EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR

LIST OF SONGS   1. PROCESSION   2. THE STORY IN YOUR EYES   3. OUR GUESSING GAME   4. EMILY'S SONG   5. AFTER YOU CAME   6. ONE MORE TIME TO LIVE   7. NICE TO BE HERE   8. YOU CAN NEVER GO HOME   9. MY SONG BONUS TRACKS RELEASED ON 2007 SACD SACD BONUS TRACKS 10 - 11

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Procession
Graeme Edge, Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas

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DESOLATION...



CREATION...



COMMUNICATION...

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The Story In Your Eyes
Justin Hayward

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I've been thinking about our fortune And I've decided that we're really not to blame For the love that's deep inside us now Is still the same And the sounds we make together Is the music to the story in your eyes It's been shining down upon me now I realize Listen to the tide slowly turning Wash all our heartaches away We're part of the fire that is burning And from the ashes we can build another day But I'm frightened for your children That the life that we are living is in vain And the sunshine we've been waiting for Will turn to rain Listen to the tide slowly turning Wash all our heartaches away We're part of the fire that is burning And from the ashes we can build another day But I'm frightened for the children That the life that we are living is in vain And the sunshine we've been waiting for Will turn to rain When the final line is over It's certain that the curtain's gonna fall I can hide inside your sweet, sweet love Forever more

Released in August 1971 and backed with "My Song". French picture sleeve shown.

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Our Guessing Game
Ray Thomas

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Walking in the sand
Thinking of things 
Adventures in my mind
Tall ships that sailed
Across the ocean wide
They won't wait for me
See the way they glide 
Away so gracefully
And with tomorrow 
What will become of me?

It leaves me so much to explain
That's the start of our guessing game

There are times when I think I've found the truth
There are times when I know that I'm wrong
But there are days when I try to hide my fear
Bless the days when I'm feeling strong
Bless the days when I'm feeling strong

Wonder why we try so hard?
Wonder why we try at all?
You wonder why the world is turning around
In the end it won't matter at all

Standing in the town
Looking at people
Counting their frowns
Unhappy faces hurrying around
So blind they cannot see
All of these things
The way life ought to be
And with tomorrow 
What will they make of me?

It leaves me so much to explain
That's the start of our guessing game

There are times when I think I've found the truth
There are times when I know that I'm wrong
But there are days when I try to hide my fear
Bless the days when I'm feeling strong
Bless the days when I'm feeling strong

There are times when I think I've found the truth
There are times when I know that I'm wrong
But there are days when I try to hide my fears
Bless the days when I'm feeling strong

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Emily's Song
John Lodge

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Lovely to know the warmth Your smile can bring to me I want to tell you but the words you do not know Sing me a lullaby Of songs you cannot write And I will listen for there's beauty where there's love And in the morning of my life And in the evening of my day I will try to understand in what you say... Rivers of endless tides Have passed beneath my feet And all too soon they had me standing on my own Then when my eyes were closed You opened them for me And now we journey through our lives to what will be And in the morning of my life And in the evening of my day I will try to understand in what you say Through all that life can give to you Only true love will see you through And will stand beside you now in what you say And in the morning of my life And in the evening of my day I will try to understand in what you say Take me into your world Alone I cannot go For I've been here so long You're leaving me behind Walk with me now Into your land of fairy tales And open up that book of pages in my mind And open up that book of ages in my mind And open up that book of pages in my mind And open up that book of ages in my mind

The Japanese release of "The Story in Your Eyes, is backed with "Emily's song", which was written by John Lodge for his infant daughter, Emily.

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After You Came
Graeme Edge

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Since it began I got one dream And really it's my only blessing If I can come through then so can you And you will find there's no regretting Things that you want from your life's font Will never let your spirit roam Come back to earth for what it's worth For you've been dreaming of the ceiling not a home I've been doing my best What else can I do? Is there something I've missed That will help you through? I've reached, reached the top of the wall All I've found's another way to fall For some short time For a while you and I Were joined to eternity Then we split in two Back to me and you Like the rain rising from the sea Rising from the sea We all can see what we shall be But knowing's really not controlling With time perhaps I'll pass the traps And find some peace and understanding After you've come and while you're gone You leave me guessing - it's depressing Never to know the way to go To find some time along a little less pressing So you just have to laugh When it hurts so much You're so far away And so hard to touch I've reached, reached the top of the wall All I've found's another way to fall Since it began I got one dream And really it's my only blessing If I can come through then so can you And you will find there's no regretting The things that you want from your life's font Will never let your spirit roam Come back to earth for what it's worth For you've been dreaming of the ceiling not a home I've been doing my best What else can I do? Is there something I've missed That will help you through? I've reached, reached the top of the wall All I've found's another way to fall I've reached, reached the top of the wall All I've found's another way to fall

Released in April 1972 as the "B" side for "Isn't Life Strange", this release was months before Seventh Sojourn. Dutch picture sleeve.

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One More Time To Live
John Lodge

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Look out of my window
See the world passing by
See the look in her eye

One more time to live and I have made it mine
Leave the wise to write for they write worldly rhymes
And he who wants to fight begins the end of time
For I have riches more than these
For I have riches more than these

Desolation Creation Evolution Pollution Saturation Population Annihilation Revolution Confusion Illusion Conclusion Starvation Degradation Humiliation Contemplation Inspiration Elation Salvation Communication Compassion ~~Solution~~

[Tell me someone why there's only confusion] [Tell me someone that this is all an illusion] [Tell me someone] [Tell me someone] [Tell me someone why this talk of revolution] [Tell me someone when we're changing evolution] [Tell me someone] [Tell me someone] [Changes in my life] [Changes in my life] [Changes in my life] [Changes in my life]

Look out on the hedgerow
As the world rushes by
Hear the birds sing a sigh

One more tree will fall, how strong the growing vine
Turn the earth to sand and still commit no crime
How one thought will live provide the others die
For I have riches more than these
For I have riches more than these

Desolation Creation Evolution Pollution Saturation Population Annihilation Revolution Confusion Illusion Conclusion Starvation Degradation Humiliation Contemplation Inspiration Elation Salvation Communication Compassion ~~Solution~~

[Tell me someone why there's only confusion] [Tell me someone that this is all an illusion] [Tell me someone] [Tell me someone] [Tell me someone why this talk of revolution] [Tell me someone when we're changing evolution] [Tell me someone] [Tell me someone] [Changes in my life] [Changes in my life] [Changes in my life] [Changes in my life]

Look out of my window
See the world passing by
See the look in her eye

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Nice To Be Here
Ray Thomas

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Nice to be here hope you agree
Lying in the sun
Lovely weather, must climb a tree
The show has just begun

All the leaves start swaying
To the breeze that's playing
On a thousand violins
And the bees are humming
To a frog sat strumming
On a guitar with only one string

I can see them, they can't see me
I feel out of sight
I can see them, they can't see me
Much to my delight

And it seems worth noting
Water rats were boating
As a lark began to sing
The sounds kept coming
With Jack Rabbit loudly drumming
On the side of a biscuit tin

I can see them, they can't see me
I feel out of sight
I can see them, they can't see me
Much to my delight

Silver minnows were devising
Water ballet so surprising
A mouse played a daffodil
A mole came up blinking
Underneath an owl who's thinking
How he came to be sat on a hill

I can see them, they can't see me
I feel out of sight
I can see them, they can't see me
Much to my delight

I know you won't believe me
But I'm certain that I did see
A mouse playing daffodil
All the band was really jumping
With Jack Rabbit in there thumping
I found that I couldn't sit still

I just had to make it with them
'Cause they played my kind of rhythm
And the bees hummed in harmony
And the owl played his oboe
Then the frog's guitar solo
It was all just too much for me

I know you won't believe me
But I'm certain that I did see
A mouse playing daffodil
All the band was really jumping
With Jack Rabbit in there thumping
I found that I couldn't sit still...

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You Can Never Go Home
Justin Hayward

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I don't know what I'm searching for
I never have opened the door
Tomorrow might find me at last
Turning my back on the past
But time will tell
Of stars that fell
A million years ago

Memories can never take you back
Home, sweet home
You can never go home anymore

All my life I never really knew me till today
Now I know why 
I'm just another step along the way

I lie awake for hours
I'm just waiting for the sun
When the journey we are making has begun
Don't deny the feeling 
That is stealing through your heart
Every happy ending needs to have a start

All my life I never really knew me till today
Now I know why 
I'm just another step along the way

Weep no more for treasures 
You've been searching for in vain
'Cause the truth is gently falling 
With the rain
High above the forest 
Lie the pastures of the sun
Where the two that learned the secret 
Now are one

I don't know what I'm searching for
I never have opened the door
Tomorrow might find me at last
Turning my back on the past

But time will tell 
Of stars that fell
A million years ago
Memories can never take you back
Home, sweet home
You can never go home anymore

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My Song
Mike Pinder

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I'm going to sing my song
And sing it all day long
A song that never ends
How can I tell you
All the things inside my head

The change in these past years
Has made me see our world
In many different ways
How can I tell you?
Love can change our destiny

Love can change the world
Love can change your life
Do what makes you happy
Do what you know is right!
And love with all your might
Before it's too late

Where did I find all these words?
Something inside of me is burning
There's life in other worlds
Maybe they'll come to earth
Helping man to find a way


One day I hope we'll be 
In perfect harmony
A planet with one mind
Then I could tell you
All the things inside my head

I'm going to sing my song
And sing it all day long
A song that never ends
How can I tell you 
All the things inside my head

I'm going to sing my song
A song that never ends...

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BONUS TRACKS RELEASED ON 2007 SACD

Click for SACD BONUS TRACKS 10 - 11

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Album Information:

Released: July 23, 1971 by Decca Records
Producer: Tony Clarke
Recording Engineer: Derek Varnals
Assistant Engineer: David Baker
Cover artist: Phil Travers

Original CD released between April - November 1986
Compact Disc Design: Cliff O'Sullivan

Singles:
Aug 27, 1971 The Story In Your Eyes/My Song
Nov 1971 (Japan) The Story in Your Eyes/Emily's Song
Apr 21, 1972 Isn't Life Strange/After You Came