The Train To San Diego
The train to San Diego
Is just about to leave
I should be on my toes
But I'm stuck somewhere in between
Lately I've been losin'
Can't seem to keep up with the times
Sometimes I wish I could stand still
Let the world rush on by
The face in the photograph
A different time and place
The feelin' took me by surprise
A sadness i can't erase
30 years old
Feelin' mortal today
I wish I never hurt you
Wish I still had your faith
See it's a long, long winter
In the cold, without a coat
But if you don't mind me sayin'
There's still time
Time for us
The child in the melody
So present, so clear
An innocent conviction
That wanes throughout the years
Lookin' back life was easier
Though I was so alone
Choices are made for you
Running out of control
It's colder this mornin'
Summer's on her break
An old beat up nylon string
A memory i can't erase
Think I might be comin' round
I think I might be scared
Love that I've found
Please don't leave me again
See it's a long, long winter
In the cold, without a coat
But if you don't mind me sayin'
There's still time
Time for us
Going to London
Feeling alright today
Nothing in my way
Words rolling off my tongue
Moving forward now that I believe
That everything within me
Has a right to be
I heard you say
You were going to London
Say hello for me
Tell her that I'm alright
This bar is closing down
I need to make my move
Wasted so many chances
Got nothing to lose
See I'm too busy rambling
Searching for something that I need
Still haven't found it
Still don't know what it is
I heard you say
You were going to London
Say hello for me
Tell her that I'm alright
California
Marching on the boulevard
The ice is slowly leaving
Runnig back into the ground
Out of sight, out of mind
Thought of yesterday
When she asked me for change
I was sure I saw Marie
But it was just the light playing games
I remember where I've been
I see who I am
No longer mystified by the scars on my hands
Every road I've run
Every war that I've lost
Brought me here today
And tomorrow and so on
If I could just stay here
Together with the world
Fearlessly in between
Forward and reverse
But I never had control
I am what i feel
I've been riding shotgun
No I never had the wheel
Seems like so long ago
Since I saw the sun rise
California
Seems like another life
Seems like so long ago
When the light was in our eyes
California
Forever inside
Still the Same
Watching the news on Wednesday morning
It’s all about hate and everything that’s wrong
They seem surprised like it’s unexpected
I wonder where they’ve been looking all along
There’s war in the desert, fire in the sky
Nobody knows what is wrong what is right
The walls fell down now there’s no place to hide
Guns drawn we stand full of pride
Nothings changed
Still the same
Nothings changed
Maybe one day we’ll understand
There’s war in Africa and in our front garden
In my heart though I try to cry
There’s war in the slave and in the master
In the new born and the wise old man
Nothings changed
Still the same
Nothings changed
Maybe one day we’ll understand
There’s a war in the wilderness, a fight to survive
Kill or be killed, lie or be lied to
From my hometown to the towers of New York
Sunday in Ireland, Iraq or Darfur
We go on surprised, we still don’t learn
Still can’t sit down and let the world turn
There’s always another face to blame
Always sunshine followed by rain
Nothings changed
Still the same
Nothings changed
Maybe one day we’ll understand
Manchester
Late in the evening
No sleep for me
The cold comes through the window
Like it's looking for my feet
And the wind she is howling
A lonely song
The hopeful summer is gone
A cold October morning
The sky was dull and grey
Packed a single suitcase
Boarded the train
To a lie that was stolen
From the fear and disarray
Never looking back again
Feel like a gypsy
Feel just like a fake
Feel like I wasted every hand that I played
Can't stop falling
Wish I could feel the rain
But I can't look away
Time is getting smaller
Pieces falling off
There's something in the window
That I wanted all along
I reach out to touch it
But the glass is too strong
I guess this old road is where I belong
So Mother if you hear me
I don't feel too good
I think I have a fever
And the road is full of mud
If I get back to Manchester
And tell you I'm ok
Please don't let me lie to you again
Julie
Julie got married, coz she thought she should
Just like her mother, and her mother before
Took a job in the city, for the corporate whore
Said it's not forever, just until I'm sure
Then i will run to the mountains
I will fly away
Forty years, in the same prison cell
Working to madness for somebody else
She sad there's nowhere to run even if I could
see my children need feeding and I am their only love
On her old wooden porch, she lights her cigarette
Looks to the mountains, her eyes full of regret
Say's how did I get so far away
How did I come to be so numb
What happened to the child with a thousand dreams
Right now it seems like a dream to believe in one
Fly away
Go and see for yourself
Julie died, in her mothers garden
With her dog and her roses
Memories of laughter
Said my feet never made it to the mountains
But my heart never left
Fly away
Go and see for yourself
She Loves Me
She loves me
Like I've never been loved
Like I want to be loved
Like I need to loved
She takes off her dress
And she gives me everything
She don't mind if I cry
She don't mind
No she don't mind
She rubs my feet
Puts her fingers between my toes
And she tells me stories
That have never been told
She says baby I'm afraid
It feels like time is running away
Would you come with me in December
Would you come with me today
She loves me
Like I've never been loved
Like I want to be loved
Like I need to loved
The River
Woke up late to the sound of a river
Saw the way for the first time
I may fall to the ground tomorrow
So today I will walk alone
He's been living under water
Reminds me a little of myself
Blind in one eye
Deaf in the other
Stumbling along the waters edge
No more waiting for you
To come to me
Well he's looking for a place where the road never reaches
And the silence takes the voices away
The heavens fall but no one is running
The wind still blows and the sun still burns
He say's I don't mind if it falls to pieces
And I don't mind if there's no one there
See I may fall to the ground tomorrow
Today I will walk alone
No more waiting for you
To come to me
Just A Man
I've got love
I've got pain
I've got a feeling I will never be the same
I'm just a man
Lord knows I am
I've got eyes
I've got feet
I think I'm going where i want to be
I'm just a man
Lord knows I am
Sometimes I feel like I can touch the sky
Run from the darkness in my sleep
Chase the tears down your face
All the way to ground
I've got clothes
I've got a home
I've got a woman that will never let me go
I'm just a man
Lord knows I am
Sometimes I feel like I can hear you laughing
See your children growing
Watch the clear blue sky of winter
All the way to the ground
I've got love
I've got hope
Though there's things that I will never know
A color that the light will never show
I'm just a man
Lord knows I am
The Hope Of Change
I see flowers fearless at my feet
Suddenly so much to say
The world is full of faith
I see children playing in the street
Remember how it used to be
So careless and free
I hear the thoughts of a young man in my ears
I know his dreams I know his fears
I know the reason for his tears
I find it strange how every moment seems so real
Though the roller coaster we feel
Changes every second
Feel the hope of change in our world
One generation, one voice, one word
Maybe this time we will be the ones who learn
Love works
I see a soldier sitting down to rest
I hear the gun the gun fire end
The heart begin to mend
For one moment there is silence there is peace
There is no one in need
No hate, no greed
And the worries that deceived us before
Are washed like stones upon the shore
We don't need them anymore
Feel the hope of change in our world
One generation, one voice, one word
Maybe this time we will be the ones who learn
Love works
Maria
Maria is a lady
Who never had a chance to be a child
She's been on her own
Since the day she arrived
Maria is a fighter
She'll never let her guard down
She'll never give in
Long after the last bell sounds
She's on the road to Barcelona
She's on the road to anywhere
See she knows she's missing something
She doesn't see it
Lost behind the tears
Maria is lover
But only when she's on her own
On the outside
She's as cold as a stone
She will make you feel needed
She will give you what you want
In the morning
It's just you and the sun
She's gone looking for something
That she's had all along
She knows she's missing something
She doesn't see it
Lost behind the tears
She believes in Jesus
She believes he's waiting in the sky
But her heart is empty
Just like a cold dark night
She is looking for forgiveness
Looking for a loving hand
Someone to turn to
Someone to understand
She's on the road to Barcelona
She's on the road to anywhere
See she knows she's missing something
She doesn't see it
Lost behind the tears
