You can pull my leg, you can make me shake give me chills down to the bone you can pick my brain, you can ease my pain but baby leave my toes alone.
You can tickle my fancy, you can lick my stamps you can break my heart of stone you can take my pants, make me get up and dance but baby leave my toes alone.
Chorus: Leave my toes alone baby leave my toes alone I ain't the kind to be so inclined baby leave my toes alone.
You can rub my back, love my baby fat you can make my body moan you can hold me tight every Saturday night but baby leave my toes alone.
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You can squeeze my sponge, you can butter my buns you can love me over the phone you can study my face, kiss me any place but baby leave my toes alone
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Life Blood Denes McIntosh
Life blood ain't in the rubies and diamonds in your bedroom vault, but in the deep rich mud of the ancient soil. In the salt of the earth In the song of the wild in the quiet longing of a restless soul.
It's not your fault if you don't know it's not your fault They never told you.
Life blood chiseled in the hands of simple folk plowing in the field gathering the food gathering the fire drinking from the stream to quench a quiet thirst . And in the virgin birth of sacrifice laying down a life lifting up a voice to a timeless sky. Bringing up their children with a nod to what's right with a watchful eye, and a boundless grace. It's found in the connection of a dignified past and a place for them to lay you when you've breathed your last.
It's not your fault if you don't know It's not your fault they never showed you.
Life blood ain't in the gold and silver that you wear on your hand but in the smiles of strangers who understand. . . that sometimes life ain't nothin' but a dream. Some say exactly what they mean and dreamers die like everybody else they just leave more quietly. I have often felt I may have been alive for going on a thousand years but that's because I've shed a million tears in search of ancient soil.
The Light Inside Denes McIntosh
As we lose the warmth of the living sun we bathe ourselves in darkness and wither there alone.
We cower in the shadows like a dog in the street, or a cheating husband in a cheap motel while his wife is home asleep.
We wear our shame like a blanket but we get soaked in the rain searching to find shelter from that spiritual pain.
As we turn away from honesty and fade back into the night, the light inside will fail to shine through our beleaguered eyes
We got to believe again, keepin’ the sun in sight. The ancient scales will fall away in time. Keep lookin’ to be free my friend, the journey is the life. The destination only marks the end of the line.
Like Bone Denes McIntosh
Wind howling through the trees storm will knock you to your knees There is no shelter here, there is no safety anymore.
Waves crashing on the shore you been here many times before But deep beneath the surface you will find a secret door.
Chorus: So wrap yourself tight babe keep yourself warm tonight you'll be all right, no matter what they say. Wrap yourself tight keep yourself safe tonight tomorrow 's gonna be another day.
Too many long years alone have left you silent like stone but your heart remains strong babe, like bone.
So much hope has been lost at much too great a cost but your courage continues to grow.
Chorus: So wrap yourself tight keep yourself warm tonight you'll be all right, no matter what they say. Wrap yourself tight babe keep yourself safe tonight tomorrow's gonna be another day.
Like The Wind Denes McIntosh
You are like the wind sometimes a welcome friend coolin' my brow when it's burnin' or when I'm cold and all alone you're a Southern Wind.
And then sometimes babe you're like a hurricane driving me so close to insane I can't think clearly, I can barely breathe your name and I can find no shelter from the rain.
You are like a flame chasin' my darkness away you light the path where I'm walkin' when I'm lost you lead me back the way I came.
But sometimes you're a blazin' fire' you burn white hot like a funeral pyre I can't get near you, and when I can't get no higher I'm left standing naked by the fire.
Bridge: And can't you see it's only me babe I'm here even while you're coolin' down I'll be right here blowin' softly on your coals while all those disappointments disappear on down the road.
Cause you are like the wind sometimes a welcome friend cooling my brow when it's burnin' and when I'm cold and all alone you're a southern wind.
The Little Things Denes McIntosh
It’s just the little things. The sun brushing softly across your neck The light fading slowly where you step The sound of your breath.
It’s just the little things. The faint smile on your lips The subtle dancing of your finger tips The rhythm of your hips.
Chorus: It’s just the little things that make me wild about you, that make me smile inside when I’m beside you.
It’s just the little things. The glistening sweat on your nose The way you wiggle your toes The casual fit of your clothes.
It’s just the little things. The way that you stand The long curve of your back The quiet touch of your hand.
Chorus: It’s just the little things that make me wild about you, that make me smile inside when I’m beside you.
Live and Dance Denes McIntosh
In this crazy world got to live and dance dance on the water as if it were glass.
Shout in the wind raise your fist to the sky lift your voice like a bird on it's maiden flight.
In this crazy world got to live and dance dance on the water as if it were glass.
Love with a passion laugh while you cry live with a vengeance and leave with a sweet 'good-bye'.
In this crazy world got to live and dance dance on the water as if it were glass.
Reach for the stars give the children a hand teach what you know and learn what you can.
In this crazy world got to live and dance dance on the water as if it were glass.
Walk on the wind in an old pair of jeans look to the future and follow your dreams.
Livin' in a Dream Denes McIntosh
In a field I found a pebble could have dropped out of the heavens could have washed in from the sea a thousand years ago. A feather left here recently, a meadow lark dropped part of who he is for me to find, don't ask me how I know.
Ain't it beautiful livin' in a dream?
A broken twig, a blade of grass a tree shaped like an hour glass a bee in search of flowers we've all been here before. A spoken word, a furtive glance a velvet touch, a quiet dance, naked by the fire, nature at the door.
Ain't it beautiful livin' in a dream?
But wakin' up has always been the hardest part. Bills to pay, the job is waitin' and the car won't start.
But ain't it beautiful livin' in a dream?
Love That I Can Touch Denes McIntosh
The comic way your lovely smile reaches out to welcome me revealing the warm delight awaiting my discovery.
Chorus: It's love that I can touch love that I can touch and I love you so much.
The gentleness with which you speak quietly assuring me past mistakes have been too weak to break your faithfulness.
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Bridge: I hear your voice in my solitude I see your face in every crowded room I taste the fragrance of your sweet perfume in every breeze that seduces me.
The pleasures of holding you pressed softly to my soul feeling your warm desire graciously unfold.
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Luckiest Guy In the World Denes McIntosh
It ain't easy bein' the luckiest guy in the world. Bein' free to be whatever I am. It ain't easy bein' in love with all of the girls and havin' a woman who gives me whatever she can.
It ain't easy livin' in sunny suburbia with every convenience conveniently close at hand. And wearin' my tennies and livin' without any real concern for anything more than the time for gettin' a tan.
It ain't easy havin' a job like the one I got makin' a living doin' whatever I want. Starin' at you and wearin' suits by Eve Saint Laurent sippin' a soda secretly loaded with scotch.
Chorus: Well, I'm sufferin' through the sweet life it's tougher than livin' street wise and all the bandits wish they had it half as bad as me. I'm reachin' my own objective but keepin' it in perspective so I won't one day wind up hungry foot loose and fancy free.
It ain't easy havin' it easy again, lunch with the ladies and weekends playin' with friends. It ain't easy havin' all that money to spend, a night on the town, I'll be checkin' out the latest trends.
It ain't easy keepin' in tune with the 'top 10' MTV leavin' me rockin'. Radio blarin', stereo tearin' the silence down, record collection reflectin' every new sound.
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Madness Denes McIntosh
Every time I hear the sound of madness I'm reminded, I am not so far away. Every time I tear a page of sadness from my life it just comes back again.
Every time I'm feelin' weak every time I need a drink every time my heart is beating slow, I know it. Every time I'm feelin' grief every time I need relief every time my bags are packed to go.
Mama Denes McIntosh
Mama, I never asked to leave the womb mama, there's just too much room outside my bed becomes a subtle substitute but mama, mama it's not you.
Mama, you used to hold me in your arms (I remember) and rock me, and sing me pretty songs mama, you used to keep me safe and warm but mama, mama those days are gone.
Mama, you used to kiss me on the face and wipe my tears with soft and silken hair mama, there's no one here to take your place mama, I can't find you anywhere.
Chorus: Mama, I miss you so much you were there to run to when the boys would beat me up. Oh mama, they're bein' mean to me again please make em stop.
Mama, you took my hand to help me walk when I fell down I could count on you to pick me up. Mama, you knew how to make the monsters go away but mama, mama they've all come back today.
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Mama, it's cold and I feel so alone you never told me it would be like this mama, it's gettin' late and I'm growin' old mama, please won't you take me to your breast?
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Mannequin Denes McIntosh
Fell in love with a girl I met one night down on the boulevard. She never said a word but she looked like a Hollywood movie star. Took her home to meet my brother, we had a fine time (he's a little strange). But mother told me she would have to leave, said "she's not our kind".
Chorus: She's a mannequin, but I don't care. I'm gonna buy her the finest head of hair in this town. She's a mannequin, but I don't care, She's the best lookin’ thing that I've seen anywhere around.
I got her a job as a model for a magazine, she fit right in. She had such smooth and lovely skin like a beauty queen. With a smile so broad you might have thought it was painted on, and a personality that causes me to rave on, and on.
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Bridge: They say "she's cold as ice like she were dead. She could never tantalize" that's what they said. But I like the way those big inviting eyes don't ever close, and I like the way my baby never says "no".
She looked so good beside me in my Pontiac. Cruisin' to the tunes of the 'Blues Magoos', sittin' way back. Dressed to please in designer jeans everybody stopped to stare, when I thought I heard somebody say "I must have bought my baby somewhere".
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Maria’s Daughter Denes McIntosh
When it cools down but light still glistens on the water I recall the lost days of my past. I fell in love with Maria’s youngest daughter I fell hard for her that night and I fell fast.
Chorus 1: I still see her in the moonlight I still see her in the sky I have traveled half a lifetime to be near her. I left the comfort of my home and walked this desolate earth alone I put my ear to the wind hoping I’d hear her.
I can see her laying on an old chase lounge she had my full attention, that’s a fact. I was just a young man sipping a 24 oz. her face was nicely shaded beneath a lovely garden hat.
Chorus 2: I have been to the horizon I have wandered through the dark I have searched the ancient mysteries to find her. I have stumbled through the desert with a dry and barren heart and I came within a breath or two of dying there.
Bridge: I’ve got to let her go now I’ve got to let her fade away Like dead skin in summer Like the passing of the day.
Like a long distance runner Coming down the home stretch Like a snake crawling free From it’s old skin.
Marilyn Denes McIntosh
Marilyn, you tried so hard to get it right But he left you standing in the parking lot last night. Closing time, you were on your best behavior wavin’ off the drinks of strangers sippin’ on your own Bud Light.
Marilyn, It’s not a pretty thing When the man you love would rather dance with his drink. You must agree, It was a private conversation, He was attentive, calm and patient with that bottle of Jim Beam.
Chorus: Move on little girl There’s a whole new world wants to blow through your hair. Count your losses like water runnin’ under the bridge Look beyond the next ridge. There’ll be someone waiting there.
Marilyn, you just got to let it go Coulda walked away when he first said “hello”. Shoulda taken it slow. Don’t throw good money after bad, When you’re dealt a losing hand Sometimes it pays to fold.
Chorus: Move on little girl There’s a whole new world wants to blow through your hair. Count your losses like water runnin’ under the bridge Look beyond the next ridge. There’ll be someone waiting there.
Masquerade Denes McIntosh
I am younger than my situation older than my years unable to reconcile my friendships with my fears (laughter with my tears). I have been too well aware of being much too well aware and the consequence of love is often more than I can bear.
Chorus: Friend and foe sometimes seem the same sunshine often feels like rain pleasure fades and turns to pain and life becomes a masquerade. Life becomes a masquerade.
Stronger than my stature weaker than my passion subject to my feelings but I wouldn't think of askin' you for love that you've not thought of givin' time that you don't have emotion that you must keep hidden for another man.
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May the Ride Last Long Denes McIntosh
Up the coast through Oregon Pacific Northwest Our final destination could be anybody's guess. With a caravan of friends who bring their own peculiar song throwing caution to the wind and may the ride last long.
Over the Rocky Mountains across the Great Divide reaching for the sun we're climbing half way to the sky. With a caravan of friends who sing their own peculiar song with our backs to the wind and may the ride last long.
South through the painted desert ancient canyons carved in stone chasing the wild rivers we just follow where they go. With a caravan of friends we sing our own peculiar song 'heading down around the bend and may the ride last long.
Chorus: May the ride last long beneath a welcoming sky may our voice be strong, long may we ride.
Down though the Southern Bayou where the Cajun sounds are sweet and the music makes you move it puts that rhythm in your feet. With a caravan of friends we sing our own peculiar song throwing caution to the wind and may the ride last long.
Riding hours on end across the Great Plains where a man can see forever there ain't nothing in his way. With a caravan of friends we sing our own peculiar song with our backs to the wind and may the ride last long.
North to the Great Lakes the endless inland sea where the wind can stir the water like my heart is stirring me. With a caravan of friends we sing our own peculiar song heading down around the bend and may the ride last long.
Chorus: May the ride last long beneath a welcoming sky may our voice be strong long may we ride.
Down the Eastern Seaboard the Atlantic coast spent the summer getting here May be a lifetime getting home. With a caravan of friends who sing their own peculiar song throwing caution to the wind and may the ride last long.
Maybe Do Some Fishin’ Denes McIntosh
The fish be jumpin’ right into the net and life is good as living can get Nobody owns me, I’m in nobody’s debt Can I continue to live like this? You bet!
The garden is growing with tomatoes and beans My clothes are just a pair of old comfortable jeans ‘The end’ I been told ‘don’t justify the means’ If I want good corn I got to plant good seed.
Chorus: I find it’s always good to stop, look around and listen. Put my feet on higher ground, get outta town, maybe do some fishin’.
Ain’t nothin’ better than a good nights sleep behind an off road ride in my 4-wheel jeep “Gotta climb that hill, no matter how steep” My hopes run high and my well runs deep.
Chorus: I find it’s always good to stop, look around and listen. Put my feet on higher ground, get outta town, maybe do some fishin’.
The river sings sweet like an old violin Don’t know where it’s goin’ but I know where it’s been. There’s always somethin’ new down around the next bend The river can kill you, or it can be your friend.
Chorus: I find it’s always good to stop, look around and listen. Put my feet on higher ground, get outta town, maybe do some fishin’.
Get outta town, maybe do some fishin’.
Morning Light Denes McIntosh
Morning light, I can breathe deeply. I can be truly alive today. Morning light, the dark will be leaving, packing up quickly and moving away.
Morning light, I can see clearly. It was all a bit cloudy the night before. Morning light, Dancin' like jewelry on the hand of a young girl outside my door.
Chorus: Rose colored glasses can't make it like this. The smell of the morning, a natural kiss. Steam rising wet from the rocks in the yard while the sun warms the earth in my garden.
Morning light, I will be singin'. We're all born again at the start of the day. Morning light, a time to begin. Like an wandering poet with somethin' to say.
Chorus: Rose colored glasses can't make it like this. The smell of the morning, a natural kiss. Steam rising wet from the rocks in the yard while the sun warms the earth in my garden.
My Eyes Dance Denes McIntosh
I've heard the sound of one hand clapping I beheld the Northern Lights I found clear water in the desert I felt the spirit late at night
I've seen the risen Savior as He walked upon the clouds I've rubbed the belly of the Buddha touched the blessed holy shroud.
Chorus: But my eyes dance at the sight of you, my knees get weak at your touch. I hear music at the sound of your voice, your laughter fills me up. I get excited at the mention of your name, you got me risin' at dawn. I get restless every time your away I just can't sleep when you're gone.
I've been down to Morocco rode the Marrakech Express I got high in Casablanca, with the sacred and possessed.
I've been seduced in Istanbul by both the beauty and the beast spilled my seed inside the temple following the feast.
Chorus: But my eyes dance at the sight of you, my knees get weak at your touch. I hear music at the sound of your voice, your laughter fills me up. I get excited at the mention of your name, you got me risin' at dawn. I get restless every time your away I just can't sleep when you're gone.
Bridge: One hand is clapping for the Northern Lights. Water runs clear in the night. I see the Savior walkin' across the clouds, Buddha he’s wearin’ a sacred shroud.
My Fathers Son Denes McIntosh
Looking back through the foggy past watching things unravel fast time passes through an hour glass and I can't bring it back Time passes through an hour glass and I can't get it back.
A moment here is all I've got a thought strikes quick and then it's gone I bought a silver plated gun to shoot my fathers son I bought a silver plated gun to shoot my fathers son.
Chorus: There's a river flowing clean and crystal clear I been dreaming of this time it's gettin' near The breeze is blowin' I can hear it breathin' like a lover. The sky burns crimson I burn warm My eyes are damp my skin is torn from crawlin' out from underneath the covers.
Someone called from Idaho a quiet stranger, name of Joe He said “There's something I should know, It just ain't time to go boy" He said “There's something I should know, It just ain't time to go"
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My Friends are Gone Denes McIntosh
They shot him in the head and laid him in the sand in the desert just below Palm Springs. A two foot grave is what the paper said they gave him with a blanket of hard rock and dead weeds. He was nobody to them. But he was Stephen to me.
He drove his car over the side of a mountain one night. He did not survive the flight. He lost his mind for one brief moment a lapse I'd seen before, and he had to pay for the ride with his life. The paper called him high. But he was Jimmy to me.
Chorus: I'm so tired of waiting for my turn to die. I've been alive for so long And my friends are gone.
He got his notice to report to the draft board in the morning. They would send him off to fight in Viet Nam. He couldn't come to grips with a war of politics and slept deeply through the rising of the dawn. The paper called him a suicide. He was Johnny to me.
Out riding through the streets racing shadows, trying to beat the light as it was just turning red. He didn't see the other car coming down the boulevard. Didn't even have a chance to turn his head. The paper called him reckless. He was Ricki to me.
Chorus: I'm so tired of waiting for my turn to die. I've been alive for so long. And my friends are gone.
She was just 17 hangin' close to the drug scene, she didn't understand she was in over her head. She made friends she didn't want, but trusted them without a thought and died one night alone in my bed. The paper called her a tragedy. She was Tami to me.
Chorus: I'm so tired of waiting for my turn to die. I've been alive for so long. And my friends are gone.
She was my best friend for 5 years back then, Her life was aging slowly like wine. Had a two year old son who I loved like my own A plane crash took her life in 89'. The paper called her unfortunate. She was Laura to me.
He had a welcoming smile like a lazy country mile, And he danced to the beat of his own drum. Disappeared without a trace leaving his friends dismayed Waiting on the Prodigal Son. The paper said he was missing. He was Ron to me.
Chorus: I'm so tired of waiting for my turn to die. I've been alive for so long. And my friends are gone.
He was my partner in song, we played and sang all night long, Shared the stage and bared our souls to a fault. But he was so damned torn, just couldn't take it no more, did not get up from that one final fall. The paper said he was well liked. He was Mike to me.
He was an unusual man, and he was my good friend, Never at a loss for what to say. But he drew his boundaries too wide and it cost him his life He died at the end of the day. The paper said he was alone. He was Mickey to me.
Chorus: I'm so tired of waiting for my turn to die. I've been alive for so long. And my friends are gone.
I've been alive for so long. And my friends are gone.
My Lady Denes McIntosh
Something about you can fill my empty heart to overflowing Something about you gives me another start on where I'm going.
And I want you to come along Somebody's given me a song I’ve got to sing it but you belong with me.
Chorus: I love you, I need you I'm free to be a part of you again. I love you, I need you to be my wife, my lover, and my friend. I've got a song to sing but you belong with me.
A long time ago I loved you, you were young and I was crazy. I want you to know I've been watching you become a lovely lady
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My Lord Denes McIntosh
My Lord is faithful, my Lord my Lord, he's just my Lord, he's gentle, my Lord my Lord is someone I can trust.
Chorus: My Lord, he moves the mountains my Lord holds back the sea' my Lord orders all creation my Lord is moving within' me.
My Lord, He's mercy, my Lord my Lord, He's strong my Lord, He's perfect, my Lord my Lord is never wrong.
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My Lord, He's patient, my Lord my Lord, He's kind my Lord, He's holy, my Lord my Lord brings me peace of mind.
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My Sons Denes McIntosh
My sons you've come to mean the world to me I will learn to be the father you need And when I can I would hope to become the dad I'm supposed to be.
My sons I love the both of you and I will always be close to you. Sometimes I know I will fail you for I am weak and frail too.
But I'll be strong when you can't no matter what the circumstance. Yes I'll be strong like Superman as long as I am able to stand.
And I would be so very proud were you to let compassion abound And love become the common ground on which you both will forever be found.
And you will be such fine men if you will just be kind men. I know you'll fail time and again just as sure as I have.
My sons you've come to mean the world to me I will learn to be the father you need. My sons I love the both of you and I will always be close to you.
My Sweet Angelina Denes McIntosh
Highway 99, rough road through some pretty hard towns truck stop mama’s flagging drivers down at the pump Hey Mr., lookin’ for a little pick-me-up? lay a little cash down on the dash my friend then back on that solitary road again. Rumblin’ that big rig along a broken white line out into the darkness of a vanishing sky. Like a log shootin’ down the Rio Grande like an old log shootin’ down the Rio Grande.
Highway 99, movin’ fast past the place I left behind packed my one and only bag before I left last night The door hit me in the back for the very last time another love affair kicked my ass, that’s life. Left the grass to grow, the cat to find a home with the neighbor. I fell out of favor with my sweet Angelina She lay down with the mayor of my town she lay down with the mayor of my own home town.
Highway 99, fast food highway, get yer grease on, as they say last night dining at the diesel café’ Petal to the metal till the break of dawn then a nap in the back of the cab and I’m gone A man can get along without the girl that done him bad but a man can’t ride the road without his coffee. I said, a man can’t ride the road without his coffee.
My Way Home Denes McIntosh
Rugged coastline, rocks like mountains reaching out from beneath my feet Wearing down by the hands of time and the pounding of the sea.
Pelicans patrolling the rolling waves in their ritual search for food Gliding by in single file on a windy afternoon.
Sea lions lazing in the morning sun living free in Shelter Cove Beyond the perils of the darkest sea where it's dangerous to be alone.
Black sand beaches left untouched no footprints in the sand A man can feel as close to God here as anybody can.
Sun sinking slowly in the evening sky heart rising with the tide I'll be finding my way home on the next boat drifting by.
No Emotion Denes McIntosh
Good mornin' to ya, how ya doin' today? I've been lookin' forward to that smile on your face. I get so tired of this business charade It leaves me longing for someone to embrace.
Chorus: No emotion, I will try hard not to cry. Can I borrow some lotion cause my hands are gettin' dry. I've seen your camisole and you've seen all my ties but let's get down to business now cause that's the best disguise.
For the heartache and the pain and the memories of sleepin' in the rain for the longing for a change and the feelings that are being spent in vain.
You dared to get near me and I was terrified. You shared your secrets and I learned to share mine. You stood beside me in my weakest time the kind of friend that has been so hard to find.
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No Regrets Denes McIntosh
Come down from the mountain, air’s too thin up there I can’t live any longer on a wing and a prayer. Come down from your mountain, I can’t breathe up there meet me down in the valley by the river somewhere.
Chorus: I’ll come to you babe in the early morn like a man seekin’ shelter from a raging storm. I’ll come to you girl with my arms outstretched with a heart on fire bringing no regrets.
Come down from your mountain, it’s too cold on high The snows too wet, and the winds too dry. Come down to the valley, get your feet on the ground gonna fall off that mountain while you’re lookin’ back down.
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It’s too early in the day to be feelin’ all that Too far along in the game to be afraid of the past. It’s too late in the journey to be lookin’ back we’re too far down the road with a one way map.
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Repeat verse 1: Come down from your mountain, air’s too thin up there I can’t live any longer on a wing and a prayer. Come down from your mountain, I can’t breathe up there meet me down in the valley by the river somewhere.
No Time Today Denes McIntosh
Why can't they see somebody's dying by the way Why can't they see somebody's crying from the pain.
Chorus: They say "I see your sorrow but my friend it's bound to go away Come back tomorrow sorry, but I don't have time today.
I've got things to do fat to chew people to see places I need to be.
I've got prayers to say song for the day kids to raise stocks to trade so long, no time today".
Why can't they see somebody's suffered long enough Why can't they see somebody's needing to be loved.
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On A Higher Plane Denes McIntosh
It was just a thought, not quite a revelation but it seems like a waste of my time. I got a ticket to the opera drank the last drop from the faucet and hopped aboard the last train comin’ by.
Chorus: But you will come to me I know you will. And I will hear your voice from the distant hills. You will comfort me in this driving rain. And I will live again on a Higher Plane.
It was just a moment, not quite a little while before I lost my way in the dark. I called the deaf girl with a whisper and the blind man with a light I called the neighborhood dog with my bark.
Chorus: But you will come to me I know you will. And I will hear your voice from the distant hills. You will comfort me in this driving rain. And I will live again on a Higher Plane.
Bridge: Crawling like a snake bit dog Struck down by the hand of God Reeling from my world of doubt Trying to let this demon out.
Falling from that blessed grace Stuck in this forgotten place Feeling like an afterthought In the ashes of a world gone wrong.
Chorus: But you will come to me I know you will. And I will hear your voice from the distant hills. You will comfort me in this driving rain. And I will live again on a Higher Plane.
One Another’s Eyes Denes McIntosh
Look past the last time you were angry Look past what you thought just didn't seem fair Look past the little things that drive you crazy Look past the doubt that lingers there
Look past the past that you had before today Look past the thought of what you’re leavin’ behind Look past the things you wish you hadn’t said along the way Look past when you may have been unkind.
Chorus: Look to each other for assurance. For that sweet inspiration in your life. Look to each other to find forgiveness. Look deeply into one another’s eyes.
Look past that mansion on the far side of the hill Look past the things you want to achieve, Look past your passion, past the strength of your own will Look past the things you think you believe.
Chorus: Look to each other for assurance. For that sweet inspiration in your life. Look to each other to find forgiveness. Look deeply into one another’s eyes.
Bridge: That’s where you will find the one that you love That’s where your lover lives That’s how you’re gonna fill each other up That’s how you’ll discover who your companion really is.
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One Foot on the Ground Denes McIntosh
I’ve lived a life time just this week been wide awake while tryin’ to sleep. Waiting all night long for dawn to break morning came too late for me
The sky fell down around me it piled up around my feet The ground shook like a lover falling hard to her knees.
Chorus: Ain’t life just like that with your head in the clouds You got one foot on the moon, my friend and the other foot on the ground. I must remind you every time you make a sound Somebody will be listening someone else will write it down.
I walk the gauntlet on my hands I hold the fire in my teeth Give my ten percent to Jesus and have ninety left for me.
I scrape my salt from the earth I drink my whisky from the stream I take my shower in the storm y’know I’ve never been so clean.
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I let nature run it’s course I met a woman by the well We talked of living in the moment like the tolling of a bell.
She took the rocks from my bag she took the weight from my load She shook the dust from her wings and disappeared on down the road.
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The sun came up in the west today the rain rose up to the clouds I drove myself crazy on my way outta town.
Trees growin’ up from the sidewalk buildings planted in the ground My knees been shakin’ like a wet dog whose bark don’t make a sound.
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I found your bones on the beach they drifted in from the sea I called the coroner to collect you while the queen came round for tea.
I saw you smiling in my dream I heard you laughing at my door I opened it to find you standing naked on the porch.
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One Life Denes McIntosh
I've only got one life that's all that I've been given and I've only got one chance to make my life worth livin'.
Chorus: Gonna give it to you and love you gonna give it to you and trust you for the things that I can't see for the man that I can be I know you're with me.
I've seen you in the mornin' with the risin' of the sun and felt you warm me. I've seen you in the faces of my friends as they would race to try to warn me.
You came and rescued me from deep and dark despair when I was all alone I turned to find you there. You were carin' for me and offerin' your heart I've been apart but now I'm home now I'm home.
The Outcast Denes McIntosh
He was all alone not because he chose to be but he was born to see things differently. He was fully grown at an age when most young men most young men could not begin to be.
The ladies loved him he told the truth to them something they had never known before. He gave them dignity not like the other men who made them all to be domestic whores.
Chorus: And he was an outcast and he was an honest man and he would outlast those who would not understand. And he was a rebel but not without a cause sing a song for honesty cause there's been none since he's gone.
He went his own way they talked behind his back but could not face him. Until that final day 'the last great heart attack' they could not break him.
Chorus:
Sing a song for justice. Instrumental Bridge. Sing a song for love.
Outside Your Love Denes McIntosh
I’ve slept in a ditch by the side of the road and in the Valley of my Despair.
Been fed bad meat in a dungeon by a devil living there.
Been lost in the forest been found in the alley been ignored in a crowd.
Been outta my head been left for dead beaten up, and beaten down.
I’ve been abandoned by my best friend for a better friend out there.
Been betrayed by my own point of view and lost my way somewhere.
I’ve drowned in my own sorrow and in your murky eyes.
But I’ve learned to live Outside Your Love, and without your feeble lies.
People Denes McIntosh
The people I speak to you know I speak to them because they don't know my Lord. The people I sing to you know I sing to them cause I been on the broad road before.
Chorus: But there will come a time I'll no longer need to rhyme the gospel I'll have finished my commission of the Lord. There will come a day when I'll hear sweet Jesus say "Enter good and faithful servant come receive your just reward".
There's people in the City just rushin' all around never lookin' up because they're always lookin down. Good folks in the country just plowin' up the ground tryin' hard to stay alive but not knowin' where they're bound.
Chorus:
There's people in the churches not doin' very well they've come to church for years but they're on their way to hell. And men in the ministry it's not too hard to tell they freely use the name of God but they're just servants of themselves.
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The Philosopher Denes McIntosh
An old man I had the pleasure to know ran into him when the bar had closed On the streets of Greece, so far from home told me something I'd already known.
But it didn't hurt to hear it again coming from someone like him A weather worn and aged friend who fought the war with a fountain pen.
He said "Son you must have come to me to learn the cost of liberty I believe that a man is free when he puts his faith before his greed.
Love is strong even when you’re weak compassion for itself will speak Kindness will return to be the measure of your dignity. Kindness will return to be the measure of your dignity.
Love is within every woman and man and peace will be it's companion.”
Pick Me Mp Denes McIntosh / Terry Talbot
He’s Changing me I’ve been growing day by day But I’ve never been this way before. He’s changing me So that I can say “Lord, let me give you more”.
He’s moving in my life I’ve turned away the strife I won’t stand in His way again. He’s moving by His Holy Spirit I no longer have to fear it now I’ Know It’s love He’ll send.
Chorus: And I’ll say “Pick me up by your power Keep me moving, oh and then Through your love don’t let me cower Get me ready, get me ready Before you come again”.
He’s looking for a few to send He can depend upon To entrust His power. He’s looking for a few good friends who’ll stand again Where Stephen stood in his final hour. Is He moving in your Life? Have you turned away the strife? Will you stand in His way again? Is He moving by His Holy Spirit? You no longer have to fear it now You know it’s love He’ll send.
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The Poet Denes McIntosh
I've been called a poet and I've been called a punk been down and didn't know it been sober and I been drunk I've thought about so much I can't remember what I thunk and I wrote a thousand songs for you but most of them were junk
I've been called a lover and I've been called a whore been known to run for cover when you're comin' through the door. I faced the world with fearlessness been frightened to the core been satisfied with nothing and have wanted nothing more.
Chorus: I'm thinkin' "what good would it do me to become like someone else? One man’s heaven is another persons hell. One thing I've learned if I remember nothing else. I’ve got to be true. I’ve got to be true to myself.”
Politician Denes McIntosh
Tenement buildings huddled like the homeless cannot keep the cold from their beds. Winter finds a way to make an unwelcome entrance coming through the cracks like a visit from the dead.
Baggy suits wearing feeble souls and bodies tattered, torn and bruised beyond repair. Old men that bleed cheap wine and cheap diseases living on the border of despair.
Chorus: Politician, you're a bastard beneath that mask you wear. Politician, you're fading faster than an empty, vain and repetitious prayer.
Children growing hard and gettin' callous like knuckles on the hands of Ali. Every day survival of the fittest living by the rules of the street.
Chorus:
Vacant, hollow, sad misshapen faces eyes betray their age like wine. Dare not even dream of other places born too old, but still too young to die.
Chorus:
You plant weeds to fill the cracks in our sidewalks but flowers for your mistress hair. Your promises have proven to be naked like the truth of your incestuous affair.
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Popular Don't Make it Right Denes McIntosh
They're killing our children in clinics across the land dumping their unborn bodies out back in the garbage can while doctors and lawyers debate the moment when life actually began the slaughter continues cause no one is willing to give a damn.
Love don't come cheap to the ones who won't keep their untimely mistake voiding their conscience along with the action they've chosen to take nobody knows the price of the innocence lost but it's bound to be great those who stand by with deaf ears and blind eyes will be charged with their ultimate fate.
Chorus: If you can't afford to keep em please won't you let em live, there's someone who would love to have your child. If it's just too inconvenient, doesn't suit your life style, that's no reason to condemn an unborn child.
Don't give me your reasons I don't want to empathize. You can justify anything once and too often twice. Public acceptance don't make it valid and popular don't make it right. Love the one that you're with if you want but consider the price.
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Power From on High Denes McIntosh
He's changing me I've been growing day by day but I've never been this way before. He's changing me in a deep and lasting way I asked Him, "Lord, let me give you more"?
Chorus: He's movin' in my life I've given up the fight I won't stand in His way again He's moving by His Holy Spirit I no longer have to fear it now I know He wants to send
Power from on High a rushing mighty wind flaming tongues of fire before he comes again redemption draweth nigh so lift up your head we haven't got much time before He comes again.
He's lookin' for a few good men He can depend upon to entrust His power He's lookin' for a few good friends who'll stand again like Stephen stood in his final hour.
Chorus: Is He movin’ in your life? Have you given up the fight? will you stand in His way again? Is He movin' by his Holy Spirit? You no longer have to fear it now you know He wants to send.
Power from on High a rushing mighty wind flaming tongues of fire before he comes again redemption draweth nigh so lift up your head we haven't got much time before He comes again.
Predator Denes McIntosh
Silent through the shadows he shows no fear as the day rolls by the night grows near.
Chorus: Gearing for the kill hungry for the blood he'll be sneakin’ through the night on another hunt.
His pulse runs high his breath runs hot close your eyes and the chase is on.
Chorus: Gearing for the kill hungry for the blood he'll be sneakin’ through the night on another hunt.
Run for your life gonna meet your death caught from behind suck the air for breath
Chorus: Gearing for the kill hungry for the blood he'll be sneakin’ through the night on another hunt.
He drags you down by your lovely throat struggle on the ground want to live - you won't
Chorus: Gearing for the kill hungry for the blood he'll be sneakin' through the night on another hunt.
The Pure of Heart Denes McIntosh
There's a sadness come over the land everybody's out to get what they can something I been tryin' hard to understand I don't want to become that kind of man
Simon gave me his bed with no return slept on the cold floor without a word he got deathly ill, it should not have occurred but his own discomfort over mine is what he preferred.
Blessed are the pure of heart.
There's a business man tryin' to reach the top he sold his soul for what he's got left a path behind him of people he has walked upon now all the value that he ever had is gone.
Blessed are the pure of heart.
There's a man who spends his life in poverty but what he has he acquired honestly he will die someday, but with dignity and his friends will say "such a loss it will be".
Blessed are the pure of heart.
There are those who wait to prey on every lost and lonely runaway seduce the naive, leave them betrayed con the unsuspecting one along the way. Blessed are the pure of heart.
David opened up the doors of his home for those who had nowhere else to go the misplaced ones, he fed and clothed he loved them as he would his own.
Blessed are the pure of heart.
The Road Denes McIntosh
I walk a road that can't be seen with the naked eye It goes where it cannot be walked by the casual passer by It winds and wanders where it wants in the fading light It never ends, it just begins, kinda quiet like.
I walk a road that beckons me from the place where I have grown Inviting me to forsake my past and everything I've known It promises the earth and sky, and tempts me to the bone 'There are no guarantees' I'm told, just a garden made of stone.
Chorus: I will not be lost in the sadness I will not succumb to it's call I will not be caught in the madness unaware I may stumble, but I will not fall.
I walk a road that gets confusing if I linger there detours, ditches, dangerous cliffs, and sign posts everywhere I put one foot in front of the other and say a quiet prayer I'll make it through, I promise you I will, I swear.
Chorus: I will not be lost in the sadness I will not succumb to it's call I will not be caught in the madness unaware I may stumble, but I will not fall.
Red Tail Hawk Denes McIntosh
A red tail hawk swept low overhead could’ve reached out and touched it with my naked hand. A field mouse caught in talons sharp and long gonna feed the chicks back at the nest like a good mom. Yeah, feed the chicks back at the nest like a good mom.
Bluebelly lizard in the afternoon sun laying close to the rock like his daddy had done. His natural castle, it’s built second to none A place of protection to raise his own son. Yeah, a place of protection to raise his own son.
Black shadows on the ground moving across my feet Vultures quietly soaring in the late evening. Life in the sky, birds on the wing. Searching the earth for what the dying might bring Yeah, searching the earth for what the dying might bring.
Rising With The Sun
Denes McIntosh
The clouds are rumbling over the distant hills like a hundred white buffalo coming over the ridge The sky runs on forever like a freshly painted desert mixing crimson, amber and yellow with some red.
As far as I can see, I can see the grand design the sacred plan, the ancient hand of time As far as I can know, I know there’s only one who could paint the greatest mysteries of this life.
Chorus: I’m feeling alive again my heart is rising with the sun An unexpected blessing has arrived like the welcome return of the prodigal son
My love is fixing chili in a cast iron skillet over an early morning crackling fire. There are men much more important than I have ever been who live without a reason to be inspired.
Chorus:
The sun warms the earth like a blanket warms the body of a cold and once shivering man The light warns the shadows, and the lingering fog that darkness cannot cover this land.
Darkness cannot cover this land.
The River Denes McIntosh
Log jam, the river can find it's way around the bend Jump the banks, run the length of any border land.
When the rain begins to fall and it don't begin to stop the river leaves an ocean where there used to be a pond.
We'll be gathering our friends our pictures and our pets in a frantic afternoon cause that's all the time we get.
We'll be standing in a line huddled close against the storm for another cup of coffee and a blanket to keep warm.
Chorus: Build your house up on the mountain set your feet upon the rock when the water gets to rising the town begins to talk.
We shoulda followed Jesus shoulda took him to the dance if the water should recede I hope we get another chance.
The Saints Who've Gone Before Denes McIntosh
I thought I'd write a song for the people who went on before me the saints who worked so long serving Jesus, they've gone on to glory.
Chorus: Well I appreciate the way you shone your light before the city. You kept the faith and sometimes even gave your life It's such a pity that we didn't get to meet while you were here.
You fought the battles well by what you taught me I can tell you really knew Him. The evidence remains, the testimony of the saints that you led to Him.
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If your loved ones have gone on to the kingdom far beyond the ones that we see We'll meet them in the air, everybody will be there They'll come in glory.
Chorus: And they'll appreciate the way we shone our lights before the city. We'll have kept the faith and even given up our lives It's not a pity. We'll rejoice together then before the Lord.
Seattle Calling Denes McIntosh
Chorus: Seattle calling, the road heading north The sky has fallen with a deafening roar. The sky has fallen with a deafening roar.
My brother cut down like a man out on a limb. Nobody knows how it could’ve happened to him. Nobody knows how it could’ve happened to him.
Chorus: Seattle calling, the road heading north The sky has fallen with a deafening roar. The sky has fallen with a deafening roar.
My brother won’t sit at my table again I’ll never be able to talk with the man. I will never be able to talk with the man.
Chorus: Seattle calling, the road heading north The sky has fallen with a deafening roar. The sky has fallen with a deafening roar.
I want to revisit the years that we missed while I followed my path, and he followed his. While I followed my path, and he followed his.
Chorus: Seattle calling, the road heading north The sky has fallen with a deafening roar. The sky has fallen with a deafening roar.
Sing it Low Denes McIntosh
Got to get back to the water I been stranded much too long on the barren plains of Idaho where a man must sing a solitary song.
Got to get back to the bounty where the river meets the sea with fruit trees growin’ down to the banks where the wind is quietly calling me.
Got to get back to the music I learned when I was a child three chords and a simple tune with a harmony to make a poor man smile.
Chorus: Sing it, sing it low my friend sing it, sing it sweet move your heart towards the sky move your body to the beat.
Sing it, sing it low my friend sing it, sing it please lift your voice along with mine sing it once with me.
Got to get back down to the beaten path where my family walked before when a child knew daddy was comin' home in the evening when he got off work.
Got to get back to the alter of my innocence long ago when a man's word was a lasting bond and his worth wasn't measured in gold.
Chorus: Sing it, sing it low my friend sing it, sing it sweet move your heart towards the sky move your body to the beat.
Sing it, sing it low my friend sing it, sing it please lift your voice along with mine sing it once with me.
Bridge: "Swing low sweet chariot comin' for to carry me home Swing low sweet chariot comin' for to carry me home."
Well I looked over Jordan and what did I see comin’ for to carry me home I saw a band of angels comin’ after me comin’ for to carry me home.
"Swing low sweet chariot comin' for to carry me home Swing low sweet chariot comin' for to carry me home."
Sky Sometimes Denes McIntosh
The heavens have been higher than they've ever been before and more elusive. Bluer than the sadness in your soft and gentle eyes and more reclusive. Broader than my boundless passion brighter than the sun and more alluring. Deeper than my increasing capacity for love and more enduring.
And I am Sky sometimes or Wind but you are Heaven.
The heavens have been higher than they've ever been before and more engaging. Lovely as the memory of waiting by the door while you were bathing. Softer than the touch of silk enchanting as the dawn and more appealing. Sweeter than a lyric in the quiet of a song and more revealing.
And I am Sky sometimes, or Wind but you are Heaven.
Slip Right Away Denes McIntosh
You don't know where you're goin’ you don't know where you've been you don't know why you're laughing you don't know why you grin
You don't know what today is you don't know of the hour but I know you can't wait much longer I know it's got to be now or
Chorus: You'll slip right away Jesus may come back today he might not give you time to say "Lord just give me one more day".
You keep tryin' to walk on the sunset carryin' your head in your hand you keep tryin' to talk to the flowers cause you think they'll understand.
Chorus:
You wonder where all the sorrow comes from while confusion wraps around your eyes you wonder where all the love has gone to and you wonder if Jesus really died.
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Some Will Say Goodbye Denes McIntosh
It’s gettin’ cold outside My breath turns to frost in the early light Ahh, in the early light It’s gettin’ cold outside.
I’m gettin’ old inside With death burning a cross upon an empty sky Upon an empty sky I’m gettin’ old inside.
Chorus: It ain’t like it wasn’t expected to happen It ain’t like it’s come as a big surprise Every life will fade and fall away now Some will say goodbye before their time.
It’s slowin’ down now Everything I thought was out of reach has come around It’s come around now It’s all slowin’ down.
It’s goin’ south now Everything that’s been reachin’ out is falling down now. It’s fallin’ down now It’s all goin’ south.
In atonement for my sin and the selfish life I've lived Jesus died, He died for everything I've been. And he didn't have to but He was glad to and it was me who should have had to die, not Him.
But He said "Father let me take my peoples place upon the cross, Father give to them the faith they need to not be lost, Father let them look upon my face and count the cost, they'll know I love them. They'll know I love them.
If not for a Savior like Him we'd not know each other. If not for a Savior like Him we'd not love one another but He's made us sisters and brothers.
If not for people like you life would be lonely If not for people like you life would be only a place to pass through.
But you make it oh so much more than a place to pass the days. Oh so much more to me in oh so many ways. Just what you mean to me you know it's hard to say but I love you, you know I love you.
Song For You Denes McIntosh
You have given me your love for many years now I've not been one to give so much of mine You have given of your laughter and your tears now but I've kept my feelings hidden deep inside.
Chorus: It's not because I haven't loved you It's not because I haven't cared It's not because I've not been thinkin' of you but my life has been so hard for me to share.
You have given me your grace for many seasons forgiving me every time I'd fall I've learned to love you for a thousand different reasons I wish I could have come before you called.
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Song of a Lost Friendship Denes McIntosh
I knew a man who laughed so gaily lived so freely, gave so much I knew a man in love with life and friends who's heart he tried to touch.
Somethin' came across his path deceivin' him a shallow promise he began believin' in I tried to love him but he would not stay that wind of promise came and blew my friend away.
He left to find a better life across the hill last I heard my friend was lookin' still. Darkness has descended day has turned to night. Perhaps the dark would help him to find the light.
I knew a man who laughed so gaily lived so freely, gave so much I knew a man in love with life and friends who's hearts he tried to touch.
Song To God Denes McIntosh
Oh God there comes a time when I don't know what to do no matter how I try I keep on hurting you but you just keep forgiving time and again I know each time I sin I've really hurt a friend.
Chorus: How can one God love me so much? How can Jesus heal me with a touch? How can He care for me I'm such a wicked man? Oh Lord, I just don't understand. But I love you, and I can clearly see I love you Lord because you first loved me.
When I'm feeling down and out you always come around Every time without a doubt you pick me off the ground when I'm thankin' you and feelin' pretty good you always seem to do what I never thought you could.
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Soon You'll Be Dancing Denes McIntosh
Chorus: You've got to stand right up get out of your rut rise above those bad circumstances you've got to take a deeper breath come back from the dead take a step and soon you'll be dancin'.
The world has got you down no pleasure to be found the street's been awash with your tears. Loneliness abounds, silence the only sound to greet your virgin ears.
Chorus:
Feelin' half abandoned, used, abused and stranded like a vagabond without a ride. Stereotyped and branded till you can barely stand it makes you want to run and hide
Green as your teen age brother another week without pay You'll dance on air tomorrow you walk on coals today.
Your love is like a hammer pounding in my heart How far can I take this before it starts to break apart.
I taste the water in your river' take the salt from your sea strong willed, but fragile' like a rose petal in spring.
Hard as granite with the soul of a man he lives with a grin and a pick in his hand.
Chorus: You've spent what seems a life time just tryin' to get it right through hard rain and thunder you've kept dry. You're neighborhood's been dark with trees across the power lines but your truth shines like a dagger through the night.
Your window is open you can step out from your pain your heart is an ocean you can walk between the rain Bury all my promises along side Gideons Bones I'll be right here behind you while you're standin’ on your own. I'm only human. . . . but I'll be there for you.
Stronger Than Me Denes McIntosh
The River runs by me like a pony out of the gate. Like another day behind me like the fickle hand of fate.
Every man has shaken hands with that fickle hand of fate.
The River shouts a warning like a runaway train Racing down those rusted tracks in the pouring rain.
I can hear that dire warning thru the pouring rain.
The River moves swiftly like a mountain on fire Like the morning you left me like a message down the wire.
Like a Sunday choir I can hear that voice along the wire.
The River keeps carving its way to the sea Through cold earth and hard rock that’s much stronger than me.
Any blind man can see it’s much stronger than me.
Terminal Vacation
Denes McIntosh
You call it 'flyin' I call it 'ridin' in a tin can'. You call it 'travelin' I call it 'gettin' from where I was to where I am'. We gotta check in and then check in again.
You say 'have some patience', while I'm waitin' in a long que at the gate to get the state's permission just to pass through where they will scan you may even search you take off your damn shoes.
Chorus: Oh no, don't make me go not another terminal vacation. not another visit to the mall. Oh no, don't make me go this trip will make a man a mental patient with his head jacked up backed up against the wall.
You call it 'a break from our routine' I call it 'obscene' how they abuse you how they insult you and bombard you with an endless stream of muzak pre-recorded talk-back announcin' this and that and all the mindless chat on cell phones like social clones in the friggin' twilight zone sippin' drinks, can't even think. We're eatin' cheap snacks.
Chorus: Oh no, don't make me go not another terminal vacation. not another visit to the mall. Oh no, don't make me go this trip will make a man a mental patient with his head jacked up backed up against the wall.
You call it 'exciting'. It's not inviting It's a bad dream. I can't believe I've landed on this god forsaken planet where I can't scream. They just keep moving me through all the noise and the confusion in collusion with the leader of the other sheep.
Chorus: Oh no, don't make me go not another terminal vacation. not another visit to the mall. Oh no, don't make me go this trip will make a man a mental patient with his head jacked up backed up against the wall.
Get off the airplane hurry, make your way down to the baggage claim. Take the shuttle to the Budget Rental Agency Pick up your crummy car there A Ford Escort, I don't care They try to sell you gas, insurance package and a better ride than your mid-size economy. Get lost in the airport. Drive in circles round the terminals before you can escape onto the freeway, rush hour fight there commuter nightmare It's not a pretty sight there 'It's just another day', they say in paradise there.
Chorus: Oh no, don't make me go not another terminal vacation. not another visit to the mall. Oh no, don't make me go this trip will make a man a mental patient with his head jacked up backed up against the wall.
Check in your favorite chain hotel your private hell Pick up the key card It ain't a free card You need a credit card to prove who you are to make another charge.
Unlock the door to your vacation suite You're finally here, you rest your weary feet you look around and find you're stayin' in a strange room, with no view, with lot's of bad food. Chorus: Oh no, don't make me go not another terminal vacation. not another visit to the mall. Oh no, don't make me go this trip will make a man a mental patient with his head jacked up backed up against the wall
Testimony Denes McIntosh
I used to travel Lookin’ to find a reason for livin’ some peace of mind Chorus: But I want to tell you now there really ain't much to be found I been lookin’ all around but it only seemed to bring me down. I was lookin’ in all the wrong places and I was lookin’ for all the wrong things I wasn't lookin’ for Jesus' I wasn't lookin’ for the king. I used to drink and I used to deal and I used to think my illusions were real Chorus:
I used to wonder bout the life I did lead I tried to convince myself that I really was free.
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That's for Someone Else to Say Denes McIntosh
The phone rang. My indifference shouted loudly through the line. You were quiet. You had learned to let the moment take it's time.
The radio played A song I hadn't heard since you were here. It was our song, I remember but I didn't care and never shed a tear.
Chorus: I've been away from you even when I'm sitting by your side. I've been a fool for you but I could never get it right.
I've been true to you in my own peculiar way> But I can't love you girl that's for someone else to say.
Your letter came. I keep it on my dresser by the bed. I'll never open it. But y' know I'll always wonder what it said. Chorus: I've been away from you even when I'm sitting by your side. I've been a fool for you but I could never get it right.
I've been true to you in my own peculiar way. But I don't love you girl that's for someone else to say.
They're all Lookin' Denes McIntosh
There's a woman out there weepin' there's a man who ain't been home there's a kid who runs away without a warning There's an old man on a park bench sleeping there's a child left all alone there's a stranger on the back row Sunday morning.
Chorus: They're all lookin’ they're all lookin’ lookin’ for a light they just can't seem to find. They're all lookin’ they're all lookin’ 'lookin’ for the light that Jesus shines.
They're left standing in the street some so high they can't come down so we judge them our hearts have grown too cold. Ah but how did Jesus greet that harlot on the ground He said "you without a sin throw the stone".
Repeat Chorus:
Spoken we gotta stop judgin' em we gotta start lovin’ em we gotta stop condemnin’ em we gotta start befriendin’ em we gotta stop rejectin’ em we gotta start acceptin’ em
we gotta stop bein’ so damn religious.
Things Slippin' Away Denes McIntosh
It ain't like it used to be things slippin' away from me I can't see the forest for the trees. Mama tried to warn me she said "it's gonna be stormy son, you just can't wear your heart out on your sleeve".
If I'm gonna be loved my friend I'll be loved for what I am and not for what you might want me to be. If I'm gonna be hurt again I'll be hurt, I won't pretend that it didn't really matter much to me.
I gotta say “you don't hold the colors for my rainbow in your hand You don't wield the brush at your command.”
Things Slippin' Away (2) Denes McIntosh
It ain't like it used to be things slippin' away from me I can't see the forest for the trees. Momma tried to warn me she said 'It's gonna be stormy son, you just can't wear your heart out on your sleeve.'
It ain't like it used to be not much rings true to me too many lies, no honesty. I wasn't born for this It's worn me down, I guess It's taken my strength and left me feeling weak.
Chorus: But I will remember you You were my friend, and you told the truth. You grabbed a hold of my heart and held on. I will remember you.
It ain't like it used to be things changin' too fast for me like a bitter wind blowin' on a raging sea. I can't hold on to this I've given it my very best but every time I stand it knocks me to my knees.
Chorus: But I will remember you You were my friend, and you told the truth. You grabbed a hold of my heart and held on. I will remember you.
This Man Jesus Denes McIntosh
The Son of God, He became a man to people through the ages, he held out his hand He walked the land of Canaan and the shores of Galilee calling Simon, Andrew, James and John He said "come follow me, leave your nets just where they lie you'll not need them again for I intend to make my friends into fishers of men".
He roamed throughout the country casting demons from their homes preparing his disciples, healing people where he'd go They hailed him in Jerusalem, then killed him on a cross Fulfilling his commission cause he came to save the lost.
Chorus:
More than owning all the treasures in the land my heart longs to be like a man
I've studied in the scriptures I've known by his grace I've followed in the way having never seen his face I've worshipped in the temple and I've talked with in the dawn Been forgiven by in spite of everything that I've done wrong.
Chorus:
Thou Art the Lord Denes McIntosh
I shall praise thy holy name I shall praise thy holy name I shall praise thy holy name for thou art the Lord.
I shall keep my mind on thee. . .
I shall serve thee all the day. . .
I shall love thee all my life. . .
I shall praise thy holy name. . .
Thunder Mountain Denes McIntosh
Clean air at 7,000 feet The kind a man was meant to breathe. Pine trees reaching tall for the sky to soak the Autumn light.
Silver Lake, the blue of your eyes smiling deep beneath the granite face of Thunder Mountain.
Sierra path at our own pace, trail to a very secret place. Where snakes dance fluid on the water, Mother Earth and Virgin Daughter.
Silver Lake, the blue of your eyes smiling deep beneath the granite face of Thunder Mountain.
Let me lay down in the comfort of your arms. Let me be healed in you, let me be warm. Let the river teach me how to bend, let the mountain give me strength again.
Evening falls with fading light throwing pink across a painted sky. Breathless quiet, before the dark I can hear the sound of my own heart.
Silver Lake, the blue of your eyes smiling deep beneath the granite face of Thunder Mountain.
Tough Guy Denes McIntosh
Tough guy, hard as nails. Kiss the sky with your rage, shake the earth with your anger, make the innocent pay.
Tough guy, heart of stone, chiseled head of hardened steel. Choke the meek with your hands, crush the weak with your heel.
Chorus: Who the hell do you think you are to steal the dreams of a young man. To cut him down in his own front yard just because you can?
Tough guy, gun in your hand, driven by your own self hate. Tear the son from a mothers arms at the closing of the day.
Chorus: Who the hell do you think you are to steal the dreams of a young man. To cut him down in his own front yard just because you can?
Tough guy blame it on a system that put it’s foot to your neck. But hey, anger ain’t no license for your deadly disrespect.
Chorus:
The Visitor Denes McIntosh
He visits me in the night when I'm all alone. He visits me in the night when I'm feelin' low. He visits me in the night I'm weary to the bone.
He knows me, He just knows.
And I think I can see Him in my dreams when He is gone. And I think He has given one more reason to go on. And I think I can love Him in a way I've never known. He comes visiting at night when I'm alone.
He knows me, He just knows.
Repeat: And I think . . .
Waiting Your Arrival Denes McIntosh
Like lightning in the dark the dogs begin to bark while lovers do their part to keep the myth alive. Like a rabbit on the run there's a bandit with a gun and I know the time has come to get it right.
Chorus: Put your pistol in your holster let me live another day don't be comin' any closer Can’t you hear what I say?. Don't point that thing at me I'm not ready to be dead I wanna die with both my boots on in my bed.
Like a snake in the sun with a warning on his tongue Father Collins blessed a demon Jesus came to take him home. Like a man without sin he was offered up again he shed his sacred skin and lost his soul.
Chorus: Put your pistol in your holster let me live another day don't be comin' any closer Can’t you hear what I say? Don't point that thing at me I'm no ready to be dead I wanna die with both my boots on in my bed.
Bridge: It's cold out tonight the smoke is rising from the fire I told you I'd be waiting your arrival.
We Are Each Other Denes McIntosh
You are my brother (4 times)
I've seen you on the train walkin' in the rain, in the sad cafe.
You are my sister
I've seen you in the tower in the halls of power in the midnight hour
You are my brother.
I've seen you in the field I know your fate was sealed by some predetermined deal.
You are my brother/sister
I've seen you on the job I've seen them sabotage your attempt to reach the top.
You are my sister
I've seen you in the church I've seen you in your search I know that you've been hurt.
You are my sister We are each other.
We Can Be Free Again Denes McIntosh
Long ago and far away I remember it was such a beautiful day cruisin' up the coast to Monterey the wind blowin' warm on our face.
I recall how very happy we were driving along the cliffs through Big Sur never skipped a beat, never missed a curve stopped to eat whenever we'd get the urge.
Chorus: Those were the days but they still remain like the sweet fragrance after a summer rain like the moonlight dancin' on my window pane we can be free again I know we can.
I remember sleeping out under the stars serenadin' the night with my guitar celebrating life and what we are log on the fire, a song in my heart.
Chorus:
We Can Be Free Again (2) Denes McIntosh
Long ago and far away I remember it was such a beautiful day all the neighborhood kids were out to play baseball in the street, and lemonade.
We came together choosin' up sides we came to play and not to fight to prove our skill and not our might late afternoon on into the night.
Chorus: Those were the days but they still remain like the sweet fragrance after a summer rain like the moonlight dancin' on my windowpane we can be free again I know we can.
I remember sleepin' out under the stars sneakin' out of the tent in my backyard serenadin' the night with my guitar faithful dog beside me standin' guard. (his name was Buster)
Chorus:
Wedding Song Denes McIntosh
The years have brought you to this day and tears have since been wiped away for laughter It's been hard for you I can see It's been hard for you but with the passing of the winter comes the spring.
It's been a long time since you sang the kind of song you both were born to sing, I know it It's been forever I been told But you been friends and you been lovers keepers of each others hearts and watchers over one another's souls.
Chorus: Now the sun will shine from out of the same sky that was covered once with clouds. And laughter will surround your new found life like a rainbow bending softly to the ground.
The days ahead were carved out of the long uncertain yesterdays you shared those days are gone, vanished with the rain Those days are gone and after all the disappointments love remains.
Chorus:
Wedding Song II Denes McIntosh
You could not have seen your love would be the beginning of forever. The two of you will be living lives and building dreams together.
And John you've won her love as you learn to give her up the fullness of your lady will return.
You could not have known the Lord would be the cornerstone of your commitment. Breathing life upon the very plans that you have drawn to bring enrichment
And Sharon you have been a warm and precious friend Now lover and companion for your man.
You could not have found a better reason to surround yourself with friends. Each of us has come to support you in your love again.
And John . . . . . . . . . . . . And Sharon. . . . . . . . . .
Weep For Stephen Denes McIntosh
Took the boat over from the Port of Dover to the coast of France Calais was the place where I landed safely half by chance. Hitched a ride to Bologna, felt so alone was tryin' to lose my past didn't know what I'd find but knew that I had to get there fast.
Chorus: And I sat in the village square with my guitar and a prayer and sang all of the songs I'd ever written. Patrice and Phillipe listened for a moment then they both began to weep for Stephen. Friends they had been from the beginning to the end they could not comprehend the lesson. I sang about the years, the sorrow and the tears, they stood alone and wept for Stephen.
Took me to a small cafe' to explain what was goin' on. They'd been in an accident, could not prevent it, only four days gone. Stephen did not walk away this time although he tried, with the two of them. But fell forever silent, right before their eyes they saw his young life spent.
Chorus:
They said I looked and sounded just exactly like their departed friend, that he's alive because of me and I would be the one to live for him. Showed me his picture from the paper later, naturally I was shocked to see Stephen was the man that I had never planned, but somehow come to be.
Chorus:
What Does It Matter? Denes McIntosh
Well, my job sucks, honey I've had enough my tanks been runnin' on low. the girls can't have me, the boys can't stand me hey, this ain't no picture show. People tryin' to con me, they wanna walk on me, playin' me for a fool, thinkin' I must be nuts, but what's all the fuss? There ain't no point in bein' cool.
Chorus: Cause I've got a son, and he's got a brother and I got a wife, and she's a damn good lover. So what does it matter, and what difference if it does, my brains are gettin' battered but my body's gettin' loved.
Well, I been shadow boxin', my doors been locked and my shadow's been returnin' the blows. A left to the head like to left me for dead but that's the way the situation goes. 33 years, 30,000 beers I shoulda bought stock in Milwaukee. Coulda traveled to Spain, took a walk in the rain, wouldn't have to be another desk jockey.
Chorus:
What Lies Beneath the Surface (or ‘The Restless Sea’) Denes McIntosh
Sun holding court in a brilliant sky above the fragile lives of all who live beneath it. We must rise somehow before we die, to ride the sacred Wheel of Life.
Deep water, like a blanket on the earth covering more than we ever believed. A complex world has given birth To a greater mystery.
Chorus: It’s what lies beneath the surface that we need to embrace. Everything else will fade away It’s what lies beneath the surface that we must face. It’s what holds life in the balance. It’s what keeps our lives in place.
Hidden from the eyes of the uninformed. But visible to those who wish to see. It’s deep, it can be dark, but light lives there. Like a beating heart in a restless sea.
Chorus: It’s what lies beneath the surface that we need to embrace. Everything else will fade away It’s what lies beneath the surface that we must face. It’s what holds life in the balance. It’s what holds our lives in place.
Where is the Peace? Denes McIntosh
World's gone insane people blowin' out their brains flyin' off of bridges lyin' down in front of trains shootin' dope to cope with life cause they can't take it getting drunk, life always stunk it's more than what you make it.
Chorus: and you ask "Where is the peace, the Prince of Peace, Why can’t He ease our troubled minds? He came unashamed to die for you and me Now we must come to Him on bended knee.
Sedatives, take one don't worry what you've done you say "it was all in fun" another mornings gonna come. Expensive wine, refined broken dreams that can't be mended sleeping pills, no thrills just a painless way to end it.
Chorus:
Meditation, mesmerized enlightened to the times nothing's wrong, nothing's right relativity delight. Guilt you say is built upon a concept someone gave you you choose to lose your conscience thinking somehow that can save you.
Chorus: Alternate Chorus: Where is the peace, that sweet release It’s been elusive as the wind. We’ve searched the earth, and cursed the heavens Now we must learn to find it from within.
Without Him Denes McIntosh
Acceptance is the dream we live our lives for more than anything, we'll even fight for a place near to the heart of one we feel that we were born for and the songs we sing are pleading to be heard.
Chorus: But there is one who was born to receive us and one who is longing to reach us one who waits to free us from our loneliness and I believe He's near when we need Him.
Loneliness is sometimes harder to describe that tears flowing through the night It's more than isolation and more than being sad or being left without the love we had.
Chorus:
Willie Denes McIntosh
This train been rolling down a thousand miles of track. It ain't never turned a corner it ain't never lookin' back. No stopping at the border if you're scared it's gonna crash take a 747, take a taxi, bring a map.
This train been driven by a man who knows the tune ain't got nothing in his pocket he got even less to lose. If you wanna try and stop it better plan on getting bruised cause this train ain't slowing down to take on passenger or crew.
Chorus: Willie, blow your harp and wish us well. Willie, we got started when you rang that station bell. Willie, blow your harp to let us know you'll be there with us no matter how far we go.
Willie, blow your harp and make us laugh you'll be our inspiration while we're rolling down the track. Willie, blow your harp and make us cry you never said "don't go", my friend, we never said "good-bye".
This train is occupied from first class to coach we got flat cars pulling gear we got the engine blowing smoke. If you wanna get on board if you wanna catch a ride got to hop a box car when the train comes rolling by.
Chorus:
Wrapped In Red
Pajamas
Denes McIntosh
I hit the highway drivin’ to a place I’ve never been
to,
I won’t change direction till that fork in the road.
I left my cup of coffee on a table by the window,
grabbed my old guitar, put on my warm winter coat.
My love, she still lays sleepin’ in our softest
feather bed,
wrapped in red pajamas that I bought her yesterday.
With a thousand reasons to love her, and a hundred
left unsaid,
I kissed her slumbering lips again and quietly slipped
away.
Chorus:
I never really wanted to be on the road again
I just wanted to sing my songs and earn a day’s
pay.
But I couldn’t stop from lookin’ down around the
next bend
to another town with another rundown truck-stop
cafe.
The hours quickly turn to days, and the days just
disappear,
every moment on my own is one I won’t get back.
I sing and play for a meal and tips, for a bed, and
cheap beer,
but a man gets used up pretty quick livin’ off the
beaten track.
Chorus:
I never really wanted to be on the road again
I just wanted to sing my songs and earn a day’s
pay.
But I couldn’t stop from lookin’ down around the
next bend
to another town with another rundown truck-stop
cafe.
My love, she still lays sleepin’ in our softest
feather bed,
wrapped in red pajamas that I bought her yesterday.
I’d give it all up to just be home with her again
but I’m too far gone in this road song, and too many
miles away.
Written on the Wind Denes McIntosh (To the tune of ‘Power from on High’)
She's stayin' with me I've been growin' day by day oh, I've never been this way before. And it's changin' me in a deep and lasting way she wants to be the water on my shore.
Chorus: I feel the change is right I'm giving up the fight I won't stand in the way again. My life is movin' on my love is growin' like a song arranged for you and written on the wind.
I'll sing it with my soul I'll sing it loud and clear like a trumpet in the night for only you to hear.
It's comin' from on high like a returning friend a ray of crimson light to pierce the dark again.
She's stayin' with me I can see the road ahead the fog has lifted, we can find our way. It's changin’ me the mountain and the valley both are part of what we know to be our fate.
repeat chorus:
You Are Denes McIntosh
You are inside of me And in the life surrounding me You are the air I breathe Your love enables me.
You are a place of rest You give your very best A soft and warm caress and I am truly blessed.
You are the morning sun When my restless sleep is done My reason to get up You fill my empty up.
Your Healing Grace Denes McIntosh
There’s an anger in our heart and it will not dissipate without the love you give without your healing grace.
There’s a loneliness inside and it will not go away without the hope that you provide without your warm embrace.
There’s a bitterness beneath the smile we often wear but it’s much too hard to breathe from way down there.
From way down there.
Your New Pants Denes McIntosh
(To the tune of' ‘Jesus is Coming Again')
Chorus: I really don't give a damn I really don't give a damn me and my brother just don't give a damn if you buy your new pants at the Gap
I'll serve you your coffee and Danish today I been workin' too long here for minimum pay I'll flirt with you daily, it helps me relax but I don't really care if you shop at the Gap.
Chorus: I really don't give a damn I really don't give a damn me and my brother just don't give a damn if you buy your new pants at the Gap.
We'll shoot the breeze while I'm killing some time or serving the next capachino in line I'll give you the nod for your morning routine but I'll never be caught in your black SUV.
Chorus: I really don't give a damn I really don't give a damn me and my brother just don't give a damn if you buy your new clothes at the Gap.
I'll give you the time of day if you ask while I'm dealing with some insignificant task I'll give you a smile while you're givin' me crap but I don't really care if you shop at the Gap.
Chorus: I really don't give a damn I really don't give a damn Me and my brother just don't give a damn If you buy your new pants at the Gap.
I'll tolerate you while you chat on your cell and secretly wish that you'd just go to hell Your rudeness is second to no one I've seen daddy bought you your very own business degree.
Chorus: And I really don't give a damn I really don't give a damn Me and my brother just don't give a damn if you buy your new pants at the Gap.
