Songs for Petra

Track Listing

Easy Time
Lost in the Rain
Nothing
The Wind in the Clouds
It Was Innocent
Kafiristan
Waiting for Christmas
All This Time
Listen
Taking My Time
My Forbidden Tears
I Never Thought
Over Your Head

Lyrics

1. EASY TIME
If I took your picture down
Or turned it to the wall
Wonder if I’d see the image anyway
Or nothing at all
If I met you face to face
I don’t know what I’d say
Every time I think I’ll call I never do
And waste the whole day
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
Time was easy time
Once upon a time
If I ever think of nevermore

It’s more than I can bear
So I try to stop the voices in my head
From going nowhere

2. LOST IN THE RAIN
When you’re there
All alone feeling sad
Keep this in mind
You never know
Nothing lasts
Good or bad
Let it pass
Falling behind
I was there
At your side
You recall
Keep me in mind
You never know
Followed me
Walking down

On the sand
Falling behind
Losing your way
Blind in the sun
Lost in the rain
Ever wonder
Nothing to say
What can be done
Kill all the pain
Stop the thunder

3. NOTHING
Look inside and all you see is nothing
You got nothing
But don’t worry cause that’s a lot
But never mind who’s got the time
Who even wants to find out
Why not just give up now
Why not live it up now
Look outside and all you see is nothing to do
Nothing keeps on staring right back at you
But never mind who really cares
Who even dares to climb out
Why not just give up now
Gotta go
Sorry no
I should go
A million things to do you know

4. THE WIND IN THE CLOUDS
Tamalpais, Tamalpais
I can see you now
Rising high to the clouds
I’m driving down and out
And I’ll never see this again
Not the way it’s been
Cause something changed on Tamalpais
Something brought the rain
And I’ll never see this again
Not the way it’s been
Tamalpais, Tamalpais
Can you tell me how
People change like the wind
Blowing through the clouds

5. IT WAS INNOCENT
I passed the time
Somehow it was spent
As for what I did
It was innocent
The summer’s gone
Who knows where it went
As for what I said
It was innocent
It’s hard to see into the future
When the light’s in your eyes
And the waves are so pure
It moves so fast that it can’t last
You have to know
That I never meant
To be unkind
It was innocent
It was innocent

6. KAFIRISTAN
One day you’ll meet a man
And he’ll be going to Kafiristan
I think that you should wait
And listen to his plan
To meet the ancients in Kafiristan
Though you may say it’s a lie
Look into his eyes
No fear he’s just a man
And you can join him to Kafiristan

Though you may say it’s a lie
Look into his eyes
No fear he’s just a man
And you can join him to Kafiristan
Yes you can join him to Kafiristan
Yes you can join him to Kafiristan

7. WAITING FOR CHRISTMAS
I’ve been leaning out of my window
I keep looking out for a sign
I’ve been holding out through the autumn
I’ve been waiting for Christmas time
There’s a perfect view of the mountain
Rising up above all the pines
You said you’d be back when the frost comes
So I’m waiting for Christmas time
I keep looking up at that mountain
Wondering where you been all this time
Will you really come back for certain?
I’ll keep waiting for Christmas time
I’ll keep waiting for Christmas time

8. ALL THIS TIME
I always thought that one day we’d be friends
The road was long but straight
I knew we had to meet somehow but then
I had to wait and wait
I’d like to go somewhere I’ve never been
I’ve got a list so long
I always thought that one day we’d be friends
Maybe you’ll come along
All this time
You’ve been on my mind
All this time
Will I ever find you?
I always thought that one day we’d be friends
I hope I wasn’t wrong
But if we’re never face to face
At least I hope you hear this song

9. LISTEN
Listen to the rain
Falling on the street
Listen to the thunder crashing
Through the summer heat
Listen to my voice
Can you hear me speak?
Can you see the tears upon my cheek?
Now it’s been so long
Time keeps moving on
Since the day you came
And said you were staying
Since the day you came
And then you were gone
I keep wondering
I keep wondering
I keep wondering
I keep wondering
As I hear the rain
Falling in a stream
Were you ever really here
Or was it just a dream?
Were you ever really here
Or was it just a dream?

10. TAKING MY TIME
Taking my time
I can’t be happy till you’re off my mind
Taking my time my my
Hoping to see
Somewhere you and I can both be free
Hoping to see you fly
Over all the walls that keep you inside
Over all the seas of tears that you’ve cried
If that’s when this thread of love unwinds
Till then I’m taking my time

11. MY FORBIDDEN TEARS
You say the bird has flown away
And every time it does you know that
I would never stand in the way
Then my forbidden fears begin
When every time I tell myself
That one day it will come back again
Still I dream that somehow
We could be together here forever
Like two planets floating in an orbit round the sun
Now I only see our eternity undone
I’ll try to wait and not to cry
But my forbidden tears are falling
My forbidden tears from my eyes
My forbidden tears are falling
My forbidden tears from my eyes
My forbidden tears are falling
My forbidden tears from my eyes

12. I NEVER THOUGHT
All these years I never thought
I would be going home
On my own I never thought
I would never kiss you again
But I’ll never kiss you again
Or at least till the end
Oh my I never thought
You would fall like a star
Oh my love I never thought
I would never hold you again
But I’ll never hold you again
Or at least till the end
Oh my I never thought
Did I or did you or did we?
Who really knows
Every memory flying by
Like a fighter jet in the sky
Like a fighter jet in the sky
In the sky flying
Like a fighter jet in the sky
All these years I never thought
I would be going home
On my own I never thought
I would never see you again
But I’ll never see you again
Or at least till the end
Oh my I never thought
You would fall like a star

Oh my love I never thought
I would never hold you again
But I’ll never hold you again
Or at least till the end
Oh my I never thought
Did I or did you or did we?
Who really knows

13. OVER YOUR HEAD
How can I explain
When your eyes are teary and red?
Over your head
It’s not over your head
I would love to show you
The way if you could be led
Over your head
It’s not over your head
Seems that we’ve taken
The wrong road again
Seems we’ve mistaken
The children for the men
Look at the sun
Dive in the sea
Float on the waves
You can swim beside me
How can I explain
That my love will never be dead?
Over your head
It’s not over your head