Things are tight It’s still alright If we keep in sight Caring for humanity is True Justice * Totally Promoting social missions Celebrating All our caring visions Making calming Peaceful sounds Reach to every corner of the town We are all Getting down Try to Make it alright Now ** Things are tight It’s not alright It’s quite a sight The way folks fight against True Justice * Loaded and Corroded social missions Corrupting Many of our Visions Making hurtful Lying sounds There’s nasty feelings all round town We are all Getting down But it’s Just Not alright Now ** What’s not alright Is preventable harm Work hard to avoid that With care and healing charm Instead of turning a cold shoulder Say something Take action At least take small chances To improve life here To get more satisfaction For all involved Communicate with reason and ration To get more problems solved Treat true justice as a passion ** Things are tight It can be alright Even out of sight But we must work hard to find True justice * Showing more devoted social missions Clearing up and sharing visions Making connections Engaging sounds In the country and in the town We are all Getting down * Judge less for more truth To make more lives alright now
I cannot forget today Yesterday: Maybe But the future ahead Is carried by the river * All things past Even those left for dead Can still strike a note Make me shake and shiver Excitement Good or bad But now I summon the energy To bring tomorrow’s joy For all of us waiting here We hope life will deliver * The strangest thing I said Went right to your head And I’ll never get to explain how The river bed rolls And now the ground starts to move The skies are shifting for the world we choose I want to say One time for sure I am reaching out to you I want you to be well Find Heaven past all Hell * We can’t forget today Yesterday is fading And the future ahead Is carried by the river * All things last Once they get in our head And can still strike a note Time, gold or an old wood sliver Fragments, Good or bad Cleanse or craft connections Now I summon the energy To find tomorrow’s peace With faith waiting here We know life will deliver * The strangest thing I said Seemed to go over your head And I’ll never get to explain how The river rocks roll And now the ground starts to move Vast skies are shifting for the world we choose I want to say One time for sure I am reaching out to you I want you to be well Find Heaven past all Hell * Heaven beyond Hell I thought it would never drop Future stories to tell Today must stay on top I can’t get down Without the sound Beauty and movement The river never stops I want you to be forever well The river starts to swell Taking us straight through Heaven past all hell Find Heaven past all hell * I can’t forget today All these current changes And the future ahead Is carried by the river
* We will never know How the river rocks roll Until the river comes flowing through And now the ground starts to move Life’s skies are shifting for the world we choose I want to say One time for sure I’m reaching out to you I want you to be well Find Heaven past all Hell ***
* This is one of the first lyrics I wrote, written in the late 1980’s or early 90’s. I did some revisions recently and have the guitar ready to go for my next podcast…. Dark but with ideas of brightness.