Crazy lyrics - Dan Hill

Mmm, you're crazy and all the shrinks in the world
Couldn't help you in any way
You look at me with that spaced out stare
And I have to run away-ay
You say you don't want my money-ey
You say you just want some time
With your fingers in my pockets
You call it love, I call it a cri-i-i-i-i-ime

You say you've finally found yourself
You say you've seen some light
All I see are those empty eyes
Starin' out into the lo-onely night
You're crazy woman, in a crazy world
You're crazy enough to say
I feel orange, I need some company
And five is my number today-ay-ay-ay-ay-yeah

You're losin' touch, any foo-ool can see that much
I feel so helpless I don't know what to say
You'll lose yourself tryin' so hard to prove yourself
While the real world slowly slips away-ay
Your one time friends sense
The madness carved in lines - upon your face

Mmm, you're lonely and one night with me
Won't wash that emptiness aside
Your desperate cry for company
Turns friends to strangers
Your needs once more denied
Reality knows no feelings
It'll leave you far-ar behind
I've just gotta break away from you
Before I lose my mi-i-i-i-i-ind

You wrote yourself a letter, two wee-eeks ago today
Then you made a paper aeroplane
And laughed as it sai-ailed through space

You're losin' touch, any foo-ool can see that much
You turn to me-ee and I ha-ave to turn away-ay
Don't you know, you'll lose yourself
Tryin' so hard to prove yourself
While the real world slowly slips away-ay
Your one time friends sense
The sadness carved in pain - upon your face

McCarthy's Day lyrics - Dan Hill

This is just a song to say
That I'm proud for what they are
And I hope my world can take me
Half that far

Way back in McCarthy's day
My parents left the USA
Young rebellious lovers
They left behind a nation far too proud
And powerful to say
That love transcends all colors
Some black men turned against my father
Some white men turned against my mother
Each race has their place they all would say

And with a past so battle worn
And a future begging to be born
They found a life that's growing still today

And glancing thru the years
And living thru their fears
I hope they can accept my goals
A bit confused, a bit unclear

And all the years behind me now
Seem like a book I've read and yet somehow
I still don't understand all the words
All the black and all the white
That rest in me that make me fight
Remind me of all the knowledge left to learn
Still Some black men turned against my father
Some white men turned against my mother
Each race has their place they all would say
with a past so battle worn
And a future begging to be born
They found a life that's growing still today

And glancing thru the years
And living thru their fears
I hope they can accept my goals
A bit confused, a bit unclear

This is just a song to say that I'm proud for what they are
And I hope my world can take me half that far

Jean lyrics - Dan Hill

You've been a friend of mi-ine for so-o many year-ears
When I first came to Vancouver with drea-eams twisting in fear-ear
And oh Jea-ea-ean, friends are like rare stones
Increasing in their value when realized they can't be owned

And I'd write songs only when the pain became too obvious inside
When the screaming in my sou-ou-oul left me no-o place to hi-ide
And woh-oh Jea-ea-ean, love is li-ike a prayer
So afraid of your own questions as you stand unanswered there-ere-ere

Still you wa-alk the other way rather than risk rejection
Watch the wind blow all hope away as you crawl into yourself for protection
Still I try to make you see there's so much more I've gotta be
Oh don't turn away, don't lose to the cold, don't leave me here-ere to die-ie alo-one

A little of your love couldn't hur-urt me none
Let it shine on through like rays from the su-un
And a little of my love couldn't hurt you none
Let it run beside you, let it flow inside you, let it purify-y-y-y-y-y

You-ou break down and I stumble for the right words of consolation
The circle of love spins rou-ound and round searchin' for new destinations
Woh-oh Jea-ea-ean, life is li-ike the sea-ea
Trapped within it's shoreli-ines we're still strugglin' to break free-ee-ee

Still we wa-alk the other way rather than risk rejection
Watch the wind blow all hope away as we crawl into ouselves for protection
Still I try to make you see, I love you so it frightens me
Woh, don't turn away, don't lose to the cold, nobody wa-ants to die-ie alo-one

A little of your love couldn't hurt me none
Let it shine on through like rays from the su-un
And a little of my love couldn't hur-urt you no-one
Let it run beside you, let it flow inside you,
Let it purify-y-y-y-y-y

You Are All I See lyrics - Dan Hill

You are all I see
And everythi-ing that's you
Spills into me
And all I wanna be-ee
Is whole enough you see-ee-ee
So I can give to you
As you give to me

You are all I need
And everythi-ing that's you
Beco-omes me-ee
And all I wanna be-ee-ee
Is whole enough you see-ee
So I can give to you
As you give the wor-orld in you-ou
To me-ee...

Southern California lyrics - Dan Hill

When the sun sets beneath the mountain tops
And the water begins to rise
I try to contain my exci-itement
But the force of the night conquers my surprise
Kids on the street corner peddlin' maps
On how to meet the stars
Prostitute turns, my body burns
She'll cure your loneliness for half an hour

Cars breeze dow-own the avenue
Rock 'n' roll's suspended in mid air
A girl cha-anting nonsense takes my money
Puts a flower in my hair
Billboards grin and my head spins
This may be heaven but it's not my ho-ome
All the sunshine and beautiful people
Make me feel more and more alone

Southern California - where your drea-eams almost come true
Southern California - where everyone's a star except for you
Southern California - like a beautiful gir-irl you cannot touch
Everyone lives forever here - those were my thou-oughts

And I don't wanna be a part of that all American dream
But still I keep on comin' back, I can't let it get the best of me
(The best of me, best of me)
Lord give me the strength to see myself clearly, see myself clearly
Oh-hoh-hoh-hoh, and time flies by like a meteor in the sky-y
And I'm wondering is it just me
Everything seems so perfect like some commerical on TV (on TV, TV, TV)
Lord give us the strength to show real feelings, real feelings

In Southern California - where your drea-eams almost come true
In Southern California - where everyone's a star except for you
Southern California - like a beautiful gir-irl you cannot touch
Everyone lives forever here, everyone lives forever here
Everyone lives forever here, everyone lives forever here
Everyone lives forever here, everyone lives forever here
Everyone lives forever here [fade]

Still Not Used To lyrics - Dan Hill

Still not used to havin' people pay to hear me
Guess I'm still a child tryin' so har-ard to please
Tryin' to seek approval through my songs
And do you still love me or have I been away too long

Woh-oh-oh, thought I'd write and say I'm still on the road
Tryin' to share my life with people, most of whom I'll never know
Manitoba skyline goes and goes
Like a thousand miles of canvas stretched fla-at against the sky
Freshly painted colours just waitin' to be drie-ie-ied by time

And do you still play hide and seek with a-all the children in the park
Fill their heads with crazy stories till the daylight is blinded by the dark
Do you still dance through a snowfall
While the flakes perform a ballet in mid air-air-air
I can almost hear you laughin', I wish that I-I was there, to share-are

I'm still not used to havin' people pay to hear me
Guess I'm still a child tryin' so har-ard to please
Tryin' to seek approval through my songs
And do you still love me or have I been away too long

And as I look back on my roots graspin' for faith I still don't understand
My shadow of youth loosens its ho-old on me with tremblin' hands
So I carve the words I miss you out in stone, tossed it in the air
Wished I could fly-y besi-ide it there, I'd fly to you back home
Even the strong need someone to break down with and hold

I'm till not used to havin' people pay to hear me
Guess I'm still a chi-ild tryin' so har-ard to please
Tryin' to seek approval through my songs
And do-oo you still love me or have I been away too long

Ooh-hooh-hooh, ooh-ooh-hooh-hooh-hooh-ooh, hooh-ooh
Hooh-ooh-hooh-ooh ...

album: "Hold On" (1976)

Hold On lyrics - Dan Hill

So you flung your fist high in the air
But the world remained the same
And all the demonstrations
Filtered out through graduation
And the times that were a changing
Never changed
Freedom takes on new meaning
When you have a family of five
And peace and revolution dissolved in its own solution
When you're fighting for your life
Just to survive

It's then you've gotta

Hold on - for what you believe in
Hold on - don't let it fade
Still you've gotta
Be strong - find yourself a reason
You never change the world
But just the same
You've gotta hold on stronger
Each and every day
When the night creeps in so hollow
When the silence makes you scream
When you're so damned scared of failure
When the world's burned out it's saviors
When you're feeling too vulnerable to dream

It's then you've gotta
Hold on - for what you believe in
Hold on - don't let it fade
Still you've gotta
Be strong - find yourself a reason
You never change the world
But just the same
You've gotta hold on stronger
Or else you'll fade

Proposal lyrics - Dan Hill

Take it if you will
Take it if you can -
Or refuse it - I will understand
It's just some flowers
My family just moved in around the corner
Will you be my friend
I touched her on the shoulder
She was fourteen I was barely older

Take it if you will
Take it if you can -
Or refuse it - I will understand
It's just a key
My parents are going away for the weekend
Will you stay with me
It felt my body trembling
High school days were nearly at an end then

[Chorus:]
Time was a blur of emotions
Spinning so fast

And time was a rocket engine
With no end and no beginning
But all time stopped when she said "yes"

Take it if you will
Take it if you can
Or refuse it - you know I'll never ask again
It's just a ring
At best it's just a symbol of everything
If I can share my life with you
Standing naked in my fear
I could not face her
Then I broke down - my arms embraced her

[Repeat chorus]

Take it if you will
Take it if you can
Or refuse it
That's how our lives began

I've Been Alone lyrics - Dan Hill

And I've been along - most of my life
I guess it hurt me

But never have I felt so less alone
I beg you darling
Don't desert me

And some believe in love
And some believe it's misplaced feelings
And me - I always change my mind
So many words have lost all meaning

[Chorus:]
And still you come for me
Your eyes too blurred by love
To know just what you see

You make me weak
You make me strong
It's all the same
We share a breath of happiness
We share the pain
Always changing

And I give to you
All I am - all I will be
Life goes by so fast
Together let's grown slowly

[Repeat chorus]

And I've been alone - most of my life

City Madness lyrics - Dan Hill

Wake up to the madness of the city
Say hello it's a brand new day
Brush my teeth read the paper
Everything is changing so fast it stays the same
Cars attack the city street
City sidewalk - city heat
People push and people fly
No one laughs and no one cries
Someone save me.

Look up - an office building
Stares right back indignantly
Look down - my feet keep moving
Shuffling to the city's endless beat
Billboards tell me what to buy
How to dress and how to die
Traffic signals starts to change
Madness starts all over again
Someone save me.

[Chorus:]
My doctor says I need a brief vacation
Wife says it's just a stage, I'll be alright
Boss says I've got too much imagination
Papers tell me rain again tonight.

Wake up to the madness of the city
Close my eyes and fly to mars
A man jolts my arm I swing out madly
He swings back and I see stars
I curse my world beneath my breath
I curse myself I curse what's left
People push - people fly
No one laughs - no one cries
Someone save me

[Repeat chorus]

Rain lyrics - Dan Hill

And the rain keeps falling
From the clouds in your eyes
As we try to hang on
To the time that's passed us by
And the deeper our love
The harder we cry.

You and I both slaves
To some far away dreams
That binds us as one
Then divide us it seems
That the deeper our drifting
The harder we try

[Chorus:]
And life goes on I suppose
And love can fade
As fast as it grows

Times they may shake us
But nothing can break us
You now.
The trees are still standing
The water stays still
The air tastes so lonely
I fight off a chill
Let this song bid goodbye
Until we return

[Repeat chorus]

And the rain keeps falling
From the clouds in your eyes
As we try to hang on
To the time that's passed us by
And the deeper our love
The harder we cry.

Phonecall lyrics - Dan Hill

Phone broke the silence of the night
I'd been sleeping
And a voice said, "how you doing dan
Thought I'd call you for no reason."
And my mind flashed back two years
Since the last time I'd see her
When the love we'd shared had died

And she said, "things are going well for you
I'm glad you still have music
I remember times you felt so damned confused
I thought you'd lose it
Do you still make crazy faces
At the mirror in the morning
How come you never said goodbye."

[Chorus:]
I chose my words so carefully
But I felt my past seducing me
"slow down", she said
"I just want to be your friend"
I said, "that's the way the whole thing started
And I just can't fall in love with you again
Knowing it'll end."

And all I heard was silence
And I wished she was beside me
Like the first time we made love
And I felt waterfalls inside me
So I tried to dial her number
But my fingers froze
And slowly - I closed my eyes

[Repeat chorus]

All Alone In California lyrics - Dan Hill

He caught her signal
As she strolled in the bar
Amidst all the lonely people
Out to prove they're popular
And he came upon her slowly
Not sure of what to say
Trying to sound clever - but words got in the way

Conversation wandered -
Though their eyes seldom met
They both knew what they were after
And they played it step by step
And his mind was getting foggy
The drinks were coming fast
Momentary friendship - with no future and no past

[Chorus:]
All alone in California

Looking for some fun
His eyes were feeling heaving
He kind of wished that he could run
The colours started spinning
As she kissed away his doubts
The night was just beginning
As his body began to melt¡­

She watched the sunrise
While he slept in dreams unknown
And she wondered what his name was
Though she barely knew her own
And she slowly started crying
Though she wasn't white sure why
Trying to fight an emptiness
That haunted her insides.

[Repeat chorus]

Question Marks In Time lyrics - Dan Hill

Washed out in the stillness of the night
She's left searching
Once again love's promise has been broken
And he snores indifferently to the rhythm of her breathing
As she lights a cigarette and waits for morning
Light years apart - they lie both together
Like a child caught playing with matches
She's been burned again by fire
And she knows she's been betrayed by her own imagination
The cigarette keeps burning as she curses her desire.

[Chorus:]
And she thinks
She's the only one who's lonely
And she wants the world to feel sorry
And she's trapped
Within her own self pity
And she asks: will anybody love me.

And on the radio an old song sings
Suggesting that love is why we're living
As she turns the station fast.

She looks down at her lover
A friend of a friend of a stranger
As if his mouth might breathe an answer
And she knows she's getting older
The emptiness controls her
And the smoke curls round her fingertips
Like question marks in time
The sun plays with the windows
As the man wakes up beside her
Silences are awkward as he reaches for his clothes
And as he leaves
She feels suspended, invaded and rejected
The cigarette is ended
That's how her story goes

[Repeat Chorus]

And on the radio a new song sings
Suggesting that love is why we're living
Ironically she laughs
As she turns the station fast
She's given up on giving
Washed out in the stillness of the night
She's left searching