Terry Callier

Can it be, do you hear
A new freedom song is ringing

No more dark, no more fear
There's a new day that is free

Something simple is the key
Only love will set us free

Its so far, its so near
Almost here

Something simple is the key
Only love will set us free

I met a young man on the skeleton coast
He was out of his feet and pale as a ghost
I asked him his name - he said Lazarus, man
I've comne to your country from a far away land
I can't quite remember the last time I was on shore
Coulda been twelve years - it coulda been more
But I've seen tribulation and itstaggered my mind
And I just don't remember whatI come her to find

It's wind on the ocean, rain on the land
Three drops of water and one grain of sand
I'll tell you the stroy as quick as I can
I've got nothing by time , I'm Lazarus Man

He saide "I woke one mornin'and felt a little bit strange
By midafternoon there was fever and pain
And later that night with a few friends at my side
I went of to sleep and then I must have died
'Cause I was stumblin'and rising so I couldn't quite tell
Had one foot in glory and one foot in hell
On one side the gardenand on one sidethe flame
And I thought I heard somebody call out my name
Yeah, somebody was saying "Lazarus arise!"
So I sat up and opened my eyes
You know I wanted to dance but I didn't have room
I threw off the sheets and stepped out of the tomb"

It's wind on the ocean, rain on the land
Three drops of water and one grain of sand
I'll tell you the stroy as quick as I can
I've got nothing by time , I'm Lazarus Man

Now I've been from nazareth to high barbary
And I realize there's no rest for me
Ißve been out on the desert
Ißve been out on the deep
But since he bid me to rise
I ain't been to sleep

It's wind on the ocean, rain on the land
Three drops of water and one grain of sand
I'll tell you the stroy as quick as I can
I've got nothing by time , I'm Lazarus Man

And for my opening line
I'm not trying to indicate my state of mind.
I turn you on,
I tell you that I'm laughing just to keep from crying
Pretty music when you hear it,
Keep on trying to get near it.
A little rhythm for your spirit
Oh but that's what it's for
Come on in, here's the door

And I've seen a sparrow get high
And waste his time in the sky
He thinks it's easy to fly
He's just a little bit freer than I

Now here's a mystery
And maybe you can help to make it clear to me
When you're fast asleep
Then what is it that's lighting up the dreams you see
Only your tears can't conceal it
And only your prayers may not reveal it
You've got soul so you can feel it
And when you make the scene
Well you know what I mean

Hey, I've seen a sparrow get high
And waste his time in the sky
He thinks it's easy to fly
He's just a little bit freer than I

Down here on the ground
When you find folks are giving you the runaround
Keep your game uptight
And if you must just take your secrets underground
Now politicians are trying to speech you
Mad color watchers are trying to teach you
Very few will really try to reach you
If you're lost in a stack
That's OK, come all black

Now I'd be the last to deny
That I'm just an average guy
And don't you know each little bird in the sky
Is just a little bit freer than I

Hey ordinary Joe
Although they say you're just a lazy so-and-so
What they think is real
Is nothing but an animated puppet show
So don't let time and space confuse you
And don't let name and form abuse you
Let that Big Joe Williams blues you
In the light of the sun you can see how they burn

Oh I've seen a sparrow get high
And waste his time in the sky
He thinks it's easy to fly
He's just a little bit freer than i

I met a young man on the skeleton coast
He was out of his feet and pale as a ghost
I asked him his name - he said Lazarus, man
I've comne to your country from a far away land
I can't quite remember the last time I was on shore
Coulda been twelve years - it coulda been more
But I've seen tribulation and itstaggered my mind
And I just don't remember whatI come her to find

It's wind on the ocean, rain on the land
Three drops of water and one grain of sand
I'll tell you the stroy as quick as I can
I've got nothing by time , I'm Lazarus Man

He saide "I woke one mornin'and felt a little bit strange
By midafternoon there was fever and pain
And later that night with a few friends at my side
I went of to sleep and then I must have died
'Cause I was stumblin'and rising so I couldn't quite tell
Had one foot in glory and one foot in hell
On one side the gardenand on one sidethe flame
And I thought I heard somebody call out my name
Yeah, somebody was saying "Lazarus arise!"
So I sat up and opened my eyes
You know I wanted to dance but I didn't have room
I threw off the sheets and stepped out of the tomb"

It's wind on the ocean, rain on the land
Three drops of water and one grain of sand
I'll tell you the stroy as quick as I can
I've got nothing by time , I'm Lazarus Man

Now I've been from nazareth to high barbary
And I realize there's no rest for me
Ißve been out on the desert
Ißve been out on the deep
But since he bid me to rise
I ain't been to sleep

It's wind on the ocean, rain on the land
Three drops of water and one grain of sand
I'll tell you the stroy as quick as I can
I've got nothing by time , I'm Lazarus Man

And for my opening line
I'm not trying to indicate my state of mind.
I turn you on,
I tell you that I'm laughing just to keep from crying
Pretty music when you hear it,
Keep on trying to get near it.
A little rhythm for your spirit
Oh but that's what it's for
Come on in, here's the door

And I've seen a sparrow get high
And waste his time in the sky
He thinks it's easy to fly
He's just a little bit freer than I

Now here's a mystery
And maybe you can help to make it clear to me
When you're fast asleep
Then what is it that's lighting up the dreams you see
Only your tears can't conceal it
And only your prayers may not reveal it
You've got soul so you can feel it
And when you make the scene
Well you know what I mean

Hey, I've seen a sparrow get high
And waste his time in the sky
He thinks it's easy to fly
He's just a little bit freer than I

Down here on the ground
When you find folks are giving you the runaround
Keep your game uptight
And if you must just take your secrets underground
Now politicians are trying to speech you
Mad color watchers are trying to teach you
Very few will really try to reach you
If you're lost in a stack
That's OK, come all black

Now I'd be the last to deny
That I'm just an average guy
And don't you know each little bird in the sky
Is just a little bit freer than I

Hey ordinary Joe
Although they say you're just a lazy so-and-so
What they think is real
Is nothing but an animated puppet show
So don't let time and space confuse you
And don't let name and form abuse you
Let that Big Joe Williams blues you
In the light of the sun you can see how they burn

Oh I've seen a sparrow get high
And waste his time in the sky
He thinks it's easy to fly
He's just a little bit freer than i

I saw a dream last night
Bright like a falling star.
And the sources of light,
Seemed so near,
Yet so far.
I thought i was in flight,
Out where the planets are.
Moving between day and night.
Hear am I,
There you are.
Follow the dancing girl,
Vision and embrace.
Such an entrancing girl,
She moves with such rhythm and grace.
Who can she be?
Follow the dancing girl,
Go to the quiet place.
Here in the weary world,
Somewhere between time and space.
We shall be free.

Each of us is born alone.
Well welcome to the twilight zone.
You can leave with only what you bring.
Things we cannot see appear.
Singing songs we cannot hear.
An everything is surely everything.
Meanwhile in the ghettos dust and gloom.
Bird is blowin in his room.
All those notes(x3)
Wont take the pain away.
And you'll surely come to harm,
With that needle all up in your arm.
And dope will never turn the night to day.

Just a little further down the line.
Baby sister its these streets at night.
I say the wind blows chilly,
And the women need new shoes.

So just tell her,
Tell her what you wanna do.
Boogie, bop or boogalo?
I said tell her what you wanna do
Boogie, bop or boogaloo?
I said tell her, tell her
What you wanna do.
Boogie, bop or boogaloo?

Can it be, do you hear
A new freedom song is ringing

No more dark, no more fear
There's a new day that is free

Something simple is the key
Only love will set us free

Its so far, its so near
Almost here

Something simple is the key
Only love will set us free

I am walkin' down this track
I've got tears in my eyes
I'm tryin' to read a letter from my home

An' if this train runs me right
I'll be home Saturday night
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home
Lord I hate to hear
That lonesome whistle blow

This train I ride on
Is a hundred coaches long
Well, you can hear her whistle blow
A million miles

An' if this train runs me right
I'll see my woman on saturday night
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home
Lord I hate to hear
That lonesome whistle blow

I will pawn you my wagon
And I will pawn you my team
I will pawn you my watch and my chain

An' if this train runs me right
I'll be home Saturday night
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home
Lord I hate to hear
That lonesome whistle blow
That long lonesome train whistlin' down

I sat in the shade of your old apple orchard
I watch your big trucks rolling by now
I share the grape soda with a man from Dakota
I've seen a June bug in July now

I'm a drifter, I'm a loner
I've seen every city and town now
I pass by here and I'll die here
Some stranger will lower me down

I play basketball through the hoop of a barrel
I struggle to learn how to swim now
I used to think maybe I once was a baby
I only pretend I was him now
I only pretend I was him now

I'm a drifter, I'm a loner
I've seen every city and town now
I pass by here and I'll die here
Some stranger will lower me down, yeah

I envy the ship sailing out of your harbours
I swap dirty jokes with your butchers and barbers
I think silent thoughts while the jukebox is playing
And all of the time my own heart is saying

You're a drifter, you're a loner
You've seen every city and town now
You pass by here and you'll die here
Some stranger will lower you down, yeah

Well, Johnny be fair and Johnny be fine and wants me for to wed
And I would marry Johnny, but my father up and said
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
But Johnny is a son of mine and so he's kin to you

Well, Jimmy be fair and Jimmy be fine and wants me for to wed
And I would marry Jimmy, but my father up and said
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
But Jimmy, too, is a son of mine and so he's kin to you

Well, Billy be fair and Billy be fine and wants me for to wed
And I would marry Billy, but my father up and said
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
But Billy, too, is a son of mine and so he's kin to you

You never seen a girl so sad and sorry as I was
The boys in town are all my kin and my father is the pa
If this continue I shall die a single miss
So I'll go to mother and complain to her of this

Oh daughter, haven't I taught you to forgive and to forget
Even if this all is true, still you needn't fret
Your father may be father to all the boys in town, still
He's not the one who sired you, so marry who you will

O dear, what can the matter be?
Dear, dear, what can the matter be?
O dear, what can the matter be
Johnny's so long at the fair.
Johnny's so long at the fair.

He promised he'd bring me a bunch of blue ribbons,
To tie up my bonny brown hair.

O dear, what can the matter be?
Dear, dear, what can the matter be?
O dear, what can the matter be
Johnny's so long at the fair.
Johnny's so long at the fair.

Standing next to you
A dream is coming true
In a heartbeat
Feeling's right
I finally see the light
In a heartbeat
Something in your eyes
Has got me hypnotized
In a heartbeat
And near or far
I try to be where you are
In a heartbeat
Wanna laugh wanna sing
Wanna do everything
In a heartbeat
Wanna live wanna be
Where's the spirits are free
In a heartbeat
Keep it up keep it down
Keep it turning around
In a heartbeat
Make it dark make it light
Make it magic tonight
In a heartbeat
It all seems strange
My whole life has changed
In a heartbeat
Love is shining through
In everything you do
Honey in a heartbeat
And something in your eyes
Has got me hypnotized
In a heartbeat
And near or far
I try to be where you are
In a heartbeat

Like a ship without the ocean
Like a road without a wheel
Like a sun without the morning
People, that's the way I feel

But I'll be going home in style
Traveling one more midnight mile, yeah

I want a cold home or county
Where man must walk alone
That was the home of Muddy Waters
And they called him Daddy Rolling Stone, yeah

They said the road is such a trial
Traveling one more midnight mile, yeah

Now heaven help the people
Who's scufflin' day by day
All they need is to find a hero
Who can help show them the way

And maybe he'll be here after awhile
Traveling one more midnight mile

I looked into the heart of darkness
The reflection burnt my soul
I had to try to find a healer
And her love has made me whole

She had me crying like a child
Traveling one more midnight mile, yeah

The sky was grey when I woke up this morning
Seems to me that nothin' was the same
My situation changed without a warning
(The) Sad thing is I don't know who's to blame
Once upon a time our love was shining brightly
Maybe it was just too good to last
(Or I don't know) Perhaps I held too tightly
I had no idea the end would come so fast
Au revoir, she said
She's out of my life - I'm out of my head
So difficult to know which way to choose
And she's gone c'est ca
Can I go on-je ne sais pas
Got to find a way to lose the Paris Blues

The boulevard is just another by-way
Where we walked together-now I walk alone
One more lonely heart (and) one more lonely highway
One more drifter - one more rollin' stone
Au revoir, she said
She's out of my life - I'm out of my head
Difficult to know which way to choose
And she's gone c'est ca
Can I go on-je ne sais pas
Got to find a way to lose the Paris Blues

Angels of the morning
Children of the dawn
Heaven bless and keep you
Help you carry on

All the heart has hoped for
All that eyes can see
Meant for your salvation
And felicity

I have come to find you
And I must remind you
We R one

Angels of the evening
Children of the cross
Who can help us gather
All the things that we have lost

Lifetimes shifting phases
Dreams that we discern
Words of wealth and power
Oh, but that's not my concern

I have come to find you
And I must remind you
We R one

The stone clouds will be fading
Half the rainbow's in
There'll be a new beginning
For all of us, my friend

I have come to find you
And I must remind you
We R one

I have come to find you
And I must remind you
We R one

I have come to find you
And I must remind you
We R one
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