Soul Man -top-

I need a man with a soul
That I can rest inside
With arms to hold me
And keep away all the lies.

I want a lover who’s true
A man who’s there for me
I want a lover I can talk to
A man to understand me.

Soul Man….Where are you?
Soul Man….What do you do?
Soul Man….Where am I without you?
I’m searching my soul to find you.

I want a man who can cry
Looking into his soul
Holding out for what’s right
So that we can be whole.

I want a lover that is near
When the shadows fall
I want a lover to be here
In mind, body and soul.

Mister Mess -top-

I heard you’re sleeping out on the streets
Heard she finally threw you out
I heard you’re sleeping out on the streets
I guess your luck just ran out.

I hear she’s gonna take it all
And leave you with nothing
Yeah, I hear she’s gonna take it all
You didn’t mind leavin’ me with nothing.

Mister messin’ with my mind
You just got caught this time
Every dog got to get his due.
This time, it had to be you.

You made a mess out of everything
You made a mess out of me
You make a mess out of every little thing
Mister mess is who you’ll be/ who I see.

But I can’t say that I blame her
After all that you’ve done
Can’t say anyone can blame her
This time you’ll be the one on the run.

They say you can’t believe everything you hear
But I sure hope this time it’s true
Yeah, you can’t believe everything you hear
Well, now, it’s all comin’ down on you.

(Chorus)

Damn you for lying to me
Damn you for trying to be
Someone important to me
You left me out there to see

Seule En Amour -top-

In love….lonely
Maybe I remember the moon
In love…hungry
Wanting only you…yeah
In love…yearning
Need your touch to make it through.

Days where I feel I love alone
Silence from you
It’s in my heart (dreams)
That you speak to me

Nights where I feel so all alone
If only I could
Embrace the darkness
Something so hard to do

In love….craving
Just to feel your eyes meeting mine
In love…pretending
That it’s me that you define…yeah
In love…I’m wishing
You would reach out to me sometime.

(chorus)

It’s all in my mind
Why love has to be so unkind
It’s all in my mind
And it’s always out of time.

It’s all in my mind
I just wanted my heart to know
It’s all in my mind
It’s just me that needs to let go

Oh, I’ve just got to let go (x2)

In love…only
In love…lonely
With me…maybe

I Think Of You -top-

Everytime I see a brother
Hanging out on some street corner
Hands in the pocket
Tryin’ to be cool
When you watch the eyes
He know he’s playin’ the fool
I think of you.

Everytime I listen to a brother
Rappin’ bout, how he’s down and out
No money, no job
“Police breathin’ down my neck”,
decided to buy a bottle instead.
I think of you.

I think of you
And all the things that could have been
I think of you
What will you say when we meet again.

I think of you
It didn’t have to go this way
I think of you
Everybody loses in this game.

Everytime I see a brother
With a slow smile, those brown eyes
Rappin’ to some chick as she walk by
Lookin’ for somebody to take him home
Take him off the street
I think of you.

Everytime I see a young brother
Who’s got so much to tell,
Done been through hell,
Trying to change all that hate
Before it’s too late
I will think of you.

(chorus)
(rap)
(chorus)

I know there’s another way
You have the key to set yourself free
Don’t want to see
It’s just another tragedy.

You always talked so tough, but you couldn’t hang on long enough.

Leavin’ Home -top-

I’m gonna ask myself one more time
Should I leave or should I stay?
All that’s been said won’t change one thing
Of what I look at today.

You always said you’d never do me wrong
Well, now, that just ain’t the truth
I’m looking at the last 5 long years
And baby, here’s the proof.

I’m leavin’ home
Forever and for good
I’m leaving’ home
‘cuz I know I should

Now you might ask yourself
Why this now
‘Cuz you did not treat me right
So don’t fool yourself
And try to criticize me
I’ll be leaving you tonight.

(chorus)

And I’m tired, baby,
Of trying to change your mind
I’m so tired, baby,
I’ve got to leave you behind.

It’s been so hard for me
To leave the past
On the other side of the door
Now it’s time for me
To make a change
And live like never before

(chorus)

Bobby’s Song -top-

Greater is He that is in me, Greater is He than he that’s in the world.
Greater is He that is in me, Greater is He than he that’s in the world.

Old man going home to a cardboard box
There’s a family living over at the neighborhood park
Parks are for playing, street corners aren’t meant for laying.

There she is once again, with the Good Book in her hand
Givin’ psalms, givin’ praise to His holy name
Looks like she’s prayin’, never give up on your prayin’
As the sun warmed her body and the sun warmed her soul
She’d hum a melody so ancient, so bold
Greater is He that is in me, Greater is He that is in me.

(chorus)

Old sister Jane preachin’ to the fast lane
Prayin’ for the sinners on the subway train
Don’t know if they’re listenin’, don’t know if they’re listenin’

As the crowds kept coming like the waves on the sea
She prayed for the sleepers on the IRT
Gonna take a lot of angels, gonna take a lot of angels
Her eyes would water and her face would glow
As she hummed a melody from deep in her soul
Greater is He that is in me, Greater is He that is in me.

(chorus)

Young boy came up and looked her in the eyes
He said, “Lady, now, what is this jive?
All this mess about some spiritual rebirth.”
She said, “It’s love, Bobby, haven’t you heard?”
Greater is in me, Greater is in me, Greater is in me
Greater is in me, Greater is in me, Greater is in me.

Go tell your mother, mother and your sister, sister
Greater is in me, Greater is in me.
Go tell your brother, brother and your father, father
Greater is in me, Greater is in me.

Tell the world about it, we gonna shout about it
Greater is in me, Greater is in me.
Only love can conquer hate

Old sister jane preachin to the fast lane
Keep on preachin, keep on preachin
Hum a melody deep down in your soul
Greater is in me, Greater is in me.

Freedom -top-

Holding onto to this love
For such a long time
Wanted to save it, wanted to save it
Another lifetime.

Waiting for that moment
To be free, oh freedom…
Wanted to feel that, never stop feeling
I will overcome.

It’s about freedom from the past
It’s about freedom from the pain
It’s about freedom from these chains
It’s about freedom…for this pain.

Wrote down this harmony
A long time ago
Too shy to play it, too scared to play
But now I know.

Holding out for this love
Locked away inside
Wanting to say it, wanted to say it.
“I am still alive” (yes I am)

CHORUS

Guitar solo – 8 bars – over verse

Holding onto this love
For such a long time
Wanting to save it, wanted to save it
Another lifetime

CHORUS

Coda – vamp

What I Got To Say -top-

How do you start
All over again?
When there’s nothing left
And you’ve seen all the pain.

How do I start
Leaving the past?
And beginning this time
To make it all last.

Well, you take the lonely
And all of those tears
And you find a new way home
You don’t have to be alone.

What can you say
When all has been taken?
Can’t make another day
Your faith has been shaken.

What can I say
About how this has been?
A journey of the heart

Well, you take the lonely
And all of those fears
And you find a new way home
You don’t have to be alone.

And that’s what I’ve got to say
From the past to this moment
It’s made me what I am today
And I’m going on in a new way.

(CHORUS)

That’s what I have to say
That’s what I got to say

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