New Dream

I said I need a new dream

one that I could live and touch

still it should be high enough

to keep me reaching up

to keep me looking up

I can get there on my own

but would rather not go alone

Move me in the way of love

cause I still believe in not enough

and I wanna surrender to a new dream

move me in the way of love

cause I still believe in not enough

and I wanna surrender to a new dream

new dream

Gotta learn to speak again

in a language lost to us

a wordless way to waken trust

yeah my heart could say so much

yeah that would change so much

if I throw this mask aside

then I have one place less to hide

chorus

This hunger drives me

river rises in me

gonna let it send me down

let it wash me clean

I will be naked

to the earth and the sky

I'm taking a breath

of my new destiny

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

1990 ©Primary Wave

I'll put my hand into the fire

I will swim the river deep

take this message down the wire

this world is ours to keep

Piece by piece the plan is rearranged

day by day it's a temporary gain

so by now we've broken the chain

who will be here to pick up what remains

chorus

She's a bird in hand (you could take her)

fragile creature (you could break her)

you could bleed her (yet you need her)

she will leave you full of hunger

no tomorrow and no wonder

Progress hides a vengeful lie

the golden glories of modern times

serve the few and suck the life

the last to gain are the first to pay the price

chorus

I'll put my hand into the fire

I will swim the river deep

take this message down the wire

this world is ours to keep

she's a bird in hand

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

I love this world

love to make it all right

I love this world

love to offer some advice

but who am I

just an ordinary girl

grown into a woman

of the wide wide world

I love this world

and I know it isn't easy

'times its' darkness overwhelms me

like a starving dying child

with her father and her mother

standing helplessly by

and it's only for us each to say

we did the best with what we have

do the best that we can

chorus

I love this world

with its' every kind of person

take the best ones with the worst ones

thats just the way it is

walking with a lantern

this fear and compassion

I will make my way

and here in my corner

I do the best with what I have

do the best that I can

You can open a door

you can shine a light

but you can't change another

or make it all right

we're creatures of example

to some degree

but we're much more creatures of experience

if you ask me

chorus

I love this world

love to make it all right

I love this world

love to offer some advice

but who am I

just an ordinary girl

grown into a woman

of the wide wide world

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

Don't really know

how the whole thing started

I didn't realize

I was so downhearted

'till you came along

why did I fall

in love with a boy

who's in love

with another girl

people askin' questions

I don't even hear

they're probably talkin' sense

but my mind ain't clear

I can't think of nothin' else

chorus

boy on my mind

and in my heart

I wish I could tell you

oh no

I close my eyes

and keep it to myself

I wish I could tell you

oh no

yours is the love

that I still want to touch

but this time to love

is to give it up

there ain't no sweet romancin'

chorus

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

Too much is made of this

it's only love

and I'd like to think I'm able to leave

when I'm strong enough

but you've tracked me down

and lifted me up

and I wanna drink from your river

and I wanna circle your fire

and I wanna dream of a life here steady and true

but I know I'm just passing through

If things were different

I would be your lover

but I've cast these stones

to the heavens above

I can only say

I'm being carried away

but sometimes

I wish things were different

Mine is a lonely quest

a private matter

and I cannot always choke the tears

or share the laughter

but you understand

and welcome me here

and I wanna rest in your shadow

and I wanna fall like rain at your feet

and I wanna go where the wind blows wild and free

chorus

And I wanna drink from your river

and I wanna circle your fire

and I wanna dream of a life here steady and true

but I know I'm just passing through

rideout on chorus

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

1990 ©Primary Wave

Life at it's most extreme

makes me wish that I had wings

isn't that everybody's dream

astronauts through the portal

witnessing the immortal

One taste and you're forever changed

there's a crack in heart and brain

light pours in like rain

for an instant pain is gone

there is no right there is no wrong

chorus

Flying the cosmos

I like to see it that way

when I'm facing life up too close

and cease to be amazed

I need to back away

There's a problem in re-entry phase

feels like a fall from grace

like I'm running in place

transformation seems remote

unicorn to humble goat

A little problem with re-entry

how to keep the wonder with me

color everything I see

telescope it down

and still keep both feet on the ground

How do I when do I

where do I find resolve

how do I walk with wings

how do I break this fall

chorus

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

don't get your needle stuck

in someone else's groove

think about yourself

and do what's best for you

Be True

don't you want to find a way

that works out best for you

cause even though they're lookin' cool

they're someone else's shoes

Be True

to your soul connection

your true direction

your soul connection

perfect reflection

when you're jammed on noisy pictures

sayin' what to do

sayin' how to feel

and you just feel confused

Be True

when a million voices broadcast

this week's point of view

and it don't sound right to you

cause it's someone else's news

Be True

to your soul connection

your true direction

your soul connection

perfect reflection

find your voices

make your choices

take your chances

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

I get a feeling that's not quite clear

I start to move to the beat I hear

straight to the heart of my deepest fear

indigo drums indigo drums

I see a light that's much too bright

I face a dark deeper than the night

I try to speak but I'm mute with fright

indigo drums indigo drums

Soothe me with a wave of love

is this real time

or what's to come

can I change or is it written in blood

is there enough time

is there enough love

I choke on the dust of a deadly beast

when love is spent so thoughtlessly

so much trust becomes so much debris

nothing is spared nothing is spared

I see my brothers and my sisters fall

I see my children that hurts worst of all

we walked so proud but now we fall

stripped to the bone

all hope is gone

Soothe me with a wave of love

is this real time or what's to come

can I change or is it written in blood

is there enough time

is there enough love

ah ma tah teh

la ka ha heh

so the old ones say

it's the giveaway

with a second chance

we could learn the dance

see the gift of life

with our open eyes

I get a feeling that's all too clear

I start to move to the beat I hear

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

Everything changes

now me now you

so I can't stand here

acting deaf and mute

waiting for you to point the way

show me the next move

I am the horse to your rider

we both agreed

I rode us through the dark sky

followed your lead

we'll get there together

that's what we believed

when we arrived

I found I was an outsider

inside your dream

I need to be free

to stand on my own feet

I hope you can see

there'll be more to love

if we both feel complete

But everything changes

nothin' stays the same

I'm conjuring my will

fannin' this high flame

I will go

where it points the way

I will listen

to my spirit song

when it sings my name

chorus

We can't go

round and round like this

round and round

is the kiss of death

got to shine a light

and move ahead

we can't go round and round...

chorus

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

I've got a mission

tell you what I wanna do

wanna wrap around your heart

and give my love to you child

wanna take your hand

travel this whole world

wanna see it through the eyes

of a little boy and girl

wanna see the rich and the poor

the mighty and the meek

hear about their daily lives

wanna know what gives them faith

chorus

It's my mission to find it

and to show it to you child

or else I will just live and die

and walk this heaven blind

Cause I know there must be something

that carries us all through

got a thousand names and faces

rituals and rules

to mystify the mundane

we cherish these like fools

God or scientific law

what stands behind it all?

and moves us on and on

It's my mission to find it

and to show it to you child

or else I will just live and die

and walk this heaven blind

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

Everybody's somebody's baby

everybody's baby needs an angel these days

I read about you in the news

the gang page twenty-two

I could hardly understand it

I felt so removed

just because my street is safe

I must be one of the lucky few

So I quietly slipped on to your porch with you

rocking my baby in mother's arms

hope..dreams..and a prayer or two

her only protection to keep her from harm

Everybody's somebody's baby

everybody's baby needs an angel these days

Didn't the angels see us my baby

maybe they're just too busy these days

last I heard an engine revving

two shots fired and found their way

our bodies jerked I almost dropped you

then we were flying my sweet baby and I

Everybody's somebody's baby

everybody's baby needs an angel these days

If the angels could not help us here

at least they helped us fly away

fly away on graceful wings

fly away from hurt and hate

fly away from graceless beings

Everybody's somebody's baby

everybody's baby needs an angel these days

to help us whether we die young

or have to live with empty arms

(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)

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