I Sit up in My Window-Jem

[ti:I Sit up in My Window] [ar:Jem] [al:Beachwood Canyon] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Sit up in My Window - Jem (婕姆) [00:11.29]I sit up in my window and look towards the sun [00:16.62]Urged to write this song to touch the ears of everyone [00:21.40]Tv ticker's looping the words I've seen before [00:26.14] [00:26.71]Conquer and divide not gonna buy it anymore [00:31.49]Well I'm just one and you're just one [00:34.12]But if we can agree [00:36.56]One day become a million [00:39.07]So much we can achieve [00:41.56]I tell you we can change the world [00:44.08]The power's at our feet [00:46.61]Watch the ripples travel and across the oceans meet [00:51.35] [00:52.53]So I'm calling all my brothers [00:55.51]My sisters stand with me [00:58.04]We have a voice we have a role [01:00.65]It's our humanity [01:03.10]Let the powers that be do their thing [01:05.75]And we can do ours too [01:08.14]Blame is not constructive there's so much that we can do [01:13.17]The environment well you know the score we have to scale back [01:18.17]Why would we choose to gas ourselves what lunacy is that [01:23.32]Solutions they are everywhere let's give these guys a voice [01:28.32]Make the corporations listen and provide a greener choice [01:32.87] [01:34.99]Bring on a groovy electric car diversify the crops [01:39.69]Learn from mother nature the genius of the lot [01:44.78]Stop buying and buying and needing more [01:47.19]It's time to trim the fat [01:49.60]The best things in life are free my friend [01:52.25]You won't miss half the crap [01:54.49] [01:55.15]War can only lead to war seen time and time again [01:59.91]Two sides believing they're both right will fight until the end [02:04.99]Someone must be ready to extend the hand of peace [02:10.08]To break the vicious cycle is a strength beyond belief [02:15.10]If someone guns a man down [02:17.59]Or maybe it's a child [02:20.11]The bloodline doesn't stop there [02:22.62]The blood runs far and wide [02:25.22]The women they are screaming [02:27.66]The men break down and cry [02:30.30]Then go and find a gun to hit back [02:33.10]Right between the eyes [02:35.51]What one does to the world [02:37.87]He does unto himself [02:40.33]So think before you act my friend [02:42.91]Think of the consequence [02:45.38]When you're faced with hostility [02:48.26]Disputes or disdain [02:50.06]Think if you were in their shoes [02:52.54]Might you feel the very same [02:55.37]We started off as babies we started off the same [03:00.62]Depending on your place of birth you're sold a different game [03:05.59]So don't believe everything you think or everything you've read [03:10.63]The memes we've learnt from day one are from someone else's head [03:15.75]The tv ticker's looping [03:18.09]Still churning out the same [03:20.74]I shake my head and wonder will it always be this way [03:25.86]I sit up in my window [03:28.33]Such beauty in full sight [03:30.61] [03:31.12]Thank you all for listening [03:33.40]I hope these words take flight [03:35.85]I'm calling all my brothers my sisters stand with me [03:40.95]'Cause I have a dream that one day [03:43.09]We might live in harmony [03:45.73]It's not science fiction baby I hope that you'll agree [03:51.05]Let's sow the seeds of love and be [03:53.59]The change we wanna see [03:55.84]It's in our reach reach for the stars [03:58.65]Let's chart a course brand new [04:01.02]'Cause I've never lived through a time [04:03.73]Where disaster hasn't loomed [04:06.27]My heart it is beaming now [04:08.71]You'll see it from the moon [04:11.31]Like batman's signal shining every time you play this tune