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Heaven's here on earth, NEW BEGINNING,
SMOKE AND ASHES, COLD FEET, AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE,
THE PROMISE, THE RAPE OF THE WORLD, TELL IT LIKE IT IS
GIVE ME ONE REASON, REMEMBER THE TINMAN, I'M READY

HEAVEN'S HERE ON EARTH

You can look to the stars in search of the answers
Look for God and life on distant planets
Have your faith in the ever after
While each of us holds inside the map to the labyrinth

And heaven's here on earth
We are the spirit
The collective conscience
We create the pain and the suffering and the beauty in this world

Heaven's here on earth
In our faith in humankind
In our respect for what is earthly
In our unfaltering belief in peace and love and understanding

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of
ordinary people leading ordinary lives
Filled with love compassion forgiveness and sacrifice

Heaven's in our hearts
In our faith in humankind
In our respect for what is earthly
In our unfaltering belief in peace and love and understanding

Look around
Believe in what you see
The kingdom is at hand
The promised land is at your feet

We can and will become what we aspire to be
If heaven's here on earth
If we have faith in humankind
And respect for what is earthly
And an unfaltering belief that truth is divinity
And heaven's here on earth

I've seen spirits
I've met angels
I've touched creations beautiful and wondrous
I've seen places where I question all I think I know
But I believe I believe I believe this could be heaven

We are born inside the gates with the power to create life
And to take it away
The world is our temple
The world is our church

Heaven's here on earth
If we have faith in humankind
And respect for what is earthly
And an unfaltering belief in peace and love and understanding
This could be heaven here on earth

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NEW BEGINNING

The whole world's broke and it ain't worth fixing
It's time to start all over make a new beginning
There's too much pain too much suffering
Let's resolve to start all over make a new beginning

Now don't get me wrong
I love life and living
But when you wake up and look around
at everything that's going down all wrong
you see we need to change it now
this world with too few happy endings

We can resolve to start all over make a new beginning
Start all over Start all over
Start all over Start all over

The world is broken into fragments
and pieces that once were joined together in a unified whole
But now too many stand alone
There's too much separation

We can resolve to come together in the new beginning
Start all over Start all over
Start all over Start all over

We can break the cycle
We can break the chain
We can start all over
In the new beginning
We can learn
We can teach
We can share the myths the dream the prayer
The notion that we can do better

Change our lives and paths
Create a new world
And start all over
Start all over
Start all over
Start all over

The whole world's broke and it ain't worth fixing
It's time to start all over make a new beginning
There's too much fighting too little understanding
It's time to stop and start all over
Make a new beginning
Start all over Start all over
Start all over Start all over

We need to make new symbols
Make new signs
Make a new language
With these we'll redefine the world
And start all over
Start all over
Start all over
Start all over

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SMOKE AND ASHES

I'd heard rumours and I'd heard talk
About the trail you'd left of broken hearts
About the sea of tears too wide to cross
But a little bad press has never scared me off
So I burned a path to figure out how to get me some of what you got

I've got a red hot heart
If the talk is true yours is the same
and we should be together
And let our passions fan love's flame

When I looked for you I almost passed you by
You were so cool and calm I thought my friends had lied
But I thought so much reserve must make you wild inside
It was there and then that I knew I had to get me some of what you got

I've got a red hot heart
If the talk is true yours is the same
and we should be together
And let our passions fan love's flame

I thought I'd won your heart when I held your hand in mine
I thought it was true love the way we complemented each other
But my right is your wrong and when your right then I'm left with nothing

Your light and your heat have all been spent leaving only smoke and ashes
only smoke and ashes baby

I've got a red hot heart
And your heart is as blue as the blood in your veins
I say there's fire down below
You say it's only smoke and ashes baby

I'm crying all the time salty stinging tears
and mourning for the pas carbon-dated years
But knowing now for certain that you were always right
Because if a breeze could blow you out of my life
it's only smoke and ashes baby
Only smoke and ashes baby

I've got a red hot heart
And your heart is as blue as the blood in your veins
I say there's fire down below
You say it's only smoke and ashes baby

I was blinded by devotion
My unwavering love for you
So blinded that I thought all your lies were true
But now I know for certain since you've gone away
It was just a smoldering fire
I mistook for a blaze
Only smoke and ashes baby

I've got a red hot heart
And your heart is as blue as the blood in your veins
I say there's fire down below
You say it's only smoke and ashes baby
You say it's only smoke and ashes baby
Baby...

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COLD FEET

There was a little boy once upon a time
who in spite of his young age
and small size knew his mind
For every copper penny
and clover he would find
Make a wish for better days
the end of hard times
for no more cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet

His clothes were always clean
His face was always scrubbed
There was food on the table
enough to fill him up
His house was full of life
His house was full of love
But when winter days arrived
there was never money enough to shod his cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet

He grew up to be a worker
determined to succeed
He made a life for himself
free from worldly wants or needs
But with nobody to share the life he'd made
no body to keep him warm at night
when he'd go to sleep
he'd sleep alone with his cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet

One night he walked the streets
looking to the heavens above
Searching for a shooting star
a benevolent god
When a woman passing by
brushed his arm he turned and found love
He then wished for the courage
to ask this stranger who she was
to not have cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet

One year later he stood beside her he vowed
I'll give you everything you want
She said I'll take some love from my heart
to keep your body warm
You won't have cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet

He thought she'd like the party life
and want the finer things
So he promised more than he could buy
and he'd promise her the sun and moon
to not have cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet

He worked day and night
his fingers to the bone
His worried mind
guilty conscience drive him on
He can give her what she needs
He wants to give her what he thinks she wants
Her sad-eyed face
his empty pockets drive him on
and his cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet

He'd struggled all his life
to be an honest man
proud that the dirt on his palms
was the soil of the land
But some guys he knew from high school days
said they had a plan
to get rich real quick
And they could count him in
if he don't have cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet

He thought about their offer
accepted it without qualms
Dreamt about the life he'd buy
the comfort that would come without cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet

He decided to drive the car
He decided to carry the gun
to take the biggest risk of all
to prove his loyalty to his friends
He decided to tell his wife
things would soon turn around
He said the little boy is dead
A man stands with you now without cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet
Without cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet

He thought he'd set his clock right
He thought he'd read his watch
He left in such a hurry
he didn't think to wish for luck
Makes no difference if you're early
No difference if you're late
When you're out of time
The flowers have been laid
You're six feet underground
With cold feet
Cold cold cold cold feet

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AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE

At this point in my life
I've done so many things wrong
I don't know if I can do right
If you put your trust in me
I hope I won't let you down
If you give me a chance I'll try

You see it's been a hard road
the road I'm travelling on
And if I take your hand
I might lead you down the path to ruin
I've had a hard life
I'm just saying it so you'll understand that
right now right now

I'm doing the best I can at this point in my life
At this point in my life
although I've mostly walked in the shadows

I'm still searching for the light
Won't you put your faith in me
We both know that's what matters
If you give me a chance I'll try

You see I've been climbing stairs
but mostly stumbling down
I've been reaching high
but always losing ground
You see I've conquered hills
but I still have mountains to climb

And right now right now
I'm doing the best I can at this point in my life

Before we take a step
Before we walk down that path
Before I make any promises
Before you have regrets
Before we talk commitment
Let me tell you of my past
All I've seen and all I've done
The things I'd like to forget
At this point in my life

At this point in my life
I'd like to live as if only love mattered
as if redemption was in sight
As if the search to live honestly
Is all that anyone needs
No matter if you find it

You see when I've touched the sky
the earth's gravity has pulled me down
But now I've reconciled that in this world
birds and angels get the wings to fly

If you can believe in this heart of mine
If you can give it a try
Then I'll reach inside and find and give you
All the sweetness that I have
At this point in my life
At this point in my life

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THE PROMISE

If you wait for me
then I'll come for you
Although I've travelled far
I always hold a place for you in my heart

If you think of me
If you miss me once in a while
then I'll return to you
I'll return and fill that space in your heart

Remembering your touch
Your kiss
Your warm embrace
I'll find my way back to you
If you'll be waiting

If you dream of me
like I dream of you
In a place that's warm and dark
In a place where I can feel the beating of your heart

Remembering your touch
your kiss
your warm embrace
I'll find my way back to you
If you'll be waiting

I've longed for you and I have desired
To see your face your smile
To be with you
Wherever you are

Remembering your touch
your kiss
your warm embrace
I'll find my way back to you
Please say you'll be waiting

Together again
It would feel so good to be
In your arms
Where all my journeys end

If you can make a promise
If it's one that you can keep
I vow to come for you
If you wait for me
And say you'll hold
A place for me
In your heart

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THE RAPE OF THE WORLD

Mother of us all
Place of our birth
How can we stand aside and watch the rape of the world

This is the beginning of the end
This the most heinous of crimes
This the deadliest of sins
The greatest violation of all time
Mother of us all
Place of our birth
We all are witness to the rape of the world

You've seen her stripped mined
You've heard of bombs exploded underground
You know the sun shines hotter than ever before

Mother of us all
Place of our birth
We all are witness to the rape of the world

Some claim to have crowned her a queen with cities of concrete and steel
But there is no glory no honor in what results from the rape of the world

Mother of us all
Place of our birth
We all are witness to the rape of the world

She has been clear-cut
She has been dumped on
She has been poisoned and beaten up
And we have been witness to the rape of the world

If you look you'll see it with your own eyes
If you listen you will hear her cries
If you care you will stand up and testify
And stop the rape of the world

Stop the rape of the world
Mother of us all
Mother of us all
Mother of us all
Mother of us all

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TELL IT LIKE IT IS

Say it say it say it
Tell it like it is
Say it say it say it
Tell it like it is

What breaks your heart
What keeps you awake at night
What makes you want to breakdown and cry
But say you'll never turn your back
Say you'll never harden to the world
Say you'll never try to still the rhythms in your breast
Say you'll never look at the evil among us and try to forget

Say you'll tell it like it is
Say it say it say it
So everyone can hear
Say it say it say it
Tell it like it is

What breaks your heart
What keeps you awake at night
How your anger and grief
Make you want to cry out
And tell it like it is

But say you'll never close your eyes
Or pretend that it's a rosy world
Say you'll never try to paint what is rotten with a sugarcoat
Say you'll talk about the horrors you've seen and the torment you know
And tell it like it is
Say it say it say it
So no one can forget
Say it say it say it
Tell it like it is

What breaks your heart
What keeps you awake at night
What makes you want to break the ties that silence and bind
And tell it like it is
Say you'll never cover your ears and close your mouth
And live in a silent world
Say you'll only run as far or as fast as you need to be secure
Say that then you'll tell the truth
When a lie could cross your lips
And tell it like it is
Say it say it say it
Say it say it say it
Say it say it say it
Say it say it say it
Say it say it say it
Say it say it say it
Say it say it say it
Say it say it say it

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GIVE ME ONE REASON

Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around
Because I don't want leave you lonely
But you got to make me change my mind

Baby I got your number and I know that you got mine
But you know that I called you
I called too many times
You can call me baby
You can call me anytime
But you got to call me

Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around
Because I don't want leave you lonely
But you got to make me change my mind

I don't want no one to squeeze me
They might take away my life
I just want someone to hold me and rock me through the night

This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need
This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need
But I'm too old to go chasing you around wasting my precious energy

Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around
Because I don't want leave you lonely
But you got to make me change my mind

Baby just give me one reason
Give me just one reason why
Baby just give me one reason
Give me just one reason why I should stay
Because I told you that I loved you and there ain't no more to say

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REMEMBER THE TINMAN

There are locks on the doors
and chains stretched across all the entries to the inside
There's a gate and a fence
and bars to protect from only god knows what lurks outside

Who stole your heart
left you with a space that no one and nothing can fill
Who stole your heart
Who took it away knowing that without it you can't live

Who took away the part so essential to the whole
Left you you a hollow body
Skin and bone
What robber what thief
Who stole your heart and the key

Who stole your heart the smile from your face
the innocence the light from your eyes
Who stole your heart
Or did you give it away
And if so then when and why

Who took away the part so essential to the whole
Left you you a hollow body
Skin and bone
What robber what thief
Who stole your heart and the key

Now all sentiment is gone
Now you have no trust in no one
Who stole your heart
Did you know but forget the method and moment in time

Was it a trickster using mirrors and sleight of hand
A strong elixir
Or a potion you drank
Who hurt your heart
Bruised it in a place
That no one and nothing can heal

You've gone to wizards princes and magic men
You've gone to witches
The good the bad the indifferent
But still all sentiment is gone
But still you have no trust in no one

If you can tear down the walls
Throw the armor away
Remove all roadblocks barricades
If you can forget theres are bandits and dragons to slay
And don't forget that you defend an empty space

And remember the tinman found he had what he thought he lacked
Remember the tinman
Go find your heart
And take it back
Who stole your heart
Maybe no one can say
One day you will find it I pray

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I'M READY

I want to wake up and know where I'm going
Say I'm ready
Say I'm ready

I want to go where the rivers are overflowing
And I'll be ready
I'll be ready
I'm ready to let the rivers wash over me
I'm ready to let the rivers wash over me

If it's love flowing freely
I'm ready
I'm ready

If the waters can redeem me
I'm ready
I'm ready
I'm ready to let the rivers wash over me
I'm ready to let the rivers wash over me

I want to wake up
I want to know where I'm going
I want to go where the rivers are overflowing
I'm ready to let the rivers wash over me
I'm ready to let the rivers wash over me
I'm ready
I'm ready...

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