Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see All your life You were only waiting for this moment to be free Blackbird fly, blackbird fly Into the light of a dark black night Blackbird fly, blackbird fly Into the light of a dark black night Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise You were only waiting for this moment to arise You were only waiting for this moment to arise
We were working secretly for the military Our experiment in sound was nearly ready to begin We only know in theory what we are doing Music made for pleasure, music made to thrill
It was music we were making here until They told us all they wanted Was a sound that could kill someone from a distance So we go ahead and the meters are over in the red It's a mistake in the making
From the painful cries of mothers to a terrifying scream We recorded it and put it into our machine
They told us all they wanted Was a sound that could kill someone from a distance So we go ahead and the meters are over in the red It's a mistake in the making
It could feel like falling in love It could feel so bad It could feel so good It could sing you to sleep
But that dream is your enemy
We won't be there to be blamed We won't be there to snitch I just pray that someone there can hit the switch
They told us all they wanted Was a sound that could kill someone from a distance So we go ahead and the meters are over in the red It's a mistake in the making
Nothing can take us far enough emotion Far enough together As the light shines so bright Bright enough to let us in Nothing can bridge our souls' devotion Fast enough together As the power proves you right Right enough to let you begin
So many displaced among the future dreamers Realized their doubles Took a new step A question of origin Only in the recent past Seekers fought to realize Skyward shone like beacons A question of origin Ten thousand millions flee To the westward light The dreamers represent This arc of peace
As the poets entranced The anchor redeemed Secrets of science The history of the future Was surely made Just what keeps us so alive Just what makes us realize Our home is our world, our life Home is our world
Nothing can take us far enough emotion Far enough together As the light shines so bright Bright enough to let us in Nothing can bridge our souls devotion Fast enough together As the power proves you right Right enough to let you begin
Speak so fast to the prophets of the living Looking for the signs Spanning out the centuries Search for truth Ancient ones, they watch and listen Carry our wishes Took upon themselves to guide us Through the endless skies
If You Leave Me Now - Jaya https://youtu.be/PCIz-dRNYGo
Why are you leaving me now, boy?
We were not just lovers We were not just friends, boy The time we shared was not a simple love affair No
We learned about each other That you're so afraid of the love, boy There is no one that could ever love me better No
Time and time again I thought you were my friend You say you gotta go And I want you to know
If you leave me now, boy I'll close my eyes and I'll just lay down and cry Why would you leave me now, boy After all the things that we've been through? You say you leave me now, boy And when you're gone, what am I supposed to do? And if you wanna come back to me I think you should know that I'll be loving you I'll be loving you
No more changes for my life I pray to God that you'll come back to me When we're together There's nothing better than loving you
I wanna know why you're leaving, boy The love we had was an open door What happened to the dreams we shared together? No
Time and time again I thought you were my friend You say you gotta go And I want you to know
Why are you leaving me now, boy After all the things that we've been through? (You know I love you) You know I still love you (You know I need you)
Time and time again I thought you were my friend You say you gotta go And I want you to know
If you leave me now, boy I'll close my eyes and I'll just lay down and cry Why would you leave me now, boy After all the things that we've been through? You say you leave me now, boy And when you're gone, what am I supposed to do? And if you wanna come back to me I think you should know that I'll be loving you (I'll be loving you)
If you leave me now, boy I'll close my eyes and I'll just lay down and cry Why would you leave me now, boy? After all the things that we've been through? You say you leave me now, boy And when you're gone, what am I supposed to do? And if you wanna come back to me I think you should know that I'll be loving you
If you leave me now, boy I'll close my eyes and I'll just lay down and cry Why would you leave me now, boy? After all the things that we've been through? You say you leave me now, boy And when you're gone, what am I supposed to do? And if you wanna come back to me I think you should know that I'll be loving you
I missed Thankful Thursday. I was going to say that I'm thankful my home studio is finally complete this week.
Westwind's home studio is much like Steve Hackett's home studio. It's......home. The desk, the monitor, the reference speakers, the keyboards, the guitar, the bass, the assorted equipment. Plants. Although our artwork is of course different, and he doesn't have a Native American skin drum with a synth mod sitting on it as I do at the moment.
"After the Ordeal" - Steve Hackett with Roger King in his home studio (it's a Genesis show at home, minus the bass and drums) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0-AphhkC8
It'd be nice if everyone would stop trying to Rik-Roll others 15 years after the meme started. It was someone else last week. *yawn* As I recall, they got a free trip to The Rejected Realms.
Baby the raindrops play for me A lonely rhapsody 'cause on our first date We were makin' out in the rain And in this car our love went much too far It was exciting as thunder Tonight I wonder where you are The windshield wipers seemed to say "Together - together - together - together" And now they are saying "Oh, ne... ver, ne... ver" Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, baby Rhapsody in the rain Rhapsody in the rain Angels keep cryin' for me (don't... stop) Angels keep cryin' for me (don't... stop) Baby, I'm parked outside your door Remember makin' love, makin' love, we were makin' love in the storm (Sha-la-la-la la-la) And then a flash from above Lightning - lightning - lightning - lightning Just li-ike our love It was exciting, exciting Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, baby Guitar solo: Yesterday, bring back yesterday Rhapsody in the rain
Well, I've got to run to keep from hidin', And I'm bound to keep on ridin'. And I've got one more silver dollar, But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no, Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider.
And I don't own the clothes I'm wearing, And the road goes on forever, And I've got one more silver dollar, But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider.
And I've gone by the point of caring, Some old bed I'll soon be sharing, And I've got one more silver dollar,
But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider.
No, I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider.
No, I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider.
Pack up all those phantoms Shoulder that invisible load Keep on riding North and West Haunting that wilderness road Like a ghost rider
Carry all those phantoms Through bitter wind and stormy skies From the desert to the mountain From the lowest low to the highest high Like a ghost rider
Keep on riding North and West Then circle South and East Show me beauty but there is no peace For the ghost rider
Shadows on the road behind Shadows on the road ahead Nothing can stop you now
There's a shadow on the road behind There's a shadow on the road ahead Nothing can stop you now
Sunrise in the mirror Lightens that invisible load Riding on a nameless quest Haunting that wilderness road Like a ghost rider
Just an escape artist Racing against the night A wandering hermit Racing toward the light
From the white sands To the canyon lands To the redwood stands To the barren lands
Sunrise on the road behind Sunset on the road ahead There's nothing to stop you now Nothing can stop you now
On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha You can listen to the engine moanin' out its one-note song You can think about the woman, or the girl you knew the night before
But your thoughts will soon be wandering, the way they always do When you're riding sixteen hours and there's nothing there to do And you don't feel much like riding, you just wish the trip was through
Here I am, on a road again There I am, on the stage Here I go, playing star again There I go, turn the page
Well, you walk into a restaurant all strung-out from the road And you feel the eyes upon you as you're shaking off the cold You pretend it doesn't bother you, but you just want to explode
Most times you can't hear 'em talk, other times you can All the same old clichés, is it woman, is it man? And you always seem outnumbered, so you don't dare make a stand
Here I am, on a road again There I am, on the stage Here I go, playing star again There I go, turn the page
Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away Every ounce of energy you try to give away As the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play
Later in the evening as you lie awake in bed With the echoes from the amplifiers ringin' in your head You smoke the day's last cigarette, remembering what she said
Here I am, on a road again There I am, up on the stage Here I go, playing star again There I go, turn the page
Here I am, on a road again There I am, on the stage, yeah Here I go, playing star again There I go, there I go
In the summer of '78, I moved to California and I soon had a song developing in my head. I was about ready to put together some chords and lyrics. Then I turned on the radio one day. The song I was going to write was going to be called 'Hollywood Nights'.
I was a midwestern boy from Missouri just arrived in California, and her sun browned native Californian skin shown golden on that California coast. Yes, Bob Seger stole my song. The same driving rhythm.
Her name was Sharon.
"Hollywood Nights" - Bob Seger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-NW3qLcUlA
She stood there bright as the sun on that California coast He was a midwestern boy on his own She looked at him with those soft eyes, so innocent and blue He knew right then he was too far from home He was too far from home
She took his hand and she led him along that golden beach They watched the waves tumble over the sand They drove for miles and miles up those twisting turning roads Higher and higher and higher they climbed
And those Hollywood nights In those Hollywood hills She was looking so right In her diamonds and frills All those big city nights In those high rolling hills Above all the lights She had all of the skills
He'd headed west 'cause he felt that a change would do him good See some old friends, good for the soul She had been born with a face that would let her get her way He saw that face and he lost all control He had lost all control
Night after night, day after day, it went on and on Then came that morning he woke up alone He spent all night staring down at the lights of LA Wondering if he could ever go home
And those Hollywood nights In those Hollywood hills She was looking so right It was giving him chills In those big city nights In those high rolling hills Above all the lights With a passion that kills
In those Hollywood nights In those Hollywood hills She was looking so right In her diamonds and frills All those big city nights In those high rolling hills Above all the lights She had all of the skills
Oh, one other thing about Bob Seger songs. My first wife was from Omaha. I know that highway.