A Cappella

Hodja please show me how to spin now
Hodja please show me how you do it
All the other boys are laughing at me again now
Hodja please show me how you do it
Whenever i talk they don't hear a thing
And everyone laughs when i sing

Hodja, please show me how to spin
I want to do that dance 'til i forget where i am
So get up out of your bed one more time
Hodja, make me spin

Yeah, teach me to spin like i seen you do
Why don't you make me the envy
Of the kids in school
I know what to wear, i know how to sound
I know about kissing the ground

From every alley in konya
Mevlana sings "turn around, turn around
You've got to spin 'til your feet leave the
Ground"
Hodja, someday soon you will be moving on
So won't you let me be the one
You lay the secret on
And it's a 2 4 6 8, take it from the top
You've got to start me up and don't let me stop

He was just fifteen, he was a new trainee
He lied about it for the opportunity
To defend the border his life was sworn
Though not a generation was native born

Johnee jingo
Johnee jingo

He had lost the battle but won the war
When the generals said he couldn't fight no more
He was proud and bitter at what he'd done
So he passed it off to his favorite son

Johnee jingo
Johnee jingo
Jingo don't you fight for me
Jingo don't you speak for me

To the man who owns the land
We're all the same
But when his grip begins to slip
Then he'll be calling out your name
Johnee jingo

And the throne, the pulpit, and the politician
Create a thirst for power in the common man
It's a taste for blood passed off as bravery
Or just patriotism hiding bigotry

Once there was a boy and girl
Boy said "i love you so"
Girl said "i'll never leave you"
They grew older and left each other
'cause that's the way love goes

Then there's a time
Seems like you'll never find
Someone willing to love you
Keep on looking you'll soon discover

A mighty love
Can sometimes make a weak man moan
Said a mighty love
You sit all day by the telephone
'cause you're all alone
You need a mighty love

Some say that you're sure to find
True love and piece of mind
At the end of the rainbow
There's no sign in the sky to follow
'cause that's the way love goes
And so there's a rhyme
That says life will soon be fine
Love is just what you make it
Keep on loving, you'll soon discover

A mighty love
Can sometimes make a weak man strong
A mighty love
Can sometimes make a rich man weep
And knock him off his feet
To have a mighty love

I'm not afraid to bend my back
I'm not afraid of dirt
But how i fear the things i do
For lack of honest work
My family is lost to me
They could not bear the hurt
To see the state their boy is in
For lack of honest work

I hold no blame for anyone
'twas i who did arrange
To pay my union dues so i'd
Not have to learn or change
And when i was replaced, 'twas i
Who started down the hill
And drank away my savings 'til
I couldn't stop myself

The prophets of a brave new world
Captains of industry
Have visions grand and great designs
But none have room for me
They see a world where everyone
Is rich and smart and young
But if i live to see such things
Too late for me they come

I know i'm not the only one
To fall beneath the wheel
Such company can not assuage
The loneliness i feel
So many are resigned to be
Society's debris
But i will be remembered for
The life life took from me

For i'm not afraid to bend my back
I'm not afraid of dirt
But how i fear the things i do
For lack of honest work

If i gave you just a bit more time
Do you think that you would make up your mind?
You can't expect that a flower will grow
Until you get around to giving it more
Like it's only

Something to fall back on
Something to fall back on
Something to fall back on

Like a crumpled dollar hidden in your hat
For the subway home when there's no welcome mat
You'd be left with nothing if it weren't for that
When you need to find it it's right behind you

Remember when you were the talk of the town
And you didn't care if i was around
But still you kept me in the back of your head
Just like the teddy bear that you took to bed
I was only something to fall back on

And to wake up lonely is your deepest dread
So you stay connected by a tiny thread
Though you'd rather try for something else instead
When you need to find me i'm right behind you

I know i'm only
Something to fall back on

I don't know what makes me think i've the right
To tell you what is most important in life
But after all i guess i just don't care
And if you need me i will always be there
'cause when i just imagine how it will be
Then i guess it's something to fall back on
Something to fall back on for me

I need to know you'll need me sometime
Everybody needs somebody to fall back on
Fall back on me
Nobody's going nowhere
You can call me anytime
You can fall back on me
You can call on me
I'm waiting on you babe
When your world is falling down
And there's no one else around
And you're sitting, waiting by the phone
You can call me and i won't leave you alone