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I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
Ever since I was a tiny boy
I don't want no candy, I don't need no toy
I took a stick and an old coffee can
I bang on that thing 'til I got blisters on my hand
Because
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (yes, I do)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day (that's right)
When I get older they think I'm a fool
The teacher told me I should stay after school
She caught me pounding on the desk with my hands
But my licks was so hot
I made the teacher wanna dance
And that's why
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (hey, why not?)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day (listen to this)
Every day when I get home from work
I feel so frustrated, the boss is a jerk
And I get my sticks and go out to the shed
And I pound on that drum like it was the boss's head, because I...
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (hey, hey)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day (I can bang that drum)
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (hey, you wanna take a bang at it?)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day (I can do this all day)
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
And who by fire, who by water,
Who in the sunshine, who in the night time,
Who by high ordeal, who by common trial,
Who in your merry merry month of may,
Who by very slow decay,
And who shall I say is calling?
And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate,
Who in these realms of love, who by something blunt,
And who by avalanche, who by powder,
Who for his greed, who for his hunger,
And who shall I say is calling?
And who by brave assent, who by accident,
Who in solitude, who in this mirror,
Who by his lady's command, who by his own hand,
Who in mortal chains, who in power,
And who shall I say is calling?
Summer's gone, winter's in your eyes
I can feel the thunderstorms inside
I wake every morning, and the cold winds cover me
All I've got's a ghost of what could be
If you can see, the lights shine in front of me
If you can see the lights, shout out where you'll be
I'm in a broken dream, I stare out into space
You know, I called you up 'cause nothing takes your place
I've got a heart of stone, and it's sinking deep inside
I want to tell you, love, I'm too proud to cry
If you can see, the lights shine in front of me
If you can see the lights, shout out where you'll be
Summer's gone, and I can't tell you lies
Oh, forgive me, love, I'm too proud to cry
If you can see, the lights shine in front of me
If you can see the lights, shout out where you'll be
Summer's gone, and I can't tell you lies
Forgive me, love, I'm too proud to cry
Too proud to cry
Too proud to cry
Too proud to cry
Oh Lord, won't you listen in to me now?
Oh love, I got to get me back to you somehow
I never knew that life was loaded
I'd only hung around birds and bees
I never knew that things exploded
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Oh boy, you've no idea what I've been through
Oh Lord, I feel so stuck that I can't get to you
Had no idea that I was heading toward a state of emergency
I had no fear where I was treading
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
Caught up on me with intensity
Had no idea where I was heading
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Oh boys, you don't have idea where I've been through
Oh Lord, I got to get back somehow to you
I never knew that life was loaded
I'd only hung around birds and bees
I never knew that things exploded
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
I never got any G.C.E.s
I never knew that things exploded
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Sounds like a signal from you
Bring me to meet your sound
And I will bring you to my heart
Love like a signal you call
Touching my body my soul
Bring to me, you to meet me here
Home be the temple of your heart
Home be the body of your love
Just like Holy water to my lips
Yes I do know how I survive
Yes I do know why I'm alive
To love and be with you
Day by day by day by day
Time, time again, it is said
We will hear, we will see
See it all-in his wisdom-hear
His truth will abound the land
This truth will abound the land
This State of independence shall be
This State of independence shall be
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
Love like a signal you call
Touching my body my soul
Bring to me, you to meet me here
Home be the temple of your heart
Home be the body of your love
Just like Holy water to my lips
Hey
Yes I do know how I survive
Yes I do know why I'm alive
To love and be with you
Day by day by day by day
Time, time again, it is said
We will hear, we will see
See it all-in his wisdom-hear
His truth will abound the land
This truth will abound the land
This State of independence shall be
This State of independence shall be
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
This State of independence shall be
His truth will abound the land
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
Don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Clarendon (you are an African)
And if you come from Portland (you are an African)
And if you come from Westmoreland, you're an African
So, don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Trinidad (you are an African)
And if you come from Nassau (you are an African)
And if you come from Cuba, you're an African
So, don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your complexion
There is no rejection
You're an African
'Cause if your 'plexion high, high, high
If your 'plexion low, low
And if your 'plexion in between, you're an African
So, don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man
You're an African
No mind denomination
That is only segregation
You're an African
'Cause if you go to the Catholic (you are an African)
And if you go to the Methodist (you are an African)
And if you go to the Church of gods, you are an African
So, don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Brixton (you are an African)
And if you come from Weesday (you are an African)
And if you come from Wingstead (you are an African)
And if you come from France (you are an African)
And if you come from Brooklyn (you are an African)
And if you come from Queens (you are an African)
And if you come from Manhattan (you are an African)
And if you come from Canada (you are an African)
And if you come from Miami (you are an African)
And if you come from Switzerland (you are an African)
And if you come from Germany (you are an African)
And if you come from Russia (you are an African)
And if you come from Taiwan (you are an African)
And if you come from-
Goin' to California
To live in the summer sun
The streets are made of silver
I'm like a rabbit on the run
Philadelphia freedom
Well, it's not like you have heard
The City of Brotherly Love
Is full of pain and hurt
I'm goin' to California
To find my pot of gold
Corruption on every corner
Hustlers selling sweets
Baby is home crying
While her momma's on the streets
Everybody's dying
Have you heard the news today?
A woman in north Philly is mourning
The bullet took another son away
I'm goin' to California
I'm goin' far, far away
Goin' to California, yes
To resurrect my soul
The sun is always shining
Or at least that's what I'm told
Goin' to California
There's a better life for me
Goin' to California
I'll write and tell you what I see
Goin' to California
Somebody say a prayer for me
Well, it's 3 a.m., I'm out here riding again
Through the wicked, winding streets of my world
I make a wrong turn, break it
Now I'm too far gone
I've got a siren on my tail and that ain't the fine I'm lookin' for
I see a stairway so I follow it down
Into the belly of a whale where my secrets echo all around
You know me now, but to do better than that
You got to follow me
Boy, I'm trying to show you where I'm at
Hey pretty, don't you wanna take a ride with me
Through my world?
Hey pretty, don't you wanna kick and slide
Through my world?
I got a mind full of wicked designs
I got a non-stop hole in my head, imagination
I'm in a building that has 2000 floors
And when they all fall down
I think you know it's you they're fallin for
I can't forget I am my sole architect
I built the shadows here
I built the growlin' voice I fear
You add it up, but to do better than that
You got to follow me
Boy, I'm trying to show you where I'm at
Hey pretty, don't you wanna take a ride with me
Through my world?
Hey pretty, don't you wanna kick and slide
Through my world?
Hey pretty, my pretty baby
Rock it through my world
Hey pretty, my pretty baby
Rock it through my world
Hey now, can't you feel me longing?
(Do-do-do-do you get the gist of this song now?)
Hey now, can't you feel me?
(Feel me now)
Hey pretty, hey pretty, hey pretty baby
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(My baby)
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(My baby)
My pretty baby
(Don't you wanna)
Rock it through my world
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(My baby)
Don't you wanna?
My baby
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(Do you get the gist of this song now?)
(Do you get the gist of this song now?)
My pretty baby
Woah, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me
Lonely rivers flow
To the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea, yeah
Lonely rivers sigh
"Wait for me, wait for me"
I'll be coming home, wait for me
Woah, my love, my darling
I've hungered, hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me
Hmm... hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me
When you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on...
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill
Those of your needs that you won't let show
You just call on me brother when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Lean on me
When you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on...
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
You just call on me brother
When you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
If there is a load you have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me
Call me
If you need a friend
(Call me)
Call me (call me)
If you need a friend
(Call me)
If you ever need a friend
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me)
If you need a friend
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me)
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes, I would
If I could
I surely would, mmm hmm
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes, I would
If I only could
I surely would, mmm hmm
Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world its saddest sound
Its saddest sound
I'd rather be a forest than a street
Yes, I would
If I could
I surely would mmm, hmm
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes, I would
If I only could
I surely would
Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide
So we've been told, and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it
Look what it's done so far
What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
All of us under its spell
We know that it's probably magic
Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm supposed to be
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
La-da-da-di, da-da-do
La-la, da-da-da-di-da-do
I am a lighthouse
Worn by the weather and the waves
I keep my lamp it
To warn the sailors on their way
I'll tell a story
Paint you a picture from my past
I was so happy
But joy in this life seldom lasts
I had a keeper
He helped me warn the ships at sea
We had grown closer
'Til his joy meant everything to me
And he was to marry
A girl who shone with beauty and light
And they loved each other
And with me watched the sunsets into night
And the waves crashing around me
The sand slips out to sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be
She'd had to leave us
My keeper he prayed for a safe return
But when the night came
The weather to a raging storm had turned
He watched her ship fight
But in vain against the wild and terrible wind
In me so helpless
As dashed against the rock she met her end
And the waves crashing around me
The sand slips out to sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be
Then on the next day
My keeper found her washed up on the shore
He kissed her cold face
That they'd be together soon he swore
I saw him crying
Watched as he buried her in the sand
And then he climbed my tower
And off of the edge of me, he ran
And the waves crashing around me
The sand slips out to sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be
I am a lighthouse
Worn by the weather and the waves
And though I am empty
I still warn the sailors on their way
Oh no, I see
A spider web is tangled up with me
And I lost my head
The thought of all the stupid things I'd said
Oh no, what's this?
A spider web, and I'm caught in the middle
So I turned to run
The thought of all the stupid things I'd done
And I never meant to cause you trouble
I never meant to do you wrong
I, well, if I ever caused you trouble
And oh no, I never meant to do you harm
Oh no, I see
A spider web and it's me in the middle
So I twist and turn
But here am I in my little bubble?
Singing out, I never meant to cause you trouble
I never meant to do you wrong
I, well, if I ever caused you trouble
Oh no, I never meant to do you harm
They spun a web for me
They spun a web for me
They spun a web for me
Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide
So we've been told and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
Who said that every wish would be heard
And answered when wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that and someone believed it
Look what it's done so far
What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
All of us under it's spell
We know that it's probably magic
Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name
Is this the sweet sound that called the young sailors
The voice might be one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm supposed to be
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
I want to live life and never be cruel
And I want to live life and be good to you
And I want to fly and never come down
And live my life and have friends around
We never change, do we?
No, no
We never learn, do we?
So I want to live in a wooden house
I want to live life and always be true
And I want to live life and be good to you
And I want to fly and never come down
And live my life and have friends around
We never change, do we?
No, no
We never learn, do we?
So I want to live in a wooden house
Where making more friends would be easy
Oh, and I don't have a soul to save
Yes, and I sin every single day
We never change, do we?
We never learn, do we?
So I want to live in a wooden house
Where making more friends would be easy
I want to live where the sun comes out
Rowers gliding on the river
Canadian geese crap along the bank
Back wheel of my bike begins to quiver
The chain is wrapped around the crank
Old ladies, who must be doggie training
Walking, throwing balls, chasing all the sheep
While the farmer stands around,
And he's complaining
His mad cows are being put to sleep
And I'm a Pisces fish and the rivers runs
Through my soul
Smoke signals from the brewery
Like someone in there found the latest Pope
In a vat of beer that keeps pumping
Out with fury
While the churchbell ringer's tangled
In his rope
There's a temple on an island
I think of all the Gods and what they feel
You can only find them in the deepest silence
I got to get off of this big wheel
And I'm a Pisces fish and the river runs
Through my soul
I'm a Pisces fish and the river runs
Through my soul
And I'll be swimming until I can find
Those waters
That one unbounded ocean of bliss
That's flowing through your parents,
Sons and daughters
But still an easy thing for us to miss
Blades go skimming through the water
I hear the coxswain shouting his
Instructions about
With this crew oh it could be a tall order
Have we time to sort all of these things out?
Some times my life it seems like fiction
Some of the days it's really quite serene
I'm a living proof of all life's contradictions
One half's going where the other
Half's just been
And I'm a Pisces fish and the river runs
Through my soul
Very superstitious
Writing's on the wall
Very superstitious
Ladder's 'bout to fall
13-month-old baby
Broke the looking glass
Seven years of bad luck
The good things in your past
When you believe in things
That you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, yeah
Ooh, very superstitious
Wash your face and hands
Rid me of the problem
Do all that you can
Keep me in a daydream
Keep me going strong
You don't want to save me
Sad is my song
When you believe in things
You don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, yeah
Very superstitious
Nothing more to say
Very superstitious
The devil's on his way
13-month-old baby
Broke the looking glass
Seven years of bad luck
Good things in your past
When you believe in things
That you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way
No, no, no
The test begins now
I thought I was smart
I thought I was right
I thought it better not to fight
I thought there was a virtue in always being cool
So it came time to fight
I thought I'll just step aside
And that the time would prove you wrong
And that you would be the fool
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery
Oh, to fight is to defend
If it's not now, then tell me when would be the time
That you would stand up and be a man
For to lose, I could accept
But to surrender I just wept and regretted this moment
Oh that I, I was the fool
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides
What's right for his own life
It's all a mystery
'Cause I'm a man, not a boy
And there are things you can't avoid, you have to face them
When you're not prepared to face them
If I could, I would
But you're with him now, I'd do no good
I should have fought him, but instead I let him
I let him take you
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides
What's right for his own life
It's all a mystery
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery
'Cause I don't know how a man decides
What's right for his own life
It's all a mystery
And I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery (but instead I wanna take it)
Mystery
The test is over now
Santa Maria, Santa Teresa, Santa Anna, Santa Susannah
Santa Cecilia, Santa Copelia, Santa Dominica, Mary Angelica
Frater Achad, Frater Pietro, Julianus, Petronella
Santa, Santos, Miroslaw, Vladimir
And all the rest
A man is placed upon the steps, a baby cries
High above it hear the church bells start to ring
And the heaviness
The heaviness settles in
Somewhere you can hear a mother sing
Then it's one foot then the other
As you step out onto the road, steppin' on the road
How much weight? How much?
Then it's how long? And how far?
And how many times before it's too late?
Calling all angels
Calling all angels
Walk me through this one
Don't leave me alone
Calling all angels
Calling all angels
We're trying, we're hoping
But we're not sure how long
And every day you gaze upon the sunset
With such love and intensity
Why it's almost as if
If you could only crack the code
You'd finally understand what this all means
But if you could
Do you think you would trade it all?
All the pain and suffering?
Ah, but then you'd have miss
The beauty of the light upon this earth
And the sweetness of the leaving
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Walk me through this one (walk me through this one)
Don't leave me alone
Calling all angels
Calling all angels
We're trying, we're hoping
But were not sure how
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Walk me through this world (walk me through this one)
Don't leave me alone (don't leave me alone)
Calling all angels
Calling all angels
We're trying
We're hoping
We're loving
And we're hurting
We're crying
We're calling
'Cause we're not sure how this goes
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Let my arms be a tree
Let my eyes be a bee
Let my hair be
A bed of roses
Let my lips kiss the ocean
Let my feet feed
An earthworm
Let my ears feed a beetle
Let my thights feed a wolf
Let my nose be a plum
Oh it's the sweet cycle of life
Oh yes it's the
Sweet cycle of life
Well who am I to complain
About a bit of earthly pain
Let my heart be
An orchard of artichokes
Let my chest be
A bridge of Mesquite
Let my cock feed a crow
Let my stomach feed
A flock of geese
Oh it's the sweet cycle of life
Oh yes it's the
Sweet cycle of life
Well who am I to complain
Are we not one and
The same
Let me celebrate my life
In the way that I want to
In a feast of all the pieces
That were meant to be used
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
Once I had a love and it was divine
Soon found out I was losing my mind
Seemed like the real thing but I was so blind
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
In between what I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine
Love is so confusing
There's no peace of mind
If I fear I'm losing you it's just no good
You teasing like you do
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
Lost inside, adorable illusion
And I cannot hide
I'm the one you're using
Please don't push me aside
We coulda made it cruising, yeah
Yeah, riding high on love's true bluish light
Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
In between what I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine
Love is so confusing
There's no peace of mind
If I fear I'm losing you it's just no good
You teasing like you do
We had no way of staying afloat
We had to leave on the ferry boat
Economic refugees
On the run to Germany
We had the back of Maggie's hand
Times were tough in Geordieland
We got our tools and working gear
And humped it all from Newcastle to here
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
We're the nomad tribes, travelling boys
In the dust and dirt and the racket and the noise
Drills and hammers, diggers and picks
Mixing concrete, laying bricks
There's English, Irish, Scots, the Lot
United nation's what we've got
Brickies, chippies, every trade
German building, British-made
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Nae more work on Maggie's farm
Hadaway down the autobahn
Mine's a portacabin bed
Or a bunk in a nissen hut instead
There's plenty Deutschmarks here to earn
And German tarts are wunderschoen
German beer is chemical-free
Germany's alreet with me
Sometimes I miss my river Tyne
But you're my pretty fraulein
Tonight we'll drink the old town dry
Keep our spirit levels high
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Now, that we've run this road so many times
Tonight it will not take us home
Gonna go to that deep river
Where the water's moving slow
Feels like there's nothing to explain (nothing left to hear)
One more or less it's all the same
Now, that it's feeling so much colder (coming back again)
Just be glad that it's all over
Now, that we've closed our eyes so many times
Tonight I cannot see a thing
Gonna go to that deep river
Where the water's moving slow
Feels like there's nothing to explain (nothing left to hear)
And now you know just who to blame
For why, you're feeling so much colder (coming back again)
Just be glad that it's all over
Gonna go to that deep river
Hey love
Is that the name you're meant to have
For me to call
Look love
They've given up believing
They've turned aside our stories of the gentle fall
But don't you believe them
Don't you drink their poison too
These are the scars that words have carved
On me
Hey love
That's the name we've long held back
From the core of truth
So don't turn away now
I am turning in revolution
These are the scars that silence carved
On me
This is the same place
No not the same place
This is the same place, love
No not the same place we've been before
Hey love
I am a constant satellite
Of your blazing sun
My love
I obey your law of gravity
This is the fate you've carved on me
This law of gravity
This is the fate you've carved on me
On me
Here's another song that
Maybe you remember this one
Very nice little song
Nice and sweet, I say
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me, for me
Cupid, please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me
And now, I don't mean to bother you but I'm in distress
There's danger of me losing all of my happiness
For I love a girl who doesn't know I exist
And this you can fix
So
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow go, uh
Straight to my lover's heart for me, nobody but me
And oh, Cupid, please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly, yeah
Straight to my lover's heart for me
Now, Cupid, if your arrow make her love strong for me
I promise I will love her until eternity
I know between the two of us, her heart we can steal
Help me if you will
So
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me, nobody but me
Cupid, please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me, get it babe, get it
Now, Cupid
Don't you hear me?
Calling you
I need you
Cupid
I want to hear me
I need you
I need you Cupid
Help me, help me, help me, help me
Cupid take me
Straight to my lover's heart for me
Ya-choo-choo-choo-choo-choo-choo-choo
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break
When the levee breaks, I'll have no place to stay
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, Lord
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan
It's got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home
Oh well, oh well, oh well
Don't it make you feel bad
When you're tryin' to find your way home
You don't know which way to go?
If you're goin' down south
They got no work to do
If you're going down to Chicago
A-ah, a-ah, a-ah
Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good
No, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move, ooh
All last night sat on the levee and moaned
All last night sat on the levee and moaned
Thinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy home
Ah-oh
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Goin'
I'm goin' to Chicago
Goin' to Chicago
Sorry, but I can't take you, ahhh
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down
Goin' down, goin' down
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down-down-down-down-down
Sunbeam, stop tugging me
Pull that door shut quietly
Darling, what are you doing
We don't have time for this
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
I'm crazy, mmh, what are you then?
Give me an hour and I'll give you your dream
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Don't make a sound, shh, listen
Keep your head down
We're not safe yet
Don't make a sound and be good for me
'Cause I know they're waiting
Somewhere out here
Leave it, I won't go back
We have to do it 'cause there's nothing left here
Don't care, what do they know?
I've seen it, baby, and I know it's real
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Showtime, I knew they'd come
Whoa, are we having fun or what?
Yeah
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Don't make a sound, shh, listen
Keep your head down
We're not safe yet
Don't make a sound and be good for me
'Cause I know they're waiting
Somewhere out
Don't make a sound, shh, listen
Keep your head down
We're not safe yet
Don't make a sound and be good for me
'Cause I know they're waiting
Somewhere out here
I feel good all over
I feel good all over
I feel good all over
Mmh, wear your inside out
Inside out
Inside out
Inside out, out, out, out, out
Inside out
Out, out, out, out
Out, out, out, out
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Drink up, baby, down
Mmm, are you in or are you out?
Leave your things behind
'Cause it's all going off without you
Excuse me, too busy
You're writing your tragedy
These mishaps you bubble wrap
When you've no idea what you're like
So let go, so let go, hmm, jump in
Oh, well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, yeah let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
It gains the more it gives
And then it rises with the fall
So hand me that remote
Can't you see that all that stuff's a sideshow?
Such boundless pleasure
We've no time for later now
You can't await your own arrival
You've twenty seconds to comply
So let go, so let go and jump in
Oh, well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, yeah, let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, hmm, jump in
Oh, well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, yeah, let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
In the breakdown
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
Yeah, the breakdown
So amazing here
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now
I hope you're keeping some kind of record
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every
Train, and You came home without Lili Marlene
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well, I see Jane's awake
She sends her regards
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
LET IT FALL
So you say we have no future
As father and daughter;
I wish you could see me in your skin,
And the hole you left within
But you never stop to see what you begun
Oh lord, look what you've done
The consequences of your slick Italian style
Rumbling beneath the home truth
And all the seas here will carry a breeze of
A scent I do not know;
The breath of my father
My sister of another
Bathing the wounds.
So you say we have no future,
What with no past either.
But you were never stuck for your excuses;
Just say you remember,
Don't let it slip from your mind...
Blood is all around
Would you say my name the way it's meant to be said;
Let it fall from your mouth...
To see a flicker in my father's eye,
To feel his breath upon my brow
And all the seas here wil carry a breeze of
A scent I do not know;
The breath of my father,
My sister of another,
Bathing the wounds
Julia, you're here in my fingers.
You seem to flip between my skies;
Sharing the dream of, of a life I will never know.
I will never know...
And all the seas here will carry a breeze of
A scent I do not know;
The breath of my father,
My sister of another,
Bathing the wounds
Would you say my name the way it's meant to be said;
Let it fall from your mouth,
Let it fall from your hands,
Let it slip from your hips,
Let it slip from your skin,
Let it skin from your mind.
I am knee deep in your blood and you are knee deep in mine...
Say my name the way it's meant to be said.
Let it fall from your mouth,
I am knee deep in your blood and you are knee deep in mine...
enviado por: Marys Incubus
Ta raa ta taa
It shouldn't be such a different world
It shouldn't be such a different world
Think for daddy
Nice print sheets and a made up bed
I sleep with a book written in my head
Late night calls to nowhere
And no one answers back
I've got nothin' but blues for you
See, I ain't got nothin' but blues
If I ain't got you
I've got nothin' but blues for you
See, I ain't got nothin'
If I ain't got blues
Backed up sink and a bathtub ring
Nothin' in the fridge and plenty to drink
I know nowhere left to go
Nowhere left to go, nowhere
I've got nothin' but blues for you
See, I ain't got nothin' but blues
If I ain't got you
Yeah
I ain't got nothin', I ain't got nothin'
It's not where you're goin'
(Its not where you're goin')
It's what you been through
(It's what you been through)
It's not where you're goin'
(Its not where you're goin')
It's what you been through
(It's what you been through)
Dirty sheets and a messed up bed
Over worked and underfed
Yeah
Late night conversations
It was so good
It was so good
I've got nothin' but blues for you
See, I ain't got nothin'
If I ain't got blues
Yeah
I ain't got nothin'
I ain't got nothin'
See, I ain't got nothin'
Sitting' on the back of my time
Fishing' through the cities phone lines
Suddenly, Suddenly 'til my back's out of line
Who today will be knocked off
And who controls all the chalk talk
Will they let you see
And will you believe
May there be a charm in your shine
Lies about the big find But shouldn't he, so deservingly
Okay
Ah one, two
Ah one, two, three, four
After the glow, the scene, the stage
The sad, talk becomes slow
But there's some things you'll never forget
Hey buddy, pay your tolls before you pay the rent
Over the turnstiles and out in the traffic
There's ways of living
And it's the way I'm living, right or wrong
If I could guess
But I wouldn't want to let you be
Freeing life
Someday, you'll settle down
I hope you settle down
I hope you'll settle down
Range life
I hope you'll settle down
And if you settle down
Gone for so long
Run from the pigs, the fuzz
The cops, the heat
Pass me your gloves
This crime is never complete
Snort the line, shoot it up
Then it will never make you feel free
Out on my skateboard
The night is just coming
The gum smacks are the pulse
I follow if my Walkman fades
You better repair your dues
Because the matter won't let you be
Don't worry, we're in no hurry
School's out, what did you expect
I want a range life
Where I can settle down
If I could settle down
Where I would settle down
Range life
I wanna settle down
If I could settle down
Uh, I would settle down
Two of us riding nowhere
Spending someone's hard earned pay
You and me Sunday driving
Not arriving on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home
Two of us sending postcards
Writing letters on my wall
You and me burning matches
Lifting latches on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home
You and I have memories
Longer than the road
That stretches out ahead
Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing solo in the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home
You and I have memories
Longer than the road
That stretches out ahead
Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing solo in the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home
We are not together here
Though we lie entwined
To make room for the other presence
We both draw back in our minds
I have a prophecy
Threatening to spill into words
This growing certainty
Of Over
There once was a time I was sure of the bond
When my hands and my tongue and my thoughts were enough
We are the same but our lives move along
And the third one between replaces what once was love
Freedom is being alone
I fear liberation
But something more alive than silence
Swallows conversation
No pleasing drama
In subtle averted eyes
The swelling fermata
As the chord dies
There once was a time I was sure of the bond
When my hands and my tongue and my thoughts were enough
We are the same but our lives move along
And the third one between replaces what once was love
There's no denying we feel the third one
We do
I'm tired of hiding and so are you
There once was a time I was sure of the bond
When my hands and my tongue and my thoughts were enough
We are the same but our lives move along
And the third one between replaces what once was love
Strange how you know inside me
I measure the time and I stand amazed
Strange how I know inside you
My hand is outstretched toward the damp of the haze
And of course I forgive
I've seen how you live
Like a phoenix you rise from the ashes
You pick up the pieces
And the ghosts in the attic
They never quite leave
And of course I forgive
You've seen how I live
I've got darkness and fears to appease
My voices and analogies
Ambitions like ribbons
Worn bright on my sleeve
Strange how we know each other
Strange how I fit into you
There's a distance erased with the greatest of ease
Strange how you fit into me
A gentle warmth filling the deepest of needs
And with each passing day
The stories we say
Draw us tighter into our addiction
Confirm our conviction
That some kind of miracle
Passed on our heads
And how I am sure
Like never before
Of my reasons for defying reason
Embracing the seasons
We dance through the colors
Both followed and led
Strange how we fit each other
Strange how certain the journey
Time unfolds the petals for our eyes to see
Strange how this journey's hurting
In ways we accept as part of fate's decree
So we just hold on fast
Acknowledge the past
As lessons exquisitely crafted
Painstakingly drafted
To carve us as instruments
That play the music of life
For we don't realize
Our faith in the prize
Unless it's been somehow elusive
How swiftly we choose it
The sacred simplicity
Of you at my side
Soon, love, soon
Soon, love, soon
Soon, love, soon
There'll be a fire burning in the temple of our peace
(Soon love soon)
There'll be the soaring voice for a silent plea
(Soon love soon)
We will hold a broken circle and begin to pray
(Soon love soon)
We will find a black and white in the grey
And we will be as one god
And we will be as one people
And we will be as one god
And we will be as one people
(Soon love soon)
We will find illumination in unnatural light
(Soon love soon)
You will travel a thousand miles without leaving my sight
(Soon love soon)
We will find we never knew hatred ran so deep
(Soon love soon)
Such a wide, wide chasm of faith to leap
But we will be as one god
And we will be as one people
And we will be as one god
And we will be as one people
Yes we will be as one god
And we will be as one people
(Soon love soon)
There'll be an evolution of the human soul
(Soon love soon)
We will know that to be a part is to be truly whole
(Soon love soon)
We will know the pattern of centuries' rise and fall
(Soon love soon)
We will know that the fate of one is the fate of all
And we will be as one god
And we will be as one people
[X6]
(What's happening here?)
No time no place to talk about the weather
Promise of love is hard to ignore
You said the chance wasn't getting any better
Labour of love is ours to endure
Highest branch on the apple tree
It was my favourite place to be
I could hear them breaking free
But they could not see me
I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
It feels like nothing matters
In our private universe
I have all I want is that simple enough
Whole lot more I'm thinking of
Every night about six o'clock
Birds come back to the palm to talk
They talk to me, birds talk to me
If I go down on my knees
I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
It feels like nothing matters
In our private universe
Feels like nothing matters
In our private universe
And it's a pleasure that I have known
And it's a treasure that I have gained
And it's a pleasure that I have known
It's a tight squeeze but I won't let go
Then is on the table and the dinner's cold
I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
Feels like nothing matters
In our private universe
I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
Feels like nothing matters
In our private universe
I think I'm going back
To the things I learned so well
In my youth
I think I'm returning to
Those days when I was young enough
To know the truth
Now there are no games
To only pass the time
No more electric trains
No more trees to climb
But thinking young and growing older is no sin
And I can't play the game of life to win
I can recall a time
When I wasn't ashamed to reach out
To a friend
Now I think I've got
A lot more than just my toys to lend
Now there's more to do
Then watch my sail boat glide
But every day can be
A magic carpet ride
A little bit of courage
Is all we lack
So catch me if you can
I'm goin' back
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
Now there's more to do
Then watch my sail boat glide
And every day can be
A magic carpet ride
A little bit of courage
Is all we lack
So catch me if you can
I'm goin' back
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
Ah, ah, ah
Here I lie in my hospital bed
Tell me, Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again?
Oh, I don't think I can wait that long
Oh, you see that I'm not that strong
The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ears
Tell me, Sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here?
What am I doing in this place?
Why does the doctor have no face?
Oh, I can't crawl across the floor
Ah, can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score
Well it just goes to show
Things are not what they seem
Please, Sister Morphine, turn my nightmares into dreams
Oh, can't you see I'm fading fast?
And that this shot will be my last
Sweet Cousin Cocaine, lay your cool cool hand on my head
Ah, come on, Sister Morphine, you better make up my bed
'Cause you know and I know in the morning I'll be dead
Yeah, and you can sit around, yeah and you can watch all the
Clean white sheets stained red
Yes, star crossed in pleasure the stream flows on by
Yes, as we're sated in leisure, we watch it fly
And time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me
And time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me
Time can tear down a building or destroy a woman's face
Hours are like diamonds, don't let them waste
Time waits for no one, no favours has he
Time waits for no one, and he won't wait for me
Men, they build towers to their passing yes, to their fame everlasting
Here he comes chopping and reaping, hear him laugh at their cheating
And time waits for no man, and it won't wait for me
Yes, time waits for no one, and it won't wait for thee
Drink in your summer, gather your corn
The dreams of the night time will vanish by dawn
And time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me
And time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me
No no no, not for me...
I'm looking through you, where did you go?
I thought I knew you, what did I know?
You don't look different, but you have changed,
I'm looking through you, you're not the same
Your lips are moving, I cannot hear,
Your voice is soothing, but the words aren't clear
You don't sound different, I've learned the game,
I'm looking through you, you're not the same
Why, tell me why did you not treat me right,
Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight
You're thinking of me, the same old way,
You were above me, but not today
The only difference is you're down there,
I'm looking through you, and you're no where
Why, tell me why did you not treat me right,
Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight
I'm looking through you, where did you go?
I thought I knew you, what did I know?
You don't look different, but you have changed,
I'm looking through you, you're not the same
Yeah, oh, baby you've changed,
aah, I'm looking through you Yeah,
I'm looking through you, you've changed,
You've changed, you've changed, you've changed
Well, I live with snakes and lizards
And other things that go bump in the night
'Cause to me every day is Halloween
I have given up hiding and started to fight
I have started to fight
Well anytime, any place, anywhere that I go
All the people seem to stop and stare
They say, "Why are you dressed like it's Halloween?"
"You look so absurd, you look so obscene!"
Oh, why can't I live a life for me?
Why should I take the abuse that's served?
Why can't they see they're just like me?
It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide world
Well, I let their teeny minds think
That they're dealing with someone who is over the brink
And I dress this way just to keep them at bay
'Cause Halloween is every day, hey
It's every day, hey
Oh, why can't I live a life for me?
Why should I take the abuse that's served?
Why can't they see they're just like me?
It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide world
Oh, why can't I live a life for me?
Why should I take the abuse that's served?
Why can't they see they're just like me?
I'm not the one that's so absurd
(Why can't I live a life for me? Oh) Why hide it? Why fight it?
(No! Why should I?) Hurt feelings, best to stop feeling hurt
From denials (oh), reprisals
It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide world
It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide
It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide
Oh, it's the same, it's the same in the whole wide
Black the sky, weapons fly
Lay them waste for your race
Black the sky, weapons fly
Lay them waste for your race
Black the sky, weapons fly (walk away)
Lay them waste for your race (walk or die)
Black the sky, weapons fly (walk along)
Lay them waste for your race
Paralysed
Lips of ashes
Synchronised
Blue vein crashes
Touching
Touching you
Inside, inside, inside, inside
Inside, inside, inside, inside
Idolised
Black eyes fading
You and I
Connection failing
I drill
I drill down
Inside, inside, inside, inside
Inside, inside, inside, inside
La, la, la, la-la-la, la
La, la, la, la-la-la
La, la, la, la-la-la, la
La, la, la, la-la-la
This broken wheel is coming undone
And the road's exploding
But you're keeping me strong
Rolling along with you
Love is a tower
And you're the key
Leading me higher
Will you let me in?
Keeping us close, so close
On down the line
Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun
With no one knowing
But you're keeping me strong
Moving along with you
You are a tower
Of strength to me
The darkening hour
Sees light again
Again
Ooh, you are
Ooh, you are
You are
You are
You are
You are
You are
You are
You are
Love is a tower
Of strength to me
I am the shoreline
But you're the sea
The sea
You are
You are
You are
You are
You
Set out on the voyage of the conquering fools
Lookin' for the gold and the modern-day jewels
It come to pass what was stuck in my head
And if I didn't quit on lookin', then I'm probably dead
I hit the road and I rolled up north
Lookin' for the origin, the place of my birth
I didn't notice when I ran a red sign
Hopin' that everything would really be fine, uh-huh, huh
People come and people go
But they never know what is goin' on
So, they gotta try to be what they wanna be
What the hell is happenin' to me?
I hit the road and I rolled up north
Lookin' for the origin, the place of my birth
I didn't notice when I ran a red sign
Hopin' that everything would really be fine
I set out about an hour ago
Lookin' for some gold, said, "Hey-oh"
And then I went down, lookin' for the big
The Big Brass show
So I, I went and then I started to go
Walkin' down the same old, same old road
Think to myself, "This is quite a struggle
What am I gotta do tomorrow?" (Tomorrow)
I'm gonna find that gold and
Conquer me some fools, ay-hey, ay, hey-oh
Conquering fools
Conquer some fools
Conquer some fools
Yeah, I'm conquering fools
Thank you
Thank you very much
One, two, three, four
Na-na-na, Jane says, "I'm done with Sergio
He treat me like a rag doll"
She hides the television
Says, "I don't owe him nothing
But if he comes back again
Tell him to wait right here for me
Or try again tomorrow
I'm gonna kick tomorrow
I'm gonna kick tomorrow
Jane says, "Have you seen my wig around?
I feel naked without it"
She knows they all want her to go
But that's OK, she don't like them anyway
My Jane says, "I'm going away to Spain
When I get my money saved
I'm gonna start tomorrow"
I'm gonna kick tomorrow
I'm gonna kick tomorrow
She get mad and start to cry
As she take a swing, she can't hit
She don't mean no harm
She just don't know (don't know, don't know)
What else to do about it
Jane goes to the store at eight
She walk up on Saint Andrews
She wait and gets her dinner there
Pulls her dinner from her pocket
My Jane says, "I've never been in love
I don't know what it is"
Only knows if someone wants her
I want 'em if they want me
I only know they want me
She get mad and start to cry
And she take a swing, but she can't hit
She don't mean no harm
But she just don't know (don't know, don't know)
What else to do about it
Jane says
Jane says
Love me for what I am
Couldn't sleep so I went out walking
Thinking about you and hearing us talking
And all the things I should have said
Echo now, inside my head
I feel something falling from the sky
I'm so sad I made the angels cry
Tears from the moon
Fall down like rain
I reach for you
I reach in vain
Tears from the moon, tears from the moon
It just ain't fair this thing called loving
When one's still there and the other feels nothing
I would have done anything for you
I still love you, baby I adore you
All day I keep from falling apart
But at night when the sky gets dark
Tears from the moon
Fall down like rain
I reach for you
I reach in vain
Stop,
Stop haunting me
It should be easy
As easy as when you stopped wanting me
Tears from the moon
Fall down like rain
I reach for you
I reach in vain
Tears from the moon
Fall down like rain
but tears from the moon
can't wash away the pain
Tears from the moon, tears from the moon
Tears from the moon, tears from the moon
On your mark
Get set let's go
You got to move on
Before she explodes
Look out the window
Lookout below
Back away from the glass
There she blows
The city's been leveled
Hills are in flames
Streets cracked open
And they're pushin' up clay
Temperature's dropped
Sky is grey
And it ain't even over
Here comes drivin' rain
It ain't me
That you feel
There's something moving
Around in here
That's blood
That's tears
This ain't a warning...
Everybody out of the water
Up on dry land
Take what you can
Cause' you won't be here again
Everybody out of the water
Now I'm treadin' high water
To get back to you
Been looking for a low spot
Or something to cling to
There's too many bodies
There's not enough room
God help me
And God help you
They say nobody panic
Help is on it's way
We're already on it
You've got to be brave
If you can fix it now
Then don't make us wait
Man there ain't nobody coming
Back away from the gates
That bell
That you hear
That's hell
Ringing in your ears
I fear
That my dear
This ain't a warning...
Now I'm looking up
And the shit keeps coming
Like shooting ducks
In a barrel of honey
Got to learn how to pray
Love won't be enough
Admit it now
Your information sucks
As I slip
Down in
I think of us someplace
High on a mountain
Smoke clears
Fog lifts
Little by little
We rebuild again
Till' then...
When you're weary
Feeling small
When tears are in your eyes
I will dry them all
I'm on your side
when times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part
when darkness comes
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Sail on Silver Girl
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
if you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
En ensam kvinna söker en man
Svar till: Hjärtat talar sant
En pessimist i sitt livs form
Jag vädrar blod, det luktar sorg
En utomjordings kärlekstörst
En undran vem som svek vem först
Ät fett och socker tills du spyr
Eller bli en fyratonsmartyr
Sälj dig, sälj dig dyrt
Kom låna törnekronan min
Lid för konsten eller brinn
Jag slåss och håller kroppen varm
En dröm om mammas ömma famn
En utomjordings kärlekstörst
En undran vem som svek vem först
Och jag blir gärna en martyr
Vi behöver nog en ny
Sälj dig, sälj dig dyrt
Ett långfinger åt döden
Vi gick över lik
Och skylta med vår kärlek
Vårt rika inre liv
Men plåtarna till himlen
Var slut när vi kom dit
Och priset vi betalat
För att klassas som elit
Var att vi blev som de andra
Vi blev som de andra
Vi blev som de andra
Och vi kommer inte längre
Vi är tillbaks på noll
Men ingen kommer sörja
Vi har spelat ut vår roll
Vi glömmer hela skiten
Det betyder ingenting
Vi skulle kommit längre
Men räckte inte till
Vi blev som de andra
Vi blev som de andra
Vi blev som de andra
Well, she's my woman of gold
And she's not very old, uh-huh
Well, she's my woman of gold
And she's not very old, uh-huh
I don't mean to be bold
But may I hold your hand?
Well, she ain't no witch
And I love the way she twitch, uh-huh
Well, she ain't no witch
And I love the way she twitch, uh-huh
I'm a labourer of love
In my Persian gloves, uh-huh
Well, she's faster than most
And she lives on the coast, uh-huh
Well, she's faster than most
And she lives on the coast, uh-huh
I'm her two-penny prince
And I give her hot love, uh-huh
Take it out on me, mama
Well, she ain't no witch
And I love the way she twitch, uh-huh
Well, she ain't no witch
And I love the way she twitch, uh-huh
I'm her two-penny prince
And I give her hot love, uh-huh
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
Ooh
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
Ooh
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
Ooh
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
Ooh
Yeah, oh, yeah
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
Ooh
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
Ooh
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
Ooh
The threads that run through your life
Hang from your sleeve
Wind through your soul
The kind you can't control
The kind you can't conceive
The kind you can't believe
But wish you could break
Wish you could weave
I wish you could see
It ties you to me
And you fly in the face of the sun
And you float in the tides of the moon
The paths that run from your door
Climb through the trees
Wind like a snake
The kind you can't escape
The kind you can't conceive
The kind you can't believe
With prickly little thorns
Sharp tiny teeth
They're hungry for the threads
Hanging from your sleeve
Waiting on a path
The kind you can't conceive
But wish you could take
And wish you could leave
You wish you could see
I wish you could see
It leads you to me
And fly in the face of the sun
And you float in the tides of the moon
And fly in the face of the sun
And float in the tides of the moon
In the tides of the moon
In the tides of the moon
In the tides of the moon
In the tides of the moon
(Ooh)
What's the matter with the boy?
(Ooh)
Did he really have to be so sure?
But you're not thinking
Ride around without a sound, restless boy in restless town
And you commence to drinking
A bottle up, a bottle down
A bottle white, a bottle brown
Another day peels away
(Ooh)
What's the matter with the boy?
(Ooh)
Do you really wanna know, will you try?
Part of the process
Is sifting through the piles of shit
Tell us you don't mind a bit
From a different angle
Such power rarely deviates in times of love, in times of hate
Another spring will come
Faithful friends all around
You wonder why you feel so low
Look at me, if you really want to see the comedy and the clown
(Ooh)
What's the matter with the boy?
(Ooh)
Has he really given up for sure?
Here's a new solution
Be square and kind to all your friends
Stop staring through the bitter lens
Ancient institution
This learning not demonstrate, your asinine, and callous traits
It could take some practice, I know
It could take some practice, I know
Hokey-skoki, skoki-oki-aan
Okey-dokey, anybody can
Ooh, far away in Africa
Happy, happy Africa
They sing a-bing-a-bang-a-bingo
They have a ball and really go
Skokiaan
Ooh, take a trip to Africa
Any ship to Africa
Come on along and learn the lingo
Beside a jungle bungalow
The hot drums are drumming
The hot strings are strumming
And warm lips are blissful
They're kissful of skokiaan
Ooh, if you go to Africa
Happy, happy, Africa
You live along like a king-o
Right in the jungle bungalow
Skoki-skoki-skoki-skokiaan
Okey-dokey, anybody can
(Skoki-skoki) man, oh man, oh man
You sing a-bing-a-bang-a-bingo
In hokey-pokey skokiaan
I don't see you through the windshield
I don't see you in faces looking back at me
alcohol doesn't have much that matters to say
can't imagine where you and time to kill will stay
when the bible is a bottle
and the hardwood floor is home
when morning comes twice a day or not at all
if I break in two will you put me back together
when this puzzle's figured out will you still be around
to say you've just been there
walking the line upside down
walked and breathed many a cancerous mile
where the bat of an eye is too slow to beat the coffin
they won't tell it on the TV
they can't say it on the radio
they pay to move it off the shelf and into our minds
until you can't tell the truth
when it's right in front of your eyes
when the bible is a bottle
and the hardwood floor is home
when morning comes twice a day or not at all
if I break in two will you put me back together
when this puzzle's figured out will you still be around
to say you've just been there
walking the line upside down
I believe right now if I could I would swallow you whole
I would leave only bones and teeth
We could see what was underneath
And you would be free then
Once I thought only tears could make us free
Salt wearing down to the bone
Like sand against the stone
Against the shoreline
I am friend to the undertow
I take you in, I don't let go
And now I have you
Ooh
I wanted to learn all the secrets from the edge of a knife
From the point of a needle
From a diamond
From a bullet in flight
I would be free then
I am friend to the undertow
I take you in, I don't let go
And now I have you
I am friend to the undertow
I take you in, I don't let go
And now I have you
I wanted to see how it would feel to be that sleek
And instead I find this hunger's made me weak
I believe right now if I could I would swallow you whole
I would leave only bones and teeth
We could see what was underneath
And you would be free then
Free then
I am friend to the undertow
I take you in, I don't let go
And now I have you
I am friend to the undertow
I take you in, I don't let go
And now I have you
Ooh
I'm taking a ride with my best friend
I hope he never lets me down again
He knows where he's taking me
Taking me where I wanna be
I'm taking a ride with my best friend
We're flying high
Watching the world pass us by
Never want to come down
Never want to put my feet back down on the ground
I'm taking a ride with my best friend
I hope he never lets me down again
He promised me I'm safe in his houses
As long as I remember who's wearing the trousers
I hope he never lets me down again
We're flying high
Watching the world pass us by
We're flying high
Watching the world pass us by
Never want to come down, never want to come down
Never want to come down
Never want to put my feet back down on the ground
See the stars, they're shining bright
Everything's all right tonight
See the stars, they're shining bright
Everything's all right tonight
I beg your pardon, hello darlin'
This is me you're talkin' to
Sit down and tell me about it
And you don't have to shout it at me
Tell me what you really want to do
Don't give me no alibis
No untrue stories you're tryin' ta justify
Don't want no alibis
Just another reason for another lie
Mountain gets steeper, the hole you dig gets deeper
You better stop, climb out (yeah)
Tryin' to give it all to you (all to you, but baby)
Baby, I can see right through you
Sometimes you lose what it's all about
Don't give me no alibis
Can't go through life (through life) tryin' ta justify (justify)
Don't want no alibis
Just another reason for another lie
Don't give me no alibis
No untrue stories you're tryin' ta justify
Don't want no alibis
Just another reason for another lie (lie)
The mountain gets steeper, the hole you dig is gettin' deeper
You better reach and pull yourself out
No one's ever gonna love you the way that I love you
I never want to see you doin' without
Don't give me no alibis
No untrue stories you're tryin' ta justify
Don't want no alibis
Just another reason for another lie (alibis)
No untrue stories you're tryin' ta justify
Don't want no alibis
Just another reason (reason) for another lie
Corporal Clegg had a wooden leg
He won it in the war, in 1944
Corporal Clegg had a medal too
In orange, red, and blue
He found it in the zoo
Dear, dear, were they really sad for me?
Dear, dear, will they really laugh at me?
Mrs. Clegg, you must be proud of him
Mrs. Clegg, another drop of gin
Corporal Clegg, umbrella in the rain
He's never been the same
No one is to blame
Corporal Clegg received his medal in a dream
From Her Majesty the Queen
His boots were very clean
Mrs. Clegg, you must be proud of him
Mrs. Clegg, another drop of gin
There is an indentation from where she lay.
Her tiny stature is sleek, now she's far away.
Only the thoughts of her remain,
Despairing, desperate, full of self blame.
Under the water, I saw her lying there,
Creamy skin, lots of flowing golden hair.
It was alive, that I know,
I saw her gesture to me with the ebb and the flow.
Tormented by the futility of life,
I can see the stars from a million miles.
Are you out there, somewhere?
Transposed?
Tormented by the futility of life,
I can see the stars from a million miles.
Are you out there, somewhere?
The corpse was dredged from the sea that night.
Hair matted around its body tight.
It was no comfort to identify,
The pallid flesh, the life, deprived.
The sea, is writhing now,
It's like a bed of rising passion.
When something is, that intense, you can never tell,
What will happen next.
Tormented by the futility of life,
I can see the stars from a million miles.
Are you out there, somewhere?
Tormented by the futility of life,
I can see the stars from a million miles.
Tormented by the futility of life,
I can see the stars from a million miles.
All i wanna do is just embrace this fat young boy
Because it's all he needs and then you'll see
All i wanna do is just to whisper to your ear
Tales of wisdom and of majesty
Where the clouds are just like human beings
Kill the fear dipping your souls into soil
All these red suns come and go... come and go
All i wanna do is just to smile at round king boy
Because the joker's weeping by the sea, oh no
All i wanna do is just to whisper to your ear
Tales of wisdom and of majesty
Where the fallen leaves are human beings
Kiss the fear dipping your souls into soil
All these red suns come and go... rise and fall
All i wanna do is just embrace this fat young boy
Because it's all he needs and then you'll see
All you gotta do is just to let your small crown shine
And throw the throne away
And throw the throne away...
Unsealed on a porch, a letter sat
Then you said: I wanna leave it again
Once I saw her on a bech of weathered sand
And on the sand
I wanna leave it again, yeah
On a weekend
I wanna wish it all away, yeah
And they called, and I said
That I want what I said
And then I call out again
And the reason oughta'
Leave her calm, I know
I said: I don't know
Whether I'm the boxer or the bag
Ah, yeah, can you see them
Out on the porch?
Yeah, but they don't wave
I see them round the front way, yeah
And I know, and I know
I don't want to stay
Make me cry
I see, oh, I don't know
Why there's something else
I wanna drum it all away
Oh, I said: I don't
I don't know
Whether I'm the boxer or the bag
Ah yeah, can you see them
Out on the porch?
Yeah, but they don't wave
But I see them round the front way, yeah
And I know, and I know
I don't wanna stay at all
I don't wanna stay
I don't wanna stay
I don't wanna stay, I don't oh oh oh
Yeah, Oh-oh oh oh oh oh
Oh-oh oh oh oh oh oh
I feel a hot wind on my shoulder
And the touch of a world that is older
I turn the switch and check the number
I leave it on, when in bed, I slumber
I hear the rhythms of the music
I buy the product and never use it
I hear the talking of the DJ
Can't understand just what does he say
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican, whoa, radio
I dial it in and tune the station
They talk about the U.S. inflation
I understand just a little
No comprende, it's a riddle
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican, whoa, radio
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican, whoa, radio
I wish I was in Tijuana
Eating barbequed iguana
I took requests on the telephone
I'm on a wavelength far from home
I feel a hot wind on my shoulder
I dial it in from south of the border
I hear the talking of the DJ
Can't understand just what does he say
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican, whoa, radio
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican, whoa, radio
Radio, radio
Radio, radio
Radio, radio
Radio, radio
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican, whoa, radio
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican, whoa, radio
Radio, radio
Radio, radio (what does he say?)
Radio, radio
Radio, radio
Radio, radio
Aéroport, aérogare, mais pour tout l'or m'en aller
C'est ni le blues, l'coup d'cafard, le check out assuré
Vienne la nuit et sonne l'heure et moi je meurs
Entre apathie et pesanteur où je demeure
Changer d'optique, prendre l'exit et m'envoyer en Amérique
Sex appeal, c'est Sunset, c'est Marlboro qui me sourit
Mon amour, mon moi, je sais qu'il existe
La chaleur de l'abandon, c'est comme une symphonie
C'est sexy le ciel de Californie
Sous ma peau, j'ai LA en overdose
So sexy, le spleen d'un roadmovie
Dans l'rétro, ma vie qui s'anamorphose
Tu-tulu-tu
J'ai plus d'ID, mais bien l'idée de me payer le freeway
C'est l'osmose, on the road, de l'asphalte sous les pieds
Vienne la nuit, c'est le jet lag qui me décale
LAPD me donne un blâme, c'est pas le drame
Se faire un trip, s'offrir un streap sous le soleil en plein midi
6 a.m., j'suis offset, j'suis l'ice dans l'eau, j'suis melody
Mon amour, mon Wesson, mon artifice
La chaleur du canon, c'est comme une symphonie
C'est sexy le ciel de Californie
Sous ma peau, j'ai LA en overdose
So sexy, le spleen d'un roadmovie
Dans l'rétro, ma vie qui s'anamorphose
Tu-tulu-tu
C'est sexy le ciel de Californie
Sous ma peau, j'ai LA en overdose
So sexy, le spleen d'un roadmovie
Dans l'rétro, ma vie qui s'anamorphose
C'est sexy le ciel de Californie
Sous ma peau, j'ai LA en overdose
So sexy, le spleen d'un roadmovie
Dans l'rétro, ma vie qui s'anamorphose
C'est sex-
So sex-
C'est sexy le ciel de Californie
Sous ma peau, j'ai LA en overdose
So sexy, le spleen d'un roadmovie
Dans l'rétro, ma vie qui s'anamorphose
The hated journey on the train,
Always been the same,
Looking out windows,
Second class and second best,
What a waste of time,
Sleep for five stops in a row,
Prepare yourself to go,
Waterloo station,
Bought a '69 Capri,
failed the M.O.T.,
What a waste of time,
The Worker, the worker,
The worker, the worker.
Always kiss the wife goodbye,
Often wonder why,
At seven in the morning?
Think it's time we had a change,
Wouldn't that be strange,
What a waste of time.
The worker, the worker,
The worker, the worker.
Do you feel safe, here in my arms?
There's so much more to this than just being here
And time won't erase, the way that you feel
The search for something new
Is that what you fear?
It's gonna show, the static in the flow (2x) Uh-huh
You scratched the itch, and now it's sore
I know you liked it, and you'll scratch some more
It's gonna show, the static in the flow (2x) Uh-huh
What you hidin' from? (3x)
In your heart you're good Maybe he doesn't treat you right
It's gonna get harder
To make it right through the night, yeah
It's gonna show, the static in the flow (3x) Uh-huh, uh-huh
The static in the flow
What you hidin' from? (5x)
She fell to the mattress
with the grace of an actress
You're falling like a thief from a roof.
She's asking for proof, "Are you staying?"
Outside you hear mission bells.
Welcome to Maria's beautiful mess,
In a cluttered apartment on the West Side.
She pulls the blinds while,
You watch how her dress falls round her .
And the world slows, a clock shows
A wrinkle in the flow of time
And she steps close, her eyes glow,
Lips pop open like a bottle of wine
And she loves like it's thirst
Like she's never been hurt,
She dances just like nobody's watching.
Is this love? Is this cursed?
It feels like the first time falling
Nobody's watching, Nobody's watching,
Nobody's watching, watching
Now she puts on some music,
She asks you to choose it
You sang her back a Gershwin line.
Now Ella is singing holy, soulfully
Bringing up better times
And beneath the tunes,
She's smiling on an unmade bed
She says, "What's in the middle that scares you,
Does it dare you
To take a moment and just slow down?"
And the world slows, a clock shows
A wrinkle in the flow of time
And she steps close, her eyes glow,
Lips pop open like a bottle of wine
And she loves like it's thirst
Like she's never been hurt,
She dances just like nobody's watching.
Is this love? Is this cursed?
It feels like the first time falling
Nobody's watching,
Pull the curtains all down
The stars fall round you,
She's smiling like the Mona Lisa.
You could conquer this town.
If your feet touched the ground,
But you're falling boy
I know, I see you
I see you, I see, I see,
I see you
The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind
The north is to south what the clock is to time
There's east and there's west and there's everywhere life
I know I was born and I know that I'll die
The in-between is mine
I am mine
And the feeling, it gets left behind
All the innocence lost at one time
Significant behind the eyes
There's no need to hide
We're safe tonight
The ocean is full 'cause everyone's crying
The full moon is looking for friends at high tide
The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied
I only know my mind
I am mine
And the meaning, it gets left behind
All the innocence lost at one time
Significant, behind the eyes
There's no need to hide
We're safe tonight
And the feelings that get left behind
All the innocence broken with lies
Significance, between the lines
We may need to hide
And the meanings that get left behind
All the innocence lost at one time
We're all different behind the eyes
There's no need to hide, yeah
Same old place, same old city
What can I do? I'm fallin' in love
I'm just an old hound dog
Roamin' around, oh, Lord
I've got all this and Heaven above
Oh, Atlanta, I hear you callin'
I'm comin' back to you one fine day
No need to worry, there ain't no hurry
'Cause I'm on my way back to Georgia
On my way back to Georgia
I get a feeling in me when I remember
All those crazy days and crazier nights
Can't you hear the music playing?
You must have heard them saying
We're gonna rip 'em up and light up the night?
Oh, Atlanta, I hear you callin'
I'm comin' back to you one fine day
Hey, no need to worry, there ain't no hurry
'Cause I'm on my way back to Georgia
On my way back to Georgia
Same old place, it's the same old city
What can I do? I'm fallin' in love
I'm just an old hound dog
Roamin' around, Lord, Lord
I've got all this and Heaven above
Oh, Atlanta, I hear you callin'
I'm comin' back to you one fine day
Hey, no need to worry, there ain't no hurry
'Cause I'm
Well, Atlanta, I hear you callin'
I'm comin' back to you one fine day
Hey, no need to worry, there ain't no hurry
'Cause I'm on my way back to Georgia
On my way back to Georgia
Let me say that since, baby
Since we've been together
Ooh, loving you forever is all I need
Let me be the one you come running to
I'll never be untrue
Oh, baby let's
Let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad
I'm so in love with you
Whatever you want to do
Is alright with me
You make me feel so brand new
I want to spend my whole life with you
Let me say that since, baby
Since we've been together
Ooh, loving you forever is all I need
Let me be the one you come running to
I'll never be untrue
Oh baby, let's
Let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad
Good or bad, happy or sad
Why, oh tell me
Why do people break up?
Ooh then turn around and make up
I just can't deceive
You'd never do that to me
Would you baby?
'Cause being around you
Is all I see
So baby
Let's, we oughta stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad
Let's, whoo (let's stay together) stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad
Never need to chase off with me, oh baby
Let's (let's stay together) stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Good or bad, happy or sad
Good or bad, happy or sad
Let's try to stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Good or bad, happy or sad
When I was a young boy
Well they tried to tell me
That I was movin'
Movin' way too fast
And I knew everything
About everything
But I really didn't wanna listen
To a bunch of old folks talkin' trash
So I got out on the highway
Pedal to the floor
Smokin' and drinkin'
And a whole lot more
But when they came to collect me
Out of that jail
They said boy next time
You get no bail
You better slow down
You better slow down
Woke up one mornin'
Ooh to a hunger
I moaned
And I began to twitch
Felt the need
For some lovin'
A little sweet somebody
To scratch my itch
Momma said I don't mean to pry
But I'm here to advise you
Seeds like to grow
When you put 'em in fertilizer
You better slow down
You better slow down
Doin' my own thing
I'm all grown up
Yes I am
Little bit older
But I feel like a young buck
I'm ridin' down the highway
In a brand new mini van
Wife and kids screamin'
Ooh God I'm a family man
I'm outta mind
Losin' control
I could leave tomorrow
But there ain't nowhere to go
You better slow down
You better slow down
Say the west is a story we made up to erase
Conestoga wagons left tracks you can see from space
From the Northwest passage to the Great Divide
Everybody's looking for the other side
I'm still waitng for the whsikey to whisk me away
And I'm still waiting for the ashra to lead me astray
I twist the culdesacs into one way signs
I ain't going round in circles on the other side
So at night I sit and watch for stars to stay
They wink and then they're gone down the Milky Way
But when You're left in the middle of the Midwest sky
Everywhere you look is the Other Side
Slow down
You're breaking up
Use your words
Don't yell so much
I don't understand a word
That you're saying
Now move in
Come up close
You look like
You've maybe seen a ghost
Tell me
Has someone gotten to you baby
Now open your arms
Pick up your head
Open your eyes
So you can see
What happens next
You won't believe
Just how good it can get
We'll make a lover
Out of you yet
The fog is so thick
I can't see my hands
It got much worse
Soon as I got in
And I know you're somewhere
Here in the water
It's ten feet deep
And the river won't stop
I'll tell you what's in it
When I make it across
You could make it too
If you let someone help you
But you gotta give in
And you gotta let go
Then you can begin
To come up slow
Like a desert rose
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Take a deep breath
And hold it in tight
And put your face up
Right into the light
Can't you feel that full moon
Shining down on you
Help is coming
From the great unknown
Just maybe not
When you needed it most
'Cause I can see you already
Know that you're leaving
But I wish you'd stay
And just let me in
'Cause everything can change
But you gotta be ready
'Cause you won't know when
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