good

Spoke of a girl, he viewed like no other
Whom he had come to know
I swallowed hard and listened intently
Resigned beside the glow

Always there, it's standing proudly
When all else falls down
It's all around you, didn't it find you
When you said you couldn't be found

When love calls me, I will be running swiftly
To find out just what all the fuss is all about
Unrelentless, deep in the strangest feelings
Believe me, love is full of wonderful colour

I insist that you pick the wrong one
To preach your theories to
Simmer down, we'll run for a reason
To see what faith can do

Love is a beacon on the horizon
Watch when you touch down
Reality finds you fumbling for reasons
When the chance comes 'round

When love calls me, I will be running swiftly
To find out just what all the fuss is all about
Unrelentless, deep in the strangest feelings
Believe me, love is full of wonderful colour

When love calls me, I will be running swiftly
To find out just what all the fuss is all about
Unrelentless, deep in the strangest feelings
Believe me, love is full of wonderful colour

Take my confidence to guide you
Through the fallen hope inside you
Love is full of wonderful colour

Take my confidence to guide you
Through the fallen hope inside you
Love is full of wonderful colour


4.Lover's Day

Lyricist:Ian Mcnabb

We are seldom fully contented
We may have this cross to bear
Where elation meets disaster
You can always find us there

Yes, our wisdom holds the secret
Our foolishness the key
We are architects of innocence
Delinquents of prestige

Don't hold us down
Don't cramp our style
This is lovers' day

We build boats and planes to get here
Lined them up along the shore
To cross this sea of emptiness
Which will bring us to your door

While upstairs in the penthouse
Tigers paw the velvet suite
Witness intellect and playfulness
Now they're filed and obsolete

Don't hold us down
Don't cramp our style
This is lovers' day


5.Out Of Season

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mcnabb

Daddy, daddy, I have found the girl that I want to live with
Her eyes are as dark as November when it falls on our village
If I stand on a chair, I can see here house from my bedroom
window
She smokes cigarettes, she says its much too late for her to
stop now

Listen, do you think that she's right for me
No, stop laughing, c'mon now honestly

Her father regards me with caution as I wait in his library
The scent of tobacco and the silence of the room are inside me

Ask but what's to gain and who am I to say?
I never knew the feeling when it came my way
I'm about as happy as I could be
I really think the spring will bring a change in me

There's something growing out of season
There's something growing out of season
There's something growing out of season
There's something growing out of season

Out of season, out of season


6.Little Girl Lost

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mcnabb

I don't know why it is you scare me
I don't know why I feel afraid
When you're around I feel uncertain
And lose sight of the plans I've made

You've got a nerve to be demanding
When you have nothing to begin
And though you say your door
Is never open to the world
I envy those who you let in

Little girl lost, little girl lost
Little girl lost
Little girl lost, little girl lost
Little girl lost, lost little girl

The boys in town could do without you
Your mother's not sure who you are
And in the darkness I will hold you to your word
The only sound of passing car

Little girl lost, little girl lost
Little girl lost
Little girl lost, little girl lost
Little girl lost, lost little girl
Little girl

When you run for shelter
You don't feel the pain
You don't agree with all the good things
When they are around you

I believe today may be
The first time I've regarded you
With more and more
Passing admiration

Little girl lost, little girl lost
Little girl lost
Little girl lost, little girl lost
Little girl lost, lost little girl

Little girl lost, little girl lost
Little girl lost


7.Hollow Horse

Lyricist:Chris Layhe, Robert Ian Mcnabb

Be careful what you dream of
It may come up and surprise you
I can't confess my life's a mess
I've come to idolize you

You liken it to walking on hot coals
I'll keep my boots on
Wisen up and fly straight
There's a shape on the horizon

In a hollow horse I'll steal my way
Inside your guarded heart
So selfishly the needs I harbor
When we are apart

My past strung out behind me
Contradiction and disaster
I'm in search of charity
A union I could master

We'll be as we are when all the fools
Who doubt us fade away
Fortune deep and wide
Intimidated, restless in the wait

Things I chose to value
I no longer have a use for
I ridicule myself for all the things
Those symbols stood for

When vanity has played a part
In every leader's downfall
Wait to storm the gates, what's left
Undone to hang around for

We'll be as we are when all the fools
Who doubt us fade away
Fortune deep and wide
Intimidated, restless in the wait


8.Seven Horses

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mcnabb

Lo, the poor Indian
Whose poor untutored mind
Clothes him in front
But leaves him bare behind

Maybe in another year
The simple life we lead
Could become more comfortable
Or even change completely

Evangeline, your streets were washed away
You'll never vent your anger
We'll await with baited breath
For something better than we have

Shallow dreams undone
Fruitless and unsung
No challenge towers so steep
Seven horses deep

A festival came to my town
And quickly went away
Faith contains the seed
Of lowly tragedy they say

One step forward, two steps back
The bango jangles in the subway
Some await with bated breath
For something better than they have

Shallow dreams undone
Fruitless and unsung
No challenge towers so steep
Seven horses deep


9.Chop The Tree

Lyricist:Dwight David Yoakam

When in the winter of our discontent
We found a way
To tie a bond between our hearts
In the open field should there we lay

Found a sharp stone, found a big tree
Found a clear space in the bark
Laughing louder chance a fine thing
Moving slowly off the mark

Out of season given reason
Could we see inclement weather?

Will you want me as I want you as you are?
The autumn is the finest time, the finest of them all
Will you need me as I need you as I did?
As I always should've done, tell me when we're there

Not too long and not too far
My dreams and I were wondering
If we harbor, if we labor
Sweet the fruit that fortune brings

Who will help us through these cold years?
Could I glimpse a rising sun?

Will you want me as I want you as you are?
The autumn is the finest time, the finest of them all
Will you need me as I need you as I did?
As I always should've done, tell me when we're there

Will you love me as I love you constantly?
Wasted in the downpour
Whatever we believe, whatever we believe

Take them under, take them over
Crack the bullwhip, chop the tree


10.As The Dragonfly Flies

Lyricist:Robert Mcnabb

As the dragonfly flies, as the flowers rise
As the sleeping streets of azure bend the fool
As the willow weeps, as the lizard peeps
Down tepid streams with dreams of passing through

You are what you are
You are what you are
You are what you are
You are what you are

As the hope expires, as the land conspires
As the lily-pads drift softly through a night
In the musty halls, where invention calls
With the voice of indecision filling fright

You are what you are
You are what you are
You are what you are
You are what you are

Watch it, feel it, hold me, thrill me
Give it, take it, as the dragonfly flies

You are what you are
You are what you are
You are what you are
You are what you are


11.Baby Don't Burn

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mcnabb

Baby don't burn your bridges now
Remember how you came here yesterday
Baby don't burn your bridges now
You're only what you run from anyway

Baby don't burn if you find your heart is breakin'
Faster than the love you're makin'

Baby don't burn your bridges now
Remember how you want it when it's gone
Baby just learn love ain't long
Y'gotta get out fast when things go wrong

Baby don't burn if you find he can't deliver
Just across a tiny river
Don't forget the way to get back home

I was cold last night
I slept inside your empty room
Thought I heard you
Heard the sound of the wind
Play the chimes on your door

Baby don't burn
You're crazy, now your dreams forgive ya
Funny how they're always with ya
Don't forget the way to get back home


12.Looks Like Rain

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mcnabb

Looks like rain, looks like rain
It's just what I could use to wash away the pain
Looks like rain, looks like rain
Could there be a chance of seeing you again?

Call my name, like the time that we kissed
It was hard to resist, it was hard to believe
That it went away so fast, so fast
Looks like rain, looks like rain

Tomorrow things'll change or maybe stay the same
Up on Look Out Mountai, two Jehovah men
Smog that stills the city, I remember when
Dizzy conversation girl

Where boy-charmers leave their cards
Railroad bumpers in the rain, where I
Ponder on my will to give, I found her out
This is the place where she lives


13.Melanie Still Hurts

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mcnabb

Julie's gone, Jackie's gone
Carol's gone, where has she gone?

Melanie still hurts

Sarah's gone, Karen's gone
Michelle has gone, where has she gone?

Flyin' high above the clouds
Driftin' in my reverie, all the time gone by
Does she remember me?
Remember me?


14.I Still Want You

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mcnabb

Yesterday I saw you walking with your new man
I know it's been the longest time, I hope you understand
I couldn't stand to see you there or look into your eyes
Now that all the hurt is gone, I've come to realize, realize

I still want you
I still want you

All the time I think about the way it used to be
Only good, never bad, the time between you and me
If the love you're walkin' with is comin' to an end
Turn around, don't turn me down
Just let me be your friend, be your friend


15.Permanent Damage

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mcnabb

Fall in love with a sweet young thing
Big brown eyes, she had everything
Well she broke my heart
But she did me no permanent damage

Had a friend who was sinkin' low
Takin' all kinds o' things just to get him goin'
Watched him fall apart
But it did me no permanent damage

Such a crazy world in which we live now
Y' gotta understand you don't receive
But you always have to give now
If I could I'd turn it 'round
So the little man gets to see the big man pay

Got a feelin' it won't be too long
Till we're singin' a different song
They're tryna grind us down but they're
Doin' no permanent damage


16.Motorcycle Rider

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mcnabb

I've seen the moonlit lake
The brown leaves blown across the way
I've seen the icy black November
I've seen the meadow and the stoplight up in front of me
I've seen some things I can't remember

I'm a motorcycle rider that's what I am
I'm a motorcycle rider

I've seen the beauty of the open plain, the wide terrain
I've seen some pretty girls thru' visors
I've seen my way across six thousand miles of toll-free road
N' every journey put me wiser, all along the valley wall
The white lines and the freeway
There my lover calls to me above the engine roar


17.Woman On My Mind

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mcnabb

There's food in the kitchen
And there's money in the bank
A dog in the backyard
Two fishes in a tank

Cable television
And a library full of books
A sportscar by the front door
A pop song full o'hooks

There's whiskey in the cupboard
And there's vodka in a glass
Sunshine in the sun room
Four different types of grass

You can take it with you
You can leave it all behind
It doesn't mean a thing to me
I got a woman on my mind

I got a woman on my mind
I wish I'd never hurt her
She took so long to find
I got a woman on my mind

And there's nothing like a woman's touch
When you're in a bind

There's music on the tape deck
And there's good things to enjoy
Children playin' in the park
A girl for every boy

Summer came round early
And they say it's leavin late
Roll on sweet September
I'm resigned unto my fate

There's nothing you could tell me
That I think I wanna hear
Don't y'know it hurts like hell
D'ya need another beer?

The memory of her sugar kisses
Fill me up inside
Runs around like china white
I got a woman on my mind


18.What She Did To My Mind

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mcnabb

I'm lookin' across a frozen landscape
I'm lookin' out on an empty port
I can't believe what happened here
Look what she did to my mind

She was young and pretty
I was old and wise
Thirty seven years kept our love apart
Look what she did to my mind

What she did to my mind

Her little face was a picture
She brushed her hair by the fire
She played guitar, she drove my car
Look what she did to my mind

What she did to my mind

The days were long, the nights were peaceful
N' sometimes music filled the air
The 'Rites of Spring', The Byrds, The King
Look what she did to my mind

What she did to my mind

She took work, I couldn't
I read alone all afternoon
I'd fix her food, create a mood
Look what she did to my mind

I could tell she was restless
Sometimes she stayed out all night
I'd get uptight, and then we'd fight
Look what she did to my mind

What she did to my mind

One night I found a bottle
I put the lip to my own
'Bout 7:30 I felt drunk n' dirty
Look what she did to my mind

She'd been with a young man
I heard her footsteps in the hall
I put my pistol up to her ear
'N put her brains against the wall

What she did to my mind


19.One Good Eye

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mcnabb

See me comin' man, you better run
Pocket full of buckshot, loaded gun
Y' took my lady, then you told her lies
Gonna put you in the ground with my one good eye
See me comin', you better run

One good eye, that's all it takes to make you die
One good eye, gonna take my aim
Gonna blow you right through to the other side

Well now, I don't do drugs and I don't drink beer
But I ain't the only liar 'round here
Y' bring us all down when y' come around
With my one good eye, I'll put you in the ground
Don't do drugs and I don't drink beer

One good eye make you die


20.Hope Street Rag

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mcnabb

Lightly doused but in your prime
Swollen belly, hangin' chin
Juiced up when your horses win

Do the ladies know?
Their perfumes hangin' in the salty air
Do you wanna cross the line?
Meet you downtown in good time

In the street they're gonna ball
I'm just leanin' on a wall
Find a bar without a seat
All the dealers get to meet

Do the ladies know?
The music crashin' through the smoky air
If you're hangin on a dream
Think you know just what I mean

Me, somethin' in my heart
Somethin' in my world

Over there is 'Panama'
Chances are you'll see a 'L.A.'
This is where we come to play
Won't you join us, won't you stay?

Do the ladies know?
Suspicion is a virtue to behold
Little crazy, little high
Hope I get old before I die


21.The Kiss Off

Lyricist:Mc Nabb Robert Ian

Ow

She didn't want to know me
She didn't want to see me
She didn't want to take me
She didn't want to free me

She gave me a kiss off
She gave me a kiss off
(She gave me a kiss off)

She gave me a kiss off
She gave me a kiss off
(She gave me a kiss off)

She didn't want to hold me
She didn't want to scold me
She didn't want to call me
She didn't want to bore me

She gave me a kiss off
She gave me a kiss off
(She gave me a kiss off)

She gave me a kiss off
She gave me a kiss off
(She gave me a kiss off)

Had to do it all over
When I saw her in the morning light
Yes, I did

Mm, yeah

She didn't want to fool me
She didn't want to school me
She didn't want to thrill me
(Thrill me, thrill me)
She didn't want to bill me

She gave me a kiss off
She gave me a kiss off
(She gave me a kiss off)

She gave me a kiss off
She gave me a kiss off
(She gave me a kiss off)

Want to do it all over
When I saw her in the morning light

(She gave me a kiss off)
She gave me a kiss off

Gave me a kiss off, kiss off
Gave me a kiss off, kiss off
Oo, yeah

Gave me a kiss off
Gave me a kiss off
Yeah, gave me a kiss off


22.High Time

Lyricist:Mc Nabb Robert Ian

Is there someone holding on to you?
Is there something I should know?
When I ask you what you're gonna do
You just smile like come and go

What's the use of wasting time?
I want to give you love today

It's high time
Baby, it's high time
High time
Baby, it's high time

If I call you will you come to me?
If you need me I'll be there
I'm so tired of your apologies
Can't you see how much I care?

What's the use in waiting, girl?
I want to give you love today

It's high time
Baby, it's high time
High time
Baby, it's high time

What's the use of wasting time?
I want to give you love today

It's high time
Baby, it's high time
High time
Baby, it's high time

It's high time
Baby, it's high time
High time
Baby, it's high time

It's high time
Baby, it's high time
High time
Baby, it's high time


23.Into The Mystic

Lyricist:Morrison Van

We were born before the wind, also younger than the sun
And the Bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic
Hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic

When that fog horn blows I will be coming home
You know when that fog horn blows I want to hear it

I don't have to fear it 'cause I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
Then magnificently we will float into the mystic

When that fog horn blows you know,I will be coming home
And when that fog horn whistle blows I can hear it

I don't have to fear it 'cause I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And magnificently we will float into the mystic

Come on, come on, come on now, girl

I don't have to fear it 'cause I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And magnificently we will float into the mystic


24.Starry Blue Eyed Wonder

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mc Nabb

What makes you think the girl will love you?
Is the best thing that you've seen
Where's the sense in running when your spirit doesn't leave your
home?
You're acting like a two-bit visionary

Starry, blue-eyed wonder
Starry, blue-eyed wonder

What makes you think the world is waiting?
What makes you think it's there for you?
Where's the sense in stealing when you know you'll win tomorrow
wild?
You're doing things the way you used to do

Starry, blue-eyed wonder
Starry, blue-eyed wonder
Starry, blue-eyed wonder
Starry, blue-eyed wonder

Starry, blue-eyed wonder
Starry, blue-eyed wonder

I am on my way
I am on my wing
I am on my way
Get out of my way

Starry, blue-eyed wonder
Starry, blue-eyed wonder
Starry, blue-eyed wonder
Starry, blue-eyed wonder


25.Shit Creek

Lyricist:Chris Layhe, Robert Ian Mc Nabb

When times are good, when times are bad
Let my verse be my epitaph
I can't slow down, I can't get straight
Kind woman, please don't make me wait
Kind woman, please don't make me wait

I'm all undone, I'm all uptight
Sweet Jesus, won't you treat me right?
I wear my home, I eat my pay
I'm dancing on my dying day
I'm dancing on my dying day, yeah


26.Here Comes Trouble

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mc Nabb

Yesterday I woke up to a storm inside my room
Rain fell from my ceiling to a Robert Johnson tune
I knew my days of lazy haze had left me far behind
You credited it to my life and left your baggage in my mind

If I find myself in sweet content
Is your heart full of song or rent?

Here comes trouble in the shape of love
God alone knows what I'm thinking of
Here comes trouble in the shape of love, of love, of love

It picks you up and thrills you 'til you don't know where you
are
You bounce along the high street and your head is full of stars
Your friends start to ignore you they don't answer when you call
They won't intrude your precious time, it's lonely when you fall

But there's magic in your lover's smile
With your caution for a while

Here comes trouble in the shape of love
God alone knows what I'm thinking of
Here comes trouble in the shape of love, of love, of love

Here comes trouble in the shape of love
God alone knows what I'm thinking of
Here comes trouble in the shape of love
God alone knows what I'm thinking of

Here comes trouble in the shape of love
Here comes trouble in the shape of love, of love, of love


27.Blind

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mc Nabb

Am I so blind I cannot see?
Am I so blind I cannot see?
Am I so blind I cannot see?
Am I so blind I cannot see?

There's a dead girl by the roadside
There's a black man on the ground
Tarred and feathered by the wayside
Words of protest just rebound

Am I so blind I cannot see?
Am I so blind I cannot see?
Am I so blind I cannot see?
Am I so blind I cannot see?

There's a dealer on the corner
There's a junkie on the street
There's an actor in the White House
The high rise towers sink like vultures waiting

Am I so blind I cannot see?
Am I so blind I cannot see?
Am I so blind I cannot see?
Am I so blind I cannot see?

Am I so blind I cannot see?
Am I so blind I cannot see?

Is there method in the madness?
Is the reason to believe?
Will the innocent find the freedom?
It's harder to come clean than it is to deceive, yeah

Am I so blind I cannot see?
Am I so blind I cannot see? I cannot see, yeah
Am I so blind I cannot see? I cannot see, I cannot see
Am I so blind I cannot see? I cannot see, yeah, sweet Jesus
Am I so blind I cannot see? I cannot see, yeah


28.Walk A While With Me

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mc Nabb

Walk a while with me
Walk a while with me
See the things I see
Be the things I need
Walk a while with me

Walk a while with me
Walk a while with me
You know you're not really free
You're just pretending to be
So walk a while with me

Walk a while with me
Walk a while with me
And if you're willing to dream
And find out what we could be
Walk a while with me

Walk a while with me
Walk a while with me
Walk a while with me
Walk a while with me

Walk a while with me
Walk a while with me
And if you're willing to dream
And find out what we could be
You'll walk a while with me
Walk a while with me

Walk a while with me
Walk a while with me
Walk a while with me
Walk a while with me


29.Understanding Jane

Lyricist:Mc Nabb Robert Ian

I've been so lonely, she can't understand the way I feel
I'm holding on, I'm walking home alone, I'm here without her
It seems that all the boys appreciate her
All the girls speak highly of her energy
Do you think that it could work for Jane and me?

'Cause I still want her, I still remember summer
Way back when, we both felt the same
And I still love her, I can't stop thinking of her
I'm having trouble understanding Jane

One by one my marbles left me, Jane would smile but never hold
me
One night at the pool hall, asked her if she'd hold my cue
Can't impress her with no fancy car, resigned to lean here at
the bar
I'll lose my mind, shiver in responsibility

'Cause I still want her, I still remember summer
Way back when, we both felt the same
And I still love her, I can't stop thinking of her
I'm having trouble understanding Jane


30.Who Do You Want For Your Love?

Lyricist:Mc Nabb Robert Ian

I'm not yet convinced that pride will come before a fall
I have seen you standing in your Sunday best and all
Waiting for a fool to take you further than you are
Given time you'll finish every heartache that you start

Who do you want for your love?
Better make up your mind 'cause time is passing
You'll be left behind

Who do you want for your love?
Better make up your mind 'cause time is passing
Who do you want for your love?

How can I deny that I would take you for my own?
Love to play the loner till I find myself alone
Perhaps your indecision speaks of why I've tried for so long
Talk about you, sing about your brown eyes in a song

Who do you want for your love?
Better make up your mind 'cause time is passing
You'll be left behind

Who do you want for your love?
Better make up your mind 'cause time is passing
Who do you want for your love?

Could you make that move embrace
That certain moment?
When you know you're on your own
Lose those apron strings

Dance and sing, I know 'cause I've been there
Let me tell you it's no party
When you're lost, count the cost
Falling on someone is not the answer

Who do you want for your love?
Better make up your mind 'cause time is passing
You'll be left behind

Who do you want for your love?
Better make up your mind 'cause time is passing
Who do you want for your love?


31.When You Were Mine

Lyricist:Mc Nabb Robert Ian

A different set of eyes for every story
A heaven not so far away from hell
A bittersweet reminder of the way things used to be
Before that love we had around us slipped and fell

It's right there in your eyes
We can't go back the way we came
There's more to lose and less to gain
In dreams of yesterday

There's no surprise
You walk the wire you're bound to fall
You run to him and I recall
The time when you were mine
When you were mine

Now I may take a fast train
Burn all my credentials as I go
It's stranger than religion
It's a realm of indecision
It's the only place in town I want to go

It's right there in your eyes
We can't go back the way we came
There's more to lose and less to gain
In dreams of yesterday

There's no surprise
You walk the wire you're bound to fall
You run to him and I recall
The time when you were mine
When you were mine

At times like these don't
Disregard what's gone before
There's always something
Worthwhile knockin' on your door

It's right there in your eyes
We can't go back the way we came
There's more to lose and less to gain
In dreams of yesterday

There's no surprise
You walk the wire you're bound to fall
You run to him and I recall
The time when you were mine
When you were mine


32.Evangeline

Lyricist:Mc Nabb Robert Ian

It was sometime after midnight
I was looking for a friend
My headlights lit her body
By some pine trees on a bend

I slowed down right beside her
I turned the music down
She looked around then climbed inside
She didn't make a sound

Evangeline

Well, soon we started talking
I asked her for her name
She said it's not important
But I'll tell you anyway

My mother loved the bayou
My daddy worked the land
They named me after what they loved
So the world would understand

Evangeline

We stopped just past the crossroads
She thanked me once again
I didn't wanna leave her
But I drove on just the same

I thought about her story
Words whispered from her mouth
Her beauty and her innocence
A credit to the South

Evangeline

I could not believe she was gone
When I returned
The forest's evening choruse
Was the only sound I heard

Now if you ever see her
Be sure to say hello
Her leveled thumb may stop you
If you're Westbound and alone

Evangeline


33.Walking With A Mountain

Lyricist:Mc Nabb Robert Ian

I see myself and where I'm standing in the scheme of things
I'm not afraid to say I might have lost my way one thing I pray
These roots I'm growing won't be pulled up with the first ill
wind
The future's riddled with uncertainty, I know that I'll be

Walking with a mountain when I'm with you
Turning stones the downside up, you don't know what you'll find
Walking with a mountain when I'm with you
Goin' through our changes, seems a strong love never dies
(Strong love never dies)

Through my windows, down my street
The boys are meeting pretty girls
My leaving early doesn't mean I've found a better place to go
Sometimes the finest things may fall short of their guarantee
The future's riddled with uncertainty, I know that I'll be

Walking with a mountain when I'm with you
Turning stones the downside up, you don't know what you'll find
Walking with a mountain when I'm with you
Goin' through our changes, seems a strong love never dies
(Strong love never dies)

Don't look down I'm here beside you
Things don't look the way they used to
Makes no difference where you've been
Or where you plan to go

Walking with a mountain when I'm with you


34.Stood Before Saint Peter

Lyricist:Robert Ian Mc Nabb

In the moment of my madness
In the presence of my shame
I stood before St. Peter
Naked and unnamed

Praying the fell with genius
Win the blue silk hoe
Across the street where angels stood
In colors bright and bold

He said, 'Son, before I judge you
I have to make this clear
Your heartfelt prayers for Heaven on Earth
Don't come to much up here'

'Cause you still kill your brother
And watch your children die
Two thousand years ain't changed your ways
And still you wonder why

The east side and the west side
With great distance in between
Are parted by false values
And a blindness seldom seen

There's murder in the city street
Bloodshed in the fields
You take your life so lightly
Can you imagine how Jesus feels?

As I climbed the staircase
My suitcase in my hand
The stars around me shone like jewels
On a vast and promised land

We never claimed perfection
It's hard enough to learn
Heaven's doors are open wide
The fires of Hell still burn