(Kerry Livgren) 
 
 
The empty page before me now, the pen is in my hand 
The words don't come so easy but I'm trying 
I'm searching for a melody or some forgotten line 
They can slip away from us so quickly 
Don't be unkind I'm not complaining 
I only feel it needs explaining 
 
(Chorus) 
Though I've said it all before I'll say it once again (one more time) 
Everyone needs something to believe in 
 
So turn around, turn around it's on the other side 
Feel the sound, feel the sound, it's coming from deep inside 
It will fill you with emotion, if you let it be your guide so  
Turn around; turn around, it's on the other side 

I'm waiting for the day to end another to begin 
Somehow I've forgotten what it stood for 
I look into your face and see the searching in your eyes 
I will he your servant till the end 
The music plays, and for a moment I feel 
That all there days an so fulfilling 
 
(Chorus) 
 
Desperation shows its ugly face in many ways 
No one can escape the times we live in 
The answers are so simple and we all know where to look 
But it's easier to just avoid the question 
And if I seem too inconclusive 
It's just because it's so elusive 
 
(Chorus) 
 
 

 
(Kerry Livgren) 

 
There are some who can still remember 
All the things that we used to do 
But the days of our youth were numbered 
And the ones who survive it are few 
Oh, I can still see the smiling faces 
When the times were so good 
All in the old familiar places 
I'd go back if I could (to the) 
 
People of the south wind, people of the southern wind 
It's the people of the wind, I got to be there again 
 
Well, it's a hard thing to face the music: 
But it's something everybody has got to do 
So I hope that I can always remember 
All the crazy times we had to go through 
Now it's a dream that is slowly fading 
And I don't want it to go 
All of the memories are evading 
And I want you to know (it's the) 
 
People of the south wind, people of the southern wind 
It's the people of the wind, I got to be there again 
 
Now we've traveled all across the oceans 
And we've seen what there is to see 
But I guess it's not the proper solution 
Cause it's all about the same to me 
Now I look back and it makes me wonder 
Why we just couldn't see 
All of the battles we fought and won there 
And I wish that I could be with the 
 
People of the wind 
I want to see 'em again 
It's where we used to be free 
And that's the place for me 
It's just a state of my mind 
A thing that's so hard to find 
 

 
(Steve Walsh) 
 
 
Angels have fallen, fallen from heaven, where did they go 
No one could save them no one forgave them their chance to know 
When I hear them below I think how it is to be weary 
Children are restless they know what can happen when men are vain 
Talking in riddles won't keep them from knowing you've gone insane 
They know a few will try to gain by trying to live like their teachers 
 
(Chorus) 
Save me for now, save me forever 
Hold me so close, I can't bear to go 
There's darkness around me or is it within me 
You're living forever, I'm dying so slow 
 
Inside a window that leads to your conscience you'll see, you'll hear 
People are talking maybe you know them, they know you're near 
Masking themselves from fear and asking themselves who their friends are 
 
(Chorus) 
 
Well you say that you've been here in this life and time 
You say it's no good here, but you say that so fine 
You reach for your winnings, an angelic excuse 
Round them you act humble, still you never refuse 
You better tell all your people to watch for a sign 
Make them glad they are living in this life and time 
The angels have fallen, they've all gone away 
It's you that must find them by living each day 
 

 
(Steve Walsh) 
 
 
The night was cold, was deja-vu 
I went on thinking we were too 
How my soul cries out for you 
 
To many places we once knew 
To many faces, still no clue 
How my soul cries out for you 
 
I didn't think I needed you when I got out on my own 
Dead set on having my way I was convinced that 
I was right and you were wrong 
Then I started thinkin' to myself 
Well maybe what they say is true 
How could we get so turned around when you needed me 
As much as I needed you... 
 
I tried to get you on the phone 
No one answered, no one answered at home 
I heard that you thought we were through 
Somethin' I had, somethin' I had to do and 
How my soul cries for you 
 
How my soul cries out for you 
It cries for love that we once knew 
How my soul cries out for you 
 

 
(Kerry Livgren) 
 
 
When I was very young so many songs were sung 
So much wasted time on an uphill climb 
But you where always there, a feeling in the air 
There was nothing to fear you were so near 
Now you are here once again 
As I stand in your presence 
I can feel the quiet patience of your gaze 
Like an old superstition 
You are haunting all my dreams and waking days 
 
(Chorus) 
All my life I knew you were waiting, revelation anticipating 
All is well, the search is over, let the truth be known 
Let it be shown (give me a glimpse of home) 
 
There's no resisting you among the chosen few 
It's hard to be sure, it's hard to endure 
And when I hear your voice 
I know I have the choice 
To pursue an ideal, something so real 
Now I've got nothing to lose 
As I see your reflection 
All the answers I desire become so clear 
Like a page that is turning 
I can look into the future without fear 
 
You're in my rock and roll, you're in my very soul 
Though it's heavy to bear, it's a feeling so rare 
And it's a mystery, the way it's meant to be 
Can we ever know, we're moving so slow 
There ain't enough time in the world 
As I reach up the ladder 
There is something ever higher to perceive 
Like a fire that is burning 
In my heart I know I surely must believe 
  

 
(Steve Walsh) 
 
 
Used to think about what I would grow up to be 
Good or bad, right or wrong, it was no harm to me 
Was a time in my life when I wish I'd have known 
You can't gamble with fate, you might end up alone 
 
(Chorus) 
Meet me where the feeling is high, let the sound surround you 
Meet me at the top of the sky, where the colors fly around you 
Well, I'm lost in a world of dismay 
But nothin' can take me away from you 
 
Left you back while I worked very hard to succeed 
All the distance I've gone makes it hard to believe 
You and I were so close, now we're so far apart 
And I remember the feeling we shared in our heart 
 
(Chorus) 
 
Again and again you return to haunt me in my dreams 
See your eyes, how they glisten, your hair how it gleams 
And I know I will miss you when you have to go 
I return to my place until nights lets me know 
 
(Chorus)
 
 

 
(Steve Walsh / Robby Steinhardt / Richard Williams) 
 
 
Step outside and feel the tingle 
Trouble finds you every night 
You wonder where nobody knows you  
Your civil tone is not polite 
You got no friends, you don't like people 
You tried it once and they let you down 
And after seven years you're still hurt and angry 
And inside your head is an awful sound 
 
(Chorus) 
Some say that trouble is my middle name 
I find it very easy and I sin out just the same 
So stay out of trouble, don't cry 
Stay out of trouble, you'll die 
 
You're on the street the clock strikes 11 
And it takes that seven years away 
Now you're walking with that lovely lady 
And just like that you can hear her say 
"Well I know for sure you ain't got the money 
for an ounce of coke or a Cadillac!" 
I said, "It ain't no use in trying to fool me 
A big woman like you has got to fight back" 
 
(Chorus) 
 
Inside your head it sounds like thunder 
And your room becomes an ugly shell 
You get in your car and you start the engine 
And you drive with your right foot in hell 
Well, someone said, "ain't that funny 
Well, I saw that boy just the other night" 
Went into this bar and really got rowdy 
With his friends and him is an awful fight 
 
(Chorus) 

 

 
(Kerry Livgren) 
 
 
So long, someone is waiting 
I got places to go, I got things to see 
No more procrastinating 
For this is the moment that was meant for me 
And I'm moving like a wave on the ocean 
Drifting to the opposite ride 
Traveling with no destination 
Just riding the tide 
 
People they say that I'm foolish 
They say that I'm living in a fantasy 
I say, everything's easy 
It's better than living in futility 
So, I'm standing here in back of the curtain 
Waiting for the start of the show 
Acting like an actor is easy 
If you can let go 
 
Someday something will find you 
A magical feeling you could not foresee 
A feeling so devastating 
From that moment on your life's a comedy 
And suddenly you're light as a feather 
You're falling like a leaf from a tree 
The things you thought you needed are fading 
Your reason to be