1. |
They Say
03:11
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THEY SAY
They say your life’s not long
Don’t hesitate too long
Cause time goes by
Bye, bye
Bye, bye
They say you take too long
They say you sleep all day
You think you’re smart
They think you’re dumb
What gives? What’s up?
What gives? What’s up?
No fun. No fun no more
No Fun, Swim’n in the fudge
I do my trip, can’t tell you how
But I make it work
Some way, some how
Some way, some how
Some way, some how
Bow wow. Wow, Bow wow. Wow, Wow (1:10)
Can’t do it. Don’t’ do it
Won’t do it
Not for you. Not for me
They say,
Try it. I bought it
Was on that fence
You know that fence (1:30)
You been on that fence (yeah you put me there before)
(I’m slipp’n)
Don’t try to get it
Don’t try to buy it
Don’t try to try it
They say.
Don’t try to steal it
Don’t try to deal it
Don’t try to do it
They say. They say (2:13)
Can’t do it. Don’t do it (2:30)
Won’t do it.
Not for you. Not for me
They Say, Try It
I tried it, I tried it and was on that fence
Was on that fence, You know that fence
You been on that fence, you climbed that fence.
You built that fence
So I do my trip (2:56)
I Can’t tell you how
How I make it work
I can’t tell you how
Can’t do it. Don’t do it (3:12)
Won’t do it.
Not for you. Not for me
Can’t do it. Don’t do it (3:22)
Won’t do it.
Not for you. Not for me
Not for you, (3:31)
Can’t you see, Can’t you see
So I do my trip (3:38)
Can’t tell you how,
Someway, Somehow
Gonna make it work
Someway, somehow (3:53)
Some way. Some how
So Can You, So Can You
BY, BY
They say you take too long
They say you sleep too much
You think you’re smart
They think you’re dumb
What gives? What’s up?
What gives? What’s up?
No Fun , No Fun
It’s just no Fun, No Fun
No Fun , No Fun
It’s just no Fun, No Fun
They Say, They Say
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2. |
American Refugees
04:39
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American Refugee©
American Refugee
Down Louisiana Way
American Refugee
Down by the Bayou
New Orleans, Lower Ninth District, French Quarter
All going under when the levees give way
When the levees give way
Situation is a crisis at hand
We got a hurricane called Katrina
K-A-T-R-I-N-A
American refugees
Down in the bayou
American refugees
Down Louisiana way, Mississippi, New Orleans
Lower Ninth District
Where the Levees give way
Where are the boats, buses, hydroplanes?
Didn’t see any copters, hummers, bicycles, tricycles
No cruise ships
American Refugees
Shouldn’t be that way
American Refugees
Shouldn’t have happened that day
American Refugees
Down in the bayou
Infactuation
American Refugees
Down in the bayou
Down Louisiana way,
With all the death and devastation
American Refugees
Lower Ninth District, New Orleans
Happened that day
With all the death and devastation
Waste, humiliation, flooded emptiness
Emptying into enchanting echoes
That trees only hear
Human echoes
Human waves
Human bodies even drifted that day
I have no sympathy
No sympathy for the poor
No sympathy for the old and young
No sympathy for the old and young
No sympathy
We wasted our compassion
God bless American
We created an American Refugee
Down in the bayou
Down Louisiana way
God bless America
American Refugees
Down in the bayou
Down Louisiana way,
Mississippi, New Orleans
We gotta hurricane called Katrina
K-A-T-R-I-N-A, K-A-T-R-I-N-A
Unbeknownst to us
The most powerful nation on Earth
Let our people perish
To blame the blameless
No pity no more
American Refugees
Down Louisiana way,
Thrown out the door
When there’s no party that cares any more
I’ll never forget
Coulda been there in a day
Ice truck got lost I heard
American refugees
Gotta make my play
American refugees
Storm on the way
American refugees
Evacuation plan in play
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3. |
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Stomp’n at Round Midnight©
Stomp’n at round midnight
Stomp’n my ground still feels right
Passage to the sounds of the unknown
Stomp’n from the jazz room to jazz room
Cool bop, the creative jazz thing.
You’re style, the sound
It’s everything.
Everything
Stomp’n
You gonna swing and sing
You’re gonna swing everything tonight
You’re gonna swing and sing, sing, sing
Your body that’s right
You gonna swing and sing
You’re gonna swing everything tonight
Tonight
You’re gonna swing and sing, sing, sing
Your body into flight
Heh, everybody knows how to swing and sing
So let’s get it together tonight, that’s right.
Stomp’n from jazz room to jazz room
Swing, Sing
Swing, Sing
You gonna swing and sing
You gonna swing and sing
You gonna swing and sing, sing sing
Dance! Let’s swing!
Bring back the jazz tonight, dig.
It’s got rhythm, it doesn’t rhyme,
It swings out front, it swings behind
Four or eight bars phrases
If you can clap, it’s on two.
Word is it’s the swing
This swing’s on you
You gonna swing and sing
You’re gonna swing your body
Tonight
You’re gonna swing and sing, sing, sing
Your body into flight
Dance, let’s swing
We’re gonna bring back the jazz
Tonight
Past midnight
We’re gonna stomp on our ground
Tonight
Stomp’n at round midnight
Stomp’n on some harmonious
Groundsite
We’re gonna stomp on some ground
Tonight
Stomp’n at round midnight
Stomp’n my ground still feels right
Passage to the sounds of the unknown
Stomp’n from the jazz room to jazz room
Cool bop, the creative jazz thing.
You’re style, the sound
It’s everything.
You gonna swing and sing
You’re gonna swing, your body
Tonight
You’re gonna swing and sing, sing, sing
You’re body into flight
Dance, let’s swing
We’re gonna bring back the jazz tonight
Past midnight
We’re gonna stomp on our grounds
Tonight
Stomp’n at round midnight
Stomp’n on some harmonious ground sites.
Stomp’n at round midnight
Stomp’n my ground still feels right
Passage to the sounds of the unknown
Stomp’n from the jazz room to jazz room
Heh, everybody knows how to swing
So let’s get it together tonight, that’s right.
Stomp’n from jazz room to jazz room
Cool bop, creative jazz thing.
You’re style, the sound, it’s everything
Swing’n and singing
We’re gonna swing and sing
We’re gonna swing and sing
We’re gonna swing and sing, sing, sing
and sing
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4. |
Gonna Change America
03:59
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Gonna Change America©
They’ve taken my money
Taken your gold
Taken my cards
Now they’re digging my hole
It’s times like these
That are going to change me
Change me, Change me
We’ve got to find a better way
To find a better end
Change me, Change me
They’ve taken our health
Taken our soul
Taken our dreams
That they already own
Trust me, trust me
The ripples from our life
Still kill our children
Change me, Change me
Who says time has no consequence
Look at me
Who says time leaves no evidence
We’ll just see
Change me, Change me
Two parties are one
Once they’ve begun
The strong take the weak
Until the weak have won
When politics and human rights get bent
Change me, change me
When mo’ money chooses, where you get sent
Change me, change me
It takes more than one to make things happen
It takes more than one to make things happen
It takes more than one to make things happen
Trust me, trust me
Read my lips, baby, and trust me
They’ve taken my money
Taken your gold
Taken my cards
Now they’re dig’n my hole
They’ve taken our health
Taken our soul
Taken our dreams
That they already own
Trust me, trust me
Two parties are one
Once they’ve begun
The strong take the weak
Until the weak have succumbed
We want to change America
We want to change this country
We want to change America
I want to change me
They’re gonna change me
They’re gonna change me
They’re gonna change me
They’re gonna change me
I want to change me
I want to change me
I want to change America
Change you and change me
It’s times like these
That are going to change me
Change me, change me
We’ve got to find a better way
To find a better end
So change me, change me
The ripples from our lives
Still kill our children
Change me, change me
Who says time has no consequence
Look at me
Who says time leaves no evidence
We’ll just see
Change me, change me
Two parties are one
Once they’ve begun
The strong take the weak
Until the weak have succumbed/won
When politics and human rights get bent
Change me, Change me
When mo’ money chooses, where you get sent
Change me, Change me
It takes more than one to make things happen
It takes more than one to make things happen
It takes more than one to make things happen
Trust me
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5. |
Crazy People
04:09
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Crazy People©
Crazy people, crazy stares
Looking at you with their crazy glares
I’ve seen crazy people
And felt their fright
Crazy lovers, crazy glance
Stare with passion, love and romance
I’ve seen crazy lovers
And I’ve been in crazy love
Crazy lovers, have no chance
With crazy love and their romance
I’ve seen crazy lovers
And I’ve been in crazy love
Riding the subway, in a city
We once met
Your crazy stare, my crazy glare, compared
Your crazy stare, my crazy glare, compared
Your crazy stare, my crazy glare, compare
Your crazy stare, my crazy glare, we dared
You’re so intense, this fence
You built up inside
Your inner sense, I can see
Right through those eyes
But what you thought
But what you felt
Was it real
Did you feel
Really true love or just plain crazy
You said, trust in me, BA-by
I said, trust in you baby
You said ya, and I said, maybe, baby, We’re in love
Or just plain crazy, an’ she said YA!
So we went crazy, ohh so crazy, yeah we went crazy!
So we went crazy, ohh so crazy, yeah we went crazy!
Crazy people, crazy stares
Looking at you with their crazy glares
I’ve seen crazy people
And felt their fright
Corridors of crazy minds
Looking blindly at you, all the time
I’ve seen crazy people, almost every night
Your crazy stare, my crazy glare, compare
Your crazy stare, my crazy glare, if we dared
You’re so intense, this fence
You built up inside
Your inner sense, I can see
Right through those eyes
So we went crazy, ohh so crazy, yeah we went crazy!
So we went crazy, ohh so crazy, yeah we went crazy!
Crazy people, crazy stares
Looking at you with their crazy glares
I’ve seen crazy people
And felt their fright
Crazy lovers, crazy glance
Stare with passion, love and romance
I’ve seen crazy lovers
And I’ve been in crazy love
Crazy lovers, have no chance
With crazy love and their romance
I’ve seen crazy lovers
And I’ve been in crazy love
Riding the subway, in a city
We once met
Your crazy stare, my crazy glare, compared
Your crazy stare, my crazy glare, compared
Your crazy stare, my crazy glare, compare
Your crazy stare, my crazy glare, we dared
You’re so intense, this fence
You built up inside
Your inner sense, I can see
Right through those eyes
But what you thought
But what you felt
Was it real
Did you feel
Really true love, or just plain crazy
You said, trust in me, ba-by
I said, trust in you baby
You said Ya, and I said, maybe, baby, We’re in love,
Or just plain crazy, and she said ya!!
So we went crazy, ohh so crazy, yeah we went crazy!
So we went crazy, ohh so crazy, yeah we went crazy!
Your crazy stare, my crazy glare, compare
Your crazy stare, my crazy glare, compare
So what I said, And what you read
In my eyes
In regret,
Was so much stress,
In between the lines
We sat, we looked, we couldn’t touch
Skin, or eye to eye
(And) Crazy love and crazy life ride side by side
I can’t understand life and be a solitary man
So I went crazy, ohh so crazy, not as planned.
So we went crazy, ohh so crazy, yeah we went crazy!
So we went crazy, ohh so crazy, yeah we went crazy!
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6. |
Thank You Girl
04:58
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Thank You, Girl©
I want to thank you, girl
You changed my life
I want to thank you, girl
For all my life
I want to thank you, dear
For all your sacrifice
I want to thank you, dear
For all my life
I want to thank you, girl
You changed my life
I want to thank you, girl
For all my life
For all the times and tales
For all the people, all the friendships
All the times we spent
All for love and worship
Two, two people,
Trying to make it together
We’re just two people, two people
Happy just when we’re together
Happy just when we’re together
Happy just when we’re together
Two people happy just when we’re together
Two people happy just when we’re together
I want to thank you, girl
You changed my life
I want to thank you, girl
For all my life
I want to thank you, dear
For all your sacrifice
I want to thank you, dear
For all my life
Just two, two people trying to make it together
Just two, two people trying to make it together
Just two, two people happy just when we’re together
She changed my life
She changed my view
She makes me think of things
The way she’d do
She likes to thank me
She wants me to play
She wants to hear those words
I do, some day
Thank you, dear
All the times and tales
All the people
All the friendships
All the times we spent
All for love and worship
Two, two people
Just trying to make it together
We’re just two, two people
Happy just when we’re together
Happy just when we’re together
Happy just when we’re together
She changed my life
She changed my world
She changed my view
She makes me think of things
The way she’d do
She likes to thank me
She wants to play
She wants to hear those words
I do, some day
It’s so beautiful
That two people can grow
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7. |
Hang'n Upside Down
04:07
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Hang’N Upside Down©
Hang’n upside down
Hang’n from a rope
Think I’m gonna choke
Hang’n upside down
My feet can’t touch the ground
I’m hang’n upside down
My head’s lost in the crowd
My head’s lost in the crowd
They create walls and barriers
Of laws and carriers
With their stipulation and their rules
Secretaries never let you get through
Until you say!
I’m hang’n upside down
I’m slid’n up somehow
It seems remote
Is this a joke?
I’m hang’n upside down
Hang’n upside down
Cause I’m hang’n upside down
Hang’n upside down
Hang’n from a rope
Well, I’m think I’m gonna choke
Yeah, I’m hang’n upside down
Hang’n upside down
Well, I took a walk down Grand Avenue
And I saw seven different classes of man
They judge you on the spot
Before you even get to talk
Seems like you win a losing plan
I’m gonna blind the hang’n man
I’m gonna blind the hang’n man
I’m gonna blind the hang’n man
Limbo, and I’m waiting
The anxiety of anticipating
Miscalculating, living with what you do
Living with what you do
And I’m hang’n upside down
Hang’n upside down
Hang’n upside down
Hang’n upside down
And my head’s lost in this crowd
Hang’n upside down!
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8. |
Hollywood & Heaven
03:37
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Hollywood & Heaven©
Hollywood & Heaven next stop
Please step behind the white line
Hollywood and Gower
Take a ride on this bus with me
Hollywood and Argyle
I’m looking for Heaven Street
Not the one in the book
But for millions who love to look
Hollywood & Heaven
Hollywood and Vine, Cahuenga next stop
Hey, bus driver, where’s my street?
I’ve got important people to meet!
I’m looking for Heaven Street
Hollywood & Heaven
Hollywood & Heaven
Hollywood and Highland
Hollywood and La Brea
Take me somewhere, take me there
Hollywood & Heaven, anywhere
Last stop, I don’t care
Hollywood & Heaven
Hollywood & Heaven
Hollywood & Heaven
Hollywood & Heaven
Last stop, Hollywood & Heaven
Stay seated
Last stop of the evening
Hollywood & Heaven
Last stop
Hollywood & Heaven
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9. |
They Say (long version)
05:16
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THEY SAY©
They say your life’s too long
Don’t hesitate too long
Cause time goes by
Bye, bye
Bye, bye
They say you take too long
They say you sleep all day
You think you’re smart
They think you’re dumb
What gives? What’s up?
What gives? What’s up?
No fun. No fun no more
Swimmin’ in the fudge
I do my trip, can’t tell you how
But I make it work
Some way, some how
Some way, some how
Some way, some how
Bow wow. Wow
Can’t do it. Don’t’ do it
Won’t do it
Not for you. Not for me
They say
Try it. I bought it
Was on that fence
You know that fence
You been on that fence
Don’t try to get it
Don’t try to buy it
Don’t try to try it
They say. They say
Don’t try to steal it
Don’t try to deal it
Don’t try to do it
They say. They say
Can’t do it. Don’t do it
Won’t do it
Not for you. Not for me
They say.
Try it. I tried it.
Was on that fence
You know that fence
You been on that fence
You climbed that fence
You built that fence
How to do your trip
Can’t tell you how
How to make it work
I can’t tell you how
Can’t do it. Don’t do it
Won’t do it.
Not for you. Not for me
Can’t do it. Don’t do it
Won’t do it
Not for you. Not for me.
Not for you. Not for Me
So I do my trip
Can’t tell you how
But I make it work
Some way. Some how
Some way. Some how
Some Way,
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10. |
Prayer
02:03
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Prayer©
Life
Love
Prayer for you and me
Life
Prayer with all of me
Pray for Love
Life
Pray for Life
Life
Pray for us
Prayer
Love, you’ll see
Life can be
Love.
So pray for thee.
Prayer
Life
Prayer
Life
For Us
Life
Love
For us
Life. Love
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Charles Xavier San Francisco, California
A drummer from the age of 16, San Francisco based Xavier was born and raised in New Bedford, Mass, where the East Coast jazz scene shaped and defined his musical tastes. He went on to study arrangement and composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston. From there he studied at the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, New York, with Jack DeJohnette, Bobby Moses, Stu Martin and Jumma Santos. ... more
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