You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
But you must try, try and try, try and try
You'll succeed at last, mmh, yeah
Persecution you must fear
Win or lose you're about to get your share
Got your mind set on a dream
You can get it though hard it may seem now
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
But you must try, try and try, try and try
You'll succeed at last, I know it
Listen, Rome was not built in a day
Opposition will come your way
But the harder the battle, you see
Is the sweeter the victory now
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
But you must try, try and try, try and try
You'll succeed at last
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
But you must try, try and try, try and try
You'll succeed at last
(You can get it if you really want) I know it
(You can get it if you really want) don't I show it
(You can get it if you really want) don't give up now
(You can get it if you really want) keep on trying
Jimmy Cliff - Best of Album Lyrics
Jimmy Cliff - Best of Lyrics
Writer: JIMMY CLIFF
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Wild World
R E F R A I N :
Eh---yeah
wonderful world
beautiful people.
You and your girl things could be pretty.
But underneath this there is a secret.
That nobody can repeat.
Take a look
at the world
and the state that it's in today
I am sure you'll agree.
We all could make it a better way.
With our love put together.
Ev'rybody learn to love each other.
Instead of fussing and fighting
cheating but biting
scandalising and hating.
Baby we could have a
R E F R A I N :
Talkin' 'bout the wonderful world
beautiful people.
you and your girl things could be pretty.
But underneath this there is a secret.
That nobody can repeat.
Man and woman
girl and boy.
Let us try to give a helping hand.
This is know and I'm sure.
That the love we all could understand.
This is our world
can't you see ?
Everybody wants to live and be free.
Instead of fussing and fighting
cheating but biting
scandalising and hating.
Baby we could have a.
Eh---yeah
wonderful world
beautiful people.
You and your girl things could be pretty.
But underneath this there is a secret.
That nobody can repeat.
Take a look
at the world
and the state that it's in today
I am sure you'll agree.
We all could make it a better way.
With our love put together.
Ev'rybody learn to love each other.
Instead of fussing and fighting
cheating but biting
scandalising and hating.
Baby we could have a
R E F R A I N :
Talkin' 'bout the wonderful world
beautiful people.
you and your girl things could be pretty.
But underneath this there is a secret.
That nobody can repeat.
Man and woman
girl and boy.
Let us try to give a helping hand.
This is know and I'm sure.
That the love we all could understand.
This is our world
can't you see ?
Everybody wants to live and be free.
Instead of fussing and fighting
cheating but biting
scandalising and hating.
Baby we could have a.
Writer: Yusuf Islam
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Vietnam
Hey Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Yesterday I got a letter from my friend fighting in Vietnam
And this is what he had to say:
'Tell all my friends that I'll be coming home soon
My time'll be up some time in June
Don't forget', he said, 'to tell my sweet Mary
Her golden lips are sweet as cherry'
And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
It was just the next day his mother got a telegram
It was addressed from Vietnam
Now mistress Brown, she lives in the USA
And this is what she wrote and said:
'Don't be alarmed', she told me the telegram said
'But mistress Brown your son is dead'
And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam - hey - Vietnam
Somebody please stop that war now!
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam - oh
Vietnam, Vietnam - oh - Vietnam, oh oh oh oh - somebody please stop it
Vietnam, Vietnam - oh - Vietnam, Vietnam, oh oh oh oh
Vietnam - hey - Vietnam - aha - Vietnam - oh oh yeah
I wanna say now somebody stop that war - Vietnam ... - oh yeah, aha ...
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Many Rivers To Cross
Many rivers to cross
But I can't seem to find my way over
Wandering I am lost as I travel along
The white cliffs of Dover
Many rivers to cross and it's only my will
That keeps me alive
I've been licked, washed up for years and
I merely survive because of my pride.
But I can't seem to find my way over
Wandering I am lost as I travel along
The white cliffs of Dover
Many rivers to cross and it's only my will
That keeps me alive
I've been licked, washed up for years and
I merely survive because of my pride.
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
It's such a drag to be on your own
My woman left and she didn't say why
Well I guess I have to try.
Many rivers to cross but just where to begin
I'm playing for time
There'll be times I find myself thinking
Of committing some dreadful crime.
I've got many rivers to cross
But I can't seem to find my way over
Wandering I am lost as I travel along
The white cliffs of Dover
Many rivers to cross and it's only my will
That keeps me alive
I've been licked, washed up for years and,
I merely survive because of my pride.
Writer: JIMMY CLIFF
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Struggling Man
Every man has a right to live
Love is all that we have to give
Together we struggle by our will to survive
And together we fight just to stay alive
Love is all that we have to give
Together we struggle by our will to survive
And together we fight just to stay alive
Struggling man has got to move
Struggling man no time to lose
I'm a struggling man
And I've got to move on
As the sun lights the day and the moon lights the night
Struggling man keeps reaching for the higher heights
So we plan for tomorrow as we live for today
Like a flower we bloom, and then later fade away
Struggling man has got to move
Struggling man no time to lose
I'm a struggling man
And I've got to move on
Struggling man has got to move
Struggling man no time to lose
I'm a struggling man
And I've got to move on
Struggling man, struggling man
Struggling man, struggling man
Struggling man, struggling man
Writer: JIMMY CLIFF
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Wonderful World Beautiful People
R E F R A I N :
Eh---yeah
wonderful world
beautiful people.
You and your girl things could be pretty.
But underneath this there is a secret.
That nobody can repeat.
Take a look
at the world
and the state that it's in today
I am sure you'll agree.
We all could make it a better way.
With our love put together.
Ev'rybody learn to love each other.
Instead of fussing and fighting
cheating but biting
scandalising and hating.
Baby we could have a
R E F R A I N :
Talkin' 'bout the wonderful world
beautiful people.
you and your girl things could be pretty.
But underneath this there is a secret.
That nobody can repeat.
Man and woman
girl and boy.
Let us try to give a helping hand.
This is know and I'm sure.
That the love we all could understand.
This is our world
can't you see ?
Everybody wants to live and be free.
Instead of fussing and fighting
cheating but biting
scandalising and hating.
Baby we could have a.
Eh---yeah
wonderful world
beautiful people.
You and your girl things could be pretty.
But underneath this there is a secret.
That nobody can repeat.
Take a look
at the world
and the state that it's in today
I am sure you'll agree.
We all could make it a better way.
With our love put together.
Ev'rybody learn to love each other.
Instead of fussing and fighting
cheating but biting
scandalising and hating.
Baby we could have a
R E F R A I N :
Talkin' 'bout the wonderful world
beautiful people.
you and your girl things could be pretty.
But underneath this there is a secret.
That nobody can repeat.
Man and woman
girl and boy.
Let us try to give a helping hand.
This is know and I'm sure.
That the love we all could understand.
This is our world
can't you see ?
Everybody wants to live and be free.
Instead of fussing and fighting
cheating but biting
scandalising and hating.
Baby we could have a.
Writer: JIMMY CLIFF
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Sitting In Limbo
Sitting here in limbo
But I know it won't be long
Sitting here in limbo
Like a bird without a song
Well, they're
Putting up resistance
But I know that my faith
Will lead me on
Sitting here in limbo
Waiting for the dice to roll
Sitting here in limbo
Got some time to search my soul
Well, they're
Putting up resistance
But I know that my faith
Will lead me on
I don't know where life will lead me
But I know where I've been
I can't say what life will show me
But I know what I've seen
Tried my hand
At love and friendship
But all that is passed and gone
This little boy is moving on
Sitting here in limbo
Waiting for the tide to flow
Sitting here in limbo
Knowing that I have to go
Well, they're
Putting up resistance
But I know that my faith
Will lead me on
I can't say what life will show me
But I know what I've seen
I can't say where life will lead me
But I know where I've been
Tried my hand
At love and friendship
But all that is passed and gone
This little boy is moving on
Sitting here in limbo
Waiting for the tide to flow
Sitting here in limbo
Knowing that I have to go
Well, they're
Putting up resistance
But I know that my faith
Will lead me on
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo (limbo, limbo, limbo)
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo (limbo, limbo, limbo)
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo (limbo, limbo, limbo)
Sitting in limbo, limbo, limbo
Sitting in limbo (limbo, limbo, limbo)
Sitting in limbo, limbo, limbo
Limbo, limbo
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo (limbo, limbo, limbo)
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo (limbo, limbo, limbo)
Don't know if it's got to be so
Don't know if it's got to be so (limbo, limbo, limbo, limbo))
Sitting in limbo, sitting here in limbo (limbo, limbo, limbo, limbo)
But I know we won't belong now
I know we won't belong (limbo, limbo, limbo, limbo)
Hey, yeah (limbo, limbo, limbo, limbo)
Ah ha ha ha ha (limbo, limbo, limbo, limbo)
Ah ah ah ah ha (limbo, limbo, limbo, limbo)
Sitting in limbo, limbo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (limbo, limbo, limbo, limbo)
But I know it won't be long
Sitting here in limbo
Like a bird without a song
Well, they're
Putting up resistance
But I know that my faith
Will lead me on
Sitting here in limbo
Waiting for the dice to roll
Sitting here in limbo
Got some time to search my soul
Well, they're
Putting up resistance
But I know that my faith
Will lead me on
I don't know where life will lead me
But I know where I've been
I can't say what life will show me
But I know what I've seen
Tried my hand
At love and friendship
But all that is passed and gone
This little boy is moving on
Sitting here in limbo
Waiting for the tide to flow
Sitting here in limbo
Knowing that I have to go
Well, they're
Putting up resistance
But I know that my faith
Will lead me on
I can't say what life will show me
But I know what I've seen
I can't say where life will lead me
But I know where I've been
Tried my hand
At love and friendship
But all that is passed and gone
This little boy is moving on
Sitting here in limbo
Waiting for the tide to flow
Sitting here in limbo
Knowing that I have to go
Well, they're
Putting up resistance
But I know that my faith
Will lead me on
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo (limbo, limbo, limbo)
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo (limbo, limbo, limbo)
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo (limbo, limbo, limbo)
Sitting in limbo, limbo, limbo
Sitting in limbo (limbo, limbo, limbo)
Sitting in limbo, limbo, limbo
Limbo, limbo
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo (limbo, limbo, limbo)
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo (limbo, limbo, limbo)
Don't know if it's got to be so
Don't know if it's got to be so (limbo, limbo, limbo, limbo))
Sitting in limbo, sitting here in limbo (limbo, limbo, limbo, limbo)
But I know we won't belong now
I know we won't belong (limbo, limbo, limbo, limbo)
Hey, yeah (limbo, limbo, limbo, limbo)
Ah ha ha ha ha (limbo, limbo, limbo, limbo)
Ah ah ah ah ha (limbo, limbo, limbo, limbo)
Sitting in limbo, limbo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (limbo, limbo, limbo, limbo)
Writer: GUILLERMO BRIGHT-PLUMMER, JIMMY CLIFF
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Trapped
Well, it seems like I'm falling in your trap again
And it seems like I'll be wearing the same old pains
But good must conquer evil and truth will set me free
So you see that somewhere I have found the key
Yes, you see that somewhere I have found the key
Well, it seems like I've been sleeping in your bed too long
And it seems like you've been planning to do me wrong
But evil concentrated must be disintegrated
So I know that I'll be walking out again
Yes, I know that I'll be walking out again
Trapped, ooh yeah, trapped, ooh yeah
Trapped, ooh yeah, trapped, ooh yeah
Well, it seems like I have played the game your way too long
And it seems the game I've played has made you strong
But when this game is over, I won't end up the loser
And I know that I'll be walking out again
Yes, I know that I'll be walking out again
Trapped, ooh yeah, trapped, ooh yeah
Trapped, ooh yeah, trapped, ooh yeah
Trapped, ooh yeah, trapped, ooh yeah
Trapped, ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Trapped, ooh yeah, trapped, ooh yeah
Trapped, ooh yeah, trapped, ooh yeah
Trapped, ooh yeah, trapped, ooh yeah
And it seems like I'll be wearing the same old pains
But good must conquer evil and truth will set me free
So you see that somewhere I have found the key
Yes, you see that somewhere I have found the key
Well, it seems like I've been sleeping in your bed too long
And it seems like you've been planning to do me wrong
But evil concentrated must be disintegrated
So I know that I'll be walking out again
Yes, I know that I'll be walking out again
Trapped, ooh yeah, trapped, ooh yeah
Trapped, ooh yeah, trapped, ooh yeah
Well, it seems like I have played the game your way too long
And it seems the game I've played has made you strong
But when this game is over, I won't end up the loser
And I know that I'll be walking out again
Yes, I know that I'll be walking out again
Trapped, ooh yeah, trapped, ooh yeah
Trapped, ooh yeah, trapped, ooh yeah
Trapped, ooh yeah, trapped, ooh yeah
Trapped, ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Trapped, ooh yeah, trapped, ooh yeah
Trapped, ooh yeah, trapped, ooh yeah
Trapped, ooh yeah, trapped, ooh yeah
Writer: JIMMY CLIFF
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Shelter Of Your Love
Shelter of your love
The shelter of your love
Shelter of your love
Talking 'bout the shelter of your love
How I survived, I don't know
Still I'm glad to say I'm still here today
I tried to pretend but it was just a show
Now I just can't hide i
Had to swallow my pride
And I had to run for the shelter of your love
Run for the shelter of your love
Run for the shelter of your love
Run for the shelter of your love
You know I'm a man, I don't like to brag
But it's been cold and empty out here
It's been a drag
A man don't fight and run away
Will live to fight another day
Well, it's these words I sing that
Keeps me holding on today
I know that I can run for
The shelter of your love
Run for the shelter of your love
Run for the shelter of your love
Run for the shelter of your love
The shelter of your love
Longing for the shelter of your love
The shelter of your love
Talking 'bout the shelter of your love
The shelter of your love
The shelter of your love
I know that I can run for
The shelter of your love
That's what kept me holding on so strong
Run for the shelter so strong, so long
Run for the shelter of your love
Run for the shelter of your love
Shelter of your love
Talking 'bout the shelter of your love
The shelter of your love
Shelter of your love
Talking 'bout the shelter of your love
How I survived, I don't know
Still I'm glad to say I'm still here today
I tried to pretend but it was just a show
Now I just can't hide i
Had to swallow my pride
And I had to run for the shelter of your love
Run for the shelter of your love
Run for the shelter of your love
Run for the shelter of your love
You know I'm a man, I don't like to brag
But it's been cold and empty out here
It's been a drag
A man don't fight and run away
Will live to fight another day
Well, it's these words I sing that
Keeps me holding on today
I know that I can run for
The shelter of your love
Run for the shelter of your love
Run for the shelter of your love
Run for the shelter of your love
The shelter of your love
Longing for the shelter of your love
The shelter of your love
Talking 'bout the shelter of your love
The shelter of your love
The shelter of your love
I know that I can run for
The shelter of your love
That's what kept me holding on so strong
Run for the shelter so strong, so long
Run for the shelter of your love
Run for the shelter of your love
Shelter of your love
Talking 'bout the shelter of your love
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Hard Road To Travel
I've got a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go
Said it's a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go
But I can't turn back, my heart is fixed
My mind's made up, I'll never stop
My faith will see, see me through
Said it's a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go
But I can't turn back, my heart is fixed
My mind's made up, I'll never stop
My faith will see, see me through
Let me tell you
I'm all alone, this lonesome road I roam
I've got no love to call my very own
Oh the river gets deeper, the hills get steeper
And the pain gets deeper every day, yeah
I've got a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go
Said it's a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go
But I can't turn back, my heart is fixed
My mind's made up, I'll never stop
My faith will see, see me through
Aah, oh oh
Aah, oh oh - one more thing
I dream of a home far beyond the sea
Where there is love and peace and joy for me
Oh, in my eyes I see troubles and dangers for me
But destiny where it leads me I must go, hey
I've got a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go
Said it's a hard road to travel and a rough rough way to go
But I can't turn back, my heart is fixed
My mind's made up, I'll never stop
My faith will see, see me through
Aah, oh oh - no, help me somebody
Aah, oh oh - somebody please, help me right now
Writer: JIMMY CLIFF
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Hello Sunshine
Hello sunshine!
Will old darkness be my friend?
Hello sunshine!
To this you can put an end
Hello sunshine!
Will old darkness be my friend?
Hello sunshine!
To this you can put an end
Hello sunshine!
Hey there sunshine!
Don't let me down
Hey there sunshine!
Hey there sunshine!
My friend!
Hey hey hey! Hey hey hey! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Hey hey hey! Hey hey hey! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Hello dark clouds
I don't want you round no more
Hello tear drops
Why don't you stay from my door
Hello troubles
I can't stand your face for sure
Hey there sunshine!
Don't let me down
Hey there sunshine!
Hey there sunshine!
My friend!
Hey hey hey! Hey hey hey! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Hey hey hey! Hey hey hey! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Hey hey hey! Hey hey hey! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Hello sunshine!
Will old darkness be my friend?
Hello sunshine!
To this you can put an end
Hello sunshine!
Hey there sunshine!
Don't let me down
Hey there sunshine!
Hey there sunshine!
My friend!
Hey hey hey! Hey hey hey!
Oh yeah! Hello sunshine!
Sunshine, I need you! Hey hey hey!
I've gotta help you - hello sunshine!
When I'm down now. Hey hey hey!
Said I need you! Hello sunshine!
Writer: Jimmy Cliff
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
The Harder They Come
Well they tell me of a pie up in the sky
Waiting for me when I die
But between the day you're born and when you die
They never seem to hear even your cry
CHORUS:
So as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
And then the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
Well the officers are trying to keep me down
Trying to drive me underground
And they think that they have got the battle won
I say forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done
CHORUS
ooh yeah oh yeah woh yeah ooooh
And I keep on fighting for the things I want
Though I know that when you're dead you can't
But I'd rather be a free man in my grave
Than living as a puppet or a slave
CHORUS
Yeah, the harder they come, the harder they'll fall one and all
What I say now, what I say now, awww
What I say now, what I say one time
The harder they come the harder they'll fall one and all
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall one and all
Waiting for me when I die
But between the day you're born and when you die
They never seem to hear even your cry
CHORUS:
So as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
And then the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
Well the officers are trying to keep me down
Trying to drive me underground
And they think that they have got the battle won
I say forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done
CHORUS
ooh yeah oh yeah woh yeah ooooh
And I keep on fighting for the things I want
Though I know that when you're dead you can't
But I'd rather be a free man in my grave
Than living as a puppet or a slave
CHORUS
Yeah, the harder they come, the harder they'll fall one and all
What I say now, what I say now, awww
What I say now, what I say one time
The harder they come the harder they'll fall one and all
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall one and all
Writer: JIMMY CLIFF
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
