Gil Scott-Heron - The Needle's Eye Lyrics
A circle spinning faster
And getting larger all the time
A whirlpool spelled disaster
For all the people who don't rhyme
Him who just don't understand
Understand, understand, understand
A brand new sense of freedom
A brand new sense of time
Him may go and stand alone now
And leave the hate and fear behind
All the millions spent for killing
Seems the whole world must be dying
How much food we could be buying
Him who don't fit through the needle's eye
Him who just don't understand
Understand, understand, understand
A brand new sense of freedom
A brand new sense of time
Him may go and stand alone now
And the leave the hate and fear behind
People wake up every morning
And simply push their lives aside
They seem to carry all their feelings
Crushed and crumbled up inside
Inside, inside, inside
Him who don't fit through the needle's eye
Him who just don't understand
So I went to see my father
Many questions on my mind
But he didn't want to answer me
God, the whole world must be blind
Him who don't fit through the needle's eye
Him may someday go insane
Insane, insane, insane
Without a brand new sense of freedom
A brand new sense of time
Him may go and stand alone now
And leave the hate and fear behind, yeah, behind
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Gil Scott-Heron The Needle's Eye Comments
love this song!
So I was there to see Gil and the Mid-Night Band many times. Words cannot convey their awesome connection. Sorry you missed the live sessions. The music lives on!!
This should have more views than this!!!!
Gil Scott-Heron - “The Needle's Eye”
[Vocals/Written By: Gil Scott-Heron]
[Producer(s): Bob Thiele]
[Bass/Electric Bass: Ron Carter]
[Conductor: Johnny Pate]
[Drums: Bernard “Pretty” Purdie]
[Electric Guitar: Burt Jones]
[Flute/Saxophone: Hubert Laws]
[Piano/Electric Piano/Written By: Brian Jackson]
[Verse 1: Gil Scott-Heron]
A circle spinning faster
And getting larger all the time
A whirlpool spelled disaster
For all the people who don't rhyme
Him who don't fit through the needle's eye
Him who just don't understand
Understand, understand, under-
-stand
[Chorus: Gil Scott-Heron]
A brand new sense of freedom
A brand new sense of time
Him may go and stand alone now and
Leave the hate and fear behind
[Verse 2: Gil Scott-Heron]
All the millions spent for killing
Seems the whole world must be dying
All the children who go hungry
How much food we could be buying
Him who don't fit through the needle's eye
Him who just don't understand
Understand, understand, under-
-stand
[Chorus: Gil Scott-Heron]
A brand new sense of freedom
A brand new sense of time
Him may go and stand alone now and
Leave the hate and fear behind
[Verse 3: Gil Scott-Heron]
People wake up every morning
And simply push their lives aside
A-they seem to carry all their feelings
Crushed and crumbled up inside
Inside, inside, in-
-side
Him who don't fit through the needle's eye
Him who just don't understand
[Verse 4: Gil Scott-Heron]
So I went to see my father
Many questions on my mind
But he didn't want to answer me
God, the whole world must be blind
Him who don't fit through the needle's eye
Him may someday go insane
Insane, insane, in-
-sane
[Chorus: Gil Scott-Heron]
Without a brand new sense of freedom
A brand new sense of time
Him may go and stand alone now and
Leave the hate and fear be-
-hind. Yeah, be-
-hind, yeah, yeah