RELEASED: February 6th, 2011
MUSICIANS
Joose Turpeinen - Vocals
Hannu Hokkanen - Guitars, Bass, Harmonica, Percussion
Salla Markkanen - Piano, Vocals
Antti Kokkola - Violin
RECORDED by Hannu Hokkanen
MIXED by Eino Kauppila
PRODUCED by Hannu Hokkanen & Eino Kauppila
01. LOUD ENOUGH IS GOOD ENOUGH
Music: Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen
Undisposed hearts laying everywhere
Who decides who gets to carry on
Wicked people are too quick to turn around
See, we're not here anymore
Just leave the light on
Whoo oo oo whoo oo oo
Don't use the front door
Whoo oo oo whoo oo oo
Speak loud
Or don't say a word
Yell loud enough
So you'll be heard
I can't hear you from the distance between us
An ocean divides and unites
Take a ferry to the other side
And hear the voices as I hear them
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02. HANDS OF LOVE
Music: Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen
Cut me loose
Let me roll like a stone that has never seen the ground
Heart's like a rock
Unbreakable when it comes to hard times my darling
So here we are
So here we are
Let me roll like thunder
Rain like a storm
Bring the cold wind
Chill of the morning mist
Show me what I can do
With these hands of love
Bring the cold wind
Chill of the morning mist
Show me what I can do
With these hands of love
Take out the streetlights
Find the darkness and see the real faces of people
Thoughts like a diamond
Shine your light like a beacon of hope on the hill
PRE-CHORUS
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PRE-CHORUS
03. HOLLYWOOD STARS
Music: Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen
I wanna be something that I've never been
Play a part in a movie scene on the big screen
Fly away like a superman, that you've never seen
Save the day, save the great, live to tell about it
We've got stories to play
And tell them to our children
Rewrite our history
So we can be proud (about it)
There's no story, no ending
That we haven't seen
Let's fix those seven stories
Make a brand new journey
I kissed the queen and brought down the kingdom
Paid my dues on the streets, I think I've done enough
Promised to myself, I'd never end up like them
But here I am, on the other side of the great wall
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04. GIRL WE'VE GOT PLANS
Music: Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen
Like a stone, I fall from the sky
Break my bones as I hit the ground
I started too fast, finished too far
Went around and around and around
And then I say hey, hey
Don't you cry my baby girl
And then I say hey, hey
Don't you cry my baby girl
Hey, hey, we've got plans
To stay, stay out all night
Hey, hey, we've got the chance
To stay, stay out all night
How do you carry on a conversion
When no ones really listening
Paying attention, paying no respect
Acting selfish, playing childish
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You're the only one I need to impress
To make a smile, bring a tearfull laughter
Actions speak louder than words
Can we carry on all the way hereafter?
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05. NEVER LET ME LEAVE
Music: Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen
Well you see I used to have an American dream
Dancing by my side in the moonlight
Waiting for me to come around
It's not as easy as it may seem
Things don't work out as planned
Look to a place where you feel safe and sound
Don't follow my footsteps, don't take the turn they make
Never ever take their shortcut, never let me lead
Be awake, please remake and learn from your mistakes
Well you see I never really cared for home anyway
I wanted a far away dream
In a place far away from here
But now the casualties of my dreams
Are pileing up and burying me
CHORUS
Open up the door
Let the wind blow through
Don't let the fire go out
Open up the door
Let the rain come in
Don't let the fire go out
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06. NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
Music: Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen
Carry on as you are
Don't take this as a fight you will lose
I will never leave you behind
When we stroll through the southern skies
Meet the headlines
Fight time and turn back
Never settle for a second place
Meet the headlines
Fight time and turn back
Never settle for a second
Second place in line
This city will drown you
In the light with no escape
Brace yourself for everyone
Leaving at the same time
Arriving in the wrong place
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07. HOME IS HERE
Music: Hannu Hokkanen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen
Put me on a plane, put me on a train
Throw away the key
I know there's no one else to blame
I hope there's someone waiting for me
Highway roads, tracks and railroads
I've seen it all
Now I need a place where I can shine
Where I can turn it around
Take the beatdown road and walk a straight line
Back home, where you belong
You will find your way to where you need to be
Home will be anywhere
Take the beatdown road and walk a straight line
Back home, where you belong
You will find your way to where you need to be
Home will find you anywhere
Home's a haven with a little bit of love
A safe place
With a little bit of luck we can make it through
Make it through whoo-oooo
Home, stoned, drunk and unaware of
Life surrounding me
Always going, never coming, gotta keep on moving
Moving on
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08. WORDS WE CAN'T SAY
Music: Salla Markkanen & Hannu Hokkanen
INSTRUMENTAL
09. LATE NIGHT RENDEZVOUS
Music: Hannu Hokkanen & Salla Markkanen
Lyrics: Hannu Hokkanen
There out on the highway
A man has time to think
About the crimes he has done to each others
There out in the darkness
A man may meet his own destiny
Out there on the lonely road
A man may find
What he set out to look for
Always on the traveling
Hang your sorrow where no people care
But I know now
What I've been running from
It's the lies, it's the ghosts, it's the pain
I know your face
I know what to shelter from
It's the lies, it's the ghosts, it's the pain
Late night rendezvous
Every night with my past
Try to find a way to see the love again
Early morning waking life
Can't you see the good in me
I guess sometimes it's good to be something else
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Shelter the ones we love
In the dark, there's no retreat
(Life is lies, we live as ghosts, filled with the pain)
