Label
CBS
CBS
1982
Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer – Frank Marino
Rhythm Guitar – Vince Marino
Bass Guitar – Paul Harwood
Drums, Percussion – Timm Biery
Backing Vocals – Billy Workman
Illustration – Joseph Malec
Photographer [Back Photo] – Don Hunstein
Management – Paul Levesque
Producer – Frank Marino
Engineer – Billy Szawlowski
Engineer [Assistant] – Daniel Laroche
Engineer [Mastering] – George Marino
Writer, Composer – Frank Marino
Alone at night in the shadows of my room
I drift inside of a magical view
Strange dreams
Invade my sleep at night
Strange dreams
They make me feel all right
The place I’ve seen, well you have to understand
It waits for me, come and meet me if you can
Strange dreams
Invade my sleep at night
Strange dreams
They make me feel all right
Oh, seems like a million fantasies
Oh, how can I sing the words to tell you all …
Strange dreams
Invade my sleep at night
Strange dreams
They make me feel all right
The dreams of life they belong to you and me
They show us why we can live in harmony
Strange dreams
Invade my sleep at night
Strange dreams
They make me feel all right
Strange dreams
Strange dreams
Strange dreams
Strange dreams
Strange dreams, strange dreams, strange dreams
Strange dreams, strange dreams, strange dreams
Strange dreams, strange dreams, strange dreams …
Lookin’ outside, see a slitherin’ coiled snake
Listenin’ now to the wheels and the sound they make
I’m streakin’ through the Midnight Highway rain
And I’m leavin’ a town and
I’m speedin’ on to another one again
In the dead of night I slip from town to town
Not a soul in sight, only the midnight sounds
The miles and miles and miles of dotted lines
Will keep leadin’ me down to a town,
I’m gonna be leavin’ once again
I’m on a – Midnight Highway,
windin’ through the midnight rain
Oh, I’m on a Midnight Highway, take me to my destiny
Speedin’ along in a Silver Eagle bus
Well the road is long, it’s the road we chose for us
We can’t imagine life worth living stayin’ home
We’re a rock’n’roll band and we can’t be stickin’ around,
we gotta roam
We’re on a – Midnight Highway,
Windin’ like a midnight snake
We’re on a Midnight Highway, take me to my destiny
Take me to another old lonely town,
mama, sweet mama
Wake me with a sweet and gentle sound
New York, Chicago, Kansas City to L.A.
We keep goin’ around and around,
we’re gonna be leavin’ once again
We’re on a – Midnight Highway,
Windin’ through the midnight rain
Oh, yeah
Midnight Highway, take me
To my destiny
To my destiny
To my destiny
To my destiny
The time has come
Said a young man to his bride
My train waits outside
And though I leave
You know I’ll keep you by my side
She holds on a final time
A soldier’s goin’ to war
Told her he’s comin’ home
Soldier’s goin’ to war
He’s gonna be a hero in his hometown, Lord
She stands alone
On the platform lookin’ sad
He waves through a pane of glass
And though she hopes
He will be comin’ home at last
Her heart, it knows what’s gonna pass
Soldier is goin’ to war
Don’t know it, but he ain’t comin’ home no more
Oh, A soldier is goin’ to war
He’s gonna be known as a hero in his hometown, Lord
A soldier has gone to war
Told her he’s comin’ home
Soldier has gone to war
He’s gonna be a hero in his hometown, Lord
The paper falls to the floor from a tremblin’ hand
The words they burn to the soul
Alone she cries, she doesn’t really understand
The world’s gone so cold
A soldier went to war
Told her he’d be comin’ home
A soldier went to war
Gonna be a big hero in his hometown, Lord
And the stories tell of bravery, yeah
He was golden as the sun
Well he fought for you and fought for me, yeah
And he died for everyone
Stories of a hero
Glories of a hero
Well it seems as though the world ain’t changed, yeah
Been goin’ on and on for years
When men must die to be called brave
To earn respect among their peers
Stories of a hero
Glories of a hero
So you think that you’ve gone back
To a state of certain madness
And you find it very hard to believe it so
But the moment will arise
When you sing with joy and gladness
And the trappings of the dawn
They will let you go
Free, from the great illusion, goin’ where you belong
Free, from the mass confusion, going on and on
When the sun melts into night
And the darkness sets around me
I lay down on my bed, and fly
In the morning when I rise
Even more it will astound me
I’ll open my eyes and dream
Free, from the situation, created by men
Free, from corrupted nations, let me say it again
Free, from the world’s deception, going on and on
Free, to sing my song
“Enough!” he cried, “enough!”
Amidst the burning rubble and the debris of agony
And the chaos that erupted with the violence of madmen.
“Enough!” he cried, …
Where the nations leaders stood among the
populace of the faithless,
And the smiles of fortune were cast in gold!
And the inheritance of their forefathers stood
as a monument of suicide!
“The smell!” he cried, “the smell!”
“I am witness to the damnation
And have seen the contributors of freedom’s end!
When the decision of few, made in secret,
Have raped and ravaged those who would lay down
willingly!
Like a whore unto the universe!”
“Enough!” he cried,
“My people have laid waste the gift of life and
freedom, and have worshipped
an abomination,
And have left the spirit of the land with remorse
and desolation!”
Tryin’, Lord I’m tryin’, Lord I’m tryin’
Tryin’, tryin’, tryin’, tryin’ …
Tryin’ to be free
Fighting to be free
Don’t you know that freedom is the key
Until all nations arise
And be strong and just in my eyes
Well a part of me cries for them
Until then I’ll be set free
By the magic of my own mind
As I lay on my bed and dream
Free, from the situation, created by men
Free, from corrupted nations, let me say it again
Free, from the world’s deception, going on and on
Free, to sing my songs
I see the people
You know they stand in line
Don’t got a job no money
Can’t make a lousy dime
And while the man in the tower gets fat on power
He strips us of our pride
Ya know he ain’t done nuthin’ yet
Well Maybe It’s Time, hey
I see my people
All across the land
They ain’t lookin’ for handouts
Just a helpin’ hand
Cause the man’s idea of justice
You know it’s limited to his kind
And he aint done nuthin’ yet
Well Maybe It’s Time, hey
We’re gonna tell it to the people
Sing it to the people
and yell it to the people
We can put a stop to it
All we really need is
Put an end to greed, and baby
Don’t ya know a we’ll win in the end
Cause Maybe It’s Time
Well Maybe It’s Time
Baby it’s time, hey
Well Maybe It’s Time,
Oh, we gotta get up all together
Throw away the crutches
The man has made us weather
We will do as much as
We can to end the problem
Lord to end the problem
Don’t ya know we gotta stand up and shout
Well Maybe It’s Time
I see my people
So misused
So mistreated
So abused
Got to stand now
Make a stand now
Lord We Can Now
Now
Cause the man he’ll keep on givin’ you
Illusions all the time
And he aint done nuthin’ else
So Maybe It’s Time, yeah
I said he aint done nuthin’ yet
So Maybe It’s Time, yeah
I said He aint done nuthin’ yet
So Maybe It’s Time
Ditch Queen
A danger scene
Maybe just seventeen
She moves like something unreal
She thrives on, on sex appeal
She thinks she’s lady luck
She’s a Ditch Queen
And she likes to follow me
Well look at those eyes
Like a pussycat
She’ll eat you alive
She’d love that
Well watch out ‘specially
If you play or sing
Give her one inch
You know she’ll take the whole thing, yeah
Ditch Queen
She’s a danger scene
She knows ’bout, your wildest dreams
She’s painted with maybelline
Decked out like you’ve never seen
You know she likes to rock
She’s a Ditch Queen
And she loves my continental
For a sniff of cocaine
She’ll do anything
And she knows when we’re staying at a Holiday Inn
Well she knows she don’t need to speak
To impress you, she knows it ain’t her mind that’s deep
She, she’s so deep
She, she’s so deep
You know she loves to pose
She’s a Ditch Queen
And she sure has a don’t you know
She gonna show you the ditch
She’s a Ditch Queen
She’s a calculating business lady
You know, she’s got secrets and they just won’t wait
That’s the mystery
She’d like you to penetrate
She, she’s so deep
She, she’s so deep
Ditch Queen
She’s a danger scene
Ditch Queen
Just seventeen
Ditch Queen
She’s a danger scene
Ditch Queen
Full of maybelline
Oh, Ditch Queen
Oh, Ditch Queen
Alright, Ditch Queen
Yeah
Know a lady so excitin’
Makes my head just seem to swim all day
She’s the only one makin’ me feel this way
With the smile thats so invitin’
She come to me in a special way
Everything about her
Makes me just wanna say
(For Your Love)
For your love I’m livin’
(For Your Love)
Oh babe I’m givin’
(For Your Love)
Ooo,I’m livin’,livin’..livin’
In the evening when I see her
Lookin’ just like a lover should
My heart began to burn like I never knew it could
When I hold her in my arms
I just can’t stop because it feels so good
I look into those eyes
Feel like I’m hypnotized
(For Your Love)
For your love I’m tryin’
(For Your Love)
Oh, Lord I’m dyin’
(For Your Love)
Oooh I’m tryin’,cryin’,dyin’
(For Your Love)
For your love I’m singin’
(For Your Love)
Ooo my heart is wingin’
(For Your Love)
For your love, you know I’m singin’ and singin’
Any one has seen my lady
Then you know what I’m talkin’ bout
She’s the kind of girl
makes you just wanna shout
Well I will always keep that lady
Till the sun and all the stars go out
She puts alot in my world
That’s what it’s all about
(For Your Love)
For your love I’m livin’
(For Your Love)
Oooh babe I’m givin’
(For Your Love)
For your love, you know I’m livin’ and livin’
Oh yeah
(For Your Love)
Oh babe I’m tryin’
(For Your Love)
Lord baby I’m dyin’
(For Your Love)
For your love, Oh
For your love, Oh yeah, Oh
(For Your Love)
For your love I’m singin’
(For Your Love)
Babe my heart is wingin’
(For Your Love)
For your love, Oh
For your love, hey
Oooh
(For Your Love)
(For Your Love)
(For Your Love)
For your love, for your love, your love
Oh yeah
For your love
Oh, you got me on my knees
For your love
Yeah, baby please
For your love
For your love
I’m Singin’ and singin’
Yeah, yeah
Evolution, revolution are the parents of one another
Moving ever moving crushing everything that gets in its way
Smiles telling lies about the future; I don’t want to believe them
Pity on their faces baby; don’t you think they laugh in your face
Wheels of justice; they have fallen off
Man’s on crutches being kicked like dogs
Politician makin’ money; all the time they murder our freedom
Filling up their pocket while the people in the street lay and die
Poor men workin’ hard as hell; they only end up payin’ more taxes
Give ’em all your money baby; don’t you think they give you a bomb
Lambs were slaughtered for the sacrifice
Man’s now offered up by his own kind
It’s a juggernaut
It’s a juggernaut
It’s a juggernaut
Cry for your soul
Young and old
Help your own
They will need it, heed it
Don’t be caught between the stones
Economic pressure and recession in a nation of madness
Living under fear of countries launching up a nuclear attack
Men are killing men with paper bullets;
you may wonder how that’s done
Money is the bullet and the dirty greedy heart is the gun
It’s a juggernaut
It’s a juggernaut
It’s a juggernaut
Rise or fall
One and all
Sink or swim
We can win now
Oh how we can do it if we try
Superpowers playing chess along a board with people as pieces
Taking human life just like they’re only sacrificing a pawn
Don’t you know the game is rigged;
The best that they will do is a stalemate
Who will be the judge of what is right when we are lying in graves
We’ll inherit
From all of our nations
Not peace, only
Deadly radiation
It’s a juggernaut
It’s a juggernaut
It’s a juggernaut