B i o g r a p h y (by Jason Ankeny)
Sinéad O'Connor ranked among the most distinctive and controversial pop music stars of the 1990s, the first and in many ways the most influential of the numerous female performers whose music dominated airwaves throughout the decade. Brash and outspoken — her shaven head, angry visage, and shapeless wardrobe a direct challenge to the popular culture's long-prevailing notions of femininity and sexuality — O'Connor irrevocably altered the image of women in rock; railing against long-standing stereotypes simply by asserting herself not as a sex object but as a serious artist, she kick-started a revolt which led the way for performers ranging from Liz Phair to Courtney Love to Alanis Morissette. O'Connor was born in Dublin, Ireland, on December 8, 1966. Her childhood was often traumatic: her parents divorced when she was eight, and she later claimed that her mother, who was killed in a 1985 automobile accident, frequently abused her. After being expelled from Catholic school, O'Connor was arrested for shoplifting and was shuttled off to a reformatory; at the age of 15, while singing a cover of Barbra Streisand's "Evergreen" at a wedding, she was spotted by Paul Byrne, the drummer for the Irish band In Tua Nua (best known as protégés of U2). After co-writing the first In Tua Nua single, "Take My Hand," O'Connor left boarding school in order to focus on a career in music, and began performing in area coffeehouses; she later studied voice and piano at the Dublin College of Music, and supported herself delivering singing telegrams. Upon signing a contract with Ensign Records in 1985, O'Connor relocated to London; the following year she made her recorded debut on the soundtrack of the film The Captive, appearing with U2 guitarist the Edge. After scrapping the initial tapes for her debut LP on the grounds that the production was too Celtic, she took the producer's seat herself and began re-recording the album, dubbed The Lion and the Cobra in reference to Psalm 91; the result was one of the most acclaimed debut records of 1987, with a pair of alternative radio hits in the singles "Mandinka" and "Troy." Almost from the outset of her career, however, O'Connor was a controversial media figure; in interviews following the LP's release, she defended the actions of the IRA, resulting in widespread criticism from many corners, and even burned bridges by attacking longtime supporters U2, whose music she declared "bombastic." However, O'Connor remained a cult figure prior to the release of 1990's chart-topping I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, a harrowing masterpiece sparked by the recent dissolution of her marriage to drummer John Reynolds. Boosted by the single and video "Nothing Compares 2 U," originally penned by Prince, the album established her as a major star, but again controversy followed as tabloids took aim at her romance with black singer Hugh Harris while continuing to attack her outspoken politics.
On American shores, O'Connor also became the target of derision for refusing to perform in New Jersey if "The Star Spangled Banner" was played prior to her appearance, a move which brought public criticism from no less than Frank Sinatra, who threatened to "kick her ass"; she also made headlines for pulling out of an appearance on the NBC program Saturday Night Live in response to the misogynist persona of guest host Andrew Dice Clay, and even withdrew her name from competition in the annual Grammy Awards despite four nominations. O'Connor also continued to confound expectations with her third album, 1992's Am I Not Your Girl?, a collection of pop standards and torch songs that failed to live up to either the commercial or critical success of I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. However, any discussion of the record's creative merits quickly became moot in the wake of her most controversial and damaging action yet: after finally appearing on Saturday Night Live, O'Connor ended her performance by ripping up a photo of Pope John Paul II, resulting in a wave of condemnation unlike any she'd previously encountered. Two weeks after the SNL performance, she appeared at a Bob Dylan tribute concert at New York's Madison Square Garden, and was promptly booed off the stage. Now a virtual pariah, O'Connor's retirement from the music business was subsequently reported, although it was later claimed that she had merely returned to Dublin with the intent of studying opera. She kept a low profile for the next several years, starring as Ophelia in a theatrical production of Hamlet and later touring with Peter Gabriel's WOMAD festival. She also reportedly suffered a nervous breakdown and even made a half-hearted attempt at suicide. In 1994, however, O'Connor returned to pop music with the LP Universal Mother, which, despite good reviews, failed to relaunch her to superstar status; the following year she announced that she would no longer speak to the press. The Gospel Oak EP followed in 1997, and in mid-2000 O'Connor issued Faith and Courage, her first full-length effort in six years. Sean-Nós Nua followed two years later, and was widely hailed for its return to the Irish folk tradition as its inspiration. O'Connor used the press exposure from the album to further assert her pending retirement from music. In September 2003, the two-disc She Who Dwells... appeared through Vanguard. It collected rare and previously unreleased studio tracks, as well as live material culled from a late 2002 date in Dublin. The album was positioned as O'Connor's swan song, though official word was not forthcoming. Collaborations followed in 2005, a compilation of appearences on other artist's records throughout her long career.
Feel So Different I Am Stretched on Your Grave Three Babies The Emperor's New Clothes Black Boys on Mopeds Nothing Compares 2 U Jump in the River You Cause as Much Sorrow The Last Day of Our Acquaintance I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Why Don't You Do Right? Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered Secret Love Black Coffee Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home Don't Cry for Me Argentina I Want to Be Loved by You Gloomy Sunday Love Letters How Insensitive My Heart Belongs To Daddy Almost in your arms Fly me to the moon Scarlet Ribbons
Regina Caeli O Filii Et Filiae My Love I Bring Do Right Woman Love Hurts Ain't It A Shame Chiquitita Brigidine Diana It's All Good Love Is Ours (Demo) A Hundred Thousand Angels You Put Your Arms Around Me (Demo) Emma's Song No Matter How Hard I Try (Demo) Dense Water, Deeper Down This Is A Rebel Song 1000 Mirrors (Asian Dub Foundation) Big Bunch Of Junkie Lies Song Of Jerusalem
Throw Down Your Arms - 2005-10-04 -
Jah Nuh Dead Marcus Garvey Door Peep He Prayed Y Mas Gan Curly Locks Vampire Prophet Has Arise Downpressor Man Throw Down Your Arms Untold Stories War
Something Beautiful We People Who Are Darker Than Blue Out Of The Depths 33 Dark I Am Yet Lovely I Don’t Know How To Love Him If You Had A Vineyard The Glory Of Jah Watcher Of Men Whomsoever Dwells Rivers Of Babylon Hosanna Filo David
1001 Night 4 My Love A prayer for England Don't give up He Moved Through the Fair Heroine I Am Enough For Myself Let it be Love is a place I dream of Lullaby for Cain One more day Petit Poulet She Moved Through the Fair She's so beautiful Special Cases Tears from the Moon This Is To Mother You What your soul sings You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart
The Lion and the Cobra Jackie
Jackie left on a cold, dark night Telling me he'd be home Sailed the seas for a hundred years Leaving me all alone And I've been dead for twenty years I've been washing the sand With my ghostly tears Searching the shores for my Jackie-oh I remember the day the young man came He said, "your Jackie's gone We got lost in the rain" And I ran to the beach And laid me down "You're all wrong", I said And they stared at the sand "That man knows that sea Like the back of his hand He'll be back some time laughing at you" And I've been waiting all this time For my man to come Take his hand in mine And lead me away To unseen shores I've been washing the sand With my salty tears Searching the shore For these long years And I'll walk the seas forever more Till I find my Jackie oh Till I find my Jackie oh Till I find my Jackie oh Jackie oh Jackie oh Jackie oh Mandinka I'm dancing the seven veils Want you to pick up my scarf See how the black moon fades Soon I can give you my heart I don't know no shame I feel no pain I can't see the flame But I do know Man-din-ka I do know Man-din-ka I do know Man-din-ka I do They're throwing it all this way Dragging it back to the start And they say, "See how the glass is raised?" I have refused to take part I told them "drink something new" Please let me pull something through I don't know no shame I feel no pain I can't I don't know no shame I feel no pain I can't see the flame But I do know Man-din-ka I do know Man-din-ka I do know Man-din-ka I do I do I do I say I do Soon I can give you my heart I swear I do Soon I can give you my heart I do Mandinka Soon I can give you my heart Soon I can give you my heart Soon I can give you my heart Jerusalem Ran down and the lady said it It got torn down And the priest just said It got burned They give me five years five years It's my turn Ran down and the lady said it It got torn down And the priest just said It got burned They give me five years five years It's my turn Oh Jerusalem Oh Jerusalem Getting tired of you doing this to me I'm gonna hit you if you say that to me One more time I want to see you And you're saying you're busy I want to stop it And you said it would be easy It sure takes time Hope your next time Gonna be the last time Hope you don’t two-time It'll be the best time There won’t be no next time It’s show time I hope you do What you said When you swore You’d make it better Deliver all the letters On time Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem Just like U said it would B I will walk in the garden And feel religion within I will learn how to run with the big boys I will learn how to sink and to swim And there's talk in the houses And people dancing in rings Ah, when you close my eyes, babe? I can see most everything I can see most everything It's just like u said it would b It's Just like u said it would b It's just like u said it would b It's Just like u said it would b I can see too many mouths open Too many eyes closed, ears closed Not enough minds open Too many legs open Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, do Why isn’t it why why I don't see why I listen, why, why When I've walked in the garden When I'm walking off stage When everything's quiet Will you stay? Will you be my lover? Will you be my mama? I said will you be my lover? I said will you be my babe? When I lay down my head At the end of my day Nothing would Nothing would please me better Than I find that you're there When I lay down my head At the end of my day Nothing would Nothing would please me better Than I find that you're there when I wake Just like u said it would b Just like u said it would b Just like u said it would b Just like u said it would b Will you be my lover? Will you be my mama? Just like u said it would b Just like u said it would b Just like u said it would b Just like u said it would b Never get old Young woman with a drink in her hand She like to listen to rock and roll She moves with the music `Cause it never gets old It's the only thing That never gets old Young man in a quiet place Got a hawk on his arm He loves that bird Never does no harm It's the only thing That never can do no harm Must be the only thing That never can do no harm Sun setting on the avenue Everyone walks by They live their life under cover Being blind Being blind Being blind Troy I’ll remember it And Dublin in a rainstorm And sitting in the long grass in summer Keeping warm I’ll remember it Every restless night We were so young then We thought that everything We could possibly do were the right Then we moved Stolen from our very eyes And I wondered where you went to Tell me when did the light die You will rise You'll return The phoenix from the flame You will learn You will rise You'll return Being what you are There is no other Troy For you to burn And I never meant to hurt you I swear I didn't mean Those things I said I never meant to do that to you Next time I'll keep my hands to myself instead Oh, does she love you What do you want to do? Does she need you like I do? Do you love her? Is she good for you? Does she hold you like I do? Do you want me? Should I leave? I know you're always telling me That you love me Just sometimes I wonder If I should believe Oh, I love you God, I love you I'd kill a dragon for you I’ll die But I will rise And I will return The Phoenix from the flame I have learned I will rise And you'll see me return Being what I am There is no other Troy For me to burn And you should’ve left the light on You should’ve left the light on Then I wouldn't have tried And you'd never have known And I wouldn't have pulled you tighter No I wouldn't have pulled you close I wouldn't have screamed No I can't let you go And the door wasn't closed No I wouldn't have pulled you to me No I wouldn't have kissed your face You wouldn't have begged me to hold you If we hadn't been there in the first place Ah but I know you wanted me to be there oh oh Every look that you threw told me so But you should’ve left the light on You should’ve left the light on And the flames burned away But you're still spitting fire Make no difference what you say You're still a liar You're still a liar You're still a lawyer I want your (hands on me) I want your hands on me What I want, give me You know I wanna please you What I wanna do to you You don't waste no time, do you? You know I'm looking through you Why you wanna tease me I want you to come and please me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me You know that I can thrill you I want you call me to you I wanna move, will you? I really wanna feel you Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put your hands on me Put your hands on me Put your hands on me Put your hands on me Put your hands on me Put your hands on me Put your hands on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Hands, gimme love Hands, gimme loads Hands, gimme love Hands, gimme loads I want your Feelings Gimme, yes Aaahhhh Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Put'em on, put'em on, put'em on me Hands, gimme love Hands, gimme loads Hands, gimme love Hands, gimme loads I want your Feelings Gimme, yes Drink before the war
Well, you tell us that we're wrong And you tell us not to sing our song Nothing we can say will make you see You got a heart of stone You can never feel You say "oh I'm not afraid - it can't happen to me I've lived my life as a good man Oh, no you're out of your mind It won't happen to me ‘Cos I've carried my weight And I've been a strong man" Listen to the man in the liquor store Yelling "anybody want a drink before the war?" And your parents paid you through You got a nice big car Nothing bothers you Somebody cut out your eyes You refuse to see Somebody cut out your heart You refuse to feel And you live in a shell You create your own hell You live in the past And talk about war And you dig your own grave yeah But it's a life you can save So stop getting fast It's not gonna happen And you'll cry But you'll never fall No, no, no You're building a wall Gotta break it down Start again No, no, no It won't happen to us We've lived our lives Basically we've been good men So stop talking of war Cause you know we've heard it all before Why don't you go out there And do something useful Oh listen to the man in the liquor store He yelling "anybody wanna drink before the war?" "Anybody wanna drink before the war?" "Anybody wanna drink before the war?" Just Call Me Joe
We came here across the great divide Into the city, slander all eyes We found a great love as we fell inside They could not touch us as we'd go by I've seen you the first time in Trogny's bar But I'll see you later, we'll talk of black We'll meet up for sure, oh will we not? Away from all of the friends that you've got Oh no, oh no I said don't call me sir just call me Joe Don't call me lady Just call me Joe Don't call me mister Oh, just call me Joe Don't call me sweetheart Just call me Joe You wear the best clothes that I've ever seen I've seen your light and your poetry And it's the best thing that there's ever been You're both the beauty and the beast That's how it is and that's how it end Into another city where you live far away That's how it is and that's how it end You've seen my face but you've never heard my name Oh no, oh oh I said don't call me sir Oh, just call me Joe Don't call me lady Just call me Joe Don't call me mister Just call me Joe Don't call me sweetheart Just call me Joe "We never said goodbye I said carry your purses with you now I have regards to you About our night this weekend and i'm giving you information The leaves, the leaves they like your teeth Come on I'm not going to force you now I had this, this annoying dream This technology of ours There's this place that is ever so refined that one one knows And a storm boomer with white light action Life is the shadow of a fish, multiple electrical systems you fly through Traffic lights that may open a door A bunch of computer systems as clear as a cut crystal painting Infinite selections as clear as a crystal show Weapons, tanks, lasers, and aircraft moving across the sky And huge missles, nuclear warheads that stand out more than anything Ultimate satellites, spy cameras, infared sensors You, you can hear the thunder and positive thinking and start to say I'll make more human development practices You don't have to go and stop your field practices Such as human rights violations, yeah come up And see me sometime if you never ever want to intensify all communication Listen to what i'm not saying over and over I feel as if some traveller returned"
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Feel so different God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change Courage to change the things I can And the wisdom to know the difference I am not like I was before I thought that nothing would change me I was not listening anymore Still you continued to affect me I was not thinking anymore Although I said I still was I'd said "I don't want anymore" Because of bad experience But now I feel so different I feel so different I feel so different I have not seen freedom before And I did not expect to Don't let me forget now I'm here Help me to help you to behold you I started off with many friends And we spent a long time talking I thought they meant every word they said But like everyone else they were stalling And now they seem so different They seem so different They seem so different I should have hatred for you But I do not have any And I have always loved you Oh you have taught me plenty The whole time I'd never seen All you had spread before me The whole time I'd never seen All I'd need was inside me Now I feel so different I feel so different I feel so different I feel so different I feel so different I am stretched on your grave I am stretched on your grave And will lie there forever If your hands were in mine I'd be sure we'd not sever My apple tree my brightness It's time we were together For I smell of the earth And am worn by the weather When my family thinks That I'm safe in my bed From night until morning I am stretched at your head Calling out to the air With tears hot and wild My grief for the girl That I loved as a child Do you remember The night we were lost In the shade of the blackthorn And the chill of the frost Thanks be to Jesus We did what was right And your maiden head still Is your pillar of light The priests and the friars Approach me in dread Because I still love you My love and you're dead I still would be your shelter Through rain and through storm And with you in your cold grave I cannot sleep warm So I'm stretched on your grave And will lie there forever If you hands were in mine I'd be sure we'd not sever My apple tree my brightness It's time we were together For I smell of the earth And am worn by the weather Three babies Each of these My three babies I will carry with me For myself I ask no one else will be Mother to these three And of course I'm like a wild horse But there's no other way I could be Water and feed Are not tools that I need For the thing that I've chosen to be In my soul My blood and my bones I have wrapped your cold bodies around me The face on you The smell of you Will always be with me Each of these My three babies I was not willing to leave Though I tried I blasphemed and denied I know they will be returned to me Each of these My babies Have brought you closer to me No longer mad like a horse I'm still wild but not lost From the thing that I've chosen to be And it's `cause you've thrilled me Silenced me Stilled me Proved things I never believed The face on you The smell of you Will always be with me Each of these My three babies I will carry with me For myself I ask no one else will be Mother to these three The emperor's new clothes It seems like years since you held the baby While I wrecked the bedroom You said it was dangerous after Sunday And I knew you loved me He thinks I just became famous And that's what messed me up But he's wrong How could I possibly know what I want When I was only twenty-one? And there's millions of people To offer advice and say how I should be But they're twisted And they will never be any influence on me But you will always be You will always be If I treated you mean I really didn't mean to But you know how it is And how a pregnancy can change you I see plenty of clothes that I like But I won't go anywhere nice for a while All I want to do is just sit here And write it all down and rest for a while I can't bear to be in another city One where you are not I would return to nothing without you If I'm your girlfriend or not Maybe I was mean But I really don't think so You asked if I'm scared And I said so Everyone can see what's going on They laugh `cause they know they're untouchable Not because what I said was wrong It might be brave I will live by my own policies I will sleep with a clear conscience I will sleep in peace Maybe it sounds mean But I really don't think so You asked for the truth and I told you Through their own words They will be exposed They've got a severe case of The emperor's new clothes The emperor's new clothes The emperor's new clothes The emperor's new clothes Black boys on mopeds Margareth Thatcher on TV Shocked by the deaths that took place in Beijing It seems strange that she should be offended The same orders are given by her I've said this before now You said I was childish and you'll say it now "Remember what I told you If they hated me they will hate you" England's not the mythical land of Madame George and roses It's the home of police who kill black boys on mopeds And I love my boy and that's why I'm leaving I don't want him to be aware that there's Any such thing as grieving Young mother down at Smithfield 5 am, looking for food for her kids In her arms she holds three cold babies And the first word that they learned was "please" These are dangerous days To say what you feel is to dig your own grave "Remember what I told you If you were of the world they would love you" England's not the mythical land of Madame George and roses It's the home of police who kill blacks boys on mopeds And I love my boy and that's why I'm leaving I don't want him to be aware that there's Any such thing as grieving. Nothing compares 2 U (Prince Cover)
It's been seven hours and fifteen days Since u took your love away I go out every night and sleep all day Since u took your love away Since u been gone I can do whatever I want I can see whomever I choose I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant But nothing I said nothing can take away these blues 'Cause nothing compares Nothing compares to you It's been, been so lonely without you here Like a bird without a song Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling Tell me baby where did I go wrong I could put my arms around every boy I see But they'd only remind me of you I went to the doctor n'guess what he told me Guess what he told me He said girl you better have fun No matter what you do But he's a fool 'Cause nothing compares Nothing compares to you All the flowers that u planted, mama In the back yard All died when u went away I know that living with u baby was sometimes hard But I'm willing to give it another try Nothing compares Nothing compares to you Nothing compares Nothing compares to you Nothing compares Nothing compares to you Jump in the river The phone calls Always left me unsure They'd never say things of their own accord I am preoccupied I can't get them out of my mind They are terrified And if you said jump in the river I would Because it would probably be a good idea You're not supposed to be here at all now It's all been a gorgeous mistake Sick one or clean one The best one That God ever made When I kissed you You didn't mind I thought I tasted of too many cigarettes But you tasted like wine And I'm not going to change my mind Just because of what they said The worm has laid eggs in their hearts But not in my head And if you said jump in the river I would Because it would probably be a good idea You're not supposed to be here at all now It's all been a gorgeous mistake Sick one or clean one The best one That God ever made There's been days like this before you know And I liked it all Like the times we did it so hard There was blood on the wall And if you said jump in the river I would Because it would probably be a good idea And if you said jump in the river I would Because it would probably be a good idea You cause as much sorrow I'm full of good intentions Like I never was before It's too late for prevention But I don't think it's too late for the cure So you call in your minions And see what you can find Night time or morning These hands are sticky but I don't mind Why must you always be around? Why can't you just leave it be? It's done nothing so far but destroy my life You cause as much sorrow dead As you did when you were alive I never said I was tough That was everyone else So you're a fool to attack me For the image that you built yourself Just sounds more vicious Than I actually mean I really am soft Yes, I'm tender and sweet Why must you always be around? Why can't you just leave it be? You've done nothing so far but destroy my life You cause as much sorrow dead As you did when you were alive Why must you always ask me? Why can't you just leave me be? You've done nothing so far but destroy my life You cause as much sorrow dead As you did when you were alive The last day of our acquaintance This is the last day of our acquaintance I will meet you later in somebody's office I'll talk but you won't listen to me I know what your answer will be I know you don't love me anymore You used to hold my hand when the plane took off Two years ago there just seemed so much more And I don't know what happened to our love Today's the day Our friendship has been stale And we will meet later to finalise the details Two years ago the seed was planted And since then you have taken me for granted But this is the last day of our acquaintance I will meet you later in somebody's office I'll talk but you won't listen to me I know your answer already But this is the last day of our acquaintance I will meet you later in somebody's office I'll talk but you won't listen to me I know your answer already I know your answer already I know your answer already I do not want what I haven't got I'm walking through the desert And I am not frightened although it's hot I have all that I requested And I do not want what I haven't got I have learned this from my mother See how happy she has made me I will take this road much further Though I know not where it takes me I have water for my journey I have bread and I have wine No longer will I be hungry For the bread of life is mine I saw a navy blue bird Flying way above the sea I walked on and I learned later That this navy blue bird was me I returned a paler blue bird And this is the advice they gave me "You must not try to be too pure You must fly closer to the sea" So I'm walking through the desert And I am not frightened although it's hot I have all that I requested And I do not want what I haven't got
Am I Not Your Girl
Why Don't You Do Right?
You had plenty money Nineteen fourty one You lost it all And then, where do you run? Why don't you do right? Like some other men do? Get out of here and get me some money too Yo'sittin' down wondering what it's all about If you ain't got no money they will put you out Why don't you do right? Like some other men do? Just get out of here and get me some money too If you had prepared twenty years ago You wouldn't have wand'ring now from do'to do' Why don't you do right? Like some other men do? Get out of here and get me some money too Why don't you do right? Like some other men do? Like some other men do? Like some other men do? Bewitched, bothered and bewildered
After one whole quart of brandy Like a daisy I'll awake With no Bromo Seltzer handy I don't even shake Men are not a new sensation I've done pretty well I think But this half-pint imitation Put me on the blink I'm wild again beguiled again a simpering whimpering child again bewitched bothered and bewildered Am I couldn't sleep, and wouldn't sleep when love came and told me I shouldn't sleep Bewiched bothered and bewildered Am I lost my heart, but what of it? he is cold, I agree he can laugh, but I love it Because the laugh's on me I'll sing to him, each spring to him And long for the day when I'll cling to him, Bewitched bothered and bewildered Am I. He's a fool and don't I know it But a fool can have his charms I'm in love and don't I show it like a babe in arms I've sinned a lot I'm mean a lot But I'm like sweet seventeen a lot bewitched bothered and bewildered Am I I'll sing to him Each spring to him And worship the trousers that cling to him Bewitched bothered and bewildered Am I When he talks He is seeking words to get On his chest Horizontally speaking he's at his very best vexed again oh yes, perplexed again thank God, I can be oversexed again bewitched bothered and bewildered Am I Secret Love
Once I had a secret love That lived within the heart of me All too soon my secret love Became impatient to be free So I told a friendly star The way that dreamers often do Just how wonderful you are And why I'm so in love with you Now I shout it from the highest hill Even told the golden daffodils At last my heart's an open door And my secret love's no secret anymore Now I shout it from the highest hill I Even told the golden daffodils And lost my heart's an open door And my secret love's no secret My secret love's no secret My secret love's no secret anymore Black Coffee
I'm feelin'mighty lonesome, haven't slept a wink I walk the floor and watch the door and in between I drink black coffee Love's hand me down brew I'll never know a Sunday In this weekday room I'm talkin' to the shadows One o'clock till four And Lord, how slow the moments go When all I do is pour black coffee Since the blues caught my eye I'm hangin'out on Monday my Sunday dreams to dry Now a man is born to go a lovin' A woman's born to weep and fret To stay at home and tend her over And drown het past regrets in coffee and cigarettes! I'm moanin' all the mornin' And mournin' all the night And in between it's nicotine And not much heart to fight black coffee Feelin'low as the ground It's drivin' me crazy This waiting for my baby To maybe come around Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home We used to go out walking hand in hand You told me all the big things you had planned It wasn't long till all your dreams came true Success put me in second place with you You have no time to love me anymore Since fame and fortune knocked up on our door And i spend all my evenings all alone Success has made a failure of our home If we could share an evening now and then I'm sure we'd find true happiness again You never hold me like you used to do Oh, it's funny what success has done to you You have no time to love me anymore Since fame and fortune knocked up on our door And i spend all my evenings all alone Success has made a failure of our home Success has made a failure of our home I never changed I'm still the same I never changed Stop what you're saying You're killing me And am i not your girl? Am i not your girl? ... Am i not? Don't Cry For Me Argentina It won't be easy you'll think it strange When I try to explain how I feel That I still need your love After all that I've done You won't believe me All you will see is a girl you once knew Although she's dressed up to the nines At sixes and sevens with you I had to let it happen I had to change Couldn't stay all my life Down at heel Looking out of the window Staying out of the sun So I chose freedom Running around trying everything new But nothing impressed me at all I never expected it too Don't cry for me Argentina The truth is I never left you All through my wild days My mad existence I kept my promise Don't keep your distance And as for fortune And as for fame I never invited them in Though it seemed to the world They were all I desired They are illusions They are not the solutions they promised to be The answer was here all the time I love you and hope you love me Have I said too much? There's nothing more I can think of to say to you But all you have to do is look at me To know that every word is true I kept my promise Don't keep your distance I want to be loved by you I wanna be loved by you, just you and nobody else but you I wanna be loved by you alone poo poo pi doo I wanna be kissed by you just you, nobody else but you I wanna be loved by you alone I couldn't aspire To anything higher Then to fill a desire to make you my own I wanna be loved by you, just you and nobody else but you I wanna be loved by you alone I couldn't aspire To anything higher Then to fill a desire to make you my own tada tada ta tada I wanna be loved by you just you, nobody else but you I wanna be loved by you I wanna be loved by you I wanna be loved by you Alone Gloomy Sunday Sunday is gloomy, My hours are slumberless, Dearest the shadows I live with are numberless Little white flowers will never awaken you Not where the black coach of sorrow has taken you Angels have no thought of ever returning you Would they be angry if I thought of joining you Gloomy Sunday. Sunday is gloomy with shadows I spend it all My heart and I have decided to end it all Soon there'll be flowers and prayers that are sad, I know, let them not weep, let then know that I'm glad to go Death is no dream, for in death I'm caressing you With the last breath of my soul I'll be blessing you Gloomy Sunday Dreaming I was only dreaming I wake and I find you asleep in the deep of my heart dear Darling I hope that my dream never haunted you My heart is telling you how much I wanted you Gloomy Sunday. Love Letters Love letters straight from you heart Keep us so near while apart I'm not alone in the night When I can have all the love that you write I memorize every line And I kiss the name that you sign And darling then I read again right from the start Love letters straight from your heart I memorize every line And I kiss the name that you sign And darling then i read again right from the start Love letters straight from your heart How Insensitive How insensitive I must have seemed when he told me that he loved me. How unmoved and cold I must have seemed when he said it so sincerely. Why, he must have asked did I just turn and stare in icy silence? What was I to do? What can you do? when a love affair is over? Now he's gone away and I'm alone with the memory of his last look. Vague and drawn and sad, I see it still All the heartbreak of his last look. Why, he must have asked would I just turn and stare in icy silence? What was I to say? What can you say? when a love affair is over? Why, he must have asked did I just turn and stare in icy silence? What was I to say? What can you say? when a love affair is over? over over My Heart Belongs To Daddy While tearing off a game of golf I may make a play for the caddy But if I do I don't follow through Cause my heart belongs to Daddy If I invite a boy some night To dine on my fine finnan haddie I just adore his asking for more But my heart belongs to Daddy Yes my heart belongs to Daddy So I simply couldn't be bad Yes my heart belongs to Daddy Lalala, lalala, lalala So I want to warn you, laddie Tho' I know you perfectly swell That my heart belongs to Daddy Cause my daddy, he treats me so well While tearing off a game of golf I may make a play for the caddy But if I do I don't follow through Cause my heart belongs to Daddy And if I invite a boy some night To dine on my fine finnan heddie I just adore his asking for more But my heart belongs to Daddy Yes my heart belongs to Daddy So I simply couldn't be bad Yes my heart belongs to Daddy Lalala, aauuhhhoo So I want to warn you, laddie Tho' I know you perfectly swell That my heart belongs to Daddy And my Daddy, he treats me so well He treats me so well Almost in your arms You're near, that moment's here I'm almost in your arms Tonight, the mood is right I'm almost in your arms One sigh, one word and I Will rush to your embrase Say that certain word, sigh that certain sigh And with all my heart, to your arms I'll fly It's strange, how we are changed by the things that seem so small One look can write a book One touch can say it all We know those nights of love And now we found our way I'm almost in your arms to stay You're near, that moment's here I'm almost in your arms Tonight, the mood is right I'm almost in your arms One sigh, one word and I Will rush to your embrase Say that certain word, sigh that certain sigh And with all my heart, to your arms I'll fly It's strange, how we are changed by the things that seem so small One look can write a book One touch can say it all We know those nights of love And now we found our way I'm almost in your arms almost in your arms almost in your arms to stay Fly me to the moon Fly me to the moon And let me play among the stars Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars In other words, hold my hands In other words, darling kiss me Fill my heart with song And let me sing for ever more You are all I long for All I worship and adore In other words please be true In other words Fill my heart with song And let me sing for ever more You are all I long for All I worship and adore In other words please be true In other words, I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you love you Scarlett ribbons I peeked in to say goodnight And I heard my child in prayer "And for me some scarlet ribbons Scarlet ribbons for my hair" All the stores were closed and shuttered All the streets were dark and bare In our town, no scarlet ribbons Scarlet ribbons for her hair Thru the night my heart was aching Just before the dawn was breaking I peeped in and on her pillow On her pillow lying there Lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons Scarlet ribbons for her hair If I live to be a hundred I will never know from where Came those ribbons, scarlet ribbons Scarlet ribbons for her hair Speech at the end of the album :
I am not a liar, and I'm not full of hatred But I hate lies and so the liars hate me The same who can't stand the sight of a starving baby? can you really say you're not in pain like me? Are any of us not living painfully? Pain is what their lies have kept us in But the war has started now, and truth will win Many of us are gonna lose our lives and that's okay because to live we have to die The enemies of God will say it's chaos just remember what Jesus did in the temple and be patient exactly why do you think he was assassinated? who was it that did the dirty deed? Who didn't like the answers they'd received? Look at the one wearing the collar! Then or now, there's only ever been one liar and it's the Holy Roman Empire and this is exactly what they did they told us lies to take us away from God so yeah, I am angry but I'm not full of hate I am full of love God said "I bring not peace, I bring a sword"
Universal Mother
Germaine I do think that women could make politics irrelevant. By as a kind of spontaneous cooperative action, the like of which we have never seen. Which is so far from people's ideas of state structure and vital social structure that seems to them like total anarchy. And what it really is is very subtle forms of interrellation which do not follow sort of hierachical pattern which is fundamentally patriarchal. The opposite to patriarchy is not matriarchy but fraternity. And I think it's women who are going to have to break this spiral of power and find the trick of cooperation. Fire On Babylon
She took my father from my life oh Took my sister and brothers oh I watched her torturing my child Feeble I was then but now I'm grown Fire on Babylon Oh yes a change has come Fire on Babylon Fire Fire Fire She's taken everything I liked She's taken every lover oh And all along she gave me lies Just to make me think I loved her Fire on Babylon Oh yes a change has come Look what she did to her son Fire Fire Fire on Life's backwards Life's backwards People turn around The house is burned The house is burned The children are gone Fire Fire Fire on Babylon Oh yes a change has come Fire on Babylon Fire Fire, oh Fire, oh Fire on Babylon Oh yes a change has come Look what she did to her son Look what she did to her son Fire, haha Fire, haha Fire Fire Fire, aha Fire on Babylon Fire on Babylon John I Love You John I love you I'm ever so fond of you Will you wait for me 'Til I am heavenly Oh there's much work to do But I love you Oh you're tender Your name's a whisper I let tears fall like rain Apple-sized they were All over her And through all of those times When you could have died This is what you find There's life outside your mother's garden There's life beyond your wildest dreams There hasn't been any explosion We're not spinning like Dorothy If you look now then you'll see why Don't be afraid to cry This time don't let yourself fly Child Pick up those dancing shoes Kick off those wedding blues These are the ways You can choose Child you're tender Your name's a whisper There's life outside your mother's garden There's life beyond your wildest dreams There hasn't been any explosion We're not spinning like Dorothy And if you look now then you'll see why Don't be afraid to cry This time don't let yourself fly Child Pick up those dancing shoes Kick off those wedding blues These are the ways You can choose Child I love you I'm ever so fond of you My Darling Child
My darling child My darling baby My darling child You gave life to me My darling child My darling baby My darling child You came and saved me My darling child My darling baby My darling child God gave you to me Me little ninja My little dancer Me little streetfighter Me little chancer Me lovely boy Me lovely babby My pride and joy Me little puppy Me little wolf Me little lamby My favourite boy My angel babby Me little ninja Me little dancer Me little streetfighter Me little chancer Me love me boy Me love me babby My pride and joy Me little puppy Am I A Human?
Am I a human It's very good Maybe I am It's very nice The feelings in me And the fire Keeps me warm Red Football
I'm not no red football To be kicked around the garden No no I'm a red christmas-tree ball And I'm fragile I'm not no animal Though I am to you I'm not no crocodile Like the one in Dublin Zoo Who lived in a cage the length and breadth of his body With a window which people would look through And throw coins on his back to taunt him 'though he couldn't move Even if he wanted to I'm not no animal in the zoo I'm not no whipping boy for you You may not treat me like you do I'm not no animal in the zoo My skin is not a football for you My head is not a football for you My body's not a football for you My womb is not a football for you My heart is not a football for you I'm not no animal in the zoo This animal will jump up and eat you I'm not no animal in the zoo And I've every intention Of leaping up and getting you All Apologies What else should I be All apologies What else should I say Everyone is gay What else could I write I don't have the right What else should I be All apologies In the sun In the sun I feel as one In the sun In the sun I'm married Buried Buried I wish I was like you Easily amused Find my nest of salt Everything's my fault I'll take all the blame Aqua sea-foam shame Sunburn with freezer-burn Choking on the ashes of her enemy In the sun In the sun I feel as one In the sun In the sun I'm married Buried Buried All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are A Perfect Indian A Perfect Indian is he Remembering him life is sweet Like a weeping willow His face on my pillow Comes to me still in my dreams And there I saw a young baby A beautiful daughter was she A face from a painting Red cheeks and teeth aching Her eyes like a wild Irish sea On a table in her yellow dress For a photograph feigned happiness Why in my life is that the only time That any of you will smile at me I'm sailing on this terrible ocean I've come for my self to retrieve Too long have I been feeling like Lir's children And there's only one way to be free He's shy and he speaks quietly He's gentle and he seems to me Like the elf-arrow His face worn and harrowed Is he a daydreamer like me I'm sailing on this terrible ocean I've come for my self to retrieve Too long have I been feeling like Lir's children And there's only one way to be free Scorn Not His Simplicity See the child With the golden hair Yet eyes that show the emptiness inside Do we know Can we understand just how he feels Or have we really tried See him now As he stands alone And watches children play a children's game Simple child He looks almost like the others Yet they know he's not the same Scorn not his simplicity But rather try to love him all the more Scorn not his simplicity Oh no Oh no See him stare Not recognizing the kind face That only yesterday he loved The loving face Of a mother who can't understand what she's been guilty of How she cried, tears of happiness the day the doctor told her it's a boy Now she cries tears of helplessness and thinks of all the things he can't enjoy Scorn not his simplicity But rather try to love him all the more Scorn not his simplicity Oh no Oh no Only he knows how to face the future hopefully Surrounded by despair He won't ask for your pity or your sympathy But surely you should care Scorn not his simplicity But rather try to love him all the more Scorn not his simplicity Oh no Oh no Oh no All Babies All babies are born saying God's name Over and over, All born singing God's name All babies are flown from the Universe From there they're lifted by the hands of angels God gives them the stars to use as ladders She hears their calls She is mother and father All babies are born out of great pain Over and over All born into great pain All babies are crying For no-one remembers God's name All babies are born saying God's name Over and over, All born singing God's name All babies are flown from the Universe From there they're lifted by the hands of angels God gives them the stars to use as ladders She hears their calls She is mother and father All babies are born out of great pain Over and over All born into great pain All babies are crying For no-one remembers God's name There's only love There's only love There's only love in this world There's only love There's only love There's only love in this world In this heart In this heart lies for you A lark born only for you Who sings only to you My love My love My love I am waiting for you For only to adore you My heart is for you My love My love My love This is my grief for you For only the loss of you The hurting of you My love My love My love There are rays on the weather Soon these tears will have cried All loneliness have died My love My love My love I will have you with me In my arms only For you are only My love My love My love Tiny Grief Song I'd a terrible broken heart I'd a terrible broken heart I'd a terrible broken heart I'd a terrible broken heart You were born on the day my mother was buried. My grief, my grief, my grief, my grief, my grief. You were born on the day my mother was buried. My grief, my grief, my grief, my grief, my grief. Famine OK, I want to talk about Ireland Specifically I want to talk about the "famine" About the fact that there never really was one There was no "famine" See Irish people were only allowed to eat potatoes All of the other food Meat fish vegetables Were shipped out of the country under armed guard To England while the Irish people starved And then on the middle of all this They gave us money not to teach our children Irish And so we lost our history And this is what I think is still hurting me See we're like a child that's been battered Has to drive itself out of it's head because it's frightened Still feels all the painful feelings But they lose contact with the memory And this leads to massive self-destruction alcoholism, drug adiction All desperate attempts at running And in it's worst form Becomes actual killing And if there ever is gonna be healing There has to be remembering And then grieving So that there then can be forgiving There has to be knowledge and understanding All the lonely people where do they all come from An American army regulation Says you mustn't kill more than 10% of a nation 'Cos to do so causes permanent "psychological damage" It's not permanent but they didn't know that Anyway during the supposed "famine" We lost a lot more than 10% of our nation Through deaths on land or on ships of emigration But what finally broke us was not starvation but it's use in the controlling of our education School go on about "Black 47" On and on about "The terrible famine" But what they don't say is in truth There really never was one (Excuse me) All the lonely people (I'm sorry, excuse me) Where do they all come from (that I can tell you in one word) All the lonely people where do they all belong So let's take a look shall we The highest statistics of child abuse in the EEC And we say we're a Christian country But we've lost contact with our history See we used to worship God as a mother We're sufferin from post traumatic stress disorder Look at all our old men in the pubs Look at all our young people on drugs We used to worship God as a mother Now look at what we're doing to each other We've even made killers of ourselves The most child-like trusting people in the Universe And this is what's wrong with us Our history books the pareny figures lied to us I see the Irish As a race like a child That got itself basned in the face And if there ever is gonna be healing There has to be remembering And then grieving So that there then can be forgiving There has to be knowledge and understanding All the lonely people Where do they all come from All the lonely people Where do they all come from We stand on the brink of a great achievement In this Ireland there is no solution to be found to our disagreements by shooting eachother There is no real invader here We are all irish in all our different kinds of ways We must not, now or ever in the future, show anything to each other exept tollerance, forbearance and neighbourly love because of our tradition everyone here knows how he is and what God expects him to do. Thank You For Hearing Me
Thank you for hearing me Thank you for hearing me Thank you for hearing me Thank you for hearing me Thank you for loving me Thank you for loving me Thank you for loving me Thank you for loving me Thank you for seeing me Thank you for seeing me Thank you for seeing me Thank you for seeing me And for not leaving me And for not leaving me And for not leaving me And for not leaving me Thank you for staying with me Thank you for staying with me Thank you for staying with me Thank you for staying with me Thanks for not hurting me Thanks for not hurting me Thanks for not hurting me Thanks for not hurting me You are gentle with me You are gentle with me You are gentle with me You are gentle with me Thanks for silence with me Thanks for silence with me Thanks for silence with me Thanks for silence with me Thank you for holding me And saying "I could be" Thank you for saying "Baby" Thank you for holding me Thank you for helping me Thank you for helping me Thank you for helping me Thank you, thank you for helping me Thank you for breaking my heart Thank you for tearing me apart Now I've a strong, strong heart Thank you for breaking my heart
Faith and Courage
The healing room
I have a universe inside me Where I can go, an spirit guides me There I can ask oh any question I get the answers if I listen I have a healing room inside me The loving healers there they feed me They make me happy with their laughter They kiss and tell me I'm their daughter I'm their daughter (Me love you lots of lots of lots) You have a little voice inside you It doesn't matter who you think you may be You're not free if you don't know me See I'm not the lie that lives outside you And it doesn't matter what you think you believe You're not free if you don't know me If you don't know me See I am the universe inside you You come to me and I will guide you And make you happy with my laughter I joy in seeing you're my daughter You're my daughter So believe you're not free if you don't know me if you don't know me if you don't know me if you don't know me if you don't know me if you don't know me if you don't know No man's woman
I don't wanna be no man's woman It don't make me happy this mantrolling thing that you got for me so I become no man's woman I don't wanna be no man's woman I've other work I want to get done I haven't travelled this far to become no man's woman no man's woman Cuz I'm tired of it and I'm so scared of it that I'll never trust again cuz a man can fake you take your soul and make you miserable in so much pain My friends think I'm alone but I've got secrets I don't tell everything about the love I get I got a lovin' man but he's a spirit He never does me harm never treats me bad He'd never takes away all the love he has and I'm forgiven oh a million times I'm never tired of it and I'm not scared of it cuz it doesn't cause me pain Like a man can fake you take your soul and make you never be yourself again I never wanna be no man's woman I only wanna be my own woman I haven't travelled this far to become no man's woman no man's woman no man's woman Jealous
You're jealous You just can't stand to see me get along without you Like I do, you told me to Now you're jealous You don't know how hard it was to be alone without you And wanting you, like I do I would've stayed if you'd wanted would have been willing But you said I treat you so badly I can't be forgiven You know I would have done anything To make it through with you But I don't deserve to be lonely Just cuz you say I do You're jealous You don't know how hard it is to be a woman in love with you When you're so cruel, and so jealous You don't think about anybody's feelings but your own. Are you coming home? I would've stayed if you'd wanted Would have been willing But you said I treat you so badly I can't be forgiven You know I would have done anything to make it through with you But I don't deserve to be lonely just cuz you say I do So if you're gonna go you've got a go and if you're staying stay Cuz I can't take the pain you keep leaving when you go away If you're gonna go you've got a go and if you're staying stay Cuz I can't take the pain you keep leaving when you go away I don't deserve to be so lonely I don't deserve to cry I don't deserve to be so lonely Dancing lessons
I wanna go walking with you If you'd agree I wanna do some talking with you Where no one can see I wanna go dancing darling If you'd agree I think I'll feel a safe step darling If you were with me And when you wrap your arms around me When you take me close and say That you're so happy and so glad you've found me You take my rainy days and make 'em go away Long time I've been thinking of you Do you think of me too? Long time I've been dreaming of you make this dream come true Long time I've been wondering 'bout this Can this really exist? I think I feel a peaceful feeling In the warmth in your kiss And when you wrap your arms around me And when you take me close and say That you're so happy and so glad you've found me You take my rainy days and make them go away And on this journey may the good Lord guide us And may the goddess dance beside us When you wrap your arms around me When you take me close and say That you're so happy and so glad you've found me You take my rainy days and make 'em go away When you wrap your arms around me When you take me close and say That you're so happy and so glad you've found me You take my rainy days and make them go away Daddy i'm fine
I was born in Dublin town Where there was not too much going down For girls whose only hope Was not to find a man who could piss in a pot So early I heard my first guitar And I knew I wanted to be a big star And I told my poor worried father Said I ain't gonna go to school no more Cuz see I wanna look cool and I wanna look good My hair slicked back and my black leather boots Wanna stand up tall with my boobs upright And feel real hot when my makeup's nice I get sexy underneath the lights Like I wanna fuck every man in sight Baby come home with me tonight Make you feel good make you feel all right I'm going away to London I got myself a big fat plan I'm gonna be a singer in a rock 'n' roll band I'm gonna change everything I can Sorry to be disappointing Wasn't born for no marrying Wanna make my own living singing Strong independent pagan woman singing And I feel real cool and I feel real good Got my hair shaved off and my black thigh boots I stand up tall with my pride upright And feel real hot when my makeup's nice I get sexy underneath them lights Like I wanna fuck every man in sight Baby come home with me tonight Make you feel good make you feel all right I'm glad I came here to London I've had myself some big fat fun And I have even made some mon' I've got the most angelic son My baby daughter is golden And I do what I like for fun And I am happy in my prime Daddy I'm fine, Daddy I'm fine, Daddy I'm fine, Daddy I'm fine, And daddy I...love...you 'Til I whisper U something
Sure hate to see u looking so sad Delicate man it needn't be that bad U sit with me and I will listen You'll feel much better when u open U said all u wanted was a good time Like a big hill u have to climb And u got to be willing U stand tall and u be strong U have ruthless compassion For yourself and for everyone Yeah it's hard but it can be done I know you've every right to feel grief You've not had anything that u need But u put your head on my shoulder 'Til I whisper u something 'Til I whisper u something It don't take much to have a good time A lot of lovemaking and a little wind And u got to be willing U stand tall and u stand strong U try ruthless compassion For yourself and for everyone Yeah it's hard but it can be done But U put your head on my shoulder 'Til I whisper u something 'Til I whisper u something It's a long walk towards a good time It's a big hill u have to climb And u got to be willing It don't take much to have a good time A lot of lovemaking and a little wind And u got to be willing If you've never seen a good time If you've never seen a good time If you've never seen a good time How would u recognise one How would u recognise one, how would u How would u even find one How would u, if you've never seen a good time If you've never seen a good time If you've never seen a good time How would you recognise one Hold back the night
I want to walk Into the light Day has turned cold Hold back the night What will become Of you and I We had a dream Don't let it die Just hold back the night Do you wanna be, wanna be My dying day My darkest hour My overdose Cuz that's what you'll be Just hold back the night There was a time I know you'll agree We saw it all A glorious sight Everyone's burned Everything's gone What we were then Now we are not So hold back the night Do you wanna be, wanna be My dying day My darkest hour My overdose Cuz that's what you'll be Just hold back the night Cuz that's what you'll be Just hold back the night What doesn't belong to me
The woman named Iris gave birth to the goddess In her son who can't say her name Because of all the pain I miss you but I'm glad you're gone I want you but I'm not alone I'm haunted by you But I'll get you gone if it takes me all my life long You take back the pain you gave me You take back what doesn't belong to me Take back the shame you gave me Take back what doesn't belong to me I'm Irish, I'm English, I'm Moslem, I'm Jewish, I'm a girl, I'm a boy And the goddess meant for me only joy And real love requires you, give up those loves Whom you think you love best Love puts you through the test And only loyal love will bring me happiness And take back the rage you gave me Take back the hatred you gave me for me Take back the anger that nearly killed me Take back what doesn't belong to me And real love requires you Give up those loves That you think you love best Love put you through the test And only loyal love will bring you happiness And take back the pain you gave me You take back what doesn't belong to me Take back the blame you gave me Take back what doesn't belong to me Take back what doesn't belong to me Take back what doesn't belong to me Take back what doesn't belong to me The state I'm in
I'm circling around the sun Hoping for a chance to see You above everyone To rescue me from this heat I'm waiting for night to fall And it's been days Are you sorry yet You took our one and final breath When the flag was halfway down Just look at me now... Oooooh- It's like a breeze blowing deep beneath my skin Oooooh- Won't you help me out of the state I'm in Oooooh- I can't stand myself since you've been gone There's nothing there to lean upon Walk into a photograph That waiter took so well Oooh if I could only laugh Like that girl at some hotel I call out to anyone But not too loud I'm not ready yet To share the phone or TV set It's a long long way to come Out of this one ... Oooooh - It's like a breeze blowing deep beneath my skin Oooooh - Won't you help me out of the state I'm in Oooooh - I can't stand myself since you've been gone There's nothing there to lean upon And now it seems so fatal The last stone we left uncradled And I ask you are you sorry yet Are you sorry yet Cuz I may never come Out of this one ... Oooooh - It's like a breeze blowing deep beneath my skin Oooooh - Won't you help me out of the state I'm in Oooooh - I can't stand myself since you've been gone There's nothing there to lean upon Oooooh - It's blowing deep, blowing deep Oooooh - help me out, help me out of that state I'm in Oooooh - It's blowing deep beneath my skin This is the state I'm in This is the state I'm in The lamb's book of life
Out of Ireland I have come Great hatred and little room Maimed us at the start And now home just breaks my heart To America I have come I hope to bring your preachermen Home to show my people how they can Get their names back in the book of life of the lamb I know that I have done many things To give you reason not to listen to me Esspecially as I have been so angry But if you'd knew me maybe you would understand me Words can't express how sorry I am If I ever caused pain to anybody I just hope that you can show compassion And love me enough to just please listen Out of Ireland I did run Great hatred and little room Aimed to break my heart Or wreck me up and tear me all apart To America I have come I need to find a good preacherman Who can show me how I can Get my name back in the book of life of the lamb I bring these blessings with me A strong heart full of hope and a feeling That everything in this world would be okay If people just believed enough in God to pray But the world thinks that sounds crazy And that's the thing that makes me sing so sadly To think that we would leave God so lonely To think that we would mess up our own destiny Out of history we have come With great hatred and little room It aimes to break our hearts Or wrecks us up and tear us all apart But if we listen to the preacherman He can show us how it can be done To live in peace and live as one Get our names back in the book of life of the lamb Out of hopelessness we can come If people just believe it can be done 'cause every prayer ever prayed is heard take power in the power of the word Out of history we have come With great hatred and little room It aimes to break our hearts Or wrecks us up and tear us all apart But if we listen to the Rasta man He can show us how it can be done To live in peace and live as one Get our names back in the book of life of the lamb Out of history we have come With great hatred and little room It aimes to break our hearts Or smash us up and tear us all apart But if we listen to the Rasta woman She can show us how it can be done To live in peace and live as one Get our names back in the book of life of the lamb If U ever
The memories you bring Make my eyes both sting I can't help the pain that's tearing At my throat and my chest Where everything is kept When I start remembering How the clothes that you wore Made my heart so sore I just couldn't think anymore Of you once you were gone And it's been so long I've been carrying on And if u ever came home in the night Darling I'll treat you right Oh, darling I'll treat you right You got into your car and you drove as far As you could and even further And no matter how I sang I just never can Stop needing your hand Though I got into my own car and I drove as far As I could so that I might forget you I never could, does that mean I'm no good If it doesn't it should But if you ever came home in the night Darling I'd treat you right Oh darling I'd treat you right If you ever came home in the night Darling I'd treat you right And darling I'd treat you right
Emma's song
The first time I saw you I loved you I loved you Your face blue Your eyes too Your mouth too Your mouth too When I heart you I wanted to Give birth to you Give birth to you I made love to you I made love to you The great goddess Had us blessed The last time I saw you I fought with you I fought with you I didn't mean to I didn't mean to Oh say you'll see me Let me say sorry The next time I'll see you I'll love you I'll be sweet to you I'll take you to My healing room Oh we both know How loneliness goes Everytime I see you I want you I want you The more I do You hate me to But the great goddess Had us blessed
No Matter How Hard I try No matter how hard I try I can't make you recognize me You're even seeing my face Though I shut down the place No matter how hard I cry You aren't able to try And you're like a broken door I could cry forevermore No matter how hard I try I can't make like I Don't care that our marriage died No matter how hard I try My friends say to me "Darling, don't be so unhappy You just need to know you're lovely" But it's not that easy When you can't love me How can I believe I'm lovely Or know how to begin I can't just take it on the chin You don't forgive anything You forget everything What about the joy I bring No matter how hard you try You can't make like I Didn't give birth to your child Oh, all I want to see is You and me raise our baby In as much peace and harmony As we've never seen And my man loves me so And you can't make me make him go When you don't want me anyway So it's too late to say Your jealousy, it can mean nothing to me And one thing I've learned I deserve to be loved, not burned No matter how hard you try You can't make like I'm Not a good mother to our child Our child
Kyrié Eléison
Kyrié Eléison Back off, ol' Vampire, Here comes the little Irish vampire slayer, dried-eyed Kyrié Eléison Back off, ol' oppressor, back of, those who've got most of the lier, Here comes the little Irish vampire slayer, walk off old Vampire Christé Eléison People joy for annoyance and some old style, on vegetables, generations, who went to us house for crazyness -King of kings- coming to us house as I's asleep, -and the lord of lords- Be thankfull of this I was purified.... blesses Isle of me -Jah- Praise the allmighty Isle Lord Have Mercy And down goes Babylon, -King of kings-, through our weakness-bond, He has mercy, fire, Jah Mercy He has mercy Mercy Jah, Rastafari, Motha and Fatha of the creation Chant down Babylon Wonderland Lord Have Mercy Fire away, listen up, listen up the man Chant down Babylon who threw up the country one step......step away ...... of sinners Wonderland Mercy Who else gonna see him with the scarve Chant down Babylon That'll be in the lights of the law of the allmighty, Mercy and these law that'll meditate the ending Chant down Babylon Sinfull
Sean-Nós Nua
Peggy Gordon Oh, Peggy Gordon you are my darling Come sit you down upon my knee Come tell to me the very reason Why I am slighted so by thee I'm so in love I can't deny it My heart lies smothered in my breast It's not for you to let the world know it A troubled mind can know no rest I did put my head to a cask of brandy It was my fancy I do declare For when I'm drinking I am thinking And wishing Peggy Gordon was here I wish I was away in Ingo Far across the briny sea Sailing o'er the deepest ocean Where love nor care never bother me I wish I was in some lonesome valley Where womankind can not be found Where the pretty small birds do change their voices And every moment a different sound Oh, Peggy Gordon you are my darling Come sit you down upon my knee Come tell to me the very reason Why I am slighted so by thee Her Mantle So Green As I went out walking one morning in June, To view the fair fields and the valleys in bloom, I spied a pretty fair maid she appeared like a queen With her costly fine robes and her mantle so green. Says I, "My pretty fair maid, won't you come with me We'll both join in wedlock, and married we'll be, I'll dress you in fine linen, you'll appear like a queen, With your costly fine robes and your mantle so green." Says she now, "You Young man, you must be excused, For I'll wed with no man, you must be refused; To the green woods I will wander to shun all men's view, . For the lad that I love fell in famed Waterloo." "O, then, if you won't marry, tell me your love's name, For I being in battle, I might know the same." "Draw near to my garment and there will be seen, His name is embroidered on my mantle so green." In raising her mantle there I did behold His name and his surname in letters of gold; Young William O'Reilly appeared in my view He was my chief comrade back in famed Waterloo. But when he was dying I heard his last cry 'If you were here, Lovely Nancy, contented I'd die;' Now Peace is proclaimed, and the truth I declare Here is your love token, the gold ring I wear." O, Nancy, dear Nancy, 'tis I won your heart In your father's garden that day we did part. Now the wars are all over, no trouble is seen And I'll wed with my true love in her mantle so green." Lord Franklin We were homeward bound one night on the deep Swinging in my hammock I fell asleep I dreamed a dream and I thought it true Concerning Franklin and his gallant crew With 100 seamen he sailed away To the frozen ocean in the month of May To seek a passage around the pole Where all poor sailors do sometimes go. Through cruel hardships they vainly strove Their ships on mountains of ice was drove Only the Eskimo with his skin canoe Was the only one that ever came through In Baffin's Bay where the whale fish blow The fate of Franklin no man may know The fate of Franklin no tongue can tell And Lord Franklin among his seamen do dwell And now my burden it gives me pain For my Lord Franklin I'd sail the main Ten thousand pounds I would freely give To know Lord Franklin, and where he is. The Singing Bird I have seen the lark soar high at morn Heard his song up in the blue I have heard the blackbird pipe his note The thrush and the linnet too But there's none of them can sing so sweet My singing bird as you. If I could lure my singing bird From his own cozy nest If I could catch my singing bird I would warm him on my breast For there's none of them can sing so sweet My singing bird as you. My singing bird as you. My singing bird as you. Óró, Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile (You Are Welcome Home) Se do bheatha a bhean ba leanmhar! (Welcome Oh woman who was so afflicted) B'e ar gcreach tu bheith i ngeibhinn (It was our ruin that you were in bondage) Do dhuiche bhrea i seilbh meirleach (Our fine land in the possesion of theives) 'S tu diolta leis na Ghallaibh. (And sold to the foreigners) Oro, se do bheatha 'bhaile! x3 (Óró! You are welcome home!) Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh. (Now that summer is coming) Ta Grainne Mhaol ag teacht thar saile, (Grainne Mhaol is coming over the sea) Oglaigh armtha lei mar gharda (Armed warriors along with her as guard) Gaeil iad fein 's ni Gaill na Spainnigh (They are Irishmen, not English or Spanish) 'S cuirfid siad ruaig ar Ghallaibh. (And they will rout the foreigners) Oro, se do bheatha 'bhaile! x3 (Óró! You are welcome home!) Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh. (Now that summer is coming) A bhui le Ri na bhfeart go bhfeiceam (May it please the God of Miracles that we may see) Muna mbeam beo 'na dhiaidh ach seachtain (Although we only live a week after it) Grainne Mhaol agus mile gaiscioch (Grainne Mhaol and a thousand warriors) Ag fogairt fain ar Ghallaibh. (Dispersing the foreigners) Oro, se do bheatha 'bhaile! x3 (Óró! You are welcome home!) Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh. (Now that summer is coming) Molly Malone In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone As she wheeled her wheelbarrow through streets broad and narrow Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O! A-live a-live O! A-live a-live O! Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O! She was a fishmonger and sure it was no wonder For so were her father and mother before And they both wheeled their barrows through streets broad and narrow Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O! A-live a-live O! A-live a-live O! Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O! She died of a fever and no one could save her And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone Now her ghost wheels her barrow through streets broad and narrow Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O! A-live a-live O! A-live a-live O! Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O! A-live a-live O! A-live a-live O! Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O!
Paddy's Lament Well it's by the hush, me boys, and sure that's to hold your noise And listen to poor Paddy's sad narration I was by hunger stressed, and in poverty distressed So I took a thought I'd leave the Irish nation Well I sold me ass and cow, my little pigs and sow My little plot of land I soon did part with And me sweetheart Bid McGee, I'm afraid I'll never see For I left her there that morning broken-hearted Here's you boys, now take my advice To America I'll have ye's not be going There is nothing here but war, where the murderin' cannons roar And I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin Well myself and a hundred more, to America sailed o'er Our fortunes to be making we were thinkin' When we got to Yankee land, they put guns into our hands "Paddy, you must go and fight for Lincoln" Here's you boys, now take my advice To America I'll have ye's not be going There is nothing here but war, where the murderin' cannons roar And I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin General Meagher to us he said, if you get shot or lose your head Every murdered soul of youse will get a pension Well in the war lost me leg, they gave me a wooden peg And by soul it is the truth to you I mention Here's you boys, now take my advice To America I'll have ye's not be going There is nothing here but war, where the murderin' cannons roar And I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin Well I think myself in luck, if I get fed on Indianbuck And old Ireland is the country I delight in To the devil, I would say, it's curse Americay For the truth I've had enough of your hard fightin Here's you boys, now take my advice To America I'll have ye's not be going There is nothing here but war, where the murderin' cannons roar And I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin I wish I was at home I wish I was at home I wish I was at home I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin The Moorlough Shore Ye hills and dales and flowery vales that lie near the Moorlough Shore. Ye winds that blow by borden's grove. will I ever hear you more Where the primrose grows and the violet blows. Where the trout and salmon play. With line and hook delight I took to spend my youthful days. Last night I went to see my love, and to hear what she might say. To see if she'd take pity on me, lest I might go away. She said, "I love that Irish lad, and he was my only joy, and ever since I saw his face I've loved that soldier boy." Perhaps your soldier lad is lost sailing over the sea of Maine. Or perhaps he is gone with some other lover, you may never see him again. Well if my Irish lad is lost, he's the one I do adore, and seven years I will wait for him by the banks of the Moorlough Shore. Farewell to Sinclaire's castle grand. Farewell to the foggy dew. where the linen waves like bleaching silk and the falling stream runs still Near there I spent my youthful days but alas they are all gone for cruelty has banished me far away from the Moorlough Shore. The Parting Glass Oh, all the money e'er I had, I spent it in good company. And all the harm that ever I've done, alas it was to none but me. And all I've done for want of wit to mem'ry now I can't recall; So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all. If I had money enough to spend, and leisure time to sit awhile. There is a fair maid in this town, that sorely has my heart beguiled. Her rosy cheeks and ruby lips, I own, she has my heart in thrall; Then fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all. Oh, all the comrades e'er I had, they're sorry for my going away. And all the sweethearts e'er I had, they'd wished me one more day to stay. But since it falls unto my lot, that I should rise and you should not, I gently rise and softly call, Goodnight and joy be with you all. Báidín Fheilimí Baidin Fheilimi, d'imigh go Gabhla, Baidin Fheilimi ' s Feilimi ann, Baidin Fheilimi D ' imigh go Gabhla Baidin Fheilimi 's, Feilimi ann. Baidin bideach, baidin beosach, Baidin boidheach, baidin Fheilimi,Baidin direach, baidin deontach, Baidin Fheilimi 's Feilimi ann. Baidin Fheilimi d ' imigh go Trocaigh, Baidin Fheilimi 's Feilime ann. Baidin Fheilimi d ' imigh go Trocaigh, Baidin Fheilimi 's Feilime ann. Baidin bideach, baidin beosach, Baidin boidheach, baidin Fheilimi,Baidin direach, baidin deontach, Baidin Fheilimi 's Feilimi ann. Baidin Fheilimi briseadh i dToraigh, Baidin Fheilimi ' s Feilimi ann. Baidin Fheilimi briseadh i dToraigh, Baidin Fheilimi ' s Feilimi ann. Baidin bideach, baidin beosach, Baidin boidheach, baidin Fheilimi,Baidin direach, baidin deontach, Baidin Fheilimi 's Feilimi ann. Baidin bideach, baidin beosach, Baidin boidheach, baidin Fheilimi,Baidin direach, baidin deontach, Baidin Fheilimi 's Feilimi ann. My Lagan Love Where Lagan stream sings lullaby There blow a lily fair The twilight gleam is in her eye The night is no her hair And like a love-sick lenanshee She hath my heart in thrall Nor life I owe, nor liberty for love is lord of all and often when the beetles horn Hath lulled the eve to sleep I steal unto here shielding lorn And thro' the dooring peep There on the cricket's singing stone She makes the bog wood fire And hums in sad sweet undertone The song of heart's desire Lord Baker There was a Lord who lived in this land He being a Lord of high degree He left his foot down a ship's board And swore strange countries he would go see. He's travelled east and he's travelled west Half the north and the south also Until he arrived into Turkey land. There he was taken and bound in prison Until his life it grew weary. And Turkey bold had one only daughter As fair a lady, as the eye could see She stole the key to her Daddy's harbour And swore Lord Baker, she would set free. Singing, 'You have houses and you have linen, All Northumber belongs to thee What would you give to Turkey's daughter If out of prison she'd set you free?' Singing, 'I have houses, I have linen, All Northumber belongs to me I would will them all to you my darling, If out of prison you set me free?' She's brought him down to her Daddy's harbour And filled for him was the ship of fame And every toast that she did drink round him, 'I wish Lord Baker that you were mine.' They made a vow for seven years And seven more for to keep it strong Saying 'If you don't wed with no other woman I'm sure I'll wed with no other man.' And seven years been past and over And seven more they were rolling on She's bundled up all her golden clothing And swore Lord Baker she would go find. She's travelled East and she's travelled West Until she came to the palace of fame 'Who is that, who is that?' called the young foot soldier 'Who knocks so gently and can't get in?' 'Is this Lord Baker's palace?' replied the lady 'Or is his lordship himself within?' 'This is Lord Baker's palace' replied the porter, 'This very day took a new bride in.' 'Well ask him send me a cut of his wedding cake A glass of his wine that been e'er so strong And to remember the brave young lady Who did release him in Turkey land.' In goes, in goes, the young foot soldier Kneels down gently on his right knee 'Rise up, rise up now the brave young porter, What news, what news have you got for me?' Singing, 'I have news of a grand arrival, As fair a lady as the eye could see She is at the gate Waiting for your charity.' 'She wears a gold ring on every finger, And on the middle one where she wears three, She has more gold hanging around her middle Than'd buy Northumber and family.' 'She asked you send her a cut of your wedding cake A glass of your wine, it been e'er so strong, And to remember the brave young lady Who did release you in Turkey land.' Down comes, down comes the new bride's mother 'What will I do with my daughter dear?' 'I know your daughter, she's not been covered Nor has she shown any love for me. Your daughter came with one pack of gold I'll avert her home now, with thirty-three.' He took his sword all by the handle And cut the wedding cake, in pieces three Singing 'here's a slice for the new bride's mother A slice for me new love and one for me.' And then Lord Baker, ran to his darling Of twenty-one steps, he made but three He put his arms around Turkey's daughter And kissed his true love, most tenderly. I'll Tell Me Ma I'll tell me Ma when I go home The boys won't leave the girls alone. They pull my hair, they stole my comb, but that's alright till I go home. She is handsome, she is pretty She is the belle of Belfast city She is courtin' one, two, three. Please won't you tell me, who is she? Albert Mooney says he loves her, All the boys are fighting for her. They knock at the door and ring at the bell Saying "Oh, my true love are you well?" Out she comes as white as snow, Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes. Oul Jenny Murray says she'll die, If she don't get the fellow with the roving eye. She is handsome, she is pretty She is the belle of Belfast city She is courtin' one, two, three. Please won't you tell me, who is she? Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high And the snow come tumblin' from the sky She's as nice as apple pie And she'll get her own lad by and by. When she gets a lad of her own, She won't tell her Ma when she goes home Let them all come as they will For it's Albert Mooney she loves still.
She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty
Regina Caeli
[traditional]
Regina caeli, laetare, Alleluia Queen of Heaven, rejoice, Alleluia Quia quem meruisti portare, Alleluia Because He whom you were worthy to bear, Alleluia Resurrexit, sicut dixit, Alleluia Has risen, just as He said, Alleluia Ora pro nobis Deum, Alleluia Pray to God for us, Alleluia
O filii et filiae O filii et filiae, Brothers and sisters, Rex caelestis, Rex gloriae The heavenly king, the king of glory, Morte surrexit hodie. Today submitted to death. Alleluia. In hoc festo sanctissimo, On this holiest celebration day, Sit laus et jubilatio: Let there be praise and jubiliation. BENEDICAMUS DOMINO. We pray to the Lord. Alleluia. De quibus nos humillimas For these things, the humblest Devotas atque debitas Devotions and deserved DEO dicamus GRATIAS. Thanks let us give to God. Alleluia.
My Love I Bring My love I bring to you My heart and soul, too Jah say I must give it to you I want you to know it's true Mankind, know yourself Think of love and nothing else There is too much corruption In more nation and nation Jah said I must deliver this message Accept it and always be blessed People, you must come to realization Without love, there is no real communication My love I bring to you My heart and soul, too Jah say I must give it to you I want you to know it's true Oh, my love I bring to you My heart and soul, too Mankind, know yourself Think of love and nothing else My love I bring to you My heart and soul, too My love I bring to you My love I bring to you My heart and soul, too My heart and soul, too
Do Right Woman Take me to heart and I’ll always love you And nobody can make me do wrong Take me for granted leaving love unshone Makes will power weak and temptation strong A woman’s only human This you should understand She’s not just a plaything She needs love Just like her man So if you want a do right all day woman You’ve got to be a do right all night man A woman’s only human This you should understand She’s not just a plaything She’ needs love Just like her man So if you want a do right all day woman You’ve got to be a do right all night man You’ve got to be a do right all night man You’ve got to be a do right all night man You’ve got to be a do right all night man
Love Hurts Love hurts, love scars Love wounds and mars Any heart not tough Or strong enough To take a lot of pain Take a lot of pain Love is like a cloud Holds a lot of rain Love hurts Love hurts I'm young, I know But even so I know a thing or two I learned from you I really learned a lot Really learned a lot Love is like a stove Burns you when it's hot Love hurts Oh, love hurts Some fools think of happiness Blissfulness, togetherness Some fools fool themselves, I guess But they're not fooling me I know it isn't true Know it isn't true Love is just a lie Made to make you blue Love hurts Oh, oh, love hurts I know it isn't true Know it isn't true Love is just a lie Made to make you blue Love hurts Oh, oh, oh, love hurts Oh, oh, oh, love hurts Oh, oh, oh, love hurts Oh, love hurts
Ain't it a Shame
Flying saucers could land And it wouldn't make much difference to my man I could walk aboard and thank the Lord And we'll leave this damn down town in seconds flat Check my bags and never come back Our, our love is like a fuse that's burned out Our, our love is like a fuse that's burned out Oh, I've been unkind, but not like you Ain't I ashamed of being misused Our, our love is like a fuse that's burned out Our, our love is like a fuse that's burned out I liked your Chevy Duster I liked your brand-new trailer I liked your color TV But you looked at that color TV more than me More than me Our, our love is like a fuse that's burned out Our, our love is like a fuse that's burned out Oh, oh, our love is like a fuse that's burned out
Chiquitita
Chiquitita, tell me what's wrong You're enchained by your own sorrow In your eyes, there is no hope for tomorrow How I hate to see you like this There is no way you can deny it, I know I can see that you're oh so sad, so quiet Chiquitita, tell me the truth I'm a shoulder you can cry on Your best friend I'm the one you must rely on You were always sure of yourself Now I see you've broken a feather I hope we can patch it up together Chiquitita, you and I know How the heartaches come and they go And the scars they're leavin' You'll be dancin' once again And the pain will end You will have no time for grievin' Chiquitita, you and I cry But the sun is still in the sky And shining above you Let me hear you sing once more Like you did before Sing a new song, Chiquitita Try once more, like you did before Sing a new song, Chiquitita So the walls came tumblin' down And your love's a blown out candle All is gone, and it seems too hard to handle Chiquitita, tell me the truth There is no way you can deny it I see that you're oh so sad, so quiet Chiquitita, you and I know How the heartaches come and they go And the scars they're leavin' You'll be dancin' once again And the pain will end You will have no time for grievin' Chiquitita, you and I cry But the sun is still in the sky And shining above you Let me hear you sing once more Like you did before Sing a new song, Chiquitita Try once more like you did before Sing a new song, Chiquitita Try once more like you did before Sing a new song, Chiquitita
Brigidine Diana Brigidine Diana, a mother of us all I want to honor you With this little song from Ireland's soul For full of grace are you The Goddess is with you And blessed are you among all women And the fruit of your womb Sweet Harry and William Will be all mothers' sons And honor the work you've done Your love and your compassion Were Christ-like and were true And British armed aggression Is dead because of you You've burned down Babylon And Goddess, I, for one Thank you for what you've done And hope I can become Just a bit more like you And love the way you do I pledge that I'll try, too Goddess, you've always been true
It's all good I am an angry man, yeah I vent it when I can, yeah On the bag, not the skag The negativity, yeah Pushed onto young paddy, yeah Is a shame Who's to blame And when the baby cries, yeah She has been criticized, yeah Been put down It's passed down But it's all good, it's all good All I say to you today But it's all good, it's all good All I say to you today And positivity, yeah It is the way for me, yeah It is truth It is youth They try to keep us down, yeah They hide the high king's crown, yeah From the Gaels Kathleen wails And to survive their sting, yeah You have to be the king, yeah Grasp the wealth Of yourself But it's all good, it's all good All I say to you today It's all good, sure, it's all good All I say to you today Love yourself today, okay, okay Love yourself today, okay, okay
Love is ours (demo) Your gentle love is everything I dreamed of Since I first heard of love So long ago, so long ago When there was only fear And it still lives inside me here Like a bad friend I don't want near Who wears the scars Of the war between me and the stars The mother and father of ours Look in my heart My raging heart The one that's still smashed all apart My raging heart It's just like yours But if the truth be told It's time for all those things to get old And time to let go All the pain and fear And anything that don't keep happiness near For love is ours God knows we earned it with our hearts Will you love my heart The one that's still smashed all apart My raging heart Will you love my heart Like I love your heart Your tender, gentle heart Your heart that's still so soft Let love be ours, ours, ours Let love be ours My aching heart My aching heart
A Hundred Thousand Angels Do you hear me calling you The voice of a mother and a father and a child Would you recognize the truth Can you feel the love that's falling from my eyes Take just a minute come and rest you by my side Let me tell you your own story Let me walk you through your lives Only a second That's all it takes to realise There's a hundred thousand angels by your side Do you hear me talk to you I whisper through doorways and pathways of your mind Clear like the morning dew And fresh from my journey 'cross an ocean of blue Take just a minute Come and rest you by my side Let me tell you your own story Let me walk you through your lives Only a second That's all it takes to realise There's a hundred thousand angels by your side There's a hundred thousand angels by your side There's a hundred thousand angels here tonight
You Put Your Arms Around Me (Demo) I have a love that lives in me He makes me see in perfect peace He loves me strong and gently He doesn't try to change me No, he'd never, ever treat me bad Nor he'd never call me names He erases every memory of pain You put your arms around me Oh, since the day you found me I've been, I've been free I love the life you've given me We are each other's family And I never, ever treat you bad And I never call you names I will erase every memory of shame You wrap yourself around me Oh, since the day you found me I've been, I've been me You put your arms around me Oh, since the day you found me I've been, I've been free You wrapped yourself around me Oh, since the day you found me I've been, I've been me
Dense Water, Deeper Down Why does he open me, only to shut me out again Guess that's just him; I wouldn't take it from another man Guess he needs time to trust me right So I can't let him kiss me goodnight 'Cause he has my heart in the palm of his hand Can't get it back, oh, I've tried all I can He's just so sweet from his head to his feet And if he won't love me, I'm in deep He has me singing "Scarborough Fair" About a man who is so frightened about a love affair He sets hard tasks so that his love can't pass And ends up lonely til the last Oh, he's dense water, deeper down He makes me forget everything my mother warned I think about him every night And I fall asleep holding my pillow tight He has my love in the palm of his hand His gentle touch makes me scream out loud His wicked kiss made me feelin' bliss And he's the only love I miss Oh, he's dense water, deeper down He makes me forget everything my mother warned I think about him every night And I fall asleep holding my
This is a rebel song
I love you my hard englishman Your rage is like a fist in my womb Can't you forgive what you think I've done And love me - I'm your woman And I desire you my hard englishman And there is no more natural thing So why should I not get loving Don't be cold englishman How come you've never said you love me In all the time you've known me How come you never say you're sorry And I do Ah, please talk to me englishman What good will shutting me out get done Meanwhile crazies are killing our sons Oh listen - englishman I've honoured you - hard englishman Now I am calling your heart to my own Oh let glorious love be done Be truthful - englishman How come you've never said you love me In all the time you've known me How come you never say you're sorry And I do I do
1000 Mirrors A scream a shout far in the distance Maybe the first or second floor Curtains colouring the windows Never see behind closed doors A silent siege behind politeness Domestic harmony for show Lost in the mirage of a marriage Outside a world she'll never know And as I see through the real you I'm falling straight into A thousand broken Mirrors I can't hide And outside the bright lights Can't hide the pain inside And I've broken a thousand mirrors Now it's time Now it's time Now it's time Now it's time Loving her children with a passion Protecting them at any cost Taking the only course of action There's no more bridges left to cross Who are the ones that are the guilty Who are the ones that bear the scar We must not leave our sisters bleeding We sing this song for Tsoora Shah And as I see through the real you I'm falling Straight into A thousand broken Mirrors I can't hide And outside the bright lights Can't hide the pain inside And I've broken a thousand mirrors Now it's time Now it's time Now it's time Now it's time
Big Bunch of Junkie Lies Big bunch of junkie lies That's what you told it was televised How can you say that I told you To obey me, now, that ain't true That's bullshit And you know why I did what I did to you You were killing my best friend With cocaine and heroin The son of your good friend Is lying dead in your apartment How many is that now Oh will you be next on a hotel floor? Big bunch of junkie lies You tell yourself and your little vampires You sucked the life of my true friend Did what I did to make her live again And I'd never apologize You stole the life out of my friend's eyes With bullshit and junkie lies What will it take for you to realize She left and she ain't coming home She only needs you cause she hates being alone She can't tell who is a good or bad man Cause her daddy was a fucked-up one... Big bunch of junkie lies That's what he said and loooked her in her eyes Big bunch of junkie lies Is all he left her when he said goodbye Now the angels have her in their arms And herion will never steal her charms And you can stomp baby feet and cry She don't believe your junkie lies Big bunch of junkie lies That's what you told it was televised Big bunch of junkie lies
Song of Jerusalem Jerusalem, our happy home When shall we come to thee When shall our sorrows have an end Thy joys, when shall we see There cinnamon that's scented sweet There ponds spring on the ground No tongue can tell, no heart can think Oh, what joys did there abound Jerusalem, our happy home When shall we come to thee When shall our sorrows have an end Thy joys, when shall we see Fair Magdalene has dried her tears She'll sing no more to we Nor wet the ringlets of her hair To wipe her Saviour's feet Jerusalem, our happy home Then shall we come to thee Then shall our sorrows have an end Thy joys shall we see
Throw Down Your Arms
*** Thanx a lot to Kevin who helped me for these lyrics ***
Jah nuh dead They tried to fool a whole population By telling us Jah Jah dead Say them try to fool a whole population By telling us Jah Jah dead I & I knows that Jah nuh dead, Jah nuh dead Jah nuh dead, Jah nuh dead Jah nuh dead, Jah nuh dead Oh no, Jah nuh dead My knowledge increase My memory reflect Marcus Garvey did say A rumour rumour rumour rumour rumour Oh Marcus say Jah no dead Jah no dead Jah nuh dead, Jah nuh dead Jah nuh dead, Jah nuh dead Oh no, Jah nuh dead It was I-man who said Ites, green, gold, it's the rainbow The lion, the lion did crown the king The lion, the lion did crown the king Inna Addis Ababa, Africa Jah nuh dead, Jah nuh dead Jah nuh dead, Jah nuh dead Jah nuh dead, Jah nuh dead Oh no Meet me at the bank of the beautiful river When your journey has end I & I will discuss about this matter Jah nuh dead, Jah nuh dead Jah nuh dead
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey's words come to pass Marcus Garvey's words come to pass Ain't got no food to eat Ain't got no money to spend Oh ain't got no food to eat Oh ain't got no money to spend Come little one And let me do what I can do for you And you and you alone Come, little one, come Oh let me do what I can do Oh for you and you alone Know the right thing and heed not Shall be spanked with many stripes Weeping and wailing and moaning You've got yourself to blame I tell you Do right do right do right do right do right Do right do right do right do right do right Oh tell you to do right Oh beg you to do right, oh Where is Bagawire He's nowhere around He can't be found First betrayer who gave away Marcus Garvey Son of satan, first prophesy Oh hold him Marcus hold him Oh Prophesy fullfill, oh-oh Oh hold him Marcus hold him Oh Prophesy fullfill Door peep
One, two three, four Door peep shall not enter This a holy land Where wise and true man stand Sipping from the cup of peace You chant down babylon Chant down babylon Chant down babylon Chant down babylon Give thanks and praise Give thanks and praise Give thanks and praise You give thanks and praise To the Holy One of creation You chant down babylon Chant down babylon Chant down babylon Chant down babylon Give thanks and praise Give thanks and praise Give thanks and praise You give thanks and praise To the Holy One of creation Door peep shall not enter, this a holy land Where wise and true man stand Sipping from the cup of peace You chant down babylon Chant down babylon Chant down babylon Chant down babylon Chant down babylon
He Prayed
Birds have their quiet nest Foxes in their own hole Man of a peaceful rest He have nowhere to lie his head He prayed Yes, he prayed He prayed Yes, he prayed You got to believe me that he prayed You got to hear what I say he prayed For I am you For I am you For I am you You For I am you You got to believe me that he prayed You got to hear what I say he prayed For I am you You For I am you For I am you You For I am you For I am you Yes, he prayed He prayed Yes, he prayed He prayed Yes, he prayed You got to believe me that he prayed
Y man gan
Y mas gan ulaghize Let him be praised continually Khibil ahamlack, yim mas gan Glory to god, let him be praised He will take us by the hand And lead us to the wonderland If we can be good, we'll be careful And do the best we can Ulaghize y mas gan Let him be praised continually He will take us by the hand And lead us to the wonderland If we can be good, we'll be careful And do the best we can Y mas gan ulaghize Let him be praised continually Khibil ahamlack, yim mas gan Glory to god, let him be praised He will take us by the hand And lead us to the wonderland If we can be good, we'll be careful And do the best we can Ulaghize y mas gan Let him be praised continually Ulaghize yim mas gan Let him be praised continually
Curly Locks Curly Locks, now that I'm a dreadlocks Your mama say you shouldn't play with me But it's alright Curly Locks, now that I'm a dreadlocks Your mama say you shouldn't play with me The sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, too And all I've got inside me is lots of love for you, it's true Curly Locks, now that I'm a dreadlocks Your mama say you shouldn't play with me But it's alright Curly Locks, now that I'm a dreadlocks Your mama say you shouldn't play with me She's a wrong head, she's a walking-dead I'm a living woman who's got a lots of plans it's true Curly Locks, now that I'm a dreadlocks Your mama say you shouldn't play with me But it's alright Curly Locks, now that I'm a dreadlocks Your mama say you shouldn't play with me Thank you, thank you for the letter You made me feel better Tee tah toe That's the way it's gonna go, now Curly Locks, two roads before you Which one will be your choice I really like to know, yeah Curly Locks, your father is a poacher And he don't want you dealing with me Thank you, thank you for the letter You made me feel better Tee tah toe That's the way it's gonna go, now Curly Locks, two roads before you Which one will be your choice I really like to know, yeah Curly Locks, your father is a poacher And he don't want you dealing with me
Vampire
Obadiah, Obadiah Jah Jah sent us here to catch vampire Obadiah, Obadiah Jah Jah sent us here to catch vampire We have the chalice to light up Jah fire When I and I catch them vampire I and I are gon' set them on fire I man trot up down the unity lane See a dreadlocks running down the Rastaman Swear that if him catch him, he will kill him dead The dreadlocks couldn't catch the Rastaman Obadiah, Obadiah Jah Jah sent us here to catch vampire Obadiah, Obadiah Jah Jah sent us here to catch vampire We have the chalice to light up Jah fire When I and I catch them vampire I and I are gon' set them on fire A true Rastaman no go shop a bin shop A true Rastaman does not gamble A true Rastaman does not play card pack A true Rastaman always humble Obadiah, Obadiah Jah Jah sent us here to catch vampire Obadiah, Obadiah Jah Jah sent us here to catch vampire We have the chalice to light up Jah fire When I and I catch them vampire I and I are gon' set them on fire A true Rastaman no fire no long gun A true Rastaman no throw homemade bomb A true Rastaman, him no drink fe drunk A true Rastaman does not gamble Obadiah, Obadiah Jah Jah sent us here to catch vampire Obadiah, Obadiah Jah Jah sent us here to catch vampire We have the chalice to light up Jah fire When I and I catch them vampire I and I are gon' set them on fire Babylon a mash up the scene And they blame it on Rastaman Babylon a mash up the scene And they blame it on Rastaman Babylon a mash up the scene And blaming the Rastaman Obadiah, Obadiah Jah Jah sent us here to catch vampire
Prophet has arise
Jah Prophet has arise (Prophet has arise) He's got a dred look in his eye (dred look in his eye) Dred look in his eye (for them to realize) Jah Prophet has arise! (Prophet has arise) He's got a dred look in his eye (for them to centralize) Dred look in his eye (for them to organize) One has arise to judge and execute (Jah-you) Whether your friend or foe From a long he'll let you know Moses was a seer (prophet) King David was a seer (prophet) So the people shall never run short Of a King of a Prophet Jah Prophet has arise (prophet has arise) He's gonna hit 'em by surprise (for them to realize) Hit 'em by surprise (for them to centralize) (Prophet has arise) Moses was a seer (Prophet) King David was a seer (Prophet) So the people shall never run short Of a King of a Prophet Said Jah Prophet has arise (prophet has arise) He's - he's gonna hit 'em by surprise (for them to centralize) Hit 'em by surprise (they've got to organize) Jah Prophet has arise! (Prophet has arise) He's - he's got a dred look in his eye (dred look in his eyes) Dred look in his eyes (for the to realize) (Prophet has arise!) So the people shall never run short Of a King or a Prophet (x2) Said Jah Prophet has arise! (Prophet has arise) He's got a dred look (dred look in his eyes) Sweet look in his eyes (for them to realize) Jah Prophet has arise (Prophet has arise) Gonna em hit by surprise (for them to centralize) Hit 'em by surprise (they got to organize) Jah Prophet has arise (Prophet has arise) Dred look in his eyes (dred look in his eyes) Dred look in his eyes (for them to realize) ...
Downpressor man Downpressor man Where you gonna run to Downpressor man Where you gonna run to Downpressor man Where you gonna run to Oh... along that day If you run to the sea The sea will be boiling If you run to the sea The sea will be boiling If you run to the sea The sea will be boiling Oh... along that day Downpressor man Where you gonna run to Downpressor man Where you gonna run to Downpressor man Where you gonna run to Oh... along that day If you run to the rocks The rocks will be melting If you run to the rocks The rocks will be melting If you run to the rocks The rocks will be melting Oh... along that day Downpressor man Where you gonna run to Tell me downpressor man Where you gonna run to Downpressor man Where you gonna run to Oh... along that day And if you make your bed in hell I will be there Make your bed in hell I will be there I said, make your bed in hell I will be there Oh... along that day Downpressor man Where you gonna run to Tell me downpressor man Where you gonna run to Downpressor man Where you gonna run to Oh... along that day If you run to the rocks The rocks will be melting If you run to the rocks The rocks will be melting If you run to the rocks The rocks will be melting Oh... along that day Downpressor man Where you gonna run to Downpressor man Where you gonna run to Downpressor man Where you gonna run to Oh... along that day Where you gonna fucking run to Downpressor man Where you gonna fucking run to
Throw down your arms
Throw down your arms and come Throw down your arms and come Throw down your arms and come Drop them Two of us have a little fuss Everything you draw your last Everything you run for your gun Everything you fling rock stone Hear this Throw down your arms and come Throw down your arms and come Throw down your arms and come Drop them A no ignorance'll do it A no brute force do it And your weapons can't do it So throw down your arms and come Throw down your arms and come Throw down your arms and come Drop them Put them away to stay Throw down your arms and come Throw down your arms and come As earth was from My old grandmother mother mother mother She was from She usually say Children children children children Please obey Throw down your arms and come Throw down your arms and come Throw down your arms and come Drop them Put them away Put them away I long to see you I long to hold you I long to take your hand in my hand Can't you see, can't you see Throw down your arms and come Throw down your arms and come Throw down your arms and come Drop them...
Untold stories
I am living while I'm living to the father I will pray Only him know how we get through every day All the hike in the price arm and leg we have we pay While our leaders play All I see people a ripping a rob all a bribe all Thief never love to see a thief with a long bag No love for the people who are suffer real bad Another toll to the poll may God help your soul What is to stop the youth from gettin out of control Full up o' education yet no' on no payroll The clothes on they back have countless eye hole Could go on and on The full have never been told I am living while I'm living to the father I will pray Only him know how we get through every day All the hike in the price arm and leg we have we pay While our leaders play I say who can afford to run will run But what about those who can't They will have to stay Opportunity A scarce scarce commodity In these times I say When mama spend her last and sent you go class Never you ever play It's a competitive world for the low budget people Spending a dime while earnin a nickel With no regard for who it may tickle My cup is full to the brim Could go on and on the full have never been told On and on On and on On and on I am living while I'm living to the father I will pray Only him know how we get through every day All the hike in the price arm and leg we have we pay While our leaders play All I see people are ripping an' rob all a bribe all Thief never love to see thief with long bag No love for the people who are suffer real bad Another toll to the poll may God help your soul What is to stop the youth from get out of control Full up of educations yet no' on no payroll The clothes on their back has countless eye hole Could go on and on The full have never been told Could go on and on The full have never been told Could go on and on The full have never been told Could go on and on The full have never been told Could go on and on The full have never been told
War
Until the philosophy Which holds one race superior And another inferior Is finally and permanently Discredited and abandoned Everywhere is war War That until there no longer First class and second class citizens of any nation That until the colour of a man's skin is of no more significance Than the colour of his eyes, I got to say way That until the basic human rights Are equally guaranteed to all Without regard to race, and we say war That until that day The dream of lasting peace, World citizenship And the rule of international morality Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued But never attained Well everywhere is war, war War in the east War in the west War up north War down south There'll be war And the rumours of war And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes Which hold our sisters in Africa, yeah Africa, yeah Sub-human bondage Has been toppled Utterly downstroyed Everywhere is war, war That until that day The African continent will not know peace We Africans will fight, we find it necessary And we know we shall win 'Cause we are confident In the victory Of good over evil Of good over evil Good over evil
*** Thanx a lot to Ivan for this one ***
Theology
Something beautiful I wanna make Something beautiful For you and from you To show you To show you I adore you Oh you And your journey Toward me Which I see And I see All you push through Mad for you And because of you I couldn't thank you in ten thousand years If I cried ten thousand rivers of tears Ah but you know the soul And you know what makes it gold You who give life through blood Blood, blood, blood... Oh I wanna make something So lovely for you 'Cause I promised that's what i'd do for you With the bible I stole I know you forgave my soul Because such was my need On a chronic Christmas Eve And I think we're agreed that it Should have been free And you sang to me They dress the wounds of my poor people As though they're nothing Saying "peace" When there's no peace They dress the wounds of my poor people As though they're nothing Saying "peace" When there's no peace Days without number Days without number Now can a bride forget her jewels Or a maid her ornaments Yet my people forgotten me Days without number Days without number And in their want Oh in there want And in their want Who'll dress their wounds Who'll dress their wounds We people who are darker than blue We people who are darker than blue Don't let us hang around this town And let what others say come true We're just good for nothing they all figure A boyish grown up shiftless jigger Now we can't hardly stand for that Or is that really where it's at? We people who are darker than blue We've got no time for segregating I'm talking about brown and yellow too I a white girl can't U tell I'm just the surface of our dark deep well If your mind could really see You'd know your colour's same as me Pardon me brother As U stand in your glory I know U won't mind If I tell the whole story Now I know we have great respect For the sister and the mother It's even better yet But there's the joker in the street Loving one brother and killing the other When the time comes and we are really free There'll be no brothers left to see We people who are darker than blue Don't let us hang around this town And let what others say come true We're just good for nothing they all figure A boyish grown up shiftless jigger Now we can't hardly stand for that Or is that really where its at?
Out Of The Depths Out of the depths I cry to you oh lord Don't let my cries for mercy be ignored If you keep account of sins oh who would stand? But you have forgiveness in your hands And I've heard religion say you're to be feared But I don't buy into everything I hear And it seems to me you're hostage to those rules That were made by religion and not by you And I'm wondering will u ever get yourself free Is it bad to think you might like help from me? Is there anything my little heart can do To help religion share us with you? For oh you're like a ghost in your own home Nobody hears you crying all alone Oh you are the one true really voiceless one They have their backs turned to you for worship of gold and stone And to see you prisoner oh makes me weep Nobody hears you screaming in the streets And it's sad but true how the old saying goes If God lived on earth people would break his windows I long for you as watchmen long for the end of night
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Sing oh you righteous to the lord It's right that the upright should acclaim him Sing to Jah with your guitar Turn up yer bass amp Whack it up all the way to 'save him' By the word of Jah heaven was made By the breath of his mouth all its hosts He gathers up the oceans like a mound And stores the deep Stores the deep in vaults Sing him a new song Sing sweet with shouts of joy For the word of Jah is right And he sees what is right And he loves what is right And the earth is full of his care Jah spoke and it was He commanded and it endured He frustrates the plans of nations And brings to nothing The designs of people
Dark I Am Yet Lovely
Dark I am yet lovely as tents of Kedar As the pavilions of Solomon either Don't hate me because the sun has darkened me All my mother's sons were so angry with me They made me watch the vineyards My own things I did not guard On my bed at night I sought whom my soul loves Oh I sought I sought but I found him not So I ask you daughters of Jerusalem Where is my love? Oh tell me have you seen him? Majestic as Lebanon stately as cedars His mouth so delicious his fragrance so pleases Such is my beloved such is my darling And if you see him say my heart is pining For the kisses of his mouth and his flavours Oh the king had brought me into his chambers Say I delight in his love Say he's the one my soul was Vast floods can't quench love no matter what love did Rivers can't drown love no matter where love's hid So when you do find him out Bring him to my mother's house And into the chamber of her who conceived me Then will he know me and then will he see me Tell him that love isn't done Tell him don't leave me alone
I don't know how to love him I don't know how to love him What to do, how to move him I've been changed, yes really changed In these past few days When I've seen myself I seem like someone else And I don't know how to take this I don't see why he moves me He's a man, he's just a man And I've had so many men before In very many ways He's just one more Should I bring him down Should I scream and shout Should I speak of love Let my feelings out I never thought I'd come to this What's it all about Yet, if he said he loved me I'd be lost, I'd be frightened I couldn't cope, just couldn't cope I'd turn my head, I'd back away I wouldn't want to know He scares me so Should I bring him down Should I scream and shout Should I speak of love Let my feelings out I never thought I'd come to this What's it all about He's a man, he's just a man And I've had so many men before In very many ways He's just one more If you had a vineyard If you had a vineyard On a fruitful hill And you fenced it and cleared it Of all stones until You planted it With the choicest of vine And you even built a tower And a press to make wine And you looked that it would bring forth sweet grapes And it gave only wild grapes What would you say Jerusalem and Judah You be the judges I pray Between me and my vineyard This is what God says What more could I have done in it That I did not do in it Why when I ask it for sweetness It brings only bitterness For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts Is the house of Israel And the men of Judah His pleasant plant And he looks for justice but beholds oppression And he hopes for equality but hears a cry Jerusalem and Judah This is God's reply Sadness will come To those who build house to house And lay field to field 'til there's room For none but you to dwell in the land Oh in the land And sadness will come To those who call evil good And good evil who present Darkness as light And light as darkness Who present as sweetness Only the things which are bitterness For the vineyard of The Lord of Hosts Is the house of Israel And the men of Judah his pleasant plant Oh oh his pleasant plant Oh that my eyes were a fountain of tears That I might weep for my poor people For every boot stamped with fierceness For every cloak rolled in blood Jerusalem and Judah I'd cry if I could
The Glory Of Jah
There is no holy one like you You install kings and take them down Truly there is no one beside you You made all of creation with wisdom May the glory of Jah endure forever The boughs of the mighty are broken And the weak are clothed with strength There is the sea, vast and wide With all its creatures beyond number There go the ships, they all look to you You lift up the poor into a place of honour May the glory of Jah endure forever The boughs of the mighty are broken And the weak are clothed with strength The lord makes poor or he makes rich The pillars of the earth belong to him And he has set his world upon them To raise us up from the dunghill May the glory of Jah endure forever The boughs of the mighty are broken And the weak are clothed with strength
Watcher Of Men
Why did I not die at birth? Expire as I came from the womb? Why were there knees to receive me? Or breasts to feed me? Why was I not like babies Who never saw the light? Who lie with kings and counsellors Who rebuild ruins for themselves And where rest Those whose strength is spent where small and great are alike and the slave is free of his master Oh watcher of men Do you have eyes of flesh? Is your vision like man? Are your years the years of man? U know that I'm not guilty And that none can deliver from your hand. Also u know that u have deeply wronged me oh And u have fenced me in You made it so nobody knows me And I'm an outsider to them When I accused you, you wouldn't speak I said you tore up my hope like a tree But I spoke without understanding Of things beyond me which I did not know And now I've heard you with my ears And I've seen you with my eyes Therefore I recant and relent Being but dust and ashes
Whomsoever Dwells
Whomsoever dwells In the shelter Of the most high Lives under the protection of the Shaddai I say of my lord That he is my fortress That he is my own love In whom I trust That he will save u From the fowler's trap And he will save you From any Babylon crap And he will lift you All up in his wings And you'll find refuge Oh underneath those things And his truth will be your Shield and rampart So u need not fear What comes looking for you in the dark And you need not fear What comes looking for you in the day And you need not fear What takes everybody else away Ten thousand may fall at your side Ten thousand at your right But it can't come near you 'Cause you're dealing with the most high And he will send his angels to mind you And they will lift u all up so that you Won't strike your foot against no stone Rivers of babylon By the rivers of babylon Where I sat down There I wept When I remembered Zion By the rivers of babylon Where I sat down There I wept When I remembered Zion There on the poplars I broke my guitar Because my tormentors required songs Songs of where I'm from Songs of where I'm from Oh songs of Zion If I forget you oh Jah May both my hands wither And may my mouth freeze If I forget how I knelt at your feet By the rivers of babylon Where I sat down There I wept When I remembered Zion By the rivers of babylon Where I sat down There I wept When I remembered Zion By the rivers Rivers of babylon By the rivers Rivers of babylon... Hosanna Filio David
Hosanna to the Son of David Blessed is He that cometh In the name of the Lord King of Israel Hosanna in the highest
How About I Be Me
4th & Vine Gonna put my pink dress on And do my hair up tight I'm gonna put some eyeliner on I'm gonna look real nice I'm going down to the church On 4th and Vine I'm gonna marry my love And we'll be happy for all time Yeah, he's the sweetest man you could find So gentle and so kind And he's got those big brown eyes I can't believe me luck, he's mine Not that he's no wuss Girls, you know his love is serious So warm inside When he takes me for a buggy ride When he takes me for a buggy ride Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin I will, I will, I will, I will I do, I do, I do, I do Gonna put my pink dress on And do my hair up tight I'm gonna put some eyeshadow on It's gonna look real nice I'm going down to the church On 4th and Vine I'm gonna marry my love And we'll be happy for all time We're gonna have six children And enough love for them That they'll be happy all the time I won't believe me luck, they're mine They'll sing all day They'll sing all night Because their mama and their pa Love them so right I will, I will, I will, I will I do, I do, I do, I do Gonna put my pink dress on And do my hair up tight I'm gonna put some perfume on I'm gonna smell real nice I'm going down to the church On 4th and Vine I'm gonna marry my love And we'll be happy for all time Yeah, he's the sweetest man you could find So gentle and so kind And he's got those big brown eyes I can't believe me luck, he's mine Not that he's no wuss. Girls, you know his love is serious So warm inside When he takes me for a buggy ride When he takes me for a buggy ride Reason With Me Hello, you don't know me, But I stole your laptop and I took your TV I sold your Granny's rosary for fifty p And I even pulled an old hijack Said I had a hypodermic in me backpack But I was only bluffing Oh, so long I've been a junkie I ought to wrap it up and mind my monkeys I really want to mend my ways I'm gonna call that number one of these days It's not too late I'm the one who sits in the backroom I'm the one who doesn't know how to have fun I'm the one to smoke a mist all around me 'Cause I don't like no one around me Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin 'Cause if I loved someone, I might lose someone If I loved someone, I might lose someone Oh, so long I've been a junkie, I ought to wrap it up and mind my monkeys I really want to mend my ways I'm gonna call that number one of these days I'm gonna reach a hand out to you, Say "would you pull me up? Now could you?" I don't wanna waste the life God gave me And I don't think that it's too late to save me It's not too late Reason with me Let's reason together Reason with me Let's reason together Reason with me Let's reason together Let's reason together Reason with me Let's reason together Reason with me Old Lady When I'm an old lady I'm gonna be his baby I'm gonna wrap myself around him And then I'm gonna kiss him But that's a way down the line You see, for now, he isn't mine But I don't mind waiting And the longing's not aching 'Cause I know One day you'll say, "That's my girl!" The happiest words in the world Make me laugh like an idiot Not be so serious For now, when I'm around him I act like I don't care for him I even act like I don't like him Ignore him to spite him But only so that I won't smile at him For everyone would know I love him And that's so uncool 'Cause it's messing with all the rules Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin And I know One day you'll say, "That's my girl!" The happiest words in the world Make me laugh like an idiot Not be so serious One day you'll say, "That's my girl!" The happiest words in the world Make me laugh like an idiot Not be so serious Make me laugh like an idiot Not be so serious Make me laugh like an idiot Not be so serious Take Off Your Shoes I bleed the blood of Jesus over you I bleed the blood of Jesus over you And over every fucking thing you do Seven times I bleed the blood of Jesus over you Take off your shoes You're on hallowed ground Take off your shoes You're on hallowed ground Even you can't lie when I'm around Take off your shoes You're on hallowed ground Behold, I'm the last lamplight At the very end of your street I'm whispering something "Come closer to me, come closer to me" I say you're running out of battery You're running out of battery And I don't see no bunnies Around here If you believed at all in your breviary If you believed even in just the ghost of me You wouldn't now be so surprised to see me Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin In vanity you took the name of me You brought me into infamy And now you're so surprised to see me And now you're so surprised to see me Behold, I'm the last lamplight At the very end of your street I'm whispering something "Come closer to me, come closer to me" I say you're running out of battery You're running out of battery And I don't see no bunnies Around here Take off your shoes You're on hallowed ground Take off your shoes You're on hallowed ground Even you can't lie when I'm around Take off your shoes You're on hallowed ground Take off your shoes You're on hallowed ground Take off your shoes You're on hallowed ground Even you can't lie when I'm around Take off your shoes You're on hallowed ground I bleed the blood of Jesus over you I bleed the blood of Jesus over you Back Where You Belong Oh it's hard to be a boy When all the men have lost their joy And they can't find the ones they left behind Harder still to think of being a man In this world of no lessons or love It's only war that men be thinking of Should you stay or should you come down with me Is that the question you are asking of me And do you think that you can take the answer as it turns You have to wear life well Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Come down with me Come when you need me But for now I want you to be happy Sometimes life does things to you That will hurt you and confuse you But when you're look behind you're sure to find I am with you though I can't come with you I am in you and I'm always part of you And all you ever have to do To bring me to you Is come down with me Come when you need me But for now I want you to be happy So you must go back home That's where you belong You must go back home You must go back home That's where you belong You must go back home And I can't come along The Wolf Is Getting Married I used to have no wolves around me I was too free, if that's possible to be No safety is what I mean No solid foundation to keep me But the sun's peeping out of the sky Where it used to be only grey The wolf is getting married And he'll never cry again Your smile makes me smile Your laugh makes me laugh Your joy gives me joy Your hope gives me hope And the sun's peeping out of the sky Where it used to be only grey The wolf is getting married And he'll never cry again Never cry again Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Even when something terrible is happening You laugh and that's the thing I love about you most, yeah Even when something terrible is happening You laugh and that's the thing I love about you most, yeah Your smile makes me smile Your laugh makes me laugh Your joy gives me joy Your hope gives me hope And the sun's peeping out of the sky Where it used to be only grey The wolf is getting married And he'll never cry again Queen Of Denmark I wanted to change the world But I could not even change my underwear And when the shit got really, really out of hand I had it all the way up to my hairline Which keeps receding, like my self-confidence As if I ever had any of that stuff, anyway I hope I didn't destroy your celebration Or your Bar Mitzvah, birthday party or your Christmas You put me in this cage and threw away the key It was this us-and-them shit that did me in You tell me that my life is based upon a lie I casually mention that I pissed in your coffee I hope you know that all I want from you is sex To be with someone who looks smashing in athletic wear And if your haircut isn't right, you'll be dismissed You'll get your walking papers and you can leave now I don't know what to want from this world I really don't know what to want from this world I don't know what it is you wanna want from me You really have no right to want anything from me at all Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Why don't you take it out on somebody else Why don't you bore the shit out of somebody else Why don't you tell somebody else that they're selfish A weakling, coward, a pathetic fraud Who's gonna be the one to save me from myself You better bring a stun gun and perhaps a crowbar You better pack a lunch and get up really early And you should probably get down on your knees and pray It's really fun to look embarrassed all the time Like you could never cut the mustard with the big boys I really don't know who the fuck you think you are Can I please see your license and your registration I don't know what to want from this world I really don't know what to want from this world I don't know what it is you wanna want from me You really have no right to want anything from me at all Why don't you take it out on somebody else Why don't you bore the shit out of somebody else Why don't you tell somebody else that they're selfish A weakling, coward, a pathetic fraud So Jesus hasn't come in here to pick you up You'll still be sitting right there ten years from now You're just a sucker, but we'll see who gets the last laugh Who knows, maybe you'll get to be the next Queen of Denmark Very Far From Home I don't know where I go When I go I only know it's very far from home And I don't know where you are Either But I know you're very far from home I long for you I see you in my dreams So clearly But when I wake up, I'm alone And I don't know where you've gone But I know it's very far from home Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin No one knows where I go When I go Oh, they don't know I'm so far from home And it's my fault That you got lost Oh, let me create something Other than trouble Oh, let me find you Let me mind you Even if it has to be Very far from home I long for you I see you in my dreams So clearly But when I wake up I'm alone and I don't know where you've gone But I know it's very far from home It's very far from home I Had a Baby I had a baby And he looks just like me A bald-headed baby He's been the makings of me His eyes are so blue, just like you But you haven't seen him I don't know what to tell him I don't know what to tell him I had a thing with A man who wasn't mine to be with I woke up one June day With him up inside me, hey Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin And it excited me And I was crazy I was always crazy But I had a baby So I'm never sorry He's been the makings of me When he asks, I tell him That you love him, But you can't be here And when he says why I say I don't know why Because I don't know why He should suffer instead of me Over shit that's because of me Oh, I wish it wasn't so crazy Broke my mind till this day But I had a baby So beautiful, he He's been the makings of me I had a fling with A man who wasn't mine to be with I woke up one June day With him up inside me, hey And it excited me And I was crazy I was always crazy V.I.P. Somebody say boldness. The Bible says in Proverbs 28, verse 1 "The Righteous shall be bold like a lion Bold like a lion Bold like a lion The Righteous shall be bold like a lion" What is a real V.I.P. Do we have the balls to go to that party Or do we rather stay and dance with vanity Tell me now what's a real V.I.P. And who are we to give that name to us When we don't know the lives of others When we can barely raise a finger To help our own sisters and brothers Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Wasn't it in history The artists always spoke their people's needs Now we're gorged upon what devil's feed In the shallow form of MTV Telling the youth to worship futile dreams And long for bling and for material things I tell you what a really real V.I.P is A face that never was nor will be kissed To whom exactly are we giving hope When we stand behind the velvet rope Or get our pictures taken with the pope Like some sick April fool kind of joke Who is the really, really, real, real V.I.P The One, the true and the most conquering king Who looks around at everything, And knows exactly what we've been His is the face that never was nor will be kissed Do we think we'll be down on his guest list When we're standing at the gate After being fashionably late There'll be no make-up and there'll be no film crews No Vuitton bags and no Manolo shoes When he's presiding over you Asking you, "Did you love only you?" Or did you stand for something else Besides the hankering for fame and fame itself The one who always was and always is Will show you what a real V.I.P is The fatherless, The motherless, The ravaged child at home Who cried to you You will be asked to say What did you do And what's behind this velvet curtain Don't know, but I can say for certain A face that never was nor will be kissed Will show you what a real V.I.P is How can you say we are wise And we possess the instruction of the Lord Certainly for nothing your pens have laboured For nothing your writers have written The wise will be put to shame See, they reject the word of the Lord So their wisdom amounts to nothing They dress the wounds of my poor people As though they are nothing Saying, "Peace, peace!" when there is no peace Saying, "All is well," when nothing is well Glory be to the father And to the son and to the Holy Spirit As it was in the beginning Is now and ever shall be World without end Oh, yeah
I’m Not Bossy, I’m The Boss
How About I Be Me I wanna be a real full woman Yeah and live Like a real full woman Every day And I wanna make love like a real full woman Every day Yeah I said I wanna make love like a real full woman Don't stop me talking 'bout love How'm I gonna find what I'm dreaming of Don't stop me talking 'bout love I got to find what I'm dreaming of Always gotta be the lioness Taking care of everybody else A woman like me needs love A woman like me needs a man to be Stronger than herself Don't stop me talking 'bout love How'm I gonna find what I'm dreaming of Don't stop me talking 'bout love I got to find what I'm dreaming of Copy paste again, aotr forever A sweet man to cling to And whisper sweet things to 'Cause a full woman must do What a full woman must do How about I be me And you be you And you be you How about I be me And you be you How about I be me Don't stop me talking 'bout love How'm I gonna find what I'm dreaming of Don't stop me talking 'bout love I got to find what I'm dreaming of Dense Water Deeper Down Oh he's dense water deeper down He makes me forget everything my mother warned I think about him every night And I fall asleep holding my pillow tight He has my love in the palm of his hand His gentle touch made me scream out loud His wicked kiss made me feel in bliss And he's the only love I miss Copy paste again, aotr forever Oh he's dense water deeper down He makes me forget everything my mother warned I think about him every night And I fall asleep holding my pillow tight He has my love in the palm of his hand His gentle touch made me scream out loud His wicked kiss made me feel in bliss And he's the only love I miss Kisses Like Mine You never had kisses like mine So soft you'll find yourself crying And after you weep You'll fall asleep And while my heart's flying You'll be dreaming that I'm The keeping kind See I'm special forces They call me in after divorces To lift you up You thought you weren't much And I'll mean every word But be gone with the birds Baby I just can't be yours I have a heart that flies away Betrays me every day But don't let it stay heavy on your mind I'm just not the, not the, not the keeping kind Copy paste again, aotr forever But you never had kisses like mine So soft you'll find yourself crying And after you weep You'll fall asleep And while my heart's flying You'll be dreaming that I'm The keeping kind Keeping kind, keeping kind, keeping kind See I'm special forces They call me in after divorces To lift you up You thought you weren't much And I'll mean every word But I'm gone with the birds Baby I just can't be yours Your Green Jacket You're so gentle and so soft I like you 'cause it looks to me like you are caught Between two or three worlds, I am too Is it ok to say I see some of myself in you And even though I know I'm not for you Is it ok to say I really do adore you And I would give anything To be the one who kisses you Smelled your jacket When you left it on its lonely post Wrapped it 'round me like it was the holiest of ghosts Oh your smell it came through Mmm, made me wish I had my face buried in you You're soft, you're soft, you're old but you're younger Oh how I wish I had my head upon your shoulder Oh how I wish that I could sell myself to you And do the things that only lovers do Copy paste again, aotr forever And even though I know I'm not for you Is it ok to say I really do adore you And I would give anything To be the one who kisses you Goodnight Goodnight Oh close your eyes Meet me at that crazy apple tree in heaven We'll go dancing all night And even though I know I'm not for you Is it ok to say I really do adore you And I would give anything To be the one who kisses you Goodnight Goodnight The Vishnu Room I love you more than I ever loved a man And I'm shy I want to make love with you More than I ever wanted to Do you think that you could make me take some rest Make me lie down, make me listen to your chest Because Vishnu lives at the core of your heart Vishnu is and Vishnu starts Copy paste again, aotr forever Oh my love, my delight Is to be with you in the night Oh your breath, your nakedness All your softness, and your hardness Do you think that you could maybe take some rest Come and lie down, take a listen in my chest Because Vishnu lives at the core of my heart Vishnu is and Vishnu starts Oh Vishnu, I sing to you Just to say, oh Lord, thank you The Voice Of My Doctor When I opened my eyes in your bedroom Saw a painting of a bald lady When I opened my eyes in your bedroom Saw a woman looked just like me Kissing gently as only she would A man made of stone who's crying blood A giant man of stone is crying A gentle lady rests her face Her cheek against his, oh so softly She's just a figure full of grace Copy paste again, aotr forever The voice of my doctor Keeps interrupting my view It says "Oh you've gone and let another Fool make a fool out of you" Oh and I did, I did, oh yes I did 'Cause you never said you have a girl you love Oh, you tricked me into thinking that you loved me You tricked me into making love Well I wrote I love you on her shoulder When I left you last night I wrote I love you on her shoulder When I left you last night Yeah another stupid woman left a little message Left a little message for your wife The voice of my doctor Keeps interrupting my view It says "Oh you've gone and let another Fool make a fool out of you" Oh and I did, I did, oh yes I did 'Cause you never said you have a girl you love Oh, you tricked me into thinking that you loved me You tricked me into making love Harbour She is a harbour And has not harbour She is only 'she' in inverted commas She's not well aware In certain areas Lost girl in there Building stupid castles in the stupid air Copy paste again, aotr forever She lost a boy she loved Because he was Maya Always Maya Harbour, harbour No man is her father She fought for something holy Found only the dreams of Don Quixote Fumbling to get back what's stolen Thinking pain could be plastered over Harbour, harbour No man is her father She lost all else she loved Same time she lost that boy she loved And they said, call it Maya Go ahead, call it Maya But it's not all Maya, well A broken fourteen year old girl Hasn't been allowed to tell What actually happened in hell What happened in hell Harbour No man is her father Harbour, harbour No man is her father James Brown I want you to take me out I want you to bring me downtown I want you to, oh show me around I want you to take me out I want you to bring me downtown I want you to, oh yeah Oh yeah Copy paste again, aotr forever I'm only gonna wear my long jacket Sit in the corner with a cigarette Make you see if I'm, oh yeah And if your friends wanna look Well that's ok in my book It really, oh gets me off my hook I want you to take me out I want you to bring me downtown I want you to, oh show me around I want you to take me out I want you to bring me downtown I want you to, oh yeah I know I may look a little square I know I look like a wooden chair But I got, oh yeah And in the words of James Brown I'm sorry but I came to get down I'm sorry but I, oh yeah I told you to take me out I told you to bring me downtown I told you to, oh show me around I want you to take me out I want you to bring me downtown I want you to, oh yeah I know I may look a little square I know I look like a wooden chair But I got, oh yeah And in the words of James Brown I'm sorry but I came to get down I'm sorry but I, oh yeah 8 Good Reasons Don't know if I should quite sing this song Don't know if it maybe might be wrong But then again it maybe might be right To tell you 'bout the bullet and the red light You know I'm not from this place I'm from a different time, different space And it's real uncomfortable To be stuck somewhere you just don't belong But I got eight good reasons to stick around Eight good reasons, well maybe nine now Copy paste again, aotr forever I had a dream one night About a bullet and a red light You know it felt alright You know it actually felt quite nice If I could have gone Without it hurting anyone Like a child, I would have found me mum Like a bird I would have been flown You know I don't much like life I don't mind admitting that it ain't right You know I love to make music But my head got wrecked by the business Everybody wanting something from me They rarely ever wanna just know me I became the stranger no one sees Cut glass I've crawled upon my knees But I got eight good reasons to stick around Eight good reasons, well maybe nine now I had a dream one night About a bullet and a red light You know it felt alright You know it actually felt quite nice But I got eight good reasons to stick around Eight good reasons, well maybe nine now Eight good reasons to stick around Eight good reasons, well maybe nine now Well maybe nine now Take Me To Church I don't wanna love the way I loved before I don't wanna love that way no more What have I been writing love songs for I don't wanna write them anymore I don't wanna sing from where I sang before I don't wanna sing that way no more What've I've been singing love songs for I don't wanna sing them anymore I don't wanna be that girl no more I don't wanna cry no more I don't wanna die no more So cut me down from this here tree Cut the rope from off of me Sit me on the floor I'm the only one I should adore Copy paste again, aotr forever Oh, take me to church I've done so many bad things it hurts Yeah, take me to church But not the ones that hurt 'Cause that ain't the truth And that's not what it's for Yeah, take me to church Oh, take me to church I've done so many bad things it hurts Yeah, get me to church But not the ones that hurt 'Cause that ain't the truth And that's not what it's for I'm gonna sing songs of loving and forgiving Songs of eating and of drinking Songs of living, songs of calling in the night 'Cause songs are like a bolt of light And love's the only love you should invite Songs of longings but fullfilled Songs that don't let you sit still Songs that mend your broken bones And don't leave you alone So get me down from this here tree Take the rope from off of me Sit me on the floor I'm the only one I should adore Oh, take me to church I've done so many bad things it hurts Yeah, take me to church But not the ones that hurt 'Cause that ain't the truth And that's not what it's for Yeah, take me to church Oh, take me to church I've done so many bad things it hurts Yeah, get me to church But not the ones that hurt 'Cause that ain't the truth And that's not what it's for Where Have You Been What does it mean when a man's eyes turn black When you're making love What does it mean when a man's eyes turn black Tell me 'cause I never seen something quite scared me like that I saw darkness where I should have seen light And it wasn't the beautiful darkness of night But a thing of a kind that would cause a fright I saw darkness where I should have seen light Where have you been Where have you been Eyes more frightening I've never seen What do they want with me What do they want with me Eyes more frightening I've never seen Copy paste again, aotr forever Same as it means when a prince's eyes turn white Sitting by his door in the midnight Tin-foil on his windows 'cause he can't take light And it wasn't the beautiful wisdom of light But a white of a kind that would give you a fright Colour all gone, no iris in sight I saw darkness where I should have seen light Where have you been Where have you been Eyes more frightening I've never seen What do they want with me What do they want with me Eyes more frightening I've never seen Same when the friend of the prince spikes your smoke Hoping to make you a mess and a joke But you never were his, you never were his No matter what he did Where have you been Where have you been Eyes more frightening I've never seen What do they want with me What do they want with me Eyes more frightening I've never seen Where have you been Where have you been Eyes more frightening I've never seen What do they want with me What do they want with me Streetcars I have chosen, I have chosen To become the love I'm longing Love was never something beyond me Underneath me or above me And I will, I must and so I will Dwell beneath the desert still For there's no safety to be acquired Riding streetcars named desire If I were dying, if I were dying What would I want, what would I want with me If I were dying, if I were dying Who would I want, who would I want to see Copy paste again, aotr forever And I will, I must and so I will Dwell beneath the desert still For there's no safety to be acquired Riding streetcars named desire When I was married, when I was married I'd ask my husband to lay his body over me And to tell me, and to tell me Just how safe he'd keep me And I will, I must and so I will Dwell beneath the desert still For there's no safety to be acquired Riding streetcars named desire How Nice A Woman Can Be No, I'm not good looking And I don't do nothing And I don't say nothing And I don't mean nothing Practically good for nothing But loving you, but loving you Please baby, let me be your slave Please let me clean your house all day Please let me try to bake your bread And tuck your sweet babies into their beds I'll show you how nice a woman can be I'll show you how nice a woman can be I'll show you how nice a woman can be If you'll only speak some sweet words about me I might even cook something actually edible Who knows, it might even turn out to be incredible Please baby, let me be your slave Please let me clean your house all day Please let me try to bake your bread And tuck your sweet babies into their beds Copy paste again, aotr forever I'll show you how nice a woman can be I'll show you how nice a woman can be I'll show you how nice a woman can be If you'll only speak some sweet words about me Speak some sweet words about me Make A Fool Of Me All Night Here I am, knocking on your door Just like I've done ten thousand times before I've seen some things I wish I'd never seen Can I lie down on your floor Will you take me, make a fool of me all night Take me, make a fool of me any way you like Because you make me feel so nice You make me feel alright Sometimes you make me happy, sometimes you make me cry Sometimes you make me happy, sometimes you make me cry Sometimes you make me happy, sometimes you make me cry You make me love you Don't ever let me go again Lock the door, hold me close and say my name Don't ever let me go again Lock the door, hold me close and say my name Don't ever let me go again Will you take me, make a fool of me all night Take me, make a fool of me any way you like Because you make me feel so nice You make me feel alright Copy paste again, aotr forever Don't ever let me go again Lock the door, and hold me close and say my name Don't ever let me go again Lock the door, and hold me close and say my name Don't ever let me go again Lock the door, and hold me close and say my name Don't ever let me go again Sometimes you make me happy, sometimes you make me cry Sometimes you make me happy, sometimes you make me cry Sometimes you make me happy, sometimes you make me cry You make me love you Take me, make a fool of me all night Take me, make a fool of me any way you like Because you make me feel so nice You make me feel alright Little Story When I saw him standing down there Leaning on his umbrella I Knew he was me fella for life Said oh he'll do me right Cares about the two of us Takes three buses and The Luas Just to do me right Oh just to do me right Oh to do me right Says come here baby, let me Tell you a little story About a man who wants his glory all night Get up and let me do you right Open up and let me do you right Dress me like a lady and Make me swing and sway Take my mind all night Oh you know the way Copy paste again, aotr forever When I wear me red dress He have to keep his hands in his pockets Cause he wants to do me right I think he wants to do me right Wants to do me right I think he must be blind Out of his tiny mind cause He wants to do me right Mmmm, he wants to do me right Says come here baby, let me Tell you a little story About a man who wants his glory all night Get up and let me do you right Open up and let me do you right Call me baby, baby Always be good and kind to me Say you'll always only Want to do me right Say come here baby, let me Tell you a little story About a man who wants his glory all night Get up and let me do you right Open up and let me do you right
Non Albums Tracks
1001 Night
(Silence Running [Max] - 1992) I can't tell what's real no more And I don't know wrong from right On leaving here I took the first express Into the darkness and the light Took me through One thousand nights And one more night One thousand nights And one more night Stone by stone by stone And sea by sea I was lost and torn And I was broken I made a wish and what I wished for Came out of light into the open There were seven figures Standing by the road And seven places For your dreams to go Took me through One thousand nights And one more night One thousand nights And one more night One thousand nights And one more night One thousand nights And if you want it, come and get it If you want it, come and get it See them coming through the window Going out there where your mind go Silver breaks of light Come through the walls And now you're leaving Silver breaks of light Come through your skin And now you're breathing If you want it, come and get it Never take it Never break it Took me through One thousand nights And one more night One thousand nights And one more night One thousand nights And one more night One thousand nights And one more night Silver breaks of light Took me through one thousand nights Silver breaks of ligh Took me through one thousand nights Break it down Break it down Break it down For one more time Break it down Break it down Break it down, down Down to your line Take it down Take it down Take it down Take it down Just this night Take it down Take it down Take it down In this light Took me one thousand nights One thousand dreams And every time Every time I heard her call Every time I would follow Just her voice was in this song She sang it loud and she sang it long Silver breaks of light Took me one thousand nights Silver breaks of light Took me one thousand nights Silver breaks of light Took me one thousand days Silver breaks of light Took me one thousand ways Breakdown
4 My Love
(Gospel Oak EP - 1997)
4 my love this night I have Your baby in my belly All my life I'll love you for The life you've given me So love no longer be frightened I will never leave you Sleep safe in the night now love Sad dreams never come true You'll always find that one who loves you You'll always find that one who loves you Oh my love your love 4 Ireland Will not be in vain "4 whomsoever God place No man can take away" So love no longer be violent God's children deserve to sleep safe in the night now love and have their dreams come true Ah come back and find That one who loves you Ah climb back inside The one who loves you And feel what it's like To love one who loves you Ah come back and find that one
A prayer for England ( Massive Attack ) In the name of And by the power of The holy spirit May we invoke your Intercession for The children of england Some of whom have seen Murder so obscene Some of whom have been taken Let not another child be slain Let not another search be made in vain Jah forgive us For forgetting Jah help us We need more loving See the teachers Are representing you So badly That not many can see you Let not another child be slain Let not another search be made in vain Jah calls the ones who’s Beliefs kill children to Feel the love of you and be healed And may we all cry too For representing you So badly so badly Jah forgive us For forgetting Oh Jah help us To be forgiving The teachers are representing you So badly that not many can see you Let not another search be made in vain Let not another child be slain
*** Thanx a lot to Sergio who corrected a mistake ***
Don’t Give Up (Peter Gabriel Cover / Willie Nelson Feat. Sinead O'Connor) In this proud land we grew up strong We were wanted all along I was taught to fight, taught to win I never thought I could fail No fight left or so it seems I am a man whose dreams have all deserted I've changed my face, I've changed my name But no one wants you when you lose Don't give up 'Cause you have friends Don't give up You're not beaten yet Don't give up I know you can make it good Though I saw it all around Never thought I could be affected Thought that we'd be last to go It is so strange the way things turn Drove the night toward my home The place that I was born, on the lakeside As daylight broke, I saw the earth The trees had burned down to the ground Don't give up You still have us Don't give up We don't need much of anything Don't give up 'Cause I know there's a place There's a place where we belong Got to walk out of here I can't take anymore Gonna stand on that bridge Keep my eyes down below Whatever may come And whatever may go That river's flowing That river's flowing Moved on to another town Tried hard to settle down For every job, so many men So many men no-one needs Don't give up 'Cause you have friends Don't give up You're not the only one Don't give up No reason to be ashamed Don't give up You still have us Don't give up now We're proud of who you are Don't give up You know it's never been easy Don't give up 'Cause I believe there's a place There's a place where we belong
He Moved Through the Fair
My own love said to me "My mother won't mind. And my daughters won't slight you For your lack of kind". He went away from me And this he did say "It will not be long, Love, Till our wedding day" He went away from me And he moved through the fair And slowly I watched him Move here and move there He went his way homeward With one star awake As this swan in the evening Moves over the lake I dreamed last night That my own love came in He came in so sweetly His feet made no din He came close beside me And this he did say "It will not be long Love Till our wedding day" It will not be long love Long love Long love Love
Heroine
( Sinéad O'Connor / The Edge - So Far: Best Of Sinead O'Connor LP ) Afraid, but you will not run Alone, thy will be done Confessed, but you still feel the shame Bring me into your arms again Heroine Heroine Heroine Heroine Touch these eyes with a broken smile Touch my mouth with your furrowed brow With my heart feel my shame Lead me into rest again Heroine Heroine Heroine Heroine The night is long, But the day will come With promises were the chosen one Soak the sea Sweet tastering Fall tonight into my arms again Heroine Heroine Heroine Heroine The night is long But the day will come With promises were the chosen one Soak the sea Sweet tastering Fall the night into the light of day
I Am Enough For Myself
Oh the days are long 'Til the baby comes God will take all fear If you say this clear I am enough for myself I don't need anything else I am enough for myself I am in your heart I only can have that part I am in your dreams I only can touch these things I am who gives the breath I am your nakedness I am nothing at all And I am singing your soul I am that am I I am that am I I am that I am I am enough for myself
Let It Be ( The Beatles Cover / Live with Skin ) Skin : When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be Sinead : And in my hour of darkness She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be Sinead & Skin : Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be Sinead : And when the broken hearted people Living in the world agree There will be an answer, let it be Skin : For though they may be parted There is still a chance that they will see There will be an answer, let it be Sinead & Skin : Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Skin : And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it be Sinead : I wake up to the sound of music Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be Sinead & Skin : Yeah let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
Love is a place i dream of
( Between The Mountain And The Moon LP )
Dedicated to Christina Noble Love is a place I dream of A face that never leaves my mind Sorrow is over my shoulder But it's over Someday I will cross the world for you No matter how far Just to be there Someday I will hold you in my arms So special you are Wait and see my love, set you free Love is a place I dream of I hear you cry so far away There is a bridge I'm building Take me to the one I love someday Someday I will cross the world for you No matter how far Just to be there Someday I will hold you in my arms So special you are Wait and see my love, set you free I'm coming home child
Lullaby for Cain
( The Talented Mr. Ripley soundtrack ) From the silence, from the night Comes a distant lullaby. Cry, remember that first cry, Your brother's standing by, And lot of loved Beloved sons of mine. Sing a lullaby. Mother is close by. Innocent days Such innocent eyes And he stole your brother's life, Came home murdered, peace of mind. Left you nightmares on the pillow. Sleep now Soul, surrendering your soul, The heart in you not whole For love, but love walked on Cast into the dawn Branded with the mark. Oh, shame of Cain. From a garden of those light To a wilderness of night. Sleep now Sleep now
One More Day
( Veronica Guerin Soundtrack ) My love more dear than this life you are to me Your kiss more clear than the crystal of the sea Please save me i'm fallen here I'm lost and alone An angel weeps I hear him cry A lonely prayer A voice so high Dry all your tears Come what may And in the end the sun will rise On one more day Hey (gaelic part) Dry all your tears Come what may And in the end the sun will rise On one more day Hey The sun will rise on one more day
Petit Poulet
Petit poulet Tout c'est okay Maintenant bebe tout c'est okay The life you left behind won't find you The love you kept inside will come And even when your own heart blinds you Nothing undoes the work you've done The sun's still in the sky The moon is there at night The ground is still underfoot And still holds you Petit poulet Tout c'est okay Maintenant bébé Tout c'est okay There isn't any answer to the question You only learn to live with it There isn't any answer in religion Don't believe one who says there is But... The voices are heard Off all who cry I am around you as long in the night Kissing your plight Baby child Kissing your plight Kissing your plight I am the sun up in the sky I am the moon also at night I am the ground under your foot I am holding you Petit poulet Tout c'est okay Maintenant bébé Tout c'est okay
She Moved Through the Fair (She Moved Through the Fair OST) My young love said to me my mother won't mind And my father won't slight you for your lack of kind He went away from me and this he did say It will not be long love till our wedding day He went away from me and he moved through the fair And slowly I watched him move here and move there He went his way homeward with one star awake As the swan in the evening moves over the lake I dreamed last night that my young love came in He came in so sweetly, his feet made no din He stepped close beside me, and this he did say It will not be long love, till our wedding day It will not be long love, till our wedding day
She's so beautiful She's so beautiful I know I've got to have her I am not the man you think I ought to be I am just exactly who I want to be I don't need a crowd to come and rescue me 'Cos I stand alone and I'm in company Sometimes I can make it sit so comfortably Gets so hard to keep it going, don't you see She's so beautiful I know I've got to have her She's so beautiful I know I've got to have her I don't think you know whats really good for me When I scream it gives me back my sanity Everything that's real, is not reality All the dreams I have bring out the best in me She's so beautiful I know I've got to have her She's so beautiful I know I've got to have her I've got to have her She's so beautiful I know I've got to have her She's so beautiful I know I've got to have her She's so beautiful
Special cases ( Massive Attack ) Don’t tell your man what he don’t do right Nor tell him all the things that make you cry But check yourself for your own shit And don’t be making out like it’s all his Take a look around the world You see such bad things happening There are many good men Ask yourself is he one of them The deadliest of sin is pride Make you feel like you’re always right But they’re always two sides It takes two to make love, two to make a life Take a look around the world You see such mad things happening There are few good men Thank your lucky star that he’s one of them
*** Thanx a lot to Weakedbell for this one *** Tears from the Moon
( Conjure One )
Couldn't sleep so I went out walking Thinking about you and hearing us talking And all the things I should have said Echo now, inside my head It just ain't fair, this thing called loving When one step there and the other feels nothing I would have done anything for you I still love you, baby I adore you I feel something falling from the sky I'm so sad I made the angels cry Tears from the moon Fall down like rain I reach for you I reach in vain Tears from the moon Fall down like rain But tears from the moon Can´t wash away the pain Tears from the moon, tears from the moon... It just ain't fair - this thing called loving When one step there and the other feels nothing I would have done anything for you I still love you, baby I adore you All day I keep from falling apart But at night when the sky gets dark Tears from the moon Fall down like rain I reach for you I reach in vain Stop, stop haunting me It should be easy As easy as when you stopped wanting me Hmm
This Is To Mother You
This is to mother you To comfort you and get you through Through when your nights are lonely Through when your dreams are only blue This is to mother you This is to be with you To hold you and to kiss you too For when you need me I will do What your own mother didn't do Which is to mother you All the pain that you have known All the violence in your soul All the 'wrong' things you have done I will take from you when I come All mistakes made in distress All your unhappiness I will take away with my kiss, yes I will give you tenderness For child I am so glad I've found you Although my arms have always been around you Sweet bird although you did not see me I saw you And I'm here to mother you To comfort you and get you through Through when your nights are lonely Through when your dreams are only blue This is to mother you
What your soul sings ( Massive Attack ) Don’t be afraid Open your mouth and say Say what your soul sings to you Your mind can never change Unless you ask it to Lovingly re-arrange The thoughts that make you blue The things that bring you down Only do harm to you And so make your choice joy The joy belongs to you And when you do You'll find the one you love is you You'll find you Love you Don’t be ashamed no To open your heart and pray Say what your soul sings to you So no longer pretend That you can’t feel it near That tickle on your hand That tingle in your ear Oh ask it anything Because it loves you dear It’s your most precious king If only you could hear And when you do You’ll find the one you need is you You’ll find you Love you
*** Thanx a lot to Weakedbell & Mezzanine for this one ***
You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart
(Live / She Who Dwells... LP CD2)
I hope you're happy now.. I could never make you so... You were a hard man... No harder in this world You made me cold, you mad me hard And you made me the Thief of your heart Winter is cold...oh! But you're colder still And for the first time I feel like you're mine I'll share you with the one who will Mend what falls apart and turn A blind eye to the thief of your heart I'll never wash these clothes I want to keep the stain You blood to me is precious Nor would i spill it in vain. Your spirit sings Though your lips never part Singing only to me The thief of your heart
*** Thanx a lot to Ellinem & Piero for this one ***