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Scene Beyond Dreams The Words in the Tones Five And I think of you now as a dream that I had long ago In a kingdom lost to time In the forest of evening the archer is bending a bow And I see you bring him bread and wine Down the legions of years the invaders have taken this land And bent you to their will And the memories fade of the ancients and all that they had Though the magic lingers round you still Oh, who would walk the stoney roads of Merlin's time? And keep watch along the borderline And who would hear the legends passed in song and rhyme? Upon the shepherd pipes of Merlin's time -- Al Stewart / Merlin's Time Unbound slaves stand outside the gate With lengths of broken chains they wait Empty stomachs filled with hate No one told the heads of state The Prince of Peace is sleeping late Sleeping through the years of error Waking in a reign of terror Sleep white baby sleep Will you ever understand? Love will make you understand -- The 4 Seasons / American Crucifixion and Resurrection Desperado / Why don't you come to your senses? Come down from your fences / Open the gate It may be raining / But there's a rainbow above you You better let somebody love you / Before it's too late -- The Eagles / Desperado Know who you are / There's a world deep inside you Trust if you can / There's a friend there to guide you -- Supertramp / Know Who You Are Locked-up inside / You can't tell me where it's at Open-up! / Open-up! / Open the door Some days you hide / I guess you wonder where you are Nature boy / Nature boy / Take me along We got a life that's undiscovered Deep in the woods we're undiscovered -- The Talking Heads / Nature Boy I can see night in the daytime / Into the woods I quietly go It takes all the strength I have in me These are the woods / The night of the soul Creatures we are / Worth defending It takes the right word / Said from the heart Given to you without ending / Given to you / The purpose of art Out of these woods will you take me? Out of the woods / Out of the storm Oh, sinless child can you save me? Oh, guilty man / Freedom is yours -- The Call / The Woods Don't you see? / You're the last to know Your mind is dead / Your heart won't grow Nice and steady / Then weeks behind I've seen you there / I've seen you hide -- The Call / Day or Night The guilt that you feel Will not heal you in the universal flow Just turn yourself onto yourself Then the freedom we seek will show Don't ever doubt what your heart says When everything 'round you says no Just the pace of the game will drive you insane So relax and let everything flow -- Dave Mason / Misty Morning Stranger Let me take you through your sadness / Face the things you cannot meet Let a sense of purpose fill your heart / Let your soul begin to speak The fears that have surrounded you / The sands of time will ease All the burdens you have carried / Know they're gonna be freed While drifting down this road / The strangest things unfold you Stories you thought never true / And you know that it's only begun --- Dave Mason / If You've Got Love These things that you keep / You better throw them away Turn your back on you soulless days If you're feeling weary / Or you been alone too long Or maybe you been suffering from a few too many plans that have gone wrong And you're trying to remember how fine your life used to be Running around banging your drum like it's 1973 -- The Waterboys / This is the Sea And he's up there / What's that? Hawaiian noises? Bangin' on the bongos like a chimpanzee / That ain't working -- Dire Straits / Money for Nothing Here we are in a special place / What are you gonna do here? We stand in a special place / What will you do here? What show of soul / Are we gonna get from you? It could be Deliverance or History / Under these skies so blue But if I know you / You'll bang the drum like monkeys do Here we are in a fabulous place / What are you gonna dream here? We are standing in a fabulous place / What are you gonna play here? I know you love the high life / You love to leap around You love to beat your chest and make your sound But not here, man! / This is sacred ground / With a power flowing through And if I know you / You'll bang the drum like monkeys do -- The Waterboys / Don't Bang the Drum Lost in the Garden of Eden / Yeah, we're lost in the Garden of Eden And there's no one gonna believe this / But we're lost in the Garden of Eden -- Guns and Roses / Lost in the Garden of Eden And we're standing outside of this wonderland Looking so bereaved and bereft Like a Bowery bum when he understands The bottle's empty and there's nothing left I don't know how it happened It was faster than the eye could flick But now all I can do is hand it to you And your latest trick -- Dire Straits / Your Latest Trick The hangman / He's in the shadows And he's looking for something to do Until we find who won the battles Of the evil and the true And the judges / They're in recess Until they receive some kind of sacred sign -- Michael McDermott / A Wall I Must Climb Everybody's down on their knees Listen like thieves But who needs that? It's all in your hands / All in your hands -- INXS / Listen Like Thieves Everyone's looking / To see if it was you Everyone wants you to come through Everyone's hoping / It'll all work out Everyone's waiting / They're holding out -- Loverboy / Working for the Weekend Are you free? / Can you be? When you see a chance / Take it Find romance / Fake it / Because it's all on you -- Steve Winwood / While You See a Chance Know who you are / There's a world wants to know you Know where to go / There's a world wants to touch you Feel all you can / Let your heart speak and guide you Don't be afraid of the love deep inside you Know who you are / There's a new song inside you Bring it out for everyone / When you smile we can see the sun Sing it out for all to hear / Because you've so much to say / And so much to do And everyone's waiting / Yes, it's all up to you -- Supertramp / Know Who You Are It's the same ol' story There's really nothing we can do It's the same ol' story Written in the stars for you / Just for you -- The Call / Same ol' Story Did you see the lights? / As they fell all around you Did you hear the music? / A serenade from the stars Wake up! / Wake up! / Wake up and look around you We're lost in space / And the time is our own - Steve Miller / Serenade What am I to say here? Words so often fail How am I to wake you from your sleep? And lift the veil from your eyes -- The Call / Expecting And so we sail toward the dawn Joining those who gently mourn for you Friends may come and friends may go The only friend I need to know is you Mighty castles / Lonely kings Hear the ragged children sing / It's you He who smiles at lofty schemes Stems the tide of broken dreams / It's you And when the storms have died away Only truth will live to say / It's you And when the darkness flies away Only love will shine to say / It's true It's only because of you / Only because of you -- Roger Hodgson / Only Because of You Go and tell Lord Grenville / That the tide is on the turn It's time to haul the anchor up / And leave that land astern We'll be gone before the dawn returns / Like voices on the wind Go and tell Lord Grenville / That our dreams have run aground There's nothing here to keep us / In this shanty town None of us are caring where we're bound / Like voices on the wind Go and fetch the captain's log / And tear the pages out We're on our way to nowhere now / Can't bring the helm about None of us are left in any doubt / We won't be back again Send a message to the fleet / They'll search for us in vain We won't be there / Among the reaches / Of the Spanish Main Tell the ones we left home not to wait / We won't be back again And come that day you'll hear them saying They're throwing it all away Nothing more to say / Just throwing it all away Our time is just a point along a line / That runs forever with no end I never thought that we would come to find Ourselves upon these rocks again / Oh no! -- Al Stewart / Lord Grenville Six