Wishbone Ash

Almighty Blues

Don't tell me baby
'Cause I already know
Things could be better,
Not like this Broadway Show

Always a reason
There's no time to talk
I don't want you leaving
And I surely don't want you to walk

(Chorus)
'Cause I never felt this way I feel before
Is this the blues? Almighty Blues
I've never felt so lonely, since I lost my one and only

I can't go the distance
I can't close the door
Feel alone in a crowd
I can't take no more

(Chorus)

Don't need a reason
To be in your game
With a loser's luck
It's nothin' but a cryin' shame

Alone

it by the river's edge, and watch the water flow,
Sunlight that touched your face, and told you not to go.
Where, oh where, you search your heart - how much do you need?
All the things that take you far away from being alone.
Stay where your fellowship have watched you hide inside,
Don't you alarm the path where danger's arrows fly.
Places everywhere that seem to have no other days,
Calling out from what could only still be all alone.

Rain falls into your life, and leisure steals away,
Love and wishes floating down under today.

Sit by the river's edge, and watch the water flow,
Sunlight that touched your face, and told you not to go.
Where, oh where, you ask yourself - how much do you need?
All the things that take you far away from being alone.

Angels Have Mercy

Look in the mirror, and what do you see?
Reflections of a person that used to be.
You're running 'round town, creating bad debts -
Let's face it, baby, your life is a mess.
You're driving fast now, and speeding again -
That'll never help you ease the pain.
There's nothing in a bottle you can take from the shelf
That'll bring you back to earth, 'cause you need help.


The angels have mercy on you,
But they can't stop you doing what you wanna do.
May the angels have mercy on you -
I'm gonna help you pull through.

Now you're headed down a one-way street -
Let the needle return.
I've been there. who you meet?
Watch out, you're gonna get burned.
You can't blame me for the mess you're in -
All your life you've been fooling yourself.

I'll help you if I can -
You know I'll be there.
Life's too sweet to show this lack of care.


The angels have mercy on you,
But they can't stop you doing what you wanna do.
May the angels have mercy on you -
I'm gonna help you pull through.


Take a look, a look at yourself. (three times)
As the angels have mercy on you!

Anger In Harmony

No smoke without fire
When will you ever learn
That's what you said to me
Bigger the head that turns,
I say, maybe he's happy
So quick to fire, never a liar in honesty

It's hinged on a stranger thing
Than friends or enemies
From where comes the song I sing
Anger in harmony

Could he be in love again?
You know that she's got the touch
The thing is we're just good friends
Smoke without fire don't mean too much
Your trigger finger's itching on your loaded tongue

But it's hinged on a stranger thing
Than friends or enemies
From where comes the song I sing
Anger in harmony

Another Time

You never told me you'd be waiting,
You never told me you'd be there.
Nothing was said, but it was understood.
I never doubted that you'd care.

Another time, another memory,
Like the light from a burning star.
Another time you will come back to me
Like a messenger from afar.

Now the storm breaks without a warning,
With no time for us to prepare.
Now more than ever how I need you.
I never doubted you'd be there.

Oh, the prophecy
Of what it's gonna be
For you and me,
Oh, forgive me if I wander
From the path that we were on.

You never told me you'd be waiting,
You never told me you'd be there.
Now more than ever how I need you.
I never doubted you'd be there.

A Thousand Years

Times are changing, we'll soon be facing
A story yet unknown.
Don't deny it, we can't defy it.
It'll happen on it's own.
The past behind us, there to remind us
Of what could be again.
Fact or fiction, deep intuition
Of wondering how and when.
Once in a thousand years
The secrets of the past
Will change the way we see.

Across the ocean, the world's emotions
Are in and out of time.
The changing seasons, no rhyme or reason,
The choices, cruel or kind.
One day it's clear, then clouds appear
'cause nothing stays the same.
The thoughts that have conditioned you,
It's how you play the game.

But then the day will come around
We'll turn the world upside down.

Baby The Angels Are Here

No smoke without fire
If the sky was light
And the moon shine brightly
Then we'd be away tonight
Better chance be taken
Than love forsaken
This ain't no mistake that I'm making.

Baby the angels are here,
Brought me a Bible and a gun,
Baby I wanted to stay with you,
But they're saying I'd better run,
Cause heaven's a footstep away.

Well I was hoping to make it
Sometimes you put it together
Before you try
Let it take it's course,
Because you just can't force it
And I don't want to break down and cry.

Baby the angels are here,
Brought me a Bible and a gun,
Baby I wanted to stay with you,
But they're saying I'd better run,
Cause heaven's a footstep away.

Baby What You Want Me To Do

You got me running
You got me hiding
You got me run, hide, hide, run
Anywhere you want me to go
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You got me doin' what you want, babe
Baby, what you want me to do

I'm goin' up
I'm goin down
I'm goin' up, down , down, up
Any way you want me to go
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You got me doin' what you want, babe
Baby, what you want me to do

Bad Weather Blues

Well, I been away,
I said I been away for so long.
Tell me, have you,
Have you done me wrong?
Can I tell by the look that's in your eyes,
Have you kept your loving locked away inside?
Can you shake the dust from off my shoes -
Take away these bad weather blues?
I done time, I got carried away,
I done laid this high-class babe out in the hay,
Spent half a year in the jailhouse all alone -
This never would have happened if I'd stayed at home, oh no.
Can you shake the dust from off my shoes -
Take away these bad weather blues?

Come on everybody, then, clap your hands in the air.
Come on, a little bit louder, a little bit louder,
Come on everybody. I'll teach you, come on,
We want to hear you. louder, louder!
We want you all to join in with us -
When we say "yeah", when we say "yeah",
We want you to say "yeah". you got it?
Come on, are you ready? can't hear you!
That's better, here we go.


Say yeah, yeah
Say yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Can you shake the dust, can you shake the dust,
Can you make me shine?
Can you shake the dust and make me shine
Like they do in sheffield all the time?

Been everywhere around the world,
Seen every, every kind of girl, yeah.
But it moves me the way that I think I know,
And it weakens me, so make your loving flow.
Can you shake the dust from off my shoes -
Take away these bad weather blues?

Can you shake the dust from off my shoes -
Take away these bad weather blues.

Ballad Of The Beacon

We'll be leaving this town in the morning
Tommorrow we'll be able to see
I've had me enough of this city
And she's had enough out of me
I'm turning my sights on the country
Sold everything that I own
I'm heading away from the bright lights
Looking for where the wind blows
Say if I climbed to the mountains
Would you still follow me there
Steal me away in an echo
The mountains will always be there

Blind Eye

You turned a blind eye to everything I
Ever said, You turned a blind eye to
Everything I ever did.
You didn't worry, why call your telephone?
You didn't worry, baby,
You're just content to roam around.
Yes, you are.

Blowin' Free

I thought I had a girl
And all because I seen her.
I thought I had a girl
And all because I seen her.
Her hair was golden brown (yes it was)
Blowin' free like a cornfield.
She was far away
I found it hard to reach her.
She told me you can try
But it's impossible to find her.
In my dreams everything was all right -
In your schemes you can only try.

Bolan's Monument

It's the deep of night - I get up, and get out of bed,
Drive that road like I've done a thousand times before.
Don't know where I go in this still, cold, misty light;
Walk a lonely pathway, the river flows.
Message reads clear - "Why did you leave us?"
Now I know why I'm here - strange, what can heal us.
Bolan's monument, give me strength to walk on.
Now I'm face to face with my foolish soul,
There's a stagnant pool,
But he rises with grace and perfection.
Once in the garden, it's true, I may be naked,
But I've got direction.
Message reads clear - "Why did you leave us?"
Now I know why I'm here - strange, what can heal us.
Bolan's monument, give me strength to walk on

Can't Fight Love

I don't care about no curfew tonight -
I just come of age, my car is stood outside.
Got my wings and I'm looking for a place to roost -
Cruise with the boys, catch anything on the loose.
Going down the road, and my tail lights glow...
I'm going to accelerate in some old fatty bar, yes sir,
If I hit the deck, just pick me up for some more.
Going to look around 'till the first girl smiles at me,
And on the way home I'll check out her i.d.
Going down the road, and my tail lights glow...

I can't fight love,
I can't fight love at first sight.
I can't fight love,
I can't fight love.

I'm going to write my graffiti on the wall -
Paint this town like it's never been done before.
The way I feel, there's nothing I can't do,
So hold on, baby, I'm coming straight on through.
Going down the road, and my tail lights glow...

I can't fight love,
I can't fight love at first sight.
I can't fight love,
I can't fight love.

Running wild with the pack, ace up my sleeve,
Got a taste of your love, and it's blinding me.
Can't see straight, that's for sure.
Me, I'm knocking on your pearly door.
Going down the road, and my tail lights glow...

I can't fight love,
I can't fight love at first sight.
I can't fight love,
I can't fight love.

Don't want to fight your love,
Can't fight love.
Don't want to fight your love,
Can't fight love.
Got to give it to me now.
Can't fight love.

I can't fight your love.

Cell Of Fame

Isadora
Dancing
Can you see her?
Che guavara
Marching beside her
Valentino
Loving every minute?
Don't you see them looking
Looking down on you?

Pictures on the walls of your room
Gonna help you play the parts
Of your ever changing mood.
Lying low
The cast is set around your bones
When all you ever wanted to be
Was plain mister jones.

Cell of fame
It's gonna trap you forever.
Self confessions
And your back's against the wall.

Idolized by the hands that hold the key
Not even time will set you free.
When it's your turn to leave
Hung at dawn
Then you will join up
With the faces looking on
That's where you belong.

Cell of fame
It's gonna trap you forever.
Self confessions
And your back's against the wall.

Come In From The Rain

I had troubles aplenty,
My pockets were empty
From livin' out on the sidewalk.
Footsteps takin' me nowhere,
But where can you go when you don't know
What it is you're lookin' for?

Just as I was a desperate man
You made the sun start to shine,
You said,"baby, come in from the rain".

You could see down the stitches and patches
That were holdin' me together,
So with stolen faces, hand in hand,
We made footsteps together for musicland.

Used to be I had troubles aplenty,
My pockets were empty, yeah,
From the bad life on the back streets.
But when your footsteps are takin' you nowhere
Where can you go and what can you do
When you don't know what you're lookin' for?

Hey, just as I reached the real world
You made the sun start to shine,
You said,"baby, come in out of the rain".
Oh, yeah, I said you made the sun start to shine,
Oh, baby, come in from the rain.

Come On

Everything is wrong since me and my baby parted,
All day long I'm walkin', 'cause I can't get my car started.
Laid off from my job, and I can't afford to check it -
I wish someone would come along right into it and wreck it!
Come on! I can't get started,
Come on! since me and my baby parted,
Come on! I can't afford to check it,
I wish someone would come along right into it and wreck it!
Come on!

Everything is wrong, since I've been without you.
Every night I lie awake, thinking about you.
Every time the phone rings, it sounds like thunder -
Some stupid jerk tryin' to reach another number!

Come on! since I've been without you,
Come on! steady thinkin' about you,
Come on! phone sounds like thunder -
Some stupid jerk tryin' to reach another number!
Come on!

Now everything is wrong since I last saw you baby,
I really want to see you, and I don't mean maybe.
I'm doin' everything to try to make you see
That I belong to you, and you belong to me.

Come on! I wanna see you baby,
Come on! I don't mean maybe.
Come on! I'm tryin' to make you see
That I belong to you, and you belong to me!
Come on!

Come on, come on, come on.....

Comfort Zone

Go ahead and cry and weep and moan -
You know the blame is all your own.
You paid your money and you made a choice.
A world out there's waiting to be shown.
Stuck in conformity, something wrong with that.
Searching for sanity, I'm not falling in that trap.

The way you're going, you'll travel alone
'cause I'll never stay in the comfort zone.

You didn't roll the dice, you didn't take the shot,
You're all wrapped up in what you got.
You're crying about the way you feel
To the music of your spinning wheels.

Cosmic Jazz

I know your name, you told me,
It's a cloak and dagger tune.
Make love to you every full moon, baby,
When the day is through.
Use your magic carefully,
The danger creeps up slow.
Intuition can serve you well,
Or fool you when it's time to go.

Come stealin' like a thief,
Now I'm shakin' like a leaf.
Screamin' out, ¡°t's comin' soon!'
Yeah, yeah, the crescent moon.

Cosmic jazz is all around,
Keeps my feet on the ground.
Overload, shake down,
Gotta go, oh, gotta go.

About this premonition,
It contains a spell.
Stays just like a vision,
Showin he's not doin' well.

Spot carved from a finger,
The witches paint it black.
A wizard tied up by her love,
But now he wants his wallet back.

Been stealin' like a thief,
Now I'm shakin' like a leaf.
Screami' out, it's comin' soon!'
Yeah, yeah, the crescent moon.

Cosmic jazz is all around,
Keeps my face on the ground.
Overload, shake down,
Gotta go, oh, gotta go.

Repeat twice.

Diamond Jack

As the dealer dealt the cards to everyone,
I could see that I was free.
I had an ace of hearts, the dream of every man,
And I could see my destiny.
I can not justify the way I play,
But only see them as they fall.


The diamond jack
Black magical lady luck,
Who will show me the way.

When you have your freedom
Without worldly care,
Around human share.
Along the way there's evil waitin' for you,
And evil's not judge and jury, but yourself.

When you're tired to the bone
Remembrance gone,
And you have cast your dice,
Take your chances as they come, one by one,
The hand of fate is as cold as ice.

Doctor

Doctor can you help me please
I'm laying on the floor
I need a glass of something
Like you gave me once before
I'll send my little messenger
He'll bring the money to you
He'll slowly make his way back home
There'll be no horror show today my friends
And me well be up and get away
CHORUS:
If I fill your every need
You won't feel so empty
In my web I'll bet your life
You're dead before you're thirty
Doctor can you help me please
I trust you like my mum
I know that you won't stop me turning
All the whole world on
You know that I'll always come to you
When everything goes wrong
You pick me up, don't let me go down
To the horror show today my friend
And me well be up and get away

Don't Come Back

You walk out your front door
And say that you found love -
That's how the best things start,
That's for sure.
You ought to know that ain't around anymore.

That's where you're at,
I'm at, baby,
'cause that just doesn't pay.
Now steal your stolen car - ride it on.

Oh, you seem to think it's cool
That they stay out all night -
I only want to know where you've been,
So let's get back today.

So go down, child,
To a rock'n'roll show, alright,
You seem to think it's cool
To stay out all night.

Don't Cry

I hear echoes inside my head
Calling me back to you.
I'm at a loose end still
And I don't know what I'm going to do.
I walk the streets
Hoping to find something to take you off my mind.

Little girl
You make me feel this way
Well, I'm trying hard to forget you
But I know that it only makes me want to stay.
Don't want to be the one to lose you,
Don't want to see you with someone new.

Don't cry
I still love you.
Don't cry
I'll never leave you.

I find it hard sometimes
To keep my mind on the job.
Well, I've been down
When my love comes crumbling.
I walk the streets
Hoping to find something to take you off my mind.
Don't cry
I still love you.
Don't cry
I'll never leave you.

Dream Train

Weaving a web around my heart,
Slowly taking my world apart.
I can't begin to think of anything else
Left my reason way up on a shelf.
Stealing away without a sound,
My feet don't hardly touch the ground.
I look at the clock, the hands of fate,
The train I'm riding can't be late.
Riding on that dream train -
One look in your eyes, and I follow through.
Riding on that dream train -
Been a rider since I met you.

The brush of her skirt, the look in her eye
No use denying the curve of her thigh.
I got a feeling I'm out on limb
Past committing original sin.
Cold steel on a railroad track
Hard heart, I ain't coming back.
Put the border on red alert
Heed the warning, you're gonna get hurt.

Engine Overheat

Picked up my baby before the sun set -
She's always ready to step inside.
I can't wait, though, to get started,
And her love is so bona fide.
I'm in the mood for it, I'm in the mood for it,
Your love, your love.
Yeah, my serenity, her intentions -
And we were rolling on down that road.
She was tuned to, to perfection -
I was heading for that overload.
I'm in the mood for it, I'm in the mood for it,
Your love, your love.

It makes my engine overheat,
Puts me back into the seat,
It's just the nature, just the nature,
That makes my engine overheat.

Twin barrels burning, just like a rocket -
She took me faster than I've ever been.
There was nothing I could do, and I didn't ask for something
Like sitting on a guillotine. you know just what I mean.
I'm in the mood for it, right in the mood for it,
Your love, your love, your love, your love.

It makes my engine overheat -
Puts me back into the seat,
It's just the nature, it's just the nature of the beast.
Just the nature, just the nature,
Makes my engine overheat.

Enigma

s this your final answer?
The way you want it to be?
It seems there'll be no chance for
Peace, love and harmony
I know you need no other
There's no one else involved
It makes it more the stranger,
A mystery I can't solve.

(Chorus)
Love's an enigma,
Seems like I'm blind.
Love's an enigma,
I'm losing my mind.

I gave you all you wanted,
Found opportunities.
Played to your advantage,
Looked out for you constantly.
The summer in your heart
Became an autumn wind.
And tore our life apart.
Lord, I want it back again.

(Chorus)

Errors Of My Way

I didn't know what day it was that day,
Felt just like falling down on my knees to pray.
Looked at myself, and all that I could say
Was,"I think I see the errors of my way".
There in the glass there was something caught my eye,
Although I try through my sighing not to cry.
See where I am, and what I try to say,
Just so I'll look at the errors of my way.
Guess I got no one around to pull me through.
I just need someone to turn to, yes, I do.
Doin' my best just to change my yesterday,
Then I won't have no more errors of my way.

Everybody Needs A Friend

Trust in me, I'll try to do
Everything to help you that I can
Broken wings can heal and mend again
Don't be afraid to cry your tears out loud
Everybody needs to have a friend
It's only love that I can give
And I give to you the only love I have
When I see you're so unhappy
It makes me want to try and understand
Everybody needs a helping hand
If everything should turn around
And it's me who feels so down and out
You could be the kind of company
To share a load and know how bad it feels
Everybody needs to have a friend

Fast Johnny

I fell in love with a dark-eyed lady,
She seemed to be on her own,
And from nowhere when I came over -
A princess without a throne.
That night as I was takin' her home,
I got a feelin' that we weren't alone.
Keep your hands on the wheel, we got a tail there,
Tryin' to put us off the road.
What are you gonna do when a man from her past catches up with you?
What are you gonna do when he wants to make a claim on you?

Fast johnny, I'm flat on the boards -
Fast johnny, I'm cutting the corners -
Fast johnny, I'm closin' the door -
Fast johnny, don't chase me in your car no more!

You know nobody can drive quite like I can,
Runnin' every red light in town,
We danced on the floor, danced on the street,
Danced as the wheels turned around.
Maybe johnny, you'll meet your match
When you look into my chevy's eyes,
Keep your engine hot and running,
'cause this sweet little honey's gonna take you by surprise.

What are you gonna do when a man from her past catches up with you?
What are you gonna do when he wants to make a claim on you?

Fast johnny, I'm flat on the boards -
Fast johnny, I'm cuttin' the corners -
Fast johnny, I'm closin' the door -
Fast johnny, don't chase me in your car no more!

Repeat and close