DERECK ROSE: MUSIC
STARGAZER
(DERECK ROSE)
I WROTE THIS SONG WHEN I WAS IN JAMAICA IN 1985. I STAYED WITH TWO ELDERS OF A LOCAL CHURCH, AND THE SONG CAME ABOUT ONE MORNING WHEN THE ELDERS WIFE READ THE HOROSCOPE SECTION IN THE NEWSPAPER, AND SAID WHAT KIND OF DAY SHE WAS TO EXPECT, I FELT SO DISGUSTED BY IT THAT THIS SONG CAME IMMEDIATELY.
SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW IT ALL
AND YOU’VE GOT IT MADE
COS’ YOU’VE BEEN TRAVELLING
SINCE YOU WERE 20 YEARS OF AGE
YOU NEVER HAD IT GOOD
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS
COS’ YOU’RE HOUSE WAS BUILT ON SUFFERING
RIGHT UP TO THIS PRESENT DAY
AND NOW YOU CRUISIN’ EASY
YOU TURN TO HOROSCOPES
HOPING THAT YOUR RETIRED MIND
AND THOUGHTS WILL FIND SOME HOPE
BUT HOW ABOUT SALVATION
THAT YOU FOUND MANY YEARS BEFORE
AND HOW ABOUT THE GOD OF LOVE
THAT YOU CAME TO KNOW
DOESN’T HE CARE ABOUT YOU
DOESN’T HE CARE ABOUT YOU
LOOK AT THE SPARROWS IN THE SKY
LOOK AT THE LILLIE’S IN THE FIELDS
LOOK AT THE FOXES IN THEIR HOLES
THEY DON’T NEED NO STARGAZER
THEY DON’T NEED NO TIME OBSERVER
THEY DON’T NEED NO ASTROLOGER
THEY DON’T NEED NO ENCHANTER
DOESN’T HE CARE ABOUT YOU
DOESN’T HE CARE ABOUT YOU.