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07 Mar 03 - 12:53 PM (#905396) Subject: Lyr Add: JACOB'S LADDER (NOT IN MY NAME) (Chumba- From: GUEST Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name) (chumbawamba) Jacob's ladder Like the Sermon on the mountain says dumber got dumb Hellfire and brimstone swapped for oil and guns When we're pushing up daisies we all look the same In the name of the Father, maybe, but not in my name On this Jacob's ladder, the only way up is down One step from disaster, two to make the higher ground Jacob's ladder And they sent him to the wars to be slain, to be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain A million lifetimes left dying in the sun In the streets down in Whitehall, dogs pickin' at the bones Nine eleven got branded, nine eleven got sold And there'll be no one left to water all the seeds you sowed On this Jacob's ladder, the only way up is down One step from disaster, two to make the higher ground Jacob's ladder And they sent him to the wars to be slain, to be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain, to be slain And they sent him to the wars to be slain On this Jacob's ladder, the only way up is down One step from disaster, two to make the higher ground On this Jacob's ladder, the only way up is down One step from disaster, two to make the higher ground Jacob's ladder Puppy dog leader sooner or later We'll dig up your cellar and try you for murder (Repeats) |
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10 Mar 03 - 05:07 PM (#906821) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Jacob's Ladder (Not In My Name) From: Joe Offer Interesting song. Click here for a Chumbawamba Website that will help put things in context. There's an MP3 of the song on the site, too. -Joe Offer- |
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10 Mar 03 - 05:34 PM (#906843) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Jacob's Ladder (Not In My Name) From: *daylia* The light-hearted musical style makes the 'medicine' a bit easier to swallow anyway. I like it! Thanks GUEST, and for the link Joe. daylia |
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10 Mar 03 - 08:39 PM (#906967) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Jacob's Ladder (Not In My Name) From: GUEST,Q Not to be confused with the old (pre-Civil War) Negro spiritual, "Jacob's Ladder" (See Cleveland Index) in Allen (Slave Songs, 1867), Dett, Fenner, Johnson and others. Versions bowdlerized by Seegar are in the DT. |
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10 Mar 03 - 08:53 PM (#906976) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Jacob's Ladder (Not In My Name) From: masato sakurai For another song with the same title, see Origin: Jacob's Vision. |
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11 Mar 03 - 02:16 PM (#907549) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Jacob's Ladder (Not In My Name) From: Folkiedave Can I put in a shameless plug for Holmfirth Festival where Chumbawamba will be apppearing on the Sunday night with the Duncan MacFarlane band in support. Tickets £15.00. Dave |