Greatest Show On Earth - Aloe Blacc & Pegasus

1.) Four Point Six Archaean horizon The first sunrise On a pristine Gaea Opus perfectum Somewhere there, us sleeping After sleeping through a hundred million centuries We have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet Sparkling with color, bountiful with life Within decades we must close our eyes again Isn't it a noble An enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun To work on understanding the universe And how we have come to wake up in it? 2.) Life The cosmic law of gravity Pulled the newborns around a fire A careless, cold infinity in every vast direction Lonely farer in the Goldilocks zone She has a tale to tell From the stellar nursery into a carbon feast Enter LUCA The tapestry of chemistry There's a writing in the garden Leading us to the Mother of all We are one We are a universe Forbears of what will be Scions of the Devonian sea Aeons pass Writing the tale of us all A day-to-day new opening For the greatest show on Earth Ion channels welcoming the outside world To the stuff of stars Bedding the tree of a biological holy Enter life The tapestry of chemistry There's a writing in the garden Leading us to the Mother of all We are one We are a universe Forbears of what will be Scions of the Devonian sea Aeons pass Writing the tale of us all A day-to-day new opening For the greatest show on Earth We are here to care for the garden The wonder of birth Of every form most beautiful Every form most beautiful We are one We are a universe Forbears of what will be Scions of the Devonian sea Aeons pass Writing the tale of us all A day-to-day new opening For the greatest show on Earth 3.) The Toolmaker After a billion years The show is still here Not a single one of your fathers died young The handy travelers Out of Africa Little Lucy of the Afar Gave birth to fantasy To idolatry To self-destructive weaponry Enter the god of gaps Deep within the past Atavistic dread of the hunted Enter Ionia, the cradle of thought The architecture of understanding The human lust to feel so exceptional To rule the Earth Hunger for shiny rocks For giant mushroom clouds The will to do just as you'd be done by Enter history, the grand finale Enter Ratkind Man, he took his time in the sun Had a dream to understand A single grain of sand He gave birth to poetry But one day'll cease to be Greet the last light of the library Man, he took his time in the sun Had a dream to understand A single grain of sand He gave birth to poetry But one day'll cease to be Greet the last light of the library Man, he took his time in the sun Had a dream to understand A single grain of sand He gave birth to poetry But one day'll cease to be Greet the last light of the library We were here! We were here! We were here! We were here! 4.) The Understanding We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones Most people are never going to die Because they are never going to be born The potential people who could have been here in my place But who will in fact never see the light of day Outnumber the sand grains of Sahara Certainly those unborn ghosts include Greater poets than Keats Scientists greater than Newton We know this Because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA So massively exceeds the set of actual people In the teeth of these stupefying odds It is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here We privileged few Who won the lottery of birth against all odds How dare we whine at our inevitable return To that prior state from which the vast majority have never stirred? 5.) Sea-Worn Driftwood There is grandeur in this view of life With its several powers Having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one And that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on According to the fixed law of gravity From so simple a beginning Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been And are being, evolved

I'm a pour it out A big block 4x4 I'm a billboard A buckshot that can't be ignored I'm a drift store I was built to invade I'm the realest motherfucker and I'm coming with age I'm rib-cage Broke down, battered, and bruised I was space age Cowboy shooting the moon I'm a full blown Down home rolling stone I'm a cyclone I'll shit wherever I roam Welcome to the greatest Love you when you hate us Welcome to the greatest fuckin' show on earth Welcome to the greatest Love you when you hate us Welcome to the greatest fuckin' show on earth I'm a full blown Freak show somethin' to see Got'em lined up And waiting taking bullets from me I'm a Mack truck I'm trucking down a one-way street You better move bitch My fuck tank's on E Baby come and see me shine I'm a mountain Of fame, the last of my kind Don't test me, oppress me Arrest me or fine me You best bring it on me if you're dying to try me Welcome to the greatest Love you when you hate us Welcome to the greatest fuckin' show on earth Welcome to the greatest Love you when you hate us Welcome to the greatest fuckin' show on earth Welcome to the greatest Love you when you hate us Welcome to the greatest fuckin' show on earth Welcome to the greatest Love you when you hate us Welcome to the greatest fuckin' show on earth Welcome to the greatest Love you when you hate us Welcome to the greatest fuckin' show on earth Welcome to the greatest Love you when you hate us Welcome to the greatest fuckin' show on earth Welcome to the greatest Love you when you hate us Welcome to the greatest fuckin' show on earth

It's been one hell of a night Broken sidewalks, power lines Your words, buzzing through my mind Oh, I pray you'll see the signs Oh my, my, these whiskey lies ain't ever gonna tell the truth Oh my, my, no man, no cry, I'll never give my heart to you Oh, line 'em up, line 'em up like a tin cup Yeah, I love 'em then I let 'em down Oh, line 'em up, line 'em up like a tin cup Yeah, I love 'em then I let 'em down Feel your heartbeat in my veins I keep running from the flames Every tear screams "Stay away" Tell me, will I ever change? I'll never change Oh my, my, these whiskey lies ain't ever gonna tell the truth Oh my, my, no man (woman), no cry, I'll never give my heart to you Oh, line 'em up, line 'em up like a tin cup Yeah, I love 'em then I let 'em down Oh, line 'em up, line 'em up like a tin cup Yeah, I love 'em then I let 'em down Down goes another one Down goes another one, oh Down goes another one Down goes another one, oh It's been one hell of a night Oh my, my, these whiskey lies ain't ever gonna tell the truth Oh my, my, no man (woman), no cry, I'll never give my heart to you Oh my, my, these whiskey lies ain't ever gonna tell the truth Oh my, my, no man (woman), no cry, I'll never give my heart to you Oh, line 'em up, line 'em up like a tin cup Yeah, I love 'em then I let 'em down Oh, line 'em up, line 'em up like a tin cup Oh, I love 'em then I, I let 'em down Down goes another one Down goes another one, oh (yeah) I let 'em down Down goes another one Down goes another one, oh (yeah, yeah, yeah) I let 'em down

We gon' have a funky ass Christmas It's gonna be a vibe, yeah Grooving to the music Dancing through the night We gon' have a funky ass Christmas Fix that tree with lights Everybody laughing Everything's alright We gon' have a funky ass Christmas We gon' have a funky ass Christmas We gon' have a funky ass Christmas We gon' have a funky ass Christmas All together we have gathered here Like we've done each year since way back when Reminiscing on the good old days Let's hope and pray they never end Next year we'll be right here together To do it all again Celebrate this life With family and friends We gon' have a... We gon' have a funky ass Christmas We gon' have a funky ass Christmas We gon' have a funky ass Christmas We gon' have a funky... We gon' have a funky ass Christmas It's gonna be a vibe, yeah Grooving to the music Dancing through the night We gon' have a funky ass Christmas Fix that tree with lights Everybody laughing Everything's alright We gon' have a... We gon' have a funky ass Christmas We gon' have a funky ass Christmas We gon' have a funky ass Christmas We gon' have a funky ass Christmas We gon' have a funky ass Christmas We gon' have a funky ass Christmas We gon' have a funky ass Christmas We gon' have a funky... Next year we'll be here together To do it all again Celebrate this life With family and friends And I know that we gon' have A funky ass Christmas then

If I sang a song would you sing with me? Said, if I sang a song, song would you sing with me? If I danced just dance, would you dance with me? Dance with me If I shed a tear would you cry with me? And if I told a lie would you forgive me? All of these things I'd do for you Give me a chance to prove to you my love is true If I had to go, would you leave with me? Said, if I had to go, go would you leave with me? If I had no food would you cook for me? Cook for me If I told a joke would you laugh at me? And I asked for you to change, would you change for me? All of these things I'd do for you Give me a chance to prove to you All of these things I'd do for you Give me the chance to prove to you my love is true If I had to die, would you pray for me? Said, if I had to die, die, would you pray for me? Would you pray for me?

Something special happened today I got green lights all the way With no big red sign to stop me No traffic jam delay See I was driving over the moon (Ohh I) In my big hot air balloon (Ohhh I) Floating high into the darkness (Ohhh I) I hope I get there soon (Ohhh I) It so many things to do So many people i need to talk to And they've all been waiting for me Well I gotta make it through Something special happened today I got green lights all the way With no big red sign to stop me No traffic jam delay Thank my stars for air that we breathe (Ohhh I) You have no idea of what it means... no no (Ohhh I) To a man who's always traveling (Ohhh I) Who's seen the things that I've seen (Ohhh I) I don't know what's yet to come Not sure of anything that I've done Really makes that much a difference Well I hope it has for some Something special happened today I got green lights all the way With no big red sign to stop me No traffic jam delay Well I was driving over the moon (Ohhh I) In my big hot air balloon (Ohhh I) Floating high up in the darkness (Ohhh I) I promise that I'll make it to you very soon (Ohhh I) Something special happened today