Taken to a place underground,
a cavern, ten thousand steps down.
The only light was fire fly glow,
reflecting in the blue crystal show.
Feeling in the darkness surrounding me,
roots of giant Sequoia trees
anchor the canopy of life that's above.
The answer to the mystery of life is _
Traveled through the jungles of the Yucatan
and drank the potion from the magic man.
Held the starlight inches from my face,
pushed the door open, # 7.
I walked the path way to heaven.
Saw the same face of God.
Seems every where I go
I see the same face, I feel the same flow.
With every one I meet and every hand I shake,
I'm every man, trying my best to get to know
because everything's at stake.
We're the same tribe.
Passing through Morocco for the faithful is a trip.
Hallucinating visions drives my desert ship.
For a thousand miles we could not fail,
can't enjoy if you can't inhale.
Clearly a lifetimes need of some experience and
for the record, peace.
Seems every where I go
I see the same face, I feel the same flow.
With every one I meet and every hand I shake,
I see myself in every man, trying my best to get to know
because everything's at stake.
We're the same tribe.
I hope the rain holds off just for today
I hope it doesn't rain on your parade
Kick up your white heels and wave your flags around
Kick up your white heels parading in our town
Oh, where is my tribe
Oh, where is my tribe
All around the side streets, needles look for veins
Where bullets found their mark in old rebellions
Others stand saluting, saying this is who I am
A piece of cloth, a field, an island
Oh, where is my tribe
Oh, where is my tribe
Joyce lies in Zurich, Beckett lies in France
What anthem has the tune to their dance
Who is my tribe, is it only green
Or is it in the rainbow of my dreams
Oh, where is my tribe
Oh, where is my tribe
My tribe is the swallow, flying to be home
My tribe is the heron, who never feels alone
My tribe is in Pine Ridge, my tribe's in Alice Springs
My tribe is in the heartbeat of all things
Home's a place inside, I take it with me
I meet my tribe wherever I may be
It's good to lay your head down outside
It's good to dance around the tribe
*Zumbi e o senhor das guerras
Zumbi e o senhor das demandas
Quando Zumbi chega
E Zumbi quem manda*
(Crenca popular)
Your tribe - Our tribe
Your life - Our life
Your tribe - Our tribe
Your life - Our life
Your tribe - Our tribe
Your life - Our life
Your God - Our God
Your tribe - Our tribe
Tribe
Your tribe - Our tribe
Your God - Our God
Your tribe - Our tribe
Your tribe - my tribe
*Hear the drums... they come from the sea
Bring the tribal spirit on me
Cause my pride and my roots I believe
No, this tribe you can*t take it from me*
Apalai Apiaca Arara Botocudo
Goitaka Guarany Yamamadi Ypixuna
Maori Aboriginal Zulu Banshee
Mohican Masai Hopi Panga
Omai Asaro Xingu Buli
Guaikuru Tukano Tupinamba Karo
treachery's years
years of obscure death
here comes the man that brings
unknown disease, hate & deceit
and noone's the owner
of his own life anymore
one life? it's war!
one man. his war
this scalp is for my fathers
ans this is for mu tortured wife
this one is for my lost sons
is this the way we are?
time to count blows and blows
you don't deserve to deal with me
...wichasa!
no reason to smile
my legs, my sight, my brain, my hands
these are my only friends
my body smiles inside itself
I know who my enemies are
now running is forbidden
my hunting has taken another
bloody way...
treachery! no, no more
this is... my death's singing
this will... make your blood freeze
no fear... this is the only way I see!
here... locked in your cage
there is no way to deal with you...
another flight, other deceptions
other flights, resignation
(now) all that's life
are crumbs of hope
There were voices shot to the skies
There were cries sent to unblind eyes
There were downturned palms unraised
From fists to claps that drowned out in praise
There were shouts shut from the back of tongues
Swallowed down throats to choked up lungs
Joy brimming from the deepest well
From the source sprung to break the spell
How low the mighty fall
How low how low
Once a raindrop became a sea
From one seed grew a forest of trees
From two bodies generations came
To walk the ground and disappear again
Until a siren blew among the reeds
Warning of crops that no longer feed
Sending buds up to flower and bloom
Under cover of the darkest moon
How low the mighty fall
How low how low
For one embrace a whole people prayed
For one tribe a whole lament was played
Now the wind blows against the shore
This song of songs will be sung no more
From the ashes of the ruins will grow
A new time to scatter and sow
Over the desert a rainbow spans
A bridge of hope across the western lands
How low the mighty fall
How low how low
How low the mighty fall
How low how low
How low how low
How low how low
How low how low
How low how low
How low how low
Won't you try to come down
They all said they'd be here
You know you've been to every gathering
Stretching out the years
You haven't said anything at all
(you could be)
Just a photo on the wall
(I can see)
You can't cut, I cannot bleed
Relieved to see my dreams recede
Finally going now waving goodbye
Finally going now waving bye bye
Finally going now waving goodbye
I keep asking them why
It's so much warmer this year
The people in the house across the street have moved away
Had I said that the stove needs repair?
You haven't said anything at all
(you could be)
Just a photo on the wall
(I can see)
You can't cut, I cannot bleed
Relieved to see my dreams recede
Finally going now waving goodbye
Finally going now waving goodbye
Finally going now waving goodbye
As if you hoped to find me paralysed in record time
Clinging to life well I'm not blind
I'm not blind
I'm not blind...
Won't you try to come down
they all said they'd be here
you know you've been to every gathering
stretching through the years
it's the least you could do
you could come down once or twice
or three times a year
it just seems like the least you could do
the least you could do
You haven't said anything at all
(you could be)
just a photo on the wall
You haven't said anything at all
(you could be)
(Terri)
When he's not home
Means we move around as we please
But when he gets home the blood that's in my head will
freeze
A big bottle's empty
Another one is still full
And when that's all gone someone's sure to get it
in the end
And when he's home he's home it's not a home
It's just a madhouse anyway
It's two o'clock
Mom says we can stay home again
But at six o'clock we'd rather be at school
again
A hand looms higher
Than a little face, it's 'cause
He knows this child wishes he wasn't here
(Tribe)
Yesterday I was thinking
It's a good time to change
Progress the future
It's happening it's ok
One day like another
Something to mend
It's tempting to press on
When will I reach the end
Sometimes evenings
Problems two-fold
I know how to solve them
Why go overboard
It's big it's scary
It's been done before
I'm moving still moving moving
(Terri)
Well look who isn't here, didn't say good-bye
All that leaves is us without so much as a good reason why
And guess who isn't here, can you believe that guy?
A promise to him is like a million other lies
How long have we waited here, and who has the time
We can't sit and wait, we will feel like we were left behind
Was he so great a man, didn't say good-bye
Good riddance to him like this Armageddon
I'm tied to him Tell me where's the sea go
Like sea to sky In a blue sky
And I'm torn Tell me where does he go
In a blue sky
What's that you're saying there, do you think I'm blind?
I know what you think, you think I fell for him like quite a find
Well that's not it at all, no I'm just fine
(Terri)
I am painting here with the lights off
Making swirls with the paintbrush
You say-what could this be of?
We're laughing, neighbors they make fuss
Then you serenade me
Lucky lucky me
You are lagging behind in the dark wood
I turn, retrace all my footsteps
You leap out from a tall tree
I jump, a plot just to kiss me
I am waiting still as the nights are
Listening, practice your guitar
Watching all of the sky's stars
(Janet/Eric/Terri)
*(vocal by Terri)
He knows how to make me feel tragedy
He's crafty
He senses many ways to quiet me
He's clever
Hurry up, hurry up he's calling
He's waiting for me down there
Hurry up, hurry up he's calling
He cannot wait to tell me
I will rescue you
He does not accept my reasoning
He's angry
He suspects his charms are failing him
He's anxious
Hurry up, hurry up he's calling
He's learned a perfect rhythm
Let me in, let me in he's sorry
(Terri/Eric)
Time's a mister crime's a mister
Mister right is sex and shelter
Sam says fists can make him feel like magic
Sam says bitch let Sam devour
The songs they seem so real
See the songs they speak to him
See the songs fists sinking, says he's sorry
Tears just only make the weak seem weaker
Sam says weak ones are the only ones to fight
Sam says sex is black and blue assault
And that salt makes better all the ladies
The songs they calm him down
See the songs they make a dove from a hound
See the songs can make even Sam sound sad
Down, down
Is this it?
Says his voice to the face in the payphone
And the face she seldom speaks, seldom lies
Says the face into the payphone
And the face she seldom speaks, seldom lies
Oh damn you killed our summer
And the weather seldom clears
Sam says baby let's be bygones
But the face she seldom hears, seldom heals
(Janet/Terri)
Tossing and turning as your sheets wrap around you
And your breathing is peaceful but you sleep is unsettling
Slowly and steadily your memories start spinning 'round
And you try hard to follow you will want to remember
The breeze moves the curtains as it passes across your arms
And you stir as it passes but you can't really feel it now
Something is different the colors are shimmering
And your breathing gets quicker and your arms start to stiffen
You know that you're sleeping and you're sure that you're sleeping
Under certain conditions this could be terrifying
Movement and quality are somehow in harmony
You and I had such good times
Summersun was on our minds
Stars were always shining
In our fantasy (fantasy)
Like romeo and juliette (juliette)
We fell in love with no regrets (no regrets)
I think you were the longest love
Was meant to be (meant to be)
So in love with you
I love you
So in love with you
Only you
I'm so in love with you
I will always be with you
As time goes bye our love grows strong
Many thought that we were wrong (we were wrong)
Will be you
that our move was never turning blue (turning blue)
So when I look into your eyes
The light I see is no surprise (no surprise)
No one could ever keep me
Away from you (away from you)
So in love...
Like Romeo and Juliettewe fell in love with no regrets
I think you were the longest love
Was meant to be
(Greg)
Through the windshield, on the footbridge
They cling to each other at the close of day
They've not a care for the crush of traffic
Their captive audience, they say
Look we've each other
What more could we ask for
We're right where we want to be
We're right where we want to be
And my heart skips and I twist a little
And the light's green and I drive away
I think who knows
What it is what it might be
I know anything goes
I've been there don't remind me
All kinds of twisted thoughts
Swirling through her head
She's already wondering about the baby
And look at him, watch his eyes
Who knows could be
He's already gone for the weekend in his mind
So here I am All on my own
Looking around Sun is shining
In all directions And now I feel
The wave inside And now I feel
(Greg)
I saw the film said that's the life for me
Forsake the mundane for some instability
So sue me
Now you're hiding upstairs
And now I'm not so sure
What is all this for?
Haven't got a lot to say have you have you
Oh you've done it now haven't you haven't you
How many times I didn't unfold you
Look at your face I hardly know you
Oh I'm in it now up to eyebrow
Oh I've done it now haven't I
Oh me thinking you'd be my joyride
I'll be lucky just to survive
I read the book I thought that it meant me
Your feverish vision of exquisite misery
It threw me
Now I'm in free fall
I'm empty as a bottle that you can see through
What am I to do?
I've had my fill
I feel that chill
I'm tired
You're still not home it caught me by surprise
It's a telltale odor I almost recognize
And I can hardly see
The pupils in your eyes
(Greg)
Ticket in my hand I'm waiting
Thinking this will be the time
Imagine it will all be mine
Far away I'll drink and dine
Spend the night in cities open all the time
My eyes will shine
All in all I can't pretend
It would be wise to try my luck again
Deep inside I'm smiling just because I know
Uncle Sam he runs an honest show
All in all I can't pretend
It would be wise to try my luck again
The jakpot's up it's up again
It towers over mortal men
And just to think that if I win
I could alter who I am
And I know that in the end
If I don't win I'll try again
And I feel good I'm doing my share
The profits go to Medicare
And I'll be standing here in line
Spend my money bide my time
The jakpot's up it's up again
(Greg/Eric)
Come on in now get warm
Don't bring yourself to harm
You know the light is always on
You could be home now between
Sheets that you know are clean
You know the light is always on
Be of good cheer now somehow
You can forget for now
You know your glass is always full
Down here at the home
Cooking/Eating
Now you've jumped in a whim
It's time you learned to swim
You know it's time you had a try
In a bad film you careen
Driven from scene to scene
You know the camera always rolls
Please don't complain it's plain
You have yourself to blame
You knew this would be suicide
Could it be so, oh no
Back in your bungalow
You know the light is always on
Down here at the home
Washing/Drying
Dusting/Mopping
She taught us to dance to the sacred music
Taught us respect for every tribe
Taught us to question the power
Said do not enlist and don't subscribe
You're only beginning, you've only begun
Tried to keep us safe from falling
While she pushed us to the edge
Tried to be a full-grown woman
While we were sleeping in our beds
She said you know
There are no stupid questions
Only fools who like to speak
Try to break through your restrictions
See how far your soul can reach
You're only beginning, you've only begun
You're only beginning to become
It's gonna be the most you see
It's gonna grow farther than you or me
Gotta trust it, put your faith in it
Never try and question when
You're gonna step in it
She's a raging river, she's a storm at sea
She's an arrow in the quiver of the warrior in me
Sweeter than an apple right off the tree
Does her pollen dance for the other honeybees
Her strength is my razor, this faith is my gun
Don't believe your borders or television tongues
Take away all this metal, take away all this noise
Take away all this shrapnel and all these war toys
Because we're only beginning, we've only begun
Yeah, Bobby's on the street for more
Says he's tired of living so low
I just want a cigarette
I just want to stay in bed
Yeah, Sally's on her back again
Says she's tired of living this way
My father's like a silhouette
Shadows me when I'm in bed
I just want to fly my freak flag
I just want to fly my freak flag
Come on, join our tribe
Come on, join our tribe
Come on and join
Come on and join
Come on and join
Yeah, we're poor and we're living hard
With the others while they're living large
Let's get some land and we'll get a boat
Plant some trees and dig a moat
I just want to fly my freak flag
I just want to fly my freak flag
Come on, join our tribe
Come on, join our tribe
Come on, join our tribe
Come on, join our tribe
Yeah, Bobby's on the street for more
Says he's tired of living so low
Yeah, I just want a cigarette
I just want to stay in bed
Yeah, Sally's on her back again
Praying that she won't let him in
My father's like a silhouette
Shadows me when I'm in bed
I just want to fly my freak flag
I just want to fly my freak flag
Come on, join our tribe
Come on, join our tribe
I just want to fly my freak flag
I just want to fly my freak flag
Come on, join our tribe
