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There's a train called justice, rolling down the track
There's a train called justice, rolling down the track
When you hear that whistle blowing you know it ain't turning back
There's a lady named liberty, weeping on the shore
There's a lady named liberty, weeping on the shore
Here comes a train called compassion, she won't be crying any more
There's a train called diligence, were all getting right on board
There's a train called diligence, were all getting right on board
When the train reaches the station, integrity will be restored
There's a place called equality, somewhere on the map
There's a place called equality, somewhere on the map
Our GPS is badly broken, we need to load a better app
There's a train called democracy, soaring like an eagle bird
There's a train called democracy, soaring like an eagle bird
From the streets, on the ballet, in the mail, in the booth
Our voices will be heard
There's a train to Unity, we can't get there too soon
There's a train to Unity, we can't get there too soon
It shouldn't be so hard, it's not so very far
We've already made it to the moon
There's a river of love, flowing through our veins
There's a river of love, flowing through our veins
Only love will get us there, as we ride those freedom trains
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Better Angels Prayer
09:15
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There's so much love that gets lost in the dust
When there's so much division and so little trust
What can be said to keep us afloat
We can't see the shore and we're all in one boat, oh no
So with one big hug we, hold each other tight
We close our eyes, to see the light
For deep inside, we know we care
And offer up our better angels prayer, oh yes
May you follow the truth wherever it leads
May your actions be steeped in only good deeds
May joy flow from you with every breath you take
May you live only in love, for goodness sake
That's the better angels prayer
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Don't Wait for Peace
02:50
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In this day of trouble
Just a little peace in the puzzle must be the only way
This beautiful world was put in our hands
With all the beautiful children in it
Now it's time for us to take a stand
Can't wait another minute
Peace must not be a last resort
Love must not be an after thought
Without vision, without courage
Peace may not have anything to say
So give love a chance, stand up for peace, it's not enough to pray
Don't wait for peace, don't wait for peace, don't sit there crying
Don't wait for peace, don't wait for peace, we're all out here trying
with every little thing we do, with every bit of me and you
Don't wait for peace
With every little step we make, with every little breath we take
Don't wait for peace
With every bit of harmony, with every little heart that beats
Don't wait for peace
With every little bit
With every little
Peace must not be the last resort
Don't wait for peace
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One Boat No Shore
03:48
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One boat, no shore
We need kindness, no room for hate anymore
There's no shore, we're all in one boat
We sail, or we sink
It don't matter what any body think
There's no shore, we're all in one boat
We are the captains, who can steer this boat
Toward sweet gentle waters, to keep us afloat
With all our goodness, together and joyfully
We'll pour our loving hearts out
For this democracy
Cause we're all in the same boat
And there's no shore
Can't fool mother nature any more
Cause there's no shore, we're all in one boat
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The Question
03:26
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Who is the one who guides me through this life
And shows me true wealth, protects me from myself
Who is the one, who is the one
Who do I follow, is it vengeance or forgiveness
Is his eye still on the sparrow or oblivious and narrow
Who do I follow, who do I follow
We accept a bounty for our own hearts to share
Not for those that have, but for ones with pockets bare
Is enough never enough for our greed to hold
What is our treasure, to be loving or cold
Is this our heaven
To care for it's earth and nurture it's health
Or jusy suck out it's blood and trade it for wealth
Is this our heaven
Who is the one, painting rainbows so diverse
To behold and adore, or to pluck out a color, to repress and abhor
Who is this one
An outpouring of kindness or anger and blame
Embracing this whole world as one nation
Or do we see only separation
Show me the vision for this creation
We know the one who guides us through this life
Who shows us true wealth, protects us from ourselves
We know the one, we know the one
We have the answers, we see the way
We listen to wisdom, don't always hear it
We all have the answers, we see the way
We all know the one, we all know the one
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I'd like to live where the animals are
In a jungle by the tangle-weed
Where the kangaroo smile so do the crocodile
And the tiger got the monkey treed
And it is just - just in the mind
I'd like to sail over sunfish and whale
To garden in the frosty sea
Where the sweet waters flow and the islanders know
How to be the way they want to be
And it is just - just in the mind
I'd like to go where the cocoa bean grow
And the cucarachas dancing in the sun
Where you get what you get and nobody's upset
Cause there plenty there for everyone
And it is just - just in the mind
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Big Time Losers Blues
08:14
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I'm a Loser - I'm a big-time loser
I'm the biggest loser in the world
A loser like the world has never seen before
A bigger loser since the losers in the civil war
I'm a loser – I'm a big-time – cry baby Loser
70 Million believers couldn't help me win
Even 20,000 lies couldn't hide the unrepented sins
Cheating, bribery, bullying, even the art of the double-deal couldn't get me ahead
Cause I'm a natural born loser and you can't believe a thing I said
I'm a loser – I'm a terrific big-time Loser
I keep digging this rabbit hole deeper and deeper
While the Supremes' keep singing - "losers-weepers"
With boots on the ground at the end of the day
When we break it all down – "losing" is in my DNA
Cause I'm a lalapaloozer, a real doozer of the biggest big-time losers
Just follow me, I got a lot more losing to do
You've already lost your integrity and your dignity too
So you got nothing more to lose – write me a check, stick with me
As we jump off this cliff into the abyss of my alternative reality
Cause I'm a loser, and I've always been a terrific big-time loser
So are you going down with me, where the tyrants burn
Where the truth is buried, where the blind can't learn
Where human kindness leaves no trail or clues
Where the big-time losers sing the big-time losers blues
I'm The loser – can't you see – come sing the big-time losers blues with me
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Like a cool fragrant breeze on a hot summer day
It will come from heaven and sweep your blues away
It will set you free, from the darkness of night … –
Because the truth-is-so-sweet, it's filled with joy
And it's made of light
So don't you shy away from the truth cause it's your friend
Without it there is no love no God no good around the bend
So put your faith in truth right now there is nothing else
That can offer up such miracles and protect you from yourself
The cleverness of ignorance, the conspiracy of doubt
Will grab you by your kind soul, and turn you inside out
So don't you shy away from the truth cause it's your friend
Without it there is no love no God no good around the bend
So put your faith in truth right now there is nothing else
That can offer up such miracles and protect you from yourself
Like a cool fragrant breeze on a hot summer day
It will come from heaven and sweep your blues away
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One
04:31
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The universe just weeps with joy
When every mother's girl, and every father's boy
Lives in this world as one
In paradise a pair of hearts are one
But not only two are one, the world of hearts are one
In paradise
A pair of eyes, look out and see one world as one
And then we realize, that you and you and you and I
And everyone and everything is one
And then fear and anger's song is gone and only love is sung
In paradise
Like a raindrop falling into the ocean
It already is, what it will become
And when we part, and our part is done
We will still be part of one
We are raindrops falling into the ocean
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Corky Siegel Chicago, Illinois
Corky Siegel is known internationally as one of the worlds great blues harmonica players, blues pianist, singer-songwriter, Co-founder of the SIEGEL-SCHWALL BAND, and Blues Hall of Fame Inductee, Corky Siegel has a catalogue of recordings on RCA, Vanguard, Alligator, and million selling blues/classical recordings on the iconic classical label Deutsche Grammophon. ... more
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