2003 - America: Live in the USA (DVD)

CoverRecorded live in Trenton, NJ on October 2002. 01. The Heat Goes On
02. Days Like These
03. Awake
04. Arena
05. Military Man
06. Wherever You Are
07. Bad Asteroid
08. Don’t Cry
09. Ready To Go Home
10. Sole Survivor
11. Free
12. Only Time Will Tell
13. Go
14. Heat Of The Moment

Players- John Payne: Bass, Vocals
- Geoff Downes: Keyboard
- Chris Slade: Drums
- Guthrie Govan: GuitarRecording Type

Live DVD

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 wantYou 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

Days Like These

Awake
(Downes/Payne)

(Adapted from ‘The Rubaiyat’ of Omar Khayyam)

“The dawning of a brand new day
The waking of the whispers say:
That sleeping heavens will return
In deepest night the secret learned
And from these walls this city lies
The past will be our future
The journey will be over,
Awake!”

I saw the writing on the wall
The story of our birth then fall
Within their tombs of holy stone
The scrolls of life, one man alone
So if we try, we can live and learn
The sands will pull you under
Don’t let them pull you under
Awake!

I travelled to a foreign land
Through stormy seas and burning sand
Led by the stars the ancient stream
The call of treasures yet unseen
So if we climb to the rocks of kings
Together we’ll discover
The source of all our wonder
Awake!

Someday we’re going to go back to the stars
And find the answer, who we really are
A traveller through the lonely mists of time
Creation from the sky

The dawning of a brand new day
The waking of the whispers say:
That sleeping heavens will return
In deepest night the secret learned
From these walls this city lies
The past will be our future
The journey will be over
Awake!

Someday we’re going to go back to the stars
And find the answer who we really are
A traveller through the lonely mists of time
Creation from the sky

Someday we’re going to back to the stars
And find the answer who we really are
If we try, we can live and learn
Together we’ll discover
The source of all our wonder
Awake!

We saw the writing
We read the story
Awake!

Arena
(Downes/Payne)

You can take it
If you want it
You can break it
If you need it

I’ll never fight another day
But you can take the flesh not the soul away
They’re calling from the lions den
They’re fighting for the ghosts of holy men

Into the arena we climb
We look to the sky
Into the arena we climb
You and I

Is it over
When the light goes?
Bella nova
Tell me who knows

Scars will beat the minds of men
Can you feel the thorns upon the skin?
I’ll never fight another day till I die

{Chorus}
Yes I hear you
Yes I see you
Yes I feel you
And I need you

Is it over, I’ll never fight another day
When the light goes?
But you can take the flesh, not the soul away
Bella nova, they’re calling from the lions den
Tell me who knows?
They’re fighting for the souls of holy men

{chorus}

Military Man
(Downes/Payne)

The fighting’s over now
There’s nowhere left to run
My ammunition’s out
I’d better put down my gun
And as I face this life of fear
I’d better keep my conscience clear
Inside my mind I’m out of it
And I ain’t never coming back

Chorus:
So don’t come running here to find me
‘Cos I’m a military man
And as I spin this wheel of fortune
In my military world
I’m a military man

The architects of time
Are calling me
But I don’t believe it
Necessarily
And as I face this life of fear
Break the chains
That bind me here
Inside my head I’m out of it
But I’m still never coming back

Chorus

I’m a military man
Just a military man yes I am

Wherever You Are
(Gold/Gouldman/Downes/Payne)

Whenever your shadow falls on stony ground
And there’s not a hand for you to hold
Whenever the dreams you dream come crashing down

Every time you think of home
Remember that you’re not alone
And we’ll be with you heart and soul
Wherever you are

And if you should lose your path along the way
And find yourself walking in the dark
Whenever the ones you love seem far away

Every time you think of home
Remember that you’re not alone
And we’ll be with you heart and soul
Wherever you are

Whenever the fears you hide come reaching through
Every time you think of home
Remember that you’re not alone
And we’ll be with you heart and soul

Every time you think of home
Remember that you’re not alone
And we’ll be with you heart and soul
We’ll be with you heart and soul
Wherever you are

We’re with you heart and soul

Bad Asteroid

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

Ready To Go Home
(Gold/Gouldman)

On the street below these walls
Where I used to walk
Now I can barely crawl
All this darkness rising tall
Lord, shine a light for me
I’m waiting to be calle

I’m ready to go home
I’m ready to receive
Forgiveness for my sins
I’m ready to begin

Take this river to the sea
Where the delta flows
The tide is washing over me
Guide this soul to Heaven’s door
Show me where tomorrow lies
I’m waiting to be home

I’m ready to lay down
I’m ready now to sleep
A promise I must keep
I’m ready to go home

Sometimes I lay down with these memories
Breathe shallow, deep inside of me
Time has run its course with me
And I’m ready to go home

When the evening shadows fall
When the time has come
I let defences fall
To surrender’s to survive
I will give up everything
To those I leave behind

I’m ready to go home
I’m ready to receive
Forgiveness for my sins
I’m ready to begin

I’m ready to lay down
I’m ready now to sleep
A promise I must keep
I’m ready to go home
Again

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}

Free
(Downes/Payne)

Look into the distance, you’re living in a cage
A fire burns inside you, that fuels all the rage
You’re thinking of the outside, and dream of the past
The gates to freedom lie within your grasp
They’re changing the system, rewriting the laws
Renaming religion, reshaping your cause
You always be lonely, walking with fools
The shadows in the doorways make the rules

Because you’re free, this time
Don’t be scared of who you are
Free, to find
There’s no hiding in the dark

A new day is dawning, a New Age begun
Nobody told you which way you should run
Wait for the thunder, break from the shell
Is this the gate to freedom from this Hell?

Because you’re free, this time
Don’t be scared of who you are
Free, to find
There’s no hiding in the dark
Free, this time
You can learn to live again
Free, to find
There is shelter from the rain
Free

They’re razing the fences in the pastures of doom
The fields of our heroes, the land won by few
The call of a New World, dream to transcend
Now it’s time to fight and start again

Because you’re free, this time
Don’t be scared of who you are
Free, to find
There’s no hiding in the dark
Because you’re free, this time
You can learn to live again
Free, to find
There is shelter from the rain

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…

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…

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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