- FIRST LIGHT (December 1977)
Give me what I ask for
Give me what I long for
First light, first light
I came to you for refuge
Don't leave me to the thieves
Don't leave me to my own
Cure my disease
First light, first light
First light, first light
Take me through the mountains
Lead me from confusion
Take me by the hand
Through real and through illusion
First light, first light
First light, first light
I'll never turn away
I'll never turn away
Never turn away
Never turn away
First light, first light
First light, first light
- THE MADNESS OF LOVE (1977)
A one-armed man, he came into town
He was a man in love, oh a man in love
The whole of the town, oh they began to weep
The rich and the poor when they heard him speak
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, it's the madness of love
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, it's the madness of love
My tongue, my tears, well I still don't know
If my words or my tears should flow
Now if I speak, well my tears stop falling
And if I weep, my tongue stops calling
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, it's the madness of love
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, it's the madness of love
I'm talking crazy, laughing crazy
Weeping crazy, going crazy
I come today and everyone's gathered
Like the one-armed man they all wept together
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, it's the madness of love
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, it's the madness of love
When time was a river
It wept like rain
The town was burning
And they stood on a plain
Like the one-armed man and everyone's gathered
Back on that day, they all wept together
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, it's the madness of love
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, it's the madness of love
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, it's the madness of love
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, the madness of love
Oh, it's the madness of love
- LAYLA
1977 demo from Doom And Gloom II (Over My Dead Body)
I drew near to the house of Layla
It was then I heard her call
Her sweet voice made me wish that it would never end at all
Oh, you say you see some good in me
It's only from her light
Take this being gone from me, don't look to her delight
She was pleased with me
She drew me nearer
She took me into her retreat
She kept my company
She spoke to me
She let me sit at her feet
Layla, Layla, Layla, Layla
Layla, Layla, Layla, Layla
And then she came close to me
And the veils fell from my sight
She dazzled me, she bewildered me
Confused me with her light
Oh, you say you see some good in me
It's only from her light
Take this being gone from me, don't look to her delight
And then she took me
And then she possessed me
She showed her meaning to me
I thought my soul
Would be her ransom
I thought that she was me
Layla, Layla, Layla, Layla
Layla, Layla, Layla, Layla
Oh then she changed me
She opened me up
Until we were the same
She gathered me up
She cut me off
She named me with her name
Layla, Layla, Layla, Layla
Layla, Layla, Layla, Layla
And there she slew me
She tore me to pieces
Her blood stained like a dye
And when I was dead
She brought me to life
My star shone in her sky
Layla, Layla, Layla, Layla
Layla, Layla, Layla, Layla
Layla, Layla, Layla, Layla
Layla, Layla, Layla, Layla
- DIED FOR LOVE
1977 demo from Doom & Gloom From The Tomb
Wishing and waiting
Down on the shore line
Oh tell me, lover
When will you be mine
Sail my ship on the ocean
I'll sail to some far place
And I'll enquire of every captain
Oh have they seen your face
I'd give my life to be with you
And if they ask about me
And if they ask about me
Oh say that I died, I died for love
Trouble and worry
Why should it mess up your mind
It's nothing, it's just shadows
That you will leave behind
What is my life without trouble
If I'm away from you
Oh I'll love you forever
You'll love me and I'll love you
I'd give my life to be with you
And if they ask about me
And if they ask about me
Oh say that I died, I died for love
Well true love, the real thing
It don't come easy
Giving and searching
It don't come easy
Of all the flowers in the forest
Of all the birds in the air
Of all the jewels and treasures
Oh how can they compare
I'd give my life to be with you
And if they ask about me
And if they ask about me
Oh say that I died, I died for love
Say that I died, I died for love
Say that I died, I died for love
- RAINBOW OVER THE HILL
Gerde's Folk City NY September 29/30, 1982
Rainbow over the hill, rainbow over the hill
Rain clouds lifting just when you think they never will
Further on down that road I reap what I have sowed
And just when I broke my will there's a rainbow over the hill
Don't you worry your weary head
About the fools and problems in your way
If you could see beyond tomorrow
You never would shed a tear today
Further on down that road I reap what I have sowed
And just when I broke my will there's a rainbow over the hill
Well don't you worry your weary head
About the fools and problems in your way
If you could see beyond tomorrow
You never would shed a tear today
Further on down that road I reap what I have sowed
And just when I broke my will there's a rainbow over the hill
A rainbow over the hill, a rainbow over the hill