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Roots
00:52
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2. |
No-nothing woman
03:29
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2.No-nothing woman
She don’t want no lover
She don’t want no date
She don’t want no job
Never stays out late
She don’t buy new clothes
She don’t see no friend
She won’t go for drinks
Never pays the rent
She don’t wanna hear no music no rock ‘n roll
She’s a no-nothing woman
Waiting for a dead men’s soul
Never felt lonely
Simply alone
Her books and the universe
Carved in stone
No write-up in the paper
No bits of conversation
Too loud a solitude
Living on probation
It must be some kind of addiction
Reading day and night
The woody scent
Love at first sight
She’s a papergirl
Not the pleasure -seeking kind
Taking out a page
Would really blow her mind
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A Dark for Sleeping
05:01
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3.A dark for sleeping
A dark for sleeping
Where are you now
I wanna see you
Well I don’t know how
I know you’re with me
Every day and night
I can’t see you
In your dazzling light
Waiting for the moon
Try to sleep and forget
Lying in my bed
Trembling in cold sweat
I am so tired
Walking round and round
I wanna hear you
But you make no sound
I got a feeling
Someone’s watching me
I try to ignore
The weird sounds that I hear
The blinds are down
My eyes wide open still
Stripped to the bone
A home away from home
A dark for sleeping
Where are you now
Where are you now
Where are you now
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4. |
You're the One
03:12
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4.You’re the one
Sitting by myself
Watching the morning sun
All I need
Bread, butter and honey for tea
You’re the one
You’re the one
Baby come and set me free
Living by myself
Living my own fantasies
Spending my days
Resonating
You’re the one
You’re the one
Baby don’t you keep me waiting
It’s not about me
It’s all about infatuation
Age is just a number
Riding my American dream
You’re the one
You’re the one
Life will be peaches and cream
So knock on my door
Come and watch my rock ‘n roll dance
Let me see your smile
I want to dance away in your eye
You’re the one
You’re the one
Making love and flying high
Sitting by myself
Watching the morning sun
All I need
Bread butter and honey for tea
You’re the one
You’re the one
Baby come and set me free
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6. |
Close my eyes and sleep
03:11
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6.Close my eyes and sleep
How did I get here?
Why did I run?
Staring at the emptiness
Of it all
Of it all
I crossed the line
Fell over the edge
I had no idea
Where I was running to
I was running to
It doesn’t make sense
You meant I’m disposable
You said you don’t need me
Anymore
Anymore
All I wanna do
Is close my eyes and sleep
No God smiling on me today
But now it’s all over
No sense in covering up
You can’t last your whole life
On a dream
On a dream
I can’t stand losing you
You’re still in my veins
But how can we make love
If someone else is in your head
Someone else is in your head
All I wanna do
Is close my eyes and sleep
No God smiling on me today
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7. |
Hard on crazy
04:37
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7.Hard on crazy
I can’t sleep at night
Dead horses are choking me
Hard on crazy
Since you’re gone
Wanna reach out for my doctor
Anybody out there?
Please don’t leave me stranded here
I wanna reach out for religion
Baptism by fire
Holy desire since you’re gone
Nobody around
Alive without a life
Trying to brush aside my blues
Every sky is without color
I don’t know what to do
Hard on crazy
Since you’re gone
I’m going through high water
Acting high and mighty
A bitter old man
Since you’re gone
I need a real strong woman
To help me act my age
Dragging down the gods from the stage
I know my youth has gone
And all the girls gone home
Nobody around to talk and roam
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8. |
Too far gone
02:47
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8.Too far gone
Just lovin’ one person
No fantasy
That’s not love
I call it jealousy
If you love someone
Better set him free
Wanna taste you in the morning
You still matter to me
Don’t you ever wanna feel
Someone else’s hand
Sliding up your back
And making a stand
If you love someone
Don’t you tie him down
The touch of someone else
Will make you drunk and drown
I don’t want you to get
Into my head
We were good together
Now make your bed
We’re keeping each other
From movin’ on
Fingerprints all over
We are too far gone
I’m going home
Under the weather
I might call back
When I’m feeling better
If you love someone
Better set him free
Wanna taste you in the morning
You still matter to me
Too far gone
Too far gone
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9.I don’t wanna live in your pain
What’s wrong with you baby
Look what you’ve done
You’re a stranger in your own head
Sleeping in the wrong bed
I miss the one you used to be
Now you’re a woman with a grudge
There’s no turning back
A stranger on the wrong track
I need to get out of here
No more expectations
You will never be you again
Wrapped up in your own desire
What am I doing here
What am I doing in a place like this
You’re on a road to destruction
Now tell me what’s going on
I don’t wanna live
I don’t wanna live
In your pain
In your agony
In your head
I want my old life back
It’s too late now baby
Well I’m done with your past
But the way you’re behaving
The past is not done with you
I’d better live on my lonesome
Then to watch and see you waste your life
What else can I do now
I don’t wanna fight no more
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10. |
Pain reliever
02:14
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11. |
Lying for a living
03:53
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One more tale
11.Lying for a living
(Life of Marlon)
Way back
When he was young
Way back
In Omaha
A shy and sensitive young kid
Watching the train go by
The rhythm of the train
Listening to the rail
Free at last
No more yesterday
Watching the people go by
Still felt shame and anger
Struggling with his demons
A violent father
A loving mother
The smell of liquor on her breath
His whole life
He had a strong sense
Feeling love, feeling anger
Holes in his socks
And holes in his mind
Looking for answers
Feeling dumb
Lying for a living
A streetcar named desire
A reclusive star
Going all the way
Down to the wire
But Stella said
Don’t worry boy
The whole wide world
Will be your toy
Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy
You do not act by words
Acting is done with your soul
Don’t be afraid
You have the right to be
Who you are
Where you are
Well his brooding good looks
A stage and screen career
A desperate need for
Spreading his seed
Far and wide
In the world
Women coming in by the door
Leaving by the window
On the brink of a breakdown
Trying to preserve sanity
Taken away from you
By success
No give and take
Life is just a walking shadow
He became a joke on himself
He copied the violence raging mad
Slapping around
No reason at all
A non-loving person
After all
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John the Revelator Haarlem, Netherlands
Welcome to the bandcamp site of John the Revelator, a bluesband from Holland Formed in 1968, this band has remained alive
and kicking, touring all over Europe and Australia for 55 years and releasing more than 15 albums.
website:
www.johntherevelator.nl
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