Be Not Always
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Michael Jackson, Marlon Jackson
Mijack Music / (admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Pub. Corp.) Vabritmar Music
Produced by Michael Jackson

Musiciens :
Music written, composed and arranged by Michael Jackson
Lyrics by Michael Jackson
Additional lyrics by Marlon Jackson
Strings composed by Michael Jackson
Strings arranged by Jerry Hey
Lead vocals : Michael Jackson
Background vocals : Michael Jackson
Acoustic guitar : Greg Porée
Viola : Robin Renee Ross
Harp : Gayle Levant
Concertmaster : Murray Adler

Engineered by Bruce Swedien
Assisted by John Van Nest & Mike Hatcher
Recorded at Image Recorders & Evergreen Studios
Mixed by Bruce Swedien
Mixed at Westlake Audio
Technical Director : Matt Forger
Project Coordinator : Nelson Hayes

Les Paroles :

Always be not always and if always, bow our heads in shame.
Always, please be not always.
And if always, bow our heads in blame.
‘Cause time has made promises, just promises.

Faces, did you see their faces?
Did they touch you?
Have you felt such pain?
To have nothing, to dream something, then lose hoping.
Is not life but lame?
But time has made promises, just promises.

Mothers cry, babies die helplessly in arms while rockets fly and research lies in progress to become.

But what of men are flesh and blood?
We turn our backs on life.
How can we claim to stand for peace when the race is armed in strife, destroying life?

Always, be not always.
But if always, bow our heads in shame.
Always, please, be not always.
‘Cause if always, bow our heads in blame.
‘Cause time has made promises, just promises.
Death promises.