Spirit Bird

Xavier Rudd Spirit Bird Lyrics
1.Lioness Eye

Sun is up beautiful day
I can see myself
I can see myself
Light me up lioness eye
I can see you now
I can see you now

Sun is up beautiful day
I can see myself
I can see myself
Light me up lioness eye
I can see you now
I can see you now

Sittin' with this fire
Wisdom in his eye
With the strength of a lion
Wisdon in his eye


2.Comfortable in My Skin

Comfortable in my skin it's all for one and one for all this
year
Tell me cause I wonder will you take my hand walk with me to the
promise land
We can sing one song
No suffering at all

Comfortable in my skin I wonder now will she let me in
Been rolling with the sound of the silent hawk
Pinch my nerve as I stumble forth can we all sing one song
No suffering at all

Do you feel like any of this is wrong
Do any of you feel like any of this is wrong
Coz I feel like some of this is wrong

Comfortable in my skin I wonder now will she let me in
Been rolling with the sound of the silent hawk
Pinch my nerve as I stumble forth can we all sing one song
No suffering at all

Can we all sing one song no suffering at all
No suffering at all


3.Spirit Bird

Give it time and we wonder why do what we can laugh and we cry
and we sleep in your dust because we've seen this all before
Culture fades with tears and grace leaving us stunned hollow
with shame we have seen this all seen this all before
Many tribes of a modern kind doing brand new work same spirit by
side joining hearts and hands and ancestral twine ancestral
twine
Many tribes of a modern kind doing brand new work same spirit by
side joining hearts and hands and ancestral twine ancestral
twine

Slowly it fades
Slowly we fades

Spirit Bird he creaks and groans she knows she has seen this all
before she has seen this all before
Spirit Bird he creaks and groans she knows she has seen this all
before she has seen this all before

Slowly it fades
Slowly we fades

Soldier on Soldier on my good countryman Keep fighting for your
culture now keep fighting for your land
I know it's been thousand of years and I feel your hurt and I
know it's wrong
and you feel you've been chained and broken and burned and those
beautiful old people those wise old
soul's have been ground down for far too long by that spineless
man that greedy man that heartless man
deceiving man that government hand taking blood and land taking
blood and land and still they can
But your dreaming and your warrior spirit lives on and it is so
so so strong in the earth in the trees in the
rocks in the water in your blood and in the air we breathe
Soldier on Soldier on my good countryman keep fightng for your
children now keep fighting for your land

Slowly it fades
Slowly we fades
Slowly you fades
Slowly it fades

Give it time and we wonder why Do what we can laugh and we cry
And we sleep in your dust because we've seen it all before


4.Prosper


5.Bow Down

I sit here now 2010 government still stealing land
Making lame excuses for their greed while that
oil spills into the sea
And the Whalers now still killing whales and old
growth bush still being raped
And I know we will have busy lives but sing along
if you have the time

Bow Down to your God
but don't forget about the earth
place your hand on a tree
Who's helping your breath
Give thanks to the sun
when you open your lungs
Throw your buts in the bin
help the old turtles swim

Selling tourism on sacred land while the local
mob sit on their hands
if what I'm speaking here makes any sense open
up my friend and jump the fence

Bow Down to your God
but don't forget about the earth
place your hand on a tree
Who's helping your breath
Give thanks to the sun
when you open your lungs
Throw your buts in the bin
help the old turtles swim

Freedom for all


6.Follow the Sun

Follow, follow the sun
And which way the wind blows
When this day is done
Breathe, breathe in the air
Set your intentions
Dream with care
Tomorrow's a new day for everyone
A brand new moon and brand new sun

So follow, follow the sun
The direction of the birds
The direction of love
Breathe, breathe in the air
Cherish this moment
Cherish this breath
Tomorrow's a new day day for everyone
A brand new moon, brand new sun

When you feel life coming down on you like a heavy weight
When you feel this crazy society adding to the strain
Take a stroll to the nearest water's edge, remember your place
Many moons have risen and fallen long, long before you came
So which way is the wind blowing
What does your heart say

So follow, follow the sun
And which way the wind blows
When this day is done


7.Butterfly

Butterfly and a pretty mermaid to mark the end of these Koonyum
days
Gentle rain and a brown snake skin
when something ends something new begins

I need this time now to follow the moon
The gentle rain wont't be ending soon
Walk with patience to the rainbows end if Spirits
see it she'll be waiting there


8.Culture Bleeding

We need it Cutlure bleeding big spirit come guide us home
We need it country bleeding big spirit come guide us home
fill me up fill me up fill me up fill me up fill me up with your
love
Big spirit come guide us home

Gamgan ngali djagun bana ngali wanmilim
Gamgan ngali djagun bana ngali wanmilim
Gamgan ngali djagun bana ngali wanmilim
Gamgan ngali djagun bana ngali wanmilim
Nhaa-gu/Nhaa-gu Ngulam

Gamgan ngali djagun bana ngali wanmilim
Gamgan ngali djagun bana ngali wanmilim
Gamgan ngali djagun bana ngali wanmilim
We need it culture bleeding
on tribal link left
big spirit guede us home
no we are not there yet
lost in a haze of policies and broken promises
lost in a haze of policies and broken promises
Ngali Wunmilim


9.Paper Thin

Feel it inside my heart and I see you'll be next to me
Taking it in my stride to be wise turning water into wine
Smoking each day away with my mind Champion Ruby and fire
Feel it inside my heart and I see you'll be next to me

Remember that I am only a man with a heart that's paper thin
I can whisper in your ear and take your hand walk with you
through thick and thin
Sensitive and open is my way and I'm afraid of what this brings
So please don't lead me down this road again I need to keep
things clean

Feel it inside my heart and I see you'll be next to me
Taking it in my stride to be wise as my tears fall in my wine
Smoking each day away with my mind Champion Ruby and fire
Feel it inside my heart and I see you'll be next to me

Remember that I am only a man with a heart that's paper thin
I can whisper in your ear and take your hand walk with you
through thick and thin
Sensitive and open is my way and I'm afraid of what this brings
So please don't lead me down this road again I need to keep
things clean

So much time we spend searching gor a clue
Waiting for the paint to dry and trying to be the glue
Drifting down this river of life in a paper-thin canoe free
falling into you
Drifting sown this river of life in a paper-thin canoe free
falling into you

Feel it inside my heart


10.Full Circle

Hold it up
Fill your cup
Look out to sea
I feel that I see
Hold it up
Fill your cup
Look out to sea
Respect what I see

And I reason with you now trying to find my way out
As she's singing all these songs She's singing to heal my soul
Find my place find my reason
Oh I been here so long
Oh she's singing with the trees Oh she's singing to heal me


11.Mystery Angel

I will be there for you if it all crumbles down
And I will be there for you when your feet touch the ground
I'll clear the earth for you if you need the stars to dream
And I'll make a flame for you to keep your spirit clean

My Angel, My Mystery Angel.

You were there for me when I couldn't find myself
Opened a door for me when there seemed no way out
And you were there with me when I was too young to see
bringing music through with your wisdom and peace

My Angel, My Mystery Angel.

Looking back now I don't think I'll ever understand
Universe offers balance on many different hands
Take some time just to sit with each one just to see
Patiently the right one will hold on 'til you're free

My Angel, My Mystery Angel.


12.3 Roads


13.Creating a Dream

Imagine if every will was free to roam
Imagine if the trees could tell us where to go
Imagine that the sun could fill each lonely heart
Imagine confrontation never got a start

Imagine things were always crystal clear
Imagine if the mind never interfered
Imagine we could fly with broken wings
Imagine if the heart could shed its skin

Please patience please patience please
I'm creating a dream
Please patience please patience please
I'm creating a dream

Imagine sacred sites were left to be
Imagine if true activists controlled tv
Imagine captain Watson had the final say
Imagine if industry just had to obey

Please patience please patience please
I'm creating a dream.
Please patience please Patience please
I'm creating a dream
Please patience please patience please
I'm creating a dream