Requiem For A Black Soul (album)
(All songs written by Pauline Black & Nick Welsh except *, written by Bob Marley)
Black is the colour of my true love’s hair in the morning when we rise x2
In the morning when we rise
That’s the time
The ever loving time
I love the best
Brown was the colour of my true love’s skin when I saw him on that night x2
When I saw him on that night
On that night
That fateful night
I loved him best
Red was the blood running from his head on the pavement by daylight x2
On the pavement by daylight
How many more
Of our young men
Will have to die
Silver was the bullet that left him dead in the gutter with no pride x2
In the gutter with no pride
No way to die
No way to die
No way to die
Blue was the feeling that I got when I touched him at dawn x2
When I touched him at dawn
Oh so cold
So blue with cold
My love grown old
Yellow was the colour of the witness’ back in the courtroom of his peers x2
In the courtroom of his peers
Where he lied
At the trial
At the trial
Grey is the colour of my true love’s dust in the pillow on my bed x2
In the pillow on my bed
I lay my head
I lay my head
So full of dread
Bad Nina looking for a fight
The words so deep and southern fried
But you paid the price
For all those civil rights
Goddamn
You were the sacrifice
A fire burning bright
Goddamn
Play a requiem for a black soul
Play a requiem for a black black soul
Little girl blue looked up to you
Broke my every bone
Were you scared of dying
There is no denying
Goddamn
Though my heart is breaking
A dark angel’s waiting
Goddamn
Play a requiem for a black soul
Play a requiem for a black black soul
Spread your wings sweet butterfly
You know it’s time to say goodbye
Where there was tragedy
You brought your majesty
Goddamn
You spoke for all of us
On the back seat of the bus
Goddamn
Play a requiem for a black soul
Play a requiem for a black black soul
Play a requiem for a black soul
Play a requiem, a sacred hymn, for a black black soul
Ten years
Ten years ago
Ten years
How many more to go
Ten years
Ten years ago
Ten years
Lifetime ago
Let me tell you 'bout a young man
With a bright future
Just an ordinary black man
Cut down so brutal
Waiting at a bus stop
On a chilly night
Apocalypse come for him
With a sharp sharp knife
Chorus
Police drag their big feet
Across the bloody scene
Just another black man
Lying dead in the street
Remember Mississippi
When they kill Emmet Till
Five white boys strut their stuff
In the media thrill
Chorus
Another mother crying
Father feels the blow
As five little Hitlers
Star in a racist show
If people ask no questions
The lies stay the same
Black blood’s dispensible
Another sidewalk stain
Chorus
A blood stain may linger
Linger in yur mind
Why point the finger
If justice is blind
Are the killers so cold
Their blood don’t flow
If you’re no longer human
You can sink that low
Chorus
A decade come full circle
Four million pound is spent
So why the puzzle
A murder unavenged
He built no buildings
Like an architect
But he laid foundations
For a new respect
Chorus
Longtime wearing trouble on my shoulder
Since the lonely day when I was born
The past is mistier now I’m grown older
Surrender up my soul to Babylon
A badly faded photo in my pocket
Corners turned like feelings I can’t see
I wonder if the stars above are burning
Maybe their fire went out for you and me
I’ve been waiting for the homebound train
I’ve been waiting for the home bound train
I hope it comes through here again
I’ve been waiting for the homebound train
Every tongue may tell a different story
Every bell may toll the sound of doom
Every bird may sing away your worries
Every flower must always lose its bloom
I’ve been waiting for the homebound train
I’ve been waiting for the home bound train
I hope it comes through here again
I’ve been waiting for the homebound train
Many moons have waded cross the water
Lighting up the crossroads where I stand
Seasons change, the days are getting shorter
Nothing ever works out how you planned
I’ve been waiting for the homebound train
I’ve been waiting for the home bound train
I hope it comes through here again
I’ve been waiting for the homebound train
I’ve been waiting for the homebound train
I’ve been waiting for the home bound train
I hope it comes through here again
I’ve been waiting for the homebound train
Sun rose up and sang to me
Before I wiped away the sleep
Sang to me ‘bout love and stuff
Said my life was gonna be tough
Now it’s gone, gone, gone, gone x4
I tipped my hat at him
He winked and gave a slyyyyy grin
He asked what did I want
Baptism in your font
Now it’s gone, gone, gone, gone x4
He took me by the hand
Showed me to a promised land
One day you will be
Cold day in hell’s when that will be
Now it’s gone, gone, gone, gone x4
Sometimes I feel so small
Wonder if I’m here at all
World spinning out in space
Round the sun we all must race
Now it’s gone, gone, gone, gone x4
Sun set on a distant shore
Don’t come my way no more
He brightened up my day
Made me feel so warm and safe
Now it’s gone, gone, gone, gone x4
I feel so torn apart
Can’t mend this broken heart
Waiting for a change to come
Waiting for the rising sun
Now it’s gone, gone, gone, gone x4
Sometimes I’m crazy
Often times bad
I’ve been singing along, singing along
Making me sad
No need to worry
No need to fight
Lets stay together
In black and white
Climbing a mountain
Up there so high
People walking along, walking along
Hello and goodbye
No need to wonder
What’s wrong and what’s right
We’ll be forever
In black and white
In black and white
In black and white
In black and white
In black and white
I have been thinking
Up every night
I been working it out, working it out
Try as I might
Can’t find the answer
What’s wrong and what’s right
Let’s find our own truth
In black and white
In black and white
In black and white
In black and white
In black and white
Don’t be so hasty
Got plenty of time
I been searching around, searching around
A long long while
No need to worry
No need to fight
Let’s stay together
In black and white
In black and white
In black and white
In black and white
In black and white
Ooh Ooh
ooh oooh ………………….
Heavy heavy science
It won’t save us
Heavy heavy science
Only destroys
Heavy heavy science
It won’t save us
Heavy heavy science
Won’t bring us joy
Rock me to sleep x4
Heavy heavy science
Only makes war
Heavy heavy science
Don’t feed the poor
Heavy heavy science
Only wants oil
Heavy heavy science
Pollutes the soil
Rock me to sleep x4
Heavy heavy science
Rocking my world
Heavy heavy science
Too much for the girl
Heavy heavy science
With their smart bombs
Heavy heavy science
Targeting children
Rock me to sleep x4
Government man
My kid ain’t got no shoes
Where have you been
Can’t you hear my blues
You say to me
Go and get a job
Man get richer
Richer man can rob
I want to run away run away-ay x3
Government man
You say to me
Minimum wage
Gonna set me free
I’d like to see
What is it you do
Can make you think
I’m not human too
I want to run away run away-ay x3
I’d like to be
Anybody else
Anybody else but me
I’d like a life
Like anybody’s life
But nobody won’t help me
I’d like to be anybody else
Anybody else but me
I’d like a life
Like anybody’s life
But nobody won’t help me
Government man
Is it so unfair
To ask for more
If I know it’s there
Why is it wrong
To want a better day
Am I too poor
To ever have a say
I want to run away run away-ay
I want to run away run away-ay
I want to run away run away-ay
Rewind the world
Forward to another day
Rewind the world
I know there’s a better place x2
You got your problems
I got mine
Let’s get together
Spend a little time
You know what I know
And what to do
Let’s talk it over
In a secret rendezvous
In a secret rendezvous
Rewind the world
Forward to another day
Rewind the world
I know there’s a better place x2
Everyone tries hard
The best you can
Time has come today
Make another plan
Shooting your mouth off
Catch a falling star
And in time we’ll be
Better off by far
We’ll be better off by far
Rewind the world
Forward to another day
Rewind the world
I know there’s a better place x2
Far as I can tell
Further than you
We are just one step
Closer to you
Blindly we follow
Love reality
But we just wallow
In triviality
I see a future
On nighttime news
People dying
On pay per view
On pay per view
Rewind the world
Forward to another day
Rewind the world I know there’s a better place
Old pirates yes they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit
But my head can be very strong
By the hand of my philosophy
We forward in this generation triumphantly
So won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom
All I ever had
Was your redemption songs
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
Have no fear for atomic energy
Cos none of them can stop the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look
Some say it’s just a part of it
You gotta fulfil the book
So won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom
All I ever had
Was your redemption songs
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
Have no fear for atomic energy
Cos none of them can stop the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look
Some say it’s just a part of it
You gotta fulfil the book
So won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom
All I ever had
Was your redemption songs
Yes all I ever had
All my life
Was your redemption songs