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| 1. |
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I'm a child of South Africa
I'm a child of Vietnam I'm a child of Northern Ireland I'm a small boy with blood on his hands Yes I'm a child of the universe Yes I'm a child of the universe You can see me on the TV every night Always there to join in someone else's fight I didn't ask to be born and I don't ask to die I'm an endless dream, a gene machine That cannot reason why Yes I'm a child of the universe Yes I'm a child of the universe You can see me on the TV every day I'm the child next door three thousand miles away |
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| 2. |
| 5:33 |
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For fifty-five days I've been flying around the world
Didn't anybody know, didn't anyone suppose That my life up here was slowly drifting by And all I've got to do is sit and cry The Earth is so clear and it's simply a reach away I just had to laugh today but the news it seemed to say That my life once full was surely running dry I prayed a while but then I had to cry Look in my eyes - I know That man is surely just a man It's no surprise - I know The road is far too long And life too short to carry on For fifty-five days I've been flying around the world Here in syncopated time, while my tangled web of rhyme Dangles aimlessly, time drips slowly by And all I've got to do is sit and cry Look in my eyes - I know That man is surely just a man It's no surprise - I know The road is far too long And life too short to carry on |
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| 3. |
| 4:21 |
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His crazy frame against the dawn
His hungry leap and ragged fall A suicidal perch is now laid bare To searching eyes and empty stares A fearful silence hits the crowd The air hangs heavy with the sound Of useless wings against the morning sky As paper yields before their eyes Oh, can you see him now? A broken man without a dream Oh, can you hear him now? A futile laugh above the screams |
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| 4. |
| 4:39 |
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Heard a song the other day
About a major out in space And though the song was kind of grey It took me far away Heard the news the other day About a sailor oh so gay And though his policies were grey They took me far away 'Cause I couldn't stand the thought Of being taken in again Have you seen my life, Mr. Groan? Do you know what it's like to be outside? All you have to do is smile to cause a landslide And you do, and you do, Mr. Groan Heard a song just yesterday About a man who sold the world away And though the song was still quite grey It took me far away 'Cause I couldn't stand the thought Of being taken in again Have you seen my life, Mr. Groan? Do you know what it's like to be outside? All you have to do is smile to cause a landslide And you do, and you do, Mr. Groan |
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| 5. |
| 4:10 |
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Running alone in the crazy city
Look at the face of once were pretty People then wonder what happened To make it that way Listen around you, have you heard? Climb on the back of a silver bird London to L.A. before you can think What to say Stop awhile, take a smile Know that you're living in today Up and down, look around No need to hide yourself away Out in the country's where I'm going Back where the tree of life's still growing Take a free ride where the tide Flows the way of your heart Follow the wild dove where he's flying Out where the sun is never crying Wait at the gate or they'll stop you And blow you apart Stop awhile, take a smile Know that you're living in today Up and down, look around No need to hide yourself away |
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| 6. |
| 4:35 |
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Forgive me, child, I am sorry
I can't see your face Forgive me, child, I am sorry I can't hear your name Take me, take you, lost in other worlds Take me, take you, crazy boy, lonely girl Far away, far away, what d'you say? Far away, so far away Hey Jude I was, you were, time was when I could I knew you knew me So light your light shining and star bright Through you, through me, too Take me, take you, lost in other worlds Take me, take you, crazy boy, lonely girl Far away, far away, what d'you say? Far away, so far away Hey Jude |
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| 7. |
| 3:09 |
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It's easy to see a poor boy's blues
When he's working every day It's harder to be there in his shoes He was born to be that way If I tell you tomorrow I'm leaving Would you understand the reason why? A poor boy works hard for his living But a rich man he plays to pass the time So goodbye, pleased to know you We had some laughs along the way But I have to be leaving And there's nothing you can do to make me stay If I tell you tomorrow I'm leaving Would you understand the reason why? A poor boy works hard for his living But a rich man he plays to pass the time So goodbye, pleased to know you We had some laughs along the way But I have to be leaving And there's nothing you can do to make me stay |
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| 2:48 |
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Sky was black, Lord, rain came pouring down
Number 12 bus shuffling down Shaw Road way Mules keep spinning, black-faced lifers peck the ground Sun comes up like lightning over Tandle Hills grey We are mill boys, stuck on the hill boys Stuck in the mill boys, 'till our dying day We are mill boys, stuck on the hill boys Stuck in the mill boys, 'till our dying day Cotton mill will get you, boy, she'll take you to your grave Tell you boy to use your head, apprentice out your days You'll end up a nothing, buy, with cotton as your trade Sun comes up like lightning over Tandle Hills grey We are mill boys, stuck on the hill boys Stuck in the mill boys, 'till our dying day We are mill boys, stuck on the hill boys Stuck in the mill boys, 'till our dying day It's easy to see a poor boy's blues When he's working every day It's harder to be there in his shoes He was born to be that way |
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| 9. |
| 5:08 |
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Please lay down your pistols and your rifles
Please lay down your colours and your creeds Please lay down your thoughts of being no-one Concentrate on what you ought to be Then lay down your bullshit and your protests Then lay down your governments of greed Take a look at what lies all around you Then pray God we can live in peace Everyone's a loner 'till he needs a helping hand Everyone is everybody else Everyone's a no-one 'till he wants to make a stand God alone knows how we will survive So please lay down your pistols and your rifles Please lay down your colours and your creeds Please lay down your thoughts of being no-one Concentrate on what you ought to be Everyone's a loner 'till he needs a helping hand Everyone is everybody else Everyone's a no-one 'till he wants to make a stand God alone knows how we will survive |
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| 10. |
| 2:51 |
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Child Of The Universe - Barclay James Harvest
I'm a child of South Africa I'm a child of Vietnam I'm a child of Northern Ireland I'm a small boy with blood on his hands Yes I'm a child of the universe Yes I'm a child of the universe You can see me on the TV every night Always there to join in someone else's fight I didn't ask to be born and I don't ask to die I'm an endless dream, a gene machine That cannot reason why Yes I'm a child of the universe Yes I'm a child of the universe You can see me on the TV every day I'm the child next door three thousand miles away |
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| 11. |
| 4:47 |
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Heard a song the other day
About a major out in space And though the song was kind of grey It took me far away Heard the news the other day About a sailor oh so gay And though his policies were grey They took me far away 'Cause I couldn't stand the thought Of being taken in again Have you seen my life, Mr. Groan? Do you know what it's like to be outside? All you have to do is smile to cause a landslide And you do, and you do, Mr. Groan Heard a song just yesterday About a man who sold the world away And though the song was still quite grey It took me far away 'Cause I couldn't stand the thought Of being taken in again Have you seen my life, Mr. Groan? Do you know what it's like to be outside? All you have to do is smile to cause a landslide And you do, and you do, Mr. Groan |
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| 5:29 | 
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| 13. |
| 5:34 |
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Negative Earth - Barclay James Harvest
For fifty-five days I've been flying around the world Didn't anybody know, didn't anyone suppose That my life up here was slowly drifting by And all I've got to do is sit and cry The Earth is so clear and it's simply a reach away I just had to laugh today but the news it seemed to say That my life once full was surely running dry I prayed a while but then I had to cry Look in my eyes - I know That man is surely just a man It's no surprise - I know The road is far too long And life too short to carry on For fifty-five days I've been flying around the world Here in syncopated time, while my tangled web of rhyme Dangles aimlessly, time drips slowly by And all I've got to do is sit and cry Look in my eyes - I know That man is surely just a man It's no surprise - I know The road is far too long And life too short to carry on |
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| 3:36 |
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Child Of The Universe - Barclay James Harvest
I'm a child of South Africa I'm a child of Vietnam I'm a child of Northern Ireland I'm a small boy with blood on his hands Yes I'm a child of the universe Yes I'm a child of the universe You can see me on the TV every night Always there to join in someone else's fight I didn't ask to be born and I don't ask to die I'm an endless dream, a gene machine That cannot reason why Yes I'm a child of the universe Yes I'm a child of the universe You can see me on the TV every day I'm the child next door three thousand miles away |
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