The View From The Hill

I Heard It

Broken Dream

The Promised Land

It's Not Too Late

Something To Believe In

The Way Of The World

Sometimes Less Is More

Troubador

Shame

Billy

Children Of Paradise

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I Heard It

Have you listened to the bell at midnight
On the still night air?
It sets you dreaming of the strangest journey
Across the Great Somewhere
Then you start the Brave Adventure,
Dreams without a care.
Well - I heard it,
I heard it - I heard it.

Like leaves borne on the wind
Our words will fade and die
Only to return
As new life, by and by.
The passions that we feel,
Like lovers wild and free,
Are footsteps on the sand
Holding back the mighty sea.

There's a place - a secret garden -
And when the day is done
We lie among the grass and flowers
Underneath the sun.
As we look up the sky is turning
But, with the Earth, we're one.
Well - I heard it,
I heard it - I heard it.

The passions that we feel,
Like lovers wild and free,
Are footsteps on the sand
Holding back the mighty sea.
There's a voice - that calls us onwards,
Down the lonely street -
And when we tread the path no longer
The circle is complete.
The circle is complete.

A million souls scream in anguish
And others rest in sleep.

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Broken Dream

Even the smallest traces
Of your sweet perfume
Open the floodgates and I'm helpless.
Now, as the moonlight shadows
Cast across my room,
Only the whispered words
Are heard in the night;
Only a silent prayer:
“I love you still
I always will.”

Out of the dark I stumbled
Into the light.
Only my fear has tumbled.
I think I always knew
That I would run to you.

Somewhere there's children playing
Somewhere far away,
Running with open arms to greet me.
Over the hill the sunset 
Dies and fades away.
I turn and close the door
With one last goodbye.
I will return no more:
I'll take my heart and let it fly.

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The Promised Land

They brought their faith, believing in their hearts,
They brought their children, searching for a new start.
They came looking for The Promised Land.

And all the rumours said it was Heaven there
And all the signs were pointing to a new world,
Someway, somehow there's got to be... a place for us,
Somewhere... there's got to be.

A better way, a new beginning, a second chance...
It's all in the new world.
Equality, liberty, freedom...
It's all in the new world.

A better life, a brighter future, the right to believe...
It's all in the new world.
For you and me, it's going to be... freedom...
It's all in the new world.

Through the ages, all through history,
They braved the deserts, sailed the raging sea,
And left their homes, looking for The Promised Land.

They brought their culture, pride and prejudice,
All they wanted was a reason to exist
And still they come, looking for The Promised Land,

And all the rumours said it was Heaven there
And all the signs were pointing to a new world,
Someway, somehow there's got to be... a place for us,
Somewhere... there's got to be.

A better way, a new beginning, a second chance...
It's all in the new world.
Equality, liberty, freedom...
It's all in the new world.

A better life, a brighter future, the right to believe...
It's all in the new world.
For you and me, it's going to be... freedom...
It's all in the new world.

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It's Not Too Late

Don't you know that it's not too late - the time's not past? [sic]
Don't you know it's not too late
And, even though I tell myself - all is lost,
Somewhere there's a spark of hope,
Somehow the world keeps turning,
Promising a better day.
Somewhere the spark is burning - away.

If we were free - to do as we please
What would we change - you and I;
To hold back the night - to do what is right,
To live under bright blue sky?

Don't you know that it's not too late - the time's not past? [sic]
Don't you know it's not too late
And, even though I tell myself - all is lost,
Somewhere there's a spark of hope,
Somehow the world keeps turning,
Promising a better day.
Somewhere the spark is burning - away.

As we look to the horizon
Way out to sea
We see the sun still rising
Just for you and me.

When we were young - life was so strange,
So complicated we would cry
But when we grow old
Will mystery hold us both in its spell as time goes by?

Don't you know that it's not too late - the time's not past? [sic]
Don't you know it's not too late
And, even though I tell myself - all is lost,
Somewhere there's a spark of hope,
Somehow the world keeps turning,
Promising a better day.
Somewhere the spark is burning - away.

Don't you know that it's not too late - the time's not past? [sic]
Don't you know it's not too late
And, even though I tell myself - all is lost,
Somewhere there's a spark of hope,
Somehow the world keeps turning,
Promising a better day.
Somewhere the spark is burning - away.

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Something To Believe In

He needs something to believe in,
He needs something to believe in,
All he ever wanted was to get away.

Little sister's getting serious
With a fella nearly twice her age
And she's aiming to move in with him
As soon as they can find a place;
There's no getting through to her - there's no other way,
You can't learn from mistakes that somebody else made.

She needs something to believe in,
She needs something to believe in,
All she ever wanted was to get away.

Caught in the void of no hope and no choice
It's a ‘nobody win’ situation.
What can they do? It's a Catch 22,
It's a breakdown in communication.

Mum and Dad are so confused,
Little wonder they don't understand,
Little wonder there's a wind of change
Blowing through this land.
Nobody's guilty - it's a sign of the times
But we won't see the future till we open our eyes.

We need something to believe in.
We need something to believe in.
We need something to believe in.
We need something to believe in.
All we ever wanted was to get away.

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The Way Of The World

That's the way...
That's the way of the world.
The way of the world.
That's the way..
That's the way of the world.

I took a ride
Over the ocean wide.
I didn't know,
I couldn't see
Who I could trust
Or who trusted me.
I travelled the Earth
Trying to find
The good and the kind.
I had to choose
If I should win
Or if I should lose.
Yeah... I had to choose the way
'Cos we are all equal under the sun.

That's the way...
That's the way of the world.
The way of the world.
That's the way..
That's the way of the world.
The way of the world.
That's the way..
That's the way of the world.

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Sometimes Less Is More

Slowly, determined to take it slowly,
Refusing to let it throw me.
Feeling every feeling,
Staring at the ceiling.

And if it's real, a heart will know
All the time
And, come the Spring, it will grow
Or die upon the vine
But if it's love, love will come
Knocking at my door.
I do believe it now,
Sometimes less is more. 

This time I'm not gonna stoke the fire,
I'm not gonna walk the wire.
Oh heart, you've learned your lesson;
Love is not obsession.

Easy, I swear that I'll take it easy; 
And, passion, you won't deceive me.
I'll hear the music played,
Hear the songbird saying

That if it's real, a heart will know 
All the time
And, come the Spring, it will grow
Or die upon the vine
But if it's love, love will come
Knocking at my door.
I do believe it now,
Sometimes less is more. 

And if it's real, a heart will know 
All the time
And, come the Spring, it will grow
Or die upon the vine
But if it's love, love will come
Knocking at my door.
I do believe it now,
Sometimes less is more. 

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Troubadour

In the Garden Of Paradise, I heard a voice sing;
I can feel the thrill of it, the chills it would bring.
Far away in the western sky, over the sea
There's a land we dream about, peaceful and free
Waiting for me.

Hold my hand, let me take you there,
Let's go walking in the morning.
As time goes by, love will wash us clean.
Let love bring to us our freedom
And we will sing of the heroes
And fly on the breeze,
Love with the lovers of the world,
Oh, oh, oh... we'll be free.

In the dark of the mystic night, music is born.
In the hands of the troubadour, the piper of dawn,
And it's heard in a foreign shore, over the sea,
In the land that we dream about, peaceful and free
Waiting for me.

Hold my hand, let me take you there,
Let's go walking in the morning.
As time goes by, love will wash us clean.
Let love bring to us our freedom
And we will sing of the heroes
And fly on the breeze,
Love with the lovers of the world,
Oh, oh, oh... we'll be free.

Hold my hand, let me take you there,
Let's go walking in the morning.
As time goes by, love will wash us clean.
Let love bring to us our freedom
And we will sing of the heroes
And fly on the breeze,
Love with the lovers of the world,
Oh, oh, oh... we'll be free...
We'll be free.

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Shame

Everywhere I go I hear the sound;
Crying in my head it just goes round and round;
I hear it on the airwaves, it's coming down the wire, 
It's starting to consume us like a fire.

But, I'm only dreaming, as you can see.
I don't expect that you should follow me.
The road is lonely, I don't complain,
It's such a shame.

Everywhere I go I feel the love
Washing over me, I just can't get enough;
I hear it in the music, that's coming down through me,
I know there's love between us, if we only set it free.

Everywhere I go I feel the joy,
Hold it in your heart, don't let it be destroyed
'Cos all we need is freedom, all we ask is peace,
All we ask is no-one on their knees.

But, I'm only dreaming, as you can see.
I don't expect that you should follow me.
The road is lonely, I don't complain,
It's such a shame.

'Cos all we need is freedom, all we ask is peace,
All we ask is no-one on their knees.

But, I'm only dreaming, as you can see.
I don't expect that you should follow me.
The road is lonely, I don't complain,
It's such a shame.

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Billy

Oh Billy... there's anger in your heart.
Oh Billy... there's madness in your eyes.

He took his favourite handgun,
With his rifle he felt free.
He cleaned them all the night before,
He was armed as he could be.

Oh Billy... there's anger in your heart.
Oh Billy... there's madness in your eyes.

'Cos it's a sad world when there's no-one
Who can reach out to the source of your pain.
Yes, it's a sad world, such a sad, sad world
When only peace comes at the end of a gun.
Whoa... oh.

Before he pulled the trigger he knelt as if to pray
And at the top of the church he will never be found
Since he took his life that day.

Oh Billy... there's anger in your heart.
Oh Billy... there's madness in your eyes.

'Cos it's a sad world when there's no-one
Who can reach out to the source of your pain.
Yes, it's a sad world, such a sad, sad world
When only peace comes at the end of a gun.

Yes, it's a sad world when there's no-one
Who can hold you when you just need to cry
And it's a sad, sad world when there's no-one
Who would care if you live or you die
And it's a sad world, such a sad world.
It's a sad world.

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Children Of Paradise

'Cos we can be
Yes we can be
We can be
Children of Paradise
Children of Paradise.

In the twinkling of an eye
Or the turning of a page
Comes the moment when our time has arrived.
We can never be the same.

We can be
Yes we can be
We can be
Children of Paradise
Children of Paradise.

And all I know
Is we're still climbing up that hill
And all we need to sustain us
Is love of love
The light of life,
And the faith to know we can heal
Like children. 

Through the violence and the rage
By the grace of love be still
And the spirit that breaks free from the cage
Is the one they cannot kill.

We can be
Yes we can be
We can be
Children of Paradise
Children of Paradise.