Hard Times - Mike Xavier

I wake up every morning Into another day Oh, when tomorrow comes You'll find me on my way Ain't lettin' nobody know To help me along It's harder to make it When you feel you don't belong Oh, hard times are over me Yeah I can hear that whistle blowin' Seein' who's gonna change Goin' to take a ride tonight Ain't never comin' back Ain't got no money To help me again There's nothin' left for me So I guess I'm on my way Oh, hard times are over me Yeah oh save me Oooh Aaah waah waah Oooh ah ah Alright ah ah ah Rock and rollin' listen to my stutterin' Don't you ever forget/regret the past Yesterday is comin' down But tomorrow's gotta last Ain't lettin' nobody know To help me along It's hard to make it When you feel you don't belong Oh, hard times are over me Oh I'm sayin' hard times Are over me, all over me Aaahhh

Streets full of people With trinkets to share Offering them up for folks in despair Yandi and crystals and oils for growth Of spirit and body and mind as we go Emphasis placed on the body and mind The heart os often somewhere behind Strange Tiny little bones of the innocent child Lookin' up at me with the saddest of eyes Is her innocence in tact? Or has it been stained? Has the creature that feeds her taken it away Strange So sad it's strange I recognize my health Things I have been dealt Places that I have roamed Feelings I've had Things that I know Home, my home Home, my home Home, I'm home Running through the bush And all of the trees Moving in time with my capable speed Skippy ants claw At the edge of the bowl Of the shell of an egg Of bird long since gone Maybe it rose up To spread it's new wings Or maybe it nourished A stronger sibling Strange Places we roam And people we meet Some connections are strong And some of them are weak One or two or three or four Or maybe five or six or more Strong as the roots Of a big old gum tree And we'll carry them through To the next life we see Strange So beautifully strange Recognize my health Things that I have been dealt Places that I have roamed Feelings I've had Things that I know Home, my home Home, my home Home, I'm home

And I'll hold you up again And I'll hold you up again Hold you up again And I'll hold you up again I'll hold you up again And I'll hold you up again You fought and you won Now my brother, you're gone You fought and you won Now my brother, you're gone Well, you fought and you won Now my brother, you're gone Well, you fought and you won Now my brother, you're gone I'll hold you up again Yeah, I'll hold you up again You were your country Deadliest, I've seen And I feel you many times When I shut these eyes And I feel you many times When I shut these eyes And I'll hold you up again And I'll hold you up again

Here I am this is my shelter Here I'm at one with these trees And all these birds sing to my rhythms And these waves they comfort me Do what you will while you're able Find what it is that you seek Only I'll fly, fly, fly above the ocean Fly so high above the sea If it's shelter, you're searching for One that I cannot provide Well, I wish you well on your journey I hope your dreams they come alive I hope your dreams back down and they, they thrive Well, I filled my cup with your answers I filled my cup with your lies You topped it up with your mysteries And all those secrets I denied Do what you will while you're able Find what it is that you seek Only I'll fly, fly, fly above the ocean I will fly so high above the sea If It's shelter, you're searching for One that I cannot provide Well, I wish you well on your journey I hope your dreams they come alive I hope your dreams back down and they Well, they thrive I hope your dreams they come alive Well, I hope your dreams back down and thrive Yeah, now

Hey-ey-ey There's the wind that through the souls of my feet into my lungs go Meditation of an ancient kind Exhaling through my third eye Stand strong in what I know Stand aside from the ego As they day turns into night Through the breeze I hear you cry I believe in you. I believe in you. I will pray for you. I will pray for you. (Believe) I believe in you. I will pray for you. I believe in you (I believe in you) I believe in you (I believe in you) I will pray for you (I will pray for you) Your rivers flow with ease Down the serpent's line once streamed In these hands I hold your light Through these hands, Nanna, I'll guide I'll guide You fuel me from the ground Pulled me up when I was down I believe in you I believe in you Stand strong keep the fire burning I'll stick together Gotta keep the wheels turning Forcin' companies to stand aside Forcin' government to recognize the power of this dragon Stand strong keep the fire burning I'll stick together Gotta keep the wheels turning Forcin' companies to stand aside Forcin' government to recognize the power of this dragon Stand strong keep the fire burning I'll stick together Gotta keep the wheels turning Forcin' companies to stand aside Forcin' government to recognize the power of this dragon I stand strong keep the fire burning I'll stick together Gotta keep the wheels turning Forcin' companies to stand aside Forcin' government to recognize the power of this dragon I stand strong keep the fire burning I'll stick together Gotta keep the wheels turning Forcin' companies to stand aside Forcin' government to recognize the power of this dragon My God (stand strong, keep the fire burning) As I go in my (stick together) darkest days (Keep the wheels turnin') Oh your spirit held me tight (forcin' companies to stand aside) Through the (forcin' government to recognize) wreched days and nights (the power of this dragon) I believe in you And mother I will pray, pray for you