01. HEAVEN IS WHEREVER YOU ARE
(Ron Irving/Joe Collins) © Minkey Music, BMG Music, (SOCAN) Joe
Collins Music, Life Sa Pitch Music (ASCAP) |
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The search has
been on through the ages • Looking for the promised land • Poets
have filled up the pages • And preachers have taken their stand •
Like so many hearts • Mine was lost in the dark • ‘Till I saw the
light in your eyes • Now when I’m with you there’s no doubt • I
found paradise • Chorus: Heaven is wherever you are • It’s not a
faraway place • It’s a state of the heart • Some look to the stars
• But I don’t have to go that far • Heaven is wherever you are • I
lay by your side in the moonlight • Wonder how a man could be so
blessed • An angel like you holding me tight • You’ve chosen me
above all the rest • You showed me the path to a love everlasting
• The answer to all of my prayers • Everybody’s dying to find it •
And we’re already there • Chorus
Musicians:
Acoustic, Electric 12 String, Electric Nylon Guitars: Ron Irving
5 String Bass: René Worst
Drums: Dan Proulx
Conga, Shaker, Keyboard Percussion: Jon Hemingway
Soprano Sax: Tom Keenlyside
Additional Keyboards: Bill Buckingham
Background Vocals: Michael Vincent, Gerry King, Jon Hemingway, Ron
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THAT COULD BE ME
(Ron Irving/Stan Meissner) © Minkey Music, BMG Music, Meisongs
Music (SOCAN |
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Every guy in
this place • Can’t stop looking at her • Sittin’ so pretty •
Hangin’ on his every word • He’s go the Rolex watch • The fancy
car • The best lookin’ girl • In the whole damn bar • Now what’s
he have that I ain’t got • Never had a chance to take my shot •
Chorus: That could be me right there • I could’ve had it all •
Could’ve made it I swear • That could be me but I’m here • Dreamin’
on a bar stool • That could be me • Watchin’ the ball game • On
the bar room TV • You know that batter • Reminds me of me • I
played all through my teens • And I got pretty good • Loved the
feel of my glove • And the crack of the wood • But I met my wife
and I got my job • Left my dreams in that old sand lot • Chorus •
As I walked to my car to head on home • I passed an old man sittin’
all alone • He didn’t own a thing • Lived on the street • So I
gave him 5 dollars to buy something to eat • And I thought of my
wife and holding my son • Now I see who’s the lucky one • That
could be me right there • I could’ve lost it all with no one to
care • That could be me and I swear • If there’s someone in this
world I’d wanna be • That could be me
Musicians:
Drums: Duris Maxwell
Electric Guitar Solo: Bill Henderson
Electric 12 String and Acoustic Guitars: Ron Irving
Electric Rhythm Guitar and Tambourine: Jon Hemingway
Electric Bass: René Worst
Hammond Organ: Dave Pickell
Solo Backgound Vocal: Michael Vincent,
Harmony Background Vocal: Christopher Elwick,
Group Background Vocals: Michael Vincent, Ron Irving, Chris Elwick,
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05. I WANNA GO TO MEXICO
(Ron Irving, David Simmonds) © Minkey Music, Psi Publishing (SOCAN) |
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I wanna go to
Mexico • They say it’s so peaceful and easy there • Neon lit signs
selling their lines • People and stories of their hard luck times
• Traffic that roars prices that soar • Someplace I’ve go to be
from 9 till 4 • Newspaper headlines talking of a time of war •
Where I’m goin’ I won’t need them anymore • I wanna go to Mexico •
They say it’s so peaceful and easy there • Spend all my time south
of the line • Watchin’ the smoke rings as they curl and climb •
Soft harbour lights • Sounds of delight • Echo softly cross the
summer night • Way up above my head the stars hang over me •
Weavin’ their magic in a moonlight tapestry • I wanna go to Mexico
• They say it’s so peaceful and easy there • Everybody want to go
now • Newspaper headlines talkin’ of a time of war • Where I’m
goin’ I won’t need them anymore • I wanna go to Mexico • They say
it’s so peaceful and easy there • I wanna go to Mexico • Everybody
want to go now • I wanna go to Mexico • Everybody want to go now
Musicians:
Drums: Duris Maxwell
Electric Bass: René Worst
Electric Rhythm and Solo Guitars: Ray O’Toole
Electric 12 String and Acoustic Guitars: Ron Irving
Clavinet: Jon Hemingway
Sampled Horns: Arranged by Jon Hemingway and Ron Irving: Performed
by Jon Hemingway
Human Hand Claps: Dan Proulx, Ron Irving, and Jon Hemingway
Additional Keyboard Concertina: Bill Buckingham
Background Vocals: Steven McClintock, Michael Vincent, Ron Irving |
07. FALLING IN LOVE
(Ron Irving / Dave Pickell) © Minkey Music, BMG Music,
Warner-Chappell Music, Fifth Gear Music (SOCAN) |
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Everywhere
around me • Everybody’s lookin’ for love • Even when they find it
• You know it’s never enough • ‘Cause just around the corner •
They’re sure they’ll find the perfect romance • Caught up in the
dance • Leavin’ broken hearts behind • Chorus: But I’ll let the
rest of the world • Go searchin’ for something new • While I spend
the rest of my life • Falling in love with you • Falling in love
with you • All day long I’m dreamin • People say “what’s happened
to you? • Tell me what’s you secret” • I smile and say “Nothin’s
new, oh, nothin’s new” • Lyin’ here beside you • It’s feelin’ like
the very first time • You’re readin’ my mind • When I look in your
eyes • Chorus • With you love’s a magical thing • Everyday holds
the promise of spring • And I know I’ve never felt this before • I
wanna be yours forever more • Chorus
Musicians:
Drums: Duris Maxwell
Electric Guitar: Ron Irving
5 String Bass: René Worst
Piano: Jon Hemingway
Keyboard Percussion and Tambourine: Jon Hemingway
Tenor Sax: Tom Keenlyside
Hammond Organ: Dave Pickell
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09. ROCK IT SCIENTIST
(Ron Irving/Luann Reid) © Minkey Music, BMG Music (SOCAN)
Reid & Write Music 9 (ASCAP)
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He was bred
in ol’ Kentucky • A long way from Fort Knox • His daddy was a
drifter • His mama loved to rock • He stole his first guitar •
The day he turned thirteen • And after twenty years of playin’
• He’s the wildest cat you’ve ever seen • Chorus: He gotta
hair like Albert Einstein • Got a voodoo doll tattoo • Well
give that man a guitar • There ain’t nothing he can’t do • He
can rock it with the finest • Rock it with the best • He’s a
natural stroke of genius • He’s a rock it scientist • Rock on
• Well he didn’t go to Harvard • He ain’t heard of Yale • But
he got a masters in the blues • In the Thurston County jail •
He’s played the Palomino • And Tootsies Orchid Lounge for tips
• He set every joint on fire • With his funky country southern
licks • Chorus • Solo • Chorus • Rock on
Musicians:
Drums: Dan Proulx
Keyboard Bass: Jon Hemingway
Acoustic and Electric Nylon Guitars: Ron Irving
Blues Harp, Electric Slide Guitarand Guitar Solo: Ray O’Toole
Hammond Organ: Dave Pickell
Tenor Sax: Tom Keenlyside
Sampled Horns: Arranged by Ron Irving and Jon Hemingway:
Performed by Jon Hemingway
Tambourine: Jon Hemingway
Piano: Bill Buckingham
Background Vocals: Jon Hemingway, Michael Vincent, Ron Irving,
and Jerry King |
11. WHY ASK WHY
(Ron Irving, Richard Leigh) © Minkey Music, BMG Music (SOCAN)
Lionhearted Music, EMI Music (ASCAP) |
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Don’t think
it’s easy • To just walk away • But it would kill me • If I
tried to stay • You took a mountain • And turned it into sand
• You let a real love • Slip right through your hands •
Chorus: Why ask why • Let your longing be your answer • Why
ask why • You were just a song and dancer • Why ask why •
You’re no stranger to goodbye • It’s too late for us • So why
ask why • If years of pleading • Couldn’t make you hear • If
it took my leaving • Just to make it clear • Is it any wonder?
• How it came to this • You on the shore • Watching the boat
you missed • Chorus • Solo • You’re no stranger to goodbye •
So why ask why • Chorus
Musicians:
Acoustic and Nylon Electric Guitars: Ron Irving
Keyboard Strings and Bell: Jon Hemingway
Keyboard Hammered Dulcimer and Additional Strings: Bill
Buckingham
Backgroung Vocals: Jeannie Lister and Sue Irving |
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02. IN MY ARMS TONIGHT
(Ron Irving) © Minkey Music/Rana Music Canada
Only, Minkey Music Worldwide (SOCAN) |
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Tonight the fever is burnin’ hot • ‘Cause baby
you know • You know you’re not • In my arms • In
my arms tonight • There’ll be no fire when you
kiss his lips • No sweet desire in your
fingertips • You should be in my arms • In my
arms tonight • Chorus: In my arms tonight •
Makin’ love in the soft moonlight • In my arms
tonight • Come on home I can hold you tight •
You know I’m gonna treat you right • In my arms
tonight • The north wind is wailin’ • The sky is
black • Oh thunder and lightnin’ and I want you
back • In my arms • In my arms tonight • Chorus
• Baby I knew right from the start • You were
the one that I’d been prayin’ for • Don’t let
your pride control you • Baby come back I need
you • Baby come back I need you • Solo • It’s
way past midnight • I’m out of my mind • The
fever is burnin’ • And I’ve gotta make you mine
• In my arms • In my arms tonight • Baby In my
arms • In my arms tonight • In my arms • In my
arms tonight
Musicians: Drums: Duris Maxwell
Fretless Bass: René Worst
Electric Guitar and Guitar Solo: Bill Henderson
Acoustic and Nylon String Guitars: Ron Irving
Keyboard and Keyboard Percussion: Jon Hemingway
Additional Keyboard: Bill Buckingham
Backgroung Vocals: Sue Irving and Jeannie Lister
Solo Background Vocal: Bill Henderson
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04. I JUST BELIEVE THAT I CAN
(Ron Irving/Lynda McKillip/Tom McKillip) © SueCo
Music, McKiller Music (SOCAN) |
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If you look at the world through the eyes of a
child • Showered with innocence • Dreams growin’
wild • Following rainbows right to the end •
Nothing’s impossible then • If I stumble and
fall I never stay down • ‘Cause there ain’t a
problem that won’t turn around • I give it my
all and try it again • And set my heart free on
the wind • Chorus: I don’t need wings to fly • I
just believe that I can • Those things that I
can’t change • I leave in someone else’s hands •
I just believe that I can • I’ve learned to have
faith • When there’s no hope in sight • When
that mountain ahead seems impossibly high •
There must be a plan • One I can’t see • Or an
angel tuned into my dreams • Chorus • Reach for
the sky • Never say die • Shoot for the stars
and the moon • Chorus
Musicians: Acoustic Guitars: Ron Irving
Mellotron: Bill Buckingham
Keyboard Strings: Arranged by Jon Hemingway and
Ron Irving: Performed by Jon Hemingway
Additional Keyboard Strings: Bill Buckingham
Background Vocals: Gerry King, Kristine Theurer,
Sheryl Brecknell, and Jon Hemingway
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06. SOMETHING ONLY LOVE CAN DO
(Ron Irving / Dave Pickell) © SueCo Music
Publishing, Warner-Chappell Music, Fifth Gear
Music (SOCAN) |
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When you’re lost and the light is fading • The
wind blows cold • And you can’t find you way
back home • Remember that the darkest hour • Is
just before the dawn • Sometimes a leap of faith
• Is all it takes • Chorus: Only Love can see •
The path to set you free • Just close your eyes
• Look inside and let your heart believe •
There’s been a force so strong • Beside you all
along • You’ll know it when you dream comes true
• That’s something only love can do • In your
quest • For a new horizon • Set your course •
Find a star to light your way • Although the
task may seem sometimes • To be more than you
can bear • One thing you need to know • You’re
not alone • Chorus • If you believe in miracles
• Then you could be the one • To shine your
light • And show the world • There’s nothing
love can’t overcome • Chorus • That’s something
only love can do
Musicians: Keyboard Strings: Arranged and
Performed by Jon Hemingway
Acoustic Guitar: Ron Irving
Additional Keyboard Strings: Bill Buckingham
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08. GOD WILL DO THE REST
(Kenny Hess/ Ron Irving) © BMG Music, Minkey
Music (SOCAN) |
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I went to school in old rubber boots • With
bread bags on my feet • I’d come home crying
hurt and ashamed • When those kids laughed at me
• And Mama’d say “Do your best with what you
have • When what you have just ain’t the best •
Dry your eyes hold your head up high • Someday
God will do the rest” • Chorus: I know someday
she’ll be repaid • With a brand new white robe •
In a place where every step she takes • Is on
the petals of a rose • And with all the seeds my
mama sowed • I know she’s done her very best •
So she can lay her burden down • Knowing God
will to the rest • I can still see that old worn
out chair • Where she’d sit and mend our clothes
• Making meals for eight hungry kids • On that
broken down wood stove • We didn’t have all what
others had • But mama told us we’d been blessed
• And taught us through the golden rules • “Do
right and God will do the rest” • Chorus • My
Mama’s words have stayed with me • Led me to
where I stand now • And those days when I need
strength • They get me through somehow • Though
the choices I have made • Haven’t always been
the best • I believe in my Mama’s words • “Do
right and God will do the rest” • Chorus
Musicians: Drums: Duris Maxwell
Piano, Organ and Keyboard Choir: Jon Hemingway
5 String Bass: René Worst
Electric Slide Guitar: Ray O’Toole
Electric 12 String Guitar: Ron Irving
Additional Keyboard: Bill Buckingham
Background Vocals: Michael Vincent, Jon
Hemingway, Michael Vincent, Ron Irving, and
Gerry King
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10. WE ARE ONE
(Michael Vincent / Ron Irving) © Minkey Music (SOCAN) |
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How can I tell my brother • That he and I are
one - are one • When facing one another • He and
I are one - are one • Oh yes he and I are one •
How can I tell my sister • She and I are one -
are one • When facing one another • She and I
are one - are one • Oh yes she and I are one •
Chorus: We are one in liberty…we are one • We
are one in open air…yes we are one • We are one
in unity • Open oh open our eyes • Help us to
all realize • We are one • How can we tell each
other • You and I are one - are one • When
facing one another • You and I are one - are one
• Oh yes you and I are one • Chorus • Open oh
open you eyes • Help us to all realize • Open oh
open your eyes • We are one
Musicians: Acoustic Guitars and Electric 12
String Guitar: Ron Irving
Flute: Tom Keenlyside
Fretless Bass: René Worst
Keyboard Pad and Keyboard Strings: Bill
Buckingham
Keyboard Chimes: Jon Hemingway
Solo Background Vocal: Michael Vincent.
Group Background Vocals: Michael Vincent, Ron
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12. INTO THE BLUE
(Ron Irving, Lynda McKillip, Bobby Wood) © SueCo
Music, McKiller Music, (SOCAN) Aaron Wood Music
(ASCAP |
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For something that seemed to be so complicated •
It sure got simple in the end • I could not
imagine letting go of you • Now here I am taking
that first step • Chorus: Into the blue •
Chasing the morning sun • Destination anywhere
ahead • Time on my side and nothing to lose •
Gonna sail my heart away • Into the blue •
You’ll always be the one I can’t forget • So I
won’t even try • You showed me how to love
without regret • And in the end you gave me
wings to fly • Chorus • When the shadows fall
I’m not alone you see • ‘Cause you’ve given me
the strength to carry on • Chorus • I’m gonna
sail my heart away • Into the blue
Musicians: Drums: Duris Maxwell
Bass: René Worst
Electric 12 String, Tremelo, Acoustic and Nylon
Acoustic Guirars: Ron Irving
Wurlitzer Piano: Jon Hemingway
Acoustic Guitar: Jon Hemingway
Additional Keyboard Mandolin: Bill Buckingham
Background Vocals: Christopher Elwick, Jon
Hemingway, Michael Vincent, Gerry King, and Ron
Irving |
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Lyrics printed by permission
©2007 Boutique Records
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