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Cathedral

Six o' clock
In the morning I feel pretty good
So I dropped into the luxury of the Lords
Fighting dragons and crossing swords
With the people against the hordes who came to conquer

Seven o'clock
In the morning here it comes I taste the warning
And I'm so amazed I'm here today
Seeing things so clear this way
In the car and on my way to Stonehenge

[Instrumental (Piano)]

I'm flying in Winchester cathedral
Sunlight pouring through the break of day
Stumbled through the door and into the chamber
There's a lady setting flowers on a table covered lace
And a cleaner in the distance finds a cobweb on a face
And a feeling deep inside of me
Tells me this can't be the place

I'm flying in Winchester cathedral
All religion has to have its day
Expressions on the face of the Savior
Made me say
I can't stay

Open up the gates of the church and let me out of here
Too many people have lied in the name of Christ
For anyone to heed the call
So many people have died in the name of Christ
That I can't believe it all

Now I'm standing on the grave of a soldier that died in 1799
And the day he died it was a birthday
And I noticed it was mine
And my head didn't know just who I was
And I went spinning back in time
And I am high upon the altar
High upon the altar, high

[Instrumental (Strings)]

I'm flying in Winchester cathedral
It's hard enough to drink the wine
The air inside just hangs in delusion
But given time
I'll be fine

Open up the gates of the church and let me out of here
Too many people have lied in the name of Christ
For anyone to heed the call
Too many people have died in the name of Christ
That I can't believe it all

And now I'm standing on the grave of a soldier that died in 1799
And the day he died it was a birthday
And I noticed it was mine
And my head didn't know just who I was
And I went spinning back in time
And I am high upon the altar
High upon the altar, high

[Ending (Strings and Piano)]

Turn your back on love

[Intro. (Electric Guitars)]

Mmm ...

Is this a prison
Or do you call it love?
You will know for certain someday
It'll never be tough enough

When love is hidden
It is below above
And you know when you run away
You turn your back on love

Lonely days and lonely nights
Will we ever get it right
Don't be blinded by the light
Turn your back on love no, no

You're dying to prove
That you are never wrong
You're so right you'd rather be sad
But you won't go along

You built a wall, didn't ya
'Round what you're thinking of
Never mind what anyone says
You're turning your back on love

Lonely days and lonely nights
Will we ever get it right
Don't be blinded by the light
Turn, turn, turn
Would you turn your back on love

[Instrumental (Electric Guitar) ]

Aaah ... aaah ...
Isn't it my life
Tell me what else it is
You can do whatever you want
If you will take a risk

When is it my love
How will you handle it to wit
There are two whenever we are
If you can hear the kiss

If you believe it
Love is quite strong enough
Be together honest and free
No turning back on love

Lonely days and lonely nights
Will we ever get it right
Don't be blinded by the light
Turn your back on love

Turn your back
Turn your back on love ...

Into the Darkness

[Intro. (Electric Guitars)]

Into the darkness soon you'll be sinking
What are you doing? What can you be thinking
All of your friends have been trying to warn you
That some of your demons are dying to drag you

Away (Into the darkness) into the darkness
Into the darkness away

All of your life you've been making your payments
Alone on the phone with your business arrangements
No wonder no one could ever get near you
You're screaming too loud no one can hear you

I see you coming to the end of the day
And was it worth it? No one can say
I see your face it is ghostly pale
Into the sunset we are watching you sail

[Instrumental (Electric Guitar)]


Temperature's rising over the rainbow
What are you hiding? Afraid of your shadow
We have been trying, trying to find you
There's no use denying our love is behind you

Stay out of the darkness
Out of the darkness stay

[Ending (Electric Guitar) ]

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

[Intro. (Acoustic Guitar)]

It's getting to the point where I'm no fun anymore
I am sorry
Sometimes it hurts so badly I must cry out loud
I am lonely

I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are
You make it hard

Remember what we've said and done and felt about each other
Oh, babe have mercy
Don't let the past remind us of what we are not now
I am not dreaming

I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are
You make it hard

[Instrumental (Acoustic Guitar)]

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Tearing yourself away from me now you are free
And I am crying
This does not mean I don't love you I do that's forever
Yes and for always

I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are
You make it hard

Something inside is telling me that I've got your secret
Are you still listening?
Fear is the lock and laughter the key to your heart
And I love you

I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are
You make it hard
And you make it hard
And you make it hard
And you make it hard

[Instrumental (Acoustic Guitar)]

Friday evening
Sunday in the afternoon
What have you got to lose?

Tuesday morning
Please be gone I'm tired of you
What have you got to lose?

Can I tell it like it is? (Help me I'm sufferin')
Listen to me baby
It's my heart that's a sufferin' it's a dyin' (Help me I'm dyin')
And that's what I have to lose (To lose)

I've got an answer
I'm going to fly away
What have I got to lose?

Will you come see me
Thursdays and Saturdays?
What have you got to lose?

[Instrumental (Acoustic Guitar)]

Chestnut brown canary
Ruby throated sparrow
Sing a song, don't be long
Thrill me to the marrow

[Instrumental (Acoustic Guitar)]

Voices of the angels
Ring around the moonlight
Asking me said she so free
How can you catch the sparrow?

[Instrumental (Acoustic Guitar)]

Lacy lilting lady
Losing love lamenting
Change my life, make it right
Be my lady

[Instrumental (Acoustic Guitar)]

Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo

Que linda me la traiga Cuba
La reina de la Mar Caribe
Cielo sol no tiene sangreahi
Y que triste que no puedo vaya oh va, oh va

Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo

Find the Cost of Freedom

Find the cost of freedom
Buried in the ground
Mother Earth will swallow you
Lay your body down

Teach your Children

You, who are on the road must have a code that you can live by.
And so become yourself because the past is just a good bye.
Teach your children well, their father's hell did slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams, the one they fix, the one you'll know by.
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.

And you, of the tender years can't know the fears that your elders grew by,
And so please help them with your youth, they seek the truth before they can die.
Teach your parents well, their children's hell will slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams, the one they fix,the one you'll know by.
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.

Deja Vu

[Scat singing]
One Two Three Four
If I had ever been here before
I would probably know just what to do
Don't you?
If I had ever been here before on another time around the wheel
I would probably know just how to deal
With all of you
And I feel
Like I've been here before
Feel
Like I've been here before
And you know it makes me wonder
What's going on under the ground, hmmm
Do you know? Don't you wonder?
What's going on down under you
We have all been here before, we have all been here before
We have all been here before, we have all been here before
We have all been here before, we have all been here before

Ohio

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

Helplessly Hoping

[Intro. (Acoustic Guitar)]

Helplessly hoping her harlequin hovers nearby
Awaiting a word
Gasping at glimpses of gentle true spirit he runs
Wishing he could fly
Only to trip at the sound of goodbye

Wordlessly watching he waits by the window and wonders
At the empty place inside
Heartlessly helping himself to her bad dreams he worries
Did he hear a good-bye?
Or even hello?

They are one person
They are two alone
They are three together
They are for each other

Stand by the stairway you'll see something certain to tell you
Confusion has its cost
Love isn't lying it's loose in a lady who lingers
Saying she is lost
And choking on hello

They are one person
They are two alone
They are three together
They are for each other

Day light Again

[Intro. (Acoustic Guitars)]

Daylight again
Following me to bed
I think about a hundred years ago
How my father's bled

I think I see a valley
Covered with bones in blue
All the brave soldiers that cannot get older
Been asking after you

Hear the past a' calling
From Armageddon's side
When everyone's talking and no one is listening
How can we decide

[Instrumental (Banjo)]

Do we find the cost of freedom
Buried in the ground
Mother Earth will swallow you
Lay your body down

Shadow Captain

[Intro. (Slide Guitar and Piano)]

Oh, captain what are we hiding from?
You've been hiding from the start
Did some lover steal your heart
Or did the full moon make you mad?

Oh, captain why these speechless seas
That never come to land?
Oh, I need to understand
Could a little light be that bad?

[Instrumental (Piano)]

I can see your hands are roughened
By the wheel and the rope
I'd like to look to you for hope
I think it's hiding there

This boat is blacked out like a city
Awaiting bombers in the night
Oh, you hold your helm so tight
And yet the sky seems so fair

Who guides this ship
Dreaming through the seas
Turning and searching
Whichever way you please?

Speak to me
I need to see your face
Shadowy captain
In a darkened space

[Instrumental (Piano)]

If I were to spy a city
Floating just above the sea
Could we stop and look for me
Among those playing on the pier?

Or would you turn away knowing
It was still a ways away
And if I was there today
You could not see me all that clear

Who guides this ship
Dreaming through the seas
Turning and searching
Whichever way you please?

Speak to me
I need to see your face
Shadowy captain
In a darkened space

[Instrumental (Piano)]

Shadow captain of a charcoal ship
Shadow captain of a charcoal ship
Trying to give the light the slip

[Ending (Piano)]