Nether Lands 02 | Dan Fogelberg

NETHER LANDS

RIAA Certified - Double Platinum

Nether Lands

Once Upon A Time

Dancing Shoes

Lessons Learned

Loose Ends

Love Gone By

Promises Made

Give Me Some Time

Scarecrow's Dream

Sketches

False Faces

Nether Lands

Credits

Nether Lands

Dan Fogelberg - piano, vocals

Orchestral arrangement by Dominic Frontiere/Dan Fogelberg

Conducted by Dominic Frontiere

Once Upon A Time

Dan Fogelberg - acoustic 12-string guitars, Leslie guitar, electric lead guitars, vocals

Norbert Putnam - bass

Kenny Buttrey - drums

Don Henley - harmony

Dancing Shoes

Dan Fogelberg - piano, finger cymbals, acoustic guitars, vocals

Norbert Putnam - bass

Frank Marocco - accordion

String quartet arrangement by Norbert Putnam

Lessons Learned

Dan Fogelberg - acoustic guitars, electric guitars, electric piano, vocals

Norbert Putnam - bass

Russ Kunkel - drums, congas

Loose Ends

Dan Fogelberg - acoustic 12 string guitars, electric rhythm guitars, electric lead guitars, piano, pipe organ, slide guitar, vocals

Norbert Putnam - bass

Joe Walsh - electric rhythm guitars

Joe Vitale - drums

Don Henley - harmony

John David Souther - harmony

Love Gone By

Dan Fogelberg - piano, organ, electric rhythm guitars, lap steel guitar, vocals

Norbert Putnam - bass

Kenny Buttrey - drums

Joe Lala - congas

Don Henley - harmony

Promises Made

Dan Fogelberg - acoustic guitars, electric Gretsch guitar, lead guitars, Arp synthesizers, high string guitar, vocals

Norbert Putnam - bass

Kenny Buttrey - drums

John Stronach - tambourine, maracas

Give Me Some Time

Dan Fogelberg - classical guitar, electric piano, vocals

Norbert Putnam - bass

Kenny Buttrey - drums, percussion

Tim Weisberg - flutes

Scarecrow's Dream

Dan Fogelberg - acoustic guitars, harpsichord, electric piano, Arp string ensemble, high string guitars, sleigh bells, vocals

Norbert Putnam - bass

Sketches

Dan Fogelberg - piano, vocals

Arranged by Dominic Frontiere

False Faces

Dan Fogelberg - piano, acoustic and electric guitars, Arp synthesizer, vocals

Norbert Putnam - bass

Kenny Buttrey - drums

John David Souther - background vocals

Orchestra arranged and conducted by Dominic Frontiere

Produced by Dan Fogelberg and Norbert Putnam for Full Moon Productions

Recorded at - Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado; The Record Plant, Los Angeles and Sausalito;Quadraphonic Sound Studios, Nashville; North Star Studio, Boulder, Colorado

Lyrics

Nether Lands

High on this mountain

The clouds down below

I'm feeling so strong and alive

From this rocky perch

I'll continue to search

For the wind and the snow and the sky

Oh I want a lover and I want some friends

And I want to live in the sun

And I want to do all the things that I never have done

Sunny bright mornings and pale moonlit nights

Keep me from feeling alone

Now I'm learning to fly and this freedom is like

Nothing that I've ever known

Oh I've seen the bottom and I've been on top

But mostly I've lived in between

And where do you go when you get to the end of your dream

Off in the Nether Lands I heard a sound

Like the beating of heavenly wings

And deep in my brain I can hear a refrain

Of my soul as she rises and sings

Anthems to glory and anthems to love

And hymns filled with earthly delight

Like the songs that the darkness composes to worship the light

Once in a vision I came on some woods

And stood at a fork in the road

My choices were clear yet I froze with the fear

Of not knowing which way to go

Oh, one road was simple acceptance of life

The other road offered sweet peace

When I made my decision

My vision became my release

Once Upon A Time

Every morning you wake up alone

And you shake up your soul but nothing stirs

So you take the love of whoever you please

But you can't find no reason for giving yours

(Chorus)

'Cause once upon a time

You held a love so strong and fine

That all the others simply don't compare

She's always on your mind

But once upon a time

You had her there

Drive into town 'most every night

On the chance that there might be someone waiting for you

You tell yourself you'll give it your best

Maybe settle for less but you never do

(Chorus)

(Repeat First Verse)

(Chorus)

Dancing Shoes

Dancing shoes on the wall above your bedside

Saw it all as we performed our pirouette

Fleshes fused as the flicker of the candles

Threw upon the wall a single silhouette

Tu es dans ma coeur et dans ma tete

Dancing shoes we have loved on distant beaches

Where the winter never reaches there we fell

Dying swan on the dawn you danced before me

Though your eyes were dark and stormy I stood still

Qui peut dire le faux et le reel

Dancing shoes though the distances divide us

There's a paradise inside us we can't lose

Me and you dance a 'pas de deux' forever

And I pray you never shed your dancing shoes

Lessons Learned

You...with the past at your back and the future unsure

Asked for the chance to try love once more

Well aware of the consequences should the dream fall through

You threw down your last defenses wanting to try something new

Wanting to try something new

You found me in a sea of confusion drifting with the tide

Living on love that had long since died

But every time that I touch you, baby

I feel a little more alive

And I'm reminded how much you've made me

Believe in the love that survives

You know, we must believe in the love that survives

(Chorus)

Oh lessons learned are like bridges burned

You only need to cross them but once

Is the knowledge gained worth the price of the pain?

Are the spoils worth the cost of the hunt?

Borne on the first warm winds of feeling newly found

Fly but remember don't look down

Take as much as you think you ought to

Give just as much as you can

Don't forget what your failures have taught you

Or else you'll learn them all over again

Or else you'll have to learn them all over again

(Chorus)

Loose Ends

Climbing a mountain in darkness

Stranded alone on the ledge

Every attempt that I make to hold on

Pushes me nearer the edge

Sensing the changes impending

My thoughts are diffused by despair

I feel like I'm swimming straight up underwater

Desperately racing for air

I'm racing for air

(Chorus)

And the chords struck at birth grow more distant

Yet, we strike them again and again

And we plead and we pray for a glimmer of day

As the night folds its wings and descends

Exposing the loose ends

Surrounding myself with possessions

I surely have more than I need

I don't know if this is justice hard earned

Or simply a matter of greed

A matter of greed

(Chorus)

(Repeat Chorus)

Love Gone By

Try your best to see through the confusion

Seems the more you see the less you try

You don't know what's real and what's illusion

If you don't know by now then how should I

(Chorus)

And I've been thinking 'bout the love gone by

Honey, has the well run dry

Oh, it's enough to make you cry

Thinking 'bout the love gone by

Give me back my heart and call it even

Ain't no use in figuring who's to blame

Once I thought this love was made in heaven

Now I think it's just a crying shame

(Chorus)

Winners never know the worth of losing

'Til the prize has slipped right through their hands

Love will take a heart of its own choosing

And break it if you try to understand

We're left with nothing but the love gone by

Honey, has the well run dry

Oh, it's enough to make you cry

Thinking 'bout the love gone by

Promises Made

Promises made and promises broken

Measures of our demise

Secrets of souls that rarely get spoken

Pleasure's a thin disguise

Dozens of ways and dozens of reasons

Shielding our hearts from pain

Riddles of romance

That distance may yet explain

Certain of nothing

So fearful of love

Nobody seems to show you enough

Over and over the scenes are replayed

And once again those promises made

Feeling forsaken, broken in two

How did this ever happen to you

Taken for granted, bruised and betrayed

Lonely survivors these promises made

Dozens of ways and dozens of reasons

Shielding our hearts from pain

Riddles of romance

That distance may yet explain

Certain of nothing

You're so damn fearful of love

Nobody seems to show you enough

Over and over the scenes are replayed

And once again those promises made

Those promises made

Give Me Some Time

Slow down, girl, what's the hurry

Love can wait if you're worried

Then I'll try to ease your mind

You say we're losing time

But I've go to find a way to convince you

I've got cause to be wary

For so long I've had to carry the weight of another soul

You say I won't let go but how do you know I can

(Chorus)

Give me some time now

I've just got to find how I'm going to forget her

And talk myself into believing

That she and I are through

Then maybe I'll fall for you

You're just, just what I've needed

But I'd be unfair and conceited

To say you're the only one

Woman, I'm on the run from something I have begun

And can't seem to finish

Although it hasn't been recent

I still think it wouldn't be decent

To let you believe in me so soon

I've got to make you see what she meant to me

So please

(Chorus)

(Repeat Chorus)

Maybe I'll fall for you

Scarecrow's Dream

Seldom seen a scarecrow's dream

I hang in the hopes of replacement

Castles tall, I built them all

But I dream that I'm trapped in the basement

And if you ever hear me calling out

And if you've been by paupers crowned

Between the worlds of men and make-believe I can be found

Plans I've made

A masquerade fading in fear of the coming day

Heroes' tales like nightingales

Wrestle the wind as they run away

And if you ever hear them calling out

And if you've been by paupers crowned

Between the worlds of men and make-believe I can be found

Garden gate

An empty plate waiting for someone to come and fill

Scarecrow's dreams like frozen streams

Thirst for the thaw but they're running still

And if you ever hear them calling out

And if you've been by paupers crowned

Between the worlds of men and make-believe I can be found

Sketches

a. Summer

Late in the summer when the cottonwood dies

The fields are on fire with green bottle flies

And I'm still seeing reflections of me in your eyes

And why did you leave last summer

Now, the seasons are changing from summer to fall

And I've still got that picture hung on my wall

And there's so much forgotten and too much recalled

And why did you leave at all

b. Winter

Standing beside you mid-winter day

Hearts beating close together

Wishing that we'd found some way to make

That moment last forever

Standing silent--laughing--breathing steam

Gazing down into a freezing stream...

I saw the face of a child

False Faces

Oil on canvas

Couplets and stanzas to divine who you are

Pencil portrayals and jealous betrayals

Get you further afar

(Chorus)

Oh, false faces and meaningless chases I travel alone

Oh, first places and calendar races I need a home

Hostile hotel walls, footfalls and phone calls

And you're on the line

Gentle coercions and bitter desertions

When the truth is a lie

(Chorus)

Lover twice yearly

That last battle nearly cost me the fight

Broke through the ice and got cut down to size

And escaped through the night

(Chorus)