Harvey Andrews - Spring Again (1994)
1. Youth in Age
2. Wheels
3. Spring Again
4. Liberation
5. Song for Anne Frank
6. Friends Till Then
7. You Get Back
8. One Machine
9. The Way We Lived Then
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 1 Artist - Harvey Andrews
Song - Youth In Age
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAPO:: 4th Fret
[Intro]
G D C G/B Em
[Verse 1]
D
Once I was part of the music I heard
C D Em
On the bough, or sweet between earth and sky
D
For joy of the beating of wings on high
C Bm Em G
My heart shot into the breast of the bird
[Verse 2]
D B7
I hear it now and I see it fly
Em
A life in wrinkles, again is stirred
G Am
My heart shoots into the breast of the bird
C Bm Em
As it will for sheer love 'till the last long sigh
[Instrumental]
Em D C D
Em D C D Em
G D B7
Em Am C D Em
[Verse 3]
D
Once I was part of the music I heard
C D Em
On the bough, or sweet between earth and sky
D
For joy of the beating of wings on high
C Bm Em G
My heart shot into the breast of the bird
[Verse 4]
D B7
I hear it now and I see it fly
Em
A life in wrinkles, again is stirred
G Am
My heart shoots into the breast of the bird
C Bm Em
As it will for sheer love 'till the last long sigh
G Am
My heart shoots into the breast of the bird
C Bm Em C Em
As it will for sheer love 'till the last long sigh
[Outro]
Em
D C D Em
D C D Em
D C D Em
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 2 Artist - Harvey Andrews
Song - Wheels
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAPO:: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
G C G C
G C G D
[Verse 1]
G Em
I raised my son the Eighties way
C D
I never let him rest a day
C D G C G D
I said, "Wasting time can only lead to losing
G Em
When you're a man you'll be my son
C D
And I've never lost, I’ve always won
C D G C G
There are those who serve and those who do the choosing"
[Chorus]
Em
And I said, "Always fight, don't lose face
C
Always lead, never chase
A
No one knows the second place
D C D
So hurt and bleed, but win the race"
[Verse 2]
G Em
He was number one in every school
C D
He couldn't stand a wimp or fool
C D G C G D
Or anyone who dribble-drooled of caring
G Em
And he won the prizes, he won the fame
C D
Till everybody knew his name
C D G C G F
And they loved him for his devil-may-care daring
[Verse 3]
G Em
And I liked his taste, I liked his style
C D
And I knew that in a little while
C D G C G D
He'd begin to use his charm and guile to make it
G Em
He'd be the boss man of this town
C D
He’d let nobody push him down
C D G C G
He'd be the hardest, and the toughest and he'd take it
[Chorus]
Em
And I said, "Always fight, don't lose face
C
Always lead, never chase
A
No one knows the second place
D C D
So hurt and bleed, but win the race"
[Verse 4]
G Em
So when he passed the big exam
C D
I was proud he came, the Big I Am
C D G C G D
I could see he didn't give a damn who thought it
G Em
And I said it’s time you had your wheels
C D
So you can see how power feels
C D G C G
So I found the best and the fastest, and I bought it
[Verse 5]
C
In his sports car and designer jeans
G Em
He played the king of all the teens
Am C D G D C
And he soon found out, money means, best label
G Em
And the girls he had wore sweet perfume
C D
Their scent still lingered in his room
C D G C G
In the morning, he'd just smile across the table
{Instrumental]
Em C A
D G D G C
[Verse 6]
G Em
Then last week in a country lane
C D
In darkness and in pouring rain
C D G C G D
A young kid must have been insane to try him
G Em
In a clapped out Ford with white-walled tyres
C D
His chiming horn lit my son's fires
C D G C G
As he flashed his beams and tried to roar on by him
[Verse 7]
C
And like the man I knew he'd be
G Em
My son chose to disagree
Am C D G D C
And they raced together fast to see who'd weaken
G Em
And just as my son pulled ahead
C D
A white-walled tyre lost its tread
C D G C G
And the two cars locked as flames became their beacon
[Chorus]
Em
And I said, "Always fight, don't lose face
C
Always lead, never chase
A
No one knows the second place
D C D
So hurt and bleed, but win the race____"
[Verse 8]
G Em
I raised my son the Eighties way
C D
I never let him rest a day
C D G C G D
I said, "Wasting time can only lead to losing
G Em
When you're a man you'll be my son
C D
And I've never lost, I’ve always won
C D G C G
There are those who serve and those who do the choosing"
C D G C G
I know I was right to make him so afraid of losing
C D G
Because there are those who serve and those who do the choosing
[Outro]
Em C A D (3x)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 3 Artist - Harvey Andrews
Song - Spring Again
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAPO:: 6th Fret
[Intro]
Am F G Am
[Verse 1]
F Am
Forty years of winter, we never saw the sun
G F
We never smiled at strangers, or talked to anyone
G
For there were walls between us, so no one came too near
Am G
And who knows who'd have seen us, we never lost that fear
Am F
We bowed our heads in silence, we all lived by their law
Am G
They ruled us with their violence and the knock upon the door
F G
We clung to hope with sorrow, tried not to hear the screams
Am D
Tomorrow and tomorrow, but still we had our dreams
[Verse 2]
G C
Of spring again, the first we'd see
A D
Of spring again, when we'd be free
B7 Em
The tales we'd tell of how we'd stand
A D
As tyrants fell, across our land
G C
Let Spring return once more to Prague
A D
Take down the wall, disarm the guard
B7 Em
It's time to sing our long lost song
A D
They said was dead, they said was wrong
G C
Let Spring return, let playwrights rule
A D
Let poets rhyme the sins of fools
G C
Let Spring begin in Bucharest
A D C
And in Berlin, let Spring begin
[Instrumental]
C7 Am E Am F G Am
[Verse 3]
F
Then we heard the whispers, they echoed on the wind
Am G
We stood in darkened corners where the posters had been pinned
F G
Someone said "Together", someone said "We may"
Am G
Someone said "No, never", then someone said "Today"
Am F
So suddenly it happened, we never stopped to think
Am G
We filled the square with people before the guards could blink
F G
They lost their day forever when they washed the stones with blood
Am D
The people were a river, then the river was a flood
[Verse 4]
G C
It's Spring again, the first we'll see
A D
It's Spring again, and we are free
B7 Em
The Summer calls, but we must stand
A D
As tyrants fall, across our land
G C
Let Spring return once more to Prague
A D
Take down the wall, disarm the guard
B7 Em
It's time to sing our long lost song
A D
They said was dead, they said was wrong
G C
It's Spring again, the playwright rules
A D
The poet rhymes the sins of fools
G C
Let Spring begin in Bucharest
A D C
And in Berlin, let Spring begin____
[Outro]
Am E Am F G
A
Let Spring begin
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 4 Artist - Harvey Andrews
Song - Liberation
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAPO: 3rd Fret
[Intro]
Am F Am F Am
[Verse 1]
F Am
He saw them coming through the Berlin Wall
F Am
And there were tears in his eyes
G F
He'd never thought he'd see that concrete fall
E7 Am
He felt their joy and their surprise
F Am
He saw them walking past the border guard
F Am
He saw them wonder at their gain
G F
But deep inside he knew that every yard
E7
They walked towards another pain
Am F Am F Am
That needed liberation
[Verse 2]
F Am
He saw them in the Ku Dam shop and store
F Am
With freedom money in their hands
G F
Soon it was gone but still they wanted more
E7 Am
To take back to their Motherland
F Am
He saw her move towards a pair of jeans
F Am
He saw him move towards a bar
G F
But as they neither of them had the means
E7
He knew they'd travelled much too far
Am F Am F G
Away from liberation
[Verse 3]
F
He'd been on the treadmill every day
G
He'd been the model employee
F
He'd built the miracle, but now he'd say
Bm
Where is the miracle for me?
C
He owed the bank, he owed the corner store
D
He owed the college, owed the town
G
Since shaking hands they'd showed him to the door
E7 Am F Am F Am
And then they'd closed his office down
[Verse 4]
F Am
He saw them coming through the Berlin Wall
F Am
And there were tears in his eyes
G F
He'd never thought he'd see that concrete fall
E7 Am
He felt their joy and their surprise
F Am
But as they came to roll those stones away
F Am
With all their hopes and all their dreams
G F
He knew that day was not the time to say
E7
Freedom is never what it seems
Am F Am
We all need liberation
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 5 Artist - Harvey Andrews
Song - Song For Anne Frank
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
G C D
G C G
[Verse 1]
C D
Come, lock the door up tight, the night's for sleeping
G
Hiding in the dark, no light must show
C D
And did you paste up pictures of your heroes?
G
To ask of them the answers they don't know
[Verse 2]
Em C D
Cowboy kings who wore the white of freedom
A7 D Em
Where were they to save you from the flame?
C
The yellow star would never shine like silver
D A7 D
And the Sheriff would soon learn to live with shame
[Instrumental]
G C D
G C G
[Verse 3]
C D
There was no help for children in the shadows
G
Who never knew the meaning of their pain
C
The reasons give no answers to the questions
D G
And now the circle brings them round again
[Verse 4]
Em C D
I pause inside your room and wait for whispers
A7 D
An echo of a voice that calls your name
Em C
To tell you that the world still welcomes lovers
D A7 D
But the headlines for the news are still the same
Em D
They're still the same, still the same
Em C D G
Still the same, still the same
[Instrumental]
G C D G C G
G C D G C G
[Verse 5]
C D
And hidden in the diary they are selling
G
You offer me a mirror for today
C
In which I see the image of tomorrow
D G Em
And I stare awhile, then turn, and walk away
C D C D C G
Walk away, walk away
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 6 Artist - Harvey Andrews
Song - Friends Till Then
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
G B7 Em C
G D7 G
[Chorus]
C
Have I really known you such a long, long time?
G Em
How we both have grown as the years have flown
A7 D
Now we're in our prime
G C A7
Have I really known you since way back when?
G A
Through the curves and bends, till the long road ends
D G F
We'll be friends till then
[Verse 1]
C G Dm7
'I am a rock, I am an island', was the creed
C G F
I am myself, I am alone
C G Em
No chance of anybody planting any seed
C F D7
No roots could rest on solid stone
[Chorus]
G C
Have I really known you such a long, long time?
G Em
How we both have grown as the years have flown
A7 D
Now we're in our prime
G C A7
Have I really known you since way back when?
G A
Through the curves and bends, till the long road ends
D G F
We'll be friends till then
[Verse 2]
C G Dm7
I've known you up, I've known you down, I've known you mad
C G F
I've known you right, I've known you wrong
C G Em
But when I'm dark it's always colour that you add
C F D7
And a harmony for every song
[Instrumental]
G C
G Em A7 D G
C A7 G A G F
[Verse 3]
C G Dm7
It isn't easy to believe in love today
C G F
Too many woes, too many wars
C G Em
But when the greedy and the great get in my way
C F D7
The hand I'm reaching for is yours
[Chorus]
G C
Guess I've really known you such a long, long time?
G Em
How we both have grown as the years have flown
A7 D
Now we're in our prime
G C A7
Yes, I've really known you since way back when?
G A
Through the curves and bends, till the long road ends
D G B7 Em C
We'll be friends till then
G A
Through the curves and bends, till the long road ends
C G F C G
We'll be friends till then
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 7 Artist - Harvey Andrews
Song - You Get Back (What You Put In)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAPO:: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
C G E7 A7 D G
[Verse 1]
G
You get back what you put in
C G
So don't take out, if you must borrow
C G
What you need will come tomorrow
A7 D
What you want may have to wait
[Verse 2]
G
And don't waste time, it can't be bought
C G
Don't spend your dreams on what they're selling
C G E7
Close your ears to all their yelling
A7 D G
And you'll get back what you put in
[Verse 3]
C G
My old man said, it's only gold
D G
And there is more to life than labour
C G
There's so much more you can savour
A7 D
So many roles you can play
[Verse 4]
G
And you get back what you put in
C G
So don't take out, if you must borrow
C G
What you need will come tomorrow
A7 D
What you want may have to wait
[Verse 5]
G
And don't waste time, it can't be bought
C G
Don't spend your dreams on what they're selling
C G E7
Close your ears to all their yelling
A7 D G
And you'll get back what you put in
[Verse 6]
C
My old man said, there's joy in life
D
There's joy in love, there's joy in giving
C G
If you make wealth your goal for living
A7 D
Then you'll miss out on all the rest
[Verse 7]
G
'Cause you get back what you put in
C G
So don't take out, if you must borrow
C G
What you need will come tomorrow
A7 D
What you want may have to wait
[Verse 8]
G
And don't waste time, it can't be bought
C G
Don't spend your dreams on what they're selling
C G E7
Close your ears to all their yelling
A7 D G
And you'll get back what you put in
[Instrumental]
C G E7 A7 D G
[Verse 9]
G
Yes, you get back what you put in
C G
So don't take out, if you must borrow
C G
What you need will come tomorrow
A7 D
What you want may have to wait
[Verse 10]
G
And don't waste time, it can't be bought
C G
Don't spend your dreams on what they're selling
C G E7
Close your ears to all their yelling
A7 D G
And you'll get back what you put in
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 8 Artist - Harvey Andrews
Song - One Machine
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
C F C G
[Verse 1]
C F
Dear sir, in answer to your letter
C
Our position is no better
G
We have but one machine
C F
And though you're in a weak condition
C
We can't alter our position
G C
We have but one machine
[Chorus]
F
You'll understand how hard we try
G C
Though charities help us to buy
F
We have but one machine
But as your situation’s grave
G C
Perhaps you have some money saved
G
To buy your own machine?
[Verse 2]
C F
Our panel gave consideration
C
To your urgent application
G
For use of our machine
C F
But we'd just had a motion carried
C
Any person still unmarried
G C
Can't use our machine
[Instrumental]
C F C G
C F C G
[Chorus]
F
You'll understand how hard we try
G C
Though charities help us to buy
F
We have but one machine
But as your situation’s grave
G C
Perhaps you have some money saved
G
To buy your own machine?
[Verse 3]
C
As there are hundreds more like you
F C
It's very hard to choose the few
G
To use our one machine
C
We're hoping soon for further gains
F C
But at this time the fact remains
G C
We have but one machine
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 9 Artist - Harvey Andrews
Song - The Way We Lived Then
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAPO:: 4th Fret
[Intro]
Em D Em D
[Verse 1]
Em D
Caviar on the table, Champagne in the glass
Em D
We laughed and we jeered at the poor working class
Em D
We drank to their ruin, we drank to their shame
G B7
We pissed on their problems, said they were to blame
Em D
Oh, the way we lived then, the way we lived then
Em
The way we lived then
[Verse 2]
Em D
Jason wore braces and slicked his hair down
Em D
Ben had the number of each deb in town
Em D
I was a member of every new club
G B7
And I used my gold card to pay every sub
Em D
For the way we lived then, the way we lived then
Em
The way we lived then
[Chorus]
D
Oh, the way we lived then
Em
Selling Deutschmark or Yen
D
Never thinking of where did it come from
C B7
How long would it last us, or when
Em D
Would we all have to pay for this mad holiday
G D
For the Porsche and the Rolls that were our only goals
B7
Me and Jason and Ben
Em D Em D
Oh, the way we lived then
[Verse 3]
Em D
Jason met Sarah, a girl in P.R.
Em D
They had a white wedding, all paid for by Pa
Em D
Borrowed a fortune to buy their first pad
G B7
It was two hundred K, but then prices were mad
Em D
The way we lived then, the way we lived then
Em
The way we lived then
[Verse 4]
Em D
Jason said, three years, we'll sell and move on
Em D
Then suddenly, we turned and Maggie was gone
Em D
Ben said, don't worry, she's schooled them all well
G B7
So, we drank to the sending of a message to hell
Em D
Oh, the way we lived then, the way we lived then
Em
The way we lived then
[Chorus]
D
Oh, the way we lived then
Em
Selling Deutschmark or Yen
D
Never thinking of where did it come from
C B7
How long would it last us, or when
Em D
Would we all have to pay for this mad holiday
G D
For the Porsche and the Rolls that were our only goals
B7
Me and Jason and Ben
Em D Em D
Oh, the way we lived then
[Verse 5]
Em D
Sarah got pregnant, then Jason got fired
Em D
Ben took a pay cut and I felt too tired
Em D
Burnt out at thirty and sacked on the day
G B7
The repo man took my red Roller away
Em D
Oh, the way we lived then, the way we lived then
Em
The way we lived then
[Instrumental]
Em D Em D Em D C B7
[Verse 6]
Em D
Now there's bread on the table and beer in the glass
Em D
But it's merely a set back for breeding and class
Em D
Monopoly money means 'always pass go'
G B7
And we'll surely pass you if you're going too slow
Em D
And we'll live it again, the way we lived then
Em
We'll live it again
[Chorus]
D
Yes, we'll live it again
Em
Selling Deutschmark or Yen
D
Only this time we'll know where it comes from
C B7
We'll know how to keep it, and then
Em D
We'll make someone else pay for our mad holiday
G D
For the Porsche and the Rolls that are our only goals
B7
Me and Jason and Ben
Em D
We'll live it again
Em D
The way we lived then
Em D Em D Em D Em D Em
We'll live it again