One Revolution

Yesterday I was a stranger in a strange land
Goin' through the motions of my life
Every day just as empty as the last one
Happy ending nowhere in sight

Then this morning I met you
And right away I started to fall
What a difference a day makes
Here on this spinning ball... yeah just

One revolution
Turned my whole world around
One Revolution
And everything's different now (everything changes somehow)

Used to be I was a total non-believer
I had no faith in love
Then suddenly you come along and like my savior
I find redemption in your touch

Just because you don't see it coming
Don't you believe it's too late
Someday your gonna feel something
And it's the tap on the shoulder from fate

One revolution
Turned my whole world around
One Revolution
And everything's different now (everything changes somehow)

Anyway that's my short story
And it goes to show you never know
Look at me, I was the poster child for skepticism
Just 24 hours ago

One revolution
Turned my whole world around
One Revolution
And everything's different now (everything changes somehow)

FAITH IN ATLANTA

Hazel eyes and auburn hair
Linen dress with shoulders bare
Magnolia perfume on the breeze,
I keep her safe there in my memory

I can see the moonlight dancin’ on her skin
Scotch taped to the dashboard in an old 8x10
And I’ve got James Taylor on the radio
Singin’ you’ve got a friend
And don’t I know it,
That’s where I’m goin’

Back to my Faith in Atlanta, I’ve still got Faith in Atlanta
Faith in Atlanta, and I hope she’s still got faith in me

Seemed like such a good idea,
To make my fortune way out here
I wondered how long I would last without her by my side,
But I don’t stand a chance

It was cold in Chicago, the wind cut right through
And the New York skyline, that’s a breath taking view
Yeah, everything they say about the big towns is true
But they don’t know me and they can’t hold me

Not like my Faith in Atlanta, I’ve still got Faith in Atlanta
Faith in Atlanta, and I hope she’s still got faith in me

They say you can’t go home again, but they’re not always right
‘cause just like that midnight train I’ll be headed there tonight

Faith in Atlanta, I’ve got my Faith in Atlanta
Faith in Atlanta, and I hope she’s still got faith in me
Faith in Atlanta, I’ve still got Faith in Atlanta
Faith in Atlanta, and I know she’s still got faith in me

EVERYMAN’S GOT A MOUNTAIN

I was sittin’ in traffic, starin’ out the window at a man in an S.U.V.
Playin’ in the back was 3 little kids, that’s a big responsibility
Day and night

And there’s an ambulance driver inchin’ his way, tryin’ to make it thru the crush
Doin’ his job, pickin’ up the pieces of some poor soul who was in a rush
I hope he’s all right

Now I'm thinkin’ ‘bout these people I never even met
You get so caught up in your own life, It’s easy to forget (that)

Every man’s got a mountain to climb
Every man’s got a mountain to climb
Every man’s got a mountain to climb
And most of those mountains are steeper than mine

This kid was flyin’ high, starin’ at the bottom, wasn’t gonna get much worse
Now he’s two days clean, his hands still shakin’, gonna lick this if it doesn’t kill him first
But the jury’s out

And there's an old guy sittin’ in a dark apartment, talkin’ to a picture of his lovin’ wife
Cursin’ that day the good lord took her, thinkin’ ‘bout maybe takin’ his own life
But that’s no way out

One look at their troubles, the tough road they face
I have to count my blessings, say a prayer for the human race (‘cause)

Every man’s got a mountain to climb
Every man’s got a mountain to climb
Every man’s got a mountain to climb
And most of those mountains are steeper than mine

Now we live in a land, where there’s food on the table and you’re free to speak your mind
You can start out with nothin’ and make it to the top and dreamin’ ain’t a crime
And we take it all for granted

While there’s places with tanks in the street and no votes counted and oppression rules the day
Where there’s not enough to eat and no running water and all they can do about is to pray
And they mostly come up empty-handed

Every man’s got a mountain to climb
Every man’s got a mountain to climb
Every man’s got a mountain to climb
And most of those mountains are steeper than mine

DRIVE ON

It’s not too late to turn back, he might still be sleepin’
He wouldn’t even have to know that you’d been gone
You could quietly unpack, put away those plans for leavin’
It’s almost like gravity it’s pullin’ you so strong

Better just drive on, drive on
’cross the county line, up the old highway ’til you hit Virginia
Then you keep to the back roads as you come out west
Until everything around don’t look familiar
’til the past is gone, better just drive on...

You’ve been livin’ in fear, lyin’ about the bruises
Feelin’ like a prisoner for so long
And you’ve got one last souvenir hiding under your dark glasses
But anyone can see that’s not where you belong

Better just drive on, drive on
’cross the county line, up the old highway ’til you hit Virginia
Then you keep to the back roads as you come out west
Until everything around don’t look familiar
’til the past is gone, better just drive on...

This ain’t no time to turn around
So there’ no point in even slowing down
Just drive on, drive on...

Keep to the back roads as you come out west
Until everything around don’t look familiar
’til the past is gone...

Better just drive on, drive on
Followin’ the signs, you’re on your way, gonna make a new beginning
So you stick to the back roads as you come out west
Until everything around don’t look familiar
’til the past is gone, better just drive on

You will be out of the woods once in Virginia
And you’ll get along, better just drive on...

YOU’RE STILL MINE

They’ve still got dirt roads on Cooper mountain
Just like when I used to take you home
We’d sit for hours in the driveway talkin’
Till your daddy turned the porch light on... and

Sometimes on a June or July evening
We’d cruise around maybe end up at the lake
Put the windows down and talk about the future
But it never works out like the plans you make

Every time that summer re-run plays, feels like it was only yesterday
I can almost smell the new-mown hay and the wildflowers in your hair
You used to tease me 'bout the way I drive, said we were lucky just to be alive
Now it's more dangerous to close my eyes ‘cause it always takes me there
To that place and time where you‘re still mine

I remember Labor Day we drove out by the ocean
You had your feet up on the dashboard in the sun
WKLC played an all Eagles week-end
And we sang ‘em at the top of our lungs

We were livin’ it up at the Hotel California
And that Peaceful Easy Feeling was so strong
But now I’m just some Desperado
And you’re Already Gone

Every time that summer re-run plays, feels like it was only yesterday
I can almost smell the new-mown hay and the wildflowers in your hair
Every minute you were by my side I felt lucky just to be alive
Now I only see you when I close my eyes and it always takes me there
To that place and time where you‘re still mine, you’re still mine...

Nothing lasts forever
But we can be together

Every time that summer re-run plays
And I go back to yesterday
I got you by my side
All I have to do is close my eyes
And I always end up there in that place and time
Where you‘re still mine, you’re still mine...

They’ve still got dirt roads on Cooper mountain...

SHE HATES LOVE

Blue silence of the TV light
Every night like an echo
Cold kisses and quiet fights
All that's left is to let go

She hates love for slippin’ through the cracks
Runnin’ off and leavin' 'em like that
Wouldn’t trust it even if it came back
She hates love

She remembers when it first showed up
All Valentines and fire
Seemed like it was true enough
But it was only a liar

She hates love for leadin’ them on
Disappearing after comin’ on so strong
And ever since it’s been gone
She hates love

No pointing fingers
No naming names
It's no mystery who she blames

She hates love...

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Warner Tamerlane Publishing BMI / Warner Tamerlane Nomad Noman BMI

INVISIBLE PEOPLE

We came to a new world, tired of the old one
Hungry for freedom, heavy with prayer
It was a beautiful treasure, ours for the taking
Never mind someone was already there

Invisible people

We were climbin’ in number in just a few generations
With frontiers to conquer and fortunes to make
So we hitched up our wagons and pushed ever onward
Never a thought for what lay in our wake

Invisible people, we can’t see their tears
They still cry out, but no one can hear
Invisible people

Now we come for the bargains, balloons for the children
Acres of parking opening day
But under the asphalt, the pride of a nation
Is buried forever, in the home of the brave

Invisible people, we can’t see their tears
They still cry out, but no one can hear
Invisible people

HEART OF STEEL

Early October, baby we're over
Better find another warm shoulder
Cause I'm not gonna be yours anymore

You kept lyin' and I kept cryin'
All the while our love was dyin'
But I'm not tryin to save it anymore

Not now, now that my heart is made of steel
And I'm invincible to pain
Standing behind my perfect shield
Where nobody else can ever make me cry
You could never hurt the guy with the heart of steel

Yesterday's child goes the extra mile
Standin' by you livin' in denial
But I'm not gonna stand there anymore

Tired of excuses, hidin' my bruises
The one who cares is the one who loses
But I'm not that loser anymore

Not now, now that my heart is made of steel
And I'm invincible to pain
Standing behind my perfect shield
Where nobody else can ever make me cry
You could never hurt the guy with the heart of steel

You used to try and melt it
And back then I always felt the heat
But those days are gone
Anymore you only wanna break it
Well baby I can take it now
So bring it it on...

...standing behind my perfect shield
Where nobody else can ever make me cry

Sometimes, I wish my heart were made of steel
And I was invincible to pain
Standing behind some perfect shield
Where nobody else could ever make me cry
No matter how they tried

SO MANY TEARS

They fall for money, they fall for love
But everybody needs ‘em when the time comes
They fall in anger and pain
When those tears have fallen there’ll be more on the way

And when they overwhelm you
You cry yourself to sleep
You might be in mis’ry
But still a part of you believes...someday those

Healing waters will come raining down
When the worst is over and you’re still around
All of those healing waters will come raining down
But that’s gonna be so many tears from now

They fall on strangers, they fall on friends
Nothin’s gonna stop ’em once the flood begins
They fall in fear and regret
No sense complainin’ ‘bout the ones that you get...’cause

Healing waters will come raining down
When the worst is over and you’re still around
All of those healing waters will come raining down
But that’s gonna be so many tears from now

So many tears until tomorrow
So many silent in the night
But once you’ve cried out rage and sorrow
That’s when those healing waters will come raining down

Someday those will come raining down

Healing waters will come raining down
When the worst is over and you’re still around
All of those healing waters will come raining down
But that’s gonna be so many tears from now

NIGHT CRAWLER

You met her down at Mario’s and told her you weren’t married
As you bought her a Campari and lime
You said you’d like to get acquainted, but your place was bein’ painted
So she volunteered “hey let’s go to mine”

Later that night you return to your wife
Lying there in the dark never dreaming you are

A night crawler
Night crawler

It’s a get away weekend so you head out to the beach
And bring the kids so they can play in the sand
Then it’s a candlelight dinner at the grotto with their mother
Just because you’re such a family man

Later that night there’s that lady in white
Who you saw in the bar, she could tell that you are

A night crawler
Night crawler

Is it the measure of your kind
To take your pleasure in the slime?

Night after night you will turn out the light
Do you know in your heart just how lowly you are?

ALWAYS

Till the end of time
Till the stars burn out
You'll be mine
There's no doubt
No power on earth
Could keep me from you
And in a million years
It'll still be true

Always, I love you all ways
All ways and for the rest of my life
And everyday I find one more way
You're all I need to make me believe in always

It’s the way you move
And the way you’re still
The way you won’t
And the way you will
The way you hold on
The way you let go
It’s the way you rock me
Heart and soul

Always, I love you all ways
All ways and for the rest of my life
And everyday I find one more way
You're all I need to make me believe in always

Everyday I find one more way
You're all I need to make me believe….

Yeah, you're all I need
You make me believe
In always
Always
Always
Always

THAT’S WHEN YOU LOST ME

Hey I know there’s nothing perfect
But I thought that this was working
Never dreamed we were on the verge of going under

How can this be the final hour?
Where was I when it all went sour?
Doesn’t love have the healing power
Anymore I wonder?

I was with you as you gave me all you reasons
You went down your list 1, 2, 3
I was still with you till you told me you were leavin’
That’s when you lost me

I thought I knew you better
After all this time together
But first sign of stormy weather and you go runnin’

Maybe we’ve got our problems
Or whatever you wanna call ‘em
But walkin’ out as a way to solve ‘em don’t fix nothin’

I was with you as you gave me all you reasons
You went down your list A, B, C
I was still with you till you told me you were leavin’
That’s when you lost me

That’s when you lost me
I’d have followed you anywhere
That’s when you lost me
But now you’re actin’ like you never cared
That’s when you lost me
You gave up so easy on the life we shared
That’s when you lost me

I never saw you as the quittin’ kind
But baby you sure changed my mind

That’s when you lost me
I’d have followed you anywhere
That’s when you lost me
But now you’re actin’ like you never cared
That’s when you lost me
You gave up so easy on the life we shared
That’s when you lost me

WELCOME THE RAIN

Only sixteen when your world fell down around you
Fate can be mean, didn't take long till till the worst of it found you
No room for sorrow you made up your mind
Maybe tomorrow but now there's no time
For tears so you bury those feelings inside
For years until you almost forgot how to cry... but

One day you'll remember it all
Someday when the past comes to call
And ghosts appear whispering your name
And there's nowhere to hide from the pain
Then you'll welcome the rain

Out on your own nothing left to believe in
Scared and alone but you don't let 'em see that
'cause if weakness starts showin' soon word gets around
It's best to need no one then they can't let you down
Like before, and you're not really wounded if no none can tell
For sure, but aren't you just running away from yourself?... till

One day you'll remember it all
Someday when the past comes to call
And ghosts appear whispering your name
And there's nowhere to hide from the pain
Then you'll welcome the rain

So you go on undaunted
And you smile your brave smile
But the truth is you're haunted
By the fears of the child

No room for sorrow
You'd made up your mind
But now it's tomorrow
So maybe it's time

One day you'll remember it all
Someday when the past comes to call
And ghosts appear whispering your name
And there's nowhere to hide from the pain
Then you'll welcome the rain

GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM

You hurt me, desert me and jerk me all around
Why baby, why baby?
I count on you for trouble and you never let me down

So go back where you came from
Go back where you came from
Before you even start, stop messin’ with my heart
(make my day, go away)
And go back where you came from, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You reject me then expect me to tremble when you call
Why baby, why baby?
But I’m a little wiser now, I look before I fall

So go back where you came from
Go back where you came from
Before you even start, stop messin’ with my heart
(make my day, go away)
And go back where you came from, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Baby take an aeroplane
A taxi or an early train
I don’t care how much it costs
So long as you get lost
I’ll even pay your way
(back where you came from)

There’s no need to thank me for that pair of walkin’ shoes
Bye baby, bye baby
After everything you’ve done, it’s the least that I could do

So go back where you came from
Go back where you came from
Before you even start, stop messin’ with my heart
(make my day, go away)
And go back where you came from, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

ONE REVOLUTION

FAITH IN ATLANTA

EVERYMAN’S GOT A MOUNTAIN

DRIVE ON

YOU’RE STILL MINE

SHE HATES LOVE

INVISIBLE PEOPLE

HEART OF STEEL

SO MANY TEARS

NIGHT CRAWLER

ALWAYS

THAT’S WHEN YOU LOST ME

WELCOME THE RAIN

GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM

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