1. THE WORLD AROUND ME

One morning walking down the street
Where nobody walks nobody can hear
Started listening to a sound so clear
To the world around me

Incredible scene I had to believe
I saw a difference to the way I see
The Mystery said come and see
The world around me

See the world all around - ahhh...

I started to laugh but a grin took its place
And my heart beat louder
Like it never did before
I saw things that I never saw before
In this world around me

I can't resist
I couldn't see how this could be an accident
I can't resist
I wanna see more

See the world all around - ahhh...

See the world all around - ahhh...
See the world all around me!!!
Hey!!!

See the world
All around
Hey!!!!!


2. PRISONER

The looks are
The smile is a lie
The clock drags on
The smoke is in your eyes
You know the blame is someone's
But you don't quite know who

In your mind
If it could only be different
In your heart
If only you could run away from it

Prisoner, prisoner
Choosing death for life
(If you coud only say)
Prisoner, prisoner
Smiling executioner
(You are a prisoner)

If money
If love was in your life
Ifs run out
Gotta realize it's time
Confusion, delusion
Alive in destitution

In your mind
If it could only be different
In your heart
If only you could run away from it

Prisoner, prisoner
Choosing death for life
(If you could only say)
Prisoner, prisoner
Smiling executioner
(You are a prisoner)


3. THE BIG PICTURE

She's got everything I need and more to live my life
Never ever thought to think of never survive
The circle has been broken it's always been this way
The big picture I wanna see
I know you're listening so let it be
Golden rules and Sunday schools
It was my way
A rock 'n' roll, a spiritual
Give me any day, yeah
The final chapter the morning after blowing in the wind
Taking away the other day where time stands us still


4. LOST IN GERMANY

Moving in a bus too close for comfort
Listening to all the gibberish around me
Wonder, how much longer can I stand it
Looking for a phone I cannot find
(Oh woest me)
Like a politician in disguise
You know I had to look you in the eyes
And smile
While I crawled another mile in

[Chorus]
Germany!!
Lost in Germany!!

Swimming in an ocean of your feelings
Counting every moment go one by one
Laughing to keep from crying out in anger
Praying that I can make it through this night
(Oh woest me)
It was like a never ending week
But I learned to turn the other cheek
And smile
While I ran for one more mile in

[Chorus] (x2)

Shooting at a target that eludes me
Hammering on a nail that just won't go in
Biting on a tongue that wants to speak out
Searching for a light that I can shine
(Oh woest me)
But now I have crossed that borderline
And I wonder if I'll ever find
Your hand
'Cause I did not undertand in

[Chorus] (x2)


5. CHARIOT SONG

If I could only have one thing
Give me the loving
(Loving is nothing to doubt)
A shot to the left and I fall down
Cover me

I hear the music again all around
Are you going my wa-ay
Who can I talk to without a sound
Out of the planet comes Gretchen
With faith, hope and love

Never the dull of a moment
Ever to ever be true
(Ever forever be true)
Touching the sky just to hold it maybe
It won't be so blue

I hear the music again all around
Are you going my wa-ay
Who can I talk to without a sound
Out of the planet comes Gretchen without...

Give me not a little bit of love without measure
Now and ever on to you
Let me hear the beat to make my heart beat strong
(Make it beat stronger)
Swing down sweet chariot song (come on)
Let me ride
To take a look at what I'm looking ooh
(What I'm looking after)
A little spark something to
Analyze, analyze, analyze
Ahhhhhh-Ahhhhhh
Uhhhhhh-Ahhhhhh (yeah)
Ahhhhhh-Ahhhhhh
(And the choir sings)
Do-wa-diddy-diddy
(As they walk down the aisle)
Dum-diddy-doo

Let me hear the beat to make my heart beat strong
(Make it beat stronger)
Swing down sweet chariot song (come on)
Let me ride
To take a look at what I'm looking oooh
(What I'm looking after)
A little spark something to
Analyze, analyze, analyze

If I could only have one thing
Give me the loving
(Loving is nothing to doubt)
A shot to the left and I fall down
Cover me
Ever to ever be true
Touching the sky just to hold it

I hear the music again all around
Are you going my wa-ay
Who can I talk to without a sound
Out of the planet comes Gretchen with...

Give me not a little bit, love without measure
Now and ever on to you
Give me not a little bit, love without measure
Now and ever on to you

I hear the music again all around
Are you going my wa-ay
Who can I talk to without a sound
(Guess that's it)


6. OOH SONG

It's not so simple anymore
Sometimes it can't be done but then there is wisdom
To fix a broken door, and throw away the key
Reject what doesn't matter
Ooh... It's not so hard anymore
Sometimes it can be done, if there is wisdom
The house will shake the more
Hang-on if you dream cause everything matters
Ooh...


7. NOT JUST FOR THE DEAD

I find it hard somedays to remember
I find it hard somedays to forget
And somedays I give everything within me
And somedays I don't give a bit
Will it be? It will absolutely be
Can you see? With the eyes that God gave me
Are you free? From the chains that fall on me
Well it's not just something deep inside my head
It's not just for the dead
Walking in a smog that's all around me and through it somehow life lives too
Before I let it all just overwhelm me
I think of something good in you
Dead dead dead dead (Wolfe! Wolfe!)


8. WHAT I KNOW ABOUT LOVE

From a simple word,
To a simple phrase
Communication
And forgiving all
The poet with a way to see
And a time to say it all

[Chorus]
I would never have known
(Never have known)
What I know about love
Loooove!!!!
Loooove!!!!

If not for this...
If not for you...
If not for me...
If not for truth
But I work so hard
Just to keep
This treasure chest of trash

[Chorus]

[Chorus]
I would never have known
(Never have known)
What I know about...
Oh I never woulda known
Oh yeah


9. BLACK FLAG

A year in the hole
Had taken it's toll
When I took a good look at me
And what a surprise
The scope of my eyes
Could only see black
And I remember someone
Who was taking them two by two
And lately I've become
The one who'd have laughed at you too!!

[Chorus #1]
There was a Black Flag
On my morning
There was a Black Flag
On my day
There was a Black Flag
On everything around
And I was walking backwards again
Black Flag!!

I walked in the day
My usual way
Looking through a 2X4
It colored my view
I couldn't see you
Or maybe I just wouldn't
And I remember the time
When the sunlight fell on my head
And lately I'd become
A member of the walking dead

[Chorus #1]

And I know that I was wrong
It was up to me
If I wanted to see

And I remember the day
When I saw the mask on my face
And I knew that it was time
To put the thing in it's place

[Chorus #2]
I'd put the Black Flag
On my morning
I'd put the Black Flag
On my day
I'd put the Black Flag
On everything around
And I was walking backwards again

[Chorus #2]

It was up to me
And I know that I was wrong


10. DREAM IN MY LIFE

I'm walking in a foreign winter breeze
Don't think of home too much
It may just bring me to my knees
And I'm watching people playing in a place
They call their home
And I can't remember
When I ever felt so all alone
So far from home

[Chorus]
If I have a dream in my life
I dream I'm with you
If I have a dream in my life for you

When I was young I knew just what I'd do
And so much more than that has come
In sharing life with you
And I take another step in the direction I must go
And I feel the truth inside me
It's the one this that I know
I know, I know

[Chorus]
If I have a dream in my live
I dream it with you
If I have a dream in my life
I dream it will all fit together with you

I know this is the way it has to be
But it doesn't make it easier
I can't just pay a fee
That will make pain go away
So I accept it for another day
Our hope is deeper that the pain we often feel
So we take these steps together
As the hurt begins to heal
and we know it is for real
So we accept it for another day

And suddenly I don't have to run
I see the place where dreams and life become one
And our paths run together
Trailing off in the sun

[Chorus]
Yes I have a dream in my life
I dream it with you
Yes I have a dream in my life
And you dream it too
Yes I have a dream in my life
I live it with you
Yes I have a dream in my life
We both feel it's true


11. SILENT WIND

What did you say?
There my sister my brother you talking to me?
What denomination?
The whole thing seems crazy to me

Don't know
I sometimes wonder if we're walking down the same line
Must go
I'm sorry to say that while you talk I keep my eye on the time

And when we pray do we listen to the silent wind?
And if you pray do we listen for the silent wind?

What did you say?
Well the truth is just what it simply is
Maybe I'm lazy
Or maybe I never was a conversation whiz

Don't know
But can we pull down the walls for just a moment or two
Must go
And maybe look beyond ourselves to see whatever is true

And when we pray do we listen to the silent wind?
And if we pray will we listen for the sient wind?

And when we pray is our hand against the silent wind?
And if we pray will we breathe in the silent wind?