On an evening in June
Well it lifts me up
When I’m talking to you
On an evening in June
When the flowers are in bloom
And the sky is so blue
–Van Morrison
Everyone’s feeling pretty
It’s hotter than July
Though the world’s full of problems
They couldn’t touch us even if they tried
From the park, I hear rhythms
Marley’s hot on the box
Tonight, there will be a party
On the corner at the end of the block
But I can see us lost in the memory
August slipped away into a moment in time
'Cause it was never mine
And I can see us twisted in bedsheets
August sipped away like a bottle of wine
'Cause you were never mine
The sky is an endless ocean
The deepest kind of blue
Don’t let September
Come too soon
Falling through the summer haze
All my thoughts are blown away
Forever hours, a field of tall flowers
And you
Singing to an ocean, I can hear the ocean’s roar
Play for free and play for me, and play a whole lot more, more
Singing 'bout good things and the sun that lights the day
I used to sing on the mountains, has the ocean lost its way?
Down by the seaside
See the boats go sailin’
Can the people hear
Oh, what the little fish are sayin’?
Oh, oh, people turned away
Oh, people turned away
We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow
The hammer of the gods
Will drive our ships to new lands
To fight the horde, sing and cry
Valhalla, I am coming
On we sweep with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore
(Go west) life is peaceful there
(Go west) in the open air
(Go west) baby, you and me
(Go west) this is our destiny
Go away, little girl
Go away, little girl
It’s hurtin’ me more each minute that you delay
When you are near me like this
You’re much too hard to resist
So, go away, little girl, before I beg you to stay.
So hurry home to your mama
I’m sure she wonders where you are
Get out of here
Before I have the time
To change my mind
'Cause I’m afraid we’ll go too far
Don’t sing love songs, you’ll wake my mother
She’s sleeping here, right by my side
And in her right hand a silver dagger
She says that I can’t be your bride
You’d think that people would’ve had enough of silly love songs
But I look around me and I see it isn’t so
Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs
And what’s wrong with that?
This is a hate song, just meant for you
I thought that I’d write it down, while I still could
I hope when you hear this, you’ll want to sue
This time this is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I’m alright song
My power’s turned on
Starting right now I’ll be strong
I’ll play my fight song
And I don’t really care
If nobody else believes
'Cause I’ve still got
A lot of fight left in me
Woah, backs broke bendin’, diggin’ holes to plant the seeds
The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds
Puttin’ wood in the stove and water in the cup
You worked so hard that you died standin’ up
Dealers keep dealin’
Thieves keep thievin’
Whores keep whorin’
Junkies keep scorin’
Trade is on the meat rack
Strip joints full of hunchbacks
Bitches keep bitchin’
Clap just keeps a-itchin’
Ain’t no use in prayin’
That’s the way it’s stayin’, baby
Johnny ain’t so crazy
He’s always got a line for the ladies
Yeah-yeah-yeah
Powers, keep on lying
While your people keep on dying
World, keep on turning
'Cause it won’t be too long
I’m so darn glad he let me try it again
Because my last time on Earth, I lived a whole world of sin
I’m so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on trying
'Til I reach my highest ground
Between the iron gates of fate,
The seeds of time were sown,
And watered by the deeds of those
Who know and who are known;
Knowledge is a deadly friend
If no one sets the rules
The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools
I don’t like walking around this old and empty house
So hold my hand, I’ll walk with you my dear
The stairs creak as you sleep
It’s keeping me awake
It’s the house telling you to close your eyes
And some days I can’t even dress myself
It’s killing me to see you this way
'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore
Our house is a very, very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard
Life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy cause of you