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Joey could croon with the best of 'em.

I don't think anyone ever found paradise, 'cuz paradise is based on lies

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• Brand New Day | Sting

• LYRICS.
  How many of you people out there
  Been hurt in some kind of love affair
  And how many times do you swear that you'll never love again?
  
  How many lonely, sleepless nights
  How many lies, how many fights
  And why would you want to put yourself through all that again?
  
  "Love is pain," I hear you say
  Love has a cruel and bitter way
  Of paying you back for all the faith you ever had in your brain
  
  How could it be that what you need the most
  Can leave you feeling just like a ghost?
  You never want to feel so sad and lost again
  
  One day you could be looking
  Through an old book in rainy weather
  You see a picture of her smiling at you
  When you were still together
  You could be walking down the street
  And who should you chance to meet
  But that same old smile that you've been thinking of all day
  
  You can turn the clock to zero, honey
  I'll sell the stock, we'll spend all the money
  We're starting up a brand new day
  
  Turn the clock all the way back
  I wonder if she'll take me back
  I'm thinking in a brand new way
  
  Turn the clock to zero, sister
  You'll never know how much I missed her
  Starting up a brand new day
  
  Turn the clock to zero, boss
  The river's wide, we'll swim across
  Started up a brand new day
  
  It could happen to you - just like it happened to me
  There's simply no immunity - there's no guarantee
  I say love's such a force - if you find yourself in it
  And sometimes no reflection is there
  
  Baby wait a minute, wait a minute
  Wait a minute, wait a minute
  Wait a minute, wait a minute
  
  Turn the clock to zero, honey
  I'll sell the stock, we'll spend all the money
  We're starting up a brand new day
  
  Turn the clock to zero, Mac
  I'm begging her to take me back
  I'm thinking in a brand new way
  
  Turn the clock to zero, boss
  The river's wide, we'll swim across
  Started up a brand new day
  
  Turn the clock to zero buddy
  Don't wanna be no fuddy duddy
  Started up a brand new day
  
  I'm the rhythm in your tune
  I'm the sun and you're the moon
  I'm a bat and you're the cave
  You're the beach and I'm the wave
  I’m the plow and you’re the land
  You're the glove and I'm the hand
  I'm the train and you're the station
  I'm a flagpole to your nation - yeah
  
  Stand up all you lovers in the world
  Stand up and be counted every boy and every girl
  Stand up all you lovers in the world
  Starting up a brand new day
  
  I'm the present to your future
  You're the wound and I’m the suture
  You're the magnet to my pole
  I'm the devil in your soul
  You're the pupil I'm the teacher
  You're the church and I'm the preacher
  You're the flower I'm the rain
  You're the tunnel I'm the train
  
  Stand up all you lovers in the world
  Stand up and be counted every boy and every girl
  Stand up all you lovers in the world
  Starting up a brand new day
  
  You're the crop to my rotation
  You're the sum of my equation
  I'm the answer to your question
  If you follow my suggestion
  We can turn this ship around
  We'll go up instead of down
  You're the pan and I'm the handle
  You're the flame and I'm the candle
  
  Stand up all you lovers in the world
  Stand up and be counted every boy and every girl
  Stand up all you lovers in the world
  We're starting up a brand new day

You've gotta die, gotta die, gotta die for your government?
Die for your country? That's shit!
There's a Gulf War vet, dying a slow, cold death
And the government says, "We don't know the source of his sickness."
But don't believe what they say, because your government is lying
They've done it before and don't you know they'll do it again
A secret test, government built virus
"Subject Test Group: Gulf Battle Field Troops"
You've gotta die, gotta die, gotta die for your government?
Die for your country? That's shit!
First World War veterans slaughtered, by General Eisenhower
You give them your life, they give you a stab in the back
Radiation, agent orange, tested on US souls
Guinea pigs for Western corporations
I never have, I never will
Pledge allegiance to their flag
You're getting used, you'll end up dead!
You've gotta die, gotta die, gotta die for your government?
Die for your country? That's shit!
I don't need you to tell me what to do
And I don't need you to tell me what to be... FUCK YOU!
I don't need you to tell me what to say
And I don't need you to tell me what to think! What to think!
What to think, what to think, what to think, think, think, think!
You've gotta die, gotta die, gotta die for your government?
Die for your country? That's shit!





And so the time has finally come
the bourgeoisie has signed the war decree with proletariat blood
and that blood which flows from their pen
is the closest that they've ever been to the people
you've been to our shows
you've sung our songs
now we're asking you to add to each chorus you've sung and
protest, against, injustice, state terror
on the streets of the world
for the disempowered
you've sung at our shows
cheered right over wrong
now it's time to hit the streets
back up those words you've sung
because our voices alone this time will not get it done
looking to stop a rogue regime?
well the first ones that we must confront is WASHINGTON, DC!
the bush "terror war", UNCONSTITUTIONAL, UNCONSCIENABLE
we refuse to let him kill, in our name for oil
we know their game
know they're corrupt
it's up to us to hit the streets,time to take our rights back!
protest, against, injustice, state terror
on the streets of the world
for the disempowered
you've sung at our shows
cheer ed right over wrong
now it's time to hit the streets
back up those words you've sung
because our voices alone this time will not get it done
because the people, united will get it done
protest, against injustice, state terror
it's up to us to hit the streets,time to take our rights back!
protest, against, injustice, state terror
on the streets of the world
for the disempowered
you've sung at our shows
cheer ed right over wrong
now it's time to hit the streets
back up those words you've sung
because our voices alone this time will not get it done
because the people, united will get it done
protest, against injustice, state terror
on the streets of the world for the disempowered

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I'd just like to say I have always found allegro's contributions to be utterly inspiring.

Thank you very much, allegro.

Those lyrics from sting. Phew. Those are some powerful lyrics there.

I wonder what sting knows.

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Thank You, Hammer of Los, for those kind words. It's probably no surprise that I mostly surprise myself with vids I find to post. Seriously .

I couldn't imagine what Sting would know philosophically that we RIers don't know or haven't already considered, in one way or another. The Brand New Day imagery is quite a spectacle, I think, and that's enjoyable.

All good things to you and to All. ~ A.

I've posted this before but not since NINE SEVENTEEN



We can live our own lives; fuck authority!
What is wrong we'll decide; fuck authority!
You need not to fight; fuck authority!
Stand up for your rights; fuck authority!
Officials give us too much shit
No longer can I deal with it
They try and push and shove me around
They try and knock me to the ground
They tell me how to act and what not to wear
They say be polite and do not swear
Fuck authority!
Do it just your own way; fuck authority!
Don't listen to what they say; fuck authority!
What gives them the right; fuck authority!
This is America, man; fuck authority!
Life is laughing in my face
I am sick of the human race
Getting knocked all about
Makes me wanna scream and shout
Don't we live in the land of the free
Give me death or liberty
Fuck authority!!!

NINE SEVENTEEN CHANGED EVERYTHING

From Ken Russell's final feature, The Fall of the Louse of Usher: