Lyrics:
We're on a mission In the everlasting light that shines A revelation Of the truth in chapters of our minds So long, bad times We're gonna shake it up and break it up We're sharing light brighter than the sun Hello, good times We're here to simulate, eliminate And congregate, illuminate (We are here to change the world) Gonna change the world (We are here to change the world) Gonna change the world So do surrender 'Cause the power's deep inside my soul Sing it (We are here to change the world) Gonna change the world, sing it (We are here to change the world) Gonna change the world (We are here to change the world) We're gonna change the world, girl (We are here to change the world) My brothers my brother We're gonna change the world (We are here to change the world) Deep down in my body Deep down in my soul, baby (We are here to change the world) We're gonna change the world Ooh
I don't believe in superstars Organic food and foreign cars I don't believe the price of gold The certainty of growing old That right is right and left is wrong That north and south can't get along That east is east and west is west And being first is always best But I believe in love, I believe in babies I believe in mom and dad, and I believe in you Well I don't believe that heaven waits For only those who congregate I like to think of God as love He's down below, He's up above He's watching people everywhere He knows who does and doesn't care And I'm an ordinary man Sometimes I wonder who I am But I believe in love, I believe in music I believe in magic, and I believe in you I know with all my certainty what's goin' With you and me is a good thing It's true, I believe in you I don't believe virginity Is as common as it used to be In working days and sleeping nights That black is black and white is white That Superman and Robin Hood Are still alive in Hollywood That gasoline's in short supply The rising cost of getting by But I believe in love, I believe in old folks I believe in children, I believe in you I believe in love, I believe in babies I believe in mom and dad And I believe in you
They don't eat, don't sleep They don't feed, they don't seethe Bare their gums when they moan and squeak Lick the dirt off a larger one's feet They don't push, don't crowd Congregate until they're much too loud Fuck to procreate till they are dead Drink the blood of their so-called best friend They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way Don't pack themselves together and run as one Don't shit where they're not supposed to Don't take what's not theirs, they don't compare They don't scam, don't fight Don't oppress an equal's given rights Starve the poor so they can be well fed Line their holes with the dead ones' bread, no no They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way Don't pack themselves together and run as one Don't shit where they're not supposed to Don't take what's not theirs, they don't compare They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way Don't pack themselves together and run as one Don't shit where they're not supposed to Don't take what's not theirs They don't compare, rats They don't compare, rats They don't compare Oh Ben, the two of us need look no more Ben, the two of us need look no more Ben, the two of us need look no more Ben, the two of us need look no more Ben, the two of us need look no more Ben, the two of us need look no more
There's been some hard feelings here About some words that were said Been some hard feelings here And what is more There's been a bloody purple nose And some bloody purple clothes That were messing up the lobby floor It's just apartment house rules So all you 'partment house fools Remember: one man's ceiling Is another man's floor One man's ceiling Is another man's floor There's been some strange goin's-on And some folks have come and gone Like the elevator man don't work no more I heard a racket in the hall And I thought I heard a call But I never opened up my door It's just apartment house sense It's like apartment house rents Remember: one man's ceiling Is another man's floor I tell you, one man's ceiling Is another man's floor There's an alley in the back of my building Where some people congregate in shame I was walking with my dogs And the night was black with smog When I thought I heard somebody call my name Remember: one man's ceiling is another man's floor, goddamn One man's ceiling is another man's floor
They don't eat, don't sleep They don't feed, they don't seethe Bare their gums when they moan and squeak Lick the dirt off a larger one's feet They don't push, don't crowd Congregate until they're much too loud Fuck to procreate till they are dead Drink the blood of their so-called best friend They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way Don't pack themselves together and run as one Don't shit where they're not supposed to Don't take what's not theirs, they don't compare They don't scam, don't fight Don't oppress an equal's given rights Starve the poor so they can be well fed Line their holes with the dead ones' bread, no no They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way Don't pack themselves together and run as one Don't shit where they're not supposed to Don't take what's not theirs, they don't compare They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way Don't pack themselves together and run as one Don't shit where they're not supposed to Don't take what's not theirs They don't compare, rats They don't compare, rats They don't compare Oh Ben, the two of us need look no more Ben, the two of us need look no more Ben, the two of us need look no more Ben, the two of us need look no more Ben, the two of us need look no more Ben, the two of us need look no more
I don't believe in superstars Organic food and foreign cars I don't believe the price of gold The certainty of growing old That right is right and left is wrong That north and south can't get along That east is east and west is west And being first is always best But I believe in love, I believe in babies I believe in mom and dad, and I believe in you Well I don't believe that heaven waits For only those who congregate I like to think of God as love He's down below, He's up above He's watching people everywhere He knows who does and doesn't care And I'm an ordinary man Sometimes I wonder who I am But I believe in love, I believe in music I believe in magic, and I believe in you I know with all my certainty what's goin' With you and me is a good thing It's true, I believe in you I don't believe virginity Is as common as it used to be In working days and sleeping nights That black is black and white is white That Superman and Robin Hood Are still alive in Hollywood That gasoline's in short supply The rising cost of getting by But I believe in love, I believe in old folks I believe in children, I believe in you I believe in love, I believe in babies I believe in mom and dad And I believe in you
Whilst his mother's womb contained the growing Baal Even then the sky was waiting quiet and pale Naked, young, immensely marvellous Like Baal loved it, when he came to us That same sky remained with him in joy and care Even when Baal slept peaceful and unaware At night a lilac sky, a drunken Baal Turning pious as the sky grows pale So through hospital, cathedral, whiskey bar Baal kept moving onwards and just let things go When Baal's tired, boys, Baal cannot fall far He will have his sky down there below When the sinners congregate in shame together Baal lay naked, revelling in their distress Only sky, a sky that will go on forever Formed a blanket for his nakedness And that lusty girl, the world, who'll laughing yield To the men who'll stand the pressure of her thighs Sometimes gave him love-bites, such as can't be healed Baal survived it, he just used his eyes And when Baal saw lots of corpses scattered round He felt twice the thrill, despite the lack of room "Space enough" said Baal, "then I'll thicken the ground Space enough within this woman's womb" Any vice for Baal has got its useful side It's the man who practices it, he can't abide Vices have their point, once you see it as such Stick to two for one will be too much Slackness, softness are the sort of things to shun Nothing could be harder than the quest for fun Lots of strength is needed and experience too Swollen bellies can embarrass you Under gloomy stars and this poor veil of tears Baal will graze a pasture till it disappears Once it's been digested to the forest's teeth Baal trod singing for a well earned sleep Baal can spot the vultures in the stormy sky As they wait up there to see if Baal will die Sometimes Baal pretends he's dead, but vultures swoop Baal in silence dines on vulture-soup When the dark womb drags him down to its prize What's the world still mean to Baal, he's overfed So much sky is lurking still behind his eyes He'll just have enough sky when he's dead Once the Earth's dark womb engulfed the rotting Baal Even then the sky was up there, quiet and pale Naked, young, immensely marvellous Like Baal loved it when he lived with us
Up in Harlem every Saturday night Where the highbrows get together It's just too right, they all congregate and all night hop And what they do is ooh boppa dap Ole Hammer Brown from way across town Gets full of corn and starts Bringing them down and at the break of day You can hear ole Hammer say Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer Send me a gate, I don't care I feel just like I wanna clown Give the piano player a drink Because he's bringing me down He's got rhythm, yeah, when he stomps his feet He sends me right off to sleep Check all your razors and all your guns We're gonna be arrested when the wagon comes Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer Send me 'cause I don't care I want a pigfoot and a bottle of gin Send me daddy, move right in I feel just like I wanna shout Give the piano player a drink Because he's knocking me out He's got rhythm when he stomps his feet He moves me right off to sleep Check all your razors and your guns Do the hucklebuckle to the rising sun Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of gin Move me 'cause I'm in my sin Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer
There's card sharks and crapshooters. They congregate around the Metropole. If I knew what that meant I would agree with him. They wear flashy ties and collars.