Howard Jones

fox69 · 19.01.2016

"Bounce Right Back"

"Bounce Right Back"

I was walking down the street
With my old friend Luke
And the strangest thing we saw
There was a flash like dynamite
And we fell down to the floor
And as we looked up this weird dude stood
I guess he was standing about four feet five
With a nonchalance and a joie de vivre
His face was grinning from side to side

[Chorus:]
Well he said button up and tighten your lip
Keep a check on what you say
Those crazy words you fling from your mouth
Are going to bounce back on you some day

Now several years pass
I thought nothing more
It was down to a nine to five grind
I was shuffling round to my old friend's house
I had party on my mind
While chatting this chick
A guerilla muscled in
A brace of henchmen right behind
My blood boiled hard
I'll give you a piece of my mind
And this guy appeared by my side
Don't you know what he said

[Chorus]

I was walking down the street with my old friend Luke
We were getting into a bit of a heavy scene
He say yes and I say no
He say what do you mean
I pulled my piece and he pulled his
We stared each other right in the eye
There was a flash like dynamite
And this guy appeared by our side

[Chorus]

fox69 · 21.01.2016

"Brutality Of Fact"

"Brutality Of Fact"

A life of trouble has followed through
Disfiguring your potential to
I've seen your lifeline go out to you
Sidestepping a convention

But you always managed to find a way
To avoid what the negative people say
The sun will shine on a brighter day
When you stick to your own intention

Failing hardly seemed to bother you
Winning was a compliment to failure

A waking Earth is calling you
The primal night begins it's spell
Here comes the torment that eats inside
Distortion of those who wish you well

The call is strong but how can you hear
Receivers dead, the transmissions clear
The Moon will rise in your finest hour
Lighting our redemption

Caught in perversion of our Human life
Fall in confusion born of sacrifice

But you always managed to find a way
To avoid what the negative people say
The sun will shine on a brighter day
When you stick to your own intention

Failing hardly seems to bother you
Winning was a compliment to failure
Failure!

Failing hardly seemed to bother you
Winning was a compliment to failure
Failure!

A hedonist life beckoned

Bodies of great beauty could not surrender
Rationality fading in an azurite mist
The security of sensation

A stoic harlequin half-smiled
His spirit already in mortgage
Finding no consolation in the brutality of fact

fox69 · 21.01.2016

"Building Our Own Future"

"Building Our Own Future"

People cryin' out for some peace
There’s a lot of people listening
Time for us to sit down and talk
Try to build an understanding

What we feel can be altered in the moment we decide,
Between the light and the dark side.

So take a stand, in this place,
Cos' we're building our own future,
Just one by one,
Day by day,
Free to choose a life that's better for all of us.

Putting people’s lives at the top
Is the first consideration
Changes in the heart of just one
Will affect entire nations

Don't give it up to the fates and force around us,
We decide between the in and the outside

So take a stand, in this place,
Cos' we're building our own future,
Just one by one,
Day by day,
Free to choose a life that's better for all of us.

Sons and daughters,
Mothers and fathers,
Sister's and brothers,
Friends around the earth.
All deserve to live in a world that welcomes every single birth.

So take a stand, in this place,
Cos' we're building our own future,
Just one by one,
Day by day,
Free to choose a life that's better for all of us.

So take a stand, in this place,
Cos' we're building our own future,
Just one by one,
Day by day,
free to choose a life that's better for all of us.

So take a stand, in this place,
Cos' we're building our own future,
Just one by one,
Day by day,
Free to choose a life that's better for all of us.

fox69 · 21.01.2016

"Celebrate Our Love"

"Celebrate Our Love"

We have got to get ourselves in rhythm
Wake up the heart that seems to have fallen asleep
Send a wave of joy across the planet
Synchronize 6 billion lives to one beat

'Cause you know that I'll come runnin'
To help you get right through this day
'Cause you know whatever's coming
We're gonna celebrate our love this way

Celebrate our love

fox69 · 21.01.2016

"Change The Man"

"Change The Man"

Don't talk to me about ban the bomb
Don't ask me what side I'm on
Replace the system with one just the same
Don't you realise we are all to blame

It's so easy as an armchair blamer
Get off your seat and make a personal change sir
Can't change the system without smashing it down
Inside route personal revolution

Change the man
Change the man
Rip out the root
Lets get rid of this insanity

When the mothers had told the kids straight
When the fathers felt no more hate inside
When a man walks down the street without fear
Then things must change whoa whoa
And it's not too late to

Change the man
Change the man

fox69 · 21.01.2016

"City Song"

"City Song"

It was that night at nowhere, I saw you standing there
Darlin' you were hungry for life, an innocent in this land

What is it about this city, that brings us all to life
Ten millions souls vibrating,
They're shimmering in the night

You mustn't think of staying,
The price is more than you'd think
It's giving up the sweetest part of you,
For this heartless prize

When does a vision of heaven become a living hell
Ten million souls vibrating, they're acting it out for real

Where do all the lonely people go,
When they want some lovin'
Where do all the lonely people hide, when they feel like cryin'

It was that night at nowhere, a cold glass in your hand
Darlin' you were angry with life, a prisoner in this land

What is it about this city, that brings us all to life
Ten millions souls vibrating,
They're shimmering in the night

Where do all the lonely people go,
When they want some lovin'
Where do all the lonely people hide, when they feel like cryin'
Where do all the lonely people go, in this crowded city
Where do all the lonely people hide, there's no sanctuary

Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide
Nowhere to handshake, nowhere to smile
Won't you talk with me
Spend some time and give me life
When does a vision of heaven become a living hell
Ten million souls vibrating
They're shimmering in the night

Where do all the lonely people go, in this crowded city
Where do all the lonely people hide, there's no sanctuary

A vision of heaven
A vision of heaven

fox69 · 21.01.2016

"Collective Heartbeat"

"Collective Heartbeat"

There’s a person I know ok its you and me keeps coming up against a brick wall
Always blaming complaining but sustaining a reluctance to change at all
Obstacles and ridicule are common in his head
Does he even listen to the collective heartbeat

Here’s the card that you’ve been given it’s not marked but it’s neatly written
Here’s the life that you are living come on and choose a role that you feel happy in

You get hurt end up leaving but to stay is most revealing
Take the knocks get the meaning before moving on up to lift the imaginary ceiling
Beyond that firewall is a devastating view
Take the time to listen to the collective heartbeat

Here’s the card that you’ve been given it’s not marked but it’s neatly written
Here’s the life that you are living come on and choose a role that you feel happy in

You can’t go round it or under it or over it or back away
Face on, Head to head, Eye to eye, not tomorrow but today

Here’s the card that you’ve been given it’s not marked but it’s neatly written
Here’s the life that you are living come on and choose a role that you feel happy in

fox69 · 21.01.2016

"Conditioning"

"Conditioning"

Well you're not, you're not who you think you are
Well we think that you are John or Dave
But you're not, you're not who you think you are
Jumbled mass of preconceived ideas

From our birth we were given an identity
People told us we were great or small
From our birth we were given rules of right or wrong
Not forgetting the bullies at school

The world teaches us to think that life is full of limitations
The world tries to make us think that there are loads of limits
The world teaches us to think that life is full of limitations
The world tries to make us think that there are loads of limits

Welcome to Conditioning
Welcome to Conditioning

And as the world makes us feel great
And as the world makes us feel small
Oh so convinced of our identity
If we only knew it we just can't believe it we just won't believe it

Leading us to think that we are such a success
Conning us to think that we are just a failure
Leading us to think that we are so intelligent
Conning us to think that we are just a do-do do-do

Welcome to Conditioning
Welcome to Conditioning

Who is to say what is what
Welcome to Conditioning
Who is to say what is what
Welcome to Conditioning
Who is to say what is what
Er, sorry, ha ha
Who is to say what is what
Welcome to Conditioning
Who is to say what is what
Welcome to Conditioning
Who is to say what is what
Welcome to Conditioning

fox69 · 21.01.2016

"Cookin' In The Kitchen"

"Cookin' In The Kitchen"

I met an alien one night while I was walking after dark
He said don't be afraid I've come to know I've come to make my mark

And there's a road, and its very long
And you gotta be sweet baby
And you gotta be strong

He said why are these men and women lying here just on the street
He said why are these children dying cos' they have no food to eat

And there's a road, and its very long
And you gotta be sweet baby
And you gotta be strong

Why are these people hating others for the colour of their skin
Why are your brother creatures murdered for the flesh that lies within

Don't lose the rage, don't become immune
When others criticise you
Don't change your tune
You've got to love, with a passion that hurts
It's love that conquers baby
Its love that serves

And in the moment before you go to sleep
You can turn on me I'm the blue light wrap me round you
And when the world turns its coldest shoulder
In the name of all that's good

And there's a road, and its very long
And you gotta be sweet baby
And you gotta be strong
And I'll be there, to dry your tears
And I'll be cooking in your kitchen
Food for everyone
And Ill be working in the backroom
Help for everyone

fox69 · 21.01.2016

"Cross That Line"

"Cross That Line"

It's not my fault if you didn't live out your
youthful dreams
Now you want to backtrack, how different it all seems
Love seems to be like alcohol, evaporates before your eyes
The bonds that once were welcome, become the chains we despise

[Chorus:]
When you cross that line, there's no turning back
When you cross that line, don't come knocking at my door

Everyone has got to take some responsibility
The grass is rarely bluer, but you wouldn't take it from me
Finding out the hard way can be an endless affair
I'd stop you if I could, but then again, I wouldn't dare

I'm telling you when I say these words, that
they're not spoken in bitterness
That destructive emotion has long ago left
and these tears that cleanse the soul and let me
start afresh

When you cross that line, what more can I say
When you cross that line, we are no more
We are no more