Lyrics - "The Eyes of the World"
Faces in the Forest
©2000 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
There are faces in the forest
And they’re looking out at you
They listen to you speaking
And they’re watching what you do
And as the faces in the forest
Are looking out at you
They’re looking for compassion
Because their lives depend on you
I see the faces, faces in the forest
Eyes among the trees, looking through the leaves
I hear the voices, voices in the forest
Asking just to stay, where they live and play
They know it’s you who hold the answer
To if they live or die
It’s you who’ll be deciding
They can see it in your eyes
They know humans need their houses
It’s the way they like to live
But they’re getting so much closer
How much more forest can they give?
I see the faces, faces in the forest
Eyes among the trees, looking through the leaves
I hear the voices, voices in the forest
Asking just to stay, where they live and play
(instrumental)
I see the faces in the forest
And I wonder what we’ll do
When we look around for faces
And there’s only me and you
I see the faces, faces in the forest
Eyes among the trees, looking through the leaves
I hear the voices, voices in the forest
Asking just to stay, where they live and play
(for more than just today)
Artificial World
©2000 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
All things change as time goes by
Just like you and me
But it’s a darker kind of change that worries me
Where there once was land untouched by man
As far as you could see
There’s now a shopping mall and traffic in the streets
It used to be a special place
To walk among the trees
And listen to the falling of the leaves
But that’s no more, it’s all gone now
A part of history
A thousand houses sit where it used to be
Do you really want to live in an artificial world
Where what was real is now just history
Do you really want to live in an artificial world
When you know it’s not the way it was meant to be
I don’t want to live in an artificial world
I don’t want to live in an artificial world
In an artificial world
In an artificial world
If you ever find a special place
To walk among the trees
And listen to the falling of the leaves
Protect it well and never tell
A soul about it please
Just keep it safe and secret, and free
Chorus
Get Along
©2000 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
I walk the beach as the sun goes down
I watch it melt in the sea
Star bright, the first star tonight
I’ll make a wish for you and me
Standing there with my toes in the sand
The tide’s bringing in the sea
Star bright, the first starlight
I’ll make a wish for you and me
But I won’t wish for money
And I won’t wish for gold
Cause what we need’s more precious
Than anything we can hold
I’ll wish for people to care
About what’s happening here
I wish the world would come together
And get along
I look around as the sun goes down
A funny feeling comes to me
Twilight, with all my might
I make a wish for you and me
The day’s done, but are the battles won?
And who’s the enemy?
Star bright, the first star light
I make a wish for you and me
But I won’t wish for money
And I won’t wish for gold
Cause what we need’s more precious
Than anything we can hold
I’ll wish for people to care
About what’s happening here
I wish the world would come together
And get along
(repeat chorus)
The Difference We Can Make
©2000 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
There’s pollution in the air and in the ocean
And there’s poverty and fighting in the streets
The whole planet seems to be in such confusion
And there’s precious little hope for what’s to be
In the forests all the animals are calling
All the birds and insects wondering what to do
And they’re watching as the trees just keep on falling
If they could talk they’d ask you what you’re going to do
But it doesn’t really have to be this way now
There are lots of different steps that we can take
You know it all depends on what you have to say now
You got to know that there’s a difference we can make
The difference we can make is one by one now
It grows and grows with every step we take
It starts with you and me and what we do now
Yeah, there really is a difference we can make
From the oceans now the animals are calling
All the living things are wondering what to do
And they’re watching as their numbers keep on falling
If they could talk they’d ask you what you’re going to do
But it doesn’t really have to be this way now
There are lots of different steps that we can take
You know it all depends on what you have to say now
You got to know that there’s a difference we can make
The difference we can make is one by one now
It grows and grows with every step we take
It starts with you and me and what we do now
Yeah, there really is a difference we can make
The Eyes of the World
©2000 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
A walk down by the sea, the very air you breathe
And the sounds of insects singing in the evening
It’s not so hard to see, it depends on you and me
And the people we’ve entrusted with our power
People in high places
Deciding on just how the world will be
Will they give in to money or to pressure?
Will they give in to politics and greed?
And the eyes, the eyes of the world
Are on you, and what you do
Yeah, the eyes, the eyes of the world
Are on you, and what you do today
The things you do and say
Yeah, the eyes of the world are on you
As you look up to the sky are there birds still flying by?
Are there animals still living there around you?
It’s not so hard to see, it depends on you and me
And the people we’ve entrusted with our power
People in high places
Deciding on just how the world will be
Will they give in to money or to pressure?
Will they give in to politics and greed?
And the eyes, the eyes of the world
Are on you, and what you do
Yeah, the eyes, the eyes of the world
Are on you, and what you do today
The things you do and say
Yeah, the eyes of the world are on you
Ivory
©2000 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder
You just know it when it’s there for all to see
But beauty keeps some young from growing older
‘Cause money is the sight through which some see
No, it’s not because the carvings are so pretty
It’s not because of tradition or history
Not self-defense or even for religion
It’s money that kills an elephant for ivory
Ivory, ivory
Ivory, ivory
Ivory, ivory
It’s money that kills an elephant for ivory
They make it into things that are so delicate
They carve it with such patience and artistry
You’d hardly ever guess a thing of such beauty
In the end is simply evidence of atrocity
No, it’s not because the carvings are so pretty
It’s not because of tradition or history
Not self-defense or even for religion
It’s money that kills an elephant for ivory
Chorus
Tell Me Why
©2000 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
Well it’s just another day in this part of Africa
Another TV crew is here to shoot the scene
Turn on the microphone, turn on the camera
Turn on the evening news it’s there to see
You might want to say
Make it all just go away
But for that to have a chance to be
It takes you and me
You might want to say
Make it all just go away
But for that to have a chance to be
It takes you and me
Tell me why, it has to be
That so many of us refuse to see
Tell me why
Won’t you tell me why
If we’re not blind won’t you tell me why
We don’t seem to see
It’s just another day here in the Amazon
You can see the smoke and you can feel the heat
Hear the cracklin’ of the fire as the trucks keep rollin’ on
And on the evening news it’s right there to see
You might want to say
Make it all just go away
But for that to have a chance to be
It takes you and me
You might want to say
Make it all just go away
It takes you and me
chorus
I Wonder Who
©2000 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
Some of us we close our eyes
others see and start to cry
Some will look but they won’t see
some see but they just won’t believe
What’s one rhino less to me
one elephant or chimpanzee
Can someone really feel that way
and if they did would you know what to say?
I wonder, I wonder who
I wonder, I wonder who
I wonder, I wonder who
I wonder, I wonder who
Will they say is to blame, at the end of the game
Well it’s all such a shame, but it’s true
I wonder who
In the water and on the land
you can see the mark of man
There really is no hiding place
no rest stop in this frantic human race
Jungles and the forests, too
we’re losing them to people who
Don’t seem to care about the Earth
they just don’t realize what it’s worth
chorus
Once Upon a Time
©2000 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
Once upon a time, when we were young
In the olden days
We thought everything was fine,
We couldn’t see a sign of trouble
But now that we’re on our own,
And years have come and gone
We can see that things aren’t the way
They used to be
Once upon a time it seemed you could see forever
And the air smelled fine,
Like a cool and clean spring day
But that’s how it used to be,
And I know that you’ll agree
It just doesn’t seem that way anymore today
It was once upon a time
Once upon a time
It was once upon a time
Just once upon a time
We thought everything was fine
Once upon a time
Once upon a time things were a whole lot greener
And a walk in the woods wasn’t a day’s drive away
But that’s how it used to be,
And I know that you’ll agree
It just doesn’t seem that way anymore today
chorus
When You Look at the World
©2000 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
You’ve got your luxury car, you’ve got your cellular phone
You’ve got a portable computer, and another one at home
You’ve got an S-U-V, you’ve got your video games
Got your house with a pool, and your neighbors got the same
But when you look at the world
Do you like what you see
Is it the kind of place
That you want it to be
Would you trade your luxury car for a breath of fresh air?
Give up your portable computer for clean water to share?
Sacrifice a video game for the life of a child?
Trade in your swimming pool to save the forests for a while?
chorus
I know it’s easy to say what good can one person do
But don’t just throw it away, it starts with me and you
And me and you become we, when we’re together you see
And when the world becomes we, we can do anything
chorus