Siege At Elsinore |
2005
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Published on Bandcamp on March 12, 2023
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This album was put together for the 2005 concert at the Elsinore Theatre in Salem, Oregon
nothing really changes
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One two three, oh
Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we die [x2]
If we could live in Shakespeare's days
I wonder who we'd be
If people then could live today
I wonder who we'd see
They'd prob'ly stop a corner cop
And ask what the whole world's coming to
If people then could live today
I wonder what they'd do
Yes I wonder what they'd do
Would Romeo and Juliet watch Nelson Eddy kiss Jeanette
Would Bacchus read Police Gazette
And window peep at silhouettes
Would Caesar pay to see the Mets
Would Icarus join the jet set
Would Satan smoke menthol cigarettes
Would Samson razor with Gilette
Bi di dip'n bow
Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we die
Unless we love the Lord
(Nothing really changes) Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we die
Would Henry the eighth use etiquette
In a busy New York luncheonette
Would Cleopatra die when bit
Or save herself with a tourniquet
Would Beethoven join a jazz quartet
Would Ben Hur drive a blue Corvette
Would Aristotle be an acid head
Would Cain kill Abel with a bayonet, ah
Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we die
Yeah
Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we die
Unless we love the Lord
(Nothing really changes) Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are (till the day that we die) Till the day we die
Unless JC sets you free (Nothing really changes)
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we die
I'm gonna sing it to you one more time now (Nothing really changes)
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we (die) Die
One two three, oh
Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we die [x2]
If we could live in Shakespeare's days
I wonder who we'd be
If people then could live today
I wonder who we'd see
They'd prob'ly stop a corner cop
And ask what the whole world's coming to
If people then could live today
I wonder what they'd do
Yes I wonder what they'd do
Would Romeo and Juliet watch Nelson Eddy kiss Jeanette
Would Bacchus read Police Gazette
And window peep at silhouettes
Would Caesar pay to see the Mets
Would Icarus join the jet set
Would Satan smoke menthol cigarettes
Would Samson razor with Gilette
Bi di dip'n bow
Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we die
Unless we love the Lord
(Nothing really changes) Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we die
Would Henry the eighth use etiquette
In a busy New York luncheonette
Would Cleopatra die when bit
Or save herself with a tourniquet
Would Beethoven join a jazz quartet
Would Ben Hur drive a blue Corvette
Would Aristotle be an acid head
Would Cain kill Abel with a bayonet, ah
Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we die
Yeah
Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we die
Unless we love the Lord
(Nothing really changes) Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are (till the day that we die) Till the day we die
Unless JC sets you free (Nothing really changes)
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we die
I'm gonna sing it to you one more time now (Nothing really changes)
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we (die) Die
pardon me
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Pardon me
Kissing you like I'm afraid
But I know I'm being played with
And you'll leave me when you get the chance
Off you'll go
In the darkness of the night
Like a bird in freedom's flight
You're thinking only of deliverance
Close your eyes
And pretend that you are me
See how empty it can be
Making love if love's not really there
Watch me go
Watch me walk away alone
As your clothing comes undone
And you pull the ribbons from your hair
Pardon me
Pardon me
Kissing you like I'm afraid
But I know I'm being played with
And you'll leave me when you get the chance
Off you'll go
In the darkness of the night
Like a bird in freedom's flight
You're thinking only of deliverance
Close your eyes
And pretend that you are me
See how empty it can be
Making love if love's not really there
Watch me go
Watch me walk away alone
As your clothing comes undone
And you pull the ribbons from your hair
Pardon me
baroquen spirits
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Waiting around since last night, sitting in your garden chair
When you decide to come home I suppose I'll still be there
(Ooh ooh ooh) Everything comes to the man who waits for everything to come
But what (Ah ah ah) can he do when the thing he wants the most he's farthest from
Yes I guess I see your point
Patience growing thin
How can you respect a man
Who needs you more than you need him
Baroquen spirits do you love me
Baroquen spirits I can't say
Baroquen spirits do you love me
Baroquen spirits I can't say
Give me your love or let go, but don't play with my affairs
(Ah ah ah) Kiss me goodbye or hello, but don't take lightly what we share
Yes I guess I see your point (Yes I guess I see)
Patience growing thin
How can you respect a man
Who needs you more than you need him
Baroquen spirits do you love me
Baroquen spirits I can't say
Baroquen spirits do you love me
Baroquen spirits I can't say
(Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
What will I do if you tell me that you love me not at all
(Ooh ooh ooh) I'll charter a ship to the edge of the world and sail off
Yes I guess I see your point (Yes I guess I see)
Patience growing thin
How can you respect a man
Who needs you more than you need him
Baroquen spirits do you love me
Baroquen spirits I can't say
Baroquen spirits do you love me
Baroquen spirits I can't say
All right
Baroquen spirits (ah ah ha) do you love me (do you love me)
Baroquen spirits (ah ha ha) I can't say (I can't say)
Baroquen spirits (ah ah ha) do you love me (do you love me)
Baroquen spirits I can't say (Alright baby say)
Baroquen spirits (ooh hoo) do you love me (d'd'd'd'd'd' do you love me)
Baroquen spirits (baby baby I can't say) I can't say (alright)
Baroquen spirits (ah ha) do you love me (do you love me)
Baroquen spirits (ah ha ah ah ha) I can't say (ah ah ha)
Baroquen spirits (ah ha ha do you love me) do you love me
Baroquen spirits I can't say (oh baby I can't say)
I wanna (Baroquen spirits) get down to it I really love you (do you love me)
Baroquen spirits I can't say
Waiting around since last night, sitting in your garden chair
When you decide to come home I suppose I'll still be there
(Ooh ooh ooh) Everything comes to the man who waits for everything to come
But what (Ah ah ah) can he do when the thing he wants the most he's farthest from
Yes I guess I see your point
Patience growing thin
How can you respect a man
Who needs you more than you need him
Baroquen spirits do you love me
Baroquen spirits I can't say
Baroquen spirits do you love me
Baroquen spirits I can't say
Give me your love or let go, but don't play with my affairs
(Ah ah ah) Kiss me goodbye or hello, but don't take lightly what we share
Yes I guess I see your point (Yes I guess I see)
Patience growing thin
How can you respect a man
Who needs you more than you need him
Baroquen spirits do you love me
Baroquen spirits I can't say
Baroquen spirits do you love me
Baroquen spirits I can't say
(Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
What will I do if you tell me that you love me not at all
(Ooh ooh ooh) I'll charter a ship to the edge of the world and sail off
Yes I guess I see your point (Yes I guess I see)
Patience growing thin
How can you respect a man
Who needs you more than you need him
Baroquen spirits do you love me
Baroquen spirits I can't say
Baroquen spirits do you love me
Baroquen spirits I can't say
All right
Baroquen spirits (ah ah ha) do you love me (do you love me)
Baroquen spirits (ah ha ha) I can't say (I can't say)
Baroquen spirits (ah ah ha) do you love me (do you love me)
Baroquen spirits I can't say (Alright baby say)
Baroquen spirits (ooh hoo) do you love me (d'd'd'd'd'd' do you love me)
Baroquen spirits (baby baby I can't say) I can't say (alright)
Baroquen spirits (ah ha) do you love me (do you love me)
Baroquen spirits (ah ha ah ah ha) I can't say (ah ah ha)
Baroquen spirits (ah ha ha do you love me) do you love me
Baroquen spirits I can't say (oh baby I can't say)
I wanna (Baroquen spirits) get down to it I really love you (do you love me)
Baroquen spirits I can't say
she's a dancer
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She's a dancer in the garden
And she dances with the flowers
In the early morning hours
When the wind shifts and the fog drifts
She's a dancer
She's a dancer and she knows it
Everywhere she goes she shows it
Condescending not pretending
No regretting
Nor forgetting
She's a dancer
And on my early morning walks I often find her
I sit pretending that I'm looking at the paper
And when people stop to watch her
She pretends she doesn't see them
Doesn't need them, and where she goes
There the wind blows
Though it's only with the flowers that she dances
And on my early morning walks I often find her
I sit pretending (I sit pretending) that I'm looking at the paper
She's a dancer in the garden
And she dances with the flowers
In the early morning hours
When the wind shifts and the fog drifts
She's a dancer
She's a dancer and she knows it
Everywhere she goes she shows it
Condescending not pretending
No regretting
Nor forgetting
She's a dancer
And on my early morning walks I often find her
I sit pretending that I'm looking at the paper
And when people stop to watch her
She pretends she doesn't see them
Doesn't need them, and where she goes
There the wind blows
Though it's only with the flowers that she dances
And on my early morning walks I often find her
I sit pretending (I sit pretending) that I'm looking at the paper
diamonds
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You can take your diamonds and lock them in your room
And you will lose everything you save
(La la la la la-ah)
You can take your flowers and lay them on his tomb
But I know he rose up from the grave
Wo ho ho oh
Oh ho oh
Oh ho oh oh oh-oh
You can take your diamonds and lock them in your room
And you will lose everything you save
(La la la la la-ah)
You can take your flowers and lay them on his tomb
But I know he rose up from the grave
Wo ho ho oh
Oh ho oh
Oh ho oh oh oh-oh
one way
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One way, one way to heaven
Hold up high your hands
One way, free and forgiven
Children of the lamb
Two roads diverged in the middle of my life
I heard a wise man say
And I took the one less traveled by
And that's made the difference every night and every day
So I say one way, one way to heaven
Hold your heads up high
Follow, free and forgiven
Children of the sky
Children of the sky
Yeah-oh-oh-oh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Children of the sky
One way, one way to heaven
Hold up high your hands
One way, free and forgiven
Children of the lamb
Two roads diverged in the middle of my life
I heard a wise man say
And I took the one less traveled by
And that's made the difference every night and every day
So I say one way, one way to heaven
Hold your heads up high
Follow, free and forgiven
Children of the sky
Children of the sky
Yeah-oh-oh-oh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Children of the sky
if god is my father
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If God is my father
And you are my brother
Then why can't we bother
To really reach out and love one another
Why do we keep on acting the way we do
The way we treat each other
It must break his heart in two
Once we were happy
Oh yes, once in the garden
But then a lie broke the stillness
And our hearts began to harden
And hoping to be wiser man has reached too far
Sometimes I think that we've advanced
But then I look at where we are
And oh I cry
I feel like crying
Oh I cry
I feel like crying
Why do we argue
Why are there so many churches
With half of them empty
And some represent a million dollar purchase
What's happened to the message given by our lord
To take his gospel to the streets
And share our money with the poor
And learn to love
He said love is the greatest thing
We've got to learn to love
Love is the greatest thing
If God is my father
Then you are my brother
And why can't we bother
To really reach out and love one another
Why do we keep on acting the way we do
The way we treat each other
It just breaks my heart in two
We've got to learn to love
Love is the greatest thing [x2]
Oh ooh ooh ooh wooh
You've got to learn to love (Learn to love) [x4]
Yes you've got to learn to love
You've got to learn to love [x8]
(Learn to love is the greatest thing)
Learn to love, you've got to learn to love [x2]
You've got to learn to love (Learn to love, you've got to learn to love [x2])
You've got to learn to love (Oh) (Learn to love, you've got to learn to love) [x3]
You've got to learn to love [x3] (Oh) (You've got to learn to love)
You've got to learn to love
Love is the greatest
If God is my father
And you are my brother
Then why can't we bother
To really reach out and love one another
Why do we keep on acting the way we do
The way we treat each other
It must break his heart in two
Once we were happy
Oh yes, once in the garden
But then a lie broke the stillness
And our hearts began to harden
And hoping to be wiser man has reached too far
Sometimes I think that we've advanced
But then I look at where we are
And oh I cry
I feel like crying
Oh I cry
I feel like crying
Why do we argue
Why are there so many churches
With half of them empty
And some represent a million dollar purchase
What's happened to the message given by our lord
To take his gospel to the streets
And share our money with the poor
And learn to love
He said love is the greatest thing
We've got to learn to love
Love is the greatest thing
If God is my father
Then you are my brother
And why can't we bother
To really reach out and love one another
Why do we keep on acting the way we do
The way we treat each other
It just breaks my heart in two
We've got to learn to love
Love is the greatest thing [x2]
Oh ooh ooh ooh wooh
You've got to learn to love (Learn to love) [x4]
Yes you've got to learn to love
You've got to learn to love [x8]
(Learn to love is the greatest thing)
Learn to love, you've got to learn to love [x2]
You've got to learn to love (Learn to love, you've got to learn to love [x2])
You've got to learn to love (Oh) (Learn to love, you've got to learn to love) [x3]
You've got to learn to love [x3] (Oh) (You've got to learn to love)
You've got to learn to love
Love is the greatest
i am a servant
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I am a servant, I am listening for my name
I sit here waiting, I've been looking at the game
That I've been playing, an' I've been staying much the same
When you are lonely, you're the only one to blame
I am a servant, I am waiting for your call (Aah aah)
I've been unfaithful, so I sit here in the hall
How can you use me when I've never given all
How can you choose me when you know I quickly fall
So you feed my soul and you make me grow
And you let me know you love me
And I'm worthless now, but I've made a vow
I will humbly bow before thee
Oh please use me, I am lonely
I am a servant, getting ready for my part
There's been a change, a rearrangement in my heart
At last I'm learning there's no returning once I start
To live's a privilege, to love is such an art
But I need your help to start
Oh please purify my heart
I am your servant
I am a servant, I am listening for my name
I sit here waiting, I've been looking at the game
That I've been playing, an' I've been staying much the same
When you are lonely, you're the only one to blame
I am a servant, I am waiting for your call (Aah aah)
I've been unfaithful, so I sit here in the hall
How can you use me when I've never given all
How can you choose me when you know I quickly fall
So you feed my soul and you make me grow
And you let me know you love me
And I'm worthless now, but I've made a vow
I will humbly bow before thee
Oh please use me, I am lonely
I am a servant, getting ready for my part
There's been a change, a rearrangement in my heart
At last I'm learning there's no returning once I start
To live's a privilege, to love is such an art
But I need your help to start
Oh please purify my heart
I am your servant
messiah
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Messiah took this world by force
Messiah took the world by force
I could hear children crying
I could see people dying
I could see the cities falling
I could hear the saviour calling
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah took this world by force) He took this world by force x2
Red clouds blotted out the sun
Darkness fell on everyone
Rivers of blood were running
I could see the armies coming
I could see their weapons falling
I could hear the angels calling
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah took this world by force) He took this world by force
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) He took this world by force
The bear from the north
And the dragon from the east
Descended upon the armies of Israel
And slaughtered them
And in that moment
The chosen of Israel cried out for Messiah
And Messiah came
Messiah Messiah
(Messiah Messiah Messiah took this world by force)
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah took this world by force) He took this world by force x2
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah took this world by force) Took this world by force
Messiah took this world by force
Messiah took the world by force
I could hear children crying
I could see people dying
I could see the cities falling
I could hear the saviour calling
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah took this world by force) He took this world by force x2
Red clouds blotted out the sun
Darkness fell on everyone
Rivers of blood were running
I could see the armies coming
I could see their weapons falling
I could hear the angels calling
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah took this world by force) He took this world by force
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) He took this world by force
The bear from the north
And the dragon from the east
Descended upon the armies of Israel
And slaughtered them
And in that moment
The chosen of Israel cried out for Messiah
And Messiah came
Messiah Messiah
(Messiah Messiah Messiah took this world by force)
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah took this world by force) He took this world by force x2
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah took this world by force) Took this world by force
i want it all
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I wanna weep in the moonlight
I wanna sleep in the rain
I wanna walk on the line between pleasure and pain
I'm gonna follow the vision
And lie among Yorick's sweet bones
I'm gonna rattle the ground where they sit on the thrones
My battle's begun
I've got no army at all
I'm not gonna run
So why waste time learning to crawl
I want it all
Yeah I want it all
With my head in my hands I heard my father call
And I want it all
Sanity tries to escape me
I'm dreaming of handsaws and hawks
I think I'll go crazy if I don't get out of this box
I'm breathing the pestilent vapors
I'm holding the world in a shell
I wanna see heaven, I've already lived here in hell
I'm walking on wind
I'm not gonna fall
From here where I stand
The world looks decidedly small
I want it all
Yeah I want it all
I can see everything when my back's to the wall
And I want it all
My head's in the sun
I'm a thousand feet tall
From here where I stand
The world looks decidedly small
I want it all
Oh yes I want it all
With my blood on the sword I heard destiny call
I want it all
I want it all
Oh yeah I want it all
With my hands in the sky I heard destiny call
I want it all
I wanna weep in the moonlight
I wanna sleep in the rain
I wanna walk on the line between pleasure and pain
I'm gonna follow the vision
And lie among Yorick's sweet bones
I'm gonna rattle the ground where they sit on the thrones
My battle's begun
I've got no army at all
I'm not gonna run
So why waste time learning to crawl
I want it all
Yeah I want it all
With my head in my hands I heard my father call
And I want it all
Sanity tries to escape me
I'm dreaming of handsaws and hawks
I think I'll go crazy if I don't get out of this box
I'm breathing the pestilent vapors
I'm holding the world in a shell
I wanna see heaven, I've already lived here in hell
I'm walking on wind
I'm not gonna fall
From here where I stand
The world looks decidedly small
I want it all
Yeah I want it all
I can see everything when my back's to the wall
And I want it all
My head's in the sun
I'm a thousand feet tall
From here where I stand
The world looks decidedly small
I want it all
Oh yes I want it all
With my blood on the sword I heard destiny call
I want it all
I want it all
Oh yeah I want it all
With my hands in the sky I heard destiny call
I want it all
be careful what you sign
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I was walking down the road when I bumped into you
I was walking down the road when I bumped into you
Mmm you stopped me, you touched me, you looked me in the eye
I had a feeling that you knew me, I decided you must die
I pulled out my Thornton special, I shot you in the head
I threw you in the alley way and I left you for dead
Uh
Then a man with a hat came up from behind
The sky went black and I thought I was blind
He put his hand inside my jacket and left a million dollar bills
He slipped his hand into my pocket and gave me women and thrills
And when I turned around to thank him, there was no one there but me
And both my hands were filled with sand, I was standing by the sea
We had dinner at eight and women at nine
The party was great till we ran out of wine
There was a knock upon the bedroom door, my knees began to shake
And this man came in and melted all the candles on my cake
He said I, I've come here to escort you, it's time for you to go
He opened up my body and he took away my soul
I was running down the road
I was running down the road, I was trying to leave
An' I saw you all alone in between the thieves
And when the lightning flashed I saw somebody hanging from a tree
As I turned to walk away I realized it was me
I pulled out my Thornton special, I shot me in the head
I threw me in the alleyway and I left me for dead
Ah down the road
Down the road [x3]
I was walking down the road when I bumped into you
I was walking down the road when I bumped into you
Mmm you stopped me, you touched me, you looked me in the eye
I had a feeling that you knew me, I decided you must die
I pulled out my Thornton special, I shot you in the head
I threw you in the alley way and I left you for dead
Uh
Then a man with a hat came up from behind
The sky went black and I thought I was blind
He put his hand inside my jacket and left a million dollar bills
He slipped his hand into my pocket and gave me women and thrills
And when I turned around to thank him, there was no one there but me
And both my hands were filled with sand, I was standing by the sea
We had dinner at eight and women at nine
The party was great till we ran out of wine
There was a knock upon the bedroom door, my knees began to shake
And this man came in and melted all the candles on my cake
He said I, I've come here to escort you, it's time for you to go
He opened up my body and he took away my soul
I was running down the road
I was running down the road, I was trying to leave
An' I saw you all alone in between the thieves
And when the lightning flashed I saw somebody hanging from a tree
As I turned to walk away I realized it was me
I pulled out my Thornton special, I shot me in the head
I threw me in the alleyway and I left me for dead
Ah down the road
Down the road [x3]
nightmare
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Aaaaah [Yawn like]
Last night I had that same old dream it rocked me in my sleep
And left me the impression that the sandman plays for keeps
I dreamed I was in concert on the middle of a cloud
John Wayne and Billy Graham were giving breath mints to the crowd
I fell through a hole in heaven I left the stage for good
And when I landed on the earth I was back in Hollywood
The California earthquake it tore the land in half
While San Andreas cleared her throat I heard Psunami laugh
The ground began to tremble, the land began to sway
And people in the other states they were glad they'd moved away
But suddenly California just floated in a breeze
While everything that wasn't sank down into the seas
And soon I saw Atlantis rumble and rise high
And the great egg of Euphrates came down out of the sky
Out stepped Shirley Temple with Guy Kibbee who was dead
And that communist Bill Robinson whom Shirley called black red
They had a marionette of Harpo Marx, they said it was a inside joke
But when I honked his horn he came alive and these were the words he spoke
With the continents adrift and the sun about to shift
Will the ice caps drown us all or will we burn
We've polluted what we own, will we reap what we have sown
Are we headed for the end or can we turn
We've paved the forest, killed the streams
Burned the bridges to our dreams
The earth is bursting at the seams
And in pain of childbirth screams
As it gives life to what seems
To either be an age that gleams
Or simply lays there dying
If this goes on will life survive, how can it
Out of the grave oh who will save our planet
I said I'm pleased to meet you, I always thought you were a scream
He said have you ever thought of having Helen Keller in your dream
I said Errol Flynn dropped by but he tried to steal my girl
Then she ran off with Ronald Colman, said something about a new world
Now I'm stuck with my own cooking, hell I'm lonely can't you see
Well he grabbed my leg, he said exactly eighty nine words to me
Count 'em
Let the proud but dying nation kiss the last generation
It's the year of the pill, age of the gland
We have landed on the moon but we'll clutter that up soon
Our sense of freedom's gotten out of hand
We kill our children, swap our wives
We've learned to greet a man with knives
We swallow pills in fours and fives
Our cities look like crumbling hives
Man does not live, he just survives
Love is a corpse, we sit and watch it harden
We left it oh so long ago the garden
The strings snapped briskly then went slack, the marionette lay dead
While Hoover played with the motorcade the body slumped and bled
The man who held the camera disappeared into the crowd
I said the hope of youth, fictitious truth lays covered in a shroud
Then up walked Elmo Lincoln and he said I beg your pardon
But we left it oh so long ago the garden
We left it oh so long ago the garden
Aaaaah [Yawn like]
Last night I had that same old dream it rocked me in my sleep
And left me the impression that the sandman plays for keeps
I dreamed I was in concert on the middle of a cloud
John Wayne and Billy Graham were giving breath mints to the crowd
I fell through a hole in heaven I left the stage for good
And when I landed on the earth I was back in Hollywood
The California earthquake it tore the land in half
While San Andreas cleared her throat I heard Psunami laugh
The ground began to tremble, the land began to sway
And people in the other states they were glad they'd moved away
But suddenly California just floated in a breeze
While everything that wasn't sank down into the seas
And soon I saw Atlantis rumble and rise high
And the great egg of Euphrates came down out of the sky
Out stepped Shirley Temple with Guy Kibbee who was dead
And that communist Bill Robinson whom Shirley called black red
They had a marionette of Harpo Marx, they said it was a inside joke
But when I honked his horn he came alive and these were the words he spoke
With the continents adrift and the sun about to shift
Will the ice caps drown us all or will we burn
We've polluted what we own, will we reap what we have sown
Are we headed for the end or can we turn
We've paved the forest, killed the streams
Burned the bridges to our dreams
The earth is bursting at the seams
And in pain of childbirth screams
As it gives life to what seems
To either be an age that gleams
Or simply lays there dying
If this goes on will life survive, how can it
Out of the grave oh who will save our planet
I said I'm pleased to meet you, I always thought you were a scream
He said have you ever thought of having Helen Keller in your dream
I said Errol Flynn dropped by but he tried to steal my girl
Then she ran off with Ronald Colman, said something about a new world
Now I'm stuck with my own cooking, hell I'm lonely can't you see
Well he grabbed my leg, he said exactly eighty nine words to me
Count 'em
Let the proud but dying nation kiss the last generation
It's the year of the pill, age of the gland
We have landed on the moon but we'll clutter that up soon
Our sense of freedom's gotten out of hand
We kill our children, swap our wives
We've learned to greet a man with knives
We swallow pills in fours and fives
Our cities look like crumbling hives
Man does not live, he just survives
Love is a corpse, we sit and watch it harden
We left it oh so long ago the garden
The strings snapped briskly then went slack, the marionette lay dead
While Hoover played with the motorcade the body slumped and bled
The man who held the camera disappeared into the crowd
I said the hope of youth, fictitious truth lays covered in a shroud
Then up walked Elmo Lincoln and he said I beg your pardon
But we left it oh so long ago the garden
We left it oh so long ago the garden
soul survivor
[Go to Song Page]
I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy
Oh yes I need somebody's sympathy
Don't leave me here alone don't let me be
The soul survivor of this tragedy
My life was good when she was hanging round
My love was flying so high and free
But when she left my dreams came tumbling down
Now I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy
I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy
Oh yes I need somebody's sympathy
Don't leave me here alone don't let me be
The soul survivor of this tragedy
I'm trying so hard to forget my pain
And leave my past behind
But when your life is suddenly filled with rain
You keep remembering how the sun used to shine
And I can't stand the loneliness the constant emptiness
Why has unhappiness come into my life
I spend my mornings waking and thinking
And cry my evenings late into the night
I never knew that things could go so wrong
Until this happened to me (and I'm telling you)
If you're in love you better hold on strong
Or be the soul survivor of this tragedy
I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy
Oh yes I need somebody's sympathy
Don't leave me here alone don't let me be
The soul survivor of this tragedy
I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy (Soul survivor soul survivor)
Oh yes I need somebody's sympathy (Ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Don't leave me here alone don't let me be (Soul survivor soul survivor)
The soul survivor of this tragedy
I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy (Soul survivor soul survivor)
Yes I am, oh yes, I need somebody's sympathy (Ooh ooh ooh ooh) (sympathy)
Don't leave me here alone don't (let me) let me be (Soul survivor soul survivor)
The soul survivor of this tragedy
I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy (Ah yeah yeah yeah) (Soul survivor soul survivor)
Oh yes I need somebody's sympathy (Ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Don't leave
I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy
Oh yes I need somebody's sympathy
Don't leave me here alone don't let me be
The soul survivor of this tragedy
My life was good when she was hanging round
My love was flying so high and free
But when she left my dreams came tumbling down
Now I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy
I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy
Oh yes I need somebody's sympathy
Don't leave me here alone don't let me be
The soul survivor of this tragedy
I'm trying so hard to forget my pain
And leave my past behind
But when your life is suddenly filled with rain
You keep remembering how the sun used to shine
And I can't stand the loneliness the constant emptiness
Why has unhappiness come into my life
I spend my mornings waking and thinking
And cry my evenings late into the night
I never knew that things could go so wrong
Until this happened to me (and I'm telling you)
If you're in love you better hold on strong
Or be the soul survivor of this tragedy
I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy
Oh yes I need somebody's sympathy
Don't leave me here alone don't let me be
The soul survivor of this tragedy
I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy (Soul survivor soul survivor)
Oh yes I need somebody's sympathy (Ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Don't leave me here alone don't let me be (Soul survivor soul survivor)
The soul survivor of this tragedy
I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy (Soul survivor soul survivor)
Yes I am, oh yes, I need somebody's sympathy (Ooh ooh ooh ooh) (sympathy)
Don't leave me here alone don't (let me) let me be (Soul survivor soul survivor)
The soul survivor of this tragedy
I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy (Ah yeah yeah yeah) (Soul survivor soul survivor)
Oh yes I need somebody's sympathy (Ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Don't leave
butterfly
[Go to Song Page]
Saw you underneath a leaf
And that's when I decided to be a thief
I said honey you're a pretty cocoon
I just know you're gonna come out soon
You're a butterfly
And yes I know and I love you
You gotta let it show pretty butterfly
Won't you come out just for me ye-eh
You're a butterfly
You're beautiful but you did not know it
You're a butterfly
You need love but you never show it
You need a-warmth
You need a-love
You need a-nature to give you a shove
If you want to start living you gotta start flying
Spread your wings and fill the sky
You're a butterfly
And yes I know you're a butterfly
You gotta let it show pretty butterfly
Won't you come out just for me yeah
Oh won't you come out just for me
Now look at you
You're a butterfly
And yes I know and I love you
But it's time to go pretty butterfly
Well it's time for me to set you free ye-eh
Well it's time for me to set you free
One more thing before you go
Something I never let anyone know
I am lonely, so confused
But I never will forget the day I drifted there
As I passed along your way
I saw you underneath a leaf
And that's when I decided to be a thief
I said honey you're a pretty cocoon
I just know you're gonna come out soon
You're a butterfly
Yes I know and I love you
But it's time to go pretty butterfly
Well it's time for me to set you free yeah
It's time for me to set you
Bye bye baby
Saw you underneath a leaf
And that's when I decided to be a thief
I said honey you're a pretty cocoon
I just know you're gonna come out soon
You're a butterfly
And yes I know and I love you
You gotta let it show pretty butterfly
Won't you come out just for me ye-eh
You're a butterfly
You're beautiful but you did not know it
You're a butterfly
You need love but you never show it
You need a-warmth
You need a-love
You need a-nature to give you a shove
If you want to start living you gotta start flying
Spread your wings and fill the sky
You're a butterfly
And yes I know you're a butterfly
You gotta let it show pretty butterfly
Won't you come out just for me yeah
Oh won't you come out just for me
Now look at you
You're a butterfly
And yes I know and I love you
But it's time to go pretty butterfly
Well it's time for me to set you free ye-eh
Well it's time for me to set you free
One more thing before you go
Something I never let anyone know
I am lonely, so confused
But I never will forget the day I drifted there
As I passed along your way
I saw you underneath a leaf
And that's when I decided to be a thief
I said honey you're a pretty cocoon
I just know you're gonna come out soon
You're a butterfly
Yes I know and I love you
But it's time to go pretty butterfly
Well it's time for me to set you free yeah
It's time for me to set you
Bye bye baby
let the rain fall down
[Go to Song Page]
My woman left me, felt like she left me for another man
You know it came as some surprise, it wasn't in the plan
She never told me nothing was wrong, she didn't give me a clue
But one morning there was a knock on the door and I found out we were through
I saw my future fading and with the papers in my hand
I found myself transported into this desert land
My feet are burning, the hour is getting late
My journey is much too long and time will not wait
So heavenly father
Thou who all doth see
You let the rain fall on the good and the bad
So let the rain fall down on me
As through this life you ramble and through this world you roam
You might live in a lot of places and never find your home
As down the road you wander, through the open fields you cross
You must never stop believing, for all is not lost
And don't worry 'bout the unfaithful lover and false friend
For the love that you have given is what matters in the end
Heavenly father
Thou who all doth see
You let the rain fall on the good and the bad
So let the rain fall down on me
Oh let the rain fall, let it fall on me
Oh let the rain fall down on me
Life is complicated, very hard to live
I try to turn my cheek to everything my enemies give
I got a lot of compassion for the sinners and the slaves
I've got a message for those not in their graves
He will cover you with water and baptize your pain
If you let his power wash you clean and soothe your fevered brain
Oh heavenly father
Help me thine to be
You let the rain fall on the quick and the dead
So let the rain fall down on me
Let it fall
I didn't know you were my father
I thought you were the hanging judge
And when I came into your courtroom
I thought you'd hold a grudge
I thought I was a lowly servant
I didn't know I was your son
And I didn't know you had forgiveness
For anything I might have done
This world is crumbling, your kingdom is at hand
Give me the strength to live and help me to stand
There's gonna be a collision, the world is going fast
A mortgaged future meets a bankrupt past
A change is coming and people slumber in their bed
Storm clouds are bringing rain, the moon is turning red
Heavenly father
Thou who all doth see
You let the rain fall on the good and the bad
So let the rain fall on me
Dearest father
Help me thine to be
You know the rain falls on the quick and the dead
So let the rain fall down on me
Let the rain fall down on me
Let it fall on me
Let it fall on me
Let this good life be the life we lead
Let our faith grow like a mustard seed
Let his love be all the love we need
To carry us all the way home
My woman left me, felt like she left me for another man
You know it came as some surprise, it wasn't in the plan
She never told me nothing was wrong, she didn't give me a clue
But one morning there was a knock on the door and I found out we were through
I saw my future fading and with the papers in my hand
I found myself transported into this desert land
My feet are burning, the hour is getting late
My journey is much too long and time will not wait
So heavenly father
Thou who all doth see
You let the rain fall on the good and the bad
So let the rain fall down on me
As through this life you ramble and through this world you roam
You might live in a lot of places and never find your home
As down the road you wander, through the open fields you cross
You must never stop believing, for all is not lost
And don't worry 'bout the unfaithful lover and false friend
For the love that you have given is what matters in the end
Heavenly father
Thou who all doth see
You let the rain fall on the good and the bad
So let the rain fall down on me
Oh let the rain fall, let it fall on me
Oh let the rain fall down on me
Life is complicated, very hard to live
I try to turn my cheek to everything my enemies give
I got a lot of compassion for the sinners and the slaves
I've got a message for those not in their graves
He will cover you with water and baptize your pain
If you let his power wash you clean and soothe your fevered brain
Oh heavenly father
Help me thine to be
You let the rain fall on the quick and the dead
So let the rain fall down on me
Let it fall
I didn't know you were my father
I thought you were the hanging judge
And when I came into your courtroom
I thought you'd hold a grudge
I thought I was a lowly servant
I didn't know I was your son
And I didn't know you had forgiveness
For anything I might have done
This world is crumbling, your kingdom is at hand
Give me the strength to live and help me to stand
There's gonna be a collision, the world is going fast
A mortgaged future meets a bankrupt past
A change is coming and people slumber in their bed
Storm clouds are bringing rain, the moon is turning red
Heavenly father
Thou who all doth see
You let the rain fall on the good and the bad
So let the rain fall on me
Dearest father
Help me thine to be
You know the rain falls on the quick and the dead
So let the rain fall down on me
Let the rain fall down on me
Let it fall on me
Let it fall on me
Let this good life be the life we lead
Let our faith grow like a mustard seed
Let his love be all the love we need
To carry us all the way home
i don't believe in miracles
[Go to Song Page]
I don't believe in miracles
I know what's real, I don't pretend
I don't believe in miracles
Or stories with a happy end
Life is no one's friend
But when we met I felt so free
And suddenly I felt a change come over me
Do you suppose a miracle is happening to me
I don't believe in miracles
I've been around, I've seen enough
The only way to get along you must be strong
You must be tough
Life is one big bluff
But then you opened up the door
An' I walked right in and all my fears fell on the floor
Do you suppose a miracle is happening to me
Pa [x35]
But then you opened up the door
An' I walked right in and all my fears fell on the floor
Do you suppose
I don't believe in miracles
I know what's real, I don't pretend
I don't believe in miracles
Or stories with a happy end
Life is no one's friend
But then we met and suddenly
I felt so strange
I felt a change come over me
Do you suppose a miracle is happening to me
Do you suppose a miracle is happening to me
Do you suppose a miracle is happening to me
I don't believe in miracles
I know what's real, I don't pretend
I don't believe in miracles
Or stories with a happy end
Life is no one's friend
But when we met I felt so free
And suddenly I felt a change come over me
Do you suppose a miracle is happening to me
I don't believe in miracles
I've been around, I've seen enough
The only way to get along you must be strong
You must be tough
Life is one big bluff
But then you opened up the door
An' I walked right in and all my fears fell on the floor
Do you suppose a miracle is happening to me
Pa [x35]
But then you opened up the door
An' I walked right in and all my fears fell on the floor
Do you suppose
I don't believe in miracles
I know what's real, I don't pretend
I don't believe in miracles
Or stories with a happy end
Life is no one's friend
But then we met and suddenly
I felt so strange
I felt a change come over me
Do you suppose a miracle is happening to me
Do you suppose a miracle is happening to me
Do you suppose a miracle is happening to me
miracles
will survive
[Go to Song Page]
I've had a life of pain and sorrow but I will still be here tomorrow
I will survive, I will survive
And nothing's gonna stop me knowing that love is real, it keeps me going
I will survive, I will survive
When the children are hungry I weep for them
I wanna hold them tight
When the shadows grow longer and the cold moves in
I turn up my collar and walk into the night
Come to me my little boy, you have given me life's greatest joy
I will survive, I will survive
This road before us winds beyond the glade, some fall dancing in the slow parade
I will survive, I will survive
As the seasons go by in my father's world
My eyes grow dim
I will trust not in the things I see
But bow my heart and lift my hands to him
Temptation beckons or befalls me, fear and indecision stalls me
But I will survive, I will survive
Illusion shines like diamonds glistening, my father's watching, he is listening
I will survive, I will survive
If you see me walking slowly
Like a man who's blind
If you speak and I do not look up
Then you must forgive me but I've got heaven on my mind
Though my days ahead are numbered, my life is rich, I have not slumbered
I will survive, I will survive
Some hearts are pierced by love long lost, let my heart be pierc-ed by the cross
I will survive, I will survive
I will survive
I'm gonna survive
I wanna be free
Mmm, I wanna be free
Friends may come and friends may go
But enemies stay for the late show
I will survive
I will survive
Friendships fail and love's elusive
Life goes quickly, time's abusive
I will survive
I will survive
I've had a life of pain and sorrow but I will still be here tomorrow
I will survive, I will survive
And nothing's gonna stop me knowing that love is real, it keeps me going
I will survive, I will survive
When the children are hungry I weep for them
I wanna hold them tight
When the shadows grow longer and the cold moves in
I turn up my collar and walk into the night
Come to me my little boy, you have given me life's greatest joy
I will survive, I will survive
This road before us winds beyond the glade, some fall dancing in the slow parade
I will survive, I will survive
As the seasons go by in my father's world
My eyes grow dim
I will trust not in the things I see
But bow my heart and lift my hands to him
Temptation beckons or befalls me, fear and indecision stalls me
But I will survive, I will survive
Illusion shines like diamonds glistening, my father's watching, he is listening
I will survive, I will survive
If you see me walking slowly
Like a man who's blind
If you speak and I do not look up
Then you must forgive me but I've got heaven on my mind
Though my days ahead are numbered, my life is rich, I have not slumbered
I will survive, I will survive
Some hearts are pierced by love long lost, let my heart be pierc-ed by the cross
I will survive, I will survive
I will survive
I'm gonna survive
I wanna be free
Mmm, I wanna be free
Friends may come and friends may go
But enemies stay for the late show
I will survive
I will survive
Friendships fail and love's elusive
Life goes quickly, time's abusive
I will survive
I will survive
one way
[Go to Song Page]
One way, one way to heaven
Hold up high your hands
One way, free and forgiven
Children of the lamb
Two roads diverged in the middle of my life
I heard a wise man say
I took the road less traveled by
An' that's made the difference every night and every day
I say one way, one way to heaven
Hold up high your hands
Follow, free and forgiven
Children of the lamb
In your youth, you mighta known the truth
But then spent many years just going down the wrong track
But now that you're older you should be bolder
It's time that you were turning back, praise God and turn back
One way yeah, (one way to heaven)
You gotta hold your hands up high
Hold your hands up high
One way, you know it's free and forgiven
You will become children of the sky
You can be children of the sky
This world is not your home
Children of the sky
One way, one way to heaven
Hold up high your hands
One way, free and forgiven
Children of the lamb
Two roads diverged in the middle of my life
I heard a wise man say
I took the road less traveled by
An' that's made the difference every night and every day
I say one way, one way to heaven
Hold up high your hands
Follow, free and forgiven
Children of the lamb
In your youth, you mighta known the truth
But then spent many years just going down the wrong track
But now that you're older you should be bolder
It's time that you were turning back, praise God and turn back
One way yeah, (one way to heaven)
You gotta hold your hands up high
Hold your hands up high
One way, you know it's free and forgiven
You will become children of the sky
You can be children of the sky
This world is not your home
Children of the sky
Nothing Really Changes - From Upon This Rock (Impact version) but with the introduction and a chorus removed, and fading out early
Pardon Me - From Only Visiting This Planet
Baroquen Spirits - Similar to So Long Ago The Garden (MGM) version but with different mix, vocal lines and backing vocals
She's A Dancer / Be Careful What You Sign - From So Long Ago The Garden
Diamonds / One Way / I Am A Servant - From In Another Land
If God Is My Father - From Larry Norman (Starstorm) but faded out around thirty seconds early
Messiah - From Survivor. (So the Stop This Flight version slightly edited)
I Want It All - From the album Hi-Fi Demonstration Record by the band Wondergroove
Nightmare - From So Long Ago The Garden (CD version) but fading out early
Soul Survivor - From So Long Ago The Garden (CD version)
Butterfly - From Instigator
Let The Rain Fall Down - From Stranded In Babylon
I Don't Believe In Miracles - From Upon This Rock (Impact version)
Miracles - From In Another Land, 2005 CD version)
Will Survive - From Stranded In Babylon (European version)
One Way - From the compilation album An Audience Of One
Pardon Me - From Only Visiting This Planet
Baroquen Spirits - Similar to So Long Ago The Garden (MGM) version but with different mix, vocal lines and backing vocals
She's A Dancer / Be Careful What You Sign - From So Long Ago The Garden
Diamonds / One Way / I Am A Servant - From In Another Land
If God Is My Father - From Larry Norman (Starstorm) but faded out around thirty seconds early
Messiah - From Survivor. (So the Stop This Flight version slightly edited)
I Want It All - From the album Hi-Fi Demonstration Record by the band Wondergroove
Nightmare - From So Long Ago The Garden (CD version) but fading out early
Soul Survivor - From So Long Ago The Garden (CD version)
Butterfly - From Instigator
Let The Rain Fall Down - From Stranded In Babylon
I Don't Believe In Miracles - From Upon This Rock (Impact version)
Miracles - From In Another Land, 2005 CD version)
Will Survive - From Stranded In Babylon (European version)
One Way - From the compilation album An Audience Of One
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Solid Rock Records SRD-973 [June 24 2005, USA, CDR]
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How the album was described by Solid Rock in 2005:
The Siege At Elsinore CD is Larry's reflection upon his own music as it has been colored by Shakespeare. Many of Larry's songs take place centuries ago. The entire text of lyrics in "Baroquen Spirits" takes place in a time before automobiles and trains were invented. Though the song sounds modern and the lyrics can be applied to emotions and relationships of the 20th and 21st Century, this song takes place before America ever wrote a constitution, back when men believed the world to be flat.
Listen again to this album. In fact... Larry was able to find a copy of "Baroquen Spirits" with the missing verses; something collectors have been writing to him about for years. (We are still combing through the hundreds of boxes of tapes and finding new things to transfer to digital format.)
"I Want It All" - Hamlet's Soliloquy is filled with phrases and imagery taken right from Shakespeare's work and Larry sings it with the sorrow and bitterness felt by Hamlet in the graveyard.
Siege At Elsinore contains nineteen songs which embrace the poetic, the metaphor, the simile, the rhyme scheme and quatrain, the iamb and trochee of formal poetry with the grace and wit of humor, satire and tragedy; the curtness of ballroom traditions and righteous rebellion of rock and roll.
The Siege At Elsinore CD is Larry's reflection upon his own music as it has been colored by Shakespeare. Many of Larry's songs take place centuries ago. The entire text of lyrics in "Baroquen Spirits" takes place in a time before automobiles and trains were invented. Though the song sounds modern and the lyrics can be applied to emotions and relationships of the 20th and 21st Century, this song takes place before America ever wrote a constitution, back when men believed the world to be flat.
Listen again to this album. In fact... Larry was able to find a copy of "Baroquen Spirits" with the missing verses; something collectors have been writing to him about for years. (We are still combing through the hundreds of boxes of tapes and finding new things to transfer to digital format.)
"I Want It All" - Hamlet's Soliloquy is filled with phrases and imagery taken right from Shakespeare's work and Larry sings it with the sorrow and bitterness felt by Hamlet in the graveyard.
Siege At Elsinore contains nineteen songs which embrace the poetic, the metaphor, the simile, the rhyme scheme and quatrain, the iamb and trochee of formal poetry with the grace and wit of humor, satire and tragedy; the curtness of ballroom traditions and righteous rebellion of rock and roll.