Rough Diamonds, Precious Jewels |
2001
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Published on Bandcamp on July 9, 2021
Note that covers versions are removed |
Initial Solid Rock Pre-Release Disc One:
TV Ad
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The legendary Larry Norman in concert, Assembly Buildings, Belfast, Thursday 27th October. Tickets from House Of Musique and usual outlets [Spoken, over a snippet of the song UFO]
He's an unidentified flying object
You will see him in the air
The legendary Larry Norman in concert, Assembly Buildings, Belfast, Thursday 27th October. Tickets from House Of Musique and usual outlets [Spoken, over a snippet of the song UFO]
He's an unidentified flying object
You will see him in the air
introductions
I know you're all looking forward to see him, so please put your hands together and a warm welcome for Larry Norman [Spoken by Trevor King]
god save the queen
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[Plays God Save The Queen falteringly on acoustic guitar]
That's something we borrowed from you. We have that in America. We don't know it too well but, we have it. You could borrow some of our music if you want. You could borrow this [Spoken]
[Plays Oh, Susanna with harmonica and tambourine]
If you like it please borrow it quickly [Spoken]
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[Plays God Save The Queen falteringly on acoustic guitar]
That's something we borrowed from you. We have that in America. We don't know it too well but, we have it. You could borrow some of our music if you want. You could borrow this [Spoken]
[Plays Oh, Susanna with harmonica and tambourine]
If you like it please borrow it quickly [Spoken]
everybody work [medley, combined into a single track]
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You know the flesh will make you twist and shout
So with fear and trembling work your salvation out
Everybody work
(Everybody work)
There are ten commandments, now get this straight
If you keep the first two you'll fulfil the other eight
Everybody work
(Everybody work)
You know there's trouble between the brothers and sisters
People need to get along (Ooh)
Open up your hearts to one another (Ooh)
And learn to sing this song (Ooh) (Yeah)
If you don't die once you're gonna die twice
Obedience is better than sacrifice
Everybody work
(Everybody work)
You know there's trouble between the brothers and sisters
People need to learn to get along (Ooh)
Open up your hearts to one another (Ooh-ooh)
And learn to live this song (Yeah)
If you don't know what I'm saying go home and pray
Read your bible and die every day
Everybody work
(Everybody work)
You know the flesh will make you twist and shout
So with fear and trembling work your salvation out
Everybody work
(Everybody work)
There are ten commandments, now get this straight
If you keep the first two you'll fulfil the other eight
Everybody work
(Everybody work)
You know there's trouble between the brothers and sisters
People need to get along (Ooh)
Open up your hearts to one another (Ooh)
And learn to sing this song (Ooh) (Yeah)
If you don't die once you're gonna die twice
Obedience is better than sacrifice
Everybody work
(Everybody work)
You know there's trouble between the brothers and sisters
People need to learn to get along (Ooh)
Open up your hearts to one another (Ooh-ooh)
And learn to live this song (Yeah)
If you don't know what I'm saying go home and pray
Read your bible and die every day
Everybody work
(Everybody work)
twist and shout [medley, combined into a single track]
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Shake it up baby (Shake it up baby)
A-twist and shout (Twist and shout)
Come on, come on baby (Shake it up baby)
Come on and work it on out (Work it on out)
You know you twist so good (Twist so good)
You know you twist so fine (Twist so fine)
C'mon and twist a little closer (Twist a little closer)
Let me know that you're mine (Know you're mine)
Shake it, shake it, shake it baby now (Shake it up baby)
Shake it, shake it, shake it baby now (Shake it up baby)
Well shake it, shake it, shake it baby now (Shake it up baby)
Well shake it, shake it, shake it baby now (Shake it up baby)
Oh-oh-oh
Shake it up baby (Shake it up baby)
A-twist and shout (Twist and shout)
Come on, come on baby (Shake it up baby)
Come on and work it on out (Work it on out)
You know you twist so good (Twist so good)
You know you twist so fine (Twist so fine)
C'mon and twist a little closer (Twist a little closer)
Let me know that you're mine (Know you're mine)
Shake it, shake it, shake it baby now (Shake it up baby)
Shake it, shake it, shake it baby now (Shake it up baby)
Well shake it, shake it, shake it baby now (Shake it up baby)
Well shake it, shake it, shake it baby now (Shake it up baby)
Oh-oh-oh
shout [medley, combined into a single track]
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Aah aah aah wow
You make wanna shout
Yeah shout (Shout)
Kick my shoes off now (Shout)
Lift my hands up now (Shout)
Go to church now (Shout)
Yeah yeah walk through that door now (Shout)
??? (Shout)
Say my prayers and (Shout)
Lift up my friends now (Shout)
I love my sister (Shout)
I love my brother (Shout)
Love my father (Shout)
Love my mother (Shout)
Open up my heart (Shout)
Open to the spirit (Shout)
Listen to the message now (Shout)
Hope I can hear it (Shout)
A little bit quieter now yeah
A little bit softer now (A little bit softer now)
Little bit softer now (A little bit softer now)
A little bit louder now (A little bit louder now)
A little bit louder now yeah yeah yeah yeah (A little bit louder now)
A little bit louder [Just like in a black church - Spoken] (A little bit louder now)
Ye-ah a little bit louder now, aah (A little bit louder now)
Kick my shoes off
Throw up my hands now
Go to church now
Say my prayers now go
??? now
With all my friends now
Listen to the spirit
??? hear it
Ho-ho-ho holy holy holy holy spirit now
Transformed man
You know you gotta live right
Do what's right, be born again
You gotta lift those hands
??? spirit
Wo-oh-ah-oh-wo-oh
Aah aah aah wow
You make wanna shout
Yeah shout (Shout)
Kick my shoes off now (Shout)
Lift my hands up now (Shout)
Go to church now (Shout)
Yeah yeah walk through that door now (Shout)
??? (Shout)
Say my prayers and (Shout)
Lift up my friends now (Shout)
I love my sister (Shout)
I love my brother (Shout)
Love my father (Shout)
Love my mother (Shout)
Open up my heart (Shout)
Open to the spirit (Shout)
Listen to the message now (Shout)
Hope I can hear it (Shout)
A little bit quieter now yeah
A little bit softer now (A little bit softer now)
Little bit softer now (A little bit softer now)
A little bit louder now (A little bit louder now)
A little bit louder now yeah yeah yeah yeah (A little bit louder now)
A little bit louder [Just like in a black church - Spoken] (A little bit louder now)
Ye-ah a little bit louder now, aah (A little bit louder now)
Kick my shoes off
Throw up my hands now
Go to church now
Say my prayers now go
??? now
With all my friends now
Listen to the spirit
??? hear it
Ho-ho-ho holy holy holy holy spirit now
Transformed man
You know you gotta live right
Do what's right, be born again
You gotta lift those hands
??? spirit
Wo-oh-ah-oh-wo-oh
everybody work (reprise) [medley, combined into a single track]
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Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute
There's just one thing I forgot to say
If you love the Lord, there'll be evidence every day
You know you're walking through this life and people think you're just like them
But eh there should be something different about you
And they'll notice it if they, they, they look again
So if eh
If you don't know what I'm saying
Go home and pray
Read your bible and die every day
Everybody work
(Everybody work)
Wo oh oh everybody work
Wa-yeah (Everybody work work, work work)
Everybody work work, work work
Every body work, open up your heart now
Open up your mind
Reach out for ??
????
Yeah yeah yeah
Now everybody work
Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute
There's just one thing I forgot to say
If you love the Lord, there'll be evidence every day
You know you're walking through this life and people think you're just like them
But eh there should be something different about you
And they'll notice it if they, they, they look again
So if eh
If you don't know what I'm saying
Go home and pray
Read your bible and die every day
Everybody work
(Everybody work)
Wo oh oh everybody work
Wa-yeah (Everybody work work, work work)
Everybody work work, work work
Every body work, open up your heart now
Open up your mind
Reach out for ??
????
Yeah yeah yeah
Now everybody work
i wish we'd all been ready
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Life was filled with guns and war
Everyone got trampled on the floor
I wish we'd all been ready
Children died, the days grew cold
A piece of bread could buy a bag of gold
I wish we'd all been ready
There's no time to change your mind (Ooh ooh)
The son has come and you've been left behind (Ooh ooh ooh)
A man and wife asleep in bed
She hears a noise and turns her head, he's gone
I wish we'd all been ready
Two men walking up a hill
One disappears, one's left standing still
I wish we'd all been ready
There's no time to change your mind (Ooh ooh)
The son has come and you've been left behind (Ooh ooh ooh)
Yeah you've been left behind
Life is filled with bombs and guns
Heaven help the little ones who die
I hope you'll all been ready
People, gold, oil, guns, war, AIDS, death
I hope you'll all be ready
Hope you'll all be ready
There won't be time to change your mind (Ooh ooh)
And no excuse for being blind (Ooh ooh ooh)
The clouds will open up, Jesus will come down (Ooh ooh)
Those who believe will go home (Ooh ooh ooh)
Those who don't believe will be left behind
Don't be left behind
Don't get left behind
Don't get left behind
Life was filled with guns and war
Everyone got trampled on the floor
I wish we'd all been ready
Children died, the days grew cold
A piece of bread could buy a bag of gold
I wish we'd all been ready
There's no time to change your mind (Ooh ooh)
The son has come and you've been left behind (Ooh ooh ooh)
A man and wife asleep in bed
She hears a noise and turns her head, he's gone
I wish we'd all been ready
Two men walking up a hill
One disappears, one's left standing still
I wish we'd all been ready
There's no time to change your mind (Ooh ooh)
The son has come and you've been left behind (Ooh ooh ooh)
Yeah you've been left behind
Life is filled with bombs and guns
Heaven help the little ones who die
I hope you'll all been ready
People, gold, oil, guns, war, AIDS, death
I hope you'll all be ready
Hope you'll all be ready
There won't be time to change your mind (Ooh ooh)
And no excuse for being blind (Ooh ooh ooh)
The clouds will open up, Jesus will come down (Ooh ooh)
Those who believe will go home (Ooh ooh ooh)
Those who don't believe will be left behind
Don't be left behind
Don't get left behind
Don't get left behind
feeling so bad
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I'm so glad eh, so glad that I got to. See for years every time I ever came to Europe it was during the winter and I'm really glad finally got to come during the summer [Spoken]
Well I'm feeling so bad in the middle of love
And it's easy to see that it isn't quite me that you're thinking of
Must be somebody else huh, but I'm wondering who
I can't seem to recall anybody at all who's in love with you
Every night you'll hear me say what a day
Well I saw you last week, you went out on the sly
You walked into some church, I suspected the worst, that you met some guy
Well I waited outside, but you came out alone
With a satisfied look and a little black book, then you went straight home
Every night you'll hear me say what a day
Oh yeah
I got something I wanna say to you baby
And this is what it is
So listen [Guitar solo]
Aaah
Ah ah ah [x2]
Well this morning at ten, you invited me in
As you poured me some coffee you told me straight off that you found a friend
Well I wasn't surprised, no I wasn't surprised
Cause you look so content baby, I see a different look in your eyes
Every night
You used to treat me right
You'll hear me say
Now you're pushing me away
What a day, what a day
Every night
You'll hear me say
What a day
I'm so glad eh, so glad that I got to. See for years every time I ever came to Europe it was during the winter and I'm really glad finally got to come during the summer [Spoken]
Well I'm feeling so bad in the middle of love
And it's easy to see that it isn't quite me that you're thinking of
Must be somebody else huh, but I'm wondering who
I can't seem to recall anybody at all who's in love with you
Every night you'll hear me say what a day
Well I saw you last week, you went out on the sly
You walked into some church, I suspected the worst, that you met some guy
Well I waited outside, but you came out alone
With a satisfied look and a little black book, then you went straight home
Every night you'll hear me say what a day
Oh yeah
I got something I wanna say to you baby
And this is what it is
So listen [Guitar solo]
Aaah
Ah ah ah [x2]
Well this morning at ten, you invited me in
As you poured me some coffee you told me straight off that you found a friend
Well I wasn't surprised, no I wasn't surprised
Cause you look so content baby, I see a different look in your eyes
Every night
You used to treat me right
You'll hear me say
Now you're pushing me away
What a day, what a day
Every night
You'll hear me say
What a day
a note from mr god
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Mister piano [Spoken]
I was so down
Just hanging around
Wondering what to do
Then suddenly I was surprised from out of the blue
The birds sang their song as I walked along
I suddenly felt quite odd
‘Cause out of the sky fell a note from Mr God
And it said
You've got the blues but you can shake it
If you have faith you can make it
You have a chance
You must take it while you can
You have a choice but you must choose it
Don't give up hope
Or you'll lose it
And that's what it said on the note from Mr God
And it said
You have a chance but you must take it
If you have faith you can make it
You have a chance
You must take it while you can
You've got a choice but you must choose it
Don't give up hope
Or you'll lose it
And that's what it said on the note from Mr God
So if you feel down
Your chin on the ground
And suddenly you feel odd
Just look on the ground for that note from Mr God
Thank you [Spoken]
Mister piano [Spoken]
I was so down
Just hanging around
Wondering what to do
Then suddenly I was surprised from out of the blue
The birds sang their song as I walked along
I suddenly felt quite odd
‘Cause out of the sky fell a note from Mr God
And it said
You've got the blues but you can shake it
If you have faith you can make it
You have a chance
You must take it while you can
You have a choice but you must choose it
Don't give up hope
Or you'll lose it
And that's what it said on the note from Mr God
And it said
You have a chance but you must take it
If you have faith you can make it
You have a chance
You must take it while you can
You've got a choice but you must choose it
Don't give up hope
Or you'll lose it
And that's what it said on the note from Mr God
So if you feel down
Your chin on the ground
And suddenly you feel odd
Just look on the ground for that note from Mr God
Thank you [Spoken]
leaving the past behind
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I'm putting on my walking shoes, please help me find my hat
It's time that I was leaving, I got no time for looking back
I'm going away
Don't help me [Spoken]
I'm putting on my walking shoes an' please help me grab my hat
It's time some pretty soon I'll be leaving, I got no time for looking back
I'm going away yeh yeah
I'm feeling fine wo-wo-oh-yeh
And when it's time to go you've got to leave your past behind
Oh when I look outside my window, it's as dark as it could be
But I know the son is coming to wake the world from sleep
I'm going away, I'm feeling fine ah ah
When it's time to go
You better be ready to leave your past behind
Well
Man is born in trouble, everybody's got the blues
People looking for an answer, people hoping for good news
So if you got the answer then there's one thing you must do
You must walk, you must talk
You must hurry up to beat that clock
You must tell them to get ready so they can leave the past behind
Well my circle is completed, I've got to travel on
So if you understand, don't talk about me when I'm gone
I'm going away
But I'm feeling away (Yeah-hoo-yo-oh=hoo-ooh)
When it's time to go you better leave past behind
Nnn-ah-arg
You've got to start another circle, got to leave your past behind
Hmm-mmm gotta leave it behind
Well, leave it behind
Hmm-ooh-ooh ETC
Oh you gotta leave your past behind
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Wo-ho-ah-mm
Thank you [Spoken]
I'm putting on my walking shoes, please help me find my hat
It's time that I was leaving, I got no time for looking back
I'm going away
Don't help me [Spoken]
I'm putting on my walking shoes an' please help me grab my hat
It's time some pretty soon I'll be leaving, I got no time for looking back
I'm going away yeh yeah
I'm feeling fine wo-wo-oh-yeh
And when it's time to go you've got to leave your past behind
Oh when I look outside my window, it's as dark as it could be
But I know the son is coming to wake the world from sleep
I'm going away, I'm feeling fine ah ah
When it's time to go
You better be ready to leave your past behind
Well
Man is born in trouble, everybody's got the blues
People looking for an answer, people hoping for good news
So if you got the answer then there's one thing you must do
You must walk, you must talk
You must hurry up to beat that clock
You must tell them to get ready so they can leave the past behind
Well my circle is completed, I've got to travel on
So if you understand, don't talk about me when I'm gone
I'm going away
But I'm feeling away (Yeah-hoo-yo-oh=hoo-ooh)
When it's time to go you better leave past behind
Nnn-ah-arg
You've got to start another circle, got to leave your past behind
Hmm-mmm gotta leave it behind
Well, leave it behind
Hmm-ooh-ooh ETC
Oh you gotta leave your past behind
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Wo-ho-ah-mm
Thank you [Spoken]
i am a servant [combined into a single track with one way]
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I just don't think I should sing sing this loudly, so I'm gonna back off [Spoken]
I am a servant, I am listening for my name
I sit here waiting, I've keep looking at this game
That I keep playing, I keep staying much the same
When you are lonely, you're the only one to blame
I am a servant, I am listening for your call
I've been unfaithful, so I sit here in this hall
How can you use me when I've never given all
How can you choose me when you know I quickly fall
So you touch my soul, you help me grow
You let me know you love me
I might feel worthless now, but help me make a vow
To humbly bow before thee
Oh please use me, I am lonely
I am a servant, getting ready for my part
There's been a change, a rearrangement in my heart
At last I'm learning, no returning once I start
To live's a privilege, to love is such an art
But I need your help to start
Oh please purify my heart
I am your servant
Thanks [Spoken]
I just don't think I should sing sing this loudly, so I'm gonna back off [Spoken]
I am a servant, I am listening for my name
I sit here waiting, I've keep looking at this game
That I keep playing, I keep staying much the same
When you are lonely, you're the only one to blame
I am a servant, I am listening for your call
I've been unfaithful, so I sit here in this hall
How can you use me when I've never given all
How can you choose me when you know I quickly fall
So you touch my soul, you help me grow
You let me know you love me
I might feel worthless now, but help me make a vow
To humbly bow before thee
Oh please use me, I am lonely
I am a servant, getting ready for my part
There's been a change, a rearrangement in my heart
At last I'm learning, no returning once I start
To live's a privilege, to love is such an art
But I need your help to start
Oh please purify my heart
I am your servant
Thanks [Spoken]
one way [combined into a single track with i am a servant]
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Hi Dan [Spoken]
Hi Larry [Spoken, by Dan Cutrona]
One way, one way to heaven
Hold your hands up high
One way, free and forgiven
You will be children of the sky
Two roads diverged in the middle of my life
I heard a poet say
And I took the road less traveled by
And that's made the difference every night and every day
So I say one way, one way to heaven
You got to hold up high your hand
Follow, you know that it's free and forgiven
You will be like children of the lamb
In my youth I knew the truth
But I spent many years just sitting and going down the wrong track
Well now that I’m older, I’m bolder
And I think it’s high time we were getting back
I was getting back
We were getting back
And that’s a fact
And I say one way, one way to heaven
You've got to hold up high your hand
Oh-oh one way, free and forgiven
Children of the lamb
I know you will be children of the lamb
Children of the sky
La la la la
Hi Dan [Spoken]
Hi Larry [Spoken, by Dan Cutrona]
One way, one way to heaven
Hold your hands up high
One way, free and forgiven
You will be children of the sky
Two roads diverged in the middle of my life
I heard a poet say
And I took the road less traveled by
And that's made the difference every night and every day
So I say one way, one way to heaven
You got to hold up high your hand
Follow, you know that it's free and forgiven
You will be like children of the lamb
In my youth I knew the truth
But I spent many years just sitting and going down the wrong track
Well now that I’m older, I’m bolder
And I think it’s high time we were getting back
I was getting back
We were getting back
And that’s a fact
And I say one way, one way to heaven
You've got to hold up high your hand
Oh-oh one way, free and forgiven
Children of the lamb
I know you will be children of the lamb
Children of the sky
La la la la
riverdance [combined into a single track with the great american novel]
So I, I'm just, I'm going to ah eh New York in a couple days, when I'm finished here an' eh you know. Hey that Riverdance is really popular over there. You know I saw that, I didn't go to the theatre, I saw it on TV. It, it, it seems those Irish people were in a terrible accident. And they can't move their bodies except for their, their knees down. But eh every once in a while they move their head, to see if they're still in step with the others. That's a strange uh art form [Spoken]
the great american novel [combined into a single track with riverdance]
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I was born and raised an orphan
In a land that once was free
In a land that poured its love out on the moon
And I grew up in the shadows
Of your silos filled with grain
But you never helped to fill my empty spoon
And when I was ten you murdered law
With courtroom politics
And you learned to make a lie sound just like truth
But I know you better now
And I don't fall for all your tricks
And you've lost the one advantage of my youth
You kill a black man at midnight
Just for talking to your daughter
Then you make his wife your mistress
And you leave her without water
And the sheet you wear upon your face
Is the sheet your children sleep on
At every meal you say a prayer
You don't believe but still you keep on
And your money says in God we trust
But it's against the law to pray in school
You say we beat the Russians to the moon
And I say you starved your children to do it
You were far across the ocean
The war was not your own
While you were winning theirs
You almost lost the war at home
Did you really think the only way
To bring about real peace
Was to sacrifice your children
To kill all your enemies
Your, your politicians all make speeches
Your news men all take notes
They exaggerate false issues
As they shove them down our throats
Is it really up to them
Whether our nation sinks or floats
I wonder who would lead us
If none of us would vote
My phone is tapped, my lips are chapped
From whispering through the fence
You know every move I make
Or is that just coincidence
Will you try to make my way of life
A little less like jail
If I promise to make tapes and slides
And send them through the mail
And your money says in God we trust
But it's against the law to pray in school
You say we beat the Russians to the moon
And I say you starved your children to do it
You say all men are equal, all men are brothers
Then why are the rich more equal than others
Don't ask me for the answers, I've only found one
That a man leaves his darkness when he follows the son
I was born and raised an orphan
In a land that once was free
In a land that poured its love out on the moon
And I grew up in the shadows
Of your silos filled with grain
But you never helped to fill my empty spoon
And when I was ten you murdered law
With courtroom politics
And you learned to make a lie sound just like truth
But I know you better now
And I don't fall for all your tricks
And you've lost the one advantage of my youth
You kill a black man at midnight
Just for talking to your daughter
Then you make his wife your mistress
And you leave her without water
And the sheet you wear upon your face
Is the sheet your children sleep on
At every meal you say a prayer
You don't believe but still you keep on
And your money says in God we trust
But it's against the law to pray in school
You say we beat the Russians to the moon
And I say you starved your children to do it
You were far across the ocean
The war was not your own
While you were winning theirs
You almost lost the war at home
Did you really think the only way
To bring about real peace
Was to sacrifice your children
To kill all your enemies
Your, your politicians all make speeches
Your news men all take notes
They exaggerate false issues
As they shove them down our throats
Is it really up to them
Whether our nation sinks or floats
I wonder who would lead us
If none of us would vote
My phone is tapped, my lips are chapped
From whispering through the fence
You know every move I make
Or is that just coincidence
Will you try to make my way of life
A little less like jail
If I promise to make tapes and slides
And send them through the mail
And your money says in God we trust
But it's against the law to pray in school
You say we beat the Russians to the moon
And I say you starved your children to do it
You say all men are equal, all men are brothers
Then why are the rich more equal than others
Don't ask me for the answers, I've only found one
That a man leaves his darkness when he follows the son
near
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When you are lost
When you are sad
You must remember all the love we had
Try not to hurt
Try not to cry
Keep your head up and look into the sky
Oh don't wonder why, for I am near
Please say a prayer
When you think of me
And I'll be there even if you can't see
I love your heart
With all of mine
Yours is the love that I could never find
Because I was so blind, but I am near
I feel so far from where I know that I should be
Oh will I ever find my way
I’ve climbed the mountain and as far as I can see
This is the way that things will stay
Don't be sad
And don't despair
God knows your every thought and he is there
He is your house
He is your place
I feel his love when I recall your face
Or I look into space, for he is near
For he is near
For he is near
When you are lost
When you are sad
You must remember all the love we had
Try not to hurt
Try not to cry
Keep your head up and look into the sky
Oh don't wonder why, for I am near
Please say a prayer
When you think of me
And I'll be there even if you can't see
I love your heart
With all of mine
Yours is the love that I could never find
Because I was so blind, but I am near
I feel so far from where I know that I should be
Oh will I ever find my way
I’ve climbed the mountain and as far as I can see
This is the way that things will stay
Don't be sad
And don't despair
God knows your every thought and he is there
He is your house
He is your place
I feel his love when I recall your face
Or I look into space, for he is near
For he is near
For he is near
i am is
[Go to Song Page]
I write this song but I, I, I can't figure out a melody and eh, it's called I Am Is, and because the bible says that I am is. I, he, God is I am. Well it's kinda confusing but he am that he is, he, I am the I, I think he says I am the I am. Is that what he says? I am the I am. Yeah well I don't read Greek or, or Aramaic or, or Latin or anything so eh, well. So I write this song, I guess its a poem [Spoken]
Eternity stretches out forever
I swim in the river of time
I lean on God
All that exists is his
Repobrate minds rage in dissonance
Tormented by the light
I wish they knew that
I am is
The galaxies in splendour
Stretch out before my eyes
And Jesus is not dead man
He is ris'
He is way cool when the heat of hell
Incinerates the flesh
Because
I am is
When time and space and matter
Weave the canvas of the world
We're created in his hands babe
That's his bus'
He binds the protons and the neutrons
With electrons and the quarks
Which spell out
I am is
The earth and moon and planets
Wind their way around the sun
Most men lead lives in desperate total mis'
'Cause the prince of darkness
Buffets them with lies and fury foul
Even he knows that
I am is
I write this song but I, I, I can't figure out a melody and eh, it's called I Am Is, and because the bible says that I am is. I, he, God is I am. Well it's kinda confusing but he am that he is, he, I am the I, I think he says I am the I am. Is that what he says? I am the I am. Yeah well I don't read Greek or, or Aramaic or, or Latin or anything so eh, well. So I write this song, I guess its a poem [Spoken]
Eternity stretches out forever
I swim in the river of time
I lean on God
All that exists is his
Repobrate minds rage in dissonance
Tormented by the light
I wish they knew that
I am is
The galaxies in splendour
Stretch out before my eyes
And Jesus is not dead man
He is ris'
He is way cool when the heat of hell
Incinerates the flesh
Because
I am is
When time and space and matter
Weave the canvas of the world
We're created in his hands babe
That's his bus'
He binds the protons and the neutrons
With electrons and the quarks
Which spell out
I am is
The earth and moon and planets
Wind their way around the sun
Most men lead lives in desperate total mis'
'Cause the prince of darkness
Buffets them with lies and fury foul
Even he knows that
I am is
riverdance 2
[Go to Song Page]
You know I, I was gonna sing one of the songs you just mentioned but I, and I, I took a drink and I forgot. Oh. But you know how it is. You're, you're Irish, you know what it's like to take a drink and then forget. You know, that Riverdance thing I keep thinking of that you know it. I, I think the most incredible thing about it, the thing that impressed me the most was that, that Irish people could stand up that long. Sorry [Spoken]
You know I, I was gonna sing one of the songs you just mentioned but I, and I, I took a drink and I forgot. Oh. But you know how it is. You're, you're Irish, you know what it's like to take a drink and then forget. You know, that Riverdance thing I keep thinking of that you know it. I, I think the most incredible thing about it, the thing that impressed me the most was that, that Irish people could stand up that long. Sorry [Spoken]
my feet are on the rock nightmare #49 [combined into a single track with ufo]
[Go to Song Page]
When I was little, about ten minutes ago, huh. Eh, back in 1956 rock and roll was a very scandalous thing to, to pastors and politicians and psychologists and parents and. And one day our pastor at this Baptist church stood up and said I believe in rock and roll. And eh people were very shocked. He said I believe in rock and roll, I'll tell you what I believe. I believe my feet are on the rock and my name is on the roll. And they were really. And I thought that was a good idea for a song [Spoken]
[Starts playing song]
It wasn't a very popular thing to be a christian back in the fifties, which is strange because everybody said they were. But then to talk about Jesus, that wasn't something they were prepared to listen to at school, at work. Anyway, this song's for my pastor [Spoken]
My feet are on the rock, my name is on the roll
But moving and a grooving it don't satisfy my soul
but when I’m down I go off on my own
And when I feel the need I dance before the throne
The people at my church, my friends down at the school
Sometimes they think I'm crazy, they think that I'm a fool
But I believe someone rolled away that stone
So when I feel the need I dance before the throne
Take it easy, nice and slow
Feel his presence, don’t you know
If he says follow, I will go
I feel like dancing, ‘cause he saved my soul
Goliath had a sword, David had a stone
I have got the Lord and I am not alone
So if you knock me down
Brother I will not fight you back
'Cause God loves all his children
Red, white, yellow, brown and black
Yeah I forgot to tell you that dancing was wrong too. That's what this song is about, it's about dancing. You know in Sunday school they taught us that David danced before the throne, but then in the grown ups eh church service they told us that dancing was wrong. So I thought you just have to make sure nobody's watching you if you do it. And as I got older I realised that baptists tell us that eh dancing was like a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. So that's why I wrote this song [Spoken]
My feet are on the rock, my name is on the roll
But moving and a grooving, it will just never satisfy your soul
Well if you're down just go off on your own, yeah
And if you feel the need
Just dance before the throne
When I was little, about ten minutes ago, huh. Eh, back in 1956 rock and roll was a very scandalous thing to, to pastors and politicians and psychologists and parents and. And one day our pastor at this Baptist church stood up and said I believe in rock and roll. And eh people were very shocked. He said I believe in rock and roll, I'll tell you what I believe. I believe my feet are on the rock and my name is on the roll. And they were really. And I thought that was a good idea for a song [Spoken]
[Starts playing song]
It wasn't a very popular thing to be a christian back in the fifties, which is strange because everybody said they were. But then to talk about Jesus, that wasn't something they were prepared to listen to at school, at work. Anyway, this song's for my pastor [Spoken]
My feet are on the rock, my name is on the roll
But moving and a grooving it don't satisfy my soul
but when I’m down I go off on my own
And when I feel the need I dance before the throne
The people at my church, my friends down at the school
Sometimes they think I'm crazy, they think that I'm a fool
But I believe someone rolled away that stone
So when I feel the need I dance before the throne
Take it easy, nice and slow
Feel his presence, don’t you know
If he says follow, I will go
I feel like dancing, ‘cause he saved my soul
Goliath had a sword, David had a stone
I have got the Lord and I am not alone
So if you knock me down
Brother I will not fight you back
'Cause God loves all his children
Red, white, yellow, brown and black
Yeah I forgot to tell you that dancing was wrong too. That's what this song is about, it's about dancing. You know in Sunday school they taught us that David danced before the throne, but then in the grown ups eh church service they told us that dancing was wrong. So I thought you just have to make sure nobody's watching you if you do it. And as I got older I realised that baptists tell us that eh dancing was like a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. So that's why I wrote this song [Spoken]
My feet are on the rock, my name is on the roll
But moving and a grooving, it will just never satisfy your soul
Well if you're down just go off on your own, yeah
And if you feel the need
Just dance before the throne
nightmare #49 [combined into a single track with ufo]
[Go to Song Page]
I was playing guitar at 34th and M
A man walked and said are you him
I said am I who, he said I don’t know
So ineluctably I gave him a scenario
I said jump back, back in time
Back to ‘68, I didn’t have a dime
I was more poor than I’d ever been
And I was living like an orphan
In the city of sin
La da da ba ba da dun da ba-da-boo-da-doo-ETCETC
Capitol Records, Hollywood and Vine
I was following God, I was feeling fine
I was standing on the corner
Preaching on the streets
An ancient message to a modern beat
My hair was long
I might’a dressed like a bum
But my music made it clear
Where I was coming from
And where I’m going to
When my life is done
I say hey baby, have you seen your brother
Standing in the son
Da da
What am I supposed to sing now. Uh I don't know, uh. This key doesn't give me any ideas either [Spoken]
I was playing guitar at 34th and M
A man walked and said are you him
I said am I who, he said I don’t know
So ineluctably I gave him a scenario
I said jump back, back in time
Back to ‘68, I didn’t have a dime
I was more poor than I’d ever been
And I was living like an orphan
In the city of sin
La da da ba ba da dun da ba-da-boo-da-doo-ETCETC
Capitol Records, Hollywood and Vine
I was following God, I was feeling fine
I was standing on the corner
Preaching on the streets
An ancient message to a modern beat
My hair was long
I might’a dressed like a bum
But my music made it clear
Where I was coming from
And where I’m going to
When my life is done
I say hey baby, have you seen your brother
Standing in the son
Da da
What am I supposed to sing now. Uh I don't know, uh. This key doesn't give me any ideas either [Spoken]
ufo [combined into a single track with nightmare #49]
[Go to Song Page]
He's an unidentified flying object
You will see him in the air
He's an unidentified flying object
And you will drop your hands and stare
You will be afraid to tell your neighbors
They might think that it's not true
But when they open up the morning papers
They will know they've seen him too
He will come back like he promised
With the price already paid
He will gather up his followers
And take us all away
He's an unidentified flying object
He will sweep down from the sky
He's an unidentified flying object
And some will sleep but will not die
He's an unidentified flying object
Coming back to take you home
He's an unidentified flying object
He will roll away your stone
And if there's life on other planets
I'm sure that he must know
And he's been there once already
And has died to save their souls
He's an unidentified flying object
You will see him in the air
He's an unidentified flying object
And you will drop your hands and stare
He's an unidentified flying object
Coming back to take you home
He's an unidentified flying object
He will roll away your stone
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-ooh
Ooh-ooh-hoo-oohoh
He's an unidentified flying object
You will see him in the air
He's an unidentified flying object
And you will drop your hands and stare
You will be afraid to tell your neighbors
They might think that it's not true
But when they open up the morning papers
They will know they've seen him too
He will come back like he promised
With the price already paid
He will gather up his followers
And take us all away
He's an unidentified flying object
He will sweep down from the sky
He's an unidentified flying object
And some will sleep but will not die
He's an unidentified flying object
Coming back to take you home
He's an unidentified flying object
He will roll away your stone
And if there's life on other planets
I'm sure that he must know
And he's been there once already
And has died to save their souls
He's an unidentified flying object
You will see him in the air
He's an unidentified flying object
And you will drop your hands and stare
He's an unidentified flying object
Coming back to take you home
He's an unidentified flying object
He will roll away your stone
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-ooh
Ooh-ooh-hoo-oohoh
riverdance 3
Yeah that Riverdance is just ah. Yeah I, you know, I think they, tha' they eh dance like this because ah, I think I read in the newspaper that the Irish had had their arms decommissioned [Spoken]
it's getting so you can't trust nobody [combined into a single track with oh death where is thy sting]
[Go to Song Page]
Getting so you can't trust nobody none of the time
The more you trust them the more you'll find
They grieves you and deceives you 'til you lose your mind
Turn your back a minute
You see what you lose
They'll steal the feet right outta your shoes
It's getting so you can't trust nobody none of the time
Oh ow pa pow pa da ow ETC
Well a dark brown lady sang a tale of woe
I said a tale of woe and it went just so
I love a man clear to his bones
Was a man name o' Abraham Lincoln Jones
They caught him lying and he broke his vow
And I can't put faith in nobody now
Oh it's getting so you can't trust nobody none of the time
The more you trust them the more you'll find
They just grieves you and deceives you 'til you lose your mind
He took his part in his share
But yeah what is true
Is that he took my rent right along with him too
Well it's getting so you can't trust nobody none of the time
Getting so you can't trust nobody none of the time
The more you trust them the more you'll find
They grieves you and deceives you 'til you lose your mind
Turn your back a minute
You see what you lose
They'll steal the feet right outta your shoes
It's getting so you can't trust nobody none of the time
Oh ow pa pow pa da ow ETC
Well a dark brown lady sang a tale of woe
I said a tale of woe and it went just so
I love a man clear to his bones
Was a man name o' Abraham Lincoln Jones
They caught him lying and he broke his vow
And I can't put faith in nobody now
Oh it's getting so you can't trust nobody none of the time
The more you trust them the more you'll find
They just grieves you and deceives you 'til you lose your mind
He took his part in his share
But yeah what is true
Is that he took my rent right along with him too
Well it's getting so you can't trust nobody none of the time
oh death where is thy sting [combined into a single track with it's getting so you can't trust nobody]
[Go to Song Page]
Now parson Brown one Sunday morn
Was giving good advice
He warned his congregation
To refrain from sin and vice
He told them 'bout the devil
And the fiery place below
He told them about heaven
And tried to help them go
Now hell is full o' vampire women, whiskey, sin and dice
Tell Satan to get behind thee
And prepare thou for paradise
Mose Jackson jumped up from his chair
And said parson is that true
That hell is full of what you said
Then a-let me say to you
If hell is full of whiskey, women, booze and dice
Mister devil and I gonna put on a show
Never mind about paradise
Walking around on gold streets in white robes
Doesn't have much attraction to me
Ah let me ask you something, is all that whiskey an', down there for free
If what you say is the positive truth
Oh death where is thy sting
I don't care now about no pearly gate
Or to hear them angels sing
With booze and women down below
Mister devil and I gonna put on a show
'Cause if what you said parson is the positive truth
Oh death where is thy sting
Now parson Brown one Sunday morn
Was giving good advice
He warned his congregation
To refrain from sin and vice
He told them 'bout the devil
And the fiery place below
He told them about heaven
And tried to help them go
Now hell is full o' vampire women, whiskey, sin and dice
Tell Satan to get behind thee
And prepare thou for paradise
Mose Jackson jumped up from his chair
And said parson is that true
That hell is full of what you said
Then a-let me say to you
If hell is full of whiskey, women, booze and dice
Mister devil and I gonna put on a show
Never mind about paradise
Walking around on gold streets in white robes
Doesn't have much attraction to me
Ah let me ask you something, is all that whiskey an', down there for free
If what you say is the positive truth
Oh death where is thy sting
I don't care now about no pearly gate
Or to hear them angels sing
With booze and women down below
Mister devil and I gonna put on a show
'Cause if what you said parson is the positive truth
Oh death where is thy sting
shot down [combined into a single track with darkness can't hide]
[Go to Song Page]
I been shot down, talked about
Some people scandalize my name
But here I am, talking 'bout Jesus just the same
I've been knocked down, kicked around
But like a moth drawn to the flame
Well I am, talking 'bout Jesus just the same
Wo oh oh oh
You wanna talk about my life, well listen to me
You got your facts all backwards, one two three
Spreading rumours and gossip is a real bad game
The only name to spread is Jesus name
I've been knocked down, kicked around
But like a moth drawn to the flame
Well I am, talking 'bout Jesus just the same
Wo oh oh oh
Wo oh oh oh
Wo oh oh oh
Yeah yeah a massa coom a fi-ah hum-a-la
Wo oh oh oh
Makosi-am-a-cos-eh [x4]
Jesus, king of kings
Jesus, king of kings
Wo oh oh ho
Wo oh oh oh
Sounds like football [Spoken]
I been shot down, talked about
Some people scandalize my name
Well here I am, talking 'bout Jesus just the same
Wo oh oh oh
Wo oh oh oh
When I was just a little boy
My mother said to me
Wo oh oh oh
I been shot down, talked about
Some people scandalize my name
But here I am, talking 'bout Jesus just the same
I've been knocked down, kicked around
But like a moth drawn to the flame
Well I am, talking 'bout Jesus just the same
Wo oh oh oh
You wanna talk about my life, well listen to me
You got your facts all backwards, one two three
Spreading rumours and gossip is a real bad game
The only name to spread is Jesus name
I've been knocked down, kicked around
But like a moth drawn to the flame
Well I am, talking 'bout Jesus just the same
Wo oh oh oh
Wo oh oh oh
Wo oh oh oh
Yeah yeah a massa coom a fi-ah hum-a-la
Wo oh oh oh
Makosi-am-a-cos-eh [x4]
Jesus, king of kings
Jesus, king of kings
Wo oh oh ho
Wo oh oh oh
Sounds like football [Spoken]
I been shot down, talked about
Some people scandalize my name
Well here I am, talking 'bout Jesus just the same
Wo oh oh oh
Wo oh oh oh
When I was just a little boy
My mother said to me
Wo oh oh oh
darkness can't hide [combined into a single track with shot down. note, this is i've searched all around]
[Go to Song Page]
Darkness can't hide much longer
Spirit is getting stronger
You keep the dance halls humming
But the end of the age is coming
I've searched all around the world to find a place of peace
I've sat in the shade of God and watched the joy increase
Maybe you think I'm plastic
But this situation's drastic
I'm glad my faith is stronger
This world won't last much longer
Maybe you think I'm wrong now
But this is my only song now
Wo oh oh oh
Wo oh oh oh
Darkness can't hide much longer
Spirit is getting stronger
You keep the dance halls humming
But the end of the age is coming
I've searched all around the world to find a place of peace
I've sat in the shade of God and watched the joy increase
Maybe you think I'm plastic
But this situation's drastic
I'm glad my faith is stronger
This world won't last much longer
Maybe you think I'm wrong now
But this is my only song now
Wo oh oh oh
Wo oh oh oh
Solid Rock Records SRD-407 and SRD-408 [2000, USA, CDR] - Initial Solid Rock Pre-Release
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Two separately packaged CDs, both with 4 page booklets. These CDs were sold in limited quantities at concert/s in late 2000 and/or early 2001. They were described as survey items, seeking feedback regarding the content
Solid Rock Records SRD-407 and SRD-408 [2001, USA, CDR] - Cornerstone Pre-Release
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Four CDs packaged in a fatboy jewel case. No booklet, just front and rear inlays. Note that only disc 2 is labelled SRD-408. The other three discs are all labelled SRD-407
Romanian Relief Records RRR 1000 [August 28, 2001, UK / USA, CDR]
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The official release was packaged as two double CD sets, both including a 16 page booklet. Initial copies came with a slip-case, shown to the right above
Romanian Relief Records RRR 1000 [Unknown year, likely post 2005, USA, CDR]
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Same artwork and booklets as with the original release, but pressed on white faced CDRs, as opposed to the original silver faced discs. It is extremely unlikely that any of this pressing came with a slip-case
Romanian Relief Records RRR 1000 [Unknown year, likely post 2005, USA, CDR]
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Same artwork and booklets as with the original release, but pressed on full white faced CDRs
Romanian Relief Records RRR 1000 [Unknown year, likely post 2008, USA, CDR]
There are more recent CDRs with completely different disc art. I don't have any pictures however
Amid release delays, two sampler CDs were sent out to people who had pre-ordered The Belfast Bootlegs. See them on the CD tab here