Johnny Smith

you can see it from a distance with its neon signs that burn the sky it's a city with no name whose lies are hidden behind the walls some are reaching for their hopes some are reaching for the bright lights they're all hiding from their fate all hoping for a future that's lost in time all the alley ways are filled with the broken shards of last night's dreams and the voices in the dark cry out to the strangers in the light hey mister, can you spare just one lousy quarter or a dime so I can fight off those demons that are running through my mind in the valley of the moon there is no place you can hide in the valley of the moon all your hopes are sacrificed so you take your heart and run to a safer place in time and leave the valley of the moon to the prisoners of her light well the day is like the dark when you've lost the secrets to your past and the answers to your future are too vague for you to see the signs you were hoping it was simple when you came here to this sacred land but now that you have been here you can see that you never had the chance in the valley of the moon there is no place you can hide in the valley of the moon all your hopes are sacrificed so you take your heart and run to a safer place in time and leave the valley of the moon to the prisoners of her light now you thought you found some friends that could save you from these mission lines so you reached into their hearts with the stories of your tragic life but they just turned away and said "Did you hear the crazy words he raved?" "Yes, I think it was a prayer from a man whose soul has flown away" in the valley of the moon there is no place you can hide in the valley of the moon all your hopes are sacrificed so you take your heart and run to a safer place in time and leave the valley of the moon to the prisoners of her light

you've always been a loner just happy with yourself you don't know what you're missing with your life up on the shelf come out, you'll be happy that you do I'll be happy too I just want you to come out come out here and see what you're missing all you got to do is open the door take a couple of steps and open your eyes then you'll see the beauty the beauty of the world all your life you've been wondering about it wondering about the outside you don't have to worry I'll be by your side the flowers are blooming, the birds are singing why don't you come out of that lonely place get up on your feet get out of that chair come see the sunshine and breathe the air, oh yeah come out here and see what you're missing all you got to do is open the door take a couple of steps and open your eyes then you'll see the beauty the beauty of the world the beauty of the world the beauty of the world

she was born down by the water where the river meets the sea they say it was a holy place just made for raising southern girls but for her it was a prison that kept her from her dreams lost behind those dark walls of old time tradition she was looking for a reason something to have faith in now she gave away her innocence to a blue-eyed boy in blue jeans never asking for forgiveness just looking for answer to her prayer a destination from her boredom that could free her from her fate a quiet moment of distraction that could carry, carry her heart away she was looking for a reason something to have faith in she's got secrets in her heart that she doesn't want exposed she's got memories in her past that she'll never let you know she's a lonely voyager just chasing endless dreams in a firestorm of pain with nowhere left to hide she's a lonely voyager she's a lonely voyager now she's headed for the bright lights with her heartaches and her pride caught in web of its confusion with no savior by her side she was blind to all its dangers so she fell into a spell and gave her grace to strangers for a chance to paint the moon she was looking for a reason something to have faith in she's got secrets in her heart that she doesn't want exposed she's got memories in her past that she'll never let you know she's a lonely voyager just chasing endless dreams in a firestorm of pain with nowhere left to hide she's a lonely voyager she's a lonely voyager the nights turned into cold days with no love to warm her soul never knowing what to look for just wishing for a hero to hold her tight but the jungle took its toll on her and time stole all her youth and left her just a broken angel with no wings, no wings to fly away she was looking for a reason something to have faith in she's got secrets in her heart that she doesn't want exposed she's got memories in her past that she'll never let you know she's a lonely voyager just chasing endless dreams in a firestorm of pain with nowhere left to hide she's a lonely voyager she's a lonely voyager

well the eyes of a lonely hunter whose love has gone asunder the heart of a desperate man too weak to make a stand now I feel like I'm falling into the arms of disillusion down the road without no bends where the pain never ends so the light has begun to fade from a love once so bright that I feel like a blind man in the shadows of the night I need you, I need you tonight can't you see that I won't survive I need you, I need you tonight, I need you the anger that lingers in our hearts is like a stranger in our minds I can hear your voice calling, it's getting stronger every time but the tears keep on falling like the rain in my eyes I can hear your heart pounding it's like a siren in my mind but the memories of the bad times are burning down inside like the wind before the storm stealing away our love I need you, I need you tonight can't you see that I won't survive I need you, I need you tonight, I need you well I thought I found the answer to the mystery of our plight it's learning how to give, it's learning how to compromise but that empty look upon your face tells me there's not a chance gone are the hopes and dreams lost in the games we played I need you, I need you tonight can't you see that I won't survive I need you, I need you tonight, I need you well the eyes of a lonely hunter whose love has gone asunder the heart of a desperate man too weak, too weak to make a stand

out of the cavern into the light just like the morning after the night why do you make me feel this way I can't solve the games you play lost somewhere in my empty fear love's flying by so fast I know I'm losing you life's rushing by so fast I don't know what to do visions of faces hidden in the past sweet memories that never last searching for things we'll never find trying to hold onto time wishing for answers that aren't there love's flying by so fast I know I'm losing you life's rushing by so fast I don't know what to do there goes my mind away from me just like a ship out on the sea I can't feel with my eyes how can I tell if you lie why can't your emotions be more clear love's flying by so fast I know I'm losing you life's rushing by so fast I don't know what to do I feel the darkness it's all around I know love's been lost, how is it found there are no secrets to hide feelings are just thoughts sacrificed I just want someone to care love's flying by so fast I know I'm losing you life's rushing by so fast I don't know what to do love's flying by so fast I know I'm losing you life's rushing by so fast I don't know what to do