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Ginger Bennett - Better
04:26
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Gotta do better
Be that one
That go getter
Gotta do better than I’ve done
I can’t be the only one
Who fears and dreads
The ground on which I tread
And when I falter, when I fall
I won’t get up at all
I just lie here and let the grass grow
Or keep on falling, tumble low.
It’s gotta be better
Than trundling on and on
Honest endeavour
Call it my swansong
To taste a natural high
Before the light day has gone
And when I falter, when I fall
I won’t get up at all
I Just lie here let the grass grow
keep on falling, tumble low.
And when I falter, when I fall
I won’t get up at all
Just lie here , I just lie
here
Gotta do better
Dive headlong
Its gonna be better
Who gonna care when you are gone?
Gone to bat for what
You want in spite of what you want in spit of what you’ve got
Come on baby kick out strong
oh you gotta dive head long
Ohhhh Yeah
come on
[ad lib to fade]
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2. |
Legacy
04:08
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t’s not a state of mind. It’s on my face all the time.
No matter what you hear the wound is still raw my dear.
Nothing to give, not even my name is mine
Oh we came from kings but they sold us like swine
Came here with hope, came to aid the mother land
Came to find a stain
Came to find the fear remains
Make it clear,
I’m not ‘harping back’
Legacy is life but I’m still black
Still black still black
Legacy is life but I’m still black
Sure I make the fist. Sweetly I sing the song
But who you’re marrying dictates who takes the throne
Sip from the melting pot, what we sacrifice
Give away the dark surrender to the light yeah
What becomes of me what becomes of nature’s choice?
What becomes of me, is it worth the sacrifice.
Make it clear,
I’m not ‘harping back’
Legacy is life but I’m still black
Still black still black
Legacy is life but I’m still black
It’s not a state of mind. It’s on my fa-aaa--ace
No matter what you hear the wound is still raw my dear.
Nothing to give, not even my name is mine
Lord we came from kings but they sold us like swine -year
Came here with hope, came to aid the mother land
Came to find a stain
Came to find the fear remains
Oh! Make it clear, Baby it’s a fact
This Legacy is life but I’m still black
Still black
I’m still black
I’m still black
I’m still black
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3. |
Singing my way free
04:02
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Ohhh all my life
Ive been living in shaddow
Where no light could reach me
Afraid of the dawn
And now the sun is up and im reaching for daylight
Im finding what it is to be born
Ooh all my life I've been running for cover
Ashamed be noticed afraid to be me
But now oh now i found
I can turn round and face out
Im singing iut my own melody
Oohhh i was lost
With no voice
And no sweet harmony
But now im looking round for a change of direction
Im finding how to sing my way
Free
Oh I was lost
With no voice
And no sweet harmony
But now im looking round for a change of direction
I'm singing singing my way free
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4. |
How's your heart
05:14
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Your hand, in mine, in a pocket
In the chuck of your chin my life begins
In the crook of your elbow I perfectly lie
In the corner of your eye I reside
You say you’re fine and I guess you’d know pause
But I thought I’d just ask, how’s your heart?
Your back at work but your light’s not right
So I thought I’d just ask, how’s your heart?
I am here, baby heed me
I am here if you need me
tell all or say nothing whatever seems right
Your troubles are your own.
Too much in the balance
So many changes...none of them good
I can’t help you sail through, but I want you to know
I see you and stand by - as I know you would
You say you’re fine and I guess you’d know pause
But I thought I’d just ask, how’s your heart?
Your back at work but your light’s not right (oh no cos I know you so well)
So I thought I’d just ask, how’s your heart?
Instrumental –
Tell all or say nothing
Whatever seems right?
But you’re not alone
You say you’re fine and I guess you’d know
But I thought I’d just ask, how's your heart?
Your back at work but your light's not right
So I thought I’d just ask, how's your heart?
[ad lib]
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5. |
Humble
03:24
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V1.
Ain’t nothing wrong in being humble?
Happy and contented on the side
Lights are always shining on somebody
When the spot comes round…– we hide our eyes
V2.
Ain’t nothing wrong in being humble?
Quiet joy in life’s abundant rays
Lift your eyes and raise your hand squarely
Or sit and watch – somebody take your raise
Chor
A shame, a flush with any passing praise
A shame, a flush that passes on but stays
V3.
I see you try to claim that prize but rarely
When half a smile of joy or pride appears
That rush of shame arrives, so unfairly
Self-love’s abashed - and disappears
Chor
A shame, a flush with any passing praise
[just happy being humble]
A shame, a flush that passes on but stays
[just happy being humble]
As you reach the ending of your story
Tell the children gathered at your knee
If you don’t celebrate our own glory
A life half lived is your only guarantee
Just Happy being humble
Just Happy being humble
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6. |
Snowflakes
04:46
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NTRO
Piano - vocalese harmonies over piano
V1
Snowflakes dance outside my window
Sparkling light with a rainbow hue
Strong enough to build a house from
Shelter us til the winter’s through
Brightness that transform our landscape
Shaping worlds that are fresh and new
Whipping up a storm of beauty
Searching for a way that is true
V2
Watch ‘em cover sludge and black ice
Nothing wrong about being nice
Snowflakes engulf all that bullshit
Never met one I didn’t like
See them melt to purest water
Rejuvenate me from leaf to root
Oh i love my icy weapons
Gonna- ball- em- up! … and shoot.
Woke up! Woke up! in symmetry
Oh won't you woke up, Woke up in truth
Woke up! Woke up in Clarity
Oh Won't you woke up, Woke up in truth
[instrumental]
Prisms checking all the colours
Bringing joy to a wondrous youth
Gentleness is moving mountains
Reaching out for a simple truth
Rivers flowing into oceans
Carving out valleys with the flow
Each of us unique template
Join the avalanche as we grow
Ad lib out
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7. |
Lost Smile
04:06
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V1
I keep it.. beside the door
Kicked off like my shoes
I slipped it off when life got skinny
cos It just don't fit no more
V2
...Sometimes I find it in my pocket
It chaffes and itches soo
..I slip it off when you ain't looking cos
I don't want you to know
Chor B
I can't abide the stares
I know how much you need to see it
it took me unaware
my last smile my lost smile
my last smile
my lost smile
Do wha wha who doden dodo
Do wha wha who doden dodo
Do wha wha who doden dodo
dooda dooowooh
V3
I push it back in place
It don't quite fit my face
Don't look to close ...the eyes ain't smiling
No longer up to pace
CHOR B
I can't abide the stares
I know how much you need to see it
It comes with sighs and tears
my last smile my lost smile
my last smile
Chor out
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Ginger Bennett England, UK
Ginger has been living and performing on the Kent Coast since 2003 and is most often seen performing with her six-piece funk
and soul outfit, Project F or guest appearances with the fabulous 9 piece KD Jazz Orchestra.
A regular performer at the Margate Soul and Canterbury Festival, she is known for an intimate style of performance that always involves spirited audience participation
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