Biography:
Streetlight Manifesto is a third wave ska punk band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, under the creative leadership of singer/guitarist Tomas Kalnoky. Since forming in 2002, the band has released four full-length albums.
Several of Streetlight's members were already well known among the New Jersey ska community for their roles in past ska bands from that area, most notably Catch 22's Tomas Kalnoky, James Egan, Mike Soprano, and Josh Ansley, as well as One Cool Guy's Stuart Karmatz, Pete Sibilia, Dan Ross, and Chris Paszik.
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Other songs:
- 1234, 1234
- 9mm And A Three Piece Suit
- A Better Place A Better Time
- A Better Place, A Better Time
- A Moment Of Silence
- As The Footsteps Die Out Forever
- Dear Sergio
- Here's To Life
- Heres To Life
- Keasbey Nights
- Kristina She Don't Know I Exist
- Oh Me Oh My
- Point/counterpoint
- Sick And Sad
- Somewhere In The Between
- Streetlight Medley
- Such Great Heights
- We Are The Few
- With Any Sort Of Certainty
- 1234 1234
- Birds Flying Away
- Day In Day Out
- Down Down Down To Mephistos Cafe
- Forty Days
- Hell
- If Only For Memories
- Just
- Kristina She Dont Know I Exist
- Linoleum
- On And On And On
- One Foot On The Gas One Foot In The Grave
- Point Counterpoint
- Punk Rock Girl
- Red Rubber Ball
- Skyscraper
- Supernothing
- Thatll Be The Day
- The Big Sleep
- The Blonde Lead The Blind
- The Hands That Thieve
- The Littlest Things
- The Saddest Song
- The Three Of Us
- The Troubadour
- They Provide The Paint
- This One Goes Out To
- Toe To Toe
- Walking Away
- Watch It Crash
- We Will Fall Together
- What A Wicked Gang Are We
- Who Hides The Night Oh Me
- Would You Be Impressed
- Your Day Will Come
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
F#m A E Bm F#m
I will never defend a man who makes amends with any enemy's friends,
A E
I will never pretend.
F#m A E Bm
F#m A Bm
F#m A E Bm
F#m A Bm E
F#m A (x2)
E F#m (x2)
Bm E F#m A (5th fret) Bm E F#m
Bm E F#m A (5th fret) Bm
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|----4-----4-------|
D|-6--4--6--4-------|
A|-6--2--6--2-------|
E|-4-----4----------|
Bm E Bm E Bm E A E (x3)
B|-0----------------|
G|-0----------------|
D|-2------3---------|
A|-2------3---------|
E|-0------1---------|
[Verse]
F#m
There we were, the three of us,
A
The thief, the king and I.
E
Finally, we were forced to see,
Bm
We were equals in the night.
(Starry, starry night)
F#m
Looking down between the trees,
A
And the town we knew we had to leave.
E
For what it's worth,
Bm
We will walk the Earth til we find the things we seek.
And the king said:
F#m
I believe I'm a non-believer now.
A
I was a leader, but I had to leave them all.
Bm D D(5th fret)
No one will ever know the things I held inside,
F#m
So let them go.
A Bm D
Oh my god, oh my god, yes, oh my god.
[Instrumental]
e|-0----------------|
B|-0----------------|
G|-0----------------|
D|-2------3---------|
A|-2------3---------|
E|-0------1---------|
F#m A E Bm F#m
I will never defend a man who makes amends with any enemy's friends,
A Bm
I will never pretend.
F#m A E Bm F#m
I will never bow down to another man even when everyone's sayin' I've sinned,
A Bm
I will never repent.
[Instrumental]
B|-0----------------|
G|-0----------------|
D|-2------3---------|
A|-2------3---------|
E|-0------1---------|
[Bridge]
F#m A E Bm
Whoa.............
F#m A Bm (let ring) Bm(strum)
Whoa.............
F#m A E Bm
Whoa.............
F#m A Bm E
Whoa.............
[Verse]
F#m A F#m
They will not protect us, we will fall.
A
They will not defend us.
Em F#m Em F#m
We'll be left behind, we'll be left behind.
Bm E F#m
I never give a damn about the story's end,
Bm
Or even how it all began.
E F#m
And the one word that I'll seek is one that I can tell myself.
[Bridge]
And it's a long and winding road,
But if you reap the seeds you sow,
You'll see you're really not alone.
[Verse]
F#m A E Bm F#m
I will never defend a man who makes amends with any enemy's friends,
A Bm
I will never pretend.
F#m A E Bm F#m
I will never bow down to another man even when everyone's sayin' I've sinned,
A Bm
I will never repent.
F#m
There we were, the three of us,
A
The priest, the tramp, and I.
E
Years ago, we had left to roam,
Bm
But reunited on that night.
(Starry, starry night)
F#m
No one had to speak a word,
A
For we all knew what the others learned.
E
And everything that we ever did,
Bm
Was but a way to pass the time.
And the priest said:
F#m
I believe I'm a true believer now,
A
I was a sinner, but I came to see the light.
Bm D D(5th fret)
The bum and me did not agree, but I must confess of jealousy.
A Bm D
Oh my god, oh my god, yes, oh my god.
[Instrumental]
F#m A E Bm
F#m A Bm
F#m A E Bm
F#m A Bm
B|-0----------------|
G|-0----------------|
D|-2------3---------|
A|-2------3---------|
E|-0------1---------|
F#m A E Bm F#m
I will never defend a man who makes amends with any enemy's friends,
A Bm
I will never pretend.
F#m A E Bm F#m
I will never bow down to another man even when everyone's sayin' I've sinned,
A Bm
I will never repent.
[Outro]
E F F#m
F#m A E Bm F#m
I will never defend a man who makes amends with any enemy's friends,
A E
I will never pretend.
F#m A E Bm
F#m A Bm
F#m A E Bm
F#m A Bm E
F#m A (x2)
E F#m (x2)
Bm E F#m A (5th fret) Bm E F#m
Bm E F#m A (5th fret) Bm
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|----4-----4-------|
D|-6--4--6--4-------|
A|-6--2--6--2-------|
E|-4-----4----------|
Bm E Bm E Bm E A E (x3)
B|-0----------------|
G|-0----------------|
D|-2------3---------|
A|-2------3---------|
E|-0------1---------|
[Verse]
F#m
There we were, the three of us,
A
The thief, the king and I.
E
Finally, we were forced to see,
Bm
We were equals in the night.
(Starry, starry night)
F#m
Looking down between the trees,
A
And the town we knew we had to leave.
E
For what it's worth,
Bm
We will walk the Earth til we find the things we seek.
And the king said:
F#m
I believe I'm a non-believer now.
A
I was a leader, but I had to leave them all.
Bm D D(5th fret)
No one will ever know the things I held inside,
F#m
So let them go.
A Bm D
Oh my god, oh my god, yes, oh my god.
[Instrumental]
e|-0----------------|
B|-0----------------|
G|-0----------------|
D|-2------3---------|
A|-2------3---------|
E|-0------1---------|
F#m A E Bm F#m
I will never defend a man who makes amends with any enemy's friends,
A Bm
I will never pretend.
F#m A E Bm F#m
I will never bow down to another man even when everyone's sayin' I've sinned,
A Bm
I will never repent.
[Instrumental]
B|-0----------------|
G|-0----------------|
D|-2------3---------|
A|-2------3---------|
E|-0------1---------|
[Bridge]
F#m A E Bm
Whoa.............
F#m A Bm (let ring) Bm(strum)
Whoa.............
F#m A E Bm
Whoa.............
F#m A Bm E
Whoa.............
[Verse]
F#m A F#m
They will not protect us, we will fall.
A
They will not defend us.
Em F#m Em F#m
We'll be left behind, we'll be left behind.
Bm E F#m
I never give a damn about the story's end,
Bm
Or even how it all began.
E F#m
And the one word that I'll seek is one that I can tell myself.
[Bridge]
And it's a long and winding road,
But if you reap the seeds you sow,
You'll see you're really not alone.
[Verse]
F#m A E Bm F#m
I will never defend a man who makes amends with any enemy's friends,
A Bm
I will never pretend.
F#m A E Bm F#m
I will never bow down to another man even when everyone's sayin' I've sinned,
A Bm
I will never repent.
F#m
There we were, the three of us,
A
The priest, the tramp, and I.
E
Years ago, we had left to roam,
Bm
But reunited on that night.
(Starry, starry night)
F#m
No one had to speak a word,
A
For we all knew what the others learned.
E
And everything that we ever did,
Bm
Was but a way to pass the time.
And the priest said:
F#m
I believe I'm a true believer now,
A
I was a sinner, but I came to see the light.
Bm D D(5th fret)
The bum and me did not agree, but I must confess of jealousy.
A Bm D
Oh my god, oh my god, yes, oh my god.
[Instrumental]
F#m A E Bm
F#m A Bm
F#m A E Bm
F#m A Bm
B|-0----------------|
G|-0----------------|
D|-2------3---------|
A|-2------3---------|
E|-0------1---------|
F#m A E Bm F#m
I will never defend a man who makes amends with any enemy's friends,
A Bm
I will never pretend.
F#m A E Bm F#m
I will never bow down to another man even when everyone's sayin' I've sinned,
A Bm
I will never repent.
[Outro]
E F F#m
Stronghold
Strung Out
Stu Larsen
Stuart K. Hine
Stuart Townend