1975 Fly By Night - Rush

 L.P U.S.A · Mercury Records · SRM-1-1023.

Cover concept: Rush - Design: Joe Kotleba - Cover painting: Eraldo Carugati - Photography: Richard Fegley.

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 L.P U.K · Mercury Records · 9100 013.

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Album Lyrics:

Anthem.

(Lee, Lifeson, Peart)

Know that your place in life 

Is where you want to be 

Don't let them tell you that 

You owe it all to me 

Keep on looking forward 

No use in looking round 

Carry your head above the crowd 

And they won't bring you down 

   Anthem of the heart and mind 

   A funeral dirge for eyes gone blind 

   We marvel after those who sought 

   New wonders in the world they wrought. 

Live for yourself, there's no one else 

More worth living for 

Begging hands and bleeding hearts 

Will only cry for more 

Though I know they've always 

Told you selfishness is wrong 

Yet it was for me not you 

I came to write this song.

Best I Can.

(Lee)

Got a living that's rough 

A future that's tough 

You know what I mean 

Blanker's and boasters 

All the bluffers and posers 

I'm not into that scene 

You can tell me that I've got no class 

Look around youl see who's laughing last 

Don't give me speeches 'cause they're oh so droll 

Leave me alone and let me rock and roll 

I do the best that I can 

I'm just what I am 

I do the best I can 

I know just what I am 

Got an itching to rock 

A hate for small talk 

I'm funny that way 

Got my sights on the stars 

Won't get that far 

But I'll try anyway 

I just like to please 

Don't like to tease 

I'm easy like that 

Don't like long rests 

I must confess 

I'm an impatient cat 

Rock and rollin's a scream 

Making millions my dream 

I do that a lot 

But I'll just give it a try 

Won't let good times pass me by 

They're all I've got.

Beneath, Between And Behind.

(Lifeson, Peart)

Ten score years ago 

Defeat the kingly foe 

A wondrous dream came into being 

Tame the trackless waste 

No virgin land left chaste 

All shining eyes but never seeing 

   Beneath the noble bird Between the proudest words 

   Behind the beauty, cracks appear 

   Once with heads held high 

   They sang out to the sky 

   Why do their shadows bow in fear 

Watch the cities rise 

Another ship arrives 

Earth's melting pot, and ever growing 

Fantastic dreams come true 

Inventing something new 

The greatest minds, but never knowing 

The guns replace the plow 

Facades are tarnished now 

The principles have been betrayed 

The dreams's gone stale 

But still let hope prevail 

Hope that history's debt won't be repaid.

By-Tor And The Snow Dog.

(Lee, Lifeson, Peart)

I. At The Tobes of Hades.

The Tobes of Hades lit by flickering torchlight 

The netherworld is gathered in the glare 

Prince By-Tor takes the cavern to the northlight 

The sign of Eth is rising in the air 

By-Tor - Knight of Darkness, 

Centurion of evil - Devil's Prince 

II. Across the Styx.

Across the River Styx out of the lamplight 

His nemesis is waiting at the gate 

The Snow Dog - ermine glowing in the dampnight 

Coal black eyes, shimmering with hate 

By-Tor and the Snow Dog 

Square for battle, let the fray begin..... 

III. The Battle.

 i) Challenge And Defiance

 ii) 7/4 War Furor

 iii) Aftermath

 iv) Hymn of Triumph 

IV. Epilogue.

The battle over and the dust is clearing 

Disciples of the Snow Dog sound the knell 

Rejoicing echoes as the dawn is nearing 

By-Tor in defeat retreats to Hell 

Snow Dog - is victorious 

The land of the Overworld is saved again.

Fly By Night.

(Lee, Peart)

Airport scurry - flurry faces 

parade of passers-by 

people going many places 

with a smile or just a sigh 

waiting, waiting, pass the time 

another cigarette 

get in line - gate thirty-nine 

the time is not here yet..... 

Why try, I know why 

The feeling inside me says it's time I was gone 

Clear head, new life ahead 

I want to be king now not just one more pawn 

Fly by night away from here 

Change my life again 

Fly by night goodbye my dear 

My ship isn't coming and I just can't pretend 

Moon rise, thoughtful eyes 

Staring back at me from the window beside 

No fright, or hindsight 

Leaving behind that empty feeling inside 

   Start a new chapter 

   I find what I'm after 

   Is changing every day 

   The change of a season 

   Is enough of a reason 

   To want to get away 

   Quiet and pensive 

   My thoughts apprehensive 

   The hours drift away 

   Leaving my homeland 

   Playing a lonehand 

   My life begins today.

Making Memories.

(Lee, Lifeson, Peart)

There's a time for feeling as good as we can 

The time is now, and there's no stopping us 

There's a time for living as high as we can 

Behind us you will only see our dust 

So we'll just keep smiling, move onward ev'ry day 

Try to keep our thoughts away from home 

We're travelling all around, no time to settle down 

Satisfy our wanderlust to roam. 

   You know we're having good days 

   And we hope they're going to last 

   Our future still looks brighter 

   Than our past 

   We feel no need to worry 

   No reason to be sad 

   Our memories remind us 

   Maybe road life's not so bad 

From sea to shining sea and a hundred points between 

Still we go on digging every show 

The cities in the land all extend a welcome hand 

Till morning when it's time for us to go.

Rivendell.

(Lee, Peart)

Sunlight dances through the leaves 

Soft winds stir the sighing trees 

Lying in the warm grass 

Feel the sun upon your face 

Elven songs and endless nights 

Sweet wine and soft relaxing lights 

Time will never touch you 

Here in this enchanted place 

I've traveled now for many miles 

It feels so good to see the smiles of 

Of friends who never left your mind 

When you were far away 

From the golden light of coming dawn 

Till the twilight when the sun is gone 

We treasure every season 

And every passing day 

You feel there's something calling you 

You're wanting to return 

To where the misty mountains rise 

And friendly fires burn 

A place you can escape the world 

Where the dark lord cannot go 

Peace of mind and sanctuary 

By loudwater's flow 

We feel the coming of a new day 

Darkness gives way to light a new way 

Stop here for a while until 

The world calls you away 

Yet you know I've had the feeling 

Standing with my senses reeling 

This is the place to grow old 

Till I reach my final day.

In The End.

(Lee, Lifeson)

I can see, what you mean 

It just takes me longer 

I can feel, what you feel 

It just makes you stronger 

You can take me for a little while 

You can take me, you can make me smile.... 

In the end 

I know, I know, I know 

The feeling grows 

I see, I see, I see 

That it's got to be 

I can do, what you do 

You just do it better 

I can cry, like you cry 

It just makes me sadder 

I can shine, like you shine 

It doesn't make me brighter 

If I think, like you think 

It don't make my load any lighter...