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Tender Spirit Tender Heart
Tender spirit tender heart ain’t it always been that way
As you walk on down the line try not buckle ‘neath the weight
Of a world so hard to bear well it was never meant to be
When you’re too open to the pain so much to lose nothing to gain
And you can’t turn that ship around when your compassion brings you down
And you wanna be released look for goodness where it’s found
Tender spirit tender heart ain’t it always been that way
As you walk on down the line try not buckle ‘neath the weight
You been holding back some ways all the things you held inside
You know the world may never see all the beauty that you hide
All your passions and your dreams all of life and what it means
How you navigate the days how on this earth you find your way
Tender spirit tender heart ain’t it always been that way
As you walk on down the line try not buckle ‘neath the weight
Tender spirit tender heart ain’t it always been that way
As you walk on down the line try not buckle ‘neath the weight
©Ayo Bamidele 2020
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Daring to be free
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Daring to be free
Our forefathers knew freedom’s often bought in blood
Our foremothers lives were lived in sacrifice
For their children they dreamed a life they never knew
Strange how it should be
So many crucified so many stolen lives
For daring daring to be free
To be free
To be free
To be free
So here so many stand and they shall not be moved
bonded here in love unified in blood
Facing down the scorn with belief so proudly worn
That we shall all be one that we can overcome
Daring and daring to be free
To be free
To be free
To be free
Our forefathers knew that freedom is often bought in blood
Our foremothers lives were lived in sacrifice
For their children they dreamed a life they never knew
Strange how it should be
So many crucified so many stolen lives
For daring daring to be free
To be free
To be free
To be free
©2020 Ayo Bamidele
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Autumn
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Autumn
They said the Autumn of our lives
Yes it’s the Autumn of our lives
Make sure your eye don’t blink it will be gone
Summer can disappear before it’s began
And we were not meant to gently fade
We have fireworks still to display
But they said it’s the Autumn of our lives
Yes it’s the Autumn of our lives
We’ve only just now learnt to sing the good time blues
So surely it should be us to be the ones who choose
A stages for us abroad or those at home
With such great wonder lust we’re gonna have to roam
But they said it’s the Autumn of our lives
Yes it’s the Autumn of our lives
And I don’t sense the dying of the flame and I can still see time left in the game
But they said it’s the Autumn of our lives
Yes it’s the Autumn yeah of our lives
And I don’t sense the dying of the flame and I can still see time left in the game
But they said it’s the Autumn of our lives
They said it’s the Autumn yeah of our lives
©2020 Ayo Bamidele
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The Next Horizon
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The Next Horizon
Thought something so good would always stay
Through tribulations still remain
And it is no good for us to part
When time might still mend a broken heart
So to the next horizon stay
To the next horizon stay
To the next horizon stay
To the next horizon stay
Cast in anger and bitter words
Recriminations we wish were never heard
Illumination has still to cast its light
And while there is still time you know it still might
So to the next horizon stay
To the next horizon stay
To the next horizon stay
To the next horizon stay
I would have told you how much you mean to me
In demonstrations for the world to see
And you would have felt it in all I say do
And know how much I feel for you
So to the next horizon stay
To the next horizon stay
To the next horizon stay
To the next horizon stay
©2020 Ayo Bamidele
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Power to the Man
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Power to the man
You don’t give your power to the man
You don’t give your power to the man
Ain’t what you own but what you are
Ain’t no point wishing on star
Ain’t no genie in no jar
Where we should be ain’t where we are
And you don’t give your power to the man
You don’t give your power to the man
All that glitters it ain’t gold
All that’s gold will turn to dust
Every boom must have its bust
Ain’t nothing worth no more than us
And you don’t give your power to the man
You don’t give your power to the man
Imagine paradise on main street
Imagine paradise on our street
You don’t give your power to the man
You don’t give your power to the man
From the beginning back to the start
You been suffering for your art
You don’t give your power to the man
You don’t give your power to the man
©2020 Ayo Bamidele
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Days of Introspection
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Days of introspection
Days of introspection your citadel and vines
Bring grapes of such pure sweetness come bring you peace of mind
You’ll leave me then I know to find peace in solitude
Where the parts that you have lost you’ll find and hold once again
Days of introspection are here to set you free
From what is tangled and intwined
And the burden of your dreams
To where all is clear for you to dream
Once again
Days of introspection and the debris that you find has jewels inside
They sparkle and they shine for you to behold once again.
©2020 Ayo Bamidele
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The Quintessential You
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The Quintessential You
Who can get a hold on you
You couldn’t bear to be tied down
Free birds they don’t stay too long
With their feet back on the ground
Many thought but never knew
Or saw the quintessential you
Many thought but never knew
Or saw the quintessential you
An enigma wrapped in a mystery
The hardest riddle there could be
Like ancient treasures in a distant land
Buried deep in desert sands
And ancient cities will reveal
Some secrets always remain sealed
Many thought but never knew
Or saw the quintessential you
Many thought but never knew
Or saw the quintessential you
I wish I knew
I wish I knew
©Ayo Bamidele 2020
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Your Time Has Come
03:11
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Your time has come
What a weight to bear
But you’re finally there
Lay your burden down
For you’re on sacred ground
Something tells me your time has come
Your time has come – yes it has
Your time has come
You’ve travelled oh so far
to be right where you are
All your dreams came true
Just like you always knew
Something tells me your time has come
Your time has come – yes it has
Your time has come
All your sacrifice
All your soul filled life
All the price you paid
Kept the vows you made
Something tells me your time has come
Yes it has yes it has
Your time has come
©Ayo Bamidele 2020
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The Amazon
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The Amazon
Walking out in the Amazon
Five thousand miles from home
Walked away all the fears I had
sorrows from my soul
I was not alone and I’m so at home so at home with you
Rainfall fell down in the Amazon
Chilled me to the bone
Washed the fears from heart scales from eyes
So I could see it’s true, I was not alone
And I’m so at home with you
I’m so at home with you
I’m so at home with you
I feel at home with you
And I’m so at home so at home with you
Have you ever been down to the Amazon
Five thousand miles from home
I was not alone I was not alone
Sometimes it’s hard to see what’s right in front of your eyes
Sometimes it’s hard to trace the tracks and pathways our lives
But I was not alone and I’m so at home so at home with you
©2020 Ayo Bamidele
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The Great Divide
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The Great Divide
Who can bridge the great divide?
Need an architect with the designs
Got to form a committee to put the funds aside
Gonna need some steel and concrete too
Gonna need some cranes and an engineer
Someone with the brains
To check the plans are safe to check the plans are sound
And the foundations go deep in the ground
Gonna need the best construction team
To build this thing in double speed
And when it’s done we’ll party hard
Bring us the poet bring us the bard
To write us lines earnest and fun
And we’ll rejoice at what we’ve done
We’re gonna bridge the great divide
Throughout the ages and for all time
Children will sing the immortal lines
How we were wise and knew it would only be us
Who could decide that we would bridge the great divide
The great divide
The great divide
The great divide
The great divide
©Ayo Bamidele 2020
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Ayo Bamidele London, UK
Acoustic folk and soul artist that has played his own original material for over 25 years. Often compared to artists such
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Richie Havens, Tracy Chapman, Labi Siffre and Nina Simone. Early Influences include The Jam The Clash and The Specials, a social conscious streak is still evident in his music today. Expect soulful vocals, delicate guitar work and songs of life’s loves, losses and joys.
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