LYRICS
FIGHT THE TIDE (2011)
1. Last Leaf
2. Letters
3. Penelope
4. Sun Hello
5. Police Man
6. Mother Earth
UNRELEASED
How do we fall
Fine then don’t
Tea Party
Rising
Mr. and Mrs. Smee
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LAST LEAF
The last bleached leaf
Holding tight to your tree
Why don’t you let go
so you can be free?
No no no I won’t let go
Not even in a blizzard of snow
This is my home I cannot roam
For I would surely die, die!
Take a cue from me,
my little leaf
(doo doo doo doo)
I once thought I was strong
but I held on too long
and was soon replaced by
another, another
No no no I won’t let go
Not even in a blizzard of snow
This is my home I cannot roam
For I would surely die, die!
Spring it on its way
it’ll be here any day
(doo doo doo doo)
New flowers will bloom
you will fall to your doom
and the cycle of love will
continue, continue
No no no I won’t let go
Not even in a blizzard of snow
This is my home I cannot roam
For I would surely die, die!
Days have passed and things that have changed,
People come and go, and sometimes move away (and get arrested)
We fall in and out of love
Exchanging smiles, and hugs,
And kisses, that we’re missin today
And I will go one day, too excited to stay
Life pulls us to other places
This I understand
Yes I know things change, oh
And some things remain, like you,
Loving me, loving you,
Though you’re far away, these connections stand
I think of you, every day
You’re in my heart,
I won’t forget you
Sending all of my love to you
You who I miss, I miss your smile
I’ll keep this letter, this I promise
Until I see you again, in a while
My friend, this is, this is
My promise
PENELOPE
These days I sit around and sigh
Nothing makes me smile anymore
Without a hope I have sat around and cried
Waiting for you, waiting by the shore
Penelope, I won’t be
Penelope, I won’t be
Waiting my life away by the sea
Beneath the surface, mystery to me
Subject to the pull of the moon
empty vast horizon looms
guarantees nothing, only a mirage that lingers
slippery water right through my fingers
don’t chase the air, there’s nothing there
Penelope, I won’t be
Penelope, I won’t be
Waiting my life away by the sea
Beneath the surface, mystery to me
Deze dagen ik zit en zucht
ik glimlach niet voor iedereen
Zonder een hoop, ik heb zitten te huilen
Wachten voor jij, wachten bij de zee
Penelope, ik zal niet
wachten mijn leven bij de zee
onder d’oppervlakte, mysterie voor mij
Penelope, I won’t be
Penelope, I won’t be
Waiting my life away by the sea
Beneath the surface, X3 mystery to me
SUN HELLO
He sat there at the end of the day
no shirt, showing off his reddened skin
Is that a sunburn? I asked, concerned
No this is my sun hello!
And despite my very strong convictions
about sun damage and skin protection,
I laughed and thought, good answer
And after, all I could see were
the sun’s rays waving down at him
all day long
Sun hello, sun hello
what do you know
he said a sun hello uh oh
Sun hello, sun hello
what do you know
he said a sun hello uh oh
oh oh oh~
oh oh oh~
He sat there at the end of the day
no shirt, showing off his reddened skin
Is that a sunburn? I asked, concerned
No this is my sun hello!
POLICE MAN
Police man get off my back oh why are
You watching me all the time
Police man stop your power trippin trippin trippin trippin
You say that you serve and protect
well I say that you don’t care for me neck, or anyone who disagrees with the state
I thought that we should question
democracy, if we even believe it exists in this country
If I want to take to the streets
To take a stance, stand up and speak,
that’s my right and it’s not criminal
How about you start protecting me,
with no more guns no truncheons
instead of shielding corporate aristocracy
A police state is where I live
no matter what you might think
any dissent you get arrested
A police state is where I live
no matter what you may not know
Any dissent and you get arrested
you have the right to remain silent
My community doesn’t want guns on the streets
My community doesn’t want thugs on the streets
My community is living in peace
why are you, disrupting, disrupting
My community wants be questioning
My community wants to progress
My community doesn’t want the police to force me to remain silent
Police man get off my back oh why are
You watching me all the time
Police man stop your power trippin trippin trippin trippin
MOTHER EARTH
Mother earth you are bountiful beautiful
Mother earth how you give to me
What a beautiful morning you shone today
What a beautiful sky you shone today
It is morning somewhere always brightening the sky
One day I will chase your rising sun, just for fun
Doo Doo Doo
Tra La La La La!
Such a delicious harvest you grew this year
Mother earth how you give to me
What a wonderful meal on the table
With such wonderful people around the table
Your food is replenishing after a day of gardening
I promise I will keep growing too, just like you
Doo Doo Doo
Tra La La La La!
Mother earth you are colourful magical
Mother earth how you give to me
Your leaves on the trees are like rainbows
Your animals and lands are like rainbows
Can you please explain to me how you have such diversity
Living freely and loving in harmony, so can we (*throw up*)
Mother earth you are bountiful beautiful
Mother earth you are colourful magical
Mother earth you are everything everywhere
Mother earth you are everything everywhere
Mother earth how you give to me (x3)
