Verse I
Down in the central jersey ‘hood there was a jedi knight with a song
Conductor shines his saber light in the darkness all night long
He was a loyal apprentice to the man who had sent us from the ocean to the sun
But then he had a visit from Madam Defarge and lady Dulcinea became a fugitive on the run
And when at last the coast was clear
The light shining knight disappeared

Chorus
So how will he see again the world with genuine eyes
In a lifetime preparing for the deceptions and the lies
How will he see again the world with genuine eyes
And how will he realize that love can only be seen with genuine eyes
A genuine smile, a genuine moment, a genuine style
A genuine reason never lies
And genuine love never dies

Verse II
Then in the haze of the darkest hour there was color and light in the rain
Fisherman casts his safety net in the brilliant shades of gray
There was heavenly manna in the brew of Montana and Columbus Avenues
When Legendary Mama’s blinding saber light rescued Dulcinea and left a scar on the face of Defarge
A sign that Princess Rose was here
And then the light shining knight reappeared

Bridge I
And now in succession he has finally arrived
To the never ending journey of a man with open eyes
And now he’ll get busy living at the starting line
And see that no good thing in life and love will ever die

Chorus
And now he will see again the world with genuine eyes
He will understand the reasons for the deceptions and the lies
Now he will see again the world with genuine eyes
Cause now he will realize that love can only be seen with genuine eyes
A genuine smile, a genuine moment, a genuine style
A genuine reason never lies
And genuine love never dies

Verse I
I stand at the altar of the rest of the days of my life
I thank you for the music and the chance at true love’s starting line
The dark skies are clearing and I now begin to realize
This moment of time in romantic sublime
Is our destiny starting its climb

Bridge
And so I’ll be strong and dream on
And live with the freedom of love
And when I found you I asked you
In search of my life’s truth and the choice in my heart in my dreams
One true choice in my heart that was meant to be

Chorus
Beautiful love
I’ve touched untouchable hearts
I’ve reached unreachable stars
But I bear unbearable scars
So I’d never thought I’d be singing again my life’s song
Until my beautiful love
I looked in your eyes
I reached out my hand
And found the freedom of love

Verse II
I stand at the altar of the rest of the days of my life
I thank you for the music and the hope for true love’s promised land
The dark skies are clearing and I now begin to understand
We’ll dance to the rhythm
Of the quest to inherit the wind

Bridge

Chorus

Verse I
I’ve thought a lot about the song I would give to you
I think the music of my soul is the best I can do
There’s a Steinway playing with the symphony
And there’s an upright dueling with the timpani
And there’s an oboe answering the flute, English horn and bassoon

Bridge I
The trumpets have entered playing fanfare
The chorus will join me when I sing

Chorus
My song for you
The music is my soul’s surviving fugue
The words I write forever will be true
Time will never change my point of view
No I will love you and I will sing
My song for you

Verse II
The cello’s timbre is the warmth that I see in your eyes
The clarinet reveals that love is served best in surprise
There’s your growing smile in the saxophone
And there’s your knowing style in the bass trombone
And there’s a French horn doubling with my heartbeat calling for you

Bridge II
Your melody movement’s always on my mind
A beautiful and kind
Reminiscent moment in four ‘n four time
Your harmony texture is sublime intensity
A triad of faith, hope and love in your signature key

Instrumental

Bridge I

Chorus

Verse I
He wasn’t born to be a ghost writer
He wasn’t born to walk in the rain
He wasn’t born to be a stealth fighter
He wasn’t born to sing the refrain

Verse II
He made a choice so they would always remember
He made a choice so they could never forget
He made a choice and stepped across the permanent line in the sand
He made a choice and now we hear his opus magnum blow in the wind

Bridge
Oh Jimmy believed I hope you hear his song in the breeze
I hope you feel the warm windy wisdom that echoes from his life
And if Jimmy believed in the song in the breeze then so will I

Chorus
Jimmy was here he left his mark he made his name in affairs of the heart
When they want to rise above their mediocrity they remember Jimmy believed
Jimmy was hope he was the spark he was the laser light in the dark
When they need to steal away from their insanity they remember Jimmy believed
Was here

Verse III
Now they guard his name with the sword of the soldier
They guard his name with the laureate’s pen
They guard his name because he chose to live the life that might have been
They guard his name and listen to his opus magnum over and over and
over and over and over and over over and over again

Instrumental

Bridge

Chorus

Verse I
Seasons changing constant rearranging never ending
Seasons changing love’s lost paradigm
There was a storm on the shore and I was startled and awed in understanding
The Poets’ rhyme in the Ocean’s tide

Bridge I
And on that night on the shore
The waves from the storm were keeping the score

Chorus
So long live the ocean’s lullaby
The water swirling symphony paints paradise
The faithful and forever changing tides
Are shofars sounding that there’s purpose where there is life
So long live the ever changing tides
And long live the ocean’s lullaby

Verse II
Autumn thunders winter spring and summer constant wonder
Autumn thunders little children cry
In the heart of the hearth there was a spark in the dark
There was a plight in the night there was a flight to the light
There was the ocean’s cry and darkness passed them by

Bridge I
And on that night on the shore
The waves from the storm were crashing with awe keeping the score

Bridge II
Close your eyes you are safe now
There are people who care there are people who love you
There is a dream that lives on inside you
And love is the rising tide
So sleep children sleep be at peace in your dreams
Close your eyes and you’ll see now
You are one with the sea now
You are one you are home you are free

Chorus

Verse I
Man in th-arena met with Pallas-Athena
on the 57th park and ride
It seems he lost the light and his way on Saint Valentine’s day
And found his keystone on the upper west side
She told him “keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground
And hear the music in Long Island’s sound
Cause men in th-arena always make their papa proud

Verse II
Now citizen righteous all alone on the night shift
was abandoned by inertia man
It seems they took flight from their soul responsibilities
They sought refuge from succession plans
She told him “live the great adventure with spontaneous splendor
And build worthy castles in the clouds”
‘Cause citizens righteous always make their papa proud “

Bridge
And now we catch the flight of their imagination
We climb the mountain of their resolve
And now we feel the heat of their determination and

Chorus
We sing out loud and we make our papa proud
We are the music that plays on forever
We are united by the harmony and take the quantum leap in
Sight and sound
We are the wisdom and the strength
We sing out loud papa proud

Verse III
Legacy lady on the concert grand baby
Is the sentimental talk of the town
She’s walking with conviction it seems in the direction of her dreams
And she’s always gonna stand her ground
This lady casts triumphant defiance in the land of the giants
Yes there are those who love her have no doubt
This legacy lady always makes her papa proud

Bridge II
Love falls like the rain
Washing over anguish washing over pain
There is never peace without sacrifice there is never love in vain
Love opens the door
To find the answers to find the cure
To find the destiny and the chance to be in
Love one more time one more day

Bridge

Chorus

Verse I
New York City symphony sublime
Lady sings her love’s lost lullaby
And if ever there were an angel in disguise
She would be the first to come to mind

Verse II
But now this angel’s caught me by surprise
She looked away when I looked into her eyes
And in that moment when time stood still I came to realize
She was light (he was light) personified

Chorus
And now I’ll take flight
And seek asylum in the warmth of your eyes
I’m reaching for the heavens to be destined to shine in your light
And now I’ll take the time
And seek the sanctuary glow of your mind
I’m hoping I ascend to be meant to shine a little brighter
In the warmth with the glow of your light

Bridge
Your light illumines darkness in my life
Your light illumines questions in my mind
Now your light illumines morning as tomorrow arrives
And your light illumines a world of hoping lives

Verse III
For too long I found it hard to see
I struggled with the forest and the trees
But now I see we can both be free when you shine your light on me
And now I see (and now I see) your light as meant to be

Chorus
And I’ll shine a little brighter in the warmth
With the glow of your light

Verse I
I saw the darkness on the horizon
I read the writing on the wall
But when the lights went out in heaven
I was not ready for the fall

Verse II
And now that flickering light from Polaris
Has been encrypted inside my mind
It leads me to this highest terrace
Where I hear the voice of the lady divine

Chorus

Messenger child messenger view
Your traveling eyes see the looking glass through
Never mistrust your belief in me
Cause I believe in you
Messenger child messenger soul
Show them the way when they send to know
The unicorn cries and the mission bells toll
For you
Messenger child messenger soul

Verse III
Then there was a moment that lasted forever
Then there was a harmony in my mind
That distant sound of rolling thunder
Is the chorus cry of the lady divine

Bridge
Angel I hear the foreign exchange will
Be in truth and be in time
Angel I hear the terms and conditions will
Be set by the harmony of the spheres
Being in truth being in mind being in hope being in time
Do you cry with the doves did you fly for the love?
Did you ever believe in what I told you?
Angel did you believe Angel could you believe could you ever believe
In a man like me?

Chorus

Refrain
Messenger child messenger soul
Show them the way when they send to know
Messenger child messenger soul

Verse I
I look out on the parade on a warm November day
I see a world where hope floats forever
Where there were clouds and falling rain
There are children at play
And memories that fondly remain

Bridge
Once upon a star
A little boy far away
Believed in the dream of tomorrow today

Chorus
So fly away unafraid
And walk beside me in ORPHAEA’s parade
In the light of a beautiful lady
Shining bright on a beautiful way
And messenger child awakes with a smile ever after true
I believe in fairy tale love ‘cause I believe in my life with you

Verse II
Holiday homecoming eyes wooden soldiers in the sky
His princess sighs on top of her tower
So prince climbs the wall and rescues his queen
And she rescues back his dream
And now they dance in the twilight’s last gleam

Bridge

Chorus

Refrain
I believe in fairy tale love
I believe in you

Verse I
I have come from the freedom trail where I’ve listened to the stories
Of a nation born from liberty and the flight from tempest shores
And so I travel through the land and sing my tale of hope and glory
For I am just a troubadour and America is my song

Verse II
Behold the Philadelphia dream and feel the courage of Mount Vernon
Hear the Quincy lady’s music and her crier’s midnight run
Heed the wise Virginia son and listen to the Salisbury statesman
And know that liberty and union (now and forever) shall be as one

Bridge
Now take a look in their eyes and see the shining city upon the hill
See the legacy of innocence manifest in their ideal
Take a look in their eyes and see eternal hope about to dawn
It is morning in America her finest days will surely come

Chorus
When you hear The American Song
You will stand and be strong
You will fight for the right to belong
When you hear The American Song
You will stand and be strong and the children will see
Then you’ll sing The American Song
And forever our children will be
The American Song

Verse III
Alas a brave Kentucky soul gave his life preserving union
And passed the torch of light from Sagamore to the Independence man
And then a bold Eureka man would tear down a wall to freedom
So a man from Hope could give us hope again

Bridge II
And now I see her beacon hand
Shine a light on the mountain
Shine on golden doors
To a city of freedom
To a city of courage, wisdom, honor, faith and love

Bridge I

Chorus

Verse I
Summer has ended and autumn descended and
Daylight’s been tendered for an hour of time
Young man is taken his widow forsaken his
Children awaken from their childhood lives

Bridge I
Mother’s heart breaks helpless searching wondering why
And so I scratch my head and sigh and know that
There but for the grace of God go I
I close my eyes and there I find

Chorus
A Beautiful Lady
A Beautiful Lady
A Beautiful Lady who gives meaning to it all
A Beautiful Lady
A Beautiful Lady
A Beautiful Lady there to catch me when I fall
A Beautiful Lady who gives meaning to it all

Verse II
Families are mourning on Thanksgiving morning and
Black Friday warning from paradise lost
Preacher is speaking with young people leaving and
Families are grieving for innocence lost

Bridge I

Bridge II
A moment in solitude
An angel with gratitude
A lady with aptitude
There I find
The rest of the story
The dream and the glory
I close my eyes and there I find

Chorus
A Beautiful Lady whom I dream about when my back’s up against the wall
A Beautiful Lady who gives meaning to it all

Verse I
Look down all around
Play the game of lost and found
Took a ride on the Euro line
Watched the world as it passed me by
Saw the clock running out of time
But I could feel the sun also rise
When she told me

Chorus
Open your eyes
And see what’s really there she said
Go seize the day
Go have your way
Go make a stand
The day is here the moment’s at hand
So make yourself a better man
I saw that love was a rose was a rose was a rose in disguise
When my lover said open your eyes

Verse II
Sic semper tyrannosaur
Quick tempers and carnivores
Darwin tinkered with the grand design
But tortoise won and left the hare behind
Santiago kept an open mind
And I was leading man in our time
When she told me

Chorus

Bridge
And when the candle light is dancing on the desert wind that blows
The last pedal off of the rose
She whispers softly open your eyes
No surprise the eagle flies forever
And love is a rose in disguise
Yeah love is what I see with open eyes

Verse III
Farewells and curtain calls
Winner takes nothing at all
Generation lost its alibi
Papa lost his will to jai alai
Puzzled child stops and wonders why
It was a fateful day in July
When she told me

Chorus