GAMMA RAY
1. CHANGES
2. RICH & FAMOUS
3. AS TIME GOES BY
4. (WE WON'T) STOP THE WAR
5. FATHER AND SON
6. ONE WITH THE WORLD
7. START RUNNING
8. COUNTDOWN
9. DREAM HEALER
10. THE SPIRIT
Changes
(Music: Hansen, Scheepers, Schachter, Wessel / Lyrics: Hansen, Wessel)
I need a new direction
Another thought to serve me right
My mind has got an infection
And there's nothing that seems to help
I need to grow an island
Somewhere inside my head
Where nothing can disturb me
Where I am free, where I'm forever set
Maybe it's not important
If we are dead or alive
I never ever wanna listen to the sirens
I'm alive, still alive
Who says: we are not guilty
I say: we never know the way it goes
Changes - all around me, all inside my head
Changes - changing face, still remaining mad
Changes - in all day routine
Hard to enjoy the good times
Decay is what I feel
God, it's makin' me porous, vanish in haze
I wonder, wonder if I'm real
Newflash - under the new regulations
Non-conformity will be punished by law
Relax - and don't forget to unplug your TV set!
Sigh no more!
For you, you are not guilty,
No, no, you're not responsible at all.
Changes - all around me, all inside my head
Changes - changing face, still remaining mad
Changes - changing systems, still insane
Changes - but the madness will remain
Changes
Who is the man who says I'm never gonna die?
It's a lie, it's a lie!
And who is the man who says, I never have to sigh?
It's a lie, it's a lie!
Oppression, resistance
We will never change our way
The island in my mind is growin'
More and more, day after day
All around me now, all inside me now
Changes
Wanna cry no more, gonna sigh no more
Changes
Wanna cry no more, gonna sigh no more
Changes
Wanna cry no more, gonna sigh no more
Changes
Wanna cry no more
Rich & Famous
(Music & lyrics: Hansen)
I don't believe in fame, I believe in music
I don't believe in money, I believe in the power of love
I know I got a brain and I know how to use it
I don't want no one to stick his finger in my pie
You think you put your best foot forward
But it is moved by someone else
In blind belief you follow every path that says:
I lead you to a universe of fortune, fame and luck
Do you really wanna be
Rich and famous, rich and famous
Do you really wanna be
Rich and famous now
I don't believe in Rock 'n' Roll illusions
I don't believe that what they say must always be the truth
I don't believe in good guys against bad guys
I just might as well say I believe in Santa Claus
You think you put your best foot forward
But it is moved by someone else
In blind belief you follow every path that says:
I lead you to a universe of fortune, fame and luck
Do you really wanna be
Rich and famous, rich and famous
Do you really wanna be
Rich and famous
Mr. Big shot what is your game
Mr. Big shot what is your final aim
Now you wonder who is to blame
Mr. Big shot what is your final aim in life
Rich and famous
House with two bars
Big jacuzzi
Car with TV
Private airplane
Furs and diamonds
Seafood cocktails
Crap and bullshit!
Do you really wanna be
Rich and famous, rich and famous
Do you really wanna be
Rich and famous
Everybody wants to be
Rich and famous, rich and famous
Do you really wanna be
Rich and famous now
Oh ???????????????????
As Time Goes By
(Music & lyrics: Hansen, Sielck)
Do you believe in justice
Or so-called co-existence?
What's wrong with politicians?
They give their best for you
The economic's growin'
Some tiny holes above
A little radiation
Wake up this planet fades
You are not watching, you're part of the show
You lost the first prize a long time ago
War - somebody's always starts again
Hate - we're getting closer to the end
As time goes by
(We never seem to beat the ones who say we can't be free)
As time goes by
Do you believe in money?
Do you believe in guns?
Do you trust the press, babe?
You'd better judge yourself
You are not watching, you're part of the show
You lost the first prize a long time ago
War - somebody's always starts again
Hate - we're getting closer to the end
As time goes by
(We never seem to beat the ones who say we can't be free)
As time goes by
(We're getting closer to the end of our ability)
The missiles are launching, the tanks are rollin'
The guns are blazing, the sky turns black!
War - somebody's always starts again
Hate - we're getting closer to the end
As time goes by
(We never seem to beat the ones who say we can't be free)
As time goes by
(We're getting closer to the end of our ability)
As time goes by
(Is there a place to run for shelter in a high tech war)
As time goes by
(Can you believe and trust in God to help you from above)
As time goes by
(Is there a place to run for shelter in a high tech war)
As time goes by
(Can you believe and trust in God to help you from above)
(We Won't) Stop the War
(Music & lyrics: Hansen, Wessel)
So now we talk about destruction
'bout the way that we might go
I've seen the headlines in the papers
The truth is more than we should know
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
Is this a TV horror show?
We can run and we can walk
We can sit and we can talk
But we won't stop the war - oh no!
Silent whispers in the ice-machine today
Calling for my brain in silent ways
No more changes in this world in which we live in
And I don't know who the guy is
Who's talking with the friendly grin
I never heard of any bargain
I don't know what's goin' on
We can shout or we can prey
It doesn't matter anyway
We won't stop the war
Somehow - I might go insane
Somehow - I might lose my brain
Somehow - I might not even care
And somehow - I never ever will accept the way that things are going
We can run and we can walk
We can sit and we can talk
But we won't stop the war - oh no!
We won't stop the war - oh no!
No!
Father and Son
(Music: Schlachter / Lyrics: Scheepers, Schlachter)
Did you ever want to worry
Did you ever wanna have a doubt?
You wanted the best for me
Somehow things went wrong
And it tore us apart
Did you ever think it was so easy
Thought my time was running out
Tried it how I wanted too
Though you did not agree
But I was calling for you
Oooh for you
I was calling for you
Calling calling calling
Father, you can't hide
It's time to lose the pride - some day
Take a look and see
I'm blue as I can be
In former days you made your own way
You found on easy way of life
But I'll be never satisfied
To work from nine till five
I'm heading for more
I remember what you've said
But I know I won't regret
When I try to break the rules
I'm searching for my way, my own way
Father, you can't hide
Your feelings deep inside - oh no
There's a better way
For you and me today
I can't stand it anymore
It's only you and me
We have to talk and see
How things are gonna be
But all I want is peace
Father, Father, Daddy, Father
Father, now it's time
We ain't losin' our minds any more
It seems so long ago
Fate will bring us hope!
One with the World
(Music: Hansen, Wessel / Lyrics: Hansen)
Do you think there's a chance
For this world to live in unity as one?
I can try to believe
But I feel it's like a view into the sun
Blinded by the light
Everything will look so fine
But still I feel the rays are burning my soul
So you say you believe
We can change the world together if we try
I know we won't change
When it comes to the point
Do you think we reach an aim that is too high?
I know we don't arrange
But I know we're all the same
When the final curtain falls
And the sings on the way are leading us home
When I'm one with the world
I am one with my mind
Forget all the fury there's no need to cry
There's a place we all go
Salvation to find
There's freedom to come
When I'm one with the world and my mind
Do you feel, do you know?
There's an answer to the question when you're gone
You're not alone
You will see, we will see
Is there nothing or a better place to go?
We can't go wrong
There are echoes in the wind
And they say don't be afraid
'Cos the signs on the way are leading us home
When I'm one with the world
I am one with my mind
Forget all the fury there's no need to cry
There's a place we all go
Salvation to find
There's freedom to come
When I'm one with the world and my mind
One with the world
One with the world
One with the world
I am one
One with the world
One with my mind
One with my heart!
Start Running
(Music: Wessel / Lyrics: Sheepers)
Mankind has found every treasure on earth
It stands to reason that we have got all we want
Comfort is now a condition of life
Without any sources our dream will fade away
To live a better way
Was our final aim
Did we ever try?
Start running
The moment of reason will someday appear
But then it's too late to return or to stay
No single person can change the truth
We have to move forward and do it side by side
To live a better day is our final aim
And we won't stop tryin tryin
Start running
Can't you see the hangmen are comin?
Start running
Can't you see the hangmen are comin?
The things we have done to destroy our world are enough
How long will this madness remain?
We're children of the warriors
We learn from our faults
Hope is our guiding hand
Consience is our force
Start running
Can't you see the hangmen are comin?
Start running
Can't you see the hangmen are comin?
Start running
Can't you see the hangmen are comin?
Start running
Can't you see the hangmen are comin?
Countdown
(Music & lyrics: Hansen)
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The businessmen got a job to do
The Eastenworld is waiting too
They're sittin' on a bloodstone calling you a beggar
Waitin' for another deal in open cars
The presence of the men gives a bad vibration
They're countin' dollar bills, and they're workin' on the final countdown
Countdown
I'm sitting all around and I'm waitin' for the lyrics
They gotta be cool, botta satisfy the critics
"Sign of warning all across the edges"
Maybe too pathetic... and my pencil scratches
Meanwhile X is comin' from Miami
Another perfect deal was made in open cars
I don't care 'cos I'm much too busy
I have to write my lyrics
And I'm waiting for the final countdown
Countdown
It's just a matter of time
We're only waitin' for the end of the world
And we got nothing to lose
We're only servants of the monsters we curse
It's just a matter of time
We can be sure we'll be doin' our worst
And we're waiting for the countdown
Another solo is coming alright
We're sittin' all around and we drink our lage
Thanks to God we got no embargo
What is left to do when you're looking for pleasure
Somehow we gotta lose the pressure
We're sittin' on a blood stone, worker, boss and beggar
I don't give a damn
I want my open car
God has tourned to money, Jesus is a Liqueur
I'd rather get my record done and party for the final countdown
Countdown
It's just a matter of time
We're only waitin' for the end of the world
And we got nothing to lose
We're only servants of the monsters we curse
It's just a matter of time
We can be sure we'll be doin' our worst
And we're waiting for the countdown
Countdown
4, 3, 2, 1 countdown
Countdown
Dream Healer
(Music: Hansen / Lyrics: Hansen, Scheepers)
Who will creep inside your mind a night
Who makes your wildest dream arise?
Who makes you see what you can't see
While you're awake but in your dreams?
Out of a world
We call the twilight zone he comes
Out of a world
Where all your reason is a lie
Dream Healer
He makes you see what you can't see
Dream Healer
Reflecting your identity
Shout at the morning
When the red sunrise awakes
The call of reality is all you hear
Gaze at the stars
When the night comes down again
Then you begin to see through all of your fears
Out of a world
Where you can see what is inside [inside inside inside inside inside]
Out of a world
Where all your reason is a lie
Dream Healer
He makes you see what you can't see
Dream Healer
Reflecting your identity
I see red
And I see blue
I see green
And I see yellow - yellow lights
One day black
Another day white
He's one day quiet
Another day he calls my memory
He's comin' out
He's comin' out
He's comin' out
He's comin' out
Listen to dreams
They always tell you the truth
Listen to dreams
It is your heart that's speakin' to you (you)
Listen (listen)
Listen (listen)
Listen
To the dream healer
The Spirit
(Music: Hansen, Wessel / Lyrics: Hansen, Scheepers)
We follow our instincs
We're livin' in between
The struggle of the races
Continues on the scene
A million miles above us
The spirit is unseen
Beyond our small horizons
It's got a perfect dream
We travel through the ages
We follow our dreams
But the spirit of a free world is the final dream
The sun, the wind and water
It's all we really need
We waste our time on fighting
To satisfy our greed
We travel through the ages
The world remains obscene
But the spirit of a free world is the final dream
The spirit of a free world is the final dream
We're about to lose control
Now the prophecy is clear
Does it help to sigh and hope
With the sentimental fear?
S.O.S.
No more lifeboats here
If I could ask the maker
About the master plan
Could he give an answer
Would I understand?
Our ignorance will drive us on
The world remains obscene
But the spirit of a free world is the final dream
The spirit of a free world
The spirit of a free world
The spirit of a free world
The spirit
The spirit
The spirit
Of a free world
It's calling us all
It's calling us all
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
We wanna be free
Wanna be free
Wanna be free
Wanna be free
Sigh no More
Gamma Ray
1991, Noise Records
Ralf Scheepers - Vocals
Kai Hansen - Guitars
Dirk Schlächter - Guitars
Uwe Wessel - Bass
Uli Kusch - Drums