The Thrill Is Not Gone (vol. 1)

The Thrill Is Not Gone

Waterfalls and skydives
Fighter planes on my tail
Flowers in the pavement
Golden sunset on the bay

Slides and rollercoasters
Makes your heart beat faster
Ah, but nothing can compare

Only love is true love
Only love will lift your soul
Delicate and precious
We can make it brave and bold

Fire breathing dragons
Howling winds or monsoon
Couldn’t make my heart grow cold

‘Cause your love is a thrill
That’ll never be gone
Never be gone
Never be gone

Your love is a thrill
That’ll never be gone
Never be gone
Never be gone

Many moons have circled
And we’re still keeping score
Every day is lighter
Since your door became our door

Just a small request now
Can we make this journey last
Twenty thousand days or more, many more

‘Cause your love is a thrill
That’ll never be gone
Never be gone
Never be gone

Your love is a thrill
That’ll never be gone
Never be gone
Never be gone

Your love is a thrill
That’ll never be gone
Never be gone
Never be gone

Your love is a thrill
That’ll never be gone
Never be gone
Never be gone

Oh no

The thrill is not gone

The thrill is not gone

 

Sweet Devotion

Oh, sweet devotion
How sweet it is
Oh, sweet devotion
How sweet it is

A record spinning, softly crackling
“I’ve been loving you too long”
Walls are full of books and movies
Toys are spread around the floor

Oh, sweet devotion
How sweet it is
Oh, sweet devotion
How sweet it is

Can you feel it in your heart now
Can you feel it in your feet
When you hear that deep emotion
Your soul will never miss a beat

Oh, sweet devotion
How sweet it is
Oh, sweet devotion
How sweet it is

The last record store closed down ten years ago
The last movie theater standing is now a gym
And kids don’t want guitars anymore
I feel I’m a solo sailor drifting off, longing for home

 

Consequences

Every night
You can’t shake the feeling
That the day just went to waste
Every day
You wake up hoping to crack the code
And find some time for yourself

You feel so helpless now
Thinking about the consequences
Of every thing that could go wrong

You try so hard
But nothing ever works the way it should
It drives you mad
Collect yourself
And find the will to break on through
The walls inside your head

Don’t waste another day
Thinking about the consequences
Of how you want to live your life

Don’t waste another day
Thinking about the consequences
Of how you want to live your life

If you’re looking for the missing pieces of your dreams
Don’t forget the world is beautiful today

If you’re looking for the missing pieces of your dreams
Don’t forget the world is beautiful today

Don’t waste another day
Thinking about the consequences
Of how you want to live your life

Don’t waste another day
Thinking about the consequences
Of how you want to live your life

 

Photograph

Words and Music by Richard Starkey and George Harrison

 

All I Want Is You (a love song)

I am stuck again, the same old place
The world, too much for me to face
All I want is you
When the night falls, when the new day breaks
When I’m asleep, when I’m awake
All I want is you

For your laughter is a waterfall
In the deep heart of the forest
All I want is you
And your eyes are turquoise pools
From the shores of virgin islands
All I want is you

And every day’s a love song waiting to be written
And every heartbeat is a silver marching drum
We can move mountains and swim twice in the same river
There’s no weather we can’t overcome

When you’re tired, down, in disarray
You can’t find any word to say
All I want is you
When your face is as bright as the day
When you’re asleep, when you’re awake
All I want is you

And every day’s a love song waiting to be written
And every heartbeat is a silver marching drum
We can move mountains and swim twice in the same river
There’s no weather we can’t
There’s no weather we can’t overcome

 

Flashes

(instrumental)

 

Uphill Battle

Heavy floods, blazing fires
Failing crops, crumbling ice
Raging wars, evil lies
Madmen rule, innocence pays the price

It’s an uphill battle, but we’re gonna win
It’s an uphill battle, but we’re gonna win

Take a stand, do your part
For your friends or for your art
For your children, for our hearts
For your future or even for your past

It’s an uphill battle, but we’re gonna win
It’s an uphill battle, but we’re gonna win
It’s an uphill battle, but we’re gonna win
It’s an uphill battle, but we’re gonna win

Somehow you’re still confused
Just think about
Who stands to win if we all lose

Hate thrives while love is pushed aside
Ignorance is worn as a badge of pride
It’s so dark even hope is a blinding light
Don’t delay, that’s where the greatest danger lies

It’s an uphill battle, but we’re gonna win
It’s an uphill battle, but we’re gonna win
It’s an uphill battle, but we’re gonna win
It’s an uphill battle, but we’re gonna win

 

Cool Kid Blues

The last cool kid in the neighborhood
Came down with a severe case of the blues
Me, I was lost in deep abstraction
Well, he came to me, said “help me, please
‘cause I can’t stop dancing, I can’t keep still
but my moves don’t get me no satisfaction”

(I said) “Your plight, young man, sounds so familiar
But I’m not sure there is a cure”
Listen to the cool kid blues

Now ever since I talked to him
I can’t stop writing, I can’t sit still
But my ideas are all stupid or outrageous
So come here baby, help me please
‘cause I got the blues, or the blues got me
Just be careful, ‘cause it seems to be contagious

Your plight, young man, sounds so familiar
But now I know there is no cure
Listen to the cool kid blues

(let’s rock!)
(go, kid, go!)

Your plight, young man, sounds so familiar
I always knew there was no cure
Listen to the cool kid blues

It’s going to get you too
Listen to the cool kid blues
Nothing you can do
Listen to the cool kid blues

 

Places We Lost

Old photographs lit by fake candlelight
Line the walls of the hippest new spot
Fancy new names and expensive cafés
Take the place of the places we lost

My childhood playground, the store where I bought my Les Paul
And the bar where we met
They’re all gone forever but they linger on
Take me back to the places we lost

Sometimes it’s bad luck, and sometimes it’s just life
Sometimes it’s just out of need
Sometimes it’s just a slow chain
Of ruin and greed

I took a walk through my old neighborhood
Seems nobody lives there no more
They left the city and you all come to visit
Now you’re sleeping in the places we lost

Sometimes it’s bad luck, and sometimes it’s just life
Sometimes it’s just out of need
Sometimes it’s just a slow chain
Of ruin and greed

Well, it’s been nice
To catch up with the ghosts of the past
But I don’t forget
It’s people that matter
And we’re still alive
Say goodbye to the places we lost