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Dispatch: Zimbabwe
Release Date 01/29/2008

“Singing with the African Children’s Choir during this concert was a major highlight of my musical career. The spirt and love that these children sang with blew my mind and my soul away.”

– Pete Francis

Lyrics
01. Here We Go (Live)

uh huh hey ya
here we go
leave it on the back burner take it to the dry town
ya here we go
I got the mean time slipping down the slide some uptight right wing political homicide
do what you want take what you will
take it in like a southpaw flip it on the grill
bourgeoisie protocol
bottoms up boys this is the last call
happy hour doesn't last too long you know it never does
so I sit here on a bar stool looking at the sky
got a buck and a quarter and a bucket full or rye
don't step out of line you'll get time in the brig
don't yield to the mighty you got your own dirt to dig
leave it on the back burner take it to the dry town
ya here we go
me and my flea bag friends we ran to have our own feast of Crispian
Murphy was there with number twenty-two they were got caught in the middle of a coup
you will lose me if I don't lose you
and I will lose me if I don’t lose you
so we haven't chosen anyone of you to condemn
so make your decision and choose your side or let us begin
steeped in knowledge I'll step from the board
down to the speak easy with my double-edged sword
you know the deal ya got to spin the wheel
I heard the heavens are full of sevens
and as matter of fact you know that cat suicide jack
he don't play like that
truth is he don't really play at all
leave it on the back burner take it to the dry town
ya here we go

02. Time Served (Live)

hold up the firing line hold steady on the trigger's time walk away counting backwards from nine holdin' his breath so to start his own dying

hold up the firing line hold up the fire walk away counting backwards from nine hold up the firing line hold steady on the trigger's time walk away counting backwards from nine holding his breath so to start his own dying time time served to the ones that left you here no people here only names soon to be put to numbers so its one in the same it's anyone's game as long as the fire flickers the throat stickers they place their bet the trouble is that no one's added it up quite yet cause when they do when they do when they do when they do it'll be a riot and the wire is down hold up for the fury to sound hold up your head from the ground or they'll keep you on it your time time served to the ones who left you here from tower to wall to guard to guard to wall ever ready for the fire to fall the confinees haven't seen the sun since the lifers let go of their irrelevant innocence but long before a single round was shot word spread from block to block to cell block they're going to take him and make an example of him for the escapees to fear the incoming of the incoming of the gun oncoming another year you either die on the inside or trying to get out the choice is yours the choice is here time served to the ones who left you here

03. Whaddya Wannabe (Live)

What do you wanna be? I don't know And what do you wanna feel? I can't tell you And what do you wanna see? I don't know Just take me down to the watering hole

What do you wanna be? I don't know And what do you wanna feel? I can't tell you And what do you wanna see? I don't know Just take me down to the watering hole

I'm going, tiptoe back to the place that I know so Oh won't you please just say so 'Cause I'm not gonna leave until you let me go

Tiptoe back to the place that I know so Oh won't you please just say so 'Cause I'm not gonna leave until you let me go

Ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k Ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k Ok, ok, ok, ok, ok o-k

Ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k Ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k Ok, ok, ok, ok, ok o-k

What do you wanna be? I don't know And what do you wanna feel? I can't tell you And what do you wanna see? I don't know Just take me down to the watering hole

What do you wanna be? I don't know And what do you wanna feel? I can't tell you And what do you wanna see? I don't know Just take me down to the watering hole

Because I've been bitten by the beetle and I must say Why don't you feel alone Because I've been bitten by the beetle and I must say Why don't you feel at home Because I've been bitten by the beetle and I must say Why don't you feel alone Because I've been bitten by the beetle and I must say Why don't you feel, why don't you feel alone

We're going tiptoe back to the place that I know so Oh won't you please just say so 'Cause I'm not gonna leave until you let me go

Ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k Ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k Ok, ok, ok, ok, ok o-k

Ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k Ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k Ok, ok, ok, ok, ok o-k

Ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k Ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k Ok, ok, ok, ok, ok o-k

All I gotta be so, gotta be so, all I gotta be so All I gotta be so, gotta be so, all I gotta be so All I gotta be so, gotta be so, all I gotta be so All I gotta be so, gotta be so, all I gotta be so

What do you wanna be? I don't know And what do you wanna feel? I can't tell you And what do you wanna see? I don't know Just take me down to the watering hole

 

04. Open Up (Live)

they were looking for me when I came to
they were looking for me when I came back
said hey you you're looking very suspicious
I said relax man get off my back
I I I ain't opposed to seeking justice
but you're going about it all wrong
the man you're looking for does not exist
he's just a figment of the higher man's tongue
and they say open up we're coming inside
you can't run so you may as well hide
we got the place covered from head to toe head to toe
open up we're coming inside
what's it feel like to know you're going to die
on the other side of the row
so they took me down to the gallows and this boy he said to me
why do you smile when the rope's around your neck
I said I tell you boy when I get back
I I I ain't opposed to seeking justice
but you're going about it all wrong
the man you're looking for does not exist
he's just a figment of the higher man's tongue
he’s just a victim of the higher man’s tongue
and they say open up we're coming inside
you can't run so you may as well hide
we got the place covered from head to toe head to toe
open up we're coming inside
what's it feel like to know you're going to die
on the other side of the row
hands above your head que le via bien
Step out of line and we'll fill you with lead
how are we to know that you are not a liar
hey don't you see we have a job to do and our job is the law job is the law
you fit the description of a criminal crosser hey
we believe that he is you and that is your flaw
that is your flaw
and they say open up we're coming inside
you can't run so you may as well hide
we got the place covered from head to toe head to toe
open up we're coming inside
what's it feel like to know you're going to die
on the other side of the row

05. Bulletholes (Live)

Black birds with bullet holes, bullet holes Scattered across the sky I wonder These steep hills Unto the great light My fingers collapse around my pen Like soldier tryin' to hold up the flag I'm callin' out, once again In this letter to you my friend In this letter to you my friend In this letter to you my friend

And don't tell me you been comin' up easy Stop, drop, you're life is greasy You used to say that you would come around Oh baby, but you're never here

You have been Up above so high so high so high And lived, in the dirt You have felt Some love And you Have been hurt

Well I've gone to shorten my road With a fistful of matches, but nothin' to strike (nothin' to strike) And as we walk along the cove And know that this is right You may think I'm crazy You may think I'm foolish But I'm coming through the lightning Comin' back to you

Don't tell me you been comin' up easy Stop, drop, you're life is greasy You used to say that you would come around Oh baby, but you're never here

You have been Up above so high so high so high And lived, in the dirt You have felt Some love And you Have been hurt

Oh my my my my my my my I'm comin' through Oh my my my my my my my I'm feelin' fine Oh my my my my my my my Oh my my my oh my

You have been Up above so high so high so high And lived, in the dirt You have felt Some love And you Have been hurt

Oh you have been you have been Up above up above And you've lived and you've lived in the dirt in the dirt Oh you have been you have been Some love some love Oh you have been you have been hurt You have been up above

06. Bang Bang (Live)

she woke me up with the bang bang looking over crossed eyed
had a big hunch that the world was a big lie
when I got up all the blood to my head
I got so dizzy fell back into my bed
I went over to the wayside looking for the high tide
what will I find will I find will I find find
all I saw was a man that had a hat that had a pompom
he’s been there for years can someone tell me how long
wake up to tell me wake up to show me what I could not find
wake up to tell me wake up to show me what I could not
ya see this woman woke me up at a quarter to three
and I didn't know it then but she put a spell on me
she said I had to go down to where the cliffs meet the sea
and meet and old man to present my plea
so I headed way down to that big pier to wait and confront my big fear
I wheeled around behind to my blind side
to find an old man with a lime and a kind eye
said mister mister with your beard so long
won't you be a saint tell me just where I'm going
he pointed to a conch shell and then to the lime and said this is all I really need to get by
wake up to tell me wake up to show me what I could not find
hey hey mister man I know ya don't know who ya think I think I am
but I can safely say that I should of been sleeping
been sleeping been sleeping been sleeping the day away
hey hey I said excuse me have you got the time
he shrugged his shoulders said get a spine
coconut hit me on the head jonesing for a fig
I got booked last night I need another fix dig
yeah just then I see a twinkle twinkle in the old man's eye
and a wave tossed bottle is thrown to the sky
I caught it on the rebound and landed with a soft sound
I took out the message and put the bottle down
inside was the antidote to the spell
I read it to the man 'cause he couldn't read so well
said don't worry about a thing ya know your path is true
just ease your mind have a banana or two
well goodness goodness whoa is me
the man nearly flipped to learn he was free
but just before we left he started kicking it
I picked up the bottle and star sixed it
kick kick shuffle shuffle back to the beach
with a tune on my lips and my quest in reach
that woman come to see you with her song so sweet
say damn let the poor sucker sleep let him sleep
wake up to tell me wake up to show me what I could not find

07. Ride a Tear (Live)

Drop into the mystery of a whip Speak, repeat, I'm not listenin' Sit up, undress, we'll do the rest Tongues as long as hallway carpets

I ride a tear Through this world and disappear I ride a tear Through this world and disappear

Take all your bones and make a new throne Ice in your eyes is getting too cold See the flame figure in the window She's got her word to say

I ride a tear Through this world and disappear I ride a tear Through this world and disappear

Drop into the mystery of a whip Speak, repeat, I'm not listenin' Sit up, undress, we'll do the rest Tongues as long as hallway carpets

I ride a tear Through this world and disappear I ride a tear Through this world and disappear

Through this world and disappear Through this world and disappear Through this world and disappear Through this world and disappear Through this world and disappear Through this world and disappear Through this world and disappear Through this world and disappear

08. Passerby (Live)

well I'm not crazy like my brother but its the way that I choose
I don’t hang around with a sixpence when I got everything to lose
would you bring my money and take from me all that I was worth
cause I wasn’t worth nothing and I wasn’t yours
oh don't you be a passerby oh won't you sit down and stay a while
cause it's been too long since you been around
sold out man from across the way he thought he heard what he heard you say
hey now man your watch it shines for the bid of a second yields him forty times
oh don't you be a passerby oh won't you sit down and stay a while
cause it's been too long since you been around
don’t wanna be a
woman little child
hey woman hey woman little child
hey woman hey woman
oh don’t ya be a passerby
oh don’t ya leave me alone

09. Flying Horses (Live)

the river of doubt gave birth to a beautiful stone
and in my hands I held it and I knew I was on my own
so I picked it up and I held it to the sky
and in my reflection I knew I was all alone
then I saw this girl with the most beautiful hair
she had it wrapped around her for clothes she did not wear
I asked her for a lock and she complied
after leaving gorgeous footsteps in the sand as if she didn't care
well she was the prettiest girl I ever saw
the stone lay still without a flaw
the feelings I had defied the law as I came to I went to
and I took a look a look down the road
to see a badger and a one eyed toad
they didn't say a word they just looked at me
with that wise old look of the old
then I went to down to town to my favorite merry-go-round
to the place where magic horses fly and you seldom see a frown
but then I stole a ring from the flying horses
and I can't begin to explain how
I stole a ring from the flying horses
and it's all rusty now it’s all rusty
you see cause that stone fell through my pocket
and that lock of hair flew away with the wind
if you chance to meet upon either
well you know where they've been
but don't pick them up or try to find me
they're much happier to be on their own
beauty like that knows no home
and then if you take a look a look down the road
you'll see a badger and a one eyed toad
they won't say a word they'll just look at you
with that wise look of the old
but then I stole a ring from the flying horses
and I can't begin to explain how
I stole a ring from the flying horses
and it's all rusty now it’s all rusty

10. Past the Falls (Live)

the wind blew and her hair stood still
he sits beneath her window sill
she awaits the magic in his hands
he walks her out into the night
and takes her in a different light
her eyes divert to the water beneath his feet
the water beneath his feet
oh the water beneath his feet
the boy wakes up and runs outside
to find that all his fears have died
and all the shells are laying upon the sand
she kicks a rock along that road
stood still while the story was told
do you believe in me he said
can you believe in me
you believe in me
oh you believe in me
will you follow me
will you follow me past the falls
the wind blew and her hair stood still
he sits beneath her window sill
she awaits the magic in his hands
he walks her out into the night
and takes her in a different light
her eyes divert to the water beneath his feet
oh the water beneath his feet
the water beneath his feet
oh you believe in me
you believe in me

11. Fallin' (Live)

Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain once again Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain once again

Does anybody know this man, can anybody understand? How long is the road we come today? Days now rapped in silence, wonder what is this violence Keeps his mouth locked shut and his tongue at bay

Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain once again Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain once again

Senior, I have a question, in you is there a lesson A story rapped so tight that you need share You got a trusted as a stranger, you escaped your recent danger Tell me what in this life we need beware?

Please excuse my insolence, I did nothing here to offend Though my eyes don't blink, yes, my mind does think that In you I've found a friend Oh, please accept my innocence I did nothing more this day When I was lost you were the 'cause that I knew I would surely be

Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain once again Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain once again

Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain once again Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain once again

12. Lightning (Live)

we hear the dealers with the words that ride the tails of their cigarette smoke
sliding through the tunnels of our ears
those greasy marionettes of real bone and blood
stand on the corner of Washington Square
well our vision was stinging and our eyes were blurring
elevator's got you rising so high seventeen floors you want so much more
there's lightning on the ceiling coming from the corner of her eye
somewhere horses flee from thunder
somewhere the bones of a cat are buried under a garden ya
well there's a radio on broken songs empty digression
it won't be long wont be long til you and me are gone from here
and there’s lightning on the ceiling coming from the corner of her eye
we hear the dealers with the words that ride the tails of their cigarette smoke
sliding through the tunnels of our ears
those greasy marionettes of real bone and blood
stand on the corner of Washington Square
well our vision was stinging and our eyes were blurring

13. Steeples (Live)

I heard a story about a boy who was swept off the deck
the sweeping tide swept the sea over his neck
but it did not end there the boy began to swim
and dared to the sea that dared to invade him
did you ever want to know me
and did you ever feel like I could
it's a silent steeple that carries us down
it's a silent steeple
but the sea would not so much as reply
so the boy yelled to the ships that were fated to die
red sky at night sailors take delight
red sky in the morning sailors take warning
did you ever want to know me
and did you ever feel like I could
it's a silent steeple that carries us down
it's a silent steeple
sail on take it back sail on take it back sail on take it back
and we were going with the wind in our hair
and we didn't want to look back
cause if we did well we would not care
and if we all were to die now well it wouldn't be that bad
cause the boy in the waves said he'd give us everything
everything he had
to go on and trace that scar like we did ten years before
did you ever want to know me
and did you ever feel like I could
it's a silent steeple that carries us down
it's a silent steeple
sail on take it back sail on take it back sail on take it back

14. Questioned Apocalypse (Live)

I went over to the drug store
to check my head against the bright light
but she caught me from behind
and though I did not know and though I did not care
I could not tell that I was blind to think my world a bubble
and to think that my brother's was too
and that she had come to shatter all that I knew
so I straightened up my back and I cried do what you must do
take me now before I change my mind
take me now before I lose my mind
so I headed to the deep deep forest
to catch my earnings but my earnings were all up
and my brother looked up at the sky he go
why have you poisoned my brother's cup
and I cried don't you worry boy cause the woman who came for me
will surely show you your bliss
for she holds the answers to all your fears
she questions the apocalypse
take me now before I change my mind
take me now before I lose my mind

15. Cut It Ya Match It (Live)

Cause ya cut it ya match it ya cut it ya match it you do the final cut yea Ya cut it ya match it ya cut it ya match it you do the final cut yea

cause it's a manifest destiny like a genocide recipe telling lords that wrestle me to free my own race challenge your god and dominate all your palace dont underestimate the fate of a preordained mass

where are my boots and where the hell is my balance the hell you did come down from your palace to see a sharp suspicion a cocking of a gun oh come if you're gunna get some

cause forty seconds later and the cocking of a gun a boy avoids confusion and his special agent scum two officers pushed a boy down on his back searched through his pockets found a vile of crack yea

nothin can be done for this boy untainted its a typical mythical world we live in untaint me un-sane me, un-lay me Go into the river 'cause i think i'm damn ready

There is a river where riverbed should be There is a river where riverbed should be

I'd like to jettison your medecine back to where you came from you keep your bell and edison away from my grandson stand son on your own bone dont forget the home that you came from dont let em say your name wrong

Just like larry ill take it to the hoop i do a false move in one fell swoop and than i then i pass it to the trigger man bow down to the sound if you still can

cause there's plenty of catcalls and plenty of misfalls and i can attest to the rest of the best falls never have i ever made a match with a sickness look both ways dispatch with a quickness

gimmie some roy, gimmie some speed gather all around to the word and read on till you get to the parts that's righteous it's an unbearable likness

There is a river where riverbed should be There is a river where riverbed should be

my name is chetro and i do know that i gotta get some money to get the van towed his name is braddigan and i'm back again i wanna be the three with the tight plan

his name is pete repeat pete's got the goods spanking on my bass like i know i should lost in the draw for the freak and groove relax and relapse let's synapse this move

16. Bats In The Belfry (Live)

old man river said you can go your own way

if you just leave him alone doesn’t matter do not deliver all your things today we are going home oh mama we now so hungry I got bats in the belfry I'm in the kitchen boiling society I'm in the open catching all the leaves we all see what we want old man river said you can go your own way

if you just leave him alone doesn’t matter do not deliver all your things today we are going home oh mama we now so hungry I got bats in the belfry I'm in the kitchen boiling society I'm in the open catching all the leaves we all see what we want I have a crazy idiosyncrasy it's affinity to serendipity and in this eternal epiphany no hypocrisy or duplicity oh mama we now so hungry

I got bats in the belfry I'm in the kitchen boiling society

17. Elias (Live)

na jesu achwanekwa ta esu fa da da he
ta esu fa da da he fa da da he
na jesu achwanekwa ta esu fa da da he
ta esu fa da da he fa da da he
kasiwa i kasiwa i ma ka simba ere
ndakasimba kanamakasimbaow
ndakasimba ndakasimba
ndakasimba kanamakasimbaow
you raise your head you beat the sun
but your boys they lie so close to you
do you dare get up and wake the two
oh Elias I see you there at work in the day time
do you think you could answer all the questions in the world
in just one word I think you could
if you die will I get word that you’re gone
or will I hear it in passing conversation
or will I stop short and fall to the ground
distance is short when your hand carries what your eye found
hold my hand just one more time
to see if you're really gonna meet me
Honest and Manuel well they're at school now
given the chance that their father's never seen
to see what's beyond Section 17
and in ten years when you look back at your boys
well you know they've grown
way taller than the tallest sugar cane in the field
if you die will I get word that you’re gone
or will I hear it in passing conversation
or will I stop short and fall to the ground
distance is short when your hand carries what your eye found
hold my hand just one more time
to see if you're really gonna meet me
and I see your wife she stands stooped over by the fire outside
and I see your boys and when they look up
you know I think they got their mother's eyes
cause she looks so proud she looks so happy
she looks so proud she looks so happy ya
if you die will I get word that you’re gone
or will I hear it in passing conversation
or will I stop short and fall to the ground
distance is short when your hand carries what your eye found
hold my hand just one more time
to see if you're really gonna meet me

18. Outloud (Live)

Would you be the wind to blow me home
Would you be a dream
On the wings of a poem
And if we were walking through a crowd
Well you know I'd be proudIf you call my name out loud
If you call my name out loud
Do you suppose that I would come running
Do you suppose I'd come at all
I suppose I wouldAnd if we were walking
Down a dead end street
Would you be the one to let our eyes meet
Or would you just keep on walking
Down to the turn around
'cause you know I'd be proud
 

If you call my name out loud
If you call my name out loud
Do you suppose that I would come running
Do you suppose I'd come at all
I suppose I would
 

And if I was gone from the land we know
Would ya be the dawn
And let your beauty still show
And if you were walking
And heard the cold night coming
Would you call my name
'cause you know I'd come running
 

If you call my name out loud
If you call my name out loud
Do you suppose that I would come running
Do you suppose I'd come at all
 

You know I would
You know I would
You know I would
You know I would
 

I'll come running... 

If you call my name out loud

19. The General (Live)

there was a decorated general with a heart of gold

that likened him to all the stories he told of past battles won and lost and legends of old a seasoned veteran in his own time on the battlefield he gained respectful fame

with many metals of bravery and stripes to his name he grew a beard as soon as he could to cover the scars on his face and always urged his men on but on the eve of a great battle with the infantry in dream the old general tossed in his sleep and wrestled with its meaning he awoke from the night just to tell what he had seen and walked slowly out of his tent all the men held tall with their chests in the air

with courage in their blood and a fire in their stare it was a grey morning and they all wondered how they would fare til the old general told them to go home I have seen the others and I have discovered that this fight is not worth fighting I have seen their mothers and I will no other to follow me where I'm going take a shower shine your shoes you got no time to lose you are young men you must be living go now you are forgiven but the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders

not knowing what to do with the contradicting orders the general said he would do his own duty bout would not extend it not further the men could go as they pleased not a man moved their eyes glazed straight ahead

til one by one they stepped back and not a word was said and the old general was left with his own words echoing in his head he then prepared to fight I have seen the others and I have discovered that this fight is not worth fighting I have seen their mothers and I will no other to follow me where I'm going take a shower shine your shoes you got no time to lose you are young men you must be living go now you are forgiven ya got to be got to got be to got to be hey

20. Camilo (Live)

Woke him up with a barrel to his head His eyes shut tight bracing for the blow Resigning his life to the metal held in another man's hand

Twenty days in a concrete fallout What life have I to take your own Oh my country, won't you call out Doorbells are ringing with boxes of bones From another land's war torn corners To a prison cell in my own Punish me for not taking your orders But don't lock me up for not leavin' my home

Your words just a bloody fallacy A house of cards you painted white You tried to recreate Normandy But you made up the reason to fight And now that oil is spillin' down on the street And your eyes too big for the belly is weak Will you not refuse this currency Or is blood money just money to you Or is blood money just money to you

Twenty days in a concrete fallout What life have I to take your own Oh my country, won't you call out Doorbells are ringing with boxes of bones From another land's war torn corners To a prison cell in my own Punish me for not taking your orders But don't lock me up for not leavin' my home

Camilo Camilo Leavin' my home Camilo Camilo

21. Carnival (Live)

One, Two, Three, Four

See your face become a great big stranger Watch the pink begin to think

Four submarines exploding my bloodstream

I can't get out get out I can't get out get out I can't get out get out

Hows your animal? Hows your engine? You killed the carnival you left your friends with Hows your animal hows your engine you killed the carnival you do the headspin

Watch your mind become a time machine Ride the elevator in the purple dream Nine Tangerines Fall from the emerald tree

I can't get out get out I can't get out get out I can't get out get out

Hows your animal? Hows your engine? You killed the carnival you left your friends with Hows your animal hows your engine Hou love the carnival you do the headspin

Hows your animal? Hows your engine? You killed the carnival you left your friends with Hows your animal hows your engine Hou love the carnival you do the headspin

Hows your animal Hows your animal Hows your animal

22. Customs (Live)

Who are you? Oh, whats your destination? Will you come around? Oh, will you come around? Who are you? Oh, whats your expectation? Will you come around? Woah, woah, will you come around?

So, I been there before maybe just once or twice I was locked outside that door and so you said to me oh that it won't be long No it won't be long before you Our swept out of the wave all these words may be the last you will say One to the left and now a few to the right a little bit further on down you find the light

Who are you? Oh, whats your destination? Will you come around? Oh, will you come around? Who are you? Oh, whats your expectation? Will you come around? Woah, woah, will you come around?

A little bit further on down that road bumped into a man said son your stories going to be told not by the speed in with which you move but by the time you didn't lose With those that surround you There all around you They're the ones to the left and the few to the right Oh a little bit further on down you find the light

So when the devil may come So when the devil may do I cannot wait for the day when he's down on his knees and bowing to you So when the devil may come So when the devil may do I cannot wait for the day Oh no no no, no I cannot wait for the day No no no no, no I cannot wait for the day When he's down on his knees and bowing to you

Who are you? Oh, whats your destination? Will you come around? Oh, will you come around? Who are you? Oh, whats your expectation? Will you come around? Woah, woah, will you come around?