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Mental Jewelry Lyrics This is Live's second album, which was released in 1991. |
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Pain Lies On The Riverside
I have never taken life Yet I have often paid the price And you, you are a victim of this age And the guilt that hangs around your neck Has got me locked up in a cage You've got to learn to live until no end But first you must learn to swim All over again Because.... Pain lies on the riverside And pain will never say goodbye Pain lies on the riverside So put your feet in the water Put your soul in the water And join me for a swim tonight I have forever, always tried To stay clam and constantly baptized I am aware that the river's banks are dry And to wait for a flood Is to wait for life I've got to learn to live until no end But first I must learn to swim all over again Because... Pain lies on the riverside Operation Spirits (The Tyranny Of Tradition) Heard a lot of talk about the ocean Heard a lot of talk about the sea Heard a lot of talk about a lot of things Never meant that much to me Heard a lot of talk about my spirit Heard a lot of talk about my soul But I decided that anxiety and pain Were better friends So I let it go Did you let it go? Let's get it back Let's get it back together Heard a lot of talk about this Jesus A man of love, and a man of strength But what a man was two thousand years ago means nothing at all to me today He could have been telling me about my higher self But he only lives inside my prayer So what he was may have been beautiful But the pain is right now And right here Let it go! Let it go! Let it go, my friend And let's get it back Let's get it back together The Beauty Of Gray If I told you she was your mother We could analyze the situation and be gone If I said you ought to give her Some of your water Your eyes would light up like the dawn The perception that divides you from her Is a lie For some reason we never asked why This is not a black and white world You can't afford to believe in your side This is not a black and white world To be alive I say the colors must swirl And I believe That maybe today We will all get to appreciate The beauty of gray Look into your eyes No daylight New day now Brothers Unaware So many people I know only a few Yes I may say that I love this man And that man But what keeps me from loving you? Date of birth, geography The color of my skin, ideology You got ten fingers, two legs, on nose Like me Just like me And it's as simple as that You see And if I don't know who to Love I love them all And if I don't know who to trust I trust them all And if I don't know who to kill I may kill myself instead From the mouth of a baby Will come the world saving words That will save us all And from the lungs of a child Will come the everlasting breath of God Increasing peace and honesty And not carrying on Despite of me Don't you know This ain't about no race, no creed No race, no creed And it's as simple as that You see And if I don't know who to love I love them all And if I don't know who to trust I trust them all And if I don't know who to kill No suicide I'm already dead Tired Of Me You say "Hold on to the reigns" I say, "Let them go tonight" My brain waves Confused between what is and anit She cries, "Groundless and free" Tired of the water Tired of the wine Tired of the future Tired of time Tired of the madness Tired of the stell Tired of the violence Tired of me Used stell Used stell am I What was pliable in love Is now had a crystallized The intellect is fine For counting money And recalling times That she cried "Groundless and free" Hope is a letter that never arrives Delivered by the postman of my fear Mirror Song I know that I should think about giving And think about Helping out And think about Think about living But I can't seem to rescue myself What about my bank account And my holy desert shield That keep me dry under my arms? Flags and mental jewelry's all I know And they keep me happy and warm inside So I said unto this man "Who are you and where do you come from?" And he proceeded to tell me many things But I said nothing at all For the flower in the corner, by the room In the window, and the sun Said it all At least they said they would Said they could Mama said they would Do me good Waterboy What do you say to the child Whose god is in the TV? And what do you say to the man Who blames the world on TV? They don't even know how to sing my song But they won't even try it With me, with me , with me Who is standing over playing like The teacher Harnessing the learned Who try but can't leave her I want to bed the lairs to lay down Their sirens That play like angels To my deep desire Free my son Let him walk right through the rain Free my son Make him waterboy Free my son There he stands down on the shore Free my son What do you say to the man Who treats her like a Mother? And what do you say to the man Who treats him like a Father? "Come and see my heart, come inside and learn"? "Come and see my soul, it's like yours, I say just like yours"? Who is making over Idolizing princes Banishing the dreamers with Barbed-wire fences And telling all the children who run to her feet That they have no vision And love's all diseased Free my son Take My Anthem War in me War overseas There anit no difference between Blood in me Blood overseas There ain't no diffenece between The chills in your spine are oh, so sweet People honor you so high You've got to defend that stage at your feet No! Take, take, take my anthem today Hands on me Hands overseas There anit no diffence between Heart in me Heart overseas There ain't no difference You Are The World If you've ever known love If you've ever known peace If you've ever known joy Make sure that you are on time If you've ever known war If you've ever known pain If you've ever said no Make sure that you are on time You are on time You are on time We are on time For you are the world Fighting, mating, warring You are all this now Be aware, not scared Look at me now Silence I say You are the world Good Pain He said, he said, he said "There was nothing to fear boy" And he said, he said, he said "Worthless are your tears boy" "Just realize your senses And realize your earth Just realize your essence first" I'll never be the same again I want to walk in the sun I am alive and well again No more bittersweet No more good pain No more So many of us stand in the middle Looking back to the worst Looking forward to the fall Making weapons of peace for the defense Of the bloodstains on our Peaceful sidewalks You say the buildings got too tall And they're going to fry your brother Well I say you better walk away, walk away, walk away And find your mother No more bittersweet No more good pain If I can't sing this song And tell you all about it Then I'll just pack it all up right now and Walk away Don't even doubt it So when our sherry glass is full And the day is way too young You'd better sip today, sip today, sip today Before it's done No more bittersweet No more good pain Mother Earth Is a Vicious Crowd Pollution, Cain, and misery Oceans of golden mystery Armies boisterous and armies loud Portraits of a vicious crowd Talk to me, talk to me now Hey man, you're all that I have Me, myself, myself and I Were born to work and born the die I have chosen my anthems Of these I am proud Portraits of a divided crowd Talk to me, talk to me now 10,000 Years (Peace Is Now) The world is burning down Can't you smell the smoke in the air? War, disease, and famine This demon, she is everywhere Poets and preachers and politicians They've all had their say And we got 10,000 years Devoted to nothing But tomorrow and yesterday If all of the ignorance in the world Passes a second ago What would you say? Who would you obey? I am here to say that Peace is now Mr. President I hereby pardon you of all your crimes For they are just as much mine Selfishness and separation have led me To believe that the world is not my problem The world is not my problem I am the world And you are the world If all of the ignorance in the world Passes a second ago What would you say? Who would you obey? I am here to say that Peace is now |
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