YES


Going For The One

(1977 / 2003)



1. Going For The One 5'32
(Jon Anderson)
©1977, 1978 TOPOGRAPHIC MUSIC Ltd. (PRS)
All rights administered by WB MUSIC Corp.
2. Turn Of The Century 7'56
(Jon Anderson / Steve Howe / Alan White)
©1977, 1978 TOPOGRAPHIC MUSIC Ltd. (PRS)
All rights administered by WB MUSIC Corp.
3. Parallels 5'58
(Chris Squire)
©1977 TOPOGRAPHIC MUSIC Ltd. (PRS)
All rights administered by WB MUSIC Corp.
4. Wonderous Stories 3'50
(Jon Anderson)
©1977, 1978 TOPOGRAPHIC MUSIC Ltd. (PRS)
All rights administered by WB MUSIC Corp.
5. Awaken 15'39
(Jon Anderson / Steve Howe)
©1977 TOPOGRAPHIC MUSIC Ltd. (PRS)
All rights administered by WB MUSIC Corp.

Bonus Tracks

6. Montreux's Theme 2'38

(Steve Howe / Chris Squire / Jon Anderson / Alan White)
7. Vevey 4'47
(Jon Anderson / Rick Wakeman)
8. Amazing Grace 2'36
(Traditional / Arr. Chris Squire)
9. Going For The One (Rehearsal) 5'10
(Jon Anderson)
10. Parallels (Rehearsal) 6'21
(Chris Squire)
11. Turn Of The Century (Rehearsal) 6'59
(Jon Anderson / Steve Howe / Alan White)
12. Eastern Number (Early Version of Awaken) 12'17
(Jon Anderson / Steve Howe)

Total Time: 79:43


  • Jon Anderson - Harp (5), Vocals (1-5)
  • Steve Howe - Acoustic Guitar (2, 5), Electric Guitar (2-5), Steel Guitar (1), Vachalia (4), Pedal Steel Guitar (5), Vocals (1, 3-5)
  • Rick Wakeman - Piano (1-2), Electric Keyboards (1-2), Keyboard (5), Church Organ * (3, 5), Polymoog (4)
  • Chris Squire - Bass Guitar (1-5), Vocals (1-5)
  • Alan White - Drums (1, 3-5), Tuned Percussion (2, 5), Percussion (3, 4)

    All Tracks Arranged & Produced by YES
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    Sound Produced by Bill Inglot
    Remastering: Dan Hersch and Bill Inglot at
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    Editorial Supervision: Cory Erye
    Art Direction & Design: Greg Allen@gapd with Bryan Lasley
    Photos: Richard E. Aaron / Rockpix.com (pgs. 5 & 6 top left & right), London Features (pg. 2), Neal Preston (pg. 6 bottom), Rory (pgs. 8-9), and TOLCALSUNSHINE / RETNA Ltd. (pg. 8-9 background)
    Project Assistance: Karen LeBlanc,Tim Scanlin, April Milek, Randy Perry, Leigh Hall, Ginger Detunan and Steven Chean
    Executive Producer: Brian Lane
    Recording Engineer: John Timperley
    Assisted by David Richards
    Sleeve Design and Photography by HIPGNOSLS
    YES Logo Designed by Roger Dean
    Graphics by George Hardie
    Inner Spread Photo: Alex Grob and Jaques Straessle
    Sean Davis - Disc Cutting
    Our road Crew Claude, Jom, John, Nigel, Nu Nu,Toby and Snoopy

    Rick Wakeman appears Courtesy of A&M RECORDS

    Thanks To Alex, Sandy, Pat, }ill and everybody at No.9
    Love and Thanks To: Jenny, Jan, Rory, Ros and Elaine

    Special Thanks To:

    Patrick Moraz, Michael Òîe, Adam Wildi, Qive Richardson, Eugene, Anna and Alex Grob, Claude Nobs, All at WEA Montreux, Phil Carson, Ahmet and Nesuhi, Jerry Greenberg, Dan Hedges, Elliot Hoffman, David Moss, Mark Nicholas, Ian Billinge, Frank Barsalona, Barbara Skydel, Roy Ericson, AMBASSADOR TRAVEL, Q.P.R., BRENTFORD ÂÑ, The MAYFAIR, The WHITE HORSE, The MUSEUM CLUB, GIBSON Guitars, RICKENBACKER Guitars, LUDWIG Drums, MOOG and to All those in Montreux who made our stay enjoyable.

    Special Thanks: Clifford W. Loeslin and Don Williams

    Recorded at MOUNTAIN STUDIOS, Montreux, Switzerland
    *Recorded at St. MARTINS Church, Vevey, Switzerland

    YES WORLD, The YES Online Service





    1. Going For The One

      Get the idea cross around the track
      Underneath the flank of a thoroughbred racing chaser
      Getting the feel as a river flows
      Would you like to go n' shoot the mountain masses
      And here you stand no taller than the grass sees
      And should you really chase so hard
      The truth of sport plays rings around you

      Going for the one
      Going for the one

      Get in the way as the tons of water
      Racing with you crashing thru the rudder
      Once at the start you gamble
      That you really surely really mean to finish
      After seeing all your sense of fear diminish
      As you treat danger a pure collection
      As you throw away misconceptions
      Going for the one
      Going for the one
      Going for a listen in time
      taken so high
      to touch to move
      listen to life
      touching touch time
      travel twilight
      taken so high
      Roundabout, sounding out, love you so
      love you so
      love you so


      Now the verses I've sang
      Don't add much weight to the story in my head
      So I'm thinking I should go and write a punch line
      But they're so hard to find
      In my cosmic mind
      So I think I'll take a look out of the window
      When I think about you
      I don't feel low
      N'should I really chase so hard
      The truth of sport plays rings around you
      Going for the one
      Going for the one
      Going for to listen in time
      taken so high
      to touch to move
      listen to life
      Touching touch time
      travel twilight
      taken so high
      taking your time
      turn on to love
      turnstile to one
      tender timing
      rocking rolling
      listen in time
      taken so high
      to touch to move
      listen to life
      touching touchtime
      travel twilight
      taken so high
      taking your time
      turn on to love
      turnstile to one
      tender timing
      rocking rolling
      turn on to love
      turnstile to one
      tender timing
      rocking rolling

      Moments decide
      Moments delight
      Moments in flight
      Talk about sending love

    2. Turn Of The Century

      Realising a form out of stone
      Set hands moving
      Roan shaped his heart
      Thru his working hands
      Work to mould his passion into clay
      Like the sun

      In his room, his lady
      She would dance and sing so completely
      So be still, he now cries
      I have time, oh let clay transform thee so

      In the deep cold of night
      Winter calls, he cries, don't deny me
      For his lady, deep her illness
      Time has caught her
      And will for all reasons take her

      In the still light of dawn, she dies
      Helpless hands soul revealing

      Like leaves we touch, we learn
      We once knew the story
      As Winter calls he will starve
      All but to see the stone be life

      Now Roan no more tears
      Set to work his strength
      So transformed him
      Realising a form out of stone, his work
      So absorbed him
      Could she hear him
      Could she see him
      All aglow was his room dazed in this light
      He would touch her
      He would hold her
      Laughing as they danced
      Highest colours touching others

      Did her eyes at the turn of the century
      Tell me plainly
      When we meet, how we'll love, oh let life so transform me

      Like leaves we touched, we danced
      We once knew the story
      As autumn called and we both
      Remembered all those many years ago
      I'm sure we know

      Was the sign with a touch
      As I kiss your fingers
      We walk hands in the sun
      Memories when we're young
      Love lingers so.

      Was it sun thru the haze
      That made all your looks
      As warm as moonlight
      As a pearl deep your eyes
      Tears have flown away
      All the same light

      Did her eyes at the turn of the century
      Tell me plainly
      When we meet how we'll look
      As we smile time will leave me clearly

      Like leaves we touch, we see
      We will know the story
      As Autumn calls we'll both remember
      All those many years ago

    3. Parallels

      When you've tried most everything and nothing's taking you higher
      When you've come to realise, you've been playing with fire
      Hear me when I say to you, it's really down to your heart

      It's the beginning of a new love in sight
      You've got the way to make it all happen
      Set it spinning turning roundabout
      Create a new dimension When we are winning we can stop and shout Making love towards perfection

      I've been all around the world and seen so many faces
      Young and old a story told, filling in my spaces
      Now without a trace of doubt, I feel it every hour

      It's the beginning of a new love inside
      Could be an ever opening flower
      No hesitation when we're all about
      To build a shining tower
      No explanations, need to work it out
      You know we've got the power

      Parallel our sights
      And we will find, that we, we need, to be, where we, belong
      Parallel our heights
      Display our rights and wrongs, and always, keep it STRONG

      It's the beginning of a new love in sight
      Could be an ever opening flower
      No explanations, need to work it out
      You know we've got the power

      It's the beginning of a new love inside
      You've got the way to make it all happen
      Set it spinning turning roundabout
      Create a new dimension
      When we are winning we can stop and shout
      Making love towards perfection

    4. Wonderous Stories

      I awoke this morning
      Love laid me down by the river
      Drifting I turned on up stream
      Bound for my forgiver
      In the giving of my eyes to see your face
      Sound did silence me
      Leaving no trace
      I beg to leave, to hear your wonderous stories
      Beg to hear your wonderous stories 'LA AHA'

      He spoke of lands not far
      Nor lands they were in his mind
      Of fusion captured high
      Where reason captured his time
      In no time at all he took me to the gate
      In haste I quickly
      Checked the time
      If I was late
      I had to leave, to hear your wonderous stories
      Had to hear your wonderous stories 'LA AHA, LA AHA'

      Hearing
      Hearing hearing your wonderous stories
      Hearing your wonderous stories
      It is no lie I see deeply into the future
      Imagine everything
      You're close
      And were you there
      To stand so cautiously at first
      And then so high
      As he spoke my spirit climbed into the sky
      I bid it to return
      To hear your wonderous stories
      Return to hear your wonderous stories
      Return to hear your wonderous stories
      LA AH LA AH AH AH

      Hearing
      Hearing
      Hearing
      Hearing
      Hearing

    5. Awaken

      High Vibration go on
      To the sun, oh let my heart dreaming
      Past a mortal as me
      Where can I be

      Wish the sun to stand still
      Reaching out to touch our own being
      Past all mortal as we
      Here we can be
      We can be here
      Be here now
      Here we can be

      AWAKEN SUNS HIGH STREAMS THRU AWAKEN GENTLE STRONG DREAMS REIGN HERE
      GENTLE MASS .)(. MASS TOUCH STAR, SONG, AGE, LESS TOUCHING

      Workings of man
      Set to ply out historical life
      Reregaining the flower of the fruit of his tree
      All awakening
      All restoring you

      Workings of man
      Crying out from the fire set aflame
      By his blindness to see that the warmth of his being
      Is promised for his seeing his reaching so clearly

      Workings of man
      Driven far from the path
      Rereleased in inhibitions
      So that all is left for you
      all is left for you
      all this left for you NOW...

      Master of Images
      Songs cast a light on you
      Hark thru dark ties
      That tunnel us out of sane existence
      In challenge as direct
      As eyes see young stars assemble

      Master of Light
      All pure chance
      As exists cross divided
      In all encircling mode
      Oh closely guided plan
      Awaken in our heart

      Master of Soul
      Set to touch
      All impenetrable youth
      Ask away
      That thought be contact
      With all that's clear
      Be honest with yourself
      There's no doubt no doubt

      Master of Time
      Setting sail
      Over all our lands
      And as we look
      Forever closer
      Shall we now bid
      Farewell farewell...

      High Vibration go on
      To the sun, oh let my heart dreaming
      Past a mortal as me
      Where can I be

      Wish the sun to stand still
      Reaching out to touch our own being
      Past all mortal as we
      Here we can be
      We can be here

      Like the time I ran away
      And turned around
      And you were standing close to me

      Like the time I ran away
      And turned around
      And you were standing close to me