Baby Can I Hold You

SorryIs all that you can’t sayYears gone by and stillWords don’t come easilyLike sorry, like sorry Forgive meIs all that you can’t sayYears gone by and stillWords don’t come easilyLike forgive me, forgive me But you can say babyBaby can I hold you tonightMaybe if I told you the right […]


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Behind The Wall

Last night I heard the screamingLoud voices behind the wallAnother sleepless night for meIt won’t do no good to callThe policeAlways come lateIf they come at all Last night I heard the screamingLoud voices behind the wallAnother sleepless night for meIt won’t do no good to callThe policeAlways come lateIf […]


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She's Got Her Ticket

She’s got her ticketI think she gonna use itI think she going to fly awayNo one should try and stop herPersuade her with their powerShe says that her mind is madeUp She’s got her ticketI think she gonna use itI think she going to fly awayNo one should try and […]


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For You

No words to sayNo words to conveyThis feeling inside I have for youDeep in my heartSave from the guardsOf intellect and reasonLeaving me at a lossFor words to express my feelingsDeep in my heartDeep in my heartLook at me losing controlThinking I had a holdBut with feelings this strongI’m no […]


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For My Lover

Two weeks in a Virginia jailFor my lover, for my loverTwenty thousand dollar bailFor my lover, for my loverAnd everybody thinksThat I’m the foolBut they don’t getAny love from you The things we won’t do for loveI’d climb a mountain if I had toRisk my life so I could have […]


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Across The Lines

Across the linesWho would dare to goUnder the bridgeOver the tracksThat seperates whites from blacksChoose sidesOr run for your lifeTonight the riots beginOn the back streets of AmericaThey kill the dream of America Little black girl gets assaultedAin’t no reason whyNewspaper prints the storyAnd racist tempers flyNext day it starts […]


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Fast Car

You got a fast carI want a ticket to anywhereMaybe we make a dealMaybe together we can get somewhereAnyplace is betterStarting from zero got nothing to loseMaybe we’ll make somethingBut me myself I got nothing to prove You got a fast carAnd I got a plan to get us out […]


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If These Are The Things

If these are the things thatDreams are made ofWhy don’t I dreamAnymoreI’ve tried to tell myeselfNothing’s changed my dearBut I look around meAnd think maybe that’s not soI only have nightmaresAnd wake up with cold sweatComing through my poresWhy don’t I dream anymoreI’m in the gardenAll the trees bear fruitI […]


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Give Me One Good Reason

Give me one reason to stay here,And I’ll turn right back around.Give me one reason to stay here,And I’ll turn right back around.Said I don’t wanna leave you lonely,You got to make me change my mind.Baby, I got your number,Oh I know that you got mine.You know that I called […]


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If Not Now…

If not nowThen whenIf not todayThen why make your promisesA love declared for days to comeIs as good as none You can wait ’til morning comesYou can wait for the new dayYou can wait and lose this heartYou can wait and soon be sorry If not nowThen whenIf not todayThen […]


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Talkin’ Bout A Revolution

Don’t you knowThey’re talkin’ bout a revolutionIt sounds like a whisperDon’t you knowThey’re talkin’ about a revolutionIt sounds like a whisperWhile they’re standing in the welfare linesCrying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvationWasting time in the unemployment linesSitting around waiting for a promotion Don’t you knowThey’re talkin’ bout […]


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Mountains O’ Things

The life I’ve always wantedI guess I’ll never haveI’ll be working for somebody elseUntil I’m in my graveI’ll be dreaming of a live of easeAnd mountains, oh mountains o’ thingsTo have a big expensive carDrag my furs on the groundAnd have a maid that I can tellTo bring me anythingEveryone […]


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