Christopher Cross is an American singer and songwriter. Christopher has written all his own songs, other than "Nature's Way" that appears on his Window album. He is best known for composing "Arthur's Theme" from the Dudley Moore film Arthur which won the Academy Award for best song in 1981 (with co-composers Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Peter Allen), and the soft rock classic, "Sailing". Cross released his self-titled debut album Christopher Cross in 1979 which garnered him 5 Grammy Awards. He and Norah Jones are the only two artists in history to receive all of the "Big Four" Grammy Awards (Best Record, Song, Album, and New Artist) in the same year.
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Christopher Cross

Words by Christopher Cross and Will Jennings
Music by Christopher Cross

It's a lonely ride on Noah's ark
Takin' a shot into the dark
Hopin' that someone will see the spark
Of the light in you

Noah's ark to the ship of fools
Didn't we break all the golden rules
Caught in the dance of the hours

Open your heart 'til everyone's in
It's never too late to believe and begin
Open your heart 'til everyone's in
You can wish on the light of a star 'til the end

Everyone's out on the open sea
We're all a part of the mystery
You know how lonely it can be
Surviving

You say you're gonna settle down
Just play guitar and walk around
Until you turn into the sound
Of laughter

Some do believe we came out of the sky
And at the end we will fly