Love Turns To Ice (1987)
LP AKA Records
This album, available on good 'ol VINYL only, was released in 1987.
Roy’s first full solo studio production since 1978’s “Thistles”, “Love Turns To Ice” was recorded during the summer and fall of 1987 at Blue Wave Studio in Vancouver. Roy was in the producer chair once again. The LP was recorded and mixed by Bill Buckingham.
LTTI contains such Roy Forbes classics as “Love Turns To Ice”, “Tiny Island”, “Away From Me”, “Breaks My Heart” and Roy’s solo acoustic performance of the Hank Williams song, “Lost On The River”.
Musicians include Jerry Adolphe - drums; Doug Edwards - bass; Norman MacPherson - electric guitar; Connie LeBeau - bass; Robbie King - electric piano; Dave Pickell - keyboards; Connie Kaldor, Sue Leonard - background vocals.
Roy’s on acoustic and electric guitars; harmony vocals.
LTTI is the first album to be released under Roy’s full name and was also the first release on Roy’s label, AKA Records.
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Love Turns To Ice Lyrics
Love Turns To Ice
Oh I, I really wanted to believe in you I wanted everything to be so true So I, oh I I turned a blind eye Deep in my heart I knew it wasn't strong Tried to believe that there was nothing wrong Then I realized That when trust turns to suspicion Doors are locked, you pay the price It's all a part of the human condition When you look up at the lights And love turns to ice When you Became a stranger I just shoved it away I figured,"Hell, it's gonna be O.K." But I, oh I Could feel it deep inside A tiny finger tappin' on my head A sinkin' feeling turned my gut into lead When I realized That when trust.... It may be subtle but I know that it's there I can hear my heart talkin' I can hear myself talkin' And my heart doesn't lie No, my heart doesn't lie No, my heart doesn't lie Woh I, oh I I really wanted to believe in you I wanted everything to be so true But I realized That when trust.....
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Wildman
Tongues talk, knives slice
Pointed fingers flinging advice
People got a cure
For everybodys problems but their own
Things change, songs end
Wind blows and willows will bend
Coats fall to the floor
It happens when you come into the comfort zone
Don't you know that he was sad when he was a wildman
Don't you know that too much time was spent too much alone
There isn't always happiness in the mad facade of a wildman
Who, in the end, was only looking for a home
When he was a wildman
Some leave, some last
Some cling to a piece of their past
But people gotta live
Even when compromise bends and bleeds
Some take, some trade
Lose sleep over making the grade
Coats fall to the floor
It happens when you find what you really need
Don't you know that he was sad...........
We think we're being healed
Sweat dripping in the trembling lights
But we stand revealed
When we return to the empty
to the empty night
Don't you know that he was sad............
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Breaks My Heart
Rough rocky roads Whispers getting so loud People saying things they don't mean Raisin' those dusty clouds I wanna pin it down Cos it's ripping you apart And when you cry like that It just breaks my heart Misery No good No way you need the pain No need No good No Come on and let me hold you Till your eyes have dried Cos when you cry like that It just breaks my heart
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Tiny Island
See you stalkin' questing for the kill Night is silent and the air is still See you walkin' with your heart of stone On a tiny island in a danger zone Tiny island You really stung me when you zeroed your sights Kept me helplessly awake at nights What really threw me when you took your swipe Sure would be funny, eh, if you were right What if you were right Up on the hill it doesn't matter You just unplug your telephone Down on the ground the fighters drone Tiny island in a danger zone Tiny island You really hit me with the kitchen sink Sent me flyin' and you made me think What really threw me when you took your slice Sure would be funny, eh, if you were right What if you were right Up on the hill everyone wants you Till your beggin' to be left alone Down on the ground the fighters drone Tiny island in a danger zone Tiny island
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And Now You Want My Love
Words of a heart that was broken A careful heart that's on the mend Of a heart that was open Got flattened by an ambush Heard you talkin' and my faith was blind You made your exit while I walked the line And now you want my love You're looking for a word from me Well, tell me, what's it gonna be Some kind of unchained melody And now you want my love, my love You're reaching for my respect Well don't you see there's nothing left What do you expect What do you expect Words of a heart that is harder A careful heart that's been betrayed Just won't go, won't go any further Still paying for the last time Heard you talkin' and I had the faith I found me standing in this empty place And now you want my love......... Oh, what a world It's so broken down Filled with shadows of grim deceit Where they cover up your eyes And they fill your head with lies Then they offer up the prize But it was all a big disguise Keep a knockin' but you can't come in No, I'm not opening that door again And now you want my love...........
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This Feeling
Woh, love Is a word that's so misused And when you take it out of context It can get you so confused But you can cancel that out Because it has nothing to do With this feeling that I carry for you Woh love Is a word that's so misleading It can rip you like a bramble Leave you in the bushes bleeding But you can cancel that out Because it has nothing to do With this feeling that I carry for you And it makes me wanna hold you Way past midnight Makes me wanna console you When you're not feelin' right I wanna be your cool cup of water I wanna take care of your thirst And when you're handing out kisses I want you to come to me first Woh love Is a word so unforgiving It can burn a hole in your soul Take you away from the living But you can cancel that out Because it has nothing to do With this feeling that I carry for you
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Away From Me
I'm far away Over the mountains You're down by the sea You're away from me I can't believe it I always thought I was oh so strong So aloof and fancy free Now I'm a captive I swear I'm nothing but a slave To the power that this love has over me I'm far away................... Nobody told me Nobody said I would feel this way When I gave my heart to love I'm not prepared For loneliness that is oh so strong You're the only one that I'm ever thinkin' of I'm far away.....................
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For So Long
I've been waiting for so long To see you win the prize Now the sleepless nights are gone And life is where it belongs Back in your blue eyes Ah the sunshine through the trees Is landing right on your face Some scars will never heal But they can be put in their place I've been waiting for so long I'm so glad you got a break Things are workin' out Now you've got your head on straight There'll be no more room For indecision and doubt Ah we thought our life was easy But we had to look again Now we're searching for a balance Between the joy and the pain I've been waiting for so long
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Winterkill
There's a deep seated feeling Things are getting not right Trees are losing their leaves Sky is losing light Then the fog comes to settle In the trees, in my head Chilly frost forms white patterns 'Round my heart, in my chest And if I'm not right side up When the snow hits the hills Winterkill Neighbours swing their axes They got the wood piling high School doors are open Young children scream and they play and they cry Steam coats the windows As the red kettle boils I see the face of a stranger Staring back from the foil And if I'm not right side up When the snow hits the hills Winterkill Lives fall in line like words from a stage The lines in between they leap from the page Radio drones and drones and time seems to stand so still....so still Sun goes down early Day fades to night Beer goes down easy I sleep good alright There's a crack in the window All the heat's seepin' out Rising up like a big jet airplane That's heading south And if I'm not right side up When the snow hits the hills Winterkill
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Sweet Shameless Hours
Sweet, sweet shameless hours Sweet, sweet shameless hours Give ourselves right over To love's tender power It's gonna be, gonna be something You and me and these sweet shameless hours Let the rain fall down Make the pavement slick and wet Let the blacktop shine Let the main street lights reflect All of the neon, it can flash off and on We don't need to know Ooh, we're pullin' down the blinds We're gonna entwine We're gonna hold each other oh so close in these Sweet shameless hours........... Telephone might ring Let the damn thing ring off the wall Somebody might knock on the door But we won't hear a thing at all We're gonna take some time Cos time is something we haven't had much of Ooh, we're gonna realign and we're gonna define All of the reasons why we're so in love in these Sweet shameless hours............ I ride and I ride The measure of the miles is a little too much But I keep holding on Till I'm back in the territory of your touch The territory of your touch