Best of Rich 2020

She's still got the scars from
being the foreign one
From being the one that the others could prey on
it made her a traveller
And made her a hard one
It sent her in search of somewhere she'd be welcome

And through all her travels
This thread keeps on going
The fabric unravels
The threads come unwoven 
And all of the wanderings
they bring her on back to here….

I still got the scars
From being the other
From being the kid with the red hair and temper
It made me a fighter
It works for a while but
you dream of the freedom and travelling lighter

I long for the ocean
The wide open spaces
The sun on the water
I'm dreaming of places
Of warmth and of beauty
Where everyone's welcome
This world is a factory
It should be a garden

Doesn't matter where you're from you belong here - earthling

She's still got the scars from
From being the foreign one
She'll take herself off and she'll hide in the corner
It works for a while but
You find in the long run
You long for a life that's little bit warmer

Each land's been invaded
And people have settled
And made it their homeland
Where is the threshold?
We've all been outsiders
We've all been excluded
Everything here on this earth's been uprooted

Doesn't matter where you're from you belong here - earthling

Earthling

Come sit quietly now, and do what you're told
There's no-one to hear you - there's no-one to hold
No-one to hold a space to let your fears unfold
So you sit quietly now and do what you're told

Ink and paper - black and white
No-one's coming to save you - no end in sight
And no-one's gonna come make it all alright 
So you sit quietly now, keep it all inside

Sit quietly now, and do what you're told
There's no-one to hear you
There's no-one to hold
No-one to hold a space to let the fear unfold
So you sit quietly now and do what you're told

Thoughts so ugly, who could love me,
Made your bed now sleep in it
Tears are running down my bloody face
Starving hungry, must be some way
I can let you, help me out,
Let your kindness soften my disgrace

Everything that brought me to your knees
showed me only what I had to see
it turned you into who I’m meant to be
Every river runs into sea

And you can sit quietly now - you're held and safe
There's love all around you now
No price to pay
And now you've made it through the darkness to the day
You can sit quietly now - you found your way

Sit Quietly

I got electricity that's shooting out my fingertips 
feel it when I walk into the room
I got sexuality that's bending all of space and time 
Find the world revolves around me too

The elixir of life - the elixir of life
I got the the goddam font of youth with me tonight
The elixir of life - the elixir of life
it's coursing through my veins
I'm set to set the world alight

I been every hole you ever sold your soul to leave behind
I been broken down and left to die
I tried every way to shake the naked devil off your back
Can you see the twinkle in my eye

The elixir of life - the elixir of life
I got the the goddam font of youth in me tonight
The elixir of life - the elixir of life
I feel it's coursing through my veins
I'm setting everything alight

I got on top and
Ain’t gonna stop
Ain’t gonna stop now - no
I crashed out
I’m back now
Bringing something to the light

The elixir of life - the elixir of life
I got the the goddam font of youth in me tonight
The elixir of life - the elixir of life
I feel it's coursing through my veins
I'm set to set the world alight

Elixir Of Life

v1:
MY friend he said to me
He’d learned this vital lesson he
Could hand the others over and be quietly at peace
And I just felt this pang of jealousy,
Cause I’ve never found the way to be
Safe and free from other people’s stuff,
The way I’d like to be
I wanna learn to simply say...

Chorus
It's ok if some people don't like me
It's ok if some people are wrong
It's ok if some people get angry
I don't have to control everyone
It's ok if some people are struggling
Sometimes struggles have taught me the best
And each one of these can be wonderful things
If I stay on my side of the fence

v2
. There is a line that shows what’s mine
And it runs between me
And the other person and it shows me that my property
Is my feelings and my needs,
And my old stories and my beliefs,
And all my values, and my longings,
All my hopes and dreams and preferences,
The world outside of this is 
not my problem or my business...

Chorus

Br
MY side of the fence it can be thorny
Always work here for me, 
To separate the present from the past
To hear the longings in my heart
But when I’m grounded in my place
I can tell them to their face
The way I truly feel today
….And then they run away XD

Oh happy day cause it’s….

Chorus:

Some People Don't Like Me

We spent two hundred thousand years 
in a close-knit tribal structure
Now I'm always longing for the warmth
Spend a couple aeons free 
From the clock or fences facing 
you might wanna cast those shackles off
Cause here we are...

Chorus:
In world that… no-one fits in
And we've all been there, 
feeling like we don't belong so when
I take a leap and… show how I'm different
Everyone gets it
And then anyone can see that we are...
wondering a world where we're all different
and we've all felt it
like there must be something wrong with me
But when I share how
I feel I don't fit in - everyone's been there 
And then anyone can see that we are one

Did you ever, growing up, 
feel like you were on the outside
In your school or in your family home?
Did you ever wonder why 
others seemed to know the ropes?
Did it feel like it was you alone?
Just wanna say, so many people felt that way,

Chorus

Rebellious humanity - we rarely sing in harmony
Fighting against that feeling that there's something wrong
but can't you see the irony?
I tell you it's not lost on me 
that what we have in common is that 
we all thought we were alone

Chorus

Elixir Of Life

Rich Waring