Yes
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Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
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song list next song Yes/ABWH: Letter U Yes: The Yes Album A Venture
(Anderson)
Once a peaceful man laid his old head down by a river,
Thought about his childhood life, his father and forgiver,
Couldn't hide away, hide away.

He controlled the horses with a handclap or a whisper,
Drink he couldn't combat but he knew he was no sinner,
Couldn't hide away, hide away.

He told all his sons of all the antics of adventure,
Then he told another one who drove himself to drink
Not to hide away, hide away.

Better men have realized alone is not a venture,
A decent man would realize alone is not a venture,
Just to hide away, hide away.

He told all his sons of all the antics of adventure,
Then he told another one who drove himself to drink
Not to hide away, hide away.
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song list Yes/ABWH: Letter W previous song Vultures
(Anderson/Bruford/Wakeman/Howe)
b-side of Brother Of Mine single, 1989
All around we see
Hardships greater than our own
If we stop to think
Half the world is on its own

Sad between the land  ?????
See the earth crashing by

Stop making these maddening visions   ?????
Stop poisoning the air we breathe

I don't know
Of all the stupid notions
I don't know
what it is
what it is

I realize this beginning
The first of all will sing our winning  ?????
It's so true
So true
It's so true
So true

Vultures in the city
Songbirds fading fast
The buzzard's empty desert
Will it ever last

Vultures in the city
Wars are never won
Minds that were ashamed
Friends lost in the sun

Vultures in the city
Acid in the pipes
It's never really over
It's never really right

Vultures in the city
Acid in the pipes
It's never really over
It's never really right

Enchantment is the power of learning
This life's gold we are returning  ?????  [This wife's fool we are turning?]
To a distant sky, to a distant song
To a distant star, to a distant drum

As all of our world is living
I realize this is beginning
It's so true
It's so true
It's so true
It's so true

So as we see the reasons unfold
I count them all for nothing
Open my eyes
I'm alive again
Unchanged

So caring is the path we walk    ?????  [daring?]
Everyone receiveth the soul
With your eye on distance

Look again
Look again outside the prison bars
Be alive in the work and of the dream of love

Break the chains of everyone
Break the chains of everyone

Look again how the Vultures changed the further glory
As the one, you may leave inside releasing all the pain
Look again
As the sound of love
Encircles and surrounds you daily
Trust is such a sacred word to me