Disc 1 | ||||||
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1. |
| 5:21 | ||||
the spirit of the people the spirit of the people the spirit of the people the rhythm has begun ... old men with their protocol lead us off to war sometimes we don't even know what we're fighting for marching to the beat of their drum leaders we no longer trust told too many lies the promises they made to us were never realised hear me now the chant has begun nowhere left to turn no-one left to turn to voices raised in anger they don't have the answer our whole world's in danger oil slicks on the ebbing tide progress out of hand blind men choke on swallowed pride heads down in the sand don't wanna see the damage they've done trees destroyed by acid rain falling from the skies when our children place the blame who will tell them why hear me now the chant has begun why is love so rare all this talk of warfare voices raised in anger they don't have an answer pass the word along we can wait no longer too much blind destruction follow love's instructions now the chant has begun (chant) make your choice there's no escape add your voice, the chant has begun |
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2. |
| 5:34 | ||||
born in this place you only see so far hear what we say if we put the truth in your hands would you really like to know Kansas city milkman a row of houses through the dawn a sleeping city where I was born I hear laughter in the early light outside the playground were I learned to fight born in this place you only see so far hear what we say if we put the truth in your hands would you really like to know Kansas city milkman I read the papers every word my only access to the outside world yeah ... survival that's my game just a common man in that there is no shame ... is there? ... too much talking information ... in the hands of the few all the talking dis-information ... that we take for the truth born in this place you only see so far hear what we say the world is a stage and we know just who you are what part do you play? if we put the truth in your hands would you really like to know Kansas city milkman |
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3. |
| 4:24 | ||||
she was so young and so afraid of a world she could not understand for seven days I held her close like a child in the palm of my hand there were seven tears to wipe away seven fears to keep at bay seven words for me to say in seven days the strands of wisdom twist and curl soft flame in the warmth of my heart oh essential words that lightly fall like snow thru the mist of her thought the gentle rain of innocence that flows from her ebony eyes another secret moment shared to be part of the rest of our lives there were seven dreams to live for real seven streams of hope revealed seven ways of love to feel in seven days we are the only ones who know her smile was poetry her soul she showed it to me the dawning of the seventh day saw her shine like the radiant skies I knew that she would leave me then bright hope in her ebony eyes (and now) I watch her dance before the world soft flame in the movements she makes and all those secret moments shared stay warm in my thoughts everyday remembering seven tears wiped away seven fears kept at bay seven words you heard me say seven dreams to live and play seven streams of hope revealed seven waves of love we feel seven days memory of seven days |
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4. |
| 5:38 | ||||
tell - me something why do I always find it hard just to get along try my best - for nothing every little thing I do is wrong feel it in my brain driving me insane round and round the same old tune "daddy's on the phone you know you're not alone turn that down and clean up your room." sons and daughters (don't fall in) in hot water sons and daughters (they don't do) what they oughta tell (tell) you something music is the key to set me free to the beat (on the street) I'm jumping forgetting all the things they said 'bout me here it comes again chugging like a train round and round an impeccable groove I know it's getting late but I won't histate can't slow down got to do what I do sons and daughters (always in) in hot water wasting time is a crime in their eyes but I'm still young so much time to decide - what to do ... (I don't need confirmation for my boyhood extrapolation though I'm not sure of my direction I have the groove for my protection) here it comes again chugging like a train round and round an impeccable groove I know it's getting late but I won't hesitate can't slow down got to do what I do sons and daughters (don't fall in) in hot water (when they fall by the way) sons and daughters (they don't do) what they oughta tell me something where you staying tonight your folks have waited up for you now they've locked the door and turned off the light. |
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5. |
| 5:05 | ||||
in your hands there's a photograph you look up, she begins to laugh so cold as she walks away and you know that it's time to pay you're caught in a web you spun yourself face to face with your failure this very day you call out her name you can't help yourself but you need love like you need a - kick in the head you worked hard for the things you own fancy cars and a country home gave it all for a glittering prize to be a face people recognise on the walls of your home there are works of art but you stare at the picture - on the floor the face of a man with an aching heart it's no fun to be famous anymore (you said ) this is a sad day and I would gladly give it all away in exchange for a floating life shed your tears for a shallow dream let your cry be a primal scream a song through the mists of time a serenade to your concubine you were wrong to believe she could set you free you're trapped by the trappings - of success and you know the she'll never let you be 'til the world knows the secrets - you confessed (you said) I see her cruel face my heart is nothing but an empty space and on this sad day I would gladly give it all away in exchange for a floating life neither asleep nor awake losing control you start to shake as the day begins to break they're gonna shoot you down in flames when that girl starts naming names there's nowhere to hide from your shame |
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6. |
| 5:05 | ||||
stuck inside my harvard box behind the door the bauhaus locked I'm wrestling with a new ideal I'm working out the way I feel I just came back from Cultureburg where I tried to learn the painted word people there were so convinced it's kept me thinking ever since crazy, but true I want to believe like you "come with me", the teacher said "no side-to-side, look straight ahead 'cause if you want true confidence you'd best forget your common sense. go find yourself a point of view and if you need some help to choose just dance the dance named after me if you believe then you will see" crazy, but true now I believe in you there was a time when we could make head nor tail of the story now it's sublime and we're not afraid anymore 'cause we're all true believers solo. so tell me it's true I want to believe in you crazy, but true I want to believe in you blind faith makes such strange demands sometimes a think I'll never understand answers on a postcard, please I'd like to know what you believe true believers ... are you a true believer (I wanna believe in you) |
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7. |
| 4:18 | ||||
my hero ... on Baker Street the limousine stood blacker than the darkest thing in the rain deep in the back his life was ending still they would not let him be where is he? his music ran through the streets of the city straight to the heart with each song the path he chose was a road to freedom and I kept following on my hero ... I heard the news all my emotions shattered into empty blue where are you the radio like distant thunder raging black rock symphonies storm heart tears his music runs through the heart of the city his sound is heard in each song you never found where his road was leading the hope you gave lingers on my hero ... the brightest stars explode into a thousand moons (solo) his music runs through the heart of the city the sound he made is too strong his name remains part of my emotions the memories linger on my hero ... |
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8. |
| 4:47 | ||||
a total stranger came between us until it's safe no-one will know (Kouyate) there is a secret between us we must keep it to ourselves (Kouyate) all the love we shared between us we can't tell nobody else (Kouyate) there is a secret between us 1 staring hard at my tv but that blue flicker doesn't comfort me it hurts so much the memory of her tender touch in my dreams I call a man-of-war on glory road a native girl whose tale was never told now we must live a lie to point blank accusations I have denied it all I live for the day I live for the hour when I'm free to speak your name and reveal to the world - our secret 2 underneath that bowl of stars she lay me down to heal my battlescars she taught me love the one thing I knew nothing of and she made me see I had to leave that scattered place I kept the secret to avoid disgrace but there will come a time when I return to make her mine in a world so free I live for this day I live for this hour when I'm in your arms again, yeah and we both yield to love's power (bridge) be patient now we can't resist the racing storm of prejudice hate ... has ... silenced ... love ... we took the village by surprise no time to see the strangers hate filled eyes for this sad consequence they had no defense in the midst off all that pain I heard her call "Kouyate is my name love conquers all" solo I live for this day I live for this hour when I'm in your arms again and we both yield to love's power so sad I had to go (Kouyate) with so much love to share between us until it's safe no-one will know (Kouyate) there is a secret between us |
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9. |
| 5:09 | ||||
day and night by the window of my mind there you are in the courtyard one last time the singing of a famous song I've never heard before a man without a shadow slowly walking past my door my mind projects a face soon to be free of misery the chiming of some distant bell that echoes in my heart a dance upon the flagstones to the music of the stars a mother's name that lingers on a soothing summer's breeze all alone I said no prayers today I couldn't kneel to please the god that failed you now you're gone I'll sit and spend each day hours by the window morning comes to my rescue once again whispers in the corridor and footsteps in the hall my only point of reference now the sunlight on the wall it draws me to the window where my dreams are memories a step beyond the line where sunken eyes avert their gaze an endless tract of time reveals a thousand silent ways all searching for an answer to life's deepest mysteries on the ocean of pure time I sail away I go and these four walls will not contain me maybe there I'll see your face again hours by the window all alone I said no prayers today I couldn't kneel to please the god that failed you what I'd give to see your face again hours by the window |
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10. |
| 8:05 | ||||
the spirit of the people the spirit of the people the spirit of the people the rhythm has begun ... old men with their protocol lead us off to war sometimes we don't even know what we're fighting for marching to the beat of their drum leaders we no longer trust told too many lies the promises they made to us were never realised hear me now the chant has begun nowhere left to turn no-one left to turn to voices raised in anger they don't have the answer our whole world's in danger oil slicks on the ebbing tide progress out of hand blind men choke on swallowed pride heads down in the sand don't wanna see the damage they've done trees destroyed by acid rain falling from the skies when our children place the blame who will tell them why hear me now the chant has begun why is love so rare all this talk of warfare voices raised in anger they don't have an answer pass the word along we can wait no longer too much blind destruction follow love's instructions now the chant has begun (chant) make your choice there's no escape add your voice, the chant has begun |
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11. |
| 3:47 | ||||
in your hands there's a photograph you look up, she begins to laugh so cold as she walks away and you know that it's time to pay you're caught in a web you spun yourself face to face with your failure this very day you call out her name you can't help yourself but you need love like you need a - kick in the head you worked hard for the things you own fancy cars and a country home gave it all for a glittering prize to be a face people recognise on the walls of your home there are works of art but you stare at the picture - on the floor the face of a man with an aching heart it's no fun to be famous anymore (you said ) this is a sad day and I would gladly give it all away in exchange for a floating life shed your tears for a shallow dream let your cry be a primal scream a song through the mists of time a serenade to your concubine you were wrong to believe she could set you free you're trapped by the trappings - of success and you know the she'll never let you be 'til the world knows the secrets - you confessed (you said) I see her cruel face my heart is nothing but an empty space and on this sad day I would gladly give it all away in exchange for a floating life neither asleep nor awake losing control you start to shake as the day begins to break they're gonna shoot you down in flames when that girl starts naming names there's nowhere to hide from your shame |
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12. |
| 3:39 | ||||
she was so young and so afraid of a world she could not understand for seven days I held her close like a child in the palm of my hand there were seven tears to wipe away seven fears to keep at bay seven words for me to say in seven days the strands of wisdom twist and curl soft flame in the warmth of my heart oh essential words that lightly fall like snow thru the mist of her thought the gentle rain of innocence that flows from her ebony eyes another secret moment shared to be part of the rest of our lives there were seven dreams to live for real seven streams of hope revealed seven ways of love to feel in seven days we are the only ones who know her smile was poetry her soul she showed it to me the dawning of the seventh day saw her shine like the radiant skies I knew that she would leave me then bright hope in her ebony eyes (and now) I watch her dance before the world soft flame in the movements she makes and all those secret moments shared stay warm in my thoughts everyday remembering seven tears wiped away seven fears kept at bay seven words you heard me say seven dreams to live and play seven streams of hope revealed seven waves of love we feel seven days memory of seven days |
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13. |
| 3:57 | ||||
day and night by the window of my mind there you are in the courtyard one last time the singing of a famous song I've never heard before a man without a shadow slowly walking past my door my mind projects a face soon to be free of misery the chiming of some distant bell that echoes in my heart a dance upon the flagstones to the music of the stars a mother's name that lingers on a soothing summer's breeze all alone I said no prayers today I couldn't kneel to please the god that failed you now you're gone I'll sit and spend each day hours by the window morning comes to my rescue once again whispers in the corridor and footsteps in the hall my only point of reference now the sunlight on the wall it draws me to the window where my dreams are memories a step beyond the line where sunken eyes avert their gaze an endless tract of time reveals a thousand silent ways all searching for an answer to life's deepest mysteries on the ocean of pure time I sail away I go and these four walls will not contain me maybe there I'll see your face again hours by the window all alone I said no prayers today I couldn't kneel to please the god that failed you what I'd give to see your face again hours by the window |
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14. |
| 3:44 | ||||
15. |
| 10:26 | ||||
tell - me something why do I always find it hard just to get along try my best - for nothing every little thing I do is wrong feel it in my brain driving me insane round and round the same old tune "daddy's on the phone you know you're not alone turn that down and clean up your room." sons and daughters (don't fall in) in hot water sons and daughters (they don't do) what they oughta tell (tell) you something music is the key to set me free to the beat (on the street) I'm jumping forgetting all the things they said 'bout me here it comes again chugging like a train round and round an impeccable groove I know it's getting late but I won't histate can't slow down got to do what I do sons and daughters (always in) in hot water wasting time is a crime in their eyes but I'm still young so much time to decide - what to do ... (I don't need confirmation for my boyhood extrapolation though I'm not sure of my direction I have the groove for my protection) here it comes again chugging like a train round and round an impeccable groove I know it's getting late but I won't hesitate can't slow down got to do what I do sons and daughters (don't fall in) in hot water (when they fall by the way) sons and daughters (they don't do) what they oughta tell me something where you staying tonight your folks have waited up for you now they've locked the door and turned off the light. |
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Disc 2 | ||||||
1. |
| 5:17 | ||||
some folks try to multiply from sunrise to sunset leave behind more of their kind so no one will forget but that ain't where I'm coming from - today those easy girls don't turn me on - anyway I wanna know where my pride has gone the party's over caught in a dream inside this world machine teachers teach and preachers preach of spiritual evolution but this big I am from uncle sham just adds to my confusion I've seen his face, I've heard his song - before but I don't care what time he's on - anymore I must have been on the streets too long the party's over caught in a dream inside this world machine I find myself outside your door trying to make it like before but you don't follow what I say and I can tell by your smile you're no longer a child that part of you was buried yesterday . . . . . . who knows why they come and where they go in this world machine? it's the chosen fools who make the rules that don't apply to me with their fast-car games and counter claims not my reality and I don't know if I belong - today I don't know why my friends have gone - away I must have been on the streets too long the party's over caught in a dream inside this world machine (don't knock the system - we'll knock some sense in you don't beat the system - there's nothing you can do) |
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2. |
| 5:29 | ||||
I leave as I enter, another boy caught in-between
Now all I can muster are whispers to your screams Don't you remember how you eased my disgrace? Don't you remember the love you saw in my face? Perfected in silence A physical presence I sought affection, but now I realize A cold rejection, the movement in your eyes But I can rememeber when you shook against me I can remember when I saw what love could be Perfected in silence A physical presence Ain't what she did, it's the way that she did it When I couldn't give, only she could forgive it Ain't what she did, it's the way that she did it As long as I live, it's for me to relive it... ... silence ... Part of the answer is that there's really no escape Part of the answer is that life can have such perfect shape Don't you remember all the nights you shared in my disgrace? Don't you remember that the love that filled this empty space was... ... perfected in silence? A physical presence Perfected in silence A physical presence |
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3. |
| 4:26 | ||||
Ooh ooh How how can it be that a love Carved out of caring fashioned by fate Could suffer so hard From the games played once too often But making mistakes is a part Of life's imperfectionborn of the years Is it so wrong to be human after all Drawn into the stream Of undefined illusion Those diamond dreams They can't disguise the truth That there is something about you Baby so right I wouldn't be without you baby tonight If ever our love was concealed No one can say that we didn't feel A million things And a perfect dream of life Gone fragile but free We remain tender together not so in love It's not so wrong We're only human after all These changing years They add to your confusion Oh and you need to hear the time That told the truth That there is something about you Baby so right Don't want to be without you Baby tonight Because there's something about you Baby so right I couldn't live without you Baby tonight ooh ooh To feel there's something about you Baby I couldn't sleep without you Tonight |
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4. |
| 5:03 | ||||
It seems true love is so rare Seems all I?ve known is deceipt. Your laughter fills the air Once more I?m sensing defeat And I supposeyou?re leaving me now I was so surenow I?m so full of doubt And I supposeYou?ll be leaving this place Just like the smileyou?ve wiped from my facethis time I allways gave my best Your memory serves you so badly Some people kill for less Yet I?d still die for you gladly And I suppose, it?s my turn now To play the scene, that?s familiar somehow I turn the page, and you walk away Not even love could bring stay, this time Once more I?m learning, in the depths of my dispare Your lies confirm it, true love is so rare And I suppose, it?s my turn now To play the scene, that?s familiar somehow You show the tears, that melt in your eyes Takes just one look, to know Im still mesmerized And I suppose, you?re leaving me now There?s no more love, only feelings of doubt And I suppose, you?ll be leaving this place Just like the smile, you?ve wiped from my face, This time |
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5. |
| 4:08 | ||||
The time has come for dreaming Don't feel tired but I feel a need to sleep 'cause my life takes on new meaning When I close my eyes and you reveal yourself to me That's our time, time for changes A time for reason, something only you can see All my life I have waited For a chance to give the love only you demand of me Fame and success are poor relations The more I get, the less I need it Happiness is an unknown sensation My heart has a hunger and only you can feed it. Come on - in my dreams tonight Show me - where to start Come on - I need to shed some light I wanna sleep on my heart In the past, for protection When someone got too close Yet another bridge would burn But I can find no connection Between the love that you propose And the lessons that I've learned I want to hear your explanation You'll never know how much I need it I want my tears to bear your reflection 'cause my heart has a hunger and only you can feed it. Come on - in my dreams tonight Show me - where to start Come on - I need to shed some light I wanna sleep on my heart I'm sitting here surrounded by possessions Objects that confront me night and day The fruits of my material obsession But it seems the more I earn, the more I have to pay Yoy've made it clear that blind ambition Leads nowhere and I don't need it I've lost all my fear, all my inhibitions My heart has a hunger, but I know you can feed it Come on - in my dreams tonight Show me - where to start Come on - I need to shed some light I wanna sleep on my heart |
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6. |
| 4:36 | ||||
I know you live on my street I sometimes wonder why we don't meet I've seen your face in the sky twenty-five stories high you never come down to earth communication (communication) could hardly be much worse don't keep me here in the dark I want to be your friend your fears are way off the mark every generation sees it their own way never learning their lessons making the same mistakes again it's not the same for us - as history fades away it's not the same for us - you must hear me when I say look out on this brave new land think of the future the future that lays in our hands our leaders live in the past we can change it there's something to hope for at last every generation sees it their own way why don't we learn our lessons don't make the same mistakes again (Chorus) what dreams are you chasing now? what are you living for? the problems that we're facing now nobody faced before please don't reject me in anger or in sorrow you've got to accept me if we're to make a better tomorrow it's not the same - it's not the same for us |
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7. |
| 3:55 | ||||
dream crazy we change too fast take cover cos it can't last (it's a) cold crime a deadly sting there's no time to talk of deadly things well there's no lifetime guarantees but I see you and you see me let's spend the night on love's deep sea and let emotion set us free I love the way you start to glow I love the way your body flows stand easy it's a party crash so sleazy let's make a smash cool colors set the scene dive into the neon love machine you know my love's a guarantee so dance a dance of love with me your body's moving like the sea now we're as close as we can be (Chorus) I love the way you start to glow I love the way your body flows that's the way the party goes and it's a way everyone knows well there's no lifetime guarantees but when you you're making love to me we'll ride the waves of ecstasy and let emotion set us free (Chorus) dream crazy dream crazy |
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8. |
| 4:39 | ||||
it just occurred to me
I must be blind why do I try so hard to keep my cool when I'm about to lose my mind there was a vision flashing by of a summers' day I spent with you of a child who never learnt how to cry when those around me fall in despair I call upon my common sense 'cause someone has to care a sudden decision I can't explain though I've often tried to change the rules the game remains the same for love I've played the part so many times it fits me like a glove but I'm the victim in the bitter end I know you need me to be strong l just don't know how much longer I can pretend you always need me to be a good man in a storm it sometimes scares me the further we go just how much we understand and just how much we know so whatever happened in our hearts while making perfect sense of life we still remain so far apart you always want me to be a good man in a storm trying to fit the social norm and be a good man in a storm trying hard since I was born to be a good man in a storm |
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9. |
| 3:41 | ||||
on the border there's disorder now they've gone too far wait for the coup d'etat fragmentation we don't know who we are wait for the coup d'etat no choice look what we've become world peace at the point of a gun the voice that calls everyone says fight for a place in the sun proud man's daughter came through slaughter but she still bears the scars wait for the coup d'etat declaration 'cross the nation hailed as a rising star wait for the coup d'etat too late to make any plans the state has met her demands we wait for the blood on her hands to dry on the border there's disorder proud mans' daughter came through slaughter |
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10. |
| 5:45 | ||||
She came thru the door round my place she was not the same I reached out my hand to touch her face she turned her head away her words flew in empty circles reasons unexplained I saw that her thoughts were somewhere else we made love anyway lying still in your arms and the tears came down she cried her pain and like the rain that draws a cloud across the sun the tears flow on she cried the pain she felt inside as night touched the sky with moonglow she opened up her heart the tides of emotions ebb and flow washing us apart we talked thru the night in whispers as the silent city lay reasons she gave cut deep and hard the dawn broke angry grey lying still in your arms heartbeats cold she cried my pain like thunder rolling thru an aching winter sky heartbeats cold her pain lying still in your arms but the tears came down she cried my pain and like the rain that draws a cloud across the sun the tears flow on she cried the pain I felt inside the future dissolves in the tears the morning surrenders the years how can you say our love wasn't real when I can see how you feel another time another place I won't cry for her no more the days go on but the nights are long I'll remember her for sure still in your arms |
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11. |
| 6:08 | ||||
The time has come for dreaming Don't feel tired but I feel a need to sleep 'cause my life takes on new meaning When I close my eyes and you reveal yourself to me That's our time, time for changes A time for reason, something only you can see All my life I have waited For a chance to give the love only you demand of me Fame and success are poor relations The more I get, the less I need it Happiness is an unknown sensation My heart has a hunger and only you can feed it. Come on - in my dreams tonight Show me - where to start Come on - I need to shed some light I wanna sleep on my heart In the past, for protection When someone got too close Yet another bridge would burn But I can find no connection Between the love that you propose And the lessons that I've learned I want to hear your explanation You'll never know how much I need it I want my tears to bear your reflection 'cause my heart has a hunger and only you can feed it. Come on - in my dreams tonight Show me - where to start Come on - I need to shed some light I wanna sleep on my heart I'm sitting here surrounded by possessions Objects that confront me night and day The fruits of my material obsession But it seems the more I earn, the more I have to pay Yoy've made it clear that blind ambition Leads nowhere and I don't need it I've lost all my fear, all my inhibitions My heart has a hunger, but I know you can feed it Come on - in my dreams tonight Show me - where to start Come on - I need to shed some light I wanna sleep on my heart |
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12. |
| 7:26 | ||||
some folks try to multiply from sunrise to sunset leave behind more of their kind so no one will forget but that ain't where I'm coming from - today those easy girls don't turn me on - anyway I wanna know where my pride has gone the party's over caught in a dream inside this world machine teachers teach and preachers preach of spiritual evolution but this big I am from uncle sham just adds to my confusion I've seen his face, I've heard his song - before but I don't care what time he's on - anymore I must have been on the streets too long the party's over caught in a dream inside this world machine I find myself outside your door trying to make it like before but you don't follow what I say and I can tell by your smile you're no longer a child that part of you was buried yesterday . . . . . . who knows why they come and where they go in this world machine? it's the chosen fools who make the rules that don't apply to me with their fast-car games and counter claims not my reality and I don't know if I belong - today I don't know why my friends have gone - away I must have been on the streets too long the party's over caught in a dream inside this world machine (don't knock the system - we'll knock some sense in you don't beat the system - there's nothing you can do) |
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13. |
| 7:41 | ||||
Ooh ooh How how can it be that a love Carved out of caring fashioned by fate Could suffer so hard From the games played once too often But making mistakes is a part Of life's imperfectionborn of the years Is it so wrong to be human after all Drawn into the stream Of undefined illusion Those diamond dreams They can't disguise the truth That there is something about you Baby so right I wouldn't be without you baby tonight If ever our love was concealed No one can say that we didn't feel A million things And a perfect dream of life Gone fragile but free We remain tender together not so in love It's not so wrong We're only human after all These changing years They add to your confusion Oh and you need to hear the time That told the truth That there is something about you Baby so right Don't want to be without you Baby tonight Because there's something about you Baby so right I couldn't live without you Baby tonight ooh ooh To feel there's something about you Baby I couldn't sleep without you Tonight |