1. |
One Step Forward
02:55
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They say freedom is in the mind
Well we lose our freedom when we get too scared to fight
One step forward is another step farther behind
Hardly nothing can make me cry
But when I saw history repeat I wiped my eyes
One step forward is another step farther behind
You see I go out on the corner
And bare my soul
Play my guitar strings until my fingers swole
I don't make much money and they treat me mean
But I know that this creation keeps my heart beating
We lose this music when we fall for the dollar signs
One step forward is another step farther behind
[guitar solo]
You see I grab pen and paper
And bare my soul
Expose my tender heart for the world to know
It ain't about the money or the popularity
It's the healing and the love and the connectivity
We lose this music when we fall for the dollar signs
One step forward is another step farther behind
What I say?
One step forward is another step farther behind
And I'll keep playing til the sun goes down on my life
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I’m gonna lay down my burden
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
I’m gonna lay down my burden
Down by the riverside
I’m gonna study war no more
I ain’t gon study war no more
I ain’t gon study war no more
I ain’t gon study war no more
I ain’t gon study war no more
Gon lay down my shield and sword
I ain’t gon study war no more
Up above my head
I hear music everywhere
Up above my head
I hear music everywhere
And I really do believe I really do believe there’s joy somewhere
Up above my head
I hear music everywhere
Up above my head
I hear music everywhere
And I really do believe I really do believe there’s joy somewhere
Up above my head
I hear music everywhere
Up above my head
I hear music everywhere
And I really do believe I really do believe there’s joy somewhere
I ain’t gon study war no more
I ain’t gon study war no more
I ain’t gon study war no more
I ain’t gon study war no more
Gon lay down my shield and sword
I ain’t gon study war no more
“One more time!”
I ain’t gon study war no more
I ain’t gon study war no more
I ain’t gon study war no more
I ain’t gon study war no more
Gon lay down my shield and sword
I ain’t gon study war no more
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3. |
Always Free
02:57
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I live in a little house on the side of the street
Where the grass is dead but they water the concrete
In the summer I watch the people float by
In the winter I watch them weep and cry I
Live in a little house on the side of the street
I live in a little house on the side of the road
Where the people starve just to feed their cars and boats
In the fall the men they stomp and shout
In the spring the women frollick about I
Live in a little house on the side of the road
Oh try to believe
That work will set you free
Only wise men see that we were
Always free
I live in a place where the people wonder why
Why the grass is always greener on the other side
In the day they go to work and wait
In the night they drink their fears away I
Live in a place where the people wonder why
Oh try to believe
That work will set you free
Only wise men see that we were
Always free
[guitar solo]
Oh try to believe
That work will set you free
Only wise men see that we were
Always free
We were always free
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4. |
'Til This Pain Goes Away
02:29
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These worries take my breath my heart is a heavy ache
Don’t know what I’m gon do til this pain goes away
This world don’t cherish truth my spirit’s been mad for days
Don’t know what I’m gon do til this pain goes away
I will not be fooled
Shall not be moved
Won’t sell my soul won’t live in vain
Know I was born to work until my dying day
So that’s what I’m gon do til this pain goes away
There seems no limit for the depth of human hate
Only thing I can do is sing my songs and pray
For I see so much goodness blessings everyday
Please let that ease my heart til this pain goes away
I will not be fooled
Shall not be moved
Won’t sell my soul won’t live in vain
Swallow my pride
Open my mind
Forgive myself, stay awake
Be the sign
Be the proof
That love conquers blues
Know I was born to work until my dying day
So that’s what I’m gon do til this pain goes away
So that’s what I’m gon do til this pain goes away
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5. |
Rollin' On
05:08
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Do you hear that baby
That’s the sound of time rollin on
Do you hear that baby
That’s the sound of time rollin on
You wake up in the morning
Before you know the evening’s already gone
Are you sure you hear that baby
Cos i hear it every day
You don’t act like you hear that baby
Cos for me I can’t get away
The more you choose to ignore it
Faster you’ll reach your dying day
[piano solo]
How do you live
Knowing each moment could be your last
Some people drink some people smoke
All to run away from this fact
No matter how you choose to do it
That old clock is always on your ass
[guitar solo]
Time keeps rollin
Time keeps rollin on
With or without you baby
With or without you baby
Time keeps rollin
Time keeps rollin on
With or without you baby
With or without you baby
Time keeps rollin
Time keeps rollin on
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6. |
See What You Want
05:24
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When I was a young girl
My daddy told me so
He said now you’re alive girl
The blues are in your soul
I don’t understand I said
I don’t know what you mean
He said that’s because
I see what I wanna see
I lost my favorite toy
I fell from a tree
I found my first boy
And he showed me
Now that I’m older I see more clearly
But I am still guilty I still
See what I wanna see
Live fast and die hard
That’s what the kids say
Longer that I live
The more I wanna see another day
Live fast and die hard
That’s what the kids say
Longer that I live
The more I wanna see another day
Oh but I don’t care I’m gonna do it my way
No matter what
This world spins around
It’ll chew you up and spit you right back out
Some stand back up, some sink in defeat
One sees it all, the other sees what they wanna see
So with my head high
I follow my nose
Sometimes I can fly
Sometimes I lose control
I don’t understand I said my eyes confuse me
Lately I’ve seen more than I wanna see
Live fast and die hard
That’s what the kids say
Longer that I live
The more I wanna see another day
Live fast and die hard
That’s what the kids say
Longer that I live
The more I wanna see another day
Oh but I don’t care I’m gonna do it my way
[jam]
Oh but I don’t care I’m gonna do it my way
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7. |
Cover My Eyes
03:15
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Fire all your weapons
Wave your colored flags
Cursed to see the future
Because I’ve seen the past
Oh lord
Cover my eyes
Cover my eyes
Cover my eyes I don’t want to see
Violence it protects us
They say it keeps us free
But as we sow these troubled seeds
What will we all reap?
Oh lord
Cover our eyes
Cover our eyes
Cover our eyes we don’t want to see
Cover our eyes
Cover our eyes
Cover our eyes we don’t want to see
Then I play and sing and dance
Get myself into a trance
Realize beauty that I’ve missed
Realize ignorance ain’t bliss
[guitar solo]
Unable to grow
Cos our eyes have been closed
Uncover our eyes
Uncover our eyes
Uncover our eyes yeah we need to see
Uncover our eyes before we go blind
Uncover our eyes yeah we need to see
Uncover our eyes before we go blind
Uncover our eyes yeah we need to see
We need to see
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8. |
Fall of The USA
04:00
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The settlers came sailing
With souls for property
Darkness had seized them
Death had crossed over the sea
Never forget who we are
Can’t wrap our heads around
The evil that’s ingrained
Cannot live knowing that we haven’t really changed
We just hide from who we are
Everything up in flames
Say a prayer while it burns away
Eh yeah eh
What they say is the end
Is the birth of a new idea
Eh yeah eh
Is it the beginning
Of the fall of the USA
Scary is this story
‘Cos we have been here before
Real change is bloody
That is written in our core
Never forget who we are
My God is there a way
To alter this dark course
Rebuild reeducate
Unite for greater good
Could this be who we are?
Everything up in flames
Say a prayer while it burns away
Eh yeah eh
What they say is the end
Is the birth of a new idea
Eh yeah eh
Grasping for the past
When we could build for tomorrow
Is it the beginning
Of the fall of the USA
The great experiment
Bursting at the seams
Built on the backs of too many lost dreams
Only time will kill the giant
Young people will rebuild
Fear has divided we can only win united
We can only win united
Everything up in flames
Say a prayer while it burns away
Eh yeah eh
What they say is the end
Is the birth of a new idea
Eh yeah eh
Grasping for the past
Let us build for tomorrow
Is it the beginning
Of the fall of the USA
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9. |
Love Transcends
03:42
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He said he shot my brother
All of those years
All of those years ago dead
And they done forgot my brother
And all of those tears
All of those tears that we shed
Fight back that bitterness that’s
Hunted us down
Making us turn on ourselves
Always divide and conquer
I can see now
I can see now what’s been done
Fire to fight
Hear my cry
I won’t lie down never
Fire to fight
Lose my sight
Time to mend
Love transcends
Death destruction exploitation
Love transcends
Shame regret mass confusion
Love transcends
Fear and hate manipulation
And all of time
Love transcends
Watch as the fearful people
Stifle us all
Making us see what they see
Danger round every corner
Is what they believe
One must learn to break free
Fire to fight
Hear my cry
I won’t lie down never
Fire to fight
Lose my sight
Time to mend
Love transcends
Death destruction exploitation
Love transcends
Shame regret mass confusion
Love transcends
Fear and hate manipulation
And all of time
Love transcends
Love transcends
Love transcends
Whisper words of revolution
Sewing seeds of days to come
Pray for peace and absolution
There is power in our tongues
Love transcends
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10. |
Rollin' On (Acoustic)
04:18
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Do you hear that baby
That’s the sound of time rollin on
Do you hear that baby
That’s the sound of time rollin on
You wake up in the morning
Before you know the evening’s already gone
Are you sure you hear that baby
Cos i hear it every day
You don’t act like you hear that baby
Cos for me I can’t get away
The more you choose to ignore it
Faster you’ll reach your dying day
[piano solo]
How do you live
Knowing each moment could be your last
Some people drink some people smoke
All to run away from this fact
No matter how you choose to do it
That old clock is always on your ass
[guitar solo]
Time keeps rollin
Time keeps rollin on
With or without you baby
With or without you baby
Time keeps rollin
Time keeps rollin on
With or without you baby
With or without you baby
Time keeps rollin
Time keeps rollin on
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11. |
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He said he shot my brother
All of those years
All of those years ago dead
And they done forgot my brother
And all of those tears
All of those tears that we shed
Fight back that bitterness that’s
Hunted us down
Making us turn on ourselves
Always divide and conquer
I can see now
I can see now what’s been done
Fire to fight
Hear my cry
I won’t lie down never
Fire to fight
Lose my sight
Time to mend
Love transcends
Death destruction exploitation
Love transcends
Shame regret mass confusion
Love transcends
Fear and hate manipulation
And all of time
Love transcends
Watch as the fearful people
Stifle us all
Making us see what they see
Danger round every corner
Is what they believe
One must learn to break free
Fire to fight
Hear my cry
I won’t lie down never
Fire to fight
Lose my sight
Time to mend
Love transcends
Death destruction exploitation
Love transcends
Shame regret mass confusion
Love transcends
Fear and hate manipulation
And all of time
Love transcends
Love transcends
Love transcends
Whisper words of revolution
Sewing seeds of days to come
Pray for peace and absolution
There is power in our tongues
Love transcends
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Jackie Venson Austin, Texas
Manager: Louie Carr management@jackievenson.com
Booking:
Michael Morris
michael@minttalentgroup.com
Cassie Siegel cassie@minttalentgroup.com
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