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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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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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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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   
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