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Where the Change Is

by The Flashing Lights

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1.
Since you've been gone, I've been untrue Hoping that you have been untrue too No one wants to feel guilty If I was the star and you were the fan How could you join this one-man band You don't know where it's going So much to learn, so little to teach You got in touch with someone so hard to reach (Now I’ve hurt everyone) Now you don't know where to go Well you don't know where the change is And all the pleasure it brings Oh, I thought you were gonna clip my wings Oh, love is a powerful dream And I woke up with a scream And I was up on a plane With your cheap-seat memories pumping the pressure in every vein What I say blows away Half of the love that you had for me No one wants to feel guilty Since you've been gone, I've been untrue Hoping that you have been untrue too (Now you've heard everything) But you don't know where to go Now you don't know where the change is And all the pleasure it brings But I thought you were gonna clip my wings Oh, love is a powerful dream And we broke up with a scream And I was up on a plane With your cheap-seat memory pumping the pressure in every vein You don't know where (the change is)…
2.
Highschool 02:22
Someone from my high school must have really hurt me too Maybe that's why I will always stand by you You’re poking down a long trail saddled with a sad old mare I'm hoping you'll arrive soon without a care But if you take the wrong turn, well you aren’t gonna lose my love Cause it can take a lot more than a push or shove So someone start the countdown Will someone flick the radio on? Because I am all packed up and I don't want to go We'll you’re a spirit cool and strong at the heart of autumn's song Your lips are moving but can you sing along or will you get it wrong? And if you catch me looking backwards To the rings where I've thrown my hat The sentimental side roads are just that So, someone start the countdown Will someone flick the radio on? Because I am all shook up and I don't want to go Someone from my high school must have really hurt me bad Maybe that's why I know what it is to be sad (Your lips are moving) When it's finally over or leaves you feeling more like you I know you won't ask me to leave you too
3.
I lost my true love back in 1989 She was the greatest friend that you could ever find Now there are children swinging off her homemade skirt When I grow up I might ask her to mend this hurt Cause I'm only happy half the time Yah, I'm only happy half the time I lost my true love back in 1994 She did not want to belong to me anymore Now I picture her laughing through a glass of wine And I’d cry more tears but she was never only mine And she's only happy half the time Yah she's only happy half the time She's only happy half the time Yah she's only happy half the time I found my true love back in 1996 I knew I'd find her when I headed for the sticks But she's no country girl and she won't give up on me yet Each night I tell her I love her and hoping she'll forget That we're only happy half the time We're only happy half the time We're only happy half the time Yah we're only happy half the time
4.
I checked into worlds without you You can't lose on your own Showed me only that we can't loose on our own I won't call my t.v. set I can't lose on my own No there's no way to stop it And I could take it if I want it But you can't wake the lions with a heart like mine No you can't wake the lions with a heart that beats like mine So, here I lie knowing that I can't lose on my own Shadows climb through my point of view You can't lose on your own No there's no way to stop it You better take it if you want it Cause you can't wake the lions with a heart like mine Well you could talk ‘til your crying with a heart like mine And you could walk like a giant with a heart like mine But you can't wake the lions with a heart that beats like mine Who's gonna make their mark on a heart like mine? Who's gonna catch a spark off a heart like mine? You can't wake the lions with a heart like mine No you can't wake the lions with a heart that beats like Heart that sleeps like mine
5.
Rotary Hotel 04:26
It's a long way up to the rotary hotel But that's where all of our dreams fell And through the torn curtains I saw that nothing is for certain As I walked down to that sweet brown lake I saw that all of our mistakes Lied in the surface about to break And all these rows of afternoon shadows Melt with morning bright arrows The rows of afternoon shadows Melt with morning bright arrows And I lost the fight with the battle So won't you come to help me this time Out by the shipwrecked academy I had the sense kicked out of me And I lost all of my feelings Maybe that's where all of our dealings went sour Right on the hour, the traffic slowed and magically golden Horns hit the window as you walked out It's a long way up to the rotary hotel But that's where all of our dreams fell And through the torn curtains I saw that nothing is for certain As all these rows of afternoon shadows Melt with morning bright arrows The rows of afternoon shadows Melt with morning bright arrows And I lost the fight with a battle And everything was unravelled Oh I lost the fight with the battle So won't you come and help me this time Oh it's a long way up Oh it's a long way Oh it's a long way up Oh it's a long way Oh I was checking out of this lonely room When I got started watching something on the tube Now I'm still lying here
6.
I put my headphones on and sang the blues The winter ended and the weeds all grew Where does the fun begin? Here at my nightmares end Summertime, you’re such a climb I took my headphones off and heard the news Summer imploded and new flowers bloomed Where does the fun begin? Here at my nightmares end Summertime, you’re such a climb Whoa you say you know me And you speak so convincingly Yeah, yeah you want to hear more But you don't know what you're in for I traded headphones for a pair of shoes And I walked through tragedy and made the news Where does the fun begin? Here at my nightmares end Summertime, you’re such a climb Where does the fun begin? Here at my nightmares end Summertime, you’re such a climb Where does the fun begin? Here at my nightmares end Summertime, you’re such a climb
7.
Where do the days go? Silent fractions, spending all our time out of action I've got some dreams stored on the dashboard Gonna let them loose when we hit town Heart full of soul and a head full of numbers Thought by now I'd have woke from this slumber This is a goodbye to the free ride And a hollow kiss to all I'll miss Where do the days go in the summer? Time is a selfish thing to keep Still, I want it - Yeah, I want it When I'm drifting off to sleep Where do the days go? Silent fractions, spending all our time out of action I've got some dreams stored on the dashboard Gonna let them loose when we hit town When we hit town Can't go back now Can't go back now I’d be back home right now They're already gone Where do the days go?…
8.
Talk to the hand I don't wanna know I wish I never came on this show But I'm looking better than you've ever seen Now I'm working nights down at The Palace of Dreams Taking you on for the first time Taking you on for the very last time Putting you on for the first time Putting you on for the very last time Talk to the hand ‘til your face is blue 'Cause now your talking to a dream come true Heard you say I was a waste of time We'll now you'll spend it at the back of the line Telling you once for the first time Telling you off for the very last time Putting you on for the first time Putting you off for the very last time Oh, I don't need anyone I don't need anyone Talk to the hand, if you're gonna speak I wanna know who's coming on next week So, in days to come when you wanna shout If you see five fingers You should let it all out Putting you on for the first time Putting you on for the very last time Telling you once for the first time Telling you off for the very last time Taking your shots for the first time Taking your licks for the very last time Telling you lies for the first time Telling the truth for now Talk to the hand…
9.
This town's made of tar So, no one gets far They're stuck in their ways And there are no better days yet to come At least not for some To watch them some nights Between parties and fights To try and belong It feels so very wrong (feels so wrong) So, in case I don't follow In case I don't follow this through In case I don't follow I think that it's best if you knew They're the unattached All their plans remain unhatched They are just like you But with nothing to do They think I'm one of them But they don't know I'll send accounts of what goes on I have files on every one And midtown's the same It's all a big game You want me inside To prove that we have tried To regain this nation's glory Amusement arcade’s Closed for the day Thirty or so were gathered on the road Nowhere to go Go to them Talk with them Learn from them Be their best friend Remember us You will write to us Speak free to us But don’t break our trust My last words to you before I am through You can't talk of trust expecting us Without a fuss to always protect you To always report back to you We're the unattached All our plans remain unhatched We are just like you But with nothing to do I am one of them No longer will I send accounts of what goes on I know where I belong
10.
Between the calls from who knows who There's never time for me and you You do your bit, and then move on And then pretend like nothing's wrong Ask anyone, you're loads of fun There's something there for everyone And though you've run me in the ground Just a kiss from you brings me around Do I remind you of a patient you forgot to see? Do I remind you of a patient you forgot to see? You are a thorn that’s in my side You're telling me that it's my pride And it's a long way from the heart But you never know when we may part Do I remind you of a patient you forgot to see? Do I remind you of a patient you forgot to see? It's the things you say that make me stay It's the deeds you've done that make me run Do I remind you of a patient you forgot to see? … Do I remind you of a patient you forgot to see? Do I remind you of a patient you forgot to see? Hey hey (ho ho) Do I remind you of a patient you forgot to see? Hey hey (ho ho) Do I remind you of a patient you forgot to see? Hey hey (ho) Do I remind you of a patient you forgot to see?
11.
Elevature 03:36
There's a murky stream of psychotic dreams Rolling through this muddy little town There's a sense of dread Tied to an end of thread Running through this patchwork little town But if you've got love bring it along Put it with ours we'll sing you a song Well, there is a girl two apples tall Gingerbread house but nobody calls From the mall to the telephone tower Oh Yeah We're gonna keep you up to all hours Oh Yeah Rise against your will Up Magnetic Hill Or struggle to go down the road from town There's a daylight hour When my friends lose their power They've never seen the flip side of a dream But if you've got love bring it along Put it with ours we'll sing you a song Well there is a boy in love with the moon Give him the world he'll play you a tune From the mall to the telephone tower Oh Yeah We're gonna keep you up to all hours Oh Yeah From the mall to the telephone Mall to the telephone tower Oh Yeah From the mall to the telephone Mall to the telephone tower Flashing Lights! Flashing Lights! Flashing Lights! Flashing Lights!
12.
Monday came and Tuesday followed I'll never see another day like that Wednesday night was vain and hollow I'll never see another day like that She took my hand She made me feel like I could be her man And everything was turning out all right Well, after all she kept me up all night Thursday night was just a shadow I’ll never see another day like that Friday's truth was hard to swallow I’ll never see another day like that Armistice or Armageddon I'll never see another day like that Independence or Dominion I'll never see another day like that She took my hand She made me feel like I could be her man And everything was turning out all right Well, after all she kept me up all night I’ll never see another day like that I’ll never see another day like that No more will I be led I’m gonna watch my step (Watch - You better watch your step) No more will I reach out I’m gonna bury my head She took my hand She took my hand She made me feel like I could be her man And everything was turning out all right Well, after all she kept me up all night Saturday was just as shallow I’ll never see another day like that Sunday night was full of sorrow I’ll never see another day like that I’ll never see another day like that
13.
She's stuck in the back seat On a late night cruise through our city Her cigarette glows burning As fast as she blows Now she can’t remember Where she has hid the bottle At the gates to the park On hands and knees in the dark But she found an answer And I know change has come and Gone are the good times Gone are the good times That we saved for the hard times I know they won't be back again She jumps in the front seat She's racing home in the last heat She's first out the gate But she knows she'll be late Now over the narrows She looks down on our city With no souvenirs Nothing can hold her here But she found an answer I know change has come and Gone are the good times Gone are the good times That we saved for the hard times I know they won't be back again For the hard times Gone are the good times That we saved for the hard times I know they won't be back again I know she won't be back again

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This album was originally released in 1999. These tracks have been remastered from the original 1/4" tapes.

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released April 29, 2022

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Henri Sanglang
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