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- One Minute to Midnight
- Mexico
- Baghdad
- Bright Lights Big City
- Mobile Phone Blues
- An Endless Night is Gonna Come
- I Never Thought That I Could Feel This Way About You
- Broken City
- The People Gotta Save the World (For the Children)
- Thinking About You - Thinking About Me
- World Lost In Time
- Only You Can Get You Through
One Minute to Midnight
Dark clouds are rolling in
The wind’s beginning to roar
Is this just another bad day
Or are we in for more?
Secret political agendas
Does anyone have a plan?
Unless we do something pretty fast
I guess we’re going down
Temperatures rising
Desert lands beginning to spread
People can’t grow their food anymore
The forests are almost dead
Wars and oppression
Persecution of the weak and poor
Most people have turned their backs
They just don’t give a damn anymore
One minute to midnight
Things sure look black
Wonder what’s gonna happen
Can we turn it back?
People going hungry
But the governments they don’t care
They’re too busy building empires
Empires in the air
Man made political boundaries
Do they mean much anymore?
Now that the planet’s dying
We aint gonna be here no more
One minute to midnight
Can we make it to higher ground?
Don’t know where we’re headin
Hope we can turn it round
Hurricanes and blizzards
The ice caps are melting fast
What’s been here a million years
Just aint gonna last
And it’s no good talking to your priest rabbi or sheik
We just gotta stop the plunder
If we’re gonna save the place
If you look around this world
You just gotta feel bad
The way we’re killing the planet
It’s gotta make you feel sad
What’s the point of talking?
It’s just a waste of time
Unless we do something pretty fast
We’re heading down the line
One minute to midnight
Things sure look black
Don’t know where we’re headin
Hope we can turn it back
One minute to midnight
Things sure look black
Don’t know where we’re headin
Hope we can turn it back
One minute to midnight
(Repeat)
Mexico
The scent of Frangipani fills the air
Pretty senioritis, flashing eyes and long brown hair
Some kind of paradise, you know what I mean
Oh Mexico
Oh Mexico
Nights filled with romance
The sound of music everywhere
Ancient land of warriors living lives without fear
Gentle breezes blowing, don’t you wish you were there?
Oh Mexico
Oh Mexico
Long sunny days
Some Tequila if you will
A nice sombrero
It all fits so well
Take a walk along a beach, breathe the salty air
Drop what you’re doing, you can be there
Dance till early morning, forget about your cares
Oh Mexico
Oh Mexico
Stars shining brightly, a yellow moon so clear
Night time at the Carnivale, magic here and there
A life without sadness, children playing in the village square
Oh Mexico
Oh Mexico
(Repeat)
Baghdad
Downtown Baghdad aint the place to be
The streets are filled with the military
Human bombs walkin around
Its hell down there bomb craters fill the ground
They said it was all about democracy
The people were beggin us to set em free
But I really wonder now its all gone down
Whether Baghdad’s any better downtown
The city’s been wasted by the dogs of war
Can anybody say what the point is anymore?
Oh Baghdad
Oh Baghdad
It was oil and land they wanted for sure
Or maybe they just wanted to settle an old score
Whatever the answer it don’t matter anymore
The place has been torched you can’t live there anymore
Killing and mayhem are everywhere
Throughout the land there’s nothing but despair
Oh Baghdad
Oh Baghdad
The people are praying for a future for sure
They just gotta get rid of the dogs of war
But we gotta give ‘em a chance
For a life of peace a reason to dance, dance
Oh Baghdad your time will come
And it won’t be at the end of a gun
So keep your faith and your courage too
There’s a new star rising and it’s just for you
A land of people of goodness and strength
Of families and children hungry for peace
Their hearts cry out for the day to come
When this proud nation will live as one
Oh Baghdad
(Repeat)
Bright Lights Big City
This big city’s got my brains deep fried
Those bright lights burn you up from inside
Staring at these walls I just can’t rest
Wish I could sleep and get things off my chest
You know how it is gotta keep on the move
The way things are now they just got to improve
People have forgotten what good friends are for
Sure like to meet someone who doesn’t keep score
It’s a strange strange world in a state of change
My friends have gone but they’re not to blame
Walking around this town at night
The people you meet they just don’t seem right
People’s lives fall like leaves from a tree
Life’s too short you just gotta be free
No good reflecting on what you’ve done
You just can’t know when your time is come
Nothing to do and nothing to gain
Aint it true life is just a game
What the hell are we down here for?
Does it really matter anymore?
Now is the autumn of our discontent
I guess our summer has been wholly spent
We’re all heading for the same old place
It’s how you get there man it aint no race
I wish you well on your quest
To find peace of mind and all the rest
Bright lights big city
(Repeat)
Mobile Phone Blues
I’m a million miles from nowhere
Light years from home
Since my baby left me
I’ve been on my mobile phone
Just tried to SMS her
Tell her I’m doin fine
I hope she still loves me
I’d have her back any time
Things started going real bad
About a year or two
I introduced her to my best friend
You know the crazy things you do?
They started emailing each other
And the words weren’t all that clean
Revealing pictures of my baby
Spread across his mobile screen
Oh mercy!
I’ve tried to telephone her
But she just won’t take my call
I get the feeling it’s all over
I guess she’s having a ball
Now I’m a million miles from nowhere
Light years from home
Don’t know what to do about the future
I feel so alone
All this electronic apparatus
What use can it be?
Unless my baby answers my message
And SMSs me
Now I’m a million miles from nowhere
Light years from home
Can’t find my baby
Can’t call her on my mobile phone
Guess I’ll just have to leave town
Find myself a new job
Build a new future
Without my baby’s love
Now I’m a million miles from nowhere
Light years from home
Can’t find my baby
Can’t get her on my mobile phone
An Endless Night is Gonna Come
Every day
Every night
This precious world
Gives us life
So give it love
Give it love
Let it live
The air we breathe
The mountains high
The open oceans
The wide blue sky
They’re a gift of life
A gift of love
A gift for all
We’re heading down the road of self destruction
An endless night is gonna come
We just gotta change direction
Or else we’re done
Are we so blind?
Can’t we see?
This great world’s destiny
If we keep on doin
What we’re doin
It’s gonna die
We’re heading down the road of self destruction
An endless night is gonna come
We’ve just gotta change direction
Or else we’re done
Do we have to kill?
Do we have to burn?
Must we make the world a funeral urn?
Stop the wars
End the pain
Let’s have peace again
This wondrous world
Can be full of joy
Peace and love
For every girl and boy
Don’t let them down
Don’t break their trust
Don’t let them down
We’re heading down the road of self destruction
An endless night is gonna come
We’ve just gotta change direction
Or else we’re done
We’re heading down the road of self destruction
An endless night is gonna come
We just gotta change direction
Or else we’re done
Please hear this prayer one and all
For a time will come
When we’ve killed it all
It’ill be too late
Yes too late
It will all be gone
It will all be gone
It will all be gone
I Never Thought That I Could Feel This Way About You
I never thought that I could feel this way about you
Now I see the way my dreams can come true
So come and be with me my love
Come and be with me my love
These lonely nights and empty days will be gone I’m sure
The sun will shine and the moon will glow for us once more
So come and be with me my love
Come and be with me my love
Good things can really happen
Love can still be true
All we have to care about is just me and you, yeah!
We’ll take a trip somewhere far away across the seas
And be together all alone just like it used to be
So come and be with me my love
Come and be with me my love
Let’s enjoy the moments before they slip away
And forget about our worries and enjoy each sunny day
So come and be with me my love
Come and be with me my love
Come and be with me my love
Come and be with me my love
Come away with me my love.
Broken City
Shadows across an empty street
A city where people never meet
Livin in their concrete towers
Far away from the trees and flowers
Broken city without a soul
Nowhere for man to feel whole
City people just sleep, work and die
Lookin down never lookin at the sky
Working day and night to get a pound of flesh
Craving every dollar to beat the bottom line
Broken city without a soul
Nowhere for man to feel whole
What kind of place can this be?
People living empty lives in caged misery
I don’t know if anything can be done
It’s gotta be like living under someone’s thumb
Broken city without a soul
Nowhere for man to feel whole
Every day they still want more
Slavin in a system that keeps ‘em poor
The money merchants keep it tightly in their claws
Pushing everyone for more and more
When I look around me I can’t believe what we’re doin
Children enslaved people’s minds have been poisoned
Our lives dismantled the future ‘s already ruined
Is there any hope in a world gone wrong?
Broken city without a soul
Nowhere for man to feel whole
(Repeat)
The People Gotta Save the World (For the Children)
We all know what’s goin down
The future is in our hands
Things aint what they ought to be
We’re livin a catastrophe
Nations warring and killin
Our children’s’ blood they are spillin
All in the name of religion
Now we don’t need no scriptures
To get the picture
How can we change the world?
Is there a place for man to live?
When will we ever be free?
The pieces don’t fit anymore
We just can’t deny the score
The people won’t take anymore
Genocide and religious wars
How can we change the world?
Is there a place for man to live?
When will we ever be free?
Will it ever end?
Can we turn it all round
Things are sure goin nowhere
God help us if it all goes down
Our children are starvin
They’re cryin and dyin
Mothers are weepin
The clouds are cryin
How can we change the world?
Is there a place for man to live?
When will we ever be free?
Love and respect is the answer
Stop the warring and killin
Let’s start helpin each other
Live in peace together
For the children
For each other
For the future
For the planet
For the people
(repeat)
Thinking About You – Thinking About Me
Thinking about you - thinking about me
All the things we did, the way it used to be
Wondering what you’re doin now
Are you with someone, does it matter anyhow?
Thinking about you – thinking about me
The time we had, the way it used to be
You acted so tough you destroyed me inside
You left me runnin scared, nowhere to hide
But the wheels keep turnin and I’ve moved along
Winter’s chill has gone, spring is comin on
Thinking about you – thinking about me
Memories of things past, the way it used to be
I still can’t see straight, I can’t even see the floor
I can see your face but I don’t want to see it no more
Everything’s so bent and twisted in my head
The lies you told the poison you spread
You can do what you want, even run and hide
You can wear a mask but you aint gonna change inside
What was cool aint cool no more
You played a game and lost and now you know the score
Thinking about you – thinking about me
The lies you told what you did to me
But if I could see you right now
I’d do it all again just to be with you somehow
I’m still thinking about you, I hope you’re thinking about me
World Lost In Time
Bird flies in the sky
Cloud drifts on by
Rain falls to the ground
The world turns round
The world turns round
Stars shine by night
Sun warms the sea
Ah mystery
All lost in time
All lost in time
Do you ever wonder what it’s all about?
What we’re doin down here is there any way out?
Days and nights drift by so fast year after year
Never knowin when to stop people livin in fear
If you’re livin in the slow lane don’t be too concerned
People livin in the fast lane end up getting burned
Does it matter what you’ve got or who you are?
Whether your some big shot or drivin a flashy car
You want a world of brotherly love it’s sure hard to find
Some people will turn their backs on the lame and blind
I guess it’s been like this since time began
Men and nations fightin each other again and again
If we’re gonna live together there isn’t any choice
All nations on this earth must speak with one voice
Break down the barriers and let the people speak
Let there be a new dawn of freedom and peace.
Bird flies in the sky
Cloud drifts on by
Rain falls to the ground
The world turns round
The world turns round
Stars shine by night
Sun warms the sea
Ah mystery
All lost in time
(Repeat)
Only You Can Get You Through
So many times I’ve been down
And so many times I’ve lost my way
But there’s nothin anyone can do for you
It’s only you who can get you through
Now some people say that life can be too hard
But I know that aint the truth
All you have to do is keep on tryin
And just believe in you
Only you only you
Only you can get you through
Though your nights may be long and your world so sad
Just keep it altogether
You don’t have to feel bad
And if you ever think of givin in
And you’re drownin in a sea of regret
Just remember who you are and don’t forget
There’s a big wide world out there for you
And only you only you
Only you can get you through
Yes only you only you
Only you can get you through
Only you only you
Only you can get you through
(Repeat)