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MIDGE URE - ANSWERS TO NOTHING
Answers to Nothing
Take me Home
Sister and Brother
Dear God
The Leaving (So Long)
Just For You
Hell to Heaven
Lied
Homeland
Remembrance Day
High upon a hillside, a preacher tells a story to a crowd
He tells the same old story, a thousand times he's read that story
loud
He wants to give the answers but his words are only
Answers to nothing
(Refrain 1)
Lying in my bedroom, a man comes on my TV with a grin
He tells me to believe him, he said that I should put my faith
in him
He says he has the answers, but his words are only
Answers to nothing
Oh, oh, oh, believed for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, deceived for the last time
Hear the chosen leaders say we can't stay sitting on the fence
Believe the stuff they feed us, they're buying guns and bombs for
our defence
They think this is the answer, but their thoughts are only
Answers to nothing
Where is all the friendship, how can all the comradeship be done
What of all the teachings, what of things we learned when we were
young
It doesn't bear the asking 'cos the answers given were
Answers to nothing
Oh, oh, oh, lied for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, died for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, cried for the last time, this time
Oh, oh, oh, believed for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, deceived for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, believed for the last time, this time
High upon a hillside, a preacher tells a story to a crowd
He tells the same old story, a thousand times he's read that story
loud
He wants to give the answers but his words are only
Answers to nothing
(refrain 1)
Oh, oh, oh, lied for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, cried for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, died for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, deceived for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, believed for the last time, this time
Take me home
I need to see that light again
Take me home
I need to feel that sense of belonging
See my father, see my mother
My sister, my brother
Take me home
I need to see where I come from
Take me home
I need to feel that sense of belonging
See the homeland
See the places, the streets and the faces
Take me home, take me home
I want to feel that warmth again
Take me home
I need to know that sense of belonging
See the streets where I walked as a child
Where I laughed and I smiled
Take me home
Take me home
See the land that my father fought for
Lay my head on that shore
Take me home
Sister, I will stand by you
Sister, I believe in you
Sister, 'cos I am your brother
Sister, fight for what you need
Sister, make the blind man see
Sister, and I'll be your brother
Giving, taking, living, with one another
Sister and brother
Seeing, breathing, believing, one another
Sister and brother
Brother, I am equal to
Brother, all a man can do
Brother, I am your sister
Brother, if you need me near
Brother, in your doubt and fear
Brother, I'll be your sister
Giving, taking, living, with one another
Sister and brother
Seeing, breathing, believing, in one another
Sister and brother
Sister, will you stand by me?
Sister, and believe in me?
Sister, 'cos I am your brother
Brother, if you need me near
Brother, in your doubt and fear
Brother, then I'll be your sister
Oh no, oh no, oh I'll be your sister
Oh no, stand by me, oh no, I'll be your brother, oh
Oh no, oh no, I'll be your sister
Oh no, oh no, sister and brother
Oh no, oh no, oh I'll be your sister
Dear God, is there somebody out there?
Is there someone to hear my prayer?
I'm a simple man with simple words to say
Is there some point in asking?
Asking for more only got us where we are today
Lost and alone and afraid
Give me, love for the lonely
Give me, food for the hungry
Give me, peace in a restless world
Give me, hope for the children
Give me, a worldwide religion
Give me, peace in a restless world
Dear God, can you hear me crying?
A whole world crying
Looking for something to say
We had it all and we threw it all away
Is there somebody watching?
Somebody watching over the mess that we've made
We're lost and alone and afraid
Give me, love for the lonely
Give me, food for the hungry
Give me, peace in a restless world
Give me, hope for the children
Give me, a worldwide religion
Give me, peace in a restless world
And we need to know there's something good
Though all our years of solitude go on and on and on...
Give me, love for the lonely
Give me, food for the hungry
Give me, peace in a restless world, oh oh
Give me, hope for the children
Give me, a worldwide religion
Give me, peace in a restless world, oh oh
Give me, love for the lonely
Give me, food for the hungry
Give me, peace in a restless world, oh oh
Give me, hope for the children
Give me, a worldwide religion
Give me, peace in a restless world
Dear God, is there somebody out there?
Is there someone to hear my prayer?
I'll walk away from my town
See which way the wind blows my future, oh
Find what's before me
There must be something better
Must be something more than I've had so far
Something new, something good
Something worth being put here for
So long, so long, so long
Move into the city
Find myself a job with a purpose, oh
I'll work for a reason
And hope that reject turns to warm self-respect
And I'll start to live
Live the life that I thought would be mine
From the day I was born
So long, so long, so long
Find myself a partner
Turn my partner into a family, oh
We'll grow old together
Then I'll know that it can be
All that it should be and then
And only then I'll know that I've had
What by rights is mine
So long, so long, so long
Just for you, I could fly
Just for you, I could walk the oceans
I would cross all divides
To satisfy your whims and notions
For you, I could change
Just for you, I could beat the system
I could take every blow
Survive upon a poor man's wisdom
And if you want I'd chase the world away
And when you cry I'd kiss the tears away
Just for you, I would cry
Just for you, I would fall down to my knees
And pray that I could raise a love that's fit to please you
And if you're lonely I will be with you
If you're in doubt I'll tell you what to do
I'll take your hand and I will lead you through
I'd give my very soul to be with you
And when infatuation fades
I will still be by your side
I will be there when you call
There's not one thing I wouldn't do
That I couldn't do at all
That I wouldn't do at all
Just for you, I would change
Just for you, I would break the system
I would take every blow
Survive upon a poor man's wisdom
If I could understand why one land
Throws aside what others need to survive
Then maybe I could justify what I'm seeing
I can't quite accept that we who have so much watch others die
Who designed this world we live in?
Hand giving a hand
Giving the world a helping hand
It's falling around us now
If I could understand why one man
Lifts his hand to strike another down
Then maybe I'd believe the reasons that I'm given
I'd like to think it's just a few who make the rest of us comply
Who designed this world we live in?
Help turn round this hell to heaven
Hand giving a hand
Giving the world a helping hand
It's falling around us now
Help turn round this hell to heaven
Help turn round this hell to heaven
Who designed this world we live in?
Help turn round this hell to heaven
Who designed this world we live in?
Help turn round this hell to heaven
Who designed this world we live in?
One thing I know
I've learned over all
The more that you trust
The harder you fall
The more you believe
The more you recall
You'll see the signs
You'll hear the sound
When your feeling of hope
Is turned upside down
My hope lay in tatters
Lying cold on the ground
When I found
You lied
From your head down to your toes
You lied
But somehow I know I'll survive
And I can't believe another word you say
So go your way
You lied
You lied
From your head down to your toes
You lied
But somehow I know I'll survive
And I can't believe another word you say
Go your way
You lied
Every little word you said
You whispered lies
And right now I know I despise
Every thing I find that came from you
'Cos I hurt too
You lied
You lied
As you looked me in the eyes
I saw you lie
But somehow I knew I'd get by
When nothing seems to matter anymore
Who did you lie for?
You lied
From your head down to your toes
I know you lied
But somehow I know I'll survive
And I can't believe another word you say
So go your way
You lied
Every little word you said
You whispered lies
And right now I know I despise
Every thing I find that came from you
'Cos I hurt too
You lied
Sometimes I find that the ghost from behind me won't go
You'd think by this time
You'd be gone from my mind
But it isn't so
Sometimes I hear your voice ringing clear on the radio
Hearing you tell words that I knew so well
Not so long ago
And though it's changed for us all
I know you will always be near
And though you watch from afar
I know where you are
You walk the homeland
I remember that night
Of that year when the tears wouldn't clear my eyes
I'd seen it before
Like a dream I'd ignore
It was no surprise
I tried to pretend that the madness would end and you'd realise
That all that was left was the whisper of death and your children's cries
And though it's changed for us all
I know you will always be near
And though you watch from afar
I know where you are
You walk the homeland
You slipped away like snow in a warm hand
You welcomed that warm hand
You made it too easy
While I was standing I saw
Two men before my eyes, I saw
One man all dressed in truth
The other man was dressed in lies
One man held green and gold
The other man blue, white and red
And they smiled as they held guns to our heads
While I was standing I saw
Two men before my eyes
Watch as the rain begins to fall
Like tears from heaven on us all
To clean the sins we've made
And wash them away, wash them away
While I was standing I saw
Two countries go to war, I saw
Faces of children wondering
What their friends were fighting for
A crowd of people stood in silence
On Remembrance Day and I cried
As they blew them all away
While I was standing I saw
Two men before my eyes
Watch as the rain begins to fall
Like tears from heaven on us all
To clean the sins we've made
And wash them away, wash them away
While I was standing I saw
Two men with one God to share
Both wanting peace by war
Both want to win by prayer
How long before they find
This holy war a heinous sin
And they find that there's nothing left to win