Through the veil of years, and the demon light of fears
The time has come, to stand not run
Like a wounded bird that can’t help falling
Like a soldier praying to a God all knowing
All the grace in the world it must be showing
Within my heart I hear the calling
I think of Washington on Christmas day, the river choked with ice
Somehow he found a way, freedom bears such a price
Like a patriot that loves his commander
His wife is crying, who can blame her
All the grace in the world it must be showing
Within my heart I hear the calling…
At bastogne the snow is flying, evil flames the sky
Surrender’s voice is not an option, the time is ripe to do or die
On the other side of the calm vast ocean
All is left are crosses of devotion
All the grace in the world it must be showing
Within my heart I hear the calling….
So I keep on walking to that copse of slender trees
Dreams die hard for those so cursed and bleeding..
The world will little note nor long remember
Beyond the pale of a thousand sad Septembers
All the grace in the world it must be showing
Within my heart I hear the calling…
The Calling
Words and Music by William Bates
The time has come, to stand not run
Like a wounded bird that can’t help falling
Like a soldier praying to a God all knowing
All the grace in the world it must be showing
Within my heart I hear the calling
I think of Washington on Christmas day, the river choked with ice
Somehow he found a way, freedom bears such a price
Like a patriot that loves his commander
His wife is crying, who can blame her
All the grace in the world it must be showing
Within my heart I hear the calling…
At bastogne the snow is flying, evil flames the sky
Surrender’s voice is not an option, the time is ripe to do or die
On the other side of the calm vast ocean
All is left are crosses of devotion
All the grace in the world it must be showing
Within my heart I hear the calling….
So I keep on walking to that copse of slender trees
Dreams die hard for those so cursed and bleeding..
The world will little note nor long remember
Beyond the pale of a thousand sad Septembers
All the grace in the world it must be showing
Within my heart I hear the calling…
The Calling
Words and Music by William Bates
The nights on the beach
The stars out to the view
Summer ending swiftly
In Indigo hue
There’s the carousel
Pavilion packed with youth
Merry dancing music
Constrained but so loose
Free the sights and the wind on your feet
Gearing down to follow
The rods on the corvette street
Ready by nine
To make one last climb
Just think of all the mysteries
We could surely find
Days on the strand
I held your silken hand
Better not to ponder
Shifting sands
Ready…I’m so Ready
Ready
Words and Music by William Bates
T21 Music BMI 2005
The stars out to the view
Summer ending swiftly
In Indigo hue
There’s the carousel
Pavilion packed with youth
Merry dancing music
Constrained but so loose
Free the sights and the wind on your feet
Gearing down to follow
The rods on the corvette street
Ready by nine
To make one last climb
Just think of all the mysteries
We could surely find
Days on the strand
I held your silken hand
Better not to ponder
Shifting sands
Ready…I’m so Ready
Ready
Words and Music by William Bates
T21 Music BMI 2005
Tonight I’m feeling a deeper shade of blue
Keep asking myself what I am gonna do
I Feel just like a worn out shoe
Just think there was a time I was brand new.
The road ahead is what’s left behind
Can’t shake the spirits from my mind
They call me harsh like satan’s hymm
Just think there was a time I didn’t even know them.
My luster fades with the coming of the dusk
I look to others when it’s myself I should trust
Myself I should trust…
Doubt is a seed that grows with each tear
A harvest of shame that keeps me here
I should I flying high above this haunted land
Like the heroes I worship but never understand
A man is the sum of the things he’s come to know
The feelings he has buried deep in his soul
Truth and wisdom they don’t come without a price
Before you forsake them you better think twice.
Just Think There Was a Time
Words and music by William Bates
Keep asking myself what I am gonna do
I Feel just like a worn out shoe
Just think there was a time I was brand new.
The road ahead is what’s left behind
Can’t shake the spirits from my mind
They call me harsh like satan’s hymm
Just think there was a time I didn’t even know them.
My luster fades with the coming of the dusk
I look to others when it’s myself I should trust
Myself I should trust…
Doubt is a seed that grows with each tear
A harvest of shame that keeps me here
I should I flying high above this haunted land
Like the heroes I worship but never understand
A man is the sum of the things he’s come to know
The feelings he has buried deep in his soul
Truth and wisdom they don’t come without a price
Before you forsake them you better think twice.
Just Think There Was a Time
Words and music by William Bates
it's a tuesday night in mid-september
and all is right, until i remember
things you said, things i clinged too
they fill my head, i still love you.
i took a seat...in the magic theater
where my lover was such a pretender
her lines were read, from vacant memory
and she wore red, and i was green from envy
should i be hurt? i've seen the end of this movie
for what it's worth, it never fails to move me
the lights grow dim, the curtain lowers
was i really him? was i your lover?
'til i remember
words and music by w. bates
t21music 2008
Tom cat torn up in the midnight hush
Madness is my mistress, I got the royal flush
The river is rising its pulled by the moon
There’s a stranger in the mist, he’s leaving soon….
Hear the wind
Feel the storm
It’s been ragin’
Since before you were born….
Wolf dog howling by the railroad tracks
Calling for his master who ain’t comin’ back
Steam powered locomotive voodoo talisman
You best haul some ass, you best run….
Repeat
The oak trees swayin’ in the cold steel air
Was that you I saw, standing there
You were with the stranger they say he’s built to last
He’ll take you to elysian fields, best hold on fast….
Repeat
Madness is my Mistress
Words and Music by William Bates
T21 music bmi 2005
The night is still the stars shine bright, forever
The mood is set and I won’t leave, no never
A promise made must be obeyed
isn’t that what they always say
But truth is not always so clear
Save the promise of the day
The dusk draws near, have no fear, I love you
By the gate, a twist of fate, cast in blue
A vow a kiss a heart alive in yearning
There’s a lesson here somewhere for learning
Hands to hold, the future told, on bended knee
But its hard for the blind to see…
The morning comes it always does, forever
And if I go, I told you no, it’s the change of whether
A promise made must be obeyed
isn’t that what they always say
But truth is not always so clear
Save the promise of the day
Save the promise of the Day
Words and music by William bates
T21 music 2005
