Home Again

The night is cool
The wind is high
A wave of light
Breaks through the sky
I watch the light
And wonder when
This wind will sweep
Me home again

I would be warm
If I were there
In golden fields
And easy air
I close my eyes
And now and then
My weary heart
Moves home again

Let my heart fly!
Help me break free!
Sweet night, fill me with light!
Bring me home again!

I will hold on
I will get through
I will not die
Away from you
I don't know how
I don't know when
But I will see
My home again

Hold on til then -
Oh, wait for me!
I will be free
And home again

Into the Fire

David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy, but he knew
Someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
Into valleys, into waters
Into jungles, into hell
Let us ride, let us ride home again
With a story to tell
Into darkness, into danger
Into storms that rip the night
Don't give in, don't give up
But give thanks for the glorious fight
You can tremble, you can fear it
But keep your fighting spirit alive boys
Let the shiver of it sting you
Fling into battle, spring to your feet boys
Never hold back your step for a moment
Never doubt that your courage will grow
Hold your head even higher and into the fire we go

Are there mountains that surround us?
Are there walls that block the way?
Knock 'em down, strip 'em back boys
And forward and into the fray
Into terror, into valour
Charge ahead, no, never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn
Someone has to face the valley
Rush in, we have to rally and win boys
When the world is saying not to
By God, you know you've got to march on, boys
Never hold back your step for a moment
Never doubt that your courage will grow
Hold your head ever higher and into the fire we go

Let the lightning strike
Let the flash of it shock you
Choke your fears away
Pull as tight as a wire
Let the fever spike
Let the force of it rock you
We will have our day, sailing into the fire

Someone has to face the valley
Rush in! We have to rally and win boys
When the world is saying not to
By God, you know you've got to march on, boys
Never hold back your step for a moment
Look alive! Oh, your courage will grow
Yes, it's higher and higher and into the fire we go
Into fire!
Onward, ho!

They Seek Him Here

They seek him here, they seek him there
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere
Is he in heaven or is he in hell?
That demned elusive Pimpernel

He meddles with the Frenchie Revolution
Popping in and out each week
Spoiling every lovely execution
La, what cheek!

They seek him here, they seek him there
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere
If there's a phantom in heaven or hell
'Tis the Scarlet Pimpernel!

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The country's topsy-turvy with its latest parlour game
We talk about this Pimpernel from night to morn
We dress ourselves in scarlet as a tribute to his name
You'd think that good Sir Galahad had been re-born
But the jackanapes is always runnin' round in some disguise
Who he is, the devil only knows
It's unfortunate to note curiosity just grows and grows

Is he vulgarian or sleek?
Authoritarian or meek?
I hear he's steely as you please
I hear he's really Japanese
He may be shrewd, he may be lewd
Ah well, it's hard to tell
Who is the Scarlet Pimpernel?

Lud love me, but I'm tired of the subject draggin' on
Here, here! The fella's just a man like you or me
These stories of his bravery will only make me yawn
Precisely so. The Pimpernel does not move me
But the impudence to keep himself a secret from us all
And the arrogance to make us guess
No, I do not care to know his identity nor his address

But does he wear a rakish hat?
Oh, I can't bear it if he's fat
Perhaps he swaggers on a heath
With sev'ral daggers in his teeth
Oh, dont'cha know he's Romeo
To ev'ry mad'moiselle
This blasted Scarlet Pimpernel!

I see him as a pirate!
No - a poet!
No - a prince!
A gypsy mopping sweat upon his brow
Might it be this gypsy of yours stands before you now?
It could be him!
It could be you!
Odd's fish, it could be me!
This scallawag could be most any sod
Bite your tongue, he is dashing and young
The Pimpernel's a god!
And he'll find me, and he'll wake me, and he'll take me
Down in the hay with him
I'm his
But lud knows who he is! A hero or a monk?
A Nero or a drunk!
Who is the Scarlet Pimpernel?

I say he's weird!
A lunatic!
No doubt a beard!
A nervous tic!
Ten tender toes
Two languid lips
A Roman nose
And sev'ral whips
A lovely lad
A cursed cad
Oh, he's a saint
He ain't!
This plucky non-pareil
This lucky, bloody swell
Who is the Scarlet Pimpernel?

When I Look at You

When I look at you, what I always see
Is the face of someone else who once belonged to me
Still I can hear him laugh
And even though that melody plays on, he's gone
When I look at you, he is standing there
I can almost breathe him in like summer in the air
Why do you smile his smile?
That heaven I'd forgotten eases through, in you

If you could look at me once more
With all the love you felt before
If you and I could disappear into the past
And find that love we knew
I'd never take my eyes away from you

When I look at you, he is touching me
I would reach for him, but who can hold a memory?
And love isn't everything
That moonlight on the bed will melt away, someday
Oh, you were once that someone
Who I followed like a star
Then suddenly you changed,
And now I don't know who you are
Or could it be that I never really knew you from the start?
Did I create a dream?
Was he a fantasy?
Even a memory is paradise for all the fools like me
Now, remembering is all that I can do
Because I miss him so, when I look at you

Marguerite

A scent of roses in her hair
A silver laugh that plays the air
A wave of heat, and Marguerite is near you
We fell like stars, we're falling still
We shared the dark, we always will
Who else but you could lead me to my heaven?
This was written on the wind
And it's useless to fight
Will you be my fallen angel tonight?

Marguerite, I thought you knew -
I understand the dark of you
Give in to me ... it's time that we were dancing
That scent of roses fills your hair
Your silver laughter chills the air
But oh the heat when Marguerite draws near

And no one has touched me
My soul's my own
Marguerite, you too walk the night alone
Come hear me, come near me
God only knows
No one moves my heart -
But you come close

And everyplace is bittersweet
When every face is Marguerite!
I breathe the roses in your hair
I feel your heat, I touch your air
You frighten me, or could it be, I love you?
The moon begins to climb the sky
The wind will rise, and so will I
To catch the star that's known as Marguerite

Madame Guillotine

I know the gutter and I know the stink of the street
200 years I have pressed through this festering heat
All you beauties who towered above me
You who gave me the smack of your rod
Now I give you the gutter
I give you the judgement of God!
Vengeance victorious
These are the glorious days
Women of Paris, come gather your bloody buquets!
Now gaze on our goddess of justice
With her shimmering, glimmering blade
As she kisses these traitors she sings them a last serenade
Sing, swing
Savour the sting
As she severs you, Madame Guillotine
Slice, come paradise
You'll be smitten with Madame Guillotine

The world may be ugly, but each man must do what he must
Give in pretty dear, in a year you will be pretty dust
Now come let our lady possess you
In her breathtaking, hair-raising bed
She will tingle your spine
As she captures your heart and your head
Sing, swing
Savour the sting
As she severs you, Madame Guillotine
Slice, come paradise
Our Delilah will shave you razor clean

God, when did man lose his reason?
Save us, my God, if you're there
God, can you not feel the terror like a fire in the air?
Flash, slash!
Glisten and gash!
She will ravash you, Madame Guillotine
Split, Madame just bit
Give her more to bite, she's a hungry queen
Sing, savour the sting
As she severs you, Madame Guillotine
Slice, come paradise
Hail her Majesty!
Madame Guillotine!

The Riddle

See the moon slink down in the sky, darling
Ev'ry dream is a lie, darling
Life is cold, and the game is old
Just see how dreaming repays you
You turn and someone betrays you
Betray him first
And the game's reversed!
For we all are caught in the middle
Of one long dangerous riddle
Can I trust you? Should you trust me too?
And we're all alone in this hell
And we all have secrets to sell
And there comes a day when we sell our souls away!

Here's the one sweet lesson of history
Ev'ry soul is a mystery
Faces change. What you knew grows strange
And we all have so many faces
The real self often erases
With all those lies dancing in our eyes!
We all are caught in the middle
Of one long dangerous riddle
Can I trust you? Should you trust me too?
We're all alone in this hell
And we all have secrets to sell
And there comes a day when we sell our souls away!

Can I run to you? Are you true to me?
I'll do unto you as you do to me!
And we slowly learn someone has to burn
Better you than me!
Oh, every Judas once loved a Jesus
But oh betrayal will seize us
And only fools follow golden rules
We all are caught in the middle
Of one long dangerous riddle
Of who trusts who
Maybe I'll trust you
But can you trust me?
Wait and see!

Now When the Rain Falls

Now when the rain falls, it's heavy and gray
It tumbles and pitches through space
I can remember when rain was soft
When you kissed the rain from my face

Now when the wind blows, I run from its touch
With you, wind was silk on my skin
People in love walk inside the wind
Where nothing can hurt you - it holds you too close
But now I'm outside, looking in

One day all my world circled about you
Now when I move on without you
Nothing on earth is the same!

Do you remember the sweep of the rain
The sound of it strumming the sky?
People in love walk inside that song
But now when I listen, the melody's changed
The rain only whispers 'goodbye'...
I don't want to cry when I think of you
But now when the rain falls, I do