Last Of The Independents

Cats like me and you
Have got laws
That they adhere to
Laws outside the laws
As laid down
By those we don't subscribe to
The world is getting stranger
But we'll never lose heart
We can't just wait for the
Old guard to die
Before we can
Make a new start

Bring on the revolution
(keep the pressure on)
I wanna die for something
Bring on the revolution
I wanna die for something
Bring on the revolution
I wanna die for something
Bring on the revolution
I don't wanna die for nothing

For every freedom fighter
I wanna hold on tighter
To the hope and will you gave
You were the brave
You were the brave
And one day
When i hear your children sing
Freedom will ring
Freedom!

When we watch the children play
Remember
How the privileged classes grew
And from this day
We set out
To undo what won't undo
Looking for the grand
In the minute
Every breath justifies
Every step that we take
To remove what the powers that be
Can't prove
And the children will
Understand why

Bring on the revolution
(keep the pressure on)
I wanna die for something
Bring on the revolution
I wanna die for something
Bring on the revolution
I don't wanna die for nothing
Bring on the revolution
I wanna die for something

I was born with my hand in a fist
And my eyes shut tight
Any wonder that i cannot resist
Punchin' blindly in a fight
The first time i saw swans flyin' to the sun
I wanted to be one

Like every mother's son
When i saw my life had begun
I wanted to be someone
Like my brother and my one and only father
And like every mother's son

I was raised within a cause
With a purpose to fulfill
I was taught to defend what was mine
And instructed not to kill
My small mortal eyes can see eternity
In the clouds that dissolve and then regroup endlessly

Like every mother's son
When a man showed me how to use a gun
I wished i'd never need one
Like my brother and my one and only father
And like every mother's son

Everything in domesticity
Assumes its role better than me
I'm a displaced person whose culture let me down
I raise my own daughters in a pornographic town

Like every mother's son
I've lost some and some i've won
Now i'm waiting for a new dawn
Like my brother and my one and only father
And like every mother's son

The sun goes down
The sky turns black
I can hardly wait for you
I can't believe the madness
In everything you do
I used to dream in black and white
Now i see the world in a different light

Your love colours, colours everything
Your love colours, colours everything
Your love colours, colours everything
Your love colours, colours everything
Oh oh
Now come in to me
Fill me and fill me
Show me your colours baby
Your love colours

I slept in fear
And woke in pain
Till you came in close to me
I was cold
Like frozen rain
Your kiss melted me
You speak your mind just like a child
Won't be defined by when you smile

Your love colours, colours everything
Your love colours, colours everything
Your love colours, colours everything
Your love colours, colours everything
Oh oh
Now come in to me
Fill me and fill me
Show me your colours baby
Your love colours

Your love colours everything
Your love colours everything
Your love colours everything
Your love colours everything

All my dreams
Still relive you
If this is what you left for me
I forgive you
Never do i despair
When i kneel to say my prayers
When slumber fills my head
I'll be visiting your bed

All my dreams
Recollect you
And so darling in a way
Our love remains new
Funny little things
You touch my fingers and fondle my rings
Then tenderly without violence
We make love in perfect silence

Come, come into my room again
Come, come again
Oh come, come into my gloom again
End this solitude again

I finally took that picture down
I'd been staring at it for hours and hours
Slipping in and out of consciousness
But what i can't figure out
Why did you do that?
Disappear on me like that?
Oh baby please come back where i can touch you
Right here where i can see you

Come, come into my room again
Come, come again
Oh come, come into my gloom again
Break, break this solitude again

All of my dreams of your affection
Never have i known
Such sweet perfection
No drug-induced bliss
Could ever reach the heights of this
Eternal and so pure
Help me to endure
All my dreams

Oh, why you look so sad?
Tears are in your eyes
Come on and come to me now
Don't be ashamed to cry
Let me see you through
'cause i've seen the dark side too
When the night falls on you
You don't know what to do
Nothing you confess
Could make me love you less

I'll stand by you
I'll stand by you
Won't let nobody hurt you
I'll stand by you

So if you're mad, get mad
Don't hold it all inside
Come on and talk to me now
Hey, what you got to hide?
I get angry too
Well i'm a lot like you
When you're standing at the crossroads
And don't know which path to choose
Let me come along
'cause even if you're wrong

I'll stand by you
I'll stand by you
Won't let nobody hurt you
I'll stand by you
Take me in, into your darkest hour
And i'll never desert you
I'll stand by you

And when...
When the night falls on you, baby
You're feeling all alone
You won't be on your own

I'll stand by you
I'll stand by you
Won't let nobody hurt you

I'll stand by you
Take me in, into your darkest hour
And i'll never desert you
I'll stand by you
I'll stand by you
Won't let nobody hurt you
I'll stand by you
Won't let nobody hurt you
I'll stand by you