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A Thousand Years AnotherDay
Buradi Caresses and Messes
City of Angels Echoes and Whereabouts
Looking Glass Lies Lover's Tongue
Making You Mine Night Flight
Rise Runaway Smiles
Tragedy Like These Ultimate Flower
Underwater When Darkness Calls















A THOUSAND YEARS

For these treasures I have come
from long ago to bring you whole
to make you so aware that you are speechless
you don't need those words
all the years have spoken

Wander for a thousand years
searching for an answer
wander for a thousand more
searching for an answer

BRIDGE and BREAK

GUITAR LEAD to CRESCENDO

All the tears have washed away
only the silent deaf remain
barren land O can we pray

Wander for a thousand years
searching for an answer
wander for a thousand more
searching for an answer
and now it's starting over-

Wander for a thousand years
searching for an answer
wander for a thousand years
searching for an answer


MIRROR,MIRROR 1994
SONGS FILE 1995
WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY ALEXANDER JOEL
LYRICS BY WM. SETH HOOKER

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ANOTHER DAY

I've noticed something different lately
I thought you'd like to know
I've never seen you so completely
afraid to let it show

Of all that lasts forever
I chose the brightest star
and though we could not shine together
we should outlast them all

So many words were left unspoken
we shouldn't say them now
so many of your promises broken
and still we wonder how

If love should last forever
why do we even try
and though we could not keep it together
we shouldn't let it fly

I'll fly away into another day
I'11 fly away- two lonely hearts do drift away

THEME and GUITAR LEAD into
CHORUS ! GUITAR LEAD and PIANO

I noticed something different lately
I thought you'd like to know
I've never seen you so completely
afraid to let it show

Of all that lasts forever
I chose the brightest star
and though we could not shine together
we should outlast them all

I'11 fly away into another day
I'11 fly away- two lonely hearts do drift away
two lonely hearts do drift away
two lonely hearts do drift away....


MIRROR,MIRROR 1994
SONGS FILE 1995
WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY WM. SETH HOOKER
LYRICS BY HOOKER
ADDAGES BY MICK MAXWELL

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BURADI

 Too many roads to cross
 there were too many paths
 no one decision

 whose souls have lost
 in the tossing of a coin
 what was the cost

 High up in a tower
 I have watched the magic hour
 rain down on us

 I don't know what's right
 I have followed and I've searched
 the stars of night

 THEME

 So you have returned to me
 when I wake in the night
 you are next to me

 though you've begun to see
 there is darkness in light
 light in the darkness

You and your destiny
there were too many roads
no one direction

Say you will be mine again
we won't have to pretend
we'll live forever

THEME and EXUENT


MIRROR,MIRROR 1994
SONGS FILE 1995

WRITTEN BY WM. SETH HOOKER
ARRANGEMENT BY ALEXANDER JOEL

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CARESSES AND MESSES

I'm in the company of stars
staring down at the tops of the cities
and seeing things as they are
it makes me wonder where were all sitting

I've seen this happen before
it takes a careful eye to see it
and could this happen once more
and would we bring our eyes to believe

How many ways we've tried
it always starts with your sweet caresses
and when you've had enough
you always leave me in these messes

....your sweet caresses

you always leave me in these messes

It seems we've been here before
staring at each other nothing to say
and then you'd walk out the door
like you've done it over and over again

It seems you don't even care
waiting by the phone just a minute alone
then you'd call out in the night
but nobody'd answer


....your sweet caresses

....in these messes


THEME and GUITAR LEAD to BRIDGE

I know you tried to tell me something


you whispered in my ear
telling me in your own words
you would not be here
and I wondered how it could be
you getting over me
we'd count our wishes over
do it once again

CHORUS to THEME and EXUENT

MIRROR,MIRROR 1994
SONGS FILE 1995
WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY ALEXANDER JOEL

LYRICS BY WM. SETH HOOKER

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CITY OF ANGELS

They must have walked under your shadow
at least a hundred times
walking with eyes fixed to the floor
try to understand - feel my heart again
try to understand - feel my heart again

Please look into my window
and tell me what you see
say,where do you go now?
I am listening
tell me all your stories
I think I'11 understand
say,where do you go now?

Where- where will you go now
the place where dreams are made up
we stand - our faces to the wall
try to understand - feel my heart again
try to understand - feel my heart again

Here way up in the ballroom
we danced the night away
say,where do we go now?
we were gazing down
looking at the streetlights
and as we passed our ways
say, where do we go now.....

THEME and GUITAR LEAD
BASS/PIANO LEAD into THEME

Please look into my window
and tell me what you see
say,where do you go now?
I am listening
please tell me all your stories
I think I'11 understand
say, where do you go now?
say, where do you go now?


MIRROR,MIRROR 1995
SONGS FILE 1995
WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY WM.SETH HOOKER
LYRICS BY HOOKER

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ECHOES AND WHEREABOUTS

When will you come this way again
we'll meet in heaven - if ever
how many promises does it take
to make you smile - forever

That's why we're living in a dream
 a dream called love - awaken
how many promises have there been
I just don't know

Days go by and last forever
days go by and you won't miss me anymore
just close your eyes and follow
days go by and you won't miss me anymore

watching the seasons as they go by
I wonder why - forever
echoes of promises left unsaid
they pave the road - to heaven

How do I keep from going
out of my mind with you
how do I keep from going
out of my mind with you

Days go by and last forever
days go by and you won't miss me anymore

How do I keep from going
out of my mind with you
how do I keep from going
out of my mind with you
how do I keep from going
out of my mind with you


MIRROR,MIRROR 1994
SONGS FILE 1995
WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY WM. SETH HOOKER
ORCHESTRATED BY ALEXANDER JOEL
LYRICS BY WM. SETH HOOKER

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LOOKING GLASS LIES

Peering through the haze
a vapor history as ice and snow
staring at the maze
this circled tapestry unties us all

Through the looking glass
I stand and stare into a stranger's eyes
mirroring the past
I see reflections of the same disguise

CODA
.....the same disguise

No one - no one
made me - oh save me

Maybe we can change the world
that tore you apart
maybe we can break the walls
that set you apart

THEME

Through the looking glass
I stand and stare into a stranger's eyes
mirroring the past
I see reflections of the same disguise

CODA
.....the same diguise.....

Maybe we can change the world
that tore you apart
maybe we can break the walls
that set you apart
Baby, we can take our world and maybe
O baby, we can take our world and maybe

BRIDGE and GUITAR LEAD

Maybe we can change the world
that tore you apart
maybe we can break the walls
that set you apart
Baby, we can take our world and maybe
O baby, we can take our world and maybe
baby, we can take our world and maybe.....  

MIRROR,MIRROR 1995
SONGS FILE 1995
WRITTEN AND ARRANGED
BY WM. SETH HOOKER
AND ALEXANDER JOEL
LYRICS BY HOOKER

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LOVERS TONGUE 

Take me in a comer and drag me against a wall
Show me all the innocence
Here amongst the dreaded
Looking in anothers room
And wishing I was there
Living through the lovers lives
If I could only dare

You are all the angels
And you are all the devils
wrapped into a lovers tongue
that only we have shared
Listing into a another dream
Seeing my life threaded
Climbing to another charge
Only to regret it

You change the way I feel
In lovers tongue
We would never tire
You are the opals eye
so undefine the dividing line
And find your own way home

Take me to a car my lover
Take me to a car

MIRROR, MIRROR 1995
SONG FILE 1995
WRITTEN AND ARRANGED 
BY ALEXANDER JOEL
LYRICS BY ALEXANDER JOEL

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MAKING YOU MINE

Touching now in a way I've never been
ever since you'd gone
I've o
ften wondered where you have been
were you all alone

every time I looked into the stars
I would see you
how I wonder who and what you are

I feel so alive
petulant child
making you mine

Like whispering that falls upon deaf ears
you were far away
I've often wondered why you are here
have you come to stay

Every time I looked into your eyes
there was distance
how I wondered who and what you are

I feel so alive
petulant child
making you mine
I feel so alive
petulant child
making you mine

BRIDGE
PIANO VARIATION 
EXUENT

I feel so alive
petulant child
making you mine.....


MIRROR,MIRROR 1995
SONGS FILE 1995
WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY ALEXANDER JOEL
LYRICS BY WM. SETH HOOKER AND ALEXANDER JOEL

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NIGHTFLIGHT

Gazing upward into the endless night  
eaching out to capture the moment
I feel as though I could live forever
holding on to whatever's left of me

Won't you embrace me and take me in your arms
reaching out we touch through our spirits
whispering wind it sings the sweetest songs
breathing in I prayed I would hear it

BRIDGE

Dances of life that flow beneath my wings
beating hearts resounding in rhythm
I feel as though I could live forever
holding on as the moment sets me free

BRIDGE and GUITAR LEAD BUILDING to 
THEME CRESCENDOES

THEME EXUENT


MIRROR,MIRROR 1995
SONGS FILE 1995
WRITTEN AND ARRANGED 
BY ALEXANDER JOEL AND WM. SETH HOOKER
LYRICS BY HOOKER

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RISE

Here, waiting
like a word you've never heard before
here, I'11 be waiting
like a song you never sang before

never ask me questions
I will rise before you
never ask me questions
I will rise before you

Here, I'11 be waiting
like a Dove that's never -flown before
here, I'11 be waiting
like a song you never sang before

never ask me questions
I will rise before you
never ask me questions
I will rise before you

Here we are
rising like a rainbow
here we are
rising like a rainbow

THEME and GUITAR LEAD
BRIDGE / GUITAR LEAD

Here, rise before you
here, rise before you
here, rise before you....


MIRROR,MIRROR 1994
SONGS FILE 1995
WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY WM. SETH HOOKER
LYRICS BY HOOKER
ADDAGES BY MICK MAXWELL

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RUNAWAY SMILES

Where are you going
so late in the night now
and why did you try
so hard not to wake me

I noticed the letter
you had opened - I read it in your face
now that it's fallen
to the floor

don't give me those slip-away eyes
don't give me those drifting eyes

You run but you've no place to hide
when it started to break
things started to shake
the last words you said
I can't remember - ever hearing
but I knew I'd never see you again

Don't say what you wish you'd said
just leave me your smiles instead
don't tell me all the things you feel
you're leaving and I'm still here

THEME to CHORUS

I'm lost in your eyes
please tell me I'm dreaming
whisper my name over again
I only imagined - you were waiting
but you never came
whisper again and tell me you're near - just tell me

I can't believe a thing I see
you always run away from me
I wonder how you feel inside
you're running but you just can't hide

Just leave me your smiles
your runaway smiles
just leave me your smiles

Don't say what you wish you said
just leave me your smiles instead
don't tell me all the things you feel
you're leaving and I'm still here

MIRROR,MIRROR 1994
SONGS FILE 1995
WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY ALEXANDER JOEL
AND WM. SETH HOOKER
LYRICS BY WM. SETH HOOKER

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TRAGEDY LIKE THESE

It's always a tragedy
when it happens to you one day
in a darkened street
where no one hears you scream
and it's another time likened to
when I can't hear the words
and I try to tell you
that I wonder
about what you might find there
what you might find there

Oh, it's a tragedy
that something like this
should happen in a place like this
with dust so old
it doesn't stand to stand on it's own two feet
but it's a tragedy
and we don't have to tell anyone
about the tragedy
no,we don't have to tell anyone

because it's times like these
no one knows anybody else
it's like a sea
that wants to tumble down on me
but it's times like these
we don't have to tell anybody
no, it's times like these
I promise we don't have to tell anybody
of a place like these
of a place like these
of a place like these....
and it's a tragedy
we don't have to tell anybody
about what we have seen
it's a tragedy I should know
but we don't have to tell anybody....

we don't have to tell anyone
about tragedy like these....
we don't have to tell anyone
of tragedy like these....


MIRROR,MIRROR ( ALEXANDER JOEL 1990)
SONGS FILE 1995
WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY ALEXANDER JOEL
LYRICS BY ALEXANDER JOEL

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THE ULTIMATE FLOWER

Passing along famaliar places in memory
anyplace I want to go as long as you are there
traveling roads that lead me into the distance
never really seem to mind, never seem to care

You are- the Ultimate Flower
You are- the Ultimate Flower

Whispering sweet melody for the first time
the first time I saw you was the last time my heart knew
tell me once again I'll be the only one
my searching was over yeah,but life had just begun

You are- the Ultimate Flower
You are- the Ultimate Flower

Even a lie could settle on my deathbed
covering up my face, holding from my eyes
even a lie could settle on my deathbed
no distance too far, I'd never let you hide

BRIDGE 
can't see you no more
I can't see you no more 

GUITAR LEAD and TURKISH RONDE EXUENT


MIRROR,MIRROR 1994
SONGS FILE 1995
WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER JOEL
LYRICS BY WM. SETH HOOKER
ARRANGED BY JOEL & HOOKER

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UNDERWATER

What you're hearing is the wind
as the desert sings her song
touching all the grains of sand
and the stars that fill the night

what you're seeking now has fled
as nations rise and fall
and fall and rise
what burning spires, they said
would crumble into sand
before your eyes

and did you try to imagine
and did you try to imagine

Surely as the vulture flies
that this mourning brings misfortune
and the thirst of silence cries
yet the water lies unbroken

What you're seeking now has fled
as nations rise and fall
and fall and rise
what burning spires, they said
would crumble into sand
before your eyes

GUITAR LEAD to VERSE 2
and did you try to imagine
O did you try to imagine
O did you try to imagine


MIRROR,MIRROR 1994
SONGS FILE 1995
WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY ALEXANDER JOEL
& WM.SETH HOOKER
LYRICS BY HOOKER & JOEL

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WHEN DARKNESS CALLS

 Pick the pocket of time
 take a look all about you
 one reason and rhyme
 to take aboard a new look

 Exceptionally fine
 delinquently mine
 I won't have to take the time
 exceptionally cold
 so close to the mold
 I'd be so alive

 But you- you don't believe me
 when darkness calls
 I will be there

 And you can feel me
 and you can hear me
 and you can touch me
 and you can scold me
 and you can fuck me

The streets are pretty clear out here
I don't think I can supress the fear
of love and of hope
of lies and of dreams
it's enough to make me scream

But you-you don't believe me
when darkness calls
I will be there

And you can squeeze me
and you can taunt me
and you can scar me
and you can love me
and you can leave me
and you can haunt me
and you can heal me.....

MIRROR,MIRROR 1995
SONGS FILE 1995
WRITTEN,ARRANGED AND
LYRICS BY ALEXANDER JOEL

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