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| 2. |
| 6:08 | 
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Lies, well they're okay
More elaborate every day Truth, well it's here too What can you make it do for you? Greed, it's just a drive Do what you can to stay alive Peace, it's just a dream So rock and roll and kick and scream Now won't you tell me if you like what you've just heard? And if you think the point I'm driving at absurd Well there's no need to tell me how or tell me why But I need to know the reason not to try Cause if you look around you might just feel like me And you might notice no one was ever really free And maybe, just maybe for now that's how it's supposed to be Could be so far we've only earned the right to barely see The poison has infected you Have no fear I'm infected too War, they come and go No telling where the wind will blow Pain was always there Sad reminder that you care Hate, the price you pay For thinking you got the only way Now won't you tell me if you like what you've just heard? And if you think the point I'm driving at absurd Well there's no need to tell me how or tell me why But I need to know the reason not to try Cause if you look around you might just feel like me And you might notice no one was ever really free And maybe, just maybe for now that's how it's supposed to be Could be so far we've only earned the right to barely see Barely see, barely see, barely see, barely see, let's see... For your parents Ellis Island What had they gone through? And if you descend from the Mayflower Well they were running too They were running from England Who was warring with France Who would conquer Spain Given half of a chance But it was the Muslims Who had gotten there first When there wasn't the bloodshed Then there was the thirst And a hate for the Christians The infiltrators of Rome You know that once mighty empire Who made Africa home The poor, noble Egyptians Oh, the hardships they braved Remembering the good times With Judea enslaved And the Israelite nation The very children of God Killing Palestine's children And I'm finding it odd The Earth, a piece of fruit Don't blame the maggots when they loot Life, just a game we play Try to live just one more day Space, our final hope Throw the drowning man a rope The choice is for us to say Completely change or fade away Now won't you tell me if you like what you've just heard? And if you think the point I'm driving at absurd Well there's no need to tell me how or tell me why But I need to know the reason not to try Cause if you look around you might just feel like me And you might notice no one was ever really free And maybe, just maybe for now that's how it's supposed to be Could be so far we've only earned the right to barely see I really couldn't say for sure Like everyone else I know I'm just looking for the cure |
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| 3. |
| 5:16 |
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Ivory Tusk, smash into thine own
To show thee fit to continue I weep for them and I weep for me We rally to charge to die And laugh when it's through Well rise and walk now you're a man Don't try to play catch me if you can Just do as you're told son you must abide Have you gone crazy it never was a free ride Just take yo medicine and help it go down Do as you're told boy no need to frown You know it happened to me and your granddad too Not a goddamn any one can do Well sir I don't know but I hear them say If there's no free ride then ride away And it could be me, and it could be strange But keep hearing voices singing "comes a change" Blood drop spill unto the parched earth And nourish that which is hungry Feast well avenging madness Then call your buzzards down to clean the carcass Well your life's not yours it's everyone's So do the right thing and go for your guns It's how the world was saved and how the west was won So here he comes now you gotta stand or run Just level your iron boy and sight him in You ain't out to die boy You're out to win You know you hate him, you must know he hates you Not a goddamn anyone can do Well if my life is everyone's well good that's fine But you've yet to prove that that makes his life mine And it could be me and I could be strange But I keep hearing voices singing "comes a change" Like rain and thunder washing everything away That's what I hear them say You might just prefer to pray It's the same thing anyway Ivory Tusk, smash into thine own To show thee fit to continue I weep for them and I weep for me We rally to charge to die And laugh when it's through Well sir I don't know but I hear them say If there is no free ride then ride away And it could be me, and it could be strange But keep hearing voices singing "comes a change" Like rain and thunder washing everything away That's what I hear them say You might just prefer to pray Like rain and thunder washing everything away That's what I hear them say You might just prefer to pray |
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| 4. |
| 3:47 |
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Well here I am
In a roadside stew You're checking to see if I'm alright I'm looking up at you Well I'm okay I've been here before You know I have an ass to land on And that's what it's for I'm gonna dust me off Get on my feet Get myself together Get me good to eat Well what a night I don't remember much Not to worry my friend I'm better off as such Well what a day and what's for breakfast? Have to see what comes along What a day and what's for breakfast? Nothing ventured, nothing wrong Nothing wrong Well what a day and what's for breakfast? Have to see what comes along What a day and what's for breakfast? Nothing ventured, nothing wrong Nothing wrong |
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| 5. |
| 4:14 |
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Picture a spinning toy laden with adventure
Coupled with the things I've told And a dream can be as one I have my moments now and again I said, I have my moments now and again Started in a dream Wound him up on a baseball team Took it on the road A B-17 with a hefty load Full of cargo and of spice Yeah, a pirate ship who craves advice From the likes of Peter Pan You know, I hear he's wanted by the law again Picture a spinning toy laden with adventure Coupled with the things I've told And a dream can be as one I have my moments now and again I said, I have my moments now and again Now the tiger's got his eye What shall we do? Oh me, oh my Better hide your daughters Yeah, we're in shark infested waters But the children can't be harmed Yeah, they are on to you and heavily armed With a leaf and a kazoo How can they be of use to you? Take me, take me for a ride On the biggest, largest vehicle you can ever Possibly imagine Get the keys, let's go Drive Gonna ride off in the sunrise Gotta win a Nobel Prize Gee, I wonder what we'll say Do our homework on the way Gonna meet the King of France Tell him, “Je n'ai pas de pantelons” Give his cigar a light Then slip away unnoticed into the night Picture a spinning toy laden with adventure Coupled with the things I've told And a dream can be as one And I have my moments now and again I said, I have my moments now and again I said, I have my moments now and again |
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| 6. |
| 3:31 |
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When she wakes it seems so shady
She remembers she's a lady Ah, but could it be that maybe She was having lots of fun? She sees she's wearing leather In her navel there's a feather She just has to crack a smile And close her eyes, her prayer begun She said “Life I embrace you I shall honour and disgrace you Please forgive if I replace you You see I'm going through some pain But now I see clearly And the dawn is coming nearly And though I'm human and it's early I swear I'll never forget again” An explorer, he went wandering To satisfy his pondering Basically meandering Unsure of what he'd find Braving any danger But to his family he's a stranger And from time to time he turns around And this runs through his mind He said “Life I embrace you I shall honor and disgrace you Please forgive if I replace you You see I'm going through some pain But now I see clearly And the dawn is coming nearly And though I'm human and it's early I swear I'll never forget again” There's a multitude of story Some is clean and some is gory But there is no need to worry If you're sold or if you're bought We're just spinning on some granite That we like to call a planet And if you need to contemplate Well here's an optimistic thought Life I embrace you I shall honor and disgrace you Please forgive if I replace you You see I'm going through some pain But now I see clearly And the dawn is coming nearly And though I'm human and it's early I swear I'll never forget again Oh, life I embrace you I shall honor and disgrace you Please forgive if I replace you You see I'm going through some pain But now I see clearly And the dawn is coming nearly And though I'm human and it's early I swear I'll never forget again |
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| 7. |
| 4:52 |
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Well, what do you know? Here we are again
It’s been a long time I can't remember when Well, I wrote another one and I guess who it's for Don't mind if I 'm embarrassed, I can't take it anymore You know I travel the world but I don't go no place And I got you to blame and the smile on your face You know I look in your eyes, I see a part of me there So excuse my directness, but I just don't care What I think I'm talking about is a last ditch chance Don't care about the likelihood or circumstance It seems I am still here and I am waiting for you And I've no reason, no time and an excellent view Of your eyes in my head and it's killing me But the possibilities are thrilling me So I guess I'll sit right here with nothing better to do And to top it all off you know the best part is... I'm gonna let you on in on a big surprise My heart is where the eagle flies Yeah, I'm the master of my destiny That's why I need you right here with me You see, I've come to learn that without you around I might as well be standing on the ground And with you with me and with me with you There's not a goddamn thing that we could not do I'm not talking about us never being alone I'm just suggesting we make the world our home You've got to fly free and so do I And this way we'd never need to say good-bye But instead things like "see you soon" And "explore and play" And "the one you love is not far away" "But safe in your heart to see you through" And to top it all off, you know, the best part is that I I'm gonna take you, take you by the hand You know even General Custer had to make a stand I'll drop in from the skies or I'll move in slow But there's so damn much that I want you to know So take a look around, you tell me what do you see? Then take those eyes and take a look at me You know you see things that others don't So if you think I'll go away, I won't You see my engine's blown and it is time to punt And there's an element of danger pulling off this stunt But the survey says that I don't seem to mind And you're the adventure that I'm trying to find There's a whole lot of things that other people have said But I don't care if I'm correct or if it's all in my head So damn the torpedoes and cock a doodle-doo And to top it all of you know the best part is That I love you I'm singing I love you Please, I'm down on my knees In the north and the south and the east and the west Make it the very, very, very best, best part, best part |
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| 8. |
| 7:42 |
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If Cyrano de Bergerac
Fell prey to the blades of fifty men With a heart and a sword he'd drive them back Perchance to see Roxanne's eyes light up the sky again And when beauty kind and full of grace Again denied the beast her hand The beast he turned and hid his face And tried with all his might and magic to understand And once upon a time You know, I used to wonder why You know, no one should need to cry In pain of a heart forbade to fly But you learn to say goodbye As you whisper beneath a sigh Sweet pain Can't you plainly see? Sweet pain You know it matters to me Sweet pain Won't you make me feel at home? Sweet pain Don't you dare leave me alone Sometimes a life that seems hard to take Is soothed for a while by an old friend Leaving a bad need in its wake Sad how some friendships never ever seem to end Never end Well all of my heroes up and died Songs and a dream are left for me What did them in? Not suicide Just a lengthy friendship and a dream of how it could be And isn't it a crime? Was it more than they could bear? You know they did not even care At all and they might have something there But I'm here and I don't see where All I hear is their silent prayer Sweet pain Is it so terribly wrong? Sweet pain To want to come along Sweet pain Won't you make me smile? Sweet pain If only for a while Can you feel what I can feel? So we can establish that the pain is real Don't be afraid and I'll do the same for you And we'll just hang on and we'll make it, make it through There's got to be a reason it works out this way And there's something deep inside me That makes me have to play For you For you In no position to give advice My heart, it spoke and I wrote it down And you know every wisdom has its price My head up in the stars And my feet planted firmly on the ground When will I embrace this life I see? I've been wondering for so long Thinking back the truth may be I've been unaware but I've been living it all along And it didn't cost a dime And it did not come for free It just would not let me be But it never conquered me Just a doorway and a key And I think that we both agree Sweet pain Is sometimes what you need Sweet pain It allows the blood to bleed Sweet pain From the moment of your birth Sweet pain You know it keeps you here on Earth |
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| 9. |
| 4:16 |
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Sometimes when you worry
The tendency to hurry Can make your vision blurry And blind you You might shake and you might stammer Or dance like MC Hammer But could that pomp and glamour Remind you Of who you are and where you're going And whose mind that you're blowing And if your car needs towing Don't move Then calmly call the AAA you've got nothing to prove As in all things, it's all in the groove All in the groove All in the groove All in the groove All in the groove Well, if it's your destiny don't fight it War between the states, unite it It might be difficult but might it Be worthwhile? I ain't no Solomon from Babel Abut my cards are on the table And I swear that if I'm able I'll run that mile So if I'm rambling ignore me If on the money then adore me You know the pearls are cast before me Oh, what to do? Wish I could put it in a picture and hang it in the Louvre But like I said before it's all in the groove All in the groove All in the groove All in the groove All in the groove For instance The jam it swings and sways As the groove funkily plays And they say crime never pays But this ain't no crime It's just a life blood flowing water That any son or daughter Would send away for order A celebration of time So jam on, jam out, jam it in Till it feels like it's a sin And that's only when you begin To improve Don't mind if it's the rhythm, that's just only when you've Got to let it all be all in the groove All in the groove All in the groove All in the groove All in the groove All in the groove All in the groove |
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| 10. |
| 6:56 |
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Support your local emperor
Pay him tribute every time Let it be known he holds your fate From his fingertips shall flow the wine Tell him when he speaks the air is sweet Wherever he walks, rosebeds be laid So that he may always feel secure In the vast empire that he's made But could you tell me what he's ever done for you? I'm not the one that needed an army I'm not the one that needed respect I'm not the one that hopes they'll remember I'm not the one they'll likely forget It seems one's going to walk Where he's willing to walk And with the ears of a bat And the eyes of a hawk You can see in the end It's just a little bit of talk But a rodent's always looking For some cat he can stalk To meow for him, to meow for him Remember once when you were young It really was not all that long ago You reached out your hand and it was met If you let your heart will tell you so So bow your head, don't meet his eyes When royalty speaks you then reply Someday he may find his throne is cold Someday he may chance to wonder why But could you tell me what he's ever done for you? I'm not the one that needed an army I'm not the one that needed respect I'm not the one that hopes they'll remember I'm not the one they'll likely forget It seems one's going to walk Where he's willing to walk And with the ears of a bat And the eyes of a hawk You can see that in the end It's just a little bit of talk But a rodent's always looking For some cat he can stalk To meow for him, to meow for him Support your local emperor Pay him tribute every time Let it be known he holds your fate From his fingertips shall flow the wine Tell him when he speaks the air is sweet Wherever he walks rosebeds be laid Someday he may find his throne is cold In the vast empire that he's made That he's made |
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| 11. |
| 4:24 |
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Bagheera walked into the bar and poured himself a drink
His fur was stained with the blood of monkeys and he needed time to think The man at the bar said, "What are you doing here?" Bagheera let go a low soft purr that kept the man from coming near He said "I'm Bagheera, the mighty panther and the jungle is my home I'm free, free in all I see and that makes me free to roam Sometimes to feel the music of the jungle, it can cause you pain" And the man heard Bagheera as the entire jungle joined in the big black cat's refrain One dark night the man cub came to the big black cat afraid The boy was sure that he was dying due to the endless stream of water that his eyes made Yeah, the cat knew why when the boy said, "I don't want to die" for these are the ways of men The boy cried, "Teacher, teacher I don't, understand this ache within me" The great cat sighed and then softly he began He said, "Indeed thou art a man's child now and the world is yours to give and take The time has come now for your awareness to change forever, there's a choice you must make You may remain here in the jungle and hunt with the free people Or, if you feel the man's God calling you, return to your kind in the village and worship at his steeple The only thing you must do is what you feel in your heart is true I will hunt now and leave you on your own to decide what to do" The mighty panther went on his hunt The secret Lord of the jungle beneath the night sky And some say if you could have seen him then you would have noticed a single tear fall from his majestic eye |
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| 12. |
| 9:08 |
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Met my woman on a mountain side
Looking to get warm, needed a place to hide She took me in as that day grew long Lay by the fire our love, love grew so strong I had left the city for its dirt and grime The factory wails to make mountain time I found love, I let it slip away Now I'm alone, here I'm gonna stay Gonna stay Gonna stay Yeah, I’m gonna stay I keep on looking till this very day For my baby, my baby, who's gone away And I'll search this land, search this land till my dying day For the sweet loving woman, make a mountain, make a mountain cry, cry Make a mountain cry Mountain cry Mountain cry Mountain cry Mountain cry Mountain cry Mountain Make a mountain cry |
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