All songs written by Paula Cole I Believe In Love It all started nine years ago You sat to my left back in school The future showed itself to me The god in you, the god in me, stood together like two trees I was so shy to inquire If you would like tea sometime Then in my Mercury Hand on hand, hand on knee, mercy mercy mercy me And I believe in love To be the center of all things And I believe in love to be the way And I believe in love To be the center of all things And I believe in love to be the way To find our inner light I saw a vision where we Were opening presents Christmas Day But we were not all alone The wedding was shotgun We had a daughter and a son So how cruel to realize You had a woman all the time But my love burns bright as the sun The clouds may come, the clouds may go And I'll still be here at your door And I believe in love... Thank you for waiting through my lovers Knowing we could come home to each other Yes, I have waited through these winters My true one was right here And I believe in love... Amen I'm siphoning gass from the high school bus Into the tank of my beat-up bug So I can drive away from the shouting and misery I drive into the night, to the hill, to the water tower To lie on my back and drink in the meteor shower Knowing that many men have lain as i do now Ptolemy,Copernicus,Carl Jung Pondering his existence,pondering, Is God with me now? And I look to the sky And I ask these questions Yes,I feel something I don't understand Can somebody say Amen? My life is but a short and precious seed Like three seasons of life in a leaf on a tree And when I cascade to the ground I will not be done I will mingle with the earth and give life To the roots again Can somebody say Amen? And I look to the sky And I ask these questions Yes, I feel something I don't understand Can somebody say Amen? Amen for the drivers in their garbage trucks Amen for our mothers,for the lust to fuck Amen for the child with innocent eyes Amen for Kevorkian and the right to die Amen for NASA,The NSA It's all a front anyway Amen for Marilyn Manson,Saddam Hussein Amen for America and the Milky Way. Amen for Elvis,for Betty Page Amen for Gloria Steinham and Ronald Reagan Amen for O.J.,Clinton too Amen for the Republican witch hunt coup Amen for Gandhi,for Malcolm X Amen for the uprising of the weaker sex Amen for Babylon, the third world's call, Amen for the unity of us all Amen,Amen,Amen And I am not unique. We are all leave on this great big tree. this tree that is life,that is God,that is you,that is me And I lie under my tree like the Buddhas before and after me And I ask the stars, "What for?" Yes, I feel something I can't explain A light that flickers off and on again And I look to the sky And I ask these questions Yes, I feel something I don't understand Oh,can somebody say Amen? LaTonya (Didn't your Mama tell you how to behave,girl? Didn't your Daddy tell you not to wear that little thing?) Been told you never get something for nothing My stepfather Dickie say I just might get hit If I don't give The girls all shisper 'hind my back They try to break me whith cruel attacks The boys they want only one thing And so I give it, don't complain Daddy's gone, Mama lost her job Our house ain't a home no more Still my faith's unshaken in God I feel so lonely for hope and company I don't take much and I give everything for free (So, don't you want me?) The girls all whisper'hind by back My baby brother's smoking crack The boys they want only one thing And so I give it, don't complain Daddy's gone, Mama lost her job Our house ain't a home no more Still my faith's unshaken in god I dream I get a record deal I'll buy a way out of here Or maybe a new Lexus jeep Or just a friend (Am I dreamin'? Am I dreamin'?) There's Mr. roberts,Juan and Paul All waiting for me down the hall But then tomorrow they don't call Still a moment's better than none at all Daddy's gone (My name is La Tonya) Mama lost her job (I am a sophomore) Our house ain't a home no more (I'll be sixteen in August) Since Mama broke her soul (I like to sing in chorus) Daddy's gone (My name is La Tonya) Mama lost her job (I am a sophomore) Our house ain't a home no more (I'll be sixteen in August) Still my faith's unshaken Lord won't you please save me? Is this the new slavery? Here on the ghetto pavement? But I believe in you baby Yes, my faith's unshaken In God Pearl Humility on Bleecker Street Exposed my faults until I'm left defeated It's been three years into this relationship This is longer than I ever could commit But I feel I'm near But I feel my fear I'm standing at the edge of another precipice in life Gotta face my steppenwolf Gotta drag you through the mud When I get there I will see myself I will look for strength within I will be a better woman Hang in there baby, I'm the grain of sand Becoming the pearl There are no roll models in rock 'n' roll No women who could have it all The long career,the man, the happy family And here I stand and god I do demand it And I feel I'm near But I feel my fear I'm standing at the edge of another precipice in life Gotta face my steppenwolf Gotta drag you through the mud When I get there I will see myself I will look for strength within I will be a better woman Hang in there baby, I'm the grain of sand Becoming the pearl It's dark in here-Don't know who I am Memories come-I'm wading through the moon Evil side-Wants to drag me down Will power-God,please give me some (I'm hanging onto hope now) I'm standing at the edge of another precipice in life Baggage from my family Going back to therapy I will kneel, be humble,tow the weight I will look for strength within I will be a better woman Hang in ther baby, I'm the grain of sand Becoming the pearl |
Be Somebody I want to be somebody I want to make a difference Little boy caught in a drive-by Witnessed the killer who made his daddy die, And 'cause he identified and signed the dotted line, He could feel it in his stomach, he signed away his life Little boy who once was the leader of his class The little source of joy, always neatly dressed Now would hang his head and be left crying at his desk, Was found with his mother, lying in her lap With two bullets in his chest And,oh my god,what is this madness? I will not let it kill by gladness And,oh my god, what is this madness? My joy inside will send this message I want to be somebody I want to make a difference, For we all are children of the Mother I want to be somebody I want to make a difference, For we all are children of the Father Outspoken man, leading sisters and brothers, Picked himself up from hustling,drugs and gutters Doing time on the inside, he found a higher power Now, back with a mission to help us help each other Respected from bourgeoisie to homeless in the street From universities, Africa, the Middle East And through the threats of death he spoke truth and set men free But the power of the truth made enemies of the weak He was killed by his own people And, oh my god, what is this madness? I will not let it kill my gladness And, oh my god, what is this madness? My joy inside will send this message I want to be somebody I want to make a difference, For we all are children of the Mother I want to be somebody I want to make a difference for we all are children Ignite This Fire inside, this light that is the Truth Shake off the system's chains, no longer be their fool In the face of brutality, show the other cheek Trigger-happy policing will never kill our dignity And,oh my god, what is this madness? I will not let it kill my gladness And, oh my god, what is this madness? My joy inside will send this message Lift up your heart and See Open your heart and See Lift up your voice and Sing... I want to be somebody I want to make a difference, For we all are children of the Mother I want to be somebody I want to make a difference, For we all are children of the Father Rhythm Of Life To the critics and the cynics who don't understand the lyrics To the atheists and the pessimists Wanting company in their darkness You may see me as a fool,yes,a charlatan,an egotist, But I'd rather be this in your eyes, Than a coward in His I began as Isis, the high Priestess My arms stretched to Sirius,me,the serpent Venus, Awaken the fetus,fertility to Jesus, Come and meet us (you are the seed in us) Looking within I can see beyond my sight The cities, the sky, the planets roll by I awake and die, I awake and I die, yeah This is the rhythm of life Next I was lightning, God energy fighting To tell my widow surviving, I was still alive in Another plane of life n' I struck hime seven times He finally looked to the sky, Shed a tear and joined me dying Looking within,I can see beyond my sight The cities, the sky, the planets roll by I awake and I die, I awake and I die, yeah This is the rhythm of life Rhythm of life, rhythm of life, this is the the rhythm of life Now I am me, in diffident lead,responsibility, Trying to face my fear,from the trailer park to hear Over mountains, through my death, From Harbinger to Amen. May my actions outweigh my words May my lifetime be of worth Looking within I can see beyond my sight The cities, the sky, the planets roll by I awake and I die, I awake and I die, yeah This is the rhythm of life All the worlds a stage, and all the men and women, merely players they have their exits, And their entrances And one man in his time. Plays many parts Free I keep walking down the same city streets The same city lines, to the same lonely beat People say hello but I don't know what to say I don't know how I feel, I just can't act that way I wanna hide from all these strangers I wanna run home to you All I need is your compassion Then we can be free,yes I wanna be free,yes I wanna be free I wanna be free Oh, the way I'm shut out by your silence It's the loudest thing I've ever known You leave me, leave me hanging 'til I feel useless with my hope Oh, it's lonely in the city It can be lonely next to you Just have the courage to open up yourself Then we can be free,yes I wanna be free I wanna be free I wanna be free Suwannee Jo Idiot kitty to New York City Living in a kennel and lookin' big and pretty Meet the munch for business lunch But your feet bleed under the table But Suwannee Jo, you're dark and slow You dance with a broom and you're filled with ghosts You smell like liquor and you're high as a hawk You laugh to yourself but you talk like a rock Scaredy Kate, back in the Haight Doesn't answer the phone and eats like a tapeworm She met Mr.Mike in'89 But she's a hundred pounds heavier and won't go outside But Suwannee Jo, You're dark and slow You dance with a broom and you're filled with ghosts Suwannee Jo, strange beautiful gold, You can take a woman's husband but you don't want to marry him You just want to hold him Nora Mable, behind your table Expensive knowledge from ten years of college But when it comes to livin', the book isn't written Your brain's under "M" in the library missing Suwannee Jo, you follow your soul (Nothing more important than following your soul) God is Watching Whether it be across the sea, Kosovo,Baghdad,Korea Or here at home, right under our fingertips In new slavery prison systems Holding one in four black American brothers The one percent wealthy profiteering From the buisness that is war Yeah,go to war God is watching us play our ghetto wars God is watching us play our games God is waiting for us to overcome God is waiting for us to just love one another Whether we be cracker or black or Brown,red,yellow From the land or sky or sea We are family Wake up and see Our planet is a tiny atom in god's kingdom It's our only home A new millennium Can we all just get along? God is watching us play our ghetto wars God is watching us play our games God is waiting for us to overcome God is waiting for us to just love one another |
