Post by Ginnie on Dec 23, 2011 16:38:54 GMT
I've finally compiled the best of what I've recorded over the last two years and made a homemade CD.
I've struggled a LOT with recording issues, but whats done is done!
soundcloud.com/ginnie-1/sets/me-the-stranger
Lyrics:
No One Left to Pray
I see life changing, see it changing every day
Changing so fast now, that I have to sit down
When I go to church, there ain't anybody left to pray
When I go to church, there ain't anybody left to pray
I hear people talkin', 'bout how their money gets in the way
They got their double garage, when one would do just okay
There's hungry people cryin', 'cause their welfare check's delayed
They live in plastic bags, they ride their buses all day
When I go to church, there ain't anybody left to pray
When I go to church, there ain't anybody left to pray
See a movie on the VCR, see how colourful we are
Fighting the Godzillas, my what a busy bunch we are
There's no share of wealth, your neighbours are dying in the storm
Maybe we don't know how to keep our neighbours warm
When I go to church, there ain't anybody left to pray
When I go to church, there ain't anybody left to pray
As Time Ran Slower Every Day
As time ran slower every day we could not say how things might have gone
A portable electric cosmic ray sprayed on all of us a distant prayer
But no one cared
We all had noise in our ears, the moon fell asleep
Dark mannequins robbed our robes, left us in our underwear
And for awhile we were ash, and there was dust in our noses
Frightening for a bit we all now suppose
It hit twelve and by now old time was whistling hard
His lungs heavy with the dates that man had discarded
Could we are – and could we change?
We fell back to sleep and revelled in the deep
Riots by the Freens around the old city hall
Protesting the recent victory of the army
I recall reading the news with a chuckle
I never knew reasons behind that war
What a merry bunch we were in those long drawn out days
Now it all seems very much insane
Well, by afternoon the prayer still wasn't used
Pissed off and rightly so it was
And by nightfall it had disappeared – disappeared
And with a lasting sneer
And with a lasting sneer
And with a lasting sneer
Stranger in His Own Town
There is him now, and he feels alone
Every second gone by brings him closer to madness
There is much silence, but he's used to it by now
He's a gentle sort of fellow so he cries a lot, cries a lot
Cries a lot, cries a lot, cries a lot
I can hear him now as he paces the streets
His face is bare, he feels exposed, he feels naked
And he feels let down – like a clown
Because he is a stranger
In his own town
Because he is a stranger
Where Am I To Go?
What befalls do my perceptions lie
Why do I hear such cries
The flash so brilliant exposes me so
And where am I to go
As the cadavers slump the revulsion grows
Dwelling perish to smothering rows
The holocaust spreads to engulf my town
This is my world coming down, coming down.
There my friend he endures the torrid flames
His skin is lost, his eyes so glazed
I am so alarmed, as he is now
To aid time does not allow
I attempt to tread the burning streets
My chest barely holds the thumping beats
Every direction precedes a different hell
Anguish overcomes me, emotion swells
I stumble so frequent that my knees are torn
My mind so muddled, my thoughts so worn
Everything is lost, all is at an end
There is too much damage for God to men
I attempt to tread the burning streets
My chest barely holds the thumping beats
Every direction precedes a different hell
Anguish overcomes me, emotion swells
Me the Stranger
I once said something funny but nobody laughed, you see
Alone in a crowded room with deaf ears surrounding me
The voices loud, would cram the space
But I was in outer space again
I heard the tales repeated on and saw their grins shaking thin
On the frozen ice of their sterile pond – waters I could not dive in
Me the stranger, with watching eyes
Sitting among them, their boasting cries again
Staring at me, they all shook their heads
Wondering how I became in the state I was in
And sleeping, in my separate bed
While thoughts they could not taste filled my mind again
The Masquerade
The masquerade parades down the street today
Coloured faces passing my way
My doors' unlocked, but my windows' open
They look at me, stare into my soul
And then laughter hurt my eyes
And I cried and I cried – cannot stop
They know just who I am
But they do not go away
And then laughter hurt my eyes
And I cried and I cried – cannot stop
An Angel
An angel appeared and I said hello
How's the weather up there in heaven
She sang a laugh, and twinkled her eyes
She reached out her hand and touched my smile
We floated away to pastures green
With swimming lillies on silver streams
Where things were clearer and clean
As creatures played beneath the trees
And people pleasant, were thinking free
Giving comfort to a joyful me
I started to dance and the music came
Filling my head, with merry games
I rolled down a greeny hill
And bounced into a quiet still
And all around, cast a glow from the sun.
Remember Vibrania
I remember back when I was young
The music got me through those days so long
And there was this band, sensational and grand
They broke the rules and always took a stand
Mr. Harvey growled and led the lads
The rhythm soared and shook me once again
And there was this band, sensational and grand
They broke the rules and always took a stand
Vibrania, Vibrania, Vibrania, Vibrania, Vibrania!
Today I'm just another middle aged man
I play their music much as I did then
And there was this band, sensational and grand
They broke the rules and always took a stand
I remember back when I was young
The music got me through those days so long
And there was this band, sensational and grand
They broke the rules and always took a stand
Vibrania, Vibrania, Vibrania, Vibrania, Vibrania!
Revelation of Things to Come
Important days are moving our way as we near our end
Only ten more years the prophets say, extinction around the bend
'twas a long thousand years of living in the past
But man's day are numbered now, being within death's grasp
There was a time I hear some tell, when all were at peace
It wasn't long till bullets fell and since has never ceased
While these thoughts are mine not yours, what I speak is truth
If you don't believe me now you'll know it very soon
When your mansion comes tumbling down splintering at your feet
And your hands grab for for that meal and nothings left to eat
When everyone for miles around crowd round their broken doors
Your pray to a God who'll only give you more
Ode to Iggy
Outside in the frosted night
Someone cries a cry, cries a cry
Inside, where dreams are lost
Someone cries a cry, cries a cry
Outside in the frosted night, someone cries a cry
Over across a narrow bridge, where people never care
Someone cries a cry, someone cries a cry
They leave their cares behind and still feel fine
Someone cries a cry, cries a cry
Someone cries a cry, cries a cry
No One Left to Pray (reprise)
I've struggled a LOT with recording issues, but whats done is done!
soundcloud.com/ginnie-1/sets/me-the-stranger
Lyrics:
No One Left to Pray
I see life changing, see it changing every day
Changing so fast now, that I have to sit down
When I go to church, there ain't anybody left to pray
When I go to church, there ain't anybody left to pray
I hear people talkin', 'bout how their money gets in the way
They got their double garage, when one would do just okay
There's hungry people cryin', 'cause their welfare check's delayed
They live in plastic bags, they ride their buses all day
When I go to church, there ain't anybody left to pray
When I go to church, there ain't anybody left to pray
See a movie on the VCR, see how colourful we are
Fighting the Godzillas, my what a busy bunch we are
There's no share of wealth, your neighbours are dying in the storm
Maybe we don't know how to keep our neighbours warm
When I go to church, there ain't anybody left to pray
When I go to church, there ain't anybody left to pray
As Time Ran Slower Every Day
As time ran slower every day we could not say how things might have gone
A portable electric cosmic ray sprayed on all of us a distant prayer
But no one cared
We all had noise in our ears, the moon fell asleep
Dark mannequins robbed our robes, left us in our underwear
And for awhile we were ash, and there was dust in our noses
Frightening for a bit we all now suppose
It hit twelve and by now old time was whistling hard
His lungs heavy with the dates that man had discarded
Could we are – and could we change?
We fell back to sleep and revelled in the deep
Riots by the Freens around the old city hall
Protesting the recent victory of the army
I recall reading the news with a chuckle
I never knew reasons behind that war
What a merry bunch we were in those long drawn out days
Now it all seems very much insane
Well, by afternoon the prayer still wasn't used
Pissed off and rightly so it was
And by nightfall it had disappeared – disappeared
And with a lasting sneer
And with a lasting sneer
And with a lasting sneer
Stranger in His Own Town
There is him now, and he feels alone
Every second gone by brings him closer to madness
There is much silence, but he's used to it by now
He's a gentle sort of fellow so he cries a lot, cries a lot
Cries a lot, cries a lot, cries a lot
I can hear him now as he paces the streets
His face is bare, he feels exposed, he feels naked
And he feels let down – like a clown
Because he is a stranger
In his own town
Because he is a stranger
Where Am I To Go?
What befalls do my perceptions lie
Why do I hear such cries
The flash so brilliant exposes me so
And where am I to go
As the cadavers slump the revulsion grows
Dwelling perish to smothering rows
The holocaust spreads to engulf my town
This is my world coming down, coming down.
There my friend he endures the torrid flames
His skin is lost, his eyes so glazed
I am so alarmed, as he is now
To aid time does not allow
I attempt to tread the burning streets
My chest barely holds the thumping beats
Every direction precedes a different hell
Anguish overcomes me, emotion swells
I stumble so frequent that my knees are torn
My mind so muddled, my thoughts so worn
Everything is lost, all is at an end
There is too much damage for God to men
I attempt to tread the burning streets
My chest barely holds the thumping beats
Every direction precedes a different hell
Anguish overcomes me, emotion swells
Me the Stranger
I once said something funny but nobody laughed, you see
Alone in a crowded room with deaf ears surrounding me
The voices loud, would cram the space
But I was in outer space again
I heard the tales repeated on and saw their grins shaking thin
On the frozen ice of their sterile pond – waters I could not dive in
Me the stranger, with watching eyes
Sitting among them, their boasting cries again
Staring at me, they all shook their heads
Wondering how I became in the state I was in
And sleeping, in my separate bed
While thoughts they could not taste filled my mind again
The Masquerade
The masquerade parades down the street today
Coloured faces passing my way
My doors' unlocked, but my windows' open
They look at me, stare into my soul
And then laughter hurt my eyes
And I cried and I cried – cannot stop
They know just who I am
But they do not go away
And then laughter hurt my eyes
And I cried and I cried – cannot stop
An Angel
An angel appeared and I said hello
How's the weather up there in heaven
She sang a laugh, and twinkled her eyes
She reached out her hand and touched my smile
We floated away to pastures green
With swimming lillies on silver streams
Where things were clearer and clean
As creatures played beneath the trees
And people pleasant, were thinking free
Giving comfort to a joyful me
I started to dance and the music came
Filling my head, with merry games
I rolled down a greeny hill
And bounced into a quiet still
And all around, cast a glow from the sun.
Remember Vibrania
I remember back when I was young
The music got me through those days so long
And there was this band, sensational and grand
They broke the rules and always took a stand
Mr. Harvey growled and led the lads
The rhythm soared and shook me once again
And there was this band, sensational and grand
They broke the rules and always took a stand
Vibrania, Vibrania, Vibrania, Vibrania, Vibrania!
Today I'm just another middle aged man
I play their music much as I did then
And there was this band, sensational and grand
They broke the rules and always took a stand
I remember back when I was young
The music got me through those days so long
And there was this band, sensational and grand
They broke the rules and always took a stand
Vibrania, Vibrania, Vibrania, Vibrania, Vibrania!
Revelation of Things to Come
Important days are moving our way as we near our end
Only ten more years the prophets say, extinction around the bend
'twas a long thousand years of living in the past
But man's day are numbered now, being within death's grasp
There was a time I hear some tell, when all were at peace
It wasn't long till bullets fell and since has never ceased
While these thoughts are mine not yours, what I speak is truth
If you don't believe me now you'll know it very soon
When your mansion comes tumbling down splintering at your feet
And your hands grab for for that meal and nothings left to eat
When everyone for miles around crowd round their broken doors
Your pray to a God who'll only give you more
Ode to Iggy
Outside in the frosted night
Someone cries a cry, cries a cry
Inside, where dreams are lost
Someone cries a cry, cries a cry
Outside in the frosted night, someone cries a cry
Over across a narrow bridge, where people never care
Someone cries a cry, someone cries a cry
They leave their cares behind and still feel fine
Someone cries a cry, cries a cry
Someone cries a cry, cries a cry
No One Left to Pray (reprise)
