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THE LESSON
Verse 1
You tried to teach me to love you
But I just couldn’t see
And I just smiled and used you
The girl who loved me
And now that you have left me
I can’t go on alone
By day I smile and pretend
At night I cry alone
Chorus
You gave me love love love
You game me love love love
Verse 2
Because I was just older
You asked that I teach you
What could I show you darlin’
All I was you knew
And now I’ve learnt the lesson
It’s written on my heart
I didn’t love you deep enough
We’ll always be apart
THE NIGHT WAS MADE FOR LOVING
Tired of walking
In the rain
Tired of taking
Tired of pain
Don’’t need sun
T’get through
Gotta run
Gotta run to you
‘cos
Chorus
The night was made for loving
The night was made for you
You lose your misgivings
When I lay here with you
Don’t need your ma
Sitting there
Don’t need your pa’s hotile stare
Y’ gotta come
Come with me
Just one night
Will set you free
‘cos
Chorus
THE PEACE OF GOD
Verse 1
The peace of God
Which passes understanding
Lights my step tonight
Now I’m here
Happy and smiling
To be with you tonight
Verse 2
The clouds are gone
The moon is shining
Shadows on the land
Now that you’re here
So undemanding
Come and take my hand
Verse 3
Close your eyes
You are not dreaming
The earth still rotates
We’ve told no lies
And love is growing
Leave it to the fates
Leave it to the fates
THE PROMISED LAND
Verse 1
Come with me
Come and see
Come and see
The sea of love
Come with me
Along the sand
Along the sand
To the promised land
Verse 2
Come with me
Through the night
Through the night
It’s alright
Come with me
Hold my hand
And we’ll find
The promised land
Verse 3
Come with me
Rise above
Rise above
To find love
Come with me
‘Cross the sands
‘Cross the sands
To the promised land
THE REAPER
I’ve seen the reaper
I’ve seen his old ways
Don’t fear the reaper
Enjoy the sunshine days
I saw him coming
I saw him see you
Don’t fear the reaper
See what he can’t do
I’m always with you
I’m always just close by
Don’t fear the reaper
Don’t you listen to his lies
I’ve seen the reaper
I know just what he does
Hold tight my baby
He’ll never sep’rate us
THE STREETS OF L.A.
Verse 1
One day I had a dream
Of warm sun and pale blue sea
And palm trees by the beach
And there you were, you and me
Dancing through the starlit night
Making love all through the day
So we came to the city of our dreams
And walked the lonely streets of L.A.
Verse 2
We started out full of home
The world was in our hands
But all too soon it ran away
Like sand through our hands
We’d hustle here and hustle there
From dawn til end of day
But we never did get nowhere
On the cold lonely streets of L.A.
Verse 3
Now I walk the cold and lonely streets
A lost and broken man
Now you’re gone I can’t go on
I’ve done the best I can
So stay where you’ve gone to girl
I’ll soon be on my way
My life is just running out
On the cold and lonely streets of L.A.
THE THORN AND THE ROSE
Verse 1
The thorn and the rose
They live as one
The flower it knows
The rain and the sun
Like you and me
The hot and the cold
Please show me how
We can keep hold
Verse 2
The birds and the flies
The roots and the worm
I look in your eyes
There’s so much to learn
The clouds and the sun
The weed and the frost
If you are with me
I know we’re not lost
THE WHALES SONG
Verse 1
The ocean is my brother
The ocean is my friend
I was brought here by my mother
In a see without end
Verse 2
The ocean is my father
The ocean is my sky
My world is of perfection
Now it’s going to die
Verse 3
The ocean is my heaven
The ocean gives me calm
If I stay in my ocean
Why should I come to harm
Verse 4
The ocean is my killer
When men sail the sea
A lifetime of perfection
Begins and ends in me
THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES
Verse 1
There have been times when I have loved you
There have been times when I have not
But of the times I remember
There have been times when I was lost
Verse 2
I have been lost so many night times
I have been lost in your arms
But of the times that I have loved you
I never came to harm
Verse 3
I have been harmed by many people
I have been harmed far too much
But of the times when I was hurt most
You healed me with your touch
Verse 4
There have been times when I have loved you
There have been times when I forgot
And now I think that I know
When I didn’t love I lost
THORNS GROW
Verse 1
Thorns grow in my garden
Stones in my heart
Nothing’s quite the same
Since we moved apart
Verse 2
Thorns grow in my garden
Tears in my eyes
Where has the sunshine gone
Where are the blue skies?
Verse 3
Thorns grow in my garden
Tearing at my skin
How can I start again
How can I begin
Verse 4
Thorns grow in my garden
Thorns around my head
Since the day you left me
I wish I were dead
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