11. studio album KEEP ON RIDIN' (Ken Hensley/Jack Williams) By tomorrow morning at the early dawn I gotta hit the road So long lady til another day, right now I gotta be movin' on Another town and the singer needs a song I know you're on your own I'll be back before too long I gotta do what I gotta do And you know how my heart loves to run I gotta ride There's a city waiting and a railroad station Where my face is known And an old hotel that I know so well It's a little bit like home It's a situation not ot my own choosing And though a gamblin' man would say That I was losing I started out to win And I'll do it all again, I'm never givin' in 'cause if it comes down to my heart, or my pride I'm gonna ride And I know you say I'm driftin' on a dream Watch your step boy, it may not be what it seems I just can't shake this feelin' here inside This heart of mine just keeps tellin' me ride FLYIN' HIGH (Ken Hensley) Well I'm flyin' high And I know the reason why 'Cause the wind of change has blown my way And you love me as much today As I love you I used to think that love was strange It was something that I used to ease the pain Though at times it seems il hurts to touch It's never gonna hurt as much as No love at all Flyin' high it's a crazy feelin' Flyin' high 'cause I've learnt the meaning of love Flyin' high it's a crazy feelin' Flyin' high 'cause I believe in love ROLLER (Bolder/McDonald) Oo where - is she woman, she's only hare for the sun It's now - you'll discover, she's only here for the fun And who - will move over, sweet talker choosin' her side And it's then - it's all over, she's just along for the ride She's a Roller she's just a Roller Bet she'll roll her life away One town is just like another One man will just never do Don't turn around When she calls out your name She'll only break you in two She's a Roller, she's just a Roller Rolling time come today FREE'N'EASY (John Lawton/Mick Box) Ain't it strange that when you're lonely And your friends they're not around So you make your big decision Get your feet back on the ground When you're down and no one wants you And you wonder who you are But your friends they don't desert you When you make it you're a star (But I'm gonna stay) Free and easy 'Cos I know just what I am Gonna be Free and Easy I've been through all the heartaches And I've been through all the pain But when you're up and riding high Everybody stakes their claim (But I'm gonna be) Free and Easy Gonna stay just what I am Gonna be Free and Easy ILLUSION (Ken Hensley) In a forest known as heartbreak In a clearing in the wood 'Cross a pathway called confusion Toward the garden of delight You'll reach the river of desire And meekly try to cross it While the valley of love keeps avoiding you Because it's only an illusion Upon the hill of high ideals You begin to wonder if it's real You are reaching sleep's oasis You begin to wonder how you feel But it happens so quickly It doesn't fit into your schemes Tossin' and turnin' the start of so many scenes It's only an illusion FREE ME (Ken Hensley) Why should I worry that you might not love me You're not the only love I ever had Your sweet memory will always comfort me So why should I be feeling sad As far as I can tell you knew so well I was always at the end of the line I loved you as much as any man can But not enough to make you mine So long easy rider I know I'll miss you for awhile But sooner or later I know that I'll forget you Free me Somebody Free me Won't you Free me Free me from your spell We let a good love die We let it pass us by Though you try to keep me hangin' on But with all this doubt It'll never work out So tomorrow I'll be travellin' on CHEAT'N'LIE (Ken Hensley) Well, it seems that I've been cheated And it would appear that I've been lied to All the promises that you repeated Were never destined to come true When I stop to think how I once trusted you It's harder still to bear this doubt I'm an innocent victim of heartbreaking circumstances And I still can't get it figured out All you did was cheat and lie No you've gone and made me cry My heart is heavy and I just can't get it straight Just the way you made me feel a wound that only time can heal Won't you take a little time to show me my mistake THE DANCE (Jack Williams) See the picture in the hall Framed in magic on the wall Ain't it funny how it glows What's on the inside no one knows What makes this picture so inviting To those who stand outside it Maybe it's the dancers Or maybe it's the dance the dancer dances Thousands fill the gallery Pay their price to see a dream They can make believe for free Two hours' worth of fantasy Maybe they pretend the picture's them Or maybe they just love to sit and blend Maybe it's the dancer Or maybe it's the dance the dancer dances Tonight the picture has no frame Colours unleash and float away To each and every one of you Tonight the spirit brings the news You become a part of it all Thousands turn to one in the hall You become the dancer And we become the dance the dancer dances CHOICES (Jack Williams) I was walking alone thru a side show With passion and pain on each side Something inside me was calling For a chance to stay alive At the time I didn't know what was calling As my head was buried in grief Today I heard what was crying My FREEDOM calling me And we all make our choices Like a blind man feels his way And the choice I've made is simple: Passion over pain When I got to the end of the side show And looked back to where I had been My eyes filled with teardrops of loneliness For the ones who will never be free repeat chorus I thought of the children in the side show As they wandered around so confused Some day they'll make their decision But which one will they choose repeat chorus Bonus tracks: ILLUSION (Ken Hensley) In a forest known as heartbreak In a clearing in the wood 'Cross a pathway called confusion Toward the garden of delight You'll reach the river of desire And meekly try to cross it While the valley of love keeps avoiding you Because it's only an illusion Upon the hill of high ideals You begin to wonder if it's real You are reaching sleep's oasis You begin to wonder how you feel But it happens so quickly It doesn't fit into your schemes Tossin' and turnin' the start of so many scenes It's only an illusion MASQUERADE (Ken Hensley) A masquerade of dancing shadows Appeared before me through my mystic window And soon been seen I saw presented Became a vision that I saw resented I stood and watched its image changing The unseen hand was rearranging And all the time I wondered How did it wind Slowly, surely it unfolded Its simple lines just as A pole wind told it A temporary revolution My problems rose and fell With a lapse of illusion A man was telling me, don't fight it It's just a haze in the night Don't do those, who lost their way It's a masquerade Masquerade, it's a masquerade ... THE RIVER (Ken Hensley/Mick Box/Lee Kerslake/Trevor Bolder) River, rising to hide across the midnight Wandering westward by daylight Take us and lead us to tomorrow As fast as you come and can flow River, you're winding an unending rhythm The sooner keep moving to warn him The spirit that keeps us from sinking Guide us from going astray Point us a way to a shoreline ahead Through the mist and the fog of this valley of death Too many years we have walked in a sleep Now we're awaken and ready fo flee River, we're hitchhikers begging for mercy Survive us from yesterday's curses Don't damn us before you receive us We're needing your face and your trust Point us a way to a shoreline ahead Through the mist and the fog of this valley of death Too many years we have walked in a sleep Now we're awaken and ready fo flee