@ARTIST: Blind Guardian @ALBUM.: The Forgotten Tales - 1996 ================================== MR. SANDMAN The Chordettes (music & lyrics: Pat Ballard) Mister Sandman, bring me a dream Make it the cutest that I've ever seen Give her two lips like roses in clover Then tell her that my lonesome nights are over Mister Sandman, I'm so alone Don't have nobody to call my own Please turn on your magic beam Mister Sandman, bring me a dream Mister Sandman, bring me a dream Make it the cutest that I've ever seen Give her the word that I'm not a rover Then tell her that my lonesome nights are over Mister Sandman, I'm so alone Don't have nobody to call my own Please turn on your magic beam Mister Sandman, bring me a dream Mister Sandman, bring us a dream Give her a pair of eyes with a congeal of gleam Give her a lonely heart like Harlehatschi And not so wavy hair like Liberatschi Mister Sandman, someone to hold Would be so peachy before we're to old So please turn on your magic bean Mister Sandman, brings us Please, please, please Mister Sandman, bring us a dream Yeah... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SURFIN' U.S.A. Beach Boys (Chuck Berry/Brian Wilson) If everybody had an ocean Across the U. S. A. Then everybody'd be surfin' Like Californi-a You'd seem 'em wearing their baggies Huarachi sandals too A bushy bushy blonde hairdo Surfin' U. S. A. You'd catch 'em surfin' at Del Mar Ventura County line Santa Cruz and Trestle Australia's Narabine All over Manhattan And down Doheny Way Everybody's gone surfin' Surfin' U.S. A. We'll all be planning that route We're gonna take real soon We're waxing down our surfboards We can't wait for June We'll all be gone for the summer We're on surfari to stay Tell the teacher we're surfin' Surfin' U. S. A. Haggerties and Swamies Pacific Palisades San Anofree and Sunset Redondo Beach L. A. All over La Jolla At Waimia Bay Everybody's gone surfin' Surfin' U.S. A. Everybody's gone surfin' Surfin' U.S. A. Everybody's gone surfin' Surfin' U.S. A. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRIGHT EYES (Acousitc version) Fool just another Fool just another ... Iīve been waiting For signs of god Create- enslaved- behaved- Iīm out of control Iīm lost in a cold world Watching you Leave me alone Isolation bears hope Thereīs something else waiting A promised destiny Freezing me I feel restless and low These days full of sadness Had joyfully changed Into fear My freakshow will start nonight Donīt miss the right time Chorus: Bright eyes Blinded by fear of life No Merlin is by my side And it crept inside It possesed and enslaved my mind The lord of darkness takes my soul And when I left the light it seemed So easy Everything is out of control Hey, mother stubborn I really hate you If you say yes I will say no Ashes to ashes And dust wonīt be dust If you go there I will go back Chorus: Bright eyes Blinded by fear of life Betrayed by sunrise Bright eyes Blinded by fear of life No Merlin is by my side Hey, father stubborn Youīre ying An Iīm young I feel alone Who really cares Born into ashes To lose all the games With a smiling face Chorus: Bright eyes Blinded by fear of life And dark dragons rise Bright eyes Blinded by fear of life No Merlin is by my side So I sit still in my room Winterīs here In summer season Shall I say I was wrong if Iīm right Farewell to my my final hope -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LORD OF THE RINGS There are sings on the ring Which make me feel so down There's one to enslave all rings To find them all in time And drive them into darkness Forever they'll be bound Three for the kings Of the elves high in light Nine to the mortals Which cry I'll keep the ring full of sorrow I'll keep the ring till I die (2x) Chorus: Slow down and I sail on the river Slow down and I walk to the hill (2x) And there's no way out Mordor Dark land under Sauron's spell Threatened a long time Threatened a long time Seven rings to the dwarves In their halls made of stone Into the valley I feel down One ring to the dark lord's hand Sitting on his throne In a land so dark Where I have to go I'll keep the ring - I'll keep the ring (2x) Chorus (4x) Lord of the rings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE WIZARD Uriah Heep He was the wizard of a thousand kings And I chanced to meet him one night wandering He told me tales and he drank my wine Me and my magic man kinda feeling fine He had a cloak of gold and eyes of fire And as he spoke I felt a deep desire To free the world of its fear and pain And help the people to feel free again Why don't we listen to... the voices in our hearts Cause then I know we'll find... we're not so far apart Everybody's got to be happy...everyone should sing For we know the joy of life... the peace that love can bring So spoke the Wizard in his mountain home The vision of his wisdom means we'll never be alone And now I will dream of my magic night And the million silver stars that guide me with their light -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPREAD YOUR WINGS Queen Sammy was low, just watching the show, over and over again. He knew it was time, he'd made up his mind, to leave his dead life behind. His boss said to him boy, you'd better begin to get those crazy notions right out of your head Sammy who do you think that you are? You should have been sweeping, at the emerald bar. spread your wings and fly away, fly away, far away. Spread your little wings and fly away fly away, far away. Pull yourself together, 'cause you know you should do better, that's because you're a free man. He spends his evenings alone, in his hotelroom. Keeping his thoughts to himself, he'd be leaving soon. Wishing he was miles and miles away, nothing in this world, nothing, would make him stay. Since he was small, had no luck at all, nothing came easy to him. Now it was time, he'd made up his mind, this could be my last change His boss said to him now listen boy, you're always dreaming, you got no real ambition, you won't get worried for. Sammy, boy don't you know who you are? why can't you be happy, at the emerald bar? (So honey) spread you wings and fly away, fly away, far away. spread your little wings and fly away, fly away, far away. pull yourself together, 'cause you know you should do better, that's because your a free man. come on honey (fly with me)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORDRED'S SONG (Acoustic version) Iīve lost my battle before it starts My first breath wasnīt done My spiritīs sunken deep Into the ground Why am I alone I can hear my heartbeat Silenceīs all around See hate will rise And donīt come closer Fear your child Born with a kingīs heart But fate fooled me And changed my cards Noone asked if I want it If I like it Chorus: Pain inside is rising I am the fallen one A figure in an old game No Jokerīs on my side I plunged into misery Iīll turn off the light And murder the dawn Turn off the light And murder the dawn Nothing else, But laughter is around me Forevermore Noone can heal me Nothing can save me Noone can heal me Iīve gone beyond the truth Itīs just another lie Wash away the blood of my hands My fatherīs blood In agony weīre unified I never wanted to be What they told me to be Fulfill my fate then Iīll be free God knows how long I tried to change fate Chorus I plunged into misery Iīll turn off the light And murder the dawn Turn off the light And murder the dawn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE BLACK CHAMBER I am lost in the black chamber Thereīs no way to turn back There's still light In a different world It takes me back forevermore And death could be so sweet - so sweet A dancing gnome in an empty room A cruel and painful game Iīm possessed by the old creature Who had planned To take my soul Too late for me In my hands It lies I thought But I failed Now heīs in me My soul is lost In his black chamber Iīm gone! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE BARD'S SONG (live) Now You all know The bards and their songs When hours have gone by I'll close my eyes In a world far away We may meet again But now hear my song About the dawn of the night Let's sing the bards' song Ref.: Tomorrow will take us away Far from home Noone will ever know our names But the bards' songs will remain Tomorrow will take it away The fear of today It will be gone Due to our magic songs There's only one song Left in my mind Tales of a brave man Who lived far from here Now the bard songs are over And it's time to leave Noone should ask You for the name Of the one Who tells the story Ref.: Tomorrow will take us away Far from home Noone will ever know our names But the bards' songs will remain Tomorrow all will be known And You're not alone So don't be afraid In the dark and cold 'Cause the bards' songs will remain They all will remain In my thoughts and in my dreams They're always in my mind These songs of hobbits, dwarves and men And elves Come close Your eyes You can see them, too -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BARBARA ANN Beach Boys A Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) Oh Barbara Ann take my hand (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) Barbara Ann (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) You got me rockin' and a rollin' Rockin' and a reelin' Barbara Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Went to a dance looking for romance Saw Barbara Ann so I thought I'd take a chance Barbara Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Oh Barbara Ann take my hand (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) Barbara Ann (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) You got me rockin' and a rollin' Rockin' and a reelin' Barbara Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Say Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Oh Barbara Ann take my hand (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) Barbara Ann (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) You got me rockin' and a rollin' Rockin' and a reelin' Barbara Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Tried Betty Sue Tried Betty Sue Tried Betty Sue but I knew she wouldn't do Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Oh Barbara Ann take my hand (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) Barbara Ann (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) You got me rockin' and a rollin' Rockin' and a reelin' Barbara Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Oh Barbara Ann take my hand (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) Barbara Ann (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) You got me rockin' and a rollin' Rockin' and a reelin' Barbara Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Barbar Ann Barbar Ann -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A PAST AND FUTURE SECRET Oh, I haven't been here for a while In blindness and decay The circle's been closed, now My song of the end My song of the end I've seen it all Listen crowd I'll tell you everything Though I have to say I don't know much Talking about a past and future secret Most called him once and future king Far back in the past I saw his ending Long before it started I knew his name He's the one Who took the sword out of the stone It's how that ancient tale began I hear it in the cold winds My song of the end My song of the end My song of the end I had seen it in my dream My song of the end I can't stop the darkening clouds I feel cold When I cry out for the bark Take him back to Avalon Dwell on for a new age So long sleep well my friend Take him back to Avalon I will wait and guard The future king's crown My song of the end My song of the end My song of the end My song of the end It was nice but now it's gone My song of the end It was fixed the whole time My song of the end I saw it all -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TO FRANCE music & lyrics: Mike Oldfield Taking on water, Sailing a restless sea From a memory, A fantasy. The wind carries Into white water, Far from the islands. Don't you know you're [Chorus] Never going to get to France. Mary, Queen of Chance, will they find you? Never going to get to France. Could a new romance ever bind you? Walking on foreign ground, Like a shadow, Roaming in far off Territory. Over your shoulder, Stories unfold, you're Searching for sanctuary. You know you're [Repeat Chorus] I see a picture By the lamp's flicker. Isn't it strange how Dreams fade and shimmer? [Repeat Chorus] I see a picture By the lamp's flicker. Isn't it strange how Dreams fade and shimmer? [Repeat Chorus] Never going to get to France. Never going to.... Never going to get to France. Never going to.... Never going to get to France. Never going to....