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Don​`​t Take Them For Granted

by Alfi &The Journey

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DAYS ON THE ROAD Ebm / C# / Ab / B / Bbm / Ab / LYING IN MY BED GUITAR BY MY SIDE WISHING THAT YOU `D COME ON HOME I THOUGHT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE SAID AND I KNOW WHERE WE WENT WRONG THE LONG LONELY NIGHTS WE STAND ON THE STAGE AND YOU SPENT THEM AT HOME Bbm / C# / D#m / Abm / Bbm / B / CHORUS I LOST ALL THE LOVE I HAD FOR YOU I LOST IT OUT IN THE SUN THERE`S A COLD WIND BLOWING FOR THE LOAD WE TOWING FOR THOSE DAYS DAYS ON THE ROAD LYING IN MY BED WITH YOU BY MY SIDE WISHING THAT YOU `D ALWAYS BE THERE I THOUGHT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE SAID AND I KNOW WHERE WE WENT WRONG THE LONG LONELY NIGHTS WE DANCED ON THE STAGE AND YOU SPENT THEM AT HOME
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My Vanishing Home My home is vanishing It’s moving way too fast I struggle to swim big distances Across the sea. I use to pound the ice Just like my mother showed me I don`t have to do it anymore Because the ice is too thin My cold and lonely icy world Won’t be there any more How am I going to survive . When it all melts away x 2 I use to hide behind the camouflage snow humps When I hunted down my food for my survival My cousins they dying out They are now half as many Why is it happening so fast Is there anything that I can do Chorus
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Komhlaba Ukushisa kakhulu komhlaba we have to stop it somehow Iqhwa is melting and Amalahle are burning On a dark distant time in a land so close We are sleep walking to a point of no return Ukushisa kakhulu komhlaba we have to stop it somehow Iqhwa is melting and Amalahle are burning Sea levels are rising , coal power is burning izinto zokubasa ezimbiwa phansi transport And the days they getting so much warmer Climate Emergency we have to stop it somehow Ice is melting and coal are burning We must not be so reliant on fossil fuels And give renewable energy an exclusive attempt Climate Emergency we have to stop it somehow Ice is melting and coal are burning Do we really care , About what we leave our children Wind farms and solar power is at work But there is just not enough of it
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DON`T TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED UNGAZITHATHI KALULA I`M A HUMPBACK WHALE SWIMING IN THE SEA I THINK THE TRAWLER NETS ARE GONNA CATCH ME IN THE SEA I NOTICE THAT THE WATERS NOT AS CLEAN AS BE I`M A HUMPBACK WHALE SWIMING IN THE SEA I FEEL THE WATERS GETTING TO WARM FOR ME IN THE SEA I WORRY THAT THE WHALING MEN ARE COMIN AFTER ME CHORUS OUT OF NOWHERE AND THE WATER TOO VAST TO SEE SOMETHING MERGING THE WATER FROM THE GREAT BIG SEA WHALES FLOATING DOWN THE OCEAN SLOWLY STARING BACK AT ME CLEAR AS DAY EVERYDAY I WATCH THEM PLAY AND WATCH THEM SWAY IN THE GORGOUS OPEN SEA YOU CAN SEE THEM IN PACKS OF TWO , MY BREED WAS DYING NOW THEY STRONG THANKS TO YOU WHALES ARE BIG , WHALES ARE STOUT , WHALES THEY HUM ,THEY DON`T SHOUT . MIST SHOOTING OUT OF THEIR SPOUT AND DIVING INTO THE DEEP WATER. CHORUS SPOUT OF NOWHERE I WATCH THEM PLAY , WHALES IN THE WATER SINGING THEIR WHALING SONG WHALES RISING UP AND GOING DOWN , DEEP DEEP DEEP IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA IF YOU LOOK OUT THERE YOULL SEE THEM IN PACKS OF THREE LOOKING LIKE A WATERFALL UPSIDE DOWN
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Plastic country In The sea (GPGP) Plastic was fantastic Not so much no more It’s filling up our oceans It’s pushing at our door We say I’m only one It’s truly not my fault But it was only lots of ones That started this assault. GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH IT GOES BIGGER EVERYDAY GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH A PLASTIC COUNTRY IN THE SEA Plastic goes into our Ocean Ends up in the ocean Fish eat this plastic Then so do we. . . . Plastic’s in our food chain The solution must be Stop single use plastic And live to be free. CHORUS The laysan Albatross skim Surface to feed . . . Mistake floating plastic For the food that they need They fly great distances and They Feed chicks our chuck. . . Outa sight, outa mind Our poisonous muck. Chorus There are many more of theses islands And they have this garbage too You think that what you don`t see Won`t harm you too.
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In Time For A Crime We went overseas to get away too far everything was going well and you could easily tell We went to the blue city To check out the quality Went for a mountain hike They said its safe and nice CHORUS Morocco was a lovely place Never expected this to happen We went off seeking adventure Turned out not so well We were miles from anywhere With no one else around. We didn’t know what to do We just had to play it safe So we saw him coming past us. Looking odd and off centred He was nimble and quick Running down that mountain so quick. . All of a sudden, he was behind us Telling us to take some pictures He was after some money And what I gave was not enough CHORUS He had his knife out and asked for more We knew then we `re in trouble We had no weapons so we shouted He left alone for a while. Then say 20min went by Then he came back and wanted more. There still was no one around. We didn’t know what to do. Again, we shouted loud and louder
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Tasman Sea Slow it down Brother
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HYDROGEN CITIES HYDROGEN CITY WATER FROM THE SEA HYDROGEN CARS WATER INTO ENERGY` STANDING NOW ON A BIG FORK IN THE ROAD WE CAN GO ONE WAY OR WE CAN GO ANOTHER A VERY LONG TIME AGO WE MADE SOME CHOICES AND NOT A GOOD ONE CHORUS THE CLEANIST ENERGY OF ALL IS HYDRGEN FROM SOLAR . TECNOLOGIES NOW EXIST TO TURN SEAWATER INTO HYDROGEN. THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE ONLY THINKING SHORT TERM. THEY ARE DOING IT NOW CHORUS NO NEED FOR COAL NO MORE URANIUM NO NEED FOR OUR PLANET TO HEAT UP ANYMORE NO NEED FOR BAD AIR QUALITY, NO NEED FOR HIGH PRICES FOR ENERGY LET`S KEEP THIS ROLLING, MORE PRESSURE ON OUR GOVERNMENTS TO CHANGE 2050 IS TOO LATE , WE GOT THIS ONE PLANET LET`S KEEP IT CLEAN AND KEEP IT FLOUSHING CHORUS
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SMILE ON YOUR FACE EVERYONE IS SEARCHING FOR THE MISSING PIECE IN LIFE KEY TO UNLOCK THE DOOR STEAL BACK ALL LOST TIME SEARCHING, LOOKING ,RESTLESS SCANNING EVERY CREVICE LYING AWAKE AT NIGHT DREAMLESS , EMPTY PRESENCE YOUR BROKEN HEART FOR YEARS AND YEARS LET THE LAUGHTER FALL ONTO YOUR DEAF EARS CHORUS THE SMILE ON YOUR FACE CAN WEAVE THAT MAJIC MAKES YOU FORGET ALL THAT IS TRAGIC KEEPS OTHERS AROUND US ALL ECSTATIC HELPS US FORGET OUR WORRIES AND MADNESS HAPPINESS NOT ENOUGH NO JOY TO BE FELT EVERYONE IS SEARCHING TO HEAL THEMSELVES MEDICINE NOT ENOUGH NO KEY CAN BE TURNED GIVE US WHAT WE WANT GIVE WHAT WE YEARN WANT AN ILLUSION PERCEPTIONS DISTORTED SNOW QUEENS GLASS DROPPED AND SHATTERED CHORUS OPEN UP YOUR HEART EVERY PORE ABSORB THE LIGHT SWIM IN THE JOY CAST OFF THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT WALK IN THE SUNSHINE FLY HIGH IN THE SKY KNOW YOU ARE BOUNDLESS KNOW THAT NOTHING CAN DIE STEP FROM THE SHADOWS SING YOUR THROATS TOO SORE SMILE FOR ALL THE DAY LAUGH A BIT MORE CHORUS X 2 SMILE ON YOUR FACE EVERYONE IS SEARCHING FOR THE MISSING PIECE IN LIFE KEY TO UNLOCK THE DOOR STEAL BACK ALL LOST TIME SEARCHING, LOOKING ,RESTLESS SCANNING EVERY CREVICE LYING AWAKE AT NIGHT DREAMLESS , EMPTY PRESENCE YOUR BROKEN HEART FOR YEARS AND YEARS LET THE LAUGHTER FALL ONTO YOUR DEAF EARS CHORUS THE SMILE ON YOUR FACE CAN WEAVE THAT MAJIC MAKES YOU FORGET ALL THAT IS TRAGIC KEEPS OTHERS AROUND US ALL ECSTATIC HELPS US FORGET OUR WORRIES AND MADNESS HAPPINESS NOT ENOUGH NO JOY TO BE FELT EVERYONE IS SEARCHING TO HEAL THEMSELVES MEDICINE NOT ENOUGH NO KEY CAN BE TURNED GIVE US WHAT WE WANT GIVE WHAT WE YEARN WANT AN ILLUSION PERCEPTIONS DISTORTED SNOW QUEENS GLASS DROPPED AND SHATTERED CHORUS OPEN UP YOUR HEART EVERY PORE ABSORB THE LIGHT SWIM IN THE JOY CAST OFF THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT WALK IN THE SUNSHINE FLY HIGH IN THE SKY KNOW YOU ARE BOUNDLESS KNOW THAT NOTHING CAN DIE STEP FROM THE SHADOWS SING YOUR THROATS TOO SORE SMILE FOR ALL THE DAY LAUGH A BIT MORE CHORUS X 2
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Don`t Take them For Granted is about about how close we are to the tipping point and not enough is being done . this mainly because of greed and power by a tiny proportion of us. The rest of the album has a happy song , our great Tasman Sea ,an an incident in Morocco so enjoy.

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released October 7, 2020

Dave Jensen , Claire Hollander, and Ty Hodges

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