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Driving the last Spike
Drum Duet Domino: ~*In the Glow of the Night
~*The last Domino
Fading Lights
Home by the Sea
DRIVING THE LAST SPIKE
In the early 1800's, large groups of mainly unskilled labourers built England's Railways. The cost in human terms alone was very high ... Leaving my family behind me not knowing what lay ahead waving goodbye, as I left them in tears remembering all we'd said I looked to the sky, I offered my prayers I asked Him for guidance and strength but the simple beliefs of a simple man lay in His hands, and on my head I gave everything that they wanted but still they wanted more we sweat and we toiled good men lost their lives I don't think they knew what for I sold them my heart I sold them my soul I gave everything I had but they couldn't break my spirit my dignity fought back, fightback can you hear me can you see Don't you hear me don't you see We worked in gangs for all we were worth the young boys pulling the wagons we were digging the tunnel, shifting the earth it was then that it happened. No-one knew how the cracks appeared but as it fell they all disappeared stone fell like rain Can an you hear me, Can you see Don't you hear me Can you breathe The smoke cleared, the dust it settled No one knew how many had died all around there were broken men they'd said it was safe, they'd lied you could hear the cries, you could smell the fear but good fortune that day was mine and it occurred to me that the heart of a good man it seems is hard to find. Can you hear me, can you see Don't you hear me don't you see We worked, how we worked like the devil for our pay through the wind, through the snow, through the rain Blasting, cutting through Gods country like a knife sweat stinging my eyes, there has to be a better life But I can hear my children cry I can see the tears in their eyes memories of those I've lft behind still ringing in my ears Will I ever go back again Will I ever see her face again I'll never forget the night As they waved goodbye to their fathers We came from the South, we came from the North with picks and with spades and a new kind of order showing no fear of what lies up ahead They'll never see the likes of us again Driving the last spike, lifting and laying the track with blistering hands, the sun burning your back But I can hear my children cry I can see the tears in their eyes memories of those I've lft behind still ringing in my ears I will always remember that night, As they waved goodbye to their fathers We followed the rail, we slept under the stars digging in darkness, living with danger showing no fear of what lies up ahead they'll never see the likes of us again
DOMINO
IN THE GLOW OF THE NIGHTThe grey of evening fills the room, No need to look outside, To see or feel the rain. I reach across to touch her, But I know that she's not there. Rain keeps running down the window pane. Time is running out for me. Can't you see what you are doing to me? Can't you see what you have done? As I try to pass another long and sleepless night, A hundred crazy voices call my name, As I try to pass them by, I almost can believe that she is here, In the glow of the night. Do you know what you have done? Do you know what you've begun? Do you see we shall never be together again? All of my life. Lonely people, empty rooms, Pointless violence, silent tombs. Could it be that we shall be together again? Sheets of double glazing help to keep outside the night, Only foreign city sirens can cut through, Nylon sheets and blankets help to minimize the cold. But they can't keep out the chilling sounds. Will the nightmare soon give way to dreaming That she is here with me? In the glow of the night. Do you know what you have done? Do you know what you've begun? Do you see we shall never be together again? Lonely people, empty rooms, Pointless violence, silent tombs. Could it be that we shall be together again? THE LAST DOMINO
In silence and darkness We held each other near that night We prayed it would last forever. Blood on the windows Millions of ordinary people are there They gaze at the scenery They act as if it is perfectly clear Take a look at the mountains Take a look at the beautiful river of blood. The liquid surrounds me I fight to rise from this river of hell I stare round about me Children are swimming and playing with boats Their features are changing Their bodies dissolve and I am alone. Now see what you've gone and done. Now you never did see such a terrible thing As was seen last night on T.V. Maybe if we're lucky, they will show it again Such a terrible thing to see There's nothing you can do when you're the next in line You've got to go domino. Now I'm one with the living and I'm feeling just fine I know what I must do Play the game of happiness and never let on That it only lives on in a song There's nothing you can do when you're the next in line You've got to go domino. Do you know what you have done? Do you know what you've begun? In silence and darkness Hold each other near tonight For will it last forever? There's nothing you can do when you're the next in line You've got to go domino. FADING LIGHTS
Another time it might have been so different if only we could do it all again but now it's just another fading memory out of focus, though the outline still remains Far away, away, fading distant lights leaving us all behind, lost in a changing world and you know that these are the days of our lives remember Like the story that we wish was never ending We know sometime we must reach teh final page still we carry on just pretending that there'll always be another day to go Far away, away, fading distant lights leaving us all behind, lost in a changing world and you know that these are the days of our lives remember Another chance hello, another goodbye and so many things we'll never see again days of life that seemed so unimportant seem to matter and to count much later on Far away, away, fading distant lights leaving us all behind, lost in a changing world and you know that these are the days of our lives remember
HOME BY THE SEA
Creeping up the blind side, shinning up the wall stealing thru the dark of night Climbing thru a window, stepping to the floor checking to the left and the right Picking up the pieces, putting them away something doesn't feel quite right Help me someone, let me out of here then out of the dark was suddenly heard welcome to the Home by the Sea Coming out the woodwork, thru the open door pushing from above and below shadows without substance, in the shape of men round and down and sideways they go adrift without direction, eyes that hold despair then as one they sign and they moan Help us someone, let us out of here living here so long undisturbed dreaming of the time we were free so many years ago before the time when we first heard welcome to the Home by the Sea Sit down Sit down as we relive out lives in what we tell you Images of sorrow, pictures of delight things that go to make up a life endless days of summer longer nights of gloom waiting for the morning light scenes of unimportance like photos in a frame things that go to make up a life Help us someone, let us out of here living here so long undisturbed dreaming of the time we were free so many years ago before the time when we first heard welcome to the Home by the Sea Sit down Sit down as we relive out lives in what we tell you let us relive out lives in what we tell you Sit down sit down cos you won't get away so with us you will stay for the rest of your days. So sit down As we relive out lives in what we tell you Let us relive out lives in what we tell you
