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Tracks:

Introduction (instrumental) (Hanmer) [3.00]
If There Is Love (Hanmer/Groenewald) [6.15]
The Critics (Hanmer/Groenewald) [3.27]
Just Another Band (Hanmer/Groenewald) [4.31]
Free And Easy (Hanmer/Groenewald) [4.17]
It Ain't Fiction (Hawla) [3.40]
Take It On The Run (Hanmer/Groenewald) [5.27]
Running (Hanmer/Groenewald/Potterton) [3.58]
Breaking Away (Hanmer/Groenewald/Walker) [4.44]
Evil In Her Eyes (Hanmer/Groenewald) [4.25]
Reprise (instrumental) (Hanmer) [4.47]

If There is Love
(Groenewald/Hanmer)

Empty faces, crowded streets
I see them walking around
Their eyes fall to the ground
To the ground

Twilight children, they keep on begging
No-one turns around
Their eyes fall to the ground
To the ground

And as I turn to walk away
I get the feeling that I am not alone
I stare into those lonely eyes
And I realise that this ain't right

Chorus
If there is love
I just don't understand it
If there is love
Why can't the children find it
If there is love let us not hide it
From the world
Lets spread this love around
If there is love

Clouds are building, waiting for the rain
They've got nowhere to go
It's driving me insane
Oh this pain

City sidewalks, streetkids sleeping
Frozen to the bone
I wonder what they're dreaming
When we're dreaming

Left alone with all my thoughts
I keep thinking of the good times
That I have
And as I look around one last time
The emptiness hurts me deep inside

Chorus

If there is love
If there is love
If there is love

The Critics
(Groenewald/Hanmer)

Sometimes I get the feeling
That we're being pushed around
It's that same old feeling
When you're not wanted around

But we'll just go on playing
We don't care what they're saying
We're sorry you couldn't make it
So stop blaming us

So don't go slating us
We're only trying our best
We're not like the other bands
We don't give up like the rest

So if you come around
And listen to that sound
And if you don't like what we're doing
You can take the next bus

It's that same old feeling

Just Another Band
(Groenewald/Hanmer)

Sometimes there's this feeling I get
That somewhere out there
She wants to get out her chair
But maybe she just can't get it on
She cannot dance to an original song
It's my song, my song

Then again she's not to blame
Everyone here, they are just the same
I suppose that they just don't give a damn
Cause after all we're just another band
Playing our song, our song

Chorus
Can't carry on cause the feeling is here
Can't carry on but is there anyone out there
Can't carry on cause the feeling is here
Can't carry on but the people are dead

The critics don't seem to give a damn
They'll take you in whenever they can
But then again I think they don't give a damn
Cause after all we're just another band
Playing our song, our song

Chorus

Free and Easy
(Groenewald/Hanmer)

We need sureness, in the world today
We need to feel that we can love again
To feel the earth beneath my feet
To feel safe walking down the street
Hey...

I need a piece of earth securely in my hands
I need the sunlight, someone who understands
Running from things worth waiting for
I don't need make believe anymore

Chorus
Because we, we all wanna live free and easy
Lay our fears gently down
Smooth out the sorrow
And the anger that we feel
Lets spread the word
Because we wanna be free and easy
Free and easy
Free and easy

We need comfort from the friends we know
A place to watch our little children grow
If we can erase what hurt before
We can have so much left in store
Hey...

Come together and join our hands
Spread some laughter across the land
Now for the changes that we bring
Lift up our voices and let the children sing

Chorus

Cause we, we all wanna be free and easy
Lay our fears gently down
Smooth out the sorrow
And the anger that we feel
Lets spread the word
Because we wanna be free and easy
Free and easy
Free and easy
Free and easy

It Ain't Fiction
(Hawla)

I wrote a song about the times we had
A little melody that ain't too sad
Just a few words to show you what I feel
It ain't made up baby, it's for real

It's got a little bit of this, got a little bit of that
The lyrics ain't too good but the chords sound fat
It's a no lie story 'bout a woman and a man
It's something solid you can hold in your hand

Chorus
It ain't fiction, no it's a matter of fact
It ain't fiction we ain't putting on no act
It ain't fiction you can have my word
It ain't fiction

When I look back you see I need it too
It can happen to me it can happen to you
Went by so fast it was gone in a flash
See nothing is forever yeah it's in the past

Chorus

I wrote a song about the times we had
A little melody that ain't too sad
Just a few words to show you what I feel
It ain't made up baby it's for real

Chorus

It ain't fiction, no it's a matter of fact
It ain't fiction we ain't putting on no act
It ain't fiction you can have my word
It ain't fiction, boy don't we sound absurd

Take it on the Run
(Groenewald/Hanmer)

Sun goes down on the horizon
I turn around to see if you're still there
But I am alone
Turn around keep on moving
Just another town I'm passing through
It gets me down

And no-one understands
All these one-night stands
The roads are getting so much longer
The show goes on
Take it on the run

Many miles so far away
The distance seems so great
Yet I feel so close to you
It's my life, must think it over
You or the road must make my choice
Think it over

But time goes on forever
And even though you're far away
My love for you grows so much stronger
Everyday
Take it on the run

And I can see you in my dreams
A love that I just can't run from
And I can see it in the sunrise
Oh, Take it on the run
Take it on the run
Take it on the run

Running
(Groenewald/Hanmer/Potterton)

There are times when I wonder
Will it all settle down
Or do we keep running till we drown
Voted for independence
Waiting for a better chance
But we're up against the wall

Chorus
Watching, waiting, this ain't fun
Fearing, worrying, I'm a man on the run
Thinking, scheming, I've got to find away
Hopeless situation
We've got no say

Locked behind closed doors
Never knowing for sure
Where do we run and hide
Put your home up for sale
Communicate via email
Our freedom is denied

Do I go or do I stay
Should I run, run away
Is it better on the other side
We must choose and make a choice
Sit down and speak with one voice
At least we know we've tried

Chorus
Watching, waiting, this ain't fun
Fearing, worrying, I'm a man on the run
Thinking, scheming, I've got to find away
Hopeless situation
We've got no say

Breaking Away
(Groenewald/Hanmer/Walker)

Tired of wasting, wasting my time
Trying to hold on till the very last
Bend in the road, fades away
Life's too short and we're running blind
There's no direction, not even
A sign and it shows, we've gone astray

Chorus
Can't stay here forever
So I'm leaving today
I'm so tired of feeling the strain
So I'm breaking
I'm breaking away

My life before me and we're in the past
Look to the future and things that
Will last and last, it's the only way
Try to keep going but I'm not feeling strong
News on the front page, don't feel like
I belong, got to get away

Can't stay here forever
So I'm leaving today
I'm so tired of feeling the stain
So I'm breaking
I'm breaking away

Can't stay here forever
So I'm leaving today
I'm so tired of feeling the strain
So I'm breaking
I'm breaking away

Can't stay here forever
So I'm leaving today
I'm so tired of feeling the strain
So I'm breaking
I'm breaking away

Evil in her Eyes
(Groenewald/Hanmer)

Movie stars on silver screens
Are in her dreams
Crowded bars and fast cars
That's all she talks about

She's a witchy woman, a shady lady
She drives men mad
With a face of an angel
She remains the queen of them all

But there's one thing
She has to understand
She just can't have any man
Cause after all
She's just seventeen

Chorus
She's got evil in her eyes
And to me it's no surprise
Everytime I tried to explain it to her
She just stares right through my mind
That's how I know
She's got evil in her eyes

Funky music has always been
A part of her life
You would always find her
Dancing till the morning light

But now and then I think she has
To realise
For a girl like her that this just can't be
A part of her life

But there's one thing
She has to understand
She just can't have any man
Cause after all
She's just seventeen

Chorus
She's got evil in her eyes
And to me it's no surprise
Everytime I try to explain it to her
She just stares right through my mind
That's how I know
She's got evil in her eyes

But there's one thing
She has to understand
She just can't have any man