1. |
Benediction
03:41
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May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be in your back
May that storm never reach you
and may your lover give you loving back.
May you walk and not be weary
May you run and not faint
May you soar like the eagle
May you be who you are, not who you ain’t.
Take me to your Captain
allow me to explain
all these good vibrations
have been doing in my brain
It should have been so easy
but it seems so hard
when every ship that passes
tries to break my heart
And the road comes to meet me
And the wind is in my face
And it’s sure to defeat me
If I don’t put that devil in his place
I think I got the message
Loud and clear
I got pictures in my head
and music in my ear
And all I’ve got to do
is plug in to the Son
This little benediction is for everyone.
May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be in your back
May that storm never reach you
and may your lover give you loving back.
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2. |
Normal Day
03:20
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Up with the lark
Down to the park
and across the highway
I’ll be making my hay
On a Normal Day
Working the line
saving a dime
for a weekend away
in the month of May
On a Normal Day
You can see them as they go
Cheerio! Cheerio!
it’s the only thing they know
Cheerio!
Work like a slave
Live in a daze
And the years slip away
And the month of May
Was a Normal Day
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3. |
Mission Impossible
04:08
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They said it could not be
Not me and you
not you and me
Who do you think you are
to dream so big
to reach so far
Yeah Love is a Mission Impossible
- an ocean of fire uncrossable
Yeah and I heard every word that they said to me
and that Mission Impossible prophecy
But only tomorrow knows
The message on my pad
said spread your wings
don’t look back
Take what you have and go
and if it’s love
tell her so!
Yeah Love is a Mission Impossible
- an ocean of fire uncrossable
Yeah and I heard every word that they said to me
and that Mission Impossible prophecy
Yeah Love is a Mission Impossible
only a Mission Impossible
and only tomorrow knows
only tomorrow knows..
Yeah Love is a Mission Impossible
a runaway train unstoppable
Yeah Love is a Mission Impossible
an ocean of fire uncrossable
Love is a Mission Impossible
only a Mission Impossible
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4. |
Samson & Delilah
06:15
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Well Delilah came on the phone & said 'Boy, d'you wanna take me home?'
and Samson, he said 'Babe you know I do,'
'but there's things to be worked out, there's my ma who is without,
and she must be informed that we are two'
Well Delilah said 'I have no grouse, and besides I've seen your house
and I like it, it has all my due respect.
But to me you now must come, and what's to do must now be done
- together, so as to get the best effect.'
Well Samson he said 'Bye', then looked me in the eye
and said 'Friend, I'm in need of counselling.'
And I said 'Oh Sam you must not go',
and he said 'but friend, how do you know?'
and I said 'Ah yes, I was on the extension, listening in.'
And he said 'Ah yes that is so, but your advice I must forgo,
for my love she will not wait for evermore.'
and with a parting glance, he shook hands and said 'Thanks,
God bless you friend', and walked out of the door.
Many months were then to pass before I was led to ask
off a weary warrior from the South:
'What news of battles won, of Kings & Queens undone,
what secrets do you keep within your mouth?'
He said 'It is not well, for many gods have fell
and many more are waiting yet to fall.
And the sun will not long set before Elijah himself has met
that most feared mortal of them all.'
'For the one of whom I speak, is now prisoner to the weak
as we are all prisoners to fate.
And Queen Delilah has decreed that she cannot intercede
in matters preferential to the state.'
Well I was sore afraid, for the soldier had portrayed
a vision of my one and only friend.
And so I made all haste, unto the city gates
thereby to put my torment at an end.
And once inside the city walls, and in the royal halls,
I gazed upon the scene with disbelief.
For there in that princely castle sat a rogue, and a rascal,
a vagabond, a liar, and a thief.
And I looked at each in turn, and bade them all confirm
that Samson of Judea dwelt within.
And they answered with a laugh, and bid me follow aft
to the Arena, where the show would soon begin.
Well the Arena it was bubbling, all the senators were juggling
for a seat that would lend pleasure to their view.
Then a mighty horn was sounded, and all outbound flights were grounded,
as Delilah made her entrance dressed in blue
She cast aside her robes, and the multitude arose
enraptured by the beauty of her skin.
And they spent themselves a-grinning 'til Delilah, she stopped spinning,
and said 'Let Samson - From the dungeon be brought in!’
And I cried 'Oh Sam, what has gone wrong?
and he said 'Friend, it's a long long story -
and time is of the essence it is true.'
'But to cut the story short, young Delilah is a fraud,
yeh and her parents - they are both unmarried too'.
Then with a fearful cry, he looked blindly to the sky
and bade the Lord one dying wish to grant.
Then he whispered to my ear - 'God speed you quickly far from here,
for the coming of Jehovah is at hand'.
Then the sky was rent in twain, with great boulders did it rain.
As I watched from off a hill in Galillee...
And with tears in my eye, I bid that life bye-bye
and walked away into eternity...
So friends remember this, when you're lost inside your bliss,
A true love can be captured but never bought.
So don't count your chickens before they're hatched,
cos if the cock and hen aint matched....
All the pleasures of the roost will come to nought!
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5. |
Ball & Chain
04:23
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Don’t you know, can’t you see
I’m good to go. I’m tax paid, I’m Duty Free
I can’t wear this ball and chain no more
I got better things to do than listen to this sorry talk
Ring the bell, break the glass
Shout the news: Have you heard the war is past?
I can’t wear this ball and chain no more
I got better things to do than listen to your sorry talk
so Bye bye baby
I can’t wear this ball and chain no more
I got better things to do than listen to this sorry talk
So if I capture every moment,
If I squeeze it till it’s dry
If I chew the best,
if I spit out the rest,
if I shout it to the sky
Rise and shine, shake your head
Now’s the time to get a hold of what the message said
so Bye bye baby
I can’t wear this ball and chain no more
I got better things to do than listen to the sorry talk
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6. |
Cold City
03:39
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You've made your bed now you must lie in it
maybe you'll cry in it
maybe so will I
You gave your word and now you've broken it
should not have spoken it
should have let it lie
Cold City, send me a hope
just want somebody to believe in
Cold City, keep me afloat
need somebody to believe in
you said you'd wait, but now it's so late
think I'll just go and get myself another date
You've made your bed now you must lie in it
maybe you'll cry in it
maybe so will I
Cold City, mix me a hope
need somebody to believe in
Cold City, life is a joke
with nobody to believe in
Now it’s so late, it's pointless to wait
think I'll just go and get myself another date
You've made your bed now you must lie in it
maybe you'll cry in it
maybe so will I
You made a promise now you've broken it
should not have spoken it
you know it was a lie
Cold City, send me a hope
want somebody to believe in
Cold City, keep me afloat
need somebody to believe in
Cold City, mix me a hope
need somebody to believe in
Cold City, keep me afloat
want somebody, want somebody
just want somebody to believe in.
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7. |
Shanty Town Blues
03:55
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In that old cotton town
When the evening came down
There were men with no love in their heart
for no one or no thing
Only a tear could they bring
- ‘cos I hear the people sing:
They’re a comin’ - Don’t let them in
They’re a comin’ - No not again
They’re a comin’ - Don’t let them do what they did to our kin
Not a dime was he worth
Just the salt of the earth
He believed that a man has to fight
if he wants to be free
And that’s what he wanted to be
- When he said this to me:
They’re a comin’ - Don’t let them in
They’re a comin’ - No not again
They’re a comin’ - Don’t let them do what they did to our kin
Oh my pretty one, who’s gonna hold you tonight?
Oh my pretty one, who’s gonna fight your fight?
I was born I was raised
In them Shanty Town ways
And I knew there were some things
that could not be spoken about
And some things of which I’ve no doubt
- ‘cos I heard the people shout:
They’re a comin’ - Don’t let them in
They’re a comin’ - No not again
They’re a comin’ - Don’t let them do what they did to our kin
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8. |
Robin's song
03:25
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Someone’s raking my coals
someone’s stirring my pot
someone’s spinning my reputation
round like a top
and I sniff the air and I know just where
my laser stare should drop
Hey Hey,
Robin’s at home tonight
Robin’s alone tonight
and she’s writing crazy stories on my wall
When the curtains are drawn
and she’s got nothing to do
just to live in a fantasy
with me there in it too
and she plays the part of a bleeding heart
all red and black and blue
Hey Hey,
Robin’s at home tonight
Robin’s alone tonight
and she’s writing crazy stories on my wall
She never should have said it
and I wished I’d never read it
and she’s really gonna get it
if she doesn’t make an edit real soon
Can’t you see, it’s such a waste
I wish you’d come and say it to my face
There’s a face at my window
there’s a knock at my door
it’s Robin singing,
Robin bringing tweets galore
and I don’t know why I feel so shy
I guess it’s just because
Hey Hey,
Robin’s at home tonight
Robin’s alone tonight
and she’s writing crazy stories on my wall
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9. |
Post War Baby
03:41
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She says I'm only a cog
in a wheel, in a job
I don't know what I want to be
'cept that I want to be free.
And with an air of detachment
a well-to-do accent and all
she wrapped her life into a ball.
And out of her bundle
the laws of the jungle
came wearily tumbling down,
down, down.
She says the world is a hard place
it's built upon heartache and pain
and one of the rules of the game
is don't let nobody up-front
you just take what you want while you can
virtue be damned -
people like that I just can't understand
Post War Baby
haunts me daily
I'm thinking that maybe
Your love can do anything
in the world.
And soon a professional rip-off
a tip-off she granted to me
I listened so expectantly
but she said I'm only a cog
in a wheel, in a job
I don't know what I want to be
'cept that I want to be free
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10. |
Girl in a Jaguar
03:12
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Next door but one where you are what you say you are
Next door but one there’s a Girl in a Jaguar
A really high class dame
Makes all the rest look lame
Tells everyone the rain never falls on the roof of a Jaguar
Next door but one where you are what you say you are
It’s got all the latest gear
a bedroom in the rear
with rotating Chandeliers
She says she’s on TV
- a personality
Ah but she aint fooling me
Cos I know that she works in a coffee bar
Six nights a week when she don’t have her daddy’s car
Next door but one where you are what you say you are
Next door but one there’s a Girl in a Jaguar
Next door but one where you are what you say you are
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11. |
Across the Divide
04:57
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Hush now the night is falling
Nobody knows
Who’s going to be standing here when the third bell tolls
High in the Captain’s tower
I see them counting their loot
Laughing at who looks the best wearing the parachute
And they know what train I’m on
And they know which side of paradise I’m from
Off in the drunken distance
a lifetime away
I see your lips move but I can’t hear what you say
Across the divide
I shouted but no one answered
just look straight ahead
I guess they can’t stop to speak ‘til the sky turns red
And they know what train you’re on
And they know which side of paradise you’re from
Summers coming early; and you’re sat on your thumb
C’mon, c’mon, c’mon
Summers coming early; get your wedding dress on
C’mon, c’mon, c’mon
See now who holds the candle
who knows the way
back to the lights that twinkle on the far side of this bay
I look out across the divide
but what’s there to see?
Only the ruins now of how it used to be
when they know what train you’re on
And they know which side of paradise you’re from
Is it raining tonight, across the divide?
- yes it’s raining tonight, across the divide.
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MOrganisation Birmingham, UK
Dave fronts his group MOrganisation with catchy melodic originals. Back in the day, his song ‘Hiroshima’ was a European mega-hit and he was in the stage line-up of the world famous Electric Light Orchestra.
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