President Roots [Migration]

1. River of Life

2. She Lights Up

3. Main St

4. Why Did You Come Around

5. Professor Longhair

6. Money Tree

7. Dropout

8. Jealousy

9. Biggest Fan

10. Somebody Elses Day

11. Cowboys Will Kill You

12. Dark Star

Friend the sun is out today, brother good news is on the wayListen sonny I can't take more, you're giving me the belly achesYou can't see good in anything, pretty soon your gonna break

Well I know coz you told me, I know coz you saidI was around your place the other day and baby you lost your head

You said you can't carry on with things as they areIt's really time for a changeTime to swim in the river of life, no time to be afraid

You wanna go out but you stay at homeYou got no money but you got a loanYou keep on singing the same old song, you will never, never get along

Friend I'm talking to you straight, brother no time to hesitateListen Sonny a few home truths might hit you very hardBut what I gotta say right now you just can't disregard

Your lover she told me your lover she said I was around you place the other day when she told me you were dead

She said that living with you was bringing her downAs she cried and hit the floorThe cooker blew and the bird did too and I didn't wanna see no more

So you got no girl but you got you're MaHome from the pub you may feel like a starBut if you keep on playing that cheap guitar, you will never, never get along

Time to swim the river of life, swim in the river of life

River of Life

From the underworld sir, come bring your lightBring and orchestra to play through the darkest nightA ton of feathers weighs the same as a ton of leadFreight train running through the middle of my head

So grant me vision, come shake your stickFrom an ancient path, we can take our pickAnd see god talking in the fields of grainSinging Hallelujah, I see her face again

When she lights up

In another world, under natures wingInto the unknown, kicking and screamingA ton of feathers weighs the same as a ton of leadAnd baby if you want to get well, you know you've got to give

When she lights up

When I put my around her, tell her that I love herWatch her light upAnd in the morning when the sun is risingWatch her light up

Stolen moments her light is gone, a black robed king just took her by the armAnd dragged her down to his dragon bedSinging a ton of feathers weighs the same as a ton of lead

When she lights up

She Lights Up

I know a girl about twenty fiveAnd she told me I got stars written in my eyesBut where is she now, lost in the ether of timeAnd I don't play her songs and she don't play mineDown in the bars, down in the barsOn Main Street

I know a man a good friend of mineAnd he's seen some things I hope you never see in your lifeSo I guess you could say, he's been aboutAnd he knows how it feels to have your heart ripped outDown in the bars, down in the barsOn Main Street

This dirty game is not for the faint of heartYou need resilience like Napoleon BonaparteAnd an army of men, and the luck of the Irish tooYeah and helps if you happen to look, just like a movie starDown in the bars, down in the barsOn Main Street

So lets take to the hillsAnd drink from a mountain streamSit by the waterfall under the star lit fieldsAnd in an hour or two, we'll forget our caresKnock up a fire and laugh about the troubles that we haveDown in the bars, down in the barsOn Main Street

Main St

Campbell

Up on the roof tiles it's raining cruise missilesFrom Cupid’s latest bow comes a heat seeking nuclear active arrow

I thought I was safe here, in outer AustraliaWhere the roads are dusty and longBut you came half the way around the world, just to prove me wrong

Wanna start a third world war, wanna cry more more moreWanna lay down the law, why did you come aroundWanna piece of history, wanna make love to meC'mon set me free, why did you come around

You're just a gypsy, a boat lost at seaBeautiful bag of skin and bonesCrying for daddy, trying to find your way home

All you are asking, it's disaster fashionJames Dean, Marylin MonroeLate Michael Hutchence should have stayed with Helen ChristiansenDumped Paula Yates, married Kylie Minogue



Why Did You Come Around

Hey now brothers and sisters, say haven't you heard?About the original professor A.K.A. Henry Roeland ByrdDown at the Mardi Gras, he's tearing out his soulWell, everybody knows, he's the Bach of Rock 'n' RollHe plays the rumba and the mamboThere's nothing that he couldn't play on that piano

In the tall grass there's an old guy with a white hat and skinny black tiePlays piano in a big chair, introducing Professor Longhair

Well he went right off at the Caledonia club one nightBlew Fats Domino away and he set the whole place alightRiding six white horses on a trampolinePlaying Lady Madonna between his knees

Well the sixtys came and fess was out of vogueSwept floors packed boxes, just to buy simple food and clothesProfessor Long Hair coming back in styleLouisiana Jazz carnival crowd going wild

In the tall grass there's an old guy, wears a white hat down by the riversidePlays piano in a big chair, introducing Professor Longhair

Professor Longhair

In the tall grass there's an old guy with a white hat and skinny black tiePlays piano in a big chair, introducing Professor Longhair

Professor Longhair

Silver dollar gumOh, when you gonna come and bring me some?Cos I must confessLately I've not been blessed and my life's a mess

Oh, little money tree won't you shake those branches for me Cos I try but I just can't see no ... money for my woman

Flying money bird Say now haven't you heard about the dirty wordA hundred dollar bills Flying down from the hills, rest upon my window sill

Oh, little money tree won't you lower those branches for me Cos I try but I just can't reach ... money for my woman

Love and money growing on treesInfect me with your elegant diseaseLove and money cover my eyes Wake me up when you finally arrive

Little money plantOh, won't you grant me a big advanceCos it’s making her sadAnd it's driving me mad, what I've never really had

Oh, little money tree won't you shake those branches for meCall me blind but I just can't see ... money for my woman

Money its all you ever want, money it's all I ever want

Money Tree

These evergreen lands don't seem to bring you downAutumn leaves are not a problem for you nowSo take the opportunity and runAnd sitting here I see how you've becomeTo see things through the eyes of somebody newAnd see the spirit that I see in you

You're no drop out in my eyesYou're not all done, I believe for them lights are turning on, turn it on

Those old familiar ways that held you backNot such a problem now that you've changed tackAnd set the main sail into the sunHeart beating rhythm quick like a drumAnd seize the day in front of youFound a new perspective and a different point of view


If it all fails you can still go homeBut buddy you can't score without a goalAnd I don't think you're ever coming backNo I just don't think we'll ever look backCos you've seen the way that life can beYeah you've seen just how good it can be


Dropout

Jealousy is burning me up, baby can't you seeProphecy says you've got a new friendAnd you don't need me, anymore

I'm not happy to see it through and I don't want to break youBut there's something I got to do, I got nothing left to lose

Baby now I'm keeping it up, but I don't know how, anywayBaby please, please, please, pleaseI'm going crazy as a fool can be, day by day


I'm giving it up pretty babI'm giving it up pretty soonNobody knows what I need nowNobody knows but me and

It feels like murder sometimes, feels like murder to meI never saw you as a cold hard killerHanging love beneath the black cherry tree

Jealousy don't turn me on, when you know I can't believe in love no moreBaby please, please, please, pleaseI'm going crazy as a fool can be, day by day


Jealousy

Your recipe for success you make it look so simpleA pinch of blues a dash of country a whole jar of sexualAnd being around you makes me feel so damn aliveAnd all I'm asking for is just another minute of your time

Cos I'm your biggest fanLike putty in your handOh yeah I am

Do you remember the first time I got your autographI was standing in the back row just waiting for you to come pastAnd you signed my breast with cherry red indelible inkWhile your mother stitched a dancing skirt dedicated to the missing link

Because I'm your biggest fanLike that song by EminemOh yeah I am

I'm on the side streets but you're on the main roadI'm shifting dirt your shifting units by the truckload.But I've made nothing of myselfNo never been anyone never even been on TVAnd all I'm asking for is just another minuteWon't you come backstage and see me

Because I'm your biggest fanOne day you will understand Oh yeah I am

Biggest Fan

Darling when you stray far from the madding crowdMiles from comfort station and the black veils coming downRemember that the sun still shines in a place not far awayOh the night is nothing more than somebody else's day

Maybe you can call me if you starting to freak outIn the middle of your night I'll be up and aboutSweet technology, let's us talk for hard earned payOh the night is nothing more than somebody else's day

The ying and the yang, all the highs and lowsYou don't get one without the other, lover this I knowAnd there'll never be another rainbow if they take away all the rainOh the night is nothing more than somebody else's day

So put on my black cowboy shirt, that one day will surely fadeAnd your pretty white stockings, ladder and turn greyThe world it will keep turning and the sun will rise againOh the night is nothing more than somebody else's friend

Somebody Elses Day

Well it's a dangerous world out thereAggression on every streetPeople pushing people aroundJust to lose a little heat

Idiots out therePlaying with guns and knivesTurning up in the heat of the day One hundred degrees Farenheit

Cos you're not all right

Well I'm losing respect for my kindWho wants to hurt who wants to fightGot no reason but it's all too muchI'm going out of my mind

With those kids in the alleysPlaying with guns and knivesStirring up the trouble In other peoples lives

Cos you're not all right

Cowboys Will Kill You

I see a man falling from a high building, that's now on fireThick black smoke is pouring out of my guitar

Next thing I hear, a voice that's cried ten thousand years And tremors deep, that picked me up and knocked me off my feet

But then the angels came and they duly proclaimed that this is not the endJust another passing phase from the cradle to the grave

Dark star, big black hole in my heart

So fear set in, anger, rage, retaliation reigned supreme And no one now could save us from these dirty schemes

But then the angels came and they duly proclaimed that this is not the endJust another lonely day while god’s on holiday

21st century sleeping, it’s harder waking up when your dreamingThe superstore opens its door this weekendThey got everything you want and nothing you need inThey've got everything you want and nothing you need in store

In my head there's a dark star, and I don't know if I have a friendDon't know if this is the end or you'll stand and pretendStand and pretend its not clear



Dark Star

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