[ John Farnham - through the eyes of a fan ]

C H A I N R E A C T I O N

That's Freedom ~ In Days To Come ~ Burn For You ~ See The Banners Fall ~ I Can Do Anything
All Our Sons and Daughters ~ Chain Reaction ~ In Your Hands ~ New Day ~ The Time Has Come
The First Step ~ Time and Money

That's Freedom
T Kimmel, and JA Chapman

I don't know what you want from me
Or what you think a love ought to be
I want something that's open and strong
As the country this road's moving on

From the mountain to the valley
From the ocean to the alley
From the highway to the river
One emotion to deliver
One heart, one way, one love
To share but not to chain
That's freedom

It's a song of the heart
A race in the wind
A light in the dark
That's freedom

I don't know why it takes so long
To remember
What the world's doin' wrong
Never wanted to shove my plan on another
Who can't understand

All I want is a fast lane to
Where the road across this plain
Won't take you
I want something you understand
To make us stand proud
As nothing else can

It's a song of the heart
A race in the wind
A light in the dark
That's freedom

It's a measure of trust
When love is alive
It's tender and tough
That's freedom
It's all love is about
The opening up and letting it out
Let freedom ring

In Days To Come
John Farnham, David Hirschfelder, and Ross Fraser

I heard him sing when I was young
Imagine if you can
Imagine if the world was one
A brotherhood of man

I have a dream I heard him say
A dream in black and white
I have a dream (that all men are created equal)
A dream of civil right

In days to come we'll see the sun
As more than just a star
In days to come we'll be as one
No matter where we are

I saw the words written on a wall
For the times they are a changin'
And then he told me the answer
For the answer is blowing in the wind

I saw a picture in the sky tonight
Men walking on the moon
They didn't know if it was wrong or right
It happened all too soon

I heard him sing when I was young
Imagine if you can
Imagine all the people
A brotherhood of man

Burn For You
Phil Buckle, John Farnham, and Ross Fraser

I got myself into some trouble tonight
Guess I'm just feeling blue
It's been so long since I've seen your face
This distance between me and you

That voice you showed me is not the one I know
I must be strung out on what I do
Don't hang up again
There's nothing else I know how to do

But I burn for you
What am I going to do
I burn for you
Burn for you

I guess it feels like you're always alone
And I feel that way too
It's so hard to explain to you
Please understand what I do

But I burn for you
What am I going to do
I burn for you
Burn for you

Took my trouble to a bar tonight
For another point of view
But there's nothing new
I'm missing you

But I burn for you
What am I going to do
I burn for you
Burn for you

See The Banners Fall
John Farnham, David Hirschfelder, and Ross Fraser

All the world's a stage they say
But who decides the parts we play
A mourner in the Lebanon
A logger in the Amazon

Soldiers in the square of shame
Our children play in acid rain
They won't pay a martyr's bail
Black fella in a white man's jail

See the Banners fall
Hear the future call
Time to start again
They're dancing on the wall
Can you hear them call
See the Banners fall

The Colonel wears Pierre Cardin
But clothes don't always make the man
The teacher preaches what he's told
But can the preacher save your soul

See the Banners fall
Hear the future call
Time to start again
They're dancing on the wall
Can you hear them call
See the Banners fall

Eagles in a sea of oil
Noble men on barren soil
Children waiting in the wings
Wonder what the future brings

See the Banners fall
Hear the future call
Time to start again
They're dancing on the wall
Can you hear them call
See the Banners fall

I Can Do Anything
Phil Buckle, John Farnham, Ross Fraser

You can laugh, you think it's funny
Am I a fool, for taking the longest way
To reach for the sky

I have my hopes, you have your business
Don't you see, it's somebody else's dream
That you're working for

So, what do you see
Just an ordinary man
What sets us apart, is this fire in my heart
That says, I can do anything

I lay awake, feel the distance
Sometimes I wonder, can I be the only one
Who's feeling this way

So you can't talk, or you can listen
Or you can walk away
We'll meet again
And you'll understand

So where you walk, I may not follow
I'm someone else, I'm going the only way I know
The right way for me

So, what do you see
Just an ordinary man
What sets us apart, is this fire in my heart
That says, I can do anything

All Our Sons And Daughters
John Farnham, Phil Buckle, and Ross Fraser

I've got a question can you answer me
Do you sleep when you're alone
Hey all you captains of industry
You line your pockets but you poison me

You're sitting on the edge of an emergency
Tell me how you sleep at night

Poison in the water
Breaking down the chain
For all our sons and daughters
Something's got to change

You work behind a veil of secrecy
You got the power on your side
I've got a question will you answer me
Where will you run where will you hide

You're sitting on the edge of an emergency
Staring at a loaded gun

Poison in the water
Breaking down the chain
For all our sons and daughters
Something's got to change

Hey all you short sighted business men
There's more to this than meets the eye
You keep on taking we pay the price
Just take a look up at the sky

We're staring at the face of an emergency
You're looking out for number one

Poison in the water
Breaking down the chain
For all our sons and daughters
Something's got to change

Chain Reaction
David A Stewart, and S Stewart

One Shot in a revolution
One drop from a poison pen
One fruit too small and bitter
One tree too proud to bend
One man to start the trouble
One kiss to seal your fate

I got a fever, a fever in my soul
No I don't want to die
Before I get old
It took some time just to bring me here
Nobody's gonna put me down
Do I make myself clear

I've got trouble, trouble in my life
And I've been living
On the edge of a knife
But I don't intend to let you down
I'm gonna give you love
Before I hit the ground

One cruel and callous lover
One blow below the belt
One chance without another
One heart too cool to melt
One kid that needs some action
One link in a chain reaction

In Your Hands
John Farnham, Phil Buckle, and Ross Fraser

Something wrong for something right
There's trouble in the air tonight
From the dark into the light
Change is in the air tonight

And I'm searching through the years to find the answer
Now it seems within our line of sight

In your hands
In your hands
The freedom that you want
Is in your hands

Reaching for another life
They're walking on the weir tonight
Caught between the wrong or right
Does it matter, anyway

They've been searching through the years to find an answer
Now it seems within their line of sight

In your hands
In your hands
The freedom that you want
Is in your hands

New Day
John Farnham, Phil Buckle, and Ross Fraser

I'm looking forward, to seeing you smile
We've been strangers, we've been lost for awhile
A new day coming, a change at last
All our problems, fade away in the past

New hope, new way
We start today

There's a new day coming
There's a new day coming
There's a new day coming, our way

Stormy weather, when things got rough
Empty promise, we've had enough
Looking down, the road I see
It's the future, the way it's gonna be

We're on our way again
This time I know

There's a new day coming
There's a new day coming
There's a new day coming, our way

The Time Has Come
John Farnham, Phil Buckle, and Ross Fraser

The tale is told, of a mighty land
Great tempest ocean, shifting sand
Of an ancient lore, in tribal might

After an age, of harmony
Came a reign, based on greed
They say that all roads lead to Rome

But now it's changing
Now the time has come

So spare your heart, bare your breast
For the light that fades, into the west
Once more shall rise, as glory dawns

The First Step
C Thompson, J Kravetz, and K Reid

If you wanna feed all the children
Then start by feeding one
And if you wanna find a mountain
To build your dreams upon

You need love (the heart to care)
Give me strength (the nerve to dare)

It's gonna be great when we get there

Take the first step the hardest to take
Breaking away
Take the first step whatever it takes
All the way
And you're already there

If you wanna change the system
You better build a better one
You're gonna meet resistance
But the time will come

You need hope (the will to learn)
Don't give up (the tide will turn)

Time And Money
John Farnham, Phil Buckle, and Ross Fraser

As they clock winds down, on another day
Worked your hands to the bone
You know no other way

You're just working all night, sleeping all day
The time of your life
Just gets taken away

Time, time, and money
Slip away from me, into the air
Time, time, and money
It's a mystery, but it's everywhere

We'll there's no way around it
You can't live without it
You think about it
Money

It's the bread on the table
The car in the drive
The clothes on your baby
It keeps you alive