Circle of Steel - Gordon Lightfoot

Nan'singonyama bagithi Baba Sithi uhm ingonyama Nan'singonyama bagithi baba Sithi uhhmm ingonyama Ingonyama (Haai baba) Siyo Nqoba Ingonyama Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala From the day we arrive on the planet And blinkingly, step into the sun There's more to see than can ever be seen More to do than can ever be done There's far too much to take in here More to find than can ever be found With the sun rolling high Through the sapphire sky Keeps great and small on the endless round It's the circle of life And it moves us all Through dispair and hope Through faith and love Till we find our place On the path unwinding In the circle The Circle of Life Instrumental It's the circle of life And it moves us all Through dispair and hope Through faith and love Till we find our place On the path unwinding In the circle The Circle of Life

Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba (Sithi uhm ingonyama, ingonyama) Nants ingonyama bagithi baba (Sithi umm ingonyama) Ingonyama (Ingonyama) Siyo Nqoba (Ingonyama) (Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala) From the day we arrive on the planet And blinking, step into the sun There's more to see than can ever be seen More to do than can ever be done There's far too much to take in here More to find than can ever be found But the sun rolling high Through the sapphire sky Keeps great and small on the endless round It's the circle of life And it moves us all Through despair and hope Through faith and love Till we find our place On the path unwinding In the circle The circle of life It's the circle of life And it moves us all Through despair and hope Through faith and love Till we find our place On the path unwinding In the circle The circle of life

Best of days livin' a simple life There's nowhere to go when There's only one stop light His grandmother told him don't You dare sign up They'll ship you away to places we Ain't heard of Get a degree, and maybe be a doctor Just ask your daddy, it wont matter when they got ya Lifetimes you could spend To find out what she meant Her final dying breath this is what She said Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us Ashes to ashes turns out steel still rusts Stone carved in your name no one can really trust Shoulder another soldier they stole from us Don't ever bend don't ever crawl Supposed to stand, and never fall Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us Ashes to ashes turns out steel still rusts Ashes to ashes and dust to dust Steel still rusts Ashes to ashes and dust to dust A third of his life off in a foreign land Thanks for your service, sincerely uncle sam Lost the best of friends he'd ever known And no line of welcome signs once he got back home He got a job, a doorman at a dive bar Became a bodyguard, protecting famous Rockstars Lost count of the times he's been around the world Promised Grandmama he'd never lose these words Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us Ashes to ashes turns out steel still rusts Stone carved in your name no one can really trust Shoulder another soldier they stole from us Don't ever bend don't ever crawl Supposed to stand, and never fall Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us Ashes to ashes turns out steel still rusts Ashes to ashes and dust to dust Steel still rusts Ashes to ashes and dust to dust Dust to dust Forever feel the wounds that never heal When fallen friends are now a line of crosses in a field Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us Ashes to ashes turns out steel still rusts Stone carved in your name no one can really trust Shoulder another soldier they stole from us Don't ever bend don't ever crawl Supposed to stand, and never fall Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us Ashes to ashes turns out steel still rusts Ashes to ashes and dust to dust Steel still rusts Ashes to ashes and dust to dust Steel still rusts

Your love is a life for I Realized that so much When I first met you That was some time ago, oh From then until this Resist, no, no, no, close to you, see Oh, yes, right from the start Oh, no, no, no, could never part Oh, I hear from that thought, yes I wanna live in your house I wanna live in your house I wanna live in your house (your house) Wanna live in your house You say dry your nose Wipe that tear drops from your eyes Was in a little situation (ooh-ooh) Came with a solution (solution) Was a revelation to hear Triumphant calling Triumphant trumpets Spap spa da dap pap spa spa Spap spa da dap pap Spap spa da dap pap spa spa Spap spa da dap pap Spap spa da dap pap spa spa Spap spa da dap pap I wanna live in your house (I wanna live in) I wanna live in your house Oh, I no hear Too much for what some say 'Cause at the close of the day They'll be so far away But then I know one things for certain 'Cause at the closing of the, oh-oh-oh Yes, I know one thing for certain You'll be there, you'll be there It was you That raise the flag above my head Once when I was once when I was In a little situation Came with a, came with a solution (solution) Was a revelation to hear Triumphant calling Triumphant trumpets Spap spa da dap pap spa spa Spap spa da dap pap I wanna live in your house Wanna live in your house I wanna, I wanna, I wanna live in (I wanna live in your house, your house) (Wanna live in your house) To make I home (I wanna live in your house) To make I home, yeh (Wanna live in your house) I wanna, I wanna

I say the people of Handsworth (Ooh) Knows that one hand wash the other, so they say So let's join hands my bredren Make the way for our children (our children, our children) And their children (their children, their children) Ensuring that they get life's fair share of Equality Doesn't justice stand for all Doesn't justice stand for all Doesn't justice stand for all mankind We find society putting us down Crowning us, crowning us, crowning us, crowning us A place of Evil, oh, oh Handsworth means us the Black People Handsworth means us the Black People We're talking now, speaking Jah Jah language! It's a long, long way we're coming from To send this message across, across Its been hidden, forbidden, concealed, unrevealed Its got to come out In the open that Babylon is falling Babylon is falling It was foolish to build It on the sand Handsworth shall stand, firm, like Jah rock Fighting back We once beggars are now choosers No, no intention to be losers Striving forward with ambition And if it takes ammunition We rebel in Handsworth revolution Handsworth revolution Handsworth revolution (Yeah yeah) Handsworth revolution (Handsworth revolution) Dread town, dread town, dread town Dread town, dread town, dread town Dread we are for a cause Deprived of many things Experienced phoney laws Hatred Babylon brings We know what you got to offer We know what's going on Don't want no favours 'Cause there is still hunger Innocent convicted Poor wage, hard labour Only Babylon prospers And humble suffer They are brothers in south of Africa One black represent all, all over the world Can't bear it no longer Blessed with the power Of Jah creator We will get stronger And we will conquer And forward ever, and backward never, revolution Handsworth Revolution Handsworth Revolution Handsworth Revolution (Yeah yeah yeah) Handsworth Revolution (Yeah yeah yeah) Revo- Revo- Revolution Revo- Revo- Revolution Revo- Revo- Revolution Revo- Revo- Revolution

Walking along just kicking stones Minding my own business I come face to face, with my foe Disguised in violence from head to toe I holla and I bawl (Ku Klux Klan) But dem naw let me go now (Ku Klux Klan) To let me go was not dem intention Dem seh one nigger the less The better for the show Stand strong black skin and take your blow It's the Ku, the Ku Klux Klan Ku Klux Klan (Ku Klux Klan) Here to stamp out blackman yah The Ku, the Ku Klux Klan heh! To be taught a lesson not to walk alone I was waiting for the Good Samaritan But waiting was hopeless It was all in vain The Ku Klux Klan back again I holla and I bawl (Ku Klux Klan) Dem naw let me go now (Ku Klux Klan) Dem seh one nigger the less The better the show Stand strong blackskin and take your blow The Ku, Ku Klux Klan Ku Klux Klan (Ku Klux Klan) Rape, lynch, kill and maim Things can't remain the same yah no! Blackman do unto the Klan AS they would do to you In this case hate they neighbour Those cowards only kill who they fear That's why they hide behind The hoods and cloaks they wear I holla and I bawl (Ku Klux Klan) Dem naw let me go no (Ku Klux Klan) Oh no, oh no Ku Klux Klan (Ku Klux Klan) Here to stamp out black man yah Rape, lynch, kill and maim Things can't remain the same yah No, no, no, no (Ku Klux Klan)

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

One, two, three Why are you hanging on so tight To the rope that I'm hanging from? Off this island, this was an escape plan (this was an escape plan) Carefully timed it, so let me go And dive into the waves below Who tends the orchards? Who fixes up the gables? Emotional torture from the head of your high table Who fetches the water from the rocky mountain spring? And walk back down again to feel your words and their sharp sting And I'm getting fucking tired The capillaries in my eyes are bursting If our love died, would that be the worst thing? For somebody I thought was my saviour You sure make me do a whole lot of labour The calloused skin on my hands is cracking If our love ended, would that be a bad thing? And the silence haunts our bed chamber You make me do too much labour You make me do too much labour Apologies from my tongue, and never yours Busy lapping from flowing cup and stabbing with your fork I know you're a smart man (I know you're a smart man), and weaponise The false incompetence, it's dominance under a guise If we had a daughter, I'd watch and could not save her The emotional torture, from the head of your high table She'd do what you taught her, she'd meet the same cruel fate So now I've gotta run, so I can undo this mistake At least I've gotta try The capillaries in my eyes are bursting If our love died, would that be the worst thing? For somebody I thought was my saviour You sure make me do a whole lot of labour The calloused skin on my hands is cracking If our love ends, would that be a bad thing? And the silence haunts our bed chamber You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph then a virgin, nurse then a servant Just an appendage, live to attend him So that he never lifts a finger 24-7, baby machine So he can live out his picket fence dreams It's not an act of love if you make her You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph then virgin, nurse and a servant Just an appendage, live to attend him So that he never lifts a finger 24-7, baby machine So he can live out his picket fence dreams It's not an act of love if you make her You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid (The capillaries in my eyes are bursting) Nymph then virgin, nurse and a servant (If our love died, would that be the worst thing?) Just an appendage, live to attend him (For somebody I thought was my saviour) So that he never lifts a finger (You sure make me do a whole lot of labour) 24-7, baby machine (The calloused skin on my hands is crackin') So he can live out his picket fence dreams (If our love ends, would that be a bad thing?) It's not an act of love if you make her (And the silence haunts our bed chamber) You make me do too much labour