OK, I want to talk about Ireland
Specifically I want to talk about the "famine"
About the fact that there never really was one
There was no "famine"
See Irish people were only ALLOWED to eat potatoes
All of the other food
Meat fish vegetables
Were shipped out of the country under armed guard
To England while the Irish people starved
And then on the middle of all this
They gave us money not to teach our children Irish
And so we lost our history
And this is what I think is still hurting me
See we're like a child that's been battered
Has to drive itself out of it's head because it's fightened
Still feels all the painful feelings
But they lose contact with the memory
And this leads to massive self-destruction
ALCOHOLISM DRUG ADICTION
All desperate attempts at running
And in it's worst form
Becomes actual killing
And if there ever is gonna be healing
There has to be remembering
And then grieving
So that there then can be forgiving
There has to be knowledge and understanding
An American army regulation
Says you mustn't kill more than 10% of a nation
'Cos to do so causes permanent "psychological damage"
It's not permanent but they didn't know that
Anyway during the supposed "famine"
We lost a lot more than 10% of a nation
Through deaths on land or on ships of emigration
But what finally broke us was not starvation
BUT IT'S USE IN THE CONTROLLING OF OUR EDUCATION
School go on about "Black 47"
On and on about "The terrible "famine""
But what they don't say is in truth
There really never was one
So let's take a look shall we
The highest statistics of child abuse in the EEC
And we say we're a Christian country
But we've lost contact with our history
See we used to worship God as a mother
We're sufferin from POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Look at all our old men in the pubs
Look at all our young people on drugs
We used to worship God as a mother
Now look at what we're doing to each other
We've even made killers of ourselves
The most child-like trusting people in the Universe
And this is what's wrong with us
Our history books THE PARENT FIGURES lied to us
I see the Irish
As a race like a child
That got itself basned in the face
And if there ever is gonna be healing
There has to be remembering
And then grieving
So that there then can be FORGIVING
I worked late but you don't wait up
My bones ache and i'm cleaning the place up
Sometimes i wonder if know i'm there
I sit down take off my make-up
I lay down but you don't wake up
Sometimes i wonder if you even care
I can't remember the last time you
Told me i'm beautiful, and i can't remember
Last time you said anything at all
I'm a woman
A woman with a heart
And i deserve your all
I'm not some girl who don't know what she wants
I'm a woman
And i need to be touched
And i need to be loved
'cause being just your woman is not enough
Now i hope that you don't wake up
When it's too late to make up
You'll be the one that's alone and that's so sad
In time you'll find somebody
The truth is she'll never be me
And that's when you're going to miss what we had
When all i really needed to hear was "you're beautiful"
All i really needed to hear was anything at all
I'm a woman
A woman with a heart
And i deserve your all
I'm not some girl who don't know what she wants
I'm a woman
And i need to be touched
And i need to be loved
'cause being just your woman is not enough
I'm not your friend who only needs you sometimes
And if i'm your lady
You got to treat me like...
I'm a woman
A woman with a heart
And i deserve your all
I'm not some girl who don't know what she wants
I'm a woman
And i need to be touched
And i need to be loved
'cause being just your woman is not enough
Look at me
No puedo entender
Este mundo como es
Que uno puede odiar
Heir y traicionar, ¿Por qué?
Cómo puede ser
Que haya gente que pueda matar
Por diferencia de opinión
Por tierra o por religión, no sé
Oh no, miranos
Dónde está nuestro corazón
Oye mi canción
Ya no más sangre, grÃÂtalo
Fe, dame fe
Dame alas, dame fuerza
Para sobrevivir
En este mundo
Cómo puede ser
Que haya tanta destrucción
En vez de resolver
Les enferma todo el poder
Que esto quede claro
Hay que amarnos como hermanos
Tenemos el valor, para darnos más amor
Lo sé, ya lo sé
Oh no, miranos
Dónde esta nuestro corazón
Oye mi canción
Ya no más sangre, grÃÂtalo
Fe, dame fe
Dame alas, dame fuerza
Para sobrevivir
En este mundo
El mundo puede cambiar
Sólo hay que intentarlo
No hay que odiar, hay que amar
No hay que odiar, hay que amar
Hay que intentar, hay que intentar
No hay que perder la fe
Dame fe
(Dame fe, dame fe, yeah)
Dame alas
(Dame, dame, dame, dame, oh)
Dame fuerza
Para sobrevivir
(Para sobrevivir, para sobrevivir)
En este mundo
Dame fe
(Dame fe, dame fe, yeah)
Dame alas
(Dame alas, dame alas)
Dame fuerza
Para sobrevivir
(Para sobrevivir, para sobrevivir)
I can't see your face
And I can't breathe your air
So I wonder why I get cold inside
When I hear your name
When we meet eye to eye
I will ask how and why
And when guilt has it's way
One lesser reason to stay
And I will see her cry
Into the fire of our youth comes the devil again
And you feel your way, feel your way
Saw you standing nigh
In the corner
Told me that you had died
And I would die when my heart was empty
Become a ghost in perpetual void
(eleanor mcevoy)
An act of God has struck us
An act of faith sustains us
But it seems hopeless
And I feel helpless to you
An act of man has hit us
Worse than any god
And I can't shield you
And I can't shelter you,but
If you're in need of comfort
I will do what I can
If I can't feed your body
I'll soothe it with my hands
If I can't ease your hunger
I'll give you all I have
To nourish and love
To nourish and love
To nourish and love
The country drenched in fever
The"princess alice" leaves her
But I can't send you
And I can't hope to save you
The hunger on this island's
Spread to every door
And I can't shield you
And I can't shelter you,but
[GRANIA]
Woman I am born
What does "woman" mean?
Must my dreams face scorn
Held back and unseen
If I long for fire
Must it stay unreal?
Can I not desire?
Am I not to feel?
If I ache to taste
Am I not to try?
If my heart says sail
Why should I deny?
I have my dreams
I have made plans
I see horizons wide as a man's
Must I be nothing till I'm some man's wife?
Look at this face
Does it deceive?
Do I look made to milk and to weave?
I will be damned to Hell if that is my life!
[GRANIA] (spoken) Blasphemy--I know, forgive me! But I won't take it back! I won't!
[TIERNAN] (spoken) I understand you! Somehow I never pictured you knitting.
[GRANIA]
I'm almost your age,
I'm your match in size,
I'm as skilled with swords
And equal in most eyes
But when you have a dream
And you're caught in its grip
You can climb aboard a ship
You can -
You can for you're a man!
You can reach toward that place
Where the earth meets the sky
Fight a battle be brave, be true
If you can do it, why not I?
I'm meant to fly
Sail unrestrained
Why is man free and woman chained?
Is that my epitaph before I die?
I should be free
Free to be Grace
So I can feel the wind on my face!
And when life beckons, I should go
Face out the storm, not stay below
(music by pepa/galeon/cavestany, lyrics by galeon)
turning knot rotting in my gut
got me feeling so corrupt
like a second hand politician
i'm a study in malnutrition
every star i see i'm wishing
got a deathbed at 12th and mission
new kind of...
long ago once upon a time
hundred miles an hour time flew by
now gravestones become friends
practice voo doo superstition
like an archangel from heaven
got a deathbed at 12th and mission
in need of sleep we crawl the street
american dream gone
blood dirt money hustle and scheme
american dream gone
in need of sleep we crawl the street
american dream gone
blood dirt money hustle and scheme
american dream gone
mentally unfed
spiritually dead
the flock's been misled
new kind of wicked
turning knot rotting in my gut
got me feeling so corrupt
stomach's screaming deep inside
another day got no place to hide
in need of sleep we crawl the street
american dream gone
blood dirt money hustle and scheme
american dream gone
in need of sleep we crawl the street
american dream gone
blood dirt money hustle and scheme
american dream gone
in need of sleep we crawl the street
american dream gone
blood dirt money hustle and scheme
(I'm a woman)
I'm a man
(I'm a woman)
I'm a man
What makes a man break up inside?
And what makes a man give up his pride?
What makes a man feel he's began to fail?
And when he can't win he thinks he even can't tell me
(A woman)
Say it again
(A woman)
Say it again
(A woman)
I ask you
What makes a man jealous of each other?
So tacturned against his brother, now here's the reason
She makes a cloudy day seem bright
She makes a nightmare turn into the warmest night
You know, she makes trouble seem so, so
She can turn a hardship and she makes it so easy to cross
She brings life into the world over and over again
No man in the world could ever bear those pains
She never lets you know when se feels bad
And she smiles when she feels sad
And when you and when you feel blue
She know her place right beside you
Right beside you and I wanna know
What makes a man stop tiring?
And who's the only one
See the tears as they flow down their face
From the hunger that hit the human race
Can't understand why their lives must be this way
We can help them along
Without a drop of strength they force down the tears
Then again what have they done that is so wrong
We can make a difference Just help them along, along
To have to live in a place without a song
We can make a difference Just help them along, along
[CHORUS:]
We can help them along
With a little love from God
They can make it all the way
Without a drop of strength they force down the tears
Then again what have they done that is so wrong
We can make a difference Just help them along, along
To have to live in a place without a song
We can make a difference Just help them along, along
We can help them along
With a little love from God
I left the world above to claim my prize
Watch me take the least without surprise
If only I could change the course of fate
Will my father judge my only crime?
Wash my memories with time
I'll be safe and yours
Wash my memories with time
I'll be safe and yours
Behind your eyes I see a glint
That forces me to fade away
Wash my memories with time
I'll be as pure as you
Fold my wings and crawl the street of lights
Watch me taste defeat with grief inside
If only I could put this all to rest
Will my angels help me rise again?
Wash my memories with time
I'll be safe and yours
Wash my memories with time
I'll be safe and yours
Behind your eyes I see a glint
That forces me to fade away
Wash my memories with time
I'll be as pure as you
woman lives
woman learns
woman burns her fingers in love once
man comes
man goes
man stumbles over and over
someone won't call
are we stuck in the middle
hopelessly spinning
you don't have to understand me
we're not the same
and who would have thought it feels this way
but everytime you touch me i say it again
thank god i was born woman
woman sleeps
woman turns
woman wraps you around her finger
man leaves
man grieves
yeah you sigh with relief
but you linger
both cry
both sigh
but we're stuck in the middle and nobody's winning
you don't have to understand me
we're not the same
and who would have thought it feels this way
but everytime you touch me i say it again
thank god i was born woman
what we're aiming for
we just need to talk
over this but we started to think
cause it's something we both don't trust
open your eyes cause you know what it means
don't wanna admit but you never felt so much
you don't have to understand me
we're not the same
and who would have thought it feels this way
but everytime you touch me i say it again
Woman
I'm in love in you
My love is deep
My love is true
To you, woman, I'm in love
Your hair's so soft
Your eyes are blue
Your skin is warm
And I'll be true to you
Woman, I'm in love with you
You came to me in a dream, I'm sure
You gave your love, you gave much more to me
Woman
Will you marry me?
Do you take this woman
To be your lawful wedded wife
To love and to cherish
And in sickness and in health
Till death do you part?
I do.
Till death us do part (6x)
What's that you just said to me
You didn't love me like this yesterday
Woman
I don't understand
And what's that you did say to me
I guess this love is just more to me
Woman
You're annoying me
Yeah, you're sitting on your arse in your dirty clothes
You're looking a mess, you're picking your nose
Woman
You're a fucking mess
Your tits are big but your brains are small
Sometimes I wonder you got any brains at all
Woman
Ah stuff yourself
Well fuck you, fuck you
Don't you tell me what to do
Woman
Ah fuck off
I've got my deed, I've married you
What did I do to deserve you?
Woman
Why me?
Woman
Woman
Woman
Woman
Woman
Woman do you love me?
woman if you need me then believe me
i need you to be my woman.
Woman do you love me?
woman if you need me then believe me
i need you to be my woman.
And should you ask me how i'm doing
what shall i say, things are o.k.
well i know that they're not
and i still may have lost you.
Woman do you love me?
woman if you need me then believe me
i need you to be my woman.
And should you take your time and tell me
when we're alone, love will come home
i would give up my world
if you'll say that my girl is my woman.
I've got plenty of time,
help me just to get through it.
once again you'll be mine
i still think we can do it.
and you know how much i love you.
Woman don't forsake me.
woman if you take me then believe me
i'll take you to be by woman.
Transcribed from the book: the beatles lyrics illustrated/introduction by
Pour your tongue down my throat
And dig your fingers in my neck
And plant your thoughts upon my cheek
So that they can grow
And feed me later on
My tongue my cheek
Im talking tongue in cheek
But anyway i mean what i say
I mean what I say
when I say
Found in human likeness
And He reduced to the standards of the earth
In famine He dealt with sufferings
And in His deeds revealed His love and faith
And all selflessness
It's with His blood we bathe
To focus on the name of the Lord Jesus
The Son of God
And in fullness God Himself
He came to our filth
And died to our sins
Rising to consecrate glory
He rose us with Him from the abyss
Breaking our blackened deeds and intent
She is the person who waits in my dreams
She is transparent and cannot be seen
Violently waiting till I go to bed
Deeper and deeper she enters my head
Standing in front of the wonderful house
Covered with paper mache
Closing the cellophane door
With this she runs awaaaayyyyyy
I am the person who waits in her dreams
She has discovered the love that you see
She hasn't noticed the changes I see
She never watches she never dreams
Slowly I turn from the wonderful house
Running a prominent name
Watching the blue crystal veil
Taking a dream awayyyyyyyyy
Woman needed the blues on the corner
Woman never is there when you want her
Always got something to doooo
Never can be there with youuuu
She is the person who waits in my dreams
She is transparent and cannot be seen
Violently waiting till I go to bed
Deeper and deeper she enters my head
Standing in front of the wonderful house
Covered with paper mache
Closing the cellophane door
With this she runs awaaay
Woman needed the blues on the corner
Woman never is there when you want her
Always got something to doooo
Women on my women mind all the women time
Women fucking women hell
Think about women something else
Like the women work I need to women do.
Or my women family or need my women support right women
Or the women dirt that’s gathering women up there on
the shelf.
But it’s not that women simple women no.
Money on my money mind all the money time
money fucking money hell
Think about money something else
Like the money work I need to money do.
Or my money family or need my money support right money
Or the money dirt that’s gathering money up there on
the shelf.
But it’s not that money simple money no.
And it’s money women, women, money,
money, money, women, women, women on my mind!
And it’s money women, women, money,
money, money, women, women, women all the time!
And it’s money women, women, money,
money, money, women, women, women on my mind!
So she's crying and so she says to me
I've got bad news i'm having a baby
But there's nothing but dirt that i can see
So we're fucked cause we got nothing to eat
So for eight months we scrap and piss and pray
That this baby won't live a single day
And we barf, but i know it's the best way
Cause we're fucked cause we got nothing to eat
Please let me know you're my friend
Forgive us the mistakes we've made
Please let me know that you're down
Cause this baby, this body will keep us
So we're starving, her tummy's bustin' out
And the flood comes to wash away the ground
The rush of water and fear is the only sound
Cause we're fucked
Cause we got nothing to eat
Please let me know you're my friend
Forgive us the mistakes we've made
Please let me know that you're down
Cause this baby, this body will keep us
It just died
I did not kill it
It just died
(To) Give up here
On a downward spiral
The scale of time
A bargain between beggars
The scale of time
A bargain between liars
When the fire ceases
When the hunger subsides
When the line forms
And ashes and colors burn
In this empty corner
In this filthy place
Nothing breeds
Nothing heals
Nothing ceases
The scale of being
The scale of pain
The scale of man
Your sacred barrier
WOMAN YOU TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
I SAID WOMAN I CAN'T LET YOU GET AWAY
YOU MAKE ME HIGH, YOU MAKE ME CRY
AND ALL THE TIME I DON'T KNOW WHY
HURT ME ONCE I WON'T MIND
HURT ME TWICE AND YOU'LL PAY THE PRICE
WOMAN YOU TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
I SAID WOMAN I CAN'T LET YOU GET AWAY
YOU'RE SO WILD, LIKE A CHILD
YOU MAKE ME COME ALIVE
WHEN WE KISS I'M ON FIRE
MAKING LOVE IS MY ONE DESIRE
COS WOMAN YOU TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
I SAID WOMAN I CAN'T LET YOU GET AWAY
WOMAN I WANT YOU
WOMAN I LOVE YOU
Woman, you're a whore
but at least you're a happy whore
and woman, is it easy to forget
that you really destroyed me
and now, I don't think I'll ever be the same
no the worst thing about this pain is it comes from my understanding
And woman, is it easy to forget
and woman, is it easy to forget
that you destroyed me
And now, I don't think I'll ever be the same
no the worst thing about this pain is it comes from my understanding
But woman, is it easy to forget
and woman, is it easy to forget
(B. Cummings - D. Troiano)
Colder women light a fire in me
Bolder women seem to tire of me
Older women put desire in me
But without 'em to hold, where would this poor man be?
Crazy women make a fool of me
Ruthless women seem so cruel to me
And painted women actin' cool with me
But without 'em to hold, where would this poor man be?
I wanna tell you what I know
I ain't sayin' it's a lot,
But I hope it's enough to teach you
To try to hang on to what you got, I wanna say
I'm only sayin' what I mean
And I'm backin' it up, cause I've already been there, son...
I know that colder women light a fire in me,
Bolder women seem to tire of me,
And older women put desire in me,
But without 'em to hold, where would this poor man be?
Sometimes you can't live with 'em,
But you can't live without 'em,
You're so divine always high a true lie
Where you smile all tools cry a true lie
Love promises on evil sperm
Love suckers welcome
Woman dark dark widow I am comin' for you
Woman show your teeth now I'll put my love into you
You're so kind you never try all men die
Nada vale mas que estar cerca de vos.
Sos mi protección mi revolución
todo es mucho mas amable con tu voz nada vale mas
nada en que te pueda comparar.
Sos mi mejor canción, sos el aire,
sos el sol en la mañana
sos la isla fiel en donde descansar
Cuida de mi yo cuidaré de ti
nada vale mas, nada en que te pueda comparar
Woman I love you!
Woman I love you! Woman I love you, too!
Woman I love you!
Woman I love you! Woman I love you, too!
Tenés para mi calma y sencillez no te preocupes mas
que yo no partiré todo es mucho mas
sincero entre los dos nada vale mas
nada en que te pueda comparar
Sos mi mejor canción, sos el aire, sos el sol en la mañana
sos la isla fiel en donde descansar.
Cuida de mi yo cuidare de ti nada vale mas
nada en que te pueda comparar
Woman I love you!
Woman I love you! Woman I love you, too!
Woman I love you!
Hand to, hand to
Mouth to, mouth to
Mind to, mind to
Mouth to middle
Oh, woman
Why aren't you moving with me yet?
Do you forget what you tried to remember?
Do you remember what you tried to forget?
Hand to, hand to
Mouth to, mouth to
Mind to, mind to
Mouth to middle
Oh, woman
It's an omen, this is it
But I forget what I tried to remember
I turn feasts into mourning
And singing into weeping
I send famine through the land
And men search for a way to survive
Oh, starved to death...
With their last bit of strength
They will lay down on the dust
Just to die there
For this is what Thanis says about sons and fathers
"I will send the sword, famine
And the plagues against them
Until they are erased from this earth
I gave to them and their fathers"
Emaciated kids will sit around
Reeking and covered with flies
People will dry to skin and bones
Their bellies bloated by famine
Oh, starved to death...
With their last bit of strength
They will lay down on the dust
Just to die there
For this is what Thanis says about mothers and
daughters
"I will send the sword, famine
And the plagues against them
Until they are erased from this earth
I gave to them and their fathers"
For this is what he says
No one can be saved
No plague or disease
