There Will Be A Light (2004)

• Take My Hand
• Wicked Man
• Where Could I Go
• Church House Steps
• Well Well Well
• Picture Of Jesus
• Satisfied Mind
• Mother Pray
• There Will Be A Light
• Church On Time 

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"]

Ukukhanya Kuzokubonisa Indlela

Ukukhanya Kuzokubonisa Indlela

Ukukhanya Kuzokubonisa Indlela

Ukukhanya Kuzokubonisa Indlela

Ukukhanya Kuzokubonisa Indlela

Ukukhanya Kuzokubonisa Indlela

Ukukhanya Kuzokubonisa Indlela

Ukukhanya Kuzokubonisa Indlela

Ukukhanya Kuzokubonisa Indlela

Ukukhanya Kuzokubonisa Indlela

Ukukhanya Kuzokubonisa Indlela

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

"Diamonds On The Inside" (2003)

With My Own Two Hands Lyrics – Ben Harper

I can change the world
With my own two hands
Make a better place
With my own two hands
Make a kinder place
Oh- with my
Oh- with my own two hands
With my own
Oh- with my own two hands
With my own
With my own two hands

I can make peace on earth
With my own two hands
And I can clean up the earth
Oh- with my own two hands
And I can reach out to you
Oh- with my own two hands
With my own
With my own two hands
Oh- with my own
Oh- with my own two hands

I'm gonna make it a brighter place
(with my own)
I'm gonna make it a safer place
(with my own)
I'm gonna help the human race
(with my own)
(with my own two hands)

Now I can hold you
With my own two hands
And I can comfort you
With my own two hands
But you got to use
Use your own two hands
Use your own
Use your own two hands

Use your own two hands
And with our own
With our own two hands
With our
With our
With our own two hands
Oh- with my own
With my own two hands

I'm gonna make it a brighter place
(with my own)
I'm gonna make it a safer place
(with my own)
I'm gonna help the human race
(with my own)
Oh- make it a brighter place
(with my own)
I can hold you
(with my own)
And I can comfort you
(with my own)
But you got
You got
You got
You got
You got
You got
You got to use
Oh- use your own
Oh- use your own
Lord

But you got
You got
You got
You got
You got to use - use
Use your own
Use your own
Use your own
Use your own
Use your own
Use your own
Use your own
Use your own
Use your own
Use your own

When It's Good Lyrics – Ben Harper

You're a prison I can't escape
You're a decision I never make
Heard me laughing
You heard me weep and moan

Oh- when it's good, it's so, so good
When it's gone, it's gone

They say time will kill the pain
I say pain is gonna kill my time
Lord won't you save me
Or leave me alone

Cause when it's good, it's so, so good
When it's gone, it's gone
Oh- gone

I hang your picture right above my mind
Don't do anything you can't deny
I could never be your pawn

Oh- cause when it's good, it's so, so good
When it's gone, it's gone

Some drink to remember
Some to forget
Some for satisfaction
Some to regret
I hope a brighter day to you I've shown

Oh- cause when it's good, it's so, so good
And when it's gone, it's gone
When it's gone, it's gone
When it's gone, it's gone
When it's gone, Oh- it's gone

Diamonds On The Inside Lyrics – Ben Harper

I knew a girl
Her name was truth
She was a horrible liar.

She couldnt spend one day alone
But she couldnt be satisfied.

When you have everything,
You have everything to lose.
She made herself
A bed of nails
And shes plannin' on puttin' it to use.

Cos she had diamonds on the inside
She had diamonds on the inside
She had diamonds on the inside
Diamonds

A candle throws its light into the darkness
In a nasty world,so shines the good deed
Make sure the fortune, that you seek
Is the fortune you need.

So tell me why,the first to ask,is the last to give,everytime
What you say and do not mean
Follow too close behind

Cos she had diamonds on the inside
She had diamonds on the inside
She wore diamonds on the inside
Diamonds

Like a soldier standing long under fire
Any change comes as a relief.
Let the giver's name remain unspoken
For she is just a generous thief.

But she had diamonds on the inside
Cos she had diamonds on the inside
She wore diamonds on the inside
She wore diamonds
Oh diamonds
She had diamonds
She wore diamonds
Diamonds

Touch From Your Lust Lyrics – Ben Harper

I need to sleep but I'm too tired
I need to come down but I'm too wired
When the sun comes up I miss the moon
Cause I know tomorrow is gonna come too soon
Is gonna come too soon

She only wants to be wanted
But time crumbles blue roses to dust
Now I long to feel the touch from your lust

Scars on your back tell where you've been
But I'll roll like the ocean if you'll blow like the wind
Sweet Texas angel what have your blue eyes seen
I'll be your country gentleman
If you will be my Mason-Dixon Queen
Queen

She only wants to be wanted
But time crumbles blue roses to dust
Now I long to feel the touch from your lust

So much sweeter than all the rest
You're what lies between pain and death
Sinners and saints call you by name
If you're gonna take the praise
You're gonna have to learn to take the blame

She only wants to be wanted
But time crumbles blue roses to dust
Now I long to feel the touch from your
She only wants to be wanted
Time crumbles blue roses to dust
Now I long to feel the touch from your lust

When She Believes Lyrics – Ben Harper

Well - The good Lord is such a good Lord
With such a good mother too
They have blessed me
They have blessed me
In the good graces of you
Now I
I have heard a hundred violins crying
And I
I have seen a hundred white doves flying

But nothing is as beautiful
As when she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
In me
Oh- in me
Mmhh

How good it must feel
To be so young, young and free
And a song that pleases a queen
Will always please me
Now I
I have heard the wisest of wisdom
And I
I have dined in palaces and kingdoms

But nothing is as beautiful
As when she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
In me
Oh- in me
Mmhh - Oh - no no no no

Now, all of life
Is just passing the time
Until once again
Your eyes look into mine
Now I
I have been adored by a stranger
And I
I have heard the whispering angel

But nothing is as beautiful
As when she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
In me
Oh - la la la...

Brown Eyed Blues Lyrics – Ben Harper

If I knew being here with you today,
Would mean being alone tomorrow.
I would gladly trade all of my tomorrows away
For a moment with you.

Brown eyed blues
You can find yourself another fool.
Say yeah,yeah,yeah

Can you look,can you look into my eyes
Or has your heart,said has your heart gone blind?
Can you look,can you look into your own
And find the safe place to hide.

Brown eyed blues
You can find yourself another fool.
Say yeah,yeah,yeah

Why be with strangers
When you can be with your friend.
If you're ever lonely
You know I'm lonely too
And i will stay lonely until I'm again with you.

I said brown eyed blues
You can find yourself another fool.
Say yeah,yeah,yeah
I said brown eyed blues
You can find yourself another fool.
Singing brown eyed

Bring The Funk Lyrics – Ben Harper

When it's on the one
You know the funk's begun
When you are down and out
There is no doubt
You need the funk
Just bring the funk
Bring the funk
Bring the funk

Now what's the problem
Everybody's got them
Just get the hole
Out of your soul
And bring the funk
Bring me the funk
Bring the funk

If you got a glass closet
Don't you throw no bones
There's only getting
Until the getting's gone
So pass me the funk
(pass the funk)
Got to have my funk
(got to have my funk)
Oh- I need my funk
(need my funk)
Got to have my funk
(got to have my funk)
Some are jiving
Some are shuck
Some are just
Down on their luck
They just need the funk
(need the funk)
They got to have the funk
(got to have the funk)
Just bring 'em some funk
(bring the funk)
Just bring the funk
(just bring the funk)
Well, well
Bring it (repeat...)

Well stay black
(stay black)
Stay white
Stay brown get on down
Just bring the funk
Got to bring the funk
Bring the funk

Need it - I need it (repeat...)
Yeah

Well it's got to be solid
That's what you call it
Funk me up
Funk me down
Funk me sideways
Funk me all ways
Bring the funk
Got to bring the funk
Bring the funk

Oh- some things money can't fix
(like what?)
Some things only money will do the trick
It's not the end of the world
But I can see it from here
So bring - bring - bring - bring
Bring me the funk
(bring the funk)
Just bring the funk
(just bring me the funk)
Oh- bring the funk
(bring the funk)
(just bring me the funk)

Everything Lyrics – Ben Harper

Behind all of your tears
There's a smile
There's a smile
Behind all of the rain
There's a sunshine
For miles and miles

Oh- Everything
Everything
You mean everything
You mean everything
Everything to me
Everything to me

The colors of your garden
They're yellow, blue and green
And the sound of your sweet voice
It's better than all my dreams

Oh- Everything
Everything
You mean everything
You mean everything
Everything to me
Everything to me

Your my first thought in the morning
When I rise
Oh- when I rise
You're my last thought in the evening
When I rest my head at night

Oh- Everything
Everything
You mean everything
You mean everything
Everything to me
Everything to me

Oh- Everything
Everything
You mean everything
You mean everything
Everything to me
Everything to me
Everything to me
Everything to me

Amen Omen Lyrics – Ben Harper

What started as a whisper,
Slowly turned in to a scream.
Searching for an answer
Where the question is unseen.
I don't know where you came from
And I dont know where you've gone.
Old friends become old strangers
Between the darkness and the dawn

Amen omen,will I see your face again?
Amen omen,can I find the place within
To live my life without you?

I still hear you saying
"All of life is chance,
And is sweetest,is sweetest when at a glance"
But I live,
I live a hundred lifetimes in a day.
But I die a little
In every breath that I take.

Amen omen,will I see your face again?
Amen omen,can I find the place within
To live my life without you?

I listen to a whisper,
Slowly drift away.
Silence is a loudest,
Parting word you never say.
I put I put your world
Into my veins
Now a voiceless sympathy
Is all that remains.

Amen omen,will I see your face again?
Amen omen,can I find the place within
To live my life without you?

Amen omen,can i find the strength within

Temporary Remedy Lyrics – Ben Harper

I killed a snake with a bible
I was living a Johnny Cash song
I'm afraid for this I may be liable
So its best I be moving
Moving along

Just a temporary remedy
Running through my
Running through my veins

Summer lasted through November
Funny when its gone you miss cold
Words can be spoken for a lifetime
We can never hear until we're told

Just a temporary remedy - yeah
And is running through
Running through my veins

They tell me nothing is perfect
Then tell me why is it a word
Oh- Yesterday's news is tomorrow's blues
And now they're perfectly blurred

Temporary remedy
Running through
Running through my veins
Just a temporary remedy - yeah
Running through
Running through my veins

So High So Low Lyrics – Ben Harper

Oh- Once you know you can never
You can never turn back
Oh- But I understand
'Cause we all fear what we lack
Being with you
Makes me tired as hell
Tired as hell

And it's so high, so low
Oh- So high, so low

Now if I was strong
And you were male
You'd be dead
And I would be in jail
Being with you
Oh- makes me tired as hell
Tired as hell

Now it's so high, so low
Oh- it's so high, so low

Don't go making promises
You know you won't keep
Weddings turn to funerals
Both with songs that make you weep
Being with you
Makes me tired as hell

And it's so high, so low
Oh- Now it's so high, so low
Now it's so high, so low
So high, so low

Blessed To Be A Witness Lyrics – Ben Harper

Corcovado parted the sky
And through the darkness
On us he shined
Crucified in stone
Still his blood is my own
Glory behold all my eyes have seen
Have seen

I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed to be a witness

Some have flown away
And can't be with us here today
Like the hills of my home
Some have crumbled and now are gone
Gather around for today won't come again
Won't come again

I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed to be a witness

So much sorrow and pain
Still I will not live in vain
Like good questions never asked
Is wisdom wasted on the past
Only by the grace of God go I
Go I

I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed to be a witness

I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed to be a witness

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

She's Only Happy In The Sun Lyrics – Ben Harper

I know you may not want to see me
On your way down from the clouds
Would you hear me if I told you
That my heart is with you now

She's only happy in the sun
She's only happy in the sun

Did you find what you were after?
The pain and the laughter brought you to your knees
But if the sun sets you free, sets you free
You'll be free indeed, Indeed

She's only happy in the sun
She's only happy in the sun

Every time I hear you laughing, I hear you laughing
It makes me cry
Like the story of life, of your life
Is hello, goodbye

Shes only happy in the sun
Shes only happy in the sun

"Live From Mars" (2001)

Glory & Consequence Lyrics – Ben Harper

I'm more afraid of living than I am scared to die.
I'm more afraid of falling than I am of flying high.

But every moral has a story and every story has an end.
Every battle has its glory and its consequence.

I'm more afraid of loving - Oh - than I am of being scorned.
Oh - But I will keep on trying though I have been forwarned.

But every moral has a story and every story has an end.
Every battle,
Every battle has its glory and its consequence,
And its consequence.

I would rather,
I would rather me be lonely and you have someone to hold.
I'm not as scared of dying as I am of growing old,
Growing old,
Of growing,
Of growing old.

Excuse Me Mr. Lyrics – Ben Harper

Excuse me Mr.
do you have the time
or are you so important
that it stands still for you

excuse me Mr.
won't you lend me your ear
or are you not only blind
but do you not hear

excuse me Mr.
but isn't that your oil in the sea
and the pollution in the air Mr.
whose could that be

so excuse me Mr.
but I'm a mister too
and you're givin' Mr. a bad name
Mr. like you

so I'm taking the Mr.
from out in front of your name
cause it's a Mr. like you
that puts the rest of us to shame
it's a Mr. like you
that puts the rest of us to shame

and I've seen enough to know
that I've seen too much

excuse me Mr.
can't you see the children dying
you say that you can't help them
Mr. you're not even trying

excuse me Mr.
won't you take a look around
Mr. just look up
and you will see it's comin' down

excuse me Mr.
but I'm a mister too
and you're givin' Mr. a bad name
Mr. like you

so I'm taking the Mr.
from out in front of your name
cause it's a Mr. like you
that puts the rest of us to shame
it's a Mr. like you
that puts the rest of us to shame

and I've seen enough to know
that I've seen too much

so Mr. when you're rattling
on heaven's gate
let me tell you Mr.
by then it is too late

cause Mr. when you get there
they don't ask how much you saved
all they'll want to know, Mr.
Is what you gave

excuse me Mr.
but I'm a mister too
and you're givin' Mr. a bad name
Mr. like you

so I'm taking the Mr.
from out in front of your name
cause it's a Mr. like you
that puts the rest of us to shame
it's a Mr. like you
that puts the rest of us to shame

Alone Lyrics – Ben Harper

This empty room it fills my mind
Freedom it leaves me so confined
Every single bone has cracked
what in this life, you can't turn back

I don't want to live
I don't want to live here alone, alone

as these words part with my tounge
I question why they even sung
I promise but I lie
I don't even know myself inside

I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be here alone, alone

Today and tommorow have become one
Every single thing has become undone
Human nature is a beast
What ive done the most, to show i have the least

Please don't leave me here
Please don't leave me here
Don't you leave me alone, alone

Sexual Healing Lyrics – Ben Harper

Oh- baby now let's get down tonight.
Baby, I'm hot just like your oven.
Oh- I need your lovin'
And baby, I can't hold it much longer
Now it's getting stronger and stronger
And when I get that feeling
I need a sexual healing, sexual healing
And makes me feel so fine
And helps to release the mind
Sexual healing, is good for me
Sexual healing is something that's very good for me

Whenever these blue teardrops are falling
Oh no - and my emotional stability is leaving me
There is something I can do
Oh- I can get on the telephone and call you up baby
Darling, I know you'll be there to relieve me
The love you give to me will free me
And if you don't know the things you're dealing
Oh- I can tell you darling, oh it's sexual healing
Get up, Get up, Get up, Get up
Let's make love tonight
Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, Wake up
'Cause you do it right

Heal me, my darling
Heal me, my darling
Heal me, my darling
Heal me, my darling

Baby, you know I got sick this morning
A sea was storming up inside of me
Baby, I think I'm capsizing
Oh- the waves are rising
And when I get that feeling
I want a sexual healing
Sexual healing
And makes me feel so fine, it's such a rush
And helps to release the mind, Lord- it's good for us
Sexual healing, is good for me
Sexual healing is something that's so so good for me

And it's so good for us and it's so good to me my baby, woohhh
Just grab a hold and take control
Of my body and mind soon we'll be making love
Honey, oh- -- fine
You're my medicine open up and let me in
Darling,
Darling, you're so great
I can't wait for you to operate

Ohh

Heal me, my darling
I can't wait for you to operate
Heal me, my darling
I can't wait for you to operate
Heal me, my darling
I can't wait for you to...
Heal me, my darling
Heal me, my darling
Heal me, my darling
I can't wait for you to...
Oh baby, whenever these blue teardrops are falling

Heal me, my darling

The Woman In You Lyrics – Ben Harper

Could've sworn I heard you say amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe
Did it fall from your tongue without warning or just another trick to fall from your sleeve
Did I hear you say that you believe in angels? I guess I bring the devil out in you
But we can both remove our halos 'cause even an angel needs love too
Even angels need love too

The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me
The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me

Some things never change; Some things never stay the same
But you're so innocent, I'll take all the blame
How I hate to remember for that means the day is past
Sometimes I wonder if I know her or if I really need to ask
Or if I really need to ask

The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me
The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me
The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me
Woman...

Half-man walks with no shadow of life he utters his distaste
No apology is expected
Love carved sorry in his face
Love carved sorry in his face

The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me
The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me
The woman in you, in you, is the worry in me
Woman...

Steal My Kisses Lyrics – Ben Harper

I put into Nashville, Tennessee, but you wouldn't even come around to see me
And since your headin' up to Carolina, You know I'm gonna be right there behind you

'Cause I always have to steal my kisses from you
Always have to steal my kisses from you

Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding

thing
And to see it fall on your simple country dress it's like heaven to me I must confess

'Cause I always have to steal my kisses from you
Always have to steal my kisses from you

Now I've been hangin around you for days, but when I lean in you just turn your head away
Oh no, you didn't mean that
She said I love the way you think, but I hate the way you act

'Cause I always have to steal my kisses from you
Always have to steal my kisses from you

Ground On Down Lyrics – Ben Harper

I believe in a few things
God the devil and love
cause I've looked up from the bottom
and I've stared down from above

I have faith in a few things
divinity and grace
but even when I'm on my knees
I know the devil prays

and you're working your way
from the ground on down

I hate to say I love you
because it means that I
will be with you forever
or will sadly say goodbye

I love to say I hate you
because it means that I
will live my life happily without you
or will sadly live a lie

and you're working your way
from the ground on down

life is short
and if your lookin' for extension
with your time
you had best do well

cause there's good deeds
and there is good intention
they're as far apart
as heaven and hell

and you're working your way
from the ground on down

Burn One Down Lyrics – Ben Harper

Let us burn one
from end to end
and pass it over
to me my friend
burn it long, we'll burn it slow
to light me up before I go

if you don't like my fire
then don't come around
cause I'm gonna burn one down
yes I'm gonna burn one down

my choice is what I choose to do
and if I'm causing no harm
it shouldn't bother you
your choice is who you choose to be
and if your causin' no harm
then you're alright with me

if you don't like my fire
then don't come around
cause I'm gonna burn one down
yes I'm gonna burn one down

herb the gift from the earth
and what's from the earth
is of the greatest worth
so before you knock it try it first
you'll see it's a blessing
and its not a curse

if you don't like my fire
then don't come around
cause I'm gonna burn one down
yes I'm gonna burn one down

Mama's Got A Girlfriend Now Lyrics – Ben Harper

Papa, he left home today and said he ain't comin' back again.
Said he ain't gonna be nobody's second best, just cause mama's got a special kind of friend.
Papa, he left home today, said he ain't comin' back no more.
Said he ain't gonna take no damn back seat.
And how could mama do him so low.

But mama's got a girlfriend now, boy!
Mama's got a girlfriend now.
Mama's got a girlfriend.
Mama's got a true friend.
Mama's got a girlfriend now.

You see Mama don't watch your damn football.
And your beer drinkin' just won't do.
You're just stayin' out late.
And you're preachin' the hate.
And you never have been true.
You see, Mama, she want her somebody who will let her be herself.
So she's leavin' you and your stinky damn ways, cause she's found somebody else.

And Mama's got a girlfriend now boy.
Mama's got a girlfriend now.
Mama's got a girlfriend.
Mama's found a true friend.
Mama's got a girlfriend now.

Papa he left home today.
He was wavin' his hands and cryin'.
You could tell by the sound and the tone in his voice that his heart was slowly dyin'.
But mama said: "Boy if I ever catch you 'round here again, you ain't never gonna have nobody else not a woman or a man".

Yeah! Mama's got a girlfriend now boy.
Mama's got a girlfriend now.
Mama's got a girlfriend.
Mama's found a true friend.
Mama's got a girlfriend now.
Mama's got a girlfriend now, boy!
Mama's got a girlfriend now.
Mama's got a girlfriend.
Mama's found a true friend.
Mama's got a girlfriend now.

Welcome To The Cruel World lyrics - ben harper

Welcome to the cruel world
Hope you find your way
Welcome to the cruel world
Hope you find your way
It's a cruel world
Try to enjoy your stay

Yes it is a cruel world
When you're tryin' to get by
It's a cruel world
When you've seen the look in their eye
Makes life hard living
But I'm so scared to die

Welcome to the cruel world
Welcome
Welcome

Don't know how
We've lasted here so long
There must be more good than bad
Or we'd already be gone
And if you get up to heaven
Before I do
I'm gonna tell ya
It's gonna be cruel there too

You can't hide from this cruel world
Cause there is no place to run
You can't hide from the cruel world
There just is no place to run
It's been cruel from the beginning
It will be cruel when we're done

So when I'm gone
I will gladly say goodbye
When I am gone
I will gladly say goodbye
And if you want to feel me
Put your hands up to the sky

Welcome to the cruel world
Welcome
Welcome
Hope you find your way
Try to enjoy your stay

Forgiven Lyrics – Ben Harper

I will wait like nothing; I have ever waited for
I will catch your tears from falling; until from my hands they poor

I will wait like nothing; I have ever waited for
I will catch your tears from falling; until from my hands they pour

You can leave me abandoned, I'll be here if you walk back in
Like the rest I have been branded far beneath the skin
So far beneath the skin

You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven
You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven

Here I have been standing but the time has come and gone
I tried singing to you, but you turned my words to stone

Here I have been waiting, it seems for quite a while
Changed all my reflections
But inside still just a child
But inside still just a child

You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven
You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven

These eyes weren't made for crying; This love wasn't made to waste
These arms weren't made for battle, but to share in your embrace

You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven
You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven

Faded / Whole Lotta Love Lyrics – Ben Harper

You so easily amuse
Like a pantomime
Such a silent crime
You so easily abuse
Lack of confindence
It's your best offense
You so easily confuse
You can't deny it
Still you try to hide it

Faded
So faded
Like a memory gone
There's no recollection

Faded
So faded
Like a forgotten dream
Further than it seems

You so hastily defy
When you think you need it
You find a way to bleed it
You so hastily deny
Pleading innocence
It's your best defense
You so hastily reply
The moment (that) you said it
Already regret it

Faded
So faded
Like a memory gone
There's no recollection

Faded
So faded
Like a forgotten dream
Further than it seems

You so easily amuse
You so easily abuse

Faded
So faded
Like a memory gone
There's no recollection

Faded
So faded
Like a forgotten dream
Further than it seems

Faded
So faded
Like a memory gone
There's no recollection

Waiting On An Angel Lyrics – Ben Harper

Waiting on an angel
One to carry me home
Hope you come to see me soon
Cause I don' t want to go alone
I don' t want to go alone

Now angel won' t you come by me
Angel hear my plea
Take my hand lift me up
So that I can fly with thee
So that I can fly with thee

And I'm waiting on an angel
And I know it won' t be long
To find myself a resting place
In my angel's arms
In my angel's arms

So speak kind to a stranger
Cause you'll never know
It just might be an angel come
Knockin' at your door
Knockin' at your door

And I'm waiting on an angel
And I know it won't be long
To find myself a resting place
In my angel's arms
In my angel's arms

Waiting on an angel
One to carry me home
Hope you come and see me soon
Cause I don' t want to go alone
I don't want to go alone
Don' t want to go
I don't want to go alone

Roses From My Friends Lyrics – Ben Harper

I could have treated you better
but you couldn't have treated me worse
but it's he who laughs last
is he who cries first

Sometimes I feel I know strangers
better than I know my friends
why must a beginning
be the means to an end

The stones from my enemies
these wounds will mend
but I cannot survive
the roses from my friends

When the last word has been spoken
and we've beared witness to the final setting sun
all that shall remain is a token
of what we've said and done

When all we've had has been forsaken
distant church bells no longer ring
that's the sound of a heart taken
and the story of tears from a king

The stones from my enemies
these wounds will mend
but I cannot survive
the roses from my friends

This may be the last time I see you
forgive me for holding you close
this may be the last time that I see you
so of this moment I will make the most

This may be the last time I see you
but if you keep me in your heart
together we shall be eternal
if you believe
we shall never part

The stones from my enemies
these wounds will mend
but I cannot survive
the roses from my friends

Power Of The Gospel Lyrics – Ben Harper

It will make a weak man mighty
it will make a mighty man fall
it will fill your heart and hands
or leave you with nothing at all
it's the eyes for the blind
and legs for the lame
it is love for hate
and pride for shame

that's the power of the gospel
that's the power of the gospel
that's the power of the mighty power
that's the power of the gospel

gospel on the water
gospel on the land
the gospel in every woman
the gospel in every man
gospel in the garden
gospel in the trees
the gospel that's inside of you
the gospel inside of me

that's the power of the gospel
that's the power of the gospel
that's the power of the mighty power
that's the power of the gospel

in the hour of richness
in the hour of need
for all of creation
comes from the gospel seed
now you may leave tomorrow
and you may leave today
but you've got to have the gospel
when you start out on your way

that's the power of the gospel
that's the power of the gospel
that's the power of the mighty power
that's the power of the gospel

Pleasure And Pain Lyrics – Ben Harper

I'm leaving here on the morning train
And I will never see this world again
I've felt pleasure
And I have felt pain
And I know now
That I can never be the same

How I wonder why the world can be so cold
And if only good die young
Then left with me cruel here to grow old
And I felt pleasure
And I felt pain
And I know now
I can never be the same

And if someday I find my peace of mind
I will share my wealth with all of human kind
I've felt pleasure
And I have felt pain
And I know now
That I can never be the same

So if the sun does shine or rain does fall
I give thanks I've had my sight to see through it all
And I've felt pleasure
And I've felt pain
And I know now
That I can never be the same

Please Bleed Lyrics – Ben Harper

Make me feel like a beggar
Make me feel like a thief
Make me feel like a battle, that cannot end in peace
Make me feel like running, as if I've lost my nerve
Make me feel like crying, tears I don't deserve

Please bleed
So I know that you are real
So I know that you can feel
The damage that you've done
Who have I become
To myself I am numb, I am numb, I am numb

Is this really living? Sometimes it's hard to tell
Or is this just a kind of gentler hell?
Turn out the lights
And let me stare into your soul
I was born and bled for you to hold

Please bleed
So I know that you are real
So I know that you can feel
The damage that you've done
Who have I become
To myself I am numb, I am numb, I am numb

Never said thank you
Never said please
Never gave reason to believe
So as it stands
I remain on my knees
Good lovers make great enemies

Please bleed
So I know that you are real
So I know that you can feel
The damage that you've done
Who have I become
To myself I am numb, I am numb, I am numb

The Drug's Don't Work Lyrics – Ben Harper

All this talk of getting old
It's getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag waiting to drown
This time I'm comin' down
And I know you're thinking of me
As you lay down on your side

Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again
Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again

But I know I'm on a losing streak
'Cause I passed down by old street
And if you wanna show, just let me know
And I'll sing in your ear again

Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again

So baby, Woh- if heaven calls, I'm coming too
Just like you said you leave my life, I'm better off dead

All this talk of getting old
It's getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown
This time I'm comin' down

The drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again

So baby, Woh- if heaven calls, I'm coming too
And like you said, you leave my life, I'm better off dead

But if you wanna show, just let me know
And now I'll sing in your ear again

Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But now I know I'll see your face again
Yeah- I know I'll see your face again
Yeah- I know I'll see your face again
Oh- now
Yeah, I know I'll see your face again
Never coming down, Never coming down
No more, no more, no more, no more, no more, no more
Never coming down, never coming down
No more, no more, no more, no more, no more
Oh- now
Yeah, I know I'll see your face again

In The Lord's Arms Lyrics – Ben Harper

Like the wings stolen from an angel
Like petals gone from a rose
Like a dove caught in a storm

Tonight he's in the Lord's Arms

The wind it blew straight through us
And whispered to me in tongues
I was told, I was warned

Tonight he would be in the Lord's Arms
Tonight he is in the Lord's Arms

So I drink this wine to him
With each glass, a memory
He left with his crown of thornes

Tonight he's in the Lord's Arms
Tonight he's in the Lord's Arms
Tonight he's in the Lord's Arms

Not Fire Not Ice Lyrics – Ben Harper

There is not a river wide.
Not a mountain high.
And neither sin nor evil.
Could change how I feel inside.
Could change how I feel inside.

Not all the strength of the ocean.
Not all the heat from the sun, from the sun.
Now, others have tried, I just can't deny.
For me you are the one.
For me you are the one.

The true love is priceless.
For true love you pay a price.
But there's nothing can keep me from loving you.
Not fire, no not ice.
Not fire, no not ice.

Like a hero or a champion.
You are the best, you're the best.
Like religion or superstition.
With you I am blessed.
With you I am blessed.

Now the river may grow wider.
The mountain may reach past the sky.
And wether or not you feel the same.
My love shall never die.
My love shall never die.

The true love you give and take.
The true love is sacrifice.
But there's nothing can keep me from loving you.
Not fire, no not ice.
Not fire, no not ice.
Not fire, no not ice.

Beloved One Lyrics – Ben Harper

We have both been here before
Knockin' upon love's door
Begging for someone to let us in
Knowing this we can agree to keep each other company
Never to go down that road again

My beloved one
My beloved one

Your eyes shine through me
You are so divine to me
Your heart has a home in mine
We won't have to say a word
With a touch all shall be heard
When I search my heart it's you I find

My beloved one
My beloved one
My beloved one

You were meant for me
I believe you were sent to me
From a dream straight into my arms
Hold your body close to me
You mean most to me
We will keep each other safe from harm

My beloved one
My beloved one
My beloved one
My beloved one

Walk Away Lyrics – Ben Harper

Oh no
Here comes that sun again
That means another day
Without you my friend

And it hurts me
To look into the mirror at myself
And it hurts even more
To have to be with somebody else
And it's so hard to do
And so easy to say
But sometimes
Sometimes you just have to walk away
Walk away

With so many people
To love in my life
Why do I worry
About one

But you put the happy
In my ness
You put the good times
Into my fun
And it's so hard to do
And so easy to say
But sometimes
Sometimes you just have to walk away
Walk away
And head for the door

We've tried the goodbye
So many days
We walk in the same direction
So that we could never stray
They say if you love somebody
Then you have got to set them free
But I would rather be locked to you
Than live in this pain and misery

They say time will
Make all this go away
But it's time that has taken my tomorrows
And turned them into yesterdays
And once again that rising sun
Is droppin' on down
And once again you my friend
Are nowhere to be found
And it's so hard to do
And so easy to say
But sometimes
Sometimes you just have to walk away
Walk away
And head for the door
You just walk away
Walk away

Another Lonely Day Lyrics – Ben Harper

Yes indeed I'm alone again
and here comes emptiness crashing in
it's either love or hate
I can't find in between
cause I've been with witches
and I have been with a queen

it wouldn't have worked out any way
so now it's just another lonely day
further along we just may
but for now it's just another lonely day

wish there was something
I could say or do
I can resist anything
but temptation from you
but I'd rather walk alone
than chase you around
I'd rather fall myself
than let you drag me down

it wouldn't have worked out any way
and now it's just another lonely day
further along we just may
but for now it's just another lonely day

yesterday seems like a life ago
cause the one I love
today I hardly know
you I held so close in my heart oh dear
grow further from me
with every falling tear

it wouldn't have worked out any way
so now it's just another lonely day
further along we just may
but for now it's just another lonely day

Like A King / I'll Rise Lyrics – Ben Harper

Well Martin's dream has become Rodney's worst nightmare.
Can't walk the streets, to them we are fair game,
our lives don't mean a thing.

Like a King, like a King, like a King.
Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King.
Like a king, like a King, like a King.
How I wish you could help us Dr. King.

Make sure it's filmed, shown on national T.V.
They'll have no mercy.
A legal lynch mob like the days strung up from the tree.
The L.A.P.D.

Like a King, like a King, like a King.
Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King.
Like a King, like a King, like a King.
How I wish you could help us Dr. King.

So if you catch yourself thinking it has changed
for the best you better second guess cause Martin's dream
has become Rodney's worst nightmare.

Like a King, like a King, like a King.
Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King.
Like a King, like a King, like a King
How I wish you could help us Dr. King.
Like a King, like a King, like a King.
Like a King, like a King, like a King.
Like a King, like a King, like a King.
How I wish... Like a King, like a King.
Like a King, like a King, like a, like a King.
Like a King, like a King, like a King.

When we will look to the past, look to the past to learn?
I wish...
Like a king, like a king, like a king.
Like a king, like a king, like a king.
Bye, bye we must go to see the King.
Bye, bye we must go to face the King.

You may write me down in history with your bitter twisted lies,
you may trod me down in the very dirt.
And still like the dust, I'll rise.
Does my happiness upset you?
Why are you best with gloom cause I laugh,
like I've got an oil well pumpin' in my living room?

So you may shoot me with your words,
you may cut me with your eyes,
and I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise.
Out of the shacks of history's shame,
up from a past rooted in pain,
and I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise.

Now did you want to see me broken,
bowed head and lowered eyes,
shoulders fallen down like teardrops,
weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my confidence upset you?
Don't you take it awful hard cause I walk,
like I've got a diamond mine breakin' up in my front yard.

So you may shoot me with your words,
you may cut me with your eyes,
and I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise.
Out of the shacks of history's shame,
up from a past rooted in pain,
and I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise.

So you may write me down in history with your bitter twisted lies.
You may trod me down in the very dirt.
And still like the dust, I'll rise.
Does my happiness upset you?
Why are you best with gloom cause I laugh,
like I've got a goldmine diggin' up in my living room.

You may shoot me with your words,
you may cut me with your eyes,
and I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise.
Out of the shacks of history's shame,
up from a past rooted in pain,
and I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise.

You may shoot me with your words,
you may cut me with your eyes,
and I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise.
Out of the shacks of history's shame,
up from a past rooted in pain,
I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise.
I gonna rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise.
I'll rise - I'll rise - I'll rise - rise - rise

"Burn To Shine" (1999)

The Woman In You Lyrics – Ben Harper

Could've sworn I heard you say amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe
Did it fall from your tongue without warning or just another trick to fall from your sleeve
Did I hear you say that you believe in angels? I guess I bring the devil out in you
But we can both remove our halos 'cause even an angel needs love too
Even angels need love too

The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me
The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me

Some things never change; Some things never stay the same
But you're so innocent, I'll take all the blame
How I hate to remember for that means the day is past
Sometimes I wonder if I know her or if I really need to ask
Or if I really need to ask

The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me
The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me
The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me
Woman...

Half-man walks with no shadow of life he utters his distaste
No apology is expected
Love carved sorry in his face
Love carved sorry in his face

The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me
The woman in you is the worry, the worry in me
The woman in you, in you, is the worry in me
Woman...

Alone Lyrics – Ben Harper

This empty room it fills my mind
Freedom it leaves me so confined
Every single bone has cracked
what in this life, you can't turn back

I don't want to live
I don't want to live here alone, alone

as these words part with my tounge
I question why they even sung
I promise but I lie
I don't even know myself inside

I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be here alone, alone

Today and tommorow have become one
Every single thing has become undone
Human nature is a beast
What ive done the most, to show i have the least

Please don't leave me here
Please don't leave me here
Don't you leave me alone, alone

Less Lyrics – Ben Harper

I could give you more, but you still wouldn't be happy
I could give all you need, but you still wouldn't be satisfied
I could give to our poor
Now what good would that be?
You'd shake hands with Jesus
And you still would not believe

If you're happy with nothing you'll be so very happy with me
The less you expect the more you'll be pleased
The more you'll be pleased

I could change your mind, but what would you really be thinking
I'd show you a sign, but you'd just pass it on by
I could hold your hand but then we'd both be sinking
The problem with the world is everone's not just like you

If you're happy with nothing you'll be so very happy with me
The less you expect the more you'll be pleased
The more you'll be pleased

If you're happy with nothing you'll be so very happy with me
If you're happy with nothing you'll be so very happy with me
If you're happy with nothing you'll be so very happy with me...
So happy with nothing, so happy with me

Two Hands Of A Prayer Lyrics – Ben Harper

First time that I saw her she had white doves in her eyes
She spoke to me but I could not reply, not reply
She was a stranger I had known for years
She brought to me so many smiles and tears, smiles and tears

The two hands of a prayer
Together like the two hands of a prayer
Together like the two hands of a prayer
Together like the two hands of a prayer
("Time")

Time it slowly drips into the past, into the past
And finds a home where all echoes rest, where echoes rest ("With a cold rest")
She softly kissed my mind, my mind, and whispered what will we do with time, do
with time

The two hands of a prayer
Together like the two hands of a prayer
Together like the two hands of a prayer
Together like the two hands of a prayer

Am I the man I choose to be, choose to be,
Or just the man I used to be, used to be
Am I the man I want to be, I want to be
this question, it keeps haunting me, haunting me

The two hands of a prayer
Together like the two hands of a prayer
Together like the two hands of a prayer
Together like the two hands of a prayer

Please Bleed Lyrics – Ben Harper

Make me feel like a beggar
Make me feel like a thief
Make me feel like a battle, that cannot end in peace
Make me feel like running, as if I've lost my nerve
Make me feel like crying, tears I don't deserve

Please bleed
So I know that you are real
So I know that you can feel
The damage that you've done
Who have I become
To myself I am numb, I am numb, I am numb

Is this really living? Sometimes it's hard to tell
Or is this just a kind of gentler hell?
Turn out the lights
And let me stare into your soul
I was born and bled for you to hold

Please bleed
So I know that you are real
So I know that you can feel
The damage that you've done
Who have I become
To myself I am numb, I am numb, I am numb

Never said thank you
Never said please
Never gave reason to believe
So as it stands
I remain on my knees
Good lovers make great enemies

Please bleed
So I know that you are real
So I know that you can feel
The damage that you've done
Who have I become
To myself I am numb, I am numb, I am numb

Steal My Kisses Lyrics – Ben Harper

I put into Nashville, Tennessee, but you wouldn't even come around to see me
And since your headin' up to Carolina, You know I'm gonna be right there behind you

'Cause I always have to steal my kisses from you
Always have to steal my kisses from you

Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding

thing
And to see it fall on your simple country dress it's like heaven to me I must confess

'Cause I always have to steal my kisses from you
Always have to steal my kisses from you

Now I've been hangin around you for days, but when I lean in you just turn your head away
Oh no, you didn't mean that
She said I love the way you think, but I hate the way you act

'Cause I always have to steal my kisses from you
Always have to steal my kisses from you

Suzie Blue Lyrics – Ben Harper

Won't you sing me the blues
Won't you sing me the blues
Sing me something my heart can use; misery loves a symphony

Does your face, your pretty face get lost in a crowd?
And you say no one's there
To hear you cry out loud
What will you do, Suzie Blue?

Where did you learn to do that so well?
Where did you learn to do that so well?
I guess that would be like kiss and tell
If it's a secret, why did you show me?

But your far away from the love you used to hold, don't sit and watch your self
grow old
The day is new, Suzie Blue
The day is new, Suzie Blue

Real life has let you down
Real life has let you down
Someone stripped the jewel from your crown
Everybody owes somebody something
Kissing from heaven in your arms
And we'll make love to the memories
They will always see us through, Suzie Blue
The day is new, Suzie Blue
The day is new, Suzie Blue

Burn To Shine Lyrics – Ben Harper

We made love until we cried and cried ourselves to laughter
Laughed until we realise our hearts were struck were fear
How in just a moments time could one see for ever after
I gently lie beside of you and dream away my tears

Won't you let me treat you kind
We're gonna burn to shine
Won't you let me treat you kind
We're gonna burn to shine

Funny things you learn from your mama, like the way to throw your head back when your swallowing pills
Funny things you learn from your papa, like when you're talking you just can't keep your hands still

But that was now and this is then
It never lasts for long
How I miss the good old days; but I'm so glad they're gone

Won't you let me treat you kind
We're gonna burn to shine
Won't you let me treat you kind
We're gonna burn to shine

I'd like to spend the time that you would like to spend with me
So that you could help me out with my dependancy
'Cause I'm hoplessly addicted, addicted to your sorrow
Makes me never wanna work, beg or borrow

Won't you let me treat you kind
We're gonna burn to shine
Won't you let me treat you kind
We're gonna burn to shine

Show Me A Little Shame Lyrics – Ben Harper

You, you've been looking at me just a little too long, now I can never look the same
Blindness and kindness, there's no difference in the two when I can no longer see the good in you

So won't you show me a little shame
Won't you show me a little shame

Now 'cause I'm, I'm a gentleman, lookin' for a gentlewomen, so-called ladies keep breakin my heart
Show me a house, show me a home, show me how it could all fall apart

So won't you show me a little shame
Won't you show me a little shame
Won't you show me a little shame

'Cause now I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through crying and I'm sadder then before I wept
I get through thinking and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speaking and I can't remember not a word that I said

You change your mind so many times, I wonder if you have a mind at all
And I'd rather be by myself than to have your lonesome company come to call

So won't you show me a little shame
Won't you show me a little shame
Won't you show me a little shame

Forgiven Lyrics – Ben Harper

I will wait like nothing; I have ever waited for
I will catch your tears from falling; until from my hands they poor

I will wait like nothing; I have ever waited for
I will catch your tears from falling; until from my hands they pour

You can leave me abandoned, I'll be here if you walk back in
Like the rest I have been branded far beneath the skin
So far beneath the skin

You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven
You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven

Here I have been standing but the time has come and gone
I tried singing to you, but you turned my words to stone

Here I have been waiting, it seems for quite a while
Changed all my reflections
But inside still just a child
But inside still just a child

You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven
You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven

These eyes weren't made for crying; This love wasn't made to waste
These arms weren't made for battle, but to share in your embrace

You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven
You shall be, you shall be, you shall be Forgiven

Beloved One Lyrics – Ben Harper

We have both been here before
Knockin' upon love's door
Begging for someone to let us in
Knowing this we can agree to keep each other company
Never to go down that road again

My beloved one
My beloved one

Your eyes shine through me
You are so divine to me
Your heart has a home in mine
We won't have to say a word
With a touch all shall be heard
When I search my heart it's you I find

My beloved one
My beloved one
My beloved one

You were meant for me
I believe you were sent to me
From a dream straight into my arms
Hold your body close to me
You mean most to me
We will keep each other safe from harm

My beloved one
My beloved one
My beloved one
My beloved one

In The Lord's Arms Lyrics – Ben Harper

Like the wings stolen from an angel
Like petals gone from a rose
Like a dove caught in a storm

Tonight he's in the Lord's Arms

The wind it blew straight through us
And whispered to me in tongues
I was told, I was warned

Tonight he would be in the Lord's Arms
Tonight he is in the Lord's Arms

So I drink this wine to him
With each glass, a memory
He left with his crown of thornes

Tonight he's in the Lord's Arms
Tonight he's in the Lord's Arms
Tonight he's in the Lord's Arms

"Will To Live" (1997)

Faded Lyrics – Ben Harper

You so easily amuse
like a pantomime
such a silent crime

You so easily abuse
lack of confidence
it's your best offense

You so easily confuse
you can't deny it
still you try to hide it

Faded
so faded
like a memory gone
there's no recollection
Faded
so faded
like a forgotten dream
further than it seems

You so hastily defy
when you think you need it
you find a way to bleed it

You so hastily deny
pleading innocence
it's your best defense

You so hastily reply
the moment that you said it
already regret it

Faded
so faded
like a memory gone
there's no recollection
Faded
so faded
like a forgotten dream
further than it seems

Homeless Child Lyrics – Ben Harper

Nowhere here
to call my home
no one near
to call my own
all that's left
is for me to roam
somebody please
help me hang on

Homeless child
homeless child
what is left
for the homeless child

There is no night
and there is no day
it is all
one shade of gray
some will pass
and some will stay
is this the end
or just one more day

Homeless child
homeless child
what is left
for the homeless child

Sure not much
but it's my best
I just need
some place to rest
if you could just
let me be your guest
I won't burden you
for very long

Homeless child
homeless child
what is left
for the homeless child

Roses From My Friends Lyrics – Ben Harper

I could have treated you better
but you couldn't have treated me worse
but it's he who laughs last
is he who cries first

Sometimes I feel I know strangers
better than I know my friends
why must a beginning
be the means to an end

The stones from my enemies
these wounds will mend
but I cannot survive
the roses from my friends

When the last word has been spoken
and we've beared witness to the final setting sun
all that shall remain is a token
of what we've said and done

When all we've had has been forsaken
distant church bells no longer ring
that's the sound of a heart taken
and the story of tears from a king

The stones from my enemies
these wounds will mend
but I cannot survive
the roses from my friends

This may be the last time I see you
forgive me for holding you close
this may be the last time that I see you
so of this moment I will make the most

This may be the last time I see you
but if you keep me in your heart
together we shall be eternal
if you believe
we shall never part

The stones from my enemies
these wounds will mend
but I cannot survive
the roses from my friends

Jah Work Lyrics – Ben Harper

Tell me do you really know
your brother man
cause a heart speaks louder
than a color can
and why would you even
shake a man's hand
if you're not going
to help him stand

Jah work
Jah work
Jah work is never done

Every man's actions
belong to he
if prepared for thereafter
to each his destiny
some people believe
and some people know
some people deceive
and some people show

Jah work
Jah work
Jah work is never done

You must do the heaviest
so many shall do none
you have got to stand firm
so many shall run
some they rest their head at night
some get no sleep at all
if you listen close to what you see
you will hear the call

I Want To Be Ready Lyrics – Ben Harper

How I am strong
is to know what makes me weak
how I am found
is to know just whom I seek
the gift of a blessing
the burden of a sin
turn to him

I want to be ready
ready to put on
my long white robe

Nailed across
from hand to hand
for the sin
of woman and man
all upon his earth
is all within his plan
and I know this shall be
my journey home

I want to be ready
ready to put on
my long white robe

Covet no silver
covet no gold
reach your empty
hands for him to hold
up in his kingdom
glory shall be proclaimed
sing the song
and praise his name.

The Wil To Live Lyrics – Ben Harper

I met a girl whose heart
was on the right hand side
and upon the left
an angel did reside
they told her mother
that she never would survive
but she kept the rhythm
and is still alive

We must all have
the will to live
you got to have
the will to live

Then I met a man
who had to walk with his hands
born into a world
he couldn't stand
blessed with life
but cursed as a man
still he walks taller
than most of us can

We must all have
the will to live
you got to have
the will to live

Some are born with more
and some born with less
so don't take for granted
the life we've been blessed
it's hard to understand
that we're only a guest
and each one of us
shall be put to life's test

We must all have
the will to live
you got to have
the will to live