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All That Love Provides
03:11
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Forbidden fruit lay on my tongue
One bite and I was gone
Yes There’s been some damage done
To all that love provides
Blame it on the original sin
The fall of man a devils grin
Some say they’re tangled in All that love provides
Remember Adam and Eve Had trouble in the garden
They were forced to leave
Now the serpent glides Through flesh and blood
Over all that love provides
Good and evil is the mortal soul
With this knowledge I still don’t know
How men and women lose control
Now this fool confides
Deception’s easy when it feels like bliss
You get addicted to a wayward kiss
Drank the wine I took a piss
On all that love provides
Remember Adam and Eve
Had trouble in the garden
They were forced to leave
With paradise denied
Heaven below Hell above
All that love provides
But there ain’t no need to contemplate
Who we are girl let’s not tempt fate
it’s not the time for us to hate
All that love provides
Remember Adam and Eve
Had trouble in the garden
They were forced to leave
Where temptation hides
Lost in the darkness of
All that love provides
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2. |
Late for the Protest
02:42
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I’m late for the protest
I got stranded underground
On a subway heading north
To the rally downtown
By the time I left the station
All around me were police
Taking down barricades
And opening up the streets
I’m late for the protest
Mister these are troubled times
See the bird of freedom soaring
Over broken picket signs
Sailing over people
Who have been dispersed
By the law of might and men
Who came well rehearsed
Now they’re marching in St. Louis
And in New York too
Chanting as one you know I tell you Joe
That’s what unheard voices do
I’m late for the protest
In the distance I hear them now
Only so much Democracy
The authorities will allow
And as the cops clear the sidewalk
Far away from me
I listen to the echo of collective rage
In the 21st century
Now they’re marching in
Chicago And in Cleveland too
Chanting as one you know I tell you Joe
That’s what unheard voices do
Shouting for justice oh
I tell you Joe
It sounds like they’re breaking through
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3. |
Boys Will be Boys
03:40
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I was straight you were gay
Didn’t matter either way
Cohorts from a misfit crew
Back in 1982
Dark hair tall fast and lean
From city streets hard and mean
Turning tricks nothing’s free
Back in 1983
Did it for the thrill and buzz
You did for the money
What creates also destroys
And boys will be boys
In high school kids made fun
‘bout what our friendship had become
We’d fight them to the floor
Back in 1984
Best of friends was all we were
Damn the dumb and narrow
Inside the world of adolescent noise
Boys will be boys
Boys will be boys
Thin as air brittle bones
Conversations telephones
hospitals.and bare trees
Might have beens and use to be’s
For a while you held on
One day your mother told me
you were gone
Best of friends nothing more
Damn the dumb and narrow
Inside a world of adolescent noise
Was he a she a him or her
Love’s a broken arrow
What creates also destroys
Boys will be boys
Boys will be boys
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4. |
Love is Love
03:10
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Love is love
Simple and true
An easy thing That’s so hard to do
Everybody
Feels joy and pain
The difference is We’re all the same
Love is love
Love is love
We all are one
They say everything is equal Under the sun
Day by day
We conceive
And choose to deny
What we believe
Love is love
Love is love
oh love is love Love is love oh love
Love is love
Nail bitten and blind
How quick we lose what took
so long to find
All good stories Come to an end
From that first kiss
To are we still friends
Love is love
Love is love oh love is love
Love is love oh love
Love is love
I’ll grant you that
Waving goodbye
While tipping my hat
It will never be over
But when all’s said and done
What does anybody see in anyone?
Love is love
love is love
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5. |
The Killer Inside
03:49
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Visiting hour On death row
I’m a women in love
Through our letters I know
We were meant to be together
Until the end of time
Wish I could touch your face
And feel your flesh on mine
Feel your flesh on mine
Because the killer inside you
Is the killer inside me too boy
The Killer inside
The killer inside me too boy
Had a husband and kid
The white picket fence
Leaving them behind
Somehow made sense
Let’s put our hands on the glass
That separates skin
I’ll talk dirty on the phone
Come on baby let’s begin
Darling lets begin
Chorus
Saw your mugshot read the news
Now a motel is my new home
Found a job in town I refuse
To let you go through this alone
Concrete walls and strangers
Prison guards and keys
See the ghost of my reflection
While you listen to me
I’m no one’s daughter, wife or mother
I’ve cried and paid my dues
Who need any secrets when
The killer inside you
Is the killer inside me too
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6. |
No Man's Land
04:38
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Welcome to the world my new little girl
Sorry daddy has no money saved
All the bills piled high and your mommy and I
Had to go our separate ways
We spilt everything, but her old diamond ring
She was keeping as a souvenir
Well there’s a dusty pawn shop where I got it hocked
I stole it from her last year
We don’t talk much about it
both of us understand
What’s in my blood is who I’m made of
Out in no man’s land
We met in high school
back when dating was cool
I played football on the line defense
She was the cheerleading queen
of homecoming team
And loving her just made sense
Then I found the moon
with a needle and spoon
But that Judas harpoon takes a toll
She wanted more than I could give,
but it takes so much to live
When you got something you can’t control
Her father warned me the night you were born
As I held you in my hands
That there was no place for me in our family
Out in no man’s land
Now I’m in the sticks with my brother who became another
Addict on the motherless streets
We’re both hooked on junk crack and a pump
And I’m sweating on dirty sheets
We’re here alone where the wind cuts through bone
I’m always stoned and Christ
I’ll get back to you if it’s the last thing I do
Everything comes with a price
I’m gonna buy back that old diamond ring
Today I sold my wedding band
There’s a clinic round here where I’ll disappear
And get out of no man’s land
This is the letter I’d send you if my thoughts could reach a pen
It don’t matter where you’re from look what your daddy’s become
Another soul out in no man’s land...
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7. |
Every Mother's Son
03:28
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We were hunting in the woods
two teenage friends alone
In the boldness of youth
you were a gentle boy I’d known
We saw a deer with eyes of fate
You said his fear made him hesitate then run
I was stunned
In the autumn leaves you let him go I screamed how come
At every mother’s son
Then you learned to salute and never lose a fight
How to run in desert boots and wear a uniform for life
You learned to sweat and follow rules face a threat
and how to use a gun
What had they done
Three tours of duty now you’re home Cold and numb
To every mother’s son
Now your father was a different kind of creature all his own
Military made him something feel more than alone
He sent you away were they turn boys into men and they become
Every mother’s son
Memorial Day main street flags and families
The parade is complete as I see you wave at me
Our eyes lock as you pass by remembering when you and I were young Childhood fun
Now there’s a darkness here today When there once was none
You’re every mothers son
A month ago I wandered through the trees and caught my breath
I saw the same buck you let live I nearly shot to death
As I shout your name your smile disappears as the crowd cheers on
Every mother’s son
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9. |
The Witness
03:00
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I told Troy
Night and day
Be wary of police
Don’t never stray
Far from the house
In a neighborhood where harm
Makes life hard for a single mom
Oh Lord I still see him coming home
Now his sister Rose
Was the younger one
Somehow they got their hands
On a pellet gun
They were playing outside
When I heard shots
Intuition told me it was the cops
Oh Lord I still see him coming home
His little sister was the witness
But she lost the will to speak
And her silence holds the answers
you seek
I ran down the block
With no shoes or breath
Troy lay bleeding
Close to death
I held him in my arms
He said “Mom I didn’t do...”
Rose was crying
She saw it too
OH Lord I still see him coming home
Oh the pistol looked real
That’s what they said
He was only twelve
Now my boy’s dead
If my daughter told the truth
It would be denied
All The men in blue say They’re sorry he died
Oh Lord I still see him coming home Lord
Lord I see him coming home
His little sister was the witness
but she lost the will to speak
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A boat is sailing on midnight seas
Full of people fleeing poverty’s disease
Hiding below in the mercy of the hull
Is a boy who never felt his stomach full
Don’t look for answers brother
just pray this wooden ship gets steered
The boy’s searching for his mother
among these families of the disappeared
A mass grave is a hole in the ground
Full of dead bodies the terrified have found
Grandma’s crying on a floor she just swept
The wind knows the worst hasn’t happened yet
Don’t look for answers brother
they’ll never dry that old women’s tears
She howls with others
who are families of the disappeared
All over the world all over the world Missing one another
All over the world
Everybody sees the big attack
The distance of the planet as the stars go black
Old man walking with a dog and cane
Past bombed out buildings ‘neath a Godless rain
Don’t look for answers brother cause you
sure ain’t gonna find any here
Planet Earth is smothered
with these families of,the disappeared
What becomes of people
when does hope replace fear?
We’re all stuck in the eye of a needle
with these families of the disappeared
All over the world all over the world
Where are you my darling
all over the world All over the world all over the world
Missing one another all over the world
All over the world all over the world
Where are your my brother?
All over the world
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11. |
The Best Hope Can Do
03:00
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There’s a rose upon a grave
Courage when not feeling brave
Someone got their execution stayed Tonight my love
It’s hard times for you and me
Things ain’t what they use to be
Faith in the future is a mystery Tonight my love
Still every day I push that stone
Up the highest hill all alone Been to hell and back
Now everything I lack
Gave me what’s true
With the best hope can do
Narrow streets and great divides
Everywhere some goodness hides
They’re breaking ground and choosing sides
Tonight my love
Put on a smile and remember this
Every lie is just a wish
I’m working hard on what truth is
Tonight my love
Remember John Henry died
With a hammer by his side
I’ll be a better man Take me as I am
Trouble will ensue
With the best hope can do
It’s a new wheel on a used car
A prayer on a shooting star
The sheer wonder of where you are
Tonight my love
We all gotta ride this train
Plowing through sleet and driving rain
Better days will come
I’m barely holding on
My baby blue
With the best hope can do
With the best hope can do
With the best hope can do
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Paul Sachs New York, New York
Paul Sachs writes lyrical and gritty songs. Born and raised in New York City. Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Springsteen are the songwriters that influenced him, and pushed him into the folk music circles of the city. In 2013 he won the New Folk Songwriter’s contest at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas. His new Cd, "My Favorite Season, is due in 2022 ... more
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