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LIVE BY THE SUN (2008)

by Sunshine Brothers
The Rum Song

a lickle bit a sweet 
a lickle bit a rum 
pineapple and sun 
mek di spoon go 'roun 
two hours 'til sundown 
then people will come 'roun 
where is di pan drum band wi pay? 
remember what i tell you 
'bout adding di ice in 
iz bess if you wait 'til di night come 
and duh! 
tell dem dat it tase juss like juice 
an it smell juss like fruit 
but it lick you like a one ton 

when you grow up in JA 
and you come to L.A. 
it's hard to get used to the fray 
everybody rushin' 
people all pushin' 
the rat race is everyday 
oowiii got to cool it all down now 
put the worrying away 
life is so fine 
if you just take the time 
to make it all stop 
mmmm


Put It in a Letter

i didn't know where to begin 
i was searching for a rhyme 
to tell you how i feel 
in this short amount of time 
i'm on draft number six 
still got a couple of lines i could fix 
but i ain't got much longer 
so here goes 

i found what matters 
the thing that shatters 
my defenses and it is you 
we've only just begun 
feels like that can't be true 
since we were children 
this love's been buildin' 
call it destiny or call it fate 
it's here for us to take 
and i didn't think it could wait 
so i put it in a letter today 

some people say 
it was chance brought us together 
i disagree it was destined to be 
and you must know this 
when i first saw you i knew you immediately 

if we're not right the world is wrong 
that's what you always do say 
we've got a few good friends between us 
so i think we'll find our way 
when oyu get this letter please 
look out the window of your room 
'cause darlin', i'll be comin' home soon


Love Again

thinkin' about the people on the streets who have no bread only their shame 
can't work out who put them there but anyway it's not about the blame 
one thing for certain there's a sickness in this city though I don't know it's name 
please won't you heal them so they can love again? 

love again, love again... 
please won't you heal them so they can love again? 

thinkin' about the soldiers fightin' all for nothing biding their time 
can't work out who put them there but even worse I can't see why 
was it us who wouldn't speak? Was it men atop the beast of power reading our minds? 
well anyway, won't you lead them home so they can love again? 

love again, love again... 
please won't you lead them home so they can love again? 

it's just like a dream gone bad 
wake me up and let in the sunlight 

give us a chance to do right 
we're gonna go the other way 
why? because it's easier to just watch and judge all that we see 
just freeze! 
put your hands up to your head 
say a prayer for every land 
listen hard friends


Drunk On You

    
sittin' alone in this self-serve bar 
been days since I last heard your voice. 
a plastic cup my only companion 
these waves the only noise 
as I watch the sun melting into the 
water 
westward where you are 
it feels to me like the edge of the ocean's never been so far 

but when 
the sun no longer shines 
and I'm all out of wine 
i will still be drunk on you 
and when the daylight is done 
there's not a drop of rum 
i will still be drunk on you 

i wish I could tell you I'd figured it out 
i knew where it all went wrong 
then I'd call you up just to tell you in person or put it down in a song 
if I emptied this bottle and sent you a note 
maybe you'd come back soon 
until then I'll sit by the edge of the ocean and drink by the light of the moon


Sink or Swim

oh brother 
i've been worried 'bout you 
i know it's not my right but still I seem to 
want to give a little shove 
but it comes from love 
don't you know this holdin' back won't keep you safe 
and in the end there is no hiding place 

i wish for you the ocean 
a sky that's clear and blue 
i'm holdin' on to the notion 
that all your dreams come true 
from time to time we all want to give in 
well it all comes down to are you gonna sink or swim? 
sink or swim 

are you gonna sink, gonna sink or swim 
because it all comes down to this in the end 
I wanna know that you're fine without crossing the line 
because we can't carry the man just the message 
stay up late thinkin' 'bout you nights 
out there alone in the city lights 
come home my brother, sister 
you don't have to do it alone anymore 

oh sister 
yeah I've been watching you 
how you're takin' on the whole weight of the world 
it's gonna break you down 
drag you all around 
don't you know this heaviness don't help a thing? 
let it go and let your heart come out to sing


She Calls Me

she calls me sweetness 
she blows me kisses 
they float up on the air like the seeds of dandelions 
and she tells me the reason 
is that i am so sweet - i doubt this 
but she tells me this is right 

like a branch cut form the vine 
i'm thirsty all the time 
come hold me like a little child 
and soothe me 

i'm waiting for the other foot to drop, to drop 
i'm waiting but still it has not 
a cold voice comin' from the past 
it says, it says you're waiting for this love can never last


Solid Ground

i can't always claim to be 
what you see in me 
you keep tryin' 
and i keep flying away 
i'm always tuggin' at the seams 

when i start to fall apart 
and say that love is not enough 

take my feet and hold 'em down 
so i can find some solid ground 
lay my head in the sea 
speak to me i need your voice 
because i'm lost here in the dark 
stay right here next to me 

ya i know what you do 
what you do for me darlin' 
there is no me without you 
i'm not the best at saying it 
so i hope you're hearin' this 
'cause i'm playin' for you 
i truly, truly love ya


Sweet Girl

when i was young i didn't understand 
why people act as they do 
then i got older and i joined the plan 
their secrets gave way to some major clues 

and if my two feet fail me now i'll be fine 
i've walked through a valley where sweeter than wine 
flows a river - i drink my fill every time 
until i am satisfied by my 

sweet girl 
got sugar all over 
and i don't know what to do with it 
sweet girl 
takin' all my time up 
but that's alright i'm doin' fine 

when i'm given all my choices 
i like to be where it's warm 
so to my surroundings i pay attention 
seek the sunny spots - for me that's not a chore 
from your fountain flows an elixir 
one touch to my lips and only time 
i will seek it out 'til i'm old and gray 
and every time i find it i'll fall to my knees and cry 
'cause i want more of my…


Bee to the Rose

i was adrift like the wind in the trees 
where the pea doves were singin' their sweet melodies 
there I was - Not a care in the world 
save for the smile of a beautiful girl 
then you cam and you opened me to this 
whole way of livin' I never knew exists 
untied my hands 
cleared up my lazy head 
spoke to me and this is what you said 

you can watch the world roll on by 
(or) grab ahold jump up for the ride 
why sit out when you can fly 

i'm drawn to you like a baby to the mother; like a bee to the rose 
points me like a needle on a compass; like a great river flows 

teach a man how to fish and he'll fill up his boat 
but you fish for the man and he won't stay afloat 
gotta push while you offer support 
livin' life to the fullest will always take work 
grab all the joy anyway that you can 
spread it among every child, woman and man 
live by the sun and love by the moon 
grab life, 'cause it goes by so soon 

why watch the world roll on by 
grab ahold jump up for the ride 
why sit out when you can fly 

people I wah tell you there are times in this life 
where there are no easy days, only crazy nights 
whole leap a trouble wid di gial dem and blue flashing lights 
babylon handcuff yuh han' tight 
lose what you love and you love even more 
iz love dat you love at the core 
think about it 
watch the sun go down over the ocean you don't doubt it 
mek di sunshine brothers lick you wid some music and you shout it 
even in darkness deep down in di heart you have blindin' sight 
you did show me dis you give me weapon fi fight wid 
all di party yes I muss reck di mic 
happiness our divine right


Cerasse Tea

like a boat on a roiling sea 
or a kite that cannot fly free 
i'm like a song that struggles to be 
without your love to carry me 
sometimes i feel just like falling apart 
when i'm having me this heavy heart 
but when you sing to me and play 
then i start to feel ok so 

sing me that old sweet song 
'bout a world where there's nothing that's wrong 
rock me to sleep, rock me to sleep 
be the spoonful of honey in my cerasse tea 
spin me that old folk yarn 
'bout a world where we all get along 
rock me to sleep, rock me to sleep 
underneath our mango tree 

get so sad when you go away 
and i know it is quite silly to say 
but the sky is darker 
and every flower 
i stop to look at 
seems faint and dour 
this absence does not make my heart 
any fonder it just hurts to be apart 
so please come back to me 
don't be long 'cause it's you i need to 

as a boy i would climb those branches 
as a man i am taking some other chances 
so not if but when i drop 
i know you'll be there to lift me up
 

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