1. Pass The Hat
(C. Funk, D. Kincaid)
Pass the hat, friend
If you'd be so kind, friend
Take a while
For a smile and a song
Leave your worries
Leave your hurry
In a while you're gonna find
You can't help but sing along
Take a look 'round
At this hard town
All you see
People walking alone
Weary places
Saddened faces
Got to bring these voices
Together in a song
Pass the hat
You've got to live before you die
Pass the hat
Got to laugh more than you cry
Pass the hat
I'll give you all I've got to give
Pass the hat, pass the hat
Oh, yeah
Pass the hat, friend
We're all the same, friend
You and me
And the man next to you
'Been through bad times
'Been through sad times
Just the same, here's a song
Just to help to get us through
Take a look down
The streets of this town
Like a veil
There's a gloom hangin' down
But even still, friends
If you've got the will, friends
We can raise our voices
Together all around
Pass the hat, friend
If you'd be so kind, friend
Soon enough
There's a grave for us all
But we're alive, friends
You and I, friends
We can raise our voices
There's still time before the fall
2. The Siege
(C. Funk, D. Kincaid)
No mercy tonight
It's like a siege
A battle for life
For hearts and dreams
A struggle to win
What fear betrays
Chorus:
I see (I see it coming)
The Siege has begun (with open eyes)
I'll fight on (it's always coming)
Until it's done (until I die)
The Siege never ends
I know for sure
My faith and my pride
Are battle-worn
I'll never give in
No flag of white
Chorus
Who am I, just a common man
Trying to hold on to what I am
Moon-rise comes, it begins again
No mercy tonight
Not from The Siege
The battle for souls
For hearts and dreams
A struggle to hold
What's torn away
3. Tell Her That I Love Her
(D. Kincaid)
Oh Dear God
What have I done ?
I've walked away
From my only love
The dream that I
Have held so close
Is before me now
In a cloud of smoke
She's walking away
I've just myself to blame
If you see her, my friend
These words I wish to send, please
Chorus:
Tell her that I love her
I'm always thinking of her
Tell her that I love her
I can't bear the way things are
Oh Dear God
What I would not give
To turn back the time
In this life I've lived
Sweetly she gave
Herself to me
Now I wring my hands
In agony
I've waited too long
And now her love is gone
If you see her, my friend
These words I wish to send, please
Chorus
Condemn the man
With blood on his hands
For the swindler and thief
A sentence severe
But the man who has turned
His back on his true love
Show no mercy for him
Don't shed any tears
Oh Dear God
I didn't realize
How much I hold
Her deep inside
Completely she gave
Her love to me
And I walked away
So foolishy
I've waited too long
And now her love is gone
If you see her, my friend
These words I wish to send, please
Chorus
4. The Other Side
(C. Funk, D. Kincaid)
Are you from the other side
Where the music plays at night
When I stand behind the wall
I pretend to see it all
Here I stand, night into day
The western world, one world away
Chorus:
I dream every night
I run for the lights
And watch as this wall
Just crumbles
And falls
Are you from the other side
Where the many colored lights
make patterns on the clouds
And then fall upon the clouds
Here I stand, night into day
The western world, one world away
How I'd love to see the band
Just to watch and understand
How you do the things you do
How the music rings so true
Here I stand, night into day
The western world, one world away
Chorus
5. Can't Go Home
(D. Kincaid)
Well, I can't go home
So 'round the world I roam
Got no place to call my own
No, I can't go home
Well, I was born on the run
From town to town
From sun to sun
No, we never stopped movin'
It was never of my choosin'
Had no roots to put down
Just new faces, new towns
Goodbye friend, it's the end
No, we'll never meet again
You know I can't go home
So 'round the world I roam
Got no place to call my own
No, I can't go home
You can't tell from how I talk
How I look, or how I walk
Am I from here, am I from there ?
Well, I don't come from anywhere
If you ask me when I die
Where it is I want to lie
I don't knwo I just can't say
I don't belong here anyway
Home, familiar faces
Home, friends and relations, home
Home, the old church and schoolyard
Home, life's taken me so far
Far away from any place
Called home
I'm tired of livin' on the run
From town to town
From sun to sun
You know I've got to stop movin'
Now I'm feelin' like I'm losin'
Got some roots to put down
Some day in some town
Goodbye friend, it's the end
No we'll never meet again
You know I can't go home
So 'round the world I roam
I got no place to call my own
No, I can't go home
6. You'll Still Be Mine
(D. Kincaid)
You'll still be mine
All of the time
If you go away
You're mine anyway
No matter what, you'll find
You'll still be mine
From the moment we met
We both knew it was true
That you'd be mine
And I'd belong to you
And though he wants
To take you away
We both know
It won't work that way
Not for long
'Cause you know it's true
You're still mine
And I belong to you
Some things in the world
Were meant to be
That's how it is
With you and me
You say that you're leaving
As you walk on past
We both know
That it won't last
Not for long
'Cause you know it's true
You're still mine
And I belong to you
There's a distant light
From a distant shore
That makes me think
Of how we once were
But not the miles
No length of time
Can change my heart
Or change my mind
Sometimes in our lives
We have to rely
On feelings we have
No, they don't lie
And though you've left
And gone away
We both know
That you won't stay
Not for long
'Cause you know it's true
You're still mine
And I belong to you
7. The Big Snafu
(D. Kincaid)
There was a big snafu
On the edge of town
It seems a man had shot
His woman down
He stood over her body
With his smoking gun
He didn't try to hide
He didn't try to run
The police sirens screamed
Their lights broke the night
They found him just staring
At the gruesome sight
There was nothing new
About what they found
The big snafu
On the edge of town
There was a big snafu
At the factory gate
The bosses clenched
Their teeth in hate
The workmen smashed
Up against the door
They screamed "fair wages"
They wanted more
It was then that blood
Began to spill
Sculls were cracked
With a violent will
There was no chance
To negotiate
The big snafu
At the factory gate
Chorus:
Someday it won't be this way
Someday things are gonna change
They can't destroy all hope and faith
The prevailing human spirit remains
There was a big snafu
On the city streets
There were people in rags
With no food to eat
The privileged only
Looked down in scorn
Government turned
Its back once more
Then the riots
Began to rage
Across the land
Like a locust plague
Destruction as far
As the eye could see
The big snafu
On the city streets
Chorus
8. German Skies
(C. Funk, D. Kincaid)
Chorus:
And the German skies
Are clear tonight
The scars of war
Aren't here tonight
My German girl
I shere tonight
Midnight comes
The shadows all run
Far away
Beautiful land
I can't understand
What happened before
In the years of the war
When so many lives
Were betrayed
And the planes turned the nights
Into flames
Beautiful girl
A war-torn world
With an innocent smile
And the trust of a child
How strange then this girl
Next to me
She should come from such sad
History
Chorus
How far from the past
We can be
When she raises her soft
Eyes to me
9. Let The Teardrops Fall
(C.C Beam, W.S. Stevenson, C.L. Jiles)
Let the teardrops fall
You said you wasn't gonna call
You didn't love me at all
So let the teardrops fall
Since you've been gone
I've been so blue
And I spend my time
Just thinking of you
Well, I sit here at home
By my telephone
Hopin' you'll change your mind
It's you I dream of
And I need your love
So tell me you'll be mine
'Cause the sun won't shine
And the moon it won't glow
And these lonely nights
All pass too slow
Sweet memories
I still recall
But I miss you so
So let the teardrops fall
10. My
Friend, My Friend
(D. Kincaid)
My friend, my friend
When will it be
That I see you again
It's all got to end
Before the streets are lined
With graves from end to end
My friend, my friend
My friend, my friend
Like soldiers in the trenches
You fight back again
And you pay no mind
To the fact that you're being picked-off
One at a time
My friend, my friend
And if dignity were gold
You'd be the wealthiest of men
And the courage of a lion
You've shown time and time again
With conviction of the saints
You've stood and firmly held your ground
Against the horrors of this plague
And those who'd put you down
My friend, my friend
So few in either church or state
Can give the reason why
They won't raise a hand
To stop the suffering or to ease
The pain of the dying
My friend, my friend
My friend, my friend
When will it be
That I can talk with you again
I can't find the reason why
That corruption lives
While the good of heart
Must be the first to die
My friend, my friend
My friend, my friend
When will it be
That I see you again
When will it be
That I see you again
My friend, my friend