Gold

Lyrics: Boz Scaggs

Outside the rain begins
And it may never end
So cry no more on the shore,
A dream will take us out to sea
Forever more
Forever more

Close your eyes and dream
And you can be with me
'Neath the waves,
Through the caves of hours
Long forgotten now
We're all alone
We're all alone

Close the window, calm the light
And it will be all right
No need to bother now
Let it out, let it all begin
Learn how to pretend Once a story's told
It can't help but grow old
Roses do, lovers too
So cast your seasons to the wind
And hold me, dear
Oh, hold me, dear

Close the window, calm the light
And it will be all right
No need to bother now
Let it out, let it all begin
Learn how to pretend

Close the window, calm the light
And it will be all right
No need to bother now
Let it out, let it all begin
Learn how to pretend

Lyrics: Robin Lerner

I reserve the right
For once in my life
To lay down in a field of grass
I'll be still and quiet
Just count the stars
From here to Mars
I will hold my breath

Until I don't care
Until I am sure
Until I am strong just like before
I will lie beneath the sky
'Til I don't love you anymore

Until the stars refuse to shine
And the moon won't come out at night
I won't cry, just close my eyes
'Til I don't love you anymore I'd walk through the fire
For one last time
Just to stand beside your flame
But what good would that do
If I can't have you
How much longer must I wait

Until I don't care
Until I am sure
Until I am strong just like before
I will lie beneath the sky
'Til I don't love you anymore

Does anybody really know
Why somebody loves someone
The way that I belonged to only you
If anyone could tell me how
How to go on now
I would simply do without you
I'd just count the hours...

Lyrics: Mentor Williams

Day after day I'm more confused
Yet I look for the light
Through the pouring rain
You know that's a game that I hate to lose
Now I'm feeling the strength, ain't it a shame

Gimme the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in the rock and roll
And drift away
Gimme the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in the rock and roll
And drift away

Beginning to think that I'm wasting time
I don't understand the things I do
The world outside looks so unkind
Now I'm counting on you, to carry me through

Gimme the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in the rock and roll
And drift away
Gimme the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in the rock and roll
And drift away
And when my mind is free
You know a melody can move me
And when I'm feeling blue
The guitars coming through
to soothe me

Thanks for the joy that you've giving me
I want you to know I believe in your song
And rhythm and rhyme and harmony
You helped me along, making me strong

Gimme the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in the rock and roll
And drift away
Gimme the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in the rock and roll
And drift away

Lyrics: Robin Lerner

On Las Cuevas Boulevard
There she works her fingers hard
Playing castanets and swaying
To a steel drum in the dark
She wears flowers in her hair
Sings calypso in the square
People calling out the windows
To the gypsy girl down there

All day long
She waits for
Him to come
And night to fall

She goes
Underneath the colored lights
Where the carnival is flashing bright
The boulevard, just heating up
Her gypsy heart

There he waits beneath the stars
On Las Cuevas Boulevard
She falls into her lover's arms
Sweet gypsy heart

Like a satellite they spin
Her gold scarf against his skin
Her toes tapping on the table
Like she's dancing just for him

Red maracas in his hand
He lifts her up then back again
Turning 'round and 'round in circles
To the rhythm of the band Just until
The sun comes up
Just until
She's had enough

She goes
Underneath the colored lights
Where the carnival is flashing bright
The boulevard, just heating up
Her gypsy heart

There he waits beneath the stars
On Las Cuevas Boulevard
She falls into her lover's arms
Sweet gypsy heart

All day long
She waits for
Him to come
And night to fall

She goes
Underneath the colored lights
Where the carnival is flashing bright
The boulevard, just heating up
Her gypsy heart

She goes
Underneath the colored lights
Where the carnival is flashing bright
The boulevard, just heating up
Her gypsy heart

Lyrics: Jack Murphy

Everybody needs to be with somebody
Even after all the cold hard facts are known
Like your heart will probably break
What with all that give and take
Still you just can't seem
To leave the thing alone

So you hold your breath
And you count to ten
And you're scared to death
But you close your eyes
And fall in love again
'Cause in the middle of the night
He'll hold you tight
And then everything that's wrong
Will be alright

Now you swear you'll keep romance
In perspective
But, with love,
It's always famine or it's feast
And a hungry heart forgets
Tends to minimize regrets
So as sure as there's
A sunrise in the east
There's a silver moon
That your heart can't waste
And then pretty soon,
There's a stranger's kiss
That you can't wait to taste
'Cause when the apple is in sight
You take a bite
Hopin' everything that's wrong
Will be alright
Maybe this time jealousy and fear
Will get the best of you
Maybe this time you will give a little more
Maybe this time you will look
And find somebody who
Isn't quite as crazy as those times before

So you try again
'Till you get it right
And you never know when to let it go
Or when to hold on tight
But when there's nothin' else that works
Well, love just might
So when romance comes along
We all struggle to belong
So that everything that's wrong
Will be alright

Lyrics: Nan Knighton

Long ago and far away
Before the world had come to this
I took for granted how my life would be
Assuming that my freedom would be free
Before these evening shadows fell
I reveled in the light of day
I rarely ever cried, my patience wasn't tried
And heroes never died

But if I had my way
Things would be different
Danger wouldn't come from a sky of blue
Choices would be clear
And Strangers would be kinder
Love a little blinder
As it saved the day
If I had my way

Every now and then it seems
We live our lives to such extremes
Racing all around, never homeward bound
Losing what we've found But if I had my way
Things would be different
No one would believe that a lie was true
Choices would be clear
And wisdom would be heeded
Warnings never needed
This is what Id pray
If I had my way

The milk of human kindness
Would seek us out and find us
and color all the words we say

And hearts would come alive
Instead of breaking
No one would believe
That a lie was true
Angels would appear
Children would be cherished
Hope would never parish
Faith would not betray
If I had my way

Lyrics: John Hurley/Ronnie Wilkins

Jimmy Ray was a preacher's son
When his daddy would visit he'd come along
When they gathered 'round the parlor talkin'
Cousin Jimmy would take me walkin'
Out through the backyard we'd go walkin'
And then he'd look into my eyes
Lord knows to my surprise

The only one who could ever reach me
Was the son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever teach me
Was the son of a preacher man

Yes he was, he was, ooh...

Being good isn't always easy
No matter how hard I try
When he started sweet talkin' to me
He'd come 'n tell me ev'rything is alright
kiss and tell me ev'rything is alright
And "can I sneak away again tonight The only one who could ever reach me
Was the son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever teach me
Was the son of a preacher man

Yes he was, he was, ooh...

How well I remember
The look that was in his eyes
Stealin' kisses from me on the sly
Takin' time to make time
Tellin' me that he's all mine
Learnin' from each other's knowin'
And lookin' to see
How much we've grown

And the only one who could ever reach me
Was the son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever teach me
Was the son of a preacher man