On the first part of the journey
I was looking at all the life
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings


The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz
And a sky with no clouds
The heat was hot and the ground was dry
But the air was full of sound


{Refrain}
I been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert your can remember your name
Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain
(la la la…)


After two days in the desert sun
My skin began to turn red
After three days in the desert fun
I was looking at a riverbed
And the story it told of a river that flowed
Made me sad to think it was dead


You see…
{Refrain}


After nine days I let the horse run free
Cause the desert had turned to sea
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The ocean is a desert with its life underground
And a perfect disguise above
Under the cities lies a heart made of ground
But the humans will give no love


You see, …
(Refrain)

Walking down 5th Avenue
I saw him walking there with you
People see and people talk
Word travels fast round my block

Might just save you the price of writing
I could save you an hour or two
Walking down 5th Avenue
Walking down 5th Avenue

Don’t know what to ask of you
My mind is gettin’ so confused
Even when I really try
Keeps sounding like I’m saying goodbye

Somewhere deep in my heart I’m hurtin’
‘Cause I keep on remembering you
Walking down 5th Avenue
Walking down 5th Avenue
Such a long way to go

How many times must I look up and say
What kind of fool am I
But I can’t turn my back on the times that we shared
No matter how I try

Walking down 5th Avenue
Can’t seem to shake the thought of you
Even in the dark of night
Your memories of shining light

Though I’m tryin’ to change direction
I pray what I saw ain’t true
Walking down 5th Avenue
Walking down 5th Avenue
Such a long way to go

Do, do, do, do …

You
How’d you ever get so cool
Your mother must have kept you out of school
You never learned the golden rule
You think you’ve got a reputation

You had a smile on your face too soon
Too bad you never learned the tune
Without me, who loves you now

You had a smile on your face too soon
Too bad you never learned the tune
Without me, who loves you now

Go to who loves you now
And tell ’em you’re sorry
Don’t need eyes to see you
No one else can tell you how

We were so close to you
There was not anything we wouldn’t do
For you

Nobody loves you now
Nobody loves you now
Nobody loves you now
Nobody loves you now

Chewin’ on a piece of grass walkin’ down the road
tell me, how long you gonna stay here Joe?
Some people say this town don’t look good in snow
You don’t care, I know.


Ventura Highway, in the sunshine
Where the days are longer
The nights are stronger than moonshine
You’re gonna go I know


Cause the free wind is blowin’ through your hair
and the day surround your daylight there
Seasons cryin’ no despair
Alligator lizards in the air


Wishin’ on a fallin’ star
Watchin’ for the early train
Sorry boy, but I’ve been hit by purple rain
Aw, come on Joe, you can always change your name
Thanks alot son, just the same


Ventura Highway, in the sunshine
Where the days are longer
The nights are stronger than moonshine!
you’re gonna go, I know


Cause the free wind is blowin’ through your hair
and the days surround your daylight there
seasons cryin’ no despair
Alligator lizards in the air
in the air

Unconditional love
Unconditional fear
Unconditional support
In your time of need
Oo, it’s unconditionally true
Oo, it’s unconditionally me
Unconditionally you

It’s a spiritual world
When the darkness comes
But you gotta hold your head up
Hold your head up high
Oo, you got to take a look around
Oo, and listen when you hear the sound
Unconditional love (love)

This is right, this I know
I found out, long time ago
Someday baby we’ll get there I know, oh, oh

Unconditional love
Unconditional hope
Unconditional desire
To have it work out fine
Oo, it’s unconditionally true
These things we’re dreamin’ of
Oo, it’s unconditionally yours
Unconditional love (love)

Oo, it’s unconditionally true
These things we’re dreamin’ of
Oo, it’s unconditionally yours
Unconditional love (love)

(Love)

In this bookcase full of stories
You find some of them are true
Tales of love and glory
Many lives of daring-do
There is mystery and adventure
They lie waiting there for you
So step inside and find the other you

Take the high road tomorrow
But the low road today
Reading other’s sorrow
Might just be the only way
The father hears confession
While the mother’s feeling blue
These characters do what you want them to

In these pages we consume
Lives in many colors lovers in full bloom
And through the ages words are born
Speaking to the senses lifting the forlorn

There’s glamour and dementia
A message from the tomb
Staircase to the heavens
And secrets in the room
When you are riding on that dark horse
To the one that got away
There’s no regrets and no dues left to pay

‘Cause in these pages we consume
Lives in many colors lovers in full bloom
And through the ages words are born
Speaking to the senses lifting the forlorn

Drifting down the river of the make believe
We laugh and grieve
Hoping for an ending of our own design
Where all is fine

In these pages we consume
Lives in many colors lovers in full bloom
And through the ages words are born
Speaking to the senses lifting the forlorn

In these pages we consume
Lives in many colors lovers in full bloom
And through the ages words are born… (fade)

Through the darkness I see you again
Watch my temperature rise
Can’t believe my eyes, don’t tell me
I’ve had way too much tonight

Drank the potion stronger than me
Got me all confused
Why you so amused, don’t tell me
You’ve had way too much tonight

Please don’t tell me no
God, I miss you so
One thing you should know
God, I love you so, oh

Had way too much tonight
I’m a mad dog at times like these
Don’t know where to turn
Ain’t the time to learn my lesson
I’ve had way too much tonight

Ain’t the time to learn my lesson
I’ve had way too much to-
Really too much to-
I’ve had way too much tonight
Alright

I’ve had way too much to-
Really too much to-
I’ve had way too much tonight

James Holladay was a working man
He made his living on the land
But living alone was too much to stand
So Jim found a woman to understand

Two years passed living in joy
When out of the blue came a baby boy
Just to keep up the family name
Mister Holladay said we’ll call him little James

So you better run, run, run, run (Jim you gotta get away)
Jim, you gotta get away
You better better run, run, run, run (Jim you gotta get away)
Jim, you gotta get away
You better better run, run, run, run (Jim you gotta get away)
Jim, you gotta get away (Jim you gotta get away)

Little James became a working man
He followed his pa right across the land
At the end of the day when his work was done
He’d sit and watch the setting southern sun

Nineteen years had come and gone
Little Jimmy had grown up big and strong
He didn’t know that his time had come
When they handed him a shiny black gun

So his pa said, run, run, run, run, run, run (Jim you gotta get away)
Jim, you gotta getaway
So you better run, run, run, run, run, run, run (Jim you gotta get away)
Jim, you gotta get away
So you better run, run, run, run, run (Jim you gotta get away)
Jim, you gotta get away (Jim you gotta get away)

Run, run, run, run, run, run (Jim you gotta get away)
Jim, you gotta getaway
You better better run, run, run, run, run, run (Jim you gotta get away)
Jim, you gotta get away
You better better run, run, run, run, run, run (Jim you gotta get away)
Jim, you gotta get away
(fade)

I’m only half a man
When I’m not by your side
I try to make a plan
And I don’t try to hide

So come on over closer to me
And everything will be just like it should be

Why don’t you help me
Please don’t stand on your pride
I feel so empty
Why don’t you let me inside

So come on over closer to me
And everything will be just like it should be

You (you, you, you)
Set my soul on fire
You (you, you, you)
Fill me with desire
When ever I’m near you

I’m only half a man
When I’m not by your side
I try to make a plan
And I don’t try to hide

So come on over closer to me
And everything will be just like it should be

I look inside at the scarlet room
Places to hide in the dusty gloom
A noisy clock and a silver spoon

A china cup on the mantlepiece
Gathering dust as it did in the east
And just outside lies the garden of peace

Oh, tell me is this really true
Can it be, peace has come to me and you
Tell me over, over and over
Tell me is this really happening

Inside this world it’s beautiful
Peace in this garden has come true

A mirror pond reflects the dawn
Over the banks, ‘cross the emerald lawn
A breeze has come and I’m carried along

So follow the path through the knowing trees
And each time you laugh, it is love you release
That love will come back in the garden of peace

So, tell me is this really true
Can it be, peace has come to me and you
Tell me over, over and over
Tell me is this really happening

Inside this world it’s beautiful
Peace in the garden has come true

Oh, tell me is this really true
Can it be, peace has come to me and you
Tell me over, over and over
Tell me is this really happening

Inside this world it’s beautiful
Peace in the garden has come true …