1. BEATIFUL BLUEBIRD

One mornin' when I was ridin'
In my old pickup truck
A beautiful bluebird
Came flyin' down
My eyes caught the color
As it lead me down the road
Dippin' and bobbin' in the sun
I've never seen that blue before 'cept in one place
And she's not here with me right now
So I followed all the way
To the top of the hill
That's where she kept on climbin' Lord
Someday I will

Beautiful bluebird
See how she flies
Looks like she's always goin' home
If heaven had a window
Where the suncame shinin' through
Like a beautiful bluebird
I'd come flyin' back to you

Well it kind of struck me funny
Sort of made me smile
After all these years on this old road
How God could show me something
Never say a word
There's so much that I don't know
I've never seen that blue before
Except in one place
And she's not here with me right now
I followed all the way to the top of the hill
That's where she kept on climbin' Lord
And someday I will

Beautiful bluebird
See how she flies
Looks like she's always goin' home
If heaven had a window
Where the sun came shinin' through
Like a beautiful bluebird
I'd come flyin' back to you

Beautiful bluebird
See how she flies
Looks like she's always goin' home
If heaven had a window
Where the sun came shinin' through
Like a beautiful bluebird
I'd come flyin' back to you


2. BOXCAR

I'm just a passenger on this old freight train
I ride the boxcar through the night
I doesn't matter where I might get off
I doesn't matter where I lie.

I've been to cities,
I've been to countries
I've left a lover in many towns
I don't care if
I ever get back to
Where I'd already been around.

I'm like an eagle,
I like to fly high
I'm like a snake,
I like to lay low
I'm like a black man,
I'm like a white man
Maybe a red man, I don't know.

I'm just a passenger on this old freight train
I ride the boxcar through the night
I doesn't matter where I might get off
I doesn't matter where I lie.


3. ORDINARY

In a dusty town a clock struck high noon
Two men stood face to face
One wore black and one wore white
But of fear there wasn't a trace
Two hundred years later two hot rods drag race
Through the very same place
And a half a million people, moved in to pick up the pace
A factory full of people
Makin' parts to go to outer space
A train load of people
They were aimin' for another place
Out of town people

There's a man in the window with a big cigar
Says everything's for sale
The house and the boat
And the railroad car
The owner's gotta go to jail
He acquired these things from a life of crime
Now he's selling them to raise his bail
He was rippin' off the people
Sellin' guns to the underground
Tryin' to help the people
Lose their ass for a piece of ground
Rippin' off the people
Skimmin' the top when there was no one around
Tryin' to help the people

He was dealing antiques in a hardware store
But he sure had a lot to hide
He had a backroom full of the guns of war
And a ton of ammunition besides
Well, he walked with a cane
Kept a bolt on the door with five pit bulls inside
Just a warning to the people
Who might try to break in at night
Protection from the people
Selling safety in the darkest night
Tryin' to help the people
Get the drugs to the street all right
Ordinary people

Well, it's hard to say where a man goes wrong
Might be here and it might be there
What starts out weak might get too strong
If you can't tell foul from fair
But it's hard to judge from an angry throng
Of hands stretched into the air
The vigilante people
Takin' law into their own hands
Conscientious people
Crackin' down on the druglord's land
Government people
Confiscatin' all the dealer's land
Patch-of-ground people

Down at the factory, they're puttin' new windows in
The vandals made a mess of things
And the homeless just walked right in
Well, they worked here once, and they live here now
But they might work here again
They're ordinary people
And they're livin' in a nightmare
Hard workin' people
And they don't know how they got there
Ordinary people
And they think that you don't care
Hard workin' people

Down on the assembly line, they keep puttin' the same thing out.
But the people today, they just ain't buyin'
Nobody can figure it out
Well, they try like hell to build a quality end
They're workin' hard without a doubt
They're ordinary people
And the dollar's what it's all about
Hard workin' people
But the customers are walkin' out
Lee Iacocca people
Yeah, they look but they just don't buy
Hard workin' people

Two out of work models and a fashion slave
Try to dance away the Michelob night
The bartender poured himself another drink
While two drunks sat watchin' the fight
The champ went down, then he got up again
And then he went out like a light
He was fightin' for the people
But his timing wasn't right
For Las Vegas people
Who came to see a Las Vegas fight
High rollin' people
Takin' limos though the neon night
Fightin' for the people

And then a new Rolls Royce and a company car
They went flyin' down the street
Each one tryin' to make it to the gate
Before employees manned the fleet
The trucks full of products for the modern home
Set to roll out into the street
Of downtown people
Tryin' to make their way to work
Nose-to-the-stone people
Some are saints, and some are jerks
Hard workin' people
Stoppin' for a drink on the way to work
Alcoholic people
Yeah, they're takin' it one day, one day at a time

Out on the railroad track, they're cleanin' up number 9
They're scrubbin' the boiler down, well, she really is lookin' fine
Ah, she's lookin' so good, they're gonna bring her back on line
Ordinary people
They're gonna bring the good things back
Nose-to-the stone people
Put the business back on track
Ordinary people
I got faith in the regular kind
Hard workin' people
Patch-of-ground people


4. SHINING LIGHT

Shining light
You always show me
You always guide me
I don't know where I'm going
Show me now
I'm waiting to see
I'm waiting to feel
Around me again

Show me your love
Show me your kind love
Share your compassion
Let me feel mine
Share your light
All around
Now that you've found me
And I've found you

Shining light
What will you show me now?
What can bring to you
To stand in your glory?
Shining light
When will you show your love?
When can I see you
And stand in your glory?

Shed your light
Show your love
Shed your light
Show your love
Shed your light
Show your love

Shining light
What will you show me now?
What can I bring to you
To stand in your glory?
Shining light
When will you show your love?
When can I see you
To stand in your glory?

Shed your light
Show your love
Shed your light
Show your love
Shed your light
Show your love
Shed your light
Show your love
Shed your light
Shed your light


5. THE BELIEVER

I'm just a believer baby
In those dreams of mine
You see they just keep on comin'
In a long, long line

Oh yeah, I'm the believer
Oh yeah, I'm the believer

And like that songbird singin'
Whether it's red or blue
Just like those church bells ringin'
I'm keepin' my faith in you

Oh yeah, I'm the believer
Oh yeah, I believe in you

And though the seas may rise
Until they do
I keep doin' the things I'm doin'
And believe in you
I'm makin' the change
I'm keepin' my faith in you

Oh yeah, I'm the believer
Oh yeah, oh yeah

Sure is a windy road
That I walk with you
Look how the trees are bendin'
Their leaves are fallin' too

Oh yeah, oh yeah
I'm the believer, babe
Oh yeah

I remember my mama saying
I want to be
On this windy road
For eternity
I'm makin' the change
I'm keepin' my faith in you

Oh yeah, I'm the believer, babe
I believe in you
Oh yeah, I'm the believer, babe
I'm the believer
I'm the believer
Oh yeah
Oh yeah


6. SPIRIT ROAD

There's a long highway in your mind
The spirit road that you must find
To get you home to peace again
Where you belong my love lost friend
When you're alone
You cheat yourself
You paint yourself in a dark, dark place
You get your shoes
And get your hat
Get out here while you still can
There's nothin' right that you can say
You keep on talkin' anyway and everyone seems to turn on you
There's nothing right that you can ever do

Spirit road
Spirit road
Spirit road
Spirit road

Now you're on that long highway in your mind
The spirit road that you had to find
You're headed home to peace again
Where you belong my love lost friend
You stop to eat
You start to drink
But you don't stop and you don't think
You lost your keys
You're on your knees
You're on your back and lookin' up in the trees
And the night swirls for a little girl
A speck of dust in the giant world
There's a spirit road that you must find
A long highway in your mind

Spirit road
Spirit road
Spirit road
Spirit road

There's a long highway in your mind
The spirit road that you must find
To get you home to peace again
Where you belong my love lost friend
Don't feed that snake
That turns on you
You starve it out, that's what you do
And it makes you lie
It makes you cheat
It steals your shoes and cuts your feet
The snake keeps feeding through the night
You lose your soul without a fight
There's nothin' right that you can say
You keep on talkin' anyway
There's a long highway in your mind
The spirit road that you must find

Peace again
Peace again

There's a long highway in your mind
The spirit road that you must find
To get you home to peace again
Where you belong my love lost friend
When you're alone
You cheat yourself
You paint yourself in a dark, dark place
Get your hat
Get your shoes
Get out here while you still can still choose

Spirit road
Spirit road
Spirit road
Spirit road
Spirit road
Spirit road
Spirit road
Spirit road


7. DIRTY OLD MAN

I'm a dirty old man
I do what I can
Tryin' to make a livin'
I'm a dirty old man

I like to get hammered
On Friday night
Sometimes I can't wait
So Monday's alright
It's a battle with the bottle
I win it alright
But I lost another round
In the bar last night

I'm a dirty old man
I do what I can
Tryin' to make a livin'
I'm a dirty old man

Yeah I'm gonna get fired
For drinkin' on the job
Got caught with the boss' wife
In the parkin' lot
I'm gonna get killed
For doin' this again
But I just can't help it
It's under my skin

I'm a dirty old man
I do what i can
Gonna get hammered
And do it again

I'm a dirty old man
I do what I can
Tryin' to make a livin'
I'm a dirty old man

I gotta bag a frozen pees
I use on my knees
I injured from beggin
And tryin' to please
If you believe that
I'm losin' my fat
Got a workout program
And a new rubber mat

I'm a dirty old man
Do what I can
Tryin' to make a livin'
I'm a dirty old man

I'm a dirty old man

It's a battle with the bottle
I win it alright
But I lost another round
In the bar last night

I'm a dirty old man


8. EVER AFTER

When you hear that rooster crowing
In the dawn, in the dawn
There's really no way of knowing
What goes on, what goes on

The world is full of questions
Some are answered, some are not
The only faith you're keepin'
Is the faith that you still got

I love the sound of laughter
And music in the air
And in the Ever After
I know it's always there

A man had many boxes
And he liked them quite a lot
But they would not be opened
'Cause the value would be shot

Sometimes when I go walkin'
In the trees, in the trees
That's where I do my prayin'
In the trees, in the trees

The world is full of answers
Some are right, some are wrong
The one that I believe in is a wish in a song

I love to see you smilin'
And hear your voice so fair
And in the Ever After
I know you're always there


9. NO HIDDEN PATH

Sometimes when I go walking
Among the tall trees
I feel the light coming down on me
Under moon, under sun
I feel the chosen one
Through the mist, come walking here with me

And the leaves on the ground
Make a rustling sound
In the wind now blowing in my face
It's that cool wind again
And I feel my missing friend
Whose counsel I can never replace

Show me the way and I'll follow you today
Show me the way and I'll follow you today

Show me the way
No more darkness
No more wasted time
Show me the way
Let me stay here with this heart of mine
And with you I feel no hidden path
No hidden path
No hidden path
No hidden path
No hidden path
No hidden path

How you change, how you change
And how you rearrange
Everything that touches me

Now you're her, now you're her
And she's sleeping here with me
Everything that touches me

Ocean sky, sea of blue
Let the sand wash over you
Giving all that you can give

Will the northern lights still play
As we walk our distant days
Giving all that we can give

Show me the way and I'll follow you today
Show me the way and I'll follow you today

Show me the way
There's a cold wind, blowin' through my mind
Show me the way
But I'm holdin' on to the threads of time
And with you I feel no hidden path
No hidden path
No hidden path
No hidden path

Will the northern lights still play as we walk our distant days
Ocean sky, sea of blue, let the sun wash over you

Will the northern lights still play as we walk our distant days
Ocean sky, sea of blue, let the sun wash over you

Will the northern lights still play as we walk our distant days
Ocean sky, sea of blue, let the sun wash over you


10. THE WAY

The way, we know the way. We've seen the way
We'll show the way
To getcha back home
To the peace where you belong

If you're lost and think you can't be found
We know the way, we've got the way
We'll lead the way
To getcha back home
To the peace where you belong

The way, we know the way. We've got the way
We'll share the way
To bring you back home
To the peace where you belong

So many lost highways
That used to lead home
But now they seem used up and gone
They sure had the magic
When they were first found

But not this road
This road has never been closed
It's still brand new

The way, we know the way. We've seen the way
We'll show the way
To bring you back home
To the peace where you belong

If you're lost and think you can't be found
We know the way. We've got the way
We'll lead the way
To getcha back home
To the peace where you belong

Where you belong, where you belong, where you belong
We know the way
To getcha back home
To the peace where you belong

When faceless and anonymous
Come to beat down your door
And say you're all washed up and done
You can just say they have nothing in store

To touch this soul
Because they just don't know
They just don't know
The way

The way, we know the way. We've seen the way
We'll show the way
To getcha back home
To the peace where you belong

The way, we got the way, we know the way
We'll lead the way
To getcha back home
To the peace where you belong

If you're lost and think you can't be found
We know the way. We've found the way
We'll share the way
To getcha back home
To the peace where you belong

The way, we know the way. We've seen the way
We'll show the way
To get you back home
To the peace where you belong