Where She's Gone

How Long

Amazing Grace - Tribute to Randy Travis

this is back when I was a student, years ago (40) and I took the train to school in Canada.

THE RAILWAY SONG

These song are written and shared Andrew D. Smith, Mark Corcoran, Jayne Kight, Bob Fitts (CCLI #2298355), Susan Hauer and Joanna Ridgway.  These are copyright protected - please seek permission to use. And.... whoever wrote Happy Birthday. Enjoy with blessings!

Unknown Album (7/9/2012 10:57:37 AM)

The Name I Long To Hear (A. and D. Smith)

I wrote this in January 2005, and have performed it solo many times but it took a while to get it recorded.

Each verse (and the bridge) is a scene from the Ithaca, NY area.

Lyrics:

a flash of gold
a flash of green
a flash of something old you
thought you never should've seen
a flash of alabaster
a flash of white, and after that
a flash of insight into
something gray you'd thought was unclean

rolling down the hillside,
tired and in no gear
the city lights below you,
up ahead a deer just crossed the road
 
you missed the sign,
but it occurs to you that
you are here.
 
you bought your ticket,
you paid the price:
you made your way here
slogging through the snow and ice
the sound and motion
wake you from sleep, mm
but it's the silence
that pulls you in deep.
 
come and dance with me,
i'm sitting very still
come sing your passion to the rooftops
and in the mumbled echo you might hear your name
 
there's only one way
to find out whether
you are here.
 
circling to land
the end of the line
no connecting flights
there's only one way to travel,
and that's forward in time.
 
i had a vision,
it went like this:
a quiet sunbeam
and a forest kiss
it led me forward, but
now it's so far away
and when I glimpse it, it
only leads to yesterday
 
how can i run in darkness, flying into fear?
but if i listen close and stay standing here,
will it come to me?
 
it all comes to this,
and this is you,
and you are here.

Davaa & EZ - Dusal

002 - 不要躲避我的眼睛

over the years

Can’t Compare

Verse 1
The texture of your hair
The softness of your skin
The color of your eyes
Where do I begin?
Can’t compare
Can’t compare

Verse 2
The sweetness of your smile
The joy that’s in your laugh
The beauty of your face
Is too much by half
Can’t compare
Can’t compare

Chorus
I used to be lost but now I’m found
I used to be square, but now I’m round
I used to be bad, but now I’m good
If you asked me to dance, I surely would

Verse 3
The kindness in your touch
The fire in your kiss
The way you make me feel
Is more than this world gives
Can’t compare
Can’t compare

Final Chorus
I used to be lost but now I’m found
I used to be quiet, but now I’m sound
I used to be blind, but now I see
The love in your heart has rescued me

Verse 1
The texture of your hair
The softness of your skin
The color of your eyes
Where do I begin?
Can’t compare
Can’t compare

Chorus
I used to be lost but now I’m found
I used to be square, but now I’m round
I used to be bad, but now I’m good
If you asked me to dance, I surely would

Chorus
I used to be lost but now I’m found
I used to be square, but now I’m round
I used to be bad, but now I’m good
If you asked me to dance, I surely would

Outro
Can’t compare
Can’t compare
Nothing else
Can’t compare


Can't Compare

Written, performed, and produced by
Brian Kenneth Swain
August 30, 2025

The Name I Long To Hear (A. and D. Smith)

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