Time to get a new book
And pack the old one tenderly away
It's getting too hard to look
At all the lines drawn through the names
Of my old friends who won't be coming round again

But in the stillness of the night
I can hear
They're whispering
Darlin have no fear

You'd better sing you'd better dance
Come on it's time to take a chance
Tell your friends how much you love them
Do something nice for someone
You'd better sing you'd better dance
Come on it's time to take a chance
And your old friends are just waiting round the bend

Don't let a day go by
Without a smile and a kind word
And always try
To find some good in every person
Cause the children are learning from you
So you'd better sing, you'd better dance
Come on it's time to take a chance
Tell your friends how much you love them
Do something nice for someone
You'd better sing you'd better dance
Come on it's time to take a chance
And your old friends are just waiting round the bend

And in the stillness of the night
I can hear
They're whispering
Darlin have no fear

So you'd better sing, you'd better dance
Come on it's time to take a chance
Tell your friends how much you love them
Do something nice for someone
You'd better sing you'd better dance
Come on it's time to take a chance
And your old friends are just waiting round the bend

1969     Am I Dreaming Now     Dangerous

Every Day     Full Moon     Headed Home

How Many Miles     Leaving the Old Life Behind

The Mission     Nobody's Stopping You

Not Zen Enough Yet     One Word

Paseo     Pining for the Moon     The Question

Sensitive Men     Slow Down     Start Again

Ted     Terry's Song     Unpacking

Virginia     You Can't Throw Love Away

You Make the Potion

Co-written with Charles Maiseroulle
Stand Me Up
Hey Mister

Co-written with Tim Woods
January Wind

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