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01. Big Train

Music & lyrics by Glenn Hughes
On another destination
I hear the grinding of the wheel
Keep me waitin' at the station
And I want you to reveal
I got a steely eyed devotion
I am ready for the thrill
Feel like I'm movin' in slow motion
As my car begins to spill

Out on the track, shadow me

Down in the fools gallery

And you sow the seed
Its all that you need
You're building on Speed
BIG TRAIN

As the Passenger did mention
Darkness falls just like a thief
Now you've got my full attention
As the steam spills from beneath
Won't you let me be a Volunteer
Won't you let come within
I will be your manic engineer
I'll be your Assassin

Won't you whisper to my face
What you see can't be replaced
By the fountain we embrace
On the mountain in my Grace

02. This Is Your Time

Music by Jason Bonham, Joe Bonamassa, Derek Sherinian
Lyrics by Jason Bonham, Glenn Hughes
You gotta paint it upon yourself
Its written on your face
You'll find no wealth on a carpet ride
You know that life ain't no race

This Is Your Time
Its in your hands
This Is Your Time
To make your stand

I see it all in the Tapestry
And you can taste my blood
And it is all that you want to be
Here come the tears and the flood

Salvation, inside you
In tales, of yore
Vibration, I feel you
The Station, to Shore

03. Midnight Sun

Music by Jason Bonham, Joe Bonamassa, Derek Sherinian
Lyrics by Glenn Hughes
Cascade, Earthquake
My quest, is callin' me
I'm made, I break
Sting like a honey bee
Velvet, Princely
Too late to disagree
Gauntlet, you flee
God speed your Symphony

Knife Edge, restless
Inside do test my nerve
High Ledge, timeless
Slowly yet I serve

I sleep in the Midnight Sun
In shade I rest
With my Saffron
I weep in the Midnight Sun
This last parade
I face the dawn
Out here in the Midnight Sun
I'm miles away
And I am gone
And I taste the cinnamon
On my way to Avalon

Refused, no sin
Outside the devil lurks
Confused, tailspin
We ride, we make it work

I sleep in the Midnight Sun
In shade I rest
With my Saffron
I weep in the Midnight Sun
This last parade
I face the dawn
Out here in the Midnight Sun
I'm miles away
And I am gone
And I taste the cinnamon
On my way to Avalon

I sleep in the Midnight Sun
In shade I rest
With my Saffron
I weep in the Midnight Sun
This last parade
I face the dawn
Out here in the Midnight Sun
I'm miles away
And I am gone
Out here in the Midnight Sun
On my way to Avalon
I'm on my way
I'm on my way

04. Confessor

Music & lyrics by Glenn Hughes
You give me the madness
I'll give you a sign
No need to be mindless
At the scene of the crime

Now do you have a Confession
That you want to make?
Your resurrection
I'm ready to take

Release the fantasy
And catch the final trip
Unleash the majesty
And tighten up your grip
Inside your memory
Has choked on broken glass
Beneath the Karma tree
You know this too shall pass
I won't let you walk this path alone

Confessor
Let the motor Burn
Confessor
Its time to overturn
Confessor
Can't justify the past
I see your colors
Were born to last

Its your resolution
What cannot be done
A simple solution
Before it all begun

And if you happen to see me
I'm already there

Out here on the hillside
I'm everywhere

05. Cry Freedom

Music by Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham, Joe Bonamassa, Derek Sherinian
Lyrics by Glenn Hughes
Freak Flag
I fly
Now can you hear me Callin?
Don't drag and justify
Or soon you will be fallin'
Last kiss
We Hail
You're ready for transition
Sweet bliss
Derail
In the red mist
We shall Sail

Holy father believe it's over
Cry Freedom
Dozen dawn the last crusade
Cry Freedom
Many miles many tears for soldiers
We're the last brigade
In the motorcade

Too deep
So wide
Too late to get some shelter
I leap
You glide
We ride the helter skelter
Moonbeam
Starbright
A storm on the horizon
Bad dream
Daylight
Like a diver
In the dead of night

Holy Father believe it's over
Cry Freedom
Dozen dawn the last crusade
Cry Freedom
Many miles many tears for soldiers
We're the last brigade
In the motorcade

Coat of armor upon your shoulder
Cry Freedom
Trail of blood the last crusade
Cry Freedom
Many miles, many tears for soldiers
We're the last brigade
In the motorcade

06. Afterglow

Music & lyrics by Glenn Hughes
There's a sacred place
It's where I go
As I lay my head
On my pillow

In this world I roam
The Glory shines

Hard to breathe
My soul I leave
Now I can see

By the lake
The road you take
The lone mistake
I try to break

So let me go
I wanna know
So let me go
In the AFTERGLOW

In this wonderland
I lose myself
You will find no trace
To find yourself

Hard to breathe
My soul I leave
Now I can see

By the lake
The road you take
The lone mistake
I try to break

So let me go
I wanna know
So let me go
In the AFTERGLOW

In the wildwood rests
The Autumn Rose
With your shield and crest
This life you chose

I will cross the stream
That waits for me

Hard to breathe
My soul I leave
Now I can see

By the lake
The road you take
The lone mistake
I try to break

Let me go
I wanna go
So let me go
Oh let me go
I wanna go
Let me go
In the AFTERGLOW

07. Dandelion

Music & lyrics by Glenn Hughes
As I rise from Golden Slumbers
To my own mortality
And I want to take you with me
To my lone tranquility
Then you vanish right before me
And the room smells like a flower
In the Palace of the Kings
Yet the fruit is sometimes sour

My DANDELION
My liberty
My DANDELION
Your devotee
My DANDELION
This alchemy
My DANDELION

As I stumble to the parlor
I am filled with no regret
And I am but a troubadour
I am the last prophet
This house once was a vacancy
Now Gold has turned to rust
But life is just a lesson
And full of wanderlust

My DANDELION
My liberty
My DANDELION
Your devotee
My DANDELION
This alchemy
My DANDELION

And I Take
Dandelion
This is my inquisition
Got me spun up on the wire
And I make
Dandelion
I have come to my decision
Gonna walk into the fire
I hear the blackbird sing, its everything
I hear the blackbird sing, its what you bring

And I Take
Dandelion
This is my inquisition
Got me spun up on the wire
And I make
Dandelion
I have come to my decision
Gonna walk into the fire

And I Take
Dandelion
This is my inquisition
Got me spun up on the wire
And I make
Dandelion
I have come to my decision
Gonna walk into the fire

I hear the blackbird sing, its everything
I hear the blackbird sing, its what you bring
Dandelion

08. The Circle

Music & lyrics by Glenn Hughes
Cloudless
Nothing but sky over me
Peacefulness
How in this world could it be

Nameless
Ghostly you shelter my flame
I am helpless
In the black light
It's a shame

I'm in the middle of a dream
I just don't know what it means
I am at war with my fear
And I'm lost
In The Circle, again

Powerless
Only the strong will prevail
Childless
Alone on this ship I will sail
Faceless
You try and reach for my Soul
I'm helpless
In the black light
Down the hole

I'm in the middle of a dream
I just don't know what it means
I am at war with my fear
And I'm lost
In The Circle, again

Childless
Alone on this ship I will sail
Lord I'm helpless
I'm lonely and feeling
So frail

I'm in the middle of a dream
I just don't know what it means
I am at war with the fear (and it can only appear)
And I'm lost
In The Circle, again

09. Common Man

Music by Jason Bonham
Lyrics by Jason Bonham, Glenn Hughes
Lord won't you help me
Make it thru the night
No one can hear me
Lead me to the light
You are the reason
I am here today
Love is the answer
Take me far away

On my own I'm no better than
All alone
I'm a Common Man

Where are you brother?
I'm feelin' kinda low
Sister and Mother
I want to let you know
Can't break the Chain
It comes from deep within
Live thru the pain
That's underneath my Skin

On my own I'm no better than
All alone
I'm a Common Man

Called by the Siren
Down by the sea
Ghost in the distance
Its callin' me
You are the reason
I am here today
Love is the answer
Take me far away

On my own I'm no better than
All alone
I'm a Common Man

On my way
I will all I can
I will stay
Just a Common Man

10. The Giver

Music by Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley
Lyrics by Glenn Hughes
Holy Mother, Lord and maker, I am just a soldier of the free
You know I was once a taker
Lonely tired and sick
I could not see

Captured with the evidence
The seasons come and go
A prisoner in his residence
I'm haunted don't you know
Don't you know

I live and die
I take the pressure
I wear a coat of armor you can't see
And now I feel
The final measure
Slow but quickly
This was meant to be

Captured with the evidence
The seasons come and go
A prisoner in his residence
I'm haunted don't you know

Shake out the fear
Until I fall
And I will hear

Here come The Giver
You will be free
Just like the river
That leads to the sea

As I look down from the tower
I see the fields of hope that wait for me
Bring the dawn
Upon the hour
Ascending to the sky
For you to see

Captured with the evidence
The seasons come and go
A prisoner in his residence
I'm haunted don't you know

Shake out the fear
Until I fall
And I will hear

Here come The Giver
You will be free
Just like the river
that leads to the sea

My flesh and blood

I let my conscience suffer me
And it broke my will somehow
It shook me down
I'm on my knees
But I won't be took to the bow

I let my conscience suffer me
And it broke my will somehow
It shook me down
I'm on my knees
But I won't be took to the bow

Here come The Giver
You will be free
Here come The Giver
You will be free

11. Crawl

Music by Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham, Glenn Hughes, Kevin Shirley
Lyrics by Glenn Hughes
Out there you're gotta walk
So proud
You say you wanna leave
This crowd
Today, a shot away
You slip
Seems like you're gonna lose
Your grip

Invisible
Invisible

You live and you will die
So stoned
And still you wonder why
Alone

So fake, no mercy
You fall
You break, no pity
You Crawl

So fake, no mercy
You fall
You break, no pity
You Crawl

A wreck, a tragedy
A sign
So sad the memory
Redline
Too late to build a Bridge
On trust
I see the Gold has turned
To dust

Invisible
Invisible

You live and you will die
So stoned
And still you wonder why
Alone

So fake, no mercy
You fall
You break, no pity
You Crawl

So fake, no mercy
You fall
You break, no pity
You Crawl