Lyrics

01. Those Days Are Gone

music: Terry Henderson

lyrics: Terry Henderson, Steve Ellis

 

Back in the days of Koto

When the warriors ruled the land

The warlords were all gathered

And they fought hand to hand

Today they use missiles

And a perfect plan

But they fought with swords of steel

They fought clan to clan

Chorus:

Those days are gone

Those days are gone

Back in the days of Caesar

The empire made a stand

The cohorts died by swords of steel

Fighting hand to hand

Today they use computers

No further need for men

But they were all heroes

In the days of man to man

Repeat chorus

Turn the pages back again

When the wars were fought by men

I can hear the battle cry

Underneath the burning sky

(Solo)

Back in the days of Koto

When samurai ruled the land

The warlords were all gathering 

To fight hand to hand

(repeat)

Today they use machines

There ought to be a ban

But they fought only using hands

They fought man to man

Repeat chorus (fade)

 

02. Night Of The Long Knives

music: Terry Henderson, Colin Peel

lyrics: Colin Peel

 

You been living on the edge

You been shaking my tree

Come on pretty baby

You know what I need

Just a little bit of love and understanding

Just a little bit of pushing it down

I don’t need connection

Chorus:

Like thieves in the night, 

Stealing away my pride

Will you sell my soul to the devil baby

This is love and war

This is night of the long knives

You’ve been living it up

You’ve been shaking it all

Running your claws right up my wall

Don’t push your loving luck in my face

Let the mountain come to you baby

That’s no disgrace

I don’t need connection

Repeat chorus

Baby, you love me like a little thief 

– In a physical love

Just like the little children that are stealing from the candy store

More, more, more

(Solo)

You’ve been firing me up

You’ve been tearing me down

Give me every reason on the world to play around

I believe in something better than this

Certain situations baby 

No fool should miss

I don’t need connection

Repeat chorus (fade)

 

03. Daytona Sunset

music: Terry Henderson

lyrics: Colin Peel

 

Tatoo jungle

Living in a rumble

Livin’ with a ball and chain

White line fever

Black night to meet you

Got to kiss the road again

Hangin’ on a highway

Haulin’ out to my way

Hoggin’ on a highway

Stone cold city

Red hot whisky

Stone cold city

Burnin’ in a cats eye

Diesel and a dirt side

Eating every road you take

Shot out winner

Shotgun beginner

Movin’ just like a snake

Chorus:

Two wheels – Daytona Sunset

Draggin’ along for the ride

Cold steel – Daytona Sunset

Angels belong to the night

Road rat racin’

No back tracin’

Livin’ when the night comes round

Livin’ in the colours

Blooded by the brothers

Livin’ in the colours now

Take it to the ground

Laying it down

Death smiles like a friend

Mama wouldn’t listen

Brother gone missing

Playing down suicide bend

Repeat chorus

One more night

One more blow

One more high

One more road

One last look

A sling-shot haze

A brother dies

Daying daze

(Solo)

Tatoo jungle

Livin’ in a rumble

Livin’ with a ball and chain

White line fever

Black night to meet you

Got to kiss the road again

Repeat chorus

Riding with the living

Now the chapters turn

There’ll be ghosts running with you

When you ride alone 

Living in the moonlight

Ride to death

Riding with the living

Now the brother`s gone

You’ll be riding with the angels

When you ride alone

Living in the moonlight

Ride to . . .

 

04. The Outlaw

music: Terry Henderson

lyrics: Martin Connolly

 

In every town, in every state

Nobody knew his name

He’s just wanted on posters everywhere

But the story stays the same

He’s killed twenty or more out along the way

Nobody stopped him yet

In the turn of a card

At the flick of a coin

He always wins his bet

In every town, in every state

Nobody knew his name

Wanted on posters everywhere

But the story stays the same

Devil on his shoulder, angels on his feet

He’s the outlaw

Better let him pass, you won’t last

He’s the outlaw

You better run, you better hide

The bell might toll for you

If you try to make a stand

He’ll show you man

What he can do

He’s killed a twenty or more out along the way

Nobody stopped him yet

At the turn of a card

At the flick of a coin

He always wins his bet

Chorus:

Devil on his shoulder, angel on his feet

He’s the outlaw

Don’t you hang around, if you see him down there on the street

Devil on his shoulder, angel on his feet

He’s the outlaw

Don’t you take him on down

Coz you know he’s never been beat

Well he knew one day, that he must find the one to take his place

There were too many bodies laying behind 

It was time to change his face

Then he found a boy of 18 years

Who was on the run

And he showed him all that he had learned

Living by the gun

Well the time passed, the boy got fast

Faster by the day

When he hit the town, with his hat pulled down

You could hear them ladies say

Repeat chorus

Oh, maybe the outlaw for the devil, baby

He’s got the angels on his feet

When the morning bell tolls for you

Disappear in the desert heat

(Solo)

Well he’s riding out all across the land

A six gun by his side

The people say that he disappeared 

But he never died

He’s killed a hundred or more out along the way

And nobody stopped him yet

Without the turn of a card

A flick of a coin

He always wins the bet

Repeat chorus

 

05. Bye Bye Railroad

music: Terry Henderson

lyrics: Colin Peel

 

Listen everybody 

I got something to say

When you’re down on your nights

Throw yourselves at the day

Don’t go crying in a backstreet 

You know nobody hears

You got to pick it up, kick it up 

Roll back the years

Living in a gutter’s never no kind of fun

When you’re young, proud, fast and loud 

Wild on the run

You got to tell your teachers 

What you gonna do

‘Cause you’re respectable 

Nobody like you 

Chorus:

On a bye bye railroad bye bye rodeo

If I’m gone in the morning 

Blame it on rock’n’roll

Don’t go sitting sorry

With those tears in your eyes

Don’t have to take that rap 

Don’t you apologize

You could be anybody 

Do what you please

Just got to crank it up, pump it up 

Get off your knees 

Hanging home when everybody’s putting you down

You got to look back, fast track, straight out of town

Don’t go living in a spin 

Just like a dog in a pound 

Take a look at the world 

And the world is round

Repeat chorus twice

Keep the train a rollin’

If you love comes tumbling down

Living in the moment

Tomorrow gonna surely come around

(Solo)

Repeat chorus (fade)

 

06. Hooked On Love

music: Terry Henderson

lyrics: Steve Ellis

 

Make me feel up

Make me feel down

My head starts spinning

Going round and round

Make me feel up, make me feel down

Make it so my feet never hit the ground

These things you do to me, I’m hooked on love

I’m feeling so hot

Acting like a fool

Got half a mind

To break all the rules

Feeling so hot when you’re so cool

You got the power to make me act like a fool

These things you do to me, I’m hooked on love

Chorus:

Hooked on love

Hooked on love

Such a crazy feeling

Hooked on love

Repeat chorus

Lost and found

High on the ground

I can hear music

When there is no sound

Lost but now found high on the ground

In the sea of love I could be drowned

These things you do to me, I’m hooked on love

From stark to surreal

Love, hate and appeal

Can’t stop my mind

It’s the way I feel

From stark to surreal, love, hate and appeal

The dice is loaded with the way you deal

The things you do to me, you got me hooked on love

(Solo)

`Cause you make me feel up

Make me feel down

My head starts spinning

Going round and round

Make me feel up, make me feel down

Make it so my feet never hit the ground

Things you do to me, I’m hooked on love

I’m feeling so hot

Acting like a fool

I got half a mind

To break all the rules

Feeling so hot when you’re so cool

You got the power to make me act like a fool

Things you do to me, I’m hooked on love

Repeat chorus (fade)

 

07. You

music: Terry Henderson

lyrics: Terry Henderson, Colin Peel

 

Chorus:

You said, you’re different

You said, that a heart can mend 

You said, you’d build a dream 

Build on a dream – for me

You said you’re all I need

I never felt like this before

You said that you’d be good for me

After cold years on the floor

You promised me long summer days

And you’d chase my rains away

You’re not like the other girls

So you used to say

Repeat chorus

You said you’d be with me

When I’m shakin’ and alone 

You said that I have everything

Your world could ever want

You promised me the best things

In my life and love were free

You’re taking me up to heaven

And you bring me to my knees

Repeat chorus 

(Solo)

I believe in promises

And now I believe in pain

I’ve been waiting here for you

But still nobody came

I said that every good day

There must be a little rain

But I never droned like this before

To you it’s just a game

Chorus:

I said, I’m a changing thing

I said, hold me up and dry my wings

I said, I’d do anything

I’d do anything – for you

Repeat first verse

 

08. Sarah

music: Terry Henderson

lyrics: Terry Henderson, Colin Peel

 

Sarah – I see your face

Sarah – I feel your grace

And the sunlight is dancing red in your hair

And a fire is burning in your heart

Sarah – I hear you cry

Sarah – I see tears inside

And the sunlight is dancing on your silver rings

And a fire is burning in your heart

Sarah never had a chance to be free

When Sarah called her angels to dance for me

Chorus:

And the world will pass you by

And the winds cry tonight

And a fire is burning the sky

And a fire is burning the sky

Sarah – I know that you’re gone

Sarah – but you’re not alone

I know you’re still out in the shadows

I know we’ll meet again – in tomorrows

Chorus:

A crowd passing by

On a night when the stakes will burn high

And a fire is burning the sky

And a fire is burning the sky

(Solo)

Sarah was a broken heart

Who went dancing through the fire

She had to learn to live and die like lovers do

Sarah – I know that you’re gone

Sarah – but you’re not alone

Chorus:

And the world will pass you by

And they’re beating the drums tonight

And a fire is burning the sky

And a fire is burning the sky

 

09. Summer Rain

(Instrumental)

music: Terry Henderson

 

10. Lady Dangerous

music: Terry Henderson

lyrics: Andy Beirne, Colin Peel

 

Last time I saw you

I couldn’t ignore you

The passion was still in your eyes

You seemed to recover

From long distance lovers

Who never appear by your side

I tried to complete

With your perfect elite

I could never see it as real

So keep all your cars

Your clothes and your bars

It’s a fake at the end of the deal

I still see the poise

That brings on the boys

Whenever you’re out on the town

And you know what you got

And you show it a lot

But you love all the eyes of the crowd

Chorus:

Oh – Lady Dangerous

Shotgun in my mind

Oh – Lady Dangerous

I’m fighting her all the time

Oh – Lady Dangerous

Oh – Lady Dangerous

You and your boy

And his shiny new toy

And your body so soft in the night

I stood there alone

As you headed from home

You disappeared into the night

The wind and the rain

They have beat me again

My body is aching and cold

But how can if fight

When I know it’s not right

The poison is killing my soul

Repeat chorus

(Solo)

The things that you need

They help with your greed

Your body’s been buried alive

You get all your lovers

To blow all the cover

You couldn’t be good if you tried

The trouble with me

Is that all I can see

Is a woman who drives me insane

We made all the moves

All too late, not too soon

And let me in darkness and pain

Repeat chorus

 

11. Under the Gun

music: Terry Henderson

lyrics: Martin Connolly, Colin Peel

 

You better decide

Better choose your side

It’s no sitting on the fence

The time is right

To stand and fight babe

Before your life is spent

Oh no –  when shall we leave

Oh no –  no air to breathe

Make up your mind

Don’t get left behind

It’s just there for you to see

You got to be strong babe

It’s been too long

And it’s there for you and me

Oh no – what shall we leave

Oh no – what shall we breathe

Chorus:

Oh – under the gun

Oh – under the gun

Under the gun

Don’t hesitate

It’s already too late

And the world is getting hot

Are you part of the problem

Or part of the cure

It’s the only choice you’ve got

Oh no – when shall we leave

Oh no – no air to breathe

Repeat chorus

(Solo)

Repeat last verse and chorus

 

12. The Great Deserter

music: Terry Henderson

lyrics: Steve Ellis

 

Cried in his gin all though the night

Not wanting to turn out the light

Never really giving up, just filling up his loving cup

Says, he never wanted to hurt her

Says, he never wanted to hurt her

Sweating out his feeble love

Just trying to get his head above

Never wanted to hurt her

Never wanted to hurt her

(Solo)

Airs and graces to the wind

His body wasted and so thin

Sweating out his feeble love

Just try to keep his head above

Says, he never wanted to hurt her

Says, he never wanted to hurt her

Love’s a lot to be desired

But he’s yet to be inspired

Never wanted to hurt her

Never wanted to hurt her

– ever again

 

13. Free Yourself

music: Terry Henderson

lyrics: Martin Connolly

 

Walking – in the valley of the gods

I’m leaving – alone and lost

Nobody knows – what love is for

See me – try and show me the door

Chorus:

Open your mind

Open your eyes

What have I done wrong

The wasted years – they took so long

Can you take the worry from my life

Let me see – right through the haze

No more confusion – nor more pain

Make me the man I used to be

Repeat chorus

On the mountain in the sky

I’m feeling – it’s time to die

Freedom is – in my body and my soul

I’m seeing – all the trouble in the world

Repeat chorus twice

Repeat first verse

 

14. Riding On Dreams

music: Terry Henderson

lyrics: Colin Peel

 

We’ve lost our hearts out in winter

We’ve lost the old caravan

Running and breathing in silence

Running on hot weathered sand

Chorus:

Broken and burned at the seams

Emotions were riding on dreams

Riding on dreams

Riding on dreams

Ladies of summer come with us

Ladies of summer come home

Burn near the end of our candle

Burn near the blood in our souls

Repeat chorus

(Improvisation part)

Don’t let me die out there on the road

Don’t you know I’m so cold and hungry now, and so alone

Emotions run and try to hide

Hiding in the desert baby

In the desert of our souls

The more we live the more we breathe

The seasons turn and turn again

And bring the summer back to me

Emotional tides we ride

We are the children of the morning

We’ll survive

Repeat chorus (fade)