Three Sides Lives



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YOU MIGHT RECALL 
ME AND VIRGIL 
EVIDENCE OF AUTUMN 
OPEN DOOR 

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Oh I'm sorry but there's no one out of line 
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Oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news 

Oh it's too easy to live like clockwork 
Tick tock watching the world go by 
Any change would take too long 
So dry your eyes 
Oh it's too easy to live in a cold sweat 
Just sitting dripping in pools below 
You can wipe your face 
Heal the pain 
But the fever won't go 

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ive together now 
Put your feet back on the ground 
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Oh don't worry now 
You're not alone 
Look around you 
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Oh I'm sorry but there's no one out of line 
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Oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news 

Oh it's too easy to compute your future 
Taking no risks and playing too safe 
Any change would take too long 
So dry your eyes 
Oh it's too easy to talk about rocking the boat 
Making changes and changes track 
But you'd better not lock that door 
'Cos you'll be coming back 

Oh you're bleeding faster 
Silence the only sound 
There's no need to be nice on the way up 
'Cos you're not coming down 

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Oh I'm sorry but there's no one out of line 
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Oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news 

YOU MIGHT RECALL 


What was it you said to me 
Back in the days when things looked fine 
'Bout how we would be together 
Until we left the earth behind 
Oh, it's funny how things can change 
'Cos there was a time I thought I'd be the one 
Who'd even start again 
But now I stay forever 

Oh my hopes are as the leaves upon the water 
Just sunk in the night 
And though I know you couldn't care you oughtta 
Ah, and into the light 
Oh maybe when you're older and you're thinking back 
You might recall 
Now did I act carefully, did I do right? 
Or were we meant to be 
All of our lives 
In love and harmony 
All of our lives 
So now take my hand 
Come hold me closely 
As near as you can 
Believe in all that we could be 
And all that we have been 
And all that we are 

Everyday seems summertime 
The rivers flow with wine 
And when you were here with me 
I wish we'd stayed that day forever 

Oh my hopes are as the leaves upon the water... 

ME AND VIRGIL 


Ma would never say what happened 
And we knew better than push too hard 
We knew we had all the chores to tend to 
Like fixing fences and helping her 
Washing dishes and making coffee 
Me and Virgil would chop some wood 
But we'd stop our swinging 
Just to listen to her crying 
It didn't sound too good 

I can remember too well 

But we never thought to pay much heed 
We learned to live life the best we could 
But then one day pa up and left us 
High and dry without a word 
Seemed a pity 
My ma was pretty 
But I soon learned life ain't that way 
And I can remember hearing her weeping 
While we were sleeping next to her 

I can remember 
I'll never forgive and I'll never forget 
'Cos pa you broke her heart 
Oh pa you broke her heart 
You broke her heart 
Oh pa you broke her heart 

Well the years rolled by 
And 'fore we knew it 
Our sister got married and moved out west 
I stayed with ma 'cos I couldn't desert her 
I knew it would hurt her to be alone 
So we pulled tighter 
Said we'd try to make things easy 
And raise a smile 
But as the night came 
We'd hear her crying 
Praying for pa to come back again 

I can remember 
I'll never forgive him and I'll never forget 
'Cos pa you broke her heart 
Oh pa you broke her heart 

And then the winter came 
I'd never known it colder 
Oh it seemed the worst in years 
And the night she died I swear I saw her smiling 
Saying I was a big boy now no tears 
So I packed up all we had and Virgil got the horses 
And we paid our last respects and gave the whip a crack 
Oh it seemed a big bad world we were riding into 
Me and Virgil both agreed 
We best head off and don't look back 

Nothing but desert all around 
Oh it made me wonder 
Lord it's hard to carry on 
When you're sick with hunger 
Weeks and months of sleeping rough 
Keeping clear of danger 
Seems million miles from anywhere 
I prayed to my God to change it 
You'd best keep your head but don't look back 

Well me and Virgil we beat the desert 
Riding fast and riding hard 
We hit the city the past behind us 
And we raised some hell we had some fun 
But real soon I met a lady oh so pretty 
And oh so fine 
And 'fore too long I found myself married 
With a home of my own and a blue eyed son 
And 'til this day I can hear ma saying to me 
You're a big boy now 

EVIDENCE OF AUTUMN 


The girl from all those songs 
Who made everything feel right 
She came in like an angel 
Into your lonely life 
And filled your world with light 
Oh and everybody told you you're oh so lucky 

Curtains part revealing a country scene 
Clothed in green and brown 
Evidence of Autumn 
And leaves of red 
On a winding lane and biway 
Walking on that road is a certain girl 
And all the world in one 
Guaranteed to move you and turn your head 
When all's been said and done 

The girl from all those songs... 

The night is clear but cool 
And maybe dawn is breaking as you turn to find the gun 
And then you see the note 
And though you cannot believe it 
And you think you'll go insane 

But that was many years ago 
And thought the pain is dim 
A something still remains 
Though you hardly can recall 
Her face unfolds 
Her memory lingers on 

Oh she made everything feel right 
She came in like an angel 
Into your lonely life 
And filled your world with light 
Oh and everybody told you you're oh so lucky 

OPEN DOOR 


I see your smiling face 
By the open door 
There's the morning light 
Shining in your hair and in your eyes 
And just a little way behind that smile of yours 
I see another one oh so far away 
If only for one second I could hold you close to me 
When the Master calls for me again 
There's nothing I can say or I can do 

Goodbye my love 
Time has come to say farewell 
I hear the call again 
Goodbye to the world 
I've shouted for so long 
But there's so much my love 
That I can never say 
And in a little while 
In a little while 
There's nothing left to say 

As the years go by 
And I have not returned 
And the night has come 
Fallen all around 
If you count the stars 
You'll know how many have gone out 
And when the Master calls for me again 
There's nothing that I can say 
Or I can do 

Stand in the sun 
Shut your eyes and feel the world 
Is changing every day 
Goodbye my love 
Each day will seem so long 
There's so much I feel 
That I can never say 

I can't see you 
I can't feel you anymore 
I'm just a memory of that open door