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

LASTING SONG Tom Cochrane

tried to make it Like it was up on the screen You know, only fools believe What they cannot see And only fools put their hands in the fire Again and again To see how it feels back in CHORUS No, I

OCEAN BLUES (EMOTION BLUE) Tom Cochrane

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 bare Sing me the tune That won the war Sing me the song

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 MAN FEELING BAD Tom Cochrane

can't sleep I'm so vain I'm sometimes so weak I didn't mean to hurt you Sometimes I just don't think enough I'm a sane man gripped by my duty Something lately has really gotten to me I tell myself

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

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

BOY INSIDE THE MAN Tom Cochrane

So long so long so long he's been away So long so long so long he's back again When I turned seventeen We had passion, we had dreams Thought the love we were fighting for Was something holy, something

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

Whipping Boy Tom Cochrane

There is always some excuse For your air of sad abuse But when the table's turned Holding it out don't you ever learn CHORUS: I won't be a whipping boy I won't get down on my knees I won't be

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

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

ONE MORE TIME (SOME OLD HABITS) Tom Cochrane

could come to me In the night When you thought No one should have known With your hard luck little girl look And the trouble that you'd own You'd come like the wind When the night got so cold And leave

Hold Tight Tom Cochrane

I can't sleep The world's closing in I reach for someone You're not there We say things Sometimes we never mean Who's to say what is and is not fair Turn out the light CHORUS: Hold tight!

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

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

CITIZEN CAIN Tom Cochrane

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 world You can give her everything you want But you won't have my girl Man you leave

WASHED AWAY Tom Cochrane

moves on like a river Soon leaves us all behind Like a summer rain It all gets washed away Round and round and round we go Where it stops don't no one know Find a love you better let them know Before

When I'm With You Tom Cochrane

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 many ways And when you love me girl You leave

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

NAPOLEON SHEDS HIS SKIN Tom Cochrane

She waits for him by the wharf By the sea where they used to go She sings a song that they'd sing Then waits for the echo...

LOVE UNDER FIRE Tom Cochrane

gold And ever man had his mission Then after all the stories are told The only thing I've got to hold Our love is under fire tonight But you know it's not to be forgotten She's seen this place before

I WONDER Tom Cochrane

Change your eyes, 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

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

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

WHITE HOT Tom Cochrane

I'm white hot I can't take it anymore I'm white hot By the somalian shore Yes i'm burning to the core I need rain Cast out from the jungle With no rations or canteen For selling faulty riffles

Didn't I Lorraine Tom Cochrane

would see more clear To undo the pattern of doubt and fear, Drifting apart It has brought us nearer To believing By your leaving Lover away in the night, Speak to me of your light, Lover lead me again, I

ART OF LISTENING Tom Cochrane

I'm courageous but I'm weak sometimes Outrageous but I don't often show that side I can be selfish but I can be a saint sometimes You make me feel like I'm bigger than who I am I can see everything

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

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

VACATION (IN MY MIND) Tom Cochrane

clothes in a sack I'm slipping out the back door 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

BEST WASTE OF TIME Tom Cochrane

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 time I

FRIENDLY ADVICE Tom Cochrane

He says you want a brand new start She says that we've grown apart I know a thing or two I speak from the heart Don't insult me with what your friends say After all that we've been through You'd

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

WILL OF THE GUN Tom Cochrane

I find it hard to imagine This world without guns and wars When we have our own private battles Our own bashing and slamming of doors What makes us want to hurt each other Can you help me to understand

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

CALLING AMERICA Tom Cochrane

I dreamt I was a refugee Who lived outside of town My family in a barria shack Battered and run down We had a friend from America Helped out, we took him in Like my brother he disappeared They

GOOD NEWS Tom Cochrane

I felt so alone Standing in the airport Longing to go home You-ooh-who You You never sing the blues You You always bring good news I wanna be your lover And I wanna be your friend It seems that

HANG ON TO YOUR RESISTANCE Tom Cochrane

I was choking on attemtped laughter As I looked up from the room A symphony of breezes caught me Drifting around my tomb Watching to see if they knew me With my faceless intruders pride And even

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

WILDEST DREAMS Tom Cochrane

Afraid to get so touched When you begin to feel Is it way, way too much Have you lost your sense of purpose And who can stand alone There's no more circus here There's nothing carved in stone I

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

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

POWER Tom Cochrane

Man up on the tower, Looks big up there He's got something extra, I wonder if he's scared.

BRAVE AND CRAZY Tom Cochrane

He sat down with his guitar in a distant place When a man walks up and 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

WINNER TAKE ALL Tom Cochrane

Time is up I don't know where you are Sands run down, I can't see that far Are you shock straight back into another star Where your mouth it moves, but the words don't come You don't give it another

WINDY NIGHT IN FALL Tom Cochrane

much the same Born restless under a wild sign Restless til the day we die Restless since the day we die Restless since the day you're born Restless says it all You're like a windy night in fall I

WILLIE DIXON SAID Tom Cochrane

put a bow round it please Telly myself again and again and again Get out of this son - state of mind we're in Like Willie Dixon said got to find me a place To clear my head Halle bop, halle bop I

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

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