** Mike Oldfield ***
1."ISLANDS"
(p) 1987 1. "ISLANDS" 2 a. The Wind Chimes Part One b. The Wind Chimes Part Two 1.1. Islands 2 1.2. Flying Start 2 1.3. Northpoint 3 1.4. Magic Touch 3 1.5. The Time Has Come 4 1.1. Islands Islands from the first time we saw we could wait for this moment, like rocks on the shore we can never be closer somehow for the moment that lasts, is this moment now C_h_o_r_u_s When the nights's on fire will you keep the Candlelight Burning Hold on to your hearts desire When you see one bird into the wind another one's turning And the two can fly much higher We are Islands but never too far, we are Islands And I need your light tonight, and I need your light tonight, We are Islands but never too far, we are Islands And I need your light tonight, and I need your light tonight Islands never been to before and we climb so high to where the wild birds soar, there's a new path that we found just today I was lost in the forest and you showed me the way C_h_o_r_u_s 1.2. Flying Start We took a place in the sun to see just what had become the warm wind blows constantly does the answer still blow, did you find your chateau in the mediterranean fantasy C_h_o_r_u_s Flying Start made the whole world sing They had no choice Flying Start like a shining pearl, they Sang in one voice To where the sun always shines familiar faces and wines the warm wind blows constantly knock on the door but the memory's poor is there somebody in, now answer me two dark eyes from the doorway shine so you lost your dream in a bottle of wine I knew you had to do it your way, fine but there's none to carry the cross this time C_h_o_r_u_s On dusty roads and tracks Now it's the time to turn back The warm wind blows constantly riding that storm since the day you were born is there somebody in, now answer me C_h_o_r_u_s Two dark eyes from the doorway shine So you lost your dream in a bottle of wine I knew you had to do it your way, fine But there's none to carry the cross this time 1.3. Northpoint Have you ever been to Northpoint to spend your time and pray the prison walls are dark and cold and grey the writing on the wall at Northpoint speaks to a silent room they shut the bars down, leave you to the gloom C_h_o_r_u_s How could we get any closer, so high is the wire And the guards won't listen They won't believe me and then it all came back Somewhere far above, has a new day risen Way beyond the searchlight, somes alive Then on a bright day at Northpoint the gate was open wide they chanced to look at what was inside there where a million stars at Northpoint and from the silent tomb they took it to the heart, and left for the moon C_h_o_r_u_s Have you ever been to Northpoint To spend your time and pray The prison walls are dark and cold and grey 1.4. Magic Touch Once in a life time you find that power to break out and run from the devils deep clutch all that you need its the finest hour is to believe in the Magic Touch C_h_o_r_u_s A thief in the night, love steals you far away A thief in the night, love takes your breath away Can't believe it, like no other Love is a gift and to take you so much You need the blue night to discover Only true lovers have the Magic Touch Once in a lifetime you find that faith when your under the spell and it takes control everything round you just falls in place and all that you touch seems to turn to gold C_h_o_r_u_s 1.5. The Time Has Come A thousand years they waited for someone who would be true and now the empty years have passed the sunlight shines anew C_h_o_r_u_s Someone who knows no fear I feel him near The child was born to be a king, a king, And The Time Has Come He tamed the wild wind when he passed the birds and beasts he knew until he came to rest at las the tall gates he passed through B_r_i_d_g_e C_h_o_r_u_s And now the story's just begun A thousand years to stay We wake each morning with the sun To live our dreams away B_r_i_d_g_e C_h_o_r_u_s