Travelog

This river channels out to my private shore
My boat's a magic couch on remote control
Confused, I now consult my jungle guide
Departure times, best bets, and four stars that shine
As I...

I laugh, I cry, I space each half an hour
Rerun sweet memories of days gone by
I'm given sixty seconds to catch my breath again
To me you sell your vision

Death on the battlefield, through flood and fire
I navigate my ship to worlds unknown
A black robed man now greets me 'neath southern skies
To him I make confession, from me he takes collection

Words and Music by Terry Taylor
©1984 Twitchen Vibes Music (ASCAP)

(It's the Eighties, So Where's Our) Rocket Packs

No thing's don't change that much, do they?
We are still out of touch, by now we should discover
Just how to love each other, like Klattus' robot man
Your looks have killed again

Though progress marches on, (new day)
Our troubles will grow strong
And my expectancies, become my fantasies
You turn my blood to sand, the earth stands still again

My hopes are running low
things moving much too slow
No space men up above
And we're still so very far from love

But some things never change (replay!)
You are still acting strange
No way that I can see, this way we will be free
La la la la la la,la la la la la 7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Lift off!

(It's the eighties so where's our rocket packs?)
Repeat 1, 2, 3
(It's the eighties)

Words and Music by Terry Taylor
©1984 Twitchen Vibes Music (ASCAP)

Home Permanent

What I believe, is in my fashion
Clothes make the man, here in my passion
Gonna stand my ground, for all the world to see
Look up and notice me, my hair points to the sky
The place I want to be

Home permanent
Home permanent
Home... permanently

I drive my car, it is a witness
My license plate, it states my business
Gonna drive my car, for all the world to see
They pull up side of me, my hair hair points to the sky
The place I want to be

Home permanent
Home permanent
Home... permanently

Aaah.........doot, doot...

I dreamed I owned, a T.V. station
Am number one, across the nation
And there I am, for all the world to see
They take the hat off me, my hair points to the sky
The place I want to be

Home permanent
Home permanent
Home... permanently
Home permanent
Home permanent
Home... permanently

Words and Music by Terry Taylor
©1984 Twitchen Vibes Music (ASCAP)

It's Sick

Hey!
We cannot sense, we cannot know
What they're going through over there
Bodies dropping in the snow
Russians marching everywhere
It's history that cannot be
Felt by tiny souls
Inside this chest beats a plastic heart
And pleasure is it's goal

The black man, he knows the score
He's tied to shores so strange and foreign
Like bombs of war that scar the western front
A sense of history leaves his heart in ruins

We cannot sense, we cannot know
What he's going through today
Men still burn crosses on the knoll
And still drag his weary soul away

Repeat 1

Our trial is which car to buy
Temptation is that extra desert
In the land of orange juice
You're better off with the right kind of shirt

But take away the naivete
Expose the sources of our fears
We'll run to missiles if we're pushed that far
Proceed to blow it all away!

Repeat 1

Words and Music by Terry Taylor
©1984 Twitchen Vibes Music (ASCAP)

William Blake

Tyger, tyger burning bright
In deep forests of the night
And little lamb you are the light
That is burning in one Child tonight

The wild wind's weeping, the night grows cold
The child is sleeping, the man grows old
The seed is dying, the child unfolds
And he walks upon the streets of gold

Repeat 2 and 3

Sighing lovers sleep and dream
Upon the wind the music floats
The piper pipes at gates of dawn
And draws us on to starry boats

Repeat 1, 2 and 3

Words and Music by Terry Taylor
Arrangement by Terry Taylor and Tim Chandler
©1984 Twitchen Vibes Music (ASCAP)

Dance Stop

'Dance Stop' instructions: You may dance any dance that you desire, but in the course of the song when the word STOP! is shouted and the music stops you must FREEZE in whatever position you are in at that moment. In the song you will then hear the crowd voices escalating. Resume dancing again when you hear the word DANCE shouted and the music resumes. Have fun!!!

DANCE STOP!!!

1: Well, tell me please how love can be
With a kick / snare giving you a fantasy
(Ain't no future far as I can see)

If I could dance, I might agree
I said

Contortionists are caught up in the cameras eye
The music explodes and the bodies fly
They're rating it a ten before they drop and die
"IT HAD A GOOD BEAT!" was their very last cry

Repeat 2

(brrrrriiiiiiidge!)

Rock n' rollin' feels better then bowling
Bowling' feels better when the ball is rollin'
Bombs explodin' get the blood to flowin'
So bowl me over cos' my fear is growing'

Repeat 1, 2, 3 and 2

(mmmmmmmmm DANCE!!!) 3

STOP!!!

Words and Music by Terry Taylor
Arrangement by Terry Taylor and Tim Chandler
©1984 Twitchen Vibes Music (ASCAP)

Live and Let Live

1: 'Oh well, live and let live'
Your indifference forms my impression of living
But when you take on an interest in me,
Make an investment in me,
I ask your motive
You want much more than I'm giving

'Oh well, live and let live'
A sign post leading all seekers in the wrong direction
You're living in a fantasy,
Feeding on a memory
But give me something
So when I feel nothing,
I still go on

I'm longing for a land not assigned to me by birth
I'm holding close to me the life amid the curse
The life amid the curse

Repeat 2, 1

I'm longing for another world (hold on, hold on)
I'm crying fro your tenderness (all gone, all gone)

Words and Music by Terry Taylor
©1984 Twitchen Vibes Music (ASCAP)

When Worlds Collide

1: Stay my love
Here in my arms
Let me say
I love you

Then sleep a while
Dream your dreams
Soon I will take you far away
From where the night threatens the day and

See my face
Hear my voice
I am real
And you are mine

When shadows fall
When lovers mourn
And you fight your darkest tendencies
I promise to hold you close to me when

Repeat 2

Until we're together, beyond other worlds
And you're free from the pain and fear
I'll place this light in your heart
If you'll keep it burning
While this world is turning,
Soon it will banish the dark

Repeat 1, 2

Words and Music by Terry Taylor
©1984 Twitchen Vibes Music (ASCAP)

As the World Turns

I'm checkin' out, checking on a late night flight
LAX a horror show
Still I'd rather be here sweatin' out another take-off
Than living in the valley below
And I never get comfort in the earth or sky
It's my belief they're not my home
The world spins one way, but I go another
Against the grain, one often stands alone

Dreams that die too easy in the vengeance of time
Some values given up for others
And this, I think, is the essence of our tragedy:
Our fallenness, our bond with one another
And you always hear about it in the evening news
You get it in the morning paper
But if you think it's always gonna be this way
I think it's gonna change, much sooner than later

Repeat 1

Many people wanting the elixir of youth
Through defeats and through disasters
Stifling the only thing that changes it all --
Love is what I'm going after
Achievements always falling into yesterday
I'm a pupil in an Intro class
New cars, travels, love affairs cannot provide
The way out of life's iron cast

Repeat 1

Words and Music by Terry Taylor
©1984 Twitchen Vibes Music (ASCAP)

She's All Heart

Spoken: She says I complicate things
              I say she over simplifies everything
              But either way, I still believe we need each other

My longing:
Not to be a god or hero, but to change
Into a tree that grows for ages
Hurting no one
When I told her this
She could not see at all

My longing:
To hold the hand of someone long ago
Who passed away, a memory
No sorrow
It's a wonder that
She could not see at all

Repeat 1

She said "You need not cry"
I said "Please tell me why"
We say good-bye

Repeat 1

My longing:
To be brave until the end of all my days
At the neighing of the red horse,
Fearing nothing
When I break down COs of this
She sees no tears

Repeat 1

Two souls that will not touch
Can't see that they are one heart (She's all heart)
Two souls that will not touch
Can't see that they are one heart (She's all heart)

Words and Music by Terry Taylor
©1984 Twitchen Vibes Music (ASCAP)

The Incredible Shrinking Man

Look out your window
Here comes a bomb
The dogs of war
Drop it on your lawn

These fifty foot women
Keep slappin' your face
Machines remind you
That you can be replaced

The clergy dresses you in tights and cape
And so the pressures on to make no mistake
In truth, there is no way that you won't break
You're gonna fall
You're much too small

From wells of power
You take a drink
You drown in it
It's bigger than you think

Words and Music by Terry Taylor
©1984 Twitchen Vibes Music (ASCAP)

Sanctuary

And should the stars get in your eyes tonight
Remember, remember
Love
And should the strong winds become far too much
Remember, remember

And should you come into the promised land
Remember, remember
From where you came
And if your greatest fears are realized
Remember, remember

And should you find you have the things you need
Remember, remember
Me
And should the moon burn red, stars leave the sky,
Remember, remember

Words and Music by Terry Taylor
©1984 Twitchen Vibes Music (ASCAP)

Vox Humana