There's A Riot Goin' On

(1971)

1. Luv N' Haight 1. Brave & Strong
2. Just Like A Baby 2. (You Caught Me) Smilin'
3. Poet 3. Time
4. Family Affair 4. Spaced Cowboy
5. Africa Talks To You
"The Asphalt Jungle"
5. Runnin' Away
6. There's A Riot Goin' On 6. Thank You For Talkin'
To Me Africa


Luv N' Haight

Feel so good inside myself Don't want to move 
Feel so good inside myself Don't need to move.
As I grow up I'm growing down. And when I'm lost, 
I know I will be found.
Feel so good Don't want to move. 
Feel so good inside myself. Don't need to move.
I
Feel so good inside myself, Don't want to move.
I
Feel so good inside myself, Don't want to move.
Another place, another time And when I realize
    I'm still all mine . . .
    I
    I
    Yeh I
I feel,
I feel so good
    Want to move. Want to move. Feel so good. Want to move. 
Feel so good. Want to move.
Feel so good inside myself Don't want to move.
Feel so good inside myself, Don't need to move.
Don't want to move Feel so good inside myself. Don't want to move.
Feel so good. Feel so good Don't want to move.
Feel so good inside myself, Don't need to move.
Want to move. Feel so good, can not move. Feel so good, can not move.
Don't need to move. I feel so good Don't need to move. 
Don't need to move. Don't want to move.
Feel so good. Feel so good. I want to move. I want to move.
Feel so good. Feel so good. I want to move. I want to move. 
Feel so good. Feel so good. I want to move. I want to move. 
Feel so good. Feel so good. I want to move. I want to move. 
Feel so good. Feel so good. I want to move. I want to move. 
Feel so good. Feel so good. I want to move. I want to move. 
Feel so good. I want to move. I want to move.


Just Like A Baby

Just like a baby, 
	Sometimes I cry.
Just like a baby, 
	I can feel it when 
	You lie to me.
Just like a baby 
	I'll try if I can
Just like a baby,
Just like a baby 
	Inside a little big man
	Everything is new.
Just like a baby,
Come to find out
	I'm a whole lot like
	You, too
Just like a baby
See the thing it's growin',
Just like a baby
Blowin '.


Poet


My only weapon is my pen
And the frame of mind I'm in.
I'm a songwriter, A poet.
I'm a songwriter, A poet.
And the things I flash on Everyday
They all reflect In what I say.
I'm a songwriter I'm a poet
I'm a songwriter, Oh yeh a poet.


Family Affair


It's a family affair, It's a family affair.
It's a family affair, It's a family affair.
One child grows up to be
Somebody that just loves To learn.
And another child grows up to be
Somebody you'd just love To burn.
Mom loves the both of them
You see it's in the blood
Both kids are good to Mom
"Blood's thicker than mud."
It's a family affair, It's a family affair.
Newlywed a year ago.
But you're still checking Each other out.
Nobody wants to blow
Nobody wants to be Left out.
You can't leave, 'cause your
Heart is there.
But you can't stay, 'cause
You been somewhere else!

You can't cry, 'cause you'll
  Look broke down
But you're cryin' anyway
  'Cause you're all broke
Down!

It's a family affair,
It's a family affair.


Africa Talks To You "The Asphalt Jungle"


to see a lazy.
A brain he meant to be. Cop out?
He's crazy!

And who's believing who? Who's doin' the fishin'?
Do what you want to do or you can keep on wishin'!

Timber . . . all fall down!
Timber . . . who's around!
Watch out, 'cause the summer gets cold . . .
When today gets too old!

Must be a rush for you to see a lazy.
In his back yard he grew Cop out.
He's crazy!

When life means much to you,
Why live for dying?
If you are doing right,
Why are you crying?

Timber . . . all fall down!
Timber . . . who's around!
Watch out, 'cause the summer gets cold . . .
When today gets too old.


There's A Riot Goin' On


Brave & Strong


Frightened faces to the wall
Oh can't you hear your
    Mama call?

The Brave and Strong Survive!

When you walk,
Know where you're walking.
When you talk
Know who you're talking to.

Brave and Strong Survive! Survive!

Out and Down
Ain't got a friend.
You don't know who turned You in.
The Brave and Strong, Survive!

Brave and Strong,
Survive!

Before me was a Cowboy star.
Indians!
And there you are.

The Brave and Strong, Survive!

The Brave and Strong, Survive Child!

Yeh Jones, Survive


(You Caught me) Smilin'

You caught me smilin' again.
You caught me smilin' again.
Hangin' loose
'Cause you ain't used to seeing me turnin' on.

You caught me smilin' again.
You caught me smilin' again.
I'll be gone
And it won't take you long to climb a tree about me.

You caught me smilin' again.
You caught me smilin' again.

I'll be around to carry on!

Hey, you caught me smilin' again.
You caught me smilin' again.
In my pain I'll be sane to take your hand.


Time


TIME.
Needs another minute
     (At least).

Take your TIME.
But you've got a limit.

That girl looks forward To another meetin'.
Just like everydaypeoplelknow Look forward to another simple greetin'.
TIME.
A bear in the woods looks Forward to hibernatin'.
Just any ol' player you know All he needs is a ratin'.

TIME is education,
Even when they tell you It's sophistication.

You know that TIME
Needs to be a little longer.
Oh TIME!

The universe needs to be a little stronger.

TIME they say is
     The answer

But I don't believe it
TIME


Spaced Cowboy


I can't say it more than once
'Cause I'm thinking twice as fast.
Yodel-ayde-a.

Everything I like is nice
That's why I try to have it twice.
Yodel-ayde-a (etc.)

Well once I saw a bore,
Who was a social whore.
     Yodel-ayde-a.

And they said I had a limp
And then they tried to pass around I was a pimp.
Yodel-ayde-a (etc.)

Was on my last leg.
I couldn't even borrow my friend's extra peg at all.
Yodel-ayde-a.

Once I turned red
And it loohed funny in the head.
Yodel-ayde-a (etc.)


Runnin' Away


Running away
     To get away,
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
You're wearing out your shoes.

Looh at you fooling you!

Making Blues Of day and night.
Hee! Hee! Hee! Hee!
You're stretching out your dues.

The shorter cut is quicker,
    But . . . Ha! Ha! il l Hd Time k here to stay! Look at you fooling you!

The deeper in debt
    The harder You bet, Hee! Hee! Hee! Hee! 
Need more room to play! Look at you fooling you!

Another day
    You're farther away.
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
A lonpr trip back home!


Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa


Lookin' at the devil, Grinnin' at his gun.
Fingers start shakin', I begin to run.

Bullets start chasin' I begin to stop. 
We begin to wrestle I was on the top.
    want to

Thank you f-lettinme be mice elt
    Agin.
I wanna thank you falettinme be mice elf
Agin.

Stiff all in the collar, Fluffy in the face.
 Chit chat chatter tryin', I begin to run. Want to

Thank you for the party, I could never stay. 
Many thangs is on my mind, Words in the way. Want to

Thank you falettinme be mice elf
    Agin.
Thank you falettinme be mice elf
Agin.

Dance to the music, All nite long. Ev'ry day people, Sing a simple song.

Mama's so happy
Mama start to cry.
Papa still singin'
You can make it if you try.
I -- want to

Thank you falettinme be mice elf
    Agin.
Thank you falettinme be mice elf
    Agin.

Flamin' eyes of people fear, Burnin' into you. 
Many men are missin' much, Hatin' what they do.

Youth and Truth are makin' love,
Dig it for a starter.
Dyin' young is hard to take,
Sellin' out is harder.
I - - want to

Thank you falettinme be mice elf
    Agin.
Thank you falettinme be mice elf
Agin.

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