Step off the train, all alone at dawn
Back into the hole where I was born
The sun in the sky never raised an eye to me
There's blood on the tracks, and it must be mine
The fool on the hill and I feel fine
Don't look back, 'cos you know what you might see
Look into the wall of my minds eye
I think I know but I don't know why
The questions are the answers you might need
Coming in a mess going out in style
I ain't good looking, but I'm someone's child
No-one can give me the air that's mine to breathe
I met my maker, I made him cry
And on my shoulder, he asked me why
His people won't fly through the storm
I said "Listen up man, they don't even know you're born"
All my people right here, right now,
D'You Know What I Mean? Yeah Yeah
All my people right here, right now
D'You Know What I Mean?
Yeah, Yeah
I don't really care for what you believe
So open up your fist or you won't recieve
The thoughts and the words of every man you'll need
So get up off the floor and believe in life
No-one's ever gonna ever ask you twice
Get on the bus and bring it on home to me
I met my maker, I made him cry
And on my shoulder, he asked me why
His people won't fly through the storm
I said "Listen up man, they don't even know you're born"
All my people right here, right now
They Know What I Mean
Yeah, Yeah ...
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Everybody knows... but no-one's saying nothing
It was a sound so very loud... that no-one can hear
I got something in my shoes... it's keeping me from walking
Down the long and winding road... back home to you
(Bridge): And round this town you've ceased to be
That's what you get for sleeping with the enemy
Where angels fly you won't play
So guess who's gonna take the blame for...
(Chorus): My big mouth and my big name
I'll put on my shoes while I'm walking
Slowly down the hall of fame?
Into my big mouth, you could fly a plane
I'll put on my shoes while they're walking
Slowly down the hall of fame?
I ain't never spoke to god
And I ain't never been to heaven
But you assumed I knew the way
Even though the map was given
And as you look into the eyes
Of a bloody cold assassin
It's only then you'll realise
With who's life you have been messin'
(Bridge)
(Chorus)
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An extra-ordinary guy
Can never have an ordinary day
He might live a long goodbye
But that is not for me to say
I dig his friends, I dig his shoes
He is just a child with nothing to lose
but his mind
They are sleeping while they dream
But then they want to be adored
They who don't say what they mean,
Will live and die by their own sword
I dig their friends, I dig their shoes
But they are like a child with nothing to lose
In their minds, their minds.
(Bridge): But I'll have my way
In my own time
I'll have my say
My star will shine
(Chorus): Cos you see me I've got my magic pie
Think of me, yeah that was me I was that passer by
I've been and now I've gone
There are but a thousand days preparing for a thousand years
Many minds to educate, and people who have disappeared
D'you dig my friends? D'you dig my shoes?
I am like a child with nothing to lose But my mind, my mind
(Bridge)
(Chorus)
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Made a meal and threw it up on Sunday, I've -
Got a lot of things to learn
Said I would and I'll be leaving one day-
Before my heart starts to burn.
(Bridge): So what's the matter with you?
Sing me something new... don't you know
The cold and wind and rain don't know
They only seem to come and go away
Times are hard when things have got no meaning
I've found a key upon the floor
Maybe you and I will not believe in the things we find
Behind the door
So what's the matter with you?
Sing me something new... don't you know
The cold and wind and rain don't know
They only seem to come and go away
(Chorus): Stand by me-nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me-nobody knows the way it's gonna be
Stand by me-nobody knows the way it's gonna be
If you're leaving will you take me with you
I'm tired of talking on my phone
There is one thing I can never give you
My heart can never be your home
(Bridge)
(Chorus)
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They're trying hard to put me in my place
And that is why I gotta keep running
The future's mine and it's no disgrace
Cos in the end the past means nothing
You tell me I'm free then you tie me down
And from my chains, I think it's a pity
What did it cost you to wear my crown
You don't like me why don't you admit it
(Bridge): D'you feel a little down today?
Bet I ain't got much to say?
You're gonna miss me when I'm not there
And you know I don't care, you know I don't care
(Chorus): As we beg and steal and borrow
Life is hit and miss and this
I hope, I think, I know
And if I ever hear the names you call
If I stumble catch me when I fall
Cos baby after all, you'll never forget my name
You're trying hard to put me in my place
And that is why I've gotta keep running
The future is mine and its your disgrace
Cos in the end your laugh means nothing
(Bridge)
(Chorus)
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If I may be so bold could I just say something,
Come and make me my day,
The clouds around your soul,
Don't gather there for nothing,
I can chase them all away
Why d'you need a reason for to feel happy,
Or shining for the rest of the world,
Give me just a smile and would you make it snappy,
Get together girl
You've got a feeling lost inside,
It just won't let you go.
Your life is sneaking up behind,
It just won't let you go,
No it just won't let you go,
Is what I'm trying to say.
Is would you maybe,
Come dancing with me,
Cos to me it doesn't matter,
If your hopes and dreams are shattered,
When you say something,
You make me believe,
In the girl who wears a dirty shirt,
She knows exactly what she's worth,
She knows exactly what she's worth to me!
That I can see, I can see.
If you ever find yourself inside a bubble,
You gotta make your own way home,
You can call me anytime your seeing double,
Now you know you're not alone
(Chorus)
Maybe she'll come dancin with me,
Cos to me it doesn't matter
If her hopes and dreams are shattered,
When she says something,
She'll make me believe, In the girl who wears a dirty shirt
She knows exactly what she's worth to me
Now I see.
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Get on the rollercoaster
The fair's in town today
Y'gotta be bad-enough to beat the brave
So get on the helter skelter
Bowl into the fray
Y'gotta be bad-enough to beat the brave
(Chorus): You fade in-out
You fade in-out
Without a doubt
I don't see no shine
Today is just a daydream
Tomorrow we'll be castaway
Coming in-out of nowhere
Singin' rhapsody Y'gotta be-bad enough to wanna be
Sitting upside a high-chair
With the devils refugee
Is gonna be-blinded by the light
That follows me
She fade in-out
She fade in-out
Without a doubt
I don't see no shine
Today is just a daydream
Tomorrow she'll be castaway
(Chorus)
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A cold and frosty morning there's not a lot to say
About the things caught in my mind
And as the day was dawning, my plane flew away
With all the things caught in my mind
And I wanna be there when you're...
Coming down
And I wanna be there when you hit the ground
(Chorus): So don't go away
Say what you say
Say that you'll stay
Forever and a day... in the time of my life
Cos I need more time, yes I need more time
Just to make things right
Damn my situation and the games I have to play
With all the things caught in my mind
Damn my education I can't find the words to say
About the things caught in my mind
And I wanna be there when you're...
Coming down
And I wanna be there when you hit the ground
Me and you what's going on?
All we seem to know is how to show
The feelings that are wrong
(Chorus)
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Wash your face in the morning sun
Flash your pan at the song that I'm singing
Touch down bass living on the run
I make no sweat at the hole that you're digging
Wrap up cold when it's warm outside
Your shit jokes remind me of Digsy's
Be my magic carpet ride
Fly me down to capitol city in the sun
(Chorus): Kickin' up a storm, from the day that I was born,
Sing a song for me, from let it be,
Open up yer eyes, get a grip on yourself inside
You betcha!
(Chorus)
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It's a bit early in the midnight hour for me
To go through all the things that I want to be
I don't believe in everything I see
Y'know I'm blind so why d'you disagree
(Bridge): So take me away cos I just don't want to stay
And the lies you make me say
Are getting deeper everyday
These are crazy days but they make me shine
Time keeps rolling by
(Chorus): All around the world, you've gotta spread the word
Tell them what you heard
We're gonna make a better day
All around the world, you've gotta spread the word
Tell them what you heard
You know it's gonna be o.k.
So what you gonna do when the walls come falling down?
You never move you never make a sound,
Where you gonna swim with the riches that you found?
You're lost at sea I hope that you've drowned
(Bridge)
(Chorus)
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Say something shout it from the rooftops of your head
Make it sort of mean something make me understand
Or I'll forget
The people here on life's beaches
They wish upon a wave that hide the sand
Let them know that life teaches you
To build a castle in your hand
(Bridge): Maybe the songs that we sing are wrong
Maybe the dreams that we dream are gone
So bring it on home and it won't be long
(Chorus): It's getting better man! Hey! What was that you said to me?
Just say the word and I'd be free?
And when the stars are shining bright
It's getting better man!
And crashing in upon a wave It's calling out beyond the grave
And we're the fire in the sky
It's getting better man!
Build something, build a better place and call it home
Even if it means nothing you'll never-ever feel that you're alone