neil nathan "the distance calls"
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Neil Nathan, The Distance CallsTRANSCRIPT
The Distance Calls
Do ya, do ya want my loveDo ya, do ya want my faceDo ya, do ya want my mindDo ya, do ya want my love
In this life I’ve seen everything I can see womanSeen lovers flying through the air hand in hand
Seen babies dancing in the midnight sunSeen old men crying by their own gravesides
But I’ve never seen nothing like you
Do ya, do ya want my loveDo ya, do ya want my love
Well I heard the crowd singing outta tuneAs they sat and sang auld lang syne by the moon
Heard preachers banging on their drumsHeard kids playing with their guns
But I’ve never heard nothing like you
Do ya, do ya want my loveDo ya, do ya want my faceDo ya, do ya want my mindDo ya, do ya want my love
In the country where the sky touches down on the fieldYou lay down to rest in the morning sun
I come running just to get a lookJust to feel the touch of your long black hair
In the morning sun
Do ya, do ya want my loveDo ya, do ya want my faceDo ya, do ya want my mindDo ya, do ya want my love
Well I think you know what I’m trying to say womanSeen enough of the world to know
This crazy, crazy thing we call loving
We gotta get it to grow
Cuz I never felt nothing like you
Do ya, do ya want my loveDo ya, do ya want my faceDo ya, do ya want my mindDo ya, do ya want my love
Cuz I never felt nothing like you
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
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
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
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
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
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
All I ever wanted from you was the warmth within your heartBut something here inside of me, somehow couldn’t bring it out
Sooner or later it was all gonna have to fall apartAnd I’d be sitting here all alone,
another lonely face at the bar
So say it one more time with a tearSay it once more so I can be clear
All I need is one more time with a tearSo I can just disappear
Wish there was a way that I could get you out of my mindBut how can I just let you go
When everything around me reminds me of our timeEric Carmen’s crying out on the jukebox about my life
Ain’t worth a dime
So I’ll sit here all by myself play that song a million times
So say it one more time with a tearSay it once more so I can be clear
All I need is one more time with a tearSo I can just disappear
See your face everywhere that I goEvery song that I hear tells me so
Why does it have to hurt for so longI just need something to help me along
So say it one more time with a tearSay it once more so I can be clear
All I need is one more time with a tearSo I can just disappear
She said goodbyebye bye baby bye bye
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
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
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
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’
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
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,
Gene Song, Dan Taub, Tristam Steinberg, Pete Rydberg, Mike “Slo-Mo” Brenner, Chris
Malcarney, Jason Candler, Frank Caira, Seth Skolnick, Aaron Shafer-Haiss, Raphael McGregor, Mike Davis, Johnny B. Azari, Vaj Potenza, Ric Serena, Kia Kiso, Joseph Krzemienski, Jason Pohlig, Ryan Gaffney,
Michael Wartella, Max Frey, Peter Hay, Jim Nelson, Dave Feeny, Andy Gesner,
Rob Fitzgerald, Mike Zaccaro, Natalia Nastaskin, Alan Kanoff, Ron Sobel, Marty Silverstone, Stephen
Herring, Has, Nick Finney, Guillermo Rodriguez, Nakia Syvonne, Bob Weidman, Laura Baggett,
Tim Kaim, Kelly Gorman, Ed Chin, Chris Kneller, Marco Panetta, Dave Barnaby, Durand Trench,
Sue Waldman, Adam Collett, Nevin Martell and Rosario Dawson.