All
songs sung by Johnny Dylan are written by Doug Thomas and Johnny Dylan, apart
from Crossing the Bar which is an instrumental featuring ace New Zealand
guitarist Harvey Mann and South African keyboard legend Mike McCarthy who both
co-wrote this song with Doug Thomas.
There are two exceptions:
I Can't Believe - both words and music by Johnny Dylan
Philaphaedria - both words and music by Doug Thomas
The lyrics have been provided below for your pleasure.
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Music by Doug Thomas
Lyrics
by Doug Thomas & Johnny Dylan
(Verse 1)
I like the way you smile
The things that you do
Poetry and paintings
I know I can’t have you
But please understand
You're not born to please all man
VALEIRA
(Verse 2)
I like the way you walk
I like the way you talk
The sultry expressions that only you can
But please understand
That I want to be your man
(Refrain)
I think of you girl
As I lay awake at night
Holding you close in my mind
There will be another time
I think of you girl
I lay alone at night
Wondering if you’ll be alright
There will be another time
VALEIRA
(Verse 3)
The sun in your eyes
The wind in your hair
When I see you
I wish you were here
But please understand
That I’d love to be your man
VALEIRA
(Verse 4 - repeat of verse 1)
I like the way you smile
The things that you do
Poetry and paintings
I know I can have you but please understand
I’d have to be your man
VALEIRA (repeated five times)
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Stephanie's
World
Music and
Lyrics by Doug Thomas & Johnny Dylan
In Stephanie’s world
Looked upon with colour
A look so fine
To last till the end of time
In Stephanie’s world
The chances will come again
With the colour of life
Running through her veins
Doesn’t matter if the game
Doesn’t stay the same
In Stephanie’s world
In Stephanie’s world
There are lights forever
The future that you see
All things shall pass to eternity
In Stephanie’s world
No time to be lonely
Enriched by the power from above
Serenade, white cloud the dove
Come back to me and I’ll show you
What I want to see in Stephanie’s world
I know you and you know I
I know you and you know I
In Stephanie’s world
Waiting for the other
The story of the tale
Good things to unveil
In Stephanie’s world
Every picture has its frame
Come on now I’m doing fine
Eat some bread have some grapes
And taste the wine
I don’t know if I’ll ever be back
In your world again
In Stephanie’s world
I know you and you know I
I know you and you know I
In Stephanie’s world
Ohh In Stephanie’s world
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Aroha
Peace & Love
Music
by Doug Thomas
Lyrics by Doug Thomas & Johnny Dylan
When we wake up to the cool misty morning
I feel the peace and love coming on
The mountain wakes up in the lonely distance
And smiles at the fading morning star
(CHORUS)
The time is right
For a whole new dawning
To the day of Aroha peace and love
Peace and love
The sun is shinning
And the sky is glowing
To the mystic valley I can see
We gaze and look into the blue horizon
For the love to come over me
(CHORUS)
The time is right
For a whole new dawning
To the day of Aroha peace and love
Peace and love
(REFRAIN)
Come with me and you will find
Harmony truth, peace of mind
Once you reach the highest plateau
And see your problems far below
Reach and pick up your falling angel
And teach her Aroha peace and love Peace and love
(CHORUS)
The time is right
For a whole new dawning
To the day of Aroha peace and love
Peace and love
Always give far more than you want to
Forgive your family friends and foe
Reach out and help those who need it
Regardless of age race or creed
(CHORUS)
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I
Can't Believe
Music
& Lyrics by Johnny Dylan
I can’t believe we’ve met again
After the years that has been
It’s funny how the time prevales
Good things for you to unvail
(CHORUS)
There’s something there between us
If we could only have the chance
But life isn’t always so easy
Sometimes balancing the things that we have
You ring and say we’ll meet for coffee
Talk things over for a while
I’m a listener for your troubles
Then later on we will smile
(CHORUS)
Sometimes there seems to be no answers
And your mind is confused and in the dark
I hope my words that I may tell you
Will not keep us from being apart
But life isn’t always so easy
We didn’t know this at the start
And I will always be your friend so
That way we will never be apart
(CHORUS)
There’s something there between us
If we could only have the chance
But life isn’t always so easy
Sometimes balancing the things that we have
I can’t believe we’ve met again
After the years that has been
It’s funny how the time prevails
Good things for you to unveil
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Lonely
Moon
Music
by Doug Thomas
Lyrics by Doug Thomas & Johnny Dylan
The lonely moon
In the clear night sky
Catches your face
As you slowly wait for mine
The whispering thoughts
That I send to you
My thoughts escape and
I don’t know really what to do
(CHORUS)
Nothing stays the same
Is there such thing as change
The lonely moon
The long horizon
That lays before me
Clouds and rain sometimes
Make it hard for my eyes to see
Lonely miles on an open road
Traveling for so long
The only thing I want is your hold
Next to mine
(CHORUS)
Nothing stays the same
Is there such thing as change
The lonely moon
You’re my lonely moon
You’re my lonely moon
My lonely moon
You’re my lonely moon etc
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The
Mystic Wind
Music
by Doug Thomas
Lyrics by Doug Thomas & Johnny Dylan
The Mystic wind is a lonely wind
It bides her time then moves on
Seasons come the wind remains
The winter time from where it came
Solar breeze and eastern skies
They come and blow, as seasons go
(CHORUS)
The mystic wind is a lonely wind
Where it goes nobody knows
A cosmic spirit, on a restless wind
Where can you go to stop what you sow
The mystic wind is a lonely wind
It bides her time then moves on
We rise above the ground below
We’re free to travel where none knows
Seasons come, the wind remains
In the winter time, From where it came
(CHORUS)
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My
Gypsy Heart
Music
by Doug Thomas
Lyrics by Doug Thomas & Johnny Dylan
On a moonlit sky
You gave your love to me
Dreams of this soon come
And flood my memory - my memory
Blue and beautiful
Summer skies
And watching you
Blue and so beautiful
Summer days just being with you
On a golden beach
The time I first saw you walk by
Dreams and memories never die
(CHORUS)
My gypsy heart
Wants to love you
All night tonight
But my gypsy soul
Wants to runaway
Though my gypsy heart wants to stay
My gypsy heart I feel it every day
It tells me to come home
But I’ll never, never stay
Blue and beautiful
Sunset of fire
In loving you
Blue and so beautiful
The evening star
And wishing for you
(CHORUS)
My gypsy heart
Wants to love you
All night tonight
But my gypsy soul wants to runaway
Thought my gypsy heart wants to stay
(REPEAT)
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Because
I Love You
Music
by Doug Thomas
Lyrics by Doug Thomas & Johnny Dylan
The seasons they may come
And the night turns to day
The trade winds blow so freely
Because I love you
At night the stars shine brighter
The sun in the day gets stronger
The heat in the world I feel
Because I love you
(CHORUS)
When you’re with me there is no fear
Our bodies together oh so near
That look in your eye, I can tell
The feeling from you; I’m in a spell
Winter brings the snow
And dreams may come and go
There’s mystery in this song
Because I love you
The summer brings the sunshine
My fruits of love for your vine
There’s freedom in this world
Because I love you
Nothing, no nothing will take this away
Even if we have nothing left to say
Together we’ll walk tall in the rain
Nothing, no nothing, no nothing
Will take this away
Because I love you
Because I love you
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Blue
Eyed Girl
Music
by Doug Thomas
Lyrics by Doug Thomas & Johnny Dylan
CHORUS)
Girl --- My blue eyed girl
Ohh girl --- My blue eyed girl, My blue eyed girl
(Verse 1)
What ever happened to you baby
Why did you leave so soon
We were holding hands like lovers
Under a fiery moon
(CHORUS)
(Verse 2)
Holding hands and oh so happy
We spoke of many things
Each time I looked into your eyes good I saw a wedding ring
(CHORUS)
(REFRAIN)
I still remember our times together
I’ve got your photo on my wall
Maybe one day we could get back together
And do it all again once more - girl
(INSTRUMENTAL)
(CHORUS)
(Verse 3)
As the days and months go by now
I still feel that look from your eyes
If only I could have you girl
I wont stop till I find
(CHORUS)
(Verse 4)
It’s funny how time takes away
But I still hear every word you say
They tell me you’re in some other place now
And you’re doing ok
(CHORUS)
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You'll
Always Break My Heart
Music
by Doug Thomas
Lyrics by Doug Thomas & Johnny Dylan
We all go on our separate ways
Lying to ourselves
Thinking to ourselves
I could not stay where it hurt
Now you’re miles apart from me
Apart in this deep blue sea
(CHORUS)
You will always break my heart
Its never been this way before
Break my heart
Only you and me will know
The bonds of truth were to let us go
And now that I am all alone
You’ll always break my heart
You’ll always break my heart
We go our separate ways
Thinking was there anything left to say
About it all
Have the times been hard for you today
The punishment for sometimes living
It’s not to late for forgiving
(CHORUS)
You will always break my heart
Its never been this way before
Break my heart
Only you and me will know
The bonds of truth were to let us go
And now that I am all alone
You’ll always break my heart
You’ll always break my heart
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LA
Sun
Music
by Doug Thomas
Lyrics by Doug Thomas & Johnny Dylan
L A sun keeps shinning through
The beauty of this world
To the heavens too
I live each day and
Thank the lord
For his city and his love
Los Angeles and you
LA sun
Keeps shinning through
The troubles of the world
And the darkness too
I live each day
And the lord for his city and his love
Los Angeles and you
LA sun keeps shinning down
I never seem to lose my way
And if I’ve been driving all night long
I can still hear her song
LA sun
Keeps shinning on
The city and its stars
And the night people too
I live each day and thank the lord
For his city and his love
Los Angeles and you
Los Angeles and you
The sun keeps shinning down
Los Angeles and you (x 2)
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Philaphaedria
Music
& Lyrics by Doug Thomas
Sunday morning rain
And I’ll never be the same
You share my thoughts and you share my actions
But all you want is loving
With complete satisfaction
Ohh Luna child of the night
You travel through time
Searching for your spirit
Your soul is getting younger
With no time getting older
Ohh Luna child of the Night
Luna child of the night x 2
BRIDGE
Philaphaedria Philaphaedria x 2
Goddess of love
With heavenly gaze
Wait for me please come Back
And all with be the same
You can tap your feet
But she’ll tap your brain
Only when you’ve found her
You’ll never be the same
Ohh Luna child of the night
Your eyes are the stars
The universe your body
Pretty Philaphaedria, mysterious and Godly
Ohh Luna child of the night
Luna child of the night x2
Philaphaedria x2
Goddess of love with a heavenly gaze
Wait for me please come back
And all will be the same
And all will be the same
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