Songs And Artists That Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11 [compilation] (2004) by Various Artists (보컬) on maniadb.com

And the river opens for the righteous, someday

I was walking with my brother
And he wondered what's on my mind
I said what I believe in my soul
Ain't what I see with my eyes
And we can't turn our backs this time

I am a patriot, and I love my country
Because my country is all I know
I want to be with my family, the people who understand me
I've got nowhere else to go

And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous... someday

And I was talking with my sister
She looked so fine
I said, "Baby, what's on your mind?"
She said, "I want to run like the lion
Released from the cages
Released from the rages
Burning in my heart tonight"

And I ain't no communist
And I ain't no capitalist
And I ain't no socialist
And I ain't no imperialist
And I ain't no democrat
And I ain't no republican
I only know one party
And it is freedom
I am, I am, I am...

I am a patriot, and I love my country
Because my country is all I know

And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous... someday

Well, far between sundowns finish and midnights broken toll
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashin
As majestic bells of boats struck shadows in the sun
Sayin, it may be the chimes of freedom crashin
Flashin for the warriors whose strength is not to fight
Flashin for the refugees on their unarmed road of flight
And for each and every underdog soldier in the night
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin
Well, in the citys melted furnace unexpectedly we watched
With faces hidden here while the walls were tightenin
As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowing rain
Dissolved into the wild bales of lightnin
Yeah, tollin for the rebel, yeah, tollin for the raked
Tollin for the luckless, the abandoned and forsaked
Yeah, tollin for the outcasts burnin constantly at stakes
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin
And then through a cloud-like curtain in a far off corner flashed
Theres a hypnotic, splattered mist was slowly liftin
Well, electric light still struck like arrows
Fired but for the ones condemned to drift or else be kept from driftin
Well, tollin for the searching ones on this speechless, secret trail
For the lonesome haunted lovers with too personal a tale
And for each young heart for each channeled soul misplaced inside a jail
Yeah, we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin
Well, starry eyed and laughin I recall when we were caught
Trapped by an old track of vows for the hands suspended
As we listened one last time, and we watched with one last look
Spellbound and swallowed "Has the tollin ended ?"
Yeah, tollin for the achin ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless, confused, accused, misused strung out ones at worst
And for every hung out person in the whole wide universe
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin

Oh my name it is nothin'
My age it means less
The country I come from
Is called the Midwest
I's taught and brought up there
The laws to abide
And that land that I live in
Has God on its side.
Oh the history books tell it
They tell it so well
The cavalries charged
The Indians fell
The cavalries charged
The Indians died
Oh the country was young
With God on its side.
Oh the Spanish-American
War had its day
And the Civil War too
Was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes
I's made to memorize
With guns in their hands
And God on their side.
Oh the First World War, boys
It closed out its fate
The reason for fighting
I never got straight
But I learned to accept it
Accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead
When God's on your side.
When the Second World War
Came to an end
We forgave the Germans
And we were friends
Though they murdered six million
In the ovens they fried
The Germans now too
Have God on their side.
I've learned to hate Russians
All through my whole life
If another war starts
It's them we must fight
To hate them and fear them
To run and to hide
And accept it all bravely
With God on my side.
But now we got weapons
Of the chemical dust
If fire them we're forced to
Then fire them we must
One push of the button
And a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions
When God's on your side.
In a many dark hour
I've been thinkin' about this
That Jesus Christ
Was betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had God on his side.
So now as I'm leavin'
I'm weary as Hell
The confusion I'm feelin'
Ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head
And fall to the floor
If God's on our side
He'll stop the next war

There they are now
The master of lawThrowing flowers on a casket of our broken dreams
Most thieves are silent
But these ones scream
These ones scream
We want it all
We want it all
I heard you talkin' my friend
I think you lost your mind
That somebody's listenin'
And then biding their time
Somebody's watchin'
Cause we wouldn't fight
For someone else's war
Could you hold on a second
For a second someone's at my door
Screaming hate is love
And fiction is fact
Honesty is deceit
That silence is security
And war is peace
Cause we want it all
We want it all

Boom
I've been walking through your streets
where all your money is earned
where all your buildings are crying
And clueless neckties working
revolving fake lawn houses
desensitized by TV
and all your crooked creatures looking good
housing all your fears

Come you masters of war, you that build all the guns
You that build the death place, you that build all the guns
You that hide behind walls, you that hide behind desks
I just want you to know, I can see through your masks
You that never done nothing, bu

Two days past eighteen
He was waitin' for the bus in his army greens
Sat down in a booth at a caf there
Gave his order to the girl with a bow in her hair
He's a little shy so she gave him a smile
So he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
And talk

Some folks are born
made to wave the flag,
Ooh, they're red, whit and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief",
they point the cannon right at you.
It ain't me,
it ain't me.
I ain't no senator's son.
It ain't me,
it ain't me.
I ain't no fortunate one.
Some folks are born
silver spoon in hand,
Lord don't they help themselves.
But when the tax man comes to the door,
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale.
It ain't me,
it ain't me.
I ain't no millionaire's son.
It ain't me,
it ain't me.
I ain't no fortunate one.
Some folks inherit
star spangled eyes,
Ooh, they send you down to war.
And when you ask them,
"How much should we give?"
They only answer "More! More! More!"
It ain't me,
it ain't me.
I ain't no military son.
It ain't me,
it ain't me.
I ain't no fortunate one.
It ain't me,
it ain't me.
I ain't no Fortunate Son.

This is a public service announcement
With guitar
Know your rights all three of them
Number 1
You have the right not to be killed
Murder is a CRIME!
Unless it was done by a
Policeman or aristocrat
Know your rights
And Number 2
You have the right to food

I was walkin’ down the street
In the town where I was born
I was movin’ to a beat
That I’d never felt before
So I opened up my eyes
And I took a look around
I saw it written ‘cross the sky
The revolution starts now
Yeah, the revolution starts now
The revolution starts now
When you rise above your fear
And tear the walls around you down
The revolution starts here
Where you work and where you play
Where you lay your money down
What you do and what you say
The revolution starts now
Yeah the revolution starts now
Yeah the revolution starts now
In your own backyard
In your own hometown
So what you doin’ standin’ around?
Just follow your heart
The revolution starts now
Last night I had a dream
That the world had turned around
And all our hopes had come to be
And the people gathered ‘round
They all brought what they could bring
And nobody went without
And I learned a song to sing
The revolution starts now

What’s wrongwith the world mamaPeople livin’ likethey ain’t got no mamasI think the whole worldaddicted to the dramaOnly attracted to thingsthat’ll bring you traumaOverseas yeahwe try to stop terrorismBut we still got terroristshere livin’In the USA the big CIAThe Bloods andThe Crips and the KKKBut if you only have lovefor your own raceThen you only leave spaceto discriminateAnd to discriminateonly generates hateAnd when you hatethen you’re boundto get irate yeahMadness is what you demonstrateAnd that’s exactlyhow anger works and operatesMan, you gotta have lovejust to set it straightTake control of your mindand meditateLet your soul gravitateto the love y’all y’allPeople killin’ people dyin’Children hurtand you hear them cryin’Can you practice what you preachAnd would you turnthe other cheekFather Father Father help usSend us some guidance from above‘Cause people got megot me questionin’Where is the love (Love)Where is the love (The love)Where is the love (The love)Where is the loveThe love, the loveIt just ain’t the samealways unchangedNew days are strangeis the world insaneIf love and peace is so strongWhy are there pieces of lovethat don’t belongNations droppin’ bombsChemical gasses fillin’ lungsof little onesWith the ongoin’ sufferin’as the youth die youngSo ask yourselfis the lovin’ really goneSo I could ask myselfreally what is goin’ wrongIn this worldthat we livin’ in people keep on givin’ inMakin’ wrong decisionsonly visions of them dividendsNot respectin’ each otherdeny thy brotherA war is goin’on but the reason’s undercoverThe truth is kept secretit’s swept under the rugIf you never know truththen you never know loveWhere’s the love y’allcome on (I don’t know)Where’s the truth y’allcome on (I don’t know)Where’s the love y’allPeople killin’ people dyin’Children hurtand you hear them cryin’Can you practice what you preachAnd would you turnthe other cheekFather Father Father help usSend us some guidance from above‘Cause people got megot me questionin’Where is the love (Love)Where is the love (The love)Where is the love (The love)Where is the love (The love)The love, the loveI feel the weight of the worldon my shoulderAs I’m gettin’ older, y’allpeople gets colderMost of us only careabout money makin’Selfishness got usfollowin’ our own directionWrong information always shownby the mediaNegative images isthe main criteriaInfecting the young mindsfaster than bacteriaKids act likewhat they see in the cinemaYo’ whatever happened tothe values of humanityWhatever happened tothe fairness in equalityInstead in spreading lovewe spreading animosityLack of understandingleading lives away from unityThat’s the reason whysometimes I’m feelin’ underThat’s the reason whysometimes I’m feelin’ downThere’s no wonder whysometimes I’m feelin’ underGotta keep my faith aliveto lovers boundPeople killin’ people dyinChildren hurtand you hear them cryinCan you practice what you preachAnd would you turnthe other cheekFather Father Father help usSend us some guidance from above‘Cause people got megot me questionin’Where is the loveWhere is the love (Love)Where is the love (The love)

My mother came to America
Sailed through the harbor of hopes and of dreams
Back in the Thirties
With the streets paved in gold
And the sky laced with moonbeams

Mothers and daughters, fathers and sons
Here in the free world, we're the lucky ones

All of my yearning
All of my hunger
Maybe I'm learning
Sometimes I wonder
Good night, New York

Before the Kennedys
Before the Beatles
Before the Vietnam War
Back to a time when anything was possible
Having less meant knowing more

Brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts
Here in the free world, for that second chance

All of my yearning
All of my hunger
Maybe I'm learning
Sometimes I wonder
Good night, New York

My mother came to America
Sailed through the harbor of hopes and of dreams
And here in the future
I hope I've not failed her
Cause nothing's the way that it seems

All of my yearning
All of my hunger
Maybe I'm learning
Sometimes I wonder
Good night, New York

i heard there was a secret chord
that david played and it pleased the lord
but you don't really care for music, do you
well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth
the minor fall and the major lift
the baffled king composing hallelujah
hallelujah...
well your faith was strong but you needed proof
you saw her bathing on the roof
her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
she tied you to her kitchen chair
she broke your throne and she cut your hair
and from your lips she drew the hallelujah
hallelujah...
baby i've been here before
i've seen this room and i've walked this floor
i used to live alone before i knew you
i've seen your flag on the marble arch
but love is not a victory march
it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
hallelujah...
well there was a time when you let me know
what's really going on below
but now you never show that to me do you
but remember when i moved in you
and the holy dove was moving too
and every breath we drew was hallelujah
well, maybe there's a god above
but all i've ever learned from love
was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
it's not a cry that you hear at night
it's not somebody who's seen the light
it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
hallelujah...