1.I'm Not My Brother's Keeper
I'M NOT MY BROTHER'S KEEPER
The Flaming Ember
I'm not my brother's keeper, though he be strong or weaker
Before you judge me, why not try to love me?
I'll try to help you when he's wrongin' us
Don't point your finger, sayin' it's all of us
If a man yells 'hate,' will my voice be heard?
Does he speak for me when he chooses one bad word?
When wrong is done under one person's name
Should all the people have to share the blame?
I'm not my brother's keeper, though he be strong or weaker
Before you judge me, why not try to love me?
If I do wrong, then someone make me pay
But if I'm right, don't try to block my way
Don't judge the story without opening up the book
The good you find inside it many times is overlooked
Being militant don't mean peace ain't in your heart
Though we're most impatient for freedom to start
I'm not my brother's keeper, though he be strong or weaker
Before you judge me, why not try to love me?
Don't cut into me with your knives of doubt
Before you judge me, why not hear me out?
Whoa, brothers!!
(I'm not my brother's keeper) 9X
I'm not my brother's keeper, though he be strong or weaker
Before you judge me, why not try to love me?
I'll try to help you when he's wrongin' us
Don't point your finger, sayin' it's all of us
(repeat to fade)
2.Mind, Body And Soul
Mind, Body And Soul
Flaming Ember
(Dunbar/Wayne)
Westbound Number Nine
My eyes are closed but yet they see
The beauty of your love here surrounding me
Though you're not here, you're not far away
And in my silence you can hear me say
I give my love to you all my body and soul
I give my mind to you with a love that'll never grow old
Give my love to you all my body and soul
Give my mind to you with a love that'll never grow old
You are my smiles the last tears
You are my days, my weeks, my years
You are the flowers beneath my window sill
You are everything beautiful everything that's real
I give my love to you all my body and soul
I give my mind to you with a love that'll never grow old
One day my life it will be over, but I have no fears
Cause nothing lasts but the years
But I love you now with every breath
And I believe I'll love you more after death
I give my love to you all my body and soul
I give my mind to you with a love that'll never grow old
You are the winter, girl you are the spring
You are the Bible, girl you are the ring
You are the lover you are the friend
You are the beginning, girl you are the end
I give my love to you all my body and soul
I give my mind to you with a love that'll never grow old
3.Westbound #9
Catching the westbound number nine*
Gonna leave this town, leave it far behind
Gonna leave while I've got my peace of mind
On the westbound number nine
Sittin on the bank of Holy Creek down by the county line
I can hear the sound of Old Boss and Lazy Horse - he's howlin
right on time
He's howlin at the sound of the #9 comin down the line
And my mind catches a ride on the westbound number nine
And my mind catches a ride on the westbound number nine
Catching the westbound number nine
Gonna leave this town, leave it far behind
Gonna leave while I've got my peace of mind
On the westbound number nine
My Pa is with his moonshine friends
Drinkin Deacon Jones bathtub gin
Deacon Jones preachin about savin souls
Yellin out how the whole town is full of sin
But like Pa and all the rest
He tries to look down Bobbie Sues low-cut dress
And my mind catches a ride on the westbound number nine
And my mind catches a ride on the westbound number nine
Ma, I see you're ashamed to look me in the face
As if I was nothing but a past mistake
Sittin there at night when Pa comes stumblin in
Full of the Deacons bathtub gin
Swearin and a-cussin that I wasn't no kin
I heard his name but Ma knows what he should have been
Westbound number nine
Gonna leave this town, leave it far behind
Gonna leave while I've got my peace of mind
On the westbound number nine
Catching the westbound number nine
Gonna leave this town, leave it far behind
Gonna leave while I've got my peace of mind
On the westbound number nine
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