We've been waiting so long We've been waiting so long, oh We've been waiting for the sun to rise and shine Shining still to give us the will Can you hear me, the sound of my voice? I am here to tell you I have made my choice I've been listening to what's been going down There's just too much talk and gossip going 'round You may think that I'm a...Learn More

I went out drinking with Thomas Paine He said that all revolutions are not the same They are as different as the cultures That give them birth For no one idea Can solve every problem on Earth So don't expect it all to happen In some prophesied political fashion For people are different And so are nations You can borrow ideas But you can't borrow...Learn More

He's already been inside me And he really didn't say And I really didn't ask him I just hoped and prayed He's already been in side me And I really don't feel well I keep looking in the mirror But it's hard to tell Will he stay by me and take my hand And hold me till I sleep Or will he crumble and fall to the floor and weep Oh feeble man, oh evil...Learn More

At night the Baby Brotherhood and the Inter City Crew Fill their pockets up with calling cards And paint their faces red white and blue Then they go out seeking different coloured faces And anyone else that they can scare And they salute the foes their fathers fought By raising their right hands in the air Oh look how my country's patriots are...Learn More

[Verse 1] I was twenty one years when I wrote this song I'm twenty two now, but I won't be for long People ask when will you grow up to be a man But all the girls I loved at school Are already pushing prams I loved you then as I love you still Though I put you on a pedestal They put you on the pill I don't feel bad about letting you go I just feel...Learn More

I'm the Piccadilly Rambler The streets are my pillow Up Shaftesbury Avenue Down Leicester Square I roam and I rove over London's fair city 'Til some jolly policeman says "Hey, piss off outta there" In a precinctal alleyway Where the rain cannot find me The cold wind and cold-hearted Leave my body alone I sleep and I dream Of my sweet...Learn More

There is power in a union A union between two people And their fruits, the family When you're raising a family You're raising a consciousness can't you see? When you're raising a family You're raising a consciousness can't you see? Raise up your family Not through intimidation but through liberation A child doesn't start to learn at school In...Learn More

Blue velvet America Half glimpsed in the headlights between the trees Who punctured the beauty And invited monsters such as these The pig faced boy, the corrupted clown The grotesque figure who never comes into town Something broken, something stained Something waiting for the worms to claim And you can never go there again Except in...Learn More

I've had relations with girls from many nations I've made passes at women of all classes And just because you're gay I won't turn you away If you stick around I'm sure that we can find some common ground Sexuality - Strong and warm and wild and free Sexuality - Your laws do not apply to me A nuclear submarine sinks off the coast of...Learn More

Dig in boys for an extended stay Those were final orders to come down that day Waiting to be saved in the Philippines You'll wait forever for the young Marines Now I believe to be here is right But I have to say that I'm scared tonight Crouching in this hole with a mouth full of sand What comes first the country or the man? Look at those slanted...Learn More