Originals 34 - 42

I hear their battle cries And in their eyes What I see terrifies me Fervor rises, we can smell the hate Envisioning their better world They pump their fists And slogans hurl No rationale can reach them In this state How long will this take? Our very homeland is at stake Yes, it is flawed But it is already great We wish no one to go hungry Not one soul without a bed Our mission should be one of love And yet we find instead We're losing sight Of the light ahead There are no bombs or tanks Within our ranks To crush us as we sleep A truth that we all keep Inside our heart But things can change We all know that A bomb can burst in seconds flat The greatest empire, Rome Doomed from the start Politicians play their power games So few are here to serve How dare they have the nerve To supersede us? We are numbers, mere abstractions All their rhetoric, distractions Yet in the end it's clear That they still need us How long will this take? Our very homeland is at stake Yes, it is flawed But it is already great We wish no one to go hungry Not one soul without a bed Our mission should be one of love And yet we find instead We're losing sight Of the light ahead America, will you fall down, As many empires do? America, my home sweet home I still want to believe in you How long will this take? Our very homeland is at stake Yes, we are flawed But we are already great We wish no one to go hungry Not one soul without a bed Our mission should be one of love And yet we find instead We're losing sight Of the light ahead Don't lose sight Of the light ahead America

A rainy night in Troy It pours down from the sky Where do all the unhoused go For shelter to keep dry? As I was walking to my car I caught a woman's eye And I'm ashamed now to admit That I just passed her by How can I do a thing to help? My heart breaks every day Five dollars and smile to give It seems the only way We live in a world Undoubtedly unfair Where people standing near to us Are burdened with despair If we cannot change the world At least we can be kind A smile, a nod, a show of love A little light from up above Be the change you want to see Don't let things stay the same You gotta try to be The shelter in the rain Sunny, hot and unbearable The city's heat consumes Not everyone can find relief From the concrete and the fumes The cool lives in the light of day In those refuges for the few Places neatly tucked away I know them, so do you We live in a world Undoubtedly unfair Where people standing near to us Are burdened with despair If we cannot change the world At least we can be kind A smile, a nod, a show of love A little light from up above Be the change you want to see Don't let things stay the same You gotta try to be The shelter in the rain I can sing this song all day But I can't make it go away Desperate in need are we To see each other free A rainy night in Troy Shadows pass by on the street I sigh and wonder at it all Yet in my heart I keep A lasting hope, a burning love A little light from up above I will be a keeper of the flame I will try to be a shelter in the rain A lasting hope, a burning love A little light from up above I will be a keeper of the flame I will try to be a shelter I will try to be a shelter We must try to be The shelter in the rain

I thought of you again today Though many years you've been away You're in my heart, forevermore Friends I've known throughout the years Not all remain, but they're still here Inside my heart I can never forget the times we had They are part of who I am Wherever you may be You still live in me And you always will Until my time comes around And I hope it's understood I'm gonna love you 'Til the sun goes down for good Sometimes you come to me in dreams I close my eyes and now it seems You're here with me, forevermore It's like you never left this place And you're not lost to time and space You're here with me, forevermore I can never forget the times we had They are part of who I am Wherever you may be You still live in me And you always will Until my time comes around And I hope it's understood I'm gonna love you 'Til the sun goes down for good I shout out into the air Hoping you might still be there And you might hear me Somehow be near me Wherever you may be You still live in me And you always will Until my time is done And I hope it's understood I'm gonna love you all 'Til the sun goes down for good I'm gonna love you all 'Till the sun goes down for good I'm gonna love you all 'Til the sun goes down for good

Long before this place had a name Centuries ago It was home to countless souls Whose stories we'll never know But not everyone is lost to us Gone with the winds of time Through our history We keep the memories Of some of these people alive Their names continue to thrive A man named William Palmer Was a friend to those not his kin By their side he battled to save their land So they named this place after him So they named this place after him Duncan McGregor, he built on the hill A hotel where his business he plied One day that would be home To President Grant The mountain upon which he died The mountain upon which he died Wilton, Wilton, your story isn't done It continues into the future With every rising sun Palmertown soon became a place Where commerce was gaining a hold Sadly natives left here When the new days arrived Gone were the days of old Gone were the days of old Mary Brainerd kept a diary Of her life back in nineteen and ten If we read these pages, we can see What life looked like way back then What life looked like way back then Wilton, Wilton, your story isn't done It goes on into the future With every rising sun For a time, small farms existed here Communities sharing the load But they faded away With the changing of times (and) New industry just down the road New industry just down the road Between two larger cities One above and one below It's a peaceful and beautiful place to live Where families thrive and grow Where families thrive and grow Wilton, Wilton, your story isn't done It goes on into the future With every setting sun And every rising sun With every setting sun And every rising sun Here at home in Wilton

I'm Elizabeth, like the queen I'm Liz Taylor like on the screen No matter what you see I'm still the same I'm a novice and I'm a sage And I'm waiting to come of age With each moment I'm just trying to play the game You know a rose is still a rose By any name I'm a sister and I'm a friend I'm a mother until the end I'll be all these things Until my life has flown And the path that has led me here Has been anything but clear But there's till one truth My heart has always known That a rose is still a rose All on its own Behind all of this masquerade We are more alike than not But I am also guilty Of believing in the plot The truth, it seems, is something Somehow we forgot We've been through so much to get here Made a pilgrimage through the fear Each one of us Has had our share for sure We rejoice in what we know As we let our love light show And we open up our hearts Just like a door We know a rose is still a rose A rose is still a rose For evermore

How did you get here? Just who let you in? I can't understand this Here we go again The masses are enchanted The bar is hanging low Smoke and mirrors win the day As you start your show Time will tell if this is hell They believed - your magic spell The world out there is watching They sigh in disbelief Progress that we made Makes a swift retreat Rights for all, watch them fall Who will hear our desperate call? Turn, turn, watch the world turn Will we ever learn? You ain't bright But you put on quite a show The emperor is wearing A brand-new set of clothes On the edge of the ledge But it's our fault We made our bed Yes we did We made our bed

Things were going good for awhile Then we let it slip Got a hole in the hull Now it's time to turn the ship It's become a problem For every last one of us This tiny ball of blue it's true has become Dangerous Had it good growin' up Never knew a single consequence But we've burned every bridge since then And torn down every fence Mother earth is hurting now And I think we've lost her trust She sees us for what we are to her Dangerous Sometimes I feel locked inside Like I really don't have a choice Now it's gotten to the point Where none of us has a voice Not a single one of us It's dangerous In one hundred years from now That coastline won't look the same Florida will be under water That'll be a brand-new game It feels like we don't believe The change is up to us The way that it has got to be It's not an 'if' it's a 'must' It's dangerous Powerless, we look on While greed takes over the land The road ahead does not look good The wheel's slippin' out of our hands When we first got here on this ride It was do or die or bust But we forgot our way back home We lost control of the bus It's dangerous Where we gonna go? It's the only home we know And it's facing all of us It's dangerous

We got it off our chest Now I think it's best to put it away We won't be seeing eye to eye today But you gotta know, I'm here to stay I'm your forever friend I hope to make it clear, that I'm here There's no worry there Sometimes it's really best To get it out into the air You gotta know I'll always care I'll be there til the end Every motor running is gonna stall Every person walking is gonna fall That doesn't change a thing at all Sometimes you wanna run When the fun is hard to find But you ain't gotta worry I'm not changing my mind Our kind of friendship is hard to find So I'm gonna remind you again I'm your forever friend I'm your forever friend

That clock in the sky Is ticking faster everyday I cannot comprehend How the years have slipped away I thought I saw an old friend Just the other day But that wasn't so He was long gone into the fray I remember very well What it felt to be 23 Everything was possible My life ahead of me My vision wasn't clear But the path ahead was free The world was just waiting There at 23 No remorse, no stone unturned Every song was sung Not a bridge was burned Richer for the lessons learned So I'll say I got no regrets today I remember 39 Holding my infant son If you'da told me life was just a game I woulda told you that I won And it was just the start Of a whole new life to come The future was mine There at 39 I remember 58 My son moved away from home It wasn't easy then Starting all over alone The days remaining now Were less than the days I'd known The hour felt late There at 58 No remorse, no stone unturned Every song was sung Not a bridge was burned Richer for the lessons learned So I'll say I got no regrets today Closing in on 63 Things look so different now Just want this old soul to thrive And it doesn't really matter how From here on in I guess it's gravy anyhow But I'm living strong I'm living free Into 63 No remorse, no stone unturned Every song was sung Not a bridge was burned Richer for the lessons learned So I'll say, oh... No remorse, no stone unturned Every song was sung Not a bridge was burned Richer for the lessons learned So I'll say, I gotta say... I got no regrets today