1.
0° - Future - Summer
CC - piano, tin & low whistles,
synthesizers
2.
An Old Fashioned Future
1. Now's the time
A day of reckoning
Things
left behind
In tomorrow's gentle beckoning
Time to count them all
On
the wall
The ancient picture fades
Now I've no call
For mending broken
barricades
Now I'm wide awake
Its time to make
chorus
An
old fashioned future
Like tomorrow used to be
You won't find it on computer
You
can't buy it, it comes for free
The time has come, come again
Nows the time
You
won't fail
If you don't jump the fences
But life grows stale
Locked in
your defenses
Now it is time to go
All I know
I've gathered in a pile
Now
let it grow
Savour it a little while
Then walk out the door
I'm ready
for
chorus
We
used to share
A dream of the future
No more hunger, no more war
Now it
all about the money
And who should mind the store
And you never seem to
hear about the vision anymore
But some of us still dream
Some of us still
believe
And in this room tonight
Lets the dream take flight
One more
night
Lets the dream take flight
On the wings of a song
We've been waiting
so long
So long
3.
You're only strong
If you still grow
Sing a new song
Step outside your
comfort zone
Every now and then
We'll talk again
Maybe in a year or two
We'll
remember when
I began these things that I'm going to do
I'm not giving in
We'll
be living in
chorus
An old
fashioned future
Like the smile across your face
We will find a dream to
suit ya
Love and peace and outer space
The time has come, come again
Nows
the time
The time has come
CC
- vocals, acoustic & electric 9 string guitars, synthesizer, drum programming
Neil
Segrott - fretless bass
3.
I Cast My Soul
A starlit night
And wiser eyes than mine
Have
seen the future shine
From points of light
I cast my soul
Out toward
the stars
See us as we truly are
To make me whole
I cast my soul
A
mountain top
The patchwork fields below
The world will come and go
And
never stop
I cast my soul
Out across the land
Let nature take my hand
To
make me whole
I cast my soul
Across
the ocean
The waves will sing their song
Their magic is as strong
As
any potion
I cast my soul
Out across the sea
To wander wild and free
To
make me whole
I cast my soul
I
cast my soul x6
See
human kind
The strong and the weak
Endlessly they seek
Some piece of
mind
I cast my soul
Over now to you
You'll know just what to do
To
make me whole
I cast my soul
I
cast my soul
Reeling it in, I'm reeling it in
Reeling it in round, round,
round
I'm reeling it in
CC
- vocals, piano, zithers, electric kantele, electric 9 string guitar, synthesizer,
ocean samples, drum programming
4.
Songrise
I don't know just where I'm going
I can't tell
you where I'm from
But there's a link between the old days and the young
Winter
sun casts the longest shadows
Winter souls do much the same
And the darkness
is the hardest beast to tame
chorus
But
the sun will rise in the morning
And the sun will rise in our hearts
The
brightening skies
Will be a sign that we've departed
And the moon will
rise in the evening
And a song will rise in our hearts
And the starlit skies
will remind us what we started
High
up on Electric Mountain
Where the thunder rumbles round
And the faces on
the rock face guide me down
It's not a time to shy away now
It's a time
for actions bold
The fire is dwindling and the east wind blows so cold
chorus
Let
the winter take its toll
I feel a change in the wind
The shattered days
are on the mend
I'm an indeterminate soul
I don't know where I begin
I
don't know where I shall end
Too
many times I've started bravely
I know just where I have to go
Then the
doubts and then the fears begin to grow
But it is not the destination
That
makes the journey pay
It's the things that you find out along the way
chorus
CC
- vocals, acoustic & electric 9 string guitars, electric piano, synthesizer,
tin & low whistles, theremin, percussion, drum programming
5.
90° - Past - Autumn
CC - theremins, zither, recording of San
Francisco cable car.
audience - vocal drone (Consonance Filk Convention 2006)
6.
Lifespell
North star guide my love to me
Through times spent
in good company
Smouldering eyes around the fire
With stories tall and spirits
higher
chorus
Love
blood future past
Stir the seasons in my glass
Drink it back but make it
last
All the life you have is in your hands
Southern
Cross guide family
Chosen or hereditary
See them safe where they may roam
Remind
them of the journey home
chorus
Jack
be sluggish, jack be slow
Tell me all I need to know
The candlestick is
not so high
For those who have a dream to fly
Stoke the fire up bright and
strong
Verse to verse and song to song
The day grows shorter by the hour
Close
the circle
Feel the power
Rising sun guide future plans
Though life's
strange chaotic dance
Let them truly prove their worth
Of the spark that
gave them birth
Setting
sun guide memories
Keep them safely here with me
Let them fill the sky with
light
Each time I pass from day to night
Chorus
CC
- vocals, kalimbas, vibraphone sample, tin & low whistles, theremin with harmonizer
& effects
7.
Simple
I used to want to be clever
Smarter than all
the rest
Took a while to discover
That keeping things simple was the ultimate
test
I used to want to dazzle
Like a lighthouse on the shore
But ships
all know the light just warns
Of rocks on the old sea floor
It's the
chorus
Simple
things I'm still learning
A little bit like this song
If you sing your life
too complicated
Nobody can sing along
With you
I
used to want to get noticed
Grab my slice of fame
I wanted to know everyone
And for everyone to know my name
Then I saw it coming
I saw I was in
danger
Of being the only one that I knew
In the hall of a thousand strangers
It's
the
chorus
I
used to want to be mysterious
Wanted folks to try and figure me out
And
if anyone got too close
I would vanish in a cloud of doubt
Like a kid playing
hide and seek
My plan soon ran aground
Coz If you hide too well, you just
might find
You secretly want to be found
It's the
chorus
And
a notion, an emotion, leads me far astray
From the straight line I spied to
point B from A
And this action, this distraction takes me to the sky
Before
I fall I must recall - I need to simplify
My life
Sitting
in my little green room
All kinds of gizmos at my side
Computer screens
and DVDs
But I could not be satisfied
In the corner I saw my guitar
Like
it hadn't been touched in years
Before too long a new little song
Lit a
fire against my fears
It's the little song you now hear
About the
chorus
CC
- vocals, acoustic 9 string guitar, organ, tin & low whistles, drum programming
8.
Castle, Seed & Candle
In the sky there's always a castle
Hanging
in the evening air
Made of light, created for dreamers
Picturesque, but
hard to share
I remember all of my castles
Disconnected, floating freely
My
head may be still high in the clouds
Now mother earth is touching me
There's
a seed lost deep underground
That never had the chance to grow
Unfulfilled
and dormant potential
Locked beneath the ice and snow
Spring has come into
the garden
First a seedling, then a tree
I have seen a change with every
new season
Can they see a change in me?
Darkness
falls, close the curtains,
Find a place to hide
I know you feel uncertain
and,
I know it's still cold outside
But quiet places, sparkling rivers
Live
the moment, falling free
And when I speak in tunes and rhythms
I hear someone
calling me
In
my room there is a small candle
Rarely lit now what a shame
Too afraid of
reaching the end
To feel the wonder of its flame
There's a voice inside
the fire
Let it sing bright, loud and strong
There are choices in the darkest
of nights
So keep it burning all night long
All night long
CC
- vocals, piano, acoustic 9 string guitar, synthesizers, theremin
