1. |
Riding In The Saddle
01:25
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[Spoken, with a sung section]
I started performing songs in 1956, publicly, but I started writing songs a little bit before that. Don’t remember a lot of the songs but eh one of the songs I wrote was a cowboy haha cowboy song, ah-ha. Back in the days when we used to play cowboys and indians. And eh hand, hand me that guitar Charles. It's a twelve string, em, looks like an eleven string. OK, I used to sing this on the ukulele but I don’t have a ukulele anymore so I’ll sing it t', yeah. This is from 1955 or 54 and a half
Ri... Oh it had a use of [Clicks tongue] had eh the horsebeats eh, for percuss'
Riding in the saddle
While going ‘cross the plain
Moving on whenever I can
But stopping when it rains
The only one to talk to is my good old trusty horse
[Laughs]
Well, well that’s about the speed of it. My sisters and I used to sing 'em these songs when company would come over, and eh we’d sing Country Church Country People, and you know I did harmonies. And eh we’d sing eh Hard Luck And Bad News Blues, which was about me getting beat up all the time and I, I eh fantasised this song as though I were a, really in a, a down and out position instead of just a little kid getting beat up all the time. Hard Luck Bad News Blues, from about 1958 or 59
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2. |
Hard Luck Bad News Blues
03:34
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I've been having some hard times
All my life
I hope things change pretty soon
Hard luck and bad news
Has followed me from town to town
All my life my luck's been down
I'm getting so weary
I don't have one friend
Folks turn their backs when I'm around
And where I walk the grass turns brown
No one will come near me
Hard luck and bad news
Hard luck and bad news
If you were in my shoes you'd die
My life's been lonely
I've never heard a kindly word
Ugly names is all I've heard
And mean is how they treat me
Nobody trusts me
They blame me for the fires in town
Claim that hell is where I'm bound
And pray that God will speed me
Hard luck and bad news
Hard luck and bad news
If you were in my shoes you'd die
Woo
Life's not worth living
My sorrow's more than I can say
Tomorrow's just another day
I hate to see the sun rise
Yet maybe someday
I'll find a man to call a friend
I'll be his friend until the end
In loneliness my heart cry
Hard luck and bad news
Hard luck and bad news
If you were in my shoes you'd die [x2]
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Last Sunday there was preaching
We all went out to hear
The little church was crowded
The rich and poor were there
It was a splendid sermon
The singing full and free
Country church, country people
With their eyes upon the Lord
Built a church with a steeple
As a place to hear his word
You can live and die in the same small town
But the Lord spreads his love all around
The choir was dressed in glory (Ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Their voices dressed in love (Ooh ooh ooh)
The music told the story (Ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Of God who sent his son (Ooh ooh ooh)
How Jesus came from heaven (Ah ah ah ah)
To set the sinner free (Ah ah ah ah ah)
Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost
But now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
The choir was finished singing
And the congregation stood
While the spirit touched and filled them (Ooh ooh ooh ooh)
With power, love and good (Ooh ooh ooh)
From God who reigns in heaven (Ah ah ah ah)
Always watching every man (Ah ah ah ah ah)
And guiding all his children
With his kind protecting hand
Oh
Country church, country people
With their eyes upon the Lord
Built a church with a steeple
As a place to hear his word
You can live and die in the same small town
But the Lord spreads his love all around
But the Lord spreads his love all around (Ah ah ah ah)
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4. |
Riding High
02:16
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High, riding high
On a trip in a ship through the sky
I keep looking through the cloud
Everything seems fine
Everything I'll ever want is mine
Riding high
Riding high
On a trip in a ship through the sky
I keep reaching through the mist
Melting fire with snow
Watching changes in the world below
Bap ba ba ba bap ba ba ba bap ba bap ba
Ba ba ba bap ba ba ba bap ba ba ba bap bap
I keep looking through the cloud
Everything seems fine
Everything I'll ever want is mine
High, riding high [x4]
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5. |
Somebody Tell Me My Name
02:55
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As I wander through this city
In a nameless town I walk
Now I've got this empty feeling
Names on sidewalks scribed in chalk
But powdered people cannot talk
Can this be a city's tombstone
Broken neon signs that say
Happy days are here forever
I think I'm in a play
So let me think about today
What will become of me now that I'm here
When will the crowd give a cheer
Have you got the time of day
It doesn't bother me
The time I've got could fill a day
In one eternity
It seems so strange it doesn't change
There's no one here but me
I wouldn't like to take a chance
In real reality
So long ago the city roared
It filled me inside out
Today I find an empty peace
I shatter with my shout
Look into windows where people have been
No one expected to win
Climbing stairs to reach the ending
Of a life that's been a sham
Why should I be left to wander
City won't you take this man
No one left to lend a hand
Everything happens when nothing's the same
Somebody tell me my name
Somebody tell me my name [x8]
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6. |
Soul On Fire
03:43
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When I was a young boy
In a all black neighbourhood
Well it was rough and tumble in a concrete jungle
Hard to do the things you should
But I walked straight and narrow
Hmm I kept looking high
Because Jesus, he set my soul on fire
An' when I was a young man
Temptation was all around
You know when darkness finds you, it slips up behind you
And tries to knock you to the ground
But I just kept on walking
Hmm hmm hmm I was so inspired
Because Jesus, hmm he set my soul on fire
And then a light from above shone down on my face
And lifted me up to a heavenly place
I heard the singing of angels on a distant shore
And Jesus healed me
And brought me back to life once more
[Scatting]
Now I am a grown man
With a vision locked inside my heart
And I speak to men of life and sin
And the need to be set apart
And I can run like a lion
And I do not tire
Because Jesus
He set my soul on fire
Soul on fire
I'm burning with love for God
Soul, soul on fire [x2]
Soul on fire [x9]
Ooh
Mmm
Nimba
Ooh ah
Jesus set my soul on fire
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7. |
Righteous Rocker
04:05
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One two three [Spoken]
You can be a righteous rocker or a holy roller
You can be 'most anything
You can be a child of the slum or a skid row bum
Or you could be a corporate king
You could be a wealthy man from Texas
Or a witch with heavy hexes
But without love you ain't nothing without love
Without love you ain't nothing without love
You can be a brilliant surgeon or a sweet young virgin
Or a harlot out to sell
You can learn to play the blues or be Howard Hughes
Or the Scarlet Pimpernel
You could be a French provincial midwife
Or go from door to door with a death knife
But without love you ain't nothing without love
Without love you ain't nothing without love
Without love you ain't nothing
You ain't nothing without love
Without love you ain't nothing without love
Break
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ah ah
Wo wo oh
You could be a woman feeler or a baby stealer
You could drink your life away
You could be a holy prophet get a blessing off it
You could fast for fifty days
Oh you could shake hands with the devil
Or give your life to God on the level
But without love you ain't nothing
You ain't nothing without love
Without love you ain't nothing without love
Without love you ain't nothing
You ain't nothing (You ain't nothing without love)
Without love you ain't nothing without love
You could be a righteous rocker (Without love you ain't nothing without love)
Alright
You could be a holy roller (Without love you ain't nothing without love)
Ra-ah ra-ah rah, without love
You ain't nothing without love
(Without love you ain't nothing without love)
You ain't nothing, you ain't nothing
(Without love you ain't nothing without love)
Without love
I do believe that without love (Without love you ain't nothing you ain't nothing without love)
Nothing really matters (Without love you ain't nothing without love)
Without love
It don't matter who you are, who you know, where you go
Without love you're nothing (Without love you ain't nothing without love)
You are nothing, you are nothing
You are nothing without (Without love you ain't nothing without love)
Love (Without love you ain't nothing you ain't nothing without love)
(Without love you ain't nothing without love) Aah aah
(Without love you ain't nothing without love)
(Without love you ain't nothing)
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8. |
Shot Down
01:59
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I've been shot down, talked about
Some people scandalize my name
But here I am, talking 'bout Jesus just the same
I been knocked down, kicked around
But like a moth drawn to the flame
Here I am, talking 'bout Jesus just the same
Wo oh oh oh
I been rebuked for the things I've said
For the songs I've written and the life I've led
They say they don't understand me but I'm not surprised
Because you can't see nothing when you close your eyes
They say I'm sinful and backslidden
That I have left to follow fame
But here I am, talking 'bout Jesus just the same
Wo oh oh oh
Go Jonny
Yeah you wanna talk about my life, hey listen to me
You got your facts all backwards, one two three
And spreading rumors and gossip is a real bad game
The only name to spread is Jesus name
I've been shot down, kicked around
But like a moth drawn to the flame
Here I am, talking 'bout Jesus brother
Here I am, talking 'bout Jesus sister
Here I am, talking 'bout Jesus just the same
Wo oh oh oh
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9. |
Watch What You're Doing
06:18
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You watch what you doing' [Spoken, slow speed, reversed]
Watch what you're doing take one [Spoken, slow speed reversed]
Watch what you're doing take one [Spoken, slow speed]
You watch what you doing' [Spoken, slow speed]
I hope you heared me [Spoken, slow speed]
[Music starts]
Mo' guitar [Spoken]
Mmm, mama killed a chicken, she thought it was a duck
She put it on the table with his legs sticking up
Papa broke his glasses when he fell down drunk
Tried to drown the kitty cat, turned out to be a skunk
You gotta watch what you're doing
Didn't you know
Yeah you gotta watch where you're going
Didn't you know
Little Joe Billy went fishing for trout
Played hooky from school 'til the cops found out
Didn't have a father, was an only child
His mama never beat him so he grew up wild
You gotta watch what you're doing
Yeah
I knew a girl, sweet as could be
But she fell for a man like a chain sawed tree
She listened to his lies, was fooled by his charms
Now she's sitting with a baby in her arms
You gotta watch what you're doing
Didn't you know
You gotta watch what you're doing
You oughta know that
You gotta watch out
Watch out
Well everything's fine till things get bad
Then you sit around thinking 'bout the good times you had
But it ain't no good to lead a life of sin
If you don't shape up you know you'll never get in
You better watch what you're doing
Ah don't you know
You oughta know where you're going
Do you know
Some folks smile, they seem alright
Then you later find out it was an angel of light
Try to love everybody but don't be blind
'Cause some kind of people try to mess your mind
You gotta watch who you know yeah
Some folks say that the good Lord's dead
That he doesn't exist 'cept inside your head
I wonder how many gonna be surprised
When they look straight up and see him coming through the skies
You gotta watch what you're doing
Don't you know
'Cause he does yeah
You know he watches what you're doing
Yes he does
You better know where you're going (Ooh ooh)
Yeah yeah yeaow (Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Well well well hutz sut sut
Well well well hutz hutz a mutza
C'mon pilgrim you know he loves you
He loves you more than he loves this cloven earth
Don't make your life bad and start acting like an idiot
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10. |
Give It Up
03:32
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Instrumental
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11. |
Why Should The Punk
01:14
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Just what you fee [BACKWARDS AND AT HALF SPEED]
One two three four [x4]
I want the people to know
That he saved my soul
But I still like to listen to the radio
They say rock and roll is wrong
We'll give you one more chance
I say I feel so good I'm gonna get up and dance
I know what's right, I know what's wrong
I don't confuse it
All I'm really trying to say is
Why should the devil have all the good music
This ain't wrong is what I say
Jesus is the rock and he rolled my blues away
Ahrarararararabababababa
All I'm really trying to say is
Why should the devil
Why should the devil
Why should the devil
Why should the devil have anything
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12. |
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Instrumental
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13. |
If The Bombs Fall
04:37
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If the bombs fall, baby I love you
If they end it all, baby I love you
Through it all, I want you to know I love you
Silver raindrops falling from on high
While a dark red cloud fills up the sky
I don’t want our love to end this way
What about the songs we haven’t sung
What about the things we haven’t done
What’s the matter with this world today
Well if the bombs fall, baby I love you
If they end it all, baby I love you
Through it all, I want you to know I love you
You and I are still so very young
And with love the best is yet to come
God has let me choose you, I don’t wanna lose you
Who can say tomorrow will find its way
Who can say the sun will shine today
Baby I adore you, that’s why I’m living for you
But if the bombs fall, baby I love you
If they end it all, baby I love you
Through it all, I want you to know I love you
And through the years and all the long hard miles
We’ll shed some tears but we will share the smiles
A-don’t cry, I want you to know I love you
If the bombs fall, baby I love you (Ooh ooh ooh ooh)
If they end it all, baby I love you (Ooh ooh ooh ooh)
If the bombs fall, this world of ours (baby I love you) been here a long long time
(If they end it all) The stars above (baby I love you) I love to watch them shine
(If the bombs fall) I need your love (baby I love you) to lead this life of mine
(If they end it all)
Ah wo-oh oh oh oh oh (Baby I love you)
If the bombs fall, baby I love you
If they end it all, baby I love you
If the bombs fall, baby I love you
If they end it all, baby I love you
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14. |
Trinity
01:40
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If The Bombs Fall, eh I wrote that for Sarah and I, I wrote this song, I'm working on it right now it's, it's about her and Michael my little boy, our little boy. And eh, our relationship with God. Hmm. I haven't finished it but it's, it's like this eh [Spoken]
He's my baby
He's my boy
La la la la la la la
La la la la la da da na na na
Na la na la la
Oh she's my woman
She's my wife
She's my love, a friend for life
She helps me face the pain and strife
Until that final day
Ah da da da
La da
Ah la la la da da da
He's my saviour
He's my Lord
He's my rock and he's my sword
Hey da na na na
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Larry Norman Los Angeles, California
American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer. Norman had a major influence on artists as diverse as The Pixies, Guns n' Roses, and U2. After his death in 2008 his most well-known album, 1972's Only Visiting This Planet, was selected for inclusion in The United States Library of Congress for its cultural significance and impact on American culture. ... more
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