LYRICS on DRCD 412, “SUNRISE ON THE MOON”

SHY

Lyrics: Dave Castle

(LATE MEETING)

Music: Ewan Svensson

YOUR EYES WATCH ME CLOSELY

YOUR EXPRESSION CHANGES

BUT I AM A SHY ONE

SO TELL ME WHAT I’VE DONE

TO DESERVE ALL YOUR ATTENTION

MAY I ASK JUST WHY ME

IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIAL

A SPECIAL QUALITY

WELL, PERHAPS AS I’M QUIET AND RESERVED

SO YOU MIGHT EXPECT THAT I WOULD BECOME UNNERVED

BY THE SITUATION

FUNNY, BUT I FEEL SO DIFF’RENT

USUALLY I’M TOO SHY

BUT THIS TIME I WILL TRY

TO DISPEL THOSE BUTTERFLIES

(from bridge)

WELL, PERHAPS AS I’M QUIET AND RESERVED

SO YOU MIGHT EXPECT THAT I WOULD BECOME UNNERVED

BY THE SITUATION

I’M SHY, BUT ON THIS OCCASION

QUITE COINCIDENTALLY

I’VE FOUND SOMEBODY

WHO’S EQUALLY AS SHY AS ME

BUSY ME

Lyrics: Dave Castle

(TUESDAY EVENING)

Music: Ewan Svensson

SIMPLY BECAUSE I’M COOL AND COLLECTED

IT DOESN’T MEAN I’VE RUN OUT OF IDEAS

GOTTA SEE ALL THE BEAUTY SPOTS IN THE WORLD

SUCH AS VENICE BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS

WENT INTO TOWN TO BUY AIRLINE TICKETS

BUT I COULD NOT DECIDE JUST WHERE TO FLY

COLD IN THE NORTH AND MUCH TOO HOT IN THE SOUTH

GUESS I’LL GET AROUND TO DOIN’ IT BYE AND BYE

LIKE TO ESCAPE FROM THOSE DAILY PROBLEMS

THEY’RE BETTER LEFT TO SOMEONE ELSE, NOT ME

SURELY IT WOULD BE SUCH A PITY TO MISS

ALL THE PLEASURES OF INACTIVITY

DAY AFTER DAY MY LIFE’S AN ADVENTURE

I’M ALWAYS GOIN’ NOWHERE HURRIEDLY

IT ISN’T HARD TO PICK ME OUT IN A CROWD

BUSY ME, DOIN’ NOTHIN’ CONSTANTLY

CODA

BUSY ME, DOIN’ NOTHIN’ CONSTANTLY

USING NO ENERGY

AND THAT’S OKAY BY ME

LIVING IN LIMBO

Lyrics: Dave Castle

(IN MAY)

Music: Ewan Svensson

SINCE WE MET YOU ALWAYS SAY “TOMORROW”

ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS SHOULD I STAY, SHOULD I GO

TIME TO WAKE UP, THE DAYS ARE SPEEDING PAST

I’M LIKE A SAILING BOAT WITHOUT A MAST

WHAT TIME DOES IT GO DARK

AND AM I IN A DESERT OR A GREEN PARK

YOU’VE GOT ME LIVING MY LIFE IN LIMBO

WON’T YOU PLEASE TELL ME YES OR NO

WHEN YOU LAUGH IS IT BECAUSE I’M FUNNY

SORRY, AS I SEE IT THIS IS NO COMEDY

EITHER I’M ON A TRIP WITHOUT AN END

OR TIME WILL TELL, BUT TIME IS NOT MY FRIEND

SHADOWS GROWING SO LONG

BUT AT THIS TIME OF DAY THE SHADOWS FEEL WRONG

YOU’VE GOT ME LIVING MY LIFE IN LIMBO

IT’S A PLACE YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW

I’M HERE

Lyrics: Dave Castle

(BOAT TRIP)

Music: Ewan Svensson

DID YOU THINK I’D FALL FOR THAT EXCUSE?

YOU MUST TAKE ME FOR A FOOL

YOU THINK YOU’RE A GOD BUT YOU’RE NO ZEUS

S’CUSE ME IF I SOUND CRUEL

I TRY TO BELIEVE IN YOU AND TO TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY

BUT THEN WHY DO YOU DISAPPEAR MYSTERIOUSLY?

I WANT YOUR ATTENTION ALL THE TIME

REALLY SHOW YOU CARE

WHISPER WORDS OF LOVE AND DON’T JUST MIME

I’M NOT OVER THERE, I’M HERE

I HAVE WAITED LONG FOR YOU TO CHANGE

THINK I’VE WAITED LONG ENOUGH

MUST SAY YOUR BEHAVIOUR IS STRANGE

SORRY IF I SOUND TOUGH

SEEMS YOU LIKE TO DISAGREE AND TO HAVE THE UPPER HAND

ALL MY GOOD IDEAS, THEY ALL RUN OUT IN THE SAND

DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A BRAND NEW START?

YOU ARE NOT YET IN THE CLEAR

BUT YOU’LL HAVE TO SOFTEN UP YOUR HEART

DON’T TREAT ME LIKE AIR, I’M HERE

ABSOLUTELY YOU

Lyrics: Dave Castle

(APRIL WALK)

Music: Ewan Svensson

INDIVIDUALITY CAN BE FUN

(A)MONG A HUNDRED THERE ALWAYS IS ONE

YOU ARE DIFF’RENT FROM THE REST

STAND OUT IN THE CROWD, AT THAT YOU ARE BEST

IN THIS WORLD OF OURS VARIATIONS ARE SO FEW

BUT YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY YOU

TRAFFIC HAS TO STOP WHEN YOU CROSS THE ROAD

YOU INVENTED YOUR OWN HIGHWAY CODE

NOT AN ENERGETIC TYPE

YOU WILL MAKE YOUR MOVE WHEN THE TIME IS RIPE

DOESN’T MATTER IF ALL THE THINGS THEY SAY ARE TRUE

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY YOU

MAKIN’ UP YOUR MIND IS NO EASY THING

OF INDECISION YOU ARE THE KING

THINGS WILL ALWAYS TURN OUT RIGHT

THERE’S NO NEED TO FUSS, SET THE WORLD ALIGHT

NOBODY EVER SEEMS TO SHARE YOUR POINT OF VIEW

‘CAUSE IT’S ABSOLUTELY YOU

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF ONE DAY YOU DECIDE

THAT YOUR LIFE-STYLE IS UNDIGNIFIED

THIS WOULD BE A POORER PLACE

IF YOU JOINED IN THE UNIVERSAL RACE

WE NEED PEOPLE WHO NEVER KNOW WHAT NOT TO DO

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY YOU

SUNRISE ON THE MOON

Lyrics: Dave Castle

(SKETCH)

Music: Ewan Svensson

SO STRANGE TO BE HERE WITH A LOVE AS NEW

AS THE MORNING DEW

YOUR HAND WAS HELD OUT, BECKONING ME

I FOLLOWED YOU, WHAT WOULD BE WOULD BE

WE CLIMBED TO A GREATER HEIGHT

TO START OUR JOURNEY INTO THE NIGHT

WE CAME TO A PLACE BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY

AND BEGAN TO FLY

THE LIGHT FROM THE MOON SHOWED US THE WAY

WHERE WE COULD BE AMONG STARS AT PLAY

THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE AROUND

AND ALL THE TIME WE DIDN’T MAKE A SOUND

YOU SPOKE ALL THE WORDS THAT I HOPED TO HEAR

AS YOU HELD ME NEAR

WE MOVED TO THE SOUNDS OF DISTANT WAVES

BREAKING ON SHORES AND THEN INTO CAVES

JUST WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THIS

PERHAPS IT’S SO I’M LOST IN A KISS

WE’RE UP IN THE CLOUDS, YET MY VISION’S CLEAR

OCEANS SOON APPEAR

BUT THIS CANNOT LAST, IT HAS TO END

DOWN, FALLING DOWN, STARTING TO DESCEND

MY DREAM’S OVER MUCH TOO SOON

THE NIGHT WE DANCED TILL SUNRISE ON THE MOON

Coda

WHEN WE DANCED TILL SUNRISE ON THE MOON

SEASONS OF THE HEART

Lyrics: Dave Castle

(EARLY MEETING)

Music: Ewan Svensson

WINTER, SUMMER, SPRING AND FALL WE KNOW

THEY HAVE A WAY OF CHANGING OUR LIVES

SEASONS OF THE HEART, THEY ALSO COME AND GO

FROM THEM OUR HAPPINESS DERIVES

RAIN AND TEARS GO OFTEN HAND IN HAND

THE AUTUMN LEAVES CAN MAKE YOU SO SAD

SUMMER WINDS THAT BLOW ACROSS THE SEA AND LAND

CAN HELP TO CHANGE YOUR MOOD TO GLAD

EV’RY SEASON SHOULD BE LIKE A FRIEND

BUT SOMETIMES LIFE CAN LOSE ALL ITS STING

NOW EACH DAY I ASK WHEN WILL THIS WINTER END

AND SUDDENLY IT’S HERE - IT’S SPRING

JUST WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE

Lyrics: Dave Castle

(PIECE IV)

Music: Ewan Svensson

I WAS ALWAYS CONSIDERED EARTHBOUND

TELL ME THIS, JUST WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, TURNING MY LIFE ALL AROUND

EV’RY DAY I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD DO

NOW I HAVE NO PLANS,

IT’S OUT OF MY HANDS

EV’RYTHING’S UP TO YOU

WE CAN WALK WITHOUT CARES IN THE RAIN

WHEN I LAUGH OVER SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID I NEVER HAVE TO EXPLAIN

THERE ARE THOSE WHO’LL SAY THAT MY SHIP HAS GONE AGROUND

MY BRIDGES ARE CROSSED

AND THOUGH I AM LOST

I DON’T WANT TO BE FOUND

I HAVE NEVER BEEN OUT OF CONTROL

NOW I KNOW WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO LOVE SOMEBODY BODY AND SOUL

I WILL PLAY YOUR SONG AS THOUGH I WAS YOUR GUITAR

I NEED NO EXAM

TO KNOW WHO I AM

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE

NO SUCH THING

Lyrics: Dave Castle

(THANKS)

Music: Ewan Svensson

ALL IN LIFE IS AN ILLUSION

WE CREATE THE IMAGES IN OUR PICTURE BOOK

CHOOSE THE COLOURS IN PROFUSION

PAINT THE WORLD IN A DIFF’RENT SHADE, WITH A DIFF’RENT LOOK

SOME MAY START A REVOLUTION

TRYING TO FLY TO GREATER HEIGHTS WITH A BROKEN WING

SAYING THEY’VE FOUND THE RIGHT SOLUTION

BUT FOR ME TILL I FIND THE KEY THERE IS NO SUCH THING

SOMETHING NEW IS HAPP’NING RIGHT NOW

IT IS LIKE I’M WAKING FROM A FANTASTIC DREAM

BUT I CAN’T BELIEVE IT, SOMEHOW

FLOWING CLEAR AS A MOUNTAIN STREAM IS A LOVE SUPREME

THINK THAT I WAS IMAGINING THERE WAS NO SUCH THING

OPTIMISTIC BLUES

Lyrics: Dave Castle

(ALT. BLUES)
Music: Ewan Svensson

MONEY DOESN’T MAKE US HAPPY

MONEY DOESN’T MAKE US GLAD, NO

WHEN YOUR PURSE AT LAST IS EMPTY

CHANCES ARE YOU’RE FEELIN’ BAD, SO

RUN AWAY FROM THE PESSIMISTIC

GET AWAY FROM THE STATUS QUO

CAN’T YOU HEAR THE VOICES CALLING

TELLING YOU TO CHANGE YOUR MOOD, SO

PUT THE HUNGRY YEARS BEHIND YOU

ADOPT A BETTER ATTITUDE, GROW

YOU’LL BE DEVELOPING PERSONALITY AND

FINALLY WILL STOP THE SHOW

PESSIMISM DOESN’T MAKE IT

GET’S YOU NOWHERE IN THE END, NO

LEAVE THE HIGHWAY TO THE BLUES NOW

THERE’S BETTER TIMES AROUND THE BEND, SO

YOU’LL FIND THAT YOU HAVE A VERY SPECIAL AURA

YOU’LL GET AN OPTIMISTIC GLOW

FROM OUT OF THE SHADOWS

Lyrics: Dave Castle

(CHANGED)

Music: Ewan Svensson

WHEN ROMANCE COMES, STAYS AWHILE AND THEN LEAVES

LOVE TAKES YOU PRIS’NER IN THE SPELL THAT IT WEAVES

IT’S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I SAW A NEW DAWN

MY WORLD HAD BECOME WEARY AND WORN

YOU CAME ALONG, HELD MY HAND, LIT THE SPARK

JUST AS MY EYES WERE GETTING USED TO THE DARK

NOW I’M EMERGING FROM OUT OF THE SHADOWS

INTO THE LIGHT

HUNDREDS OF YEARS HAVE GONE BY SO IT SEEMS

THIS COULDN’T HAPPEN, NOT IN MY WILDEST DREAMS

ALL OF MY SENSES RETURNING AS NEW

THERE’S NOTHING AT ALL SPOILING MY VIEW

YOU CAME ALONG, HELD MY HAND, LIT THE SPARK

JUST AS MY EYES WERE GETTING USED TO THE DARK

NOW I’M EMERGING FROM OUT OF THE SHADOWS

INTO THE LIGHT

AGAIN

STARSVILLE

Lyrics: Dave Castle

(MEDIUM)

Music: Ewan Svensson

YOUR LEADING LADY, THAT WAS ME

THOUGHT I WAS TOP OF THE BILL

LIVING IN STARSVILLE

I HAD DREAMS OF BEING A NAME UP THERE IN LIGHTS

AND ON EV’RYBODY’S LIPS

GETTING ALL THE WINNING CHIPS

IN GAMES OF CHANCE, COULDN’T LOSE

EV’RYONE WISHED THEY WERE IN MY SHOES

THOUGHT I WAS NUMBER ONE OF COURSE

PUT A STAR UPON MY DOOR

THOUGHT THAT I WOULD HEAR THEM SHOUT

FOR MORE

THE NEW LEADING LADY, WHO IS SHE?

IS SHE FROM THE CHORUS LINE?

A NEW STAR WHO’LL SHINE

I RECALL YOU SAID NO ONE ELSE COULD TAKE MY PLACE

DO THE THINGS THAT I COULD DO

MAKE IT COME ALIVE FOR YOU

THE WORLD’S A STAGE

AND I PLAYED INTO YOUR HANDS

SO YOU HAD IT MADE

YOUR PRIMA DONNA THAT WAS ME

GUARANTEED TO MAKE A HIT

BUT A CO-STAR I WON’T BE

I JUST WENT AND QUIT

BEING HUMAN

Lyrics: Dave Castle

(BEING)

Music: Ewan Svensson

THERE ARE TIMES IN LIFE

YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN

WELL, IF THAT’S NOT ENOUGH

IT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE ONLY HUMAN

AND BEING HUMAN MEANS LEARNING FROM ALL OUR MISTAKES

IF YOU’RE HUMBLE THAT’S ALL IT TAKES

IT’S A FRIENDLY WARNING

WAKE UP TO A BRIGHT MORNING

TO DO ESSENTIALLY

ONLY THE THINGS IN LIFE THAT FEEL NAT’RAL

IT’S NOT SO EAS’LY DONE

MOST OF THE TIME IT IS QUITE IRRATIONAL

BUT BEING HUMAN MEANS HAVING TO TAKE EV’RY CHANCE

TO ENHANCE ALL OF LIFE’S SWEET DANCE

AND WHEN THINGS ARE ALL DONE

YOU WERE ONLY BEING HUMAN

SOMETHING IN RETURN

Music:Ewan Svensson (Summer Song)

Lyrics: Dave Castle

TODAY I ASK MYSELF IF WE

DESERVE TO HOLD THE KEY

NO GETTING SOMETHING IN RETURN

UNLESS WE LEARN

THE GREENERY IS GONE

AND STARS THAT ONCE HAD SHONE

THEY HAVE NO MORE TO SHINE UPON

BUT FOR SURE

ONE THING THAT’S FOR SURE

IF WE LOVE OUR OWN UNIVERSE

LET’S NOT MAKE IT WORSE

NO MISTAKES

LET’S NOT MAKE MISTAKES

IN RETURN, YES

WE SHALL GET SOMETHING IN RETURN

AND IF WE FIND ANOTHER WAY

AND POSSIBLY WE MAY

WE MAY GET SOMETHING IN RETURN

BECAUSE WE LEARNED

SO SHALL WE GIVE AND TAKE

OR ARE WE GOING TO BREAK

ALL OF THE PROMISES WE MAKE

THROUGH THE CLOUDS

SHINING THROUGH THE CLOUDS

YOU CAN SEE A WONDERLAND THERE

SHINING EV’RYWHERE

SOON IT’S SPRING, WINTER TURNS TO SPRING

AND IN TIME THE

SPRING GIVES US SUMMER IN RETURN

I AM TOUCHED

Lyrics: Dave Castle

(PIECE II)

Music: Ewan Svensson

I AM TOUCHED

BY YOUR SWEET WORDS

THEY WARM MY HEART

LIKE SINGING OF THE BIRDS

AT DAWN, AS I WAKE

YOUR WORDS MEAN SO MUCH,

AND YOUR TOUCH

I’M LOST

IN YOUR EMBRACE

AND I CAN SEE

FORGIVENESS IN YOUR FACE

AS YOU HOLD ME CLOSE

YOUR WORDS MEAN SO MUCH

AND YOUR TOUCH

I AM TOUCHED

NOW COMES A TEAR

AND ONE BY ONE

MY FEARS JUST DISAPPEAR

AT DAWN I HAVE FOUND YOUR LOVE

AND YOUR TOUCH

I’M REBORN