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Lucky Star
03:50
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Whenever you’re around me
That’s when my luck starts to change
Your loving light surrounds me
Making it easy I’m winning the game
Lucky for me
I don’t need to look too far to see
The light that you make is so bright
I know just what you are
My lucky star/My lucky star
Never had a love I could count on
Had my share of cheating hearts
But now I think I finally found one
New light is burning
And you are the spark
(chorus)
Something there is about you
That shines so bright
And looks so real
When I was down and out
You came and turned my luck around
Just like a roulette wheel
(chorus)
Talking ‘bout my lucky star
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2. |
Freewheeler
04:41
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You might catch me passing through
I’ve got to find out just where
This road leads to
Staying in one place too long
Is starting to slow me down
So get this rig rolling
‘Cause I’m heading out of town
You might catch me passing through
I’ve got to find out just where
This road leads to
Staying in one place too long
Is starting to slow me down
So get this rig rolling
‘Cause I’m heading out of town
‘Cause I’m a freewheeler
Don’t try to hold me down
Cause I’m a freewheeler
Can’t stop me moving around
Take me as I am
Your freewheeling man
Well I ain’t here to stay
I gotta be on my way
Sunday she left Houston Texas behind her
She got away and I swore that day
That I’d find her
Well I just can’t blame her now
The way I was so unkind
But I’m gonna make it up to her somehow
There’s a whole lot of people
Trying to break away
But they can’t cut loose
I could never live that way
Stuck to the ground like a tree with roots
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3. |
Heart by Heart
04:41
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You were a mystery like a stranger
You were a challenge to my heart
I just could not avoid the danger
Now I’ve lost my soul in part
Something told me to beware
I should have listened then and there
Heart by heart
At your beck and call
One after another
Like shooting stars they fall
Heart by heart
They tried to warn me too
Now I’m going down
It’s the curse of all romantics
Couldn’t change my course in time
I lost so much I can’t take chances
The damage has been done to mine
You were too beautiful to ignore
That’s what I’m paying dearly for
(chorus)
The stars still hang around
Down along the seashore
But they don’t seem to shine
Like they did before
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4. |
Feels Like Sunday
04:27
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She was smiling there and laughing
She was easy for the asking
She sat with her glass of white wine
She had been there more than
A thousand times before
She had taken many hearts in her time
She glanced back at me
From the corner of her smile
I thought that I’d seen her somewhere
But I was mistaken, alone and forsaken
Where would she lead me from here
Saturday morning another broken dream
A love that was never to be
From Friday night’s teardrops
Now I’m lost in between
Now it feels just like Sunday to me
I walked over to her table
She was willing and she was able
To please more than one man tonight
But the songs and the laughter
The cold morning after
Would linger on straight through the light
(Chorus)
Like all lonely dreamers
Searching for love
Like fortune it’s so hard to find
So just play it smart now
Don’t risk your heart now
You might be alone at closing time
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5. |
Firefly
04:02
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Just like magic
Summer plays upon my mind again
Just like magic
Here with all her tricks and foolish whims
Don’t let it slip away
And don’t hold back a thing today
You may never have this chance again
Firefly
Your summer is too short
The light that you make is your reason
Bright as any star
High in the sky tonight
But you’re gone forever
With the morning light
Late last night
While I was dreaming
I heard a crashing sound
When I went out I saw
This fallen star on my front lawn
Glowing in the night
Piece of a star
That once burned bright
Like the firefly it’s flight
Could never last too long
(chorus)
You might think today
Is just like any other day
But for those that see
There’s more than meets the eye they say
(chorus)
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6. |
You're The Light
03:14
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All at once
It’s clearer to me
More than ever now
You’re all that I see
Here where we are
Under the stars
A long way from heaven
But never too far
You’re the light
At the end of the road
Let it shine
There’s a dream
Waiting there to unfold
Make it mine
It’s always there
But never seen
Caught in the wink of an eye
In a dream
Love is the magnet
Drawing us near
Invisible power holding us here
(chorus)
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7. |
American Flyer
03:38
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Over and over the wheel just keeps on turning
Like a roller-coaster train moving us on an on
Getting closer and closer/looking high and low
For a destination/A place we might call home
Now it’s gone too far and you can’t go back
There ain’t no road and there ain’t no tracks
All that’s left is to face the fact
That you can’t turn it round
Cause you’ve got to find a little piece of ground
All the sights and sounds surrounding you
Have this feeling all their own
It seems that all your senses have you fooled
From time to time/you’ve got a one-way ticket
To go by/go on and use it while you can
There’s a whole lot of people who would change
Their places with you if they had the chance
Keep it moving wherever it leads you to
Wherever it’s going it’s bound to keep on
Growing inside of you/Lifting you higher
Higher and higher/Just like a white fire
Burning inside of you
Well you’ve gone too far and you can’t turn back
There ain’t no road and there ain’t no tracks
All that’s left is to face the fact
That you can’t look behind you
Cause somewhere along the line
Your fortune will find you
Fortune will find you
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8. |
Angeline
03:59
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When I was sinking
Slipping away
And all my spirits were gone
You brought me back
To my senses
Lifting me up
To where I belong
Angeline
I’m high off the ground
Angeline
Don’t take me down
High out of heaven
You came to me
Just when I’d cast
All my hope to the wind
I’d reached the end of my road
But there you were
Now I can see
Where it begins
(chorus)
Seems like forever
Waited all this time
So much at stake
Putting my heart on the line
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9. |
Old Songs
03:16
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Time and time again I stop
And look back down that road
Wishing I could go back there again
And do it right
Try to shine some light upon it
But you just can’t go back
Where you’ve been
And you just can’t sing
Those songs again
Somebody said that long ago
But I never realized
That all those memories must go
Back into the past
Where they belong
Cause you just can’t sing
Those old songs
They say that all good friends must part
But who knows what the future brings
Days will come and days must go
It’s part of the scheme of things
But trying to hang on
To this picture of you
And this song in my head
Will never bring things back the same
The song is over and now you’re gone
And I just can’t sing those love songs
Somebody told me long ago
But I never realized
That all those memories must go
Back into the past
Where they belong
Cause you just can’t sing
Those old songs
You just can’t sing
Those love songs
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10. |
Play to Win
06:07
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Shining hour feel the power
Of the wind on the wheel
Silver blue shining down on you
On a night you can feel
Look out your window
There’s a change in the sky
Your time has come
Don’t let it pass you by
Just go the way the crow flies
And I’m on my way
Cross your blue horizon
I was born to play
Fortune and fame
Is just a loser’s game
It’s the only game I know
Gonna play to win
Ain’t no stranger to the lure
Of Lady Danger
She would like you to dance
Caught in her charms
She could do you harm
But you must take that chance
There’s no tomorrow
On which you can depend
This is the hour
That you will lose or win
Don’t press your luck, my friend
(chorus)
You’re standing up on that stage
And the lights are shining on you
You’re really rolling
Just as the light starts to fade
Before you win
You’ve got to learn how to lose
Before you can choose
No gain
But the rules remain the same
So there you are
There’s no tomorrow
On which you can depend
This is the hour
That you will lose or win
Don’t press your luck, my friend
(chorus)
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11. |
Goodbye Takes So Long
06:18
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Meet me at sundown
At the Café Blue Moon
There’s a train leaving town
Got to be on it soon
All the diamond dreams
Cut forever clean
Never came to pass
Their sparkle never lasts
Their only made of glass
When you’re on you’re really on
But when it’s gone
You’ve got to face the fact
It’s never coming back
Goodbye just takes so long
A painted desert sunrise
On the Santa Fe Trail
The bitter taste, the paradise
Riding high on two rails
All the crystal schemes
In the final scene
Clouded our eyes
Said goodbye
I hate to say goodbye
Forget your foolish pride
It tears you up inside
It only makes you want to
Hide yourself away
Don’t hide your love away
Time will be your guide
But let your heart decide
Before you turn and run
Like I did today
(chorus)
I hate to say goodbye
What’s so good about goodbye
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12. |
Gaining on You
04:00
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All I know is what you wanted
Wasn’t enough for me
There you go, midnight traveler
Shooting star for all to see
Passing by so fast
It seems you’ve come at last
And when you see the light
For the first time
Real love you can’t deny
From the first sign
There may not be a chance
For a next time
So don’t look back blue
Someone’s gaining on you
One by one they fall to pieces
By the dawn’s early light
Morning star fly by my window
Colors change to black and white
On a one-way ride
Destination’s guide
(chorus)
After the fire is gone
After the smoke has cleared
Before the morning comes
Your heart is gonna have to heal
Take it from a man who knows
Love will always come and go
It’s been around a million years
And it will never disappear
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Tony Scheuren Hingham, Massachusetts
When Tony died at the age of 45, his family home contained a trunk holding nearly two hundred reel-to-reel tapes. These tapes contain more than fifty songs Tony had written, arranged, and recorded on multi-track. He performed all the vocals and played all the instruments. Tony's family is archiving this musical legacy, a part of which has been released on "Gaining on You". ... more
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