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Electric chair
What ever happened to compassion
Whatever happened to lets work it out
Whatever happened to gods' mercy
Whatever happened I know I'm checking out
See me there in my electric chair
Show me the way cause, I don't know
Whatever happened to my childhood
Whatever happened to the lessons learned in school
Whatever happened to some understanding
Whatever happened to that golden rule
See me there in my electric chair
Show me the way cause, I don't know
It's almost time, my shoes are shined, my new suit fits just right
My last rites read, they've shaved my head
Cause I'm, going out tonight, going out tonight, going out
Come see me there, see me there
Whatever happened to due process
Whatever happened to my right to fight
Whatever happened to my freedom
Whatever happened I'm gonna burn tonight
See me there in my electric chair
Show me the way cause, I don't know
(Repeat chorus)
Words and music by: Stephen Dees & John Sylvia
Copyright © 1997 SLD Music/BM
Good Mothers are like the Sun
Morning breaking, mother waking
She's there in the kitchen baking bread
Good mothers are like the sun
Wake up baby, it's time now to get out of bed
And greet the new day, it's time to play
That's what she'd say
Good mothers are like the sun
How do they manage?
Hour by hour, they have the power
They heal the sick
They know every trick in the book
No concern for what they need
They give all to us
Up with the dawn, they carry on
Good mothers are like the sun
When we have grown, she'll carry on
Good mothers are like the sun
Good mothers are like the sun
Written by Lucy West and Stephen Dees
Copyright © 1997 SLD Music/BMI
Tangerine
Get into our car and drive
Head out on route 95
See the show before its past
All the colors in the west
As we look up to the skies
Sometimes we dream we can fly
And I don't mind
Tangerine, set my spirit free
Tangerine, set my spirit free
Tangerine
Gazing through the looking glass
It's time now we remove our mask
Beware the bears in the wood
They won't do us any good
Something's we know somehow
Find light serene in the clouds
Here and now
Tangerine, set my spirit free
Tangerine, set my spirit free
Tangerine
Words and music: Stephen Dees
Copyright ©1998 SLD Music/BMI
Voices Sound the Call
When my day has come and gone, I'm ready for my
rest
I dim the lights, I say my prayers, I lay upon my bed
I close my eyes, I spread my wings
I hear a voice, it beckons me
Voices sound the call, I hear my name
Get up out of bed and feed your brain
Voices sound the call, I hear my name
Get up out of bed and feed your brain
Between the point of conscious thought
Waiting for some dream
Something grabs me by the neck
I wake up to a scream
The egg is hatched, the die is cast
I won't sleep now I can't turn back
Voices sound the call, I hear my name
Get up out of bed and feed your brain
Voices sound the call, I hear my name
Get up out of bed and feed your brain
Your in my heart, your in my head
You're on the wall, under my bed
From without you come within the voices, voices
Voices sound the call, I hear my name
Get up out of bed and feed your brain
Voices sound the call, I hear my name
Get up out of bed and feed your brain
When my day has come and gone
I'm ready for my rest
Words and Music: Stephen Dees
Copyright © 1997 SLD Music/BMI
Yippie-yi-yo-ky-ye
What is this, another war, going on somewhere
It's hard to believe but it's true
There's been weapons drawn, children harmed, wanton destruction
Is there hope for the innocent few
The insanity, it rains, down on us like thunder
Will we ever learn from our past, that intolerance, and prejudice, leads
to nowhere
It's nowhere we're going to fast
When we lay down our guns, refuse to fight
Know what is wrong, do what is right
When all men are free, you'll hear me say
Yippie-yi-o-ky-ye, yippie-yi-o-ky-ye
We've got republicans and democrats, spinning their
logic
A web of power and greed
It's a smoke screen of promises and rhetoric
Promises they never seem to keep
Tell me why, should a few, be imposing their will on a nation so diverse
and unique
A little each day, our freedom slips away
What's become of our liberty?
When we put aside our pride and our arrogant stance
Ignore those bureaucrats; come out of our trance
When we reach for the light, you'll hear me say
Yippie-yi-o-ky-ye, yippie-yi-o-ky-ye
Can you hear mother earth crying out to her children?
It's time to hear the call and receive
How can anyone, refuse to acknowledge the miracle of life its a mystery
There's a common thread that binds us and holds us together
Open your eyes believe
If we bring the walls down, maybe we'll come around
That would be something to see
When we humble ourselves and reach for a hand
Honor each other, together we'll stand
When we open our hearts, you'll hear me say
Yippie-yi-o-ky-ye, yippie-yi-o-ky-ye
Words and Music By: Stephen Dees
Copyright © 1997 SLD Music/BMI
Rae Dawn Chong ("Quest for Fire")
Here I am walking across the plain
Running through some jungle, calling out her name
Most of my life, hiding in a cave
Learning to behave, standing in the rain
Then she came, I became, the man I am
Rae Dawn showed me her world
Turn on Rae Dawn, turning on Rae Dawn Chong
Turn on Rae Dawn, turning on Rae Dawn Chong
Here I stand captured by your tribe
Will I stay alive?
Can our love survive?
Laughing people mud upon their face
I look so out of place, They put me in a cage
They took my seed, then gave me their fire
But Rae Dawn you take me higher
Turn on Rae Dawn, turning on Rae Dawn Chong
Turn on Rae Dawn, turning on Rae Dawn Chong
Here we are gazing at the moon
We've become as one, child inside your womb
Evolution destiny or fate, I can only say you've become my mate
We are the reason life will go on
Rae Dawn you are my world
Turn on Rae Dawn, turning on Rae Dawn Chong
Turn on Rae Dawn, turning on Rae Dawn Chong
You turn me around, down on the ground
You made me see, you're my missionary
Words and music by: Stephen Dees
Copyright © 1997 SLD Music/BMI
Whenever
You Walk By
Every time that you appear
I can hear violins play
Whenever you walk by
Seems as if I'm on some cloud
No my feet don't touch the ground
Whenever you walk by
Oh I, get lost inside your keep
Oh my, I am falling, yes I'm falling
Falling much too deep
Seems as if I'm on some cloud
No my feet don't touch the ground
Whenever you walk by
Every time that you appear
I can hear violins play
Whenever you walk by
Oh my, whenever you walk by
Words and Music By: Stephen Dees
Copyright © 1997 SLD Music/BMI
The Color of Rain
Tiny little wishes like raindrops fall, upon my windowsill
I pick them up, to give me luck
Toss them to the wind
Moments turn to hours; I'm lost inside your joy
A light inside me towers
A man becomes a boy
Fall in shades of gray
The color of rain
Disappear upon my pane
The color of rain
Am I awake or sleeping, in my veil of dreams
Silver mist upon me, takes me to my peace
Hidden streams and valleys
Beckon to my heart
My eyes compose the picture
the rain controls my thoughts
Fall in shades of gray
The color of rain
Disappear upon my pane
The color of rain
Words and music by: Stephen Dees
Copyright ©1997 SLD Music/BMI
Sorry for the Delay
Sorry for the delay, I'm so sorry for the delay
I don't know the latest dance; I don't care about
those pants
No victim of the circumstance, and I'm sorry, for the delay
I'm too late its ten till six, I don't like your
bag of tricks
Funny way to get your kicks, and I'm sorry, for the delay
People all around this town are sleeping in the
dirt
Countless souls have lost their way
Forgotten what their worth
Do you know them, do you care
Do you know them, do you care
Do you know them, do you know them, know them
Excuse me if I act so dumb, I don't know where
I'm coming from
I'll just sit and drink my rum, and I'm sorry
You know by now I'm made this way, this young man
you cannot change
I don't know how to behave, and I'm sorry, for the delay
I'm so sorry, for the delay
[Chorus out]
Words and music by: Stephen Dees
Copyright ©SLD Music/BMI
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