Christopher Kent Lyrics

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From the New CD Single
(All words and music by Christopher Kent)

Your Age is None of Your Business

My friend Sam wanted to live forever
He heard of a spiritual master who was 200 years old
They said the master lived high in the Himalayas
And if you found him, he'd tell you all you need to know
Sam searched those mountains tirelessly for ages
Til he found the master sitting on a ledge
Sam said, "Please tell me how to stay young forever"
Well the master laughed so hard he nearly fell right over the edge
And then the master said:

Your age is none of your business
Enjoy the journey, you'll be here for a while
Your age is none of your business
Just keep dancing - and remember to smile

Now you may think there's one age that's perfect
With endless possibilities and looks beyond compare
Sort of like a Cinderella story in reverse-
Cause for the rest of your life it's downhill from there
Well Einstein said that time is an illusion
So maybe we should give ourselves a break
If younger and older are in the eye of the beholder
Then who cares how many candles are on your birthday cake?
Like the man said:

[CHORUS]

Bridge:
Well maybe there's a planet out there somewhere
Where no ages, or goes through awkward stages, or loses their hair
But we've got no choice in the matter, dude
So it all comes down to attitude
And a good attitude will give you lots of time to spare...time to spare

Some days I feel feisty as a newborn baby
Other days I feel as old as a mountain
It doesn't have a thing to do with my birth date
So if you ask my age, I'll just say "Who's countin'?"
Let's all celebrate that we're still dancing
And forget about those trips around the sun
Cause in the end the only thing that matters
Is that you're never too young or old to be loved
Or to have a little fun

[CHORUS]

What Do You Believe?

I was walking through the city, the sun was bright and the streets were hot
When I saw a crowd had gathered 'round a man who was speaking in a parking lot
I could have turned and walked away, but something about him made me stay
I got a little closer, and then I heard him say:

What do you believe? What do you believe?

Do you believe the world is dangerous, that you have to stay on guard?
Do you believe you'll never have the life you want, cause getting there is just too hard?
Do you believe that you're a victim-someone has power over you?
And looking out for number one is the only thing to do?
Do you believe you can't afford to share because there might not be enough?
Do you believe not showing your emotions is a way to prove you're tough?
Do you believe life's filled with obstacles you'll never overcome
And the blessings of the universe are only given to some?

CHORUS:
What do you believe? Do you ever think about it?
What do you believe? Do you ever stop to doubt it?
Did you draw your own conclusions, or did you learn them in your youth?
What do you believe?
I'll bet you think it's the truth

Do you believe you're at the mercy of your past, no matter how fast you run?
Or that you'll never be forgiven for something terrible you've done?
Do you believe money is evil, although you hate being poor?
Or that you can't be happy without some thing you've spent your whole life waiting for?
Do you believe you're born to suffer, that the world is on your shoulders?
Do you believe you'll lose your strength and beauty as you grow older?
Do you believe when someone has wronged you, revenge is justified?
Do you believe life has no meaning, that you'll vanish when you die?

CHORUS

Bridge:
And then he said:
The things that we believe, they shape the life we live
They can lead us into hatred, they can lead us to forgive
Sometimes it's hard to understand the things that we go through
Just remember that our lives are shaped by what we believe to be true
So: What do you believe?

Do you believe when your life is in danger, it's kill or be killed?
Do you believe to make the world a better place, some blood must be spilled?
Do you believe that every single thing your religion says is true?
And for your soul to be worthy, there's a list of things you have to do?
Do you believe you know what's right and wrong, and there's nothing to discuss?
Do you believe we can do what we want to the Earth because it was given to us?
Do you believe that war will never end because people are inherently flawed?
Do you believe that your religion is the only one sanctified by God?

CHORUS

From the CD Intuition
(All words and music by Christopher Kent)

Intuition

Have you ever had the feeling
You should walk down a certain street?
Have you ever thought of someone you knew,
And half an hour later you meet?
The future has already happened,
It just hasn't come into view
Listen to your intuition -
The future is calling you

CHORUS:
No need to worry
No need to run so fast
Listen to your intuition
And let the future cause the past

Standing alone at a crossroads
Wondering which way to go
Somewhere ahead in the future
You already know
One road may have led to your downfall
One may have led to your dreams
Listen to your intuition
The future is not what it seems

CHORUS

The best you ever could be -
Or something less
The taste of sweet fulfillment -
Or the taste of emptiness
Every choice can change the future
Don't just take the ride
Listen to your intuition
Time is on your side

CHORUS

You Are the One

Storm clouds are breaking in midnight skies
Falling star falls, but the moon's on the rise
And just like a falling star, love can fall through your window at night
And carry you right
To the heart of the matter
And what can you do
When the love you've been needing comes calling to you
And you're lost in a moment of time
With someone beside you you love
I can't help believing that

You are the one
And I'd like to share all the things I've begun with you
'Cause you make me feel so at home,
I can't help believing that
You are the one

Sometimes love comes, and love goes away
Like a rainbow in moonlight that fades with the day
But sometimes it opens your heart
And sets all the love in you free
Like the wind on the sea
When the weather is changing
and dreams can fly
And the new morning colors
are sweeping the sky
And you know love will always be there
It's just like beginning again
And I can't help believing that

You are the one, etc.

Kinky

When I woke up this morning I was dressed in your clothes
You had me tied to the bed
from my head to my toes
You were dressed in black leather
You were sharpening your whip
And I could not help smiling when you tightened your grip
I said,
You're kinky!
You're pretty kinky, uh-huh -
Kinky!

I used to be careful not to step out of line
Pushed any colorful desires to the back of my mind
I signed up my self-respect for early removal
I was so busy waiting for
somebody's approval

Oh, I was kinky
Living like that is pretty kinky
Uh-huh - Kinky!

Well you can make funny faces
You can dye your hair green
You can live like a virgin
or completely obscene
You can talk to the spirits
You can talk to your plants
You can wait for the UFO's while you're reading True Romance
You can dress like Liberace
You can talk like Lenny Bruce
You can think like Albert Einstein
You can think like Dr. Seuss!
Some are gonna say you're crazy,
But some are gonna say you're smart!
After all, it doesn't really matter
As long as it comes from your heart!

So let's be kinky!
EVERYBODY! Kinky!
Yeah, we're all pretty kinky!
KINKY!

You Could Believe (In Yourself)

There's a look in your eyes
Like the feeling of cloudy winter skies
A river running dry inside
And leaves on the ground
All because of a dream
that let you down

CHORUS:
If only you could believe in yourself
You know you need to believe in something true -
Something like you
Like you

It's a long, lonely ride
When there's nobody standing by your side
And flowers pressed and dried
have lied
But nothing can change
All the love and creation you contain

CHORUS

You have stars in your eyes
So many dreams you could realize
And music and laughter
And that love you've been after
all this time -
Let it shine!
Let it shine . . .

After all you've been through
Don't let loneliness take that love from you
There's so much you could do that's true
It's not hard being kind
Love is waiting for anyone to find

CHORUS

A Beautiful Pair

You were standing on the corner -
You stood out from the rest
I walked over and sat behind you
Nonchalantly trying to look my best
You were tying up your bicycle
I said, do you always ride?
You turned around and I stood up
And we were smiling eye to eye

CHORUS:
'Cause we don't need each other
We just care
And we don't bleed each other
We just share
We didn't get what we expected
In answer to our prayers
But Lord, Lord, Lord,
Don't we make a beautiful pair?

I used to look for someone
Who was everything I couldn't be
Sort of filling in my missing half -
But love kept turning into jealousy
You and I don't have that problem
We just get along
You don't have to play Fay Wray
And I don't have to be King Kong

CHORUS

Sometimes I still can't believe it
After all I've been through
All those things I thought I needed
Couldn't hold a candle to you

CHORUS

Open Country

When first I saw your city
It had canyons full of midnight wine
Dirty streets with open doors
A fishnet made of subway lines
And Coney Island seemed so strange
And gutters filled with salty rain
That fell across the walls and doors
And sprinkled into strange designs
And broken buildings, edifice wrecks
Sleeping in the mother city
Looking like some lover who has lost his only love
And has no one to turn to

CHORUS:
Oh, New York City -
You've been a teacher and a friend
But I miss so many things on which my soul depends
I need to see some open country once again

When first I saw your city
It had broken glass and doorway chains
Music playing all night long
And faces worn from time and rain
And leaving life on subway walls
And office doors and union halls
Living fast and dying slow
Like all the love and dreams that grow in New York City
Making your way through changing times and changing faces
You've either got to grow or build a wall around your soul
And stop yourself from living

CHORUS

To Know You One More Time

There's a woman I used to know
A lady I loved a long time ago
Sometimes there's no reason,
just the things you've left behind
Tangled in your mind
But sometimes a feeling will stay
For something you've loved that time took away
And if you get the feeling,
You know I would not mind
Getting to know you one more time

But it's so easy to misunderstand
To lose faith in love, 'cause it slipped through your hand

Well we've seen some dreams come and go
Love comes on so fast
But it dies oh so slow
But if you get the feeling
Well you know I would not mind
Getting to know you one more time

Molecule Man

I always wanted to save the world
Make it safe for democracy
All that stuff that we learned in school
(Part truth, part hypocrisy)
I always wanted to find those villains
And see justice win in the end
And everybody would know that they could always depend on

Molecule Man, flying to save her
Molecule Man, nobody braver than Molecule Man
I'm gonna save the world!

I always wanted to be a hero
Somehow I knew it was meant
to be
Saving planets from certain death
And then changing to my secret identity
No matter what the danger
I'd always be around
And everybody would know that they were safe and sound
'Cause they'd see

Molecule Man , etc.

When you're just an ordinary kid
There's so much you can't do
But I never let it get me down
'Cause in my heart I knew
That I was
Molecule Man, etc.

(The term "Super Hero" is a trademark co-owned by Marvel Comics Group and DC Comics Inc. The name "Molecule Man" used by permission of Marvel Comics Group.)

(What Do You Do) When Dreams are Gone

Love is such a lonely game
Dreams never come true
The way they came to you
Just when you think you've found someone
You find you've just begun
A long and lonely climb
One lover and friend
That time and time again
You thought you could depend upon
What do you do when dreams are gone?

Words are sometimes hard to say
Tears, anger and love
that turns and walks away
Like stars before the dawn -
What do you do when dreams are gone?

Alone, the silence in a room
Can tear your soul apart
One to share your life
One to share your heart
As long as time runs by

But time, it's just the price you pay
Sad angel of night
You could not make love stay
To build your dreams upon
What do you do when dreams are gone?

Doorway

There's a bird in a silver cage
His heart is breaking as he sees
the open sky
The door is open, but he does not leave, 'cause he believes he cannot learn to fly
Well I have lived in a cage myself
Never questioning the things I was taught
It's hard to break out of a trap you're in
When you don't even realize you're caught

CHORUS:
But I think I know where the doorway is
There's no one standing in it now
And I am learning to see farther over time -
Farther than time would allow

I used to live working nine-to-five
I never did the things I wanted in my heart
But making changes seemed so hard to do
I couldn't seem to find a place to start

CHORUS

I used to say "I've got
responsibilities"
Or "Someone else has got me by the sleeve"
But no one else and nothing else can hold you back
Except the things you believe

It's hard to like yourself when you believe you're trapped
A thousand things you'll never be and never do
But I was just believing what my fears said
And then the things that I believed came true

CHORUS

Portrait (For Joni)

Sadly are we listening
There is sadness in your eyes
Though your words are filled with madness
It is only a disguise
You can fill the room with laughter
Or with loving, or with lies
And the vision still will linger
When the final echo dies

Go ahead, sing your story
While we listen from afar
You are painting us a picture
Of the things we think we are

In a melancholy voice, you share the shadows of your mind
And your life comes out in colors
That your music has designed
You display your fallen idols
And your lovers and your schemes
In portraits and reflections
Of your daylight and your dreams

And we listen as you show us
All the prizes and the scars
You are painting us a picture
Of the things we think we are

Soft, like the wind through the trees
Songs from the sea
Sounds from a broken dream
And the music runs like rivers through the night
In a gallery of sorrows and delight

And you sit beneath the spotlight
And you turn the music on
And you watch us as we listen
To the pictures you have drawn
And sometimes you start to wonder who it is behind the songs
Is is you, or just a portrait
Where a different face belongs?
But we will not hear you wonder -
Just the sound of your guitar
You are painting us a picture
Of the things we think we are

Scherahza

Outside in the dark
A million lights
Wind swimming in like a shark
Through the greys and whites
And can you feel the streets are cooling down
We are on a ship that's run aground

Around the corner words unsaid
The sky must warn her of what's ahead
A million fans are singing songs for me
Love is just another thing you cannot see

CHORUS:
Sherahza
You got me dancing around
And around and around
Scherahza
You got me dancing around
And around

And when you close your eyes,
A million stars
Windy lullabies and passing cars
Lady moon goes slowly drifting by
Like a sailor blowing smoke rings in the sky

CHORUS

Below the steaming grey and burning spice
Sounds go rolling away like tumbling dice
Bridge lights shining on the rolling tide
Like a silver dragon spreading wings to fly

CHORUS

From the CD Doorway
(All words and music by Christopher Kent, except
When I Died, by Hugh Prestwood)

Doorway

CHORUS:
But I think I know where the doorway is
There's no one standing in it now
And I am learning to see farther over time -
Farther than time would allow

I used to live working nine-to-five
I never did the things I wanted in my heart
But making changes seemed so hard to do
I couldn't seem to find a place to start

CHORUS

I used to say "I've got
responsibilities"
Or "Someone else has got me by the sleeve"
But no one else and nothing else can hold you back
Except the things you believe

It's hard to like yourself when you believe you're trapped
A thousand things you'll never be and never do
But I was just believing what my fears said
And then the things that I believed came true

CHORUS

What He Would Have Done

I was a preacher in 1860
I slept with a Bible beside my head
I preached mighty words about plagues and damnation
That punish the living and torment the dead
I wanted to be like the god I grew up with
Who judged and condemned from the sky
So if I was hateful or spiteful or cruel
It was easy to justify

Cause he had the power and he had the glory
With plagues and damnation his battle was won
He had the power and he had the glory
And I knew I was doing what he would have done

Then I lived as a soldier in 1915
I went to the front full of honor and pride
Really believing our battle was righteous
Knowing that god was on our side
I wanted to be like the god that I fought for
An angry god with a righteous frown
And although he had said, "Thou shalt not kill"
I knew he had struck his own enemies down

And he had the power and he had the glory
With plagues and damnation his battle was won
Yes he had the power and he had the glory
And I knew I was doing what he would have done

But the horror of war put an end to the glory
I watched my friends die in the cold and the mud
And all of my holy and righteous conviction
Was drowned in a nightmare of slaughter and blood
And I finally realized something was wrong
With the god I'd been given, that angry old man
Who could justify hatred and vengeance and war
That cold, ancient figure with blood on his hands

Well this time around I'm a singer of songs
I do not believe in that god anymore
I believe in a God who has no need for anger
Who never would justify cruelty or war
But I look at the world and I see angry people
Take bloody vengeance with faces so grim
And I wonder what kind of a god they believe in
And whether they're trying to be just like him

Does he have the power? Does he have the glory?
With plagues and damnation his battles are won
Does he have the power? Does he have the glory?
Do they think that they're doing what he would have done?
Oh, the power and glory, the power and glory
Does he pull the trigger when they aim the gun?
And I wonder how long we'll be teaching our children
That this is what he would have done

When to Let Go

I knew a woman, alone and afraid
The price of a lifetime of choices she made
I tried so hard to save her from the pain she was in
But I had to let my own dreams go again and again

Chorus:

When someone is hurting
Someone you know
When they're caught in the quicksand
Sinking down slow
And you're trying to save them
The hardest thing to know
Is when to hold on
And when to let go

I had a good friend, heart like a river
He made himself promises he could not deliver
I tried so hard to help him, to make everything okay
But I only made his sorrow grow, and drove him away

When someone is hurting
Someone you know
When they're caught in the quicksand
Sinking down slow
And you're trying to save them
The hardest thing to know
Is when to hold on
And when to let go

Well I hate to see anyone in sorrow and pain
So I tried to be the hero, tried to hold back the rain
In the end I couldn't save them from what was meant to be
I just kept us all from seeing things
We needed to see

When someone is hurting
Someone you know
When they're caught in the quicksand
Sinking down slow
And you're trying to save them
The hardest thing to know
Is when to hold on
And when to let go
Yes the hardest thing to know
Is when to let go

Heart of This Land

A stranger, I come to this tropical island
Mountains that rise to the sky from the sea
Flowers and birds and a tropical jungle
Smell of the tide and the wind in the trees
Up on the mountain, swimming pools shining
Beautiful villas look over the bay
Down by the water, the shacks and the dirty streets
Where barefoot children play

I feel like a stranger here
Caught in a world I do not understand
I feel like there's a million miles
Between my heart and the heart of this land

Up over the hills in the gulfstream winds
Black turkey buzzards adrift in the sky
They circle in silence as evening approaches
Watching the ground with a hungry eye
Sellers and beggars, women with baskets
Crowding the streets as the sun goes down
Strange, foreign faces, so hard to decipher
Stare as I walk through the streets of the town

I feel like a stranger here
Caught in a world I do not understand
I feel like there's a million miles
Between my heart and the heart of this land

I sit here staring out into the darkness
Watching a pale moon rise in the sky
Still haunted by faces and voices of strangers
Off in the distance the night birds cry
Soon I'll be back on the streets of my city
Dreaming of mountains that rise from the sea
Wondering how there could be so much distance
Between this island and me

I feel like a stranger here
Caught in a world I do not understand
I feel like there's a million miles
Between my heart and the heart of this land

When I Died
Words and Music by Hugh Prestwood

When I died, it was very clear
And the stars that rose above me
They were very near
And I said goodbye to Barbara
But she couldn't hear...
Goodbye...

Now I live in the Milky Way
I can leap a thousand light years in a single day
And laying out a sunrise is a game I play

And God is a friend of mine
Once or twice he's even had me in to dine
And I ask him, "How's my family?"
And he says "They're fine...
They're fine"

All alone, I recall I cried
When I asked God where was Heaven
And he only sighed
And he told me I was living there before I died

Hot Logic

I like the way you grin
When you're standing in the rain
I like the way you think
With both sides of your brain
I like the way you laugh
Like you got nothing to hide
I like the way you open up my heart
And climb inside

I like the way you run
When the spirit moves you
I like the way you fight
For the things you choose to
I like the way you smile
From your head to your toes
I like the way you take me places
Only lovers can go

CHORUS:
I feel it through and through
The hot logic of loving you
The hot logic of love comes through
The hot logic of love

I like the way you know just when
To hold out your hand
I like the way you ask me what I mean
If you don't understand
I like the way you feel
In the middle of the night
I like the way you pull me up real close
And hold me tight

CHORUS

I like the way you talk
The way you kiss
The way you touch
You never miss
The way you look
The way you act
The way you push
The way you attract
The way you take your time
The way you grab my sleeve
The way you fill my dreams
You know you really make me believe
In love

CHORUS

The Eagle

In the shadows of a canyon
There's an eagle much too young to reach the sky
He dreams of the day
He'll spread his wings and fly away
And though you're just a tiny child
I know you're dreaming of the person you could be
Well I believe you'll make those dreams reality

Your heart will rise
And lead you to the skies
I know one day we'll see that eagle fly

In the days when I was younger
I would sit and dream while twilight filled the sky
The stars would appear
Out of reach, yet very clear
Now I look out at those city lights
That beckon like the stars I used to know
And I wonder where your dreams will lead you as you grow

Your heart will rise
And lead you to the skies
I know one day we'll see that eagle fly

So you keep dreaming my little friend
The sun is rising in a sky of blue
Up there above the clouds the eagle rides the wind
And so will you

Your heart will rise
And lead you to the skies
I know one day we'll see that eagle fly

Thinking of You Tonight

Moon in the summer sky
Wind blowing in from the west
Might have been a children's story
That ended for the best
City nights can be so lonely
But I still can feel your light
I'm a long, long way from home
And I'm thinking of you tonight

Back before I met you
I heard you call my name
I was standing alone on an empty street
But I heard you just the same
Now I hear you calling me
And I know that you're all right
I'm a long, long way from home
And I'm thinking of you tonight

Something's in the air this evening
Nobody knows the words like you
Some things never leave your senses
Even when they fade from view

I can see you by the window
Staring out at the northern sky
Wondering if I'm thinking of you
As the summer nights roll by
So many miles between us
But my heart will give me sight
I'm a long, long way from home
And I'm thinking of you tonight

(repeat bridge and first verse)

Leaving Your Own Best Friend Behind

One day you're shining
The next you're dry as dust
And it can leave you crying
Thinking that you're just a loser
Well I know you're weary
Of city streets and walls
And riding in a barrel
Waiting for the falls
It can leave you wondering what you're looking for

It's so easy to lose your mind
For moonlight dancing in your wine
Leaving your own best friend behind

Just when you think you're winning
It always starts to rain
And it can leave you broken
Like a window on a subway train
Well things keep on changing
They just never turn around
There's always one more stranger
Trying to bring you down
Trying to burn you to the ground

It's so easy to lose your mind
For moonlight dancing in your wine
Leaving your own best friend behind

I know you're thinking
You've got nowhere left to go
And you have lost your faith
In things you used to know
But it's so damned easy losing track
Of honesty and friends
And one day you're looking back
On nothing but loose ends
Nothing but loose ends

God it's easy to lose your mind
For moonlight dancing in your wine
Leaving your own best friend behind

Tall Grass Country

Walking down this dusty road
In the tall grass country
Open sky on every side
Just the place I want to be
Made a lot of hard choices
Heard a lot of angry voices
Now I only hear the heart inside of me

Spent the night down by the river
In a grove of cherry trees
Stars were shining, crickets singing
Blossoms drifting in the breeze
All the bitter tears and sorrow
Down the road a long, long way
Laid awake the whole night waiting for the day

Hard times seem to last forever
Lives break down so easily
Tried so hard to do the right thing
Fought to keep my sanity
So much pain and so much sorrow
I could not run and I could not hide
Sometimes in the dark of night
It tore me up inside

Now I'm on my own again
On this sunny afternoon
Birds are soaring high above me
Hope to hear some laughter soon
And I'm grateful for this moment
For the quiet and the cloudless sky
Up ahead who knows what roads may lie