1. |
The Light Within
03:27
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Fix my eyes on the setting sun. Day's over and night's begun
And I've got to keep on movin', got to keep on groovin' babe
With no time to rest until my days are done
Folks sit on their couch at nights, wasting time staring at the light
But I can't sit still that long, got to sing my song
And I'll still be singing 'til my days are done
Serving rich folks to pay my rent. Days could be so much better spent
But I've got to keep on earnin', who cares if my soul is burnin' babe
I know I'll be workin' til my days are done
Makes no difference if you're black or white or any shade in between you like
Your soul's your own, it's your only home, it's every single color just like light
And I'll keep on sayin' it, til y'all get it right
Cause I serve God, Allah and Jah, Budhha and any other words you've got
I'm here to tell you, I'm here to sing, name droppin' never got nobody wings
And I'll keep on sayin' it til y'all see the light
The light within. The light within
Oh can't you hear, oh can't you see, the light within yourself
And I'll keep on saying it til y'all get it right
Fix my eyes on the rising sun, night time's over, a new day's begun
And I've got to keep on movin'. Got to keep on groovin' babe
With no time to rest until my days are done
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2. |
The Sweet Bye and Bye
04:28
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The most beautiful girl in the whole damn world
Came from my home town
She had eyes to make you blind, I could never make her mine
So I’m reeling in the sweet bye and bye
Well the time that it takes to forget her face
Make a strong man lose his mind
Yea as strong as I am you know I’m only a man
So I’m waiting for the sweet bye and bye
Well the only mistake that my heart ever made
Was drawn by a hopeless desire
I don’t want to get by I’d rather lay down and die
Than sit and wait here for the sweet bye and bye
Someday, a day that I’m gonna see
I won’t be sitting here righting wrongs, writing songs
Waiting for the next thing to be
Well it’s a cruel loving world to make your heart grow cold
When what you think you love is only a lie
Yea and if the truth is just love, I’ll tell you I’ve had enough
I’m gonna wait here in the sweet bye and bye
You know I don’t really care if life ain’t really fair
You just give me more than I deserve
Yea and if the truth makes you die well you have to live a lie
Waiting for the sweet bye and bye
Someday, a day that I’m gonna find
I won’t be wondering my right from wrong, writing songs
Waiting for the rest of my life
There’s a sign on the road it says you got to be sure
You only get so many chances to try
Yea and when your days are all done you’re gonna wish you won
Instead of waiting for the sweet bye and bye
The most beautiful child that ever I met
She made my poor heart beg me so why
She was a beautiful song but they don’t last for long
Waiting for the sweet bye and bye
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3. |
Earth Song
05:31
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4. |
The Water
05:42
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On the corner of Toulouse and Burgundy St
In a room in the hotel St. Marie
All the night girls dance to the pirouette
As the air gets hotter
I was there in the thick of the festive night
In the lust drunk air with the dark delights
As the revelry beckoned me into the light
I went to the water
I was led to the shore in the youth of spring
I was drawn by the song that the sirens sing
Man I tell ya all your strength don’t mean a thing
To the devil’s daughter
She spoke with her eyes so I’d understand
She said I don’t want nothing but she took my hand
But you can’t save your soul if you’re on dry land
So I ran to the water
In the desert they tell a man save yourself
Cause you ain’t gonna get it from anyone else
But you can only try so hard before you die
You can take it as a lie, stick it on the shelf
But you can’t fool people they can only fool themselves
And you’re only damned if you come out dry
In the canyons of the city people beg for gold
Then they hope and pray to God to fill their empty souls
Just to gather what they can now before they’re old
Like a lamb to the slaughter
I was sold a cloak of gold it was lined with lead
I guess you pay for your sins
When you’re quick and you’re dead
But I saw a weary soul with the wine and the bread
Who had been to the water
In the fields they tell a man trust yourself
Cause you can’t believe a word from anyone else
But you only make it so far if you’re on your own
You can take it as a lie stick it on the shelf
But you can’t fool people, people fool themselves
You’re only thirsty as hell, because you’re dry as a bone
When you wait for your trial at the end of your days
The devil stands to accuse at the edge of your grave
With a list staking claims you can never repay
Make you wish that you got her
Well I rose by a man who in shame hung himself on a tree Said the devil by his side you belong to me
No no devil you deceive but you cannot see
I’ve been through the water
Rise
And the water rise
And the water rise
Rise, by the cold angry look in her eyes
Rise, with the strength that you’d never surmise
Rise, nothing there ever dies
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5. |
Lonelyville Pt.1
03:59
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You wake each morning to the sound of an alarm
It's been that way for so long you've grown numb to the harm
But still it kills a little more everyday
Jump in your shower, watch the dirt go down the drain
You wish they made a soap to wash away your pain
You dry and try to tell yourself it's okay
Then you start up your car and off you go
With you coffee, cigarettes and your stereo
You drive and sing along to the same depressing songs at the top of your lungs
Cause everything's the same in Lonelyville
From the headache to the traffic to your little happy pills
Your cubicle has windows but no sills
And you've been trained to take this, sure that you can't break this
box that you are in. But the walls are paper thin
You click and double click from 9 to 5 each day
This mouse has trapped with its strange cheese-flavored way
You age inside your cage unnaturally
Thank God it's Friday and another week is through
Your couch, your joystick and your TV waiting there for you
You stare into the glare and dream of being free
Like in the movies where the heroes rise
Above the race of rats, up where the eagle flies
And everything that's bad, all that once was sad, seems to end happily
Cause everything's the same in Lonelyville
From the takeout that you're eating to your little happy pills
And somewhere people must be having thrills
But you've been trained to take it, sure that you can't break it
This box that you are in
You've lived all of your life in Lonelyville
But you don't have to take it, throw out your happy pills
And introduce your body to your will
Cause you don't have to take this
I tell you, you can break this
This box that you are in
I said the walls are paper thin
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6. |
Lonelyville Pt.2
03:49
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Nothing seems to matter, what you got to lose?
You say that life has trapped you babe, but each day you choose
If you come to meet it, a path is there for you
And it's always pretty close no matter what you do
For years you've let this pressure build and build beneath your skin
And despite your tries to play the game, you never win
But now you realize you've chosen every sacrifice
and you're looking through the wall brought down to size
And you cry, let the water wash your eyes so you can see
the other things that you could be
Cry, the pain you've tried to hide washes away
The only sacred water is inside
So cry. Just cry. The pain you've tried to hide washes away
The only sacred water is inside
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7. |
Starts With Me
08:02
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Human motivation stays the same, and everybody’s got someone to blame
Me, I’m looking for some truth within
I always thought I could be independent
But what a foolish thought, no way to defend it
It’s just that people like me don’t seem to win
But now it’s time to rise and shine
And share my soul in love’s design
Cause I’ve tried to run, I’ve tried to hide from the things that must be done
In God we trust, there it is on the dollar
chorus sung by the men wearing collars
But trust is something that you’ll have to earn with me, before I’ll say we
You’ve steered this ship for too long and we’re sinking
You keep insisting it’s alright still I’m thinking
That surely someday someone sane will save the day, oh how I pray
But now I’m thinking it’s time to fight
Cause too many things aren’t right
And I’ve sat here watching all this time, while nothing’s being done
It starts with me, inside of me, the time for fear is gone
Yeah it starts with me, inside of me, the only one, the only one I can change
The only one I can change is me
A bleeding heart, what’s the shame to admit it?
A life of love, I would guess, is what did it
And I was sent here to share that love with you, that’s what I’m gone-do
So much was lost, it’s our job now to find it
It’s difficult cause so many were blinded
But love is the fire that lights the way, oh how I pray
Apathy finally turns into fight, when too many things aren’t right
And I’ve stood here watching all this time, while nothing’s being done
It starts with me, inside of me- the time for fear is gone
Yeah it starts with me, inside of me- the only one, the only one I can change
It starts with me, inside of me- this fight that must be won
Yeah it starts with me, inside of me- the only one, the only one I can change
The only one I can change is me
It starts with me
Human motivations stay the same, and everybody’s got someone to blame
Me, I’m looking for some truth within
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8. |
Simon and Ophelia
06:03
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Ophelia he writes
My ship sails tonight
I’m thinking I just might change my mind
I’ve thought of it twice
Its been seven nights
My heart is a hole and as cold as ice
You said it before
I’ll find nothing more
Than what I have here if you’ll let me come home
The fog will arise
I’ll come back tonight
And all will be well when I look in your eyes
Simon she says
I can’t be your friend
How can you ask me so close to the end?
It was you that left
You said it was best
All of your dreams and the world and the rest
You left me alone
Had places to go
My love is as small and hard as stone
The time for this past
Send me a message
Tell me you’re leaving and make it your last
And its hard its hard when you don’t know what to say
Its hard its hard with the distance in your way
And its hard when you think you might not make it through
And its hard you can only do what you must do
It was your bitter heart
That tore us apart
It wasn’t me leaving it wasn’t my fault
I know what I said
The night that I left
Some things a man must do now before he’s dead
I’m calling my bluff
The world’s not enough
You can’t resent me you know that its tough
It could kill us both, I know that you won’t
I’ll live if you’ll give and I’ll die if you don’t
You know that I’ll what?
Your self is your love
I could empty the sea and it won’t be enough
For you and your heart
You think you’re so smart
So tragic and broken and wholly set apart
No one just gives
Everyone lives
And who ever gets back for something they give
There’s nothing I’ll do
Someone other than you
Is here for me now all we had then is through
Ophelia but please
I’m hard on my knees
Tell me your thoughts and your secret need
I lost it before
I’ll have ten times more than
The depth of your eyes and the smile I adore
We just passed Bombay
Soon round the cape
But our hearts are the only things that get in the way
Three days from the bend
Our letters will end
Be on my side, be my love, be my friend
Simon it was
The enemy is just us
The best things in the world only pass for loss
Our wandering hearts
Are so far apart
Separated now by that country so dark
Let this be the end
One last letter I send
Eternally, painfully, truly your friend
This girdle is furled
Our only mistake
Was trying to live a simple world
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9. |
Pray
05:00
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Every morning, before I start my day
I say a little prayer to protect us on our way
Then I say a prayer of hope, for what the day will bring
Give me lord the strength to deal with anything
Then I say a prayer of thanks, that you’re here with me
And everyday my lover is the first thing that I see
And then I try to read the papers, but they seem so full of lies
How am I to read the papers- all they do is make me cry?
I say a prayer for all the people who believe all the things we’re being told
I watch you people and I guess it blows my mind
all the things we’re being sold
But we buy it all, and we try it all
And our backs and time, they supply it all
But when I ask why nobody seems to know
This is what has got to change, It’s time we stop and rearrange
Our priorities or the whole thing is gonna blow
But I’m afraid, all we can do is pray
It’s sad to say, but all we can do is pray
And though people don’t seem to believe it today
I know that the spirits are with me each time I pray
Every evening, as soon as I get home
I measure myself on the wall to see if I have grown
Because you know that is my goal for everyday
To use my energy to progress in some way
And then I say a prayer of thanks, for my daily bread
And for my home, so many folks don’t even have a bed
And though the good, we always fight- Try so hard to make it right
You know most people aren't gonna share until they’re dead
So I’m afraid- all we can do is pray
It’s sad to say, but maybe all we can do is pray
They’re dropping bombs like clouds are dropping rain
And all we can do is pray
If all the leaders are insane, what are we to do but pray
And though people don’t seem to believe it today
I know that the spirits are with me
Every night, as I lay down to sleep
I say a prayer for my soul to keep
Then I say a prayer for peace, And it washes over me
Cause I know my prayers are answered
by the spirits in my dreams
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10. |
Grinnin' In Your Face
02:09
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