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AN' OL' MAN'S QUESTION
VERSE 1
THE FIGHTER WEREN'T NO GRADUATE
HE TOOK EVERY HEAVY HIT
THE SCIENTISTS INVENTED AN ATOM BOMB
WE STILL CLEANIN' UP THEIR SHIT
VERSE 2
BIG BURLY HE ASKED SKINNY SLIM
'CAN YOU FENCE THIS STUFF?'
SLIM SAY, 'WHERE YOU GIT THIS CONTRABAND?'
BURL SAY, 'IT FELL OFF THE BACK OF A TRUCK'
VERSE 3
THERE'S AN OL' MAN FROM THE DESERT LAND
POSIN' QUESTIONS FROM AFAR
SAYIN' 'HOW CAN YOU HAVE AN IDENTITY
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE?'
VERSE 4
THE HORSEMAN CAME ON THUNDERIN' HOOVES
THE FORTRESS WALLS WERE BREACHED
THE ENEMY THEY WERE BANISHED
THE ARCHANGEL SUBDUED THE BEAST
VERSE 5
THE ANCIENT CAVE DWELLER SPIRIT BEINGS
WERE PAINTED ON THE WALLS
OVER 30,000 YEARS AGO
THEY STILL SPEAKIN' TO US ALL
VERSE 6
BILLIONS OF GALAXIES KEEP EXPANDIN'
WE HOMO-SAPIENS LIVE ON ONE....
ONE MINISCULE LITTLE PLANET
REVOLVIN' AROUND A TINY SUN
VERSE 7
THE JOKER TOLD THE JESTER..
'WE PUSHIN' COMEDY UPHILLS'
THE PRIVATE ASKED THE GENERAL,
'ARE THEY HUMAN BEINGS WE GONNA KILL?'
VERSE 8
OVER MILLENIA WE KEEP ON WAGIN' WARS
MILLIONS OF LIVES KEEP BEIN' LOST
TECHNOLOGIES OF WAR KEEP ADVANCIN'
WE LEFT DOWN HERE TO BARE THE COSTS
VERSE 9
BUT WE ALL STARS NOW IN THE MAKIN'
WE CAN ALL BE A CELEBRITY
POSTIN' VIDEOS ON MY TUBE
WE STAR IN 24/7 ON CCTV
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HIGHWAY 1
VERSE 1
I’VE BEEN TRAVELLIN’ THIS OPEN ROAD
I’VE BEEN REAPED AN’ I’VE BEEN SOWED
TRUSTIN’ THE FATES AS EACH DAY COMES
Chorus
LIFETIME’S JOURNEY DOWN HIGHWAY ONE
YOU TRAVEL, HARD AND YOU TRAVEL LONG
WIND UP ENDIN’ WHERE YOU STARTED FROM
WIND UP ENDIN’ WHERE YOU BEGUN
VERSE 2
SEEN THE DOLPHINS AND THE DINGO PLAY
WATCHED THE TIDE AND THE MOON DANCE EACH DAY
MOTHEREARTH’S MATTRESS FOR MY BED
MILKY WAY CEILING SHINE ABOVE MY HEAD
VERSE 3
I’VE MET MORE GOOD PEOPLE, THAN I’VE MET BAD
I’VE LAUGHED MORE TIMES THAN I’VE FELT BAD
BY READIN’ GIVEWAY, STOPLIGHT DETOUR SIGNS
FOUND HIGHWAY ONE RUNS THROUGH EACH MIND
VERSE 4
WE NEED MONEY TO TRAVEL THIS ROAD
OIL AN’ ASHPHALT CARRY EACH LOAD
BETWEEN WHEN WE’RE BORN AN’ WHEN WE DIE
WE CHOOSE TO WALK, OR WE CAN FLY
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BUILDING A HOLY CITY
INSTRUMENTAL
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MOONLIGHT ON THE DESERT WIND
Verse 1
SURROUND ME WITH YOUR SPIRIT
EMBRACE ME WITH YOUR LOVE
TOUCH ME WITH A TENDERNESS
LOVE IS LIKE A FLOOD
A FLOOD OF FIRED EMOTIONS
THAT WE MAY NOT COMPREHEND
LIKE THE BEAUTY OF THE WINTER SUNSET
MOONLIGHT ON THE DESERT WIND...
MOONLIGHT ON THE DESERT WIND
Verse 2
CARESS ME LIKE THE RAINS IN SPRING
WITH THE WARMTH THAT THE SUMMER SUNSHINE BRINGS
TOUCH ME WITH THE PEACE OF EACH SUNSET'S GLOW
THE BEAUTY IN THE COLOURS OF THE MORNING RAINBOW
THE FEEL OF YOUR TOUCH UPON MY SKIN
LIKE THE BEAUTY OF THE WINTERN SUNSET
MOONLIGHT ON THE DESERT WIND
MOONLIGHT ON THE DESERT WIND
Verse 3
SHARE WITH ME THE SKIES EXPANSE
WHEN THE STARLIGHT AND THE WATER DANCE
GUIDE ME THROUGH DRIED DESERT'S DUNES
WHERE THE SILENT WILDFLOWERS BLOOM
GIVE ME SHELTER WHEN I CAN'T DEFEND
EMBRACE EACH STRANGER AS A FRIEND
FEEL THE BEAUTY OF THE WINTER SUNSET
AND MOONLIGHT ON THE DESERT WIND
AND MOONLIGHT ON THE DESERT WIND
Verse 4
SURROUND ME WITH YOUR SPIRIT
EMBRACE ME WITH YOUR LOVE
TOUCH ME WITH A TENDERNESS
LOVE IS LIKE A FLOOD....
A FLOOD OF FIRED EMOTIONS
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MONTH OF MAY
VERSE 1
MONTH OF MAY SEEMS SADLY COLD
SUMMER'S GRASS IS LONG SINCE OLD
AND THE ONE YOU THOUGHT YOU REALLY KNEW WAS LYIN'
THE WINTER'S WITCH HAS CAST HER SPELL
THE ROMA GYPSIED WAS HEARD TO TELL
'THE FUTURES, JUST OUR PAST WE'RE REDESIGNIN'”
VERSE 2
PROGRESS OF THE WHEEL OF TIME
DIMS THE SHEEN ON THE BRIGHTEST SHINE
TO SUSTAIN EACH KINGDOM THERE'S MANY DIED WHILE
TRYIN'
GENTLE RAINS REVIVE THE GROUND
TODAYS KING'S TOMORROWS CLOWN
EACH EMPIRE REIGN'S EVENTUALLY BE DECLININ'
VERSE 3
FLOWERS BLOSSOM DEEP IN SPRING
'TIL AUTUMN TURNS IT ROUND AGAIN'
BEAUTY OF THIS CYCLE'S SO INSPIRIN'
THE POWER OF THE SUMMER'S STORMS
THE GRANITE ROCK IS SLOWLY WORN
COSMOS EVOLVES WITHOUT US HUMANS TRYIN'
VERSE 4
EACH LOVER WALKS IN THEIR OWN EMBRACE
TRYIN' TO SHARE THEIR SECRET SPACE
WITH SOMEONE WHO MAY RETURN THEIR OWN DESIRIN'
SHE SEES THE MIRROR GROWIN OLD
SHE WEIGHTS THAT PRICE AGAINST HER SOUL
REDUCES THE FEE FOR THE SERVICE SHE'S PROVIDIN'
VERSE 5
NEW GOD'S COME OLD DEITIES GO
NEW HEAVENS ABOVE, OLD HELLS BELOW
GOD'S AND DEITIES WE'RE ALWAYS REDEFININ'
THE FATES WERE SENT TO MOCK AT MAN
WE LIVE IT NOW AS BEST WE CAN
THE REAPER COMES WHEN NEVER THOUGHT OF DYIN'
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VICKERY PARISH
Verse 1
In Vickery Parish out in Tara Shire
Out on Derby County dirt
The selectors came there back in 1932 with nothin’ but a will to
work
They laboured hard in the eucalypt scrubs, tilled the soil as best
they knew
It’d break the heart of the stoutest man, the acres granted were far
too few
Verse 2
This is the story of one such man, and his years of earning daily
bread
With nothing to be shown ‘cept his worn backbone, an calloused
hands that held a worried head
Bob Shaw rode in with his heaps of hope, but his life was just a
constant scrounge
It broke his spirit and it took his youth and finally it ground him down
Verse 3
“Bob the droughts returned and its gripped your ground, the banker cut
your credit last week
You can’t muster the strength now to wield your axe, livin’ on damper,
bread and kangaroo meat
Bob I see your woman got another child, man the season here don’t look good
Your top soil been blowin’ through your barbed-wired fence and there’s
bareground where your hay once stood”
Verse 4
The prices are down per pound all round there aint no work on the
shearin’ runs
The drovin’s cut out, there ain’t no grass about, and no one wants their
horse breakin’ done
With your kids eatin’ potato soup, black tea and a treacle bread
If you don’t earn a quid for them kids quite soon you’ll come home and
find there’s someone dead
Verse 5
An your horses too weak to haul your loads, he’s as skinny as a garden
rake
His rib bones stand out in them neat curved rows, he wouldn’t make it out
to your front gate
What will you do Bob when the winter comes, you’ve worn through to
the bottom of the stack
Your stocks unfed they like the walkin’ dead I wouldn’t blame ya if your
ports’ is packed
Verse 6
They packed it all up in a high spring cart, never said a word farewell
His defeated pride kept gnawin’ his insides, and his pace reflected his toil
well
Bob Shaw rode out with his shattered hopes, their life had been a constant
scrounge
It broke his spirit and it took his youth and finally it ground him down
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FOOTSTEPS
CHORUS
THEY SAID, 'YOU GOTTA KNOW FROM WHERE YOU CAME
IF YA GONNA KNOW WHERE YOUR GOIN'
VERSE 1
FOOTSTEPS ON THE EARTH OF FREEDOM
THE ANCIENT TRAVELLERS SLOWLY WALKED
LONG BEFORE THERE WAS A JERUSALEM
BEFORE THERE WAS A NEW YORK
FOOTSTEPS......FOOTSTEPS....FOOTSTEPS
VERSE 2
BEFORE THERE WAS A PARIS
BEFORE THERE WAS BEJING
BEFORE THERE WERE THEM GENERALS
LONG BEFORE THERE WERE QUEENS AN KINGS
FOOTSTEPS......FOOTSTEPS.......FOOTSTEPS
CHORUS
THEY SAID, 'YOU GOTTA KNOW FROM WHERE YOU CAME
IF YA GONNA KNOW WHERE YOUR GOIN'
VERSE 3
BEFORE THERE WAS A BERLIN
BEFORE THE TOWN OF LONDON
BEFORE THERE WERE GUARDED GRAINERIES
BEFORE THE HUMAN ENSLAVEMENT OF MAMMON
FOOTSTEPS......FOOTSTEPS......FOOTSTEPS.....
CHORUS
THEY SAID, 'YOU GOTTA KNOW FROM WHERE YOU CAME
IF YA GONNA KNOW WHERE YOUR GOIN'
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COLD DAMP AIR
VERSE 1
IN THE COLD DAMP AIR HE SAID, 'I FELT DESPAIR'
WHEN THE SEASONS TURN TO RAIN
FELT THE TEARS OF FIVE THOUSAND YEARS
THIS WHOLE EARTH FEELS THE SHAME
IT'S SPORNED A MAN WITH ARMOURED HANDS
WHOSE EYES REVEAL NO CHANGE
HE'S DOWN IN DEPTHS, GETS CAUGHT IN CLEFTS
HE'S GREIVING FOR THE MILLIONS THAT ARE SLAIN
BUT WHO CAN DEFINE THE BLURRED GREY LINES
THAT MARKS THE SHADOWS MOVING EDGE
HE SAID, 'COS I'VE SEEN THE WORLD'S RAVINES
AND I'VE TETHERED ON THE VERY EDGE'
VERSE 2
HE SAID, 'BEWARE IN THE LAND OF SHIFTING SANDS
IT HAS THE MARK OF CAIN
I'VE SEEN THESE SCENES IN DEEPEST DREAMS
AND I SAW THE ONES TO BLAME
WITH FOLDED CLOAKS THEY DONE STOLE AWAY
THE NIGHT CONCEALED THEIR PATH
FOR US TO SEE THE ANGELS SANG
BUT IT WAS LUCIFER WHO PLAYED THE HARP
AND ALL ALONG THE MOUNTAIN WALLS
THE NIGHT SKY BLAZED A FIRE
TO SEE THIS WORLD AS A BURNIN' RUIN
BROTHER I GOT NO DESIRE
VERSE 3
NOW EVERY KINGS GOT AN AMOURED HAND
DRIVIN' DROVES OF WEARY LEGGED MULES
THEY RULE WITH THE POWER OF THE DESPOTIC FEAR
TO THEM WE'RE JESTERS CLOWNS AND FOOLS
AND YOU AND ME THO WE CAN SEE
WE'RE HAMPERED BY THE LACK OF HANDS
SHOUTIN' WARNINGS AGAINST A HIGH WOUND WIND
OUR WORDS ARE DRIVIN AT US LIKE THE SANDS
I COULD NEVER RISE LIKE A WANDERIN' BIRD
AND SOAR UPBOVE THE SEA SPRAY SWELL
NEVER LIFT ABOVE THE ETERNAL THRONG
ALWAYS HIT THEM CRESTS AN FELL
VERSE 4
AND YOU UP THERE WHO NEVER SEEM TO CARE
OR SEE THE HOVELS WHERE THE STARVIN' CHILD CREEPS
WHERE DARKNESS DWELLS IN THEM EARTHLY HELLS
WHERE THE BLINDED THERE FOREVER SEEK
SEE IF YOU CAN FIND JUST ONE
WHO A CURSE DID NEVER SPEAK?
BROTHER THIS WORLD WITH ITS WANTON WOES
HAS ALWAYS PREYED UPON THE POOR AND WEAK
AS THE SUNSET DIES IN THE WESTERN SKY
THE WAILIN' WINDS ARE REACHING A PEAK
THE ARMIES MANEOUVER IN THE MORNING MISTS
WE HEAR THE HEAVY TRAMP OF MARCHING FEET'.
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BEWDY SONG
VERSE 1
THERE'S A BEAUTY IN THE GATHERIN' STORM
THUNDER AN LIGHTNIN' COMIN' IN
FLASHES OF PRIMORDAL ENERGY
HEAVY RAIN UPON THE TIN
VERSE 2
SMELL OF RAIN UPON THE MOISTEND EARTH
HEARIN' THE RUNNIN' WATER FLOW
FEELIN' THE WARMTH FROM THE WOOD STOVE
KNOWIN' THE PLANTS AN GRASS WILL GROW
VERSE 3
WALKIN' THRU THESE ANCIENT FORESTS
DIAMOND DROPLETS ON THE LEAVES
SHAFTS OF SUNLIGHT THRU THE CANOPY
THE FLOWERS AN THE SOUNDS OF BEES
VERSE 4
HEAR THE BIRDS CALL EVERY MORNIN'
AN THE OWLS CALL EVERY NIGHT
FEELIN' THE SEASONS COME AN GO
CARESSES THE SPIRIT WITH THE LIGHT
VERSE 5
WATCHIN' THE MOONRISE FROM THE MOUNTAINS PEAK
THE WIND-SHAKED DESERT DUNES
NIGHT TIME EMBERS IN THE CAMPFIRE
THE INFINITY OF STARS AROUND THE MOON
VERSE 6
THERE'S A POETRY IN THE SINGIN' WIND
THE VOICE OF MAGIC IN THE STORM
THE VOICE SPEAKS FROM AN ANCIENT TIME
WHEN THE UNIVERSE WAS BEIN' FORMED
VERSE 7
BUSHFIRES AN THE LIGHTNIN' STRIKES'
VOLCANOES AN TSUNAMI'S ROAR
CYCLONES, FLOOD AN THE DRIEST DROUGHTS
HUMANS HAVE NO CONTROL AT ALL
VERSE 8
EMBRACED BY THE LOVE OF ALL EXISTENCE
MY SPIRIT IS NEVER ALONE
SEEKIN' WISDOM FROM THE COSMOS
AN BEAUTY FROM THE UNKNOWN