Originals

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Your motivation came suddenly

Almost like you had a vision

And I'll do anything to support you

With just one provision

You can travel wide and travel far

But just keep me in your heart

Like the northern star

You were always special

From the start that was a given

How was I to know

Just how driven you would be

To see the world

Now you're off and under power

Sails unfurled

Oceans come with storms

And storms come without warning

So hold on tight, do what you need to do

And you'll be there by morning

Now the time has come 

For me to watch you sail away

You've charted all your courses

And you start to leave the bay

Someday you will find a home brand new

But there will always be a port here

Safe and true

Oceans come with storms

And storms come without warning

So hold on tight, do what you need to do

And you'll be there by morning

Now the time has come 

For me to watch you sail away

You've charted all your courses

And you start to leave the bay

Someday you will find a home brand new

But there will always be a port here

Safe and true

There will always be a port here

Safe and true

Hanging with your friends 

On a summer night

Beer buzz, stars overhead 

Everything's alright

Times like this 

Seems it's never gonna change

But when you turn around 

There's no turning back again

Like a train across the countryside 

You see so many things 

It's such a crazy ride 

And sometimes 

I know you can't get enough 

But the station's coming soon 

And I know goodbyes are rough

I can see how it's all gonna go 

We're all getting older now 

And it's starting to show

When I was a younger girl 

I just couldn't see 

But just look at the changes 

That the years have put on me

Take your darlings, hold them close by

Tell them "I love you" 

Come on now don't be shy 

Any moment you or I 

Could go 

And that's the honest truth 

But I think you know

Gotta keep your loved ones near 

the words you long to say 

are the words they long to hear

I can see how it's gonna end

One day we'll say goodbye forever

My forever friend

But your ride's not over yet

There's still some track to run

So you gotta roll along

Til your journey's done

You gotta keep rolling on

Til your journey's done

Gray and black at autumn’s end

Wood smoke is rising on the hill

Far across the valley

Everything is silent, cold and still

Empty coat rack on the wall

Boots no longer waiting in the hall

No one needs a ride to town 

Not another soul is anywhere around

So what were you thinking anyway? 

You know that nothing here

Can ever stay

How did you think that things would end? 

You knew one day a quiet house 

Would be your friend

But when it finally comes to pass 

It’s hard to comprehend

Everything in life comes to an end

When your child was younger

Life was full of wonder from the start

So too was your childhood 

When you left home

You broke your mother’s heart

But that’s the way it’s supposed to work

For all that joy you’re gonna feel a little hurt

So what were you thinking anyway? 

You know that nothing here

Can ever stay

How did you think that things would end? 

You knew one day a quiet house 

Would be your friend

But when it finally comes to pass 

It’s hard to comprehend

Everything in life comes to an end

 All across the universe, 

Nothing’s better, nothing’s worse

Every form must say goodbye 

Like wood smoke disappearing in the sky

The busy life you knew before 

Fades in the air 

And settles like dust on the floor

The distant mountains far away 

Will break apart, becoming rocks and clay

So what were you thinking anyway? 

You knew your child would grow up

And move away

How did you think that things would end? You knew one day a quiet house 

Would be your friend

But when it finally comes to pass

It's hard to comprehend

That everything in life comes to an end

Like the wood smoke in the sky 

Everything one day

Must one day say goodbye

Like the woodsmoke in the sky

I think I’d like to be an ‘us’

Maybe there's one more 'yet to be'

I can get so awfully tired of it just being me

But I like to live alone

And I like my quiet home

It’s just sometimes I think I’m looking for

Maybe just a little more

I’d like to meet that certain soul 

Who might feel the way I do

And when we finally get together 

I think we’ll know it too

And with some truth and understanding 

We can build something again

And there will be someone to walk with me

A kind and loving friend

Concluding every coupled heart

One must remain and one depart

Why would I ever want 

To start that all again?

Concluding every storyline 

The ‘we’ always becomes an ‘I’

Kinda makes me wonder why 

Even bother try

The outside world looks young

And in my heart that’s how I feel

But then my body lets me down 

And I know what's real

Gonna keep an open mind 

Maybe one more time I’ll find

Someone to share the ‘yet to be’

Maybe one more time around 

My heart will see

Concluding every coupled heart

One must remain and one depart

Why would I ever want 

To start that all again?

Concluding every storyline 

The ‘we’ always becomes an ‘I’

Kinda makes me wonder why 

Even bother try

The outside world looks young

And in my heart that’s how I feel

But then my body lets me down

And I know what's real

Gonna keep an open mind

Maybe one more time I’ll find

Someone to share the ‘yet to be’

Maybe one more time around

Maybe one more time around 

Maybe one more time around 

My heart will see

Another yet to be

Most of your life you just wouldn't go

The consequences always had you sayin no

But now it’s time for you to show

The world the way you want it to go

Once upon a time you were young and lean

Ready to go out and make a scene

Do you recall the fun you’d seen?

Do you know why? Take a guess 

You said yes

So just say yes, just say yes

Do your best to just say yes

I know it’s hard to walk the line

Me, I’m fallin off of it all the time

But I know I will be just fine

I know that I can pass any test

Most of us here feel the same

We just gotta step up and play our game

When we do we won’t feel the same

All we gotta do is, guess

Just say yes

So just say yes, just say yes

Do your best 

To just say yes

Time is ebbing low 

This is not time to say no

Everyone here shares a fate 

So just say yes before it gets too late

Caution’s always prudent 

And discretion’s always wise

But we’re not getting younger here

It’s time to meet the skies

And say yes, just say yes

Do your best 

To just say yes

The final guest has left the stage 

I guess it’s time I came of age

And let go of the legacy 

I never made

My father left a lot behind 

And he gave me quite a time

But it wasn’t his intention 

That his dream should become mine

We can never know 

Where our paths are going to lead

We cannot prepare ourselves 

For the things all yet to be

But don’t have any doubt

Things work out

It’s impossible to fly

To see things clearly from the sky

You must just take that first step

You gotta try

I know life’s a leap of faith 

I can’t always keep the pace

I’m just trying to move along

With just a little bit of grace

We can never know 

Where our paths are going to lead

We cannot prepare ourselves 

For the things all yet to be

But don’t have any doubt

Things work out

Guess I never had a dream of my own

 I’ve been going day by day 

Hoping that the only way home 

Would come to me

And I’d be free

Another chapter yet awaits 

I’m in the hands of all three fates

And I am ready now 

Though the hour is growing late

The final curtain’s going to fall 

I can hear my future call 

Out to me 

I know I gave the past my all

We can never know 

Where our paths are going to lead

We cannot prepare ourselves 

For the things all yet to be

But don’t have any doubt

Things work out

Don't have any doubt

Things work out

Every now and then 

You feel the need to leave

You just gotta roll

You’ve played the same old tired scenes 

And there’s a hunger in your soul

So you pack your bags and load the car

Your playlist fills the air

Driving west on 90

Destination anywhere

The city lights they beckon

A universe within

Your quickened pulse and hopeful heart Draw you swiftly in

Over your head and lovin’ it all 

Your future’s now your own

You live hard, give all you got 

But one day you’ll go home

There’s nothing like going away 

To make comin’ home so sweet

Home is where your heart is 

It’s where you feel it start to beat

You can travel the world around 

And nothing’s quite the same

As that certain sense of ease you feel When you’re headed home again

Now you’re back on an old familiar route 

You knew before you were gone

Your curses for that winding road 

Become a blessed homeward psalm

Rolling through the empty town 

At night when lights are low

It feels good to be back here

And in your heart you know

There’s nothing like going away 

To make comin’ home so sweet

Home is where your heart is

It’s where you feel it start to beat

You can travel the world around  

And nothing’s quite the same

As that certain sense of ease you feel When you’re headed home again

You can't really come back home

Until you go away

You will never know that feeling

Til your homebound day

(Cuz there's)

There’s nothing like going away 

To make comin’ home so sweet

Home is where your heart is 

It’s where you feel it start to beat

You can travel the world around 

And nothing’s quite the same

As that certain sense of ease you feel When you’re headed home 

When you're headed home

When you're headed home again

Tryin to make some sense of it all

You’re just a tiny speck 

On one enormous wall

Growin up, you figure it out 

You play by the rules

And yet you’re still so full of doubt

Still you had a hell of a real good time, 

Til everything changed 

On the turn of a dime

Cuz you never know how it’s all gonna go

And we never know just what we got 

We’re always looking for 

The next sweet spot

But it’s all clear 

That the moment is here

The moment is now Slipping into the ether

You find a love, maybe you have a kid

The years pass by and you can’t remember All those things you did

At first the time it moves so slow 

Until one day you wonder 

Where did all that precious time go?

Still you had a hell of a real good time, 

Til everything changed 

On the turn of a dime

Cuz you never know how it’s all gonna go

And we never know just what we got 

We’re always looking for 

The next sweet spot

But it’s all clear 

That the moment is here

The moment is now

Slipping into the ether

Minute by minute, you try to sink down in it 

But you gotta know, that it’s all gonna go

Into the ether   

There were some tragedies

But there were triumphs too

And through all of that

Somehow friend we’ve made it through

Give me your hand, and tell me it’s ok 

Cuz I could

Use a little help today

Still we had a hell of a real good time, 

Til everything changed 

On the turn of a dime

Cuz we never know when it’s all gonna go

And we never know just what we got 

We’re always looking for 

The next sweet spot

But it’s all clear 

The only moment is here

The only moment is now

Slipping into the ether

Slipping into the ether

Were you ever going to tell me? 

Baby won’t you spell me

Spare me of the cruelest lies

I can see it in your eyes

You’re leaving

And your heart begins retreat 

While I am grieving

And I am left here all alone to wonder why

Time gave us a certain distance

Making every instance

Just another tiny clue

Evidence of just how you

So beguiling, were making plans to leave

While you were smiling

And you were leaving me alone 

To wonder why

You and I have been every kind of friend

A partnership around the world 

And back again

You and I have been

So much more to each other

Lovers, friends, and sister and a brother

Who knows

All the many reasons

That people change like seasons

Say hello and say goodbye

It's enough to make you cry

Though you're long gone

And I know that it's all good

Sometimes I miss you 

Probably a bit more than I should

You and I have been every kind of friend

A partnership around the world 

And back again

You and I have been

So much more to each other

Lovers, friends, and sister and a brother

Were you ever going to tell me? 

Baby won’t you spell me

Spare me of the cruelest lies

I can see it in your eyes

You’re leaving

And your heart begins retreat 

While I am grieving

And I am left here all alone 

To wonder why

While I am grieving

And I am left here all alone

To wonder why

Cross the finish line, you’ll be fine 

Cross the finish line

I know you gave your all 

Life is a long haul, but I know you’ll be ok

Baby you just gotta push on through 

And show us all the way 

To the finish line

Landmarks in life show us the way

Weddings and birthdays 

And we-know-your-worth days

And all of that time in between

The start and the finish line

October 9, and you’ll be fine

On October 9

Show us all how you do it

Show us there’s so much more to it 

On October 9

I know you’re gonna shine

I know that life just keeps going on

But we’re all running with you

Keep up the pace in this challenging race

And we’ll all cross that finish line 

With you

One step at a time

Cross the finish line

I know that you are a fighter

Though I know that you’re not aware

That’s precisely why you 

Have arrived right there

It would be so easy to wanna give it up 

That’s true, but that’s not what you’ll do

If I know you, you’re gonna see it through 

To the finish line

Landmarks in life show us the way

Weddings and birthdays 

And we-know-your-worth days

And all of that time in between

The start and the finish line

Take one step at a time

Towards that finish line

Just take one step at a time

Cross that finish line

You're making all of your lists on paper

Planning out your life in advance

You can make to-dos today

But you still gotta get up and dance

Preparation's necessary

I'm not arguing

But still you gotta figure, to pull the trigger

You got to dive right in

It's not the destination 

So much so as the why and the how

Go without hesitation

There will never be another now

I've known you for a long time now

You're always making plans to call

But you can't dial the number, can you

You gotta lotta reasons to stall

Anticipation's half the game

I'm always gonna give you that

But in the end, I am telling you friend

You're gonna have to swing the bat

It's not the destination 

So much so as the why and the how

Go without hesitation

There will never be another now

It's not the destination 

So much so as the why and the how

Go without hesitation

There will never be another now

Things are changing now, 

The season tells me so

It’s not so easy for my heart to just let go

The leaves above my head 

Now lie beneath my feet

It’s hard to understand

The change is now complete 

And oooh, that’s the way it goes

And oooh, the circle starts to close

One upon a time I thought knew 

The way my life would go

How it’s all played out so far

I could never could've known

I thought I'd be young forever 

But that was just an illusion 

Change is coming now

And changes reach their own conclusion 

And oooh, that’s the way it goes

And oooh, the circle starts to close 

Did you ever stop to think

The ride would end someday?

If you're anything like me

Maybe once or twice

Then pushed that thought away

Less lies ahead than lies behind

That’s just where we are

It doesn’t seem possible

How did we all get this far?

As luck would have it 

We've got some pretty good stories to tell 

We're on the other side now 

Worse for wear 

But we wear it oh so well

And oooh, oooh, that’s the way it goes

And oooh, oooh, the circle starts to close 

Tick tock, are you watching the clock?

Tick tock, are you watching the clock?

Tick tock, watch the circle close