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The palace guards are all sleeping Their fires burn into the night There's a threat of rain on the dark horizon And all that’s left is a quarter moon of light He climbs up through the darkness No weapon but his surprise The greatest thief in the high Sahara Enters the room where a sleeping princess lies All your money, your pretty necklace This is my work on such a night There's a storm coming over the mountain I'll be gone long before the morning After the rain has fallen After the tears have washed your eyes You find that I've take nothing, that Love can't replace in the blink of an eye He was as gentle as the night wind As no lover had been before And the rings she wore for her bride groom Slipped from her fingers and fell to the floor Take me with you, take me with you Before my lonely life is set I've been promised to another To a man I've never even met After the rain has fallen After the tears have washed your eyes You'll find that I’ve take nothing, that Love can't replace in the blink of an eye After the thunder's spoken, and After the lightning bolt's been hurled After the dream is broken, there’ll Still be love in the world She said take me to another life Take me for a pirate’s wife Take me where the wind blows Take me where the red wine flows Take me to the danger Take me to the life of crime Take me to the stars Take me to the moon while we still have time After the rain has fallen After the tears have washed your eyes You'll find that I've taken nothing, that Love can't replace in the blink of an eye After the thunder's spoken, and After the lightning bolt's been hurled After the dream is broken, there’ll Still be love in the world Still be love in the worldAin't No Sunshine
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone It's not warm when she's away Ain't no sunshine when she's gone And she's always gone too long anytime she goes away Wonder this time where she's gone Wonder if she's gone to stay Ain't no sunshine when she's gone And this house just ain't no home anytime she goes away And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know Hey, I ought to leave the young thing alone But ain't no sunshine when she's gone, only darkness everyday Ain't no sunshine when she's gone And this house just ain't no home anytime she goes away Anytime she goes away Anytime she goes away Anytime she goes away Anytime she goes awayAll Four Seasons
With her smile as sweet as a warm wind in summer She's got me flying like a bird in a bright June sky And then just when she thinks that I've got her number Brings me down to the ground with her wintry eye That's my baby She can be all four seasons in one day And when the nighttime comes with no interference To our warm summer love with all its charms But like a thoroughbred horse she can turn on a sixpence And I find that I'm back in mistress winter's arms That's my baby She can be all four seasons in one day How will I know? How can I tell? Which side of the bed she takes when the day begins She can be kind She can be cruel She's got me guessing like a game show fool She can change her mind like she changes her sweaters From one minute to the next it's hard to tell She blows hot and cold just like stormy weather She's my gift from the lord or a fiend from hell That's my baby She can be all four seasons in one day Watching the weatherman's been no good at all Winter, spring, summer, I'm bound for a fall There are no long term predictions for my baby She can be all four seasons in one day How will I know? How can I tell? Which side of the bed she takes when the day begins She can be kind She can be cruel She's got me guessing like a game show fool If it's a sunny day I take my umbrella Just in case the raindrops start to fall You could say that I'm just a cautious fellow I don't want to be caught in a sudden squall That's my baby She can be all four seasons in one day That's my baby She can be all four seasons in one dayAll This Time
I looked out across The river today, I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower Where the seagulls play. I saw the sad shire horses walking home In the sodium light I saw two priests on the ferry October geese on a cold winter's night And all this time, the river flowed Endlessly to the sea. Two priests came round our house tonight One young, one old, to offer prayers for the dying To serve the final rite, One to learn, one to teach, Which way the cold wind blows Fussing and flapping in priestly black Like a murder of crows And all this time, the river flowed Endlessly to the sea If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river And I'd bury the old man, I'd bury him at sea Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of a needle And as these words were spoken I swear I hear The old man laughing, 'What good is a used up world, and how could it be worth having' And all this time the river flowed Endlessly like a silent tear And all this time the river flowed Father, if Jesus exists, Then how come he never lived here. The teacher told us, the Romans built this place They built a wall and a temple, an edge of the empire Garrison town, They lived and they died, they prayed to their gods But the stone gods did not make a sound And their empire crumbled, 'til all that was left Were the stones the workmen found And all this time the river flowed In the falling light of a northern sun If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river Men go crazy in congregations But they only get better One by one One by one...Another Day
Every day that goes by, a new hungry baby starts to cry Born astride a painful grave, drowned in hunger's tidal wave Pick a child that you can save, it'd be the only one If Africa escapes starvation, not only food but education The desert grows with every minute, trapping everybody in it All the children look the same, they wonder why they came (But) it's hard to tell the poison from the cure Harder still to know the reson why (why why) The only thing I really know for sure Is that another day, another day's gone by (Bye bye...) Every day that goes by, a brand new missile points towards the sky We're survivors of a game of chance, beneath an arms race avalanche If you survive this winter's cold, you'd be the only one If we escape anhillation, not only hope but education The world is ruled by Bellophiles(see note), adding to their weapon piles Imagine what your taxes buy, we hardly ever try [chorus] Oh that this too sullied flesh would melt and resolve into a dew Suffocating lassitude, drowning in my platitude Trapped by insecurities, I'm not the only one If I survive this dislocation, have to use my education The world is ruled by Bellophiles, adding to their weapon piles Imagine what your taxes buy, we hardly ever try [chorus]Arrival
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