Outside-from The Redwoods

Where are the dreams that we once had?
This is the time to bring the back.
What were the promises caught on the tips of our tongues?
Do we forget or forgive?
There's a whole other life waiting to be lived when...
One day we're brave enough
To talk with conviction of the heart.
And down your streets i've walked alone,
As if my feet were not my own
Such is the path i chose, doors i have opened and closed
I'm tired of living this life,
Fooling myself, believing we're right, when...
I've never given love
With any conviction of the heart
One with the earth, with the sky
One with everything in life
I believe we'll survive
If we only try...
How long must we wait to change
This world bound in chains that we live in
To know what it is to forgive,
And be forgiven?
It's been too many years of taking now.
Isn't it time to stop somehow?
Air that's too angry to breathe, water our children can't drink
You've heard it hundreds of times
You say your aware, believe, and you care, but...
Do you care enough
To talk with conviction of the heart?

Time, time and again i see you staring down at me
Now, then and again i wonder what it is that you see
With those angry eyes
Well, i bet you wish you could cut me down
With those angry eyes

You want to believe that i am not the same as you
And now i can't conceive, oh lord, of what it is you're trying to do
With those angry eyes
Well, i bet you wish you could cut me down
With those angry eyes
What a shot you could be if you could shoot at me
With those angry eyes

You and i must start to realize
Blindness binds us in a false disguise
Can you see me through those angry eyes?

You try to defend that you are not the one to blame
But i'm finding it hard, my friend, when i 'm in the deadly aim
Of those angry eyes
Well, i bet you wish you could cut me down
With those angry eyes
What a shot you could be if you could shoot at me
With those angry eyes

He opened the door and walked away,
Sometimes a selfless step is all it takes,
From the mountain, he can watch it all burn,
Welcome friend, to the point of no return

Once in a life, you can find a time to see,
And you get to turn it down, turn around, temporary sanity
And then the mountain disappears without a trace,
All it took, was a sudden leap of faith

(homeward, let your spirit rise, )
Darling, i'm waiting for you
(homeward, one step at a time)
(homeward, watch it like a child)
When will i reach the ocean
(i'm filled with mixed emotion)
(i'll wait for you)
(i'll wait for you)
I'm waiting for you baby
(i'll wait for you)
(i'll wait for you)

How and why?
And the bough broke back to sea(?)
He was overcome, by how it happened all so easily,
And as he stood there, with the moonlight on his face,
He was stunned by a sudden leap of faith.

Darling, i'm waiting for you
(homeward, one step at a time)
(homeward, watch it like a child)
When will i reach the ocean,
Moving in slow motion now
(you know it's the truth)
(you've done all a man can do)

{long instrumental, scat break}

Homeward, let your spirit rise,
Homeward, one step at a time,
Homeward, watch it like a child,

Homeward, let your spirit rise,
Homeward, one step at a time,
Homeward, watch it like a child,
Homeward
(fade)

Time, of rise and fly, over me, to the sea,
Love is a pride, wait for me, wait for me,

If you believe in me,
I will believe in what will be,
We want the world you've only dreamed of,
Promise of the seasons,
Give us the future please,
That's all we need of you.

Running in circles,
Desperate we hold to yours and mine,
Using my body,
Closing our hearts and eyes.

Oh no, open the door and let the wind blow,
Take my hand, together we stand in the eye of the hurricane.

If you believe in me
I will believe in what will be,
We want the world you've only dreamed of,
Promise of the seasons,
Give us the future please,
That's all we need of you.

Every nation, every woman, child and man
Comes on a moment, where they must take a stand,

Oh no, forget what you know, just let the wind blow,
Blown apart, you open your heart, and that's where anything can be.

If you believe in me
I will believe in what will be,
We want the world you've only dreamed of,
Promise of our seasons,
Give us the future please,
That's all we need of you.

Out of control, out of my mind, at last,
Into my dreams, we sailed away.

If you believe in me
I will believe in what will be,
We want the world you've only dreamed of,
Promise of our seasons,
Give us the future please,
That's all we need of you.

Oh sing it children
(if you believe in me)
Got to believe
(i will believe in what will be,)
Tell `em what you want
(we want the world you've only dreamed of,)
World you've only dreamed of
(promise of our seasons,)
(give us the future please, )
(that's all we need of you.)

If you believe in me
I will believe in what will be,
We want the world you've only dreamed of,
Promise of our seasons,
Give us the future please,
That's all we need of you.

Love, where are we going,
And when do we reach the promise on the horizon,

Out on the ocean, under a sunset,
I was invited to come out and play a while
With magic and move a mountain.

Has anyone ever captured the sun,
Is the eagle ever truly tame,
Given just a little time,
I know that you'll find a way.

I would do anything for you,
Give up the world i've made me
And take you away,
I swear from now on,
The trust in my heart,
The vision of you in my life

My love,
I will be faithful,
But how can i make a promise
To a place i've never been?

Something has taken me off,
And i don't know if i will survive.
I believe that everything
I'll ever need is here by the roadside.

How can you fly,
Keeping heaven in sight,
Blinded by the light of day?

Given just a little time,
I know that i'll find a way

I would do anything for you,
Listen with all of my spirit,
For ecstasy calling,
You know i believe,
Cause all i have seen,
From the mountain,
The view from the heart.

I would do anything for you,
Give up the world i've made me
And take you away,
I swear from here on,
The trust in my god,
The vision of you in my life

Freedom is mine,
One beat at a time,
Where are we going,
I just don't know yet,
How will we make it,
I just can't say,
All that i know is that we've finally sailed away.

Seems everyone's made a prison of love,
But if anybody can escape,
Given just a little time,
I know that we'll find a way.

I would do anything for you,
Listen with all of my spirit,
For ecstasy calling,
You know i believe,
Cause all i have seen,
From the mountain,
The view from the heart.

I would do anything for you,
Give up the world i've made me
And take you away,
I swear from here on,
The trust in my god,
The vision of you in my life

In my arms, i'll pray
I am safe, i am loved, i am free, baby
I am safe, i am loved, i am free, baby
I am safe, i am loved, i am free, baby
I am safe, i am loved, i am free, baby

I run out of breath and start to shake
I love you with all my heart can take
I hold you beside me in my sleep
And long to be dreaming in my sleep

We've come into a place in time
Where i am yours and you're mine
A circle filled with love

If you'll come away with me
I could show you ecstasy
Close your eyes and we will lead
And love will follow

Take a chance and hold my hand
I know you'll understand
We'll find a special land
And love will follow

A smile on your lips and in your eyes
A stranger adrift in paradise
You touch me and slowly move away
Take all of the night you need to take

Just wait a little while and see
What you mean to me
I've waited all my life

If you come away with me
I could show you ecstasy
Close your eyes and we will lead
And love will follow

Use your wings and fly away
And come with me today
Your heart will lead the way
And love will follow

(if this was just a chance of make-believe)
(you'd never feel it this way)
I've always wanted to love somebody
As much as i, i wanted you now

<musical interlude>

We've come into a place in time
Where i am yours and you're mine
A circle filled with love

If you'll come away with me
I could show you ecstasy
Close your eyes and we will lead
And love will follow

Take a chance and hold my hand
I know you'll understand
We'll find a special land
And love will follow

Girl, i swear i'll never fall
It's a natural pure law
And everywhere we go
Love will follow

Use your wings to fly away
And come with me today
Your heart will lead the way
And love will follow

<musical interlude>

(hold me long, all night long, where you belong, my baby)
(hold me long, all night long, where you belong, my baby)
(hold me long, all night long, where you belong, my baby)
(hold me long, all night long, where you belong, my baby)
(hold me long, all night long, where you belong, my baby)
(hold me long, all night long, where you belong, my baby)
(hold me long, all night long, where you belong, my baby)
(hold me long, all night long, where you belong, my baby)
(hold me long, all night long, where you belong, my baby)
Fade