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The Here and Now Brave New World Same Planet - Different Worlds Question Of Honor Can't Let You Go There's Always Canada Invisible Listen To Me

THE HERE AND NOW what do you say to the people that you've just let silp away? What do you do for the times when easy streets were not for you? And I know-------when you were walking that fine line Who's to know----that's when you left me far behind I don't know The here and now Where do you want to be? Right here and now What's here and now What is it you belleve? The here and now Do you wonder about the magic and the spell it's got you under? Running so hard in pursuit of something real, high in the stars Are you thinking that you're on a ship of fools and slowly sinking? Do you care? After all they're only words, something to share BRAVE NEW WORLD we've come so far so fast, a light for all the world to see A monumental dream, the right for us to all be free In Irony we're all in irons; the prisoners of this very right protect the wrong and serve the few, the many cast out of the light Look all around for the brave new world there's not a sound from the brave new world nothing is found in the brave new world here where the light is shut out A history so rich, the path of progress led us here A universal call, a beckoning to all that hear in melting pots were melting down progressive paths are left behind in search of ideology invented ln polluted minds A nation in decline, an easy prey for foreign lands there is no future here, we're bound to fall in evil hands It's time to take up root and leave this place we call our own colonial again, to brave new worlds we'll all call home Look all around it's the brave new world Trumpets will sound in the brave new world Freedom abounds in the brave new world Here where eternal light shines SAME PLANET DIFFERENT WORLDS You do the things I do, but we're not much alike I can't relate to you, and others of your type We ran together in our youth but now we hold different views of truth I can't see where you're coming from And therefore I put up my shield Side by side and face to face And into each other we're hurled It doesn't matter how close we become same pIanet, different worlds Together we run the race but you don't seek the goal I seek while you're just keeping place I go forward the prize to reach I don't know when your departure came I just know that you are not the same I can't explain your apostasy Suspicious I put up my guard QUESTION OF HONOR There's a time in a man's life when he needs to let go The dreams he had for his little boy, his little boy's outgrown "Catch the ball now use two hands never let it fAll Remember out there ln the game keep your eye on the ball. " Chasing shadows in the grass, discovery's his game The sky's the limit of his youth hard to keep the young man tame Daddy says it's time for school, twelve years the plan Before you know it's time to go, he graduates a man Sail on, set the world ablaze keep your dreams at hand keep them all amazed "Son, you make your daddy proud, it's all there for you. Become the man that I am and you can do it too." No. daddy, no I don't believe it, it's just not for me You have your dreams, I have mine, it's mine I want to be Now some boys do indeed grow up to fill daddy's shoes And other boys feel that they must do what they choose No matter what the choice might be keep that glove on For should you ever drop that ball it's gonna be long gone. CAN'T LET GO Every day's another struggle. Never seem to reach an end Like a palm tree in a sea storm watch to see how far we'll bend Everybody seems so focused, chasing dollars in the wind Can we rise above the chaos, set the standard from within? I can't let go-------got to hold on to what I know The world's my home--do I dare to stand out alone? I can't let go I've heard lt said a thousand times: "There's gotta be a purpose here!". Clock ln, clock out human robots, staying here in fear of there. I wish I was a pioneer brave to forge a new frontier, Like a leader with a vision, straight and narrow, crystaI clear Watch out now the water's rising. Drowning those who will not fight. In the sky the gray clouds form, turning all our days to night. I wish I was a lighthouse beacon on a mountain shining bright. Leading others safely homeward, giving out a guiding light. THERE'S ALWAYS CANADA We set to sail last night. It was dark and you were there. Remember what the old man told us: "The northern sea is angry and cold." And though our hearts were heavy, to stay was not a choice. We left you there last night, streaming tears and broken dreams. we never thought that we could leave you, maybe someday we'll be free to Join your glorious return to truth. But now there's nothinq there. Oh Canada, there's always Canada: a shadow of our home A friendly neighbor but not our own oh Canada, there's always Canada: A haven in the storm We'll hang our hats here until the Great Reform. We watched you drift away, a slow departure from older ways A creeping fleeing from the spirit of which our children should inherit Now we see no future, no lessons from the poet. Long, long ago on a soil that's foreign now we used to be people with a soul Passing along to our heirs a legacy Sound promises of a peaceful home See where it's gone, nothing but a memory How could it end? Faded majesty Your generation led, our generation bled. We want you back again, Oh Beautiful for Spacoius Skies And even though you have betrayed us there is no doubt you were the greatest. And as we fight to stay warm, we'll wait for your return. INVISIBLE Here we are in the turning world haven't done much haven't really heard what it is we're all supposed to be Always changing from day to day never still get out of my way who are you to judge what you don't see? I know your name I know your game I've got to be Invisible Swinging back and forth the pendulum power shifting in the kingdom only love will make the world go 'round Black flags flying in the pouring rain landscapes change yet we remain you don't see me but you can feel my scream Fruit of the dead inside my head I've got to be Invisible Sunny one day then clouds the next soon this weather's gonna kill me yet gonna leave this place never see my face today Don't want you to know what makes me high I don't want you to see me cry Bury my flesh in dunes so far away You'll never see what's inside me I've got to be Invisible LISTEN TO ME In a vision I saw a hundred lonely people standing around staring at the ground In the midst of them a voice crying from the wilderness saying listen to me I can set you free Here stands salvation here grows ambition There lies destruction there rests stagnation Sing me your siren song 'cause it won't be long, yes it won't be long sing me your siren song you must right your wrongs you must stand up strong Can you set me free? I am here and I will listen to you teach me my friend, I will understand so together they went out to spread the word around some would believe, others would not see Look deep in my eyes see the truth in all the lies strong are the winds and skies who's blind is he who dies I watched the heavens break, then all knew their mistake They all betrayed his word, for this their souls will burn As I witnessed, he took his right hand man with him saying hope is no more, they have closed the door Then he saw me and he said to me, "These things you know won't ever be if you listen to me!"

All songs © 1993 Songs from the Hill, SESAC. Reprinted with permission. Unauthorized reprinting is strictly forbidden.