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Hymn of the Big Wheel [Nellee Hooper mix]
Horace Andy
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Massive Attack
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The big wheel keeps on turning
On a simple life, day by day
The earth spins on its axis
One man struggles, while another relaxes
There's a hole in my soul, like a cavity
Seems like the world is held together just by gravity
The wheel keeps turning, the sky's rearranging
Look my son, the weather is changing
I'd like to feel that you could be free
Look up at the blue skies beneath the trees
Sometime again, the hills turn green and the sea turns red
My son, I said, the power of facts is over my head
The big wheel keeps on turning
On a simple life, day by day
The earth spins on its axis
One man struggles, while another relaxes
We sang about the sun and danced among the trees
And we listened to the whisper of the city on the breeze
'Till you cried in remorse in a lead-free zone
Down within the shadows where the factories drone
On the surface of the wheel they build another town
And so the green comes tumbling down
Just close your eyes and hold me tight
And I'll show you sunsets sometime again
The big wheel keeps on turning
On a simple life, day by day
The earth spins on its axis
One man struggles, while another relaxes
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As a child's silent prayer, my hope hides in disguise
While satellites and cameras watch from the skies
An acid drop of rain recycled from the sea
It washed away my shadow, burnt a hole in me
And all that is there, cannot put it back again
But the ghetto sun will nurture life
And mend my soul sometime again
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The big wheel keeps on turning
On a simple life, day by day
The earth spins on its axis
One man struggles, while another relaxes
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