Afterglow, by Terry Britten

Afterglow

by Terry Britten

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1.	Baptized 03:37	lyrics	buy track
I don't want to look around Be turned into stone All my darkest days awoken I'm looking for a new way Can't make it on my own Lead me to a place wide open I need a love to take me higher So high I'm never coming down Chorus Don't want to know emptiness Take me down to the water I wanna be baptized in your love Far away from the loneliness Take my heart and wash away the fear Let me be baptized in your love Now everybody's going down End up all alone All too many words unspoken I know I gotta be there Ready to be shown The path of righteousness unbroken I need a love to take me higher So high I'm never coming down Chorus You’re never alone You’re never apart Never too far from your heart Your heart Chorus
2.	Devil Woman - Carrie 06:09	lyrics	buy track
Sorry to disturb you But I was in the neighbourhood About a friend I've her picture Could you take a look? Oh I appreciate you're busy And time’s not your own Yeah maybe it would be better If I telephoned Carrie doesn't live here anymore Carrie used to room on the second floor Sorry that she left no forwarding address That was known to me Carrie doesn't live here anymore You could always ask at the corner store Carrie had a date with her own kind of fate It's plain to see Another missing person One of many we assume The young wear their freedom Like cheap perfume It's useless information Returning my call To help the situation There’s nothing at all You're just another message On a payphone wall Devil Woman I've had nothing but bad luck Since the day I saw the cat at my door So I come here to you sweet lady Answering your mystical call Crystal ball on the table Showing the future the past The same cat with them evil eyes And I knew it was a spell she cast She's just a devil woman With evil on her mind Beware the devil woman She's gonna get you Chorus She's just a devil woman With evil on her mind Beware the devil woman She's gonna get you from behind Give me the ring on your finger Let me see the lines on your hand I can see me a tall dark stranger Giving you what you hadn't planned I drank the potion she offered me I found myself on the floor Then I looked in them big green eyes And I knew what I come here for Chorus
3.	Blindside 03:28	lyrics	buy track
Operator Emergency I’m on fire A casualty Can you read my vital signs What condition is this heart of mine I’m shaken up All shaken up Came outta nowhere I swear Chorus Hit me on my blind side Didn’t see her coming Blind side Didn’t see her run in to my Blind side You ran a red light In a critical condition tonight Out of the blue Big surprise Round the bend Love in disguise Comin’ on fast should’a taken it slow Head in overdrive heart’s on overload Well I’m shaken up All shaken up Came outta nowhere oh yeah Chorus Well I’m shaken up All shaken up Came outta nowhere She hit me Chorus
4.	Living Dream 03:37	lyrics	buy track
Caught up inside this living dream I can’t awaken from Can’t bring myself to face the truth That you’re gone You’re gone
5.	Lockdown Rainy Day 02:53	info	buy track
6.	Make a Difference 03:30	lyrics	buy track
I see the young man on the street And I sigh In disbelief they pass him by They read his sign But dismiss him from mind You turn and stop to talk awhile And he smiles Someone to tell his story to A man in need But that simple deed will do Chorus To make a difference The smallest act of grace Can make a difference And the world a better place And it takes someone like you And the things that you do To make a difference In this life What if tomorrow’s wind of change brings us Beggar to king or gold to dust How close the call How far the fall You show the way It’s in us one and all Chorus Nothing ever changes I’ve heard those words from some But with a helping hand A change will surely come Chorus
7.	Going Home 01:41	info	buy track
8.	What's Love Got To Do With It 04:09	lyrics	buy track
You must understand though the touch of your hand Makes my pulse react That it's only the thrill of boy meeting girl Opposites attract Oh it's physical It’s only logical You must try to ignore that it means more than that Chorus What's love got to do, got to do with it? What's love but a second-hand emotion? What's love got to do, got to do with it? Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken? It may seem to you that I'm acting confused When you're close to me And if I tend to look dazed I read it someplace I've got cause to be There's a name for it There's a phrase that fits But whatever the reason you do it for me Chorus I've been taking on a new direction But I have to say I've been thinking about my own protection Scares me to feel this way What's love got to do, got to do with it? What's love but a second hand emotion? What's love got to do, got to do with it? Who needs a heart when a heart can be? What’s love got to do with it? But a sweet old fashioned notion
9.	Circus 04:23	lyrics	buy track
One day while I was searching For what I'd never find She walked into my story Said she could change my mind This is the final offer She said to make it clear Don't lose out on this wonder I had to place my bet Welcome to the picture show Watching your life Never know which way to go It might not be right Better be strong Be strong What kind of circus is this? What kind of fools are we? When is the final curtain? What can I do to set me free? Welcome to the real world Better be strong Never know which way to go Might end up wrong So you better be strong Too many games we have to play Always making up the rules But you and me we try to get along What can I do? Got to be strong She walked into my daydream And told me how it had to be Welcome to the real world Better be strong Never know which way to go Might end up wrong So you better be strong Got to be strong Better be strong
10.	Something Beautiful Remains 05:08	lyrics	buy track
Tears will leave no stain Time will ease the pain For every light that fades Something beautiful remains We're living in, a world of stars and dust Between heaven and all that surrounds us We're travellers here, spirits passing through And the love we give, is all that will endure Hey now, what we had is gone But I still remember you Just like a rose after the rain What you gonna do about it What you gonna say Something beautiful remains Chorus Tears will leave no stain Time will ease the pain For every light that fades Something beautiful remains Now the darkness falls The sun is going down One by one, the stars are coming out And the tide rolls in, washes footprints from the sand As one day ends, a new day must begin Hey now, what we had is gone But I still remember you Just like a rose after the rain What you gonna do about it What you gonna say Something beautiful remains Chorus And you wonder sometimes how you carry on When you've lost the love you knew But it's alright, it's alright Oh to your own heart be true Chorus
11.	We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) 05:54	lyrics	buy track
Out of the ruins Out from the wreckage Can't make the same mistake this time We are the children The last generation We are the ones they left behind And I wonder when we are ever gonna change Living under the fear 'til nothing else remains Chorus We don't need another hero We don't need to know the way home All we want is life beyond The Thunderdome Looking for something we can rely on There's got to be something better out there Love and compassion Their day is coming All else are castles built in the air And I wonder when we are ever gonna change Living under the fear till nothing else remains All the children say Chorus So what do we do with our lives We leave only a mark Will our story shine like a light Or end in the dark Is it all or nothing All the children say Chorus
12.	Storm Warning 03:31	lyrics	buy track
Storm warning feels like a heavy rain Winds on the coast tonight We may get lost tonight Storm warning she’s made it pretty plain She's falling for another found a new lover And she won't be back again You can't stop a river when it's burst its banks I've seen the look in her eyes She's in love she’s hypnotised Time of mourning Already been a flood of my tears Such a sense of loss tonight Nought to do but ride it out Can't stop a river when it's burst it's banks I wonder how long it's gonna take To get over this heartache Storm warning feels like a heavy rain Winds on the coast tonight We may get lost tonight
13.	Honeytone 02:41	lyrics	buy track
It was way back in those vintage years And I would take her with me everywhere She was the wildest thing in our little town My darling Honeytone She was my first love she’s the only one We made sweet music boy we had some fun She was my good friend but now she’s gone My darling Honeytone The other day much to my surprise I saw that girl with a younger guy My oh my ooh He held her tight and he looked so proud Looks like my Honey’s back in fashion now Old girl keep rocking long as you may live You still got love to give That little girl she could make me cry And even now brings a tear to my eye Oh no I never would have never let her go If I had known She was my first love the only one We made sweet music boy we had some fun Old girl keep rocking long as you may live You still got love to give
14.	The Devil In Me 04:16	lyrics	buy track
I am tempted That I can’t deny at all And I’d attempt it If I thought I wouldn’t fall Your reputation precedes you Its your bad name I’m attracted to Chorus Baby there ain’t no doubt Something in you brings out The devil in me What do I see in you That’s so appealing to The devil in me I’m prevented from taking steps I wanna take And by convention that could be my big mistake Whoa yes I know moth to a flame Being good sometimes Gets a little tame Chorus There’s a place You say that you and I could meet Sounds romantic Candle lights down a little back street Told my baby all about you So you don’t mind if he comes too? Chorus
15.	Twenty Four Seven 03:18	lyrics	buy track
Some folks say there's a price on love Watch your freedom go, watch your freedom go You just can't breathe if your hand and in glove Watch your freedom go, maybe I don't know And how can they mean it? And how come they give it up? And how long until they see? The modern laws of lovin’ don't apply to me Chorus Twenty four seven, stay here with me Twenty four seven, throw away the key Twenty four seven, I don't wanna be free You’ll get by if you kiss and tell Hear the people say, hear the people say Two strong hearts they gotta share one cell Hear the people, say but it ain't my way And how come can they mean it? And how come they add it up? I'll give my heart and my soul If loving you is prison I don't need parole Chorus Twenty four seven, around the clock Twenty four seven, I never want it to stop Twenty four seven, ooh here with me I'm gonna count the time That you're gonna be mine Seven days a week Twenty four hours ain't enough for me
16.	Rise Up 04:01	lyrics	buy track
All my life I've been a dreamer Some might say a lucky one For every dream come true, many come undone And I know, yes, I know Yesterday the clouds were darkest I could not see the end of it But something inside of me never learnt to quit And I know, yes, I know Chorus They're never gonna break you down They're never gonna take you down I know you’re gonna rise up in the morning Even when the night is long Light of love is burning strong I know you’re gonna rise up in the morning I see your world's taken a shaking I know that lost look in your eyes hmm I see the mess this old world is making But I know, yes I know Chorus Without love time is wasted Without love we lose the taste for life and living Love's the gift we are given to survive Chorus
17.	Jamside Down 03:29	info	buy track
18.	Heaven Help 03:29	lyrics	buy track
There comes a time to be free of the heart I wanna be ready, ready to start On a love journey I got places to go Made up my mind and now I’ve got to let you know Chorus Heaven help the heart That lets me inside Heaven help the one Who comes in my life Heaven help the fool That walks through my door Cause I decided right now I'm ready for love Funny feeling's coming over me Now I'm inspired and I’m hoping to be In a love place But it's out of my hands I'm telling you baby that you got to understand Chorus I can't see what's out there for me And I know that love’s no guarantee yeah I'll take a chance and I'm Telling you something babe Got to let you know Chorus
19.	One Cloud at a Time 05:12	lyrics	buy track
When darkness falls but sleep won’t come Your mind’s a blur and your heart’s a gun You lie awake and you realise You don’t believe the sun will rise When the only thing that echoes Is the sound of you pretending nothing’s wrong Nothing’s wrong And the shadow you’ve been living under Darkens till you know that it was yours, all along Chorus Hold on I know you’ll make it through Cause you’ve got soul and I’ve got faith in you Hold on cause the sun will always climb And the sky is clearing one cloud at a time Remember when you were a child They held your hand and said wait a while You make your way through broken glass But you should know all things will pass Chorus Thrown in deep to a cynical world You’re an innocent soul And you can’t control What you can’t explain Then it starts to rain And you try to sleep But it’s hard to keep your head up Don’t give in Don’t you ever give in Cause there’s hope inside If you take a ride Hold on gotta hold on So when darkness falls and sleep won't come Your mind’s a blur and your heart’s a gun You lie awake and you realise You must believe the sun will rise Hey Chorus
20.	Wood and the Wire 03:51	lyrics	buy track
I still remember him Sitting there with a furrowed brow And the music my father made Without even knowing how I realised what I’d found Paid due reverence to that mystic sound From the box he took down from the shelf And a bottleneck he’d fashioned for himself Chorus Sing me a song on the wood and the wire Take me along where I wanna be Play something strong between the wood and the wire To satisfy the need in me He never lived long enough to know Gave me the freedom and the room to grow On the road where I was bound Spend my days chasing that mystic sound Oh that mystic sound Chorus The song is over now those days are gone But so easily remembered so hard to forget And it remains in me the love that came From those strings of steel and a fallen tree Chorus
21.	Goodbye Cruel Circus 03:55	lyrics	buy track
Chorus Goodbye cruel circus I’m off to join the world The clown suit never really did quite fit I left a message just to say I’ve quit Cause I had enough of trouble and strife Oh I’m off to find the meaning of life They had me way up on the high wire I’m looking down upon them all They’re smiling up at me but want to see me fall Gave me a job in the lion’s cage. They said don’t worry boy he’s tame. Ha! Well I’m no Daniel but they paid my wage Oh I must’ve been insane Goodbye cruel circus I’m off to join the world The clown suit never really did quite fit The one they told me you look so good in it. Ha! Had enough of trouble and strife Lord Oh I’m off to find the meaning of life They had me down as an easy touch Maybe I looked a bit naive There’s just so much any man can take Before he packs his bags up and he leaves Chorus I’ve burned my bridges nothing more to say Oh so glad I’m over you I said farewell gone my own sweet way You’ll find some other fool to fill my shoes Goodbye cruel circus I’m off to join the world The clown suit never really did quite fit The one they told me boy you look so good in it I’ve had enough of trouble and strife Oh I’m off to live the rest of my life Chorus
22.	Afterglow 03:45	lyrics	buy track
I need you here beside me To chase the night away I need your love to guide me Safe through another day I lie and watch the lights go down Say goodnight to another town And though it hurts To be alone I have my thoughts of you To keep me warm In the afterglow of your love Dreaming’s all I'm guilty of Everyday I'm playing tough But read my mind Chorus If you could see me now Living my life in a limbo If you could see me now The me that only you would know Still burning in the afterglow When the beat of the drum has faded The show comes to an end The stage is clear and loaded And the highway calls again I stand and watch the lights go down In the afterglow of your love Dreams all I'm guilty of Everyday I'm playing tough But read my mind Chorus Stay with me right to the end Till I can hold you again If you could see me now Just living my life in a limbo If you could see me now I'm still burning in the afterglow Chorus
23.	It's a Beautiful Thing 03:48	info	buy track
24.	Lifesaver 03:15	lyrics	buy track
When you jump in the water ought to know how to swim Well I forgot and I went head first in I need a lifesaver, Save me Well I was in way over my head I kept on landing on that old sea bed I need a lifesaver baby It’s hard and I tried But it was always me against the tide When all I wanted was a sweet embrace And not a big beach bully kicking sand in my face I didn’t know I needed someone to rescue me Till you came along and said Oh yes, I’ll be your lifesaver baby So come on do tell How you learned the kiss of life so well I bet they didn’t teach you that in school How to recognize a drowning fool You saved me from myself Oh you’re more than a friend You’re the only one who saw the signs You’re the only one who threw me a line You’ve got to understand I’m overboard Cause I’m in love I never felt so sure About a lifesaver baby Be my lifesaver baby Well there’s no more treading water trying to catch a wave Just dive right in cause baby you’re so brave You’re my lifesaver baby

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Terry Britten London, UK

Terry Britten is a British-Australian Grammy-winning songwriter who has penned songs for Tina Turner, Michael Jackson, Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton John, Tom Jones, Diana Ross, Meat Loaf, Lenny Kravitz and many more.
To stay creative while in ‘Lockdown’ Terry decided to rework many of his old material, as well as recording several brand new songs and make his own double album entitled ‘Afterglow’. ... more

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