STAY A WHILE (Jeb Loy Nichols) last night the day dusk breaking was just my heart so pull the blanket up it's hours before the day grows dark sweet, sweet, stay a while (stay a while) sweet, sweet, stay a while (boy) sweet, sweet, stay a while (stay a while) sweet, sweet, stay a while looking out my morning window young lovers walking home what will the afternoon bring will i be left alone? sweet, sweet, stay a while (stay a while) sweet, sweet, stay a while (boy) sweet, sweet, stay a while (stay a while) sweet, sweet, stay a while i don't mind what you do today after you walk out the door right now please turn around stay one minute more don't take the road to town that's not the road to take oh we know 'cos it gonna bring me down if you're gone when i awake sweet, sweet, stay a while (stay a while) sweet, sweet, stay a while (boy) sweet, sweet, stay a while (stay a while) sweet, sweet, stay a while you know i love you but you can't keep still so many promises to fulfil you'll never be here anyway don't be gone when i awake (baby no) (i just want you) (to make me smile) sweet, sweet, stay a while (stay a while) sweet, sweet, stay a while (boy stay a while) sweet, sweet, stay a while (stay a while) sweet, sweet, stay a while i want you to stay a while, a while, a while i want you to stay a while, a while, a while sweet, sweet, stay a while sweet, sweet, stay a while (boy) sweet, sweet, stay a while (stay a while) sweet, sweet, stay a while you know i love you but you can't keep still (stay a while) so many promises to fulfil (boy) you'll never be here anyway (stay a while) don't be gone when i awake -- UNEXPECTED DAYS (Stanley Clarke) unexpected days unexpected ways go your way life is still now travellers through time sometimes lose their way and they stray always searching vibrations strong vibrations feel so full now oh so clear now vibrations those vibrations are so strong now clear and strong now never pass it by when you feel that glow deep inside recognise it unmistaken sign drift into your life know it well you can find it then you can see the whole universe before you and in the new play you'll find you life has fortune in a new road you'll laugh as you walk in free space you'll find a sign that fits you in tune with this place unexpected days unexpected ways go your way life is still now travellers through time sometimes lose their way and they stray always searching vibrations strong vibrations feel so full now oh so clear now vibrations then you can see the whole universe before you and in the new play you'll find you life has fortune in a new road you'll laugh as you walk in free space you'll find a sign that fits you in tune with this place vibrations strong vibrations feel so full now oh so clear now vibrations vibrations those vibrations are so strong now clear and strong now vibrations strong vibrations feel so full now oh so clear now -- THIN (Jeb Loy Nichols, Ned Kelly, Professor Stretch, P. Clendennin) if you wanna walk home with me i've gotta walk real slow don't walk fast, just make it last take your time, don't you know and if you wanna stop round my way on a day like today my door's open, you've got me hopin' that you're gonna stay on this thin, this thin midsummers day thin, this thin midsummers day gotta take your time come over here, take some of mine on this thin, this thin midsummers day so turn up the music, mister dj got a light 'til the break of dawn my hearts thumpin', records jumping street lights coming on on this thin, this thin midsummers day thin, this thin midsummers day you gotta take your time come over here, take some of mine on this thin, this thin midsummers day -- SHAKEN (Jeb Loy Nichols, Ned Kelly, Professor Stretch) i long for this crimson tide the day is long and the water's nice i had no hope [to fly as one]? to shield me from the coming storm shaken i was shaken but i was not brought down i was shaken right down to the very ground i was shaken by the wings of love i was shaken shook up by love ah ah ah ba da ba ba ah ah ah ba da ba ba and though i sleep and though i'll wake and dream a dream that i can take tomorrow is tomorrow's gone tomorrow's dead so i'll carry on shaken i was shaken but i was not brought down i was shaken right down to the very ground i was shaken by the wings of love i was shaken shook up on love (breakdown) ah ah ah ba da ba ba ah ah ah ba da ba ba shaken shaken and though i sleep and though i'll wake and dream a dream that i can take tomorrow is tomorrow's gone tomorrow's dead so i'll carry on shaken i was shaken but i was not brought down i was shaken right down to the very ground i was shaken by the wings of love i was shaken shook up on love shaken but i was not brought down i was shaken right down to the very ground i was shaken by the wings of love i was shaken shook up by love -- LAY DOWN (Jeb Loy Nichols, Ned Kelly, Professor Stretch, Jimmy Heath) she takes an early train and she buttons up her coat goodbye - so long that's all she wrote in her farewell note and it's cold at the station it'll probably be cold where she's bound it seems she's been poorly/poor-lie they like to lay her troubles down lay down, lay down, lay down lay down, lay down, lay down lay down, lay down, lay down lay down, lay down, lay down it's five miles to her reservoir but it's frozen this time of year he sits there anyway sipping on a beer and it was only two months ago they used to come and just lay around and he wonders where she is tonight he wants to lay his troubles down lay down, lay down, lay down lay down, lay down, lay down lay down, lay down, lay down lay down, lay down, lay down -- SO BLUE IT'S BLACK (Jeb Loy Nichols, Ned Kelly, Professor Stretch, Betty Davis) (yeah, somethin' like this) driving in the mornin' got rocks beneath my wheels like a broke down engine, girl that's the way you make feel i got a suitcase full of nothing pockets full of rain they is full of crying tears about a hat that's full of pain (look) look at the sky (look, look) look at that (ah) so blue it's black i'm standing in the night time counting stars that fall birds that rest have got their nest i've got no place at all if you don't believe me i'll tell you one more time and you can count the tears that fall from these eyes of mine (look) look at the sky (look, look) look at that (ah) so blue it's black (look) look at the sky (look, look) look at that (ah) so blue it's black from a quiet corner in a crowded room just listen to, listen to the boom while the dj plays the late night grooves his party's kind of crowded and i could use some friendship there's a quiet place i know let me take you there (look) look at the sky (look, look) look at that (ah) so blue it's black (look) look at the sky (look, look) look at that (ah) it's black (that's how it is) -- UNDER YOUR SKY (Jeb Loy Nichols, Ned Kelly, Professor Stretch, Dawson Smith) (woo) forty thousand streets under the stars each one different each one new rooms under roofs under blankets wet under all under the weather under heavy manners i'm walking under street lights under the black night don't push me don't stop me don't even try me this street to the next one this street to the blessed one where you live your street like no other street a different street under different stars under different roofs under a different sky forty thousand streets under the stars each house different each window new each one a new view curtains drawn lights on each window calls each window falls i'm walking waiting watching for your window your window like no other window your light brighter your window up your music on you're there by your window under your roof under your sky (under your sky) testing maybe they're safety breaks? switching you gotta step up the bass you gotta step up you gotta step up the bass i don't know if i can make it can't stop feelings got me crazy in the rain reeling i'm shaking see no meaning what will save me yeah (breakdown) i don't know if i can make it can't stop feelings got me crazy in the rain reeling i'm shaking see no meaning what will save me yeah (woo) forty thousand streets under the stars each one lost leading on into nothing more streets head back into this street and on into that street and i'm here on this street no way to get over no way to get back no way to be found on this lost street around the corner from your street around the corner from your window around the corner from your house around the corner from your roof under your sky around the corner from your street under your stars under your sky woah, woah, woah testing maybe they're safety breaks? switching you gotta step up you gotta step up the bass i don't know if i can make it can't stop feelings got me crazy in the rain reeling i'm shaking see no meaning what will save me yeah i don't know if i can make it can't stop feelings got me crazy -- COMIN HOME (Jeb Loy Nichols, Ned Kelly, Professor Stretch) (there's gonna be a show down) ain't it sad when the sun goes down and the one you love just to hang around this beds too big this blankets too thin no way to lose these blues i'm in the roads too long it just never bends the nights away never seem to end i gotta get me a ticket back get to the station get on the right track i'm comin' home i'm comin' home i'm comin', comin' home i'm comin' home later on if you're ready pull up a new plate at the table pull up a chair put the kettle on we can talk til it's early dawn tell me what you can tell me when just tell me, come on tell me how you've been these little things they can mean so much just a kiss or just a touch i'm comin' home i'm comin' home i'm comin' home will you be there to meet me take me in your arms and greet me after a hard day will you be there with your sweet ways on the night train i'm coming in walk up our street and i'm back again the lights off 'cos she ain't home will it be another night alone ain't it sad when the sun goes down (no sun) and the one you love just to hang around the beds too big this blankets too thin (ain't no way) no way to lose these blues i'm in i'm comin' home i'm comin' home i'm comin' home i'm comin' home (movin') (movin') i'm comin' home will you take my hand at the end of the day (no, no) i'm comin', comin' home i'm comin' home (leavin', leavin') (too late, too late) yes i am yes i am (shakin', slippin') (someone's tripping) will you be there to meet me at the end of the day will you greet me will you take me in your arms take me in your arms (no, no) i'm comin' home (stealin', takin') at the dark end of the street leave a light on for me (heart is, breakin') let the light shine say you'll be mine -- BIRD SONG (Jeb Loy Nichols, Ned Kelly, Professor Stretch, Andrew Hill) hey yeah (hey yeah) hey yeah (hey yeah) hey yeah (hey yeah) hey yeah (hey yeah) hey little sparrow when you come around leave me your sweet song and a feather crown hey little sparrow sittin' upon the wall you can fly away come back when i call because i need bird song on a night like this to remind me of a kiss i need a bird song oh, a little bird song hey little sparrow can you do one thing go and find my darling go and spread your wings hey little sparrow can you recognise my dear companion from the love look in his eyes because i need bird song on a night like this yes i need bird song to remind me of a kiss i need a bird song oh, a little bird song oh, a little bird song hey little sparrow go home to your nest 'til i find my darlin' i will get no rest hey little sparrow there's a full moon on the way but i'll keep on searching through another day because i need bird song on a night like this yes i need bird song to remind me of a kiss i need a bird song oh, i need a bird song oh, i need a bird song oh, i need a bird song hey, i need a bird song hey little sparrow in the tree won't you sing your song with me hey little sparrow up in the tree won't you sing your song with me hey little sparrow up in the tree won't you sing your song with me -- IN BETWEEN (Jeb Loy Nichols, Ned Kelly, Professor Stretch) every day tell somebody you love them love them love them