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“ This empty room it fills my mind / Freedom it leaves me confined / Every single wall has cracked... ”
“ What started as a whisper, / Slowly turned in to a scream. / Searching for an... ”
“ Yes indeed I'm, alone again / And here comes emptiness, crashing... ”
“ ashes to ashes / and dust to dust / that's what has become / of our love and... ”
“ We have both been here before / Knockin' upon love's door / Begging for someone to let us in... ”
“ I'm a living sunset / Lightning in my bones / Push me to the edge / But my will is stone... ”
“ You left them swimming for their lives / Down in new orleans / Can't afford a gallon of gasoline... ”
“ Corcovado parted the sky / And through the darkness / On us he shined / Crucified in... ”
“ Living these days is making me nervous / Archaic doctrine no longer serve us... ”
“ You don't believe that I love you / And even if that was true / Why just to keep our unhappy... ”
“ When it's on the one / You know the funk's begun / When you are down and out / There is no... ”
“ If I knew being here with you today, / Would mean being alone... ”
“ Let us burn one, from end to end. / And pass is over to me my... ”
“ Let us burn one from end to end / And pass it over to me my friend / Burn it long, but burn it... ”
“ We made love until we cried and cried ourselves to laughter... ”
“ don't you get ahead of me / and i won't leave you behind / if you get unhappy / show me a... ”
“ Oh - I sat down upon the church house steps / I sat down upon the church house... ”
“ We're gonna make it to the church on time / We're gonna make it to the church on... ”
“ You sit there and call me a liar and a cheat / I just wish you'd pin a rose on me... ”
“ I knew a girl / Her name was truth / She was a horrible liar. / She couldnt spend one day... ”
“ You say what's mine is mine / And what's yours is mine too / Now you've got more than you can... ”
“ I wish i was a thought / I'd run all through your mind / And come out being everything... ”
“ Behind all of your tears / There's a smile / There's a smile / Behind all of the rain / There's a... ”
“ Excuse me Mr, do you have the time? / Or are you so important that it stands still for... ”
“ Oh - excuse me Mr. / Do you have the time, / Or are you so important that it stands still for you... ”
“ You so easily amuse / Like a pantomime / Such a silent crime / You so easily abuse / Lack of... ”
“ You so easily amuse / Like a pantomime / Such a silent crime / You so easily abuse... ”
“ If you're gonna live / then live it up / and if you're gonna give / then give it... ”
“ It's late and I can't sleep / I've made promises that I can't... ”
“ Not talkin' 'bout a year / no not three or four / I don't want that kind of forever / in my life... ”
“ I will wait like nothing / I have ever waited for / I will catch your tears from falling... ”
“ You're too young to know / That you're too young to go / There's no freedom to be found... ”
“ Throw your hands up to the sky / And scream out loud i'm free / 'cause wrong is the new right... ”
“ Have you ever lost your way / have you ever feared another day / have ever misplaced your... ”
“ I'm more afraid of living than I am scared to die... ”
“ I'm more afraid of living / than I am scared to die / I'm more afraid of... ”
“ Listen mister brother sister / family and friend / I fear with each day... ”
“ You look like gold to me / and I'm not too blind to see / you look like gold / you make me wanna... ”
“ The morning sunrise spread her wings / While the moon hung in the sky / Held the sea in your hands... ”
“ I heard a street singer play a song I knew / It brought me closer to... ”
“ I've heard all of your parting lines / Can only say goodbye so many... ”
“ Nowhere here / to call my home / no one near / to call my own / all that's left / is for me to... ”
“ Exactly how much will have to burn / Before we will look to the past to... ”
“ Battered and torn / still I can see the light / Tattered and worn / but I must kneel to... ”
“ How I am strong / is to know what makes me weak / how I am found / is to know just whom I... ”
“ You may write me down in history / With your bitter twisted... ”
“ When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have... ”
“ Like the wings stolen from an angel / Like petals gone from a rose / Like a dove caught in a storm... ”
“ Tell me do you really know / your brother man / cause a heart speaks louder / than a colour... ”
“ Well Martin's dream / Has become Rodney's worst / Nightmare / Can't walk the... ”
“ Well Martin's dream has become Rodney's worst nightmare... ”
“ Papa, he left home today and said he ain't comin' back again... ”
“ "Papa he left home today / said he ain't comin' back... ”
“ Can you tell me why / you're so uptight / out of your head / and ain't talkin'... ”
“ Goodbye / Hasn't been so good to me / Stepped out into the night / Back against the moon... ”
“ A finger' s touch upon my lips / It' s a morning yearning... ”
“ How sweet and happy seem those days of which I dream / Memories I recall now and... ”
“ We have both been here before / Knockin' upon love's door / Begging for someone to let us in... ”
“ My every breath is a prayer for you / You know I'm waiting there for... ”
“ Like an old man / Sitting alone at a lunch counter / Never leave lonely alone... ”
“ There is not a river wide. / Not a mountain high. / And neither sin nor evil... ”
“ I'm serenaded by a chorus of a thousand burning cigarettes / You've been taking chances... ”
“ Tell me which road are you travelling / which road are you travelling... ”
“ Oppression, you pray on us when we sleep / Oppression, you chase after the tired, the poor,the... ”
“ It's her hair and her eyes today / that just simply take me... ”
“ When the people lead / the leaders they will have to follow / and all their lies and their... ”
“ Now you can sell your soul / But you can't buy it back / I've spent my whole life... ”
“ It hangs above my altar / Like they hung him from a cross / I keep one in my... ”
“ You're the first one to get there / And always the last one to leave... ”
“ Don't do me any favors / matter of fact why don't you / do yourself a... ”
“ I'm leaving here on the morning train and I'll never see this world again... ”
“ It will make a weak man mighty / It will make a mighty man fall / It will fill your heart and... ”
“ She eats nectarines with honey and spends her daddy's money so... ”
“ I can' t know the hell you love / But i know you' ve had enough... ”
“ I could have treated you better / But you couldn't have treated me worse / But he who laughs... ”
“ How many times have you heard someone say / "If I had his money I'd do things my... ”
“ Baby, say it's all right if it takes all night / We won't have to be alone if you say you... ”
“ Battles over which direction to kneel / People reaching out to touch / But forgetting to feel... ”
“ Oh- baby now let's get down tonight. / Baby, I'm hot just like your oven. / Oh- I need your lovin'... ”
“ I know you may not want to see me / On your way down from the clouds / Would you hear me if I told... ”
“ You, you've been looking at me just a little too long, now I can never look the same... ”
“ Now that you've grown up / You can finally learn to be a child / We made it to the end of the... ”
“ Oh- Once you know you can never / You can never turn back / Oh- But I... ”
“ I put into Nashville, Tennessee / But you wouldn't even come around to see... ”
“ Lord I work to serve you / And I hope I've served you well / Oh - I've lived a life to join... ”
“ I killed a snake with a bible / I was living a Johnny Cash song / I'm afraid for this I may be... ”
“ All this talk of getting old / It's getting me down my love / Like a cat in a bag waiting to drown... ”
“ All this talk of getting old / Is getting me down my love / Like a cat in a bag / Waiting to... ”
“ The more i smoke, the more i drink / The more i talk, the less i think... ”
“ I met a girl whose heart / was on the right hand side / and upon the left / an angel did... ”
“ I wish we could live forever / Then melt into the sun / Melt into the sun / Time is gonna change... ”
“ I need to sleep but I'm too tired / I need to come down but I'm too... ”
“ First time that I saw her she had white doves in her eyes... ”
“ You can run away from home / But you can't run away from your pain / I sit here... ”
“ Waiting on an angel / one to carry me home / hope you come to see me... ”
“ I' ve been waiting for you / I' ve been waiting for you / Never found enything else to do... ”
“ Oh no, here comes that sun again. / And (that) means another day without you my... ”
“ Welcome to the cruel world / Hope you fine your way / Welcome to the cruel... ”
“ You're a prison I can't escape / You're a decision I never make / Heard me... ”
“ Well - The good Lord is such a good Lord / With such a good mother too / They have blessed... ”
“ There's no deals to be made with the dawn / Now I fear that our time has come and... ”
“ Well you can need me / Well I want you to / And you can feed me / How I like that... ”
“ Children come running to the truth / But you've got to peel the skin to get the... ”
“ Mama why does he treat me so cold / why do I feel so old / how long has he treated me... ”
“ I can change the world / With my own two hands / Make a better place / With my own two... ”
“ You and I were looking at old pictures yesterday / Sitting in disbelief at how time slips... ”