Verve--Urban Hymns

BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY 

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
You're a slave to money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places 
where all the veins meet yeah, 

No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
But I'm a million different people 
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no

Well I never pray
But tonight I'm on my knees yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airways are clean and there's nobody singing to me now

No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no
I can't change
I can't change

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
Try to find some money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places 
where all the things meet yeah 

You know I can change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no

I can't change my mold
no, no, no, no, no,
I can't change
Can't change my body,
no, no, no

I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
Been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Have you ever been down?
Have you've ever been down?





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SONNET 

My friend and me
Looking through her red box of memories
Faded I'm sure
But love seems to stick in her veins you know


Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
My lord


Why can't you see
That nature has its way of warning me
Eyes open wide
Looking at the heavens with a tear in my eye


Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
My lord


Sinking fast within a boat without a hull
My lord
Dreaming about the day when I can see you there
My side
By my side


Here we go again and my head is gone, my lord
I stop to say hello
'Cause I think you should know by now
By now
By now
By now
By now
By now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now





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THE ROLLING PEOPLE




I got one more life
Can you see it wasting away?
But I got a plan
Do you understand?


The drugstore wife
I was dealing soul and other white
I won't shake your hands
'Cause death has no plans



But here we are the rolling people
Can't stay for long
We gotta go


So come alive with the rolling poeple
Don't ask why
We just know


I'm on a big jet plane
With my baby's crime in my veins
I'll be the first to toast
To my rotten soul 


But here we are the rolling people
Don't ask why
We don't know


So come alive with the rolling people
Don't ask why
We just go now
Yeah


Don't even know which way I'm going to 
The lights are on and I am feeling blue
I hope you know which way I'm going to fly
Thank you for my life
I said good night, good-bye


You see me going


But here we are the rolling people
Can't stay for long
We gotta go


So come alive with the rolling poeple
Don't ask why
We don't know now
Yeah





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THE DRUGS DON'T WORK

All this talk of getting old
It's getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown
This time I'm comin' down


And I hope you're thinking of me
As you lay down on your side
Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again


Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again


But I know I'm on a losing streak
'Cause I passed down my old street
And if you wanna show, then just let me know
And I'll sing in your ear again


Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again


'Cause baby, ooh, if heaven calls, I'm coming, too
Just like you said, you leave my life, I'm better off dead


All this talk of getting old 
It's getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown
This time I'm comin' down


Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again


'Cause baby, ooh, if heaven calls, I'm coming, too
Just like you said, you leave my life, I'm better off dead


But if you wanna show, just let me know
And I'll sing in your ear again


Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again 


Yeah, I know I'll see your face again
Yeah, I know I'll see your face again
Yeah, I know I'll see your face again
Yeah, I know I'll see your face again


I'm never going down, I'm never coming down
No more, no more, no more, no more, no more
I'm never coming down, I'm never going down
No more, no more, no more, no more, no more
(Repeat and Fade Out) 




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CATCHING THE BUTTERFLY

Sold you born???
And sold your soul???
The futures ours
To keep _____
Oh shall ________
Has healing ways
His______ 
My ______


I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly 
In that dream of mine 
I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly 
In that dream of mine 


In my lucid dreams
In my lucid dreams


Something now????
Through life no fun
I want to feel
I want to run


I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly
In that dream of mine
I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly
In that dream of mine


In my lucid dreams
In my lucid dreams


I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly
In that dream of mine
Keep catching that butterfly
In that dream of mine
I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly
In that dream of mine
I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly


In my private dreams
In my private dreams
In my private dreams
My lucid dreams
My forgotten schemes
I see through you
You see through me
I see through you 
You see through me
Be with me
Be with me
I see through you
You see through me
I see through you 
You see through me


To be in your eyes
To be in your eyes





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NEON WILDERNESS

In a neon wilderness
He was restless
Escape loneliness 
Find a new address


Stood before I sink
In a neon wilderness
Spill my last drink
Yeah, he was restless
Say good-bye to my new friends
Escape from loneliness
I found a new address
In the last room
I hear a boom
Someone else's distress
In a neon wilderness
Someone else's distress
In a neon wilderness
And I hear a boom


In a neon wilderness
He was restless
Escape loneliness 
For a new address


In a neon wilderness
He was restless
Escape loneliness 
For a new address





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SPACE AND TIME

There ain't no space and time
To keep our love alive
We have existense and it's all we share
There ain't no real truth 
There ain't no real lies
Keep on pushin' 'cause I know it's there


Oh, can you just tell me
It's all right (It's all right)
Let me sleep tonight
Oh, can you comfort me
Tonight (It's all right)
Make it all seem fine


I just can't make it alone
Oh, no, no
I just can't make it alone
Oh, no, no


There'll be no lullabies
There'll be no tears cried
We feel numb 'cause we don't see
That if we really care
And we really loved
Think of all the joy we'd feel


Oh, can you just tell me
It's all right (It's all right)
Let me sleep tonight
Oh, can you comfort me
Tonight (It's all right)
Make it all seem fine


I just can't make it alone
Oh, no, no
I just can't make it alone
Oh, no, no
I just can't make it alone
Oh, no, no
I just can't make it alone
Oh, no, no


Ain't got no lullaby, no, no
Ain't got no lullaby, oh, no
There is no space and time
Oh lord
There is no space and time
Oh lord


We have existense and it's all we share
We have existense and it's all we share
We have existense and it's all we share
We have existense and it's all we share
We have existense and it's all we share
Keep on pushing 'cause I know it's there
Keep on pushing 'cause I know it's there
Keep on pushing 'cause I know it's there
Keep on pushing 'cause I know it's there





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WEEPING WILLOW

When morning breaks
We hide our eyes and our love's aching
Nothing's strange


It was in our hands from 6 to 10
It slipped right out again


There'll be no better time
There'll be no better way
There'll be no better day to save me
Save me
Yeah, save me


I hope you see like I see
I hope you see what I see
I hope you feel like I feel


And the world don't stop
There is no time for cracking up
Believe me friend
Cause when freedom comes
I'll be long gone
You know it has to end


There'll be no better time
There'll be no better way
There'll be no better day to save me
Save me
Yeah, save me
Yeah, save me
I hope you see what I see
I hope you feel like I feel
Someone to stand beside me
Beside me
Beside me
Beside me
Beside me


Weeping willow
The pills under my pillow
Weeping willow
Pills under my pillow
Weeping willow
The Gun under your pillow
Weeping willow
Beside me
Beside me
Beside me
Beside me




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LUCKY MAN

Happiness
More or less
It's just a change in me
Something in my liberty
Oh, my, my
Happiness
Coming and going
I watch you look at me
Watch my fever growing
I know just where I am


But how many corners do I have to turn?
How many times do I have to learn
All the love I have is in my mind?


Well, I'm a lucky man
With fire in my hands


Happiness
Something in my own place
I'm standing naked
Smiling, I feel no disgrace
With who I am


Happiness
Coming and going
I watch you look at me
Watch my fever growing
I know just who I am


But how many corners do I have to turn?
How many times do I have to learn
All the love I have is in my mind?


I hope you understand
I hope you understand


Gotta love that'll never die


Happiness 
More or less
It's just a change in me
Something in my liberty
Happiness
Coming and going
I watch you look at me
Watch my fever growing
I know 
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my


Gotta love that'll never die
Gotta love that'll never die
No, no
I'm a lucky man


It's just a change in me
Something in my liberty
It's just a change in me
Something in my liberty
It's just a change in me
Something in my liberty
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my
It's just a change in me
Something in my liberty
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my





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ONE DAY

One day maybe we will dance again
Under fiery skies
One day maybe you will love again
Love that never dies


One day maybe you will see the land
Touch skin with sand
You've been swimming in the lonely sea
With no company


Oh, don't you want to find?
Can't you hear this beauty in life?
The roads, the highs, breaking up your life
Can't you hear this beauty in life?


One day maybe you will cry again
Just like a child
You've gotta tie yourself to the mast my friend
And the storm will end


Oh, don't you want to find?
Can't you hear this beauty in life?
The times, the highs, breaking up your mind
Can't you hear this beauty in life?


Oh, you're too afraid to touch
Too afraid you'll like it too much
The roads, the times, breaking up your mind
Can't you hear this beauty in life?


One day maybe I will dance again
One day maybe I will love again
One day maybe we will dance again
You know you've gotta
Tie yourself to the mast my friend
And the storm will end
One day maybe you will love again
You've gotta tie yourself to the mast my friend
And the storm will end





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THIS TIME

Lookin' back on my life
You know that all I see 
Are things I could of changed
I should have done
Where did the good times go?
Good times so hard to hold 
This time, this time
This time I'm gonna find


Lookin' back on my life
You know that all I see 
Are things I could of changed
I could have done
No time for sad lament
A wasted life is bitter spent


So rise into the light
In or out of time
Gonna rise straight through the light
In or out of time


Woke up one other day
The pain won't go away
I am growing
In peculiar ways
Into a light I pass
Another dream, another trance
This time, this time
This time I'm gonna rise into the light
In or out of time


Gonna find my way in life
In or out of sight
I'm still seeing things in black and white
Gonna rise straight into the light
In or out of sight


I'm gonna see the light
I'm gonna see the light
I'm gonna see the light


'Cause I know there is time
There is time
There is time
There is time
There is time
There is time
There is time
There is time
This time, this time
This time, this time
This time, this time
This time, this time





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VELVET MORNING

Yes
It's been long
And yes
I still feel strong
Into the half light
Another velvet morning for me, yeah


Time
Stands still
As you take
Your last pill
Into the half light
Another velvet morning for me


And now I'm trying to tell you 
About my life
And my tongue is twisted
And more dead than alive
And my feelings
They've always been betrayed
And I was born a little damaged man
And look what they paid


I said, don't you find
That it's lonely to ??? 

Your alone ???
And life is a game
You've tried
And life is a game
You're tired


Yes
I'm coming down
Your beauty is
A colour surround
Into the half light
Another velvet morning for me


And now I'm trying to tell you
About my life
And my tongue is twisted
And more dead than alive
And my feelings
My feelings, they've been betrayed
And I was born a little damaged man
And look what they made


He said, don't you find
That it's lonely the ???
You walked in alone
And life is a game
You've tried
And life is a game
You're tired
And life is a game
You've tried





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COME ON

I must be feeling low
I talked to god in a phonebox on my way home
I told you my answer
I left you my dreams on your answering machine


Come on
Let the spirit inside you
Don't wait to be found
Come along with my sound
Let the spirit move you
Let the waves come up
They'll fuse you
I never met no one to deny a sound


I must be going insane
I called the doctor so he can relieve
He's got a little pill for me
Just a little luxury
Help me through my day


Come on
Let the spirit inside you
Don't wait to be found
Come along with our sound
Let the spirit move you
Let the waves come up
They'll fuse you
I never met no one to deny our sound


Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on...


There's only one life
There's only one life


Let it go
Let it go
Let it go


This is a big
Fuck you!
This is a big
Fuck you!
Come on!


Come on now