| Releases: |
Anthem Records (LP: ANR-1-1025).
2012 remaster on CD:
Rock Candy
(CANDY137).
The Anthem Years 1994 compilation from MaGaDa (CD:
MAGHCD-20) with very poor sound quality.
*“Go Naked Through the
World” is also available on the 1996 MaGaDa collection, MaGaDa
Compilation #1 (CD: MGDA40-2)
#“Journey of a Possible
Hero” is also available on the 1992 collection, Bavaria's Best
Vol. 6 (CD: 985242)
  
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| Produced By: |
Geddy Lee |
| Album Notes: |
Engineered by Paul Northfield.
Recorded December 1979
at Le Studio (Good Noise), Morin Heights, Quebec.
“Timekeeper”
mixed at Sound Stage by Terry Brown.
Additional voice: Dirk.
Comrades in
arms: Neil McDermott – Sound, Mike Longman – Stage.
Cover concept
and design by David Cousins and Rodney Bowes.
Photography by Rodney
Bowes.
Special thanks: André Perry, Mike Tilka, Diane Tyssen, Rush
and crew, everyone at SRO, Tom Berry, Linda Emmerson, The Music Shoppe, The
Drum Shoppe, Greg Grace, Colin Ford, Diane, Ann May, Celine, Helen and Miles
and Piggy C.F. |
1.
PAY TO RIDE
(Allan Marshall)
Two people ridin' on the roller
coaster
Never quite feel the same
One's up, one's down
Quite
hysterically they laugh and cry all the way
Two people trying to live a
life together
You see it happen every day
You've got to pay to ride,
you got to pay
You've got to pay to ride, you got to pay
Some people
think that they're living in a circus
Others are sure it's just a zoo
Feel locked up, can't get away
While the other plays the fool for you
All in all, though life is a folly
It's the greatest show on earth, but
You've got to pay to ride, you got to pay
You've got to pay to ride,
you got to pay
Pay the price boy, pay the price girl
Pay the price boy,
pay the price world
You've got two people ridin' on the roller coaster
They never quite feel the same
But who is taking who for a ride
Don't matter, who cares anyway
'Cause the life we're livin' is such a
gamble
You have to play a bad hand well – real well
You've got to
pay to ride, you got to pay
You've got to pay to ride, you got to pay
You say it – you've got to pay to ride
Got to pay to ride, got to
pay to ride
Oh pay the price boy, pay the price girl P
ay the price boy,
pay the price world
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2.
TIMEKEEPER
(Steve McMurray / Allan Marshall)
Timekeeper's home, he
waits by the phone
Turning the night into day
He says when to stop,
says when to go
He rules with a heart made of stone
Timekeeper, tell it
like it is
What you're going to take, and what you're gonna give
Until
tomorrow, give us time to live
Time marches on in an everlasting song
Seconds ticking by, that's all we know
Where the future finds a place
For just a moment's rest, becomes the past
Oh timekeeper, tell it like
it is
What you're going to take, what you're going to give
Listen
timekeeper, we are tomorrow's past
Give us some time to live, don't make it
go too fast
Changes in our lives, moments pass us by
Learning from each
step along the way
For things misunderstood, relive memories if I could
No regrets those timeless feelings still remain
Oh timekeeper, tell it
like it is
What you're going to take, and what you're going to give
Listen timekeeper, we are tomorrow's past
Give us some time to live,
don't make it go too fast
Give us time to live
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3.
GO NAKED THROUGH THE WORLD
(Allan Marshall)
They should never
know, they should never know
But someone lost their head, and let their
feelings show
Seems the more you try to keep it all inside
The more you
need someone in whom you can confide
Livin' dangerously, that's the safest
thing that you can do
Don't hide away, oh no, pull away the mask
Go
naked through the world
If you ask me why then my only reply would be
It's just the way I am, that's no alibi
Bring out the deepest fears,
that you've had for all these years
I guess that's the only way to make
them disappear
Livin' dangerously
That's the safest thing that you can
do
Don't hide away, no, no, pull away the mask
Go naked through the
world
This ain't no time to hide It's foolish pride, let it all out
But
I can't save my time 'cause I know
I'll only spend it, spend it foolishly
They should never know, never know
But I had to change my tune a long
time ago
Another runaway, I used to hide away
But I've never felt as
good as I feel today
I'm livin' dangerously
That's the safest thing
that I can do
Well I won't hide away, no, no, I'll pull away the mask
Go naked through the world
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4.
ONE OF A KIND
(Steve McMurray / Allan Marshall)
So many people,
take life on the run
Takin' the back roads, they say it's much more fun
Some take, some steal, some'll borrow
Some get everything they need
But me I end up lost in the back streets
And someone's after me
They say I'm one of a kind, but I'm just a sign of the times
And I
can't keep out of trouble
There's always something going wrong
X-rated
people, their life is a crime
Some pass the sentence, some pass the time
Livin' life with imagination
Let it go and it runs wild
That's the
way the whole thing started
Ever since I was a child
They say I'm one
of a kind
But I'm just a sign of the times
And I can't keep out of
trouble
There's always something going wrong
Quite a performance,
caused quite a scene
I got cast as the villain, that's a mystery to me
I don't need no tragedy
I won't need no introduction, the part I play
is me
They say I'm one of a kind
But these days that's real hard to
find
And I can't keep out of trouble
There's always something going
wrong
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5.
EAST OF THE SUN, WEST OF THE MOON
(Steve McMurray / Allan
Marshall)
You lost the feel 'cause you just can't deal
With the way I
am, you can't understand
You feel uncertain 'cause I'm dropping the curtain
And it's just scene one, but it must be done
What can I say, in your
own special way
You gave me a thrill, I love you still
Reflections,
illusions, the endless confusions
Are on my mind, most of the time
It's
not the things that you said girl, or you did
It's the way that we are girl
'Cause we live in a strange world, now I know I must be on my own girl
Thanks for the love, but now I'm somewhere
East of the sun, west of the
moon
You know I'm somewhere, east of the sun, west of the moon
What can
you do except to leave right on cue
When it's all been said, got to look
ahead
Remember the faces, the mood of the places
Elusive days, your
little ways
It's not the things that you said girl, or what you did
You
should know that by now girl
'Cause we live in a strange world, always will
But you've kept me up girl
So do it all well, I'll set a new course
East of the sun, west of the moon
You know I'm somewhere, east of the
sun, west of the moon
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6.
DEEP HEAT
(Marty Morin / Allan Marshall)
I don't know how you did
it but you did it well
Sweet desire, left her spell, it always comes with a
rush
And when that thrill comes alive it keeps me movin'
Deep heat when
you've got me, yeah
You won't let go, it always comes with a rush
Holds
me, always goes right through me
Won't sleep tonight, better take somebody
home
When it hits me, grabs me, oh I just want a taste
I just can't
wait, I'm in a terrible state
It always comes with a rush
And I fall in
head first, what do you want me to do
Won't sleep tonight, better take
somebody home
Wild night, won't sleep tonight
Won't stop for nothin'
Deep heat when you've got me, yeah
You won't let go, and you got me
You won't sleep tonight, better take somebody home
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7.
WARM NIGHT WITH A ¾ MOON
(Steve McMurray / Michael Crawford /
Marty Morin)
Through numbered days the river winds its way
Where it all
ends up he simply never knew
All through his life, the water keeps on
running through
The waters clear, it slowly disappears
To a place in
time so very far away
He's never seen the end
He feels he will, but he
knows not when
Now as the years slipped slowly into fears
Many
questions asked but no answers found
Searched everywhere
He had to know
so he ventured down
And now his past came blinding with a flash
The
scenes went by, they shout and say
That the love in your life, give or
take, it slips away
The currents flow but never let him know
That his
course is destined for a deeper blue
The night is growing dim, another life
is wearing thin
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8.
FRIENDS
(Steve McMurray / Allan Marshall)
I have searched
everywhere, I've wondered where you've been
I've been lookin' very hard for
you
I've been runnin' from myself, faster than time itself
Keeps me
busy, tell me, how are you?
You know sometimes I wonder, I'm up then I'm
under
But I'll never give up, never give up, no, no
Never give up on
this
I heard somewhere that you've been living, right off the wall
Is
that true? I feel about the same
No I've been entertaining thieves, they
really stole the show
If you read the reviews I'm sure you'll know
It's
so good to see you again, let's go and tie one on
You've got a deal I've
been runnin' around, most of the time
Runnin' around, for a dollar and a
dime
I'm just doing what I want to – most of the time
But I'll
never give up, never give up, no, no
Never give up on this, I love it too
much, I do
You got one eye on the women, the other one's red my friend
But through my haze, I still can see them shine
You been runnin'
around, most of the time
Runnin' around, for a dollar and a dime
I'm
just doing what I want to – most of the time
But I'll never give up,
never give up, no, no
Never give up on this
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9.
JOURNEY OF A POSSIBLE HERO
(Steve McMurray / Allan
Marshall)
Thunder turned silent, the crying died down
A man at arms,
motionless, lies on the ground
The quest always daring, a heart made of
gold
And through generations the tales will be told
From where do they
come, they make history unfold
Are they brave once too often, savage or
bold?
The valour of those who don't know when to quit
Some lived it
real well, some died of it
They're the journeys of the possible heroes
There's been kings and pharaohs, now the pyramids are tombs
The boxing
champ's fortune is licking his wounds
The stadium cheers as their champions
let fly
Some Hollywood heroes we'll never let die
They're the journeys
of the possible heroes, where do they go?
It's the twentieth century and
life starts to race
The White House went shady, men soared into space
We can't all be heroes, who'll be waving the flags
My history book's
full of the ones we've already had
They're the journeys of the possible
heroes |
(Courtesy of Brian
Thompson.)
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