Timothy B.

(t. b. schmit/w. jennings/b. gaitsch)

Yesterday i walked a mean street
Looking for a long lost heart beat
Came upon a poor music man just singing

God brought it all together
How we used to play forever
I felt every song i've sung come ringing

You know it's been so long since i felt it in my soul
But from this day on my life is on a roll
If someone stands up just to let the spirit flow
Then a better day is coming

I came home and shared my feeling
You said there's a new world stealing
Open up and let the light just fill us

You know it's been so long since we felt it in our soul
But from this day on our life is on a roll
If we all stand up just to let the spirit flow
Then a better day is coming

There's a world unseen though we know it very well
Where there's harmony that no one can buy and sell
When our voices rise in the innocence of song
Then a better day is coming

We held on through some awful years
We can wait 'til our day appears

You know it's been so long since we felt it in our soul
But from this day on our life is on a roll
If we all stand up just to let the spirit flow
Then a better day is coming

And in this broken world where we have so much to grieve
We must try so hard to believe what we believe
If we keep a dream of how good it all can be
Then a better day is coming

You know it's been so long since i felt it in my soul
But from this day on my life is on a roll
If someone stands up just to let the spirit flow
Then a better day is coming

And in this world of grieving
We must try believing
If we keep our dreams
Then a better day is coming

A better day is coming
Brighter world is dawning
If we all stand up

(t. b. schmit/w. jennings/b. gaitsch)

When the feeling is lost i can find it
I go down to a street i know
It's a place where they live to unwind it
They lay back and just keep rolling

Sax man steps right out
Doesn't care who hears it

Gypsy bass picks a place where it's working
The drummer lays out some real life rhythm

When this old soul needs clearing
I stay until they bring me back

It ain't the radio
Living to play, you know
Down on jazz street
(meet me down on jazz street, yeah)
This ain't your hollywood
They really do it good
Down on jazz street

Down on jazz street there's one kind of people
Love the truth and they hate the jive
It's a church though it don't have a steeple
They're the ones who know what this life is

Down here they step out
They don't care who feels it

Every time they set me (to) flying
Seen them raise up the dead and dying
When your old heart is weary
They'll give you everything you lack
So when your soul needs clearing
Go down where they can bring you back

It ain't the radio
Living to play, you know
Down on jazz street

(t. b. schmit/w. jennings/b. gaitsch)

They're in the heat in the heart of the city
Big wind out of mexico
There's a girl wants it bad as me
And i'll be right there when she lets me go.

So let it all come down
Don't care where we're going
Trouble in this town
It's just what i need

Tired of looking back
No one lives forever
Jumping off the track
It feels good to me

Don't you know it turns your blood to wine
When you're moving so fine
It's the boys night out
You can run those lights
You can leave them on bright
It's the boys night out

Kept it straight just as long as i had to
Now i've got to let it ride
There's a girl who needs love so bad
And when i'm with her i feel alive

I her she's got some friends
They know how to use it
Oh, it never ends
You know what i mean

Any beat you choose
They can find the rhythm
They'll show us some moves
We've never seen

Don't you know it turns your blood to wine

There's a war between good and evil
It's not to hard to realize
There's no way you can beat the devil
'til you look him straight in the eyes

(t. b. schmit/w. jennings/b. gaitsch)

I will live just as long as you want me
In your arms where no bad dreams haunt me
I can live just as long as you're there
And you care--i feel it everywhere

In a world that i never will understand
All i know is we're all just passing by
In your arms is the one place that i'm not afraid
Of dying...

Hold me in you
Hold me in your heart
Hold me in you
Hold me in your heart

In a time when it's all so confusing
We can win and it feels like losing
Try to love...we don't know...what is love?
Try to live and don't know life at all

There are nights that i never think i'll live through
There are days i don't know what i'll do
I keep on for your love makes me want to live
One more moment

Hold me in you
Hold me in your heart
Hold me in you
Hold me in your heart

Deep in the midnight you are there to hear my cries
You are the good light shining 'til the darkness dies
Long as we're together
I'll keep on forever

Hold me in you
Hold me in your heart
Hold me in you
Hold me in your heart

(t. b. schmit/w. jennings/b. gaitsch)

Sadie made it down in hollywood
She worked real hard and she did real good
Now the years are finally coming down
Oh, though she owns this whole town

She's living and she's dying
She spent her whole time trying
Seems like even when you do it
Then you find out you can go right through it

Everybody needs a lover
Everybody needs a friend
Everybody needs a lover
To keep them moving 'til the end

Stevie won it all in rock and roll
Had it right down in his soul
Still has to face the day
Oh, some blues won't play

He's living and he's dying
He's spent his whole life trying
Seems like even when you do it
Then you find out you can go right through it

Everybody needs a lover
Everybody needs a friend
Everybody needs a lover
To keep them moving 'til the end

Buy the papers and i read them all day
Wonder when they're gonna blow it away
Working hard just to keep myself sane
But some days it's all pain

Everybody needs a lover
Everybody needs a friend
Everybody needs a lover
To keep them moving 'til the end