ROGER HODGSON:   Open Door

Along Came Mary

Was alone then along came Mary
Hair of gold and lips like cherries
Was amazed when she stole my thunder
Filled my world with the ways of wonder

Come away come away with me
Far away where the eyes can't see
Come away to another time
Pardon if you lose your mind

Who are you now?
Who makes the rules?
Follow your heart and get back...
Won't you get back...
Oh get back

Was alone then along came Mary
Hair of gold and lips like cherries
Was amazed when she stole my thunder
Filled my world with the ways of wonder

Come away come away with me
Far away where the eyes can't see
Come away to another time
Pardon me if you lose your mind
Pardon me if you lose your mind
Pardon me if you lose - if you lose your mind

The More I Look...

The more I look, the more I see
The more that life asks of me
The more it hurts, the more I feel
The more it takes time to heal

For easy times they come and they go
Come and they go so quickly
And peace of mind is so hard to know
It's something to keep me striving

The more I learn the less I know
So little time, so far to go
When your heart's getting burned
As you weep, so you learn

For easy times they come and they go
Come and they go so swiftly
And peace of mind is so hard to know
It's something to keep me striving

The more it hurts, the more you feel
The more it takes the time to heal
The more you look, the more you see
The more these things were meant to be

For easy times they come and they go
Come and they go so quickly
And peace of mind is so hard to know
It's something that keeps me smiling

The more I look, the more I see
The more that life gives to me.

Showdown

Well there's crying in the kitchen
And there's fighting on the street
And there's cocaine in the schoolyard
Yet my heart don't miss a beat
I can't let go, oh I can't let go

And the preacher's on the telly
And he's handing me the phone
Got an ulcer in his belly
And a torment in his soul
He can't let go, no he can't let go

Everybody wants a contribution
Telling me they've got the best solution
No-one wants the carousel to slowdown
Seems to me we're heading for a showdown

- And there's poison in the water
And there's holes up in the sky
And the children keep on asking
Is the planet going to die?
We must let go - we must let go
Got to get fired - it's going to get hot
We've got to take it higher
Give it everything we got
Oh you never know
Way to go

Everybody's talking revolution
Politicians offer no solution
No-one seems to want to face the lowdown
Seems to me we're heading for a showdown

Hungry

This morning when I woke up
I fixed myself a drink
I was feeling kind of broke up
My mind was on the blink

I couldn't see a future
Can't seem to hold a job
I feel I'm just a loser
Oh when's it gonna stop

I said Baby, say you'll always get to hold me
Say we'll never go hungry
Never run out of money
You say we'll just have to hold on
Maybe life is just a put on
Won't you come and just hold me
Say I'll never get lonely

Some mornings when I wake up s
I just don't know who I am
If I look behind the make-up
I see a troubled man

I wander in the darkness
Just talking to the walls
Seems life has turned against me
Who'll catch me if I fall

I said Baby, say you'll always want to hold me
Say we'll never go hungry
Never run out of money
Give me something to hold on
Tell me life is just a put on
Won't you come and just hold me
Say I'll never get lonely

The Garden

Walk around the garden
Choking at the weeds
Won't you come and help me
Try and sow some seeds

All the trees are weeping,
Branches hanging low
Seems as if they know that
They haven't long to go

All the world's a funfair
Hide behind your mask
Say that you're enjoying it
If anybody ask

Don't believe in sinners,
Don't believe in sin
Love is all the answers
So why don't we begin

Taking up the story that Jesus told
It's older than the years
All the seeds he planted have blossomed
Into concrete walls of fear

Lying in the gutter,
Gazing at the stars
Like to send a letter
To the men on Mars

Asking if they'd help us,
Help us if they cold
Come and weed this garden
Or do you think they should?

Death And A Zoo

Hey what would you do
Caught between Death - Death and a Zoo?
What if your world was stuck in cage -
Would you feel rage boy?
Caught in a crossfire
Stung by the cold wire
Would it feel lonely?

Hey what would you give
So that your heart in freedom could live?
What if your love was stuck in a cage
Hey don't you feel rage boy?
Caught in a landslide
Where does the child hide?
Oh does he feel lonely?

So cold on the inside
Where does the Sun hide?
Oh don't it feel lonely?

Caught in a man's dream
Silent the heart scream
Don't it feel lonely?

Love Is A Thosand Times

Love, love is a thousand times
Stronger than me, stronger than you
Well if you want to be a soldier
- go marching off to war
You think you're going to be a hero
But we've heard it all before, boy

Love, love is a thousand times
Dearer than me, dearer than you
Well if you want to be a leader,
Then go and lead the way
You're never going to give us freedom
- no matter what you say, boy
- I said it'd better come soon...

'Cause love - love is the way
If only we all could hear,
It just seems so clear
I just can't believe

- watching the world what am I seeing?
But I know there's a way
- oh there must be a way
Oh there must come a day
- come a time when I can be free...

'Cause I want to hear her voice
Softer than me, softer than you
Whatever will it take me
To bring her smile my way
'Cause everytime I try to please her,
She loves to go in hiding
- I said she'd better come soon...

Say Goodbye

Say goodbye to the old way
Say hello to a new day
Well if you want to linger, trail a finger
It'll only leave you wondering
Want the future might have been

Say goodbye to the old scene
Say hello to a new dream
You say you want your freedom, but is it freedom
When you leave it all behind you
But your mind just can't let go? - oh no

When the news is known and you hear those cries
Then waves of sadness will fill your eyes
You're alone as an island
Alone as a man can be

Say goodbye to the old days
Say hello to the new ways
Well if you want to linger, trail a finger
Just remember what was told you
About the way it's going to be - you'll see...
You're alone as an island
Alone as a man must be

Say goodbye to the old way
Say hello to a new day
Well if you want your freedom
Oh where's your freedom?
On the road that lies before you
That is all you need to know, let go...

Open The Door

Who's to say, who's to know
Where the ship is going to blow
Taking time beneath the trees
State of mind, state of ease

Easy come, easy go
What a life, what a show,
Caught in old familiar ways
Has our love gone astray?...
Gone away?...gone away?...

Open the door... Open the door
Open the door, I want to be with you
Open the door, I want to play with you

Do what you want to, be who you want to be
'Cause I don't care what you say or what you do to me

I'm having trouble going a whole day without you
Don't want to live if it's a lifetime without you
Come on give me some sing I can see
Come on give me now - show me something

Open the door - I want to be with you
Open the door - I want to play with you
Open the door - I want to dream with you
Open the door - I want to stay with you now...

Right, right on, easy come, easy come - easy go - easy come
And I know, yes I know that I'm wanting
The world to be one
But we take as we please and we can't see the wood for the trees
But I know, yes I know when I open the door I'll be home
I want to go home, I want to go home...

Right, right on, easy come,
Easy come - easy go - easy come
And I know, yes I know
That I'm wanting the world to be one
But we take as we please
And we can't see
The wood for the trees
But I know, yes I know
When I open the door I'll be free
I want to go free, I want to go home...

Do what you want to, be who you want to be
Cause I don't care what you say or what you do to me
I'm having trouble going a whole day without you
Don't want to live if it's a lifetime without you
Come on give me some sing I can see
Come on give me now - show me something
Who's to say, who's to now...

For Every Man

For every man who has a dream
There's a light that's rarely seen
Within a world where all is greed, all is lies
For every child who lies awake
And hopes that dawn will never break
To be alone, to be afraid but never cry

Where is the love, where is the fire
We used to share, we used to live
Where is the hope, where is the flame
We used to feel, we used to give
Where is the man who says
He never wants to dream, wants to live

For every man who feels alone
Working fingers to the bone
I have a voice, I still yearn and I still cry

It's not the singer, it's the song
Strikes the chord in everyone
And makes us dance, makes us sing,
Makes us fly

Where is the love, where is the fire
We used to share, we used to live
Where is the hope, where is the flame
We used to feel, we used to give
Were is the man who says
He never wants to dream, wants to live

'There's nothing that we know, just watch the magic flow'


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