KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

PROUD WORDS ON A DUSTY SHELF A GLIMPSE OF GLORY 1999

1973 It’s Up To You
When Evening Comes Moving In
From Time To Time One Tender Moment
King Without A Throne Guard Your Heart (Liston)
Rain Shakey Ground (Liston)
Proud Words Think Twice
Fortune Get A Line
Black-Hearted Lady Believe In Me
Go Down Win Or Lose (Liston)
Cold Autumn Sunday The Cost Of Loving
The Last Time The Return
All songs written by Ken Hensley The Joy Of Knowing Jesus
Overture: ”La Tristeza Secreta De Un Corazon Gitano” Pt. 1
(instrumental) - revised version only
EAGER TO PLEASE 1975 Jesus (Again & Again) - revised version only
Eager To Please (Because Of) Who I Know – revised version only
Stargazer (Clarke/Bottomley) All songs written by Ken Hensley except where otherwise
Secret indicated
Through The Eyes Of A Child
Part Three
The House On The Hill
Winter Or Summer RUNNING BLING 2002
Take And Take Overture: ”La Tristeza Secreta De Un Corazon Gitano” Pt. 1
Longer Shadows (instrumental)
In The Morning Prelude: A Minor Life
How Shall I Know Out Of My Control
Who Will Sing For You - single b-side You’ve Got It (The American Dream)
All songs written by Ken Hensley except where otherwise The Final Solution
indicated Finney’s Tale
I Close My Eyes
A Little Piece Of Me (Julia’s Song)
FREE SPIRIT 1980 Free Spirit
Inside The Mystery (Williams) Let Me Be Me
New York I Don’t Wanna Wait
The System Tell Me
When I Won’t Change - special limited edition only
No More All songs written by Ken Hensley
Brown Eyed Boy
Do You Feel Alright
Telephone
Woman
New Routine THE LAST DANCE 2004
Inspiration (original version) - single b-side Crying
All songs written by Ken Hensley except where otherwise Letting Go
indicated Give Me A Reason (Hensley/Williams)
Second Chance (A New Beginning)
I Know Who You Are
FROM TIME TO TIME 1994 The Voice Of Love
Inspiration Give ‘Em What They Want
I Don’t Wanna Wait Who Knows
There Comes A Time Dancing
Love At First Sight Did You Know
You The Last Dance (El Gitano Viejo)
The Name Of The Game All songs written by Ken Hensley except where otherwise
Guilty indicated
Who Will Sing For You
Maybe You Can Tell Me
Free Spirit
Cold Autumn Sunday COLD AUTUMN SUNDAY 2005
Longer Shadows Romance
Black-Hearted Lady
Take Care
Does Anything Matter
If I Had The Time
All songs written by Ken Hensley
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

THE GODS / GENESIS 1968 BLACKFOOT / SIOGO 1983

Towards The Skies (Konas) Send Me An Angel (Hensley/Williams)
Candles Getting Shorter (Hensley/Konas) Crossfire (Medlocke/Spires/Hargrett/Barth)
You’re My Life (Konas/Kerslake) Heart’s Grown Cold (Cleminson)
Looking Glass (Konas/Hensley) We’re Goin’ Down (Medlocke/Spires)
Misleading Colours (Konas/Kerslake) Teenage Idol (Medlocke/Spires)
Radio Show (Sugarman/Robertson) Goin’ In Circles (Medlocke/Spires)
Plastic Horizon (Sugarman/Robertson) Run For Cover (Medlocke/Spires/Hensley)
Farthing Man (Konas) White Man’s Land (Medlocke/Spires)
I Never Know (Konas/Hensley) Sail Away (Medlocke/Spires/Hargrett/Hensley)
Time And Eternity (Konas/Kerslake) Drivin’ Fool (Medlocke/Spires)
Baby’s Rich (Hensley/Konas) single a-side
Somewhere In The Street (Hensley) single b-side BLACKFOOT / VERTICAL SMILES 1984
Hey Bulldog (Lennon/McCartney) single a-side Morning Dew (Dobson/Rose)
Real Love Guaranteed (Konas/Hensley) single b-side Living In The Limelight (Cetera)
Ride With You (Medlocke/Spires/Barth/Osborne)
THE GODS / TO SAMUEL A SON 1970 Get It On (Medlocke/Spires/Hensley)
To Samuel A Son (Hensley) Young Girl (Medlocke/Spires/Walker)
Eight O’clock In The Morning (Kerslake) Summer Days (Medlocke/Spires)
He’s Growing (Konas/Glasscock) A Legend Never Dies (Johnson/Gendel/Maher)
Sticking Wings On Flies (Konas/Hensley) Heartbeat And Heels (Medlocke/Spires)
Lady Lady (Hensley) In For The Kill (Hensley/Medlocke/Spires)
Penny Dear (Konas) Living In The City (Medlocke/Spires/Hensley) single b-side
Long Time, Sad Time, Bad Time (Hensley)
Five To Three (Hensley/Konas)
Autumn (Hensley/Konas)
Yes I Cry (Konas)
Groozy (Sugarman/Robertson)
Momma I Need (Hensley/Konas)
Candlelight (Hensley)
Lovely Anita (Kerslake)
Maria (Bernstein/Sondheim) single a-side

WEED…! 1971
Sweet Morning Light
Lonely Ship
My Dream
Slowin’ Down
Before I Die
Weed (Instrumental)
All songs written by Bodo Albes

HEAD MACHINE / ORGASM 1970

Climax - You Tried To Take It All
Make The Feeling Last
You Must Come With Me
The Girl Who Loved, The Girl Who Loved
Orgasm
The First Time
Scattering Seeds
All songs written by David Paramor
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

PROUD WORDS ON A But where can a good king go PROUD WORDS

Without his throne?
DUSTY SHELF
Stand up and fight
Many’s the good man lost in his prime Or you’ll lose your right
The path of fortune Do you wanna stand in a line
Took him well before his time Fightin’ hard to hold on to your mind
WHEN EVENING COMES He ain’t got his trouble
But I’ve still got mine Seek and you’ll find
At the break of day Got to find some freedom Proud words on a dusty shelf
When my dreams have come and gone Before I start to decline Find and you’ll seek
The memories will fade away Keep on keepin’ on helpin’ yourself
But I wonder for how long The moon is rising and
Not too long I’m still on my own When the wind of trouble comes
This must be life I guess Put away all battledrums
For I know an evening comes The seeds have been sown And stand up and fight
And I hear the night-birds’ tune Stand up and fight
I remember where it all begun Where can he go, who can he see Don’t stand in a line
As we danced beside the moon Is there anybody, it’s easy to be Hold on to your mind
Find him a stairway, find him a tree
It’s always on my mind And while you’re doing it Stand up and fight
But where did it come from Please won’t you find one for me Stand up and fight
Our love was the strongest kind Don’t stand in a line
So where can it have gone? The unbeliever says it’s hard to believe Hold on to your mind
I’m told the preacher
Won’t someone show me the way Frowns on those who deceive
To turn my night into day The winds of winter
Or throw a rope around the moon Steal leaves from the trees
No, don’t let it see me alone
FORTUNE
The path of fortune
Is getting closer to me
Although now it seems like never
When we were even less together
The snow is falling
I appeared to have my back to the wall
FROM TIME TO TIME And the thruth is obscured
I think of all the things
And the way things were going
Once I loved a pretty woman My soul has endured
There was no way of knowing
‘Till one day she up and ran Cursing this loneliness that can’t be cured
If I was having any luck at all
Supposed I should have felt it coming
But it’s hard to think of her Silently, suddenly standing before me
With another man An old man awaited his death
RAIN Part of me cried out
Oh my lady, I need you But none turned to hide
Though from time to time I don’t seem to It’s raining outside but that’s not unusual For no curses distorted his breath
But the way that I’m feeling
Once the sun shone in my garden Is becoming usual It was then I took to thinking
‘Till my love took off I guess you could say And my hands took to writing
And left me with the rain The clouds are moving away And my dreams came
Now my heart and I are starting Away from your days and into mine In answer to the call
To forget it all and start out again
Now it’s raining inside and that’s a Waiting in wonder
My heart is hurting so bad shame My toughts ran like thunder
And all the trees look so sad And it’s getting to me - a happy man Could it be that
And all the love we could have had Why should you want I’ve been wasting my mind
To waste all my time I grew sort of cold as the vision unfolded
Oh, from time to time ... The world is yours but I’m mine Bursting the shackles of time

Rain, rain, rain, in my tears So I gathered what I had

Measuring carefully my years I took a look at what was going down
KING WITHOUT A THRONE Shame, shame, shame in my mind And it made me kinda sad
See what you’ve done to my life Seeing all the circles going slowly round
Walk on the dusty road
Without any shoes Rain, rain, rain, in my tears And the stars sang in harmony
See all the people out there Measuring carefully my years It was so perfect that it laid me down
Singing the blues Shame, shame, shame in my mind And the rainclouds were tossed away
I’ve got my trouble but See what you’ve done to my life Seemed like the world was lost
I’m paying my dues See what you’ve done to my life And I would drown in its sound
It isn’t easy but there’s too much to lose

Many’s the time I have wandered alone

Looking this way and that
For something unknown
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

Somewhere along the way COLD AUTUMN SUNDAY It’s all dividing me
I don’t know where It’s a hard, hard game I play
I had really believed I was poor When the leaving birds And eventually it could
Looking, not seeing Fill the stone grey sky Take my reason to live away
The point of my being And the green, green leaves
When all of my fortune is sure Turn away and die Reaching out in eagerness to please
And the once warm sun Seeking out the happiness of ease
Has to run and hide At the same time holding out a hand
And the Winter clouds Though the other one keeps on
BLACK-HEARTED LADY Begin their stormy ride Making all these plans
Cold black shadows cross my eyes
Reading between the lines I find And help to make me realize
You don’t mean what you say You’ve gone, oh, Cold Autumn Sunday
You cheated and you lied STARGAZER
And how you made me hurt inside Still I walk alone the paths we shared
You turned my days into darkest nights And I try to recreate the love we had Walking down a dusty road
And rearranged my dreams For you were my life and my heart is sad I was lookin’ for a reason
You’re just not what you seem And it’s strange how autumn An awful long way from my home
Black-hearted lady Used to make me glad Just lookin’ for some peace of mind
Only now an empty sky is there
I am from the land To let me know how much I care Walking down a dusty road
So you won’t understand my grief You’ve gone, oh, Cold Autumn Sunday That’s where I saw him coming near me
I’ve lived in vain belief Something special about him, then
In world of poisoned words I’m near to dying He smiled and seemed so friendly
And everywhere I look No use denying that it’s true
I find no answer to my prayer Spend my whole time crying He’s a stargazer, he’s lighted up my
You’re just not there Finding ways of trying world
Black-hearted lady Not to be blue, oh, over you He’s a dreammaker, he touches my soul
He’s a stargazer
He knows what life can be
This dream maker, he shows it all to me
GO DOWN THE LAST TIME
She sits so quietly I have travelled across the universe
At the window by the door On wings of golden light SECRET
Wondering if she’ll ever smile again And the lady of the mountain
Her eyes filled with memories Brought me comfort in the night What is this place I find myself in?
And her life in sad array But the love I really need Where we’re all supposed
Unaware of the colours of the day Is further from my sight To think the same way
She dare not cry for fear It is yours All I see is patience growing thin
Her hope might disappear While the people need someone
But if she cared to try Oh, tell my lover I’m coming home With something to say
I know it all could be so clear For the last time
In the garden of peace
But she’s living in the past I have seen the children playing All around me is dying
She didn’t know it wouldn’t last As I watched the sun go down And the place where
And it’s a long, long, lonely road I have shared their games My love grew is empty
Oh, to go down And sung their songs At this moment in time
And helped their world go round How can truth be a crime
The treasured names And although I know enough of life I’ll tell you if only you’ll let me
You call each other just for fun To tie up my own shoes
And as you woke I still need you I’ll let you into a secret of mine
She kissed your eyes Like a delicate wine treat it gently
You killed it all when it had Oh tell my lover I’ve been away By setting free all the love in your heart
Only just begun For the last time, for the last time Life will become what it was
What’s it take to make you realise Meant to be originally

Love isn’t easy though With this memorized

Many like to think it is EAGER TO PLEASE Take your place by my side
But you must learn to give and take And we’ll ponder the joys of tomorrow
Or know what you will miss Only in love can we live with our pride
For in love lies no reason for sorrow
But she’s living in the past
She didn’t know it wouldn’t last
EAGER TO PLEASE
And it’s a long, long, lonely road
You put a load on me
Oh, to go down
Though you probably didn’t mean to
I’m on the road, you see
Leading to my mind to my work, to you
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

THROUGH THE EYES OF A I know I could love you And what will happen
CHILD If I knew that you wanted me to Should the river of my soul run dry ?
And the house on the hill Will I be needed then?
And all of the things we could do Will someone sing me a lullaby ?
I once read a story
About a world full of love
How good it all is just to live My friend gave me a helping hand
Of freedom and glory
And to need nothing more And I wondered then If I could be a man
As seen through the eyes of a child
The way I feel now I don’t know Strong enough to Forgive with a smile
We learned to believe
But I don’t need to be sure Now as I’ve travelled far-off lands
That the earth was all
I see it clearer
Ocean and ground
‘Cause the sun that brought us together
Though we were soon to see
Will follow my dreaming forever And it makes me glad
That there wasn’t enough to go ‘round
And the first thing I’ll see will be you I guess I’m happy ‘cause
And you make me happy I’ll go on giving for a while
I saw words and wars
And I hope it’s for all my life
Though my books had told me
My life would be one long song
Man make laws
Although laws make man so uncertain WINTER OR SUMMER
So uncertain what’s right LONGER SHADOWS
And what’s wrong See how the sun shines
Beyond the grey sky Winter came today
Confused without reason Then watch the snow fall And took the sun away
Stumbling helplessly day by day And ask yourself why Leaving me with nothing but
It was all so deceiving The stars to play
For that child was me Lovers keep loving But I’m sure that I won’t
And I can’t find the book anymore Through wind and through rain Let it bring me down
For that child was me Winter or summer, real love is the same The rough comes with the smooth
And I can’t find the book anymore But that’s what life’s about
Watch from the wayside
And you could be left out Working on the principle
Fearful of the day That you’ll be here
PART THREE When it’s too late to show I can stand alone for quite a while
I know I can learn to live
Love is like time The changes of the year
Once upon a time
It will wait for no one Mellow in the river of your smile
Reason lived with rhyme
Give it and seek it or
And today I see you’re in love with me
You’ll find you’re all alone I know that the season’s Queen
Can hear me
I just sit and count
You could save the day She’s bringing longer shadows
My time is running out
You can show the way To the trees
All I want is you
To all the lonely hearts Perhaps she knows
You and your heart too
You see before you I’d love to have you near me
So she tries her very best to please
But don’t be too late to take my heart
But before you choose Her best to please
My love won’t wait to make a start
To ignore my song
Am I right or wrong ? I suppose I’ll always have these
I see us riding on a wave of joy
Or am I dreaming ? memories
I see us running round the moon
Dreaming, dreaming ... Till we are together once again
One day we’re sure to
Of the days which were
Find our rainbow’s end to begin again
See how the sun shines ... So long and lonely
Till the longer shadows
Oh, how I love you ...
And all the golden meadows
Tell me that the time has come
TAKE AND TAKE For us to live again
THE HOUSE ON THE HILL
I gave my friend a helping hand
But I find it hard to understand
How well I remember the days
In the house on the hill
Why this and more IN THE MORNING
Never seems to be enough
With the cat, the raccoon and
For as long as I live I’m prepared to give I’m just wandering through this day
A fat lazy daydream to kill
Just as much of myself or of what I have Thinking of you
For I know what it’s like Father time rolls away
And the moon to sing me to sleep
When the going’s really rough Night comes nearer
And the birds to open my eyes
It’s getting to me now
And the first thing I’d see would be you
But I can see there are decisions In the morning I’ll be better
And you made me happy
I will have to make In the morning I’ll be better
In a world that seems to live on
Take and take and take
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

I’ve been waiting so long for this day I have lived with you NEW YORK
Darkest nights all alone far away Through the good and bad
All that’s past And I’ve given you everything I had New York, you’re such a fickle city
I don’t mind this last time But I need to be needed, not just used You’ve got a heart but you won’t admit it
In the morning I’ll be better So many times I have pleaded You’ve got a soul and I’d like to get in it
In the morning I’ll be better But I have been abused But you can’t have my dreams
So now I’m gone In exchange
When I get home and I see you again
In the morning we’ll be better How long should a man ‘Cause I came to you with an open mind
Be expected to live With my heart full of hope
One last mile, this old car must go faster Without a heart and nothing to give Of a special kind
I’m on my knees yet I’m higher today But the doors stayed closed
Now I see you, I know I’m nearly better For the longest time
‘Cause in the morning I’ll be better So I thought of inside
In the morning I’ll be better ... FREE SPIRIT Wondering what I might find

But you played with my illusion

‘Till my image laughed in my face
HOW SHALL I KNOW INSIDE THE MYSTERY I would have loved to love you
But my heart needs a different space
Momma told me one day Mysteries sometimes need
I’d hear the bells ringing in my head Special people to stop and read New York, New York ...
But the ones I think I’m hearing In between the written lines
I’ve imagined in my bed To find the meaning Inside the mystery
Inside the mystery
She said love will watch and guide you THE SYSTEM
Walk beside you in the dark You and I, we take it slow
But I’m scared at night Writing stories as we go The night is closing in on another day
With no love in sight Understanding what we see A moment’s peace some time
Though I’m really trying hard To the world it’s hidden deep To sleep my dreams away
Inside the mystery But not enough to hide from the truth
Love, love, love, love
Where are you now that I need you To you and I everything is fine ‘Cause the system’s gonna get you
Show your face, don’t ever go away To the world it ain`t so right, no no Come what may
It’s so hard to find my friends today Bur who’s to say who’s right Sooner or later it’s gonna find a way
For so few of them have faces And who’s wrong You’re gonna see, there’s no escape
But without you in my heart Let us move along tonight From the system
My world’s a really empty place When you and I have travelled on to
Greener pastures and clearer seas Try as you do
When I finally meet you We will live in all their dreams You’re just not getting thru’
Will I find the words to greet you Inside the mystery Makes no difference what you try to do
If it comes to that You won’t be satisfied you’ll have
Will you even know my name Maybe it’s an illusion or a masquerade Frustration at your side
Will you wear a coat or an angel’s wings Or it could be a decision
That only you and I can make Put it to the test, to hell with the rest
So I’ll know it’s you that’s coming While jokers come in thousands Make your deal with the devil
I just can’t stay with my life this way And the actor hopes to deceive You’ll find it hard to stay alive
You’ll have to think of something You and I have a paradise Just to survive
Or else how shall I know Right here inside the mystery
How shall I know ... It’s the system ...
To you and I everything is fine
To the world it ain`t so right
Bur who’s to say who’s right
WHO WILL SING FOR YOU And who’s wrong WHEN
B-side of ‘In The Morning’ single, Let us move along tonight
included also on ‘From Time To Time’ When you and I have travelled on to When will you rise
compilation (1994). Greener pastures and clearer seas When will you rise again
We will live in all their dreams When will you rise and show me the way
Who will sing for you Inside the mystery I need you now in my uncertainty
When you need a song Oh yeah, inside the mystery ... I need your strength to face the new day
Who will stay with you
When it all goes wrong Swept off my feet by life’s sweet mystery
Who will be there when you Sometimes it’s hard just getting along
Feel the weight of a tear I know you’re there
And say a prayer that is real Why won’t you come to me
Just to lighten your fears when I’m gone You know I’m lost without a song
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

Dance with me, sweet inspiration Well she said she was hurtin’ I picked up the phone as soon as it rang
Seems to me only you know how From too much flirtin’ Picked up the phone
Dance with me, oh dance with me And I shouldn’t get the wrong idea And my heart really sang
Share my fantasy just for now So I said what’s a pretty girl like you And I suddenly forgot all the trouble
Doin’ in a place like here I’d been thinkin’ about
Inspiration’s gonna rise again Well she got into a fix
Gonna take me by surprise again Lookin’ for some kicks You said goodbye and I said I love you
You’ll see the light in my eyes again Her high ideals had been blown You said hold on and I said forever
Inspiration’s gonna rise again So I tried to be nice, I told her twice And then you were gone and
She was the prettiest girl in town I was left alone with my doubt

And she said brown eyed boy

NO MORE Play me a rock ‘n’ roll tune
And maybe there’s a chance we can WOMAN
You’ve been cheating me so long Dance by the light of the moon
Giving me the run around Yeah, brown eyed boy Woman you are a mystery to me
Spreading evil everywhere you go Won’t you play me a rock ‘n roll tune You’re really not what I thought
But I tell you here and now And maybe there’s a chance we can You would be from the start
You will pay the price somehow Dance by the light of the moon
You can say goodbye And I’ve tried just as hard
To everyone you know As any man can
But you never seem to
‘Cause I won’t take no more DO YOU FEEL ALRIGHT Understand my heart
No more, no more of your lies
No no no more Do you feel alright ... Woman
No more, no more
One in the morning Lady we’ve been together
You mean one thing and say another I’m always on the run For a good long time
Trying to confuse your brother And still it seems I never get far But every time I start to think
It’s all too much for me to understand You’re all mine, you stand back
For you will need my help one day The road’s never ending
And I just might turn you away It looks like I’ve just begun I tried but I’m slowly running out of
Think about that while you’re And life’s just a game and ideas
Holding out your hand I’m playing my part And my joy is quickly
Turning to tears and that’s a fact
So you think you can run around When will I see you
Breaking people’s hearts I’m longing to hold you Woman, you gotta trust me
Tearing apart the ones you should love Just the sound of your voice If we’re gonna stay in love then you
Well, I think you would be wiser Will help me through know
To heed the prophets words Thats the way that it must be
One false move and all your love is lost Won’t you try a little harder to
understand
Write it down to experience TELEPHONE
It’s all part of life
And who will be the loser in the end Well, I’m sitting by the telephone
But is that really what it’s all about Waiting for you to call NEW ROUTINE
Is it reason enough to sing and shout I’ve got the welcome light shining
You lost another lover Got the red carpet down in the hall New routine ...
But you’ve also lost a friend And my heart starts jumping
Just thinking about Risin’ early, sleepin’ easy
No more, no more The sound of your voice I got myself a new routine
No more of your lies You know I hate to wait but Time for talkin’ and lazy walkin’
No no no more l love you, so I got no choice Rememberin’ the things I’ve seen
No more, no more
They say absence makes New routine
The heart grow fonder I’ve got myself a new routine
But I’ll go crazy if I wait much longer
BROWN EYED BOY I’m beginning to wonder If I keep smilin’ it’ll turn to laughin’
If you remember our love at all And day by day get better and better
Well I picked her up on the 44 Got a lady in this eye of mine
One evening back in July Well, the problems of the night Gonna quit my dreaming
She looked so pretty in the full moonlight Seem much better in the light of day Go on out and get her
That I just couldn’t pass her by But if you don’t hurry honey then
And we hadn’t rolled but a mile or more I’ll have to give my heart away
Before the lady started making her moves lt takes a certain kind of man to
It was becoming steadily clearer Let this loneliness go on and on
That she was into a boogie groove You know I hate to wait
By tomorrow l just might be gone
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

Sometimes people change their names It isn’t only the hurt I feel Time and time and time again
But stay the same inside You see I just don’t understand Who knows where and who knows when
To me it’s such a pointless exercise And like a storm in the midst of summer It could happen any time
Wouldn’t it be better You messed up all my plans But it’s too late to change your mind
If they changed their ways There comes a time
And made a little sacrifice And if you can’t give me a reason
They might become so much wiser Won’t you spare me a word And it’s too late to change your mind
You never know, no you never know Tell me not to believe in There comes a time ...
The things I’ve heard
Appreciation and dedication
Coming from my dim and distant past You can’t tell me goodbye
But with patience we might stay together Without telling me why LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
And find a love that just might last You can’t expect me to
Believe a single word, no no no no You came to me
With your eyes wide open
And you offered me your heart
ADDITIONAL SONG: You chose a time
I DON’T WANNA WAIT When my soul was in trouble
You let your love play its part
I dont wanna wait until tomorrow
INSPIRATION I don’t wanna wait another day Love at first sight
(Hensley) 3.17 I don’t wanna live with all this sorrow I felt Cupid’s arrow bite
B-side of ‘The System’ single. I’ll just have to find another way Love at first sight
Won’t you carry me away
You used to be my inspiration Seeing as how you’ve kept me
You showed me which way to go Hanging around for all this time I swear that you must have
Yeah, we’ve been into this complication Playing with my mind and leaving Come to me from heaven
And I’m back out in the cold All our love behind Exactly in time of need
But it’s time for a decision I can’t imagine all the things
It isn’t only the hurt I feel Should I stay or should I go That might have happened
You see I just don’t understand I need our love to grow If my heart had not been freed
And like a storm in the midst of summer But there’s so much I wanna know
You messed up all my plans We’ll share our secrets
‘Cause in my heart and in my head And dwell on the subjects
And if you can’t give me a reason Are thoughts of how it just to be That please us and make us feel good
Won’t you spare me a word But a world of memories Safe in our love world
Tell me not to believe in Is only emptiness to me Our secret above world
The things I’ve heard That no one else ever understood
And it’s not a false illusion
You can’t tell me goodbye I can see what’s going on
Without telling me why If the magic’s really gone
You can’t expect me to Then this is not where I belong YOU
Believe a single word, no no no no And I ask myself the questions
That confusion seems to bring If only you were a healer
You used to be my inspiration While the answers stay so thin You could cure me of all my ills
Oh, but where did you do Upon the ground where I begin And if you were the kind
You used to be my inspiration To take care of my mind
When I needed you so You’d be sure that my cup was filled
You used to be my inspiration
Oh, but where did you do THERE COMES A TIME But you’re only the greatest lady
You used to be my inspiration And you only fulfill all my dreams
You know I needed you so There comes a time in every man’s life And I doubt if I could love you
You used to be my inspiration ... He just forgets where he’s going Any more than I do
There comes a time You’re my everything
And he’ll know just when
‘Cause he’ll simply stop growing If you took my hand
FROM TIME TO TIME And we danced on a star
Without a deep imagination Or predicted some event from afar
Fear and doubt will quickly spread Offered me gold at the end of a rainbow
And it’s a hopeless situation I’d still love you just the way you are
But that’s how it looks inside his head I’d still love you just the way you are
INSPIRATION There comes a time
So there’s something I’m looking for
You used to be my inspiration
There comes a time Though I don’t know what or where
You showed me which way to go
To make up your mind And it seems when
Yeah, we’ve been into this complication
Time to face up to the problem I hold out my hand in need
And I’m back out in the cold
Every single day is a part of your life There’s no one and nothing to share
And nothing can be forgotten
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

It doesn’t matter what you try to be WHO WILL SING FOR YOU FREE SPIRIT
You’ll only ever be you to me
I’ve gotta stay blind to your sad charade Who will sing for you When I was young
‘Cause I know it’s only a game you play When you need a song And my spirit was free to ride
Yes, I know it’s only a game you play Who will stay with you No one I knew had anything to hide
And I’d still love you When it all goes wrong But all of this is changing with the days
Just the way you are Who will be there when you I walked into a disillusioned maze
Feel the weight of a tear
I’d still love you just the way you are ... And say a prayer that is real Those crazy, crazy, mellow, yellow days
Just to lighten your fears when I’m gone Are lost in a so-called sophisticated haze
But I can still remember being care-free
I have lived with you And no one knows it better than me
THE NAME OF THE GAME Through the good and bad
And I’ve given you everything I had ‘Cause I’m a free spirit
Here comes trouble But I need to be needed, not just used And I’m looking for a place to run
In the shape of the lady So many times I have pleaded A free spirit of the wind
She started cool but now But I have been abused And a free spirit needs to be complete
She’s coming ‘round daily So now I’m gone I’ve got to have the world at my feet
She’s got some big ideas
About being my baby How long should a man Now my time has come and
It’s her game with the name of love Be expected to live I’m dealing with here and now
Without a heart and nothing to give And I’m gonna have to
Now she’s sure pretty Take care of it somehow
That I have to confess And I don’t intend to wait
But no five-star fox For the cover of night
Is getting me in a mess MAYBE YOU CAN TELL ME The only way I know
Let’s buy a ring, she says Is to get up and fight
Go out and get blessed It’s not that I no longer love you
It’s her game and she calls it love For I loved you once so much I’m a free sipirit
And it can’t be that I’ve grown to hate And I’m looking for a place to run
Rock ‘n’ roll rules my soul you A free spirit of the wind
Pushing everything For it’s just not in my heart And a free spirit needs to be complete
And everyone to one side To bear a grudge I’ve got to have the world at my feet
But when it all grows old
The chill’s still cold So why when someone
When I sing with my sweet guitar ... Mentions your name
Do I naturally assume COLD AUTUMN SUNDAY
It’s the same, maybe
When the leaving birds
GUILTY Maybe you can tell me Fill the stone grey sky
Do you know something I don’t know And the green, green leaves
She’s guilty of deceiving me Maybe you can tell me Turn away and die
She said she was in love with me Is there really no place left for us to go And the once warm sun
Worse, still, how long it took to see Has to run and hide
How cruel love can be And if you speak And the Winter clouds
Will I believe what you say Begin their stormy ride
She twisted my words Or will I dwell on the day Cold black shadows cross my eyes
Though I gave her love You nearly broke my heart And help to make me realize
In the face of her lies If you only knew how You’ve gone, oh, Cold Autumn Sunday
She is the devil in a fancy dress I wanted all to be true
She wears her passion as a thin disguise I really need to know what keeps us apart Still I’ll walk along the paths we shared
And I’ll try to recreate the love we had
And now that we have parted I can’t put it all down to emotion For you were my life and my heart is sad
And gone our separate ways Lord that’s just a worn-out excuse And it’s strange how Autumn
We can look back on You’re offering me your love Used to make me glad
All those wasted days And that is something I just can’t refuse Only now an empty sky is there
For there’s a lesson inside our story To let me know how much I care
It haunts my memory So I promise I’ll try to You’re gone, oh, Cold Autumn Sunday
It taught me how hard the learning can be Welcome your name
And I’ll tell myself you wanna I’m near to dying
Do the same, ‘cause maybe No use denying that it’s true
Spent my whole time crying
And finding ways of trying not to be blue
Oh, over you
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

LONGER SHADOWS TAKE CARE Once in a garden of glory

(demo of Footprints In The Someone sowed the seeds of this story
Winter came today And the whole thing began
Snow) With a woman and a man
And took the sun away
Leaving me with nothing And still it’s something
Just like footsteps in the snow No one understands
But the stars to play
Who knows where my heart will go What I wanna know is
But I’m sure that I won’t
Will it lead me to you Does anything matter to you ...
Let it bring me down
Or will I see another empty day
The rough comes with the smooth
But that’s what life is about Does anything at all matter to you
Seasons come and quickly go
Kinda makes me wonder if they know
Working on the principle
Why my heart keeps running near and far
That you’ll be here
If only they would tell me where you are
I can stand alone for quite a while IF I HAD THE TIME
I know I can learn to live
If you’ve ever been in love
The changes of the year If I had the time to re-live my life
Then you’ll know the rocky road
Mellow in the river of your smile I don’t think I’d care to change a thing
I’m speaking of
As long as I find
You’ll remember when
I know that the season’s queen Just a little peace of mind
The times were good
Can hear me I can dream and laugh, I can sing
And the times you had to do without
She’s bringing longer shadows
To the trees I can have my fun with the silver stars
Think carefully my friend
Perhaps she knows I’d love to I can watch the sun fall in the sea
It may look like the start
Have you near me If I want to
But it could be the end
So she tries her very best to please And if it rains, I will smile just the same
Her best to please For the rain will make the flowers sing
I’m not trying to bring you down
I’m so tired of running around
I suppose I’ll always have I know how it is to feel sad
I won’t make the same mistakes again
These memories I know how it is when things go bad
When we are together once again But I’m sure that I have found the way
Think carefully my friend
Of the days which were I’m happy here and here I’ll stay
Think carefully my friend
So long and lonely
You’ve got to think carefully my friend
‘Till the longer shadows
I should’ve thought carefully my friend
And all the golden meadows
Told me that the time had come A GLIMPSE OF GLORY
For us to love again
DOES ANYTHING MATTER
(demo of Woman Of The World)
IT’S UP TO YOU
BLACK-HEARTED LADY
Once was a boy from Dubrovnik
Who insisted on pissing in public Twisted images and broken promises
Reading between the lines I find One long crisis day after day
You don’t mean what you say When asked for his reason
He said it’s the season Hidden secrets and empty words
You cheated and you lied Without any truth to light the way
And how you made me hurt inside For farting and changing the subject

Did you ever meet the kind of a lady Is that what love is ...
You turned my days into darkest nights
And rearranged my dreams She lives her whole life saying maybe
Running here and there as she pleases You won’t stop trying
You’re just not what you seem But you can’t stop crying
Black-hearted lady Not a thought for the people she teases
You say you’re looking
Though she never thinks of settling down But you still can’t see
I’m from the land You throw the cards
So you won’t understand my grief She’ll spend time
Turning your head around And you read the stars
I’ve lived in vain belief But only love can make it
In a world of poisoned words But don’t let your heart start dancing
The lady don’t waste no time romancing What you want it to be because
And everywhere I look
I find no answer to my prayer You know what love is ...
You’re just not there Are you mine or are you
Black-hearted lady A woman of the world
Are you really so different It’s up to you
Fom all the other girls Only you can make it grow
Do you care that I care It’s up to you
About the things that you do Hold on tight, don’t let it go, oh no!
Does anything matter to you
Does anything matter to you
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

You think you’re somewhere ONE TENDER MOMENT SHAKEY GROUND

But you’re going nowhere
It’s all an illusion or that’s what you say Well you can do what you wanna do Another victim lying in the street
There’s always a risk And you can say what you wanna say Just another statistic on the news
In an affair of the heart And you can be what you wanna be Tonight another mother
If depends on the price On any given day Cries herself to sleep
You’re prepared to pay How many more must she lose?
You can see what you choose to see
I know what love is ... And you can be who you wanna be You know he was her first born baby boy
But I’m gonna be the first in line Yes, he was her pride and joy
When you give your heart away But now all that’s left is a memory
Of the pain and sorrow
MOVING IN Suddenly - that’s how you came to me
Out of the blue into my hurting heart Where’s the value of the human life?
I’ve been standing on the edge Lord, no one knows now
For a little too long For one tender moment What is wrong or right
Waiting for the door to be opened You came into my life
I’ve been hanging on the brink And showed me how good it feels And now you’re standing
Biding my time To be alive when love is in my heart Standing on shakey ground
Wondering if the spell would be broken That’s why we’re standing
I’ve seen a million words For one tender moment Standing on shakey ground
Of wisdom lost in the wind I knew that you loved me
Heard the voices of the But now I’m alone Politicians say they’ve got a plan
Desperate and the dreamers With just the emptiness They know exactly what we need
And I knew that any moment I feel when we’re apart But no amount of money can buy love
They’d be calling my name to For one tender moment We need a reason to believe
See if I was ready for the game
I never spent any time alone How many children
So I’m moving, moving in the for kill Though I had felt like I was on my own Must die on the street?
Got a date with a man I never wanted to let go Lord, before they start to understand?
Who says he’ll watch me fall I had too much to loose What we need is some help from above
Gonna take this chance I never felt like my life was mine We must seek a higher plan
I’m moving in for the kill I was so tired out of killing time
This time I’m gonna have it all I felt so lost, so totally lost Heavenly father, I know you hear our cry
So completely confused And I know you are listening
I’m moving in And it comes as no surprise
And I won’t make no mistake
For the kill Now we’re standing
I’m gonna see what I can take GUARD YOUR HEART Standing on shakey ground ...
I’m moving in
Now that my time’s come around I can look in your eyes
For the kill And tell that there’s pain deep inside
I’m going up and It’s something that you THINK TWICE (Is It The
I’m never coming down Can’t disguise from me Music Or The Man)
You see, I’ve had my share
Got the songs in my pocket Of pain and sorrow to bear He could have had most anything
The ideas in my head We always believed we’re the only one He could have had it all
I’m looking for a little inspiration
Put his hands on life and love
It isn’t just the money But there’s a voice deep inside Let’em go and watched’em fall
That gets me out of bed That says don’t give up But the spotlight never
I’ve got to have a little motivation Keep on tryin’, you gotta... Shone upon his heart
I ain’t got no grand illusion
You got to know him on the stage
I’m better than the rest Guard your heart Where you watched him play his part
But there’s a fire in my heart It is a treasure so treat it that way
That makes me wanna be the best You’ve gotta guard your heart Soon, like him
I’ve got my finger on the trigger No need to hurry The world was at your feet
I know where I wanna be Before you give it away Seemed it never had to end
And everything is ready
You claim you gave him everything
As far as I can see I know the way that you feel But you forgot to be his friend
You’re thinking that this love is real When you get so trapped inside it all
Moving in ... For the kill ... And without her life just can’t go on I wonder if you can
I know this feeling is strong Find a way to separate
But you’ll find that Life still goes on The music and the man
True love is a treasure worth waiting for

So don’t give up faith

You must remember to
Always pray and it will ...
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

When the trouble comes Carry me on your wings, Lord You say you’ve given up
And you have to know it will Carry me on your wings of freedom You won’t drink from that cup
He’ll be looking for Carry me on your wings, Lord Statistics say you’re right
Much more than consolation Carry me from here to there You’ve chosen not to fight
When the tide turns You’re on a ship of fools
And there’s no place left to run I opened up my heart today You’re sailing out tonight
Something or someone And Jesus was inside But deep in your heart
Is gonna have to take the blame I thanked him for his presence there You know that I’m right
And this was His reply
You’d better think twice Sometimes I don’t think we appreciate
There’s gonna have to be a sacrifice I am here, each and everyday What we’ve got until it is much too late
What will be the first to go As you sleep and as you pray
Not the music, that I know I’ll protect you and I’ll love you
You’d better think twice Just believe in me
Or you’ll have to pay a high price THE COST OF LOVING
Time to open up your eyes I opened up my life today
Are you in love or are you hypnotized And saw the highs and lows In the heat of the night
Is it the music or the man? And I prayed, my God When my heart is burnin’
Forgive me for the wrong roads And I’m thinking out loud
That I chose Without too much to say
Gotta soul full of need
GET A LINE He said that’s all behind you now Passion and yearnin’
Through your faith in my own son But there’s always a high price to pay
Get a line, on the Lord So believe in all that you will do
On his way and on his word Don’t repeat what you have done Why, when I need a little understanding
Get a line, ‘cause when you do Do I feel like I’m asking too much
You know his love and peace For I’m with you each and every day To make you reach for your heart
Will fall upon you As you work and as you play I gotta reach in my pocket
I’ll protect you and I’ll love you When all that I need is your touch
Take a little time every morning Just believe in me
Such a perfect way to start your day It’s the high - the high cost of lovin’ you
Hold him in your prayers I opened up my eyes today It’s the high - the high cost of lovin’ you
And say you love him And Christ was all around High cost of lovin’ you
Then take him with you on your way And I prayed, Oh Lord
Give me your song I want a permanent place
Some days are hard, some days are easy And his voice came in a sound In somebody’s life
Sometimes we’re bad Not a high priced affair
Sometimes we’re good I will give you words and melody That’s all yours
But by calling on the name of Jesus If you will give your life to me I’m a man above all
A Christian heart can rest assured And I heard this sweet reminder I need someone to turn to
Of his promise to me Got feelings that won’t be ignored
There’ll be times of doubt
Times of trouble I’ll protect you and I love you Now there’s no turning back
‘Cause the sin of man disturbs the peace Just believe in me No running away
But, once you taste Don’t they say that once bitten, twice shy
The Lord’s forgiveness And there’s no point in talking
You’ll know his love fills all your needs You’ve got nothing to say
WIN OR LOSE You’ve got nothing that I want to buy
Get a Line, on the Lord
On his way and on his word You heard some people say It’s the high - the high cost of lovin’ you
Get a line, hold on tight Love will find a way The price is too high
And may the peace of God But then they stab your back The high cost of lovin’ you
Be your delight The very next day
And may the love of God What’s this all about? The high cost of lovin’ you ...
Be yours tonight You begin to have your doubts
But when they do you wrong
That’s when you become strong
THE RETURN
BELIEVE IN ME Everybody’s got a part to play
I know How low will you go
Carry me on your wings, Lord Everybody’s got something to say To be part of the show
Carry me on your wings of love For sure Are you willing to leave God behind
Carry me on your wings, Lord But when it comes to what part you play Do you think you can ride
Carry me from here to there You choose do you win or lose? On your ego and pride
With your faith out of sight
Carry me on your wings, Lord And out of mind
Carry me on your wings of peace
Carry me on your wings, Lord
Carry me from here to there
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

I want you to know OVERTURE: ”LA TRISTEZA There was a time when
I don’t want you to wait SECRETA DE UN CORAZON I really had lost my way
I want you to know before it’s too late When I didn’t know the time or place
GITANO” (Pt. 2) Looked around without
Do you know who to trust (instrumental) An answer anywhere
As you life turns to dust Included only on 2002 revised version. And I never thought to try a prayer
Will it be the beginning or the end?
With eternity to loose Came a day when I found out
Be careful as you choose Who to trust
Whether God is your enemy JESUS (Again & Again) And he’s waiting there for all of us
Or your friend Included only on 2002 revised version. Put my faith in the blood of Jesus Christ
And in his sacrifice, he paid the price
He’s going to return Jesus - I’m not fit to say your name And he’s who I know
The tide is gonna turn Jesus - All I do is cause you pain
You can choose to live and learn Jesus – On the cross you bore my blame
Or you can crash and burn Jesus - And all I can do is turn to you
But he’s going to return Again and again and again RUNNING BLIND
And again and again
Will you be ready when he comes
To feel the thunder of his drums Your hand in my life
Will you be ready for the call My life in your hands
You can stand or you can fall
OVERTURE: ”LA TRISTEZA
My every breath within your plan
He’s gonna take it all I give you control SECRETA DE UN CORAZON
Of my heart and my soul GITANO” (Pt. 1)
Sure, you can hold And all that I am is at your command (instrumental)
All your silver and gold
If you think it will do you any good No more secrets, no more lies
But on your judgement day No turning back and no compromise
There is no price you can pay No more empty promises PRELUDE: A MINOR LIFE
For it was paid No more of my plans
Not in gold but in blood I’ve laid it all on my father’s hands
(instrumental)
Jesus …

You gave me my life

THE JOY OF KNOWING Brought me into your light OUT OF MY CONTROL
JESUS The joy that was bought at such a price
In my every breath I know you are there The empty conversation
My freedom is in the blood of Christ The coldness of your touch
There is nothing like
The moments of frustration
The joy of knowing Jesus
That always hurt so much
Believe in him
The look in your eyes that seems to say
There’s nothing he can’t do
(Because Of) WHO I KNOW Nothing’s ever enough
No, there’s nothing like
Well it seems like I’ve tried every way
The joy of knowing Jesus Included only on 2002 revised version.
To give you all my love
So walk with him and
Let him walk with you I was living on a tighest rope around
But it’s out of my control
I really didn’t know where to go
It’s all up to you
Once upon a time I thought I had it all Now I’m living in
Yes, it’s out of my control
Everything a man’s heart could desire The brightest hope I found
What you gonna do
I didn’t see the truth ‘til I began to fall And it’s all because of who I know
Everything I say, everything I do
And I prayed Lord save me from the fire
Never seems to satisfy you
Now I know that there’s no other way Many days when I couldn’t tell
So I’ll say it again, I’m gonna let you go
Gotta turn from sin and Right from wrong
It’s up to you
Give my heart to him And I couldn’t even find a song
‘Cause it’s out of my control
Oh, joy I’m saved by his sacrifice There was a sadness in my heart
And by the grace of God I can only win But I knew just where to stop
I’ve felt this strange resistance
And where to go
To the things I’ve said and done
Don’t be concerned Because of who I know
And I’ve tried to keep my distance
You’ll have to change your life
I knew there was something wrong
Believe in him, he’ll do it for you I can dance at the speed of light
But without communication
And don’t wait for troubled times Because of who I know
Without a message from your heart
To call on him And I can sing to the beat of my heart
There’s only empty expectation
Through thick and thin Because of who I know
And a love that’s torn apart
He won’t ignore you And I will love you every day of my life
Because of who I know
I only wonder why I waited so long Who I know
Precious time has come and gone
But I’m here now
‘Cause he was watching me
He’s holding me and I can’t go wrong
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

YOU’VE GOT IT (The Well, they picked him off the streets A LITTLE PIECE OF ME
American Dream) And put him straight into the light (Julia’s Song)
Said we’re gonna name
The series after you
One by one, two by two It makes me laugh to see you smile
We’re gonna show them
We all step out into the human zoo And I’m so sad when you cry
How a loser turned into a winner
Three by three and four by four And it’s easy to see, this came to be
Go on Finney, show ‘em what you can do
We’ve all got ours but we still want more ‘Cause you’re a little piece of me
Six by six and five by five
Well it all went as planned
It’s success we want, dead or alive Once upon a time, I really wondered
He was an overnight success
Seven by seven, eight by eight If you were gonna happen at all
And year after year
I’m alright jack and I ain’t gonna wait But in the back of my mind
Was filled with promise
There you were all the time
He had all that he required
It’s real fright, it’s real white And now you’re on my knee
But it wasn’t all his heart desired
It’s in your neighbourhood tonight
And he sometimes found it hard
It ain’t cheap, it’s no escape Well, your momma and me
Just being honest
It’s here and now, the devil’s rape We wondered and we prayed
And your little heart grew stronger
Fame is fortune’s prison
You want it, you’ve got it As we waited for your day
It’s so easy getting in
It’s all yours, the American dream You were a little late arriving
But it’s a different story
So we took some time
Trying to change direction
It’s in the air, it’s in the street Deciding on your name - Julia …
So Finney turned to drinking
Just one hit, your image complete
And he started his downhill slide
I know ‘cause I’ve already been there
Just another lost to add to life’s collection
An empty pocket and an empty head
No-one listens to a word you’ve said FREE SPIRIT
And of course they all put Finney down
Just give it up and dish it out
Said he’d lost all his ambition
They’ll make you think When I was young
But to me he was a giant among men
That they really care And my spirit was free to ride
For out of all his heartache
And his see-through reputation No-one I knew had anything to hide
Finney just wanted to be Finney again But all of this is changing with the days
I walked into a disillusioned maze
THE FINAL SOLUTION La la la …
Those lazy, crazy, mellow, yellow days
So the game goes on and on Are lost in a so-called sophisticated haze
Still no way of telling right from wrong And I can still remember being care-free
Who will deal the killing blow And no one knows it better than me
And who will be the first to go
I CLOSE MY EYES
‘Cause I’m a free spirit
When I think about
Your life, my life And I’m looking for a place to run
The distance between us
So full of love, so short of sight A free spirit on the wind
And how hard it is at times
Awaiting execution - the final solution And a free spirit needs to be complete
Here on my own
I’ve got to have the world at my feet
Then I think about your smile
See the players and the game
About our love and, in a while
Win or lose it’s still the same Now my time has come and
I close my eyes and I’m not alone
Pain and death are up for sale I’m dealing with here and now
And no-one lives to tell the tale And I’m gonna have to
Though my footsteps fall
Take care of it somehow
My love won’t ever stumble
I know you don’t know me And I don’t intend to wait
Through a thousand miles a day
So what are you trying to show me For the cover of night
My love won’t tire
You’re dealing so much sorrow The only way I know is
For with each passing day
Who said you could have my tomorrow To stand up and fight
I pray that our love is here to stay
And then I close my eyes
I’m a free spirit
And kiss you goodnight
And I’m looking for a place to run
FINNEY’S TALE A free spirit on the wind
Sometimes I whisper your name
And a free spirit needs to be complete
Or dream awhile, a lonely lovers’ game
Finney was a fighter I’ve got to have the world at my feet
All I’m trying to say is
He had both feet on the ground That I love you in my way
He was a regular guy And though the days seem long
Just like you and me I’ll soon be coming home
But Finney’s change of fortune
Waited just around the corner As I leave my song
He was just about to meet his destiny My heart remains with you, my love
There really are no more words
That I can find
For my love, you are my life
You are the colour in my sight
And when I close my eyes
You fill my mind
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

LET ME BE ME And it’s not a false illusion THE LAST DANCE

I can see what’s going on
Well, I tried to do it your way If the magic’s really gone
And I tried to do it right Then this is not where I belong
But no matter what I do CRYING
It seems it’s different every night And I ask myself the questions
And I tried to do it their way That confusion seems to bring
I’m crying
Tried to play by all their rules While the answers stay so thin
From deep in my soul
But nine times out of ten Upon the ground where I begin
To the core of my heart
I’d find I’m meddling with fools I’m crying
There’s a whole lotta people out there And I’m crying
Telling me what’s wrong TELL ME For the door to close so
But when it comes right down to it I can make a new start
I’ll do what must be done Tell me, tell me, tell me I’m crying
Am I the one you love
Let me be me, like black is black Tell me, tell me, tell me I’m trying
And you are you Is it me you’re thinking of To understand it all
Let me be me, stop trying to How I missed the call
Change my point of view Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me I’m trying
Let me be free to live my life Tell me, tell me, tell me true
The way I choose And I’m dying
Please don’t keep me waiting From the pain inside
Well, you don’t even talk to me Don’t keep me hanging on And all the tears I’ve cried
All you do is dictate I’m through with mild persuading I’m dying
You never learned to give I’ve been standing still too long
‘Cause it’s much easier to take I wanna hold you again
You wake up in the morning Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me ‘Till the nightmare ends
And you bow to the machine All I’m trying to do is find the truth Let our love wash away the lost years
But I won’t worship anything All I’m asking you to do is help me I wanna kiss you again
Just because it’s green Just one time so I can make my move I wanna kill the pain
And swim in the flood of our tears
You can take your But I can’t do that now
Narrow-minded theories and run Because you’re far away from me
‘Cause when it comes right down to it I WON’T CHANGE I let you go somehow and now
I’ll do what must be done Included only on special limited edition. It’s much too late to see the light
Let me be me … Don’t keep me running around One mistake, is that all it takes
I’m trying to keep my feet on the ground To erase the love of my life
Stop filling my heart with empty dreams Seems insane that one moment’s shame
‘Cause, deep down, I’m a regular guy Can wipe out all that I’ve done right
I DON’T WANNA WAIT I laugh a lot but I know how to cry And I tried, how I tried
I don’t wanna be anyone else but me Still our love found a place to hide
I don’t wanna wait until tomorrow And I’ve tried, God knows I’ve tried
I don’t wanna wait another day And I won’t change Still our love left and died
I don’t wanna live with all this sorrow I’ll just try to stay the same
I’ll just have to find another way And if you feel a difference
It’s in what you choose to see
Seeing as how you’ve kept me Some of those changes LETTING GO
Hanging around for all this time Are a little too hard for me
Playing with my mind and leaving So I pray my love will see me through Images of Nikki Lynn came drifting
All our love behind Through my head this morning
The next step isn’t easy to find Long forgotten memories
Well it’s time for a decision ‘Cause with all this love on my mind From oh, so long ago
Should I stay or should I go All that I can think about is you And it made me start to wonder
I need our love to grow If all you’re asking is a little more time Why it is this often happens
But there’s so much I need to know If all you need is to make up your mind And why we have a problem
I can only remind you that I love you Sometimes simply letting go
‘Cause in my heart and in my head
Are thoughts of how it used to be What value lies within the past
But a world of memories What use is waiting there?
Is only emptiness to me Why spend so much time wondering
When perhaps I shouldn’t care?
Do the lessons of our past mistakes
Really make the future brighter?
Is it something I should dwell upon
Is it something I should share?
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

Why can’t I let go SECOND CHANCE (A New People saying I should’ve seen the sign
Why can’t I let go Beginning) You think that playing with lives
Is not a crime
I will let go No matter how hard you try
There’s a hole in our love
I will let go I will survive
Don’t know where it came from
I will let go ‘Cause the moment of truth
Or how it got there
I will let go… ooh Has just arrived
There’s a hole in my heart
And there’s no way to live
We all have things that we’re convinced
With the pain there
We can’t live without
Joined at the hip to a sinking ship THE VOICE OF LOVE
Can we go back in time
Surrounded by a sea of doubt
Can we go back and find
Our reach should be bigger No matter where you are
All the bridges we crossed
Than our grip on temporary satisfaction You’ll hear my voice calling out to you
All the love we lost
Make the finite infinite What else can I do
The past behind us When my heart is beating
We knew something was wrong
Lessons learned, a course of action Slightly out of tune
And we both should have seen it coming
We kept cruising along You will know the sound
Now I must let go The voice of love
Until nothing turned into something
Now I must let go So pure and crystal clear
Can we have it again Trying to let you know that
Can we even be friends I’ve seen enough of living
Do we have enough time Without you here
GIVE ME A REASON Or is this how it ends
Somewhere in my heart a fire is burning
I was downtown drinking with the boys I believe in love forever And the flame will never die
All of a sudden coming out of the noise I believe in us together While I watch the wheel of
One of my so-called friends We can’t waste another minute Fortune turning
About ruined the night Forget all this, there’s nothing in it And the long nights passing by
Ain’t it funny how the time
He told me you’ve been seen around Think about the love we’ve tasted Seems to go so slow
Told me you’ve been playing the town Forget about the time we’ve wasted When you’re looking
Seemingly without respect No more losing, only winning Through a crystal ball
For the fact that you’re mine A second chance, a new beginning And I have to rely on the voice of love
And hope you hear my call
If you think you’re coming back to me We leave it all in the past
You’re adding insult to injury Behind us at last So long ago, so far away
You better try your luck some other day Keep on holding my hand So strong was the love that we shared
The original plan And now I find myself standing here
When you can give me a reason Seeing just how much I cared
Give me a reason ‘Cause your love is the only love
Give me a reason - a reason to stay I’ll ever want or need
Give me a reason to stay I KNOW WHO YOU ARE So listen to the voice of love
Listen to my plea
The more I realise the more it hurts
Don’t try to control me
You’re out there acting The voice of love
Don’t try to console me
Like some smalltown flirt
Don’t bother to write or call
Telling me you’re spending your nights
‘Cause I’ve heard it all before
Dreaming of me
You had me fooled for a short time GIVE ‘EM WHAT THEY
You’re asking me to overlook WANT
With your empty words and
Asking me to let you off the hook
Your fine lines
Well obviously that’s not
But it ain’t happening anymore Don’t ask them what they’re looking for
The way it’s gonna be
‘Cause I know who you are Don’t ask them why
‘Cause they can’t really tell you
You’re so busy making up my mind
You said you’d help me Right from wrong
I’m gonna do it in my own sweet time
To turn my life around An educated guess will be
Come back baby when you’ve got
All you did was to turn it upside down The best you’ll get
Something better to say
I can’t believe that I gave you ‘Cause without a soul they’ll never find
So much trust The heart of a song
Now you’re trying to
Turn my rock to dust Don’t waste your time imagining
You’re getting through
Don’t kid yourself that anybody cares
It doesn’t make a difference
What you try to do
Just don’t waste your time
Get it straight in your mind
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

Give ‘em what they want You are the sun, you are the moon THE LAST DANCE (El Gitano
Give ‘em what they’re looking for You are my imagination Viejo)
Just give ‘em what they want We’re gonna win, we just can’t lose
And send them away Not with all this inspiration
I met a sad old gypsy
On the road to Berlin
They can try and take our stuff
By chance I got to spend
But they can’t touch this special love
A little time with him
WHO KNOWS We’re together come what may
We shared a few life stories
And no matter what they say
On that dusty old train
Who knows who’s to blame for it So I thought I’d take a minute
Who knows who will pay for it Just to share them again with you
And who knows how it came to be
In whose name and by what decree DID YOU KNOW He talked of all the twists and turns
He’d taken in life
Is there something out there On Christmas Day we celebrate And how his spirit clung to God
Bigger than you and me That Jesus Christ was born To do what was right
Is there someone somewhere Our lives are filled with special things Sure he got the prize but
That we can’t see who knows We dance from dusk to dawn He never counted the cost
I felt his pain as he shared with me
Do you know what you’re doing here But did you know he also died for you All that he had lost
What did you see in your father’s tears Did you know he paid a price for you
Anything to show for all these years Do you know him as If you could only see what was
Can you really hear a thing The greatest gift of all There in his eyes
Through the endless cheer An eternity of wandering
We remind ourselves of fairy tales In search of the prize
There is something out there A reindeer on a ride He’d had it all, the money
Bigger than you and me And we wrap the toys with love and care All the fame and romance
There is someone quite near Preparing for that special night And now he shed a tear as
That we can see He faced the last dance
But did you know that Jesus died for you
Maybe I shouldn’t think so much Did you know he paid a price for you The blessing comes but once he said
Maybe I shouldn’t care Do you know him as But it’s not for you, it must be shared
Maybe I’m a little out of touch The greatest gift of all And if you keep it to yourself
Who knows, who cares You’ll be no use to anyone else
And did you know that everyone And he who gives will take away
Who knows what’s in store for us Will meet him in the end And you will face the same dark day
Who decides peace or war for us Did you know he really loves you That even now is all my pain
When god wants so much more for us And he wants to be your friend I’ll never have this dance again
You decide who you’re gonna trust Did you know that a simple prayer
Will bring you all his love Chances, dances
You wanna know who this hombre is Did you know… Did you know… How quickly this life passes
You wanna live in the light All our hopes and all our dreams
You wanna feel the spirit’s kiss So Christmas comes and Christmas goes Get lost in all our selfish schemes
Even though you tried to take his life But Christ himself will stay You see, it’s not about you
If you let him live inside your heart It’s not about me
Who knows… God knows… It’s Christmas every day It’s about loving something we can’t see
It’s all about what we are willing to share
For he came to earth to die for you It’s about our hearts and who lives there
He came to pay a price for you
DANCING Do you know him as As the train rolled into the city
The greatest gift of all He shook his head as if to say
You are my life, you are my love It’s your turn now, just know the game
You’re the heart that beats within me That you’re about to play
You’re the one I’ll never leave And it seemed as if right there and then
You’re what makes my life worth living A light came to his eyes
As he exchanged the dance of life
And if the worst should come For a far better prize
And we must move to a different drum
We’ll take it anyway And so the tired old gypsy
‘Cause no matter what they say Drifted slowly away
Beaten by the game
We’ll be dancing with the wind He’d taught so many to play
Dancing with the rain He said “I’d do it all again
Dancin’ to the beat of my heart If I had the chance”
Dancin’ to the melody But I’m ready now for one more bow
Ringin’ in my head I’ll take the last dance
Nothing’s gonna keep us apart
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

COLD AUTUMN SUNDAY THE GODS / GENESIS You’re my life, you’re my heart
I’ll never find a girl
You’re my life, you’re my heart
Sweeter in this world
You’re my life, you’re my heart
ROMANCE TOWARDS THE SKIES Gotta find a way
You’re my life, you’re my heart
In the early morning just at daybreak Ah ... Towards the skies
The thing to you I say
I am faced with the steps that I must take Ah ... Towards the skies
And I know we can't be together
No, not today, tomorrow or forever Turn your face to the wall
That’s where I’ll be
As in a dream I turn for a moment In the crack of the paint LOOKING GLASS
I feel the joy of that our love meant My eyes you’ll see
It hurts to know that we can't be together Locked away in my mind I must be free When she looks in
Not today, tomorrow or forever The looking glass on the wall
Reason with myself I find She can see she’s the fairest of them all
I can only dream now Life is treating me unkind Makes me do anything
Of New York and Paris Has me on a string
And of the days in my Run the fields of green And there isn’t anything I can do
Grand Moscow palace And touch the ground La la la la la la ...
I won't forget, I will always remember Zipping on my ears to hear a sound
Though you are gone Picking things to see up from the ground She’s there on a place no-one else above
Not just for now but forever There’s no chance of her loving me
The way I love her
We will never forget What in the world is left to do
Hallelujah, Hallelujah … She’s crying out for someone new
CANDLE’S GETTING And there isn’t anything I can do
SHORTER La la la la la la ...
Don't say goodbye my love
Our hearts sadly yearning
And the candle’s getting shorter
Can it be true you won't be returning
And the flame has nearly gone
The way you said we cannot be together
You didn’t love me like you MISLEADING COLOURS
No, not today, tomorrow or forever
Ought to have done
Why do I, why do I keep on crying
And I will live for you Misleading colours, misleading colours
Why do I, why do I keep on crying
In every lonely place Misleading colours for the eye to see
In every moment's sleep
How long will the sadness last
I will see your face Raving colours going ‘round my mind
Will it be too long before it’s past
But as I reach out and try Filling my eyes till I go blind
How I’ve been so hopelessly out class
To touch your hand Colours are followed by the score
Since our love died
You're not there My eyes can’t focus anymore
I’ve cried and cried and I cried
Oh God, how can I understand
Since our love died
Wishing a wish that won’t come true
I’ve cried and cried and I cried
And so farewell to a love so forsaken Doing things that you want to do
A sad hello to the steps fate has taken Seeing prisms yet to come
It doesn’t really matter
The cards are down Knowing that it’s just begun
If I wake one day and find
We cannot be together
You didn’t want to stay
But I will treasure your memory forever Misleading colours ...
My heart will just go on pretending
That I didn’t love or want you anyway
The book is closed now
We cannot be together
But in our hearts we'll have RADIO SHOW
Each other forever
We'll live apart with love together forever YOU’RE MY LIFE I got a car and I drive it
We'll live apart but love together forever All night in the rain
You’re my life, you’re my heart
A little blue horn and
In my dreams you play a part
I’ll blow it again and again
When I wake everyday
I go so quickly, quickerly, quickly
I think of words that you say
I saw a fire in the night
I’ll never find a girl
As I drove down the lane
Sweeter in this world
A little red house was ablaze
I’ve gotta find a way
As I tore down the lane
The thing to you I say
I go so quickly, quickerly, quickly
You’re my blood in my veins
Would you believe me if I said
You’re my life, you’ll never change
I’m losing my mind
You’re my life, you’re my heart
Would you believe me if I said
In my dreams you play a part
I’m losing my mind
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

You can win a candy Times were bad, had to be sad SOMEWHERE IN THE
On a fluorescent one-armed bandit Times were cruel till I met you STREET
Here in Andrew’s Nickel Bar
B-side of ‘Baby’s Rich’ single, included
If your alligator shoes can dance Hadn’t had a life, and then
as a bonus track on GENESIS cd.
The mashed potato blues You turned the light into my eyes
You’re a dandy, yes you are Now I no longer need a friend
Somewhere in the street
You can buy a custom-built You are my true paradise
I saw a face I couldn’t forget
Banana Wonder Sundae
Later in that street
Here in Andrew’s Nickel Bar Pink champagne drown my brain
I cried a tear of bitter regret
When one’s mind has no time
I can hear the pitter-pat of the rain
I reached the place where she stood
I can hear the pitter-pat of the rain
Only a moment before
Again and again
Now there’s no face
I can hear the pitter-pat of the rain TIME AND ETERNITY Only lonely shadows
And raindrops of tears
When you’re tired and blue
Think of what to do I am so tired, so tired of chasing
PLASTIC HORIZON You can’t explain your heart A face in a dream, waiting and watching
La la la la la la la la la From a lonely window
Trying to see, trying to see tomorrow It’s always the same
Listening to laughter Life has just begun
Children who do not know why I aim to touch the sun
For money I am poorer
It was on my mind, it’s on my mind La la ... HEY BULLDOG
Single a-side, included as a bonus track
Hey, we are not shadows My mind is travellin’
on GENESIS cd.
That cling to each other I know where it will be
The tides are turnin’
Sheepdog, standing in the rain
Whose eyes are prisons of sleep Through time and eternity
Bullfrog, doing it again
Whose lips are heavy with dreams
Some kind of happinness
The day has broken through
Is measured out in miles
My mind is clear to you
What makes you think you’re
My life is just a ball
Something special when you smile
FARTHING MAN La la ...
Child-like, no one understands
Give a man a penny Jack knife, in your sweaty hands
Give a man a penny Some kind of innocence
Penny for the farthing man BABY’S RICH Is measured out in years
Treat him to a penny Single a-side, included as a bonus track You don’t know what it’s like
Treat him to a penny on cd. To listen to your fears
He will do what he can
He will do what he can My my, my baby’s rich You can talk to me, you can talk to me
Little man, farthing man Girl, she buys me everything You can talk to me
Will do just what he can My my, my baby’s hitch If you’re lonely you can talk to me
Always acting like the king
Jump little man, jump high little man Big man, walking in the park
Try for another penny Money in this world isn’t everything Wigwam, frightened of the dark
Laugh little man, laugh loud little man They tell me Some kind of solitude
Or you won’t have any It’s no good acting like the king Is measured out in you
Or you won’t have any little man They tell me You think you know it
Farthing man is good for your last penny For every penny that you spend But you haven’t got a clue
You’ll allways find you loose a friend
Man in the pouring rain In the end, end, end, end! Hey bulldog ...
Has got a wet head
Something inside of him shows I’m gonna show you a different life
He’s never fed If you let me
Though it may rain or snow If money is your biggest thing REAL LOVE GUARANTEED
He’s always out there Then forget me
B-side of ‘Hey Bulldog’ single, included
Picking up pennies from people If ou’re always gonna pinch a penny
as a bonus track on GENESIS cd.
Who don’t really care When it comes to friends
You won’t have any
Don’t waist all your time
In the end, end, end, end!
Mess up your mind looking for dreams

I NEVER KNOW Oh, oh, la la la ...

Stop looking so sad
Life’s not as bad as it may seem
Never knew what time it was
Till I saw you hanging around
Never knew the time because
My head was stuck deep in the ground
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

If you pay the right price HE’S GROWING Sammy, Sammy don’t hesitate
I’ve got love that you can buy She loves you now
Or charge is a little love in return When we wakes in the morning But her love won’t wait
Good love, real love, guaranteed And opens up his eyes You’ve got to start thinkin’
Good love, real love, guaranteed Sun is rising in the sky Of your future life
Another day will soon pass by So make a lady from Dover your wife
Just before you start breaking your heart And he won’t know the reason
Look back at me Why he’s growing A golden band and a few chosen words
From a christian man who was in charge
Climb out of the crowd This same boy, now he’s older Of the church at the time
Cast up your shadow, set yourself free Laughs at his young days For a lady from Dover
Because he’s changed in many ways It was very soon over
Passed the stage of playground toys Her name was Jay and it had changed
And all the games of little boys At the drop o fa hat, fancy that
THE GODS / TO SAMUEL Puts away his jigsaw puzzles At the drop of a hat
A SON And all his favourite colouring books
Lady, lady, hold my hand ...
Oh ... he’s growing, Oh ... he’s growing
Isn’t that a shame
His childhood dreams are almost gone
TO SAMUEL A SON But he won’t complain PENNY DEAR
It will all come true as time goes on
On a clear day in May Penny dear, wish you could be here
When the sun was out to play Thirteen years have passed by Sammy’s far away
And the children all made hay Sammy dreams of love He’ll be back one day
Samuel J. was heard to say And his mind’s in imagination He thinks of you
“I’ve got a son“ Fills his head with promises of Hope you’re thinking of him
Endless days of grown up ways He’s feeling bad, you’re feeling sad
All the neighbourhood could hear Just a little complication
Everybody far and near This celebration has to end Penny dear, it’s plain and clear
And they all let out a cheer You’re both far apart
Sammy’s son was gonna Oh ... he’s growing Your thoughts are in his heart
Grow into a man You write each day
And he reads what you say
Years and years long the J’s Though you’re sad, it’s not so bad
Had longed for a son
Someone they could show
STICKING WINGS ON FLIES
You know he loves you and it’s true
The world as their own You know he needs you, only you
Sammy’s gone to find the job
Sticking wings on flies You know he loves you and it’s true
Building clouds for thunderstorms You know he needs you, only you
Growing apple pie
8 O’CLOCK IN THE Penny dear, the time is near
MORNING This could be the end He is on his way, only one more day
Of beautiful baby dreams You’ve been alone
8 o’clock in the morning Getting old before his time And now he’s coming home
Everybody’s yawning Or that’s the way it seems No falling tears when he appears
School bell is ringing He is faced with Failure’s ocean
Little voices singing Devils’ evil schemes

“All things bright and beautiful” Sammy had the chance LONG TIME, SAD TIME,
To make it in one year BAD TIME
Growing up believing Everyone hustled
Till it’s time for leaving Trying to find him a nice career Listen baby, he’s coming home
All he’s been concerning But he’s so tired of hang-ups searchin’ Where he belongs
His ambitions burning He’s leaving here So stop your weeping
And on the high tide
ABC and XYZ, 2 by 2 and 3 by 3 He’ll be by your side
He is learning In the bed he always used to sleep in
Learn to choose, to win and loose LADY LADY
Grown up life can be so new So stop your wonderin’, guessin’
He’s learning He closed his eyes and pretended to sleep Sammy J. is coming home
And he dreamed a dream It’s been a long time, sad time
Of a lady to love day after day Bad time living on your own
To walk down the aisle
And say: “I’ll be your lover“ For your sadness will turn to gladness
And there’ll be no other for me By the time you count
Or for you, or for us One hundred and ten, girl
Watch your baby, cook the dinner
Listen for the bell, and then, girl
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

All the years you’ve been crying An end, yet life begins Layaround and left upon
All the time you’ve felt like dying He looses but he wins The hurly-shurley-burly
All you really needed was to be Sammy will live on Always welcome on the hurdy gurdy
Beside the one you love In the shadow of his own son Don’t forget that whisky makes
Your hair grow curly
And it swells inside to make
Your brain go whirly
FIVE TO THREE YES I CRY We can make a good time
Boozy, groozy, lose it, hit that thing!
Sammy and his wife living city life If she brings me down what can I do
From eight till six every day There’d be nothing left if I lost you
Fourtynine years and more
They’ve spent in the big town store If she makes me sad and goes away MOMMA I NEED
With never a morning away (She makes me sad)
There’d be nothing left for me to say Momma I need your shoulder to cry on
All at once the day approaches Bring it on home for me to rely on
Sammy knows it’s time to leave And so I cry, cry, cry, yes I cry Momma I need your bed to lie on
One thing playing on his mind is Though I try, try, try not to cry I’m sure my time has come
Do they know how he will grieve I cry
Here I stand, a broken man
But Sammy needn’t sigh Crying hurts me and it can hurt you too A lifesize illustration of
His days have not passed by (Crying hurts me too) A fallen favourite son
Without being noticed at all So you know it’s only up to you And I lay deep in sleep of a lonely kind
At nearly five to three And sadness reflecting misery
The manager wants to see Sammy In my heart I know it hurt to stay
In his office by the hall (Inside my heart) Good morning, sorrow
Time stood still, moved Today I’m going out ot borrow
“Please accept this gift we offer Then she went away Just a little of the sun
Thank you for your loyal years“ From someone else’s life
Then it’s over, the store is silent But the way to happiness
Sammy cries devoted tears Is gonna be closed again
GROOZY And so I begin to feel it just the same
What will Sammy do
His working life is through Standing outside in the rain In her heart a million ways to love
But the firm must have cared after all Blown all my money again In her head a thousand poisoned dreams
A part of him has died Shining in the gutter Just for the first time
But he still has the pride The neon lights can flutter again This has got to be the last time
Of five to three in the office by the hall I can’t get down any further
Sam steppede outside the arcade
Have you read the morning paper Whispered, man, we’ve got it made Pain and dreams are hand-in-hand
Did you see my picture there I just got the invite and we won’t But who holds the answer I need
Have you seen the watch I’m wearing Spend our whole night un-laid Where is my turning in life’s long road
Given to me on that day Did I take a side-lane to this hell I’m in
Something is wrong
I don’t feel like I should Momma I need your shoulder to cry on
I know you’ve tried Bring it on home for me to rely on
AUTUMN And if I understood Momma I need your bed to lie on
I’d explain the whole thing
Oh, how the days fly by And I’d come if I could
Never stopping for a minute But something is wrong
While he cries, no, no, no You better forget it, forget it, forget it! CANDLELIGHT
But no tears fill his eyes
And no sighs or goodbyes And I know something is wrong By the sun and candlelight
To the world that is (Something is wrong) Wandered through a misty night
Treating him badly It won’t let me, you go alone In a dream not long ago I saw her
(We’re going on) In a dream not long ago
Now his autumn years Said I know something is wrong
To cloud his mind with fears (Something is wrong) I walked all around the town
He knows his time has come I’ve lost the tune of my song Thinking she might be around
Life is almost gone In a dream not long ago I saw her
So believe me when I whisper In a dream not long ago
As life leaves the strongest fighter dead It’s so groozy
And the figures of All you hippy happy chicks Foolish heart of mine going out to find
Past years approach his bed Are really choosy Someone who is never there
Shared those sorrow on this day Try to make it and forget How am I to know if she’ll care at all
As he passes away About the sad scene For someone who’s never there
Samuel J is the name they’ll remember You can tell Farukh the King’s
A nasty has-been
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

LOVELY ANITA Good lord of life and precious sight I’ve seen fightin’, people dyin’
Keep out the storm, try to keep me warm Politicians lyin’
Lovely Anita, I’d love you to meet her Take my soul, I’m slowin’ down
Her eyes are as deep as a wishing well ‘Cause I love to live and I live to love
Her eyes are so pure In the sweet morning light
And her lips are so cool
I love her forever and ever BEFORE I DIE
She makes my heart bleed LONELY SHIP Let me see one summer before I die
When she knows that I need Free my heart from weary fortune
The good things in life Where, oh where shall I look my love Let me see the light with the stars at night
That I know she can give Where in the world With not of deserving
And when we’re alone To find a thousand battle ships These clouds at its side
And there’s no-one the same With all their flags and furl Before I die
I tell her I love her again and again ..
Will the will of life for me today Bring no tales of hidden meaning
Yes, I know Anita is mine Can a log so sadly sink Please don’t speak to me of war
Lips like strawberry wine Of the love we found and cast away These are things my heart rejected
Yes, I know Anita is mine That was my everything Oh, forever, never
Mine till the end of time Never cause me pain again
I’m not saying that I’ll die for you Before I die
Lovely Anita, I’m going to meet her I’m not saying that I long
She waits for me down by What I mean is I will look for you What’s the use of a life without love
The trees near the lane For it’s you who has my soul With our love is everything
And when we’re alone There’s no place for it here or above
And there’s no-one around Far, so far into the empty night Yes, love is everywhere
We make love again and again ... My lonely ship will sail
Oh, before I die
Lovely Anita ... Going to meet her ... Where there’s life, there must be love
In this world and the next
And paths along which lovers walk
Whom happiness returns WEED (instumental)
MARIA
Single a-side, included as a bonus track
on TO SAMUEL A SON cd.
MY DREAM HEAD MACHINE /
Maria - I just met a girl named Maria
And suddenly that name In my dream I saw ahead ORGASM
Will never be the same to me Another thousand years
I saw the vision of a world in fear
Maria - I just kissed a girl named Maria In my dream
And suddenly I’ve found CLIMAX
How wonderful a sound can be And I saw the battle at
The whole world lost Babe - don’t wanna wait itfor so long
Maria And left no-one to sit and count the cost Babe - don’t wanna
Say it loud and there’s music playing In my dream Make me come on strong
Say it soft and it’s almost like praying I can’t - I can’t believe you’re really near
But my head was flying high I can’t - I can’t believe you’re really near
Maria - I’ll never stop saying Maria Above the tired strife
I saw beyond the actual waste of life Surely - the feeling cannot last too long
In my dream Truly - it’s a moment then it’s gone
Climax - I can’t believe it’s really here
WEED / WEED ! Climax - I can’t believe
You’re really near
SLOWIN’ DOWN

SWEET MORNING LIGHT I feel I’m slowin’ down

Left here to die on the ice cold ground YOU TRIED TO TAKE IT
Sweet morning light, sweet morning light I’ve had my share of trouble ALL
Sun shinin’ bright on everything inside And all the misery around
Oh, how I tried and I tried
Green is the grass, Winter has passed I got one day left to live Oh, how I tried to save
No sign of cloud, wanna shine out loud Nothing left to give A little love for you
Take my soul, I’m slowin’ down But you were not satisfied
That I love to live and I live to love You tried to take it all
In the sweet morning light I just can’t stay around And took me for a real hard ride
I’ve been abused and I’m leavin’ town
Sun in my eyes is my sweet surprise I’ve had my share of trouble
Now life of lies or black disguise With sorrow followin’ me around
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

I tried to remember, I tried to recall The girl who loved, the girl who loved You feel sad just to see it now
I offered you a little love To smell each passing bay For reasons you know in your heart
And you tried, you tried to take it all But no-one else to touch or speak, or play You broke your dreams and hers
By makin’ it told
Crazy with teasin’ and needin’ In a deserted place he’d been a fool
Your body was bleedin’ but still Tearing her clothes and acting so cruel You’ve spent your time runnin’ around
You shine your love for all Sudden deeds have been
Look in your eyes was misleadin’ The girl who loved those tender words Bringin’ me down
I plead love to someone But never from a man But from the look on your face
But it never felt this good before The girl who’s reached the sun I can see you’ve cried
With female hands But don’t ever say it’s the end
There’s no heart in beginnin’ again
The girl who loved the sweet caress Let no-one tell you
MAKE THE FEELING LAST Of lipstick on her cheek That you haven’t tried
The girl who never knew of love so sweet
I will try to make the feeling last
I will try not to love you too fast She lives the life of hell
But now this heart of mine When someone comes SCATTERING SEEDS
Is beatin’ too strong She’s no-one else to touch
And now the love I give to you Or speak of play Scatterin’ seeds in your hand
Is beatin’ low The girl who’s reached the sun And you’re callin’ your name
But I will try to make the feeling last With female hands Try to remember the time
She never knew a love, a love so sweet When we both felt the same
Now you move so quickly
I try to tend you down Scatterin’ seeds on my island
But I know you can make it alone Now when you’re away
Please resist the feeling that ORGASM Knowin’ the feeling that you
I’m tryin’ to give you WonÕt be back today
Till I’m near, oh, near I know how to hold you
I know how to touch you now And in some dreams I find
I can’t help the nights that we have past I know how to make you feel alright Scatterin’ seeds and losin’ my mind
I can’t help the way that I’ve been fast But we will find a way
I’m in the clouds and I know what you’ve been through Went for a change we need to play
No-one’s listenin’ to me I know how it’s always been We need to play
Colour in spaces in your party and see But you never felt what you feel tonight
But I will try to make the feeling last Scatterin’ seeds when we
I always told you I’d do it to you Can’t find a way to be sure
I told you I would give you such delight Leave her out just to see now
Forclose the door
YOU MUST COME WITH ME I know how to hold you now Scatterin’ seeds with a smile
And I know how to touch you now And a tear in our eyes
You must come with me I know how to make you feel alright Touchin’ the sun through
Won’t you try, don’t just lie there Orgasm, orgasm The glass of an evening sky
You must come with me
Can’t you see what it’s doin’ to me

I’m doin’ my best while THE FIRST TIME BLACKFOOT / SIOGO

You try to undress
And the colours I see mean so little to me Yes, I know it’s first time
You must be fast now That you’ve been lyin’ without her
That you’ve reached the last Sick of the thought a lonely night SEND ME AN ANGEL
But the colours remain Without her at your side
Quietly cloudin’ my brain Everynight, I hit the streets
You’ve mistreated her badly All alone burnin’ with the need
Now you’ll come with me And now you’re lonely without her Broken dreams and
Spend the day lovin’ this way Sick of the thought of An empty heart have got me
The happiness you’ve been denied I need a lover with a lot of heart
It’s so hard when you’re in the dark
You’re playin’ the wrong kind of game And no one’s there
THE GIRL WHO LOVED, Her love, it just isn’t the same To help you find your way
THE GIRL WHO LOVED Frustration’s gonna leave you behind
You’re makin’ the wrong kind of love I keep running in the night
Your hand was nothing for love Searchin’ for the light
The girl who loved, the girl who loved
Your overflowin’ river just went dry Cryin’ for someone to rescue me
To rest there in her arms
But lived the life of hell
You can still touch her discreetly Wont you send me, send me an angel
When someone comes
And hold her hand in the sunshine Send me, send me an angel
In the place where it started Send me an angel tonight, tonight
A long time ago
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

Keep lookin’ but I can’t see WE’RE GOIN’ DOWN He’s in another city
Listen hard but I don’t believe Standing tall up to his satin
Is this the way it really has to be? Feelin’ low down and I’m drug out Jacket and eyes of pity
Say you’re in or count me out I’m feelin’ hungry again He’s got it all except for his Papa
I can’t live without all this doubt I need a taste of your sweet lovin’ “Don’t you worry, Daddy
Save my life with a single word I don’t think it’s a sin I’ve shown them
I don’t need a lot of lovin’ What a pretty life I’ve made
And I’m out here in the dark I don’t need a lot of time Even though I’ll miss you badly
I don’t know where to start I don’t need much to speak of You know I always wanted to be“
Begging for my feelings to be heard Let me love you won’t you be mine
Oh, I want to be, yes, I’ve got to be
It’s getting harder by the minute Oh, I’d love to be a teenage idol
I’ve been away too long Yes, I love to see
CROSSFIRE It’s after hours, you’ve got the power My name on the marquee
To keep me comin’ on strong Oh, I’d want to be, yes, I got to be
You can have her, I don’t want her Oh, I’d love to be a teenage idol
I don’t want you around I don’t need a lot of lovin’
You have taken all the feelings I don’t need a lot of time
And run them in the ground I don’t need much to speak of
Let me love you won’t you be mine GOIN’ IN CIRCLES
All your lyin’, you’ve been tryin’
To leave me in the cold We’re going down I’ve laid in bed alone most every night
First you want him, then you want me We’re going down, to dine at the Y I’m havin’ dreams of you
The story’s gettin’ old We’re going down, we’re going down Been hearin’ things about you
I don’t wanna know
I’m caught up in a crossfire Yeah, did you like it? Tell me woman it ain’t true
Oh, don’t you know that You didn’t fight it
You’re a live wire I know it wasn’t a sin You got me goin’ in circles
You got me feeling baby like I’m on fire You got the power, it’s after hours I’m runnin’ all around
What’s a lonely man to do? I think I’m hungry again You got me goin’ in circles
Round and round and up and down
Put another slug in the chamber
You play roulette with love You say forever
Take your chances with danger dances TEENAGE IDOL I think it’s now or never
You’ll pay for it with blood My heart is in your hand
A lonely boy in the city Drop it on the floor
You’ve got me in your sights Standing tall up to his blue jean Step on it once more
There’s nothing I can do Jacket and eyes of pity You’re so hard to understand
Maybe in the dead of night He’s got a dream, now he told his Papa
I can slip away from you “Don’t you worry Daddy You got me goin’ in circles
I’ll be back to show you I’m runnin’ all around
The life I’ve made“ You got me goin’ in circles
With a tear falling from his eyes I’m runnin’ all around
HEART’S GROWN COLD He knew what he wanted to be You got me runnin’ in circles
Round and round and up and down
Oh, go out and have your habit Oh, he wants to be, yes, he’s got to be
You’re the one who’s takin’ it Oh, he’d love to be a teenage idol
You’re the one who’s fakin’ it
You’re the one who’s heart’s grown cold Standing in his hometown RUN FOR COVER
Waiting for the bus that will take him
Come down and tell me that it’s better Farther than he’s ever been Winter wind is blowin’ in
You’re the one who’s using it Packed his bags and Makin’ me feel low, so low
You’re the one who’s losing it Kissed his sweetheart Even though the fire’s in my heart
You’re the one who’s got no soul “Don’t you worry honey It doesn’t warm the soul
You’re the one who’s heart’s grown cold I’ll be back to show you We had it all but it wasn’t enough
What a life I made“ You played a dangerous game
I touch your lips with my fingertips With a tear falling from her eyes You made your move
I hand on every breath you take She knew that he’d love to be Now you get to choose
You don’t need me like I need you Between me and the pain
You have your heartaches tonight Oh, he wants to be, yes, he’s got to be
Everyday, I just hope and pray Oh, he’d love to be a teenage idol You run for cover
I just hope that you still care Oh, if he could see You run with another
That you still have your dreams, oh His name on the marquee Run for cover, from me, yes you do
He’d live so happily, as a teenage idol
Baby, honey let me tell you that
Your heart’s grown cold
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

Can’t believe you got a heart of stone A time to leave, a place to see BLACKFOOT / VERTICAL
It’s such a cold surprise ‘Cause in my soul, I’m a ramblin’ free
Don’t try and hide And through it all, I hold onto you SMILES
Behind those empty words Into the sunset, my heart is true
It’s right there in your eyes I’m movin’ on, for one last song
Said you wanted to name the dance I’m sailin’ on, I’ll sail away
To face the word on your own MORNING DEW
I ain’t givin’ you a second chance
You gotta dance alone Walk me out in the morning dew
DRIVIN’ FOOL Walk me out in the morning dew today
Now you’ve had your final dance Can’t walk you out in the morning dew
Go face the world on your own Yeah, come on, come on, come on My baby
I ain’t givin’ you a second chance Well, I’m a drivin’ fool I can’t walk you out
Now you’re all alone Got my foot on the gas In the morning dew today
Look out mister, I’m gonna pass
Ninety miles an hour and I’m all alone I thought I heard a young girl cry
The wind’s in my face Like a baby
WHITE MAN’S LAND And I’m headed for home I thought I heard a young girl cry today
Up from the streets You didn’t hear no young girl cry
I am a savage, I’m always on the run In the heat of the night My baby
Four wheels my animal Lookin’ for a lover You didn’t hear no young girl cry today
This guitar is my gun Ain’t lookin’ for no fight
I never eat and I never sleep Don’t want no trouble, cause any harm Thought I saw a flash in the sky
Oh, I got to move Just want a pretty girl hangin’ on my arm This morning
Thought I saw a flash in the sky
Seems everywhere I stand Ain’t no road too fast Oh today
I’m always on white man’s land Ain’t no road too slow The earth it trembles and
Fill me up with the super The sky is no longer blue
The tax man is at your door Show me which way to go Now there is no more morning dew
You’re caught up in the race I’m a drivin’ fool, drivin’ fool
You’re so down you need a ticket Drivin’ fool, drivin’ fool Now there is no more morning dew
For a trip to outer space Now there is no more morning dew
You wanna run, you wanna hide Kickin’ up the dirt and gravel Now there is no more morning dew
This ain’t what you planned Faster than you ever seen What they’ve been sayin’
Harder than the road I travel All these years has come true
If you are a woman or a man This is a bitchin’ machine Now there is no more morning dew
Your life is nothin’ in his hands I won’t take no excuses
Seems that everywhere I stand Don’t want to hear no phony lines
I’m always on white man’s land, oh yes Can’t stand a useless muther
Wastin’ my precious time LIVIN’ IN THE LIMELIGHT
Can you remember when you’ve
Had so much fun ? It’s early in the morning Everybody wanna be a star
Do you feel you’re always And I left her bed Livin’ in the limelight
At the wrong end of a gun ? Gimme more, gimme more A big house and a fancy car
You know that it’s a bit too late Is ringin’ in my head Livin’ in the limelight
To start your life again The highway’s callin’ Everybody’s gonna know your name
And I got to move Should it be to reach ya
And if you are a woman or a man I don’t feel bad ‘cause it happens to you Ask you for your autograph
Your life is nothin’ in his hands I really don’t know where I’m goin’ See your latest feature
Seems that everywhere I stand This kind of life is tippin’ the scale
I’m always on this white man’s land The marker on my dipstick says I’m cool In the middle of a midnight dream
Oh, your standin’ on it Good-God almighty, I’m a drivin’ fool Livin’ in the limelight
See yourself on the silver screen
Drivin’ fool, drivin’ fool Livin’ in the limelight
Claim you’ll keep them
SAIL AWAY Down on the farm
Never make them happy
So far, far away Claim you’ll keep them close to home
I traveled cross this world today Everybody’s leavin’
I’m sailin’ on, sailin’ on, I’ll sail away Headin’ for Hollywood
As the spotlight falls around me
You know I’m drowin’ in this life Everybody has a fantasy
And through it all, I hold onto you Livin’ in the limelight
Into the sunset, my heart is true A personality
I’m movin’ on, for one last song Livin’ in the limelight
I’m sailin’ on, I’ll sail away Hypnotized in the roar of the crowd
Never had a stage fright
Sailin’ on, sailin’ on, I’ll say away First one back for the curtain call
Fall in love with a spotlight
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

On the cover of a magazine You’re runnin’ round You’re the one for you’re my fantasy
Livin’ in the limelight You don’t know what to do Just got to have you young girl
In your limousine Better leave your monkey Oh you know it’s right
Livin’ in the limelight Sittin’ at the zoo For you and me tonight
How you gonna keep them Your dad don’t like it but your mama do Just got to have you young girl
Down on the farm I’ve got something that is good for you
Never make ‘em happy
How you gonna keep ‘em Why don’t we get it on
Close to home Get it on and rock, get it on SUMMER DAYS
When everybody’s leavin’ Get it on tonight and rock
Headin’ for Hollywood Summertime’s here, everybody’s happy
Man machine, take they keys Another Winter’s come and gone
Headin’ for Hollywood And start it up Give me, some baby moons
Lookin’ for something good Get it on, sit on it For my ‘55 Chevy
Headin’ for Hollywood I’m looking for a loving cup Oh these crazy Summer days
Six foot three or five foot two Well I stopped by the market, yes I did
Been so long, anything will do, I’m hot Had a peach or two well they taste
Let’s don’t waste a single drop So good I forgot where I was goin’
RIDE WITH YOU Oh these crazy Summer days
I don’t know if I can take it Don’t you love these lazy Summer days
I’m dyin’ to get out of this town It’s just a case of eccentricity
I’m never comin’ back Doesn’t look that serious to me Now up in the north they’re sailin’
Gonna take you just as far as we can go All these doctors and pretty nurses Out in the west they’re doin’ fine
No use in pretendin’ It’s such a shame Yes they are, oh in the south
We done all we can do His mama used to be so proud They’re holdin’ onto memories
Gonna live our dreams Then turned his stereo up far too loud Of all these lazy Summer days
Just like a picture show
There’s a red light in my mirror Well I feel so good
I wanna ride, ride, ride with you I know it’s almost over Think I’ll keep singin’
I wanna ride, ride, ride with you Now, little men in white coats Of a time that’s come and gone, yeah
I wanna keep on ridin’ are gonna take me back somewhere Don’t you just wish this could last
Till my dreams come true I’ve enjoyed this little bit of freedom Forever, all these crazy Summer days
I wanna ride, ride, ride with you Don’t kill the maniacs Don’t you love these lazy Summer days
One day you’ll need ‘em, I’m mad All these crazy Summer days
Well the road is never ending They’re gonna take me back again Oh I love these lazy Summer days
Like a line that’s ever bendin’ Don’t you need these
And the white lines on the road Crazy Summer days
Can hypnotize All these lazy Summer days
I’ve been here forever YOUNG GIRL
And I know I’m going nowhere
I wonder why it took so long to realize I’ve seen her in Cosmopolitan
Seen her in Seventeen A LEGEND NEVER DIES
I wanna ride, ride, ride with you Don’t you know she turned my head
I wanna ride, ride, ride with you In all those magazines You know we could last forever
I hold her in my dreams at night Togethet till the end of time
Gonna live like no tomorrow As close as I can get An everlasting love
Beg steal or borrow Even though she’s unreachable Just like the story goes
We’ll take everything we’ve never had I just can’t give up yet We’ll make history you and I
A legend never dies
Oh oh ride, ride, ride with you I know she’s gonna be the end of me
But I love you so, love you so Tonight is the beginning
Young girl, young girl Our once upon a time
Like the stars we’ll always light the sky
GET IT ON Late at night she drives me mad Like the heavens you and I
When I pull down the shade A legend never dies, a legend never dies
When they left me out Then reality hits me hard
Said they’d give me back my brain In the light of the day Somethings were meant to live on and on
Said you’ll be alright That’s how a legend survives
But you’ll never be quite the same There’s nothing more that I can do A legend never dies
The human mind is sophisticated Nothin’ left to say
I think the treatment was I tried and tried and wished so hard Yeah we’ll spread pur wings and fly
Completely over-rated Still she’s so far away Forever ‘cause a legend knows no time
I’m mad but I’d do it all again And just like stars
I know she’s gonna be the end of me We’ll always light the sky
But I need her so can’t let go, no, no We’ll make history you and I
And I know she’s got me blind A legend never dies
And I can’t see but I love ya so
Love ya so
Young girl, young girl, don’t take me
Love’s lost and found, girl
 KEN HENSLEY LYRICS 1968 - 2005

Somethings were meant to live on and on The title’s in my pocket

That’s how a legend survives The ideas in my head
We’ll live on and on I’m lookin’ for a little inspiration
Oh, a legend never dies It isn’t just the money
We’ll live on and on That gets me outta bed
That’s how a legend survives I’ve got to have a little motivation
A legend never dies I ain’t got no brand illusions
I’m better than the rest
There’s a fire in my heart
That makes me wanna be the best
HEARTBEAT AND HEELS My finger’s on the trigger
Know what I wanna be
Sound of my bootheels against the street And everything is ready
I’m on my way back to you As far as I can see
Across the city
Hear the sound of my heartbeat Movin’ in for the kill
Oh baby I hope that you do Movin’ in for the kill
Ah, I’m movin’ in for the kill
I’m through with the talkin’ Movin’ in for the kill
It’s time I started walking Movin’ in for the kill
To where you are This time I’m gonna have it all
I’m movin’ in
I don’t care how far
I hope you’re in your bed tonight
I know it’s far, I wish I had a car
Our love is right but money’s tight LIVING IN THE CITY
B-side of ‘Morning Dew’ single, included
Heels against the sidewalk as a bonus track on ‘King Biscuit Flower
I sure don’t need no bad talk Hour’ live album (1998).
From the street
On a cold and misty morning
Heartbeat and heels, all night and day A bus pulled into town
Heartbeat and heels, baby And a hungry little runaway
Heartbeat and heels Takes her first look around
Comin’ back today to stay She came here with no money
Just a pocket full of dreams
And in her heart she wondered
Were it all what it seemed
IN FOR THE KILL
Living in the city, living in the city
I’ve been standing on the edge This guy has no pity, living in the city
A little too long
Waiting for the door to be opened She had visions of a good life
Hanging on the brink biding my time Like she saw on TV
Wonderin’ if the spell would be broken And pretty soon she took it
Seen a million words of wisdom lost Or is it that she should never have been
In the wind heard the voices Trouble around every corner
Of the desperate and the dreamers Sorrow in the street
And I knew that any moment And all roads will lead to nowhere
They’d be callin’ my name She sees that it ain’t so sweet
To see if I was ready for the game
She’s not the first
So I’m movin’, movin’ in the for kill And she won’t be the last
Got a date with a man So many dreams are dying
Who says he’ll watch me fall Here in the past
Gotta take this chance
I’m movin’ in for the kill Now no one can find her
This time I’m gonna have it all She’s another nameless face
Just another loser in this
Bloody human race
So if you’re looking for the bright lights
With everyone you ever cursed
Do you remind look like heaven
But it’s hell, you could be lost

Living in the city, living in the city

Sometimes it ain’t pretty
Living in the city