Bright smile dark eyes Now my work is done I feel I'm owed some joy Oh Imogene and Abelard I'm your homeward boy But there's another one Who brings me to your door And the boat she weaved from the tidal reeds

Every time I close my eyes It's like a dark paradise No one compares to you I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side Oh oh oh, ha ha ha I don't wanna wake up from this tonight And there's no remedy for memory your face Your soul is hunting

You love me a saint or a sinner Somewhere between darkness and light And the gray where we live between wrong and right Whether I'm lost or I'm washed in the river Somehow we've stumbled our way into love There's two kinds of prayers on your knees The

Against the wind CHORUS (ALL): We were running against the wind It seems like yesterday, but it was a long time ago She was lovely, she was the queen of my nights There in the darkness with the radio, playin' low The secrets that we shared, the mountains

There's a black flag hangin' over this town, Get down! (get down!) Shut your eyes let darkness lead the fight, say goodnight The rest will watch their future die, It's time to let out the dead, dead come alive, We have the flag for the rest of our life

We're all one step from grace In the eyes of a saint I'm a stranger At the death of every darkness there's a morning Though we all try We're all trying to find our way Said I loved you without hesitation So easy for you to break my foolish heart Now I

We're all one step from grace In the eyes of a saint I'm a stranger We're all trying to find a way At the death of every darkness there's a morning Though we all try Said I loved you without hesitation So easy for you to break my foolish heart Now I

Well I'm here in the dark, And I can't see the light of day. Yes I'm here in the dark, And I'm feeling so very blue. And in my heart I feel so sad. For I share the worlds troubles, Its why I feel this way. Oh yes its cold outside, And the rain is fallin

Bright (bright) sunshiny day It's gonna be a bright (bright) I can see clearly now the rain is gone I can see all obstacles in my way Here is that rainbow I've been praying for Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind Oh, yes I can make it now the pain

Seagull carry me, over land and sea To my own folk, that's where I want to be Every beat of my heart Tears me further apart I'm lost and alone in the dark I'm going home Through these misty eyes I see lonely skies Lonely road to Babylon