(words and music by Randall Belt and Brian Kious)
Escapes me so exactly
Can't see through glass so dark
Disagree so completely
Doesn't mean we're thrown apart - no
It's just the poor romances
Heresay is just conjecture
Poor romance takes a chance
Today is just a fracture - oh
Where has Franklin gone?
Shakespeare moved along
After All - After All
Still we're dreaming on
No pressure for good measure
Won't take no for an answer
The poor man has his treasure
knows it won't last for ever - no
Invention or a mission
At first there's so much laughter
Positions on religions
They're changing so much faster - oh
Where has Franklin gone?
Shakespeare moved along
After All - After All
Still we're dreaming on
After All - After All
Still we're dreaming on
Where has Franklin gone?
Shakespeare moved along
After All - After All
Still we're dreaming on
After All - After All
Still we're dreaming on
After all
After All
(C) (P) 2012 Randall Belt (ASCAP) and Brian Kious (ASCAP), Barleyfields Records (ASCAP)
Album - song notes:
Randy sings the lead vocal on this one with Brian and Casey picking up harmonies throughout.
The time signature change in the bridge is a reflection on how music progresses. So having said that -
For the record, The "Franklin" in the song is a reference to Benjamin Franklin. The song is a kind of play on words regarding
the continuing dreams of creative and artistic people and those who invent things. People like Mozart, Benjamin Franklin, Nikola Tesla, etc. It's a sort of nod to creativity and inventiveness. "After All, still we're dreaming on." Have thick skin, be tough as nails, and when people laugh at you, just let it all roll off your feathers. Because the best of the best were all laughed at. Even The Beatles were told guitar bands were on the way out in the early 1960's by Decca Records.