Open Up
V1) You look for the road but you're already on it.
You look for the end; did you mean to get this far?
Pre) Your days are numbered and the clock is ticking.
So open up and see what's in your hands…
Ch) Everything (everything) It's in your pocket
Everything (everything) It's in your hand
Open up (open up) See what we started
Open up (open up) Here we stand...
V2) You look for me but you've already got me.
You look for my hand but I carried you here.
Repeat Pre & Ch
M8) There's miles dividing you and I. But when we sing, the sun still shines.
This rain that falls on you and I (when we cry); it changes everything...
Repeat Ch to end
Twice You Shine
V1) Long distance brings me to my knees and long waits weigh me down.
I need you here with me.
I’m aging while I’m standing still - somebody save me, yeah.
Someone set me free!
Pre) You can waste your breath. When you are dead. But I’m alive. I’m alive…
Ch) Once is fine but twice you shine you gotta show me you’re still mine.
You never mean the words you say - take your breath away
V2) We’re flying higher than the birds but my wings weigh me down.
The sunshine’s burning me.
I’m happy it don’t mean a thing - somebody save me, yeah.
I’ve got my cross to bear...
Repeat Pre & Ch
M8) The game is set. Don’t panic yet. I’ll stay right here. I’ll be right here.
You can waste your breath. When you are dead. But I’m alive. I’m alive…
Repeat Chx2
Loop Road
V1) There was a time when I had a picture in my mind of what I was gonna be.
The sun sets and rises on all our compromises….
Ch) I hope you know what I know; I’ll follow you right down.
I still feel just the same except I’m ready now.
I hope you say your prayers man, remember who we are.
‘Cos anywhere we go there’s part of me I know still playing at Loop Road.
V2) We’ve Laughed and danced and we’ve fallen in and out of love.
And here we are ... This is it. This is what we’ve waited for...
Repeat Ch - SOLO
There was a time when I had a picture in my mind
Great Divide
V1) This great divide of mine will stand until I'm grey
Will stand the test of time - I add mortar every day
Until from outer space the human eye will see my great divide
V2) I tried to do without, I tried for many years
But all I brought about, were disappointed tears
And so I trust alone in me, myself and my great divide
Ch) And How I would love to tear these barriers down
How I would love to but I'll never know how
'Cos my great divide and me we don't need no help
V3) You think that I can change - you think that I'm the one
There's no umpires in this game - we'll play until I've won
There's only room for me within the walls of my great divide...
Ch) And How I would love to tear these barriers down
How I would love to but I'll never know how
'Cos my great divide and me we don't need no help
SOLO
V4) This great divide of mine will stand until I'm grey
Will stand the test of time - I add mortar every day
Ch) And How I would love to tear these barriers down
How I would love to but I'll never know how
And How I would love to tear these barriers down
How I would love to but I'll never know how
'Cos my great divide and me we don't need no help
'Cos my great divide and me we don't need no help
Snakes and Ladders
V1) I watch the counters, I wait my turn, I see you looking at the rain.
We make a circle and when it’s done begin another one again.
Pre) ‘Cos just one look at you is all I ever get.
One more word or two before you’ve said: It’s better left unsaid.
Ch) Time is ticking by another New Year and I wish you would just let me in.
We’ll still be here next New Year playing games that we can’t win.
V2) I move two forward you push me back we come no closer to the end.
These Snakes and Ladders all these sneak attacks ...
... when I just want to be your friend.
Repeat Pre and Ch to end
