The John Butler Trio Album

Don't call me hippy cause the way that I look ,
Cause I got a recipe and you know I can cook
And I come forth with only good intent,
You know I am Heaven bound but I'm surely hell bent
On getting the job done like I know I should,
Get the job done like my momma told me to.
Only one thing can remember she said,
You gotta earn all of your respect.

And I don't care what race or what colour or what creed
All that shit don't bother me,
Only one thing that you should not forget ,
You gotta treat you mama wit respect

And I don't care what fashion the styling of yo hair,
I don't care about the car or the clothes you do wear.
Only one thing that you should not forget ,
You gotta treat yo mama with respect.

I got a couple of friends up in a tree in North-Cliff
You know they're doing their part

You know they're doing their bit.
Trying to save our Mother from all this greed
You know they know what she wants ,
You know they know what she needs.
I got a couple of Sista's in South Australia,
Stopping the Uranium from coming up,
Oh yeah man you know they know what she need.

They're stopping all of that Government Corporate Greed!

Well there's far too many questions to ask,
To answer any of them tonight.
For I wear too many masks,
Too tell if any of them are wrong or right.
And confusion casts a shadow up on me,
Like a great big cloud in the sky.
And now I pray for rain,
Cause it's been so long since i let myself cry.

For so long I've sang this sad ol' song,
And it feels like my time is up.
For she came and landed in my arms,
And she filled my half empty cup.
Yes she filled my half empty cup.

There you are right in front of me,
A brand new day sunrise over sea.
No longer my cup half empty cause there you are,
You and your mum in front of me, in front of me.

And now I look up above me,
And I thank that great ol' God in the sky.
For tellin' me my cup ain't half empty,
It took my little girl to show me why.

Your peaches & cream to me.
You both are peaches & cream to me.
All I know is
All I know and
I love you...

Ben got a job at the Mine along the way
He said everything was fine until that fateful day
That's when his luck started to change
The day he went to help and go blow up that Mountain Range
Ben moved to Town a year ago or maybe more
Straight out of Highschool, the whole he had in store
Wanted to travel, needed some dough
Everybody worked the Mines
Why should he say no?

Don't ask him why, he can't explain
Why now things for him have changed
It's not his land, they're not his songs
He can't work out why he don't belong

{Chorus}

He part of Company, part of Company, part of Company Sin
Won't someone please tell the lad when Humbug did begin?
Part of Company, part of Company, part of Company Sin
Won't someone please tell the lad when Humbug did begin?

Now legend has it, or so they say
The Bones of an Ancient People, yeah that's where they lay
And their Descendants hold close to heart
Oh, that Mountain Range Ben was helping blow apart
And so I said for Ben things weren't quite right
Now he's waking up screaming every single night
Hearing voices in a different tongue
The screaming of the Old, yeah, the screaming of the Young

Don't ask him why, he can't explain
Why now he feels in so much pain
It's not his land, they're not his songs
He can't work out why he don't belong

{Chorus}

Now Ben's moved on - job left him a while back
Now he's thanking God that his boss gave him the sack
But in the mirror, yes he can face
The day he stopped helping go blow up that Sacred Place

{Chorus}

What you want to say,
Wait till you get home.
I'm sick of communicating over the
Telephone.
But tell me how you feel,
For I am lonely too
Need you to know
I'm just as cold & numb as you.

But I could fly away,
Or I could be no one.
And you could be the
Sunshine falling over the Mountains

Or you could come to stay
You could come right home
Don't use why I have to
Live this life all alone.

I know there is a way to make up for old Mistakes
And I know what's happening is for a reason
I know

Where you run is where you hide ,
Better hope you're hiding well
Cause when the angle catches you
You know you're damned to Hell

Damned to Hell is what you are
Can you hear the Church Bells toll
and all the money in the world
Can't save your sorry soul.

And when you reach the Pearly Gates
And Peter reads your tale
He'll send you back from whence you came
Back to your living Hell

Damned to Hell is what you are
Can you hear the Church Bells toll
And all the money you have made
Can't save your sorry Soul.

And I believe there comes a time,
When justice does prevail.
It may not be in my lifetime ,
for you that's just as well.

Damned to Hell is what you are
Can you hear the Church Bells toll
And all the money you have made
Can't save your sorry soul...

Hello, Hello, whats going through your head,
Hell there boy better get it readâЂ¦

You used to be so real
And all of your love everybody did feel
But now your turning into a fake
And all our hearts yeah you do break
Cause of all those drugs you do take
One big asshole of you it does make
Sticking all that shit up your nose

Hell man that's where all your money goes.
Then you start ripping off your friends,
Hell yeah man that's where my story ends
Going around to your Mum and Dads

Sticking all their valuables into bags.
Going around to the hockshop
So once again man you can go and get ripped off
But what your looking for inside
It's up jumped gone and died

Don't your see your wrongs
They can't all be right.
Can't you see your days,
They've turned into night.
Can't you see the sun,
Can't you see the moon,
Can't you see that Karma will be coming for you.
Hello!

Ripping off your friends,
Now I don't mind just a little indulgence,
But you gotta do it with a conscience.

Now all your into is drugs.
Talking your shit man hanging with thugs.
Speed equals confidence imagine that
But you be acting like a spoiled brat,
Thinking that everythings your way
Getting what you want but you don't have to pay

Don't listen to a word anyone say .
Your gonna wind up in the lockup some day ~

Hello!

I walk for miles, circumnavigate these lands.
Walking blindly, holding out my hands.
And I pass the stones, that remind me why I am here.
I follow the setting sun, and you were there.

Don't you see what she done to me.
I was running blind, but now I can be.
If there's just one sign, hell you know I can see.
Girl I'm meant for you, you are meant for me.

So I say,
I'm bound to ramble,
All my days with another.
All my days.

Her teachings in every day.
And boy I know she ain't preaching, but I feel the need to pray.
She's like the ocean size pounding on my shores.
Knocking down all my walls, opening up all my doors.

So I say,
I'm bound to ramble,
All my days with another.
All my days.

My love of you.
Ramble away.
'Cos I'm bound to ramble.
With my lover, all my days.

I'm bound to ramble x 8

Why do I deserve such a visit
From the one I thought I'd never meet.
Beyond my greatest expectations.
You exceeded everything.
Well here I am

Take me for what you see
For I'm transparent in the light of you.
And look inside,
See that fire burning bright
The same one that you rekindled inside me

My mouth was dry
only you quenched my thirst
I thought I was last
You told me I was first.

And I thought I was seeing Angels
And now I know I was.
your wings around me
Feel good they always does.

So there I was
Ain't the same man I used to be
But do you still like what you see in me.

Still see through,
always will be with you.
can you stand to see my vulnerability

For I am frightened
Shed so much I clung onto
The only things I have left is this guitar and you.

Nowhere to run
Been out here too long
Under the sun.
Am I too afraid
To get some.
To afraid to give myself some shade
I hope and pray I do some day.

There'll come a time
When you may want just a little more
Societys luxuries are not what you had in store.
They offer no security for your soul.
So Mother Earth is what you need
Maybe this is what you be looking for.

Oh Mother Earth
Got to respect her
She's all around me
Under my feet you know I got to remember,
Mother Earth
Got to defend her.
And to defend her I must respect myself
You know I got to remember
I must remember.

There'll come a time
When we can't take anymore
When the air that we breathe
Has left us rotten to the core
And the water that we drink
You know its no good to drink any more
Do we have to let it go,
Do we have to let it go this far?

Beautiful moon shining over the ocean
Don't you know I'll do it all for you.
Give up my days and my tomorrows
If the words I singing are not true.
Cause in this world and the others
Not a thing that I wouldn't do
Mother Earth your in my soul.
It's my blood your running through.

Must respect myself to respect her,
Must respect myself to Defend her.
Must respect myself to respect her.
Must respect myself.

I could be loud man I could be silent
I could be young man or I could be old
I could be a gentleman or I could be violent
I could turn hot man or I could be cold
I could be just like the calm before the storm boy waiting for all hell yeah to break loose
I could be innocent or I could be guilty
Doesn't mean that I won't believe in the news so I'm singing

I could be rich like a wondering gypsy
I could be poor like a fat wallet lost
I could be the first man or I could come last
It's not who breaks the ribbon boy it's how you get across
I could be red blue black or white sunset as dark as a day boy or bright as a night
I could be the sun boy or I could be the moon
I made it from the stars boy I'm shining so bright so I'm singing

I could be asleep boy or I could be awake
I could be alive and a be the walking dead
I could be ignorant or I could be informed
I could lead my life man or I could be lead
I could be anything I put my mind to boy all I gotta do is give myself a half a chance
I could bring love back into my life
And share it with the world if I had some balance

Sista, Sista, why can't you see
That I'm a part of you
And you're a part of me
And all I want is to be your friend
So Sista, Sista, won't you let me in

Cos all your life I have seen you grow
And yes you are, you're a beautiful woman,
And all I wanted is the best for you
Even though sometimes
Me meaning gets confused

But all I can do is let you know
That I'll be there when ever you call
Cos I am your family
I am a part of you and you're a part of me

So, Sista, Sista, do you feel alone
Cos the family's apart and brothers all left home,
And all you want is someone to talk to
But there's no-one there

I'm here, whenever you need me
I'm here, I am your family
I'm here, whenever you are down
All you got to do is look around

And there I am, and there I am

Know I don't get to see you much anymore
But all you got to do is give me a call
And there I'll be, yes I'll be there for you
You'll have someone to talk to
Cos I am your family
And I'm a part of you, and you're a part of me
There isn't a single thing I would not do
Give it all away for you
For you

Old man he looks out the window
You know he gets quite a fright.
Whole world has gone and changed on him
Feels like it was overnight.
He saw a world war yeah it came and went
The man walked on the moon right there in his living room
Saw that TV become a relgion,
The Wall came down and Big Mac beat the communists.

Feels like it was overnight.
Oh god it feels like it was overnight.
Feels like it was overnight
Oh god it feels like it was overnight.

Old man looks out the window
You know he can not open it anymore.
The air outside its gone to rancid
And the doctor said for him you know it wouldn't be so good for
He saw a hole start opening up in the sky
He's buying water man he doesn't even know why
The smog alerts don't let him even go outside
And then he start he start to think
When the Earth it start to die.

Feel like it was overnight
Oh god it feels like it was overnight.
Feels like it was overnight
Oh god it feels like it was overnight.

Enjoy your last.
Last taste of freedom!

Old man he bars up the windows
You know he does not feel so safe anymore.
he come from those supposed good ole days
When you did not even have to go lock your doors
He saw security man look Police man
Saw the Police start looking like the Army Man,
He saw Army start acting like the C.I.A
And guess what, the C.I.A was the president.

Feels like it was overnight
Oh god it feels like it was overnight.
Feels like it was overnight
Oh god it feels like it was overnight.

Enjoy your last.
Last taste of freedom!

If you just want to know something.
All you got to do Is ask me.
Cause though the sunsets all around us
The truth is often plain to see.

I know you been going through some hard times
Yes I have been there too before
And thought the truth is sometimes hard to hear
It's harder still to ignore

It doesn't gotta be this way
You don't gotta worry about what everybody might say
You just gotta follow your heart.
Right now yeah man right from the start.

I know we don't always see eye to eye
I guess it's different things that were trying to find
But if we can't look each other stone cold in the face
Yes you know we might as well be blind.

Does not mean one of us is wrong man
Does not mean one of us is right
Does not mean yeah we just get along
Just because we don't fight

I be up sometimes, down sometimes
We're often in between but mostly in the middle
You be up sometimes, your down sometimes
We're often in between but mostly in the middle
I'm up sometimes, your down sometimes
We're often in between but mostly in the middle
You're up sometimes, I'm down sometimes
We're often in between but mostly in the middle
We be up sometimes, we're down sometimes
We're often in between but mostly in the middle

A little feeling in my gut that I get of late
When I think about these cats running the world with hate
I say: something's gotta give

Got the whole world fighting for the Texas tea
Got a little for you, I got a little for me
But the kettle's leaking like a sieve

There's a puddle on the floor
There's a puddle in the sky
The kettle's leaking so much man it's burning my eyes yeah
Can't you just throw that damper out

On the subject of throwing stuff away
I know some deaf men who can't hear a word we say
No matter, No matter how loud we do shout

And I say...

Something's gotta give right now boy
Something's gotta give right now for you
Something's gotta give right now man
Something's gotta give right now

I was reading the newspaper just yesterday
Got the headlines reading God bless the USA
And I thought: God Bless Everyone

God bless the people in New York when they were attacked
God bless the children being bombed there in Iraq
God bless the goddamn junkie with a monkey on his back
God bless everybody under the sun

Cause the world ahead will end if we don't got love
Do your job and pay attention to God above
But eventually the only guarantee will be that the tea in your tank will run dry

Because without love you know there aint no life
You can duplicate it and bottle it up all you like
But it doesn't mean you're gonna get another try
Get another try boy

Something's gotta give right now boy
Something's gotta give right now P-Yoo
Something's gotta give right now man
Something's gotta give right now

I Said..
Something's gotta give right now boy
Something's gotta give right now (Yeah)
Something's gotta give right now
Something's gotta give right now.....