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Some folks put on airs
They say they just don't care
Others never think and
They'll quit you in a blink.
But me I'll never leave you
'Cause I know what you are feeling
For I'm just an average Cosmic Being
I'm just an average Cosmic being.
You can shoot for the stars
Or steer your ship to Mars
But you'll have to keep on searching
To unravel life's real meaning.
But me I've got a plan
To find out what I can,
For I'm just an average Cosmic Being
I'm just an average Cosmic being.
When all is said and done
Life's more than just a circus.
I hope that you'll agree that
we're living for a higher purpose
But me, I've made my mind up
To seek and never give up
For I'm just an average Cosmic Being
I'm just an average Cosmic being.
You can say I'm just an average Cosmic Being.
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We don't need no billionaires,
Zillionaies or trillionaires,
What we need is love, sweet love.
How much does one person need?
I'm talking of need and not of greed
I think there's just got to be a limit.
We're traveling together on a tiny green planet,
Let's make it work for everyone on it.
I think it's time to set the record straight.
We don't need no billionaires,
Zillionaies or trillionaires,
What we need is love, sweet love.
We don't need your philanthropy
We're the human society.
We can decide want we need together.
We don't want you to buy our elections,
Make us follow your selections.
Our own choices will turn out so much better.
Chorus: We don't need no...
The billionaire over there saying
I create the wealth; I create the jobs
Without me you would all starve.
Well, wait a minute mister,
We're fixing your car, shining your shoes
Teaching your kids, growing your food.
Building your plush little world.
Chorus: We don't need no.....
There's one more thing I've got to say,
Cooperation's the name of the game,
Selfish grabbing, oh, that's so lame, Mr. Billionaire.
Chorus: We don't need no...
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Wake up now from your deep, deep slumber.
The gloomy night is just about over.
The new dawn brings new day.
Get ready it’s coming your way.
Let's travel to eternity,
with all our minds in harmony.
We are part of the Cosmic Soul
like all in one and one in all.
Melodies make a symphony
as the rivers flow to the sea.
We will merge with the universe
In pure joy we will immerse.
The earth, the sea, the sky and stars
echo to my guitar
and in the corridors of time
we'll all dance Divine.
Wake up now from your deep, deep slumber.
The gloomy night is just about over.
The new dawn brings new day.
Get ready it’s coming your way
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Stay With Me Endlessly
02:40
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When I look into your eyes
I can see the moon arise
When I gaze into your face
I fly across time and space
Stay with me endlessly
We'll fly until eternity
Let's jump into the inner light
We'll chase the darkness of the night
We'll run beside a deep blue see
A gentle wind will set us free
Stay with me endlessly
We'll fly until eternity
We'll listen to a sound divine
We'll feel the bliss one more time
We'll gaze upon the setting sun
We'll share our joy with everyone
Stay with me endlessly
We'll fly until eternity
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We don’t need no corporations (do we?)
We don’t need no exploitation (do we?)
We want our right to live and Thrive
Just as long as we’re alive
We don’t need no corporations (do we!)
I can vote for the president but not the boss
that’s not democracy and that’s my loss
Here’s something better, you’ll one day agree
Let’s run everything cooperatively.
Let the workers in a place guide their fate
Let’s give them a voice, give them a stake.
They’ll become the owners and managers too
Prosperity will flow to me and you.
That’s why:
We don’t need no corporations (do we?)
We don’t need no exploitation (do we?)
We want our rights to live and Thrive
Just as long as we’re alive
We don’t need no corporations (do we!)
It’s time to sweep the traders from the temple, let’s do it.
Give the boot to the wheeler-dealers, let’s do it.
Let’s watch the power of cooperation
Open the door to our liberation.
We don’t need no corporations, now do we.
We don’t need no exploitation, now do we.
We want our right to live and thrive
Just as long as we're alive
We don't want no corporations, do ww?
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Hope on the Horizon
02:36
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When I look around at the good things to be found
Then I understand that we are glory bound, because
There is hope on the horizon, hope on the horizon
Hope on the Horizon, hope on the horizon
Hope on the Horizon for humanity
Feel the morning sunshine, catch a gentle breeze
Listen to the children singing pretty melodies
And you’ll hear hope on the horizon,
Hope on the Horizon, hope on the horizon
Hope on the Horizon, hope on the horizon for you and me
Whatever lies before us, together we will face
You know we’ve got the strength of the entire human race
That’s why there’s hope on the horizon, hope on the horizon
Hope on the Horizon, hope on the horizon
Hope on the Horizon for humanity
So, lend a helping hand, pitch in what you can
We’re gonna show the world that we’ve got a plan
And there’s
Hope on the Horizon, hope on the horizon
Hope on the Horizon, hope on the horizon for you and me
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You've Got to Move On
02:23
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When you lie a lump
Your fate lies sleeping
Get up and move on and stop the weeping
Sit up and get up your fate will awake
Move on, Move on Let’s make the word shake.
With the Sweat on your brow like diamonds on a crown
You’ve got to move on, you’ve got to move on
Leave the dark age behind, hold your fate in your hand
Move on, move on, it’s time to make your stand.
No need to check the stars or look in a mirror,
Your future is bright, your future is bright
Get up and move on, let’s set things right.
We’re gonna change the world, let’s start it tonight.
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I was talking to a young friend the other day
About the world and where it’s heading.
He looked all around at the things going down,
He looked at me and then he said, he said:
“Everybody hates capitalism
Everybody hates exploitation
Everybody loves cooperation
Let’s put an end to this frustration.”
Anything more bothering you?
He said:
“We’re working like slaves for corporate owners
Never knowing when our time is up,
We’re thrown out of work when a glitch hits the system
And then we become innocent victims.”
Tell me more!
“No one likes to see children starving,
No one likes to hear a bully boasting
No one likes to see the good crushed
No one likes their voices being hushed, oh yeah
A few get rich and move ahead
Yet millions stagnate, nearly dead
Some places get splendid amenities
Others lack basic facilities
Private wealth is glorified,
But public needs are crucified
Corruption and elitism rule the land
Kindness and wisdom are buried in the sand.”
That’s why
“Everybody hates capitalism
Everybody hates exploitation
Everybody loves cooperation
Let’s put an end to this frustration.”
Well, what are you going to do about it.
He looked at me again and said
“We’re gonna replace it sooner or later
With something fairer, something greater
We’re all fed up with the same old, same old.
We need something new, something bold
Let’s build a world for our children’s, children
It’s time to liberate the earth’s billions.”
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It's a strange, strange world that we live in
One becomes many and many become one
It's a dance of Shiva and Shakti
weaving the fabric of the world
Unravel the thread, unravel the mystery
Become one with the weaver
Unravel the thread, unravel the mystery
And float on the waves of bliss.
Float on the waves of bliss
‘cause we're moving along through time and space
Not sure where we are going
We’re moving along from place to place
As the river of life keeps flowing
This great big world is a sound stage
many sounds becoming one
listen to the sound, merge in the sound
float on the waves of bliss
listen to the sound, merge in the sound
float on the waves of bliss
listen to the sound, merge in the sound
float on the waves of bliss
float on the waves of bliss
Solo Section:
Verse 1 is repeated after the solo.
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Baba Nam Kevalam 2022
04:00
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Baba Nam Kevalam
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Dada Veda Urbana, Illinois
Dada Veda is a singer-songwriter, yoga-meditation teacher and author.
His music merges
the wisdom of yoga with folk, rock and world music. He has released eight albums and two singles.
Dada performs at cafes, clubs, yoga studios and retreats and does livestreams on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook and SessionsLive.com
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