Thousand Faces is a mirror that captures the reflection of all of us together as a collective society and tries to illustrate how unique and special every one of us really is!  Each and every one of us has a story to tell and the lyrics ask us to take the time to look at each other, see the light in the eyes around us, reach out and touch those lives and choose to be a part of those lives – because “No one can stand alone…We all need a little love…Can you show someone you care…That you care…Touch the lives of a thousand faces here tonight!”

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I recorded my original song “Thousand Faces” on Set Seven in 1996 and it speaks to, “Can you stop and take the time, Take the time, To be part of a thousand lives here tonight, No one can stand alone, We all need a little love, Can you show someone you care, That you care, Touch the lives of a thousand faces here tonight.” Enjoy! ♡ 🙂 Mark

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As with all of my early songs during which I worked with my friend Gordon Olvera, I’ve shared the copyright with him for trying to give voice to my songs.  Also, emailed versions of these songs lose their chord alignment and formatting, so refer to the original post and/or the scanned lyric sheet as your guide.

Thousand Faces

“Faces In The Crowd”, Collected Works Volume I, Copyright 1990, Gordon Olvera/Mark Jones, All Rights Reserved

Verse One:

Am     G     Am     G     Am     G     F     G     (Intro)

C E    G E Am     G

I look all around me

                             Am     G

There’s a thousand faces I see

                         Am       G

Look around and see the light

            F

See the light

          F            C            G             C

In the eyes of a thousand faces here tonight

   Am          G                  F

A thousand faces left and right

   C             G             F

A thousand faces here tonight

                      F               C       G

Reach out and touch them if you like

         F

If you like

               F            C            G             C

Touch the lives of a thousand faces here tonight

Chorus:

         Dm          Am        G

Every face has a story to tell

         Dm        Am        G

Every face is a separate page

          Dm           Am   G

In our lives as we carry on

         F

Carry on

        C

Here tonight

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(Ending)

C      F          F     G          G     F                    F   C G          C

Here tonight, here tonight, here tonight, as we carry on here tonight

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(Bridge leading into the next verse)

F     C     F     C     F     C

Verse Two:

C         E G    E       Am          G

There’s a thousand people we know

                         Am          G

Thousand people where we go

                        Am         G

Take the time to look and see

              F

Look and see

               F            C             G               C

Touch the lives of a thousand people here tonight

      Am      G                F

We all have faces in the night

      C         G               F

We all have faces in the light

        F               C           G

Look around you look and see

              F

Look and see

                F       C            G               C

That those faces belong to you and to me

Verse Three:

C     E G E  Am       G

Take a look around you

                       Am     G

Do you see the faces I see

                          Am        G

Can you stop and take the time

             F

Take the time

          F           C            G            C

To be part of a thousand lives here tonight

Am       G            F

No one can stand alone

      C  G              F

We all need a little love

             F       C                 G

Can you show someone you care

              F

That you care

               F            C             G             C

Touch the lives of a thousand faces here tonight