THE DANGERS 4th album, a mash up between Beatles and Stones, somewhere between Hard Day's Night and Let It Bleed. A departure from shorter pop from into longer, cinematic songs, insistent melody and rock punch. P.S. THE NARROW WAY was the favorite of our friend and fan, Kay LeBoeuf. This album release is in her memory - Chris LeRoy

1. There's A River, Sweet Virginia

2. Hello Day Sleeper

3. Silent Is The Falling Star

4. The Narrow Way

5. The Bell

6. Lamp In The Midnight Hour

7. Once

8. Here I Stand

9. Now

All songs 2012 Chris LeRoy Published by New West Crash Music (ASCAP)

LYRICS:

THERE'S A RIVER, SWEET VIRGINIA
You walked the garden wall with me
Walked the garden wall with me
Could have had eternity
And we came upon the secret tree
Turned us out eventually
We took the muddy Euphrates

There's a river, Sweet Virginia
Rolling out, it's like a dream
Join me now, you have it in you
We'll come around

And east became Assyria
And east became Assyria
And trouble found me near to you
You found it hard to hold my hand
You found it hard to hold my hand
We climbed the rocks across the sand

There's a river, Sweet Virginia
Rolling out, it's like a dream
Join me now, you have it in you
We'll come around

And it's all been said and done before
It's all been said and done before
We stayed until the waters pulled us through
I'm waiting for the time
And I am waiting for the time and
I'm prepared to wait a lifetime over you

There's a river, Sweet Virginia
Rolling out, it's like a dream
Hold me now, you have it in you

HELLO DAY SLEEPER
Hello day sleeper
Where are you now?
Birds have gone leaping
From branch to the ground
Sure as your beauty's infallible now
Embrace the light outside

Hey there you dreamer
Don't dream of me now
Your dreams aren't in color
Since I took a bow
Spring has been calling if time will allow
Embrace the light outside

Someday...grass will grow higher
You might require me
Someday...if I start a fire
In time you'll admire me

Hey pick your head up
Stop wasting the light
Stop throwing the hours
Then hide for spite
Sure as your beauty's reserved for the night
Embrace the light outside
Come embrace the light outside

Someday... grass will grow high
And you may require me
Someday... if you're not retired
In time you'll admire me

Hey there day sleeper
Where are you now?
Perhaps I've gone leaping
(A bird on a bough)
Sure as your beauty's infallible now
Embrace the light outside
Come embrace the light outside
(Come embrace, it's night outside)


SILENT IS THE FALLING STAR
There's a river rushing cross the road
(How you gonna answer now?)
Here comes the water running through my soul
(How you gonna answer now?)
I had a love she had a heart of coal
(Where's the answer?)
(Where's the answer?)
Came to a place where I could take my chances
(Here's the answer)

Silent as the falling star

Packed my bags to take a morning flight
(Where you gonna run to now?)
I heard your voice before the morning light
(Where you gonna run to now?)
A shooting star out of the middle of the night
(Where's the answer?)
(Where's the answer?)
Down to the water I'll take my chances
(Here's the answer)

Silent as a falling star

I feel the river rushing through my clothes
(Think we got an answer now)
A million stars are fading all alone
(Think we got an answer now)
They say you fall until you're heaven bound
(Gimme the answer)
(Gimme the answer)
River's calling and I took my chances
(Here's the answer)

Silent is the falling star


THE NARROW WAY
Hear the sounding of the trumpets
They're taking orders from the mindless brigade
Rolling heads and dice 'til sunset
Put their faces on the coins that they trade
You know Jesus was an outlaw
He roused the rabble in the temple today
You can't buy your way to heaven
It's a narrow way

He heard the thunder in the mountains
He saw the fire called the struggling day
Felt the wind when it changed direction
Bending sycamores along the way
You know Jesus was an outlaw
He stood his word on a mountain of clay
You can't make your way to heaven
It's a narrow way

Garden late past midnight
He calls his friends but they're asleep in the hay
Came an angel soft as satin
She says "The morning gonna bring a new day,
Jesus you're an outlaw."
He says, "Now, cant you take this cup away?"
She says, "You'll find your place in heaven
It's a narrow way
You gotta open wide the gates
And find the narrow way."



THE BELL
There's a mission
Without a mission bell
She's cracked and rusted
In the lake she fell --
The air is humming
Yellow orchids swell
Is that my lover
Down the wishing well?--

If you answer
I'd want to ask why
Are we getting high?
Or we gonna cry?

Was a devil
Was was an angry man
She bought a ticket
On the rails she ran--
When she came here
She wouldn't sing or tell
Then she went walking
By the wishing well--

If you call me
I'd want to ask you why
Are we getting high?
Or we gonna cry?

Hold your arms out
Fingers touching souls
I almost held you
It was time to let go--
The air is heavy
Like a mission bell
I heard you singing
Down the wishing well--

If you're here now
You could tell me why
Are we getting high?
Or we gonna cry?


LAMP IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR
This time tomorrow I'm miles away
Miles from my window, this table and flower
This time tomorrow the skies could be gray
I look for the lamp in the midnight hour

Show me your heartaches, show me your tears
Show me the trouble that caused you to cower
I turned a blind eye, in darkness for years
But look for the lamp in the midnight hour

There is a light from a light to a light
Cuts through the darkness, the wind and the showers
There is a light from a light to a light
The lamp from the midnight hour

Here is a story that's just like your story
They scrambled the words like a babylon tower
You found all the struggles but never the glory
Come look for the lamp in the midnight hour

There is a light from a light to a light
Cuts like the darkness, the wind and the showers
There is a light from a light to a light
The lamp from the midnight hour

This time tomorrow we're faded away
Miles from our windows and tables and flowers
Miles ahead looks like skies could be gray
Look for the lamp in the midnight hour

There is a light from a light to a light
Cuts through the darkness,the wind and the showers
There is a light from a light to a light
The lamp in the midnight hour
There is a light from a light to a light
There is a light from a light to a light
There is a light from a light to a light
The lamp from the midnight hour


ONCE
House of memories
House of cards
House of family tossed their backyards
House of family
House of mirrors
You could never find your way from here
If there’s a window for the fallen leaves
One for smoke
One for jealousy
This one’s broken
One more window please
Are you ahead of me?

House of darkness
House of clouds
The house you wanted would never be allowed
Heavy weather coming down the stair
Heavy shadow coming up for air
If there’s a window for the fallen leaves
One for smoke
Another jealousy
This one’s broken
One more window please
Are you ahead of me?

Say it once or you break apart
Say it once with your heart

House of memories coming down
Lovers, enemies, tumble to the ground
A house forever forsaken land
A house forever the ground on which you stand
If there’s a window for the fallen leaves
One for smoke
One for jealousy
This one’s broken
One more window please
Are you ahead of me?
If there’s a window for the fallen leaves
One for smoke
Another jealousy
This one’s broken
One more window please
Are you ahead of me?

Say it once or you break apart
Say it once with your heart



HERE I STAND
Maybe you know its true
We could spend a life together
But from our varied points of view
I'll try to be a man about it
All that I ever hoped to be
Exactly who I am
No matter where you run to
Here I stand

Maybe you're a sad one too
We could work it out together
About our varied points of view
I'll try to be a man about it
All that I ever hoped to be
Exactly who I am
No matter where you run to
Here I stand

You've been lonely
You've been lonely
You've been lonely too
And I been thinking about you

Maybe when you hold my hand
Tell me everything about you
And I will try to understand
I'll try to be a man about it
All that I ever hoped to be
Exactly who I am
No matter where you run ta…
Here I stand

Are we getting high?
Or we gonna cry?



NOW
Went to the coffee bar almost alone
Someone got lost in this phone
Went to the post office under the moon
Streetlight and static I'm half the way home
Went to the super mart cold coming on
Went for a serious song
Sat in the parking lot almost alone
Click the locks slowly bang the drum home
there's no mountain higher
than we're together, now
no river stronger
than we're together, now
I lay me down

Lost my connection - the freeway sign
Went back to get back in line
Went for the mirror I'm almost alone
Not quite the right words - bang the drum home
there's no mountain higher
than we're together, now
no river stronger
than we're together, now
I lay me down

Someone I think about flashed through my head
Gone like the battery's dead
"Drive"someone tells me I'm almost alone
Think the words slowly and bang the drum home
Some kind of feeling occurs to me now
Something from out of a dream
Song of the headlights is calling me home
Speak the words slowly, I'm almost alone
there's no mountain higher
than we're together, now
no river stronger
than we're together, now
I lay me down

© Chris LeRoy 2012 Published by New West Crash Music/ASCAP