B A R R Y    G I B B

T R A C K   B Y   T R A C K

All Songs © 2016 by BARRY GIBB

In The Now
You’re the epitome of innocence
You’re only my destination
All I think about is yesterday
I need you here in the now
In my heart, in my soul, in the now
I said it baby
All my life is so wrapped up in you
And I can only wish
That you could feel the way I do
I found the love and I can’t get enough
To have you suddenly
Standing right in front of me
I may be lonely but I’m not alone
And we don’t need no conversation
I’m only happy when I hear you moan
You speak the pleasure within
In my heart, in my soul, in the now
We claim that summer, darling
You began to slowly bend my will
Love is the game, we got no shame
And time is standing still
All my life, I never felt this way before
I’m learning what I never knew
That you are what I’m searching for
In my heart, in my soul, in the now
This is the story of what might have been
It’s just my imagination
I made it up instead of giving in
I may be crazy but I’m not alone
I call it intoxication
They say tomorrow is another day
I’m only here in the now
In my heart, in my soul, in the now
I may be lonely but I’m not alone
And we don’t need no conversation
I’m only happy when I hear you moan
You speak the pleasure within
You’re the epitome of innocence
You’re only my destination
All I think about is yesterday
I need you here in the now

Grand Illusion
Climb a mountain
Sail an ocean
Go around the world a million times
Here in the valley of the blind
The one-eyed man is king
Be a hero
Lead or follow
What you choose to believe is a state of mind
But here in the valley of the blind
The one-eyed man is king
When it comes down to you
The star you follow may be gone
When it comes down to you
All the power and the glory
All the fire and the fury
Will not take you far
Will not take you long
It’s got to be your life
Show no night or day
Your face may turn in sorrow while others watch
The Grand Illusion
You may lose your mind, and
Someone standing with you while
You endure the slings and arrows
And she will be your Grand Illusion
Your Grand Illusion
In the moonlight
Be an angel
Fly to heaven
All we need is a little peace of mind
Here in the valley of the blind
The one-eyed man is king

Star Crossed Lovers
Star-crossed lovers, waiting to begin
Don’t you know something beautiful has passed you by?
Oh, star-crossed lovers
Too much in love to say goodbye
Star-crossed lovers, waiting to be heard
Know we can’t be together if we never try
Oh, star-crossed lovers
You know I hate to see you cry
I used to hang around
Waiting on the chance you could be everything to me
But you just turn away
Leading me the dance
I’d be the lonely one inside the sun
Star-crossed lovers, whisper in the wind
Don’t you know something beautiful has passed you by?
Oh, star-crossed lovers
Too much in love to say goodbye
I used to be the child, follow you around
We came to feel as lovers do
But you looked at him, waiting for the smile
I’d be the lonely one inside the sun
Star-crossed lovers, never to begin
Don’t you know something beautiful has passed you by?
Oh, star-crossed lovers
Too much in love to say goodbye
Star-crossed lovers
You know I hate to see you cry
Oh, star-crossed lovers
Too much in love to say goodbye

Blowin’ a Fuse
I’m blowing a fuse, I’m shaking it down
All the verbal abuse got me running around
I’ve got nothing to lose so I’ll never be found
All these moving pictures they supply and we demand
Someone tell you what to think and how to understand
Always on the wall or in the corner of the room
Careful what you say to it, the box is full of doom
Maybe we believe, maybe we belong
I’m blowing a fuse and I’m taking it down
And I’m singing the blues with a home on the side
So whatever you choose, there’s a way to be found
And they always say good evening and good morning too
And the weather out there is clearly everyone’s concern
And for other it’s fun to watch who we kill and who we burn
They tell you nothing here but everybody knows
How to walk and what to wear and how to strike a pose
Style and smile and health and wealth, the kingdom of the wise
Drugging all the masses but you do it in disguise
Everybody lies
The enemy knows
So I’m blowing a fuse and I’m shaking the ground
And I’m just a recluse but I’m all over town
And I’m taking the pills and I’m drinking them down
There is no escape, there will be no early warning
Will there be a second coming or will He just be passing through?
And we like to send out our message to the universe
Everybody’s sober but I’ll have another line
Always taking limos but you can’t afford the ride
Why you chasing women when there’s someone on the side?
You can go and party but I’d rather be alone
Even when you’re here, the enemy knows
So I’m blowing a fuse and I’m taking the town
I’m watching the news but I can’t hear a sound
I’ve got nothing but skills but I’d rather lay down
Won’t you come and lay down

Home Truth Song
I ain’t that poster boy you made me
You won’t ever chain me down
I’ve been to heaven and I’ve been to hell
And I’ve been living underground
You want me to be the man
You know I never want to be
Everybody changes with the wind
Set my spirit free
Just let me journey where I should not go
We stand together in a one man show
I need somebody to hold me when the night is long
I am the man who does it all or nothing
I am the one who will not fade away
I will be standing with my hand in the fire
Feeling forever young
Back where I belong
Singing a home truth song
With the weight of the world on my shoulders
It’s always been that way
This runaway train keeps on rollin’
Someone’s got to pay
I take what my God has given me
I can’t tell you why
There must be a reason for living
Sometimes I’d rather die
There’s a storm on the ocean at the river’s end
I won’t be lonely, it’s my only friend
I need somebody to hold me when it all goes wrong
I am the man who does it all or nothing
I am the one who will not fade away
I will be standing with my hand in the fire
Feeling forever young
Back where I belong
Singing a home truth song

Meaning of the Word
I tend to stumble into situations wrought with danger
You can’t believe in all the things I can’t begin to tell you
If she gets to hear this song and the meaning of the words
I’m in love with someone I believe is no longer waiting
I send my love to someone I will never see
It’s living on
And she says goodbye
In the morning sun
So I wonder down each lonely lane that I might find her
And though the days turn into years, my love is just behind her
The kind of love she gave to me
The kind of love I’d never known
I know that somewhere in this world there’s someone crying
I’m in love with something that could never be
But it’s living on
And she says goodbye
But she’s never gone
Maybe at the end of my life we can say
That the heart of our love was that moment
It can never fade away
Or the meaning of the words
So I keep searching for a sign that she could still be near me
And I keep thinking of the night she came and stayed forever
All the things I ever said
Are all the things she never heard
The night bird with the broken wing must keep on flying
And the man that has no other love has everything
And the key to life
Is remembering
I know at the end of my life I can say
That the heart of our love was that moment
It can never fade away
Or the meaning of the words
And until my dying day
I know the meaning of the word

Cross to Bear
Something appears in my field of vision
I close my eyes and I wonder why
That life itself is just a biblical fiction
Who do you believe in?
How can I lose myself?
You go wandering for 40 days and 40 nights
And you keep searching for the treasures of the Nile
They are just memories of things that prophets used to say
They cannot help you now, a million miles away
Let’s hit rewind
Some cosmic get-together
Just you and I
We go beyond forever
There is no time
It’s truly now or never
No use pretending you don’t care
Everybody’s got a worried mind
Everybody’s got a cross to bear
Everybody’s got an axe to grind
Everybody’s got to breathe the air
I’ve seen Ghandi, Krishnamurti, Jesus and the King
You quote the Son of Man while you destroy the Earth your mother
You build your fortress in the sand
You are the one who leads you
You say you’re starving while you bite the hand that feeds you
Don’t shout, I got mine
It’s all about me and I’m next in line
Get a life, I’m not lazy
Maybe thinking all the gods are crazy
Been there, done that, out of my face
Got to be a winner in the human race
It’s your lesson, know your place

Shadows
I live the morning and the night with nothing in between
No more a gentle kiss goodnight
I see you in my dreams
I’ve been watching shadows on the wall
Truly unexplained
So what can I see
The place where you were mine
Is just an empty hall
And baby all I see is you loving me
Sometimes I think I’m somewhere else
I think I’ve gone insane
One chance to hold you in the night
Or see you once again
Instead of watching shadows on the wall
Truly unexplained
So what can I do
I lie awake ‘til the early dawn
I’m leaving every light on for you
I’ll be here forever if it’s not too late
Won’t you stay, don’t you ever fade away
Baby you and I we held it all together
High as we could be
But we were chasing shadows on the wall
Truly unexplained
None of this is real
And baby all I feel is you
I believe in all the times when I was all you wanted
All that I could see
But I was watching shadows on the wall
Voices in the night
Only meant for me
This is all that I can do
Following my shadows through
Or do they shadow me

Amy in Colour
Amy comes in colours
Yellows, blues and reds
Take me to the black of night
Face down on my bed
Softly as she leaves me
Just as I arrive
Take me to the break of dawn
Good to be alive
Big bad noise in the back of my head
Amy got a hold on me, I got no control
She’s too hot to feel the sun, I’m too cool to feel
She’s gonna steal my soul
Shaking up the room with a silent scream
We don’t want no trouble ‘round here
It’s just a big, black hole
Sweet thing standing over me
Taking me back to school
But that’s rock and roll
Amy comes in colours
Yellows, blues and reds
Take me to the black of night
Face down on my bed
The lights go out and the night explodes
Amy got a place to be, she’s on cruise control
A little more time and she’s out of sight
Lying in a bed of dreams, I think she stole my soul
Amy don’t care if it’s right or wrong
She’s got her own sweet song
And she sings it to the light of day
Amy likes to colour all the madness in
Never should have let her in
She’s only here to play
Amy comes in colours
Shades of grey and blue
Take me to the state of grace
Nothing equals you

The Long Goodbye
I found your letter under the stairs
I left it in the place you would go
When you were lost
You always know it’s there
This has been the long goodbye
And there’s nothing I can do
To erase my faith in you
All that pain I put you through
You were there
We used to lie there under the stars
We used to make believe they were ours
This was the love we thought could never die
This could be the long goodbye
And there’s nothing I can say
To erase that final day
And we found out on the way
You were there
This has been the long goodbye
And there’s nothing I can say
To erase that final day
And we found out all the way
You were there

Diamonds
In my narrow point of view, I see what I have to do
I can make it through the storm
You got me to keep you warm
And baby I got you
One dark night and a long road ahead of you
Never been so cold
And that future ghost is ahead of you
And he don’t lie
I see a shape of a house in the wilderness
Not even one brave man
Is gonna walk that mile from the curse to the legacy
I must try
I see the sign saying not that way
It’s gonna break you down, it’s gonna make you pay
You only listen when there’s no more room to grow
Somewhere right in front of me
No time to lose that memory
This life, there’s always gonna be sorrow
But that won’t happen tomorrow
Stand up and find that inner strength
This time, you go to any length
I know that we ain’t never been higher
We ain’t never been higher
If tears were diamonds, I’d be a rich man now
Cover myself in silver and gold
Eyes of a child that will never grow old
If tears were diamonds, I’d be a rich man now
In the light of the moon there’s a silhouette
Not even one brave man
Is gonna walk that mile from the hearse to the funeral
I don’t cry
I see the mirror saying not that fool
He’s gonna take you down, he’s gonna be that cruel
You only listen when there’s no more room to grow

End of the Rainbow
Walk away slowly
Don’t look back in anger
No rhyme and no reason
Has ever been clear
But today is tomorrow
Winters are summers
And the end of the rainbow is near
So live on the laughter
Walk through the darkness
The time of the seasons
And nothing to fear
But today is tomorrow
Winters are summers
And the end of the rainbow is here
Goodbye amigo, my fair-weather friend
From humble beginnings
And right to the end
We dwell on all the glories and stories untold
Memories old reappear
So today is tomorrow
Winters are summers
And the end of the rainbow is here
So set your eyes on the distant horizon
We think of each other this time of the year
So the autumn is the springtime and the winter is summer
And the end of the rainbow is here
Goodbye amigo, my fair-weather friend
From humble beginnings
And right to the end
We dwell on the glories and stories untold
Memories old reappear
So today is tomorrow
And winters are summers
And the end of the rainbow is here

B O N U S   T R A C K S / DELUXE EDITION

Grey Ghost

Grey Ghost
She walks in the room
Sweet mother of mercy
Bloody murder
Nobody heard her
And then she was gone
Midnight
She walks in the dark
She talks of her struggle
Tiny faces
People and places
All rolled into one
And the fact that anyone survived is
Still a miracle
That holy day the river came
And we prayed for the sun
And that what it takes is the act of faith
To keep the soul alive
I'm equal to the fight it seems
And I'm hanging on
Grey Ghost
She started to cry
Her nights getting shorter
Mary's daughter
Fell in the water
And now she is gone
Brave hearts
How far must you fall
Pulled out from the danger
Help me stranger
Dog in the manger
And under the sun
Is the fate of man in the hands of God
The reason ashes rise
And it's only love that never dies
And it's living on
And if there is a message for the world
It's still a mystery
And the fools are writing history
And the damage is done
So sad
This story is told
Hand down to the children
Tiny fingers
Melody lingers
And then she is gone

Daddy's Little Girl
I'm standin' on the inside, lookin' out
Through these lonely eyes of mine
I keep on going back to when
We used to be together all the time
And you were all the good things in my life
Like the wind that finds the trees
You were daddy's little girl
And there were never moments such as these
And baby, when I close my eyes at night
I see you laugh, I see you cry
And I memorize these little things
The broken arms, the empty swings go flyin' by
Maybe if I held you in my arms I'd get the chance
To say the words I know that I should say:
"You'll be daddy's little girl
No matter how the years may slip away"
And you must stand alone
Fight forever
When it feels like you just can't go on
You should reach out
But you don't ever
And I should be the one you lean upon
And I remember when you fell in love
I hoped that day would never come
But he just kept his motor running
I took a break, and you were gone
And I almost stopped believing in your face and in your voice
And you're my only vision when I pray
And you'll be daddy's little girl
No matter how the years may slip away
Yes, you'll be daddy's little girl
No matter how the years may slip away

Soldier's Son

Lord, he is one, he's a poor soldier's son
And his heart has a part that is torn
And we all living on for the poor soldier's son
He has died long before he is born [2x]
True expression, life's devotion
Holy Moses, know that somewhere
That someone loves you
Fighting for you tonight, tonight
Failed to be one, he's a poor soldier's son
And he stands with his eyes to the sky
Let us pray for the one, for the poor soldier's son
He's the man with a child in his eye [2x]
True expression, life's devotion
Holy Moses, know that somewhere
That someone loves you
Fighting for you tonight, tonight
Praised be the one, for the poor soldier's son
And his heart finds a place on the ground
Let us pray for the one, for the poor soldier's son
He is lost long before he is found [2x]