Going For The One(1977)

Tracklist:

1.Going For The One 
2.Turn Of The Century 
3.Parallels 
4.Wonderous Stories 
5.Awaken 


Going for the One
(Anderson)

Get the idea cross around the track
Underneath the flank of a thoroughbred racing chaser
Getting the feel as a river flows
Would you like to go n' shoot the mountain masses
And here you stand no taller than the grass sees
And should you really chase so hard
The truth of sport plays rings around you 

Going for the one
Going for the one 

Get in the way as the tons of water
Racing with you crashing thru the rudder
Once at the start can you gamble
That you really surely really mean to finish
After seeing all your sense of fear diminish
As you treat danger a pure collection
As you throw away misconceptions
Going for the one
Going for the one
Going for a listen in time
   taken so high
   to touch to move
   listen to life
   touching touch time
   travel twilight
   taken so high
Roundabout, sounding out, love you so
   love you so
   love you so 

Now the verses I've sang
Don't add much weight to the story in my head
So I'm thinking I should go and write a punch line
But they're so hard to find
In my cosmic mind
So I think I'll take a look out of the window
When I think about you
I don't feel low
N'should I really chase so hard
The truth of sport plays rings around you
Going for the one
Going for the one
Going for to listen in time
   taken so high
   to touch to move
   listen to life
   Touching touch time
   travel twilight
   taken so high
   taking your time
   turn on to love
   turnstile to one
   tender timing
   rocking rolling
   listen in time
   taken so high
   to touch to move
   listen to life
   touching touchtime
   travel twilight
   taken so high
   taking your time
   turn on to love
   turnstile to one
   tender timing
   rocking rolling
   turn on to love
   turnstile to one
   tender timing
   rocking rolling

Moments decide
Moments delight
Moments in flight
Talk about sending love 

Turn of the Century
(Anderson/Howe/White) 

Realising a form out of stone
Set hands moving
Roan shaped his heart
Thru his working hands
Work to mould his passion into clay
   Like the sun 

In his room, his lady
She would dance and sing so completely
So be still, he now cries
I have time, oh let clay transform thee so 

In the deep cold of night
Winter calls, he cries, don't deny me
For his lady, deep her illness
Time has caught her
And will for all reasons take her 

In the still light of dawn, she dies
Helpless hands soul revealing 

Like leaves we touch, we learn
We once knew the story
As Winter calls he will starve
All but to see the stone be life 

Now Roan no more tears
Set to work his strength
So transformed him
Realising a form out of stone, his work
So absorbed him
Could she hear him
Could she see him
All aglow was his room dazed in this light
He would touch her
He would hold her
Laughing as they danced
Highest colours touching others 

Did her eyes at the turn of the century
Tell me plainly
When we meet, how we'll love, oh let life so transform me 

Like leaves we touched, we danced
We once knew the story
As autumn called and we both
Remembered all those many years ago
I'm sure we know 

Was the sign with a touch
As I kiss your fingers
We walk hands in the sun
Memories when we're young
Love lingers so. 

Was it sun thru the haze
That made all your looks
As warm as moonlight
As a pearl deep your eyes
Tears have flown away
All the same light 

Did her eyes at the turn of the century
Tell me plainly
When we meet how we'll look
As we smile time will leave me clearly 

Like leaves we touch, we see
We will know the story
As Autumn calls we'll both remember
All those many years ago 

Parallels
(Squire) 

When you've tried most everything and nothing's taking you higher
When you've come to realise, you've been playing with fire
Hear me when I say to you, it's really down to your heart 

It's the beginning of a new love in sight
You've got the way to make it all happen
Set it spinning turning roundabout
Create a new dimension
When we are winning we can stop and shout
Making love towards perfection 

I've been all around the world and seen so many faces
Young and old a story told, filling in my spaces
Now without a trace of doubt, I feel it every hour 

It's the beginning of a new love inside
Could be an ever opening flower
No hesitation when we're all about
To build a shining tower
No explanations, need to work it out
You know we've got the power 

Parallel our sights
And we will find, that we, we need, to be, where we, belong
Parallel our heights
Display our rights and wrongs, and always, keep it STRONG 

It's the beginning of a new love in sight
Could be an ever opening flower
No explanations, need to work it out
You know we've got the power 

It's the beginning of a new love inside
You've got the way to make it all happen
Set it spinning turning roundabout
Create a new dimension
When we are winning we can stop and shout
Making love towards perfection 

Wonderous Stories
(Anderson)

I awoke this morning
Love laid me down by the river
Drifting I turned on up stream
Bound for my forgiver
In the giving of my eyes to see your face
Sound did silence me
Leaving no trace
I beg to leave, to hear your wonderous stories
Beg to hear your wonderous stories 'LA AHA' 

He spoke of lands not far
Nor lands they were in his mind
Of fusion captured high
Where reason captured his time
In no time at all he took me to the gate
In haste I quickly
Checked the time
If I was late
I had to leave, to hear your wonderous stories
Had to hear your wonderous stories 'LA AHA, LA AHA' 

Hearing
   Hearing hearing your wonderous stories
   Hearing your wonderous stories
It is no lie I see deeply into the future
Imagine everything
You're close
And were you there
To stand so cautiously at first
And then so high
As he spoke my spirit climbed into the sky
I bid it to return
To hear your wonderous stories
Return to hear your wonderous stories
   Return to hear your wonderous stories
LA AH LA AH AH AH 

Hearing 
Hearing
Hearing
Hearing
Hearing 

Awaken
(Anderson/Howe) 

High Vibration go on
To the sun, oh let my heart dreaming
Past a mortal as me
Where can I be 

Wish the sun to stand still
Reaching out to touch our own being
Past all mortal as we
   Here we can be
   We can be here
   Be here now
   Here we can be 

AWAKEN SUNS HIGH STREAMS THRU AWAKEN 
GENTLE STRONG DREAMS REIGN HERE GENTLE 
MASS .)(. MASS 
TOUCH STAR, SONG, AGE, LESS TOUCHING 

Workings of man
Set to ply out historical life
Reregaining the flower of the fruit of his tree
All awakening
All restoring you 

Workings of man
Crying out from the fire set aflame
By his blindness to see that the warmth of his being
Is promised for his seeing his reaching so clearly 

Workings of man
Driven far from the path
Rereleased in inhibitions
So that all is left for you
all is left for you
all is left for you
all this left for you NOW... 

Master of Images
Songs cast a light on you
Hark thru dark ties
That tunnel us out of sane existence
In challenge as direct
As eyes see young stars assemble 

Master of Light
All pure chance
As exists cross divided
In all encircling mode
Oh closely guided plan
Awaken in our heart 

Master of Soul
Set to touch
All impenetrable youth
Ask away
That thought be contact
With all that's clear
Be honest with yourself
There's no doubt no doubt 

Master of Time
Setting sail
Over all our lands
And as we look
Forever closer
Shall we now bid
Farewell farewell... 

High Vibration go on
To the sun, oh let my heart dreaming
Past a mortal as me
Where can I be 

Wish the sun to stand still
Reaching out to touch our own being
Past all mortal as we
Here we can be
We can be here 

Like the time I ran away
And turned around
And you were standing close to me 

Like the time I ran away
And turned around
And you were standing close to me 
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Band Members:

Jon Anderson - vocals
Steve Howe - guitars, vocals
Chris Squire - bass & vocals
Rick Wakeman - keyboards
Alan White - Drums and percussion

Produced by Yes
Executive Producer: Brian Lane

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