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Canned Heat's song "Let's Work Together" is a cover of a track originally written and recorded by Wilbert Harrison, who first released it in 1962 under the title "Let’s Stick Together". Harrison reworked the song as "Let’s WORK Together" in 1968, and it achieved chart success. Canned Heat recorded their version in 1969, with Bob Hite providing vocals and Alan Wilson contributing slide guitar. The song was initially prepared for release as a single in December 1969 but was cancelled due to the popularity of Harrison's version. In the UK, where Harrison's single did not generate significant interest, Canned Heat's version was released in January 1970 and became their biggest hit, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart over a fifteen-week run. In the United States, the song was first released on August 3, 1970, as part of their album Future Blues, with the American single following on August 25, 1970, and peaking at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. The track is categorized under genres such as Rock, Pop, and Country Rock. The lyrics promote unity and collective effort, with lines like "Together we'll stand, divided we'll fall" and "Let's work together". The song was later included in the 1989 compilation album Lyrics: [Verse 1] Together we'll stand, divided we'll fall Come on now, people, let's get on the ball [Chorus] And work together come on, come on Let's work together, now now, people Because together we will stand Every boy, every girl and man [Verse 2] Before when things go wrong as they sometimes will And the road you travel, it stays all uphill [Chorus] Let's work together, come on, come on Let's work together, aw You know together we will stand Every boy, girl, woman and man [Verse 3] Oh well now, two or three minutes, two or three hours What does it matter now in this life of ours? [Chorus] Let's work together, come on, come on Let's work together, now now, people Because together we will stand Every boy, every woman and man [Bridge] Aw, come on now Aw, come on, let's work together [Verse 4] Oh well now, make someone happy, make someone smile Let's all work together and make life worthwhile [Chorus] Let's work together, come on, come on Let's work together, now now, people Because together we will stand Every boy, girl, woman and man [Verse 5] Oh well now, come on, you people, walk hand in hand Let's make this world of ours a good place to stand [Chorus] And work together, come on, come on Let's work together, now now, people Because together we will stand Every boy, girl, woman and man Aw, yeah [Bridge] [Outro] Well now, together we will stand Every boy, girl, woman and man Aw, yeah

Going Up the Country" (also "Goin' Up the Country") is a song adapted and recorded by American blues rock band Canned Heat. Called a "rural hippie anthem", it became one of the band's biggest hits and best-known songs. As with their previous single, "On the Road Again", the song was adapted from a 1920s blues song by Henry Thomas "Bull Doze Blues" and sung by Alan Wilson. Lyrics: Verse 1] I'm goin' up the country, baby, don't you wanna go? I'm goin' up the country, baby, don't you wanna go? I'm goin' to someplace where I've never been before [Verse 2] I'm goin', I'm goin' where the water tastes like wine I'm goin' where the water tastes like wine We can jump in the water, stay drunk all the time [Flute Solo] [Verse 3] I'm gonna leave the city, got to get away I'm gonna leave the city, got to get away All this fussin' and fightin', man, you know I sure can't stay [Bridge] Now, baby, pack your leavin' trunk, you know we've got to leave today Just exactly where we're goin' I cannot say, but We might even leave the USA 'Cause there's a brand-new game that I don't wanna play [Flute Solo] [Outro] No use for you runnin' or screamin' and cryin' 'Cause you've got a home as long as I've got mine

Doctor, My Eyes is a 1972 song written and performed by Jackson Browne and included on his debut album Jackson Browne. Featuring a combination of an upbeat piano riff coupled with lyrics about feeling world-weary, the song was a surprise hit, reaching number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in spring 1972, after debuting on the chart at number 80. Browne would not see the chart's Top 10 again until 1982's soundtrack hit "Somebody's Baby", although "Running on Empty" just missed the Top 10, reaching number 11.Billboard ranked "Doctor, My Eyes" as the No. 92 song for 1972. In Canada, the song peaked at number four. Lyrics: [Verse 1] Doctor, my eyes have seen the years And the slow parade of fears without crying Now I want to understand I have done all that I could To see the evil and the good without hiding You must help me if you can [Chorus] Doctor, my eyes Tell me what is wrong Was I unwise to leave them open for so long? [Verse 2] 'Cause I have wandered through this world And as each moment has unfurled I've been waiting to awaken from these dreams People go just where they will I never noticed them until I got this feeling That it's later than it seems [Chorus] Doctor, my eyes Tell me what you see I hear their cries Just say if it's too late for me [Chorus] Doctor, my eyes Cannot see the sky Is this the prize For having learned how not to cry?

Gangsta's Paradise is a single by American rapper Coolio, released on August 1, 1995, by Tommy Boy, Warner Bros. and MCA. Interpolating Stevie Wonder's song "Pastime Paradise" (1976), "Gangsta's Paradise" features vocals from American singer L.V. who served as a co-composer and co-lyricist with Coolio and Doug Rasheed, with Wonder also being credited for the composition and lyrics. Certified Platinum in October, the song was included on Coolio's second album, Gangsta's Paradise, in November 1995. Its music video was directed by Antoine Fuqua and featured Michelle Pfeiffer. The song is taken from Pfeiffer's movie Dangerous Minds, and the music video is also themed around the movie. The song was the top-selling single of 1995 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the first rap single ever to go straight to number one in Britain.[5] In 2008, it was ranked number 38 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop". NME listed the song at number 100 in their ranking of "100 Best Songs of the 1990s" in 2012 and Billboard magazine ranked it among the "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time" in 2023. Coolio was awarded a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance, two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rap Video and Best Video from a Film and a Billboard Music Award for the song. The song was voted as the best single of the year in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics' poll. Lyrics: As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I take a look at my life and realise there's nothing left cause I have been blasting and laughing So long that even My mama thinks that my mind is gone But I never crossed a man that didn't deserve it Me be' treated like a punk you that's unheard of You better watch how you talking or you and your homies might be lying chopped i really hate the The trip but I gotta go as they go I see my self at the piston smoke Fool am the kind of G that the homies wanna be like on my knees at night sayings prayers at the street light Chorus:(l.v.music) x4 Been spending most their lives Living In the gangster's paradise Verse 2 (Coolio) Look at the situation they got me facing I can live a normal life I was raised by the streets I gotta be down with the hood things To much television they got me chasing dreams Am a educated fool with money on my mind Got my tin in my hand with the green in my eye

Feelin' Alright?, also known as "Feeling Alright", is a song written by Dave Mason of the English rock band Traffic for their eponymous 1968 album Traffic. It was also released as a single, and failed to chart on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100, but it did reach a bubbling under position of #123 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100. Joe Cocker performed a more popular rendition of the song on his 1969 album With a Little Help from My Friends, that did chart in the U.S. Both Traffic's and Cocker's versions appear in the 2012 movie Flight. The song was also featured in the 2000 film Duets, sung by Huey Lewis. Lyrics: Seems I've got to have a... change of scene Every night I have... the strangest dreams Imprisoned by the way, yeah.. it could have been Left here on my own or... so it seems I've got to leave before I... start to scream Won't someone lock the door and turn the key Feeling alright I'm not feeling too good myself Yes, sir Feeling alright I'm not feeling that good myself Boy you sure took me.. for one bad ride And even now I sit... and I wonder why That when I think of you I stop myself from crying I just can't waste my time I must get by I've got to stop believing... in all your lies Hope there's too much to do before I die Hey Feeling alright I'm not feeling too good myself Oh no Feeling alright I'm not feeling that good little girl INSTRUMENTAL Don't you get too lost... in all I say Hey--but at the time. you know, I really... felt that way But that was then and now you know... its today I can't get safe for I guess I'm here to stay Till someone comes along and... take my place, yeah With a different name, whoah.. and a different face Feeling alright I'm not feeling that good myself Feeling alright I'm not feeling that good myself Feeling alright I'm not feeling that good myself Feeling alright I'm not feeling good myself Feeling alright I'm not feeling too good myself Feeling alright I'm not feeling that good myself

Stranglehold is a song by American rock musician Ted Nugent, the first track from his self-titled debut 1975 album. The vocals are by Derek St. Holmes, however, the "Sometimes you wanna get higher" verse is sung by Nugent. Nugent admits that the song was co-written by Rob Grange, who received no share. Lyrics: [Verse 1: Derek St. Holmes] Here I come again now baby Like a dog in heat You tell it's me by the clamor now, baby I like to tear up the street [Chorus 1: Derek St. Holmes] Now I've been smoking for so long You know I'm here to stay Got you in a stranglehold baby You best get out of the way [Solo 1] [Verse 2: Derek St. Holmes] Road I cruise is a bitch now baby You know you can't turn me 'round If a house gets in my way baby You know I'll burn it down [Chorus 2: Derek St. Holmes] You ran that night that you left me You put me in my place Got you in a stranglehold now baby Then I crushed your face [Instrumental break 1:44-6:14] [Guitar solo 2: Ted Nugent] [Verse 3: Ted Nugent] Sometimes you gonna get higher Sometimes you gotta start low Some people think they gonna die someday I got news you never got to go [Bridge: Derek St. Holmes & Both] Come on, come on up; Come on come on up; Come on come on up; Come on come on up; Come on, come on, come on, come on baby Come on, come on, come on, come on up Come on come on come on come on baby Come on come on come on [Verse 3: Derek St. Holmes] The road I cruise is a bitch now You know you can't turn me 'round If a house gets in my way You know I'll burn it down [Chorus 2: Derek St. Holmes] You ran that night that you left me You put me in my place I got you in a stranglehold baby And then I crushed your face

The Great Gig in the Sky is the fifth track on The Dark Side of the Moon, a 1973 album by English rock band Pink Floyd. The song features music by keyboard player Richard Wright and improvised, wordless vocals by session singer Clare Torry. It is one of only three Pink Floyd songs to feature lead vocals from an outside artist. The Great Gig in the Sky was released as a digital single on February 10, 2023, to promote The Dark Side of the Moon 50th Anniversary box set. Richard Wright in discussing the song said, "It was just me playing in the studio, playing some chords, and probably Dave or Roger saying “Hmm… that sounds nice. Maybe we could use that for this part of the album.” And then, me going away and trying to develop it. So then I wrote the music for that, and then there was a middle bit, with Clare Torry singing, that fantastic voice. We wanted something for that bit, and she came in and sang on it." The song talks to the pressure of mortality of life, with the “Great Gig in the Sky” being a reference to heaven or an afterlife. Lyrics: [Intro: Gerry O'Driscoll] And I am not frightened of dying, you know Any time will do, I don't mind Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it You've gotta go sometime [Non-Lyrical Vocals: Clare Torry] [Interlude: Patricia Watts] I never said I was frightened of dying [Non-Lyrical Vocals: Clare Torry]

Mary Jane's Last Dance is a song written by Tom Petty and recorded by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was recorded while Petty was recording his Wildflowers album and was produced by Rick Rubin, guitarist Mike Campbell, and Petty. The sessions would prove to be the last to include drummer Stan Lynch before his eventual departure in 1994. This song was first released as part of the Greatest Hits album in 1993. It rose to No. 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Petty's first Billboard top-20 hit of the 1990s, and also topped the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for two weeks. Internationally, the song reached No. 2 in Portugal, No. 5 in Canada and No. 7 in Iceland. Lyrics: [Verse 1] She grew up in an Indiana town Had a good lookin' mama who never was around But she grew up tall and she grew up right With them Indiana boys on them Indiana nights Well, she moved down here at the age of eighteen She blew the boys away, was more than they'd seen I was introduced and we both started groovin' She said, "I dig you baby, but I got to keep movin' on Keep movin' on" [Chorus] Last dance with Mary Jane, one more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin' in and I'm tired of this town again [Verse 2] Well, I don't know, but I've been told You never slow down, you never grow old I'm tired of screwin' up, tired of going down Tired of myself, tired of this town [Refrain] Oh, my, my, oh, hell yes Honey, put on that party dress Buy me a drink, sing me a song Take me as I come 'cause I can't stay long [Chorus] Last dance with Mary Jane, one more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin' in and I'm tired of this town again [Verse 3] There's pigeons down on Market Square She's standin' in her underwear Lookin' down from a hotel room The nightfall will be comin' soon [Refrain] Oh, my, my, oh, hell yes You got to put on that party dress It was too cold to cry when I woke up alone I hit my last number and walked to the road [Chorus] Last dance with Mary Jane, one more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin' in and I'm tired of this town again

Markus K - https://markus-k.bandcamp.com/ Born in Holland 30 years in England Now travels the world, playing on the street and connecting with people Main instruments: guitar, vocal, percussion Looper Master Mostly originals; some drastic reworks of classics Main influences: blues and anything with real soul, warts and all Passionate about inner peace and conscious living. Playlist: 1. We Merge 2. Rollin' and Tumblin' 3. Comin Home Blues