Ivan Neville

I ain't never ever really, felt this way before
My whole life is changin', I could not ask for more
I was down so long, I thought I'd never get up
But my prayers were heard and they were answered
And now the Lord is filling my cup

My momma and my Aunt Virginia
Say love God with all that's in ya
And there ain't no words to say how I feel
But I know in my heart, the love of God is real
The love of God, the love of God is real

I was so down-hearted, and I was paranoid
Thought everyone was against me, the devil stole my joy
But the Holy Ghost start falling I'll never forget that day
Every thing started comin' together
The very moment I began to pray

My momma and my Aunt Virginia
Say love God with all that's in ya

Knock - and the door will open
Knock and the door will open

I'm a witness - I'm a witness - a witness to your love
Gonna testify - gonna testify - I wanna testify
I'm a witness - I'm a witness to your love
Ooh Lord -1 wanna tell everybody - gonna testify
About your love - 'cause I'm a witness
Witness to your love - gonna testify - gonna testify
I'm a witness - witness to your love
Oh testify now - been so good to me, testify
Set, set, set me free
I was too mean to live, too wicked to die
I wanna testify, 'cause I'm a witness to your love

This one's for Saint Shine
Saint Shine
Saint James Black
Saint James Booker
Saint Professor Longhair
And Saint Gerald Tillman

Gonna testify - keep on knockin' - keep on searchin'
Keep on seekin' - keep on knockin' - keep on lookin'
Keep on searchin' - you will find what you need
It is right there - what you need

Goodbye is not a lover's word
It's something I could never say to you
Even though you tell me, tell me you are leaving
My heart can't believe it's true, oh no, oh no

I'll just say until we meet again
I'll just say until we meet again

I remember all the things we shared
The loving looks that we once knew
Babe, your eyes began to feel like they'll start crying
My memories will see me through, see me through

I'll just say until we meet again
I'll just say until we meet again

Although you leave my arms you'll never leave my soul
The love that I have for you within never grow cool
'Cause in the morning light and in the dark of night
Your fire will always burn in my soul

I'll just say until we meet again
Oh, darlin' I, I'll just say until we meet again
Oh, my love for you will never never grow cold
No, my love for you will never leave my soul

I'll just say until we meet again
Oh, I'll just say until we meet again
I'll just say until we meet again
I'll just say until we meet again

Cards on the table and they facin' down
We all got a hand to play, ain't no backin' down
Aces up your sleeve, they ain't gonna do you no good
But the joker's still in play and it just might come your way

Listen to me, don't you hear what I say'
Can't you hear what I say, can't you hear what I say?
Listen to me, don't you hear what I say'
We're lookin' at the Judgment Day

I was holdin' a 10 of diamonds but I wanted a ace
People all around the world goin' through changes
Look me straight in my face
Said I just called to show you, some people never satisfied
Wanna trade hands with me little brother
See if you can stay alive?

Listen to me, don't you hear what I say'
Can't you hear what I say, can't you hear what I say?
Listen to me, don't you hear what I say'
We're lookin' at the judgment day

[Incomprehensible] brothers and sisters
Can they mess 'em around
Pullin' the wool over their eyes
But the Dealer, we can't fool 'coz He put the cards into play
And He know what me and you are holdin' all the time

Listen to me, don't you hear what I say'
Can't you hear what I say, can't you hear what I say?
Listen to me, don't you hear what I say
'Coz we're lookin' at the Judgment Day comin' down

Steer me right, sweet Jesus
Steer me right, don't let me fall
Steer me right, sweet Jesus
Be my all and all

I was runnin' behind that train
Never could keep satisfied
The appetite for destruction
Keeps a man bound and tied

Shine your goodness down on me
Oh Lord - from up above
In my darkest hour
Soothe me with your tender love

Steer me right, sweet Jesus
Steer me right, don't let me fall
Steer me right, sweet Jesus
Be my all and all

My Uncle Jolly used to tell me
Son don't waste your youth
Eyes blinded by fear and hatred
Will never ever see the truth

I keep prayin' I'll find wisdom
And the strength to carry on
Oh Lord, be my helper
Let they will in my life be done

Steer me right, sweet Jesus
Steer me right, don't let me fall
Steer me right, sweet Jesus
Be my all and all

Young man on his way home from the market,
Just enjoying a beautiful afternoon
Gets kinda dark, sun just set

There's these other young men standing
On the corner, nothing to do, just hangin' around
They're passing out their weapons to each other:

brass knuckles - pipes - chains - half a bricks
- broken bottles - switchblades

Young man lands in jail for some crime he did not commit
352 years hard labor in Angola prison - 352 years at hard labor
Sleepless nights between sugar cane and cotton
It's where he learns the ropes and pays with his soul
For some crime he did not commit

We think we're safe at home with our bumper stickers saying - Just say no -
We give up a few freedoms here and there in the name of a - Squeaky clean America -

Now they've got us hypnotized and hysterical
Now they've got us hypnotized and hysterical
Screaming for blood and justice
Now they've got us hypnotized and hysterical
Screaming for blood and justice

They show us the faces of hatred over and over - a new one every week
Could be Manuel Noriega
Could be the Ayatollah
Any old scapegoat 'll do
The young man will be our sacrificial lamb

Pro choice - no choice
We're sending our sons and daughters to their slaughter
Pro choice - no choice
Slogans mean nothing to a young man facing 352 years hard labor in Angola

To a young man facing 352 years hard labor in Angola
For a crime he did not commit
It's freedom of speech - as long as you don't say too much

You can't stop running water
You can't kill the fire that burns inside
Don't deny our flesh and blood
And don't forsake our sons and daughters

You can't stop running water
You can't kill the fire that burns inside
Don't deny our flesh and blood
And don't forsake our sons and daughters

It's freedom of speech - as long as you don't say too much
I think we're all runnin' thinkin' that we can hide
I think we're runnin' tryin' to get away
But sooner or later we gonna realize
We gonna meet up with the truth face to face

Sitting here in limbo
But I know it won't be long
Sitting here in limbo
Like a bird without a song
Well, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on

Sitting here in limbo
Waiting for the dice to roll
Sitting here in limbo
Got some time to search my soul
Well they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on

I don't know where life will lead me
But I know where I've been
I can't say what life will show me
But I know what I've seen
Tried my hand in love and friendship
But all that is past and gone
This little boy is moving on

Sitting here in limbo
Waiting for the tide to flow
Oh, I'm sitting here in limbo
Knowing that I have to go
Well they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on

Sitting here in limbo
Waiting for the dice to roll
Sitting here in limbo
I got some time to search my soul
Well they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on

Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo (sitting, sitting in limbo)
Sitting in limbo (sitting, sitting in limbo)
Waiting for the dice to roll (sitting, sitting in limbo)
Sitting-sitting in limbo

Hear the voice in the night, it's your guide shinin' bright
It'll show you the way, don't lose sight
You run with the river, flow with the river of life

When you're out on your own, in the cold all alone
Follow the river, it'll carry you home
Runnin' with the river, flowin' with the river of life

Enjoyin' life's sights
Not lookin' for trouble, don't wanna fight
The strong survive and the weak get beat
Stay out of the kitchen if you can't take the heat
Stand up like a man and take it
When the cards fall the winner takes all
This is life you can't fake it

Hear the voice in the night, it's your guide shinin' bright
It'll show you the way, don't lose sight
Runnin' with the river, flowin' with the river of life
Runnin' with the river, flowin' with the river of life

Livin' tough, lovin' hard - you know it's livin' fast
How long will your life, or your money last
You got to learn to survive if you wanna last
Look to the spirit that'll guide your path
'Cause livin' in the city can be mighty cruel

Hear the voice in the night, it's your guide shinin' bright
It'll show you the way, don't lose sight
Runnin' with the river, flowin' with the river of life
Runnin' with the river, flowin' with the river of life

Conscience has to make a choice, when the maker speaks, heed his voice
Tremble and shiver, flow with the river of life

When you're out on your own, in the cold all alone
Follow the river, it'll carry you home

Runnin' with the river, flowin' with the river of life
Runnin' with the river, flowin' with the river of life
Runnin' - flowin' - runnin' - flowin'
Runnin' with the river, flowin' with the river of life

Over Kilimanjaro, she guards her young
Speaks to the darkness in the mother tongue
She waits and she watches all night long
Calls to her lover then she sings this song

I will be there for you whatever comes
I am as constant as the beat of a drum
My love is stronger than the noon-day sun
Over Africa
Over Africa

It's a force of nature, it's the power of need
It'll heal your baby, then make you bleed
I will be patient, I will bide my time
I will be waiting like a mama lion, mama lion

I will be there for you whatever comes
I am as constant as the beat of a drum
My love is stronger than the noon-day sun
Over Africa
Over Africa
Over Africa

See that love and money
Between quiet and sin
We are just wild things
Underneath the skin
In the cradle of creation
We were made this way
Run together
To our dying day
(change rope)

(Spoken)
It's the law of the jungle
It's the angst in trees
Built by your census baby
Die by the tomb
I'd walk through fire
I would swim the seas
As long as I live and breathe
You belong to me

I will be there for you whatever comes
I am as constant as the beat of a drum
My love is stronger than the noon-day sun
Over Africa
Over Africa

Train arrived, 16 coaches long
Train arrived, 16 coaches long
Well that long, black train, got my baby and gone

Train train, rollin' round the bend
Train train, rollin' round the bend
Well it took my baby 'way from me again

Come down to the station, meet my baby at the gate
Asked the station master if that train is runnin' late
He said - if you're waitin' on the 444
I hate to tell you son, (that) train don't stop here anymore

Train arrived, comin' down the line
Train arrived, comin' down the line
Well it took my baby, left poor me behind

Heard the whistle blow, it was the middle of the night
When I got down to the station, train was pullin' outta sight

Mystery train, smokin' down the track
Mystery train, smokin' down the track
Well, I don't want no ride, just bring my baby back

featuring Neville Brothers

(Introduction)
Yo Mona Lisa, could I get a date on Friday and if your busy, I
wouldn't mind taking Saturday.

(Wyclef Talking)
Right about now, if you are in your jeep. Please turn up your radio.
If you don't have a Jeep, and you have a little hooptie I still want
you to crank up your volume.
We want all the ladies to sit back, relax, let your hair out.
Wyclef presents the Neville Brothers in the house tonight.

(Neville's Singing)
I know a girl, she ruled my world.
Whatever I need, she supplied.
Living in paradise.
She ruled my heart, till death do we part.
(Her love was like esctasy)

*Chorus*
Atleast that's how I thought it would be.
(So Neville brothers what you telling me)
Atleast that how I thought it would be
(One question, what was her name)
Mona Lisa, you called my name.
Laid it apart but I did not respond
And you ask me what I am thinking of
In the morning I'll be gone, no more loving after dawn.
No longer we can share the love that was never there.
When the moon has lost its light.
And the stars no longer bright
And no longer can we share, the love that was never there.
(Ain't no need to cry girl. Its gonna be alright)

Girl don't you cry.
(Girl don't you cry)
Please dry your eyes
All you ever been was faithful in my life.
So I apologize
I hope the future brings us back together.
Atleast that's how I thought it would be.
Atleast that's how I thought it would be.
(Yo, neville brothers. What was her name)

*Repeat Chorus*

(Wyclef speaking)
Right about now if you are in dance, I want you to hold your girl
real tight. We got the neville brothers in the house tonight. Along
side Wyclef, you know how we do it. I want to apologize to you. I
never wrote a love song. This is my first one.

featuring Neville Brothers

(Introduction)
Yo Mona Lisa, could I get a date on Friday and if your busy, I
wouldn't mind taking Saturday.

(Wyclef Talking)
Right about now, if you are in your jeep. Please turn up your radio.
If you don't have a Jeep, and you have a little hooptie I still want
you to crank up your volume.
We want all the ladies to sit back, relax, let your hair out.
Wyclef presents the Neville Brothers in the house tonight.

(Neville's Singing)
I know a girl, she ruled my world.
Whatever I need, she supplied.
Living in paradise.
She ruled my heart, till death do we part.
(Her love was like esctasy)

*Chorus*
Atleast that's how I thought it would be.
(So Neville brothers what you telling me)
Atleast that how I thought it would be
(One question, what was her name)
Mona Lisa, you called my name.
Laid it apart but I did not respond
And you ask me what I am thinking of
In the morning I'll be gone, no more loving after dawn.
No longer we can share the love that was never there.
When the moon has lost its light.
And the stars no longer bright
And no longer can we share, the love that was never there.
(Ain't no need to cry girl. Its gonna be alright)

Girl don't you cry.
(Girl don't you cry)
Please dry your eyes
All you ever been was faithful in my life.
So I apologize
I hope the future brings us back together.
Atleast that's how I thought it would be.
Atleast that's how I thought it would be.
(Yo, neville brothers. What was her name)

*Repeat Chorus*

(Wyclef speaking)
Right about now if you are in dance, I want you to hold your girl
real tight. We got the neville brothers in the house tonight. Along
side Wyclef, you know how we do it. I want to apologize to you. I
never wrote a love song. This is my first one.

For everything there's a reason
We don't always need to know, yeah
We fear the light of those that leave us
The ones that burn twice as bright
Or the ones we love twice as much
We miss the most, yeah

And there's a little piece of heaven
Just waiting for you to come home
I know, there's a little piece of heaven
Just waiting for you to come home
I know, someday you will

'Coz life is short, gotta do your own thing
Seems the higher that we fly
The more the people try and bring you down, yeah
Oh, sometimes you love, sometimes you hate
Sometimes you know, sometimes you break
You fall down and make mistakes and then fear God

And there's a little piece of heaven
Just waiting for you to come home
I know, there's a little piece of heaven
Just waiting for you to come home
I know, someday you will

Little piece of heaven, shining like the night
No matter what you do, always by your side

And there's a little piece of heaven
Just waiting for you to come home
I know, someday you will, someday, be there
Someday you will be there, I know, you will

There's a little piece of heaven, shining in the night
No matter what you do, it?s always by your side
There's little piece of heaven, shining like the night
No matter what you do, it's always by your side

Everything, there's a reason
We don't always need to know, yeah

But there's a little piece of heaven
Just waiting for you to come home
I know, there's a little piece of heaven
Just waiting for you to come home
I know, someday you will

Little piece of heaven, shining like the night
No matter what you do, always by your side

And there's a little piece of heaven
Just waiting for you to come home
I know, someday you will, someday you will

Jah love - old folks dying in the heat
Jah love - young men dying in the street
Cities of concrete and glass
All will turn to sand
None of them will last but Jah love
Jah love - Jah love - Jah love

Jah love - let freedom walk, let freedom run
Jah love - let every heart beat as one
We make one step, Jah does the rest
Jah loves everything that has breath

Cities of concrete and glass
All will turn to sand
None of them will last but Jah love
Jah love

Steel towers rise to pierce the sky
While in the shadows the children hurt and cry
Jah gonna wipe away the tears from their eyes
Jah love - Oh Jah love

Jah love - lift our hearts and free our minds
Jah love justice the wonder and the sign
Under the shadow, the eye of the clock
We fight for a future on this solid rock

Cities of concrete and glass
All will turn to sand
None of them will last but Jah love
Jah love - will never fade away -Jah love - Jah love

Dip me in the water - make me like the lamb
Glory to our Father - His Kingdom is at hand
See the living water - flowing from the lamb
The healing of the nations - the soul of every man

All hearts, all hearts, all hearts beat as one