Dedication to my brother Jeff Porcaro,
and my friend Brandon Lee. I miss You ..... Luke
All my Love To my Family forever .......
Cristina and Trevor Lukather, Bill and Kathy Lukather,
Jean Johnson, Jerry & Lora Lukather kitch,
Miriam Posada, Leslie Sloane, Ernie, Jane, Daryll Lee and Julie Jenewen,
Marie Clirrie, Bob, Cherie & Jake Hays, Don Clirrie and Clirrie Family.
I want to take this opportunity to recognize my friends around the world who have given me incredible support and guidance.
This is a Very Special album to me - the first one since making my move to the U.S. My first encounter with Steve was in Japan in 1986,
where we played together in the JEFF BECK BAND (The evening ended with a race through the forest in two "borrowed" electric golf carts. Thank You Ravi, our pit crew that night). Six years later, we meet again for the TOTO 1992 World Tour rehearsals the circumstances were sadder, but the chemistry was still there."
"Party In Simon's Pants", an example of that chemistry, is the first composition co-written between Luke and myself we wrote it in three hours, and then laid a rough cassette demo on John, David, Mooth and Chris.
They came, they heard, and then, in 17/8 ... they conquered !
- Simon Phillips - Los Angeles Dec '93
Thanks To Tracy Nurse, Ruud Roben, Brian Yates, Gerard Rutie, Claudia Schmidt, Norman Block, Gary Williams, Steve Millard,
Virgine Auclar, Jochen Leuschner, Hubert Wandjo, Sten at KLINTEBERG, Hans Skoglund, Sam Way, Hanako Tabata, Leon Ramakers, Pascal Bernardin, GOOD NEWS, make it happen, Osse Hoppe, Ema Telstar, MR UDO, SUNVIC, MEDIA PLUS, Michael COPPEL PRESENTS
Very Special Thanks To Mark Napier and All the guys at AUDIO AFFECTS.
Chris Trujillo Thanks:
Martin Cohn and Ray Tragelus at LATIN Percussion,
Rich Mangicaro at PAISTE AMERICA, Eddie Tudori at CAROLINA Sticks, Ross Garfield and
Crew at DRUM DOCTORS, and Mellonie, Anthony Rico and Steve Ray Jeffrey Trujillo.
John Pena plays WARWICK and MOON Basses and would like to Thank Kevin Beller
and Mike Brown at SEYMOUR DUNCAN for their unlimited support.
David Garfield Thanks:
Gerard "G-Man" McCarthy - Keyboard Tech and Slackmeister,
Justin McCarthy - McCARTHY Keyboard - cartage and support,
also Jimmy Williamson, Angus, uncle Will Lee, and YAMAHA Keyboard's staff.
Cast of Re-occurrng Characters:
George Acocny, Rick and Stacy Allen,
Sterunc, Stacy, Scotty, Brian and Casey Ball,
Tom and Penny Bell, Jeff Beck and Jed Ueber,
Bob and James Bradshaw,
David Caballero, Scott "Serge" and Jennifer Carlson,
George Clooney, Lon Cohen,
Staff at CAPITOL: Paula Salvatore, Michael
Frondelu, Freddie Brock, and Louise Glover,
Frank, Hank and Sammy Davis, Jr.,
Dave and Dee Mancini, Kelle Creamer,
Kenny Korbel,
Greg Dl Benedetto and Robert Dye At Cuitar World,
Nigel Dick, Warren Dmartni,
Love To staff at Fitzgerald Hartley:
Dave "Bad Boy" Dillon, Yvonne Wish,
Anita Heug, Michelle McKee,
Mark Fletcher, Armando Gallo,
Dudley Gimpell and staff at ERNE BALL / MUSK MAN
George Harrison and Jim Keltner,
Chuck Kavooras, "Big" Alfred Lagarde And The Country Holland,
Mike Landau and TURNING WATER,
Tommy Lee, Guy Mann, Billy Mumy,
Jim Nelson and Mark Felsot at ALBUM NETWORK,
Eddie James, Bode, Brandon,
To anyone I may have forgotten to mention, please forgive the oversight,
Endorsements and Special thanks
MUSK MAN Guitars
ERNE BALL Strings
CUSTOM AUDIO ELECTRONICS
Amplification and Programmable
Effects Processing
Andy Brauer, Walter Rice, Stan Lamendola,
Gary Haber and Sherri Webb at HABER Corp
Billy Sherwood
Extra Special Thanks
to Bob Campbell
to Arneacosta at A&M for going beyond
to Mark Hartley and Larry Fitzgerald
THANKS IS NEVER ENOUGH.
I LOVE YOU GUYS Luke
1. Hero With A 1,000 Eyes
We were toid how the story should go
Strangers in time fighting ancient foes
And that only the way we perceive it
Has chamgld, it still remains
Somehow it's always right against wrong
Always the chance of temptation
But it's never as simple as black or white
Day or night
Ever searching for secrets of lite
Missing the moments of bong altve
But most important things cant be told
They're, in your soul
Put a way ail your worry and pain
Destiny doesnt change things
When you find out what you really need
How will you know
How will you know
Well we all need a hero
Of mythical size
To explain what me cant understand
And we all need a hero
To sacrttce his soul
Where's the hero
With a thousand eyes
With another foolproof plan
You only can see through
Thestranced
And maybe find yourself
Deep insdc this living hell
That knows you oh so well, knows you so well
Now we wont need a hero with a thousand eyes
To explain what we cant understand
We wont need a hero
To sacrifice his soul
Who's the hero
With a thousand eyes
With another useless plan
Now we see through
The strange disguise
so you can find yourself
Deep inside this living hell
That knows you oh so well
Knows you so well
2. Freedom
You got my pride
Hanging outta my bed
You mess1n with my lie
So I bought my lead
Even mess w with my children
And you're screaming at my wife baby
Get off my back
If ya wanna get outta here alive
Freedom Thats what i want now
Freedom That's what i need now
Freedom ??? To live
Freedom So I can't give
You got my heart
Speak electric water
You got my soul
Screamin' and hollerin'
You know you hooked my girlfriend
You know the drugstore man
Well I don't need her now
I'm tryin' to slam it out of her hand
Freedom So I can live
Freedom So I can live
Freedom Yeah!
Freedom That's what I need
You don't have to say that you love me
If you don't mean it you better believe
If you need me or you just wanna bleed me
Better stick in your dagger in someone else
3. Fxtinction Blues
World of fear
Dying sun
Amber tears
Wars to be won
World crown old
Lost to man
All alone
All but forgotten
Same extinction blues
You've heard before the
Same old news
You and i
Last chance
Age of ice
Frozen romance
Time repeats
Death to life
Heartbeats
Save us tonight
Same extinction blues
It's great to be optimistic
And look at the world
Through rose colored eyes
Tell you what not to wish for
Mountains don't move
When you want them to
Same extinction blues
You've heard before
The same old news
Extinction blues
4. Born Yesterday
The first quiet breath of the day
Recalls the night
And as i reflect on the
Through tears gone dry
Am i as bund as i remind myself
Or did i depend on a dried up wishing well
Only till the end of time
Is through
I Will keep
A Burning torch for you
Born yesterday
Thought 1 knew enough
I've never felt this way
Born yesterday
Guess youre not so tough
All hearts don't break the same
Now everything seems to have
A smoother edge
But what really changed was
Suspicion in my head
Was I relieved at my naive display
Put to rest a question i never could explain
You could fool me for a hundred years
But now I won't be
Tortured by my fears
I wasn't born yesterday
Thought i knew enough
I've never felt this way
Born yesterday
Guess you're not so tough
All hearts don't break the same
I finally cut the cord
And all that went with it
And nothing is all i have to give
I didn't know
How good it could feel
Just to live
5. Never Walk Alone
Keep searchd for someone to tell me the truth
It seems like the longer I wait
Hesitate, it comes down to you
Time won't heal
Love ain't real anymore
Halfway to dayught
And my heart is open wide
It seems like the time that we shared
When we cared
It has passed us by
Life ain't fair, when I stare
At this picture of you
I feel the touch of your hand
And the look in your eyes
Oh! Don't ya know I feel just like dying
When the tears start to fall
And my heart turns to stone
I'm telun' you baby
I never walk alone
Life ain't fair, when i stare
At this picture you
I still feel the touch of your hand
And the look in your eyes
Oh! Lord i feel like dying
Cause when the tears start to fall
And my heart turns to stone
I never walk alone
6. Party In Simon's Pants
(instrumental)
7. Borrowed Time
Just silence, from ihe thunder
The reflection a life
Can't reveal the light inside
But its no wonder
Never took the chance to say
For whatever reasons why
Good intentions arent enough
Can't afford to put them oft anymore
But there's nothing to do to make it right
Cause the path of our fate won't be turned aside
Cant expect anyone to understand
But the answer ism your hands
Cuz it's borrowed time
When's the dime running out
Yes it's borrowed time
Just so much lift
Without a doubt
Only borrowed tme
Who decides, I wonder why
I can't say goodbye
Daylight casts my shadow like the rest
Cause the world keeps going on
And I know that from beyond
You feel my helplessness
But if you were standing here
You would laugh about my fears
Like you always did before
You demanded nothing else
Than you ever gave youself
So what am i frightened for
You were the one
To lead the way
Never fooled by the lights
That lead us all astray
And the last one to think
The worst of things
Doesn't change what
Tomorrow brings
Chorus
8. Never Let Them See You Cry
No place left to hide
Fire and smoke on all sides
And you cant tell the sky
From the skeletons, anymore
But there's no time to wait to be saved
The wasteland spread like the plague
And you'll Wind up in somebody's cage
Without a door
Could've been me or you
But if the foot fits the shoe
It just might be a deadly dance
Paint your face
Pound your drum
But don't forget
To load the gun
Say your prayer
And drink your wine
But never let
Them see you cry
And so how will you know
When compromise offers no hope
Take a tip from that tv show
And head for the hills
Cause it's not like there's something to lose
It's only the truth
And it hasn't exactly been used
And it never will
This is not something strange
It expect it to change
And everything will be just fine
9. Froth
10. The Bomber (Cast Your Fate To The Wind)
When I became of age
My momma sat me down
She said, son you've grown up
It's time you look around
So i began to notice some things i
Hadn't seen before
That's what brought me hope
Knockin' on your back door
A closet queen, the worst i've seen
She wants to shake my hand
I don't want to be there
When she decides she can
It's apple dan, he's just the man
To pick fruit off your branches
I can't sleep if he can't keep
His cattle off my ranches
It's too strong, something's wrong
And i guess i lost the feeling
I don't mind the games you play
But I don't like you dealing
The cards look bad, my lucks been had
And there's nothin' left to smoke
Will all be back tomorrow
For the punch line of the joke
11. Song For Jeff
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