1. |
Don't Wanna Be Like You
02:51
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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)
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2. |
Down To The Water
03:53
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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
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3. |
Endless Life Of Dreams
03:41
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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
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4. |
A Woman Of God
05:51
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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)
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5. |
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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
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6. |
Perfect World
02:53
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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
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7. |
Butterfly
02:33
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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
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8. |
Everybody Work
04:07
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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]
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9. |
I Want It All
04:16
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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
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10. |
Near
03:56
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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
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11. |
Jesus Is God
03:15
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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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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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