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| 1. |
| 4:26 | 
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Sun going down in the USA
Down on Main there's a family sleeping in a doorway Around the corner you can hear the sound People dancing around the golden calf Those who have not, those who have On the billboards and the T.V. screens They got food and cars and toys and trucks and jeans Like a homeless child's fitfull dreams Smiling faces free from wanting Life's abundances beyond counting World in motion -- speed your changes Close your distances, find your angels Lose your fears and meet your dangers World in motion Once we were running through smoke and fire Running into the sun In the rush of youth, for love and truth Our deeds were done Now we awake with a world at stake And a race we run We run Sun going down on the USA Sun coming up a hundred years away On another world and another time Things like hunger, greed and hatred One way or another, gonna be eradicated World in motion -- speed your changes Close your distances, drive your angels Lose your fears and meet your dangers World in motion 'Till the world I look out at this world and see Is the world I know this world can be You have a volunteer in me Now come on |
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| 2. |
| 4:56 |
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You used to stand on the tables
You used to shoot out the lights You used to stop trucks on I-19 In your blue leopard tights You got the vote of your high school Most likely to exceed But not likely to ever get enough Enough of what you need Enough of the night Enough of the night And now the carnival lights come down The sounds of laughter receed You sit and drink in this cardboard town The fast lane gone to seed You used to laugh about the damage done But there was no way to know How little distance you had actually come And how far you'd have to go It's tough to do baby It's tough to make it When the heart is naked It's tough for you baby It's tough for me too Without all this pain to see through Now I want to see you smile You know how It's just been awhile Don't allow Another night to close on your empty cup You've had enough of those Enough of the night Enough of the night You used to count on the miracles The old shot in the dark You used to wait for the setting sun To help you hit your mark You used to stand on the tables You used to shoot out the lights You dressed right out of the fables Like the Arabian Nights But you were never the princess More like the queen of the thieves And my heart was never more than one of the many A queen receives It's tough to do baby It's tough to make it When the heart is naked It's tough for you baby it's tough for me too Without this disdain to see through Now I want to see you smile You know how It's just been awhile Don't allow Another heart to pass beyond your reach Say "Baby not so fast" You've had enough of the night To fill the street with tears You've had enough of those empty hours To last a thousand years Enough of the night Enough of the tears |
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| 3. |
| 4:19 |
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Lying next to you in the dark
Listening to your pounding heart The sheets are tangled around your waist I watch the dream moving on your face Feel you shake, hear your cries Running in the dark trying to open your eyes Come on baby, wake up I've followed you across the days and years Been there for the thrills and the tears Chasing you from state to state Waking, dreaming, I try to relate Why should I be somebody you fear When you're asleep and I'm so near? Don't even know why I'm in your dreams I got control over none of these things Morning comes, hard and bright And I'm exhausted from running after you all night Chasing you into the light Yeah I've been reaching for you baby As if I could reach you when you dream at night But I never can quite I ain't lying here awake by myself You better wake up There's something I want to talk to you about You better wake up I love you girl, tell the world I do There's nothing I wouldn't do for you I want to rescue you like you rescued me From a life of doubt and uncertainty That's why I'm chasing you Chasing you into the light Go for a walk on the pier with me baby Now as the dawn comes over the night Watching the stars in the sky disappear maybe You'll find a way to let go of your fright The sea is deep, the world is wide Ships are leaving for the other side This whole city will be waking soon And in the east Clouds are strung out behind the moon Chasing her into the light Wake up |
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| 4. |
| 6:15 |
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When you look into a child's face
And you're seeing the human race And the endless possibilities there Where so much can come true And you think of the beautiful things A child can do How long -- would the child survive How long -- if it was up to you When you think about the money spent On defense by a government And the weapons of destruction we've built We're so sure that we need And you think of the millions and millions That money could feed How long -- can you hear someone crying How long -- can you hear someone dying Before you ask yourself why? And how long will we hear people speaking About missiles for peace And just let it go by How long will they tell us these weapons Are keeping us free That's a lie If you saw it from a satellite With its green and its blue and white The beauty of the curve of the earth And its oceans below You might think it was paradise If you didn't know You might think that it's turning But it's turning so slow How long -- can you hear someone crying How long -- can you hear someone dying Before you ask yourself why? And how long will it be 'till we've turned To the tasks and the skills That we'll have to have learned If we're going to find our place in the future And have something to offer Where this planet's concerned How long? |
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| 5. |
| 5:07 |
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Time will come when we know what happened here
Change will come in time and make it clear We learn one thing if we learn at all In the secret wars we call our lives Anything can happen We watch the days, we make our plans We change in ways a life demands But what ever pleasure this life may allow I'll give you the love I have for you now Because anything can happen In a world so full of fear Dreams are whispered in the dead of night And people disappear But you hear my heart and you know I'm still here Although you know and I know you know While I swear I'll never let you go Anything can happen Yeah, if this love can happen here Anything can We watch the days we make our plans We change in ways a life demands I'll always remember this time, this place The hope in your voice, the light on your face Because anything can happen In a world so full of pain People give their lives to making war And we call those people sane But I love you where your dreams remain Though you never say it anymore One day there'll be an end to this war And who knows We may see what we're here for Anything can happen Yeah, if this love has found us here Anything can Can happen |
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| 6. |
| 4:52 |
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I come here for Dr. King
Who gave the people a precious thing He found a light in the darkest hour And the strength for speaking truth to power And in the years since they shot him down You see changes that once were a dream Begin to come around When the walls have begun to crumble When the laws have begun to burn When the winds is singing freedom When the stone begins to turn And I come here to praise Mandela And to send this message to his jailer Your walls may hold the man inside But they'll never ever hold back the tide 'Cause in the years you've shut him away A generation has grown where he stood They're gonna see the day When the walls have begun to crumble When the laws have begun to burn When the wind is singing freedom When the stone begins to turn We come here to sing for freedom And to send our voices to the ones who need them Freedom for South Africa And justice for Nelson Mandela 'Cause in the years they've shut him away A generation has grown where he stood We're gonna see the day When the walls have begun to crumble When the laws have begun to burn When the wind is singing freedom When the stone begins to turn |
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| 7. |
| 4:21 |
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A man stands up before God and country
Raises his right hand and takes an oath Swears he has acted in the line of duty And he more than anyone wants to tell the truth But there is a need to keep some things a secret Some weapons shipments--some private wars In the future democracy will be defended Behind closed doors Now the men of Congress who convene to determine If covert war is a business or a crime Are the same men who routinely give their permission For the shedding of blood in security's name And there is a need to keep some things a secret The names of some countries--the terms of some deals And above all the sound of the screams of the innocent Beneath our wheels Does the word justice mean anything to you? Are the features of a lie beginning to come through? In the streets of America the children are buried Caught in an avalanche of weapons and drugs They live and they die in the bowels of a business That's disguised as a war between The Crips and The Bloods And there is a need to keep some things a secret The C.I.A. deals protecting the source And the government policies directly connecting the drugs and our wars Does the word justice mean anything to you? As the battlefield comes home and democracy falls through I am waiting for the time to come When the word will be real for everyone And not just a word but a thing that can be done But justice must be won |
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| 4:07 |
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My personal revenge will be the right
Of our children in the schools and in the gardens My personal revenge will be to give you This song which has flourished without panic My personal revenge will be to show you The kindness in the eyes of my people Who have always fought relentlessly in battle And been generous and firm in victory My personal revenge will be to tell you good morning On a street without beggars or homeless When instead of jailing you I suggest You shake away the sadness there that blinds you And when you who have applied your hands in torture Are unable to look up at what surrounds you My personal revenge will be to give you These hands that once you so mistreated But have failed to take away their tenderness It was the people who hated you the most When rage became the language of their song And underneath the skin of this town today Its heart has been scarred forevermore It was the people who hated you the most When rage became the language of their song And underneath the skin of this town today Its heart has been scarred forevermore And underneath the skin of this town today Red and black, its heart's been scarred Forevermore |
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| 9. |
| 4:05 |
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And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous Someday I was walking with my brother And he wondered what's on my mind I said what I believe in my soul Ain't what I see with my eyes And we can't turn our backs this time I am a patriot And I love my county Because my country is all I know I want to be with my family The people who understand me I've got nowhere else to go And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous Someday And I was talking with my sister She looked so fine I said, "Baby, what's on your mind?" She said, "I want to run like the lion" Released from the cages Released from the rages Burning in my heart tonight And I ain't no communist And I ain't no capitalist And I ain't no socialist And I ain't no imperialist And I ain't no democrat And I ain't no republican I only know one party And it is freedom I am, I am, I am I am a patriot And I love my country Because my county is all I know And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous Someday And the river opens for the righteous... |
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| 10. |
| 4:45 |
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Here's to lights and virtues
Here's to truths yet to be known Knowledge to light the darkness The search for things of your own Here's to lights and virtues Here's to reaching higher ground A life of hope and purpose Here's to strength yet to be found Honor -- though it goes unrecognized And truth -- though liars abound The pleasure of love and friendship The courage to be alone |
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