Survival

Don: mel, hit that on the second intro.
Mel: (muffled)
Don: yeah, i think it sounds better to stop it quick.
Mel: (muffled)
Don: yeah.
Mel: (muffled)
Don: okay, like you did, (noise) like you did, (noise) like you did, i'll stop my cymbal quick, then, on the second intro.
Mel: (muffled)


Don: alright, alright.
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Don: the tape is rolling.
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Don: here we go. this is grand funk railroad and here comes the count. one, ...
?: get on with it!
Don: one, two, three, four ...


(musical intro)

Don: cut! why did you stop that? let all of them ring. the second intro, the second time he goes ... you know, in the song, when we go back into this part?
Mel: yeah.
Don: that's what i mean. the first ...
Mel: (muffled)
Don: you know, like we're coming out of ... we're coming out of: da, dum, da; da, dum, da; da, dum, da, dum, da, da, da, da, da ... da ... dratum, bap! stop that one.
Mel: (muffled)
Don: that's the only one.
Mel: (muffled)
Don: just that one, let the rest of them ring. okay. here we go again, grand funk railroad. here we are ... buddy r. review, right here on ... on ... want me to get on with it?
?: get on with it!
One, two, (pause) tape is rolling? okay ... here we go ... one, two, three, four ...



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Chorus
Just let me take it, my mind can't make it without ...
I can't take it, said i just can't make it.
Just let me take it, my mind can't make it without ...
I can't take it, so you best not take it.


I've been waitin' for such, such a long, long time,
To tell you all about these feelings of mine.
Something tells me there just has to be a better day,
And that's why i came here to say ...


Chorus


Growing up, i was free in my childhood years,
And now they tell me i can wash away my tears.
These tears explain the way, it's the way that i feel,
Because the freedom they give me is real.


Chorus


Chorus


I want freedom, the kind that they promised me,
Just for livin' in this country.
I want the freedom, the kind that makes me feel strong,
But, let me tell you, something is wrong.


Chorus


Half-chorus

Seems i got to have a change in scene,
'cause every night i have the strangest dreams.
Imprisoned by the way things used to be, yeah,
Left here on my own or so it seems.
I got to leave before i start to scream,
'cause somebody locked the door and took the key.


Chorus
Feelin' alright? i'm not feelin' too good myself.
Feelin' alright? i'm not feelin' too good myself.


Oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo-ooo.


Baby, you sure took me on one big ride,
And, even now i sit and wonder why.
Then, when i think of you, i start to cry,
I know i can't get upset and i must keep dry.
I got to stop believin' in all your lies,
'cause i got too much to do before i die.


Chorus


Oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo-ooo.


Chorus


Oh, yeah.


Chorus


Oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo-ooo.

Goin' down that country road,
Leavin' behind that heavy load.
Gettin' away from the city life,
Society causes too many fights.


Chorus
Down my country road.
Down my country road, oh.
Down my country road.
Down my country road, road, road.


Too much killin' and too many wars,
Women and children must be shuttin' their doors.
Protect your country and for this you must die,
They take your life but they don't tell you why.


Chorus

Child 1:
He kind of started all the plants growing, and he started people. well, i guess he's kind of big and fat.
Child 2:
He can see us wherever we do ... whatever we do. he has such powerful eyes -- he has to have millions and thousands and billions. and he can still see us when we're bad.
Child 3:
He could be sitting on the table right now, but you can't see him.
Child 4:
He can't be everywhere at once doing everything for everybdy. everybody can't get what they want.
Child 5:
Well, his job is to make us good and to make us happy and make us parents happy.
Child 6:
Good is the right thing and bad is the wrong thing.
Child 7:
When i'm good my mother never yells at me, when i'm bad she does.
Child 8:
Good means to obey your mother and father, to do what the teacher says -- the things right. i feel miserable when i'm ... when i'm bad, i feel miserable on the inside but, on the outside, i just
Like i ... i feel now.
Child 9:
I think ... um, um ... there are more people that are bad than there are good. and, um ... if you're good, you'll live forever. and, if you're bad, you'll die when you die ... (repeat last sente
Wo more times to fade in echo)
Take me down to the water, let me feel it run over me.
Let me feel the pain and the coldness, the loneliness that there must be.
Whoa, can't you see their dreams, as they go drifting by?
Whoa, can't you see their faces, and their tear-soaked eyes?


Chorus
I can feel him in the morning, i can feel him in the evening too.
I can hear him in the morning, tellin' me what i got to do.
Got to make a new world, ought to make the old one right.
I can see him in the morning, i can see him in the stars at night.


Take me out to the battlefield, let me hear the shells flying by.
Let me hear the sound of the cannons, let me hear them scream and cry.
Whoa, can't you hear their dreams, as they tumble to the blood-soaked ground?
Whoa, hear them scream for shelter, from the world they never found.


Chorus


Oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo-ooo. (repeated out to end)