From the recording Dreamwalkers
The Redemption words and music by Richard Schulman
Jeff Hocker: Bass Guitar
Tony Sheppard: Lead Guitar
Debbie Stern: Harmony Vocals, Keyboards
Patrick Russini: Drums
Richard Schulman: Vocals, Guitars
Engineering: Al Torchia, Speakeasy Studio, Richard Schulman, Dreamwalker Studio
Mixing and Mastering: Richard Schulman, Jeff Hocker, Patrick Russini
Lyrics
The Redemption
How about some cosmic humor
A strange and karmic joke
Started as a rumor
Of a great galactic hoax
This cannot be happening
I’ve walked between the worlds
There wasn’t any crying
My mind lost in a swirl
CHORUS 1
Taken by a flying saucer
Be easier to explain
Riding on a roller coaster
Ups and downs of my own game
New age magician
Don’t look up my sleeve
Now I have permission
To change what I believe
Here comes another chapter
There goes a second scene
For every aging actor
Whose plot has been knocked clean
But I don’t trust a man
Who hasn’t hit the wall
There is no redemption
Without a tragic fall
CHORUS 2
A naïve native healer
Many souls to save
Stuck here in a jail cell
Treated like a slave
Betrayed and bewildered
Laughter came to me
Maybe just one moment
When it made sense to be
BREAK TO VERSE
CHORUS 1
Taken by a flying saucer
Be easier to explain
Riding on a roller coaster
Ups and downs of my own game
New age magician
Don’t look up my sleeve
Now I have permission
To change what I believe
The gig is almost ending
I might get some sleep
What would truly help my mending
Are your blue eyes so deep
Took a ride out to the country
Hear the sounds of my guitar
The gentle bliss of silence
Friends who are not afar.
BREAK 2
CHORUS 1
Taken by a flying saucer
Be easier to explain
Riding on a roller coaster
Ups and downs of my own game
New age magician
Don’t look up my sleeve
Now I have permission
To change what I believe
This gig finally ended
I got myself some sleep
What truly helped my mending
Was s this music so sleek
Took a ride across the country
I bought a new guitar
My friends are right beside me
Searching for a star