1. |
At The Way Station
02:57
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AT THE WAY STATION
(Strider/Getz)
In the middle of Winter
In the middle of life
I was looking for the sunshine
In the middle of the night
I have escaped now from the daily grind
I'm out of the loop, oh yeah
I've done my time
At The Way Station
Waiting for the moon to rise
At The Way Station
Soon my train will arrive
Gonna beat the odds
Gonna get out of Dodge
At The Way Station
Goin' ready or not
Slained my dragons
Fought the enemy within
Said good-bye to my former life
And my so-called friends
I'll find my city
And there I shall abide
I'll find some peace, oh yeah,
A little peace of mind
At The Way Station
Waiting for the moon to rise
At The Way Station
Soon my train will arrive
Gonna beat the odds
Gonna get out of Dodge
At The Way Station
Goin' ready or not
In a new place
I shall renew my faith
At The Way Station
Waiting for the moon to rise
At The Way Station
Soon my train will arrive
Gonna beat the odds
Gonna get out of Dodge
At The Way Station
Goin' ready or not
At The Way Station
Goin' ready or not
(c) 2001 Pacific Songworks BMI / Janiac Music BMI
(p) 2005 New Sky Records NCB license secured
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2. |
In My Vera's Eyes
03:15
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IN MY VERA’S EYES
(Strider)
I’ve seen down, and I’ve seen blue
Empty feeling, hopeless too
Life and laughter so far away
Like a sunset fading behind the rain
In My Vera’s Eyes the sun burst through
My poor heart was healed, my strength renewed
It’s nothing short of miraculous
In My Vera’s Eyes I can rest
I’ve been blessed
She’s got eyes so deep and pure
In just one look, completely sure
That this was right, that this was true
That this was what I was supposed to do
In My Vera’s Eyes the stars sing out
The cosmos swirls and the guardian angels shout
It’s nothing short of miraculous
In My Vera’s Eyes I can rest
I’ve been blessed
Now love’s lightening strikes
Maybe once or twice in these lonely lives we live
The soul cries out from an inward space
And knows when it’s right
And oh it’s so right___
In My Vera’s Eyes the sun burst through
My poor heart was healed, my strength renewed
It’s nothing short of miraculous
In My Vera’s Eyes I can rest
I’ve been blessed
It’s nothing short of miraculous
(c) 2003 Pacific Songworks BMI
(p) 2005 New Sky Records NCB license secured
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3. |
We Got Faith
04:17
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WE GOT FAITH
(Strider/Getz)
It’s just the beginning
We got love and devotion
It’s just the beginning
All these feel good emotions
We are brave, and we are fearless
And we show no signs of weakness
And together we will face what lies ahead
‘cause We Got Faith
Now is our time
It’s not too late, these are our lives
No time to wait, we’ll be just fine
We’ll get it straight
‘cause We Got Faith
We Got Faith
Now we are destined
To be together
We promise we’ll never
Let our love grow cold
We are friends, and we are lovers
And we will fight for each other
And together we’ll find a place to call our own
‘cause We Got Faith
Now is our time
It’s not too late, these are our lives
No time to wait, we’ll be just fine
We’ll get it straight
‘cause We Got Faith
We Got Faith
We’ve decided we’re united
Undivided
‘cause We Got Faith
Now is our time
It’s not too late, these are our lives
No time to wait, we’ll be just fine
We’ll get it straight
‘cause We Got Faith
Now is our time
It’s not too late, these are our lives
No time to wait, we’ll be just fine
We’ll get it straight
‘cause We Got Faith
We Got Faith___
In the future
In the future
We Got Faith
(c) 2001 Pacific Songworks BMI / Janiac Music BMI
(p) 2005 New Sky Records NCB license secured
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4. |
White Wings
04:01
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WHITE WINGS
(Strider/Bloom)
She was just a Southern girl
Comin' from a small town
She loved to chase the sun around
All around the world
She noticed something on her skin
They didn’t give her very long
So she rode the sky to Mexico
On a plane with White Wings
You don’t have to die to be an angel
You just gotta try and shake it off
Say a little prayer
And wear your White Wings
Wear your White Wings
She took a room in San Miguel
With the palm trees swayin’
She walked into the sunset
And then she turned around
She got herself some palm leaves
Some feathers and some paint
And made herself some White Wings
A pair of White Wings
You don’t have to die to be an angel
You just gotta try and shake it off
Say a little prayer
And wear your White Wings
Wear your White Wings
(Vocal solo: Vera Renella)
And everywhere she went
She wore them
And everyone she met
Would try them on
And everyone could feel the healing power___
Of the White Wings
Of her White Wings
Now she’s still a Southern girl
Living in her small town
She swears to me they saved her life
A pair of White Wings
(c) 1995 Pacific Songworks BMI / Lake Martin Music BMI
(p) 2005 New Sky Records NCB license secured
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5. |
Elvis Angel
03:26
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ELVIS ANGEL
(Strider/Bloom)
(cat vocal : "Meow! Meow!")
Black cat in a mohair suit
Bird breath, got the Puss n’ Boots
Gotta fur-lined halo, and these crazy white wings
When he gets hungry you should hear him sing
And he’s almost human, like a god
Elvis Angel
And he’s always watchin’ where you are
Elvis Angel
Sun sessions under Memphis skies
Paws tappin’ to the jungle jive
Revelation and a rebel yell
Sounds like heaven, with a little bit of hell
And he’s almost human, like a god
Elvis Angel
And he’s always watchin’ where you are
Elvis Angel
(ad. lib scat)
Elvis Angel, Elvis Angel, Elvis Angel
Elvis Angel__
Went to the Colonel
Asked about the King
Said he choked on a lizard in a limousine
But I know better, better than that
He’s alive and kickin’ in a super-fine cat!
And he’s almost human, like a god
Elvis Angel
And he’s always watchin’ where you are
Elvis Angel
(ad. lib scat)
Elvis Angel, Elvis Angel, Elvis Angel
Elvis Angel___
(c) 1995 Pacific Songworks BMI / Lake Martin Music BMI
(p) 2005 New Sky Records NCB license secured
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6. |
Walk Into The Light
03:30
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WALK INTO THE LIGHT
(Strider)
Just when it all seems hopeless
And nothing’s makin’ sense
Yeah, the door's wide open
You just don’t see it yet
Open wide for you
There’s a brighter place
Just beyond your view
All the shadows will erase
When you take that step of faith
Walk Into The Light
Walk Into The Light
Now, it all gets tricky
The closer that you get
Yeah, your mind gets sticky
And your ways tend to set
Everywhere you turn
People make you doubt
But the wise ones learn
The real world’s inside of you
Calling out and guiding you
Walk Into The Light
Walk Into The Light
Walk Into The Light
It’s right in front of you
Walk Into The Light
The love is waiting there
Walk Into The Light
It’s flooding into you
Walk Into The Light
The love was always there
With your heart wide open
You’ve been working with the fire
Pure emotion, flaming with desire
All your insides know
There’s no turning back
Every sign says go
Suddenly it’s crystal clear
Why the road has led you here
Walk Into The Light
Walk Into The Light
Walk Into The Light___
(c) 2000 Pacific Songworks BMI
(p) 2005 New Sky Records NCB license secured
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7. |
Best Of Both Worlds
01:55
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BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
(Strider/Granda)
You like to waltz and dance real slow
I like to wiggle all over the floor
And every Saturday we give it a twirl
We got the Best Of Both Worlds
I like to garden and dig in the dirt
You go to town and get a manicure
And when we walk we’re hand in hand
We got the Best Of Both Worlds
Hey baby, we’re the fortunate ones
We got a love that’s too much fun
I guess we ran out of dues to pay
I always wanna spend my life this way
We like to cook up the finest cuisine
Filet mignon and collard greens
I chug my beer, and you sip your wine
We got the Best Of Both Worlds
Hey!
(Instrumental solo: crazy lead bass tracks & organ - Jon Strider)
Hey baby, we’re the fortunate ones
We got a love that’s too much fun
I guess we ran out of dues to pay
I always wanna spend my life this way
This is how it’s gonna be
Livin’ and a-lovin’ in-a harmony
I got you, and you got me
We got the Best Of Both Worlds
We got the Best Of Both Worlds
We got the Best____
Tthe Best Of Both Worlds
(c) 1998 Pacific Songworks BMI / Missouri Mule Music BMI
(p) 2005 New Sky Records NCB license secured
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8. |
Healing Power
03:58
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HEALING POWER
(Strider/Bloom)
Sunday mornin’, I was walkin’
With the summer beatin’ down
Goin’ nowhere
Fish were jumpin’
I set my tackle on the ground
Oh, and on the hilltop by the lake
I heard a thousand angels singin’
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace
I was taken by a new energy
Like the first time I ever heard
Healing Power
Soothes my emotion
Healing Power
Takes me by the hand
Healing Power
Deeper than the ocean
Healing Power
All across the land
Healing Power
Healing Power
There was dancin’
The preacher shoutin’
Women fallin’ in the aisles
I could feel it
Holy rhythm
Hands were lifted to the sky
Woh, and as the spirit filled the place
I felt these tears roll down my face
Roll down my face
I was taken by a new energy
Like the first time I ever felt
Healing Power
Soothes my emotion
Healing Power
Takes me by the hand
Healing Power
Deeper than the ocean
Healing Power
All across the land
Healing Power
Healing Power
Oh, there’s a new mornin’ comin’
I can hear them trumpets in the air
Woh, there’s a faith river flowin’
It’s big enough so everyone can share
Healing Power
Soothes my emotion
Healing Power
Takes me by the hand
Healing Power
Deeper than the ocean
Healing Power
All across the land
Healing Power
(c) 1995 Pacific Songworks BMI / Lake Martin Music BMI
(p) 2005 New Sky Records NCB license secured
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9. |
Coming Alive
03:48
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COMING ALIVE
(Strider)
I breathe in this morning
Windy Småland sky
There’s a birch tree waving to me
Sitting there below it
She gracefully smiles
I feel that I’m Coming Alive
I feel that I’m Coming Alive
Last night the lightening
Electrified our bed
And the silver rain fell from high
Flashes of God’s love
Flickered in our thighs
I could feel we were Coming Alive
I could feel we were Coming Alive
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh___
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh___
(synthesizer solo - Jon Strider; synth programming - Amir Aly)
When a man loves a woman
And a woman loves a man
And the circle is completed inside
All of creation rejoices with the sign
I can feel that we’re Coming Alive
I can feel that we’re Coming Alive
I can feel that we’re Coming Alive___
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh___
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh___
When a man loves a woman
And a woman loves a man
And the circle is completed inside
All of creation rejoices with the sign
Feelin’ that we’re Coming Alive
Coming Alive
Comin’, Comin’, Coming Alive...
(c) 2003 Pacific Songworks BMI
(p) 2005 New Sky Records NCB license secured
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10. |
Peace
03:56
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PEACE
(Strider)
Peace
Could be the natural order of things
and Peace
Could be what all the people bring
to the world
and Peace
Is something we are working on
and Peace
Is something we must make more strong
For the world
For the world
If we pray and focus
In our hearts
Maybe then grace will find us
Then true warriors we will do our part
To light the darkness that surrounds us
Then Peace
Can be the natural order of things
And Peace
Can be what all the people bring
To the world
To the world
(Instrumental solo: munchkin organ - Jon Strider)
We must work together to secure
The future that becomes our chilrden
We’re on loan here from that future place
The world that will become our children
And their children
And their children
Where Peace
Will be the natural order of things
And Peace
Will be what all the people bring
To the world
For the world___
World
Peace
Peace....peace...ah hah...
(c) 1999 Pacific Songworks BMI
(p) 2005 New Sky Records NCB license secured
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No lyrics; music and vocals featuring Vera Renella
(c) 1995 Pacific Songworks BMI / Lake Martin Music BMI
(p) 2005 New Sky Records NCB license secured
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Jon Strider Malmö, Sweden
Performing singer-songwriter, musician and record producer from California - 9 solo CD's on New Sky Records - Music style: "Retro rocking' Country with a Blues&Rhythm twist" and "Rhythm n' Folk" - Career migration track: SF Bay Area to L.A., through Nashville & Austin to Sweden, (for19 years) and back... ... more
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