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The Highest High
Strength of Character
You did Cut Me
Black Man Ray
Wall of God
Gift of Freedom
King in a Catholic Style
Bigger the Punch I'm Feeling
The World Spins I'm Part of It
Blue Sea
Where is my town the place I love
where I can stay for all time
don't knock it down or build it up
this is my home for all time
Chorus:
St. Kevin taught me how
John the boxer is braver now
Phil the captain of the cause
fight you fight for what is yours
what is yours
I can recall one special day
dressed up in love, only for me
how could I lose, give it away
the highest high you are to me
(chorus)
Work in my world, put up for sale
you buy you me, I buy me you
could I return, give something back
join in the fun, love what I do
Try hard
try hard to care
give a little laughter
and take a bigger share
Chorus:
You really don't need no
you really don't need sympathy
forever in danger
whatever we see
Know why
know where and when
give into the same cause
and talk I with the right men
(chorus)
Take time
time to compare
live a newer lifestyle
and travel everywhere
Hear my silence, see my blindness
a love ascending, and never ending
you did cut me, from the same tree
a love incision, my inner vision
Chorus:
Loving on our hands and knees
always trying hard to please
never in my life have I
questioned or discovered why
Live and discover
take from each other
a love believing
and never decieving
(chorus)
Him say leave now
give and believe how
a love revealing
my inner feeling
Are we believing
Black man ray
are we not happy
in our own way
and we the people
who reason why
forever change
as time goes by
Chorus:
Yes, yes, I could be wrong
why, why, should I pretend
God only knows in the end
Are we believing
the heavenly survive
faith the future
big life on their side
and we the people
who can but try
forever learn
as time goes by
(chorus)
Are we believing
Black man ray
persuasive danger
in everything you say
and we the people
who answer you why
forever doubt
as time goes by
Down on the seabed
crushed by the wave
twisted for money
born I a slave
devil on my back
underneath my skin
laugh at affliction
knock but don't you fall in
fever in my hands
Chorus:
And for the first time
in my small world
I have touched on greater meaning
and for the first time
in my small world
I have given myself to learning
There was a freedom
hard to define
vain and outspoken
like no friend of mine
devil on my back
underneath my skin
laugh at affliction
knock but don't you fall in
fever in my hands
(chorus)
Sail on me sailor
from London to Cairo
drugged up like fisherman
and cast of our halo
devil on my back
underneath my skin
laugh at affliction
knock but don't you fall in
fever in my hands
Freedom for what it's worth
a god-given right
so I am taking, taking it
and no one need qualify
the price you pay
is very low, very low
Chorus:
And will the whole damned world fall down
before we've learned to share what we've found
Freedom from apathy
a god-given choice
so I am taking it, taking it
and no one dare justify
shock policies
run a river dry, river dry
(chorus)
Freedom for everyone
a god-given right
so I'm takin' it, takin' it
and no one need walk alone
so shake your world
into believing it, believing it
King in a Catholic Style (Wake Up)
Wake up, wake up
King in a catholic style
with your man
with your man make up
and your big money business smile
cut 'em up, cut 'em up
crucial to every child
with a mind
with a mind made up
and your main man confidence smile
The residential black sea band
they rose up out of a sinking sand
the presidential elect man said
for what you want takeme instead
Wake up, wake up
exercise your every right
with your plan
on the up and up
and your prize money struggle in sight
cut 'em up, cut 'em up
physical in every way
tough enough, tough enough
face up
and blow your big body blues away
Taken in by what you see
and what you want
you want for free
and could it be
you could be wrong
are we as weak as you are strong
Chorus:
Why do you do that poor man thing
why do you do that poor man
All of my life it's as sharp as the
bigger the punch I'm feeling
You could be close to
the way you want to
why do you do that poor man
there ain't no self doubt
you know no way out
why do you do that poor man
(chorus)
Overcome by what you say
and what you want
is your own way
and could it be
I could be right
you only see life's black or white
The World Spins I'm Part of it
I can't remeber
the places I've seen
I've got me, holes in my pockets
where money has been
this ain't the first time
and it won't be the last
I've got me, loving addiction
affection for the past
Chorus:
But I cannot make no sense of it
and should I try, try, try
the world spins I'm part of it
no wonder why, why, why
Knock on my door
but I won't let you in
I've got me, big dedication
devotion from within
look to my window
see me see you
I've got me, craving collective
the obvoious and new
(chorus)
Talk to me patience
learn all I can
I've got me no education
no moralistic man
this ain't the first time
we've taken to the floor
you've got me, feeling decisive
that's what I want for sure
Imagine the sun
lazy on a deep blue sea
and I cry for the sailor man
and I cry to be free
Fire on the beachhead
reflecting deep blue sea
and we sail from the mainland
and we sail to be free
Whisper softly spoken
echoes from behind
shall we stay until the morning
shall we sail on the tide