Looking out the window
I see the red dust clear
High up on the red rock
Stands the shadow with the spear

The land here is strong
Strong beneath my feet
It feeds on the blood
It feeds on the heat

The rhythm is below me
The rhythm of the heat
The rhythm is around me
The rhythm has control
The rhythm is inside me
The rhythm has my soul

The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat
The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat
Thе rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of thе heat
The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat

The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat
The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat

Drawn across the plain land to the place that is higher
Drawn into the circle that dances round the fire
We spit into our hands and breathe across the palms
Raising them up high, help open to the sun

Drawn across the plain land to the place that is higher
Drawn into the circle that dances round the fire
We spit into our hands and breathe across the palms
Raising them up high, help open to the sun

Self-conscious, uncertain
I'm showered with the dust
The spirit enters into me
And I submit to trust

Smash the radio
No outside voices here
Smash the watch
Cannot tear the day to shreds
Smash the camera
Cannot steal away the spirits

The rhythm is below me
The rhythm of the heat
The rhythm is around me
The rhythm has control
The rhythm is inside me
The rhythm has my soul
				

The streets are lined with camera crews
Everywhere he goes is news
Today is different
Today is not the same
Today, I'll make the action
Take snapshot into the light
Snapshot into the light
I'm shooting into the light
Four miles down, the cavalcade moves on
Driving into the sun
If I worked it out right
They won't see me or the gun
Two miles to go, they're clearing the road
And the cheering has really begun
I've got my radio
I can hear what's going on
I've been waiting for this
I have been waiting for this
All you people in TV land
I will wake up your empty shells
Peak-time viewing blown in a flash
As I burn into your memory cells
'Cause I'm alive
They're coming 'round the corner with the bikers at the front
I'm wiping the sweat from my eyes
It's a matter of time
It's a matter of will
And the governor's car is not far behind
He's not the one I've got in mind
'Cause there he is
The man of the hour
Standing in the limousine
I don't really hate you
I don't care what you do
We were made for each other, me and you
I want to be somebody
You were like that, too
If you don't get given, you learn to take
And I will take you
Holding my breath
Release the catch
And I let the bullet fly
All turned quiet
I have been here before
A lonely boy hiding behind the front door
Friends have all gone home
There's my toy gun on the floor
Come back, Mom and Dad
You're growing apart
You know that I'm growing up sad
I need some attention
I shoot into the light
				

D.I.Y.
D.I.Y.
D.I.Y.
D.I.Y.
Don't tell me what I will do, 'cause I won't
Don't tell me to believe in you, 'cause I don't
Be on your guard, better hostile and don't risk affection
Like flesh to the bone in the no-go zone
You're still looking for the right direction
Come up to me with your "What did you say?"
And I'll tell you straight in the eye
Hey!
D.I.Y.
D.I.Y.
D.I.Y.
D.I.Y.
D.I.Y. (do)
D.I.Y. (it yourself)
D.I.Y.
D.I.Y.
Everyone want to be what he not, what he not
Nobody happy with what he got, what he got
You function like a dummy with a new ventriloquist
Can you say nothing yourself?
Hanging like a thriller on the final twist
Is it true you're getting stuck on the shelf?
Come up to me with your "What did you say?"
And I'll tell you straight in the eye
Hey!
D.I.Y. (do it yourself)
D.I.Y. (do it yourself)
D.I.Y. (do it yourself)
D.I.Y. (do it yourself)
When things get so big, I don't trust them at all
You want some control, you've got to keep it small
Hey!
D.I.Y.
D.I.Y.
D.I.Y.
D.I.Y.
D.I.Y.
D.I.Y.
D.I.Y.
				

This next one it's a future of the wedding
The ring at the finger
This is called The Family & the Fishing Net

Ohoho!

Suffocated by mirrors, stained by dreams
Her honey belly pulls the seams
Curves is still upon the hinge
Pale zeros tinge the tiger skin

Moist as grass, ripe and heavy as the night
The sponge is full, well out of sight
All around the conversations
Icing on the warm flesh cake

Light creeps through her secret tunnеls
Sucked into the open spacеs
Burning out in sudden flashes
Draining blood from well-fed faces

Desires form in subtle whispers
Flex the muscles in denial
Up and down its pristine cage
So the music, so the trial

(Vows of sacrifice) Vows of sacrifice
(Headless chickens) Headless chickens
(Dance in circles) Dance in circles
They, the blessed

Man and wife, undressed by all
Their grafted trunks in heat possessed

Even as the soft skins tingle
They mingle with the homeless mother
Who loves the day but lives another
Once was hers

The worried father, long-lost lover
Brushes ashes with his broom
Rehearses jokes to fly and hover
Bursting over the bride and groom

And the talk goes on

Memories crash on tireless waves
The lifeguards whom the winter saves
Memories crash on tireless waves
The lifeguards whom the winter saves

Silence falls the guillotine
All the doors are shut
Nervous hands grip tight the knife
In the darkness, till the cake is cut
(Cut and passed around) Cut and passed around
(In little pieces) In little pieces
(The body) The body and the flesh

The family (The family)
And the fishing-net (And the fishing-net)
Another (Another), another in the mesh

The body and the flesh
And the flesh
				

[Intro]
This is for those whose minds are as healthy as their bodies
It's called "I Go Swimming"

[Verse 1]
Ooh, I go swimming, swimming in the water
Swimming in the river, swimming in the sea
I go swimming
I go swimming, swimming in the water
Swimming in the pool, swimming is cool
I go swimming

[Chorus]
The sun is burning, I am yearning
For the waterflow (waterflow)
Next to my skin I, like to begin a
Waterflow (waterflow)
Letting off steam I float in a dream
I can't let go (can't let go)
Follow my wishes, follow the fishes
Down below (down below)
I go swimming

[Verse 3]
I need water, water to drink
Water on my brain, water sustain
Water over me
I want water, water I need
Water to think, water to drink
Water over me

[Chorus]
The sun is burning, I am yearning
For the waterflow (waterflow)
Next to my skin I, like to begin a
Waterflow (waterflow)
Letting off steam I float in a dream
I can't let go (can't let go)
Follow my wishes, follow the fishes
Down below (down below)
I go swimming

[Outro]
I go swimming, I go swimming
Swimming in water, swimming in water, swimming in water
Water all over me
Swimming in water, swimming in water, swimming in water
I go swimming, I go swimming
I go swimming, I go swimming
Swimming, I go swimming
Oh I go swimming, I go swimming
Water all over me
Swimming in water, swimming in water, swimming in water
Water all over me
Swimming in water, swimming in water, swimming in water
Water all over me
Swimming in water, swimming in water, swimming in water
Water all over me
Swimming in water, swimming in water, swimming in water
Water all over me
				

Thank you very much

Thick cloud, steam rising, hissing stone on sweat lodge fire
Around me, buffalo robe, sage in bundle, rub on skin
Outside, cold air, stand, wait for rising sun
Red paint, eagle feathers, coyote calling, it has begun
Something moving in, I taste it in my mouth and in my heart
It feels like dying, slow, letting go of life

(Hyena wakan tanka)
(Hyena wakan tanka)
(Hyena wakan tanka)
(Hyena wakan tanka)
(Hyena wakan tanka)
(Hyena wakan tanka)

Medicine man lead me up through town, Indian ground, so far down
Cut up land, each house, a pool
Kids wearing water wings, drink in cool
Follow dry river bed, watch Scouts and Guides make pow-wow signs
Past Geronimo's disco, Sit 'n' Bull steakhouse, white men dream
A rattle in the old man's sack, say
Look at mountain top, keep climbing up
Way above us, the desert snow, white wind blow

I hold the line, the line of strength that pulls me through the fear
San Jacinto, I hold the line
San Jacinto, the poison bite and darkness take my sight, I hold the line
And the tears roll down my swollen cheek
Think I'm losing it, getting weaker
I hold the line, I hold the line
San Jacinto, yellow eagle flies down from the sun, from the sun

We will walk on the land
We will drink from the stream
We will breathe from the air
Hold the line, hold the line
Hold the line, hold the line
Hold the line, hold the line
				

Solsbury Hill

Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night
He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing, stretching every nerve
I had to listen, had no choice

I did not believe the information
I just had to trust imagination
My heart going boom, boom, boom
“Son,” he said
“Grab your things, I've come to take you home”

Yeah, back home
Oh, back home

To keep in silence, I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Though my life was in a rut
Till I thought of what I'd say
Which connection I should cut

I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom, boom, boom
“Son,” he said
“Grab your things, I've come to take you home”

Yeah, back home
Yeah, back

When illusion spin her net
I'm never where I want to be
And liberty, she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouette
Who close their eyes but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me

Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom, boom, boom
“Hey” I said
“You can keep my things, they've come to take me home”

Yeah, back home
Yeah, back home
Yeah, back home
Hey, go back home
Hey, go back home
Hey, go back home
Oh
				

Got to get some food
I'm so hungry all the time
But I don't know how to stop
I don't know how to stop

Got to get some sleep
I'm so nervous in the night
Don't know how to stop
I don't know how to stop

And I don't know how to stop
I don't know how to stop

Got to pick up the phone
I will call any number
I will talk to anyone

I know I'm gone too far
Much too far I gone this time
Don't want to think what I've done

I don't know how to stop
I don't know how to stop

No, I don't know how to stop
Hey, I don't know how to stop

There are always hidden silences
Waiting behind the chair
They come out when the coast is clear
They eat anything that moves
I go shaky at the knees
Lights go out, stars come down
Like a swarm of bees

No self-control (No self-control)
No self-control (No self-control)
No self-control (No sеlf-control)
No self-control (No self-control)
No self-control (No sеlf-control)
No self-control (No self-control)
No self-control
No self-control

You know I hate to hurt you
I hate to see your pain
But I don't know how to stop
I don't know how to stop

Street after street
Night after night
I walk on through the rain
I walk on through the rain
I don't know how to stop
Hey, I don't know how to stop
No, I don't know how to stop
Hey, I don't know how to stop
				

[Intro]
Ahh, ooh
Get up, get up, get up
Baow!

[Verse 1]
I got no means to show identification
I got no papers show you what I am
You'll have to take me just the way that you find me
What's gone is gone and I do not give a damn

[Pre-Chorus]
Empty stomach, empty head
I got empty heart and empty bed
I don't remember
I don't remember

[Chorus]
I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything at all
I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything, anything at all

[Verse 2]
Strange is your language and I have no decoder
Why don't you make your intentions clear
With eyes to the sun and your mouth to the soda
Saying, "Tell me the truth, you got nothing to fear"

[Pre-Chorus]
Stop staring at me like a bird of prey
I'm all mixed up, I got nothing to say
I don't remember, oh
I don't remember

[Chorus]
I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything at all
I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything, anything at all

[Bridge]
Weah!
Ooh, ooh, y'na, na (Yah, oh, huh)
Na, na, na, na, y'na, na, na (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Ooh, ooh, y'na, na (Oh, oh)
Na, na, na, na, y'na, na, na

[Chorus]
I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything at all, ooh
I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything, absolutely anything at all

[Interlude]
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Tuh, tuh, tuh, tuh, tuh, tuh
Brrr, bruh, bruh
Tick, tick, tick, tick
Brah, brah
Brrr)
[Outro]
I don't remember
I don't remember
I don't remember
I don't remember
Ooh, ooh, y'na, na
Na, na, na, na, y'na, na, na
Ooh, ooh, y'na, na
Na, na, na, na, y'na, na, na (I don't remember)
Ooh, ooh, y'na, na (I don't remember)
Na, na, na, na, y'na, na, na (I don't remember)
(I don't remember)
[?]
				

Shock the Monkey

Cover me when I run, cover me through the fire
Something knocked me out the trees
Now I'm on my knees
Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey

Monkey, monkey, monkey
Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey?

Fox the fox, rat on the rat
You can ape the ape, I know about that
There is one thing you must be sure of
I can't take anymore
Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey

Monkey, monkey, monkey
Don't you know you're going to shock the monkеy?

(Monkey) Too much at stake
(A monkey) Ground bеneath me shake
(Monkey) And the news is breaking

Shock, shock, shock
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey
Shock, shock, shock
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey

Cover me when I sleep, cover me when I breathe
You throw your pearls before the swine, make the monkey blind
Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey

Monkey, monkey, monkey
Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey?

(Monkey) Wheels keep turning
(A monkey) Something's burning
(Monkey) Don't like it, but I guess I'm learning

Shock, shock, shock
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey
Shock, shock, shock
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey

Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey

Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey to life

Shocking monkey to life
Shocking monkey to life, hey, hey
Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey)
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey)
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey)

To life
To life
Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey to life

Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey to life, hey, hey

Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey to life, a hope gonna

Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey to life hey, hey

Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey)
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey)
Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey to life
				

I saw the man at J.F.K.
He took your ticket yesterday
In the humdrum
I ride tandem with a random
Things don't run the way I planned them
In the humdrum
Hey Valentina, do you want me to beg?
You got me cooking I'm a hard boiled egg
In the humdrum
Empty my mind, I find it hard to cope
Listen to my heart, don't need no stethoscope
Seem to me that television
She come to cut me a deep incision
In the humdrum
Empty my mind, I find it hard to cope
Listen to my heart - don't need no stethoscope
Out of woman come the man
Spend the rest of his life gettin' back where he can
As a bow, so a dove
As below, so above
From the black hole
Come the tadpole
With the dark soul
In coal she burn, she burn
As I drove into the sun
Didn't dare look where I had begun
Lost among echoes of things not there
Watching the sound forming shapes in the air
From the white star
Came the bright scar
Our amoeba
My little liebe schoen
				

Thank you
This is the Steven Biko

September '77
Port Elizabeth weather fine
It was business as usual
In police room 619

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla moja, yihla moja
The man is dead
The man is dead

When I try and sleep at night
I can only dream in red
The outside world is black and white
With only one colour dead

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla moja, yihla moja
The man is dead
The man is dead

You can blow out a candle
But you can't blow out a fire
Once the flames begin to catch
Thе wind will blow it higher

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, bеcause Biko
Yihla moja, yihla moja
The man is dead
The man is dead

And the eyes of the world are watching now
Watching now

Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!

Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!