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Red Hot Chili Peppers lyrics
Album: What Hits!? [1995]
| Higher Ground (3:21)
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People
Keep on learnin
Soldiers
Keep on warrin
The World
Keep on turnin
Cause it won't be too long
Powers
Keep on lyin
While your people
Keep on dyin
The World
Keep on turnin
Cause it won't be too long
I'm so darn glad He let me try it again
Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on tryin' till I reach the highest ground
Teachers
Keep on teachin
Preachers
Keep on preachin
The World
keep on turnin
Cause it won't be too long
Oh, no
Lovers
Keep on lovin
While believers
Keep on believen
Sleepers
Just stop sleepin'
Cause it won't be too long
Oh, no!
I'm so darn glad He let me try it again
Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on tryin' till I reach the highest ground
An Stevie knows that, uh, nobody's gonna bring me down
cause me n Stevie, see, we're gonna be a sailin' on the funky funky sound
Bustin out, an I'll break you out, cause I'm sailin on
Just, uh, sailin, on sailin on the higher ground
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| Fight Like a Brave (3:41)
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All you slingers and fiends
Hide behind your rocks
Put down your guard
I'm not here to box
This is no showdown
So throw down your guns
You see it doesn't matter
Where you come from
You could be from park ave
Or from a park bench
You could be a politican
Or a bitchy princess
But if you're lookin' for a fist
And you're lookin' to unite
Put your knuckleheads together
Make a fist and fight
Not to your death
And not to your grave
I'm talking about that freedom
Fight like a brave
Fight like a brave
Don't be a slave
No one can tell you
You've got to be afraid
If you're sick-a-sick'n'tired
Of being sick and tired
If you're sick of all the bullshit
And you're sick of all the lies
It's better late than never
To set-a-set it straight
You know the lie is dead
So give your self a break
Get it through your head
And get if off your chest
Or get it out your arm
Because it's time to start fresh
You want to stop dying
The life you could be livin'
I'm here to tell a story
But I'm also here to listen
No I'm not your preacher
And I'm not your physician
I'm just trying to reach you
I'm a rebel with a mission
Fight like a brave
Don't be a slave
No one can tell you
You've got to be afraid
(repeat)
I'm here today to pump up the uplift mofo party plan
A plan based on a band
A band based on a plan
There should be no slaves in the land of lands
It's a Hollywood Jam
You say you're running and you're running
And you're running afraid
You say you ran across the planet
But you couldn't get away
The fire in your brain
Was driving you insane
You were looking for a day
In a life that never came
So don't tell me that
I've got to take a number
Cause I've been to that doctor
And believe me that's a bummer
Here's a one of a kind
Convention of the mind
And don't forget to mention
That it doesn't cost a dime
Come
As you like
And leave
any time
And one more thing
You know it doesn't have to rhyme
fight like a brave
Don't be a slave
No one can tell you
You've got to be afraid
(repeat x4)
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| Behind the Sun (4:39)
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One day while bathing in the sea
My talkin' dolphin spoke to sea
He spoke to me in symphony
From freedom peace beneath the sea
He looked to me eyes full of love
Said yes we live behind the sun
Behind the Sun
(repeat)
Yeah
(repeat x7)
Behind the Sun
The sun goes up and the sun goes down
But like the heart of the summer my heart continues to pound
Behind the Sun
Now while I shower in the rain
I watch my dolphins swim away
The one who listens to the surf
Can feel the pulse beat of the earth
And like my dolphins swim so free
the sun does swim into the sea
Behind the Sun
(repeat)
Yeah
(repeat x7)
Behind the Sun
(repeat)
An island flying through the sky
One day your son will ask you why
And if your son should be a girl
She too might ask you of this world
The sun shines sweet upon your beach
And yes my dolphin loves to teach
Behind the Sun
(repeat)
Yeah
(repeat x7)
Behind the Sun
The sun goes up and the sun goes down
But like the heart of the summer heart continues to pound
Behind the Sun
Wow
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| Me and My Friends (3:06)
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Me and my me and my me and my me and my me and my friends
(repeat x3)
Like two sweet peas
In an even sweeter pod
That's my friend and my friend's name is Bob
Like the devil knows hell I know Bobby well
Well enough to tell you 'bout his 67 smells
Well enough to tell you he's a hella swell fella
Well enough to tell you that we know each other better
Than we know ourselves
Like freaks of a feather we'll rock together
I know Bobby well but I think he knows me better
Me and my me and my me and my me and my me and my friends
(repeat x3)
He's as close to me
As a friend can be
Well I'll be standin' by my buddy
He'll me standin' by me
I'm just another half of
The two-headed freak
But I need him like my heart needs to beat
At this point in this friendly verse
I need to sing a little something that I haven't rehearsed
It's about my man
And his name is Hilel
For who my love is soul brother sacred
Take it huckleberry
Slim boy take it
Me and my me and my me and my me and my me and my friends
(repeat)
Jackie's eyes are closed
But he's right on course
Because he's guided by the invisible force
He drives a kooky green chrysler
Bad as anybody's porsche
He's a working class drummer
He's as strong as a horse
Me and my me and my me and my me and my me and my friends
(repeat x3)
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| Backwoods (3:04)
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Someone spilled blood many years ago
Wow
Someone spilled blood but do you know
That from the backwoods
Where the Chuck Berrys grow
Come your long tall daddies of a rock and roll
Take me to your backwoods now
(repeat)
Spinning' down from the clouds like a tornado
Spinnin' out of control
Like a psychedelic soul
With a rhythm hittin' harder than Larry Holmes
come your long tall daddies of rock and roll
Take me to your backwoods now
(Repeat x3)
Mr. Uplift Mofo
My man Bo Diddley
Hit sippin' a bottle of nickle ripple
Play the lickity split finger licking licks
For all you wicked city slick chicks
And all you nitty gritty hicks
We'll make your nipples ripple
Make you wanna dip your dipple
Make you wanna soak your hickory stick
Because my man has a grip on it
And I do mean on it
Which brings to mind
A very sinister minister kind of guy
A man named Little Richard
Who was born to make them bitches stir
That's right he'll make the sweet substance drip
From the middle of your hillbilly lips
and like the farmer milk his cow
The Howling Wolf will howl
And since times does allow you all can
Take me to your backwoods now
Yourself
Take me to your backwoods now
(repeat x3)
Wow
Take me to your backwoods
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| True Men Don't Kill Coyotes (3:36)
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Ooh Lord
Well I'm gonna ride a sabertooth horse
Through the Hollywood hills
The farther west the farther out
Cuz that's the way I feel
Well I dig the dirt and I dig the dust
I barbecue my meals
Ridin wild on a paisley dragon
Through the Hollywood hills, yeah
H-Hollywood hills
Well, I'm gonna ride a sabertooth horse
Through the Hollywood hills
Just don't show me anything
Cuz that's the way I feel
Well, I dig the dirt an' I dig the dust
I barbecue my meals
Ridin' wild on a paisley dragon
Through the Hollywood hills, yeah
H-Hollywood hills
Passion dripping from the coyote's eyes
He can taste his blood
And blood never lies
Pale face die
True men don't kill coyotes
(repeat)
Well, I'm gonna ride a sabertooth horse
Through the Hollywood hills
The farther west the farther out
Cuz that's the way I feel
Well I dig the dirt and I dig the dust
I barbecue my meals
Ridin' wild on a paisley dragon
Through the Hollywood hills, yeah
H-Hollywood hills
Passion dripping from the coyote's eyes
He can taste his blood
And blood never lies
Pale face die
True men don't kill coyotes
True men don't
Well, I'm gonna ride a sabertooth horse
Through the Hollywood hills
Just don't tell me anything
Cuz that's the way I feel
Well, I dig the dirt and I dig the dust
I barbecue my meals
Ridin wild on a paisley dragon
Through the Hollywood hills, yeah
H-Hollywood hills
Passion dripping from the coyote's eyes
He can taste his blood
And blood never lies
Pale face die
True men don't kill coyotes
True men don't
(repeat x2)
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| Fire (2:00)
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Well alright
Now dig this
You don't care for me I don't care about that
You got a new fool hah I like it like that
I have only one burning desire
Oh can I make love with your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Fire fire fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Burnin Smokin fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Please gimme this fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Oh yeah
Now listen to this baby
And stop acting so crazy
You say your mom ain't home it ain't my concern
Just don't play with me and you won't get burned
I have only one burning desire
Oh I'm gonna me do it in your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Burnin smokin fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Oh funky fire
Let me stand next to your fire
We got this fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Oh yeah
Oh move over over
And let Mr Huckleberry take over
You know he's bad, you know he jams, you know who he gives it to
Yeah
Oh yeah
That's right
Now dig this
You try to give me your money
You better save it babe
Save it for your rainy day
I have only one burning desire
Oh can I make love over your fire?
Let me stand next to your fire
Burnin Smokin Fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Please I got this fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Oh funky fire
Let me stand next to your fire
You better slide you ass over girl
Cuz I'm coming through once
And I'm coming through once real hard
HAH
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| Get Up and Jump (2:48)
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Get up and jump
(repeat)
Get up
(repeat)
Get up and jump
Jump on up
Jump on down
Just jump a jump a jump a jump a jump around
Jump the day away
Jump all over town
Cuz jumpin' is O.K. in a jumpin' kinda way
hey hey
Jump a boy
Jump a girl
Jump a rope
Jump for joy
Just don't stop jumpin
Keep your heart muscle pumpin
Hillel be jumpin' on that little baby frumpkin
Say what
You got a pumpkin in your pants
When you're just standing or sitting still
Think about the frogs gettin a thrill
Take a little lesson from the kangaroos
Don't you know they're jumpin' foos
jump you
Jump a nun
Jump a Jack
Jump for fun
Jump back
How's about us jumpin' in the sack
And now it's time for a jump attack
Get up and jump
(repeat x7)
Jamma Bobba
Jimma Bobba
Slimma Bobba Boogie
To the tune of Slimma Billy
Lookin like you're mighty silly
Say what
You got a pumpkin in your pants
(repeat)
Mister Mexican jumpin bean knows
His fun is skeaky clean
Christ how'd ya think that he got so clean
Not from sittin on his goddamn spleen
Get up
Oh, I be jumpin
I be jumpin
I be jumpin alone
I be jumpin for the phone
I be jumpin Misses Jones
I really wanna jump on Kinski's bones
Get up and jump
(repeat x14)
Jamma Bobba
Jimma Bobba
Slimma Bobba Boogie
To the tune of Slimma Billy
Lookin like you're mighty silly
Say what
You got a pumpkin in your pants
(repeat)
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| Knock Me Down (3:41)
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Never too soon to be free
Being cool too much too soon
Too much for me too much for you
You're gonna loose in time
Don't be afraid to show your friends
That you're hurt inside inside
Pain's part of life don't hide behind your false pride
It's a lie
Your lie
If you see me getting mighty
If you see me getting high
Knock me down
I'm not bigger than life
(repeat)
I'm tired of being untouchable
I'm not above
The love
I'm part of you and you're part of me
Why did you go
Away
Finding what you're looking for
Can end up being
Bein' such a bore
I pray for you most every day
My love's with you
Now fly away
If you see me getting mighty
If you see me getting high
Knock me down
I'm not bigger than life
(repeat x6)
It's so lonely when you don't even know me yourself
It's so lonely
(repeat x3)
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| Under the Bridge (4:24)
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Sometimes I feel
Like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel
Like my only friend
Is the city I live in
The city of angels
Lonely as I am
Together we cry
I drive on her streets
Cuz she's my companion
I walk through her hills
Cuz she knows who I am
She sees my good deeds and
She kisses me windy
I never worry
Now that is a lie
I don't ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way
(repeat)
Yeah
(repeat x2)
It's hard to believe
That there's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry
I don't ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all that way
(repeat x2)
Yeah yeah
Mo no no no
Yeah yeah
Love me I said
Yeah yeah
Under the bridge downtown
Is where I drew some blood
Under the bridge downtown
I could not get enough
Under the bridge downtown
Forgot about my love
Under the bridge downtown
I gave my life away
Yeah yeah yeah
No no no no no
Yeah yeah
No no I said
Yeah yeah
I stand
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| Show Me Your Soul (4:20)
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In a world that can be so insane
I don't think it's very strange
For me to be in love with you
I wanna know more than your brain
Into my life you were injected
Not something that I expected
Now I smile from your affection
We have made a sole connection
Just for whom does your bell toll
Don't be cold show me your soul
Sentimental Gentlemen
Are not afraid to show you when
I am you you're my best friend
Show me your soul
In a world that can be so insane
I don't think it's very strange
For me to be in love with you
I wanna know more than your brain
Yes I find you so appealing
When you show me how you're feeling
You my friend need not be kneeling
Open up and start revealing
Trust in me my heart and soul
I need you to show me your soul
Sentimental Gentlemen
Are not afraid to show you when
I am you you're my best friend
Show me your soul
In a world that can be so insane
I don't think it's very strange
For me to be in love with you
I wanna know more than your brain
Don't expect too much from me
Affection is no test for me
Because the best I'll ever be
Is just like you a human being
You won't offend I need to know
Please my friend show me your soul
Sentimental Gentlemen
Are not afraid to show you when
I am you you're my best friend
Show me your soul
Lay na na lay na na
Na na na lay na na
(repeat x4)
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| If You Want Me to Stay (4:04)
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If you want to stay
I'll be around today
To be available for you to see
I'm about to go there
Then you know
For me to stay here
I've got to be me
You'll never be in doubt
That's what it's all about
You can take me for granted and smile
Count the days I'm gone
Forget reachin' me by phone
Cuz I promise I'll be gone for a while
And when you see me again
I hope you'll have been
The kinda person that you really are now
You've got to get it straight
How could I ever be late
When you're a woman takin' up my time
Oh how could I ever allow
I guess I wonder how
I could get out a pocket for fun
When you know that you're never #2
#1's gonna be #1
I wish I
Get this message over to you
Over to you now
And if you see me again
I hope that you'll have been
The kinda person
That you really are now
Oh it's all good
I wish I could
Get this message over to you now
(repeat)
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| Hollywood (5:00)
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Well alright
Take me back
Hold my hand
All the way back to the brotherland
Take me back
I wanna go back
Take me back with a funk-ass band
All the way back to the brotherland
Take me back
Let's go
I wanna go
As fast as I can
Slidin' on back
to the
Brotherland
Our children
Take me on back
(repeat x4)
Hollywood
(repeat x9)
I wanna get up and go
With a funk-ass jam
All the way back to the brotherland
Take me back, take me back
I wanna go back
Far Far far
(repeat X9)
Hollywood
(repeat x3)
Take me on back
(repeat x4)
When a woman is a woman
And a man is a man
Hollywood
(repeat x3)
I want to go
As fast as I can
Slidin' on back
to the brotherland
Our children
Far far far
(repeat x15)
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| Jungle Man (4:06)
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Deep inside the soul hole
Of Mother Earth
Father Time came
With a supersonic supersonic burst
His soul monkey sperm tribes
Racing to be first
Her ruby fruit jungle
Givin' bush baby bush baby birth
The baby was a boy
But I think what stunned her
Is that this bare breasted baby
Was a baby boy boy boy boy wonder
Crackin' from his thumb bone
Came thelonious thunder
Fill the sky with hellfire
From way down down down down under
I am a jungle man
(repeat x2)
I get all the bush I can
I am a jungle man
(repeat x2)
I get all the bush I can
Erupting from the ground
In hollywood he glowed
His jungle turned to concrete
His funk bone bone bone bone to stone
Like a full blown volcano
I must let it be known
That through this boy's vein
Atomic lava blood flows and flows
His soul shocking sounds
They make the mountains moan
This boy's become a man
It's time to take take take take it to the throne
I am a jungle man
(repeat x2)
I get all the bush I can
(repeat x5)
I'm a jungle man
(repeat x6)
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| The Brothers Cup (3:26)
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Give it up to this planet full of strife
We're the brothers cup cuttin' sharp as a knife
With the pop of a snap and the flip of a flap
The cups went up like a natural fact
It was our shoulder space
That made the perfect place
For the magic of the cup
To style out with grace
With a tight turn twist
And a slight swerve swank
The brothers cup kissed
With a kick-ass clank
We are the brothers cup
We like to get it up
(repeat)
Give it up to this planet full of strife
We're the brothers cup cuttin' sharp as a knife
With the pop of a snap and the flip of a flap
The cups went up like a natural fact
So love all your brothers
And love all your sisters
Love all the misses
And love all the misters
Don't be shy when you're sharin' your kisses
The brothers cup kiss
And we ain't sissies
We are cup ya'll
(repeat x2)
We are the Brothers Cup
(repeat)
Get it
Good
(repeat)
Allright
Keep it
It is our notion that the perfect peace potion
Can be found in the wake of the green sea's motion
The long rocking swell of the mighty blue ocean
Is the cradle of peace it's the perfect peace motion
Give it up to this planet full of strife
We're the brothers cup cuttin' sharp as a knife
With the power of the cup we are about to astound
All your preconceptions they will come unbound
We are the brothers cup coming to your town
Bringing tubs of love we're going to spread it around
We are the Brothers Cup
We are the B-Brothers Cup
We are the Brothers Cup
We like to Get it Up
(repeat x2)
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| Taste the Pain (4:27)
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Flat on my back
In the lonely sprawl
I stare at the ceiling
Cuz I can not fall
Asleep tonight
No not at all
Head lights flash
Across my bedroom wall
Crying eyes open
Cuz I can not fall
In love with you
No not at all
Walk away and taste the pain
Come again some other day
Aren't you glad you weren't afraid
Funny how the price gets paid
(repeat)
Busted in two
Like a brittle stick
I can not drink
Because my throat constricts
Lovesick from you
That will never do
Open my mouth
I couldn't make a sound
I could not scream
You know I could not shout
It out to you
Nothing to do
Walk away and taste the pain
Come again some other day
Aren't you glad you weren't afraid
Funny how the price gets paid
(repeat)
Yeah
This may come as a shocking surprise
I have to take a walk
I have to kiss it goodbye
Goodbye my love
Goodbye my love
I am not alive
Walk away and taste the pain
Come again some other day
Aren't you glad you weren't afraid
Funny how the price gets paid
How the price gets paid
Aye aye aye aye aye aye
I've got to pay the price
I cannot walk away
Never be intentional with my love again
I've got to know the price
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| Catholic School Girls Rule (1:55)
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Catholic school girls rule
(repeat x3)
In the class she's taking notes
Just how deep deep is my throat
Mother Mary don't you know
She's got eyes like Marylin Monroe
Catholic school girls rule
(Repeat x5)
From the cross she's raised her head
This is what the sister said
Give no love until you're wed
Live no life until you're dead
The good books says we must suppress
The good books says we must confess
Who cares what the good books says
Now she's taking off her dress!!!
Catholic school girls rule
(repeat x7)
Lead us into temptation
We are pure divine creation
Talkin' about my generation
Injected with the seed of emaculation
CATHOLIC
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| Johnny Kick a Hole in the Sky (5:18)
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I
(repeat x10)
I cry
(repeat)
I was born in a land
I don't think you understand
Goddamn what I am
I'm a native of this place
Please don't kick me in my face
My race has been disgraced
Won't somebody testify kick a hole right in the sky
Testify testify kick a hole right in the sky
Slap a liar in his eye, kick a hole right in the sky
Testify testify kick a hole right in the sky
Johnny
(repeat x2)
I
(repeat x10)
Will do right
That's right
Puts us in a pumpkin shell where you keep us very well
It's hell
Where I dwell
when history books are full of shit
I become the anarchist
I'm pissed at this
What this country claims to be
It's a lie
Mo place for me
I bleed
Won't somebody testify kick a hole right in the sky
Testify testify kick a hole right in the sky
Slap a liar in his eye, kick a hole right in the sky
Testify testify kick a hole right in the sky
Johnny
(repeat x2)
I
(repeat x10)
Decide
To Defy
Kill my trust if you must
But in my blood there is lust
For life
That's right
Apache blood is in my heart thrashing though me like a shark
Crashing though the dark
Won't somebody testify kick a hole right in the sky
Testify testify kick a hole right in the sky
Slap a liar in his eye, kick a hole right in the sky
Testify testify kick a hole right in the sky
Johnny
(repeat x2)
I
(repeat x10)
Cry
(repeat)
What am I supposed to do
I feel like I'm cut into confused
By rules
Do these cultures clash or am I living in the past
I ask
Please tell me fast
Won't somebody testify kick a hole right in the sky
Testify testify kick a hole right in the sky
Slap a liar in his eye, kick a hole right in the sky
Testify testify kick a hole right in the sky
Johnny
(repeat x2)
I
(repeat x11)
That's right
Yo what do I belong and if I change will I be wrong
Be Wrong
That's wrong
I took my foot kicked a hole in the sky
I proceeded to plead fathers help me decide
A jagged flash of light struck me in the eye
I turned around and found that I was still alive
Snakes rise high from the purple black sky
The red cloud rains and the black horse rides
Then it dawned on me like the mornin' sun
I'm a part of two worlds and the mornin' comes
Glowing embers tend to remember when
The power that is peace was treated as a friend
I am a master of affection and I've got to take action
I'm a man
The animal man
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