Finding Our Way

damn all the judges who once thought they knew
those free of grudges i fear are too few
and less still is many and some far too much
limping along on a gold plated crutch
god knows what’s in your heart
so you can stay home from church
who will survive the end of the world
how does one listen when deafened by you
how does one wisen in the absence of truth
how does on strengthen in the age of the meek
when the dams and the walls that you build
start to leak
god knows what’s in your heart
so you can stay home from church
who will survive the end of the world
we have a way of finding our way
Home!
let every moment be filled with grace
don’t let tomorrow just be another day
we’ve come too far to suffering fools
and we’re much too young for these old rules
god knows what’s in your heart
so you can stay home from church
who will survive the end of the world
we have a way of finding our way home

(Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals)

Diamonds On The Inside

i knew a girl
her name was truth
she was a horrible liar
she couldn't spend one day alone
but she couldn't be satisfied
when you have everything
you have everything to lose
she made herself a bed of nails
and she's planning on putting it to use

but she had diamonds on the inside
she had diamonds on the inside
she had diamonds on the inside
diamonds

a candle throws its light into the darkness
in a nasty world so shines a good deed
make sure the fortune that you seek
is the fortune that you need
tell me why the first to ask
is the last to give every time
what you say and do not mean
follows you close behind

she had diamonds on the inside
she had diamonds on the inside
she wore diamonds on the inside
diamonds

like the soldier long standing under fire
any change comes as a relief
let the giver's name remain unspoken
she is just a generous thief

she had diamonds on the inside
she had diamonds on the inside
she wore diamonds on the inside
diamonds

(Ben Harper)

When She Believes

Well - The good Lord is such a good Lord
With such a good mother too
They have blessed me
They have blessed me
In the good graces of you
Now I
I have heard a hundred violins crying
And I
I have seen a hundred white doves flying

But nothing is as beautiful
As when she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
In me
Oh- in me

How good it must feel
To be so young, young and free
And a song that pleases a queen
Will always please me
Now I
I have heard the wisest of wisdom
And I
I have dined in palaces and kingdoms

But nothing is as beautiful
As when she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
In me
Oh- in me

Now, all of life
Is just passing the time
Until once again
Your eyes look into mine
Now I
I have been adored by a stranger
And I
I have heard the whispering angel

But nothing is as beautiful
As when she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
When she believes
In me

(Ben Harper)

Up To You Now

You can run away from home
but you can't run away from your pain.
Now I sit, here alone
as I place someone else to blame.

It's up to you now.
It's up to you now.
Don't want to be your broken dream
We've run out of fate somehow.
And it's up to you now.

I have to hide from my own face
now that we have fallen from grace.
Arms that hold you close
are the arms that hold you back.
While your world is under attack.

It's up to you now.
It's up to you now.
I stumbled to your alter
with my knees bent my head bound
And it's up to you now.

There's no sound louder than war.
and we don't have to borrow anymore.
You wrote a list
with all your demands
and you nailed it to both of my hands.

And it's up to you now.
Oh it's up to you now.
My fist is full of ashes
And my blood is in the ground.
So it's up to you now. Yes it's up, its up to you now.

(Ben Harper & Relentless7)

Beloved One

We have both been here before
Knockin' upon love's door
Begging for someone to let us in
Knowing this we can agree to keep each other company
Never to go down that road again

My beloved one
My beloved one

Your eyes shine through me
You are so divine to me
Your heart has a home in mine
We won't have to say a word
With a touch all shall be heard
When I search my hearth it's you I find

My beloved one
My beloved one
My beloved one

You were meant for me
I believe you were sent to me
From the dreams trailing to my heart
Hold your body and close to me
You mean most to me
We will keep each other safe from harm

My beloved one
My beloved one
My beloved one
My beloved one

(Ben Harper)

Alone

this empty room it fills my mind
freedom it leaves me confined
every single bone has cracked
but in this life you can't turn back

i don't want to live
i don't want to live alone

as these words part with my tongue
i question why they're even sung
i promise but i lie
i don't even know myself inside

i don't want to be
i don't want to be here alone

today and tomorrow have become one
every single thing has become none
human nature is a beast
what i've done the most to show i have the least

please don't leave me here
don't you leave me alone

(Ben Harper)

Strawberry Fields Forever

let me take you down
cause i'm going to strawberry fields
nothing is real
and nothing to get hung about
strawberry fields forever

living is easy with eyes closed
misunderstanding all you see
it's getting hard to be someone
but it all works out
it doesn't matter much to me

let me take you down
cause i'm going to strawberry fields
nothing is real
and nothing to get hung about
strawberry fields forever

no one i think is in my tree
i mean it must be high or low
that is you can't, you know, tune in
but it's all right
that is i think it's not too bad

let me take you down
cause i'm going to strawberry fields
nothing is real
and nothing to get hung about
strawberry fields forever

always know sometimes think it's me
but you know i know when it's a dream
i think i know i mean, ah yes
but it's all wrong
that is i think i disagree

let me take you down
cause i'm going to strawberry fields
nothing is real
and nothing to get hung about
strawberry fields forever
strawberry fields forever
strawberry fields forever

(Ben Harper)

By My Side

Don't you get ahead of me
and I won't leave you behind
if you get unhappy
show me a sign

there's no love like lost love
no pain like a broken heart
there's no love like you and me
and no loss like us apart

promises promise is
only a word
and when softly spoken
is never heard

and a heart
is not a stone
and is fragile
when alone

by my side
by my side
won't you be by my side
by my side
by my side
won't you be by my side

my care for you
is from the ground up to the sky
it's over under up above
down below and to the side

no use in pretending
no use in saving face
my love is never ending
you are my saving grace

by my side
by my side
won't you be by my side
by my side
by my side
won't you be by my side



[Ben Harper]