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Trader

Trader sailed a jeweled crown
Humanity rowed the way
Exploring to command more land
Scheming how to rule the waves.
Trader spied a virgin plain
And named it for velvet robes
Wrote home declaring,
"There's a place
Where totally folks are free
(Happily completely)
Nourishment fills the prairies and the hillsides
And animals stalk the mountains and the seaside
And fish abound the lakes and birds the skies
Signed sincerely."

Trader found the jeweled land
Was occupied before he came
By humans of a second look
Who couldn't even write their names shame
Trader said they're not as good
As folks who wear velvet robes
Wrote home again and asked, "Please help
Their bre*sts I see; they're not like me
Banish them from our prairies and our hillsides
Clear them from our mountains and our seaside
I want them off our lakes so please reply
Signed sincerely."

Trader he got the crown okay
Cleared humanity from his way
He civilized all he saw
Making changes every single day say
Shops sprang over the prairies and the hillsides
Then roads cut through the mountains to the seaside
The other kind fled to hide, by and by,
And so sincerely
Cried.

Making it softly
Like the evening sea, trying to be
Making it go
Creating it gently
Like a morning breeze, a life of ease
Eyes that see
Beyond tomorrow, through to the time without hours
Pa*sing the Eden of Flowers
Reason to live.

Embracing together
Like the merging streams, crying dreams
Making it full
Begging intently
For a slight reprieve, a night of ease
Hands to touch
Beyond the sorrow, on to the force without power
Piercing the crust of the tower
Reason to live.

Hoping
Like a budding rose, humbling shows
Making it.
Struggling lonely
Like a desert field, break the seal, make it real
Ears to hear
Beyond the showers, on to the suns of tomorrows
Burning the flesh of all sorrows
Reason to live.
Reason to continue
Reason to go on
Reason to live
Reason to live
Reason to live



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The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys

  1. Little Surfer Girl (Previously Unreleased)
  2. Surfin' (Rehearsal) (Previously Unreleased)
  3. Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring (Demo) (Previously Unreleased)
  4. 409
  5. Punchline (Instrumental) (Previously Unreleased)
  6. Little Deuce Coupe
  7. The Surfer Moon
  8. Spirit Of America
  9. Things We Did Last Summer (Previously Unreleased)
  10. Why Do Fools Fall In Love
  11. Little Honda
  12. Don't Back Down
  13. Do You Wanna Dance
  14. When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
  15. Dance, Dance, Dance
  16. Please Let Me Wonder
  17. She Knows Me Too Well
  18. Radio Station Jingles (Previously Unreleased)
  19. Concert Promo/Hushabye (Live) (Previously Unreleased)
  20. Then I Kissed Her
  21. And Your Dream Comes True
  22. The Little Girl I Once Knew (45 Version)
  23. Barbara Ann (45 Version)
  24. Ruby Baby (Party LP Outtake) (Previously Unreleased)
  25. Koma (Radio Promo Spot) (Previously Unreleased)
  26. Sloop John B
  27. You Still Believe In Me
  28. God Only Knows
  29. Hang On To Your Ego (Alternate Version) (Previously Unreleased)
  30. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
  31. Pet Sounds
  32. Caroline, No
  33. Our Prayer (Previously Unreleased)
  34. Wonderful (Previously Unreleased)
  35. Cabinessence
  36. Wind Chimes (Previously Unreleased)
  37. Do You Like Worms (Previously Unreleased)
  38. Vegetables (Previously Unreleased)
  39. I Love To Say Da Da (Previously Unreleased)
  40. With Me Tonight
  41. Heroes And Villains (45 Version)
  42. Darlin'
  43. Wild Honey
  44. Let The Wind Blow
  45. Can't Wait Too Long
  46. Cool Cool Water
  47. Meant For You
  48. Friends
  49. Little Bird
  50. Busy Doin' Nothin'
  51. Do It Again
  52. I Can Hear Music
  53. I Went To Sleep
  54. Time To Get Alone
  55. Breakaway
  56. Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) (45 Version)
  57. San Miguel
  58. Games Two Can Play (Previously Unreleased)
  59. I Just Got My Pay (Previously Unreleased)
  60. This Whole World
  61. Add Some Music
  62. Forever
  63. Our Sweet Love
  64. H.E.L.P. Is On The Way (Previously Unreleased)
  65. 4th Of July (Previously Unreleased)
  66. Long Promised Road
  67. Disney Girls
  68. Surf's Up
  69. 'Til I Die
  70. Sail On Sailor
  71. California
  72. Trader
  73. Funky Pretty
  74. Fairy Tale Music
  75. You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
  76. Marcella
  77. All This Is That
  78. Rock And Roll Music
  79. It's OK
  80. Had To Phone Ya
  81. That Same Song
  82. It's Over Now (Previously Unreleased)
  83. Still I Dream Of It (Previously Unreleased)
  84. Let Us Go On This Way
  85. The Night Was So Young
  86. I'll Bet He's Nice
  87. Airplane
  88. Come Go With Me
  89. Our Team (Previously Unreleased)
  90. Baby Blue
  91. Good Timin'
  92. Goin' On
  93. Getcha Back
  94. Radio Spot #1
  95. Radio Spot #2
  96. Radio Spot #3
  97. Hushabye (Vocals)
  98. When I Grow Up To Be A Man (Vocals)
  99. Radio Spot #4
  100. Concert Intro/Surfin' U.S.A.-Live 1964
  101. Surfer Girl-Live In Hawaii Rehearsals-1967