All Around The World
Children of
the world are all the same
They don’t
play the blame game
They don’t
know to hate, discriminate, humiliate
It’s sad to
say there comes day
When evil
thoughts get in the way
Of the will
to tolerate, negotiate accommodate
(CHORUS)
Cause all
around the world
People walk
the same
Talk the same
Even cry the
same
Dream the
same way
All around
the world
Just like you
and me
Through
history
We all want
to be
Happy,
healthy and free x2
Doing what we
can to make our way
With our
friends from yesterday
Will they
turn away or stay with me eternally
Cause people
come and people go
Some for love
and some for show
It all
depends on who you know
and the seeds
you sow
(Chorus)
Every time
that peace is in our sight
Seems the past
will come to light
Can’t see
when we’re wrong
Blinded by
the side we’re on
But if we had
a chance to make it right
Would it last
for just one night
Or would it
stay that way
Why is peace
insane
(Chorus) x2
Bowl With a Hole
Kathy left school came home for a summer vacation
So I took a ride to the place where she said she would be
We met up with this guy on the corner near the 7/11
I didn’t catch his name but what he said always stayed with
me
I got a bowl with a hole, now I need to find a nugget to
plug it X 2
Cari was girl that I knew when I played in the Valley
She used to run around with this fly girl that we called
Sally
Coors Light and a shot of Jager
She took me for a ride in the Navigator
Put her hand on my knee
Guess what she said to me
I got a bowl with a hole, now I need to find a nugget to
plug it x4
Reggie spent his nights on the corner near Union Square
From dusk till dawn in the park he was always there
Spare change, no paid vacation
He spent a little time in a house of detention
Holes in his clothes
And you know how the story goes
He said
Chorus X 4
The Modern Slaves
Sold a dime
Now he’s doing the time
Third strike got him 20 years to life
What a price
Daddy was the same as him
Got sent away for minor things
Didn’t have a lawyer on his side
What a crime
He’ll spend his life incarcerated
And his soul and his time and mind won’t be his own
He'll waste his life humiliated
And he will not be alone
Profit on the prisoners
Construction, guards, superiors
Wardens, corporations stake their claims
To the modern slaves
Moved around three times this year
Wife has no way of getting here
Locked away and caged for a victimless crime
Primm county line
He’ll spend his life incarcerated
And his son will have to learn to grow up on all his own
Cause he got intoxicated
And he will not be alone
No he will not be alone
Human traffic on the side of the road
We pass by without a thought
What if that was my son
If that was my mother, father
My sister, brother
Hope has all been swept away
Like cars along the state highway
Dreams he had have crumbled into dust
Laid out to rust
Appeal, no deal
Still sitting here
Try again in one more year
Another wasted leaf cut off the tree
Of what could be
He’ll spend his life incarcerated
And his soul and his time and mind won’t be his own
He’ll waste his life humiliated
And he will not be alone
He’ll spend his life incarcerated
And his son will have to learn to grow up on all his own
Cause he got intoxicated
And he will not be alone
No he will not be alone
And he will not be alone
No he will not be alone
Don’t Look Away
1992 set the
world on fire
Can't we all just
get along
There was a time
when I saw the poor,
the innocent
I saw their
hunger then I looked away
What was I to do
I was only 22
Working nights to
pay my way
Study hard and
graduate
Don't look
away
from the world
that you want to see
Don't look away
from today
Don't look away
from the times
that you were born to change
The scene is too
familiar
It’s all the same
if we look away
The dream came
true for many but a weight held down the masses with a war between the classes
and the in betweens
It's time to
change it's time to rearrange
People marching in
the streets
There’s no justice
and no peace
(Chorus)
Just the other
week I heard a man was shot dead on the street
Wish I could say
it hasn't happened here before
It happened once
again, in a town called Ferguson
Baltimore and
Charleston
History is no
mystery
We can move
beyond the past
When everyone is
free at last
(Chorus)x2
If we look away
(So) don’t look
away x 3
I come home
Tonight’s going to be a long night
cause I know that look in her eyes
It’s time to head out and take a ride
cause I don't want to hear it this time
I can't be here right now
but we'll be fine somehow
I come home
I come home
Well we spent some days at a distance
but we could never be apart
Life’s too short for the battles
with the one who owns all of your heart
So before I go to bed tonight
I'm going to end this stupid fight
I come home
I come home
Ohh oohh
I come home
I come Home
Well I spent some days down in the canyon
and I spent some time up on the hill
Saw a new moon rising above me
I saw my own shadow linger in the air
And when i feel too heavy for the ground
you know where I'll be found
I come home x 4
Take You Away
Forty-three miles down the road
Swept up by the cold river flow
We are right here by your side
Maybe you’ll catch the next ride
They’ll take you away
Take you away
There’s a train in the station
They’re looking on the list for your name
To take you away
All your pain and your sorry
Your hope for tomorrow
Ends the day
They take you away
All your joy and your fear
Will all disappear
The day they take you away
It’s been a long hard hour
And a long lonely day
It’s been a long cold winter
I wish that you could stay
But I’ll touch your face
I’ll hold your hand
Be strong for now cry my tears in the sand
I don’t know where
I don’t know when
Or if I’ll ever see you again
Chorus
I’ll look up
For signs of you
Rainbow in a sky of blue
A shooting star
A helping hand
Till we meet again
Is that how it goes
Could this be the plan
Perhaps one day I will understand
Never imagined I’d lose you so soon
I guess I never would choose to
I have my fears
I have my faith
I know there is no more time to waste
Follow your dreams
Be true to your heart
Before it’s too late to make a new start
When they take you away
Take you away
There’s a train in the station
They’re looking on the list for your name
To take you away
All your pain and your sorry
Your hope for tomorrow
Ends the day
They take you away
All your joy and your fear
Will all disappear
The day
They take you away
Leave the old world behind you
You know we will find you someday
Take you away
There’s a song that we were singing
I hope you can hear us today
Take you away
There’s a train in the station
They’re looking on the list for your name
To take you away
Take you away
Take you away
Turn The Page
I was dreaming
On a clear blue day
I had awoken
With things I had to say
It’s been a long, long road all on my own
A long, long time finding my home
I was walking
Someone came to me and said
Why do we worry
Restless whispers in our heads
It’s been a long, long road all on my own
A long, long time finding my home
I turned by back to the sun
I tried to please everyone
Carried the load on my own
And now I’ll walk away
I came up short on the road
I guess I’ll go it alone
Find a new way
To live for today
And turn the page
A long , long road all on my own
It’s been a long, long time finding my home
I turned by face to the sun
Finally my life has begun
Shine a bright light on the fun
Now that I turned the page
Steps on the Road
I spent a while just walking down this road
Hit the wall and now there’s nowhere left for me to go
The path began to bend
A new beginning or the end
I will find my way once again
These are the steps on the road that I’ve been traveling
These are the lines in the sand that I crossed
These are the lines in my face
From the years that I lost
Waaooo, waaoo
Stepped outside and I could hear the sound
Thunder in my heart as the rain was pouring down
The sun had kissed my face
Forty years without a scrape
Cuts may heal but I still feel the pain
These are the steps on the road that I’ve been traveling
These are the lines in the sand that I crossed
These are the lines in my face
From the years that I lost
Waaooo, waaoo
Just worrying
Waaooo, waaoo
These are the waves on the sea of my destiny
These are the sounds of the walls coming down
This could be the end of the line
So I won’t waste all my time
Wooo ooo, woooo
Just worrying
Wooo ooo, woooo
These are the steps on the road that I’ve been traveling
These are the lines in the sand that I crossed
These are the lines in my face
From the years that I lost
Waaooo, waaoo
Just worrying
Waaooo, waaoo
These are the trees that I planted for my children
These are the days when I lost my faith
These broken wings can heal and fly once again
Waaooo, waaoo
I’m wondering
Waaooo, waaoo
These are the waves on the sea of my destiny
These are the sounds of the walls coming down
This could be the end of the line
So I won’t waste all my time
Wooo ooo, woooo Just worrying X 3
Santa Maria
Left home and his wife in search of a life
Nothing more he could do
Followed the tracks
There was no turning back
Land of the Red White and Blue
To Santa Maria
2,000 miles from home
Santa Maria
One harvest then he’ll hit the road
Picked ten flats today
Less than minimum wage
Wishing his family could come
Now he’s away wrestling days
Hunched down with his back to the sun
In Santa Maria
Between the foothills and the sea
From Santa Maria
He sends money home to his family
He sleeps in his car
Washes up at the bar
Goes to work before dawn everyday
He swallows his pride does the work he despises
Can’t even remember the days
Before
Santa Maria
2,000 miles from home
Santa Maria
One harvest then he’ll hit the road
The years go by
And the tears he cried
Have dried and faded away
His fate he owns and that alone
He doesn’t have too much to say
In Santa Maria
Between the foothills and the sea
From Santa Maria
He sends money home to his family X 3
Moment
Met a music man by the sea
Played his music gently
Sun set over the ocean
What a sight to see
Soul said hello
Eyes could see endlessly
Colors light up the sky for this moment
say goodbye
In this moment I hear your voice
In this moment we take the time
Open up and let me know
where life has taken you my friend
Soon we'll go our separate ways
but for now I want to stay in this moment
Oohh I'm in this moment
Oohh I'm in this moment
Resting on the cliff
sits the music man
A beaming stream of sunlight
turns into the night
The ocean is a tabletop
Sun rolls off the other side
Reflections on the moment
they just shared tonight
In this moment
I hear your voice
In this moment
we take the time
Open up and let me know
where life has taken you my friend
Soon we'll go our separate ways
but for now I want to stay in this moment
Oohh I'm in this moment x 4
Strong enough
Whatever life will bring my way
Whatever challenge comes today
I'll be fine because I’m strong enough
I put my knee upon the sand
Asked if you would take my hand
Moving forward everyday
with our arms wide open
A fellow traveler on the road
and a loving hand to hold
With your love I can do anything
Because with you I’m strong enough
Because with you I’m strong enough
Wherever this road leads me
And when the hill becomes too steep
I will rise because I’m strong enough
And when life pushes me down
What was lost will soon be found
I’ll get it back because I’m strong enough
I put my knee upon the sand
Asked if you would take my hand
Moving forward everyday
with our arms wide open
A fellow traveler on the road
and a loving hand to hold
With your love I can do anything
Because with you I’m strong enough
Because with you I’m strong enough
Whatever life will bring me
Whatever challenge comes my way
I’ll be fine because I’m strong enough
The best decision of my life
was asking you to be my wife
Thanks to you now I’m strong enough
I put my knee upon the sand
Asked if you would take my hand
Moving forward everyday
With our arms wide open
A fellow traveler on the road
and a loving hand to hold
With your love I can do anything
Because with you I’m strong enough
Because with you I’m strong enough
