Richard Ashcroft - Beatitudes

Oh, six strings, three chords, ah big dreams And he don’t let me down (he never) When the days of rain came (he was there) He was there for me when I was in pain (in pain) Yeah I needed a call, he was the real friend Oh (got his words), he got the words when I’m feeling low He’s like a skimming stone, like a rainbow He’s my brother when I’m down when I’m in luck (he is) He’s my brother when I’m down (Jesus Christ) and I’m out of luck You know it’s only love so let’s come together (let’s come together) A little redemptive pleasure (redemptive pleasure), hmmm-hmmmm Let’s do this thing called life, (let’s do this thing) Oh let’s try, (let’s try again) Oh let’s try (let’s try) Let’s do this thing called life (let’s do this thing) Hmm let’s try (let’s try again, let’s try again) Oh let’s try (let’s try) Don’t have to swim with the tide (fishes) Swim against the tide and find some hand to hold Find somebody to show the light (lost in music) Oh they’re out there in the matrix tonight (All these years) Oh man I’ve seen so many pages of stories (the blues never ends) That have drifted down rivers And the paper, yeah gets lost in the sea, in the oceans Oh Lord I’m a giver Oh, it’s just a feeling (it’s just a feeling) It’s just a feeling (it’s just a feeling) Let’s do this thing called life, (let’s do this thing called life) Oh let’s try, (let’s try again) Oh let’s try (let’s try) Let’s do this thing called life, (let’s do this thing) Hmm let’s try, (let’s try again, let’s try again) Oh let’s try (let’s try) You gotta learn to swim against the tide You gotta learn to drop your foolish pride You gotta learn to know these things they’re dust You gotta learn that misdeeds only rust. You gotta learn the chains can open up (these genes survive) And environment can fuck you up (the eyes) You gotta learn that drugs don’t really work (more music) Unless you know the ones that hurt Oh babe let’s do it again (please baby) I wanna put the record on and live it again (live it again) I wanna rewind the tape, turn off the clocks This is life now, undo my locks Let’s do this thing called life, (let’s do this thing) Oh let’s try, (let’s try it again) Oh let’s try (oh-oh oh-oh let’s try) Let’s do this thing called life, (I now you feel the pain) Oh let’s try, (I know you feel the strain) Oh let’s try (let’s fly) She’s my brother, my mother, my sister, my mother, my father, ooh-ooh-aah She’s my brother, my sister, my father, my father, my mother, o-ooh-ooh (Free me now, please free me now, please hear me now) Come on Let’s do this thing called life, (yeah) Oh let’s try, oh let’s try (let’s try) (She’s my brother, my mother, my sister, my mother, my father, my mother) Let’s do this thing called life, oh let’s try Oooh let’s try (let’s try again, let’s try again) (She’s my brother, my sister, my mother, my father, my brother) Free me, yeah free me again, oh heal me again, free me, yeah heal me Yeah free me, baby heal me, now free me, now heal me baby (She’s my brother, my sister, my father, my mother, oh-oh-oh) Free me, now heal me, now free me, now heal me, now free me, now heal me Now free me, now heal me, now free me, now heal me, now free me, yeah heal me Now free me, now heal me, yeah free me, yeah heal me Let’s do this thing called life