Ticket To Ride
1 - Invocation
For those whose eyes would see Render
them in faith to me For all those seeking peace In
my arms your strife shall cease And place in me the agony you
bear Nothing can impair The perfect love I
bring In a simple offering
2 -
Your Wonderful Parade
Ladies and gentlemen! May I direct your
attention to the center ring where hollow princes and shallow kings perform
their tricks while justice swings side to side. And may I remind you once again,
of the spectacle about to begin, now forming at the darkest end of the big top.
Don't forget to take yourplace in line, leave your mind behind, and join the
procession of the people, by the people, and for the people, your own wonderful
parade!
Your wonderful parade
Moving
through the towns that rise and then they fade Over streets
that pass the houses where you've stayed Your wonderful parade Your daily masquerade
Paper masks that hide mistakes
that you have made Crumble down upon foundations that you've
laid Your daily masquerade Stand in line, try
to climb, meet your wife at cocktail time You're sure to lose
so try and choose a better way to fall Your marvelous charade Never could be worth the prices that you've paid
Blindness
is a part of every game you've played Your marvelous charade Your wonderful parade
Stand in line, try to
climb, meet your wife at cocktail time You're sure to lose so
try and choose a better way to fall Your marvelous charade Never could be worth the prices that you've paid
Blindness
is a part of every game you've played Your marvelous charade Your daily masquerade, your wonderful parade
3 -
Someday
Someday, rested from hours of sleeping We'll stay
safely behind what we're keeping You'll seem warmer than I had
remembered you Lying so close I'll be able to feel you breathe
I could never leave One day when I am able to love you
I'll come back from wherever I've been to I'll see you
looking the same as you always have Lovely, so lovely I'll
cling to the love you give So I'll start to live Someday
is coming if I beleive it Someday always brings the good life
you knew ever back to you Oh, I need you Someday,
all I can give you is someday Someday, all I can offer is
someday Please say that you'll be waiting when someday comes
Promise me this and a kiss To keep what you are always
close to me instrumental break Oh, I
need you Someday, all I can give you is someday Someday,
all I can offer is someday Please say that you'll be waiting
when someday comes Promise me this and a kiss To
keep what you are always close to me Someday
4 -
Get Together
Love is but the song we sing Fear's the way we die
You can make the mountains ring or hear the angels cry Though
the dove is on the wing You need not know why Come
on people now Smile on your brother, everybody get together
Love one another right now Some will come and some will
go This will surely pass When the One who left
us here returns for us at last We are but a moments's sunlight
fading in the grass Come on people now Smile
on your brother, everybody get together Love one another right
now If you hear the song we sing you will understand You
hold the key to love and fear It's in your trembling hand
When key unlocks them both you know it's at your command Come
on people now Smile on your brother, everybody get together
Love one another right now And love one another right
now Love one another right now
5 -
All Of My Life
All of my life I have been waiting for just one boy And
all of my life I have been waiting for all the joy Of having
someone that I can call my own Who'll come to my side when I am
all alone And now you are here and I've found a whole new world
has opened for me A world filled with joy, a world filled with
all your love, eternally For you say you're mine, you'll
love me all the time, night and day, come what may And all of
my life you will be my own instrumental break I
just want someone that I can call my own Who'll come to my side
when I am all alone And now you are here and I've found a whole
new world has opened for me A world filled with joy, a world
filled with all your love, eternally For you say you're mine
And you'll love me all the time, night and day, come what may And
all of my life you will be my own You will be my own
6 -
Turn Away
I guess you know what it's all about All the answers
seem so clear to you You know just exactly what you want to do
And never allow feeling of doubt I guess you've seen
where your road can lead And all the pain that you have in
store For now you have just to lock every door And
find on your own what you think you need Turn away Find
the way on your own I'll be here waiting here to say: Turn
away Find the way on your own I'll still be
calling your name And if I try to show you how Tomorrow
is never is like yesterday Would you change your mind and see
things my way? Or are you afraid that I'll bring you down?
Turn away Find the way on your own I'll
be here waiting here to say: Turn away Fine
the way on your own I'll still be calling your name
7 -
Ticket To Ride
I think I'm gonna be sad I think it's today, yeah
The boy that's driving me mad is going away He's got a
ticket to ride He's got a ticket to ride He's
got a ticket to ride and he don't care He said that living with
me was bringing him down He would never be free when I was
around He's got a ticket to ride He's got a
ticket to ride He's got a ticket to ride and he don't care
Don't know why he's riding so high He oughta do right,
he oughta do right by me 'For he gets to saying goodbye
He oughta do right, he oughta do right by me I think
I'm gonna be sad I think it's today The boy
that's driving me mad is going away, OH! He's got a ticket to
ride He's got a ticket to ride He's got a
ticket to ride And he don't care, don't care Think
I'm gonna be sad, think I'm gonna be sad Think I'm gonna be sad,
think I'm gonna be sad Think I'm gonna be sad, think I'm gonna
be sad
8 -
Don't Be Afraid
Don't be afraid to love and get love returned Don't be
afraid to tell everyone you've loved That love is a groovy
thing It knows how to make you sing And it
fills up your life with sunshine and joy Don't be afraid to
give all you've got to give One of these days you'll find that's
the way to live And living is what we all were put on this
earth to do So come on and live and be happy Don't
be afraid to love instrumental break Love
is a groovy thing It knows how to make you sing And
it fills up your life with sunshine and joy Don't be afraid to
give all you've got to give One of these days you'll find that's
the way to live And living is what we all were put on this
earth to do So come on and live and be happy Oh,
live and be happy Don't be afraid to love don't
be afraid to love, don't be afraid to love, don't be afraid to love
9 -
What's The Use
Gettin' away from all the things that need doin' Lazily
here to lose the afternoon Lyin' around Here
on the ground Is as close to gettin' up as I can go Takin'
the chance to free myslef from my worries Cover them well
enough that no one sees Nobody knows Until
they show Then the only thing to do is try to cover them again
Hurry youself, what's the use? Mountains of wealth
I refuse to be somebody's slave for a dime I've got
plenty of mountains I'm lookin' to climb Spendin' my time
instrumental break Lyin' aorund Here
on the ground Is as close to gettin' up as I can go Pleasin'
myself is all that really needs doin' Everything else begins
but never ends Listen to me And you'll agree
That a man is better off if he has come to realize Hurry
yourself, what's the use? Mountains of wealth I
refuse to be somebody's slave for a dime I've got plenty of
mountains I'm lookin' to climb Spendin' my time Hurry
youself, what's the use? Mountains of wealth I
refuse to be somebody's slave for a dime I've got plenty of
mountains I'm lookin' to climb Spendin' my time
10 -
All I Can Do
Yesterday I thought you'd stay I thought you'd see it
my way But now I see my hopes may be dead I
should have known when you said I was the one you wanted Wanting
meant nothing more than today All I can do is cry over you and
hope you'll return someday All I can do is cry over you ever
since you've gone away instrumental break Every
road that I follow leaves me with no tomorrow I need someone to
show me the way All I can do is cry over you and hope you'll
return someday All I can do is cry over you ever since you've
gone away
11 -
Eve
Eve, I can't believe that you could mean what you just said Think
of what you are How very far you are from being real Look
into the mirror Nothing there to see Eve, I
can't beleive you'd really leave him Notice how her image
saddens How lonely she's become Just once I'd
like to see her happy Before the winter comes Eve,
I wouldn't lie The open sky is not your home Wide
as it may be reality is here among the stones Thorns among the
roses add to what is real Eve, you are a rose among the thorns
here Notice how her image saddens How lonely
she's become Just once I'd like to see her happy Before
the winter comes I wish her only good times Before
the winter comes
12 -
Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing Sing, sing Who's
that stompin' all over my face? Where's that sillhouette I'm
tryin' to trace? And who's put the sponge in the bells I once
rung? And takin' my gypsy before she's begun? Just
singin' and dreamin' of what's in my mind 'For I can take home
what's rightfully mine Joinin' and listenin' and talkin' in
rhyme Stoppin' the feelin' to wait for the time Who's
sane, baby? That don't mean a thing Cause
nowadays Clancy can't even sing Sing, sing Who's
all hung up on that happiness thing? Who's tryin' to tune all
the bells they ring? And who's in the corner and down on the
floor, With pencil and paper just countin' the score Who's
tryin' to act like he's just in between? The night isn't black
if you know that it's green Don't bother lookin', you're too
blind to see Whose comin' on like he wanted to be? Who's
sane, baby? That don't mean a thing Cause
nowadays Clancy can't even sing Sing, sing Who's
comin' home on old 9 to 5? Who's got the feelin' here to keep
him alive? Though havin' it, sharin' it, ain't quite the same
You paint a gold nugget, you can't lay a claim Who's
seein' eyes through the cracks in the floor? Buried it, baby,
don't you worry no more Who should be sleeping but's writin'
this song? Wishin' and hopin' he weren't so damned wrong
Who's sane, baby? That don't mean a thing Cause
nowadays Clancy can't even sing Who's sane, baby? That
don't mean a thing Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing
Sing,
can't even sing
13 -
Benediction
Unto you in the voice of love Through
the songs we sing An offering