Cover Songs

[studio demo from 1988, with charlie dominici on vocals. ]
[an acoustic version with james labrie on vocals can be found on the ]
["acoustic dreams" cd and another version is found on the fan club ]
[christmas cd 1996). ]
- cappeau de roquemaure (traditional)

O holy night
The stars are brightly shining
It 'tis the night of our dear savior's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
'til he appeared and the soul felt its worth.
A prayer of hope the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn

Fall on your knees
Oh hear the angel voices
Oh night divine
Oh night, when christ was born

Truly he taught us to love one another
His law is love and his gospel is peace
Chains shall he break for the slave is our brother
And in his name all oppression shall cease
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
Let all within us praise his holy name.

Fall on your knees
Oh hear the angel voices
Oh night divine
Oh night, when christ was born
Oh night divine
Oh night, when christ was born [**a**]
Oh night, when christ was born
When christ was born

[alternate ending - ("acoustic dreams" cd) ]
[beginning at **a** above. ]
Oh night, when christ was born
Oh night divine
Oh night, when christ was born
Christ was born

[alternate ending - (fan club christmas cd 1996)]
[beginning at **a** above. ]
Oh night, when christ was born
Oh night divine
Oh night, when christ was born
When christ was born
Christ was born

[with steve hogarth on vocals and steve rothery on guitar, ]
[both from marillion. ]
- ("uncovered" show at ronnie scott's jazz club, london - 1/31/95)
- steve hogarth and john helmer
(marillion - from the album "season's end")

A ghost of a mist was on the field
The grey and the green together
The noise of a distant farm machine
Out of the first light came

A tattered necklace of hedge and trees
On the southern side of the hill
Betrays where the border runs between
Where mary dunoon's boy fell

Easter here again
A time for the blind to see
Easter
Surely now can all of your hearts be free

Out of the port of liverpool
Bound for the north of ireland
The wash of the spray and horsetail waves
The roll of the sea below

And easter here again
A time for the blind to see
Easter
Surely now can all of your hearts be free

What will you do?
Make a stone of your heart?
Will you set things right
When you tear them apart?
Will you sleep at night
With the plough and the stars alight?

What will you do?
With the wire and the gun?
That'll set things right
When it's said and done?
Will you sleep at night?
Is there so much love to hide?

[a live version is also available on the fan club christmas cd 1998.] ]
- bono (u2 - from the album "the unforgettable fire")

If you twist and turn away
If you tear yourself in two again
If i could, you know i would
If i could, i would
Let it go
Surrender
Dislocate

If i could throw this
Lifeless lifeline to the wind
I'd leave this heart of clay
See you walk, walk away
Into the night
And through the rain
Into the half-light
And through the flame

If i could through myself
Set your spirit free
I'd lead your heart away
See you break, break away
Into the light
And to the day

To let it go
And so to fade away
To let it go
And so fade away

I'm wide awake
I'm wide awake
Wide awake
I'm not sleeping
Oh, no, no, no

If you should ask then maybe they'd
Tell you what i would say
True colors fly in blue and black
Bruised silken sky and burning flag
Colors crash, collide in blood shot eyes

If i could, you know i would
If i could, i would
Let it go...

This desperation
Dislocation
Separation
Condemnation
Revelation
In temptation
Isolation
Desolation
Let it go

And so fade away
To let it go
And so fade away
To let it go
And so to fade away

I'm wide awake
I'm wide awake
I'm wide awake
I'm not sleeping
Oh, no, no, no

[the live version is available on the fan club christmas cd 1998.]
- roger waters
(pink floyd - from the album the wall)

Hey you,
Out there in the cold,
Getting lonely, getting old,
Can you feel me?
Hey you,
Standing in the aisles,
With itchy feet and fading smile,
Can you feel me?
Hey you,
Don't help them to bury the light.
Don't give in without a fight.
Hey you,
Out there on your own,
Sitting naked by the phone,
Would you touch me?
Hey you,
With your ear against the wall,
Waiting for someone to call out,
Would you touch me?
Hey you,
Would you help me to carry the stone?
Open your heart, i'm coming home.
But it was only fantasy.
The wall was too high, as you can see.
No matter how he tried he could not break free.
And the worms ate into his brain.
Hey you,
Out there on the road,
Always doing what you're told,
Can you help me?
Hey you,
Out there beyond the wall,
Breaking bottles in the hall,
Can you help me?
Hey you,
Don't tell me there's no hope at all.
Together we stand, divided we fall.

[recorded instrumentally by john petrucci for a student, before ]
[images and words was released. chris collins, one of dream ]
[theater's earliest vocalists got a hold of the tape and decided ]
[to add some vocals of his own to the background music. ]
[lines in {} are the "extra" lyrics. ]
- jon bon jovi and richie sambora
(bon jovi - from the album "slippery when wet")

It's all the same, only the names will change
Everyday it seems we're wasted away
Another place where the faces are so cold
I drive all night
Just to {...a wise ass} get back home

I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse i ride {i ride}
{uh, wanted} i'm wanted {yah! dead or alive} dead or alive
Wanted dead or alive {yah! this song sucks}

{...man this has got to be boring}
Sometimes i sleep {uh oh, here we go again},
Sometimes it's not {man, give it a rest} for days
And people {you suck} i meet always go their separate ways
Sometimes i tell the day
By the bottle that you drink
And times when you're alone {i told ya you suck} all you do is think

Cause i'm a cowboy {no you're a dick},
On a steel horse i ride {bah}
I'm wanted {yah!} dead or alive
Wanted {wanted} dead or alive

{...uh check out that, check out that that...}
{check out this... }

Cause i'm a cowboy,
On a steel horse i ride {yeah ride this you faggot}
I'm wanted dead or alive
{yeah, gimme a gun i'll fuckin shoot you}

Well i walk the streets {what are you a prostitute?},
A loaded six string on my back
{yeah i bet you got something else on your back}
I play for keeps {yah!},
'cause i might not make it back {make it back}
I been everywhere {everywhere},
Still i'm standing tall {standing tall, yeah yeah}
I've seen a million faces
And i've rocked them all
{yeah i'll fuckin rock you, you dick}

I'm a cowboy {...a cowboy}, on a steel horse i ride
{...i'll steel horse your lucky faggot}
I'm wanted {wanted} dead or alive {dead or alive}
Cause i'm a cowboy {cowboy},
I got the night on my side {night on my side}
I'm wanted {wanted} dead or alive, and all right {yeah!}
Dead or alive
Still i try {don't try me man}
Dead or alive {alive}
Dead or alive
{john man give me a gun} dead or alive
Dead or alive, yeah {yeah}

{oh man it's over already, we'll miss you. we'd like to }
{personally thank bon jovi and richie sambora for their }
{uh, effort in this project, and personally i've got a }
{contract out on them for 5,000 dollars, so um i gotta go.}

[recorded live at the l'amour, ny, 9/25/1986 with chris collins on vocals.]
[available on the "no sleep since brooklyn/instrumental iii" cd. ]
[these are the lyrics from the rainbow version, it is hard to understand ]
[much of what chris collins is actually singing. ]
- ronnie james dio (rainbow - from the album "long live rock 'n' roll")

Look away from the sea
I can take you anywhere
Spend a vision with me
A chase with the wind

Move closer to me
I can make you anyone
I think you're ready to see
The gates of babylon

The power of what has been before
Rises to trap you within
A magic carpet ride a genie maybe more
A city of heavenly sin
Sleep with the devil and then you must pay
Sleep with the devil and the devil will take you away
Oh gates of babylon

You can see but you're blind
Someone turned the sun around
But you can see in your mind
The gates of babylon

You're riding the endless caravan
Bonded and sold as a slave
A sabre dance removing all the veils
Getting as good as you gave
Sleep with the devil and then you must pay
Sleep with the devil and the devil will take you away

Look away from the sea
I can take you anywhere
Spend a vision with me
A chase with the wind

Move closer to me
I can make you anyone
I think you're ready to see
The gates of babylon

The power of what has been before
Rises to trap you within
A magic carpet ride a genie maybe more
A city of heavenly sin
Sleep with the devil and then you must pay
Sleep with the devil and the devil will take you away
Black gates of babylon

The devil is me
And i'm holding the key
To the gates of sweet hell
Babylon

[all of different strings with an instrumental "outro" consisting of a ]
[snippet of analog kid (from the album "signals") followed by part of ]
[la villa strangiato (from the album "hemispheres"). ]
- neil peart (rush - from the album "permanent waves")

Who's come to slay the dragon,
Come to watch him fall?
Making arrows out of pointed words,
Giant killers at the call?
Too much contradiction,
Too much contradiction and confusion.
Peel away the mystery,
Here's a clue to some real motivation.

All there really is,
The two of us,
And we both know why we've come along.
Nothing to explain,
It's a part of us
To be found within a song.

What happened to our innocence,
Did it go out of style?
Along with our naivete',
No longer a child.
Different eyes see different things,
Different hearts beat on different strings.
But there are times
For you and me, when all such things agree.

All there really is,
The two of us,
And we both know why we've come along.
Nothing to explain,
It's a part of us
To be found within a song.

[with steve hogarth from marillion on co-lead vocals. ]
- ("uncovered" show at ronnie scott's jazz club, london - 1/31/95)
- john lennon and paul mccartney
(the beatles - from the album "white album")

She's not a girl who misses much
Do do do do do do do do
She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand
Like a lizard on a window pane.

The man in the crowd with the multicoloured mirrors
On his hobnail boots
Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy
Working overtime
A soap impression of his wife which he ate
And donated to the national trust.

I need a fix 'cause i'm going down
Down to the bits that i left uptown
I need a fix cause i'm going down
Mother superior jump the gun
Mother superior jump the gun
Mother superior jump the gun
Mother superior jump the gun
Mother superior jump the gun
Mother superior jump the gun

Happiness is a warm gun
Happiness is a warm gun
When i hold you in my arms
And i feel my finger on your trigger
I know nobody can do me no harm
Because happiness is a warm gun. yes it is.
Because happiness is a warm gun. yes it is.
Because happiness is a warm gun. yes it is.
Oh, don't you know that
Happiness is a warm gun.