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Street Level

by Larry Norman

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    Bonuses: Scans and photos from the 2011 Fuller Exhibition, of the gas mask, of the LP insert and of a Sigrid Jane acetate.
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1.
​The word is revolution But no one’s fired the shot Each side has its battle plans A million counterplots And the world is closely watching As we near the battle line But if you’re truly wise You’ll keep your eyes on Palestine The water is polluted And the air is filled with death And some day it won’t be easy To stop and catch your breath It’s all in Revelations It’s part of the design And if you’re truly wise You’ll keep your eyes on Palestine Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah [x2] I marched for peace in Washington And things were getting hot Mmm mmm, I gave blood in Chicago Went anaemic on the spot I woulda hitch-hiked to Toronto But it’s all a waste of time So I’m writing down this song to you To sing and pass along to you And if you’re truly wise You’ll keep your eyes on Palestine A bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah Revolution A bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah Peace and pollution A bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah A tribulation Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah la-an bah bah Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah Revolution Bah bah bah bah lah lan bah bah bah bah [Coughs] Oh pollution Tribulation Mmm mmm ooh ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ooh mmm ow
2.
There are christians in Russia, they meet underground In China they're killed when they're found And in Cuba the christians live up in the hills Because it’s not safe in the town And to think it might happen right here in America I know you think it’s not true But it’s happening to christians right here in America Wait till it happens to you The christians in Berkeley are passing out bibles and food to the hungry They're hoping to help out the people this way But there are threats on the lives of their leaders and wives They're not welcome to stay And to think it might happen right here in America Maybe you think it’s not true If you think it’s not happening right here in America Wait till it happens to you There's an underground church and it’s following Jesus And hoping to meet people's needs But we don't have the time to build nice little churches Besides we don't need to We're holding our church in the streets And we are passing out leaflets and underground pamphlets From Buffalo to Monterey And we're talking ‘bout Jesus and all of a sudden We're arrested and taken away So I ask you America, where do you stand Your people are starving, they're beaten and they're raped And they're dying in jail cells, so what are your plans I'm not talking to congress or you politicians Or panthers or muslims or Nixon or Birch I'm addressing this song to the church Cause I've been in your churches and sat in your pews And heard sermons on just how much money you'll need for the year And I've heard you make reference to Mexicans, Chinamen, niggers and Jews And I gather you wish we would all disappear And you call yourselves christians when really you're not You're living your life as you please If you're really a christian then put down yourself And follow wherever God leads I'm not talking religion, I'm talking ‘bout Jesus Put all your plans on the shelf Let's stop marching for peace and start marching for Jesus And peace will take care of its self Well I pray that we christians will get off our sofas And stand up for what we believe The time is too short and Christ is returning We'd better get ready to leave We who are christians should turn on the light So the truth will shine bright as the day Jesus will come like a thief in the night And he'll steal all who love him away There are christians in Russia, they meet underground In China they're killed when they're found And in Cuba the christians live up in the hills Because it’s not safe in the town And to think it might happen right here in America I see you shaking your heads And I hear you saying it just can't be true But it's happened to me right here in America Wait till it happens to you
3.
Life was filled with guns and war And everyone got trampled on the floor I wish we’d all been ready Children died, the days grew cold A piece of bread could buy a bag of gold I wish we’d all been ready There’s no time to change your mind The son has come And you’ve been left behind A man and wife asleep in bed She hears a noise and turns her head, he’s gone I wish we’d all been ready Two men walking up a hill One disappears and one’s left standing still I wish we’d all been ready There’s no time to change your mind The son has come And you’ve been left behind La la la la la la la La-la la la la la la Ah da na-ah-ah Life was filled with guns and war And everyone got trampled on the floor I wish we’d all been ready Children died, the days grew cold A piece of bread could buy a bag of gold I wish we’d all been ready There’s no time to change your mind How could you have been so blind The father spoke, the demons dined The son has come An' you’ve been left behind You’ve been left behind [x4] ​Ah. Hallelujah [Spoken, by compere]
4.
​One, two, three, four I bought a ticket for South East Asia I packed my camera and press card badge They only paid me to stay the weekend What if I never come back The flight was pretty rough Got a room, took a shower The bellboy gook put my bags on the bed He left without his tip, he-heh Then I loaded up my Hasselblad full of film And I stepped outside, stepped outside, yeah I’m taking pictures of burning houses Colour movies of misery I hear the sound of guns How red the mud becomes I’ve got a close up view I am, I am, I am The six o’clock news What can I do All those kids without shoes What can I do Military coups What can I do I’m the six o’clock news Yeah Ooh ooh ooh-ooh ooh Get back from Vietnam I’ve got a suite at the Saigon Hilton Cocktail parties with General Ky We talk about how the war is going And watch his colour TV I’m the six o’clock news What can I do Drinking black market booze What can I do Red and white and true blue What can I do I am, I am, I am, I am, I am The six o’clock news We-ah Catch my plane flight back to the mainland Fall asleep to the engine’s drone I see the (we-ah) sound of guns How red the mud becomes I’ve got a close up view I am, I am, I am, I am, I am The six o’clock news What can I do All those kids without shoes What can I do Napalm tattoos What can I do Guerrilla rendezvous What can I do [x2] Yeah What can I do [x2] I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am The six o’clock news (CBS, ABC, NBC) Yeah CBS, ABC, NBC [x2] ​Ah-eh Ah-ah-aah ​Woh
5.
​She’s a dancer in the garden And she dances with the flowers In the early morning hours When the wind shifts And the fog drifts She’s a dancer She’s a dancer and she knows it Everywhere she goes she shows it Condescending Not pretending No regretting No forgetting She’s a dancer And on my early morning walks I often find her I sit pretending that I’m looking at the paper Ooh-ooh And on my early morning walks I often find her I sit pretending that I’m looking at the paper Ooh-ooh And when people stop to watch her She pretends she doesn’t see them Doesn’t need them And where she goes There the wind blows Though it’s only with the flowers That she dances And on my early morning walks I often find her I sit pretending that (I sit there) I’m looking at the paper Ooh-ooh
6.
​​I don't wanna lose you to somebody else I wanna keep you all to myself Don't wanna lose you, lose you You keep me deeply satisfied All of the time You know I love you All of the time Don't wanna lose you, lose you I was lost and hungry Love, love is what you brung me If I ever see you start to run around I'll break down 'Cause I don't wanna lose you to somebody else I wanna keep you all to myself Don't wanna lose you, lose you No Hmm hmmm Oh Pa pa pa pa pa [x2] Lose you Loo-hoo-oose you I was lost and hungry Love, love is what you brung me If I ever see you start to run around I'll break down 'Cause I don't wanna lose you to somebody else I wanna keep you all to myself Don't wanna lose you, lose you To somebody else I wanna keep you all to myself Don't wanna lose you (Lose) I don't wanna lose you to somebody else I wanna keep you all to myself Don't wanna lose you ​ I don't wanna lose you [x2] Lose you, lose you, lose you Lose you, lose you, lose you ​Lose you
7.
One two oomph [Spoken] ​The price of living's going up today And costs are at an all-time high I hold my head 'cause so am I It's getting hard to find a place to stay It’s overcrowded and it’s dirty, yes it is And I don't want to sleep with thirty other kids This isn't living, I feel like giving up But if I'm strong, I'll get along Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday It’s another week Life goes on, even for a freak Life is rough but I'll make it through Me, I'm tough, I know what to do The price of living's going up today And costs are at an all-time high I hold my head 'cause so am I Ba ba baa-a-ah
8.
Sigrid Jane 02:08
​Ow ow ow ow ow Ow ow ow ow ow Sigrid Jane Jane Jane You're so plain plain plain But I love you Sigrid Jane Jane Jane You're insane Sigrid Jane But I love you You’re never treated anything but wrong And no one's ever loved you for long But you were sure that someday love would ride You knew that love would come along and be a welcome surprise Sigrid Jane Jane Jane You're so plain plain plain But I love you Yeah Sigrid Jane Jane Jane You're insane Sigrid Jane But I love you You’re never treated anything but wrong You never curse The worst you do is bite your tongue You're never mad You try to get along The world around you falls and you stay strong But how long Sigrid Jane Jane Jane Ow ow ow ow ow Oh I love you Sigrid Jane Jane Jane Oh you're so strange And I love you Sigrid Jane Jane Jane Ow ow ow ow ow Oh I love you Sigrid Jane Jane Jane You're so strange And I love you Sigrid Jane Jane Jane (Wo Sigrid Jane) Jane Jane Jane What plain Jane Oh Sigrid Jane Sigrid Jane Jane Jane Oh Sigrid Jane You’re so strange ​Really strange
9.
​I had a baby out of wedlock Her old man got me in a headlock I was an unwed father But don't bother feeling sorry for me I took a lot of LSD I smoked a lot of mar-ja-weenie But it did not help me It did not set me free Jesus, why'd you go and do it Why’d you help a guy like me You saved me, you forgave me And I swear you set me free Aw, you took away my problems One by one I guess you knew what you was doing When you sent your son You know the way that I’ve been living Has been taking without giving And I hurt a lot of people And I lost my friends I spent a little time in prison But I know the Lord has risen And I'll never need To be locked up again Oh Jesus, why'd you go and do it Why’d you help a guy like me Saved me, you forgave me And I swear you set me free Aw, you took away my problems One by one I guess you knew what you was doing When you sent your son I think you knew what you was doing When you sent your son
10.
One Way 02:43
​One way, one way to heaven Hold your fingers high One way, free and forgiven Children of the sky Two roads diverged in the middle of my life I heard the poet say I took the one less travelled by And that’s made the difference Every night and every day, I say One way, one way to heaven Hold up high your hand Follow, free and forgiven Children of the lamb In my youth I knew the truth But I spent many years just sitting on the wrong track Now that I’m older I’m bolder And it’s high time I should be getting back And that’s a fact One way, one way to heaven Hold up high your hand Follow, free and forgiven Children of the lamb There’s only one way to heaven Look inside you He will guide you ​ One way, one way to heaven Hold up high your hand Follow, free and forgiven Children of the lamb
11.
​Rolling on Blue Shoes White take one One two three ten [Spoken] One two three four I had the rhythm of living in my shoes Along come the rhythm and blues The blues caught up and put me in a trance And my shoes refused to dance, dance, dance, dance, wo-oh My life began to slip and slide And I had no hope No place to hide I borrowed a gun, I had nothing to lose I figured it’s time to hang up my shoes He came along that very day He asked me why I walk this way My soles half worn and my tongue hung about And with broken laces I’m tripping out He said to me, get up and walk And I said, why don’t we sit down and talk He said, how ‘bout a new soul I uh-ah, no chance I’m going to put these shoes in an ambulance Be-oo-bop bea-bow-ow He reached right out and touched my toes Everybody knows how the rest of the story goes If you’re steppin’ though life, then my appeal Is to follow in his footsteps and get your soles re-heeled And if ya, ya huh, you wanna give your feet a treat Honey, get ready to walk down the golden street But be careful how you use your shoes And don’t waste your time on the rhythm and blues, ooh He turns blue shoes white He turns blue shoes white He makes your wrong feet go right He turns your black soul white, that’s right He turns blue shoes white, c’mon man He turns blu-oo-ooh shoes white ????? white White like a light, light He turns blue-ue-ue-ue-ue shoes Go on shine ‘em up, come on, come on, tie ‘em right, tie ‘em right Keep it going, come on, get my feet moving, come on Tell me what ​Let's try one more time. Or do we have enough tape [Spoken]
12.
Darkness can't hide much longer The spirit is getting stronger You keep the dance halls humming But the end of the age is coming I've searched all around the world to find a grain of truth I've opened the mouth of love and found a wisdom tooth Maybe you think I'm plastic But your situation's drastic I'm glad my faith is stronger This world won't last much longer I've searched all around the world to find a place of peace I've sat in the shade of God and watched the joy increase Na na na na na na Ooh ooh ooh ooh Maybe you think I'm plastic But your situation's drastic This time you can't restrain me Though in the past you've slain me Maybe you think I'm wrong now But this is my only song now I've searched all around the world to find a grain of truth I've opened the mouth of love and found a wisdom tooth Yes I've searched all around the world to find a place of peace I've sat in the shade of God and watched the joy increase Well I've searched all around the world to find a grain of truth And I've opened the mouth of love and I found a wisdom tooth Yes I've searched all around the world to find a place of peace And I've sat in the shade of God and I’ve watched the joy increase I said I've searched all around the world to find a grain of truth I've opened the mouth of love and found a wisdom tooth
13.
​No more LSD for me, I met the man from Galilee And he saved my soul, he made me whole And heaven is my home Mmm-mm-hmm-hmm He takes good care you know He's everywhere you go He fed me bread and he fixed my head Untangled all my threads Take a chance with Jesus, I highly recommend it Let him change your heart, let him mend it Take a chance with Jesus Ask him in and forget your sin Sing a song that sets you free Sing a song of calvary They stole his duds and shed his blood But he rose up from the mud No more LSD for me, I met the man from Galilee I'm so happy, yes I am I've been washed in the blood of the lamb Take a chance with Jesus, and do yourself a favour Let him change your life, let him be your saviour Take a chance with Jesus God don't shove but the love's above No more LSD for me, I met the man from Galilee I'm so happy yes I am I've been washed in the blood of the lamb Sing a song that sets you free mama, sing a song of calvary I said I'm so happy, oh yes I am I've been washed in the blood of the lamb Wo-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Jesus fished because we floundered Jesus walked upon the waves And the world is sick, Jesus heals And only Jesus saves He took away my problems one by one I guess you knew what you was doing when you sent your son I guess you knew what you was doing when you sent your son I guess you knew what you was doing when you sent your son You took away my fears I guess you knew what you was doing when you sent your son You wiped away my tears I guess you knew what you was doing when you sent your son He makes me feel so good I guess you knew what you was doing when you sent your son I hope it's understood I guess you knew what you was doing when you sent your son He came into my heart I guess you knew what you was doing when you sent your son I got a brand new start Sing a song that sets you free, sing a song of calvary I'm so happy, yes I am I've been washed in the blood of the lamb [x2]
14.
Sipping whiskey from a paper cup You drown your sorrows ‘til you can’t stand up Take a look at what you’ve done to yourself Why don’t you put the bottle back on the shelf Yellow fingered from your cigarettes Your hands are shaking while your body sweats Why don’t you look into Jesus He's got the answers Gonorrhoea on valentine’s day (VD [Spoken very faintly]) If you’re still looking for the perfect lay You think rock ’n’ roll will set you free Honey, you’ll be deaf before you’re thirty three Shooting junk until you’re half insane Broken needle in your purple vein Why don’t you look into Jesus He's got the answers You work all night, sleep all day Take your money, throw it all away You say you’re gonna be a superstar But you've never hung around enough to find out who you really are Now think back to when you were a child Your soul was free and your heart ran wild Each day was different, life was a thrill You knew tomorrow would be better still But things have changed, you’re much older now If you’re unhappy and you don’t know how Why don’t you look into Jesus He got the answers Yea-ah Ah-why don’t you look into Jesus He got the answers I said now Oh why don’t you look into Jesus He got the answer Why don’t you look into Jesus He got the answer Yea-eah [Yawn-like] Now take a look, take a look

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From the official website and referring to the 2014 (and 2018) CD release. (Audio wise this Bandcamp release is the same as this CD) :

Remastered from available source material, this re-release of Larry's classic album comes in a six panel Digipak cover. Larry independently released Street Level while he was in between major label contracts. The first and second versions of the LP had different songs on side two of the vinyl, but this CD has all of the songs from both versions. It's a classic Jesus Music album and an integral part of any Larry Norman collection.

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released January 1, 1970

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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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