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Dreamin
02:55
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Dreamin
I know you see me flying by the seat of my pants and you think I’m crazy
I know you think it’s foolish not to make any plans but hey
I roll with the punches yes I do
I’ve got faith in my hunches yes I have
Say a prayer, fingers crossed, I’m alright
I’ve got my head in the clouds and I don’t feel like comin down right now
Dontcha know I’m dreamin of all the things that you’ll never see cuz you got your feet on the ground
You think that I should think a little bit more about tomorrow
Well I will – when I’m done with today – man I’ll be on my way
And I’ll take all your good advice – smile and tell you you may be right
But even so, I’ll make my mistakes on my own
I’ve got my head in the clouds and I don’t feel like comin down right now
Dontcha know I’m dreamin of all the things that you’ll never see cuz you got your feet on the ground
Times are hard for dreamers like me
Everybody wants you to keep your feet on the ground and it brings you down
I’ve got my head in the clouds and I don’t feel like comin down right now
Dontcha know I’m dreamin of all the things that you’ll never see cuz you got your feet on the ground
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Radical Idea
02:33
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radical idea (kerr/brady) copyright 2005 all right reserved
well well well chica chica ya got no fancy shoes for your feet
can't pay your bills to the man but you've got enough to eat
and you've got love in your soul
and peace is your goal and you know real truth and beauty can't be bought or sold
i don't think much about the priorities of our society
all our actions seem to lead us to war and violence and suffering
and if you're crying for peace and reason you're a hippy or a radical but tell me what's so radical about love?
what's radical about loving the earth
what's radical about knowing your worth
what's radical about wanting a better day - a better way - happiness?
jesus was a radical
buddha was a radical
martin luther king was revolutionary
bob marley was a radical
mother theresa was a radical
john lennon
the dalai lama
and gandhi too
it's true
make me a radical for love
i wanna be a radical for love
make me a radical for love
i've got peace in my soul
love is my goal
make me a radical for love.
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Get Yoself Some
03:02
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Get yoself some
Kerr/brady 2005
She sees herself like morning light cutting across the trees
Every breath inhales the sun and the day is a melody
She’s got her favourite flower put behind her ear and she’s thinkin about someone
He’s the smile in her eye and the name on her lips – he’s the chosen one
La la la la love
You gotta get yoself some love in this world - that’s right girl
La la la la love – gotta get yoself some love in this world because…
Nothing lasts forever - no it’s now or never he said “I wanna leave a little love behind...
I could search the whole world over top to bottom, side to side but another one of you I’d never find”
So the man with the plan he put a ring on her hand said “I do” she said “but what does this mean?”
He said “you’re a crazy woman but I love the shit out of you, it means step into the mystery with me”
And get your la la la la love – you gotta get yoself some love in this world that’s right friends
Nuthin lasts forever ‘cept the love we make together and leave behind us in this crazy crazy world
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4. |
Right Direction
04:08
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Right Direction (kerr/brady 2005)
i don't recall do you, giving my vote to the few - who think it's okay to put children in jail
march off to war not knowing what for
who put the power in the hands of a man that doesn’t understand the shit you do comes back to you?
because it sure as hell wasn't me
i see a lot of people showing us the way to go but they don't really know - the right direction
(the indifferent are being led by the blind)
'lot of people telling me that they've got the remedy - for our affliction
I think that they’ve lost sight of what they're supposed to be-
to you and me and i ponder the fate of true democracy
i hear talk of taking back our right to protest
and i wonder what will they take next
but with our voices gone there’s not much left to take
i will not follow (because u tell me to)
i will not agree (with things i don't believe)
i demand the right to raise my voice in
so I can tell you what i see
copyright 2005 all rights reserved kerr/brady
completed June 30 2005
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You Don't Need to Know Why.......kerr/brady 16/7/05
Goodbye Angelina - i'm leaving today
& i guess you never thought i had it in me to go so soon - well surprise - what else can i say?
Oh livin in hard Angelina - and dying just might suit me some
so let break free the chains that've shackled all my days, that i may rise,
unencumbered to the sun
NO YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHY - AND YOU DON'T NEED TO CRY
JUST LET ME GO NOW PLEASE - JUST LET ME GO NOW
Please understand it was nothing that your hand could've changed
i'm deranged BUT i'm sane and just tired
why does there have to be a point? Why must there be a million reasons?
why can't i just lay down and die?
NO YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHY - YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHY
JUST LET ME DIE PLEASE NOW - JUST LET ME DIE PLEASE NOW
THE CHOICE HAS BEEN MADE SO JUST PULL DOWN THE SHADES -
DON'T WATCH ME WALKING AWAY
Y'SEE THE LIGHT OF THIS LIFE IT HAS DIMMED FROM MY EYES - I DON'T HAVE THE HEART TO STAY
SO WEEP FOR ME GENTLY BUT NOT FOR TOO LONG
THE WORLD MAKES ME WEARY - IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON.....
I'm sorry you cried Angelina - i'll see you again some time
further down the road when you've lightened your load - i'll see you at the end
at the end of the line......
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6. |
Island of the Day Before
03:52
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Island of the day before
Kerr/brady copyright 2005
Sitting by my bedroom window the sun comes through a crack and I know the world has turned around to start again
Smell of summer
Hearts in shadow – life I know gets hard to handle
But we keep moving on and on and then
No-one here gets out alive but it’s all part of the ride there’s no cure for time and tide don’t waste your time
You will find your paradise
Look for me the one who travels out into the stormy shallows to find the island of the day before
Hearts will break
Hearts will bend all for nothing in the end when you find yourself upon that golden shore
No-one here gets left behind although it seems that way at times
And when there’s still no end in sight remember you know the way
And that we never came to stay anyway
get down on your knees and pray to whatever gods we’ve made
If it keeps the night away, lights your day, makes you safe
It’s alright
No-one here gets out alive but it’s all part of the ride there’s no cure for time and tide don’t waste your time
You will find your paradise
We will find our paradise
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7. |
Sunday
04:34
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Sunday (kerr/brady)
copyright 2005 all rights reserved
sittin here witchu just shootin the breeze
sun is high - so are we
sunday
nowhere to be today
chillin laughin smilin you know it's all good
if i could be sittin by the ocean watches waves i would but i
can't seem to move from this happy place so i'll stay
why don't ya come along - bring a friend, bring a song, bring your smile - but leave the world and all its woes outside
slow yourself down, shrug it off, let go
let go of things you'll see - it only takes a sunday to be free
monday tuesday leave me low
wednesday thursday friday just blooooooooow by:)
saturday's still too busy for some
but sunday's easy
sunday's sweet - no place else i'd rather be winding down from all that troubles me
don't bring your politics - bring your guitar
don't bring your ego leave it at the door with your shoes
and for chrissake don't bring your attitude
but you can bring your bob marley and jack cds - yep
that's totally alright with me
come on by with your peace love and harmony
why don't ya come along - bring a friend, bring a song, bring your smile - but leave the world and all its woes outside
slow yourself down, shrug it off, let go
let go of things you'll see - all it takes is one day to be free
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8. |
Problem Solution
03:21
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Problem Solution
Kerr/brady 2005 all rights reserved
You can close your eyes and fool yourself that certain things aren’t happening but that doesn’t make them go away
And you can sit defeated in the shadow of all the work that needs to be done – or you can stand up with me and make a change.
Problem or solution what will it be
Action indifference or apathy
If we’re not helping we’re helping to cause it all
One people one planet one earth one world to call our home
There’s not one problem here that isn’t yours to share
You don’t have to run out and save the world all in a day
You’ve just got to show a stranger that you care
Problem or solution what will it be
compassion indifference or apathy
If we’re not helping we’re helping to cause it all
From blindness comes only more blindness and nothing is served by your silence
When you turn from the pain of another you turn from us all.
Problem or solution what will it be
compassion indifference or apathy
If we’re not helping we’re helping to cause it all
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9. |
What's It Gonna Take
02:45
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What’s it gonna take
Kerr/brady 2005
So I’m wondering what it’s gonna take for us to wake up to the lie and pull our heads out of the sand
The lie that we must take and eat and buy more than we really need just to satisfy our greed
And all the while the planet’s groaning underneath our weight as we casually wipe out 200 species ever day
Do you blink an eye
Do you think to cry
Or are you still living blind to what must surely be our demise
And I’m wondering what it’s gonna take to wake us from this sleep we’re in and see what’s really going on
And I’m wondering what it’s gonna take for us to finally understand it’s a living thing we’re standing on
We’ve got a pile of plastic bottles leading right up to the moon and we’re spreading like a plague but man we’re running out of room
As we’re disrespecting wasting lying laughing destroying denying our way to our doom
Why don’t you see it
Why won’t you see it
Why can’t you see that we are – well we’re running out of time
But will you blink an eye
And will you think to cry
Or are you still living blind to what must surely be our demise
As we watch the planet die
Yes we watch the planet die
What’s it gonna take?
I don’t know if we’re too late.
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10. |
Where You Belong
03:26
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Where You Belong (kerr/brady)
copyright 2005 all rights reserved
i've been burned by the fire and born again from the ash
i've been dying in a desert at the feet of all my fears
I lied to cover my ass
i've been salted by an ocean (of tears)
had my heart turned to stone
i've been surrounded and still felt all alone
but then the sun started shining
my shoulders grew strong
and i realized you’ve got to bear the weight of this world awhile to get you where you belong
i kept a line of hearts waiting
then I’ve been left out in the cold
i've been curled up on the floor by some fool's door at 2am hoping it might feel like home
i've danced with love and held redemption in the palm of my hand
i let things slip right through my fingers because i had to
but mostly i didn't understand
but then the sun started shining
my shoulders grew strong
and i realized you’ve got to bear the weight of this world awhile
to get you where you belong
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Thinking Clearly
03:35
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Thinkin clearly
kerr/brady 2005
The highest result of the highest intellect is manifesting love - isn’t that what god is?
So don’t say you’re fighting and killing “for god” – where there’s war there’s no love..
And how do you “love thy neighbour” with a weapon of hate in your hand
How do you live by the word of your god, then turn around and kill your fellow man?
You’re not thinking clearly
You’re not thinking at all
We fail to see the reality
We refuse the greater truth : that everything and everyone is one and the same
There’s nothing to protect and nothing to lose
You’re not thinking clearly
You’re not thinking at all
Because it’s easy to see when you stop, and you think : what do we need?
what do we live for?
It’s not war it’s not greed but one simple thing.
One simple thing
Show me a god who by war and killing and hatred is glorified, and I will show you a trail of false prophets and missed points and I will show you a lie because
You’re not thinking clearly
You’re not thinking at all
Because it’s easy to see when you stop, and you think : what do we need?
what do we live for?
It’s not war it’s not greed but one simple thing.
One simple thing
LOVE…To give it to get it to make it to spread it…
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Rachael Brady Sydney, Australia
Rachael Brady has one of those voices you only find in singers grounded by their guts into a life deeply & often messily
lived.
It isn't sweet, high or perfect.
It’s a voice that sings its scars & imperfections.
It’ll probably sing some of yours too.
Brady is currently (2024) recording her 4th studio album "Bears, Witches & Wolves" with Blue Mountains based producer Josh Schuberth.
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