THE MOODY BLUES

Conceptual geniuses or pretentious schmucks? This was actually a debate during the late '60s/early '70s. Truth is, after their debut LP--which had much more to do with the blues and less with moods--the Moody Blues were the kings of the "concept" LPs. Often it was almost like you wanted to scream in the middle of Moody Blues album: "What has Sgt. Pepper's wrought?" The band had numerous songwriters in its ranks in the forms of Mike Pinder, Graeme Edge, John Lodge, Ray Thomas, and Justin Hayward--and while the group was responsible for the "progressive" rock sounds that followed by the likes of Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, etc., they still had genuine rockin' moments in classic singles like "Story In Your Eyes" and "I'm Just A Singer In A Rock 'N' Roll Band."

The Moody Blues are a British rock band originally from Birmingham, England. Founding members Michael Pinder and Ray Thomas performed an initially rhythm and blues-based sound in Birmingham in 1964 along with Graeme Edge and others, and were later joined by John Lodge and Justin Hayward as they inspired and evolved the progressive rock style. Among their innovations was a fusion with classical music, most notably in their seminal 1967 album Days of Future Passed.The band has had numerous hit albums in the UK, US, and worldwide, and has seen several additional musicians come and go, and they remain active even as of 2007, with a US tour scheduled.

Founding and early historyThe Moody Blues formed in the early 1960s in Erdington, Birmingham, England. Ray Thomas, John Lodge, and Michael Pinder had been members of El Riot & the Rebels, a regionally-popular band. They disbanded when Lodge, the youngest member, went to technical college and Pinder joined the army. Pinder then rejoined Thomas to form the Krew Cats and enjoyed moderate success. The pair recruited guitarist/vocalist Denny Laine, band manager-turned drummer Graeme Edge, and bassist Clint Warwick. The five appeared as the Moody Blues for the first time in Birmingham in 1964. The name developed from a planned sponsorship from the M&B Brewery and was also a subtle reference to the Duke Ellington song, "Mood Indigo".

Soon, the band obtained a London-based management company, 'Ridgepride', formed by ex-Decca A&R man Alex Murray (Alex

Wharton), who helped them land a recording contract with Decca Records in the spring of 1964. They released a single, "Steal Your Heart Away" that year which made it onto the charts. But it was their second single, "Go Now" (released later that year), which really launched their career, being promoted on TV with the among the first purpose-made promotional films in the pop era, produced and directed by Wharton. The single became a huge hit in the United Kingdom (where it remains their only Number 1 single to date) and in the United States where it reached #10.Wharton left the management firm and, after a series of unsuccessful singles, Warwick and Laine departed the group. They were replaced by Pinder and Thomas' El Riot bandmate, John Lodge, and Justin Hayward, formerly of The Wilde Three, in 1966. The band soon realised that their style of American blues covers and novelty tunes was not working for them and decided to develop an original style. Their new style, featuring the symphonic sounds of the mellotron and Ray Thomas' flute, was to be developed in a concept album revolving around a day in the life of everyman.

Deram Records contract and founding of signature styleThe Moody Blues' contract with Decca Records was set to expire and they owed the label several thousands of pounds in advances. However, Deram Records (a London/Decca imprint) chose the band to make a LP in order to promote Deramic Stereo and the group was to be forgiven its debt to the label to make a rock and roll version of Antonín Dvo ř ák 's New World Symphony. The Moody Blues agreed but insisted that they be given artistic freedom and be left without supervision. They then convinced Peter Knight, who had been assigned to arrange and conduct the orchestral interludes, to collaborate on a recording of their stage show instead. Deram executives were initially sceptical about the hybrid style of the resulting concept album, Days of Future Passed (1967). However, it was to become one of the most successful commercial releases of all time. Decca producer Tony Clarke was chosen to produce the album and the Moodies carried on a durable working relationship with Clarke who would end up producing all of their albums and singles for the next eleven years. Engineer Derek Varnals would also contribute heavily to the creation of the early Moodies' studio sound.

The album plus two singles, "Nights in White Satin" and "Tuesday Afternoon", became massively popular, as was the 1968 follow-up LP, In Search of the Lost Chord. Also included on this album is the song "Legend of a Mind," a song written by Ray Thomas in tribute to LSD guru Timothy Leary which encompassed a masterful flute solo performed by Thomas. Justin Hayward began playing sitar and incorporating it into Moody Blues music, having been inspired by George Harrison. Graeme Edge found a significant secondary role in the band as a writer of poetry, and nearly all of their early albums from the late 60's begin with Mike Pinder reciting poems by Edge that were conceptually related to the lyrics of the songs that would follow. The band's music continued to become more complex and symphonic, resulting in 1969's To Our Children's Children's Children - a concept album based around the band's celebration of the first moon landing. The album reportedly even went to the moon on Apollo space

missions. The album closes with the fan-favorite 'Watching and Waiting'.Although the Moodies had by now defined a somewhat psychedelic style and helped to define the progressive rock (then also known as 'art rock') sound, the group decided for a while to record only albums that could be played in concert, losing some of their full-blown sound for their next album, A Question of Balance (1970). This album, reaching #3 in the American charts and #1 in the British charts, was indicative of the band's growing success in America. Justin Hayward began an artful exploration of guitar tone through the use of numerous effects pedals and fuzz-boxes, and developed for himself a very melodic buzzing guitar-solo sound. For their next two albums, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971) and Seventh Sojourn (1972) (that reached #1 in both the UK and the US), the band returned to their signature orchestral sound which, while difficult to reproduce in concert, had become their trademark. Edge, the long standing drummer-poet, started writing lyrics intended to be to be sung, rather than verses to be spoken.

The Moodies were also among the pioneers of the idea that a successful rock band could promote itself through its own label, following the Beatles' creation of Apple Records. After their On the Threshold of a Dream album (1969), they created Threshold Records, prompted in part by disputes with London/Deram over album design costs (their gatefold record jackets and expensive cover art were not popular with company executives). Threshold would produce new albums and deliver them to London/Decca who acted as distributor. The group attempted to build Threshold into a major label by developing new talent - most notably the UK hard rock band Trapeze and the Portland, Oregon classical-acoustic sextet Providence - but these efforts proved unsuccessful and the Moodies eventually returned to more traditional recording contracts. However, they did lay the groundwork for other major acts to set up similar personal labels and distribution deals including The Rolling Stones' own label and Led Zeppelin's Swan Song, and all of the Moodies' studio releases from 1969 to 1999 would bear the Threshold logo on at least one of their format versions.

Hiatus, solo workIn 1973, the group took an extended break — originally announced as a permanent break-up — to recuperate from a heavy touring schedule. Hayward and Lodge released a duo album, the very successful Blue Jays (1975), and the members each released solo albums. Edge produced two, Kick Off Your Muddy Boots (1975) and Paradise Ballroom (1976); Hayward elegantly composed Songwriter (1977), and Night Flight (1980), which would in later years be followed up by Moving Mountains (1985), The View From The Hill (1996), and Live In San Juan Capistrano (1998). Lodge released Natural Avenue (1977); Pinder produced The Promise (1976); and Thomas also two, From Mighty Oaks (1975) and Hopes, Wishes and Dreams (1976).Reunion, 1977–1990In 1977, the group decided to record together again. London Records decided to release a somewhat poorly mixed then-eight year old recording of the band performing at the Royal Albert Hall, against their artistic wishes. The company did this in an attempt to redevelop a somewhat waning public interest in the Moody Blues prior to their anticipated new album, but the crude sound of the concert from 1969 titled "Caught Live +5" would clash sharply with the lush and refined sound the modern Moodies were capable of producing in the studio. By this time Pinder had married and started a family in California, so for their reunion recording the band decamped there with producer Clarke. By all accounts, the sessions had moments of tension and difficulty, but by autumn

1978 Octave was released. Pinder, citing his young family, excused himself from any tour commitments and was replaced by former Yes keyboardist, Patrick Moraz. In spite of these difficulties, the album sold well and produced the hits "Steppin' In A Slide Zone", written by Lodge and "Driftwood", written by Hayward. The music video produced for "Driftwood" features Moraz, although Mike Pinder was the one who played on the actual recording.

The band toured in 1979 and by 1980 was ready to record again, this time bringing in producer Pip Williams. Moraz was retained as the band's permanent keyboardist, though Pinder had understood that he would continue to record even if not tour with the band. Pinder attempted legal measures to prevent the new Moody Blues album from reaching the public without his contribution, but he was not successful. Released in 1981, Long Distance Voyager was a colossal success, reaching #1 on Billboard and top 5 in the UK. The album yielded two hits, "The Voice," written by Hayward, and "Gemini Dream," written by Hayward and Lodge. By now, the mellotron had been set aside as their primary synthesizer and the band embraced a more modern, less symphonic approach. The marketing formula for the band demanded from this time forward that a Justin Hayward song would be used to lead off their studio albums, as his material was the most successful.The Present (1983), again produced by Williams, proved less successful than its predecessor, though it did spawn a UK chart hit in "Blue World". Videos were also produced for 'Blue World' and 'Sitting At the Wheel'.

In 1986 they enjoyed renewed success with their album The Other Side of Life and in particular with the track, "Your Wildest Dreams" - a Top 40 hit which garnered a Billboard Video of the Year award after being frequently featured on MTV. Newly-hired producer Tony Visconti delivered a modern sound the Moodies had been after in order to remain competitive with their pop contemporaries.They performed live at the charity event concert "Heartbeat '86" which raised money for the Birmingham Children's Hospital. The band played four songs, and later provided backup with Electric Light Orchestra for George Harrison.

The Moodies continued their early video-generation success with Sur La Mer (1988) and its video/single, "I Know You're Out There Somewhere", a sequel to "Your Wildest Dreams". Their sound took on an ever- increasingly synthetic and technical quality as Moraz and Visconti began utilising modern sequencers, samplers, and drum machines. During this time, Justin Hayward and John Lodge wrote and sang on most of the songs as the band came under pressure from the new record company, PolyGram Records, to promote those it deemed to be the two more commercial looking and sounding members. Ray Thomas was playing a diminished role in the studio. There seemed to be no room for his ethereal flute within these new songs awash in high-tech 80's production. He provided some backing vocals for both The Other Side of Life and Sur La Mer, but according to Visconti, his vocal tracks were never mixed into the final version of the latter album.

1990s, new millennium, and present

The Moody Blues in concert at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California in 2005.Thomas' high value remained on stage primarily from his continued ability to boisterously sing out his 60's and 70's Moodies classics, and also in dynamic flute and keyboard duets he composed with Moraz which were only performed by the two during Moodies' concerts. The band had begun to reinforce their concert sound in the later 1980s with the addition of a second

keyboardist, Bias Boshell, as well as female backing singers. They also hired second drummer Gordon Marshall. As they began work in 1990 for their new studio album, Patrick Moraz made some comments in an article in Keyboard magazine regarding his dissatisfaction with his role in the Moodies and he was dismissed before completing work on the album. Bias Boshell and Paul Bliss were brought in to play keyboards on the remaining tracks.Keys of the Kingdom (1991) had modest commercial success. It featured the new single "Say It with Love" and its follow-up "Bless the Wings" as well as a new flute masterpiece by Ray Thomas entitled "Celtic Sonant". John Lodge would make a defining shift in his songwriting on this album, leaving his trademark high-energy rock music, and instead gravitating towards slow love ballads. This trend would continue on the two successive Moodies albums. Instead it was Hayward who wrote the driving two-part piece "Say What You Mean" which featured compelling chord and melody structures as well as a spoken-word section. Tony Visconti produced some of the tracks on "Keys", as did Christopher Neil and Alan Tarney.For touring purposes, the band decided not to hire a permanent replacement in the keyboard chair but instead to tour as a quartet with extra hired musicians. However, keyboardist Paul Bliss has consistently fulfilled keyboard duties with the band on-stage since 1991 - successfully recreating the Mike Pinder and Patrick Moraz sound live with the Moody Blues. Thomas and Bliss continued the tradition of a flute/keyboard duet for many tours. The Moodies remained among the highest-earning concert acts, and a series of video and audio versions of their Night at Red Rocks concert enjoyed great success, particularly as a fund-raiser for American public television where it had been first broadcast. Instead of beginning on a new studio project, they would instead attempt to perfect the art of playing with an orchestra during these years, working with several talented orchestral ensembles and trying new arrangements for well-known pieces. The second hiatus from recording ended in 1998.Their first studio album in eight years, Strange Times (1999), proved to be the first Moodies album in almost two decades to be more than moderately received by UK critics; released by Universal Music Group, it made the UK top 10. It was recorded in a studio in Recco, Italy, at Hayward's suggestion, and was produced by the Moodies themselves - attesting to their 3 decades of recording experience. This album was the first to feature Danilo Madonia as an arranger and electric organist. Madonia would go on to play keyboards on all future Moodies studio tracks, including on the follow-up album, "December". The CD opened with the unusual "English Sunset," an RPM techno song written by Justin Hayward. "Strange Times" was also the first album since 1970 to include a new poem by Graeme Edge, in an effort to partially recreate their "concept" album sound of the late 60s/early 70s. It became clear to fans that Thomas' interest in the group was waning as he only provided one song for the new CD that, while highly whimsical, was less than two-minutes in length.Also in 1999, The Moody Blues appeared in one episode of "The Simpsons" called "Viva Ned Flanders".

In 2000, the band released "Hall of Fame," a new live concert from Royal Albert Hall on the Ark 21 label.In 2001, an IMAX film was released, entitled "Journey into Amazing Caves", which featured two new songs written and performed by the Moody Blues. The soundtrack also featured Justin Hayward performing vocals and playing guitar throughout. One of these songs, entitled "Water," is the Moody Blues' first instrumental studio recording since their 1983 "Hole in the World" from The Present LP.The new millennium saw the Moody Blues reducing their touring schedule. In 2002, founding member Ray Thomas retired from the group, leaving Hayward, Lodge and Edge to continue without him.

Flautist Norda Mullen has been a versatile player on-stage and in the studio in Thomas' stead. In 2003, they released, with the absence of Thomas, a Christmas-themed album entitled December. The songs included originals and covers such as John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)".In 2004, Clint Warwick, the original bass player for the Moody Blues, died of liver disease.

On October 23, 2005, Hayward, Lodge, and Edge joined Tennessee musicians David Harvey, Tim O'Brien, John Cowan, and others for a concert of "Moody Bluegrass" at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville; the Moodies had been impressed by the group's CD of the same name featuring well-known MB songs interpreted in bluegrass style.

November 2005, Hayward, Lodge, and Edge - accompanied by Norda Mullen, Gordon Marshall, Paul Bliss and second keyboard player Bernie Barlow released a live-DVD, entitled Lovely To See You LIVE, recorded at The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles.The remaining Moody Blues trio continues to tour. Moody Blues toured the UK, US and Europe (Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen and Helsinki) throughout late 2006.

In addition, Hayward took part in the first UK tour of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds in April 2006 with a proposed DVD release of the show in November 2006 and a second tour in November 2007.

In March of 2006, the first five of the band's 'Core 7' albums were re-released in Super Audio CD format with Deluxe Editions, featuring bonus songs and some rare previously unreleased tracks by the group. Justin Hayward, who took charge of the remixing of the five albums, plans to do the same with remaining two as well.

There has been speculation among fans that Mike Pinder might rejoin the band, but Pinder stated in an article in the December 2006 issue of Record Collector Magazine that he has differences in business approach and general direction from the other Moodies. Hayward made similar comments when interviewed for the Music Web Express website, stating that a Moodies/Pinder reunion would be "extremely unlikely"[1]. Mike Pinder has gone so far as to send out an apology to Graeme Edge (in an interview) for some comments he had made towards him years ago.[2]Since Pink Floyd's induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Moody Blues (along with Yes) are at the head of the list of progressive rock groups which have not yet been inducted and consistently top opinion polls of acts who the public feel should be inducted.

Although they're best known today for their lush, lyrically and musically profound (some would say bombastic) psychedelic-era albums, the Moody Blues started out as one of the better R&B-based combos of the British Invasion. The Moody Blues' history began in Birmingham, England, where one of the more successful bands during that time was El Riot & the Rebels, co-founded by Ray Thomas (harmonica, vocals) and Mike Pinder (keyboards, vocals). Pinder left the band, first for a gig with Jackie Lynton and then a stint in the Army. In May of 1963, he and Thomas reunited under the auspices of the Krew Cats. Following some success in Germany, Thomas and Pinder decided to try turning professional, recruiting members from some of the best groups working in Birmingham, including Denny Laine (vocals, guitar), Graeme Edge (drums), and Clint Warwick (bass, vocals). The Moody Blues, as they came to be known, made their debut in Birmingham in May of 1964, and quickly earned the notice and later the services of manager Tony Secunda. A major tour was quickly booked, and the band landed an engagement at the Marquee Club, which resulted in a contract with England's Decca Records less than six months after their formation. The group's first single, "Steal Your Heart Away," released in September of 1964, didn't touch the British charts.

Their second single, "Go Now," released in November of 1964 -- a cover of an American single by R&B singer Bessie Banks -- fulfilled every expectation and more, reaching number one in England and earning them a berth in some of the top venues in England (including the New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert, appearing with some of the top acts of the period); its number ten chart placement in America also earned them a place as a support act for the Beatles on one tour and the release of the follow-up LP (Magnificent Moodies in England, Go Now in America) on both sides of the Atlantic. It was coming up with a follow-up hit to "Go Now," however, that proved their undoing. Despite their fledgling songwriting efforts and the access they had to American demos -- including one choice number by Ellie Greenwich -- this version of the Moody Blues never came up with another single success. By the end of the spring of 1965, the frustration was palpable within the band. The group decided to make their fourth single, "From the Bottom of My Heart," an experiment with a different, much more subtly soulful sound, and it was one of the most extraordinary records of the entire British Invasion, with haunting performances all around. Unfortunately, the single only reached number 22 on the British charts following its release in May of 1965. Ultimately, the grind of touring, coupled

with the strains facing the group, became too much for Warwick, who exited in the spring of 1966, and by August of 1966 Laine had left as well. Warwick was replaced by John Lodge, an ex-bandmate of Ray Thomas, and in late 1966 singer/guitarist Justin Hayward joined.

For a time, they kept doing the same brand of music, but Hayward and Pinder were also writing different kinds of songs that did get out as singles, to little avail. At one point in 1966, the band decided to pull up stakes from England -- where their bookings had devolved to workingman's clubs and cabaret -- and start playing in Europe, where even a "has-been" British act could earn halfway decent fees. And they began building a new act based on new material that was more in keeping with the slightly trippy, more pop-oriented folk-rock sounds and light psychedelia that were popular at the time. The Beatles were doing acoustic-textured folk-rock and incorporating Indian influences into their music, and even the Rolling Stones were releasing records such as "Lady Jane," so the Moody Blues moved past their R&B roots into new, more richly textured music. They were still critically short of money and prospects when fate played a hand, in the form of a project initiated by Decca Records.

In contrast to America, where home stereo systems swept the country after 1958, in England stereo was still not dominant, or even common, in most people's homes -- apart from classical listeners -- in 1966. Decca had come up with "Deramic Stereo," which offered a wide spread of sound, coupled with superbly clean and rich recording, and was trying to market it with an LP that would serve as a showcase, utilizing pop/rock done in a classical style. The Moody Blues, who owed the label unrecouped advances and recording session fees from their various failed releases, were picked for the proposed project, which was to be a rock version of Dvorák's New World Symphony. They did try to fulfill that specific commitment, but were never able to deliver the songs. Luckily, they were able to convince the staff producer and engineer that the proposed adaptation was wrongheaded, and to deliver something else; the producer, Tony Clarke, was impressed with some of the band's own compositions, and they arrived at the idea of an archetypal day's cycle of living represented in rock songs set within an orchestral framework. With Clarke leading the subterfuge in cooperation with engineer Derek Varnals, and conductor/arranger Peter Knight writing the orchestrations that were used to accompany the group's work and bridge the songs, the result was the album Days of Future Passed.

The record's mix of rock and classical sounds was new, and at first puzzled the record company, which didn't know how to market it, but eventually the record was issued, first in England and later in America. It became a hit in England, propelled up the charts by the single "Nights in White Satin" (authored and sung by Hayward), which made the Top 20 in the U.K.; in America, the chosen single was another Hayward song, "Tuesday Afternoon." All of it hooked directly into the aftermath of the Summer of Love, and the LP was -- totally accidentally -- timed perfectly to fall into the hands of listeners who were looking for an orchestral/psychedelic recording to follow works such as the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Better still, the band still had a significant backlog of excellent psychedelic-

themed songs to draw on. Their debt wiped out and their music now in demand, they went to work with a follow-up record in short order and delivered In Search of the Lost Chord (1968), which was configured somewhat differently from its predecessor. Though Decca was ecstatic with the sales results of Days of Future Passed and the singles, and assigned Clarke and Varnals to work with them in the future, the label wasn't willing to schedule full-blown orchestral sessions again. And having just come out of a financial hole, the group wasn't about to go into debt again financing such a recording.

The solution to the problem of accompaniment came from within the group, with keyboard player Mike Pinder, and an organ-like device called a Mellotron. Using tape heads activated by the touch of keys, and tape loops comprised of the sounds of horns, strings, etc., the instrument generated an eerie, orchestra-like sound. Introduced at the start of the 1960s as a potential rival to the Hammond organ, the Mellotron had worked its way into rock music slowly, in acts such as the Graham Bond Organisation, and had emerged to some public prominence on Beatles records such as "Strawberry Fields Forever" and, more recently, "I Am the Walrus"; during that same year, in a similar supporting capacity, it would also turn up on the Rolling Stones' Their Satanic Majesties Request. As it happened, Pinder not only knew how to play it but had also worked in the factory that built them, which enabled him over the years to reengineer, modify, and customize the instruments to his specifications; the resulting instruments were nicknamed "Pindertrons."

In Search of the Lost Chord (1968) put the Mellotron in the spotlight, and it quickly became a part of their signature sound. The album, sublimely beautiful and steeped in a strange mix of British whimsy ("Dr. Livingston I Presume") and ornate, languid Eastern-oriented songs ("Visions of Paradise," "Om"), also introduced one psychedelic-era anthem, "Legend of a Mind"; authored by Ray Thomas and utilizing the name of LSD guru Timothy Leary in its lyric and choruses, along with swooping cellos and lilting flute, it helped make the band an instant favorite among the late-'60s counterculture. The group members have since admitted at various times that they were, as was the norm at the time, indulging in various hallucinogenic substances. That album and its follow-up, 1969's To Our Children's Children's Children, were magnificent achievements, utilizing their multi-instrumental skills and the full capability of the studio in overdubbing voices, instruments, etc. But in the process of making those two LPs, the group found that they'd painted

themselves into a corner as performing musicians -- thanks to overdubbing, those albums were essentially the work of 15 or 20 Moody Blues, not a quintet, and they were unable to re-create their sound properly in concert.

Indeed, from their album To Our Children's Children's Children -- which was also the first release of the group's own newly founded label, Threshold Records -- only one song, the guitar-driven "Gypsy," ever worked on-stage. Beginning with A Question of Balance (1970), however, the group specifically recorded songs in arrangements that they could play in concert, stripping down their sound a bit by reducing their reliance on overdubbing and, in the process, toughening up their sound. They were able to do most of that album and their next record, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, on-stage, with impressive results. By that time, all five members of the band were composing songs, and each had his own identity, Pinder the impassioned mystic, Lodge the rocker, Edge the poet, Thomas the playful mystic, and Hayward the romantic -- all had contributed significantly to their repertoire, though Hayward tended to have the biggest share of the group's singles, and his songs often occupied the leadoff spot on their LPs.

They weren't really a "singles" act by then, their audience principally consisting of college students who primarily purchased LPs, and their music was more prominent on FM radio than on AM radio. "Question" and "The Story in Your Eyes," for example, were known as singles, but were also totally overshadowed by their respective LPs. Their music had evolved from pop psychedelia to a very accessible, almost pop variety of progressive rock. Meanwhile, a significant part of their audience didn't think of the Moody Blues merely as musicians but, rather, as spiritual guides. John Lodge's song "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock & Roll Band)" was his answer to this phenomenon, renouncing the role that had been thrust upon the band -- it was also an unusually hard-rocking number for the group, and was also a modest hit single. Ironically, in 1972, the group was suddenly competing with itself when "Nights in White Satin" charted again in America and England, selling far more than it had in 1967; that new round of single sales also resulted in Days of Future Passed selling anew by the tens of thousands.

In the midst of all of this activity, the members, finally slowing down and enjoying the fruits of their success, had reached an impasse. As they prepared to record their new album, Seventh Sojourn (1972), the strain of touring and recording steadily for five years had taken its toll. Good songs were becoming more difficult to deliver and record, and cutting that album had proved nearly impossible. The public never saw the problems, and its release earned them their best reviews to date and was accompanied by a major international tour, and the sales and attendance were huge. Once the tour was over, however, it was announced that the group was going on hiatus -- they wouldn't work together again for five years. During this era, Hayward and Lodge recorded a very successful duet album, Blue Jays (1975), and all five members did solo albums. All were released through Threshold, which was still distributed by English Decca (then called London Records in the United States), and Threshold even maintained a small catalog of other artists, including Trapeze and Providence, though they evidently missed their chance to sign a group that might well have eclipsed the Moody Blues musically, King Crimson. Ironically, the latter also used the Mellotron as a central part of their sound, but in a totally different way, and were the only group ever to make more distinctive use of the instrument.

Other bands, including Barclay James Harvest and the Strawbs, the latter coming into progressive rock from a folk orientation,

picked off some of the Moody Blues' audience during the 1970s. Still, the Moodies' old records were strong enough, elicited enough positive memories, and picked up enough new listeners (even amid the punk and disco booms) that a double-LP retrospective (This Is the Moody Blues) sold extremely well, years after they'd stopped working together, as did a live/studio archival double LP (Caught Live + 5). By 1977, the members had decided to reunite, a process complicated by the fact that Pinder had moved to California during that period. Although all five participated in the resulting album, Octave (1978), there were numerous stresses during its recording, and Pinder was ultimately unhappy enough with the LP to decline to go on tour with the band. The reunion tour came off anyway, with ex-Yes keyboardist Patrick Moraz brought in to replace Pinder, and the album topped the charts.

The group's next record, Long Distance Voyager (1981), was even more popular, though by this time a schism was beginning to develop between the band and the critical community. The reviews from critics (who'd seldom been that enamored of the band even in its heyday) became ever more harsh, and although their hiatus had allowed the band to skip the punk era, they seemed just as out of step amid the MTV era and the ascendancy of acts such as Madonna, the Pretenders, the Police, et al. By 1981, they'd been tagged by most of the rock press with the label "dinosaurs," seemingly awaiting extinction. There were still decent-sized hits, such as "Gemini Dream," but the albums seemed rather mechanical and soulless, the result of going through the motions of being a group. Without Pinder with his broadly arcing mysticism, and with his would-be successor, Moraz, seemingly unable to contribute to the songwriting, they seemed a shadow of what they'd been to longtime fans; there were OK records, and the concerts drew well, mostly for the older songs, but there was little urgency or very much memorable about the new material. And this reviewer remembers a show at the New Jersey Meadowlands in which they were eclipsed by the vibrancy of the opening act, a then little-known guitarist named Stevie Ray Vaughan, who stole a good chunk of the Moody Blues' thunder and made their set an anticlimax.

That all changed a bit when one of them finally delivered a song so good that in its mere existence it begged to be recorded -- the Hayward-authored single "In Your Wildest Dreams" (1986), an almost perfect successor to "Nights in White Satin." Mixing romance, passion, and feelings of nostalgia with a melody that was gorgeous and instantly memorable (and with a great beat), the single -- along with its accompanying album -- approached the top of the charts. They were boosted up there by a superb promotional video (featuring the Mood Six as the younger Moody Blues) that suddenly gave the group at least a little contemporary pop/rock credibility. The follow-up, "I Know You're Out There Somewhere," was a lesser but still impressive commercial success, with an even better secondary melodic theme, and the two combined gave them an essential and memorable pair of mid-decade hits, boosting their concert attendance back up and shoring up their contemporary songbag.Still, the Moody Blues were no longer anywhere near the cutting edge of music, and by the end of the 1980s, they were again

perceived as a nostalgia act, albeit one with a huge audience -- a bit like the Grateful Dead without the critical respect or veneration. By that time, Moraz was gone and the core group was reduced to a quartet, with salaried keyboard players augmenting their work (along with a second drummer to back up Edge). They had also begun attracting fans by the tens of thousands to a new series of concerts, in which -- for the first time -- they performed with orchestras and, thus, could do their most elaborately produced songs on-stage. In 1994, a four-CD set devoted to their work, entitled Time Traveller, was released. By that time, their new albums were barely charting, and seldom attracting even negative reviews, but their catalog was among the best-selling parts of the Polygram library. A new studio effort, Strange Times, followed in 1999 and the live (at the Royal Albert Hall) Hall of Fame followed a year later, but it was the 1997 upgrades of their original seven albums, from Days of Future Passed to Seventh Sojourn, that attracted far more attention from the public. In 2003, Ray Thomas retired, and the Moody Blues carried on as a core trio of Hayward, Lodge, and Edge. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Days Of Future Passed, 1967

The Day BeginsCold hearted orb that rules the night,Removes the colours from our sight,Red is gray and yellow white,But we decide which is right.And which is an illusion?Pinprick holes in a colourless sky,Let insipid figures of light pass by,The mighty light of ten thousand suns,Challenges infinity and is soon gone.Night time, to some a brief interlude,To others the fear of solitude.Brave Helios wake up your steads,Bring the warmth the countryside needs.

Dawn: Dawn Is A feelingDawn is a feelingA beautiful ceilingThe smell of grassJust makes you passInto a dreamYou're here today

No future fearsThis day will lastA thousand yearsIf you want it toYou look around youThings they astound youSo breathe in deepYou're not asleepOpen your mindYou're here todayNo future fearsThis day will lastA thousand yearsIf you want it toDo you understandThat all over this landThere's a feelingIn minds far and nearThings are becoming clearWith a meaningNow that you're knowingPleasure starts flowingIt's true life fliesFaster than eyesCould ever seeYou're here todayNo future fearsThis day will lastA thousand yearsIf you want it to

The Morning: Another MorningBalloons flyingChildren sighingWhat a day to go kite flyingBreezy schoolAway from schoolCowboys fighting out a duelTime seems to stand quite stillIn a child's world it always willFishes bitingSo excitingLunchtime sounds so invitingAt the billHe gets a thrillSitting, watching Bobby QuillTime seems to stand quite stillIn a child's world it always willYesterday's dreamsAre tomorrow's sighsWatch children playingThey seem so wiseMary GreenToday's a queenOne thousand dollies are her dreamIn cotton frocksAnd golden locksHer palace is an orange boxTime seems to stand quite stillIn a child's world it always will

Lunch Break: Peak HourI see it all through my window it seemsNever failing like millions of beesAll that is wrongNo time will be wonAll they need to do-o-o-o

What can be done?Peak hour, peak hour, peak hourMinds are subject to what should be doneProblem solved, time cannot be wonOne hour a dayOne hour at nightSees crowds of peopleAll meant for flight

Peak hour, peak hour, peak hourIt makes me want to run out and tell themThey've got timeTake a step back outAnd look in at their debtAnd their timeMinds are subject to what should be doneProblem solved, time cannot be wonOne hour a dayOne hour at nightSees crowds of peopleAll meant for flightPeak hour, peak hour, peak hour

The Afternoon: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)Tuesday, afternoon,I'm just beginning to see,Now I'm on my way,It doesn't matter to me,Chasing the clouds away.Something, calls to me,The trees are drawing me near,I've got to find out whyThose gentle voices I hearExplain it all with a sigh.I'm looking at myself, reflections of my mind,It's just the kind of day to leave myself behind,So gently swaying thru the fairy-land of love,If you'll just come with me and see the beauty ofTuesday afternoon.Tuesday afternoon.Tuesday, afternoon,I'm just beginning to see,Now I'm on my way,It doesn't matter to me,Chasing the clouds away.Something, calls to me,The trees are drawing me near,I've got to find out whyThose gentle voices I hearExplain it all with a sigh.

Evening: The Sun Set: Twilight TimeWhen the sun goes down,And the clouds all frown,Night has begun for the sunset.See it with your eyes;Earth re-energizedBy the sun's rays every day.Take a look out there,Planets everywhere.When the sun goes down,And the clouds all frown,Night has begun for the sunset.Shadows on the ground;Never make a sound,Fading away in the sunset.Night has now become

Day for everyone.I can see it allFrom this great height.I can feel the sunSlipping out of sight;And the world still goes onThrough the night.

The Night: Nights In White Satin(Justin Hayward and Graeme Edge)Nights in white satin,Never reaching the end,Letters I've written,Never meaning to send.Beauty I'd always missedWith these eyes before,Just what the truth isI can't say anymore.'Cause I love you,Yes, I love you,Oh, how, I love you.Gazing at people,Some hand in hand,Just what I'm going thruThey can understand.Some try to tell meThoughts they cannot defend,Just what you want to beYou will be in the end,And I love you,Yes, I love you,Oh, how, I love you.Oh, how, I love you.Nights in white satin,Never reaching the end,Letters I've written,Never meaning to send.Beauty I'd always missedWith these eyes before,Just what the truth isI can't say anymore.'Cause I love you,Yes, I love you,Oh, how, I love you.Oh, how, I love you.'Cause I love you,Yes, I love you,Oh, how, I love you.Oh, how, I love you.

Late Lament(Graeme Edge)Breathe deep the gathering gloom,Watch lights fade from every room.Bedsitter people look back and lament,Another day's useless energy spent.Impassioned lovers wrestle as one,Lonely man cries for love and has none.New mother picks up and suckles her son,Senior citizens wish they were young.Cold hearted orb that rules the night,Removes the colours from our sight.Red is grey and yellow white.But we decide which is right.And which is an illusion???.

In Search Of The Lost Chord, 1968

Departure(Graeme Edge)Be it sight, sound, the smell, the touch.There's something,Inside that we need so much,The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,Or the strength of an arquebus deep in the ground.The wonder of flowers, to be covered, and then to burst up,Thru tarmack, to the sun again,Or to fly to the sun without burning a wing,To lie in the meadow and hear the grass sing,To have all these things in our memories hoard,And to use them,To help us,To find...

Ride My See-Saw(John Lodge)Ride, ride my see-saw,Take this placeOn this tripJust for me.Ride, take a free ride,Take my placeHave my seatIt's for free.I worked like a slave for years,Sweat so hard just to end my fears.Not to end my life a poor man,But by now, I know I should have run.Run, run my last race,Take my placeHave this numberOf mine.Run, run like a fire,Don't you run inIn the lanesRun for time.Left school with a first class pass,Started work but as second class.School taught one and one is two.But right now, that answer just ain't true.Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ahAh ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ahMy world is spinning around,Everything is lost that I found.People run, come ride with me,Let's find another place that's free.Ride, ride my see-saw,Take this placeOn this tripJust for me.Ride, take a free ride,Take my placeHave my seatIt's for free.Ride, my see-saw.Ride, ride, ride, my see-saw.Ride, my see-saw...

Dr. Livingston, I Presume(Ray Thomas)Doctor Livingston, I presume,Stepping out of the jungle gloomInto the midday sun.What did you find there?Did you stand awhile and stare?

Did you meet anyone?"I've seen butterflies galore, I've seen people big and small, I've still not found what I'm looking for."We're all looking for someone.We're all looking for someone.We're all looking for someone.Captain Scott, you were so bold,Now you're looking rather coldOut there in the snow.What did you find there?Did you stand awhile and stare?Did you meet anyone?"I've seen polar bears and seals, I've seen giant Antarctic eels, I've still not found what I'm looking for."We're all looking for someone.We're all looking for someone.We're all looking for someone.Columbus, where are you bound?So you think the world is round.Sailed off in the blue.What did you find there?Did you stand awhile and stare?Did you meet anyone?"There are Indians by the score In many places that I saw. I've still not found what I'm looking for."We're all looking for someone.We're all looking for someone.We're all looking for someone.

House Of Four Doors(John Lodge)Mystery spead it's cloakAcross the skyWe'd lost our wayShadows fell from treesThey knew whyThen thru the leaves a light broke thruA path lost for years lead us thruHouse of four doorsI could live there foreverHouse of four doorsWould it be there forever?Lonliness, the face of pilgrims eyes was knownAs the door opened wideBeauty they had found before my eyes to seeTo the next door we cameLove of music showed in everything we heardThru the third door where are we?Enter in all ye who seek to find withinAs the plaque said on the last door

Legend Of A Mind(Ray Thomas)Timothy Leary's dead.No, no, no, no, He's outside looking in.Timothy Leary's dead.No, no, no, no, He's outside looking in.He'll fly his astral plane,Takes you trips around the bay,Brings you back the same day,Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary.Timothy Leary's dead.No, no, no, no, He's outside looking in.Timothy Leary's dead.No, no, no, no, He's outside looking in.He'll fly his astral plane,

Takes you trips around the bay,Brings you back the same day,Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary.Along the coast you'll hear them boastAbout a light they say that shines so clear.So raise your glass, we'll drink a toastTo the little man who sells you thrills along the pier.He'll take you up, he'll bring you down,He'll plant your feet back firmly on the ground.He flies so high, he swoops so low,He knows exactly which way he's gonna go.Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary.He'll take you up, he'll bring you down,He'll plant your feet back on the ground.He'll fly so high, he'll swoop so low.Timothy Leary.He'll fly his astral plane.He'll take you trips around the bay.He'll bring you back the same day.Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary.Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary.Timothy Leary.

House Of Four Doors (Part 2)(John Lodge)Walking thru that doorOutside we cameNowhere at allPerhaps the answers hereNot there anymoreThen in our hearts the light broke thruA path lost for years is there in viewHouse of four doorsYou'll be lost now foreverHouse of four doorsRest of life's life forever.House of four doorsYou'll be lost now foreverHouse of four doorsRest of life's life forever.

Voices In The Sky(Justin Hayward)Bluebird, flying highTell me what you singIf you could talk to meWhat news would you bringOf voices in the skyNightingale, hovering highHarmonize the windDarkness, your symphonyI can hear you singOf voices in the skyJust what is happening to meI lie awake with the sound of the seaCalling to meOld man, passing byTell me what you singThough your voice be faintI am listeningVoices in the skyChildren with a skipping ropeTell me what you singPlay time is nearly goneThe bell's about to ringVoices in the skyJust what is happening to meI lie awake with the sound of the seaCalling to me

Bluebird, flying highTell me what you singIf you could talk to meWhat news would you bringOf voices in the skyVoices in the skyVoices in the skyVoices in the sky

The Best Way To Travel(Mike Pinder)And you can flyHigh as a kite if you want toFaster than light if you want toSpeeding through the universeThinking is the best way to travelIt's all a dreamLight passing by on the screenAnd there's you and I on the beamSpeeding through the universeThinking is the best way to travelWe ride the wavesDistance is gone, will we find out?How life bean, will be find out?Speeding through the universeThinking is the best way to travelAnd you can flyHigh as a kite if you want toFaster than light if you want toSpeeding through the universeThinking is the best way to travel

Visions Of Paradise(Justin Hayward and John Lodge)The sounds in my mind just come to meCome see, come seeAnd the call of her eyes makes waterfallsOf me, of meIn the garden of her love I'll stay awhileTo be, to beWhat the seeds of her thoughts once mean to meCome see, come seeVisions of paradise, cloudless skies I seeRainbows on the hill, blue onyx on the seaCome see, ah, ah, ahAnd the sounds in my mind just come to meCome see, come seeAnd the call of her eyes, makes waterfallsOf me, of me

The Actor(Justin Hayward)The curtain rises on the sceneWith someone shouting to be freeThe play unfolds before my eyesThere stands the actor who is meThe sleeping hours takes us farFrom traffic, telephones and fearPut out your problems with the catEscape until a bell you hearOur reasons are the sameBut there's no-one we can blameFor there's nowhere we need goAnd the only truth we know comes so easilyThe sound I have heard in your helloOh, oh, darling, you're almost part of meOh, oh, darling, you're all I'll ever seeAh, ah, ahIt's such a rainy afternoonNo point in going anywhere

The sounds just drift across my roomI wish this feeling I could shareIt's such a rainy afternoonShe sits and gazes from her windowHer mind tries to recall his faceThe feeling deep inside her growsOur reasons are the sameBut there's no-one we can blameFor there's nowhere we need goAnd the only truth we know comes so easilyThe sound I have heard in your helloOh, oh, darling, you're almost part of meOh, oh, darling, you're all I'll ever seeThe sound I have heard in your helloOh, oh, darling, you're all I'll ever seeOh, oh, darling, you're almost part of meAh, ah, ah

The Word(Graeme Edge)This garden universe vibrates complete.Some we get a sound so sweet.Vibrations reach on up to become light,And then thru gamma, out of sight.Between the eyes and ears there lay,The sounds of colour and the light of a sigh.And to hear the sun, what a thing to believe.But it's all around if we could but perceive.To know ultra-violet, infra-red and X-rays,Beauty to find in so many ways.Two notes of the chord, that's our fluoroscope.But to reach the chord is our lifes hope.And to name the chord is important to some.So they give a word, and the word is OM.

OM(Mike Pinder)The rain is on the roofHurry high butterflyAs clouds roll past my headI know why the skys all cryOM, OM, Heaven, OMThe Earth turns slowly roundFar away the distant soundIs with us everydayCan you hear what it sayOM, OM, Heaven, OMThe rain is on the roofHurry high butterflyAs clouds roll past my headI know why the skys all cryOM, OM, Heaven, OM

On The Threshold Of A Dream, 1969

In The Beginning(Graeme Edge) First Man: I think, I think I am, therefore I am, I think.Establishment: Of course you are my bright little star, I've miles And miles Of files Pretty files of your forefather's fruit and now to suit our great computer, You're magnetic ink.First Man: I'm more than that, I know I am, at least, I think I must be.Inner Man: There you go man, keep as cool as you can. Face piles

And piles Of trials With smiles. It riles them to believethat you perceive the web they weaveAnd keep on thinking free.

Lovely To See You(Justin Hayward)A wonderful day for passing my way.Knock and my door and even the scoreWith your eyes.Lovely to see you again my friend.Walk along with me to the next bend.Dark cloud of fear is blowing away.Now that you're here, you're going to stay'cause it'sLovely to see you again my friend.Walk along with me to the next bend.Tells us what you've seen in faraway forgotten lands.Where empires have turned back to sand.Wonderful day for passing my way.Knock and my door and even the scoreWith your eyes.Lovely to see you again my friend.Walk along with me to the next bend.

Dear Diary (Ray Thomas)Dear diary, what a day it's been.Dear diary, it's been just like a dream.Woke up late. Wasn't where I should have been.For goodness sake what's happening to me.Write lightly, yours truly, dear diary.It was cold outside my door.So many people by the score.Rushing around so senselessly.They don't notice there's people like me.Write lightly, yours truly, dear diary.They don't know what they're playing.They've no way of knowing what the game is.Still they carry on doing what they can.Outside me, yours truly, dear diary.It's over. Will tomorrow be the same?I know that they're really not to blame.If they wern't so blind then surely they'd see.There's a much better way for them to be.Inside me, yours truly, dear diary.Somebody exploded an H-bomb today.But it wasn't anyone I knew.

Send Me No Wine (John Lodge)Send me no wineTo make an invitation.Leave me no timeIn your imagination.Only to findWords in your mindThey're gonna make you, leave your,Leave your heart behind.Send me, send me no wine,To send my love away.Send me, send me no wine,To send my love away.(For) once in my lifeI need no conversation.All of my timeI'll spend in fascination.Give me my love,With you in my life.

If only everybodyFound the answer in love.Send me, send me no wine,To send my love away.Send me, send me no wine,To send my love away.

To Share Our Love (John Lodge)

Makes me feel good,Now I can seeIt takes more than one to giveThe life we need.

So Deep Within You (Mike Pinder)Talk to me baby, I want to sleep at night.My heart is heavy, it's weighed down by the night.And now I'm lonely, I want to see the lightSo deep within you.Cool wind is blowing through your crazy hair.Warm colours flowing, this feeling we have shared.And now I'm lonely I want to feel the loveSo deep within you.Your love's a never ending dream,A castle by a stream of sweet understanding.I know you're thinking of me too, the messagesFrom you are my inspiration.Love's incense lingers, it never fades away.Like you I'm waiting for our special day.And now I'm lonely I want to feel the loveSo deep within youMy love is burning, like a forest fire.My heart is yearning, I feel a warm desire.And now I'm lonely I want to tough the fireSo deep within you.

Never Comes The Day (Justin Hayward)Work away today, work away tomorrow.Never comes the day for my love and me.I feel her gently sighing as the evening slips away.If only you knew what's inside of me nowYou wouldn't want to know me somehow,ButYou will love me tonight,We alone will be alright,In the end.Give just a little bit moreTake a little bit lessFrom each other tonightAdmit what you're feelingAnd see what's in front of you,It's never out of your sight.You know it's true,We all know that it's true.Work away today, think about tomorrowNever comes the day for my love and me.I feel her gently sighing as the evening slips away.If only you knew what's inside of me nowYou wouldn't want to know me somehow,ButYou will love me tonight,We alone will be alright,In the end.Give just a little bit moreTake a little bit lessFrom each other tonightAdmit what you're feeling

And see what's in front of you,It's never out of your sight.You know it's true,We all know that it's true.

Lazy Day (Ray Thomas)Lazy day, Sunday afternoon,Like to get your feet up, watch T.V.Sunday roast is something good to eat,Must be beef today 'cause lamb was last week.So full up, bursting at the seams,Soon you'll start to nod off, happy dreams.Wake up, for tea and buttered sconesSuch a lot of work for you Sunday Moms.It's such a crying shameWeek after week the same.Today's heaven-sent and you're feeling content,You worked all week long.Still, it's quite sad tomorrow's so badAnd I don't feel so strong.Lazy day, Sunday afternoon,Like to get your feet up, watch T.V.Sunday roast is something good to eat,Now it's almost over till week.That's how your life goes byUntil the day you die.

Are You Sitting Comfortably (Ray Thomas and Justin Hayward)Take another sip my love and see what you will see,A fleet of golden galleons, on a crystal sea.Are you sitting comfortably?Let Merlin cast his spell.Ride along the winds of time and see where we have been,The glorious age of Camelot, when Guinevere was Queen.It all unfolds before your eyesAs Merlin casts his spell.The seven wonders of the world he'll lay before your feet,In far-off lands, on distant shores, so many friends to meet.Are you sitting comfortably?Let Merlin cast his spell.

The Dream (Graeme Edge)When the white eagle of the North is flying overheadThe browns, reds and golds of autumn lie in the gutter, dead.Remember then, that summer birds with wings of fire flayingCame to witness springs new hope, born of leaves decaying.Just as new life will come from death, love will come at leisure.Love of love, love of life and giving without measureGives in return a wonderous yearn of a promise almost seen.Live hand-in-hand and together we'll stand on the threshold of a dream.

Have You Heard (part 1) (Mike Pinder)Now you know that you are real,Show your friends that you and meBelong to the same world,Turned on to the same word,Have you heard?Now you know that you are free,Living all your life at ease.Each day has its always,A look down life's hallways, doorways,To lead you there.

The Voyage

** Instrumental **

Have You Heard (part 2) (Mike Pinder)Now you know how nice it feels,Scatter good seed in the fields.Life's ours for the making,Eternity's waiting, waiting,For you and me.Now you know that you are real,Show your friends that you and meBelong to the same world,Turned on to the same word,Have you heard?Have you heard?Have you heard?Have you heard?Have you heard?

To Our Childrens Childrens Children, 1969

Higher And Higher(Graeme Edge)Blasting, billowing, bursting forthWith the power of ten billion butterfly sneezesMan with his flaming pyreHas conquered the wayward breezesClimbing to tranquilityFar above the cloudConceiving the heavensClear of misty shroudHigher and higherNow we've learned to play with fireGo higher and higher and higherVast vision must improve our sightPerhaps at last we'll see and endTo our homes endless blightAnd the beginning of the freeClimb to tranquilityFinding its real worthConceiving the heavensFlorishing on earthHigher and higherNow we've learned to play with fireGo higher and higher and higherEyes Of A Child (part 1)(John Lodge)Listen hear the soundThe child awakesWonder all aroundThe child awakesNow in his life he never must be lostNo thoughts must deceive himIn life he must trustWith the eyes of a childYou must come out and seeThat your world's spinning 'roundAnd through life you will beA small partOf a hopeOf a loveThat existsIn the eyes of a child you will seeEarth falls far awayNew life awaitsTime it has no dayNew life awwaitsHere is your dream and now how does it feelNo words will go with you

And now what is real?With the eyes of a childYou must come out and seeThat your world's spinning 'roundAnd through life you will beA small partOf a hopeOf a loveThat existsIn the eyes of a child you will see

Floating(Ray Thomas)Floating free as a birdSixty foot leaps it's so absurdFrom up here you should see the viewSuch a lot of space for me and youOh you'd like itGliding around, get your feet off the groundOh you'd like itDo as you please with so much easeNow I know how it feelsTo have wings on my heelsTo take a stroll among the starsGet a close look at planet MarsOh you'd like itGliding around, get your feet off the groundOh you'd like itDo as you please with so much easeBouncing about on the moonGuess you'll all be up here soonThe candy stores they'll be brand newAnd you'll buy a rock with the moon right throughOh you'd like itGliding around, get your feet off the groundOh you'd like itDo as you please with so much easeCome fly...Come fly...Come fly...

Eyes Of a Child (part 2)(John Lodge)I'm gonna sit and watch the webThat you will build this dayWill it be a thread of love you weaveIt's yours too show the wayThen everything will be as you will see in the lightIn the eyes of the childYou must come out and seeThat your world's spinning 'roundAnd through life you will beA small partOf a hopeOf a loveThat existsIn the eyes of a child you will seeIn the eyes of the childYou must come out and see...

I Never Thought I'd Live To Be A Hundred(Justin Hayward)I never thought I'd live to be a hundredI never thought I'd get to doThe things that all those other sons doAnd they doI never thought I'd ever have my freedomAn age ago my maker was refusing meThe pleasure of the view

Beyond(Graeme Edge)

(Instrumental)

Out And In(Mike Pinder and John Lodge)Gazing past the planetsLooking for total viewI've been laying here for hoursYou've gotta make the journey out and inWonders of a lifetimeRight there before your eyesSearching with this life of oursYou gotta make the journey out and inOut and in, out and inIf you think it's a jokeThat's all rightDo what you want to doI've said my peaceAnd I'll leave it all up to youWonders of a lifetimeRight there before your eyesSearching with this life of oursYou gotta make the journey out and inOut and in, out and inIf you think it's a jokeThat's all rightDo what you want to doI've said my peaceAnd I'll leave it all up to youGazing past the planetsLooking for total viewI've been laying here for hoursYou gotta make the journey out and inOut and in, out and inOut and in, out and in

Gypsy(Justin Hayward)A gypsy of a strange and distant timeTravelling in panic all direction blindAching for the warmth of a burning sunFreezing in the emptiness of where he'd come fromOh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ohLeft without a hope of coming home

Speeding through a shadow of a million yearsDarkness is the only sound to reach his earsFrightening him with the visions of eternityScreaming for a future that can never beOh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ohLeft without a hope of coming homeA gypsy of a strange and distant timeTravelling in panic all direction blindAching for the warmth of a burning sunFreezing in the emptiness of where he'd come fromOh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ohLeft without a hope of coming home

Eternity Road(Ray Thomas)Hark listen here he comesHark listen here he comesTurning, spinning, catherine wheelingFor ever changingThere's no beginningSpeeding through a charcoal skyObserve the truth we cannot lieTravelling eternity roadWhat will you find there?

Carrying your heavy loadSearching to find a peace of mind.You'll see us all aroundYou'll see us all aroundTurning, spinning, catherine wheelingFor ever changingThere's no beginningYou're so very far from homeAnd so very much aloneTravelling eternity roadWhat will you find there?Carrying your heavy loadSearching to find a peace of mind.Travelling eternity roadWhat will you find there?Carrying your heavy loadSearching to find a peace of mind.

Candle Of Life(John Lodge)Something you can't hideSays you're lonelyHidden deep insideOf you onlyIt's there for you to seeTake a look and beBurn slowly the candle of lifeSomething there outsideSays we're onlyIn the hands of timeFalling slowlyIt's there for us to knowWith love that we can goBurn slowly the candle of lifeSo love everybodyAnd make them your friendsSo love everybodyAnd make them your friends Something you can't hideSays you're lonelyHidden deep insideOf you onlyIt's there for you to seeTake a look and beBurn slowly the candle of lifeSomething there outsideSays we're onlyIn the hands of timeFalling slowlyIt's there for us to knowWith love that we can goBurn slowly the candle of life

Sun Is Still Shining(Mike Pinder)The sun is still shining, look at the viewThe moon is still dining, with me and youNow that we're out here, open your heartTo the universe, of which we're a partEverything's turning, turning aroundSee with you mind, leave your body behindNow that we're out here, open your heartTo the universe, of which we're a partBut if you want to playStay right back on earthWaiting for rebirthThe sun is still shining, look at the viewThe moon is still dining, with me and you

Now that we're out here, open your heartTo the universe, of which we're a partBut if you want to playStay right back on earthWaiting for rebirth

I Never Thought I'd Live To Be A Million(Justin Hayward)I never thought I'd get to be a millionI never thought I'd get to be the thingThat all these other children seeLook at me

Watching And Waiting(Justin Hayward and Ray Thomas)Watching and waitingFor a friend to play withWhy have I been alone so longMole he is burrowing his way to the sunlightHe knows there's some there so strong'Cos here there's lot of room for doingThe things you've always been deniedLook and gather all you want toThere's no one here to stop you tryingSoon you will see me'Cos I'll be all around youBut where I come from I can't tellBut don't be alarmed by my fields and my forestsThey're here for only you to share'Cos here there's lot of room for doingThe things you've always been deniedSo look and gather all you want toThere's no one here to stop you tryingWatching and waitingFor someone to understand meI hope it won't be very long

Question of Balance (1970)

Question(Justin Hayward)Why do we never get an answerWhen we're knocking at the door?With a thousand million questionsAbout hate and death and war.It's where we stop and look around usThere is nothing that we need.In a world of persecutionThat is burning in it's greed.Why do we never get an answerWhen we're knocking at the door?Because the truth is hard to swallowThat's what the wall of love is for.It's not the way that you say itWhen you do those things to me.It's more the way that you mean itWhen you tell me what will be.And when you stop and think about itYou won't believe it's true.That all the love you've been givingHas all been meant for you.I'm looking for someone to change my life.I'm looking for a miracle in my life.And if you could see what it's done to meTo lose the the love I knewCould safely lead me through.Between the silence of the mountainsAnd the crashing of the seaThere lies a land I once lived in

And she's waiting there for me.But in the grey of the morningMy mind becomes confusedBetween the dead and the sleepingAnd the road that I must choose.I'm looking for someone to change my life.I'm looking for a miracle in my life.And if you could see what it's done to meTo lose the the love I knewCould safely lead me toThe land that I once knew.To learn as we grow oldThe secrets of our souls.It's not the way that you say itWhen you do those things to me.It's more the way you really mean itWhen you tell me what will be.Why do we never get an answerWhen we're knocking at the door?With a thousand million questionsAbout hate and death and war.It's where we stop and look around usThere is nothing that we need.In a world of persecutionThat is burning in it's greed.Why do we never get an answerWhen we're knocking at the door?

How Is It (We Are Here)(Mike Pinder)How is it we are here, on this path we walk,In this world of pointless fear, filled with empty talk,Descending from the apes as scientist-priests all think,Will they save us in the end, we're trembling on the brink.Men's mighty mine-machines digging in the ground,Stealing rare minerals where they can be found.Concrete caves with iron doors, bury it again,While a starving frightened world fills the sea with grain.Her love is like a fire burning inside,Her love is so much higher it can't be denied,She sends us her glory, it's always been there,Her love's all around us, it's there for you and me to share.Men's mighty mine-machines digging in the ground,Stealing rare minerals where they can be found.Concrete caves with iron doors, bury it again,While a starving frightened world fills the sea with grain.How is it we are hereHow is it we are hereHow is it we are here

And The Tide Rushes In(Ray Thomas)I've been searching for my dreamA hunderd times todayI build them up, you knock them down,Like they were made of clay,Then the tide rushes inAnd washes my castles away.Then I'm really not so sureWhen side of the bed I should lay,I should lay...You keep looking for someoneTo tell your troubles to,I'll sit down and lend an earYet I hear nothing new.Then the tide rushes inAnd washes my castles away.Then I'm really not so sureWhen side of the bed I should lay,

I should lay...Blackbird sitting in a treeObserving what's belowAcorns falling to the ground,He'll stay and watch them grow.

Don't You Feel Small(Graeme Edge)Ask the mirror on the wallWho's the biggest fool of all,Bet you feel small,It happens to us all.See the worldAsk what's it for,Understanding, nothing more,Don't you feel small,It happens to us all.Time is now to spread your voice,Time's to come there'll be no choice,Why do you feel small,It happens to us all.Look at progress,Then count the cost,We'll spoil the seasWith the rivers we've lost.See the writing on the wall,Hear the mirror's warning call.That's why you feel small,It happens to us all.Ask the mirror on the wallWho's the biggest fool of all,Bet you feel small,It happens to us all.

Tortoise And The Hare(John Lodge)You know he's moving fast,Be he's still going slow,He's ahead in the race,And there is not far to go,And your load is so heavyAnd your legs want to rest.It's all right, it's all right, it's all right.You think he's way up in frontBut he's so far behind.He's asleep in the grass,And he's run out of time.While your load was so heavyYou never wanted to stop.It's all right, it's all right, it's all right.Your friend is heavyBut he was readyAnd never stopped for a whileAnd while you were sleepingHe went on keeping the final line in his mind.It's all right, it's all right, it's all right.It's all right, it's all right, it's all right.Your friend is heavyBut he was readyAnd never stopped for a whileAnd while you were sleepingHe went on keeping the final line in his mind.It's all right, it's all right, it's all right.It's all right, it's all right, it's all right.It's all right, it's all right, it's all right.It's all right, it's all right, it's all right.It's all right, it's all right, it's all right.

It's Up To You(Justin Hayward)

When the breeze between us calls, love comes and lingers into our lives,And the leaves begin to fall, you point your finger at me.I love you-I love you-In the sadness of your smile love is an island way out to sea,But it seems so long ago we have been ready trying to be free.And it's up to you,Why won't you say?Make our lives turn out this way.If they knew, that we have got nothing to lose,No reason to hide from what's true.In the world of me and youAll is forgotten when we're insideAnd the words that pass us by,I am not listening, all of it's lies.And it's up to you,Why won't you say?Make our lives turn out this way.If they knew, that we have got nothing to lose,No reason to hide from what's true,That we have got nothing to lose.Minstrel's Song(John Lodge)Words a simple songA minstrel singsA way of life in his eyesHear the morning call of waking birdsWhen they are singing, bringingLove - love.Everywhere love is all around,Everywhere love is all around.Now the winter's goneCold wind has blownThe endless stream in our livesWhere the minstrel singsThis simple songHe's always bringing, singing,Love - love.Everywhere love is all around,Everywhere love is all around.Listen to the oneWho sings of love.Follow our friend,Our wandering friend,Listen to the one,Who sings of love.Everywhere love is around,Around, around.Here the nations singOur minstrel's song,As he walks by in their livesSoon the spring will come,And everyone will all be singing, bringingLove - loveEverywhere love is all around,Everywhere love is all around.Listen to the oneWho sings of love.Follow our friend,Our wandering friend,Listen to the one,Who sings of love.Everywhere love is around,Around, around.

Dawning Is The Day(Justin Hayward)Rise, let us see you,

Dawning is the day,Miss, misty meadow,You will find your way,Wake up in the morning to yourself and leave this crazy life behind you.Listen, we're trying to find you.Flow to the sea,You know where to go,Still we are free,No one tells the wind which way to blow.Wake up in the morning to yourself,Open your eyes and start to be you.Listen, we think we can see you.Baby there's no price upon your head,Sing it, shout it.Now the angry words have all been said.Do it, don't doubt it.So rise, let us see you,Dawning is the day,Miss, misty meadow,You will find your way,Wake up in the morning to yourself, open your head and look around you.Listen, we think we have found you.

Melancholy Man(Mike Pinder)I'm a melancholy man, that's what I am,All the world surrounds me, and my feet are on the ground.I'm a very lonely man, doing what I can,All the world astounds me and I think I understandThat we're going to keep growing, wait and see.When all the stars are falling downInto the sea and on the ground,And angry voices carry on the wind,A beam of light will fill your headAnd you'll remember what's been saidBy all the good men this world's ever known.Another man is what you'll see,Who looks like you and looks like me,And yet somehow he will not feel the same,His life caught up in misery, he doesn't think like you and me,'Cause he can't see what you and I can see.The Balance(Words - Graeme Edge, Music - Ray Thomas)After he had journeyed,And his feet were sore,And he was tired,He came upon an orange groveAnd he restedAnd he lay in the cool,And while he rested, he took to himself an orange and tasted it,And it was good.And he felt the earth to his spine,And he asked, and he saw the tree above him, and the stars,And the veins in the leaf,And the light, and the balance.And he saw magnificent perfection,Whereon he thought of himself in balance,And he knew he was.Just open your eyes,And realize, the way it's always been.Just open your mindAnd you will findThe way it's always been.Just open your heartAnd that's a start.And he thought of those he angered,For he was not a violent man,

And he thought of those he hurtFor he was not a cruel manAnd he thought of those he frightenedFor he was not an evil man,And he understood.He understood himself.Upon this he saw that when he was of anger or knew hurt or felt fear,It was because he was not understanding,And he learned, compassion.And with his eye of compassion.He saw his enemies like unto himself,And he learned love.Then, he was answered.Just open your eyes,And realize, the way it's always been.Just open your mindAnd you will findThe way it's always been.Just open your heartAnd that's a start.

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, 1971

Procession(Graeme Edge, Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas)

Desolation...Creation...Communication...

The Story In Your Eyes(Justin Hayward)I've been thinking about our fortuneAnd I've decided that we're really not to blameFor the love that's deep inside us nowIs still the sameAnd the sounds we make togetherIs the music to the story in your eyesIt's been shining down upon me nowI realizeListen to the tide slowly turningWash all our heartaches awayWe're part of the fire that is burningAnd from the ashes we can build another dayBut I'm frightened for your childrenThat the life that we are living is in vainAnd the sunshine we've been waiting forWill turn to rainListen to the tide slowly turningWash all our heartaches awayWe're part of the fire that is burningAnd from the ashes we can build another dayBut I'm frightened for the childrenThat the life that we are living is in vainAnd the sunshine we've been waiting forWill turn to rainWhen the final line is overIt's certain that the curtain's gonna fallI can hide inside your sweet sweet loveFor ever more

Our Guessing Game(Ray Thomas)Walking in the sandThinking of things, adventures in my mindTall ships that sailAcross the ocean wide

They won't wait for meSee the way they glide away so gracefullyAnd with tomorrow what will become of meThey leave me so much to explainThat's the start of our guessing gameThere are times when I think I've found the truthThere are times when I know that I'm wrongAnd the days when I try to hide my fearsBless the days when I'm feeling strongBless the days when I'm feeling strongWonder why we try so hardWonder why we try at allYou wonder why the world is turning aroundWhen in the end it won't matter at allStanding in the townLooking at people, counting their frownsUnhappy faces, hurrying aroundSo blind they cannot seeAll of these thingsThe way life ought to beAnd with tomorrow what will they make of meIt leaves me so much to explainThat's the start of our guessing gameThere are times when I think I've found the truthThere are times when I know that I'm wrongAnd the days when I try to hide my fearsBless the days when I'm feeling strongThere are times when I think I've found the truthThere are times when I know that I'm wrongAnd the days when I try to hide my fearsBless the days when I'm feeling strongThere are times when I think I've found the truth

Emily's Song(John Lodge)Lovely to know the warmthYou're smile can bring to meI want to tell you but the words you do not knowSing me a lullabyOf songs you cannot writeAnd I will listen for there's beauty where there's loveAnd in the morning of my lifeAnd in the evening of my dayI will try to understand in what you say...River's of endlessTides have passed beneath my feetAnd all too soon they had me standing on my ownThen when my eyes were closedYou opened them for meAnd now we journey thro' our lives to what will beAnd in the morning of my lifeAnd in the evening of my dayI will try to understand in what you sayThrough all that life can give to youOnly true love will see you throughAnd will stand beside you now in what you sayAnd in the morning of my lifeAnd in the evening of my dayI will try to understand in what you sayTake me into your worldAlone I can not goFor I've been here so longYou're leaving me behindWalk with me nowInto your land of fairy talesAnd open up that book of pages in my mindAnd open up that book of ages in my mind

After You Came(Graeme Edge)Since it began I've got one dream and really It's my only blessingIf I can come through then so can youAnd you will find there's no regrettingThings that you want from your life's fontWill never let your spirit growCome back to earth for what it's worthFor you've been dreaming of the ceiling not a home I've been doing my bestWhat else can I do?Is there something I've missedThat will help you throughI've reached the top of my wallI've found another way to fallFor some short timeFor a while you and I were joined to eternityThen we're split in two back to me and youLike the rain rising from the seaRising from the seaWe all can see what we shall beBut knowing's really not controllingWith time perhaps I'll pass the traps and find some peace and understandingAfter you've come and while you're goneYou leave me guessing - It's depressingNever to know the way to go to find some time along a little less pressingSo you just have to laughWhen it hurts so muchYou're so far away and so hard to touchI've reached the top of my wallI've found another way to fallSince it began I've got one dream and really It's my only blessingIf I can come through then so can youAnd you will find there's no regrettingThings that you want from your life's fontWill never let your spirit growCome back to earth for what it's worthFor you've been dreaming of the ceiling not a home I've been doing my bestWhat else can I do?Is there something I've missedThat will help you throughI've reached the top of my wallI've found another way to fall

One More Time To Live(John Lodge)Look out of my windowSee the world passing bySee the look in her eyeOne more time to live and I have made it mineLeave the wise to write for they write worldly rhymesAnd he who wants to fight begins the end of time...For I have riches more than theseFor I have riches more than theseDesolationCreation Tell me someone why there's only confusionEvolution Tell me someone that this is all an illusionPollution Tell me someoneSaturation Tell me someonePopulationAnnihilationRevolution Tell me someone why this talk of revolutionConfusion Tell me someone when we're changing evolutionIllusion Tell me someoneConclusion Tell me someone

StarvationDegredationHumiliationContemplation Changes in my lifeInspirationElation Changes in my lifeSalvation Changes in my lifeCommunicationCompassionSolutionLook out on the hedgerowAs the world rushes byHear the birds sign a sighOne more tree will fall how strong the growing vineTurn the earth to sand and still permit no crimeHow one thought will live provide the others dieFor I have riches more than theseFor I have riches more than these

Nice To Be Here (Ray Thomas)Nice to be here hope you agreeLying in the sunLovely weather, must climb a treeThe show has just begunAll the leaves start swayingTo the breeze that's playingOn a thousand violinsAnd the bees are hummingTo a frog sat strummingOn a guitar with only one stringI can see them they can't see meI feel out of sightI can see them they can't see meMuch to my delightAnd it seems worth notingWater rats were boatingAs a lark began to singThe sounds kept comingWith Jack Rabbit loudly drummingOn the side of a biscuit tinI can see them they can't see meI feel out of sightI can see them they can't see meMuch to my delightSilver minnows were devisingWater ballet so surprisingA mouse played a daffodilA mole came up blinkingUnderneath an owl who's thinkingHow he came to be sat on a hillI can see them they can't see meI feel out of sightI can see them they can't see meMuch to my delightI know you won't believe meBut I'm certain that I did seeA mouse playing daffodilAll the band was really jumpingWith Jack Rabbit in there thumpingI found that I couldn't sit stillI just had to make it with themCause they played my kind of rhythmAnd the bees hummed in harmonyAnd the owl played his oboeThen the frog's guitar soloIt was all just too much for meI know you won't believe me

But I'm certain that I did seeA mouse playing daffodilAll the band was really jumpingWith Jack Rabbit in there thumpingI found that I couldn't sit still

You Can Never Go Home (Justin Hayward)I don't know what I'm searching forI never have opened the door,Tomorrow might find me at last,Turning my back on the past,But, time will tell, of stars that fell,A million years ago.Memories can never take you back, home, sweet home.You can never go home anymore.All my life I never really knew me till today,Now I know why, I'm just another step along the way,I lie awake for hours, I'm just waiting for the sun.When the journey we are making has begun,Don't deny the feeling that is stealing through your heart,Every happy ending needs to have a start.All my life I never really knew me till today,Now I know why, I'm just another step along the way,Weep no more for treasures you've been searching for in vain.'Cos the truth is gently falling with the rain,High above the forest lie the pastures of the sun,Where the two that learned the secret are now one.I don't know what I'm searching forI never have opened the door,Tomorrow might find me at last,Turning my back on the past,But, time will tell, of stars that fell,A million years ago.Memories can never take you back, home, sweet home.You can never go home anymore.

My Song (Mike Pinder)I'm going to sing my songAnd sing it all day longA song that never endsHow can I tell you, all the things inside my head.The change in these past yearsHas made me see our worldIn many different waysHow can I tell you, love can change our destiny.Love can change the worldLove can change your lifeDo what makes you happyDo what you know is rightAnd love with all your mightBefore it's too lateWhere did I find all these wordsSomething inside of me is burningThere's life in other worldsMaybe they'll come to earthHelping man to find a wayOne day I hope we'll be in perfect harmonyA planet with one mindThen I could tell youAll the things inside my headI'm going to sing my songAnd sing it all day longA song that never endsHow can I tell you, all the things inside my head.I'm going to sing my songA song that never ends

Seventh Sojourn, 1972

Lost In A Lost World(Mike Pinder)I woke today, I was cryingLost in a lost worldSo many people are dyingLost in a lost worldSome of them are living an illusionBounded by the darkness of their mindsIn their eyes it's nation, against nation, against nationWith racial prideSounds...Thinking only of themselvesThey shun the light(shun the light)They think they're right(think they're right)Living in their empty shellsOh, can you see their bodies thrashing(so many people, so many people)Crashing down around their feetAngry people in the streetTelling them they've had their fillOf politics, people who killGrow... the seed of evolution(so many people, so many people)Revolution everyoneIt's just another form of gunTo do again what they have doneLet all our brothers come and get some(so many people, so many people)Everywhere you go you see them searchingEverywhere you turn you feel the painEveryone is looking for the answersWell look again, come on my friendLove will find us in the endCome on my friend(on my friend)We've got to bend(got to bend)Down on our knees and say a prayerOh, can you see the world is pining(so many people, so many people)Pining for someone who really cares enough to share his loveWith all of us so we can beAn ever loving familyHave we forgotten who loves who(so many people, so many people)Children from a family treeThat's longer than a centipedeStarted long ago when you and IWhere only love....(so many people, so many people)I woke today, I was cryingLost in a lost worldSo many people are dyingLost in a lost worldSo many people, so many peoplePeople lost in a lost worldSo many people, so many peoplePeople lost in a lost world

New Horizons(Justin Hayward)Well I've had dreams enough for oneAnd I've got love enough for threeI have my hopes to comfort me

I got my new horizons out to seaBut I'm never going to lose your precious giftIt will always be that wayCos I know I'm going to find my own peace of mindSomeday...Where is this place that we have foundNobody knows where we are boundI long to hear, I need to seeCos I've shed tears too many for meBut I'm never going to lose your precious giftIt will always be that wayCos I know I'm going to find my own peace of mindSomeday...On the wind soaring freeSpread your wingsI'm beginning to seeOut of mind far from viewBeyond the reach of a nightmare come trueWell I've had dreams enough for oneAnd I got love enough for threeI have my hopes to comfort meI got my new horizons out to seaBut I'm never going to lose your precious giftIt will always be that wayCos I know I'm going to find my own peace of mindSomeday...Someway...

For My Lady(Ray Thomas)My boat sails stormy seasBattles oceans filled with tearsAt last my port's in viewNow that I've discovered youOh I'd give my life so lightlyFor my gentle ladyGive it freely and completelyTo my ladyAs life goes drifting byLike a breeze she'll gently sighAnd slowly bow her headThen you'll hear her softly cry.Oh I'd give my life so lightlyFor my gentle ladyGive it freely and completelyTo my ladyWords that you say when we're aloneThough actions speak louder than wordsBut all I can say is I love you soTo drive away all my hurtOh I'd give my life so lightlyFor my gentle ladyGive it freely and completelyTo my lady

Set sail before the sunFeel the warmth that's just begunShare each and every dreamThey belong to everyone.Oh I'd give my life so lightlyFor my gentle ladyGive it freely and completelyTo my lady

Isn't Life Strange(John Lodge)Isn't life strangeA turn of the pageCan read like before

Can we ask for more?Each day passes byHow hard man will try?The sea will not waitYou know it makes me want to cry, cry, cry -Wished I could be in your heartTo be one with your loveWished I could be in your eyesLooking back there you were, and here we are.Isn't love strangeA word we arrangeWith no thought or careMaker of despairEach breath that we breatheWith love we must weaveTo make us as oneYou know it makes me want to cry, cry, cry -Wished I could be in your heartTo be one with your loveWished I could be in your eyesLooking back there you were, and here we are.Isn't life strangeA turn of the pageA book without lightUnless with love we write;To throw it awayTo lose just a dayThe quicksand of timeYou know it makes me want to cry, cry, cry -Wished I could be in your heartTo be one with your loveWished I could be in your eyesLooking back there you were:

You And Me(Justin Hayward and Graeme Edge)There's a leafless tree in AsiaUnder the sun there's a homeless manThere's a forest fire in the valleyWhere the story all beganWhat will be our last thought?Do you think it's coming soon?Will it be a comfortOr the pain of a burning wound?All we are trying to sayIs we are all we've gotYou and me just cannot failIf we never, never stopYou're an ocean full of facesAnd you know that we believeWe're just a wave that drifts around youSinging all our hopes and dreamsWe look around in wonderAt the work that has been doneBy the visions of our fatherTouched by his loving sonAll we are trying to sayIs we are all we've gotYou and me just cannot failIf we never, never stopAll we are trying to sayIs we are all we've gotYou and me just cannot failIf we never, never stopYou and me just cannot failIf we never, ever, never, ever stop...

The Land Of Make-Believe(Justin Hayward)

We're living in a land of make believeAnd trying no to let it showMaybe in that land of make believeHeartaches can turn into joyWe're breathing in the smoke of high and lowWe're taking up a lot of roomSomewhere in the dark and silent nightOur prayer will be heardMake it soonSo fly little birdUp into the clear blue skyAnd carry the wordLove's the only reason whyOpen all the shutters on your windowsUnlock all the locks upon your doorsBrush away the cobwebs from your day-dreamsNo secrets come between us anymoreOh, say it's trueOnly love can see you throughYou know our love can't hurt youWe're living in a land of make believeAnd trying no to let it show...Maybe in that land of make believeHeartaches can turn into joyWe're breathing in the smoke of high and lowWe're taking up a lot of roomSomewhere in the dark and lonely nightOur prayer will be heardMake it soonSo fly little birdUp into the clear blue skyAnd carry the wordLove's the only reason why...Open all the shutters on your windowsUnlock all the locks upon your doorsBrush away the cobwebs from your day-dreamsNo secrets come between us anymoreOh, say it's trueOnly love can see you throughYou know our love can't hurt you

When You're A Free Man(Mike Pinder)Time... quickly passes byIf only we could talk againSomeday I know I'll see you smilingWhen you're a free man againHigh... on a mountain sideWe laughed and talked of things to comeSomeway I know I'll see you shiningWhen we're all free men againYou left your country for peace of mindAnd something tells me you're doin' alrightHow are the children and RosemarieI long to see youAnd be in your companySomeday I know I'll see you smilingWhen you're a free man againI often wonder whyOur world has gone so far astraySomeway I know I'll see you shiningWhen we're all free men againYou gave love freely to those with tearsYour eyes were sad then you saw the needYou know that love lasts for eternityLet's be God's childrenAnd live in perfect peacePeace perfect peace

Perfect peacePeaceSomeway I know I'll see you shiningWhen you're a free manWhen we're all free men againWhen you're a free man

I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)(John Lodge)I'm just a wandering on the face of this earthMeeting so many peopleWho are trying to be freeAnd while I'm traveling I hear so many wordsLanguage barriers brokenNow we've found the keyAnd if you want the wind of changeTo blow about youAnd you're the only other person to know, don't tell meI'm just a singer in a rock and roll band.A thousand pictures can be drawn from one wordOnly who is the artistWe got to agreeA thousand miles can lead so many waysJust to know who is drivingWhat a help it would beSo if you want this world of yoursTo turn about youAnd you can see exactly what to doPlease tell meI'm just a singer in a rock and roll band.How can we understandRiots by the people for the peopleWho are only destroying themselvesAnd when you see a frightenedPerson who is frightened by thePeople who are scorching this earth.I'm just a wandering on the face of this earthMeeting so many peopleWho are trying to be freeAnd while I'm traveling I hear so many wordsLanguage barriers brokenNow we've found the keyAnd if you want the wind of changeTo blow about youAnd you're the only other person to know, don't tell meI'm just a singer in a rock and roll band.How can we understandRiots by the people for the peopleWho are only destroying themselvesAnd when you see a frightenedPerson who is frightened by thePeople who are scorching this earth.Music is the traveller crossing our worldMeeting so many people bridging the seasI'm just a singer in a rock and roll band.We're just the singers in a rock and roll band.I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band...

Long Distance Voyager, 1981

The Voice(Justin Hayward)Won't you take me back to schoolI need to learn the golden ruleWon't you lay it on the lineI need to hear it just one more timeOh won't you tell me againCan you feel it

Won't you tell me againTonightEach and every heart it seemsIs bounded by a world of dreamsEach and every rising sunIs greeted by a lonely oneOh won't you tell me againCan you feel itOh won't you tell me againTonight'Cos out on the ocean of life my loveThere's so many storms we must rise aboveCan you hear the spirit callingAs it's carried across the wavesYou're already fallingIt's calling you back to face the musicAnd the song that is coming throughYou're already fallingThe one that it's calling youMake a promise take a vowAnd trust your feelings it's easy nowUnderstand the voice withinAnd feel the changes already beginningOh won't you tell me againCan you feel itWon't you tell me againTonightAnd how many words have I got to sayAnd how many times will it be this wayWith your arms around the futureAnd your back up against the pastYou're already falling it's calling youOn to face the musicAnd the song that is coming throughYou're already fallingThe one it's calling is youEach and every heart it seemsIs bounded by a world of dreamsEach and every rising sunIs greeted by a lonely oneWon't you tell me againCan you feel itOh won't you tell me againTonight

Talking Out Of Turn(John Lodge)When I took a little loving from youOh I, never thought about the hurting insideBut I took a little more than I shouldOh why, can't explain that I ever wouldLet you slip through my fingersLet you escape like yesterdayI would appreciate you knowingI thought your love had come to stayTalking out of turnShot to piecesWhen will I learnTalking out of turnShot to piecesWhen will I learnBut I took a little more of your each dayWhen I didn't see that I was breaking you apartWith angry words of love I didn't meanOh why, can't believe that I ever wouldTalk myself out of tomorrowTalked like a fool to yesterdayAnd as the evening loses colour

Your love began to fade awayTalking out of turn Shot to piecesWhen will I learnTalking out of turnShot to piecesWhen will I learnTalking out of turnTalking out of turnIf I upset youI didn't mean to hurt youI didn't mean to make you cryI don't need an alibiTo start me talking out of turnWhen I took a little loving from youOh I, can't believe that I ever wouldLet you slip through my fingersLet you escape like yesterdayI would appreciate you knowingI thought your love had come to stayTalking out of turnShot to piecesWhen will I learnTalking out of turnShot to piecesWhen will I learn

Gemini Dream(John Lodge)Long time no seeShort time for you and meWe're on the roadLike you knew we wouldFirst night, so longA state of mindWhat can go wrongWe're here, the time is rightTo rock 'n' rollRight through the nightMake it work outMake it workMake it work outMake it work outFor each other tonightState fright, candle lightYou can let goTonight's the nightCame back for youGlad to seeThat you came tooThere's a place a Gemini dreamThere's no escaping from the love we have seenSo come with me, turn night to dayYou gonna wake upYou know you gonna wake up in a Gemini dreamTurned round to seeWhere we've beenAnd what we believeIn life, loveTake a chanceSee it throughYou'll be gladThat you came tooThere's a place a Gemini dreamThere's no escaping from the love we have seenSo come with me, turn night to dayYou gonna wake upYou know you gonna wake up in a Gemini dreamLong time no see

The lights go upFor you and meWe're hereThe time is rightTo rock 'n' rollRight through the nightLiving itBelieving itWanting itMake it work outMake it workMake it work outMake it work outFor each other tonightLong time no seeShort time for you and meSo fine so far so goodWe're on the roadLike you knew we would

In My World(Justin Hayward)In my worldIt's heaven on earth when you're close to meI could seeThat moment of truth when you spoke to meIn my worldIt's never too late we can both be freeIn my worldIt's heaven on earth when you're nearIf you knewThe changes I feel that you put me throughAnd you doI see in your eyes that you really doAnd it's trueIt happened so fast that it must be trueIn my worldIt's heaven on earth when you're nearAnd I'm only just beginningTo believe what you have doneHow you turned it upside downThis world of mineAnd it seems while I was lookingIt was right in front of meAll the timeIn my worldIt's heaven on earth when you're close to meI could seeThat moment of truth when you spoke to meIn my worldIt's never too late we can both be freeIn my worldIt's heaven on earth when you're near'Cos I'm only just beginningTo believe what you have doneHow you turned it upside downThis world of mineAnd it seems while I was lookingIt was right in front of meAll the timeIf you knewThe changes I feel that you put me throughAnd you doI see in your eyes that you really doAnd it's trueIt happened so fast that it must be trueIn my worldIt's heaven on earth when you're near

Meanwhile(Justin Hayward)Just in a simple conversationYou can hear the feeling changeDown to the seaAnd if you need an explanationI defy you to explainBut something's not the sameAnd it's bothering meI think I see where I went wrongI think I see what's going onMeanwhile and far awayAs the night draws inHe's holding her right nowI can feel it all beginMeanwhile and far awayWhen the day is doneI ride away with my friendInto the setting sunAnd the rivers running downDown to the seaI let love slip right through my fingersAnd I watched it drift awayBut still I had to sayWhat was written for meI thought I'd end up as the heroThought the glory would be mineVery soon I was to findIt wasn't to be'Cos in this part I've got to playIt doesn't quite turn out that wayMeanwhile and far awayAs the night draws inHe's holding her right nowI can feel it all beginMeanwhile and far awayWhen the day is doneI ride away with my friendInto the setting sunAnd the rivers running downDown to the sea

22,000 Days(Graeme Edge)Even tho' I know it's onlyMe and my dreamsThat drive me so let me go pleaseLet me go onto tomorrowOne day at a timeNow I know the only foe is time22,000 days, 22,000 days it's not alot,It's all you got 22,000 days22,000 nights, 22,000 nights, it's all you knowSo start the show and this timeFeel the flow and get it rightNow the time when I first saw you is over and goneThen I knew my life with you would go onKnowing you so much longerI've change in mind change for youYou have changed to mine22,000 days, 22,000 days it's not alot,It's all you got 22,000 days22,000 nights, 22,000 nights, it's all you knowSo start the show and this timeFeel the flow and get it rightEverybody knows, it always showsWasting time's an aggravationGot no time for confrontation

You want to take a lotBy love by law or stealthTime's the only real wealth you have gotEven tho' I know it's only me and my dreamsThat drive me so let me go pleaseLet me go onto tomorrowOne day at a timeNow I know the only foe is time22,000 days, 22,000 days it's not alot,It's all you got 22,000 days22,000 nights, 22,000 nights, it's all you knowSo start the show 22,000 days22,000 days, 22,000 days it's not alot,It's all you got 22,000 days22,000 nights, 22,000 nights, it's all you knowSo start the show 22,000 ways

Nervous(John Lodge)Why I am so nervousPlease explain to meWhy I can't sleepI close my eyes to shelterIn the dark I try to hideIf you leave me on my ownI'm worried I could lose my wayIn my mind confusionI see you everywhereBut we don't speakI try so hard to touch youBut you're always out of reachIf you walked right byWould I see in it your eyeWould you turn awaySeems to meI've been a long timeOn this roadHas there been a signAnother wayAnd I've passed it byI don't know what it is that drives me onGotta keep movin'Gotta keep movin' onBring it on homeLet's bring it on home - your loveBring it on homeLet's bring it on home your loveBring it on homeLet's bring it on home your loveDown parallel linesDon't question faithDon't answer liesTell me why I'm nervousPlease explain to meWhy I can't sleepPlease explain to meWhy you're always out of reachIf the water ran dryWould I see it in your eyeWould you walk awayIt seems to me I've been a long time on this roadAnd I wonder whyHas there been a sign that points another wayAnd I've passed it byI don't know what it is that drives me onGotta keep movin'Gotta keep movin' onBring it on home

(straight lines before my eyes)Let's bring it on home your loveBring it on home(straight lines before my eyes)Let's bring it on home your loveBring it on home(straight lines before my eyes)Let's bring it on home your loveDown parallel linesDon't question faithDon't answer liesYou know you gotta keep movin'Bring it on home(straight lines before my eyes)Let's bring it on home your loveBring it on home(straight lines before my eyes)Let's bring it on home your love

Painted Smile(Ray Thomas)I can singI can danceJust give me a chanceTo do my turn for youThere's a change I'll slipBut with stiff upper lipI'll sing a song for youLaughter is freeBut it's so hard to be a jesterAll the timeAnd no one's believingI'm the same when I'm bleedingAnd I hurt all the time deep insideI've shed a tear for the lyingWhile everyday trying toPaint this smile for youBackflips, cartwheelings,Somersault feelingsWhat is there left to doLaughter is freeBut it's so hard for me,A jester all the timeNo one's believingI'm the same when I'm bleedingAnd I hurt all the time deep insideRoll up, roll upEnjoy the showPick me up, wind me up, put me downYou'll see me goAnd this painted smileMay miss for a whileThen come back and steal your showI sing, I danceGive me a change to do my turn for youWith backflips, cartwheelings,Somersault feelingsWhat's there left to doLaughter is freeBut it's so hard to be a jesterAll the timeNo one's believingI'm the same when I'm bleedingAnd I hurt all the time deep inside

Laughter is freeBut it's so hard to be a jesterAll the time

No one's believingI'm the same when I'm bleedingAnd I hurt all the time deep inside

Reflective Smile(Ray Thomas)'Your painted smile hides you stillWhile you search yourself withinYesterday and tomorrow's foundFused as one upon solid groundAs all around the milling crowdConfuse themselves with raging soundsAnd their loves forgetfulness aboundsSo be thankful for your greasepainted clownIf lonliness wears the crownof the VETERAN COSMIC ROCKER'

Veteran Cosmic Rocker(Ray Thomas)The lights go downThe stage is setThe man in the wings breaks out in sweatA backstage joker spiked his cokeWhile the dressing room was full of smokeA crowd of fools got him highHe's afraid he's gonna dieHe's the apple of their eyeHe steps into the remaining lightThe crowd go wildHe's outa sightArms held high in the sign of peaceHis manager signed the one night leaseThe house is full getting highHe's afraid he's gonna dieHe's the apple of their eye(He struts, he strolls)(His love is rock 'n' roll)He's the VETERAN COSMIC ROCKERHe steps into the remaining lightThe crowd go wildArms held high in the sign of peaceHis manager signed the one night leaseThe house is full getting highHe's afraid he's gonna dieHe's the apple of their eye(He struts, he strolls)(His life is rock 'n' roll)He's the VETERAN COSMIC ROCKERHe's afraid that he will die

The Other Side Of Life, 1986

Your Wildest Dreams(Justin Hayward)Once upon a timeOnce when you were mineI remember skiesReflected in your eyesI wonder where you areI wonder if youThink about meOnce upon a timeIn your wildest dreamsOnce the world was newOur bodies felt the morning dewThat greets the brand new dayWe couldn't tear ourselves awayI wonder if you careI wonder if you still remember

Once upon a timeIn your wildest dreamsAnd when the music playsAnd when the words areTouched with sorrowWhen the music playsI hear the soundI had to followOnce upon a timeOnce beneath the starsThe universe was oursLove was all we knewAnd all I knew was youI wonder if you knowI wonder if you think about itOnce upon a timeIn your wildest dreamsAnd when the music playsAnd when the words areTouched with sorrowWhen the music playsAnd when the music playsI hear the soundI had to followOnce upon a timeOnce upon a timeOnce when you were mineI remember skiesMirrored in your eyesI wonder where you areI wonder if youThink about meOnce upon a timeIn your wildest dreamsIn your wildest dreamsIn your wildest dreams

Talkin' Talkin'(Justin Hayward and John Lodge)Talking, talkingIt doesn't really matterIf you know my nameIt doesn't really matterIf you see things the sameAs I doIt doesn't even matterIf I'm tied and tenseIt doesn't even matterIf I'm still making senseOver youI'm just talking, talkingTalkin, talkingCos I'm only talking, talkingTalking, talkingIt doesn't matterWhat the peopleAll around you sayBe careful howYou listenThey don't know youThe way that I doAnd if you wannaTalk about it babyThat's alrightIt's better if I say itThan to sit downAnd write it to youI'm just talking, talking

Talkin, talkingCos I'm only talking, talkingIt can be thatYou're here with meWhen I'm standing outOn my ownThe words of loveThat you gageWhen we were aloneIt doesn't matterIf you want toRock and roll all nightI know you're gonnaBe there when theFeeling is rightThe feeling is rightThe feeling is rightI'm just talking, talkingTalkin, talkingI'm just talking, talkingTalkin, talkingYou know I'm justTalking, talking, talking, talking

Rock 'N' Roll Over You(John Lodge)Like a rockI'm gonna roll over youLike a rockI'm gonna roll over youNot gonna lose my nerveNot gonna fall apartNot gonna turn the tideNot gonna start from the topNot gonna lose controlNot gonna turn aroundNot gonna break my stepNot gonna till I take you to the topCause there's something babythat I want you to knowWhat price loveIf there's nothing to showLike a rockI'm gonna roll over youLike a rockI'm gonna roll over youNo need to close the doorNo need to lose your wayNo need to stand aloneJust try to understand what I'm sayingCos I'm gonna hold onNot gonna turn you looseNot gonna bring you downNot gonna let you goI only want to take you to the top'Cause if I don't have youThen I want you to knowWhat price loveIf we've nothing to showLike a rockI'm gonna roll over youLike a rockI'm gonna roll over youRock 'n' Roll over you

I Just Don't Care(Justin Hayward)The indestructible has broken downThe undeniable is turned around

And I don't care my loveI just don't careI love youThe unbelievable has all come trueI love the changes that you've put me throughAnd I don't care you seeI just don't careI love youI see the magicThat we're making nowAnd a veil is liftedFrom my eyes somehowAnd the most amazing thingThat comes to lightIs the world looks differentTo me overnightMy friends will tell youThat I've lost my coolThe lovesick schoolboyTurning up for schoolBut I don't care you knowI just don't careI love youI see the magicThat we're making nowAnd a veil is liftedFrom my eyes somehowAnd the most amazing thingThat comes to lightIs the world looks differentTo me overnightMy friends will tell youThat I've lost my coolThe lovesick schoolboyTurning up for schoolBut I don't care you knowI just don't careI love youCos I don't care you seeI just don't careI love you, I, love you

Running Out Of Love(Justin Hayward and John Lodge)Some days you're gonna put me on holdSome days you're gonna put meOn a pedestal up highI don't know if it's meI don't know if it's youI don't know if it's both of usNot knowing what to doWhen we're running out of loveNot knowing what to doWhen we're running out of loveAnd when it comes to taking my callsThere's something more between usThan a telephone lineI can't believe it's meI can't believe it's youI can't believe it's both of usNot knowing what to doWhen we're running out of loveNot knowing what to doWhen we're running out of loveCan't think of how we lost our waySome days I feelI'm getting very close to youCan't think of how the story ends

Can't hear the wordsI really want to hear from youWe're running out of loveCan't believe we're running out of loveCan't believe we're running out of loveSome people like to put you on holdSome people like to put youOn a pedestal up highI don't know if it's meI don't know if it's youI don't know if it's both of usNot knowing what to doWhen we're running out of loveNot knowing what to doWhen we're running out of loveCan't believe we're running out of loveCan't believe we're running out of loveCan't believe we're running out of love

The Other Side Of Life(Justin Hayward)The AtmosphereOn the streets tonightIs the driving beatOf the worldThe word down hereOn the streets tonightIs the truest musicYou've heardSo take your shareOf the gifts that are thereThey all belong to youAnd come what mayAt the break of each dayWe all begin anew once moreWe all begin anewBaby, baby, baby, let's investigateThe other side of life tonightThe lovers and the fightersAnd the risks they takeAre on the other side of life tonightLet's loose our wayGo completely astrayAnd find ourselves againYou know the only way to get thereIs to take that stepTo the other side of life tonightThe atmosphereOn the streets tonightIs the driving beatOf the worldThe word down hereOn the streets tonightIs the truest musicYou've heardSo take your shareOf the gifts that are thereThey all belong to youAnd come what mayAt the break of each dayWe all begin anew once moreWe all begin anewBaby, baby, baby, let's investigateThe other side of life tonightThe lovers and the fightersAnd the risks they takeAre on the other side of life tonightLet's loose our way

Go completely astrayAnd find ourselves againYou know the only way to get thereIs to take that stepTo the other side of life tonight

The Spirit(Graeme Edge and Patrick Moraz)The sun and moon every dayDay and night mark my playSee the future in the pastTry to change or make it lastGo for broke don't regretGet your hands dirty get you feet wetTake your place use me wellI'm in your hands so make me tellA broken dream seems unkindBut I can help for I am timeI can heal youIt's not a matter of slightOnly of soundLet me... feel for youFeel for yourselfThe love all aroundI can... lead youIs you soul afraidOf what you've madeDo you know the waythe spirit goesAll around on the windDistant whispers of what I bringIn the day in the nightLocked in the words of lovers delightIf I'm lost or mislaidJust keep looking don't be afraidIn the eye on the mindI'm everything and yours to findI'm not far just discoverI'm in you for I am loveI can heal youIt's not a matter of slightOnly of soundLet me... feel for youFeel for yourselfThe love all aroundI can... lead youIs you soul afraidOf what you've madeDo you know the waythe spirit goes

Slings And Arrows(Justin Hayward and John Lodge)Slings and arrows, slings and arrowsSlings and arrows, slings and arrowsNo chance for a second chanceWhen the arrows start to flyNo way is an easy wayTo say goodbyeNo dream is ever lostIf you never cease to tryNever thought you would walk awayFrom my sideI just can't hide fromSlings and arrows, slings and arrowsSlings and arrows, slings and arrowsLife is ever changingNothing stays the sameNothing in this whole wide world

Can turn us back againCos where we're standing nowIs the point of no returnLooking back on a worldthat's got to learnYou just can't hide fromSlings and arrows, slings and arrowsSlings and arrows, slings and arrowsLove is the shieldWhen you're standingWith your back to the wallAnd if you turn aroundAnd walk awayYou're never gonna loseCos love conquers allNo chance for a second chanceWhen the arrows start to flyNo way is an easy wayTo say goodbyeNo dream is ever lostIf you never cease to tryNever thought you would walk awayFrom my sideI just can't hide fromSlings and arrows, slings and arrowsSlings and arrows, slings and arrows

It May Be A Fire(John Lodge)It may be a fireTomorrow it could be nothingIt may reach out to the skyLight up everything that you knowEverywhere you go from nowYou will see better than beforePeople you've not known for yearsWill come knocking at your doorIt may be a fireBut you gotta get it into your heartIt may be a warm windThat tries to blow your heart awayIt may walk into your lifeTell you everything that you knowLooking down through all the yearsMaking plans that have gone passedSomething you've not known for yearsBut you knew that it would lastIt may be a fireBut you gotta get it into your heartI'm turning all the answersInside outLooking for a loveThat reaches outOr the fire into your heartIt may be a fireTomorrow it may be nothingIt may reach up to the skyLight up everything that I knowEverywhere I go from nowI will see better than beforePeople I've known for yearsWill come knocking at my doorIt may be a fireBut you gotta get it into your heartIt may be a fireBut you gotta get itYou gotta get itYou gotta get it into your heart

It may be a fireBut you gotta get itInto your heart

Sur La Mer, 1988

I Know You're Out There Somewhere(Justin Hayward)I know you're out there somewhereSomewhere, somewhereI know I'll find you somehowSomehow, somehowAnd somehow I'll return again to youThe mist is lifting slowlyI can see the way aheadAnd I've left behind the empty streetsThat once inspired my lifeAnd the strength of the emotionIs like thunder in the air'Cos the promise that we made each otherHaunts me to the endI know you're out there somewhereSomewhere, somewhereI know you're out there somewhereSomewhere you can hear my voiceI know I'll find you somehowSomehow, somehowI know I'll find you somehowAnd somehow I'll return again to youThe secret of your beautyAnd the mystery of your soulI've been searching for in everyone I meetAnd the times I've been mistakenIt's impossible to sayAnd the grass is growingUnderneath our feetI know you're out there somewhereSomewhere, somewhereI know you're out there somewhereSomewhere you can hear my voiceI know I'll find you somehowSomehow, somehowI know I'll find you somehowAnd somehow I'll return again to youFrom the words that I rememberFrom my childhood still are trueThat there's none so blindAs those who will not seeAnd to those who lack the courageAnd say it's dangerous to tryWell they just don't knowThat love eternal will not be deniedI know you're out there somewhereSomewhere, somewhereI know you're out there somewhereSomewhere you can hear my voiceI know I'll find you somehowSomehow, somehowI know I'll find you somehowAnd somehow I'll return again to youYes I know it's going to happenI can feel you getting nearAnd soon we'll be returningTo the fountain of our youthAnd if you wake up wonderingIn the darkness I'll be thereMy arms will close around you

And protect you with the truth

I know you're out there somewhereSomewhere, somewhereI know you're out there somewhereSomewhere you can hear my voiceI know I'll find you somehowSomehow, somehowI know I'll find you somehowAnd somehow I'll return again to you

Want To Be With You(Justin Hayward and John Lodge)

When I think of all the thingsthat we've been throughAnd the the things we've yet to doI... I start to realizeThe world is such a lonely placeWant to be with you

I remember all the heartaches we have knownThe angry nights when we were lonelyThe jealousy and painCan we remain the sameThe world will have to hold it's breathWant to be with youI don't need a reasonI don't need to understandI just want to beWant to be with youOnly want your loveOnly want you by my sideOnly want to beWant to be with youAnd when I look back down that roadI see the turnings that we both madeThe choice we had to makeThe promises we breakAre nothing more than memoriesWant to be with youThe jealousy and painCan we remain the sameThe world will have to hold it's breathWant to be with you I don't need a reasonI don't need to understandI just want to beWant to be with youOnly want your loveOnly want you by my sideOnly want to beWant to be with you

River Of Endless Love(Justin Hayward and John Lodge)

I'm looking for a better worldWhere there's no more hurtWhere there's only hopeFor the eagle and the doveI can see your faceNothing can take your placeIf we sail away on a river of endless love

I'm living in the hands of timeOn the wings of loveOn the edge of nightWhere there's darkness everywhere

I won't be deniedI'm never going to leave your sideI will always beOn the river of endless love

In the silence just before the dawnThe shadows lose their formWe rise to greet the morningIn the calm that comes before the stormA troubled and a restless heart is bornThe river of endless love

I'm tearing down the walls of hateGonna start again gonna turn it roundGonna build it with a prayerI can always dreamAnd nothing is what it seemsIf you lose your way

In the silence just before the dawnThe shadows lose their formWe rise to greet the morningIn the calm that comes before the stormA troubled and a restless heart is bornThe river of endless love

No More Lies(Justin Hayward)I need you like you need meTruly and completelyNever be apartI think that you should tell meCome right out and tell meJust what's in your heartAnd if you think that it's alrightLet's make a deal and work it outWe'll walk into the sunset you and IWith no more alibiesWhen we tell each otherNo more liesWell truth is my addictionStranger still than fictionWider than the skyAnd songs that have such feelingWords that have such meaningDreams that never dieAnd if you think that it's alrightLet's turn around and start againWe'll walk beside the ocean hand in handWith no more alibiesWhen we tell each otherNo more liesI sometimes think that maybeYou're just a little girlYou know I love you babyI've got to tell the worldSo that's the final storyThe truth in all it's glorySee how much I careYou know you drive me crazyThrill me and amaze meDrive me to despairAnd if you think that now feels rightLet's close the door and dim the lightWe'll greet the dawn together side by sideJust look into my eyesCause you know I'll tell youNo more lies

Here Comes The Weekend(John Lodge)Somewhere in the nightThere's a heart that beats so fastI can feel the heatOf the fire in your eyesBurning like a naked flameWaiting for the ice to breakCounting down the daysWaiting for the weekendLonely is the nightSilence is a friend to wake withWith no one else to talk toBut on a Friday nightIt's alright, it's alrightYou can be who you want to beTake off for the weekendIf you can dance you can dance with me'Cos it's Friday nightIt's alright, it's alrightNothing's gonna stop me nowI'm all wired up and ready to goI'm on my wayLet's get on with the showHere comes the weekendHere comes the weekendSomewhere in the heatThere's a heart that beats so fastI can hear your voiceTalk to me tonightTaking a different faceEvery time I hear your nameI'm counting down the daysWaiting for the weekendLonely is the nightWhen all are sleepingSilence is a friend you walk withWith no one else to talk toBut on a Friday nightIt's alright, it's alrightYou can be who you want to beTake of for the weekendIf you dance you can dance with me'Cos it's Friday nightIt's alright, it's alrightNothing's gonna stop me nowI'm all wired up and ready to goAnd I'm on my wayIt's the weekendAnd it's starting todayHere comes the weekendHere comes the weekend

Vintage Wine(Justin Hayward)I remember the taste of the vintage wineFrom '63 through to '69And I'm proud of the things we believed in thenIf I had the chance I'd go around againOh I tell youWe were young and freeOh I'll tell you'Cause I was there you seeAnd I look to the future with open armsAnd the songs that flow from my old guitarAnd I want to be there when the music playsAnd the lights go up on the empty stageOh I tell you

Music set me freeOh I tell youIt sounds so good to meAnd if you're into wanderingUnderneath the starsWe'll take the trip togetherThrough this magic world of oursAnd If you're still uncertainJust what we can beWell baby make your mind upGet you things and follow me

'Cause if you're into romance babyLove will find a wayAnd if you're into dreamingDream with meI remember the sounds of the childrens prayerThe laughing eyes and the golden hairAnd as hard as I tryNot a day goes byThat I don't think of themI tell youWe can be so freeOh I tell youIf you'll be there with me

Breaking Point(Justin Hayward and John Lodge)Is that the windOn your face?Are you sure you're alone?Are you sure you're alone?Feel the chillOf an empty spaceAre you sure you're alone?Are you sure you're alone?In the middle of the nightIs that your heart you hearOr a train to nowhereThat pounding in your ear?Have you reached your breaking point?Have you reached your breaking point tonight?Only when you're sleeping can you drift awayNo one can hurt youListen to the secret of your dreamsThough you want to sleep foreverStill you must returnHands of iceDown your spineAre you sure you're alone?Are you sure you're alone?Feel the gripOf a clinging vineAre you sure you're alone?Are you sure you're alone?In the middle of the nightIs that your voice I hear?Or the wind that's callingBack across the years?Have you reached your breaking point?Have you reached your breaking point tonight?

Miracle(Justin Hayward and John Lodge)A closed the door and I walked awayFrom the life I knewOn a night in JuneI took a chance and I lost controlTrying to find out why

On a night in JulyWhy this hesitationI an feel that the night is slipping awayWanna drown in the ocean of your loveWanna dance in the moonlightLooking for a miracleI left the city on a wave of despairTo stand on my ownOn an August nightFrom the valley of broken heartsGonna make a new start in SeptemberWhy this confusionI can feel that the night is slipping awayWanna walk from the shadows to the sunJust to dream on a summer nightDream about a miracleLooking for a miracleNever had the chance beforeTo turn the tide my wayIn the heat of the summer nightYou took my breath awayLooking for a miracleWanna walk from the shadows to the sunJust to dream on a summer nightDream about a miracleYour love is just a miracleI closed the door and I walked awayFrom the life I knewOn a night in JuneI took a chance and I lost controlTrying to find out whyOn a night in JulyWhy this hesitationI an feel that the night is slipping awayWanna drown in the ocean of your loveWanna dance in the moonlightLooking for a miracleLooking for a miracle

Love Is On The Run(John Lodge)Just because it's raining hereIt doesn't mean the sun isn't shiningSomewhere else for someoneYou have lovedBut who's not near you anymoreWhen your love is on the runDon't fall apart at what's begunIt's just the healing processOf your heartWhen your dream has lost it's causeDon't waste your time in closing doorsYou'll be the last to knowWhen love has goneLove is on the runLove is on the runLove is on the runLove is on the run from meLove is on the runLove is on the runLove is on the run from meCouldn't find the words to say I love youCouldn't fight the hurt of holding onCouldn't hopeCouldn't dreamCouldn't see tomorrowWith out your loveI can't go on

Love is on the runLove is on the runLove is on the runLove is on the run from meWhen your love is on the runDon't fall apart at what's begunIt's just the healing processOf your heartWhen your dream has lost it's causeDon't waste your time in closing doorsYou'll be the last to knowWhen love has goneLove is on the runLove is on the runLove is on the run from me

Deep(Justin Hayward)Every time I hear the sound of the rainBeating on my roof againI want to taste your loveAnd I want to go deepDeepI want to go deepDeepI want to go deepEvery time I lift my eyes to the skySomething in my heart asks whyI want to know the truthAnd I want to go deepDeepI want to go deepLike the footprintsDisappearing from the sandI try to catch the thoughtIt slips right through my handAnd as the darknessThrows it's cloak upon the groundI start to run to youI've got to take you downI want to go deepDeepI want to go deepDeepI want to go deepEvery time I feel I'm loosing my wayThe power of your love remainsI want to touch your loveAn' I want to go deepDeepI want to go deepDeepI want to go deepDeepI want to go deep

Keys Of The Kingdom, 1991

Say It With Love (Justin Hayward)I've been thinkingThe way people do'Bout the things that matterTo me and youI've decidedTo do what I canAnd to find the kind of manI really am

I can see the world from hereAnd it sometimes makes meWant to disappearBack to natureThat's where we belongAnd with just one truth I've foundYou can't go wrongWherever you goWhatever you doWhatever you saySay, say, saySay it with love.I rememberA long time agoWhen I heard those guitarsThat I worship soI was capturedI wanted to stayAnd to hear that kind of musicEverydayHeard the songsAround the worldSaw the smiling facesOn the boys and girlsI was destinedTo play come what mayAnd there's just one thingI knew I had to sayWherever you goWhatever you doWhatever you saySay, say, saySay it with love.UnderneathA sea of doubtThere's a million voices shoutingLet me out, let me outWhen we goWe never return'Cos there's just one lessonThat we got to learnWherever you goWhatever you doWhatever you saySay, say, saySay it with loveSay it with loveSay it with loveSay it with loveSay it with love.

Bless The Wings (That Bring You Back) (Justin Hayward)

Like the rose that blooms in the wintertimeAs it reaches up through the snowThe more life keeps apartThe more love will growLike the seed that grows in the darknessAs it reaches up to the sunI will always reach out for you'Cos you are the one

I bless the wings that bring you back to meBack across the shoreIf I could touch you now my darlingAnd love you just once moreIf I could hold you, hold you, hold you,

I know you'd understand,I know you'd understand.As I cross the bridge by the waterfallAs I make my way by the starsThere's a shadow walking beside meHere in my heartLike the restless wind in the tree topsLike a whispered voice in my earI will always be there for youI'll always be hereI bless the wings that bring you back to meBack across the shoreIf I could touch you now my darlingAnd love you just once moreIf I could hold you, hold you, hold you,I know you'd understand,I know you'd understand.In a far off wonderlandThat flashes past my eyesThe kiss of inspiration that was mineThe dust of many centuriesHas blown across this landBut love will not be scattered by the sandLike the sunrise over the mountainsideLike the bird that has to be freeThere's a part of you that will always bePart of meLike the seed that grows in the darknessI will always reach out for you'Cos you are the oneI bless the wings that bring you back to meBack across the shoreIf I could touch you now my darlingAnd love you just once moreIf I could hold you, hold you, hold you,I know you'd understand,I know you'd understand,I know you'd understand,I know you'd understand.

Is This Heaven? (Justin Hayward and John Lodge)Walking home with you last nightYou said the world is beautifulAnd how things look that way when you're in loveI love this worldWhen I'm in your armsIs this heaven?I opened up the letter that thePostman gave to me this morningHad to stop myself from shouting out"I love this world"When I'm in your armsIs this heavenWhen I'm in your armsIs this heaven

I know that heaven waitsFor those whose love is trueI want to be there whenThe age of love is come againTell me all about yourselfAnd how you came to me like in a dreamAnd every night I dream of youI dream of youWhen I'm in your armsIs this heavenWhen I'm in your arms

Is this heavenI know that heaven waitsFor those whose love is trueI want to be there whenThe age of love is come againI sit and watch the sun go downAnd in the darkness there's no soundWhile in the sky tonight the stars all cry "I love you"Are they crying out over you'Cos you're in my heartIs this heaven?'Cos the story starts and ends with you

Say What You Mean (Justin Hayward)Say what you meanMean what you saySay what you meanMean what you sayThink about the wordsThat you're usingSpeak for yourselfSay what's on your mindThink about the lifeThat you're choosingWhenever you need somebodyWhenever you're lookingFor somebody who knowsWhen trouble won't leave you alone.Say what you meanMean what you sayLook into the world of tomorrowSay what you wantWant what is trueCheck out of the roomFull of sorrowI'm ready to take you with meI'm ready to be the oneWho's there by your sideWhen you've just gotNowhere to hide.And oh,The angels will walk with youWhenever you need themYeah, the glory that comes with loveYeah, yeah, yeahAnd oh,The treasure that waits for usWhenever we need itNow, I just can't hold it backYeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

The work and the painThe thunder and the rainThe word of the earth has been spokenThe bird on the wingFree as the windKnowing that the spellHas been brokenNow you can laugh with meaningNow you can throw awayThe cloak of disguiseAs you turn your faceTo the skyThe blue of the nightThe secrets of the lightThe touch of the handThat can lead you

I known you recognizeThe shiver of surpriseThen you realizeThat he's seen youInto the strange unknown of loveStanding before meHow your nakedness showsNow I just can't leave you aloneAh oh,I'm ready to take you nowWhenever you want to goYeah, my heart is there for youYeah, yeah, yeahAnd oh,The glory that comes with loveFor always and ever, nowNow you can feel me loveYeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.Say what you mean, mean what you sayTell me about the love that you're feelingSay what you mean what you say

Say What You Mean (part II) (Justin Hayward)Say what you mean, mean what you saySay what you mean, mean what you sayLet's walk into the forestOnly witnessed by the moonAnd the breeze that once would chill usNow excitesSay what you mean, mean what you sayAnd we'll touch the secret placesAs the earth beneath us breathesAnd the raw exquisite ecstasyRushes inSay what you mean, mean what you sayYeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Lean On Me (Tonight) (John Lodge)Lean on meI'll be thereWhenever you need someoneTo share in every prayerIn every dreamYou've left somewhere'Till tomorrowWill be just like it was when we were young'Cos tonightI'm gonna take you whereI've never taken you beforeLean on meI'm every whereWhere ever you look I'll beForever yoursThe northern lightsThe southern crossI'll give to you'Till tomorrowWill be just like it was when we were young'Cos tonightI'm gonna take you whereI've never taken you beforeIf you're lonelyYou know where you can find meYou know there's no escape when you are on your ownAnd if you're worriedAnd you can see your world slip through your fingersI'll reach out for you in my heart

There's no more dancing in the darkYou're not aloneTomorrowWill be just like it was when we were young'Cos tonightI'm gonna take you whereI've never taken you beforeWill be just like it was when we were youngTonight I'm gonna take you whereI've never taken you beforeWill be just like it was when we were young

Hope And Pray (Justin Hayward)I see the headlightsShining on the wallIt seems I've got a visitorWho is kind enough to callAnd I hope and I pray, everydayI hope and I pray it's you.I thought I heard some footstepsOn the floorAnd tell me am I dreamingOr is it someone at the door'Cos I hope and I prayEverydayI hope and pray, it's youAutumn turns to winterAnd winter turns to springI only know the passing of the daysAnd if you were to ask meAbout the meaning of my lifeIt kind of lost it's meaningOn the day you went awayYou know that when it comesTo matters of the heartI thought I had it coveredBut it's tearing me apartAnd I hope and I prayEverydayI hope and I pray, it's you.

Autumn turns to winterAnd winter turns to springThe summer sun still lingersIn my headIf it wasn't for the lettersThat you wrote me from the heartI'd sometime wonder babyIf I dreamed it all insteadYou see I've got to feel your handUpon my faceI need to get the callingTo rejoin the human raceAnd I hope and I prayEvery dayI hope and I pray, it's you.

Shadows On The Wall (John Lodge)When the fantasy we live inLies in pieces on the groundAnd there is no false illusionThat can turn your heart aroundNothing can change the way I feelNothing can take your love from meIf only I didn't worryIf only I could seeIf only I could see

Chasing shadows on the wallChasing shadows as they dance on the floorChasing dreams that were forever youngNow I'm on my ownChasing shadows on the wallShadows on the wallOn the sea of mediocrityDrifting from a distant shoreNo goodbyes no celebrationNo-one there to close the doorOnly the silence that I feelOnly the lonely road is realIf only I didn't loose youIf only we could beIf only we could beChasing shadows on the wallChasing shadows as they dance on the floorChasing dreams that were forever youngNow I'm on my ownChasing shadows on the wallShadows on the wallChasing shadows on the wallChasing shadows as they start to fallChasing dreams that were forever youngChasing shadows on the wallChasing shadows on the wallChasing shadows as they dance on the floorChasing shadows on the wall

Once Is Enough (Justin Hayward and John Lodge)Just ask me onceDon't ask me twiceNever ask me three timesI don't give that much adviceI took my chance at the first opportunityTo wander through this worldAnd to do what comes so naturallyOnce is enoughJust ask me onceOnce is enoughJust ask me onceSometimes you're firstSometimes you're lastThen again you're somewhereIn your "days of future passed"If you can find yourself and know just where you areDon't let the wind turn youYou're stronger than you think you areOnce is enoughJust ask me onceOnce is enoughJust ask me onceOnce I was richOnce I was poorOnce I was no-oneI ain't no-one anymoreOnce in a lifetime there's a chance that comes your wayTake it with both your hands and be somebody for a dayOnce is enoughJust ask me onceOnce is enoughJust ask me once

Celtic Sonant (Ray Thomas)Deep peace of the running wave to youDeep peace of the flowing air to youDeep peace of the quiet earth to you

Deep peace of the shining star to youDeep peace of the son of peace to youOne man stood firm guarding cups overflowingBrimful of memories and yesterday's dreamsHe could never explain his own silent thunderThe ocean just blows rough at this time of yearAnd the wheel keeps on turningThe wheel keeps on turningThe wheel keeps on turningTurning aroundAway we will sail with all our flags flyingToo many changes can cause us delayEach star in the sky is there for a reasonMaking it so bright for this time of dayAnd the wheel keeps on turningThe wheel keeps on turningThe wheel keeps on turningThis fool made it round

Magic (John Lodge)When I look in your eyesI can't see whyThere's no reflection of meWhen I look in your heartLet it be the startWork your magic on meWhen I look in your eyeI can't see whyIt's all a mystery to meWhen I ask you to look inside and tell me whyNothing can change what will beBaby work your magic on meBaby work your magic on meI'm in a state of permanent confusionWithout your loveWithout your loveBaby work your magic on meWhen I look in your mindIs there a reason whyIt's all an illusion to meI was lost in the gameThat only two can playWhen you work your magic on meBaby work your magic on meBaby work your magic on meI'm in a state of permanent confusionWithout your loveWithout your loveBaby work your magic on meWhat kind of love is this you're talking aboutIt's got no reason got no easy way outWhat kind of love as got a hold of meWhat kind of loveWhat kind of loveWhat kind of loveBaby work your magic on meWhen I look in your eyeI can see whyThere's no reflection of meI should have known from the startThat you would steal my heartIf you work all your magic on meBaby work your magic on meBaby work your magic on meI'm in a state of permanent confusionWithout your loveWithout your love

I know I want to be with you tonightBaby work your magic on me

Never Blame The Rainbows For The Rain (Justin Hayward and Ray Thomas)Sailing alongThe river of timeAdrift on dreamsThrough midnight chimesPositively frozenCrystal WaterfallsThe mountain of hopeIs there to be climbedThe sea of serenityIs rightfully mineStep on to the waterKnowing what is trueNever blame the rainbows for the rainAnd learn to forget the memoriesThat cause you painThe last whispered wish of ageIs to live it all againSo never blame the rainbows for the rainThe beat of my heartThe rythm of loveThe earth that's beneath usThe heavens aboveI can hear foreverCalling out to meThe changes we go thoughAre making me strongThe shelter of friendshipIs where we belongLook into the futureKnowing what we seeNever blame the rainbows for the rainAnd learn to forget the memoriesThat cause you painThe last whispered wish of ageIs to live it all againSo never blame the rainbows for the rainThe whirpool of doubtCan spin you aroundThe wave of emotionTakes you upPulls you downLeaving far behind usSweet young passions sprayNever blame the rainbows for the rainAnd learn to forget the memoriesThat cause you painThe last whispered wish of ageIs to live it all againSo never blame the rainbowsNever blame the rainbowsNever blame the rainbows for the rain