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Drifter
03:36
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Call me a drifter
I'm always away
Away from you
I just can't stay
Call me a drifter
Sing me a song
Send me along
On my own
Call me a drifter
Adrift and free
Free to be
Me!
Guess i'll drift on
Down to the sea
I'm just a drifter
Naturally..
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2. |
Who Am I?
02:37
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Now I'm trapped in the middle of a raging sea
I find myself independent of another's dream
And I'm some other guy
Some other guy
I never felt that I needed to be anything
Except a cog in the gear of the machine
Now I'm some other guy
Just some other guy
Who am I?
Who could I be?
Just a shadow
That you don't see
I'm no one
You want to be
A no one
You're over me
Control on
Just close your eyes
And stroll on
In your disguise
I'm gone
Into the nite
Into the nite
The things she was doing were so puzzling
& when I gaze through the waters of her tearful streams
I see some other guy
Some other guy
Who am I?
Who could I be?
Just a shadow
That you don't see
I'm no one
You want to be
A no one
You're over me
Control on
Just close your eyes
And stroll on
In your disguise
I'm gone
Into the nite
Into the nite
Cause I've lost my self
Who am I?
No home no woman no work in sight
Nowhere to go but toward the light
To be some other guy
Just some other guy
Don't ask me why
Who am I?
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3. |
Something About the City
03:15
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On a hot summer's day
From so very far away
He could hear her calling him
Through the burning breeze
Underneath those shading trees
Her voice drifted so thin
So he ran to her
Through the fields of golden wheat
Into the city streets
He searched high and low
But lo and behold
He'd been tricked by the city
Big city got you spinnin' around
Reeling 'til you hit the ground
Dying from your every need
Starve the hungry to feed the greed
Lights will blind 'til you can't see
Your choking on the air you breathe
Cement walls called industry
Destroying lives to live in ecstacy
Years passed while he searched town
He became depressed and down
He missed his home out on the range
He packed up his little wares
And made his way out there
But deep inside he always felt so strange
City life had polluted his soul
So let his tale be told
To stop the madness once and for all
We must realize one thing
He's just one humman being
The greed has befallen us all
I know the big city's got you spinnin' around
Reeling 'til you hit the ground
Dying from your every need
Starve the hungry to feed your greed
Lights will blind 'til you can't see
Your choking on the air you breathe
Cement walls called industry
Destroy your life to live in ecstacy
There's something 'bout the city...
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4. |
Just Lies
02:51
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Work to survive
What they provide
But when you die
They turn thier eyes
Don't be surprised
When they feed you thier lies
They will tell you
What not to do
But your no fool
You won't be used
You can't be moved
They can't take your tools
Gotta run gotta get away!
Gotta run gotta get away!
They can't stop me
I will be free
I will plant seeds
Where they won't see
They can't stop me
I will be free
I will grow trees
Where they won't see!
I have to try
Just to get by
I have to lie
Just to get high
I don't know why
I have to deny
I sweat and slave
So I'll get paid
And I'll behave
For a small wage
Time it don't wait
From the crib to the grave
Gotta run gotta get away!
Gotta run gotta get away!
They can't stop me
I will be free
I will plant seeds
Where they won't see
They can't stop me
I will be free
I will grow trees
Where they won't see...
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5. |
Desire
03:01
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Desires can come true
Desires I want you
Desires I see through
Desire!
He said:
"Come on now and say you miss me
Come on now and call my name
Go on and deny you want me
When you feel me in the rain!"
They don't have a problem
She can't help it if she loves him
It's a game they choose to play
You won't ever stop them
He will show up in the evening
And leave by the break of day!
Desires can come true
Desires I want you
Desires I see through
Desire!
She said:
"Sneak up baby to my window
Serenade me in my bed
Take me on a midnite journey
To the places in your head!"
They don't have a problem
She can't help it if she loves him
It's a game they choose to play
You won't ever stop them
He will show up in the evening
And leave by the break of day!
I say:
"Morning sunlight on my face
Twilight's covered our embrace
Tell me baby why we're running
From a fate we can't escape!"
Desires can come true
Desires I want you
Desires I see through
Desire!
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6. |
Control
04:41
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Possesive just don't work for me
Gotta be loose gotta be free
We can all play happily
But if you lose control
Said if you lose control
Maybe then you'll see!
You ain't what you choose to be
You don't trust no body
Want nobody
Need no body
Around your being
All you want are useless things
Baby!
Thats a dead end scene!
Agressive just don't work for me
The policy is let it be
If its locked then find the key
But if you lose control
Said if you lose control
Better change your strategy!
You ain't what you choose to be
You don't trust no body
Want nobody
Need no body
Around your being
All you want are useless things
Baby!
Thats a dead end scene!
Suggestive just don't work for me
Just can't get down on my knees
Just can't live a fantasy
But if you lose control
Said if you lose control
Maybe then you'll see!
You ain't what you choose to be
You don't trust no body
Want nobody
Need no body
Around your being
All you want are useless things
Baby!
Thats a dead end scene!
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7. |
Kali-Soul
04:07
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Just want to be a Kalifornia soul
Lay on beach soak the summer's gold
Just want to swim in an indigo sea
Yea, Kalifornia is where to be
Just want to be a Kalifornia soul
Talking about some Kali rock n roll
Balm breezes and swaying palm trees
Kalifornia is just for me
Foam green convertible
On the highway coasting slow
Nothing on my mind
Just spending time
Not trying to find the one
Souls prosper left alone
With each passing day
I'll find my way
In search of sunny rays
No work just steady play
The path's already paved
And one foot's in the grave
So I make peace and break the bread
My old ideals are dead
Brake lights are burning red
The oceans straight ahead!
Just want to be a Kalifornia soul
Lay on beach soak the summer's gold
Just want to swim in an indigo sea
Yea Kalifornia is where to be
Just want to be a Kalifornia soul
Talking about some Kali rock n roll
Balm breezes and swaying palm trees
Kalifornia is just for me
Hugging the center lines
Just lovers intertwined
The futur looks so clear
There's music in my ears
On dark and dusty roads
Be sure I'll travel on
A shadow in the night
Prophet of the sun
Strolling the boulevards
Of rain drenched Hollywood
A flood of simple pictures
Painted where I've stood
Now that I'm twenty one
It came clear into my head
Those wise and simple words
That she once said!
Just want to be a Kalifornia soul
Lay on beach soak the summer's gold
Just want to swim in an indigo sea
Yea Kalifornia is where to be
Just want to be a Kalifornia soul
Talking about some Kali rock n roll
Balm breezes and swaying palm trees
Yes Kalifornia is just for me and you!
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8. |
Treason (Talk 2 People)
04:35
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You gotta know how to talk to people
You gotta know how to talk to people
You gotta know how to put them in thier place
You gotta know how to run the human race!
Some people talk when thier mouths aren't open
Some get surprised when thier will gets broken
They want to run with the truth unspoken
They want to hide from thier true emotions
Some like to smile when you're looking at them
And when you turn they will stick the knife in
And thier are those with a valid reason
To kill your hopes and avert your treason!
You gotta know how to talk to people
You gotta know how to talk to people
You gotta know how to put them in thier place
You gotta know how to run the human race!
There are those who we give the power
And with our wealth they're allowed to flower
They take thier place in the highest tower
And watch the world as it gets devoured
And all the time while the plot is hatching
We're occupied trying to reel our catch in
We miss the chance to resolve the problems
But there are those that we're never solving!
You gotta know how to talk to people
You gotta know how to talk to people
You gotta know how to put them in thier place
You gotta know how to run the human race!
When the time for words comes
Let your qualms not go unsung
Let your heart take the stage
Usher in a whole new age!
Some seem to think that the world is spinning
But me I know that the air is thinning
I see our lives as we know them ending
A brand new shimmering beginning
You gotta know how to walk with people
Align your eyes so that you are equals
Let them know how you're really feeling
Or spend your life at thier feet kneeling!
So when the time for words comes
Let your qualms not go unsung
Let your heart take the stage
Usher in a whole new age!
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Erthman Los Angeles, California
Artist.Writer.Musician. A visionary creator & dedicated observer of the world and its people.. 1984 M.B.S.H
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