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-Captain Beyond (1972)
DANCING MADLY BACKWARDS (On A Sea Of Air)
Dancing madly backwards
Dancing on a sea
Erasing all my memories
Of blackness in my dreams
Tip toe, tip toe quickly
Forget about your cares
And remember underneath you
Is just a sea of air
Just remember underneath you
Is just a sea of air
Wishing all your wishes
Landing on a star
Knowing you are planted here
Knowing that('s) so far
Dance, dance faster
Madly dance away
But remember underneath you
Is just a sea of air
Just remember underneath you
Is just a sea of air
Well, it's alright now, looked it face to face (if it stays the same)
Don't complain, if it seems too late
No no no no no
Ah, 'cause I'm not sitting on the golden gate
Love and peace and war and hate
No no no no no (I'm not)
Well I'm not gonna sit around and wait
All I'm a doing is losing my faith (face/patience)
No no no no
But we're all on stage and that's for sure
Searching is an endless
When there ainīt no cure
Ah oh
ARMWORTH
What was my arm worth
When they took it away
And the spirit had rush upset (And the spirited Russia said)
On (Of) armistice day
Where did they put it, bella
Where and which way
Did it start the mad charge (at me)
(That the) enemy made
Or is it with my brother
Is it with my brother
In a meaningless grave
*Tell me where
*Tell me where do I go to find (it)
What has my arm gained
In a (the) balance of things
Are there still birds a-flying
And a brushing of wings
Or could it still be disguised (still view the skies)
Could it still be disguised (Still view the skies)
As a terrible thing
And spoiling all their singing, babe
And smashing up their wings
Wish I could go with them brother
But of all things
It's only a stub of the original thing
That was there when I signed and then saluted my king
repeat*
MYOPIC VOID
I no longer saw colour(s)
Only grey, only grey
(8 times)
Dancing madly backwards
Dancing on a sea of air
(4 times)
MESMERIZATION ECLIPSE
See the bright chipper in the harbor, yeah
Make an errant bet on waves
Need to try a little harder
On a voyage to better days
Sun and moon in the valley at the same time
Bringing out the golden braid
Guess we're gonna reach the peak in no time
Optic nerve just rot away (I think earth is a runaway)
Mesmerization eclipse in the movement, hey
Desperation is setting in, baby
Erratic movement to and fro
Need your love to make it right, baby
Cause I have no place to go
Sun and moon in the valley at the same time
Hey, baby you know it's true
Guess we're gonna reach the peak in no time, yeah
Optic nerve just can't get fooled (I think earth is a crazy fool, hey)
All of a sudden babe I blew my time
Things got lost
Oh so lost
Trying to hide in time
Mesmerization baby
(8 times)
Ooh good god
Pulled you in like the ancient siren
Within the desert lies the deal
Hear the visitation sermon...
Never quite deserved the deal
It's a mesmerization eclipse...
RAGING RIVER OF FEAR
There's strange feeling coming down
It's moving (swooping?) deep inside us
Turbulent smoke the signal(s)
Sirens sound around us
Push and pull, man, pull them back (Pushing forth and pulling back)
Twisting farther and near(er)
In a blood cold reality
Flows a raging river of fear
I've been captured by the river of fear, listen
Where it comes from and why it's here
Is a mystery to us all
A black night cocktail (drug chase) storms the land (starts so late)
Rush to meet the dawn
Hazy place there, where things are phased (change of pace)
Sounds ring out of the clear
I won't drown as it pulls you in
The raging river of fear
I've been captured by the river of fear
Oh, oh... river of fear
*The raging river of fear my friend
Is running through us all
The mind is just a mental battlefield
Memories full of thought
Raging river of fear
Questions to us all
Feel it, can't you feel it
(6 times)
*repeat
The raging river of fear
Questions to us all
THOUSAND DAYS OF YESTERDAYS (Intro)
The thousand days...
Delays it's late
I just can't wait
A thousand days
FROZEN OVER
*Mama don't mind, no
What you say
All about the thousand days of yesterday
Mama, don't mind
What you do
She's gonna love
She gonna love you
repeat*
Delays it's late
I just can't wait
To see your face again
At my door
Delays it's late
I just can't wait
To see your face again
Moving faster
Delays it's late
Open the gate
The path is leading up to my door
I said
Delays it's late
I just can't wait
To see your face again, frozen over
Delays it's late
Canīt you see
The past is catching up to you
Delays it's late
Please don't wait
You can't conceive a thing but you do
Delays it's late
Can't you see
That death is moving up more and more
Delays it's late
I just can't wait
To see your face again
Frozen over
Ah, your face is frozen over
It's not the one I knew, no no
Honey, your face is frozen
Frozen as could be
Baby, your face is like a block of ice
Cold as the deep dark sea
THOUSAND DAYS OF YESTERDAYS (Time Since Come And Gone)
*A thousand days of yesterdays
Time since come and gone
A thousand days of yesterdays
Are all goodbye so long
**Tomorrow comes on (like) wind blown cloud(s)
Animals loose the (on) racing grounds
Space that's just been lost and found, yeah
I said soon
Gonna wake, no sleepy eyes
And soon, sun will light your (the) entire (tired?) sky
Today is just as soon again
Reflections see myself are (on) them
Where the start and where's the end
Ooo pala dan dan da da pala pa la
Days gone by never to return...
(6 times)
* (repeat)
** (repeat)
I CANīT FEEL NOTHING (Part 1)
Stand near me baby
Trying to find myself
I'm looking out the window
Seeing no one else
I can't remember
Whether it's night or day
My mind is burning
And it don't feel right
No, I can't feel nothing
I can't feel nothing, no
Thinking of oceans
Birds in the sky
A feeling's coming
But it just ain't right
Skys fly to next stars
Winking at the night
The orange worlds are sinking
My love's (?) burning bright
I can't feel nothing
(4 times)
AS THE MOON SPEAKS (To The Waves Of The Sea)
Listen, jump on a moonbeam and ride
Ride it, glide it all the way
*As the moon speaks
To the waves of the sea
An open ocean relic
Of the times that used to be
Many years have passed
Since your vision came to me
And I think of you only
As the moon speaks to the sea
ASTRAL LADY
Astral lady, girl (how) I love you
Gonna get you making time (Gone, I catch you making time)
Silk is ultra (Silky sultress) high above all
That is out of time (line?)
AS THE MOON SPEAKS (Return)
*(repeat)
Memories have only open space to give
And as I think to the past
There's nothing left to see
So future man open your arms to me
Let me hear the wisdom
As the moon speaks to the sea
I CAN'T FEEL NOTHlNG (Part 2)
I can't feel nothing
(4 times)
Lalalalala
(4 times)
Ah, here it comes
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
You know I can't feel nothing
Ah you push me all the time
You know, you know
You know I can't
Oh, you're looking really fine
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
But it's kinda groovin' (Bodies kind of groovy)
Ah, you're grooving all the time
Ah, you're looking good
Ah, you're looking so fine
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
All songs by Bobby Caldwell and Rod Evans.
Sufficiently Breathless (1973)
SUFFICIENTLY BREATHLESS
Sitting on the doorstoop
Watching multiples of people pass me by
Look through the windows, through the houses
Oh, they're made of sky
* Gargoyle watching the bouncing ball
Strangers mystified by all
All the goings on
Sufficiently breathless
Sufficiently breathless
Hey Mr. Policeman, can you point the way
Oh, with your hand gun
Heed and the puppy and the space below
Don't you understand 'em
*Repeat
Sufficiently breathless
Sufficiently breathless
Sufficiently breathless
Sufficiently breathless
Hearing and watching all the city sounds
On the street where we live
No one to care about us
Seems itīs falling down around us
Nothing left to live for
Nothing left to live for
Sufficiently breathless
Nothing left to live for
Sufficiently breathless on the street
Where we live
**Repeat and fade
BRIGHT BLUE TANGO
Baby, dance your bright blue tango
In a mystifying suite
Go bumping into strangers
Go soaring into the street
They all know it's wrong
It's just for you to try and make them see it, babe
If they want to lead us
Ask each man if he's the one to lead
Dance your bright blue tango
Let them see
Watch the trail bound's sail back
Go slipping through the multicolor
Stratosphere, get rare boy
Ultralucent magnetism
Get ready your hand in time
Honey, let me take you there
So, to the outer reaches we gotta go
Dance your bright blue tango just for me
Honey, let them see
Ooh, there's something wrong
Take me to the sunny day
Can't hold on too long
Destiny is in my way
*Dance your bright blue tango
Make me jump and shout
*Repeat and fade
DRIFTING IN SPACE
**Yes, you're drifting in open space
Ain't you have no sense, babe
Of the time and place
No one to lead you
To the open gates of your dreams, oh boy
*While you are sifting through the planet's orb
And you stumble, stumble on forgotten gold
Yesterday's memories quickly entwine
Series of growing pains
But you care too much
I said about things lost
All that operates baby
All things enforced
At the basic human race
Don't let it get you down
Don't take up anything
Don't you leave my town
*Repeat
**Repeat
While you're sifting through the planet's orb
And you stumble, stumble on forgotten gold
Yesterday's memories quickly entwine
Don't you see me, babe I'm drifting by by
Friendly persuation eclipsing the moment
That's to remember with heartbeating joy
Yesterdays are memories, theyīre hanging on to me
Severely, merrily playing a song
EVIL MEN
I said, evil men
Don't you know better
They never look at still water
I said you can't buy
You can't buy, no, no
You can't buy the devil's daughter
*Evil men never look back
Evil men never look back
I said, evil men
You'll have to realize it
They never look at still water
Oh, it's very hard, very hard
Don't you know it's very hard
To buy the devil's daughter
*Repeat
I'm takin' strides
Oh, can't you see me
Walking in the wrong direction
I try to help myself
But no, nobody can stop my retrospective action
**Evil men, never lookin'...
**Repeat and fade
STARGLOW ENERGY
Can we live on
In this perpetual dusk day
That changing kind of slows
Into mother night oh yeah
When the thoughts on you
From sights and sounds
And recess
Into the dungeon of a memory... see
Know what your love means
Know your touch
Leads to distraction
Need you much
More than the ocean needs the cosmic love
Of starglow energy
Yeah, yeah, oh, love you so, I do
Dreams mean more to say it than you know
On those bright-lit sunny afternoons
All the thoughts and words you have being mellow
Be mellow, if your little mind has room to think about it
What are you having for fantasies
Spiral purple jasmine trees
Now take something more from me
A taste of starglow energy
Live a life of peace and love
For ever more
(Guitar solo)
... it's starting to take me higher...
(Guitar Solo)
What are you having for fantasies
Spiral purple jasmine trees
Now take something more from me
A taste of starglow energy
(Instr.)
Now you listen to me
You got to start out slowly
Come on let it take, just let take it you away
And now don`t you be fooled by what you have
And I`m certain, that you`re gonna find
Exactly what you need
Now listen, take this worthwhile tip from me
Take a little taste of energy
Live/spend a life of peace for ever more
What are you doing?
Don't you turn your back on me
Don't you close that door...
DISTANT SUN
Look at the light, babe, in the city
Won't you look at it glowing now
Too much grievin', look no pity
I can not find a way to slow it down
Can't you see that yellow road
My sight is lessening with illusion
I'm so lost in this confusion
I got the fever a growing now
Had to find a distant sun
Feeling kind of lost, startin' to wonder
Can I look back with no regrets
Tryin' hard, no one to help me
I have to make or break away
Get in my car and I start to ride
Towards the things I need to feel
A mist is rising, can't you see
Closing gate, no way out for me
Can I find a distant sun to live in
No way out now, babe, can't you see
So many people staring back at me
I see the closing gates and no way out now
I'm just floating down, and down and down I go
Can't you see that I'm living in confusion
And I can't find no way out, no
Now you've seen the lights of the city
Tell me what you're thinkin' now
Did you see the grief and the pity
Isn't it enough to bring you down
That yellow road doesn't do any good, babe
You can't escape from what you see
Everywhere you look is disaster
Ain't no way to set us free
VOYAGES OF PAST TRAVELLERS
(Instrumental) Instrumental? Not true, there are lyrics, but they're pretty hard to figure out. I can get some of them by playing the track up to about 45 rpm!!
Everything you see and hear is nothing but a joke
Everything that you say means nothing
...I'm sitting here with nothing else to do at this very moment
...
EVERYTHING'S A CIRCLE
Everything is a circle
The roads lead back again
One thing is like another, brother
And I don't mean you may be a friend
The truth is never far away
And life can't hold you down, no, no
Your dreamīs not lost when compared to space
What goes up goes down, baby
Everything's a circle in space
Yes, you are too much unique/for me
Can't you see my range shrink in size
Why can't I hold a prism of your beauty
In these old worn o ut eyes
You never stay in one place long enough, babe
For my security
Every goddamn thing is a circle
It's just too hard to see
Everything is a circle, it's just so hard to see
Everything is a circle, sinking down
Feeling like my life's been wasted
The situation simply calls on me
To rectify this combination
What is wrong with this world of mine
Falling in a spiral
This crazy spinning circle that I'm twisting in
I got no fight for that one
Going all around again
I am embedded in a 360° spin, yeah, yeah
What is wrong with this world of mine
Falling in a spiral
Someone try to tell me
What is wrong with this world of mine
All songs by Lee Dorman
-Dawn Explosion (1977)
DO OR DIE (Rhino/Caldwell/Daffern)
Do or die
That is the question
Truth or lie
Locked in contemplation
Tears in my eyes
Years in isolation
Do or die
Watch me while I fly
Now let me say
Do or die
Do or die
Yeah
Laying low
Lurking in the shadows
Ice and snow
Chills me to the bone
You and I
Know just what we're after
Do or die
Do or die
Do or die
Now let me say
Do or die
Share(?)
Hey, oh, oh
Do or die
Came "deja vu" before me
Growing wild
To the badlands of my soul
From my sight
Dreams of life that bore me
Now that it's right
Watch me while I fly
Now let me say
Do or die
Do or die
Come on, baby
Do or die
Do or die
Do or die
Yes sir
Do or die
Do or die
Set me free
Ahhhh!!!
Do or die
Do or die
Come easy, baby
Do or die
Do or die
You're anywhere
Do or die
Yes sir
Do or die
Do or die
Do or die
Do or die
ICARUS (Rhino/Caldwell/Dorman)
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Temperature is rising
High above the moon
At the speed I'm flying
I have to get there soon
I guess I'm losing contact
With tangible things
And now my head is blown-out
I've got to beat this thing
Yeah, you're a child of the sun
All of your world is tumblin'
Down around your heels
You got to catch Mother nature
Catch Mother nature
Catch Mother nature on the run, baby
Yeah, you're a child of the sun
Flying through the air like Icarus
On the golden feathered wings
Soaring high against the fire
Sun (son) don't burn away (your wings)
Yeah, you're a child of the sun, baby
All of your world is tumblin'
Down around your heels
You got to catch mother nature
Catch mother nature
Catch mother nature on the run, baby
Yeah, you're a child of the sun
Flying through the air like Icarus
On the golden feathered wings
Soaring high against the fire
Sun (son) don't burn away (your wings)<
SWEET DREAMS (Rhino/Caldwell/Dorman)
Tinsel blows on a moonlit night
Sparkling waterfalls
Creamy satin underneath
Distant voices call
Do you see
Rainbow waters
That shimmer as they float
Tiny fairies wave their arms
A never-ending show
Yeah, mmm
I must be dreaming
Revelations, generations
I'll whiz right through them all
As vacuums hold me to their sides
The links of time so small
Being here, being there
Why it's really awfully sad
That we can't always stay within
This lovely wonderland
Revelations, generations
I'll whiz right through them all
As vacuums hold me to their sides
The links of time so small, oh
Being here, being there
Why it's really awfully sad
That we can't always stay within
This lovely wonderland
Oh, yeah, yeah, ay
FANTASY (Rhino/Caldwell/Daffern)
Oh, oh, fantasy
Up the stairs to the lights
Cross the stage to the mike
Searching sanity
Oh, oh, fantasy
Turning pages on rages
Trapped by the glory of imagery
My head is spinning as I dance across the floor
10,000 faceless strangers, yelling out for more
Oh, fantasy
Like a star in the night
Must I fall out of sight to fade black again
Oh, oh, fantasy
Like a moth in the flames
Time is burning my wings am I falling, my friend?
I'm always on the move, can never catch my breath
Feels like I'm flipping out, I'm moving way too fast
How can I shake it now
Yeah, yeah
Stand in queue, center stage
The crowd all staring
Eyes of rage
Can't you see that I am such a lonely man
Back and forth across the oceans
All around this massive sphere
I have seen what many said they never dared
Oh, in a fantasy
Mmm, oh, well, yeah
Standing here center stage, my feet feel frozen, disengaged
The shadow of a man who lost his purpose
Right now I feel ten feet tall, but on the final curtain call
I realize my life is just a circus
Oh, in a fantasy
Oh no, oh no, oh no
Ahhhh!!!
Oh, oh, fantasy
On the move, speed of light
There's no wrong, there's no right
In this life I'm leading
Oh, oh, fantasy
Like the crest of a wave
As it breaks, can I save this
torn heart that lies bleeding
Oh, oh, oh
My life's a fantasy
Oh, oh, oh
My life's a fantasy
Oh, oh, oh
My life's just a fantasy
Oh, oh, oh
My life's just a fantasy
On the move, speed of light
There's no wrong, there's no right
In this life that I'm leading
Oh, oh, oh
My life's just a fantasy
Like the crest of wave
As it breaks, can I save this
From heart that lies bleeding
Oh, oh, oh
My life's just a fantasy
On the move, speed of light
There's no wrong, there's no right
In this life that I'm leading
BREATH OF FIRE (Part One) A Speck Within A Sphere (Rhino/Caldwell/Daffern)
Feeling young and glowing
A vice in the night
When a lover's kiss blown cross the sky
Was caught in midair flight
Lips breathe breaths of fire
On the darkest sea
And spinning wispy webs of dreams
With such tranquility
Reaching out for things about
Got to realize
The things you feel may not be real
The shadows in her eyes
Oh, yeah
Restlessly, I've travel
Her image on my mind
But now a fleeting moment
A feeling so divine
Her image blends a golden light
A speck within a sphere
With all my might
The sweet delight
The darkness draws her in
As my journey leads me on
Whispers crowd my mind
Her eyes reach out for pillow form
So tender and so kind
Let us be one in one
And live life so serene
She smiled "I love you" on her lips
And answered on my dream
You...
You've got to realize
All of the things you feel can save you
'Cause she was born with bad eyes, yeah
You...
You've got to realize
You...
You've got to realize
All of the things you feel can save you
'Cause she was born with bad eyes, yeah
You...
You've got to realize
BREATH OF FIRE (Part 2) Alone In The Cosmos (Rhino/Caldwell/Daffern)
Standing on a mountain
Staring at the moon
The northern light shining
First green, then blue
I heard the harps playing
Songs ages old
I still hear her laughter
So wicked and cold
Her hair was of fire
I wanted to run
Her eyes were as emeralds
They turned me to stone
But in the beginning
I dreamed I was there
Her image was golden
A speck in a sphere
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Yeah, yeah
Standing on a mountain
Staring at the moon
The northern light shining
First green, then blue
I heard the harps playing
Songs ages old
I still hear her laughter
So wicked and cold
Her hair was of fire
I wanted to run
Her eyes were as emeralds
They turned me to stone
But in the beginning
I dreamed I was there
Her image was golden
A speck in a sphere
IF YOU PLEASE (Rhino/Caldwell/Daffern/Dorman)
Alright, here we go
Yeah... you can be what you want to be
Race car driver, deep sea diver
It's so easy
Yeah... you can be what you want, you see
Candle maker, census taker
If you please
It's so easy
It's so easy
You can be what you want to be
It's so easy
Yeah... you can be what you want to be
Broadway critic, paramedic
It's so easy
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You can be what you want, you see
Firefighter, freight car rider
If you please
It's so easy
It's so easy
You can be what you want to be
You can be, can't you see?
It's so easy
It's so easy
It's so easy
It's so easy
If you find you're feeling down
Knot your face less
Wipe that frown
That's not your style
With the blinking of an eye
Letīs kiss those masters lips divine
It's time for you to win, yeah
It's time for you to win
Yeah... you can be what you want to be
Broadway critic, paramedic
It's so easy
Yeah... you can be what you want, you see
A politician or magician
If you please
Race car driver, deep sea diver
Yeah, you can be
Candle maker, census taker
If you please
If you please
If you please
It's so easy
If you please
It's so easy
If you please
It's so easy
If you please
It's so easy
If you please
It's so easy
If you please
It's so easy
If you please
It's so easy
If you please
It's so easy
If you please
It's so easy
If you please
It's so easy
MIDNIGHT MEMORIES(Rhino)
Oh, yeah
Lady, will you come here tonight
And let me love you again
Now it seems so long, yeah
Since you've been here
Won't you love me again
Lady, well it sure has felt right
In just the way that you love
Now it seems so long
Since you've been here
Won't you love me again
Well, I don't have any money to lend
Now that my fortune has gone
But, give me time, and I'll sing you a song
I'll try to sing it in tune
Now, that you've seen all of my love
Won't you love me again
Lovely lady, yeah
I don't have any money to lend
Now that my fortune has gone
But, give me time, and I'll sing you a song
I'll try to sing it in tune
Lady, yes I love you lady, baby yeah
Won't you love me again
Yes I love you lady
Lovely little lady, well
Won't you love me again
Won't you love me lady
Lovely little, lovely little lady
Won't you love me again
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Oh
SPACE INTERLUDE [Instrumental](Rhino/Caldwell/Daffern)
OBLIVION [Instrumental](Rhino/Caldwell/Dorman)
SPACE REPRISE [Instrumental](Rhino/Caldwell/Daffern)
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