Street of Dreams
Wind on the Water
Right Time to Tremble
Tender Moments
River City Sunday
My Intuition
Love Blue
Nothing to Lose
Restless
Between Love
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Street of Dreams
Sister Annie
Kiss and Tell
Cowboys and Indians
Roses in the Rain
Credits
Wind on the Water  return to the top of the page
(Mayer/Guth/Mayer)

The stillness in the air is nothing like your green eyes
You would never care, you set hour horses free and wild
Nothing you can do about the weather
It’s gonna find you where ever you are
Nothing you can do about the moonlight

When there’s a wind on the water
Stormin’ in my soul
Touched by heaven’s daughter
Makes me overflow

An unexpected smile there’s a secret that you’re keeping
Tricks me like the tide over castles creeping
Nothing you can do about the weather
It’s gonna find you where ever you are
Nothing you can do about the moonlight

When there’s a wind on the water
Stormin’ in my soul
Touched by heaven’s daughter
Makes me overflow

And I’m seeing the stars tonight
Like it’s the very first time in my life
Take a boat out on the waves there’s no need to be afraid

First I hear the wind blow, Whispering my name
Then I see your shadow no need to be ashamed, don’t be ashamed
It’s gonna find you where ever you are
Nothing you can do about the moonlight

When there’s a wind on the water
Stormin’ in my soul
Touched by heaven’s daughter
Makes me overflow

When there’s a wind on the water
Stormin’ in my soul
Touched by heaven’s daughter
Makes me overflow


Right Time to Tremble  return to the top of the page
(Mayer/Guth/Mayer)

Hey Pollyanna, you make me tremble
Let's meet the night time
With a kiss for luck and a kiss for life
You stumble on the crack in the street
Fell in love with a coke machine
So much and just sixteen
There's trouble to spend and trouble to spare
You're so afraid of the dark
Don't you turn around
Don't stop at the start

Right time to tremble
Read the writing in the subway
Radios in the alleyway
Make me say it's the right time
To tremble

Right time to tremble
See the soldiers on the avenue
Who knows what you're gonna do
Nothing to lose it's the right time

Hey taxi driver, take me to the Amazon
The king and queen have gone
There's chain saws on the castle walls
Choke on the smoke in the sky
This breath couldn't be my last
My baby's growing fast
There's trouble to spend and trouble to spare
We're so afraid of the dark
Strike a flame and don't let it out of your,
Can't let it out of your
Don't let it out of your mind

Right time to tremble
Read the writing in the subway
Radios in the alleyway
Make me say it's the right time

Right time to tremble
See the soldiers on the avenue
Who knows what you're gonna do
Nothing to lose it's the right time

You wanna live, you gotta tremble
How water makes the steam
Runs the motor, makes a dream
You wanna live, you gotta tremble
Glory, glory hallelujah

Right time to tremble
Read the writing in the subway
Radios in the alleyway
Make me say it's the right time

Right time to tremble
See the soldiers on the avenue
Who knows what you're gonna do
Nothing to lose it's the right time


Tender Moments  return to the top of the page
(Mayer/Guth/Mayer)

You’re giving me the look that says your mine
A message from another world
Captured in your eyes
You could turn the world around tonight
The shadows from your golden face
The burning candlelight
I’ll say the words you’ve never heard
And all your tears will disappear

Cause my tender moments are with you
And my treasures are the things you do

I can hear you calling through the night
Your voice just like the summer wind
Blowin’ through my mind
Take me to the heavens with your touch
Among the stars and sleepless dreams
Until the morning light
A memory of another time
When all the world was you and I

Cause my tender moments are with you
And my treasures are the things you do

Cause my tender moments are with you
And my treasures are the things you do


River City Sunday  return to the top of the page
(Mayer/Guth/Mayer)

Ring a ling go the steeple bells
Mother Mary send the mail
Preacher opens up the letter
Reads the words of joy to the weary eyed
Grandpa snores and baby cries
Small town sinners dream of paradise
Shining the wheels for a Sunday drive
Watch the days and years role by
Floating away down the Mississippi River

Hangin' out, hangin' out
On a river city Sunday again
Hangin' out, hangin' out
On a river city Sunday again

Bobby fixes Cadillacs
Make it to the corner but they don't come back
Spark and bang it's the 4th of July
Take me to the park for some peace of mind
The clock is ticking out of time
Dimaggio's diamond sparkles in the sun
Holding my sweet midwestern girl
She took my heart around the world
But my big city dreams
Drownin' in a small town stream

Hangin' out, hangin' out
On a river city Sunday again
Hangin' out, hangin' out
On a river city Sunday again

Catch a train to New York City
Shiny apple looks so  pretty
The traffic never stops
And you can't trust the cops
To the land of neon stars
Pretty faces in a jar
It's cold but I don't shiver
Someone stole my river
Got to get out got to get back
Got to get out got to get back

Hangin' out, hangin' out
On a river city Sunday again
Hangin' out, hangin' out
On a river city Sunday again

Hangin' out, hangin' out
On a river city Sunday again
Hangin' out, hangin' out
On a river city Sunday again


My Intuition  return to the top of the page
(Mayer/Guth/Mayer)

Sally caught a west bound train
Always thought she'd take my name
My intuition fooled again
I thought love was destiny
But now I'm just a refugee
My intuition fooled again
I'm not crazy just a little bit confused
Standing on the corner of a wing and a prayer
Which road to choose
I look to the heavens and wonder why
The passing sun just blinds my eye
My intuition fooled again

Bye bye bye to my intuition
Bye bye bye to my intuition

I bet my fortune on a pair of cards
Now I'm living in railway yards
My intuition fooled again
I'm not one to pass the blame
I played my hand and lost the game
My intuition fooled again

Someday soon the planets will align
Then I'll make some sense of this
The reason for the rhyme
There's no window on my pain
I can feel the pouring rain
My intuition fooled again

Bye bye bye to my intuition
Bye bye bye to my intuition

Bye bye bye to my intuition
Bye bye bye to my intuition


Love Blue  return to the top of the page
(Mayer/Guth/Mayer)

It's a lonesome illusion
Being in love with you
I draw empty conclusions
Where there should be two
China doll, silken smile
I still don't have a clue

Color me, color me love blue
La la la la love blue
La la la la love blue

Like the passing seasons
Or the morning sun
They never give any reasons
For the change that comes
Do I dare hope that you care
Or is there someone new

Color me, color me love blue
La la la la love blue
La la la la love blue

You see love in black and white
Forget the golden rule
In the shadows of the night
I guess I played the fool
Color me, color me love blue
Color me, color me love blue

In the shadows of the night
I guess I played the fool

Color me, color me love blue
La la la la love blue
La la la la love blue
Color me, color me love blue
La la la la love blue
La la la la love blue


Nothing to Lose  return to the top of the page
(Mayer/Guth/Mayer)

Don't you want to know about it
Don't you want to scream and shout it
I know that you've traveled far
What you see is what you are

In the morning when I rise
I think about the many lies I believe
But I'm not gonna lose my head
Over something someone said to me

You've got nothing to lose
It's just the way that you choose

I've had enough of conversation
What I need is inspiration
The garden wall is just a fence
It's a matter of confidence

It's been forty days and nights
Till I finally realized it's raining
Someone sent a dove to me
There must be other lonely ships at sea

You've got nothing to lose
It's just the way that you choose


Restless return to the top of the page
(Mayer/Guth/Mayer)
 

Hey man where you gonna stand
Looking round the world for  a well made plan
Baby, lookin' for love
Wanna find someone who'll fit you just like a  glove
One two three four
Everybody wants some more and more
Money, cars and a house
Ooh baby I see a mouse running cross that floor
Oh no I'm not crazy
Oh no I'm not lazy
I'm just trying to make it baby
In this whole wide world

I'm restless, all the live long day
I'm restless, I'm trying to find my way
I'm restless, shaken and I don't know why
I'm restless, I got no time to cry

Flimflam a traffic jam
Standing in line like a sacrificial lamb
Hi ho where you gonna go
The more you think the less that you're gonna know
Oh no you're not crazy
Oh no you're not lazy
You're just trying to make it baby
In this whole wide world

I'm restless, all the live long day
I'm restless, I'm trying to find my way
I'm restless, shaken and I don't know why
I'm restless, I got no time to cry

We are restless . . .

Oh no time is flying
Oh no I ain't lying
Oh no you can't be buying
Another day I’m restless, all the live long day

I'm restless, I'm trying to find my way
I'm restless, shaken and I don't know why
I'm restless, I got no time to cry


Between Love  return to the top of the page
(Mayer/Guth/Mayer)
 

A lonely heart is a cross to bear
A lonely heart is the color that I wear
Save all my sorrow for tomorrow's rain
Save all my sorrow for yesterday's pain

It's been a long time between love
A long time coming
I spent a life time running from you
It's been a long time between love
A long time coming
I spent a life time running from you

I always said that if you ever leave me
Don't let me down easy just walk on out the door
Sure we had some good times turned darkness into day
You would always touch me in a melancholy way

It's been a long time between love
A long time coming
I spent a life time running from you
It's been a long time between love
A long time coming
I spent a life time running from you

Love is so short, forgetting is so long
When I stand against the wind I hope that I'll be strong
 
It's been a long time between love
A long time coming
I spent a life time running from you
It's been a long time between love
A long time coming
I spent a life time running from you


Bang! Bang! Bang!  return to the top of the page
(Mayer/Guth/Mayer)

Wedding night, one a.m.
The bride and the preacher are sipping on gin,
Nobody showed at the show she had planned for a lifetime
She's out of luck, out of time
Ready to live and ready to die
Nowhere to go but heaven or earth
The little voice in her ear
Says we're getting out of here

Bang, Bang, Bang I'm breaking away
Forget about tomorrow, I'm living today
Bang, Bang, Bang the sky is screaming
Wake up baby you've been dreaming

He needed a woman, she needed a man
They needed to break into the promised land
The moon was shining a path to heaven's gate
They made love, they made truth, they made day break
The air was sweeter than a wedding cake,
Married in the church that has no name

(she says) I do believe that you and I
Will never be the same again

Bang, Bang, Bang I'm breaking away
Forget about tomorrow, I'm living today
Bang, Bang, Bang the sky is screaming
Wake up baby you've been dreaming

One last chance for you to decide
Are you dying to live or living to die
Say what you mean and mean what you say
'Cause that life of yours is gonna slip away

Driving fast in the middle of the night
They could see that sign shining big and bright
"You're welcome to leave this lonely  highway"
Nobody knows just what it means
But everybody understands
When you say

Bang, Bang, Bang I'm breaking away
Forget about tomorrow, I'm living today
Bang, Bang, Bang the sky is screaming
Wake up baby you've been dreaming



Street of Dreams  return to the top of the page
(Mayer/Guth/Mayer)

The wounds of the past
Lying in the broken glass
With the first and the last time I saw you
I weave thread by thread
The white flag that I can't mend
Try to fix it all again I surrender
There's a street that bares your name
But the town's been rearranged
Check the lock on the door
It's me that won't go back anymore

There used to be a house on the street of dreams
A home for our desire
Shelter me 'cause I'm losing sleep
My heart beats once, and I once held your hand
My heart beats twice, and I don't understand
My heart beats out on the street
The street of dreams

The wind's blowing cold
In the room where you told me
To meet you and hold you once again
The address that you gave
Is an ancient arcade
An old house full of games I'm not playing
As I walk from room to room
There's a trace of your perfume
Check the lock on the door
It's me that won't be back anymore

There used to be a house on the street of dreams
A home for our desire
Shelter me 'cause I'm losing sleep
My heart beats once, and I once held your hand
My heart beats twice, and I don't understand
My heart beats out on the street
The street of dreams

The ring never worn
The child never born
These are words from a long lost letter
Tell the truth, tell the time
Tell them both they're telling lies
Tell the sun not to shine
It's me that won't be back anymore

There used to be a house on the street of dreams
A home for our desire
Shelter me 'cause I'm losing sleep
My heart beats once, and I once held your hand
My heart beats twice, and I don't understand
My heart beats out on the street
The street of dreams
 


Sister Annie  return to the top of the page
(Mayer/Guth/Mayer)

Once I had a special friend she meant the world to me
The world is only wide as you let it be
Hold on to tomorrow is what she'd always say
Keeps away the sorrow of living for today
Oh but when you coming home

Sister Annie close the door
She don't live here any more
It's time to settle up the score
Sister Annie close the door

I searched the Milky Way counting the stars that  shine Hoping that one of them is a friend of mine
Hold on to tomorrow is what she'd always say
So I beg steal or borrow
To make it through another day
Oh but when you coming home

Sister Annie close the door
She don't live here any more
It's time to settle up the score
Sister Annie close the door


Kiss and Tell  return to the top of the page
(Mayer/Guth/Mayer)
 

She looks . . . she moves
Through fire and ice an angel flies
Her lips . . . her eyes
Full moon tonight the waters rise
The waters rise

Tonight the lonely kiss and tell
Tonight the lonely kiss and tell

He waits . . . there's a ripple on the water
He knows . . . there's an answer on the wind
What shadows bring when darkness falls
His voice . . . no words can be spoken
His hands . . . they tremble at his side
Full moon tonight the waters rise
The waters rise

Tonight the lonely kiss and tell
Tonight the lonely kiss and tell

Tonight the lonely come out tonight
Blame it on the starlight
Blame it on the sorrow
When lonely hearts embrace
It's like there's no tomorrow

Tonight the lonely kiss and tell
Tonight the lonely kiss and tell
Tonight the lonely kiss and tell
Tonight the lonely kiss and tell


Cowboys and Indians  return to the top of the page
(Mayer/Guth/Mayer)

He played blackbird on a blue guitar
Said he was from Zanzibar
Catching trains that have no name
He sold adventure for cheap champagne
The crowds would gather to hear him play
Songs for strange and troubled days
Silver arrows shoot the Yellow moon
Oh time has been for Cowboys and Indians

I tagged along just for the ride
To see if he could really touch the sky
We lived the life in some grand cafe
And rolled the dice on a star's crusade
He was the poet of the people's dreams
He made them laugh he made them scream
Wooden Tee Pees carved on bar room doors
But time has been for Cowboys and Indians

We need a Robin Hood
But I don't think he understood
That the rules of gravity apply

They proclaimed him the king of song
You know he could do no wrong
You're a star boy it's in your name
He told me "don't want to play this game”
Some angry people took some desperate means
They shot the poet of the people's dreams
Cowboys tumble in a free for all
Time has been for Cowboys and Indians


Roses in the Rain  return to the top of the page
(Mayer/Guth/Mayer)

Guess I'll go and talk again
To my one and only friend
That comforts me
Lives on second avenue
Right above a river view
With a sight to see
Came to town 'bout a year ago
In a flutter of emotion
Strangled devotion

You give me roses in the rain
You give me roses in the rain
Makes me believe the sun will shine again

I walked into the living room
He's playing something green and blue
From Avalon
He handed me the coffee black
And then he said "now take me back
To what went wrong"
I said damn these tears
Damn this old fashion emotion
If you've got a notion

You give me roses in the rain
You give me roses in the rain
Makes me believe the sun will shine again

Promises are broken
Angry words are spoken
They're just a token of your life
Promises are broken
Angry words are spoken
Give me a token of your love

You give me roses in the rain
You give me roses in the rain
Makes me believe the sun will shine again

You give me roses in the rain
You give me roses in the rain
Makes me believe the sun will shine again


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Credits:

Musicians: Roger Guth - Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Jim Mayer - Bass, Production, Vocals
Peter Mayer - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Produced by: PM
Copyright
Information:
All Songs © 1989 - 1991 Screen Gems-EMI Publishing, Inc., BMI.
© 1993 PM
Released on: Shadow Records, 1993

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