Old soul It’s a slipping down life See a brand new day In a child’s eye Shine bright Like a thousand suns Burn, smolder like a star And be done Listen to your heart And follow The road less traveled Listen to the voice Inside of you, the Silence comes too soon
Sweet child Happy and joyful Don’t ever lose your cheer Every smile is dear Fierce grace Innocence of age Make every moment count Be here now Listen to your heart And follow The road less traveled Listen to the voice But beware Life can seem unfair
Beware, beware Life can seem unfair Beware, beware Life can seem unfair
Listen to your heart And follow The road less traveled Listen to the voice Inside of you, the Silence ends too soon Listen to your heart And follow The road less traveled Listen to the voice But beware Life can seem unfair Unfair…
What’s going on here The same ol’ tired spin The usual suspects Pitting us against them Why do we indulge These messengers of fear And meekly capitulate As our freedom disappears What’s going on when It’s you against me Voices of reason Their silence is deafening May God’s grace guide our way May God’s grace guide our way We’re all one Child of the same God
What’s going on here With tribe against tribe Religion being used To control and divide What’s going on when Did dogma become truth And when did a belief Become an absolute Old superstitions like Opinions so hard held Cling to the minds of those Too weak to think for themselves May God’s grace guide our way May God’s grace guide our way We’re all one Child of the same God
Same God Same God Same God
May God’s grace guide our way May God’s grace guide our way May God’s grace guide our way We’re all one We’re all one We’re all one
Life offers surprise When you might Least expect it Knocks you down and shakes You to your bones But you lift yourself up And in your darkest day Your guiding flame Still burns blinding Shine on Though the worst Goes before you Shine on Though the worst Goes before you
Through the howling wind You do not bend You do not splinter Like a candle lit That does not dim That does not flicker And in your darkest day Your guiding flame Still burns blinding Shine on Though the worst Goes before you Shine on Though the worst Goes before you
Shine on Though the worst Goes before you Shine on Though the worst Goes before you Shine on Though the worst Goes before you Shine on, shine on Goes before you
I know who you are though I haven’t seen much of you I know all your secrets I’m the holder of the truth You can say we’re different And not the same, but You know very well my son Blood is thicker than hate I raised you Cain You’re my bad seed I raised you Cain And you’re just like me
You can’t fool your ol’ man He knows better than you, all Those demons in yo/ur head Whirl in my mind too I raised you Cain You’re my bad seed I raised you Cain And you’re just like
Woh-ooh, woh-ooh-woh Woh-ooh, woh-ooh-woh Woh-ooh
Everything inside of you Resides inside of me, all Your dark disturbing visions I know personally I am the reality that You cannot avoid I’m your wicked karma And you’re my boy I raised you Cain You’re my bad seed I raised you Cain Child of Eve I raised you Cain You’re my bad seed I raised you Cain And you’re just like me Just like me, you’re Just like me, you’re Just like me, you’re Just like me
Here we are in lucky town We’re on our own No hero’s welcome No flowers thrown I’m listening to happy talk Everything is grand The louder the denial The more liable the man I wanna know I wanna know I wanna know Are we here to help Or for other reasons
How’d we get to this place Where to now from here War only benefits Politicians and profiteers I wanna know I wanna know I wanna know Are we here to help Or for other reasons
Many years from now When our children ask why How can we ever explain The mess we’ve left behind Here we are in lucky town We’re on our own No hero’s welcome No flowers thrown I wanna know I wanna know I wanna know Are we here to help Or for other reasons I wanna know I wanna know Are we here to help
Old wounds heal Scars fade away Hardened hearts Will soon be forgiving
Along the road You’ll meet friends Whose helping hands Will always embrace you And in time You’ll find your way A path that leads to Your own special purpose Humbled by your grace And I am humbled by your grace
The ice melts as The sun comes out Bright eyes shine wide Open and sparkle O my love It’s good to see you smile ‘Cuz my greatest joy Is seeing you laughing And happy Humbled by your grace And I am humbled by your grace And I
See your art as The sum of your life And your masterpiece What you leave behind
Humbled by your grace And I am humbled by your grace And I am humbled by your grace And I am humbled by your grace And I
Blessed is This precious gift Where kindness shines Her blinding sun O joy does come and An open heart it finds
Innocence And saccharine Sweetness to the eye From a seed Sown of love, now Torn by lies Dream with me Dream with me Dream with me
Tears unto A flower blooms Through an iron shell A petal’s tossed, swept By the wind, yet It is not lost Dream with me Dream with me Dream with me Dream with me Dream with me
See the magician Reality created By lies and illusion All the smoke and mirrors Cannot hide the heartache The misery and fear Ooh
This is now our debt War only begets more Enemies than friends Hubris has no shame Who’ll be the last To die for a mistake Ooh It ain’t what happens to the man It’s what the man does When it happens to him Ain’t what happens to the man It’s what the man does When it happens to him Ain’t what happens to the man It’s what the man does When it happens to him Ain’t what happens to the man
It ain’t what happens to the man It’s what the man does When it happens to him Ain’t what happens to the man It’s what the man does When it happens to him Ain’t what happens to the man It’s what the man does When it happens to him Ain’t what happens to the man Ooh, it’s what the man does Ooh, it’s what the man does It’s what the man does It’s what the man does It’s what the man does It’s what the man
Sweethearts since high school He was a Serb She was a Muslim It didn’t matter to them In 1992 Civil war tore Apart a nation Igniting ethnic hatred
In the spring of 93 They decided to Flee the violence The monsters and tyrants A cease fire was arranged For safe passage Through Sniper Alley To Grbavica
Crossing Vrbanja bridge Close to the end Hope was so strong Then it all went horribly wrong Shots rang out, he fell face down He was killed Instantly, then she Was hit and screamed
With all her strength and all her might Mortally wounded she crawled Over to him and Wrapped her arm around In fifteen minutes at most, she Cuddled him, then all was still And the sun set upon Romeo and Juliet
Bosko and Admira We’re killed on a bridge By the bullets of sniper On the banks of the river Forbidden love and Blood run together Ah, ah…
Eight days their bodies lay In no-man’s land Unrecovered, in the Arms of each other Now buried side by side ‘Neath a heart-shaped stone Near the café, where they Courted, laughed and cried
Bosko and Admira We’re killed on a bridge By the bullets of sniper On the banks of the river Forbidden love and Blood run together Forbidden love and Blood run together Ah, I hear the children play Ah, Sarajevo serenade Ah…
Bosko and Admira Forbidden love and Blood run together Bosko and Admira Forbidden love and Blood run together…
Throughout history We’ve seen his ilk Intoxicated by The power he wields In his grandiose Imperial dream The end always Justifies the means
In his willingness To exaggerate He didn’t think twice Or even hesitate To hype and lie To the people whose trust He abused with a smirk Of self-righteousness Empire Empire
Where was the outcry And voice of dissent Who dare defy This president Who from his bully Pulpit decreed Traitor is he Whom disagrees Empire Empire
The emperor has no clothes He’s alone in a crowd of peers The palace has no mirrors
When fascism comes It’ll come here Under the guise of God Nationalism and fear It’ll come with slogans And a patriots tag In the form of a cross Draped in a flag Empire Empire Empire Empire
Sitting in darkness Lost in my thoughts This clinging mind of mine Is like an albatross Discord’s a fierce dancer Like Nureyev at 29 Why can’t I Quiet my mind And shut it off Shut it off
I’m late for this moment Stuck here in the past I can’t lose this shadow It’s always overcast Gathering clouds Linger in my eyes Why can’t I Quiet my mind And shut it off Shut it off
What is this noise and Dissonance in my ears Chains of enslavement Are not iron, but fear Fear of the unknown Of what I may find Why can’t I Quiet my mind
Pack up the mule Untie the camel Fill up the Humvee And the Mercedes Benz We’re headin’ for the dunes To a tent party To listen to the Imam Sing a blue hymn
Smell the sweet hookah Burning with hashish Not quite the same scent As phosphor on skin A few miles away now Clusters are falling Like toys from the sky For precocious kids O mama, look what we did Prick up your ears Prick up your ears Prick up your ears And get what’s Goin’ down now
Life is precious Life is dear War’s a waste Prick up your ears
Pack up the mule Untie the camel Fill up the Humvee And the Mercedes Benz We’re headin’ for the dunes To a tent party To listen to the Imam Sing a blue hymn How in the world Did we get here Fire the hookah Pour some more beer O mama, what a mess Prick up your ears Prick up your ears Prick up your ears And get what’s Goin’ down now
See the mother Her vacant eyes Belly Bloated And freckled with flies Damned is this barren Land of blood and dust Where no pearl millet Can reap harvest Don’t turn away Don’t turn away, don’t Mother, mother, mother Your suffering in silence Shall be heard
‘Neath a giant Baobob tree Janjaweed gather For the merciless deed What once was murder Is now genocide By guns and attrition And apathy’s appetite Don’t turn away Don’t turn away, don’t Mother, mother, mother Your suffering in silence Far too long ignored Your suffering in silence Shall be heard Shall be heard Shall be heard
As a Precocious girl Your eyes mirrored Your mothers world Used by Others who Knew better Than to ask of you But you did as your were told You were obedient and brave Kind hearted and loyal And you never complained I’ve been in love For so long with you Grace
It’s all so Familiar The way you fall Into my arms We’ll always Be lovers, yes Long as forever Or ‘till the world ends Must’ve met in another lifetime ‘Cuz nothing has changed Us being together Wasn’t luck, it was fate I’ve been in love For so long with you Grace
Through the hardest of times You never once lost your faith You knew we’d meet again And I’d take you away I’ve been in love For so long with you Grace
