The Needles Eye - The Eastern: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

The Needles Eye

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The Needles Eye was released on March 11, 2011 by Newmarket Music as a part of the album Arrows

Song Details

Release DateMarch 11, 2011

LabelNewmarket Music

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM126

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Eastern

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Adam McGrath

Songwriter

Jess Shanks

Songwriter

Lyrics

Well, it seems there's a lot of people saying

Change is gonna come some way

Well, it seems to me there ain't a whole lot changing

Maybe just a lighter day

Maybe it's just I don't pay enough attention

Maybe it's just that I can't see

But even if there's one of us who's hungry, boys

Well, it ain't enough change for me

Whoa, someone said the saints, they are a-coming

Well, I've been waiting 'round since three

And I guess if I don't see no golden chariot, Lord

Well, it may as well be up to me

Well, I know I'm just a singer, I don't have too many skills

But if I sing enough of these folk songs

Maybe I'll pay one or two of these bigger bills

'Cause the gates of Heaven, they are looking mighty bright

But as I'm looking at a needle, things are getting pretty tight

There's a rich man up ahead saying, "

If you don't get some money, you'll be dead"

Well, I said, "Die, die, die"

I said, "Die, die, die"

I said, "Die"

Well, there's a lot of pretty singers on the Internet today

They all be dancing cool, they all have things to say

Like, "I'm brought to you by this and I'm sponsored here by that

I'm wearing thousand-dollar sneakers

You, too, can buy the pillow where my pampered ass once sat"

Well, once there was a band, they were called the MC5

They said, "If you ain't part of the solution

There ain't no reason to be alive"

Well, I believed in it so much, I once wrote it on a shirt

But they sold their soul to Levi's, goddamn it, boys, it hurt

But hell, I still believe in the music, man, if not the band

And maybe that's the point if it ain't a master plan

So keep on singing, kids, and earn yourself some fans

Just don't forget your heart and on the ground on which you stand

'Cause the gates of Heaven, they are looking mighty bright

But as I'm looking at a needle, things are getting pretty tight

There's a rich man up ahead saying, "

If you don't get some money, you'll be dead"

Well, I said, "Die, die, die"

I said, "Die, die, die" (Yeah)

I said, "Die"

I said, "Die" (Die, die, die, die)

Well, some people in this country are very quick to believe

That the evils in the world are the ones out on the street

Well, hell, one day it might be true, you may catch your TV thief

But if you look very close, that thief, well, it might be me

And I assure you, brother, that suit looks really nice

But if I stole it so that maybe I'll buy some medicine and rice

And I ship it far away, far across the seven seas

Maybe I can cure one of them so-called African diseases

But I better do it quick, I hope to God that I don't fail

'Cause somewhere, someone's kid is dying, it ain't a male-avel

'Cause the gates of Heaven, they are looking mighty bright

But as I'm looking at a needle, things are getting pretty tight

There's a rich man up ahead saying, "

If you don't get some money, you'll be dead"

Well, I said, "Die, die, die"

I said, "Die, die, die"

I said, "Die"

Oh, the gates of Heaven, they are looking mighty bright

But as I'm looking at a needle, things are getting pretty tight

There's a rich man up ahead saying, "

If you don't get some money, you'll be dead"

Well, I said, "Die, die, die"

I said, "Die, die, die"

I said, "Die"

Written by: Adam McGrath, Jess Shanks

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