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Concord to Paris
04:20
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Concord to Paris
Music and Lyrics by James McNair Ramsey
My wife and friends and family are waiting in Detroit
To hear what news my trip will bring, and the turns that I’ll exploit
But a diplomat is limited by the powers far above
And the only thing that can save us now is a renaissance of love
I’m on the Concord to Paris
Yet I don’t know if or when I’ll be coming home
I have partaken of the chalice
As I run to meet the feast of the great unknown
Strikes were made this morning at eight-o-nine a.m.
Now Leningrad exists no more, and neither does Kiev
The unthinkable has happened as the seconds tick away
And Terra, don’t you ever stop to see the light of day
I’m on the Concord to Paris
Yet I don’t know if or when I’ll be coming home
I have partaken of the chalice
As I run to meet the feast of the great unknown
And when your time has come (Terra)
Will you know the meaning of your life?
Will you have a notion of your fame?
Will you be the Master of the Game?
I’m on the Concord to Paris
Yet I don’t know if or when I’ll be coming home
I have partaken of the chalice
As I run to meet the feast of the great unknown
Copyright ℗ © 2012 James McNair Ramsey
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2. |
Seagulls of November
05:18
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Seagulls of November
Music and Lyrics by James McNair Ramsey
Throughout your life of discontent you vainly searched for love
Not knowing that your innocence fit you like a glove
And you’ve lived your life so heedlessly like a man without a care
And now your love is on the rocks and you’re an angel in despair
Off the beaten track I hear you calling in the night
And the leaves of autumn they no longer share my plight
And I know the moment of my freedom is in sight
For I’ve seen the seagulls of November taking flight
I heard it in a movie once that love could not be found
They say you rose before the dawn then left without a sound
And then I turned to face myself and you were standing there
The road before me opens up and now I see you everywhere
Off the beaten track I hear you calling in the night
And the streets of London they no longer share my plight
And I know the moment of my freedom is in sight
For I’ve seen the seagulls of November taking flight
Don’t you know you taught me how not to worry about love
And now I find life’s not quite what I had thought it was
And were I to be your guardian with but one truth to impart
I’d remind you of the beauty that remains your highest art
You are all I ever want and you’re all I ever need
You’re the one girl that I know that I will never leave
I’d leave you if I thought I could but where am I to go
Tonight my being keeps me here but why I’ll never know
Off the beaten track I hear you calling in the night
And the fields of Hixson they no longer share my plight
And I know the moment of my freedom is in sight
For I’ve seen the seagulls of November taking flight
Copyright ℗ © 2012 James McNair Ramsey
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Perfect Stranger
04:52
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Perfect Stranger
Music and Lyrics by James McNair Ramsey
Walkin’ down this lonely street, the cars they pass me by
And somewhere deep inside of me I ask the reason why
For if it’s true that love is real then love should find a way
To penetrate this emptiness, end my rainy day
For I’ve been far too long without your love, without your harmony
Far too long without the things that mean so much to me
Were I to find the passageway I’d meet you over there
Come on, Baby, talk to me, show me that you care
Perfect stranger, come into my life
Show me where your heart lies so deep within the night
Perfect stranger, do not hesitate
Introduce yourself to me, please don’t make me wait
For I’ve been striving against my desperation, praying against the wind
Hoping against my only hope I’d find you in the end
The stage is set, the way is clear, the lines are being drawn
The cycle comes full circle; it goes on and on and on
Perfect stranger, come into my life
Show me where your heart lies so deep within the night
Perfect stranger, do not hesitate
Introduce yourself to me, please don’t make me wait
Copyright ℗ © 2012 James McNair Ramsey
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Catalonia
05:29
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Catalonia
Music and Lyrics by James McNair Ramsey
Say goodbye to Catalonia
She’s a star, a star upon the sea
First she’ll tell you that she’ll phone ya
Then she leaves you here to bleed
But I am here in Catalonia
Where I am far beyond the dream
All alone in Catalonia
But I am free, yes I am free
Harmony, Harmony
You’re more of a woman than a woman can be
Destiny, Destiny
The more you speak the more I see
I am going through the emotions
Of a man so deep in love
Who has conquered his emotions
And returned to find his love
And you’re the light; you’re the night upon my horizon
You’re the calm; you’re the psalm upon my sea
And we shall spearhead the invasion
Into the heart of Germany
Harmony, Harmony
You’re more of a woman than a woman can be
Destiny, Destiny
The more you speak the more I see
Harmony, Harmony
You’re more of a woman than a woman can be
Destiny, Destiny
The more you speak the more I see
Destiny, Destiny, I love you
Destiny, Destiny, I love you
Destiny, I’m in love with you
But tell me what a man’s to do
When he finds his love’s but a residue
That is taken by the tide.
Destiny, Destiny, I love you
Destiny, Destiny, I love you
Destiny, I’m in love with you
But tell me what a man’s to do
When he finds his love’s but a residue
That is taken by the tide.
When he finds his love’s but a residue
That is taken by the tide
Copyright ℗ © 2012 James McNair Ramsey
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A Line to Loving You
04:50
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A Line to Loving You
Music and Lyrics by James McNair Ramsey
Just when everything within my life seemed so determined
You came into my life just like a dream
And don’t you know it’s true, my love, your heart speaks like a sermon
Of a priest whose found his God is everything
Tell me where love and life lead
And tell me what pain you’re going through
And what are the answers to those questions of our past?
What of the strength to see us through?
And deep within my soul there lay a yearning unrequited
An eternal light we deign to call the truth
It takes me to the promised land of a movement undivided
And returns me to the shadow of my youth
Tell me where love and life lead
And tell me what pain you’re going through
And what are the answers to those questions of our past?
What of the strength to see us through?
And don’t you know that I’d love to get to know you
But letting go’s the hardest thing to do
And it breaks my heart to know I’ll never find you again
Yet your heart remains a line to loving you
And now my life’s become a kind of reverential journey
Whence to die amidst the snowflakes of the past
Never to alight upon this beauty I’ve been learnin’
Has been lost within the shadows that I’ve cast
Tell me where love and life lead
And tell me what pain you’re going through
And what are the answers to those questions of our past?
What of the strength to see us through?
That strength is me and you
Copyright ℗ © 2012 James McNair Ramsey
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7. |
Captive of the Light
05:12
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Captive of the Light
Music and Lyrics by James McNair Ramsey
You made it through you final test though the night was hard and long
Your eyes are purist poetry and your lips as sweet as song
You fought across the raging sea to find your way back home
And now your life if the brightest light in the victory of love
So much you’ve had to struggle through, the pain you’ve had to face
The cards were stacked against the chance of your ever giving chase
But patiently you bore your trials and each bar you overcame
A lighthouse shone on the distant sea as you set sail in the rain
And I love you dear, yet I can’t deny my destiny
It’s far beyond my power to conceive
Yet it won’t be long till you’re standing right here next to me
Willingly a captive of the light
Your art stands as a testament to the freedom of your soul
No wind could ever turn you back and no torrent break your hull
Within the Tao of everything my respect for you has grown
And every song that I’ll ever sing shall be to let you know
That I love you dear, yet I can’t deny my destiny
It’s far beyond my power to conceive
Yet it won’t be long till you’re standing right here next to me
Willingly a captive of the light
Captive of the light
Captive of the light
Captive of the light
Captive of the light
Copyright ℗ © 2012 James McNair Ramsey
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Fatal Summer
07:03
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Fatal Summer
Music and Lyrics by James McNair Ramsey
You’ve become as the arbor vine, as a dance upon the sea
You’ve become as a light defined by day
And this love that you’ve issued forth is waiting there is waiting there for me
Taking us back to the place we longed to be
Because we love each other, life has taken on a salient explanation of the past
Because we love each other, love’s become my only lover
And this might prove to have been my fatal summer
My fatal summer
Looking down on the landing lights at the missile sights of Rome
Don’t you know that for some things never change?
Yet if we could hold the tide against the loss of hope
We could be there at the break of a brand new day
Because we love each other, life has taken on a salient explanation of the past
Because we love each other, love’s become my only lover
And this might prove to have been my fatal summer
My fatal summer
In a world of endless compromise that undermines the will
Thelema you’re my last resort as I move upon the hill
And I don’t know where I’m going to and I don’t know where I’ve been
But I know it’s not within myself to refuse this chance to sing
Because we love each other, life has taken on a salient explanation of the past
Because we love each other, love’s become my only lover
And this might prove to have been my fatal summer
Copyright ℗ © 2012 James McNair Ramsey
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9. |
Down the Road
03:47
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Down the Road
Music and Lyrics by James McNair Ramsey
Cast my ashes to quarry, Babe, at Greenway-Spangler Farm
In the waters filled with diamonds here, the place where I belong
For you’re the candle in my darkest night and you’re the river running strong
You’re the place my heart takes refuge in, I’ll be here forever more
Down the road we have traveled to the coming of the dawn
Though we proceed as thought we know just who we are
And in the fire of the moment can it be that we are lost?
Is it too late to ever to change the road we’re on?
The last words of the Buddha were, “Be a light unto yourself”
For he knew that true awakening would be our only wealth
And he knew that love would find a way to make our vision clear
Oh, Greenway-Spangler Farm tonight I shall be forever near
Down the road we have traveled to the coming of the dawn
Though we proceed as though we know just who we are
And in the fire of the moment can it be that we are lost?
Is it too late to ever to change the road we’re on?
Wherever love alights you’ll find your way
The truth is here to set us free
And though the world evolves in its own time
I’ll trust your light to carry me
Down the road we have traveled to the coming of the dawn
Though we proceed as thought we know just who we are
And in the fire of the moment can it be that we are lost?
Is it too late to ever to change the road we’re on?
Is it too late to ever to change the road we’re on?
Is it too late to ever to change the road we’re on?
Copyright ℗ © 2012 James McNair Ramsey
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10. |
In the Midst of Fall
07:05
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In the Midst of Fall
Music and Lyrics by James McNair Ramsey
And as a child I turned my face against the North Atlantic wind
And stood upon the Sussex coast and swore I’d find you in the end
And it was nineteen-sixty-nine; a war was raging in the East
And in a moment I’d be gone to find my way and make my peace
And in the midst of Fall you have cast your shadows everywhere
Till even now I can’t remember when there was a time that you would not be there
And you and I have just begun to fly away and meet the golden dawn
And we shall always be defined by the element of time
And as we move into the night, no longer bounded by the things we’ve done
The truth no longer gives us flight as through these ancient fields we run
And as a man I’ve come to know but one small thing about this life we live
When in the end all’s said and done, our love is all we have to give
And in the midst of Fall you have cast your shadows everywhere
Till even now I can’t remember when there was a time that you would not be there
And you and I have just begun to fly away and meet the golden dawn
And we shall always be defined by the element of time
No, we shan’t always be defined by the blood and by the wine.
Copyright ℗ © 2012 James McNair Ramsey
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Jim Ramsey Chattanooga, Tennessee
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