WILL OF THE GUN Tom Cochrane

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 crossfire babe It's down to the will off

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

VACATION (IN MY MIND) Tom Cochrane

Sit by the range See the splendors of the Bronze Age I'll be wild eyed and waiting They got me there and well placed Where are you Where you are I will be I am on a vacation Only in my mind Vacation

VICTORY DAY Tom Cochrane

she'll be walking outside She'll turn to see what is true Won't draw no curtains, be hiding no way On that Victory Day She's stuck it out, she's hung in tough She won't be running away He says it will

BRAVE AND CRAZY Tom Cochrane

says "You got something we've got to hear" Brave and crazy...brave on Brave and crazy...brave on Along the boardwalk of this burned out tourist town The ghosts of another day stalk the barren

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

I WISH YOU WELL Tom Cochrane

I'm gonna check my scars at home Gonna cash my chips and roam Gonna walk before I fade to black I'm gonna write a new resume I'm gonna write you off the page I'm gonna take what we might take away

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

WILDEST DREAMS Tom Cochrane

You talks as if in riddles You talk as if in rhymes Down in the lion's lair Stroke yourself to feel so fine And what are you afraid of Afraid to get so touched When you begin to feel Is it way

ONE WAY OUT Tom Cochrane

Stand too close I can feel her pull me in All the time here waiting Has been wasted in the wind Adjusted to your way And the corner of your stare You can only stand so close to it Before you see

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

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

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

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

BEST WASTE OF TIME Tom Cochrane

isms of despair (CHORUS) And we were sitting in this room You and me and these four walls Talking through each others eyes And saying nothing nothing nothing at all And it was the best waste of

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

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

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

SONS BEAT DOWN Tom Cochrane

Hundred and one in the shade tonight All that time in the wilds of youth You might find it won't desert you We're gonna shake your soul tonight Some may say let's wait and see Some may find it's

LUNATIC FRINGE Tom Cochrane

Lunatic Fringe I know you're out there You're in hiding And you hold your meetings We can hear you coming We know what you're after We're wise to you this time We won't let you kill the laughter

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

Didn't I Lorraine Tom Cochrane

Waiting in silence You had to go 'Cause just like a baby You had to know And to think that by leaving We would see more clear To undo the pattern of doubt and fear, Drifting apart It has brought us nearer

ART OF LISTENING Tom Cochrane

I want to hold you up When you feel you can't go any longer I'll help you get back up when you feel you Can't get any stronger Don't be frightened when You hear the rising distant thunder Don't be

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.'

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

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

PIECE OF YOUR SOUL Tom Cochrane

Take away all my blues Fill me with good news When I'm used and torn You get me thru Nothing could thrill me more than When you're standin' there like before Stripped clear of defenses While your

Hold Tight Tom Cochrane

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

BEAUTIFUL DAY Tom Cochrane

Could it be the joke's on us 75 degrees and it's just the end of winter She says we've got all we need To go outside and sit right down and paint a picture One more day to be alive One more good

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

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

WILLIE DIXON SAID Tom Cochrane

Dialect comes so slick that you can't predict the news Water it down like butternut blues Black smoke's lightening comin' up the trees Wrap it up nice put a bow round it please Telly myself again and

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

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

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

GOOD NEWS Tom Cochrane

You're always wearin' somethin' Upon your lapel So what if that ain't cool these days You wear it well The day that you left L.A.

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

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 WONDER Tom Cochrane

, your shoes, your hair Be an island, I don't care Not depending on what others think Change your plans, your style, your flair I'd know you anywhere Not depending on what others think Insist the

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

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

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

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

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

Young Thing, Wild Dreams (Rock Me) Tom Cochrane

out the back Come on and move me Move me, move me Let your spirit ring Rock me 'Til I can't think Move me, move me With all of your might Rock me, rock me Rock me, rock me Young thing,

SONG BEFORE I LEAVE Tom Cochrane

Just a song before I leave A few words to believe in A touch we'll both remember in time Like a warm fire in December They'll remind us who is real And who is just passing by A small taste of what

JUST SCREAM Tom Cochrane

I'm so tired of all this crap That falls from you like rain Do you think that I'm that naive Or have you gone insane You can fly 6000 miles And think its no big deal And turn and come back in

GET BACK UP Tom Cochrane

God I hate your needles and Your dirty little vial of pills I guess I love the sweat you put me through I know I love your body Like I used to love your mind But now your soul's a slave To all

Shake Monster Tom Cochrane

I was on patrol It was late at night I was checking the parameters To see if it was air tight All points clear looked like everything was alright Twelve o'clock high when I saw the big green light

CITIZEN CAIN Tom Cochrane

can lead a horse to water But you cannot make him drink You can own a man's whole work for life But you cannot make him think what you want You can tell them all a thousand lies But you don't own the