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Journey of hope
I worked, I worked the shirt off my back
Tried to move heaven and earth
But I can’t, I just can’t survive
There in the town of my birth
I got a kid to feed
There’s no future
Took my savings
Went to an office
They gave me the papers I need
I’ve started my journey of hope
In a country I don’t know
With different smells
And different ways
The people speak a strange tongue
I don’t understand
Well I looked through the smoky haze
At the “No Smoking” sign
In a truck, packed with others like me
I see their big sad eyes like mine
With a suitcase
On my head
Passed the border
Late at night
Searching for a place to live
I’ve started my journey of hope
In a country I don’t know
With different smells
And different ways
The people speak a strange tongue
I don’t understand
The questions “where am I?”, “what am I doing here?”
These questions persecute me, “what can I find here?”
So far away from home...
I miss, I miss that quiet room
Hours passed in that small square
Like a tiger in a narrow cage
Planning his way out of there
I miss my city
It’s late-night footsteps
I had no choice
Only one thing
And that’s to start again
So I’ve started my journey of hope
In a country I don’t know
With different smells
And different ways
The people speak a strange tongue
I don’t understand
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Out of my skin
The time is over of imaginary trips
Now I’m here in the subway
I know I’m not the first to leave the land that’s home
Searching for fortune so faraway
I’m a snake sliding out
Sliding out of my skin
One was you, one was my house
One was my job, one was my town
The clothes I wore, the food I ate
The air I breathed, the sky above my head
I’m a snake sliding in
Into my skin
The clothes I wear, the food I eat
The air I breathe, the sky above my head
Though I’m deaf and dumb my legs are fit and strong
And I want to be running
Don’t sleep much ‘cause there’s not the time to sleep
When you sleep you feel nothing
I’m a snake sliding out
Sliding out of my skin
One was you, one was my house
One was my job, one was my town
The clothes I wore, the food I ate
The air I breathed, the sky above my head
I’m a snake sliding in
Into my skin
The clothes I wear, the food I eat
The air I breathe, the sky above my head
Like a vagabond, rootless and free
I go around knocking on doors
And I’m alone but in good company
D’you need someone to help you with your chores?
I’m where I want
Hang onto myself, much as I can
And you too
See the city lights outside and wonder where to go
But I’ll find my way somehow
In the streets I’ve heard so many buskers sing their songs
They’ll hear my guitar too now
I’m a snake sliding out
Sliding out of my skin
One was you, one was my house
One was my job, one was my town
The clothes I wore, the food I ate
The air I breathed, the sky above my head
I’m a snake sliding in
In my new skin
The clothes I wear, the food I eat
The air I breathe, the sky above my head
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Come to a new land
Today is finally the day
No doubts in my head
Now the wheel has turned
No enemies in my bed
It’s been a long time full of pain, I understand
Things we did didn’t turn out just how we planned
Give me your hand
Let’s start again
Come to a new land
With me
Don’t worry I will keep you warm
Though I know how cold it’ll be
Not even a fireman can put out
The fire that’s in me
The town down in the valley’s white with snow
I’m so excited going there with you, you know
Give me your hand
Let’s start again
Come to a new land
With me
I know that I broke your heart
Take this one chance to be happy
And I know this is just a song
But when you hear it maybe something
Will start to move again in you
Bring that dress of white
The dream is coming to be
It could be good or bad
But it’ll be reality
In the silence of the woods eternal love we’ll swear
An’ we’ll stay real close together
On the long and twisting road that takes us there
Give me your hand
For a journey with no end
Come to a new land
With me
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Virtual love
When I got up today
I looked at the empty bed
You’re still sleeping with another
Then I went out for a walk
Just to check the usual spots
But I only saw your mother
All my friends tell me to forget about it
But I still keep believing and I try to justify it
You said to me “it’s not the right time”
You said to me “our time will come”
But when?
Because it’s hard to settle for a virtual love
Then I saw someone walking past
And I nearly called your name
But then they turned around
Went home and fed the cat
And sat down beside the phone
But it didn’t make a sound
All my friends tell me to forget about it
But I still keep believing and I try to justify it
You said to me “it’s not the right time”
You said to me “our time will come”
But when?
Because it’s hard to settle for a virtual love
Now you’re here in my kitchen
Standing drinking your tea
Must say I feel kind of strange here
It’s not how I thought it would be
When I got up today
Thought of the internet cafè
Gonna go looking for another
Someone I’ll never meet
Won’t find walking down the street
But they’ll know me better than my mother
All my friends told me to forget about it
And somehow I believe them, I don’t need to justify it
I said to you “it’s not the right time”
I said to you “our time won’t come”
And then...
I think I’m addicted to virtual love
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Complainer's disease
It’s boiling hot, it’s freezing cold, too dry, too damp, too cloudy and it’s windy...today
Didn’t get a wink of sleep, I tossed and turned and slept through my alarm...today
Today is a “no” day, now it’s a “yes” day
Run off my feet, got too much work, I’m bored because there’s nothing here to do...today
Ate too much, I stuffed my face, I had to skip my lunch and now I’m starving...today
Today it’s raining, now the sun is shining
Why am I so hard to please?
Want to know the reason for my unease
Don’t know why I’m so hard to please
Can you tell me the reason for my unease?
My back is aching, neck is hurting, throat is sore, my feet are killing me...today
Feeling lonely, feeling horny, feeling hot, not now I’ve got a headache...today
Today I’m crying, now I’m laughing
Why am I so hard to please?
Want to know the reason for my unease
Don’t know why I’m so hard to please
Can you tell me the reason for my unease?
Can’t find the thing that I want
Not really sure what I need
Maybe it’s something you don’t see on TV
Got out of bed this morning feeling worried ’cause I wasn’t feeling worried...today
Went to see the doctor, got more worried ’cause he wasn’t looking worried...today
Now I feel at ease, I’ve got complainer’s disease
Now I know why I’m so hard to please
The doctor told me the reason for my unease
Now I won’t be so hard to please
It’s a simple case of complainer’s disease
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A little story of war
My husband didn’t know how to hold a gun
He got sent to the front to shoot men of other women
That’s just what he has to do to survive
Two soldiers at my door, standing in the morning sun
I knew what they were here for but I didn’t want to see them
They said he didn’t suffer when he died
This is just a little story of war
One that’s still happening today
An’ so it doesn’t happen anymore
Listen and don’t turn away
My kids said “goodbye”, running out the front door
“Hey Mum, we’ll see you later, we’re just going out to play”
Heard my daughter screaming way down the road
“My brother isn’t moving, he won’t play anymore”
I tried to stop the bleeding, it was already too late
Picked him up and then I carried him home
This is just a little story of war
One that’s still happening today
An’ so it doesn’t happen anymore
Listen and don’t turn away
Somewhere in the distance, I see a flash of light
I hold my daughter to me and I tell her not to cry
Tell her somehow that we’ll manage to live
The soldiers in the city, get lonely at night
Don’t care about me, but I see my child hungry
My body is the one thing I can give
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Song from the next world
By now my story is the one that you’ve already heard
If you have time give it to me for just another word
When you’re down there nothing is clear but it’s simple from up here
Don’t put flowers on my grave
Leave them there where they stay
An eye for an eye, the world is going blind
Now you’ve become my television and I don’t like what I see
Neither does the one you’re praying to, who’s sitting next to me
When you’re down there nothing is clear but it’s simple from up here
Don’t put flowers on my grave
Leave them there where they stay
An eye for an eye, the world is going blind
You don’t have to be a singer to understand it
You don’t have to be religious to understand it
Don’t have to fight a war, don’t have to die
Don’t put flowers on my grave
Leave them there where they stay
Running to the end of the world as fast as you can
Before it’s too late please turn around and stop what we began
When you’re down there nothing is clear but it’s simple from up here
Don’t put flowers on my grave
Leave them there where they stay
Better tell the man-next-door
It’s no use making war
(don’t forget)
An eye for an eye, the world is going blind
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Blooming roots
There was a tree in my garden with big branches and a swing
With a big trunk too, birds’ nests in spring
They cut it down just to build some extra room
But the roots were too strong and they still bloom
There was something
They tried to make it nothing
But look around
I hear a sound
Something’s moving
Something’s growing
Just look down
New life is found underground
There was a theatre full of stories in the middle of my town
But somebody’s greed burnt it down
Two towers in a city more than a hundred storeys tall
But somebody’s hate made them fall
There was something
They tried to make it nothing
But look around
I hear a sound
Something’s moving
Something’s growing
Just look down
New life is found underground
You can take a chainsaw or you can take a match
You can take your hatred but there’ll always be a catch
Underneath the grime growing all the time there are blooming roots!
Sat lonely in a city just staring at the floor
Dreaming of things that were no more
But then I looked outside and saw the people walking by
And one of them smiled when I caught her eye
It’s not easy
Never said it would be
It’s hard to wait
And keep the faith
But if a glance
Gives us a chance
Maybe there’s more
Outside the door
There was something
They tried to make it nothing
But look around
I hear a sound
Something’s moving
Something’s growing
Just look down
New life is found underground
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Keep beating
Right now I’m here on the other side of the world
Those stupid things ain’t important anymore
Only thing I want, only thing is not to lose you
Tell your heart, tell your heart to wait for me
Don’t stop, keep beating
Took me by the hand when I didn’t know where to turn
Showing me the way, how to smile in this sad world
Everything I am, everything I owe to you
Tell your heart, tell your heart to wait for me
Don’t stop, keep beating
I want to say I love you
I want to say thank-you
For the faith
For the trust
Don’t stop, keep beating
You have the rarest gift, normal and special at the same time
Promise me you’ll still be there, don’t leave me behind
Something I hear, something calling out to you
It’s my heart, it’s my heart that’s telling me
Don’t stop, keep beating
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What can I do?
I travelled everywhere from south to north from east to west
Trying to find some comfort, trying to find a place to rest
Met every kind of person but they only made me stressed
Perfection is a thing that now I know doesn’t exist
What can I do? (what can he do?)
I keep on falling down but I’ll pull through (he’ll pull through)
At work they piss me off, just can’t be bothered to compete
They almost ran me down when I was trying to cross the street
The news is always bad, I watched my favorite team get beat
Perfection is a thing that now I know doesn’t exist
What can I do? (what can he do?)
I keep on falling down but I’ll pull through (he’ll pull through)
Wandering ‘round inside my head
There’s a little idea that maybe I’ll try to be with you...
I get up in the morning and it’s pissing down with rain
Only thing I had for breakfast were some pills for my back pain
But somehow in the end I sit there smiling on the train
Perfection is a thing that now I know doesn’t exist
What can I do? (what can he do?)
I keep on falling down but I’ll pull through (he’ll pull through)
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