One World
Album The Storyman / One WorldBy Chris de BurghWrittern by Chris de Burgh

I can feel it in my blood, I can hear it in my footsteps,
I can see it all around, that everywhere connections
Are breaking away, and people know that something must change, must change;

There are better men than I, who with courage and conviction
Are patrolling the lines, waking up the sleepers who will not decide,
And do not think there’s anything wrong;

But we are all living here in this beautiful world, sharing
Sunrises every day, we may have different lives, but for all of us,
Here we will stay;

We’re living in one world, sleeping in one world, dreaming
In one world, and no-one’s going anywhere,
We’re living in one world, working in one world, breathing in one world,
We’re just the same as anyone;

I believe there is a God, but it doesn’t mean that my God is greater
Than yours, it only means we all have the right to believe, ’cos nobody
Knows it for sure, for sure; if there’s a Heaven or Hell, or a sweet Paradise,
Or a place where we all meet again, ’cos with minimal change
Everyone here is the same;

We’re living in one world, sleeping in one world, dreaming
In one world, and no-one’s going anywhere,
We’re living in one world, working in one world, breathing in
One world, we’re just the same as anyone,
We’re living in one world, sleeping in one world, dreaming in one world,
And no-one’s going anywhere;
We’re living in one world, working in one world, breathing in one world,
We’re just the same as anyone;

Listen to the voice of millions calling me and you,
Take good care of everywhere ’cos this is my home too,
Laughing in one world, crying in one world, hoping in one world,
Praying in one world, trying in one world, this is my home too,
One world, one world, one world, one world,
One world, one world, one world.

   

Day After Day
Album The StorymanBy Chris de BurghWrittern by Chris de Burgh

I could never hear you when you told me that you loved me,
I could never hear you when you called my name,
I could only listen to the beat of my own heart,
I could never hear you at all;

I could never see it when you needed some affection,
And I could never see it when you lost your way,
And I could not see you leaving me until it was too late,
I could never see it at all;

Oh day after day I was lost in my own world,
Did you call me to be here again,
And night after night did you dream of a lover
Who would come here and take you away?

It is never easy to give up and just surrender,
But that is now exactly what I have to do,
You were always there beside me, but I hardly knew it,
So here’s a promise to you;

Oh day after day I will be there in your world,
I want you to come back again,
And night after night I will give you my love
And I will tenderly take you away;

And I will always listen to things that need saying,
And I will always hear you, when you want me,
We had something so beautiful but I did not see it,
Till all the beauty had gone, and I need you,
Day after day, day after day.

   

The Storyman
Album The Storyman / One WorldBy Chris de BurghWrittern by Chris de Burgh

I lived my life in the words of a Storyman,
Watched my dreams from the years gone by,
Heard my voice in the songs of a Storyman,
Always by my side, always by my side;

I saw him first in a castle by candlelight,
Turning round with a golden key,
I heard a train far away, and a whistle blow,
Like a baby’s cry, ’twas like a baby’s cry;

Ravens stood on the walls of Jerusalem,
Sailors danced at the borderline,
Light a fire on the road to the ferryman,
Emotions running high, in the summertime;

Take me back to the places I’ve never been,
Take me back to another time,
Take me back to a world I have never seen,
Only in my mind, only in my mind;

Late last night I met up with a lady-love,
Dressed in red, didn’t say goodbye,
Carry me to the last time I showed her what
Tender hands can do, and I’ll be missing you;

Take me back to the places I’ve never been,
Take me back to another time,
Take me back to a world I have never seen,
Only in my mind, only in my mind;

Follow the light that’s shining on to where we will be going,
Up to Heaven, Paradise, or to the heart divine;
It’s in the echoes of a child, waiting for the journey,
The spirit of one world;

Oh take me back to the places I’ve never been,
Take me back to another time,
Take me back to a world I have never seen,
Only in my mind, only in my mind;
I lived my life in the words of a Storyman...