Progress – Busy Making Progress : Folk Rock, Pop Rock, Prog Rock 1978.
A1 Vision 3:05
A2 There Is A Light 4:10
A3 Payday 0:45
A4 Busy Making Progress 2:55
A5 When You Go 4:25
B1 Protoplasmic Crud 3:25
B2 Stop And Think 2:50
B3 Is It Worth The Price 3:40
B4 A Long Long Way To Go ..... 3:00
B5 Changing The Face Of The Earth 5:45
Design, Art Direction – The Design Machine*
Illustration – John Wier
Music By, Words By – Jeffrey Armstrong, Michael Cassidy
Producer – Carl Lange
This is a special benefit album. All the artists who contributed to its production did so without remuneration.
Special thanks to Carlos Santana, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Neil Diamond, Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder and Alice Coltrane for their inspiration and help with ISKCON projects.
A2 There Is A Light 4:10
A3 Payday 0:45
A4 Busy Making Progress 2:55
A5 When You Go 4:25
B1 Protoplasmic Crud 3:25
B2 Stop And Think 2:50
B3 Is It Worth The Price 3:40
B4 A Long Long Way To Go ..... 3:00
B5 Changing The Face Of The Earth 5:45
Design, Art Direction – The Design Machine*
Illustration – John Wier
Music By, Words By – Jeffrey Armstrong, Michael Cassidy
Producer – Carl Lange
This is a special benefit album. All the artists who contributed to its production did so without remuneration.
Special thanks to Carlos Santana, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Neil Diamond, Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder and Alice Coltrane for their inspiration and help with ISKCON projects.
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00:00You should know just how I'm feeling deep within my heart
00:23I could tell you, can you hear me, that would be a start
00:29Love's on trial, life's the courtroom, now we take the stand
00:47The evidence is there within you, do you understand?
00:59Behind the veil of certain perception, past the echoing halls of time
01:12Beyond the realm of self-deception, exists a vision so sublime
01:18A true transcending all-illusion, the resting place in dear most strength
01:25Above the fetters of delusion, there's a love that never ends
01:44You should know just how I'm feeling deep within my heart
01:50I could tell you, can you hear me, that would be a start
02:08Behind the veil of certain perception, past the echoing halls of time
02:14Beyond the realm of self-deception, exists a vision so sublime
02:20A true transcending all-illusion, the resting place in dear most strength
02:27Above the fetters of delusion, there's a love that never ends
03:14There is a light coming down from the face
03:43Of the beautiful Lord, far beyond outer space
03:53So radiant and bright, shining perfectly clear
04:03Descending in glory, removing all fear
04:28Once in the night, I did wander in pain
04:37Praying for sunrise, to see Him again
04:47Then from great heights, came a vision of grace
04:57To cause this mercy, from a transcending place
05:27There is a light coming down from the face
05:49Of the beautiful Lord, far beyond outer space
05:59O grant me my sight, let me stand in the rain
06:08Of your rainbow of love, the eternal refrain
06:39O Sudevaya
06:43Om Namah Bhagavate
06:48O Sudevaya
06:52Om Namah Bhagavate
06:57O Sudevaya
07:03Om Namah Bhagavate
07:19Some say to play today away
07:22Just may defray the day we pay
07:28I pray, that they so gay will stay
07:33That way, when gray, they lay
07:41And repay, whose clay
07:46The delay, can't defray, judgment day
07:59So busy making progress, we forget to wonder why
08:05Life started in the first place, and why, why, why
08:10We're born and die
08:20Scholars seek solutions, in the rubble of the past
08:25Poking ancient mummies, to find out how to last
08:34We're surrounded by the gadgets, that we're told will save the day
08:38But we still get old and perish, why we cannot say
08:47For man can make inventions, but he can't invent the truth
08:52And all his vain pretensions, won't restore his youth
09:01So busy making progress, we forget to wonder why
09:05Life started in the first place, and why, why, why
09:09We're born and die
09:22So busy making progress, we forget to wonder why
09:27Life started in the first place, and why, why, why
09:32We're born and die
09:53So progress marches onward, but don't you think it's odd
09:58How forward looks like backward, and no one mentions God
10:07We're ruled by foolish leaders, who play with us at stakes
10:11While our world is being poisoned, by mad scientists' mistakes
10:18But man has made great progress, so they'd like us to believe
10:23It's measured by the ugly mess, their children will receive
10:31So busy making progress, we forget to wonder why
10:36Life started in the first place, and why, why, why
10:42Life started in the first place, and why, why, why
10:47We're born and die
11:13If you think that the honey is there in your money
11:20Then there's something you ought to know
11:27If you think that the honey is there in your money
11:34Then there's something you ought to know
11:41You can work hard all day, change your time into pay
11:48But you leave it behind when you go
11:56As a matter of fact, sir, your death is a factor
12:03Which money cannot prevent
12:10As a matter of fact, sir, your death is a factor
12:17Which money cannot prevent
12:23Poor old age and disease bring all men to their knees
12:30And a dead man can't spend a cent
12:36If you think that the honey is there in your money
12:40Then there's something you ought to know
12:43If you think that the honey is there in your money
12:47Then there's something you ought to know
12:50You can work hard all day, change your time into pay
12:53But you leave it behind when you go
13:06You might think that it's nice when they give you the prize
13:20For helping them reach their goal
13:23You might think that it's nice when they give you a prize
13:28For helping them reach their goal
13:32But the things that you do had better be true
13:35For the benefit of your soul
13:39If you think that the honey is there in your money
13:43Then there's something you ought to know
13:47If you think that the honey is there in your money
13:50Then there's something you ought to know
13:54You can work hard all day, change your time into pay
13:58But you leave it behind when you go
14:01If you think that the honey is there in your money
14:30Then there's something you ought to know
14:36If you think that the honey is there in your money
14:43Then there's something you ought to know
14:49You can work hard all day, change your time into pay
14:57But you leave it behind when you go
15:03If you think that the honey is there in your money
15:10Then there's something you ought to know
15:26Well his parents both were monkeys
15:38Who had crawled out of the mud
15:41He was simply made of matter
15:44In protoplasmic crud
15:46Formed by subatomic bumping
15:49In a random sort of way
15:52With no goal and no direction
15:55Simply animated clay
16:03Made complete by evolution
16:06He finally learned to walk
16:08Although nothing needed saying
16:11He somehow learned to talk
16:14And he built a vast dominion
16:17In which each thing had its use
16:19Saying all this leads to nothing
16:22Life's a complicated ruse
16:30Then he gave himself a title
16:36Made himself a PhD
16:41Gave himself the job of teaching
16:48This insane philosophy
16:54Though he claims we're going nowhere
16:57We are told that we should hurry
17:00And though we're only chemicals
17:03The chemicals still worry
17:06But now science has the answer
17:08To the problems of our race
17:11They've made billion dollar rockets
17:14To bring rocks from outer space
17:22Yes their ancestors were cavemen
17:25And they've shown it through the ages
17:28By their inability
17:31To listen to the sages
17:33Now the answer to this riddle
17:36Should they ever care to hear it
17:39Is that matter cannot move
17:42Until it's touched by spirit
17:50But it's hard to teach a monkey
17:53Of the things he cannot feel
17:56And it's hard to show a caveman
17:58What's beyond his cave is real
18:01But the hardest thing of all
18:03Is showing the absurdity
18:06Of claiming life's an accident
18:09A sentiment with no humility
18:19Well his parents both were monkeys
18:22Who would crawl right out of the mud
18:25Things simply made of matter
18:28In protoplasmic rock
18:30Formed by subatomic bumping
18:33In a round hole
18:40As a child I had no knowledge
18:43No way to understand
18:45My father kept me sheltered
18:47He would hold me in his hands
18:50You know I was protected
18:52With no threat from anywhere
18:54I drank my mother's milk
18:56And I drank my mother's milk
18:58And I drank my mother's milk
19:00And I drank my mother's milk
19:02And I drank my mother's milk
19:04And I drank my mother's milk
19:06I drank my mother's milk
19:08And I didn't have a care
19:10But it didn't last forever
19:12I was soon sent off to school
19:14Where the teachers gave me poison
19:16And I drank it like a fool
19:23They said that mother nature
19:25Couldn't give us what we need
19:27That explained the factories
19:29The smog and dirty streams
19:31That pointed to the child's
19:33To show population boom
19:35To justify the murders
19:37Of their children in the womb
19:39They gave us all the facts
19:41Explaining economic war
19:43Like a fool I listened
19:45But I won't listen anymore
19:47So before the final slaughter
19:50Please, please stop and think
19:53Stop and think
19:55They can lead us to water
19:58But it doesn't have to drink
20:00Drink before you drink
20:02Drink before you drink
20:04Drink before you drink
20:28So before the final slaughter
20:30Please, please stop and think
20:34Stop and think
20:36They can lead us to water
20:39But it doesn't have to drink
20:41Drink before you drink
20:43Drink before you drink
20:45Drink before you drink
20:47As a child I had no knowledge
20:49No way to understand
20:51My father kept me sheltered
20:53He would hold me in his hands
20:55You know I was protected
20:57With no threat from anywhere
20:59I drank my mother's milk
21:01And I didn't have a care
21:03But it didn't last forever
21:05I was soon sent off to school
21:07Where the teachers gave me poison
21:09And I drank it like a fool
21:11So before the final slaughter
21:14Please, please stop and think
21:17Stop and think
21:19They can lead us to water
21:22But it doesn't have to drink
21:24Drink before you drink
21:26Drink before you drink
21:28Drink before you drink
21:30Drink
21:45The more things that you take
21:50The less you'll have to give
21:54The more hearts that you break
21:58The less you'll want to live
22:02And every cruel deed
22:07Will follow you for years
22:11An unremembered seed
22:15Which grows up into tears
22:21The more things that you take
22:26The less you'll have to give
22:30The more hearts that you break
22:35The less you'll want to live
22:39And every cruel deed
22:43Will follow you for years
22:48An unremembered seed
22:52Which grows up into tears
22:57And the night will not protect you
23:01Or conceal the hidden sin
23:06The evils that you do
23:10Are witnessed from within
23:19Piano solo
23:30Is it worth the price you pay
23:35That fleeting moment's gain
23:39Which in another day
23:44Will only give you pain
23:48Are you wandering across the earth
23:52With no thought of times to come
23:57Have you thought of your next birth
24:02And all the things you've done
24:08Is it worth the price you pay
24:13That fleeting moment's gain
24:17Which in another day
24:22Will only give you pain
24:26Are you wandering across the earth
24:30With no thought of times to come
24:35Have you thought of your next birth
24:39And all the things you've done
24:44For the night will not protect you
24:48Or conceal the hidden sin
24:53The evils that you do
24:57Are witnessed from within
25:03Piano solo
25:22He's a kind and gentle soul
25:25His heart is never cold
25:28So peaceful and poetic
25:30With a message true and bold
25:33He's never seeking praise
25:36So silent and so brave
25:39And his transcendental love
25:42Is the magic in his ways
25:44And when I see his love I know
25:47I've got a long, long way to go
25:50When will I taste
25:52The love that he is feeling
25:56Inside
26:05He's always meek and mild
26:07With a warm and friendly smile
26:10So simple in his living
26:13Singing all the while
26:16He sings out Krishna's name
26:19His glory and his fame
26:22To serve his Lord and Master
26:25With pleasure or in pain
26:27And when I see his love I know
26:30I've got a long, long way to go
26:33When will I taste
26:35The love that he is feeling
26:39Inside
26:56Piano solo
27:07And when I see his love I know
27:10I've got a long, long way to go
27:13When will I taste
27:15The love that he is feeling
27:19Inside
27:26You'll find no lust and greed
27:30In a heart that's pure and free
27:33He's a lover of the Lord
27:36And his life is ecstasy
27:39He only dies to live
27:42And living tries to give
27:45The happiness that's found
27:48In the sound of Krishna's name
27:50And when I see his love I know
27:53I've got a long, long way to go
27:56When will I taste
27:58The love that he is feeling
28:02Inside
28:06Piano solo
28:19Drums & cymbals play
28:35Drums & cymbals play
28:40O Krishna, O God of the gods
28:44To serve you is rightfully done
28:48But providence has turned the wheel of time
28:53The dark winter age has begun
28:57The dark winter age has begun
29:05Drums & cymbals play
29:08Clouds of forgetfulness cover
29:12The radiant light of your face
29:17Knowledge of God is now dead
29:21And darkness has taken its place
29:24O Lord, darkness has taken its place
29:30Drums & cymbals play
29:36Although from a spark of your splendor
29:40The mighty creation has sprung
29:45Scientists can't understand you
29:49The dark winter age has begun
29:53O Lord, the dark winter age has begun
29:59Drums & cymbals play
30:13In darkness their theories are shining
30:17As fireflies zoom in beneath
30:21Men follow their glitter and stumble
30:26Confused about what to believe
30:30Confused about what to believe
30:41But a sage of true Vedic wisdom
30:45Now carries your name to our ears
30:49And clearing the clouds of delusion
30:53The full moon of knowledge appears
30:56O Lord, the full moon of knowledge appears
31:04Changing the face of the earth
31:08Giving her children new birth
31:12Opening our eyes to the spiritual sky
31:16Showing us one life is worth
31:20Changing the face of the earth
31:24Giving her children new birth
31:28Opening our eyes to the spiritual sky
31:32Showing us one life is worth
31:51Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
31:55Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
31:59Hare Rama, Hare Rama
32:03Rama Rama, Hare Hare
32:06Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
32:10Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
32:14Hare Rama, Hare Rama
32:18Rama Rama, Hare Hare
32:21Changing the face of the earth
32:25Giving her children new birth
32:29Opening our eyes to the spiritual sky
32:33Showing us one life is worth
32:36Changing the face of the earth
32:40Giving her children new birth
32:44Opening our eyes to the spiritual sky
32:48Showing us one life is worth
32:51Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
32:55Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
32:59Hare Rama, Hare Rama
33:03Rama Rama, Hare Hare
33:06Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
33:10Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
33:14Hare Rama, Hare Rama
33:18Rama Rama, Hare Hare
33:21Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
33:25Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
33:28Hare Rama, Hare Rama
33:32Rama Rama, Hare Hare
33:35Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
33:39Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
33:42Hare Rama, Hare Rama
33:46Rama Rama, Hare Hare
33:49Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna