Jimmy Cliff Album

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

Persecution you must fear
Win or lose you got to get your share
You've 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 hotter 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

Hey
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, 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 . . .

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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.

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.

Yeah, 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 everybody learn to love each other
Instead of fussing and fighting, cheating, back-biting, scandalising and hating

Baby, we could have a wonderful world, beautiful people
You and your girl, things could be pretty
But underneath this there is a secret
That nobody can repeat, yeah now

Man and woman, girl and boy, let us try to give a helping hand
This I 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, back-biting, scandalising and hating

Yeah, we could have a wonderful world, beautiful people
You and your girl, things could be pretty
But underneath this there is a secret
That nobody can repeat, mm, yeah, yeah

Talking 'bout a wonderful world, beautiful people . . .

[No lyrics]

Now that I've lost ev'rything to you
you say you want to start something new
and it's breakin' my heart you're leaving
baby, I'm grievin'

But if you wanna leave, take good care
I hope you have a lot of nice things to wear
but then a lot of nice things turn bad out there

Chorus:
Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
it's hard to get by just upon a smile
oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
I'll always remember you like a child, girl

You know I've seen a lot of what the world can do
and it's breakin' my heart in two
because I never want to see you sad girl
don't be bad girl

Chorus

Baby, I love you
but if you wanna leave, take good care
I hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
but just remember there's a lot of bad and beware

Chorus

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 a resistance,
But I know that my faith will lead me on.

Sitting here in Limbo
Waiting for the dice to roll.
Yeah, now, sitting here in Limbo,
Got some time to search my soul.
Well, they're putting up a resistance,
But I know that my faith will lead me on.

I don't know where life will leave me,
But I know where I have been.
I can't say what life will show me,
But I know what I have seen.
Tried my hand at love and friendship,
But all that is past and gone.
This little boy is movin' 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 a resistance,
But I know that my faith will lead me on.

I don't know where life will take me,
But I know where I have been.
I don't know what life will show me,
But I know what I have seen.
Tried my hand at love and friendship,
That is past and gone.
And now it's time to move along.

Gonna lead me on now.
Meanwhile, they're putting up resistance,
But I know that my faith will lead me on.
Sitting in Limbo, Limbo, Limbo.
Sitting in Limbo, Limbo, Limbo.
Sitting in Limbo, Limbo, Limbo.
Meanwhile, they're putting up a resistance,
But I know that my faith will lead me on.

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

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

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

So as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share now, what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Ooh, the harder they come
Harder they fall, one and all

Well, the oppressors 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

So as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share now, what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Ooh, the harder they come
Harder they fall, one and all

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

So as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share now, what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Ooh, the harder they come
Harder they fall, one and all