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2. JAZZ MY RYTHM AND BLUES (Terry Callier)

Save a lickel lost a dime - got me workin' overtime
Maybe that's the reason I'm feelin'dazed and confused
Randon access memory - what happened to my MP3
Jazz my rythm and blues

(Well) I don't want weed and i don't need wine
The music starts and I feel fine
That's why I'm inclined to live the live I choose
Some folks out here talkin' smack - think they hip
but don't know jack...
Jazz my rythm and blues

Blessings fallin' down on me
Flowin' just like poetry (yeah)
I be hopin' some sweet day
Love will carry us away

(Now) ever since the world began
True for woman - Treue for Man
You'll be fortunate if you can
Win one more than you loses
Somethin' just occured to me
Too many people still ain't free
Jazz my rythm and blues

3. WE R ONE (Terry Callier)

Angels of the morning-
children of the Dawn
Heaven Bless and Keep U
And help U carry on
All the heatr has hoped for-
all the eyes can see
For your Consecration and Felicity

I have come to find u and I must remind u
WE R ONE

Agels of the evening -
children of the Cross
Who can help us gather all the things
that we have lost
Lifetime's shifting phases
Dreams that we discern
worlds of wealth and Power -
but that's not my concern

I have come to find u and I must remind u
WE R ONE

Storm clouds will be fading at
the rainbow's end
There'll be a new beginning
For all of us my Friens

I have come to find u and I must remind u
WE R ONE

4. MIDNITE MILE (Terry Callier)

Like a ship without the ocean
like a road without a wheal
Like a sun without the mornin'
People that's the way I feel
But I'll be goin' home in style
Travelin' one more midnite mile

I went to Coahoma County -
where a man must walk alone
It was the home of Muddy Waters
They called him "Daddy Rollin' Stone"
Say, the road is such a trial
Travelin' one more midnite mile

Heaven help the people who are
scufflin' day by day
We need to fond a hero who can
help show us the way
Maybe he'll be here after 'while,
Travelin' one more midnite mile

I looked into the heart of darkness
The reflection burned my Soul
I had to try and find Healer
And her Love has made me whole
She had me cryin' like a child
Travelin' one more midnite mile

5. TRUTH IN TEARS 2 (Chris Kibble, terry Callier)

I pity all the sweet dreams that have
no reality
All the hopes and wishes that may
never come to be
I pity most of the heroes who received
no welcome home
They go their solitary way to spend
the nights alone
And oh, the joys and sorrows that follow througgh the years
And oh, how many more days until Medhi appears
And will there ever come a time when
we can put aside our fears
We'll have the Truth in smiles or we'll
have the Truth in tears

6. WHAT ABOUT ME (Dino Valenti)

Oh - what you gonna do about me
You poisoned our sweet waters and chopped down our green trees
The food you sell my children is the cause of teir disease
My world is slowly fallin' down and the air's not fit to breathe
Those of us who care enough must struggle to be free
Oh - what you gonna do about me

I worked inside your fatcories -
I studied in your schools
I fill your penitentaries and your military too
I feel the whole world tremblin' as the word is passed around
If you stand up for what you believe in
Then be prepared to get shot down
Oh - what you gonna do about me

I feel just like a stranger - blamed for things I've never done
I'm livin' like an outlow - I'm always on the run
Oh - what you gonna do about me

7. BLUES FOR BILLIE HOLIDAY (Chris Kibble, Terry Callier)

DLike an angel she could sing -
but she had a broken wing
What a heavy price to pay
This here's the blues for Billie Holliday

Simple gowns all she'd wear
With one gardenia in her hair
I remember her that way
This is the blues for Billie Holliday

Her heart was always on hr sleeve
All too soon she had to leave
Like a child she went astray
I sing the blues for Billie Holliday

I just heard her voice again
Like an echo in the wind
Man, there's nothin' left to say
I sing the blues for Billie Holliday

8. STRIPPER (Hardkandy, Terry Callier)

DiSay holluh, holluh
Try to folluh, folluh-
She needs her space, dark glasses in place
She won't face the light of the day
A soak in the tub - a smoke and a scrub
Wash some of the night away

Holluh, holluh
Baby gotta folluh

Some do without - that's what it's about
I doubt if she ever does
OUt on the scene- she's keepin' it clean
Like Johnnie-come-lately was
Gotta holluh
Dancin' for a dolluh

She won't spare even one passing glance
Cool and smooth like a slow Spanish dance
O but there was a time - back in her prime
She might have found romance
Older, colder hearts don't stand a chance
Makes me wanna holluh, holluh
Baby Girl is dancin' for a dolluh

(And)
Once it seems she had laughter and dreams
But that's all over now
How is her hair and what costums to wear
Are all she needs to know for now
Hipsters who meet in the heat of the street
Like a vapor they come and go
She has moods, attitudes
Old dudes pay good money to watch
the show
It makes me wanna holluh, folluh
Baby Girl is dancin' for a dolluh (yeah)

9. AND I LOVE HER (Lennon, Mc Cartney)

I give her all my love - that'a all I do
And if you saw my love - you'd love her too
And I love her

She gives me everything - so tenderly
The kiss my lover brings - she brings to me
And I love her

A love like ours
will never die
As long as I have her near me

Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die - and I love her

10. TRUTH IN TEARS 3 (Chris Kibble, terry Callier)

I feel pity for the boy who cannot become a man
Kin and friends look on in wonder
'Cause they just don't inderstand
I pity the children
Who have seen the face of war
We nust remember they're no longer children anymore
For all the joys and sorrows that follow through the years
O how many nore days 'til the Son of Man appears
And will there ever be a time when we can put aside out fears
We'll have the Truth in smiles or we'll have the Truth in tears

11. AFRICA NOW (Terry Callier)

Globalization (means) re-colonialization
No land for the people
Hope fades away
We are all searching for traces of Mwrcy
The Poor have no reason to get through the day

There must be an answer - we will find it somehow
There is one path to Freedom -
All of Africa Now

Is there an incantation
(For) a continent's salvation
Shelter for these children from the storm and the rain
These times are demanding (o) deeper understanding
A cure for the sickness - an end to the pain

There must be an answer - we will find it somehow
There is one path to Freedom -
All of Africa Now

Where is the foundation for lasting
Liberation
Who is willing, who is able
Why can't the people see
Brother smiting brother
Tribes turning on each other
We're all Human Relations -
why should it be

Our hearts are divided - we must join them somehow
One path to Redemption -
All Africa Now
All Africa Now - All Africa Now

12. LOOKIN' OUT (Terry Callier)

Children, I been lookin'out for somethin'
That I guess I've never known
I been makin' do with nothin'
Spendin' too much time alone
Maybe Love is just around the corner
A new song waiting to be sung
Maybe this time I won't blow it
'Cause I'll known it when it comes

And I been lookin'out for someone
That I guess I've never met
Waiting for that magic moment
But it hasen't happened yet
I won't stop my heart for dancin'
Once the music has begun
(And) Maybe this time I won't blow it
'Cause I'll known it when it comes

I been lookin'out my windows
Watchin' people passin' by
Goin' anywhere the wind blows
Layin' low or groovin' high
Happiness is (always) worth the waiting
No matter where it's comin' from
Baby, this time I won't blow it
'Cause I'll known it when it comes

13. TRUTH IN TEARS 4 (Chris Kibble, terry Callier)

SUFI Chant/Nearness
Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu

14. PARIS BLUES (Terry Callier)

The sky was grey when I woke up this morning
Seems to me that nothin' was the same
My situationchanged without a warning
(The) Sad thing is I don't know who's to blame
Once upon a time our love was shining brightly
Maybe it was just too god to last
(Or I don't know) Perhaps I held to tightly
I had no idea the end come so fast
Au revoir, she said
She's out of my life-fm out of my head
So difficult to know which way to choose
And she's gone c'est ca
Can I go on - je ne sais pas
Got to find a way to loose the Paris Blues

The boulevard is just another by-way
Where we walked together - now I walk alone
One more lonely heart (and) one more lonely highway
One more drifter - one more rollin' stone
Au revoir, she said
She's out of my life-fm out of my head
So difficult to know which way to choose
And she's gone c'est ca
Can I go on - je ne sais pas
Got to find a way to loose the Paris Blues

2. SUNSET BOULEVARD (Terry Callier) 5:09

Here come(s) fine and mellow slippin' down the street
Free and easy smile for everyone she meets
Everybody's hangin' back but now the secret's out
She just came by to tell us what it's all about
There's a nation waitin' for the comin' of the Lord
With the dreamers and the schemers out
on Sunset Boulevard
And sugar life is hard
Out on Sunset Boulevard

Best dressed or hard pressed no matter who you are
Dependin' on how the cards fall, anyone can be a star
But Iife is not a screenplay - it's a battle for your soul
You must be very carelul how you choose to play your role
Really ain't no tellin' what your Spirit's headin' toward
You see he rests uneasy out on Sunset Boulevard
And mama Iife is sho' 'nuff hard
Out on Sunset Boulevard

Now, Jesus, Peace be with him, said,
"The Truth will set you free"
Truth and doubt go hand-in-hand in our society
Everybody's wonderin' what the beast will have to say
From the steps of Mother Russia to the flats in East L. A.
There's an angel waitin' with Fire and the Sword
With the hipsters and the tlpsters out on Sunset Boulevard
And Ine is sho' 'nuff hard
Out on Sunset Boulevard

3. COMIN' UP FROM BABYLON (Terry Callier) 5:37

When Joseph, Peace upon him, was carried into Egypt
I noticed that his coat was torn
He was hurtin' and neglected and that's not what he expected
So he's comin' up from Babylon
He was hurtin' and neglected and that's not what he expected
So he's comin' up from Babylon
When Moses, Peace upon him, was cast out on the water
His people had to carry on
He walked the straight and narrow 'til it took him
back to Pharaoh
Now they're comin' up from Babylon
He walked the straight and narrow and it took him
back to Pharaoh
Now they're comin' up lrom Babylon

And what're you gonna do - what're you gonna say
When the angels come a-singin' HALL -LE-LU-I-AY
Sisters and the Sons of Drums facin' the millennium
Comin' up from Babylon
l've been lookin' atthe signs here in 1999
Seein' where the lines are drawn
We've come to a decision and now we know our mission
Is to get up outa Babylon
We've come to a decision and now we know our mission
Is to gel up outa Babylon

And what're you gonna do - what're you gonna say
When the angels come a-singin' HAlL-LE-LU-I-AY
Sisters and the Sons of Drums facin' the millennium
Comin' up from Babylon

4. HOLDIN' ON (Terry Callier-larry Wade) 5:26

Love was made or a summer day
A chance for two t' getaway
Walkin' hand-in-hand to the picture show
Reelin' to the sound of music from the rad-i-o
(Now) if it wasn't for the things you do to me
I might lose a-hold on my sanity
I just want to stop and drift awhile
And melt into the sweetness of your smile
'Cause l'm holdin' on to your love
l'm holdin' on - to your love

Now my money's short but the hustle Is long
All around the world the heat is on
Youf tenderness helps te cool out some of the strile
You make all the difference in my lile
Well I spent the day with a friend of mine
We were standin' in the unemployment line
Sugar that's the longest damned line in town
But even crap like that can't keep me down
'Cause l'm holdin' on to your love
l'm holdin' on to your love

Now you've got what it takes to make my soul unwind
(I said) l'm holdin' on - l'm holdin' on
You're my sweet release I'm talkin' 'bout PeaGe of Mind
(I said) l'm holdin' on - holdin' on
(I said) l'm holdin' on to your love
Holdin' on - to your love

5. WHERE A LARK IS SINGING (Terry Callier-Sundiata Callier) 4:27

Picture me I should be
Wild and free
Where a lark is singing
I duffed out on the gig loday but I couldn't get away
Shadows lengthening around me
And there were other Kinds of Blues
Indigo and deeper hues
Wailing to surround me

Picture me I should be
Wild and free
Where a lark is singing
I have got ta take some time to re-new my state of mlnd
Wanna stop and smell the roses
And on some island in the sun –I'd have time to
get things done
One door opens - one door closes

But picture me
I should be
Wild and free
Where a lark is singing

6. NOBODY BUT YOURSELF (Terry Callier-Larry Wade) 5:03

Now you know for sure that it's immature
Ta try and live inside a dream
Ain't no sense in goin' back the way you came
Just remember this - you can reminisce
'Til your life becomes a waitin' game
You have no - nobody but yourself to blame
You have nobody
Nobody - you have no - nobody but yourself to blame

Your life was soft so you played it off
They held you in such high esteem
You forgot everybody pays a priee for fame
Lost your common sense and your confidence
It really is a cryin' shame
You have no - nobody but yourself to blame
You have nobody
Nobody - you have no -nobody but yourself to blame

7. 4 MILES (Dave Barnard-Terry Callier- Bosco D'Olivera- Mark Edwards- Jim Mullen- Gary Plummley- Dave Trigwell) 3:13

For two or three, for you and me
And all we'lI be eternally
For day and night - a guiding light
For tears, for smiles, 4 Miles
For red and black and green
And all the colors in between
For day and night - a guiding light
For tears, for smiles, 4 Miles

8. LOVE CAN DO (Terry Callier-Donald Hendrix) 3:29

Love glanced al me with your eyes
Love lifted me with your smile
Love led me into Your heart
That's what Love can do

Love led me when I was right
And sheltered me when I was wrong
Love made You part of my Iife
That's what Love can do

Soon all these lights will go dim
Who knows how far we must travel
White we're making our way back to Him
Before our dreams can unravel

Love glanced at me with your eyes
Love lifted me with your smile
Made you the Light of my life
That's what Love can do

Love can do ...

9. WHEN THE MUSIC IS GONE (Terry Callier) 3:29

What will we lean on when the music is gone
I don't know but l'm sure we'lI get by
On the day aFter dawn when the music is gone
We will see, it will be there in the sky
And when the lights come back on and the music is gone
We will see just what we're dreamin' of

And the song will be Truth, Peace, Freedom and Justice
The song will be Love, the song will be Love

What can we depend on when the music is gone
I don't know so we won't let it die
When we all stand alone and the music is gone
Will it still be the same for you and I
When the lights come back on and the music is gone
We will be just what we're dreamin' of

And the song will be Truth and Peace, Freedom and Justice
The song will be Love, the song will be Love

10. FIX THE BLAME (Terry Callier-Jakob Hedin) 6:15

Some folks come down to Washington – they did
Not carry knives or guns
But they were lethal just the same, 'cause they had come to

Fix the Biame
Blame the unions and their lies - they've got wages set too high
Manufacture some event and we can blame the innocent
Blame the children, blame the young, we won't have
to bite our tongue
Blame the migrant workers too - they're paid too
much for what they do
But please don't blame our subsidies or money we send overseas
And if you want to keep our trust - blame anyone who's not like us

Blame the homeless, blame the gays,
or anyone with different ways
if opportunity presents, we can blame the President
Blame Islam and act afraid - we can start a new crusade
Blame the peace, blame the war - close the windows
and bar the doors
Blame the Left, blame the Right,
keep up the pressure day and night
Blame the hot and blame the cool- blame the
wise man and the fool

But please don't blame our subsidies or money we send overseas
And if you want to keep our trust - blame anyone who's not like us
Blame the liquor, blame the dope, blame it on the Horror-scope
Blame the worst, blame the best, the colored and the colorless
Blame the city, blame the state, blame it all on racial hate
Blame the sick, blame the needy, blame the grasping and the greedy
Blame the rich, blame the poor, we can't take it anymore
Blame the first and blame the last
Blame each and every livin' ass

But please don't blame our subsidies or money we send overseas
And if you want to keep our trust - blame anyone who's not like us
On Judgement Day it's all the same
I wonder who the Lord will blame

People goin' around takin' names
And they really want to do is Fix the Blame

Don't wanna See myself- don't wanna See myself
I don't wanna See myself without You
Don't wanna See myself - don't wanna See myself
I don't wanna See myself without You
Ev'ry time I pass in front of a looking glass
There's a smilin' face
All because of the Father's Grace
Mirror, mirror on the wall
It's the greatest love of all
It came like a complete surprise
(And) Changed my life before my eyes

And I don't wanna See myself - I don't wanna See myself
I don't wanna See myself without You
Don't wanna See myself - don't wanna see myself
I don't wanna See myself without You
Ev'ryone I know has seen some problems come and go
I depend on You, I need Your Grace to see me through
I was just a fallen star - until I found out who You are
All the things You've done for me
Will never fade from my memory

I don't wanna see myself - don't wanna see myself
I don't wanna see myself without You
Don't wanna See myself - don't wanna See myself
I don't wanna see myself without You