The Distance Calls

Better be goin’Better be goin’

Left surrounded by the longest dayI was stranded down the road today

Best believe I tried to walk away

Better be goin’

Yeah I’m goneBetter be goin’Yeah I’m goneBetter be goin’Yeah I’m gone

Today

Cried so hard it nearly burned my eyesTried so hard to live in a disguise

I was always one for long goodbyes

Better be goin’Yeah I’m gone

Better be goin’Yeah I’m goneBetter be goin’Yeah I’m gone

Today

Left surrounded by the longest dayI was stranded down the road today

Best believe I tried to walk away

Better be goin’Yeah I’m goneBetter be goin’Yeah I’m goneBetter be goin’Yeah I’m gone

Today

Better be goin’Yeah I’m goneBetter be goin’Yeah I’m goneBetter be goin’Yeah I’m gone

Today

Long legged beautyHeels of solid goldBarely glanced at allI didn’t hurt a soul

But it’s never enoughNever enoughNever enough

No it’s never enoughNever enoughNever enough

Gave you all my loveGave you all my heart

In case that wasn’t enoughI even gave you my car

But it’s never enoughNever enoughNever enough

No it’s never enoughNever enoughNever enough

Every little thing you burn me onEvery little thing you turn me on

Know I’ll never strayKnow we’ll never part

I do it all babe for you

Everything but starve

But it’s never enoughNever enoughNever enough

No it’s never enoughNever enoughNever enough

Every little thing you burn me onEvery little thing you turn me on

Never enoughNever enoughNever enough

No it’s never enoughNever enoughNever enough

No it’s never enoughNever enoughNever enough

Brushfires in the desert rainI’m trying to re-live the day

When you said to meBaby we were meant to be

Sand drifting on an empty beachCool waters run beneath my feet

And your ocean breezePuts my mind at ease

California sunCalifornia run

Cliffs rise above a restless seaWind whistles through the forest trees

I can hear it sayYou’re the only way

Sun shimmers in the velvet skyWaves sparkle right before my eyes

With your magic touchI love you oh so much

California sunCalifornia run

You’re my darling of the sea

You’re my pretty melodyYou’re my blue sky fantasy

You’re my future history

Brushfires in the desert rainI’m trying to re-live the day

When you said to meBaby we were meant to be

California sunCalifornia run

Yes today wasFar and wide

I heard you calling

In the name ofFear and greed

And all that’s stolen

All we need is So much more

What you gave usHopes and dreamsAn endless longing

What we gave upEverything

An endless dawning

All we need is So much more

I know you have deniedThat sparkle in your eye

But when your day does comeWhat will you say you’ve done?

All we need is So much more

Yes we will stand up and rise today

Pistons firing like a ray gun

Sun is shining, day is still young

Time to sever your frustrationOpen road is your salvation

HighwaysThese are our days

HighwaysThese are our days

Rev the engine, change the stationSing your heart out with elationFree your mind from tribulation

Open road is elevation

Highways

These are our daysHighways

These are our days

Push that pedal downThe world your stomping ground

Hug that curve and nowYou’re not lost, you’re found

HighwaysThese are our days

HighwaysThese are our days

Speed and power, can you feel itBy the hour, by the minute

Now we’re rising, open skywaysNow we’re flying through the timewave

HighwaysThese are our days

HighwaysThese are our days

Best watch out because we’re comingPassing now, oh yeah we’re humming

A million times you had to say goodbyeTo childhood dreams, no longer justified

But you ought to knowWhen you let them go

You turn old insideYou begin to die

But it’s hard to keep an artist from his painAnd it’s hard to see the fire through the flame

Yeah it’s hard to trace the path from where you came fromBut it’s you that has to shoulder the blame

The sacred war you felt you had to fight

The battle scars that keep you up at night

But by now you knowAnd I told you so

You were dying blindNever saw the signs

But it’s hard to keep a soldier from his shameAnd it’s hard to see the fire through the flame

Yeah it’s hard to feed the hunger when you’re chained But it’s you that has to shoulder the blame

Eyes Wide Open

There’s a seedThere’s a lightThere’s a veil

There’s a storm passing through, there’s a sail

There’s a fist There’s a fireThere’s a nail

There’s a hunger inside not for sale

Oh, even todayDon’t Walk Away

There’s a hopeThere’s a fear

There’s a dreamAnd it’s not at all what it seems

There’s a sunThere’s a moonThere is space

And a world that has fallen from grace

Oh, even todayDon’t Walk Away

Eyes defythe face you wear a feeble lie

Gone astrayCause of all the things you held at bay

When the rain fallsFantasies come under siege

When the rain fallsYou’re a refugee of yourself, you’ll see

When the rain fallsWhen the rain falls

Got you byNot surprising that you’re living blind

Pushed awayCuz the hurt would never go away

Clouds of fireGather round despiteyour heart’s desire

When the rain fallsFantasies come under siege

When the rain fallsYou’re a refugee of yourself, you’ll see

When the rain fallsWhen the rain falls

Hiding, denyingFighting the crying

Facing the evasion again

When the rain falls

Fantasies come under siegeWhen the rain falls

You’re a refugee of yourself, you’ll seeWhen the rain fallsWhen the rain fallsWhen the rain fallsWhen the rain falls

tossed out and chastised latelyyou can’t stand to see my face

we used to have an understandinggetting tired of your distaste

baby come onlet meget on

used to be we’d just have fun babenow you’re all up in my face

i’m not the one who messed this up babeto let it go is such a waste

babycome onlet meget on

it makes all the sensein the world

let’s take all the best little girl

forget all the rest

just take all the bestit makes all the sense

in the world

babycome onlet me get on

but now you wanna make me suffer

chain me down to feel your pain

when I just wanna keep things simpleI just wanna keep things sane

babycome onlet me get on

It’s too lateIt’s too late

It’s too late yeah

I never once saw you cryYou never once recognizedWhat it was I gave to you

What it was you put me throughWhat it was you took for granted

Now

It’s too lateIt’s too late

It’s too late yeahIt’s too lateIt’s too late

It’s too late yeah

The only thing behind your eyesA look of fear, hypnotized

What we had a reckless truthWhat we had a simple youth

What we had another faded lie

It’s too lateIt’s too late

It’s too late yeahIt’s too late

It’s too lateIt’s too late yeah

Was a golden winter day

When I turned to walk awayNo more clipped wing girls

No more hollow wordsThere’s nothing you can do or say

Cause it’s too lateIt’s too late

It’s too late yeahIt’s too lateIt’s too late

It’s too late yeah

It’s too lateIt’s too late

It’s too late yeahIt’s too lateIt’s too late

It’s too late yeahIt’s too lateIt’s too late

It’s too late yeah

Darlin’Sweet Darlin’

Oh to live inside your smileStay with me

Baby you will seeWe could make this turn out right

Cause I miss youLike you’re already gone

Yeah I miss youLike you’re already gone

Darlin’ Sweet Darlin’

Please forgive me and my pride

Stay with meFor eternity

Baby won’t you give us one more try

Cause I miss youLike you’re already gone

Yeah I miss youLike you’re already gone

Won’t you even tryTo give our love

Just a little more timeTo let it go now would be so wrong

You’re gonna miss meWhen I’m gone

Darlin’ Sweet Darlin’

Oh to live inside your smileStay with me

Baby can’t you seeWe could make this turn out right

Cause I miss youLike you’re already gone

Yeah I miss youLike you’re already gone

Oh Darlin’ Sweet Darlin’

Far off The distance calls

WaylaidBy future songs

Fade onCould this be done

Again

But no one is standing in your way

And nothing is here except today

Far off The distance calls

WaylaidBy future songs

Fade onCould this be done

Again

All original songs by NEIL NATHAN2010 Still and All Music/CCO Publishing (ASCAP)“Do Ya” by Jeff Lynne, EMI Blackwood Music, Inc.

Illustrations by HasDesign by Neil Nathan and Ryan Gaffney

Infinite thanks to Producer Bobby Harlow for his vision, tireless work ethic, magic ears, and friendship. The same goes for Engineer Jim “The Monkey Man” Kissling.

Very special thanks to Leah Koss, Lawrence Todd, Nancy & Milton Goldberg,

George Georgilakis, Hilary & Adam Comora, Diana & Brian Pessin, Josh Raskin, Eric Nagel, Marc Talbot,

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Michael Wartella, Max Frey, Peter Hay, Jim Nelson, Dave Feeny, Andy Gesner,

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Herring, Has, Nick Finney, Guillermo Rodriguez, Nakia Syvonne, Bob Weidman, Laura Baggett,

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