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from Music From House : American TV Drama Collection Vol.4 [omnibus, ost] (2009)
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 Body Of War: Songs That Inspired An Iraq War Veteran [best, ost] (2008)
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 하우스 (House M.D.) (2007)
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 - 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 - 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)
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)
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)
You sit there and call me a liar and a cheat
I just wish you'd pin a rose on me Now you won't even come out and take a bow Crying won't help you now Crying won't help you now So now your poets Have all put down their pens The only songs to sing Are those sung again Lonely just doesn't look good on you somehow Crying won't help you now Crying won't help you now Now I jsut keep on starring Into the black eyes of the truth We'll have to learn to live up on our own somehow Crying won't help you now Crying won't help you now Crying won't help you now Crying won't help you now |
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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'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 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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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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)
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)
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)
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)
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 Standing In The Shadows Of Motown (2005)
Written by Norman Whitfield / Barrett Strong
Ooh, I bet you're wondering how I knew 'bout you're plans to make me blue with some other guy that you knew before. Between the two of us guys you know I love you more. It took me by surprise I must say, when I found out yesterday. Don't you know that... I heard it through the grapevine not much longer would you be mine. Oh I heard it through the grapevine, Oh and I'm just about to lose my mind. Honey, honey yeah. I know that a man ain't supposed to cry, but these tears I can't hold inside. Losin' you would end my life you see, cause you mean that much to me. You could have told me yourself that you love someone else. Instead... I heard it through the grapevine not much longer would you be mine. Oh I heard it through the grapevine, Oh and I'm just about to lose my mind. Honey, honey yeah. People say believe half of what you see, son, and none of what you hear. I can't help bein' confused if it's true please tell me dear? Do you plan to let me go for the other guy you loved before? Don't you know... I heard it through the grapevine not much longer would you be mine. Oh I heard it through the grapevine, Oh and I'm just about to lose my mind. |
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from Ben Harper - Live At The Hollywood Bowl (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 - Live At The Hollywood Bowl (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 - Live At The Hollywood Bowl (2003)
Oh baby now let's get down tonight
Baby, I'm hot just like your oven and I need your lovin' and, baby, I can't hold it much longer oh it's getting stronger and stronger And when I get that feeling I gotta have Sexual healing Sexual healing It makes me feel so fine It helps to relieve the mind Sexual healing, is good for me Sexual healing now is something that is so very good for me Whenever these blue tear drops are falling And my emotional stability is leaving me there is something I can do Oh I can get on the telephone and call you up baby Darling I know you'll be there to relieve me The love you bring to me will free me and 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 Heal me, my darling Baby, I got sick this morning Well a sea was storming up inside of me Baby, I think I'm capsizing All the waves are rising And when I get that feeling i gotta have Sexual healing Sexual healing It makes me feel so fine, it's such a rush It helps to release the mind, Lord it's good for us Sexual healing, is good for me Sexual healing is something thats good for me Oh it's good for us, oh it's so good to me My baby Whoahohh woah Just grab a hold Come take control Of my body and mind Soon we'll be making love Honey, we'll be doin' 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 heal me my darling I can't wait for you to operate heal my darling 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'll come calling Heal me, my darling |
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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 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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Let me take you down
'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields Nothing is real, and there's nothing to get hung about 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 there's 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 there's 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 Oh nothing, nothing is real And there's nothing to get hung about Strawberry Fields forever Strawberry Fields forever Strawberry Fields forever |
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from Ben Harper - With My Own Two Hands (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 - With My Own Two Hands (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 - With My Own Two Hands (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 - With My Own Two Hands (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 - With My Own Two Hands (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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
You say what's mine is mine
And what's yours is mine too Now you've got more than you can spend But all of the money in the whole wide world Is not gonna help you in the end Now while there's still time to be saved Don't take that attitude to your grave It might be too late for you I'm afraid So don't take that attitude to your Grave Don't you take it there I hear helicopters over my house everyday Shining their lights and flying low Treat a child like a criminal from the day he is born And you're gonna reap just what you sew Now while there's still time to be saved Don't take that attitude to your grave Might be too late for you I'm afraid Now don't take that attitude to your grave Don't you take it there So you can move your court case way across town You can move it across the whole wide globe But it ain't gonna help your court case up in the sky When you go to put on your white robe Now while there's still time to be saved Don't take that attitude to your grave Might be too late for you I'm afraid Don't you, they don't want it. Don't you take it there. And you dare the children stay off of drugs I dare to stop letting them in And how dare you point your finger at a gang out on the street While its you who is committing the sin Now while there's still time to be saved Don't take that attitude to your grave Might be too late for you I'm afraid Don't take that attitude to your grave Don't you take it there They don't it want it there You know your mother taught you better Don't take that attitude to your grave |
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from Ben Harper - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
Forever
Not talkin' 'bout a year No not three or four I don't want that kind of forever In my life anymore Forever always seems to be around when it begins but forever never seems to be around when it ends So give me your forever Please your forever Not a day less will do From you People spend so much time Every single day Runnin' 'round all over town Givin' their forever away But no not me I won't let my forever roam and now I hope I can find my forever a home So give me your forever Please your forever Not a day less will do From you Like a handless clock with numbers An infinite of time No not the forever found Only in the mind Forever always seems to be around when things begin but forever never seems to be around when things end So give me your forever Please your forever Not a day less will do From you |
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from Ben Harper - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
Glory & Consequence
I'm more afraid of living than I am scared to die I'm more afraid of falling than I am of flying high Every moral has a story every story has an end every battle has its glory and its consequence I'm more afraid of loving than I am of being scorned but I will keep on trying though I have been forewarned Every moral has a story every story has an end every battle has its glory and its consequence I would rather me be lonely and you have someone to hold I'm not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every moral has a story every story has an end every battle has its glory and its consequence |
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from Ben Harper - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
How Many Miles Must We March?
Exactly how much will have to burn Before we will look to the past to learn We walk along this endless path Which has led us in a circle So here we are right back We can't let the future become our past If we are to change the world Won't you tell me Tell me please How many miles must we march How many miles must we march When I was a baby I was not prejudiced Hey how about you This was something That I learned in school Something they taught us to do We can't let our future become our past If we are to change the world Won't you tell me Tell me please How many miles must we march How many miles must we march There must come a day When a box is not somebody's home The unfinished work of our heroes Must truly be our own We can't let the future become our past If we are to change the world Won't you tell me Tell me please How many miles must we march How many miles must we march How many miles must we march How many miles must we march How many miles must we march How many miles must we march |
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from Ben Harper - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies You may trod me down in the very dirt And still like the dust I'll rise Does my happiness upset you Why are you best with gloom Cause I laugh like I've got an oil well Pumping in my living room So you may you 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 Now did you want to see me broken Bowed head and lowered eyes Shoulders fallen down like tear drops Weakened by my soulful cries Does my confidence upset you Don't you take it awful hard Cause I'll 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 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 gold mine 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 I'll rise I'll rise I'll rise, yes I'll rise 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 I'll rise I'll rise I'll rise rise rise I'm 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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
Like a King
Well Martin's dream Has become Rodney's worst Nightmare Can't walk the streets To them we are fair game Our lives don't mean a thing Like a king, like a king, like a king Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King Like a king, like a king, like a king How I wish you could help us Dr. King Make sure it's filmed Shown on national T.V. They'll have no mercy A legal lynch mob Like the days strung up from the tree The L.A.P.D. Like a king, like a king, like a king Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King Like a king, like a king, like a king How I wish you could help us Dr. King So if you catch yourself Thinking it has changed for the best You better second guess Cause Martin's dream Has become Rodney's worst Nightmare Like a king, like a king, like a king Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King Like a king, like a king, like a king How I wish you could help us Dr. King |
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from Ben Harper - Ben Harper Box Set (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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from Ben Harper - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
Pleasure And Pain
I'm leaving here on the morning train And I will never see this world again I've felt pleasure And I have felt pain And I know now That I can never be the same How I wonder why the world can be so cold And if only good die young Then left with me cruel here to grow old And I felt pleasure And I felt pain And I know now I can never be the same And if someday I find my peace of mind I will share my wealth with all of human kind I've felt pleasure And I have felt pain And I know now That I can never be the same So if the sun does shine or rain does fall I give thanks I've had my sight to see through it all And I've felt pleasure And I've felt pain And I know now That I can never be the same |
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from Ben Harper - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
Walk Away
Oh no Here comes that sun again That means another day Without you my friend And it hurts me To look into the mirror at myself And it hurts even more To have to be with somebody else And it's so hard to do And so easy to say But sometimes Sometimes you just have to walk away Walk away With so many people To love in my life Why do I worry About one But you put the happy In my ness You put the good times Into my fun And it's so hard to do And so easy to say But sometimes Sometimes you just have to walk away Walk away And head for the door We've tried the goodbye So many days We walk in the same direction So that we could never stray They say if you love somebody Than you have got to set them free But I would rather be locked to you Than live in this pain and misery They say time will Make all this go away But it's time that has taken my tomorrows And turned them into yesterdays And once again that rising sun Is droppin' 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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
Welcome to the Cruel World
Welcome to the cruel world Hope you find your way Welcome to the cruel world Hope you find your way It's a cruel world Try to enjoy your stay Yes it is a cruel world When you're 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 - Ben Harper Box Set (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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - Ben Harper Box Set (2003)
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 - 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)
Forever
Not talkin' 'bout a year No not three or four I don't want that kind of forever In my life anymore Forever always seems to be around when it begins but forever never seems to be around when it ends So give me your forever Please your forever Not a day less will do From you People spend so much time Every single day Runnin' 'round all over town Givin' their forever away But no not me I won't let my forever roam and now I hope I can find my forever a home So give me your forever Please your forever Not a day less will do From you Like a handless clock with numbers An infinite of time No not the forever found Only in the mind Forever always seems to be around when things begin but forever never seems to be around when things end So give me your forever Please your forever Not a day less will do From you |
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from Ben Harper - Welcome To The Cruel World (2003)
How Many Miles Must We March?
Exactly how much will have to burn Before we will look to the past to learn We walk along this endless path Which has led us in a circle So here we are right back We can't let the future become our past If we are to change the world Won't you tell me Tell me please How many miles must we march How many miles must we march When I was a baby I was not prejudiced Hey how about you This was something That I learned in school Something they taught us to do We can't let our future become our past If we are to change the world Won't you tell me Tell me please How many miles must we march How many miles must we march There must come a day When a box is not somebody's home The unfinished work of our heroes Must truly be our own We can't let the future become our past If we are to change the world Won't you tell me Tell me please How many miles must we march How many miles must we march How many miles must we march How many miles must we march How many miles must we march How many miles must we march |
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from Ben Harper - Welcome To The Cruel World (2003)
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies You may trod me down in the very dirt And still like the dust I'll rise Does my happiness upset you Why are you best with gloom Cause I laugh like I've got an oil well Pumping in my living room So you may you 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 Now did you want to see me broken Bowed head and lowered eyes Shoulders fallen down like tear drops Weakened by my soulful cries Does my confidence upset you Don't you take it awful hard Cause I'll 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 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 gold mine 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 I'll rise I'll rise I'll rise, yes I'll rise 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 I'll rise I'll rise I'll rise rise rise I'm 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 - Welcome To The Cruel World (2003)
Like a King
Well Martin's dream Has become Rodney's worst Nightmare Can't walk the streets To them we are fair game Our lives don't mean a thing Like a king, like a king, like a king Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King Like a king, like a king, like a king How I wish you could help us Dr. King Make sure it's filmed Shown on national T.V. They'll have no mercy A legal lynch mob Like the days strung up from the tree The L.A.P.D. Like a king, like a king, like a king Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King Like a king, like a king, like a king How I wish you could help us Dr. King So if you catch yourself Thinking it has changed for the best You better second guess Cause Martin's dream Has become Rodney's worst Nightmare Like a king, like a king, like a king Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King Like a king, like a king, like a king How I wish you could help us Dr. King |
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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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from Ben Harper - Welcome To The Cruel World (2003)
Pleasure And Pain
I'm leaving here on the morning train And I will never see this world again I've felt pleasure And I have felt pain And I know now That I can never be the same How I wonder why the world can be so cold And if only good die young Then left with me cruel here to grow old And I felt pleasure And I felt pain And I know now I can never be the same And if someday I find my peace of mind I will share my wealth with all of human kind I've felt pleasure And I have felt pain And I know now That I can never be the same So if the sun does shine or rain does fall I give thanks I've had my sight to see through it all And I've felt pleasure And I've felt pain And I know now That I can never be the same |
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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)
Walk Away
Oh no Here comes that sun again That means another day Without you my friend And it hurts me To look into the mirror at myself And it hurts even more To have to be with somebody else And it's so hard to do And so easy to say But sometimes Sometimes you just have to walk away Walk away With so many people To love in my life Why do I worry About one But you put the happy In my ness You put the good times Into my fun And it's so hard to do And so easy to say But sometimes Sometimes you just have to walk away Walk away And head for the door We've tried the goodbye So many days We walk in the same direction So that we could never stray They say if you love somebody Than you have got to set them free But I would rather be locked to you Than live in this pain and misery They say time will Make all this go away But it's time that has taken my tomorrows And turned them into yesterdays And once again that rising sun Is droppin' 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 - Welcome To The Cruel World (2003)
Welcome to the Cruel World
Welcome to the cruel world Hope you find your way Welcome to the cruel world Hope you find your way It's a cruel world Try to enjoy your stay Yes it is a cruel world When you're 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 - 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 - 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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