Paperlate, oh I'm sorry but there is no one on the
line Paperlate, oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news
It's
too easy to live like clockwork Tick tock watching the world go by Any
change would take too long So dry your eyes It's too easy to live in a
cold sweat Just sitting dripping in pools below You can wipe your
face Kill the pain But the fever won't go, no no
Paperlate Pull it
together now Put your feet back on the ground Paperlate Don't worry
now You're not alone Look around you Paperlate Oh I'm sorry but
there's no one on the line Paperlate Oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is
good news
It's too easy to compute your future Taking no risks and
playing too safe Any change would take too long So dry your eyes Oh
it's too easy to talk about rocking the boat Making changes and changing
track But you'd better not lock that door Cos you'll be coming
back
Ah you're breathing faster Silence the only sound There's no
need to be nice on the way up Cos you're not coming down
I'm sorry but there's no one on the
line Paperlate Oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good
news...
You Might Recall
What was it you said to me Back in the days when things looked fine
'bout how we would be together Until we left the earth behind Oh, it's
funny how things can change Cos there was a time I thought I'd be the one
Who'd even start again But now I stay forever
Oh my hopes are
as the leaves upon the water Just sunk in the night And though I know you
couldn't care, you oughtta Ah, the end of a life Or maybe when you're older,
and you're thinking back You might recall Now did I act carefully, did I do
right? Or were we meant to be, all of our lives In love and harmony, all of
our lives?
So now, take my hand Come, hold me closely As near as
you can Believing all that we could be And all that we have been And all
that we are
Everyday seems summertime The river flow with wine
Oh when you were here with me I wish we'd stayed that way forever
Oh my hopes are as the leaves upon the water Just sunk in the
night And though I know you couldn't care, you oughtta Ah, the end of a
life Or maybe when you're older, and you're thinking back Well you might
recall Now did I act carefully, did I do right? Or were we meant to be, all of
our lives In love and harmony, all of our lives?
So now, take my
hand Come, hold me closely As near as you can Believing all that we
could be And all that we have been And all that we are
Oh my
hopes were as the leaves upon the water Ah, sunk in the night And though I
know you couldn't care, you oughtta Oh, the end of a life And maybe when
you're older, and you're thinking back Oh, you might recall Now did I act
carefully, did I do right? Or were we meant to be, all of our lives
In love
and harmony, all of our lives?
So now, take my hand Come, hold me
closely As near as you can Believing all that we could be And all that we
have been And all that we are
Me And Virgil
Ma would never say what happened And
we knew better than push too hard We knew we had all the chores to tend
to Like fixing fences and helping her Washing dishes and making
coffee Me and Virgil'd chop some wood But we'd stop our swinging Just
to listen to her crying It didn't sound too good I can remember, too
well
But we never thought to pay much heed We learned to live life the
best we could But then one day pa upped and left us High and dry without a
word Seemed a pity My ma was pretty But I soon learned life ain't that
way And I can remember hearing her weeping While we were sleeping next
to her
I can remember I'll never forgive and I'll never forget Cos pa
you broke her heart Oh pa you broke her heart You broke her heart Oh
pa you broke her heart
Well the years rolled by And 'fore we knew
it Our sister got married and moved out west I stayed with ma, cos I couldn't
desert her I knew it would hurt her to be alone So we pulled tighter We
said we'd try to make things easy And raise a smile But as the night
came We'd hear her crying Praying for pa to come back again
I can
remember I'll never forgive him and I'll never forget Cos pa you broke her
heart Oh pa you broke her heart
And then the winter came I'd never
known it colder Oh it seemed the worst for years And the night she died I
swear I saw her smiling Saying I was a big boy now, no tears
So I
packed up all we had, and Virgil got the horses And we paid our last respects and
gave the whip a crack Oh, seemed a big bad world, we were riding into Me
and Virgil both agreed, we best head off And don't look back
Nothing
but desert all around Oh it made me wonder Lord it's hard to carry
on When you're sick with hunger
Weeks and months of sleeping
rough Keeping clear of danger Seems we were miles from anywhere And
too far gone to change it We'd best keep going, don't look back
Well me
and Virgil we beat the desert Riding fast and riding hard We hit the city, the
past behind us So we raised some hell, we had some fun But real soon I met a
lady oh so pretty, and oh so fine 'fore too long I found myself married With a
home of my own and a blue eyed son And 'til this day I can hear ma saying to me
- "You're a big boy now"
Evidence Of Autumn
The girl from all those songs Who made everything feel right She
came in like an angel, into your lonely life And filling your world with
light Oh, and everybody told you "you're oh so lucky"
Curtains part
revealing a country scene Clothed in green and brown Evidence of
autumn And recent rain On a winding lane, a byway Walking on that
road is a certain girl In all the world the one Guaranteed to move you and
turn your head When all's been said and done
The girl from all those
songs Who made everything feel right She came in like an angel, into your
lonely life And filling your world with light Oh, and everybody told you
"you're oh so lucky"
The night is clear but cool Oh maybe dawn is
breaking as you turn to find her gone Then you see the note Oh you cannot
believe it And you think you'll go insane...
But that was many years
ago And though the pain is dim A something still remains Though you
hardly can recall Her face or form Her memory lingers on Oh she made
everything feel right She came in like an angel (in like an angel), Into your
lonely life (into your life) And filling your world with light Oh and everybody
told you "you're oh so lucky"
Open Door
I see your smiling face, by the open door There's the
morning light Shining in your hair, and in your eyes
And just a little way
behind that smile of yours I see another one, oh so far away If only for one
second, I could hold you close to me When the Master calls for me
again There's nothing I can say, or I can do
Goodbye, my love Time
has come to say farewell I hear the call again Goodbye to the world I've
shouted for so long Oh there's so much my love, that I can never
say
And in a little while, in a little while There's nothing left to
see
As the years go by and I have not returned And the night has come,
falling all around Oh if you count the stars you'll know How many have
gone out And when the Master calls for me again There's nothing that I can
say Or I can do
Stand in the sun Shut your eyes and feel the
world It's changing every day Goodbye my love Each day will seem so
long Oh there's so much I feel, that I can never say
I can't see you I
can't feel you anymore I've just a memory of that open door