1. KING'S CALL

It was a rainy night the night the king went down
Everybody was crying it seemed like sadness had surrounded the town
Me I went to the liquor store and I bought a bottle of wine and a bottle of gin
I played his records all night, drinking with a close, close friend

Now some people say that that ain't right, and some people say nothing at all
But even in the darkest of night, you can always hear the king's call
You can always hear the king's call

Well they put him away in Memphis, six feet beneath the clay
Everybody was crying, everybody said it was a plain grey day

Me I went to the liquor store and I bought another bottle of wine and another bottle of gin
I played his records all night and I got drunk all over again

Now some people say that that ain't right, that ain't right
And some people say nothing at all, I say nothing
But even in the darkest of night, you could always hear the king's call
You could always hear the king's call

I wonder if you're lonesome tonight and I'd rather go on hearing your lies
Than to go on living without you

Now some people say that that ain't right and some people say nothing at all I say nothing
But even in the darkest of night, you could always hear the king's call
You could always hear the king's call
You could always hear the king's call
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing here, they might as well bring the curtain down
I cried the night the king died.


2. ODE TO A BLACKMAN

If you see Stevie Wonder tell him I hear, if you hear Stevie Wonder tell him I see
I don't want no songs for plants, I want songs for me, I don't want no songs for plants
I want liberty living in the city

If you see the doctor tell him he's king, Dr. Martin Luther
If you see the doctor tell him he's still king, you too Muhammed Ali
But this bad black boy won't be blown away by anything
Yes this bad black boy won't be blown away by anything

There are people in this town that try to put me down, they say I don't give a damn
But the people in this town that try to put me down are the people in the town that could never understand a black man
Don't take it no more, don't take it no more, don't take it no more

There are people in the town that try to put me down, they say I don't give a damn, damn
But the people in the town that try to put me down are the people in the town that could never understand a black man
Don't take it no more

If you see Robert Johnson, you too Robert Marley, Robert Mugabe, now tell him I hear
If you see Malcom tell him I'm next, vexed
If you see Jimi, Jimi Hendrix
If you see my brothers tell them it's clear, I've been living on the wrong side
Now I hear, don't take it no more, I don't take it no more
Mr. Joshua Nkomo, don't take it no more
Jomo Kenyatta, oh no, don't take it no more
Haile Selassi, Rastafarian, don't take it no more
Professor Longhair, don't take it no more.