The Nightwatchman piosenki

Sick of the waiting and praying and hoping Sick of the cold whispered dreams and not knowing Sick of the strength that it takes to keep going Sick as I'm losing this fight and it's showing Aah aah unforgivable but true Aah aah I'm alone without you Sick of t...

Battle hymns for the broken Battle hymns for the misled Battle hymns for the wretched The forgotten and the dead Battle hymns of redemption Of solidarity and pride Battle hymns we will be singing At the turning of the tide Can you explain to the mothers And t...

It started in basements And it started in sheds It started in backyards And was hidden under beds I turned on the TV Don't believe a word they say We can't stay here And we can't get away There's a riot on Sunset And fires burn in the park The sun has set my...

Now you might have heard different But I know it's a fact That Jesus, Mary, Joseph And the Apostle Paul were black Ten letters I am writing Each one reads the same Nine circles I am drawing One around your name Land and freedom Steel and faith Tooth and bone...

With downcast eyes the multitudes set as the cattle cars pulled along the rusty tracks one raised his hand in the fading light said excuse me sir this doesn't seem right and now he's gone like whispers gone like rain gone like the faithful while the fait...

Fred hampton went to heaven On a matress soaked in blood at 21 his every word set fire to the nieghbourhood On the bed he held her tightly his bullet riddled wife one hundred deadly bullets man in theory took his life (chorus) This house is haunted with right...

It's in the grain of the wood It's in the needle's rust It's in the eagle's claw It's in the eyes you trust It's in the jackal's dreams It's in the sleet and the hail It's in the unmarked box That came today in the mail It's in the dead man's pocket It's in th...

I am red I am black I am city born Mama got scared crawled far from home I am a faceless nameless right or wrong I'm fearless, hopeless sing my song I call the lights It begins tonight On stage with borrowed angel sword And a crossword puzzle of stolen...

I've been tearing And I've been torn The temple steps Are smooth and warm What Juda's been doing There ain't no knowing On the olive vines Something different is growing Lazarus on down Lazarus on down C'mon, let's push on through No, let's go around Lazarus...

There's a man homeless and hungry There's a wind that's hard and biting There's a song in need of singing There's a fuse in need of light It's no secret the day is coming And it's a day I hope to see But if they ask If they ask you brother Who told you that Yo...

This one's for the shoeshine boy And the farmer in debt Each string is barbed wire Each chord is a threat This blues guy I met That never had a hit Said you don't gotta be loud, son To be heavy as shit Well I'm the triggerman, baby And tonight I'll prove That...

There's an old green shed at the end of an overgrown driveway And years ago that shed collapsed and fell Years before that there was a withered dog chained up there I saved him, maybe he saved me as well Now he's gone and I think I've come undone And it's midn...

She want him, want him not to go He said I, I’ve got to go She whispered I, I love you so He said I, I’ve got to go [ Chorus ] Night falls on the river valley Night falls on the minds and fields Night falls on the just and unjust Night falls In the next to...

Each one had a father There's no one left A name and a mother No one left Each one had a dream A prayer on their breath The world's gone black No one left On the streets of Manhattan A dusty wind blows Letters and wishes A girl with a rose On the streets of...

On the streets of New York The cabs don't stop On the street where I live They called the cops Found a noose in my garage Now how 'bout that So tonight I'm in the bushes With a baseball bat Cause I'm a one man I'm a one man I'm a one man revolution I'm a one...

I counted to one hundred I kept losin' track I wrote a hundred letters No one wrote back I told a hundred stories But all of them got twisted I sang a hundred songs Nobody listened You've got to rise to power Rise to power Baby, you've got to rise to power Yo...

Innocence and suffering Loneliness and grace Painted love and beauty Laughter death and faith Where the rising fortune Meets the setting sun I’m afraid my friend when what is left Just the same as none [ Chorus ] I will always stand beside you Defend and me...

Never listened to the pain Never listened to fortune or fame Never listened to eagle or dove Never listened to anger or love But I listen to the dark clouds above Never answered to the call Never answered to nothing at all Never answered when times got rough...

Me and Javi Shouted slogans in Spanish Like it was our world to win Then they moved the plant Down to Ojeda Time to bite your tongue again I've seen the fabled city And its streets are paved with gold But an iron fence runs 'round it And its iron gat...

Dead saint on my necklace Whiskey in my hand Razor in my pocket Baby, I'm your man I signed up to play and then it hit me Got a nice leather jacket but it don't quite fit me I welcomed back all those who quit me But I'm leavin' tonight before they come...