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Carpe Diem
03:29
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Carpe Diem
As I look back down through the years
What do I see? where have I been?
Through the laughter, through the tears
What has become of all my dreams?
It's so easy to put things off 'til tomorrow
...and tomorrow
I wanna be sure to Seize the Day
Tempus est nunc, Carpe Diem
The time is now, Seize the Day
Finis ergo video, Carpe Diem
I'm awake at last and I Seize the Day
As I look on down through the years to come
What do I see? Where will I be?
Will I walk on forward through my fears
To become all that I can be?
It's so easy to put life off ti'l tomorrow
...and tomorrow
I wanna be sure to Seize the Day
(Chorus)
It's so easy to put life off ‘til tomorrow
... and tomorrow
I wanna be sure to Seize the Day
(Chorus x 2)
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Insanity
03:59
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Insanity
I whispered your name, you never came
Silent rooms, a photo framed
And even when, you are near
It's like you’re, not here
Breaking apart is just the start
It’s insanity, insanity, insanity!
Please, please, just bring me down
Please help me, help me to ground
In some sense of lucidity
It’s the only thing, that hurt me
Please let me, let me be free
Burning in these dying flames
Breaking apart, is just the start
And it’s killing me, just killing me, just killing me
Why when the sun, falls from the sky?
It’s insanity, insanity, insanity!
Green fields and endless oceans
Flooding my - dark clouded notions
Blue skies - withers and fades my cries
Breaking apart, is just the start
And it’s killing me, just killing me, just killing me
Why when the sun, falls from the sky?
It’s insanity, insanity, insanity!
Breaking apart, is just the start
And it’s killing me, just killing me, just killing me
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3. |
Save Yourself
03:25
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Save Yourself
(Verse1)
When you walk on by afraid to stop and try
You wanna make it right you wanna save a life
You just turn your head on all the suffering
Like you always did , gonna save a life
(chorus)
You gotta save yourself
If you wanna get home tonight
You gotta save yourself…
If you wanna get home tonight
(break)
(verse 2)
Gotta have some faith, foundation laid in place
When we make a change we can save a life
There’s no more in between the lines that can’t be seen
Problems on the street, reach out and save a life
(chorus x 2)
You gotta save yourself
If you wanna get home tonight
You gotta save yourself…
If you wanna get home tonight
You gotta save yourself
If you wanna get home tonight
You gotta save yourself…
If you wanna get home…
(bridge)
Define our generation as one to be heard
Reach out to tomorrow, get what you deserve
Are you ordinary and have you got the time
Reach out to another and save a life
I’ve got the inspiration for a better time
The seconds on the clock are going to end tonight
I haven’t got the reason but I got the rhyme… tonight…
Tonight I’m gonna save a life
(solo)
(verse 3)
The future’s in our hands along with its demand
We learn to understand, we learn to understand
We all make mistakes, some don’t go away…
They never go away
(chorus x 2)
You gotta save yourself
If you wanna get home tonight
You gotta save yourself…
If you wanna get home tonight
You gotta save yourself
If you wanna get home tonight
You gotta save yourself…
If you wanna get home tonight
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4. |
Ghost In The Mirror
03:58
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Ghost In The Mirror
©2003 Ian Rushton
Moonlight shines through the window
On a girl who cannot sleep
Howling winds and the dancing shadows
From the clouds that creep
This frightened woman sits and cries
You can see it in her eyes
See them laughing, they're laughing at her
Jagged and ragged, but free
See them crying, they're crying for her
Look beyond what you see
Ghosts that only she can see
Whisper in her dreams
They chase her in the darkness
Deafened by her silent screams
Face to face with her own reflection
Always watching over her
See them laughing, they're laughing at her
Jagged and ragged, but free
See them crying, they're crying for her
Look beyond what you see
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5. |
The Light & The Darkness
02:59
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The Light & The Darkness
Into the dark night
You walk alone
Sounds of the lost souls
Trapped out of time
The light and the darkness
That covers you
The light and the darkness
Etched in memories from long ago
Into the bright light
Sights unseen
Legends of heroes
Have always been
The light and the darkness
That covers you
The light and the darkness
Etched in memories from long ago
I’ll build you a heaven
From sand and stone
Where you can rest
Never alone
Never, never, never alone!
The light and the darkness
That covers you
The light and the darkness
Etched in memories from long ago
The light and the darkness
That smothers you
The light and the darkness
Etched in memories from long ago
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6. |
Dusty Road
03:49
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Dusty Road
© 2011 Ian Rushton
(v1)
Travelling down this dusty trail
Counting footsteps along the way
Suddenly I became aware of you
(v2)
You were clearly as lost as I
Your trail went back as far as mine
Not knowing where you’re going to or where you’ve been
(ch)
Two lonely souls travelling down this dusty road
[break]
(v3)
We journey down this ragged trail
Encounter troubles along the way
But each day I wish to share with you
(ch)
Two lonely souls travelling down this dusty road
(solo)
(bridge)
Paid my debts and paid my dues
Nothing left for me to do, yeah
Finding you by my side
(ch)
Two lonely souls travelling down this dusty road
(v4)
Travelling down this dusty trail
Counting footsteps along the way
Not caring where we’re heading to
Or what we’ve seen
(ch)
Two lonely souls travelling down this dusty road
Two lonely souls travelling down this dusty road
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7. |
Take Me Away
03:20
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Take Me Away
Bright lights approaching
I think we’re gonna meet
Underneath a lamp post
On a dark and misty street
My life blood is draining
Tired heart go to sleep
Rains starts falling
It bites in so deep
Wind starts howling
Leaves swirling round my feet
This world is fading
And soon I’ll be free
Take me away
Away from here
To a place that’s safe
Take me away
Away from here
To a place that’s far away
My soul is rising
And my mind is clear
My body’s dying
But there is no fear
This life has ended
I wish you were near
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8. |
Sympathy
03:43
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Sympathy
Eternal youth under her skin
Flowing like a river within
She dances like the devil’s inside
With a ticket for a trip on a one-way ride
Down, down in the valley beneath
They search, they search for Sympathy
Down, down in the valley beneath
They search, they search for Sympathy
Behind the cigarette glow
Down the darkest road
Where is Sympathy?
I night in the life of Sympathy
No one cries for Sympathy
But the lights they shine for her
She flaunts herself with painted skin
Played a game she could never win
Her story remains unsolved
Only psychic spies will ever know
Down, down in the valley beneath
They search, they search for Sympathy
Down, down in the valley beneath
They search, they search for Sympathy
Where did she go, no one knows
What happened that fatal night
She left the party when she got in a fight
Where is Sympathy?
I night in the life of Sympathy
No one cries for Sympathy
But the lights they shine for her
Where is Sympathy?
I night in the life of Sympathy
No one cries for Sympathy
But the lights they shine for her
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9. |
Can You Hear Me Now?
03:12
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Can You Hear Me Now?
I wanna go where your bare feet walk
In a place beyond the dawn
There's a field, I'll meet you there
Near a place where I was born
Hear me now, can you hear me now?
Your love walks through my world
Hear me now, can your hear me now?
You love spreads through my world
And I know it will grow
Kneel down and clutch the ground
In this place where I was drawn
Reach up and touch the sky
In this place that is well-worn
(Ch)
Hear the sound of the whispering wind
In this place where I am sworn
You asked for one kiss, I gave you six
In this place that you adorn
(Ch)
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10. |
Do You Remember?
04:25
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Do You Remember?
©2004 Ian Rushton
Do you remember when all you wanted was fame?
Laughing in the face of likelihood
And do you remember as a child you had no shame
Now a man is forced to hide his face
For every one there comes a time
Unravel the mysteries of our hearts
Inviting us to reach in
Wanting to stay… wanting to go
Won’t find yourself in someone else
Carry the wisdom of your wounds
Can’t find yourself with someone else
Discovering pieces of a shattered life
Shattered life
Shattered life
Do you remember when life was just a game
Fiction blurs with what was true
‘And do you remember when love didn’t cost a thing
Past warnings enter your mind
For everyone there comes a time
Those dark secrets of your past
Inviting us to reach in
Wanting to stay… wanting to go
Won’t find yourself in someone else
Carry the wisdom of your wounds
Can’t find yourself with someone else
Discovering pieces of a shattered life
Shattered life
Shattered life
(solo)
For every one there comes a time
Unravel the mysteries of our hearts
Inviting us to reach in
Wanting to stay… wanting to go
Won’t find yourself in someone else
Carry the wisdom of your wounds
Can’t find yourself with someone else
Discovering pieces of a shattered life
Shattered life
Shattered life
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11. |
Beauty Mark
04:00
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Beauty Mark
© Ian Rushton & Kevin Evans
I’m not gonna make it here
To my many troubles I belong
Under me are many things I can’t repeat
A tongue needs a thought to say what it means
Love is speaking
Remove yourself and let it in
Listen to the wind
Listen to the wind
Listen to the wind
I’m not gonna make it here
It just feels like work
A fog of familiar argument
I’d rather roll in dirt!
Every time I look at you
Someone else someone new
Where’d that beauty mark go to-oo-oo?
Where’d that beauty mark go?
Love is speaking
Remove yourself and let it in
Listen to the wind
Listen to the wind
Listen to the wind
Under-most wonder
Comes to me like no other
Under-most wonder
Comes to me like no other
I’m not gonna make it here
To my many troubles I belong
Decisions in the wind and the rain and cold
You have what you want it’s getting old
Love is speaking
Remove yourself and let it in
Listen to the wind
Listen to the wind
Listen to the wind
Under-most wonder
Comes to me like no other
Under-most wonder
Comes to me like no other
Where’d that beauty mark go to-oo-oo?
Where’d that beauty mark go?
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12. |
She Wants It Over
03:29
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She Wants It Over
Thought there was a need
To remember where I’m from
So I left home, many years ago
Stopped writing letters to family and friends
There are no roads that we share… anymore
She was a lady
That I’d like to know
Got off the road
Leading me nowhere
Where I’d like to be was in her warm arms
Outside of need and inside of feeling
Agreed!
She wants it over
My search to be over
She wants it over
My search to be over
She wants it over now
The first lady I ever saw naked
Was on a deck of cards
I’ve been shuffling round
Shuffling round ever since then
But there’s been some hint that my gaming is over
We share a house, have mouths to feed
Mouths to feed!
She wants it over
My search to be over
She wants it over
My search to be over
She wants it over now
You won’t find me drinking
At the drift on inn
No you won’t find me thinking
There’s gotta be a way outta here
You might find me fumbling, stumbling for the words to say
If you’re asking me, asking me
To stay!
She wants it over
My search to be over
She wants it over
My search to be over
She wants it over now
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A Little Shake Up!
02:48
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A Little Shake Up!
Letting go of everything that you know
Moving forward is the only way you will grow
Stepping over the edge, there’s nothing to lose
Leave behind all those doubts, and all those blues!
All you needed was just a little wake up
All you needed was, just a little shake up!
Strength calls to you from a distance
Success comes to you through persistence
All you needed was just a little wake up
All you needed was, just a little shake up!
All you needed was just a little wake up
All you needed was, just a little shake up!
When all is said and all is done
The only thing left is to have fun!
All you needed was just a little wake up
All you needed was, just a little shake up!
All you needed was just a little wake up
All you needed was, just a little shake up!
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14. |
No Ordinary Day
04:21
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No Ordinary Day
This is no ordinary day
Save for one that may define
The chances, and the choices you will make
For the rest of your life
The road is lying here before you
Unfolding to your future now
Heed the signs
Your brand new destination
And it's been a real hard day
Don't imagine that anyone can do this for you
Don't believe that anyone can hold you back
Don't imagine that someone could try and do this for you
This is no ordinary day
Don't you analyse and don't look back
The pages fall, the story you…
This man standing here right now
Who never found this life so easy
You've woken and now you're on your way
Know life is tentative and precious
One you'd never even thought of
And it's been a real hard day
Don't imagine that anyone can do this for you
Don't believe that anyone can hold you back
Don't imagine that someone could try and do this for you
This is no ordinary day
Don't imagine that anyone can do this for you
This is no ordinary day
(repeat)
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Ian Rushton Auckland
Ian Rushton is UK born New Zealander, producer and self-taught pianist and guitarist, offering anything from contemporary classical and pop/rock instrumentals to adult contemporary pop and rock songs. Rushton regularly collaborates with musicians from around the globe to create an exciting and varied mix of easy listening music. ... more
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