| A Day Before Us |
| Goin' Back on the Road |
| One More Mile |
| Seaside Song |
| Shipwrecked |
| Ma Fleur Sauvage |
| Time |
| See Me Again |
| So Easy |
| Written in Your Mind |
| Tool of the Trade Song list and lyrics |
A Day Before Us Words and music © Roger Hammer There’s a day before us When we will cross the paths we’ve traveled often; And there’s a day before us When we will know the simple fascination in the sun We’ll hear the endless story Told by the parent skies—we’ve been their orphans; We’ll fear an ending story Told by the long neglected worth of living all for one Before the night has gone we’ll be there; Before the dawn has come Before the dawn will come. When we know the answer Is waiting there within the dust of being Then we show the answer Relating all within the need of seeing men as one.. Before the night has gone we’ll be there; Before the dawn has come Before the dawn will come. Goin' Back On The Road Words and music © Roger Hammer I was thinking about you today Don’t know why—why not? I was finding the right thing to say About all the good things you’ve got It gets so hard to communicate The more we say the less we hear It’s not a matter of love or of hate It’s more a kind of fear I’m going back on the road Try to see it my way Don’t send me back on the road Say you’ll see me again I don’t care just when For many years I was a traveling man Made anyplace my home Drove my own car and fried my own pans And made it fine on my own But once you loved me, or so it seemed And everything was all mine You were and will be my eternal dream Just let me stay one more time Then I’m going back on the road Try to see it my way I’m goin back on the road Though I love you and I want to stay Going back on the road Say you’ll see me again I don’t care just when One More Mile Words and music © Roger Hammer We got the wagon rollin All set out to go Forty miles don’t seem like all that far Now we’re really rollin See the cornfields on our right But then the bus got lost on the way With one more mile One more mile One more mile To get to where we’ve been bound We’re playin in the prison— Those boys deserve a break— Gonna sing our song behind them bars Joliet is comin, you can hear The Jailhouse Blues But then the bus broke down on the way With one more mile One more mile One more mile To get to where we’ve been bound Now today it’s Lansing We’re gonna sing our song Two thousand high school girls can’t be all wrong Feelin just all right except for The flashin blue light in my rearview mirror And then the bus got busted on the way With one more mile… Seaside Song Words and music © Roger Hammer The air of early morning It touches cool With every breath a-coming It feels new, new And sighing all the day It keeps my seaside song Rolling to you Keeps my seaside song Coming to you The ember of the evening Throws a spark this way Like the love that you are leaving It promised to stay, stay And still the fire glowing It keeps my seaside song Rolling to you Keeps my seaside song Coming to you The shadow of the trees It will go A wave across the seas Will flow and flow, flow on And power of the memory Will keep my seaside song Rolling to you Keeps my seaside song Rolling to you Keeps my seaside song Coming to you Shipwrecked Words and music © Roger Hammer Floating, bobbing, tilting like a ship at sea It may be over soon but I won’t ask you to rescue me It’s best to be sailing were the view is wide, breeze is free And sometimes even where you are is just the place to be The old directions need somehow to be replaced Going six ways opposing at the same time Is a waste Not that every motion is a vain and useless form But no one needs the extra pushing In a storm Can you hear that sound? Must be the breath of day Coming slow, coming from so very far away Want to hear it loud, try to make it stay Because you know my lady wouldn’t nave it any other way The eyes upon the waves of change are often blind Seen the same so often that there’s nothing New to find Like when it’s time for leaning to the other side By then there’s no way you can move And enjoy the ride Ma Fleur Sauvage Words and music © Roger Hammer Ma fleur sauvage Haven’t seen you there before I walk the same way every day I take the wildwood path to the place Call it wonder Where we begin Let me stay by your side You won’t be alone today Ma fleur sauvage You say you’ve been alone I can’t imagine how that could be Yuou must have known—is it better For a few What have you tried Let me stay by your side You won’t be alone today Ma fleur sauvage I’ve known you all along The story’s told so often any more So many sing the song of the place Call it wonder Where we begin Let me stay by your side You won’t be alone today Let me stay by your side We won’t be alone today Time Words and music © Roger Hammer Ain’t there time to sit down and talk today Time to get along a better way Time to amuse a saddened eye Time to hear a neighbor cry Ain’t there time just to live Like you want to? Ain’t there time for a deeper breath of air Time… for resting while you’re there Time for a million little joys Time for a grownup’s favorite toys Ain’t there time just to live Like you want to? Ain’t there time now to make a change you need Time now to finally take the lead Time… you can open every door So come on, let’s sit down and talk some more Ain’t there time just to love Like you want to? Ain’t there time just to love And be loved And be lovin’ like you want to See Me Again Words and music © Roger Hammer I was always hiding on the dark side of the road Trying to be someone and to keep that heavy load To myself While you tell me, you tell me You ain’t gonna see me again Everybody’s trying so hard to get ahead Hurrying along until they just fall over dead Like I did When you told me, you told me You ain’t gonna see me again What is there to living if not a lot of time Some of it’s for giving away free, some of it is mine To myself So I tell you, I tell you too You ain’t gonna see me again All I’m really saying now is baby, take your time You may be made of silver but you won’t be worth a dime By yourself So don’t tell me, so I don’t tell you too You aint gonna see me again You ain’t gonna see me You ain’t gonna see me again You ain’t gonna see me again You ain’t gonna see me again (and that’s the end). So Easy Words and music © Roger Hammer Well I never was a dancer Were my feet stuck in the ground? Then one night my boots just came unglued I remember flying round and round And you were there Oh so easy Oh so easy Like the sunlight falling in a sunny sky! Oh so easy Oh so easy Since you are there And I’d never been a lover Seems it wasn’t yet my time But the power there was drawing me Like a fisherman pulling in his line And you were there Oh so easy… Have you ever found the special way To show a friend you care Right now someone needs you very much Broken hearts may need repair So if anything you do is right If anything is fair Won’t you make it happen one more time Make it like the day I became aware That you are there Oh so easy… Written In Your Mind Words and music © Roger Hammer Well you think you’re really pushin To get ahead And you think you’ve got a cushion Stashed away in bed But it turns out in the morning All you had Was a woman full of longing and no bread You know, it’s written in your mind You begin to try to reason In your head Was it something in the season Or what you said Then you wonder if it matters anyway Layin back and getting fatter sounds okay You know, it’s written in your mind You’ve been thinking of your future Stayin here If you’re gonna be a loser Or a healer Lady luck: you can’t refuse hear When she’s near And she’s makin you the offer of the year You know, it’s written in your mind Now it’s time to learn a lesson From your life And you got to stop a-messin In the night Won’t you make a true confession in the light Give up all the second guessin, you know what’s right You know, it’s written in your mind |
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