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Big Brother, Little Brother
Music and lyrics by Clive Bayley
You promised us that we could stay forever in our land
It just meant nothing
You told us we would be all right greeting you with open hands
It meant nothing.
You said we could live here, it was always a lie
You told us you would help us, but you were never going to try
It all meant nothing
You offered us your treasure
We said it wasn't right
It meant nothing
You made us sign some papers that you made up in the night
It just meant nothing
You wiped out our traditions to always keep us weak
Fed us with your firewater and kicked us in the street
It all meant nothing
You moved us to another place, you said it was best
It was just a way to take our world to make sure we had less
It was just nothing, it was nothing, it was nothing
But now the world you made is falling by the way
Your greed and anger killing all the dreams you had to play
It all means nothing, nothing, it means nothing
Your time is up, the wind has changed
Your systems in the ditch, it puts you in the grave
Where will you turn to fix it when the rain turns into piss
Your time is up, the wind has changed
Your systems in the ditch, it puts you in the grave
Where will you turn to fix it, when the rain turns into piss
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Love's Fire
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Love’s Fire
Music by Clive Bayley
Lyrics from a poem by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh
Loves fire for a life-time, it burned my heart and soul
Until my beloved showed me the way of love
Loves jealousy gave me no chance to cry out
It sewed my lips from speaking, from speaking out
Like a moth out of passion I circled you so much
That it burned like the candle kindling me for every crowd
He's stored me in the heart of time
So that in this age I could amplify the whisperings of love
I am the slave of the master of the Holy fire
From myself He bought me
Then he sold me for the price of the taverns wine
Oh my friend oh my friend drunkenly said
With the breath of the beloved, he drunkenly said
Loves fire for a lifetime it burnt my heart and soul.
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Turning To The Light
07:05
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Turning To The Light
Music by Clive Bayley & Max Hunt with special thanks to Tchaikovsky.
Lyrics by Clive Bayley
I know what I am here, weightless light I’m everything
Everywhere with no need but love to reel me in
To make it through your life, you thought it was for the best
As life went on you leapt from me, and stayed hidden from the stress
I am just a thought, only your idea your idea is just a thought
Its time to set me free, just let go and be
Take the step, make the bet, it's all because of me
Just take away that veil that quietly crept up on you
Set it free, set it free, you know its what should be
I am a just a thought, only your idea
Of that I am so clear
And I knew it all along, couldn't see it but felt it's touch
I searched for it outside so much
And now its come inside, where it’s always stayed to hide
It smiled back at me, saying I am you and you are me
I want to see you but I'm caught up in myself
A life of struggle, not much thought, nothing for myself
Life opens with a kiss, like a flower on my lips
A world just of bliss
And now the fog is lifting, the day is full of light
A gentle breeze awakes the sleep and sets us for the fight
Free to think again, free to see again
Free from the claws of life, the doubt, the trouble and the strife
Life opens up like a flower with a kiss, a kiss on my lips
Just remove the veil that quietly crept up on you
Turning to the light, turning to the light
You’re turning, turning to the light
A thought, an idea, whose thought?
Whose idea? What’s the difference with others who are me?
No desire but love, no more thoughts to turn, no desire but love,
No more thoughts to turn, no desire but love
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Angel Sent
04:06
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Angel Sent
Music and lyrics by Clive Bayley with special thanks to Ludwig Van Beethoven
A starlit night, a game of dice, a gamble with life's desire
A memory, a way of life, a vision from afar
Where have all the people gone, lost in space
Or are they on the run
Haven't seen a smiling face
Not felt a warm embrace
Just a desert in the sun
How much longer, to walk this road
Before my breath is still
What have I got to do to find you
Find you in this world
Is this a dream, or is it real
Or are you just an Angel sent?
To guide me on this way of life
Look into your eyes, you’re an Angel in disguise
I want to touch your hair, look into your eyes
But in my dream you disappear
You’re just an image in my mind
You’re just a moments prayer
Slipping through my bewildered mind
I take a breath, to still the air
In that precious space, I see your face
And my feeling tells me you are there
I want to hold your hand, when I'm alone, when I'm alone
To feel your grace when I'm at home
A place that we can share
A place we can share, place we can share
You’re just my Angel, my Angel, my Angel
Somewhere in my mind
I can't see your face
But I know that you are there.
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More And More
07:06
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More and More
Music and lyrics by Clive Bayley
Been all around Chicago and been all around New York
Have not found a bit yet that feels like home
Better keep on searching and just go it alone
Travelled east & travelled west is it fun or just a test
Can you always see something new
Are you running from the truth
City life, fun and spice, urban scene, adman’s dream
Play the game to get more you'll find it, find it all in our store
I bought my soul from a Macy's counter
Red white and blue in a cotton binder
When I crossed the street to Saks changed my mind gave it back
The girl put out to me thought I might buy her wares
It was only glass bottle with an ounce of coloured smells
She tried so hard to catch my eye I was good at being vague
With staring to the sky
Staring at my pocket she saw another sales docket
One more shot at the guy with a lot how could she know I had given it away what chance a sale when all I want is play
Then I woke up in Japan was it just another plan
A diversion from aversion or was it always a scam
No just an escape from a game that's become very tame
It's just a flight out in the night in my minds aeroplane
Do you like this town I said with a frown
Can I cheer you up she said like a clown
Just a spray, no need to pay see how you feel
See if it's real
I offered my hand but just as she tipped it
I ran fingers across her lipstick
A word in your ear my beautiful seller
Step down just a moment from being a go-getter
Close your eyes to this town drift your thoughts far away
To a place without gadgets without perfumes and fabrics
No, just an escape from a game that's become very tame
Just a flight in the night, in my minds aeroplane
Come through the gates, don't be late
We need to sell you more and more
Come through the gates, we need to sell you more
More and more, more
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Swan
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Swan
Lyrics by Clive Bayley, music by Clive Bayley and Max Hunt, influenced by the music from Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky.
It’s alright, the day is bright
The journey’s on, it won’t be long
You’ll be there soon, before the moon,
Lights up your dream, your journey’s theme
Stay awake, stay awake
Don’t waste the day
It soon is night we’re stepping on our way
Be alive, be alive, it soon is night, the time is swept away
Open up, open up, open to the night
As the moon and the stars, they all give you light
Beware, be aware, stare into those dreams
Are they all what they seem?
This moment is now, it’s not just a dream
What you feel is the stage
Where your play turns the page
What you think is the curtain that keeps you away
Away from yourself, it’s the actor today
Like a swan in the sky, learning to fly
Lifting its weight, no more cares about fate
Death defying its gravity
With a flap of the wings
Reaching to see like a bird on the wing
That stalls in its flight and plunges to earth
Trying to swim
The weight of itself pressing down, pressing down
No more fight no more flight
Falling to the ground, hardly making a sound
Such a sorry sight
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Image Of Existence
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Image Of Existence
Music by Clive Bayley
Lyrics from a poem by Dr Javad Nurbakhsh
Come and be drowned, come and be drowned
Come and let us wash away the image of existence
And no longer speak of I and we
Come let all those thoughts drift away
Forget both worlds and be silent
Come but beware of the shame of knowing
Send those endless lines of learning from your head
Come so we can cast far away all things that may be said
And blind our eyes to all there is to see
We will be strangers to all and seem mad in eyes of rational men
Come and be drowned
Come we will empty ourselves of self
And leave behind the shame of I and we
Come and welcome un-fulfillment
For we do not suppose self desire to be the goal
Come but be aware the pain of knowing
Send those endless lines of learning from your head
Come so we can cast far away all things that may be said
And blind our eyes to all there is to see
We will be strangers to all
And seam mad in the eyes of rational men
Come and be drowned in the ocean of unity
Free from all thoughts of union and separation
As this world, is not even worth a grain of sand
Other than what is old and new it is nothing
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You
06:43
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You
Music and lyrics by Clive Bayley
I see you searching in my dreams or waiting here
Will I find you with your golden curls of hair?
I’ll hear you, you’re lighting up my sky
A butterfly flaps it’s wings in China
The ripples pass over me in silence in the air
I can feel you now
I see you everywhere, over there
I can hear you now
You lighten up my sky and lighten up my dreams
The storyline follows me in silence
A way of life comes to me in silence for us to share
The preacher he was always wrong
Never listened to my story
Never thought of anyone else
Too much praying to his glory for himself
It doesn’t mean to be like this
There’s too much praise and not much bliss
A gentle breeze to send my kiss
I know it will never miss
I’ll send you my kiss
You’re so near me now, so close to me now
Closer than my jugular vein that beats out a rhythm to me
You’re so close, you’re so close, you’re so close
The ocean tide, the waves of love, the forest dawn, the morning sun take away all my aching, take away your pain
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The Secret
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The Secret
Music and lyrics by Clive Bayley & Max Hunt. Influenced by Gustav Holst. Guitar parts by Peter Banks
Look, look again
What you think you see is me
And not me, look, look again
What you think you see is just a reflection
I am an image in your mind
For you to realize and find that it’s me
A picture, like in a thought that’s apart from it, be free
See that its just one, a story that all and none
Just a tapestry of life, a brief moment in time
Not tomorrow, not the future, not the past
They don’t really exist
The secret of the secret
Look deeper into your heart
It’s always been there right from the start
Give it up, give it up the timeline of you
For you can live outside of it
And think that it’s all true
Look again, I am imagination in your mind
Look again for you to find
Look again, look again
Look again, look again
You are the secret, you are the secret of life
You are the secret in sum of you
Look again, look again
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Mabel Greer's Toyshop London, UK
The band Mabel Greer's Toyshop changed its name to "Yes" in 1968. The original founders re-established Mabel in 2013, releasing the album "New Way Of Life" featuring Billy Sherwood & Tony Kaye.
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