Lyrics
Maybe Not Tomorrow
Sitting alone in the afternoon
Hoping that the weather changes soon
Well the country’s on its knees again
And the whole worlds out of tune
This can’t go on forever
People dying cos they’ve got no bread
And the rest are over fed
I’m just sitting here wondering why
We can’t get it in to our heads
This can’t go on forever
We’ve got to make things better
And there has got to be a way
That we can get it right someday
Maybe not tomorrow
But we’ll have to pay
If we don’t get it right someday
Maybe I’m lucky being here
I could have lived in Camparchera
Or been a child of the Lebanon
With the shell fire in my ear
This can’t go on forever
And while I’m waiting for the cricket score
I hear the news about of another war
And the children in Africa
What the hell are they dying for
Oh this can’t go on forever
We’ve got to make things better
And there has got to be away
That we can get it right someday
Maybe not tomorrow
But we’ll have to pay
If we don’t get it right someday
Maybe not tomorrow
But we’ll have to pay
If we don’t get it right
If we don’t stop fighting
If we don’t get it right someday
Lord Franklin
Was homeward bound one night on the deep
Swinging in my hammock I fell asleep
I dreamed a dream and thought it true
Concerning Franklin and his gallant crew
With a hundred seamen they sailed away
To the frozen oceans in the month of may
To seek that passage around the pole
Where we poor seaman do sometimes go
Through cruel hardships they mainly strove
Their ships on mountains of ice was drove
Only the Eskimo in his skin canoe
Was the only one that ever came through
In Baffin Bay where the whales fishes blow
The fate of Franklin no man will know
The fate of Franklin no Tongue can tell
Where Franklin alone and his sailors dwell
And now my burden it brings me pain
My long lost Franklin lies across the main
Ten thousand pounds would I freely give
To say on earth that my Franklin lives
Ten thousand pounds would I freely give
To say on earth that my Franklin lives
NB.
The True story of Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated North West
Passage expedition where in 1847, he and his whole crew were
lost trying to find the route through to the Pacific Ocean,
supposedly written by his wife.
Circles
So the evening is moving away
Leaving you with tired eyes
He wants to hold you
But he can’t get it right
No matter how hard he tries
The worried thoughts that run through your mind
Of what the morning brings
He wants to be there right by your side
But he won’t say anything
Chorus
And your going round in circles
Going nowhere fast
And you know in your own circles
That it just won’t last
You didn’t know when he asked you to dance
He’d sweep you off your feet
And he was taken back by your smile
When you came to meet
And as you danced the evening away
You laughed at words he says
He asks if he can take you back home
And you hear yourself saying yes
Chorus
Then you arrive outside your front door
He tells you how he feels
Its raining hard and you ask him inside
You wonder if its real
And as you quietly open the door
So you don’t wake anyone
He stuck for words that he wants you to hear
Now that the time has come
Chorus 1st Verse Chorus
Nowhere To Run
There’s no way out as far as I can see
You lost your way and your not fooling me
Sold to the highest bid
God know what else you did
Your on your way to being exposed
So many people put there trust in you
You pay them back with the things you do
With power at your command
You played the devils hand
But now you find your out on your own
Chorus
And the higher you climb
The harder you fall
And there’s no where to run
Nowhere at all
Those so called friends you’ve got by your side
They’ll turned their backs on you and run to hide
And drop you like a shot
When you are not so hot
But they’re no better than you are
Chorus
And now its time to face the music
Put yourself down on the line
You have one chance and you must use it
To save yourself for the last time
1st Verse Chorus
The Hardest Part
I can’t see you till the wars over
Till all the fighting stops
Hope I can return again someday
But many will be lost
Please say you’ll think of me
Out in some foreign land
Fighting for my country
With a gun in my hand
I’m only waiting for the day
I can come home to you and say I love you
And though there’s fear in my heart
Being without you is the hardest part
Marianne
My train is waiting for me
To take me to a far off shore
To a place I’ve never heard of
In the middle of a bloody war
And we’ll all stand together
Answering a battle call
There will be no returning
Till we either win or fall
I’d rather stay here in your arms
Missing you will do me much more harm
And over on the other side
There’s young boys wishing they could hide away
Marianne
Repeat last verse 1st verse
Our Time Tonight
I have to say how much I feel about you
But words alone can’t say what’s on my mind
I would not tell you lies
And love is in your eyes
Eh but Suzanne this is our time tonight
Eh but Suzanne this is our time tonight
You make the best of every situation
You take your chances as they come along
And if you feel its right
You just get out and fight
Eh but Suzanne this is our time tonight
There may not be another time
So let us make our plans
Tomorrow always comes too soon
The night is in our hands
Now many lovers never come together
They never get into each others arms
They live on broken dreams
Of what it might have been
Eh but Suzanne this is our time tonight
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There may not be another time
So let us make our plans
Tomorrow always comes too soon
The night is in our hands
And when I wake up to another morning
I want to hold you in my arms again
Night brings on the day
We go our separate ways
Eh but Suzanne this our time tonight
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I Need You
So you thought you’d even up the score
And I don’t blame you for walking out the door
But if there’s time I’d like to say to you once more
That I need you in my life
Well I know I’m not the perfect man
But at least I do know what I am
And if I had the chance I’d do the best I can
Cos I need you in my life
And if you say you’ve got to leave
I know its all I do deserve
But even now I still believe
There’s so much more we can preserve
I know its hard to keep our dignity
And I don’t expect you sympathy
But I’d give up everything to have you stay with me
Cos I need you in my life
And if you say you’ve got to leave
I know its all I do deserve
But even now I still believe
There’s so much we can preserve
So you thought you’d even up the score
And I don’t blame you for walking out the door
But if there’s time I’d like to say to you once more
That I need you in my life