All God’s children
All God’s children
Gather around and see the sun
No hard feelings
Gold on the ceiling
and there’s gravel on the ground
And the rest just fight for scraps
You need to feed them, you know
You need to feed them
So they can hang it out to dry
No use dreaming, baby
There’s no use dreaming
’cause it will cost you your life eventually
That’s a fact
And all the hope is gone
and where all the days have gone
I’ve been waiting much too long
Man… I was rockin’ and a-reelin’
goin’ back an’ forth an’ upwards and downwards
spiralin’ down like the dumb-ass clown I am
I’m just a man
I did reconcile and it took me ages
but still I beat these two old strangers
who should finally shake hands
and make amends and end this fucking war
that’s been goin’ on for ages
that’s been goin’ on for ages
Yeah, that’s been goin’ on for ages
It’s outrageous, yeah
And all the hope is gone
and where all the days have gone
I’ve been waiting much too long
and I can’t wait more or I drown
All God’s children
All God’s children
Gather around and see the sun
All God’s children
Gold on the ceiling
and there’s gravel on the ground
All God’s children
All God’s children
Gather around and see the sun
A2. BLINDS
The world is ours
but inside our heads we roll
If we can’t agree on anything
we need to grow
It’s not about truth now
I never wanted to change ya
Surroundings they change us
all the while
Here we go
So it goes
Throw away everything that’s out of date
Pull the blinds, open the window
Let the music start your day
It’s still just a seed so it’s not too late
It’s a sad song that needs a new refrain
Draw a line
Draw a picture of your mind
Draw a card, memorize it back in time
It’s not about who’s right
It’s about who’s wrong
It’s the same old song we dance around
Here we go
Time to go
Throw away everything that’s out of date
Pull the blinds, open the window
Let the music start your day
It’s still just a seed so it’s not too late
It’s a sad song that needs a new refrain
The same old fight
about who’s wrong
It’s the same old song we dance around
Here we go
So it goes
Throw away everything that’s out of date
Pull the blinds, open the window
Let the music start your day
It’s still just a seed so it’s not too late
It’s a sad song that needs a new refrain
Throw away everything...
A3. COLD WIND BLOWS
Goodbye my loved ones
I go again
And cold wind blows over the hill
There’s no beginning
and there’s no end
I see you there where the dreams never end
Ooh I`m coming
I’ve been roaming for days
I hope I can find the way back to you
before the cold wind blows across the sky
I`m flying like the bird in the sky
I wish I could find
that something I’ve lost in me
I see it in you
Nightingale is crying
in that old pine tree
It tells a tale of boys
trembled by the beast
The storm is rising
We must go again
The sun rises and dies again in the East
Ooh I`m coming
I’ve been roaming for days
I hope I can find the way back to you
before the cold wind blows across the sky
I`m flying like the bird in the sky
I wish I could find
that something I’ve lost in me
I see it in you
I`m coming
Take me home, make me warm, I’m dying
I wish I could find the way back to you
before the cold wind blows across the sky
I`m coming
Take me home, make me warm, I’m dying
I wish I could find
that something I’ve lost in me
I see it in you
Before the cold wind blows across the sky
I’m coming
Before the cold wind blows across the sky
I’m coming
Before the cold wind blows across the sky
A4. WRITINGS ON THE WALL
What have, what have I done
I didn’t commit a crime
I feel like someone else should pay the dues
I see the writings on the wall
and they tell me a story
about pain and love and forbidden glory
Now when I close my eyes
I can hear a man crying
It’s been twenty years since I saw my baby
And I guess she sold our house
and moved to south
I can almost hear the way she moans
”Come back to me”
We will see some other time
in a perfect place
Now when I close my eyes
I can see my baby smiling
I just wanna close my eyes
’cause I can hear my baby crying
I walk, I walk a mile into a room now
and I see all my friends and enemies
B1. TELL ME WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND
Where have you been
What have you done
I’ve seen everything
(and) everything’s been said and done
I don’t know how
I don’t know why
I only see your reflection
when you’re a face on the screen
and I feel million miles away
Tell me what’s on your mind
Let me guess
I can go to hell
Tell me what’s on your heart
or you can go to hell
You can go to hell
But maybe I’m on your side
and I’ll be there as well
Time slips away
Days turn to weeks
Weeks turn to months and baby
months turn to tears
I don’t know how
I don’t know why
I still see your reflection
you’re a face on the screen
and I am million miles away
Tell me what’s on your mind
Let me guess
I can go to hell
Tell me what’s on your heart
or you can go to hell
You can go to hell
But maybe I’m on your side
and we can go to hell
we can go to hell
you can go to hell
and I’ll be there as well
B2. STRANGERS
I’m going back to north-east
I need a break, I need to breathe
I walk across a ghost town
There’s no one there, no one around
And it grows, inside it grows again
(I was) filled with hate
Young and lost without a fate
Now there’s only snow in the tennis court
Where we got high
Again and again and again and again
I crawl
back to my ol’ hometown
Where folks I used to know
are like strangers on a bus
And so I’m supposed to find myself here
But I feel lost and that feeling creeps in
I don’t know how to fight it
I don’t know how to fight it
I don’t know how to fight it
They had it all real well planned
An honest job for an honest man
So no one did understand
When I walked away to be my own man
And it grows, inside it grows again
Again and again and again and again
B3. ELSE, SAINT OF ORPHANS
Oh Else
Saint of Orphans
Let me lie down
on your knee
We’ll rest here
for a while and
I know for sure
Soon you need to leave
And I
I want
you
to know
that I will carry on
So go in peace now
Go with love
and tide will take you
to your mother’s arms
Dear Else
In heaven of Orphans
I’ll never forget you
in my heart
B4. FOREFATHERS
When the day is done
before the morning comes
I will leave this place
to find my own way
The road is crooked and narrow
paved with joy and sorrow
And it’s all we need to know
My heart is broken and hollow
and it’s so hard to swallow
But to the end I’ll follow you
I keep walking
I keep walking
deep into the woods
I keep reaching
I keep reaching
out to forefathers
forefathers
I think I’m still asleep, not awake
But these dreams won’t wait
I see an open door
”What did you come here for?”
I hear voices
I hear voices
echo in my head
I keep calling
I keep calling
my forefathers’ names
fathers’ names
And there
we all sit around the fire
And I can see it in my mind’s eye
The branches of family tree
show me the past and the future is me
Familiar faces around the fire
tell a story of my blood line
When I stare deep into the fire
I see it all come back to life
The path is different for each of us
The swords that once fought
all now have rust
But I don’t want to fight
I’m reaching for the light
and I see myself
comin’ back to life
And there
we all sit around the fire
And I can see it in my mind’s eye
The branches of family tree
show me the past and the future is me
I can’t live my life on the wire
I gotta find what is there for me
The answer’s in family tree
I cannot last if the future ain’t free
