COLIN HAY:   Transcendental Highway

Transcendental Highway

It's true yeah
Horizons are unlimited
It's a little challenge
The limits of your will power
With a single suggestion
Take it out, go on, take it out
Open it up
You feel so connected
Now you're driving
New heights
Every sense, every sense and dimension
Now you're on the highway
Transcendental Highway

It's a response
Eager, it's magnificent
And you, you've been newly designed
Broad shouldered
Powerful
Sexy
You're going far beyond
Way beyond your expectations
It's Mother Nature
She's persuaded you
She's put you in the cockpit of your dreams
You're winning hands down
Cos you know its the dream Mecca
At a certain time each day
People do not face east
Fall to their knees in prayer
They drive west on Sunset One hand
One chance
One shot
It's a different way that you can pray
On the highway
Transcendental Highway

It has no beginning
It has no real end
It's got its own style
You never seem to get any closer to the horizon
It just goes on and on and on forever
So let me welcome you on this bright and sunny day
You can use the carpool lane
There's nothing more you have to pay
To get on the highway
The Transcendental Highway

You don't have to follow the white lines any more
You can rise up
And drive over the tops of all of the other cars
This is how you're driving
It's your life
It's the way it was always meant to be
On the highway
There's no lights
You just drive on through
Mind you there's still the occasional maniac
But if you smile that, that special smile
They'll just up and disappear in your dust
The dust from the highway
The Transcendental Highway

Take it out
Open it up
Don't look back
Oh and it's got its own computer

Don't Believe You Anymore

You and I were so in love

We grew up together
You could say we were friends
Our vows were forever, we could not pretend
I gave you my heart and I gave you my love
But, whatever I gave you was never enough

Things aren't what they used to be
We've been through all this before
Now I'm walking out the door
Cos I just don't believe you anymore

You and I were so in love
Don't try to appease me
Cos I just don't believe you anymore
You and I were so in love
You know I don't want to leave you
I just don't believe you

You say I gave you no warning
But I tried to tell you for years
But you ignored the signs and left me with my silent tears
But you don't understand, what it is you have done
I'm going crazy, I'm climbing walls
I've got to move, you know I've got to run

You're just staring at the floor
My bags are packed and on the bed
And there's a taxi at the door
And I just don't believe you anymore

You and I were so in love
You know I don't want to leave you
I just don't believe you anymore
You and I were so in love
You and I were so in love

This house is not a home to me
So before the credits roll
And I lose my very soul
I just don't believe you anymore

You and I were so in love
You know I don't want to leave
But I just don't believe
You and I were so in love
Too late to try and please me
I just don't believe you anymore
You and I were so in love
You and I were so in love

My Brilliant Feat

Did someone call my name
Like a distant drum that's beating
Or is it just another dream of long ago
I dance again, I am spinning
In the light, I am living
And I can feel the power rushing through my veins

Once upon a time, I could do no wrong
Though the candle flickers, the flame is never gone
To my brilliant feat
They all pay heed
I hear the crowds roar oh so loudly

Is it a game of chance
Or merely circumstances
A jack to a king and back
Then you have to pay to play
The world it won't wait for you
It's got it's own things to do
The sun's got to rise and drive another night away
And as I listen to the silence
I can hear thunder in the distance

To my brilliant feat
They all pay heed
I hear the crowds roar oh so loudly

To my brilliant feat
I make grown men weep
And still my eyes grow oh so cloudy
In the afterglow
That was long ago

Goodbye My Red Rose

I didn't love you till you'd gone
You told me not to give my heart away
You were right and I was wrong
I should have known
I couldn't make you stay

I bless the day that you were born
I curse the day you saw into me
You said my eyes were so forlorn
Now when I'm alone I let my tears run free
They flow so easy, easily

So goodbye my red rose
Your memory won't fade away
When the curtain falls
We know you won't be back for more

I wonder where you hang your clothes
But on this I never dwell too long
I asked around but no-one knows
I should have known that would be your way
Not to, not to say

So goodbye my red rose
In the spring your scent will grow
There's no more curtain calls
And the man has put all the chairs away

So goodbye my red rose
There's no more, no more curtain calls

If I Go

My love, you're tired and it's late
But I have to say what I have to say
I am not clear if you still want me near
If you do, please let me know
I'm no longer waiting for tomorrow
While there's still time left today

If I go
You'll be with me
If you want me to stay
We'll fix whatever's broken
Wherever I go
I'll be with you
My love's deeper than the sea
And taller than a mountain

You held my life
On a puppet string
I have no secrets from you
Tell me my love, is it still good enough
If it's not please set me free
You're nonchalant, you're drifting with the breeze
Now won't you listen to me please

If I go
You'll be with me
If you want me to stay
We'll fix whatever's broken
Wherever I go
I'll be with you
My love's deeper than the sea
And taller than a mountain

No longer waiting for tomorrow
While there's still time left today

If I go
You'll be with me
If you want me to stay
We'll fix whatever's broken
Wherever I go
I'll be with you
My love's deeper than the sea
And taller than a mountain

I'm Doing Fine

Well hello you'll have to excuse me
I just put out the light
I was dreaming
You're the last person I expected to hear

When I came home there was a message on the phone
You said to come over
But it was too late, so I left you alone

And yes I'm doing fine
And thanks for asking
It's been a long time
You know time keeps passing

You said that you called me
To hear the sound of my voice
At least I've still got something that works on you

You know you make me crazy
When you speak so lazy
So what is it that you want
Now you have my ear

You can be cruel
Why do you call me now?
I am no fool
You sound so lonely

How's your new boy
Does he take you down?
I can't believe his name is Roy
Is this love you've found?

Don't ask me what happened cos I still don't know
One minute we were laughing
Then you walked out the door

Sometimes I'm up
Sometimes I'm falling down
Lately my luck it's been dragging on the ground

Oh but I'm doing fine
And thanks for asking
It's been a long time
You know time keeps passing

Wash It All Away

If my eyes they see only blindness
And everyone has nothing much to say
If I ask for a little cup of kindness
And people they all turn their heads away
If the pieces, they won't fit together
Because there's one thing I just can't find
I could wait for a change in the weather
Or let the rain wash it all away
Let the rain fall
And wash it all away

When I speak I hear only silence
Nothing seems to heal me any more
As I'm dreaming of far away places
I wake to someone knocking at my door
In the wrong place, the wrong situation
I must pick myself up one more time
I could try to see through foggy weather
Or let the rain wash it all away
Let the rain fall
And wash it all away
Let the rain fall down on me
And wash it all away

When the pieces they all fit together
Through the dark clouds the sun will shine
I could wait for a change in the weather
Or let the rain wash it all away
Let the rain fall
And wash it all away
Let the rain fall down on me
And wash it all away

Let it rain

Death Row Conversation

A moment of your time now
As mine is closing in on me
A simple farewell rhyme to
Anyone who hears me

I have walked in shadows
I have walked in darkness
My life now lies behind me
I have only one tomorrow

My name is Jake
I have made more than one mistake
Where I lost all sense of good reason
Now my time has come
There's nowhere I can run
Oh Lord, please give me courage

The Sister, she's my saviour
She's my one and only friend
I know I do so love her
She says that she will miss me

Tomorrow they will burn me
They say that it will cause no pain
But what greatly concerns me
Is who of them would really know

Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
On Earth as it is in Heaven
With one more setting sun
And dinner just for one
Oh Lord, please give me courage

As the night grows darker
My fear it now surrounds me
I wish I could be stronger
Oh Sister, can you hear me

Take this wretched soul
Try to make it whole
It's true I have been a sinner
I know I've done wrong
And all I have is this song
Oh Lord, please give me courage

Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
On Earth as it is in Heaven
ow my time has come
There's nowhere I can run
Oh Lord, please give me courage

I'll Leave The Light On

I woke up this morning
Same old questions in my head
At least the weather's getting cooler
No longer forced to leave my bed
The sun shines through my window
Makes my old house creak and moan
Reminds me of the old lady down the market
Sitting in the sun, stretching her weary bones

And I'll leave the light on
So you can see
I'll leave the light on
Should you decide to visit me

Time is time and time is time and time just rolls along
It's with you every second
Though it has no shape or form
Sometimes I get so anxious
As your path leads you away
But I know it's only my loneliness
And it passes with the day

I've been an angry and a jealous man
And I have no right to be
Perhaps it's just my wicked, wicked ways
Catching up to me
Still I've done my time
And I've paid the price
After all what's just a little pain
If I learn from my mistakes
Then my loss becomes my gain

Still I'll leave the light on
So you can see
I'll leave the light on
Should you decide, to visit me

This is the end that is no end
With the beginning yet to come
I'm going to throw the doors wide open
I'm going to let my spirit run
I'm going to take the path that is most yielding
And in time my steps shall disappear
I'll pound my head against the wall no more
I'll be still so I can hear

And if I drop all my pretensions
About how much you broke my heart
I really do feel grateful
As we drift further apart
I will follow my distant vision
I'm going to listen to my voice
You showed me the way to freedom
You really made the only choice

And so you see
I'll leave the light on
Should you decide
Should you ever decide to visit me

Freedom Calling

If you hear a voice call out your name
Saying you can stop yourself from falling
And if he strikes you in his fear and shame
You can leave him to his ruin

If your dreams they wake you in the night
And your heart it is a pounding
If you cry out as you wake in your fright
And the wind it is a howling

Maybe it's time to find another place
Where nobody even knows your face
There is no need to be afraid
For it's only freedom calling

If your tears begin to overflow
As you walk against the undertow
There is no need to be afraid
For it's only freedom calling

If you're sad cos you're all alone
And your hands they are a shaking
And your miracle cure's not working anymore
And the flood bank's close to breaking

Suddenly you're on an open unknown road
Passing all the heavy, long wide loads
It is time to make your great escape
And you can hear your freedom calling

I want to dive into the sea of love
But my knees they are a quaking
I can see myself high up above
And there's no time left for faking

I no longer need to understand
What it is to truly be a man
When I gave up on my masterplan
Did I then hear freedom calling
Did I then hear freedom calling

I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You

I drink good coffee every morning
It comes from a place that's far away
And when I'm done I feel like talking
Without you here there is less to say

But I don't want you thinking I'm unhappy
What is closer to the truth
That if I lived till I was 102
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

I'm no longer moved to drink strong whisky
Cos it always leads me to that room
Another day spent drunk and weeping
It's not my idea of a pleasant afternoon

But I can now say I'm no longer lonely
Cos I shook the hand of time and I knew
That if I lived till I could no longer climb my stairs
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

Your face it dances and it haunts me
Your laughter's still ringing in my ears
I still find pieces of your presence here
Even after all these years

But I don't want you thinking I don't get asked to dinner
Cos I'm here to say that I sometimes do
Even though I may soon feel the touch of love
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

And if I lived till I was 102
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

And No Matter...

And no matter where we run
And no matter what we do
You hold on to me
And I'll hold on to you