Ben Harper Lyrics: 2024

Both Sides Of The Gun (2006)

Morning Yearning lyrics - Ben Harper

A finger's touch upon my lips

It's a morning yearning

Pull the curtains shut, try to keep it dark

But the sun is burning

The world awakens on the run

And will soon be earning

With hopes of better days to come

It's a morning yearning

Another day, another chance to get it right

Must I still be learning

Baby crying kept us up all night

With her morning yearning

Like a summer rose, I'm a victim of the fall

But I'm soon returning

Your love' s the warmest place the sun ever shines

My morning yearning

Waiting For You lyrics - Ben Harper

I' ve been waiting for you

I' ve been waiting for you

Never found enything else to do

But waiting for you

I' ve been calling your name

I' ve been calling your name

Never found anything else to say

Nothing to say

You can kill a lot of time if you really want put your mind do it

Leave it all behind if you never wanna go through it

I keep hearing your name

I keep hearing your name

Nothing else sounds the same

As hearing your name

You can kill a lot of time if you really put your mind to it

Or leave it all behind and never ever go through it

I' ve been hoping for you

Keep hoping for you

What else can I do

But keep hoping for you?

You can kill a lot of time if you really put your mind to it

Or leave it all behind and never ever go through it

We can kill a lot and never really have to go through it

What else can I do

But keep hoping for you?

Picture In A Frame lyrics - Ben Harper

Now you can sell your soul

But you can't buy it back

I've spent my whole life

Working to give you everything you like

Now I wish you were here

So we could walk and talk

In the soft rain, in the soft rain

Now all that left of us

Is a picture sitting in a frame

I would gladly trade

All of my sympathy for sorrow

If I could have you, If I could have you here with me to my own

I wish you were here

So we could walk and talk

In the soft rain, in the soft rain

Now all that's left of us

Is a picture sitting in a frame

Everything i wish for

Is everything i see

I remember when your kisses were for me

So many wasted days

The past is so hard to get out from under

So many words that i wish i could say

The future rattles my bones weak like thunder

I wish you were here

So we could walk and talk

In the soft rain, soft rain, soft rain

Now all that's left of us

Is a picture sitting in a frame

Everything i wish for

Is everything i see

I remember when your kisses were for me

Everything i wish for

Is everything i see

I remember when your kisses were for me

Never Leave Lonely Alone lyrics - Ben Harper

Like an old man

Sitting alone at a lunch counter

Never leave lonely alone...

Like a small town girl

A big city devours

Never leave lonely alone...

Some of us laugh

Even in our darkest hour

Never leave lonely alone...

Unspoken rules of solitude

Wound without a trace

A lifetime of dreams roll down your face

All that we can't say

Is all we need to hear

When you close your eyes

Does the world disappear

There's something in everyone

Only they know

Never leave lonely alone...

It moves in the hidden ways

Of joy and sorrow

Never leave lonely alone

Never leave lonely alone...

Reason To Mourn lyrics - Ben Harper

I can't know the hell you love

But I know you've had enough

Some baptize in water, some in flames

Oh, in flames

Oh, in flames

Don't you give me a reason to mourn

Oh, don't you give me a reason to mourn

Look into my eyes with all your hate and scorn

But don't you give me a reason to mourn

What has life done to you?

All you ever wanted was someone to run to you

There's more to life then what makes you cry

What makes you cry

I won't say goodbye

Don't you give me a reason to mourn

Oh, don't you give me a reason to mourn

I'll remove the crown of sorrow

Which you have been adorned

But don't you give me a reason to mourn

Don't you give me a reason to mourn

Don't you give me a reason to mourn

Look into my eyes with all your hate and scorn

But don't you give me a reason to mourn

No, don't you give me a reason to mourn

Oh, don't you give me a reason to mourn

More Than Sorry lyrics - Ben Harper

Goodbye

Hasn't been so good to me

Stepped out into the night

Back against the moon

I saw ten thousand hands with candlelight

We all think that we're right

It's hard to tell

If the night is full of hope or doom

My eyes

Burn with unshed tears

My body is weak

From so many silent years

Too many people say goodbye

Before they say hello

Step into the morning

And disappear

What more than sorry can i say

What more than sorry can i be

Before our love fades away

What more than sorry

Do you want from me

Cryin' Won't Help You Now lyrics - Ben Harper

You sit there and call me a liar and a cheat

I just wish you'd pin a rose on me

Now you won't even come out and take a bow

Crying won't help you now

Crying won't help you now

So now your poets

Have all put down their pens

The only songs to sing

Are those sung again

Lonely just doesn't look good on you somehow

Crying won't help you now

Crying won't help you now

Now I jsut keep on starring

Into the black eyes of the truth

We'll have to learn to live up on our own somehow

Crying won't help you now

Crying won't help you now

Crying won't help you now

Crying won't help you now

Happy Everafter In Your Eyes lyrics - Ben Harper

The morning sunrise spread her wings

While the moon hung in the sky

Held the sea in your hands

And happy everafter in your eyes

Couldn't leave you to go to heaven

I carry you in my smile

For the first time my true reflection i see

Happy everafter in your eyes

Every star in the night

Promises the dawn

I will be there if you fall

To ever so heavily rest upon

All that i can give you

Is forever yours to keep

Wake up every day with a dream

And happyever after in your eyes

Happy everafter is in your eyes

Better Way lyrics - Ben Harper

I'm a living sunset

Lightning in my bones

Push me to the edge

But my will is stone

Fools will be fools

And wise will be wise

But i will look this world

Straight in the eyes

What good is a man

Who won't take a stand

What good is a cynic

With no better plan

Reality is sharp

It cuts at me like a knife

Everyone i know

Is in the fight of their life

Take your face out of your hands

And clear your eyes

You have a right to your dreams

And don't be denied

I believe in a better way

Both Sides Of The Gun lyrics - Ben Harper

Living these days is making me nervous

Archaic doctrine no longer serve us

Now we're left as silent witnesses

We don't know quite what this is

Other than a war that can't be won

I feel like i'm crowded, i can't get out

World keeps on filling me up with doubt

When you're trapped you got no voice

Where you're born you got no choice

Other than to go and take you some

One dimensional fool

In a three dimensional world

Politics, it's a drag

They put one foot in the grave

And the other on the flag

Systems rotten to the core

Young and old deserve much more

Than struggling every day until you're done

Tension

Too much to mention

Living on both sides of the gun

Engraved Invitation lyrics - Ben Harper

I wish i was a thought

I'd run all through your mind

And come out being everything

You ever tried to find

Life's the longest picture

You're ever gonna take

Love's the longest promise

That you're ever gonna break

I wish i could yell sorry

Louder than i screamed

All of those other things

I said but didn't mean

Some days i'm the lord's servant

Some days i'm satan's pawn

Some days i just wish

The voices in my head were gone

The sun's a moon that warms you

The moon's a sun with no heat

The sky above is to remind you

What's under your feet

This life's not big enough

To fit our love inside

'cause i remember you from heaven

The last time i died

It's an engraved invitation

To leave all this time we've been wasting

Black Rain lyrics - Ben Harper

You left them swimming for their lives

Down in new orleans

Can't afford a gallon of gasoline

With your useless degrees and contrary statistics

This government business is straight up sadistic

Now you don't fight for us

But expect us to die for you

You have no sympathy for us

But still i cry for you

Now you may kill the revolutionary

But the revolution you can never bury

Don't speak to us like we work for you

Selling false hope like some new dope we're addicted to

I'm not a desperate man but these are desperate times at hand

This generation is beyond your command

And it won't be long

'til the people flood the streets

To take you down

One and all

A black rain is gonna fall

Gather 'Round The Stone lyrics - Ben Harper

You're too young to know

That you're too young to go

There's no freedom to be found

Lying face up in the ground

Ashes from an unfinished life

Are all that's left

In a tear-drop-shaped locket

Hanging from his mother's chest

You whip the back of freedom

'till it bleeds an oil stream

Then you sail down upon it

In your killing machine

Old men who send children

Off to die in vain

They will hear death's constant whisper

Call remember my name

Gather 'round the stone

Please Don't Talk About Murder While I'm Eating lyrics - Ben Harper

You're the first one to get there

And always the last one to leave

You're the first one to chuckle

But the last one to grieve

I know all too well the world takes a daily beating

Please don't talk about murder while i'm eating

You walk into the temple

And call it a church

I try to keep things simple

But you always need the works

Your life is marked by numbers and symbols

Excessive drinking from out of golden thimbles

Just a moment of silence i'm needing

So let's not talk about murder while i'm eating

You get all hot and bothered

At the strangest times and places

But don't notice the looks on all the other faces

You're dressed for summer in the middle of december

What you've all but forgotten

I painfully remember

I don't care in the least what you're reading

Please don't talk about murder while i'm eating

Get It Like You Like It lyrics - Ben Harper

Throw your hands up to the sky

And scream out loud i'm free

'cause wrong is the new right

So we can cut loose tonight

It costs a lot to look this cheap

Fire makes it burn and water makes it turn

We must still be here living on earth

They keep telling me jesus walked on water

He shoulda surfed

In 1918 the great bambino

Kicked a piano into willis pond

But johnny damon swung a bat

Grand slam that was that

An 86 year curse is gone

Throw your hands up to the sky

And scream i'm not alone

Is it irony or fate

Don't become what you hate

We've all got stardust in our bones

The Way You Found Me lyrics - Ben Harper

The more i smoke, the more i drink

The more i talk, the less i think

The less i think, the more i feel

Folks don't change

They just reveal

My mind is broke, my last nerve is shot

What you want from me, i ain't got

Two plus two will never be twenty-two

So please don't tell me twice what i need to do

There's no rules to lust

Only passion, and it can be so unjust

If we don't speak, we'll get along just fine

Don't ask me how i'm doing

'cause i don't feel like lying

Take me as i am

Or leave me the way you found me

Serve Your Soul lyrics - Ben Harper

Battles over which direction to kneel

People reaching out to touch

But forgetting to feel

Daily breath shouldn't be a daily penance

Is that what you believe

Or just a life sentence

I look into the mirror

And i see someone there i used to know

They all want you to serve them

But the only one you got to serve

Is your soul

So much time

And at such a cost

We spend looking for what we've lost

Now that you know

You can't find it from him

You're gonna have to find it within

I look into the mirror

And i see that life has taken its toll

They'll all want you to serve them

But the only one you got to serve

Is your soul

Listen to the wind it won't lie to you

If you love it let it go

And watch it fly to you

Every setting sun gently weeps

You can always hear it

'cause trust never sleeps

There Will Be A Light (2004)

Take My Hand lyrics - Ben Harper

Lord I work to serve you

And I hope I've served you well

Oh - I've lived a life to join you

And now only time will tell

Oh - Take my hand when you are worried

Take my hand when you're alone

Take my hand and let me guide you

Take my hand to lead you home

Father dear father

Pulled his car to the side of the road

Looked at his children with tears in his eyes

Said life is too heavy a load

Take my hand when you are worried

Take my hand when you're alone

Take my hand and let me guide you

Take my hand to lead you home

Some days I'm struck with sorrow

Need a place to hide

There's nowhere else you can put life

But way down deep inside

Take my hand and let me guide you

Take my hand when you're alone

Take my hand and let me guide you

Take my hand to lead you home

Take my hand when you are worried

Take my hand to lead you home

Take my hand and let me guide you

Take my hand to lead you home

Take my hand...

Wicked Man lyrics - Ben Harper

Children come running to the truth

But you've got to peel the skin to get the fruit

And while one's living high another's grieving

But what's sweet by morning is bitter by the evening

Oh - What's sweet by morning is bitter by the evening

The wicked

The wicked

The wicked man shall fall

The wicked

The wicked

The wicked man shall fall

When the moon chase away the sun

And cause my day to run

I will not fear the darkest night

For I know upon the other side is light

Oh - The other side is light

The wicked

The wicked

The wicked man shall fall

The wicked

The wicked

The wicked man shall fall

Every man is a common man

And every common man has his plan

But while the hungry man seek any food in sight

The greedy man seek only appetite

Oh - The greedy man seek only appetite

The wicked

The wicked

The wicked man shall fall

The wicked

The wicked

The wicked man shall fall

Oh - The wicked man shall fall

Oh - The wicked

The wicked

Oh - The wicked man shall fall

Fall - Fall - Fall - Fall

Wicked man

Wicked man

Oh - Fall

Where Could I Go lyrics - Ben Harper

There's no deals to be made with the dawn

Now I fear that our time has come and gone

They say freedom is just a place to hide

Now I'm coming to you with my arms open wide

(Oh - won't you tell me)

Where could I go to the Lord

Take a prayer with you to heaven for me

Oh - And give it to the Lord

Give it to the Lord

Cause nothing else could save a sinner

Sinner like me

Oh - But an angel's word

Just an angel's word

Now - Oh now - what is - what is too true

What is hard is much too true

Oh - and what's true Oh - is much too too hard

And now where - where could I go but to the Lord

Mama was hard on us but we could take it

And papa didn't give a damn and he couldn't fake it

They say freedom

Oh - Freedom is just an other place to hide

Now I'm coming to you with my arms open wide

(And tell me)

Where could I go - Oh - but to the Lord

Church House Steps lyrics - Ben Harper

Oh - I sat down upon the church house steps

I sat down upon the church house steps

I sat down upon the church house

Down upon the church house steps

With all my hopes and dreams

All of my regrets

Oh - I sat down upon the church house steps

I sat down upon the church house steps

I sat down

I sat down upon the church house steps

With all I have lost

And with all I have been blessed

Oh - I sat down

Oh - I sat down

Oh - I sat down upon

I sat down upon the church house steps

I reached to the sky

As I hung my head and wept

Oh - I wept

Oh - I sat down

Oh - I sat down

I sat down

Oh - I sat down

If these wings should fail me

(Won't you) meet me with another pair

Well Well Well lyrics - Ben Harper

The man who stole the water will swim forevermore

But he'll never reach the land on that golden shore

That faint white light will haunt his heart

Till he's only a memory lost in the dark

Dig a hole in the ground straight down to hell

Till there ain't no more water in the well, well, well

When you're down on your knees with nothing left to sell

Try diggin a little deeper in the well, well, well

Well, well, well

Well, well, well

Take care of your body like you care for your soul

Don't you dig yourself into a hole

Until you've paid the price you can't know what it's worth

The air and water, the fire and earth

Dig a hole in the ground straight down to hell

Till there ain't no more water in the well, well, well

When you're down on your knees with nothing left to sell

Try diggin a little deeper in the well well well

Well, well, well

Well, well, well

Picture Of Jesus lyrics - Ben Harper

It hangs above my altar

Like they hung him from a cross

I keep one in my wallet

For the times I feel lost

I feel lost

In a wooden frame with splinters

Where my family kneels to pray

And if you listen close

You'll hear the words he used to say

I've got a picture of Jesus

In his arms so many prayers rest

We've got a picture of Jesus

And with him we shall be forever blessed

Forever blessed

Forever blessed

Now it has been spoken

He would come again

But would we recognize

This king among men

There was a man in our time

His words shine bright like the sun

He tried to lift the masses

And was crucified by gun

He was a picture of Jesus

With him so many prayers rest

He is a picture of Jesus

In his arms so many prayers

So many prayers

So many prayers rest

With him we shall be forever blessed

Forever blessed

Forever blessed

Some days have no beginning

And some days have no end

Some roads are straight and narrow

And some roads only bend

So let us say a prayer

For every living thing

Walking towards a light

From the cross of a king

We long to be a picture of Jesus

Of Jesus

In his arms

In his arms so many prayers rest

I long to be a picture of Jesus

With him we shall be forever blessed

With him we shall

With him we shall be forever blessed

Oh- Oh- I long

I've got a picture of Jesus

Mmhh

Satisfied Mind lyrics - Ben Harper

How many times have you heard someone say

"If I had his money I'd do things my way"

But little they know that it's so hard to find

One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind

Once I was waiting in fortune and fame

Everything that I dreamed of to get a start in life's game

Suddenly it happened I lost every dime

But I'm richer by far with a satisfied mind

When my life is over and my time has run out

My friends and my loved ones I'll leave there's no doubt

But one thing is for certain when it comes my time

I'll leave here for certain with a satisfied mind

I got a satisfied mind

Mother Pray lyrics - Ben Harper

How sweet and happy seem those days of which I dream

Memories I recall now and then

And with a rapture sweet my weary heart would beat

If I could hear my mother pray again

If I could only hear my mother pray again

If I could hear her tender voice as then

How happy I would be

It would mean so much to me

If I could hear my mother pray again

Around the old homeplace her cherishing smiling face

Was always bringing comfort joy and cheer

And when she used to sing to her eternal King

It was the sound I loved to hear

If I could only hear my mother pray again

If I could hear her tender voice as then

How happy I would be

It would mean so much to me

If I could hear my mother pray again

If I could hear my mother pray again

If I could hear my mother pray again

There Will Be A Light lyrics - Ben Harper

I wish we could live forever

Then melt into the sun

Melt into the sun

Time is gonna change you

Once it gets you on the run

Gets you on the run

There will be

There will be

There will be a light

There will be a light

There will be

There will be

There will be a light

There will be a light

I've been running

Ever since

Ever since I was a child

Some call it free

And some call it wild

There will be

There will be

There will be a light

There will be a light

There will be

There will be

There will be a light

There will be a light

Let the warmth of my love

Dry away all your tears

Fear not for I am with you

I will fear not - fear not - with you here

There will be

There will be

There will be a light

There will be a light

There will be

There will be

There will be a light

There will be a light

There will be

There will be

There will be a light

There will be a light

Church On Time lyrics - Ben Harper

We're gonna make it to the church on time

We're gonna make it to the church on time

Put on your Sunday best

I'll put on mine

We're gonna make it to the church on time

We're gonna make it to the church on time

We're gonna make it to the church on time

Need to hear the preacher

Give me a sign

We're gonna make it to the church on time

We're gonna make it to the church on time

We're gonna make it to the church on time

I'm gonna get my soul in line

I'm gonna make it to the church on time

We're gonna make it to the church

We're gonna make it to the church on time

We're gonna leave all of our troubles behind

I'm gonna make it to the church on time

We're gonna make it to the church on time

We're gonna make it to the church on time

You may be rich may not have a dime

We're gonna make it to the church on time

We're gonna make it

Oh - We're gonna make it

Oh - We're gonna make it to the church on time

Trouble at heart - Oh - trouble in mind

We're gonna make it, Lord, to the church on time

Revelation chapter eight

Revelation chapter eight

Seven angels at the gate

You don't want to make them wait

Oh - We're gonna make it

Oh - I'm gonna make it

I'm gonna make it

Oh -I'm gonna make it to the church on time

Oh - To the church

Oh - To the church on time

On your Sunday best

On your Sunday best

Sunday best

I'm gonna put on

I'm gonna put on

I'm gonna put on mine

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All Aboard lyrics - Piers Faccini, Abdelkebir Merchane & Ben Harper

All aboard pull the oar and row

All aboard to the poles we go

All aboard take the oar and row

Climb aboard for the gale will blow

All aboard to the prairies wild

All aboard man woman and child

All aboard to the prairies wild

Back to back and side to side

All aboard watch paradise burn

All aboard for the past I yearn

All aboard watch paradise burn

Douse the flame will it ever return

All aboard Noah built the arc

All aboard now the choice is stark

All aboard came two by two

All aboard will he come for you

All aboard Noah built the arc

All aboard before the day was dark

All aboard run from the frey

All aboard we'll sail away

All aboard now the waters rise

All aboard thunder in the skies

All aboard now the waters rise

On the plank before the last light dies

All aboard pull the oar and row

All aboard to the poles we go

All aboard take the oar and row

Climb aboard for the gale will blow

My master and learned one

May peace be upon you learned master

Master Chamharouche

Who holds all knowledge of the ceremony

And who dwells in the cave

Sultan of the Djinns

May peace be upon you learned master

All aboard pull the oar and row

All aboard to the poles we go

All aboard take the oar and row

Climb aboard for the gale will blow

All aboard to the prairies wild

All aboard man woman and child

All aboard to the prairies wild

Back to back and side by side

All aboard now the waters rise

All aboard thunder in the skies

All aboard now the waters rise

On the plank before the last light dies

All aboard pull the oar and row

All aboard to the poles we go

All aboard take the oar and row

Climb aboard for the gale will blow

Be My Guest lyrics - Ben Harper

Come on baby won't you be my guest

Join the party and meet the rest

Everything is gonna be so right

Just be my guest tonight

We're gonna dance to the rock 'n' roll

We're gonna groove do the stroll

We're gonna Lindy Hop and Suzy Q

A special party for you

My, my-oh-mine, you know you know you're so fine

Don't let me down

I'm the king but you can wear my crown

I'm gonna sing, my band is gonna play

Won't you be my queen for a day

Everything is gonna be all right

Be my guest tonight

My, my-oh-mine, you know you're so fine

Don't let me down

I'm the king but you can wear my crown

I'm gonna sing, my band's gonna play

Gonna make you queen for a day

Everything, everything will be all right

So be my guest tonight

Black Beauty lyrics - Ben Harper

(from "Black Boys" soundtrack)

Beautiful, so beautiful

Beautiful, so beautiful

I am an astronaut

I am a president

I am a revolutionary

I'm your neighbor

We are black

We are black

We are beautiful

So beautiful

I'm a son and I'm a daughter

A teacher and a farmer

A race car driver

A poet and an astronomer

We are black

We are black

We are beautiful

So beautiful

Beautiful

Beautiful

From the creator is all of creation

Reimagine your imagination

In the balance the fate of a nation

Fate of a nation, fate of a nation

Evolution without revolution

Breeds a racist institution

Part of the problem or the solution?

Don't pretend not to see and expect absolution

I'm not what you think I am

I'm not what they say I am

I rise up and I take my stand

I am whatever I dream to be

We are black

We are beautiful

So beautiful

We are beautiful

So beautiful

We are black

We are black

We are beautiful

So beautiful

So beautiful

We are black and beautiful

Black and beautiful

Black and beautiful

Black and beautiful

Black and beautiful...

Black Eyed Dog lyrics - Ben Harper & Rhiannon Giddens

(originally by Nick Drake)

Black eyed dog he called at my door

The black eyed dog he called for more

A black eyed dog he knew my name

A black eyed dog he knew my name

I'm growing old and I wanna go home

I'm growing old and I don't wanna know

I'm growing old and I wanna go home

Black eyed dog he called at my door

The black eyed dog he called for more

Don't Let Me Disappear lyrics - Ben Harper

Been so long since

It felt easy

Been too long since

Anyone could reach me

It's slipping away

Don't let me disappear

I am broken, but

We are whole

Like a train down the track

Days over me roll

So tired of hurting

Don't let me disappear

We're too young

To regret so much

We're too scorned to

Ever trust

It's coming apart

Don't let me disappear

I'm just tryin' to catch up to myself

While leaving myself behind

And while the world spins

We hang off the side

The lights are bright and

This place is closing

I can't go home, and

Face this morning

Just keep me still

Don't let me disappear

Been so long since

It was easy

Been so long since

Anyone could reach me

It's slippin' away

Don't let me disappear

Don't let me disappear

Don't let me disappear

Don't let me disappear

Fix You lyrics - Ben Harper & Soweto Gospel Choir (feat. Jordan C. Brown)

When you try your best but you don't succeed

When you get what you want but not what you need

When you feel so tired but you can't sleep

Stuck in reverse

When the tears come streaming down your face

When you lose something you can't replace

When you love someone but it goes to waste

Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home

And ignite your bones

And I will try to fix you

Well high up above or down below ([Zulu:] Thula) [English translation: "Be Still"]

When you're too in love to let it go (Thula)

If you never try you'll never know (Thula)

Just what you're worth (Thula Uzobunga) [English translation: "Be Still, All Will Be Well"]

Lights will guide you home

And ignite your bones

And I will try to fix you

[Zulu:] Ukukhanya Kuzokubonisa Indlela

[English translation: "The Light Will Show You The Way"]

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Ukukhanya Kuzokubonisa Indlela

Ukukhanya Kuzokubonisa Indlela

Ukukhanya Kuzokubonisa Indlela

Ukukhanya Kuzokubonisa Indlela

Tears stream down your face

When you lose something you cannot replace

Tears stream down your face

And I

Tears stream down your face

I promise you I will learn from my mistakes

Tears stream down your face

And I

Lights will guide you home

And ignite your bones

And I will try to fix you

He Was A Friend Of Mine lyrics - Tom Freund & Ben Harper

He was a friend of mine

He was a friend of mine

Every time I think about him now

Lord I just can't keep from cryin'

'Cause he was a friend of mine

He died on the road

He died on the road

He never had enough money

To pay his room or board

And he was a friend of mine

I stole away and cried

I stole away and cried

'Cause I never had too much money

And I never been quite satisfied

And he was a friend of mine

He never done no wrong

He never done no wrong

A thousand miles from home

And he never harmed no one

And he was a friend of mine

He was a friend of mine

He was a friend of mine

Every time I hear his name

Lord I just can't keep from cryin'

'Cause he was a friend of mine

'Cause he was a friend of mine

Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) lyrics - Ben Harper

(originally by Marvin Gaye)

(from "Extrapolations" soundtrack)

Whoa

Oh, mercy, mercy me

Oh, things ain't what they used to be, no

Where did all the blue skies go?

Poison is the wind that blows from the North and South and East and West

Whoa, mercy, mercy me

Oh, things ain't what they used to be, no, no

Oil wasted on the oceans and upon our seas

Fish full of mercury

Oh, oh, mercy, mercy me

Oh, things ain't what they used to be

Radiation underground and in the sky

Animals and birds who live nearby are dying

Oh, mercy, mercy me

Oh, things ain't what they used to be

What about this overcrowded land?

How much more abuse from man can she stand?

Whoa, good Lord

Whoa, mercy, mercy me

Whoa, good Lord

Sweet Lord

No, no, no, no, no

My sweet Lord

Help us, help us, help us, help us...

Spin It Faster lyrics - Ben Harper & Ziggy Marley

DJ play that song for me

With the one drop beat

I'm not here to lean on the wall

Got to move my feet

I'm your everlaster

I'm your everlaster

Spin it faster

Spin it faster

Spin it faster

Spin it faster

Some need religion

Some just need a plan

Better use too much butter

Than to burn the pan

Reverend, priest, preacher and a pastor

Reverend, priest, preacher and a pastor

Spin it faster

Spin it faster

Spin it faster

Spin it faster

Repetition is to conviction

What a hammer is to a stone

Hard times they will come

But hard times they'll be gone

Go ahead and ask her

Go ahead and ask her

Spin it faster

Spin it faster

Spin it faster

Spin it faster

Time Has Told Me lyrics - Ben Harper

(originally by Nick Drake)

Time has told me you're a rare, rare find

A troubled cure for a troubled mind

And time has told me not to ask for more

For someday our ocean will find its shore

So I'll leave the ways that are making me be

What I really don't want to be

Leave the ways that are making me love

What I really don't want to love

Time has told me you came with the dawn

A soul with no footprint, a rose with no thorn

Your tears they tell me there's really no way

Of ending your troubles with things we can say

And time will tell you to stay by my side

To keep on trying till there's no more to hide

So leave the ways that are making you be

What you really don't want to be

Leave the ways that are making you love

What you really don't want to love

Time has told me you're a rare, rare find

Troubled cure for a troubled mind

And time has told me not to ask for more

Some days our oceans will find the shore

Uneven Days lyrics - Ben Harper

You're the furthest I've been

From the end of the world

The closest I've come

To being sane

I try again

But my life is hurled

Into a void I

Can't explain

Uneven days pin me to the floor

Uneven days, who am I to ask for more

Uneven days, uneven days

On a bad day it isn't better

On a good day it isn't worse

When you and I aren't together

Our love is just pain in reverse

Uneven days pin me to the floor

Uneven days, I try to find the door

Uneven days, uneven days

Who am I to stand in your way

Who am I to stand in your way

In your way

I talk like the dead can hear me

I run like I could fly

When you're not near me

There's just enough sorrow to survive

Uneven days pin me to the floor

Uneven days, who am I to ask for more

Uneven days, uneven days

Uneven days, uneven days

Uneven days, uneven days

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