******* All Is Forgiven *******

Trouble, trouble knocking on my door.
Won’t let trouble come in anymore.
Ain’t got hate for those who put me down.
I’m moving on up, leaving the past behind.

I’ve been worried for too many times.
But no more worries will upset my mind.
Mistreated, I’ve learned to push my frontiers.
I won’t back down, as courage conquers fear.

Every ending brings a new beginning.
All is forgiven. All is forgiven.

Mercy, mercy, you’ve been gone too long.
Life without mercy is a life gone wrong.
I dread no evil in my darkest night.
As long as there is mercy, there will be light.

Every ending brings a new beginning.
All is forgiven. All is forgiven.
All is forgiven. All is forgiven.

******* Dance Through The Night *******

I could’ve been there, I could’ve been a friend.
I could’ve been more patient and tried to understand.
But nothing really matters now, since you’ve gone.

I could’ve been closer, less distant in your mind.
I could’ve been more open and less selfishly blind.
But nothing really matters now, since you’ve gone.

Oh, let’s dance one more time through the night.
Oh, let’s dance one more time tonight.

Maybe it was bad, maybe it was wrong.
Maybe I should‘ve been there to help you grow strong.
But nothing really matters now, since you’ve gone.

Oh, let’s dance one more time through the night.
Oh, let’s dance one more time tonight.

I know this will change me, it will never feel the same.
Even now this aches, you really can’t be blamed.
Now I’m left behind there’s nothing I can do,
but to give you this song and treasure the memory of you.
So, let’s dance one more time through the night.
Oh, let’s dance one more time through the night.
Oh, let’s dance, let’s dance, let’s dance,
one more time tonight.

******* Play Your Blues *******

When I was a young boy, my father told me: “son,
if you wanna get ahead in life, don’t stay behind no one.
There’s more to this world, than I can ever show.
So, this is where I have to let you go.

Play your blues in the morning.
Play your blues while the moon is shining bright.
Even when we’re apart, you’re always in my heart.
Play your blues, ‘cause you were born this way.”

As I hit the road he said: “son, bear in mind.
Don’t think of home as a place, but a state of mind.
Get your loving from the sweetest heart,
your wisdom from the grey.
So, you can pass it all along some day.

And play your blues in the morning.
Play your blues while the moon is shining bright.
Even when we’re apart, you’re always in my heart.
Play your blues, ‘cause you were born this way.”

Now that I’ve become a man, he still calls me: “son,
everything you are today, was right there all along.
The greatest gift in life is to be who you are.
You’ll always find a song in your guitar.

And play your blues in the morning.
Play your blues while the moon is shining bright.
Even when we’re apart, you’re always in my heart.
Play your blues, ‘cause you were born this way.

Play your blues in the morning.
Play your blues while the moon is shining bright.
Even when we’re apart, you’re always in my heart.
Play your blues, ‘cause you were born this way.”

******* Gotta Let Go *******

Yesterday’s gone now for a while.
Nothing fades as time goes by.
You’re hurt by all what you regret
and everything that was left unsaid.
You gotta let go. Gotta let go.

Your world’s spinning in the past.
In the end nothing ever lasts.
Echoes are hard to listen to,
but it’s the silence that really
cuts through you.
You gotta let go. Gotta let go.

It’s so hard to realize,
some things won’t happen twice.
Seize the moment, before it’s gone.
And things go wrong.

Grieving won’t bring back the times.
It keeps that load on your mind.
Love ain’t measured by the pain.
So, don’t take pride to suffer in vain.
You gotta let go. Gotta let go.

Nothing blooms on a barren field.
You’d better move, so you will heal,
to a place where you can grow.
Don’t feel guilt when you start to forget.
Let the past go dim while you move ahead.
Life has new moments, wherever you’ll roam.
But you gotta let go. Gotta let go.
Gotta let go. Gotta let go.

******* Everything Means Nothing *******

Bring on the night and let me fade away.
Here in the dark, there’s not much left to say.
With eyes open wide, pretending to be asleep.
As we lie back to back, I fall into the deep.

Now my everything means nothing to you,
it doesn’t make a difference, whatever I do.
All of me ain’t longer all of you.
As my everything means nothing to you.

Time to move on and make my getaway.
There’s too much wrong in your right,
only black in your white. So, I can no longer stay.
There’s no us no more. We’re right back at you and me.
Forever turned out to be just a temporal eternity.

Now my everything means nothing to you,
it doesn’t make a difference, whatever I do.
All of me ain’t longer all of you.
As my everything means nothing,
my everything means nothing to you.
Oh, means nothing.
All of me ain’t longer all of you.
As my everything means nothing to you

******* I Shall Be Free *******

Scorned, ignored, I’ve been pushed around.
My life’s been hard since I touched the ground.
No harm can keep hope away from me.
I’ll be free. Oh, I shall be free.

Fought and lost. I’ve been knocked down hard.
Your love only knows how to break my heart.
Time will relieve me of my misery.
I’ll be free. Oh, I shall be free.

Chained and drawn by this earthly toil.
My loneliness kills what’s not yet destroyed.
My day will come, oh you will see.
I’ll be free. Oh, I shall be free.

Free, one day I shall be free.
Free, one day I shall be free.
Free, one day I shall be free.
And it won’t be long.

******* Tiny’s Parlor Rag *******

Instrumental

*******Solitude & Grace *******

Life has drawn scars that will never heal,
shown you more pain than one should ever feel.
You caged your dreams, so I could set mine free.
But they’ll live on in the blood that runs through me.

Between your solitude & grace,
I’m looking for that place where I belong.

Time had no mercy as it carved your skin,
slowed you down and made your eyes grow dim.
We’re so different in anything we do,
but every piece of me remains a part of you.

Between your solitude & grace,
I’m looking for that place where I belong.
It’s alright between your solitude & grace tonight.

A lifetime to learn. No matter how we change
or how our worlds collide, we’ll always be the same.
I’m no longer that picture you hold on to,
but the more I see me, the more I see you.

Between your solitude & grace,
I’m looking for that place where I belong.
We’re as one, no more fights, no more wrongs.
Love tears down the walls around our soul.
Between your solitude & grace, your solitude & grace
I’ll be home.

******* Won’t Be Fooled Again *******

Late in the evening, as the sun is set to sleep.
In this quiet hour, I can hear the sound of peace.
As the darkness surrounds me, I let the silence reign.
And I won’t be fooled again. Oh, no no.

Knowledge is a hunter that kills the unknown.
Won’t follow the leader, even if I don’t know where to go.
In the heat of their desperation, only lies remain.
But I won’t be fooled again. Oh, no no.
I won’t be fooled again.

Building up tomorrow, as I’m breaking down today.
If I’m not the change, it will be like yesterday.
Even if I don’t know the answers,
I’m no longer playing their game.
‘Cause I won’t be fooled again. Oh, no no.
I won’t be fooled again. Oh, no no.
I won’t be fooled again. I won’t be fooled again.

******* Ain't Nobody Gonna Hold Me Down *******

Ain't nobody gonna hold me down,
hold me down. Hold me down.
Ain't nobody gonna hold me down.
It’s my time to rise.

I’m not afraid of moving on,
moving on. I’m moving on.
I’m not afraid of moving on.
No one will break my stride.

You'd better watch out.
I’m on my way, on my way.
Watch out. As of today
I’m on my way.

Ain’t nothing gonna stop me now,
stop me now. Stop me now.
Ain’t nothing gonna stop me now.
My mind’s all set to go.

A change is coming and I’ll let it be,
I’ll let it be. I’ll just let it be.
A change is coming and I’ll let it be
the light guiding my road.

You'd better watch out.
I’m on my way, on my way.
Watch out. As of today
I’m on my way.

Ain't nobody gonna hold me down,
hold me down. Hold me down.
Ain't nobody gonna hold me down.
It’s my time to rise.

You'd better watch out.
I’m on my way, on my way.
Watch out. As of today …
You'd better watch out.
I’m on my way, on my way.
Watch out. As of today
I’m on my way.

******* Distant Lullaby*******

Go ahead and sleep, close your eyes.
It’s quite late and you’ve got an early rise.
And when it’s hard for you to find peace of mind.
Listen, my dear, to this distant lullaby.

Go ahead and dream of what will come.
Soon we’ll be back as one.
And when it’s hard for you to find peace of mind.
Listen, my dear, to this distant lullaby.

Take a look outside, babe.
Let me catch you in the moon.
My eyes will pull you closer,
as if you’re in a silver air balloon.

Goodnight, my love, hang up the phone.
Though it hurts to hear you feel alone.
And when it’s hard for you to find peace of mind.
Listen, my dear, to this distant lullaby.
I’m right here with you in this distant lullaby.