On The Threshold Of A Dream, 1969

Deram Records
Producer: Tony Clarke
Cover painting: Phil Travers


In The Beginning
(Graeme Edge)
    First Man: I think, I think I am, therefore I am, I think.
Establishment: Of course you are my bright little star,
                I've miles
                 And miles
                  Of files
              Pretty files of your forefather's fruit
                                     and now to suit our
                                       great computer,
             You're magnetic ink.
    First Man: I'm more than that, I know I am, at least, I think I must be.
    Inner Man: There you go man, keep as cool as you can.
                Face piles
                 And piles
                 Of trials
               With smiles.
                    It riles them to believe
                           that you perceive
                          the web they weave
                   And keep on thinking free.

Lovely To See You
(Justin Hayward)
A wonderful day for passing my way.
Knock and my door and even the score
With your eyes.

Lovely to see you again my friend.
Walk along with me to the next bend.

Dark cloud of fear is blowing away.
Now that you're here, you're going to stay
'cause it's

Lovely to see you again my friend.
Walk along with me to the next bend.

Tells us what you've seen in faraway forgotten lands.
Where empires have turned back to sand.

Wonderful day for passing my way.
Knock and my door and even the score
With your eyes.

Lovely to see you again my friend.
Walk along with me to the next bend.

Dear Diary
(Ray Thomas)
Dear diary, what a day it's been.
Dear diary, it's been just like a dream.
Woke up late. Wasn't where I should have been.
For goodness sake what's happening to me.
Write lightly, yours truly, dear diary.

It was cold outside my door.
So many people by the score.
Rushing around so senselessly.
They don't notice there's people like me.
Write lightly, yours truly, dear diary.

They don't know what they're playing.
They've no way of knowing what the game is.
Still they carry on doing what they can.
Outside me, yours truly, dear diary.

It's over. Will tomorrow be the same?
I know that they're really not to blame.
If they wern't so blind then surely they'd see.
There's a much better way for them to be.
Inside me, yours truly, dear diary.

.
.
.

Somebody exploded an H-bomb today.
But it wasn't anyone I knew.

Send Me No Wine
(John Lodge)
Send me no wine
To make an invitation.
Leave me no time
In your imagination.
Only to find
Words in your mind
They're gonna make you, leave your,
Leave your heart behind.

Send me, send me no wine,
To send my love away.
Send me, send me no wine,
To send my love away.

(For) once in my life
I need no conversation.
All of my time
I'll spend in fascination.
Give me my love,
With you in my life.
If only everybody
Found the answer in love.

Send me, send me no wine,
To send my love away.
Send me, send me no wine,
To send my love away.

To Share Our Love
(John Lodge)
Makes me feel good,
Now I can see
It takes more than one to give
The life we need.

(Parts A and B run concurrently)

(A) I can't think why                 (B) Can't think                              |
|                                         Why I never thought                      |
|   I never thought of this before        Of this before, now I know               |
|                                         What it means to me                      |
|   Now I know what it means to share     To share, share all my love with you,    |
|                                         To share, share all my love with you.    |
|   To share my love.                                                              |
|                                                                                  |
|                                                                                  |
|   Now I know why                        Can't think                              |
|                                         Why I never thought                      |
|   I've found the answer for myself      Of this before, now I know               |
|                                         What it means to me                      |
|   What a day it would be to share       To share, share all my love with you,    |
|                                         To share, share all my love with you.    |
|   To share your love                                                             |

So Deep Within You
(Mike Pinder)
Talk to me baby, I want to sleep at night.
My heart is heavy, it's weighed down by the night.
And now I'm lonely, I want to see the light
So deep within you.

Cool wind is blowing through your crazy hair.
Warm colours flowing, this feeling we have shared.
And now I'm lonely I want to feel the love
So deep within you.

Your love's a never ending dream,
A castle by a stream of sweet understanding.
I know you're thinking of me too, the messages
From you are my inspiration.

Love's incense lingers, it never fades away.
Like you I'm waiting for our special day.
And now I'm lonely I want to feel the love
So deep within you

My love is burning, like a forest fire.
My heart is yearning, I feel a warm desire.
And now I'm lonely I want to tough the fire
So deep within you.

Never Comes The Day
(Justin Hayward)
Work away today, work away tomorrow.
Never comes the day for my love and me.
I feel her gently sighing as the evening slips away.
If only you knew what's inside of me now
You wouldn't want to know me somehow,
But
You will love me tonight,
We alone will be alright,
In the end.

Give just a little bit more
Take a little bit less
From each other tonight
Admit what you're feeling
And see what's in front of you,
It's never out of your sight.
You know it's true,
We all know that it's true.

Work away today, think about tomorrow
Never comes the day for my love and me.
I feel her gently sighing as the evening slips away.
If only you knew what's inside of me now
You wouldn't want to know me somehow,
But
You will love me tonight,
We alone will be alright,
In the end.

Give just a little bit more
Take a little bit less
From each other tonight
Admit what you're feeling
And see what's in front of you,
It's never out of your sight.
You know it's true,
We all know that it's true.

Lazy Day
(Ray Thomas)
Lazy day, Sunday afternoon,
Like to get your feet up, watch T.V.
Sunday roast is something good to eat,
Must be beef today 'cause lamb was last week.

So full up, bursting at the seams,
Soon you'll start to nod off, happy dreams.
Wake up, for tea and buttered scones
Such a lot of work for you Sunday Moms.

It's such a crying shame
Week after week the same.

Today's heaven-sent and you're feeling content,
You worked all week long.
Still, it's quite sad tomorrow's so bad
And I don't feel so strong.

Lazy day, Sunday afternoon,
Like to get your feet up, watch T.V.
Sunday roast is something good to eat,
Now it's almost over till week.

That's how your life goes by
Until the day you die.

Are You Sitting Comfortably
(Ray Thomas and Justin Hayward)
Take another sip my love and see what you will see,
A fleet of golden galleons, on a crystal sea.
Are you sitting comfortably?
Let Merlin cast his spell.

Ride along the winds of time and see where we have been,
The glorious age of Camelot, when Guinevere was Queen.
It all unfolds before your eyes
As Merlin casts his spell.

The seven wonders of the world he'll lay before your feet,
In far-off lands, on distant shores, so many friends to meet.
Are you sitting comfortably?
Let Merlin cast his spell.

The Dream
(Graeme Edge)

When the white eagle of the North is flying overhead
The browns, reds and golds of autumn lie in the gutter, dead.
Remember then, that summer birds with wings of fire flaying
Came to witness springs new hope, born of leaves decaying.
Just as new life will come from death, love will come at leisure.
Love of love, love of life and giving without measure
Gives in return a wonderous yearn of a promise almost seen.
Live hand-in-hand and together we'll stand on the threshold of a dream.

Have You Heard (part 1)
(Mike Pinder)
Now you know that you are real,
Show your friends that you and me
Belong to the same world,
Turned on to the same word,
Have you heard?

Now you know that you are free,
Living all your life at ease.
Each day has its always,
A look down life's hallways, doorways,
To lead you there.

The Voyage

** Instrumental **

Have You Heard (part 2)
(Mike Pinder)
Now you know how nice it feels,
Scatter good seed in the fields.
Life's ours for the making,
Eternity's waiting, waiting,
For you and me.

Now you know that you are real,
Show your friends that you and me
Belong to the same world,
Turned on to the same word,
Have you heard?
Have you heard?
Have you heard?
Have you heard?
Have you heard?