6. studio album

[Stripe]      

DREAMER (Gary Thain/Mick Box)

A dollar deal was hidden down in my shoe
So listen friends, I tell you what I'm gonna do
Run up the road of mystery
Hangin' by a thread to a fantasy
A background black showing my face
Buried in the image of an empty space      

I'm back on my feet
Getting no sleep
Makin' it all mine
Give me a chance
To follow the bands
Waitin' for the sunshine      

Husslin' my will in a bar downtown
If it don't work now I'll keep movin' around      

Till I'm back on my feet
Getting no sleep
Makin' it all mine
Give me a chance
To follow the bands
Waitin' for the sunshine      

Dreamer Dreamer hangin' around
Dreamer Dreamer trying to hitch a ride
Dreamer Dreamer hangin' around
Dreamer Dreamer when I turn my back you're by my side      

Fightin' my way through the back stage door
Staring at my goall till my eyes get sore
Working my way through the little I say
Caring no less just the light of the day
A background black showing my face
Buried in the image of an empty space      

I'm back on my feet
Getting no sleep
Makin' it all mine
Give me a chance
To follow the bands
Waitin' for the sunshine      

Dreamer Dreamer hangin' around
Dreamer Dreamer trying to hitch a ride
Dreamer Dreamer hangin' around
Dreamer Dreamer when I turn my back you're by my side      

Dreamer Dreamer ...      

[Stripe]      

STEALIN' (Ken Hensley)

Take me across the water 'cause I need some place to hide 
I done the ranchers daughter and I sure did hurt his pride      

There's a hundred miles of desert lies between  his hide and mine
I don't need no food or water, Lord, I'm running out of time      

Fightin', killin', wine and women gonna put me to my grave
Runnin', hidin', losin', cryin', nothing left to save
But my life      

Stood on a ridge and shunned religion
Thinking the world was mine
Make my break and a big mistake
Stealin' when I should have been buyin'

Fightin', killin', wine and women gonna put me to my grave
Runnin', hidin', losin', cryin', nothing left to save
But my life      

Stood on a ridge and shunned religion
Thinking the world was mine
Make my break and a big mistake
Stealin' when I should have been buyin'      

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ONE DAY (Ken Hensley/Gary Thain)

Didn't I tell you everything was gonna be allright
I never doubted it was just a matter of time
A thought I travelled across the desert of despair
I knew I'd get there one day      

How times have changed, re-arranging everything
But it can't change the love I bring
When I get back home to you
I am the same, it's just a game that I chose to play
But remember I can lose as fast as I won one day      

I still remember the hole in the wall
Where we all sat though you said we'd fall
The dusty yard and the broken down barn
Where you and me used to share a yarn
But it it's gone now      

Didn't I tell you everything was gonna be allright
I never doubted it was just a matter of time
A thought I travelled across the desert of despair
I knew I'd get there one day      

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SWEET FREEDOM (Ken Hensley)

As I look around you, do you like what you see?
Thought it sometimes makes you lonely, do you like being free?
And are you sure you'll be okay without my company?
I just want you to be happy, even if it not with me      

Sweet sweet freedom
Sweet sweet sweet
Will the line between all this
And my love ever meet
Sweet sweet freedom
Sweet sweet sweet      

What I'm really tryin' to say is that I will be around
Would you find that after all you can't get by with what you've found      

Cause it wasn't just my heart you took and tossed into the sea
Though it's hard to find the words I need -
- I guess it was me      

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IF I HAD THE TIME (Ken Hensley)

If I had the time
to re-live my life
I don't think I'd care, to change a thing
As long as I find,
just a little peace of mind
I can dream and laugh and I can sing      

I can have my fun,
with the silver stars
I can watch the sun, fall in the sea
And if it rains
I will smile just the same
For the rain will make the flowers sing      

I know how it is to feel sad
I know how it is when things go bad
But I'm sure that I have found the way 
I'm happy here and here I'll stay      

If I had the time, to re-live my life
I don't think I'd care, to change a thing
As long as I find,
just a little peace of mind
I can dream and laugh and I can sing      

[Stripe]      

SEVEN STARS (Ken Hensley)

Don't try to be anything else but what you are
Don't try to do anything else but the things you do
Cause I had a dream ahout seven stars
And the seven good things that you are
To me      

The very reason I'm livin' is for lovin' you
And the seasons are changin' makin' it all come true
With the spring and clearing skies
Love's soft light will fill my eyes
For you      

Who fills my head with these dreams
as I'm leaving my mind
Seven new stars are born, seven lie waiting to die

The very reason I'm livin' is for lovin' you
And the seasons are changin' makin' it all come true
With the spring and clearing skies
Love's soft light will fill my eyes
For you      

Who fills my head with these dreams 
as I'm leaving my mind
Seven new stars are born, seven lie waiting to die      

[Stripe]      

CIRCUS (Gary Thain/Mick Box/Lee Kerslake)

Walkin' around this concrete garden
Viewing all in vain
Thinking why a dream is driving everyone insane      

Then something will come and make you feel
The master in control
Still you're pickin' up and screwing anyone
Who's gotta soul      

I've been there far too long to remember
Sights and sounds from this town of clowns      

Makin' up, dressin' up, walkin' around
Thinkin' that you're Greta Garbos
I'm sorry my dears but we only sat down
And laughed and laughed in sorrow
But it was you that opened the door
And it's that we thank you for      

Walkin' around this concrete garden
Viewing all in vain
Thinking why a dream is driving everyone insane      

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PILGRIM (Ken Hensley/David Byron)

Pilgrim at the grey of dawn
Leaving in the mist of morning
On his journey of goodness
Heaven sent, God blessed      

Pilgrim laughing at the world
Spreading joy at the touch of his hand
Wiping out all the misery
Making love and history      

Those of us who don't know war
Shouldn't try to make it
So many did and even more died 
Do you think you could take it      

Love lies waiting at my back door
Such a beautiful matter of fact
Life's like an apple with love as the core
And I'll tell you 'bout that      

Just a man in my prime
Love was there but I had no time
I was cheered and adored
And I thought fame was all the world
Battles won and victory cheers
Were the sounds I'd heard for years 
But the women I really loved
Was losing me to all this blood
I only knew, I had to win and
Build a world where I was king
But leaders come and leaders go
And that's the truth I came to know 
Love or war I couldn't choose
And so both I came to lose      

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Bonus tracks:       

SUNSHINE (Gary Thain/Mick Box)

For many years I thought like a man
Feeling his way through darkness
This priceless treasure for which I've searched
Appeared to me nothing more than a mirage in the sea      

But when the vision faded
From this struggle and dream
Suddenly my illusion was staring
I now discovered was reality      

Sunshine, Sunshine, Sunshine, I've found you
Even if you're only, even if you're only
Even if you're only just in for a while
Sunshine, Sunshine, Sunshine, I've found you
Even if you're only destined for a while      

I devote most depressions
And I write this with a smile
As the picture book shows Stanley
Standing at the source of the Nile      

But when the vision faded
From this struggle and dream
Suddenly my illusion was staring
I now discovered was reality      

Sunshine, Sunshine, Sunshine, I've found you
Even if you're only just in for a while
Sunshine, Sunshine, Sunshine, I've found you
Even if you're only destined for a while
(repeat to end)      

[Stripe]      

STEALIN' (Ken Hensley)

Take me across the water 'cause I need some place to hide 
I done the ranchers daughter and I sure did hurt his pride      

There's a hundred miles of desert lies between  his hide and mine
I don't need no food or water, Lord, I'm running out of time      

Fightin', killin', wine and women gonna put me to my grave
Runnin', hidin', losin', cryin', nothing left to save
But my life      

Stood on a ridge and shunned religion
Thinking the world was mine
Make my break and a big mistake
Stealin' when I should have been buyin'

Fightin', killin', wine and women gonna put me to my grave
Runnin', hidin', losin', cryin', nothing left to save
But my life      

Stood on a ridge and shunned religion
Thinking the world was mine
Make my break and a big mistake
Stealin' when I should have been buyin'      

[Stripe]      

SEVEN STARS (Ken Hensley)

Don't try to be anything else but what you are
Don't try to do anything else but the things you do
Cause I had a dream ahout seven stars
And the seven good things that you are
To me      

The very reason I'm livin' is for lovin' you
And the seasons are changin' makin' it all come true
With the spring and clearing skies
Love's soft light will fill my eyes
For you      

Who fills my head with these dreams
as I'm leaving my mind
Seven new stars are born, seven lie waiting to die

The very reason I'm livin' is for lovin' you
And the seasons are changin' makin' it all come true
With the spring and clearing skies
Love's soft light will fill my eyes
For you      

Who fills my head with these dreams 
as I'm leaving my mind
Seven new stars are born, seven lie waiting to die      

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