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Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
End up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now
Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man said "Son if it was up to me"
Went down to see my V.A. man
He said "Son, don't you understand"
I had a brother at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A., I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. now
Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A., I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. now
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Heroes (Live Cover)
04:26
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I - I will be king
And you - You will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can beat them just for one day
We can be heroes just for one day
And you - You can be mean
And I - I'll drink all the time
'Cause we're lovers and that is a fact
Yes, we're lovers and that is that
Though nothing will keep us together
We could steal time just for one day
We can be heroes for ever and ever
What d'you say?
I - I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
And nothing will tear us away
We can be heroes just for one day
We can be us just for one day
I - I can remember standing by the wall
And the guns shot above our heads
And we kissed, as though nothing could fall
And the shame was on the other side
Oh we can beat them for ever and ever
Then we could be heroes, just for one day
I - I will be king
And you - You will be queen
We’re nothing and nothing will help us
Maybe we’re lying, then you better not stay
But we could be safer, just for one day
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Come gather 'round, people wherever you roam
And admit that the waters around you have grown
And accept it that soon, you'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin'
You better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide, the chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'
For the loser now will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'
Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway - Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt, will be he who has stalled
The battle outside is ragin'
It will soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
And don't criticize what you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'
The line it is drawn - the curse it is cast
The slow one now will later be fast
As the present now will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin'
And the first one now will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'
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Woke up this morning and the streets were full of cars
All bright and shiny like they'd just arrived from Mars
And as I stumbled through last night's drunken debris
The paperboy screamed out the headlines in the street
Another war and now the pound is looking weak
And tell me have you read about the latest freak?
We're bingo numbers and our names are obsolete
Why do I feel bitter when I should be feeling sweet?
Hello, hello turn your radio on
Is there anybody out there?
Help me sing my song
La la la life is a strange thing
Just when you think you learned how to use it - it's gone
Woke up this morning and my head was in a daze
A brave new world has dawned upon the human race
Where words are meaningless and everything's surreal
Gonna have to reach my friends to find out how I feel
And if I taste the honey is it really sweet
And do I eat it with my hands or with my feet?
Does anybody really listen when I speak
Or will I have to say it all again next week?
Hello, hello turn your radio on
Is there anybody out there?
Help me sing my song
Hello, hello turn your radio on
Is there anybody out there?
Tell me what went wrong
La la la life is a strange thing
Life is a strange thing
Hello, hello turn your radio on
Is there anybody out there?
Help me sing my song
Hello, hello turn your radio on
Is there anybody out there?
Help me sing my song
La la la life is a strange thing
Just when you think you learned how to use it - it's gone
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5. |
The First Day (Live)
05:09
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Baby I’m gonna miss you
Today is the first day I’m not gonna share my world with you
Baby I’m gonna miss you
Today is the first day I’m not gonna share my world with you
The bed is empty
I can feel where your body lay in the sheets just this morning
I woke up kissing you
Tonight I’m missing you
Why did god take an angel home so soon?
Baby I’m gonna miss you
Today is the first day I’m not gonna share my world with you
Baby I’m gonna miss you
Today is the first day I’m not gonna share my world with you
All I can do is sing on, hoping singing will bring on solace
For my weary head
So I will keep singing, singing and singing to comfort me
While I’m in pain
Baby I’m gonna miss you
Today is the first day I’m not gonna share my world with you
Baby I’m gonna miss you
Today is the first day I’m not gonna share my world with you
Tomorrow the sun will rise beautiful and brilliant
And I know you’ll be smiling down on me from your spot in heaven
I know you’d want me happy – you would want me smiling
So I will keep singing, yeah, I will keep trying cause
Baby I’m gonna miss you
Today is the first day I’m gonna live the world in you
Baby I’m gonna miss you
Today is the first day I’m gonna live the world in you
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6. |
Let It Be (Live Cover)
04:48
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When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom - let it be
And in my hour of darkness, she is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom - let it be
Let it be - Whisper words of wisdom - let it be
And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
There will be an answer - let it be
And though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer - let it be
Let it be - there will be an answer - let it be
Let it be - whisper words of wisdom - let it be
And when the night is cloudy - there is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow - let it be
I wake up to the sound of music - Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom - let it be
Let it be - there will be an answer - let it be
Let it be - whisper words of wisdom - let it be
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Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence.
"Fools," said I, "You do not know.
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you.
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming.
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence.”
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Imagine (Live Cover)
04:20
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Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace
You, you may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope some day you will join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world
You - you may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope some day you will join us
And the world will be as one
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True Colors (Live Cover)
03:36
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You with the sad eyes
Don't be discouraged
Oh I realize - it's hard to take courage
In a world full of people, you can lose sight of it
And the darkness inside you makes you feel so small
But I see your true colors shining through
I see your true colors and that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful
Like a rainbow
Show me a smile then
Don't be unhappy
Can't remember when I last saw you laughing
If this world makes you crazy and you've taken all you can bear
Just call me up cause you will know I’ll be there
I see your true colors shining through
I see your true colors and that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are shining through
I see your true colors and that why I love you
So don’t be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful
Like a rainbow
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I see trees of green - red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day - the dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky,
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying ‘how do you do’
They’re really saying -
I love you -
I hear babies cry - I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Oh yes
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Julia Othmer Los Angeles, California
Julia Othmer is a "captivating" piano-playing singer/songwriter known for her energetic live performances. Passionate and
engaging, Othmer creates intimate warmth with her audiences. Using music to connect to people and social issues inspires her.
She lives with James, her partner/collaborator and their pit bull rescue Mary live in the woods by a lake, keeping watch for bald eagles soaring.
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