John WETTON


Welcome Back To Heaven

(Sinister)

(2000)



1. Heart Of Darkness 4'52
(John Wetton / Jim Vallance)
2. Say It Ain't So 3'54
(John Wetton / Jim Vallance)
3. No Ordinary Miracle 4'51
(John Wetton / Jim Peterik)
4. Where Do We Go From Here 3'19
(John Wetton / Jim Vallance)
5. E-SCAPE 4'09
(Robert Fripp / John Wetton / Ian McDonald)
6. Another Twist Of The Knife 4'31
(John Wetton / Richard Wagner)
7. Silently 3'44
(John Wetton / Kevin Savigar)
8. Before Your Eyes 2'53
(John Wetton / John Young)
9. Second Best 4'01
(John Wetton / Sue Shiffrin / David Cassidy)
10. Real World 2'40
(John Wetton / Ringo Starr)

Bonus Tracks
(Only on Japanese release)

11. Love Is 4'28

(John Wetton / Jim Peterik)
12. Space And Time
(slow acoustic version) 4'21
(John Wetton / Jim Peterik)

Total Time: 47:43


  • John Wetton - Vocals, Bass, Guitars, Keyboards
  • John Mitchell - Guitars
  • Robert Fripp - Soundscape Guitar
  • Dick Wagner - Guitars
  • Jim Vallance - Guitar, Keyboards, Drums
  • Jim Peterik - Guitar, Keyboards
  • Gary Chandler - Guitars
  • Ron Komie - Guitars
  • Steve Hackett - Harmonica
  • Martin Orford - Keyboards
  • John Young - Keyboards, Program
  • Guy Roche - Keyboards
  • Martin Orford - Keyboards, Flute, Program
  • Ian McDonald - Alto Flute
  • Tod Sucherman - Drums
  • Greg Bisonette - Drums
  • Steve Christey - Drums
  • Sue Shiffrin - Backing Vocals
  • David Cassidy - Backing Vocals

    Recorded in southern England and North America, the amount of talent at work is the birth of this CD is quite considerable.
    Jim Vallance of Vancouver - one of Canada's finest songwriters, Chicago's Jim Peterik - writer of a song in a milliion, the silver - throated Richard Wagner, the lovely Richard Starkey - a man in a million. Kevin Savigar - Rod Stewart's keyboard wiz, as well as old friends Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald, Sue Shifrin, David Cassidy and John Young. All contributed to the writing and creation of this opus. For me, the new millennium brings new opportunity and enthusiasm, a fresh hunger to explore and to play again in the studio and live concerts.
    The wonderful musicians who have helped to make this album Steve Hackett, Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald, Dick Wagner, Johnny Young, Gary Chandler, Steve Christey, John Mitchell, Greg Bisonette, Todd Sucherman, Keith Besseey and last - but never least Martin Orford.
    Master craftsmen all. My thanks go to them, the technicians - Rob Aubrey Steve Smith, Paul Kennedy, David Singleton, Jim Vallance, Keith Bessey. My Thanks To Mr. Nacoiro Yamazaki at AVALON RECORDS, for giving me the opportunity this volume of my life.
    As always, all of my songs are autobiographical, so this is the right stuff • I don't know how to do it any other way.
    Sometimes, music can be joyful and rapid, at other laborious and painful, but it is always hones: and truly heartfelt. I do hope that you enjoy listening to this music as much as I enjoyed creating it.

    New Forest. England
    October 2000




    1. Heart Of Darkness

      Doing fine now, I'm feeling better
      Must admit that I was riding for a fall
      Can't explain how, I'm not a quitter
      Still it seems sometimes I have no luck at all

      Ain't it funny how time can change things
      Now I know it was worth all the waiting

      In the heart of darkness there's a golden light
      Like a silent witness, it's burning bright
      In the depth of sadness, in the dead of night
      In the heart of darkness, there's a golden light


      In my lifetime, there's been trouble
      When I was young I knew that things were gonna change
      Now it's my time, those days are gone forever
      I can realize there's only me to blame

      Ain't it funny how time can change things
      Now I know it was worth all the waiting

      In the heart of darkness there's a golden light
      Like a silent witness, it's burning bright
      In the depth of sadness, in the dead of night
      In the heart of darkness, there's a golden light

    2. Say It Ain't So

      I realized all the things that I'd taken for granted
      Peace, there in your eyes, was everything I ever wanted my life to be
      I've seen all the signs, I'd better believe what they're saying
      Read every line, of your letter, I tell you I'm praying
      Say it's not true, no, it couldn't be so
      But the look in your eye's telling me otherwise
      I stand tall, ready to fall
      Somehow I know that I'm throwing it all away

      Say it ain't so, say we can turn back the clock for one day
      Say it ain't so, what I'm hearing now, darling, I don't wanna know, Oh no

      Say it ain't so, say we can turn back the clock for one day
      Say it ain't so, what I'm hearing now, darling, I don't wanna know, Oh no

      Say it ain't so, far away that these memories lose all their meaning
      I wanna know, that you'll stay, 'cause part of me won't stop believing
      What can I do? Oh I can't let you go, please won't you see what you're doing to me?
      If it's true, well, let me hear it from you
      How can I life when I'm giving it all away

      Say it ain't so, tell me it's all in my mind, I've been dreaming
      Say it ain't so, I can't help what I'm feeling, I gotta know
      Say it ain't so, I promise whatever you want, I'll be waiting
      I can take all the pain but I can't let you go, oh noе

      I'll make it up to you
      If I can find a way
      Tell me what I have to do
      I'm begging you to stay


      Say it ain't so, I can't help what I'm feeling, I gotta know
      Say it ain't so, say we can turn back the clock for one day
      I can take all the pain but I can't let you go, oh no.

      I realized, all the things that I'd taken for granted
      Peace, in your eyes, was everything I ever wanted
      Say it ain't soе.

    3. No Ordinary Miracle

      Here I stand, not so different from the rest
      A common man, with an uncommon dream inside
      I won't be satisfied, with the fortunes I've been blessed
      For there's one thing I've been denied
      Till you arrived, now I'm trying not to break
      This spell I'm under

      If the heavens would calm the seas, and a hush fell on every horizon
      I would not be amazed, not for one moment
      For 'though we are past the age of miracles
      Maybe this one's overdue
      'Cause I've been sent no ordinary miracle
      This miracle is you

      Here we are, as we face another day, and come what may
      We must stand and be counted
      As one must hope and pray, for the courage and the strength
      That I never doubted, oh it's my belief
      That a single prayer has the power of thunder

      If the heavens would calm the seas, and a hush fell on every horizon
      I would not be amazed, not for one moment
      For 'though we are past the age of miracles
      Maybe this one's overdue
      'Cause I've been sent no ordinary miracle
      This miracle is you

      In a lifetime of chains, it's never too late
      In patience we wait for a gift from the blue
      To carry us through, to carry us throughе

      If the heavens would part the seas so that all hands could reach to each other
      I would not be amazed, not for one moment
      For 'though we are past the age of miracles, maybe this one's overdue
      'Cause I've been sent no ordinary miracle
      This miracle is you
      For 'though we are past the age of miracles, maybe this one's overdue
      'Cause I've been sent no ordinary miracle
      This miracleеis you

    4. Where Do We Go From Here

      A stolen glance, a shared romance
      We should have said goodbye
      Instead we found a secret love, that no-one knows
      Just you and I
      So we held on for so long, no need to question why
      Now I fight back the feeling
      I can't resist, I can't give in, but to carry on would be a sin, tell me

      Where do we go from here?
      Where do we turn now that everything has changed
      The colours are fading that once were so clear, so
      Where do we go, where do we go from here?

      I walk in the shadows, stand in the rain
      You run to our rendez-vous, I ask myself
      Will I see the same girl I used to, or a stranger to me?
      The sweet taste of danger
      The same charade in a cheap hotel, or is it love?
      I just can't tell, so

      Where do we go from here?
      Where do we turn now that everything has changed
      The colours are fading that once were so clear, so
      Where do we go, where do we go from here?

    5. E-SCAPE

      (instrumetal)

    6. Another Twist Of The Knife

      When the night rolls in, black as sin
      I don't need reminding 'bout the shape I'm in
      Well I hate to lose, but I know I can't win with you

      Yeah, the laugh's on me but enough is enough
      My cover's blown over, and I ain't that tough
      It's the same old joke, and it's getting real old
      Your alibis, baby, are leaving me coldе

      You and me, our worlds collide
      All that's left is pain and pride
      Every day you ain't in my life, all I feel inside isе
      Another twist of the knife

      Here it comes again
      Another twist of the knife
      I'm living in pain
      Another twist of the knife
      Well, my life with you is a one way street
      In a town made of ice, where there ain't no heat
      It's a crying shame, but I get no love from you

      When the highway's closed and the gates are shut
      Your heart is a place that I just can't touch
      One last thing 'fore you walk away
      Turn out the lights on memory laneе
    Chorus
      Go on, cut me until I bleed
      Show me just what you feel for me
      I got no more to lose
      So do what you gotta do

    7. Silently

      Words can't explain
      What you mean to me now
      Now what can remain?
      All we have lost in pain, and love has won again
      When we opened our hearts

      What were we fighting for?
      I can't remember
      I think we've said enough
      Let's stay together

      Silently, in serenity, let it be, and come to me silently

      This is what I
      Want it to be
      And know that you
      Longed for it too
      But we both were afraid

      What were we fighting for?
      I can't remember
      I think we've said enough
      Let's stay together

      Silently, in serenity, let it be, and come to me silently

      But in the end it will depend on you and meе

    8. Before Your Eyes

      Yesterday you thought the flame has flickered again
      A feeling from the past you'd recognize
      But maybe tomorrow morning I won't be there
      Cos if you're looking for the answer, then it's
      Right before your eyes

      Look into the mirror, who is it you see?
      The face of someone now as cold as ice
      The anger in your mind turns now toward regret
      If you're looking for the answer
      Then it's right before your eyes

      When your bed is empty
      And you're thinking of me
      Your mind will dwell on all your sacrifice
      For surely tomorrow morning, I won't be there
      And if you're looking for the answer, then it's
      Right before your eyes

    9. Second Best

      When you called me, and you told me that you needed someone
      I was hoping that that someone was me
      Here you are and now I know that I've been fooling myself
      If you love someone else
      Don't come running to me for help, 'cause

      I don't wanna know how he broke your heart, 'n'
      I don't wanna know how you cried
      I won't stand in his shoes, I won't play the part, not like the rest, no
      I'm never gonna be your second best

      I remember when you left me all the reasons you gave
      Why his love would be much stronger than mine
      You believed his promises, but all that glitters ain't gold
      Won't fall for it again
      Using me to get back at him, so

      I don't wanna know how he broke your heart, 'n'
      I don't wanna know how you cried
      I won't stand in his shoes, I won't play the part, not like the rest, no
      I'm never gonna be your second best

      Oh it hurts, for you, girl
      It's the end of your world
      What about me? When you left
      How's it feel to be second best?

    10. Real World

      Is it just an illusion, that I'm losing it, it didn't
      happen yesterday
      Is it only confusion, that I'm using amusing
      myself from day to day
      Tell the truth, have we gone too far?
      Losing sight of what we did and who we are

      'Cause it's the real world that we're living in
      And with human kind I feel I don't fit in
      Sometimes it just frightens me to think of
      where I've been
      And the many times I felt like giving in
      But the real world is the right place to begin

    11. Love Is

      You come here looking for asylum, from a world that
      doesn't understand
      I'm not an easy touch, I've lived too long and seen too much,
      and not about to fall at your command
      I've been a fool for your affection
      And part of me would love to take you in
      Your innocence has caught me, but a thousand nights have
      taught me thatе

      Love isеmore than a fire
      Love goesеbeyond desire
      Love standsеwhen everything falls apart
      I don't think that you know whatеLove Is

      Love Is, Love Is, God knows, there's gotta be so much more
      Say it again when you know what Love Is

      I could take advantage of the situation
      Say I'll make your every wish come true
      You in your world of dreams, where money talks and
      beauty screams
      You got the whole scenario in view
      And so you look in my direction
      You're bringing me another broken heart
      Your ego may be dented, but as much as I am temptedе

      (chorus)


      You know there was a time, if you had come my way
      I would have welcomed you with open arms
      Begging you to stay, but maybe not today, no way

    12. Space And Time

      Just a face, I saw for a moment
      Flashing eyes, inscribed on my soul
      I reach to you, through another dimension
      So if you feel a shiver, you'll know

      I can see you clearer and clearer
      Through the mist like a beacon's light
      You reflect in a distant mirror
      Moving through space and time tonight

      I am calling you, can you hear me?
      All alone on a midnight flight
      Is it foolish to think that feelings flow
      Through space and time tonight?

      It chills the air, like the feeling of danger
      A presence felt, an ethereal light
      A silhouette, the scent of a stranger
      I know it's you, with me tonight
      I can see you clearer and clearer
      Concentrate with all your might
      You reflect in a distant mirror
      Altering space and time tonight

      I am calling you, can you reach me?
      All alone on a midnight flight
      Is it foolish to think that feelings flow
      Through space and time tonight?
      I am thinking about you right now
      I'll arrive with the morning light
      It's a message I rush to you, alone
      Through space and time tonight

      Tell me do you believe in what can't be explained?
      What our reason will not allow
      Moving out of this world, passing through space and time
      To a love that is here and nowе