1. |
Homeland
03:42
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Homeland
Altered minds lie at the helm, in control the truth unfolds
the man of many miles steps in the realms of control
he's paid for his silence well
Fatal streets the homeland reeks of silence underground
The order sleeps our hunger leaps as terror meets the crowd
leaders choose, the innocent lose, plots of construction rise
international destruction should be no surprise
New means of order slip through the fingers into the sewers of capitol hill!
All points of the globe lead the blind into these worlds unknown
wrongful representation of economic participation has grown
racial wars and financial whores leave us alone in a desolate world
and to amend we have only anger to lend, each day brings us closer to the end
Worthless honor sends a message to the soldiers again
to end all wars just like before we'll kill our way to a win
congressional pleas together on common ground, agress the agression
led by simple minds of tradition, blind in a world of blind intervention
New means of order slip through the fingers into the sewers of capitol hill!
All points of the globe lead the blind into these worlds unknown
wrongful representation of economic participation has grown
racial wars and financial whores leave us alone in a desolate world
and to amend we have only anger to lend, each day brings us closer to the end
David Judson Clemmons
copyright 1989
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2. |
The Great Escape
03:09
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The Great Escape
One joins the choice, one speaks the voice, one feeds the fuel
to missles we deploy
Unprecedented proof we'll send the blame to the spies
actions with lack of truth as we send our weapons to the sky
United worlds raise their arms send fear of incompetence, of alarm!
One joins the hands of time, another wakes the land
One creates the market, for the man made demand
One roams the borderlines another probes your peace of mind
the guilty vs. innocence, the willing vs. time
United worlds raise their arms send fear of incompetence, of alarm!
Bridge to the walls and over, claim the land left uncovered
through the fields and we become victims!
from our own drugs and childish war we struggle for strength to endure
the exhibition
He who waves the dollar, will turn your control higher
world follows in stride, stripped of all pride
Puppets lie cheat and steal
The unpromised land cries!
The unpromised land cries!
It's the deal of a lifetime, we're faced with innocent crime
riches just add poverty your lesson's on primetime
true feelings trapped in worthless hate who promised us the great escape?
challenged by the masses, by the fear, by worldly estates
United worlds raise their arms send fear of incompetence, of alarm!
Bridge to the walls and over, claim the land left uncovered
through the fields and we become victims!
from our own drugs and childish war we struggle for strength to endure
the exhibition
He who waves the dollar, will turn your control higher
world follows in stride, stripped of all pride
Puppets lie cheat and steal
The unpromised land cries!
The unpromised land cries!
(c) 1988 David Judson Clemmons
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3. |
Fields of the Dead
03:28
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Fields of the dead
Hiding out in a world we call home, twisted fate is residing
All this power and nowhere to go, all this power and nothing to show
Shining perils in a world that we'll miss
Lonely days, on a lonely road
Dodging devils and we clinch our fists
Look at the world dividing
Roads to the south and a deadly list
Words of the trade, steal our right to exist
(chorus)
We claimed this land!
Through amber waves of grain, we ran for solution, selling on command
Bleeding for our freedom's destination
Killing off our race in civil revelation
A cry of hope will fall, on the winds of despair
Skies fill with treason as the wealth fills the air
A triumph for all, means victory for the land
We win when we meet mother nature's demand
Fall and fall, we'll pave our way, the renaissance is shattered!
Closing on these markets each day, brings strength in a nation of fire
All this terror falls from hands of the press
The camera feeds, in a world of distress
Riding on through the fields of the dead
Winds of change and fatal rain falling ahead
Searching for shelter, we're faced with your guns
The search for companions to raise as one
(chorus)
(c) 1988 David Judson Clemmons
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4. |
Money Man
03:39
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Money Man
Filled with only empty space, is their room for his kind?
Here stands an ignorant face, is this peace in our time?
Heroes speaking nothing, leaves the world pleading for more
Twisting these undecided minds, your life is crime, begging from the poor
Who will we believe in, Who are we to be?
Running from time, every confused step he takes is out of line
(chorus)
And all this plastic money, dealt from holy laundered hands
Hired pain to repair as the smell of death fills the air
And all the people gather, see the money man get fatter
Liars biggots and thieves come forward as we fill the streets
Fill your mind! can you feel the need?
Winds of change bring forth sins of demand
Propaganda becomes law of the land
Pounding the walls, surrounding your stolen success
Winding the coils of machine-made-man as the glory of life lays to rest
Greed fills these crowded halls, the guilty stand accused, and fall
Reflections of our past repeat, come forward as we fill the streets
(chorus)
Winds of supply bring forth sins of demand
Propaganda becomes law of the land
(c) 1988 David Judson Clemmons
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5. |
Virgin to the World
01:59
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Virgin to the world
Bleeding wealth, living proof, your revenue is due
Hiding in a human suit, the headlines scream of you
Exposing the innocent, a virgin to the world
Actions against a child never born
Roasting on coals of sorrow, world will feed on you tomorrow
Breeding twisted havoc, only a fool would follow
Eyes of the young gazing, into your crooked life
Convinced in trading, flesh in a sacrifice
Hero in the eyes of all devoted, great loser in disguise, as temptation
Solo
To asses the damage god only knows
Raised in a living hell, a child with no soul
Stagnates in repression, confused with complications
A man waits with baited breath, to fondle your frustrations
Hero in the eyes of all devoted, great loser in disguise, as temptation
On a road through your only defense, dying at your own expense
Virgin to the world
(c) 1988 David Judson Clemmons
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6. |
Peasants
03:26
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Peasants
Horizons seem to dwindle away, plantations lead our race to an end
Insubordination, fear, reaching for answers in the wind
Celebration of wealth is beneath me, I am armed with only my poverty to lend
Civilized men, they are buying and selling, my family and friends
The day of a servent begins
Frustration on one side of the line, split by these envious tears
Confusion running circles in time, change will take too many years
Southern skies show no signs of compromise, fighting for answers
Segregration will reign
Abuse turns our knowledge into pain
Mental freedom is reason to claim a new domain
(chorus)
Souls on fire, fed by desire, told of power to be found higher
Confused by these sacred views, tradition ripped this nation, tired
Plastic kings walk guilty in a bet, challenged in a ruthless life of regret
Only to remain holy, the peasants follow
"To the fields of the dead we were lead"
Ripped us from our homeland you smile in our tears
Enslaved in a new world, the peasants live in fear
We'll toil to the masses, we're foiled by the king
Feast your eyes on liberty and peace, on the fields of green
Backwards times, and the murder of millions
Not by death, by insane conviction
200 years in a search for the villian
Man fights man in a butchered plan, the peasants live in fiction
(chorus)
(c) 1989 David Judson Clemmons
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7. |
Savior on the Stage
02:19
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Savior on the stage
A show of force is on course, a million to one
Ignorance is your final choice, the circus is on
Awereness is bleeding, the barriers are red
Kneeling in this house of healers, selling heels of lead
To put you behind bars, to throw away the key
A taste of what you give, will end you finally
We're defending what is right, and ending what is wrong
Ammending for the last time, you're under the true law
Mother you will hear me, he is tired he is done
A symptom of what's to come
Father he is lost, fighting and does not care
Selling from his empty chair
So we turn the pages, to a dying age
Making a fool out of the world, a world with no name
Far away the candle burns, to your dying day
Turning you to fool, as we take you from the stage
solo
A show of force is on course, a million to one
Ignorance was your final choice, your circus is gone
Awareness is breaking, the barriers are dead
Laughing in the face of healers, selling truth instead
Mother you have heard me, he is tired, he is done
A victim of what's to come
Father he was lost, dying and now he's found
The prayers have put him in the ground
So we turn the pages to a dying age
Make it a rule of the world, a world with a name
Far away the candle burns, to your dying day
Turning you to fool, and we take you from the stage
(c) 1989 David Judson Clemmons
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8. |
Majority Prevails
02:33
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Majority Prevails
Opinions buried in the fear, the propaganda plunders
Through the streets and through the fear, we're through with living under
Laws of freedom, laws of hate, living in this confused state
Welcome to the halls of hate, imprisoned by the unknown race
Breaking news, ficticious views, solemn words, biased views
Twisted books written by crooks and leaders who abuse
Limitations, situations, the boundaries move in
Multitudes of money men, take refuge in their win
No sympathy for those who lack, courage for the new attack
Ancestors set the precedents, to be found, dead and proud
Breaking news, ficticious views, solemn words, biased views
Twisted books written by crooks and leaders who abuse
Uncivilized majority hails, antagonized by those who've failed
Twisted truth and twisted youth, Majority prevails!
Untamed in a fight for peace
Hanging for the crowd to feast
Spilling brains with hired pain
Majority prevails!
A day for the blood to cease
Hides in walls of the east
Until the day we fail
Majority prevails
(c) 1989 David Judson Clemmons
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9. |
Guns of War
04:22
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Guns of War
Out of lies of out time
know the ring that I desire
In between a fool and a liar
How you cry, how you die
Live a life we all deny
Flame when my brain hits the fire
Only want to get even, can't go on believing
Trade my time for this space in line
Take my money and run, don't you see the signs?
Guns of war, ringing in my ears
Never knew, life would lead me here
Guns of war, bringing out my fear
Pay our share, cry the final tear
(c) 1987 David Judson Clemmons
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10. |
Sticks & Stones
02:58
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Sticks and Stones
Nothing but silent prey
One step in the way
Cross the line I think you'll find
Jury puts an end to time
Feel the mental fear
Feel the danger near
Paper man of compromise
Dead without a tear
Locked rotted away
Saw no light of day
Walk in the angel's aisle
Gave no end to this denial
Behind the wall scream and fall
How we obay it all
Shoot to kill abuse the skill
How we relay the law
All I want to hear from you is goodbye
The space you take keeps me awake
I'm burning in side
Again and again you try to feed me the line
Sticks and stones don't break my bones this time
(c) 1987 David Judson Clemmons
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11. |
The Governor
03:22
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The Governor
Caught behind the wall
42 years left in all
Innocent man, pay the price
Probability is rolling the dice
Cut man in two, justify a different view
Nothing left to win, my dreams overcome by sin
Victim of manipulation, in a world of complication
We begin, to end the end, step by step with no affection
What can I do? to avoid the fall with you
Run from the hell I'm in, burn the places I have been
What can I say? to reveal the light of day
Didn't save it for you to take it away
Proud to live, Proud to die
We came to look into your eyes
Now begin to realize, understand!
The governor lies!
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12. |
We the People
04:29
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We the people
We've been left behind, before the choice for war
Inevitable democracy
I look out to see mass of people at my door
The profits soar!
President said peace no more, the world to war!
The lessons, the mistakes of time, drawing history towards the end of the line
The people, becoming one,
We the people, have seen the damage done
We the people, lived by the hand of paper power
We the people, die by the hand of elected cowards!
Attention fellow citizens!
Better gather up your things, follow the leader, mystery made,
can't you hear the freedom ring?
Attention fellow citizens!
There's no time left to pray, friendly neighbor have you heard,
We've come to take your thoughts away
Attention fellow citizens!
There's much for you to see! We've come to take you prisoner
We've come to set you free
Attention fellow citizens! and worshipers alike!
We've come to bury your brothers, and stab you with the freedom knife!
I look out to see women, children beckoning
Renewing, as our machine is wrecking
Spirits, loyalty to the king
Spirits strong, not for the taking role
The lessons, the mistakes of time, drawing history towards the end of the line
The people, becoming one,
We the people, have seen the damage done
We the people, lived by the hand of paper power
We the people, die by the hand of elected cowards!
We the people! becoming one!
(1990) David Judson Clemmons
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13. |
Wake to the Flames
03:21
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Wake to the flames
He came to deliver, can you evade the plan?
We came to endeavour, the resistance is grand
Reason for the overtake, not clear to the eye
Confusion sets in, we're selling truth to the outside
Hands clinched, to defend, what is known to all as freedom
Class does split to the main event, seems control takes the season
Wake to the flames, of hatred and truth concealed
Wake to the turns, of nature's altered wheels
Reason for the overtake, not clear to the eye
Confusion sets in, we're selling truth to the outside
Pieces fall, the humans call for escape from this invasion
Hands of devastation, open wide to god's creation
Wake to the flames, of hatred and truth concealed
Wake to the turns, of nature's altered wheels
(c)1990 David Judson Clemmons
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14. |
Man vs. Man
08:42
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Man vs. Man
Man vs. God, God vs. Man
Profit over human life, vs. the Preacher's open hand
Fingers pointed, voices hired, guns pointed, guns fired
Who is to judge, who is to say? Who has almighty right of way?
Is it he who gives the most? Who will the lord place lonely on the post?
Enemy come forth, let us know, from where your evil does grow
You didn't know, you didn't care, in time of answers so easy to bare
We choose to claim all fame, and redirect all the blame
In the end, our strength put to the test, we move in, begin fighting at world's request
I call it war, we all fight to even the score
See the bodies in the maze, a world confused in a golden maze
Growing older, full of sin, full of danger is the shape we are in
On a planet filled with fury, it's a battle, worth a win
Hold and embrace me if time shall run out
Nurture and cherise, survival with no pain
Man vs. Man has become our last stand
Through mountains and rivers, the white man came
The white man came
Wasting the innocent, destroying all
A quest for security, judicial atrosity
Supporting the ignorant maker of law
Convinced in poverty harnessed in dignity
Abiding false agreements, murdering truth
today we sell intelligence we have won nothing!
The press will sell our arguments, concerned our the youth
Today we tell the government
This is not the way
Over the seas, through disease and famine
Killing our own to be free
Through sunrise and set, we all do forget
Bleeding ancestory will never end
Bullets for dollars, habitual rulers
Red man's land becomes a haven for losers
Blackened waves, the nature pays
Sold to the highest bidder, the well dressed sinner
Complication strikes a new world down
Economic dependance is found
A price on life and death today
A Price for every breath you'll pay
We all live in a world for sale
I'm holding for the plan to fail
These troubled times, take another tear
Lost the ties, the future lies here
Worlds won through sacrifice and fear slip away
We sell humanity today!
(c) 1990 David Judson Clemmons
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