Curtis Mayfield - We Gotta Have Peace (1971) Live

Curtis Mayfield
"We Gotta Have Peace"
Album: Roots (1971 Curtom)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


We got have peace
To keep the world alive
And war to cease.

We got to have joy,
True in our hearts
With strength we can't destroy.

People please hear us (people please hear us)
Through our voice the world knows
There's no choice.

We're begging save the children
The little ones
Who just don't understand

Give them a chance
To breed their young
And help purify the land

People please hear us (people please hear us)
Through our voice the world knows
There's no choice.

And the people in the neighbourhood,
Who would if they only could,
Meet and shake the other's hand,
Work together for the good of the land.

Give us all an equal chance,
It could be such a sweet romance.
And the soldiers who are dead and gone,
If only we could bring back one,

He'd say "We've got to have peace"
To keep the world alive
And war to cease

We got to have joy
Ture in our hearts
With strength we can't destroy

People please hear us (people please hear us)
Through our voice the world knows
There's no choice

And the people in the neighbourhood
Who would if they only could
Meet and shake the other's hand
Work together for the good of the land

Give us all an equal chance
It could be such a sweet romance
And the soldiers who are dead and gone
If only we could bring back one

He'd say "We've got to have peace"
Aah - hah, we got to have peace
Let Let the world know it

Peace, peace, peace
Aah - hah, we got to have peace

People please hear us (people please hear us)
Through our voice the world knows
There's no choice

Save the children

Save the children

Save the children

And the people in the neighbourhood
Who would if they only could
Meet and shake the other's hand
Work together for the good of the land

Give us all an equal chance
It could be such a sweet romance
And the soldiers who are dead and gone
If only we could bring back one

He'd say "We've got to have peace"
Lo - rd, we got to have peace

Let the people say it

Peace peace peace
Aah - hah, we got to have peace

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Van Morrison - Whenever God Shines His Light (1989) TV Live

Van Morrison
"Whenever God Shines His Light"
Album: Avalon Sunset (1989 Mercury)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


Whenever God shines his light on me
Opens up my eyes so I can see
When I look up in the darkest night
I know everything's going to be alright
In deep confusion, in great despair
When I reach out for him he is there
When I am lonely as I can be
I know that God shines his light on me

Reach out for him, he'll be there
With him your troubles you can share
If you live the life you love
You get the blessing from above
He heals the sick and heals the lame
Says you can do it too in Jesus name

He'll lift you up and turn you around
And put your feet back on higher ground

Reach out for him, he'll be there
With him your troubles you can share
You can use his higher power
In every day and any hour
He heals the sick and heals the lame
Says you can do it too in Jesus name

He'll lift you up and turn you around

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Supermax - Love Machine (1978)

Supermax
"Love Machine"
Album: World of Today ( 1977 Atlantic)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


If you need
need a one-day lover
Just call 76 54 321
One day lover if you need me
A two day's lover
Just call 87 65 4321
Two day's lover.

'Cause the love
love I will give you
'Cause the love
the love I will give you
Is sweeter than anything else in the world.

Sweeter - than anything else
In this world
Sweeter - really sweet

I am a love machine in town
The best you can get
50 miles around.

He's a love machine in town
The best you can get
50 miles around.

He's a love machine in town
The best you can get
50 miles around
As a love machine in town
The best you can get
50 miles around
He's a love machine in town
The best you can get
get a piece

If you need
need a three day's lover
Just call 98 76 543
Three day's love

'Cause the love
love I will give you


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Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff (1971)

Jean Knight
"Mr.Big Stuff"
Album: Mr.Big Stuff (1971 Stax)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


(Oh yeah)
(Ooh)

Mr. Big Stuff
Who do you think you are?
Mr. Big Stuff
You're never gonna get my love

Now, because you wear all those fancy clothes (oh yeah)
And have a big, fine car, oh yes you do now,
Do you think I can afford to give you my love? (oh yeah)
You think you're higher than every star above

Mr. Big Stuff
Who do you think you are?
Mr. Big Stuff
You're never gonna get my love

Now, I know all the girls I've seen you with
I know you broke their hearts one after another now, bit by bit
You made 'em cry, many poor girls cry
When they tried to keep you happy, they just tried to keep you satisfied

Mr. Big Stuff, tell me, tell me
Who do you think you are?
Mr. Big Stuff
You're never gonna get my love

BREAK

I'd rather give my love to a poor guy that has a love that's true (oh yeah)
Than to be fooled around and get hurt by you
'Cause when I give my love, I want love in return (oh yeah)
Now, I know this is a lesson, Mr. Big Stuff, you haven't learned

Mr. Big Stuff, tell me
Who do you think you are?
Mr. Big Stuff
You're never gonna get my love
Mr. Big Stuff
You're never gonna break my heart
Mr. Big Stuff
You're never gonna make me cry
(repeat and fade out)


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David Bowie- Space Oddity (1969)

David Bowie
"Space Oddity"
Album: Space Odditty (1969 Philips UK)

SINGLE:




LYRICS:


Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

Ground Control to Major Tom (Ten, Nine Eight, Seven, Six)
Commencing countdown, engines on (Five, Four, Three, Two)
Check ignition and may God's love be with you (One, Liftoff)

This is Ground Control to Major Tom
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare

This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today

For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do

Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much... she knows

Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you....

Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do.


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Adeva - I Thank You (1989)

Adeva
"I Thank You"
Album: Adeva! (1989 Chrysalis)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


You're givin' me love that I've always wanted
Show me how you really care-are-are
And my reward to you baby
Is that I'll be there-ere-ere
You're givin' me love like a river overflowing
You give me joy and happine-e-ess
I wanna say thank you baby
For the loving feeling that you share-are-are-are-are

I thank you (for showing me the way)
I thank you (for love's harmony)
I thank you (things that you do)
I thank you (for always bein' you)

Mmm-hmmm-mmm-hmmm

There's something that I've been feeling
Feelin' like you're on a clou-ou-oud
And when I'm around you baby
The volume of the feelin' is lou-ou-ou-ou-oud
And my heart beats just like a drum
Look how far we've co-o-ome, so far, baby
I feel like you're never arou-ou-ou-ou-ound

I thank you (for showing me the way)
I thank you (for love's harmony)
I thank you (things that you do)
I thank you (for always bein' you)

Oh-oh-I, oh-oh-I-I-ee-I, I thank you
I-I-I-I, I-I-I, I-I, yeah-eah-eah

You show me love, you show me the way
You're showin' me love each and every day
You show me love, you show me the way
You're showin' me love each and every day
I-I thank you (you show me love), I do, I do (you show me the way)
I-I-I-I (you're showing me love each and every day)

I thank you (for showing me the way)
I thank you (for love's harmony)
I thank you (things that you do)
I thank you (for always bein' you) (fade)

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Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Stool Pigeon (1982)

Kid Creole and The Coconuts
"Stool Pigeon"
Album: Tropical Gangsters (1982 ZE/Island)

SINGLE:




LYRICS:

There's a gentleman that's going round
Turning the joint upside down
Stool Pigeon - ha-cha-cha-cha
He's an old ex-con that's been away
Now he's back, no one's safe
Stool Pigeon - ha-cha-cha-cha

If you wanna squeal, said the FBI
We can make a deal, make it worth your while
So he told it all and in return
He got a credit card and a Thunderbird
And the maximum security
Even after plastic surgery
So go on and squeal, said the FBI
We can make a deal, make it worth your while

There's a gentleman that's going round
Turning the joint upside down
Stool Pigeon - ha-cha-cha-cha
He's an old ex-con that's been away
Now he's back, no one's safe
Stool Pigeon - ha-cha-cha-cha

After all the talk then they wired him
And he took a walk with his crooked friends
And they joked about the good old days
And he recorded it on a reel of tape
He caught the mug who did in the forgery
And the babe in charge of larceny
So the FBI they rewarded him
Because they like a guy who will stab a friend

There's a gentleman that's going round
Turning the joint upside down
Stool Pigeon - ha-cha-cha-cha
He's an old ex-con that's been away
Now he's back, no one's safe
Stool Pigeon - ha-cha-cha-cha

There's a gentleman that's going round ....

If you wanna squeal, said the FBI
We can make a deal, make it worth your while
So he told it all and in return
He got a credit card and a Thunderbird
He got a spanking new identity
And a condo down in Miami
He bought a plane, a boat and jewelry
But he couldn't buy any company

There's a gentleman that's going round ....
There's a gentleman that's going round ....


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Tom Browne - Funkin' for Jamaica N.Y (1980)

Tom Browne
"Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y)"
Album: Love Approach (1980 GRP Records)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


Yo fight
Yo
What's up man?
Hey man, I was havin' this pretty sound
Yeah, what's you doin' man?
What's wrong with that?
Man, I was doin' the "Ooh"
Hey, yo man, that's ah...
Ah, what's up?
What's up old boys?
Ah, what's up with that?
Stuck that man, ain't rabbit
I got, I got the Cosmo
Hey man, go ahead, take it to the Cosmo
I say, I said, I got the Cosmo
Ooh, Geoffrey, goin'' down to 165th Street, passin' that mall
Oh, oh man, our hips
Oh man, don't do it to me
Oh, dancin', walkin', dancin', walkin'
Oh man, she looked like Betty Boob
Dancin', walkin'
Betty Boob
Betty Boob
Do the do
Boob, boob, be boob
Boob, boob, be boob
Betty Boob and a Alleyoop was jumping up and down
Said Betty Boob to the Alleyoop, "Don't hit me in my..."
Oh man
Hey baby, come here
What's up with you? (Where's the baby)
Baby, it's OK
What's up?
Hey, what's up Earl?
Come on, come on, ?
Come over here baby
Let me guard over here
What's that?
What's up with that?
What's that hey?

Jamaica funk, that's what it is
Let it get into you
C'mon, I've got a groove
You know where I'll be, funkin for jamaica
If ya feel it, let it get into you
Jamaica funk, that's what it is
Baby, let it get into you

Funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk
Hey man, guitar Brown
Hey man, he is an ordinary guy
Yeah, he is
What's up with that?
What's up with that?
He always says, "Wanna play, you wanna play, you wanna play?"
Hey, what's up? (Play, we could do it)
Anybody at school ever played, I don't know?
Hey, what's up?
All he talks about is boozes
Boozes, booze
Booze, oh man
What, he goes, "Get the fuck out"
Stop
You've got a thing
I feel it inside my soul (? over there) (Over there)
Let it get into you (Oh yeah, oh yeah) (Attack) (Somebody call the cops)
'Cause there's enough to go all the way around
Let it get into you
Let it fill you up inside
This feelin's funk, that's what it is
Let it get into you
Jamaica funk, that's what it is
Baby come funk with me
We be funkin for jamaica
If ya feel it, let it get into you
Jamaica funk, that's what it is
Let it get into you
If ya feel it, let it get into you
Jamaica funk, that's what it is
Baby come funk with me
We be funkin for jamaica
I feel it nd I let it get into me
Jamaica funk, that's what it was
Let it get into you too
Let you feel the funk
That feelin's funk, that's what it was
And I let it get into me


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Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love (1985)

Bryan Ferry
"Slave To Love"
Album: Boys and Girls (1985 E.G.Records)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


Tell her I'll be waiting
In the usual place
With the tired and weary
There's no escape
To need a woman
You've got to know
How the strong get weak
And the rich get poor

Slave to love (repeat)

You're running with me
Don't touch the ground
We're the restless hearted
Not the chained and bound
The sky is burning
A sea of flame
Though your world is changing
I will be the same

Slave to love (repeat)
And I can't escape
I'm a slave to love

Can you help me? (repeat)

The storm is breaking
Or so it seems
We're too young to reason
Too grown up to dream
And the spring is turning
Your face to mine
I can hear your laughter
I can see your smile

Slave to love (repeat)
And I can't escape
I'm a slave to love


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The Beatles - Get Back (1969)

The Beatles
"Get Back"
Album: Let it Be (1970 Apple Records)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner
But he knew it couldn't last
Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona
For some California grass

Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, Jojo
Go home

Get back, get back
Back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Back to where you once belonged
Get back, Jo

Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman
But she was another man
All the girls around her say she's got it coming
But she gets it while she can

Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, Loretta
Go home

Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Oooh...

Get back, Loretta
Your mama's waiting for you
Wearing her high-heel shoes
And her low-neck sweater
Get back home, Loretta

Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Get back
Oh, yeah

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Genesis - Misunderstanding (1980)

Genesis
"Misunderstanding"
Album: Duke (1980 Charisma)

SINGLE:




LYRICS:


There must be some misunderstanding
There must be some kind of mistake
I waited in the rain for hours
You were late

Now it's not like me to say the right thing
But you could've called to let me know
I checked your number twice, don't understand it
So I went home

Well I'd been waiting for this weekend
I thought that maybe we could see a show
Never dreamed I'd have this feeling
But seeing you is believing
That's why I don't know why
You didn't show up that night

There must be some misunderstanding
There must be some kind of mistake
I was waiting in the rain for hours
You were late

Since then I've been running around trying to find you
I went to the places you always go
I rang your home but got no answer
Jumped in my car, I went round there
I still don't believe it
He was just leaving

There must be some misunderstanding
There must be some kind of mistake.


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B-Movie - Nowhere Girl (1982)

B-Movie
"Nowhere Girl" (1982 Some Bizzarre)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


Nowhere girl you're living in a dream,
Nowhere girl you stay behind the scenes,
Nowhere girl you never go outside,
Nowhere girl cause you prefer to hide.

Every night, every day
In that all old familiar light
You hang up when i call you at home.
And i try to get through
Ant i try to talk to you
But there's something stopping me from getting through.

Nowhere girl what you had you need,
Nowhere girl all functional and neat,
Nowhere girl in self-imposed exile,
Nowhere girl a martyr-like denial.

Every night, every day
In that all old familiar light
You hang up when i call you at home.
And i try to get through
And i try to talk to you
But there's something stopping me from getting through.

The Style Council - Shout To The Top! (1985)

The Style Council
"Shout to the Top!"
Album: Our Favourite Shop (1985 Polydor Records)

SINGLE:



LYRICS


I was half in mind - I was half in need,
And as the rain came down - I dropped to my knees and prayed
I said "oh Heavenly thing - please cleanse my soul,
I've seen all on offer and I'm not impressed at all".
I was halfway home - I was half insane,
And every shop window I looked in just looked the same
I said send me a sign to save my life
'Cause at this moment in time there is nothing certain in
these day's of mine

Y'see it's a frightening thing when it dawns upon you
That I know as much as the day I was born
And though I wasn't asked (I might as well stay)
And promise myself each and every day - that -

When you're knocked on your back - an' your life's a flop
and when you're down on the bottom there's nothing else
but to shout to the top - shout!

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The Human League - Human (1986)

The Human League
"Human"
Album: Crass (1986 A&M / Virgin)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


Come on baby, dry your eyes
Wipe your tears
Never like to see you cry
Won't you please forgive me

I wouldn't ever try to hurt you
I just needed someone to hold me
To fill the void while you were gone
To fill this space of emptiness

I'm only human
Of flesh and blood I'm made
Human
Born to make mistakes

So many nights I longed to hold you
So many times I looked and saw your face
Nothing could change the way I feel
No one else could ever take your place

I'm only human
Of flesh and blood I'm made
Human
Born to make mistakes
(I am just a man)
(Human
Human)
Please forgive me

(The tears I cry aren't tears of pain
They're only to hide my guilt and shame
I forgive you, now I ask the same of you
While we were apart I was human too)

(Human
Human)

I'm only human
Of flesh and blood I'm made
(I am just a man)
Human
Born to make mistakes

(Human
Human).

ALBUM:

Dynasty - Groove Control (1981)

Dynasty
"Groove Control"
Album: Adventures in the Land of Music (1980 Solar Records)

SINGLE:



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The Beatles - Paperback Writer (1966)

The Beatles
"Paperback Writer"
Album: A Collection of Beatles Oldies (1966 Parlophone)

SINGLE:


LYRICS:


Paperback writer

Paper back writer (paperback writer)
Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?
It took me years to write, will you take a look?
It's based on a novel by a man named Lear
And I need a job, so I want to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer.

It's a dirty story of a dirty man
And his clinging wife doesn't understand.
Their son is working for the Daily Mail,
It's a steady job but he wants to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer.

Paperback writer (paperback writer)

It's a thousand pages, give or take a few,
I'll be writing more in a week or two.
I can make it longer if you like the style,
I can change it round and I want to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer.

If you really like it you can have the rights,
It could make a million for you overnight.
If you must return it, you can send it here
But I need a break and I want to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer.

Paperback writer (paperback writer)

Paperback writer - paperback writer
Paperback writer - paperback writer

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The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone (1972) Live

The Temptations
"Papa was a Rolling Stone"
Album: All Directions (1972 Gordy/Motown)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


It was the third of September.
That day I'll always remember, yes I will.
'Cause that was the day that my daddy died.
I never got a chance to see him.
Never heard nothing but bad things about him.
Mama, I'm depending on you, tell me the truth.

And Mama just hung her head and said,
"Son, Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
"Papa was a rolling stone, my son.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."

Well, well.

Hey Mama, is it true what they say,
that Papa never worked a day in his life?
And Mama, bad talk going around town
saying that Papa had three outside children and another wife.
And that ain't right.
HEARD SOME talk about Papa doing some store front preaching.
Talking about saving souls and all the time leeching.
Dealing in debt and stealing in the name of the Lord.

Mama just hung her head and said,
"Papa was a rolling stone, my son.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
"Hey, Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."

Uh!

Hey Mama, I heard Papa call himself a jack of all trade.
Tell me is that what sent Papa to an early grave?
Folk say Papa would beg, borrow, steal to pay his bill.
Hey Mama, folk say that Papa was never much on thinking.
Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking.
Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth. Mama looked up with a tear in her eye and said,
"Son, Papa was a rolling stone. (Well, well, well, well)
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
"Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."

"I said, Papa was a rolling stone. Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."



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U2 - Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of (2000)

U2
"Stuck In a Moment you Can't Get out of"
Album: All That You Can Leave Behind (2000 Island)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


I'm not afraid
Of anything in this world
There's nothing you can throw at me
That I haven't already heard
I'm just trying to find
A decent melody
A song that I can sing
In my own company

I never thought you were a fool
But darling, look at you. Ooh.
You gotta stand up straight, carry your own weight
'Cause tears are going nowhere baby

You've got to get yourself together
You've got stuck in a moment
And now you can't get out of it
Don't say that later will be better
Now you're stuck in a moment
And you can't get out of it


I will not forsake
The colors that you bring
The nights you filled with fireworks
They left you with nothing
I am still enchanted
By the light you brought to me
I listen through your ears
Through your eyes I can see

You are such a fool
To worry like you do.. Oh
I know it's tough
And you can never get enough
Of what you don't really need now
My, oh my

You've got to get yourself together
You've got stuck in a moment
And you can't get out of it
Oh love, look at you now
You've got yourself stuck in a moment
And you can't get out of it
Oh lord look at you now
You've got yourself stuck in a moment
And you cant get out of it

I was unconscious, half asleep
The water is warm 'til you discover how deep
I wasn't jumping, for me it was a fall
It's a long way down to nothing at all

You've got to get yourself together
You've got stuck in a moment
And you can't get out of it
Don't say that later will be better
Now you're stuck in a moment
And you can't get out of it

And if the night runs over
And if the day won't last
And if your way should falter
Along this stony pass

It's just a moment
This time will pass


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