Howard Jones

[fox69]

"Last Supper"

"Last Supper"


This is our last supper together
The last time we share in this intimacy
We have created a suffering circle that threatens to
Tighten and destroy you and me

Yesterday I flicked through the snapshots we
Kept to remember the tender times
Each little picture and each little memory should bring back a smile
But now brings back a tear of regret

[Chorus:]
Letting go is so hard
Letting go is so hard
So let us love tonight, thinking now of our greatest moments before we
release from this death in life drink the wine and take my hand
Is it a crime to live this lie?
I know that we will never share, share this love again

But we both must be starting again, each one of
us too strong in these chains to remain
This tug of war has weakened our purpose and
pulled us apart from beginning to end

 

[fox69]

"Law Of The Jungle"

"Law Of The Jungle"



Law of the jungle only the fit survive.
Better make your life your own, do the survival jive.
There are no answers, words are Cul-de-sac
And the pity with actions... difficult turning back

Don't give a thought about those lucky dice
paranoid thoughts of worldly vice
The big thumb it never rests on you
Anything you want lies here for you...
Takes a bit of time, means a bit of work
Heart will give the sign it'll make me look.

Ain't got a clue why I'm here at all
So while I'm here I'm gonna have it all
Science men won't explain a thing
In this prison my soul must sing.

Don't give a thought about those lucky dice
paranoid thoughts of worldly vice
The big thumb it never rests on you
Anything you want lies here for you...
Takes a bit of time, means a bit of work
Heart will give the sign it'll make me look

 

[fox69]

"Learning How To Love"

"Learning How To Love"


Creeping through your bedroom door
Just after all the lights go out
Feeling the warmth of your body
And the sweetness of your mouth

Set the alarm again for 5 am
Uneasy sleep will soon be following
Creeping back to my own bed again
I will see you in our uneasy morning

[Chorus:]
Learning how to love
Learning how to love
Learning how to love
Learn how to love

Sitting down at breakfast time
A silence always fills the air
Many things that should be said
Are ending in a vacant stare

And they know just what is going on
But make us feel like we are criminals
Our only wish is learning how to love
Just a small word would make us feel it's natural

Set the alarm again for 5 am
Uneasy sleep will soon be following
Creeping back to my own bed again
I will see you in our uneasy morning

 

[fox69]

"Left No Evidence"

"Left No Evidence"



Out of Time and no one noticed
Rubbing up a different way
Out of step but still in focus things to say
Kicking out the social pressure
Holding on to what you feel
Being you was never easy
Sliding off the the Ferris wheel

Small was beautiful to you
Things are on a micro scale
Turned your back on power and glory
Yours was such a personal tale

Dancing to a different step now
Choose you're beats along the way
Nothing arrives at you're house packaged
No glittery wrap to throw away
Cutting different shapes and sizes
Bringing tomorrow into today

No one noticed you as you snuck in the sideline and talked in a quiet way
No bullshit no theatrics no pretence and left no evidence
You left no evidence

You left no evidence

 

[fox69]

"Let It Flow"

"Let It Flow"


Where are the new rebels
We didn't ask for this
Trying to be something different
We will fight the bigots
Fight them with our reason
Fight them with our constancy

[Chorus:]
River, our river, let it flow
This is our lamp light
Let it glow
River, river, let it flow
This is our reason
Let it grow

Don't keep looking back
Living in the past
Never built a golden future. Have,
Have faith in the species
We've come to far to fail
I don't believe in our extinction

Everyone of us
Has got to take it on
Don't build a dam on evolution. There,
There are those who'd like us
To cling on to the past
Wallowing in their past glories

River, (don't)
Our river, (don't look back)
Let it flow (we might fall)
This is our lamp light
Let it glow (have faith in the future)
River, (don't)
River, (don't look back)
Let it flow (we might fall)
This is our reason
Let it grow

 

[fox69]

"Let Me Be The First To Know"

"Let Me Be The First To Know"



If you find a time when things just seem to fall apart
And there's no way to keep a cheery face
When the sight of your own reflection only breaks your heart
And all your dreams have given up the chase

Pick up the telephone
You know I'm always home
Any old time of night or day
Let me be the first to know
Let me be the first to know
Let me be the first to know

If you find a time when you just have to walk away
Because of a call to pastures new
You're in need of some fresh words to wish you on your way
You need to fly on up and touch the moon

Sharing this temporary weight
No time to hesitate
I will be everything you need
Let me be the first to know
Let me be the first to know
Let me be the first to know
Let me be the first...

We're water breaking on an endless wave
Potential bursting from the sea
Compassion is what sets our minds apart
Be cheerful when you break
The chains of morality

Oo, sharing this welcome weight
Don't even hesitate
I will be everything you need
Let me be the first to know
Let me be the first to know
Let me be the first to know
Let me be the first to know
Let me be the first one to know

 

[fox69]

"Let The People Have Their Say"

"Let The People Have Their Say"



The tide is turning
Its coming from the street
Read your own wisdom
Not the headlines
Don't let them tell you
Its fine the way it is
Its our agenda
We know better

Let the people have their say
Let the people show the way
Every woman child and man
Has the power in this land

Now don't you worry
The future will unfold
If we are open and ready
We all have choices
Not just the chosen few
So raise your voices
Hold them steady

Let the people have their say
Let the people show the way
Every woman child and man
Has the power in this land

(Let the people)

The time has come now
To realize our dream
To claim our future...together

Let the people have their say
(Let the people have their say)
Let the people show the way
(Let the people show the way)
Every woman child and man
(Every woman child and man)
Has the power in this land
(Has the power in this land)

Let the people have their say
(Let the people have their say)
Let the people show the way
(Let the people show the way)
Every woman child and man
(Every woman child and man)
Has the power in this land
(Has the power in this land)

Yeah yeah, yeah yo
Yeah yeah

Let the people have their say
(Let the people have their say)
Let the people show the way
(Let the people show the way)
Every woman child and man
(Every woman child and man)
Has the power in this land

Yeah yeah, yeah yo
Yeah yeah

Yeah yeah, yeah yo
Yeah yeah
(Let the people show the way)

Yeah yeah, yeah yo
Yeah yeah
(Let the people show the way)

Yeah yeah, yeah yo
Yeah yeah
(Let the people show the way)

Yeah yeah, yeah yo
Yeah yeah
(Let the people show the way)

 

[fox69]

"Let The Spirit Carry Me"

"Let The Spirit Carry Me"



People come together its time for a union
C'mon c'mon c'mon lets do it right
When the darkness takes control and we lose the reason
C'mon c'mon c'mon lets see the light

Well let the faith shine down on me and let the spirit carry me

To a place where the stars don't know your name
To a town where the children fly
To a city where love comes naturally
In a country where devils die
I want to be there one more time

When my brain is on the floor I need you to help me
C'mon c'mon c'mon don't watch me die
And a friend is someone that you allow to help you
Carry me back carry me back hear me cry

Well let the faith shine down on me and let the spirit carry me

And I dreamt of a love that knows no gain
And our guilt didn't paralyse
Men and women and children can walk free
In the world where our devils die
I want to be there one more time

I want to be there one more time, I want to be there one more time

To a place where the stars don't know you're name
To a town where the children fly
To a city where love comes naturally
In a country where devils die
I want to be there one more time

Well let the faith shine down on me and let the spirit carry me

 

[fox69]

"Life In One Day"

"Life In One Day"


The old man said to me
Said don't always take life so seriously
Play the flute
And dance and sing your song

Try and enjoy the here and now
The future will take care of itself somehow
The grass is never greener over there
Time will wear away the stone
Gets the hereditary bone

[Chorus:]
Don't try to live your life in one day
Don't go speed your time away
Don't try to live your life in one day
Don't go speed your time away

The old man said to me
Said you can't change the world single-handedly
Raise a glass enjoy the scenery
Pretend the water is champagne
And fill my glass again and again
While the wolves are gathering round your door
Time will wear away the stone
Gets the hereditary bone

The old man said to me
Said don't always take life so seriously
Play the flute
And dance and sing your song

Try and enjoy the here and now
The future will take care of itself somehow
The grass is never greener over there
Time will wear away the stone
Gets the hereditary bone

I tried to live my life in one day
Don't go speed your time away

I bit off more than I can chew
Only so much you can do

Wolves are gathering round my door
Ask them in and invite some more

I tried to live my life in one day
Don't go speed your time away

 

[fox69]

"Lift Me Up"

"Lift Me Up"



I've got your picture in the palm of my hand
And I'm squeezin' it I'm teasin' it
I'd follow you to the edge of this land
But I'm losin' it, confusin' it

This is a man who has lost control
Lost the road to a higher soul
Stop me from fallin' you know I need you

To lift me up
Won't you lift me up yeah
Won't you take me to a place that I once knew
And when you can see
You've always been there for me
I'm waiting for your love

There'll be a time when all our rhythms of love
Are shakin' it we're makin' it
There'll be a place where life is livin' to give
This harmony it will come to me

And when I think of those who love you now
If I had my chances again somehow
Stop me from fallin' you know I need you
To lift me up
Won't you lift me up yeah
Won't you take me to a place that I once knew
And when you can see
Another side of me
I'm waiting for you

I'm not eating I'm not sleeping this tension this worry
You don't call you don't write me
I need your love in a hurry
Teach me, Reach me, Meet me, Beat me,
Tease me, Please me,
Come and seize me

This is a man who has lost control
Lost the road to a higher soul
Catch me from fallin' you know I need you

To lift me up
Won't you lift me up yeah
Won't you take me to a place that I once knew
And when you can see
You've always been there for me
I'm waiting for your love
And when you can see
The changes I've made in me
Well I'm waitin' for, you know I'm waitin' for your love