I see so much suffering in the faces of those I encounter street side Light bulb dim eye sockets sunken in My heart grows soft in my chest. I’ve been through valleys where the children had no clothes Slept on boats heard the prayer call rising Seeking people who are not afraid to show love Who can undress their soul. Are you one? Silent wounds we tend to late in the night Thoughts we think but never speak We’ve all got shadows why hide them away? It’s okay to feel pain. The time when our humanity comes alive Is when we stop being something we’re not Watch the children play you’ll get what I mean Take a seat by the tree And you’ll see. Don’t say no Just say yeah Don’t say no Just say yeah. In light of all that life has shown me thus far A 9 to 5 is hard to go for And every time I try to numb down my brain I’m awakened once more. We live as though life will forever go on But one day we’ll take our last breath I long to know I’ve lived each day seeing this When my eyes close for good. When I’m gone.

Upon a hill one moonlit night Riders from the future came with tales of the fight Dormant now within the signs There from the beginning. To the city marked with paper gods’ glory No weapons wielded except a true story The Riders sang to lift the veil From Ganges to the masses. They said, “Come ye people gather round Danger is upon you lest you stand up to the crown You see they prey upon your apathy Subduing all your senses.” Shouts of “treason” “black magic” “heresy” The mob cried for blood and a burial at sea Shouting, “Oh make them walk the plank The kingdom won’t be broken.” Ah and I told you all Ah and I told you Planets turned many moons have since passed No one could be saved once the banks all collapsed The signposts that they never saw Were there from the beginning Yes the signposts that you never see Are there from the beginning.

Well it’s been two days and three long nights Situations come and everybody’s fly “Hey girl with the long hair I must be moving on I’ll see you when I come on through again.” Two days three long nights Playing under lights that’s the story of my life It’s always such good times But I do not feel the same Each night I leave the scene with all my friends. Well it’s been two days and three long nights We’ve been playing lots of music now a sunrise on the 5 Straight down the west side California hang your head high You see I'm coming home again. Oh to be free Whatever that means On the road I see Two days and three long nights. California hang your head high You see I’m coming home again my love Oh it’s the same song but I sing it for you over again My love

Let me write a letter now to the one I love, oh Adelaide It’s late at night and I seek the comfort of your touch Oh Adelaide Will time take you too? I feel you slippin from my hands What else can i do to be true? That day we sat upon the hill i knew that You’d love me until the end of time But you said love was not enough to keep our ship afloat God how i hope that you are wrong Oh and when I die You know i want you by my side Oh when i come home I want you there If it were true that just by writing songs for you that all would be okay You know that’s all i’d do And if it turns out that we’re just not meant to be It won’t be because i wasn’t true to me So let me sign this letter now to the one i love, Oh adelaide Until we meet again my love my love i send to you Until the end of time

Across the mountains is a sacred place. Where the rules are broken but nobody pays To the wind we blow away All the things that people say In the trees that flow and sway Lives the love that we betrayed. How good was that? So good The love that binds us spans all space and time And what defines us Are these here stars aligned You're in time For so long Just in time For so long How good was that? So good Playing music with my friends Not feeling like I have to pretend So good Getting up after being knocked down The whole time without a frown So good Chicken wings and collard greens The simple things, man, you know what I mean So good Kicking back with my girl Enjoying life in our own world So good

I can make my grandma’s day Just by picking up the phone and calling to her Though my grandpa’s passed away I still feel his love echo in my veins Oh my words they are like vessels sailing meaning to your ears Once they dock inside your mind the effect remains unclear Hearing this may conjure images or magic fantasies But my intention is to bring you closer right here next to me Stay with me There are so many things I can share with you Stay with me We can travel through the world sail the seven seas Silence lives behind these words But the voices in our head won’t leave us alone And when I listen I am heard The voices of our ancestors are saying “please slow down.” In the future we think we will know it all and understand So we push the present to the past as quickly as we can Hearing this may conjure images or magic fantasies But my intention is to bring you closer right here next to me Stay with me There are so many things I can share with you Stay with me We can travel through the world sail the seven seas

Alma A-L-M-A, A-L-M-A Alma A-L-M-A, A-L-M-A It’s cold in the morning The clouds they move telling me to groove My soul is on fire As the sun it sets when the east blew west. Gotta free my mind When the east blew west all confusion collapsed Leaving nothing behind but the soil to grasp Planting new seeds evolving archetypes Everybody stayed up late talking in kitchens at night. Paradise did bloom happiness took root Like Dorothy giving all the boozy wizards the boot And from the California bay to NYC Alma D and Tara King were still rocking the streets When the east blew west. It’s cold in the morning The clouds they move telling me to groove My soul is on fire As the sun it sets when the east blew west. Alma A-L-M-A, A-L-M-A Alma A-L-M-A, A-L-M-A Naked soul

Don’t wait for them to give you that all confirming nod And pat you on the back and say, “Man, real nice job” It’s you who has the power, responsibility To make love or make war drop bombs or make peace Don’t you give away your authority But oh god how they’ll try A thousand times to lull you to sleep This is why we are riding We stake our claim on music bet it all and roll the dice For all we know we may only have just this one sweet life So we won’t rest all cozy curled up in our beds No we’ll ride til the sun rises and sets in the west Don’t you give away your authority Or else you’ll hear your soul it’s screaming "Aaaahhhh!” We’re the Riders, we’re the Riders We’re the Riders, we’re the Riders

Busco un lugar dónde puedo verte Sin el humo de los pensamientos Dónde puedo ser con mi alma desnuda No tengo que ser como la muñeca yo detesto la muñeca ¿Por qué tanta sangre está en la calle? ¿Por qué tanta sangre está en la calle? Busco un lugar dónde puedo verte Sin el humo de los pensamientos Dónde puedo ser con mi alma desnuda No tengo que ser como la muñeca yo detesto la muñeca Me voy por la tierra dónde nací de la tierra Me voy por la tierra dónde nací de la tierra Por qué tanta sangre está en la calle? Por qué tanta sangre está en la calle? Sola pura vida yo te prometo yo me voy por mi propio sendero Sola pura vida yo te prometo yo me voy por mi propio sendero -- ENGLISH TRANSLATION -- I’m looking for a place where I can see you Without the smoke of thoughts Where I can be with my naked soul I don’t have to be like the puppet I hate the puppet Why is there so much blood in the street? Why is there so much blood in the street? Without the smoke of thoughts Where I can be with my naked soul I don’t have to be like the puppet I hate the puppet I’m going to the land where I was born of the land I’m going to the land where I was born of the land Why is there so much blood in the street? Why is there so much blood in the street? There is only pure life I promise you I will walk my own path There is only pure life I promise you I will walk my own path Zapatista!

Fill the circle surrender to the light Breach the ocean build a bridge bring us together We the people defend our right to stand and unite Viva la revolución. Bound and broken defeated and attacked The cost of fortune is slavery from our possessions Call me crazy coincidences just don’t exist What I don’t know will soon unfold. That’s why we gotta put down all our flags It’s hard to make amends with all the guns in our hands Each one of us is here to fulfill this dream evolve humanity. Sons and daughters of Mother Nature’s seed Come together let’s manifest a day that’s better Seek compassion soon we’ll find the right direction Evolve your heart evolve my mind. That’s why we gotta put down all our flags It’s hard to make amends with all the guns in our hands Each one of us is here to fulfill this dream evolve humanity.

Go by your lonesome self Into the lonesome night Where you are free Take only what you need Your faith words your deeds They’ll always guide you true And when the darkness calls Recall the yellow light From lamps that we’ve lit for you Though you may not believe Those lights are burning bright for you Go on surrender To the dark and gray There you will find the light within The light within Without the dark of night Stars would not shine bright No moon would caress you There on the other side The light is burning bright for you Go on surrender To the dark and gray There you will find the light within This lonesome self Is a part of unfolding great mystery This is all This is all Part of the path

Hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on. I heard my father say, “Do what you love it’ll be okay.” What he didn’t say, “Sometimes your tears will pave the way.” Hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on Round and round and round I’m spinning round this can’t go on No I cannot take it more Someone pull me back I’m getting closer to the edge Down there my redemption lies Hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on I heard my father say, “Do what you love it’ll be okay.”

Her name’s Colette She drives a pink Corvette When she jumps in the swimming pool She doesn’t even get wet Colette in your pink Corvette I heard you just ran a marathon But you didn’t even break a sweat You got me singing Ba ba ba ba ee oh ba boo dah ba doo do dah ba do do do Her name was Becky She had some bright blue eyes And every darn face she made she looked plum surprised Her name was Becky With those bright blue eyes And if you catch this girl man you got yourself quite a prize So you know we had to sing to her Ba ba ba ba ee oh ba boo dah ba doo do dah ba do do do All in good time my Clementine You say, “Two plus two makes four,” but I say, “Nine.” All in good time it’s Valentines You say, “You better get your act together cause it’s July.” Come on boys Ba ba ba ba ee oh ba boo dah ba doo do dah ba do do do I am your man I ain’t no big trash can So don’t dump on me Don’t dump on me I am your man I ain’t no big trash can So don’t dump on me No don’t dump on me Or when I leave you’ll hear my singing Ba ba ba ba ee oh ba boo dah ba doo do dah ba do do do