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1. |
Big Talk
04:09
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Big Talk
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER
Ohh, yeah...
Do you know, do you care
Do you want to see this world we share
Another year, do you hear
All the children call in hunger and fear...
Do you feel, do you dance
Has your money bought you sweet romance
Do you shine, do you dine
Will your money buy you some more time...
Big Talk, can you hear the clock ticking
Tic Toc, brother better start working
Big Talk, can you feel the hour creeping
Tic Toc, Hey, Hey...
Do you see, do you cry
Did you ever stop and wonder why
Are you free, do fly
Would you like to give it one more try...
Big Talk, can you hear the clock ticking
Tic Toc, sister better start working
Big Talk, can you feel the hour creeping
Tic Toc, Hey, Hey...
Bridge
Big Talk, can you hear the clock ticking
Tic Toc, brother better start working
Big Talk, can you feel the hour creeping
Tic Toc, Hey, Hey...
Uh uh, yeah...
Oh it's a big, big talk...
You talk too much.
© 2004/2014 James Parker BMI/Socan. All Rights Reserved.
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love.
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2. |
Breeze (ez rider)
04:50
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Breeze
Words and Music by JAMESPARKER
Goodbye mama, leavin' Alabama
Rucksack's packed, hey don't forget your karma
Hog road ridin' down to Californ-i-ay...
Barroom groupies, talkin' 'bout the folkies
Runaway daddies, half a dozen babies
Bourbon buddies crashin' in the alley by the backstage door...
And they be singing...
I'm alright if you're okay with what the world has got to say today
I'm alright if you're okay with what the world has got to say today...
Cocaine migraine, get-a numb-a no pain
Get down, turn around, get real, get sane
Freebase baby's living in the fast lane...
Ah good weed, a-bad speed, man you should-a been there
Spoonfed redheads livin' on the same bed
Sweet, sweet Lucy's beggin' for some mercy
A first-run gal, a real gone chick and groovy...
And she be singin'...
Oh, I'm alright if you're okay with what the world has got to say today
Oh, I'm alright if you're okay with what the world has got to say today...
Breeze in my hair, Breeze in my hair
And I travel without a care
There's a breeze in my hair, Breeze in my hair...
Solo
More booze, don't choose, hey you've got a short fuse
Good news, don't snooze, now you know you can't lose
She's hip, you're flipped, don't you wanna get ripped
Don't skip, she's whipped, isn't this a wild trip...
Good smoke, don't choke
Hey you really got soaked
So stoked, flat broke
Won't you take a last... toke?
And you be singin'...
I'm alright if you're okay with what the world has got to say today
Hey, I'm alright if you're okay with what the world has got to say today...
Breeze in my hair, Breeze in my hair
And I travel without a care
There's a breeze in my hair, Breeze in my hair...
Goodbye mama, leavin' Alabama
Rucksack's packed, hey don't forget your karma
Hog road ridin' down to Californ-i-ay...
Good weed, a-bad speed, man you should-a been there
Spoonfed redheads livin' on the same bed
Sweet, sweet Lucy's beggin' for some mercy
A first-run gal...
Breeze in my hair, Breeze in my hair...
One more time...
Goodbye mama, leavin' California
Rucksack's packed I won't forget my karma
Hog road riding back to find some peace of mind...
© James Parker 2003/2015 BMI/Socan. All Rights Reserved.
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love
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3. |
Around The Sun
03:59
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Around The Sun
Words & Music JAMESPARKER
Oh, she can have you feelin' hazy
Hypnotized and out of touch
Swirl and have you driven crazy
Come back and soothe you just as much...
She'll curse you time and time again
A lover come and make amend
Oh, she'll seduce you with her spell
Come back and tear you just as well...
Sweet sister mercy, oh won't you show your face
Can you liberate me, will you leave no trace...
'Cause we could dance around the sun
Oh, we could dance around the sun...
She'll embrace ya like a friend
Take all the jewelry you can lend
Oh, she can stake ya, she can fake ya
She can shake and make or break ya
Come back and take ya 'round the bend...
Sweet sister mercy, oh won't you show your face
Can you liberate me, will you leave no trace...
'Cause we could dance around the sun
Oh, we could dance around the sun, that's right...
And when it's too real to be fake
Too ugly to be real
Much too mean to shake and
Too dark to reveal
Too sleepy to wake, yet
Too big to conceal
Much too strong to break and
Way too deep to feel...
Hey what'ch'you gonna do?
When we could dance around the sun
Oh, we could dance around the sun
We could dance around the sun
Oh, we could dance around the sun
(Around the sun) Around the sun...
© 2004/2014 James Parker BMI/Socan. All Rights Reserved.
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love
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4. |
Wild Child
04:04
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Wild Child
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER
Riding along a two-lane black top
Freeride on them lonesome rails
Gazing up at a starry backdrop
Midnight Special's whistle wails...
From New York City to the Coast
Tell me what you loved the most
Forever drinking that cheap wine or
The friends you made along the line...
Wild Child, Wild Child
Wild Child, Wild Child
Out of a book by Kerouac
Is where the bluesman got his song
Say hit the road now, get on Jack
'Cause you know that's where you belong...
Wild Child, Wild Child
Wild Child, Wild Child
All the rapture, all the sadness
All the laughter you could fake
All the freedom you could capture
All the madness you could take...
Bridge
Well by a snowy river bank
Near Buffalo, New York
You see the sun is slowly rising in the Eastern sky
Now don't you wish ya, you had a woman
To go back home to
To go back home to
To go back home to...
Wild Child, Wild Child
Wild Child, Wild Child
© 2004/2014 James Parker Socan/BMI All Rights Reserved
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
LOVE
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5. |
Hip, Real & Sacred
03:32
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Hip, Real & Sacred
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER
You may be Jimmy Dean incarnate
Morrison in drag
Hendrix in a barbershop
In Paris or in Prague
Joan of Arc a teacher in the Boston parts
Joplin as the leader of the Broken Hearts
Ooh yeah,
Said it's alright
Oh if you're Hip, Real, Hip & Sacred...
You may be Bobby Marley working for the A.N.C.
Lennon in an orchard as an apple tree
Marylin Monroe down at the corner store
Keith Haring in London as the girl next door
Ooh yeah,
Said it's alright
Oh if you're Hip, Real, Hip & Sacred...
Bridge
You may be Luther King a dew drop over Zanzibar
Mahatma Gandhi as a shooting star
May be Buddy Holly or, Kurt Cobain
May be Aristotle on a beach in Spain
Ooh yeah,
Said it's alright
Oh if you're Hip, Real, Hip & Sacred...
Oh if you're Hip, Real, Hip & Sacred...
Oh if you're Hip, Real, Hip & Sacred...
© 2014 James Parker Socan/BMI All Rights Reserved
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
LOVE
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6. |
This Great Wall
04:04
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This Great Wall
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER
Ghostly lover, I will fly
Centuries and time unchain
Over mountains, I shall cry
Turn my spirit into rain...
For your dreaming, I will sigh
Share the burden of your pain
In the corner of your eye
For your Love I will remain...
I'll break on through
I'll break on through
This Great Wall...
Kindly shadow, do not fear
Keeping vigil o'er your reign
In your sadness, come to cheer you
In your madness, keep you sane...
When your life light, sees the seer
in this otherworldly plane
When your final hour feigns,
I will come your soul to claim..
I'll break on through
I'll break on through
This Great Wall
This Great Wall
This Great Wall...
© 2004/2014 James Parker Socan/BMI. All Rights Reserved.
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love.
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7. |
Ebola Zaire
05:18
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Ebola Zaire
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER
She flies, into the great skies
She lies, beating in a child's eyes...
She knows no cure, no border
She shows no fear, no mercy...
Ebola, Ebola, Ebola Zaire
Ebola, Ebola, Ebola Zaire...
Sister, night is approaching
Fever, worse is, is awaiting...
Ebola, Ebola, Ebola Zaire
Ebola, Ebola, Ebola Zaire...
Solo
Run Mayinga, Mayinga run
Away from Kinshasa, the sun
Is burning, unholy, alive
Blood and black rain
Few will survive...
Ebola, Ebola, Ebola Zaire
Ebola, Ebola, Ebola Zaire
Ebola, Ebola, Ebola Zaire
Ebola, Ebola, Ebola Zaire...
She flies, into the great skies...
Coda
© 1993/2004/2014 James Parker BMI/Socan. All Rights Reserved,
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love
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8. |
Rock The Angels
04:43
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Rock The Angels
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER
Well I've been knocking for a long time
With the punches I have rolled
I've been caught without a dime
I've been thrown out on the road
Oh I've been South and I've been West
I've been caught up in the rain
Many days without a rest
But I'd do it all again...
There's a taste for life pounding through my veins
There's a taste for justice I know will remain
As for what still remains of this lone and great divide
May the wind carry your spirit as my guide...
I was born to rock and roll
Heaven won't you save my soul
And someday let me come on home
To Rock The Angels to the bone
Now my soul is true and my will it is still strong
And my mind is clear and my heart is still young
I was made of steel and I can stand the pain
And I'll keep on driving through the pouring rain...
I was born to rock and roll
Heaven won't you save my soul
And someday let me come on home
To Rock The Angels to the bone
I'll Rock The Angels to the bone...
Bridge
I believe in Love and I believe in dreams
Now there must be more to living than it seems
I believe in Freedom and in rivers still
And I'll keep on living 'til I've had my fill
Said I'll keep on living 'til I've had my fill...
I was born to rock and roll
Heaven won't you save my soul
And someday let me come on home
To Rock The Angels to the bone
I'll Rock The Angels to the bone
Yeah, yeah, I'll Rock The Angels to the bone
I'll Rock The Angels to the bone...
© 2014 James Parker BMI/Socan. All Rights Reserved.
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love.
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9. |
Coda
04:15
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10. |
Get Naked
04:27
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Get Naked
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER
Get Naked, Get Naked
Get Naked, Get Naked...
And just like a little kid
Get Naked
Doesn't matter what you did
Get Naked...
Put a smile upon your face
Forgive all the human race
Find yourself in time and space
Make this world a better place...
Get Naked, Get Naked
Get Naked, Get Naked...
Put your toes upon your nose
Get Naked
Giving as your garden grows
Get Naked...
Put a smile upon your face
Forgive all the human race
Find yourself in time and space
Make this world a better place...
Get Naked, Get Naked...
Coo, coo coo coo, coo coo coo,
Coo coo coo coo coo coo coo...
Put a smile upon your face
Forgive all the human race
Find yourself in time and space
Make this world a better place...
Get Naked, Get Naked
Get Naked, Get Naked
Get Naked, Get Naked
Get Naked, Get Naked...
Love, Love, Love...
© 2003/2013 James Parker BMI/Socan. All Rights Reserved.
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love, j.
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11. |
Salaam (Extended Mix)
08:13
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JAMESPARKER Montréal, Québec
"PRETTY GOOD" Tony Visconti (Bowie, Lou Reed - Producer)
"I LOVE IT" Steve Thompson (Bowie,
Rolling Stones - Producer)
"VOICE IS AMAZING" Shawn Lefebvre (MUSE - Engineer)
"I LIKE IT" Alan McGee (Oasis, Primal Scream - Manager)
"REALLY, QUITE VERY GOOD" Terry Brown (RUSH - Producer)
"SOLID VOCALS; TOP TIER SONGWRITING; MODERN, TIGHT, COLORFUL" Brad Chapman (Quincy Jones - Vocal Coach)
... more
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