The April Maze
Lyrics from 'Recycled Soul'

Will I Ever

Stuck in the middle with nothing in nowhere/the grass is always greener/and nothing’s ever fair/freedom is in the hope that lies under the ground/the only way is up/but I’m headed down/Will I ever leave this town?/My shoulder is a breakin my heart’s already broke/my back is always aching and I’m heading for the smoke/freedom is in the hope that lies under the ground/the only way is up/but I’m headed down/Will I ever leave this town?/As the clock gets older the hands will wilt away/my memory gets colder/there’s nothing left but to pray/freedom is in the hope that lies under the ground/the only way is up/but I’m headed down/Will I ever leave this town?

Oh Yesterday (Wisdom Teeth)

My belly is aching and my head feels sore/My eyes are tired and my pocket is poor/Been climbing the mountains
Walking strawberry fields/Swam the lake of fire/Jumped in bins to find my meals/Oh yesterday, who would have thought it would turn out this way/Oh yesterday who would have thought it would turn out/Looking back at the days when I was still at school/I had a view of the world, all I wanted was a boyfriend/Had money in my pocket and a coat on my back/Then the music man came and now there’s no turning back/Oh yesterday, who would have thought it would turn out this way/Now I’m back on the cigarettes/Been working my fingers down to the bone/I’m covered in dirt from the dusty road/And will I ever find a place I can call my own

The Protest Song

I said right now get down and boogie as we sing this protest song/Gonna stand up for our rights and challenge all the wrongs/I said its time we all join hands when we take this to the king/Before we’re walked all over and he cuts our freedom wings/Oh, I said we got to be strong, yeah, when we take this to the streets/Remain in peace and harmony but don’t submit defeat/Because they’re chaining up humanity/They’re crushing our beliefs/Blindfolding lucid dreamers/And gagging those who dare to speak!/ No its not too late/No time to hesitate/I said its not too late/I said are you sick and tired of being taught these lies?/Come join our hands and together we’ll rise/Sometimes you got to make a sacrifice/So come with me now/Dance with me now Shout out loud/Right now get down and boogie/Listen to our protest song/ They’ve shut us down before/But this time we’re gonna keep on marching on

Tumbleweed

Like a hungry sailor lost at sea/When the holy sky is opening over me/Like a tumbleweed gathering hay/I know somehow I am gonna find my way/Seasons are changing/The sun’s coming up on the other side/For this I’ve been waiting/Ive been waiting my whole life
Wade in the water/Freedom is finally finally here/I’m going under /To where the river meets me/Like a hungry sailor lost at sea/When the holy sky is opening over me/Like a tumbleweed gathering hay/I know somehow I am gonna find my way/Well I’ve been drifting/Back and forth from the same old place/I’ve been here so many so many times/There is not one familiar face/Wade in the water/Freedom is finally finally here/I’m going under/To where the river meets me/My insides are changing/The sun’s going down at the end of the sea/The fear that’s inside me/Is the only thing stopping me/Wade in the water/Freedom is finally finally here/The power inside me Is the only thing to set me free

Where Do They Go

I know a place where we can hide away/I know a place where we can always stay the same/For all these things I don’t care for/The world is burning but it’s cold outside/The world keeps turning but we stay and hide away/For all these things I don’t care for/For all these things I don’t care for/Where do they go?/When the sun rises/I wanna take you to the morning light/I wanna take your hand and walk with you tonight/I wanna take you to the rainbows end/Where we can dance around with all our friends/And then…/Where do they go?When the sun rises
See them walk away/Through the strangeness/They escape…/I wanna take you to the morning light/I wanna take your hand and walk with you tonight/I wanna take you to the rainbows end/Where we can dance around with all our friends/I wanna take you to the other side/I wanna take your heart and hold it tight (tonight)/I wanna take you to the rainbows end/Where we can dance around with all our friends /and then…

Deep In Your Heart


You’re on a journey in your own sea/you’re the captain you’ve got nobody/nobody but yourself/and a little parrot on your shoulder/your second voice/some say it’s the devil/but I’d like to say/it’s your choice now/it’s for you to decide/it’s in your heart now/it’s calling for you in the sky/and oh it’s deep so deep in your heart now/so deep in your heart now/you’ve got to feel it so deep in your heart/There you are floating/ North South West and East/You don’t know which way’s home/you’ve got nothing but stars and sunshine and water/and good vibes/if you choose to provide!/So you go now/hanging deep/like a rock on the bottom of the deep blue sea/and Oh it’s deep/So deep in your heart now/so deep in your heart now…/your not lost/you know where you are/you’re your own best friend you shine like a star/you’ve left your home and your nine to five grind/look deep inside and your soul you will find/cos it’s there! So deep in your heart now…/Like an old big old whale/rising and rising and rising from the deep/so deep in your heart…

Crystal Ball

Don’t know if it’s politics or big fat lies/but something’s changed in your eyes/and I can see the world through you/you’re like a crystal ball/you wonder why the sky’s gone grey/and all the birds have flown away/I can see the change in you/that’s changed us all/Jumpin leaps and bounds from day to day/I’ve seen her grow as she finds her way/and I can see the world through you/you’re my crystal ball/the sky has changed from grey to blue/the birds are back singing nursery tunes/and I can see the change in you/its changed us all…/it could change the world.

Saltwater

My soul it sinks my eyes they sting if I try to stop it doesn’t go away/Salt water
wash away my pain/ Stop looking at me I can feel my face turning red and stop feeling for me it will all go to my head/Salt water wash away my pain/ I’m always holding on/I cant wait to go home/and crawl into my bed/I want to go home/my heart it feels like lead/Salt water wash away my pain/Sunshine brighten up my day

Aliens

A shooting star flies across the sky or is it a man made UFO/This is the world we live in some things we’ll never know/This is the world we’re born to we live in it every day/This is the world we’re sworn to/ hear the children say/It’s not our way it’s not mothers way/
A child today is born into this world in a relationship of love and hate/ You can teach a child the alphabet but you can’t teach him how to play/ This is the world they’re born to and they live in it every day/This is the world they’re sworn to hear the children say/It’s not our way/ it's not mothers way/Satellites fly over head radiation fills my head/And I know this is not mother’s way/
The fear’s installed and the wars go on and we’re crushing our own seeds/The time has come to make the change to fight for what is free/Coz this is the world we’re born to/ we live in it every day/This is the world we’re sworn to/ hear the children say/It’s not our way/ it’s not mothers way/We are aliens/We are aliens/the light grows dim/my heart is beating but I’m feeling/I’m feeling thin


Dirty Water
(words and music by Sivan Agam and Todd Mayhew)

Still find’n my way in this world/knee deep in shit and hands in oil/me and my girl are goin broke/got lost in time and city smoke/and now the water’s dirty/I can’t swim to save my life/those words they were so pretty/cut me like a knife/I guess it’s time to leave this town/find myself a job and settle down/but blood candy girl is on my mind/I can’t trust the world with what is mine/and now the water’s dirty/I can’t swim to save my life/those words they were so pretty/cut me like a knife/Roof’s caving in, in my brain/it all fell apart when the fires came/nowhere to sleep for the night/a shoulder to cry on/and an arm to hold on tight/now the water’s dirty/I can’t swim to save my life/those words they were so pretty/cut me like a knife/now I’m digging deeper/further to the ground/my heart it feels so empty/nothing for miles around.

I Love This Life

I opened my eyes this morning/Took a look at the big old world/The birds and the bees and the breeze through the trees/I am just a little girl
and I know there’s much more to it than the view outside my window/There is war, there is greed, there are people to feed/Whatever happened to freedom of speech?
And, I know we’ve had enough of this destruction in our lives/Some people just don’t know what to do and they’d rather run and hide /But I’ve been watching and listening, listening to peoples’ fears /Been walking around, been walking downtown with music in my ears/
Singing, I Love this life!
The partying hounds and the discobar hounds getting down to the sounds of the music/Click your fingers and tap your toes we’re all friends here there are no foes
Speak of the things in which you believe! speak up and be proud!
There are too many people abusing positions of power/Smiles they are faking for money they’re making so read between the lines!/And never let anyone tell you, that your voice doesn’t count/This is your life so choose it, get up and stand up for your rights
Sing, I love this life
Now people been saying there’s something different, a look that is in my eyes/But everything changes, it all rearranges, so that is no surprise/And I’m not just a little girl, I’ve got a voice that speaks out loud/And you do too so use it! Speak up and be proud
Singing, I Love this life!


copyright April Maze 2010