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from I Am Sam (아이 엠 샘) [ost] (2002)
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to
Strawberry Fields. Nothing is real and nothing to get hungabout. Strawberry Fields forever. Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out, it doesn't matter much to me. Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields. Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about. Strawberry Fields forever. No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low. That is you can't you know tune in but it's all right, that is I think it's not too bad. Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields. Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about. Strawberry Fields forever. Always, no sometimes, think it's me, but you know I know when it's a dream. I think I know I mean a 'Yes' but it's all wrong, that is I think I disagree. Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields. Nothing is real and nothing to get hungabout. Strawberry Fields forever. Strawberry Fields forever. |
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from Badlands : A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska [tribute] (2000)
Last night I dreamed that I was a child
Out where the pines grow wild and tall I was trying to make it home through the forest Before the darkness falls I heard the wind rustling through the trees And ghostly voices rose up from the fields I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path [way] With the devil snappin' at my heels I broke through the trees and there in the night My father's house stood shining hard and bright The branches and brambles tore my clothes and caused me harm But I ran till I fell shaking in his arms I awoke and imagined the hard things that pulled us apart Will never again sir, tear us from each other's hearts I got dressed and to that house I did ride From out on the road, I could see its windows shining in light I walked up the steps and stood on the porch A woman I didn't recognize spoke to me through a chained door I told her my story, and who I'd come for She said "I'm sorry, son, but no one by that name lives here anymore" My father's house shines hard and bright It stands like a beacon calling me in the night Calling and calling, so cold and alone Shining cross this dark highway where our sins lie unatoned |
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from Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995)
By My Side
Don't you get ahead of me and I won't leave you behind if you get unhappy show me a sign there's no love like lost love no pain like a broken heart there's no love like you and me and no loss like us apart promises promise is only a word and when softly spoken is never heard and a heart is not a stone and is fragile when alone by my side by my side won't you be by my side by my side by my side won't you be by my side my care for you is from the ground up to the sky it's over under up above down below and to the side no use in pretending no use in saving face my love is never ending you are my saving grace by my side by my side won't you be by my side by my side by my side won't you be by my side |
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from Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995)
Power of the Gospel
It will make a weak man mighty it will make a mighty man fall it will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all it's the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame it is love for hate and pride for shame that's the power of the gospel that's the power of the gospel that's the power of the mighty power that's the power of the gospel gospel on the water gospel on the land the gospel in every woman the gospel in every man gospel in the garden gospel in the trees the gospel that's inside of you the gospel inside of me that's the power of the gospel that's the power of the gospel that's the power of the mighty power that's the power of the gospel in the hour of richness in the hour of need for all of creation comes from the gospel seed now you may leave tomorrow and you may leave today but you've got to have the gospel when you start out on your way that's the power of the gospel that's the power of the gospel that's the power of the mighty power that's the power of the gospel |
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from Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995)
God Fearing Man
Listen mister brother sister family and friend I fear with each day pass our time grows closer to the end listen stranger passer by and those I never knew there's not one day that you are living has been promised to you I am a God fearing man I'm a God fearing man I reach out for my God's hand I'm a God fearing man listen mother sister brother relatives and kin you want to know just where you're going you got to know where you've been tell me what gives one the right to say their God is better than anybody else don't we all have a right to find God for our self I am a God fearing man I'm a God fearing man I reach up for my God's hand I'm a God fearing man when I rise with the morning sun I give thanks to my God for the gift of another one and when my day is over and complete I reach to my God to put me back on my feet I am a God fearing man I'm a God fearing man I reach up for my God's hand I'm a God fearing man |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
I'm more afraid of living than I am scared to die I'm more afraid of falling than I am of flying high Every moral has a story every story has an end every battle has its glory and its consequence I'm more afraid of loving than I am of being scorned but I will keep on trying though I have been forwarned Every moral has a story every story has an end every battle has its glory and its consequence I would rather me be lonely and you have someone to hold I'm not as scared of dying as I am of growing old Every moral has a story every story has an end every battle has its glory and its consequence |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
Excuse me mr. Do you have the time Or are you so important That it stands still for you Excuse me mr. Lend me your ear Or are you not only blind But do you not hear Excuse me mr. Isn't that your oil in the sea And the pollution in the air mr. Whose could that be Excuse me mr. But i'm a mister too And you're givin' mr. a bad name Mr. like you So i'm taking the mr. From out in front of your name Cause it's a mr. like you That puts the rest of us to shame It's a mr. like you That puts the rest of us to shame And i've seen enough to know That i've seen too much Excuse me mr. Can't you see the children dying You say that you can't help them Mr. you're not even trying Excuse me mr. Take a look around Mr. just look up And you will see it's comin' down Excuse me mr. But i'm a mister too And you're givin' mr. a bad name Mr. like you So i'm taking the mr. From out in front of your name Cause it's a mr. like you That puts the rest of us to shame It's a mr. like you That puts the rest of us to shame And i've seen enough to know That i've seen too much So mr. when you're rattling On heaven's gate Let me tell you mr. By then it is too late Cause mr. when you get there They don't ask how much you saved All they'll want to know, mr. Is what you gave Excuse me mr. But i'm a mister too And you're givin' mr. a bad name Mr. like you So i'm taking the mr. From out in front of your name Cause it's a mr. like you That puts the rest of us to shame It's a mr. like you That puts the rest of us to shame |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
This empty room it fills my mind Freedom is lease make it fine Every single rope has break But in this life you can't turn back I don't want to live, I don't want to live alone Alone ( 3 fois ) As these words are with my tongue I question why they even sounds I have promised but I lied I don't even know myself inside I don't want to be, I don't wanna be here alone Alone ( 3fois ) Today and tomorrow have become one Every single thing that has become none You monday child is a beast What I've done most to show at the least Please don't leave me here, please don't leave me here Don't you leave me alone, alone, alone |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
Oh baby now let's get down tonight Baby, I'm hot just like your oven I need some lovin' And baby, I can't hold it much longer it's getting stronger and stronger when I get this feeling I want Sexual healing Sexual healing It makes me feel so fine It helps to relieve my mind Sexual healing, is good for us Sexual healing is something that is so very good for me Whenever these blue tear drops are falling, oh no And my emotional stability is leaving me But there is something I can do Oh I can get on the telephone and call you up baby Darling I know you'll be there to relieve me The love you give to me will free me So if you don't know the things you're dealing Well I can tell you darling, oh it's Sexual healing Get up, get up, get up, get up Let's make love tonight Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up 'Cause you do it right Heal me, my darling Heal me, my darling Heal me, my darling Heal me, my darling Baby, I got sick this morning Well a sea was storming inside of me Baby, I think I'm capsizing the waves are rising and rising And when I get this feeling I want Sexual healing Sexual healing It makes me feel so fine, It helps to relieve the mind, Sexual healing, is good for us Sexual healing, darling, is good for us Oh it?s good for us, oh it's so good to me My baby Whoahohh Just grab a hold Come take control Of my body and mind Soon we'll be making love Honey, oh we're feeling fine You're my medicine open up and let me in Oh Darling darling, you're so great I can't wait for you to operate I can't wait for you to operate I can?t wait for you to operate I can?t wait for you to heal me, I can?t wait for you to, Oh whenever these blue teardrops are falling, You know I come calling Heal me, my darling |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
Could've sworn I heard you say amen this morning,
showing some kind of sign that you believe Did it fall from your tongue without warning or just another trick to fall from your sleeve Did I hear you say that you believe in angels? I guess I bring the devil out in you But we can both remove our halos 'cause even an angel needs love too even an angel needs love too The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me Some things never change; Some things never stay the same But your so innocent, I'll take all the blame How I hate to remember for that means the day is past Sometimes I wonder if I know her or if I really need to ask or if i really need to ask The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me Woman...(x7) Half-man walks with no shadow of life he utters his distaste No apology is expected Love carved sorry in his face Love carved sorry in his face The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me Woman...(x10) |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
I believe in a few things God the devil and love Cause i've looked up from the bottom And i've stared down from above I have faith in a few things Divinity and grace But even when i'm on my knees I know the devil prays And you're working your way From the ground on down I hate to say i love you Because it means that i Will be with you forever Or will sadly say goodbye I love to say i hate you Because it means that i Will live my life happily without you Or will sadly live a lie And you're working your way From the ground on down Life is short And if your lookin' for extension With your time You had best do well Cause there's good deeds And there is good intention They're as far apart As heaven and hell And you're working your way From the ground on down |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
I put into Nashville, Tennessee But you wouldn't even come around to see me And since your headin up to Carolina You know I gonna be right there behind you 'Cause I always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Now I love to feel that warm southern rain Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding things And to see it fall on your simple country dress It's like heaven to me I must confess 'Cause I always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Now I've been hangin around you for days But when I'm leanin you just turn your head away I know you didn't mean that She said I love the way you think but I hate the way you act 'Cause I always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to steal my kisses from you |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
let us burn one From end to end And pass it over To me my friend Burn it long, we'll burn it slow To light me up before i go If you don't like my fire Then don't come around Cause i'm gonna burn one down Yes i'm gonna burn one down My choice is what i choose to do And if i'm causing no harm It shouldn't bother you Your choice is who you choose to be And if your causin' no harm Then you're alright with me If you don't like my fire Then don't come around Cause i'm gonna burn one down Yes i'm gonna burn one down Herb the gift from the earth And what's from the earth Is of the greatest worth So before you knock it try it first You'll see it's a blessing And not a curse If you don't like my fire Then don't come around Cause i'm gonna burn one down Yes i'm gonna burn one down |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
Papa, he left home today and said he ain't comin' back again. Said he ain't gonna be nobody's second best, just cause mama's got a special kind of friend. Papa, he left home today, said he ain't comin' back no more. Said he ain't gonna take no damn back seat. And how could mama do him so low. But mama's got a girlfriend now, boy! Mama's got a girlfriend now. Mama's got a girlfriend. Mama's got a true friend. Mama's got a girlfriend now. You see Mama don't watch your damn football. And your beer drinkin' just won't do. You're just stayin' out late. And you're preachin' the hate. And you never have been true. You see, Mama, she want her somebody who will let her be herself. So she's leavin' you and your stinky damn ways, cause she's found somebody else. And Mama's got a girlfriend now boy. Mama's got a girlfriend now. Mama's got a girlfriend. Mama's found a true friend. Mama's got a girlfriend now. Papa he left home today. He was wavin' his hands and cryin'. You could tell by the sound and the tone in his voice that his heart was slowly dyin'. But mama said: "Boy if I ever catch you 'round here again, you ain't never gonna have nobody else not a woman or a man". Yeah! Mama's got a girlfriend now boy. Mama's got a girlfriend now. Mama's got a girlfriend. Mama's found a true friend. Mama's got a girlfriend now. Mama's got a girlfriend now, boy! Mama's got a girlfriend now. Mama's got a girlfriend. Mama's found a true friend. Mama's got a girlfriend now. |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
Welcome to the cruel world Hope you find your way Welcome to the cruel world Hope you find your way It's a cruel world Try to enjoy your stay Yes it is a cruel world When you're tryin' to get by It's a cruel world When you've seen the look in their eye Makes life hard living But i'm so scared to die Welcome to the cruel world Welcome Welcome Don't know how We've lasted here so long There must be more good than bad Or we'd already be gone And if you get up to heaven Before i do I'm gonna tell ya It's gonna be cruel there too You can't hide from this cruel world Cause there is no place to run You can't hide from the cruel world There just is no place to run It's been cruel from the beginning It will be cruel when we're done So when i'm gone I will gladly say goodbye When i am gone I will gladly say goodbye And if you want to feel me Put your hands up to the sky Welcome to the cruel world Welcome Welcome Hope you find your way Try to enjoy your stay |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
I will wait like nothing, I have ever waited for I will catch your tears from falling Until from my hands they fall You can leave me abandoned I'll be here if you want back in Like the rest I have been branded far beneath the skin So far beneath the skin You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven Here I have been standing While the time has come and gone I tried singing to you, but you turned my words to stone Here I have been waiting, It seems for quite a while Changed all my reflections But inside I'm still just a child But inside still just a child You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven These eyes weren't made for crying; This love wasn't made to waste These arms weren't made for battle, But to share your warm embrace You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
You so easily amuse
Like a pantomime Such a silent crime You so easily abuse Lack of confindence It's your best offense You so easily confuse You can't deny it Still you try to hide it Faded So faded Like a memory gone There's no recollection Faded So faded Like a forgotten dream Further than it seems You so hastily defy When you think you need it You find a way to bleed it You so hastily deny Pleading innocence It's your best defense You so hastily reply The moment (that) you said it Already regret it Faded So faded Like a memory gone There's no recollection Faded So faded Like a forgotten dream Further than it seems You so easily amuse You so easily abuse Faded So faded Like a memory gone There's no recollection Faded So faded Like a forgotten dream Further than it seems Faded So faded Like a memory gone There's no recollection |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
Waiting on an angel One to carry me home Hope you come to see me soon Cause i don't want to go alone I don't want to go alone Now angel won't you come by me Angel hear my plea Take my hand lift me up So that i can fly with thee So that i can fly with thee And i'm waiting on an angel And i know it won't be long To find myself a resting place In my angel's arms In my angel's arms So speak kind to a stranger Cause you'll never know It just might be an angel come Knockin' at your door Knockin' at your door And i'm waiting on an angel And i know it won't be long To find myself a resting place In my angel's arms In my angel's arms Waiting on an angel One to carry me home Hope you come to see me soon Cause i don't want to go alone I don't want to go alone Don't want to go I don't want to go alone |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
I could have treated you better But you couldn't have treated me worse But it's he who laughs last Is he who cries first Sometimes i feel i know strangers Better than i know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But i cannot survive The roses from my friends When the last word has been spoken And we've beared witness to the final setting sun All that shall remain is a token Of what we've said and done When all we've had has been forsaken Distant church bells no longer ring That's the sound of a heart taken And the story of tears from a king The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But i cannot survive The roses from my friends This may be the last time i see you Forgive me for holding you close This may be the last time that i see you So of this moment i will make the most This may be the last time i see you But if you keep me in your heart Together we shall be eternal If you believe We shall never part The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But i cannot survive The roses from my friends |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
It will make a weak man mighty It will make a mighty man fall It will fill your heart and hands Or leave you with nothing at all It's the eyes for the blind And legs for the lame It is love for hate And pride for shame That's the power of the gospel That's the power of the gospel That's the power of the mighty power That's the power of the gospel Gospel on the water Gospel on the land The gospel in every woman The gospel in every man Gospel in the garden Gospel in the trees The gospel that's inside of you The gospel inside of me That's the power of the gospel That's the power of the gospel That's the power of the mighty power That's the power of the gospel In the hour of richness In the hour of need For all of creation Comes from the gospel seed Now you may leave tomorrow And you may leave today But you've got to have the gospel When you start out on your way That's the power of the gospel That's the power of the gospel That's the power of the mighty power That's the power of the gospel |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
I'm leaving here on the morning train And i will never see this world again I've felt pleasure And i have felt pain And i know now That i can never be the same How i wonder why the world can be so cold And if only good die young Then left with me cruel here to grow old And i felt pleasure An i felt pain And i know now I can never be the same And if someday i find my peace of mind I will share my wealth with all of human kind I've felt pleasure And i have felt pain And i know now That i can never be the same So if the sun does shine or rain does fall I give thanks i've had my sight to see through it all And i've felt pleasure And i have felt pain And i know now That i can never be the same |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
Make me feel like a beggar Make me feel like a thief Make me feel like a battle, that cannot end in peace Make me feel like running, as if I've lost my nerve Make me feel like crying, tears I don't deserve Please bleed So I know that you are real So I know that you can feel The damage that you've done Who have I become To myself I am numb, I am numb, I am numb Is this really living Sometimes it's hard to tell Or is this a kind of gentler hell Turn out the lights And let me stare into your soul I was born and bled for you old Please bleed So I know that you are real So I know that you can feel The damage that you've done Who have I become To myself I am numb, I am numb, I am numb Never said thank you Never said please Never gave reason to believe So as it stands I remain on my knees Good lovers make great enemies Please bleed So I know that you are real So I know that you can feel The damage that you've done Who have I become To myself I am numb, I am numb, I am numb |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
All this talk of getting old It's getting me down my love Like a cat in a bag waiting to drown This time I'm comin' down And I know you're thinking of me As you lay down on your side Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again But I know I'm on a losing streak 'Cause I passed down by old street And if you wanna show, just let me know And I'll sing in your ear again Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again So baby, Woh- if heaven calls, I'm coming too Just like you said you leave my life, I'm better off dead All this talk of getting old It's getting me down my love Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown This time I'm comin' down The drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again So baby, Woh- if heaven calls, I'm coming too And like you said, you leave my life, I'm better off dead But if you wanna show, just let me know And now I'll sing in your ear again Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But now I know I'll see your face again Yeah- I know I'll see your face again Yeah- I know I'll see your face again Oh- now Yeah, I know I'll see your face again Never coming down, Never coming down No more, no more, no more, no more, no more, no more Never coming down, never coming down No more, no more, no more, no more, no more Oh- now Yeah, I know I'll see your face again |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
Like the wings stolen from an angel Like petals gone from a rose Like a dove caught in a storm Tonight he's in the Lord's Arms The wind it blew straight through us And whispered to me in tongues I was told I was wrong Tonight he would be in the Lord's Arms Tonight he is in the Lord's Arms So I drinked this wine to him With each glass of memory He left with his crown of thornes Tonight he's in the Lord's Arms Tonight he's in the Lord's Arms Tonight he's in the Lord's Arms |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
there is not a river wide Not a mountain high And neither sin nor evil Could change how i feel inside Could change how i feel inside Not all the strength of the ocean Not all the heat from the sun, from the sun Though others have tried, i just can't deny For me you are the one For me you are the one But true love is priceless For true love we pay a price But there's nothing can keep me from loving you Not fire, no, not ice Not fire, no, not ice Like the hero or the champion You are the best, you're the best Like religion or superstition With you i am blessed With you i am blessed Now the river may grow wider The mountains may reach past the sky But wether or not you feel the same My love shall never die My love shall never die But true love is give and take True love is sacrifice But there's nothing can keep me from loving you Not fire, no, not ice Not fire, no, not ice |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
We have both been here before Knockin' upon love's door Begging for someone to let us in Knowing this we can agree To keep each other company Never to go down that road again My beloved one, my beloved one Your eyes shine through me You are so divine to me Your heart has a home in mine We won't have to say a word With a touch all shall be heard When I search my hearth it's you I find My beloved one, my beloved one, my beloved one You were meant for me, I believe you were sent to me From the dreams trailing to my heart Hold your body and close to me You mean most to me We will keep each other safe from harm My beloved one, my beloved one, my beloved one |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
Oh no Here comes that sun again That means another day Without you my friend And it hurts me To look into the mirror at myself And it hurts even more To have to be with somebody else And it's so hard to do And so easy to say But sometimes Sometimes you just have to walk away Walk away With so many people To love in my life Why do i worry About one But you put the happy In my ness You put the good times Into my fun And it's so hard to do And so easy to say But sometimes Sometimes you just have to walk away Walk away And head for the door We've tried the goodbye So many days We walk in the same direction So that we could never stray They say if you love somebody Than you have got to set them free But i would rather be locked to you Than live in this pain and misery They say time will Make all this go away But it's time that has taken my tomorrows And turned them into yesterdays And once again that rising sun Is dropping on down And once again you my friend Are nowhere to be found And it's so hard to do And so easy to say But sometimes Sometimes you just have to walk away Walk away And head for the door You just walk away Walk away |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
Yes indeed I'm, alone again And here come emptiness, crashing in Its either love or hate I cant find in between Cuz I've been with witches and I have been with a queen It wouldn't have worked out anyway So now it's just another lonely day (yeah eh) Further along we just may But for now its just another lonely day Wish there was something I could say or do I can resist anything but the temptation from you But I'd rather walk alone then chase you around I'd rather fall myself then let you drag me on down It wouldn't have worked out anyway And now its just another lonely day (yeah eh) Further along we just may But for now its just another lonely day Yesterday seems like a life ago Cuz the one I love today I hardly know You I held so close in my heart oh dear Grow further from me with every fallin' tear It wouldn't have worked out anyway So now its just another lonely day (eh eh) Further along we just may But for now its just another lonely day |
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from Ben Harper - Live From Mars [live] (2001)
Well Martin's dream has become Rodney's worst nightmare.
Can't walk the streets, to them we are fair game, our lives don't mean a thing. Like a King, like a King, like a King. Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King. Like a king, like a King, like a King. How I wish you could help us Dr. King. Make sure it's filmed, shown on national T.V. They'll have no mercy. A legal lynch mob like the days strung up from the tree. The L.A.P.D. Like a King, like a King, like a King. Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King. Like a King, like a King, like a King. How I wish you could help us Dr. King. So if you catch yourself thinking it has changed for the best you better second guess cause Martin's dream has become Rodney's worst nightmare. Like a King, like a King, like a King. Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King. Like a King, like a King, like a King How I wish you could help us Dr. King. Like a King, like a King, like a King. Like a King, like a King, like a King. Like a King, like a King, like a King. How I wish... Like a King, like a King. Like a King, like a King, like a, like a King. Like a King, like a King, like a King. When we will look to the past, look to the past to learn? I wish... Like a king, like a king, like a king. Like a king, like a king, like a king. Bye, bye we must go to see the King. Bye, bye we must go to face the King. You may write me down in history with your bitter twisted lies, you may trod me down in the very dirt. And still like the dust, I'll rise. Does my happiness upset you? Why are you best with gloom cause I laugh, like I've got an oil well pumpin' in my living room? So you may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, and I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise. Out of the shacks of history's shame, up from a past rooted in pain, and I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise. Now did you want to see me broken, bowed head and lowered eyes, shoulders fallen down like teardrops, weakened by my soulful cries. Does my confidence upset you? Don't you take it awful hard cause I walk, like I've got a diamond mine breakin' up in my front yard. So you may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, and I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise. Out of the shacks of history's shame, up from a past rooted in pain, and I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise. So you may write me down in history with your bitter twisted lies. You may trod me down in the very dirt. And still like the dust, I'll rise. Does my happiness upset you? Why are you best with gloom cause I laugh, like I've got a goldmine diggin' up in my living room. You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, and I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise. Out of the shacks of history's shame, up from a past rooted in pain, and I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise. You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, and I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise. Out of the shacks of history's shame, up from a past rooted in pain, I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise. I gonna rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise. I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
A finger's touch upon my lips
It's a morning yearning Pull the courtains shut, try to keep it dark But the sun is burning The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It's a morning yearning Another day, another chance to get it right Must I still be learning Baby crying kept us up all night With her morning yearning Like a summer rose, I'm a victim of the fall But I'm soon returning Your love's the warmest place the sun ever shines My morning yearning |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
I've been waiting for you
I've been waiting for you Never found anything else to do But waiting for you I've been calling your name I've been calling your name Never found anything else to say Nothing to say You can kill a lot of time if you really want put your mind do it Leave it all behind if you never wanna go through it I keep hearing your name I keep hearing your name Nothing else sounds the same As hearing your name You can kill a lot of time if you really put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never ever go through it I've been hoping for you Keep hoping for you What else can I do But keep hoping for you? You can kill a lot of time if you really put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never ever go through it We can kill a lot and never really have to go through it What else can I do But keep hoping for you? |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
Now you can sell your soul
But you can't buy it back I've spent my whole life Working to give you everything you lack Now I wish you were here So we could walk and talk In the soft rain, in the soft rain Now all that left of us Is a picture sitting in a frame I would gladly trade All of my sympathy for sorrow If I could have you, If I could have you here with me to my own I wish you were here So we could walk and talk In the soft rain, in the soft rain Now all that's left of us Is a picture sitting in a frame Everything i wish for Is everything i see I remember when your kisses were for me So many wasted days The past is so hard to get out from under So many words that i wish i could say The future rattles my bones weak like thunder I wish you were here So we could walk and talk In the soft rain, soft rain, soft rain Now all that's left of us Is a picture sitting in a frame Everything i wish for Is everything i see I remember when your kisses were for me Everything i wish for Is everything i see I remember when your kisses were for me |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
like an old man
sitting alone at a lunch counter never leave lonely alone like a small town girl a big city devours never leave lonely alone some of us laugh even in our darkest hour never leave lonely alone unspoken rules of solitude wound without a trace a lifetime of dreams roll down your face all that we can't say is all we need to hear when you close your eyes does the world disappear there's something in everyone only they know never leave lonely alone it moves in the hidden ways of joy and sorrow never leave lonely alone |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
I can't know the hell you love
But i know you've had enough Some baptize in water some in flames In flames In flames Don't you give me a reason to mourn Don't you give me a reason to mourn Look into my eyes with all your hate and scorn But don't you give me a reason to mourn What has life done to you All you ever wanted was someone to run to you There's more to life then what makes you cry What makes you cry I want save you by Don't you give me a reason to mourn Don't you give me a reason to mourn Look into my eyes with all your hate and scorn But don't you give me a reason to mourn I'll remove the crown of sorrow wich you have been adorned But don't you give me a reason to mourn Don't you give me a reason to mourn Don't you give me a reason to mourn Look into my eyes with all your hate and scorn But don't you give me a reason to mourn |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
Goodbye
Hasn't been so good to me Stepped out into the night Back against the moon I saw ten thousand hands with candlelight We all think that we're right It's hard to tell If the night is full of hope or doom My eyes Burn with unshed tears My body is weak From so many silent years Too many people say goodbye Before they say hello Step into the morning And disappear What more than sorry can i say What more than sorry can i be Before our love fades away What more than sorry Do you want from me |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
The morning sunrise spread her wings
While the moon hung in the sky Held the sea in your hands And happy everafter in your eyes Couldn't leave you to go to heaven I carry you in my smile For the first time my true reflection i see Happy everafter in your eyes Every star in the night Promises the dawn I will be there if you fall To ever so heavily rest upon All that i can give you Is forever yours to keep Wake up every day with a dream And happyever after in your eyes Happy everafter is in your eyes |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
I'm a living sunset
Lightning in my bones Push me to the edge But my will is stone Fools will be fools And wise will be wise But i will look this world Straight in the eyes What good is a man Who won't take a stand What good is a cynic With no better plan Reality is sharp It cuts at me like a knife Everyone i know Is in the fight of their life Take your face out of your hands And clear your eyes You have a right to your dreams And don't be denied I believe in a better way |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
Living these days is making me nervous
Archaic doctrine no longer serve us Now we're left as silent witnesses We don't know quite what this is Other than a war that can't be won I feel like i'm crowded, i can't get out World keeps on filling me up with doubt When you're trapped you got no voice Where you're born you got no choice Other than to go and take you some One dimensional fool In a three dimensional world Politics, it's a drag They put one foot in the grave And the other on the flag Systems rotten to the core Young and old deserve much more Than struggling every day until you're done Tension Too much to mention Living on both sides of the gun |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
I wish i was a thought
I'd run all through your mind And come out being everything You ever tried to find Life's the longest picture You're ever gonna take Love's the longest promise That you're ever gonna break I wish i could yell sorry Louder than i screamed All of those other things I said but didn't mean Some days i'm the lord's servant Some days i'm satan's pawn Some days i just wish The voices in my head were gone The sun's a moon that warms you The moon's a sun with no heat The sky above is to remind you What's under your feet This life's not big enough To fit our love inside 'cause i remember you from heaven The last time i died It's an engraved invitation To leave all this time we've been wasting |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
You left them swimming for their lives
Down in New Orleans Can't afford a gallon of gasoline With your useless degrees and contrary statistics This government business is straight up sadistic Now you don't fight for us But expect us to die for you You have no sympathy for us But still I cry for you Now you may kill the revolutionary But the revolution you can never bury Don't speak to us like we work for you Selling false hope like some new dope we're addicted to I'm not a desperate man but these are desperate times at hand This generation is beyond your command And it won't be long 'Til the people flood the streets To take you down One and all A black rain is gonna fall |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
You're too young to know
That you're too young to go There's no freedom to be found Lying face up in the ground Ashes from an unfinished life Are all that's left In a tear-drop-shaped locket Hanging from his mother's chest You whip the back of freedom 'till it bleeds an oil stream Then you sail down upon it In your killing machine Old men who send children Off to die in vain They will hear death's constant whisper Call remember my name Gather 'round the stone |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
You're the first one to get there
And always the last one to leave You're the first one to chuckle But the last one to grieve I know all too well the world takes a daily beating Please don't talk about murder while i'm eating You walk into the temple And call it a church I try to keep things simple But you always need the works Your life is marked by numbers and symbols Excessive drinking from out of golden thimbles Just a moment of silence i'm needing So let's not talk about murder while i'm eating You get all hot and bothered At the strangest times and places But don't notice the looks on all the other faces You're dressed for summer in the middle of december What you've all but forgotten I painfully remember I don't care in the least what you're reading Please don't talk about murder while i'm eating |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
Throw your hands up to the sky
And scream out loud i'm free 'cause wrong is the new right So we can cut loose tonight It costs a lot to look this cheap Fire makes it burn and water makes it turn We must still be here living on earth They keep telling me jesus walked on water He shoulda surfed In 1918 the great bambino Kicked a piano into willis pond But johnny damon swung a bat Grand slam that was that An 86 year curse is gone Throw your hands up to the sky And scream i'm not alone Is it irony or fate Don't become what you hate We've all got stardust in our bones |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
The more i smoke, the more i drink
The more i talk, the less i think The less i think, the more i feel Folks don't change They just reveal My mind is broke, my last nerve is shot What you want from me, i ain't got Two plus two will never be twenty-two So please don't tell me twice what i need to do There's no rules to lust Only passion, and it can be so unjust If we don't speak, we'll get along just fine Don't ask me how i'm doing 'cause i don't feel like lying Take me as i am Or leave me the way you found me |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
Battles over which direction to kneel
People reaching out to touch But forgetting to feel Daily breath shouldn't be a daily penance Is that what you believe Or just a life sentence I look into the mirror And i see someone there i used to know They all want you to serve them But the only one you got to serve Is your soul So much time And at such a cost We spend looking for what we've lost Now that you know You can't find it from him You're gonna have to find it within I look into the mirror And i see that life has taken its toll They'll all want you to serve them But the only one you got to serve Is your soul Listen to the wind it won't lie to you If you love it let it go And watch it fly to you Every setting sun gently weeps You can always hear it 'cause trust never sleeps |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
You're too young to know
That you're too young to go There's no freedom to be found Lying face up in the ground Ashes from an unfinished life Are all that's left In a tear-drop-shaped locket Hanging from his mother's chest You whip the back of freedom 'till it bleeds an oil stream Then you sail down upon it In your killing machine Old men who send children Off to die in vain They will hear death's constant whisper Call remember my name Gather 'round the stone |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
I can't know the hell you love
But i know you've had enough Some baptize in water some in flames In flames In flames Don't you give me a reason to mourn Don't you give me a reason to mourn Look into my eyes with all your hate and scorn But don't you give me a reason to mourn What has life done to you All you ever wanted was someone to run to you There's more to life then what makes you cry What makes you cry I want save you by Don't you give me a reason to mourn Don't you give me a reason to mourn Look into my eyes with all your hate and scorn But don't you give me a reason to mourn I'll remove the crown of sorrow wich you have been adorned But don't you give me a reason to mourn Don't you give me a reason to mourn Don't you give me a reason to mourn Look into my eyes with all your hate and scorn But don't you give me a reason to mourn |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
Throw your hands up to the sky
And scream out loud i'm free 'cause wrong is the new right So we can cut loose tonight It costs a lot to look this cheap Fire makes it burn and water makes it turn We must still be here living on earth They keep telling me jesus walked on water He shoulda surfed In 1918 the great bambino Kicked a piano into willis pond But johnny damon swung a bat Grand slam that was that An 86 year curse is gone Throw your hands up to the sky And scream i'm not alone Is it irony or fate Don't become what you hate We've all got stardust in our bones |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
I've been waiting for you
I've been waiting for you Never found anything else to do But waiting for you I've been calling your name I've been calling your name Never found anything else to say Nothing to say You can kill a lot of time if you really want put your mind do it Leave it all behind if you never wanna go through it I keep hearing your name I keep hearing your name Nothing else sounds the same As hearing your name You can kill a lot of time if you really put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never ever go through it I've been hoping for you Keep hoping for you What else can I do But keep hoping for you? You can kill a lot of time if you really put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never ever go through it We can kill a lot and never really have to go through it What else can I do But keep hoping for you? |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
A finger's touch upon my lips
It's a morning yearning Pull the courtains shut, try to keep it dark But the sun is burning The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It's a morning yearning Another day, another chance to get it right Must I still be learning Baby crying kept us up all night With her morning yearning Like a summer rose, I'm a victim of the fall But I'm soon returning Your love's the warmest place the sun ever shines My morning yearning |
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from Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)
Beloved One
We have both been here before knockin' upon love's door begging for someone to let us in knowing this we can agree to keep each other company never to go down that road again My beloved one My beloved One Your eyes shine through me You are so divine to me Your heart has a home in mine We won't have to say a word With a touch all shall be heard When i search my heart it's you i find My Beloved One My beloved one My beloved one You were meant for me I believe you were sent to me From a dream straight into my arms Hold your body close to me You mean the most to me We will keep each other safe from harm My beloved one My beloved one My beloved one My beloved one |
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from Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995)
Oppression
Oppression you pray on us when we sleep oppression you chase after the tired the poor the weak oppression you know you mean only harm oppression you reach out with your long arm but oppression I won't let you near me oppression you shall learn to fear me oppression you seek population control oppression to divide and to conquer is your goal oppression I swear that hatred is your home oppression you just won't leave bad enough alone but oppression I won't let you near me oppression you shall learn to fear me oppression I don't see how you sleep oppression for your bleeding conscience I weep oppression you may have the dollar on your side but oppression from the gospel truth you cannot hide and oppression I won't let you near me oppression you shall learn to fear me oppression I won't let you near me oppression you shall fear me |
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from Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995)
Ground on Down
I believe in a few things God the devil and love cause I've looked up from the bottom and I've stared down from above I have faith in a few things divinity and grace but even when I'm on my knees I know the devil prays and you're working your way from the ground on down I hate to say I love you because it means that I will be with you forever or will sadly say goodbye I love to say I hate you because it means that I will live my life happily without you or will sadly live a lie and you're working your way from the ground on down life is short and if your lookin' for extension with your time you had best do well cause there's good deeds and there is good intention they're as far apart as heaven and hell and you're working your way from the ground on down |
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from Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995)
Another Lonely Day
Yes indeed I'm alone again and here comes emptiness crashing in it's either love or hate I can't find in between cause I've been with witches and I have been with a queen it wouldn't have worked out any way so now it's just another lonely day further along we just may but for now it's just another lonely day wish there was something I could say or do I can resist anything but temptation from you but I'd rather walk alone than chase you around I'd rather fall myself than let you drag me down it wouldn't have worked out any way and now it's just another lonely day further along we just may but for now it's just another lonely day yesterday seems like a life ago cause the one I love today I hardly know you I held so close in my heart oh dear grow further from me with every fallen tear it wouldn't have worked out any way so now it's just another lonely day further along we just may but for now it's just another lonely day |
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from Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995)
Please Me Like You Want To
Don't do me any favors matter of fact why don't you do yourself a few your presence ain't nobody's blessing I've got plenty of other things I could do oh no, not another excuse your tired silly games for me are just no use and now it's plain for me to see you're with somebody that you don't want to be so won't you please please me like you want to not like you have to or won't you just go on and leave me leaving me is the least that you could do you could have spared me so much misery and told me you just wanted a friend believe me there is a difference when you mean it and when you pretend or was I just your habit cause I know a habit is a hard thing to break but won't you spare me a little mercy there's only so much that I can take so won't you please please me like you want to not like you have to or won't you just go on and leave me leaving me is the least that you could do |
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from Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995)
Gold to Me
You look like gold to me and I'm not too blind to see you look like gold you make me wanna sing with all the joy you bring you look like gold like the rays down from the sun when a new day has just begun you look like gold I've been fooled before but now I know I've made the mistake in the past but now I know the difference from gold and brass not the kind of gold you wear but the kind that can feel my care you look like gold some shine when the day is new but fade when the day is through but you look like gold I've been wrong before but now I know I've made mistakes in the past but now I know the difference from gold and brass you look like gold to me and I'm down on bending knees you look like gold and I just want you to know to me you mean so much more than all the gold you look like gold |
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from Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995)
Burn One Down
Let us burn one from end to end and pass it over to me my friend burn it long, we'll burn it slow to light me up before I go if you don't like my fire then don't come around cause I'm gonna burn one down yes I'm gonna burn one down my choice is what I choose to do and if I'm causing no harm it shouldn't bother you your choice is who you choose to be and if your causin' no harm then you're alright with me if you don't like my fire then don't come around cause I'm gonna burn one down yes I'm gonna burn one down herb the gift from the earth and what's from the earth is of the greatest worth so before you knock it try it first you'll see it's a blessing and not a curse if you don't like my fire then don't come around cause I'm gonna burn one down yes I'm gonna burn one down |
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from Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995)
Excuse Me Mr.
Excuse me Mr. do you have the time or are you so important that it stands still for you excuse me Mr. lend me your ear or are you not only blind but do you not hear excuse me Mr. isn't that your oil in the sea and the pollution in the air Mr. whose could that be excuse me Mr. but I'm a mister too and you're givin' Mr. a bad name Mr. like you so I'm taking the Mr. from out in front of your name cause it's a Mr. like you that puts the rest of us to shame it's a Mr. like you that puts the rest of us to shame and I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much excuse me Mr. can't you see the children dying you say that you can't help them Mr. you're not even trying excuse me Mr. take a look around Mr. just look up and you will see it's comin' down excuse me Mr. but I'm a mister too and you're givin' Mr. a bad name Mr. like you so I'm taking the Mr. from out in front of your name cause it's a Mr. like you that puts the rest of us to shame it's a Mr. like you that puts the rest of us to shame and I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much so Mr. when you're rattling on heaven's gate let me tell you Mr. by then it is too late cause Mr. when you get there they don't ask how much you saved all they'll want to know, Mr. Is what you gave excuse me Mr. but I'm a mister too and you're givin' Mr. a bad name Mr. like you so I'm taking the Mr. from out in front of your name cause it's a Mr. like you that puts the rest of us to shame it's a Mr. like you that puts the rest of us to shame |
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from Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995)
People Lead
When the people lead the leaders they will have to follow and all their lies and their alibies they will have to swallow and it's you that has the authority for the one who is right is the majority when the people lead people take the lead children you've got to take your lead or you shall be led astray so as long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery for you can lead a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink you can put a man through school but you cannot make him think when the people lead people take the lead children you've got to take your lead or you shall be led astray watch them try to hide this world's imposition but like disease that has come round from remission when it seems as if it has left your person all the while it has only worsened when the people lead people take the lead children you've got to take your lead or you shall be led astray |
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from Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995)
Fight for Your Mind
If you're gonna live then live it up and if you're gonna give then give it up if you're gonna walk the earth then walk it proud and if you're gonna say the word you got to say it loud you got to fight for your mind you got to fight for your mind while you got the time you got to fight for your mind if you're gonna build a house make it a home if you're gonna pull some weight pull your own if you're gonna help reach out your hand if you're getting up then take a stand you got to fight for your mind you got to fight for your mind while you got the time you got to fight for your mind if you're gonna step step on in if you're gonna finish you got to begin don't you fear what you don't know just let that be your room to grow you got to fight for your mind you got to fight for your mind while you got the time you got to fight for your mind |
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from Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995)
Have you ever lost your way have you ever feared another day have you ever misplaced your mind watching this world leave you behind won't you won't you give won't you give a man give a man a home have you ever worn thin have you ever never known where to begin have you ever lost your belief watching your faith turn to grief won't you won't you give won't you give a man give a man a home in a world that is unwhole you have got to fight to keep your soul some would rather give than receive some would rather give up before they believe won't you won't you give won't you give a man give a man a home |
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from Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995)
Power of the Gospel
It will make a weak man mighty it will make a mighty man fall it will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all it's the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame it is love for hate and pride for shame that's the power of the gospel that's the power of the gospel that's the power of the mighty power that's the power of the gospel gospel on the water gospel on the land the gospel in every woman the gospel in every man gospel in the garden gospel in the trees the gospel that's inside of you the gospel inside of me that's the power of the gospel that's the power of the gospel that's the power of the mighty power that's the power of the gospel in the hour of richness in the hour of need for all of creation comes from the gospel seed now you may leave tomorrow and you may leave today but you've got to have the gospel when you start out on your way that's the power of the gospel that's the power of the gospel that's the power of the mighty power that's the power of the gospel |
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from Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995)
God Fearing Man
Listen mister brother sister family and friend I fear with each day pass our time grows closer to the end listen stranger passer by and those I never knew there's not one day that you are living has been promised to you I am a God fearing man I'm a God fearing man I reach out for my God's hand I'm a God fearing man listen mother sister brother relatives and kin you want to know just where you're going you got to know where you've been tell me what gives one the right to say their God is better than anybody else don't we all have a right to find God for our self I am a God fearing man I'm a God fearing man I reach up for my God's hand I'm a God fearing man when I rise with the morning sun I give thanks to my God for the gift of another one and when my day is over and complete I reach to my God to put me back on my feet I am a God fearing man I'm a God fearing man I reach up for my God's hand I'm a God fearing man |
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from Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995)
By My Side
Don't you get ahead of me and I won't leave you behind if you get unhappy show me a sign there's no love like lost love no pain like a broken heart there's no love like you and me and no loss like us apart promises promise is only a word and when softly spoken is never heard and a heart is not a stone and is fragile when alone by my side by my side won't you be by my side by my side by my side won't you be by my side my care for you is from the ground up to the sky it's over under up above down below and to the side no use in pretending no use in saving face my love is never ending you are my saving grace by my side by my side won't you be by my side by my side by my side won't you be by my side |
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from Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995)
One Road to Freedom
Tell me which road are you travelling which road are you travelling on tell me who will you turn to when the light has gone I hear somebody calling I hear somebody calling to me with so many roads to travel there's just one can set you free there's just one road one road to freedom there's just one road one road to freedom just one in my life I have been blessed in my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst do you know which road you're travelling do you know where you want to be with so many roads to travel there's just one can set you free there's just one road one road to freedom there's just one road one road to freedom there's just one road one road to freedom just one |
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from Ben Harper - The Will To Live (1997)
Faded
You so easily amuse like a pantomime such a silent crime You so easily abuse lack of confidence it's your best offense You so easily confuse you can't deny it still you try to hide it Faded so faded like a memory gone there's no recollection Faded so faded like a forgotten dream further than it seems You so hastily defy when you think you need it you find a way to bleed it You so hastily deny pleading innocence it's your best defense You so hastily reply the moment that you said it already regret it Faded so faded like a memory gone there's no recollection Faded so faded like a forgotten dream further than it seems |
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from Ben Harper - The Will To Live (1997)
Homeless Child
Nowhere here to call my home no one near to call my own all that's left is for me to roam somebody please help me hang on Homeless child homeless child what is left for the homeless child There is no night and there is no day it is all one shade of gray some will pass and some will stay is this the end or just one more day Homeless child homeless child what is left for the homeless child Sure not much but it's my best I just need some place to rest if you could just let me be your guest I won't burden you for very long Homeless child homeless child what is left for the homeless child |
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from Ben Harper - The Will To Live (1997)
Roses From my Friends
I could have treated you better but you couldn't have treated me worse but it's he who laughs last is he who cries first Sometimes I feel I know strangers better than I know my friends why must a beginning be the means to an end The stones from my enemies these wounds will mend but I cannot survive the roses from my friends When the last word has been spoken and we've beared witness to the final setting sun all that shall remain is a token of what we've said and done When all we've had has been forsaken distant church bells no longer ring that's the sound of a heart taken and the story of tears from a king The stones from my enemies these wounds will mend but I cannot survive the roses from my friends This may be the last time I see you forgive me for holding you close this may be the last time that I see you so of this moment I will make the most This may be the last time I see you but if you keep me in your heart together we shall be eternal if you believe we shall never part The stones from my enemies these wounds will mend but I cannot survive the roses from my friends |
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from Ben Harper - The Will To Live (1997)
Jah Work
Tell me do you really know your brother man cause a heart speaks louder than a color can and why would you even shake a man's hand if you're not going to help him stand Jah work Jah work Jah work is never done Every man's actions belong to he if prepared for thereafter to each his destiny some people believe and some people know some people deceive and some people show Jah work Jah work Jah work is never done.. never done Jah work Jah work Jah work is never.. oh is never.. done Is never done You must do the heaviest so many shall do none you have got to stand firm so many shall run some they rest their head at night some get no sleep at all if you listen close to what you see you will hear the call Jah work Jah work Jah work is never done.. is never done Jah work Jah work Jah work .. mmm.. is never.. is never.. done .. |
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from Ben Harper - The Will To Live (1997)
I Want To Be Ready
How I am strong is to know what makes me weak how I am found is to know just whom I seek the gift of a blessing the burden of a sin turn to him I want to be ready ready to put on my long white robe Nailed across from hand to hand for the sin of woman and man all upon his earth is all within his plan and I know this shall be my journey home I want to be ready ready to put on my long white robe Covet no silver covet no gold reach your empty hands for him to hold up in his kingdom glory shall be proclaimed sing the song and praise his name. |
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from Ben Harper - The Will To Live (1997)
The Will To Live
I met a girl whose heart was on the right hand side and upon the left an angel did reside they told her mother that she never would survive but she kept the rhythm and is still alive We must all have the will to live you got to have the will to live Then I met a man who had to walk with his hands born into a world he couldn't stand blessed with life but cursed as a man still he walks taller than most of us can We must all have the will to live you got to have the will to live Some are born with more and some born with less so don't take for granted the life we've been blessed it's hard to understand that we're only a guest and each one of us shall be put to life's test We must all have the will to live you got to have the will to live |
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from Ben Harper - The Will To Live (1997)
Ashes
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust that's what has become of our love and trust Love has no direction cause love has no aim love can leave you as fast as she came Meeting is such sweet sorrow cause someday we may have to part hush don't you make a sound you're gonna let me down Good things come to those who wait but good things are gone from those who are late All that I am is all I can give but with or without you my life I must live Meeting is such sweet sorrow cause someday we may have to part hush don't you make a sound you're gonna let me down Living ain't easy since you've been gone no one else can please me or make me feel home Forgetting ain't easy you stay on my mind thoughts of us haunt me can't leave them behind |
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from Ben Harper - The Will To Live (1997)
Widow Of A Living Man
Mama why does he treat me so cold why do I feel so old how long has he treated me unkind or have I always been so blind I'm the widow of a living man Why can't the times stay the same now I am begging him to change what about all the plans we made now I am so afraid I'm the widow of a living man Why does he hurt me so I'm gonna need someplace to go he's no longer some kind woman's son mama I think that I had better run I'm the widow of a living man |
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from Ben Harper - The Will To Live (1997)
Can you tell me why
you're so uptight out of your head and ain't talkin right Can you tell me why your mind ain't straight out of touch and can't relate Mama's trippin' daddy's slippin' Everybody's talkin' 'bout keepin' it together but I see people splittin' when there's inclement weather What you want is what I want so why can't we agree if I could be inside of you maybe I could see why Mama's trippin' daddy's slippin' You and I ain't spoken ain't spoken for a week soon there won't be nothin' nothin' left to speak Things ain't the same since you've gone insane let's take some time and ease the strain Mama's trippin' daddy's slippin' |
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from Ben Harper - The Will To Live (1997)
I Shall Not Walk Alone
Battered and torn still I can see the light tattered and worn but I must kneel to fight Friend of mine what can't you spare I know some times it gets cold in there When my legs no longer carry and the warm wind chills my bones I reach for Mother Mary and I shall not walk alone Hope is alive while we're apart only tears speak from my heart break the chains that hold us down and we shall be forever bound When I'm tired and weary and a long way from home I reach for Mother Mary and I shall not walk alone Beauty that we left behind how shall we tomorrow find Set aside our weight in sin so that we can live again When my legs no longer carry and the warm wind chills my bones I reach for Mother Mary and I shall not walk alone |
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from Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside (2003)
I can change the world
with my own two hands make a better place with my own two hands make a kinder place with my own two hands with my own, with my own two hands with my own, with my own two hands I can make peace on earth with my own two hands And i can clean up the earth With my own two hands And I can reach out to you With my own two hands With my own, with my own two hands With my own, with my own two hands Im gonna make it a brighter place Gonna make it a safer place Gonna help the human race with my own, with my own two hands I can hold you In my own two hands And i can comfort you With my own to hands Youve got to use Use your own to hands Im gonna make it a brighter place Im gonna make it a safer place Gonna help the human race OH make it a brighter place I can hold you I can comfort you But you got to, got to, got to, go to, got to use, use your own, oh use your own lord |
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from Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside (2003)
You're a prison
I can't escape You're a decision I never make heard me laughing you heard me weep and moan (chorus) When its good its so so good when its gone its gone they say time will kill the pain i say pain is going kill my time lord wont u save me or leave me alone (chorus) i hang your picture above my mind don't do anything you cant deny i could never be your pawn (chorus) some drink to remember some to forget some for satisfaction some to regret i hope a brighter day to you I've shown (chorus) |
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from Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside (2003)
I knew a girl
Her name was truth She was a horrible liar She couldn't spend one day alone But she couldn't be satisfied When you have everything You have everything to lose She made herself a bed of nails And she's planning on putting it to use She had diamonds on the inside She had diamonds on the inside She had diamonds on the inside Diamonds A candle throws its light into the darkness In a nasty world so shines a good deed Make sure the fortune that you seek Is the fortune that you need Tell me why the first to ask Is the last to give every time What you say and do not mean Follows you close behind She had diamonds on the inside She had diamonds on the inside She wore diamonds on the inside Diamonds Diamonds Like the soldier long standing under fire Any change comes as a relief Let the giver's name remain unspoken She is just a generous thief She had diamonds on the inside She had diamonds on the inside She wore diamonds on the inside She wore diamonds Oh- diamonds She had diamonds She wore diamonds Diamonds |
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from Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside (2003)
I need to sleep but I'm too tired
I need to calm down but I'm too wired When the sun comes up I miss the moon Cause I know tomorrow is gonna come too soon She only wants to be wanted But time crumbles blue roses to dust Now I long to feel the touch from your lust Scars on your back tell where you've been But I'll roll like the ocean if you'll blow like the wind Sweet Texas angel what have your blue eyes seen I'll be your country gentleman If you will be my Mason Dixon Queen Queen She only wants to be wanted But time crumbles blue roses to dust Now I long to feel the touch from your lust So much sweeter than all the rest You're what lies between pain and death Sinners and saints call you by name If you're gonna take the praise You're gonna have to learn to take the blame She only wants to be wanted But time crumbles blue roses to dust Now I long to feel the touch from your |
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from Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside (2003)
When the good Lord is such a good Lord
With such a good mother too They have blessed me, they have blessed me In the good graces of you Now I I have heard a hundred violons crying And I I have seen a hundred white doves flying But nothing is as beautiful as when she believes When she believes, when she believes When she believes, when she believes When she believes... in me Oh in me Mmmm... oh How good it must feel to be so young, young and free And a song that pleases a queen will always please me Now I have heard the wisest of wisdom And I have dined in palaces and kingdoms But nothing is as beautiful as when she believes When she believes, when she believes When she believes, when she believes When she believes... in me Oh in me, yeah Mmmm... oh no no, oh no Now all, all of life is just passing the time Until once again your eyes look into mine Now I I have been adored by a stranger And I I have heard the whispering angel But nothing is as beautiful as when she believes When she believes, when she believes When she believes, when she believes When she believes... in me Yeah, oh no no, no no, oh no |
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from Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside (2003)
If I knew,
being here with you today would mean being alone tomorrow. I would gladly trade all of my tomorrows away for a moment with you. Brown Eyed Blues You can find yourself another fool. I said hey, hey, heeeey Can you look into my eyes or has your heart gone blind? said has your heart gone blind? What can you look Can you look into your own and find the safe place to hide? Brown Eyed Blue you can find yourself another fool. I said hey, hey, heeeey Why be with a stranger when you could be with your friend? If you're ever lonely you know I'm lonely too and I'll stay lonely Until, I'm again with you Brown Eyed Blues You can find yourself another fool |
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from Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside (2003)
When it's on the one
You know the funk's begun When you are down and out There is no doubt You need the funk Just bring the funk Bring the funk Bring the funk Now what's the problem Everybody's got them Just get the hole Out of your soul And bring the funk Bring me the funk Bring the funk If you got a glass closet Don't you throw no bones There's only getting Until the getting's gone So pass me the funk (pass the funk) Got to have my funk (got to have my funk) Oh- I need my funk (need my funk) Got to have my funk (got to have my funk) Some are jiving Some are shuck Some are just Down on their luck They just need the funk (need the funk) They got to have the funk (got to have the funk) Just bring 'em some funk (bring the funk) Just bring the funk (just bring the funk) Well, well Bring it (repeat...) Well stay black (stay black) Stay white Stay brown get on down Just bring the funk Got to bring the funk Bring the funk Need it - I need it (repeat...) Yeah Well it's got to be solid That's what you call it Funk me up Funk me down Funk me sideways Funk me all ways Bring the funk Got to bring the funk Bring the funk Oh- some things money can't fix (like what?) Some things only money will do the trick It's not the end of the world But I can see it from here So bring - bring - bring - bring Bring me the funk (bring the funk) Just bring the funk (just bring me the funk) Oh- bring the funk (bring the funk) (just bring me the funk) |
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from Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside (2003)
Behind all your tears
There's a smile Behind all of the rain There's a sunshine for miles and miles Everything Everything You mean everything You mean everything Everything to me The colors of your garden They're yellow, blue, and green And the sound of your sweet voice It's better than all my dreams Everything Everything You mean everything You mean everything Everything to me You're my first thought in the morning When I rise You're my last thought in the evening When I rest my head at night Everything Everything You mean everything You mean everything Everything to me |
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from Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside (2003)
What started as a whisper
Slowly turned into a scream Searching for an answer Where the question is unseen I don't know where you came from And I don't know where you've gone Old friends become old strangers Between the darkness and the dawn Amen Omen Will I see your face again Amen Omen Can I find the place within To live my life without you I still hear you saying All of life is a chance And is sweetest When at a glance But I live a hundred Lifetimes in a day But I die a little In every breath that I take Amen Omen Will I see your face again Amen Omen Can I find the place within To live my life without you I listen to a whisper Slowly drift away Silence is the loudest Parting word you never say I put your world Into my veins Now a voiceless sympathy Is all that remains Amen Omen Will I see your face again Amen Omen Can I find the place within To live my life without you |
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from Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside (2003)
i killed a snake with a bible
i was living a johnny cash song i'm afraid for this i may be liable so its best i be moving - moving along just a temporary remedy running through my running through my veins summer lasted through november funny when its gone you miss cold words can be spoken for a lifetime we can never hear until we're told just a temporary remedy running through my running through my veins they tell me nothing is perfect then tell me why is it a word yesterday's news is tomorrow's blues now they're perfectly blurred just a temporary remedy running through running through my veins just a temporary remedy running through running through my veins |
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from Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside (2003)
oh- once you know you can never
you can never turn back oh- but i understand 'cause we all fear what we lack being with you makes me tired as hell tired as hell and it's so high so low oh- so high so low now if i was strong and you were male you'd be dead and i would be in jail being with you makes me tired as hell tired as hell now it's so high so low oh now it's so high so low don't go making promises you know you won't keep weddings turn to funerals both with songs that make you weep being with you makes me tired as hell and it's so high so low oh now it's so high so low now it's so high so low so high so low |
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from Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside (2003)
Corcovado parted the sky
And through the darkness On us He shined Crucified in stone Still his blood is my own Glory behold all my eyes have seen I am blessed to be a witness Some have flown away And can't be with us here today Like the hills of my home Some have crumbled and are now gone Gather around for today won't come again I am blessed to be a witness So much sorrow and pain Still I will not live in vain Like good questions never asked Is wisdom wasted on the past Only by the grace of God go I I am blessed to be a witness |
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from Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside (2003)
It hangs above my altar
Like they hung Him from a cross I keep one in my wallet For the times I feel lost In a wooden frame with splinters Where my family kneels to pray And if you listen close You'll hear the words He used to say I've got a picture of Jesus In His arms so many prayers rest We've got a picture of Jesus And with Him we shall be forever blessed Now it has been spoken He would come again But would we recognize This king among men There was a man in our time His words shine bright like the sun He tried to lift the masses And was crucified by gun He was a picture of Jesus With Him so many prayers rest He is a picture of Jesus In His arms so many prayers rest With Him we shall be forever blessed Somedays have no beginning Some days have no end Some roads are straight and narrow And some roads only bend So let us say a prayer For every living thing Walking towards a light From the cross of a King We long to be a picture of Jesus In His arms so many prayers rest I long to be a picture of Jesus With Him we shall be forever blessed. |
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from Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside (2003)
I know you may not want to see me
On your way down from the clouds Would you hear me if I told you That my heart is with you now She's only happy in the sun She's only happy in the sun Did you find what you were after? The pain and the laughter brought you to your knees But if the sun sets you free, sets you free You'll be free indeed, Indeed She's only happy in the sun She's only happy in the sun Every time I hear you laughing, I hear you laughing It makes me cry Like the story of life, of your life Is hello, goodbye Shes only happy in the sun Shes only happy in the sun |
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from Ben Harper - Welcome To The Cruel World (2003)
Whipping Boy
Well you can need me Well I want you to And you can feed me How I like that too But don't you lead me I won't follow you Listen here I don't fear I don't want to be your Whipping boy You can tease me How I want you to And you can squeeze me Baby I like that too But don't you lead me I won't follow you Listen here I don't fear I don't want to be your Whipping boy You can hold me Baby I want you to And you can scold me Yes I like that too But don't you lead me I won't follow you Listen here I don't fear I don't want to be your Whipping boy Well you can need me Well I want you to And you can feed me Baby I like that too But don't you lead me I won't follow you Listen here I don't fear I don't want to be your Whipping boy |
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from Ben Harper - Welcome To The Cruel World (2003)
Breakin` Down
You don't believe that I love you And even if that was true Why just to keep our unhappy home I'm gonna try to pretend that I do But I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down My baby she left me said she ain't comin' back around and I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down And if I thought that it was okay For a grown man to cry I would have filled up the whole mighty ocean When she said goodbye and I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down You know my baby she left me said she ain't comin' back around and I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down One day you said everything was just right I don't see how it changed overnight One day you said everything was so strong The next day you turn to me and say It' s been wrong all along Oh and now you won't even look at me You pass me by in the street and you won't even speak I never meant to cause you any harm How could two people start so close And end up so far I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down |
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from Ben Harper - Welcome To The Cruel World (2003)
Waiting on an Angel
Waiting on an angel One to carry me home Hope you come to see me soon Cause I don' t want to go alone I don' t want to go alone Now angel won' t you come by me Angel hear my plea Take my hand lift me up So that I can fly with thee So that I can fly with thee And I'm waiting on an angel And I know it won' t be long To find myself a resting place In my angel's arms In my angel's arms So speak kind to a stranger Cause you'll never know It just might be an angel come Knockin' at your door Knockin' at your door And I'm waiting on an angel And I know it won't be long To find myself a resting place In my angel's arms In my angel's arms Waiting on an angel One to carry me home Hope you come and see me soon Cause I don' t want to go alone I don't want to go alone Don' t want to go I don't want to go alone |
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from Ben Harper - Welcome To The Cruel World (2003)
Papa he left home today
Said he ain't comin' back again Said he ain't gonna be nobody's second best Just couse mama's got a special kind of friend Papa he left home today Said he ain't comin' back no more Said he ain't gonna take no damn back seat And how could mama do him so low But mama's got a girlfriend now boy Mama's got a girlfriend now Mama's got a girlfriend Mama's got a true friend Mama's got a girlfriend now You see mama don't watch your damn football And your beer drinkin' just won't do You're just stayin' out late And you're preachin' the hate And you never have been true You see mama she want her somebody Who will let her be herself So she's leavin' you And your stinky damn ways Cause she's found somebody else And mama's got a girlfriend now boy Mama's got a girlfriend now Mama's got a girlfriend Mama's found a true friend Mama's got a girlfriend now Papa he left home today He was wavin' his hands and cryin' You could tell by the sound And the tone in his voice That his heart was slowly dyin' But mama said "boy if i ever Catch you 'round here again You ain't never gonna have nobody else Not a woman or a man" And mama's got a girlfriend now boy Mama's got a girlfriend now Mama's got a girlfriend Mama found a true friend Mama's got a girlfriend now Mama's got a girlfriend now boy Mama's got a girlfriend now Mama's got a girlfriend Mama's found a true friend Mama's got a girlfriend now |
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