Ross Wilson: Lyrics

I COME IN PEACE     3:59

(Rick Brewster & Ross Wilson)   Albert Music / Mushroom Music

"Love is a goldmine / To find it you have to seek it"

 

You see me comin', you feel like runnin'

A wicked look is in your eye

I don't come to harm you, I come to warn you

It's now or never do or die

I had a vision, head-on collision

A revelation yeah

That sent me on a mission

 

I come in peace

Love is a goldmine yeah

To find it you have to seek it

Follow the bloodline

It’s flowing rich and deep

And it’s well within our reach

I come in peace

I come in peace

 

Arrived with nothin', and let me tell you somethin'

We're goin' out the same way

I got your attention and maybe I should mention

Won’t be no rest til peace is made

 

I had a vision etc

 

I come in peace

Love is a goldmine

To find it you have to seek it

Follow the bloodline

Its flowing rich and deep

And its well within our reach

I come in peace

 

HERE ON GOD’S ISLAND                  4:16

(Ross Wilson & Pat Wilson)  Mushroom Music

“We pray for survival yet all things must pass”

 

Small planet in a solar system

On the edge of a galaxy

Piece o’ dust in a constellation

Adrift in the cosmic sea

 

Here on God’s Island; blue, green, and grey

We gather in silence and pray

We pray for survival yet all things must pass

Escape from God’s Island at last

At last

 

Deliver me from confusion

Make love with me again

Be my wife, give me children

So life will never end

Here on God’s Island I’m making my stand

With God as my pilot I’m well manned

Yes, here on God’s Island there’s proof life exists

On a speck lit by starlight God blessed

How can you deny that it’s worth going on?

For here on God’s Island we belong

We belong

I Got You                         3:36

(Dianna Corcoran & Ross Wilson)  AMCOS / Mushroom Music 

“The future is ours to find”

 

I’ve got some money

I play with time

I drive a cool little car

Got a home that’s mine

 

We are connected

Stand side by side  

We live in a lucky country

The future is ours to find

 

And I got you, I got you

Even if it all disappeared tomorrow

I’d be fine knowing I got you

 

You’ve watched me struggle

And then stand tall

You make my spirits rise

Catchin’ ‘em if they fall

 

Cos I got you, I got you

Even if it all disappeared tomorrow

I’d be fine knowing I got you

 

Doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor

If you got love, you got it all & more

And I got you 

 

Oh I got you, I got you

And I got you, yes I got you

Even if it all disappeared tomorrow

I’d be fine knowing I got you

Yes even if it all disappeared no sorrow

I’d be fine cos I got you

Oh I got you, yeah I got you

We are connected

We stand side by side  

We all live in a lucky country

The future is ours to find

THE LAND OF CONTENTMENT              4:20

(Eris O’Brien) AMCOS 

“Follow the arrows”

 

Take the freeway south of the city

There’s a new town they call Rolling Meadows

Follow the arrows leading to Land for Sale

Couples with kids and pets building their house of dreams

Here in the Land of Contentment

Where you can savour the moment

In the Land of Contentment.

 

They got a man-made lake where you can go sailing

There’s a community hall taking pride of place

Leaving the rat race, dirty old dusty streets

Here everything’s shiny and new, walking on clean cement

Here in the Land of Contentment

In the Land of Contentment

 

Now check out that sunset 

We’ll sleep well till morning

And rise to greet the day

In the Land of Contentment

 

Living your life here under an open sky

You’ll never be lost for time wondering where it went

Here, here in the Land of Contentment

Where you can savour the moment

In the Land of Contentment.

 

FISHIN’ ON A RAINY DAY                  3:28

(Eris O’Brien & Ross Wilson)  AMCOS / Mushroom Music 

“Driftin’ in the misty grey”

 

Sailin’ my boat  huggin’ the coast

From Patterson Lakes into the Bay

Rollin’ past Seaford I’m being lead

On to Sorrento & nearer the Heads

 

Fishin’ on a rainy day

Driftin’ in the misty grey

Fishin’ on a rainy day

 

Truth be told I come out here

To taste the salt & breathe the air

Got no rod not even a line

Guess I got something else in mind

 

Fishin’ on a rainy day

Washin’ all my woes away

Fishin’ on a rainy day

 

Look at me floatin’ here on my own

The sky drips, the shoreline’s gone

There’s a white bird circlin’ callin’ to me

That’s when I stop, look up, & see

 

Fishin’ on a rainy day

Driftin’ off across the Bay

Fishin’ on a rainy day

Wishin’ all my blues away

Fishin’ on a rainy day

Driftin’ in the misty grey

OLD COUNTRY ROAD                                      4:18

(Ross Wilson & Daryl Roberts)  Mushroom Music / Control

“Back where the whole trip started”

I’ve heard that life is like a circle

And that you end where you begin

Or maybe its like jumpin’ in a pool

A case of sink or swim

Now some people think that life’s a competition

And that winnin’s everything

Or that the Lord is smilin’ down upon us

Laughing at the way we sin

 

Reminds me of a dream I have

Keeps on comin’  around

Uh-huh uh-huh

 

I’m on that old country road

Back where this whole trip started

And there’s a song on the radio

Wailin’ ‘bout the broken-hearted

They play it over & over

Until my dream is gone

Over & over, until I wake up

And find I got to carry on

 

Can’t scrape the mud from my shoes

Or pull the knives from out my back

And every freeway I cruise

Turns into the same dirt track

Until I find myself in a lonely place

And there standin’ in the shadows

I see the ghost of the reason why

I left the straight & narrow

 

Oh here comes that dream again

Keeps on comin’ around

Uh-huh uh-huh

 

I’m on that old country road

Right back where the whole trip started

And there’s that song on the radio uh-oh

Its wailin’ ‘bout the broken-hearted

They play it over & over until my dream is gone

Over & over, til I wake up

And find I got to carry on

 

Yes its an old country road

Back where the whole trip started

And there’s a song on the radio

Wailin’ ‘bout the broken-hearted

They play it over & over & over yeah yeah

Until my dreams are gone

Over & over, oh I wake up

And find I got to carry on

 

Over & over, I’m trippin’ down that old country road

Yeah over & over, I keep hearing that same old song

Over & over, yeah it’s the same old dream

You know one day I just might find out what it means

STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM             3:03

(Ross Wilson)  Mushroom Music

“I’ve lived and I have learned that even when it’s unreturned / Love is its own reward”

 

I’m not the greatest singer in the world

I can barely hold a tune

But here’s a song to tell you how I feel

Though it’s a few years overdue

Strange as it may seem its true

I love you, I love you, I love you

 

And I would never claim to be a guitar man

But this might strike a chord

I’ve lived and I have learned that even when it’s unreturned

Love is its own reward

Strange as it may seem, oh its true, so true

I love you, I love you, I love you

 

Yeah strange as it may seem Lord its true, so true

I love you, I love you,

I love you love you love you yes I do

I love you ooh ooh ooh 

I love you

 

HELL OF A TIME         2:49

(Ross Wilson & Eris O’Brien)  Mushroom Music / AMCOS

“Got what I asked for, can’t complain”

 

Don’t ask me ‘bout the things I’ve done

I can’t tell you who lost or won

All I know is I had a hell of a time

 

Don’t ask me ‘bout where I’ve been

I can’t explain the things I’ve seen

But I can tell you I had a hell of a time

 

I bought a ticket & I took the ride

Now I can’t get off no matter how I try

 

You see it written on my face

A touch of grief, a brush with grace

You can see it in my eyes I’ve had a hell of a time

Hell of a time

 

Got what I asked for can’t complain

I’ve found you cannot feel real pleasure without pain

 

Don’t try to change my destiny

Or tell me what is best for me

It should come as no surprise I’ve had a hell of a time

Give ‘em hell

Hell of a time I’ve had a hell of a time

Hell of a time I had a hell of a time

 

THE SAME MOON                        4:43

(Ross Wilson & Eric McCusker)  Mushroom Music / Origin Music

“some things don't change”

 

In the beginning there was her and me

Making love, sharing dreams

Before we knew it we had ourselves a family

 

Passed on to the children everything we knew

Learned our own lessons as our babies grew

And everything got bigger & faster than it used to be

 

Through the trials & tribulations

And through all the transformations

I came to see some things don't change

 

Its the same moon in the same sky

The same woman holding me as the years roll by

She's got the same eyes, the same smile

The same way of making me feel my life's worthwhile

 

The Lord gives & the Lord can take

The day she passed away I thought I'd break

Swallowed up by the earth, drowned by a tidal wave

 

Now with a young girl's little hand in mine

At sundown in the summer time

We walk & lay fresh flowers on my lady's grave

 

And as the stars light up the heavens

They send a message to the living

It seems to say some things don't change

 

It’s still the same moon in the same sky

She watches it with me & I can see that she's her grandma's child

She's got the same eyes, the same sly smile

When she's smiling at me I don't know if I should laugh or cry

Yes it’s the same moon in the same old sky

The same light shining on us like a prayer's reply

LOVE’S  JOURNEY                  3:28                                                                                                                (Ross Wilson/ Lawrie Minson / Eris O’Brien)

 

Mushroom Music / Origin Music / AMCOS

“Proceeding down a road much travelled & starting off without a clue”

 

Love’s journey is not a race yet it must be run

Love’s journey is a taste of things to come

 

Love’s journey is a puzzle that’s beggin’ to be solved

Love’s journey is a struggle that takes its toll

 

The journey can be such hard labour at the start

And you can lose your way

Too late you realize you’ve strayed

While bridges burn you love & learn

 

Proceeding down a road much travelled & starting off without a clue

Love’s mystery unravels as I search for you

On love’s journey, on love’s journey

 

The journey that was such hard labour at the start

Becomes a pleasure cruise

The sun is out the sailing’s smooth

The moon at night becomes our guiding light

 

Love’s journey’s like a lazy river flowing to the open sea

Love slowly grows & grows and eventually

Love’s journey finds you here to me

On love’s journey, on love’s journey

On love’s journey, on love’s journey

ROSE MARIE (Throws Flowers At My Heart)            5:52

(Ross Wilson)  Mushroom Music

“the right girl for the part”

 

When an overwhelming feeling breaks your defences down

And forces send you reeling turn your head around

From an unexpected quarter salvation can appear

The lamb saved from the slaughter rescued and redeemed

 

Rose Marie throws flowers at my heart

They bloom and then like dandelions

Explode and fall apart

Rose Marie weeps and suddenly

She speaks and breaks the spell and I am free

Rose Marie, Rose Marie

 

There’s a way to feed the hunger, a path that you can take

A place where your desires couple with your fate

Where hope that springs eternal yields to faith that’s strong

There’s no way you’ll stray or make a move that’s wrong

 

Rose Marie, the right girl for the part

Returns to me from over the sea

Takes the stage and hits her mark

Rose Marie speaks her lines so eloquently

She performs the scene as it was meant to be

Rose Marie goes on and innocently

She recites the words that bring me my reprieve

Rose Marie, Rose Marie

Rose

Rose Marie