Song Of The Sea lyrics - Dan Fogelberg

Broken clouds along the blue horizon
The sun is setting and the wind is dying down
Outward bound, there is music all around
Can you hear it, it's the song of the sea

Soundings taken at the edge of darkness
The widest silences the heart can ever hear
You can steer to the stars along your lee
Set you bearings to the, the song of the sea

Oh and the song is as ancient as the days
And the winds upon the waves
Let it carry you away, so far away

Trim my sails to greet the breaking morning
Past the headlands to the rolling open sea
And it comes to me, I have never felt so free
As when I'm listening to the, the song of the sea

Oh and the song is as ancient as the days
And the winds upon the waves
Let it carry me away, so far away

Some were meant to watch the world from windows
And never look beyond the road beneath their feet
But for me, I was always meant to be
One forever chasing the song of the sea

The song of the sea
The song of the sea

Anastasia's Eyes lyrics - Dan Fogelberg

There's thorns on the cactus tree
There's thorns on the rose
There's thorns in the heart of me
That nobody knows
They tear at the flesh until
The tears start to rise
They form in my heart
But they fall from Anastasia's eyes

And I was lost in the wilderness
Without courage or hope
I was setting my signal fires
And watching the smoke
When out of the smoke appeared
The sweetest surprise
And I knew I'd been found
When first I looked into Anastasia's eyes

There's thorns on the cactus tree
There's thorns on the rose
There's thorns in the heart of me
That nobody knows

But finally I've found out where my salvation lies
It lies in the love that lives in Anastasia's eyes
It lies in the love that lives in Anastasia's eyes


Blind To The Truth lyrics - Dan Fogelberg

In the overcrowded cities where the nights are bright as day
You spend your weekly paycheck and turn your eyes away
From the crisis we've created with our self-indulgent ways
Living like there's no tomorrow, well that just might be the case

Now they're tearing down the forests and the jungles of Brazil
Without a second thought about the species that they kill
But extinction is forever and still the forests fall
And push it ever closer to extinction for us all

But you're so blind to the truth, blind to the truth
And you can't see nothing
Cause you're so blind to the truth, blind to the truth
And the judgment day is coming

Now the politicians bicker on the early evening news
Pledging their allegiance to whoever they can use
The corporate bosses snicker as they watch the profits soar
They don't care what they make next month just as long as it is more

They take our farms and marshlands, drive nature to the wall
Just so they can build another Goddamn shopping mall
And it doesn't seem to matter if they cannot see the stars
As long as they can keep on building obsolescent cars

They're so blind to the truth, blind to the truth
No they can't see nothing
They're so blind to the truth, blind to the truth
But the judgment day is coming

Now you cannot drink the water and you cannot breathe the air
The sky is ripping open and you still don't seem to care
The soil is tired and toxic and unable to provide
The clock is running out and there is nowhere left to hide

Now there's laws that we must live by and they're not the laws of man
Can't you see the shadow that moves across this land
The future is upon us and there's so much we must do
And you know I can't ignore it and my friend neither can you

Unless you're blind to the truth, blind to the truth
And you can't see nothing
You're so blind to the truth, blind to the truth
But the judgment day is coming


Lovers In A Dangerous Time (originally by Bruce Cockburn) lyrics - Dan Fogelberg

The hours grow shorter as the days go by
You never get to stop and open your eyes
One day you're waiting for the sky to fall
The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time

These fragile bodies of touch and taste
This vibrant skin, this hair like lace
Spirits open to the thrust of grace
Never a breath you can afford to waste
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time

When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Sometimes you're made to feel as if your love's a crime
But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight
You got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time

Rhythm Of The Rain (originally by The Cascades) lyrics - Dan Fogelberg

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool I've been
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
And let me be alone again

The only girl I ever loved has gone away
Looking for a brand new start
But little does she know that when she left that day
Along with her he took my heart

Rain please tell me now does that seem fair
For her to steal my heart away when she don't care
I can't love another when my heart's somewhere far away

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool I've been
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
And let me be alone again

The only girl I ever loved has gone away
Looking for a brand new start
Little does she know that when she left that day
Along with her she took my heart

Rain won't you tell her that I love her so
Please ask the sun to set her heart a glow
And rain in her heart and let the love we know start to grow

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool I've been
Ah I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
And let me be alone again

Rain please tell me now does that seem fair
For her to steal my heart away when he don't care
I can't love another when my heart's somewhere far away

Oh listen to the falling rain
Oh rhythm of the falling rain
Oh listen to the falling rain
Oh rhythm of the falling rain


Bones In The Sky lyrics - Dan Fogelberg


Up through the branches
The stars shine above
On the arroyos
And mesas you loved
And as the moon rises
The black mountain mourns
For the old friend
He'll look on no more

Jacks-In-The-Pulpit
Bones in the sky
Long winding rivers
That never ran dry
And the secrets she gathered
From the wild blowing sands
Breathed in her heart
And her hands

I sing to your spirit
Where all my dreams dwell
The vision, the freedom
The life lived so well
And I sing in your canyons
And the echoes ring clear
And I wish somehow
You may still hear

The Spirit Trail lyrics - Dan Fogelberg

The light is long the sun is low
I'm riding fast across this dusty road
But I don't want to be, no I don't want to be

Above the ridge an eagle flies
In lazy circles in the western skies
I want to fly with him I want to walk the spirit trail

I've seen them come I've seen them go
Off to the oilfields and rodeos
To find a better way, they leave their native soil
But I can hear a different song
The drum within my heart is beating strong
I want to follow it, I've got to walk the spirit trail
Let every creature I see be a brother and a friend to me
Let every step that I take leave the footprints of a warrior
Along the spirit trail
Heya-heya heya hiyo
Heya-heya heya hiyo
Heya-heya heya hiyo
Heya-heya heya hiyo
They took the land, they took control
They robbed my father of his very soul
To be like one of them, to be like one of them
But I was born a native son
And I will never be another one
To give it all away I've got to walk the spirit trail
Let every creature I see be a brother and a friend to me
Let every step that I take leave the footprints of a warrior
Along the spirit trail
Heya-heya heya hiyo
Heya-heya heya hiyo
Heya-heya heya hiyo
Heya-heya heya hiyo
Let every creature I see be a brother and a friend to me
Let every step that I take leave the footprints of a warrior
Along the spirit trail
Heya-heya heya hiyo
Heya-heya heya hiyo
Heya-heya heya hiyo
Heya-heya heya hiyo


Ever On lyrics - Dan Fogelberg

May the trail rise up to meet you
May your heart rejoice in song
May the skies be fair above you
As you journey ever on

Ever on, ever on
Ever on, ever on

In this planetary circle
We are but a single stone
Spinning on our fragile axis
Through the endless night alone

Ever on, ever on
Ever on, ever on

May your love be there to guide us
May it always keep us strong
May we walk within your footsteps
As you lead us ever on

Ever on, ever on
Ever on, ever on
Ever on, ever on
Ever on, ever on

album: "Exiles" (1987)

Exiles lyrics - Dan Fogelberg

Exiles...running from each other
We are exiles
Living undercover
Looking for another day to make it all work out.

Exiles
Standing in the shadows
We are exiles
Weary of the battles
Looking for another day to make it all work out.

You sit here
And I sit there
Looking at you used to be like looking in a mirror
But now it's dark
No light reflects
It never ends like one expects.

I don't know where we went wrong
If I knew that I'd never had to write this song
But here we stand
So far apart
Separate pieces of a
Broken heart
(We live like)

Exiles...running from each other
We are exiles
Living undercover
Looking for another day to make it all work out.

Exiles
Standing in the shadows
We are exiles
Weary of the battles
Looking for another day to make it all work out.

You said you need time to think
But I just couldn't go on living on the brink
So now we take this frozen stance
In hopes that we'll find one more chance.

Different wants and different needs
Moving through our changes at such different speeds
I don't know why
And I don't know when
But somewhere we'll find love again.

Exiles...running from each other
We are exiles
Living undercover
Looking for another day to make it all work out.

Exiles...running from each other
We are exiles
Living undercover
Looking for another day to make it all work out.

Exiles
Standing in the shadows
We are exiles
Weary of the battles
Looking for another day to make it all work out.

What You're Doing lyrics - Dan Fogelberg

Look...what you're doing
Baby what in heaven are you thinking of?
Look...what you're doing
Will you throw away such sweet, sweet love,
Will you throw away such sweet, sweet love.

You used to say that you would always stay
But now you say you want to find your freedom.
But are the promises of being free
Worth the sacrifice of all you had with me.

You know I've always tried the best I could
To prove my love to you and make you happy
And once upon a time if felt so good
What has happened now to make you want to fly.
Do you want to see me cry?

Look...what you're doing
Baby what in heaven are you thinking of?
Look...what you're doing
Will you throw away such sweet, sweet love,
Will you throw away such sweet, sweet love.

I ain't the fool that you believe I am
You tell your lies but
I can see right through them.

Cause in your eyes I see another man
But he will never love you like you know I can.
Oh, girl, you know I can.

(You better open up your eyes and)

Look...what you're doing
Baby what in heaven are you thinking of?
Look...what you're doing
Will you throw away such sweet, sweet love,
Will you throw away such sweet, sweet love.



Lonely In Love lyrics - Dan Fogelberg

Some say that love is its own
Love is its own reward
But I can't help but believe
There's got to be more

A man needs a woman
To have and to hold
To love him in body
As well as in soul
I need your desire
Where did the fire go

I keep trying to sleep
But sleep won't be mine tonight
There's so much sorrow inside
And, baby, I don't know why

I give you your freedom
I give you my love
I give all I have
Every time that we touch
I don't know, baby
Maybe I give too much

Now I'm lonely in love
Why must I be lonely in love
I'm so lonely in love
Baby why must I be lonely
Why must I be lonely in love

I know that love carries no
She carries no guarantees
But still I can't seem to find
A reason that I can believe in

You said to be patient
And give you some room
You said you had changes
You need to work through
But the longer I wait
The farther I feel from you

Now I'm lonely in love
Why must I be lonely in love
I'm so lonely in love
Baby, why must I be lonely
Why must I be lonely in love

I'm so lonely in love
Why must I be lonely in love
(With you, darling)
I'm so lonely in love
Baby, you're my one and only
Why do you keep me lonely in love

Woo hoo, woo hoo, woo hoo...

Seeing You Again lyrics - Dan Fogelberg

Seeing you again
Was like meeting for the first time
In a foggy dream so many years ago.
Strangers in an airport
Searching for a word to break the ice.

Holding you again
Even for the briefest moment
Made me realize how much I love you still
Wanting you to want me
Still not knowing if you ever will.

Seeing you again
Seeing you again
Was the sweetest torture
I may ever know.
Seeing you again
Seeing you again

Made me wish I'd never let you go.

Seeing you again
Running free along the beaches
Where our shadows first
Began to intertwine
Listening to your laughter
Wishing that your love could still be mine.

Seeing you again
Seeing you again
Was the sweetest torture
I may ever know.
Seeing you again
Seeing you again

Did you only come to say
You're sorry
Or give it one more try
Or did you only need to see
There was nothing left for me
Inside worth saving.

Running for your train
You smiled back through the doorway
Like you used to
When our hearts still beat as one
And as I turned away
I knew the lonely days had just begun.

Seeing you again
Seeing you again
Was the sweetest torture
I may ever know.
Seeing you again
Seeing you again

Seeing you again
Seeing you again
Was the sweetest torture
I may ever know.
Seeing you again
Seeing you again


She Don't Look Back lyrics - Dan Fogelberg

She's got a way of
Getting so inside you
That you think she's
Gonna steal your soul
She's got a way of making sure
That you can't let go

She's got a trail of
Broken hearts behind her
Like a shadow
Where no shadow's cast
I ain't the first one and
I doubt that I'll be the last

Too long, too late
You're wrong
To ever think she'd wait

She don't look back, oh, oh
She don't look back, oh, oh
She don't look back, oh, oh
The lady don't look back
And when she's gone, she's gone

You can never tell
Just what she's after
You can never read it
In her eyes
And in her laughter
There's no hint of compromise

You can stare
Into the fire forever
You can squeeze a stone
Until it bleeds
But you will never find
The kind of love she needs

Too much, too late
You're such
A fool to think she'd wait

She don't look back, oh, oh
She don't look back, oh, oh
She don't look back, oh, oh
She don't look back, oh, oh
And when she's gone, she's gone

She don't look back
She don't look back
She don't look back
She don't look back
She don't look back


The Way It Must Be lyrics - Dan Fogelberg

Baby, how could I have been so vain
To make you think that you're the only one to blame.
For all these distances and all of this pain
Baby, how could I have been so blind
To presuppose that your needs were just like mine
You've been a prisoner for a long, long time.
But now you run from me
And I will set you free
If that's the way it must be.

I tried so hard to make you part of me
That every time I looked at you
I thought I'd see
Someone that you could never ever be.
So full of pride that I could not see straight
I thought you'd change
If I could only wait
I see the truth now but it's much too late
Cause now you run from me
And I will set you free
If that's the way it must be.

Oh--oh--baby how'd it ever get so cold and mean
Oh--oh. Is there nothing left but silence in between.
Oh--oh--baby how'd it ever get so cold and mean
Oh--oh. Is there nothing left but silence in between.

Baby how'd we hold on so long
To something both of us must have known was wrong
We're either fools or must be terrible strong.
Cause now you run from me.
And I will set you free
If that's the way it must be.

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