Kansas

When I was very young so many songs were sung So much wasted time on an uphill climb But you where always there, a feeling in the air There was nothing to fear you were so near Now you are here once again As I stand in your presence I can feel the quiet patien...

On the first part of the journey I was looking at all the life There were plants and birds and rocks and things There was sand and hills and rings The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz And the sky with no clouds The heat was hot and the groun...

You say it's time to stay behind All I wanted was to hold you All I wanted was to touch you No need for blame cause we're not the same All I wanted was to love you That's all I wanted How many times will it take Hurting me the way you do How many times till...

All the world's forgiving the change is all around And people everywhere have seen the light in what they've found It's a happy place in the human race When all our lives are lived forgiving All the world's for living when love is what you find Despair and lo...

Andi won't dance Andi won't sing Andi won't play She sits in her room, hiding away, hiding away She hasn't a friend They think she's a boy, they leave her alone But what they don't know Andi has dreams, all of her own Yea, she wants to be a lady Can anyone s...

Angels have fallen, fallen from heaven, where did they go No one could save them no one forgave them their chance to know When I hear them below I think how it is to be weary Children are restless they know what can happen when men are vain Talking in ridd...

I still believe in what you say I still believe that it could work ok But love is just another game you play You'll never change your mind You exist so free and clear Let no one touch you let no one near I think you're just someone afraid of fear Or what you j...

The mist of time is still concealing The vision that I seek Those who died have all borne witness If only they would speak Yet I saw it all inside me, for a moment Were you with me? Have we done it all before, is there really so much more? Now and then we've...

Used to think about what I would grow up to be Good or bad, right or wrong, it was no harm to me Was a time in my life when I wish I'd have known You can't gamble with fate, you might end up alone (Chorus) Meet me where the feeling is high, let the sound surr...

As I look out in the night and count the stars all shining bright I wonder where I am and where I'm going Sometimes I think I've lived before I seem to see beyond a door But it's just a crazy notion I leave showing I live my life as sensitive as possible then...

Oh, I cannot tell you to make up your mind And gather together the best of your kind The prophets have spoken the words of ill fate YOur childhood has ended you've taken the bait YOu've got the power it's there deep inside Just look around and you'll know what...

Walsh, Morse) -------------------- Her letters gave me purpose Her letters gave me pride Armies far across the ocean Guns and letters by our side It was someone else's homeland It was someone else's war But at the line of the 38th parallel It was her I fought...

Well it looks like it might rain but rain ain't what we need Sunshine and a war machine I'm gettin ready for another stampede Grease the gears with blood paint it black as night Ride through the city like a Trojan horse Convinced what you're doin's all right...

You're a rich man, but a poor man With your pockets lined with gold Always in the middle neither hot or cold And you think you've found your freedom But it always slips away Nothing ever satisfies, you always have to pay (Chorus) (On the) Borderline, y...

Thirty days have September In a jailhouse I remember Well, I got caught with too much soul Bringing it back from Mexico Bringing it back from Mexico Spanish lights and pretty faces Trip you out to where the place is Load you ub and let you go Brining it back...

Can I tell you something Got to tell you one thing If you expect the freedom That you say is yours Prove that you deserve it Help us to preserve it Or being free will just be Words and nothing more 

1000 years could come and go but we would never change It doesn't matter how we try our hearts remain the same You see how quickly distance grows close your eyes and it appears And we've pretended long enough no more time no more tears I just can't cry I...

Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry no more Once I rose above the noise and confusion Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion I was soaring ever higher But I flew too high Though my eyes co...

Some of you may know me and many of you won't I am just a player in the band Some of you will listen and some of you will hear Some of you may laugh at me and some of you will cheer 'Cause all of us, we are an audience Looking for evidence, to help it all...

From the mountains to the sun, Life has only just begun. We wed this land and pledge our souls to meet its end, Life has only just begun Here my people roam the earth, in the kingdom of our birth, Where the dust of all our horses hides the sun We are migh...

Sweet child of innocence Living in the present tense 'Father Time' will take his toll Wreck your body and steal your soul What became of all the years? Are you drowning in your tears? Who will catch you when you fall? Who will hear you when you call? I will...

Once carried through the current And being swept away The king is in the closet He's hiding from today And though he owns all fortunes, This room is where he'll stay And his world is filled with darkness, turning grey. Gazing out the window Of the 42n...

Cold grey morning without sunlight ghostly mist on the horizon Empty visions of a world gone mad paints a picture so revealing Through my window dark tomorrow I can hear the sirens wailing For the future we are holding on as the ship of fools is sailing S...

Underneath the sky of blue, it's a time of choosing Everybody's holding on, to what they're losing But it all works out okay, if you give your life away To the one who's holding fast, it's a promise that will last (Chorus) You're caught in a crossfire O...

The streets of the city are barren All the windows and doors have been closed As the night draws near You can feel their fear Their freedom is just an illusion And they tell us that love is a lie Can it all be true What can one man do (Chorus) See th...

Every day she gets a little weaker The beauty she once knew has come and gone We've murdered all her sons and all her daughters The blood is on your hands, the time has come And now she's gonna die We've strangled all her trees and starved her creatures There...

Why can't you see where we are going Why can't you see where we have been You tell me the pain is still growing you tell me tell me who'll win I feel for you you know what I'm saying But I've got to do what's right in my head I've got to ride ride rocket...

The stage is set, the race is on To drink the cup 'til every drop is gone And when you make it to the top The hunger doesn't stop You climb the ladder to success The way the world defines it more or less You find the grass is greener still On someone el...

On a night as I lay sleeping, in a dream I saw the shore of a distant land where/ Promise lay in wait/ And I heard the sound of voices of a million hungry souls/ Now it comes to me to lead them to the gate But I am just a man, not worthy of this plan /...

Who sees you when you're sleeping who knows the thoughts you're keeping You're reaching out your hand 'cause someone's calling Don't open your eyes too soon 'cause it might be me The darkened sidestreets that you've taken faces all around say you're fors...

You can take away the money Take away the flame Take away the things that I possess You can take all my dreams away The things that I need to survive You can have it all (Chorus) Don't ever, don't ever take your love away Don't ever, don't ever take...

I'm in a kind of foolish game, I try to get rich quick, But I'm going insane, The kind of freaks that hang out on 42nd Street They're all pimpin' Judys and poppin' speed, well It's a game of cat and mouse, and I think it's got my soul, I think it's time for th...

I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind. Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea All we do, crumbles to the ground, tho...

Ah, look at all the lonely people Ah, look at all the lonely people Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been Lives in a dream Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door Who is it for? All the...

When the light dies down and you blood runs cold Then you know what you fear most is growing old The clock winds down and the bells will toll For the dawn that follows may require your soul (Chorus) Through the narrows there are few who pass Only the ch...

Someone calls out my name They ask me how I've been So what's it like in the big time? Will you be my friend Have you met Mick Jagger? Ringo, George or Paul? Do you have my number? Will you give me a call? 4 o'clock in the morning I hear the telepho...

How many times do I have to tell you That things just can't go on this way We've tried so many times but things go on the same We've spent one too many years in all this pain And the light is shining in your eyes And still it makes you wonder (Chorus)...

Your credit is good if you're a member Just a token to help the people remember All we've done for you Nobody buys and nobody sells And nobody speaks 'til the chairman tells you We're gonna be your religion, throw those others away (Chorus) Fair exchan...

You're the only one Let the light shine in Cause it's letting me go To your heart It's time to get in Oh there's nothing to lose Cause it's already lost In a runaway world of confusion I'm not gonna take it That's why I fight fire with fire Oh I'm...

Freak of nature fact or fright Puts up with pain puts up with spite Scarred up shoes have lost their sheen It looks like better days they've seen Chameleon man naive tycoon Will eat the poor with silver spoon He'll jest and jeer through looking glass...

Columbus sailed the ocean blue To see what he would fine With visions of another world They said he'd lost his mind But when he told them of the land he'd found A land so rich with gold To get the treasures on the other side They left the lad of old to...

There's tombstone in a snowy field Close by an old ghost town The epitaph's been weather-blown away There's a belltower where petitions peeled It's been half torn down But it must have softened every soul that came to pray There's a schoolhouse full of...

Standing in line At the usual time With a dollar and a dime Are you going through the motions? Do you wear the latest style? Can you guarantee a smile? Won't you stop and talk awhile? Are you going through the motions (Chorus) And is your day just a...

It's no funny hanging around winter seems so numbing Getting fat where I sit down do you suppose it's old age coming I get this feeling I'm no good for nothing life has led me wrong Once in a while it makes it all worthwhile if I can sing this song Got to...

Look in the mirror and tell me Just what you see What have the years of your life Taught you to be Innocence dyin' in so many ways Things that you dream of are lost Lost in the haze (Chorus) Hold on, Baby Hold on 'Cause it's closer than you...

The flower dies the camera never lies fire baptizes The truth is light right or wrong is never black or white We all wear disguises If a picture could talk we would all look away There'd be too many voices Rain come on and wash away this hot city skin P...

It's a strange aberration, this brainstorm of youth Though it's lost in translation from fancy to truth It's hopelessly human, both inside and out A joyous occasion, no reason to doubt It's easy somehow, what once was elusive is calling me now I am waiti...

She strides down 7th street Smokey night - summer heat Commotion - concrete fires Where neon souls are burning His whole life - a hung jury She was the crime - Wheel's gonna pay She's got blue steel; cocked and locked She is Justice - Justice is burnin...

The night was cold, was deja-vu I went on thinking we were too How my soul cries out for you To many places we once knew To many faces, still no clue How my soul cries out for you I didn't think I needed you when I got out on my own Dead set on having...

I can fly I really can wave good-bye familiar land Catch the wind make my climb breathin in born again feelin fine I can fly above distress I can fly to heaven no less Leave the earth forget the time light as air I don't care feelin fine Don't say I'm craz...

I'm hangin' on - cause I hate letting go (I hate letting go) I'm not that strong - but you already know; how I hate letting go We believed that dreams came true, now that picture's torn in two I counted on love but love will never cry for me I counted on...

In the darkness I rise, long before The dawn I was dreaming of home and the life I Led I can hear the sound, of the engines Roar And I crave the embrace of my Empty bed Where I'm safe (there I'm safe) But the call is clear, and the task is Set And...

Early in the morning sunlight Soaring on the wings of dawn Here I'll live and die with my wings in the sky And I won't come down no more Higher than a bird I'm flying Crimson skies of ice and fire Borne on wings of steel I have so much to feel And I won't com...

Seal no fate and hold no key When all goes well spend some time remembering Know by now that times have changed But we feel each day can be deeper deeper It might be raining now But don't be scared you won't drown I'll hold you in my arms when the river...

It began in the underground, with visions of light and sound The music revealing the deepest passion Around us a river raged, still I knew that the scene was staged Awaiting the consequence, I don't believe in accidents (Chorus) It's all too real, all th...

It's a strange aberration, this brainstorm of youth Though it's lost in translation from fancy to truth It's hopelessly human, both inside and out A joyous occasion, there's no reason to doubt It's easy somehow, what once was elusive Is calling me now I am wai...

The fire's inside me - the bridges burn Love is the lesson but love never learns And if it's all up to me, in a matter of time All theses memories will return Try to run a little faster - try to reach for the sky Try to come a little closer; even if I lo...

Late every nite when I am all alone I call my baby on the telephone If she was here she'd treat me right And love me love me through this lonely nite Oh I can remember how her love can be And I can't forget the way she looks at me If you got a girl I'm s...

Give me your answer let me know today I'm searching in wonder you're making me pay I need you 'cause my life's turning grey Oh, it's you, Oh I'm blue You left a message to say you had fled Couldn't believe that you wrote what I read I couldn't count all...

Two began together, lived as one Each one to the other had become More than a friend, living to meet a common end They were true, each one knew all is well Still the elder knew it could not last Hidden memories from the young one's past Drew them apart Both k...

On a winter's night, stars are cold and bright in the sky, The slumber of the earth is pure and deep From a distant wood, drifts the echo of a beast The old man stirs and wakens in the night He stands before his window gazing at the grave Forgotten dreams...

Can you see me, do you know my position how quick is your eye? I have no home, no reason to roam yet I travel the length of the sky I stretch my fingers jagged icy white 'till my energy's all around My clutch is swift, my force is fearful I convey it withou...

Sometimes when I'm walking down this lonely street, Well, it sure don't seem like twenty years, Since I went walking down this lonely street And the smell of perfumed ladies filled the air This street ain't got no name, dead end is in the river, And I lived w...

When I'm needin' a friend I can talk to the wind God I sure am glad that I found him Sometimes he seems to be the only one beside me Who can feel the Lord's breath all around him Winter's cold frozen ice or a bright autumn day On a warm summer night you can he...

I remember when I saw your face I said out loud she's out of place She's summer's child and still she feels no freedom Your hair was long and so was mine when we were young I felt a kind of magic Did you feel that for me I thought that you would underst...

Overkill, have you had your fill Come to expect it Off the wall, too short or too tall System rejects it Lost the handle, what's it all been for? Tired of trying, seeing so much more (Chorus) It's so predictable and everybody judges by the numbers that you're...

On a crystal morning I can see the dewdrops falling Down from a gleaming heaven, I can hear the voices call When you comin' home now, son, the World is not for you Tell me what's you point of view Hey there Mister Madman, wat'cha know that I don't know Te...

Upon the page, symbolic form, Both a miracle and yet the norm The functions clear, Sum and difference will soon Transform Equations chain, lies in His hand, Voice authority will dance command Solution's true, line of measure will Divide, expand Myriad...

Well I'm trying to tell you about a thing I thought I saw It came to me in a dream one night When a voice began to call I heard my name being summoned as I looked around to see A hooded judge and jury There was no mercy there for me Well I can't make it,...

Need to know How do I know what you say is real How do I know if that's the way you feel You're the only one who's seen me In the dark hours in the kitchen chair Are you still there do you still care That's all I really need to know Watching the rain...

Centuries of backward ways Have many left behind us Who can count the good men gone away The fruits of all our labours Have left us as we started We've come to far to end it in a day It seems that everything we do is wrong A one-way trip to nowhere all...

Have you ever felt like jumping out of a window on account of your pride Have you ever felt like you were losing your marbles Caus someone hurt you deep inside Well I had a girl so young and so healthy I lived for her night and day But all of her friend...

It's empty now, no friendly face, and nothing lives within. I look around and I find no trace To tell me what has been So far I've come to find there's no one here, no life I fear I came for nothing, they have gone And nobody's home, no one's home I came to...

Somebody said maybe he's a fool, but excuse me Somebody said that he found a jewel, and much less love Somebody said that he knows for sure, but don't confuse me Who's gonna make what's dirty pure, good as gold Not man big (not man big), no construction...

The empty page before me now, the pen is in my hand The words don't come so easy but I'm trying I'm searching for a melody or some forgotten line They can slip away from us so quickly Don't be unkind I'm not complaining I only feel it needs explaining (...

If only it was raining out tonight Reflections on the sidewalks would take me back in time You told me when I left you standing there Someday I'd be sorry Well that day is here I was wrong, oh so wrong I should have known That you were the one Now I know a lo...

Colored banners - color kills What color is the blood that spills If we don't see it no one will Under one big sky Guns and plowshares - promise land Ghosts of war stretch out their hand If we don't hear them no one can Under one big sky Under one big...

This is my beginning Tomorrow holds my hand Yesterday is dead and gone Buried in the sand The vision stands before me And now there's nothing else So close your eyes and realize The way I see myself One man, one heart Standing in the flame Can you h...

Opus Insert There's a reason for all that rhymes It's the fact and the way of the times It's moving emotion, it's high and it's low No matter where you go There is something for all who Look, there's a story in every book All of the pages, between al...

I'm on fire Burning with the question in my mind Strange desire Seems there's nothing else for me to find 'Cause I've been here, and I've been there, Seems like I've been everywhere before I've seen it all a hundred times Still I think there surely mus...

I went driving through my old hometown It was Thursday the bright sun on the horizon I was surprised to see no one had burned it down It seemed so peaceful and warm Floods of memories came back to me All the things we got away with when we were younger...

There are some who can still remember All the things that we used to do But the days of our youth were numbered And the ones who survive it are few Oh, I can still see the smiling faces When the times were so good All in the old familiar places I'd go b...

It's in your head, they're telling you it's in your head, It's a figment of your imagination. It isn't there, they're telling you it isn't there, You're a victim of your infatuation. What do I think that it is I see? I keep asking myself. Nothing like thi...

All of my life, the wheels were turning Drawing me near, to something that's burning bright The music begins, a song that is new Joining as one, it leads me to you (Chorus) Play on, play on, lifting our voices to reach the sky Play on, play on, singing...

You think that something's happening And it's bigger than your life But it's only what you're hearing Will you still remember When the morning light has come? Will the songs be playing over and over Till you do it all over again? Play (Play) Play the game ton...

I heard the men saying something The captains tell they pay you well And they say they need sailing men to Show the way, and leave today Was it you that said, "How long, how long?" They say the sea turns so dark that You know it's time, you see the sign They...

Al cerrar mis ojos Un momento nada mas que uno pienso en lo pasado aquellos buenos dias que no volveran Polvo en el Viento Polvo somos y en polvo nos uniremos Dile hoy adios A toda esa nostalgia Que hoy vive en ti Y si ella ya no esta alli Solitari...

He had a thousand ideas You might have heard his name He lived alone with his vision Not looking for fortune or fame Never said too much to speak of He was off on another plane The words that he said were a mystery Nobody's sure he was sane But he knew...

Sometimes a smile can deceive the one who has made you promise Suddenly you can't believe, the truth only leaves you cold Sometimes the answers you fear are there on the face in the mirror Something the world needs to hear but no one is even listening Pow...

When the sun is in the mid sky, he wears a golden crown And he soaks the world with sunshine as he makes another round It's been a faster year than yesterday, all the things that I had planned And when I think I might be gaining I'm in the sunshine once ag...

Have you ever seen a miracle - you couldn't doubt or imitate What's it really worth to you to shake the holy hand of fate Well I did what I could to make ends meet Been a gunrunner and a medicine man In a Kansas town I was a rainmaker - there the hand of f...

So long, someone is waiting I got places to go, I got things to see No more procrastinating For this is the moment that was meant for me And I'm moving like a wave on the ocean Drifting to the opposite ride Traveling with no destination Just riding the...

In the time we spent together Many words have passed between And the feelings that we shared are all behind us now 'Cause a change has come upon me And I'm surly not the same There is so much more than what we feel and live every day (Chorus) Relentles...

(Chorus) Right away, love me right away Won't you come on girl, there's no other way If I were you, I would see it through I'd be loving me, I'd know what to do right away How do you feel about me now The time has come, you must decide Where you will r...

You don't mind giving in to temptation as long as no one knows Your midnight invitation where your madness flows Fires of passion rage all night Angels falling out of the light Control undercover you can paralyze Every love is one more victim they never r...

Silhouettes debate then they test their fate Pride is on the line the signs are dangerous Hands too number to feel wrapped around the wheel Tonight they face the fact some are never coming back Silhouettes in Disguise leather hearts lawless eyes Dancing...

Virgin land of forest green, dark and stormy plains, here all life abounds Sunlit valley, mountain fields, unseen in the rain, here all life abounds No man rules this land, no human hand has soiled this paradise Waiting patiently, so much to see, so rich in Ea...

The sparks of the tempest rage a hundred years on The voice of the dreamer screams, the cause of the pawn The King and the Queen are gone, each piece is the same The difference between us is a part of the game Darkness is spreading like a spot on the sun...

I can feel someone here In the air tonight Waiting alone inside for survival Cruising this place Like flesh on a neon sign Brighten up my life tonight Before the candle flickers Stand beside me I will never let you fall Stand beside me I’ll come whenever you...

Step outside and feel the tingle Trouble finds you every night You wonder where nobody knows you Your civil tone is not polite You got no friends, you don't like people You tried it once and they let you down And after seven years you're still hurt and...

We've been together since way back when, and sometimes I never want to see you again But I want you to know, after all these years That you're still the one I want whispering in my ears. You're still the one I wanan talk to in bed, still the one that tur...

The world began to change the children moved and they had children It was all arranged you couldn't live there anymore All you had was that old place in the middle of the path of progress So they took the space and put the ceiling on the floor In one of th...

As the dew turns into frost There is something that I hope will Not be lost The leaves will change, they'll start To fall I still wonder if it mattered much at All When my world starts to fade I can only hope that every choice I Made Will endure, an...

The sparks of the tempest rage a hundred years on The voice of the dreamer screams, the cause of the pawn The King and the Queen are gone, each piece is the same The difference between us is a part of the game Darkness is spreading like a spot on the sun The d...

I've got books that say the good man's golden And more that say the bad will fall, So many men have drowned in evil, and left Lucifer standing tall Don't take the devil's dare, don't gamble when the game ain't fair, Lock and bolt the doors, can't let the devil...

I've so much to say, and yet I cannot speak Come and do my bidding now for I have grown too weak My weary eyes have seen all that life can give Come to me, O young one, for you I can forgive I stood where no man goes, and conquered demon foes With glory...

Gather round the preacherman gather round here If you're waiting for the word that'll make it all clear When you look in the sky you can see what he sees There's a fire in the Belt of Hercules Well the man in the collar says come to the fold Bible in his...

The lottery winner thinks forever Is something she can buy All the pictures on the wall Are hanging high so they won't fall Until her tear stained floor is dry The pool shark's life is stranger than fiction But today's his lucky day He bets it all on a...

I'm woven in a fantasy, I can't believe the things I see The path that I have chosen now Has led me to a wall And with each passing day I feel a little more like something dear was lost It rises now before me, A dark and silent barrier between, All I am...

Three pretenders forced their entry There wasn't time to defend or attack Somewhere inside I held their fury But one by one my defenses began to crack The first became a voice from my childhood Without a world to call his own Asking questions but doubti...

Well I been drinkin' again And I know it's a sin But I just can't refuse an old friend Cause life is gettin' me down And I been two times around And there ain't nothing but pain around the bend I'm not made for the time I'm born in the wrong century Th...

Buried deep under blood and skin A whisper a tempest is raging from within I hold my breath bitter proud Afraid to scream fire in the middle of a crowd I ponder incision envision the brain I beckon the surgeon to a slice against the grain now that I've w...

I got down on myself it looked like I was falling off the shelf It was the wrong direction I got way behind searching inside everybody trying to find My own reflection But I got something to say so get out of my way 'Cause I'm not all alone anymore Bett...

Well you told me that I was just not the one, And you left me standing out in the cold It's been a long time and I'm so much better now That I'm looking back and seeing it all And for the first time there's no pain in my life Though it's a long hard road...

Windows, to the world are what we're looking through Who knows, if what we find is true Seeing, is believing as some people say Knowing, is to get a better view (Chorus) For the windows of the world Are never open all the way And the voices of the past...

Don't you fear the darkness I am here to guide you with this hand Listen, feel the vibration I am here to lift you with this voice Don't be afraid The tears you have will all fade away What you are Will always be within your heart Don't doubt the str...