1. |
Great Divide
04:17
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You're still the child of destiny
Everyday I see you shine
Voices from a nation's scar
Twist the truth of what you are
So darlin' don't you feel so sad
Whatever you do
Don't let them keep you
From coming through
The great divide
Maybe someday the sky will open
Their one track minds
Might see the thread that ties us all
Together
Together
Don't you let them keep you down
Still you've got to understand
Still the old ways die so hard
Now the innocence you find in youth
Brings you closer to the truth
Keep searching for some common ground
Whatever you do
Don't let them keep you
From coming through
The great divide
Maybe someday the sky will open
Their one track minds
Might see the thread that ties us all
Together
Together
Don't you let them keep you down
Still the old ways die so hard
Just remember who you are
You're still the child of destiny
The great divide
Maybe someday the sky will open
Their one track minds
Might see the thread that ties us all
Together
Just remember who you are
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2. |
Opening Night
04:32
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Maybe a smile in the scene could help hide
How you're feeling inside 'til the stuntmen arrive
Have you forgotten the lines?
Is the role not quite right?
Never thought in rehearsal
The lights were much too bright
Here you are on opening night
So put on that face
For all the passers-on-by
And in Act IV
For the ladies who cry
It's opening night
Where's the leading lady
What'd she used to say to you
In the middle of her song
You know the show it must go on
There's a full house tonight
You'd better be good
I been there before
And it's understood
That it's out of your hands
Written so long ago
And who could come up with
A scene so true to life
Here you are on opening night
So put on that face
For all the passers-on-by
And in Act IV
For the ladies who cry
It's opening night
Where's the leading lady
What'd she used to say to you
In the middle of her song
You know the show it must go on
The show it must go on
It's opening night
Here you are
On opening night
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3. |
Begin Again
04:16
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When the lights are fading fast
When the luck don't seem to last
When freedom is on its knees
When the fire begins to freeze
When their hearts have turned to stone
When God's left you all alone
When the flag burns to the ground
When the voice can't make a sound
You got nothing left to lose
So turn up turn up the gain
File away your regret
It's time to get down to it
O lay the first stone
No you're not finished yet
When the sky begins to fall
When words mean nothing at all
When the bough begins to shake
When the whole world's at stake
When pieces no longer fit
And so-called friends make a day of it
When water don't turn to wine
When your heart is on the line
You got nothing left to lose
So turn up turn up the gain
File away your regret
It's time to get down to it
O lay the first stone
No you're not finished yet
Begin again
Yesterday is just a dream
It's time you were changing changing the scene
I know you can
Begin again
I know you can begin again
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4. |
Chasing the Day
03:57
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Baby said she's coming home tonight
She been so long away
I thought she might
Stay awhile this time to comfort me
Somehow I know she won't
Realize she don't
Belong with me
She's free to wander 'round the world
She's everybody's girl
A late flight for LA
Leaving me chasing the day
Heaven only knows what's on her mind
I started out today
Can't be left behind
Living in my car along the way
That's how the West was won
You drive into the sun
Never catch the day
She's free to wander 'round the world
She's everybody's girl
The lights begin to fade
Leaving me chasing the day
OK
Now baby said she's leaving late today
I wonder where she'll go
I think by now she knows
I'm on my way
She's free to wander 'round the world
She's everybody's girl
A late flight from LA
Leaving me chasing the day
She's free to wander 'round the world
She's everybody's girl
A late flight from LA
Leaving me chasing the day
She's free
On a late flight from LA
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5. |
Amelia
03:46
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Somewhere in the sky tonight
I thought I heard you
Just overhead beckoned me to come fly
To another place and time
Somewhere in my mind tonight
I thought I saw you
Like a freedom fighter running breathlessly by
Through the corner of my eye
Amelia in lovely shades of gray
Amelia like a cold dark summer's day
At times I wish I knew
Why I lost touch with you
You used to laugh about those other guys
And say, "Anybody could see
What was real and what was just handed down"
It was all the same to me
Somewhere in the world tonight
I thought I touched you
On a dusty page with words that nobody knew
And a photo from the moon
Amelia in lovely shades of gray
Amelia like a cold dark summer's day
Amelia in lovely shades of gray
Amelia
You're out there, somewhere
Calling my name
Amelia in lovely shades of gray
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6. |
She is the Fire
03:33
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She's a ticket to somewhere
Torn between the things I'd say
Wish she'd leave
I wish she'd stay
She's the girl that heaven sends
Too far away too wide awake
Feel the earth begin to shake
And shake and shake
Stretching the ties that find me again
Rolling the films of my mind
Too close I burn
Too far away I freeze
She is the fire
She is the fire
In time I learn
What my heart already sees
She is the fire
She is the fire
She's a ticket to somewhere
And all the while I'm unaware
Need her like I need the air
So breathe
Stretching the ties that find me again
Rolling the films of my mind
Too close I burn
Too far away I freeze
She is on fire
She is...
And she's leaving me searching for home
Too close I burn
Too far away I freeze
She is the fire
She is the fire
In time I learn
What my heart already sees
She is the fire
yeah
Too close I burn
Too far away I freeze
She is the fire
She is on fire
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7. |
So Much
04:00
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She draws her hair up
Throws down the ladders
In her Golden Tower
Just one thing matters
She says, "Moving on can take so long"
Like the girl in some old sad song
But you can always come back
When love would last
You can always turn back
And realize what's past
So much for you
So much for me
So much of love
Is a mystery
So much for me
So much for you
So much of one
Gets broke in two
He turns his back and slams the door
Swears it don't matter anymore
He just takes the memories
Throws them down
Like a stranger in his home town
But you can always come back
To when love would last
You can always turn back
And realize what's past
So much for you
So much for me
So much of love
Is a mystery
So much for me
So much for you
So much of one
Gets broke in two
You can always come back
You can always turn back
So much for you
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8. |
Darkest Moment
04:24
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Once upon a time there lived a man who looked like me
Look into your crystal ball and see
He jumped a ship and traveled slowly
Heading out to sea
Stow away and wake too late to see
Islands all around
Islands all around
Kingdom come what may
Keep reaching with all my might
In the darkest moment comes the light
Bring me back to heaven
I wait through the dead of night
In the darkest moment comes the light
Out of sight and into mind I'm calling out your name
Search the world and play the waiting game
Still the earth goes spinning slowly tearing us apart
It's a lonely road I wait to make my start
Fixing a hole in my heart
Fixing a hole in my heart
Kingdom come what may
Keep dreaming with all my might
In the darkest moment comes the light
So bring me back to heaven
I wait through the dead of night
In the darkest moment comes the light
Bring me back to heaven
I wait through the dead of night
In the darkest moment comes the light
I know it's up there
Y'know it's just up ahead
And if I just keep reaching out I'll find
Kingdom come what may
Keep reaching just out of sight
In the darkest moment comes the light
Here it comes
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9. |
Cyrano
03:55
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Yesterday she shines in the night
On a balcony in California
I find my senses numb from the sight
Before I could say
She goes away again
I stumble for words
Reality herds on by
Cyrano where are you now?
There must be a way
To get through somehow
Cyrano where are you now?
Still the only reply's indigo
Never thought I'd play the great pretender
When she's near I tremble I know
It's Winter in June
Howl at the moon all night
I stumble for words
The girl and the birds still fly
Cyrano where are you now?
There must be a way
To get through somehow
Cyrano where are you now?
Cyrano where are you now?
Got to rearrange
Her heart somehow
So Cyrano where are you now?
Cyrano where are you now?
Got to rearrange
Her heart somehow
Cyrano what would you say now?
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10. |
Deep
04:12
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Thinking aloud I could have found some other way
To tell you I feel the storm has finally gone away
Far from the war on devotion
I find you again in the ocean
You're deep in my mind
With the laughter and pain
Deep in the sea
Waves wash you back again
Wondering aloud I trace the tide to your shore
And stare at the endless sky the land of Nevermore
Far from the war with devotion
I find you again in the ocean
Deep in my heart
You runaway in the past
Floating pictures that fade
I start sinking so fast
Send me a line
And it's the end of the war with devotion
I find you again in the ocean
Deep in the sea lies the life that I've known
I've been so long away now I'm coming home
Coming home
You're deep in my mind
With the laughter and pain
Deep in the sea
Waves wash you back again
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Bruce Cook Minneapolis, Minnesota
Singer, songwriter, musician from Minneapolis, Minnesota
www.brucecook.com
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