Izanah Jones

Reggae For Love

Sing along to one of Izanah’s lovely Reggae songs. Pick an album above, select your song, turn on your microphone and lets get singing.

BOUNTY HUNTER REDS



Let me take you where the cool breeze blow
So high, so far from shore
Let me take you where the cool breeze blow
So high, so high, so high



High on a hill far from the seashore
I sit and watch the full moon glow
The fog a come, it a look like snow
Up a bamboo where the cool breeze blow



And in the morning the sunshine flow
The farmers wake and go to bush and grow
Yam, cabbage, potato, chocho, coco and okra



Me love to go where the cool breeze blow
Up a bamboo where the sunshine flow
Me love fer go where the cool breeze blows
Up a bamboo where the sunshine flow



Police and guard dem a drive around
Sight my brother, attack him like a blood hound
Beat him, kick him, throw him on the ground
Take him money, all that could be found
Grab him gold chain, shot him on the ground



Dem stand for justice with dem dirty tricks
Dem say they tried to do righteousness
All I know, my brother is dead
The Babylon boy gone shot him in de head



Babylon, where you get your gun from?
Put me brother under brutalization
When him weak, you say that him strong
When him right, you say that him wrong
Babylon, where you get your gun from?



We must stand firm against brutality
Not be deceived by hypocrisy
Dem may pluck a branch from our tree
Yet we still stand rooted in reality



Truth and culture belong to we
Dem can't take dat out of me
Reds always in our memory
Nuff love for him by everybody



Almighty father bless this land
Guide and protect with Almighty hand
Keep us far from evil power
And be our guide through countless hour


RAINDANCERS

Let's go back to where we come from
We are dancers in the rain
Let's go back to where we come from
We are dancers in the rain



Can we turn back the hands of time?
And take a walk, a walk behind the stars
Under the moonlight you and me
Dancing by the sea



We are spirits, spirits of light
Let's come together and unite
Under the moonlight by the sea
Dancing you and me



I hold a very special place for you
I know that you will always
guide me through
Under the moonlight by the sea
Dancing through eternity



Let's go back to where we come from
We are dancers in the rain
Let's go back to where we come from
We are dancers in the rain


Let the cool breeze take us there
When the orange moon rises high
More than fragrant memories
We live a feeling that's alive



Let's go back to where we come from
We are dancers in the rain
Let's go back to where we come from
We are dancers in the rain



We will dance over the sea
We will dance into the moonlight
We will dance with the starlight
Through the galaxy you and me

Let's go back to where we come from
We are dancers in the rain


CAN YOU FALL IN LOVE

Can you fall in love
With a stranger to your heart?
Does the full moon wake you in the dark?
Dreams of love, do they let you down?
Hopes like people
sometimes aren't around



Can you fall in love?
Can you fall in love?
Can you fall in love?
Can you fall in love?



Do you lie awake at night
Wishing you were young?
Dreams running away
You can't hold back the river of time



Visions of love elude your soul's intent
While deep inside dreams of love persist



Can you fall in love?
Can you fall in love?
Can you fall in love?
Can you fall in love?




If you're true to yourself, open up your heart
The moon shines brighter in the dark
The love light is softer in the night
Can you fall in love?



Can you fall in love?
Can you fall in love?
Can you fall in love?
Can you fall in love?



Visions of love elude your soul's intent
While deep inside dreams of love persist



Can you fall in love?
Can you fall in love?
Can you fall in love?
Can you fall in love?


THIS TIGHTROPE

Every evening as the sun goes down
I sit on my back porch wondering
How is it, you don't talk much anymore
And when you do you stay
behind closed doors



You say one thing and then
you do another
You say today when you
mean tomorrow
While I'm crying, you smile
Somehow the truth gets lost in lies



Hanging on this tightrope of love
Hanging on this tightrope of love
Hanging on this tightrope of love
Hanging on this tightrope of love



Every evening I'm a circus clown
Stepping on this tightrope up and down
Sometimes I just don't get it right
Swaying to the left, then to the right
Looking down full of fright
Somehow something doesn't feel right




Hanging on this tightrope of love
Hanging on this tightrope of love
Hanging on this tightrope of love
Hanging on this tightrope of love



How can love slip by so mystically
First you have it only to get down
on your knees
And pray and pray
And pray and pray



Hanging on this tightrope of love
Hanging on this tightrope of love
Hanging on this tightrope of love
Hanging on this tightrope of love

I SAW A RAVEN

I saw a raven fly across the sky
And I had to wonder why life can be unkind



Motions swirling in and out of my mind
When will this whirlwind unwind?
The way you draw so close to me
Then drift away so silently



Your eyes deceived me
With their charm for awhile
Until I realized you were never genuine



What is this?
Only the memories of a dream
That could never manifest
And through the darkness and the pain
I ask you, "What remains?"



If you could let me be
Without questioning why
Then I could be so free
Like the raven that flew across my eyes



I saw a raven fly across my eyes
And I had to wonder why life can be unkind
I saw a raven fly across my eyes
And I had to ask myself the reason why



If you could let me be
Without questioning why
Then I could be so free
Like the raven that flew across my eyes



Motions swirling in and out of my mind
When will this whirlwind unwind?
The way you draw so close to me
Then drift away so silently
And what is this?
Only the memories of a dream
That could never manifest
And through the darkness and the pain
I ask you, "What remains?"



If you could let me be
Without questioning why
Then I could be so free
Like the raven that flew across my eyes



I saw a raven fly across the sky
And I had to wonder why life can be unkind
I saw a raven fly across the sky
And I had to ask myself the reason why

IZANAH’S SONG



How many seasons will it take

How many years must I wait

To see you, once again

To touch you, once again




I could wait a lifetime here

Waiting for your sweet, sweet vibration

Strictly irie iration




You are east, I am west

Still I know we've tried our best

Jah know, we've really tried

Our love, it will survive




So many years have passed

Since I wrote this song

And still my love for you holds strong




Jah know, I'm still searching for a love like ours

Jah know, I'm searching in vain all those years





So many places, so many faces

And I just can't find another love like ours

Don't know why we live separate lives

When I need your smile to stay alive




Something real, something I can feel

Straight to the heart, that's our love

Real from the start, our love




No matter where you are,

No matter what they say

No one can take away

Our love, holding strong

Our love, all my life long

Our love

BUTTERFLIES OR BLUE SKIES



Thought there were windows behind the door

But when I reached, there weren't any more

Butterflies or blue skies, blue skies

No more butterflies or blue skies




Angels can't live in captivity

Overcome, overstand how to be free

We're not walking down

no one way street

No, no we're not walking down

no one way street




Angel of light, you gave I sight

At the final end your brightness

conquered I

And showed me how to be free

Nuff respect, eternally




How can you fool another

When you're only fooling yourself?

And if you try and run away

You betray your own heart

Your own heart




You've got to be true to yourself

Or you'll never be true to anyone else

You've got to be true to yourself

Or you'll never be true to anyone else

No no no, not to anyone else





You've got to be true to yourself

Or you'll never be true to anyone else

You've got to be true to yourself

Or you'll never be true to anyone else

No no no, not to anyone else




How can you stand up for others

And not stand up for yourself?

How can you know a next man's heart

And hardly know yourself?




You've got to be true to yourself

Or you'll never be true to anyone else

You've got to be true to yourself

Or you'll never be true to anyone else

No no no, not to anyone else




You've got to be true to yourself

Or you'll never be true to anyone else

You've got to be true to yourself

Or you'll never be true to anyone else


SAND CASTLES BY THE SEA



Can’t go on living in

Castles made of sand

Pretending that I could be your woman

I ain’t the one for you

You ain’t the man for me

Can we let go, set ourselves free?




Holding onto empty dreams

Living lies with broken wings

Searching in strife

For what could only seem




Holding onto empty dreams

Living lies with broken wings

Searching in strife

For what could only seem




A merry go round and round

Let me get off

Get my feet on the ground

Break free, grab a piece of my life




One thing I know

It ain’t easy to be free

There are spiritual forces

Left unseen




But now that I’ve left you

I feel so all alone

Deeper into blue

Left out in the cold







But there ain’t no going back

To castles made of sand

False hopes based on fantasies

Paper lives, worn out dreams

Yet still I ponder you

And all that could seem




Round and round like a merry go round

Round and round I get my feet off the ground

Round and round, round and round

Break free break free




But now that I’ve left you

I feel so all alone

Deeper into blue

Left out in the cold




But there ain’t no going back

To castles made of sand

Pretending that I could be your woman

I ain’t the one for you

You ain’t the man for me

Can we let go, set ourselves free?




Castles made of sand wash into the sea

Castles made of sand wash into the sea

Castles made of sand wash into the sea

Castles made of sand wash into the sea


BITTER FOR YOU



You don't treat me like your woman

(Oh no you don't)

You don't treat me like you care

You don't treat me like you love me

So where, where do we go from here?

Where do we go from here?




I'm on the other side of town

Waiting for you to come around

I've got better things to do

Than hang around for you

(why wait for you)




You use me then abuse me

Accuse me then refuse me

You take what you want

Are you ever gonna stop?

Are you ever gonna stop?





I can't stand it

When I'm with you

But when we're apart

I suffer a broken heart




Will this pain ever subside

Your way of loving me

I can't abide




Will you learn to love me again?

The way you used to

When I was your woman




To the bitter end

To the bitter end

To the bitter end

To the bitter end

Where Can We Begin



Standing by the edge of the road
Gazing at the starlit sky
Wondering, where are you tonight?


The cold wind blows through my hair
The four wheels pass on by
I'm hoping to catch a ride


The winds of change
Are blowing through my life
I feel so lost beneath this
endless desert sky


The winds of change
Are blowing through my life
I feel so lost beneath this
endless desert sky








The time is short
The road is long
I've got to get to you
Before you're gone


I don't know where I'm gonna sleep tonight
All I know is that I want you by my side
I long to see you in the morning light
And wake up knowing everything is right


Never ever will I part from you again
If you'll have me back, where can we
begin?
Never ever will I leave you again
I want you back, where can we begin?


The time is short
The road is long
I've got to get to you
Before you're gone

BOUNTY HUNTER REDS



Let me take you where the cool breeze blow
So high, so far from shore
Let me take you where the cool breeze blow
So high, so high, so high



High on a hill far from the seashore
I sit and watch the full moon glow
The fog a come, it a look like snow
Up a bamboo where the cool breeze blow



And in the morning the sunshine flow
The farmers wake and go to bush and grow
Yam, cabbage, potato, chocho, coco and okra



Me love to go where the cool breeze blow
Up a bamboo where the sunshine flow
Me love fer go where the cool breeze blows
Up a bamboo where the sunshine flow



Police and guard dem a drive around
Sight my brother, attack him like a blood hound
Beat him, kick him, throw him on the ground
Take him money, all that could be found
Grab him gold chain, shot him on the ground



Dem stand for justice with dem dirty tricks
Dem say they tried to do righteousness
All I know, my brother is dead
The Babylon boy gone
shot him in de head



Babylon, where you get your gun from?
Put me brother under brutalization
When him weak, you say that him strong
When him right, you say that him wrong
Babylon, where you get your gun from?



We must stand firm against brutality
Not be deceived by hypocrisy
Dem may pluck a branch from our tree
Yet we still stand rooted in reality



Truth and culture belong to we
Dem can't take dat out of me
Reds always in our memory
Nuff love for him by everybody



Almighty father bless this land
Guide and protect with Almighty hand
Keep us far from evil power
And be our guide through countless hour




RAINDANCERS



Let's go back to where we come from

We are dancers in the rain

Let's go back to where we come from

We are dancers in the rain




Can we turn back the hands of time?

And take a walk, a walk behind the stars

Under the moonlight you and me

Dancing by the sea




We are spirits, spirits of light

Let's come together and unite

Under the moonlight by the sea

Dancing you and me




I hold a very special place for you

I know that you will always

guide me through

Under the moonlight by the sea

Dancing through eternity




Let's go back to where we come from

We are dancers in the rain

Let's go back to where we come from

We are dancers in the rain



Let the cool breeze take us there

When the orange moon rises high

More than fragrant memories

We live a feeling that's alive




Let's go back to where we come from

We are dancers in the rain

Let's go back to where we come from

We are dancers in the rain




We will dance over the sea

We will dance into the moonlight

We will dance with the starlight

Through the galaxy you and me




Let's go back to where we come from

We are dancers in the rain


CAN YOU FALL IN LOVE



Can you fall in love
With a stranger to your heart?
Does the full moon wake you in the dark?
Dreams of love, do they let you down?
Hopes like people
sometimes aren't around




Can you fall in love?

Can you fall in love?

Can you fall in love?

Can you fall in love?




Do you lie awake at night
Wishing you were young?
Dreams running away
You can't hold back the river of time




Visions of love elude your soul's intent
While deep inside dreams of love persist




Can you fall in love?

Can you fall in love?

Can you fall in love?

Can you fall in love?



If you're true to yourself, open up your heart
The moon shines brighter in the dark
The love light is softer in the night
Can you fall in love?




Can you fall in love?

Can you fall in love?

Can you fall in love?

Can you fall in love?




Visions of love elude your soul's intent
While deep inside dreams of love persist




Can you fall in love?

Can you fall in love?

Can you fall in love?

Can you fall in love?




THIS TIGHTROPE



Every evening as the sun goes down
I sit on my back porch wondering
How is it, you don't talk much anymore
And when you do you stay
behind closed doors




You say one thing and then
you do another
You say today when you
mean tomorrow
While I'm crying, you smile
Somehow the truth gets lost in lies




Hanging on this tightrope of love

Hanging on this tightrope of love

Hanging on this tightrope of love

Hanging on this tightrope of love




Every evening I'm a circus clown
Stepping on this tightrope up and down
Sometimes I just don't get it right
Swaying to the left, then to the right
Looking down full of fright
Somehow something doesn't feel right



Hanging on this tightrope of love
Hanging on this tightrope of love
Hanging on this tightrope of love
Hanging on this tightrope of love




How can love slip by so mystically
First you have it only to get down
on your knees
And pray and pray
And pray and pray




Hanging on this tightrope of love
Hanging on this tightrope of love
Hanging on this tightrope of love
Hanging on this tightrope of love




I SAW A RAVEN



I saw a raven fly across the sky

And I had to wonder why life can be unkind




Motions swirling in and out of my mind

When will this whirlwind unwind?

The way you draw so close to me

Then drift away so silently




Your eyes deceived me

With their charm for awhile

Until I realized you were never genuine




What is this?

Only the memories of a dream

That could never manifest

And through the darkness and the pain

I ask you, "What remains?"




If you could let me be

Without questioning why

Then I could be so free

Like the raven that flew across my eyes




I saw a raven fly across my eyes

And I had to wonder why life can be unkind

I saw a raven fly across my eyes

And I had to ask myself the reason why



If you could let me be

Without questioning why

Then I could be so free

Like the raven that flew across my eyes




Motions swirling in and out of my mind

When will this whirlwind unwind?

The way you draw so close to me

Then drift away so silently

And what is this?

Only the memories of a dream

That could never manifest

And through the darkness and the pain

I ask you, "What remains?"




If you could let me be

Without questioning why

Then I could be so free

Like the raven that flew across my eyes




I saw a raven fly across the sky

And I had to wonder why life can be unkind

I saw a raven fly across the sky

And I had to ask myself the reason why


IZANAH’S SONG



How many seasons will it take

How many years must I wait

To see you, once again

To touch you, once again




I could wait a lifetime here

Waiting for your sweet, sweet vibration

Strictly irie iration




You are east, I am west

Still I know we've tried our best

Jah know, we've really tried

Our love, it will survive




So many years have passed

Since I wrote this song

And still my love for you holds strong




Jah know, I'm still searching for a love like ours

Jah know, I'm searching in vain all those years



So many places, so many faces

And I just can't find another love like ours

Don't know why we live separate lives

When I need your smile to stay alive




Something real, something I can feel

Straight to the heart, that's our love

Real from the start, our love




No matter where you are,

No matter what they say

No one can take away

Our love, holding strong

Our love, all my life long

Our love



BUTTERFLIES OR BLUE SKIES



Thought there were windows behind the door

But when I reached, there weren't any more

Butterflies or blue skies, blue skies

No more butterflies or blue skies




Angels can't live in captivity

Overcome, overstand how to be free

We're not walking down

no one way street

No, no we're not walking down

no one way street




Angel of light, you gave I sight

At the final end your brightness

conquered I

And showed me how to be free

Nuff respect, eternally




How can you fool another

When you're only fooling yourself?

And if you try and run away

You betray your own heart

Your own heart




You've got to be true to yourself

Or you'll never be true to anyone else

You've got to be true to yourself

Or you'll never be true to anyone else

No no no, not to anyone else



SAND CASTLES BY THE SEA



Can’t go on living in

Castles made of sand

Pretending that I could be your woman

I ain’t the one for you

You ain’t the man for me

Can we let go, set ourselves free?




Holding onto empty dreams

Living lies with broken wings

Searching in strife

For what could only seem




Holding onto empty dreams

Living lies with broken wings

Searching in strife

For what could only seem




A merry go round and round

Let me get off

Get my feet on the ground

Break free, grab a piece of my life




One thing I know

It ain’t easy to be free

There are spiritual forces

Left unseen




But now that I’ve left you

I feel so all alone

Deeper into blue

Left out in the cold



But there ain’t no going back

To castles made of sand

False hopes based on fantasies

Paper lives, worn out dreams

Yet still I ponder you

And all that could seem




Round and round like a merry go round

Round and round I get my feet off the ground

Round and round, round and round

Break free break free




But now that I’ve left you

I feel so all alone

Deeper into blue

Left out in the cold




But there ain’t no going back

To castles made of sand

Pretending that I could be your woman

I ain’t the one for you

You ain’t the man for me

Can we let go, set ourselves free?




Castles made of sand wash into the sea

Castles made of sand wash into the sea

Castles made of sand wash into the sea

Castles made of sand wash into the sea






BITTER FOR YOU



You don't treat me like your woman

(Oh no you don't)

You don't treat me like you care

You don't treat me like you love me

So where, where do we go from here?

Where do we go from here?




I'm on the other side of town

Waiting for you to come around

I've got better things to do

Than hang around for you

(why wait for you)




You use me then abuse me

Accuse me then refuse me

You take what you want

Are you ever gonna stop?

Are you ever gonna stop?



I can't stand it

When I'm with you

But when we're apart

I suffer a broken heart




Will this pain ever subside

Your way of loving me

I can't abide




Will you learn to love me again?

The way you used to

When I was your woman




To the bitter end

To the bitter end

To the bitter end

To the bitter end



Where Can We Begin



Standing by the edge of the road
Gazing at the starlit sky
Wondering, where are you tonight?


The cold wind blows through my hair
The four wheels pass on by
I'm hoping to catch a ride


The winds of change
Are blowing through my life
I feel so lost beneath this
endless desert sky


The winds of change
Are blowing through my life
I feel so lost beneath this
endless desert sky




The time is short
The road is long
I've got to get to you
Before you're gone


I don't know where I'm gonna sleep tonight
All I know is that I want you by my side
I long to see you in the morning light
And wake up knowing everything is right


Never ever will I part from you again
If you'll have me back, where can we
begin?
Never ever will I leave you again
I want you back, where can we begin?


The time is short
The road is long
I've got to get to you
Before you're gone