Playlist Mike Love

mike love - human race

I need a hat to hide under
I need some shoes to fill
I need a coat to curl up in
So I can dream again
And a broken watch so that I can just stand still
Cause this whole world is going crazy
I just can't find my place
I got no scheme to come up with
No time to keep up with this rat race

I just wanna make this world a better place
For everyone, don't wanna run in the human race
It doesn't take a lot to get me high
These days seems my troubles just pass me by
Its like I'm walking up on a cloud, always thinking out loud
Its like I'm speaking and a song is coming out
So I bend right down just to tie my shoes
Down on the pavement its so hard
To keep from gettin' the blues

But I keep on troddin' on, singing a triumphant song
Giving love cause I got nothing to lose
Days pass by, people come and people fly
In and out the door I'm learning more with each experience
My heart grows and my blood flows
I'm feeling lighter and lighter, like a feather
I'm burning brighter like the sun
And I think I like what I have become

So I, I'm gonna just sit back relax
And let the river flow take me where its gonna go
And I, I'm gonna be just like a leaf
And let the gentle breeze
Take me wherever it pleases
It takes quite a lot to keep me low
When all around me life surrounds me like a puppet show

I can't imagine being bored when there's so much left to know
I'll never stop learning cause there's always room to grow
So I been walking round these city streets
So much derision and division, everyone playing for keeps
Every time somebody screws up an angry car horn beeps
Round every corner a crooked policeman creeps
But did you know there's a better place where we can go
A beautiful land full of helping hands
You can make a mistake and no one gives a damn
And no one makes your plans or feeds
You fantasy or tells you what to be
I call this new land reality

Cause I'm not looking for no trouble
I just wanna double my fun
Spend all my days in the sun
And I know nothing lasts forever
So any kind of weather is fine
And we'll have a good time

And if the words don't rhyme it doesn't matter
Cause no ones keeping score
And on that you can be sure that if the words
We choose never quite fit us right
We'll make a language we like and
It'll sound something like

mike love - barbershop

I would never give my money to a barbershop
I grow my lion's mane according to the will of jah
Cause I'm a natty dreadlock
I and I am a rasta
I'm a natty dreadlock

I man will grow my roots until they reach the ground
As a symbol of the love for jah that I n I have found
So that everwhere I go all of my people know
They're not fighting alone
They're not fighting alone
Cause when the wicked man sees I n I crown
He sees a tree he could never ever cut down
And when he hears our righteous and iternal sound
He goes back underground

But I say to the wicked man
When will you change your evil ways
Lord I say, to the baldhead man
When will you learn to stop your fuss
And fight and live up in the truth and right
And join up with your brotherman and say

I would never give my money to a barbershop
I grow my lion's mane according to the will of jah
Cause I'm a natty dreadlock
I and I am a rasta
I'm a natty dreadlock
I knew a man who walked the streets in a suit and tie
With fear down in his heart and in his lowered eyes

He gave up love for the pursuit of money
Sucking blood instead of drinking milk and honey
Working for the blackhearted establishment
Furthering the murdering of the innocent
He built an empire out of the blood of man
And turned his back on the father's hands

But he never realized his compromise
Until he reached the gates of zion
Never tried to purify his heart until the judgement day
Now he sits in darkness
And his memories they burn him up like fire
Waiting for the cool water of the father to wash them away
So go ahead and give all the barberman
And the clothes companies your hard earned cash money
But I man no deal with vanity
'Cause it keeps humanity from living free
Strictly roots and culture is all I need to achieve heartical livity
So keep your clippers from my head
'Cause I'm a dready natural natty

I would never give my money to a barbershop
I grow my lion's mane according to the will of jah
Cause I'm a natty dreadlock
I and I am a rasta
I'm a natty dreadlock

mike love - butterflies and beefstew

I woke up this morning with tears in my eyes
I never got to say goodbye
I never got to tell you I
I've really been trying to work it out but all
This work is always dragging me down
Feels like I'm always running around
I just want to see you growing tall
Wanna be there to pick you up when you fall
And come running whenever you call

Cause all of these moments they carry me through
They make me feel warm and fuzzy inside
And I can't help but swell up with pride
When I think of the bridges you crossed
Just to be who you are today
The obstacles that stood in your way
That you conquered

And when I get caught up and I need something
To cut me back down to size
I just look in your beautiful eyes and I realize
That money comes and money goes
But in this life all
I know is you ain't got nothing
If you ain't got something called love

Life is a moment a blink of an eye
If you don't grab it it passes you by
I never could quite understand why
I'm just glad I can share it, share it with you
And see you do all of the things that you do
And teach you how to tie up your shoes

Cause the little things mean everything
The smiles you give me give me wings to rise
Above all this pain and love is all that remains when I hold you
And these moments we share make it hard
To bear the moments we are apart
They pull at the strings of my heart and the teardrops start to
Faall, oohh, laralaraa ooh

Oh lord why am I always out working
When I should be playing at home with you
I've spent so much time just running and so
Now I'm coming home to you
You saved my life
Given me sight
All that I am belongs to you
And when I go
Want you to know
I'll be watching over you

mike love - distant travelers

If I was looking for a best friend
Well I've already had so many of those
Someone to put me to the test
And make fun of me and help me pick out my clothes
And if I was looking for a lover
I could have had just about a million flings
But I was looking for somebody
Who could be all these things

Then I found you
And my world is different now
I'm on the road to somewhere
Could it be somehow
That we were distant travelers
Passing in the sky
Well I just had to stop and say hi
I just had to stop on by

Oh my love
Don't you know
Can't you feel it, don't it show
That inside sometimes it's like I'm 'bout to explode
And overflow with happiness
Want you to know I feel so blessed just to be
In the presence of such a precious empress
I feel overwhelmed sometimes
I think of a thousand rhymes but none
Of them can compare to the poetry in your eyes
I'm not surprised it took no time
To realize I need you right by my side

And my world is different now
I'm on the road to somewhere
Could it be somehow
That we were distant travelers
Passing in the sky
Well I just had to stop and say hi
I just had to stop on by
I will be with you as we cross into forever
I'll be your umbrella in any kind of weather
For it was written, we were
Destined for each other, my love

And my world is different now
I'm on the road to somewhere
Could it be somehow
That we were distant travelers
Passing in the sky
Well I just had to stop and say hi
I just had to stop on by
We just had to stop and say hello
We just had to know

mike love - dreams

Oh earth mother here's a flower for your hair
A song to show you some of us still care
I have seen you choking on the smog
You're forests chopped down and your rivers clogged

But in my dreams everything seems much brighter than before
And I can see her calling me from the shore
Oh mama it must break your heart so
To see your children warring over gold
And all the blood it soaks into your skin
You feel the fears of all the years
They've been hunting and slaughtering
All the animals that should be running free
They are slowly being exterminated by humanity
Look to the east, the road to peace lies with the setting sun
Under her wing where everything is one

And when all the waterfalls have died
We won't be able to replace them
No matter how many tears we cry
(I'm sorry)
When darkness falls it will be all who face the shadow
(Forgive me)
And your judgement it will come from within your own soul

(I love you)
Will you have the courage to look into the mirror
(Respect you)
Will you go to her open arms, love and respect her
In my dreams everything seems much brighter than before
And I can see her calling me from the shore
Look to the east, the road to peace lies with the setting sun
Under her wing where everything is one

mike love - gonna make it

Everywhere I been, I been learning
How to get to wherever I am
And where I am is where I'm going
And I'm going to the promised land
I don't always know my direction
But in faith and love I overstand
That if I ask up for guidance
I'm guided by the almighty hand
And every time I'm feeling inspired
I take my guitar in my two hands
Jah love is all that I man require
To reach that holy zion land

And I won't let them take it away
No I man, I won't be led astray
And I don't need to ride nobody's coattails
And I don't need no one to hold my hand
I'm gonna make it on my own two feet
I'm gonna make it on my blood, sweat and tears
I'm gonna make it, not gonna fake it, no way

They said get a degree but it wasn't for me
Higher education of the almighty through music
Teach me love, teach me to use it
All I ever wanted was to spread jah love
And the only way
That I could rise above was music
Sweet jah reggae music
So every note I plays is to give praise
That's why I play guitar and I sing
And I wouldn't trade these blisters
On my fingers for no diamond rings
I sing just for the love of jah music
To lift you up when you are tattered and worn
And if I sound a little bit hoarse it's
Cause I been singing since the day I was born
And I just wanna sing a little bit more
And I'm sure that you can feel me
Don't need you to know just
Where I'm coming from
But I need you to feel me
So take it and make it your own song

And don't you let them take it away
No don't you let them lead you astray
You're gonna make it on your own two feet
You're gonna make it on your blood
Sweat and tears
You're gonna make it
Not gonna fake it, no way

I will never sell my soul to them
So many already givin' in
Dem a caught up in confusion
Suffering delusions
All this dirt that we been digging in
Searching for something
That we will never find

Oh mankind we can't let them take it away
We won't let them lead us astray
And we don't need no president to lead us
And we don't need no general to take a stand
We're gonna make it on our own two feet
We're gonna make it on our blood, sweat and tears
We're gonna make it, not gonna fake it, no way

Can you feel me, my heart pumping in my chest
Can you feel me, oh people please say yes
I need you to feel me, this is the real me
The reason I'm singing, the love
That I'm bringing is pure, unfiltered for sure
Cause in my mind I saw a vision of peace
Every man, every woman, every child, one family
All singing together in one perfect harmony
It's not so far away, we're gonna make it someday

mike love - i love you

If you prefer jah will answer your prayers
So just be up for
Cause I will always be there and please be careful
To fill your heart up with care
And positivity will follow you everywhere you go

Oh my little brother
I bless you my sister
Cause jah loves you mamma
And jah loves you papa
See it's a beautiful world that we livin in
Police so crazy boy passing on its changing
Seems like everytime we get comfy and we settle down
Then they are put to two percent to move it

I mean everybody so many sisters have given up their lives
To start be pawns in this wicked blood games
Manipulated into thinking that they fall in line
For their religion killing in God's name
Isn't the army all just the same
So true love I am singing from my heart and soul
Want you to know I love you
Jah love is the reason that we're standing here
So let me be clear I love you

Still this war goes on
So why do they keep bothering even if to fight another day
And if you can't hold on just take my hand away
Cause I will know that love will find a way
Love will find a way
So true love I am singing from my heart and soul
Want you to know I love you
Jah love is the reason that we're standing here
So let me be clear I love you

If you prefer jah will answer your prayers
So just be up for cause I will always be there and please be careful
To fill your heart up with care
And positivity will follow you everywhere you go
Oh my little brother
B-b-b-bless you my sister
Cause jah loves you mamma
And jah loves you papa

So true love I am singing from my heart and soul
Want you to know I love you
Jah love is the reason that we're standing here
So let me be clear I love you

mike love - jahwakening

This is a jahwakening
Can you feel the quickening
Armaggedon is nearing
The hour is at hand
This is a jahwakening
Prophecy is fulfilling
Freedom fighters arising
We're taking a stand
For the good of man

Cause someplaces it still exists
That goodness that you feel
In every touch and every kiss
That supreme bliss
That deep down in your heart you know
So clear away the blocks and let your lovelight overflow
Human, jahman, woman, overstand
You're only a victim if you choose to be a helpless lamb
So take your stand and grab your freedom while you can
Don't let them lead you by the hand into the slaughter

This is a jahwakening
Can you feel the quickening
Armaggedon is nearing
The hour is at hand
This is a jahwakening
Prophecy is fulfilling
Freedom fighters arising
We're taking a stand
For the good of man

Cause if all there is to life is to slave away from
9 to 5 just to end up in an early grave
To earn a wage, to pay off the debts you accumulate
Got to keep two jobs
Just to keep up with the rising interest rates, oh great
Here comes the bill collectors round again
To take away my home, don't care about my situation
How can we survive when they keep us separated
Got to get together before we all wind up dead

So singers and players, poets and painters unite
Builders and planters, healers and chanters unite
Seers believers, realists and dreamers unite
Students and teachers, atheists and preachers unite
Cause the time is so right and the fruit is so ripe
Our day has become night but we still see the light
So with our hearts and with our hands
We'll make a new start build a new land

We're going back to the beginning
So come and bring your unique gifts
And I'll uplift your creativity
Individuality, truly is a necessity
In this new land we're gonna be free of all negativity
Only truth, love and unity shall manifest in this reality
So come and be part of my family
Pure positivity is our true destiny
I'll be who I am and you'll be who you are
And we'll honor each other so humbly
I'll look in you and see my true reflection
Redirect my introspection
And let my newfound wings expand

And I will be a new man today and
I will be a new man tomorrow
Living in jah love, eliminating sorrow
In jah holy footsteps I will always follow

Wake up call this is your wake up
Call humanity we got no time to stall
Wake up call this is your wake up
Call come on and jump into the waterfall
Wake up call this is your wake up
Call together we can break these prison walls
Wake up call this is your wake up
Call come on
And jump into the water, sons and daughters

This is a jahwakening
Can you feel the quickening
Armaggedon is nearing
The hour is at hand
This is a jahwakening
Prophecy is fulfilling
Freedom fighters arising
We're taking a stand
For the good of man

mike love - let the healing begin

Let the healing begin
Oh, open up and let the love flow in
Let hope and joy come and destroy your suffering
Let the healing begin
'Cause we've been down for too long in babylon
Got to be strong time to move on
We can't afford teh rent no more
Beating our fists upon the door
Won't take no more
Won't stand here wainting contempling on the shore

Cause we're ready for some change
It's time to rearrange
Things are getting so strange this hour
Wicked men sit up in power while the most cower
Choose to believe to be deceived by these cowards
So babylon I'm fading from your site
Babylon I'm fading from your site
Because I know it's gonna be alright
If I give up this fight
And get some sleep tonight

'Cause fighting never did solve anything
And love is all that I man have to bring
Because I'd rather jump and dance and sing
And spend my time swimming
In love everlasting
'Cause if everything they say is true
Then there's no hope for me
No hope for your too
Oh so don't you believe
A single word they say
'Cause they're the ones
Who got us in the fix we're in

Let the healing begin
Oh! Open up and let the love flow in
Let hope and joy come and destroy your suffering
Let the healing begin
I have flown across to foreign lands
And seen the inequalities forced on my fellow man
I have witnessed things that
In my heard I just can't stand
And seen atrocities that have haunted me
I can't overstand

Little children gone for weeks without a bite to eat
Grandmothers laboring broken blisters bloodied on their feet
People drinking sewer water 'cause ther can't get nothing clean
All inocent victims of this money machine
Oh, every single word I say is true
But I got hope for me
I got hope for you too

Oh so don't you believe a single word they say
'Cause they're the ones who got us in the fix we're in
Let the healing begin
Oh! Open up and let the love flow in
Let hope and joy come and destroy your suffering
Let the healing begin
Oh, babylon I'm fading from your site
Oh, babylon I'm fading from your site
Because I know it's gonna be alright
If I give up this fight
And get some sleep tonight

'Cause fighting never did solve anything
And love is all that I man have to bring
Because I'd rather jump and dance and sing
And spend my time swimming
In love everlasting

mike love - love will find a way

I wanna be good, I wanna do better
Wanna live long, be strong, but I know I won't live forever
So while I'm alive, I'm gonna make a spark
And I hope that my life will be a light
Shining bright for those who are lost in the dark
I wanna give love, I wanna have patience
Wanna feel the animal within
Be wild like the wind, but gracious

I'm gonna plant my seeds
I'm gonna watch them grow

And I hope that my forest
Will restore in us a chorus that was lost long ago
I feel the fire burning
I know the tide is turning our way
Though the skies might be gray
In the distance I can see blue
The sun has got to break through someday
And all that's left to say is love will find a way

Wanna hear my people singing
Singing songs of redemption
Singing songs of the truth
Singing songs of the peaceful warrior nation
Singing songs to the gods, of love and thankfulness
'cause we are alive
And we're striving to thrive
And we know that we're blessed
'cause we are the ones
Who come to wipe away the poison
That's been seeping into the heart
That's keeping us apart

Get down to the heart of the matter
All you're gonna find out
Is that all that matters is the heart
And at the end of the day
Love will find a way
How we gonna get anywhere
When everybody's running in place
Are we blind or are we just scared
Scared we're gonna come face to face
And have to face the things that we've done
Come to terms with what we've become

Come around and fix our mistakes
Only love can find a way
When the walls are crumbling
And that deadlines creeping up
When that debt comes calling
And the sky's falling from above
You can always count on love
I wanna swim seas, I wanna climb mountains
Wanna make angels in the snow
Dip my toes in the eternal fountain

Gonna speak the truth, and though I've told some lies
I'm gonna wear my heart out on my sleeve
For you to believe the honesty in my eyes
Keep me warm mama

Like a white dove of peace on a battlefield
Like a hungry, homeless man sharing his only meal
Like a man the doctor's said would die
But he was healed and all he did was pray
Love will find a way

Like a sunbeam breaking through the storm clouds
Like an innocent prisoner breaking out
Like a warrior who wants to run in the face of fear
But he chooses to stay, love will find a way

Like a rose growing out of the concrete
Like a man running marathons with no feet
Like a single mother working three jobs
Just to put food on the plate, love will find a way

Like a deaf man composing a symphony
Like an activist who chains herself up to a tree
Like a man who quits his job to follow his dreams
Without a penny to his name, love will find a way

Like a farmer growing crops in the desert sand
Like a masterpiece painted with a crippled hand
Like a surfer towing in, wearing a grin
Into a sixty foot wave, love will find a way

Like a guitar player, playing 'til his fingers bleed
Like a piano man with arthritis playing 'til three
Like a singer who is hoarse
But he still forces himself to take the stage
Love will find a way

Like a blind man seeing for the first time
Like a songwriter finding meaning in a rhyme
Like a poet who uses words as weapons
And lives to fight another day, love will find a way

Like a warm fire in winter or a summer breeze
Like a child turning her dreams into realities
Like a place where race, religion
Sex or creed or class don't have a name
Love will find a way

mike love - mama 039 s boy

How will your garden ever bear fruit
If you never take time to nurture the roots its
Easy to overstand
You got no future plans
Your arms are scrawny and your skin is pale
You got no dirt under your fingernails
You got a lot to learn
But you got money to burn

Mama's boy, daddy's little girl
Cut of the umbilical get out into the world you've been
Hanging on too long little darling
I think its about time for you to spread your own wings
And you'll find that in time you'll be fine once you learn a few things
You have longed for this song for so long now its your turn to sing

And you'll know that you've grown once your own wings
Have flown and you'll find a new home
That you can call your own but your never gonna know
If you never go and sew your seeds and become whole
No you're never gonna fly if you never try to reach the heights

Mama's boy, daddy's little girl
Cut of the umbilical get out into the world you'll see
Things that you never dreamed of step out
In the world and you might even find love
Mama's boy, daddy's little girl
Cut off the umbilical get out into the world you'll see
Things you never knew existed the world was passing
By and all this time you missed it

And if you're afraid just to make a mistake
Well rewards only come out of chances you take
So break free from the mold stop doing just as your told
Out beyond the end you might make a few new friends
And if you are lost and you can't find your way
Your tongue is all tied you can't find the words to say
Look into your bones the truth is etched there in stone

It has always been waiting for your heart to be awakened
And you'll return, standing firm in all you've
Learned, ready to be a teacher
You have longed for this song for so long
Now its your turn to be the singer
And your voice will carry, echo through the valleys

Like a trumpet set free in three part harmony
If you really wanna see what there is to see
Fulfill your destiny, unfold the mysteries
Then step into the wild blue
Take a look inside you, set yourself free

How will your garden ever bear fruit
If you never take time to nurture the roots its
Easy to overstand, you got no future plans
Your arms are scrawny and your skin is pale
You got no dirt under your fingernails
You got a lot to learn, but you got money to burn

Mama's boy, daddy's little girl
Cut of the umbilical get out into the world
You'll never learn to pick yourself up if you never fall
So cut off the umbilical

mike love - movin 039 on

I've had enough of this foolin' around
Being knocked down and playing the clown
This city life was never meant for me
I've got to get back to the country

So I'm going to spread my wings, fly away
I can't stay another day
I'm leavin' out of babylon
I'm movin' on

Come rally all my people it's time we move
Oh if you're stuck you got to groove
Come on and shake the dust off of your bones
You don't want to be left alone

Cause we've been tricked and fooled for so long
Held captive down in the babylon
So listen to your heart to show you the way
Don't get caught up in hearsay

I've had enough of this foolin' around
Being knocked down and playing the clown
This city life was never meant for me
I've got to get back to the country

Cause everytime I go to town
I see the policeman with his ticket book in his hand
He says license registration and insurance please
He already knows I ain't got none of these

Cause I'm a natural dread just trying to survive
Jah knows I ain't gonna work no 9 to 5
But I got to provide for my youths and my wife
And make sure that they live a good life
But babylon just won't let us be who really want to be
And we've been troddin' for so long
How many more miles 'til we're free

I'm crying from the mountaintop
Oh babylon set my people free yeah

Can't the heathens see
I've had enough of this foolin' around
Being knocked down and playing the clown
This city life was never meant for me
I've got to get back to the country
I've had enough of this mentality
That's poisoning all humanity
It's rising all around me so my man I must flee
I've got to get back to the country

So I'm going to spread my wings, fly away
I can't stay another day
I'm leavin' out of babylon
I'm movin' on

Spread my wings, fly away
I can't stay another day
I'm leavin' out of babylon
I'm movin' on
I'm groovin on

mike love - never retire

From the first moment I opened my eyes
I knew I had a destiny to realize
Cause we are all one people, one creature
one sky, and it is not our fate that we should be divided

And dead soon we all will be
if we can't figure out a way
to live in peace and harmony
The pathway is ours to choose
we got so much to gain, we got even more to lose

The world is changing everyone knows
forests are dying while humanity grows
And why do we feel like we don't have a say
in the fate and the future of our world today

Corporate politicians
hung up on puppet strings
making bad decisions for all of us
With so much under cover
it's only in each other that we can put our trust

(Chorus)
Farmers plant your corn
and trailblazers trod it on
we all must face the dawn together
Singers sing your songs
cause I know it won't be long
this world will die but the spirit is forever

Marching forward, through the never
past returning, beyond forever
now reborn, again
we borrow these hearts and hands
through our joy and our sorrow

And we burn the fire, Rastaman burn the fire

(Chorus)
Cause if into the future we all could see
we'd probably do things a little differently
At least I hope we would have the sense to see
the futility of all this violence

Now we're seeing the damage we've done
we're becoming prisoners of our own sun
and if we are going to survive in these times
we got to leave the past behind

Dust to dust and ashes to ashes, our past is future
future's past, from descendants to ancestors
I and I return forever

Burn the fire, never retire

mike love - no more war

No more war
Lately these days
I get so paranoid
There's so many stories of families broken
Fathers being deployed
All for this war that no one really wants
Too many dog tags
Too many headstones
Too many dying to count

And if we could today we'd bring them all back home
But they'll never listen these politicians
Their hearts have turned to stone
And if we had a voice then by God we'd be heard
But we're so divided
And we're undecided
So we never say a word

And we all go to sleep
Like good little sheet
Never make a peep
So I'm taking a stand
And I'm making demands
And I'll stand even if
I have to stand alone
And say bring the troops back home

With all of the beauty to behould in this world
Why would you want to feed the destruction
With all of the wonders to witness in this world
Why would you want to see armageddon
With all of the things that you could be in this world
Why would you go and be a soldier man

Oh I... Oh I
I think I know why
'Cause when you were three years old
They put a toy gun in your hand
And they showed you shows of g. I. Joe's
How could you overstand
The difference between fiction and reality
Oh, if your parents knew how it impacted you
They would have burned the tv

But they were too busy
Working for the man
Yeah, they were too busy
Just fitting into the plans
So when you were six years old
They put you in the boy scouts
So harmless, it seemed to be marching
Waving the flag about
But they already got you wearing
That uniform on your back
Using weapons, earning medals
Gaining rank in your pack

Yeah, it's the symbolism
That keeps you coming back
Exoteric symbolism
Into your subconscious they tap
Why it's the symbolism
Keep you slipping through the cracks
Yeah, it's the symbolism
Got your mind under attack
But youth put on your thinking cap
Don't get caught up in their trap, no

With all of the creativity in this world
Why would you create nuclear weapons
With all of the wonders to witness in this world
Why would you want to see armageddon
With all of the billion things to be in this world
Oh, why would you go and be a soldier man

Oh, I... Oh, I'm starting to see why
'Cause when you were thirteen years old
You joined the rotc
The high school version of your immersion in the military
They got you dreaming of that m16 in your hand
Heroically killing enemies for democracy in a foreign land

Why it's the mind control
That keeps you killing blindly
Government mind control
Been going on for centuries
So when you were eighteen years old
The recruiters came to your school
With fancy dress and propaganda
Trying to make you their fool
Telling you you're never gonna amount to anything
But look at all the rewards and benefits
Uncle sam can bring

Just sign on the dotted line
The officer says with a grin
Sign your name on the dotted line
Trust in us, we'll take you in
Just pick up the pen and sign
We'll take care of everything
Sign your name on the dotted line
And your bright future can begin
But can you hear the bugle play
As you sign your life away

Give me one good reason
Give me one good outcome
From all of this killing
It don't make no sense
So many are dying
Orphaned babies crying
In the name of freedom
What a false pretense

But all the money
All the power
All the souls that you devour
Mister politician man
Could never equal
To the power of jah love
That I hold in the fingers
Of my pure clean hands

So mister soldier man
I'm begging you to come back home
Oh, military man
Leave them war machines alone
'Cause them politicians sit in their mansion
Reaping all the benefits
While you lay dying in the trenches
And they don't give a shit... No

Oh, lord there's got to be
A better way to communicate
I don't believe that killing men
Makes us more safe
Lord, I know the opposite is true
How 'bout you
Do you buy into the news
Have they got you so confused

When I feel the pressure in the air
I get so scared
Will we live to see another day
Another month, another year
How can I protect my family
From these crazy leaders addicted to war
Tell them we don't need no more of these
Broken dreams and fantasies
All fallen down the well

Oh, daddy's gone
And left his family
A living hell
So many dies
Lifeless they lie
In graves with names unknown

Oh, mommy cries
Waits for her son
Who ain't never coming home
Oh, no... So we don't need
Oh, no, no... We don't need
Oh, no... We don't need no more war
Oh, no... our wounds won't mend
By hurting them
So what are we fighting for
Oh, no, no... We don't need
Oh, no, no... We don't need
Oh, no... We don't need no more war

Not in iraq!
Not in afghanistan... No!
Not in lybia!
Not in isreal!
Palestine, no!
We don't wanna see
No, no more of our brothers
Coming home in body bags
Wrapped up in american flags
Blood in american flags

We don't wanna see, no more
Villages burned to the ground
We don't wanna see, no more
Innocent victims dying
No more orphaned babies crying
We don't want no more... No more
No more war!
Oh, no, no... We don't need
Oh, no, no... We don't need
Oh, no... We don't need no more war

mike love - no regrets

All this time will pass into the past
So if you're happy then make each moment last
Don't hold nothing back
And if you're suffering remember it won't last
Get over it fast
Get back to living and giving love

Life is just a test
I will remember, I will remember
This life ain't over yet
So please remember not to forget

A new born, baby's cry, their very first tears
They are so hopeful and grieve when fathers die after many years
It is a circle of teenagers find love and screw it all up
We are so fearful but somehow invincible

This life is not a curse
There will be hard times, it will get worse
Always do your best
And always remember that you are blessed

Everywhere you go
Plant seeds, love will grow
But remember who you are, are

If you travel far, remember, your heart
Is where your home is
And if you travel to the stars remember your heart
And you won't be homesick or homeless at all

Life is just a test
With many failures and some success
But I will place my best
And I will leave here with no regrets

mike love