George Michael (62,93 %)
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (73,05 %)
In collection
Released: 1990-09-03
Type: Studio
Type: Studio
Ranking:
Artist:
2
Year (1990):
13
Decade (1990's):
112
Overall:
690
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1.
Praying for Time
 04:39
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2.
Freedom '90
06:29
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3.
They Won't Go When I Go
05:03
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4.
Something to Save
 03:18
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5.
Cowboys & Angels
 07:11
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6.
Waiting for That Day
 04:48
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7.
Mother's Pride
03:57
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8.
Heal the Pain
04:39
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9.
Soul Free
 05:28
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10.
Waiting (Reprise)
02:24
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Album length:
47:56
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Lyrics |
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1.
Praying for Time
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These are the days of the open hand They will not be the last Look around now These are the days of the beggars and the choosers This is the year of the hungry man Whose place is in the past Hand in hand with ignorance And legitimate excuses The rich declare themselves poor And most of us are not sure If we have too much But we'll take our chances 'Cause God's stopped keeping score I guess somewhere along the way He must have let us all out to play Turned his back and all God's children Crept out the back door And it's hard to love, there's so much to hate Hanging on to hope When there is no hope to speak of And the wounded skies above say it's much, much too late Well, maybe we should all be praying for time These are the days of the empty hand Oh, you hold on to what you can And charity is a coat you wear twice a year This is the year of the guilty man Your television takes a stand And you find that what was over there is over here So you scream from behind your door Say, "What's mine is mine and not yours" I may have too much but I'll take my chances 'Cause God's stopped keeping score And you cling to the things they sold you Did you cover your eyes when they told you That he can't come back 'Cause he has no children to come back for It's hard to love, there's so much to hate Hanging on to hope when there is no hope to speak of And the wounded skies above say it's much too late So maybe we should all be praying for time |
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2.
Freedom '90
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I won't let you down I will not give you up Gotta have some faith in the sound It's the one good thing that I've got I won't let you down So please don't give me up 'Cause I would really, really love to stick around, oh yeah Heaven knows I was just a young boy Didn't know what I wanted to be (Didn't know what I wanted to be) I was every little hungry schoolgirl's pride and joy And I guess it was enough for me (said I guess it was enough for me) To win the race? A prettier face! Brand new clothes and a big fat place On your rock and roll T.V. But today the way I play the game is not the same, no way Think I'm gonna get myself happy I think there's something you should know I think it's time I told you so There's something deep inside of me There's someone else I've got to be Take back your picture in a frame Take back your singing in the rain I just hope you understand Sometimes the clothes do not make the man All we have to do now Is take these lies and make them true somehow All we have to see Is that I don't belong to you And you don't belong to me yeah yeah Freedom! (I won't let you down) Freedom! (I will not give you up) Freedom! (Have some faith in the sound) You've gotta give for what you take (It's the one good thing that I've got) Freedom! (I won't let you down) Freedom! (So please don't give me up) Freedom! ('Cause I would really, really love to stick around) You've gotta give for what you take Heaven knows we sure had some fun, boy What a kick just a buddy and me (what a kick just a buddy and me) We had every big-shot good time band on the run, boy We were living in a fantasy (we were living in a fantasy) We won the race, got out of the place I went back home, got a brand new face For the boys on MTV But today the way I play the game has got to change, oh yeah Now I'm gonna get myself happy I think there's something you should know I think it's time I stopped the show There's something deep inside of me There's someone I forgot to be Take back your picture in a frame Don't think that I'll be back again I just hope you understand Sometimes the clothes do not make the man All we have to do now Is take these lies and make them true somehow All we have to see Is that I don't belong to you And you don't belong to me, yeah yeah Freedom! (I won't let you down) Freedom! (I will not give you up) Freedom! (Have some faith in the sound) You've gotta give for what you take (It's the one good thing that I've got) Freedom! (I won't let you down) Freedom! (So please don't give me up) Freedom! ('Cause I would really, really love to stick around) You've gotta give for what you take Well it looks like the road to heaven But it feels like the road to hell When I knew which side my bread was buttered I took the knife as well Posing for another picture Everybody's got to sell But when you shake your ass They notice fast And some mistakes were build to last That's what you get (That's what you get) That's what you get (I say that's what you get) That's what you get (for changing your mind) That's what you get for changing your mind That's what you get That's what you get (And after all this time) I just hope you understand Sometimes the clothes do not make me, oh yeah All we have to do now Is take these lies and make them true somehow All we have to see Is that I don't belong to you And you don't belong to me, yeah yeah Freedom! Freedom! (oh freedom) Freedom! (my freedom) You've gotta give for what you take Freedom! (hold on to my freedom) Freedom! Freedom! (my freedom) You've gotta give for what you take Give for what you, give for what you take yeah Yeah, you've got to give for what you, give for what you, give May not be what you want from me Just the way it's got to be Lose the face now I've got to live, I've got to live, I've got to live |
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3.
They Won't Go When I Go
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No more lying friends Wanting tragic ends Though they do pretend They won't go when I go All those bleeding hearts With sorrows to impart Were right here from the start And they won't go when I go And I'll go where I've longed To go so long Away from tears Gone from painful cries Away from saddened eyes Along with him I'll bide Because they won't go when I go Big men feeling small Weak ones standing tall I will watch them fall They won't go when I go And I'll go where I've longed To go so long Away from tears Unclean minds mislead the pure The innocent will leave for sure For them there is a resting place People sinning just for fun They will never see the sun For they can never show their faces There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner Who will take more than he will give He ain't hardly gonna give The greed of man will be Far away from me And my soul will be free They won't go when I go Since my soul conceived All that I believe The kingdom I will see 'Cause they won't go when I go When I go Where I'll go No one can keep me From my destiny |
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Something to Save
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If you've got something to say Why don't you say it If you've got something to give Why don't you give it to me Day after day I have to say it We're moving further from heaven And closer to the deep blue sea Cause I have no secrets from you And I have nothing left to hide And I'm open to all of your questions Why can't you reach inside Like I have Like I have for you And all these games that you play Don't tell me how a man should be Some would say if you knew You wouldn't be here with me I Love you I still love you But I guess it's time to let you be Cause I have no secrets from you And I have nothing left to hide and I'm so tired of all these questions Cause maybe you just changed your mind Like I have Like I have Like I have Like I have When I was at your doorstep You told me to look around Said come in You and your heart sit down But you better watch your step Cause your not far from the ground And one fine day this all falls down Like I have Like I have If you got something to say Why don't you say it If you've got something to give Why don't you give it to me Day after day I have to say it If we've got something to save Why don't we save it |
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Cowboys & Angels
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When your heart's in someone else's hands Monkey see and monkey do Their wish is your command Not to blame Everyone's the same All you do is love and love is all you do I should know by now the way I fought for you You're not to blame, everyone's the same I know you think that you're safe Mister Harmless deception That keeps love at bay It's the ones who resist that we most want to kiss Wouldn't you say? Cowboys and angels They all have the time for you Why should I imagine that I'd be a find for you Why should I imagine That I'd have something to say But that scar on your face That beautiful face of yours In your heart there's a trace Of someone before When your heart's in someone else's plans Things you say and things you do That they don't understand You're not to blame Always ends the same You can call it love but I don't think it's true You should know by now I'm not the boy for you You're not to blame Always ends the same I know you think that you're safe Sister Harmless affection that keeps things this way It's the ones who persist for the sake of a kiss Who will pay and pay Cowboys and angels They all have the time for you Why should I imagine that I was designed for you Why should I believe That you would stay But that scar on your face That beautiful face of yours Don't you think that I'd know They've hurt you, before Take this man to your place Maybe his hands can help you forget Please be stronger than your past The future may still give you a chance The future, the future, not the past That scar on your face That beautiful face of yours Don't you think that I know They hurt you before |
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Waiting for That Day
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Now every day I see you in some other face They crack a smile, talk a while Try to take your place My memory serves me far too well I just sit here on this mountain Thinking to myself You're a fool boy Why don't you go down Find somebody Find somebody else My memory serves me far too well It's not as though we just broke up It's not as though it was yesterday But something I just can't explain Something in me needs this pain I know I'll never see your face again See'mon now I've got to be strong now Now everybody's talking about this New decade Like you say the magic numbers Then just say goodbye to The stupid mistakes you made Oh my memory serves me far too well Don't you know that The years will come and go Some of us will change their lives Some of us still have nothing to show Nothing baby But memories And if these wounds They are self inflicted I don't really know How my poor heart could have Protected me But if I have to carry this pain If you will not share the blame I deserve to see your face again See'mon now You don't have to be strong now Come back Come back to me darling I will make it worth your while Come on back to your baby I miss your kiss I miss your smile Seems to me the peace I search to find Ain't gonna be mine Until you say you will Don't you keep me waiting for that day I know You hear these words that I say You can't always get what you want |
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Mother's Pride
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Oh she knows She takes his hand And prays the child will understand At the door they watch the men go by In the clothes that daddy wore Mother's pride Baby boy His fathers eyes He's a soldier waiting for war Time will come He'll hold a gun His father's son And as he grows He hears the band Takes the step from boy to man And at the shore she waves her son goodbye Like the man she did before Mother's pride Just a boy His country's eyes He's a soldier waving at the shore And in her heart the time has come To lose a son And all the husbands, all the sons, all the lovers gone They make no difference No difference in the end Still hear the woman say your father died a hero In the name of God and man Mother's pride Crazy boy His lifeless eyes He's a soldier now forevermore He'll hold a gun 'till kingdom come |
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Heal the Pain
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Let me tell you a secret Put it in your heart and keep it Something that I want you to know Do something for me Listen to my simple story And maybe we'll have something to show You tell me you're cold on the inside How can the outside world Be a place that your heart can embrace Be good to yourself 'Cause nobody else Has the power to make you happy How can I help you? Please let me try to I can heal the pain That you're feeling inside Whenever you want me You know that I will be Waiting for the day That you say you'll be mine He must have really hurt you To make you say the things that you do He must have really hurt you To make those pretty eyes look so blue He must have known That he could That you'd never leave him Now you can't see my love is good And that I'm not him How can I help you? Please let me try to I can heal the pain Don't you let me inside? Whenever you want me You know that I will be Waiting for the day That you say you'll be mine Won't you let me in Let this love begin Won't you show me your heart now I'll be good to you I can make this thing true Show me that heart right now Who needs a lover That can't be a friend Something tells me I'm the one you've been looking for Oh, if you ever should see him again Won't you tell him you've found someone who gives you more Someone who will protect you Love and respect you All those things That he never could bring to you Like I do Or rather I would Won't you show me your heart Like you should How can I help you? Please let me try to I can heal the pain That you're feeling inside? Whenever you want me You know that I will be Waiting for the day That you say you'll be mine Won't you let me in Let this love begin Won't you show me your heart now I'll be good to you I can make this thing true And get to your heart somehow |
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9.
Soul Free
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Higher, higher Won't you come with me Baby gonna get my soul free Now you and me I guess we see things differently We're night and day A bad connection some would say And I don't want nothing to change I don't want nothing to change Because When you touch me baby I don't have no choice Oh that sweet temptation In your voice Higher, higher Won't you come with me Baby gonna get my soul free Now seems to me Some things have just got to be The games we play Break-up make-up day by day And I don't want nothing to change I don't want nothing to change Because When you touch me baby I don't have no choice Oh that sweet temptation In your voice Higher, higher Won't you come with me Baby gonna get my soul free |
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10.
Waiting (Reprise)
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Well there ain't no point in moving on Until you've got somewhere to go And the road that I have walked upon Well it filled my pockets And emptied out my soul All those insecurities That have held me down for so long I can't say I've found a cure for these But at least I know them So they're not so strong You look for your dreams in heaven But what the hell are you supposed to do When they come true? Well there's one year of my life in these songs And some of them are about you Now I know there's no way I can write those wrongs Believe me I would not lie you've hurt my pride And I guess there's a road without you But you once said There's a way back for every man So here I am Don't people change, here I am Is it too late to try again |