Trevor RABIN

Can't Look Away

(1989)

1. I Can't Look Away 7'21
(Trevor Rabin / Bob Ezrin / Alan Moore)
й1989 TREMENDER SONGS (administered by WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING Corp., BMI) / LOZEM MUSIC Inc., BMI / VIRGIN MUISC Inc., ASCAP
2. Something To Hold On To 5'07
(Trevor Rabin)
й1989 TREMENDER SONGS (administered by WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING Corp., BMI)
3. Sorrow (Your Heart) 4'30
(Trevor Rabin)
й1989 TREMENDER SONGS (administered by WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING Corp., BMI)
4. Cover Up 5'17
Cover Up (Trevor Rabin / Gary Rabin / Alan Moore)
й1989 TREMENDER SONGS (administered by WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING Corp., BMI) / LOZEM MUSIC Inc., BMI / VIRGIN MUISC Inc., ASCAP
5. Promises 5'55
(Trevor Rabin)
й1989 TREMENDER SONGS (administered by WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING Corp., BMI)
6. Etoile Noir 1'03
(Trevor Rabin)
й1989 TREMENDER SONGS (administered by WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING Corp., BMI)
7. Eyes Of Love 6'25
(Trevor Rabin / Bob Ezrin)
й1989 TREMENDER SONGS (administered by WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING Corp., BMI) / LOZEM MUSIC Inc., BMI
8. I Didn't Think It Would Last 4'08
(Trevor Rabin / Bob Ezrin)
й1989 TREMENDER SONGS (administered by WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING Corp., BMI) / LOZEM MUSIC Inc., BMI
9. Hold On To Me 4'45
(Trevor Rabin / Patric Van Blerk)
й1989 TREMENDER SONGS (administered by WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING Corp., BMI) / UNICHAPPELL, BMI
10. Sludge 2'27
(Trevor Rabin)
й1989 TREMENDER SONGS (administered by WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING Corp., BMI
11. I Miss You Now 5'38
(Trevor Rabin)
й1989 TREMENDER SONGS (administered by WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING Corp., BMI
12. The Cape 2'56
(Trevor Rabin)
й1989 TREMENDER SONGS (administered by WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING Corp., BMI

Total Time: 55:32

  • Trevor Rabin - All Instruments other than Drums, Vocals, Backing Vocals (2, 3, 7-9)
  • Alan White - Drums (4, 11)
  • Basil - Drums (4, 5, 9, 11)
  • Denny Fongheiser - Drums (7)
  • Lou Molino III - Drums (1-3, 8, 10)
  • Duncan Faure - Vocals, Background Vocals (2, 3, 5, 7-9)
  • The PASSION BROKERS: Tsidi Leloka, Beulah Hashe, Faith Kekana and Marilyn Nokwe - Background Vocals (3-5, 7)
  • Bob Ezrin - Background Vocals (3, 7)

    Produced by Bob Ezrin and Trevor Rabin
    Engineers: Bob Ezrin, Trevor Rabin and Stan (When Do We Eat?) Katayama
    Additional Engineering: Rick Butz, Julian Stoll, Dave Subklewe, Julie Last, Tom Banghart and Ringo Hrycyna
    Management: Tony Dimitriades and Alex Scott for     EAST END MANAGEMENT
    Art Direction: Carol Bobolts
    Photography: Lisa Powers

    Thanks To:
    Bob Krasnow, Howard Thompson, and everyone at ELEKTRA. All at EAST END MANAGEMENT, Rich Feldstein, Casi Finefrock, Ron DeVivo, James Murray & Panasonic, Michael Kovins, Chris Carey, Tom Presley, Ken Hensley, Roy Thomas Baker, Shelley and Ryan, WESTONE Guitars, D'ADDARRIO Strings, KORG Keyboards, CASIO Guitar Synth, PAISTE Cymbals, and J.L. Cooper

    Recorded at WESTLAKE, RUMBO, A&M, The SHED, AUDIO LAB and SOUTHCOMBE

    й 1989 ELEKTRA / ASYLUM RECORDS A Division of WARNER COMMUNICATIONS Inc.




    1. I Can't Look Away

      I was waiting for the moment
      I was hoping for the moment
      I can see a city burn on the horizon
      Sudden darkness fills the sky
      And hides the day
      Through the fires have set me free
      >From the clouds that cover me
      I can't look away
      I can't look away

      I have scaled the valley side
      And climbed the mountain
      Yet my freedom's still
      One thousand miles away
      Yet I'm frozen in mid-stride
      By this yearning deep inside
      I can't look away
      I can't look away

      I was waiting for the moment
      Then I heard the angel's scream

      Cloaked in arms of war
      I'll come to look for you
      For, until they see me,
      There is no other way
      Through the flames that set me free
      And the clouds that cover me
      I won't look away
      I won't look away

    2. Something To Hold On To

      It's where you go when you're in danger
      And how you open your disguise
      It's your uncompromising anger
      It's how you cope with all your ties
      If you look over your shoulder
      You'll find a kindred soul in me
      I never said that it was easy
      But I need to make you see
    chorus:

    When the time comes 'round don't slip away
    Give me something to hold on to
    I'll give you more than you came for
    Give me something to hold on to
      It's how you look when you are angry
      About the things you say you see
      The way you search for what you're after
      I wish you'd look around at me
      I look for you in Blue Jay Way
      And find that you wouldn't stay
      I never said that it was easy
    chorus:

    You're the jacoranda in my morning
    You're my laser in the night
    When the time comes 'round don't slip away
    Give me something to hold on to
      In field of love and indecision
      I'll find you laying in the sun
      I might trap you in my whirlpool
      Where there's nowhere left to run

    3. Sorrow ( Your Heart )

      Ooh maw maw. Ooh maw
      What you gonna do when you fall
      In love boy?
      How you gonna pay for the dowry?
      Where you gonna live when you tie the knot?
      Ooh, what they done to you
      Ooh maw maw. Ooh maw

      What you gonna do when you bring baby?
      I guess you'll have to give it to your lover's mother

      Look up ! You're head's down
    chorus:

    Your hear will bring
    Your heart will bring you sorrow
    Your heart will bring
    Your heart will bring you sorrow
    Your heart ! Your heart !
      Ooh maw maw. Ooh maw
      Ooh maw maw. Ooh maw
      How you gonna send your money back home
      When the strikers here won't leave you alone?
      Whend do you dream of making love to your women
      When the time on your hands don't belong to you?
      Well love is something that you shouldn'T do
      When the spoils of life aren't meant for you

      Look up ! Your head's down
    chorus

    4. Cover Up

      If you find yourself alone
      Stay where you are, don't move, we'll find you
      By the time I remember this
      I've covered wingspans of miles
      In dreadful circles
      Nightfall gathering
      There's a dark array of gloomy stars
      Keep changing direction
      And I don't know where you are
      Like the flight of a dove
      Take me back to the land that I love
    chorus:

    Cover up ! inside
    The more you learn the more you hide
    Cover up ! inside
    The more you learn the more you hide
    Cover up !
      The changes of pattern
      Timing
      Concrete distinctions
      In the presence of danger
      Nightfall, darkness...be alert!
      Your heart be falling down
      You head for the wall
      You suck on stones
      Like the flight of the dove
      Take me back to the land that I love
    chorus

    5. Promises

      It looks so easy
      To be walking close behind
      And I found it easy
      To be near you all the time
      I'm looking at you now
      As if you knew the way
      But I can't reach you, you're far away
      It doesn't seem so easy
      Like the river that flows upstream
    chorus:

    Promises ! Don't give me promises
    Don't give me promises when all you do is lie
    No promises when all I do is cry
      Look for the questions
      >From the minds of those who care
      You'll find them waiting
      And you'll learn that we can share
      Losing the love
      Been looking out for freedom
      Been losing our love along the way
    chorus

    6. Etoile Noir

      ( Instrumental )

    7. Eyes Of Love

      Are you waiting for your freedom
      Or a love you just don't know?
      I can see you through my window
      Did you know your feelings show?
      Aare you looking towards the border?
      Hold out for something new

      Does the white, bright, right and degradation
      Wear you down the way we want it to
      Calling on you for confirmation
      In a way that we feel is good for you
    chorus:

    Eyes of love look !
    Down on me
    When you gonna see
    Eyes of love send down the key
    Will you deliver me
      Are you searching for an answer?
      Are you questioning it all?
      I can reach you
      But I can't feel you
      Are you living in surrender
      Or just waiting for a call?

      Does the white, bright, right and degradation
      Wear you down the way we want it to
      We will control the information
      In a way that we feel is good for you
    chorus

    8. I Didn't Think It Would Last

      She walked in throug the back door
      I asked her what she came for
      "I'm Eva from the blue train"
      But I know that's gotta change
      Won't you do me something Romeo?
      I need a place to go where
      I can stay forever
      I can stay forever

      Stay for a couple of days
      You came in from the boulevard
      Stay then go away
      I'll play for a couple of days
      With a working woman of the Promenade

      I didn't expect her to

      Make me feel the way I do
      I didn't think it would last no more

      I lost myself in changes
      I stepped into her silhouette
      And I moved into the blue train
      But I know it's gotta change
      Won't you do me something Juliet?
      I haven't found my contact yet

      Stay for a couple of days
      Yo came in cold from the boulevard
      Stay then go away
      I played for a couple of days
      With a working woman from the Promenade

      I didn't expect her to
      Make me look the way I do
      I didn'T think it would last no more

    9. Hold On To Me

      If I held a flame
      For those who hurt in vain
      Would you believe in me?
      If I trusted you
      And bared my soul to you
      Would you deceive me?
      If I failed to do
      What I set out to do
      Would you run out
      Hold the candle tight
      Would you run out
      Wait until it's right
    chorus:

    Hold on to love, hold on to me
    Hold on to love, hold on to me
      If we start to think
      About the winds of change
      Would you believe in me?
      If a shadow fell
      And told us time will tell
      Would you deceive me?

      If I couldn't say
      The words I wanted to say
      Would you run out?
      Hold the candle tight
      Would you run out?
      Wait until it's right
    chorus

    10. Sludge

      ( Instrumental )

    11. I Miss You Now

      I never ever thought these times would go
      I never really thought we'd drift so far
      Now oceans part our contact
      Misty eyes of memory
      Pictures make no substitute
      Pick up your eyes and grow
      It's so hard
      So long, so long

      I still remember things that now have changed
      Early mornings in blue water

      I wanna be kept in mind by you, with no disguise
      I need you in my eyes
      I miss you now, miss you now

      I never ever thought these times would go
      I never really thought we'd drift so far
      Now oceans part our contact
      Misty eyes of memory
      I feel the distance in my bones

      It's so hard
      So long, so long

      I still remember things that now have changed
      Early mornings in blue water
      I wanna be kept by ou, with no disguise
      I need you in my eyes
      I miss you now, miss you now

    12. The Cape

      ( Instrumental )