Buddha
and the
Chocolate Box
March
1974
- 1.
Music
4:19
- 2.
Oh Very Young 2:35
- 3.
Sun 79 4:36
- 4.
Ghost Town 3:09
- 5.
Jesus 2:12
- 6.
Ready 3:14
- 7.
King of Trees 5:07
- 8.
A Bad Penny 3:20
- 9.
Home in the Sky 3:35
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Music
Yesterday
I was on the edge hoping everything
Was going to work itself out
A good honest man
Doing the work of God
Trying to make things better for
him
A lover of life
In a school for fools
Trying to find another way to survive
New
music, new music, new music
Sweet music can lighten us
Can brighten the world
Can save us
My
friend said,
“Well, I think I found a way
To help make myself richer”
I said, “Don’t you know,
Well, it won’t be too long
before
The bad ol’ devil will get
you back . . . back“
I said, “Put back your heart
And sing, sing while you know
You’re still living”
Sing, sing, sing
While you know there’s still
New
music, new music, new music
Sweet music can lighten us
Can brighten the world
Can save us
Take
a look at the world
Think about how it will end
There'd be no wars in the world
If everybody joined the band
Think about the light in your eyes
Think about what you should know
There’d be no wars in the
world
If everybody joined in the show
Oh, oh
Think
about the light in your eyes
Think about what you should know
There’d be no wars in the
world
If everybody joined in the show
In the show
New
music
Sweet music can lighten us
Can brighten the world
Yesterday
I was on the edge hoping everything
Was going to work itself out
A good honest man
Doing the work of God
Trying to make things better for
him
A lover of life
In a school for fools
Trying to find another way to survive
Oh Very Young
Oh
very young
What will you leave us this time
You're only dancing on this earth
for a short while
And though your dreams may toss
and turn you now
They will vanish away like your
daddy's best jeans
Denim blue - fading up to the sky
And though you want him to last
forever
You know he never will
You know he never will
And the patches make the goodbye
harder still
Oh
very young
What will you leave us this time
There'll never be a better chance
to change your mind
And if you want this world to see
better days
Will you carry the words of love
with you
Will you ride the great white bird
into heaven
And though you want to last forever
You know you never will
You know you never will
And the goodbye makes the journey
harder still
Oh
very young
What will you leave us this time
You're only dancing on this earth
for a short while
Oh very young
What will you leave us this time
Sun/C79
Sun
is the reason
And the world it will bloom
‘Cause Sun lights the sky
And the Sun lights the Moon
Sun
is the reason
All the happy trees are green
Then who can explain
The light in your dream
Sit
you down
Sit you down, young gentleman
There's something I want you to
know
You keep on asking me
You keep on asking me why
Why are we here
It started a long time ago
Me and your mum on the night
Yeh, yeh, yeh . . . we met
I
was on the road again
She was in C79
I’ll never, never forget
I’ll never forget that night,
no, no . . .
We
met in a back road
Behind the stage
She had the best figure by far .
. .oh
Huh - a thousand hours I've looked
at her eyes
But I still don’t know what
colour they are
Me and your mum on the night
Oh, Lord . . . we met
I
was on the road again
She was in C79
She was a junkie then
And I was having a good time
Back on the road again
Oh,
momma, I was on the road again
Back in Suite 79
I’ll never, never forget
I’ll never forget that time
Back on the road again
Oh, I’m traveling that line
I was a pop star then
I’m still having a good time
Ghost Town
Come
on, let’s go down
Everybody's waiting for us down
at the Ghost Town
Bill
Bailey said he'd be around
If Mr. G. Robinson would just put
that bad Havana down
Lovely
Queen Anne Boleyn
Learning new tricks from the Great
Houdini
Wo, wo. wo
And that’s the way
She’s gonna make it
Wo, wo, oh
Come on
Come on, let’s go down
Everybody’s waiting for us
down at the Boom Town
O.
Redding and Washington
Chico and Harpo and Karl are in
the kitchen with Mum
Buster
Keaton and King Tut
Are waiting for Disney to wake up
Wo, wo, wo
Now that’s the way . . .
No, that ain’t the way he’s
gonna make it
Jesus
They
used to call him Jesus
Long time ago
They're still calling him Jesus
Don't you know
They crossed the wood
And hanged him
A long time ago
They still misunderstand him
Those who don't know
And in the evening his
Love will lead the blind
In every secret corner
There in your mind
They
called him Gautama Buddha
Oh, long time ago
He turned the world to order
Don't you know
He used to sit knowing
Oh, long time ago
Where you and me were going
And in the evening his
Love will lead the blind
Ready
I
love, I love, I'm ready to love
- yes
I love, I love, I'm ready to love
- yeah
I love, I love, I'm ready to
Ready to, ready to love
I love, I love, I’m ready
to love - yeah
You
keep me awake with
Your white lily smile
Don’t keep me watching
Your charms all the while
‘Cause, as all the wise men
say
Grab it, if it comes your way
I’m ready
I
love, I love, I’m ready to
love – yeah
Ready to love
I love, I love, I’m ready
to love - yeah
You
make me feel things
I’ve never felt before
Help my baby eyes
And open up the door
You make me real to everyone
And every day I
I thank the Lord
That you came along this way
It’s no more an illusion
That I can say
I love, I love, I’m ready
to love – yeah
I love, I love, I’m ready
to love – yeah
I
love, I love, I’m ready
Ready, ready, ready to love
I love, I love, I’m ready
to love
I love, I love, I’m ready
to, ready to, ready to love
I love, I love, I’m ready
to love - yeah
I love, I love, I’m ready
to, ready to, ready to love
I
love, I love, I’m ready to
love – yeah
I love, I love, I’m ready
to love – yeah, yeah
I’m ready, I’m ready,
I’m ready
I’m ready, ready, ready, ready
to love
King of Trees
He
was the King of Trees
Keeper of the leaves
A deep green god of young
Love-stained memory
We used to meet by him
Far from the hustling town
I loved you
Now they've come to cut you down
. . . down
He
was the guardian of
Days we held the same
Beneath the shade he gave
Shelter from the rain
Oh Lord, how it’s empty now
With nothing save the breeze
I love you
Now they've come to burn the leaves
Don't burn the leaves
And
if my mind breaks up
In all so many ways
I know the meaning of
The words, “I love you”
And if my body falls inside
An early grave
The forest and the evergreens
Are coming to take me back
So slowly
As I roll
Down the track
The
forest and the evergreens
Are coming to take me back
The forest and the evergreens
Are coming to take me back
Please take me back
He
was the King of Trees
Keeper of the glades
The way he lightened my life
Makes me so amazed
We used to meet by him
Many years ago
I loved you
Now they've come to lay the road
Don't lay the road
A Bad Penny
Oh,
don’t say those same idle
lies
I've heard ‘em before
Oh-oh, this fool who left half his
heart
On an early train
Won't buy no more
Oh,
no, don't use
Those same weeping eyes
I'll wipe ‘em no more
Oh-oh, wo-oh, I didn’t want
to have to be cruel
But the truth must be said and
You ain't heard enough
Oh,
it was not so long ago
Since you wandered out of here
To become a silver model
Of a city on the air
So don't choke me with your lies
Because this man has open eyes
And I can see
I can see, I can tell
Oh-oh, wo-woh
I
had it enough
All those sneaky bars and
Smart parties
Had it enough
All those sweet friends and lovers
I've, I’ve had it enough
All those lonely rooms
And blank faces
I had it enough
And I want you, I want you, no more
I want you, I want you, no more
Oh,
no, don’t say those same idle
lies
I've heard them before
Oh-oh, this fool who left half his
heart
On an early train
Won't buy no more
Home in the Sky
Come
the morning
I’ll be far from here
Slowly rising
In another sphere
Old
world, goodbye
‘Cause I'll be
Home in the sky
In the morning
Bye, bye
Stars
are crying
Over my old house
But I’m still breathing
Happy above the clouds
Home
Home at last because all
Of the bad times are past
Music is a lady
That I still love
‘Cause she gives me the air
That I breathe
Music
is a lady
That I still need
‘Cause she brings me the food
That I eat
Come
the morning
I’ll be far from here
Slowly rising
In another sphere
Home,
world, goodbye
‘Cause I’ll be
Home in the sky
In the morning
Bye, bye . . . bye, bye
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