Where do they keep all the knowledge And wisdom that's passed down through the ages? I believe it's found in the souls and hearts of men Rather than written on any ancient scrolls or pages What does it take to wake up happy? Nothing but the will to carry on What tool do they make to break one's weakness? Just you and your faith to be brave and strong Where can you go for inspiration? I say anywhere… it's everywhere Even right where you now are What is the safest way to avoid evil and temptation? I'd say it's living your life like you're a star... It begins by burning bright Become a beacon giving off light On the darkest nights and cloudiest days Inspire the will to fight against all that's not right Illuminate minds during their most trying times Don't have to change their views to change somebody's ways So that they stay true to themselves and all the while Doing what they have to do to be stars

If you were an explorer You would have found exactly what you seek And if life was a mountain You'd be standing at the peak If you were a miner You'd find love in the heart of gold If life was a river You'd be the source of water We'd all be swimming along with the flow If Einstein was a musician He'd have studied your technique If music had a body Then you'd be its heartbeat If Mozart was a scientist His mathematics would walk and talk on their own If music lived a life then you'd be the one To breathe life into its soul If we let just the people select You'd be the one that they'd elect.... Your next step... The Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame There'd be a giant statue of you Next to that would be one of Everyone who ever heard the words you sang If all of mankind had a choice Your solo would be the lone unheard voice Because we'd all be cheering your name

Safely guarded is the infinite wisdom That I've been longing to understand The single key that unlocks all reality Was placed inside your delicate hands Yet you dropped your sacred Rosetta stone In the middle of the pond Creating countless ripples That keep traveling on That keep traveling on You said you'd rather let it become one with the river So we could all wade in the warm waters And drift along the gentle current Floating freely in the stream You're the sweetest sounding songbird And to all those who have ears you sing Yes, many of us have been taken under your wing So safe and warm Here is where I rest Fall fast asleep and begin to dream One single note Repels all of our deepest fears You let us forget the past Help us to find a reason for why we're here The single key that unlocks all reality Was placed inside your delicate hands Yet you dropped your sacred Rosetta stone In the middle of the pond Creating countless ripples That keep travelling on The ripples keep travelling on...

Stranger... Stranger...then fiction Stranger... Stranger...then fiction My inspiration isn't found On the other side of a cloud way up in the sky light No! It's in a little village town… Cold, distant, ice bound A thousand miles to my right Yeah! I can see the stars above me I look at them every night She too can see the stars above her When out of the blue she reveals to her lover: I love him and not you So there's somewhere I must go This is something I must do I never meant to hurt you With a note she left In the early hours of the morning Without thinking, without speaking, Without hesitation, without any warning Now on her way to see me She just booked the flight When she told me, "Tomorrow you'll hold me" I fainted... I fell down... but now I'm back upright Yeah I'm nervous... but I'm ready... My hands stopped shaking... but now they're sweaty... And I'm tingly... yet bubbly… To think that just suddenly.... With a note she left In the early hours of the morning Without thinking, without speaking, Without hesitation, without any warning

I find first class people on the back of the plane Never cared about someone's last name For I take stock in one's actions and deeds As oppose to words that often misleed I do all that I can not to get caught up in that scene My favorite person in this world is deeply in debt Most wonderful woman that I've ever met I got a knack for finding greatness Where you'd least expect Sometimes it all goes so smoothly Other times it's a real train wreck ooh..ooh...ooh... first class, first class ooh..ooh...ooh... first class I joined the mile low club The first time I cried on a plane After I bared witness to unconditional love I've thought a lot about it... But it's so hard to explain Some people would never go Some people would never even try Those people would never know The same people that never ever fly I find first class people on the back of the plane Never cared about someone's last name Done my share of soul searching And I'd do it again… I had my moments of doubt But never long periods of regret First class... First class... First class... First class...

I'm spellbound by your sounds and words And how well they heal my soul and hurt Just hearing your laugh as you sing and play Everybody knows it's become my saving grace I've been diagnosed with the rarest of conditions I've got an unconditional love for a certain musician (certain musician) And since I'm so lyrical the doctors say this scenario... Just might be the world's most worst case Well, the doc's eyes raised and he seemed perplexed When I said I know I'm not the first but I'm in line to be next.... I'm spellbound by your beauty but it's not because you're such a cutie I love your eyes and how they seem to see right through me Even though it seems like years since I've seen your face I'm so entranced by your charm We both know I'd never do you harm Except keep you locked inside my heart Then never would we part for it's the safest place... It's the safest place

I met a gypsy mamma One day while I was driving down the road Would have mistaken her for a farmer Had her tire not felt the need to suddenly explode There she sat stranded With her young boy in tow This summer trip they had both planned it But this was not how it was supposed to go "Can I help you out little lady? I got a face that you can trust And soft spot in my heart For people down on their luck" With these words she smiled And proceeded in telling me She didn't know where she was headed Only that she had a date with fate and destiny Said she lived in the same state for far too long And that she was a singer but lately all the words kept coming out wrong With her life lacking harmony she had since stopped writing songs That's what she said... With that I paused and took a breath I said yeah, I play too, and I'm heading out west Where the sky is the limit and sun shines bright And all the people like to party like it's Friday night With big brown eyes she looked at me and said: "Hey man, you're alright!" So we just kept on driving No, she never looked back That was exactly ten years ago today As a matter of fact If it wasn't for a tire I'd have just kept on driving by And if I was a liar she'd have left me high and dry (That's what she could have done) If she was a farmer she could have lived off of the land Yet she was a gypsy mamma Albeit one with a plan Now ten years we've been together Creating and writing and playing songs (gypsy mamma) As both our lives keep getting better… To think that all this started 'cause one day everything went wrong... woh ooh

Alright… When it comes to minds and going exploring... I raised my hands in the air and yell out I'm all for it You may leave the room now to avoid a mind full of questions You may leave the room and pace the halls with the rest of 'em So many men don't understand What we hold in our hands or what I'm speaking of As this world keeps turning There's a fire burning within minds like mine yearning for love Like Michelangelo's marble She possessed only the finest of features Now I've found what I seek All my life I've been a student And now I have a teacher I love the way her mind dances Perhaps in time I'll reach her Seems when she sings a song I can't help but sing along Now I proudly call myself a believer We had a little talk about Our creeds and our codes I read to her a poem That I once wrote about following what little light that still glowed Oh...Like Michelangelo's marble She possessed only the finest of features Now I've found what I seek All my life I've been a student And now I have a teacher Oh… Since I first heard her voice It seems I'm not alone Either by chance or by choice Her words carve my mind Like I was a piece of stone (Like I was a piece of stone) I recently became a believer I'm caught under her spell I recently became a believer In the lady known as Weaver (I love the lady Weaver) Just like Michelangelo's marble She possessed only the finest of features Now I've found what I seek All my life I've been a student And now I have a teacher She's Michelangelo...I'm marble... Whoa... She's Michelangelo...I'm marble... Whoa... Yeah! What shape will I take? Seems it's too early to tell... I recently became a believer In the Lady known as Weaver And I hope you will as well... I hope you will as well I hope you will as well I hope you will as well She's Michelangelo...I'm marble... Whoa... Yeah!

All in good time.... All in good time.... All in good time.... All in good time.... All in good time.... All in good time.... You will find what will find you So don't let what's been left behind ever define you As you learn that the world turns and time does, too You know it's true Let yourself heal and then become real again and That's when you'll know… Your body, mind and your soul Can love again Can live again That's when your flower can grow Right now your petals are closed And I will share your secret so nobody else will ever know that... All in good time

I can see by that look in your eye... That you're longing for something to believe in You can see as you look back at me... That I'm trying to find some kind of reason For you to hang on And for me to be strong Maybe if we put our heads together We can tell where things went wrong One fresh breath of inspiration Of flickering illumination To spark the motivation And bring back the love That now seems to be gone... To be gone... The love of all the beauty That lies within our beasts The fulfillment of our goals That we see inside our dreams The return to balance and moderation Between these two extremes Summoning the inner wisdom within ourselves That lets us flow as we become one With the supreme being in harmonious love... With all living things La... la... la la la la la la La... la... la la la la la la

I had a dream where you were you and yet you were someone else... All at the same time… the most edible of fruits… yet stemming from the same root Was your shadowed twin, who I became so painfully aware, sat out in the same sun Yes, you both were one... But one of you felt like they were slowly dying Just which vision is the truth? I thought I knew but now I know... When I only see what I want to see That's when one becomes blind Blinded by my own hopes and dreams Forgetting that what is most important to a flower Is not just sunshine and water but where are there weeds? And as my mind played tricks on me I found myself being deceived by my own Preoccupation with presumption and forgetting all reality... Sometimes we can stand within the light and still not see All because we're taught to be predisposed To take what we want when we want without worry Without a thought for someone else's wants Without a thought for another's needs Then I got caught Caught up in myself My conscious became lost as I forgot That some others believe in ideals and beliefs That often are different than me Different than me and mine And that that's okay So long as I find myself rooted in love Then the sun can shine down upon us both Then hopefully and happily in time we'll each get to see the light of a new day It was only then that I Became a stronger man Once I sat back and thought That it is a better way that way Perhaps the light that shines To each shall come at different times So long as we keep open our eyes then everything is fine Yeah, everything is fine... The essence of all truth When love is love it defeats all lies Yeah, it defeats all lies Then there's no more lying to yourself To him or her or to someone else Gone becomes all selfish intent That too often becomes so intense It feels like the only feeling you have ever felt Escape from that and the frozenness of hatred and fear You'll find will all disappear Leaving only yourself and those you hold dear And I long to hold you, my dear Yet only when you're ready will this ship steer itself Sturdy and steady and all will be revealed... Yes, all will be revealed... I've set my course off towards the distant horizon Chasing the setting sun seeking to find the one No, not the one for me but the one I am for Am I willing to go and explore For it's only the sunlight that I long to see Hence I sail upon the sea sailing as far as I can To a new and faraway land not for what I know now is... But in the name of what could be... But in the name of what could be...

I faded silently into the fog From where I first came Long before I knew you... Of your legend or your name The hardest thing I've ever done Or that I'll ever do Not because of fear of pain But because it was best for you Sure, I miss our conversations Of course I miss your point of view But there was little hesitation Of course I breathed a sigh or two... But it was best for you You said you needed time To reflect in your mind About the past and the new And since time is all I have... I've given it to you I've never spoken empty words At least as far as you're concerned I've never wished these tables turned I stand behind my promises My thoughts and my deeds And my desire to give you Everything you need Whatever you wish I'll do my best to make Your wish come true What you see in all your dreams I'll do my best To make those dreams come true Whatever's best for you... That is what I'll do (what I'll do) Whatever's best for you... That is what I'll do (what I'll do) Whatever's best for you... That is what I'll do (what I'll do) Yeah, whatever's best for you... That is what I'll do (what I'll do) What I'll do