On this CD:
All These Years
Land's End
Open Your Eyes
No Tears for the Crier
Another Restless Night
Hometown
Running Down a Fantasy
The Girls Are Getting Ready
Lullaby

ALL THESE YEARS

It’s the middle of the night, and I can’t sleep.
I got a hungry appetite,
but one thing keeps me awake.
It might end with the morning light,
but it never really leaves;
it just hides inside.

I’ve been down this road before,
chasing this me that’s always looking for more.
Conceived long ago and then born.
I’ve been wearing down this need all these years.

I turn from side to side, and it just repeats.
There’s no relief in sight
There’s nothing that can satisfy this appetite.
There goes a dream,
another temporary place for all this to hide.

I’ve been down this road before,
chasing this me that’s always looking for more.
Conceived long ago and then born.
I’ve been wearing down this need all these years.

Now’s my time to write
before all these thoughts give way
to the morning light.
And where’s my wrong and right?
Just when I’ve needed it
through all these years.

LAND'S END

You think you want to get inside me;
but I don’t think you really do.
Have you ever given any thought
to how I might damage you?

Don’t cross this street.
Stay off this road.
There is a lot of me to download.
Don’t go down this street.
Stay off this road.
How far I could have traveled
if I’d walked all the miles I rode.

You might get lost somewhere inside me
and never find your way out.
And I don’t think that I can guide you,
cause I’m not sure just what I’m all about.

Don’t cross this street.
Stay off this road.
There is a lot of me to download.
Don’t go down this street.
Stay off this road.
How far I could have traveled
if I’d walked all the miles I rode.

Now that you’ve processed all this information,
what makes you think you understand?
The only place where I feel settled
is at the Inn on the end of the land.

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OPEN YOUR EYES

I still can’t believe you don’t understand,
that what’s been drawn up for you is a simple plan.
There’s a voice that’s been guiding you.
Now all you have to do is just listen
to one that was going to walk, one that almost ran away.

Open your eyes, and you will see
what you’ve been listening to but haven’t heard.
When there’s nothing left to say,
there will be a price to pay.
Now’s the time for action, not words.
All your reasons have been heard.
Open your eyes.

You’re running out of excuses;
You’ve used them all before
Act like you’re concerned,
and it won’t be ignored.
Just a little tenderness is all that someone’s looking for.

Open your eyes, and you will see
what you’ve been listening to but haven’t heard.
When there’s nothing left to say,
there will be a price to pay.
Now’s the time for action, not words.
All your reasons have been heard.
Open your eyes.

Try to hold on to what your mind has blurred
Your ability to ignore is borderline absurd.
If you need a reason to care,
there’s reason for concern.