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Breaking My Bones

by Guy Collins

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Phula Phula 04:00
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Phula Phula Smog drifts across the city The sun looks like a rainbow in the haze Fighting towards freedom All my natural days On a lonesome train at midnight On the way to wisdom hill A voice called from the darkness The words are ringing still Chorus Hey wena mfana, phula phula amadlosi Hey wena mfana, phula phula, phula phula Hey wena mfana, phula phula amadlosi Hey wena mfana, phula phula, phula phula I came upon a holy man Sent me searching for my roots Flames in his eyes Made me shiver in my boots Under a lonesome moon at midnight on a dark & dusty hill Whispers in the darkness And the words are ringing still Chorus Hey wena, mfana, is that a weapon in your hand? Hey wena, mfana, in this fragile restless land Hey wena, mfana, help me to understand Hey wena, mfana, is that wisdom in your hand? Chorus
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Dance To Your Music 05:14
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Dance To Your Music All you business men in your concrete towers You play the world like a chess board and your money equals hours And the man who works in your factory Is just another number, no way free Chorus If I dance to your music, you might try to steal my mind If I dance to your music, you might even lose my mind All you leaders in seats of power you abuse I pity your people you mislead and misuse A higher power you have no use for this It is a dark secret, sealed with a kiss Chorus All you holy men in your temples to the lord You say the prayers but your teaching is ignored And your people follow like faithful sheep Human beings awake but are we really sound asleep Chorus The universe is a secret locked in a drawer And I would get into the room if I could only find the door And if I could only see the wood amongst the trees I might not feel like a lost pilgrim down on my knees Chorus
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Long Way To Freedom 04:52
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Long Way To Freedom Nkululeko, siyafun’, siyafuna (Freedom, we want it) Blame me for my complexion Put my body up against the wall Drag my soul through the dirt Blame me for my affection Take my love and crush my bones Chorus Long way, long way to walk Long way to freedom Some people look into the shadows Jump at the ghosts in their own heads Some people shoot for the stars Wake up dead Some lose the gold in their own lives Forgetting all the wise words the prophets have bled Xolo mawethu, malube nani Thando mawethu, ngama xhesa onke (Love be with you brothers & sisters) Peace be with you brothers & sisters at all times) Chorus Some are lost in a spiritual wasteland Some give in to material desire Some are locked up & chained Reaching for the sun If you truly wish to fly Like the phoenix bird you must face the fire Chorus Nkululeko, siyafun’, siyafuna (Freedom, we want it)
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Hollow Men 03:15
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Hollow Men Hollow men are trying to build a wall around my heart Drag my body down, drag my body down You can conquer my body but my spirit will stand I’ve been battered and broken by the best times I’ve had
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Breaking My Bones 05:08
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Breaking My Bones You come for the diamonds, you take the gold I give you my heart but you rape my soul My children are starving, my people are dying The rifles never silent a result of your lying Chorus Working so hard, breaking my bones Working so hard, breaking my bones Working so hard, for a long, long while Working so hard, losing my style I do not hate you, I have eaten at your table Listened to your words at the Tower of Babel Your hypocrisy confuses my mind You profess to be working for the good of mankind Look in the mirror, you’ll see those you despise And they’ll gaze back at you with the same cold eyes Cold, cold eyes Chorus You say it’s too late your needle is deep in my vein I am wounded and stricken, blinded by pain You say it’s my own fault, I’m killing myself You look at my pleas and file them on a shelf I am your slave and I don’t ask for pity But if your rebuilding Babylon, may I please leave your city Chorus Working so hard, losing my smile Working so hard, losing my smile
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Carry The Fire 04:13
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Carry The Fire From out of the darkness, I beheld a flame Coals that slept in my heart glowed in the dark once more Fly true my brother, on your journey through the sun Rising up, rising up burned away in the fire Rising up, rising up burned away in the fire Rising up burned away Chorus If you are the one out on the water Don’t forget to treasure your fire When you are last out on the water Don’t forget that you Carry the Fire I can hear angels singing, every time I fail Gold molten suffering, I will bear my pain Tears and blood and sacramental wine Rolling waves, washed away in the sea Washed away Chorus Arising knee deep in angel breath, An earthly tone lead me to this place Opens spirit space and the dead draw near Wheeling birds whipped away in the wind Wheeling birds whipped away in the wind Wheeling birds whipped away Chorus A silent companion accompanies every step I take My brother can you hear my call Slip away, slip away Beauty calls behind the sun Slip away, slip away Chorus
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Running So Long 05:33
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Running So Long Kick off your shoes, shoes, shoes, put on your shiny necklace Party tonight, we’re going to paint the moon red Chorus Oy yoy yoy yo, running so long Now I know what I’ve been running from Clap, clap your hands, stomp your feet Party tonight, we’re going to paint the moon red Chorus Take a drive down south ‘til I hit the sea Southern Cross hanging over me, over me Chorus
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Never Said Goodbye 04:00
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Never Said Goodbye She was born in a desert storm, the sky was singing rain Since that silent morning she’s not returned again Here mother was a beauty, reminiscent of an ageless queen Her daddy, no one knows his name, he remains a man unseen Chorus She was: Soft as the springtime, homeless as the wind She handed me her heart, while I slept she stole it back again The light was in her eyes, in her mind and in her soul Queen of the virgin sinners, gypsy rock ‘n roll She left her home in the valley cold & brown A drifter stole her heart and she’s still battling to track it down He was gone in the morning, she awakened in the spring He left her, a rambling man, and a song she refused to sing Chorus Never said goodbye Now the years have taken her, she’s traveling beneath the stars I’m still shackled to my memories behind these rusted broken bars Chorus Never said goodbye
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Lay Your Hands On Me 03:30
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Lay Your Hands On Me I met her in a joint she was a crazy child Moved like a woman with homeless eyes We were breaking it down out on the floor When she leaned over to me and kind of moaned, she kinda moaned Chorus Lay your hands on me and I can walk on water Lay your hands on me raise me from the dead Lay your hands on me I’m a hopeless sinner Lay your hands, lay your hands on me.....lay your hands on me I was travelling down a highway probably ‘61 Pulled over for a man said he was a Baptist preacher He said that he used to believe in Jesus Then he opened his Bible, said a quick prayer and started to cry Chorus I was standing at a crossroads on an endless dirt track I couldn’t find the devil to sell him my soul I thought I might never learn to play the guitar When an angel pulled up in a Mustang and I fell on my knees Chorus
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Lonely Queen 04:57
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Lonely Queen Lonely queen of the highway, diamond in the sky Lonely queen of the highway, diamond in disguise I met her running in the winter, winter of my mind She unfroze my heart with her distress and words that made me blind Chorus Lonely queen of the highway, diamond in the sky Lonely queen of the highway, diamond in disguise Heard my woman on the radio, calling to me soft and slow Humming to Old Crow Medicine Show, rock me like a wagon wheel... She’s a rambler, she’s a gambler, she’s a lover, she’s a rocker I’m going back where my heart belongs, she’s my firelighter Chorus I rode in, on a wild wind Hyenas cackle on a carcass, black mane lion in the dark I rode in, on a de la Ray stallion I came here looking for Wisdom I hope she’s not gone I’m going down across the stream, going back to my gypsy queen Marry her illegally, ‘cos it is frowned upon The waves of dunes stretch endlessly, hangman is swinging wide Sophia’s grave lies broken, it’s drifting with the tide Chorus I rode in, on a wild wind Hyenas cackle on a carcass, black mane lion in the dark I rode in, on a de la Ray stallion I came here looking for Wisdom I hope she’s not gone I came here looking for Wisdom I hope she’s not gone I came here looking for Wisdom I hope she’s not gone
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Diamonds & Gold 04:48
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Diamonds & Gold Tell me love, have we met before? Strangers on a distant shore Promises lost and hard to trace Have I seen your eyes in another face Tell me love is this time the first We have agreed upon this road To walk beside this broken river Pluck the diamonds from the shore Walk beside this broken river Pluck the diamonds from the shore Tell me love, do I know your name And if you’re wounded who’s to blame Is mine the blade that cut so deep Is mine the grave on which you weep Tell me love is this time the first We have agreed upon this road To ride the wind on a broken mare Pluck the diamonds from the sky Ride the wind on a broken mare Pluck the diamonds from the sky Tell me can we turn this page It smells of years grown stale with age Ours to own or to replace Have I seen your smile in another face Tell me love is this time the first We have agreed upon this road To wrap our broken hearts in gold Pluck the diamonds from our eyes Wrap our broken hearts in gold Pluck the diamonds from our eyes Wrap our broken hearts in gold
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Bourbon Street Goema 04:38
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Vrinne 04:03
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Vrinne As djy my vra wat’s my tweere taal Het ek ‘n storie te vertel Ek’t groot geword by die strooise My Helshoogte Hotel My eerste vrinne was bruin van kleur Plastiek gebrand ‘aa’ voorie deur Songs gesing, kwaai gevloek Soos ‘n jakkals wat tjank byrie agterstoep Ek missie dae van vrinskap Sê my wa’s my vrinne nou? Chorus Ons was djonk, ons was dronk Op ons eie gees, sonder vrees Wiese pa nou innie tronk Wa’s my vrinne nou? Da’ kom die Alibama Dis tweere Nuwe Jaar Adderly Straat is vol gepak Ennie Klopse is deurmekaar Innie Gardens piekniek ons te lekker Pa, ma, kinders vat plekke Mense jol, vinger innie socket Put your hand in your pocket Don’t touch your rocket Ek missie dae van vrinskap Sê my wa’s my vrinne nou? Chorus Karoo toe op neentien jaar Perd gery, min gewas Nguni bul speelie rontie 700 honnert koeie om op te pas Kapok en sneeu en tjeelperd ry Die meisietjinders is skaam vir vry Kerk gehou waa’ hulle skaap skeer As ek terug dink is my hart seer Ek missie dae van vrinskap Sê my wa’s my vrinne nou? Chorus

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An adventure on the Afro-Swamp highway. This is a first helping of melting a new Afrikan Fusion into the global highway of Roots Rockskandi and Cape Creole.

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released September 4, 2015

Schalk van der Merwe: bass
Barry van Zyl: drums
Nathan Woodman: keys, backing vox
Lumanyano Mzi: drums
Jorik Pienaar: drums
Brandon Hendricks: bass
James van Minnen: drums
Guy Collins: vox, guitar, bass

Recording engineers: Joe Theron, Nathan Woodman, Dave Langeman
Mixing: Tim Rankin & Nathan Woodman
Mastering: Tim Lengfeld at TL Mastering.

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