October (1981)
Gloria
; I fall down ; I threw a brick through a window ;
Rejoice ; Fire ; Tomorrow
; October ; With a shout ; Stranger in a strange world ; Is that all ?
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I try to sing this song
Oh I try to stand up but I can't find my feet
I try, I try to speak up but only in you I'm complete
Gloria
In et domine
Gloria
Exulte Dei
Gloria, Gloria
Oh Lord, loosen my lips
I try to sing this song
I, I try to get in but I can't find the door
The door is open, you're standing there, you let me in
Gloria
In et domine
Gloria
Exulte Dei
Oh Lord, if I had anything, anything at all
I'd give it to you
Gloria
In et domine
Gloria, Gloria
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Julie says John I'm getting
nowhere
I wrote this letter, hope to get some place soon
I want to get up, when I wake up, but when I get up,
I fall down
Julie wake up, Julie tell the story
You wrote this letter, said you were going to get there some day
You were going to walk in the sun
And the wind and the rain
Never walk back again
Now you fall down, you're falling down
You fall down
Julie say something, Julie say you're sorry
You're going to get better, you better not leave me here anyway
I want to get up, when you wake up
But when you wake up, I fall down
I'm falling down, I fall down
I fall down, when you fall down, when I fall down
Is when you're falling down, when you fall down,
I fall down
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I threw a brick through a window
I was talking, I was talking
to myself
Somebody else, talk, talk, talking
I couldn't hear a word, a word he said
He was my brother, he said there was no other
Other way out of here, be my brother
Got to get out, got to get out
Got to get out of here
I was walking, I was walking into walls
And back again, walk, walk, walking
I walk up to a window to see myself
And my reflection, when I thought about it
My direction, going nowhere, going nowhere
No one, no one is blinder than he who will not see
No one, no one is blinder than me
I was talking, I was talking in my sleep
I can't stop talk, talk, talking
I'm talking to you, it's up to you
Be my brother, there is no other way out of here
Be my brother
Got to get out, got to get out,
Got to get out of here
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It's falling, it's falling,
and outside a building comes tumbling down
And inside a child on the ground says he'll do it again
And what am I to do
And what in the world am I to say
There's nothing else to do
He says he'll change the world some day
I rejoice
This morning I fell out of bed
When I woke up to what he had said
Everything's crazy but I'm too lazy to lie
And what am I to do
Just tell me what am I supposed to say
I can't change the world
But I can change the world in me
Rejoice
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Calling, calling, the sun is burning black
Calling, calling, it's beating on my back
With a fire, fire
With a fire, fire
Calling, calling, the moon is burning red
Calling, calling, it's pulling me instead
With a fire, fire
But there's a fire inside when I'm falling over
There's a fire in me, when I call out
I built a fire, fire, I'm going home
Calling, calling, the stars are falling down
Calling, calling, they knock me to the ground
With a fire, fire
But there's a fire inside, when I'm falling over
There's a fire in me, when I call out
There's a fire inside, when I'm falling over
I built a fire, fire, I'm going home
Calling, calling, calling, calling
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Won't you come back tomorrow
Won't you be back tomorrow can I sleep tonight?
Outside, somebody's outside somebody's knocking at the door
There's a black car parked at
The side of the road
Don't go to the door
Don't go to the door
I'm going out I'm going outside
Mother I'm going out there
Won't you come back tomorrow,
Won't you come back tomorrow,
Can I sleep tonight?
Who broke the window,
Who broke down the door?
Who tore down the curtain,
And who is it for?
Who heals the wounds
Who heals the scars?
Open the door, Open the door
Won't you be back tomorrow,
Won't you be back tomorrow,
Can I sleep tonight?
'Cause I want you, I want you
I want you to be back tomorrow
Won't you be back tomorrow
Open up, open up to the lamb of God
To the love of He who makes the blind to see
He's coming back, He's coming back
Believe HIM. Jesus is coming
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October
And the trees are stripped bare
Of all they wear
What do I care?
October
And kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall
But You go on
And on
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Oh, where do we go, where do we go from here
Where to go
To the side of a hill, blood was spilt
We were still looking at each other
But we're going back there, Jerusalem
Shout, shout, shout it out, with a shout
I want to go, to the foot of Mount Zion
To the foot of He who made me see
To the side of a hill blood was spilt
We were filled with a love
And we're going to be there again, Jerusalem
Shout, shout, with a shout, shout it out, shout
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Stranger, stranger in a
strange land
He looked at me like I was the one who should run
We asked him to smile for a photograph
We waited around to see if we could make him laugh
The soldier asked for a cigarette, his smiling face
I can't forget. He looked at me across the street
But that's a long way here
Stranger, stranger in a strange land
He looked at me like I was the one who should run
I watched as he watched us get back on the bus
I watched the way it was. The way it was when he
was with us. And I really don't mind sleeping on the floor
But I couldn't sleep after what I saw
I wrote this letter to tell you the way I feel
Oh, I wish you were here
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Oh sing this song makes me
angry
I'm not angry with you
Is that all ?
Is that all ?
Oh sing this song makes me happy
I'm not happy with you
Is that all ?
Is that all ?
Oh sing this song makes me dance
Is that all ?
Is that all you want from me ?
Is that all ?