Released: June 3, 1997

Track Listing:
01. Tell Me
02. Higher Power
03. More Than a Feeling
04. Peace of Mind
05. Don't Look Back
06. Cool the Engines
07. Livin' For You
08. Feelin' Satisfied
09. Party
10. Foreplay/Long Time
11. Amanda
12. Rock and Roll Band
13. Smokin'
14. A Man I'll Never Be
15. Star Spangled Banner
16. Higher Power (Kalodner Edit)

Epic Records
EK 67622

Produced By: Tom Scholz
Engineered By: Tom Scholz
Mastered By: Larry Clawson
Mastered At: East Coast Digital
Cover Art Work: Peter Bollinger
Art Work (Back Cover): W. Siudmak
Art Direction: David Coleman
Design and Back Cover: Ron Larson

Liner Notes:

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Tom Scholz - Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Acoustic Guitar, Special Effects, Bass, Organ, Clavinet and Percussion
Brad Delp - Lead and Harmony Vocals, Acoustic 12-string guitar, Rhythm Guitar and Percussion
Barry Goudreau - Lead and Rhythm Guitars
Fran Sheehan - Bass
Sib Hashian - Drums and Percussion
Jim Masdea - Drums on "Rock And Roll Band"
Produced by Tom Scholz and John Boylan, A Great Eastern Gramaphone Production
Engineered by Tom Scholz and Warren Dewey
Recorded at Foxglove Studios, Watertown, MA (Winter '75)
Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA (Spring '76)
The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA (Spring '76)
Mixed at Westlake Audio, Loa Angeles, CA


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Tom Scholz - Lead Guitar, Acoustic and Electric Rhythm Guitar, 12-string guitar, Bass, Piano, Organs, Special Effects
Brad Delp - Vocals
Barry Goudreau - Lead and Slide Guitar
Sib Hashian - Drums and Percussion
Fran Sheehan - Bass, Percussion
PRODUCED, ENGINEERED, AND ARRANGED BY TOM SCHOLZ
All songs recorded and mixed at Tom Scholz' Hideaway Studio, except piano recorded at Northern Studio, Maynard, Mass., and engineered by Dave Butler


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Brad Delp - Lead and Harmony Vocals
Tom Scholz - Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Grand Piano, Electric Pianos, Bass
Produced and Engineered by Tom Scholz
ARRANGED BY TOM SCHOLZ
RECORDED AT TOM SCHOLZ HIDEAWAY STUDIO between floods and power failures
Courtesy of MCA Records, Inc.


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Fran Cosmo, David Sikes - Vocals
Tom Scholz - Guitars, Bass, Organ, Piano, Keyboard Strings, Drums
Produced and Engineered by Tom Scholz
Recorded and Mixed at Tom Scholz Hideaway Studio II
Courtesy of MCA Records, Inc.


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Fran Cosmo, Brad Delp, and Tom Scholz - Vocals
Tom Scholz - Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drums,
Curly Smith - Harmonica
Serenity Prayer written by Reinhold Niebuhr (1892 - 1971)
Serenity Prayer read by Kimberly Jourgensen
Produced and Engineered by Tom Scholz
Arranged by Tom Scholz
recorded and mixed at Tom Scholz Hideaway Studio II (Summer '96)
Edited by Gary Pihl
Mastered by Ted Jansen at Sterling & Larry Clawson at East Coast Digital


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Tom Scholz - Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drums
Produced and Engineered by Tom Scholz
Recorded and Mixed at Tom Scholz Hideaway Studio II (Summer '94)


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David Sikes - Vocals
Tom Scholz - Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drums
Produced and Engineered by Tom Scholz
Arranged by Tom Scholz
Recorded and Mixed at Tom Scholz Hideaway Studio II (Summer '96)
Edited by Gary Pihl
Mastered by Larry Clawson at East Coast Digital


John Kalodner: John Kalodner Management: HK Management
Art Direction: David Coleman
Illustrators: Peter Bollinger (cover), W. Sludmak (back)
All animal photographs © Bruce Coleman, Inc.
Project coordinators: Judy Ross and Leslie Lee
Assisted by JoAnne McGettrick

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Mastered by Ted Jansen at Sterling Sound

Contains previously released material

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Lyrics:

Tell Me

I stand on my own
And wonder if you've ever been alone
with all the world around you
Say the word; I'd be there
And like a fool I'd go anywhere
just like the day I found you

Tell me what you see
Tell me you believe in my love

Tell me what you need
Tell me you believe in my love

I don't understand what to say
You take my breath and then you walk away
Your life goes on without me

And you can look right at me
But in your eyes it's a mystery
What do you feel about me?

Tell me if it's real
Tell me what you feel in my love

Tell me what you see
Tell me you believe in my love

Tell me what to give
Tell me I can live for your love

Tell me not to leave
Tell me to believe in your love

I don't really know what to say
I don't know how but I could learn to pray
If praying makes you hear me

I could stay on my own
and wonder if I'd have ever known
I just want you near me

Tell me if it's real
Tell me what you feel in my love

Tell me what you need
Tell me you believe in my love

Tell what to give
Tell me how to live for your love

Tell me what you see
Tell me to believe in your love


Higher Power

Let me love you
Take me home to your religion for the night
Let me touch you
Teach me how to see your vision through my eyes

Turn the pages
Tell my story, let me face another day
Safe embraces, I feel it comin' now
My captain's on his way

Chorus:
Hey, my higher power
The world is spinnin', but I'm not afraid
Yeah, give me the power It's the beginnin', the beginnin' of another day

Yeah

Let me hold you
Take me back into the secrets of my mind
Let me know you
Come and save me Lord
Don't let me cross the line

(Chorus)

Ooh, let me love you
Ooh, let me love you

Hey, my Higher Power
The world is spinnin', but I'm not afraid

Yea, my Higher Power
It's the beginning of another day

Hey, my Higher Power
The world is spinnin', but I'm not afraid

Yeah, my Higher Power
It's the beginnin' of another day

Hey, my high power
The world is spinnin', but I'm not afraid
Yeah, give me the power It's the beginnin', the beginnin' of another day

Hey, my high power
The world is spinnin', but I'm not afraid
Yeah, give me the power It's the beginnin', the beginnin' of another day

Yea, yea, yea


More Than a Feeling

I looked out this morning and the sun was gone
Turned on some music to start my day
I lost myself in a familiar song
I closed my eyes and I slipped away

Chorus:
It's more than a feeling, when I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling)
I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)
'till I see Marianne walk away
I see my Marianne walkin' away

So many people have come and gone
Their faces fade as the years go by
Yet I still recall as I wander on
as clear as the sun in the summer sky

(Chorus)

When I'm tired and thinking cold
I hide in my music, forget the day
and dream of a girl I used to know
I closed my eyes and she slipped away
She slipped away. She slipped away

(Chorus)


Peace of Mind

Now if you're feelin' kinda low 'bout the dues you've been paying
Future's coming much too slow
And you wanna run but somehow you just keep on stayin'
Can't decide on which way to go
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Chorus:
I understand about indecision
But I don't care if I get behind
People livin' in competition
All I want is to have my peace of mind

Now you're climbin' to the top of the company ladder
Hope it doesn't take too long
Can'tcha you see there'll come a day when it won't matter
Come a day when you'll be gone

(Chorus)

Take a look ahead, take a look ahead, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...

Now everybody's got advice they just keep on givin'
Doesn't mean too much to me
Lot's of people out to make-believe they're livin'
Can't decide who they should be

(Chorus)

Take a look ahead
Take a look ahead
Look ahead


Don't Look Back

Don't look back
A new day is breakin'
It's been too long since I felt this way
I don't mind where I get taken
The road is callin'
Today is the day

I can see
It took so long just to realize
I'm much too strong not to comprimise
Now I see what I am is holding me down

I'll turn it around
Yeah, yes I will

Chorus:
I finally see the dawn arrivin'
I see beyond the road I'm drivin'

It's a bright horizon and I'm awakin' now
Oh I see myself in a brand new way
The sun is shinin', the clouds are breakin'
'Canse I can't lose now, there's no game to play

I can tell there's no more time left to critize
I've seen what I could not recognize
Everthing in my life was leading me on
But I can be strong, oh yes I can

(Chorus)

Far away and left behind


Cool the Engines

Now I like takin' off
Don't like burnin' out
Every time you turn it on
Makes me want to shout
We keep getting hotter
Movin' way too fast
If we don't slow this fire down
We're not gonna last

Cool the engines
Red line's gettin' near
Cool the engines
Better take it out of gear

I'm no fool
I'm gonna keep it cool
and take it day by day
We won't know where we might go
'Till we take it all the way

Take me for a ride
Take me all the way
Take me where I've never been
Someplace I can stay
Don't get yourself too hot
Don't get yourself too high
If we don't take it easy now
We can kiss it all goodbye

Cool the engines
Slow this rocket down
Cool the engines
Why don't ya take a look around

I'm no fool, gonna keep it cool
Take it day by day
We won't know where we might go
'Till we take it all the way

Cool the engines
Cool the engines
Goin' over the line
Goin' off the dial
Runnin' out of time
And it's gettin' wild

Got flashin' lights
Goin' 'round and 'round
Until we get it right
Better cool it down
Better cool it down

Cool the engines

And now we're on our way
No need to hurry just to get from day to day
And I, oooh, I know
We don't have to run that hard to get where we can go

Cool the engines

Cool the engines down

Cool the engines

Cool the engines down


Livin' for You

Livin' without you never could be so wrong
Don't need to say it, I never waited so long
Thinking about yo in everthing I do
Love for giving
You know I'm just livin' for you

Chorus:
And I, I never needed to lie
Can't you see I believe in my heart when I'm saying
It's love that you see
You're just the one for me
I'm praying

Maybe I'm dreaming, don't want to wake up now
Baby, I love you, I always knew it somehow
Happened so easy, don't need to think it through
It's not so amazing
Been going so crazy for you

Dreaming and hoping, hoping that dreams come true
You're my religion, girl, I've been living for you
Don't want to fight it, tried everything I know
I won't deny it
You're everywhere I try to go

(Chorus)

Knew it so easy, don't have to think it through
Love is for giving
I know I'm just livin' for you

Love is for giving
I know I'm just livin' for you


Feelin' Satisfied

Well come on, all you people, the time has come to get together
You gotta have a little rock 'n' roll music
To get you through the stormy weather
And do whatever you feel
when you let go, nothin's gonna help you more than rock 'n' roll

Chorus:
So come on, put you hands together
You know it's now or never, take a chance on rock 'n' roll

Release:
Ooo are you feelin' satisfied - come on let us give your mind a ride
Ooo are you ready tonight - come on let us give your mind a ride
You can do what you like - come on let us give your mind a ride

Oh that funky feelin' is what you need to get you through
You oughta know I'll tell you somethin'
Don't let your troubles get to you
'Cause win or lose it's alright
Well take control and nothin's gonna help you more than rock 'n' roll

So c'mon

(Chorus)
(Release)


Party

Well you know I don't get off on workin' day after day
I wanna have some fun while I'm here
I'll play the game when it's goin' my way
And there's nothin' like a party when it's kickin' into gear

I'm gettin' ready for a party tonight
Yes I'm gettin' ready to cruise
And if you got somethin' for me
I got somethin' for you

Chorus:
Baby, it's a party and nobody cares
What we're doin' there
Baby, it's a party as long as you're there
It's a party, party, party!

I can't believe it when some people say
That it's a sin that way we live to die
You know, there's never been a more natural thing
Yea there's a brand new story, but it's the same old lie

So come on
Get ready for the time of your life
'Cause I'm gettin' right in the groove
And if you got somethin' for me
I got somethin' for you

(Chorus)

Get down and party if you need a cue
You're sure to find one in the crowd
Just meet some friends and have a toke or two
In a place where they can never play the music too loud

Get ready for a party tonight
'Cause I'm gettin' right in the groove
And if you got somethin' for me
I got somethin' for you

(Chorus)

You know a man doesn't live on bread alone
He's got to have some lovin' each and every night
And a woman's got to have it if the truth be known
Let's get together honey, it's alright


Foreplay/Long Time

It's been such a long time
I think I should be goin', yeah
And time doesn't wait for me
It keeps on rollin'

Sail on, on a distant highway
I've got to keep on chasin' a dream
I've gotta be on my way
Wish there was something I could say

Chorus:
Well I'm takin' my time, I'm just movin' on
You'll forget about me after I've been gone
And I take what I find, I don't want no more
It's just outside of your front door

It's been such a long time
It's been such a long time

Well I get so lonely when I am without you
But in my mind, deep in my mind
I can't forget about you

Good times, and faces that remind me
I'm tryin' to forget your name and leave it all behind me
You're comin' back to find me

(Chorus)

It's been such a long time. It's been such a long time

Yeah. It's been such a long time
I think I should be goin', yeah
And time doesn't wait for me, it keeps on rollin'

There's a long road
I've gotta stay in time with
I've got to keep on chasin' that dream, though I may never find it
I'm always just behind it

Well I'm takin' my time, I'm just movin' along
Takin' my time, just movin' along
Takin' my time, takin' my time...


Amanda

Babe, tomorrow's so far away
There's something I just have to say
I don't think I can hide what I'm feelin' inside
Another day, knowin' I love you

And I-I'm getting too close again
I don't want to see it end
If I tell you tonight
Will you turn out the light
And walk away knowin' I love you?

Chorus:
I'm gonna take you by surprise and make you realize, Amanda
I'm gonna tell you right away, I can't wait another day, Amanda
I'm gonna say it like a man and make you understand, Amanda

I love you

And, I feel like today's the day
I'm lookin' for the words to say
Do you wanna be free, are you ready for me
To feel this way?
I don't wanna lose you

So, it may be too soon I know
The feeling takes so long to grow
If I tell you today will you turn me away
And let me go?
I don't wanna lose you

(Chorus)

You and I-I know that we can't wait
And I swear-I swear it's not a lie girl
Tomorrow may be too late
You-you and I girl
We can share a life together
It's now or never
And tomorow may be too late

And, feelin' the way I do
I don't wanna wait my whole life through
To say I'm in love with you


Rock and Roll Band

Well, we were just another band out of Boston
On the road to try to make ends meet
Playin' all the bars, sleepin' in our cars
And we practiced right on out in the street

No, we didn't have much money
We barely made enough to survive
But when we got up on stage and got ready to play
People came alive

Chorus:
Rock and roll band
Everybody's waitin'
Gettin' crazy
Anticipating love and music
Play, play, play, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Dancin' in the streets of Hyannis
We were getting pretty good at the game
People stood in line and didn't seem to mind
You know everybody knew our name

Livin' on rock-n-roll music
Never worry 'bout the things we were missing
When we got up on the stage and got ready to play
Everybody'd listen

(Chorus)

Playin' for a week in Rhode Island
A man came to the stage one night
He smoked a big cigar
Drove a Cadillac car
And said, "Boys, I think this bands outta-sight"

Sign a record company contract
You know I've got great expectations
When I hear you on the car radio
You're goin' to be a sensation!

(Chorus)


Smokin'

We're gonna play you a song, a little bit of rock-n-roll
You gotta let yourself go, the band's gonna take control
We're gettin' down today
We'll pick you up and take you away

Get down tonight

Chorus:
Smokin', Smokin'
We're cookin' tonight, just keep on tokin'
Smokin', Smokin'
I feel alright, mamma I'm not jokin', yeah

Get your feet to the floor, everybody rock and roll
You've got nothing to lose just the rhythm and blues, that's all, yeah
We're gonna feel ok
We'll pick you up and take you away

Get down tonight

(Chorus)

Everybody jumpin', dancin' to the boogie tonight
Clap your hands, move your feet
If you don't you know it won't seem right
We're gettin' down today
We'll pick you up and take you away

Get down tonight

We're gettin' down today
We'll pick you up and take you away
Get down tonight, well alright


A Man I'll Never Be

If I said what's on my mind
You'd turn and walk away
Disappearing way back in your dreams
It's so hard to be unkind
So easy just to say
That everything is just the way it seems

Chorus:
You look up at me
And somewhere in your mind you see
A man I'll never be

If only I could find a way
I'd feel like I'm the man you believe I am
And it gets harder every day for me
To hide behind this dream you see
A man I'll never be

I can't get any stronger
I can't climb any higher
You'll never know just how hard I've tried
Cry a little longer
And hold a little tighter
Emotions can't be satisfied

(Chorus)


Star Spangled Banner/4th of July Reprise

Instrumental