Back through the years I go wondering once again Back to the seasons of my youth I recall a box of rags someone gave us And how my mamma put those rags to use There were rags of many colours, every piece was small And I didn't have a coat, it was way down in the fall Mamma sewed the rags together, she sewed ever piece with love She made my coat of many colours, I was so proud of As she sewed she told the story from the bible she had read About a coat of many colours Joseph wore and then she said Perhaps this coat will bring you good luck and happiness And I just couldn't wait to wear it as mamma blessed it with a kiss My coat of many colours that mamma made for me Made from only rags, but I wore it so proudly Although we didn't have much money I was rich as I could be In my coat of many colours, my mamma made for me So with patches on breaches and holes in both my shoes In my coat of many colours, well, I started home to school Just to find the children laughing, makin' fun of me In my coat of many colours, my mamma made for me Now, I didn't understand it, for I felt as I was rich And I told them of the love my mamma sewed in ever stitch I told about the story, mamma told me while she sewed And my coat of many colours was worth more than all their clothes They didn't understand it and I tried to make them see One is only poor only if you choose to be Although we didn't have much money, I was rich as I could be In my coat of many colours, my mamma made for me In my coat of many colours, my mamma made just for me

(Another world) Yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Ebele Ebele Back when When a royal rumble thing go down inna the hood with boys them So Jah-Jah's anointing fall steady 'pon me head You know back when A me wanna reminisce tonight 'bout things for me life and See the scars 'pon me right hand, no Higher powers watch over my soul 'Cause it's a very lonely ride I know Yeah, yeah, yeah Higher powers watch over my soul 'Cause it's a very lonely ride I know And it's a very lonely ride I know, yeah (Kpe-kpe) Hm, many man fall down (kpe-kpe) Many man stand up (kpe-kpe) Many go there (kpe-kpe) Many man come back (kpe-kpe) Many man, so many man do many things for many place If many man be animal, him no go fit run am, eh I no dey do say I getti Medusa head oh I still dey chase my daily bread oh As I dey play for the second leg oh, yea-yea You see the gist e dey spread pass woman leg oh Ogbanje still dey play for my head oh Mami water say she dey for set oh Yeah-yeah Yeah-yeah Lord have his mercies upon my soul and Who's gonna watch the road? Yeah Man a-do the walk alone Steady finessing the shots they throw and Who's gonna watch my throne? Man a-do the walk alone Higher powers watch over my soul (yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah) 'Cause it's a very lonely ride I know And it's a very lonely ride I know, yeah Higher powers watch over my soul (and higher power's watching) 'Cause is a very lonely ride I know Demma watch over me Demma watch like- (kpe-kpe) Many man fall down (kpe-kpe) Many man stand up (Kpe-kpe) Many man go there (kpe-kpe) Many come back (kpe-kpe) Many man, so many man do many things for many place If many man be animal, him no go fit run am, eh (kpe-kpe) Oya Jesu Kristi watch over my body and soul (kpe-kpe) Oya Angel Gabriel safeguard my body and soul (kpe-kpe) Many man, so many man do many things for many place If many man be animal, him no go fit run am, eh (kpe-kpe)

Let's put a new coat of paint on this lonesome old town Set 'em up, we'll be knockin' em down You wear a dress, baby, I'll wear a tie We'll laugh at that old bloodshot moon in that burgundy sky All our scribbled love dreams, lost or thrown away Here amidst the shuffle of an overflowin' day Our love needs a transfusion, so let's shoot it full of wine Fishin' for a good time starts with throwin' in your line So, let's put a new coat of paint, on this lonesome old town Set 'em up, set 'em up, we'll be knockin' em down You wear a dress, baby, I'll wear a tie We'll laugh at that old bloodshot moon in that burgundy sky

There's a lighthouse on the water Throwing light back at the shore I heard your died trying to swim towards it Now you're living on the river's floor I heard the mighty Mississippi Took you out with just one punch I heard you had the voice of a sweetheart But the sweetheart was out getting drunk And hey man, have you heard Buckley Singing hallelujah? He did what Leonard never could to it Gave it wings then away it was Number two in England And they say you're your daddy's son But Jeff, if you're anything like me You only care about America Whеre you're always in someonе's wake Or you're singing while you're sinking in sand And the river's still from far away But if you touch her, she will pull you in 'Cause she's violent and she's stubborn And she's ugly but I love her Goddamn Goddamn When I was young, love drunk, and dreaming I'd dream of singing in some kingdom And just like birds, my words would fly And as they'd take flight then so would I I feel like Valens on a Cessna Flying through the fog There's a lighthouse on the water That's not a lighthouse, that's just Arkansas Yeah, the sky can lift the river And spread it out over the farm Life's just one long day, babe But I've been awake all day long And I, one day too, plan to be king Put some gloves on me Oh, and put me in the ring And oh, just to be a fighter Big black boots strapped to my feet To be so young but so tired And still prettier than anything Caterpillar in the winter 'Til wings come in the spring 'Til then, settle down in some shotgun shack Where the wallpaper unlocks your dreams And hey man, have you heard him sing With a voice like a symphony weeps? I've seen him staring back at the camera And I swear to God he looked at me And if you wanna settle down Then you came to the right town To close your big brown eyes And wear a coat of butterflies But if you wanna live forever Jump in deep with the mysteries sweet Wade into the water Close your eyes boy, and sing Wanna whole lotta love Wanna whole lotta love Wanna whole lotta love Wanna whole lotta love When I was young, love drunk, and dreaming I'd dream of singing in some kingdom And just like birds my words would fly As they'd take flight then so would I Upstream Upstream Upstream Upstream Upstream Upstream Upstream Upstream Upstream

The hills were alive with wildflowers And I was as wild, even wilder than they For at least I could run, they just died in the sun And I refused to just wither in place Just a wild mountain rose needing freedom to grow So I ran, fearing not where I'd go When a flower grows wild, it can always survive Wildflowers don't care where they grow And the flowers I knew, in the fields where I grew Were content to be lost in the crowd They were common and close, I had no room for growth And I wanted so much to branch out So I uprooted myself from my home ground and left Took my dreams and I took to the road When a flower grows wild, it can always survive Wildflowers don't care where they grow I grew up fast and wild and I never felt right In a garden so different from me I just never belonged, I just longed to be gone So the garden one day set me free I hitched a ride with the wind, and since he was my friend I just let him decide where we'd go When a flower grows wild, it can always survive Wildflowers don't care where they grow Just a wild rambling rose seeking misteries untold No regret for the path that I chose When a flower grows wild, it can always survive Wildflowers don't care where they grow Wildflowers don't care where they grow

Lookin' outta my windowpane Tears minglin' with the rain I'm so lonesome I could cry, just like old Hank Starin' down on the city street Feelin' empty and incomplete There's a place I need to be to fill my tank A place I can go where I can be free Where I can be happy and just be me Home Where the warm wind's blowin' And the river's flowin' along Like a lazy bum in the midday sun And I've gone fishin' with my pole at the fishin' hole Where I can lay down my heavy load And know that I am always welcome home I left home I was seventeen I had a lot of ambitious dreams Seen a lot of those dreams come true I've had good luck I ain't complain' that's for sure I got a lot to be thankful for One of those things is a magic door that opens up Back to the time when I was a kid To the sounds of the crickets and the katydids It's called Home On the front porch swingin' And the fern pots hangin' Home With the church bells ringin' And voices singin' those Old songs that mend my mind like a stitch in time Where the tea is sweet and the love complete Oh me, I wanna go home I often think about where I have been Where I am goin' and that's about when I think about Home Where the soul finds comfort and the heart finds pleasure Home Where the depths of love is hard to measure It's home I hear you callin', I hear you callin' I'll never be lost as long as I know There's place like that where I can go Where I can restore my weary soul On the mountain slopes and the soft blue smoke Of home Home sweet home Home Back to the hills with the whippoorwills of Home With the fireflies blinkin' and the night stars winkin' Home Honeysuckle vine and Muscadine wine at Home Where the ginseng grows in the shady groves of Home With family and friends and joy that never ends Home There's no place like it, no place like it Home

Here I sit, all alone Thinkin' bout what I should of known You make me think that I could need you You weaved your magic spell and I believed you Looking back, on you and me Promises that will, never be I truly thought that we were lovers, (lovers) But now I find i'm just like all the others Heartbreaker, wish I'd seen that love was blind Sweet little love maker, taking my heart and leaving me behind Heartbreaker, couldn't you be just a little more kind, to me Played with fire, felt it's burn I would have thought that I would of learned I melted every time you kissed me, (kissed me) Each time you'd leave I thought you'd miss me Heartbreaker, wish i'd seen that love was blind Sweet little love maker, taking my heart and leaving me behind Heartbreaker, couldn't you be just a little more kind to me Heartbreaker, wish i'd seen that love was blind Sweet little love maker, taking my heart and leaving me behind Heartbreaker, couldn't you be just a little more kind to me Heartbreaker, wish i'd seen that love was blind Sweet little love maker, taking my heart and leaving me behind Heartbreaker, couldn't you be just a little more kind to me