CRACK THE SKY (BREAKAWAY) Tom Cochrane

There's a light by the window There's a shadow by the sea Where there's an angel or assassin I know she waits for me There's a time and place she say Where we can always meet Well that's alright

WALKING THE FINE LINE Tom Cochrane

Lost my job in the darkest place, Going to get back up Clean my face, And take that longest ride I talked to the man with the busy pen Tired of being on the losing end I'm going to walk with pride

Breakaway Tom Leeb

1 am it rumbles outside in the pouring rain Or was it my chest, a sign of distress Don’t wanna hide again I’m tangled and tears overload I’m in a hurricane My body‘s aching, I need the morning I’m thinking

WEST COAST SAGA Tom Cochrane

I walked by the west Canadian shore Where I was born beneath the sky, Staggered by and by, I cried, Realizing I was once blind I felt the wind blow in from the sea, And it was blowing in on me

BIG LEAGUE Tom Cochrane

When he was a kid, he'd be up at five Take shots till eight, make the thing drive Out after school, back on ice That was his life, he was gonna play in the Big League The Big League Not many ways

MARIANNE AND LENNY Tom Cochrane

He sits by the bed Watches while she sleeps Her favourite book of poems lies Just beyond reach He walks to the doorway He turns before he goes She starts to stir as he Turns the light down low

Hold Tight Tom Cochrane

The seasons pass Hold tight! The darkness never lasts Hold tight! We are strong Hold tight!

WINDY NIGHT IN FALL Tom Cochrane

She says think you're the only one who's had it rough And the sky over you is the only one That's not bright enough Well some habits are hard to kick Some people in life are hard to lick They haunt

THE LOADING Tom Cochrane

(Hold the line) Linin' them up I remember they shoot 'em Never dared dream that they'd shoot anyone Now I'm a simple man tied on the vine Caught up in the times And fates on my right hand CHORUS

GOOD TIMES Tom Cochrane

Put the van tape on Bay at the moon Rub each other down so good Forget about the tune that's playing Joan went east And she went west I stayed right here in the middle That's where I liked it

REVELATIONS: VISIONS IN A DREAM Tom Cochrane

The innocent and the poor They've got nothing to hide But the rich recite in numbers Their fear resounds in side Children starve by the millions The false of the lame Of the foolish few who knew

JUST THE WAY IT GOES Tom Cochrane

Not the way it is It's just the way it goes And your heart is at the wheel baby It knows when to steel But never when to let go And you know It's just the way it goes It gets harder As the nights

When I'm With You Tom Cochrane

Come sit by the fireside With me baby Melt into the dawn With me girl Let yourself flow Like a river to the sea Together we'll grow Just like a willow tree You're much older than the others In just so

THE SECRET IS TO KNOW WHEN TO STOP Tom Cochrane

Do you remember the night The lights went out All along the promenade?

WHITE HOT Tom Cochrane

Waiting by the shoreline In somalia for your reply I need you to come see me That's no lie The guns are getting closer The sweat pours like dew That fell from the trees in tripoli In the spring

THE UNTOUCHABLE ONE Tom Cochrane

See her by the corner Then she walks on by Heads turn to meet her Steely eyed She's her own girl Her own design She holds her head high Hides her scars just fine CHORUS She makes it work

NAPOLEON SHEDS HIS SKIN Tom Cochrane

The streets are covered in chalk The shops are boarded up The bodies are carried back down from the square He begins to wonder If it always was this hot Or is it just the clothes That he now

WILL OF THE GUN Tom Cochrane

hurt each other Can you help me to understand Why does history repeat itself And a man keep killing a man CHORUS If i believe like you believe Then I guess we can be one But when it comes down to the

Dreamer's Dream Tom Cochrane

If I was a sailor man If I was lost at sea I'd see your light shining there Off the rocks, off the sand That light would be all that I'd see And if I was the king of the world With all the world to set

FLOWERS IN THE CONCRETE Tom Cochrane

Tilting at windmills on a downtown street O the big grey landscape has lost its sheep She wears a tight smile as she's walking the beat Looking for a little fame This ain't no oliver twist - no mister

PAPER TIGERS Tom Cochrane

Keep your powder dry and warm Thru the coming darkest storm All the fear that's sent your way Thru your eyes you might wash away When you can Still your lantern's strong and bright Even thru the

BOY INSIDE THE MAN Tom Cochrane

more When I turned twenty-one we were outside on the run When I walked out with my girl We went halfway around the world CHORUS I dreamed I saw her standing there Running for the boy inside the

WINNER TAKE ALL Tom Cochrane

thought Little round peg in a big square slot Strangest son in a big top coat If you go that far then that's all she wrote Win or lose you've got the Berlin blues Your back's to the wall Winner

NORTHERN FRONTIER Tom Cochrane

On a muggy night in the north end in july A kid named Joseph Beeper Spence Took a shotgun blast to the back And died...

BREAKING CURFEW Tom Cochrane

Walk out Through the rain Where the sound of your own footsteps Speak of Change When we take our refuge In a higher place Somewhere no one knows We'll meet it face to face CHORUS: Breaking

IRON IN THE SOUL Tom Cochrane

One shot wonder kid Waiting for the man that did Shoot at her without any reason Please me don't tease me Disco's out of season The mad girl cries from the other side Hey, baby!

OCEAN BLUES (EMOTION BLUE) Tom Cochrane

Ask any stranger Out on the boulevard Who is alone They'll say it's me In any country This road leads everywhere A road that leads down to the sea CHORUS Colour me blue When the lights are

MAKE MYSELF COMPLETE Tom Cochrane

I am not the original one Working man's son Nine to five and I'm barely alive When the day is done Want to laugh a bit Want to cry a bit Want to make myself complete Want to break you up Want

SIGHTS ON YOU Tom Cochrane

He's on the front line, He's set for the kill It's happening then, And it's happening still Dog eat dog, You've got to change it Battle lines there, Of a thousand odd years The tracks are there of

ASHES TO DIAMONDS Tom Cochrane

I've seen enough The next time you better stay loose There's plenty of government action in the neighborhood It's a general uprisin' See the men in gold The P.M.'

RAGGED ASS ROAD Tom Cochrane

Moving out, can you see that shine Feel the change as you roll on down the line Where the shore fires burn out on a new frontier Where the past don't haunt you and there's Nothing else to fear

BIGGER MAN Tom Cochrane

I watched while you might say So long happy trails You can only wait so long Till the wind shakes your sails And you see the she says "bye bye" Then she turns and digs her heels back in I'm gonna

LASTING SONG Tom Cochrane

Won't be the first time you sit alone Won't be the first time you wait by the phone Won't be the last time you drift away To some place we were such a long time ago We would move like ghosts in the

Beacon Hill Tom Cochrane

Look back, (shout out, shout it) There's someone close behind It's a face that I remember (Come out, come out) In the air, there's a feeling that I know Speaks to me of better times Come out

HUMAN RACE Tom Cochrane

I can see it on the road ahead Running hard i'm here But I could be there instead Many houses with the lights on Silhouettes behind the shades Beside fires I'm sure that I saw you in one I loved

BEST WASTE OF TIME Tom Cochrane

Sit around and curse Apocalypse in verse Gets so you can't recognize the gentlemen from the jerks Verbal masturbation prime time on the air Outside there's another rights parade Somebody hands you

RIVER OF STONE Tom Cochrane

We turned and stared out On the fields where we once layed Looked back on them for one last time Before the storm would break You cannot stand in the line of fire I still can hear you say We won't

LOVE UNDER FIRE Tom Cochrane

She got the heart She got the heart of the working man It's not hard to understand She got the love She got the love of the working man She wears it high upon her sleeve Deep in the heart of this

MESSAGE (RISE UP AGAIN) Tom Cochrane

The message is faint, but it's coming in clear Meet by the lake far away from here The place we'd meet, way back when Hearts as one Can you show me how it feels again Where the moon rises up again

WORK OUT Tom Cochrane

Walking on glass Walking on stone When you're walking Sometimes walking alone Put your heart out And reach for the top Keep moving, don't ever stop Written on the wind Written on the sand Every

THIS IS THE WORLD Tom Cochrane

Make you sometimes want to fly away Let the critics be damned True colours will always stand It's no disgrace, lets cut to the chase, Hey, hey, hey, hey This is the one, let's not waste it Come

All The Kings Men Tom Cochrane

Shut your eyes my darling there's nothing you can say the man in the moon won't fall on you he doesn't live there anyway you don't have to be a soldier to fight in your private war let the blood

JUST SCREAM Tom Cochrane

6000 miles And think its no big deal And turn and come back in Anytime you feel If there's something more need I cried for you, I would've died for you Tell it to someone who wants to hear When the

EVERYTHING COMES AROUND Tom Cochrane

I've got a reason And it sounds like this Everything has it's season Let's bless it with a kiss babe I'll be there for you I'll be your rainy day man Everytime the devil laughs out loud When we

SINKING LIKE A SUNSET Tom Cochrane

She's thinking about the prince and cinderella The outlaws the hustlers and the heroes They never seem to fall It doesn't matter it doesn't matter what The outcome of the story is Because in real

Life Is A Highway Tom Cochrane

Life Is A Highway Tom Cochrane Life's like a road that you travel on When there's one day here and the next day gone Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand Sometimes you turn your back to the

BRAVE AND CRAZY Tom Cochrane

tells him "Buddy there are some things you cannot say" I'll be damned if you'll tell me What I can and cannot feel I won't be no puppet here none of your back room deals Modern love was invented by the

LOOK OUT AGAIN Tom Cochrane

I was at your port of call One more flower upon the wall You were talkin' to my friend Bout your new place east of Number 10 Say Look out again You don't know what you do to me Oh I'm not to blame

I WISH THAT I COULD SEE YOU NOW Tom Cochrane

I wish that I had said things That I had wanted Or at least removed the falsehood Of my pride But you stood so free and innocent That i could not face you Oh, I wish that I Could see you now

Another Page Tom Cochrane

I sit by my castles In the back of my chair Gazing into the dawn I blackmailed my teachers For not living dispair When there was really Not much going on I learnt how to cry at a very young