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ONE MILLION MEMORIES

Pass It On

                                       

You know I'm grateful that I knew you for a while                                    

And I'm thankful that I can think of you and smile

Because you showed me to reach inside to go another mile

I can't go back to thank you, I can't repeat what you have done

But I can keep the life light shining and Pass It On

Pass It On

 

You used to hold me when I cried out in the night 

And you told me how everything would be all right

I can't imagine the dreams you had to sacrifice

There's no way to repay you if I gave everything I own

But I can keep the life light shining and Pass It On

Pass It On

 

Sometimes I wonder if this is more than I can do

Afraid to smother the flame I've tried to save for you

It's under cover but I pray that a spark will make it through

I hope that I can show you how to keep it burning strong

So you can keep the life light shining and Pass It On

Pass It On

 

 

That Thing I Did

 

That Thing I Did, not exactly what I planned

That moment of stupidity was something                 

Even I will never understand

 

Those words I said, I really wish I could replace

Can't blame you if you're holding it against me    

Memories aren't so simply erased                                                                                                     

But I'm not necessarily asking for forgiveness

Just a little mercy for the damned

That Thing I Did, even I will never understand

 

That Thing I Did, must have made you feel bad   

I can't believe how I left you there

I never said I'm sorry but I wish that I had

 

The way you felt, I really should have been aware

That you were counting on me to be there for you                                

But I acted like I just didn't care                                                                           

 

Now I don't necessarily expect you to forget it    

I just hope you'll be a little less mad

That Thing I Did, I never said I'm sorry but I wish I had

                                   

I still remember the day and shake my head every time I do

I think I let myself down at least as much as I did you

 

That Thing I Did, not exactly what I planned

That moment of stupidity was something                 

Even I will never understand

 

Now I'm not necessarily asking for forgiveness

Just a little mercy for the damned

That Thing I Did, I never said I'm sorry but I wish I had

That Thing I Did, even I will never understand

 

 

One Million Memories

 

I hear you call through the window

I see you splash in the rain

I see you holding a flower

I hear you calling my name

 

One Million Memories we make, painted in joy and burned in pain

All precious fragments that we save, does heaven keep them when we fade?                                        

 

We felt the roll of the ocean

Watching the moon in the dark 

We felt the joy and the wonder                                                                           

Holding a child in our arms

 

One Million Memories we make, painted in joy and burned in pain

All precious fragments that we save, will heaven keep them when we fade?

 

I see your face in a picture

I see the joy in your eyes

All that you felt in that moment

Did it follow you to the other side? 

 

One Million Memories you made, each one that only you could name

Those precious fragments that you saved, did heaven keep them for you?

 

One Million Memories we make, painted in joy and burned in pain

All precious fragments that we save, does heaven keep them when we ...

 

 

On and On and On

 

I, I know you well, can you tell?

It looks to me like you're falling, falling

Through. Can't you see you're like me?

Can you hear that I'm calling, calling you?

 

On and On

On and On

And On

 

When we first met it was said      

That you, you might not make it, make it.

It's true. Oh but you, you pulled through.                  

Can't wait to see where you take it, take it to

 

On and On…

 

As I, I look out there's no doubt

That when this day is behind us, behind us

That I, I will smile, it's worthwhile

Watching you as you find it, find it goes

 

On and On…

 

 

Always With Her

 

The woman at the dry cleaner opens an old photograph

She keeps taped inside a locket on a keychain

Carefully she sets it on a shelf above her jacket                                   

High enough that she can feel he's looking down, watching over her

While she's working the morning sun is rising

Honey-yellow light is spilling warmly through the windows

She looks out at the traffic moving slowly through the street

People quickly walking on the sidewalk that goes by outside the door    

                                                      

She's dreaming, thinking of a place she's never been

Leaving footprints in the sand along the ocean

Dancing in the sunset as waves roll in to greet her

Chasing flocks of seagulls that fly away and scatter to the sky

That's above her, stretching out as far as she can see

To the glowing clouds that burn on the horizon

Reflected in the eyes of someone standing beside her

Who reaches in the twilight, and puts a tiny sea shell in her hand

 

Pages of newspaper, old stories no one cares to read

Blowing down the empty sidewalk in the evening

She hangs on to the dream a moment longer, then she rises

Takes the locket from the shelf, puts on her jacket, and then reaches for her cane

As she's leaving, she stops outside to look up at the sky

No hurry getting home since no one's there to greet her

She never feels alone, she knows he's Always With Her

Reaching for the locket, instead she finds a seashell and some sand

 

 

Don't Need No Ticket On This Train

 

Don't Need No Ticket On This Train

I'm moving free as a wheel rollin' down the track

And I ain't looking back, keep movin' on

 

Long vein of steel that I ride

Is in my blood, like a freight train running through me

No one ever gonna make me change

 

Headed for the west coast, I'm just passing through                           

I'll sing a song for you if you can spare a buck or two                        

I'll jump up on that train tonight when it begins to roll                              

I've learned to travel light, I carry everything I own

 

Don't Need No Ticket On This Train…

 

Never held a steady job, to me it don't seem right

Working for another man for half my life

No deadlines or distractions keep me from my occupation

Watching every mile roll by to my destination

 

Don't Need No Ticket On This Train…

 

Never gonna change

Never gonna change

Only way of living that I know

Never looking back, never worryin’ 'bout tomorrow

Gonna ride until my track comes to an end

Gonna ride until that final train takes me home again  

Back home again

Back home again

Back home again ...  yea ...

 

Don't Need No Ticket

Don't Need No Ticket On This Train

(keep movin’ on, keep movin’ on)

 

 

If I Could Fly Away

 

If I could fly away from here you know I would not hesitate

I'm going nowhere fast, don't know how much longer I can last

 

If I could grow myself some wings you know I'd fly wway from here

I've got to get away, don't think I can stand another day

 

I could sail over the walls and none would be too tall for me

I could have both up and down, more than I've got here on the ground

 

If I could jump up off the ground and not come down I'd be so free

I don't think I'd come down until I'd been half a world around

 

If I could fall into the wind and ride away I'd pack my bags

And nothing you could say could keep me here another day

 

I could rise above the gray, I'd never have a rainy day

Wherever I might choose to be, I'd set right down and live for free

 

Like a bird I'd take off, leave this senseless world behind

Once in the air I'd look down to where I was and wonder why

Wonder why

 

If I could fly away from here you know I would not hesitate

I'm going nowhere fast don't know how much longer I can last

 

If I could grow myself some wings you know I'd fly away from here

And nothing you could say could keep me here another day

 

 

All That I Can Do

 

Time is tightly tied around and turning

Bridges to the past behind me burning                                                         

Never knowing where the thread is going

 

Time is tightly tied around and turning

Lessons as I spin this life I’m learning

Faith and reason rising and then seizing

 

Even when I try All That I Can Do

Keep from holding too tight

As it keeps passing through

 

Time is tightly tied around and turning

Sewing in the sacrifice I’m earning

On my leaving it continues weaving

 

All That I Can Do

Keep it passing through…

 

 

I Wish I Was Water

 

Strong and solid, rooted in the ground

Nothing moves me, no one will tear me down

All around me, through me, and beneath

Rivers flowing to the place they seek

 

Oh, I Wish I Was Water

Oh, I Wish I Was Water

 

Hard and heavy, beaten down and worn

Here forever, prisoner of form

Wash around me, seep into my pores

And dissolve me, make me free once more

 

Oh, I Wish I Was Water

Oh, I Wish I Was Water

 

 

Running With Knives

 

I wish I could go back to when friendship was honest                       

And summer divided the years of our lives

Tired of the sandbox we found our excitement

Playing with matches                       

And Running With Knives

 

As we grew older rebellion expanded

To Saturday night out on fast crazy drives

Sharing a bottle, cigarettes and secrets

We were playing with matches

And Running With Knives

 

It was so long ago, like another life lived

Now we all have houses, spouses, and kids

But it’s good for a smile to sometimes remember

 

I lecture my son to refrain from the wreckless

And dangerous things on which youth seem to thrive

He’d catch hell if I caught him, but scars on his fingers

Come from playing with matches

And Running With Knives

 

I won’t pretend to not know where I’m headed

At the end I don’t want any teary goodbye

When my light starts to fade let me lie in defiance

Playing with matches

And Running With Knives

 

 

Guide You Home

 

When you feel like you've lost your way

And you're far from home

When you've wandered too far astray

And find you're all alone                 

When you feel you've lost direction

And your bearing needs correction

Reach out for a connection

And I'll try to Guide You Home

 

When your blue skies have turned to gray

And the rain comes down

When the river has swept you away

And you're about to drown

When your tears become an ocean

Tossed about by your emotion

Look up from your commotion

And I'll try to Guide You Home

 

Guide You Home, like a steady shining light

Guide You Home, like a beacon in the night

And no matter how far you may choose roam

I'll be ready with a sign to help you find your way back home

   

When you've run out of things to say

And the well runs dry

When all of the songs that you play

Only make you cry

When your heart-felt orchestration

Only leads to your frustration

Let me be your inspiration

And I'll try to Guide You Home

 

 

 

 

 

All songs written by Al Engelmann

℗©2015 Al Engelmann, BMI

All rights reserved.

 

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