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Safecracking

by Larry Norman

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1.
​You're so creative You should be kissed Congratulations now you've made the critics list You're selling tickets Pretending that it's rough To be an artist, hoping no one calls your bluff Don't wanna be like you Don't wanna be like you Who's your designer You look absurd ​Sing like a dilettante, don't understand a word So controversial I've heard your songs You spout philosophy but don't know left from wrong Don't wanna be like you (Don't wanna be like you) Don't wanna be like you (Don't wanna be like, don't wanna be like you) Don't wanna be like you (Don't wanna be like you) Don't wanna be like you (Don't wanna be like, don't wanna be like you) Trapped in the spotlight It tears you apart Poor little rich kid You're breaking my heart You're so enlightened But you don't care From every magazine your dead eyes blankly stare The student journalists All glorify your name You think you're hot, no you're not, you're chasing after fame ​Don't wanna be like you (Don't wanna be like you) Don't wanna be like you (Don't wanna be like, don't wanna be like you)
2.
​Take me down to the water Past the burning tree Put me under the water Set me free I was looking for love On the streets of agony I saw the sky above And the sun was blowing through me I'm coming back with a chance to rise With a chance to rise again The body covered with flies It makes it easier going Knowing that I'm gonna rise I know a love like no other I'm drowning on the shore Sometimes we die for our brother Hand on the heart, reach for the door Reach for the door and rise again Rise again With a chance to rise again Don't believe what they tell you How could they possibly know How their lies will compel you And help you to grow Help you to flow and come back With a chance to rise again Yeah
3.
​​​If you were the mother of my children, the woman in my bed The wife I always wanted, the lover I clothed and fed If you were the muse of inspiration, the candle in my night The queen of my intentions, everything would be all right But you're not a woman I've held and kissed And in truth you possibly don't exist And as real as all this sometimes seems I'm afraid it’s just an endless life of dreams You’re the focus of my passion and I've always felt you near You're the art and film and fashion and the music that I hear You're the fragrance in my garden beyond my fingertips You're the sun on my horizon, you’re the sail upon my ship But you're not a woman I've held and kissed And in truth you probably don't exist And as real as all this sometimes seem I'm afraid it's just an endless life of dreams To breathe and to live, to grow and to give To dream and to laugh and to cry The mysteries of God, the sorrows of time I am listening for the love song, for the harmony and rhyme Life stretched out before me on a road that leads to you You're the reason I keep hoping this kind of love is true No one understands my faithfulness or the way you make me feel It doesn't matter if I find you, it doesn't matter if you're real But you're not a woman I've held and kissed And in truth you probably don't exist And as real as all this sometimes seems I'm afraid it's just an endless life of dreams But you're not a woman I've held and kissed And in truth, probably don't exist And as real as all this sometimes seem I'm afraid it's just an endless life of dreams
4.
​I need a woman who doesn't take drugs, don't mess with men Believes the bible, despises sin Lifts me up instead of knocking me down Follows God 'stead of running around I need a woman who's kind and true I haven't found her but until I do I'll be looking for a woman of God A woman with a righteous heart You know I'm looking for a woman of God Who doesn't easily fall apart I need a woman who knows the measure of what she's worth Stores up treasure but not on earth Seeks God's will in all that's done Keeps her mind on the holy one I need a woman who's kind and true I haven't found her but until I do I'll be looking for a woman of God A woman with a righteous heart You know I'm looking for a woman of God Who doesn't easily fall apart The bible says a good wife who can find, she's more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband is glad in her. She does him good, not evil, all her days. She reaches out to the poor. And her children, her children shall rise up and call her blessed [Spoken] That's why I'm looking for a woman of God A woman with a righteous heart You know I'm looking for a woman of God Who doesn't easily fall apart Yeah-oh-yeah I'm looking for a woman of God A woman with a righteous heart You know I'm looking​ for a woman of God Who doesn't easily fall apart Woah woah, I'm looking for a woman of God A woman with a righteous heart, raaa raaa I'm looking​ for a woman of God Who doesn't easily fall apart Still I'm looking for a woman of God A woman with a righteous heart I'm looking​ for a woman of God Who does not fall apart (Who does not easily fall apart) Yeah eh I keep looking For a righteous heart I would rather be alone Than be wi.., with a woman who does not love you God You cannot take me back to Egypt I am free I have all I need Except Except Except For a woman of God Yeah Woah life is hard Sometimes I feel so, I feel so very, very, very, very (I'm looking for a woman of God) Very (A woman with a righteous heart) Very Very (I'm looking​ for a woman of God) Very (Who doesn't easily fall apart) (I'm looking for a woman of God) (A woman with a righteous heart) Very (I'm looking​ for a woman of God) (Who doesn't easily fall apart) Very (I'm looking for a woman of God) (A woman with a righteous heart) (I'm looking​ for a woman of God) (Who doesn't easily fall apart) (I'm looking for a woman of God) (A woman with a righteous heart) (I'm looking​ for a woman of God)
5.
​Ah Well well well Ah ah ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah-aw Well well well well well well There are two roads in this life One is narrow, one is wide And I know which road to take If I'm to reach the other side I love the Lord And he's coming back one day Stranger won't you change your sinful ways Stranger you can laugh Go ahead and speak with scorn But I bet you won't be laughing On that resurrection morn I love the Lord And he's coming back one day Stranger won't you change your sinful way Yeah [Very faint] Woo Oh yeah Well stranger you could think we're crazy You could say that we are fools But I know where I will be When he's making up his jewels I love the Lord And he's coming back one day Stranger won't you change your sinful way Yeah two roads in this life One is narrow one is wide And I know which road to take If I'm to reach the other side I love the Lord And he's coming back one day Stranger won't you change your sinful ways yeah
6.
Turn off your television There ain't nothing you'll be missing Open up your eyes and look around We're surrounded by corruption A world of self destruction No more lines between what's right and wrong This is right where I belong It's a perfect world It's a perfect world To be or not to be the place for me Is right here, right now Right here, right now ​Right here, right now I bite the hand that feeds me Turn my back on those who need me Right before I kick them when they're down I have learned my lessons clearly From a world that loves me dearly Greed is good and selfishness is fun Look out for number one It's a perfect world It's a perfect world To be or not to be the place for me Is right here, right now Right here Right now It's a perfect world It's a perfect world To be or not to be the place for me Is right here, right now It's a perfect world It's a perfect world And all this hate in me has set me free I'll pass it along
7.
Butterfly 02:33
​​Saw you underneath a leaf And that's when I decided to be a thief I said honey you're a pretty cocoon I just know you're gonna come out soon You're a butterfly And yes I know and I love you You gotta let it show pretty butterfly Won't you come out just for me ye-eh You're a butterfly You're beautiful but you did not know it You're a butterfly You need love but you never show it You need a-warmth You need a-love You need a-nature to give you a shove If you want to start living you gotta start flying Spread your wings and fill the sky You're a butterfly And yes I know you're a butterfly You gotta let it show pretty butterfly Won't you come out just for me yeah Oh won't you come out just for me Now look at you You're a butterfly And yes I know and I love you But it's time to go pretty butterfly Well it's time for me to set you free ye-eh Well it's time for me to set you free One more thing before you go Something I never let anyone know I am lonely, so confused But I never will forget the day I drifted there As I passed along your way ​I saw you underneath a leaf And that's when I decided to be a thief I said honey you're a pretty cocoon I just know you're gonna come out soon You're a butterfly Yes I know and I love you But it's time to go pretty butterfly Well it's time for me to set you free yeah It's time for me to set you Bye bye baby
8.
​​You know the flesh will make you twist and shout So with fear and trembling work your salvation out Everybody work Everybody work There are ten commandments, now get this straight If you keep the first two you'll fulfil the other eight Everybody work Everybody work There's tension between the brothers and the sisters People need to get along Open up your hearts to one another And learn to sing this song Holy spirit will touch your soul Stand still, don't rock and roll Everybody work Everybody work work work work If your woman walks out, starts messing about You must pray for her safety, 'til she works it out Obedience is better than sacrifice If you don't die once then you're gonna die twice Holy spirit make you move about So with fear and trembling work your salvation out Everybody work work Yeah everybody work work work work (Work work) The spirit is willing (Work work) But the flesh is weak And if you're holding (work work) back It's hard to hear (work work) God speak Everybody work work work work Everybody work work work work Everybody work work A long time (work work) ago Jesus came to earth (work work) People didn't wanna know (work work) Went to the church (work) and he said this is wrong (work work) If he were here today he'd (work work) come to us and he'd say this is wrong (work work) You don't really love one another, not yet (work work) you don't I said love them as I love them (work work) Love one another (work work), love one another (work work), love one another (work work) If you don't know what I'm saying (work work) go home and pray (work work) Read your bible and die every (work work) day Everybody work (work work) Oh-eh-oh (work work) Oh oh oh everybody work (work work) (Work work) Everybody work (work work) (Work work) Everybody work work work (work work) work work Everybody work (work work) work work wo-wo-wo-oh Everybody work (work) Everybody work ​Yeah [Spoken]
9.
I wanna weep in the moonlight I wanna sleep in the rain I wanna walk on the line between pleasure and pain I'm gonna follow the vision And lie among Yorick's sweet bones I'm gonna rattle the ground where they sit on the thrones My battle's begun I've got no army at all I'm not gonna run So why waste time learning to crawl I want it all Yeah I want it all With my head in my hands I heard my father call And I want it all Sanity tries to escape me I'm dreaming of handsaws and hawks I think I'll go crazy if I don't get out of this box I'm breathing the pestilent vapors I'm holding the world in a shell I wanna see heaven, I've already lived here in hell I'm walking on wind I'm not gonna fall From here where I stand The world looks decidedly small I want it all Yeah I want it all I can see everything when my back's to the wall And I want it all My head's in the sun I'm a thousand feet tall From here where I stand The world looks decidedly small I want it all Oh yes I want it all With my blood on the sword I heard destiny call I want it all I want it all Oh yeah I want it all With my hand in the sky I heard destiny call I want it all
10.
Near 03:56
​​​When you are lost When you are sad You must remember all the love we had Try not to hurt Try not to cry Keep your head up and look into the sky Oh don't wonder why, for I am near Please say a prayer When you think of me And I'll be there even if you can't see I love your heart With all of mine Yours is the love that I could never find Because I was so blind, but I am near I feel so far from where I know that I should be Oh will I ever find my way I’ve climbed the mountain and as far as I can see This is the way that things will stay Don't be sad And don't despair God knows your every thought and he is there He is your house He is your place I feel his love when I recall your face Or I look into space, for he is near For he is near For he is near
11.
Jesus Is God 03:15
​You put the sword into his side And left him hanging crucified Defeated by the power of sin You laughed out loud and walked away Convinced the world was yours that day Not knowing he would rise again You tried your best to kill His spirit with your will It didn't work the way you thought Jesus is God Jesus is God You come against us with a sword But we're the children of the Lord You'll lose the war before it's fought You tried to steal the crown You tried to pull us down But with his blood we've all been bought Jesus is God Jesus is God No repentance No forgiveness No escape to get you through No salvation Nothing you can do Nothing you can do [x2] Pride went before the fall You planned to rule us all What happened to your brilliant plot Jesus is God Jesus is God Jesus is God Nothing you can do Jesus is God Nothing you can do ​Jesus is God

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This is how Larry described this album when it was released: This album contains almost all of Larry's rare recordings and previously unreleased songs which were featured in the seven Essential CDs. Because not everyone has heard these recordings, and because they were bootlegged off of his private Essential albums and then sold as a counterfeit CD, Larry decided that he would release his own version of the best songs, and his favorite songs, and make this album.

So, in essence a compilation of the unique songs from the Essential series of compilations. Ironically, several of the songs, or version of the songs included here were not actually from the Essential Series!

The cover photograph was taken in a London hotel room during the mini European tour that followed the 2005 Elsinore concert. Mark Lemhouse is pictured throwing a television set, photoshopped to look more safe-like.

Note that the song Waves Of Grace is not included in this Bandcamp release, due to their policy on cover versions.

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released December 1, 2006

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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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