Label
Just A Minute Records
Just A Minute Records
2001
Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards, Timpani – Frank Marino
Guitar [Rhythm] – Mick Layne
Bass – Peter Dowse
Drums, Percussion – Dave Goode
Cover Art – Norman Marino
Engineer – Frank Marino, Billy Szawlowski
Producer – Frank Marino
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You don’t have to know the answers to it all
You don’t have to find the reasons, big or small
You just have to read between the lines, is all
And you won’t fall…
You’ll hear the call…
You don’t have to understand the grand design
You don’t have to know the hour or the time
You just have to read the writing on the signs
The eye of the storm
Belies the fury to come
The eye of the storm
Beguiles the foolish one
You don’t have to hide your head beneath the sand
You don’t have to live inside a sheltered land
You just have to recognize the times at hand
The eye of the storm
Belies the fury to come
The eye of the storm
Beguiles the foolish one
(Eye of the Storm)
The eye of the storm
Seems safe and warm
(Soon There Will Come)
But soon there will come
The wind and the rage
Of a million wars
The eye of the storm
Belies the fury to come
The eye of the storm
Beguiles the foolish one
(Eye of the Storm)
The eye of the storm
Seems safe and warm
(Soon There Will Come)
But soon there will come
The wind and the rage
Of a million wars
You don’t have to see the future to be warned
You just have to see through the eye of the storm
…of the storm
Eye of the storm
Oh, eye of the storm
Oh, eye of the storm
Above the highest clouds as
Far as I can see
Beyond the tallest mountains
And from within the sea
Upon the wind that blows in
From I don’t know where
He’s Calling
Among the sons of men and
Daughters of a generation cold
I see a longing pain and
Misery of old
But in my soul I know they’re
Never alone
He’s Calling
To the lonely
The only
Way to go home
Is to go home
To the broken
He’s spoken…
“Won’t you come home?”
“Won’t you come home?”
But in your soul you know you’re
Never alone
He’s Calling
You’re never alone…
He’s Calling
Been gone too long now
Get the feelin’ that I ain’t goin’ home no more
I’m feelin’ strong now
Time I got my self back up off of the floor
Well I’m movin’ on
Going to get out on the road, gonna play some more
Learned my lesson, learned my lesson well
Learned my lesson, learned my lesson well
Well I’m on the move again baby
I’m gonna take my place in the race and maybe
I’m gonna make tracks again
Because I learned my lesson well
Well I had some moments
When I knew that it all was really worthwhile
Sittin’ in my home and
Playin’ with my babes and makin’ ’em smile
Well I know I’m a roamer
And I gotta get back to the life I know
Learned my lesson, learned my lesson well
Learned my lesson, learned my lesson well
Well I’m on the move again baby
I’m gonna take my place in the race and maybe
I’m gonna make tracks again
Because I learned my lesson well
Read the seasons of our times
Brotherhood abating
Mind the jackal in disguise
Ravenous and waiting
Scattered armies o’er the land
Bristling at the ready
The hourglass is spilling sand
Gibraltar is unsteady
In the end…
In the heat of the moment
Will we follow the blind,
Closing our eyes yet again?
In the end…
In the heat of the moment
Midst the terror and cries,
Will anyone’s lies make amends?
In the end…
In the heat of the moment
Mothers, fathers, daughters, sons
Pray for our salvation
Pray the fires not to come
And leave ashes of our nation
Those who would abolish life
They orchestrate illusion
And profit from discord and strife
And feed on revolution
In the end…
In the heat of the moment
Shall our epitaph be,
“Here came a fool to his end…?”
In the end…
In the heat of the moment
Will we finally learn,
Too late to turn and repent?
In the end…
In the heat of the moment
Read the seasons, read the signs,
Read the writing of the times
Read the message, read the clues
Read the danger we may lose
Read the rumblings, read the flaws
Read the spirit of the laws
Read the prophets, read the words
And heed the warnings you have heard
In the end…
In the heat of the moment
Shall our epitaph read,
“Here lies a fool gone insane…?”
In the end…
In the heat of the moment
Will our legacy be,
Ashes and slaughter and pain?
In the end…
In the heat of the moment
In the heat of the moment
In the heat of the moment
The grave of one thousand men… an earthquake, then
The newsmen preen again
Fire falling down like rain… a hurricane
An ad-man makes a claim
I know that it’s nothing I haven’t seen before
Somewhere back on one through nine hundred sixty four
In my window to the world…
A warlord with rockets raised… a mob ablaze…
The latest gadget craze
A rampage inside a school… a drowning pool…
A salesman plays a fool
It’s all become nothing we haven’t seen before
Somewhere back on one through nine hundred sixty four
In my window to the world…
I can’t take much more…
The killing floor… the face of misery
The failings of all mankind… in slow rewind…
Repeating endlessly
It’s come to mean nothing but grist in the ratings wars
The same thing on one through nine hundred sixty four
In my window to the world
In my window to the world
In my window…
To the world
She’s lookin’ for love all the time
She’s waitin’ for words that are kind
She’s playin’ for time all the time
And I’m happy she’s mine, all mine
My Angela
Since you came into my life
My life’s been love all the time
She’s makin’ a face like she’s mad
There’s not a trace that she’s bad
She wants a place with her dad
And she’s jealous of anyone who’s had him
My Nadia
Since you came into my life
My life’s been fun all the time
They don’t know now
How much they mean
They won’t know how much until they’ve grown
But I know how…
How much I love them
And I don’t believe I’ve received this dream
They don’t know now
How much they mean
They won’t know how much until they’ve grown
But I know how…
How much I love them
And I don’t believe I’ve received this dream
She smiles at me all the time
She doesn’t yet speak, though she tries
She loves to eat and to sleep
And she always laughs along with me, now
My Iliana
Since you came into my life
My life’s been laughs all the time
My little girls
Since you came into my life
My life’s been life all the time
Instrumental
In the early dawn as I contemplate my life
When I’m alone my mind will roam
And wander
And as I reflect on the blessings in my life
At times it seems I often dream…
And wonder
In the light of day on a welcome afternoon
I feel the sun, no need to run
Or hurry
And at times like this it’s impossible to brood
It’s all O.K., I’m far away
From worry
But in the middle of the night
Sometimes things don’t seem quite right
And I feel like I’m falling
It’s an unnecessary fear
Of the kind you’ll often hear
So I reach out for the Words in the Book
As I read It the message of History unfolds
I feel alive and know the Truth is Speaking
And the Words pour out and they reach into my soul
I close my eyes and know the Lord is Teaching
But I’m an ordinary man
In an extraordinary Plan
Can You hear me, I’m calling
I’m just an ordinary man
In Your extraordinary Plan
And I’m nothing without Your Love and Your Grace
I’m just an ordinary man
Can You see me, I’m an ordinary man
Hear me call You…
I’m just an ordinary man
In an extraordinary plan
And I know that You know me
Such an ordinary man
In Your extraordinary Plan
And I can’t live or love without Your warm embrace
I’m just an ordinary man
I’m an ordinary man
Can You see me