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Tokyo
03:46
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I’m calling from Tokyo
Just finishing the second show
I hear your memory in my mind
Everything’s turned to shit
No matter how I look at it
And I am running out of time
Here I am, on the phone
Will this bring us together?
There you are, all alone
Could you love me forever?
Somewhere in Mexico
Near Zihuatanejo
There is a little house on the beach
Well maybe it’s just a dream
Or one of my crazy schemes
That’s always just out of my reach
Here I am, on the line
Will this bring us together?
There you are, out of time
Could you love me forever?
Days, into weeks, into months
And the years just roll on by
Here I am
There you are
Here I am, on the line
Will this bring us together?
There you are, out of time
Could you love me forever?
I’m calling from Tokyo
Just finishing the second show
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2. |
Nature's Way
02:55
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It’s nature’s way of telling you
Something’s wrong
It’s nature’s way of telling
You in a song
It’s nature’s way of receiving you
It’s nature’s way of retrieving you
It’s natures way of telling you
Something’s wrong
It’s nature’s way of telling you,
Summer breeze
It’s nature’s way of telling you,
Dying trees
It’s nature’s way of receiving you
It’s nature’s way of retrieving you
It’s natures way of telling you
Something’s wrong
It’s nature’s way, it’s nature’s way
It’s nature’s way, it’s nature’s way
It’s nature’s way of telling you
Something’s wrong
It’s nature’s way of telling you
In a song
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3. |
Minutes Count
03:10
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Time precious time
Slips away in the distance
I walk the line, ‘til I fade
From existence
Soon, like lover’s who
Stare at the moon
A child who lost his balloon
Forget how the years
Are starting mount
Minutes count
Minutes count
Now, with daily affairs of the heat
Inspire to pull us apart
And burdens are here and
Heard to surmount
Minutes count
Minutes count
Soon, like lover’s who
Stare at the moon
A child who lost his balloon
Forget how the years
Continue to mount
Minutes count
Minutes count
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Don’t let the sun catch you crying
The night’s the time for all your tears
Your hearts may be broken tonight
But tomorrow in the morning light
Don’t let the sun catch you crying
The night-time shadows disappear
And with them go all your tears
From the morning will bring joy
For every girl and boy
So don’t let the sun catch you crying
We know that crying’s
Not a bad thing
But stop your crying
When the birds sing
It may be hard to discover
That you’ve been left for another
But don’t forget that love’s a game
And it can always come again
Oh don’t let the sun catch you crying
Don’t let the sun catch
You crying, oh no
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5. |
Lifeline
03:53
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You’re really walking on
A tightrope baby
I don’t know how you
Missed the danger signs
Or maybe thinking that
There’s no hope maybe
You’re running out of time
‘Cause I know life is a river we must
Go, with the flow, all in the same boat
Oh no, someone is overboard,
Throw the lifeline
You always take it to
The furthest limit
Then you wonder why
You step right in it
Soon you’re yelling, can
You wait a minute
‘Cause you’re out of time
‘Cause i know life is a river we must
Go, with the flow, all in the same boat
Oh no, someone is overboard,
Throw the lifeline
Everybody’s in a trouble
It’s been forever since
We crossed the line
Spend your life living in a bubble
Almost all the time
Throw me a lifeline
Give me a lifeline
Give me a lifeline
‘Cause I know life is a river we must
Go, with the flow, all in the same boat
Oh no, someone is overboard,
Throw the lifeline
‘Cause i know life is a river we must
Go, with the flow, all in the same boat
Oh no, someone is overboard,
Throw the lifeline
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6. |
Widows Weeds
01:31
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Roanoke wants to ike
Down the mountain
Roanoke wants to pike
Down the mountain
Roanoke wants to pike
Down the mountain
Roanoke going home
Roanoke going home
Richmond wants to wash
Out the memory
Richmond wants to wash
Out the memory
Richmond wants to wash
Out the memory
Richmond going home
Richmand going home
To the girl that’s waiting there for me
I’ll be home to make a memory
To the girl that’s waiting there for me
Through the wildwood springs
For the love she brings
Roanoke wants to ike
Down the mountain
Roanoke wants to pike
Down the mountain
Roanoke wants to pike
Down the mountain
Roanoke going home
Roanoke going home
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I’ve been counting the days and
Night since I saw yout face
Feeling so out of place,
Like i’m losing the race
I’ve been coming around too
Wide, flying off the tracks
Going over the side, trying
To get you back
But there’s no way that I can
See to let you go now
No way I’m losing you
No way i’m losing you this time
No way i’m gonna lose you -
It’s been so long
No way i’m gonna lose you
No way i’m gonna lose you
Honey babe
No way i’m gonna lose you
After all this time
I remember the rainy sky
The day you ran away
I can picture the gray like
It was yesterday
But I’m keeping my hopes alive
Unti; you’re here with me
Maybe someday we’ll see
What time this life will be
‘Cause there’s no way that i
Can go and let you run now
No way i’m gonna lose you
No way i’m gonna lose you
Honey babe
No way i’m gonna lose you
After all this time
No way I’m gonna lose you
No way I’m gonna lose you this time
No way I’m gonna lose you
After all this time
Cross the bridge now
Cross the bridge now
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8. |
Once A Distant Heart
02:27
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Once a distant heart was all i’d ever need
Was just enough to keep me going ‘round
I never tied you up
I only tied you down
Somethings are better handed off than handed ‘round
Look, look what i’ve done
We’ve got our dreams on the run
Look, look what we’ve done
And can you see what we’ve become?
Did you see the moon tonight?
It hung like armos close to the bone
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9. |
To Each and Everyone
03:24
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To each and everyone of you
I say “goodbye, farewell, adieu”
To each and all I say, “goodbye” know it’s been fun but we’re living a lie
You said you spoke straight from your heart
But that was the one thing that kept us apart
‘Cause when I read between the lines
I saw that the only heart speaking was mine
To each and everyone of you
I say, “goodbye, indeed I do if you should ask me why I go?
I wouldn’t say ‘cause you should know
When everything is said and done
Nothing’s been lost and nothing’s been won
I took from you, you took from me
But I suppose that’s how it’s how it had to be
To each and everyone of you
I say, “goodbye”, indeed i do
If you should ask me why I go?
I wouldn’t say ‘cause you should know
To each and everyone of you
I say, “goodbye, farewell, adieu”
To each and all I say, “goodbye”
I know it’s been fun but we’re living a lie
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10. |
Fly
03:45
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Fly, robin up in the air
High on a wing and a prayer
If your world has got you down
Time to rise up from the ground
Slip your bounds
Run, river run through the years
Over the truth and the tears
Everything is fading fast
Now your time has come and passed
Guess we knew this couldn’t last
Some will look and wonder why
As they stare up in the sky
I’ll say you had to fly
Fly … fly
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11. |
Serious
03:57
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I feel alright, but in the night
You start to fuss all serious
I can’t explain, each day again
Each piece of dust that touches us
Every drop of rain
Starts you off again
Baby don’t always try to save me
Isn’t it true that maybe nobody is to blame?
Again
Baby don’t always try to save me
Maybe it’s true that maybe
Living my life in soft focus
Why are you so serious?
Why are you always so serious?
We meet at eight, I hesitate
So why the fuss, i’m losing trust
No I’m confused, I’m being used
You’re pulling stuff so obvious
Everything you hear
Starts you off again
Baby, don’t always try to save me
Isn’t it true that maybe
Nobody I’m confused,
Again
Baby, don’t always try to save me
Maybe it’s true that maybe
Living my life in soft focus
Why are you so serious?
Why you always so serious?
Like a beast, still at peace,
Like a river flows
(will I ever be, you might never see)
That we’d be still at one
Maybe never know
(Will I ever see, you will never be)
Baby, don’t always try to save me
Isn’t it true that maybe
Nobody is to blame?
Again
Baby, don’t always try to save me
Maybe it’s true that baby,
Why is it all so mysterious?
Why are you so serious?
Why you always serious?
Baby, don’t always try to save me
Isn’t it true that maybe
Nobody is to blame?
Again
Baby, don’t always try to save me
Maybe it’s true that maybe
Living my life is soft focus
Why are you so serious?
Why you always so serious?
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12. |
Carousel
02:34
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I can’t begin to tell you
How many times I’ve tried
It’s not so easy to get off of this thing
So i sit forever ‘til the
Motions subsides
These feelings come and go
Let’s call it vertigo
Maybe I will learn
And soon the morning sun
Will set on everyone
So I’ll continue to turn
On this carousel
‘Round my carousel
These feelings come and go
I call it vertigo
I try to map what state I’m in
And all this stuff inside
Impossible to hide
So I’ll continue to spin
On this carousel
‘Round my carousel
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Gerry Beckley Los Angeles, California
Gerry Beckley, co-founder and member of the legendary rock group America for 50 years, is a superb singer/songwriter, and a master of popular composition. Whether as the lead vocalist or in harmony on his group’s classic singles or on solo projects, there’s something in Beckley’s work that skews toward the edge. Nothing exemplifies this better than his latest album–the shimmering Carousel. ... more
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