Listen Without Prejudice
Lyrics from "Listen Without Prejudice" album
Praying
for Time
Freedom
'90
They
Won't Go When I Go
Something
to Save
Cowboys
and Angels
Waiting
for that Day
Mother's
Pride
Heal
the Pain
Soul
Free
Waiting
- reprise -
Praying for Time
These are the days of the open
hand
They might just be the last
Look around now
These are the days of the
beggars and the choosers
This is the year of the hungry
man
Whose place is in the past
Hand in hand with ignorance
And legitimate excuses
The rich declare themselves
poor
And most of us are not sure
If we have too much
But we'll take our chances
'Cause God's stopped keeping
score
I guess somewhere along the
way
He must have let us all out
to play
Turned his back and all God's
children
Crept out the back door
And it's hard to love, there's
so much to hate
Hanging on to hope
When there is no hope to speak
of
And the wounded skies above
say it's much too much too late
Well maybe we should all be
praying for time
These are the days of the empty
hand
Oh you hold on to what you
can
And charity is a coat you
wear twice a year
This is the year of the guilty
man
Your television takes a stand
And you find that what was
over there is over here
So you scream from behind your
door
Say what's mine is mine and
not yours
I may have too much but I'll
take my chances
'Cause God's stopped keeping
score
And you cling to the things
they sold you
Did you cover your eyes when
they told you
That he can't come back
'Cause he has no children
to come back for
It's hard to love there's so
much to hate
Hanging on to hope when there
is no hope to speak of
And the wounded skies above
say it's much too late
So maybe we should all be
praying for time
- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -
Freedom '90
I won't let you down
I will not give you up
Gotta have some faith in the
sound
It's the one good thing that
I've got
I won't let you down
So please don't give me up
Because I would really, really
love to stick around
Heaven knows I was just a young
boy
Didn't know what I wanted
to be
I was every little hungry
schoolgirl's pride and joy
And I guess it was enough
for me
To win the race? A prettier
face!
Brand new clothes and a big
fat place
On your rock and roll TV
But today the way I play the
game is not the same
No way
Think I'm gonna get me some
happy
I think there's something you
should know
I think it's time I told you
so
There's something deep inside
of me
There's someone else I've
got to be
Take back your picture in
a frame
Take back your singing in
the rain
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes do not
make the man
All we have to do now
Is take these lies and make
them true somehow
All we have to see
Is that I don't belong to
you
And you don't belong to me
Freedom
You've gotta give for what
you take
Freedom
You've gotta give for what
you take
Heaven knows we sure had some
fun boy
What a kick just a buddy and
me
We had every big shot good-time
band on the run boy
We were living in a fantasy
We won the race
Got out of the place
I went back home got a brand
new face
For the boys on MTV
But today the way I play the
game has got to change
Oh yeah
Now I'm gonna get myself happy
I think there's something you
should know
I think it's time I stopped
the show
There's something deep inside
of me
There's someone I forgot to
be
Take back your picture in
a frame
Don't think that I'll be back
again
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes do not
make the man
All we have to do now
Is take these lies and make
them true somehow
All we have to see
Is that I don't belong to
you
And you don't belong to me
Freedom
You've gotta give for what
you take
Freedom
You've gotta give for what
you take
Well it looks like the road
to heaven
But it feels like the road
to hell
When I knew which side my
bread was buttered
I took the knife as well
Posing for another picture
Everybody's got to sell
But when you shake your ass
They notice fast
And some mistakes were built
to last
That's what you get
I say that's what you get
That's what you get for changing your mind
And after all this time
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes
Do not make the man
I'll hold on to my freedom
May not be what you want from
me
Just the way it's got to be
Lose the face now
I've got to live
- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -
They Won't Go When I Go
No more lying friends
Wanting tragic ends
Though they do pretend
They won't go when I go
All those bleeding hearts
With sorrows to impart
Were right here from the start
And they won't go when I go
And I'll go where I've longed
To go so long
Away from tears
Gone from painful cries
Away from saddened eyes
Along with him I'll bide
Because they won't go when
I go
Big men feeling small
Weak ones standing tall
I will watch them fall
They won't go when I go
And I'll go where I've longed
To go so long
Away from tears
Unclean minds mislead the pure
The innocent will leave for
sure
For them there is a resting
place
People sinning just for fun
They will never see the sun
For they can never show their
faces
There ain't no room for the
hopeless sinner
Who will take more than he
will give
He ain't hardly gonna give
The greed of man will be
Far away from me
And my soul will be free
They won't go when I go
Since my soul conceived
All that I believe
The kingdom I will see
'Cause they won't go when
I go
When I go
Where I'll go
No one can keep me
From my destiny
- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -
Something to Save
If you've got something to
say
Why don't you say it
If you've got something to
give
Why don't you give it to me
Day after day I have to say
it
We're moving further from
heaven
And closer to the deep blue
sea
'Cause I have no secrets from
you
And I have nothing left to
hide
And I'm open to all your questions
Why can't you reach inside
Like I have
Like I have for you
And all these games that you
play
Don't tell me how a man should
be
Some would say if you knew
You wouldn't be here with
me
I love you
I still love you
But I guess it's time to let
you be
'Cause I have no secrets from
you
And I have nothing left to
hide
And I'm so tired of all these
questions
'Cause maybe you just changed
your mind
Like I have
Like I have
Like I have
Like I have
When I was at your doorstep
You told me to look around
Said come in
You and your heart sit down
But you'd better watch your
step
'Cause you're not far from
the ground
And one fine day this all
falls down
Like I have
Like I have
If you've got something to
say
Why don't you say it
If you've got something to
give
Why don't you give it to me
Day after day I have to say
it
If we've got something to
save
Why don't we save it
- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -
Cowboys and Angels
When your heart's in someone
else's hands
Monkey see and monkey do
Their wish is your command
You're not to blame
Everyone's the same
All you do is love and love
is all you do
I should know by now, the
way I fought for you
You're not to blame
Everyone's the same
I know you think that you're
safe
Mister
Harmless deception
That keeps love at bay
It's the ones who resist that
we most want to kiss
Wouldn't you say?
Cowboys and angels
They all have the time for
you
Why should I imagine
That I'd be a find for you
Why should I imagine
That I'd have something to
say
But that scar on your face
That beautiful face of yours
In your heart there's a trace
Of someone before
When your heart's in someone
else's plans
Things you say and things
you do
They don't understand
It's such a shame
Always ends the same
You can call it love but I
don't think it's true
You should know by now
I'm not the boy for you
You're not to blame
Always ends the same
I know you think that you're
safe
Sister
Harmless affection
That keeps things this way
It's the ones who persist
for the sake of a kiss
Who will pay
Cowboys and angels
They all take a shine to you
Why should I imagine that
I was designed for you
Why should I believe
That you would stay
But that scar on your face
That beautiful face of yours
Don't you think that I know
They've hurt you before
Take this man to your bed
Maybe his hands will help
you forget
Please be stronger than your
past
The future may still give
you a chance
- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -
Waiting for that Day
So every day I see you in some
other face
They crack a smile, talk a
while
Try to take your place
My memory serves me far too
well
I just sit here on this mountain
thinking to myself
You're a fool boy
Why don't you go down
Find somebody
Find somebody else
My memory serves me far too
well
It's not as though we just
broke up
It's not as though it was
yesterday
But something I just can't
explain
Something in me needs this
pain
I know I'll never see your
face again
C'mon now
I've got to be strong now
Now everybody's talking about
this new decade
Like you say the magic numbers
Then just say goodbye to
The stupid mistakes you made
Oh my memory serves me far
too well
Don't you know that
The years will come and go
Some of us will change our
lives
Some of us still have nothing
to show
Nothing baby
But memories
And if these wounds
They are self-inflicted
I don't really know
How my poor heart could have
protected me
But if I have to carry this
pain
If you will not share the
blame
I deserve to see your face
again
C'mon now
You don't have to be so strong
now
Come back
Come back to me darling
I will make it worth your
while
Come back to your baby
I miss your kiss
I miss your smile
Seems to me the peace I search
to find
Ain't going to be mine until
you say you will
Don't you keep me waiting
for that day
I know, I know, I know
You hear these words that
I say
You can't always get what you want
- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -
Mother's Pride
Oh she knows
She takes his hand
And prays the child will understand
At the door they watch the
men go by
In the clothes that daddy
wore
Mothers pride
Baby Boy
His father's eyes
He's a soldier waiting for
war
Time will come
He'll hold a gun
His father's son
And as he grows
He hears the band
Takes the step from boy to
man
And at the shore she waves
her son goodbye
Like the man she did before
Mothers pride
Just a boy
His country's eyes
He's a soldier waving at the
shore
And in her heart the time
has come
To lose a son
And all the husbands, all the
sons, all the lovers gone
They make no difference
No difference in the end
Still hear the woman say your
daddy died a hero
In the name of God and man
Mothers pride
Crazy boy
His lifeless eyes
He's a soldier now forevermore
He'll hold a gun till kingdom
come
- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -
Heal the Pain
Let me tell you a secret
Put it in your heart and keep
it
Something that I want you
to know
Do something for me
Listen to my simple story
And maybe we'll have someting
to show
You tell me you're cold on
the inside
How can the outside world
Be a place that your heart
can embrace
Be good to yourself
Because nobody else
Has the power to make you
happy
How can I help you
Please let me try to
I can heal the pain
That you're feeling inside
Whenever you want me
You know that I will be
Waiting for the day
That you say you'll be mine
He must have really hurt you
To make you say the things
that you do
He must have really hurt you
To make those pretty eyes
look so blue
He must have known
That he could
That you'd never leave him
Now you can't see my love
is good
And that I'm not him
How can I help you
Please let me try to
I can heal the pain
That you're feeling inside
Whenever you want me
You know that I will be
Waiting for the day
That you say you'll be mine
Who needs a lover
That can't be a friend
Something tells me I'm the
one you've been looking for
If you ever should see him
again
Won't you tell him you've
found someone who gives you more
Someone who will protect you
Love and respect you
All those things
That he never could bring
to you
Like I do
Or rather I would
Won't you show me your heart
Like you should
Won't you let me in
Let this love begin
Won't you show me your heart
now
I'll be good to you
I can make this thing true
And get to your heart somehow
- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -
Soul Free
Higher, higher
Won't you come with me
Baby gonna get my soul free
Now you and me
I guess we see things differently
We're night and day
A bad connection some would
say
And I don't want nothing to
change
I don't want nothing to change
Because
When you touch me baby
I don't have no choice
Oh that sweet temptation
In your voice
Higher, higher
Won't you come with me
Baby gonna get my soul free
Now seems to me
Some things have just got
to be
The games we play
Break up make-up day by day
And I don't want nothing to
change
Said I don't want nothing
to change
Because
When you touch me baby
I don't have no choice
Oh that sweet temptation
In your voice
Higher, higher
Won't you come with me
Baby gonna get my soul free
- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -
Waiting ( reprise )
Well there ain't no point in
moving on
Until you've got somewhere
to go
And the road that I have walked
upon
Well it filled my pockets
And emptied out my soul
All those insecurities
That have held me down for
so long
I can't say I've found a cure
for these
But at least I know them
So they're not so strong
You look for your dreams in
heaven
But what the hell are you
supposed to do
When they come true?
Well there's one year of my
life in the songs
And some of them are about
you
Now I know there's no way
I can write those wrongs
Believe me
I would not lie you've hurt
my pride
And I guess there's a road
without you
But you once said
There's a way back for every
man
So here I am
Don't people change, here
I am
Is it too late to try again
- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop
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