Man And Time

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MAN AND TIME
By Gypsy

There was a time when man was good to man and man cared about man's cause
There was a time when you were your brother's keeper and his problems were yours
But man in his foolish wisdom, he has turned his wrath on man
And so it boils down to this day now where we live in mass confusion
Where you afraid of your own brother and the treachery he shows
And when you can't trust your own mother
Where we go from here, heaven knows?

Is only man and time that have man so
Is only man and time that have man so
So if you find that man is cruel to man
And man response to good is slow
Is only man time that have man so

There was a time if you see an old lady and she struggling to cross the street
You would have lift her up on your shoulder just to ease the strain off her feet
By nowadays if you see her dropping down, you would watch her and pass her straight
'Cause you worried about your own destiny, you care about your own fate
'Cause trying to be a good person, you may be in for a surprise
That same feeble-looking old lady is just a bandit in disguise.

Is only man and time that have man so...good God!
Is man and time that have man so
So when you find that man is cruel to man
And man response to good is slow
Is only man time that have man so

There was a time when you could have scold a child even though that child is not your own
But nowadays if you see them doing wrong, you would better leave them alone
And if you find them coming too close to you, make up your mind to bawl or run
'Cause their uniform may be a disguise and in their book bag might be a gun
Please don't call this the law of the jungle 'cause I am here to let you know
That animals respect their elders so in the jungle it's not so.

Is only man and time that have man so
Is only man and time that have man so
So if you find that man is cruel to man
And man response to good is slow
Is only man time that have man so

I wouldn't say there's no sense trying but in my mind I have no doubt
That man is trapped by his own madness and now he can't find his way out
And now he has no more excuses and it is such a dirty shame
That he has ruined such a perfect world and has only himself to blame
But lucky for us that there's is an order much higher than man's own
Who one day would restore all sanity as He sits upon His throne

Is only man and time that have man so... good God!
Is man, is man and time that have man so
So if you find that man is cruel to man
And then man response to good is slow
Is only man time that have man so

You see that time plays such an important part
It hardens or softens the heart
Is only man and time that have man so
And man could be good or evil
Man could be godly or be like the devil
Is only man and time that have man so


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N.B. The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance!
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A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Gypsy. This is reminding me so much of Shadow’s style in his 1993 album “Moods of The Shadow”. I love the Shadowesque rhythm and bass and something about the lyrics also…very similar to Shadow’s style.

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare