DRIVIN' ALL NIGHT
© 1997 Lyrics by Lowry Olafson

Five in the morning, the sun's coming up,
Three hundred miles don't seem like much,
I've been drivin' like a fool, to get to where I'm goin' to.
I've been drivin' all night, and I'm coming back home to you.

I left Toronto right after the show.
If I got an encore, I don't know,
That van was purring, and I was on the open road.
And I've been drivin' ever since and you know that I am coming home.

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Hogtown is long gone,
And I refuse to use the brakes.
Tail wind across Saskatchewan,
Love is what I plan to make. (The Rockies were a piece of cake.)

I like to kiss you baby, you know I do,
And when I miss you, multiply that by two
Hundred times and that equation is the love that I've been saving for you.
And I've been drivin' all night and you know that I am coming soon.

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Out of the mountains, onto the plain,
I'm countin' down til I see you again.
I can smell the ocean, I'll be there in an hour or two.
And I've been drivin' all night and I'm coming back home to you.

MAMA'S WISH
© 2000 Lowry Olafson

I lie on the rug, kicking my feet,
Arch my back and stretch, so I can see.
My face lights up if I catch your gaze,
Pink pajama baby, early days.

Now we're all alone, since my daddy left,
But mama tells me that I was his parting gift.
But sometimes Mama forgets, holds her face in her hands,
And she cries tears that even a child can't understand.

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But if my mama may, and if my mama might
Have a wish tonight,
Then I know what mama's wish is,
That everything will be all right.

Ten little toes to reach out and tug,
Mama comes when I cry and she gives me a little hug.
Such different worlds, the mother and child,
Sometimes I'm the one who shows the way with a little smile.
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She turns out the light, kisses my eyes.
I sleep as calm as a pond reflecting butterflies,
But mama worries so much, and though she tries to laugh
She says, "Hope is the hardest thing when hope is all you have."

Bridge:
But mama wouldn't change it, not now that she's seen,
This child that she created from her broken dreams
And she finds herself believing
Everything will be all right, be all right.
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Won't you say a little prayer tonight?
That everything will be all right, be all right.

ONE THIN WIRE
- © 1997 Lowry Olafson

  -- listen  to One Thin Wire

I've seen that horse jump higher when he's prancin' that young filly round the yard,
So how could one thin wire two feet off the ground be so hard?
But it shocked his leg like lightning once and he bolted halfway back to the other side.
He touched it a few times more like that and now he doesn't even try.

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But oh the pastures he could roam
If he only knew
Just how frail these fences are
That tell him what he can and cannot do.

That stallion's independent, no saddle ever sat upon his back
So how could one thin wire be enough to stop him in his tracks?
He'll run his life in circles 'til the urge for wandering has ceased,
But to step over that wire is too large a leap, for his mind at least.
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Bridge:
What we can and cannot do
What we can, what we can, what we can and cannot do.

These fields they run unbridled for as far as the eye can see
And if not for that thin wire, well you know, that's where that horse would be.
Grassy plains can taunt us, and if not for fences made of fear
And failures that still haunt us, we'd high-tail it right outa here.

LAST CHORUS
And oh the pastures we could roam
If we only knew
Just how frail these fences are
That tell us what we can and cannot do,
What we can and cannot do
What we can, what we can, what we can and cannot do.
What we can and cannot do
What we can, what we can, what we can and cannot do.

BREAD AND HONEY
© 2000 Lyrics by Lowry Olafson and Tom Carter

  -- listen  to Bread and Honey

Falling like a dream you can't remember,
Feeling like you just don't know,
Sounding like a voice that could be your mother,
Calling you to come back home.

She was always there when we were young,
Bread and honey in the afternoon,
Supper steaming up all the kitchen windows,
Days that disappeared too soon.

CHORUS:
Fill this room, with love and light.
Release her soul and give it flight.
Take her heart into Your care,
And use our love to hold it there.

Lying in her bed, her strength had failed,
Weaker with each passing night,
Helpless as a crow whose wings are broken,
And has to leave her nest behind.
CHORUS

Children never know when no one tells them,
Not when life is in full bloom.
They just wonder why there's no one to make them
Bread and honey in the afternoon.
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THIS RING
© 1999 Lyrics by Lowry Olafson

  -- listen  to This Ring

She's got a magic smile, like a breath of light,
Like a gentle wind that cools the summer night.
It's like a brand new day has just begun,
And you wake to greet the rising sun.

If you ask my friends, well they concur,
She's the one for me, and I'm the one for her.
Don't have to wish, not anymore,
Someone like this you wait a lifetime for.

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And this ring Can't glitter in the dark, all alone.
To see it shine, hold it in the light,
And that precious stone
Will be a beacon of the love that brings you home.

When it feels like this, then you're not afraid,
When you've got a friend, and she's the best you ever made.
We're going to take a walk, going to make a vow
Cause the greater risk would be missing out.

And she told me this, that "The love keeps growing.
You can only love someone as much as you know them."
And I am loving her, too much to tell,
And I plan to know her very well.
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I've got a lot of love, and a lot of faith
Got a lot to learn, mmm, but that's okay.
I can feel this smile from deep inside,
Walk her down the aisle, and you may kiss the bride.
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DREAMS COME TRUE
© 1999 Lowry Olafson

  -- listen  to Dreams Come True

You can lay your head upon your pillow,
Savouring the slumber while it lasts,
And drift back to your dreams, where everything is seen
Through contented, rosy-coloured glass.

Swept away by your imagination,
Knights in shining armour come to call,
And when they whisper pretty words and promise you the world,
You'll wake up wishing you could have it all.

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And fantasies are fine, and they can fill your mind
With all kinds of possibilites,
But promises of kisses aren't half as good as this is,
Living the reality, of you and me.

I know we don't live inside a castle.
We're not mystical like Merlin, or as wise,
But there's magic all the same, in every passing day,
Enchanting as the sparkle in your eyes.

Chorus 2:
And fantasies are fine, and they can fill your mind
With all kinds of possibilites.
But if you let them blind you, how could someone ever find you,
Someone who's as real as you? Darling, dreams come true.

Bridge:
Larger than life is not what I'm looking for,
And I won't be fooled by any of that.
You come home at night and you walk through that open door,
Just as you are, just as simple as that.

And when you lay your head upon my shoulder,
I will be beside you as you dream,
And this love I offer you is tangible and true,
And worthy of a Princess or a Queen.

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TIME TO GROW
© 1982 Lowry Olafson

CHORUS 1:
Oh really, what's your hurry,
Honey stick around, you never know,
Maybe, can't say for certain
There's something here that needs some time to grow.

The world will spin without us baby,
You know it never matters anyway
We can linger just a little longer,
Leave it for another day.

CHORUS 2:
So let's just sit back
And while away an afternoon,
Singing love songs, they're quite disarming
Yes, they're quite soothing for a troubled mind.

Forget about the bustle baby,
Tell me what is really on your mind.
I can spare some tender love,
If you can share some of your precious time.

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