First Impressions

(lesley duncan)

The words i have to say
May well be simple but they're true
Until you give your love
There's nothing more that we can do

Love is the opening door
Love is what we came here for
No one could offer you more
Do you know what i mean?
Have your eyes really seen?

You say it's very hard
To leave behind the life we knew
But there's no other way
And now it's really up to you

Love is the key we must turn
Truth is the flame we must burn
Freedom the lesson we must learn
Do you know what i mean?
Have your eyes really seen?

Love is the key we must turn
Truth is the flame we must burn
Freedom the lesson we must learn
Do you know what i mean?
Have your eyes really seen?
Do you know what i mean?
Have your eyes really seen?

(john rostill)

Wherever you go
Wherever you may wander in your life
Surely you know
I always wanna be there
Holding you hand
And standing by to catch you when you fall
Seeing you through
In everything you do

Let me be there in your morning
Let me be there in you night
Let me change whatever's wrong and make it right
Let me take you through that wonderland
That only two can share
All i ask you is let me be there

Watching you grow
And going through the changes in your life
That's how i know
I always wanna be there
Whenever you feel you need a friend to lean on, here i am
Whenever you call, you know i'll be there

Let me be there in your morning
Let me be there in you night
Let me change whatever's wrong and make it right
Let me take you through that wonderland
That only two can share
All i ask you is let me be there

(sanson/osborne)

Strands of light on our bedroom floor
Change the night through an open door
I'm awake but this is not my home
For the first time i'm not alone
Reaching out i touch another's skin
Breathing out as he's breathing in
Deep inside i feel my soul aflame
Can my life ever be the same

I should have told him
That i'd do anything if i could hold him
For just another day, for just another day
His love is something i will not forget
When i am far away, when i am far away
I feel the rainfall of another planet
Another planet

Close together in the afterglow
I remember how his loving flowed
Turned the key into another world
Made a woman of a simple girl
Daylight comes as we both know it must
Soon my fantasy will turn to dust
But i would give him anything he asked
If my first love could be my last

I should have told him
That i'd do anything if i could hold him
For just another day, for just another day
His love is something i will not regret
When i am far away, when i am far away
I feel the rainfall of another planet
Another planet

(j. rostill)

You came when i was happy in your sunshine
I grew to love you more each passing day
Before too long i built my world around you
And i prayed you'd love enough of me to stay

If you love me let me know
If you don't then let me go
I can't take another minute
Of a day without you in it
If you love me let it be
If you don't then set me free
Take the chains away
That keep me loving you

The arms that open wide to hold me closer
The hands that run their fingers through my hair
The smile that says "hello, it's good to see you"
Anytime i turn around to find you there

It's this and so much more tht make me love you
What else can i do to make you see
You know you have whatever's mine to give you
But a love affair for one can never be

If you love me let me know
If you don't then let me go
I can't take another minute
Of a day without you in it
If you love me let it be
If you don't then set me free
Take the chains away
That keep me loving you
Take the chains away
That keep me loving you
Loving you

(david gates)

You sheltered me from harm
Kept me warm, kept me warm
You gave my life to me
Set me free, set me free
The finest years i ever knew
Were all the years i had with you

I would give anything i own
Give up my life, my heart, my home
I would give anything i own
Just to have you back again

You taught me how to love
What it's of, what it's of
You never said too much but still you showed the way
And i knew from watching you
Nobody else could ever know
The part of me that can't let go

I would give anything i own
Give up my life, my heart, my home
I would give anything i own
Just to have you back again

Is there someone you know
You're loving them so
You're taking them all for granted
You may lose them one day
Someone takes them away
And they don't hear the words you long to say

I would give anything i own
Give up my life, my heart, my home
I would give anything i own
Just to have you back again
Just to touch you once again

(traditional)

I asked my love to take a walk
To take a walk, just a little walk
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the ohio

And only say that you'll be mine
In no others' arms entwine
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the ohio

I held a knife against his breast
As into my arms he pressed
He cried "my love, don't you murder me
I'm not prepared for eternity"

I wandered home 'tween twelve and one
I cried, "my god, what have i done?"
I've killed the only man i love
He would not take me for his bride

And only say that you'll be mine
In no others' arms entwine
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the ohio