(Lake) Just take a pebble and cast it to the sea, Then watch the ripples that unfold into me, My face spill so gently into your eyes, Disturbing the waters
When your faith lights the canon When your pride is pulling triggers And nobody is left standing Tell me where's the God in that You can say the war
Why is it when I get with you I lose my cool And end up playin' myself this way? I can raise a baby, get paid and captivate So why I let you make me crazy
Bendin' over backwards You walk on shells like a prisoner But it's shaky ground when you livin' in a house of cards Your nerves are shot, you can barely
1, 2, 3, 4, 1 You can't keep a home And you can't repay a loan And both your cars have just been repossessed I'd love to love you less When we're alone
Tired of oozing sentimental like a candy store Tears trickling down like blood from a sore 'Cause your sun don't shine anymore It's just a manufactured
you are Whatcha gotta say, say it loud Baby don't you act demure So nobody else feels insecure Be yourself and liberate the world Don't you be a pebble
When the man's got you down ain't no love to be found Keep pushin' When the sky fallin' in feel like you'll never win Keep pushin' When you try to get
Where is my someone who'll always understand? The person who'll give everything, just to take my hand What if I never feel it, what if I never know And
Go ahead and cry baby, cry baby all night long Just like I cried baby on the pillow that you used to lay on The sun is out and my sorrow's finally drowned
If you a star I be your milky way If you a bar I drink up everyday If you the town I be the talk If you the talk, baby I be the walk If you wanna dig
A flame can put a light in your heart Burn you just the same You gamble any price at the start But in the end the game Leaves you cold and alone While
1, 2, 3, 4 I hear the people talk Whistlin' when you walk Your kind is all hard to find Darling I'm glad you're mine Just wanna let you know that I'
all streams, one piece many parts undivided in a dream Move it out now, step into the heat- This will be the era where the people truth seek Small pebble
Can you tell the difference, between the pebble and the boy, Far away in the distance, with the sun in your eyes, Can you see the footprints, that have
universal sound Whatcha gotta say, say it loud Baby don't ya act demure So nobody else feels insecure Be yourself and liberate the world Don't ya be a pebble
Translation: Donovan Leitch. Pebble And The Man.