In the Spirit of Things
Kansas
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Ghosts
04 : 14
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One Big Sky
05 : 17
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Inside of Me
04 : 44
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One Man, One Heart
04 : 19
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House on Fire
04 : 42
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Once in a Lifetime
04 : 15
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Stand Beside Me
03 : 31
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I Counted on Love
03 : 33
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The Preacher
04 : 18
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Rainmaker
06 : 44
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T.O. Witcher
01 : 41
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Bells of Saint James
05 : 39
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Track Lyrics
Ghosts Lyrics
4 ContributorsGhosts LyricsThere's tombstone in a snowy field
Close by an old ghost town
The epitaph's been weather-blown away
There's a belltower where petitions peeled
It's been half torn down
But it must have softened every soul that came to pray
There's a schoolhouse full of broken glass
And wounded walls
The rusty swings like derelicts sleeping in the weeds
There's a picture-graduation class
Staring down deserted halls
"The Hope Of 44" is what it reads
It's just as if some restless wind blew their dreams away far away
It's just as if those dreams had never been, oh
I feel their ghosts around me now
I hear them say
They've come back home to dream those dreams again
Ohhhhhh
They've come back home to dream those dreams again
One Big Sky Lyrics
2 ContributorsOne Big Sky LyricsColored banners - color kills
What color is the blood that spills
If we don't see it no one will
Under one big sky
Guns and plowshares - promise land
Ghosts of war stretch out their hand
If we don't hear them no one can
Under one big sky
Under one big sky a voice is crying to be heard
But in a world where love has died
That voice seems so absurd
We are children of the future
Maybe we're just passing through here
All depends on what you do here
Under one big sky
Quest for power - pay the cost
Liberty in tempest tossed
If we don't stop them we'll be lost
Under one big sky
Under one big sky a voice is crying to be heard
But in a world where love has died
That voice seems so absurd
We are children of the future
Maybe we're just passing through here
All depends on what you do here
Under one big sky
Under one big sky a voice is crying to be heard
But in a world where love has died
That voice seems so absurd
We are children of the future
Maybe we're just passing through here
All depends on what you do here
Under one big sky
Under one big sky a voice is crying to be heard
But in a world where love has died
That voice seems so absurd
We are children of the future
Maybe we're just passing through here
All depends on what you do here
Under one big sky
Under one big sky
Inside of Me Lyrics
3 ContributorsInside of Me LyricsThe fire's inside me - the bridges burn
Love is the lesson but love never learns
And if it's all up to me, in a matter of time
All those memories will return
I got to run a little faster - I got to reach for the sky
I got to come a little closer; even if I lose, I got to try
Inside of me, is a man that I knew
Who could rattle these chains - who could shake these cages
Inside of you, is a dream that I see
And the echoes of voices are calling
Inside of me - Inside of me
I've captured the nightmares that burst in your bed
I've run with the horses inside your head
And when I turned to walk away, I never heard you say
"We are hanging by a thread"
So I skated in circles over cracks in the ice
And I stand in the shadows; now my heart must pay the price
Inside of me, is a man that I knew
Who could rattle these chains - who could shake these cages
Inside of you, is a dream that I see
And the echoes of voices are calling
Inside of me - Inside of me
Inside of me, is a man that I knew
Who could rattle these chains - who could shake these cages
Inside of you, is a dream that I see
And the echoes of voices are calling
Inside of me
Inside of me, is a man that I knew
Who could rattle these chains - who could shake these cages
Inside of you, is a dream that I see
And the echoes of voices are calling
Inside of me - Inside of me
Inside of me, is a man that I knew
Who could rattle these chains - who could shake these cages
Inside of you, is a dream that I see
And the echoes of voices are calling
Inside of me - Inside of me
One Man, One Heart Lyrics
2 ContributorsOne Man, One Heart Lyrics(One man, one heart)
(One man, one heart)
This is my beginning
Tomorrow holds my hand
Yesterday is dead and gone
Buried in the sand
The vision stands before me
And now there's nothing else
So close your eyes and realize
The way I see myself
One man, one heart
Standing in the flame
Can you hear my voice tonight
I'm calling out - I'm calling out your name
You've broken my defenses
And opened up my soul
The love I tried to keep inside
I cannot be control
So let the wind be silent
The ocean turn to sand
And let your body dream of me
And see me as I am
One man, one heart
Standing in the flame
Can you hear my voice tonight
I'm calling out your name
One man, one heart
Reaching for the light
If I can hold on
I'll come through the dark
One man, one heart
One man, one heart
Standing in the flame
Can you hear my voice tonight
I'm calling out - I'm calling out
One man, one heart
Reaching for the light
If I can hold on
I'll come through the dark
One man, one heart
One man, one heart
Standing in the flame
Can you hear my voice tonight
I'm calling out your name
One man, one heart
Reaching for the light
If I can hold on
I'll come through the dark
One man, one heart
One man, one heart
Standing in the flame
One man, one heart...
House on Fire Lyrics
3 ContributorsHouse on Fire LyricsShe strides down 7th street
Smokey night - summer heat
Commotion - concrete fires
Where neon souls are burning
His whole life - a hung jury
She was the crime - Wheel's gonna pay
She's got blue steel; cocked and locked
She is Justice and justice is burning
She's turning the tables upside down
She's like a flame; she's burning higher
She's like a house on fire, a house on fire
Wheel feels lucky - drinkin' blind
One track mind - sheer distraction
Steps on cracks - breakin' backs
Nothin's sacred on the other side
He turns left - she turns right
They both step through the veil of night
Cold blue steel reflection
And Wheel's got nowhere to hide
She's turning the tables upside down
She's like a flame; she's burning higher
She's like a house on fire, a house on fire
House on fire
House on fire
Players of passion playing with fire
Streetlights are flashing but who are they for
Fisted love fueling fantasy
Is love worth the fire he's asking for
She's turning the tables upside down
She's like a flame; she's burning higher
Like a house on fire, just like a house on fire
You keep playin' with matches baby
You gonna burn the whole world down
Once in a Lifetime Lyrics
2 ContributorsOnce in a Lifetime LyricsIf only it was raining out tonight
Reflections on the sidewalks would take me back in time
You told me when I left you standing there
Someday I'd be sorry
Well that day is here
I was wrong, oh so wrong
I should have known that you were the one
Now I know a love like yours only comes along
Once in a lifetime
Once in your life you'll find
The kind of love that never ends
The kind I want back again
Ooh
You were trying
I could see it in your eyes
As I held a one way fare
To some false paradise
I was dying to spread my restless wings
Now just to see your face again
I'd do anything
I was wrong, oh so wrong
A dreamer in a small town can survive
Now I know it's love like yours
That keep these dreams alive
Once in a lifetime
Once in your life you'll find
The kind of love that never ends
The kind I want back again
Let the rain fall down
Mmmm
It's such a lonely sound
Ohhh
Let the rain fall down
Oh god I love that sound
It takes me back
Once in a lifetime
Once in your life you'll find
The kind of love that never ends
The kind I want back again
Again
Once in a lifetime (Again)
Once in your life you'll find
The kind of love that never ends
Once in a lifetime
Stand Beside Me Lyrics
4 ContributorsStand Beside Me LyricsI can feel someone here
In the air tonight
Waiting alone inside for survival
Cruising this place
Like flesh on a neon sign
Brighten up my life tonight
Before the candle flickers
Stand beside me
I will never let you fall
Stand beside me
I'll come whenever you call
I had a life out here
Like a rumble fish
Waiting to drown like all of my rivals
Hiding in rooms so hot
To the human touch
Choose your poison if you can
Take this heart of mine and...
Stand beside me
I will never let you fall
Stand beside me
I'll come whenever you call
Stand beside me
I will take it to the wall
Ohhh oh oh
Ohhhh
Ohhhh
Brighten up my life tonight
Before the candle flickers
Choose your poison if you can
Take this heart of mine and...
Stand beside me
I will never let you fall
Stand beside me
I'll come whenever you call
Stand beside me
I will take it to the wall
Stand beside me
Stand beside me oh
Stand beside me
Stand beside me
Stand beside me
Stand beside me
Stand beside me
I Counted on Love Lyrics
2 ContributorsI Counted on Love LyricsI'm hangin' on - cause I hate letting go, I hate letting go
I'm not that strong - but you already know; how I hate letting go
We believed that dreams came true, now that picture's torn in two
I counted on love but love will never cry for me
I counted on love but love will never lie for me
I counted on love but lover say goodbye for me
I counted on love
Love
Some great defender - is that what you need? To heal not to bleed
Some great pretender - shouting "Set yourself free, Set yourself free"
Why do memories have to be like a lock without a key
I counted on love but love will never cry for me
I counted on love but love will never lie for me
I counted on love but lover say goodbye for me
Ohhh oh
I was flying oh so high
Now I'm trying not to cry
I was trying - but I'm dying, 'cause I hate letting go
I counted on love but love will never cry for me
I counted on love but love will never lie for me
I counted on love but lover say goodbye for me
I counted on love (I counted on love), I counted on you
Yeah yeah
(I counted on love) I counted on your love
Love counted on love
(I counted on love) oooh yeah I counted on you
(I counted on love) Don't let me down
The Preacher Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Gather ‘round the preacher man, gather ‘round here
If you're waiting for the word that'll make it all clear
When you look in the sky you can see what he sees
There's a fire in the Belt of Hercules
[Verse 2]
Well the man in the collar says come to the fold
Bible in his hand tassle of gold
Says heaven could be locked but he's got a set of keys
They fit the buckle in the Belt of Hercules
[Chorus]
We all gotta come to the light together
Put your dreams in your pocket boy
We all gotta come to the light together
Follow me
[Verse 3]
Well the preacher man’s climbing up above a timberline
Bible in his hand praying for a sign
Says "I'm tired of the devil and I'm down on my knees!"
"I'll fight the battle for the Belt of Hercules"
[Chorus]
We all gotta come to the light together
Put your dreams in your pocket boy
We all gotta come to the light together
Follow me, follow me, follow me
[Chorus]
We all gotta come to the light together, gotta show it to the light
You put your dreams in your pocket boy
(We all gotta come to the light together) We all gotta come to the light together
Follow me
Oh yeah yeah
[Chorus]
We all gotta come to the light together
Put your dreams in your pocket boy
We all gotta come to the light together yeah
Follow me
[Chorus]
We all gotta come to the light together
Put your dreams in your pocket boy
We all gotta come to the light together
Follow me
Rainmaker Lyrics
[Operatic singing]
Rainmaker save this one horse town
Rainmaker pray to heaven
Rainmaker Rainmaker save this one horse town
Rainmaker (Rainmaker, get running) pray to heaven
Rainmaker Rainmaker save this one horse town
Rainmaker pray to heaven (Oooooooh)
(Oh Rainmaker) Rainmaker Rainmaker save this one horse town
Rainmaker pray to heaven
Rainmaker Rainmaker save this one horse town (Save this town)
Rainmaker pray to heaven
(Save us) Rainmaker Rainmaker save this one horse town
Rainmaker pray to heaven
Rainmaker Rainmaker save this one horse town
Rainmaker (baby) pray to heaven
Bells of Saint James Lyrics
2 ContributorsBells of Saint James LyricsHer letters gave me purpose
Her letters gave me pride
Armies far across the ocean
Guns and letters by our side
It was someone else's homeland
It was someone else's war
But at the line of the 38th parallel
It was her I fought them for
Her victory garden grew from weeds and from stone
I smelled those flowers in my sleep
The day I left as we were standing alone
She swore to me those dreams would keep
And the bells of St. James were ringing
The bells of St. James were ringing down
Lifting the eyes of those homeward bound
I don't remember when those words changed
Like Kansas summer turns to fall
But she quit talking 'bout the future
Never mentioned dreams at all
I don't blame my enemies and I don't blame my wife
For love fires that fleeted long ago
But when she wrote me about this change in her life
There was just one thing I had to know
Are the bells of St. James still ringing
The bells of St. James still ringing down
Lifting the eyes of those homeward bound
Are the bells of St. James still ringing
The bells of St. James still ringing down
Lifting the eyes of those homeward bound
Are the bells of St. James still ringing
The bells of St. James still ringing down
Lifting the eyes of those homeward bound