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I can see their thoughts I can see their fears,
living on the breadline heats my head.
As long as the king lives , we'll be alright,
and it's a long time coming,
African story you're the same.
You're the same.....
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I like the way she used to be,
never let anyone see, never mind ..., oh she never mind.
I know the way she drank her wine,
red , yellow all the time, just to get away,
nobody let her get away..
and I can see you smiling...
Some need the time to let it all go by and then dig up the painted red,
too many living sharpened tears just fired when said
Just let herald down, lay down,
and I've seen them fall, and I knew them all.
Some knew the place where she used to hide,
some call it love in a face that died, oh she wanted to be, oh she wanted to see..
and I can see you smiling...
Some need the time to let it all go by and then dig up the painted red,
too many living sharpened tears just fired when said
Just let herald down, lay down,
and I've seen them fall, and I knew them all.
I like the way that she used to be, never let anyone see...
Nevermind...
oh she...never mind...
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Liberty
03:42
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Form the moment that they left us,
on this rock we call our home,
we were running with the devil , I can hear the engines moan.
That the diamonds would play Jesus, and our sons would do the same,
in the wasteland I saw my brother, and he didn't know my name..
chorus
And Kylan was the first one, and he made it to the wire,
but they shot him in the desert, and they left him there to die,
I will call your name out proudly when I go into the fire,
"God be with you"
No blood would be accepted as the purest of the pure, at the ceremony the high priest said 'he couldn't say for sure
and we knew the dice was loaded and we knew we had to run,
and our friends all tried to warn us, and 'Maloney' he carried gun ..
chorus
And Kylan was the first one, and he made it to the wire,
but they shot him in the desert, and they left him there to die,
I will call your name out proudly when I go into the fire,
"God be with you"
Bridge
...and when the the fighting is over , some might call it treason
and Liberty will be lost forever
and all mankind be know ,only by numbers
We were the last,
now the soldiers are near,
Your credit card government, big brother, CNN....where will it end?
solo
chorus
And Kylan was the first one, and he made it to the wire,
but they shot him in the desert, and they left him there to die,
I will call your name out proudly when I go into the fire,
"God be with you"
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April
04:21
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Now and then on an empty street, I turn around must be the ,
Theres no-one there but I swear I saw you
won't you please just let me be
your voodoo love aint no good for me
and ill be on that first train thats leaving
I remember you and the sky so blue,
and the loneliness when I knew
that you would always be leaving
must be pail must raining
And on this road that we must go down,
will be sunshine will be rain
dont look back when that bridge is burning
evening star the sky the distance
stranger waved as he called my name
and that big wheel keeps on turning
and somewhere on the road is memory,
an empty room thats your love for me
you know and I know about saying goodbye
must be April must be raining
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G8
04:48
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There's a leader on the run,
he's got you soul to pay
he just jumped on a plane, and he doesn't care about your pain,
oh no...
Now you better look around,
There's not much sun left today,
and a rain's gonna come,
and then we'll all be the same
...and I said 'don't try to calm me down
dont try to calm me down
dont ry to calm me down, no.. the the fields are on fire!!
chorus
I saw people marching with banners held high,
I saw people with guns and the man had to die,
how long will the poor and the hungry be forgotten,
tell me long
I turn and I turn, and I watch the burning sky
Now the fields are on fire, they're chasing the spirits in vain,
and a real time will come,
in the land of the spirits we'll play
...and I said 'don't try to calm me down
dont try to calm me down
dont ry to calm me down, no.. the the fields are on fire!!
Chorus 2
I saw people marching with banners held high
I saw men with guns and the man had to die,
there will be no new Jerusalem
The old one will burn down again and again
bridge
Look at your leaders
like the madmen they smile
I turn and I turn
and I watch the burning sky
(guitar solo 'Piet Botha')
end (intro riff)
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Headlines
03:43
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Just like walking,
just like talking
just like breathing
to kill my friend,
its so easy,
today
Another paper,
with another headline,
sent another family downstairs
its so easy
today
chorus
Woke up this morning with my feet on the ground
ready to run from this Godless town
Ruby said got a bad feeling inside
'Dont come home in the headlines'
What about the good times,
what about the sunshine,
never make it to the headlines..
I dont want to read the paper...
chorus
Woke up this morning with my feet on the ground
ready to run from this Godless town
Ruby said got a bad feeling inside
'Dont come home in the headlines'
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Cortez the killer
05:30
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Not the one
04:10
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Wasted living dead,
alive by God's good grace,
Craving self destruct,
you've crossed the line,
You're fucked
(chorus)
I'am not the one you want,
Let go and face ny pain,
The world is on my wings,
Have it lay beneath my feet
Fallen laid to rest,
you're planning your last breath,
Facing you confront,
you're hanging on you're loved...
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The deepest hole
03:13
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Here's the time,
all is never lost,
Find the grain,
then you try to ride,
...as you help yourself into the deepest hole
Feel the rain,
coming to your aid,
Winds of change,
save you from the grave,
...as you help yourself into the deepest hole
You wake in love,
the curse is always real,
Sealed in blood,
now you learn to feel
...as you help yourself into the deepest hole.
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Down song
06:31
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Your comfort lives withinside you,
you know?
You need a reason to come out,
again,
You show me demons of you broken life,
I wish I could cut them out for you,
for you
You call me liar and smile,
set me up for a down,
Theres more than a way to be loved,
You set me up for a down,
Down
Down
Down....
The magic left with winters smile.
you know,
A dragons breath can leave you cold and more,
Pick up the pieces we might need again,
Might take forever and one day,
one day....
You call me liar and smile,
set me up for a down,
Theres more than a way to be loved,
You set me up for a down
Down...
Down...
Down, down?
Down...
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Everything and nothing
03:37
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Everything has changed,
Since Thursday last,
when I was the sky.
Who could encumber me,
from your hinterland to the sea.
Everything and nothing has changed,,,,
Rainbow leaves,
they fall on me,
and cover black holes.
Who would uncover me ,knowingly,
and walk through winter with me?
Everything and nothing has changed
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Higher place
04:45
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To bleed again with all my fears and the wars in my head,
With no quarter inside I pray the Lord to wash it away,
Who is this beast without a face who keeps me from the Devine,
the ground is sweet so pure and far
I've got to make what I find.
I'll pick you up I'll break you down,
take you to a higher place
I'll feel you high,
I'll let you stay, then break me,
to be replaced
I wake to find a seasons come, and gone without your embrace,
to kill a shadow with breath so foul, has drained the blood from your face
I'll pick you up I'll break you down,
take you to a higher place
I'll feel you high,
I'll let you stay, then break me,
to be replaced
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In my blood
05:57
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You say this world is not for you,
a murder of crows to blind your eyes.
Everyone knows you are my muse,
its not the same without.
To kneel for you I tried,
the road I love is mine,
its in my blood
it sets me free
And I leave your heart instead of mine,
I wasn't there for you to know me,
to think I could change would be a lie,
your not the same without
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Black eyed dog
04:31
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Wish you well
05:46
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You say this world is not for you,
a murder of crows to blind your eyes.
Everyone knows you are my muse,
its not the same without.
To kneel for you I tried,
the road I love is mine,
its in my blood
it sets me free
And I leave your heart instead of mine,
I wasn't there for you to know me,
to think I could change would be a lie,
your not the same without
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Might be heaven
06:17
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Hesitate to never know,
walking in the rain,
Your lover smiles to make you glow,
To play a dying game....
Simple things to set you free,
they're harder to find,
a better world without a doubt
you know I'll never see...
Chorus:
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Just when you've seen it all,
they come to take you away,
With loads and loads of guns,
Might be heaven to you...
Might be heaven for you...
The air we breathe the ones you love,
I haven't taken the time,
Of all the things you'd never want,
now we're left behind
Here in hell we love the dice,
and its easy to sell,
You're nothing but a piece of flesh,
under the longing saw...
Chorus:
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Just when you've seen it all,
they come to take you away,
With loads and loads of guns,
Might be heaven to you...
Might be heaven for you...
Endless sea with no cause,
a spell of illusion
Ripping out the Man,
off his thrown,
and the violence to lean on....
mandolin solo
Endless sea with no cause,
a spell of illusion
Ripping out the Man,
off his thrown,
and the violence to lean on....
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Machete
05:16
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The tide
03:21
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Dont want to know
04:54
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I dont want to know,
about evil,
Only want to know about love,
I dont want to know one thing about evil,
only want to know about love...
Sometimes it gets so hard to listen,
Hard for me to use my eyes,
all the time that gold is glistening ,
trying to cut me down to size.
Waiting for planes to tumble,
waiting for the towns to fall,
waiting for the cities to crumble,
waiting till I see you crawl.
I dont want to know,
about evil,
Only want to know about love,
I dont want to know one thing about evil,
only want to know about love...
Written by John Martyn
From the magic record 'Solid Air'
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Easily taken
03:20
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27 years
04:47
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When you get to heaven
04:16
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Maeko
03:55
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Dont be left behind
03:29
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Abomination blue
02:50
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I and I
03:51
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Till the afternoon
04:19
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Rake
03:57
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Johnathan Martin Pretoria, South Africa
Born in 1977 in South Africa, to a musical family, Johnathan Martin started to picture himself as performing musician from the tender age of 10 tears old. Classical guitar, then piano, and finally getting his first Strat copy at 13 years old. Taking music as a subject at school put the cello in his hands, and learnt to really improv when he joined the full time touring band Jack Hammer in '97. ... more
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