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WAKE UP copyright Jay Ducharme 1989
Wake up
Wake up little children
Time to wake up wake up
Wake up
Wake up little children
Please wake up wake up
I know the sky looks cloudy
But the day can't wait
Better get out of bed
Before it gets too late to
Wake up wake up
Your father's in his office
Handing down the laws
And you're trusting his opinion
Though you've got no cause
He's the boss in this house
So he can do no wrong
You better wake up
Wake up little children
Time to wake up wake up
Wake up
Wake up little children
Please wake up wake up
He says he only wants to do good
For our family
But look at what's been happening
To you and me
You better open your eyes
It's not too late to see
You better wake up
Wake up little children
Time to wake up wake up
Wake up
Wake up little children
Please wake up wake up
I know he says he's representing
God and man
But you've heard of other men
Who had a master plan
You better stand up on your feet
While you still can
You better wake up wake up
So open your eyes
And see through the lies
He's the devil in disguise
You gotta get dressed
Before your daddy arrives
If he sees you like this
Don't you realize
He's gonna send you back to bed
For the rest of your lives
You better wake up
Wake up little children
Time to wake up wake up
Wake up
Wake up little children
Please wake up wake up
BALLAD OF CHICO MENDES copyright Jay Ducharme 1989
Oh Chico
Married to the forest trees
And buried on a Christmas Eve
Oh Chico
How sad the man who gives his life
In order to protect his wife
They want to pave a highway though your town
And cut your bride, the mighty forest, down
Oh Chico
How sad the man who gives his life
In order to protect his wife
Oh Chico
Businessmen couldn't care
Their money won't clean up the air
They want their cows to graze on open land
Perhaps things work out different than they planned
Oh Chico
Businessmen couldn't care
Their money won't clean up the air
Oh Chico
What will it take to save the earth
Is what you paid what it's all worth
Your empate know even though you die
You're harvesting a forest in the sky
Oh Chico
What will it take to save the earth
Is what you paid what it's all worth
Oh Chico
Married to the forest trees
And buried on a Christmas Eve
If rubber trees are what men aim to kill
Your bride will rise again to claim Brazil
Oh Chico
Married to the forest trees
And buried on a Christmas Eve
Oh Chico
How sad the man who gives his life
In order to protect his wife
DRY YOUR EYES copyright Jay Ducharme 1989
If I had a child
A fragile young girl
With eyes as bright as the stars
And skin as pure as pearl
I'd treat her so tenderly
As if she might break
I'd want to give her the world
I've wanted to make
And if she fell
And started crying
I'd take her in my arms
And say, "Hey, the world's not coming to an end
It's okay
Daddy's here
You made a mistake
But now there's nothing to fear
So dry your eyes my dear
Let my wipe away your tears
Don't want to see you sad
While I'm here
So dry your eyes my dear"
If I had a lover
I knew was true
I'd do for her everything
I could humanly do
I'd give her devotion
I'd give her my time
I'd give her the love I held on to
All of my life
And if it came time
To go our separate ways
I'd take her in my arms
And say, "Hey, the world's not coming to an end
It's all right
I'm still here
We made a mistake
But there's nothing to fear
So dry your eyes my dear
Let my wipe away your tears
Don't want to see you sad
While I'm here
So dry your eyes my dear"
WANT SOMEBODY TO TALK TO copyright Jay Ducharme 1989
I'm barely awake but I can't go to bed
So many troubles running through my head
I need you to tell me everything's fine
But it looks like I'll talk to myself for the rest of the night
I give you a call hoping you're home
But the only voice I hear is from your machine
"Sorry I can't answer the phone
Please leave your message after the tone"
I want somebody to talk to
'Cause I'm all alone
I want somebody to talk to
But you're never home when I call
I open my photograph album to see
Your face smiling up at me
I try to imagine you're here in my room
But only the sound of your voice can dispel my gloom
I want somebody to talk to
'Cause I'm feeling down
I want somebody to talk to
But you're never around when I call
I wish I had saved all those sunny days we spent together
To carry me through this long evening of stormy weather
I stare at the silent phone on the wall
Hoping that soon you'll give me a call
It's worth it to wait for the rest of the night
I know that you know what to say to make everything right
I want somebody to talk to
'Cause I'm all alone
I want somebody to talk to
But you're never home when I call
THE FACE ON THE MOON copyright Jay Ducharme 1989
There are eyes that are following me
For as far as the eyes can see
A comforting light from a face in the starry sea
A friend in the darkening sky
Who slowly gets higher and higher
And the light from those eyes brightens the darkness in me
I have someone to talk to
Someone who's watching
And listens to me
Someone who silently
Calms all the violence
I can't set free
Keeping me company
The face on the moon
The evening air is so cold
But it's colder when I'm alone
I need someone around while I wait for the warming dawn
A light in the eastern sky
That slowly gets brighter and brighter
And as the face rises my loneliness dies and is gone
I have someone to walk with
Someone to talk with
Who won't hurry away
Someone who'll take
All the problems I make
And cast them away
Keeping me company
The face on the moon
THE CHILDREN'S PARK copyright Jay Ducharme 1989
Here once played a little boy
In this paradise of joy
A children's park of thrilling rides
And cotton candy dreams
An open door to fantasy
Where life was fun as it could be
Where everyone was always young
And laughter reigned supreme
No grown-up rules
No need for schools
No science, math or history
He came to let his mind run free
Far from the world grown-ups shape
The children's park was his escape
Bathed in never-setting sun
It beckoned him to come have fun
The horses on the carousel cried
Ride me
Here now stands a grown-up boy
With only memories to enjoy
He put his paradise aside
To live like other men
He holds a job he doesn't like
And slowly grows to hate his life
He wishes he could one day be
A little boy again
Where did it go
The joy he used to know
He played away his youth so fast
Not knowing childhood wouldn't last
The boy grew up
The fun is through
The children's park recedes from view
Far ahead the future waits
But at the park, the music fades
The horses on the carousel cry
Ride me
The boy becomes a man to find
He's leaving all his dreams behind
The spark of life once shone so bright
But now he slowly dims the light
The sun sets on the children's park
He locks his laughter in the dark
The horses on the carousel cry
Ride me
CLOUDY DAY copyright Jay Ducharme 1989
Cloudy day
Such a cloudy day
I saw the sun this morning
Now it's gone
Far away
You're so far away
Even when you're with me
I'm alone
Summer comes, the endless days of heat
The hazy sun that never seems to set
So much time to wonder where you are
We used to sit beneath a shady tree
Skipping stones across a quiet stream
Watching ripples glistening like stars
Cloudy night
Such a cloudy night
A curtain drawn across the milky way
But what a sight
On a starry night
Watching constellations form your face
Autumn comes with cool and soothing rain
Blown by wind against my window pane
Filling up my silent room with sound
I'm haunted by a face I can't forget
I dream about the fall when we first met
Kicking up the leaves upon the ground
Cloudy skies
I see cloudy skies
Shadows soaring on a misty breeze
Memories
All these memories
Colors fading from the fallen leaves
Winter whiteness dusts the mountainside
But even though the world looks purified
The changes that the seasons bring are few
And so I find a frozen hill to climb
Looking back at all the wasted time
I could have better spent in search of you
Cloudy day
Such a cloudy day
Naked trees are shimmering with frost
Gone away
Now I've gone away
Too late to find the innocence I lost
FAMILY ALBUM copyright Jay Ducharme 1989
There are people I've never seen
There are places I've never been
And they all seem to live in my family album
People I should know
Who lived so long ago
On a pleasant street that calls out to be known
But now they're gone
There are photographs that seem
To have been taken in a dream
And pasted up inside my family album
Time is standing still
For someone on a hill
Holding a baby and squinting up at the sun
But now they're gone
And I see myself as my parents did
When I was just a skinny kid
And they were oh-so-proud of their growing son
But now they're gone
Though no one can withstand the ages
My family lives on in these pages
Leaving me their past to dwell upon
Captured in their youth and glory
I watch their pictures tell the stories
I never saw while life was going on
And now they're gone
Will I tell my kids, "I knew you when"
Will memories take them back again
Will my kids have an album of their own
And echo, "Now they're gone
Now they're gone"
SHADY CREEK copyright Jay Ducharme 1989
Grandmother sits on a hard wooden chair
In a cold empty room with a cold empty stare
A moment ago she saw family there
But they left in a hurry and didn't say where she was
They took her away from her home in the hills
And gave her to nurses to give her some pills
They kept on repeating it's for her own good
But couldn't care less whether grandmother understood
She cared for her family
Treated them right
She did what was best
And worked hard all her life
The world she inherits for being so meek
Is a room down the hall at a place called Shady Creek
Her family says that she hardly can hear
So a doctor comes in and examines her ear
They buy her a hearing aid, send her the bill
Then leave her alone with the rain on the window sill
They'll think of her often
And someday they'll write
Wishing her well
For the rest of her life
But no one will visit
The rest of the week
In her room down the hall at a place called Shady Creek
She quietly sits staring out of the door
She's simply too tired to cry anymore
Facing her death is no longer a fright
She knows she'll be cared for by somebody dressed in white
She's praying for angels to take her tonight
Though her family told her to go on with life
Nobody listens so why should she speak
In her room down the hall at a place called Shady Creek
Her strength slowly fades and she's losing her sight
But she clings to the dignity left in her life
They won't leave her die but they're leaving her weak
In a room down the hall at a place called Shady Creek
CINDERELLA AT 11:59 copyright Jay Ducharme 1989
She's almost ready for her date
She hopes she isn't running late
She's so excited that she cries
She's taken hours with her hair
She has a brand new dress to wear
She wants her date to be surprised
Cinderella at 11:59
You'll remember the little girl who looked so fine
She's sure he'll think she looks a mess
She's sure he's at the wrong address
But then she hears the doorbell ring
He meets her in the pouring rain
Regrets that he forgot her name
She's just so happy that he came
Cinderella at 11:59
You'll be leaving your innocence behind
Cinderella at 11:59
His pickup truck waits in the street
He says he thinks she's really neat
She really thinks that he's sincere
She's waited for this day all year
She's looking forward to the dance
Her handsome prince has other plans
Cinderella at 11:59
Where'll you run to when you hear the tower chime
Cinderella at 11:59
He says he'll have her home on time
He drives her down a darkened lane
He's going to have his way tonight
Cinderella it's 11:59
And you're wondering how you could have been so blind
Cinderella it's 11:59
He leaves her in the pouring rain
She's so upset he tore her dress
He doesn't even say goodbye
Cinderella at 11:59
Your crying couldn't stop the hands of time
Cinderella at 11:59
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