On the Other Side - Dogwood Tales

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 And though I've said it all before I'll say it once again 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 be your servant till the end The music plays and for a moment I feel That all these days are so fulfilling And though I've said it all before I'll say it once again 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 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 just to avoid the question And if I seem too inconclusive It's just because it's so elusive And though I've said it all before I'll say it once again 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

Na na na na... Over on the other side of the mountain There is that fountain, I've been searching for Searching for so long, so long That's where righteousness will always flow Togetherness will ever grow So we no want no pickpocket over there Say you can't run no rocket over there, oh no. An' say your hands and your heart got be clean To reach the other side of the mountain Say your hands and your heart got be clean To reach the other side of the mountain I an I shall be like sounding brass and tinkling cymbals With gifts of mysteries to remove mountains et cetera et cetera Music, flowers and children will be there That's where ev'ryone will get their equal share Say we nah want no warmongers over there No gossiper, no traitor will be there Say your hands and your heart got be clean To reach the other side of the mountain... I an I shall be like sounding brass and tinkling cymbals With gifts of mysteries to remove mountains et cetera et cetera...

Nothing ever feels the same I'm reaching out to hold your hand Taught me how to love again Been running blind in no man's land I'm feeling like a hurricane I follow the broken hearted Somewhere I can find myself A world that ain't so crowded On the other side I'm falling keep falling Love is on the rise come on and come on and Make me come alive again On the other side I'm falling keep falling (Keep falling) Tell me I can count on you You're my candle in the darkness On a journey made for two You guide me through the madness Everytime I look at you I can feel the changes coming Let's open up start over new You can't board a train it's running On the other side I'm falling, keep falling Love is on the rise come on and come on and Make me come alive again On the other side I'm falling, keep falling Can you see what I mean? You're the girls in my dreams Come on let's get it started (let's get started) Do you feel? What I feel? And my mind isn't real living the broken hearted (the broken hearted) Can you see what I mean? You're the girls in my dreams Come on let's get it started (let's get started) Do you feel? What I feel? And my mind isn't real living the broken hearted (the broken hearted) On the other side I'm falling, keep falling Love is on the rise come on and come on and Make me come alive again On the other side I'm falling, keep falling Keep falling... Oh Keep falling...

Don't you disrespect me, little man Don't you derogate or deride You're in my world now Not your world And I got friends on the other side (He's got friends on the other side) That's an echo, gentlemen Just a little something we have here in Louisiana A little parlor trick, don't worry Sit down at my table Put your minds at ease If you relax it will enable me to do anything I please I can read your future I can change it 'round some, too I'll look deep into your heart and soul (You do have a soul, now don't you, Lawrence?) Make your wildest dreams come true I got voodoo, I got hoodoo I got things I ain't even tried And I got friends on the other side (He's got friends on the other side) The cards, the cards, the cards will tell The past, the present, and the future as well The cards, the cards, just take three Take a little trip into your future with me Now you, young man, are from across the sea You come from two long lines of royalty I'm a royal myself on my mother's side Your lifestyle's high But your funds are low You need to marry a lil' honey whose daddy got dough Mom and dad cut you off, huh playboy? Now y'all gotta get hitched, but hitchin' ties you down You just wanna be free Hop from place to place But freedom takes green It's the green, it's the green, it's the green you need And when I looked into your future It's the green that I see Now you little man, I don't wanna waste too much time You've been pushed around all your life You've been pushed around by your mother By your sister and your brother And if you were married You'd be pushed around by your wife But in your future, the you I see Is exactly the man you've always wanted to be Shake my hand Come on boys Won't you shake a poor sinner's hand? Yes Are you ready? (Are you ready?) Are you ready? Keep up, boys Transformation central (Transformation central) Reformation central (Reformation central) Transmogrification central Can you feel it? You're changin', you're changin', you're changin', all right! I hope you're satisfied But if you ain't Don't blame me You can blame my friends on the other side (You got what you wanted) (But you lost what you had)

Light up my lantern, I'll cut you a path, We've walked for hours and it's getting dark We left the roadside in search of aid, Wind-screen shattered and tire marks made I've never seen someone bleeding like this, Rip off your sleeve and clench your wrist I'll light the stove and sit by the hearth, Orangey glow light the wintry dark We kept her bedroom exactly the same, Winters they followed and Summers they came He'd bash around, banging down on the floor I sit alone with an eye on the door Stop in this clearing, we'll stay here tonight Press up against me, I'll hold you so tight I got these matches, we'll let off some smoke And maybe they'll see us and maybe they won't Blanket of leaves hide the light from the stars, I'll lie awake listening out for cars He stares through curtains when he talks to the night, I sit and listen for tires on the drive I keep on waiting and he keep on talking Just stop him talking, please stop him talking No, give me silence Give me silence, Give me silence Oh, no...