April Uprising

John Butler Trio April Uprising Lyrics
1.Revolution

So tell me family now what do you think?
Watch it all go down the great big sink, watch how the scum it
rises to the top.
Don't you wonder when it's all gonna stop?
Sometimes I wonder how we do sleep, serving the dodgy companies
we keep.
All kicking and scrounging for the very first place - dictionary
defintion of a rat race.
Pay off those losers we elect to lead. stealing from the mouths
that we're meant to feed.
Enslaving the very clothes upon my back, I feel the sting but I
hear no crack, no crack, I'm sayin

Running through the fire, running through the flame,
Running through the hatred, pushing through the blame,
running through the hopelessness and shame,
Revolution already underway

Big heavy pirates man digging those holes, messing with
something that they can't control.
Trespassing lands where they don't belong, all I hear is
screaming whee there once were songs.
I got my brothers there fighting those wars, fighting over
scraps and scraping their sores.
Under a blanket of a fire and pride that can't keep us warm for
the cold inside, inside, I'm saying

Running through the fire,running through the flame,
Running through the hatred, pushing through the blame,
Running through the hopelessness and shame,
Revolution already underway

So tell me when you think we're gonna rise?
Wake from this slumber wipe the tears from our eyes?
Yes from this nightmare yes I must now wake, open my fist my
destiny I take!
Good people sick and tired of being pushed around, we call them
kings but I see no crown.
Tell me when you think we'll just stand up?
Say enough is enough is enough, enough, I'm saying

Running through the fire, running through the flame,
Running through the hatred, pushing through the blame,
Running through the hopelessness and shame,
Revolution already underway

Take back your feet
take back your hands
take back your words take back your land.
Take back your heart
take back your pride.
Don't got to hide. Revolution!


2.One Way Road

They come they take
Its never enough because they cant relate
To the real world, thinking that the oyster is just for the
pearl
They start those wars
They want to own the land sea and all the stars
And right those wrongs
they change their history with their poison forked tongues.

All right, whos they?
A maybe its the government of today
Or B for the big business man who thinks the whole world
revolves around him
Or C for the corrupt official for A and B he be the man in the
middle
Or D for discoverer for Cook and Columbus and the pirate
plunderers.

Doesnt mean I aint gonna stop now just because I dont got a gun
The lyrical is heavier than lead and this guitar is my canon
Just like my Martin and Mahatma I'm gonna love Im gonna over
come
Maybe its E for all of the above but I dont want to be

Wrong way going down the one way road
Wrong way going down the one way road
Wrong way going down the one way road
Gonna turn it all around gonna back it on up
Wrong way going down the one way road
Wrong way going on a one way road
Wrong way going down the one way road
Gonna turn it all around gonna back it on up

These men who they say we should follow
BUT we cant follow men if their hearts are hollow and
Mmmm yes how can we respect puppet regimes we do not elect?
Straight up straight up staight up like Pinocchio
And every time they lie man the fire just grows so
im gonna be a part of the solution
Raise up your fists if you believe in revolution

Doesnt mean I aint gonan fight now
Just because I dont got a gun
The lyrical is heavier than lead and
This guitar is my canon
Just like my Martin and Mahatma
I'm gonna love Im gonna over come
Maybe its E for all of the above but I dont want to be

livin in a pantimime livin in the fantasy
i dont wanna be dont wanna be
i dont wanna be dont wanna be no
livin in a pantimime livin in the fantasy
i dont wanna be dont wanna be
i dont wanna be dont wanna be no

Wrong way going down the one way road
Wrong way going down the one way road
Wrong way going down the one way road
Gonna turn it all around gonna back it on up
Wrong way going down the one way road
Wrong way going on a one way road
Wrong way going down the one way road
Gonna turn it all around gonna back it on up


3.Fool For You

Two atoms they collide in all their random ways
The meeting of you and I not so random some might say
She walks up close to me and she looks me in the eyes,
She said,
'Boy, what's it gonna be, now that it's just you and I?'

I'm a fool, I'm a fool for you
I'm a fool, I'm a fool for you

So I stepped up to the plate to a place I thought I'd never be
So I'm thanking you today because of you I am now me
Cold days them dark and blue when ran was our only friend
For all that we've been through and will go through again

For that I say,
I will come and I will stand
and I will live my life beside you
I'm a proud, a proud man, but all the same I'm
I'm just a fool, I'm a fool for you
I'm a fool, I'm a fool for you

Two atoms they collide, you and I we make them child
What lovely creatures they are, something right from the stars
And I helped you bring them forth
I offered a safe place to land
An overflow of love, falling right into my hands

For that I say,
I will come and I will stand
and I will live my life beside you
I'm a proud, a proud man
A proud man to be walkin right next to your shoes.
You're the one, the only one, the only one that's just right
just for me
but all the same, you know I, you know I'm, I'm just a fool
I'm a fool for you, I'm a fool, I'm a fool for you


4.A Star Is Born

A star is born
like so many before
but he shines bright
he lightens up all my life
How proud I am
he made me a real man
I curse the days
I have to go away from you child

Curse the days
Curse the days

I hold his hand
somehow he understands
And all day long
we climb and slide
and sing his songs
I know I am
I'm drifting from my plan
I curse the days
I have to go away from you boy

Curse the days
Curse the days

A star is born


5.Ragged Mile

I will run,
yes I will roll,
I will climb your mountains high,
Through the valleys of deceit,
Through the cold winds of denial,
And though you fear the cold dark,
I'll be right here by your side,
'Cos until you know just who you are,
You'll never know I'm near not far,
I've caught your falls I've helped you rise,
I've damned these torrents from your eyes, I know.
From the bosom to bare bones,
Between the oceans and the sky,
Since before time began,
I have walked your ragged mile,
And I will call like the crow,
I'll be right there by your side,
I am the candle in your darkest night,
Whether you're wrong, whether you're right,
I'll be there in your finest hour,
I'll be there when it all turns sour,
I know you are, I know who you are.
And though at times you'll be at your knees,
It's better than just running blind,
I'll push you straight into the deep,
I'll challenge you boy every time,
And I won't fall and I won't waiver,
I'll be right there by your side,
'Cos until you be just who you are,
I'll never stop, I'll always call,
I've caught your falls, I've helped you rise,
I've damned these torrents from your eyes,
I know you are, I know who you are
know you are.... home.


6.Johnny's Gone

Johnny's in the backseat of the car
Driving don't know where he's going
Yes we got a full tank yeah by far but we are empty rolling
and we've forgotten so many passenger and you know the car
is stolen. I'm freaking in the front seat now, yeah, sitting
with a gun that's smocking.

Johnny went and shocked everyone.
Deputy Sheriff for robbing the bank
But he ain't after silver or gold, he just wants a slice of the
yellowcake. He's swishing flies with big sledge hammers, yeah,
you know he's running the show. He thinks he is the big boss man
but he straight up outta control.

He gone, gone, gone yes he gone. Yes he gone, gone, gone, yes he
gone.

Johnny's in the races being two face-ist.
He really don't know what for.
He got the cops a'chasing, the music he ain't facing, pedal
right down to the floor. His ideology is crazy as can be, it's
all about the top score. He once upheld the law, he heading for
the wall and all we got to say is, and all we got to say is,
he gone.........

(CHORUS)

Johnny's indicating, blinkers on.
But you know'man he ain't turning.
Yes he got his mind made up oh, even though his ears are
burning. He lookin' in the rear view mirror now, see the chasing
lights go spinning round, sirens and alarm bells ringing out,
but Johnny don't hear no sound...


7.Close To You

I got to get away man*
Gotta clear my mind, mind, mind
Out of this mundane god forsaken 9-5 waste of my time

I'm gonna tell the boss man
I'm never coming back, back, back
I'm just a one-way crazy locomotive jumping off of my tracks

Cuz I'm jacked up, sucked up, cut down, thrown around
Discarded like a cigarette butt
I'm-a just a no good excuse for a man
Yes you know I gotta pick myself up out of this rut

But I wanna be close to you
I wanna be close to you, you
I wanna be close to you
I wanna be close to you, you

I don't know why we've never been told
That the life we're living it is made from gold
Worked our whole damn lives just to make 'IT', IT's sold
So boy don't worry, don't worry, don't worry-

-I got to get away man
This moment it won't last, last, last
I got a chained up brumby in my head and it's kickin my ass,
yeah
I'm roaming like a dog, yeah,
looking for my bone, bone, bone
I gotta hijack my body just to make it my own, my own, my own,
my own

Because I'm jacked up, sucked up, cut down, thrown around
Discarded like a cigarette butt
I'm-a just a no good excuse for a man
Yes you know I gotta pick myself up out of this rut

But I wanna be close to you
I wanna be close to you, you
I wanna be close to you
I wanna be close to you, you

I don't know why we've never been told
That the life we're living it is made from gold
Work our whole damn lives just to make 'IT', IT's sold
So boy don't worry, don't worry, don't worry now

I don't know why we've never been told
That the life we're living it is made from gold
Work our whole damn lives just to make 'IT', IT's sold
So boy don't worry, don't worry, don't worry now

Don't worry now
Yeah don't worry now
Yeah don't worry


8.Don't Wanna See Your Face

Don't Wanna See Your Face

BOOM yeah
Back on the scene
Where ya look good by being mean
Yeah friend for another round
bringing you up while laying it down
Damn! like jumping into the ring
just a sing but it ain't nothing
Yeah man, foe or friend
do you got ink or venom in your pen cos

You think I love you
You think I need you
Damn no, get out the door
Don't wanna see your face no more

Man now watch that toe
I ain't a step ladder man I don't think so
Whoa boy what ya trying to do
are you writing a column or jumping the queue?
Queue yes to your favourite scene
not the Q to the R to the S to the T to the U
Man between you and I
you don't know your truth from your lies no

You think I love you
You think I need you
Damn no, get out the door
Don't wanna see your face no more

Take a look tell me whats you aim
Tell me why you're in this game
There's better use for your pen
than criticising others for doing their thing
maybe then, maybe then you'll see
you can't cage something that's free
anyway cut to the chase
I don't wanna see your face no more


9.C'mon Now

Tell ya little bit of trouble I have
Cause all I really think about is you
Back and forth and around again
Cause all I really think about is you
Pickup a phone and I call a friend
And all we really talk about is you
Now i wonder if it'll ever end
Cause all i really think about is you

C'mon now
Hey, c'mon now

I bend my words and I break my spine
Cause all i really think about is you
Takes all i got just to walk your line
Cause all I really think about is you
Just like a junky looking for my fix
Cause all i really think about is you
Get me so high man im feeling sick
Cause all I really think about is you

C'mon now
Hey, c'mon now

You're self-centered man i know our kind
Cause all you really think about is you
You know it all but you're walking blind
Cause all you really think about is you
Your head is living were the sun dont shine
Cause all you really think about is you
Now tell ya baby its just a matter of time
Till it all falls down around you.

C'mon now
Hey, c'mon now


10.To Look Like You

We like your face
We like your style
Everything about you seems so worthwhile
We like your hair
We like your nose
Everybody gonna get one of those
the bullets for the magazine
Paparazzi shooting like soldiers in their teens
I'm just a teenage sitting in my room with the bullet for a
mirror looking for a broom

To look like you...
To look like you...

I'm gonna burn my skin
I'm gonna cut my hair
I'm gonna grab a bit of me and stick it over there
I'm gonna take my meal of two white pills
Cause I'm gonna look like you, yes i will
Gonna sell right out to the great white dream
Cause I too want to be a beauty queen
I'm just a teenage sitting in my room with the bullet for a
mirror looking for a broom

Cause I'd do anything in this world to look like you
To look like you
I'd do anything in this world to look like you
To look like you, oh
To look like you...
To look like you...ohhh
To look like you...
To look like you...

I'm gonna buy that mud and apply that paint
Yes i put it on so thick I wonder why I ain't
I'm gonna buy everything that you do sell
Your clothes, your lips, your rocks, your smells
The bullets for the magazines
Cause I want everybody to see me
I'm just a teenage sitting in my room with the bullet for a
mirror looking for a broom

Cause I'd do anything in this world to look like you
To look like you
I'd do anything in this world to look like you
To look like you, oh

We like your face, we like your style
And everything about you seems so worthwhile
We like your shoes, we like your clothes
Now we want a taste of candy going up your nose
the bullets for the magazine
Cause I do want to be a beauty queen
I'm just a teenage sitting in my room with the bullet for a
mirror looking for a broom

Cause I'd do anything in this world to look like you
To look like you
I'd do anything in this world to look like you
To look like you, oh