Bill Toms

2025 Release “It’s All We’re Fighting For”

Come Saturday Night

I’ve been crushed and I’ve been dragged

I got one last breath to make it right

It’s a deal I made

Under a neon light

A dreams a dream, but when you drive

Straight through hell it becomes your life

I’ll sing my song and shout out loud

I gave my heart, I gave my soul

You lifted me up, I played the fool

Fortune smiled and I’m still loving you

Come Saturday Night

I’ll carry on until they carry me out

Cracks are showing, I still have my doubts

I got a wall to climb, I’m still holding on

I gave my heart, I gave my soul

You gave me hope, I played the fool

Fortune smiled and I’m still loving you

Come Saturday Night

Saturday, it’s been that way

Such a long time

The band is ready, a little worn and tired

All those years go passing by

It’s an empty road when you’re all alone

There’s a full moon tonight

Come with me it’s gonna be alright

No time to waste, ain’t no time to lose

I gave my heart, I gave my soul

You gave me love, I took control

Fortune smiled and I’m still loving you

Come Saturday Night

Freedom Rider

I ain’t got money, no stars that shine

The road I travel, is a never ending line

I can’t go home

Down Louisiana, on the Mississippi bend

A prayer for justice, ringing in my head

I can’t go home

Cause I am a Freedom Rider

I’m a Freedom Rider

The midnight special, and it’s ever loving light

Take me to the promised land, take me there tonight

I can’t go home

Cause I am a Freedom Rider

I’m a Freedom Rider

In the modern world, in the modern times

I’ve been stoned and feared, I’ve been pushed aside

I can’t go home

Cause I am a Freedom Rider

I’m a Freedom Rider

Give a Poor Man a Quarter

Give a poor man a quarter, keep a nickel for yourself

Give a poor man a quarter, keep a nickel for yourself

Give a poor man a chance, reach out and lend a hand

You got to listen to the man with peace in his soul

You got to listen to the man with peace in his soul

Don’t come around here pushing hate anymore

Give a poor man a quarter, keep a nickel for yourself

Give a poor man a quarter, keep a nickel for yourself

Give a poor man a chance, reach out and lend a hand
 

You got to show a little love now

You got to find a way

Listen to your heart

You got to look them in the eye and stand your ground

You got to look them in the eye and stand your ground

You got to do your thing, and turn the world around

Give a poor man a quarter, keep a nickel for yourself

Give a poor man a quarter, keep a nickel for yourself

Give a poor man a chance, reach out and lend a hand
 

Black ones, white ones

Tall ones , short ones

This one, that one

Everyone everyone

Give a poor man a quarter, keep a nickel for yourself

Give a poor man a quarter, keep a nickel for yourself

Give a poor man a chance, reach out and lend a hand

Here
 

Here, where everything is real

Where minutes turn to years

And the years reduced to tears

We been friends so very long

You’re my brother in arms

But the arms can barely reach

Me now

As the moonlight shines on through

Overshadows the fear in this room

Still chasing every dream

Well change the world and dream

Here

Here, precious moments pass

we hold on until the last light fades away from here
 

As the moonlight shines on through

Overshadows the fear in this room

Still chasing every dream

Well change the world and dream

Here

I Fulfilled My Dream
 

My burdens are heavy, lined neatly in rows

Time is priceless, supplies are low

I loved you madly, a love supreme

I’m safe in the knowledge, I fulfilled my dream
 

I’ve lived a lifetime, on the doorstep of sin

Nobody’s weeping, for what might have been

To those in the back, to the doubters it may seem

A harbor of failure, but I fulfilled my dream

I fulfilled my dream, and if anyone should ask

Please say for me, I gave all that I had

And if this place is for fools, I just might be the king, part of the plan, cause I fulfilled my dream

I’ve watched with wonder, from the side of the road

I’ve traveled to Scotland, to the outskirts of Rome

Pardon me driver, my friend if you please

I’ll get out here, I fulfilled my dream

It’s All We’re Fighting For
 

Only one thing that matters anymore

One thing that I can call my own again

One road that I can take

One war to win, one true act of faith.

Oh baby

It’s all we’re fighting for

It’s all we’re fighting for

Love and happiness

You give me a place to hide

Hide from the pain, hide from these turbulent times

You could be tough as nails

Make me feel like a winner

When I’ve done nothing but fail
 

Oh baby

It’s all we’re fighting for

It’s all we’re fighting for

Love and happiness

It’s all we’re fighting for oh baby

Time keeps moving on oh baby

I’ll hold you in my arms oh baby

I’ll hold you in my arms

Only one thing that matters anymore

One thing that I can call my own again

One direction home

Two for love, three and I’m ready to go

Oh baby

It’s all we’re fighting for

It’s all we’re fighting for

Love and happiness

Shake and Shout

I’m gonna take another shot

I’m gonna give it all that I got

I’m gonna take another shot

I’m gonna give it all that I got

I’m gonna strike while the iron is hot

I’m gonna reach out and lift you up
 

Cause I’m gonna shake and shout

Everybody raise your hands
 

I’ve been pushed and I’ve been pulled

I’ve been played for nothing but a fool

I’ve been pushed and I’ve been pulled

I’ve been played for nothing but a fool

I won’t pass another day

You know I found a better way
 

Cause I’m gonna shake and shout

Everybody raise your hands
 

If I could sing Lord have mercy

If I could move what’s in my soul

If I could sing Lord have mercy

If I could move what’s in my soul

If I live a million years

I won’t shed another tear
 

Cause I’m gonna shake and shout

Everybody raise your hands

Walking on Water
 

Everybody acts like a stranger

Everybody’s gonna save your soul

Everybody’s knocking you down

But nobody knows you yet

Everybody chooses a side now

Everybody’s breaking your heart

Everybody’s mountain is high

But nobody knows you yet
 

If I could lead you into the sunlight

If I could look deep in your soul

I’d hold you just a little bit closer

And I’d make you feel like you were walking on water

Everybody laughs at the wrong time

Everybody loves someone sometimes

Everybody sheds a tear

But nobody knows you yet

Everybody shouts hallelujah

Everybody wants to sing this song

Everybody walks out your door

But nobody knows you yet
 

If I could lead you into the sunlight

If I could look deep in your soul

I’d hold you just a little bit closer

And I’d make you feel like you were walking on water
 

Everybody’s making a promise

Everybody thinks they’re a rock star

Everybody sleeps in the sand

But nobody knows you yet

If I could lead you into the sunlight

If I could look deep in your soul

I’d hold you just a little bit closer

And I’d make you feel like you were walking on water
 

What Might Have Been

The rags on my determined back

They hang like anger

My breath smells of sin

Cause I’m a poor excuse for

What might have been

I found a place in the innocence of dreams

You know we lose so much time with age

It’s so hard to see around the bend

When you’re a poor excuse for

What might have been

And everyday, everyday I’m away from you

It’s like a distant shore fading out of view

There’s sarcasm in my veins once again

And I’m a poor excuse for

What might have been
 

I pray so hard my friend

That you see me in a light that’s pure

It’s a losing game when you never win

And if you’re a poor excuse for

What might have been