1997 - Live in Philadelphia

Cover

Part of the “Official Bootleg” series of live audience recrodings.

1.01. Go
1.02. Band Intro
1.03. Lay Down Your Arms
1.04. Rock And Roll Dream
1.05. Love Under Fire
1.06. Little Rich Boy
1.07. Steve Howe Intro
1.08. Aqua Part One
1.09. The Heat Goes On
1.10. Don’t Cry
1.11. Someday
1.12. Steve Howe Solo
2.01. Wildest Dreams
2.02. Back In Town
2.03. Open Your Eyes
2.04. Who Will Stop The Rain?
2.05. Only Time Will Tell
2.06. Sole Survivor
2.07. Heat Of The Moment

Players

- John Payne: Bass, Vocals
- Geoff Downes: Keyboards
- Vinnie Burns: Guitar
- Steve Howe: Guitar
- Trevor Thornton: Drums

Recording Type

Live CD (2)

Go
(Wetton/Downes)

Dig for victory, go for gold
I don’t wanna die before I get old
And I wonder where I’m going to
There’s some way out, there’s some way through
But I’m lost, I’m lost, I’m down again
My direction is changing, which way,
Which way can I go…

Get up and go

You start me up, you slow me down
No one can deny you get around
When you’re hot, you’re cold, you’re in between
Asking myself what does it mean?
And I walk that tightrope, you should know
I’m losing my balance, maybe,
Maybe I should go…

Get up and go

Face to face in sympathy
But now you turn your back on me
Turn a card and win, but you may lose
Fate only has that right to choose
If you’re right, leave me here, I’ll die alone
You’ve got the time, you’ve just got time
You got the time just go…

Get up and go
Go

Just go…

Band Intro

Lay Down Your Arms
(Downes/Payne/Hart)

We used to live in a better world
Where sky and water were free
We point the finger
We point the gun
Is that the way it should be?

We rape the land
And we tear the skin
Burn the blood In the stone
To fuel the fire of a selfish mind
Do you want to live here alone?

Lay down your arms - surrender
You know you’ll never get out of here
Lay down your arms - remember
No force - you’d better lay down your gun

Such are the sins of humanity
Dark is the air that we breathe
A war to hide in society
Don’t close your eyes to deceive

Too many promises
Too may tears
Where does the future lie
If we burn away the years

We can make this a better world
Where sky and water are free
So give the hand without the gun
That’s the way it will be

Rock And Roll Dream
(Wetton/Downes)

Rock and roll dream
Not what it seems
Who is the dreamer now?

When I see the faces from the limousine
No chance of our survival
Armed forces, guardians of the law
Awaiting our arrival

They all are young
We all were young
And I’ve seen this place before
Open up the door
Let us in

All the things I’ve seen
Words I said, I didn’t mean
Feelings, I took for granted
But now reality
One thing we could never see
Everything, we always wanted

They all are young
We all were young
And I’ve seen this place before
Open up the door
Let us in

{chorus}

If I had the choice
Words came through my voice
I should have left unspoken
Now it’s obvious
Clear to all of us
The dream that now is broken

Take the stage tonight
Go face the lights
With this image you should keep
You’re crying in your sleep
Tonight

{chorus}

Love Under Fire
(Downes/Lake)

Love under fire
We stand in the flame
Now and forever
After the rain
When is forever?
You can take it from me
It may be never
C’est la vie

Love under fire
And we stand in the flame
Now and forever
After the rain
When is forever?
You can take it from me
It may be never
Just wait and see

You can hide in the jungle
You can climb up a tree
You can scan the horizon
Tell me what you see?
As cold as a mountain
With a heart that can freeze
There’s a storm on the water
With every heart that she seas

Love under fire

Little Rich Boy
(Downes/Payne)

Don’t read “Marx”
He’s a clean cut guy
Just the dream
On a TV eye
If you swim
In the dark
You lose a hand
When you feed the shark

Little rich boy, she’s gonna find you
Little rich boy
Little rich boy, those claws will blind you
Just a little rich boy

She got hooks
In your veins
Feel the pleasure
Kill the pain
Drop a pearl
See the dragon fly
Crack the diamond
Do you still feel high?

Steve Howe Intro

Aqua Part One
(Downes/Payne/Howe)

The Heat Goes On
(Wetton/Downes)

You walk tall, got your head in the clouds
You talk soft, but you’re thinking aloud
And you know, exactly what you want

You box shy, you’re hard to get
You got the face that I can’t forget
And I know, I know The Heat Goes On

I know that The Heat Goes On
I know that The Heat Goes On

You play tight, you’re nobody’s fool
You’re not cold, but I know that you’re cool
Look at you, I know The Heat Goes On

Now tell me, with your hand on you’re heart
That you knew, you were right from the start
And you’re sure, you felt it all along

You know that The Heat Goes On
You know that The Heat Goes On

Times to decide, times that I’ve lied
Problems will never be solved
Which way is wrong, which could be right?
This heat will always go on

You walk tall, got your head in the clouds
You talk soft, but you’re thinking aloud
And you know, exactly what you want

You box shy, you’re hard to get
You got the face that I’ll never forget
You and I know, we know The Heat Goes On

Don’t Cry
(Wetton/Downes)

Hard times you had before you
I knew when I first saw you
You girl you’ve always been mistreated, cheated

So leave it all behind you
It took so long to find you
I know that we can last forever, ever and more, more, oh

Don’t Cry now that I’ve found you
Don’t Cry take a look around you
Don’t Cry it took so long to find you
Do what you want, but little darling please Don’t Cry

I knew I’d never doubt it
I was so sure about it
Don’t think of all that’s been before

I’ll hear you when you’re calling
I’ll catch you when you’re falling
Don’t worry I will always be there, like never before, or, oh

Someday
(Downes/Warman)

Don’t want to live in another world
Don’t want to dream of another girl
That’s the way it was meant to be

I couldn’t sleep through the lonely night
I just cried till the morning
It’s not the way it was meant to be

Someday you may find somebody else
Someday love my shine on you
Someday you may find the one

You didn’t leave me, you ran away
Couldn’t face what you had to say
It’s not the way it was meant to be

Now you can live in your other world
Me, i’ve found me another girl
And that’s the way it was meant to be

When I dream, I dream of one world
But I know there’s no such place
If I could ever find that one girl
In my world, in my world

Steve Howe Solo

Wildest Dreams
(Wetton/Downes)

They decorated all the generals
Who fought the wars behind the lines
They had forgotten all the soldiers
The brandy put them way behind the times

Insanity has found its way to TV screens
Vision seems impossible to me
They fight {they fight} for king {for king} and country
I never would have thought this in my

{chorus}
Wildest dreams
Wildest dreams
Wildest dreams
Wildest dreams

The evening comes, we sit and watch the VJs
Clips and rushes come from who knows where
From Washington across to California
With fighting breaking out in Leicester Square

We see the soldiers moving on to victory
And children trampled under marching feet
They fight {they fight} for king {for king} and country
How many millions will they put to sleep?

{chorus}
Fly away…

No, not in this world
No, not in the next
No, not in my wildest dreams

They recommended euthanasia
For non-conformists anywhere
Some men’s dreams for others turn to nightmares
This never would have happened in my

{chorus}
Fly away…

No, not in this world
No, not in the next
No, not in my wildest dreams…

Back In Town
(Downes/Payne)

Wheels turn - smoke rise
Chrome wings - low ride
Freeway - red line
To city lights electric I glide
If there’s escape from your illusion
You gotta break the whole constitution

Concrete - touch sky
Main street - dogs lie
Steel bird - black tie
Is this what they call the freedom you buy?
Look at him behind the delusion
All you hear is the voice of confusion

The bad boy’s back
The bad boy’s back in town
The bad boy’s back
Don’t you shoot him down

Wheels spin - ace high
No win - no life
One world - truth lies
Love’s just a word on a red neon sign
If there’s escape from the conclusion
You gotta shake the whole institution

If there’s escape from your illusion
You gotta break the whole constitution

Open Your Eyes
(Wetton/Downes)

What on earth are you doing here, in the western world?
Another situation yeah you’re a different girl
You have lived your life dreaming you were someone else
Succeeding’s believing in yourself

Open Your Eyes
And see the world that stands before you now
Open Your Eyes
And see the world that stands in front of you

You have spent your days trying something new
You have looked at magazine girls wishing that they were you
Do you see in photographs an angel that once was you?
Does she tell you stories that are true?

If I could stand with you right now and speak my mind
I would tell you no lies
I would shoot straight between the eyes

You have stared a thousand times right into the lens
Have you ever thought just once, does it all make sense?
Your beauty’s eternal so don’t just pretend
Got to wake up girl, or it’s the end

Who Will Stop The Rain?
(Downes/Warman/Woolfenden)

This problem is insoluble
The answers seem impossible
The logic ceases to exist
Emotion is the beat we miss

I stand on a world
Where dreams, realities, existence are the same
We take from the mother’s skin
But the world is not to blame

Who tells the wind which way to blow?
I wonder who will stop the rain
The rocks that hold the secrets, they don’t know
So who can stop the rain?
We’ve lost the path for all we know
Now tell me when will it start again?
And as the old man lifts his hands
Please can you stop the rain?

Stars fall far away
Like they never did before
A new moon shining
Like it never will again

Desert white cloud
Spirits they sing
Rain falls from the big sky
Onto broken wing

There is no sense in turning back
To wash the debris from the track
World without fears without rhyme
We fought for peace within our time

Only Time Will Tell
(Wetton/Downes)

You’re leaving now
It’s in your eyes
There’s no disguising it
It really comes as no surprise
To find that you planned it all along

I see it now
Becomes so clear
Your insincerity
And me all starrey-eyed
To think that I would have know by now

{chorus}
Now, sure as the sun will cross the sky
This lie is over
Lost, like the tears that used to tide me over

{Only time will tell}
One thing is sure
That time will tell
{Only time will tell}
If you were wrong
The brightest ring around the moon
Will darken when I die

{chorus}

{repeat first verse}
{repeat second verse}
{chorus}

{Only time will tell}
You’re on your own
Inside your room
{Only time will tell}
You’re claiming victory
You were just using me
And there is no one you can use now

{Only time will tell}
One thing is sure
That time will tell…

Sole Survivor
(Wetton/Downes)

When I ran from the hounds of hell
Twist my foot, I nearly fell
I was lucky I was alive
One look back I could have died

{chorus}
I was the sole survivor
Sole survivor
Sole survivor
Solitary fighter

When I saw it I was amazed
One time glory right in my gaze
I saw the sorrow, I saw the joy
Right in the darkness none could destroy

{chorus}

And from the wreckage I will arise
Cast the ashes back in their eyes
See the fire, I will defend
Just keep on burning right to the end

{chorus}

Heat Of The Moment
(Wetton/Downes)

I never meant to be so bad to you
One thing I said that I would never do
One look from you and I would fall from grace
And that would wipe this smile right from my face

Do you remember when we used to dance
And incidence arose from circumstance
One thing lead to another we were young
And we would scream together songs unsung

{chorus}
It was the heat of the moment
Telling me what your heart meant
Heat of the moment shone in your eyes

And now you find yourself in 82
The disco hotspots hold no charm for you
You can’t concern yourself with bigger things
You catch the pearl and ride the dragon’s wings

{chorus}

And when your looks are gone and you’re alone
How many nights you sit beside the phone
What were the things you wanted for yourself
Teenage ambition you remember well

{chorus x2}

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