Whenever you don't want to bow down
to the gods that the people bow down to
Those that have some kind of power
they want to make it difficult for you
They may have some control over your job
or some control over your money
or some control over some aspect of your life
or some control over some desire
that you want to have full feel
And they stand there, telling you
unless you bow down you won't get this
you won't do that, and most of you will bow down
You give in
You don't have to bow down
to nothing you don't want to bow down to

Somebody has to help you
get control of your life and your destiny again

So you're thinking that it's over
You're coming of another put down
You feel the world is on your shoulders
And no love around

You say you're in for stormy weather
The sun tucked away behind the clouds
Can't seem to get your thing together
Can't get turned down

There's a reason for the madness
Somebody's got to tell you
it seems all hope is gone
There's one thing you might miss
hold on

Never know what's in store for you
Never know what dream just might come true
Hold on, you'll see a brighter day
Just hold on and I'll show you the way

You, hold on
Hold on
Hold on

Tell me if you still think what the people say
Makes a difference
when they've never walked a mile
in our shoes anyway
Can't let them stop
our dreams from coming true
Wake up and find that the spirit lives in you

You've got to hold on

With every dark cloud, there's a silver lining
You just hold on and I know you're going to find it
No heaven, baby must know the hell
We've been holding back, but now we're going to tell

See with every word I say
Deep down you better know that I believe
When I feel left out
and feel all hope is gone
I just put it in and get lost in song

I think I'm going to hold on
Hold on, Hold on

Charlatan, it ain't over
Charlatan, you can cry on my shoulder
Charlatan, there's a love today
Charlatan, I know the way

Come on, come on with me
Come on, I'll set you free, set you free

I know the things you've lost
I know the things and I've paid the cost

You know, I look around today
And I remember when things weren't this way
When you walked outside, there wasn't a war
It was alright to just walk down to the store

For some reason, we let fear get the best of us
I'm trying to open a book, it's time to discuss
How to make things better, how to make things alright
I'm going to stay right here if it takes all night

Can't you feel
that somebody really loves you?
If I didn't love you, why would I bother to suffer
what I've suffer
My life hangs in the balance, it ain't about money
Cause I can make all the money that I wanted to
with all of the talent that I got
And there would be a whole lot of people
who would give me a whole lot of money
if I shut my mouth and go singing, or playing my violin

It's not about money, it's about human life
It's not about money, it's about human beings being free
to grow, and develop so that the Earth
may be a made better place for all of us to live on
It's not about money

Somebody has to help you get control of your life
and your destiny again

Dear to me, and dear to you



Mtpa