A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold (Live)-Mike & The Mechanics

[ti:A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold (Live)] [ar:Mike & The Mechanics] [al:Now That You've Gone] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold (Live) - Mike & The Mechanics [00:24.30]I didnt know when I was lucky [00:26.98] [00:28.75]Discontented feeling bad [00:32.21] [00:33.12]Filled with envy [00:34.81]For possessions other people had [00:37.58] [00:41.52]I found my pride had always hurt me [00:45.87]Fought the world to gain control [00:49.84]Not realising [00:52.31]I was sitting on a beach of gold [00:55.70] [00:57.88]Oh lord I'm a poor man [00:59.92] [01:02.01]With all the riches I can hold [01:06.43]I'm a beggar [01:08.06] [01:09.57]And I'm sitting on a beach of gold [01:13.29] [01:16.23]The problems I encountered [01:19.14] [01:20.05]Gave me strength helped me sustain [01:24.30]To know the pleasure [01:25.88]First I had to cure the pain [01:32.14] [01:32.84]When I was searching for solutions [01:36.70]I found the answer lay in me [01:38.93] [01:41.54]I'm a drifter [01:43.72]But I'm drifting on a silver sea [01:45.70] [01:49.63]Oh lord I'm a poor man [01:53.43]With all the riches I can hold [01:57.28] [01:58.73]I'm a beggar [02:00.84]And I'm sitting on a beach of gold [02:03.07] [02:06.64]I didnt have courage [02:10.22] [02:10.87]My life was as dark as night [02:13.74] [02:16.83]When alone in the darkness [02:18.80] [02:19.35]I saw the brightest light [02:22.13] [02:23.26]Let the light shine down [02:24.50] [02:41.68]Are you out there now on empty [02:46.09]Feel youve nothing left to give [02:47.67] [02:50.08]Sick of trying [02:51.13]Have you lost the will to live [02:54.19] [02:58.74]Don't be drowning in the shallows [03:00.68] [03:02.79]With the beach so near at hand [03:05.05] [03:07.01]Hear the voice say [03:09.49]Stand up get up [03:11.68]And join me on the gilded sand [03:15.23]Come and join me on the beach [03:19.15]With all the riches I can hold [03:24.16]Cause I'm a beggar [03:26.66]And I'm sitting on a beach of gold [03:28.84] [03:32.80]Oh lord I'm a poor man [03:36.29]With all the riches I can hold [03:41.07]I'm a beggar [03:44.18]I'm sitting on a beach of gold [03:48.40] [03:49.11]My children my salvation [03:50.71] [03:53.53]The father to this man [03:56.14] [03:58.42]Theyre my teachers [03:59.80] [04:00.96]Playing on the golden sand [04:06.37]With my family all around me [04:08.19] [04:10.46]I've all the riches I can hold [04:16.63]I'm a beggar [04:17.71]Sitting on a beach of gold [04:21.58] [04:23.67]Oh lord I'm a poor man