B i o g r a p h y (by MacKenzie Wilson)
Combining shuddering, groove-laden funky soul and folky, handcrafted acoustics, singer/songwriter Ben Harper cultivated a cult following during the course of the '90s that gained full fruition toward the end of the decade. Harper combined elements of classic singer/songwriters, blues revivalists, Jimi Hendrix, and '90s jam bands like Blues Traveler, Hootie & the Blowfish, and Phish, which meant that he was embraced by critics and college kids alike. Though he never had a hit album, his body of work sold consistently and he toured constantly, building a solid, dedicated fan base. A native of California, Harper grew up listening to blues, folk, soul, R&B, and reggae. As a child, he started playing guitar, and began to perform regularly as a preteen. During his adolescence, he began playing acoustic slide guitar, which would eventually become his signature instrument. After steady gigging in the Los Angeles area, Harper scored a deal with Virgin Records in 1992. He released his debut album, Welcome to the Cruel World, two years later to positive reviews. Released in 1995, the politically-heavy Fight for Your Mind made for a strong sophomore effort, an obvious growth in musical experimentation and individual declamation. Harper's third album, 1997's The Will to Live, pushed his blues-oriented alternative folk into the middle mainstream, becoming a mainstay at college radio and making inroads at adult alternative radio. Recorded over two years of touring in support of Fight for Your Mind, The Will to Live introduced the Innocent Criminals, Harper's supporting band. The Innocent Criminals � who are bassist Juan Nelson, drummer Dean Butterworth, and percussionist David Leach � solidified Harper's musical rhythms and emotional diversity.
Aside from working on his own material, Ben Harper has built a strong rapport with other artists, playing guest spots on records by Beth Orton, John Lee Hooker, and Government Mule. He played 1997's and 1999's Tibetan Freedom Concerts, and opened for R.E.M., Radiohead, Metallica, Pearl Jam, and the Fugees. Harper's career gained momentum throughout 1998-1999. His most successful album thus far, 1999's Burn to Shine blended Harper's fondness of '20s jazz compositions and urban beatboxing, resulting in a clever and passionate collection of songs. "Steal My Kisses" and "Suzie Blue" were radio favorites, landing him two headlining world tours and an opening spot on the Dave Matthews Band's summer trek of 2000. In spring 2001, Harper issued Live from Mars, a double disc of live electric and acoustic material spanning the previous year's tour and including covers of material by Led Zeppelin, the Verve, and Marvin Gaye. When it came to recording his fifth studio effort, Harper went back to his drawing board. He'd circled the world countless times and naturally, he brashly sang about it on the worldbeat-inspired Diamonds on the Inside, which appeared in March 2003. After a European tour with the Blind Boys of Alabama in 2004, the two acts entered the studio together and laid down ten tracks in two different sessions at Capitol Records basement studios. The resulting collaborative album issued under both names, There WiIl Be a Light, was released in September of 2004.
Whipping boy Jesus on the mainline Pay the man Quarter of a man Mama's got a girlfriend now Angel from Montgomery Click yo'heels You should have come to me Dust my broom Sweet home Chicago Pleasure and Pain
Oppression Ground On Down Another Lonely Day Please Me Like You Want To Gold To Me Excuse Me Mr. People Lead Burn One Down Fight For Your Mind Give A Man A Home By My Side Power Of The Gospel God Fearing Man One Road To Freedom
Faded Homeless Child Number Three (Instrumental) Roses From My Friends Jah Work I Want to be Ready The Will To Live Ashes Widow of a Living Man Glory & Consequence Mama's Trippin' I Shall Not Walk Alone
Call it what it is - 2016-04-08 -
When sex was dirty Deeper and deeper Call it what it is How dark is gone Shine All that has grown Pink balloon Finding our way Bones Dance like fire Goodbye to you
Non Albums Tracks - Misc - Nobody's fault but mine Not fade away Not fire, not ice One love People get ready Pressure drop Redemption song Remember Sexual healing Slave driver So you want to be a rock'n roll star Strawberry fields forever Superstition The drugs don't work The modern world Tomorrow is a long time Voodoo child (slight return) Waiting for a miracle War Waymore's blues Whole Lotta love You can't blame the youth Zimbabwe
Pleasure and Pain
Whipping Boy Well you can need me Well I want you to And you can feed me How I like that too But don't you lead me I won't follow you Listen here I don't fear I don't want to be your whipping boy Oh - you can tease me Oh - how I want you to And you can squeeze me Baby, I like that too But don't you lead me I won't follow you Listen here I don't fear I don't want to be your whipping boy Oh - you can hold me Baby, I want you to And you can scold me Yes, I like that too But don't you lead me I won't follow you Listen here I don't fear I don't want to be your whipping boy Well you can need me Well I want you to And you can feed me Baby, I like that too But don't you lead me I won't follow you Listen here I don't fear I don't want to be your whipping boy
Jesus is on the mainline
Jesus is on that mainline, tell him what you want Jesus is on that mainline, tell him what you want Jesus is on that mainline, tell him what you want You gotta call him up and tell him what you want If you're sick and you want to get well, tell him what you want If you're sick and you want to get well, tell him what you want If you're sick and you want to get well, tell him what you want You gotta call him up and tell him what you want If you're sick and you want to get well, tell him what you want If you're sick and you want to get well, tell him what you want If you're sick and you want to get well, tell him what you want You gotta call him up and tell him what you want If you want in his kingdom, tell him what you want If you want in his kingdom, tell him what you want If you want in his kingdom, tell him what you want You gotta call him up and tell him what you want Jesus is on that mainline, tell him what you want Jesus is on that mainline, tell him what you want Jesus is on that mainline, tell him what you want You gotta call him up and tell him what you want Jesus is on that mainline, tell him what you want Jesus is on that mainline, tell him what you want Jesus is on that mainline, tell him what you want You gotta call him up and tell him what you want
Pay the man
Pay the man Everybody's got to pay the man And before you leave this world You got to pay the man Pay the man Everybody's got to pay the man And before you leave this world You got to pay the man Of the senators in the fancy houses He's a friend of Babylon Got a wife and a dog and a cadillac And people hung around Got his ways and means and all he needs To keep him satisfied But before he leaves this world He's got to pay the man Pay the man Everybody's got to pay the man And before you leave this world You got to pay the man Pay the man Everybody's got to pay the man And before you leave this world You got to pay the man Sally had a baby It almost droke her crazy When she dropped into the river Now Sally she's a happy girl And you see her on a ... She's doing all the best she can And she... You got to pay the man Pay the man Everybody's got to pay the man And before you leave this world You got to pay the man Pay the man Everybody's got to pay the man And before you leave this world You got to pay the man Pay the man Everybody's got to pay the man And before you leave this world You got to pay the man Pay the man Everybody's got to pay the man And before you leave this world You got to pay the man Pay the man Everybody's got to pay the man And before you leave this world You got to pay the man Pay the man Everybody's got to pay the man And before you leave this world You got to pay the man
Quarter of a man There's a quarter of a man in the market with a quarter of a car so it's easy to park it He gets to the counter he pays what he can but he only pays a quarter He's a quarter of a man Now this quarter of a man he got fired, the next damn day he got hired The only thing wrong with this plan is he only makes a quarter He's a quarter of man Every day he's on the street, too few quarters to live or to eat He's so little the people all stare but he only pays a quarter fare Now this quarter of a man's on vacation but he still gets his ration He gets to the market he saves what he can but he only saves a quarter He's a quarter of a man Every day he's on the streets too few quarters to live or to eat He's so little the people all to stare but he only pays a quarter fare Now There's a quarter of a man in the market with a quarter of a car so it's easy to park it He gets to the market he saves what he can but he only saves a quarter He's a quarter of a man
Mama's got a girlfriend now Papa, he left home today And said he ain't coming back again Said he ain't gonna be nobody's second best Just cause mama's got a special kind of friend Papa, he left home today Said he ain't coming back no more Said he ain't gonna take no damn back seat And how could mama do him so low But mama's got a girlfriend now, boy ! Mama's got a girlfriend now Mama's got a girlfriend Mama's got a true friend Mama's got a girlfriend now You see mama don't watch your damn football And your beer drinking just won't do You're just staying out late And you're preaching the hate And you never have been true You see, mama she want her somebody Who will let her be herself So she's leaving you and your stinky damn ways Cause she's found somebody else And mama's got a girlfriend now boy Mama's got a girlfriend now Mama's got a girlfriend Mama's found a true friend Mama's got a girlfriend now Papa he left home today He was waving his hands and cryin' You could tell by the sound and the tone in his voice That his heart was slowly dyin' But mama said : "Boy if I ever catch you 'round here again You ain't never gonna have nobody else Not a woman or a man" And mama's got a girlfriend now boy Mama's got a girlfriend now Mama's got a girlfriend Mama's found a true friend Mama's got a girlfriend now Mama's got a girlfriend now, boy ! Mama's got a girlfriend now Mama's got a girlfriend Mama's found a true friend Mama's got a girlfriend now
Angel from Montgomery I am an old woman named after my mother Old man is another child (that's) grown old If dreams were thunder and lightning was desire This old house would've burned down a long time ago Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster of an old rodeo Just give me one thing that I can hold on to To believe in this living is just a hard way to go I was a young girl I had me a cowboy Wasn't much to look at, just a free rambling man That was a long time, (and) no matter how I try The years just flow by like a broken-down dam Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster of an old rodeo Just give me one thing (that) I can hold on to To believe in this living is just a hard way to go There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear all their buzzin' I ain't done nothing since I woke up today I am a kind of person goes to work in the morning Come home in the evening and have nothing to say Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster of an old rodeo Just give me one thing (that) I can hold on to To believe in this living is just a hard way to go To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
Click Yo'Heels Come on baby click yo'heels Let me know our love is real Cause we're a long way from anywhere But I can really feel it I've been up, I've been down I've been tossed all around But I always seem to come down on my feet So don't think I'm crazy if I wanna sing 'bout the good things life has in store Cause we're a long way from anywhere But I can really feel it A long way from anywhere Come on babe let down your hair Let me know you really care Cause we're a long way from anywhere But I'm ready for your dare I remember a man in an upstate town Said, "you can't get there form here" We all took it as a joke but it held like smoke Now it's ringing in both my ears I look up babe see the sky is rollin' Time has come to carry on Cause we're a long way from anywhere But I can really feel it We're a long way from any town But I think we'll come around I really feel alright I really feel alright Cause we're a long way from anywhere Tonight
You should have come to me Yeah man, just do it man, just tear it up He's running with it, so go ahead, go ahead man Smooth, little one You like to throw your hand beneath and run Move back to L.A. for some sun Leave us to clean up this mess you done You should have come to me when you told her about us You should have come to me You should have come to me when your love ran dry You should have come to me Choose your better friend, I can see then At the expense of my rearend Make me look real bad And you just not so good I dont know how you can keep on going like you do You should have come to me when you told her about it You should have come to me You should have come to me when your love ran dry You should have come to me I see the way that you ran and hide I see the way that you fooled her eyes I see the way that you ran inside You should have come to me Come It takes two to tango, and only one to tell And I'm sure you made us seem Like I was the one crawling back from hell All the reason, to step you out of my life I am gonna squeeze one last tune out of you Before I take it back You should have come to me when you told her about it You should have come to me God Damn babe You should have come to me when you told her about it You should have come to me You should have come to me when your love ran dry You should have come to me
(I believe I'll) Dust my broom I believe I believe I'll dust my broom I believe I believe I'll dust my broom Girlfriend, you know the (black) man you've been lovin' Girlfriend, can get my room I'm gon'write a letter, telephone every town I know I'm gon'write a letter, telephone every town I know He's not in West Helena, she must be in Claremont now I'm getting up in the mornin' I believe I'll dust my broom I believe I believe I'll dust my broom Girlfriend, the black man you've been lovin' Girlfriend, can get my room I believe I believe I believe I believe Yes, I'm getting up in the mornin' I believe I'll dust my broom I believe I believe I'll dust my broom Girlfriend, the black man you've been lovin' Girlfriend, can get my room
Sweet home chicago Oh, baby, don't you want to go? Oh, baby, don't you want to go? Back to the land of California, to my sweet home Chicago. Oh, baby, don't you want to go? Oh, baby, don't you want to go? Back to the land of California, to my sweet home Chicago. Now one and one is two, two and two is four. I'm heavy loaded baby, I'm booked I got to go. Cryin baby - honey don't you want to go? Back to the land of California, to my sweet home Chicago. Now two and two is four, four and two is six. You goin keep on monkeying round here friend boy. You goin get your business all in atrick, but I'm cryin. Baby, honey, don't you want to go? Back to the land of California, to my sweet home Chicago. Now six and two is eight, eight and two is ten, Friend boy she trick you one time, she sure goin do it again. But I'm cryin, hey, hey, baby don't you want to go? To the land of California, to my sweet home Chicago. I'm goin to California, from there to Des Moines, Iowa. Somebody will tell me that you need my help someday, cryin. Hey, hey, baby, don't you want to go? Back to the land of California, to my sweet home Chicago.
Pleasure and Pain I'm leaving here on the morning train And I will never see this world again Oh, I've felt pleasure And I've felt pain And I know now That I can never be the same How I wonder why the world can be so cold And if only good die young Then left with me cruel here to grow old Oh, I've felt pleasure And I've felt pain And I know now I can never be the same And if someday I find my peace of mind I will share my wealth with all of human kind Well I've felt pleasure And I've felt pain And I know now That I can never be the same So if the sun does shine or rain does fall I give thanks I've had my sight to see through it all Oh, I've felt pleasure And I've felt pain And I know now I can never be the same
Welcome To The Cruel World
Whipping Boy Well you can need me Well I want you to And you can feed me How I like that too But don't you lead me I won't follow you Listen here I don't fear I don't want to be your Whipping boy You can tease me How I want you to And you can squeeze me Baby I like that too But don't you lead me I won't follow you Listen here I don't fear I don't want to be your Whipping boy You can hold me Baby I want you to And you can scold me Yes I like that too But don't you lead me I won't follow you Listen here I don't fear I don't want to be your Whipping boy Well you can need me Well I want you to And you can feed me Baby I like that too But don't you lead me I won't follow you Listen here I don't fear I don't want to be your Whipping boy
Breaking Down
You don't believe that I love you And even if that was true Why just to keep our unhappy home I'm gonna try to pretend that I do But I'm breaking down I'm breaking down I'm breaking down I'm breaking down My baby she left me Said she ain't coming back around and I'm breaking down I'm breaking down And if I thought that it was okay For a grown man to cry I would have filled up the whole mighty ocean When she said goodbye and I'm breaking down I'm breaking down I'm breaking down I'm breaking down You know my baby she left me said she ain't coming back around and I'm breaking down I'm breaking down One day you said everything was just right I don't see how it changed overnight One day you said everything was so strong The next day you turn to me and say It's been wrong all along Oh and now you won't even look at me You pass me by in the street and you won't even speak I never meant to cause you any harm How could two people start so close And end up so far I'm breaking down I'm breaking down I'm breaking down I'm breaking down Don't Take That Attitude To Your Grave
You say what's mine is mine And what's yours is mine too Now you've got more than you can spend But all of the money In the whole wide world Is not gonna help you in the end Now while there's still time to be saved Don't take that attitude to your grave Might be too late for you I'm afraid Don't take that attitude to your grave Don't you take it there I hear helicopters Over my house every day Shining their lights and flying low Treat a child like a criminal From the day that he is born And you're gonna reap just what you sow Now while there's still time to be saved Don't take that attitude to your grave Might be too late for you I'm afraid Don't take that attitude to your grave Don't you take it there So you can move your court case Way across town You can move it across the whole wide globe But it ain't gonna help your court case Up in the sky When you go to put on your white robe Now while there's still time to be saved Don't take that attitude to your grave Might be too late for you I'm afraid They don't want it there Don't you take it there And you dare the children To stay off of drugs Now I dare you to stop letting them in And how dare you point your finger At a gang out on the street While it's you who is committing the sin Now while there's still time to be saved Don't take that attitude to your grave Might be too late for you I'm afraid Don't take that attitude to your grave Don't you take it there They don't want it there You know your mother taught you better Don't take that attitude to your grave Waiting On An Angel
Waiting on an angel One to carry me home Hope you come to see me soon Cause I don't want to go alone I don't want to go alone Now angel won't you come by me Angel hear my plea Take my hand lift me up So that I can fly with thee So that I can fly with thee And I'm waiting on an angel And I know it won't be long To find myself a resting place In my angel's arms In my angel's arms So speak kind to a stranger Cause you'll never know It just might be an angel come Knocking at your door Knocking at your door And I'm waiting on an angel And I know it won't be long To find myself a resting place In my angel's arms In my angel's arms Waiting on an angel One to carry me home Hope you come and see me soon Cause I don't want to go alone I don't want to go alone Don't want to go I don't want to go alone
Mama's Got A Girlfriend Now
Papa he left home today Said he ain't coming back again Said he ain't gonna be nobody's second best Just cause mama's got a special kind of friend Papa he left home today Said he ain't coming back no more Said he ain't gonna take no damn back seat And how could mama do him so low But mama's got a girlfriend now boy Mama's got a girlfriend now Mama's got a girlfriend Mama's got a true friend Mama's got a girlfriend now You see mama don't watch your damn football And your beer drinking just won't do You're just staying out late And you're preaching the hate And you never have been true You see mama she want her somebody Who will let her be herself So she's leaving you And your stinky damn ways Cause she's found somebody else And mama's got a girlfriend now boy Mama's got a girlfriend now Mama's got a girlfriend Mama's found a true friend Mama's got a girlfriend now Papa he left home today He was waving his hands and cryin' You could tell by the sound And the tone in his voice That his heart was slowly dyin' But mama said "Boy if I ever Catch you 'round here again You ain't never gonna have nobody else Not a woman or a man" And mama's got a girlfriend now boy Mama's got a girlfriend now Mama's got a girlfriend Mama found a true friend Mama's got a girlfriend now Mama's got a girlfriend now boy Mama's got a girlfriend now Mama's got a girlfriend Mama's found a true friend Mama's got a girlfriend now
Forever
Not talking 'bout a year No not three or four I don't want that kind of forever In my life anymore Forever always seems to be around when it begins but forever never seems to be around when it ends So give me your forever Please your forever Not a day less will do From you People spend so much time Every single day Running 'round all over town Giving their forever away But no not me I won't let my forever roam and now I hope I can find my forever a home So give me your forever Please your forever Not a day less will do From you Like a handless clock with numbers An infinite of time No not the forever found Only in the mind Forever always seems to be around when things begin but forever never seems to be around when things end So give me your forever Please your forever Not a day less will do From you Like A King
Well Martin's dream Has become Rodney's worst Nightmare Can't walk the streets To them we are fair game Our lives don't mean a thing Like a king, like a king, like a king Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King Like a king, like a king, like a king How I wish you could help us Dr. King Make sure it's filmed Shown on national T.V. They'll have no mercy A legal lynch mob Like the days strung up from the tree The L.A.P.D. Like a king, like a king, like a king Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King Like a king, like a king, like a king How I wish you could help us Dr. King So if you catch yourself Thinking it has changed for the best You better second guess Cause Martin's dream Has become Rodney's worst Nightmare Like a king, like a king, like a king Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King Like a king, like a king, like a king How I wish you could help us Dr. King Pleasure And Pain
I'm leaving here on the morning train And I will never see this world again I've felt pleasure And I have felt pain And I know now That I can never be the same How I wonder why the world can be so cold And if only good die young Then left with me cruel here to grow old And I felt pleasure And I felt pain And I know now I can never be the same And if someday I find my peace of mind I will share my wealth with all of human kind I've felt pleasure And I have felt pain And I know now That I can never be the same So if the sun does shine or rain does fall I give thanks I've had my sight to see through it all And I've felt pleasure And I've felt pain And I know now That I can never be the same Walk Away
Oh no Here comes that sun again That means another day Without you my friend And it hurts me To look into the mirror at myself And it hurts even more To have to be with somebody else And it's so hard to do And so easy to say But sometimes Sometimes you just have to walk away Walk away With so many people To love in my life Why do I worry About one But you put the happy In my ness You put the good times Into my fun And it's so hard to do And so easy to say But sometimes Sometimes you just have to walk away Walk away And head for the door We've tried the goodbye So many days We walk in the same direction So that we could never stray They say if you love somebody Than you have got to set them free But I would rather be locked to you Than live in this pain and misery They say time will Make all this go away But it's time that has taken my tomorrows And turned them into yesterdays And once again that rising sun Is dropping on down And once again you my friend Are nowhere to be found And it's so hard to do And so easy to say But sometimes Sometimes you just have to walk away Walk away And head for the door You just walk away Walk away How Many Miles Must We March
Exactly how much will have to burn Before we will look to the past to learn We walk along this endless path Which has led us in a circle So here we are right back We can't let the future become our past If we are to change the world Won't you tell me Tell me please How many miles must we march How many miles must we march When I was a baby I was not prejudiced Hey how about you This was something That I learned in school Something they taught us to do We can't let our future become our past If we are to change the world Won't you tell me Tell me please How many miles must we march How many miles must we march There must come a day When a box is not somebody's home The unfinished work of our heroes Must truly be our own We can't let the future become our past If we are to change the world Won't you tell me Tell me please How many miles must we march How many miles must we march How many miles must we march How many miles must we march How many miles must we march How many miles must we march I'll Rise
You may write me down in history With your bitter twisted lies You may trod me down in the very dirt And still like the dust I'll rise Does my happiness upset you Why are you best with gloom Cause I laugh like I've got an oil well Pumping in my living room So you may shoot me with your words You may cut me with your eyes And I'll rise I'll rise I'll rise Out of the shacks of history's shame Up from a past rooted in pain I'll rise I'll rise I'll rise Now did you want to see me broken Bowed head and lowered eyes Shoulders fallen down like tear drops Weakened by my soulful cries Does my confidence upset you Don't you take it awful hard Cause I walk like I've got a diamond mine Breakin up in my front yard So you may shoot me with your words You may cut me with your eyes And I'll rise I'll rise I'll rise Out of the shacks of history's shame Up from a past rooted in pain I'll rise I'll rise I'll rise So you may write me down in history With your bitter twisted lies You may trod me down in the very dirt And still like the dust I'll rise Does my happiness upset you Why are you best with gloom Cause I laugh like I've got a goldmine Digging up in my living room Now you may shoot me with your words You may cut me with your eyes And I'll rise I'll rise I'll rise Out of the shacks of history's shame Up from a past rooted in pain I'll rise I'll rise I'll rise Welcome To The Cruel World
Welcome to the cruel world Hope you find your way Welcome to the cruel world Hope you find your way It's a cruel world Try to enjoy your stay Yes it is a cruel world When you're trying to get by It's a cruel world When you've seen the look in their eye Makes life hard living But I'm so scared to die Welcome to the cruel world Welcome Welcome Don't know how We've lasted here so long There must be more good than bad Or we'd already be gone And if you get up to heaven Before I do I'm gonna tell ya It's gonna be cruel there too You can't hide from this cruel world Cause there is no place to run You can't hide from the cruel world There just is no place to run It's been cruel from the beginning It will be cruel when we're done So when I'm gone I will gladly say goodbye When I am gone I will gladly say goodbye And if you want to feel me Put your hands up to the sky Welcome to the cruel world Welcome Welcome Hope you find your way Try to enjoy your stay
Fight for your mind Oppression
Oppression You pray on us when we sleep Oppression You chase after the tired the poor the weak Oppression You know you mean only harm Oppression You reach out with your long arm But oppression I won't let you near me Oppression You shall learn to fear me Oppression You seek population control Oppression To divide and to conquer is your goal Oppression I swear that hatred is your home Oppression You just won't leave bad enough alone But oppression I won't let you near me Oppression You shall learn to fear me Oppression I don't see how you sleep Oppression For your bleeding conscience i weep Oppression You may have the dollar on your side But oppression From the gospel truth you cannot hide And Oppression I won't let you near me Oppression You shall learn to fear me Oppression I won't let you near me Oppression You shall fear me Ground on down
I believe in a few things God the devil and love Cause i've looked up from the bottom And i've stared down from above I have faith in a few things Divinity and grace But even when i'm on my knees I know the devil prays And you're working your way From the ground on down I hate to say i love you Because it means that i Will be with you forever Or will sadly say goodbye I love to say i hate you Because it means that i Will live my life happily without you Or will sadly live a lie And you're working your way From the ground on down Life is short And if your looking for extension With your time You had best do well Cause there's good deeds And there is good intention They're as far apart As heaven and hell And you're working your way From the ground on down Another lonely day
Yes indeed i'm alone again And here comes emptiness crashing in It's either love or hate I can't find in between Cause i've been with witches And i have been with a queen It wouldn't have worked out any way So now it's just another lonely day Further along we just may But for now it's just another lonely day Wish there was something I could say or do I can resist anything But temptation from you But i'd rather walk alone Than chase you around I'd rather fall myself Than let you drag me down It wouldn't have worked out any way And now it's just another lonely day Further along we just may But for now it's just another lonely day Yesterday seems like a life ago Cause the one i love Today i hardly know You i held so close in my heart oh dear Grow further from me With every fallen tear It wouldn't have worked out any way So now it's just another lonely day Further along we just may But for now it's just another lonely day Please me like you want to
Don't do me any favors Matter of fact why don't you Do yourself a few Your presence ain't nobody's blessing I've got plenty of other things I could do Oh no, not another excuse Your tired silly games For me are just no use And now it's plain for me to see You're with somebody That you don't want to be So won't you Please please me like you want to Not like you have to Or won't you just go on and leave me Leaving me is the least that you could do You could have spared me So much misery And told me you just wanted A friend Believe me there is a difference When you mean it And when you pretend Or was i just your habit Cause i know a habit Is a hard thing to break But won't you spare me A little mercy There's only so much That i can take So won't you Please please me like you want to Not like you have to Or won't you just go on and leave me Leaving me is the least that you could do Gold to me
You look like gold to me And i'm not too blind to see You look like gold You make me wanna sing With all the joy you bring You look like gold Like the rays down from the sun When a new day has just begun You look like gold I've been fooled before But now i know I've made the mistake in the past But now i know the difference From gold and brass Not the kind of gold you wear But the kind that can feel my care You look like gold Some shine when the day is new But fade when the day is through But you look like gold I've been wrong before But now i know I've made mistakes in the past But now i know the difference From gold and brass You look like gold to me And i'm down on bending knees You look like gold And i just want you to know To me you mean so much more Than all the gold You look like gold Excuse me Mr.
Excuse me Mr. Do you have the time Or are you so important That it stands still for you Excuse me Mr. Lend me your ear Or are you not only blind But do you not hear Excuse me Mr. Isn't that your oil in the sea And the pollution in the air mr. Whose could that be Excuse me Mr. But i'm a mister too And you're giving mr. A bad name Mr. Like you So i'm taking the mr. From out in front of your name Cause it's a Mr. Like you That puts the rest of us to shame It's a Mr. Like you That puts the rest of us to shame And i've seen enough to know That i've seen too much Excuse me Mr. Can't you see the children dying You say that you can't help them Mr. You're not even trying Excuse me Mr. Take a look around Mr. Just look up And you will see it's coming down Excuse me Mr. But i'm a mister too And you're giving Mr. A bad name Mr. Like you So i'm taking the mr. From out in front of your name Cause it's a Mr. Like you That puts the rest of us to shame It's a Mr. Like you That puts the rest of us to shame And i've seen enough to know That i've seen too much So Mr. When you're rattling On heaven's gate Let me tell you mr. By then it is too late Cause Mr. When you get there They don't ask how much you saved All they'll want to know, Mr. Is what you gave Excuse me Mr. But i'm a mister too And you're giving Mr. A bad name Mr. Like you So i'm taking the Mr. From out in front of your name Cause it's a Mr. Like you That puts the rest of us to shame It's a Mr. Like you That puts the rest of us to shame People lead When the people lead The leaders they will have to follow And all their lies and their alibies They will have to swallow And it's you that has the authority For the one who is right Is the majority When the people lead People take the lead Children you've got to take your lead Or you shall be led astray So as long as someone else Controls your history The truth shall remain just a mystery For you can lead a horse to the water But you cannot make him drink You can put a man through school But you cannot make him think When the people lead People take the lead Children you've got to take your lead Or you shall be led astray Watch them try to hide This world's imposition But like disease that has come round from remission When it seems As if it has left your person All the while it has only worsened When the people lead People take the lead Children you've got to take your lead Or you shall be led astray Burn one down
Let us burn one From end to end And pass it over To me my friend Burn it long, we'll burn it slow To light me up before i go If you don't like my fire Then don't come around Cause i'm gonna burn one down Yes i'm gonna burn one down My choice is what i choose to do And if i'm causing no harm It shouldn't bother you Your choice is who you choose to be And if your causing no harm Then you're alright with me If you don't like my fire Then don't come around Cause i'm gonna burn one down Yes i'm gonna burn one down Herb the gift from the earth And what's from the earth Is of the greatest worth So before you knock it try it first You'll see it's a blessing And not a curse If you don't like my fire Then don't come around Cause i'm gonna burn one down Yes i'm gonna burn one down Fight for your mind
If you're gonna live Then live it up And if you're gonna give Then give it up If you're gonna walk the earth Then walk it proud And if you're gonna say the word You got to say it loud You got to fight for your mind You got to fight for your mind While you got the time You got to fight for your mind If you're gonna build a house Make it a home If you're gonna pull some weight Pull your own If you're gonna help Reach out your hand If you're getting up Then take a stand You got to fight for your mind You got to fight for your mind While you got the time You got to fight for your mind If you're gonna step Step on in If you're gonna finish You got to begin Don't you fear What you don't know Just let that be Your room to grow You got to fight for your mind You got to fight for your mind While you got the time You got to fight for your mind Give a man a home Have you ever lost your way Have you ever feared another day Have you ever misplaced your mind Watching this world leave you behind Won't you Won't you give Won't you give a man Give a man a home Have you ever worn thin Have you ever never known where to begin Have you ever lost your belief Watching your faith turn to grief Won't you Won't you give Won't you give a man Give a man a home In a world that is unwhole You have got to fight to keep your soul Some would rather give than receive Some would rather give up before they believe Won't you Won't you give Won't you give a man Give a man a home By my side Don't you get ahead of me And i won't leave you behind If you get unhappy Show me a sign There's no love like lost love No pain like a broken heart There's no love like you and me And no loss like us apart Promises promise is Only a word And when softly spoken Is never heard And a heart Is not a stone And is fragile When alone By my side By my side Won't you be by my side By my side By my side Won't you be by my side My care for you Is from the ground up to the sky It's over under up above Down below and to the side No use in pretending No use in saving face My love is never ending You are my saving grace By my side By my side Won't you be by my side By my side By my side Won't you be by my side Power of the gospel
It will make a weak man mighty It will make a mighty man fall It will fill your heart and hands Or leave you with nothing at all It's the eyes for the blind And legs for the lame It is love for hate And pride for shame That's the power of the gospel That's the power of the gospel That's the power of the mighty power That's the power of the gospel Gospel on the water Gospel on the land The gospel in every woman The gospel in every man Gospel in the garden Gospel in the trees The gospel that's inside of you The gospel inside of me That's the power of the gospel That's the power of the gospel That's the power of the mighty power That's the power of the gospel In the hour of richness In the hour of need For all of creation Comes from the gospel seed Now you may leave tomorrow And you may leave today But you've got to have the gospel When you start out on your way That's the power of the gospel That's the power of the gospel That's the power of the mighty power That's the power of the gospel
God fearing man
Listen mister brother sister Family and friend I fear with each day pass Our time grows closer to the end Listen stranger passer by And those i never knew There's not one day that you are living Has been promised to you I am a god fearing man I'm a god fearing man I reach out for my god's hand I'm a god fearing man Listen mother sister brother Relatives and kin You want to know just where you're going You got to know where you've been Tell me what gives one the right To say their god is better than anybody else Don't we all have a right To find god for our self I am a god fearing man I'm a god fearing man I reach up for my god's hand I'm a god fearing man When i rise with the morning sun I give thanks to my god For the gift of another one And when my day is over And complete I reach to my god To put me back on my feet I am a god fearing man I'm a god fearing man I reach up for my god's hand I'm a god fearing man One road to freedom
Tell me which road are you travelling Which road are you travelling on Tell me who will you turn to When the light has gone I hear somebody calling I hear somebody calling to me With so many roads to travel There's just one can set you free There's just one road One road to freedom There's just one road One road to freedom Just one In my life i have been blessed In my life i have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you're travelling Do you know where you want to be With so many roads to travel There's just one can set you free There's just one road One road to freedom There's just one road One road to freedom There's just one road One road to freedom Just one
The will to live Faded
You so easily amuse Like a pantomime Such a silent crime You so easily abuse Lack of confidence It's your best offense You so easily confuse You can't deny it Still you try to hide it Faded So faded Like a memory gone There's no recollection Faded So faded Like a forgotten dream Further than it seems You so hastily defy When you think you need it You find a way to bleed it You so hastily deny Pleading innocence It's your best defense You so hastily reply The moment that you said it Already regret it Faded So faded Like a memory gone There's no recollection Faded So faded Like a forgotten dream Further than it seems Homeless child
Nowhere here To call my home No one near To call my own All that's left Is for me to roam Somebody please Help me hang on Homeless child Homeless child What is left For the homeless child There is no night And there is no day It is all One shade of gray Some will pass And some will stay Is this the end Or just one more day Homeless child Homeless child What is left For the homeless child Sure not much But it's my best I just need Some place to rest If you could just Let me be your guest I won't burden you For very long Homeless child Homeless child What is left For the homeless child Roses from my friends
I could have treated you better But you couldn't have treated me worse But it's he who laughs last Is he who cries first Sometimes i feel i know strangers Better than i know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But i cannot survive The roses from my friends When the last word has been spoken And we've beared witness to the final setting sun All that shall remain is a token Of what we've said and done When all we've had has been forsaken Distant church bells no longer ring That's the sound of a heart taken And the story of tears from a king The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But i cannot survive The roses from my friends This may be the last time i see you Forgive me for holding you close This may be the last time that i see you So of this moment i will make the most This may be the last time i see you But if you keep me in your heart Together we shall be eternal If you believe We shall never part The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But i cannot survive The roses from my friends Jah work Tell me do you really know Your brother man Cause a heart speaks louder Than a color can And why would you even Shake a man's hand If you're not going To help him stand Jah work Jah work Jah work is never done Every man's actions Belong to he If prepared for thereafter To each his destiny Some people believe And some people know Some people deceive And some people show Jah work Jah work Jah work is never done You must do the heaviest So many shall do none You have got to stand firm So many shall run Some they rest their head at night Some get no sleep at all If you listen close to what you see You will hear the call I want to be ready
How i am strong Is to know what makes me weak How i am found Is to know just whom i seek The gift of a blessing The burden of a sin Turn to him I want to be ready Ready to put on My long white robe Nailed across From hand to hand For the sin Of woman and man All upon his earth Is all within his plan And i know this shall be My journey home I want to be ready Ready to put on My long white robe Covet no silver Covet no gold Reach your empty Hands for him to hold Up in his kingdom Glory shall be proclaimed Sing the song And praise his name The will to live
I met a girl whose heart Was on the right hand side And upon the left An angel did reside They told her mother That she never would survive But she kept the rhythm And is still alive We must all have The will to live You got to have The will to live Then i met a man Who had to walk with his hands Born into a world He couldn't stand Blessed with life But cursed as a man Still he walks taller Than most of us can We must all have The will to live You got to have The will to live Some are born with more And some born with less So don't take for granted The life we've been blessed It's hard to understand That we're only a guest And each one of us Shall be put to life's test We must all have The will to live You got to have The will to live Ashes
Ashes to ashes And dust to dust That's what has become Of our love and trust Love has no direction Cause love has no aim Love can leave you As fast as she came Meeting is such sweet sorrow Cause someday we may have to part Hush don't you make a sound You're gonna let me down Good things come To those who wait But good things are gone From those who are late All that i am Is all i can give But with or without you My life i must live Meeting is such sweet sorrow Cause someday we may have to part Hush don't you make a sound You're gonna let me down Living ain't easy Since you've been gone No one else can please me Or make me feel home Forgetting ain't easy You stay on my mind Thoughts of us haunt me Can't leave them behind Widow of a living man
Mama why does he treat me so cold Why do i feel so old How long has he treated me unkind Or have i always been so blind I'm the widow of a living man Why can't the times stay the same Now i am begging him to change What about all the plans we made Now i am so afraid I'm the widow of a living man Why does he hurt me so I'm gonna need someplace to go He's no longer some kind woman's son Mama i think that i had better run I'm the widow of a living man Glory & consequence
I'm more afraid of living Than i am scared to die I'm more afraid of falling Than i am of flying high Every moral has a story Every story has an end Every battle has its glory And its consequence I'm more afraid of loving Than i am of being scorned But i will keep on trying Though i have been forewarned Every moral has a story Every story has an end Every battle has its glory And its consequence I would rather me be lonely And you have someone to hold I'm not as scared of dying As i am of growing old. Every moral has a story Every story has an end Every battle has its glory And its consequence Mama's trippin'
Can you tell me why You're so uptight Out of your head And ain't talking right Can you tell me why Your mind ain't straight Out of touch And can't relate Mama's trippin' Daddy's slippin' Everybody's talking 'bout Keeping it together But i see people splittin' When there's inclement weather What you want is what i want So why can't we agree If i could be inside of you Maybe i could see why Mama's trippin' Daddy's slippin' You and i ain't spoken Ain't spoken for a week Soon there won't be nothin' Nothing left to speak Things ain't the same Since you've gone insane Let's take some time And ease the strain Mama's trippin' Daddy's slippin' I shall not walk alone
Battered and torn Still i can see the light Tattered and worn But i must kneel to fight Friend of mine What can't you spare I know some times It gets cold in there When my legs no longer carry And the warm wind chills my bones I reach for mother mary And i shall not walk alone Hope is alive While we're apart Only tears Speak from my heart Break the chains That hold us down And we shall be Forever bound When i'm tired and weary And a long way from home I reach for mother mary And i shall not walk alone Beauty that We left behind How shall we Tomorrow find Set aside Our weight in sin So that we Can live again When my legs no longer carry And the warm wind chills my bones I reach for mother mary And i shall not walk alone
Burn To Shine Alone
This empty room it fills my mind Freedom it leaves me confined Every single bone has cracked But in this life you can't turn back I don't want to live I don't want to live alone Alone Alone Alone As these words part with my tongue I question why they're even sung I promise but I lie I don't even know myself inside I don't want to be I don't want to be here alone Alone Alone Alone Today and tomorrow have become one Every single thing has become none Human nature is a beast What I've done the most to show I have the least Please don't leave me here Please don't leave me here Don't you leave me alone Alone Alone Alone The Woman In You
Could've sworn I heard you say amen this morning Showing some kind of sign that you believe Did it fall from your tongue without warning Or just another trick to fall from your sleeve Did I hear you say that you believe in angels I guess I bring the devil out in you But we can both remove our halos 'Cause even an angel needs love too Even angels needs love too The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me Some things never change Some things never stay the same But you're so innocent I'll take all the blame How I hate to remember For that means the day is past Sometimes I wonder if I know her Or if I really need to ask Or if I really need to ask The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me Woman, woman, woman, woman Woman, woman, woman Half a man walks with no shadow Of life he utters his distaste No apology is expected Love carved sorry in his face Love carved sorry in his face The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me The woman in you, in you, is the worry in me Woman, woman, woman, woman Woman, woman, woman, woman Woman, woman Less I could give you more But you still wouldn't be happy I could give all you need But you still wouldn't be satisfied I could give till I were poor Now what good would that be You'd shake hands with Jesus A nd you still would not believe If you're happy with nothing You'll be so very happy with me The less you expect The more you'll be pleased The more you'll be pleased I could change your mind But what would you really be thinking I'd show you a sign But you'd just pass it on by I could hold your hand But then we'd both be sinking The problem with the world Is everyone's not just like you If you're happy with nothing You'll be so very happy with me The less you expect T he more you'll be pleased The more you'll be pleased If you're happy with nothing You'll be so very happy with me If you're happy with nothing You'll be so very happy with me If you're happy with nothing You'll be so very happy with me If you're happy with nothing You'll be so very happy with me If you're happy with nothing You'll be so very happy with me If you're happy with nothing You'll be so very happy with me So happy with nothing So happy with me Two Hands Of A Prayer
First time that I saw her she had white doves in her eyes She spoke to me but I could not reply, not reply She was a stranger I had known for years She brought to me so many smiles and tears Smiles and tears The two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Time it slowly drifts into the past, into the past And finds a home where all echoes rest, echoes rest She softly kissed my mind, my mind And whispered what will we do with time, do with time The two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Am I the man I choose, choose to be, choose to be Or just the man I used to be, used to be Am I the man I want, want to be, I want to be This question it keeps haunting me, haunting me The two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer A prayer Please Bleed
Make me feel like a beggar Make me feel like a thief Make me feel like a battle that cannot end in peace Make me feel like running as if I've lost my nerve Make me feel like crying tears I don't deserve Please bleed So I know that you are real So I know that you can feel The damage that you've done Oh - who have I become To myself I am numb I am numb I am numb Is this really living Sometimes it's hard to tell Or is this just a kinder, gentler hell Turn out the lights and let me stare into your soul I was born and bled for you to hold Please bleed So I know that you are real So I know that you can feel The damage that you've done Oh - who have I become To myself I am numb I am numb I am numb Never said thank you Never said please Never gave a reason to believe So as it stands i remain on my knees Good lovers make great enemies Please bleed So I know that you are real So I know that you can feel The damage that you've done Oh - who have I become To myself I am numb I am numb I am numb Please bleed So I know that you are real So I know that you can feel The damage that you've done Oh - who have I become To myself I am numb I am numb I am numb Suzie Blue
Won't you sing me the blues Won't you sing me the blues Sing me something my heart can use Misery loves a symphony Does your face, your pretty face get lost in a crowd And you say no one's there to hear you cry out loud What will you do, Suzie Blue Where'd you learn to do that so well Where'd you learn to do that so well I guess that would be like kiss and tell If it's a secret, why did you show me But you're far away from the love you used to hold Don't sit and watch yourself grow old The day is new, Suzie Blue The day is new, Suzie Blue Real life has let you down Real life has let you down Someone stripped the jewels from your crown Everybody owes somebody something Kisses from heaven in your arms And we'll make love to the memories They will always see us through, Suzie Blue The day is new, Suzie Blue The day is new, Suzie Blue Steal My Kisses
I pulled into Nashville, Tennessee But you wouldn't even come around to see me And since you're heading up to Carolina You know I'm gonna be right there behind ya 'Cause I always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Now I love to feel that warm southern rain Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing And to see it fall on your simple country dress It's like heaven to me I must confess 'Cause I always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Now I've been hanging around you for days But when I lean in you just turn your head away Oh - No you didn't mean that She said I love the way you think but I hate the way you act 'Cause I always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Burn To Shine
We made love until we cried and cried ourselves to laughter Laughed until we realized our hearts were struck were fear How in just a moment's time could one see for ever after I gently lie beside of you and dream away my tears Won't you let me treat you kind We're gonna burn to shine Won't you let me treat you kind We're gonna burn to shine Funny things you learn from your mama like the way to throw your head back when you're swallowing pills Funny things you learn from your papa like when you're talking you just can't keep your hands still But that was now and this is then it never lasts for long How I miss the good old days but I'm so glad they're gone Won't you let me treat you kind We're gonna burn to shine Won't you let me treat you kind We're gonna burn to shine I'd like to spend the time that you would like to spend with me So that you can help me out with my dependency 'Cause I'm hopelessly addicted to your sorrow Makes me never want to work, only beg and borrow Won't you let me treat you kind We're gonna burn to shine Won't you let me treat you kind We're gonna burn to shine Won't you let me treat you kind We're gonna burn to shine Won't you let me treat you kind We're gonna burn to shine Show Me A Little Shame
You You've been looking at me just a little too long Now I can never look the same Blindness and kindness There's no difference in the two When I can no longer see the good in you So won't you show me a little shame Won't you show me a little shame Now 'cause I'm, I'm a gentleman Before gentlewomen So-called ladies they keep breaking my heart Showed me your house Showed me your home Showed me how it could all fall, all fall Now won't you show me a little shame Won't you show me a little shame Won't you show me a little shame 'Cause now I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through crying and I sat up and before I wept I get through thinking and the thoughts have left my head I get through speaking and I can't remember not a word that I said You change your mind so many times, I wonder if you have a mind at all And I rather be by myself than to have your lonesome company come to call Now won't you show me a little shame Won't you show me a little shame Won't you show me a little shame Won't you show me a little shame Forgiven
I will wait like nothing I have ever waited for I will catch your tears from falling Until from my hands they pour You can leave me here abandoned I'll be here if you walk back in Like the rest I have been branded Far beneath the skin So far beneath the skin You shall be You shall be You shall be forgiven You shall be You shall be You shall be forgiven Here I have been standing But the time has come and gone I try singing to you But you turn my words to stone Here I have been waiting It seems for quite a while Changed are my reflections But inside still just a child But inside still just a child You shall be You shall be You shall be forgiven You shall be You shall be You shall be forgiven These eyes weren't made for crying This love wasn't made to waste These arms were made for battle But to share in your embrace But to share in your embrace You shall be You shall be You shall be forgiven You shall be You shall be You shall be forgiven You shall be You shall be You shall be forgiven You shall be You shall be You... forgiven Beloved One
We have both been here before Knocking upon love's door Begging for someone to let us in Knowing this we can agree To keep each other company Never to go down that road again My beloved one My beloved one Your eyes shine through me You are so divine to me Your heart has a home in mine We won't have to say a word With a touch all shall be heard When I search my heart it's you I find My beloved one My beloved one My beloved one You were meant for me I believe you were sent to me From a dream straight into my arms Hold your body close to me You mean the most to me We will keep each other safe from harm My beloved one My beloved one My beloved one My beloved one In The Lord's Arms
Like the wings stolen from an angel Like petals gone from a rose Like a dove caught in a storm Tonight he is in the Lord's Arms The wind it blew straight through us And whispered to me in tongues I was told I was warned Tonight he would be in the Lord's Arms Tonight he is in the Lord's Arms So I drink this wine to him With each glass a memory He left me with his crown of thorns Tonight he is in the Lord's arms Tonight he is in the Lord's arms Tonight he is in the Lord's arms
Diamonds On The Inside With My Own Two Hands
I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place Oh- with my Oh- with my own two hands With my own With my own two hands With my own With my own two hands I can make peace on earth With my own two hands I can clean up the earth Oh- with my own two hands I can reach out to you Oh- with my own two hands With my own With my own two hands Oh- with my own Oh- with my own two hands I'm gonna make it a brighter place With my own I'm gonna make it a safer place With my own I'm gonna help the human race With my own With my own two hands Now I can hold you With my own two hands And I can comfort you With my own two hands But you got to use Use your own two hands Use your own Use your own two hands Use your own two hands And with our own With our own two hands With our With our With our own two hands Oh- with my own With my own two hands I'm gonna make it a brighter place With my own I'm gonna make it a safer place With my own I'm gonna help the human race With my own Gonna make it a brighter place With my own I can hold you With my own And I can comfort you With my own But you got You got You got You got You got You got You got You got to use Oh- use your own Oh- use your own Lord But you got You got You got You got You got to use Use - use your own Use your own Use your own Use your own Use your own Use your own Use your own Use your own Use your own Use your own Use your own When It's Good
You're a prison I can't escape You're a decision I never make Heard me laughing You heard me weep and moan When it's good, it's so, so good When it's gone, it's gone They say time will kill the pain I say pain is gonna kill my time Lord won't you save me Or leave me alone Cause when it's good, it's so, so good When it's gone, it's gone Oh- gone I hang your picture right above my mind Don't do anything you can't deny I could never be your pawn Oh- cause when it's good, it's so, so good When it's gone, it's gone Some drink to remember Some to forget Some for satisfaction Some to regret I hope a brighter day to you I've shown Oh- cause when it's good, it's so, so good And when it's gone, it's gone When it's gone, it's gone When it's gone, it's gone When it's gone, Oh it's gone Diamonds On The Inside
I knew a girl Her name was truth She was a horrible liar She couldn't spend one day alone But she couldn't be satisfied When you have everything You have everything to lose She made herself a bed of nails And she's planning on putting it to use She had diamonds on the inside She had diamonds on the inside She had diamonds on the inside Diamonds A candle throws its light into the darkness In a nasty world so shines a good deed Make sure the fortune that you seek Is the fortune that you need Tell me why the first to ask Is the last to give every time What you say and do not mean Follows you close behind She had diamonds on the inside She had diamonds on the inside She wore diamonds on the inside Diamonds Diamonds Like the soldier long standing under fire Any change comes as a relief Let the giver's name remain unspoken She is just a generous thief She had diamonds on the inside She had diamonds on the inside She wore diamonds on the inside She wore diamonds Oh- diamonds She had diamonds She wore diamonds Diamonds Touch From Your Lust
I need to sleep but I'm too tired I need to come down but I'm too wired When the sun comes up I miss the moon Cause I know tomorrow is gonna come too soon Is gonna come too soon She only wants to be wanted But time crumbles blue roses to dust Now I long to feel the touch from your lust Scars on your back tell where you've been But I'll roll like the ocean if you'll blow like the wind Sweet Texas angel what have your blue eyes seen I'll be your country gentleman If you will be my Mason-Dixon Queen Queen She only wants to be wanted But time crumbles blue roses to dust Now I long to feel the touch from your lust So much sweeter than all the rest You're what lies between pain and death Sinners and saints call you by name If you're gonna take the praise You're gonna have to learn to take the blame She only wants to be wanted But time crumbles blue roses to dust Now I long to feel the touch from your She only wants to be wanted Time crumbles blue roses to dust Now I long to feel the touch from your lust When She Believes
The good Lord is such a good Lord With such a good mother too They have blessed me They have blessed me In the good graces of you Now I I have heard a hundred violins crying And I I have seen a hundred white doves flying But nothing is as beautiful As when she believes When she believes When she believes When she believes When she believes When she believes In me Oh- in me Mmhh How good it must feel To be so young, young and free And a song that pleases a Queen Will always please me Now I I have heard the wisest of wisdom And I I have dined in palaces and kingdoms But nothing is as beautiful As when she believes When she believes When she believes When she believes When she believes When she believes In me Oh- in me Mmhh - Oh - no no no Now, all of life Is just passing the time Until once again Your eyes look into mine Now I I have been adored by a stranger And I I have heard the whispering angel But nothing is as beautiful As when she believes When she believes When she believes When she believes When she believes When she believes In me Oh - la la la Brown Eyed Blues
I say if I knew being here with you today Would mean being alone tomorrow I would gladly trade all of my tomorrows away For a moment with you Brown eyed blues You can find yourself another fool I say yeah, yeah, yeah Can you look Can you look into my eyes Or has your heart Said, has your heart gone blind Can you look Can you look into your own and find the safe place to hide Brown eyed blues You can find yourself another fool I say yeah, yeah, yeah Why, why be with a stranger When you could be with your friend If you're ever lonely you know I'm lonely too And I'll stay lonely until I'm again with you With you I say Brown eyed blues Can find yourself another fool I say yeah, yeah, yeah I say Brown eyed blues Oh- no I say Brown eyed blues Bring The Funk
When it's on the one you know the funk's begun When you are down and out there is no doubt You need the funk Just bring the funk Bring the funk Bring the funk Now what's the problem everybody's got them Just get the hole out of your soul And bring the funk Bring me the funk Bring the funk If you got a glass closet don't you throw no bones There's only getting until the getting's gone So pass me the funk Pass the funk Got to have my funk Got to have my funk Oh- I need my funk Need my funk Got to have my funk Got to have my funk Some are jiving Some are shuck Some are just down on their luck They just need the funk Need the funk They got to have the funk Got to have the funk Just bring 'em some funk Bring the funk Just bring the funk Just bring the funk Well Well Bring it (repeat...) Well stay black Stay black Stay white Stay brown get on down Just bring the funk Got to bring the funk Bring the funk Need it - I need it (repeat...) Yeah Well it's got to be solid That's what you call it Funk me up Funk me down Funk me sideways Funk me all ways Bring the funk Got to bring the funk Bring the funk Oh- some things money can't fix Like what? Some things only money will do the trick It's not the end of the world but I can see it from here So bring - bring - bring - bring - bring me the funk Bring the funk Just bring the funk Just bring me the funk Oh- bring the funk Bring the funk Just bring me the funk Everything
Behind all of your tears there's a smile There's a smile Behind all of the rain there's a sunshine For miles and miles Oh- Everything Everything You mean everything You mean everything Everything to me Everything to me The colors of your garden They're yellow, blue and green And the sound of your sweet voice It's better than all my dreams Oh- Everything Everything You mean everything You mean everything Everything to me Everything to me Your my first thought in the morning When I rise Oh- when I rise You're my last thought in the evening When I rest my head at night Oh- Everything Everything You mean everything You mean everything Everything to me Everything to me Oh- Everything Everything You mean everything You mean everything Everything to me Everything to me Everything to me Everything to me Amen Omen
What started as a whisper Slowly turned into a scream Searching for an answer Where the question is unseen I don't know where you came from And I don't know where you've gone Old friends become old strangers Between the darkness and the dawn Amen Omen Will I see your face again Amen Omen Can I find the place within To live my life without you I still hear you saying All of life is a chance And is sweetest When at a glance But I live a hundred Lifetimes in a day But I die a little In every breath that I take Amen Omen Will I see your face again Amen Omen Can I find the place within To live my life without you I listen to a whisper Slowly drift away Silence is the loudest Parting word you never say I put - I put your world Into my veins Now a voiceless sympathy Is all that remains Amen Omen Will I see your face again Amen Omen Can I find the place within To live my life without you Amen Omen Will I see your face again Amen Omen Will I see your face again Amen Omen Can I find the place within my life without you Amen Omen Omen Oh... Temporary Remedy
I killed a snake with a bible I was living a Johnny Cash song I'm afraid for this I may be liable So its best I be moving - moving along Just a temporary remedy Running through my Running through my veins Summer lasted through November Funny when its gone you miss cold Words can be spoken for a lifetime We can never hear until we're told Just a temporary remedy Running through my Running through my veins They tell me nothing is perfect Then tell me why is it a word Yesterday's news is tomorrow's blues Now they're perfectly blurred Just a temporary remedy Running through Running through my veins Just a temporary remedy Running through Running through my veins So High So Low
Oh- Once you know you can never You can never turn back Oh- But I understand 'Cause we all fear what we lack Being with you Makes me tired as hell Tired as hell And it's so high so low Oh- So high so low Now if I was strong And you were male You'd be dead And I would be in jail Being with you Makes me tired as hell Tired as hell Now it's so high so low Oh now it's so high so low Don't go making promises You know you won't keep Weddings turn to funerals Both with songs that make you weep Being with you Makes me tired as hell And it's so high so low Oh now it's so high so low Now it's so high so low So high so low Blessed To Be A Witness
Corcovado parted the sky And through the darkness On us he shined Crucified in stone Still his blood is my own Glory behold all my eyes have seen Have seen I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed to be a witness Some have flown away And can't be with us here today Like the hills of my home Some have crumbled and now are gone Gather around for today won't come again Won't come again I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed to be a witness So much sorrow and pain Still I will not live in vain Like good questions never asked Is wisdom wasted on the past Only by the grace of God go I Go I I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed to be a witness I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed I am blessed to be a witness Picture Of Jesus
It hangs above my altar Like they hung him from a cross I keep one in my wallet For the times I feel lost I feel lost In a wooden frame with splinters Where my family kneels to pray And if you listen close You'll hear the words he used to say I've got a picture of Jesus In his arms so many prayers rest We've got a picture of Jesus And with him we shall be forever blessed Forever blessed Forever blessed Now it has been spoken He would come again But would we recognize This king among men There was a man in our time His words shine bright like the sun He tried to lift the masses And was crucified by gun He was a picture of Jesus With him so many prayers rest He is a picture of Jesus In his arms so many prayers So many prayers So many prayers rest With him we shall be forever blessed Forever blessed Forever blessed Some days have no beginning And some days have no end Some roads are straight and narrow And some roads only bend So let us say a prayer For every living thing Walking towards a light From the cross of a king We long to be a picture of Jesus Of Jesus In his arms - In his arms so many prayers rest I long to be a picture of Jesus With him we shall be forever blessed With him we shall With him we shall be forever blessed Oh- I long I've got a picture of Jesus Hmmm She's Only Happy In The Sun
I know you may not want to see me On your way down from the clouds Would you hear me if I told you That my heart is with you now She's only happy in the sun She's only happy in the sun Did you find what you were after The pain and the laughter brought you to your knees But if the sun sets you free Sets you free You'll be free indeed Indeed She's only happy in the sun She's only happy in the sun Every time I hear you laughing Hear you laughing It makes me cry Like a story of life Of life Is hello goodbye She's only happy in the sun She's only happy in the sun She's only happy in the sun She's only happy in the sun
There Will Be A Light Take My Hand Lord I work to serve you And I hope I've served you well Oh, I've lived a life to join you And now only time will tell Oh, take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you're alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home Father dear father Pulled his car to the side of the road Looked at his children with tears in his eyes Said life is too heavy a load Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you're alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home Some days I'm struck with sorrow Need a place to hide There's nowhere else you can put life But way down deep inside Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand when you're alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand to lead you home Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home Take my hand... Wicked Man Children come running to the truth But you've got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one's living high another's grieving But what's sweet by morning is bitter by the evening Oh, what's sweet by morning is bitter by the evening The wicked The wicked The wicked man shall fall The wicked The wicked The wicked man shall fall When the moon chase away the sun And cause my day to run I will not fear the darkest night For I know upon the other side is light Oh, the other side is light The wicked The wicked The wicked man shall fall The wicked The wicked The wicked man shall fall Every man is a common man And every common man has his plan But while the hungry man seek any food in sight The greedy man seek only appetite Oh, the greedy man seek only appetite The wicked The wicked The wicked man shall fall The wicked The wicked The wicked man shall fall Oh, the wicked man shall fall Oh, the wicked The wicked Oh, the wicked man shall fall Fall, fall, fall, fall Wicked man Wicked man Oh, fall Where Could I Go There's no deals to be made with the dawn Now I fear that our time has come and gone They say freedom is just a place to hide Now I'm coming to you with my arms open wide Oh, won't you tell me Where could I go to the Lord Take a prayer with you to heaven for me Oh, and give it to the Lord Give it to the Lord Cause nothing else could save a sinner Sinner like me Oh, but an angel's word Just an angel's word Now, oh now, what is, what is too true What is hard is much too true Oh, and what's true Oh, is much too too hard And now where, where could I go but to the Lord Mama was hard on us but we could take it And papa didn't give a damn and he couldn't fake it They say freedom Oh, freedom is just an other place to hide Now I'm coming to you with my arms open wide And tell me Where could I go Oh but to the Lord
Church House Steps Oh, I sat down upon the church house steps I sat down upon the church house steps I sat down upon the church house Down upon the church house steps With all my hopes and dreams All of my regrets Oh, I sat down upon the church house steps I sat down upon the church house steps I sat down I sat down upon the church house steps With all I have lost And with all I have been blessed Oh, I sat down Oh, I sat down Oh, I sat down upon I sat down upon the church house steps I reached to the sky As I hung my head and wept Oh, I wept Oh, I sat down Oh, I sat down I sat down Oh, I sat down If these wings should fail me (Won't you) meet me with another pair
Well Well Well The man who stole the water will swim forevermore But he'll never reach the land on that golden shore That faint white light will haunt his heart Till he's only a memory lost in the dark Dig a hole in the ground straight down to hell Till there ain't no more water in the well, well, well When you're down on your knees with nothing left to sell Try diggin a little deeper in the well, well, well Well, well, well Well, well, well Take care of your body like you care for your soul Don't you dig yourself into a hole Until you've paid the price you can't know what it's worth The air and water, the fire and earth Dig a hole in the ground straight down to hell Till there ain't no more water in the well, well, well When you're down on your knees with nothing left to sell Try diggin a little deeper in the well well well Well, well, well Well, well, well
Picture Of Jesus It hangs above my altar Like they hung him from a cross I keep one in my wallet For the times I feel lost I feel lost In a wooden frame with splinters Where my family kneels to pray And if you listen close You'll hear the words he used to say I've got a picture of Jesus In his arms so many prayers rest We've got a picture of Jesus And with him we shall be forever blessed Forever blessed Forever blessed Now it has been spoken He would come again But would we recognize This king among men There was a man in our time His words shine bright like the sun He tried to lift the masses And was crucified by gun He was a picture of Jesus With him so many prayers rest He is a picture of Jesus In his arms so many prayers So many prayers So many prayers rest With him we shall be forever blessed Forever blessed Forever blessed Some days have no beginning And some days have no end Some roads are straight and narrow And some roads only bend So let us say a prayer For every living thing Walking towards a light From the cross of a king We long to be a picture of Jesus Of Jesus In his arms In his arms so many prayers rest I long to be a picture of Jesus With him we shall be forever blessed With him we shall With him we shall be forever blessed Oh- Oh I long I've got a picture of Jesus Hmmm Satisfied Mind How many times have you heard someone say "If I had his money I'd do things my way" But little they know that it's so hard to find One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind Once I was waiting in fortune and fame Everything that I dreamed of to get a start in life's game Suddenly it happened I lost every dime But I'm richer by far with a satisfied mind When my life is over and my time has run out My friends and my loved ones I'll leave there's no doubt But one thing is for certain when it comes my time I'll leave here for certain with a satisfied mind I got a satisfied mind
Mother Pray How sweet and happy seem those days of which I dream Memories I recall now and then And with a rapture sweet my weary heart would beat If I could hear my mother pray again If I could only hear my mother pray again If I could hear her tender voice as then How happy I would be It would mean so much to me If I could hear my mother pray again Around the old homeplace her cherishing smiling face Was always bringing comfort joy and cheer And when she used to sing to her eternal King It was the sound I loved to hear If I could only hear my mother pray again If I could hear her tender voice as then How happy I would be It would mean so much to me If I could hear my mother pray again If I could hear my mother pray again If I could hear my mother pray again
There Will Be A Light I wish we could live forever Then melt into the sun Melt into the sun Time is gonna change you Once it gets you on the run Gets you on the run There will be There will be There will be a light There will be a light There will be There will be There will be a light There will be a light I've been running Ever since Ever since I was a child Some call it free And some call it wild There will be There will be There will be a light There will be a light There will be There will be There will be a light There will be a light Let the warmth of my love Dry away all your tears Fear not for I am with you I will fear not, fear not, with you here There will be There will be There will be a light There will be a light There will be There will be There will be a light There will be a light There will be There will be There will be a light There will be a light
Church On Time We're gonna make it to the church on time We're gonna make it to the church on time Put on your Sunday best I'll put on mine We're gonna make it to the church on time We're gonna make it to the church on time We're gonna make it to the church on time Need to hear the preacher Give me a sign We're gonna make it to the church on time We're gonna make it to the church on time We're gonna make it to the church on time I'm gonna get my soul in line I'm gonna make it to the church on time We're gonna make it to the church We're gonna make it to the church on time We're gonna leave all of our troubles behind I'm gonna make it to the church on time We're gonna make it to the church on time We're gonna make it to the church on time You may be rich may not have a dime We're gonna make it to the church on time We're gonna make it Oh, we're gonna make it Oh, we're gonna make it to the church on time Trouble at heart, Oh, trouble in mind We're gonna make it, Lord, to the church on time Revelation chapter eight Revelation chapter eight Seven angels at the gate You don't want to make them wait Oh, we're gonna make it Oh, I'm gonna make it I'm gonna make it Oh, I'm gonna make it to the church on time Oh, to the church Oh, to the church on time On your Sunday best On your Sunday best Sunday best I'm gonna put on I'm gonna put on I'm gonna put on mine
Both Sides Of The Gun
Morning Yearning A finger's touch upon my lips It's a morning yearning Pull the curtains shut, try to keep it dark But the sun is burning The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It's a morning yearning Another day, another chance to get it right Must i still be learning Baby crying kept us up all night With her morning yearning Like a summer rose, i'm a victim of the fall But am soon returning Your love's the warmest place the sun ever shines My morning yearning Waiting For You I've been waiting for you Never found anything else to do But waiting for you I've been calling your name Never found anything else the same Nothing's the same I keep hearing your name Nothing else sounds the same As hearing your name I've been hoping for you What else can i do But keep hoping for you You can kill a lot of time If you really put your mind to it Or leave it all behind And never go through it What else can i do Keep waiting for you Picture In A Frame You can sell your soul But you can't buy it back I've spent my whole life Working to give you Everything you lack I would gladly trade All of my sympathy For sorrow If i could have you Here with me tomorrow So many wasted days The past is so hard to get out from under So many words that i wish i could say The future rattles my bones weak like thunder I wish you were here So we could walk and talk In the soft rain Now all that's left of us Is a picture sitting in a frame Everything i wish for Is everything i see I remember when your kisses were for me Never Leave Lonely Alone Like an old man Sitting alone at a lunch counter Like a small town girl A big city devours Some of us laugh Even in our darkest hour Never leave lonely alone Unspoken rules of solitude Wound without a trace A lifetime of dreams roll down your face All that we can't say Is all we need to hear When you close your eyes Does the world disappear There's something in everyone Only they know It moves in the hidden ways Of joy and sorrow Never leave lonely alone Reason To Mourn I can't know the hell you love But i know you've had enough Some baptize in water Some in flames What has life done to you All you ever wanted was someone to run to you There's more to life than what makes you cry Don't you give me a reason to mourn Look into my eyes with all your hate and scorn I'll remove the crown of sorrow which you have been adorned But don't you give me a reason to mourn More Than Sorry Goodbye Hasn't been so good to me Stepped out into the night Back against the moon I saw ten thousand hands with candlelight We all think that we're right It's hard to tell If the night is full of hope or doom My eyes Burn with unshed tears My body is weak From so many silent years Too many people say goodbye Before they say hello Step into the morning And disappear What more than sorry can i say What more than sorry can i be Before our love fades away What more than sorry Do you want from me Crying Won't Help You Now Sit there and call me A liar and a cheat I just wish you'd pin a rose on me Now you won't even Come out and take a bow Crying wont help you now Now your poets Have all put down their pens The only songs to sing Are those sung again Lonely just doesn't Look good on you somehow Crying wont help you now I just keep on staring Into the black eyes of the truth We'll have to learn to live apart somehow Crying wont help you now Happy Everafter In Your Eyes The morning sunrise spread her wings While the moon hung in the sky Held the sea in your hands And happy everafter in your eyes Couldn't leave you to go to heaven I carry you in my smile For the first time my true reflection i see Happy everafter in your eyes Every star in the night Promises the dawn I will be there if you fall To ever so heavily rest upon All that i can give you Is forever yours to keep Wake up every day with a dream And happyever after in your eyes Happy everafter is in your eyes Better Way I'm a living sunset Lightning in my bones Push me to the edge But my will is stone Fools will be fools And wise will be wise But i will look this world Straight in the eyes What good is a man Who won't take a stand What good is a cynic With no better plan Reality is sharp It cuts at me like a knife Everyone i know Is in the fight of their life Take your face out of your hands And clear your eyes You have a right to your dreams And don't be denied I believe in a better way Both Sides Of The Gun Living these days is making me nervous Archaic doctrine no longer serve us Now we're left as silent witnesses We don't know quite what this is Other than a war that can't be won I feel like i'm crowded, i can't get out World keeps on filling me up with doubt When you're trapped you got no voice Where you're born you got no choice Other than to go and take you some One dimensional fool In a three dimensional world Politics, it's a drag They put one foot in the grave And the other on the flag Systems rotten to the core Young and old deserve much more Than struggling every day until you're done Tension Too much to mention Living on both sides of the gun Engraved Invitation I wish i was a thought I'd run all through your mind And come out being everything You ever tried to find Life's the longest picture You're ever gonna take Love's the longest promise That you're ever gonna break I wish i could yell sorry Louder than i screamed All of those other things I said but didn't mean Some days i'm the lord's servant Some days i'm satan's pawn Some days i just wish The voices in my head were gone The sun's a moon that warms you The moon's a sun with no heat The sky above is to remind you What's under your feet This life's not big enough To fit our love inside 'Cause i remember you from heaven The last time i died It's an engraved invitation To leave all this time we've been wasting Black Rain You left them swimming for their lives Down in new orleans Can't afford a gallon of gasoline With your useless degrees And your contrary statistics This government business Is straight up sadistic You don't fight for us But expect us to die for you You have no sympathy for us Still i cry for you You may kill the revolutionary But the revolution you can never bury Don't you dare speak to us Like we work for you Selling false hope like some new dope We're addicted to I'm not a desperate man But these are desperate times at hand This generation is beyond your command It won't be long till the people flood the streets And take you down One and all A black rain Is gonna fall Gather 'Round The Stone You're too young to know That you're too young to go There's no freedom to be found Lying face up in the ground Ashes from an unfinished life Are all that's left In a tear-drop-shaped locket Hanging from his mother's chest You whip the back of freedom ‘till it bleeds an oil stream Then you sail down upon it In your killing machine Old men who send children Off to die in vain They will hear death's constant whisper Call remember my name Gather 'round the stone Please Don't Talk About Murder While I'm Eating You're the first one to get there And always the last one to leave You're the first one to chuckle But the last one to grieve I know all too well the world takes a daily beating Please don't talk about murder while i'm eating You walk into the temple And call it a church I try to keep things simple But you always need the works Your life is marked by numbers and symbols Excessive drinking from out of golden thimbles Just a moment of silence i'm needing So let's not talk about murder while i'm eating You get all hot and bothered At the strangest times and places But don't notice the looks on all the other faces You're dressed for summer in the middle of december What you've all but forgotten I painfully remember I don't care in the least what you're reading Please don't talk about murder while i'm eating Get It Like You Like It Throw your hands up to the sky And scream out loud i'm free 'Cause wrong is the new right So we can cut loose tonight It costs a lot to look this cheap Fire makes it burn and water makes it turn We must still be here living on earth They keep telling me jesus walked on water He shoulda surfed In 1918 the great bambino Kicked a piano into willis pond But johnny damon swung a bat Grand slam that was that An 86 year curse is gone Throw your hands up to the sky And scream i'm not alone Is it irony or fate Don't become what you hate We've all got stardust in our bones Get it like you like it The Way You Found Me The more i smoke, the more i drink The more i talk, the less i think The less i think, the more i feel Folks don't change They just reveal My mind is broke, my last nerve is shot What you want from me, i ain't got Two plus two will never be twenty-two So please don't tell me twice what i need to do There's no rules to lust Only passion, and it can be so unjust If we don't speak, we'll get along just fine Don't ask me how i'm doing 'Cause i don't feel like lying Take me as i am Or leave me the way you found me Serve Your Soul
Battles over which direction to kneel People reaching out to touch But forgetting to feel Daily breath shouldn't be a daily penance Is that what you believe Or just a life sentence I look into the mirror And i see someone there i used to know They all want you to serve them But the only one you got to serve Is your soul So much time And at such a cost We spend looking for what we've lost Now that you know You can't find it from him You're gonna have to find it within I look into the mirror And i see that life has taken its toll They'll all want you to serve them But the only one you got to serve Is your soul Listen to the wind it won't lie to you If you love it let it go And watch it fly to you Every setting sun gently weeps You can always hear it 'Cause trust never sleeps
Lifeline Fight Outta You They'll look you in the eyes and stone you Then turn and disown you, don't you let them take the fight outta you They'll walk all over your name 'til they find someone else to blame Don't let them take the fight outta you Secrets hide their lies inside hidden alibis Don't let them take the fight outta you They put the world on a hook, it's worse every time I look Don't let them take the fight outta you I would rather take a punch than not give you a shot I'd rather find out who you are than who you're not Should have known better than to mistake business for love Should have known better than to mistake a fist for a glove It will be in your honor 'til you're not needed any longer Don't let them take the fight outta you Don't believe the headlines, check it for yourself sometimes Don't let them take the fight outta you The lies you live become you, the love you lose it numbs you Don't let them take the fight outta you They say that you've arrived but that's just a high-class bribe Don't let them take the fight outta you There's always someone younger, someone with more hunger Don't let them take the fight outta you They'll say you're the one and only Then straight up leave you lonely Don't let them take the fight outta you Like a transplant-patient waiting for a donor Don't let them take the fight outta you Like a half empty balloon after a party in the corner Don't let them take the fight outta you In The Colors When your whole world is shakin' From all the risks we have taken Dance with me Dance with me Into the colors of the dusk When you have awoken From all the dreams broken Come and dance with me Dance with me Into the colors of the dusk Dance with me Into the colors of the dusk The paths we're walking on They crumble behind us But if we leave now They will never find us If this crazy world spins down to dust I wanna be with you I'm gonna be with you In the colors When you again start hopin' With your arms wide open Come on dance with me Oh dance with me Into the colors of the dusk And all will be right, will be right Dancing like water with the light Oh dance with me Won't you dance with me? Into the colors of the dusk Oh dance with me Into the colors of the dusk Dance with me Into the colors of the dusk Fool For A Lonesome Train It's late and I can't sleep I've made promises that I can't keep Cobblestones and broken bones, has a kingdom but he's got no home Last night is still ringing in my head like that lonesome whistle in the rain I'm a fool for a lonesome train I'm a fool for a lonesome train The lifetime we've left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers I just can't be wrong enough and I can't hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain I'm a fool for a lonesome train I'm a fool for a lonesome train I'd try to say goodbye but I never got your name I'm a fool for a lonesome train I'm a fool for a lonesome train I'm your fool for a lonesome train I know it sounds crazy but I'm painfully sane I'm your fool for a lonesome, lonesome, lonesome train Needed You Tonight My every breath is a prayer for you You know I'm waiting there for you I'd rather learn to live with you and suffer Than to see you in the arms of another And now my heart aches, a little Now my heart breaks, a little I lie awake, in the middle Of a cold empty room with one light I needed you tonight I am not your tool or your born again fool I'm not in the mood to serenade sorrow There was a time when I could get by But this was once upon a lie And now my heart it aches, a little Now my heart breaks, a little I lie awake, in the middle Of a pain with no end in sight I needed you tonight Violin is my instrument of choice It recognizes the pain in my voice Now you're the “R” and are we gonna make it And you put the “T” in I just can't take it But now my heart aches, a little And my heart it breaks, a little And I lie awake, in the middle Of a cold empty room with no light Having Wings I heard a street singer play a song I knew It brought me closer to you I heard a street singer play a song I call my own It brought me to my childhood home Did you go back from where you came If I get there, will they have my name If they don't, I'll only have myself to blame For all these things, true happiness is having wings Life is a blurry-eyed, heavy-hearted whirlwind of a storm Some things just hurt too much to cry Memories are like shadows the light won't make disappear I still see you smiling with your eyes Did you go back from where you came If I get there, will they have my name If they don't, I'll only have myself to blame For all these things, true happiness is having wings Say You Will Baby, say it's all right if it takes all night We won't have to be alone if you say you will If you say you will, if you say you will Like Marie Antoinette said to Louis XVI "Man, I think we're going down Our chances are slim and none, and I'm afraid slim just left town." Say you will, darling, won't you say you will Won't you say you will? Darling, won't you say that you will Now you've had me hanging all on your line But I know all too well, love ain't nothing but a worried mind Say you will, darling, won't you say you will Won't you say you will? Darling, won't you say that you will I love you like a candle loves a flame Like a crying man that has no shame When you hit me, I feel no pain Like the last days that remain, say you will Darling, won't you say that you will Darling, won't you say that you will Younger Than Today You and I were looking at old pictures yesterday Sitting in disbelief at how time slips away Both at a loss for words to say, who knew we'd never be younger than today Foolishness protected us from the world outside They could never come between us but we knew they'd try We remembered living as if there were a way to forever be younger than today Never looked at anything you didn't care to see I was the one who wouldn't let you leave Even though it was a clear you couldn't stay Had to try to be younger than today Had to try to be younger than today As we parted, you reminded me I'm alive To remember when the stars danced just for you And I may the shimmer of the summer always light your way And make you feel younger than today Put It On Me She eats nectarines with honey and spends her daddy's money so easy She cuts cherry pie while she looks you in the eye so easy The innocent naivety of hairless cheek The politics of generosity make me weak You put it on me then left me lonely You put it on me, you put it on me There's an assassin out to get me and they claim that she's never missed The one with an ex-lover whom she claims to have never kissed We turned at twenty paces for love as a duel and we stood as still as stone I can't imagine that this is in the best interest of flesh and bone You put it on me then left me lonely You put it on me, you put it on me I've been living in the city for much too long There's a neon sign in my mind flashing right and wrong I can't afford your company, I spent my money buying time I was lost out in the desert while you were busy swimming in wine You put it on me then left me lonely You put it on me then left me lonely You put it on me, you put it on me Heart Of Matters I've heard all of your parting lines Can only say goodbye so many times Before you know you have nothing to show for your pain Sorry is a word you just can't seem to find Does it ever enter your mind I am in doubt that you are about to change Now if your heart, your heart isn't in it If your heart, your heart isn't it it If you have nothing left to give, won't you go on and let me live again You can't just say 'I love you' You have to live 'I love you' I will forgive every time but the last If your heart, your heart isn't in it If your heart, your heart isn't it it If you have nothing left to give, won't you just go on and let me live I wish I could find a way to sing the life back into you and I But now I am afraid that it is just too late to lie Lifeline Life is much too short to sit and wonder Who's gonna make the next move And will slowly pull you under When you've always got something to prove I don't want to wait a lifetime Yours or mine Yours or mine Can't you see me reaching for the lifeline Your lifeline Your lifeline Your lifeline The lifeline You say that I misheard you But I think you misspoke I hear you laugh so loudly While I patiently await the joke I don't want to wait a lifetime Not yours Not mine Can't you see me reaching for the lifeline The lifeline The lifeline Your lifeline Your lifeline It's a crime with only victims We're all laid out in a row And it's hardest to listen To what we already should know I could hold out for a lifetime Yours or mine Yours and mine Can't you see me reaching for your lifeline Your lifeline Your lifeline The lifeline The lifeline Your lifeline Your life Your life
White Lies for Dark Times
Number with no name I'm serenaded by a chorus Of thousand burning cigarettes You were taking chances, mama While I've been placing bets So tell it to the ashes They know we've served It may be good for the soul But it's hard on the nerves The very thing that drives you Can drive you insane I've got a head full of funk rhymes And a number with no name Got an eleventh hour Jesus And a mouth full of blame Casket lined with silver dollars And a number with no name Number with no name There's no where to run I've got no one to tell My face has become a mask And I'm not wearing it well For the last five days I've been breathing fire Don't have room on my body for another scar The very thing that drives you Can drive you insane I've got a head full of thunk rhymes And a number with no name. Got an eleventh hour Jesus Trying to explain. Casket lined with silver dollars And a number with no name. Number with no name. One, two, three Up to you now You can run away from home But you can't run away from your pain Now I sit, here alone As I place someone else to blame It's up to you now It's up to you now Don't want to be your broken dream We've run out of things somehow And it's up to you now I have to hide from my own face Now that we have fallen from grace Arms that hold you close Are the arms that hold you back While your world is under attack It's up to you now It's up to you now Don't want to be your broken dream We've run out of things somehow And it's up to you now I stumbled to your archer With my knees bent my head bound And it's up to you now Alls there with stoned Letters that wore And we don't have to borrow anymore You wrote a list With all your demands And you nailed it to both of my hands And it's up to you now Oh it's up to you now My fist is full of ashes And my blood is in the ground. So it's up, yes it's up, it's up to you now Shimmer and shine It takes a hundred mile of love To heal a mile of pain I never say goodbye to the sea And I never blow out a flame And I've got white lies for dark times And I don't need your crutch I'm kicking out glass windows And I'm tender to the touch Shimmer and shine Believe it all behind Shimmer and shine When you tell that you're mine Shimmer and shine, shimmer and shine Bring me the music for the revolution It puts my mind at ease To know, we're the problem, we're the solution The cure and the disease But life is trying to force me Force me to trust I've done all I can I'll do what I love Shimmer and shine We leave it all behind Shimmer and shine When you tell that you're mine Shimmer and shine, shimmer and shine Shimmer and shine Leave it all behind Shimmer and shine Tell me that you're mine Shimmer and shine, shimmer and shine Shimmer and shine Tell me that you're mine Shimmer and shine when we leave it all behind Shimmer and shimmer and shine Lay there and hate me Lay there and hate me Lay there and burn One side to the other You toss and turn Never trust a woman Never trust a woman who loves the blues Mistake number one I made it three times today We best talk over how's there's Nothing left to say I feel like an under paid concubine Whose overstayed her welcome You gave me an eight paged letter Front and black Written in your favorite colors Blood and black You choose your words as careful As you choose your own gravestone You lay there and hate me Better then being alone Had to fight your way in You've got to fight your way out Ain't no fool like the fool you love So let me hear you shout Shakedown breakdown Just can't sit still You cut-off your hair and sold it For your pretty little pill I've grown so antsy by myself I wish I didn't know You gave me an eight paged letter Front and black. Written in your favorite colors Blood and black You choose your words as careful As you choose your own gravestone You lay there and hate me Better then being alone Had to fight your way in You got to fight your way out Ain't no fool like the one you love So let me hear you shout Lay there and hate me Cold as a stone I just hope it's better then sitting alone Never trust a woman who loves the blues
Why must you always dress in black You may be a cheap date But my therapy's expensive as hell Then you pay a psychic healer who let you know Things aren't working out so well Tomorrow's shining off our face Yesterday's shadow's at our back At our back So why must you always dress in black People they don't take advice They only give it And the only way you're ever gonna learn Is to live it So what you spent your younger years Parlaying on the wrong side of the track Of the track Well why must you always dress in black If you have to lie Do it quickly and as thoroughly as you can As you can This morning I woke up slow Feeling like a shell of a man Don't blame me for us you cried Oh cut me some slack, cut me some slack And tell me why, why must you always dress in black She wore high heels The ones that can pierce your heart Pierce your heart Just 'cause you go down in history Doesn't mean you're really all that smart Like Robert E. Lee you're at your best When under attack, under attack Why must you always dress in black You call in sick on Monday Tuesday you show up late Wednesday you left early Thursday you fight with a boss you hate Friday you up and quit Saturday you want your old job back Old job back Sunday morning you wake up All dressed in black Why must you always dress in black Skin thin Now that you've grown older You can finally learn To be a child We made it to the end of the world But we'll never make it out alive Skin thin I breathe out you breathe in But the days seem so long Skin thin, blood again It's all I can do to hold on We're just skin thin Always knew that if we didn't have each other We'd have nothing at all But you were always brave enough To live like you could never fall Skin thin I breathe out you breathe in But the days seem so long Skin thin, blood again It's all I can do to hold on, hold on Now that we have grown up Can finally learn to be a child With good friends behind me With ghosts up ahead for miles and miles Skin thin I breathe out you breathe in The days they seem so long Skin thin, blood again It's all I can do to hold on Life's just skin thin Fly one time I have an ability It's pounding at my door Screaming for more In the world that owes you nothing You give everything Everything And now I'm caught in between But I can't leave behind The world I may never find So fly one time So fly one time Standing at the edge of your life At the edge of our lives Don't hold on There's no fighting back the years So hard to unlearn fears Now you're caught between What you can't leave behind And all that you may never find So fly, just fly Just fly one time I've seen you so clearly, so clearly up so high. I see you up so clearly, up so clearly, up so high. And now you're caught in between What you can't leave behind And what you may, what we may never find So fly, so fly one time So clearly so clearly so high If I would die Just fly one time If you fly one time Keep It Together (So I Can Fall Apart) I'm not sure what worries me more The fact I keep talking to the wall Or that the wall keeps answering me Saying that I heard it all before Never under estimate how complicated a simple life can be You gotta keep it together You gotta keep it together You gotta keep it together So I can fall apart I know you've grown tired Of trying to feed me And I know by now my reputation proceeds me I know you've grown tired Of trying to fix me And I know by now My best years are no longer, no longer, with me You've gotta keep it together So I can fall apart You've gotta keep it together So I can fall apart
Boots like these Tonight I'm going to lose my mind Tonight I hope I lose my mind Tonight I'm trying to lose my mind Tonight we're going to live forever Easy come, easy go Get it where you fit in You've got to slow your roll Tonight I wanna to lose my mind Tonight I'm trying to lose my mind Tonight I hope I lose my mind Tonight we're going to live forever Tonight we're going to live forever Never pretend to be a gambler The smoke from your lips The fire from your hips She's just a slow walking woman Tonight I'm trying to lose my mind Tonight I need to lose my mind Tonight I'm trying to lose my mind Tonight I'm trying to lose my mind Never pretend to be a gambler I've gotta get out from inside my head I've gotta get out from inside my head I've gotta get out from inside my head I've gotta get out from inside my head I've gotta get out from inside my head You double the dose and I ran out of rope It's me and you against the world You double the dose and I ran out of rope It's me and you against the world You gotta live my life to get boots like these You gotta live my life to get boots like these You gotta live my life to get boots like these You gotta live my life to get boots like these Tonight I need to lose my mind Tonight I'm trying to lose my mind Tonight I hope I lose my mind Tonight we're going to live Tonight we're going to live Gonna live forever I hope I lose my mind Just trying to lose my mind Just trying to lose my mind Tonight I hope Tonight I'm trying Trying to lose Lose my mind
The word suicide The word suicide is irresponsible Still you offer to buy me a gun What's so hard about sympathy Love is a lonely road Love is a lonely road When out on the edge There's just two directions And somebody has to lose I should know better Then to use words like never and hate Love is a lonely road Love is a lonely road And this is no way to live And this is no way to die Who in the hells life is this I'm living this way Love is a lonely road Love is a lonely road Faithfully remain I learned to say goodbye To say goodbye to young I learned to duck from words Like bullets from a gun How long can you pray How long can you pray And still not see a change I faithfully remain, I faithfully remain Somethings, somethings you have to let be lost Some battles some battles you have to leave unfought Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say And then all we can't explain But I faithfully remain. I faithfully remain Now I'm afraid once again Once again it has all come to this When it all goes dark nothing stays the same Now I'm only what I miss And my memories they turn to tears Oh they turn to fire, blood, and pain And I, I faithfully remain, I faithfully remain And I, I faithfully remain, I faithfully remain I faithfully remain
Give Till It's Gone
Don't give up on me now Time it opens all wounds And trust gonna put me in the tomb The world isn't mine The world isn't mine to save I can't afford to lose What you easily throw away I don't even know myself What it would take to know myself I need to change I don't know how Don't give up on me now It's not what we do It's what we do with what we feel Takes all you have to stare him down And whisper devil no deal I don't want to fight Don't want to fight my father's war You can wait your whole life Not knowing what you're waiting for And I don't even know myself What it would take to know myself I need to change I don't know how Don't give up on me now Don't give up on me now Don't give up on me now Don't give up on me now Don't give up on me now Don't give up on me now And I don't even know myself What it would take to know myself I need to change I don't know how And I don't even know myself What it would take to know myself I need to change I don't know how Don't give up on me now
I Will Not Be Broken Give and you give and you give till it's gone Then the people you fight hardest for say you're wrong Before me flash all of my memories and days So don't stand insincere at the side of my grave I will not be broken I won't be turned away When it's too cold to breathe And too dark to pray I will not be broken I go too far then I go further still Time starts to collapse leaves a void none can fill Nothing you can say to hurt me with your forked tongue Through blood shot eyes I watch the world come undone I will not be broken I won't be turned away When it's too cold to breathe And it's too dark to pray I've come too far to give up Or to be turned around I will not be broken I will not go down I will not be broken I won't be turned away When it's too cold to breathe And it's too dark to pray I've come too far to give up Or to be turned around I will not be broken I will not go down Rock n'roll is free Say goodbye to tomorrow And hello to today Take a look at your world In a brand new way The masters of convention Count on you to never change But the law of reinvention Knows nothing stays the same Rock n'roll is free if you want it Rock n'roll is free so come and get it Rock n'roll is free if you want it Free if you want it Free if you want it They're crying in the alleys Screaming in the streets With a dignity amongst thieves You don't have to answer If the question isn't clear May not know where I am But I'm glad it's here Rock n'roll is free if you want it Rock n'roll is free so come and get it Rock n'roll is free if you want it Free if you want it Free if you want it Free if you want it Free if you want it Say goodbye to tomorrow And hello to today Take a look at your world In a brand new way Pick the price you want to pay If you think you should But I have heard the news And the news is good Rock n'roll is free if you want it Rock n'roll is free so come and get it Rock n'roll is free if you want it Free if you want it Free if you want it Rock n'roll is free if you want it Rock n'roll is free so come and get it Rock n'roll is free if you want it Free if you want it Free if you want it
Feel Love We stood in the dark With our hands over each other's heart And we didn't waste a word Grace is love undeserved When you feel love You remind me I can feel love We sleep and share the same dream love When we feel love I've give up I've give in I've give out And back again Now that we're in from the cold Our days are made of gold Now you remind me I can feel love We sleep and share the same dream love When we feel love What has been lived Can't be changed But what we have lost We can still Still be reclaimed And I won't I won't let you down When you feel love You remind me I can feel love We sleep and share the same dream love When we feel love When you feel love When we feel love ‘Cause we feel love, feel love When we feel love
Clearly Severely If it hurts Do it twice Avoid the void Don't miss out on your life Like a pair of shoes Hanging from a wire I have no idea how we got here There is no breath left for words They have all been spoken for All we say just shatters to the ground Clearly severely Time it can't erase The look upon a face When a smile goes to waste I'm tired of being sick You're sick of being tired I have no idea how we got here There is no breath left for words They have all been spoken for All we say just shatters to the ground Clearly severely If it hurts Do it twice Avoid the void Don't miss out on your life There is no breath left for words They have all been spoken for All we say just shatters to the ground Shatters to the ground, to the ground To the ground Shatters to the ground There is no breath left for words They have all been spoken for All we say just shatters to the ground There is no breath left for words They have all been spoken for All we say just shatters to the ground There is no breath left for words They have all been spoken for All we say just shatters to the ground
Spilling Faith Things are looking up today How long have I been looking down Traded a blue sky today For the cold hard ground Don't let one day go to waste I'm filling space I'm spilling faith Things are looking up today I didn't have to look away There's so much to be said for letting go So much tomorrow only knows Don't let one day go to waste I'm filling space I'm spilling faith I'm filling space And I'm spilling faith I'm filling space I'm spilling faith Today it all became so clear Looked out my window not in my mirror Make the book that is your life Worth reading Don't let one day go to waste I'm filling space I'm spilling faith I'm spilling faith If we love long enough I'm spilling faith We can get there from here I'm spilling faith If we love long enough I'm spilling faith We can get there from here
Pray That Our Love Sees The Dawn Silence is the hammer of betrayal Upon love's coffin for the final nail Disguised as one another for so long now I try to be myself but I forget how Pray that our love sees the dawn Pray that our love sees the dawn My last line of defence is gone Pray that our love sees the dawn Homeless family stands outside the church house Trying so hard to believe Desperately waiting for an answer to the candle the lit To end their grief Pray that our love sees the dawn Pray that our love sees the dawn The conspiracy of whispers are not wrong Pray that our love sees the dawn Traded a ghost for my pain Traded an echo for the sound of my name And if our love was jus a burning flame We could melt away all of our blame Pray that our love sees the dawn Pray that our love sees the dawn We've knocked our bones together for so long Pray that our love sees the dawn Pray that our love sees the dawn Pray that our love sees the dawn Our last line of defence is gone Pray that our love sees the dawn
Waiting On A Sign I didn't come here Trying to find forgiveness I didn't come here Looking for a fix I didn't come here In hopes of seeing How the unforsaken get their kicks It's like a cry for help nobody hears Close as you can get But I'm still nowhere near Now I'm just down here Waiting on a sign I'm running out of time I'm here waiting on a sign A mother is only happy as her saddest child To learn to live without can take awhile And it's a long way back to anywhere And it's not too late, oh but it's getting there And like a cry for help that nobody hears Close as you can get But I'm still nowhere near I'm just here Waiting on your sign I'm running out of time I'm here waiting on a sign So you blow a veil of smoke To protect yourself from the joke Look around this room and say "Man, I don't belong here" There's so many sides to the truth But only one side to a fact What will we do With what we can't take back Like a cry, like a cry for help That nobody hears Close as you can get but I'm still nowhere near Now I'm just down here Waiting on a sign I'm running out of time I'm waiting on a sign Waiting on a sign Just waiting on a sign
Dirty Little Lover She loves almost as good as she lies She pretends almost as hard as she tries Desperation, she wears it so well Flips on her electric light like ringing a bell She's the kind of woman Only a town like this could produce Just mean enough to hang a man Just kind enough to cut the noose Reached into her purse to pull out her disguise Put it on her lips and she put it on her eyes A little lonesome would do her some good She'd only come out at night if she could She's the kind of woman Only a town like this could produce Just mean enough to hang a man Just kind enough to cut the noose She does it the hard way Or she don't do it at all Dirty little lover Who you gonna call She's her daddy's karma And her mother's suit of armor The bright light in a man's dark eyes Saved all of her money wasting all of her time She's the kind of woman Only a town like this could produce Just mean enough to hang a man Just kind enough to cut the noose She does it the hard way Or she don't do it at all Dirty little lover Who you gonna call
Do It For You, Do It For Us Tattoo your name across my heart Every letter bold and dark So that every time I breathe You can know you're bringing me relief I have stalked those hollow halls of lust I do it for you, I do it for us The trinity of honor, love, and trust I do it for you, I do it for us A mirror in the hand Is worth ten from afar Come close enough so I can feel you breathe And see for who you truly are I have stalked those hollow halls of lust Do it for you, do it for us The sunset burns of flaming ash and dust I do it for you, I do it for us I do it for you I have stalked those hollow halls of lust I do it for you, I do it for us The trinity of honor, love, and trust I do it for you, I do it for us I do it for you
Get Up!
Don't Look Twice
In the days of love and honor I was a fool for love Gave my heart and soul But it was hardly enough It ain't love Unless it brings you to your knees It ain't salvation If you're still begging to be free Don't look twice Don't look twice Be glad your worries ain't like mine Don't look twice Don't look twice If your ship hasn't come in Don't have a problem with the shore If you're locked out of your house Don't have a problem with your door Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin The dice are no man's mistress Black diamond snake moan Wake up in the morning Honey I'll be gone Don't look twice Don't look twice Be glad your worries ain't like mine Oh don't look twice Don't look twice You know it's bad When the ceiling says to the floor I'll trade you places I can't take it up here no more I'm a living nervous habit I tremble and I twitch Keep on pulling at me Like I'm some kind of hanging stitch Don't look twice Don't look twice Be glad your worries ain't like mine Don't look twice Don't look twice
I'm In I'm Out And I'm Gone Don't want no high rise tombstone Gonna gather up my saints Don't wanna hear you fussing, no If it is or if it ain't If it is or if it ain't My life needs no witness And my burden is my own My burden is my own I'm in, I'm out, and I'm gone I'm gone, gone You gotta answer to somebody You gotta answer to somebody If you didn't learn Then you didn't read Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Gotta live with it Gotta live with it, yeah What's a man to do What's a man to do Gotta answer to somebody Answer to somebody Gotta answer, answer yeah I'm in, I'm out, and I'm gone Gone, I'm gone, gone The death row preacher Came to the backdoor to greet her He didn't blame her For trusting the one armed lion tamer She stepped in from the storm She was dry as a bone The preacher thought to himself The devil takes care of his own She said look what your prayers Look what they've done to me What can your prayers do for me Preacher said careful talking to yourself 'Cause you may be listening Careful talking to yourself 'Cause you may be listening I'm in I'm out and I'm gone
We Can't End This Way There's a man on the corner Begging for help And there's a man that walks past him And he's drowning in wealth Who doesn't understand Who doesn't understand How disappointment destroys the soul We can't end this way We can't end this way We can't end this way We can't end this way We can't end this way Every look of shame Is a wound that will never heal What has he done to deserve this What have I done to deserve this It's easy to remember But it's easier to forget Life has a way of getting in our way We can't end this way We can't end this way We can't end this way No, we can't end this way We can't end this way Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin I don't want to go my way If you're not going my way So I guess that means I'll be going your way I will lead or follow Beg steal or borrow Just for one more day We can't end this way We can't end this way We can't end this way...
I Don't Believe A Word You Say I don't believe a word you say I don't believe I don't believe a word you say I don't believe I don't believe a word you say I don't believe I don't believe a word you say I don't believe I see your mouth moving But there's a circus coming out Always busy proving What the world is all about Now it's no use looking you in the eye I don't believe a word you say I don't believe I don't believe a word you say I don't believe Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin I don't believe a word you say I don't believe a word I don't believe a word you say I don't believe Blame it on hard living Blame it on the times Blame it on the victims All stumbling behind And I don't even need to look you in the eye I don't believe a word you say I don't believe I don't believe a word you say I don't believe I don't believe a word you say I don't believe I don't believe a word you say I don't believe Don't know what to do without you Don't know what to do with you Used to look at you with wonder Now I look at you and wonder And I can't even look you in the eye I don't believe a word you say I don't believe I don't believe a word you say I don't believe I don't believe a word you say I don't believe I don't believe a word you say I don't believe, not a word
You Found Another Lover (I Lost Another Friend) I sit here in a daze Wishing I could change my ways And let's not pretend it isn't what it is It's time we both go on and live You found another lover And I lost another friend You found another lover And I lost another, I lost another friend We've been living like it's raining When it's just been pouring down sun We've been living as if life is over When it has only just begun So you found another lover And I lost another friend You found another lover And I lost another, I lost another friend Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin I may lie to my heart But my heart never lies to me I'm defenseless, oh repentless And there is nothing I can do to prevent this You found another lover And I lost another friend You found another lover And I lost another, I lost another I lost another friend
I Ride At Dawn Like my father And his father And his father before Watched the soil burn with fire War after war Done things I didn't know I could For the common good Tomorrow I ride at dawn Give a man a hundred years He'll want a hundred more Give him a hundred choices And he still chooses war From Salem poor to Genghis Kahn Tomorrow I ride at dawn I was born for battle I was born to bleed I was born to help those Who have dreams of being free Mother stop your crying Sister dry your eyes You'll hear my medals ringing From Shreveport to Sheberghan Tomorrow I ride at dawn Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin At first light I march to battle Not my own life but my brothers I must save And when you hear those pipes and drummers You'll know I marched to glory or proudly to my grave Tell my loved ones they must carry on Tomorrow I ride at dawn Oh tomorrow I ride at dawn Tomorrow I ride, oh dawn Tell my loved ones they must carry on Tomorrow I ride at dawn Blood Side Out Got a wine soaked heart And whisky soaked lips Don't know how to get to you But I know how to get my kicks Out in the cold, the cold and damp Out on the streets just like a tramp There's a siren in the distance And it's screaming my name Blood side out I can't win I'm down again Something illegal is on my mind But it ain't murder Took all I can take I ain't broke I might break Don't go no further These streets they're littered with faces the same And all these strangers, strangers have no names Blood side out I'm going in I'm down, I'm down again Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Got a wine soaked heart And whisky soaked lips The country may be in your bones But the city's in your hips There's a siren in the distance Screaming my name, my name Blood side out I can't win I'm down again, down again Blood side out Will it ever end I'm down, I'm down again
Get Up! I have a right to get up when I please Don't tell me I can't break the law 'Cause the law has broken me I have a right to get up Don't care what you say I have a right to get up Don't care what you say You're much too late to be thankful But thank you anyway I have a right to get up Anywhere I'm bound I have a right to get up Anywhere I'm bound Gonna tell the pain dealer To keep his nervous breakdown Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin I have a right to get up when I please I have a right to go, to go where I please Don't tell me I can't break the law 'Cause the law has broken me I have, I have a right
She Got Kick
She got kick From her toe up to her crown Well, you know that she got kick From her toe up to her crown The girl got so much kick Oh that nothing gets her down She'll kick you in the morning She'll kick you in the day Oh she'll kick you in the morning And in the middle of the day And when the sun goes down She's gonna kick the night away And when she gets to kicking Oh, you had better duck Oh when she gets to kicking Oh, you had better duck ‘Cause if her kicking catches you You'll be stone outta luck Don't say that I didn't warn you Or that I didn't let you know Don't say that I didn't warn you Or that you didn't know She'll get to kicking all on you Then she'll move on down the road Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Oh that girl, she got kick Hey you know she got kick From her toe up to her crown Oh that girl got so much kick From her toe up to her crown She got kick And nothing gets her down Oh, that girl got kick Oh, that girl got kick Oh, you know she got kick Oh, she got kick
All That Matters Now
It's been a long hard day And a long hard night Been a hard year It's been a hard life But we're together And that's all that matters now Well the time has come And the time has gone Maybe I was born to be alone But we're together And that's all that matters now Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Been thrown by the wind Drowned in the rain I walked through some things You don't want me to explain But we're together And that's all that matters now I can't get well There's no cure for life Let me down easy At least tonight We're together And that's all that matters now
Childhood Home
A House Is A Home A house is a home even when it's dark Even when the grass is overgrown in the yard Even when the dog is too old to bark And when you're sitting at the table trying not to starve A house is a home even when there's ghosts Even when you gotta run from the ones who love you most Screen door's broken paint's peeling from the wood Locals whisper when they gonna leave the neighbourhood I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake A house is a home where the chores are never done Where you spend your whole life running to and from And if the life that you live is not the life you choose Make your child a home and start anew A house is a home Even when we've up and gone Even when you're there alone A house is a home City Of Dreams Day breaks over the city of my childhood Daybreak over the city I called home Where the sage met the sea and the groves were sweet and green It's a city that lives only in my dreams The groves where we played when we were children The groves where we fooled around as teens Those green groves are paved from la to Santa Fe That city lives only in my dreams Landmarks lost to parking lots in the city i called home Looking back i see what used to be Now freeways crawl though the suburban sprawl As far as the eye can see And the city lives only in my dreams I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Twilight shades the valley of my memory When citrus groves still perfumed the sky But i guess those orange blossoms weren't so special after all Now it's a city of days gone by Landmarks lost to parking lots in the city i called home Looking back I see what used to be Now freeways crawl through the suburban sprawl As far as the eye can see And the city lives only in my dreams Born To Love You Was thinking just the other day Of something I've been trying to say But I couldn't find the way To tell you I was born to love you Some born to lose Some born to win They say we're all born into sin That's a hard way to begin But I was born to love you I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Some come in with a burden Heavy hearted and hurting Who's unworthy who's deserving But i was born to love you Some made for days some made for nights Some to stand up for what's right No matter how hard the fight I was born to love you I love you I live you I love to live you I live to love you I was born to love you Heavyhearted World It's Christmas morning in the psych ward There's a flight risk today so a nurse guards the door There's a man in the corner who sounds just like me Rambling on about time square new years eve I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake If I could only forget what I'm supposed to know If I could only keep from sinking so low Strapped me down and into the void i was hurled With nowhere else to turn in this heavyhearted world Traded our rage for broken bones Traded our fear for someplace to call home Traded a lifetime for one long day Nothing is more beautiful than to fade away Fear and the memory of painful youth It prepared us for the painful truth So gather only what's sacred summons all of your courage And walk with me into this heavyhearted world Farmer's Daughter My daddy is a farmer, that makes me the farmer's daughter But it's no joke we're always broke, can't live on dirt and water Can't live on dirt and water We can't plant and we can't grow. We can't reap and we can't sow Don't own the seed can't plant our rows, it all belongs to Monsanto All belongs to Monsanto. Dupont, Dow and Monsanto, we are what we eat They own the pollen own the seeds, own us from head to feet Own the air we breath I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Sister shed her overalls, put on heels and skirt City bound she fled the ground to strike her own pay dirt Strike her own pay dirt My brother donned a uniform, to keep us safe from harm But terror is as terror does, the bank foreclosed our farm Foreclosed the family farm Jesse James he robbed the banks, they shot that boy to death Now the banks are robbing us we got nothing left We got nothing left We got nothing left Memories Of Gold Days must be untangled For years to be revealed We've looked from every angle With nothing left concealed In the winter she wants to be dancer In springtime she wants to be a scribe In summer she wants to be a painter Come autumn the mother of a child I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Where the edge of the hill Meets the end of the road We make memories of gold Our memories of gold To have and to hold Our memories of gold Altar Of Love She was his high school sweetheart, ‘til death do them part Wife of so many years, been through blood sweat and tears She raises his kids, while he went out and did All of those things a successful man does He always works late, determines his own fate He's found his true match, he's found his soul mate Sorry he says, sorry he feels Can't help himself he fell head over heels I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake And now she's another wife and a mother Sacrificed on the alter of love She's just another wife and a mother Earning her righteous place up above Beautiful stranger, she's so enthralled She hangs on every word, makes him feel like god Pleads with his dear wife, but she's heard it all twice With stars in his eyes, it's true love! he cries And now she's another, wife and a mother Sacrificed on the alter of love She's just another wife and a mother Earning her righteous place up above Break Your Heart Here's to looking at you ‘Cause it's all I get to do I got so much to lose You do too, you do too We can walk side by side You can run, you can't hide The look in your eyes I know it's true, so do you I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake If I was hoping I'd wish upon a star If you let me I'd just love to break your heart Break your heart Love conquers all, it's a matter of time Call me a dreamer. I don't mind Love conquers all it can happen any day Call me a schemer I don't care I've got patience I can wait Call me fickle, call it fate We can see where this could go But you and I, we both know If I was hoping I'd wish upon a star If I was looking I'd know right where to start If you let me I'd just love to break your heart Break your heart Learn It All Again Tomorrow What I've got I don't want All it does is hover and taunt Reminding me what I used to be What I may never be again Turns out what I'm good at doing Is making something out of the ruin Borrow this wasted space That could never be replaced Learn it all again tomorrow Learn it all again tomorrow Nothing I have you can borrow or steal Yes I think we have a deal I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake If my wheels were square, but the earth was jagged I rode along, it'd be no less ragged And seems to be the day I'm usually this way Learn it all again tomorrow Learn it all again tomorrow Nothing I have you can borrow or steal Yes I think we have a deal I wish every harder day only took an hour And I'm not just like the people I resent I wish someday I could truly be a power Say exactly what it is I meant All I have that's in abundance Is my perpetual redundance It's hard for me to say, I face it everyday Learn it all again tomorrow learn it all again tomorrow Nothing I have you can borrow or steal Learn it all again tomorrow Learn it all again tomorrow Nothing I have you can borrow or steal Yes I think we have a deal How Could We Not Believe Was so beautiful how could we not believe So beautiful how could we not believe We love We grieve Then all seek our reprieve So beautiful how could we not believe Was so beautiful we had to stand aside So beautiful we had to stand aside We had to stand aside With our arms open wide So beautiful we had to stand aside I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Was so beautiful we had to close our eyes So beautiful we had to close our eyes And listen to the sound It could be heard miles around So beautiful we had to close our eyes So beautiful to be free from my name So beautiful to be free from my name To be free from my name And all those who lay claim So beautiful to be free from my name Was so beautiful how could we not believe So beautiful how could we not believe How could we not believe Having lived through times like these So beautiful how could we not believe So beautiful how could we not believe So beautiful how could we not believe
Call It What It Is
When sex was dirty I remember when sex was dirty And the air was clean And everything worth knowing Was in a magazine To all the sons and daughters Of the boulevard Who learned to go without sleep And to hide all the scars Who believed in the vagrant On Hollywood and vine When he said a mile of gold Won't buy you an inch of time I remember when sex was dirty And the air was clean And everything worth knowing Was in a magazine We made everything we have Out of nothing at all Way back when marijuana Was against the law copy paste is killing the internet We were always outnumbered We were always outmanned Went down a road of ruin But here we stand I remember when sex was dirty And the air was clean And everything worth knowing Was in a magazine I remember when sex was dirty And the air was clean And everything worth knowing Was in a magazine Deeper and deeper Deeper and deeper until I drown Hard going under without a sound I try to run but you hold me down Deeper and deeper until I drown copy paste is killing the internet Longing is a ghost When the one you love the most No longer has you on their mind On their mind Deeper and deeper until I drown Hard going under without a sound I try to run but you hold me down Deeper and deeper until I drown Hell or high water And hold on tight And if you're not mine I'll wait all night, all night Deeper and deeper until I drown Hard going under without a sound I try to run but you hold me down Deeper and deeper until I drown The branches are black And the tree stands bare Haunted by the bloom That's no longer there Clinging to the ground Clinging to the ground To grow another Another ring around Deeper and deeper until I drown So hard going under without a sound I try to run but you hold me down You've got me deeper and deeper until I drown Call it what it is They shot him in the back Now it's a crime to be black So don't act surprised When it gets vandalized But call it what it is Call it what it is Call it what it is Murder There's good cops Bad cops White cops Black cops But call it what it is Call it what it is Call it what it is Murder, murder, murder copy paste is killing the internet Trayvon Martin Ezell Ford Michael Brown And so many, many more But call it what it is Call it what it is Call it what it is Murder, murder Government Ain't easy Policing Ain't easy Hard times Ain't easy Oppression Ain't easy Racism Ain't easy Fear Ain't easy Suffering Ain't easy But call it what it is Call it what it is Call it what it is Murder, murder Gun control Mind control Self-control We've dug ourselves a hole And call it what it is Call it what it is Call it what it is Murder Got it, call it what it is Call it what it is Call it what it is Murder Just call it what it is Call it what it is Call it what it is How dark is gone Aren't you glad you can still feel pain Aren't you glad you still feel anything Aren't you glad you can still complain Aren't you glad you're still the same Make you run through life when you could walk Make you scream when you wanted to talk copy paste is killing the internet Would you rather wave a flag Or wave goodbye Would you rather flood your heart Or dare let them see you cry Rather fight a war or live in fear Aren't you glad to be here As life traces The lines in our faces I won't look away Some die too young And some live too long How dark is gone How dark is gone You can't know till you do By then lesser thieves have spoken for you With their quiet demands In a whispered hush You may have to lie When the truth hurts too much As life traces The lines in our faces I won't look away Some die too young Some live too long How dark is gone How dark is gone As life traces The lines in our faces I won't look away Some die too young Some live too long How dark is gone How dark is gone Too long Some die too young How dark is gone How dark is gone Shine We shine like a new tattoo Scarred on skin bright as day Across my heart There is no other way copy paste is killing the internet Give me tomorrow Then I'll give you today In the end There is no other way copy paste is killing the internet Now we are like two roads That lead to the same place Won't leave a trace There is no other way No other way If you were all I had I would have it all If you were all, all I had I would have it all If you were all I had I would have it all Soul to soul we roam Aimlessly astray That's over now There is no other way Some days will be lost We run out of words to say We both know There is no other way There is no other way There is no other way No other way All that has grown After the storm And the lightning fires And the last bird Has flown from the wire After the rain The wind dries us cold After the storm Just you and me growing old What we remember Is what we choose And ain't no longer matter To win or to lose After the storm copy paste is killing the internet After the storm And the skies are blue After everything We put each other through The dust and the mud Have become stone After the storm Just you and me on our own Our choices and our words Like that bird have flown After the storm Look at all that has grown After the storm Pink balloon She walks around With a pink balloon And if you try to take it from her Your end will come too soon She dreams about Her pink balloon Carrying her higher and higher Up to the moon copy paste is killing the internet She ties it to her waist She ties it to her wrist And if you're lucky she might let it go for you And make a wish First thing she wakes up Pours herself a cup Before she's out the door She stops to blow it up Sometimes she carries it high Sometimes she carries it low People point at her And say there she goes She don't worry about danger She don't worry about doom And she don't give a damn what you think About her pink balloon She walks around With a pink balloon And if you try to take it from her Your end will come too soon Pink balloon She walks around With a pink balloon Finding our way Damn all the judges who once thought they knew Those free of grudges I fear are too few And less still is many and some far too much Limping along on a gold plated crutch God knows what's in your heart So you can stay home from church Who will survive the end of the world God knows what's in your heart So you can stay home from church Who will survive the end of the world How does one listen when deafened by you How does one wisen in the absence of truth How does on strengthen in the age of the meek When the dams and the walls that you build start to leak God knows what's in your heart So you can stay home from church Who will survive the end of the world God knows what's in your heart So you can stay home from church Who will survive the end of the world We have a way of finding our way We have a way of finding our way We have a way of finding our way home We have a way of finding our way We have a way of finding our way We have a way of finding our way home copy paste is killing the internet Let every moment be filled with grace Don't let tomorrow just be another day We've come too far to suffering fools And we're much too young for these old rules God knows what's in your heart So you can stay home from church Who will survive the end of the world God knows what's in your heart So you can stay home from church Who will survive the end of the world We have a way of finding our way We have a way of finding our way home We have a way of finding our way We have a way of finding our way We have a way of finding our way home Bones When the writing's on the wall you better read it Make your bones, make your bones When the moment comes around you gotta seize it Take your bones, take your bones Pain comes do your best to ease it Throw your bones, throw your bones A hundred people got a hundred problems In their bones Hard not to feel like the odd one in my bones Every now and then I get so tired I rest my bones, I rest my bones Sitting alone with my desires In my bones, in my bones copy paste is killing the internet A hundred people got a hundred problems Making bones Hard not to feel like the odd one in my bones I get to pick my poison You get to pick your poison I get to pick my poison And I pick you When the writing's on the wall best get reading Make your bones, make your bones Sometimes it's hard to know just what you're needing To make your bones, make your bones Go thank your mom and dad for breeding They made your bones, they made your bones A hundred people got a hundred problems In their bones Hard not to feel like the odd one In my bones Dance like fire It takes four men to carry a coffin But just one to carry across Takes a lifetime to find yourself A split second to be lost If we could dance like fire We'd never get burned We'd never get burned copy paste is killing the internet If we could dance like fire We'd never get burned We'd never get burned The real revolutionary He won't hide in his home And the prophet, the real prophet He dies poor, poor and alone If we could dance like fire We'd never get burned We'd never get burned If we could dance like fire We'd never get burned We'd never get burned... Goodbye to you I wake up feeling like i've aged a year 'Cause I go to sleep in fear of the dawn Head full of dreams unclear Make the days seem twice as long I don't know how to say goodbye to you I don't know how to say goodbye to you Maybe tomorrow I can start anew I just don't know how to say goodbye to you Passed by where we used to go Where I now go alone Everything we had to brave I'm left here to face on my own I don't know how to say goodbye to you I just don't know how to say goodbye to you After all we've been through I don't know how to say goodbye to you copy paste is killing the internet Shattered and chained to our past Battered and too proud to ask Walked a razor's edge poisoned by degrees Create each other's voids fill each other's needs I don't know how to say goodbye to you I just don't know how to say goodbye to you My options are plenty but my choices are few I just don't know how to say goodbye to you I don't know how to say goodbye to you I just don't know how to say goodbye to you
No Mercy In This Land When I Go When I leave here When I leave here I'll have no place to go And it's much too late to change my name I'm gonna take you with me when I go I get older But my troubles don't change Work so hard with nothing to show And it's much too late to change my name I'm gonna take you with me when I go I'm a stranger Even to the people I know And I'm going to where The winds never change I'm take you with me when I go I get older But my troubles don't change Work so hard With nothing to show And it's much too late To change my name Gonna take you with me when I go Gonna take you with me when I go Take you with me when I go Bad Habits I got a bad habit Slowly sinking in Got me hearing voices Seeing through my skin When a man gives you his hat He's living on borrowed time When a man gives you his hat He's living on borrowed time The shoe fit so I wore it But I left one lace untied Just a bad habit Of wanting what I need I got a bad habit Of wanting what I need I may have been born But I ain't never been freed I cry once a day It's a condition of the heart I cry once a day It's a condition of the heart You're like a puzzle in a box But I'm the one coming all apart Got a bad habit You know the one I mean I got a bad habit now You know the one I mean No before no after Only in between It's a bad habit Buries me in the dark Got a bad habit now Buries me in the dark Until the only light is A match that just won't spark Only light, only light Love And Trust The simplest things Can be the hardest to do Can't find what you're looking for Even when it's looking for you The judge and the criminal The sinner and the priest Got something in common Bring 'em all to their knees Do what you can do what you must Everybody's crying about Some love and trust I walk the line walk it for us See me up here trying to find Some love and trust Lust ain't nothing But stealing from a thief Storm after storm Leave you shaking like a leaf They say broken hearts Make the world go 'round But trading headaches for heartbreaks Gonna get you down Give it some time don't try to rush When you're trying to find yourself Some love and trust Do all you can might not be enough When you're trying to get yourself Some love and trust Like a horse in a race That doesn't want to run An executioner who won't fire his gun Like a boxer who won't take a swing Like a prince Who don't want to be a king Haven't we suffered Suffered enough Now we're out here fighting About some love and trust Do all you can just hope it's enough Everybody's crying about Some love and trust The Bottle Wins Again Sometimes I make choices Sometimes they make me Lonesome distance between here And where you think I should be Someday we may look back and laugh At all that could've been But tonight the bottle wins again Tonight the bottle wins again Broken hearts and broken dreams Turns out they weigh the same Passed down through generations Like the family name There's a gilded coat of arms For those who heal from within But tonight the bottle wins again Tonight the bottle, the bottle wins again So meet me in an hour We'll have just one or two You pretend to listen I'll act like I can hear you I know you'll always be there Ain't that a true friend Tonight the bottle, the bottle wins again Tonight the bottle wins again Found The One I found hay in a stack of needles Four-leaf clover in a mile of weeds (Found the one) Understands my downs (Found the one) Puts up with my needs Of everybody under the sun I found the one If you're gonna gamble May as well be on love (Found the one) May have had some before (Found the one) But now you can't get enough Before it's all said and done I found the one Found myself in trouble Found myself waiting in line (Found the one) Found so many ways (Found the one) Of wasting my time No more races to run I found the one Now I follow my heart Wherever the road ends (Found the one) Most people you see every day (Found the one) You'll never see them again Come rain come sun Found the one When Love Is Not Enough Everybody says I love you But not everybody lives I love you Without our past How will we know it's us Love is not enough I could've held you more carefully And I suppose you could've been there for me But then again they say it's meant to be Love is not enough Choosing not to remember Is no way to forget That's just a losing bet It's so unjust When love is not enough These old streets of shame Will they ever look the same Will they remember our name Just ask the dust Love is not enough Trust You To Dig My Grave You can lie awake at night Pretend not to see But you can't put that apple Back up on its tree There ain't no worries You can't drink away I trust you to dig my grave Woke up this morning Poured a cup of the blues I will always find a way to lose Give me one reason A reason I should stay I trust you to dig my grave Spend your whole life with one woman Die and leave her your farm The very next day she's on your best friend's arm There ain't no worries You can't drink away I trust you to dig my grave I walk but I stumble I roll but I tumble I reach but I fumble I speak but I mumble Comin' and goin' A hundred different ways I trust you to dig my grave Don't want to be your first lover I just want to be your last If you promise not to tell I promise not to ask There ain't no worries You can't drink away I trust you to dig my grave No Mercy In This Land What would be the first thing You'd say to the Lord And the last thing you would dream If you couldn't dream no more Won't you please help me to understand Is there no mercy in this land No mercy in this land Followed the river 'til the river ran dry Followed my lover 'til we said goodbye Followed you through soldiers who fire on command Is there no mercy in this land These days I speak in whispers Travel only to and from Come close you'll see the red Of a well bitten tongue The righteous and the wretched The holy and the damned Is there no mercy in this land no mercy in this land Father left us down here all alone My poor mother is under a stone With an aching heart and trembling hands Is there no mercy in this land Movin' On Won me in a poker game Lost me in a bet Then you got the nerve To turn around and get upset Movin' on You practice law without a license Psychology too But your PHD is in giving me the blues Movin' on Go to third world countries Kicking three-legged dogs And by three PM You're living high on the hog Held out for so long Movin' on You may have learned to hustle But you never learned to dance When you fight the law You don't get a second chance I may be right I may be wrong Movin' on You get away with murder You got a way with words Speaking in a language That nobody's ever heard Just singin' that same old song Movin' on Ten reasons to stay here Eleven to leave Not waiting around For you to give me a reprieve No more stringing this along Movin' on Nothing At All On the kindness of strangers I've come to depend For a shoulder to lean Or a hand to lend This world's too hard To not have someone break my fall Nothing at all, nothing at all All or nothing at all We climb this world stone by stone We love each other bone by bone There are sins for which One just cannot atone Nothing at all, nothing at all All or nothing at all There's a price we pay For the places we lay For putting it all on the line So far down the only sound Is something leaving you behind Nothing at all, nothing at all All or nothing at all What if we end just where we begin Everywhere we go We have already been Would you relive the pain Or would you call it a draw Nothing at all, nothing at all All or nothing at all
Bloodline Maintenance Below Sea Level I fear that everything is happening in this world Some days it brings me to my knees You said I dropped in on the wrong planet As if it were up to me When I'm down in My heart pounding Below sea level Below sea level We belong to us Glitter covers the dust My best efforts met with disdain Surrender by another name A deep breath Is all that's left Below sea level Below sea level Read in the papers Watch on the news Planet's hanging on By the string of its shoes You sing high I'll sing low Down where daylight dare not go Below sea level Below sea level Below sea level Below sea level We Need To Talk About It Slavery We need to talk about it I say Black Lives Matter 'Cause history says we don't You're either a Christian or a racist You can't be both Slavery We need to talk about it What does it say about America What does it say about Africa What does it say about all of us Whoever said time heals all wounds Wasn't a slave I'm guessing Hundreds of years That's just too long of a lesson We need to talk about it What does it say about the buyer What does it say about the seller And what does it say about all of us How does a ghost forgive We need to talk about it How are we supposed to live We need to talk about it With twelve million taken Not one single reparation We need to talk about slavery What does it say about forgiveness We need to talk about it What does it say about compassion We need to talk about slavery About justice About fairness We need to talk about slavery About the law and the land We need to talk about it About then What does it say about now We need to talk about slavery Where Did We Go Wrong Was it the last time Or the time before Not sure what comes first The wager or the war To dismantle or detonate the bomb Where did we go wrong Straight talk only Accept no substitute Must be lonely Living in absolute It's an emergency Try to remain calm Where did we go wrong Lost all perspective Nowhere to take aim With new marching orders To find someone else to blame They stormed the castle But the king turned out to be a pawn Where did we go wrong So long, so wrong So long, so wrong Cold sits in my bones I forget how to be warm So far from home I forget what it is to be born Was the fruit on the tree too long Where did we go wrong Problem Child My glass is half empty You hand me a smaller cup Then you resent me when there's not enough One drop is as dangerous as a vial We've got a problem child I don't gamble like I used to Got nothing left to spare You practice deep breathing But I don't come up for air I might lose you With one turn of the dial Got a problem Got a problem child Days pass as the Lord intended Suffering aside This can't go on But we can't say goodbye I know we used to But it's been a while It's a problem, problem child Bygones go by But they're never gone Need a new way to heal One that doesn't take so long One that's not so hard to reconcile A problem A problem, child In the streets with ill-intention Running from the law Filed an extension For my fundamental flaw All along they've been keeping a file For the problem For the child Need To Know Basis You're the reason Aliens would come down to earth Outer space must look small From inside your universe But your love is on a need to know basis And I need to know right now We paint time With the colors of our lives With what we do to survive But your love is on a need to know basis And I need to know right now If I were the branch Of an old oak tree I hope you'd be the one On the swing tied to me But your love is on a need to know basis Your love is on a need to know basis And I need to know right now It Ain't No Use It ain't no use It ain't no use You needed me and now You need an excuse It ain't no use Oh, it ain't no use You try to kill everyone in the room Then escape through the roof I could say that you tried But that might be too kind You make such a mess By not making up your mind Oh, it ain't no use It ain't no use You want the world eating out of your hands But you ain't got the juice Oh it ain't no use It ain't no use It ain't no use, yeah Sometimes I gotta throw up my hands Sometimes it makes me run as far as I can And I don't need, I don't need a weather report I just need you to make the sun shine It ain't no use Ain't no, no use You tried to bury me alive Then call a truce Well it ain't no use Oh, it ain't no use Used to getting your way Now you're singing the blues Ain't no use Oh, it ain't no use Happened right in front of your eyes But still you needed proof I may be wrong But I just may be right Been going on too long With no end in sight It makes me wanna throw my hands I gotta move my hands and walk I could say but that might be too kind Hey, it ain't not use Not use Not use More Than Love Money can't buy it And thank heaven for that No good to deny it Just a natural fact More than everything I thought I knew More than any dream That could ever come true I love you more Than every note More than every word Your favorite poet ever wrote More than tomorrow Loves the very next day More than a hurry love Right away More than the church bells Love to ring More than a gospel choir Loves to sing More than rock Loves to roll More than any religion Wants to save your soul I love you more Than every single note More than every word Your favorite poet ever wrote More than a hurry Loves right away More than all the seasons Change as they may More than you love to be loved Can you imagine That is still not enough In every language In every tongue More than all the memories rolled into one I love you more More than love my love Smile At The Mention I cry at roadkill I cry at open fields When I'm driving in the South I cry for jockey and horse For hypocrisy When I'm walking in the North But I always smile when I think of you I always smile when I think of you I always smile when I think of you Like a train in the night The never-ending fight For justice deserved I cry at an epitaph When I'm reading Grapes of Wrath At justice unserved But I always smile when I think of you I always smile when I think of you I always smile when I think of you I cry for one hundred years So hard I can't see clear When I try to recall What can't be undone What I can't outrun Still through it all I always smile when I think of you I always smile Honey, Honey Honey, honey Won't you please come home Oh, honey, honey Please come home Thinking it over it's just your way Of giving us one more day Oh, honey, honey Won't you please come home Oh, honey, honey You've been gone too long Oh, honey, honey You've been gone too long Now you've made yourself clear That the end is near Honey, honey Honey, honey Oh, honey, honey Please come home Oh, honey, honey Please come home Got to stop talking to your friends Won't you bring this to an end Oh, honey, honey Oh, honey, honey Honey, honey Won't you please come home Oh, honey, honey Please come home Now, we're too far down the line To sort through what's yours and mine Oh, honey, honey Oh, please come home Knew The Day Was Comin' I knew the day was comin' Was already gone I'll be your distant memory You'll be my long way from home Some days I feel my body Pulling from my bones Some days I feel my body Pulling from my bones If you need explaining May as well have never known Knew the day was comin' Like the sound of my own name I knew the day was comin' Like the sound of my own name Knew the day was comin' Have to choose which cross I claim Maybe I Can't From distance it glitters From up-close it glows Maybe I can't let go Some memories I plant in the garden Others scattered never to grow Maybe I can't let go What if every story Is just one tale of woe Maybe I can't let go I traveled by foot While you had wings I traveled by foot While you had wings Until God reveals What's above and below Maybe I can't let go Turned out a circle What I thought was a long road Maybe I can't let go
Wide Open Light Giving Ghosts Lord won't you help me through the night We can worry about tomorrow when it comes Now it's all I can take to sit and watch us break Wishing into your arms I could run In all of my days you mean the most Now I've got to give up your ghost We'll raise a glass, one final toast And drink to giving up your ghost Now I'm giving up your ghost Every day I look more like my father And every day I look a little less like me How brave is your love would a promise be enough That one day again we could meet In all of my days you meant the most Now I got to give up your ghost We'll raise a glass for the final toast And drink to giving up your ghost Now I'm giving up your ghost In all of my days you meant the most Now I got to give up your ghost We'll raise a glass for the final toast And drink to giving up your ghost Now I'm giving up your ghost Masterpiece Could paint the sun and the moon and the stars Straight down from the sky Carve your likeness in stone Down to the light that shines in your eyes Build a church in your honor Stained glass windows facing east Loving you is my masterpiece Love you for who you are I love you for who you may never be From downtown all the way up to 142nd Street And all of my possessions Mean less than the very least Loving you is my masterpiece There's no time like now There's no place like here So throw your loving arms around me dear And I'll lean on you like a beggar Leans upon the moonlit street Loving you Loving you Loving you Loving you is my masterpiece 8 Minutes Today I turned 33 My oldest didn't call Middle's outta state And the youngest lives here with me It's not just a town It's a final resting place When I die from choices I refused to make It takes 8 minutes for the sun to hit your bones I'm a long way from home Only so many days we can own I'm a long way from home May the places our hearts first broke All burn down And what was lost Rise up from the ground I'll hold you closer Than a shadow holds a wall A child holds a doll The way you catch me when I fall It takes 8 minutes for the sun to hit your bones I'm a long way from home Only so many days we can own I'm a long way from home It takes 8 minutes for the sun to hit your bones I'm a long way from home Only so many days we can own I'm a long way from home It takes 8 minutes for the sun to hit your bones I'm a long way from home Only so many days we can own I'm a long way from home Yard Sale She came to gather All of her personal effects It seemed a bit too late For goodbye sex Out the window an engine idled Some guy leaning on the hood I'm pretty sure she's gone for good Love is a yard sale Strangers wander up on your grass To hold your future hostage And bargain for your past But all sales are final No returns, not that you would I'm pretty sure she's gone for good Gone for good Gone for good Gone for good Gone for good I'm pretty sure she's gone for good Many days have passed now I lose track of time I hear your name mentioned I wonder, do you hear mine It would be a great disservice To claim that I understood I'm pretty sure she's gone for good Gone for good Gone for good Gone for good Gone for good Gone for good Gone for good Gone for good Gone for good I'm pretty sure she's gone for good I'm pretty sure she's gone for good Trying Not To Fall In Love With You I try not to hurry, but I'm always in a rush I try not to worry, but it gets to be too much I try to stay busy; I just don't know what to do Trying not to fall in love with you I try to be patient, but it gets too hard to breathe I try to run away, but you know that I won't leave And every day I try and tell myself that we are through Trying not to fall in love with you And all the nights seem so long And the days just linger on Is there nothing that can be done? Am I the only one? I try to play it fairly, but you don't play by the rules Why do I look for wisdom when it's just a game of fools It's a lofty aspiration, yet it's one I must pursue Trying not to fall in love with you They put me on medication, but it wouldn't take I tried to sever relations, but the bond wouldn't break Tomorrow I'll awaken; try to start my life anew Trying not to fall in love with you Wide Open Light I know what it's like to be half dead And the other half gone out of your head Time is only mercy Time, give me time It's in everything we all must leave behind If tomorrow starts today We'd best be on our way There's no time to waste Only you restore my faith Mistakes I am destined to repeat 'til I get them right Walk with me into the wide open light Walk with me into the wide open light Wide open light You looked at me and my skin jumped from my bones I knew I would never be alone Bring me your day's dust And if you're staying here, you'll be staying with me I trust If tomorrow starts today We'd best be on our way There's no time to waste Only you restore my faith Mistakes I am destined to repeat 'til I get them right Walk with me into the wide open light Walk with me into the wide open light Wide open light Silence always picks up where it left off Silence always picks up where it left off If tomorrow starts today We'd best be on our way There's no time to waste Only you restore my faith Mistakes I am destined to repeat 'til I get them right Walk with me into the wide open light Walk with me into the wide open light Wide open light Wide open light Wide open light One More Change Been holding on Too long to let go Been running too hard to slow down Believing too deep to not have faith I've got one more change to make One more, one more chain to break I've got one more chain to break I've got one more change to make I've worried so long I'm not worried now This heavy load Help me set it down Some things take a lifetime Some things can't wait I've got just one more change to make One more, one more I've got one just more chain to break One more, one more I've got just one more chain to break I've got just one more change to make One more chain to break One more day to wake One more step to take I've got one more change to make One more chain to break One more day to wake One more step to take One more change Just one more change One more, one more I've got just one more change to make One more, one more I've got just one more chain to break I've got just one more chain to break I've got just one more chain to break Growing Growing Gone Your feet barely touched the ground By the time I turned around When dreams come true It's hard to sleep Slowly drifting in the deep She's growing Growing She's gone Doesn't matter what I do or say She's gonna do things her way Blink of an eye has nothing on How all the days have flown She's growing She's growing She's gone She's quite a sight behind the wheel Now I'm in the passenger seat With nerves of steel I'm misery in harmony Now that you're wild and free You're growing Growing She's gone Human nature isn't nature at all Just an excuse we use with our backs against the wall Someday I'll apologize And maybe she'll recognize I'm growing, I'm growing, I'm gone Love After Love Some run for cover Some chase the storm Flags raised with a vengeance Battle-ready and worn The hardest words That I'll ever have to say Is nothing to the debt Silence can never pay Love after love Love after love Long after love Love after love Love after love Long after love Days run away like wild horses Up and over the hill Everything is always And forever's never still Now I sit and watch Myself go insane It's a bittersweet freedom But it's freedom just the same Love after love Love after love Long after love Love after love Love after love Long after love We fall with such grace While running in place I give in, I give in I give in Love after love Love after love Long after love Love after love Love after love Long after love Love after love Love after love
Non Albums Tracks
Ain't too proud to beg
( The Temptations Cover / Standing in the Shadows of Motown OST )
I know you wanna leave me; I refuse to let you go If I have to beg, plead for sympathy I don't mind, 'cause it means that much to me Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin Please don't leave me, don't you go Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby Please don't leave me, don't you go Well I heard a quiet man, half a man, with no sense of pride If I have to cry to keep ya I don't mind weepin' If weeping gonna keep ya by my side Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin' Please don't leave me, don't you go Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby Please don't leave me, don't you go If I have to sleep on your door step all night and day Just to keep you from walking away Let my friends laugh, for this I can stand Just so long as I keep ya, yeah, yeah, I can Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin' Please don't leave me, don't you go Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby Please don't leave me, don't you go Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin' Please don't leave me, don't you go Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby Please don't leave me, don't you go Well your love's so deep in the pit of my heart Ev'ry day it grows more and more I'm not ashamed to come and plead with you, baby If pleading keeps you from walking out the door Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin' Please don't leave me, don't you go Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby Please don't leave me, don't you go Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin' Please don't leave me, don't you go Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby Please don't leave me, don't you go
All along the watchtower
( Bob Dylan )
"There must be some way out of here" Said the joker to the thief "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief Businessmen, they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None of them along the line know what any of it is worth." "No reason to get excited" The thief, he kindly spoke "There are many here among us Who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that, And this is not our fate. So let us not talk falsely now The hour is getting late." All along the watchtower, princes kept the view While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.
Beautiful boy
( John Lennon / Instant Karma The Campaign To Save Darfur CD ) Close your eyes Have no fear The monster's gone He's on the run And your daddy's here Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Beautiful boy Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Beautiful boy Before you go to sleep Say a little prayer Every day in every way It's getting better and better Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Beautiful boy Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Beautiful boy Out on the ocean Ship sailing away I can hardly wait To see you come of age I guess we'll both just have to be patient 'Cause it's a long way to go And a hard row to hoe A long way to go But in the meantime Before you cross the street Take my hand Life is what happens to you While you're busy making other plans Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Beautiful boy Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Beautiful boy Before you go to sleep Say a little prayer Every day in every way It's getting better and better and better Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Beautiful boy Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Beautiful boy Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Beautiful boy Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Beautiful boy You're my beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Beautiful boy
Be My Guest ( Fats Domino Tribute ) Come on baby won't you be my guest Join the party and meet the rest Everything is gonna be so right Just be my guest tonight We're gonna dance to the rock 'n'roll We're gonna groove do the stroll We're gonna Lindy Hop and Suzy Q A special party for you My, my-oh-mine, you know you know you're so fine Don't let me down I'm the king but you can wear my crown I'm gonna sing, my band is gonna play Won't you be my queen for a day Everything is gonna be all right Be my guest tonight My, my-oh-mine, you know you're so fine Don't let me down I'm the king but you can wear my crown I'm gonna sing, my band's gonna play Gonna make you queen for a day Everything, everything will be all right So be my guest tonight
Burning & lootin'
( Bob Marley )
This morning I woke up in a curfew. Oh- Lord, I said Oh- God, I was a prisoner too - yeah. I did not recognize those faces that are standing over me. These faces of brutality, of brutality - yeah. How many rivers do we have to cross, cross, cross, Before, before we can talk to the boss? All that we've had, all that we've had, It seems we have lost, lost, lost. We must have really paid, really paid, Paid the cost, paid the cost. And that's why, that's why we gonna be, Burning and looting tonight. Yes, we (gonna be) burning and looting tonight. Burning and looting tonight. Burning all illusions tonight.
Concrete jungle
No sun will shine in my day today. The high yellow moon, it won't come out to play Darkness has covered my light - Yeah And has changed my day into night - Yeah Where is the love to be found? Concrete jungle, jungle Where the living is the hardest. Concrete jungle, jungle You got to do your best. Concrete jungle, jungle Where the living is the hardest. Concrete jungle, jungle You got to do the heaviest. You got to do your best
Deportees
( Words by Woody Guthrie / Music by Martin Hoffman Live performance with Ellen Verdries, his mother ) The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting, The oranges are piled in their creosote dumps. They're flying you back to the Mexico border, To pay all your oranges to wade back again. My father's own father, he waded that river, They took all the money he made in his life. My brothers and sisters come working the fruit trees, And they rode the trucks till they took down and died. Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye, Rosalita, Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria. You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane, All they will call you will be "deportees". Some of us are illegal, and some are not wanted, When contract is out, we've got to move on. Six hundred miles to the Mexico border, They chase us like outlaws, like rustlers, like thieves. We died in your hills, and we died in your deserts, We died in your valleys and died on your plains. We died 'neath your trees and we died in your bushes, Both sides of the river, we died just the same. Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye, Rosalita, Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria. You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane, All they will call you will be "deportees". The sky plane caught fire over Los Gatos Canyon, A fireball of lightning, it shook all our hills, Who are these friends, all scattered like dry leaves? The radio says, "They are just deportees". Is this the best way we can grow our big orchards? Is this the best way we can grow our good fruit? To fall like dry leaves and rot on our topsoil, To be known by no name except "deportees"? Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye, Rosalita, Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria. You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane, All they will call you will be "deportees". All they will call you will be "deportees".
Do right woman
( Aretha Franklin Cover ) Take me to heart And I'll always love you And nobody Can make me do wrong Take me for granted Leaving love unsure Makes willpower weak And temptation strong A woman's only human You should understand She's not just a plaything She's flesh and blood just like her man If you wanna do right all day's woman You've gotta be a do right all night man Yeah, yeah, they say that it's a man's world But you can't prove that by me And as long as we're together, baby Show some respect for me If you wanna do right all day's woman You've gotta be a do right all night man A woman's only human This you should understand She's not just a plaything She's flesh and blood just like her man If you wanna do right all day's woman You've gotta be a do right all night man You've gotta be a do right all night man
Dressed in black
You may be a cheap date But my therapy's expensive as hell Then you pay a psychic healer who let's you know Things aren't working out so well Tommorow's shining off our face Yesterday's shadow's at our back Why must you always dress in black People don't take advice They just give it And the only way you're ever gonna learn Is to live it So what you spent your younger years Parlaying on the wrong side of the track Why must you always dress in black If you have to lie Do it quickly and as thoroughly as you can This morning i woke up slow Feeling like a shell of a man Don't blame me for us you cried Just cut me some slack Why must you always dress in black She wore high heels The ones that can pierce your heart Just 'cause you go down in history Doesn't mean your really all that smart Like robert e. Lee you're at your best When under attack Why must you always dress in black You call in sick on monday Tuesday you show up late Wednesday you left early Thursday you fight with a boss you hate Friday you up and quit Saturday you want your old job back Sunday morning you wake up All dressed in black Why must you always dress in black
Exodus
Men and people will fight you down When you see Jah light But let me tell you if you're not wrong Then everything is alright We gonna walk through this generation Leaving Babylon Oh - We've trod through this generation In this Exodus, movement of Jah people - yeah In this Exodus, yeah oh yeah yeah Movement of Jah people, yeah
Get up, stand up
I say we're sick and tired of your poison technology Slowly, surely, killing all humanity We know when we understand: The light of God is a living man. You can fool some people sometimes But you can not fool all the people all the time. So now you see Jah light We gonna stand up for our rights! Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight Preacher man don't tell me Heaven is under the earth I know, I know you don't know What Jah life is really worth It's not all the glitters is gold Half the story has never been told So now you see the light Stand up for your rights Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight Don't give up the fight Don't give up the fight
Helpless
( Neil Young Cover )
There is a town in north Ontario, With dream comfort memory to spare, And in my mind I still need a place to go, All my changes were there. Blue, blue windows behind the stars, Yellow moon on the rise, Big birds flying across the sky, Throwing shadows on our eyes. Leave us Helpless, helpless, helpless Baby can you hear me now? The chains are locked and tied across the door, Baby, sing with me somehow. Blue, blue windows behind the stars, Yellow moon on the rise, Big birds flying across the sky, Throwing shadows on our eyes. Leave us Helpless, helpless, helpless.
High tide or low tide
Yes, in high seas or in low seas I'm gonna be your friend You know that I'm gonna be your friend Any so in high tide or in low tide I'll be by your side You know that I'll be by your side I heard her praying, praying, praying - mmh I said I heard my mother Her praying, praying, praying - mmh She was praying in the night And the words that she said, the words that she said They still linger in my head, linger in my head She said : "A child is born into this world He needs protection" - yeah God, guide and protect us When we're wrong, please correct us When we're wrong, correct us And stand by me In these high seas or in low seas I'm gonna be your friend You know that I'm gonna be your friend Any so in high tide or in low tide I'll be by your side You know that I'll be by your side I said I heard my mother Her crying, crying, crying - mmh She was crying in the night And the tears that she shed, the tears that she shed They still linger in my head, linger in my head She said : "A child is born into this world He needs protection" - yeah God, guide and protect us When we're wrong, please correct us When we're wrong correct us And stand by me In these high seas or in low seas I'm gonna be your friend You know that I'm gonna be your friend Any so in high tide or in low tide I'll be by your side You know that I'll be by your side
I heard it through the grapewine
( Marvin Gaye )
Ooh, I bet you're wondering how I knew About you're plans to make me blue With some other guy that you knew before. Between the two of us guys you know I love you more. It took me by surprise I must say, when I found out yesterday. Don't you know that... I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine. Oh I heard it through the grapevine, Oh and I'm just about to lose my mind. Honey, honey yeah. I know that a man ain't supposed to cry, But these tears I can't hold inside. Losing you would end my life you see, Cause you mean that much to me. You could have told me yourself That you love someone else. Instead... I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine. Oh I heard it through the grapevine, Oh and I'm just about to lose my mind. Honey, honey yeah. People say believe half of what you see, Son, and none of what you hear. I can't help being confused If it's true please tell me dear? Do you plan to let me go For the other guy you loved before? Don't you know... I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine. Oh I heard it through the grapevine, Oh and I'm just about to lose my mind. Honey, honey yeah.
In the sun
( Joseph Arthur Cover )
I picture you in the sun wondering what went wrong And falling down on your knees asking for sympathy And being caught in between all you wish for and all you seen And trying to find anything you can feel that you can believe in May God's love be with you always May God's love be with you I know I would apologize if I could see your eyes cause when you showed me myself I became someone else but i was caught in between all you wish for and all you need I picture you fast asleep A nightmare comes You can't keep awake May God's love be with you always May God's love be with you Cause if I find If I find my own way How much will I find If I find If I find my own way How much will I find you I don't know anymore what it's for I'm not even sure If there is anyone who is in the sun Will you help me to understand Cause i been caught in between all I wish for and all I need Maybe you're not even sure what it's for Any more than me May God's love be with you always May God's love be with you
Indifference
( Pearl Jam Cover )
I will light the match this mornin', so I won't be alone Oh, watch as she lies silent, for soon night will be gone I will stand arms outstretched, pretend I'm free to roam Oh, I will make my way, through one more day in hell I will hold the candle till it burns up my arm Oh, I'll keep taking punches until their will grows tired I will stare the sun down until my eyes go blind But, I won't change direction, and I won't change my mind How much difference does it make Oh, how much difference does it make I'll swallow poison, until I grow immune I will scream my lungs out till it fills this room How much difference does it make Oh, how much difference does it make Oh, how much difference does it make Oh, how much difference does it make
Lay your burden down
( Gov't Mule Cover ) It's heavy-lay your burden down It's heavy-lay your burden down Brother, can't you see stars in the night Brother, can't you see stars in the night There's a road up yonder far beyond the light Take a ride this morning on a slow train through the sky Take a ride this morning on a slow train through the sky My life is just a fast train, gone in the blink of an eye It's heavy-lay your burden down It's heavy-lay your burden down Felt the hand last Sunday when the stars refused to shine Felt the hand last Sunday when the stars refused to shine I'm just a young man, I don't feel like dying It's heavy-lay your burden down It's heavy-lay your burden down Can't you hear the angels screaming or is it all my head Can't you hear the angels screaming or is it all my head I'm looking out my window and the sky is blood red The sky is blood red The sky is blood red You got to lay your burden down Lay your burden down It's heavy
Let's get it on
( Marvin Gaye Cover )
I've been really tryin, baby Tryin to hold back these feelings for so long And if you feel, like I feel baby Come on, oh come on, Let's get it on Let's get it on Let's get it on Let's get it on We're all sensitive people With so much love to give, understand me sugar Since we got to be Lets say, I love you There's nothin wrong with me Lovin you And givin yourself to me can never be wrong If the love is true Don't you know how sweet and wonderful, life can be I'm askin you baby, to get it on with me I aint gonna worry, I aint gonna push So come on, come on, come on, come on baby Stop beatin round the bush.... Let's get it on Let's get it on Let's get it on Let's get it on
Louis collins
( Traditionnal )
Mrs. Collins weeped, Mrs. Collins moaned, To see her son Louis leaving home The angels laid him away The angels laid him away, They laid him six feet under the clay The angels laid him away Mrs. Collins weeped, Mrs. Collins moaned, To see her son Louis leaving home The angels laid him away Oh, Bob shot once and Louis shot too, Shot poor Collins, shot him through and through The angels laid him away Oh, kind friends, oh, ain't it hard?, To see poor Louis in a new graveyard The angels laid him away The angels laid him away, They laid him six feet under the clay The angels laid him away Oh, when they heard that Louis was dead All the people they dressed in red The angels laid him away The angels laid him away, They laid him six feet under the clay The angels laid him away Mrs. Collins weeped, Mrs. Collins moaned, To see her son Louis leaving home The angels laid him away The angels laid him away, They laid him six feet under the clay The angels laid him away
Love gonna walk out on me
( Toots and The Maytals Cover ) Everytime that I see your face Something moves within my heart And it thrills me to my soul And tell me that Love is gonna let me down Oh no, oh no Love is gonna let me down As I see the morning sun I know everything, everything is alright I could see you rushing to my door And tell me that Love is gonna let me down Love is gonna let me down Love is gonna let me down No, no Love is gonna let me down No, no Love is gonna let me down Oh, I can see the morning sun And knowing that everything, everything is alright I can see you rushing through the door And tell me that Love is gonna let me down Love is gonna let me down Love is gonna let me down Oh, love is gonna let me down No, no Love is gonna let me down No, no Love is gonna let me down No, Love is gonna let me down Love is gonna let me down No, no, no... Love is gonna let me down...
Manic depression
( Jimi Hendrix )
Manic depression is touching my soul I know what I want but I just don't know How to go about getting it Feelings sweet feelings Drops from my fingers, fingers Manic depression is catching my soul Woman so weary, the sweet cause in vain You make love, you break love It's all the same when it's over Music, sweet music I wish I could caress, caress, caress Manic depression is a frustrating mess Well, I think I'll go turn myself off And go on down All the way down Really ain't no use in me hanging around In your kinda scene Music, sweet music I wish I could caress, caress, caress Manic depression is a frustrating mess Music, sweet music Music, sweet music
Mary
( Patty Griffin Cover ) Mary You're covered in roses You're covered in ashes You're covered in rain You're covered in babies You're covered in slashes You're covered in wilderness You're covered in stains You cast aside the sheet You cast aside the shroud Of another man, who serves the world proud You greet another son and you lose another one On some sunny day and always you stay Mary Jesus said Mother I couldn't stay another day longer He flies right by and leaves a kiss upon her face While the angels were singing his praises in a blaze of glory Mary stays behind and starts cleaning up the place Oh Mary You move behind me You leave you fingerprints everywhere Everytime the snow drifts Every way the sand shifts Even when the night lifts, you're always there You cast aside the sheet You cast aside the shroud Of another man, who serves the world proud You greet another son and you lose another one On some sunny day and always you stay Mary Jesus said Mother I couldn't stay another day longer He flies right by and leaves a kiss upon her face While the angels were singing his praises in a blaze of glory Mary stays behind and starts cleaning up the place Oh Mary You're covered in roses You're covered in ruins You're covered in secrets Your'e covered in treetops You're covered in birds Who can sing a million songs without any words You cast aside the sheet You cast aside the shroud Of another man, who serves the world proud You greet another son and you lose another one On some sunny day and always you stay Always you stay Mary Na, na, na... Oh Mary
My father's house
( Bruce Springsteen ) Last night I dreamed that I was a child Out where the pines grow wild and tall I was trying to make it home through the forest Before the darkness falls I heard the wind rustling through the trees And ghostly voices rose from the fields I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path [way] With the devil snapping at my heels I broke through the trees and there in the night My father's house stood shining hard and bright The branches and brambles tore my clothes and [caused me harm] (scratched my arms) But I ran till I fell shaking in his arms I awoke and I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart Will never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts I got dressed and to that house I did ride From out on the road, I could see its windows shining in light I walked up the steps and stood on the porch A woman I didn't recognize (came and) spoke to me through a chained door I told her my story, and who I'd come for She said "I'm sorry, son, but no one by that name lives here anymore" My father's house shines hard and bright It stands like a beacon calling me in the night Calling and calling, so cold and alone Shining cross this dark highway where our sins lie unatoned
Nobody's fault but mine
( Traditional )
Nobody's fault but mine Nobody's fault but mine If I don't read, my soul would be lost Nobody's fault but mine (My) sister she taught me how to read Sister she taught me how to read If I don't read, my soul would be lost Nobody's fault but mine Nobody's fault but mine Nobody's fault but mine If I don't read, my soul would be lost And nobody's fault but mine Now I got a bible in my house I got a bible in my house If I don't read, my soul would be lost Nobody's fault but mine Sister she taught me how to read Sister she taught me how to read If I don't read, my soul would be lost Nobody's fault but mine Mmh... Nobody's fault but mine Nobody's fault but mine If I don't read, my soul would be lost Nobody's fault but mine Nobody's fault but mine Nobody's fault but mine If I don't read, my soul would be lost Nobody's fault but mine
Not fade away
( Buddy Holly ) I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be You're gonna give your loving to me I'm gonna love you night and day You know my loving won't fade away You know my loving won't fade away My love is bigger than a Cadillac I try to show you but you drive me back Your love for me has got to be real For you to know just how I feel A love for real, not fade away I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be You're gonna give your love to me A love to last more than one day A love that's love and not fade away A love that's love and not fade away
Not fire, not ice
(Life on Mars EP)
There is not a river wide Not a mountain high And neither sin nor evil Could change how I feel inside Could change how I feel inside Not all the strength of the ocean Not all the heat from the sun, from the sun Now, others have tried, I just can't deny For me you are the one For me you are the one The true love is priceless For true love you pay a price But there's nothing can keep me from loving you Not fire, no not ice Not fire, no not ice Like a hero or a champion You are the best, you're the best Like religion or superstition With you I am blessed With you I am blessed Now the river may grow wider The mountain may reach past the sky And wether or not you feel the same My love shall never die My love shall never die The true love you give and take The true love is sacrifice But there's nothing can keep me from loving you Not fire, no not ice Not fire, no not ice Not fire, no not ice
One love
( Bob Marley Cover )
One love, one heart Let's get together and feel all right Hear the children crying (One love) Hear the children crying (One heart) Sayin', "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right." Sayin', "Let's get together and feel all right." Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (One love) There is one question I'd really love to ask (One heart) Is there a place for the hopeless sinner Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own? Believe me One love, one heart Let's get together and feel all right As it was in the beginning (One love) So shall it be in the end (One heart) Alright, "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right." "Let's get together and feel all right." One more thing Let's get together to fight this Holy Armageddon (One love) So when the Man comes there will be no, no doom (One song) Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation Sayin', "One love, one heart Let's get together and feel all right." I'm pleading to mankind (One love) Oh, Lord (One heart) Whoa. "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right." Let's get together and feel all right. (Repeat)
People get ready
( On "Higher Ground" The Blind Boys Of Alabama / Curtis Mayfield Cover )
People get ready, there's a train a-comin' You don't need no baggage, you just get on board All you need is faith to hear the diesel's hummin' You don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord People get ready for the train to Jordan Picking up passengers for coast to coast Faith is the key, open up the doors and board them There's hope for all among those loved the most There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner whom would hurt all mankind Just to save his own Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner Ain't no hiding place against the kingdom's throne People get ready, there's a train a-comin' Don't need no baggage, just get on board All you need is faith to hear the diesel's hummin' Don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord. I believe...
Pressure drop
( The Maytals Cover ) Yeah - yeah Hmh mmh mmh - yeah Hmh mmh mmh - yeah Hmh mmh mmh - yeah It is you - oh yeah It is you - oh yeah It is you - oh yeah Pressure drop, oh - pressure drop Oh - I say pressure drop, a drop on you I say pressure drop, oh pressure drop Oh - I say pressure drop, a drop on you I say when it drops, oh you gonna feel it How much you were doing wrong Oh - when it drops, you gonna feel it How much you were doing wrong It is you - oh yeah It is you - oh yeah It is you - oh yeah I say pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure Pressure drop, a drop on you I say pressure, pressure, pressure Pressure drop, a drop on you I say a drop on you (solo) It is you - oh yeah It is you - oh yeah It is you - oh yeah I say pressure drop, pressure drop Pressure drop, a drop on you I say pressure drop, pressure drop Pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure Pressure, pressure, pressure drop Pressure drop, a drop on you Pressure, pressure Pressure drop, a drop on you Pressure, pressure Pressure drop, a drop on you
Redemption song
Old pirates yes they rob I Sold I to the merchant ships Minutes after they took I From the bottom less pit But my hand was made strong By the hand of the almighty We forward in this generation triumphantly All I ever had, is songs of freedom Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom Cause all I ever had, redemption songs Redemption songs Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds Have no fear for atomic energy Cause none of them can stop the time How long shall they kill our prophets While we stand aside and look Some say it's just a part of it We've got to fullfill the book Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom Cause all I ever had, redemption songs Redemption songs, redemption songs Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but oursekves can free our minds Have no fear for atomic energy Cause none of them can stop the time How long shall they kill our prophets While we stand aside and look Yes some say it's just a part of it We've got to fullfill the book Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom Cause all I ever had, redemption songs All I ever had, redemption songs These songs of freedom, songs of freedom
Remember
Won't you remember the mocking bird, my baby bun. He used to sing for dinner, baby. Oh, he used to sing for his supper -- . He used to sing so sweetly. Since my baby left me, he ain't sang for two long days. Oh, remember the blue-birds and the honey bees. They used to sing for you and me. Oh, they used to sing about you and me. They used to sing so sweetly. But since my baby left me they ain't sang in two long days. Oh, won't you please come home. Come on home, come to me. Make everyday happy as can be. And if you'll leave come on home to me, I'll kiss you for my dinner, baby. I'll kiss you for my supper -- . But if you don't come back - you know, I'll have to starve to death. 'cause I ain't had noon of your loving all day now. Oh, remember. Oh, would you remember. Oh, remember the blue-birds and the honey bees singing sweetly for you and me. Oh, the mocking bird, my baby bun. Oh, don't you come home to me. Remember. Will you remember.
Sexual Healing (Marvin Gaye Cover / Life On Mars EP)
Oh- baby now let's get down tonight. Baby, I'm hot just like your oven. Oh- I need your lovin' Well baby, I can't hold it much longer 'cause it's getting stronger and stronger And when I get that feeling I got a sexual healing, sexual healing And makes me feel so fine And helps to release the mind Sexual healing, is good for me Sexual healing is something that's good for me Whenever these blue teardrops are falling And my emotional stability is leaving me There is something I can do Oh- I can get on the telephone and call you up baby Darling, I know you'll be there to relieve me The love you give to me will free me And If you don't know the things you're dealing Oh- I can tell you darling, that it's sexual healing Get up, Get up, Get up, Get up Let's make love tonight Wake up, Wake up, Wake up 'Cause you do it right Heal me, my darling Heal me, my darling Heal me, my darling Heal me, my darling Baby, I got sick this morning A sea was storming up inside of me Baby, I think I'm capsizing Oh- the waves are rising And when I get that feeling I got a sexual healing Sexual healing And makes me feel so fine, it's such a rush And helps to release the mind, Oh- it's good for us Sexual healing, is good for me Sexual healing is something that's good for me And it's good for me and it's good to me My baby, woohhh Just grab a hold and take control Of my body and mind soon we'll be making love Honey, oh- -- fine You're my medicine open up and let me in Darling, you're so great I can't wait for you to operate Ohh
Slave driver
Every time I hear the crack of the whip My blood runs cold I remember on the slave ship How they brutalised our very souls Today they say that we are free Only to be chained in poverty Good god, I think it's all illiteracy It's only a machine that make money Slave driver the table is turned now Catch a fire so you can get burned now Slave driver the table is turned Catch a fire so you can get burned
So you want to be a rock'n roll star
( The Byrds Cover / Live with Pearl Jam )
So you want to be a rock and roll star? Then listen now to what I say. Just get an electric guitar Then take some time And learn how to play. And with your hair swung right, And your pants too tight It's gonna be all right. Then it's time to go downtown Where the agent man won't let you down. Sell your soul to the company Who are waiting there to sell plastic ware. And in a week or two If you make the charts The girls'll tear you apart. The price you paid for your riches and fame, Was it all a strange game? You're a little insane. The money, the fame, and the public acclaim, Don't forget who you are, You're a rock and roll star
Strawberry fields forever
( The Beatles )
Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields. Nothing is real, and there's nothing to get hungabout. Strawberry Fields forever. Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out, it doesn't matter much to me. Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields. Nothing is real, and there's nothing to get hungabout. Strawberry Fields forever. No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low. That is you can't you know tune in but it's all right, that is I think it's not too bad. Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields. Nothing is real, and there's nothing to get hungabout. Strawberry Fields forever. Always, no sometimes, think it's me, but you know I know when it's a dream. I think I know I mean a "Yes" but it's all wrong, that is I think I disagree. Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields. Nothing is real, and there's nothing to get hungabout. Strawberry Fields forever. Strawberry Fields forever. Strawberry Fields forever.
Heal me, my darling Heal me, my darling Heal... I can't wait for you to operate Heal me, my darling I can't wait for you to operate My darling Please-- Heal me, my darling Heal me, my darling I need you to Heal me, my darling I need you to Heal me, my darling Oh- won't you please Heal me, my darling- Oh- won't you just Heal me, my darling
Superstition
( Stevie Wonder Cover )
Oh- very superstitious, writings on the wall. Ooh- very superstitious, ladders 'bout to fall. Thirteen month old baby, breaks the looking the glass. Seven years of bad luck, with the good things in your past. When you believe in the things that you don't understand, then you suffer. Superstition is not the way. Oh- very superstitious, that you wash your face and hands. Ooh- very superstitious, do all that you can. Keep me in a daydream, keep me going strong. You don't wanna save me, sad is your song. When you believe in the things that you don't understand, then you suffer. Superstition is not the way. Very superstitious, I got nothing more to say. Oh- very superstitious, the devil's on his way. Thirteen month old baby, breaks the looking the glass. Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past. When you believe in the things that you don't understand, then you suffer. Superstition is not the way. When you believe in the things that you don't understand, then you suffer.
The drugs don't work
( Richard Ashcroft Cover / Life on Mars EP) All this talk of getting old It's getting me down my love Like a cat in a bag waiting to drown This time I'm coming down And I know you're thinking of me As you lay down on your side Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again But I know I'm on a losing streak 'Cause I passed down by old street And if you wanna show, just let me know And I'll sing in your ear again Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again So baby, Woh- if heaven calls, I'm coming too Just like you said you leave my life, I'm better off dead All this talk of getting old It's getting me down my love Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown This time I'm coming down The drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again So baby, Woh- if heaven calls, I'm coming too And like you said, you leave my life, I'm better off dead But if you wanna show, just let me know And now I'll sing in your ear again Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But now I know I'll see your face again Yeah- I know I'll see your face again Yeah- I know I'll see your face again Oh- now Yeah, I know I'll see your face again Never coming down, Never coming down No more, no more, no more, no more, no more, no more Never coming down, never coming down No more, no more, no more, no more, no more Oh- now Yeah, I know I'll see your face again
The modern world
( The Jam Cover )
This is the modern world This is the modern world What kind of fool do you think I am? To think I know nothing of this modern world All my life it's been the same I've learnt to live by hate and pain It's my inspiration drive I've learnt more than you'll ever know Even at school I felt quite sure That one day I would be on top Another dot upon the map The teachers who said I be nothing! This is the modern world that I've learnt about This is the modern world we don't need no-one To tell us whats right or wrong Say what you like 'cause I don't care I know where I am and going to It's somewhere I won't preview To have to explain myself to you I don't give a damn about you if you This is the modern world that I've learnt about Yeah- this is the modern world we don't need no-one To tell us whats right or wrong This is, this is, this is, this is, this is This is, this is Yeah- This is, this is, this is, this is, this is This is, this is, this is We don't need no-one To tell us whats right or wrong Ah This is the modern world This is the modern world
Tomorrow is a long time
( Bob Dylan cover / Live performance with Ellen Verdries, his mother )
If today was not an endless highway If tonight was not a crooked trail If tomorrow wasn't such a long time Then lonesome would mean nothing to me at all Only if my own true love was waitin' And if I could hear his heart a-softly poundin' Only if he was lying by me Could I rest in my bed once again I can't see my reflection in the water I can't speak the sounds that know no pain I can't hear the echo of my footsteps Or can't remember the sound of my own name Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin' Yes, and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin' And only if my own true love was waitin' And if I could hear his heart a-softly poundin' Only if he was lying by me Could I rest in my bed once again There's beauty in the silver singing river There's beauty in the sunrise in the sky But none of these and nothing else can match the beauty That I remember in my own true lover's eyes And only if my own true love was waitin' And if I could hear his heart a-softly poundin' Only if he was lying by me Could I rest in my bed once again Could I rest in my bed once again
Voodoo child (slight return)
Well I stand up next to a mountain I chop it down with the edge of my hand Well I stand next to a mountain I chop it down with the edge of my hand I pick up all the tiny pieces and make an island Might even raise just a little sand - Yeah 'Cause I'm a Voodoo Child God knows I'm a Voodoo Child I didn't mean to take up all your sweet time I'll give it back one of these days I said I hate to take up all your sweet time I'll give it back one of these days And if I don't see you no more in this world I'll meet you on the next one But don't be late Don't be late 'Cause I'm a Voodoo Child God knows I'm a Voodoo Child
Waiting for a miracle
( Bruce Coburn ) Look at them working in the hot sun The pilloried saints and the fallen ones Working and waiting for the night to come And waiting for a miracle Somewhere out there is a place that's cool Where peace and balance are the rule Working toward a future like some kind of mystic jewel And waiting for a miracle You rub your palm On the grimy pane In the hope that you can see You stand up proud You pretend you're strong In the hope that you can be Like the ones who've cried Like the ones who've died Trying to set the angel in us free While they're waiting for a miracle Struggle for a dollar, scuffle for a dime Step out from the past and try to hold the line So how come history takes such a long, long time When you're waiting for a miracle You rub your palm On the grimy pane In the hope that you can see You stand up proud You pretend you're strong In the hope that you can be Like the ones who've cried Like the ones who've died Trying to set the angel in us free
War
Until the philosophy which holds one race Superior and another inferior Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned Everywhere is war War - War - Oh... Until there is no longer first class And second class citizens of any nation I got to say War Until the colour of a man's skin Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes I got to say War That until the basic human rights are equally Guaranteed to all, without regard to race I got to say War And until that day of the dream of lasting peace And world citizenship And rule of international morality Will remain in but a fleeting illusion To be pursued, but never attained Now everywhere is War War - War... Oh... Oh - Oh no more War in the east and, war in the west War up north, war down south And war down south War in the east, war in the west War up north, war down south Oh War - Oh war... No more war... Oh - we got to use We got to - We got to... Of good over evil Oh we know we shall win We are confident in good over evil You got to use your own....
Waymore's blues
( Waylon Jennings ) Well I woke up this morning it was drizzling rain Around the curve called a passenger train I heard somebody yodel and a hobo moan Jimmy he's dead it's been a long time gone Been a long time gone A long time gone If you want to get to heaven got to die You got to put on your coat and tie Want to get the rabbit out of the log Gotta make a commotion like a dog Like a dog Like a dog I gotta good woman what's the matter with me What makes me want to love every woman I see I was traveling when I met her now i'm traveling again And every women she sees looks like a place I came in Looks like a place I came in Place I came in I got my name painted on my shirt I ain't no ordinary dude,i don't have to work I don't have to work
Whole Lotta love
( Led Zeppelin Cover / Life on Mars EP)
You need cooling baby, I'm not foolin' I'm gonna say it, yeh! Go back to schoolin' Way down inside honey, you need it I'm gonna give you my love I'm gonna give you my love Wanna Whole Lotta Love? Wanna Whole Lotta Love? Wanna Whole Lotta Love? You've been learning baby, I mean learnin' All them good times I've been yearnin' Way, way down inside honey, you need it I'm gonna give you my love, I'm gonna give you my love. Wanna Whole Lotta Love? Wanna Whole Lotta Love? Wanna Whole Lotta Love? Wanna Whole Lotta Love? Now, you've been coolin', baby, I've been droolin' All the good times I've been misusin' Way, way down inside, baby, you need it I'm gonna give you my love Gonna give you my love Wanna Whole Lotta Love? Wanna Whole Lotta Love? Wanna Whole Lotta Love? Wanna Whole Lotta Love? Way, way down inside, woman Way down inside, woman Gonna give you my love Gonna give you my love You can't blame the youth
Your teacher used to learn in school how a cow flies over the moon. Your teacher used to learn in school how a dish runs away with a spoon. So. You can't blame the youth. And you can't fool the youth. You can't blame the youth of today. You teacher used teach about Christopher Colombus and you said he was a very great man. You used to teach about Marco Polo and you said he was a very great man. So. You can't blame the youth. And you can't fool the youth. You can't blame the youth of today. When every Christmas comes around you buy the youth a fancy toy --. When every Christmas comes around you buy the youth a fancy toy --. So. You can't blame the youth. And you can't fool the youth. You can't blame the youth, not at all. Your teacher used teach about Pirate Hawkins and you said he was a very great man. Your teacher used teach about Pirate Morgan and you said he was a great man. You teacher used teach about Christopher Colombus and you said he was a very great man. You teacher used teach about Marco Polo, you said he was a very great man. So. You can't blame the youth. You can't fool the youth. You can't blame the youth --. You can't blame the youth. And you can't fool the youth. Oh, you can't blame the youth of today. Oh, not at all. The youth. The youth.
Zimbabwe
( Bob Marley / Live performance with Michael Franti '94 )
Every man gotta right To decide his own destiny And in this judgment There is no partiality So arm in arms, with arms We will fight this little struggle 'Cause that's the only way We can overcome our little trouble Brother you're right, you're right You're right, you're right, you're so right We gonna fight, we'll have to fight We gonna fight, fight for our rights Natty dread it ina Zimbabwe Set it up ina Zimbabwe Mash it up ina Zimbabwe Africans a liberate Zimbabwe No more internal power struggle We come together, to overcome The little trouble Soon we will find out Who is the real revolutionary 'Cause I don't want my people To be contrary Brothers you're right, you're right You're right, you're right, you're so right We'll have to fight, we gonna fight We'll have to fight, fighting for our rights Mash it up ina Zimbabwe Natty trash it ina Zimbabwe I and I a liberate Zimbabwe Brother you're right, you're right You're right, you're right, you're so right We gonna fight, we'll have to fight We gonna fight, fighting for our rights To divide and rule Could only tear us apart In everyman chest There beats a heart So soon we'll find out Who is the real revolutionaries And I don't want my people To be tricked by mercenaries Brother you're right, you're right You're right, you're right, you're so right We gonna fight, we'll have to fight We gonna fight, fighting for our rights Natty trash it ina Zimbabwe Mash it up ina Zimbabwe Set it up ina Zimbabwe Africans a liberate Zimbabwe Africans a liberate Zimbabwe Natty dub it ina Zimbabwe Set it up ina Zimbabwe Africans a liberate Zimbabwe Every man got a right To decide his own destiny