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TRUE BLUE FOREVER
by Glen Hornblast

Oh baby,
our love’s a treasure
And my heart will always be
True blue forever

Oh baby,
No words can measure
The love I feel
When I’m in your arms
True blue forever

Why should I cry
When the whole world
Is falling apart
I’ll make it through
As long as you’re in my heart

(Instrumental)

Why should I cry
When the whole world
Is falling apart
I’ll make it through
As long as you’re in my heart

Oh baby
For worse or for better
My heart will always be
True blue forever
True blue forever
True blue forever

ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
by Glen Hornblast

Oh there’s a million lonely faces in the city
And there’s a million lonely cities in the world
And there’s a million lonely reasons for
A man to give up living
And a million lonely stars up in the sky

But once in a blue moon
Love is gonna find you
Once in a blue moon
You touch the sky
Once in a blue moon
Love is gonna find you
Open your eyes, open your eyes

And there’s a million lonely heroes on the sidewalk
And there’s a million lonely eyes that never cry
And there’s a million lonely reasons
For a man to give up living
And a million lonely tear drops in the sky

But once in a blue moon
Love is gonna find you
Once in a blue moon
You touch the sky
Once in a blue moon
Love is gonna find you
Open your eyes, open your eyes

Blue Moon … Blue Moon …
Blue Moon … Blue Moon …

CHORUS

LORETTA

Loretta the heart is a wonderful thing
You can break it again and again
But the heart never dies
You just keep it inside
And you can lose your pain
In a bottle of cheap red wine

Loretta you know I’ve been drinking again
Staying up all night writing love songs
And seeing your eyes
I guess you’re surprised
I may a be a fool
But I can’t get you out of my mind

CHORUS:
Oh Loretta I’m sorry
For the things that I said
Your name’s like a song that
Keeps going round in my head
Oh Loretta forgive me
If I was unkind
Love is a drug
It can drive a man out of his mind

I met her in a bar on the wrong side of town
She had a little room upstairs
From an all-night café
It rained every day
Then we had a big fight
And we both went out own
Separate ways

CHORUS

MARY

Mary lives in a bus-shelter
At the corner of Church and Queen
She says in broken English
She’s got nowhere else to be
She’s from a town in Germany
She left before the war
And Mary’s only crime is being poor

Her husband was a tailor
He had to stay behind
He tried to get his parents out
But Mary thinks they died
Now she spends her nights alone
Freezing in the cold
And Mary’s only crime is growing old

CHORUS:
Oh people, is anybody free
Long as some folks have too much
And some don’t have anything

She carries her belongings
In a broken down shopping-cart
Says she ain’t been well for awhile
She motions to her heart
I offer her a coffee
or maybe a dollar or two
She says, “Thank you, dear,”
I don’t know what else to do

CHORUS:
Oh people, is anybody free
Long as some folks have too much
And some don’t have anything

Mary lives in a bus-shelter
At the corner of Church and Queen
She says in broken English
She’s got nowhere else to be
A thousand people pass her by
A thousand people scorn
And Mary’s only crime is being born
Mary’s only crime is being born …

CHORUS

EVANGELINE
by Glen Hornblast

Evangeline you make me smile
You make the stars light up
The heavens for a while
As long as the oceans are blue
I’ll be loving you
Evangeline you’re the Queen
Evangeline

Evangeline you are the sun
You are the light that shines
Inside of everyone
As long as the oceans are blue
I’ll be loving you
Evangeline you’re the Queen
Evangeline

INSTRUMENTAL

RIVER
by Glen Hornblast

Oh darling
Your love is like a river
Running through my heart dear
And it carries me away

Oh darling
Your love is like a river
Running on forever
And it carries me away

BRIDGE:
Oh and now
You whisper so sweetly
I love you so completely
No words can say

Oh darling
Your love is like a river
Running through my heart dear
And it carries me away

FREEDOM TRAIN
by Glen Hornblast

Jimmy Blackburn was a slave boy
And he worked his master’s farm
Picking cotton was a hard life for a boy
Jimmy said “Mama, there’s a country
Where a man is just a man
And I’m going, yes I’m going
To Freedom Land.”

Mama said, “Jimmy, there’s a white woman
Who can help you get away.
You gotta go there, gotta get there
Jimmy if you can.”
Jimmy said, “Mama, you’re coming with me.”
Mama said, “Lord, we’re in your hands,
‘Cause we’re going, yes we’re going
To Freedom Land.”

CHORUS:
Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that Freedom Train
Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that Freedom Train
You got to ride that Freedom Train

Come the morning, Sheriff Johnston
Heard that Jimmy got away
He said, “I’m gonna get that Negro boy if I can.”
But Mama prayed hard
She prayed to Jesus
“Jesus, help us if you can.”
Hallelujah, the good Lord led them
To Freedom Land

CHORUS:

Now the moral of the story
Is that all men shall be free
I believe, Lord, I believe
It’s our destiny
Black or white man
Rich or poor man
We can live in harmony
But we can’t forget the story
Of Freedom Land.

CHORUS:

ISLA MUJERES
by Glen Hornblast

Well I heard you could take the ferry
From a town called Puerta Juarez
For just a thousand pesos
You could ride with the local people
To an island where the sunsets
Are a beauty to behold
And sea is painted turquoise
And the nights are never cold

CHORUS:
On the island, Island of Women
Isla Mujeres, that’s where my heart is
On the island, Island of Women
Isla Mujeres

Now the narrow streets are crowded
With a busload full of tourists
In their sunglasses and cameras
They’re here to spend their money
And a woman from Toronto
Is looking for a bargain
She’s loaded down with silver
Enough to fill a coffin

CHORUS

Now a kid without any shoes on
Is coming to my table
He wants me to buy a bracelet
For just one U.S. dollar
And his eyes are soft and beautiful
His face a little dirty
He wants a piece of America
So he can feed his family

CHORUS

So we rent a small hotel room
That looks out on the ocean
When down the street in a one-room shack
Lives a family with seven children
And I look up at the stars
For a familiar constellation
And I see woman crying
For her children and her Nation

CHORUS

LE PONT DES ARTS
by Glen Hornblast

Took a one-way flight to Paris
Got a room in a cheap hotel
And I wandered the Paris streets
In search of a place where artists dwell
And I came upon this little bridge
That lit a flame inside my heart
When I was playing my guitar
On the Pont Des Arts

On the Pont des Arts
That’s where I want to be
On the Pont des Arts
Oh, brother have you ever been
To the Pont des Arts
Well I never felt so free
As when I was playing my guitar
On the Pont des Arts

There were people from every country
And they shouted for a Dylan song
So I played them “Blowing In The Wind”
And everyone sang along
And the moon over Paris
Is silouetted in my heart
When I was playing my guitar
On the Pont des Arts

INSTRUMENTAL

CHORUS

MIRACLE OF YOU
by Glen Hornblast

Thank you for the love you gave us
The way your smile could light the day up
Thank you for the kindness in your eyes
The way you held your cigarette
Like a holy sacrament
Cup of coffee on the side

CHORUS
For the miracle,
For the miracle
Of you
For the miracle,
For the miracle
Of you

The way you sang a Hank Williams song
And everybody sang along
With “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”
And when you laughed your eyes would crinkle
You looked as old as Rip van Winkel
Just an angel in disguise

CHORUS

You were one of god’s holy fools
Giving your heart to everyone you knew
Filled with the holy spirit’s fire
Suit and tie and your hair slicked back
Lines on your face like railway tracks
Original drunk in the midnight choir

CHORUS

Richard you know we loved you
You put your faith in god above you
Now you’ve gone to your resting place
Thank you for the gifts you left us
May your wise old soul protect us
And guide us with your grace

CHORUS

HOMELESS
by Glen Hornblast

Danny was Ojibway
He was born in The Sault
But the Government stole him from his home
To a residential school
And they tried to make him like the white man
To speak his language was a sin
Now he’s just a face on a subway grate
Not the man he could have been

CHORUS:
And now he’s homeless, homeless, homeless
And now he’s homeless, homeless, homeless

Lisa was rich girl
She went to the finest schools
When her parents’ marriage fell apart
She got into drugs and booze
And lost in her inner darkness
Lisa tried to take her life
Then she ran away, she’s still running today
Looking for the light

CHORUS

Jimmy served his country
Back in the Korean war
And when he came home
His wife was gone and his job it was no more
So he traded in his sanity
For a half-empty bottle of scotch
Now he tends to dwell in his private hell
In an underground garage

CHORUS

Susie was a problem child
Her parents couldn’t cope
So they took her to doctors everywhere
But they finally gave up hope
After years in an institution
Susie finally was released
Now she’s still a child in a grown-up world
Living on the street

CHORUS

TOMORROW IS A FRIEND OF MINE
by Glen Hornblast

After all the faded dreams
Forgotten heroes who
end up like James Dean
Funny how I still believe
Tomorrow is a friend of mine

After all the passing years
Dreams gone up in smoke
And the washed up careers
I’ll drown my sorrows in a bottle of beer
Tomorrow is a friend of mine

I know it’s been raining
The sky is dark and grey
What’s the use complaining
Maybe the clouds will blow away

After all the love affairs gone wrong
Wounded hearts and bitter sweet love songs
I’ll climb some tower baby
Just like King Kong
Tomorrow is a friend of mine

INSTRUMENTAL

I know it’s been raining
The sky is dark and grey
What’s the use complaining
Maybe the clouds will blow away

After all the love affairs gone wrong
Wounded hearts and bitter sweet love songs
I’ll climb some tower baby
Just like King Kong
Tomorrow is a friend,
Tomorrow is a friend
Tomorrow is a friend … of mine