1. |
Time Traveller
02:57
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Verse #1:
Am
- Nostradamus
F E
Talked about the end
Am
Where many live unhappily
F E
And many just pretend
Am
Well one man he could see
F E
Mad-ness
Am
A world that has no peace
F E
He said it’s time for me, to disappear
Verse#2:
Am
So he locked himself away
F E
Deep beneath the sand
Am
And tinkered in his lab until,
F E
he came up with his plan
Am
His years of work paid off
F E
It seemed endless
Am
He built himself his strange machine
F E Am
And he travelled deep into the 4th dimension
Outro:
Time Traveller, Time Traveller, woah
Time Traveller, he said it’s time for me to
Disappear
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2. |
Fool Pollution
03:03
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Verse #1:
I know a guy who’s got it all (Fool Pollution)
One million things, big and small (Foll Pollution)
And he may never ever know, there’s more to life than things of gold
The world is in his hands, but his eyes are closed
Verse #2:
I know a girl who’s done it all (Fool Pollution)
She’s been around the world and now she hides behind a wall
And I believe she’s hiding cuz she’s too afraid to see
There’s always more to do than what you’ve done, it could be so fun
Verse #3:
I knew a kid who loved the stars
When he grew up his dream was to be the first on Mars
And maybe someday he will be like they are
And lose sight of his dreams, for something... he don’t believe.
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3. |
The Wagon Master
03:33
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Verse#1
I’ve got to follow the sun
You could have come on the run
All the stars would be up there for us
We’d follow them long as we must
Chorus:
What are you waiting for?
To see a shooting star?
Why don’t you come with me
And be free
Verse #2
On my travels I’ve seen many things
And this is the message I bring
If you find that you need to break free
A Wagon-Master you must seek.
CHORUS
Bridge:
She feels trapped,
she knows it’s not the way,
but she can’t help but stay
Will she run with me someday?
Will she run with me –
Verse #3
(Bah-Bahm -Bahhh x4)
You could be here by my side
But you’ve got your life, I’ve got mine
All of my love is for you
Should you follow me we couldn’t lose
CHORUS
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4. |
Far From Here
02:21
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I think I’m brave enough to leave now
I’ve been stickin’ ‘round for much too long
All I need is some,
Fresh new air to breathe
Far from here
Far from here, far from home
Well I don’t know
What life is all about
And if I stay here
Ya know, I’ll never figure out
Chorus:
And so I’m off
To the city
Through the country
No it ain’t easy
To get up & go
To leave everyone you know
To find a new place where I can call my home
Far from here, far from here
Far from here, oh, far from home
I think I best be movin’ on now
I had the best times & the worst times in this town
All I need is some,
Fresh new air to breathe
Far from here
Far from here, far from home
Well, I don’t know
What life is all about
And if I stay here
Ya know, I’ll never figure out
CHORUS
Outro:
(Far from here <x8> + far from home)
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5. |
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Verse #1:
Today’s the day
The day I break away
I’ve seen enough
Know this ain’t love
Ain’t so bad - to try somethin’ new
Take what you know - and ya put it to use
The mountain is steep - but together we’ll climb
Build a dream - side by side
Chorus:
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here, you might ask
Where do we go from here, when the cows come home?
Chorus Bridge:
We have got to get together
One more time
The time is now
To get together somehow
Bridge:
Things could be better - don’t be a spectator
Share ideas - And watch them grow
Don’t you worry - you’re not alone
Verse #2:
The time is now
Gotta make it somehow
Yeah today’s the day
The day I make the change
A time to be free
A time for peace
A time to get together
one more time
CHORUS
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6. |
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Verse#1:
Are you ready yet?
Is the stage not set?
Can you hear the drums?
Hope for rising suns
Is the mission clear?
Can you triumph over fear?
What is all this for?
All is fair in love & war...
But in your search for truth
Have you kept in view
What it means to be
Part of humanity?
Chorus:
Oooo – oo-oo-oo –
Never gonna bring me down
Oooo – oo-oo-oo –
Yeah
Oooo – oo -oo-oo –
Never gonna bring me down
No, no no, no, no
(Bring him on down
Bring him on down now <x4>)
Instrumental
Verse #2:
Can you sense a threat?
Though your friends don’t yet
But you try to say,
Things have got the change
Know you’re gaining ground,
Though they may put you down
Stay true to you,
Seek out the truth
Instrumental Bridge
Verse #3:
Could it be the times?
Could it be their crimes?
How do we forget blame?
How do we make the change?
And when it all goes down
Will you stick around?
Would you play your part?
What would it take to make you start?
CHORUS
Verse #4/Outro:
Watch us turn the tide
Watch us multiply
Because it has begun
Though you may thought that
you had won
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7. |
The Captain's Hat
04:01
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It’s nothing new
From the national reporters
As they read the teleprompter
Someone speakin’ in their eardrum
They’re sayin’ food
Will be going up in price
Me & you must pay twice
The economy ain’t nice
And the years roll on by
With no compromise in sight
And no directionary light
Is ever gettin’ televised
And the people turn a blind eye
Cuz we’re workin’ every day & night
Time is getting hard to find
And we’re only barely gettin’ by
Chorus #1:
But we – all – want – to
see – this – world get much better
than this
But they’ll tell ya, “that’s just the way things are”...
Take to the streets!
It’s a simple reaction
To the global distraction
The economy is crashin’
Terrorism runnin’ rampant
Military got your country
Gotta keep the jobs a comin’
But your money ain’t worth nothin’
Why are ya tryin’ to buy your freedom?
We gotta take to the streets!
If they wanna play their game
We can play it just the same
We’ve been waitin’ for the change
We all been dreamin’
Of a better world to come
But we’re under the gun
Of a system gone wrong
Chorus #2:
But I, for one, can see a better way
Just gotta ---------------- Stop, Look, & Listen
Bridge ‘A’:
How do we know
When to put the Captain’s Hat on?
How do we know
When to put the Captain’s Hat on?
You say you know me, but you never tried
You never tried
Bridge ‘B’:
I don’t pretend to know
Who’s steering this ship we’re on
But I ain’t the only one
Who knows that the time has come
Woah, the time has come...
Chorus #3/Finale:
I just want - to ask you - a question
How can you represent a population?
You’ve never - asked us - a single question
You don’t know - who I am - who they are
And so I - can see that – you don’t care
What I think, what they think
How have you been going for so long?
So long...
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8. |
Get Up!
03:30
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Intro:
It’s not a dream –
Verse #1
Get Up!
I said ‘Get Up’!
Got some work to do
Have ya heard the news?
Everybody’s talkin’
Bout the green & blues
Verse #2
Get Up!
I said ‘Get Up’!
Got to plant the seed
In society
And pave another step
Toward Utopian dreams
Bridge:
But it’s not a dream
It can be reality...
We can feed all the hungry people
Free electricity
Take away all the poor man’s shackles
Set him free
Talkin’ freedom
No more people in the streets
Long Instrumental Bridge
Verse #3
Aw, Get Up!
I said ‘Get Up’!
Got to make your move
If you don’t, that’s cool
But do you want someone to build a future
Without you?
Outro:
It’s not a dream—It’s not a dream
Seems like a dream—But it’s not a dream
It’s reality—it’s reality
This is not a dream...
Get Up!
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9. |
Yes We Can
03:00
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Verse #1
Somethin’s happening today
People acting in a different way
The world’s begun to change
Everybody’s trying to change their ways
And even in the worst of times
I look around and I can still see the smiles
And it almost brings a tear to my eye...
Chorus:
(yes we can) Yes we can
I still believe that it’s true
(yes we can) Yes we can
But it’s still up to me and you
(yes we can) Yes we can
Just look what one person can do
Oh yeah
Bridge:
Cuz times are changing
We gotta too
Yeah, me and you
Seize the day and
Pave the way for future generations
Verse #2:
Somethin’s happenin’ today
People comin’ back together again
And if you said that things couldn’t change
2 million people make ya think it again
It won’t be – an easy road
But if we all get together and make positive art
We can really start to change the world
CHORUS/OUTRO
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10. |
Couchfire
04:10
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Intro/Verse #1:
Saturday
Playin’ on the beach again
Find the groove
And we’ll be jammin’ all afternoon
We been jammin’ through the tough times
Now we’re gonna jam for you
After that there’s a Couchfire
We’re all going to, alright
Blues Verse/#2:
Livin’ on the beach
We had no money no car
We had no food, no destination
Celebrated with a Cuban cigar
And when the night time came around
We made a livin’ off of playin’ guitar
Sounded somethin’ like this...
Outro/Verse #3:
And in the night
Couchfire’s burning bright
City folk
Gotta teach em bought the Rock&Roll
We been jammin’ in the courthouse
Now we’re gonna jam for you
Everybody at that Couchfire,
They’re waiting for the tunes we knew
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11. |
Jekyll & Hyde
07:36
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‘Jekyll’:
Verse #1
Doctor Jekyll and his thoughts
Battled calmly in the night
One said yes, and one said no
And so he could not decide
The problem is I cannot think
With you in my mind, he said.
When morning comes, I will expell you
And give you your own time, to shine...
Instrumental
Verse #2
And so the fears that built inside
Became a part of his mind
He sought to rid himself of all the things
Society’s frightened by
The Bunsen burner sizzled
One step closer to the master plan
Temptation overcame him
His redemption or his doom is in his hands...
The Potion:
Toiling with his alchemy
He’s been a busy man indeed
He plans to tear away
A part of him that was meant to stay
To all his dark secrets he would say good-bye
And witness the birth of Mr.Hyde...
‘Hyde’ Instrumental (5/4)
‘Death of the Duo’ Outro
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12. |
UFO
03:37
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Verse #1:
There’s a superconductor rotating in the atmosphere with radio waves
It’s a spinning machine & it’s weaving its own gravity in time & space
It’s producing negative mass with no combusting gases, and I’m on my way
It can move at faster-than-light speeds, by warping Bose-Einstein Condensate
Cuz I got a new hot rod, that can get from here to Mars, in the blink of an eye
And if you want, yeah, you can come too, on a UFO ride!
Verse #2:
We’re goin’ to Alpha Centauri, there’s a beach there that you just gotta see
I got a friend buggin’ me to come visit Epsilon Eridani
Or we could go to Zeta Riticuli & watch both suns set in the Serpo sky
But we can’t stay long, we got Sirius business, there’s a party ‘round the Dog star tonight
Cuz I got a new hot rod that can travel through the stars in the blink of an eye
And if you want, yeah, you can come too, on a UFO ride
Instrumental
Verse #3:
We got a future together explorin’ all the stars in the sky
And if we come in peace, I think the human race will do just fine
The Galaxy is hopin’ that humanity will open its eyes
Cuz it’s a great big world, and it’s time to take the wheel & drive
Cuz I got a new hot rod that can travel through the stars in the blink of an eye
And if you want, yeah, you can come too, on a UFO ride!
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