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Jack Hammer
The Pilgrim Lyrics 
Tracks:
There's a leader on the run He's got your soul to pay And he just jumped on a plane And he doesn't care about your pain Oh no… So you better look around There's not much sun left today And the rain's gonna come And then we'll all be the same Don't try to calm me down Don't try to calm me down Don't try to calm me down No….the fields are on fire I saw people marching with banners held high I saw soldiers with guns and a man had to die How long will the poor and the hungry be forgotten? Tell me how long? I turn and I turn And I watch the burning sky… Now the fields are on fire They're chasing the spirits in vain And the real time will come In the land of the spirits we'll play Don't try to calm me down Don't try to calm me down Don't try to calm me down…no… The fields are on fire I saw people marching with banners held high I saw soldiers with guns and a man had to die There will be no new Jerusalem The old one will burn down again and again Look at your leaders Like the madmen they smile I turn and I turn and I watch the burning sky 2. The Pilgrim (J.P. Botha) We've travelled so far with the sun behind us But our journey has just begun So we came upon the river There was no one on the other side You have to turn back now "I want to go with you !" she cried I said no the river is deep and the river is wide When I'm gone will you miss me Even think of me sometimes If I hurt you I am sorry I did not mean for this to be I was caught between the Devil and the deep blue sea All my old friends they're all gone now But for Maloney and Moonshine Lee We must be travelling on now It's a long way to Mozambique Where the water is blue and the water is deep Fear not child the wild winds Even the storm it has to pass Fear not the seasons changing All the colours are still the same And the thunder and the rain We've travelled so far with the sun behind us But our journey has just begun 3. Headlines (J.S. Martin/J.P. Botha) Just like walking just like talking Just like breathing to kill my friend It's so easy today Another paper with another headline Sends another family Downstairs It's so easy today Woke up this morning with my feet on the ground Ready to run from this Godless town Ruby said she's got a bad feeling inside Don't come home in the headlines What about the good times? What about the sunshine? Never make it to the headlines I don't want to read the paper 4. Morrison Hotel (J.P. Botha) I went down to the Morrison Hotel But nobody could tell me Which room you were in So I turned around Got back into my car again Driving on freeways Late at night Dreaming of ghosts Driving on freeways Dreaming of ghosts Where is the jungle music? Where are the voodoo women? Dance with fire you can love me today And you can leave me tomorrow Love me today leave me tomorrow But let's go down a road that we don't know We can always get what we need Where we are going I went down to the Morrison Hotel But nobody could tell me Which room you room you were in Nobody could tell me if you Were ever coming back this way again… 5. Lady Amber (J.P.Botha/J.S.Martin) Your love is just like poison Like the black snake do It goes into my veins in my blood In my heart in my soul If I don't leave by morning Then I might never find never find Never find my way home Loving you was always easy baby Don't you love it when the sun goes down I can hear them crying out for more And pretty soon we all fall down Ring a ring a rosie My lady Amber what can I do Still haven't found anyone like you I have to leave now you know that I do Dagger in my heart and the sky is blue There really is no reason Why I should stay with you You like to play in the night in the dark In the cemetery Your breath is warm and sweet I remember well But that is all I recall and the rest is Just best left unsaid 6. Rock Steady (J.P. Botha) Don't cry sister hard times will come Soon they be over oh they be gone Happy days is coming It won't be long Rock steady this will be your song This will be your song In the city they took me For everything I had Promises of good times All I found was bad So much bad weather and bad company Lordy Lord what will become of me Rock steady on the road down to the sea Rock steady on the mountain high Peace will come to I and I Now as I leave you In your state of make believe I burn all the contract Now you can see You do not own me I will always be free Rock steady what will be will be will be 7. Russian and Chips (Trad / R. MacKay) The Kid he came from Nazareth His father's only son When he came from Nazareth He was a hellhound on the run He was a hellhound on the run I'll remember Nazareth When you face me with your gun For when you aim You'll shoot to kill That hellhound on the run He was a hellhound on the run 8. Bury me when (J.P. Botha) So proud We wander thru the earth Gathering riches Building palaces And looking away Shining body statue Feet are made of clay What did you do for your brother today? Bury me when there is rain On the mountains of the moon The mist can be the shroud And then it's back Back to the earth we go As if we didn't know Gold that shines so brightly All just stone and earth Madmen in high buildings Give it it's worth And they make your movie stars And they make the slaves What did you do for your brother today? Bury me when the stars Shine bright over Zanzibar The moon can be the preacher And the tide can do the rest You don't have to be perfect Just do your best 9. Mozambique (J.P. Botha) Where blue water meets white sand The ocean has a name she is called India And the tall trees dance in the wind It's a slow dance can't you see Ah you beauty Beautiful Mozambique We must get back to the garden And I beg of you For forgiveness for all the deeds Our fathers did do Surely comes a time Many years of peace and prosperity Ah you beauty Beautiful Mozambique Everyday I wake up dreaming This is where I want to stay Far from the black city Where the dragon wants your soul The system wants control But I will not go I will stay here where the water meets the sand In this wild and wonderful land Ah you beauty Beautiful Mozambique I often think about you Gito When I walk barefoot on the sand We must get back to the garden We have to get back to the garden 10. Tribal Fence (R. MacKay) Say you are my brother Say you are my son But don't ask me who's the father There might not be one Say you are my lover Say you are our child But there's bound to be a mother Though she's 1990 styled When will we be When will we be Past tribal fence And family tree Say you are the ancient ape Now naked in your youth But there's one thing that we must learn So as to teach the truth Say you are my brother say you are my son But don't ask me who's the father There might not be one All lyrics supplied by Piet Botha, June 2005. |
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