Annie Haslam Solo Rarities

InterGalactic Cover
(InterGalactic Touring Band Cover)

Lyrics

Transcribed by: Audrey, Mark and Russ Elliot, and Carlos Edmar
Last Update: 29 March 1997

As these lyrics were obtained by closely listening to the recordings and converting them to the written word, we apologise if any errors have been introduced. We have attempted to credit the lyricists and composers for these works using the best information available.

  1. Reaching Out (Beckerman/Malone) ©1976 Chappell Music/Pillow Music, from The Intergalactic Touring Band
  2. Communication (B A Roberston/Rutherford) ©1988
  3. So The Story Goes Christmas Edition (Toones, Gilham, Savage, Roller) ©1985 Lame Tunes (BMI), 1985 Philadelphia For Philadelphia, produced by Joe Massimiano
  4. Hunter Trials (Betjamin/Read) ©1991, from Poetry In Motion, produced by Ron Edwards
  5. Seasons (Rudd) ©1991 Arch Angel Publishing / Rudd Produkxions Inc., from Skydancer and ©1996 Raphael Rudd from The Awakening - Chronicles (ed note: the lyrics differ slightly in the two recordings; this version is from Skydancer )
  6. Lily's In The Field (Haslam/Howe) ©1995 Annie Haslam and Steve Howe
  7. Willow Song (Parks/Rudd) ©1996 Raphael Rudd, from The Awakening - Chronicles
  8. The Awakening (Rudd) ©1996 Raphael Rudd, from The Awakening - Chronicles [First verse lyrics are derived from Boris Ord, "Adam Lay Ybounden"; thanks to David Curtis for corrections.]
  9. You Don't Know A Good Thing Till It's Gone (Dunford/Haslam) ©1988 Bug Music (BMI), performed by Annie Haslam on 20 March 1988 on WNEW-FM.

REACHING OUT

We're lost and and alone and we're drifting forever
Don't know where we are and we'll never no, never
Go home to our earth, far away just a dot on the screen
Never seen, but she's never forgotten
Forgotten ... forgotten

Born to be born on the wings of creation
We were the first now we're tenth generation
Our guidance control lies aloof and dismembered
Our ship has forgotten but we have remembered
Remembered ... remembered

Mountains and forests bright, shining streams
A place where man was always meant to be
Oh how we miss you, we're reaching out
We're reaching out, we're reaching out
We're reaching out ... reaching out
For you ... for you

COMMUNICATION

Maybe he'll touch me, maybe he won't
Maybe he's just turning over
Feeling the words drying up in my throat
Maybe he's sleeping, maybe he's not
Maybe I whisper I love you
Maybe the whisper is all that I've got

Could this be heaven, could this be hell
Lying asleep with a stranger
The stranger's the man that I once knew so well
Lying in darkness, lying so still
Why do we lie to each other?
Pretending the things will work out until ...

Chorus:

Communication lets us down
It just went over and out
Communication gets us down
It just went over and over and over and ...

Once there was loving, then there was love
Two people wrapped in each other
Now separate shadows on the ceiling - no more
Then there was screaming, yelling and fights - over and over and over
Now the silence in this silent night .... aaawh

Chorus

Now won't you listen please
Oh, don't pretend that you're asleep
It seems like such an empty bed
It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over ...

Communication lets us down
It just went over and out
Communication gets us down
It just went over and out

Repeat Chorus twice

Communication

SO THE STORY GOES

First we take one step forward then we move back back two
In this time of selfless giving just think what we can do
Every day they wait for something not knowing what will be
Every night they lay back dreamin' of things we can not see--and

So the story goes
So the story goes

Take the time to give this Christmas, show them all you care
Here we stand hands joined together, we have this gift to share
We'll sing a song for all the people livin' in the streets
We'll give them hope to carry on now and dreams they'll always keep--oh

So the story goes
So the story goes

Think about your Christimas tidings, think of those with less
Give them all you've got to give to make this year the best
Now everybody make a circle and dance 'til you fall down
Bring them joy and love and laughter, the spirit has been found--yeah

So the story goes ... make them smile like Christmas time
So the story goes ... make them smile like Christmas time, Christmas time
So the story goes ... make them smile like Christmas time
So the story goes ... make them smile like Christmas time, Christmas time
So the story goes ...

HUNTER TRIALS

It's awfully bad luck on Diana
Her ponies have swallowed their bits
She fished down their throats with a spanner
And frightened them all into fits

So now she's attempting to borrow
Do lend her some bits Mummy do
I'll lend her my own for tomorrow
But today I'll be wanting them too

Just look at Prunella on Guzzle
The wizardest pony on earth
Why doesn't she slacken his muzzle
And tighten the breech in his girth

I say Mummy there's Mrs. Geyser
And doesn't she look pretty sick
I bet it's because Mona Lisa
Was hit on the hock with a brick

Miss Blewitt says Monica threw it
But Monica says it was Joan
And Joan's very thick with Miss Blewitt
So Monica's sulking alone

And Margaret failed in her paces
Her withers got tied in a noose
So her coronets caught in the traces
And now all her fetlocks are loose

Oh it's me now I'm terribly nervous
I wonder if Smudges will shy
She's practically certain to swerve us
Her Pelham is over one eye

Oh wasn't it naughty of Smudges
Oh Mummy I'm sick with disgust
She threw me in front of the judges
And my silly old collarbone's bust

SEASONS

Sounds around me, thoughts before me call to you
Sky above me, water near me reflect you
Dreams of our oneness altered by time
Seasons will change for us all
For us all

Chorus I:

Springtime, summer, winter, fall
Springtime, summer, winter, fall with you

Magic grace bestows the place I long to be
Deep inside my heart is high, so come to me
Thinking and rethinking in moments of despair
Worries not needed will fade - with you
Always

Chorus I

Chorus II:

Springtime, summer, winter, fall ... seasons will change for us all
Springtime, summer, winter, fall ... seasons will change for us all
With you

Repeat Chorus II two times

LILY'S IN THE FIELD

Thunder
As walls fall down around them now
They cry alone because inside they know
If the full moon comes around
Again -
It will be
A gift from God, they're still alive
Haunting echoes of a baby's sigh
Gone in a heartbeat

Searching for a hiding place
Each one has a telling face
Lily's in the field
On the wings of a dove

Hush now
In their quiet dark blue night
They dream
They run
Like the wind on a wild bird's wing

So innocent and free
Lily's in the field
On the wings of a dove

Faith
Love
Lily's in the field
Dancing in the sunshine with the breeze
One life
One hope
One love
Lily's in the field

Faith
Love
Lily's in the field
One life
One hope
One love
Across the rainbow bridge

Lily's in the field

Faith
Love
Lily's in the field

Faith
Love
Lily's in the field

Faith
Love

Hush now
They dream
Of the wind on a wild bird's wing
They smile
When they hear the angels sing

WILLOW SONG

Did you see him there by the willows bending?
The moon's white shots fell like rain from on high
The love from his eyes floated, rivers unending
Into the sands where the spring of our hearts had run dry

Did you see him there and hear his soft calling?
The love sweet song rising from bottomless pain
The lord of our woes, on his wide shoulders falling
He bears in his mercy to break hatred's reign

Did you see him there in the ages of song?
His truth too simple for man to endure
I long to die for him there and I could not
And the dawns treat the sky with rose and azure

Did you see him there?
Did you see him there?
Did you see him there?
Did you see him there? ... there

THE AWAKENING

Adam lay ybounden, bound like a bond
Four thousand winters, thought he not too long
Adam lay ybounden, bound like a bond
Four thousand winters, thought he not too long
Adam lay ybounden, bound like a bond
Four thousand winters, thought he not too long

Krishna, oh Krishna, I do love you so
I love you, dear Krishna, I do love you God
Ramah, oh Ramah, I do love you so
I love you, dear Ramah, I do love you God
Buddah, oh Buddah, I do love you so
I love you, sweet Buddah, I do love you God

Jesus, oh Jesus, I do love you so
I love you, sweet Jesus, I do love you God
Mohammed, Mohammed, I do love you so
I love you Mohammed, I do love you God

Baba, Meher Baba, I do love you so
I love you Meher Baba, I do love you God
Baba, Meher Baba, I do love you so
I love you Meher Baba, I do love you God

YOU DON'T KNOW A GOOD THING TILL IT'S GONE

It's too bad, we just made it past the start
It's too bad, you stole away my heart
I won't sleep right till I've got you by my side
I'll live and breathe you, the hunger won't subside

Chorus:

Oh, you don't know a good thing till it's gone
Oh no, you don't know a good thing

I can't stand not knowing how you feel
I can't stand not knowing if it's real
I don't believe it, is love ever fair
I just can't leave it hanging in the air

Repeat chorus twice

You fill an empty space, you're under my skin
I just can't walk away from this state I'm in
When darkeness comes to me, I'll see your face
I'll feel you next to me and no one can take your place

I won't sleep right till I've got you by my side
(she wants) I want, (she needs) I need
The hunger won't subside

Repeat chorus twice