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01. Black Country

Music by Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa
Lyrics by Glenn Hughes
It's cold on the mountain
It's cold in the wood
My life is a Fountain
It's all in my Blood

I go down to the River
I'll never sleep 'til I'm Gone
It's cold on the Mountain
I could not leave you alone

I am a Messenger
This is my Prophecy
I'm goin' back
To the Black Country

I speak for the Million
From City to Shire
We come from the heartland
We walk thru the fire

We rise to the measure
The line in the Sand
It's cold on the Mountain
And this is our Land

[Chorus]

02. One Last Soul

Music by Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa
Lyrics by Glenn Hughes
You were born in a Jet Stream
Down in South Caroline
Got a Role in the big scheme
Now you're ready to shine

You're the one last Soul
Who can win it
You're the one last Soul
If you try
You're the one last Soul
If you live it
You're the one last Soul
Tell you why
And if you feel
What you got
You can give it
One last soul
Make me cry
You're the one last Soul
Who can win it
You're the one last Soul
If you try

Now you burn
Like a freight train
You're a bird on a wire
See you drivin' me insane
And I couldnt get higher

[Chorus]

And when you get
What you want
Don't regret it
One last soul
Make me cry
You're the one last Soul
Who can win it
You're the one last Soul

And if you feel
What you got
You can give it
One last soul
Make me cry
You're the one last soul

03. The Great Divide

Music by Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa
Lyrics by Glenn Hughes
Now you know I'm
Not a Saviour
Let me make it
Understood
And the shirt upon
My back is all I own
I don't wanna be
A loner
So I go against the grain
And I feel the blood
Is rushin' thru my veins

I can't fake it
And I crucify myself
I have been shot down
by a stone
I'm gonna walk
Across the stateline
Gotta take a
Higher road

I'm on the great Divide
I'm sanctified
Be by your side
I hope we don't collide
So let me ride
The Great Divide
It's beautiful

I don't live in Superstition
Gonna let my Freak Flag Fly
Gotta Black Cat Moan
my conscience is
My guide
And I use my inuition
There's a liar and thief
And I've been to Hell
Before you were my friend

[Chorus X2]

It's beautiful
It's beautiful
It's beautiful

04. Down Again

Music by Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa, Derek Sherinian
Lyrics by Glenn Hughes
I left my House
And the Sound of the City
And they call
Me a vagabond
And my fate
Has been decided
In the Arc light
Before the Dawn
I gotta brand new thing
I'm gonna kiss my Mojo
I'm gonna cure my ill

My Caravan
Has gone and departed
And the Wind
Cries in my face
I have walked
Upon the wasteland
Tied and bound
To the killing floor
I gotta brand new thing
I'm gonna kiss Mojo
I'm gonna cure my ill

I'm Down Again
But it's not over
I'm Down Again
Into a landslide
I'm Down Again
What does it feel like?
I'm Down Again
But it's not over
It's not over

I open my eyes
On the vast horizon
And I see
The coat that I wear
But my fate
Has been decided
In the Arc light
Before the Dawn
I gotta brand new thing
I gotta kiss my Mojo
I'm gonna cure my ill

[Chorus X2]

05. Beggarman

Music & lyrics by Glenn Hughes
You know the state
Mind I'm in
How could I get so low?
Erase it from my memory the hands of fate
They move too slow
I'm goin' down
so hard to fall
I've got to find some peace
and I have got to save myself
You know my Soul will
Be released

You Kill me like an Animal
you kill me
And I won't, no I won't
I won't be no Beggar Man
I won't be no Beggar Man
And I won't, no I won't
I won't be no Beggar Man
No more, no more...

Here come the deep down
cryin' pain
Now you can taste my blood
And I can see the shallow grave
My malady misunderstood
The Chasm that I lie beneath
Has all but took my pride
But I've been pulled by gravity,
Connected to the storm inside

[Chorus X2]

06. Song Of Yesterday

Music by Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley
Lyrics by Joe Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes, Kevin Shirley
I Hold, True Passion
For many years, I would listen
The heavy weight upon my chest
Like a wailing wall

Code of silence of a dying heart
Don't know where the end
begins and the truth starts
When the hammer falls
It falls on you
I sit here waiting, waiting

I pull back the veil,
and I just can't breathe(Uh),
and I flyyy away! (ohh, ohh)
I fly away
Gonna fly us away
Like a song of yesterday

Freezing night, a oil lamp burns
The sun's fire, soon will return
Broken castles, the flags still flown
Like a living ghost

[Chorus]

I pull back the veil,
and I just can't breathe(Uh),
and I flyyyy away! (ohh, ohh)
Break it down, so low that you
don't know when to fail
Try a little harder, now you're the
drunk mad man in jail

Hmmmm Hmmmm Hmmmm
Hmmmm, Hmmmmm
Hmm, Hmmmm, Hmmmm, Hmmmm
Hmmmm, Hmmmmh

I fly away, gonna fly us away!
Gonna fly us away,
Gonna fly us away
I'm reaching out...
Like a song of yesterday

07. No Time

Music & lyrics by Glenn Hughes
I'm on my way to Avalon
So high above the Sea
No Sympathy
Cos I'll be gone
Now won't you
Come with me
And I can see the Matador
He move without a Sound
And I can't stay here anymore
I stand on Shaky Ground

I open my mind
I am healed by the Sun
I pull down the Blind
And I wait, for the Gun
There's no Time
My Brother
There's no Time
To Catch the Light
There's no Time
Oh children
There's no Time
To Make it Right
There's no Time
Lordy Mama
There's no Time
To Walk a Mile
There's no Time

I fill my head with Sanity
I gotta get control
I'm gazin' at the Majesty
The Wheels begin to Roll
I swear
That we'll be lifted
To Cities that I know
The grateful
And the Gifted
I've got to let it go...

[Chorus X2]

08. Medusa

Music & lyrics by Glenn Hughes
You're bound to think that
I'm on the shore
From a sea that never came
There's no time to find the time
I've done what has to be done
Voices call the nameless one
Crying all of the time
Tales of no one in my sleep
Stepping out into the night

But you said you saw Medusa
The one with the head of fire
The legend of Medusa Lies in
the devil's eyes

I've got myself to blame
Through talking to your brother
Too late to say I'll stay
Too late to say I'll bother
Take out your thorn and speak
Afraid you are to keep
Flailling forces fail
Now wake before you sleep

You said you saw Medusa
looking down on you
But the legend of Medusa
Soon be with you

You're bound to think I'm on the shore
From a sea that almost came
There's no time to find the time
I've done what has to be done [X3]
I have done [Repeat]
Take a good look at my face

09. The Revolution In Me

Music by Joe Bonamassa, Derek Sherinian
Lyrics by Joe Bonamassa
I seen the tallest mountains
I've drank your finest wine
I've been your soldier of fortunes
I bend down to my last dime

Now its mind over matter
Story of legends, you'll see
Like the fields of Dunkirk
Still the revolution in me

I marched my army to New Orleans
Burning everything in sight
Ides of March are up on me
Won't take me without a fight

[Chorus]

I always handle my business
Promptly rolled the dice
I'm forty now, my best
days are gone
Still have fire in my eyes

[Chorus]

Now it's my mind that matters
Still the revolution in me [X2]

10. Stand (At The Burning Tree)

Music by Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa
Lyrics by Glenn Hughes
I come to my senses
And I feel like
I've just been born
Gonna tear down
The fences
And my feet have been shackled and torn
And I face my resistance
and I stake my flag
In the ground
They will come in many colors
In the silence
Breakin' me down

I'm ten miles away
And I won't
be afraid
I've been locked in this dream
Far too long
And I lie awake
And the hurt
Breaks my fall
All alone, in this world
With my symphony
I Stand, I Stand at the
Burning Tree
I Stand, oh Lord
Won't you justify me?

Too long is my sentence
I can't let myself
Slowly drown
There's a sign
In the skyline
I won't let this curse
Take me down
I have lived
With the shaman
Tried to get myself company
And I walk
With the angels
When they come
They don't lie to me

[Chorus X2]

11. Sista Jane

Music by Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa
Lyrics by Glenn Hughes
Do you feel
You've been to war?
You say you like it
But you could not leave
Got a multiple ovation
You burn the light
And you do receive
I'll be gone 2morrow
Sometimes I gotta
Go away
Maybe the line is wider baby
Gonna take that fast train
You have tried
To go the distance
But you just can't get
No release
You will fade to black
Your mind will crack
It's all you're livin' for
And I am breakin' please

Sweet Sista Jane
Sure like the Pain
You will remain
Sweet Sista Jane

You get your faith
And your therapy
But your mind's spun
A lie in your head
And you're full
Of contradiction
You never heard
A word that I said
I can stay until the mornin'
You know the hour
Is late
Now you're walkin' on a wire
Don't it make your big day

You have tried
To go the distance
But you just can't get
No release
You will fade to black
Waitin' for the world to crack
It's all you're livin' for
And I am breakin' please

[Chorus]

(You've got your faith and your therapy)
(Your mind's spun a lie in your head)

You have tried
To go the distance
But you just can't get
No release
You will fade to black
Your mind will crack
It's all you're livin' for
And I am breakin' please

[Chorus X2]

12. Too Late For The Sun

Music by Hughes, Bonamassa, Sherinian, Bonham, Shirley
Lyrics by Glenn Hughes
Long day is gone
I feel so hollow
I see my spirit
It falls from grace
I travel on
Hope you will follow
I'm on the outside
I can't get no space

Give it to Mother Earth
Take it for what it's worth

Slowly I lay down this burden beside me
And I start to stumble
And rise to my feet
It's all that I have
I cannot wander
So hard to swallow
It's so bittersweet

Give it to Mother Earth
Take it for what it's worth
It's too late for the Sun [X2]

I took my vow
But I need some shelter
I change the weather
And I shield the pain
Now I shed my skin
Before I get older
And I save myself
From a hurricane

[Chorus]