Aimee Mann & Michael Penn — Two Of Us
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I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
Ever since I was a tiny boy
I don't want no candy, I don't need no toy
I took a stick and an old coffee can
I bang on that thing 'til I got blisters on my hand
Because
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (yes, I do)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day (that's right)
When I get older they think I'm a fool
The teacher told me I should stay after school
She caught me pounding on the desk with my hands
But my licks was so hot
I made the teacher wanna dance
And that's why
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (hey, why not?)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day (listen to this)
Every day when I get home from work
I feel so frustrated, the boss is a jerk
And I get my sticks and go out to the shed
And I pound on that drum like it was the boss's head, because I...
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (hey, hey)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day (I can bang that drum)
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (hey, you wanna take a bang at it?)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day (I can do this all day)
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
And who by fire, who by water,
Who in the sunshine, who in the night time,
Who by high ordeal, who by common trial,
Who in your merry merry month of may,
Who by very slow decay,
And who shall I say is calling?
And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate,
Who in these realms of love, who by something blunt,
And who by avalanche, who by powder,
Who for his greed, who for his hunger,
And who shall I say is calling?
And who by brave assent, who by accident,
Who in solitude, who in this mirror,
Who by his lady's command, who by his own hand,
Who in mortal chains, who in power,
And who shall I say is calling?
Summer's gone, winter's in your eyes
I can feel the thunderstorms inside
I wake every morning, and the cold winds cover me
All I've got's a ghost of what could be
If you can see, the lights shine in front of me
If you can see the lights, shout out where you'll be
I'm in a broken dream, I stare out into space
You know, I called you up 'cause nothing takes your place
I've got a heart of stone, and it's sinking deep inside
I want to tell you, love, I'm too proud to cry
If you can see, the lights shine in front of me
If you can see the lights, shout out where you'll be
Summer's gone, and I can't tell you lies
Oh, forgive me, love, I'm too proud to cry
If you can see, the lights shine in front of me
If you can see the lights, shout out where you'll be
Summer's gone, and I can't tell you lies
Forgive me, love, I'm too proud to cry
Too proud to cry
Too proud to cry
Too proud to cry
Oh Lord, won't you listen in to me now?
Oh love, I got to get me back to you somehow
I never knew that life was loaded
I'd only hung around birds and bees
I never knew that things exploded
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Oh boy, you've no idea what I've been through
Oh Lord, I feel so stuck that I can't get to you
Had no idea that I was heading toward a state of emergency
I had no fear where I was treading
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
Caught up on me with intensity
Had no idea where I was heading
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Oh boys, you don't have idea where I've been through
Oh Lord, I got to get back somehow to you
I never knew that life was loaded
I'd only hung around birds and bees
I never knew that things exploded
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
I never got any G.C.E.s
I never knew that things exploded
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Sounds like a signal from you
Bring me to meet your sound
And I will bring you to my heart
Love like a signal you call
Touching my body my soul
Bring to me, you to meet me here
Home be the temple of your heart
Home be the body of your love
Just like Holy water to my lips
Yes I do know how I survive
Yes I do know why I'm alive
To love and be with you
Day by day by day by day
Time, time again, it is said
We will hear, we will see
See it all-in his wisdom-hear
His truth will abound the land
This truth will abound the land
This State of independence shall be
This State of independence shall be
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
Love like a signal you call
Touching my body my soul
Bring to me, you to meet me here
Home be the temple of your heart
Home be the body of your love
Just like Holy water to my lips
Hey
Yes I do know how I survive
Yes I do know why I'm alive
To love and be with you
Day by day by day by day
Time, time again, it is said
We will hear, we will see
See it all-in his wisdom-hear
His truth will abound the land
This truth will abound the land
This State of independence shall be
This State of independence shall be
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
This State of independence shall be
His truth will abound the land
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
Don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Clarendon (you are an African)
And if you come from Portland (you are an African)
And if you come from Westmoreland, you're an African
So, don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Trinidad (you are an African)
And if you come from Nassau (you are an African)
And if you come from Cuba, you're an African
So, don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your complexion
There is no rejection
You're an African
'Cause if your 'plexion high, high, high
If your 'plexion low, low
And if your 'plexion in between, you're an African
So, don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man
You're an African
No mind denomination
That is only segregation
You're an African
'Cause if you go to the Catholic (you are an African)
And if you go to the Methodist (you are an African)
And if you go to the Church of gods, you are an African
So, don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Brixton (you are an African)
And if you come from Weesday (you are an African)
And if you come from Wingstead (you are an African)
And if you come from France (you are an African)
And if you come from Brooklyn (you are an African)
And if you come from Queens (you are an African)
And if you come from Manhattan (you are an African)
And if you come from Canada (you are an African)
And if you come from Miami (you are an African)
And if you come from Switzerland (you are an African)
And if you come from Germany (you are an African)
And if you come from Russia (you are an African)
And if you come from Taiwan (you are an African)
And if you come from-
Goin' to California
To live in the summer sun
The streets are made of silver
I'm like a rabbit on the run
Philadelphia freedom
Well, it's not like you have heard
The City of Brotherly Love
Is full of pain and hurt
I'm goin' to California
To find my pot of gold
Corruption on every corner
Hustlers selling sweets
Baby is home crying
While her momma's on the streets
Everybody's dying
Have you heard the news today?
A woman in north Philly is mourning
The bullet took another son away
I'm goin' to California
I'm goin' far, far away
Goin' to California, yes
To resurrect my soul
The sun is always shining
Or at least that's what I'm told
Goin' to California
There's a better life for me
Goin' to California
I'll write and tell you what I see
Goin' to California
Somebody say a prayer for me
Well, it's 3 a.m., I'm out here riding again
Through the wicked, winding streets of my world
I make a wrong turn, break it
Now I'm too far gone
I've got a siren on my tail and that ain't the fine I'm lookin' for
I see a stairway so I follow it down
Into the belly of a whale where my secrets echo all around
You know me now, but to do better than that
You got to follow me
Boy, I'm trying to show you where I'm at
Hey pretty, don't you wanna take a ride with me
Through my world?
Hey pretty, don't you wanna kick and slide
Through my world?
I got a mind full of wicked designs
I got a non-stop hole in my head, imagination
I'm in a building that has 2000 floors
And when they all fall down
I think you know it's you they're fallin for
I can't forget I am my sole architect
I built the shadows here
I built the growlin' voice I fear
You add it up, but to do better than that
You got to follow me
Boy, I'm trying to show you where I'm at
Hey pretty, don't you wanna take a ride with me
Through my world?
Hey pretty, don't you wanna kick and slide
Through my world?
Hey pretty, my pretty baby
Rock it through my world
Hey pretty, my pretty baby
Rock it through my world
Hey now, can't you feel me longing?
(Do-do-do-do you get the gist of this song now?)
Hey now, can't you feel me?
(Feel me now)
Hey pretty, hey pretty, hey pretty baby
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(My baby)
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(My baby)
My pretty baby
(Don't you wanna)
Rock it through my world
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(My baby)
Don't you wanna?
My baby
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(Do you get the gist of this song now?)
(Do you get the gist of this song now?)
My pretty baby
Woah, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me
Lonely rivers flow
To the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea, yeah
Lonely rivers sigh
"Wait for me, wait for me"
I'll be coming home, wait for me
Woah, my love, my darling
I've hungered, hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me
Hmm... hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me
When you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on...
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill
Those of your needs that you won't let show
You just call on me brother when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Lean on me
When you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on...
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
You just call on me brother
When you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
If there is a load you have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me
Call me
If you need a friend
(Call me)
Call me (call me)
If you need a friend
(Call me)
If you ever need a friend
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me)
If you need a friend
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me)
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes, I would
If I could
I surely would, mmm hmm
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes, I would
If I only could
I surely would, mmm hmm
Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world its saddest sound
Its saddest sound
I'd rather be a forest than a street
Yes, I would
If I could
I surely would mmm, hmm
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes, I would
If I only could
I surely would
Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide
So we've been told, and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it
Look what it's done so far
What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
All of us under its spell
We know that it's probably magic
Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm supposed to be
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
La-da-da-di, da-da-do
La-la, da-da-da-di-da-do
I am a lighthouse
Worn by the weather and the waves
I keep my lamp it
To warn the sailors on their way
I'll tell a story
Paint you a picture from my past
I was so happy
But joy in this life seldom lasts
I had a keeper
He helped me warn the ships at sea
We had grown closer
'Til his joy meant everything to me
And he was to marry
A girl who shone with beauty and light
And they loved each other
And with me watched the sunsets into night
And the waves crashing around me
The sand slips out to sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be
She'd had to leave us
My keeper he prayed for a safe return
But when the night came
The weather to a raging storm had turned
He watched her ship fight
But in vain against the wild and terrible wind
In me so helpless
As dashed against the rock she met her end
And the waves crashing around me
The sand slips out to sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be
Then on the next day
My keeper found her washed up on the shore
He kissed her cold face
That they'd be together soon he swore
I saw him crying
Watched as he buried her in the sand
And then he climbed my tower
And off of the edge of me, he ran
And the waves crashing around me
The sand slips out to sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be
I am a lighthouse
Worn by the weather and the waves
And though I am empty
I still warn the sailors on their way
Oh no, I see
A spider web is tangled up with me
And I lost my head
The thought of all the stupid things I'd said
Oh no, what's this?
A spider web, and I'm caught in the middle
So I turned to run
The thought of all the stupid things I'd done
And I never meant to cause you trouble
I never meant to do you wrong
I, well, if I ever caused you trouble
And oh no, I never meant to do you harm
Oh no, I see
A spider web and it's me in the middle
So I twist and turn
But here am I in my little bubble?
Singing out, I never meant to cause you trouble
I never meant to do you wrong
I, well, if I ever caused you trouble
Oh no, I never meant to do you harm
They spun a web for me
They spun a web for me
They spun a web for me
Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide
So we've been told and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
Who said that every wish would be heard
And answered when wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that and someone believed it
Look what it's done so far
What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
All of us under it's spell
We know that it's probably magic
Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name
Is this the sweet sound that called the young sailors
The voice might be one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm supposed to be
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
I want to live life and never be cruel
And I want to live life and be good to you
And I want to fly and never come down
And live my life and have friends around
We never change, do we?
No, no
We never learn, do we?
So I want to live in a wooden house
I want to live life and always be true
And I want to live life and be good to you
And I want to fly and never come down
And live my life and have friends around
We never change, do we?
No, no
We never learn, do we?
So I want to live in a wooden house
Where making more friends would be easy
Oh, and I don't have a soul to save
Yes, and I sin every single day
We never change, do we?
We never learn, do we?
So I want to live in a wooden house
Where making more friends would be easy
I want to live where the sun comes out
Rowers gliding on the river
Canadian geese crap along the bank
Back wheel of my bike begins to quiver
The chain is wrapped around the crank
Old ladies, who must be doggie training
Walking, throwing balls, chasing all the sheep
While the farmer stands around,
And he's complaining
His mad cows are being put to sleep
And I'm a Pisces fish and the rivers runs
Through my soul
Smoke signals from the brewery
Like someone in there found the latest Pope
In a vat of beer that keeps pumping
Out with fury
While the churchbell ringer's tangled
In his rope
There's a temple on an island
I think of all the Gods and what they feel
You can only find them in the deepest silence
I got to get off of this big wheel
And I'm a Pisces fish and the river runs
Through my soul
I'm a Pisces fish and the river runs
Through my soul
And I'll be swimming until I can find
Those waters
That one unbounded ocean of bliss
That's flowing through your parents,
Sons and daughters
But still an easy thing for us to miss
Blades go skimming through the water
I hear the coxswain shouting his
Instructions about
With this crew oh it could be a tall order
Have we time to sort all of these things out?
Some times my life it seems like fiction
Some of the days it's really quite serene
I'm a living proof of all life's contradictions
One half's going where the other
Half's just been
And I'm a Pisces fish and the river runs
Through my soul
Very superstitious
Writing's on the wall
Very superstitious
Ladder's 'bout to fall
13-month-old baby
Broke the looking glass
Seven years of bad luck
The good things in your past
When you believe in things
That you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, yeah
Ooh, very superstitious
Wash your face and hands
Rid me of the problem
Do all that you can
Keep me in a daydream
Keep me going strong
You don't want to save me
Sad is my song
When you believe in things
You don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, yeah
Very superstitious
Nothing more to say
Very superstitious
The devil's on his way
13-month-old baby
Broke the looking glass
Seven years of bad luck
Good things in your past
When you believe in things
That you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way
No, no, no
The test begins now
I thought I was smart
I thought I was right
I thought it better not to fight
I thought there was a virtue in always being cool
So it came time to fight
I thought I'll just step aside
And that the time would prove you wrong
And that you would be the fool
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery
Oh, to fight is to defend
If it's not now, then tell me when would be the time
That you would stand up and be a man
For to lose, I could accept
But to surrender I just wept and regretted this moment
Oh that I, I was the fool
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides
What's right for his own life
It's all a mystery
'Cause I'm a man, not a boy
And there are things you can't avoid, you have to face them
When you're not prepared to face them
If I could, I would
But you're with him now, I'd do no good
I should have fought him, but instead I let him
I let him take you
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides
What's right for his own life
It's all a mystery
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery
'Cause I don't know how a man decides
What's right for his own life
It's all a mystery
And I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery (but instead I wanna take it)
Mystery
The test is over now
Santa Maria, Santa Teresa, Santa Anna, Santa Susannah
Santa Cecilia, Santa Copelia, Santa Dominica, Mary Angelica
Frater Achad, Frater Pietro, Julianus, Petronella
Santa, Santos, Miroslaw, Vladimir
And all the rest
A man is placed upon the steps, a baby cries
High above it hear the church bells start to ring
And the heaviness
The heaviness settles in
Somewhere you can hear a mother sing
Then it's one foot then the other
As you step out onto the road, steppin' on the road
How much weight? How much?
Then it's how long? And how far?
And how many times before it's too late?
Calling all angels
Calling all angels
Walk me through this one
Don't leave me alone
Calling all angels
Calling all angels
We're trying, we're hoping
But we're not sure how long
And every day you gaze upon the sunset
With such love and intensity
Why it's almost as if
If you could only crack the code
You'd finally understand what this all means
But if you could
Do you think you would trade it all?
All the pain and suffering?
Ah, but then you'd have miss
The beauty of the light upon this earth
And the sweetness of the leaving
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Walk me through this one (walk me through this one)
Don't leave me alone
Calling all angels
Calling all angels
We're trying, we're hoping
But were not sure how
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Walk me through this world (walk me through this one)
Don't leave me alone (don't leave me alone)
Calling all angels
Calling all angels
We're trying
We're hoping
We're loving
And we're hurting
We're crying
We're calling
'Cause we're not sure how this goes
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Let my arms be a tree
Let my eyes be a bee
Let my hair be
A bed of roses
Let my lips kiss the ocean
Let my feet feed
An earthworm
Let my ears feed a beetle
Let my thights feed a wolf
Let my nose be a plum
Oh it's the sweet cycle of life
Oh yes it's the
Sweet cycle of life
Well who am I to complain
About a bit of earthly pain
Let my heart be
An orchard of artichokes
Let my chest be
A bridge of Mesquite
Let my cock feed a crow
Let my stomach feed
A flock of geese
Oh it's the sweet cycle of life
Oh yes it's the
Sweet cycle of life
Well who am I to complain
Are we not one and
The same
Let me celebrate my life
In the way that I want to
In a feast of all the pieces
That were meant to be used
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
Once I had a love and it was divine
Soon found out I was losing my mind
Seemed like the real thing but I was so blind
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
In between what I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine
Love is so confusing
There's no peace of mind
If I fear I'm losing you it's just no good
You teasing like you do
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
Lost inside, adorable illusion
And I cannot hide
I'm the one you're using
Please don't push me aside
We coulda made it cruising, yeah
Yeah, riding high on love's true bluish light
Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
In between what I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine
Love is so confusing
There's no peace of mind
If I fear I'm losing you it's just no good
You teasing like you do
We had no way of staying afloat
We had to leave on the ferry boat
Economic refugees
On the run to Germany
We had the back of Maggie's hand
Times were tough in Geordieland
We got our tools and working gear
And humped it all from Newcastle to here
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
We're the nomad tribes, travelling boys
In the dust and dirt and the racket and the noise
Drills and hammers, diggers and picks
Mixing concrete, laying bricks
There's English, Irish, Scots, the Lot
United nation's what we've got
Brickies, chippies, every trade
German building, British-made
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Nae more work on Maggie's farm
Hadaway down the autobahn
Mine's a portacabin bed
Or a bunk in a nissen hut instead
There's plenty Deutschmarks here to earn
And German tarts are wunderschoen
German beer is chemical-free
Germany's alreet with me
Sometimes I miss my river Tyne
But you're my pretty fraulein
Tonight we'll drink the old town dry
Keep our spirit levels high
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Now, that we've run this road so many times
Tonight it will not take us home
Gonna go to that deep river
Where the water's moving slow
Feels like there's nothing to explain (nothing left to hear)
One more or less it's all the same
Now, that it's feeling so much colder (coming back again)
Just be glad that it's all over
Now, that we've closed our eyes so many times
Tonight I cannot see a thing
Gonna go to that deep river
Where the water's moving slow
Feels like there's nothing to explain (nothing left to hear)
And now you know just who to blame
For why, you're feeling so much colder (coming back again)
Just be glad that it's all over
Gonna go to that deep river
Hey love
Is that the name you're meant to have
For me to call
Look love
They've given up believing
They've turned aside our stories of the gentle fall
But don't you believe them
Don't you drink their poison too
These are the scars that words have carved
On me
Hey love
That's the name we've long held back
From the core of truth
So don't turn away now
I am turning in revolution
These are the scars that silence carved
On me
This is the same place
No not the same place
This is the same place, love
No not the same place we've been before
Hey love
I am a constant satellite
Of your blazing sun
My love
I obey your law of gravity
This is the fate you've carved on me
This law of gravity
This is the fate you've carved on me
On me
Here's another song that
Maybe you remember this one
Very nice little song
Nice and sweet, I say
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me, for me
Cupid, please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me
And now, I don't mean to bother you but I'm in distress
There's danger of me losing all of my happiness
For I love a girl who doesn't know I exist
And this you can fix
So
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow go, uh
Straight to my lover's heart for me, nobody but me
And oh, Cupid, please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly, yeah
Straight to my lover's heart for me
Now, Cupid, if your arrow make her love strong for me
I promise I will love her until eternity
I know between the two of us, her heart we can steal
Help me if you will
So
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me, nobody but me
Cupid, please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me, get it babe, get it
Now, Cupid
Don't you hear me?
Calling you
I need you
Cupid
I want to hear me
I need you
I need you Cupid
Help me, help me, help me, help me
Cupid take me
Straight to my lover's heart for me
Ya-choo-choo-choo-choo-choo-choo-choo
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break
When the levee breaks, I'll have no place to stay
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, Lord
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan
It's got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home
Oh well, oh well, oh well
Don't it make you feel bad
When you're tryin' to find your way home
You don't know which way to go?
If you're goin' down south
They got no work to do
If you're going down to Chicago
A-ah, a-ah, a-ah
Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good
No, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move, ooh
All last night sat on the levee and moaned
All last night sat on the levee and moaned
Thinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy home
Ah-oh
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Goin'
I'm goin' to Chicago
Goin' to Chicago
Sorry, but I can't take you, ahhh
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down
Goin' down, goin' down
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down-down-down-down-down
Sunbeam, stop tugging me
Pull that door shut quietly
Darling, what are you doing
We don't have time for this
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
I'm crazy, mmh, what are you then?
Give me an hour and I'll give you your dream
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Don't make a sound, shh, listen
Keep your head down
We're not safe yet
Don't make a sound and be good for me
'Cause I know they're waiting
Somewhere out here
Leave it, I won't go back
We have to do it 'cause there's nothing left here
Don't care, what do they know?
I've seen it, baby, and I know it's real
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Showtime, I knew they'd come
Whoa, are we having fun or what?
Yeah
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Don't make a sound, shh, listen
Keep your head down
We're not safe yet
Don't make a sound and be good for me
'Cause I know they're waiting
Somewhere out
Don't make a sound, shh, listen
Keep your head down
We're not safe yet
Don't make a sound and be good for me
'Cause I know they're waiting
Somewhere out here
I feel good all over
I feel good all over
I feel good all over
Mmh, wear your inside out
Inside out
Inside out
Inside out, out, out, out, out
Inside out
Out, out, out, out
Out, out, out, out
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Drink up, baby, down
Mmm, are you in or are you out?
Leave your things behind
'Cause it's all going off without you
Excuse me, too busy
You're writing your tragedy
These mishaps you bubble wrap
When you've no idea what you're like
So let go, so let go, hmm, jump in
Oh, well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, yeah let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
It gains the more it gives
And then it rises with the fall
So hand me that remote
Can't you see that all that stuff's a sideshow?
Such boundless pleasure
We've no time for later now
You can't await your own arrival
You've twenty seconds to comply
So let go, so let go and jump in
Oh, well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, yeah, let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, hmm, jump in
Oh, well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, yeah, let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
In the breakdown
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
Yeah, the breakdown
So amazing here
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now
I hope you're keeping some kind of record
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every
Train, and You came home without Lili Marlene
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well, I see Jane's awake
She sends her regards
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
LET IT FALL
So you say we have no future
As father and daughter;
I wish you could see me in your skin,
And the hole you left within
But you never stop to see what you begun
Oh lord, look what you've done
The consequences of your slick Italian style
Rumbling beneath the home truth
And all the seas here will carry a breeze of
A scent I do not know;
The breath of my father
My sister of another
Bathing the wounds.
So you say we have no future,
What with no past either.
But you were never stuck for your excuses;
Just say you remember,
Don't let it slip from your mind...
Blood is all around
Would you say my name the way it's meant to be said;
Let it fall from your mouth...
To see a flicker in my father's eye,
To feel his breath upon my brow
And all the seas here wil carry a breeze of
A scent I do not know;
The breath of my father,
My sister of another,
Bathing the wounds
Julia, you're here in my fingers.
You seem to flip between my skies;
Sharing the dream of, of a life I will never know.
I will never know...
And all the seas here will carry a breeze of
A scent I do not know;
The breath of my father,
My sister of another,
Bathing the wounds
Would you say my name the way it's meant to be said;
Let it fall from your mouth,
Let it fall from your hands,
Let it slip from your hips,
Let it slip from your skin,
Let it skin from your mind.
I am knee deep in your blood and you are knee deep in mine...
Say my name the way it's meant to be said.
Let it fall from your mouth,
I am knee deep in your blood and you are knee deep in mine...
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Ta raa ta taa
It shouldn't be such a different world
It shouldn't be such a different world
Think for daddy
Nice print sheets and a made up bed
I sleep with a book written in my head
Late night calls to nowhere
And no one answers back
I've got nothin' but blues for you
See, I ain't got nothin' but blues
If I ain't got you
I've got nothin' but blues for you
See, I ain't got nothin'
If I ain't got blues
Backed up sink and a bathtub ring
Nothin' in the fridge and plenty to drink
I know nowhere left to go
Nowhere left to go, nowhere
I've got nothin' but blues for you
See, I ain't got nothin' but blues
If I ain't got you
Yeah
I ain't got nothin', I ain't got nothin'
It's not where you're goin'
(Its not where you're goin')
It's what you been through
(It's what you been through)
It's not where you're goin'
(Its not where you're goin')
It's what you been through
(It's what you been through)
Dirty sheets and a messed up bed
Over worked and underfed
Yeah
Late night conversations
It was so good
It was so good
I've got nothin' but blues for you
See, I ain't got nothin'
If I ain't got blues
Yeah
I ain't got nothin'
I ain't got nothin'
See, I ain't got nothin'
Sitting' on the back of my time
Fishing' through the cities phone lines
Suddenly, Suddenly 'til my back's out of line
Who today will be knocked off
And who controls all the chalk talk
Will they let you see
And will you believe
May there be a charm in your shine
Lies about the big find But shouldn't he, so deservingly
Okay
Ah one, two
Ah one, two, three, four
After the glow, the scene, the stage
The sad, talk becomes slow
But there's some things you'll never forget
Hey buddy, pay your tolls before you pay the rent
Over the turnstiles and out in the traffic
There's ways of living
And it's the way I'm living, right or wrong
If I could guess
But I wouldn't want to let you be
Freeing life
Someday, you'll settle down
I hope you settle down
I hope you'll settle down
Range life
I hope you'll settle down
And if you settle down
Gone for so long
Run from the pigs, the fuzz
The cops, the heat
Pass me your gloves
This crime is never complete
Snort the line, shoot it up
Then it will never make you feel free
Out on my skateboard
The night is just coming
The gum smacks are the pulse
I follow if my Walkman fades
You better repair your dues
Because the matter won't let you be
Don't worry, we're in no hurry
School's out, what did you expect
I want a range life
Where I can settle down
If I could settle down
Where I would settle down
Range life
I wanna settle down
If I could settle down
Uh, I would settle down
Two of us riding nowhere
Spending someone's hard earned pay
You and me Sunday driving
Not arriving on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home
Two of us sending postcards
Writing letters on my wall
You and me burning matches
Lifting latches on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home
You and I have memories
Longer than the road
That stretches out ahead
Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing solo in the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home
You and I have memories
Longer than the road
That stretches out ahead
Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing solo in the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
Ever since I was a tiny boy
I don't want no candy, I don't need no toy
I took a stick and an old coffee can
I bang on that thing 'til I got blisters on my hand
Because
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (yes, I do)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day (that's right)
When I get older they think I'm a fool
The teacher told me I should stay after school
She caught me pounding on the desk with my hands
But my licks was so hot
I made the teacher wanna dance
And that's why
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (hey, why not?)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day (listen to this)
Every day when I get home from work
I feel so frustrated, the boss is a jerk
And I get my sticks and go out to the shed
And I pound on that drum like it was the boss's head, because I...
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (hey, hey)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day (I can bang that drum)
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (hey, you wanna take a bang at it?)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day (I can do this all day)
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
And who by fire, who by water,
Who in the sunshine, who in the night time,
Who by high ordeal, who by common trial,
Who in your merry merry month of may,
Who by very slow decay,
And who shall I say is calling?
And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate,
Who in these realms of love, who by something blunt,
And who by avalanche, who by powder,
Who for his greed, who for his hunger,
And who shall I say is calling?
And who by brave assent, who by accident,
Who in solitude, who in this mirror,
Who by his lady's command, who by his own hand,
Who in mortal chains, who in power,
And who shall I say is calling?
Summer's gone, winter's in your eyes
I can feel the thunderstorms inside
I wake every morning, and the cold winds cover me
All I've got's a ghost of what could be
If you can see, the lights shine in front of me
If you can see the lights, shout out where you'll be
I'm in a broken dream, I stare out into space
You know, I called you up 'cause nothing takes your place
I've got a heart of stone, and it's sinking deep inside
I want to tell you, love, I'm too proud to cry
If you can see, the lights shine in front of me
If you can see the lights, shout out where you'll be
Summer's gone, and I can't tell you lies
Oh, forgive me, love, I'm too proud to cry
If you can see, the lights shine in front of me
If you can see the lights, shout out where you'll be
Summer's gone, and I can't tell you lies
Forgive me, love, I'm too proud to cry
Too proud to cry
Too proud to cry
Too proud to cry
Oh Lord, won't you listen in to me now?
Oh love, I got to get me back to you somehow
I never knew that life was loaded
I'd only hung around birds and bees
I never knew that things exploded
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Oh boy, you've no idea what I've been through
Oh Lord, I feel so stuck that I can't get to you
Had no idea that I was heading toward a state of emergency
I had no fear where I was treading
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
Caught up on me with intensity
Had no idea where I was heading
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Oh boys, you don't have idea where I've been through
Oh Lord, I got to get back somehow to you
I never knew that life was loaded
I'd only hung around birds and bees
I never knew that things exploded
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
I never got any G.C.E.s
I never knew that things exploded
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Sounds like a signal from you
Bring me to meet your sound
And I will bring you to my heart
Love like a signal you call
Touching my body my soul
Bring to me, you to meet me here
Home be the temple of your heart
Home be the body of your love
Just like Holy water to my lips
Yes I do know how I survive
Yes I do know why I'm alive
To love and be with you
Day by day by day by day
Time, time again, it is said
We will hear, we will see
See it all-in his wisdom-hear
His truth will abound the land
This truth will abound the land
This State of independence shall be
This State of independence shall be
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
Love like a signal you call
Touching my body my soul
Bring to me, you to meet me here
Home be the temple of your heart
Home be the body of your love
Just like Holy water to my lips
Hey
Yes I do know how I survive
Yes I do know why I'm alive
To love and be with you
Day by day by day by day
Time, time again, it is said
We will hear, we will see
See it all-in his wisdom-hear
His truth will abound the land
This truth will abound the land
This State of independence shall be
This State of independence shall be
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
This State of independence shall be
His truth will abound the land
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
Don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Clarendon (you are an African)
And if you come from Portland (you are an African)
And if you come from Westmoreland, you're an African
So, don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Trinidad (you are an African)
And if you come from Nassau (you are an African)
And if you come from Cuba, you're an African
So, don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your complexion
There is no rejection
You're an African
'Cause if your 'plexion high, high, high
If your 'plexion low, low
And if your 'plexion in between, you're an African
So, don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man
You're an African
No mind denomination
That is only segregation
You're an African
'Cause if you go to the Catholic (you are an African)
And if you go to the Methodist (you are an African)
And if you go to the Church of gods, you are an African
So, don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Brixton (you are an African)
And if you come from Weesday (you are an African)
And if you come from Wingstead (you are an African)
And if you come from France (you are an African)
And if you come from Brooklyn (you are an African)
And if you come from Queens (you are an African)
And if you come from Manhattan (you are an African)
And if you come from Canada (you are an African)
And if you come from Miami (you are an African)
And if you come from Switzerland (you are an African)
And if you come from Germany (you are an African)
And if you come from Russia (you are an African)
And if you come from Taiwan (you are an African)
And if you come from-
Goin' to California
To live in the summer sun
The streets are made of silver
I'm like a rabbit on the run
Philadelphia freedom
Well, it's not like you have heard
The City of Brotherly Love
Is full of pain and hurt
I'm goin' to California
To find my pot of gold
Corruption on every corner
Hustlers selling sweets
Baby is home crying
While her momma's on the streets
Everybody's dying
Have you heard the news today?
A woman in north Philly is mourning
The bullet took another son away
I'm goin' to California
I'm goin' far, far away
Goin' to California, yes
To resurrect my soul
The sun is always shining
Or at least that's what I'm told
Goin' to California
There's a better life for me
Goin' to California
I'll write and tell you what I see
Goin' to California
Somebody say a prayer for me
Well, it's 3 a.m., I'm out here riding again
Through the wicked, winding streets of my world
I make a wrong turn, break it
Now I'm too far gone
I've got a siren on my tail and that ain't the fine I'm lookin' for
I see a stairway so I follow it down
Into the belly of a whale where my secrets echo all around
You know me now, but to do better than that
You got to follow me
Boy, I'm trying to show you where I'm at
Hey pretty, don't you wanna take a ride with me
Through my world?
Hey pretty, don't you wanna kick and slide
Through my world?
I got a mind full of wicked designs
I got a non-stop hole in my head, imagination
I'm in a building that has 2000 floors
And when they all fall down
I think you know it's you they're fallin for
I can't forget I am my sole architect
I built the shadows here
I built the growlin' voice I fear
You add it up, but to do better than that
You got to follow me
Boy, I'm trying to show you where I'm at
Hey pretty, don't you wanna take a ride with me
Through my world?
Hey pretty, don't you wanna kick and slide
Through my world?
Hey pretty, my pretty baby
Rock it through my world
Hey pretty, my pretty baby
Rock it through my world
Hey now, can't you feel me longing?
(Do-do-do-do you get the gist of this song now?)
Hey now, can't you feel me?
(Feel me now)
Hey pretty, hey pretty, hey pretty baby
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(My baby)
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(My baby)
My pretty baby
(Don't you wanna)
Rock it through my world
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(My baby)
Don't you wanna?
My baby
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(Do you get the gist of this song now?)
(Do you get the gist of this song now?)
My pretty baby
Woah, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me
Lonely rivers flow
To the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea, yeah
Lonely rivers sigh
"Wait for me, wait for me"
I'll be coming home, wait for me
Woah, my love, my darling
I've hungered, hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me
Hmm... hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me
When you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on...
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill
Those of your needs that you won't let show
You just call on me brother when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Lean on me
When you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on...
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
You just call on me brother
When you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
If there is a load you have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me
Call me
If you need a friend
(Call me)
Call me (call me)
If you need a friend
(Call me)
If you ever need a friend
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me)
If you need a friend
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me)
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes, I would
If I could
I surely would, mmm hmm
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes, I would
If I only could
I surely would, mmm hmm
Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world its saddest sound
Its saddest sound
I'd rather be a forest than a street
Yes, I would
If I could
I surely would mmm, hmm
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes, I would
If I only could
I surely would
Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide
So we've been told, and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it
Look what it's done so far
What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
All of us under its spell
We know that it's probably magic
Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm supposed to be
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
La-da-da-di, da-da-do
La-la, da-da-da-di-da-do
I am a lighthouse
Worn by the weather and the waves
I keep my lamp it
To warn the sailors on their way
I'll tell a story
Paint you a picture from my past
I was so happy
But joy in this life seldom lasts
I had a keeper
He helped me warn the ships at sea
We had grown closer
'Til his joy meant everything to me
And he was to marry
A girl who shone with beauty and light
And they loved each other
And with me watched the sunsets into night
And the waves crashing around me
The sand slips out to sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be
She'd had to leave us
My keeper he prayed for a safe return
But when the night came
The weather to a raging storm had turned
He watched her ship fight
But in vain against the wild and terrible wind
In me so helpless
As dashed against the rock she met her end
And the waves crashing around me
The sand slips out to sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be
Then on the next day
My keeper found her washed up on the shore
He kissed her cold face
That they'd be together soon he swore
I saw him crying
Watched as he buried her in the sand
And then he climbed my tower
And off of the edge of me, he ran
And the waves crashing around me
The sand slips out to sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be
I am a lighthouse
Worn by the weather and the waves
And though I am empty
I still warn the sailors on their way
Oh no, I see
A spider web is tangled up with me
And I lost my head
The thought of all the stupid things I'd said
Oh no, what's this?
A spider web, and I'm caught in the middle
So I turned to run
The thought of all the stupid things I'd done
And I never meant to cause you trouble
I never meant to do you wrong
I, well, if I ever caused you trouble
And oh no, I never meant to do you harm
Oh no, I see
A spider web and it's me in the middle
So I twist and turn
But here am I in my little bubble?
Singing out, I never meant to cause you trouble
I never meant to do you wrong
I, well, if I ever caused you trouble
Oh no, I never meant to do you harm
They spun a web for me
They spun a web for me
They spun a web for me
Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide
So we've been told and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
Who said that every wish would be heard
And answered when wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that and someone believed it
Look what it's done so far
What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
All of us under it's spell
We know that it's probably magic
Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name
Is this the sweet sound that called the young sailors
The voice might be one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm supposed to be
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
I want to live life and never be cruel
And I want to live life and be good to you
And I want to fly and never come down
And live my life and have friends around
We never change, do we?
No, no
We never learn, do we?
So I want to live in a wooden house
I want to live life and always be true
And I want to live life and be good to you
And I want to fly and never come down
And live my life and have friends around
We never change, do we?
No, no
We never learn, do we?
So I want to live in a wooden house
Where making more friends would be easy
Oh, and I don't have a soul to save
Yes, and I sin every single day
We never change, do we?
We never learn, do we?
So I want to live in a wooden house
Where making more friends would be easy
I want to live where the sun comes out
Rowers gliding on the river
Canadian geese crap along the bank
Back wheel of my bike begins to quiver
The chain is wrapped around the crank
Old ladies, who must be doggie training
Walking, throwing balls, chasing all the sheep
While the farmer stands around,
And he's complaining
His mad cows are being put to sleep
And I'm a Pisces fish and the rivers runs
Through my soul
Smoke signals from the brewery
Like someone in there found the latest Pope
In a vat of beer that keeps pumping
Out with fury
While the churchbell ringer's tangled
In his rope
There's a temple on an island
I think of all the Gods and what they feel
You can only find them in the deepest silence
I got to get off of this big wheel
And I'm a Pisces fish and the river runs
Through my soul
I'm a Pisces fish and the river runs
Through my soul
And I'll be swimming until I can find
Those waters
That one unbounded ocean of bliss
That's flowing through your parents,
Sons and daughters
But still an easy thing for us to miss
Blades go skimming through the water
I hear the coxswain shouting his
Instructions about
With this crew oh it could be a tall order
Have we time to sort all of these things out?
Some times my life it seems like fiction
Some of the days it's really quite serene
I'm a living proof of all life's contradictions
One half's going where the other
Half's just been
And I'm a Pisces fish and the river runs
Through my soul
Very superstitious
Writing's on the wall
Very superstitious
Ladder's 'bout to fall
13-month-old baby
Broke the looking glass
Seven years of bad luck
The good things in your past
When you believe in things
That you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, yeah
Ooh, very superstitious
Wash your face and hands
Rid me of the problem
Do all that you can
Keep me in a daydream
Keep me going strong
You don't want to save me
Sad is my song
When you believe in things
You don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, yeah
Very superstitious
Nothing more to say
Very superstitious
The devil's on his way
13-month-old baby
Broke the looking glass
Seven years of bad luck
Good things in your past
When you believe in things
That you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way
No, no, no
The test begins now
I thought I was smart
I thought I was right
I thought it better not to fight
I thought there was a virtue in always being cool
So it came time to fight
I thought I'll just step aside
And that the time would prove you wrong
And that you would be the fool
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery
Oh, to fight is to defend
If it's not now, then tell me when would be the time
That you would stand up and be a man
For to lose, I could accept
But to surrender I just wept and regretted this moment
Oh that I, I was the fool
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides
What's right for his own life
It's all a mystery
'Cause I'm a man, not a boy
And there are things you can't avoid, you have to face them
When you're not prepared to face them
If I could, I would
But you're with him now, I'd do no good
I should have fought him, but instead I let him
I let him take you
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides
What's right for his own life
It's all a mystery
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery
'Cause I don't know how a man decides
What's right for his own life
It's all a mystery
And I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery (but instead I wanna take it)
Mystery
The test is over now
Santa Maria, Santa Teresa, Santa Anna, Santa Susannah
Santa Cecilia, Santa Copelia, Santa Dominica, Mary Angelica
Frater Achad, Frater Pietro, Julianus, Petronella
Santa, Santos, Miroslaw, Vladimir
And all the rest
A man is placed upon the steps, a baby cries
High above it hear the church bells start to ring
And the heaviness
The heaviness settles in
Somewhere you can hear a mother sing
Then it's one foot then the other
As you step out onto the road, steppin' on the road
How much weight? How much?
Then it's how long? And how far?
And how many times before it's too late?
Calling all angels
Calling all angels
Walk me through this one
Don't leave me alone
Calling all angels
Calling all angels
We're trying, we're hoping
But we're not sure how long
And every day you gaze upon the sunset
With such love and intensity
Why it's almost as if
If you could only crack the code
You'd finally understand what this all means
But if you could
Do you think you would trade it all?
All the pain and suffering?
Ah, but then you'd have miss
The beauty of the light upon this earth
And the sweetness of the leaving
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Walk me through this one (walk me through this one)
Don't leave me alone
Calling all angels
Calling all angels
We're trying, we're hoping
But were not sure how
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Walk me through this world (walk me through this one)
Don't leave me alone (don't leave me alone)
Calling all angels
Calling all angels
We're trying
We're hoping
We're loving
And we're hurting
We're crying
We're calling
'Cause we're not sure how this goes
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Let my arms be a tree
Let my eyes be a bee
Let my hair be
A bed of roses
Let my lips kiss the ocean
Let my feet feed
An earthworm
Let my ears feed a beetle
Let my thights feed a wolf
Let my nose be a plum
Oh it's the sweet cycle of life
Oh yes it's the
Sweet cycle of life
Well who am I to complain
About a bit of earthly pain
Let my heart be
An orchard of artichokes
Let my chest be
A bridge of Mesquite
Let my cock feed a crow
Let my stomach feed
A flock of geese
Oh it's the sweet cycle of life
Oh yes it's the
Sweet cycle of life
Well who am I to complain
Are we not one and
The same
Let me celebrate my life
In the way that I want to
In a feast of all the pieces
That were meant to be used
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
Once I had a love and it was divine
Soon found out I was losing my mind
Seemed like the real thing but I was so blind
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
In between what I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine
Love is so confusing
There's no peace of mind
If I fear I'm losing you it's just no good
You teasing like you do
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
Lost inside, adorable illusion
And I cannot hide
I'm the one you're using
Please don't push me aside
We coulda made it cruising, yeah
Yeah, riding high on love's true bluish light
Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
In between what I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine
Love is so confusing
There's no peace of mind
If I fear I'm losing you it's just no good
You teasing like you do
We had no way of staying afloat
We had to leave on the ferry boat
Economic refugees
On the run to Germany
We had the back of Maggie's hand
Times were tough in Geordieland
We got our tools and working gear
And humped it all from Newcastle to here
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
We're the nomad tribes, travelling boys
In the dust and dirt and the racket and the noise
Drills and hammers, diggers and picks
Mixing concrete, laying bricks
There's English, Irish, Scots, the Lot
United nation's what we've got
Brickies, chippies, every trade
German building, British-made
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Nae more work on Maggie's farm
Hadaway down the autobahn
Mine's a portacabin bed
Or a bunk in a nissen hut instead
There's plenty Deutschmarks here to earn
And German tarts are wunderschoen
German beer is chemical-free
Germany's alreet with me
Sometimes I miss my river Tyne
But you're my pretty fraulein
Tonight we'll drink the old town dry
Keep our spirit levels high
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Now, that we've run this road so many times
Tonight it will not take us home
Gonna go to that deep river
Where the water's moving slow
Feels like there's nothing to explain (nothing left to hear)
One more or less it's all the same
Now, that it's feeling so much colder (coming back again)
Just be glad that it's all over
Now, that we've closed our eyes so many times
Tonight I cannot see a thing
Gonna go to that deep river
Where the water's moving slow
Feels like there's nothing to explain (nothing left to hear)
And now you know just who to blame
For why, you're feeling so much colder (coming back again)
Just be glad that it's all over
Gonna go to that deep river
Hey love
Is that the name you're meant to have
For me to call
Look love
They've given up believing
They've turned aside our stories of the gentle fall
But don't you believe them
Don't you drink their poison too
These are the scars that words have carved
On me
Hey love
That's the name we've long held back
From the core of truth
So don't turn away now
I am turning in revolution
These are the scars that silence carved
On me
This is the same place
No not the same place
This is the same place, love
No not the same place we've been before
Hey love
I am a constant satellite
Of your blazing sun
My love
I obey your law of gravity
This is the fate you've carved on me
This law of gravity
This is the fate you've carved on me
On me
Here's another song that
Maybe you remember this one
Very nice little song
Nice and sweet, I say
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me, for me
Cupid, please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me
And now, I don't mean to bother you but I'm in distress
There's danger of me losing all of my happiness
For I love a girl who doesn't know I exist
And this you can fix
So
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow go, uh
Straight to my lover's heart for me, nobody but me
And oh, Cupid, please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly, yeah
Straight to my lover's heart for me
Now, Cupid, if your arrow make her love strong for me
I promise I will love her until eternity
I know between the two of us, her heart we can steal
Help me if you will
So
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me, nobody but me
Cupid, please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me, get it babe, get it
Now, Cupid
Don't you hear me?
Calling you
I need you
Cupid
I want to hear me
I need you
I need you Cupid
Help me, help me, help me, help me
Cupid take me
Straight to my lover's heart for me
Ya-choo-choo-choo-choo-choo-choo-choo
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break
When the levee breaks, I'll have no place to stay
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, Lord
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan
It's got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home
Oh well, oh well, oh well
Don't it make you feel bad
When you're tryin' to find your way home
You don't know which way to go?
If you're goin' down south
They got no work to do
If you're going down to Chicago
A-ah, a-ah, a-ah
Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good
No, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move, ooh
All last night sat on the levee and moaned
All last night sat on the levee and moaned
Thinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy home
Ah-oh
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Goin'
I'm goin' to Chicago
Goin' to Chicago
Sorry, but I can't take you, ahhh
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down
Goin' down, goin' down
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down-down-down-down-down
Sunbeam, stop tugging me
Pull that door shut quietly
Darling, what are you doing
We don't have time for this
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
I'm crazy, mmh, what are you then?
Give me an hour and I'll give you your dream
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Don't make a sound, shh, listen
Keep your head down
We're not safe yet
Don't make a sound and be good for me
'Cause I know they're waiting
Somewhere out here
Leave it, I won't go back
We have to do it 'cause there's nothing left here
Don't care, what do they know?
I've seen it, baby, and I know it's real
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Showtime, I knew they'd come
Whoa, are we having fun or what?
Yeah
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Don't make a sound, shh, listen
Keep your head down
We're not safe yet
Don't make a sound and be good for me
'Cause I know they're waiting
Somewhere out
Don't make a sound, shh, listen
Keep your head down
We're not safe yet
Don't make a sound and be good for me
'Cause I know they're waiting
Somewhere out here
I feel good all over
I feel good all over
I feel good all over
Mmh, wear your inside out
Inside out
Inside out
Inside out, out, out, out, out
Inside out
Out, out, out, out
Out, out, out, out
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Drink up, baby, down
Mmm, are you in or are you out?
Leave your things behind
'Cause it's all going off without you
Excuse me, too busy
You're writing your tragedy
These mishaps you bubble wrap
When you've no idea what you're like
So let go, so let go, hmm, jump in
Oh, well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, yeah let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
It gains the more it gives
And then it rises with the fall
So hand me that remote
Can't you see that all that stuff's a sideshow?
Such boundless pleasure
We've no time for later now
You can't await your own arrival
You've twenty seconds to comply
So let go, so let go and jump in
Oh, well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, yeah, let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, hmm, jump in
Oh, well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, yeah, let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
In the breakdown
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
Yeah, the breakdown
So amazing here
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now
I hope you're keeping some kind of record
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every
Train, and You came home without Lili Marlene
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well, I see Jane's awake
She sends her regards
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
LET IT FALL
So you say we have no future
As father and daughter;
I wish you could see me in your skin,
And the hole you left within
But you never stop to see what you begun
Oh lord, look what you've done
The consequences of your slick Italian style
Rumbling beneath the home truth
And all the seas here will carry a breeze of
A scent I do not know;
The breath of my father
My sister of another
Bathing the wounds.
So you say we have no future,
What with no past either.
But you were never stuck for your excuses;
Just say you remember,
Don't let it slip from your mind...
Blood is all around
Would you say my name the way it's meant to be said;
Let it fall from your mouth...
To see a flicker in my father's eye,
To feel his breath upon my brow
And all the seas here wil carry a breeze of
A scent I do not know;
The breath of my father,
My sister of another,
Bathing the wounds
Julia, you're here in my fingers.
You seem to flip between my skies;
Sharing the dream of, of a life I will never know.
I will never know...
And all the seas here will carry a breeze of
A scent I do not know;
The breath of my father,
My sister of another,
Bathing the wounds
Would you say my name the way it's meant to be said;
Let it fall from your mouth,
Let it fall from your hands,
Let it slip from your hips,
Let it slip from your skin,
Let it skin from your mind.
I am knee deep in your blood and you are knee deep in mine...
Say my name the way it's meant to be said.
Let it fall from your mouth,
I am knee deep in your blood and you are knee deep in mine...
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Ta raa ta taa
It shouldn't be such a different world
It shouldn't be such a different world
Think for daddy
Nice print sheets and a made up bed
I sleep with a book written in my head
Late night calls to nowhere
And no one answers back
I've got nothin' but blues for you
See, I ain't got nothin' but blues
If I ain't got you
I've got nothin' but blues for you
See, I ain't got nothin'
If I ain't got blues
Backed up sink and a bathtub ring
Nothin' in the fridge and plenty to drink
I know nowhere left to go
Nowhere left to go, nowhere
I've got nothin' but blues for you
See, I ain't got nothin' but blues
If I ain't got you
Yeah
I ain't got nothin', I ain't got nothin'
It's not where you're goin'
(Its not where you're goin')
It's what you been through
(It's what you been through)
It's not where you're goin'
(Its not where you're goin')
It's what you been through
(It's what you been through)
Dirty sheets and a messed up bed
Over worked and underfed
Yeah
Late night conversations
It was so good
It was so good
I've got nothin' but blues for you
See, I ain't got nothin'
If I ain't got blues
Yeah
I ain't got nothin'
I ain't got nothin'
See, I ain't got nothin'
Sitting' on the back of my time
Fishing' through the cities phone lines
Suddenly, Suddenly 'til my back's out of line
Who today will be knocked off
And who controls all the chalk talk
Will they let you see
And will you believe
May there be a charm in your shine
Lies about the big find But shouldn't he, so deservingly
Okay
Ah one, two
Ah one, two, three, four
After the glow, the scene, the stage
The sad, talk becomes slow
But there's some things you'll never forget
Hey buddy, pay your tolls before you pay the rent
Over the turnstiles and out in the traffic
There's ways of living
And it's the way I'm living, right or wrong
If I could guess
But I wouldn't want to let you be
Freeing life
Someday, you'll settle down
I hope you settle down
I hope you'll settle down
Range life
I hope you'll settle down
And if you settle down
Gone for so long
Run from the pigs, the fuzz
The cops, the heat
Pass me your gloves
This crime is never complete
Snort the line, shoot it up
Then it will never make you feel free
Out on my skateboard
The night is just coming
The gum smacks are the pulse
I follow if my Walkman fades
You better repair your dues
Because the matter won't let you be
Don't worry, we're in no hurry
School's out, what did you expect
I want a range life
Where I can settle down
If I could settle down
Where I would settle down
Range life
I wanna settle down
If I could settle down
Uh, I would settle down
Two of us riding nowhere
Spending someone's hard earned pay
You and me Sunday driving
Not arriving on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home
Two of us sending postcards
Writing letters on my wall
You and me burning matches
Lifting latches on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home
You and I have memories
Longer than the road
That stretches out ahead
Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing solo in the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home
You and I have memories
Longer than the road
That stretches out ahead
Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing solo in the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home
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AC wrote:
Or, to put it another way: The point of this production was...?
The producers of I Am Sam (horrible movie--great soundtrack) wanted to fill the movie with Beatles tracks, but weren't able to secure the rights. The movie had already been paced to match the music, so they needed to commission some very faithful covers.
This isn\'t a cover version, it\'s a note-for-note homage.
Originally Posted by robinesque:
Very faithful cover, with a lighter touch. If all extant copies of the Beatles' "Two of Us" suddenly left the earth in rapture, then this cover would be worth playing.
Or, to put it another way: The point of this production was...?
Originally Posted by beelzebubba:
I kind of like this song, but I have mixed feelings when listening:
Half of me says, "This is nice - sort of like Simon & Garfunkle doing a Beatles tune...."
and the other half of me feels like John Belushi walking down the stairs at the toga party and encountering the guy serenading the girls with his guitar on the steps.....
yeah baby....smash their guitars
I kind of like this song, but I have mixed feelings when listening:
Half of me says, \"This is nice - sort of like Simon & Garfunkle doing a Beatles tune....\"
and the other half of me feels like John Belushi walking down the stairs at the toga party and encountering the guy serenading the girls with his guitar on the steps.....
Not one of my favourite Beatles songs, mainly because it is a bit twee. This lot have made it even more so! Yak.
Originally Posted by McDonald:
Nice version but I'd rather hear the real thing.
I agree...L and M "souled" the sound and shouted it from a rooftop.
Definitely one of modern rock\'s most cutsey couples. :)
Nice version but I\'d rather hear the real thing.
Very faithful cover, with a lighter touch. If all extant copies of the Beatles' "Two of Us" suddenly left the earth in rapture, then this cover would be worth playing.