"Rebirth" (2012)

World Upside Down lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

They say the world is spinning around
I say the world is upside down
They say the world is spinning around

I say the world is upside down
Oh yeah, all right

Looking at the world today
I am implored to say
So much war and poverty
While few enjoy prosperity

They say the world is spinning around
I say the world is upside down
They say the world is spinning around
I say the world is upside down
Oh yeah, all right

Looking at the world I agree
Oh what fools we mortals be
Morality is in demise
Immorality is on the rise

They say the world is spinning around
I say the world is upside down
They say the world is spinning around
I say the world is upside down

Oh yeah, too much injustice
How can there be peace?
Religious hypocrisy
Political tyranity
You see it my ,
What about the children now?

Hey
They say the world is spinning around
I say the world is upside down
They say the world is spinning around
I say the world is upside down
They say the world is spinning around
I say the world is upside down
They say the world is sṗinning around
I say the world is upside down
Oh yeah,
Crime and violence
Poverty and starvation
Ecological calamity
Economic instability
What's wrong with humanity?
Have they lost their sanity?
For the love of vanity
What about the love, love now?
You know that we need it
What about the love, love, love yeah

One More lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

One more, one more, one more, one more
I got one more song I must sing
Ting-a-ling
Freedom ring
I got one more song I must sing
Simple song, so sing along
One more, one more, one more, one more
I got one more story to tell
Mystery, my story
I got one more story to tell
True story, my glory
One more, one more, one more, one more
I got one more arrow in my bow
And as I let it go
Just watch my flow
I got one more arrow in my bow
To the target and it's a hit
One more, one more, one more, one more
Hey baby don't you go away
I want you listen what I have to say
It's not over till it's over
I'm a natural lover
Hey mister get out my way
This is not, no time to play
Hey mister get out my way
I got to live for another day
All we got,
One more life to live,
One more love to give,
One more cliff to climb,
One more
It's my time
I got one more bullet in my gun
And I can't run
Till the deal is done
I got one more bullet in my gun
And I won't run
Till the deal is done
One more, one more, one more, one more
I got one more shot at the prize
So don't be surprised
Open your eyes
I got one more shot at the goal
Straight from my soul
And I'm in control
One more, one more, one more, one more
One more, one more, one more, one more
One, more, one, more, one more, one more
One More!

Guns Of Brixton lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

When they kick out your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun

When the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting in death row

You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, Guns of Brixton

The money feels good
And your life you like it well
But surely your time will come
As in heaven, as in hell

You see, he feels like Ivan
Born under the Brixton sun
His game is called survivin'
At the end of the harder they come
You know it means no mercy
They caught him with a gun
No need for the Black Maria
Goodbye to the Brixton sun

You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh-the guns of Brixton

When they kick out your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun

You can crush us
You can bruise us
And even shoot us
But oh- the guns of Brixton

Shot down on the pavement
Waiting in death row
His game was survivin'
As in heaven as in hell

You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton
Oh, the guns of Brixton
Oh, the guns of Brixton
Oh, the guns of Brixton
Oh, the guns of Brixton

Ruby Soho lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Echoes of reggae comin' through my bedroom wall
Havin' a party up next door but I'm sittin here all alone
Two lovers in the bedroom and the other starts to shout
All I got is this blank stare and that don't carry no clout at all

[Chorus:]
Destination unknown
Ruby ruby ruby ruby soho
[x2]

He's singin and she's there to lend a hand
He's seen his name on the marquee but she will never understand
Once again he's leavin' and she's there with a tear in her eye
Embraces with a warm gesture it's time, time to say goodbye

[Chorus]

Ruby's heart ain't beatin cause she knows the feelin' is gone
She's not the only one who knew there's somethin' wrong
Her lover's in the distance as she wipes a tear from her eye
Ruby's fading out, she disappears, it's time, time to say goodbye

[Chorus]

Ruby ruby ruby ruby soho
Ruby ruby ruby ruby soho
Ruby ruby ruby ruby soho
Ruby ruby ruby ruby soho

Destination unknown (Ruby ruby ruby ruby soho)
Ruby ruby ruby ruby soho
[x2]

Blessed Love lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Blessed Love to all the World
Blessed Love to Everyone in all the World

Blessed Love and Salutation
Blessed Love and Appreciation
Blessed Love and Salutation
Blessed Love and Appreciation

Bless up with this greeting:
Blessed Love
Bless up at every meeting
Blessed Love
Bless up with thanksgiving
Blessed Love
Bless up for your leaving

Blessed Love and Salutation
Blessed Love and Appreciation
Blessed Love and Salutation
Blessed Love and Celebration

Bless up all the Mothers
Blessed Love
Bless up all the Fathers
Blessed Love
Bless up all the Youth
Blessed Love
Bless up with the Truth

Even in your home
Blessed Love
Wherever you may roam
Blessed Love
Out in the street
Blessed Love
Everyone you meet

Blessed Love and Salutation
Blessed Love and Appreciation
Blessed Love and Salutation
Blessed Love and Celebration

Blessed Love
Blessed Love
Blessed Love
Blessed Love

In North and South America
Blessed Love
In Europe and Asia
Blessed Love
In Africa, Australia
Blessed Love
Caribbean, Jamaica

To all the folks in Gaza
Blessed Love
To everyone in...
Blessed Love
Bless up with respect
Blessed Love
Bless up without regret

Blessed Love and Salutation
Blessed Love and Appreciation
Blessed Love
Blessed Love to all nations

Blessed Love
Blessed Love
Blessed Love
Blessed Love

Bless up all the Youths
Blessed Love
Love is what I bring
Blessed Love
Love is what I sing
Blessed Love
Bless up all the gangs
Blessed Love
Up town,
Blessed Love
Round town,
Blessed Love
Down town,
Blessed Love
Across town
Blessed Love

Blessed Love to One and All
Blessed Love
As it was in the beginning
Blessed Love
So it is in this time
Blessed Love
and for evermore

Blessed Love
Blessed Love
Blessed Love
Blessed Love

Ship Is Sailing lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Baby it's been a long time
We've been sitting on drydock
And it seems like all the pathways
Have been blocked

Now the tides have turned
And the rewards we have earned
Bringing us good feeling
Set our hearts a-reeling, baby

Our ship is sailing, there ain't no stopping
Our ship is sailing, yes we are moving
Our ship is sailing, and we are moving
Our ship is sailing, there ain't no stopping
'Til we say so

Hey now

Now let's rock it steady
Since a long time we've been ready
Let nothing detract our attention
Let's take our time
'Cause I'm feeling so fine
When you hold me tight
Everything's all right, darlin'

Our ship is sailing, yes we are moving
Our ship is sailing, there ain't no stopping
Our ship is sailing, let's keep on moving
Our ship is sailing, there ain't no stopping
'Til we say so

Hey hey now

Now with love and affection
We're moving in the right direction
Satisfaction is the key along the way
So let's share the joy
Like a child with a new toy
Baby hold me tight
Everything's all right, darlin'

Our ship is sailing, and we are moving
Our ship is sailing, there ain't now stopping now
Our ship is sailing, yes we are on the go
Our ship is sailing, there ain't no stopping

Let's share the joy (Our ship is sailing)
Like a child with a new toy (Our ship is sailing)
Baby let's take our time (Our ship is sailing)
'Cause I'm feeling so fine
Babe
Yeah yeah

King Of Kings lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

The Lion say," I am King and I reign."
The Lion say," I am King in this range."
"No more kings must be in this backyard,"
The Lion say," I am King and I reign."

Elephant say, "I am King cause I'm strong."
The Giraffe say, "I am King cause my neck is long."
"There's no doubt that you are all wrong,"
The Lion say, "I am King cause I'm double strong."

"I'm King of Kings and Lord of Lords in this land
No more back talk, Any of you,
Cause I'm King
From the beginning, I came as King,"
The Lion say," I am King and I reign."

"I'm King of Kings and Lord of Lords in this land>
No more back talk, Any of you,
Cause I'm King
From the beginning, I came as Prophet, Priest and King,"
The Lion say," I am King and I reign."
The Lion say," I am King and I reign."

"King of Kings and Lord of Lords, I reign in this land,"
The Lion say," I am King and I reign."
"That is I", the Lion say, "I am King"

"Black Magic" (2004)

I Want I Do I Get lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Say, say, say
Do, do, do
Say, say, say
Do, do, do

Wanting, needing
Saying, praying
Dreaming, hoping
Waiting, playing

Won't get you what you want
If you keep saying you can't
Won't get you what you need
Really in words and deeds

You've got to do it
And when you do it
You will get through it
And you get through it, you say

I want, I do, I get
I want, I do, I get
I want, I do, I get
I want, I do, I get
And it is done

Thinking, planning
Wishing, longing
Crying, lying
Hesitating, procrastinating

Won't bring you sweet success
Won't bring you happiness
Won't bring you sweet caress
Won't bring you reprogress

You've got to do it
And when you do it
You will get through it
And you get through it, you say

I want, I do, I get
I want, I do, I get
I want, I do, I get
I want, I do, I get
And it is done

Not enough to say, say, say
You got to do, do, do
It's not enough to say, say, say
Here's what you do, do, do

Not enough to say, say, say
It's all you do, do, do
Not enough to say, say, say
You've got to do, do, do

I want, I do, I get
I want, I do, I get
I want, I do, I get

People lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

There comes a time when we must fight again
For what we know to be the truth
here comes the day when we must rise again
To save ourselves reclaim our youth

So people lets get together and show our power
All over the world
So people lets get together and show our power
All over the world

There comes a time to gather round again
To sit and learn each others ways
As of today lets start to laugh again
And hope and Joy is here to stay

And people lets get together and show our power
All over the world
People lets get together and show our power
All over the world

Love sees the way to make the best of things
We know the truth lies in the simple things
The simple thing lest we forget

So people lets get together and show our power
All over the world
People lets get together and show our power
All over the world

Love Comes lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Love comes like a miracle...

Love comes to the rescue - whenever you need it
Love comes like a miracle so you better believe
It's true (it's true) - when I look deep inside of you
Just when I think I cannot find
Some peace of mind...

Love comes to the rescue - whenever you need it
Love comes like a miracle so you better believe
It's true (true) - when I'm lost for words to explain
And my heart is filled with the kind of pain
I just don't need
Oh...

Love comes to the rescue (to the rescue) - whenever you need it
Love (don't you know, don't you know that) comes like a miracle (like a miracle)...

Just when I think I can't find some peace of mind...
Love - love comes...
Love comes...
Let it in...

Terror lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

September 11th
Well it was Hell in Heaven

A Hell of a day
In the US of A

Terror hit the World Trade Center
In New York City
And the Pentagon
In the city of Washington

I saw it on T.V.
I thought that I was watching a movie
Like it was World War III
In the land of the brave and the home of the free

Where was 007
September 11th
And Superman
When they called 911

Now there's a war against terror, terror
Terror fighting terror
Terror, terror
Oh what a horror

Now there's a war against terror, terror
Terror fighting terror
Terror, terror
Oh what a horror

Terror, terror, terror
We must have a better tomorrow
We must have a better tomorrow now

September 11th
Another war in Heaven
All who were there
Said it was a living nightmare

But for every action
There has to be a reaction
This is the law of nature
Now we're living in the future

So when you're digging a ditch
I think you better dig two
One for the other man
And one for you

And when you're pointing a finger
When three points back at you
Be sure your hands are clean
I think you know what I mean

'Cause when you war against terror, terror
Terror fighting terror
Terror, terror
Oh what a horror

Terror, terror
Biological
Terror, terror
Environmental

Terror, terror, terror
We must have a better tomorrow
We must have a better tomorrow now

11th of September
The world will always
The year 2001
A new era begun

This was a wake-up call
To nations great and small

Terror been with you all the time
But you never paid it no mind

Oh, it's the Armageddon
A clash of civilization

With terror fighting terror
Tell me who can be the hero

I read it in Revelation
That there would be lamentation

A tale of God and the Devil
But good must overcome evil

(Ooh La, La, La) Let's Go Dancing lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Oh
Yeah

Ooh, la, la, la
Let's go dancin'
Ooh, la, la, la
Reggae dancin'

Ooh, la, la, la (Yeah)
Let's go dancin'
Ooh, la, la, la (Come on)
Reggae dancin'

Went down to the park
Everything was dark, oh, yeah, yeah, all of a sudden
On came the lights
And everything was feeling right

The people started dancin'
They call me over to join in
They said, "Jimmy, don't ya feel good, man?"
Come on and join the reggae jam, I heard them singin'

Ooh, la, la, la (Hey, hey, day)
Let's go dancin'
Ooh, la, la, la
Reggae dancin'

Ooh, la, la, la
Let's go dancin'
Ooh, la, la, la
Reggae dancin' (It's a reggae get down)

Ooh, la, la, la (Ooh)
Let's go dancin' (Get your dancin' shoes, get your dancin' shoes)
Ooh, la, la, la
Reggae dancin'

Ooh, la, la, la (Woo)
Let's go dancin' (Get your dancin' shoes, get your dancin' shoes)
Ooh, la, la, la
Reggae dancin'

I wanna get to know you
Come on let's reggae down, oh, yeah, yeah
Get better acquainted
So that everything will be fine, hey, lady, listen

Hey, baby, what's your name?
Is it a Misses or is it miss, eh
If you're by yourself I'd like to take you for a ride
We could check the scene and reggae down, and we'll be singin'

Ooh, la, la, la (Woo)
Let's go dancin'
Ooh, la, la, la, (Come on let's go)
Reggae dancin'

Ooh, la, la, la
Let's go dancin'
Ooh, la, la, la
Reggae dancin'

Ooh, la, la, la
Let's go dancin'
Ooh, la, la, la
Reggae dancin'

Ooh, la, la, la
Let's go dancin'
Ooh, la, la, la
Reggae dancin'

Take Your Time lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

She says she loves me more than I do
And she says she's sorry
She promised me everything too
She tells me not to worry

But listen baby, make up your mind
Or both of us you will lose
Listen baby, we got to find out
Which one of us you will choose

Take your time if you want
But don't take mine
Waste your life if you want
But don't waste mine

Take your time if you want
But don't take mine
Waste your life if you want
But don't waste mine

She says she loves the way I smile
With lovely accent when I talk
She says she loves the reggae nights
The way I dance when I walk

But listen babe, make up your mind
Or both of us you will lose
Listen babe, we got to find out
Which one of us you will choose

Take your time if you want
But don't take mine
Waste your life if you want
But don't waste mine

Yan or Jimmy, Yan or Jimmy
I don't who to choose
Yan or Jimmy, Yan or Jimmy
Which one I'm gonna lose

Take your time if you want
But don't take mine
Waste your life if you want
But don't waste

Take your time if you want
But don't take mine
Waste your life if you want
But don't waste

Take your time if you want
But don't take mine
Waste your life if you want
But don't waste

Take your time if you want
But don't take mine
Waste your life

"Higher And Higher" (1998)

• Higher And Higher lyrics -Jimmy Cliff
• You Can Get It If You Really Want lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• Wonderful World, Beautiful People lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• Many Rivers To Cross lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• I Can See Clearly Now lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• Rebel In Me lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• The Harder They Come lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Higher And Higher lyrics -Jimmy Cliff

Your love, lifting me higher
Than I've ever been lifted before
So keep it it up
Quench my desire
And I'll be at your side, forever more

[Chorus]
You know your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on lifting (keeps on lifting me)
Higher (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)
I said your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on (keeps on lifting me)
Lifting me (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)

Now once, I was down hearted
Disappointment, was my closest friend
But then you, came and it soon departed
And you know he never
Showed his face again

[Chorus]
That's why your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on lifting (keeps on lifting me)
Higher (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)
I said your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on (keeps on lifting me)
Lifting me (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)

[Organ solo]

I'm so glad, I've finally found you
That someone, in a million girls
And I whip, my loving arms around you
I can stand up, and face the world

[Chorus]
That's why your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keeps on lifting (keeps on lifting me)
Higher (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)
Everyday your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on (keeps on lifting me)
Lifting me (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)

Lift me up, woman (your love keeps lifting me)
Keeps on lifting (keeps on lifting me)
Higher (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)
I said your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on (keeps on lifting me)
Lifting me (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)
[fade out]

I Can See Clearly Now lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

I can see clearly now the rain is gone.
I can see all obstacles in my way.
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.

Oh, yes I can make it now the pain is gone.
All of the bad feelings have disappeared.
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.

(ooh...) Look all around, there's nothing but blue skies.
Look straight ahead, there's nothing but blue skies.

I can see clearly now the rain is gone.
I can see all obstacles in my way.
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's going to be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
Yeah, hey, it's gonna be a bright (bright) bright (bright)
sunshiny day.

Rebel In Me lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

If the rebel in me
Can touch the rebel in you
And the rebel in you
Can touch the rebel in me
And the rebels we be
Is gonna set us free
Then it would bring out the rebel
Bring out the rebel
Bring out the rebel in me
If the lover in you
Can touch the lover in me
And the lover in me
Can touch the lover in you
And the lovers we be
Will bring sweet harmony
Then it would bring out the love
Bring out the love
Bring out all the love in me
My love
Is deeper than the ocean
Our love
Is in need of sweet devotion
Come on
Because you got the potion
To bring out the love in me
And I would bring out the love in you
Let the lover in you
Touch the lover in me
And the rebel in me
Will touch the rebel in you
And the lovers we be
Will bring sweet harmony
Then it would bring out the love
Bring out the love
Bring out all the love in us
My love
Is deeper than the ocean
Our love
Is in need of sweet devotion
Come on
Because you got the notion
To bring out the love in me
And I would bring out the love in you
Let the rebel in me
Touch the rebel in you
And the rebel in you
Will touch the rebel in me
And the lovers we be
Will bring sweet harmony
Then it would bring out the love
Bring out the love
Bring out all the love in us
Bring out the love
Said I wanna bring out the love
Bring out the love
Said I wanna bring out the love
Bring out the love
Bring out the love
Bring out all the love in me
Bring out the rebel
Said I wanna bring out the rebel
Bring out the rebel
Said I wanna bring out the rebel

"Breakout" (1992)

Peace lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

How is there going to be peace?
When there is no justice, oh no, oh
Someone is taking more than their share
Of the bounties of this land and that's not fair

So little people got more than they need
While there's so many hungry mouths in the world to feed
And I am would give my heart so true
And I will give my love for you, tell me

How is there going to be peace?
When there is no justice, oh no, oh
Someone is taking my share
And they just don't give a damn, no they don't care

So, you just might as well face it
'Cause there ain't no other way to erase it
And I will give my heart so true
And I will give my love for you, tell me

Haunted lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Haunted by your love
Wanted for your love

Wanted by the love of you and me
Haunted, memories won't let me be
So I keep rolling on till another battle is won
No one ever let go, I see reality show
And I'm haunted, wanted by your love

Haunted by the dreams of yesterday
Haunted, as I linger on today but I won't run away
Tomorrow is another day, no one ever give in
'Cause I know from my faith I will win
And I'm haunted by your love day by day

Only every time you're awake
I know how much I miss you, love you too
Oh girl, you're the most, from pillar to post
With my feet on the ground and my head in the sky
I'm on solid ground and I know we'll be riding high
And I'm haunted by your love day by day

Haunted by the visions that I see
Haunted, of the the mission to be free
With my feet on the ground and my head in the sky
I'm on solid ground and I know we'll be riding high
And I'm haunted, wanted for your love
Haunted by your love, haunted, wanted by your love

Oh honey, our love is fascinating
Ooh child, it's so amazing, yeah, in my dreams
Oh, your lies won't let me sleep
Haunted by your love

Haunted by your love, haunted by your love
Wanted for your love, haunted by your love
Haunted by your love, haunted by your love
Wanted for your love, haunted by your love

Wanted for your love, haunted by your love
Wanted for your love, haunted by your love

Samba Reggae lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Come on, make we rock, rock, rock, samba reggae
Come on, make we jam, jam, jam, samba reggae
Come on, make we rock, rock, rock, samba reggae
Come on, make we jam, jam, jam, samba reggae

Come on, make we jump, jump, jump, samba reggae
Come on, make we bump, bump, bump, samba reggae
Come on, make we jump, jump, jump, samba reggae
Come on, make we bump, bump, bump, samba reggae

Ain't nobody gonna stop us here
It's unity at Pelourinho Square
We've got our friends and we're a family
Be a part of this unity

Come on, make we rock, rock, rock, samba reggae
Come on, make we jam, jam, jam, samba reggae
Come on, make we jump, jump, jump, samba reggae
Come on, make we bump, bump, bump, samba reggae

Rock, if you're rockin', samba reggae
Jam, if you're jammin', samba reggae
Jump, if you're jumpin', samba reggae
Bump, if you're bumpin', samba reggae

Rockin' Jamaica, samba reggae
Jammin' Bahia, samba reggae
Jumpin' Africa, samba reggae
Afro-merica, samba reggae

It's the music of the ghetto
Ile Aye, Musensa and Ara Ketu
Olodum gives you the music nice
It will make you think of paradise

Come on, make we rock, rock, rock, samba reggae
Come on, make we jam, jam, jam, samba reggae
Come on, come on, come on
Make we jump, jump, jump, samba reggae
Come on, make we shake, shake, shake, samba reggae

Toca repique, samba reggae
Ginga e ginga, samba reggae
Pule e pule, samba reggae
Mexe, remexe, samba reggae

Rockin' Jamaica, samba reggae
Jammin' Bahia, samba reggae
Jumpin' Sao Paulo, samba reggae
Rockin' in Rio, samba reggae

True Story lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

We gave you history,
But what about the true story
Hidiing your heritage
to keep you into bondage
they stole your culutre
to say you got no future
destroyed your tradition
to keep you into subjection
AND THATS THE TRUE STORY
they took the natural living
and gave you articificail living
they took the solcial living
and turned it into socilisim
they took the communl living
and turned in into communisum
they took the capital living
and turned it into capitialism
AND THATS THE TRUE STORY
my ancestors were kings of old
half the stories have not been told
they were mighty men and women
my children will be like them
we are the seed of abraham
descneded from adam
we are the true born israleites
the true born ishmaelites
AND THATS THE TRUE STORY
DON'T YOU LIE
Don't want your hizzim shcism
your just for the system
don't want your fo Lucifer
you call it your philosiphy
don't want your lies buried
you call it your library
We want the true story

"The Power And The Glory" (1983)

We All Are One lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Mmm...mmm...mmm....
Yeah
Mmm...hmm...mmm....oh...

We all are one, we are the same person
I'll be you, you'll be me (Oh, yeah)
We all are one, same universal world
I'll be you, you'll be me

No matter where we are born,
We are human beings
The same chemistry
Where emotions and feelings
All corresponding in love
Compatible

You can't get around it,
No matter how hard you try
You better believe it
And if you should find out
That you are no different than I
Reply

We all are one (We all),
We are the same person (Same person)
I'll be you, you'll be me (I'll be me, you'll be you)
We all are one (We all), same universal world
I'll be you, you'll be me

The only difference I can see
Is in the conscience
And the shade of our skin
Doesn't matter, we laugh, we chatter
We smile, we all live for

And the feelings that make
All those faces always renew
So true, so true
And would you believe that I have
All those same feelings too
The same as you

We all are one, we are the same person
I'll be you, you'll be me (I'll be me, you'll be you)
We all are one (We all), same universal world
I'll be you, you'll be me (Mmm, hmm, mmm, hmm)

We all are one (We all),
We are the same person (Same person)
I'll be you, you'll be me (I'll be me, you'll be you)
We all are one (We all), same universal world
I'll be you, you'll be me

Look at the children, they're having fun
With no regards to why
They all look different but deep inside
Their feelings of love they don't hide, they don't hide
They don't hide, they don't hide

We all are one, we are the same person
I'll be you, you'll be me (Oh, yeah)
We all are one, same universal world
I'll be you, you'll be me

We all are one (We all),
We are the same person (The same person)
I'll be you, you'll be me (No matter where you go)
We all are one (We all),
Same universal (Same person)
I'll be you, you'll be me (Oh, yeah)

We all are one (You know, I know, we all know),
We are the same person (Oh, yeah)
I'll be you, you'll be me (Oh, yeah)
We all are one (Emotions and feelings),
Same universal (All corresponding to love)
I'll be you, you'll be me (Oh...oh...oh...)

We all are one, we are the same person

Reggae Night lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Reggae night, we come together when the feeling's right
Reggae night, and we'll be jammin 'till the morning light

Penny Reel just called, got to get my things, got to catch this ride
Gotta look my best because I know there'll be mashin' up tonight
Reggae night, we come together when the feeling's right
Reggae night, and we'll be jammin 'till the morning light

You will find it happens only once a year
So don't miss out on this session here

There'll be people comin' from the North and South and East and West
So you better look your best, man
Now, lightnin' strikes at 8, so you better not be late
For this rub-a-dubbin', rockin', jammin', fun, fun, lovin', yeah
Reggae night, we come together when the feeling's right,
Reggae night, and we'll be jammin 'till the morning light

You will find it happens only once a year
So take advantage of this festive cheer
Make we bring we family and let's tell some friends
And everyone will have a jam, jam, session

Oh oh oh raggae night, oh oh oh raggae night
oh oh oh raggae night, oh oh oh raggae night
oh oh oh raggae night, oh oh oh Keep on rockin'
Oh oh oh raggae night, oh oh oh raggae night
Reggae night, we come together when the feeling's right
Reggae night, and we'll be jammin 'till the morning light

Roots Woman lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Roots woman, roots woman
She's a roots woman
It's the truth, woman
And you turn me on

Roots woman, roots woman
She's my roots woman
It's the truth, woman
And you turn me on

Now she don't worship diamonds
She don't worship pearls
She don't worship silver
She don't worship gold

She'll live the life she'll love
And love the life she'll live
And give me plenty lovin'
And it keeps me bubbling on

Roots woman, roots woman
She's a roots woman
It's the truth, woman
And you turn me on

Roots woman, roots woman
She's my roots woman
It's the truth, woman
And you turn me on

Now I don't know what you'd say
If you saw me yesterday
But I know what you'd say
If you see I mon today

She'll cook that country porridge
If I get her knowledge
Keep a lookin' smashin'
And it keeps us bubbling on

And I'm talking 'bout the
Roots woman, roots woman
She's my roots woman
It's the truth, woman
And you turn me on

Roots woman, roots woman
She's a roots woman
It's the truth, woman
And you turn me on

Turn me on now
Oh, yeah
I'll turn you on
Mmm, hmm

Sometimes we have to fuss
Sometimes we have to fight
But that don't hinder us
From making it alright

You see, love is our foundation
Ever since creation
And funny as it seems

And I'm talking 'bout the
Roots woman, roots woman
She's a roots woman
It's the truth, woman
And you turn me on

Roots woman, roots woman
She's a roots woman
It's the truth, woman
And you turn me on

Turn me on now

Roots woman, roots woman (Oh, yeah)
She's my roots woman (I'll turn you on)
It's the truth, woman (Mmm, hmm)
She's my roots woman (Yeah)

Roots woman, roots woman (Oh, yeah)
She's my roots woman
(Talking 'bout the roots woman, roots woman)
It's the truth, woman
She's my roots woman (Oh, yeah)

Roots woman, roots woman (Uh-huh)
She's my roots woman (She's my roots woman)
It's the truth, woman (It's the truth, woman)
She's my roots woman (It's the roots woman)

Roots woman, roots woman (And you turn me on)
She's my roots woman (Turn me on now)
It's the truth, woman (I turn you on)
She's my roots woman (You turn me on)

Roots woman, roots woman (I turn you on)
She's my roots woman (You turn me on)
It's the truth, woman (I turn you on)
She's my roots woman (Oh, oh)

Love Solution lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Oh yeah, Love Solution,
Oh no, Love Solution,

Oh yeah, Love Solution,
Oh no, Love Solution,

Trials and crosses in our way,
Pretty soon they'll have to fade away..
With a little dedication and sweet devotion, oh yeah,
Cause it's alright, so hold tight,
Yes it's alright, so hold tight,
Hold tight, alright

Love is a Mans solution,
Loving is a Woman's solution,
Spread it over every Nation,
Tell it to the Young generation,
Love is a Boy's solution,
And loving is a Girl's solution,

Oh yeah, Love Solution,
Oh no, Love Solution,

I was born as a Man from a Woman,
and a Woman was made for a Man,
So put your little hands in mine,
There's no Hills or Mountains we can't climb,
So it's alright just hold tight,
Yes it's alright just hold tight,
Hold tight alright.....

Love is a Mans solution,
Loving is a Woman's solution,
Spread it all over the world,
Tell it to every Boy and Girl,
Love is a Boy's solution,
And loving is a Girl's solution,

Oh yeah, Love Solution,
Oh no, Love Solution,

And so as it revolves,
There's no problem we can't solve,
Put your little hands in mine and we'll fly, we'll fly..

Oh yeah, Love Solution,
Oh no, Love Solution,
Oh yeah, Love Solution,
Oh no, Love Solution,

Spread it all over the World
Tell it to every Boy & Girl...

Spread it...
Tell it...
Spread it...
All over the World...

Spread it...
Tell it...

Journey lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Well the years have come and the years have gone
Still the son of man keeps a trotting on
Journey, Journey on
Yet from innocence to experience
from dependence to independence
Journey, Journey on
Well now I have love and I have been loved
I have judged and I have been judged
Journey, Journey on
So where there come a storm there's a victory
Cause I live all and all lives in me
Journey, Journey on

[Chorus:]
Journey, Oh Journey
and I never get, never get weary yet
Journey, Oh Journey
still I never get, never get weary yet

I was captured on the banks of the river Nile
carried far beyond the seven seas
Journey, Journey on
So I left my home in the morning
I wanna go home in the evening
Journey, Journey on

[Chorus]

Like the sun and sea life is flowing free
I've got to be free 1983
Journey, Journey on
So from the lessons learned and the tables turned
the victories earned and my heart still yearns
Journey, Journey on

[Chorus]

"Give Thanx" (1978)

Bongo Man lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Bongo man a come... Bongo...
Bongo man a come... Bongo...

I'm giving you the warning
A new day is dawning
So better be prepared
When bongo man gets here

Bongo man a come... Bongo...
Bongo man a come... Bongo...

Better be prepared
When bongo man gets here
I'm giving you the warning
A new day is dawning

Bongo man a come... Bongo...
Bongo man a come... Bongo...

Lonely Street lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

I walk the lonely streets
I walk the lonely streets
I walk the lonely streets
I walk the lonely streets

There was no love,
no, no love to be found
There was no love,
no, no love to be found

Evening comes
Sun sinks low
Shadows tell
that it's time
to go

Mystic smiles
on faces wide
Comic styles
But their faces
don't glow

I walk the lonely streets
I walk the lonely streets
I walk the lonely streets
I walk the lonely streets

There was no love
to be found
There was no love
to be found

Wandering child
searching for
directions
that images don't show

It's a sin
beckoning
for the love
that they need
to know

As I walk the lonely streets
I walk the lonely streets
I walk the lonely streets
I walk the lonely streets

There was no love
There was no love

I walk the lonely streets
I walk the lonely streets
I walk the lonely streets
I walk the lonely streets

Lonely streets
They don't reason with me,
they don't talk

They don't reason, they don't talk
They don't talk
They don't talk

Oh, no, lonely streets
Oh, no, only lonely streets

Love I Need lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

I say I can't get
You know I can't get
The love I need
The love I need

Maybe I'm just wasting time
Trying to get a fish on a line
Anyway, I'm a man, so I got to try

Maybe I'm just hard to please
But then again, it's just my needs
Maybe it's just the way that I am high

Because I can't get
No, no, I can't get
You know I can't get
The love I need
The love I need

I know that it's love it takes
To keep this man in me awake
And I find it hard to compromise

There's no mountain hard to climb
When I got the love I need full time
To keep me satisfied and it's just my size

Therefore I can't get
You know I can't get
No, no, I, I can't get
The love I need
The love I need

I don't want no part-time love
I don't want no part-time love
Don't want no part-time love
Don't want no part-time love

Because I can't get
I know I can't get
No, no, I, I can't get
The love I need
The love I need

Don't want no part-time love (The love I need)
And I don't want no part-time love (The love I need)
Don't want no part-time love (The love I need)
Don't want no part-time love (The love I need)

Part time love (The love I need)
(The love I need)

"Struggling Man" (1974)

• Struggling Man lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• When You're Young lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• Better Days Are Coming lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• Sooner Or Later lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• Those Good, Good Old Days lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• Can't Live Without You lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• Going Back West lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Struggling Man lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Every man has a right to live
Love is all that we have to give
Together we struggle by our will to survive
And together we fight just to stay alive

Struggling man has got to move
Struggling man no time to lose
I'm a struggling man
And I've got to move on

As the sun lights the day and the moon lights the night
Struggling man keeps reaching for the higher heights
So we plan for tomorrow as we live for today
Like a flower we bloom, and then later fade away

Struggling man has got to move
Struggling man no time to lose
I'm a struggling man
And I've got to move on

Struggling man has got to move
Struggling man no time to lose
I'm a struggling man
And I've got to move on

Struggling man, struggling man
Struggling man, struggling man
Struggling man, struggling man

When You're Young lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Be wise, be free when you're young
When you're young

Well, someone told me, not long ago now
You're only young but for once
It's the one time in a lifetime
There is no second chance, second chance

So when you're young
Hold your head high and hold on to your dreams
There's a world waiting out there
Not always what it seems

Be wise, be free when you're young
When you're young

It's said, you got your freedom to make your own rules
Be nobody's footstool
And you may try now to change the world too
But don't let it change you, it can't change you

So when you're young
Hold your head high and hold on to your dreams
There's a world waiting out there
Not always what it seems

When you're young
When you're young

You see that many a people in my time of mend
Telling tales of regret
Step aside Grandma, step aside Grandpa
There are somethings I must get, I must get

When you're young
Hold your head high and hold on to your dreams
There's a world waiting out there
Not always what it seems

When you're young
When you're young
You know it's the right time
You know it's the right time

Said, I know
(When you're young)
Said, I know
(When you're young)
When you're young
When you're young

Sooner Or Later lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

It's getting to the point
Where I can't hang around no more
It's getting to the point
Where really have to open up the door

Times are changing
You better use your sense
Use what you've got
From coincidence
Hear me now!

Sooner or later you gonna have to stand up tall
Sooner or later when your backs against that wall
Sooner or later you'll have to be the one you are
And you just might find that you're out of time
And it's just too late

Hear me now!

Heavy burden gets you down
And pressure is all around
Sit around and hesitate
Say you're waiting for a lucky break

Life's for living
Better use your sense
Use what you've got
From coincidence
Hear me now!

Sooner or later you gonna have to stand up tall
Sooner or later when your backs against that wall
Sooner or later you'll have to be the one you are
Or you just might find that you're out of time
And it's just too late

Heavy burden gets you down
And pressure is all around
You sit around and hesitate
Say you're waiting for the lucky break

Life's for living
Better use your sense
Use what you've got
From coincidence
Hear me now!

Sooner or later you gonna have to stand up tall
Sooner or later when your backs against that wall
Sooner or later you'll have to be the one you are
Or you just might find that you're out of time
And it's just too late

Can't Live Without You lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Baby, I can't live without you
Life is nothing without you
Don't you know?

Baby, I can't live without you
Life is nothing without you
Don't you know?

You've always been beside me
For a moment of my youth
I know deep down inside me
You've always shared the truth

But life is brief and fickle
And all that starts must end
So la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Baby, I can't live without you
Life is nothing without you
Don't you know?

Baby, I can't live without you
Life is nothing without you
Don't you know?

We've seen a lot together
Sometimes good but mostly bad
Through every change of weather
You're the only one I've had

But life is brief and fickle
And all that starts must end
So la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Baby, I can't live without you
Life is nothing without you
Don't you know?

Baby, I can't live without you
Life is nothing without you
Don't you know?

The dream that we all live in
The plans we try to make
The treasures we are giving
Are more than we can take

But life is brief and fickle
And all that starts must end
So la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Baby, I can't live without you
Life is nothing without you
Don't you know?

Baby, I can't live without you
Life is nothing without you
Don't you know?

Baby, I can't live without you
Life is nothing without you
Don't you know?

Baby, I can't live without you
Life is nothing without you
Don't you know?

Baby, I can't live without you
Life is nothing without you
Don't you know?

Baby, I can't live without you
Life is nothing without you
Don't you know?

But life is brief and fickle
And all that starts must end
So la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Going Back West lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

I was born and raised in the ghetto
Talk with me and you'll know
I wasn't satisfied with living on the side
I started looking around for a possibility
But listen to my story, of what became of me

I met a businessman
Who said he got some friends back East
Said, "Why don't you come along?
Well we could help you atleast"
"Make you into a big star
By playing your guitar"
But the joke was on me
They left me flat to see

Going back West
(Going back West)
Yes I know, I'll make out alright
Going back West
(Going back West)
Where my music's playing all night
Going back West
(Going back West)
Think I'll do alright

Struggling for recognition, identity and respect
I got a lot of promises, they told me not to fret
Said, "We will stand by you
If the going gets rough"
But when I started sinking
They didn't even bluff

Going back West
(Going back West)
Yes I know, I'll make out alright
Going back West
(Going back West)
Where my music's playing all night
Going back West
(Going back West)
I think, I'll do alright

'Bout a year has come and gone
And left me standing here
Thinking how it could have been
'Cause still I ain't nowhere

They surely took me for a ride
Trampled on my pride
But I'll hold my head up high
Got no more tears to cry

Going back West
(Going back West)
Yes I know, I'll make out alright
Going back West
(Going back West)
Where my music's playing all night
Going back West
(Going back West)
I think, I'll do alright

Going back West
(Going back West)
Yes I know I'll make out alright
Going back West
(Going back West)
Where my music's playing all night
Going back West
(Going back West)
Think, I'll do alright

Going back West
(Going back West)
Yes I know, I'll make out alright
Going back West
(Going back West)
Where my music's playing all night
Going back West
(Going back West)
I think, I'll do alright

soundtrack: "The Harder They Come" (1972)

• You Can Get It If You Really Want lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• Rivers Of Babylon lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• Many Rivers To Cross lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• The Harder They Come lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• Johnny Too Bad lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• Shanty Town lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• Pressure Drop lyrics - Jimmy Cliff
• Sitting In Limbo lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

You Can Get It If You Really Want lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

(originally by Desmond Dekker)

You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
But you must try, try and try, try and try
You'll succeed at last

Persecution you must fear
Win or lose you got to get your share
You've got your mind set on a dream
You can get it though hard it may seem now

You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
But you must try, try and try, try and try
You'll succeed at last

I know it - listen

Rome was not built in a day
Opposition will come your way
But the hotter the battle you see
Is the sweeter the victory now

You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
But you must try, try and try, try and try
You'll succeed at last

Rivers Of Babylon lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

By the rivers of Babylon
Where he sat down
And there he wept
When he remembered Zion

'Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
Required from us a song
How can we sing King Alpha's song
In a strange land?

'Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
Required from us a song
How can we sing King Alpha's song
In a strange land?

Sing it out loud
Sing a song of freedom, brother
Sing a song of freedom, sister

So, let the words of our mouth
And the meditation of our heart
Be acceptable in Thy sight
Oh, Fari

So, let the words of our mouth
And the meditation of our heart
Be acceptable in Thy sight
Oh, Fari

We got to sing it together
Everyone
La la la la la

By the rivers of Babylon
Where he sat down
And there he wept
When he remembered Zion

'Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
Required from us a song
How can we sing King Alpha's song
In a strange land?

'Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
Required from us a song
How can we sing King Alpha's song
In a strange land?

The Harder They Come lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Well, they tell me of a pie up in the sky
Waiting for me when I die
But between the day you're born and when you die
They never seem to hear even your cry

So as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share now, what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Ooh, the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all

Well, the oppressors are trying to keep me down
Trying to drive me underground
And they think that they have got the battle won
I say forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done

'Cause, as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share now, what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Ooh, the harder they come
Harder they fall, one and all

And I keep on fighting for the things I want
Though I know that when you're dead you can't
But I'd rather be a free man in my grave
Than living as a puppet or a slave

So as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share now, what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Ooh, the harder they come
Harder they fall, one and all
Hey, the harder they come
Harder they fall, one and all
What I say now
What I Say now

What I say now
What I say, one time
The harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all
The harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all

Johnny Too Bad lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Walking down the road
With your pistol in your waist
Johnny you're too bad

Walking down the road
With your ratchet in your waist
Johnny you're too bad

You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Now you're too bad
You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Now you're too bad

One of these days
When you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to

One of these days
When you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to

You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock

Walking down the road
With a pistol in your waist
Johnny, you're too bad

Walking down the road
With a ratchet in your waist
Johnny you're too bad

You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Now you're too bad
You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Now you're too bad

One of these days
When you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to

One of these days
When you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to

You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock
...

Shanty Town lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

0-0-7
0-0-7
At ocean eleven
And now rudeboys have a goil
'Cause them out of jail
Rudeboys cannot fail
'Cause them must get bail

Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail
A Shanty Town
Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail
A Shanty Town
Dem rudeboys get a probation
A Shanty Town
And rudeboy bomb up the town
A Shanty Town

0-0-7
0-0-7
At ocean eleven
And the rudeboys a go wail
'Cause them out of jail
Rudeboys cannot fail
'Cause them must get bail

Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail
A Shanty Town
Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail
A Shanty Town
Dem rudeboys get a probation
A Shanty Town
And rudeboy bomb up the town
A Shanty Town
Police get taller
A Shanty Town
Soldier get longer
A Shanty Town
Rudeboy a weep and a wail
A Shanty Town

Pressure Drop lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Hmm hmm hmm, yeah... [3x]
It is you (oh yeah)
It is you, you (oh yeah)
It is you (oh yeah)

Cause a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you
I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah pressure drop a drop on you

I say when it drops, oh you gonna feel it
Know that you were doing wrong.
Hmm hmm hmm, yeah... [3x]
I say a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah, pressure drop a drop on you [2x]

Sitting In Limbo lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Sitting here in limbo
But I know it won't be long
Sitting here in limbo
Like a bird without a song
Well, they're putting up a resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on

Sitting here in limbo
Waiting for the dice to roll
Yeah, now, sitting here in limbo
Got some time to search my soul
Well, they're putting up a resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on

I don't know where life will leave me
But I know where I have been
I can't say what life will show me
But I know what I have seen
Tried my hand at love and friendship
But all that is past and gone
This little boy is movin' on

Sitting here in limbo
Waiting for the tide to flow
Sitting here in limbo
Knowing that I have to go
Well, they're putting up a resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on

I don't know where life will take me
But I know where I have been
I don't know what life will show me
But I know what I have seen
Tried my hand at love and friendship
That is past and gone
And now it's time to move along

Gonna lead me on now
Meanwhile, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on
Sitting in limbo, limbo, limbo
Sitting in limbo, limbo, limbo
Sitting in limbo, limbo, limbo
Meanwhile, they're putting up a resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on

"Jimmy Cliff" (1969)

Time Will Tell lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Time will tell, time will tell
Time alone will tell

When I was just a little boy only six years old
I asked my daddy what big things my future hold
He said, Son, when you grow up to be a man,
The facts of life you will start to understand
Nobody knows just what tomorrow may bring
So I want to tell you now, and listen while I sing

Father said,
Time will tell, time will tell
Time alone will tell

Now I'm a lonely man trying to make life on my own
Ever since the day I was born, I never have a happy home
Just like the river, I've been running ever since
The day I was born in that broken down little town
I'm wondering now just what my gain will be
'Cause it seems to me, happiness I'll never see

Mama said,
Time will tell, time will tell
Time alone will tell

What he say now,
Time will tell, time will tell
Time alone will tell

Time keeps on changing like the weather and the seasons
For every mistake, Mama said, there must be a reason
After a storm, there's got to be a calm
So I think I'll wait a while and try to wear a smile (Wear a smile)

Mama said,
Time will tell, time will tell
Time alone will tell

What he say now,
Time will tell - I know, I know!
Time will tell - said I know
Time alone will tell

One more time now
Time will tell - I believe
Time will tell - oh yes, I do!
Time alone will tell - I believe that...

Many Rivers To Cross lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Many rivers to cross
But I can't seem to find my way over
Wandering I am lost as I travel along
The white cliffs of Dover
Many rivers to cross and it's only my will
That keeps me alive
I've been licked, washed up for years and
I merely survive because of my pride.

And this loneliness won't leave me alone
It's such a drag to be on your own
My woman left and she didn't say why
Well I guess I have to try.
Many rivers to cross but just where to begin
I'm playing for time
There'll be times I find myself thinking
Of committing some dreadful crime.

I've got many rivers to cross
But I can't seem to find my way over
Wandering I am lost as I travel along
The white cliffs of Dover
Many rivers to cross and it's only my will
That keeps me alive
I've been licked, washed up for years and,
I merely survive because of my pride.

Vietnam lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Hey, Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam

Yesterday, I got a letter from my friend fighting in Vietnam
And this is what he had to say
"Tell all my friends that I'll be coming home soon
My time'll be up some time in June
Don't forget", he said, "To tell my sweet Mary
Her golden lips are sweet as cherry"

And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam

It was just the next day, his mother got a telegram
It was addressed from Vietnam
Now mistress Brown, she lives in the USA
And this is what she wrote and said
"Don't be alarmed", she told me the telegram said
"But mistress Brown your son is dead"

And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam, hey, Vietnam
Somebody please stop that war now

Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, oh
Vietnam, Vietnam, oh
Vietnam, oh oh, oh oh
Somebody please stop it

Vietnam, Vietnam, oh
Vietnam, Vietnam, oh oh, oh oh
Vietnam, hey, Vietnam, aha
Vietnam, oh oh, yeah

I wanna say now somebody stop that war
Vietnam, oh yeah, aha

Use What I Got lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

I'm gonna use what I got
To get what I need
I'm gonna use what I got, use all I got
To get what I need, yeah

Look, I was born in a little old shack
Didn't have enough to eat
Not enough clothes on my back
Lord knows I kept the faith
A heart full of woe
Now they're trying to get me
At the end of my road
Use what I got
To get what I need
I'm gonna use what I got, use all I got
To get what I need, yeah

The rich is content
While the poor do without
If you ask for some herb
They don't know what you're talking about
All say they answer
As if they're on the wind
It changes sometimes
That why I'm afraid I've gotta
Use what I got
To get what I need
I'm gonna use what I got, use all I got
To get what I need, yeah

The road of life is mighty steep
When you're broke, busted and disgusted
For you ain't got nowhere to sleep
I'm gonna find me a woman to stand by my side
'Cause I'm so tired of running
Can't find no place to hide

I'm gonna use what I got
To get what I need
I'm gonna use what I got, use all I got
To get what I need, yeah
Use what I got, you know that I got to
Use what I got, said I've got to
Use what I got, you gotta use it
Use what I got, use it all up now
Use what I got, yes I have
Use what I got, I've got to, got to
Use what I got, said I got to
Use what I got
Use what I got

Hard Road To Travel lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

I've got a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go
Said it's a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go
But I can't turn back, my heart is fixed
My mind's made up, I'll never stop
My faith will see, see me through

Let me tell you
I'm all alone, this lonesome road I roam
I've got no love to call my very own
Oh the river gets deeper, the hills get steeper
And the pain gets deeper every day, yeah

I've got a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go
Said it's a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go
But I can't turn back, my heart is fixed
My mind's made up, I'll never stop
My faith will see, see me through

Aah, oh oh
Aah, oh oh - one more thing

I dream of a home far beyond the sea
Where there is love and peace and joy for me
Oh, in my eyes I see troubles and dangers for me
But destiny where it leads me I must go, hey

I've got a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go
Said it's a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go
But I can't turn back, my heart is fixed
My mind's made up, I'll never stop
My faith will see, see me through

Aah, oh oh - no, help me somebody
Aah, oh oh - somebody please, help me right now

Wonderful World, Beautiful People lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Wonderful world, beautiful people
You and your girl, things could be pretty
But underneath this there is a secret
That nobody can reveal

Take a look at the world
And the state that it's in today
I am sure you'll agree
We all could make it a better way
With our love, put together
Everybody learn to love each other

Instead of fussing and fighting
Cheating, backbiting
Scandalizing and hating
Baby we could have a
Wonderful world, beautiful people
You and your girl, things could be pretty
But underneath this there is a secret
That nobody can reveal

Man and woman, girl and boy
Let us try to give a helping hand
This I know and I'm sure
That with love we all could understand
This is our world, can't you see?
Everybody wants to live and be free

Instead of fussing and fighting
Cheating, backbiting
Scandalizing and hating
We could have a
Wonderful world, beautiful people
You and your girl, things could be pretty
But underneath this there is a secret
That nobody can reveal

Talking about the
Wonderful world, beautiful people
You and your girl, talking about you
Things could be pretty, talking about me
Wonderful world, talking about Nixon
Beautiful people, Harold Wilson
Wonderful world, power too
Beautiful people, and the Seagate

Sufferin' In The Land lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Da-da-dai-dai, da-da-dai, da-da-dai ....
Suffering in the land

It is plain to see we're in a terrible situation
Sufferin' in the land
Nearly half of the world on the verge of starvation
Sufferin' in the land
And the children are crying for more education
Sufferin' in the land
Let's singin'

Da-da-dai-dai ....
Suffering in the land

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer
Sufferin' in the land
Everything's gettin' higher and the time gettin' tougher
Sufferin' in the land
They're making guns and bombs to set the world on fire
Sufferin' in the land
I'm singin'

Da-da-dai-dai ....
Suffering in the land, Lord
Da-da-dai-dai ....
Suffering in the land

Hello Sunshine lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Hello sunshine!
Will old darkness be my friend?
Hello sunshine!
To this you can put an end
Hello sunshine!

Hey there sunshine!
Don't let me down
Hey there sunshine!

Hey there sunshine!
My friend!

Hey hey hey! Hey hey hey! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Hey hey hey! Hey hey hey! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!

Hello dark clouds
I don't want you round no more
Hello tear drops
Why don't you stay from my door
Hello troubles
I can't stand your face for sure

Hey there sunshine!
Don't let me down
Hey there sunshine!

Hey there sunshine!
My friend!

Hey hey hey! Hey hey hey! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Hey hey hey! Hey hey hey! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!

Hey hey hey! Hey hey hey! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!

Hello sunshine!
Will old darkness be my friend?
Hello sunshine!
To this you can put an end
Hello sunshine!

Hey there sunshine!
Don't let me down
Hey there sunshine!

Hey there sunshine!
My friend!

Hey hey hey! Hey hey hey!
Oh yeah! Hello sunshine!
Sunshine, I need you! Hey hey hey!
I've gotta help you - hello sunshine!
When I'm down now. Hey hey hey!
Said I need you! Hello sunshine!

My Ancestors lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

My ancestors were kings of old
They ruled the world and all of its gold
But look at me, oh, look at me
Just look at me

My ancestors would find the sun
Before they bowed down to anyone
But you gonna look at me
Woh, look at me
Just look at me

Yeah, woh, look at me
I'm a stranger in this land
Watch me stand tall
Help me, help me be just a man, oh

My ancestors, they were mighty men
And my son, he will be one of them
And they'll just look at him
Yeah, they'll look at him
And they'll say, he's a man, he's a man
My son's a man, oh

My ancestors, they passed it on to me
I've got to, got to work
And pass it on to my son
And he will be a man, oh yeah
And pass it on to his son
And he will be a man, oh yes he will

Come Into My Life lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Mmh mmh mmh mmh, yeah

Come into my life, come into my life
Come into my life, oh baby
Come in today
(Come on in)
Come in to stay
(Come on in)
Come into my life, oh baby

The first time that I met you
I knew I had to make you mine
And when I kissed you
I knew I want you all the time

I don't need no sympathy
All I need is your love for me
Tell me now and I make you happy
Oh baby

Come into my life, come into my life
Come into my life, oh baby
Come in today
(Come on in)
Come in to stay
(Come on in)
Come into my life, oh baby

Hold me and fold me
Anyway into your will
Bend me and shape me
Baby as long as you love me still

I don't need no sympathy
All I need is your love for me
Tell me now and I'll make you happy
Hey baby

Come into my life, come into my life
Come into my life, oh baby
Come in today
(Come on in)
Come in to stay
(Come on in)
Come into my life, oh baby

Come into my life 'cause I need you
(Come into my life)
Said I want you
(Come into my life)
I gotta have you baby
(Come into my life)
Oh yeah, right now
(Come into my life)

And oh yeah, yeah, yeah
(Come into my life)
Said I need you, child
(Come into my life)
Ah ah yeah, I need your love
(Come into my life)
I gotta have you right now

Those Good, Good Old Days lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

I can still remember
When we were much younger
Skies were blue and fields were green
oh the air’s so clean

Animals ran wild and free
birds could sing in harmony
flowers would grow all around
and Mother Earth was sound

[CHORUS]
In those good good old days
In those good good old days
In those good good old days
That used to be

Where did all the green fields go
And flowers now that just won’t grow
Animals are dying out
That lives north and south

They found out how to crack the skies
Casting shadows on our eyes
Telling us just how to live
And when to die

[CHORUS]
But those good good old days
yes those good good old days
In those good good old days
That used to be

Wasting oil upon the sea
That used to be so fresh and free
Poisoned gases everywhere
Stifling the air

And many children lose their way
By leaders of confusion
And leave them with the price to pay
Of hastened evolution

[CHORUS]
But those good good old days
In those good good old days
yes those good good old days
That used to be

Talking ‘bout those good old days
Talking ‘bout those good old good old days
Don’t you remember
Try to remember
I’m sure you know
I’m sure you know

My World Is Blue lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Five o'clock in the morning
I'm not yet a-sleeping
Soon the day will be dawning
Since I broke up with you
My whole world is through
I'm so blue

I should have not been a-flirting
Now I'm the one who is hurting
And there's just no telling
What I'm gonna do
'Cause life without you is so blue

My world is blue
My world is blue, ooh

Help me mama, help me papa
Can't you see I made a mistake?
I'm only living for a loving
And this heartache, I just can't take
I'm so blue

Five o'clock in the morning
I'm not yet a-sleeping
Soon the day will be dawning
Now since I broke up with you
My whole world is through
I'm so blue

You never miss your water
Until your well runs dry
You never see your tears
And then you start to cry
You break down inside you could die

My world is blue
My world is blue, ooh

Help me mama, help me papa
Can't you see I made a mistake?
I'm only living for a loving
And this heartache, I just can't take
I'm so blue

My world is blue, so blue
I need you, ooh, ooh
Come into my world, girl
Said, I need you
I gotta have you

Better Days Are Coming lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Better days are coming by and by
Don't you get down hearted, don't you cry
Troubles will be over, all our joys come over
Better days are coming by and by

Don't you know better days are coming by and by
Don't you get down hearted, don't you cry
Sorrows will be over, all our joys come over
Better days are coming by and by

It can't be this way always
A train must come, a train must come
There must be some brighter days
We'll have fun, we'll have fun, yeah

Better days are coming by and by
Don't you get down hearted, don't you cry
Troubles will be over, all our joys come over
Better days are coming by and by

Things get rough, your friends get few
Don't you cry, don't you cry
Change your flock, we'll come for you
We'll get high, we'll get high, yeah

Better days are coming by and by
Don't you get down hearted, hearted, don't you cry
Troubles will be over, all our joys come over
Better days are coming by and by

Don't you know better days are coming by and by
So don't you get down hearted, don't you cry
Troubles will be over

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A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
And where have you been my darling young one?
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways
I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

Oh, what did you see, my blue eyed son?
And what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin'
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin'
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
I saw ten thousand takers whose tongues were all broken
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin'
I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin'
I heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin'
I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin'
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

Oh, who did you meet my blue-eyed son?
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman whose body was burning
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
I met one man who was wounded in love
I met another man who was wounded and hatred
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

And what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
And what'll you do now my darling young one?
I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin'
I'll walk to the deepths of the deepest black forest
Where the people are a many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
Where the executioner's face is always well hidden
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten
Where black is the color, where none is the number
And I'll tell and think it and speak it and breathe it
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin'
But I'll know my songs well before I start singin'
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

Big Bad John lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Big John. Big John.

Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive.
He stood six-foot-six and weighed twofortyfive.
King of broad at the shoulder
at naroow at the hip

and everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John.

Somebody seemed to know where John called home.
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone.
He didn't say much a kind a quiet and shy

and if you spoke at all
you just said "hi" to Big John.

Big John. Big John. Big John.

Big Bad John.

Nobody said he came from New Orleans

where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen

and a crashing blow from a huge right hand

sent a Louisiana fellow to the promised land. Big John.

Big John. Big John. Big John.

Big John.

Then came the day at the bottom of the mine

when a timber cracked and the men started craying.
Miners were praying and hearts beat fast

and everybody thought that they'd breathed their last 'cept John.

Through the dust and smoke of this man made hell
walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well.
Grabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a grown

and like a giant oak tree
just stood there alone. Big John.

Big John. Big John. Big John.

Big John.

And with all of his strength
he gave a mighty shove;
then a miner yelled out
there's a light up above!
And twenty men scrambled from a would be grave

and now there's only one left down there to save
Big John.

With jacks and timbers they started back down

then came that rumble way down in the ground

and smoke and gas belched out of that mine

everybody knew
it was the end of the line for for Big John.

Big John. Big John. Big John.

Big Bad John.

Now they never reopened that worthless pit

they just placed a marble stand in front of it;
These few words are written on that stand:
At the bottom of this mine lies a big
big man; Big John.

Big John. Big John.

Big Bad John.

Big John. Big John. ...

Big Bad John ...

Club Paradise lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

No man is an island Jack
You could be tougher than a rock
One and one's got to make contact
To get on the right track yeah
When you see in your life something missing
And for all the good things that you're wishing
There's a place you can go where the vibes are nice just like paradise
Sweet paradise, sweet paradise, club paradise, sweet paradise

Island Jack said he ain't going back to the USA
Just rub that coconut oil on his back
Said he's here to stay
Cuz he's found in his life what's been missing
And for all the good things he's been wishing
Said you'll find me where the vibes are nice and the price is right
Club paradise, sweet paradise, club paradise, sweet paradise whoa yeah whoa yeah

No man is an island Jack
You could be harder than a rock
Ones and ones got to make contact
To get on the right track
When you see in your life something missing
And for all the good things that you're wishing
There's a place you can go where the price is right just like paradise
Sweet paradise, club paradise, happy, happy paradise, sweet paradise
You will find me there yeah
Come and check out the vibes
Happy, happy paradise whoa yeah whoa yeah club paradise

Fundamental Reggae lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

I know you love music
I know you like sound
Some people like rhythm
Well just stick around
This is the music
for all who love beat
Soup in their nature
and move every feet.

This is: fundamental reggae
Fundamental reggae
Fundamental reggae
Oh take it with ya'all the way

It's got some calypso
Just like in rock afro
Classical notion
To steal your emotion
So get around children
Tell mommy and poppy
You found a solution
To make everyone happy

Fundamental reggae
Fundamental reggae
Fundamental reggae
Oh take it with ya'all the way
Take it-a

This is: fundamental reggae
Fundamental reggae
Fundamental reggae
Oh take it with ya'all the way

I know you love music
I know you like sound
Some people like rhythm
Well just stick around
This is the music
for all who love beat
It's got some calypso
Just like in rock afro

This is: fundamental reggae
Fundamental reggae
Fundamental reggae
Fundamental reggae
Fundamental reggae

Give The People What They Want lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Hey, hey, hey!
Give the people what they want

Well, its been said before, the world is a stage
A different performance with every age.
Open the history book to any old page
Bring on the lions and open the cage.

Give the people what they want
You gotta give the people what they want
The more they get, the more they need
And every time they get harder and harder to please

The roman promoters really did things right.
They needed a show that would clearly excite.
The attendance was sparse so they put on a fight
Threw the christians to the lions, sold out every night

Give the people what they want
You gotta give the people what they want
The more they get, the more they need
And every time they get harder and harder to please

Give em lots of sex, perversion and rape
Give em lots of violence, and plenty to hate
Give the people what they want
Give the people what they want

When olswald shot kennedy, he was insane
But still we watch the re-runs again and again
We all sit glued while the killer takes aim
Hey mom, there goes a piece of the presidents brain!

Give the people what they want
You gotta give the people what they want
Blow out your brains, and do it right
Make sure its prime time and on a saturday night.
You gotta give the people what they want
You gotta give the people what they want
Give the people what they want
Give the people what they want
Give the people what they want

Goodbye Yesterday lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Goodbye yesterday, welcome today
I've been waiting for a long, long time
Goodbye yesterday, welcome today
I know every thing's gonna be fine

Good to see you here, how you doin'?
Grab a chair, I'd like you here to stay
Got a dream onto I've been brewin'
Dreams that saw me through a rainy day

So goodbye yesterday, welcome today
I've been waiting for a long, long time
Goodbye yesterday, welcome today
I know every thing's gonna be fine

I took all I could beg or borrow
Mammy would see, I'd give it back some day
I put my money on a new tomorrow
And my gamble hasn't been in vain

So goodbye yesterday, welcome today
I've been waiting for a long, long time
Goodbye yesterday, welcome today
I know every thing's gonna be fine

Goodbye yesterday, welcome today
I've been waiting for a long, long time
Goodbye yesterday, welcome today
I know every thing's gonna be fine

I've got plans that's been made to measure
Things I know are gonna see through well
Come on happy, babe, let's get together
Do our thing and then go to hell

So goodbye yesterday, welcome today
I've been waiting for a long, long time
Goodbye yesterday, welcome today
I know every thing's gonna be fine

Goodbye yesterday, welcome today
I've been waiting for a long, long time
Goodbye yesterday, welcome today
I know every thing's gonna be fine

Goodbye yesterday, welcome today
I've been waiting for a long, long time
Goodbye yesterday, welcome today
I know every thing's gonna be fine

Goodbye yesterday, welcome today
I've been waiting for a long, long time

Hold Tight lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Well it's an eye for an eye,
And a tooth for a tooth. [2x]

In this struggle for our survival
Your best friend can be your biggest rival.
If we must live by the laws of the jungle
Like dogs and pigs to rumble and tumble now.

And it's an eye for an eye,
And a tooth for a tooth. [2x]
It's an eye for an eye,
And a tooth for a tooth.

It's a war for world domination.
You've got to stand and declare your posession.
Cause we're the righteous won't be the agressors,
But we will fight against oppressors now.

Then it's an eye for an eye,
And a tooth for a tooth.
Because it's an eye for an eye,
And a tooth for a tooth.
Because a lie is a lie
And the truth is the truth.
So it's an eye for an eye,
And a tooth for a tooth.

Hold I, hold to your brush.
Hold I, be on your boundry.
Hold I, don't you let go now.
Hold I, yeah yeah.

Eye for an eye,
Tooth for a tooth.

And we know we won't be the losers,
We'll be the victors, or be the martyrs.
Cause we're fighting in the way of the most I,
That's how we know we shall not die now.

Hold I, hold to your brush.
Hold I, be on your boundry.
Hold I, don't you let go.
Hold I...

[Chorus]

We won't be the agressors
Fight downpressors now...
And dis ya jungle laws here
Me say...

Hold I my brush.
Don't you let go man.

House Of Exile lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

There's a day of feasting and a day of famine
Day of sadness and a day of joy
You could see in the day of feasting
Life isn't just a little play-like toy.

So the day arrived when you least expected
Cos you always thought you were well protected
Now you feel like a fish out of water
So now you're wondering what's the matter.

Oh remember you said it wouldn't happen to you
Now you're thinking how to start a new
A drowning man will catch at a straw
You were warned but you wouldn't take heed.

Everything in creation must obey a law.
Its true in words as it is in deed.
You were so puffed up in your pomps and pride
You're exposed you got none to hide

Yes, you used to look down on the folks beside you
Never they think you would have come down too

Remember they said you got to reap what you sow
Simple truth everybody know

Oh what are you on a house of exile
Watching you now on your own last mile
Yes, what are you on a house of exile
Watching you now on your own last mile

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Oh what are you on a house of exile
Watching you now on your own last mile
O OH what are you on a house of exile
Watching you now on your own last mile

Everything in creation must obey a law.
Its true in words as it is in deed