Oficially unreleased demos featuring John John Lawton from 1979
(almost the same as "Five Miles Sessions" but more complete) 



LET IT RIDE (Ken Hensley/Mick Box/Lee Kerslake/John Lawton)

Before I leave town today
Well there's something that I wanna say
Did you regret the stormy night
You put your eyes on me
 
Well you cheated on me and you lied
And I must have got a thousand taps
But I'll be comin back one day
Just you wait and see
 
Oh, yeah
Let it ride, let it ride, let it slip, let it slide
Ride the night away
Let it ride, let it ride, let it slip, let it slide
Cause I'll be comin' back to stay, yeah
 
This time I could've let me live
But there's nothing more that I can give
You've stolen every day of my life
And then you threw it away
 
Oh this train I'm gonna ride tonight
Is gonna carry me right out of your sight
But I'll be comin back some time
And then your gonna pay
 
Oh, yeah
Let it ride, let it ride, let it slip, let it slide
Ride the night away
Let it ride, let it ride, let it slip, let it slide
Cause I'll be comin' back to stay, yeah

Oh won't you take me tonight
Would you carry me right to the top 
Taken me higher
Just carry me soon to the things that you know
to the end of a life, a much higher
The last luck is mine it's a long distance self
To know that it's just what we'll be
As you're wavin goodbye, keep remembering why
The devil that got you was me
 
(solo)
 
You're the city where I wanted to be
But the lonely spell you put on me
It's time for you to realize
That there's just no way
They sled I'm gonna ride tonight
Is gonna carry me right out of your sight
But I'll be comin back some time and then you're gonna pay
  
Oh, yeah
Let it ride, let it ride, let it slip, let it slide
Ride the night away
Let it ride, let it ride, let it slip, let it slide
Cause I'll be comin' back to stay, yeah
 
The last luck is mine it's a long distance self
To know that it's just what we'll be
As you're wavin goodbye, keep remembering why
The devil that got you was me
 
Let it ride, let it ride, let it slip, let it slide
Ride the night away
Let it ride, let it ride, let it slip, let it slide
Cause I'll be comin' back to stay, yeah
 
Let it ride, let it ride, let it slip, let it slide
Ride the night away
Let it ride, let it ride, let it slip, let it slide
Cause I'll be comin' back to stay, yeah
 
Let it ride (... to end fade)



LIFE IS A DREAM

Life is a dream
At least that's how it should be
That's the way it should be, babe
Life is a dream
And now you know it could be
Now you know it could be, babe

Down in the island I had an idea
Some of us don't know
What we're doing here
We make a mountain from
The smallest of fears
And how thankless we seem
When life is a dream

Sometimes I sleep with 
A lot on my mind
Drawin conclusions
Instead of a line
There's so many better ways
Of using my time
And how easy it seems
When life is a dream

Life is a dream
At least that's how it should be
That's the way it should be, babe
Life is a dream
And now you know it could be
Now you know it could be, babe

I know that life isn't all that it seems
I really don't want to go to extremes
I preach the life for
The wake and a sleep
And how easy it's been
Now when life is a dream

Life is a dream
At least that's how it should be
That's the way it should be, babe
Life is a dream
And now you know it could be
Now you know it could be, babe

Life is a dream
At least that's how it should be
That's the way it should be, babe
Life is a dream
And now you know it could be
Now you know it could be, babe

Life is a dream
At least that's how it should be
That's the way it should be, babe
Life is a dream
And now you know it could be
Now you know it could be, babe

Life is a dream
At least that's how it should be
That's the way it should be, babe
Life is a dream
And now you know it could be
Now you know it could be, babe

Life is a dream
At least that's how it should be
That's the way it should be, babe
Life is a dream
And now you know it could be
Now you know it could be, babe

Life is a dream (... fade to end)



FEELINGS (Ken Hensley)

Feelings, empty feelings
Prayin', hopin', needin'
Just when I wanted to hold you
You're leavin', leavin'
Leavin', leavin'

Well we meet every night in a bar
If I'm feelin' alright, we'll get high in your car
Come mornin' and you will be gone
You're my five minute zen, and you gotta move on
And you don't stop an' think of my feelings
And I'm hidin' the hole that's inside
And I know how you set my heart weavin'
As I sit and I swallow my pride
Well either you don't give a damn or you don't even care to pretend
Or you won't spare a soul do you know we must come to an end
 
And I've got those
Feelings, empty feelings
Prayin', hopin', needin'
Just when I wanted to hold you
You're leavin', leavin'
Leavin', you're leavin'
 
Feelings, empty feelings
Prayin', hopin', needin'
Just when I wanted to hold you
You're leavin', leavin'
Leavin', you're leavin'
 
Feelings, empty feelings
Prayin', hopin', needin'
Just when I wanted to hold you
You're leavin', leavin'
Leavin', you're leavin'



YOU AND I
 
If love came slowly, then by surprise
It gave no reason, no alibis
To think I'd need you
Never entered my mind
If love came slowly
Then I'd been blind

Touch me now in the morning
Wiping the clouds from your eyes
We've got the love that we needed
Making the best of my life

If we'd had listened to what they say
There'd been no living, no endless days

We've placed our lives
In a gypsy's hands
Hoping the two worlds collide
We've got the love that we needed
As if words that she spoke didn't lie

And she layed all the cards on the table
But she did not call out my name
If the fire that burned down inside me
Well, it's still the same

And she did not give me a number
Well, she didn't even
Call out your name
If the fire still burning inside you
It's still the same

Woah
 
(solo)
 
ooh ooh ooh ...
 
Yeah Yeah
 
And she layed all the cards on the table
But she did not call out my name
If the fire that burned down inside me
Well, it's still the same

And she did not give me a number
Well, she didn't even
Call out your name
If the fire still burning inside you
It's still the same

Wooh
ooh ooh ooh ...



THAT'S HOW I AM
 
Born in the wrong way
Down a one way street
You took my happiness
From under my feet
Like a tired out gambler
Who forgot how to cheat
That's how I am without you

My so-called friends ask me
If I'm alright
Sometimes I lie and then
I might be polite
Our talk of love I know
I'll never repeat
That's how I am without you

Oh no

Bad losers never seem to win
They're only looking for
A place to begin
But in the end they have a better start
There's always room
For the pure at heart

Bad losers never seem to win
They're only looking for
A place to begin
But in the end they have a better start
There's always room
For the pure at heart

Nah Nah
Bad losers never seem to win
They're only looking for
A place to begin
But in the end they have a better start
That's how I am without you
That's how I am without you
That's how I am without you
That's how I am without you
 

 
I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU
 
You may have been a photograph
You may have been a dream
Or a vision that appeared
Wasn't all that it seemed
I know, I know I may never know
Your true identity
The image is unforgettable to me

I'll never forget you
For as long as I live
I'll never forget you
Or the love you have to give
Oh, I'll never forget you
Or how easy you are to forgive
I'll never forget you
For as long as I live

Save me baby, don't say maybe
It's time for you to reappear
I'm saving your place
And it's been empty since
The last time you were here
I'm feeling cheated
Cause it's incomplete
It's like a permanent fantasy
I want you out of my dreams
Spend them here with me

You may have been a photograph
You may have been a dream
Or a vision that appeared
Wasn't all that it seemed
I know, I know I may never know
Your true identity
The image is unforgettable to me

Save me baby, don't say maybe
It's time for you to reappear
I'm saving your place
And it's been empty since
The last time you were here
I'm feeling cheated
Cause it's incomplete
It's like a permanent fantasy
I want you out of my dreams
Spend them here with me

Save me baby, don't say maybe
It's time for you to reappear
I'm saving your place
And it's been empty since
The last time you were here
I'm feeling cheated
Cause it's incomplete
It's like a permanent fantasy
I want you out of my dreams
Spend them here with me



YOUR LOVE (Ken Hensley/Mick Box/Trevor Bolder/Lee Kerslake/John Lawton)
 
Your love
Your love
Your love
 
I've gotta do it, gotta find a direction in my life
You can't help me through it, I know that you'd do it, but it's my fight
Why don't you leave me alone to drive down this winding road of life
It just doesn't feel the same for my love for you has changed
But your love, it never leaves me alone
For your love is in a world of its own
But your love it never leaves me alone

You say that you need me but the words don't come easy, just hold on
I know that I lied when I told you goodbye, just keep hangin on
Time won't keep waiting, I gotta do something with my life
You can't help me through it, I know that you'ld do it, but it's my fight

Why don't you leave me alone to drive down this winding road of life
It just doesn't feel the same for my love for you has changed
But your love, it never leaves me alone
For your love is in a world of its own
But your love it never leaves me alone
But your love it never leaves me alone

Your love
Your love
Your love

Your love baby it never leaves me alone
But your love honey, is at a world of its own
Said your love your love your love never leaves never leaves me alone yeah
Your love, your love, it never leaves, it never leaves me alone
Your love, your love your love (... fade to end)
 


TONIGHT (John Lawton)
 
I never promised you love
That I couldn't give you
If I'd had nothing at all
You'd live like a queen
I give you my heart
My soul and my living
But one thing I know
It will always be me

So let me know love tonight
And let it grow love tonight

You took me into your world
And gave me your shelter
But we were so blind we just didn't see
You gave me your heart
I gave you a reason
But one thing I know
It will always be me

So let me know love tonight
And let it grow love tonight
And may your love shine tonight
Tonight, tonight

You took me into your world
And gave me your shelter
But we were so blind we just didn't see
You gave me your heart
I gave you a reason
But one thing I know
It will always be me

So let me know love tonight
And let it grow love tonight
And may your love shine tonight
Tonight

So let me know love tonight
And let it grow love tonight
And may your love shine tonight
Tonight

So let me know love tonight
And let it grow love tonight
(fade to end)
 


FOOLS (Trevor Bolder)
 
Fools play at games
Don't you know that
Fools play at games
And I know that
I'm not afraid of you

Fools play at games
Don't you know that
Fools play at games
And I know that
I'm not afraid of you

I know this feeling inside
Just made up my mind
I'm gonna take this chance
And do what's in my heart
You always said that
You'd stand by me
And help me get along
So understand
I must do what's in my heart

I know this feeling inside
Has helped me to carry on
So as the days go by
And the nights that never end
You play the clubs
And you play the game
The next day you will find
You'll have to try and
Please that fool again

Don't you know that
Fools play at games
Don't you know that
Fools play at games
And I know that
I'm not afraid of you

Fools play at games
Don't you know that
Fools play at games
And I know that
I'm not afraid of you

So I've read your words and
I've signed my name
But I can't make up my mind
If you really care or you're
Playing your games

Cause fools play at games
Don't you know that
Fools play at games
And I know that
I'm not afraid of you

Fools play at games
Don't you know that
Fools play at games
And I know that
I'm not afraid of you

(fade to end)


 
BEEN HURT (Ken Hensley)
 
Whoah, don't you know
I've been hurt
Oh yeah, don't you know
I've been hurt
Oh babe, you know
You're doin' me wrong, yeah

At the age of eighteen
I had had enough
And by twenty one
I decided to get tough
And then I found the guard 
Was still too rough

Oh yeah, I've been hurt
Lord ever since that day
I've been hurt and I've lost my way
I still think I have a chance
To try your love

Well, I tried to love you
One day at a time
Each day waitin'
Hopin' for the sign
It was clear I needed luck
More at this time

Oh Yeah I've been hurt
Lord, ever since that day
I've been hurt, yeah
And I've lost my way
I still ain't had a chance to make you mine

My empty heart is
Countin' all the ways
Fire and desire
Sat and count the days
Will you, won't you
When and where
Do you, don't you, do I care
That same eternal question
Always there
Oh yeah

Oh Yeah I've been hurt
Lord, ever since that day
I've been hurt, yeah
And I've lost my way
I still ain't had a chance to make you mine

My empty heart is
Countin' all the ways
Fire and desire
Sat and count the days
Will you, won't you
When and where
Do you, don't you, do I care
That same eternal question
Always there

(repeat to end)
 


I WON'T CHANGE (Ken Hensley)
 
Don't keep me running around
I'm trying to keep
My feet on the ground
Stop filling my heart
With empty dreams
'Cause deep down I'm a regular guy
I laugh a lot but I know how to cry
I don't wanna be anyone else but me

And I won't change
I just try to stay the same
If you feel a difference
It's in what you choose to see
Some of those changes
Were a little too hard for me
So I pray my love will see me through

Next step isn't easy to find
'Cause with all this love on my mind
All that I can think about is you
If all you're asking is a little more time
If all you need is to make up your mind
I can only remind you that I love you

And I won't change
I just try to stay the same
If you feel a difference
It's in what you choose to see
Some of those changes
Were a little too hard for me
So I pray my love will see me through

All I ever think about is you



BEEN AWAY TOO LONG (Ken Hensley)
 
I'm coming home
I've been away far too long
I'm leaving it up to you
To understand

You may wonder why
When it was me who said
The last goodbye
But can't I change my mind
One more time

It's high time
I can't wait any longer
It's my time to find out
Who I belong to
It's breaking my heart
Waitin' for another day

When the time comes
You won't see me around
I've been patient
Standing my ground
Gotta see ya and hold ya
Hear what you have to say

Do you wake up in the morning
Wantin' me
The way I wake up wantin' you
And in the same breath
You keep hauntin' me
Does it ever occur to you
I've been in love too long
To stop now
I've been away too long
I've been away too long

I'm comin home
I've been away for far too long
I'm leavin it up to you to understand
You may wonder why, when it was me who said the last goodbye
Can't I change my mind one more time
Yeah one more time
Oh yeah one more time
One more time
One more time
Oooh
Been away too long
Too long
 


I ALWAYS KNEW (Ken Hensley/Mick Box/Lee Kerslake/Trevor Bolder/John Lawton)
 
Well, you don't have to tell me why
I've a feeling that I know that guy
I always knew I'd never keep you long

It's funny how times have changes
It used to be me, it felt so strange
I always knew I'd never keep you long

I love you as part of my life
You know you're the one I adore
It's simple but I've never made
This mistake before

I love you as part of my life
You know you're the one I adore
It's simple but I've never made
This mistake before

Won't you try to give me
One more chance
Even though you say it's lost romance
I always knew I'd never keep you
Never keep you
Never keep you long

Understand what I'm trying to say
I've given you my life night and day
I always knew I'd never keep you long

Understand what I'm trying what I'm tryin to say
I've given you my life night and day
I always knew I'd never keep you long



DANCE DANCE DANCE (Ken Hensley/Mick Box/Lee Kerslake/Trevor Bolder/John Lawton)

Dance dance dance
You gotta keep on dancin'

Dance dance dance
You gotta keep on

Really goin' inside of you're bad news
I don't think I can hear it any more
Mister please don't play me
No more blues
If you will I'll walk
Right out the door

It's from the first touch
Of morning light
My feet can't wait to hit the floor
'Cause all I wanna do is
Dance dance dance

Sure there's times when
I've been feelin' down
But the blues are never here to stay
Just by puttin' an my moving shoes
I dance my troubles right away

I warned you so, right or wrong
Anything to keep my heart alive
'Cause all I wanna do is
Dance dance dance

Dance dance dance you got to keep on
Dance dance dance you got to keep on
Dance dance dance you got to keep on
Dance dance dance you got to keep on

As I jump and jive my way
Around the world
And you'll always see
A smile upon my face
The rhymin' times
I don't think they'll matter
I can make my home almost any place

Funky soul all around the room
Anything to keep my heart alive
Cause all I wanna do is dance dance dance
Dance dance dance you got to keep on dancin'
Dance dance dance you got to keep on yeah dancin'
Dance dance dance you got to keep on yeah dancin'
(repeat to end)
 


PUT YOUR MUSIC (Ken Hensley/Mick Box/Lee Kerslake/Trevor Bolder/John Lawton)

If you're looking for money, sonny
You better keep on running
If you're looking for fame and fortune
Watch out, you could get caught

A deal goes down when you least expect it
You better be prepared
I bet you feel rejected
You've got to be aware

Put your music where your mouth is
Show us you're a man
Put your music where your mouth is
Show us if you can

Now your life is your own puzzle
All lies before your eyes
My guess is it won't be too long
You've got to realise

Put your music where your mouth is
Show us you're a man
Put your music where your money is
Show us if you can
Put your music where your mouth is
Show us you're a man
Put your music where your money is
Show us if you can
Put your music where your mouth is
Show us you're a man
Put your music where your money is
Show us if you can
Put your music where your mouth is
Put your music where your mouth is
Put your music where your mouth is
Put your music where your mouth is
Put your music where your mouth is
Uh huh yeah
Put your music where your mouth is
oh yeah yeah
Put your music where your mouth is


 
A FAR BETTER WAY (Trevor Bolder/Mick Box/Ken Hensley/Lee Kerslake/John Lawton)

Seeing you here
All of my fears seem to
Drift right away
Seeing you smile
Checking out your style
I begin to hope you'll stay
Stay awhile so we can play

Lost in a dream
That's becoming a nightmare
Day by day
It's my love and my life
And somewhere between them
There's a road
And it's a far, a far better way

Out of nowhere came this vision
Of you and me together
Looking for a far better way
Then from nowhere
You came running
Look out, world
There's something coming
I've suddenly found
A lot of things to say

Now we'll sing our tune together
This way it's a whole lot better
We're out to prove
There is a place for love
Then from somewhere
We'll come running
Look out, world
There's something coming
I think we've found
A far better way

Out of nowhere came this vision
Of you and me together
Looking for a far better way
Then from nowhere
You came running
Look out, world
There's something coming
I've suddenly found
A lot of things to say

Now we'll sing our tune together
This way it's a whole lot better
We're out to prove
There is a place for love
Then from somewhere
We'll come running
Look out, world
There's something coming
I think we've found
A far better way

Out of nowhere came this vision
Of you and me together
Looking for a far better way
Then from nowhere
You came running
Look out, world
There's something coming
I've suddenly found
A lot of things to say

Now we'll sing our tune together
This way it's a whole lot better
We're out to prove
There is a place for love
Then from somewhere
We'll come running
Look out, world
There's something coming
I think we've found
A far better way

I think we've found
I think we found I think we found
A far better way ...
(fade to end) 



Special thanks to John "Hon" Parisi from Toronto, Canada 
for putting these lyrics on paper ;-)