Talk:Jeremy Spencer and the Children

Album lyrics

"Can You Hear The Song"

Can you hear the song we're singing?
Is it so very hard to see the signs of the times
Can you hear the song we're singing
Don't close the book
Don't be afraid to take another look at life

Do you hear the songs they're signing?
Do you try to understand what's in the lines
What kind of songs are these they're bringing?
That tell you black is white
To try and put out the light that's in your eyes

Now that reminds me of the times I'd walked away
'Cos I'd heard the tune so many times before
But when I hear those melodies
That used to be so dear to me
They haven't got the magic anymore

All those nights that you spent crying
Did you think the tears were all in vain?
Did you think that no one saw you trying
To bring it back together when
You'd lost a love you'd hoped would never end

Anyone can sing the song we sing
If they have an ear to hear the song we've sung
They can sing along with the song we sang

"The World In Her Heart"

Doesn't anybody want her?
Doesn't anybody care?
Has anyone got what she really needs
Who knows what's missing there?
"I really love you" she hears them say
But they just don't want to know
How can they understand?
They only see the wrong she's done
And refuse to take her hand

All of her life in bondage
To the world in her heart
That's tearing her apart

"Joan Of Arc"

Joan of arc, where are you now?
Joan of arc, will you show us how?
Where are you riding
Can you take us there
Where are you riding, Joan of arc
Joan of arc, will you lead us now?

"The Prophet"

Picture a prophet
Standing in the light of God
With a message for the people
Given from above
But he lost his inspiration
Wanting the glory for his own
Leaving millions in starvation
For the word they'd never known
Oh "Why do you keep on
Speaking without my light?
You once had the vision
But now you've lost your sight".

Now the prophet thought he was the greatest one
And he just went right on talking
As if he didn't know the light had gone
The scene looked almost funny
The people laughed at the foolishness
Until they discovered that they had nothing
And were sitting in total darkness
[Foolish prophets, foolish prophets ahh]

Another prophet
Stood up holding high a torch
Which lightened the darkened landscape
And everyone could see once more
Healing their wounds with wisdom
As the beauty of a flower
And they all knew that he had come
To show them God's true power
"Many have come in my name
Speaking without my light
It can happen to you just the same
You won't know wrong from right".

"When I Looked To See The Sunshine"

When I looked to see the sunshine
All I saw was a grey skyline
So many people were so unkind
Only seeking their own
This present day doesn't show me anyway to go
So I gotta find my own way home

I been waitin' by this roadside
Everyone has gone and passed on by
No one cares no one wants to share
What is on their mind
As I hear them talking
I'll just keep walking along
This road
Oh it's gonna be a long way home
Yes it's gonna be a long way home

I'm tired of words and I've grown so weary
Oh God I'm dying inside
So dark it hurts, does no one hear me?
Oh God where do you hide?

Now I know that I was born blind
And never really saw the daylight
Until it got so close to midnight
When in the dark I saw
The outstretched hand
Which would lead me from this land
Below, now I know
That I couldn't find my own way home
No I couldn't find my own way home
I couldn't find my own way alone
Then I looked to see the sunshine
Take a look and see the sun
Take a look and see the sunshine

Lyrics for re-recorded version of this song from the "Flee" album ("Sunshine"):

You were looking for the sunshine
High up above,
I saw you in ther window crying.

I was standing on the outside
As I caught your eye
How could you think that I could let you down.

(chorus)
Your tired eyes look so weary
Oh girl, why do you hide
To hold you close, I need you near
Oh girl, stay by my side.

Then I looked & saw the sunlight
Breakin' in through the clouds, now
I just wanna see it shine in your heart

(chorus)
Your tired eyes look so weary
Oh girl, why do you hide
To hold you close, I need you near
Oh girl, stay by my side

"Let's Get On The Ball"

Let's get on this ball together
Let's do everything for the Lord
The seed you're sowin' has been falling on stone
And they won't grow
Because the words are your own
So come along you don't have to be alone

Let's get in this boat together
And get his children out of the storm
Waters of fear are now on the rise
The dragon is near in a sheepskin disguise
Hold onto the line
Get out of the flood of his lies

Truth is turned around
Driven underground
For towers made of sand
But the coming rain (reign)
Will wash them all away
His kingdom is at hand

Let's get on this ball together
Let's do everything for the Lord
Don't choke his love with the world
And it's cares
And be rooted up with the thorns
And the tares
Then fall by the wayside
Devoured by the fowls of the air

The time has come to escape from the night
That is coming on all the world
When the moon will not shine
And the sun has no light
And the stars are gonna fall to the earth

Let's get in the ark

"Someone Told Me"

Someone told me the things to tell you today
What's going to happen will surely come someday
And he told me these things were not far away
And he showed me these things were not far away

Sirens humming and people running outside
The people's Army have taken over the right
And he told me these things were not far away
Then he showed me these things were not far away

What will you be going through?
As the dawn is breaking?
What will you have to go through
Before the sun breaks through?

The skies look so blue as we are talking right now
But they are red with warning
And black with gathering clouds
And I know that these things are not far away
And you know that these things are not far away

"The end is come, the end is come
It watcheth for thee
Behold the end is come".

"Beauty For Ashes"

My heart beats so fast whenever I'm with you
And when I look into your eyes
This must be the last night I'll spend with you
Forgive me for making you cry

I used to think I was really something
I really thought I was so cool
Thinking that you were the only one
That ever needed this love
But oh how I need you

Beauty for ashes, joy for sorrow
The sweetest of songs must come from this pain
We'll see as the night passes,
Our love only grows
When it's given to be returned again

"War Horse"

I hear them yelling "Peace and safety"
Telling me everything's gonna be all right
But they just took my eighteen year old brother
Teaching him how to kill and to fight

Another young man dead, but who gives a damn
Those Generals on Wall Street
Got control of our land

Lift up your voices
And shout out the warning to them
Open the eyes of the blind
Show the people their sins
The lamb's book predestines your end

I see the smoke rising up from the fire
And it's our heads that you see in the noose
Oh Lord someone's got to warn the people
Tell them that the war horse is on the loose

"I Believe in Jesus"

This old world was just getting me down
I couldn't give, I had nothing to give
Not a word ever lifted the frown
In fact I had no reason to live
Now I know, I want to show
I believe in Jesus

Almost all of the time I was searching my mind
For an answer to things that I see
My life had gone by and I didn't know why
So many things had happened to me
Then I found out
I didn't know what it was all about mm, mm

I ain't ashamed of a thing that I'm saying
I can't help it 'cos I know it's the truth
It's all in his name you can ask for the same
Why else should I be singing this song to you
When all you do mm mm is believe in Jesus
All you do is believe in Jesus, believe in Jesus
Just believe in Jesus