Ben Harper

[fox69]

"Better Way"

"Better Way"



I'm a living sunset
Lightning in my bones
Push me to the edge
But my will is stone

Fools will be fools
And wise will be wise
But i will look this world
Straight in the eyes

What good is a man
Who won't take a stand
What good is a cynic
With no better plan

Reality is sharp
It cuts at me like a knife
Everyone i know
Is in the fight of their life

Take your face out of your hands
And clear your eyes
You have a right to your dreams
And don't be denied

I believe in a better way

 

[fox69]

"Black Rain"

"Black Rain"



You left them swimming for their lives
Down in new orleans
Can't afford a gallon of gasoline
With your useless degrees and contrary statistics
This government business is straight up sadistic

Now you don't fight for us
But expect us to die for you
You have no sympathy for us
But still i cry for you
Now you may kill the revolutionary
But the revolution you can never bury

Don't speak to us like we work for you
Selling false hope like some new dope we're addicted to
I'm not a desperate man but these are desperate times at hand
This generation is beyond your command

And it won't be long
'til the people flood the streets
To take you down
One and all
A black rain is gonna fall

 

[fox69]

"Blessed To Be A Witness"

"Blessed To Be A Witness"



Corcovado parted the sky
And through the darkness
On us he shined
Crucified in stone
Still his blood is my own
Glory behold all my eyes have seen
Have seen

I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed to be a witness

Some have flown away
And can't be with us here today
Like the hills of my home
Some have crumbled and now are gone
Gather around for today won't come again
Won't come again

I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed to be a witness

So much sorrow and pain
Still I will not live in vain
Like good questions never asked
Is wisdom wasted on the past
Only by the grace of God go I
Go I

I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed to be a witness

I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed
I am blessed to be a witness

 

[fox69]

"Blood Side Out"

"Blood Side Out"



Got a wine soaked heart
And whisky soaked lips
Don't know how to get to you
But I know how to get my kicks
Out in the cold and damp
Out on the streets just like a tramp
There's a siren in the distance
And its screaming my name
Blood side out
I can't win
I'm down again

Something illegal is on my mind
But it ain't murder
Took all I can take I ain't broke I might break
Don't go no further
These streets they're littered with faces the same
And all these strangers have no names
Blood side out
I'm going in
I'm down again

Got a wine soaked heart
And whisky soaked lips
The country may be in your bones
But the city's in your hips
There's a siren in the distance
Screaming my name
Blood side out
Will it ever end
I'm down again

 

[fox69]

"Boots Like These"

"Boots Like These"



Tonight I'm gonna lose my mind
Tonight I hope I lose my mind
Tonight I'm trying to lose my mind tonight
We're gonna live forever

Easy come, easy go
Get in where you fit in
Gotta slow your roll

Tonight I wanna lose my mind
Tonight I'm trying to lose my mind
Tonight I hope I lose my mind
Tonight we're gonna live forever

Never pretend to be a gambler

Smoke from your lips
Fire from your hips
She's just a slow walking woman

Tonight I'm trying to lose my mind
Tonight I need to lose my mind
Tonight I'm trying to lose my mind
Tonight I'm gonna lose my mind

Never pretend to be a gambler
I gotta get out from inside my head
Gotta get out from inside my head

You doubled the dose and I ran outta rope
It's me and you against the world
You doubled the dose and I ran outta rope
It's me and you against the world

You gotta live my life to get boots like these
You gotta live my life to get boots like these
You gotta live my life to get boots like these

 

[fox69]

"Born To Love You"
(with Ellen Harper)

"Born To Love You"
(with Ellen Harper)



Was thinking just the other day
Of something I've been trying to say
But I couldn't find the way
To tell you I was born to love you

Some born to lose
Some born to win
They say we're all born into sin
That's a hard way to begin
But I was born to love you

Some come in with a burden
Heavy hearted and hurting
Who's unworthy who's deserving
But I was born to love you

Some made for days some made for nights
Some to stand up for what's right
No matter how hard the fight
I was born to love you

I love you
I live you
I love to live you
I live to love you

I was born to love you

 

[fox69]

"Both Sides Of The Gun"

"Both Sides Of The Gun"



Living these days is making me nervous
Archaic doctrine no longer serve us
Now we're left as silent witnesses
We don't know quite what this is
Other than a war that can't be won

I feel like i'm crowded, i can't get out
World keeps on filling me up with doubt
When you're trapped you got no voice
Where you're born you got no choice
Other than to go and take you some

One dimensional fool
In a three dimensional world

Politics, it's a drag
They put one foot in the grave
And the other on the flag
Systems rotten to the core
Young and old deserve much more
Than struggling every day until you're done

Tension
Too much to mention
Living on both sides of the gun

 

[fox69]

"Break Your Heart"
(with Ellen Harper)

"Break Your Heart"
(with Ellen Harper)



Here’s to looking at you
Cause it’s all I get to do
I got so much to lose
You do too, you do too

We can walk side by side
You can run, you can’t hide
The look in your eyes
I know it’s true, so do you

If I was hoping I’d wish upon a star
If you let me I’d just love to break your heart,
Break your heart

Love conquers all, it’s a matter of time
Call me a dreamer. I don’t mind
Love conquers all it can happen any day
Call me a schemer I don’t care

I’ve got patience I can wait
Call me fickle, call it fate
We can see where this could go
But you and I, we both know

If I was hoping I’d wish upon a star
If I was looking I’d know right where to start
If you let me I’d just love to break your heart,
Break your heart

 

[fox69]

"Breakin' Down"

"Breakin' Down"



You don't believe that I love you
And even if that was true
Why just to keep our unhappy home
I'm gonna try to pretend that I do
But I'm breakin' down
I'm breakin' down
I'm breakin' down
I'm breakin' down
My baby she left me
said she ain't comin' back around
and I'm breakin' down
I'm breakin' down

And if I thought that it was okay
For a grown man to cry
I would have filled up the whole mighty ocean
When she said goodbye
and I'm breakin' down
I'm breakin' down
I'm breakin' down
I'm breakin' down
You know my baby she left me
said she ain't comin' back around
and I'm breakin' down
I'm breakin' down

One day you said everything was just right
I don't see how it changed overnight
One day you said everything was so strong
The next day you turn to me and say
It' s been wrong all along

Oh and now you won't even look at me
You pass me by in the street and you won't even speak
I never meant to cause you any harm
How could two people start so close
And end up so far
I'm breakin' down
I'm breakin' down
I'm breakin' down
I'm breakin' down

 

[fox69]

"Bring The Funk"

"Bring The Funk"



When it's on the one
You know the funk's begun
When you are down and out
There is no doubt
You need the funk
Just bring the funk
Bring the funk
Bring the funk

Now what's the problem
Everybody's got them
Just get the hole
Out of your soul
And bring the funk
Bring me the funk
Bring the funk

If you got a glass closet
Don't you throw no bones
There's only getting
Until the getting's gone
So pass me the funk
(pass the funk)
Got to have my funk
(got to have my funk)
Oh- I need my funk
(need my funk)
Got to have my funk
(got to have my funk)
Some are jiving
Some are shuck
Some are just
Down on their luck
They just need the funk
(need the funk)
They got to have the funk
(got to have the funk)
Just bring 'em some funk
(bring the funk)
Just bring the funk
(just bring the funk)
Well, well
Bring it (repeat...)

Well stay black
(stay black)
Stay white
Stay brown get on down
Just bring the funk
Got to bring the funk
Bring the funk

Need it - I need it (repeat...)
Yeah

Well it's got to be solid
That's what you call it
Funk me up
Funk me down
Funk me sideways
Funk me all ways
Bring the funk
Got to bring the funk
Bring the funk

Oh- some things money can't fix
(like what?)
Some things only money will do the trick
It's not the end of the world
But I can see it from here
So bring - bring - bring - bring
Bring me the funk
(bring the funk)
Just bring the funk
(just bring me the funk)
Oh- bring the funk
(bring the funk)
(just bring me the funk)