1. |
First Breath Of Air
04:21
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First breath of air
August 1957 was the year
They put the sputnik in the sky
To keep an eye on the world
I wasn’t born I was torn
From a womb
Into a room
I got a smack I looked at my mum
And I began to cry
With my first breath of air
I began to cry
Before I knew what was there
I began to cry
No it just wasn’t fair
All my time as a boy
I walked around starring at the sky
And wondering why we have all got to die sometime
And now I’m older
Still looking at the world
And wondering why I’m left
To wonder why all the time
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2. |
Loaded Man With A Gun
03:50
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Loaded man with a gun
Should believe in moderation
But we live in excess
Should believe in communication
But we only express
Should believe in seeing stars
And we're all city heights
we've got half a culture behind bars
And we talk of human rights.
Look at all of history
To see what we’ve become
Just another loaded man with a gun
And all of evolution
sees us standing in the sun
just another loaded man with a gun.
The worst thing in our history
That ever has been done
Was back in 1940 something
When you dropped the bomb
Now you walk around the world
point your finger at everyone
You think you are the savior
that your the kingdom come.
Look at all of history
To see what we’ve become
Just another loaded man with a gun
And all of evolution sees us standing in the sun
just another loaded man with a gun.
Don’t wanna live like America
I wanna live in a true democracy
I wanna live in a fair economy
Don’t wanna live under hypocrisy
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3. |
Money
01:56
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Money
Money talks in a universal language
But I still don’t understand
Money is a secret weapon
That we all hold in our hand
Money talks with a silver tongue
And it’s lapping you in flames
Money burns a hole in your pocket
And a black hole in your brain.
Money washing like a flood Over the city
Washing love right down the drain
Money has ten thousand names
Need Money to play our games
Money is god, but it’s one we can touch
Yeah it’s no wonder we love it so much
Money floats, but you will drown
When that final wave comes down
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4. |
Trees
03:52
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5. |
Damn It All
03:59
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Damn it all
She pushed the door
And it opened up into the night
Her feet are heavy
But her head was feeling light
God knows what she has taking tonight
And what ever she does
She thinks she’s gonna do it right
Such a small town that it figures
Why she won’t stop
Just a small voice crying out
Against the endless drop
And the world is very small
Yeh the world is just a ball
She is just a speck
So what the heck
And damn it all
She on rocket
And she is flying to the moon
She looks back down
On a town with grace and gloom
White walls, white sheets
Are the only colors in her room
Oh my god she’s woken up
In the town on the day of her own doom
Such a small town that it figures
Why she can't stop
Just a small price to pay
For the endless drop
And the world is very small
Yeah! the world is just a ball
She is just a speck
So what the heck
And damn it all
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6. |
Lost Causes
04:06
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Lost causes
Ever been on a starlight flight
Take a ride on a moonbeam slide
Take your socks off and walk on a rainbow
Come across to the other side
I know you want to -- lost causes
I know you want to
See the world asleep at peace tonight
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7. |
Feel
03:39
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Feel
We can feel the wind
We can feel the rain
We can feel the sky above
We can feel the mud
We can feel the beating of our hearts
With the world
Like a drum
It’s were we started from
So we’ll remember
We can feel the dust
We can feel the trees
We can feel the stars above
We can feel the sea
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8. |
Walk Into My Kitchen
05:11
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You walk into the kitchen
Everybody got something to say
But no one is talking to you
Everybody got somewhere to go
No one's taking you
Everybody needs someone to hold
No one’s holding you
everybody wants to be different
but the're just like me and you
And you walk into my kitchen and you say brother
My heart is breaking
Is there something you can do?
Well if my hands
Weren’t so tied down by money
If my heart and soul were free
if it weren't so hard
To keep my head above the water
I'd reach out and set my brother free
but I am no one
And there aint nothing I can do
Everybody wants something to own
They don’t want to give it to you
Everybody got expectations
but you don’t know what
They want you to do
Every body needs someone to follow
You don’t want them following you
Every body wants to be different
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9. |
Truck
01:34
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10. |
The Garden
02:46
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The Garden
I gotta bridge
That I burnt behind me
I got a road up ahead
That is broken off in two
I gotta a bag
Full of problems
Don’t know where to go
Don’t know what to do
Is it like that for all of us
Our own private universe
we are in a garden
All we can do
Is wait for nothing
I gotta head full of dreams
A pocket full of secrets
And I’ll share them all with you
i've got a head full of problems
i don't know where to go
and i don't know what to do.
I know that may seem unreal
But that is just the way I feel
Where in a garden
All we can do is wait for nothing
i had a need to have this vision
to write it in a song
and make it all come true
and give it all to you.
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11. |
Waiting For The Rain
03:12
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12. |
Comes The Time
02:35
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Comes The Time
And when the time has come
To lay our bodies down
Is that when peace will come?
Is that were freedoms found?
And as our bones decay
A name without a face
will our souls rise up
In to another place?
Or will we linger there
Within the in-between
And will our eyes no more
See things we’ve never seen?
And will the promise made Come true
Or was it a guess?
At least while we’re alive
Good luck take care
And God bless.
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13. |
The Living Bell
04:39
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The living bell
Have you heard the bell?
It tolls heaven
and it tolls hell
If you listen to the sound
Gathering everyone around
The sound of all the words we’ve talked
The ring of all the steps we’ve walked
To the end of time
Just to hear it ring
Have you ever seen the light?
Makes the daytime out of night
Shining down on all we do
Shining down on me and you
It don’t matter who you are
The truth is locked up in a star
And we are all standing
In the sunshine!
Have you held gods hand
The hand of time
That lets you stand here
Be you woman
Or be you a man
A past to help you understand
It’s only ever yes or no
To everything we’ll ever know
On the path
That leads us home
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