Several unreleased songs were recorded during the sessions for THE LONGEST ROAD: "Another Night In the
City," "Girls On the Beach," "Baby It's You," "Never Live Without Your Love" and "Can't Say No." "Never Live Without Your Love" was played in concert, however.

Recording Engineer - Jospeh Bogan; Mixed By - Louie Shelton; Assistant Engineers - Deborah Thompson, Brian Behrns, Bob Bullock, Michael Bell; Production Assistant - Johnnie Holmes; Technical Assistant - Bob Moore; Recorded at Dawnbreaker Studio; Mixed at Dawnbreaker Studio and Rhumbo; Mastered at A&M Records By Bernie Grundman; Dear Brian, thank you for your contributions, friendship and your spirit; Special thanks to Robin Rothman, Lenny Waronker, Ed Rosenblatt amd Mo Ostin for their continuing faith and support; Management - Marcia Day, Day 5 Productions; Photography - Luis Lizarraga; Art Direction - Peter Whorf; Design - Eddie Herch. Produced by Louie Shelton.

01. Stars
02. Try Your Love
03. First Love
04. If And Any Day
06. Kite Dreams

07. Egypt, Israel & America
08. The Longest Road
09. I Keep Changing the Faces
10. Silver Rails
11. One Planet, One People, Please

STARS
(lyrics and music by James Seals and Brian Whitcomb, 1980)
From the album THE LONGEST ROAD (1980).

Carlos Vega - Drums; Stanley Clarke - Bass; Dash Crofts - Electric Mandolin; Chick Corea - Acoustic Piano; Brian Whitcomb - Rhodes; Jim Seals - Alto Sax; Don Heffington - Congas.

People get a little to loose. They forget, they abuse.
Well, people get a little too tight, and it ain't right.
You're in your car, driving too fast. You're pushing hard, just trying to get past.
Oh and they just don't care about the little white lies. Yeah, they'll unwind.
Oh, I don't know if it's wrong or it's right. Oh, I only know the feeling tonight.
Too loose, too tight. Where is the light?

You're in your house, just trying to be cool. The radio's on by the swimming pool.
Oh and your people get, say you're a-movin' to slow. Now where do you go?
Stars, they only try to come out at night. [And wars that no one ever wants to fight?]
Too loose, too tight. Where is my light? Where is my light?

Oh, you're in a bad way. You know I can hear you call.
Ah the shadow's great, the rain is about to fall.
Oh and you try to rest, too much to beat it all. Lose it all.
Stars, they only try to come out at night. [And wars that no one ever wants to fight?]
Too loose, too tight. Where is the light? Stars . . .

Stars, they only want to come out at night. Stars, they only come to fill up the night. Stars, stars.
Stars, they only want to come out at night. Stars, they only come to fill up the night. Stars, stars.

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TRY YOUR LOVE
(lyrics and music by James Seals and Brian Whitcomb, 1980)
From the album THE LONGEST ROAD (1980).

Carlos Vega - Drums; Louie Shelton - Bass, Guitars; Brian Whitcomb - Rhodes; Peter Reilich - Synthesizer; Don Heffington - Percussion; String Arrangement - Gene Page.

I saw you today. I've got to say you're looking better.
The way you hold yourself up now, I can tell you're a go-getter.
So go out and find yourself someone while you can now,
'Cause we all, we got a road we must travel.
When you're alone, you'll unravel the secret of life.
But if love touches you, you can find your way to the sunshine,
Baby you'll be mine, try your heart out, try it on me.

I swear it's a spell, though it's beauty comin' from you.
And you wear it so well, face of love it becomes you so.
So go out and show the world it's free, you have found it.

Try your love. Try your love. Try your love. Try it on me.

I saw you today in a way that I never saw the first time.
You were new, you were ready, you were love in the springtime.
And you know by your wings, take it fly, it's the right time.
'Cause we know, we got a road we must travel.
If you're alone, you'll unravel the secret of life.
But if love touches you, you know I'll be here, I'll be waiting, just for the takin',
Try your love out, try it on me. Try it on me.

Try your love. Try your love. Try your love. Try it on me.
Try your love. Try your love. Try your love. Try it on me.

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FIRST LOVE
(lyrics and music by James Seals and Eddie Brown, 1980)
From the album THE LONGEST ROAD (1980).

Carlos Vega - Drums; Bob Glaub - Bass; Louie Shelton - Electric and Acoustic Guitars; Greg Matheisen - Acoustic Piano and Rhodes; Don Heffington - Percussion; String Arrangement - Jimmie Haskell.

Everybody has a first love, they have left in yesterday.
Feelings they have left behind, it's just a place in time but not so far away.
Everybody has a first love, when the dream they shared was new.
I remember that special someone, so I wrote this song just for you.

First love in my life. Where are you tonight? I wonder about you.
First love in my life. Did things turned out alright? I worry about you.
'Cause I've got everything, everything in life that I wanted.
It would kill me now and make me sad to know you are lonely.
First love never dies.

I wish you love, I wish you happiness. And may the years be kind to you.
You'll always be a part of me, share this thought with me. I'll carry you always.

First love, first love never dies. Remember
First love, first love never dies. I tell you
First love, first love never dies. Remember
First love, first love never dies. Whoa. . .

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IF AND ANY DAY
(lyrics and music by Michael Sembello and Marietta Waters, 1980)
From the album THE LONGEST ROAD (1980).

Raymond Pounds - Drums; Nathan Watts - Bass; Michael Sembello - Electric Guitar, Keyboards; Don Freeman - Keyboards.

If and any day I love you, father. You will be the one I believe in longer.
I can only try to understand you. You can only smile and understand me.
Tell me how did I lose my way? Isn't there a door that leads to yesterday?
Oh how did I lose my way? Isn't there a door that opens into another day?

If and any time I see the sorrow. I will spend the longest time 'til I go under. [?]
Love is for the ones who believe in one on one. Truth is for the ones who believe there's more to come.
Tell me how did I lose my way? Isn't there a door that leads to yesterday?
Oh how did I lose my way? Isn't there a door that opens into another day?
Tell me how did I lose my way? Isn't there a door that leads to yesterday?
Oh how did I lose my way? Isn't there a door that opens into another day?

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KITE DREAMS
(lyrics and music by James Seals, Louie Shelton and Brian Whitcomb, 1980)
From the album THE LONGEST ROAD (1980).

Carlos Vega - Drums; Dennis Belfield - Bass; Louie Shelton - Acoustic Guitar; Dash Crofts - Mandolin; Brian Whitcomb - Rhodes and Synthesizer; Don Heffington - Congas.

One day follows another, chase one and then the other. Kite dreams.
Butterflies lazy in April, floating 'round, down in the meadow.
Silver skies and all the world far, far below.
Look up there in the sky, way up there in the sky. You don't have to be high.

I know a place where kites have been, where we can laugh and ride the wind.
Oooo, we are dreamers, colored streamers in the air. Life's upside down, it's upside down.
You go across, I'll go around. Oooo, when it's over I can tell you what I found.

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EGYPT, ISRAEL & AMERICA
(lyrics and music by James Seals, 1980)
From the album THE LONGEST ROAD (1980).

Carlos Vega - Drums; Louie Shelton - Bass; Jim Seals - Acoustic Guitar; Brian Whitcomb - Acoustic Piano and Rhodes; Don Heffington - Percussion; Maxine Willard, Julia Tillman, Oren Waters, Luther Waters - Background Vocals. String and Horn Arrangement - Marty Paich.

Well the people in Israel want peace, and the people in Egypt, they cry peace.
And the people in America, they say please, set these people free.
Israel, I know you, you are brave, you are proud. Your voices loud but sometimes gentle.
And the ages recall the days of Abraham.

Now the people in Israel built the Wailing Wall. And the people in Egypt built the pyramids so tall.
And the people in America built the spaceship that would not fall. Now we've seen it all.
Israel, you are water. Give us life to the desert land.
May your people be like the cool oasis for a tired world on its spiritual journey, oh.

From the spirit of Egypt there's a new song. And in the soul of Israel that plays on.
In the mind of America there's a new dawn. Lead us on and on.

Spoken: "America, I love you. Through the darkness, you are light.
Again in friendship, your arms are open to all people, wrong or right."
Oh America, you're beautiful, you are shining like the sun.
Again in victory, behold the [?] from the love, the peace shall come.

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THE LONGEST ROAD
(lyrics and music by James Seals and Brian Whitcomb, 1980)
From the album THE LONGEST ROAD (1980).

Michael Botts - Drums; Louie Shelton - Bass, Electric Guitars; Dash Crofts - mandolin; Brian Whitcomb - Acoustic Piano, Rhoades and Synthesizers; Victor Feldman - Percussion; Don Heffington - Congas.

You know the longest road is from the head to the heart.
Better start today if you think loving me be hard.
And the darkest shade is sometimes under the light.
If it's right for you to see me, you'll be mine tonight.

And the longest road is from the head to the heart.
And the longest road is from the head to the heart.

When you're far away from love, you know it's usually close.
And anything you find looks good to you, you wanted most.
The darkest night is somewhere, just before the dawn.
I'll be here to hold when you feel you can't go on.

Love helps its own, it can never change your mind. Only love can hide you, and you'll see.
Love, it only knows the longest road. The mind protects the soul, then your heart knows [?].
And the longest road is from the head to the heart.
And the longest road is from the head to the heart.
The longest road is from the head to the heart. . .

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I KEEP CHANGING THE FACES
(lyrics and music by James Seals and Brian Whitcomb, 1980)
From the album THE LONGEST ROAD (1980).

Carlos Vega - Drums; Abe Laboriel - Bass; Dean Parks - Electric Guitars and Electric Sitar; Brian Whitcomb - Acoustic Piano and Rhodes; Don Heffington - Percussion; String Arrangement - Gene Page.

Only the faces change but, oh but the pain is the same when you're in love with love.
Just like a long lost friend who just stops to say hello and then is gone.
Always looking, always looking for the best thing in town.
Always needing, but never gettin', never enough to go around.

I keep changing the faces, but the feelin's not there. No.
I keep changing the faces, but the love is not there.

Distant voices sometimes call, in the night I hear them all. Too bad they never knew.
Counterfeits and worthless fools, guess I broke all the rules to find my way to you.
But now I'm leaving, oh yes I'm leaving, I've got to find something new.
Now it's over, it's really over. Tell me what I'm gonna do. 'Cause

I keep changing the faces, but the feelin's not there.
I keep changing the faces, but the love, love, love is not there.
I keep changing the faces, but the feelin's not there.
I keep changing the faces, but the love, love, love is not there.
(repeat)

La, la, la. . . (repeat chorus)

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SILVER RAILS
(lyrics and music by James Seals and Brian Whitcomb, 1980)
From the album THE LONGEST ROAD (1980).

Carlos Vega - Drums; Louie Shelton - Bass, Guitar Solo; Jim Seals - Acoustic Guitar; Tony Peluso - Additional Electric Guitar; Dash Crofts - Mandolin, Toy Piano; Brian Whitcomb - Rhodes; Don Heffington - Percussion.

Silver rails in the sun telling me that she's the only one.

Is it real enough for you? Do you feel enough for you?
Are you moving like a railroad down inside?
Is it good enough for you? Is it good enough for you?
Does it make you feel like howling at the moon?
Life from the top, don't ever stop. Don't let the clock in your mind
Cause you to fail. You're hot on the trail.
Lift up your wings, don't ever change.
Life isn't strange when you lift up the veil. You're hot on the trail.

Do you care enough for me? Do you care enough for me?
I'm a lazy locomotive, yeah that's me.
But I can't love enough for you. And I can love enough for two.
I'll be waitin' at the station, wait and see.

Now where shall we go, how fast, how slow?
Just let me know just where to pick up the rails. I'm hot on the trail.
Hey, watch my smoke, I never choke. We'll go for broke and ride the silver rails.
We're hot on the trail.

Silver rails in the sun telling me that she's the only one.
Silver rails, can't you see? She has come to take a ride with me. (Take a ride with me).

Is it hot enough for you? Is it hot enough for you?
It is worth it to be reckless [wreckless?] in the night?
Is it wild enough for you? Ain't it wild enough for you?
Will it make it to the diary in your life?

Silver rails in the sun telling me that she's the only one.
Silver rails sending out, stretching out. At last she rides with me.

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ONE PLANET, ONE PEOPLE, PLEASE
(lyrics and music by James Seals, 1980)
From the albums THE LONGEST ROAD (1980).

Dash Crofts - Mandolin; Jim Seals, Tony Peluso - Acoustic Guitars; String Arrangement - Bob Alcivar. Also recorded on LOTE TREE (ca. 1980) and LIFT UP YOUR
VOICES AND SING, VOL. 3 (1997).

Strong is the light of unity. It can light the world for you and for me.
So why don't we reach out and be one planet, one people, please?
One planet, one people, please. One planet, one people, please.
Please let it be. Please let it be. Ah. . .

Storm clouds are comin' I can see it all. The old world is dyin', it must crumble and fall.
And from every nation I can hear the call. One planet, one people, please.
One planet, one people, please. One planet, one people, please.

There's never been a people on this earth like us,
Who stand to gain or prosper, or lose so much.
If we just reach out so our hearts can touch. One planet, one people, please.
One planet, one people, please. One planet, one people, please.
Please let it be. Please let it be. Ah. . .

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