Lyrics

Valley of the Birds
Ray decided to be silly after all
He’d died a 1000 times before in the viet war
So he strapped himself in and he took his chances
Into the valley of the bird, absurd
I don’t remember what it was the old man said
I know I’ d tempted fate a 1000 times before
So we strapped ourselves in and we took such chances

And had a flight for the brother who can’t be
Birdman, looking for the
Wasteland, trying to get my
Face tanned it’s beautiful here
Doing it we’re flying in the valley of the birds- fly

We decided one for all and all for one
And when I do, I really want to go in style
So without a sense of reason we explored
Like throwing stones into the great unknown

Birdman, looking for the
Wasteland, trying to get my
Face tanned it’s beautiful here
Doing it we’re flying in the valley of the birds- fly

2. In Heaven She Walks

I always seem to meet you in such unexpected places
In scenes that drift togethter with some strange attraction
Your style is always painted on a world of faces
I’ll always look for you in unexpected places

I can’t deny the perfect kind
And we’ll always be bound to be lost
In heaven she walks
In heaven she walks
In heaven she walks
In heaven she walks

I always dreamed to meet you in such unexpected places
We seem to shift together with some strange reaction
Your smile is almost wasted on a world of basics
I’ll always look for you in unexpected places

Who can deny the perfect find
Cause I’ll always be chained to her tracks
These virtual lines disturb my eyes
But I’ll always be lost in her thoughts
In heaven she walks
In heaven she walks
Thank heaven she walks
In heaven she walks
In heaven she walks
In heaven she walks

3.In a While

It’s 45 in the shade
This fire can’t escape
Losing sleep in my dreams
Coldsweat I’m somewhere in between
Someday soon I’ll find the strength to lose
Then I’ll find the wisdom of the fool
And make some sense of it all

Slipped under the ice
Cool death it made me shiver
Pretty soon I’ll be free
Won’t have to rule over all I see

I don’t want to fight the world
I only came to see it
Not a day tripper
Just let me stay, just let me stay

Don’t wanna piece your scene
But this blood gotta hook me in
Last drinks at the bar
And all the way doesn’t seem too far

Sometime soon you’ll find the strength to lose
Spread your wings and someday you will choose

Your making sense of it all

I don’t want to fight world
I only came to see it
Not a day tripper
Just let me stay
Don’t let me fake it, I want to stay

I don’t want to fight the world

4. Silver into Blue

Set sail on a mirror
Nothing stirs for here it’s so easy to be
Just to be
Slipped into a big sky
Not a cloud to be seen
It was a perfect day
Such a perfect day

How can you feel hurt
Now can you see it
See the stars
With your eyes
That was me

See them shine shining just for you
Silver into blue

See a sun
Kiss a sky
Shout the moon

Send the tide turning just for you
Silver into blue

Two feet on the starship
Nothing gets in our way
We’re going up and away
Up out of the way (milky)

No time for the red shift
We’ll push in front of the sun
And start the world again
And share a brand new day

5. Blue Sky

Goodbye blue sky, goodbye blue sky
Did you ever think you had it made
It’s a big wide world
Think of all the games left to play
You wrote the letter
I saw your fingers bleed
And your brown eyes glaze
Such a beautiful waste

Goodbye blue sky, what will it be, wash over me
Goodbye blue sky, wash over me
What will it be, wash over me
Wash over me

Whatever happens to the time we give
Never took a life
Never stole a kiss
Sitting here
Staring out, it’s a twisting world
Someone’s cracked the glass and
Turned it upside down

6. Here

Of silence in pieces here
Voices all disappear
Sacred inside
Doubled our silhouettes
One shape I can’t forget
Tears the inside

Here could be sad if empty hands
Were what my head was resting in
Consider them protecting

Footsteps in paradise
Really moving through me now

It’s cold lay your hands on me
Don’t look into my eyes
I’m burning out the time

Here wrapped in all these chains
Only scent remains
Scares me inside

Feels like I’m sinking fast
Some moments never last
Keep it inside

It’s just too bad that empty hands
Are what my head is resting in
I’m rendered unprotected

Fool steps in paradise
Really moving through me now

It’s cold don’t take your hand from me
They look into my eyes
I’m burning out the time

Footsteps in paradise
Fool steps

7. Joy de Viva

She wiped the smile right off my face
And hid it away in a secret place
The night was dark and the ground was cold
I slipped myself into a pool
I saw the trees but not the wood
And floated in an icey flood
As cold began to freeze my heart
I heared a voice come through the dark
Bring up the coals
Light up the fire
Joy de viva
Joy de viva
Smile your shining smile on me

If you see her
Say I need her
Joy de viva
Joy de viva

Now sunburned men tell tales of me
Of how I sail the ocean deep
Upon the brow I shade my face
Searching for that sate of grace
Every night the moon appears
She shows me that I need not fear
The crashing rocks and siren wind
And I will find her in the end
Then I will run
Into her fire

8. Miss You

Your making plans to miss to morning train
You want all the world to feel your pain
Tearing at the rules to ease your mind
Sometimes days are dull without this light
You see me staring down the wishing well
Drowning in the stories kissed and fell
Burning through the daze across the night
Summer days are dull without this light

I won’t miss you, down where all the souls are broken
I won’t miss you, drowned where all the eyes are soaking
I won’t miss you, not gonna miss you
Not gonna miss you, I won’t miss you
How I miss you

Standing in the shadow of your ties
Said you’d rather lived before it died
Now the days had lost their sweet caress
Decide it was right to taste the rest

You said we really had to freeze the frame
We’ll meet another time the perfect plane
But stars really don’t mean that much to me
Without their light there’s nothing left to see

I won’t miss you, down where all the hearts are choking
I won’t miss you, drowned in all the stolen moments
I won’t miss you, not gonna miss you
Not gonna miss you, I won’t miss you
How I miss you
Maybe I lost, maybe I’m lost, break me tied knot
Maybe I’m lost, maybe I’m lost, maybe I’m not

9. Daddy’s Riding the Range

Oh my child
Walk in your prairie dreams
Shining dawn
Whispers of worlds you’ll see
Now it’s dusk
Darkness has killed the fire
I must ride
She calls me into my night
And you’re leaving me cold as ice (times 2)

Daddy’s riding the range
In the toy cowboy suit
That his mother bought for him
Leaving, he won’t stop loving you
Now that he’s riding
The trail of the lone star

When you cry
I’ll send the sun down to you
When you’re lost
I’ll spin the world round for you

10. Summer in the City

[Verse 1]
Hot town summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and –
Been down, isn’t it a pity
Doesn’t seen to be a shadow in the city
All around me people looking half dead
Choking on the sidewalk
It’s hotter than a match head

[Chorus]
At night it’s a different town
Go out and find a girl
Come on come on and dance all night
Just what you need, it will be alright
And babe, don’t you know it’s a pity
The days can’t be like the nights
In the summer in the city
In the summer in the city

[Verse 2]
Hot town summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and –
Been down, isn’t it a pity
Doesn’t seen to be a shadow in the city
All around me people looking half dead
Choking on the sidewalk
It’s hotter than a match head

[Chorus]
At night it’s a different town
Go out and find a girl
Come on come on and dance all night
Just what you need, it will be alright
And babe, don’t you know it’s a pity
The days can’t be like the nights
In the summer in the city
In the summer in the city

[Verse 3]
Cool town meeting in the city
Dressed so fine and looking so pretty
Cool cat looking for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
‘Til I’m wheezing at the bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the roof top

[Chorus]
At night it’s a different town
Go out and find a girl
Come on come on and dance all night
Just what you need it will be alright
And babe don’t you know it’s a pity
The days can’t be like the nights
In the summer in the city
In the summer in the city

11. Wonderful Land

I found a sepia memory
Outside our house by the sea
Days when the future held everything
Deep in the first sigh of peace
Look at the photograph
Look in the photograph
See how our mothers laughed
Our mothers laughed
Our mothers laughed

Gifts tumble down through history
Wisdom must shine trough the lie
Adam has buried a book for you
Dig deep you’ll bring it to the light

The wonderful land

There was a face in the photograph
Bleached by a kiss from the sun
Mother, land, broken, hearts
Bury the photograph
See how our mother laughed
Our mothers laughed
In the wonderful
Wonderful land
A wonderful
Wonderful land
Under Albion’s hand
This is a wonderful land
Albion’s hand
Under Albion’s hand
This is a wonderful land