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Prologue
01:42
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“So far, in my life, you’ve been present in
or the creator of some of my best memories
and happiest moments.”
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For the times, here’s a song
To the ones who have gone
We will carry on
Johnny came from the wrong side of town
A broken home, kicked around
Running with the boys on Saturday night
Everything was all right
I want to go where things are all gold
To the place where we will never have to get old
I don’t want to wake up from the dream
Living in a teenage fantasy
Take me where the highways never end
Cause rock and roll’s for the rebels again
They drove up from the south side for a fight
Five on two, an easy night
Well Johnny pulled his knife and one went down
Then he caught a train right out of town
I want to go where things are all gold
To the place where we will never have to get old
I don’t want to wake up from the dream
Living in a teenage fantasy
Take me where the highways never end
Cause rock and roll’s for the rebels again
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3. |
Hometown Parade
03:30
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I came back through town on memory lane
But I soon found out things weren’t the same
Went to the place where I was born
A condemned sign hung on the door
The neon lights don’t shine here
Anymore
They’re gone with all the dance halls
And music stores
The kids are getting strung out with the blues
Because there’s nothing better left to do
So join in the chorus and strike up the band
For one last parade through the wasteland
I saw the schoolyard where I used to play
A man was killed there the other day
I passed the drive-in long torn down
And took the highway out of my hometown
The neon lights don’t shine here
Anymore
They’re gone with all the dance halls
And music stores
The kids are getting strung out with the blues
Because there’s nothing better left to do
So join in the chorus and strike up the band
For one last parade through the wasteland
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4. |
October
04:13
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Hungry spirits walk the streets tonight
Shadows dancing by the candlelight
Horror movies on the TV screen
Memories of autumn haunting me
Whoa-oh
Whoa-oh
Whoa-oh
Whoa-oh
Fall moon
Running free
Wild nights of Halloween
The devils and masquerades
Shelter from the day
Cold wind stirring through the whispering trees
Smell of candy corn and burning leaves
October’s gone, November frost is here
The icy kiss of winter growing near
Whoa-oh
Whoa-oh
Whoa-oh
Whoa-oh
Fall moon
Running free
Wild nights of Halloween
The devils and masquerades
Shelter from the day
Fall moon
Running free
Wild nights of Halloween
The devils and masquerades
Shelter from the day
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Beneath this modern city
Where the wheels turn night and day
And the suffering of the workers
Who will slave their lives away
So come
Rise above
We are free
No control
Take what is yours
And tear it down
Tear it down
All the minds that rule the people
From their castles in the sky
Without the hands that toil
Their machine would surely die
So come
Rise above
We are free
No control
Take what is yours
And tear it down
Tear it down
From the head that does the planning
To the hand that builds a thought
There must be an understanding
Through a meeting of the heart
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6. |
The Future is Now
05:06
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Welcome to tomorrow’s world
Come and take a look inside
We’ve got machines to think for you
So you can rest those weary minds
Our latest innovations
Are designed for all your needs
While you watch your lives go flashing by
On a tiny little screen
Is it anything like how you’ve imagined it would be?
Living in the brave new world
Of the twenty-first century
If the clocks could be turned back
Would you want to know how?
Because tomorrow is all too certain
And the future is now
The x-rays passing through you
Are no cause for an alarm
A little radiation
Won’t do anybody harm
And never mind the electric eyes
That watch your every move
Take your number, get in line
This is all for your own good
Is it anything like how you’ve imagined it would be?
Living in the brave new world
Of the twenty-first century
If the clocks could be turned back
Would you want to know how?
Because tomorrow is all too certain
And the future is now
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7. |
Night Flight
03:51
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Midnight
I was young and going nowhere
Inside
Another Friday night alone
While I fumbled through the stations
I found that revolutionary show
Whoa-oh
Whoa-whoa-oh
In the night
Our dreams are hanging from the skies
Taking flight
We can run away from this life
Tonight
Outside
The dying autumn leaves were falling
You and I
Were lying in each other’s arms
With no time to think about tomorrow
I knew that our love wouldn’t be forevermore
Whoa-oh
Whoa-whoa-oh
In the night
Our dreams are hanging from the skies
Taking flight
We can run away from this life
Tonight
Midnight
I was young and going nowhere
Inside
Another Friday night alone
While I fumbled through the stations
I found that revolutionary show
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8. |
Starcrossed
04:22
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I was thinking of you
You were thinking of me
There would never be no others
I was waiting for you
You were waiting for me
For the day we’d be together
I was searching for you
You were searching for me
We could never find each other
I was dreaming of you
You were dreaming of me
If we could only sleep forever
I’m running through life
Long empty nights
Knowing you are out there somewhere
I look to the skies
And see your eyes
Shining on so far away
So far away
So far away
So far away
So far away
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9. |
She's Gone
06:25
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I never thought she would come along
The perfect girl, something must be wrong
Oh no, whoa-ho, she’s gone
I tried to tell her I was not the one
She kept knocking and we had our fun
Oh no, whoa-ho, she’s gone
She stole my heart and I fell real fast
That’s when I knew we were meant to last
Oh no, oh no, she’s gone
We took a trip on a lovers’ ride
And now I’m thinking ‘bout suicide
Oh no, whoa-ho, she’s gone
My door was locked; she had the key
She’s the morning I will never see
Watching her as she drove away
I’d give my life for another day
We had our plans for that summer night
Hit twelve o’clock, something wasn’t right
Oh no, whoa-ho, she’s gone
I grabbed the phone and I heard the news
There was nothing else they could do
Oh no...She’s gone
Got in my car and I went to her
I knew the words but I wasn’t sure
Oh no, oh no, she’s gone
It was the hardest kiss goodbye
I’ll cry for her until the day I die
Oh no, whoa-ho, she’s gone
I never thought you would come along
You were the girl who had proved me wrong
If there’s some way I could only know
We’ll be together on the day I go
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10. |
The Vigil (Forevermore)
04:09
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Standing here alone and watching all the years go by
Waiting for a voice to call from the other side
Calling on the night
Burning through the night
Shadows spill across the floor
And the ghosts are knocking on my door
Once more
Moonlight is sinking in
The fever coming back again
Once more
Little black bird, go fly away
And carry us off where we can play
Once more, forevermore
Once more, forevermore
Once more, forevermore
Set a course to the stars
Around the moon and passing Mars
Once more
High across the midnight seas
And far beyond our wildest dreams
Once more
Lovers spun through astral light
A candle shimmers in the night
Once more, forevermore
Once more, forevermore
Once more, forevermore
Once more, forevermore
Once more, forevermore
Once more, forevermore
Mon l’amour, forevermore
Mon l’amour, forevermore
Oh mon l’amour, forevermore
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11. |
Epilogue
01:26
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12. |
The Ballad of Tom Cody
04:18
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The engine rumble
The city lights
I cruise the mean streets
Riding through the night
She’s out there somewhere
Out in the cold
The girl that I loved
But couldn’t hold
She was
She was
All I had before
Not anymore
She was
She was
She was
Enter the gangland
Under the wire
Across the rooftops
Straight into the fire
I search the darkness
When I hear her cries
From a bedroom window
I’ve come to fight
She was
She was
All I had before
Not anymore
She was
She was
She was
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The Vigils Los Angeles, California
The spirit of 50s rock 'n' roll, the attitude of 70s punk, and the musical sensibilities of the 80s new romantics, The Vigils have culminated their varied influences to create a timeless sound, unique in any decade. Strangely reminiscent, guaranteed to strike a few heavy nostalgic chords, and yet at the same time, unabashedly original, unpredictable, and uncompromising. ... more
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