Now I've been made weak by visions Many visions did I see All through the night On the seventh hour an angel came With many snakes in all his hands And I fled in fright I pushed off into the river And the water came around And then the hammer came down Lord, the hammer came down And it did not make a sound And I said, Please, please Take me back to my home ground Lord, the hammer came down THE HAMMER SONG Oh please don't send me out Said the man with the hammer, hammering the anvil I been walking on a road of rocks And I keep on hammering, keep on hammering, keep on hammering, Hammering the anvil Don't let the sun go down Said the man with the fire, firing the furnace I been buried in the snow And I keep on firing, keep on firing, keep on firing, Firing the furnace Oh don't talk to me Said the man with the chisel, chiseling the surface I been sleeping far too long And I keep on chiseling, keep on chiseling, keep on chiseling, Chiseling the surface I don't know what you mean Said the man with the shovel, shoveling the ashes I been digging in the frozen ground And I keep on shoveling, keep on shoveling, keep on shoveling, Shoveling the ashes Shoveling the ashes Chiseling the surface Firing the furnace Hammering the anvil THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS They found Mary Bellows cuffed to the bed With a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head O poor Mary Bellows She'd grown up hungry, she'd grown up poor She left her home in Arkansas O poor Mary Bellows She wanted to see the deep blue sea She travelled across Tennessee O poor Mary Bellows She met a man along the way He introduced himself as Richard Slade O poor Mary Bellows Poor Mary thought that she might die When she saw the ocean for the first time O poor Mary Bellows She checked into a cheap little place Richard Slade carried in her old suitcase O poor Mary Bellows I'm a good girl, sir , she said to him I couldn't possibly permit you in O poor Mary Bellows Slade tipped his hat and winked his eye And turned away without goodbye O poor Mary Bellows She sat on her bed and thought of home With the sea breeze whistling all alone O poor Mary Bellows In hope and loneliness she crossed the floor And undid the latch on the front door O poor Mary Bellows They found her the next day cuffed to the bed A rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head O poor Mary Bellows So mothers keep your girls at home Don't let them journey all alone Tell them this world is full of danger And to shun the company of strangers O poor Mary Bellows O poor Mary Bellows THE LOOM OF THE LAND It was the dirty end of winter Along the loom of the land When I walked with sweet Sally Hand upon hand And the wind it bit bitter For a boy of no means With no shoes on his feet And a knife in his jeans Along the loom of the land The mission bells peeled From the tower at Saint Mary's Down to Reprobate Fields And I saw that the world Was all blessed and bright And Sally breathed softly In the majestic night O baby please don't cry And try to keep Your little hand upon my shoulder Now go to sleep The elms and the poplars Were turning their backs Past the rumbling station We followed the tracks We found an untrodden path And followed it down The moon in the sky Like a dislodged crown My hands they burned In the folds of her coat Breathing milky white air From deep in her throat O baby please don't cry And try to keep Your little head upon my shoulder Now go to sleep I told Sally in whispers I'll never bring you harm Her breast it was small And warm in my palm I told her the moon Was a magical thing That it shone gold in winter And silver in spring And we walked and walked Across the endless sands Just me and my Sally Along the loom of the land O baby please don't cry And try to keep Your little head upon my shoulder Now go to sleep THE MERCY SEAT It began when they come took me from my home And put me in Dead Row, Of which I am nearly wholly innocent, you know. And I'll say it again I..am..not..afraid..to..die. I began to warm and chill To objects and their fields, A ragged cup, a twisted mop The face of Jesus in my soup Those sinister dinner meals The meal trolley's wicked wheels A hooked bone rising from my food All things either good or ungood. And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of truth. An eye for an eye A tooth for a tooth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die. Interpret signs and catalogue A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog. The walls are bad. Black. Bottom kind. They are sick breath at my hind They are sick breath at my hind They are sick breath at my hind They are sick breath gathering at my hind I hear stories from the chamber How Christ was born into a manger And like some ragged stranger Died upon the cross And might I say it seems so fitting in its way He was a carpenter by trade Or at least that's what I'm told Like my good hand I tatooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist That filthy five! They did nothing to challenge or resist. In Heaven His throne is made of gold The ark of his Testament is stowed A throne from which I'm told All history does unfold. Down here it's made of wood and wire And my body is on fire And God is never far away. Into the mercy seat I climb My head is shaved, my head is wired And like a moth that tries To enter the bright eye I go shuffling out of life Just to hide in death awhile And anyway I never lied. My kill hand is called E.V.I.L. Wears a wedding band that's G.O.O.D. Tis a long suffering shackle Collaring all that rebel blood. And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of truth. An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die. And the mercy seat is burning And I think my head is glowing And in a way I'm hoping To be done with all this weighing up of truth. An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And I've got nothing left to lose And I'm not afraid to die. And the mercy seat is glowing And I think my head is smoking And in a way I'm hoping To be done with all this looks of disbelief. An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And anyway there was no proof Nor a motive why. And the mercy seat is smoking And I think my head is melting And in a way I'm helping To be done with all this twisted of the truth. A lie for a lie And a truth for a truth And I've got nothing left to lose And I'm not afraid to die. And the mercy seat is melting And I think my blood is boiling And in a way I'm spoiling All the fun with all this truth and consequence. An eye for an eye And a truth for a truth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die. And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of proof. A life for a life And a truth for a truth And anyway there was no proof But I'm not afraid to tell a lie. And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of truth. An eye for an eye And a truth for a truth And anyway I told the truth But I'm afraid I told a lie. THE MERCY SEAT It began when they come took me from my home And put me in Dead Row, Of which I am nearly wholly innocent, you know. And I'll say it again I..am..not..afraid..to..die. I began to warm and chill To objects and their fields, A ragged cup, a twisted mop The face of Jesus in my soup Those sinister dinner meals The meal trolley's wicked wheels A hooked bone rising from my food All things either good or ungood. And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of truth. An eye for an eye A tooth for a tooth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die. Interpret signs and catalogue A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog. The walls are bad. Black. Bottom kind. They are sick breath at my hind They are sick breath at my hind They are sick breath at my hind They are sick breath gathering at my hind I hear stories from the chamber How Christ was born into a manger And like some ragged stranger Died upon the cross And might I say it seems so fitting in its way He was a carpenter by trade Or at least that's what I'm told Like my good hand I tatooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist That filthy five! They did nothing to challenge or resist. In Heaven His throne is made of gold The ark of his Testament is stowed A throne from which I'm told All history does unfold. Down here it's made of wood and wire And my body is on fire And God is never far away. Into the mercy seat I climb My head is shaved, my head is wired And like a moth that tries To enter the bright eye I go shuffling out of life Just to hide in death awhile And anyway I never lied. My kill hand is called E.V.I.L. Wears a wedding band that's G.O.O.D. Tis a long suffering shackle Collaring all that rebel blood. And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of truth. An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die. And the mercy seat is burning And I think my head is glowing And in a way I'm hoping To be done with all this weighing up of truth. An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And I've got nothing left to lose And I'm not afraid to die. And the mercy seat is glowing And I think my head is smoking And in a way I'm hoping To be done with all this looks of disbelief. An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And anyway there was no proof Nor a motive why. And the mercy seat is smoking And I think my head is melting And in a way I'm helping To be done with all this twisted of the truth. A lie for a lie And a truth for a truth And I've got nothing left to lose And I'm not afraid to die. And the mercy seat is melting And I think my blood is boiling And in a way I'm spoiling All the fun with all this truth and consequence. An eye for an eye And a truth for a truth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die. And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of proof. A life for a life And a truth for a truth And anyway there was no proof But I'm not afraid to tell a lie. And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of truth. An eye for an eye And a truth for a truth And anyway I told the truth But I'm afraid I told a lie. THE MERCY SEAT It began when they come took me from my home And put me in Dead Row, Of which I am nearly wholly innocent, you know. And I'll say it again I..am..not..afraid..to..die. I began to warm and chill To objects and their fields, A ragged cup, a twisted mop The face of Jesus in my soup Those sinister dinner meals The meal trolley's wicked wheels A hooked bone rising from my food All things either good or ungood. And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of truth. An eye for an eye A tooth for a tooth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die. Interpret signs and catalogue A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog. The walls are bad. Black. Bottom kind. They are sick breath at my hind They are sick breath at my hind They are sick breath at my hind They are sick breath gathering at my hind I hear stories from the chamber How Christ was born into a manger And like some ragged stranger Died upon the cross And might I say it seems so fitting in its way He was a carpenter by trade Or at least that's what I'm told Like my good hand I tatooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist That filthy five! They did nothing to challenge or resist. In Heaven His throne is made of gold The ark of his Testament is stowed A throne from which I'm told All history does unfold. Down here it's made of wood and wire And my body is on fire And God is never far away. Into the mercy seat I climb My head is shaved, my head is wired And like a moth that tries To enter the bright eye I go shuffling out of life Just to hide in death awhile And anyway I never lied. My kill hand is called E.V.I.L. Wears a wedding band that's G.O.O.D. Tis a long suffering shackle Collaring all that rebel blood. And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of truth. An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die. And the mercy seat is burning And I think my head is glowing And in a way I'm hoping To be done with all this weighing up of truth. An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And I've got nothing left to lose And I'm not afraid to die. And the mercy seat is glowing And I think my head is smoking And in a way I'm hoping To be done with all this looks of disbelief. An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And anyway there was no proof Nor a motive why. And the mercy seat is smoking And I think my head is melting And in a way I'm helping To be done with all this twisted of the truth. A lie for a lie And a truth for a truth And I've got nothing left to lose And I'm not afraid to die. And the mercy seat is melting And I think my blood is boiling And in a way I'm spoiling All the fun with all this truth and consequence. An eye for an eye And a truth for a truth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die. And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of proof. A life for a life And a truth for a truth And anyway there was no proof But I'm not afraid to tell a lie. And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of truth. An eye for an eye And a truth for a truth And anyway I told the truth But I'm afraid I told a lie. THE MOON IS IN THE GUTTER The moon is in the gutter And the stars wash down the sink I am the king of the blues I scape the clay off my shoes And wade down the gutter and the moon The moon blinds my eye with opal cataracts As I cut through the saw mills and the stacks, Leaping over the gully where I would one day take Lucy Then wash up my hands in the gutter and the moon. Such a long way from home, just me and The moon is in the gutter All my plans are flushed down the drain I wander lonely as a cloud Over memories at her mound Then lie down in the bitter gutter moon. THE SHIP SONG Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Come loose your dogs upon me And let your hair hang down You are a little mystery to me Every time you come around We talk about it all night long We define our moral ground But when I crawl into your arms Everything comes tumbling down Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Your face has fallen sad now For you know the time is nigh When I must remove your wings And you, you must try to fly Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Come loose your dogs upon me And let your hair hang down You are a little mystery to me Every time you come around THE SHIP SONG Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Come loose your dogs upon me And let your hair hang down You are a little mystery to me Every time you come around We talk about it all night long We define our moral ground But when I crawl into your arms Everything comes tumbling down Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Your face has fallen sad now For you know the time is nigh When I must remove your wings And you, you must try to fly Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Come loose your dogs upon me And let your hair hang down You are a little mystery to me Every time you come around THE SHIP SONG Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Come loose your dogs upon me And let your hair hang down You are a little mystery to me Every time you come around We talk about it all night long We define our moral ground But when I crawl into your arms Everything comes tumbling down Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Your face has fallen sad now For you know the time is nigh When I must remove your wings And you, you must try to fly Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Come loose your dogs upon me And let your hair hang down You are a little mystery to me Every time you come around THE SINGER As I walk these narrow streets Where a million passin feet have trod before me With my guitar in my hand Suddenly I realize nobody knows me Where yesterday the multitude Screamed and cried my name out for a song Today the streets are empty And the crowds have all gone home I pass a million houses But there is no place that I belong All I knew to give you Was song after song after song All the truths I tried to tell you Were as distant to you as the moon Born 200 years too late And 200 years too soon I'm a child of this age Locked into the pages of your book And when I am but dust and clay And all the children stop to take a look Will they marvel at the miracles I did perform And the heights I did aspire Or will they tear out the pages of the book To light a fire With the rain on my face There is no place that I belong Did you forget this fucking singer so soon? And did you forget my song? THE SIX STRINGS THAT DREW BLOOD Guitar thug blew into town His eyes like wheels spinnin' round Jerkin off at every sound Layin' all his crosses down O yeah He got Six Strings The Six Strings that drew blood The bar is full of Holy Joes A Holy hole a whole aria Around the neck of our consumptive rose is the root of all his sorrows O yeah He got Six Strings Six Strings that drew blood A Holy hole a whole aria Six Strings that drew blood In the bathroom under cover He turns on one tap to discover He's smashed his teeth out on the other Well he look in the mirror and say don't fuck me brother Cause I got Six Strings Six Strings that drew blood Numbin' the runt of reputation they call rat fame Top E as a tourniquet A low tune whistles across his grave Forever the master and the slave of his Six Strings A Holy hole a whole aria Six Strings that drew blood THE SORROWFUL WIFE I married my wife on the day of the eclipse Our friends awarded her courage with gifts Now as the nights grow longer and the season shifts I look to my sorrowful wife Who is quietly tending her flowers Who is quietly tending her ..... The water is high on the beckoning river I made her a promise I could not deliver And the cry of the birds sends a terrible shiver Through me and my sorrowful wife Who is shifting the furniture around Who is shifting the furniture around Now we sit beneath the knotted Yew And the bluebells bob around our shoes The task of remembering the telltale clues Goes to my lovely, my sorrowful wife Who is counting the days on her fingers Who is counting the days on her ..... Come on and help me babe Come on now Help me babe I was blind The grass here grows long and high Twists right up to the sky White clouds roll on by Come on now and help me babe I was blind I was a fool babe I was blind Come on now A loose wind last night blew down Black trees bent to the ground Their blossoms made such a sound That I could not hear myself think babe Come on now And help me babe Help me now I was blind I was a fool THE WEEPING SONG Go son, go down to the water And see the women weeping there Then go up into the mountains The men, they are weeping too Father, why are all the women weeping? They are weeping for their men Then why are all the men there weeping? They are weeping back at them This is a weeping song A song in which to weep While all the men and women sleep This is a weeping song But I won't be weeping long Father, why are all the children weeping? They are merely crying son O, are they merely crying, father? Yes, true weeping is yet to come This is a weeping song A song in which to weep While all the men and women sleep This is a weeping song But I won't be weeping long O father tell me, are you weeping? Your face seems wet to touch O then I'm so sorry, father I never thought I hurt you so much This is a weeping song A song in which to weep While we rock ourselves to sleep This is a weeping song But I won't be weeping long But I won't be weeping long But I won't be weeping long But I won't be weeping long THE WEEPING SONG Go son, go down to the water And see the women weeping there Then go up into the mountains The men, they are weeping too Father, why are all the women weeping? They are weeping for their men Then why are all the men there weeping? They are weeping back at them This is a weeping song A song in which to weep While all the men and women sleep This is a weeping song But I won't be weeping long Father, why are all the children weeping? They are merely crying son O, are they merely crying, father? Yes, true weeping is yet to come This is a weeping song A song in which to weep While all the men and women sleep This is a weeping song But I won't be weeping long O father tell me, are you weeping? Your face seems wet to touch O then I'm so sorry, father I never thought I hurt you so much This is a weeping song A song in which to weep While we rock ourselves to sleep This is a weeping song But I won't be weeping long But I won't be weeping long But I won't be weeping long But I won't be weeping long THE WEEPING SONG Go son, go down to the water And see the women weeping there Then go up into the mountains The men, they are weeping too Father, why are all the women weeping? They are weeping for their men Then why are all the men there weeping? They are weeping back at them This is a weeping song A song in which to weep While all the men and women sleep This is a weeping song But I won't be weeping long Father, why are all the children weeping? They are merely crying son O, are they merely crying, father? Yes, true weeping is yet to come This is a weeping song A song in which to weep While all the men and women sleep This is a weeping song But I won't be weeping long O father tell me, are you weeping? Your face seems wet to touch O then I'm so sorry, father I never thought I hurt you so much This is a weeping song A song in which to weep While we rock ourselves to sleep This is a weeping song But I won't be weeping long But I won't be weeping long But I won't be weeping long But I won't be weeping long THE WILLOW GARDEN Down in the willow garden, me and my love did meet And as we sat a courting, my love fell off to sleep I had a bottle of burgundy wine; my love, she did not know And so I poisoned that dear little girl along the banks below Along the banks below I drew my saber through her; it was a bloody night I threw her in the river, which was a dreadful sight My father often told me that money would set me free And so I murdered that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly Whose name was Rose Connelly My father sits at his cabin door wiping his tear dimmed eyes His only son soon should walk to yonder scaffold high My race is run beneath the sun; the scaffold now waits for me For I did murder that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly Whose name was Rose Connelly Whose name was Rose Connelly THE WITNESS SONG Yeah, yeah Well, well I took a walk down to the port Where strangers meet and do consort All blinkered with desire And a winter fog moved thickly on A winter fog moved thickly on A winter fog moved thickly on Now, who will be the witness When the fog's too thick to see And I saw a friend beside a wall Her hands were raised in supplication And her face I could not see at all And I raised my hands in rage And brought them down again And we entered through the eastern door And I entered through the eastern door And she entered through the eastern door Now, who will be the witness When you're all to blind to see O yes, yes, yes And time gets somewhat muddled here But no matter, no matter Here come the events all tumbling down Now, beyond the wall was a great garden Into which we passed Me and my friend And the place was all overgrown with weeds And behold from its centre there rose a great fountain The fountain with the healing waters And we knelt down by the rim And I dipped my hand in And she dipped her hand in too And I said Are you healed? And she said Well are you healed? And I said Yes, I'm healed And she said Well, yes I'm healed then too And I said Babe, you are a liar Babe, you are a liar Babe, you are a liar, too Now, who will be the witness When you're all to healed to see And I kissed her once, I kissed her twice And made my way to leave her And she raised her hand up to her face And brought it down again I said That gesture, it will haunt me That gesture it will haunt me And I left there by the eastern door She left there by the western door Now, who will be the witness there When you're blind and you can't see Who will be the witness there When you're all so clean and you cannot see Who will be the witness there When your friends are everywhere Who will be the witness there And your enemies have ceased to care (Ad lib) THERE IS A KINGDOM Just like a bird that sings up the sun In a dawn so very dark Such is my faith for you Such is my faith And all the world's darkness can't swallow up A single spark Such is my love for you Such is my love There is a kingdom There is a king And he lives without And he lives within The starry heavens above me The moral law within So the world appears So the world appears This day so sweet It will never come again So the world appears Through this mist of tears There is a kingdom There is a king And he lives without And he lives within THERE IS A TOWN There is a town Where I was born Far far away Across the sea And in that town Where I was born I would dream That one day I would leave And cross the sea And so it goes And so it seems That God lives only in our dreams In our dreams And now I live In this town I walk these dark streets Up and down, up and down Under a dark sky And I dream That one day I ll go back home And so it goes And so it seems That God lives only in our dreams In our dreams THIRSTY DOG I know you've heard it all before But I'm sorry for this three year war For the setting up of camps and wire and trenches I'm sorry for the other night I know sorry it don't make it right I'm sorry for things I can't even mention I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry I'm sitting feeling sorry in the Thirsty Dog I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry I'm feeling very sorry in the Thirsty Dog You keep nailing me back into my box I'm sorry I keep popping back up With my crazy mouth and jangling jester's cap I'm sorry I ever wrote that book I'm sorry for the way I look But there ain't a lot that I can do about that I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry I'm sitting feeling sorry in the Thirsty Dog I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry I'm feeling very sorry in the Thirsty Dog I'm sorry about the hospital Some things are unforgivable That things simply cannot be forgiven I was not equipped to know how to care And on the occassions I came up for air I saw my life and wondered what the hell I had been living I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry I'm sitting feeling sorry in the Thirsty Dog I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry I'm feeling very very sorry in the Thirsty Dog I'm sorry about all your friends I hope they'll speak to me again I said before I'd pay for all the damages I'm sorry it's just rotten luck I'm sorry I've forgotten how to fuck It's just that I think my heart and soul are kind of famished I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry I'm sitting feeling sorry in the Thirsty Dog I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry I'm feeling very sorry in the Thirsty Dog Forgive me, baby but don't worry Love is always having to say you're sorry And I am, from my head down to my shoes I'm sorry that I'm always pissed I'm sorry that I exist And when I look into your eyes I can see you're sorry too I'm sorry, sorry, sorry I'm sitting feeling sorry in the Thirsty Dog I'm sorry, sorry, sorry I'm feeling very sorry in the Thirsty Dog I'm sorry, sorry, sorry I'm feeling very thirsty in the Sorry Dog I'm sorry, sorry, sorry I'm feeling very sorry in the Thirsty Dog TRAIN LONG SUFFERING Woo wooooooo Woo! In the name of pain! (In the name of pain and suffering) In the name of pain! (In the name of pain and suffering) There comes a train! (There comes a train) Yeah! A long black train (There comes a train) Lord, a long black train Woo woo! Woo woo! Punched from the tunnel (The tunnel of love is long and lonely) Engines steaming like a fist (A fistful of memories) Into the jolly jaw of morning (Yeah! O yeah!) O baby it gets smashed! (You know that it gets smashed) O baby it gets smashed! (You know that it gets smashed) I kick every goddamn splinter Into all the looking eyes in the world Into all the laughing eyes Of all the girls in the world Oooooo woooooh She ain't never comin back She ain't never comin back She ain't never comin back She ain't never comin back And the name of the pain is... And the name of the pain is... And the name of the pain is... And the name of the pain is... The name of the pain is A train long suffering On rails of pain (On rails of pain and suffering) There comes a train (There comes a train long suffering) On rails of pain (On rails of pain and suffering) O baby blow its whistle in the rain Woo oo Woo! Woo oo Woo! Who's the engine driver? (The engine drivers over yonder) His name is Memory (His name is Memory) O Memory is his name (Woooooo wo!) Destination: Misery (Pain and misery) O pain and misery (Pain and misery) O pain and misery Hey! Hey! (Pain and misery) Hey! That's a sad lookin sack! Oooh that's a sad lookin sack! And the name of the pain is... And the name of the pain is... Ooh the name of the pain is A train long suffering There is a train! (It's got a name) Yeah! It's a train long suffering O Lord a train! (A long black train) Lord! Of pain and suffering Each night so black (O yeah! So black) And in the darkness of my sack I'm missing you baby (I'm missing you) And I just dunno what to do (dunno what to do) (Train long suffering) (Train long suffering) (Train long suffering) (Train long suffering) O she ain't never comin back O she ain't never comin back O she ain't never comin back O she ain't never comin back And the name of the pain is... And the name of the pain is... The name of the train is... The name of the train is Pain and suffering TUPELO Looka yonder! Looka yonder! Looka yonder! A big black cloud come! A big black cloud come! O comes to Tupelo. Comes to Tupelo Yonder on the horizon Yonder on the horizon Stopped at the mighty river Stopped at the mighty river and Sucked the damn thing dry Tupelo o o, O Tupelo In a valley hides a town called Tupelo Distant thunder rumble. Distant thunder rumble Rumble hungry like the Beast The Beast it cometh, cometh down The Beast it cometh, cometh down Wo wo wo o o Tupelo bound. Tupelo o o. Yeah Tupelo The Beast it cometh, Tupelo bound Why the hen won't lay no egg Can't get that cock to crow The nag is spooked and crazy O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! Ya can say these streets are rivers Ya can call these rivers streets Ya can tell ya self ya dreaming buddy But no sleep runs this deep No! No sleep runs this deep No sleep runs this deep Women at their windows Rain crashing on the pane Writing in the frost Tupelos' shame. Tupelo's shame O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! O go to sleep lil children The sandmans on his way O go to sleep lil children The sandmans in his way But the lil children know They listen to the beating of their blood listen to the beating of their blood listen to the beating of their blood listen to the beating of their blood They listen to the beating of their blood The sandman's mud! The sandman's mud! And the black rain come down the black rain come down the black rain come down Water water everywhere Where no bird can fly no fish can swim Where no bird can fly no fish can swim No fish can swim Until The King is born! Until The King is born! In Tupelo! Tupelo o o! Til The King is born in Tupelo! In a clap board shack with a roof of tin Where the rain came down and leaked within A young mother frozen on a concrete floor With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw Tupelo o o! O Tupelo! With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw Well Saturday gives what Sunday steals And a child is born on his brothers heels Come Sunday morn the first born dead In a shoebox tied with a ribbon of red Tupelo o o! Hey Tupelo! In a shoebox buried with a ribbon of red O ma ma rock you lil' one slow O ma ma rock your baby O ma ma rock your lil' one slow O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! Mama rock your lil' one slow The lil one will walk on Tupelo The lil one will walk on Tupelo Black rain come down, Black rain come down Tupelo o o! Yeah Tupelo! And carry the burden of Tupelo Tupelo o o! O Tupelo! Yeah! The King will walk on Tupelo! Tupelo o o! O Tupelo! He carried the burden outa Tupelo! Tupelo o o! Hey Tupelo! [Repeat] You will reap just what you sow TUPELO Looka yonder! Looka yonder! Looka yonder! A big black cloud come! A big black cloud come! O comes to Tupelo. Comes to Tupelo Yonder on the horizon Yonder on the horizon Stopped at the mighty river Stopped at the mighty river and Sucked the damn thing dry Tupelo o o, O Tupelo In a valley hides a town called Tupelo Distant thunder rumble. Distant thunder rumble Rumble hungry like the Beast The Beast it cometh, cometh down The Beast it cometh, cometh down Wo wo wo o o Tupelo bound. Tupelo o o. Yeah Tupelo The Beast it cometh, Tupelo bound Why the hen won't lay no egg Can't get that cock to crow The nag is spooked and crazy O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! Ya can say these streets are rivers Ya can call these rivers streets Ya can tell ya self ya dreaming buddy But no sleep runs this deep No! No sleep runs this deep No sleep runs this deep Women at their windows Rain crashing on the pane Writing in the frost Tupelos' shame. Tupelo's shame O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! O go to sleep lil children The sandmans on his way O go to sleep lil children The sandmans in his way But the lil children know They listen to the beating of their blood listen to the beating of their blood listen to the beating of their blood listen to the beating of their blood They listen to the beating of their blood The sandman's mud! The sandman's mud! And the black rain come down the black rain come down the black rain come down Water water everywhere Where no bird can fly no fish can swim Where no bird can fly no fish can swim No fish can swim Until The King is born! Until The King is born! In Tupelo! Tupelo o o! Til The King is born in Tupelo! In a clap board shack with a roof of tin Where the rain came down and leaked within A young mother frozen on a concrete floor With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw Tupelo o o! O Tupelo! With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw Well Saturday gives what Sunday steals And a child is born on his brothers heels Come Sunday morn the first born dead In a shoebox tied with a ribbon of red Tupelo o o! Hey Tupelo! In a shoebox buried with a ribbon of red O ma ma rock you lil' one slow O ma ma rock your baby O ma ma rock your lil' one slow O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! Mama rock your lil' one slow The lil one will walk on Tupelo The lil one will walk on Tupelo Black rain come down, Black rain come down Tupelo o o! Yeah Tupelo! And carry the burden of Tupelo Tupelo o o! O Tupelo! Yeah! The King will walk on Tupelo! Tupelo o o! O Tupelo! He carried the burden outa Tupelo! Tupelo o o! Hey Tupelo! [Repeat] You will reap just what you sow TUPELO Looka yonder! Looka yonder! Looka yonder! A big black cloud come! A big black cloud come! O comes to Tupelo. Comes to Tupelo Yonder on the horizon Yonder on the horizon Stopped at the mighty river Stopped at the mighty river and Sucked the damn thing dry Tupelo o o, O Tupelo In a valley hides a town called Tupelo Distant thunder rumble. Distant thunder rumble Rumble hungry like the Beast The Beast it cometh, cometh down The Beast it cometh, cometh down Wo wo wo o o Tupelo bound. Tupelo o o. Yeah Tupelo The Beast it cometh, Tupelo bound Why the hen won't lay no egg Can't get that cock to crow The nag is spooked and crazy O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! Ya can say these streets are rivers Ya can call these rivers streets Ya can tell ya self ya dreaming buddy But no sleep runs this deep No! No sleep runs this deep No sleep runs this deep Women at their windows Rain crashing on the pane Writing in the frost Tupelos' shame. Tupelo's shame O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! O go to sleep lil children The sandmans on his way O go to sleep lil children The sandmans in his way But the lil children know They listen to the beating of their blood listen to the beating of their blood listen to the beating of their blood listen to the beating of their blood They listen to the beating of their blood The sandman's mud! The sandman's mud! And the black rain come down the black rain come down the black rain come down Water water everywhere Where no bird can fly no fish can swim Where no bird can fly no fish can swim No fish can swim Until The King is born! Until The King is born! In Tupelo! Tupelo o o! Til The King is born in Tupelo! In a clap board shack with a roof of tin Where the rain came down and leaked within A young mother frozen on a concrete floor With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw Tupelo o o! O Tupelo! With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw Well Saturday gives what Sunday steals And a child is born on his brothers heels Come Sunday morn the first born dead In a shoebox tied with a ribbon of red Tupelo o o! Hey Tupelo! In a shoebox buried with a ribbon of red O ma ma rock you lil' one slow O ma ma rock your baby O ma ma rock your lil' one slow O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! Mama rock your lil' one slow The lil one will walk on Tupelo The lil one will walk on Tupelo Black rain come down, Black rain come down Tupelo o o! Yeah Tupelo! And carry the burden of Tupelo Tupelo o o! O Tupelo! Yeah! The King will walk on Tupelo! Tupelo o o! O Tupelo! He carried the burden outa Tupelo! Tupelo o o! Hey Tupelo! [Repeat] You will reap just what you sow UP JUMPED THE DEVIL O My O My What a wretched life I was born on the day That my poor mother died I was cut from her belly With a stanley knife My daddy did a jig With the drunk midwife Who's that younder all in flames Dragging behind him a sack of chains Who's that younder all in flames Up jumped the Devil and he staked his claim O poor heart I was doomed from the start Doomed to play The villians part I was the baddest Johnny In the apple cart My blood was blacker Than the of a dead nun's heart Who's that milling on the courthouse steps Nailing my face to the hitching fence Who's that milling on the courthouse steps Up jumped the Devil and off he crept O no O no Where could I go With my hump of trouble And my sack of woe To the digs and deserts of Mexico Where my neck was safe from the lynching rope Who's that younder laughing at me Like I was the brunt of some hilarity Who's that younder laughing at me Up jumped the Devil 1, 2, 3 Ha Ha Ha Ha How lucky we were We hit the cathouse And sampled their whares We got as drunk As a couple of Czars One night I spat out My lucky stars Who's that dancing on the jailhouse roof Stamping on the ramping with a cloven hoof Who's that dancing on the jailhouse roof Up jumped the Devil and said Here is your man and I got a proof O no don't go O no O slow down Joe The righteous part I straight as an arrow Take a walk And you'll find it too narrow Too narrow for the likes of me Who's that hanging from the gallow tree His eyes are hollow but he looks like me Who's that swinging from the gallow tree Up jumped the Devil and took my soul from me Down we go Down we go Down we go The Devil and me Down we go down down down Hell fire and flames Down we go Down we go To Eternity Down we go We go down down down Down we go we go down down down Down we go the Devil and me to Eternity We go down down down down down ad inferno WANTED MAN I'm a wanted man, wanted man... I'm wanted, I'm a wanted man... Oh yeah... yeah... ah honey, I'm a wanted man I'm a wanted man in California, I'm a wanted man in Buffalo I'm a wanted man in Kansas City, I'm a wanted man in Ohio I'm a wanted man in Mississippi, they want me in old Cheyenne Wherever you may look tonight, you will see this wanted man I might be in Colorado or Georgia by the sea, Working for some man who may not know at all who I might be If you ever see me comin' and you know justa who I am, Don't breathe a word to no one buddy, 'cause I'm a wanted man Wanted man in Albuquerque, wanted man in Syracuse, Wanted man in Tallahassee, wanted man in Baton Rouge, Wanted man in Arizona, wanted man in Galveston, Wanted man in El Dorado, this wanted man's in great demand If you ever catch me sleepin', just see the price flashin' 'bove my head, Well take look again my friend, that's a gun pointed at your head Wanted man by Lucy Watson, wanted man by Jesse Brown, Wanted man by Nellie Johnson, wanted man in this next town Wanted man by the Boller(?) Sisters, wanted man by Kid Galahad Hey Darlin' don't you tell me you don't want me, cause I'm a wanted man A wanted man who's lost his will to live, a wanted man who won't lay down, There's a woman kneelin' on my grave, pushin' daisies in the ground Wanted man in the Windy City, wanted man in Tennessee, Wanted man in Broken Arrow, wanted man in Wounded Knee Wanted man in Jackson Town, Wanted man in El Passo, I got bounties on my head in towns I wouldn't ever think to go Wanted Man in Arizona, wanted man in Louisville, Wanted man deep in Death Valley, wanted man up in the Hollywood Hill If the Devil comes collectin', cause he doesn't know I'm a wanted man, he'd better wear a six gun on his hip and hold another in his hand If you love the wanted man, you best hold him while you can, cause you're gonna wake up one mornin' and find the man you wanted, he is gone Wanted man in New York City, wanted man in San Anton' Wanted man down in Lorado, wanted man in Tupelo Wanted man in the state of Texas, wanted man in the state of Maine This wanted man's in the state of leavin' ya baby, jumpin' on a midnight train Wanted man in every courthouse, wanted man in a many saloons, Wanted man is a ghost in hundred homes, a shadow in a thousand rooms Wanted man down in St. Louis, wanted man in New Orleans Wanted man in Mussel(?) Bay, wanted man in Cripple Creek Wanted man in Detroit City, wanted man in San Anton' But there's one place I'm not wanted lord, it's the place that I call home Wanted man... Wanted man... If the devil comes collectin' he better hold a six gun in his hand WATCHING ALICE Alice wakes It is morning She is yawning As she walks about the room Her hair falls down her breast She is naked and it is June Standing at the window I wonder if she knows that I can see Watching Alice rise year after year Up in her palace, she's captive there Alice's body Is golden brown Her hair hangs down As she stoops to conquer me First she pulls her stocking on And then the church bell chimes Alice climbes into her uniform The zippers on the side Watching Alice dressing in her room It's so depressing, it's cruel Watching Alice dressing in her room It's so depressing, it's true WE CAME ALONG THIS ROAD I left by the back door With my wife's lover's smoking gun I don't know what I was hoping for I hit the road at a run I was your lover I was your man There never was no other I was your friend Till we came along this road Till we came along this road Till we came along this road I ain't sent you no letters, Ma But I'm looking quite a trip The world spinning beneath me, Ma Guns blazing at my hip You were my lover You were my friend There never was no other On whom I could depend Then we came along this road We came along this road We came along this road WELL OF MISERY Along crags and sunless cracks I go Up rib of rock, donw spine of stone I dare not slumber where the night winds whistle Lest her creeping soul clutch this heart of thistle O the same God that abandon'd her Has in turn abandon'd me And softenin' the turf with my tears I dug a Well of Misery And, in that Well of Misery Hangs a bucket fulla Sorrow It swings slow an' achin' like a bell Its toll is dead and hollow Down that well lies the long lost dress of my lil floatin girl That muffles a tear that you let fall All down that Well of Misery Put ya shoulder to the handle, if ya dare and hoist that bucket, hither Lord, crank'n'hoist'n'hoist'n'crank Till ya muscles waste'n'wither O the same God that abandon'd her Has in turn abandon'd me Deep in the Desert of Despair I wait at the Well of Misery WEST COUNTRY GIRL With a crooked smile and a heart shaped face Comes from the West country where the birds sing bass She's got a house big heart where we all live And plead and council and forgive Her widow's peak, her lips I've kissed Her glove of bones at her wrist That I have held in my hand Her Spanish fly and her monkey gland Her Godly body and its fourteen stations That I have embraced, her palpitations Her unborn baby crying, Mummy Amongst the rubble of her body Her lovely lidded eyes I've sipped Her fingernails, all pink and chipped Her accent which I'm told is broad That I have heard and has been poured Into my human heart and filled me With love, up to the brim, and killed me And rebuilt me back anew With something to look forward to Well, who could ask much more than that? A West country girl with a big fat cat That looks into her eyes of green And meows, He loves you , then meows again WHEN I FIRST CAME TO TOWN When I first came to town All the people gathered round They bought me drinks Lord, how they quickly changed their tune When I first came to town People took me round from end to end Like someone may take round a friend O how quickly they changed their tune Suspicion and dark murmurs surround me Everywhere I go they confound me As though the blood on my hands Is there for every citizen to see O sweet Jesus There is no turning back There is always one more town A little further down the track And from my window, across the tracks I watch the juicers burn their fires And in that light Their faces leer at me How I wish they'd just let me be When I first came to town Their favours were for free Now even the doors of the whores of this town Are closed to me I search the mirror And I try to see Why the people of this town Have washed their hands of me O sweet Jesus There is no turning back There is always one more town A little further down the track O lord, every god damn turn I take I fear the noose, I fear the stake For there is no bone They did not break In all the towns I've been before Well those that sin against me are snuffed out I know from every day that I live God damn the day that I was born The night that forced me from the womb And god damn this town For I am leaving now But one day I will return And the people of this town will surely see Just how quickly the tables turn O sweet Jesus This really is the end There is always one more town A little further round the end WHERE DO WE GO NOW BUT NOWHERE I remember a girl so very well The carnival drums all mad in the air Grim reapers and skeletons and a missionary bell O where do we go now but nowhere In a colonial hotel we fucked up the sun And then we fucked it down again Well the sun comes up and the sun goes down Going round and round to nowhere The kitten that padded and purred on my lap Now swipes at my face with the paw of a bear I turn the other cheek and you lay into that O where do we go now but nowhere O wake up, my love, my lover wake up O wake up, my love, my lover wake up Across clinical benches with nothing to talk Breathing tea and biscuits and the Serenity Prayer While the bones of our child crumble like chalk O where do we go now but nowhere I remember a girl so bold and so bright Loose limbed and laughing and brazen and bare Sits gnawing her knuckles in the chemical light O where do we go now but nowhere You come for me now with a cake that you've made Ravaged avenger with a clip in your hair Full of glass and bleach and my old razorblades O where do we go now but nowhere O wake up, my love, my lover wake up O wake up, my love, my lover wake up If they'd give me my clothes back then I could go home From this fresh, this clean, antiseptic air Behind the locked gates an old donkey moans O where do we go now but nowhere Around the duck pond we grimly mope Gloomily and mournfully we go rounds again And one more doomed time and without much hope Going round and around to nowhere From the balcony we watched the carnival band The crack of the drum a little child did scare I can still feel his tiny fingers pressed in my hand O where do we go now but nowhere If I could relive one day of my life If I could relive just a single one You on the balcony, my future wife O who could have known, but no one O wake up, my love, my lover make up O wake up, my love, my lover make up WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW They call me The Wild Rose But my name was Elisa Day Why they call me it I do not know For my name was Elisa Day From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one She stared in my eyes and smiled For her lips were the colour of the roses That grew down the river, all bloody and wild When he knocked on my door and entered the room My trembling subsided in his sure embrace He would be my first man, and with a careful hand He wiped at the tears that ran down my face On the second day I brought her a flower She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen I said, Do you know where the wild roses grow So sweet and scarlet and free? On the second day he came with a single red rose Said: Will you give me your loss and your sorrow I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed He said, If I show you the roses, will you follow? On the third day he took me to the river He showed me the roses and we kissed And the last thing I heard was a muttered word As he knelt (stood smiling) above me with a rock in his fist On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief And I kissed her goodbye, said, All beauty must die And lent down and planted a rose between her teeth Chorus WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW They call me The Wild Rose But my name was Elisa Day Why they call me it I do not know For my name was Elisa Day From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one She stared in my eyes and smiled For her lips were the colour of the roses That grew down the river, all bloody and wild When he knocked on my door and entered the room My trembling subsided in his sure embrace He would be my first man, and with a careful hand He wiped at the tears that ran down my face On the second day I brought her a flower She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen I said, Do you know where the wild roses grow So sweet and scarlet and free? On the second day he came with a single red rose Said: Will you give me your loss and your sorrow I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed He said, If I show you the roses, will you follow? On the third day he took me to the river He showed me the roses and we kissed And the last thing I heard was a muttered word As he knelt (stood smiling) above me with a rock in his fist On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief And I kissed her goodbye, said, All beauty must die And lent down and planted a rose between her teeth Chorus WINGS OFF FLIES She loves me, she loves me not She loves me, she loves me not She loves me, she loves me not We e ll, ah've spent seven days and seven nights tryin to get sunk in this brine Don't turn on ya water works 'cause ah got me a pair of water wings, right?! Insects suicide against the window, and my heart goes out to those lil flies There's a buzzin in my ear but it's more of her black mail, ham shakespeare lies Wings off Flies, She loves me, she loves me not. O o o o oh she loves me not!! Lord, Ah've discovered the recipe of Heaven ya git solitude and ya mix with sanctuary and silence, then bake it! Listen, I plead guilty to misanthropy so hang me! Ah'd appreciate it!! Witness her gate crash my tiny hell with some obscene tete a tete, If ya wanna talk to me about Love'n'Pain consult my ulcer, it'd be happy to co operate Wings off Flies, she loves me, loves me not Uh hey, Joe! Another outa do the job. Time to drown our lil fire, ya can keep the ashes, Now bye bye, bye, bye, see ya in a pigs eye! Ah will be one, in need of no one In this, my deepest dive... Fill'er up, Joe... Hey! Ah am obliged! Ah am olbiged! Wings off Flies, She loves me, she loves me not Wings off Flies etc... ad infinitum Welcome the solitary flyer ya see it land on the rim of my glass it's going around and around and around look I just don't have the heart to hurt a fly I grabbed it in my paw snatched it up and then I held it to my ear could hear it scream could hear it scream and scream and scream till it screamed not... Hey Joe, ya know anything about this scream? WONDERFUL LIFE Come in, babe Across these purple fields The sun has sunk behind you Across these purple fields That idiot boy in the corner Is speaking deviated truths Come on, admit it, babe It s a wonderful life If you can find it If you can find it If you can find it It s a wonderful life that you bring Ooh it s a wonderful thing Speak our secret into your hands And hold it in between Plunge your hands into the water And drown it in the sea There will be nothing between us, baby But the air that we breathe Don t cry It s a wonderful, wonderful life If you can find it If you can find it If you can find it It s a wonderful life that you bring It s a wonderful, wonderful thing We can build our dungeons in the air And sit and cry the blues We can stomp across this world With nails hammered through our shoes We can join that troubled Who criticise and accuse It don t matter much We got nothing much to lose But this wonderful life If you can find it And when you find it And when you find it It s a wonderful life that you bring It s a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful thing Sometimes our secrets are all we ve got With our lives we must defend Sometimes the air between us, babe Is unbearably thin Sometimes it s wise to lay down your gloves And just give in Come in, come in Come in, come in To this wonderful life If you can find it And if you find it It s a wonderful life that you bring It s a wonderful, wonderful thing It s a wonderful life It s a wonderful life YOUR FUNERAL... MY TRIAL I am a crooked man And I've walked a crooked mile Night, the shameless widow Doffed her weeds, in a pile The stars all winked at me They shamed a child Your funeral, my trial A thousand Marys lured me To feathered beds and fields of glover Bird with crooked wing cast It's wicked shadow over A bauble moon did mock And trinket stars did smile Your funeral, my trial Here I am, little lamb... Let all the bells in whoredom ring All the crooked bitches that she was (Mongers of pain) Saw the moon Become a fang Your funeral, my trial 1959 Listen to my story. Got two tales to tell. One of fallen glory. One of vanity. The world's roof was raging, but we were looking fine; 'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings, in Nineteen Fifty Nine. Wisdom was a teapot; Pouring from above. Desolation angels Served it up with Love. Ignitin'[g strife] like every form of light, then moved by bold design, slid in that thing and it grew wings, in Nineteen Fifty Nine. It was Blood, shining in the Sun; First: Freedom! Speeding the american claim: Freedom; Freedom; Freedom; Freedom! China was the tempest; [And] Madness overflowed. [The] Lama was a young man, and [he] watched his world in flames. Taking Glory down by the edge of clouds; It was a cryin'[g] shame. Another lost horizon. Tibet the fallen star. Wisdom and compassion Crushed, in the land of Shangri La. But in the land of the Impala, honey, well, we were lookin' Fine, 'cause we built that thing and it grew wings; In Nineteen Fifty Nine. 'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings; In Nineteen Fifty Nine. It was the best of times, it's [was] the worst of times; In 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959. It was the best of times; It was the worst of times. [In] Nineteen Fifty Nine. 1959 Listen to my story. Got two tales to tell. One of fallen glory. One of vanity. The world's roof was raging, but we were looking fine; 'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings, in Nineteen Fifty Nine. Wisdom was a teapot; Pouring from above. Desolation angels Served it up with Love. Ignitin'[g strife] like every form of light, then moved by bold design, slid in that thing and it grew wings, in Nineteen Fifty Nine. It was Blood, shining in the Sun; First: Freedom! Speeding the american claim: Freedom; Freedom; Freedom; Freedom! China was the tempest; [And] Madness overflowed. [The] Lama was a young man, and [he] watched his world in flames. Taking Glory down by the edge of clouds; It was a cryin'[g] shame. Another lost horizon. Tibet the fallen star. Wisdom and compassion Crushed, in the land of Shangri La. But in the land of the Impala, honey, well, we were lookin' Fine, 'cause we built that thing and it grew wings; In Nineteen Fifty Nine. 'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings; In Nineteen Fifty Nine. It was the best of times, it's [was] the worst of times; In 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959. It was the best of times; It was the worst of times. [In] Nineteen Fifty Nine. ABOUT A BOY Toward another he has gone to breathe an air beyond his own toward a wisdom beyond the shelf toward a dream that dreams itself about a boy beyond it all about a boy beyond it all from the forest from the foam from the field that he had known toward a river twice as blessed toward the inn of happiness about a boy beyond it all about a boy beyond it all from a chaos raging sweet from the deep and dismal street toward another kind of peace toward the great emptiness about a boy beyond it all about a boy beyond it all [ ] I stood among them I stood alone boy boy just a boy just a little boy [ ] just a little boy who will never grow AIN'T IT STRANGE Down in Vineland there's a clubhouse, Girl in white dress, boy shoot white stuff Oh, don't you know that anyone can join And they come and they call and they fall on the floor Don't you see when you're looking at me That I'll never end transcend transcend Ain't it strange oh oh oh Ain't it strange oh oh oh Come and join me, I implore thee, I impure thee, come explore me. Oh, don't you know that anyone can come And they come and they call and they crawl on the floor. Don't you see when you're looking at me That I'll never end transcend transcend Ain't it strange oh oh oh Ain't it strange oh oh oh True, true, who are you ? Who, who am I ? Oh da oh da oh da oh da oh da oh da Down in Vineland there's a clubhouse, Girl in white dress, boy shoot white stuff. Oh, don't you know that anyone can come And they come and they call and they fall on the floor Don't you see when you're looking at me That I'll never end transcend transcend. Ain't it strange oh oh oh Ain't it strange oh oh oh Do you go to the temple tonight ? Oh no, I don't think so Do you not go to the palace of answers with me Marie? Oh no, I don't think so, no See when they offer me book of gold, I know soon still that platinum is coming And when I look inside of your temple It looks just like the inside of anyone one man, And when he beckons his finger to me, Well, I move in another direction, I move in another dimension I move in another dimension oh oh oh I spin, I spiral, and I splatter Hand of God, I feel the finger, Hand of God, and I start to whirl And I whirl, and I whirl, Don't get dizzy, do not fall now, Turn, God, God (strange) Go, go on, go like a dervish, Turn, God, (strange) make a move Turn, Lord, (strange) I don't get nervous Oh I just move in another dimension Come move in another dimension Come move in another dimension Come move in another dimension oh oh oh Strange strange Do you go to the temple tonight ? Oh no, I don't think so, no We'll go to the pagoda The palace of answers with me, Marie Oh no, I don't believe so, no See when they offer me book of gold, I know soon still that platinum is coming And when I look inside of your temple It looks just like the inside of anyone one man And when he beckons his finger to me, Well, I move in another dimension I move in another dimension I move in another dimension oh oh oh AIN'T IT STRANGE Down in Vineland there's a clubhouse, Girl in white dress, boy shoot white stuff Oh, don't you know that anyone can join And they come and they call and they fall on the floor Don't you see when you're looking at me That I'll never end transcend transcend Ain't it strange oh oh oh Ain't it strange oh oh oh Come and join me, I implore thee, I impure thee, come explore me. Oh, don't you know that anyone can come And they come and they call and they crawl on the floor. Don't you see when you're looking at me That I'll never end transcend transcend Ain't it strange oh oh oh Ain't it strange oh oh oh True, true, who are you ? Who, who am I ? Oh da oh da oh da oh da oh da oh da Down in Vineland there's a clubhouse, Girl in white dress, boy shoot white stuff. Oh, don't you know that anyone can come And they come and they call and they fall on the floor Don't you see when you're looking at me That I'll never end transcend transcend. Ain't it strange oh oh oh Ain't it strange oh oh oh Do you go to the temple tonight ? Oh no, I don't think so Do you not go to the palace of answers with me Marie? Oh no, I don't think so, no See when they offer me book of gold, I know soon still that platinum is coming And when I look inside of your temple It looks just like the inside of anyone one man, And when he beckons his finger to me, Well, I move in another direction, I move in another dimension I move in another dimension oh oh oh I spin, I spiral, and I splatter Hand of God, I feel the finger, Hand of God, and I start to whirl And I whirl, and I whirl, Don't get dizzy, do not fall now, Turn, God, God (strange) Go, go on, go like a dervish, Turn, God, (strange) make a move Turn, Lord, (strange) I don't get nervous Oh I just move in another dimension Come move in another dimension Come move in another dimension Come move in another dimension oh oh oh Strange strange Do you go to the temple tonight ? Oh no, I don't think so, no We'll go to the pagoda The palace of answers with me, Marie Oh no, I don't believe so, no See when they offer me book of gold, I know soon still that platinum is coming And when I look inside of your temple It looks just like the inside of anyone one man And when he beckons his finger to me, Well, I move in another dimension I move in another dimension I move in another dimension oh oh oh ASK THE ANGELS Moooooove! Ask the angels who they're calling, Go ask the angels if they're calling to thee Ask the angels while they're falling Who that person could possibly be And I know you got the feeling, You know, I feel it crawl across the floor And I know it got you reelin' And honey honey the call is for war And it's wild wild wild wild. Everybody got the feelin' You know the feeling and it's stronger each day Everybody wants to be reelin' And baby baby I'll show you the way And I know it's hard sometimes, You got a piece and hit across the sky And I know it's hard sometimes And world war is the battle cry And it's wild wild wild wild Across the country through the fields You know I see it written 'cross the sky People rising from the highway And war war is the battle cry And it's wild wild wild wild. Armageddon, it's gotten No savior jailer can take it from me World ending, it's just beginning And rock and roll is what I'm born to be And it's wild wild wild wild Wild wild wild wild X3 Ask the angels if they're startin' to move Comin' in droves in from L.A. Ask the angels if they're starting to groove Lightning as armor and it's today It's wild wild wild wild Wild wild wild wild X3 ASK THE ANGELS Moooooove! Ask the angels who they're calling, Go ask the angels if they're calling to thee Ask the angels while they're falling Who that person could possibly be And I know you got the feeling, You know, I feel it crawl across the floor And I know it got you reelin' And honey honey the call is for war And it's wild wild wild wild. Everybody got the feelin' You know the feeling and it's stronger each day Everybody wants to be reelin' And baby baby I'll show you the way And I know it's hard sometimes, You got a piece and hit across the sky And I know it's hard sometimes And world war is the battle cry And it's wild wild wild wild Across the country through the fields You know I see it written 'cross the sky People rising from the highway And war war is the battle cry And it's wild wild wild wild. Armageddon, it's gotten No savior jailer can take it from me World ending, it's just beginning And rock and roll is what I'm born to be And it's wild wild wild wild Wild wild wild wild X3 Ask the angels if they're startin' to move Comin' in droves in from L.A. Ask the angels if they're starting to groove Lightning as armor and it's today It's wild wild wild wild Wild wild wild wild X3 BABELOGUE I haven't fucked much with the past, but I've fucked plenty with the future. Over the skin of silk are scars from the splinters of stations and walls I've caressed. A stage is like each bolt of wood, like a log of Helen, is my pleasure. I would measure the success of a night by the way by the way by the amount of piss and seed I could exude over the columns that nestled the P.A. Some nights I'd surprise everybody by skipping off with a skirt of green net sewed over with flat metallic circles which dazzled and flashed. The lights were violet and white. I had an ornamental veil, but I couldn't bear to use it. When my hair was cropped, I craved covering, but now my hair itself is a veil, and the scalp inside is a scalp of a crazy and sleepy Comanche lies beneath this netting of the skin. I wake up. I am lying peacefully I am lying peacefully and my knees are open to the sun. I desire him, and he is absolutely ready to seize me. In heart I am a Moslem; in heart I am an American; In heart I am Moslem, in heart I'm an American artist, and I have no guilt. I seek pleasure. I seek the nerves under your skin. The narrow archway; the layers; the scroll of ancient lettuce. We worship the flaw, the belly, the belly, the mole on the belly of an exquisite whore. He spared the child and spoiled the rod. I have not sold myself to God. BABELOGUE I haven't fucked much with the past, but I've fucked plenty with the future. Over the skin of silk are scars from the splinters of stations and walls I've caressed. A stage is like each bolt of wood, like a log of Helen, is my pleasure. I would measure the success of a night by the way by the way by the amount of piss and seed I could exude over the columns that nestled the P.A. Some nights I'd surprise everybody by skipping off with a skirt of green net sewed over with flat metallic circles which dazzled and flashed. The lights were violet and white. I had an ornamental veil, but I couldn't bear to use it. When my hair was cropped, I craved covering, but now my hair itself is a veil, and the scalp inside is a scalp of a crazy and sleepy Comanche lies beneath this netting of the skin. I wake up. I am lying peacefully I am lying peacefully and my knees are open to the sun. I desire him, and he is absolutely ready to seize me. In heart I am a Moslem; in heart I am an American; In heart I am Moslem, in heart I'm an American artist, and I have no guilt. I seek pleasure. I seek the nerves under your skin. The narrow archway; the layers; the scroll of ancient lettuce. We worship the flaw, the belly, the belly, the mole on the belly of an exquisite whore. He spared the child and spoiled the rod. I have not sold myself to God. BECAUSE THE NIGHT take me now baby here as I am pull me close, try and understand desire is hunger is the fire I breathe love is a banquet on which we feed come on now try and understand the way I feel when I'm in your hands take my hand come undercover they can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now because the night belongs to lovers because the night belongs to lust because the night belongs to lovers because the night belongs to us have I doubt when I'm alone love is a ring, the telephone love is an angel disguised as lust here in our bed until the morning comes come on now try and understand the way I feel under your command take my hand as the sun descends they can't touch you now, can't touch you now, can't touch you now because the night belongs to lovers ... with love we sleep with doubt the vicious circle turn and burns without you I cannot live forgive, the yearning burning I believe it's time, too real to feel so touch me now, touch me now, touch me now because the night belongs to lovers ... because tonight there are two lovers if we believe in the night we trust because tonight there are two lovers ... BECAUSE THE NIGHT take me now baby here as I am pull me close, try and understand desire is hunger is the fire I breathe love is a banquet on which we feed come on now try and understand the way I feel when I'm in your hands take my hand come undercover they can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now because the night belongs to lovers because the night belongs to lust because the night belongs to lovers because the night belongs to us have I doubt when I'm alone love is a ring, the telephone love is an angel disguised as lust here in our bed until the morning comes come on now try and understand the way I feel under your command take my hand as the sun descends they can't touch you now, can't touch you now, can't touch you now because the night belongs to lovers ... with love we sleep with doubt the vicious circle turn and burns without you I cannot live forgive, the yearning burning I believe it's time, too real to feel so touch me now, touch me now, touch me now because the night belongs to lovers ... because tonight there are two lovers if we believe in the night we trust because tonight there are two lovers ... BECAUSE THE NIGHT take me now baby here as I am pull me close, try and understand desire is hunger is the fire I breathe love is a banquet on which we feed come on now try and understand the way I feel when I'm in your hands take my hand come undercover they can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now because the night belongs to lovers because the night belongs to lust because the night belongs to lovers because the night belongs to us have I doubt when I'm alone love is a ring, the telephone love is an angel disguised as lust here in our bed until the morning comes come on now try and understand the way I feel under your command take my hand as the sun descends they can't touch you now, can't touch you now, can't touch you now because the night belongs to lovers ... with love we sleep with doubt the vicious circle turn and burns without you I cannot live forgive, the yearning burning I believe it's time, too real to feel so touch me now, touch me now, touch me now because the night belongs to lovers ... because tonight there are two lovers if we believe in the night we trust because tonight there are two lovers ... BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS Oh to be not anyone gone this maze of being skin oh to cry not any cry so mournful that the dove just laughs the steadfast gasps oh to owe not anyone nothing to be not here but here forsaking equatorial bliss who walked through the callow mist dressed in scraps who walked the curve of the world whose bone scraped whose flesh unfurled who grieves not anyone gone to greet lame the inspired sky amazed to stumble where gods get lost beneath the southern cross BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS Oh to be not anyone gone this maze of being skin oh to cry not any cry so mournful that the dove just laughs the steadfast gasps oh to owe not anyone nothing to be not here but here forsaking equatorial bliss who walked through the callow mist dressed in scraps who walked the curve of the world whose bone scraped whose flesh unfurled who grieves not anyone gone to greet lame the inspired sky amazed to stumble where gods get lost beneath the southern cross BIRDLAND His father died and left him a little farm in New England. All the long black funeral cars left the scene And the boy was just standing there alone Looking at the shiny red tractor Him and his daddy used to sit inside And circle the blue fields and grease the night. It was if someone had spread butter on all the fine points of the stars 'Cause when he looked up they started to slip. Then he put his head in the crux of his arm And he started to drift, drift to the belly of a ship, Let the ship slide open, and he went inside of it And saw his daddy 'hind the control board streamin' beads of light, He saw his daddy 'hind the control board, And he was very different tonight 'Cause he was not human, he was not human. And then the little boy's face lit up with such naked joy That the sun burned around his lids and his eyes were like two suns, White lids, white opals, seeing everything just a little bit too clearly And he looked around and there was no black ship in sight, No black funeral cars, nothing except for him the raven And fell on his knees and looked up and cried out, No, daddy, don't leave me here alone, Take me up, daddy, to the belly of your ship, Let the ship slide open and I'll go inside of it Where you're not human, you are not human. But nobody heard the boy's cry of alarm. Nobody there 'cept for the birds around the New England farm And they gathered in all directions, like roses they scattered And they were like compass grass coming together into the head of a shaman bouquet Slit in his nose and all the others went shooting And he saw the lights of traffic beckoning like the hands of Blake Grabbing at his cheeks, taking out his neck, All his limbs, everything was twisted and he said, I won't give up, won't give up, don't let me give up, I won't give up, come here, let me go up fast, Take me up quick, take me up, up to the belly of a ship And the ship slides open and I go inside of it where I am not human. I am helium raven and this movie is mine, So he cried out as he stretched the sky, Pushing it all out like latex cartoon, am I all alone in this generation ? We'll just be dreaming of animation night and day And won't let up, won't let up and I see them coming in, Oh, I couldn't hear them before, but I hear 'em now, It's a radar scope in all silver and all platinum lights Moving in like black ships, they were moving in, streams of them, And he put up his hands and he said, It's me, it's me, I'll give you my eyes, take me up, oh now please take me up, I'm helium raven waitin' for you, please take me up, Don't let me here, the son, the sign, the cross, Like the shape of a tortured woman, the true shape of a tortured woman, The mother standing in the doorway letting her sons No longer presidents but prophets They're all dreaming they're gonna bear the prophet, He's gonna run through the fields dreaming in animation It's all gonna split his skull It's gonna come out like a black bouquet shining Like a fist that's gonna shoot them up Like light, like Mohammed Boxer Take them up up up up up up Oh, let's go up, up, take me up, I'll go up, I'm going up, I'm going up Take me up, I'm going up, I'll go up there Go up go up go up go up up up up up up up Up, up to the belly of a ship. Let the ship slide open and we'll go inside of it Where we are not human, we're not human. Well, there was sand, there were tiles, The sun had melted the sand and it coagulated Like a river of glass When it hardened he looked at the surface He saw his face And where there were eyes were just two white opals, two white opals, Where there were eyes there were just two white opals And he looked up and the rays shot And he saw raven comin' in And he crawled on his back and he went up Up up up up up up Sha da do wop, da shaman do way, sha da do wop, da shaman do way, Sha da do wop, da shaman do way, sha da do wop, da shaman do way, Sha da do wop, da shaman do way, We like birdland. BIRDLAND His father died and left him a little farm in New England. All the long black funeral cars left the scene And the boy was just standing there alone Looking at the shiny red tractor Him and his daddy used to sit inside And circle the blue fields and grease the night. It was if someone had spread butter on all the fine points of the stars 'Cause when he looked up they started to slip. Then he put his head in the crux of his arm And he started to drift, drift to the belly of a ship, Let the ship slide open, and he went inside of it And saw his daddy 'hind the control board streamin' beads of light, He saw his daddy 'hind the control board, And he was very different tonight 'Cause he was not human, he was not human. And then the little boy's face lit up with such naked joy That the sun burned around his lids and his eyes were like two suns, White lids, white opals, seeing everything just a little bit too clearly And he looked around and there was no black ship in sight, No black funeral cars, nothing except for him the raven And fell on his knees and looked up and cried out, No, daddy, don't leave me here alone, Take me up, daddy, to the belly of your ship, Let the ship slide open and I'll go inside of it Where you're not human, you are not human. But nobody heard the boy's cry of alarm. Nobody there 'cept for the birds around the New England farm And they gathered in all directions, like roses they scattered And they were like compass grass coming together into the head of a shaman bouquet Slit in his nose and all the others went shooting And he saw the lights of traffic beckoning like the hands of Blake Grabbing at his cheeks, taking out his neck, All his limbs, everything was twisted and he said, I won't give up, won't give up, don't let me give up, I won't give up, come here, let me go up fast, Take me up quick, take me up, up to the belly of a ship And the ship slides open and I go inside of it where I am not human. I am helium raven and this movie is mine, So he cried out as he stretched the sky, Pushing it all out like latex cartoon, am I all alone in this generation ? We'll just be dreaming of animation night and day And won't let up, won't let up and I see them coming in, Oh, I couldn't hear them before, but I hear 'em now, It's a radar scope in all silver and all platinum lights Moving in like black ships, they were moving in, streams of them, And he put up his hands and he said, It's me, it's me, I'll give you my eyes, take me up, oh now please take me up, I'm helium raven waitin' for you, please take me up, Don't let me here, the son, the sign, the cross, Like the shape of a tortured woman, the true shape of a tortured woman, The mother standing in the doorway letting her sons No longer presidents but prophets They're all dreaming they're gonna bear the prophet, He's gonna run through the fields dreaming in animation It's all gonna split his skull It's gonna come out like a black bouquet shining Like a fist that's gonna shoot them up Like light, like Mohammed Boxer Take them up up up up up up Oh, let's go up, up, take me up, I'll go up, I'm going up, I'm going up Take me up, I'm going up, I'll go up there Go up go up go up go up up up up up up up Up, up to the belly of a ship. Let the ship slide open and we'll go inside of it Where we are not human, we're not human. Well, there was sand, there were tiles, The sun had melted the sand and it coagulated Like a river of glass When it hardened he looked at the surface He saw his face And where there were eyes were just two white opals, two white opals, Where there were eyes there were just two white opals And he looked up and the rays shot And he saw raven comin' in And he crawled on his back and he went up Up up up up up up Sha da do wop, da shaman do way, sha da do wop, da shaman do way, Sha da do wop, da shaman do way, sha da do wop, da shaman do way, Sha da do wop, da shaman do way, We like birdland. BLUE POLES Mother as I write the sun dissolves Blood life streaming cross my hand And these words, these words Hope dashed immortal hope Hope streaking the canvas sky Blue poles infinitely winding, as I write, as I write Blue poles infinitely winding, as I write, as I write We joined the long caravan Hungry dreaming going west Just for work just to get a job And we never got lucky We just forged on And the dust the endless dust Like a plague it covered everything Hal fell with the fever And mother I did what I could Blue poles infinitely winding, as I write, as I write Blue poles infinitely winding, as I write, as I write We prayed we prayed for rain I never wanted to see the sun again All my dresses you made by hand We left behind on the road Hal died in my arms We buried him by the river Blue poles infinitely winding, as I write, as I write Blue poles infinitely winding, as I write, as I write BOY CRIED WOLF Oh the story's told been told retold From the sacred scriptures to the tabloids All the fuss and fight none above a whisper The soul of gold the belly of a boy Well they drew him from the forest Like they draw blood Tied him to a tree like St. Sebastian And he turned his head and let the arrows fly Through the trees, the trees The ornamental leaves Boy cried wolf Wolf don't come Wolf within Boy cried wolf In the ancient mold they're dancing down Calling to the moon but it don't answer And they fell on their knees and passed the bowl around And the blood the blood the sacramental blood Boy cried wolf Wolf don't come Wolf within Boy cried wolf I am the body I am the stream I am the wake of everything They bring me flowers that are myself Garlands of blood that are myself Slain the lamb that is himself Torn reborn the cries of our dismay Are nothing to the wind but whose to mind Kings are lifted up and kings are thrown Lost received retrieved The human tide Innocence had its day Innocence had its day Innocence innocence BOY CRIED WOLF Oh the story's told been told retold From the sacred scriptures to the tabloids All the fuss and fight none above a whisper The soul of gold the belly of a boy Well they drew him from the forest Like they draw blood Tied him to a tree like St. Sebastian And he turned his head and let the arrows fly Through the trees, the trees The ornamental leaves Boy cried wolf Wolf don't come Wolf within Boy cried wolf In the ancient mold they're dancing down Calling to the moon but it don't answer And they fell on their knees and passed the bowl around And the blood the blood the sacramental blood Boy cried wolf Wolf don't come Wolf within Boy cried wolf I am the body I am the stream I am the wake of everything They bring me flowers that are myself Garlands of blood that are myself Slain the lamb that is himself Torn reborn the cries of our dismay Are nothing to the wind but whose to mind Kings are lifted up and kings are thrown Lost received retrieved The human tide Innocence had its day Innocence had its day Innocence innocence BREAK IT UP Car stopped in a clearing, Ribbon of life, it was nearing. I saw the boy break out of his skin. My heart turned over and I crawled in. He cried, Break it up, oh I don't understand, Break it up, I can't comprehend. Break it up, oh, I want to feel you. Break it up, don't talk to me that way, I'm not listening. Snow started falling, I could hear the angel calling. We rolled on the ground, he stretched out his wings. The boy flew away and he started to sing. He sang, Break it up, oh, I don't understand. Break it up, I can't comprehend. Break it up, oh, I want to feel you. Break it up, don't look at me. The sky was raging, the boy disappeared, I fell on my knee Atmosphere broke up, the boy reappeared. I cried, Take me please! Ice, it was shining. I could feel my heart, it was melting. I tore off my clothes, I danced on my shoes. I ripped my skin open and then I broke through. I cried, Break it up, oh, now I understand. Break it up, and I want to go. Break it up, oh please take me with you. Break it up, I can feel it breaking, I can feel it breaking, I can feel it breaking, I can feel, I can feel, I can feel, I can feel. So break it up, oh now I'm coming with you. Break it up, now I'm gonna go. Break it up, oh, feel me, I'm coming. Break it up, break it up, break it up, Break it up, break it up, break it up, Oh, break it up, break it up, break it up Break it up, break it up, break it on up Break it up, break it on up, up, up Break it, break it, break it, break it Break it on up, break it up, Break it up, break it up, break it up ... BROKEN FLAG Nodding tho the lamp's lit low, nod for passers underground. To and fro she's darning, and the land is weeping red and pale. Weeping yarn from Algiers. Weeping yarn from Algiers. Weaving tho the eyes are pale, what will rend will also mend. The sifting cloth is binding, and the dream she weaves will never end. For we're marching toward Algiers. For we're marching toward Algiers. Lullaby tho baby's gone. Lullaby a broken song. Oh, the cradle was our call. When it rocked we carried on. And we marched on toward Algiers. For we're marching toward Algiers We're still marching for Algiers. Marching, marching for Algiers. Not to hail a barren sky. Sifting cloth is weeping red. The mourning veil is waving high a field of stars and tears we've shed. In the sky a broken flag, children wave and raise their arms. We'll be gone but they'll go on and on and on and on and on. CARTWHEELS Come my one, look at the world Bird beast butterfly Girls sing notes of heaven Birds lift them up to the sky Spring is departing Spring is departing Her thoughts are darting like a rabbit Like a rabbit 'cross the moon Shines of light over your hair As boys croon Pretty in pink It makes me wonder What could ever bring you down I see tears falling From those eyes of brown Hearing a voice, you turn your head You vanish into the mist Of your thoughts And I Want to grasp What brings you down Open up those eyes of brown The world is changing Your heart is growing Hearing a voice you turn your head Girls turn by ones, by twos Notes pour bad and tender Eradicate your blues The good world The good world Come my one, look around you Bird, beast, butterfly Girls sing notes from heaven Birds lift them up to the sky I see brown eyes That see girls turning Girls turning Cartwheels The good world The good whirl The good world The good whirl Come my one, look at your world Don't let it bring you down Come on open for me Those eyes of brown I see girls turning Cartwheels Cartwheels Cartwheels... CASH Here we go around again Curve of life spiraling Everything we've ever known As the seed of life gets blown And the miracle of time When will that time just end Remember, you decide Take that vow Grab that ring It's not a whim Not a whim When you be cashing in Try to turn your life around And all the things you do resound And then you can't loose control Say your time has come and then Hard to pinpoint find the seam Where that one time ends Where that time begins Remember, you decide Take that vow Take a stand Grab that ring It's not a whim It's not a whim It's only time That you're cashing in In the white noise of desire We can't hear a single thing Floating round the fragile bough Afflictions of the human soul Its beauty immaterial You decide Stand along The fallen ones Take revenge Defeated sons Rend that coat From seam to seam It's only time It's only time That you spend You spend It's only time You spend Its only time You spend It's only life That you're cashing in CHINA BIRD One fine day these words I pray Will breathe a truth Within yourself upon a shelf A life anew So many roads It's hard to know what to do All your dreams All it seems Is as you choose For destiny my china bird Is calling for you The world turns The flame burns Bright and true Near and far Where you are Guiding you china bird The open skies Are yearning for you If they say it's not that way Hold your view With my love fly above A light anew Oh spread your wings The open sky Is calling to you china bird My heart is yearning for you If you fly away I'll be waiting come what may All my love a fragile ray For you for you CITIZEN SHIP I was nothing. It didn't matter to me. Ah, there were tags all over my sleeve. There was water outside the windows and children in the streets [ ] rats with tags. Ain't got a passport. Ain't got my real name. Ain't got a chance, sport, at fortune and fame. And I walk these endless streets, won't you give me a lift. A lift. A lift. On your citizen ship. They were rioting in Chicago, movement in L.A. Sixty eight it broke up the yardbirds. We were broke as well. Took it underground, M.C. borderline, up against the wall. The wall. The wall. Show your papers, boy. Citizen ship we got mem'ries. Stateless, they got shame. Cast adrift from the citizen ship, lifeline denied, exiled this castaway. Blind alley in New York City, in a foreign embrace. If you're hungry you're not too particular about what you'll taste. Men in uniform gave me vinegar, spoon of misery. But what the hell, I fell, I fell. It doesn't matter to me. Citizen ship we got mem'ries Citizen ship, we got pain. Cast adrift from the citizen ship, lifeline denied, exiled this castaway. I was caught like a moth with its wings outta sync. Cut the chord. Overboard. Just a refugee. Lady liberty, lend a hand to me, I've been cast adrift. Adrift. Adrift. Adrift. Adrift. Adrift. Adrift. On the citizen ship we got mem'ries Citizen ship, we got pain. Lose your grip on the citizen ship, you're cast, you're cast away. On the citizen ship you got mem'ry. Citizen ship you got pain. Citizen ship you got identity. A name. A name. A name. . . What's your name, son? What's your name? . . . What's your name? [ ] Nothing. I got nothing. [ ] Jersey. Give me your tired, your poor Give me your huddled masses your wartorn [ ] Give me your wartorn and your [ ] Lift up your [ ] unto me. Ah, mythology. COME BACK LITTLE SHEBA Come back little Sheba I hear them calling Open your ears Awake from thy sleep High above The stars are falling Open your arms And you shall receive The lights of the city So bold and flashing All of its riches Imparted to thee Robes of saffron Robes of standing A road of crimson Spread at your feet Your robes of standing Your robes of saffron Your road of crimson All pleasing to me But close your lights Close your gates I must arise My flock awaits Farewell little Sheba I hear them a'calling Here is your staff Tend to thy sheep Good wishes be with you If that be your calling Farewell little Sheba Arise and take leave DANCING BAREFOOT she is benediction she is addicted to thee she is the root connection she is connecting with he here I go and I don't know why I fell so ceaselessly could it be he's taking over me... I'm dancing barefoot heading for a spin some strange music draws me in makes me come on like some heroin/e she is sublimation she is the essence of thee she is concentrating on he, who is chosen by she here I go and I don't know why I spin so ceaselessly, could it be he's taking over me... she is re creation she, intoxicated by thee she has the slow sensation that he is levitating with she ... here I go and I don't know why, I spin so ceaselessly, 'til I lose my sense of gravity... (oh god I fell for you ...) the plot of our life sweats in the dark like a face the mystery of childbirth, of childhood itself grave visitations what is it that calls to us? why must we pray screaming? why must not death be redefined? we shut our eyes we stretch out our arms and whirl on a pane of glass an afixiation a fix on anything the line of life the limb of a tree the hands of he and the promise that s/he is blessed among women. (oh god I fell for you ...) DANCING BAREFOOT she is benediction she is addicted to thee she is the root connection she is connecting with he here I go and I don't know why I fell so ceaselessly could it be he's taking over me... I'm dancing barefoot heading for a spin some strange music draws me in makes me come on like some heroin/e she is sublimation she is the essence of thee she is concentrating on he, who is chosen by she here I go and I don't know why I spin so ceaselessly, could it be he's taking over me... she is re creation she, intoxicated by thee she has the slow sensation that he is levitating with she ... here I go and I don't know why, I spin so ceaselessly, 'til I lose my sense of gravity... (oh god I fell for you ...) the plot of our life sweats in the dark like a face the mystery of childbirth, of childhood itself grave visitations what is it that calls to us? why must we pray screaming? why must not death be redefined? we shut our eyes we stretch out our arms and whirl on a pane of glass an afixiation a fix on anything the line of life the limb of a tree the hands of he and the promise that s/he is blessed among women. (oh god I fell for you ...) DEAD CITY This dead city longs to be This dead city longs to be free Seven screaming horses Melt down in the sun Building scenes on empty dreams And smoking them one by one This dead city longs to be This dead city longs to be living Is it any wonder there's squalor in the sun With their broken schemes and their lotteries They never get nowhere Is it any wonder they're spitting at the sun God's parasites in abandoned sites and they never have much fun If I was a blind man Would you see for me Or would you confuse The nature of my blues And refuse a hand to me Is it any wonder crying in the sun Is it any wonder I'm crying in the sun Well I built my dreams on your empty scenes Now I'm burning them one by one This damn city this dead city Immortal city Motor city Suc cess city Longs to be Longs to be Free Free Free DEAD CITY This dead city longs to be This dead city longs to be free Seven screaming horses Melt down in the sun Building scenes on empty dreams And smoking them one by one This dead city longs to be This dead city longs to be living Is it any wonder there's squalor in the sun With their broken schemes and their lotteries They never get nowhere Is it any wonder they're spitting at the sun God's parasites in abandoned sites and they never have much fun If I was a blind man Would you see for me Or would you confuse The nature of my blues And refuse a hand to me Is it any wonder crying in the sun Is it any wonder I'm crying in the sun Well I built my dreams on your empty scenes Now I'm burning them one by one This damn city this dead city Immortal city Motor city Suc cess city Longs to be Longs to be Free Free Free DEAD TO THE WORLD Dead to the world my body was sleeping on my mind was nothing at all come a mist an aire so appealing I'm here a whispering you summouned I called I formed me a presence whose aspect was changing oh he would shift he would not shift at all we sat for a while he was very engaging and when he was gone I was gone on a smile With a strange way of walking and a strange way of breathing more lives than a cat that let me astray all in all he captured my heart dead to the world and just slipped away I heard me a music that drew me to dancing lo I turned under his spell I opened my coat but he never came closer I bolted the door and whispered oh well With a strange way of walking and a strange way of breathing more lives than a cat that let me astray all in all he captured my heart dead to the world and just slipped away I laid in the rushes the air was upon me wondering well I just couldn't discern will he come back come back to me oh I whispered will you ever return I was feeling sensations in no dictionary he was less than a breath of shimmer and smoke the life in his fingers unwound my existence dead to the world alive I awoke With a strange way of walking and a strange way of breathing less than a breath of shimmer and smoke the life in his fingers unwound my existence dead to the world alive I awoke alive I awoke alive alive I awoke alive I awoke alive I awoke alive I awoke I awoke alive I awoke alive alive o alive alive o DEATH SINGING In the straw colored light In light rapidly changing On a life rapidly fading Have you seen death singing Have you seen death singing With a throat smooth as a lamb Yet dry as a branch not snapping He throws back his head And he does not sing a thing mournful Have you seen death singing Have you seen death singing Have you seen death singing In the straw colored light He sings a black embrade And white opals swimming In a child's leather purse Have you seen death swimming Have you seen death swimming With a throat smooth as a lamb Yet dry as a branch not snapping He throws back his head And he does not sing a thing mournful Have you seen death singing Have you seen death singing Have you seen death singing In the straw colored light He sings of youth enraged And the burning of Atlanta And these viral times And May ribbons streaming And straw colored curls a turning A mother's vain delight And woe to the sun And woe to the young Another hearse is drawn Have you seen death singing In the straw colored light DISTANT FINGERS When, when will you be landing? When, when will you return? Feel, feel my heart expanding You and your alien arms All my earthly dreams are shattered, I'm so tired I quit Take me forever, it doesn't matter Deep inside of your ship. La, la la la la la landing. Please, oh oh won't you return? Feel, see your blue lights are flashing, You and your alien arms Deep in the forest I whirl like I did as a little girl Let my eyes rise in the sky looking for you Oh you know, I would go anywhere at all 'Cause no star is too far with you, with you La, la la la la la landing. Please, oh oh won't you return? Feel, feel my heart expanding, You and your alien arms All my earthly dreams are shattered, I'm so tired I quit Take me forever, it doesn't matter Deep inside of your ship Land, land Oh I am waiting for you, Oh I am waiting for you, oh I am waiting for you, Waiting for you to take me up by my starry spine Ohhhh ohhhh with your distant fingers Oh I'm waiting for you, waiting for you, Oh I am waiting for you DISTANT FINGERS When, when will you be landing? When, when will you return? Feel, feel my heart expanding You and your alien arms All my earthly dreams are shattered, I'm so tired I quit Take me forever, it doesn't matter Deep inside of your ship. La, la la la la la landing. Please, oh oh won't you return? Feel, see your blue lights are flashing, You and your alien arms Deep in the forest I whirl like I did as a little girl Let my eyes rise in the sky looking for you Oh you know, I would go anywhere at all 'Cause no star is too far with you, with you La, la la la la la landing. Please, oh oh won't you return? Feel, feel my heart expanding, You and your alien arms All my earthly dreams are shattered, I'm so tired I quit Take me forever, it doesn't matter Deep inside of your ship Land, land Oh I am waiting for you, Oh I am waiting for you, oh I am waiting for you, Waiting for you to take me up by my starry spine Ohhhh ohhhh with your distant fingers Oh I'm waiting for you, waiting for you, Oh I am waiting for you DON'T SAY NOTHING Lower the thing the skin of a cat Skin it to the left just laying there No other thing is luck like that And you set it said it said nothing Went to the party very discouraged I watched the litter pile like a wall I looked at the river just couldn't forgive it It was ladened with all kinds of shit Still I admit that I didn't say nothing I turned my back walked away Got to face the fact that I didn't say nothing Everyone was dancing I stood over in the corner I was listening they were saying this and saying that And putting this one down but nothing was delivered Nothing good was coming I just stood there I couldn't believe it but I didn't say nothing I walked the floor then I looked away Got to face the fact that I didn't say nothing How long how long will we make do Maybe it's time to break on through Gonna lift my skirts gonna straighten up Gonna get well I'm gonna do something Gonna face the fact gonna give it back And I'm gonna do something won't hold my tongue Won't hold the thought won't hold the card Well I'm gonna do something Oh my brain I got to complain You can refrain but I'm gonna do something How long how long will we make do Maybe it's time to break on through Out in the desert I saw that old cat skinned I saw it floating in the river I saw and no one seemed to mind They sat there they sat there watching the sun I saw it float away and I watched the buildings crumble Like dust in the hand and we watched the sun Spread its wings and fly away And in the mountains a cry echoes Don't say nothing Don't say nothing no Don't say nothing no DREAM OF LIFE Na na na na na Na na na na na I'm with you always You're ever on my mind In a light to last a whole life through Each way I turn the sense of you surrounds in every step I take In all I do Your thoughts your schemes captivate my dreams Everlasting, ever new Sea returns to sea And sky to sky In a life of dream am I When I'm with you Deep in my heart How the presence of you shines In a light to last a whole life through I recall the wonder of it all Each dream of life I'll share with you Sea returns to sea And sky to sky In a life of dream am I When I'm with you I'm with you always You're ever on my mind In a light to last a whole life through The hand above turns those leaves of love All and all a timeless view Each dream of life Flung from paradise Everlasting, ever new Dream of Life Dream Of Life Na na na na na EASTER Easter Sunday, we were walking. Easter Sunday, we were talking. Isabel, my little one, take my hand. Time has come. Isabella, all is glowing. Isabella, all is knowing. And my heart, Isabella. And my head, Isabella. Frederick and Vitalie, savior dwells inside of thee. Oh, the path leads to the sun. Brother, sister, time has come. Isabella, all is glowing. Isabella, all is knowing. Isabella, we are dying. Isabella, we are rising. I am the spring, the holy ground, the endless seed of mystery, the thorn, the veil, the face of grace, the brazen image, the thief of sleep, the ambassador of dreams, the prince of peace. I am the sword, the wound, the stain. Scorned transfigured child of Cain. I rend, I end, I return. Again I am the salt, the bitter laugh. I am the gas in a womb of light, the evening star, the ball of sight that leads that sheds the tears of Christ dying and drying as I rise tonight. Isabella, we are rising. Isabella, we are rising . . . ELEGIE I just don't know what to do tonight, My head is aching as I drink and breathe Memory falls like cream in my bones, moving on my own. There must be something I can dream tonight, The air is filled with the moves of you, All the fire is frozen yet still I have the will, ooh, ah. Trumpets, violins, I hear them in the distance And my skin emits a ray, but I think it's sad, it's much too bad That our friends can't be with us today. FAREWELL REEL It's been a hard time and when it rains it rains on me the sky just opens and when it rains it pours I walk alone assaulted it seems by tears from heaven and darling I can't help thinking those tears are yours Our wild love came from above and wilder still is the wind that howls like a voice that knows it's gone cause darling you died and well I cried but I'll get by salute our love and send you a smile and move on So darling farewell all will be well and then all will be fine the children will rise strong and happy be sure cause your love flows and the corn still grows and God only knows we're only given as much as the heart can endure But I don't know why but when it rains it rains on me the sky just opens and when it rains it pours But I look up and a rainbow appears like a smile from heaven and darling I can't help thinking that smile is yours FIREFLIES I been walking wherefore am I walking I been walking If you see me walking a walking a walking if you see me walking Don't avert your eyes don't turn away don't turn away I'm coming to you oh oh oh oh oh oh oh to you Living in steps till I can rest living in steps till I'm blessed by you I and I alone can but do for you to twist in my hand the thorn of thy youth to draw thy seed to turn in birth thy sighs (living in steps) thy moans till we can rest living in steps till I'm by you all I ever wanted I and I alone I will wash your feet and dry them with my hair I will give to you every other tear thy breath thy spear thy season of mirth seven steps until I can rest seven steps til I am blessed by you all I ever wanted I wanted I wanted all I ever wanted I wanted for you oh wo wo ... oh wo wo ... all I ever wanted I wanted for you five steps till I can rest five steps till I'm blessed by you four steps till I can rest four steps till I'm blessed by you all I ever wanted I wanted I wanted all I ever wanted I wanted for you I and I alone ghost of thy ghost walk I will walk a burning stem to illume thy night (three steps...) blood of my blood bone of my bone (three steps...) can but do for you I and I alone two steps till I can rest two steps till I'm blessed by you oh oh oh ... can but do for you I and I alone oh oh oh ... FREDERICK hi hello wake from thy sleep god has granted thy soul to keep all of the power and all of the gain is entwined in a single name Frederick name of care fast asleep in a room somewhere guardian angels/up above on the one I love. i am calling as the young thrush caught in the crest astonished tie death on this night of wonder on this night I know i would give all if you called to say hello. high! high! hey hey rejoin to me as the light fades my soul surrenders in my glove take this message my dove to the one I love. FREDERICK hi hello wake from thy sleep god has granted thy soul to keep all of the power and all of the gain is entwined in a single name Frederick name of care fast asleep in a room somewhere guardian angels/up above on the one I love. i am calling as the young thrush caught in the crest astonished tie death on this night of wonder on this night I know i would give all if you called to say hello. high! high! hey hey rejoin to me as the light fades my soul surrenders in my glove take this message my dove to the one I love. FREE MONEY Every night before I go to sleep Find a ticket, win a lottery, Scoop the pearls up from the sea Cash them in and buy you all the things you need. Every night before I rest my head See those dollar bills go swirling 'round my bed. I know they're stolen, but I don't feel bad. I take that money, buy you things you never had. Oh, baby, it would mean so much to me, Oh, baby, to buy you all the things you need for free. I'll buy you a jet plane, baby, Get you on a higher plane to a jet stream And take you through the stratosphere And check out the planets there and then take you down Deep where it's hot, hot in Arabia, babia, then cool, cold fields of snow And we'll roll, dream, roll, dream, roll, roll, dream, dream. When we dream it, when we dream it, when we dream it, We'll dream it, dream it for free, free money, Free money, free money, free money, free money, free money, free money. Every night before I go to sleep Find a ticket, win a lottery. Every night before I rest my head See those dollar bills go swirling 'round my bed. Oh, baby, it would mean so much to me, Baby, I know our troubles will be gone. Oh, I know our troubles will be gone, goin' gone If we dream, dream, dream for free. And when we dream it, when we dream it, when we dream it, Let's dream it, we'll dream it for free, free money, Free money, free money, free money, X7 Free money, free money, free money, free. FREE MONEY Every night before I go to sleep Find a ticket, win a lottery, Scoop the pearls up from the sea Cash them in and buy you all the things you need. Every night before I rest my head See those dollar bills go swirling 'round my bed. I know they're stolen, but I don't feel bad. I take that money, buy you things you never had. Oh, baby, it would mean so much to me, Oh, baby, to buy you all the things you need for free. I'll buy you a jet plane, baby, Get you on a higher plane to a jet stream And take you through the stratosphere And check out the planets there and then take you down Deep where it's hot, hot in Arabia, babia, then cool, cold fields of snow And we'll roll, dream, roll, dream, roll, roll, dream, dream. When we dream it, when we dream it, when we dream it, We'll dream it, dream it for free, free money, Free money, free money, free money, free money, free money, free money. Every night before I go to sleep Find a ticket, win a lottery. Every night before I rest my head See those dollar bills go swirling 'round my bed. Oh, baby, it would mean so much to me, Baby, I know our troubles will be gone. Oh, I know our troubles will be gone, goin' gone If we dream, dream, dream for free. And when we dream it, when we dream it, when we dream it, Let's dream it, we'll dream it for free, free money, Free money, free money, free money, X7 Free money, free money, free money, free. FREE MONEY Every night before I go to sleep Find a ticket, win a lottery, Scoop the pearls up from the sea Cash them in and buy you all the things you need. Every night before I rest my head See those dollar bills go swirling 'round my bed. I know they're stolen, but I don't feel bad. I take that money, buy you things you never had. Oh, baby, it would mean so much to me, Oh, baby, to buy you all the things you need for free. I'll buy you a jet plane, baby, Get you on a higher plane to a jet stream And take you through the stratosphere And check out the planets there and then take you down Deep where it's hot, hot in Arabia, babia, then cool, cold fields of snow And we'll roll, dream, roll, dream, roll, roll, dream, dream. When we dream it, when we dream it, when we dream it, We'll dream it, dream it for free, free money, Free money, free money, free money, free money, free money, free money. Every night before I go to sleep Find a ticket, win a lottery. Every night before I rest my head See those dollar bills go swirling 'round my bed. Oh, baby, it would mean so much to me, Baby, I know our troubles will be gone. Oh, I know our troubles will be gone, goin' gone If we dream, dream, dream for free. And when we dream it, when we dream it, when we dream it, Let's dream it, we'll dream it for free, free money, Free money, free money, free money, X7 Free money, free money, free money, free. GANDHI /Ray/Shanahan/Daugherty) I had a dream Mr. King If you'll beg my pardon I was trespassing A sacred garden And the blossoms fell And they dropped like candy And nature cried Gandhi Gandhi And nature cried Gandhi Gandhi When he was a boy He was afraid of the dark His mother would fast And pray at his feet And the lamp burned as he slept Slept as he dreamed He was dreaming of his sisters Dressed in white muslin Dressed in white muslin Dancing in a ring He was afraid of the dark And the lamp burned And his mother fasted And prayed as he slept Dreaming of blossoms They were burning his throat He had eaten flowers Fell burning Flowers fell burning From the young girls' hair He was whispering Into his god's ear Let the children be so Let the children be so And the lamplight flickered flickered And his mother withered like Job And he lay there dreaming And the blossoms fell And Tilak's trumpet Proceeded to call And the blossoms fell And they dropped like candy And the people cried Gandhi Gandhi... I had a dream Mr. King If you'll beg my pardon I was trespassing The sacred garden And the blossoms fell Well, they dropped like candy And nature cried Gandhi Gandhi Hey little man Awake from your slumber Get 'em with the numbers Get 'em with the numbers He was frail and shy And the cast of his mind Was mercurial Was mercurial As the sacred verbs Scrawled In the dust On the floor On the floor Long live revolution And the spinning wheel And a handful of salt And a handful of salt The untouchables Dropped like candy They called to him Gandhi Gandhi The children of god With hands full of candy They called to him Gandhi Gandhi Feel our woes Man of the giving Rejoin the living Rejoin the living Awake from the net Where you've been sleeping And their climbing climbing The flowing hair And the golden flowers Of the young girls Well they dropped all around They dropped like candy And people cried Gandhi Gandhi Awake little man Awake from your slumber And get 'em with the numbers Get 'em with the numbers One Two Three Four hundred Thousand million people People People... Awake from your slumber Awake from your slumber Awake from your slumber And get 'em with the numbers Get 'em with the numbers Long live revolution And the spinning wheel Awake awake Is the mighty appeal Oh, people awake Awake from your slumber And get 'em with the numbers Get 'em with the numbers I had a dream Mr. King If you'll beg my pardon I was trespassing The sacred garden And the blossoms fell Dropped like candy And nature called Gandhi Gandhi Gandhi Gandhi Awake from your slumber Awake from your slumber And get 'em with the numbers Get 'em with the numbers GHOST DANCE We shall live again, we shall live. What is it children that falls from the sky ? Tayi, taya, tayi, aye aye. Mannah from Heaven from the most high, Food from the father, tayi, taye aye. We shall live again, we shall live again, We shall live again, shake out the ghost dance. Peace to your brother, give and take peace, Tayi, taya, it leaves two feet One foot extended, snake to the ground, Wave up the Earth, one turn around. We shall live again, we shall live again, We shall live again, shake out the ghost dance. Stretch out your arms now tip and swing, Rude up thy bird, tayi, tayi. Threw out your shoe over the soil, Dust off the words that shaped from the tale. We shall live again, we shall live again, We shall live again, shake out the ghost dance. Here we are, Father, Lord, Holy Ghost, Bread of your bread, ghost of your host, We are the tears that fall from your eyes, Word of your word, cry of your cry. We shall live again, we shall live again, We shall live again. What is it, Father, in your eye, What is this wisdom, eyes of God, That makes me feel just what I need. You used to fly me the way to speed. What is it, Father, holy that night ? What is it, Father, that moves to the right ? What is it, Father, that is waiting in Heaven ? What is it, Father, that shapes from your hand ? What is it, Father, that makes me spin around ? What is it, Father, that brings me down What is it, Father, you can't tell what I like. What is it, Father, I just ride into space What is it, Father, I can tell you one night What is it, Father, I can tell what I like What is it, Father, are you into shape What is it, Father, are you calling today What is it, Father ... [ ] GHOST DANCE We shall live again, we shall live. What is it children that falls from the sky ? Tayi, taya, tayi, aye aye. Mannah from Heaven from the most high, Food from the father, tayi, taye aye. We shall live again, we shall live again, We shall live again, shake out the ghost dance. Peace to your brother, give and take peace, Tayi, taya, it leaves two feet One foot extended, snake to the ground, Wave up the Earth, one turn around. We shall live again, we shall live again, We shall live again, shake out the ghost dance. Stretch out your arms now tip and swing, Rude up thy bird, tayi, tayi. Threw out your shoe over the soil, Dust off the words that shaped from the tale. We shall live again, we shall live again, We shall live again, shake out the ghost dance. Here we are, Father, Lord, Holy Ghost, Bread of your bread, ghost of your host, We are the tears that fall from your eyes, Word of your word, cry of your cry. We shall live again, we shall live again, We shall live again. What is it, Father, in your eye, What is this wisdom, eyes of God, That makes me feel just what I need. You used to fly me the way to speed. What is it, Father, holy that night ? What is it, Father, that moves to the right ? What is it, Father, that is waiting in Heaven ? What is it, Father, that shapes from your hand ? What is it, Father, that makes me spin around ? What is it, Father, that brings me down What is it, Father, you can't tell what I like. What is it, Father, I just ride into space What is it, Father, I can tell you one night What is it, Father, I can tell what I like What is it, Father, are you into shape What is it, Father, are you calling today What is it, Father ... [ ] GLITTER IN THEIR EYES It's been a while since I've seen your face It's been a while since I've walked this place I see the monkeys riding on their bikes Racing through the impossible night You say you're feeling like a new tree Man they'll cut you from limb to limb Pick your pocket with such delight Shake it to the right Shake it in the light Oh can't you see the glitter The glitter in their eyes Oh can't you see the glitter The glitter in their eyes Genius stalking in new shoes Have you got WTO blues Dust of diamonds Making you sneeze Kids on rollers ready for Running through the junkyards Breezing through the halls Racing through the malls Walking through the walls They'll strip your mind Just for fun Quoth the raven Yum yum yum Children children everywhere Selling souls for souvenirs They've been sold out like as not Just for chunks of Ankgor Vat They'll trade you up Trade you down Your body a commodity Our sacred stage Has been defaced Replaced to grace The marketplace Dow is jonesing at the bit 42nd Disney Street Ragged hearts unraveling Look out kids The gleam the gleam All that glitters Is not all that glitters Is not all that glitters GLITTER IN THEIR EYES It's been a while since I've seen your face It's been a while since I've walked this place I see the monkeys riding on their bikes Racing through the impossible night You say you're feeling like a new tree Man they'll cut you from limb to limb Pick your pocket with such delight Shake it to the right Shake it in the light Oh can't you see the glitter The glitter in their eyes Oh can't you see the glitter The glitter in their eyes Genius stalking in new shoes Have you got WTO blues Dust of diamonds Making you sneeze Kids on rollers ready for Running through the junkyards Breezing through the halls Racing through the malls Walking through the walls They'll strip your mind Just for fun Quoth the raven Yum yum yum Children children everywhere Selling souls for souvenirs They've been sold out like as not Just for chunks of Ankgor Vat They'll trade you up Trade you down Your body a commodity Our sacred stage Has been defaced Replaced to grace The marketplace Dow is jonesing at the bit 42nd Disney Street Ragged hearts unraveling Look out kids The gleam the gleam All that glitters Is not all that glitters Is not all that glitters GLORIA Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine meltin' in a pot of thieves wild card up my sleeve thick heart of stone my sins my own they belong to me, me people say beware! but I don't care the words are just rules and regulations to me, me I I walk in a room, you know I look so proud I'm movin' in this here atmosphere, well, anything's allowed and I go to this here party and I just get bored until I look out the window, see a sweet young thing humpin' on the parking meter, leanin' on the parking meter oh, she looks so good, oh, she looks so fine and I got this crazy feeling and then I'm gonna ah ah make her mine ooh I'll put my spell on her here she comes walkin' down the street here she comes comin' through my door here she comes crawlin' up my stair here she comes waltzin' through the hall in a pretty red dress and oh, she looks so good, oh, she looks so fine and I got this crazy feeling that I'm gonna ah ah make her mine and then I hear this knockin' on my door hear this knockin' on my door and I look up into the big tower clock and say, oh my God here's midnight! and my baby is walkin' through the door leanin' on my couch she whispers to me and I take the big plunge and oh, she was so good and oh, she was so fine and I'm gonna tell the world that I just ah ah made her mine and I said darling, tell me your name, she told me her name she whispered to me, she told me her name and her name is, and her name is, and her name is, and her name is G L O R I A G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria I was at the stadium There were twenty thousand girls called their names out to me Marie and Ruth but to tell you the truth I didn't hear them I didn't see I let my eyes rise to the big tower clock and I heard those bells chimin' in my heart going ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong. ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong counting the time, then you came to my room and you whispered to me and we took the big plunge and oh. you were so good, oh, you were so fine and I gotta tell the world that I make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria, G L O R I A Gloria and the tower bells chime, ding dong they chime they're singing, Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine. Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A, Gloria G L O R I A, G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria, G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria, G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria . GLORIA Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine meltin' in a pot of thieves wild card up my sleeve thick heart of stone my sins my own they belong to me, me people say beware! but I don't care the words are just rules and regulations to me, me I I walk in a room, you know I look so proud I'm movin' in this here atmosphere, well, anything's allowed and I go to this here party and I just get bored until I look out the window, see a sweet young thing humpin' on the parking meter, leanin' on the parking meter oh, she looks so good, oh, she looks so fine and I got this crazy feeling and then I'm gonna ah ah make her mine ooh I'll put my spell on her here she comes walkin' down the street here she comes comin' through my door here she comes crawlin' up my stair here she comes waltzin' through the hall in a pretty red dress and oh, she looks so good, oh, she looks so fine and I got this crazy feeling that I'm gonna ah ah make her mine and then I hear this knockin' on my door hear this knockin' on my door and I look up into the big tower clock and say, oh my God here's midnight! and my baby is walkin' through the door leanin' on my couch she whispers to me and I take the big plunge and oh, she was so good and oh, she was so fine and I'm gonna tell the world that I just ah ah made her mine and I said darling, tell me your name, she told me her name she whispered to me, she told me her name and her name is, and her name is, and her name is, and her name is G L O R I A G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria I was at the stadium There were twenty thousand girls called their names out to me Marie and Ruth but to tell you the truth I didn't hear them I didn't see I let my eyes rise to the big tower clock and I heard those bells chimin' in my heart going ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong. ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong counting the time, then you came to my room and you whispered to me and we took the big plunge and oh. you were so good, oh, you were so fine and I gotta tell the world that I make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria, G L O R I A Gloria and the tower bells chime, ding dong they chime they're singing, Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine. Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A, Gloria G L O R I A, G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria, G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria, G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria . GLORIA Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine meltin' in a pot of thieves wild card up my sleeve thick heart of stone my sins my own they belong to me, me people say beware! but I don't care the words are just rules and regulations to me, me I I walk in a room, you know I look so proud I'm movin' in this here atmosphere, well, anything's allowed and I go to this here party and I just get bored until I look out the window, see a sweet young thing humpin' on the parking meter, leanin' on the parking meter oh, she looks so good, oh, she looks so fine and I got this crazy feeling and then I'm gonna ah ah make her mine ooh I'll put my spell on her here she comes walkin' down the street here she comes comin' through my door here she comes crawlin' up my stair here she comes waltzin' through the hall in a pretty red dress and oh, she looks so good, oh, she looks so fine and I got this crazy feeling that I'm gonna ah ah make her mine and then I hear this knockin' on my door hear this knockin' on my door and I look up into the big tower clock and say, oh my God here's midnight! and my baby is walkin' through the door leanin' on my couch she whispers to me and I take the big plunge and oh, she was so good and oh, she was so fine and I'm gonna tell the world that I just ah ah made her mine and I said darling, tell me your name, she told me her name she whispered to me, she told me her name and her name is, and her name is, and her name is, and her name is G L O R I A G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria I was at the stadium There were twenty thousand girls called their names out to me Marie and Ruth but to tell you the truth I didn't hear them I didn't see I let my eyes rise to the big tower clock and I heard those bells chimin' in my heart going ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong. ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong counting the time, then you came to my room and you whispered to me and we took the big plunge and oh. you were so good, oh, you were so fine and I gotta tell the world that I make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria, G L O R I A Gloria and the tower bells chime, ding dong they chime they're singing, Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine. Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A, Gloria G L O R I A, G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria, G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria, G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria . GOING UNDER Sun is rising on the water Light is dancing again Let's go under where the sun beams Let's go under my friend Are we sleeping Are we dreaming Are we dancing again Is it heaven Crack it open and we'll slide down its stream We can hold on (I'm sure) To the sea's foaming mane It will serve us We'll surface and we'll plunge back again Sun is rising on the water Light is dancing like a flame There's no burning where the sun beams Oh it's such a lovely game Does the sea dream (I'm sure) We are here, we attend We are bells on the shore where the tolling suspends Who will decide the shape of things The shift of being Who will perceive When life is new Shall we divide and become another Who is due for gift upon gift Who will decide Shall we swim over and over The curve of a wing Its destination ever changing Sun is rising on the water Light is dancing like a flame Let's go waltzing on the water Let's go under again Let's go under Going under GONE AGAIN Hey now man's own kin we commend into the wind grateful arms grateful limbs grateful soul he's gone again I have a winter's tale how vagrant hearts relent prevail sow their seed into the wind seize the sky and they're gone again fame is fleeting God is nigh we raise our arms to him on night we shoot our flint into the sun we bless our spoils and we're gone we're gone Hey now man's own kin we commend into the wind grateful arms grateful limbs grateful heart he's gone again Here a man man's own kin he turned his back and his own people shot him and he fell on his knees before the burning plane and he beheld fields of gold his land his sun and he arose his blood aflame the clouds pressed with hand prints stained one last breath the sky is high the hungry earth the empty vein the ashes rain death's own bed man's own kin into the wind one last breath hole in life love knot tied braid undone child born the hollow horn warrior cried a warrior died one last breath lick of flame spirit moaned spirit shed the heavens fed man's own kin grips the sky and he's gone again Hey now man's own kin we lay down into the wind grateful arms grateful limbs grateful heart he's gone again Hey now man's own kin he ascends into the wind grateful heart grateful limbs grateful man he's gone again GONE AGAIN Hey now man's own kin we commend into the wind grateful arms grateful limbs grateful soul he's gone again I have a winter's tale how vagrant hearts relent prevail sow their seed into the wind seize the sky and they're gone again fame is fleeting God is nigh we raise our arms to him on night we shoot our flint into the sun we bless our spoils and we're gone we're gone Hey now man's own kin we commend into the wind grateful arms grateful limbs grateful heart he's gone again Here a man man's own kin he turned his back and his own people shot him and he fell on his knees before the burning plane and he beheld fields of gold his land his sun and he arose his blood aflame the clouds pressed with hand prints stained one last breath the sky is high the hungry earth the empty vein the ashes rain death's own bed man's own kin into the wind one last breath hole in life love knot tied braid undone child born the hollow horn warrior cried a warrior died one last breath lick of flame spirit moaned spirit shed the heavens fed man's own kin grips the sky and he's gone again Hey now man's own kin we lay down into the wind grateful arms grateful limbs grateful heart he's gone again Hey now man's own kin he ascends into the wind grateful heart grateful limbs grateful man he's gone again GONE PIE Hey there Come and take a walk with me Stroll into infinity We'll stroll along Until the dawn is gone Midnight take it to the twilight Just a little slice of light Let's turn it off and on off and on Strolling ain't it wonderful Into a light that lingers On and on, on and on Strolling ain't it wonderful Stars fall for we two Bathed in a light of our own Oh life Much too great to sacrifice Come and have another slice Ah life goes on and on Oh life May you live a long life May you live a long life May you live a long life GRATEFUL Ours is just another skin That simply slips away You can rise above it It will shed easily It all will come out fine I've learned it line by line One common wire One silver thread All that you desire Rolls on ahead Like a ship in a bottle Held up to the sun Sails ain't going nowhere You can count every one Until it crashes unto the earth And simply slips away You can hide in the open Or just disappear Ours is just a craving And a twist of the wrist Will undo the stopper With abrupt tenderness Die little sparrow And awake Singing It all will come out fine I've learned it line by line One common wire One silver thread All that you desire Rolls on ahead GUNG HO /Kaye/Shanahan/Daugherty) On a field of red one gold star Raised above his head Raised above his head He was not like any other He was just like any other And the song they bled Was a hymn to him Awake my little one The seed of revolution Sewn in the sleeve Of cloth humbly worn Where others are adorned Above the northern plain The great birds fly With great wings Over the paddy fields And the people kneel And the men they toil Yet not for their own And the children are hungry And the wheel groans There before a grass hut A young boy stood His mother lay dead His sisters cried for bread And within his young heart The seed of revolution sewn In cloth humbly worn While others are adorned And he grew into a man Not like any other Just like any other One small man A beard the color of rice A face the color of tea Who shared the misery Of other men in chains With shackles on his feet Escaped the guillotine Who fought against Colonialism imperialism Who remained awake While others slept Who penned like Jefferson Let independence ring And the cart of justice turns Slow and bitterly And the people were crying Plant that seed that seed And they crawled on their bellies Beneath the giant beast And filled the carts with bodies Where once had been their crops And the great birds swarm Spread their wings overhead And his mother dead And the typhoons and the rain The jungles in flames And the orange sun None could be more beautiful Than Vietnam Nothing was more beautiful Than Vietnam And his heart stopped beating And the wheel kept turning And the words he bled Were a hymn to them I have served the whole people I have served my whole country And as I leave this world May you suffer union And my great affection Limitless as sky Filled with golden stars The question is raised Raised above his head Was he of his word Was he a good man For his image fills the southern heart With none but bitterness And the people keep crying And the men keep dying And it's so beautiful So beautiful Give me one more turn Give me one more turn One more turn of the wheel One more revolution One more turn of the wheel HIGHER LEARNING HYMN When I am troubled in the night he comes to comfort me. He wills me thru the darkness and the empty child is free to take his hand his sacred heart the heart that breaks the dawn. Amen. And when I think I've had my fill he fills up again. JUBILEE /Daugherty) Oh glad day to celebrate 'Neath the cloudless sky Air so sweet Water pure Fields ripe with rye Come one, come all Gather round Discard your Sunday shoes Come on now Oh my land Be a jubilee Come on girl Come on boy Be a jubilee Oh my land Oh my good People don't be shy Weave the birth of harmony With children's happy cries Hand in hand We're dancing around In a freedom ring Come on now Oh my land Be a jubilee Come on girl Come on boy Be a jubilee We will never fade away Doves shall multiply Yet I see hawks circling the sky Scattering our glad day With debt and despair What good hour Will restore our troubled air? Come on people Gather round You know what to do Come on people Oh my land What be troubling Oh my land What be troubling What be troubling What be troubling you We are love and the future We stand in the midst of fury and weariness Who dreams of joy and radiance? Who dreams of war and sacrifice? Our sacred realms are being squeezed Curtailing civil liberties Recruit the dreams that sing to thee Let freedom ring Freedom ring Freedom ring Jubilee Oh my land Oh glad day Oh my land Hear our cry Freedom ring Oh glad day Oh my land Jubilee Jubilee KIMBERLY The wall is high, the black barn, The babe in my arms in her swaddling clothes And I know soon that the sky will split And the planets will shift, Balls of jade will drop and existence will stop. Little sister, the sky is falling, I don't mind, I don't mind. Little sister, the fates are calling on you. Ah, here I stand again in this old 'lectric whirlwind, The sea rushes up my knees like flame And I feel like just some misplaced Joan Of Arc And the cause is you lookin' up at me. Oh baby, I remember when you were born, It was dawn and the storm settled in my belly And I rolled in the grass and I spit out the gas And I lit a match and the void went flash And the sky split and the planets hit, Balls of jade dropped and existence stopped, stopped, stop, stop. Little sister, the sky is falling, I don't mind, I don't mind. Little sister, the fates are calling on you. I was goin' crazy, so crazy I knew I could break through with you, So with one hand I rocked you and with one heart I reached for you. Ah, I knew your youth was for the takin', fire on a mental plane, So I ran through the fields as the bats with their baby vein faces Burst from the barn and flames in a violent violet sky, And I fell on my knees and pressed you against me. Your soul was like a network of spittle, Like glass balls movin' in like cold streams of logic, And I prayed as the lightning attacked That something will make it go crack, something will make it go crack, Something will make it go crack, something will make it go crack. The palm trees fall into the sea, It doesn't matter much to me As long as you're safe, Kimberly. And I can gaze deep Into your starry eyes, baby, looking deep in your eyes, baby, Looking deep in your eyes, baby, looking deep in your eyes, baby, Into your starry eyes, oh. Oh, in your starry eyes, baby, Looking deep in your eyes, baby, looking deep in your eyes, baby, oh. Oh, looking deep in your eyes, baby, Into your starry eyes, baby, looking deep in your eyes, baby LAND The boy was in the hallway drinking a glass of tea From the other end of the hallway a rhythm was generating Another boy was sliding up the hallway He merged perfectly with the hallway, He merged perfectly, the mirror in the hallway The boy looked at Johnny, Johnny wanted to run, but the movie kept moving as planned The boy took Johnny, he pushed him against the locker, He drove it in, he drove it home, he drove it deep in Johnny The boy disappeared, Johnny fell on his knees, started crashing his head against the locker, started crashing his head against the locker, started laughing hysterically When suddenly Johnny gets the feeling he's being surrounded by horses, horses, horses, horses coming in in all directions white shining silver studs with their nose in flames, He saw horses, horses, horses, horses, horses, horses, horses, horses. Do you know how to pony like bony maroney Do you know how to twist, well it goes like this, it goes like this Baby mash potato, do the alligator, do the alligator And you twist the twister like your baby sister I want your baby sister, give me your baby sister, dig your baby sister Rise up on her knees, do the sweet pea, do the sweet pee pee, Roll down on her back, got to lose control, got to lose control, Got to lose control and then you take control, Then you're rolled down on your back and you like it like that, Like it like that, like it like that, like it like that, Then you do the watusi, yeah do the watusi Life is filled with holes, Johnny's laying there, his sperm coffin Angel looks down at him and says, Oh, pretty boy, Can't you show me nothing but surrender ? Johnny gets up, takes off his leather jacket, Taped to his chest there's the answer, You got pen knives and jack knives and Switchblades preferred, switchblades preferred Then he cries, then he screams, saying Life is full of pain, I'm cruisin' through my brain And I fill my nose with snow and go Rimbaud, Go Rimbaud, go Rimbaud, And go Johnny go, and do the watusi, oh do the watusi There's a little place, a place called space It's a pretty little place, it's across the tracks, Across the tracks and the name of the place is you like it like that, You like it like that, you like it like that, you like it like that, And the name of the band is the Twistelettes, Twistelettes, Twistelettes, Twistelettes, Twistelettes, Twistelettes, Twistelettes, Twistelettes Baby calm down, better calm down, In the night, in the eye of the forest There's a mare black and shining with yellow hair, I put my fingers through her silken hair and found a stair, I didn't waste time, I just walked right up and saw that up there there is a sea up there there is a sea up there there is a sea the sea's the possibility There is no land but the land (up there is just a sea of possibilities) There is no sea but the sea (up there is a wall of possibilities) There is no keeper but the key (up there there are several walls of possibilities) Except for one who seizes possibilities, one who seizes possibilities. (up there) I seize the first possibility, is the sea around me I was standing there with my legs spread like a sailor (in a sea of possibilities) I felt his hand on my knee (on the screen) And I looked at Johnny and handed him a branch of cold flame (in the heart of man) The waves were coming in like Arabian stallions Gradually lapping into sea horses He picked up the blade and he pressed it against his smooth throat (the spoon) And let it deep in (the veins) Dip in to the sea, to the sea of possibilities It started hardening Dip in to the sea, to the sea of possibilities It started hardening in my hand And I felt the arrows of desire I put my hand inside his cranium, oh we had such a brainiac amour But no more, no more, I gotta move from my mind to the area (go Rimbaud go Rimbaud go Rimbaud) And go Johnny go and do the watusi, Yeah do the watusi, do the watusi ... Shined open coiled snakes white and shiny twirling and encircling Our lives are now entwined, we will fall yes we're together twining Your nerves, your mane of the black shining horse And my fingers all entwined through the air, I could feel it, it was the hair going through my fingers, (I feel it I feel it I feel it I feel it) The hairs were like wires going through my body I I that's how I that's how I I died (at that Tower of Babel they knew what they were after) (they knew what they were after) [Everything on the current] moved up I tried to stop it, but it was too warm, too unbelievably smooth, Like playing in the sea, in the sea of possibility, the possibility Was a blade, a shiny blade, I hold the key to the sea of possibilities There's no land but the land looked at my hands, and there's a red stream that went streaming through the sands like fingers, like arteries, like fingers (how much fits between the eyes of a horse?) He lay, pressing it against his throat (your eyes) He opened his throat (your eyes) His vocal chords started shooting like (of a horse) mad pituitary glands The scream he made (and my heart) was so high (my heart) pitched that nobody heard, No one heard that cry, No one heard (Johnny) the butterfly flapping in his throat, (His fingers) Nobody heard, he was on that bed, it was like a sea of jelly, And so he seized the first (his vocal chords shot up) (possibility) (like mad pituitary glands) It was a black tube, he felt himself disintegrate (there is nothing happening at all) and go inside the black tube, so when he looked out into the steep saw this sweet young thing (Fender one) Humping on the parking meter, leaning on the parking meter In the sheets there was a man dancing around to the simple Rock & roll song LAST CALL In a mansion high the young man stood Ready to join his companions good Outside the scent of magnolia blossoms Down streets of gold the children were racing Just another wandering soul Adrift among the stars Just another human heart Led, led away He put his shoes on and he laid down Outside the clouds were swiftly gathering He drained his cup and his stirred the mixture And he closed his eyes as his conscience whispered Just another wandering soul Adrift among the stars Just another human heart Led, led away Misgivings unspoken he joined his companions His face covered over in a mansion high Outside the children gazed in wonder At the quickening sky then slowly disbanded Thirty nine wandering souls Adrift among the stars Thirty nine human hearts Led, led away His burning skin cooled by angels Swallowing sorrows excretion It's all excretion Felled by his hand of the mind of another man Who makes the decisions Lends no provisions for mere eternal rides Learning of course every alien force Even Christ yearns to be To possess the skin And bone the blood of man Who tends the flock who breaks the bread Who makes his own choices Won't listen to voices Accept no false teachers False preachers, good deeders With their hands out stretched To be filled with your money Your mind, your heart, your imagination Sympathy, empathy Acknowledge all man as fellow creation But don't follow him Don't be led away LIBBIE'S SONG If it wasn't for your golden hair I would not be belonely If it wasn't for your golden hair I would not be alone If it wasn't for your piercing stare I would not be belonely If it wasn't for your piercing stare I would not be alone I would not waltz in a widow's line What was yours would not be mine If it wasn't for your golden hair I would not be alone You courted me with princely airs Said you'd love me only Kiss the ribbons in my hair Said darling come and fly Flower of the Calvary You swept me off my saddle Lifted me into your life A soldier's wife was I You marched proudly for the horn I prayed for your swift return I waited for you so forlorn 'Ere to be alone I longed for you, I longed to die I was so belonely The pillow's bare by my side And yet I shall abide For heaven has aset for me Companion for eternity So kiss the ribbons in my hair Say darling come and fly If it wasn't for your golden hair I would not be alonely If it wasn't for your golden hair LO AND BEHOLDEN I was alone and content in my world Dancing on air You sent to me a message that said I like your style Will you come to the temple tonight And dance for me there I pledge to you all that you wish The moon and the stars Lo and beholden Why don't you give it up Lo and beholden Come on you know it's true Lo and beholden Oh I'm beholden to you In the palace there was wild reverie And the look in your eyes As I dropped veil after veil Was drunken desire The dove calls and God notes it all The naked truth Here is my veil the seventh and last It will cost you Lo and beholden Why don't you give it up Lo and beholden Come on you know it's true Lo and beholden Oh I'm beholden to you The royal word has passed The prophet's head is all I ask For beauty and the naked truth It will cost you Lo and beholden Why don't you give it up Lo and beholden Come on you know it's true Lo and beholden Oh I'm beholden to you LOOKING FOR YOU (I WAS) In the medieval night 'Twas love's design And the sky was open like a Valentine All the lacy lights Where wishes fall And like Shakespeare's child I wished on them all Ahh to be your destiny was all that I pursued I could see the sights from the lofty heights But my heart obscured the view I was looking for you Looking for you What could I do I was looking for you Along the black river The ambassador jewels And you were reflected in all that I saw In the towers of gold In the wheel and wing Gripping my senses like an ancient claim Many is the time I knelt in the light appealing to all that I know Guide my eyes and steps that I may find love true Refrain Come on darlin' All that hearts desire was written before us In the medieval fire It was love's design In the glittering stars Like Shakespeare's child To be where you are From the Portobello Road To the Port of Marseilles Where the dervish turns Where the wild goats play Looking for you I was MEMENTO MORI the fans were whirlin' like the blades of a 'copter liftin' into the skies above some foreign land soaked with the bodies of so many friends. Johnny waved he was on his way home he waved goodbye to his comrades in arms, and all the twisted things he'd seen. he waved goodbye and the blades hit something maybe just Fate, but the blades hit the 'copter went up in flames and Johnny never went marchin' home Johnny never went marchin' home they took his name and they carved it on a slab of marble with several thousand other names all the fallen idols the apples of their mother's eye just another name meanwhile back on that burning shore Johnny's comrades stood speechless they looked with uh uh uh uh disbelieving eyes as those bits of metal and the embers the embers of his eyes fanned out into the air black dust flames oh Johnny! some day they'll make a movie about you and in the making of that movie some mad apocalypse it will become even stranger than the simple act just a boy going up up up just a boy going up in flames in the smoke just another life just another breath and who'll remember oh eternity now as eternal as a sheet of marble eternal as a slab on a green hill and your name and all your fallen brothers and all the ones not cut all the ones remembered only in the hearts a mother a father a brother a sister a lover a son a daughter shall not shall not fade shall not fade your ancestors salute you and the gods of your ancestors salute you having having been formed by the minds of your ancestors the gods of your ancestors salute you having been formed by your ancestors the gods of your ancestors salute you they draw you in they draw you through they draw they draw you through that golden door mornin' boy [come on in boy] we remember you we conceived of you we conceived of your breath we conceived of the whole human race and we conceived it to be a beautiful thing like a tulip bending in the wind sometimes it comes back to us in the form of a handful of dust comes back in the form of a smitten child our raped daughters, ah the broken bones souls cleaved from hearts they come back to us and our hands are filled with their rotting tissues but we turn not our backs we press our lips into their cancer into the dust into the remains of each one and that love is there and will greet you, will greet you mornin' boy [come on in boy] it's eternal love well here, go ahead, run through that flame awww man, running through your mind you took a cat, you took a life, you took it by the tail and you swirled it around your head and you thrashed it, you smashed the life out of it and you knew that it would be your own but you wanted to feel, you wanted to feel it die because you know you would feel your own you would feel your own but you're remembered! you're remembered! you're remembered DEAD! you're remembered DEAD! you're remembered DEAD! we remember we remember we remember everything everything MOTHER ROSE Mother rose Every little morn' To tend to me There she stood Waiting by the door Selflessly Took my hand Took it with a smile tenderly Mother rose Every little morn' To tend to me Now's the time To turn the view Now that I have you And I'll rise Every little morn' To tend to thee When you rise Open up your eyes You will see There I'll be Waiting by the door Come to me Take my hand Look into your heart There I'll be Now's the time To turn the view Now that I have you Now's the time To turn the view Now that I have you Roses growing by my door Climbing up the vine All the thorns and pain obscured Roses shall divine Where we feel no pain And the love inside Where roses climb Roses shall divine Roses shall divine Holy mother Mother of gold Mother with stories Told and retold She felt our tears Heard our sighs And turned to gold Before our eyes She rose into the light She rose into the light She rose into the light MY BLAKEAN YEAR In my Blakean year I was so disposed Toward a mission yet unclear Advancing pole by pole Fortune breathed into my ear Mouthed a simple ode One road is paved in gold One road is just a road In my Blakean year Such a woeful schism The pain of our existence Was not as I envisioned Boots that trudged from track to track Worn down to the sole One road is paved in gold One road is just a road Boots that tramped from track to track Worn down to the sole One road was paved in gold One road was just a road In my Blakean year Temptation but a hiss Just a shallow spear Robed in cowardice Brace yourself for bitter flack For a life sublime A labyrinth of riches Never shall unwind The threads that bind the pilgrim's sack Are stitched into the Blakean back So throw off your stupid cloak Embrace all that you fear For joy shall conquer all despair In my Blakean year So throw off your stupid cloak Embrace all that you fear For joy shall conquer all despair In my Blakean year MY MADRIGAL We waltzed beneath motionless skies all heaven's glory turned in your eyes we expressed such sweet vows oh till death do us part oh till death do us part oh oh We waltzed beneath God's point of view knowing no ending to our rendezvous we expressed such sweet vows oh till death do us part oh till death do us part oh oh oh till death do us part oh till death do us part oh oh We waltzed beneath motionless skies all heaven's glory turned in your eyes you pledged me your heart till death do us part you pledged me your heart till death do us part till death do us part NEW PARTY You say hey The state of the union Is fine fine fine I got the feeling that you're lying Lying lying lying I think we need Think we're gonna need A new party They say to me They say what's the word I say it's thunderbird I say it's thunderbird Why don't you Fly fly fly Fly away hey And while you're at it Why don't you Fertilize my lawn Why don't you Fertilize my lawn With what's running from your mouth Running from your mouth Hey listen here We got to get off Our ass or get burned The world's troubles Are a global concern Does your child have Fresh water to drink Wherever you are Wherever you are you're invited To think about this When in the course Of human events It becomes necessary To take things into your own hands To take the water from the well And declare it tainted by greed We got to surely clean it up Clean our house Our inner house Our outer house Left right And hey by the way The human event Is the party of the century And you're all invited It's where you are Wherever you are 'Cause this party Is for everyone And the price of admission Is love one another Love brother NOTES TO THE FUTURE Listen my children and you shall hear The sound of your own steps The sound of your hereafter Memory awaits and turns to greet you Draping its banner across your wrists Wake up arms Delicate feet For as one to march the streets Each alone, each part of another Your steps shall ring Shall raise the cloud And they that will hear will hear Will hear voice of the one And the one and the one As it has never been uttered before For something greater yet to come Then the hour of the prophets And their great cities For the people of Ninevah Fell to their knees Heeding the cry of Jonah United Covering themselves in sackcloth and ashes And called to their god And all their hearts were as one heart. And all their voices were as one voice. God heard them and his mind was moved. Yet something greater will come to pass. And who will call? And what will they call? Will they call to God? The air? The fowl? It will not matter, if the call is true. They shall call and this is known. One voice and each another Shall enter the dead, the living flower, Enter forms that we know not. To be felt by sea, By air, By earth And shall be an elemental pledge. This is our birthright. This is our charge. And we have given over to others. And they have not done well And the forests mourn. The leaves fall. Swaddling babes watch and wonder As the fathers of our spirit nations Dance in the street in celebration As the mountains turn pale from Their nuclear hand And they have not done well Now my children You must overturn the tables Deliver the future from material rule For only one rule should be considered The eleventh commandment To love one another And this is our covenant across your wrist This offering is yours To adorn, adore To bury To burn Upon a mound To hail To set away It is merely a cloth, Merely our colors, Invested with the blood of the people All their hopes and dreams. Our flag It has its excellence Yet it is nothing It shall not be a tyranny above us Nor should god Nor love Nor nature Yet we hold as our pleasure this tender honor That we acknowledge the individual And the common ground formed And if our cloth be raised and lowered Half mast What does it tell us? That an individual has passed Is saluted And mourned by his countrymen. This ritual extends to us all. For we are all the individual. No unknown. No insignificant one Nor insignificant labor Nor insignificant act of charity Each has a story to be told and retold Which shall be a glowing thread In the fabric of Man And the children shall march And bring the colors forward Investing within them The redeeming blood Of their revolutionary hearts. ONE VOICE In the garden of consciousness In fertile mind there lies the dormant seed When blooming as charity Conscience breathes a sigh of relief The confessions of sleep The awakening seed Moved by love to serve We celebrate all Merit in life Ah, the confessions of sleep Unfolding peace As we extend According to need And you will hear the call All action great and small Received joyfully Heaven abounds Let love resound If he be mute Give him a bell If he be blind, an eye It he be down, a hand Lift up your voice Lift up your voice Lift up your voice Give of your mind one mind Give of your heart one heart Give of your voice One voice PATHS THAT CROSS Speak to me Speak to me heart I feel a needing to bridge the clouds Softly go A way I wish to know A way I wish to know Oh you'll ride Surely dance In a ring Backwards and forwards Those who seek feel the glow A glow we will all know A glow we will all know On that day Filled with grace And the heart's communion Steps we take Steps we trace Into the light of reunion Paths that cross will cross again Paths that cross will cross again Speak to me Speak to me shadow I spin from the wheel nothing at all Save the need the need to weave A silk of souls that whisper whisper A silk of souls that whispers to me Speak to me heart all things renew hearts will mend round the bend Paths that cross cross again Paths that cross will cross again Rise up hold the reins We'll meet again I don't know when Hold tight bye bye Paths that cross will cross again Paths that cross Will cross again PATHS THAT CROSS Speak to me Speak to me heart I feel a needing to bridge the clouds Softly go A way I wish to know A way I wish to know Oh you'll ride Surely dance In a ring Backwards and forwards Those who seek feel the glow A glow we will all know A glow we will all know On that day Filled with grace And the heart's communion Steps we take Steps we trace Into the light of reunion Paths that cross will cross again Paths that cross will cross again Speak to me Speak to me shadow I spin from the wheel nothing at all Save the need the need to weave A silk of souls that whisper whisper A silk of souls that whispers to me Speak to me heart all things renew hearts will mend round the bend Paths that cross cross again Paths that cross will cross again Rise up hold the reins We'll meet again I don't know when Hold tight bye bye Paths that cross will cross again Paths that cross Will cross again PEACEABLE KINGDOM Yesterday I saw you standing there With your hand against the pane Looking out the window At the rain And I wanted to tell you That your tears were not in vain But I guess we both knew We'd never be the same Never be the same Why must we hide all these feelings inside? Lions and lambs shall abide Maybe one day we'll be strong enough To build it back again Build the peaceable kingdom Back again Build it back again Why must we hide all these feelings inside? Lions and lambs shall abide Maybe one day we'll be strong enough To build it back again Build the peaceable kingdom Back again Maybe one day we'll be strong enough To build it back again Build the peaceable kingdom Build it back again Build the peaceable kingdom Build it back again PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER I was dreaming in my dreaming of an aspect bright and fair and my sleeping it was broken but my dream it lingered near in the form of shining valleys where the pure air recognized and my senses newly opened I awakened to the cry that the people / have the power to redeem / the work of fools upon the meek / the graces shower it's decreed / the people rule The people have the power The people have the power The people have the power The people have the power Vengeful aspects became suspect and bending low as if to hear and the armies ceased advancing because the people had their ear and the shepherds and the soldiers lay beneath the stars exchanging visions and laying arms to waste / in the dust in the form of / shining valleys where the pure air / recognized and my senses / newly opened I awakened / to the cry Refrain Where there were deserts I saw fountains like cream the waters rise and we strolled there together with none to laugh or criticize and the leopard and the lamb lay together truly bound I was hoping in my hoping to recall what I had found I was dreaming in my dreaming god knows / a purer view as I surrender to my sleeping I commit my dream to you Refrain The power to dream / to rule to wrestle the world from fools it's decreed the people rule it's decreed the people rule LISTEN I believe everything we dream can come to pass through our union we can turn the world around we can turn the earth's revolution we have the power People have the power ... PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER I was dreaming in my dreaming of an aspect bright and fair and my sleeping it was broken but my dream it lingered near in the form of shining valleys where the pure air recognized and my senses newly opened I awakened to the cry that the people / have the power to redeem / the work of fools upon the meek / the graces shower it's decreed / the people rule The people have the power The people have the power The people have the power The people have the power Vengeful aspects became suspect and bending low as if to hear and the armies ceased advancing because the people had their ear and the shepherds and the soldiers lay beneath the stars exchanging visions and laying arms to waste / in the dust in the form of / shining valleys where the pure air / recognized and my senses / newly opened I awakened / to the cry Refrain Where there were deserts I saw fountains like cream the waters rise and we strolled there together with none to laugh or criticize and the leopard and the lamb lay together truly bound I was hoping in my hoping to recall what I had found I was dreaming in my dreaming god knows / a purer view as I surrender to my sleeping I commit my dream to you Refrain The power to dream / to rule to wrestle the world from fools it's decreed the people rule it's decreed the people rule LISTEN I believe everything we dream can come to pass through our union we can turn the world around we can turn the earth's revolution we have the power People have the power ... PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER I was dreaming in my dreaming of an aspect bright and fair and my sleeping it was broken but my dream it lingered near in the form of shining valleys where the pure air recognized and my senses newly opened I awakened to the cry that the people / have the power to redeem / the work of fools upon the meek / the graces shower it's decreed / the people rule The people have the power The people have the power The people have the power The people have the power Vengeful aspects became suspect and bending low as if to hear and the armies ceased advancing because the people had their ear and the shepherds and the soldiers lay beneath the stars exchanging visions and laying arms to waste / in the dust in the form of / shining valleys where the pure air / recognized and my senses / newly opened I awakened / to the cry Refrain Where there were deserts I saw fountains like cream the waters rise and we strolled there together with none to laugh or criticize and the leopard and the lamb lay together truly bound I was hoping in my hoping to recall what I had found I was dreaming in my dreaming god knows / a purer view as I surrender to my sleeping I commit my dream to you Refrain The power to dream / to rule to wrestle the world from fools it's decreed the people rule it's decreed the people rule LISTEN I believe everything we dream can come to pass through our union we can turn the world around we can turn the earth's revolution we have the power People have the power ... PERSUASION (F. Smith/P. Smith) What is the system that gets around Recruits hearts with its timeless rhythm The young glow but old men know It's all a part of some crazy schism Coming on like the dawn unrelenting light Streets thick with its radiating It's all aglow but we all know True love is so complicated Feeling funny don't know why On a plane circling high Equation persuasion It's just persuasion What is the body that has nobody Go through life with nobody at all It come and go where the wind blow When persuasion come to call Got me reeling don't know why I'm on a plane circling high Equation persuasion Got the feeling I'm running in place Caught in the orbit of the human race Equation persuasion It's just persuasion It's jut persuasion It's just persuasion What is the body that has nobody What is the rise without the fall What is illusion without beauty What is the system that's no system at all Hey scout there's no equation You can't prepare for the heart's invasion You can't prepare for the heart's invasion Love is its own PISS FACTORY Sixteen and time to pay off I got this job in a piss factory inspecting pipe Forty hours thirty six dollars a week But it's a paycheck, Jack. It's so hot in here, hot like Sahara You could faint in the heat But these bitches are just too lame to understand Too goddamned grateful to get this job To know they're getting screwed up the ass All these women they got no teeth or gum or cranium And the way they suck hot sausage But me well I wasn't sayin' too much neither I was moral school girl hard working asshole I figured I was speedo motorcycle I had to earn my dough, had to earn my dough But no you gotta, you gotta [relate, babe,] You gotta find the rhythm within Floor boss slides up to me and he says Hey sister, you just movin' too fast, You screwin' up the quota, You doin' your piece work too fast, Now you get off your mustang sally You ain't goin' nowhere, you ain't goin' nowhere. I lay back. I get my nerve up. I take a swig of Romilar And walk up to hot shit Dot Hook and I say Hey, hey sister it don't matter whether I do labor fast or slow, There's always more labor after. She's real Catholic, see. She fingers her cross and she says There's one reason. There's one reason. You do it my way or I push your face in. We knee you in the john if you don't get off your get off your mustang Sally, If you don't shake it up baby. Shake it up, baby. Twist & shout Oh that I could will a radio here. James Brown singing I Lost Someone or the Jesters and the Paragons And Georgie Woods the guy with the goods and Guided Missiles ... But no, I got nothin', no diversion, no window, Nothing here but a porthole in the plaster, in the plaster, Where I look down, look at sweet Theresa's convent All those nurses, all those nuns scattin' 'round With their bloom hoods like cats in mourning. Oh to me they, you know, to me they look pretty damn free down there Down there not having crystal smooth Not having to smooth those hands against hot steel Not having to worry about the [inspeed] the dogma the [inspeed] of labor They look pretty damn free down there, And the way they smell, the way they smell And here I gotta be up here smellin' Dot Hook's midwife sweat I would rather smell the way boys smell Oh those schoolboys the way their legs flap under the desks in study hall That odor rising roses and ammonia And way their dicks droop like lilacs Or the way they smell that forbidden acrid smell But no I got, I got pink clammy lady in my nostril Her against the wheel me against the wheel Oh slow motion inspection is drivin' me insane In steel next to Dot Hook oh we may look the same Shoulder to shoulder sweatin' 110 degrees But I will never faint, I will never faint They laugh and they expect me to faint but I will never faint I refuse to lose, I refuse to fall down Because you see it's the monotony that's got to me Every afternoon like the last one Every afternoon like a rerun next to Dot Hook And yeah we look the same Both pumpin' steel, both sweatin' But you know she got nothin' to hide And I got something to hide here called desire I got something to hide here called desire And I will get out of here You know the fiery potion is just about to come In my nose is the taste of sugar And I got nothin' to hide here save desire And I'm gonna go, I'm gonna get out of here I'm gonna get out of here, I'm gonna get on that train, I'm gonna go on that train and go to New York City I'm gonna be somebody, I'm gonna get on that train, go to New York City, I'm gonna be so bad I'm gonna be a big star and I will never return, Never return, no, never return, to burn out in this piss factory And I will travel light. Oh, watch me now. PISSING IN A RIVER Pissing in a river, watching it rise Tattoo fingers shy away from me Voices voices mesmerize Voices voices beckoning sea Come come come come back come back Come back come back come back Spoke of a wheel, tip of a spoon Mouth of a cave, I'm a slave I'm free. When are you coming ? Hope you come soon Fingers, fingers encircling thee Come come come come come come Come come come come come come for me oh My bowels are empty, excreting your soul What more can I give you ? Baby I don't know What more can I give you to make this thing grow? Don't turn your back now, I'm talking to you Should I pursue a path so twisted ? Should I crawl defeated and gifted ? Should I go the length of a river [The royal, the throne, the cry me a river] Everything I've done, I've done for you Oh I give my life for you. Every move I made I move to you, And I came like a magnet for you now. What about it, you're gonna leave me, What about it, you don't need me, What about it, I can't live without you, What about it, I never doubted you What about it ? What about it ? What about it ? What about it ? Should I pursue a path so twisted ? Should I crawl defeated and gifted ? Should I go the length of a river, [The royal, the throne, the cry me a river] What about it, what about it, what about it ? Oh, I'm pissing in a river. PISSING IN A RIVER Pissing in a river, watching it rise Tattoo fingers shy away from me Voices voices mesmerize Voices voices beckoning sea Come come come come back come back Come back come back come back Spoke of a wheel, tip of a spoon Mouth of a cave, I'm a slave I'm free. When are you coming ? Hope you come soon Fingers, fingers encircling thee Come come come come come come Come come come come come come for me oh My bowels are empty, excreting your soul What more can I give you ? Baby I don't know What more can I give you to make this thing grow? Don't turn your back now, I'm talking to you Should I pursue a path so twisted ? Should I crawl defeated and gifted ? Should I go the length of a river [The royal, the throne, the cry me a river] Everything I've done, I've done for you Oh I give my life for you. Every move I made I move to you, And I came like a magnet for you now. What about it, you're gonna leave me, What about it, you don't need me, What about it, I can't live without you, What about it, I never doubted you What about it ? What about it ? What about it ? What about it ? Should I pursue a path so twisted ? Should I crawl defeated and gifted ? Should I go the length of a river, [The royal, the throne, the cry me a river] What about it, what about it, what about it ? Oh, I'm pissing in a river. POPPIES He's delighted to love me, but you know, I just don't know what to say to him. I just don't know. Heard it on the radio, it's no good Heard it on the radio, it's news to me When she gets something, it's understood Baby's got somethin' she's not used to Down, down, poppy, yeah Down, down, poppy, yeah Goin' on the corner, I'm gonna score Baby wants somethin', she's in the mood to Baby wants somethin', I want more When I don't get it, I get blue, blue Down, down, and it's really comin', really comin', Down, down, poppy, yeah Goin' on the corner, I'm gonna score Baby's got somethin', gonna get through, through When I want somethin' I want more, Heard it on the radio, there's nothin' I can do do I'm in the mood to And I'm a woman and an individual And I want rockin' real slow I wanna hear it on the radio I wanna hear it, I wanna score (poppies) I wanna hear it on the radio Baby got it but baby want more On the radio, heard it on the radio Baby got it but baby want more [babble] Heard it on the radio Won't be no need for layin' in the road Tonight I'm goin' out, oh yeah Baby got it but baby want more She won't need it any more [babble] Although she was tense and lean in the sun Splintered like a country Gently pulled his finger Everything is soakin' and spread with butter Their flowers on an average [on the seed?] And then they laid her on the table She connected with the inhaler And the needle shiftin' like crazy, She was, she was completely still. It was like a painting of a vase, She just lay there and the gas traveled fast Through the dorsal spine and down and around (I want more) The anal cavity, her cranium (I wanna score) Just, it was really great, man, The gas had inflicted her entire spine With the elements of a voluptuous disease With a green vapor, made her feet light Baby want more Baby was it in the closet. Baby get it there, baby tag it, Baby got it and baby begged for it, baby I don't think (after station) there's any station (I remember when) Quite as interesting to me (baby worship something) As the 12th station (laughin' at the flowers) I tuned in (to the tower) too many centuries Were calling to me And I spin, come down thru time Oh, watch them say you're too high And I swim through Hear it on the radio, goddamn in my radio, Hear it on the radio, hear it on the radio [babble] one long ecstatic pure sensation restriction started excreting, started excreting, ah exhilarating bottomless pit Hey Sheba, hey Salome, hey Venus eclipsin' my way ah. Her vessel, every woman is a vessel, is evasive, is aquatic. Everyone, silver ecstatic, platinum disk spinning PRIVILEGE (SET ME FREE) I see it all before me: the days of love and torment; the nights of rock and roll. I see it all before me. Sometimes my spirit's empty; don't have the will to go on. I wish someone would send me energy. Give me something. Give me something to give. Oh, God, give me something: a reason to live. My body is aching. Don't want sympathy. Come on. Come and love me. Come on. Set me free. Set me free. The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me through the path of righteousness for His name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me. Hey, Lord, I'm waitin' for you. Oh, God, I'm waitin' for you; waitin' to open Your ninety eight wounds and be Thee, be Thee. Lead me, oh, lead me. Leave me something. Leave me something to live. Oh, God, give me something: a reason to live. I don't want no handout; no, not sympathy. Come on. Come and love me. Come on. Set me free. Set me free. Come on. Set me free Set me free . . . Oh, I'm so young, so goddamn young. Oh, I'm so young, so goddamn young. Oh, I'm so young, so goddamn. Set me free. In the presence of my enemies, Thou anointest my head with oil. My cup runneth over. Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Ah, damn, goddamn, goddamn, goddamn. Here I am. PRIVILEGE (SET ME FREE) I see it all before me: the days of love and torment; the nights of rock and roll. I see it all before me. Sometimes my spirit's empty; don't have the will to go on. I wish someone would send me energy. Give me something. Give me something to give. Oh, God, give me something: a reason to live. My body is aching. Don't want sympathy. Come on. Come and love me. Come on. Set me free. Set me free. The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me through the path of righteousness for His name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me. Hey, Lord, I'm waitin' for you. Oh, God, I'm waitin' for you; waitin' to open Your ninety eight wounds and be Thee, be Thee. Lead me, oh, lead me. Leave me something. Leave me something to live. Oh, God, give me something: a reason to live. I don't want no handout; no, not sympathy. Come on. Come and love me. Come on. Set me free. Set me free. Come on. Set me free Set me free . . . Oh, I'm so young, so goddamn young. Oh, I'm so young, so goddamn young. Oh, I'm so young, so goddamn. Set me free. In the presence of my enemies, Thou anointest my head with oil. My cup runneth over. Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Ah, damn, goddamn, goddamn, goddamn. Here I am. PUMPING (MY HEART) Oh I see you stare spi pi pi pi pi pi (spiraling) up there and ho, Oh, into the center of my brain, and baby come, baby go And free the hurricane, oh, I go into the center of the airplane Baby gotta move to the center of my pain And my heart starts pumping, my fists start pumping Upset, total abandon, you know I love you so Total abandon, ooh, walla walla walla, Oh I see you stare spi pi pi pi pi pi (spiraling) up there and ho, Oh, into the center of my brain and baby come, baby go And free the hurricane, oh I go into the center of the airplane, Baby gotta box in the center of the ring And my heart starts pumping, my fists start pumping Upset, total abandon, you know I love you so. Total abandon, ooh wah Oh I go into the center of the airplane, Baby gotta go to the center of my brain And my heart starts pumping, my fists start pumping, Got no recollection of my past reflection, So I'm free to move in the resurrection. My heart starts pumping, my fists start pumping, My heart pumping, my heart pumping, my heart pumping Coming in the airport, coming in the sea, Coming in the garden, got a conscious stream, Coming in a washroom, coming on a plane, Coming in a force field, coming in my brain And my heart, my heart, Total abandon, total abandon, total abandon, Total abandon, total abandon, total abandon, Total abandon Oh I go into the center of the airplane, Baby gotta move to the center of my brain, My heart Oh RADIO BAGHDAD Suffer not Your neighbor's affliction Suffer not Your neighbor's paralysis But extend your hand Extend your hand Lest you vanish in the city And be but a trace Just a vanished ghost And your legacy All the things you knew Science, mathematics, thought Severely weakened Like irrigation systems In the tired veins forming From the Tigris and Euphrates In the realm of peace All the world revolved All the world revolved Around a perfect circle City of Baghdad City of scholars Empirical humble Center of the world City in ashes City of Baghdad City of Baghdad Abrasive aloof Oh, in Mesopotamia Aloofness ran deep Deep in the veins of the great rivers That form the base Of Eden And the tree The tree of knowledge Held up its arms To the sky All the branches of knowledge All the branches of knowledge Cradling Cradling Civilization In the realm of peace All the world revolved Around a perfect circle Oh Baghdad Center of the world City of ashes With its great mosques Erupting from the mouth of god Rising from the ashes like a speckled bird Splayed against the mosaic sky Oh, clouds around We created the zero But we mean nothing to you You would believe That we are just some mystical tale We are just a swollen belly That gave birth to Sinbad, Scheherazade We gave birth Oh, oh, to the zero The perfect number We invented the zero And we mean nothing to you Our children run through the streets And you sent your flames Your shooting stars Shock and awe Shock and awe Like some, some Imagined warrior production Twenty first century No chivalry involved No Bushido Oh, the code of the West Long gone Never been Where does it lie? You came, you came Through the west Annihilated a people And you come to us But we are older than you You come you wanna You wanna come and rob the cradle Of civilization And you read yet you read You read Genesis You read of the tree You read of the tree Beget by god That raised its branches into the sky Every branch of knowledge Of the cradle of civilization Of the banks of the Tigris and the Euphrates Oh, in Mesopotamia Aloofness ran deep The face of Eve turning What sky did she see What garden beneath her feet The one you drill You drill Pulling the blood of the earth Little droplets of oil for bracelets Little jewels Sapphires You make bracelets Round your own world We are weeping tears Rubies We offer them to you We are just Your Arabian nightmare We invented the zero But we mean nothing to you Your Arabian nightmare City of stars City of scholarship Science City of ideas City of light City City of ashes That the great Caliph Walked through His naked feet formed a circle And they built a city A perfect city of Baghdad In the realm of peace And all the world revolved And they invented And they mean nothing to you Nothing to you Nothing Go to sleep Go to sleep my child Go to sleep And I'll sing you a lullaby A lullaby for our city A lullaby of Baghdad Go to sleep Sleep my child Sleep Sleep... Run Run... You sent your lights Your bombs You sent them down on our city Shock and awe Like some crazy t.v. show They're robbing the cradle of civilization They're robbing the cradle of civilization They're robbing the cradle of civilization Suffer not The paralysis of your neighbor Suffer not But extend your hand RAVENS Common fortune seeks us all and slips our binding rings we'll turn our heads and make us reel we'll bare our arms as wings before our feet a feather drifts beyond us it will fall cause time will bid and make us rise make ravens of us all My love he breathed the air of kings yet fell beneath his luck and in his heart a yearning yet before his time time shook all the gifts that God had gave and those by fate denied gone to where all treasures laid and where the raven flies oh there are places I agree where I have yet to roam the Egyptian field the arctic sea where shadows haunt and moan but none but sky I have to go should I return to thee gone to where the feather flies to all eternity but for a time I got more time till I a raven be cause time will bid and make us rise make ravens of us all and time will bid and make us fly make ravens of us all and time will bid and make us fly make ravens of us all REDONDO BEACH Late afternoon, dreaming hotel We just had the quarrel that sent you away. I was looking for you, are you gone gone ? Called you on the phone, another dimension. Well, you never returned, oh you know what I mean. I went looking for you, are you gone, gone ? Down by the ocean it was so dismal, Women all standing with a shock on their faces. Sad description, oh I was looking for you. Everyone was singing, girl is washed up On Redondo Beach and everyone is so sad. I was looking for you, are you gone gone ? Pretty little girl, everyone cried. She was the victim of sweet suicide. I went looking for you, are you gone gone ? Down by the ocean it was so dismal, Women all standing with shock on their faces. Sad description, oh I was looking for you. Desk clerk told me girl was washed up, Was small, an angel with apple blonde hair, now. I went looking for you, are you gone gone ? Picked up my key, didn't reply. Went to my room, started to cry. You were small, an angel, are you gone gone ? Down by the ocean it was so dismal. I was just standing with shock on my face. The hearse pulled away, and the girl that had died, it was you. You'll never return into my arms 'cause you were gone gone. Never return into my arms 'cause you were gone gone. Gone gone, gone gone, good bye. REDONDO BEACH Late afternoon, dreaming hotel We just had the quarrel that sent you away. I was looking for you, are you gone gone ? Called you on the phone, another dimension. Well, you never returned, oh you know what I mean. I went looking for you, are you gone, gone ? Down by the ocean it was so dismal, Women all standing with a shock on their faces. Sad description, oh I was looking for you. Everyone was singing, girl is washed up On Redondo Beach and everyone is so sad. I was looking for you, are you gone gone ? Pretty little girl, everyone cried. She was the victim of sweet suicide. I went looking for you, are you gone gone ? Down by the ocean it was so dismal, Women all standing with shock on their faces. Sad description, oh I was looking for you. Desk clerk told me girl was washed up, Was small, an angel with apple blonde hair, now. I went looking for you, are you gone gone ? Picked up my key, didn't reply. Went to my room, started to cry. You were small, an angel, are you gone gone ? Down by the ocean it was so dismal. I was just standing with shock on my face. The hearse pulled away, and the girl that had died, it was you. You'll never return into my arms 'cause you were gone gone. Never return into my arms 'cause you were gone gone. Gone gone, gone gone, good bye. REVENGE I feel upset. Let's do some celebrating. Come on honey, don't hesitate now. Needed you, you withdrew, I was so forsaken. Ah, but now the tables have turned, my move. I believe I'll be taking my revenge. Sweet revenge. I thought you were some perfect read out. Some d digital delay had obscured and phased my view of the wicked hand you played. Ah, the sands and hands of time have run out, run out, ah you better face it. Ah, this thing's run amok, this luck I do know how to replace it with revenge. Oh, sweet revenge. I gave you a wristwatch, baby. You wouldn't even give me the time of day. You want to know what makes me tick. Now it's me that's got precious little to say. For the ghosts of our love have dried have died. There's no use faking it. Ah, the spirits gonna close in on you tonight. High time I was taking my revenge. Sweet revenge. Revenge. Revenge. all the gold and silver couldn't measure up my love for you. it's so immaterial. i don't wait around for you. [ ] [ ] nobody gets anything. nobody gets nothing. no [ ] don't leave me no space in your little boat you ain't gonna need no you ain't gonna need no little boat you are living on my time my dear. Revenge. Sweet revenge. Sweet sweet revenge. . . ROCK 'N' ROLL NIGGER Baby was a black sheep. Baby was a whore. Baby got big and baby get bigger. Baby get something. Baby get more. Baby, baby, baby was a rock and roll nigger. Oh, look around you, all around you, riding on a copper wave. Do you like the world around you? Are you ready to behave? Outside of society, they're waitin' for me. Outside of society, that's where I want to be. (Lenny!) Baby was a black sheep. Baby was a whore. You know she got big. Well, she's gonna get bigger. Baby got a hand; got a finger on the trigger. Baby, baby, baby is a rock and roll nigger. Outside of society, that's where I want to be. Outside of society, they're waitin' for me. (those who have suffered, understand suffering, and thereby extend their hand the storm that brings harm also makes fertile blessed is the grass and herb and the true thorn and light) I was lost in a valley of pleasure. I was lost in the infinite sea. I was lost, and measure for measure, love spewed from the heart of me. I was lost, and the cost, and the cost didn't matter to me. I was lost, and the cost was to be outside society. Jimi Hendrix was a nigger. Jesus Christ and Grandma, too. Jackson Pollock was a nigger. Nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger. Outside of society, they're waitin' for me. Outside of society, if you're looking, that's where you'll find me. Outside of society, they're waitin' for me. Outside of society. (Repeat) ROCK 'N' ROLL NIGGER Baby was a black sheep. Baby was a whore. Baby got big and baby get bigger. Baby get something. Baby get more. Baby, baby, baby was a rock and roll nigger. Oh, look around you, all around you, riding on a copper wave. Do you like the world around you? Are you ready to behave? Outside of society, they're waitin' for me. Outside of society, that's where I want to be. (Lenny!) Baby was a black sheep. Baby was a whore. You know she got big. Well, she's gonna get bigger. Baby got a hand; got a finger on the trigger. Baby, baby, baby is a rock and roll nigger. Outside of society, that's where I want to be. Outside of society, they're waitin' for me. (those who have suffered, understand suffering, and thereby extend their hand the storm that brings harm also makes fertile blessed is the grass and herb and the true thorn and light) I was lost in a valley of pleasure. I was lost in the infinite sea. I was lost, and measure for measure, love spewed from the heart of me. I was lost, and the cost, and the cost didn't matter to me. I was lost, and the cost was to be outside society. Jimi Hendrix was a nigger. Jesus Christ and Grandma, too. Jackson Pollock was a nigger. Nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger. Outside of society, they're waitin' for me. Outside of society, if you're looking, that's where you'll find me. Outside of society, they're waitin' for me. Outside of society. (Repeat) SEVEN WAYS OF GOING I've got seven ways of going, seven wheres to be, seven sweet disguises, seven ways of serving Thee. Lord, I do extol Thee, for Thou has lifted me. Woke me up and shook me out of mine iniquity. Oh, I was undulating in the lewd impostered night. Steeped in a dream to rend the seams to redeem the rock of right. Swept through the seas of Galilee and the Seven Hills of Rome. Seven sins were wrung from the sight of me, lo I turned my neck toward home. Ah, I opened up my arms to You, and we spun from life to life, 'til you loosened me and let me go toward the everlasting light. In this big step I am taking seven seizures for the true. I got seven ways of going, seven ways of serving You. As I move thru seven levels As I move upon the slate As I declare to you The number of my moves As I speculate the eighth Seeking love without exception A light upon the swarm Seeking love without exception A saint in any form. SO YOU WANT TO BE (A ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR) so you want to be a rock & roll star well listen now to what I say get yourself an electric guitar and take some time and learn how to play and when hair's combed right and your pants are tight it's gonna be all right with time you go downtown to the agent man he won't let you down sell your soul to the company they're all waiting there to sell plastic wares and in a week or two if you make the charts the girls will tear you apart what you pay for these riches and fame well it's all a vicious game you're a little insane what you get is the public acclaim don't forget who you are you're a rock & roll star na na na na na . . . hey you. come here. get up. ah, this is the era where everybody creates. recognize my face? they call me broken glass. that's because of the sound [ ] [ ] what you pay for all these riches and fame well it's all a vicious game you're a little insane. well you're a little insane oh a little insane 'cause the thing that you gain is the public acclaim don't forget who you are don't forget who you are don't forget who you are you're a rock & roll star SPACE MONKEY Blood on the T.V., ten o'clock news. Souls are invaded, heart in a groove. Beatin' and beatin' so outta time. What's the mad matter with the church chimes? Here comes a stranger up on Ninth Avenue. Leanin' green tower, indiscreet view. Over the cloud, over the bridge, sensitive muscle, sensitive ridge of my space monkey. Sign of the time time Space monkey, so outta line line. Space monkey, sort of divine. And he's mine, mine, all mine. Pierre Clementi, snot full o' cocaine. The sexual streets, why it's all so insane. Humans are running, lavender room. Hoverin' liquid, move over moon for my space monkey. Sign of the time time Space monkey, sort of divine vine Space monkey, so out of line and he's mine, mine, oh he's mine (spoken) A stranger comes up to him; hands him an old, rusty Polaroid. It starts crumbling in his hands. He says, Oh man, I don't get the picture. This is no picture. This is just...this just a...this just a... This is my jack knife. This is my jack knife. This is my jack knife. This is my jack. [shriek] Rude excavation, landin' site. Boy hesitatin', jack knife. He rips his leg open, so out of time. Blood and light runnin'. It's all like a dream. Light of my life, he's dressed in flame. It's all so predestined. It's all such a game for my space monkey. Sign of the time time. Space monkey, sort of divine vine. Space monkey, so out of line and it's all just space, just space. There he is, up in a tree. Oh, I hear him callin' down to me. That banana shaped object ain't no banana. It's a bright, yellow U.F.O. And he's coming to get me. Here I go. Up, up, up, up, up, up, up ,up, up ... Oh, goodbye mama. I'll never do dishes again. Here I go from my body. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Help! SPELL Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy! The nose is holy! The tongue and cock and hand and asshole holy! Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman's an angel! The bum's as holy as the seraphim! the madman is holy as you my soul are holy! The typewriter is holy the poem is holy the voice is holy the hearers are holy the ecstasy is holy! Holy Peter holy Allen holy Solomon holy Lucien holy Kerouac holy Huncke holy Burroughs holy Cassady holy the unknown buggered and suffering beggars holy the hideous human angels! Holy my mother in the insane asylum! Holy the cocks of the grandfathers of Kansas! Holy the groaning saxophone! Holy the bop apocalypse! Holy the jazzbands marijuana hipsters peace & junk & drums! Holy the solitudes of skyscrapers and pavements! Holy the cafeterias filled with the millions! Holy the mysterious rivers of tears under the streets! Holy the lone juggernaut! Holy the vast lamb of the middle class! Holy the crazy shepherds of rebellion Who digs Los Angeles IS Los Angeles! Holy New York Holy San Francisco Holy Peoria & Seattle Holy Paris Holy Tangiers Holy Moscow Holy Istanbul! Holy time in eternity holy eternity in time holy the clocks in space holy the fourth dimension holy the fifth International holy the Angel in Moloch! Holy the sea holy the desert holy the railroad holy the locomotive holy the visions holy the hallucinations holy the miracles holy the eyeball holy the abyss! Holy forgiveness! mercy! charity! faith! Holy! Ours! bodies! suffering! magnanimity! Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent kindness of the soul! SPELL Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy! The nose is holy! The tongue and cock and hand and asshole holy! Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman's an angel! The bum's as holy as the seraphim! the madman is holy as you my soul are holy! The typewriter is holy the poem is holy the voice is holy the hearers are holy the ecstasy is holy! Holy Peter holy Allen holy Solomon holy Lucien holy Kerouac holy Huncke holy Burroughs holy Cassady holy the unknown buggered and suffering beggars holy the hideous human angels! Holy my mother in the insane asylum! Holy the cocks of the grandfathers of Kansas! Holy the groaning saxophone! Holy the bop apocalypse! Holy the jazzbands marijuana hipsters peace & junk & drums! Holy the solitudes of skyscrapers and pavements! Holy the cafeterias filled with the millions! Holy the mysterious rivers of tears under the streets! Holy the lone juggernaut! Holy the vast lamb of the middle class! Holy the crazy shepherds of rebellion Who digs Los Angeles IS Los Angeles! Holy New York Holy San Francisco Holy Peoria & Seattle Holy Paris Holy Tangiers Holy Moscow Holy Istanbul! Holy time in eternity holy eternity in time holy the clocks in space holy the fourth dimension holy the fifth International holy the Angel in Moloch! Holy the sea holy the desert holy the railroad holy the locomotive holy the visions holy the hallucinations holy the miracles holy the eyeball holy the abyss! Holy forgiveness! mercy! charity! faith! Holy! Ours! bodies! suffering! magnanimity! Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent kindness of the soul! STRANGE MESSENGERS I looked upon the book of life Tracing the lines of face after face Looking down at their naked feet Bound in chains bound in chains Chains of leather chains of gold We knew it was wrong but we looked away And paraded them down the colonial streets And that's how they became enslaved They came across on the great ships Mothers separated from their babes Husbands stood on the auction block Bound in chains bound in chains Chains of leather chains of gold Men knew it was wrong but they looked away And led them to toil in fields of white As they turned their necks to a bitter landscape Oh the people I hear them calling Am I not a man and a brother Am I not a woman and a sister History sends us such strange messengers They come down through time To embrace to enrage And in their arms even stranger fruit And they swing from the trees With their vision in flames Ropes of leather ropes of gold Men knew it was wrong but they looked away Messengers swinging from twisted rope As they turned their necks to a bitter landscape Oh the people I hear them calling Am I not a man and a brother Am I not a woman and a siste r We will be heard we will be heard STRIDE OF THE MIND I took a walk out to the sun But I just, just couldn't take it I followed a dream It was circular But I just, just could not fake it Step to the left the left the left Step to the right the right the right Pick up the sign the sign the sign For a stride of the mind the mind Simon of the desert blew into town On the scalding tail of a bright cold wind Slipped through the sand Footprints emerged Where no one was walking Simon had been Dropped from heaven To a ready made world Said I'm no Sufi But I'll give it a whirl We booked passage on the Book of the Dead Time to travel Simon said Step to the left the left the left Step to the right the right the right Pick up the sign the sign the sign On the stride of the mind the mind the mind Come on move where dreams increase Where every man is a masterpiece If you want to be counted As another kind And you're true, pursue Stride of the mind the mind the mind... He bowed three times Removed his fez Pointed to heaven And Simon says The mind the mind the mind Pick up the sign the mind the mind It's a vertical climb the climb the climb Stride of the mind the mind the mind Pick up the sign the sign the sign It's a vertical climb the climb Take it in stride SUMMER CANNIBALS I was down in Georgia nothing was as real as the street beneath my feet descending into air The cauldron was a bubbling the flesh was lean and the women moved forward like piranhas in a stream they spread themselves before me an offering so sweet and they beckoned and they beckoned come on darling eat Eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat you eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat They circled around me natives in a ring and I saw their souls a withering like snakes in chains and they wrapped themselves around me ummm what a treat and they rattled their tales hissin' come on let's eat Eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat you eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat I felt a rising in my throat the girls a saying grace and the air the viscous air pressed against my face and it all got too damn much for me just got too damn rough and I pushed away my plate and said boys I've had enough and I laid upon the table another piece of meat and I opened up my veins to them and said come on eat Eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat you eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat you eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat you eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat Cause I was down in Georgia nothing was as real as the street beneath my feet descending into hell So eat eat eat you eat eat eat you eat eat eat eat eat eat SUMMER CANNIBALS I was down in Georgia nothing was as real as the street beneath my feet descending into air The cauldron was a bubbling the flesh was lean and the women moved forward like piranhas in a stream they spread themselves before me an offering so sweet and they beckoned and they beckoned come on darling eat Eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat you eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat They circled around me natives in a ring and I saw their souls a withering like snakes in chains and they wrapped themselves around me ummm what a treat and they rattled their tales hissin' come on let's eat Eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat you eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat I felt a rising in my throat the girls a saying grace and the air the viscous air pressed against my face and it all got too damn much for me just got too damn rough and I pushed away my plate and said boys I've had enough and I laid upon the table another piece of meat and I opened up my veins to them and said come on eat Eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat you eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat you eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat you eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat Cause I was down in Georgia nothing was as real as the street beneath my feet descending into hell So eat eat eat you eat eat eat you eat eat eat eat eat eat SUMMER CANNIBALS I was down in Georgia nothing was as real as the street beneath my feet descending into air The cauldron was a bubbling the flesh was lean and the women moved forward like piranhas in a stream they spread themselves before me an offering so sweet and they beckoned and they beckoned come on darling eat Eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat you eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat They circled around me natives in a ring and I saw their souls a withering like snakes in chains and they wrapped themselves around me ummm what a treat and they rattled their tales hissin' come on let's eat Eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat you eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat I felt a rising in my throat the girls a saying grace and the air the viscous air pressed against my face and it all got too damn much for me just got too damn rough and I pushed away my plate and said boys I've had enough and I laid upon the table another piece of meat and I opened up my veins to them and said come on eat Eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat you eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat you eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat you eat the summer cannibals eat eat eat Cause I was down in Georgia nothing was as real as the street beneath my feet descending into hell So eat eat eat you eat eat eat you eat eat eat eat eat eat THE JACKSON SONG Little blue dreamer go to sleep Let's close our eyes and call the deep slumbering land that just begins When day is done and little dreamers spin First take my hand now let it go Little blue boy you're on your own Little blue wings as those feet fly Little blue shoes that walk across the sky May your path be your own But I'm with you And each day you'll grow He'll be there too And someday when you go We'll follow you As you go, as you go Little blue star that offers light Little blue bird that offers flight Little blue path where those feet fall Little blue dreamer won't you dream it all Refrain And in your travels you will see Warrior wings remember Daddy And if a mama bird you see Folding her wings will you remember me As you go, as you go As you go, as you go THE WICKED MESSENGER (Bob Dylan) There was a wicked messenger From Eli he did come, With a mind that multiplied The smallest matter. When questioned who had sent for him, He answered with his thumb, For his tongue it could not speak, but only flatter. He stayed behind the assembly hall, It was there he made his bed, Oftentimes he could be seen returning. Until one day he just appeared With a note in his hand which read, The soles of my feet, I swear they're burning. Oh, the leaves began to fallin' And the seas began to part, And the people that confronted him were many. And he was told but these few words, Which opened up his heart, If ye cannot bring good news, then don't bring any. TILL VICTORY Raise the sky. We got to fly over the land, over the sea. Fate unwinds and if we die, souls arise. God, do not seize me please, till victory. Take arms. Take aim. Be without shame No one to bow to, to vow to, to blame. Legions of light, virtuous flight. Ignite, excite. And you will see us coming, V formation, through the sky. Film survives. Eyes cry. On the hill, hear us call through a realm of sound. Oh, oh oh. Down and down. Down and round, oh, down and round. Round and round, oh, round and round. Rend the veil and we shall sail. The nail, the grail: That's all behind thee. In deed, in creed, the curve of our speed. And we believe that we will raise the sky. We got to fly over the land, over the sea. Fate unwinds and if we die, souls arise. God, do not seize me please, till victory. Victory. Till victory. [repeat] TILL VICTORY Raise the sky. We got to fly over the land, over the sea. Fate unwinds and if we die, souls arise. God, do not seize me please, till victory. Take arms. Take aim. Be without shame No one to bow to, to vow to, to blame. Legions of light, virtuous flight. Ignite, excite. And you will see us coming, V formation, through the sky. Film survives. Eyes cry. On the hill, hear us call through a realm of sound. Oh, oh oh. Down and down. Down and round, oh, down and round. Round and round, oh, round and round. Rend the veil and we shall sail. The nail, the grail: That's all behind thee. In deed, in creed, the curve of our speed. And we believe that we will raise the sky. We got to fly over the land, over the sea. Fate unwinds and if we die, souls arise. God, do not seize me please, till victory. Victory. Till victory. [repeat] TRAMPIN' I'm trampin', trampin' Try'n a make heaven my home I'm trampin trampin Try'n a make heaven my home... I've never been to heaven But I've been told Try'n a make heaven my home That the streets up there Are paved with gold Try'n a make heaven my home I'm trampin trampin Try'n a make heaven my home I'm trampin trampin Try'n a make heaven my home... TRESPASSES Life is designed With unfinished lines That another sings Each story unfolds Like it was gold Upon a ragged wing The bold and the fair Suffer their share He whispered to his kin All of my debts Left with regrets I'm sorry for everything Trespasses stretch like broken fences Winding as they may Trespasses stretch like broken fences Hope to mend them one day And she pinned back her hair Shouldered with care The burdens that were his Mending the coat That hung on the post In heart remembering Trespasses stretch like broken fences Winding as they may Trespasses stretch like broken fences Hope to mend them one day And her time was to come Called to her son This your song to sing All of our debts Wove with regrets Upon a golden string And he found the old coat Hung on a post Like a ragged wing And took as his own The sewn and unsown Joyfully whistling UP THERE DOWN THERE Up there There's a ball of fire Some call it the spirit Some call it the sun Its energies are not for hire It serves man / It serves everyone Down there where Jonah wails in the healing water in the ready depths Twisting like silver swans No line of death no boundaries Up there The eye is hollow / The eye is winking The winds ablaze / Angels howling The sphinx awakens / But what can she say You'd be amazed Down there Your days are numbers Nothing to fear There will be trumpets There will be silence In the end the end Will be here just here Ahh the borders of heaven Are zipped up tight tonight The abstract streets The lights like some switched on Mondrian Cats like us are obsolete Hey Man don't breathe on my feet Thieves, poets we're inside out And everybody's a soldier Angels howl at those abstract lights And the borders of heaven Are zipped up tight tonight Up there There's a ball of fire Some call it the spirit Some call it the sun Its energies are not for hire It serves man / It serves everyone The air we breathe The flame of wisdom The earth we grind The beckoning sea It's no mystery / Not sentimental Ahh the equation / It's all elemental The world is restless Heaven in flux / Angels appear From the bright storm Out of the shadows Up there, down there But what can we say Man's been forewarned All communion is not holy Even those that fall They can prophet understanding It's all for man / It's for everyone It's up there, down there Everywhere / Everywhere Time for communion / Time for communion Talking communion ... UPRIGHT COME Hail brother The distant thunder Is nothing but hearts Beating as one Dance of a million On God's pavilion Come come Beat on your drum Awake people arise Awake upright come Fortune is falling like Tears from the skies Open your eyes Hail sister Come on over To shape reshape Things to come Bow your head Raise your lantern Come come Beat on your drum Awake people arise Awake upright come Fortune is falling like Tears from the skies Open your eyes United action is what we need Time to say that everything is going to be Wasted icons wasted lives Like war obsolete Awake people arise Awake upright come Fortune is falling like Tears from the skies Open your eyes These are the times The times of our own These are the shapes The world we formed Swift is the arrow Dark is the thorn The slate is clean The future awaits Awake WAITING UNDERGROUND If you believe all your hope is gone down the drain of your humankind the time has arrived you'll be waiting here as I was in a snow white shroud waiting underground there by the ridge be a gathering beneath the pilgrim moon where we shall await the beat of your feet hammering the earth where the great ones tremble in their snow white shrouds waiting underground if you seek the kingdom come, come along waiting by the ridge there'll be a gathering beneath the pilgrim moon where the [railroad] thunders oh where we shall await the beat of your feet hammering the earth and as the earth resounds where the great ones tremble and your humankind becomes as one and then we will arise in our snow white shrouds when we'll be as one but until that day we will just await in our snow white shrouds waiting underground in our snow white shrouds waiting underground Waiting underground X6 WANDER I GO WAVE hi. hi. i was running after you for a long time. i i was watching you from. . . actually I've watched you for a long time. i like to watch you when you're walking back and forth on the beach. and the way your the way your cloth looks. i like i like to see the edges the bottom of it get all wet when you're walking near the water there. it's real nice to talk to you. i didn't. i i i i i . . . how are you? how are you? (oh albino) i saw i saw you from your balcony window and you were standing there waving at everybody it was really great because there was about a billion people there, but when i was waving to you, uh, the way your face was, it was so, the way your face was it made me feel exactly like we're it's not that you were just waving to me, but that we were we were waving to each other. really it was really wonderful i really felt happy it really made me happy and. um. i. i just wanted to thank you because you you really really you made me you made me feel good and oh i, it's nothing. i um. i. well i'm just clumsy. yeah. no, it's just a bandaid. no, it's ok. oh no, i'm always doing something's always happening to me yeah. well. i'll be seein' ya. goodbye. bye. wave thou art pretty. wave thou art high wave thou are music wave thou are white (oh albino) (oh albino) wave thou art high (wave thou art pretty) wave to the city wave goodbye. goodbye sir. goodbye papa. WE THREE (Every Sunday I will go down to the bar and leave him the guitar.) You say you want me. I want another. Say you dream of me. Dream of your brother. Oh, the stars shine so suspiciously for we three. You said when you were with me that nothing made you high. We drank all night together and you began to cry so recklessly. Baby, please, don't take my hope away from me. You say you want me. I want another, baby. You say you wish for me. Wish for your brother. Oh, the dice roll so deceptively for we three. It was just another Saturday and ev'rything was in the key of A. And I lit a cigarette for your brother. And he turned and heard me say so desp'rately, Baby, please, don't take my hope away from me. You say you want me. I want another. You say you pray for me. Pray for your brother. Oh, the way that I see him is the way I see myself. So please stand back now and let time tell you. Oh, can't you see that time is the key that will unlock the destiny of we three? Every night on sep'rate stars, before we go to sleep, we pray so breathlessly. Baby, please, don't take my hope away from me. WHEN DOVES CRY WHERE DUTY CALLS In a room in Lebanon they silently slept They were dreaming crazy dreams in foreign alphabet Lucky young boys cross on the main The driver was approaching the American zone The waving of hands The tiniest train They never dreamed they'd never wake again Voice of the Swarm We follow we fall Some kneel for priests Some wail at walls Flag on a match head God or the law And they'll all go together Where duty calls United children Child of Iran Parallel prayers Baseball Koran I'll protect Mama I'll lie awake I'll die for Allah In a holy war I'll be a ranger I'll guard the streams I'll be a soldier A sleeping Marine Refrain In the heart of the ancient Ali smiles In the soul of the desert the sun blooms Awake into the glare of all out little wars Who pray to return to salute the coming and dying of the moon Oh sleeping sun Assassin in prayer laid a compass deep Exploding dawn and himself as well Their eyes for his eyes Their breath for his breath All to his end And a room in Lebanon Dust of scenes Erase and blend May the blanket of Kings Cover them and him Forgive them Father They know not what they do From the vast portals of their consciousness they're calling to you WHIRL AWAY Hello friend I've come a calling passively stationed active patrol sliding in at high noon like some reluctant sheriff not want to get involved in it all who stands guard for each other why must we guard anything at all anything at all from the earth's four corners the people are calling forming equations but the questions are hard all men are brothers killing each other and mother earth is wringing in wonder who stands guard for each other why must we guard anything at all anything at all whirl away now X3 whirl away there's a cross on the road there's a great mill turning some seeking answers some born to dancers you can hold on the blade and turn around forever be flung into space into another kind of grace who stands guard for each other why must we guard anything at all anything at all whirl away now X3 whirl away whirl away now X3 whirl away [?] some giveth their hand some giveth their land some giveth their life you lay in the fields of grain the staff of life all around you but yet you, you will cut someone down for their possessions some material thing and our children are being blown away like wishes in the wind for the sake of their coat or the colors of their coat or the color of their skin or the name on their shoes and the mother cries Why they taken my son? and the father wonders Are they taking my boy? he extended his hand he gave them his land he gave them his bread he gave them his heart said hello friend hello friend X4 WING I was a wing in heaven blue soared over the ocean soared over Spain and I was free needed nobody it was beautiful it was beautiful I was a pawn didn't have a move didn't have nowhere that I could go but I was free I needed nobody it was beautiful it was beautiful and if there's one thing could do for you you'd be a wing in heaven blue I was a vision in another eye and they saw nothing no future at all yet I was free I needed nobody it was beautiful it was beautiful and if there's one thing could do for you you'd be a wing in heaven blue and if there's one thing could do for you you'd be a wing in heaven blue and if there's one thing could do for you you'd be a wing in heaven blue WING I was a wing in heaven blue soared over the ocean soared over Spain and I was free needed nobody it was beautiful it was beautiful I was a pawn didn't have a move didn't have nowhere that I could go but I was free I needed nobody it was beautiful it was beautiful and if there's one thing could do for you you'd be a wing in heaven blue I was a vision in another eye and they saw nothing no future at all yet I was free I needed nobody it was beautiful it was beautiful and if there's one thing could do for you you'd be a wing in heaven blue and if there's one thing could do for you you'd be a wing in heaven blue and if there's one thing could do for you you'd be a wing in heaven blue '87 AND CRY It's just a one dollar secret A lover's secrets in the UK Torn apart in the UK In the dribble of May Day '87 and Cry '87 and Cry And there's nothing inside And there's nothing in mind And only you Rocket on thru the sky It couldn't be done without dogs It couldn't be once without us '87 and Cry '87 and Cry When the days were the days were the days boys When blue ties were for the biggy guys Frannie dressing down for the enemy You saw him hangin' on the enemy And there's no one in love And there's nowhere to scream And only you Race on to wonder where It couldn't be done without dogs It couldn't be once without us '87 and Cry '87 and Cry You can't make love with money You can't make mistakes with babies Nothing looked good on you That's how I liked you best Now you're ready for the real McCoy Deep in the heart of Cupid Murders on the heels of love Just the ghost of a story Just a one dollar secret Baby these were the sounds Baby these were the sounds And only you Whisper these things aren't true It couldn't be done with dogs It couldn't be once without us '87 and Cry '87 and Cry 1984 Someday they won t let you, so now you must agree The times they are a telling, and the changing isn t free You ve read it in the tea leaves, and the tracks are on TV Beware the savage jaw Of 1984 They ll split your pretty cranium, and fill it full of air And tell that you re eighty, but brother, you won t care You ll be shooting up on anything, tomorrow s neverthere Beware the savage jaw Of 1984 Come see, come see, remember me? We played out an all night movie role You said it would last, but I guess we enrolled In 1984 (who could ask for more) 1984 (who could ask for mor or or or ore) (Mor or or or ore) I m looking for a vehicle, I m looking for a ride I m looking for a party, I m looking for a side I m looking for the treason that I knew in 65 Beware the savage jaw Of 1984 1984 (ad lib) 5.15 THE ANGELS HAVE GONE () 5:15 I'm changing trains This little town Let me down This foreign rain Brings me down 5:15 Train overdue Angels have gone No ticket I'm jumping tracks I'm changing towns We never talk anymore Forever I will adore you 5:15 All of my life Angels have gone I'm changing trains Angels like them Thin on the ground All of my life All legs and wings Strange sandy eyes 5:15 Train overdue Angels have gone We never talk anymore Forever I will adore you Cold station All of my life Forever I'm out here forever A BETTER FUTURE () Please don't tear this world asunder Please take back this fear we're under I demand a better future Or I might just stop wanting you I might just stop wanting you Please make sure we get tomorrow All this pain and all the sorrow I demand a better future Or I might just stop needing you I might just stop needing you Give my children sunny smile Give them moon and cloudless sky I demand a better future Or I might just stop loving you, loving you, loving you When we talk, we talk to you When we walk, we walk to you From factory to field How many tears must fall Down there below Nothing is moving Oo o I might just stop wanting you I might just stop needing you I might just stop loving you I demand a better future I demand a better future I demand a better future For I might just stop loving you, loving you, loving you I demand a better future I demand a better future I demand a better future For I might just stop loving you, loving you, loving you I demand a better future A BIG HURT To meet her once just to know it through and through I know, I know But it ain't finished till the fat lady sings I know, I know How can I help you? You're just a wanna be I'm a believer You're a sex receiver And me with a big hurt You know I had a big hurt From the very start I'm hurting so bad 'Cause you're my roommate from hell Got to take some blows on the stepping stones Speak in extremes It'll save you time You were a saint abroad But a devil at home Come on here, woo woo And kiss it for me To meet her once just to know it through and through I know, I know Even a glass eye in a duck's ass can see that I know, I know How can I help you? I'm hit with a big hurt You know I had A great big hurt From the very start I'm hurting so bad And here come the indians oooo Kiss it for me, woo woo Kiss it for me Woo woo, kiss it for me Come on here, woo woo Kiss it for me Kiss it where it counts Kiss it for me Come on here, woo woo Woo woo, woo woo, woo woo, woo woo Kiss it for me A FOGGY DAY IN LONDON TOWN I was a stranger in the city Out of town were the people I knew I had that feeling of self pity What to do? What to do? What to do? The outlook was decidedly blue But as I walked through the foggy streets alone It turned out to be the luckiest day I've known A foggy day in London Town Had me low and had me down I viewed the morning with alarm The British Museum had lost its charm How long, I wondered, could this thing last? But the age of miracles hadn't passed, For, suddenly, I saw you there And through foggy London Town The sun was shining everywhere. A SMALL PLOT OF LAND / Kizilcay/Campbell Lyrics: Poor soul Spit upon that Poor soul He never knew what hit him And it hit him so Poor dunce He pushed back the pigmen The Barbs laughed The fool is dead Poor dunce He's less than within us The brains talk But the will to live is dead And prayer can't travel so far these days The talk of your life Standing so near To innocent eyes Poor dunce Swings thru the tunnels And claws his way Is small life so manic Are these really the days Poor dunce Poor dunce VERSE Poor soul Poor soul Poor soul ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS I've nothing much to offer There's nothing much to take I'm an absolute beginner And I'm absolutely sane As long as we're together The rest can go to hell I absolutely love you But we're absolute beginners With eyes completely open But nervous all the same If our love song Could fly over mountains Could laugh at the ocean (2nd time)sail over heartaches Just like the films There's no reason To feel all the hard times To lay down the hard lines It's absolutely true Nothing much could happen Nothing we can't shake Oh we're absolute beginners With nothing much at stake As long as you're still smiling There's nothing more I need I absolutely love you But we're absolute beginners But if my love is your love We're certain to succeed CHORUS ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (John Lennon Paul McCartney) Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup They slither wildly as they slip away Across the universe Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind Possessing and caressing me CHORUS (twice) Nothing s gonna change my world Nothing s gonna change my world Images of broken light which dance before me like a Million eyes They call me on and on Across the universe Thoughts meander like the restless wind inside a letter box They tumble blindly as they make their way Across the universe CHORUS 1 (twice) Sounds of laughter, shades of life are ringing through my open ears Inciting and inviting me Limitless undying love, which shines around me like a million suns It calls me on and on and on Across the universe CHORUS (twice) AFRAID () I wish I was smarter I got so lost on the shore I wish I was taller Things really matter to me But I put my face in tomorrow I believe we're not alone I believe in Beatles I believe my little soul has grown And I'm still so afraid Yes, I'm still so afraid Yea, I'm still so afraid on my own On my own What made my life so wonderful? What made me feel so bad? I used to wake up the ocean I used to walk on clouds If I put faith in medication If I can smile a crooked smile If I can talk on television If I can walk an empty mile Then I won't feel afraid No, I won't feel afraid I won't be Be afraid Anymore Anymore Anymore AFRICAN NIGHT FLIGHT African nightmare one time Mormon More men fall in Hullabaloo men I slide to the nearest bar Undermine chairman I went too far Bent on a windfall rent a sony Wonder how the dollar went down Gotta get a word to Elizabeth's father Hey no, he wished me well CHORUS 1 (two times) Seemed like another day I could fly into the eye of god on high CHORUS 2 (two times) His burning eye will see me through One of these days, one of these days Gotta get a word through one of these days CHORUS 3 (two times) Asanti habari habari habari Asanti nabana nabana nabana Getting in mood for a Mombassa night flight Pushing my luck, gonna fly like a mad thing Bare strip takeoff skimming over Rhino Born in slumber less than peace Struggle with a child whose screaming dreaming Drowned by the props all steely sunshine Sick of you, sick of me Lust for the free life Quashed and maimed Like a valuable loved one Left unnamed CHORUS 1 (two times) Over the bushland over the trees Wise like Orangutan that was me CHORUS 2 (two times) CHORUS 3 (repeat ad inf.) AFRICAN NIGHT FLIGHT (Lyrics by Music by ) African nightmare one time Mormon More men fall in Hullabaloo men I slide to the nearest bar Undermine chairman I went too far Bent on a windfall rent a sony Wonder how the dollar went down Gotta get a word to Elizabeth's father Hey no, he wished me well Seemed like another day I could fly into the eye of god on high His burning eye will see me through One of these days, one of these days Gotta get a word through one of these days Asanti habari habari habari Asanti nabana nabana nabana Getting in mood for a Mombassa night flight Pushing my luck, gonna fly like a mad thing Bare strip takeoff skimming over Rhino Born in slumber less than peace Struggle with a child whose screaming dreaming Drowned by the props all steely sunshine Sick of you, sick of me Lust for the free life Quashed and maimed Like a valuable loved one Left unnamed Seemed like another day I could fly into the eye of god on high Over the bushland over the trees Wise like Orangutan that was me His burning eye will see me through One of these days, one of these days Gotta get a word through one of these days Asanti habari habari habari Asanti nabana nabana nabana AFTER ALL Please trip them gently, they don't like to fall, Oh by jingo There's no room for anger, we're all very small, Oh by jingo We're painting our faces and dressing in thoughts from the skies, From paradise But they think that we're holding a secretive ball. Won't someone invite them They're just taller children, that's all, after all Man is an obstacle, sad as the clown, Oh by jingo So hold on to nothing, and he won't let you down, Oh by jingo Some people are marching together and some on their own Quite alone Others are running, the smaller ones crawl But some sit in silence, they're just older children That's all, after all I sing with impertinence, shading impermanent chords, with my words I've borrowed your time and I'm sorry I called But the thought just occurred that we're nobody's children At all, after all Live till your rebirth and do what you will, Oh by jingo Forget all I've said, please bear me no ill, Oh by jingo After all, after all ALADDIN SANE (1913 1938 197?) Watching him dash away, swinging an old bouquet dead roses Sake and strange divine Uh h h uh h uh you'll make it Passionate bright young things, takes him away to war don't fake it Saddening glissando strings Uh h h uh h uh you'll make it Who'll love Aladdin Sane Battle cries and champagne just in time for sunrise Who'll love Aladdin Sane Motor sensational, Paris or maybe hell I'm waiting Clutches of sad remains Waits for Aladdin Sane you'll make it Who'll love Aladdin Sane Millions weep a fountain, just in case of sunrise Who'll love Aladdin Sane We'll love Aladdin Sane Love Aladdin Sane Who'll love Aladdin Sane Millions weep a fountain, just in case of sunrise Who'll love Aladdin Sane We'll love Aladdin Sane We'll love Aladdin Sane ALGERIA TOUCHSHRIEK My name is Mr. Touchshriek Of Touchshriek with mail over and fantasy My shop sells egg shells off the shesores and empty females I'm thinking of leasing the room above my shop To a Mr. Walloff Domburg A reject from the world wide Internet He's a broken man I'm also a broken man It would be nice to have company We could have great conversations Looking through windows for demons And watching the young advance in all electric Some of the houses around here still have inhabitants in them I'm not sure if they're from this country or not I don't get to speak much to anyone or that sort of thing If I had another broken name Oh, I dream of something like that ALL THE MADMAN Day after day They send my friends away To mansions cold and grey To the far side of town Where the thin men stalk the streets While the sane stay underground Day after day They tell me I can go They tell me I can blow To the far side of town Where it's pointless to be high 'Cause it's such a long way down So I tell them that I can fly, I will scream, I will break my arm I will do me harm Here I stand, foot in hand, talking to my wall I'm not quite right at all...am I? Don't set me free, I'm as heavy as can be Just my librium and me And my E.S.T. makes three 'Cause I'd rather stay here With all the madmen Than perish with the sadmen roaming free And I'd rather play here With all the madmen For I'm quite content they're all as sane as me (Where can the horizon lie When a nation hides Its organic minds in a cellar...dark and grim They must be very dim) Day after day They take some brain away Then turn my face around To the far side of town And tell me that it's real Then ask me how I feel Here I stand, foot in hand, talking to my wall I'm not quite right at all Don't set me free, I'm as helpless as can be My libido's split on me Gimme some good 'ole lobotomy 'Cause I'd rather stay here With all the madmen Than perish with the sadmen Roaming free And I'd rather play here With all the madmen For I'm quite content They're all as sane as me Zane, Zane, Zane Ouvre le Chien (rpt) ALL THE YOUNG DUDES Well Billy rapped all night about his suicide How he'd kick it in the head when he was twenty five Speed jive don't want to stay alive When you're twenty five And Wendy's stealing clothes from Marks and Sparks (unlocked cars) And Freedy's got spots (zits) from ripping off the stars from his face Funky little boat race Television man is crazy saying we're juvenile deliquent wrecks Oh man I need TV when I got T Rex Oh brother you guessed I'm a dude dad All the young dudes (Hey dudes) Carry the news (Where are ya) Boogaloo dudes (Stand up Come on) Carry the news All the young dudes (I want to hear you) Carry the news (I want to see you) Boogaloo dudes (And I want to talk to you all of you) Carry the news Now Lucy looks sweet 'cause he dresses like a queen But he can kick like a mule it's a real mean team But we can love oh yes we can love And my brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones We never got it off on that revolution stuff What a drag too many snags Now I've drunk a lot of wine and I'm feeling fine Got to race some cat to bed Oh is there concrete all around Or is it in my head Yeah I'm a dude dad All the young dudes (Hey dudes) Carry the news (Where are ya) Boogaloo dudes (Stand up) Carry the news All the young dudes (I want to hear ya) Carry the news (I want to see you) Boogaloo dudes (And I want to relate to you) Carry the news All the young dudes (What dudes) Carry the news (Let's hear the news come on) Boogaloo dudes (I want to kick you) Carry the news All the young dudes (Hey you there with the glasses) Carry the news (I want you) Boogaloo dudes (I want you at the front) Carry the news (Now you all his friends) All the young dudes (Now you bring him down cause I want him) Carry the news Boogaloo dudes (I want him right here bring him come on) Carry the news (Bring him here you go) All the young dudes (I've wanted to do this for years) Carry the news (There you go) Boogaloo dudes (How do you feel) Carry the news ALWAYS CRASHING IN THE SAME CAR Every chance, every chance that I take I take it on the road Those kilometres and the red lights I was always looking left and right Oh, but I'm always crashing in the same car Jasmine, I saw you peeping As I pushed my foot down to the floor I was going round and round the hotel garage Must have been touching close to 94 Oh, but I'm always crashing in the same car AMAZING (D..Gabrels) I'm lazy You're crazy, girl Stay by my side I'm scared you'll Meet someone In whom you'll confide Life's still a dream Your love's amazing Since I found you My life's amazing I pledge you You'll never be blue There's too much at stake to be down My nightmare Rooted here watching you go Divine in both our lives My life's a roll Go go go And it's amazing AMLAPURA Hey hey it's the tall sail on On a beach reach for Java Make way for to Java Watching for Boogies Hey hey it's a dreaming I would burn you if you should die Hey hey I would burn too If you should lie upon that bamboo pyre I dream of Amlapura Never saw in all my life a more shining jewel I dream of Amlapura Of an ocean or dream of a princess in stone Hey hey golden roses around A rajah's mouth Hey hey all the dead children buried standing A flying Dutchman Smoking gun and spice wind AMSTERDAM In the port of Amsterdam There's a sailor who sings Of the dream that he brings From the wide open sea In the port of Amsterdam There's a sailor who sleeps While the river bank weeps To the old willow tree In the port of Amsterdam There's a sailor who dies Full of beer, full of cries In a drunken town fight In the port of Amsterdam There's a sailor who's born On a hot muggy morn By the dawn's early light In the port of Amsterdam Where the sailors all meet There's a sailor who eats Only fish heads and tails And he'll show you his teeth That have rotten too soon That can haul up the sails That can swallow the moon And he yells to the cook With his arms open wide Hey, bring me more fish Throw it down by my side And he wants so to belch But he's too full to try So he stands up and laughs And he zip up his fly In the port of Amsterdam You can see sailors dance Paunches bursting their pants Grinding women to porch They've forgotten the tune That their whiskey voice croaked Splitting the night With the roar of their jokes And they turn and they dance And they laugh and they lust Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts And then out of the night With their pride in their pants And the sluts that they tow Underneath the street lamps In the port of Amsterdam There's a sailor who drinks And he drinks and he drinks And he drinks once again He'll drink to the health Of the whores of Amsterdam Who've given their bodies To a thousand other men Yeah, they've bargained their virtue Their goodness all gone For a few dirty coins Well he just can't go on Throws his nose to the sky And he aims it up above And he pisses like I cry On the unfaithful love In the port of Amsterdam In the port of Amsterdam AN OCCASIONAL DREAM I recall how we lived On the corner of a bed And we'd speak of a Swedish room Of hessian and wood And we'd talk with our eyes Of the sweetness in our lives And tomorrows of rich surprise... Some things we could do In our madness We burnt one hundred days Time takes time to pass And I still hold some ashes to me An Occasional Dream And we'd sleep, oh so close But not really close our eyes 'Tween the sheets of summer bathed in blue... Gently weeping nights It was long, long ago And I can't touch your name For the days of fate were strong for you... Danced you far from me In my madness I see your face in mine I keep a photograph It burns my wall with time Time An Occasional Dream Of mine An Occasional Dream Of mine An Occasional Dream Of mine ANDY WARHOL Like to take a cement fix Be a standing cinema Dress my friends up just for show See them as they really are Put a peephole in my brain Two New Pence to have a go I'd like to be a gallery Put you all inside my show Andy Warhol looks a scream Hang him on my wall Andy Warhol, Silver Screen Can't tell them apart at all Andy walking, Andy tired Andy take a little snooze Tie him up when he's fast asleep Send him on a pleasant cruise When he wakes up on the sea Be sure to think of me and you He'll think about paint and he'll think about glue What a jolly boring thing to do ANYWAY, ANYHOW, ANYWHERE (Pete Townshend/Roger Daltrey) I can go anyway (way I choose) I can live anyhow (win or lose) I can go anywhere (for something new) Anyway, anyhow, anywhere I choose I can do anything (right or wrong) I can talk anyhow (and get along) I don't care anyway (I never lose) Anyway, anyhow, anywhere I choose Nothing gets in my way Not even locked doors Don't follow the lines that been laid before I get along anyway I care Anyway, anyhow, anywhere Anyway, anyway I choose I wanna go Do it myself, do it myself, Anyway, anyway I choose AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN () There's such a sad love Deep in your eyes, a kind of pale jewel Open and closed within your eyes I'll place the sky within your eyes There's such a fooled heart Beating so fast in search of new dreams A love that will last within your heart I'll place the moon within your heart As the pain sweeps through Makes no sense for you Every thrill has gone Wasn't too much fun at all But I'll be there for you oo oo As the world falls down Falling (As the world) Falling down Falling in love I'll paint you mornings of gold I'll spin you Valentine evenings Though we're strangers till now We're choosing the path between the stars I'll leave my love between the stars Falling (As the world) Falling down Falling As the world falls down Falling (x3) Falling in love As the world falls down (down) Falling Falling (x2) Falling in love As the world falls down Falling (x3) Makes no sense at all Makes no sense to fall Falling As the world falls down Falling Falling Falling in love As the world falls down (down) Falling Falling Falling in love ASHES TO ASHES Do you remember a guy that's been In such an early song I've heard a rumour from Ground Control Oh no, don't say it's true They got a message from the Action Man I'm happy, hope you're happy too I've loved all I've needed to love Sordid details following The shrieking of nothing is killing Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis and I Ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair But I'm hoping to kick but the planet it's glowing Ashes to ashes, funk to funky We know Major Tom's 4 a junkie Strung out in heaven's high Hitting an all time low Time and again I tell myself I'll stay clean tonight But the little green wheels are following me Oh no, not again I'm stuck with a valuable friend I'm happy, hope you're happy too One flash of light but no smoking pistol I never done good things I never done bad things I never did anything out of the blue, Want an axe to break the ice Wanna come down right now My mother said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom BABY CAN DANCE (D. I'm rolling out of the ferris wheel No one looks and no one feels But the baby can the baby can The way it feels just feeling you Holding out and falling out But the baby can the baby can I'm the jumping man I'm the jumping man But baby can float Baby can drown Baby can touch her toes Toss her hair Make you feel you're going nowhere Baby can dance Baby can dance Baby can walk around the town Attract a man and cut him down I'm the shadow man the jumping jack The man who can and don't look back But the baby can the baby can I'm rolling out of the ferris wheel No one looks and no one feels But the baby can the baby can And the way it feels I'm feeling you Everyday is far away Everyday, everyday It's over now It's over now BABY GRACE (A HORRID CASSETTE) / Kizilcay/Campbell Lyrics: Test, testing, testing This, hmmm, Grace is my name And and I was...um... It was that phot... a fading photograph of a patch..., a patchwork quilt. And they've put me on these... Ramona put me on these interest drugs So I'm thinking very too bit too fast like a brain hatch And ah they won't let me see anybody If I want to sometimes ... and I ask I can still hear some pop...popular musics and aftershocks. (Ahhh choo) See I've been watching a television of um... in the homelands That's the new homelands and um that's all I can remember And now they just want me to be quiet And I think something is going to be horrid BABY LOVES THAT WAY [Baby loves that way] Yes, she does, yes, she does [Baby loves that way] Oh, I love my baby [Baby loves that way] Ooh, I gotta take her [Baby loves that way] Yep, I love her Baby likes to go outside, so I let her Wants to fool with other guys, so I let her Wants to be bad, so I let her be bad But fooling around, it will make me sad She fools around with other boys and treat me like an unwanted toy [Baby loves that way] Oh, I love my baby [Baby loves that way] Ooh, she does too much to me [Baby loves that way] And I can't think too much of her [Baby loves that way] Gotta take her, gotta take her Gonna better leave her alone, put you down son Treating her real fine, thus I'm home being a loner J eanny's my babe and that's alright, yeah She treats me good, each and every night She fools around with other boys and treat me like an unwanted toy [Baby loves that way] I love my baby [Baby loves that way] Ooh, she's too much [Baby loves that way] Yes she does, yes she does [Baby loves that way] [Baby loves that way] I love my baby [Baby loves that way] Yeah, she's too much, yeah yeah [Baby loves that way] Ooh, I think she can live with me [Baby loves that way] Love her, love her, love her Baby likes to go outside, so I let her Wants to fool with other guys, so I let her Wants to be bad, so I let her be bad But fooling around, it will make me sad She clings around with all the boys, who treat her like a modern toy [Baby loves that way] Obviously this is the end [Baby loves that way] Gotta take her [Baby loves that way] Ooh yeah [Baby loves that way] Can't do enough [Baby loves that way] BABY UNIVERSAL Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby (getting) Baby (care) Baby (talking) Baby (well) Baby (thinking) Baby (walk) Baby (lost) Baby (found) Baby (getting) Baby (care) Baby (talking) Baby (well) Baby (thinking) Baby (walk) Baby (lost) Baby (found) Baby (getting) Baby (care) Baby (talking) Baby (well) Baby (thinking) Baby (walk) Baby (lost) Baby (found) Now that he has no sense of destination Now he's running for the love of speed When the child goes bad it's no cause for celebration Like Jimmy Dean he don't talk back to me Failures as fathers, Mothers to chaos No baby, no baby, no baby no Hallo humans can you feel me thinking I assume you're seeing everything I'm thinking Hallo humans nothing starts tomorrow I'm the baby now Baby (repeat to end of chorus) (getting) (care) (talking) (well) (thinking) (walk) (lost) (found) Baby Universe Baby Universe Baby Universal (Talking well) (Talking well) A speck of dust just settled in my eye It doesn't matter I've seen everything anyway Failures as fathers, Mothers to chaos No baby, no baby, no baby no Baby (repeat to end of chorus) (getting) (care) (talking) (well) (thinking) (walk) (lost) (found) Baby Universe Baby Universe Baby Universal (Talking well) (Talking well) BANG BANG (Pop/Kraal) Wow this ain't the right thing to do so let's go Young girls they know what they're after Young girls don't kiss me goodbye Rockets shooting up into space Buildings they rise to the skies Bang Bang I got mine Bang Bang reach for the sky I keep a good friend on videotape He'll drive his sports car until it's too late But we'll have a hot time on the town tonight Cause love is my bet and it's the best yet Bang Bang I got mine Bang Bang sun don't shine Bang Bang you all angels Bang Bang now you all ought to be in pictures Oh girl Oh girl my problems can't follow me Phone calls I take my machine I wander lonely to the sea Lonely Ha Ha what does it mean Bang Bang I got mine Bang Bang and you are next in line Bang Bang reach for the sky Bang Bang sun don't shine Rise buildings Rise to the sky Young girls they know what they're after I said, young girls don't kiss me goodbye BATTLE FOR BRITAIN (THE LETTER) My, my, the time do fly When it's in another pair of hands And a loser I will be For I've never been a winner in my life I got used to stressing pain I used the sucker pills to pity for the self Oh, it's the animal in me But I'd rather be a beggarman on the shelf Don't be so forlorn, it's just the payoff It's the rain before the storm On a better day, I'll take you by the hand And I'll walk you through the doors Don't be so forlorn, it's just the payoff It's the rain before the storm Don't you let my letter get you down Don't you, don't you, don't you, don't you My, my, but time do fly When it's in another pair of pants And illusion I will be For I've never been a sinner, la di da Don't be so forlorn, it's just the payoff It's the rain before the storm Don't you let my letter get you down Don't you, don't you, don't you, don't you Don't you let my letter get you down, down, down, down Don't you, don't you, don't you, don't you Don't you let my letter get you down, down, down, down BE MY WIFE Sometimes you get so lonely Sometimes you get nowhere I've lived all over the world I've left every place Please be mine Share my life Stay with me Be my wife Sometimes you get so lonely Sometimes you get nowhere I've lived all over the world I've left every place Please be mine Share my life Stay with me Be my wife Sometimes you get so lonely BEAT OF YOUR DRUM Photograph king, watches you go Fashions may change, heaven knows, but you still leave a stain on me Supplement queen, your colours may fade Seasons may change, weather blows, but you still leave a mark on me Wrong negative fades never the twain, reckless and tame I like the beat of your drum I like to look in your eyes I like to look thru your things I'd like to beat on your drum I like the smell of your flesh I like the dirt that you dish I like the clothes that you wear I'd like to beat on your drum Disco brat follow the pack Watching you peel, heaven knows, prison can't hold all this greedy intention Vanity's child picture you now Music may change hi di ho keen to follow your nose Wrong love out of tune Sweet is the night, bright light destroys me I like the beat of your drum I like to look in your eyes I like to look thru your things I'd like to beat on your drum I like the smell of your flesh I like the dirt that you dish I like the clothes that you wear I'd like to beat on your drum I'd like to beat on your drum I'd like to beat on your drum I like your face in the crowd I'd like to beat on your drum I'd like to beat on your drum I'd like to beat on your drum I'd like to blow on your horn I'd like to beat on your drum BECAUSE YOU'RE YOUNG Psychodelicate girl come out to play Little metal faced boy don't stay away They're so war torn and resigned she can't talk any more What are they trying to prove? What would they like to find? It's love back to front and no sides like I say These pieces are broken like I say These pieces are broken Hope I'm wrong but I know Because you're young you'll meet a stranger some night Because you're young what could be nicer for you and it makes me sad So I'll dance my life away A million dreams, a million scars He punishes hard was loving her such a crime She took back everything she said Left him nearly out of his mind They're people I know people I love They seem so unhappy dead or alive It's love back to front and no sides like I say These pieces are broken like I say These pieces are broken Hope I'm wrong but I know A million dreams A million scars A million (repeat ad inf.) BETTY WRONG Gabrels) Till the sun blisters and sprays And every lamb ceases to graze When the kiss of the comb Tears my face from the bone I'll be your light When the shadows fall down the walls Then life will be done And it just won't matter at all I was carved from a hand Nurtured on grime, goodwill and screams Now your breath fills my step Now there is you till life is gone I'll roll your ball Till the stars can't make me cry Then life will be done And it just won't matter at all Not at all When the kiss of the comb Tears my face BIG BROTHER Don t talk of dust and roses Or should we powder our noses? Don t live for last year s capers Give me steel, give me steel, give me pulsars unreal He ll build a glass asylum With just a hint of mayhem He ll build a better whirlpool We ll be living from sin, then we can really begin Please saviour, saviour, show us Hear me, I m graphically yours Someone to claim us, someone to follow Someone to shame us, some brave Apollo Someone to fool us, someone like you We want you Big Brother, Big Brother I know you think you re awful square But you made everyone and you ve been every where Lord, I d take an overdose if you knew what s going down CHORUS (3 times) We want you Big Brother BLACK COUNTRY ROCK Pack a pack horse up and rest up here on Black Country Rock You never know, you might find it here on Black Country Rock Some say the view is crazy But you may adopt another point of view So if it's much too hazy You can leave my friend and me with fond adieu BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE Getting my facts from a Benetton ad I'm lookin' thru African eyes Lit by the glare of an L.A. fire I've got a face, not just my race, Bang Bang I've got you babe Sun comes up and the man goes down And the woman comes again Just an hour or so to be safe from fear Then we jump thru hoops, we're divisible now, just disappear We reach out over race and hold each other's hands Then die in the flames singing we shall overcome Whoa! What's going on? There'll be some blood no doubt about it But we'll come thru don't doubt it I look into your eyes and I know you won't kill me You won't kill me You won't kill me But I look into your eyes And I wonder sometimes Oh Lord, just let him see me Lord, Lord just let him hear me Let him call me brother Let him put his arms around me Let him put his hands together. Reach over race and hold each other's hands Walk thru the nite thinking we are the world Woa! What's going on? There'll be some blood no doubt about it But we'll come thru don't doubt it I look into your eyes and I know you won't kill me You won't kill me You won't kill me But I wonder why Yes, and I wonder why sometimes They'll show us how to break the rules But never how to make the rules Reduce us down to witless punks Facist cries both black and white, who's got the blood, who's got the gun. Putting on the black tie, cranking out the white noise (Just a fool!) BLEED LIKE A CRAZE, DAD Shine shine shine (x6) Bleeds like a craze, Dad These are the craze Easy come, come, gotta back In the valley of the dead man walks How they drank from the jazz Astral, Kestrel, Fed into the featherfall Fed him on a pencil carving You will never get Shine shine shine Bleed like a craze, Dad These are the craze Shine shine shine Bleed like a craze, Dad These are the craze Seek for a leather journey Never stopped to think about Hollywood King Kong Domino on the side Street light, looking right Looking to the parlous parlours Party on the dead Put a net through his headache Shine shine shine (x3) Blee eed, bleed like a craze, Dad These are the craze Living on a movie All the Shirley/Charley films on film Come together, party Footnote on the footstone Shine shine shine Bleeds like a craze, Dad These are the craze Shine shine shine Shine shine shine CHORUS (x6) Bleed like a craze, Dad These are the craze BLUE JEAN Blue Jean I just met me a girl named Blue Jean Blue Jean she got a camouflaged face and no money Remember they always let you down when you need 'em Oh, Blue Jean is heaven any sweeter than Blue Jean She got a police bike She got a turned up nose Sometimes I feel like (Oh, the whole human race) Jazzin' for Blue Jean (Oh, and when my Blue Jean's blue) Blue Jean can send me (Oh, somebody send me) Somebody send me (Oh, somebody send me) One day I'm gonna write a poem in a letter One day I'm gonna get that faculty together Remember that everybody has to wait in line Blue Jean look out world you know I've got mine She got Latin roots She got everything BOYS KEEP SWINGING (Lyrics by Music By ) Heaven loves ya The clouds part for ya Nothing stands in your way When you're a boy Clothes always fit ya Life is a pop of the cherry When you're a boy When you're a boy You can wear a uniform When you're a boy Other boys check you out You get a girl These are your favourite things When you're a boy Boys Boys Boys keep swinging Boys always work it out Uncage the colours Unfurl the flag Luck just kissed you hello When you're a boy They'll never clone ya You're always first on the line When you're a boy When you're a boy You can buy a home of your own When you're a boy Learn to drive and everything You'll get your share When you're a boy Boys Boys Boys keep swinging Boys always work it out BOYS KEEP SWINGING Heaven loves ya The clouds part for ya Nothing stands in your way When you're a boy Clothes always fit ya Life is a pop of the cherry When you're a boy When you're a boy You can wear a uniform When you're a boy Other boys check you out You get a girl These are your favourite things When you're a boy Boys Boys Boys keep swinging Boys always work it out Uncage the colours Unfurl the flag Luck just kissed you hello When you're a boy They'll never clone ya You're always first on the line When you're a boy When you're a boy You can buy a home of your own When you're a boy Learn to drive and everything You'll get your share When you're a boy Boys Boys Boys keep swinging Boys always work it out BREAKING GLASS /Murray) Baby, I've been breaking glass In your room again Listen Don't look at the carpet, I drew something awful on it See You're such a wonderful person But you got problems oh oh oh oh I'll never touch you BRING ME THE DISCO KING You promised me the ending would be clear You'd let me know when the time was now Don't let me know when you're opening the door Stab me in the dark, let me disappear Memories that flutter like bats out of hell Stab you from the city spires Life wasn't worth the balance Or the crumpled paper it was written on Don't let me know we're invisible Don't let me know we're invisible Hot cash days that you trailed around Cold cold nights under chrome and glass Led me down river of perfumed limbs Sent me to the streets with the good time girls Don't let me know we're invisible Don't let me know we're invisible We could dance, dance, dance thru' the fire Dance, dance, dance thru' the fire Feed me no lies I don't know about you, I don't know about you Breathe through the years I don't know about you, I don't know about you Bring me the disco king I don't know about you, I don't know about you Dead or alive, bring me the disco king Bring me the disco king, bring me the disco king Bring me the disco king Spin offs with those who slept like corpses Damp morning rays in the stiff bad clubs Killing time in the '70s Smelling of love through the moist winds Don't let me know when you're opening the door Close me in the dark, let me disappear Soon there'll be nothing left of me Nothing left to release Dance, dance, dance thru' the fire Dance, dance, dance thru' the fire Feed me no lies I don't know about you, I don't know about you Breathe through the years I don't know about you, I don't know about you Bring me the disco king I don't know about you, I don't know about you Dead or alive, bring me the disco king Bring me the disco king Bring me the disco king, bring me the disco king Bring me the disco king, bring me the disco king Bring me the disco king, bring me the disco king BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA Living in lies by the railway line Pushing the hair from my eyes Elvis is English and climbs the hills Can't tell the bullshit from the lies Screaming along in South London Vicious but ready to learn Sometimes I fear that the whole world is queer Sometimes but always in vain So I'll wait until we're sane Wait until we're blessed and all the same Full of blood, loving life and all it's got to give Englishman going insane Down on my knees in suburbia Down on myself in every way With great expectations I change all my clothes Mustn't grumble at silver and gold Screaming above Central London Never bored, so I'll never get old Day after Day after Day Day after Zane, Zane, Zane Ouvre le chien Day after Day Day after Zane, Zane, Zane Ouvre le chien Day after BUS STOP (D..Gabrels) There's a cry that is heard in the city From Vivian at Pentecost Lane A shriekin' and dancing till 4 am Another night of muscles and pain I love you despite your convinctions That god never laughs at my jokes I'm a young man at odds with the bible But I don't pretend faith never works When we're down on our knees Prayin' at the bus stop Now Jesus he came in a vision And offered redemption from sin I'm not sayin' that I don't believe you But are you sure that it really was him I've been told that it could've been blue cheese Or the meal that we ate down the road Hallelujah CACTUS (Francis Black) Sitting here wishing on a cement floor Just wishing that i had just something you wore I put it on when I go lonely Will you take off your dress and send it to me? I miss your kissin' and i miss your head And a letter in your writing doesn't mean you're not dead Just run outside in the desert heat Make your dress all wet and send it to me I miss your soup and I miss your bread And a letter in your writing doesn't mean you're not dead So spill your breakfast and drip your wine Just wear that dress when you dine D A V I D So, sitting here wishing on a cement floor Just wishing that i had just something you wore Bloody your hands on a cactus tree Wipe'em on your dress and send it to me Sitting here wishing on a cement floor Just wishing that i had just something you wore CAN YOU HEAR ME Once we were lovers, can they understand? Closer than others I was your, I was your man Don t talk of heartaches, ohh, I remember them all When I m checking you out one day, to see if I m Faking it all Can you hear me? Can you feel me inside? Show your love, love Take it in right (take it in right) Take it in right (take it in right) There s been many others (Oo oo oo oohh) so many times Sixty new cities, an what do I, what do I What do I find? I want love so badly, I want you most of all You know, it s harder to take it from anyone It s harder to fall Can you hear me call ya? Well, can you hear me? (yeah) Can you feel me inside (I do) Show your love, show your sweet, sweet love Show me your love Take it in right (take it in right) Take it in right, yeah (take it in right) Take it in right to your love life, baby Take it in right to your love life Take it in right, take it in right, right to your love life Take it in right, ah Take it in, take it in right Right down, right down (Why don t you take it?) Mmmm, why don t you take it? (Right to your heart) Can you hear me? (Why don t you take it?) Can you feel me? (Why don t you take it?) Can you? Take it in right (Why don t you take it?) Wuhh, right down, right down (Right to your heart) Can you take it? Feel me? (Why don t you take it?) Down, to right down (Why don t you take it?) To your heart (Why don t you take it?) To your heart (Right to your heart) Take it down, take it down (Why don t you take it? Why don t you take it?) Take it in right (Right to your heart) CAN'T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME Question time that says I brought dishonor My head's bowed in shame It seems that I've blackened the family name Mother says that she can't stand the neighbors' talking I've gotta pack my bags, leave this home, start walking, yeah I'm guilty I wish that I was sorry this time I wish that I could pay for my crime I can't help thinking about me Remember when we used to go to church on Sundays I lay awake at night, terrified of school on Mondays Oh, but it's too late now I wish I was a child againI wish I felt secure again I can't help thinking about me As I pass a recreation ground I remember my friends, always been found and I can't I can't help thinking about me Now I leave them all in the never never land The station seems so cold, the ticket's in my hand My girl calls my name Hi Dave Drop in, see you around, come back If you're this way again Oh, I'm on my own I've got a long way to go I hope I make it on my own I can't help thinking about me CANDIDATE I ll make you a deal, like any other candidate We ll pretend we re walking home cause your future s at stake My set is amazing, it even smells like a street There s a bar at the end where I can meet you and your friend Someone scrawled on the wall I smell the blood of les tricoteuses Who wrote up scandals in other bars I m having so much fun with the poisonous people Spreading rumours and lies and stories they made up Some make you sing and some make you scream One makes you wish that you d never been seen But there s a shop on the corner that s selling papier mach Making bullet proof faces, Charlie Manson, Cassius Clay If you want it, boys, get it here, thing So you scream out of line I want you! I need you! Anyone out there? Any time? Tres butch little number whines Hey dirty, I want you When it s good, it s really good, and when it s bad I go to pieces If you want it, boys, get it here, thing Well, on the street where you live I could not hold up my head For I put all I have in another bed On another floor, in the back of a car In the cellar like a church with the door ajar Well, I guess we ve must be looking for a different kind But we can t stop trying til we break up our minds Til the sun drips blood on the seedy young knights Who press you on the ground while shaking in fright I guess we could cruise down one more time With you by my side, it should be fine We ll buy some drugs and watch a band Then jump in the river holding hands CAT PEOPLE (PUTTING OUT FIRE) (Giorgio Moroder/) See these eyes so green I can stare for a thousand years Colder than the moon It's been so long And I've been putting out fire With gasoline Feel my blood enraged It's just the fear of losing you Don't you know my name Well, you been so long See these eyes so red Red like jungle burning bright Those who feel me near Pull the blinds and change their minds It's been so long Still this pulsing night A plague I call a heartbeat Just be still with me Ya wouldn't believe what I've been thru You've been so long Well it's been so long And I've been putting out fire with gasoline putting out fire with gasoline See these tears so blue An ageless heart that can never mend These tears can never dry A judgement made can never bend See these eyes so green I can stare for a thousand years Just be still with me You wouldn't believe what I've been thru You've been so long Well, it's been so long And I've been putting out fire with gasoline putting out fire with gasoline CHANGES I still don't know what I was waiting for And my time was running wild A million dead end streets Every time I thought I'd got it made It seemed the taste was not so sweet So I turned myself to face me But I've never caught a glimpse Of how the others must see the faker I'm much too fast to take that test Ch ch ch ch Changes (Turn and face the stranger) Ch ch Changes Don't want to be a richer man Ch ch ch ch Changes (Turn and face the stranger) Ch ch Changes Just gonna have to be a different man Time may change me But I can't trace time I watch the ripples change their size But never leave the stream Of warm impermanence and So the days float through my eyes But still the days seem the same And these children that you spit on As they try to change their worlds Are immune to your consultations They're quite aware of what they're going through Ch ch ch ch Changes (Turn and face the stranger) Ch ch Changes Don't tell them to grow up and out of it Ch ch ch ch Changes (Turn and face the stranger) Ch ch Changes Where's your shame You've left us up to our necks in it Time may change me But you can't trace time Strange fascination, fascinating me Changes are taking the pace I'm going through Ch ch ch ch Changes (Turn and face the stranger) Ch ch Changes Oh, look out you rock 'n rollers Ch ch ch ch Changes (Turn and face the stranger) Ch ch Changes Pretty soon you're gonna get a little older Time may change me But I can't trace time I said that time may change me But I can't trace time CHANT OF THE EVER CIRCLING SKELETAL FAMILY (6 times) Brother Ooh ooh Shake it up, shake it up Move it up, move it up Bro bro bro bro bro bro bro bro bro (repeat ad inf.) CHILLY DOWN () When the sun goes down (when the sun goes down) And the bats are back to bed (and the bats are back) The brothers come 'round (the brothers come 'round) I get out of my dirty bed (my dirty bed) I shake my pretty little head (I shake my pretty little head) Tap my pretty little feet (tap my pretty little feet) Feeling brighter than sunlight Louder than thunder (oh) Bouncing like a yo yo, wooh (oh) Don't got no problems (no problems) Ain't got no suitcase (no suitcase) Ain't got no clothes to worry about (no clothes to worry about) Ain't got no real estate or jewelry or gold mines to hang me up. I just throw in my hand (throw in my hand) With the chilliest bunch in the land (in the land) They don't look much (oh) They sure chilly chilly (oh) They positively glow glow, huh (oh) Chilly down with the fire gang Think small with the fire gang (It's the only way) Bad hep with the fire gang (a smile a day keeps the doctor away) When your thing gets wild Chilly down Chilly down with the fire gang (Hey, I'm a wild child) Act tall with the fire gang (whoo, walk tall) Good times, bad food (yeah) When your thing gets wild Chilly down, chilly down Drive you crazy, really lazy, eye rollin', funky strollin', ball playin' Hip swayin', trouble makin', booty shakin', tripping, passing, jumping Bouncing, drivin', stylin', creeping, pouncing, shoutin', screamin' Double dealin', rockin', rollin', and a reelin' With the mackin' sex appealin'. Can you dig our groovy feelin'? So when things get too tough (get too tough) And your chin is dragging on the ground (dragging on the ground) And even down looks up (down looks up) Bad luck heh heh, We can show you a good time (show you a good time) And we don't charge nothin' (nothin' at all) Just strut your nasty stuff, Wiggle in the middle yeh Get the town talkin', fire gang Chilly down with the fire gang (think small) Think small with the fire gang Bad hep with the fire gang (hey, listen up) When your thing gets wild Chilly down Chilly down with the fire gang (hey, shake your pretty little head) Think small with the fire gang (tap your pretty little feet) Good times, bad food (come on, come on) When your thing gets wild Chilly down Chilly down with the fire gang (wooh) Think small with the fire gang Bad hep with the fire gang CHINA GIRL Pop) I could escape this feeling with my China girl I feel a wreck without my little China girl I hear her heart beating loud as thunder Saw they stars crashing I'm a mess without my little China girl Wake up mornings where's my little China girl I hear her heart's beating loud as thunder Saw they stars crashing down I feel a tragic like I'm Marlon Brando When I look at my china girl I could pretend that nothing really meant too much When I look at my China girl I stumble into town just like a sacred cow Visions of swasticas in my head Plans for everyone It's in the white of my eyes My little China girl You shouldn't mess with me I'll ruin everything you are I'll give you television I'll give you eyes of blue I'll give you man who wants to rule the world And when I get excited My little China girl says Oh baby just you shut your mouth She says sh sh shhh COME AND BUY MY TOYS Smiling girls and rosy boys Come and buy my little toys Monkeys made of gingerbread And sugar horses painted red Rich men s children running past Their fathers dressed in hose Golden hair and mud of many acres on their shoes Gazing eyes and running wild Past the stocks and over stiles Kiss the window merry child But come and buy my toys You ve watched your father plough the field with a ram s horn Sowed it wide with peppercorn and furrowed with a bramble thorn Reaped it with a sharpened scyth, threshed it with a quill The miller told your father that he d work it with the greatest will Now your watching s over you must play with girls and boys Leave the parsley on the stalls Come and buy my toys You shall own a cambric shirt You shall work your father s land But now you shall play in the market square Till you ll be a man Smiling girls and rosy boys Come and buy my little toys Monkeys made of gingerbread And sugar horses painted red CONVERSATION PIECE I took this walk to ease my mind To find out what's gnawing at me Wouldn't think, to look at me, That I've spent a lot of time in education It all seems so long ago I'm a thinker, not a talker I've no one to talk to, anyway I can't see the road for the rain in my eyes Ahhh huh, h...uh, huh I live above the grocers store, Owned by an Austrian He often calls me down to eat And he jokes about his broken English, Tries to be a friend to me But for all my years of reading conversation, I stand without a word to say I can't see the bridge For the rain in my eyes Ahhh huh, h...uh, huh And the world is full of life Full of folk who don't know me And they walk in twos or threes or more While the light that shines above the grocer's store Investigates my face so rudely And my essays lying scattered on the floor Fulfill their needs just by being there And my hands shake, my head hurts, my voice sticks inside my throat I'm invisible and dumb No one will recall me And I can't see the water Through the tears in my ey y yes Ahhh huh, h...uh, huh CRACK CITY (D. Oh come all you children Don't grab that scabby hand It belongs to Mr. Sniff and tell It belongs to the candyman Don't whore your little bodies To the worms of paradise Like Everest it's fatal Its peaks are cold as ice They're riding on the subways They're riding on the streets They'll ride you down to the gutters They'll ride you off your feet Gonna hit Crack City (Hit Crack City) Piss on the icon monsters Whose guitars bequeath you pain They'll face you down to their level With their addictions and their fast lanes Corrupt with shaky visions And crack and coke and alcohol They're just a bunch of assholes With buttholes for their brains You can't keep on riding The pain you know so well They'll ride you down to the gutter They'll ride you down to hell And you the master dealer May death be on your brow May razors slash your mainline I'm calling you out right now May all your vilest nightmares Consume your shrunken head May the ho ho hounds of paranoia Dance upon your stinking bed Don't look at me you fuckhead This nation's turning blue Its stink it fouls the highways Its filth it sticks like glue They'll bury you in velvet And place you underground The hatred of yourself And the sufferings that conspire To take your little body and throw it to the fools And the hounds that rip your flesh Only your mind can take you out of this Only your mind or death I'm riding on the subway The subway down to hell I've finished with this journey I seem to know it well CRACKED ACTOR I've come on a few years from my Hollywood Highs The best of the last, the cleanest star they ever had I'm stiff on my legend, the films that I made Forget that I'm fifty cause you just got paid Crack, baby, crack, show me you're real Smack, baby, smack, is that all that you feel Suck, baby, suck, give me your head Before you start professing that you're knocking me dead You caught yourself a trick down on Sunset and Vine But since he pinned you baby you're a porcupine You sold me illusions for a sack full of cheques You've made a bad connection 'cause I just want your sex CRIMINAL WORLD (Peter Godwin/Duncan Browne/Sean Lyons) You never told me of your other faces You were the widow of a wild cat And now I know about your special kisses And I know you know where that's at I guess I recognize your destination I think I see beneath your make up What you want is sort of separation This is no ordinary This is no ordinary (ah, ah, ah) What a criminal world The boys are like baby faced girls What a criminal girl She'll show you where to shoot your gun What a typical mother's son The only thing that she enjoys Is a criminal worl Where the girls are like baby faced boys You've got a very heavy reputation But no one knows about your low life I know a way to find a situation And hold a candle to your high life disguise You caught me kneeling at your sister's door That was no ordinary stick up I'm well aware just what you're looking for I am no ordinary I am no ordinary (ah, ah, ah) What a criminal world The boys are like baby faced girls What a criminal girl She'll show you where to shoot your gun What a typical mother's son The only thing that she enjoys Is a criminal world Where the girls are like baby faced boys CYGNET COMMITTEE I bless you madly, sadly as I tie my shoes I love you badly, Just in time, at times, I guess Because of you I need to rest Because it's you that sets the test So much has gone and little is new And as the sparrow sings Dawn chorus for Someone else to hear The Thinker sits alone growing older And so bitter I gave Them life I gave Them all They drained my very soul ...dry I crushed my heart to ease Their pains No thought for me remains there Nothing can They spare What of me? Who praised Their efforts to be free? Words of strength and care and sympathy I opened doors that would have blocked Their way I braved Their cause to guide, for little pay I ravaged at my finance just for Those Those whose claims were steeped in peace, tranquility Those who said a new world, new ways ever free Those whose promises stretched in hope and grace for me I bless you madly, sadly as I tie my shoes I love you badly, just in time, at times, I guess Because of you I need to rest, oh yes Because it's you that sets the test So much has gone and little is new And as the sunrise stream Flickers on me, My friends talk Of glory, untold dream, where all is God and God is just a word We had a friend, a talking man Who spoke of many powers that he had Not of the best of men, but Ours We used him We let him use his powers We let him fill Our needs Now We are strong And the road is coming to its end Now the damned have no time to make amends No purse of token fortune stands in Our way The silent guns of love will blast the sky We broke the ruptured structure built of age Our weapons were the tongues of crying rage Where money stood We planted seeds of rebirth And stabbed the backs of fathers Sons of dirt Infiltrated business cesspools Hating through Our sleeves Yea, and We slit the Catholic throat Stoned the poor on slogans such as 'Wish You Could Hear' 'Love Is All We Need' 'Kick Out The Jams' 'Kick Out Your Mother' 'Cut Up Your Friend' 'Screw Up Your Brother or He'll Get You In the End' And We Know the Flag of Love is from Above And We Can Force You to Be Free And We Can Force You to Believe And I close my eyes and tighten up my brain For I once read a book in which the lovers were slain For they knew not the words of the Free States' refrain It said: I believe in the Power of Good I Believe in the State of Love I Will Fight For the Right to be Right I Will Kill for the Good of the Fight for the Right to be Right And I open my eyes to look around And I see a child laid slain on the ground As a love machine lumbers through desolation rows Ploughing down man, woman, listening to its command But not hearing anymore Not hearing anymore Just the shrieks from the old rich And I Want to Believe In the madness that calls 'Now' And I want to Believe That a light's shining through Somehow And I Want to Believe And You Want to Believe And We Want to Believe And We Want to Live Oh, We Want to Live We Want to Live We Want to Live We Want to Live We Want to Live We Want to Live I Want to Live I Want to Live I Want to Live I Want to Live I Want to Live I Want to Live Live Live Live D.J. (Lyrics by Music by /Alomar) I'm home, lost my job, and incurably ill You think this is easy realism I've got a girl out there, I suppose I think she's dancing Feel like Dan Dare lies down I think she's dancing, what do I know? I am a D.J., I am what I play Can't turn around no, can't turn around I am a D.J., I am what I play Can't turn around no, can't turn around I am a D.J., I am what I play I got believers (kiss kiss) Believing me One more weekend of lights and evening faces Fast food, living nostalgia Humble pie or bitter fruit I am a D.J., I am what I play Can't turn around no, can't turn around no I am a D.J., I am what I say Can't turn around no, can't turn around, I am a D.J., I am what I play I've got believers (kiss kiss) Believing me I am a D.J., I am what I play Can turn around no, can't turn around I am a D.J., I am what I play Can turn around no, can't turn around I am a D.J., I am what I play Can turn around no (kiss kiss) Time flies when you're having fun Break his heart, break her heart He used to be my boss and now he is a puppet dancer I am a D.J., and I've got believers I've got believers I've got believers I've got believers in me I've got believers I am a D.J., I am what I play I am a D.J. DANCING WITH THE BIG BOYS /Alomar) Something's going on in society (Dancing with the big boys) You chew your fingers and stare at the floor (Dancing with the big boys) One wrong word and you're out of sync Talking bout a hands on policy (Big boys) Death to the trees (Dancing with the big boys) They weren't bad, they weren't brave Nothing is embarrassing (Dancing with the big boys) There are too many people, too much belief (Dancing with the big boys) Where there's trouble there's poetry (Dancing with the big boys) Your family is a football team (Big boys) This dot marks your location (Dancing with the big boys) Loneliness in a free society (Dancing with the big boys) (Big boys) This can be embarrassing (Big boys) (Dancing with the big boys) (Big boys) (Big boys) DAY IN DAY OUT Day In Day Out Stay In Fade Out Day In Oo Oo Day Out Oo Oo Oo She was born in a handbag Love left on a doorstep What she lacks is a backup Nothing seems to make a dent Gonna find her some money honey Try to pay her rent That's the kind of protection everyone is shouting about Day In Day Out Stay In Fade Out Day In Oo Oo Day Out Oo Oo Oo First thing she learns is she's a citizen Some things they turn out right When you're under the USA Something rings a bell and it's all over She's going out her way Stealing for that one good rush Day In Day Out Stay In Fade Out She could use a little money She's hangin' on his arms like a cheap suit She's got no money, honey She's on the other side Oh come on little baby Late night, big town, police, shake down Oo Oo Oo Oo Day In Day Out Stay In Fade Out Oo Oo Oo Oo Day In Day Out Stay In Fade Out She's got a ticket to nowhere She's gonna take a train ride Nobody knows her, or knows her name She's in the pocket of a home boy Oo she's gonna take her a shotgun Pow Spin the grail spin the drug She's gonna make them well aware She's an angry gal Day In Day Out Stay In Fade Out Suddenly there's angels everywhere Angels in a ton of sound And they shootin' her down Shootin her with video drugs bullets and promises DAYS Hold me tight Keep me cool Going mad Don't know what to do Do I need a friend? Well, I need one now All the days of my life All the days of my life All the days I owe you All I've done I've done for me All you gave You gave for free I gave nothing in return And there's little left of me All the days of my life All the days of my life All the days I owe you In red eyed pain I'm knocking on your door again My crazy brain in tangles Pleading for your gentle voice Those storms keep pounding through my head and heart I pray you'll soothe my sorry soul All the days of my life All the days of my life All the days I owe you All the days of my life All the days of my life All the days I owe you All the days of my life All the days of my life All the days I owe you DEAD AGAINST IT And when she drowns Within and in the fizzy gin, begins to sigh Good god or My I cry and die and lie beside She is the apple in my eye She talked to god I couldn't cope Or'd hope eloped A dope she roped This salty lie And when she's dreaming, I believe And when she's reading, I retreat Can't believe her Telling me she's dead again Telling me she's dead against it And deep my wound Within for every second chance it was deign torn From deep within, despite the rain, my words are worn She loves to talk into the phone No matter who No matter when No matter where No better than the faulty line DEAD MAN WALKING He swivels his head Tears his eyes from the screen As his past puts him back in Atlantic City There's not even a demon in Heaven or Hell Is it all just human disguise As I walk down the aisle And I'm gone gone gone Now I'm older than movies Let me dance away Now I'm wiser than dreams Let me fly fly fly While I'm touching tomorrow And I know who's there When silhouettes fall And I'm gone Like I'm dancing on angels And I'm gone through a crack in the past Like a dead man walking Like a dead man walking Two young men dancing under the lamplight Shaking their sex and their bones And the boys that we were An alien nation in therapy Sliding naked and new Like a bad tempered child On a rain slicked street And I'm gone gone gone And I'm older than movies Oh let me dance dance dance Now I'm wiser than dreams Let me fly fly fly While I'm touching tomorrow And I know who's there When silhouettes fall And I'm gone And I'm gone, like I'm dancing on angels And I'm gone, through the crack in the past Like a dead man walking Like a dead man walking Like a dead man Like a dead man walking And I'm gone gone gone Let me dance dance dance And I'm gone gone gone Let me dance dance dance And I'm gone, like I'm dancing on angels And I'm gone, through a crack in the past Like a dead man walking Like a dead man walking DIAMOND DOGS As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent You asked for the latest party With your silicone hump and your ten inch stump Dressed like a priest you was Todd Browning s freak you was Crawling down the alley on your hands and knee I m sure you re not protected, for it s plain to see The Diamond Dogs are poachers and they hide behind trees Hunt you to the ground they will, mannequins with kill appeal (Will they come?) I ll keep a friend serene (Will they come?) Oh baby, come unto me (Will they come?) Well, she s come, been and gone. Come out of the garden, baby You ll catch your death in the fog Young girl, they call them the Diamond Dogs The Halloween Jack is a real cool cat And he lives on top of Manhattan Chase The elevator s broke, so he slides down a rope Onto the street below, oh Tarzie, go man go Meet his little hussy with his ghost town approach Her face is sans feature, but she wears a Dali brooch Sweetly reminiscent, something mother used to bake Wrecked up and paralyzed, Diamond Dogs are sableized In the year of the scavenger, the season of the bitch Sashay on the boardwalk, scurry to the Ditch Just another future song, lonely little kitsch (There s gonna be sorrow) try and wake up tomorrow Ooh, call them the Diamond Dogs (x2) Bow wow, woof woof, bow wow, wow Call them the Diamond Dogs (ad lib) Keep cool Diamond Dogs rule, OK Beware of the Diamond Dogs (repeat) DJ I'm home, lost my job, and incurably ill You think this is easy, realism I've got a girl out there, I suppose I think she's dancing Feel like Dan Dare lies down I think she's dancing, what do I know? I am a D.J., I am what I play Can't turn around no, can't turn around, no, oh, ooh I am a D.J., I am what I play Can't turn around no, can't turn around, no, oh no I am a D.J., I am what I play I got believers (kiss kiss) Believing me, oh One more, weekend, of lights and evening faces Fast food, living nostalgia Humble pie or bitter fruit I am a D.J., I am what I play Can't turn around no, can't turn around no, ooh I am a D.J., I am what I say Can't turn around no, can't turn around, ooh I am a D.J., I am what I play I've got believers (kiss kiss) Believing me I am a D.J., I am what I play Can turn around no, can't turn around I am a D.J., I am what I play Can turn around no, can't turn around I am a D.J., I am what I play Can turn around no (kiss kiss) Time flies when you're having fun Break his heart, break her heart He used to be my boss and now he is a puppet dancer I am a D.J., and I've got believers I've got believers I've got believers I've got believers in me I've got believers I am a D.J., I am what I play I am a D.J. DODO Now we can talk in confidence Did you guess that we've been done wrong? Lies jump in queue to be first in line Such a shameless design Ah, thinks he's well screened from the man at the top It's a shame that his children disagree They coolly decide to sell him down the line Daddy's brainwashing time He's a dodo, no no, didn't hear it from me He's a dodo, no no, didn't hear it from me She's quite enthralled with her childhood of yore When a unit was a figure, not a she When lovers chose each other, now the perks are due Another memo to screw She's a dodo, no no, didn't hear it from me She's a dodo, no no, didn't hear it from me Can you wipe your nose my child Without them slotting in your file a photograph? Can you sleep alone at night? Wake to find the scorching light of neighbour Jim He's come to turn you in Another dodo, no no, didn't hear it from me Another dodo, no no, didn't hear it from me Ah, another do do, no, didn't hear itdo do, do do DON T LET ME DOWN AND DOWN (Tahra / Valmont) Still I keep my love for you No place to hide no way to fall Nowhere to lie no world so wide I'm sick and tired of telling you Don't let me down and down and down Don't let me down and down and down I know there's something in the wind That crazy balance of my mind What kind of fool are you and I? Scared to death and tell me why I'm sick and tired of telling you Don't let me down and down and down Don't let me down and down and down Still I keep my love for you You made a date with destiny You jog jog in my memory You haunt in mind not fade away I'm sick and tired of telling you Don't let me down and down and down Don't let me down and down and down I'm sick and tired of telling you Still I keep my love for you No place to hide, no way to fall Nowhere to lie no world so wide I'm sick and tired of telling you Don't let me down and down and down Don't let me down and down and down DON'T BRING ME DOWN (Johnnie Dee) I'm on my own, nowhere to roam I tell you baby, don't want no home I wander round, feet off the ground I even go from town to town I said I think this rock is grand Say I'll be your man Don't bring me down, don't bring me down I met this chick, the other day And then to me, she said she'll stay I get this pad, just like a cave And then we'll have, our living made And then I'll lead her on the ground My head is spinning round Don't bring me down, don't bring me down I, I, I, I, I need a lover 'cause someone new And then to her I will be true I'll buy her furs and pretty things I'll even buy a wedding ring But until then I'll ?settle down? Say I'll be your man Don't bring me down, don't bring me down Until then I'll ?settle down? Say I'll be your man Don't bring me down, don't bring me down Don't bring me down DON'T LOOK DOWN (Pop/Williamson) Don't look down They're making sorta crazy sounds Don't look down, no Don't know who else came to kneel On this empty battlefield But when I hear that crazy sound, I don't look down From Central Park to shanty town I always hear that crazy sound From New York to shanty town There's always something else Don't look down, no I went this morning to the cemetery To see old Rudy Valentino buried Lipstick traces on his name He never looked down 'Cause they were making crazy sounds From Central Park to shanty town He always heard that crazy sound There's always something else Don't look down, no When I see you standing there I can't see the clothes you wear I just hear that crazy sound And I can't look down From Central Park to shanty town I've always heard that crazy sound From New York to shanty town There's always something else Don't look down, no Don't look down Don't look, don't look down No I won't be bored I won't be there Look at life it's no piece of cake When I hear that crazy sound I don't look down From Central Park to shanty town I always hear that crazy sound From New York to shanty town There's always something else Don't look down Don't look down, no Well, don't look, don't look down DRIVE IN SATURDAY Let me put my arms around your head Gee, it's hot, let's go to bed Don't forget to turn on the light Don't laugh babe, it'll be alright Pour me out another phone I'll ring and see if your friends are home Perhaps the strange ones in the dome Can lend us a book we can read up alone And try to get it on like once before When people stared in Jagger's eyes and scored Like the video films we saw His name was always Buddy And he'd shrug and ask to stay She'd sigh like Twig the Wonder Kid And turn her face away She's uncertain if she likes him But she knows she really loves him It's a crash course for the ravers It's a Drive in Saturday Jung the foreman prayed at work That neither hands nor limbs would burst It's hard enough to keep formation amid this fall out saturation Cursing at the Astronette 8 Who stands in steel by his cabinet He's crashing out with Sylvian The Bureau Supply for ageing men With snorting head he gazes to the shore Which once had raised a sea that raged no more Like the video films we saw It's a Drive in Saturday (repeat) EIGHT LINE POEM The tactful cactus by your window Surveys the prairie of your room The mobile spins to its collision Clara puts her head between her paws They've opened shops down West side Will all the cacti find a home But the key to the city Is in the sun that pins the branches to the sky EVERYONE SAYS HI () Said you took a big trip They said you moved away Happened oh, so quietly They say Shoulda took a picture Something I could keep Buy a little frame Something cheap For you Everyone says hi Said you sailed a big ship Said you sailed away Didn't know the right thing To say I'd love to get a letter Like to know what's what Hope the weather's good And it's not too hot For you Everyone says hi Everyone says hi Everyone says Don't stay in a sad place Where they don't care how you are Everyone says hi If the money is lousy You can always come home We can do the old things We can do all the bad things If the food gets you leery You can always phone We could do all the good things We could do it, we could do it, we could do it Don't stay in a bad place Where they don't care how you are Everyone says hi Everyone says hi Everyone says hi And the girl next door And the guy upstairs Everyone says hi And your mum and dad Everyone says hi And your big fat dog Everyone says hi Everyone says hi Hi hi hi hi EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT (Crouch/Konrad/Stavely/James/Karlson) Oh, little baby You know I've been away Oh, little baby You know I'll come today Don't you know that Everything's alright (everything's alright) Everything's alright Everything's alright (everything's alright, babe) Let me hold your hand and be your loving man (all night) Let me hold your hand and be your loving man (all night) Let me hold your hand and be your loving man (all night, alright!) Oh, little baby You know I feel so good Oh, little baby I never knew I could And don't you know that Everything's alright (everything's alright, babe) Everything's alright Everything's alright (everything's alright, babe) Let me give you loving like nobody can (all night) (x2) Let me give you loving like nobody can (all night, alright!) Let me hold your hand and be your loving man No, no, no, no, no, that's a loving you (Must have been you, I'm gonna all night loving you) No, no, no, no, no I'll be good for you Everything's alright (everything's alright, babe) Everything's alright Everything's alright (everything's alright, babe) Let me give you loving like nobody can (all night) (x2) Let me give you loving like nobody can (all night, alright!) Everything's alright Everything's alright Oooh FALL DOG BOMBS THE MOON Hope little girl Come blow me away I don't care much I win anyway Just a dog I'm God damn rich An exploding man When I talk in the night There's oil on my hands What a dog Fall dog is cruel and smart Smart time breaks the heart Fall dog bombs the moon Devil in a market place Devil in your bleeding face Fall dog bombs the moon What a dog There's always a moron Someone to hate A corporate tie A wig and a date Just a dog These blackest of years That have no sound No shape, no depth No underground What a dog Fall dog is cruel and smart Smart time breaks the heart Fall dog bombs the moon A devil in a market place A devil in your bleeding face Fall dog bombs the moon What a dog FAME /Alomar) Fame, makes a man take things over Fame, lets him loose, hard to swallow Fame, puts you there where things are hollow Fame Fame, it s not your brain, it s just the flame That burns your change to keep you insane Fame Fame, what you like is in the limo Fame, what you get is no tomorrow Fame, what you need you have to borrow Fame Fame, Nein! It s mine! is just his line To bind your time, it drives you to, crime Fame Could it be the best, could it be? Really be, really, babe? Could it be, my babe, could it, babe? Really, really? Is it any wonder I reject you first? Fame, fame, fame, fame Is it any wonder you are too cool to fool Fame Fame, bully for you, chilly for me Got to get a rain check on pain Fame Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame Fame, fame, fame Fame What s your name? (whispered): Feeling so gay, feeling gay? Brings so much pain? FANTASTIC VOYAGE (Lyrics by Music by ) In the event that this fantastic voyage Should turn to erosion and we never get old Remember it's true, dignity is valuable But our lives are valuable too We're learning to live with somebody's depression And I don't want to live with somebody's depression We'll get by, I suppose It's a very modern world, but nobody's perfect It's a moving world, but that's no reason To shoot some of those missiles Think of us as fatherless scum It won't be forgotten 'Cause we'll never say anything nice again, will we? And the wrong words make you listen In this criminal world Remember it's true, loyalty is valuable But our lives are valuable too We're learning to live with somebody's depression And I don't want to live with somebody's depression We'll get by I suppose But any sudden movement I've got to write it down They wipe out an entire race and I've got to write it down But I'm still getting educated but I've got to write it down And it won't be forgotten 'Cause I'll never say anything nice again, how can I? FANTASTIC VOYAGE In the event that this fantastic voyage Should turn to erosion and we never get old Remember it's true, dignity is valuable But our lives are valuable too We're learning to live with somebody's depression And I don't want to live with somebody's depression We'll get by, I suppose It's a very modern world, but nobody's perfect It's a moving world, but that's no reason To shoot some of those missiles Think of us as fatherless scum It won't be forgotten 'Cause we'll never say anything nice again, will we? And the wrong words make you listen In this criminal world Remember it's true, loyalty is valuable But our lives are valuable too We're learning to live with somebody's depression And I don't want to live with somebody's depression We'll get by I suppose But any sudden movement I've got to write it down They wipe out an entire race and I've got to write it down But I'm still getting educated but I've got to write it down And it won't be forgotten 'Cause I'll never say anything nice again, how can I? FASCINATION (words by Luther Vandross / music by Luther Vandross) Got to use her Every time I feel fascination I just can t stand still, I ve got to use her Every time I think of what she pulled me through, dear Fascination moves sweeping near me Still I take ya (Fascination) fascination (sho nuff) fascination (takes a part of me) takes a part of me (Can a heart beat) can a heart beat (live in a fever) live in a fever? (raging inside of me?) (Fascination) fascination (oh, yeah) oh yeah (takes a part of me) takes a part of me (I can t help it) I can t help it (I ve got to use her) got to use her (every time, ooh) Fascination comes around (Ooh oo ooh) (Fascination) Your soul is calling Like when I m walking Seems that everywhere I turn I hope you re waiting for me I know that people think That I m a little crazy Ohh, better sex is fun I think I like fascination Still, tick CHORUS (twice) ad lib FASHION There's a brand new dance but I don't know its name That people from bad homes do again and again It's big and it's bland full of tension and fear They do it over there but we don't do it here Fashion! Turn to the left Fashion! Turn to the right Oooh, fashion! We are the goon squad and we're coming to town Beep beep Beep beep Listen to me don't listen to me Talk to me don't talk to me Dance with me don't dance with me, no Beep beep There's a brand new talk, but it's not very clear That people from good homes are talking this year It's loud and tasteless and I've heard it before You shout it while you're dancing on the whole dance floor Oh bop, fashion Listen to me don't listen to me Talk to me don't talk to me Dance with me don't dance with me, no Beep beep Beep beep Oh, bop, do do do do do do do do Fa fa fa fa fashion Oh, bop, do do do do do do do do Fa fa fa fa fashion La la la la la la la la FILL YOUR HEART (Rose/Williams) Fill your heart with love today Don't play the game of time Things that happened in the past Only happened in your Mind Only in your Mind Forget your Mind And you'll be free yea' The writing's on the wall Free yea'. And you can know it all If you choose. Just remember Lovers never lose 'Cause they are Free of thoughts unpure (sic) And of thoughts unkind Gentleness clears the soul Love cleans the mind And makes it Free. Happiness is happening The dragons have been bled Gentleness is everywhere Fear's just in your Head Only in your Head Fear is in your Head Only in your Head So Forget your Head And you'll be free The writing's on the wall Free yea'. And you can know it all If you choose. Just remember Lovers never lose 'Cause they are free of thoughts unpure And of thoughts unkind Gentleness clears the soul Love cleans the mind And makes it Free!! Free yea'. Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah (repeat) FIVE YEARS Pushing thru the market square so many mothers sighing News had just come over, we had five years left to cry in News guy wept and told us earth was really dying Cried so much his face was wet then I knew he was not lying I heard telephones, opera house, favourite melodies I saw boys, toys electric irons and T.V.'s My brain hurt like a warehouse it had no room to spare I had to cram so many things to store everything in there And all the fat skinny people, and all the tall short people And all the nobody people, and all the somebody people I never thought I'd need so many people A girl my age went off her head hit some tiny children If the black hadn't a pulled her off, I think she would have killed them A soldier with a broken arm, fixed his stare to the wheel of a Cadillac A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest and a queer threw up at the sight of that I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour drinking milk shakes cold and long Smiling and waving and looking so fine don't think you knew you were in this song And it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor And I thought of Ma and I wanted to get back there Your face, your race, the way that you talk I kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk We've got five years, stuck on my eyes We've got five years, what a surprise We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot We've got five years, that's all we've got FRIDAY ON MY MIND (Young/Vanda) Monday morning feels so bad Everybody seems to nag me Coming Tuesday I feel better Even my old man looks good Wednesday just don't go Thursday goes too slow I've got Friday on my mind (See my baby) Gonna have fun in the city (feel like fucking you) (Do my baby screw) Be with my girl she's so pretty (all I want to do) (I'll go crazy) She looks fine tonight (zoom zoom zoom) She is out of sight to me (so divine) (Tonight) I spend my bread (Tonight) I lose my head (Tonight) I've got to get tonight Monday I have Friday on my mind Do the five day drag once more (Monday blue) There is nothing else that bugs me More than working for the rich men (poor man, beggar man, thief) Hey I'll change that scene one day Today I might be mad Tomorrow I'll be glad 'Cause I'll have Friday on my mind (See my baby) (feel like fucking you) Gonna have fun (zoom zoom zoom) Be with my girl (repeat ad lib.) FUTURE LEGEND And in the death As the last few corpses lay rotting on the slimy thoroughfare The shutters lifted in inches in Temperance Building High on Poacher s Hill And red, mutant eyes gaze down on Hunger City No more big wheels Fleas the size of rats sucked on rats the size of cats And ten thousand peoploids split into small tribes Coverting the highest of the sterile skyscrapers Like packs of dogs assaulting the glass fronts of Love Me Avenue Ripping and rewrapping mink and shiny silver fox, now legwarmers Family badge of sapphire and cracked emerald Any day now The Year of the Diamond Dogs This ain t Rock n Roll This is Genocide GEMINI SPACESHIP (Legendary Stardust Cowboy) I took a trip on a gemini spacecraft And I thought about you I passed through the shadow of Jupiter And I thought about you I shot my spacegun And boy, I really felt blue Two or three flying saucers Parked under the stars The winding stream Moon shining down On some little town And with each beam The same old dream I took a trip on a gemini spacecraft And I thought about you I shot my spacegun And I thought about you I pulled down my sun visor Boy, I really felt blue You jumped into your Gemini I jumped into mine We'll orbit the moon For just one time Tomorrow night Tomorrow night Will you hold hands With me in the moonlight I took a trip in a gemini spacecraft And I thought about you I shot my spacegun And I thought about you I took I took a walk in space Boy, I really felt blue Well, I peeked through the crack And I looked way back The stardust trail Leading back to you What did I do What could I do Yes what did I do Well I thought about you I thought about you Took a trip on a gemini spacecraft Thought about you GLASS SPIDER Up until one century ago there lived, In the Zi Duang province of eastern country A glass like spider Having devoured its prey it would drape the skeletons over its web In weeks creating a macabre Shrine of remains Its web was also unique in that it had many layers Like floors in a building At the top of this palace like place, assembled with almost apparent Care, were tiny, shining objects, glass, beads, dew drops One could almost call it an altar When the breeze blew thru this construction It produced sounds of wailing, crying Tiny wails, tiny cries The baby spiders would get scared and search frantically for their mother. But the Glass Spider would have long gone, having known that the babies Would survive somehow on their own. Oh The Glass Spider had blue eyes almost like a human's. They shed tears at the wintered turn of the centuries. Don't you hear this wasted cry, Life is over you (Mummy come back 'cause the water's all gone) But you've seen who's in heaven. Is there anyone in hell (Mummy come back 'cause it's dark now) Take care, take care. (Mummy come back 'cause the water's all gone) Somewhere she glows divine. Somewhere she wakes alone. But you, you've promise in your lovin' eye. God it's dark now. Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Gone, Gone the water's all gone Mummy come back 'cause the water's all gone Stay low on the ground, fire can drive you, savage and afraid Spitting the dawn, come come come along before the animals awake Run, run, we've been moving all night, rivers to the left. If your mother don't love you then the riverbed might Gone, gone, the water's all gone Mummy come back 'cause the water's all gone Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Gone gone the water's all gone Mummy come back 'cause the water's all gone GOD KNOWS I'M GOOD I was walking through the counters of a national concern And a cash machine was spitting by my shoulder And I saw the multitude of faces, honest, rich and clean As the merchandise exchanged and money roared And a woman hot with worry slyly slipped a tin of stewing steak Into the paper bag at her side And her face was white with fear in case her actions were observed So she closed her eyes to keep her conscience blind Crying God knows I'm good God knows I'm good God knows I'm good God may look the other way today God knows I'm good God knows I'm good God knows I'm good God may look the other way today Then she moved toward the exit clutching tightly at her paper bag Perspiration trickled down her forehead And her heart it leapt inside her as the hand laid on her shoulder She was led away bewildered and amazed Through her deafened ears the cash machines were shrieking on the counter As her escort asked her softly for her name And a crowd of honest people rushed to help a tired old lady Who had fainted to the whirling wooden floor Crying God knows I'm good God knows I'm good God knows I'm good Surely God won't look the other way God knows I'm good God knows I'm good God knows I'm good Surely God won't look the other way GOD ONLY KNOWS (Brian Wilson/Tony Asher) If you should ever leave me My life would still go on believe me The world could show nothing to me So what good would living do me God only knows what I'd be without you I may not always love you But as long as there are stars above you You'll never need to doubt it I'll make you so sure about it God only knows what I'd be without you GOLDEN YEARS Golden years, gold, whop, whop, whop Golden years, gold, whop, whop, whop Golden years, gold, whop, whop, whop Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere, angel Come get up my baby Look at that sky, life's begun Nights are warm and the days are young Come get up my baby There's my baby lost that's all Once I'm begging you save her little soul Golden years, gold, whop, whop, whop Come get up my baby Last night they loved you, opening doors and pulling some strings, angel Come get up my baby In walked luck and you looked in time Never look back, walk tall, act fine Come get up my baby I'll stick with you baby for a thousand years Nothing's gonna touch you in these golden years, gold Golden years, gold whop whop whop Come get up my baby Some of these days, and it won't be long Gonna drive back down where you once belonged In the back of a dream car twenty foot long Don't cry my sweet, don't break my heart Doing all right, but you gotta get smart Wish upon, wish upon, day upon day, I believe oh lord I believe all the way Come get up my baby Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere, angel Come get up my baby Run for the shadows, run for the shadows Run for the shadows in these golden years I'll stick with you baby for a thousand years Nothing's gonna touch you in these golden years, gold Golden years, gold whop whop whop (Repeat) GOODBYE MR. ED . Sales/T. Sales) The ghost of Manhattoes Shrieking as they fall From AT&T Someone sees it all Goodbye Mr. Ed Andy's skull enshrined In a shopping mall near Queens Someone sees it all Icarus takes his pratfall Bruegel on his head Goodbye Mr. Ed Four and twenty black kids Some of them are blind Someone sees it all Tolerance of violence By the fellows with no heads Goodbye Mr. Ed CHORUS (twice) Some things are so big They make no sense Histories so small People are so dense Someone sees it all Goodbye Mr. Ed Never mind the Pistols They laid the Golem eggs Others came to hatch them Outside the pale Someone sees it all Goodbye Mr. Ed HALLO SPACEBOY (Hallo) Spaceboy, you're sleepy now Your silhouette is so stationary You're released but your custody calls And I want to be free Don't you want to be free Do you like girls or boys It's confusing these days But Moondust will cover you Cover you This chaos is killing me So bye bye love Yeah bye bye love Bye bye love Yeah bye bye love This chaos is killing me And the chaos is calling me Yeah bye bye love This chaos is killing me (x2) Yeah bye bye love Bye bye love Good time love Be sweet sweet dove Bye bye spaceboy Bye bye love Moondust will cover you (repeat ad. inf) HANG ON TO YOURSELF Well she's a tongue twisting storm, she will come to the show tonight Praying to the light machine She wants my honey not my money she's a funky thigh collector Layin' on 'lectric dreams So come on, come on we've really got a good thing going Well come on, well come on If you think we're gonna make it You better hang on to yourself We can't dance, we don't talk much We just ball and play But then we move like tigers on vaseline Well the bitter comes out better on a stolen guitar You're the blessed, we're the Spiders from Mars CHORUS (x3) Come on, ah, come on, ah (repeat ad inf.) HEATHEN () Steel on the skyline Sky made of glass Made for a real world All things must pass Oo o Waiting for something Looking for someone Is there no reason? Have I stared too long? Oo oOo o You say you'll leave me And when the sun is low And the rays high I can see it now I can feel it die Oo oOo o HEAVEN'S IN HERE (D. Baby I dream between the blade and the tongue Of the rose on your cheek, the wounded and dumb We stumble and fall we stumble and fall Skin on skin but there's heaven in... Heaven's in here (x2) Among the twilight and stars Like a rocket to mars Heaven in here The first and the last are telling it all Telling you loud but selling it small I'm taking a swing at this shadow of mine Crucifix hangs an' my heart's in my mouth .... But it's here Heaven in one sigh Heaven in two eyes Heaven lies between your marbled thighs The rustle of your falling gown We stumble and fall like tragedy falls We stumble and twirl there's heaven in here We stumble and fall uncertain we fall Flesh on flesh but there's heaven in... Heaven's in here You'll dance to my tongue we'll dance on the sun We're the twilight and stars There's heaven in here HERE COMES THE NIGHT (Bert Berns) Ohhhhh... here it comes Here comes the night Yeah, here comes the night Oh, yeah (here comes the night) I can see right out my window walking down the street my girl With another guy His arms around her like it used to be with me Oh it makes me want to die Yeah, here it comes Here comes the night Yeah, here comes the night Yeah... (here comes the night) There they go, funny how they look so good together Wonder what is wrong with me Why can't I accept the fact she's chosen him And simply let them be? Oh she's with him they're turning down the lights Now he's holding her the way I used to do I can see her closing her eyes and telling him lies Exactly like she told me too CHORUS (repeat ad inf.) HEROES I, I will be king And you, you will be queen Though nothing will drive them away We can beat them, just for one day We can be Heroes, just for one day And you, you can be mean And I, I'll drink all the time 'Cause we're lovers, and that is a fact Yes we're lovers, and that is that Though nothing, will keep us together We could steal time, just for one day We can be Heroes, for ever and ever What d'you say? I, I wish you could swim Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim Though nothing, nothing will keep us together We can beat them, for ever and ever Oh we can be Heroes, just for one day I, I will be king And you, you will be queen Though nothing will drive them away We can be Heroes, just for one day We can be us, just for one day I, I can remember (I remember) Standing, by the wall (by the wall) And the guns shot above our heads (over our heads) And we kissed, as though nothing could fall (nothing could fall) And the shame was on the other side Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever Then we could be Heroes, just for one day We can be Heroes We can be Heroes We can be Heroes Just for one day We can be Heroes We're nothing, and nothing will help us Maybe we're lying, then you better not stay But we could be safer, just for one day Oh oh oh ohh, oh oh oh ohh, just for one day HURT I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that's real The needle tears a hole The old familiar sting Try to kill it all away But I remember everything What have I become? My sweetest friend Everyone I know Goes away in the end You could have it all My empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt I wear my crown of shit On my liar's chair Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair Beneath the stain of time The feeling disappears You are someone else I am still right here What have I become? My sweetest friend Everyone I know Goes away in the end You could have it all My empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt If I could start again A million miles away I would keep myself I would find a way I CAN'T EXPLAIN (Pete Townshend) New feeling inside It's a hot certain kind I feel hot and cold Down in my soul, baby I can't explain Going out of my mind Dizzy in the head, and I'm feeling blue Things you say well maybe they're true I get funny dreams again and again Knows what it means, but Can't explain I think it's love Say it to you When I feel blue I can't explain, no, I can't explain You know I can't explain I'm going out of my mind Well I'm a worried guy But I can't explain I CAN'T READ (D..Gabrels) I can't read and I can't write down I don't know a book from countdown I don't care which shadow gets me All I've got is someone's face Money goes to money heaven Bodies go to body hell I just cough, catch the chase Switch the channel watch the police car I can't read shit anymore I just sit back and ignore I just can't get it right, can't get it right I can't read shit I can't read shit When you see a famous smile No matter where you run your mile To be right in that photograph Andy where's my fifteen minutes I FEEL FREE (Bruce/Brown) Dear when I dance with you We move like the sea You, you're all I want to know I feel free I feel free CHORUS (2 times) I can walk down the street there's no one there the pavement is one huge crowd I can drive down the road my eyes can't see but my mind wants to cry out loud I feel free Dance floor is like the sea The ceiling is the sky You're the sun, and as you shine on me I feel free (3 times) I HAVE NOT BEEN TO OXFORD TOWN Baby Grace is the victim She was 14 years of age And the wheels are turning, turning For the finger points at me All's well But I have not been to Oxford Town All's well No I have not been to Oxford Town Toll the bell Pay the private eye All's well 20th century dies And the prison priests are decent My attorney seems sincere I fear my days are numbered Lord get me out of here All's well But I have not been to Oxford Town All's well But I have not been to Oxford Town This is your shadow on my wall This is my flesh and blood This is what I could've been And the wheels are turning and turning As the 20th century dies If I had not ripped the fabric If time had not stood still If I had not met Ramona If I'd only paid my bill All's well But I have not been to Oxford Town All's well But I have not been to Oxford Town This is my bunk with two sheets This is my food though foul This is what I could have been CHORUS (ad lib.) I KEEP FORGETTING (Leiber/Stoller) I keep forgetting you don't love me no more I keep forgetting you don't want me no more I keep forgetting that you told me that you Didn't want me around any more But these stupid old feet Just head for your street Like they've done so many times before And this stubborn old fist On the end of my wrist Keeps a knocking on your front door I keep forgetting you don't love me no more I keep forgetting you don't want me no more I keep forgetting bout those heartbreaking nights And those heartbreaking things That you said Though I know in my heart We're drifting apart I can't believe that our love is dead Though it's plain as can be That you're finished with me I just can't get it through my head I KNOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN SOMEDAY (Morrissey) My love wherever you are Whatever you are, don't lose faith I know it's gonna happen someday to you Please wait Please wait Wait, don't lose faith You say that the day never arrives And it's never seemed so far away But I know it's gonna happen someday to you Please wait Please wait Wait, don't lose faith Please wait Please wait Please, don't lose faith Don't lose faith You say that the day never arrives And it seems so far away But I know it's gonna happen someday Someday to you To you Please wait I WISH YOU WOULD (Billy Arnold) Early in the morning by the break of day That's when my baby went away Come back baby I wish you would This crying and grieving won't do me no good Hugging and a kissing, late at night You know pretty baby it feels just right Come back baby what you're trying to do? Turning on me and some other men too Come back baby give me one more chance You know I still love you gonna give you romance Yeah, romance all night long In my arms, oh yeah Hey pretty baby I love you so You know pretty baby it hurts me to see you go Oh yeah (repeat ad inf.) I WOULD BE YOUR SLAVE () Walking in the snowy street Let me understand Drifting down a silent park Stumbling over land Open up your heart to me Show me who you are And I would be your slave Do you sleep in quietude? Do you walk in peace? Do you laugh out loud at me? No one else that is free Open up your heart to me Show me all you are And I would be your slave I don't sit around and wait I don't give a damn I don't see the point at all No footprints in the sand I bet you laugh out loud at me A chance to strike me down Give me peace of mind at last Show me all you are Open up your heart to me And I would be your slave I don't sit and wait I don't give a damn I don't see the point at all No footprints in the sand I would give you all my love Nothing else is free Open up your heart to me And I would be your slave I'M AFRAID OF THE AMERICANS Uh uh uh uh, uh, uh uh uh uh uh Johnny's in America No tricks at the wheel Uh uh uh uh, uh, uh uh uh uh uh Nobody needs anyone They don't even just pretend Uh uh uh uh, uh, uh uh uh uh uh Johnny's in America I'm afraid of Americans I'm afraid of the world I'm afraid I can't help it I'm afraid I can't I'm afraid of Americans Johnny's in America Uh uh uh uh, uh, uh uh uh uh uh Johnny wants a plane Johnny wants to suck on a Coke Johnny wants a woman Johnny wants to think of a joke Uh uh uh uh, uh, uh uh uh uh uh Johnny's in America Uh uh uh uh, uh, uh uh uh uh uh I'm afraid of Americans Uh uh uh uh, uh, uh uh uh uh uh Johnny's in America Johnny looks up at the stars Johnny combs his hair And Johnny wants pussy in cars Johnny's in America, uh uh uh uh, uh, uh uh uh uh uh I'm afraid of Americans Dummy's an American Dummy's an American Yeah, I'm afraid of Americans I'm afraid of the words I'm afraid I can't help it I'm afraid I can't I'm afraid of Americans Johnny's an American Johnny's an American Johnny's an American, uh uh uh uh, uh, uh uh uh uh uh I'M DERANGED Funny how secrets travel I'd start to believe if I were to bleed Thin skies, the man chains his hands held high Cruise me blond Cruise me babe A blond belief beyond beyond beyond No return No return I'm deranged Deranged my love I'm deranged down down down So cruise me babe cruise me baby And the rain sets in It's the angel man I'm deranged Cruise me cruise me cruise me babe The clutch of life and the fist of love Over your head Big deal Salaam Be real deranged Salaam Before we reel I'm deranged CHORUS (two times) Cruise me cruise me cruise me babe I'm deranged I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU (Nei Young) (I've been looking, I've been looking) (I've been looking, I've been looking) I've been looking For a woman To save my life Not to beg or to borrow A woman with a feeling of loosing once or twice Who knows how it could be Be tomorrow I've been waiting for you And you've been coming to me For such a long time now For such a long time now A woman with a feeling Of loosing once or twice Who knows how it could be Be tomorrow I've been waiting for you And you've been coming to me For such a long time now For such a long time now For such a long time now For such a long time now IF I'M DREAMING MY LIFE Was she never there? Was she ever? Was it air she breathed? At the wrong time All the flowers so From the gallery with the hymns of night Singing come to me At the wrong time On the wrong day All the lights are fading now If I'm dreaming all my life Just one living chance When the mother sighs When the father steps aside At the wrong time Was she never here? Was she ever? Was it air she breathed? At the wrong time On the wrong day All the lights are fading now If I'm dreaming all my life If I'm dreaming all my life away Dreaming my life Dreaming my (x3) Dreaming my life Dreaming my life, away (oh ho) Repeat IF THERE IS SOMETHING (Ferry) If there is something That I might find Look around corners Try to find peace of mind, I say Where would you go If you were me? Trying to keep a straight course is not easy Somebody special Looking at me Same kind of reaction Wanted to cry with me If there are many Too easy to say When it's love It's just a game ame ame ame I would do anything for you I would come all day I would swim all the oceans blue I would walk a thousand miles Reveal my secrets More than enough for me to share I will put roses around your door Sit in the garden Growing potatoes by the score Shake your head girl, with your ponytail Takes me right back [when you were young] Throw your precious gifts into the air Watch them fall down [when you were young] Your love could feel you put them on the ground It used to fall apart [when you were young] Your love could feel you put them on the ground The hills were higher [when you were young] Your love could feel you put them on the ground The trees were taller then [when you were young] Your love could feel you put them on the ground The grass was greener [when you were young] Your love could feel you put them on the ground It used to fall apart [when you were young] IT AIN T EASY (Ron Davies) When you climb to the top of the mountain Look out over the sea Think about the places perhaps, where a young man could be Then you jump back down to the rooftops Look out over the town Think about all of the strange things circulating round It ain't easy, it ain't easy It ain't easy to get to heaven when you're going down Well all the people have got their problems That ain't nothing new With the help of the good Lord We can all pull on through We can all pull on through Get there in the end Sometimes it'll take you right up and sometimes down again Satisfaction, satisfaction Keep me satisfied I've got the love of a Hoochie Koochie woman She calling from inside She's a calling from inside Trying to get to you All the woman really wants you can give her something too CHORUS (x2) IT'S NO GAME (PART 1) 1 2 1 2 2 Shiruetto ya kage ga kakumei o miteiru Mo tengoku no giyu no kaidan wa nai2 Silhouettes and shadows watch the revolution No more free steps to heaven It's no game Ore genjitsu kara shime dasare Nani ga okkote irunoka wakara nai Doko ni kyokun wa arunoka Hitobito wa yubi o orareteiru Konna dokusaisha ni iyashime rareru nowa kanashii I am bored from the event I really don't understand the situation And it's no game Documentaries on refugees Couples 'gainst the target You throw a rock against the road And it breaks into pieces Draw the blinds on yesterday, and it's all so much scarier Put a bullet in my brain, and it makes all the papers 2 Nammin no kiroku eiga Hyoteki o se ni shita koibito tachi Michi ni ishi o nage reba Kona gona ni kudake Kino ni huta o sureba Kyohu wa masu Ore no atama ni tama o buchi kome ba Shinbun wa kaki tateru So where's the moral when people have their fingers broken2 To be insulted by these fascists it's so degrading And it's no game Shut up! Shutu IT'S NO GAME (PART 2) Silhouettes and shadows watch the revolution No more free steps to heaven Just walkie talkie heaven or hearth Just big heads and drums full speed and pagan And it's no game I am barred from the event I really don't understand the situation So where's the moral People have their fingers broken To be insulted by these fascists it's so degrading And it's no game Documentaries on refugees, couples 'gainst the target Throw a rock against the road, and it breaks into pieces Draw the blinds on yesterday, and it's all so much scarier Put a bullet in my brain, and it makes all the papers And it's no game Children round the world, put camel shit on the walls They're making carpets on treadmills, or garbage sorting And it's no game JANINE Oh my love, Janine I'm helpless for your smile Like a Polish wanderer I travel ever onwards to your land And were it not just for the jewels, I'd close your hand Your strange demand To 'collocate' my mind Scares me into gloom You're too intense I'll have to keep you in your place I've no defence I've got to keep my veil on my face Janine, Janine, you'd like to know me well But I've got things inside my head That even I can't face Janine, Janine, you'd like to crash my walls But if you take an axe to me You'll kill another man Not me at all You're fey, Janine A tripper to the last But if I catch you standing on my toes I'll have a right to shout you down For you're a lazy stream In which my thoughts would drown So stay, Janine And we can glide along I've caught your wings for laughs I'm not obliged to read you statements of the year So take your glasses off And don't act so sincere Janine, Janine, you'd like to know me well But I've got things inside my head That even I can't face Janine, Janine, you'd like to crash my walls But if you take an axe to me You'll kill another man Not me at all JOHN, I'M ONLY DANCING Well, Annie's pretty neat, she always eats her meat Joe is awful strong, bet your life he's putting us on Oh lordy, oh lordy, you know I need some loving I'm moving, touch me! (CHORUS) John, I'm only dancing She turns me on, but I'm only dancing She turns me on, don't get me wrong I'm only dancing Oh shadow love was quick and clean, life's a well thumbed machine I saw you watching from the stairs, you're everyone that ever cared Oh lordy, oh lordy, you know I need some loving I'm moving, touch me! CHORUS (x2) Dancing, won't someone dance with me? Touch me! Ohhh! JOIN THE GANG Let me introduce you to the gang Johnny plays the sitar, he s an existentialist Once he had a name, now he plays our game You won t feel so good now that you ve joined the gang Molly is the model in the ads Crazy clothes and acid full of soul and crazy hip Someone switched her on, then her beam went wrong Cause she can t switch off, now that she s joined the gang Arthur is a singer with a band Arthur drinks two bottles just before he goes on stage Look at Arthur rave, all the kids are paid They want to see the croaking man who joined the band You won t be alone, we ve all got beery grins It s a big illusion but at least you re in At least you re in This club s called The Webb, it s this month s pick Next month we shall find a place where prices aren t so stiff 15 bob a coke, fraid that s past a joke This is how to spend now that you ve joined a gang This is what to do now that you re here Sit round doing nothing all together very fast Psychedelic stars, throwing down cigars They re picking up the joints now that they ve joined the gang JUMP (THEY SAY) When comes the shaking man A nation in his eyes Striped with blood and emblazed tattoo Streaking cathedral spire They say he has no brain They say he has no mood They say he was born again They say look at him climb They say 'Jump' They say he has two gods They say he has no fear They say he has no eyes They say he has no mouth They say hey that's really something They feel he should get some time I say he should watch his ass My friend don't listen to the crowd They say 'Jump' Got to believe somebody Got to believe KINGDOM COME (Verlaine) Well I walked in the pouring rain And I heard a voice that cries It's all in vain The voice of doom was shining in my room I just need one day somewhere far away Lord I just need one day Well I'll be breaking these rocks And cutting this hay Yes I'll be breaking these rocks What's my price to pay? Well the river's so muddy, but it may come clear And I know too well what's keeping me here I'm just the slave of a burning ray Oh give me the night, I can't take another sight Please, please give me the night Sun keeps beating down on me, wall's a mile high Up in the tower they're watching me hoping I'm gonna die I won't be breaking no rocks I said I won't be breaking no rocks (I won't be breaking no rocks) (I won't be breaking no rocks) (I won't be breaking no rocks) When the kingdom comes KOOKS CHORUS (x2) Will you stay in our Lovers' Story If you stay you won't be sorry 'Cause we believe in you Soon you'll grow so take a chance With a couple of Kooks Hung up on romancing We bought a lot of things to keep you warm and dry And a funny old crib on which the paint won't dry I bought you a pair of shoes A trumpet you can blow And a book of rules On what to say to people when they pick on you 'Cause if you stay with us you're gonna be pretty Kookie too And if you ever have to go to school Remember how they messed up this old fool Don't pick fights with the bullies or the cads 'Cause I'm not much cop at punching other people's Dads And if the homework brings you down Then we'll throw it on the fire And take the car downtown CHORUS (repeat ad inf.) LADY GRINNING SOUL She'll come, she'll go. She'll lay belief on you Skin sweet with musky oil The lady from another grinning soul Cologne she'll wear. Silver and Americard She'll drive a beetle car And beat you down at cool Canasta And when the clothes are strewn don't be afraid of the room Touch the fullness of her breast. Feel the love of her caress She will be your living end She'll come, she'll go. She'll lay belief on you But she won't stake her life on you How can life become her point of view And when the clothes are strewn don't be afraid of the room Touch the fullness of her breast. Feel the love of her caress She will be your living end (repeat) LADY STARDUST People stared at the makeup on his face Laughed at his long black hair, his animal grace The boy in the bright blue jeans Jumped up on the stage And lady stardust sang his songs Of darkness and disgrace And he was alright, the band was altogether Yes he was alright, the song went on forever And he was awful nice Really quite out of sight (second time: really quite paradise) And he sang all night long Femme fatales emerged from shadows To watch this creature fair Boys stood upon their chairs To make their point of view I smiled sadly for a love I could not obey Lady Stardust sang his songs Of darkness and dismay Oh how I sighed When they asked if I knew his name Get some pussy now! LAW (EARTHLING ON FIRE) I don't want knowledge, I want certainty In the street a man shouts out loud A wallet drops and money flies into the midday sun With the sound, with the sound, with the sound of the ground Oh I get a little bit afraid Sometimes Earthlings on fire With the sound, with the sound, with the sound of the ground Sure I get a little bit afraid Sometimes Earthlings on fire I don't want knowledge, I want certainty In a house a man drops dead As he hits the floor he sighs What a morning Sometimes Earthlings on fire Oh I get a little bit afraid Sometimes I don't want knowledge, I want certainty Oh I get a little bit afraid Sometimes I don't want knowledge, I want certainty I don't want knowledge LEON TAKES US OUTSIDE / Kizilcay/Campbell Lyrics: Valentines Day, 25, June, 16th, Wednesday, July 6th, 20, 0, 20, 15, Martin Luther King Day, June 18th, June 6th, Wednesday, August 18th, 9th, 1999, 12, Nicholas, August, Wednesday, 13th, Sunday, 5th, March, October, January, October 13th, Wednesday, Martin Luther King Day, afternoon, in view of nothing, 20, 0, 1, late winter, Martin Luther King Day, 12, 16, August, Wednesday, 13th, Friday, 7, June. LET'S DANCE Let's dance put on your red shoes and dance the blues Let's dance to the song they're playin' on the radio Let's sway while color lights up your face Let's sway sway through the crowd to an empty space If you say run, I'll run with you If you say hide, we'll hide Because my love for you Would break my heart in two If you should fall Into my arms And tremble like a flower Let's dance for fear your grace should fall Let's dance for fear tonight is all Let's sway you could look into my eyes Let's sway under the moonlight, this serious moonlight If you say run, I'll run with you If you say hide, we'll hide Because my love for you Would break my heart in two If you should fall Into my arms And tremble like a flower Let's dance put on your red shoes and dance the blues Let's dance to the song they're playin' on the radio Let's sway you could look into my eyes Let's sway under the moonlight, this serious moonlight LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER Well, don't you worry 'bout what's been on my mind I'm in no hurry I can take my time I'm going red and my tongue's getting tired Out of my head and my mouth's getting dry I'm h h h high Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever Let's spend the night together now I feel so strong that I can't disguise, oh my Well, I just can't apologise, no Don't hang me up but don't let me down We could have fun just by fooling around, and around and around Oh, You know I'm smiling baby You need some guiding baby I'm just deciding baby This doesn't happen to me every day No excuses I've got anyway, heh I'll satisfy your every need And I'll know you'll satisfy me, oh my my my my my Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever (x3) Let's spend the night together They said we were too young Our kind of love was no fun But our love comes from above Do it! Let's make love Hoo! LETTER TO HERMIONE The hand that wrote this letter Sweeps the pillow clean So rest your head and read a treasured dream I care for no one else but you I tear my soul to cease the pain I think maybe you feel the same What can we do? I'm not quite sure what we're supposed to do So I've been writing just for you They say your life is going very well They say you sparkle like a different girl But something tells me that you hide When all the world is warm and tired You cry a little in the dark Well so do I I'm not quite sure what you're supposed to say But I can see it's not okay He makes you laugh He brings you out in style He treats you well And makes you up real fine And when he's strong He's strong for you And when you kiss It's something new But did you ever call my name Just by mistake? I'm not quite sure what I'm supposed to do So I'll just write some love to you LIFE ON MARS It's a god awful small affair To the girl with the mousy hair But her mummy is yelling No And her daddy has told her to go But her friend is nowhere to be seen Now she walks through her sunken dream To the seat with the clearest view And she's hooked to the silver screen But the film is a saddening bore For she's lived it ten times or more She could spit in the eyes of fools As they ask her to focus on Sailors fighting in the dance hall Oh man! Look at those cavemen go It's the freakiest show Take a look at the Lawman Beating up the wrong guy Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know He's in the best selling show Is there life on Mars? It's on Amerika's tortured brow That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow Now the workers have struck for fame 'Cause Lennon's on sale again See the mice in their million hordes From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads Rule Britannia is out of bounds To my mother, my dog, and clowns But the film is a saddening bore 'Cause I wrote it ten times or more It's about to be writ again As I ask you to focus on Dring dring dring...... (Mind the phone) LITTLE WONDER Stinky weather, Fat shaky hands Dopey morning Doc, Grumpy gnomes Little wonder then, little wonder You little wonder, little wonder you Big screen dolls, tits and explosions Sleepytime, Bashful but nude Little wonder then, little wonder You little wonder, little wonder you I'm getting it Intergalactic, see me to be you It's all in the tablets, Sneezy Bhutan Little wonder then, little wonder You little wonder, little wonder you Mars happy nation, sit on my karma Dame meditation, take me away Little wonder then, little wonder You little wonder, little wonder you Sending me so far away, so far away So far away, so far away So far away, so so far away So far away, so far away So far away, so so far away Little wonder You little wonder, you Little wonder You little wonder you LOOK BACK IN ANGER (Lyrics by Music by ) You know who I am, he said The speaker was an angel He coughed and shook his crumpled wings Closed his eyes and moved his lips It's time we should be going (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) Look back in anger, driven by the night Till you come (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) Look back in anger, see it in my eyes Till you come No one seemed to hear him So he leafed through a magazine And, yawning, rubbed the sleep away Very sane he seemed to me (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) Look back in anger, driven by the night Till you come (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) Look back in anger, feel it in my voice Till you come (Waiting so long, ahhh...) (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) (repeat ad inf.) LOOK BACK IN ANGER You know who I am, he said The speaker was an angel He coughed and shook his crumpled wings Closed his eyes and moved his lips It's time we should be going (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) Look back in anger, driven by the night Till you come (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) Look back in anger, see it in my eyes Till you come No one seemed to hear him So he leafed through a magazine And, yawning, rubbed the sleep away Very sane he seemed to me (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) Look back in anger, driven by the night Till you come (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) Look back in anger, feel it in my voice Till you come (Waiting so long, ahhh...) (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) (repeat ad inf.) LOOKING FOR SATELLITES REFRAIN Nowhere Shampoo TV Come back Boy's own Slim tie Showdown Can't stop Where do we go from here? There's something in the sky Shining in the light Spinning and far away Satellite Satellite Satellite Satellite Looking for satellites Looking for satellites Where do we go to now? There's nothing in our eyes As lonely as a moon Misty and far away Satellite Satellite Satellite Satellite Looking satellites Looking satellites Where do we go from here? LOOKING FOR WATER Silver leaves are spinning round Take my hand as we go down and down and down Looking for water But I lost God in a New York minute Don't know about you but my heart's not in it (Looking looking looking) I'm looking for water I'm looking for water (Looking looking looking) I can't breathe the air Can't raise the fight 'Cause all we've got left is a beat in the night And I'm Looking for water Looking for water Looking for water Looking looking Take my hand as we go down and down Leave it all behind nothing will be found I'm looking for water I'm looking for water Looking for water (Looking looking) I'm looking for water Looking everywhere Looking for water Looking here and there I'm looking for water I'm looking for water Looking for water (Looking looking) I can't live in this cage I can't eat this candy To the ends of the Earth To this pain in my head The look in your eyes That never means never The dawns early light Baby dumb is forever (Looking looking) (Looking looking) Looking for water (Looking looking) I'm looking for water Looking for water (Looking looking) I'm looking for water Looking for water (Looking looking) I'm looking for water Looking for water (Looking looking) I'm looking for water Looking for water (Looking looking) I'm looking for water Looking for water LOVE YOU TILL TUESDAY Just look through your window, look who sits outside Little me is waiting, standing through the night When you ll walk through your door I ll wave my flag and shout Oh, beautiful baby My burning desire started on Sunday Give me your heart and I ll love you till Tuesday Da da da dum (x4) Who s that hiding in the apple tree, clinging to a branch Don t be afraid it s only me, hoping for a little romance If you lie beneath my shade, I ll keep you nice and cool Oh, beatiful baby I was very lonely till I met you on Sunday My passion s never ending and I ll love you till Tuesday Da da da dum (x7) Let the wind blow through your hair, be nice to the big blue sea Don t be afraid of the man in the moon, because it s only me I shall always watch you until my love runs dry Oh, beautiful baby My heart s a flame, I ll love you till Tuesday My head s in a whirl and I ll love you till Tuesday Love, love, love, love you till Tuesday (x2) Da da da dum (x11) Well, I might stretch it till Wednesday LOVING THE ALIEN Watching them come and go The Templars and the Saracens They're travelling the holy land Opening telegrams Torture comes and torture goes Knights who'd give you anything They bear the cross of Coeur de Leon Salvation for the mirror blind But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky Pray and the heathen lie will disappear Prayers they hide the saddest view (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) And your prayers they break the sky in two (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) You pray til the break of dawn (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) And you'll believe you're loving the alien (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) Thinking of a different time Palestine a modern problem Bounty and your wealth in land Terror in a best laid plan Watching them come and go Tomorrows and the yesterdays Christians and the unbelievers Hanging by the cross and nail LUCY CAN'T DANCE Lucy I know what you're going to going to do Oh Lucy look what you're doing I'm doing it too Now you're looking for God in exciting new ways I say trust Him at once which is something these days Lucy can't dance to the noise but she knows what the noise can do (x2) Did the world just explode? Don't recognize anyone But you've still got me under your thumb Lucy can't dance to the noise but she knows what the noise can do Pursuing your frenzy in Ritz or Savoy In this sexual noise, vicious chords offer joy You live and you die in the blink of an eye Well I can't make you dance Dance to the noise Lucy can't dance but she knows what the noise can do (x2) Dance to the noise Lucy I know what you're going to going to do But you can't buy me off in this serial world Who who who died and made you material girl? Lucy can't dance to the noise but she knows what the noise can do So I'll spin while my lunatic lyric goes wrong Guess I'll put all my eggs in a postmodern song Lucy can't dance to the noise but she knows what the noise can do Or this shallow orb mugged by reality Just a few simple words like I love you, I need you Live and you die in the blink of an eye Still I can't make you dance Dance to the noise Lucy can't dance but she knows what the noise can do MAGIC DANCE () You remind me of the baby What baby? the baby with the power What power? power of voodoo Who do? you do Do what? remind me of the baby I saw my baby, crying hard as babe could cry What could I do? My baby's love had gone And left my baby blue Nobody knew: What kind of magic spell to use? Slime and snails Or puppy dogs' tails Thunder or lightning Then baby said Dance, magic dance (dance magic, dance) Dance, magic dance (dance magic, dance) Put that baby spell on me Jump, magic jump (jump magic, jump) Jump, magic jump (jump magic, jump) Put that magic jump on me Slap that baby, make him free I saw my baby, trying hard as babe could try What could I do? My baby's fun had gone And left my baby blue Nobody knew Dance, magic dance (dance magic, dance) (x4) Jump, magic jump (jump magic, jump) (x2) Put that baby spell on me You remind me of the baby What baby? the baby with the power What power? power of voodoo Who do? you do Do what? remind me of the baby Dance, magic dance, ooh ooh ooh Dance magic, dance magic, ooh ooh ooh Dance magic What kind of magic spell to use? Slime and snails Or puppy dogs' tails Thunder or lightning Something frightening Dance, magic dance Dance, magic dance Put that baby spell on me Jump, magic jump (x2) Put that magic jump on me Slap that baby make him free Dance, magic dance (dance, magic dance) (x4) Jump, magic jump (jump, magic jump) Jump, magic jump Put that magic jump on me Slap that baby Dance, magic dance (dance, magic dance) (x2) Dance, magic dance Slap that slap that baby make him free Dance, magic dance (dance, magic dance) (repeat ad lib) MAID OF BOND STREET This girl is made of lipstick Powder and paint Sees the picture of herself Every magazine on every shelf This girl is maid of bond street Hailing cabs, lunches with executives Gleaming teeth sip aperitifs This girl is a lonely girl Takes the train from Paddington to Oxford Circus Buys the Daily News But passengers don t smile at her, don t smile at her This girl is made of loneliness A broken heart For the boy she once knew Doesn t want to know her any more And this girl is a lonely girl Everything she wants is hers But she can t make it with the boy she really wants to be with All the time, to love, all the time This boy is made of envy Jealousy He doesn t have a limousine Really wants to be a star himself This girl, her world is made of flashlights and films Her cares are scraps on the cutting room floor And maids of bond street drive round in chauffered cars Maids of Bond street picture clothes, eyes of star Maids of Bond street shouldn t have worldly cares Maids of Bond street shouldn t have love affairs MEMORY OF A FREE FESTIVAL The Children of the summer's end Gathered in the dampened grass We played Our songs and felt the London sky Resting on our hands It was God's land It was ragged and naive It was Heaven Touch, We touched the very soul Of holding each and every life We claimed the very source of joy ran through It didn't, but it seemed that way I kissed a lot of people that day Oh, to capture just one drop of all the ecstasy that swept that afternoon To paint that love upon a white balloon And fly it from the topest top of all the tops That man has pushed beyond his brain Satori must be something just the same We scanned the skies with rainbow eyes and saw machines of every shape and size We talked with tall Venusians passing through And Peter tried to climb aboard but the Captain shook his head And away they soared Climbing through the ivory vibrant cloud Someone passed some bliss among the crowd And We walked back to the road, unchained The Sun Machine is Coming Down, and We're Gonna Have a Party The Sun Machine is Coming Down, and We're Gonna Have a Party The Sun Machine is Coming Down, and We're Gonna Have a Party The Sun Machine is Coming Down, and We're Gonna Have a Party The Sun Machine is Coming Down, and We're Gonna Have a Party. MIRACLE GOODNIGHT Burning up each others' love, burning up our lives Tried all kinds of working out, miracle goodnight Future full and empty knocking on my door Ragged limbed and hungry mama Miracle no more (Skin tell me) turn it around (Head tell me) make it alright (Nobody dancing) Morning star you're beautiful, yellow dime on high Spin you round my little room, miracle goodnight Evening flower all alone, pazanane capeche Haven't got a death wish, just want a little more (Skin tell me) turn it around (Head tell me) make it all right (Nobody dancing) miracle goodnight (Breath tell me) turn it around (Heart tell me) make it all right (Nobody dancing) it was only make believe I wish I was a sailor a thousand miles from here I wished I had a future, anywhere I love you in the morning sun, I love you in my dreams I love the sound of making love, the feeling of your skin The corner of your eyes, I long forevermore I never want to say goodnight, miracle goodnight Don't want to know the past, I want to know the real deal I really don't want to know that The less we know, the better we feel Morning star you're beautiful, yellow diamond high Spinning around my little room, miracle (Skin tell me) turn it around (Moon tell me) make it alright (Nobody dancing) it was only make believe (Eyes tell me) turn it around (News tell me) make it alright (Nobody dancing) MODERN LOVE I know when to go out And when to stay in Get things done (spoken) I catch a paper boy But things don't really change I'm standing in the wind But I never wave bye bye But I try I try There's no sign of life It's just the power to charm I'm lying in the rain But I never wave bye bye But I try I try Never gonna fall for Modern Love walks beside me Modern Love walks on by Modern Love gets me to the Church on Time Church on Time terrifies me Church on Time makes me party Church on Time puts my trust in God and Man God and Man no confessions God and Man no religion God and Man don't believe in Modern Love MOONAGE DAYDREAM I'm an alligator, I'm a mama papa coming for you I'm the space invader, I'll be a rock 'n' rollin' bitch for you Keep your mouth shut, you're squawking like a pink monkey bird And I'm busting up my brains for the words Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe Put your ray gun to my head Press your space face close to mine, love Freak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah! Don't fake it baby, lay the real thing on me The church of man, love Is such a holy place to be Make me baby, make me know you really care Make me jump into the air Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe Put your ray gun to my head Press your space face close to mine, love Freak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah! Freak out, far out, in out MOVE ON Sometimes I feel That I need to move on So I pack a bag And move on Move on Well I might take a train Or sail at dawn Might take a girl When I move on When I move on Somewhere, someone's calling me When the chips are down I'm just a travelling man Maybe it's just a trick of the mind, but Somewhere there's a morning sky Bluer than her eyes Somewhere there's an ocean Innocent and wild Africa is sleepy people Russia has its horsemen Spent some nights in old Kyoto Sleeping on the matted ground Cyprus is my island When the going's rough I would love to find you Somewhere in a place like that Somewhere, someone's calling me When the chips are down I stumble like a blind man Can't forget you Can't forget you Feeling like a shadow Drifting like a leaf I stumble like a blind man Can't forget you Can't forget you Can't forget you Can't forget you MOVE ON Sometimes I feel The need to move on So I pack a bag And move on Move on Well I might take a train Or sail at dawn Might take a girl When I move on When I move on Somewhere, someone's calling me When the chips are down I'm just a travelling man Maybe it's just a trick of the mind, but Somewhere there's a morning sky Bluer than her eyes Somewhere there's an ocean Innocent and wild Africa is sleepy people Russia has its horsemen Spent some nights in old Kyoto Sleeping on the matted ground Cyprus is my island When the going's rough I would love to find you Somewhere in a place like that Somewhere, someone's calling me When the chips are down I stumble like a blind man Can't forget you Can't forget you Feeling like a shadow Drifting like a leaf I stumble like a blind man Can't forget you Can't forget you Can't forget you Can't forget you MY DEATH My death waits like an old rou So confident I'll go his way Whistle to him and the passing time My death waits like a bible truth At the funeral of my youth Weep loud for that and the passing time My death waits like a witch at night As surely as our love is bright Let's not think about the passing time But what ever lies behind the door There is nothing much to do Angel or devil, I don't care For in front of that door, there is you My death waits like a beggar blind Who sees the world through an unlit mind Throw him a dime for the passing time My death waits there between your thighs Your cool fingers will close my eyes Let's not think of that and the passing time My death waits to allow my friends A few good times before it ends So let's drink to that and the passing time My death waits there among the leaves In magicians' mysterious sleeves Rabbits and dogs and the passing time My death waits there among the flowers Where the blackest shadow, blackest shadow cowers Let's pick lilacs for the passing time My death waits there in a double bed Sails of oblivion at my head So pull up the sheets against the passing time CHORUS NATHAN ADLER / Kizilcay/Campbell Lyrics: Old Touchschriek was the main nameserver Suspected of being a shoulder surfer But he didn't know from shit About challenge response systems Now Ramona A Stone we know was selling interest drugs She got males all hung up on her mind filters She was if you don't mind me saying so an update demon Now Leon He couldn't wait for 12 o'clock midnight He jumps up on the stage With a criss criss machete And slashes around cutting a zero on everything I mean a zero in the fabric of time itself Was this a suspect? I says to myself Woa! Quelle courage! Oh wait, I'm getting ahead of myself Let me take you back to when it all began NATURE BOY There was a boy, a very strange enchanted boy they say he wandered very far, very far over land and sea, a little shy and sad of eye, but very wise was he and then one day, a magic day, he passed my way and while he spoke of many things, fools and kings, this he said to me, The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved NEIGHBOROUGH THREAT Down where your paint is cracking Look down your backstairs buddy Somebody's living there and He don't really feel the weather And he don't share your pleasures No he don't share your pleasures Look at his eyes Did you see his crazy eyes You're so surprised he don't run to catch your ash Everybody always wants to kiss your trash You can't help him Nobody can Now that he knows There's nothing to get Will you still place your bet On the neighbourhood threat Somewhere a baby's bleeding Somewhere a mother's needing Outside a boy is lying But mostly he is crying And he just shouts in anger You'll find him interesting Look at his eyes Did you see his crazy eyes You're so surprised he doesn't build for you Everybody always wants to run with you NEVER GET OLD Better take care Think I better go, better get a room Better take care of me Again and again I think about this and I think about personal history Better take care I breathe so deep when the movie gets real When the star turns round Again and again He looks me in the eye says he's got his mind on a countdown 3 2 1 Forever I'm screaming that I'm gonna be living on till the end of time Forever The sky splits open to a dull red skull My head hangs low 'cause it's all over now And there's never gonna be enough money And there's never gonna be enough drugs And I'm never ever gonna get old There's never gonna be enough bullets There's never gonna be enough sex And I'm never ever gonna get old So I'm never ever gonna get high And I'm never ever gonna get low And I'm never ever gonna get old Better take care The moon flows on to the edges of the world because of you Again and again And I'm awake in an age of light living it because of you Better take care I'm looking at the future solid as a rock because of you Again and again Wanna be here and I wanna be there Living just like you, living just like me Forever Putting on my gloves and bury my bones in the marshland Forever Think about my soul but I don't need a thing just the ring of the bell in the pure clean air And I'm running down the street of life And I'm never gonna let you die And I'm never ever gonna get old And I'm never ever gonna get I'm never ever gonna get I'm never ever gonna get old And I'm never ever gonna get And I'm never ever gonna get Never ever gonna get old NEVER LET ME DOWN When I believed in nothing I called her name Trapped in a high dollar joint in some place I called her name And though my days are slipping by And nights so cruel I thought I'd die She danced her little dance 'till it made me cry She was shakin' like this honey doing that When I needed soul revival I called your name When I was falling to pieces I screamed in pain Your soothing hand that turned me round A love so real swept over me You danced your little dance 'till it made me cry You were shakin' like this honey doing that Never let me down She never let me down Never let me down She never let me down When all your faith is failing Call my name When you've got nothing coming Call my name I'll be strong for all it takes I'll cover your head till the bad stuff breaks I'll dance my little dance till it makes you smile Shaking like this honey doing that Never let you down I'll never let you down I'll never let you down I'll never let you down NEW ANGELS OF PROMISE New Angels of Promise We despair We are the dead dreams We take the blame Take us to the edge of time Take us to the edge of time We are the fabulous lovers I'm a blind man and she's my eyes Suspicious minds You didn't feel us coming In this lonely crowd, it's always time (x2) New Angels of Promise we despise Don't fall apart now We are the silent ones Take us to the edge of time Take us to the edge of time We are the tabular lovers We listen to the storm NEW KILLER STAR See the great white scar Over Battery Park Then a flare glides over But I won't look at that scar Oh, my nuclear baby Oh, my idiot trance All my idiot questions Let's face the music and dance Don't ever say I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready I'll never say I'm better, I'm better, I'm better Don't ever say I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready I'll never said I'm better, I'm better, I'm better, I'm better than you All the corners of the buildings Who but we remember these? The sidewalks and trees I'm thinking now I got a better way I discovered a star I got a better way Ready, set, go I got a better way A new killer star I got a better way Ready, set, go I got a better way The stars in your eyes I got a better way Ready, set, go I got a better way I discovered a star I got a better way Ready, set, go See my life in a comic Like the way they did the Bible With the bubbles and action The little details in colour First a horseback bomber Just a small thin chance Like seeing Jesus on Dateline Let's face the music and dance Don't ever say I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready I'll never said I'm better, I'm better, I'm better Don't ever say I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready I'll never said I'm better, I'm better, I'm better, I'm better than you All the corners of the buildings Who but we remember these? The sidewalks and trees I'm thinking now I got a better way I discovered a star I got a better way Ready, set, go I got a better way A new killer star I got a better way Ready, set, go I got a better way The stars in your eyes I got a better way Ready, set, go I got a better way I discovered a star I got a better way Ready, set, go I got a better way I got a better way Ready, set, go I got a better way I got a better way Ready, set, go I got a better way Oooh oo I got a better way Ready, set, go NEW YORK'S IN LOVE Do you see that thing I'm sure it's love Would you do one thing New York's in love The city grew wings in the back of the night The clouds are stuck like candy floss She sees the rich trash having all the fun Makes her wonder where they get the energy from There's nothing you can do to her This city's all clean and waiting I don't mean to wait too long But this joint can't get much higher New York's in love With her big green eyes And her long blonde hair New York's in flames New York's in love With the way she talks And the way she walks New York's in love Goo Goo Goo Goo Goo Goo My, oh my, it's a tom tom beat No one knows they've had their day We can dance and we can see the singles swing Everybody's waiting for the Go Go Boys. You're turned to stone by the family It's now the dead speak to the living Nothing left here but a raging blaze I don't mean to wait too long NITE FLIGHTS (Engels) There's no hold The moving has come through The danger passing you Turns its face into the heat and runs the tunnels It's so cold The dark dug up by dogs The stiches torn and broke The raw meat fist you choke Has hit the bloodlite Glass traps open and close on nite flights Broken necks feather weights press the walls Be my love, we will be gods on nite flights With only one promise, only one way to fall Glass traps open and close on nite flights Broken necks feather weights press the walls Be my love, we will be gods on nite flights With only one promise, only one way to call On nite flights Only one way to fall NO CONTROL Stay away from the future Back away from the light It's all deranged no control Sit tight in your corner Don't tell God your plans It's all deranged No control If I could control tomorrow's haze The darkened shore wouldn't bother me If I can't control the web we weave My life will be lost in the fallen leaves Every single move's uncertain Don't tell God your plans It's all deranged No control I should live my life on bended knee If I can't control my destiny You've gotta have a scheme You've gotta have a plan In the world of today, for tomorrow's man No control Stay away from the future Don't tell God your plans It's all deranged No control Forbidden words, deafen me In memory, no control See how far a sinful man Burns his tracks, his bloody robes You've gotta have a scheme You've gotta have a plan In the world of today, for tomorrow's man I should live my life on bended knee If I can't control my destiny No control I can't believe I've no control It's all deranged I can't believe I've no control It's all deranged Deranged Deranged OH! YOU PRETTY THINGS Wake up you sleepy head Put on some clothes, shake up your bed Put another log on the fire for me I've made some breakfast and coffee Look out my window and what do I see A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me All the nightmares came today And it looks as though they're here to stay What are we coming to No room for me, no fun for you I think about a world to come Where the books were found by the Golden ones Written in pain, written in awe By a puzzled man who questioned What we were here for All the strangers came today And it looks as though they're here to stay Oh You Pretty Things Don't you know you're driving your Mamas and Papas insane Oh You Pretty Things Don't you know you're driving your Mamas and Papas insane Let me make it plain (second time: Let me say it again) You gotta make way for the Homo Superior Look at your children See their faces in golden rays Don't kid yourself they belong to you They're the start of a coming race The earth is a bitch We've finished our news Homo Sapiens have outgrown their use All the strangers came today And it looks as though they're here to stay ONE SHOT /H. Sales/T. Sales) Ooo oo oo oh, oo oo oo oh Ooo oo oo oh, oo oo ooo The last days were the meanest Leanest days of our lives You threw me the pieces I started the fire One thing led to a dead end One shot put her away, hey hey Look out on a green world Windows and wives No bedroom to run to No miracle jive no conversation Then nothing meant nothing Ten dollars tore us apart One thing led to a dead end One shot put her away One day nothing meant nothing Ten dollars tore us apart One thing led to a dead end One shot put her away The last days were the meanest Leanest days of our lives One thing led to a dead end One shot further away Look out on a green world Windows and wives No bedroom to run to No miracle jive no conversation Hot love is the dearest No money can buy She burnt like a spitfire One shot put her away One shot put her away, heh heh One shot put her away, uh huh huh, uh huh huh Oo oo oo oh, uh huh huh, uh huh huh Oo oo oo oh, uh huh huh, uh huh huh Oo oo oo oh, uh huh huh, uh huh huh Oo oo oo oh, uh huh huh, uh huh huh Oo oo oo oh, uh huh huh One shot put her away OPENING TITLES It's only forever Not long at all Lost and lonely No one can blame you For walking away Too much rejection No love injection Life can be easy It's not always swell Don't tell me truth hurts, little girl 'Cause it hurts like hell (echo: hurts like hell) But down in the underground You'll find someone true Down in the underground A land serene A crystal moon, ah ,ah It's only forever It's not long at all Lost and lonely That's underground Underground OUTSIDE Now. Not tomorrow. Yesterday Not tomorrow It happens today The damage today They fall on today They beat on the outside And I'll stand by you Now. Not tomorrow It's happening now Not tomorrow It's happening now The crazed in the hot zone The mental and diva's hands The fisting of life To the music outside To the music outside It happens outside The music is outside It's happening outside The music is outside It's happening now Not tomorrow Yesterday Not tomorrow The music is outside It's happening outside The music is outside The music is outside Outside Outside Outside PABLO PICASSO Swinging on the back porch Jumping off a big log Pablo's feeling better now Hanging by his finger nails Swinging on the back porch Jumping off a big log Pablo's feeling better now Hanging by his finger nails Well some people try to pick up girls They get called assholes This never happened to Pablo Picasso The girls would turn the colour of a juicy avocado When he would drive down their street in his El Dorado He could walk down your street Girls could not resist his stare So Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole Not like you Wow! Swinging on the back porch Jumping off a big log Pablo's feeling better now Hanging by his finger nails Swinging on the back porch Jumping off a big log Pablo's feeling better now Hanging by his finger nails He could walk down your street And girls could not resist his stare Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole Well the girls would turn the colour of a juicy avocado When he would drive down their street in his El Dorado Well he was only 5'3 But girls could not resist his stare Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole Not in New York Wow! Swinging on the back porch Jumping off a big log Pablo's feeling better now Hanging by his finger nails Swinging on the back porch Jumping off a big log Pablo's feeling better now Hanging by his picture nails PALLAS ATHENA God is on top of it all That's all We are we are we are PANIC IN DETROIT He looked a lot like Che Guevara, drove a diesel van Kept his gun in quiet seclusion, such a humble man The only survivor of the National People's Gang Panic in Detroit, I asked for an autograph He wanted to stay home, I wish someone would phone Panic in Detroit He laughed at accidental sirens that broke the evening gloom The police had warned of repercussions They followed none too soon A trickle of strangers were all that were left alive Panic in Detroit, I asked for an autograph He wanted to stay home, I wish someone would phone Panic in Detroit Putting on some clothes I made my way to school And I found my teacher crouching in his overalls I screamed and ran to smash my favorite slot machine And jumped the silent cars that slept at traffic lights Having scored a trillion dollars, made a run back home Found him slumped across the table. A gun and me alone I ran to the window. Looked for a plane or two Panic in Detroit. He'd left me an autograph Let me collect dust. I wish someone would phone Panic in Detroit PLEASE MR. GRAVEDIGGER There s a little churchyard just along the way It used to be Lambeth s finest array Of tombstones, epitaphs, wreaths, flowers all that jazz Til the war come along and someone dropped a bomb on the lot And in this little yard, there s a little old man With a little shovel in his little bitty hand He seems to spend all his days puffing fags and digging graves He hates the reverend vicar and he lives all alone in his home Ah choo, excuse me Please Mr. Gravedigger, don t feel ashamed As you dig little holes for the dead and the maimed Please Mr. Gravedigger, I couldn t care If you found a golden locket full of some girl s hair And you put it in your pocket God, it s pouring down Her mother doesn t know about your sentimental joy She thinks it s down below with the rest of her toys And Ma wouldn t understand, so I won t tell So keep your golden locket all safely hid away in your pocket Yes, Mr. GD, you see me every day Standing in the same spot by a certain grave Mary Ann was only 10 and full of life and oh so gay And I was the wicked man who took her life away Very selfish, oh God No, Mr. GD, you won t tell And just to make sure that you keep it to yourself I ve started digging holes myself And this one here s for you Lifted our girl, she apparently doesn t know of it Hello misses, thought she d be a little girl Bloody obscene, catch pneumonia or something in this rain PRETTY THING (D. Think about the good things Think about the bad things Think about a reason to see you tonight Something getting hard when you rock it up Something getting hot when you rock it up Pretty little girl let your sweet thing sway Never gonna treat you wrong Tie you down pretend you're Madonna Never gonna treat you wrong Oh you pretty thing Shake your pretty thng Gimme that pretty thing Think about the love thing Think about the sex thing Think about you holding me, taking me down Something getting hard when you rock it up Something getting hot when you rock it up Pretty little girl let your sweet thing sway Never gonna do you wrong Strip you down and take you to pieces Always gonna love this song Oh you pretty thing Feel that pretty thing Suck that pretty thing PRISONER OF LOVE (D..Sales/H.Sales/R.Gabrels) Don't look back Whatever it takes to save your life I've believed I belonged to you for a long time And my heart says no, no one but you Like a rescue on a darkened street Love walked into town I was a victim of my own self persecution I'm a prisoner of love but I'm coming up for air Now don't be fooled by fools who promise you The world and all that glitters more fool you I'm such a hungry man that I beg you over and over and over and over And I might take any highway to be there with you Even the best men shiver in their beds I'm loving you above everything I have I'm a prisoner of love just stay square Like a sermon on a blues guitar Love walked into town I was drowning so slowly One step in front of your shadow I'm a prisoner of love but I'm coming up for air I smell the sickness sown in this city It drives me to hide you, yea, even deceive you I'm so afraid for you that I'll break any thug that maps out your passage to ruin Even the best men shiver in their beds I'm loving you above everything I have I'm a prisoner of love just stay square QUEEN BITCH I'm up on the eleventh floor And I'm watching the cruisers below My heart's in the basement My weekend's at an all time low He's down on the street And he's trying hard to pull sister Flo 'Cause she's hoping to score So I can't see her letting him go Walk out of her heart Walk out of her mind She's so swishy in her satin and tat In her frock coat and bipperty bopperty hat Oh God, I could do better than that She's an old time ambassador Of sweet talking, night walking games And she's known in the darkest clubs For pushing ahead of the dames If she says she can do it Then she can do it, she don't make false claims But she's a Queen, and such are queens That your laughter is sucked in their brains Now she's leading him on And she'll lay him right down But it could have been me Yes, it could have been me Why didn't I say, why didn't I say, no, no, no So I lay down a while And I look at my hotel wall Oh the cot is so cold It don't feel like no bed at all Yeah I lay down a while And I look at my hotel wall But he's down on the street So I throw both his bags down the hall And I'm phoning a cab 'Cause my stomach feels small There's a taste in my mouth And it's no taste at all It could have been me Oh yeah, it could have been me Why didn't I say, Why didn't I say, no, no, no QUICKSAND I'm closer to the Golden Dawn Immersed in Crowley's uniform Of imagery I'm living in a silent film Portraying Himmler's sacred realm Of dream reality I'm frightened by the total goal Drawing to the ragged hole And I ain't got the power anymore No I ain't got the power anymore I'm the twisted name on Garbo's eyes Living proof of Churchill's lies I'm destiny I'm torn between the light and dark Where others see their targets Divine symmetry Should I kiss the viper's fang Or herald loud the death of Man I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought And I ain't got the power anymore Don't believe in yourself Don't deceive with belief Knowledge comes with death's release I'm not a prophet or a stone age man Just a mortal with the potential of a superman I'm living on I'm tethered to the logic of Homo Sapien Can't take my eyes from the great salvation Of bullshit faith If I don't explain what you ought to know You can tell me all about it On, the next Bardo I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought And I ain't got the power anymore RAMONA A. STONE / I AM WITH NAME / Kizilcay/Campbell Lyrics: I was Ramona A. Stone I started with no enemies of my own I was an artiste In a tunnel But I've been having a mid life crisis And I've been dreaming in a sleep And ape men with metal parts I've spat upon deeply felt age I've hid my hearts in And I hate the funny colored english We'll creep together you and I For I know who the small friends are I am with name, I am with name I am Ramona A Stone A night fear female Good timing drone I am with name, I am with name I am with name, I am with name I am Ramona A Stone She should say: twitch & stream It'll end in chrome Night of the female good time drone I am with name I am Ramona A Stone She should say: I am with name I am Ramona A Stone A person who loses a name Feels anxiety descending Left at the crossroads, between the centuries A millenium fetish I am with name, I am with name I am Ramona A Stone I am with name Night fear female Good timing drone I am with name I am Ramona A Stone I am Ramona A Stone [Give it to me one more time!] 7 Anxiety descending Anxiety descending REALITY Tragic youth was looking young and sexy The tragic youth was wearing tattered black jeans Bearing arms and flaunting all her mischief The tragic youth was going down on me And I swear Woo hoo Yes I swear I built a wall of sound to separate us And hid among the junk of wretched highs I sped from Planet X to Planet Alpha Struggling for reality Ha ha ha ha Woo hoo Ha ha ha ha Whoo hoo Hey, now my sight is failing in this twilight Da da da da da da da da da Now my death is more than just a sad song Da da da da da da da da da And I swear Woo hoo Yes I swear Woo hoo I still don't remember how this happened I still don't get the wherefores and the whys I look for sense but I get next to nothing Hey boy welcome to reality Ha ha ha ha Woo hoo I've been right and I've been wrong Now I'm back where I started from Never looked over reality's shoulder Ha ha ha ha Huh ha ha ha Woo hoo Huh ha ha Wooh Woo hoo Wooh REBEL REBEL You ve got your mother in a whirl She s not sure if you re a boy or a girl Hey babe, your hair s alright Hey babe, let s go out tonight You like me, and I like it all We like dancing and we look divine You love bands when they re playing hard You want more and you want it fast They put you down, they say I m wrong You tacky thing, you put them on Rebel Rebel, you ve torn your dress Rebel Rebel, your face is a mess Rebel Rebel, how could they know? Hot tramp, I love you so! Don t ya? You ve torn your dress, your face is a mess You can t get enough, but enough ain t the test You ve got your transmission and your live wire You got your cue line and a handful of ludes You wanna be there when they count up the dudes And I love your dress You re a juvenile success Because your face is a mess So how could they know? I said, how could they know? So what you wanna know Calamity s child, Where d you wanna go? What can I do for you? Looks like you ve been there too Cause you ve torn your dress And your face is a mess Ooo, your face is a mess Ooo, ooo, so how could they know? Eh, eh, how could they know? RED MONEY Oh, can you feel it in the way That a man is not a man? Can you see it in the sky That the landscape is too high? Like a nervous disease And it's been there all along It will tumble from the sky It's been there all along Project cancelled Tumbling central Red Money Can you hear it fall Can you hear it well Can you hear it at all I was really feeling good Reet Petite and how d'ya do Then I got the small red box And I didn't know what to do 'Cause my fingers could not grope And I could not give it away And I knew I must not drop it Stop it, take it away Project cancelled Tumbling central Red Money Project cancelled Tumbling central Red Money Can you hear it at all Can you hear it at all Red Money (four times) Such responsibility It's up to you and me RED MONEY Oh, can you feel it in the way That a man is not a man? Can you see it in the sky That the landscape is too high? Like a nervous disease And it's been there all along It will tumble from the sky It's been there all along Project cancelled Tumbling central Red Money Can you hear it fall Can you hear it well Can you hear it at all I was really feeling good Reet Petite and how d'ya do Then I got the small red box And I didn't know what to do 'Cause my fingers could not grope And I could not give it away And I knew I must not drop it Stop it, take it away Project cancelled Tumbling central Red Money Project cancelled Tumbling central Red Money Can you hear it at all Can you hear it at all Red Money (four times) Such responsibility It's up to you and me RED SAILS Feel a bit roughed up, feel a bit frightened Nearly pin it down some time Red sail action wake up in the wrong town Boy, I really get around Thunder ocean Thunder ocean Red sails take me, make me sail along Red sails, and a mast so tall Red sails Red sails Do you remember we another person Green and black and red and so scared Graffiti on the wall kept us all in tune Bringing us all back home Red sails Thunder ocean Red sails Sailor can't dance like you, ooh, yooou Ahh, red sail Red sail action Red sail Some reaction Action boy seen living under neon Struggle with a foreign tongue Red sails make him strong Action make him sail along Life stands still and stares The hinterland, the hinterland We're gonna sail to the hinterland And it's far far, far far far, far far far away Its a far far, far far far, fa da, da da da 1 2 3 4 Ooooooo RED SAILS (Lyrics by Music by ) Feel a bit roughed up, feel a bit frightened Nearly pin it down some time Red sail action wake up in the wrong town Boy, I really get around Thunder ocean Thunder ocean Red sails take me, make me sail along Red sails, and a mast so tall Red sails Red sails Do you remember we another person Green and black and red and so scared Graffiti on the wall keep us all in tune Bringing us all back home Red sails Thunder ocean Red sails Sailor can't dance like you Red sail Red sail action Red sail Some reaction Action boy seen living under neon Struggle with a foreign tongue Red sails make him strong Action make him sail along Life stands still and stares The hinterland, the hinterland We're gonna sail to the hinterland And it's far far, far far far, far far far away Its a far far, far far far, fa da, da da da 1 2 3 4 Ooooooo REPETITION Johnny is a man And he's bigger than you But his overheads are high And he looks straight through when you ask him how the kids are He'll get home around seven 'Cause the chevy's real old And he could have had a cadillac If the school had taught him right And he could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse He could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse And the food is on the table But the food is cold (Don't hit her) Can't you even cook? What's the good of me working when you can't damn cook? Well Johnny is a man And he's bigger than her I guess the bruises won't show If she wears long sleeves But the space in her eyes shows through And he could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse He could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse Shows through Shows through Shows through REPETITION Johnny is a man And he's bigger than you But his overheads are high And he looks straight through when you ask him how the kids are He'll get home around seven 'Cause the chevy's real old And he could have had a cadillac If the school had taught him right And he could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse He could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse And the food is on the table But the food is cold Don't hit her Can't you even cook? What's the good of me working when you can't damn cook? Well Johnny is a man And he's bigger than her I guess the bruises won't show If she wears long sleeves But the space in her eyes shows through And he could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse He could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse Shows through Shows through Shows through REPTILE She spreads herself wide open to let the insects in She leaves a trail of honey to show me where she's been She has the blood of reptile just underneath her skin Seeds from a thousand others drip down from within Oh my beautiful liar Oh my precious whore My disease my infection I am so impure Devils speak of the ways in which she'll manifest Angels bleed from the tainted touch of my caress Need to contaminate to alleviate this loneliness I now know the depths I reach are limitless Oh my beautiful liar Oh my precious whore My disease my infection I am so impure RICOCHET Like weeds on a rockface waiting for the scythe Ricochet Ricochet The world is on a corner waiting for jobs Ricochet Ricochet Turn the holy pictures so they face the wall And who can bear to be forgotten And who can bear to be forgotten March of flowers March of dimes These are the prisons, these are the crimes Men wait for news while thousands are still asleep Dreaming of tramlines, factories, pieces of machinery Mine shafts, things like that March of flowers March of dimes These are the prisons, these are the crimes Sound of thunder, sound of gold Sound of the devil breaking parole Ricochet It's not the end of the world Sound of thunder, sound of gold Sound of the devil breaking parole Ricochet Ricochet These are the prisons, these are the crimes Teaching life in a violent new way Ricochet Ricochet Turn the holy pictures so they face the wall And who can bear to be forgotten And who can bear to be forgotten March of flowers, march of dimes These are the prisons, these are the crimes Early, before the sun, they struggle off to the gates In their secret fearful places they see their lives Unravelling before them March of flowers, march of dimes These are the prisons, these are the crimes Sound of thunder, sound of gold Sound of the devil breaking parole Ricochet it's not the end of the world But when they get home, damp eyed and weary They smile and crush their children to their heaving chests Making unfulfillable promises For who can bear to be forgotten RIGHT CHORUS 1 Taking it all the right way Keeping it in the back Taking it all the right way Never no turning back Never need, no Never no turning back CHORUS 2 Flying in just a sweet place Coming inside and safe Flying in just a sweet place Never been known to fail Never been, no Never been known to fail Wishing you, wishing that sometimes (sometimes) Doing it, doing it right, til (doing it) one time (one time) Gets you when you re down (nobody, nobody, do it again, get off) Ahhh, sometimes, doing Wishing sometimes (give it back) Up there, up there (giving it) Oh, my darling (No) Ah, my darling, (giving it) ah (up there) why? Gimme, gimme, up there, (yeah) gimme, doing Taking with me (sometimes) Loving it, doing it (right) til (take it) one time Gimme (doing it) Giving it (giving it back) CHORUS 1 (3 times) CHORUS 2 CHORUS 1 (repeat ad lib) Never no turning back Never, never, never ROCK 'N' ROLL SUICIDE Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth You pull on your finger, then another finger, then your cigarette The wall to wall is calling, it lingers, then you forget Ohhh, you're a rock 'n' roll suicide You're too old to lose it, too young to choose it And the clock waits so patiently on your song You walk past a cafe but you don't eat when you've lived too long Oh, no, no, no, you're a rock 'n' roll suciide Chev brakes are snarling as you stumble across the road But the day breaks instead so you hurry home Don't let the sun blast your shadow Don't let the milk float ride your mind You're so natural religiously unkind Oh no love! you're not alone You're watching yourself but you're too unfair You got your head all tangled up but if I could only make you care Oh no love! you're not alone No matter what or who you've been No matter when or where you've seen All the knives seem to lacerate your brain I've had my share, I'll help you with the pain You're not alone Just turn on with me and you're not alone Let's turn on with me and you're not alone Let's turn on and be not alone Gimme your hands cause you're wonderful (x2) Oh gimme your hands. ROCK N ROLL WITH ME (Words by music by ) You always were the one that knew They sold us for the likes of you I always wanted new surroundings A room to rent while the lizards lay crying in the heat Trying to remember who to meet I would take a foxy kind of stand While tens of thousands found me in demand When you rock n roll with me No one else I d rather be Nobody here can do it for me I m in tears again When you rock n roll with me Gentle hearts are counted down The queue is out of sight and out of sounds Me, I m out of breath, but not quite doubting I ve found a door which lets me out! CHORUS (x3) ROSALYN (Jimmy Duncan/Bill Farley) Hey Rosalyn, tell me where you've been Hey Rosalyn, tell me where you've been All the night and all the day Hide and seek's the game you play Treat me as sure as sin Oh Rosalyn, yeah Rosalyn VERSE Hey Rosalyn, you're the girl for me Hey Rosalyn, you're the girl for me When I'm holding you so tight It's so hard to say goodnight It's you that I love now can't you see? Do you really love me, do you love me true Do you really love me Rosalyn? Yeah gotta know, yeah gotta know Yeah gotta know Rosalyn VERSE Yeah gotta know, yeah gotta know Yeah gotta know Rosalyn Rosalyn Yeah Rosalyn, Rosalyn, Rosalyn, Rosalyn, ooh yeah, ah RUBBER BAND Rubber band There s a rubber band that plays tunes out of tune In the library garden Sunday afternoon While a little chappie waves a golden wand Rubber band In 1910 I was so handsome and so strong My moustache was stiffly waxed and one foot long And I loved a girl while you played teatime tunes Dear Rubber band, you re playing my tunes out of tune, oh Rubber band, Won t you play a haunting theme again to me While I eat my scones and drink my cup of tea The sun is warm but it s a lonely afternoon Oh, play that theme Rubber band How I wish that I could join your Rubber band We could play in lively parks throughout the land And one Sunday afternoon I d find my love Rubber band In 14 18 war I went to sea Thought my Sunday love was waiting home for me And now she s married to the leader of the band, oh (spoken) Oh sob I hope you break your baton RUN (K.Armstrong/D. Wish I were a sailor Crossing an azure sea Under leaden skies Under your eyes But I can't see too far With these animal eyes Can't hold my breath Without your voice An' I'm danger prone I'll be bound I'll be fast as hell Without your touch An' I'll run run run run run An' I'll run run run run run Without your love I'm a goldman I'm a soaring tower And it's cold in here Without your love Trouble in here trouble out there Mainline problems till you no longer care Get a long low life it's duty bound No hope no life no you ah ha I duck the shots tilt the world I talk myself crazy shoot the breeze Shout to live shoot to kill Double up in pain I'm on my knees RUNNING GUN BLUES I count the corpses on my left, I find I'm not so tidy So I better get away, better make it today I've cut twenty three down since Friday But I can't control it, my face is drawn My instinct still emotes it I slash them cold, I kill them dead I broke the gooks, I cracked their heads I'll bomb them out from under the beds But now I've got the running gun blues It seems the peacefuls stopped the war Left generals squashed and stifled But I'll slip out again tonight Cause they haven't taken back my rifle For I promote oblivion And I'll plug a few civilians I'll slash them cold, I'll kill them dead I'll break them gooks, I'll crack their heads I'll slice them till they're running red But now I've got the running gun blues SACRIFICE YOURSELF (D..Sales/H.Sales) Some days he feels so empty Just a talking head Married to a Klingon Who could cream him in the press God could detonate him God's the one we pick to curse us And 35 years pass him Like an evening at the circus Don't sacrifice yourself Sacrifice yourself Surprise yourself Don't sacrifice yourself There it is, the look, the winner you Once talked of being Give her one last kiss and Dive right out the window screaming No truth decent, It was summer from the waist down She blew the troops right off your feet She tells you she's God's grammy Her, the only game in town, a queen of competence Blind in front of mirrors, proving nothings says a lot Wham bam thank you Charlie Vanity is all You wander lonely to the scene A crawling up the walls SAVIOUR MACHINE President Joe once had a dream The world held his hand, gave their pledge So he told them his scheme for a Saviour Machine They called it the Prayer, its answer was law Its logic stopped war, gave them food How they adored till it cried in its boredom 'Please don't believe in me, please disagree with me Life is too easy, a plague seems quite feasible now or maybe a war, or I may kill you all Don't let me stay, don't let me stay My logic says burn so send me away Your minds are too green, I despise all I've seen You can't stake your lives on a Saviour Machine I need you flying, and I'll show that dying Is living beyond reason, sacred dimension of time I perceive every sign, I can steal every mind Don't let me stay, don't let me stay My logic says burn so send me away Your minds are too green, I despise all I've seen You can't stake your lives on a Saviour Machine SCARY MONSTERS (AND SUPER CREEPS) She had an horror of rooms she was tired you can't hide beat When I looked in her eyes they were blue but nobody home She could've been a killer if she didn't walk the way she do, and she do She opened strange doors that we'd never close again She began to wail jealousies scream Waiting at the light know what I mean CHORUS (twice) Scary monsters, super creeps Keep me running, running scared She asked me to stay and I stole her room She asked for my love and I gave her a dangerous mind Now she's stupid in the street and she can't socialise Well I love the little girl and I'll love her till the day she dies She wails Jimmy's guitar sound jealousies scream Waiting at the light know what I mean CHORUS (twice) CHORUS (twice) Run, Run, Run (ad lib) SCREAM LIKE A BABY Well I wouldn't buy no merchandise And I wouldn't go to war And I mixed with other colours But the nurse doesn't care And I hide under blankets Or did I run away I really can't remember Last time I saw the light of day But I remember Sam 'cause he was like me Scream like a baby Sam was a gun And I never knew his last name And we never had no fun Well they came down hard on the faggots And they came down hard on the street They came down harder on Sam And they all knew he was beat He was thrown into the wagon Blindfolded, chains, and they stomped on us And took away our clothes and things And pumped us full of strange drugs And oh I saw Sam falling Spitting in their eyes But now I lay me down to sleep And now I close my eyes Now I'm learning to be a part of soc society No athletic program, no discipline, no book He just sat in the backseat swearing he'd seek revenge But he jumped into the furnace Singing old songs we loved CHORUS (twice) SEE EMILY PLAY (Syd Barrett) Emily tries but misunderstands She's often inclined to borrow somebody's dreams 'til tomorrow There is no other day Let's try it another way You'll lose your mind and play Free games for May See Emily play Soon after dark Emily cries Gazing at trees in sorrow hardly a sound 'til tomorrow Put on a gown that touches the ground Float on a river for ever and ever Emily SELL ME A COAT La la la la la la, la la la la la la la A winter s day, a bitter snowflake on my face My summer girl takes little backward steps away Jack Frost took her hand and left me, Jack Frost ain t so cool Sell me a coat with buttons of silver Sell me a coat that s red or gold Sell me a coat with little patch pockets Sell me a coat cause I feel cold And when she smiles, the ice forgets to melt away Not like before, her smile was warming yesterday See the trees like silver candy, feel my icy hand See my eyes, my window pane See my tears like gentle rain That s a memory of the summer day CHORUS (twice) La la la la la la (repeat) SEVEN I forgot what my father said I forgot what he said I forgot what my mother said as we layed upon your bed A city full of flowers a city full of rain I got seven days to live my life or seven ways to die I forgot what my brother said I forgot what he said I don't regret anything at all I remember how he wept On a bridge of violent people I was small enough to cry I got seven days to live my life or seven ways to die Hold my face before you still my trembling heart Seven days to live my life or seven ways to die The Gods forgot they've made me so I forgot them to I listen to the shadows I play among their graves My heart is never broken my patience never tried I got seven days to live my life or seven ways to die Seven days to live my life or seven ways to die Seven SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET Are you OK? You've been shot in the head And I'm holding your brains The old woman said So I drink in the shadows Of an evening sky See nothing at all The stars look so special And the snow looks so old The frail form is drifting Beyond the orc's zone Time to question the mountain Why pigs can fly It's nothing at all I praise to you Nothing ever goes away I praise to you Nothing ever goes I praise to you I praise to you Nothing ever goes away I praise to you Nothing ever goes I praise to you Nothing ever goes away I praise to you Nothing ever goes, nothing ever goes Nothing SEX AND THE CHURCH Though the idea of convulsion/confession? is said to be The union of christ and his bride The christian It's all very puzzling Sex and the church (x3) And the church...and the church All the great mystic religions Put strong emphasis, on The redeeming spiritual qualities Of sex...of sex Christianity Has been pretty modern About sex Of sex (x4) Sex and the church (x3) Sex...sex I think there is a union Between the flesh and the spirit Sex and the church (x2) All religions' mother (spoken) VERSE (twice) Give me the freedom of spirit And the joys of the flesh And sex...sex... Sex and the church CHORUS (twice) Sex and the church (x3) And the church...and the church Sex Sex Sex and the church (x3) Sex...sex...sex Sex Sex and the church (x3) Sex...sex SHADOW MAN There's a man back a ways Who believes at where he is And there's a girl Up ahead who says she knows And the street overflows With the folk who understand But for the guy who can't be seen He's the Shadow Man And the Shadow Man is close at hand Take a turn and see his smile Made of nothing but loneliness Just take a walk and be a friend To the Shadow Man You can call him Joe, you can call him Sam You should call and see who answers For he promises to come running, guided by the truth But the Shadow Man is really you Look in his eyes and see your reflection Look to the stars and see his eyes He'll show you tomorrow, he'll show you the sorrows Of what you did today You can call him foe, you can call him friend You should call and see who answers For he knows your eyes are drawn to the road ahead And the Shadow Man is waiting round the bend Oh, the Shadow Man Ohooooo oooo Shadow man, shadow man It's really you, it's really you, it's really you He's the shadow man Oh yeah Shadow man Shadow Man Is waiting up ahead Shadow Man Waiting up ahead Is waiting up ahead SHAKE IT I feel like a sail boat Adrift on the sea It's a brand new day So when you gonna phone me I could take you to heaven I could spin you to hell But I'll take you to New York It's the place that I know well Sitting on a flagstone talking to a faceless girl Wondering what to say but my eyes do the talking so well I duck and I sway What's my line Shoot at a full moon What's my line What's my line Shake it baby Cause love is the answer Love's talking to me I'd scream and I'll fight for you You're better than money We're the kind of people who can shake it if we're feeling blue When I'm feeling disconnected well I sure know what to do Shake it baby SHAPES OF THINGS Shapes of things before my eyes Just teach me to despise Will time make man more wise Here within my lonely frame My eyes just hurt my brain But will it seem the same (Come tomorrow), will I be older (Come tomorrow), maybe a soldier (Come tomorrow), may I be bolder than today Now the trees are almost green But will they still be seen When time and tide have been Boy into your passing hands Please don't destroy these lands Don't make them desert sands Soon I hope that I will find A seed within my mind That won't disgrace my kind SHE S GOT MEDALS She d walk through the door and she d set up the drinks on the house She played a good game of darts, and the men slapped her back And never took her out She wore a trenchcoat khaki Her hobnail boots were full of holes She s got medals Her mother called her Mary, she changed her name to Tommy, she s a one, oh She went and joined the army, passed the medical Don t ask me how it s done They sent her to the front line Fighting for her country s name She s got medals She got very tired of picking up girls Cleaning her gun and shaving her curls Then the enemy dropped a bomb Survivors there were none People say that when the moon is full and all the stars have gone to bed You can see her ghost but that s a lie because the naughty woman isn t dead She deserted on the previous morning Replaced her uniform with dresses silk and green Called herself Eileen Came to London town Now she s settled down She s got medals SHE SHOOK ME COLD We met upon a hill, the night was cool and still She sucked my dormant will Mother, she blew my brain, I will go back again My God, she shook me cold I had no time to spare, I grabbed her golden hair And threw her to the ground Father, she craved my head, Oh Lord, the things she said My God, she should be told I was very smart, broke the gentle hearts Of many young virgins I was quick on the ball, left them so lonely They'd just give up trying Then she took my head, smashed it up Kept my young blood rising Crushed me mercilessly, kept me going around So she didn't know I crave her so o o I'll give my love in vain, to reach that peak again We met upon a hill Mother, she blew my brain, I will go back again My God, she shook me cold SHE'LL DRIVE THE BIG CAR She waited by the moon She was sick with fear and cold She felt too old for all of this Of course she never showed She lugged her suitcase to the bus Melted home through the snow North along riverside She slips beneath the sheets A husbands quiet devoted wife But strangers sad and nervous By the dawns early light Loves lies like a dead cloud On a shabby, yellow lawn Up on riverside She'll drive the big car He'll sit behind She'll keep an eye on Jessica South along the Hudson She'll turn the radio high Find a station playing sad, sad soul Just a little bit louder now South along the Hudson yea Just a little bit faster now Just a little bit louder now Just a little bit angry now South along the Hudson, yea And she'll drive the big car And talk herself insane Just a little bit louder now Just a little bit angry now Way back when Millennium Meant racing to the light He promised her a dream life He'd take her back to street life Away from violent water With its Cormorants and leaves Up on riverside She'll drive the big car But he'll sit behind Bursting her bubbles of Ludlow and Grand South along the Hudson She'll turn the radio way up high Find a station playing sad, sad soul Just a little bit louder now South along the Hudson Just a little bit faster now Just a little bit louder now Just a little bit angry now South along the Hudson, yea Just a little bit faster now Just a little bit louder now Just a little bit angry now South along the Hudson, yea She'll drive the big car He'll sit behind She'll keep an eye on Jessica Just a little bit faster now Just a little bit faster now SHINING STAR (MAKIN' MY LOVE) Eddie boy lit like paraffin spending two weeks in a crack house Burns on his brain like Chernobyl Dean was seen with a two bag purchase He was lying dead on his mother's bed Someone for pray for till I met you Life is like a broken arrow memory a swingin' door I could be your great misfortune I can make you happy every day of your life Making my love like a shining star takin' my love just a touch too far Tessie turns tricks with a soul like ice cause love left holes And four swell kids breaking her heart I've got windows, I've seen much vice, I've touched down with vermin, Cowardice, lice, And I say Nobody cares what you do please be yourself to death I could be your great misfortune But you'll never find a, bet you'll never find a better man. Making my love like a shining star Taking my love just a touch too far. Peter met Frank formed a dummy run gang Worked heist or hit for 10 g's flat Blew heads outta shape for the name of Trotsky, Sinn Fein, Hitler cashdown No hope heroes cover the page with debts in hell And fingers in blood Poor little bodies all covered in scabs threw it all away Another life in the grave Another life in the grave Life is like a broken arrow memory a swingin' door I could be your great misfortune Well I could make you happy every goddamn single day of your life Making my love like a shining star Like a shining star Baby that's what you are Like a shining star Making my love like a shining star Taking my love Just a touch too far SHOPPING FOR GIRLS Between the dead ring ash of extreme defence The lonely groups of company boys Snapping pictures of scrawny limbs and toothy grins These are children riding naked on their tourist pals While the hollows that pass for eyes swell from withdrawal And he lies on a mattress in a rat infested room Talking 'bout his family and the cold back home Between the dull cold eyes and the mind unstable None over here reads the papers pal 'tween the dull cold eyes and the mind unstable He's a clean trick and he's shopping for girls A small black someone jumps over the crazy white guard Cranking up the volume of a Michael Jackson song Where the frangipani scents the air She mouths a word that breaks his stare He grunts his reply in a garrulous croak That's a mighty big word for a nine year old Shopping for girls, shopping for girls You gaze down into her eyes for a million miles You wanna give her a name and a clean rag doll SILLY BOY BLUE Montains of Lhasa are feeling the rain People are walking the Botella lanes Preacher takes the school One boy breaks a rule Silly boy blue, silly boy blue Yak butter statues that melt in sun Cannot dissolve all the work you ve not down A chela likes to feel That his overself pays the bill Silly boy blue, silly boy blue You wish and wish, and wish again You ve tried so hard to fly You ll never leave your body now You ve got to wait to die La la la la la la la la la la (x2) La la la la la (x2) Silly boy blue, silly boy blue Child of the Tibet, you re a gift from the sun Reincarnation of one better man The homeward road is long You ve left your prayers and song Silly boy blue, silly boy blue Silly boy blue, silly boy blue SLIP AWAY () Oogie waits for just another day Drags his bones to see the Yankees play Bones Boy talks and flickers gray Oh, they slip away Once a time they nearly might have been Bones and Oogie on a silver screen No one knew what they could do Except for me and you They slip away They slip away Don't forget to keep your head warm Twinkle twinkle Uncle Floyd Watching all the world and war torn How I wonder where you are Oo o Sailing over Coney Island Twinkle twinkle Uncle Floyd We were dumb but you were fun, boy How I wonder where you are Oo o Oogie knew there's never ever time Some of us will always stay behind Down in space it's always 1982 The joke we always knew Oo oo What'sa matter with you C'mon, let's go Slip away Oo o Don't forget to keep your head warm Twinkle twinkle Uncle Floyd Watching all the world and war torn How I wonder where you are Oo o Sailing over Coney Island Twinkle twinkle Uncle Floyd We were dumb but you were fun, boy How I wonder where you are Oo o Sailing SLOW BURN () Here shall we live in this terrible town Where the price for our minds shall squeeze them tight like a fist And the walls shall have eyes And the doors shall have ears But we'll dance in their dark And they'll play with our lives Like a Slow Burn Leading us on and on and on Like a Slow Burn Turning us round and round and round Hark who are we So small in times such as these Slow Burn Slow Burn Oh, these are the days These are the strangest of all These are the nights These are the darkest to fall But who knows? Echoes in tenement halls Who knows? Though the years spare them all Like a Slow Burn Leading us on and on and on Like a Slow Burn Twirling us round and round and upside down There's fear overhead There's fear overground Slow Burn Slow Burn Like a Slow Burn Leading us on and on and on Like a Slow Burn Turning us round and round and round And here are we At the center of it all Slow Burn Slow Burn Slow Burn SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME He s everybody s token, on everybody s wall Blessing all the papers, thanking one and all Hugging all the babies, kissing all the ladies Knowing all that you think about from writing on the wall He s so divine, his soul shines Breaks the night, sleep tight His ever loving face smiles on the whole human race He says I m somebody He s got his eye on your soul, his hand on your heart He says Don t hurry, baby Somebody up there (somebody) likes me He s the savage son of the TV tube Planets wrote the day was due All the wisest men around Predicted that a man was found Who looked a lot like you and me, yeah Everyone with sense could see Nothing left his eye unmoved, he Had the plan, he had to use He s so divine, his soul shines Breaks the night, sleep tight His ever loving face smiles on the whole human race He says I m somebody He s got his eye on your soul, his hand on your heart He says Don t hurry, baby Somebody up there (somebody) likes me Somebody plays my song in tune Makes me, makes me, makes me stronger for you, babe Was a way when we were young, that Any man was judged by what he d done But now you pick them on the screen (what they look like) Where they ve been CHORUS 2 He s got his eye on your soul, his hand on your heart He says Don t hurry, baby Somebody up there (somebody) likes me Leaders come, they hate all the people know That given time, the leaders go Tell me, can they hold you under their spell Can they walk and hold you as well as a Smile like Valentino? Could he sell you anything? Keep your eyes on your soul, keep your hand on your heart He says Don t hurry, baby Somebody up there (somebody) likes me Somebody (somebody) somebody (somebody Yeah, can t remember (somebody) peace so well Oh, space to ramble, (somebody, somebody) space to boogie Soul shine (Ooh ooh) So divine Somebody (ooh ooh, somebody) Soul shine (Ooh ooh) So divine Somebody (ooh ooh) Somebody, somebody, somebody ad lib SOMETHING IN THE AIR Your coat and hat are gone I really can't look at your little empty shelf A ragged teddy bear It feels like we never had a chance Don't look me in the eye We lay in each others arms But the room is just an empty space I guess we lived it out Something in the air We smiled too fast then can't think of a thing to say Lived with the best times Left with the worst I've danced with you too long Nothing left to say Let's take what we can I know you hold your head up high We've raced for the last time A place of no return And there's something in the air Something in my eye I've danced with you too long Something in the air Something in my eye Abracadoo I lose you We can't avoid the clash The big mistake Now we're gona pay and pay The sentence of our lives Can't believe I'm asking you to go We used what we could To get the things we want But we lost each other on the way I guess you know I never wanted anyone more than you Lived all our best times Left with the worst I've danced with you to long Say what you will But there's something in the air Raced for the last time Well I know you hold your head up high There's nothing we have to say There's nothing in my eyes But there's something in the air Something in my eye I've danced with you too long There's something I have to say There's something in the air Something in my eye I've danced with you too long SONG FOR BOB DYLAN Oh, hear this Robert Zimmerman I wrote a song for you About a strange young man called Dylan With a voice like sand and glue His words of truthful vengeance They could pin us to the floor Brought a few more people on And put the fear in a whole lot more Ah, Here she comes Here she comes Here she comes again The same old painted lady From the brow of a superbrain She'll scratch this world to pieces As she comes on like a friend But a couple of songs From your old scrapbook Could send her home again You gave your heart to every bedsit room At least a picture on my wall And you sat behind a million pair of eyes And told them how they saw Then we lost your train of thought The paintings are all your own While troubles are rising We'd rather be scared Together than alone Ah, Here she comes...etc. Now hear this Robert Zimmerman Though I don't suppose we'll meet Ask your good friend Dylan If he'd gaze a while down the old street Tell him we've lost his poems So they're writing on the walls Give us back our unity Give us back our family You're every nation's refugee Don't leave us with their sanity Ah, Here she comes....etc. SORROW (Feldman/Goldstein/Gottehrer) With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue The only thing I ever got from you was sorrow Sorrow You acted funny trying to spend my money You're out there playing your high class games of sorrow Sorrow You never do what you know you oughta Something tells me you're a Devil's daughter Sorrow, sorrow Ahhhh, ah, ahhhh I tried to find her 'Cause I can't resist her (I tried to find her) I never knew just how much I missed her Sorrow Sorrow With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue The only thing I ever got from you was sorrow Sorrow Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh, oh oh With your long blonde hair I couldn't sleep last night With your long blonde hair SORRY (H. Sales) Time is tight love always gets in the way I'm sorry Didn't mean to hurt you but I always do I'm sorry I'm so sorry I'm so sorry I'm sorry You know I am Well my eyes are pinned and my money's spent I'm sorry You know I'm sorry I wouldn't do for me what I would for you Would you forgive me I'm sorry I'm so sorry I guess I've thrown it away I've thrown it away Didn't mean to do it that way I'm sorry Time is so tight And I mean it if I say I'm so sorry I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sor rrr ry You know I am SOUL LOVE Stone love she kneels before the grave A brave son who gave his life to save the slogans That hovers between the headstone and her eyes For they penetrate her grieving New love a boy and girl are talking New words that only they can share in New words a love so strong it tears their hearts To sleep through the fleeting hours of morning Love is careless in its choosing Sweeping over cross a baby Love descends on those defenceless Idiot love will spark the fusion Inspirations have I none Just to touch the flaming dove All I have is my love of love And love is not loving Soul love the priest that tastes the word and Told of love and how my God on high is All love though reaching up my loneliness evolves By the blindness that surrounds him SOUND AND VISION Don't you wonder sometimes 'Bout sound and vision Blue, blue, electric blue That's the colour of my room Where I will live Blue, blue Pale blinds drawn all day Nothing to do, nothing to say Blue, blue I will sit right down, Waiting for the gift of sound and vision And I will sing, waiting for the gift of sound and vision Drifting into my solitude, over my head Don't you wonder sometimes 'Bout sound and vision SPACE ODDITY Ground Control to Major Tom Ground Control to Major Tom Take your protein pills and put your helmet on Ground Control to Major Tom Commencing countdown, engines on Check ignition and may God's love be with you (spoken) Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Liftoff This is Ground Control to Major Tom You've really made the grade And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare This is Major Tom to Ground Control I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today For here Am I sitting in a tin can Far above the world Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can do Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles I'm feeling very still And I think my spaceship knows which way to go Tell my wife I love her very much she knows Ground Control to Major Tom Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you.... Here am I floating round my tin can Far above the Moon Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can do. STAR Tony went to fight in Belfast Rudi stayed at home to starve I could make it all worthwhile as a rock & roll star Bevan tried to change the nation Sonny wants to turn the world, well he can tell you that he tried I could make a transformation as a rock & roll star CHORUS (x2) So inviting so enticing to play the part I could play the wild mutation as a rock & roll star I could do with the money I'm so wiped out with things as they are I'd send my photograph to my honey and I'd c'mon like a regular superstar I could fall asleep at night as a rock & roll star I could fall in love all right as a rock & roll star STARMAN Didn't know what time it was and the lights were low I leaned back on my radio Some cat was layin' down some rock 'n' roll 'lotta soul, he said Then the loud sound did seem to fade Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase That weren't no D.J. that was hazy cosmic jive There's a starman waiting in the sky He'd like to come and meet us But he thinks he'd blow our minds There's a starman waiting in the sky He's told us not to blow it Cause he knows it's all worthwhile He told me: Let the children lose it Let the children use it Let all the children boogie I had to phone someone so I picked on you Hey, that's far out so you heard him too! Switch on the TV we may pick him up on channel two Look out your window I can see his light If we can sparkle he may land tonight Don't tell your poppa or he'll get us locked up in fright CHORUS (x2) La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la STATESIDE (H. Sales/ I'm going home I've been gone much too long She said she missed me Since I been gone I'll be back soon Ain't no doubt 'Cause she said she wanted my loving, my loving CHORUS (Twice) No holding back I'm going home No holding back I'm going home I'm going stateside with my convictions I said I'm coming home soon I don't know when It will be sometime soon Sooner than I thought I'd be I thought I'd be I thought I'd be stateside sooner than later Marilyn inflatables home on the range Where the living is easy on a horse with no name Kennedy convertibles home on the range Where the suffering comes easy on a blonde with no brain I'm going stateside I'm going stateside I'm going home It's been so long She said she missed me And all the fun we've had I think it be the best way She said she missed me in Every, every way, so CHORUS (twice) I've been gone so long I've been gone, I've been gone I'm missing you Marilyn inflatables home on the range Where the living is easy on a horse with no name Kennedy convertibles home on the range Where the suffering comes easy on a ten dollar raise I'm going stateside I'm going stateside STATION TO STATION The return of the Thin White Duke throwing darts in lovers' eyes Here are we one magical moment Such is the stuff from where dreams are woven Bending sound Dredging the ocean lost in my circle Here am I Flashing no colour tall in this room overlooking the ocean Here are we One magical movement from Kether to Malkuth 1 There are you You drive like a demon from station to station The return of the Thin White Duke throwing darts in lovers' eyes (x2) The return of the Thin White Duke, making sure white stains Once there were mountains on mountains And once there were sunbirds to soar with And once I could never be down Got to keep searching and searching Oh what will I be believing and who will connect me with love? Wonder who wonder who wonder when Have you sought fortune evasive and shy? Drink to the men who protect you and I Drink drink drain your glass raise your glass high CHORUS 1 It's not the side effects of the cocaine I'm thinking that it must be love It's too late to be grateful It's too late to be late again It's too late to be hateful The european cannon is here I must be only one in a million I won't let the day pass without her It's too late to be grateful It's too late to be late again It's too late to be hateful The European cannon is here Should I believe that I've been stricken? Does my face show some kind of glow? It's too late to be grateful It's too late to be late again It's too late to be hateful The european cannon is here, yes it's here It's too late (5 times) The European cannon is here It's too late (repeat ab inf) STAY This week dragged past me so slowly The days fell on their knees Maybe I'll take something to help me Hope someone takes after me I guess there's always some change in the weather This time I know we could get it together If I did casually mention tonight That would be crazy tonight Stay that's what I meant to say or do something But what I never say is stay this time I really meant to so bad this time 'Cause you can never really tell When somebody wants something you want too Heart wrecker, heart wrecker, make me delight Right is so vague when it brings someone new This time tomorrow I'll know what to do I know it's happened to you Stay that's what I meant to say or do something But what I never say is stay this time I really meant to so bad this time 'Cause you can never really tell When somebody Wants something or wants to stay STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET All my friends Now seem so thin and frail Slinky secrets Hotter than the sun No peachy prayers No trendy rechauff I'm with you So I can't go on All my violence Raining tears upon the sheet I'm bewildered/resentful For we're strangers when we meet Blank screen TV Preening ourselves in the snow Forget my name But I'm over you Blended sunrise And it's a dying world Humming Rheingold We scavenge up our clothes Cold tired fingers Tapping out your memories Halfway sadness Dazzled by the new Your embrace Was all that I feared That whirling room We trade by vendu Steely resolve Is falling from me My poor soul All bruised passivity All your regrets Ride rough shod over me I'm so glad That we're strangers when we meet I'm so thankful That we're strangers when we meet I'm in clover For we're strangers when we meet Heel head over And we're strangers when we meet SUBTERRANEANS Share bride failing star Care line care line care line care line driving me Shirley, Shirley, Shirley own Share bride failing star SUFFRAGETTE CITY Hey man, oh leave me alone you know Hey man, oh Henry, get off the phone, I gotta Hey man, I gotta straighten my face This mellow thighed chick Just put my spine out of place Hey man, my schooldays insane Hey man, my work's down the drain Hey man, well she's a total blam blam She said she had to squeeze it but she... then she... (CHORUS) Oh don't lean on me man Cause you can't afford the ticket I'm back on Suffragette City Oh don't lean on me man Cause you ain't got time to check it You know my Suffragette City Is outta sight...she's all right Hey man, Henry, don't be unkind, go away Hey man, I can't take you this time, no way Hey man, droogie don't crash here There's only room for one and here she comes Here she comes A Suffragette City, a Suffragette City I'm back on Suffragette City (x2) Suffragette City Ohhh, Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am! Suffragette City (ad lib) SUNDAY () Nothing remains We could run when the rain slows Look for the cars or signs of life Where the heat goes Look for the drifters We should crawl under the bracken Look for the shafts of light on the road Where the heat goes Everything has changed For in truth, it's the beginning of nothing And nothing has changed Everything has changed For in truth, it's the beginning of an end And nothing has changed And everything has changed (first voice) In your fear Of what we have become Take to the fire Now we must burn All that we are Rise together Through these clouds As on wings (2nd voice) In your fear, seek only peace In you fear, seek only love In your fear, seek only peace In you fear, seek only love In your fear, in your fear As on wings This is the trip And this is the business we take This is our number All my trials, Lord Will be remembered Everything has changed SURVIVE Got Oh my, naked eyes I should have kept you I should have tried I should have been a wiser kind of guy I miss you Give me wings Give me space Give me money for a change of face These noisy rooms and passion pants I loved you Where's the morning in my life? Where's the sense in staying right? Who said time is on my side? I've got ears and eyes and nothing in my life But I survive your naked eyes I'll survive You alone across the floor You and me and nothing more You're the great mistake I never made I never lied to you, I hated when you lied But I'll survive your naked eyes I'll survive Beatle boys, all snowy white Razzle dazzle clubs every night Wish I'd sent a Valentine I love you I'll survive Naked eyes I'll survive I'll survive My naked eyes I'll survive SWEET HEAD I tried to break away from you From the spics and blacks and the gum you chew Where the posters are torn by the muggin' gangs By the faggy parks and the burnt out vans I've got ninety nine years of laying in the dark and I'm far too young to lie I've got ninety nine ways to play my guitar it's going to pay me before I die So bob your sweet head Brother Ziggy going to play I'm just about the best you can hear Gonna rock it in your head Shazam! and come ball With my guitar and me soprano We can give you sweet head I'm tough as glass and clean as night Well if looks can love we can love all right I'm your rubber peacock angelic whore I'm a wrought iron face upon the wall I had ninety nine years of murder called life and I'm running away from it all I got a bedroom, every mirror in town they're going to claim me if I fall Sweet head, give you sweet head (spoken: while ya down there) See my eyes of blocked emotion, see my tremble, see my fall Traumatics thick and fast, your faith in me can last Besides I'm known to lay you, one and all Look south the way your mother dwells If she knew what's going down, she'd give you hell I'm the kind of man she warned me of Till there was rock, you only had god You and I have a mutual vow We both like young, and we both like loud I got pretty shoes, and I'm kid and proud I'm street side out with my ear to the crowd Move along, sir! SWEET THING It s safe in the city, to love in a doorway To wrangle some screens from the door And isn t it me, putting pain in a stranger? Like a portrait in flesh, who trails on a leash Will you see that I m scared and I m lonely? So I ll break up my room, and yawn and I Run to the centre of things Where the knowing one says Boys, boys, its a sweet thing Boys, boys, its a sweet thing, sweet thing If you want it, boys, get it here, thing Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing I m glad that you re older than me Makes me feel important and free Does that make you smile, isn t that me? I m in your way, and I ll steal every moment If his trade is a curse, then I ll bless you And turn to the crossroads, and hamburgers, and... SWEET THING (REPRISE) If you want it, boys, get it here thing Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing Is it nice in your snow storm, freezing your brain? Do you think that your face looks the same? Then let it be, it s all I ever wanted It s a street with a deal, and a taste It s got claws, it s got me, it s got you TEENAGE WILDLIFE Well, how come you only want tomorrow With its promise of something hard to do A real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold Blue skies above and sun on your arms strength in your stride And hope in those squeaky clean eyes You'll get chilly receptions everywhere you go Blinded with desire guess the season is on So you train by shadow boxing, search for the truth But it's all, but it's all used up Break open your million dollar weapon And you push , still you push, still you push your luck A broken nosed mogul are you One of the new wave boys9 Same old thing in brand new drag Comes sweeping into view, oh ooh As ugly as a teenage millionaire Pretending it's a whizz kid world You'll take me aside, and say Well, David, what shall I do? They wait for me in the hallway I'll say Don't ask me, I don't know any hallways But they move in numbers and they've got me in a corner I feel like a group of one, no no They can't do this to me I'm not some piece of teenage wildlife Those midwives to history put on their bloody robes The word is that the hunted one is out there on his own You're alone for maybe the last time And you breathe for a long time Then you howl like a wolf in a trap And you daren't look behind You fall to the ground like a leaf from the tree And look up one time at that vast blue sky Scream out aloud as they shoot you down No no, I'm not a piece of teenage wildlife I'm not a piece of teenage wildlife And no one will have seen and no one will confess The fingerprints will prove that you coudn't pass the test There'll be others on the line filing past, who'll whisper low I miss you he really had to go Well each to his own, he was Another piece of teenage wildlife, oh oh oh ohh Another piece of teenage wildlife, oh oh oh ohh Another piece of teenage wild... Wild Wild Wild TELLING LIES Gorgeous girls are bound to meet To talk of stars and kings and feet Through the chromosomes of space and time Me I'm fast like bad infection Gasping for my resurrection Swear to me in times of war and stress Telling lies, telling lies Telling lies, telling lies Telling lies [Ooh, ah, visionary] [Ooh, ah, missionary] Telling lies [Feels like something's gonna happen this year] Telling lies [Ooh, ah, visionary] [Ooh, ah, missionary] Telling lies [Feels like something's gonna happen this year] Telling lies . Shadow falls in shrinking smiles See me poised at the happy games Standing in the mouth of all that's pure Come straggling in your tattered remnants You'll come to me in tears and rain I'm your future, I'm tomorrow, I'm the end THE BEWLAY BROTHERS And so the story goes they wore the clothes They said the things to make it seem improbable The whale of a lie like they hope it was And the Goodmen of Tomorrow Had their feet in the wallow And their heads of Brawn were nicer shorn And how they bought their positions with saccharin and trust And the world was asleep to our latent fuss Sighing, the swirl through the streets Like the crust of the sun The Bewlay Brothers In our Wings that Bark Flashing teeth of Brass Standing tall in the dark Oh, And we were Gone Hanging out with your Dwarf Men We were so turned on By your lack of conclusions I was Stone and he was Wax So he could scream, and still relax, unbelievable And we frightened the small children away And our talk was old and dust would flow Thru our veins and Lo! it was midnight Back o' the kitchen door Like the grim face on the Cathedral floor And the solid book we wrote Cannot be found today And it was Stalking time for the Moonboys The Bewlay Brothers With our backs on the arch In the Devil may be here But He can't sing about that Oh, And we were Gone Real Cool Traders We were so Turned On You thought we were Fakers Now the dress is hung, the ticket pawned The Factor Max that proved the fact Is melted down And woven on the edging of my pillow Now my Brother lays upon the Rocks He could be dead, He could be not He could be You He's Camelian, Comedian, Corinthian and Caricature Shooting up Pie in the Sky The Bewlay Brothers In the feeble and the Bad The Bewlay Brothers In the Blessed and Cold In the Crutch hungry Dark Was where we flayed our Mark Oh, and we were Gone Kings of Oblivion We were so Turned On In the Mind Warp Pavilion Lay me place and bake me Pie I'm starving for me Gravy Leave my shoes, and door unlocked I might just slip away Just for the Day, Hey! Please come Away, Hey! (repeat ad inf.) THE DIARY OF NATHAN ADLER THE DREAMERS Black eyed ravens They spiral down They tilt his head back To the flame filled sunset Rise their guns high As the darken falls These are the days, boys Shallow man Shallow man Eats in the doorways With his head inclined And he's always in decline No one heals anymore So he shrinks as they ride Under vermillion sky So it goes Just a searcher Lonely soul The last of the dreamers Shallow man Shallow man Speaks to the shadows Moves his trembling hands And he's always a little late For the dawning of the day So it goes Just a searcher Lonely soul The last of the dreamers THE HEART'S FILTHY LESSON THE HEART'S FILTHY LESSON / Kizilcay/Campbell Lyrics: (Heart's filthy lesson) There's always the Diamond friendly Sitting in the Laugh Motel The Heart's filthy lesson With her hundred miles to hell Oh, Ramona if there was only something between us If there was only something between us Other than our clothes Something in our skies Something in our skies Something in our blood Something in our skies Paddy, Paddy Who's been wearing Miranda's clothes? It's the Heart's filthy lesson Heart's filthy lesson Heart's filthy lesson Falls upon deaf ears (Heart's filthy lesson) It's the Heart's filthy lesson Heart's filthy lesson Heart's filthy lesson Falls upon deaf ears Falls upon dead ears (Heart's filthy lesson) Oh Ramona, if there was only some kind of future (x2) And these cerulean skies Something in our skies (x2) Something in our blood Something in our skies Paddy, Paddy? Paddy oh Paddy, I think I've lost my way (Heart's filthy lesson, Heart's filthy lesson) I'm already five years older I'm already in my grave (Heart's filthy lesson, Heart's filthy lesson) I'm already (x3) (Heart's filthy lesson, Heart's filthy lesson) Will you carry me? Oh Paddy, I think I've lost my way Paddy, what a fantastic death abyss (2) (Heart's filthy lesson) It's the Heart's filthy lesson Tell the others (Heart's filthy lesson) It's the Heart's filthy lesson Paddy, What a fantastic death abyss Tell the others (Heart's filthy lesson) It's the Heart's filthy lesson Paddy, what a fantasic death abyss (Heart's filthy lesson) It's the Heart's filthy lesson Tell the others THE JEAN GENIE A small Jean Genie snuck off to the city Strung out on lasers and slash back blazers Ate all your razors while pulling the waiters Talking bout Monroe and walking on Snow White 19 New York's a go go 19 and everything tastes right Poor little Greenie The Jean Genie lives on his back The Jean Genie loves chimney stacks He's outrageous, he screams and he bawls Jean Genie let yourself go! Sits like a man but he smiles like a reptile She loves him, she loves him but just for a short while She'll scratch in the sand, won't let go his hand He says he's a beautician and sells you nutrition And keeps all your dead hair for making up underwear Poor little Greenie He's so simple minded he can't drive his module He bites on the neon and sleeps in the capsule Loves to be loved, loves to be loved CHORUS (x2) THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD DO What have you been doing to yourself It's the last thing you should do Nobody laughs any more It's the worst thing you can do Save the last dance for me Catch the last bus with me Give the last kiss to me It's the safest thing to do Yeah! Yeah! THE LITTLE BOMBARDIER War made him a soldier Little Frankie Mear Peace left him a loser The little bombardier Lines of worry appeared with age Unskilled hands that knew no trade Spent his time in the picture house The little bombardier Frankie drank his money The little that he made Told his woes to no man Friendless, lonely days Then one day, in the ABC Four bright eyes gazed longinly At the ice cream in the hand of The little bombardier Sunshine entered our Frankie s days Gone his worries, his hopeless maze His life was fun and his life was full of joy Two young children had changed his aims He gave them toffees and played their games He brought them presents with every coins he made Then two gentlemen called him Asked him for his name Why was he friends with the children Were they just a game? Leave them alone or we ll get sore We ve had blokes like you in the station before The hand of authority said no more to The little bombardier Packed his bags, his heart in pain Wiped a tear, caught a train Not to be seen in the town again THE LONELIEST GUY Streets damp and warm Empty smell metal Weeds between buildings Pictures on my hard drive But I'm the luckiest guy Not the loneliest guy Steam under floor Shards by the mirrors frame Clouds green and low No sign, no nothing now But I'm the luckiest guy Not the loneliest guy All the pages that have turned All the errors left unlearned, oh Well I'm the luckiest guy Not the loneliest guy In the world Not me Not me THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD We passed upon the stair, we spoke of was and when Although I wasn't there, he said I was his friend Which came as some surprise I spoke into his eyes I thought you died alone, a long long time ago Oh no, not me I never lost control You're face to face With The Man Who Sold The World I laughed and shook his hand, and made my way back home I searched for form and land, for years and years I roamed I gazed a gazely stare at all the millions here We must have died alone, a long long time ago Who knows? not me We never lost control You're face to face With the Man who Sold the World THE MOTEL For we're living in a safety zone Don't be holding back from me We're living from hour to hour down here And we'll take it when we can It's a kind of living which recognises The death of the odourless man When nothing is vanity nothing's too slow It's not Eden but it's no sham There is no hell There is no shame There is no hell Like an old hell There is no hell And it's lights up, boys Lights up boys Explosion falls upon deaf ears While we're swimming in a sea of sham Living in the shadow of vanity A complex fashion for a simple man And there is no hell And there is no shame And there is no hell Like an old hell There is no hell And the silence flies on its brief flight A razor sharp crap shoot affair And we light up our lives And there's no more of me exploding you Re exposing you Like everybody do Re exploding you I don't know what to use Make somebody move Me exploding Me exploding you THE PRETTIEST STAR Cold fire, you've got everything but cold fire You will be my rest and peace child I moved up to take a place near you So tired, it's the sky that makes you feel tired It's a trick to make you see wide It can all but break your heart in pieces Staying back in your memory Are the movies in the past How you moved is all it takes To sing a song of when I loved The Prettiest Star One day though it might as well be someday You and I will rise up all the way All because of what you are The Prettiest Star One day though it might as well be someday You and I will rise up all the way All because of what you are The Prettiest Star THE PRETTY THINGS ARE GOING TO HELL What to do? What to say? What to wear on a sunny day? Who the phone? Who to fight? Who to dance with on a sunday night? I'm reaching the very edge you know Reaching the very edge I'm going to the other side this time Reaching the very edge You're still breathing but you don't know why Life's a bit and sometimes you die You're still breathing but you just can't tell Don't hold your breath But the pretty things are going to hell I am a drug, I am a dragon I am your best jazz you ever seen I am the dragon, I am the sky I am the blood at the corner of your eye I found the secrets I found gold I find you out before you grow old I find you out before you grow old What is eternal? What is damned? What is clay and what is sand? Who to diss? Who to trust? Who to listen to? Who to suss? I'm reaching the very edge you know I'm reaching the very edge I'm going to the other side this time I'm reaching the very edge I am the dragon, I am the drug I am your best jazz you've ever heard I am the dragon, I'm the sky I am the blood at the corner of your eye I found the secrets I found gold I found you out before you grow old I found you out before you grow old The pretty things are going to hell They wore it out but they wore it well THE SUPERMEN When all the world was very young And mountain magic heavy hung The supermen would walk in file Guardians of a loveless isle And gloomy browed with superfear their tragic endless lives Could heave nor sigh In solemn, perverse serenity, wondrous beings chained to life Strange games they would play then No death for the perfect men Life rolls into one for them So softly a supergod cries Where all were minds in uni thought Power weird by mystics taught No pain, no joy, no power too great Colossal strength to grasp a fate Where sad eyed mermen tossed in slumbers Nightmare dreams no mortal mind could hold A man would tear his brother's flesh, a chance to die To turn to mold. Far out in the red sky Far out from the sad eyes Strange, mad celebration So softly a supergod cries Far out in the red sky Far out from the sad eyes Strange, mad celebration So softly a supergod dies THE WEDDING SONG These are silver wings These are golden eyes These are floating clouds Angel for life Dreaming alone and I feel that someone Listens to me Angel for life These are silver wings These are golden eyes These are floating clouds Angel for life Heaven is smiling down, heaven's girl in a wedding gown I'm gonna be so good, just like a good boy should I'm gonna change my ways Angel for life Of all the saints alive Don't I feel like a saint alive She's not mine for eternity Though I'll never fly so high I'm smiling I believe in magic Angel for life THE WIDTH OF A CIRCLE In the corner of the morning in the past I would sit and blame the master first and last All the roads were straight and narrow And the prayers were small and yellow And the rumour spread that I was aging fast Then I ran across a monster who was sleeping by a tree. And I looked and frowned and the monster was me Well, I said hello and I said hello And I asked Why not? and I replied I don't know So we asked a simple black bird, who was happy as can be And he laughed insane and quipped KAHLIL GIBRAN So I cried for all the others till the day was nearly through For I realized that God's a young man too So I said So long and I waved Bye bye And I smashed my soul and traded my mind Got laid by a young bordello I was vaguely half asleep For which my reputation swept back home in drag And the moral of this magic spell Negotiates my hide When God did take my logic for a ride (Riding along) He swallowed his pride and puckered his lips And showed me the leather belt round his hips My knees were shaking my cheeks aflame He said You'll never go down to the Gods again (Turn around,go back!) He struck the ground a cavern appeared And I smelt the burning pit of fear We crashed a thousand yards below I said Do it again, do it again (Turn around,go back!) His nebulous body swayed above His tongue swollen with devil's love The snake and I, a venom high I said Do it again, do it again (Turn around, go back!) Breathe, breathe, breathe deeply And I was seething, breathing deeply Spitting sentry, horned and tailed Waiting for you THE WILD EYED BOY FROM FREECLOUD Solemn faced The village settles down Undetected by the stars And the hangman plays the mandolin before he goes to sleep And the last thing on his mind Is the Wild Eyed Boy imprisoned 'Neath the covered wooden shaft Folds the rope Into its bag Blows his pipe of smolders Blankets smoke into the room And the day will end for some As the night begins for one Staring through the message in his eyes Lies a solitary son From the mountain called Freecloud Where the eagle dare not fly And the patience in his sigh Gives no indication For the townsmen to decide So the village Dreadful yawns Pronouncing gross diversion As the label for the dog Oh It's the madness in his eyes As he breaks the night to cry: It's really Me Really You And really Me It's so hard for us to really be Really You And really Me You'll lose me though I'm always really free And the mountain moved its eyes To the world of realize Where the snow had saved a place For the Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud And the village Dreadful cried As the rope began to rise For the smile stayed on the face Of the Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud And the women once proud Clutched the heart of the crowd As the boulders smashed down from the mountain's hand And the Magic in the stare Of the Wild Eyed Boy said Stop, Freecloud They won't think to cut me down But the cottages fell Like a playing card hell And the tears on the face Of the Wise Boy Came tumbling down To the rumbling ground And the missionary mystic of peace/love Stumbled to cry among the clouds Kicking back the pebbles From the Freecloud mountain Track. THERE IS A HAPPY LAND There is a happy land where only children live They don t have the time to learn the ways Of you sir, Mr. Grownup There s a special place in the rhubarb fields underneath the leaves It s a secret place and adults aren t allowed there Mr. Grownup, Go away sir Charlie Brown got s half a crown, he s gonna buy a kite Jimmy s ill with chicken pox, and Tommy s learned to ride his bike Tiny Tim sings prayers and hymns, he s so small we don t notice him He gets in the way but we always let him play with us Mother calls, but we don t hear There s lots more things to do It s only 5 o clock, and we re not tired yet But we will be, very shortly Sissy Steven plays with girls, someone made him cry Tony climbed a tree and fell, trying hard to touch the sky Tommy lit a fire one day, nearly burned the field away Tommy s mum found out, but he put the blame on me and Ray There is a happy land where only children live You ve had your chance and now the doors are closed sir, Mr. Grownup Go away sir Boo, de boo, de boo, de boo dup THIS IS NOT AMERICA This is not America, sha la la la la A little piece of you The little peace in me Will die [This is not a miracle] For this is not America Blossom fails to bloom This season Promise not to stare Too long [This is not America] For this is not the miracle There was a time A storm that blew so pure For this could be the biggest sky And I could have The faintest idea [For this is not America, sha la la la la, sha la la la la, sha la la la la This is not america, no, this is not, sha la la la la] Snowman melting From the inside Falcon spirals To the ground [This could be the biggest sky] So bloody red Tomorrow's clouds A little piece of you The little piece in me Will die [This could be a miracle] For this is not America There was a time A wind that blew so young For this could be the biggest sky And I could have the faintest idea [For this is not America, sha la la la] THRU THESE ARCHITET'S EYES Stomping along on this big Phillip Johnson Is delay just wasting my time Looking across at Richard Rogers Scheming dreams to blow both their minds It's difficult you see To give up baby To leave a job When you know You know the money's from day to day All the majesty of a city landscape All the soaring days in our lives All the concrete dreams in my mind's eye All the joy I see Thru these architect's eyes Cold winter bleeds on the girders of Babel This stone boy watching the crawling land Rings of flesh and the towers of iron The steaming caves and the rocks and the sand Stomping along on this big Phillip Johnson Is delay just wasting my time It's difficult you see To give up baby These summer scumholes This goddamned starving life It's difficult you see It's difficult you see THURSDAY'S CHILD All of my life I've tried so hard Doing my best with what I had Nothing much happened all the same Something about me stood apart A whisper of hope that seemed to fail Maybe I'm born right out of my time Breaking my life in two Throw me tomorrow Now that I've really got a chance Throw me tomorrow Everything's falling into place Throw me tomorrow Seeing my past to let it go Throw me tomorrow Only for you I don't regret That I was Thursday's child Monday Tuesday Wednesday born I was Monday Tuesday Wednesday born I was Thursday's child Sometimes I cried my heart to sleep Shuffling days and lonesome nights Sometimes my courage fell to my feet Lucky old sun is in my sky Nothing prepared me for your smile Lighting the darkness of my soul Innocence in your arms TIME Time He's waiting in the wings He speaks of senseless things His script is you and me boys Time He flexes like a whore Falls wanking to the floor His trick is you and me, boy Time In Quaaludes and red wine Demanding Billy Dolls And other friends of mine Take your time The sniper in the brain, regurgitating drain Incestuous and vain, and many other last names I look at my watch it say 9:25 and I think Oh God I'm still alive We should be on by now (x2) La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (repeat) You are not a victim You just scream with boredom You are not evicting time Chimes Goddamn, you're looking old You'll freeze and catch a cold 'Cause you've left your coat behind Take your time Breaking up is hard, but keeping dark is hateful I had so many dreams, I had so many breakthroughs But you, my love, were kind, but love has left you dreamless The door to dreams was closed. Your park was real dreamless Perhaps you're smiling now, smiling through this darkness But all I had to give was the guilt for dreaming We should be on by now (x5) La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (repeat) Yeah, time! TIME WILL CRAWL I've never sailed on a sea I would not challenge a giant I could not take on the church Time will crawl Till the 21st century lose I know a government man He was as blind as the moon He saw the sun in the night He took a top gun pilot and he He made him fly thru a hole Till he grew real old And he never came down He just flew till he burst Time will crawl Till our mouths run dry Time will crawl Till our feet grow small Time will crawl Till our tails fall off Time will crawl till the 21st century lose I saw a black black stream Full of white eyed fish And a drowning man With no eyes at all I felt a warm warm breeze That melted metal and steel I got a bad migraine That lasted three long years And the pills that I took Made my fingers disappear Time will crawl, time will crawl Time will crawl Till the 21st century lose You were a talented child You came to live in our town We never bothered to scream When your mask came off We only smelt the gas As we lay down to sleep Time will crawl and our heads bowed down Time will crawl and our eyes fall out Time will crawl and the streets run red Time will crawl till the 21st century lose Time will crawl and our mouths run dry Time will crawl and our feet grow small Time will crawl and our tails fall off Time will crawl till the 21st century lose Time will crawl and our heads bowed down Time will crawl and our eyes fall out Time will crawl and the streets run red Time will crawl till the 21st century lose For the crazy child We'll give every life For the crackpot notion TIN MACHINE (D..Sales/H.Sales/R.Gabrels) Tin machine Tin machine Take me anywhere somewhere without alcohol Or goons with muddy hair Tin machine Tin machine Tin machine Tin machine The zombies that I pass The guy that beats his baby up The preachers and their past Tin machine Tin machine Tin machine Baby doll Baby doll Clarity and prayer There's more than money moving here There's mindless maggot glare Working horrors humping Tories Spittle on their chins Carving up my children's future Read 'em pal and grin Raging raging raging Burning in my room C'mon and get a good idea C'mon and get it soon I'm waiting on the fire escape I'm not exactly well I'm neither red nor black nor white I'm grey and blown to hell Tin machine Tin machine Make some new computer thing That puts me on the moon Not this psycho time bomb planet Poised to meet its maker Shake a leg Tin machine Tin machine One sick deathless duty to remain Endangered species They reach right out to touch someone Then wash their crusty hands Tin machine Tin machine Baby doll Baby doll Blue suede tuneless wonders Mass confusion faithless blues Night that spews out watchmen Mopping up another fortune Fractured words and branca sonic Anger trapped behind locked doors And right between the eyes TONIGHT I saw my baby She was turning blue I knew that soon Her young life was through And so I got down on my knees Down by her bed And these are the words To her I said Everything will be alright tonight Everything will be alright tonight No one moves No one talks No one thinks No one walks tonight Tonight Everyone will be alright tonight Everyone will be alright tonight No one moves No one talks No one thinks No one walks tonight Tonight I am gonna love you till the end I will love you till I reach the end I will love you till I die I will see you in the sky Tonight TOO DIZZY There's too much talking for a night drive Too much mist in front of my eyes I'm trying not to lose control But you're just pushin' for a fight You look trapped, turn the radio on Too much smoke, air conditioning gone But I'm helpless in love with you But you're just looking , looking for a break Is it love or is it what Who's this guy I'm gonna blow away What kind of love is he giving you I'm a dizzy's what I'm trying to say Too Dizzy You can't have a lover Too Dizzy It's me and no other I'm a bad loser I'm a shakin' in anger Too Dizzy you can't have no lover 2nd time: Don't come any harder Don't come any closer You can go on dreaming every night But I'm not letting you out of my sight I'm a ten times the man than any guy around But you're just itchin' twitchin' itchin' for a break There's too much talking for a night drive Too much mist in front of my eyes But I'm helpless in love with you But you're just looking for a break TRY SOME, BUY SOME Way back in time Someone said try some I tried some Now buy some, I bought some... Oh oh oh After a while When I had tried them, denied them I opened my eyes and I saw you... Not a thing did I have Not a thing did I see 'Till I called on your love And your love came to me Oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh ohhh Through my life I've seen grey sky, met big fry Seen them die to get high... Ohhh And when it seemed that I would only be lonely I opened my eyes and I saw you Not a thing did I feel Not a thing did I know 'Till I called on your love And your love sure did grow Oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh ohhh Won't you try some Baby won't you buy some Won't you try some Baby won't you buy some Oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh ohhh TUMBLE AND TWIRL I've seen the city I took the next flight For Borneo They say it's pretty I like the tee shirts In Borneo Some wear Bob Marley Others in Playboy Or Duvalier Make the last plane come Let me rise through the cloudy above With a book on Borneo Strangers come and go It's such a waste of time Problems far behind Another day But even in springtime It's a rich slice of life So send me a letter I'll reply with a broken spear That dusky mulatto In nylons and tattoos Hot juice in coke bottles We dance in the sand Well, they twirl and they tumble Yes, they twirl and they tumble Well, I'll twirl and I'll tumble I've been to Leon's He's got nine daughters And a stereo They say that Leon Watches from the tree tops In Borneo When the road is mud Everything stops with a thud That's the way it goes down yonder in Borneo Far beneath his mansion There's an open drain Sending all the sewage down the hill But when the general shows movies No one hesitates To sneak from the jungle They laugh and they mumble Enjoying the show And that dusky mulatto Hot juice in coke bottles In Blue Jeans and tattoos Well, they twirl and they tumble Yes, they twirl and they tumble Well, I'll twirl and I'll tumble I like the free world They say it's pretty This time of year They tumble and twirl (x2) I'll tumble and twirl They twirl and they tumble (x2) I like the free world (x2) They say it's pretty This time of year (x2) TVC15 Up every evening 'bout half eight or nine I give my complete attention to a very good friend of mine He's quadraphonic, he's a, he's got more channels So hologramic, oh my T V C one five I brought my baby home, she She sat around forlorn She saw my T V C one five, baby's gone, she She crawled right in, oh my She crawled right in my So hologramic, oh my T V C one five Oh, so demonic, oh my T V C one five Maybe if I pray every, each night I sit there pleading Send back my dream test baby, She's my main feature My T V C one five, he, he just Stares back unblinking So hologramic, oh my T V C one five One of these nights I may just Jump down that rainbow way, be with my baby, then We'll spend some time together So hologramic, oh my T V C one five My baby's in there someplace Love's rating in the sky So hologramic, oh my T V C one five Transition Transmission Transition Transmission Oh my T V C one five, oh oh, T V C one five Oh my T V C one five, oh oh, T V C one five Oh my T V C one five, oh oh, T V C one five Oh my T V C one five, oh oh, T V C one five UNCLE ARTHUR Strikes the bell for 5 o'clock, Uncle Arthur closes shop Screws the tops on all the bottles, turns the lights out, locks it up Climbs across his bike and he's away Cycles past the gasworks, past the river, down the high street Back to mother, it's another empty day Uncle Arthur likes his mommy Uncle Arthur still reads comics Uncle Arthur follows Batman Round and round the rumours fly, how he ran away from Mum On his 32nd birthday, told her that he'd found a chum Mother cried and raved and yelled and fussed Arthur left her no illusion, brought the girl round, save confusion Sally was the real thing, not just lust Uncle Arthur vanished quickly Uncle Arthur and his new bride Uncle Arthur follows Sally Round and round goes Arthur's head, hasn't eaten well for days Little Sally may be lovely, but cooking leaves her in a maze Uncle Arthur packed his bags and fled Back to mother, all's forgiven, serving in the family shop He gets his pocket money, he's well fed Uncle Arthur past the gasworks Uncle Arthur past the river Uncle Arthur down the high street Uncle Arthur follows mother UNDER PRESSURE Pressure pushing down on me Pressing down on you no man ask for Under pressure That burns a building down Splits a family in two Puts people on streets It's the terror of knowing What this world is about Watching some good friends Screaming let me out Pray tomorrow gets me higher Pressure on people People on the streets Chipping around kick my brains on the floor These are the days It never rains but it pours People on streets People on streets It's the terror of knowing What this world is about Watching some good friends screaming let me out Pray tomorrow gets me higher Pressure on people People on the streets Turned away from it all like a blind man Sat on a fence but it don't work Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn Why Love Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking Can't we give ourselves one more chance Why can't we give love that one more chance Why can't we give love Cause love's such an old fashioned word And love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night And love dares to change our way of caring about ourselves This is our last dance This is our last dance This is ourselves Under Pressure Under Pressure Pressure UNDER THE GOD (D. Skin dance back a the condo Skin heads getting to school Beating on Blacks with a baseball bat Racism back in rule White trash picking up Nazi flags While you was gone, there was war This is the West, get used to it They put a swastika over the door Under the God Under the God One step over the red line Under the God Under the God Ten steps into the crazy Washington heads in the toilet bowl Don't see supremicist hate Right wing dicks in their boiler suits Picking out who to annihilate Toxic jungle of Uzi trails Tribesmen just wouldn't live here Fascist flare is fashion cool Well, you're dead you just ain't buried (yet) As the walls came tumbling down So, the secrets that we shared I believed you by the palace gates. Now the savage days are here Under the gods Crazy eyed man with a shot gun Hot headed creep with a knife Love and peace and harmony Love you could cut with a knife UNDERGROUND () No one can blame you For walking away Too much rejection No love injection Life can be easy It's not always swell Don't tell me truth hurts, little girl 'Cause it hurts like hell (echo) But down in the underground (oh oh oh oh oh) You'll find someone true (down underground) Down in the underground (oh oh oh oh oh) A land serene (oh oh oh oh) A crystal moon, ah, ah It's only forever Not long at all Lost and lonely That's underground Underground Daddy, daddy, get me out of here (heard about a place today) I, I'm underground (nothing never hurts again) Heard about a place today (daddy, get me out of here) Where nothing never hurts again (wanna go underground) Daddy, daddy, get me out of here (wanna go underground) I, I'm underground (get me underground) Sister, sister, please take me down (daddy, get me out of here) I, I'm underground (wanna go underground) Daddy, daddy, get me out of here No one can blame you For walking away Too much rejection No love injection But down in the underground (oh oh oh oh oh) You'll find someone true (down underground) Down in the underground (oh oh oh oh oh) A land serene (oh oh oh oh) A crystal moon, ah, ah It's only (echo) It's only forever It's not long at all Lost and lonely That's underground Underground Daddy, daddy, get me out of here Heard about a place today (heard about a place today) Nothing never hurts again (nothing never hurts again) Daddy, daddy, get me out of here (daddy, get me out of here) I'm, I'm underground (wanna go underground) Sister, sister, please take me down (wanna go underground) I'm, I'm underground (get me underground) Daddy, daddy, get me out Wanna live underground Wanna live underground (underground) Wanna live underground Wanna live underground (underground) Wanna live underground Wanna live underground (wanna live underground) (x3) Daddy, daddy, get me out of here (get me underground, now get me underground) I'm, I'm underground (get me underground, now get me underground)) Sister, sister please take me down (now get me underground) I'm, I'm underground (now get me underground) I, I'm underground (now get me underground) I, I'm underground (now get me underground) Daddy, daddy, get me (heard about a place today, where nothing never hurts again) (x2) (Heard about a place today, wanna live underground) (x2) Wanna live underground (heard about a place today, wanna live, wanna live underground) (x3) Sister, sister, take me down (heard about a place today, wanna live, wanna live underground) (x2) UNTITLED NO.1 In mornings she's so regal that the valley sighs In the chilly sea that killed her real slow Now we're swimming up farther with the doll by our sides Fill the cup with these sleepy souls Shimi Kapoor It's clear that some things never take Shimi Kapoor Please, heal these tears Shimi Kapoor She will feel like at tea, make me laugh all along With such feats like sex only brought upon Oh lady, oh baby, maybe I'll live my lies alone Jesus, up here, hear me, I, up up up ?? Please heal these tears Some things never Never never UNWASHED AND SOMEWHAT SLIGHTLY DAZED Spy, spy, pretty girl I see you see me through your window Don't turn your nose up Well, you can if you need to, you won't be the first or last It must strain you to look down so far from your father's house And I know what a louse like me in his house could do for you I'm the Cream Of the Great Utopia Dream And you're the gleam In the depths of your banker's spleen I'm a phallus in pigtails And there's blood on my nose And my tissue is rotting Where the rats chew my bones And my eye sockets empty See nothing but pain I keep having this brainstorm About twelve times a day So now, you could spend the morning walking with me, quite amazed As I'm Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed I got eyes in my backside That see electric tomatoes On credit card rye bread There are children in washrooms Holding hands with a queen And my heads full of murders Where only killers scream So now you could spend the morning talking with me quite amazed Look out, I'm raving mad and Somewhat Slightly Dazed Now you run from your window To the porcelain bowl And you're sick from your ears To the red parquet floor And the Braque on the wall Slides down your front And eats through your belly It's very catching So now, you should spend the mornings lying to your father quite amazed About the strange Unwashed and Happily Slightly Dazed. UP THE HILL BACKWARDS The vacuum created by the arrival of freedom And the possibilities it seems to offer It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it A series of shocks sneakers fall apart Earth keeps on rolling witnesses falling It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it Yeah, yeah, yeah up the hill backwards It'll be alright ooo ooo While we sleep they go to work We're legally crippled it's the death of love It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it More idols than realities I'm OK, you're so so Yeah, yeah, yeah up the hill backwards It'll be alright ooo ooo VELVET GOLDMINE You got crazy legs, you got amazin' head You got rings on your fingers and your hair's hot red You got the width of my tongue name on the sun I clutch you close to my breast Cause you're the only one, who uses school to pleasure You make me act real gone, you make me troll along I had to ravish your capsule, suck you dry Feel the teeth in your bones, heal ya head with my own Why if I don't have you whole, is that your final love? Here all together Velvet goldmine, you stroke me like the rain Snake it, take it, panther princess you must stay Velvet goldmine, naked on your chain I'll be your king volcano right for you again and again My velvet goldmine You're my taste, my trip, I'll be your master zip I'll chop your hair off for kicks, you'll make me jump to my feet So you'll give me your hand, give me your sound Let my sea wash your face, I'm falling, I can't stand Oooh! Clutch your makeup! Oh! Shoot you down, bang bang (hum) Velvet Goldmine (repeat) VIDEO CRIME (D..Sales/H.Sales) Ain't got room for charity Me, I'm crawling with no cash Me, I'm looking for hot flesh This skeleton's mine Chop it up Chop it up Blood on video video crime Video crime Needles and pins and video crime Video crime I've got dollars I've got sense Wonder where the Third World went Ain't got time for honeymoon (chop it up) Trash Time Bundy, Death Row Chic (chop it up) Haunt this street from half past ten (chop it up) Blood on video video crime Video crime Needles and pins and video crime Video crime Late night cannibal cripples decay Just can't tear my eyes away Ain't got no room for charity (this skeleton's mine) Ain't got room for Hollywood (chop it up) Me, I'm crawling with no cash (chop it up) Blood on video video crime Video crime Needles and pins and video crime Video crime I've got dollars I've got sense Wonder where the Third World went VOYEUR OF UTTER DESTRUCTION (AS BEAUTY) : Turn, and turn again (x2) I shake And stare at the sun Till my eyes burn I shake At the mothers brutal vermin I shake And stare at the watery moon With the same desire As the sober Philistine And I shake (Turn and turn again) Worm, the pain and blade Turn and turn again The screw Is a tightening Atrocity I shake For the reeking flesh Is as romantic as hell The need To have seen it all The Voyeur of Utter Destruction As beauty I shake Turn and turn again I shake Turn and turn again I shake(x3) Research has pierced All extremes of my sex Call it a day Call it a day Needle point life Blinds the will to be next Call it a day (repeat) Today (repeat ad. inf) WAITING FOR THE MAN I'm waiting for the man Twenty six dollars in my hand Up to Lexington, One Two Five So sick and dirty more dead than alive I'm waiting for the man Hey white boy, what you doing uptown? Hey white boy, you're chasing all the women around Oh pardon me sir it's furthest from my mind I'm just looking for a good friend of mine I'm waiting for the man Here he comes, he's all dressed in black PR shoes, and a big straw hat He's never early, he's always late First thing you learn is that you've always got to wait I'm waiting for the man Brown stone building and three flights of stairs Nobody stops you 'cause nobody cares He's got the works and he gives you sweet taste But then you've got to split because you've got no time to waste I'm waiting for the man Baby don't you holler, darling don't you scream and shout I'm feeling good, I'm going to work it on out I'm feeling good, I'm feeling so fine Until tomorrow but that's just another time I'm waiting for the man I'm waiting for the man Twenty six dollars lying there in my hand Up to Lexington, One Two Five So sick and dirty more dead than alive I'm waiting for the man WARSZAWA Mmmm mm mm ommm Sula vie dilejo Mmmm mm mm ommm Sula vie milejo Mmm omm Cheli venco deho Cheli venco deho Malio Mmmm mm mm ommm Helibo seyoman Cheli venco raero Malio Malio WATCH THAT MAN Shakey threw a party that lasted all night Everybody drank a lot of something nice There was an old fashioned band of married men Looking up to me for encouragement it was so so The ladies looked bad but the music was sad No one took their eyes off Lorraine She shimmered and she strolled like a Chicago moll Her feathers looked better and better it was so so Yea! it was time to unfreeze When the Reverend Alabaster danced on his knees Slam! so it wasn't a game Cracking all the mirrors in shame Watch that man!3 Oh honey, watch that man He talks like a jerk but he could eat you with a fork and spoon Watch that man! Oh honey, watch that man He walks like a jerk But he's only taking care of the room Must be in tune A Benny Goodman 1fan painted holes in his hands So Shakey hung him up to dry The pundits3were joking the manholes were smoking And every bottle battled with the reason why The girl on the phone wouldn't leave me alone A throw back from someone's LP A lemon in a bag played the Tiger Rag3 And the bodies on the screen stopped bleeding Yeah! I was shaking like a leaf For I couldn't understand the conversation Yeah! I ran to the street, looking for information Watch that man (repeat ad inf.) WE ARE HUNGRY MEN (spoken) Here is the news According the latest world population survey The figures have reached danger point, my god London 15 million 75 thousand New York 80 million Paris 15 million and 30 China 1000 million Billington Spa: lots My studies include suffragy I formed my own society To study the power of fecundity The world will overpopulate Unless you claim infertility So who will buy a drink for me, your Messiah We are not your friends We don t give a damn for what you re saying We re here to live our lives I propose to give the pill Free of charge to those that feel That they are not infertible The crops of few, the cattle gun There s only one way to linger on So who will buy a drink for me, your Messiah (spoken) Achtung, achtung, these are your orders Anyone found guilty of consuming more than their allotted amount of air Will be slaughtered and cremated One only cubic foot of air is I have prepared a document, legalising mass abortion We will turn a blind eye to infanticide You don t seem to hear me clear Do I talk about your sphere? Let me explain my project dear Show you how I ll save the world Or let it die within the year Why do you look that way at me, your messiah We are hungry men We don t give a damn for what you re saying We re here to eat you WE ARE THE DEAD Something kind of hit me today I looked at you and wondered if you saw things my way People will hold us to blame It hit me today, it hit me today We re taking it hard all the time Why don t we pass it by? Just reply, you ve changed your mind We re fighting with the eyes of the blind Taking it hard, taking it hard Yet now We feel that we are papers, choking on you nightly They tell me Son, we want you, be elusive, but don t walk far For we re breaking in the new boys, deceive your next of kin For you re dancing where the dogs decay, defecating ecstasy You re just an ally of the leecher Locator for the virgin King, but I love you in your fuck me pumps And your nimble dress that trails Oh, dress yourself, my urchin one, for I hear them on the rails Because of all we ve seen, because of all we ve said We are the dead One thing kind of touched me today I looked at you and counted all the times we had laid Pressing our love through the night Knowing it s right, knowing it s right Now I m hoping some one will care Living on the breath of a hope to be shared Trusting on the sons of our love That someone will care, someone will care But now We re today s scrambled creatures, locked in tomorrow s double feature Heaven s on the pillow, its silence competes with hell It s a twenty four hour service, guaranteed to make you tell And the streets are full of press men Bent on getting hung and buried And the legendary curtains are drawn round Baby Bankrupt Who sucks you while you re sleeping It s the theater of financiers Count them, fifty round a table White and dressed to kill Oh caress yourself, my juicy For my hands have all but withered Oh dress yourself my urchin one, for I hear them on the stairs Because of all we ve seen, because of all we ve said We are the dead We are the dead We are the dead WE PRICK YOU White boys falling on the fires of night (I wish you'd tell, I wish you'd tell) Flesh punks burning in their glue Revolution comes in the strangest way (I wish you'd tell, I wish you'd tell) I'd rather be inside you CHORUS 1 (twice) Tell the truth (x3) We prick you we prick you we prick you (You show respect even if you disagree You show respect) Mama can I kiss you daddy can I ***you (we wish you well, we wish you well) Innocence passed me by Wanna be screwing when the nightmare comes (I wish you well, I wish you well) Wanna come quick and die CHORUS 1 (twice) All the little rose kissed foxy girls Shoes, shoes, little white shoes Where have all the flowers gone All the little fragile champion boys Toys, toys, little black toys Dripping on the end of a gun (Even if you disagree) CHORUS 1 (twice) Shoes, shoes, little white shoes (even if you disagree, even if you disagree) Toys, toys, little black toys Wish you well, wish you well Shoes, shoes, little white shoes Wish you well, wish you well WHAT IN THE WORLD You're just a little girl with grey eyes Never mind, say something Wait until the crowd cries Oh, wait until the crowd cries You're just a little girl with grey eyes So deep in your room, You never leave your room Something deep inside of me Yearning deep inside of me Talking through the gloom What in the world can you do What in the world can you do I'm in the mood for your love For your love For your love I'm just a little bit afraid of you Cause love won't make you cry But, wait until the crowd goes Oh, wait until the crowd goes I'm just a little bit afraid of you So deep in your room, You never leave your room Something deep inside of me Yearning deep inside of me Talking through the gloom What in the world can I do What in the world can I do I'm in the mood for your love For your love For your love Oh, what you gonna say? Oh, what you gonna do? Ah, what you gonna be? To the real me to the real me Ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhhh (repeat ad inf.) WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING? /Grant) Grown inside a plastic box Micro thoughts and safety locks Hearts become outdated clocks Ticking in your mind CHORUS What's really happening? what tore us apart? What's really happening? What's really happening? what tore us apart? What's really happening? Now it's time to close our eyes Now it's time to say goodbye Now it's time to face the lie That we'd never cry CHORUS All the clouds are made of glass And they're slowly sinking Falling like the shattered past Were we built to last? WHEN I LIVE MY DREAM When I live my dream, I ll take you with me Riding on a golden horse We ll live within my castle, with people there to serve you Happy at the sound of your voice Baby, I ll slay a dragon for you Or banish wicked giants from the land But you will find, that nothing in my dream can hurt you We will only love each other as forever When I live my dream When I live my dream, I ll forgive the things you ve told me And the empty man you left behind It s a broken heart that dreams, it s a broken heart you left me Only love can live in my dream I ll wish, and the thunder clouds will vanish Wish, and the storm will fade away Wish again, and you will stand before me while the sky will paint an ouverture And trees will play the rhythm of my dream When I live my dream, please be there to meet me Let me be the one to understand When I live my dream, I ll forget the hurt you gave Then we can live in our new land Till the day my dream cascades around me I m content to let you pass me by Till that day, you ll run to many other men But let them know it s just for now Tell them that I ve got a dream And tell them you re the starring role Tell them I m a dreaming kind of guy And I m going to make my dream Tell them I will live my dream Tell them they can laugh at me But don t forget your date with me When I live my dream WHEN THE BOYS COME MARCHING HOME How to make amends for the things they said The girls avoid the stormy sky But I and my cloudy face Will be gone, high tailing out of here Is the lights a blazing in their lonely town? I love the little cars at dawn But I and my heathen heart Will be lain upon some foreign shore Here's the saddest Joe on the corner of the town Listen to the words! he cries I love him in his craziness, his tatters and his courage He'll thumb his nose at the straight and true When the boys come marching home They'll fly his rags from the highest tree When the boys come marching home (when the boys come marching home) (home, marching home) Aching for some innocence and peace of mind While the moon pulls up its net of souls The sun presses down on my brave new world But, in truth, i don't feel brave at all. Leave it all behind me to the townies and the wags The kids who never learned to smile While I and the cobbled nag I ride Stumble down another weary mile Here's to those who cluster, Walking through the wars The girls who never close 'til dawn They rag upon the feeble And they swan around the stronger But their eyes are fixed on the edge of town When the boys come marching home They'll slide from view tiny, two by two When the boys come marching home (home, marching home) (home, marching home) When the boys come marching home (when the boys come marching home) Boys come marching home (home, marching home) (home, when the boys come marching home) (home, marching home) (home) (when the boys come marching home) WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD TIMES GONE (Ray Davies) In my life I've never stopped to worry about a thing Opened up and shouted out and never tried to see Wondering if I'd done wrong Will this depression last for long Won't you tell me Where have all the good times gone Where have all the good times gone Where have all the good times gone Once we had an easy ride and always felt the same Time was on our side and I had everything to gain Let it be like yesterday Please let me have happy days Ma and Pa looked back on all the things they used to do Didn't have no money and they always told the truth Daddy didn't have no toys And Mummy didn't need no boys Yesterday was such an easy game for you to play But let's face it things are so much easier today Guess you need some bringing down Get your feet back on the ground WHITE LIGHT WHITE HEAT White light White light going messin' up my mind White light And don't you know it's gonna make me go blind White heat Oh, white heat, it tickle me down to my toes White light Lord have mercy, white light have it goodness knows White light White light going messin' up my brain White light Oh, white light it's gonna drive me insane White heat Oh, white heat, it tickle me down to my toes White light Oh, white light, I said now, goodness knows Do it Ooohhh ooohhh, white light Oh, I surely do love to watch that stuff drip itself in Ooohhh ooohhh, white light Watch that side, watch that side Don't you know gonna be dead and dried Ooohhh ooohhh, white heat Yeah foxy mama, watching me walking down the street Ooohhh ooohhh, white light Come upside your head Gonna make you dead hang on your street White light White light movin' me between my brain White light White light gonna make you go insane White heat Oh, white heat, it tickle me down to my toes White light Oh, white light, I said now, goodness knows White light Oh, white light, it lightens up my eyes White light Don't you know it fills me up with surprise White heat Oh, white heat, tickle me down to my toes White light Oh, white light, I'll tell you now, goodness knows Now work it Ooohhh ooohhh, white light Oh, she surely do move speed Ooohhh ooohhh, white light Watch that speed freak, watch that speed freak Yeah, we're gonna go and make it every week Ooohhh ooohhh, white heat Oh, sputter mutter Everybody's gonna go and kill their mother Ooohhh ooohhh, white light Here she comes, here she comes Everybody get it gonna make me run Do it WILD IS THE WIND (Tiomkin/Washington) Love me, love me, love me, say you do Let me fly away with you For my love is like the wind, and wild is the wind Wild is the wind Give me more than one caress, satisfy this hungriness Let the wind blow through your heart For wild is the wind, wild is the wind You touch me, I hear the sound of mandolins You kiss me With your kiss my life begins You're spring to me, all things to me Don't you know, you're life itself! Like the leaf clings to the tree, Oh, my darling, cling to me For we're like creatures of the wind, and wild is the wind Wild is the wind Like the leaf clings to the tree, Oh, my darling, cling to me For we're like creatures in the wind, and wild is the wind Wild is the wind WIN Me, I hope that I m crazy I feel you driving and you re only the wheel Slow down, let someone love you Ohh, I ve never touched you since I started to feel If there s nothing to hide me Then you ve never seen me hanging naked and wired Somebody lied, I say it s hip To be alive Now your smile is wearing (spreading?) thin Seems you re trying not to lose Since I m not supposed to win All you ve got to do is win Me, I m fresh on your pages Secret thinker sometimes listening aloud Life lies dumb on its heroes Wear your wound with honor, make someone proud Someone like you should not be allowed To start any fires Now your smile is wearing (spreading?) thin Seems you re trying not to lose Since I m not supposed to win All you ve got to do is win WISHFUL BEGINNINGS Cruising around me the flames burn my body Wishful beginnings Does this remind them again & again You're a sorry little girl You're a sorry little girl Please hide, for the pain must feel like snow You're a sorry little girl Sorry little girl Please hide from the kiss and the bite Shame burns Breathing in, breathing out Breathing in only doubt The pain must feel like snow I'm no longer your golden boy Sorry little girl I'm sorry little girl The pain must feel like snow There you go Cover me, cover me We flew on the wings We were deep in the dead air And this one will never go down We had such wishful beginnings But we lived unbearable lives I'm sorry little girl Sorry little girl So so sorry little girl The pain must feel like snow There you go There you go WITHIN YOU () How you turned my world, you precious thing You starve and near exhaust me Everything I've done, I've done for you I move the stars for no one You've run so long You've run so far Your eyes can be so cruel Just as I can be so cruel Though I do believe in you Yes I do Live without the sunlight Love without your heartbeat I, I can't live within you I can't live within you (sigh) I, I can't live within you WITHOUT YOU Just when I'm ready to throw in my hand Just when the best things in life are gone I look into my eyes There's no smoke without fire You're exactly who I want to be with Without you What could I do And when I'm willing to call it a day Just when I won't take another chance I hold your hand There's no smoke without fire Woman I love you Without you What would I do WOOD JACKSON Jackson made twenty tapes in a day To give away A give away And he play The tunes they'd call creative when they're running out of names Heaven knows he's really torn it now But the names it hurt poor Jackson stopped the haters in his way Heaven knows he's for it Sha a a me! Hey hey He was never quite unsure but really sane Wants to play Jackson stole twenty souls in a day To take away A take away He takes away And no complaints Heart's upon his sleeve and his blade Wood jackson took the beating every day, given out, passed away, another way Hey hey Just wants to play And how he played The mob they bleed and tremble when they're running after life Heaven knows he's really torn it now The words that killed Wood Jackson's friends were written on the wall Heaven knows he's for it Shame! Just wants to play It's a shame Shame It's a shame Wants to play It's a shame It's a shame Just wants to play WORD ON A WING In this age of grand illusion You walked into my life out of my dreams I don't need another change Still you forced away into my scheme of things You say we're growing, growing heart and soul In this age of grand illusion You walked into my life out of my dreams Sweet name, you're born once again for me Sweet name, you're born once again for me Oh sweet name, I call you again You're born once again for me Just because I believe don't mean I don't think as well Don't have to question everything in heaven or hell Lord, I kneel and offer you my word on a wing And I'm trying hard to fit among your scheme of things It's safer than a strange land But I still care for myself And I don't stand in my own light Lord, lord, my prayer flies like a word on a wing My prayer flies like a word on a wing Does my prayer fit in with your scheme of things? In this age of grand illusion You walked into my life out of my dreams Sweet name, you're born once again for me Just as long as I can see, I'll never stop this vision flowing I look twice and you're still flowing Just as long as I can walk I'll walk beside you, I'm alive in you Sweet name, you're born once again for me And I'm ready to shape the scheme of things Ooh, ready to shape the scheme of things (5 times) WORKING CLASS HERO (J.Lennon) As soon as you're born they make you feel small By giving you no time instead of it all Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all A working class hero is something to be They hurt you at home and they hit you at school They hate you if your clever and they despise a fool Till you're so fucking crazy you can follow their rules A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years Then they expect you to pick a career When you can't really function you're so full of fear A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV And you think you're so clever and classless and free But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be There's room at the top they are telling you still But first you must learn how to smile as you kill If you want to be like the folks on the hill A working class hero is something to be If you want to be a hero just follow me If you want to be a hero well just follow me YASSASSIN Yassassin I'm not a moody guy Yassassin I walk without a sound Yassassin Just a working man, no judge of men Yassassin But such a life I've never known We came from the farmlands To live in this city We walked proud and lustful In this resonant world You want to fight But I don't want to leave Or drift away Look at this no second glances Look at this no value of love Look at this just sun and steel Look at this then look at us If there's someone in charge Then listen to me Don't say nothing's wrong 'Cause I've got a love And she's afeared You want to fight But I don't want to leave Or drift away Yassassin, Yassassin, Yassassin YASSASSIN (Turkish for: Long Live) Yassassin I'm not a moody guy Yassassin I walk without a sound Yassassin Just a working man, no judge of men Yassassin But such a life I've never known We came from the farmlands To live in this city We walked proud and lustful In this resonant world You want to fight But I don't want to leave Or drift away Look at this no second glances Look at this no value of love Look at this just sun and steel Look at this then look at us If there's someone in charge Then listen to me Don't say nothing's wrong 'Cause I've got a love And she's afeared You want to fight But I don't want to leave Or drift away Yassassin, Yassassin, Yassassin YOU BELONG IN ROCK 'N' ROLL Just the twinkling lights of heaven Two reflections on the sparkling water Hand in hand in love with love uh huh I love the cheap things that you say a say You belong in rock 'n roll You belong in rock 'n roll You belong in rock 'n roll Well so do I I love how she moves me It makes me feel alright, alright, alright, alright I'm a hurt, I'm a hurt, I'm a hurting I'm a man with a beat in my pocket I'm going down to the rhythm of love I love the bad luck that you bring You belong in rock 'n roll You belong in rock 'n roll You belong in rock 'n roll Well so do I Alone on a mean street It makes me feel on fire, on fire, on fire, on fire, on fire... On fire, on fire, on fire, on fire, on fire I love the cheap street in your walk, uh huh You belong in rock 'n roll You belong in rock 'n roll Well so do I I love how she moves me It makes me feel alright, alright, alright, alright, alright... Oh oh! YOU CAN'T TALK /H. Sales/T. Sales) Beauty shrieks Beast in booties Coming home so lay the table Look at you calling shots Call you over under out I was under, backwards, forwards Holding hands in the dark Kissing some, kissing cousins Kissing this Over under out Over under out Over under out You can't talk You can't see me drowning You can't talk I don't see you swimming You can't talk You want go your way You can't talk I know you don't love me Look at this heart's a poppin' Guess it's over Crazy action mine's a breakin' Guess it's over (Here we go) Oh oh oh Beauty shrieks 'Beast in booties' Coming home so lay the table Look at you calling shots Call you over under out I was under, backwards, forwards Holding hands in the dark Kissing some, kissing cousins Kissing this CHORUS (twice) You can't talk (twice) I know you don't love me (repeat ad inf) YOU'VE BEEN AROUND Where's the pain in the violent night? I'm depressed by the grin I stay over many years I should have thought of that For the love of the money Like a black hearted violin It's the nature of being It's too many lonely nights I can't tell bad from wrong I can't pass you by Too exchanging You've been around But you've changed me Where the flesh meets the spirit world Where the traffic is thin I slip from a vacant view I should have thought of that And the sound of tomorrow Like a black hearted vile thing Like the silence of tension It's too many lonely nights I can't tell good from bad I can't pass you by Too exchanging You've been around But you've changed me You've been around Can't pass you by You've been around But you've changed me Ch ch ch ch ch ch change! Too exchanging You've been around but you've changed me You've been around can't pass you by YOU'VE GOT THE HABIT OF LEAVING You've got a habit of leaving me And you've got a habit of deserting me Sometimes I cry Sometimes I'm so sad Sometimes I'm so glad, so glad You could go on if you wanted to, wanted to, wanted to Wanted to Oh If you wanted to, yeah Oh huh You've got a habit of leaving me And you've got a habit of deserting me Sometimes I cry Sometimes I'm so sad Sometimes I'm so glad, so glad You could go on if you wanted to, wanted, wanted to Wanted to, ooh yeah, yeah Oh, if you wanted to If you wanted to, yeah, yeah Wanted to YOUNG AMERICANS They pulled in just behind the bridge He lays her down, he frowns Gee my life s a funny thing, am I still too young? He kissed her then and there She took his ring, took his babies It took him minutes, took her nowhere Heaven knows, she d have taken anything, but CHORUS (She) All night She wants the young American Young American, young American, she wants the young American All right She wants the young American Scanning life through the picture window She finds the slinky vagabond He coughs as he passes her Ford Mustang, but Heaven forbid, she ll take anything But the freak, and his type, all for nothing He misses a step and cuts his hand, but Showing nothing, he swoops like a song She cries Where have all Papa s heroes gone? CHORUS (She) All the way from Washington Her bread winner begs off the bathroom floor We live for just these twenty years Do we have to die for the fifty more? CHORUS (HE) All night He wants the young American Young American, young American, he wants the young American All right He wants the young American Do you remember, your President Nixon? Do you remember, the bills you have to pay? Or even yesterday? Have been the un American? Just you and your idol sing falsetto bout Leather, leather everywhere, and Not a myth left from the ghetto Well, well, well, would you carry a razor In case, just in case of depression? Sit on your hands on a bus of survivors Blushing at all the afro Sheeners Ain t that close to love? Well, ain t that poster love? Well, it ain t that Barbie doll Her hearts have been broken just like you CHORUS (YOU) All night You want the young American Young American, young American, you want the young American All right You want the young American You ain t a pimp and you ain t a hustler A pimp s got a Cadi and a lady got a Chrysler Black s got respect, and white s got his soul train Mama s got cramps, and look at your hands ache (I heard the news today, oh boy) I got a suite and you got defeat Ain t there a man who can say no more? And, ain t there a woman I can sock on the jaw? And, ain t there a child I can hold without judging? Ain t there a pen that will write before they die? Ain t you proud that you ve still got faces? Ain t there one damn song that can make me break down and cry? All night I want the young American Young American, young American, I want the young American All right I want the young American ZEROES [Ladies and Gentlemen [Tonight, yes, the Zeroes will be singing for you!] Yeah Yeah (x4) You've arrived in the land of a thousand different names And the fabulous sons have crashed their planes in flames Now tomorrow's back claiming redemption is on your heels And a toothless past is asking you how it feels And me my little red Corvette has driven by My fair weather heart has fallen in My rainy day girl is feeling down And she tells me that the world is spinning round I say the dream was all for you You're nobody else Tonight the Zeroes were singing for you Yeah Yeah Yeah Hi, can I walk you home again today Gotta get forgive and forget hey hey Something good is happening I don't know what it is Don't you know we're back on trial again today And it's breaking wine for you Hell it's only 'cause you're true Someone outtimed my heart Stopping and preaching and letting love in You are my moon, you are my sun Heaven knows what you are Tonight the Zeroes are singing for you Yes they were Tonight the Zeroes were singing for you Tonight the Zeroes were singing for you Doesn't matter what you try to do Doesn't matter what you try to do Doesn't matter where you try to go Doesn't matter who we really are ZIGGY STARDUST Ziggy played guitar, jamming good with Wierd and Gilly, The Spiders from Mars. He played it left hand, but made it too far, Became the special man, then we were Ziggy s Band. Ziggy really sang, screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo Like some cat from Japan, he could lick em by smiling He could leave me to hang Came on so loaded man, well hung and snow white tan. So where were the spiders while the fly tried to break our balls Just the beer light to guide us, So we bitched about his fans and should we crush his sweet hands ? Ziggy played for time, jiving us that we were Voodoo The kids was just crass, he was the naz With God given ass He took it all too far but boy could he play guitar. Making love with his ego Ziggy sucked up into his mind Like a leper messiah When the kids had killed the rnan I had to break up the band 2 2 5 Are you such a dreamer? To put the world to rights? I'll stay home forever Where two & two always makes up five I'll lay down the tracks Sandbag & hide January has April's showers And two & two always makes up five It's the devil's way now There is no way out You can scream & you can shout It is too late now Because You have not been paying attention I try to sing along I get it all wrong Ezeepeezeeeezeepeeezee NOT I swat em like flies but Like flies the burgers Keep coming back NOT Maybe not All hail to the thief But I am not! Don't question my authority or put me in the dock Cozimnot! Go & tell the king that The sky is falling in When it's not Maybe not. (ahh diddums.) A PUNCHUP AT A WEDDING no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no i don't know why you bother nothing's ever good enough for you i was there and it wasn't like that you came here just to start a fight you had to piss on our parade you had to shred our big day you had to ruin it for all concerned in a drunken punchup at a wedding. hypocrite opportunist don't infect me with your poison a bully in a china shop when i turn round stay frozen to the spot. you had to piss on our parade you had to shred our big day you had to ruin it for all concerned in a drunken punchup at a wedding. the pointless snide remarks of hammerheaded sharks the pot will call the kettle black in a drunken punchup at a wedding. no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no A REMINDER If I get old, I will not give in But if I do, remind me of this. Remind me that, once I was free, Once I was cool, once I was me. And if I sat down, and crossed my arms, Hold me into, this song. Knock me out, smash out my brains, If I take a chair, start to talk shit..... If I get old, remind me of this: That night we kissed, and I really meant it. Whatever happens, if we're still speaking. Pick up the phone, play me this song. AIRBAG In the next world war in a jack knifed juggernaut I am born again In the neon sign scrolling up and down I am born again In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe In a deep deep sleep of the innocent I am born again In a fast german car I'm amazed that I survived An airbag saved my life In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe AMNESIAC / MORNING BELL Morning bell Morning bell Light another candle Release me Release me You can keep the furniture A bump on the head Coming down the chimney Release me Release me Yeah.. Release me Release me Where'd you park the car? Where'd you park the car? Clothes are all over the furniture And I might as well I might as well Sleepy jack the fire drill Run around around around around around.. Cut the kids in half Cut the kids in half Cut the kids in half ANYONE CAN PLAY GUITAR Destiny... destiny protect me from the world Destiny... hold my hand, protect me from the world Here we are, with our running and confusion And I don't see no confusion anywhere As the world does turn And if London burns I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar I wanna be in a band When I get to heaven Anyone can play guitar and they won't be a nothing anymore Grow my hair... grow my hair I am Jim Morrison Grow my hair... I wanna be wanna be wanna be Jim Morrison Here we are, with our running and confusion And I don't see no confusion anywhere As the world does turn And if London burns I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar I wanna be in a band When I get to heaven Anyone can play guitar and they won't be a nothing anymore BACKDRIFTS We're rotten fruit We're damaged goods What the hell, we've got nothing more to lose One gust and we will probably crumble We're backdrifters This far but no further I'm hanging off a branch I'm teetering on the brink Oh honey sweet So full of sleep I'm backsliding You fell into our arms You fell into our arms We tried but there was nothing we could do Nothing we could do All evidence has been buried All tapes have been erased But your footsteps give you away So you're backtracking Ah ah ah You fell into our arms You fell into our arms We tried but there was nothing we could do Nothing we could do You fell into our, ah You fell into a We're rotten fruit We're damaged goods What the hell, we've got nothing more to lose One gust and we will probably crumble We're backdrifters BANANA CO. Oh, banana co. We really love you and we need you And oh, banana co. We'd really love to believe you, but Everything's underground We gotta dig it up somehow Yeah yeah Oh, she said no go She said she'd like to She's seen you But no, no ho go She says if you die then we all do Everything's burning down We gotta dig it up somehow Yeah yeah And everything's underground We gotta dig it up somehow Yeah yeah BIG BOOTS (AKA MAN O WAR) Drift all you like From ocean to ocean Search the whole world But drunken confessions And hijacked affairs will Just make you more alone If you come home I'll bake you a cake Made of all their eyes I wish you could see me Dressed for the kill What a nasty surprise You're my man o war And the worms will come for you Big Boots So unplug the phones Stop all the taps It all comes flooding back From poisoned cloud To poisoned dwarf What a nasty surprise You're my man o war And the worms will come for you Big boots Yeah the worms will come for you Big boots BIG IDEAS (AKA NUDE) Don't get any big ideas they're not gonna happen You paint your house white and feel the noise but they'll be something missing Just when you've found it, it's gone Just when you feel it, you don't ?? Don't get any big ideas they're not going to happen You'll go to hell for what your dirty mind is thinking Just when you've found it, its gone Just when you feel it, you don't ?? Sometimes Thom adds this verse when performing: She stands stark naked and she beckons you to bed don't go, you'll only want to come back again BISHOP'S ROBES Dressed in bishop's robes Terrifies me still In bishop's robes Bastard headmaster I am not going back I am not going back I am not going back Children taught to kill, to tear themselves to bits On playing fields Dressed in bishop's robes I am not going back I am not going back I am not going back BLACK STAR i get home from work and you're still standing in your dressing gown well what am i to do? i know all the things around your head and what they do to you. what are we coming to? what are we gonna do? blame it on the black star blame it on the falling sky blame it on the satellite that beams me home. the troubled words of a troubled mind i try to understand what is eating you. i try to stay awake but its 58hrs since that i last slept with you. what are we coming to? i just don't know anymore. i get on the train and I just stand about now that i don't think of you. i keep falling over i keep passing out when i see a face like you. what am i coming to? im gonna melt down. BLOW OUT In my mind [ ?? ] All the time killin' what I feel And everything I took All I took while she [ ?? ] All I took while she was crying Just a start... And everything I took All I took while she [ ?? ] All I took while she was crying I infuse just in case I blow out I am plain just in case I crack up Everything I took turns to stone All I took while she [ ?? ] All I took while she was crying BONES I don't wanna a be krippled kracked shoulders wrists knees and back ground to dust and ash crawling on all fours. when you've got to feel it in your bones. Now i can't climb the stairs pieces missing everywhere prozak painkillersss. when you've got to feel it in your bones. and i used to fly like Peter Pan all the children flew when i touched their hands. BULLET PROOF..I WISH I WAS limb by limb and tooth by tooth tearing up inside of me everyday everyhour wish that i was bullet proof. wax me mould me heat the pins and stab them in you have turned me into this just wish that it was bullet proof. so pay me money and take a shot lead fill the hole in me i could burst a million bubbles all surrogate & bullet proof. CLIMBING UP THE WALLS I am the key to the lock in your house, that keeps your toys in the basement And if you get too far inside, you'll only see my reflection It's always best when the light is off, I am the pick in the ice Do not cry out or hit the alarm, we're friends till we die And either way you turn, I'll be there, open up your skull I'll be there, climbing up the walls It's always best when the light is off, it's always better on the outside Fifteen blows to the back of my head, fifteen blows to your mind So tuck the kids in safe tonight, shut the eyes in the cupboard So not cry out or hit the alarm, you'll get the loneliest feeling That either way you turn, I'll be there, open up your skull I'll be there, climbing up the walls Climb up the walls. climb up the walls COKE BABIES Easy living Easy hold Easy teething Easy fold Easy listening Easy love Easy answers To easy questions Easy tumble Easy fall Easy rumble Easy doll I get up on Easy love I get up on Easy questions CREEP When you were here before Couldn't look you in the eye You're just like an angel Your skin makes me cry You float like a feather In a beautiful world And I wish I was special You're so fuckin' special But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo. What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here. I don't care if it hurts I want to have control I want a perfect body I want a perfect soul I want you to notice When I'm not around You're so fuckin' special I wish I was special But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo. What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here. She's running out again, She's running out She's run run run running out... Whatever makes you happy Whatever you want You're so fuckin' special I wish I was special... But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo, What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here. I don't belong here. CUTTOOTH I wanna be in the wallpaper Or run away to the foreign legion I wanna be in the wallpaper Or run away to the foreign legion And as the tanks roll into town As the tanks roll into town A little bit of knowledge will destroy you A little bit of knowledge will destroy you As the tanks roll into town As the tanks roll into town A little bit of knowledge will destroy you A little bit of knowledge will destroy you I dont know why I feel so tongue tied I dont know why I feel so skinned alive Hold you till the arms are sore Until you cannot feel it any more Hold you till the arms are sore Until you find an open door I built you up to pull you down Tie you to your feet, and watch you drown A little bit of knowledge will destroy you A little bit of knowledge will destroy you I built you up to pull you down Tie you to the stake, and watch you crying out I dont know why I feel so tongue tied I dont know why I feel so skinned alive I'll find another skin to wear I'll find another skin to wear DOLLARS AND CENTS There are things to talk about Be constructive There are weapons, we can use Be constructive With your blues Even when they tore the wall down Even when they tore the wall down Why don't you quiet down? Why won't you quiet down? Why don't you quiet down? Why won't you quiet down? ?? We are the dollar and cents EL PRESIDENT It came from the skies It burst throught the gates With no mercy or disguise With their hearts set out in flames I know I've seen the master plan Well I'm just a man I'm not giving in All the people understand For they all fell down and prayed I know I've seen the master plan They've killed the president They've killed the president It came from the skies In all shades of green We can always justify We can measure up your dreams I know I've seen the master plan They've killed the president They've killed the president They've killed the president They've killed the president They've killed the president They've killed the president I'm just a man ELECTIONEERING I will stop, I will stop at nothing Say the right things, when electioneering I trust I can rely on your vote When I go forwards, you go backwards, somewhere we will meet When I go forwards, you go backwards, and somewhere we will meet Riot shields, voodoo economics, it's, it's just business Cattle prods and the IMF, I trust I can rely on your vote. When I go forwards, you go backwards, somewhere we will meet When I go forwards, you go backwards, somewhere we will meet EVERYTHING IN ITS RIGHT PLACE Kid A, Kid A Kid A, Kid A Everything Everything Everything Everything in its right place In its right place In its right place In its right place Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon Everything Everything Everything Everything in its right place In its right place In its right place Right place I've got two colours in my head I've got two colours in my head What was that you tried to say? What was that you tried to say? Tried to say Tried to say Tried to say Tried to say Everything in its right place... EXIT MUSIC (FOR A FILM) Wake from your sleep The drying of your tears, today we escape, we escape Pack and get dressed, before your father hears us, before, all hell breaks loose Breathe, keep breathing, don't lose your nerve, breathe, keep breathing I can't do this alone Sing us a song, a song to keep us warm, there's such a chill, such a chill You can laugh a spineless laugh We hope your rules and wisdom choke you now we are one in everlasting peace We hope that you choke, that you choke We hope that you choke, that you choke We hope that you choke, that you choke FAITHLESS, THE WONDER BOY I've had these jeans since i was born And now they're ripped and now they're torn And all my friends have skateboards I want the toys of other boys I want a knife and a gun and things But mom and dad will not give in And i can't put the needle in Can't put the needle in I can't put the needle in No I can't put the needle in Can't put the needle in Can't put the needle in And now I know just what it is It's called disease and it's got my head It always runs where I hide Too scared too talk, too scared to try Too scared to know the reasons why And all my friends say bye bye And i can't put the needle in Can't put the needle in Can't put the needle in No I can't put the needle in Can't put the needle in Can't put the needle in And i can't put the needle in Can't put the needle in Can't put the needle in No I can't put the needle in Can't put the needle in Can't put the needle in FAKE PLASTIC TREES HEr green plastiC wateringcan for her fake chineserubberplant in the fake plastic earth. that she bought from a rubber man in a town full of rubber PlanS to get rid of itself, it wears her out. SHe lives with a broken man, a cracked polystyreneman who just crumbles and burns. He used to do surgery for girls in the eighties but GRAVITY always wins and it wears him out. She Looks like the real thing. She tastes like the real thing, my fake plastic love. But I Can't Help The Feeling. I Could Blow Through The Ceiling. If I Just Turn And RUN. and it wears me out. If i could be who you wanted all the time.. FAST TRACK (Instrumental) FITTER HAPPIER Fitter, happier, more productive, comfortable, not drinking too much Regular exercise at the gym, 3 days a week Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries at ease Eating well, no more microwave dinners and saturated fats A patient better driver, a safer car, baby smiling in back seat Sleeping well, no bad dreams, no paranoia Careful to all animals, never washing spiders down the plughole Keep in contact with old friends, enjoy a drink now and then Will frequently check credit at moral bank, hole in wall Favors for favors, fond but not in love Charity standing orders on sundays ring road supermarket No killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants Car wash, also on sundays, no longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows Nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate nothing so childish At a better pace, slower and more calculated, no chance of escape Now self employed, concerned, but powerless An empowered and informed member of society, pragmatism not idealism Will not cry in public, less chance of illness, tires that grip in the wet Shot of baby strapped in back seat, a good memory still cries at a good film Still kisses with saliva, no longer empty and frantic like a cat tied to a stick That's driven into frozen winter shit, the ability to laugh at weakness Calm fitter, healthier and more productive a pig in a cage on antibiotics FOG There's a little child Running round this house And he never leaves He will never leave And the fog comes up from the sewers And glows in the dark Baby alligators in the sewers grow up fast Grow up fast Anything you want it can be done How did you go bad? Did you go bad? Did you go bad? Somethings will never wash away Did you go bad? Did you go bad? FOLLOW ME AROUND I see you in the dark falling down the fast lane calling out to me oh that's where i'll be crawling out to me crawling out to me you follow me around you follow me around you follow me around you follow me around even when your coming down and i'll take you for a walk then i can see you I'm feeling it coming down you follow me around you follow me around you follow me around you follow me around I feel it I feel it GAGGING ORDER I know what you're thinking But I'm not your property No matter what you say No matter what you say Move along, there's nothing left to see Just a body, nothing left to see A couple more for breakfast A little more for tea Just to take the edge off Just to take the edge off Move along, there's nothing left to see Just a body, pouring down the street Move along, there's nothing left to see Just a body, nothing left to see Move along GO TO SLEEP Something for the rag and bone man Over my dead body Something big is gonna happen Over my dead body Someone's son or someone's daughter Over my dead body This is how I end up getting sucked in Over my dead body I'm gonna go to sleep Let this wash all over me We don't wanna wake monster taking over Tiptoe round tie him down We don't want the loonies taking over Tiptoe round tie them down May pretty horses Come to you As you sleep I'm gonna go to sleep Let this wash All over me HIGH & DRY two jumps in a week i bet you think that's pretty clever don't you boy. flying on your motorcycle. watching all the ground beneath you drop. you'd kill yourself for recognition. kill yourself to never ever stop. you broke another mirror.you're turning into something you are not. drying up in conversation you will be the one who cannot talk. all your insides fall to pieces. you just sit there wishing you could still make love. they're the ones who'll hate you when you think you've got the world all sussed out. they're the ones who'll spit at you. you will be the one screaming out. it's the best thing that you ever had. HOW CAN YOU BE SURE? Seen all good things and bad Running down the hill All so Battered and Brought to the ground I am hungry again I am drunk again With all the money I owe to my friends When i'm like this how can you be smiling Saying How can you be sure? How can you be sure? If you walk out the door Will I see you again? If so much of me lies in your eyes I am hungry again I am drunk again With all the money I owe to my friends When I'm like this how can you be smiling saying how can you be sure? (I don't want you anymore) How can you be sure? (I don't want you anymore) How can you be sure? (I don't want you anymore) How can you be sure? I don't want you I don't want you anymore I don't want you I don't want you anymore HOW DO YOU? His banner is twistin' He knows what he wants He wants to be looked at He wants to be loved He wants us to listen He wants us to leave And he was a stupid baby Turned into a powerful freak How do you? How do you? How do you? He's just like his mother But we showed him respect He's a dangerous bigot But we always forget And he's just like his daddy Cuz he cheats on his friends And he steals anybody's Any way that he can How do you? How do you? How do you? HOW I MADE MILLIONS i was stronger i was better picked you out now don't say a word no don't yell out never mind let you out led you back stay on sit down let it fall let it fall let it fall let it fall HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY That there That's not me I go Where I please I walk through walls I float down the Liffey I'm not here This isn't happening I'm not here I'm not here In a little while I'll be gone The moment's already passed Yeah it's gone And I'm not here This isn't happening I'm not here I'm not here Strobe lights and blown speakers Fireworks and hurricanes I'm not here This isn't happening I'm not here I'm not here HUNTING BEARS (Instrumental) I AM A WICKED CHILD Mother mary come to me Cause I am a wicked child I have sinned and I am so confused and I am a wicked child I am a wicked child I am the devils son and I wish I could be good for you I walk a crooked mile but I wish I could be good I wish I could be good If I could have kept the straight and narrow If I could have kept the straight and narrow And not have broke your heart Not have broke your heart Now I wake up in the night Lying on my bed It's tugging at my arms and legs Like I was a marionette Send baby Jesus Surely it is time Send baby jesus Let him radiate his light Radiate his light lyrics from 24 03 2000 webcast: I am the devils son and I wish I could be good for you and make you satisfied if I could keep on the straight and narrow and not have broke your heartwicked child and I am a wicked child I am a wicked child and I am a wicked child I am a wicked child and I am a wicked child I am a wicked child and I am a wicked child I am a wicked child because I am a wicked child and I deserve to go to hell and I am a wicked child I am a wicked child and I am a wicked child & I am a wicked child and I am a wicked child I am a.. I AM CITIZEN INSANE (Instrumental) I CAN'T Please forget the words that I just blurted out It wasn't me, it was a strange and creepy doubt They keep drivin' in my cage There's nothing in this world to keep the time Even though I might, Even though I try, I can't See the things that keep, keep me uninvolved Silly words that I, that I can't live without If you give up on me now, I'll be gutted like I've never been before Even though I might, Even though I try, I can't If you give up on me now, I'll be gutted like I've never been before Even though I might, Even though I try, I can't I MIGHT BE WRONG I might be wrong I might be wrong I could have sworn I saw a light coming on I used to think I used to think There is no future left at all I used to think Open up, begin again Let's go down the waterfall Think about the good times And never look back Never look back What would I do? What would I do? If I did not have you? Open up, let me in Let's go down the waterfall Have ourselves a good time It's nothing at all Nothing at all Nothing at all I PROMISE i won't run from home i promise, even when i get bored i promise, even when you lock me out i promise, i say my prayers every night i promise i don't wish that i'm strict i promise, the tantrums and a shitty job i promise, even when the ship is, i promise tie me to the rotten deck i'll promise i won't run away no more i promise even when i get bored i promise even when you lock me out i promise i say my prayers every night i promise i won't run away no more i promise wrecked I WILL I will lay me down in a bunker underground I won't let this happen to my children meet the real world coming out of your shell With white elephants sitting ducks I will rise up Little babies' eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes Little babies' eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes Little babies' eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes Little babies' eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes IDIOTEQUE Who's in a bunker? Who's in a bunker? Women and children first And the children first And the children I'll laugh until my head comes off I'll swallow till I burst Until I burst Until I Who's in a bunker? Who's in a bunker? I have seen too much I haven't seen enough You haven't seen it I'll laugh until my head comes off Women and children first And children first And children Here I'm alive Everything all of the time Here I'm alive Everything all of the time Ice age coming Ice age coming Let me hear both sides Let me hear both sides Let me hear both Ice age coming Ice age coming Throw it in the fire Throw it in the fire Throw it on the We're not scaremongering This is really happening Happening We're not scaremongering This is really happening Happening Mobiles skwrking Mobiles chirping Take the money run Take the money run Take the money Here I'm alive Everything all of the time Here I'm alive Everything all of the time Here I'm alive Everything all of the time Here I'm alive Everything all of the time The first of the children IN LIMBO Being the first in the Irish Sea I got a message I can't read Another message I can't read Being the first in the Irish Sea I got a message I can't read Another message I can't read I'm on your side Nowhere to hide Trapdoors that open I spiral down You're living in a fantasy You're living in a fantasy I'm lost at sea Don't bother me I've lost my way I've lost my way You're living in a fantasy You're living in a fantasy You're living in a fantasy This beautiful world Being the first in the Irish Sea I got a message I can't read Another message I can't read INDIA RUBBER Did it all for you to say You never wanted me that way Now the dogs have had their meat I think i will go plug in the mains I tumble like a cloud Before you burn in hell I suffocate myself into your hair Will the sparrow make her smile I'm instantly your biggest fan How was i to know that you practised it before hand? I tumble like a cloud Before you burn in hell I suffocate myself into your hair INNOCENTS CIVILIAN INSIDE MY HEAD What do you want from me? Now you got me Now my fingers bleed Now they're staring at me I'm a coward now I hold my peace Now you tie me up to your feather bed And I twist and turn in a chinese burn You won't let go You won't let go You're inside my head Inside my head What do you want from me? Now you got me Now my energy you suck from me And I'm holding on for dear life Quit smothering me Quit laughing at me I've got a disease An English disease It won't let go It won't let go You're inside my head Inside my head What did you put in that syringe? Whatever you really said to him? Is sitting there, inside of me And you bother me You posess me You're there again Ahead of me And I won't let go I won't let go You're inside my head Inside my head Inside my head Inside my head JUST can't get the stink off, he's been hanging around for days. comes like a comet, suckered you but not your friends. one day he'll get to you, teach you how to be a holy cow. don't get my sympathy hanging out the 15th floor. you've changed the locks 3 times, he still comes reeling through the door. and soon he'll get to you, teach you how to get to purest hell. you do it to yourself you do and that's what really hurts is you do it to yourself just you, you and no one else you do it to yourself. KARMA POLICE Karma Police, arrest this man, he talks in maths He buzzes like a fridge, he's like a detuned radio Karma Police, arrest this girl, her hitler hairdo, is making me feel ill And we have crashed her party This is what you get, this is what you get This is what you get, when you mess with us Karma Police, I've given all I can, it's not enough I've given all I can, but we're still on the payroll This is what you get, this is what you get This is what you get, when you mess with us And for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself And for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself For a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself KID A I slipped away I slipped on a little white lie We've got heads on sticks You've got ventriloquists We've got heads on sticks You've got ventriloquists Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed Rats and children follow me out of town Rats and children follow me out of their homes Watch it KILLER CARS To hard on the brakes again, What if these brakes just give in? What if they don't get outta the way? What if there's someone overtaking? I'm going out on a little drive, and it could be the last time I see you alive There could be an idiot on the road, The only kick in life is pumping that steel. Lock me up in the back of the trunk, packed with foam and blind drunk. They won't ever catch me alive, cause they all drive.. Don't die on the motorway, The moon would freeze, the plants would die, I couldn't cope if you crashed today, All the things I forgot to say, I'm going out on the little drive, and it could be the last time I see you alive, There could be an idiot on the road, the only kick in life if pumping that steel, Lock me up in the back of the trunk, packed with foam and blind drunk. They won't ever catch me alive, cause they all drive... Killer Cars.. yeah.. Hey hey, hey hey, hey hey, hey.. hey.. Wrap me up in the back of a trunk, packed with foam and blind drunk. They won't ever catch me alive, cause they all drive... Killer Cars... They all drive... Killer Cars They all driiiive....... Killer Cars KINETIC You're being took for a ride Plain, old and lazy Please keep moving Better keep moving Don't fall asleep at the wheel I'll wait for you but you never came Please keep moving Better keep moving Please keep moving Better keep moving Kinetic Kinetic Kinetic... KNIVES OUT I want you to know He's not coming back Look into my eyes I'm not coming back So knives out Catch the mouse Don't look down Shove it in your mouth If you'd been a dog They would've drowned you at birth Look into my eyes It's the only way you'll know I'm telling the truth So knives out Cook him up Squash his head Put him in the pot I want you to know He's not coming back He's bloated and frozen Still there's no point in letting it go to waste So knives out Catch the mouse Squash his head Put him in the pot LAST FLOWERS TILL THE HOSPITAL LET DOWN Transport, motorways and tram lines Starting and then stopping, taking off and landing The emptiest of feelings disappointed people clinging onto bottles and When it comes its so so disappointing Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around Shell smashed, juices flowing wings twitch, legs are going Don't get sentimental, it always ends up drivel One day I'm going to grow wings A chemical reaction, hysterical and useless hysterical and Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around let down again You know, you know where you are with you, know where you are With floor collapses floating, bouncing back and one day I am gonna grow wings A chemical reaction, hysterical and useless hysterical and Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around LEWIS (MISTREATED) Bummed out again Buy early business friend The smell of fear is bigger than you think Hey don't do it Do it Change seem to fit In the end you just feel sick And then you choke on an anesthetic Hey don't do it Lewis Lewis Save yourself the pain You'll never get there Lewis Save yourself the pain It never really matters here We never noticed We never understood He just get crushed to fit He never even smile At the best, it's the best, It's the best day I know Lewis Save yourself the pain You'll never get there Lewis Save yourself the pain It never really matters here Lewis Mistreated I call you blue Lewis Mistreated I call you blue I don't wanna talk about it I don't wanna talk about it I don't wanna talk about Lewis! Lewis! Lewis! I don't wanna talk about it Lewis! Lewis! Lewis! LIFE IN A GLASS HOUSE Once again, she is smashing up her house again She is throwing things through windows She is mad at someone else again, It is now a broken home Once again, I am so low with my only friend He is smashing up his house again You are throwing things at me again And I'm wrecked up all inside Well if I stop that singing now and shout Well if I stop that singing to you friend Well if I stop that singing now and shout Someone is standing there There I'm home, once the feet inside shout it out Once a beating when I make my way out Once a beating when I'm home inside There is nothing wrong at all Well if I stop that singing now and shout Well if I stop that singing to you friend Well if I stop that singing now and shout Someone is standing there LIFT this is the place. sit down, your safe now. you've been stuck in a lift. we've been trying to reach you, thom. this is the place. it won't hurt, it will not hurt a scent of recognition. a face you never loved. empty all your pockets. cause it's time to go home. this is the place. remembering all the things you always see you've been stuck in a lift. in the belly of a whale at the bottom of the ocean a scent of recognition. a face you never loved. empty all your pockets. it's time to come home. today is the first day of the rest of your days. so lighten up, squirt. LIKE SPINNING PLATES Why do we play these foolish games? Only consolations You feed me to the lions I didn't need at all And this just feels like spinning plates I'm living in cloud cuckoo land And this just feels like spinning plates My body is floating down the muddy river LOZENGE OF LOVE I am gone Everybody's waiting And these fruit Just a twist of poison I won't be alone When you're running in me I can't stay Like i'm somewhere always I need more A restless body cracks and rolls I won't have the strength When you're running in me LUCKY I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll, this time, I feel my luck could change Kill me Sarah, kill me again with love, it's gonna be a glorious day Pull me out of the aircrash, pull me out of the wreck, cause I'm your superhero We are standing on the edge The head of state is calling my name but I, I don't have time for you It's gonna be a glorius day, I feel my luck could change Pull me out of the aircrash, pull me out of the wreck, cause I'm your superhero We are standing on the edge, we are standing on the edge We are standing on the edge LULL you stopped the crowd i cried out to break the spell you waved and smiled i just snapped and lost control distracted by irrelevance the stress and the tension (the stress and the tension) i'm in a lull there's nothing more dull than talking talking 'bout yourself but what i meant to say i'm sorry that i lost control distraeted by irrelevance the stress and the tension crawling through the keyhole well i'm in a lull LURGEE I feel better, I feel better now you've gone I got better, I got better, I got strong I feel better, I feel better, now there's nothing wrong I got better, I got better, I got strong Tell me something, Tell me something I don't know Tell me one thing, Tell me one thing, let it go I got something, I got something heaven knows I got something, I got something I don't know MAN O WAR drift all you like from ocean to ocean search the whole worid drunken confessione and hijacks and films just make you moan alone if you come home i'll make you a cake lay your velvet eyes i wish i couid see you just when i kill you're my man o war and the worms will eat you whole so unplug your phone stop all the chatter it all comes flooding back from poisoned clouds to poison the world you're my man o war and the worms will eat you whole, my love and the worms will eat your home you whole my love MAQUILADORA Here it comes, Here it comes, I can feel the hills exploding Exploding gracefully Burning up the freeway Here it comes Grass is green at the edge of the bubble Beautiful gets into beautiful trouble And it seems to fall out of the sky and come down on you. Oh baby burn Fast die younger Burns rubber Useless rockers From England Good times Had by all Just swallow your guilt and your crutches Blue and white birds stop and hide on the pedal Interstate fire walk staright down the middle, And it seems to fall out of the sky and come down on you Oh baby burn MEETING IN THE AISLE (Instrumental) MELATONIN Don't forget, that you are our son. Now go back to bed. We just know that you'll do well You won't come to harm. Death to all who stand in your way, Wake my dear. METTING IN THE AISLE (Instrumental) MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION Was always waiting for the crush The car to drive right through the shops To call in sick and late at work And take a holiday Was always tangled up in knots To keep myself from speaking up But no one's listening anyway Just trying to bribe me And if it's alright Then what are we doing here? And if it's alright This place is gassed by fear And if it's alright I'll tell you cos you never understand And if it's alright I'll beg you 'Cause I'm a begging kind of man Today I wrote a bad cheque Packed a bag and took a jet And no one's looking anyway I hope you miss me (Sometimes I think maybe I'm making a big mistake) MOLASSES Shake hands Genocide Molasses Jet powered caravans Molasses I'm too good You're stuck on Rent free earthquake zone Molasses I need someone else's glasses. Starving waitresses in plasters, Fat houseflies Genocide We've been stitched up Molasses MORNING BELL The morning bell The morning bell Had a null encounter Release me Release me You can keep the furniture A bump on the head Howling down the chimney Release me Release me Please Release me Release me Where'd you park the car Where'd you park the car Clothes are all alone with the furniture Now I might as well I might as well Sleepy jack the fire drill Running around around around... Cut the kids in half Cut the kids in half Cut the kids in half I wanted to tell you but you never listened You never understand I wanted to tell you but you never listened You never understand Cos I'm walking walking walking... The lights are on but nobody's home Everybody wants to be a The lights are on but nobody's home Everybody wants to be a singer Walking walking walking... The lights are on but nobody's at home Everybody wants to be a Everyone wants to be a friend Nobody wants to be a singer Walking walking walking... MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK Red wine and sleeping pills Help me get back to your arms Cheap sex and sad films Help me get back where I belong I think you're crazy, maybe I think you're crazy, maybe Stop sending letters Letters always get burned It's not like the movies They fed us on little white lies I think you're crazy, maybe I think you're crazy, maybe I will see you in the next life MY IRON LUNG faith your driving me away you do it everyday you don't mean it but it hurts like HELL my brain says im receiving pain a lack of oxygen from my life sup[poRT my IrOn lUng. weRe too young to fall asleep too cynical to speak we are loosing it can't you tell? we scratch our eternal itch our twentieth century bitch and we are gratEful for our irOn lUng. suck suck your teenage thumb toilet trained anddumb (whe n the powrr runs out we'll just humm) this this is our new s ong just like the last one a total w.a.s.t.e. of time. my irOn lUng. MYXOMATOSIS the mongrel cat came home holding half a head Proceeded to show it off to all his new found friends he said i been where i liked i slept with who i liked she ate me up for breakfast and screwed me in a vice and now i don't know why i feel so tongue tied i sat in the cupboard and wrote it down in neat they were cheering and waving cheering and waving twitching and salivating like with myxomatosis but it got edited fucked up strangled, beaten up used as a photo in Time magazine buried in a burning black hole in Devon i don t know why i feel so tongue tied don t know why i feel so skinned alive. My thoughts are misguided and a little naive I twitch and i salivate like with myxomatosis you should put me in a home or you should put me down I got myxomatosis I got myxomatosis now no one likes a smart arse but we all like stars that wasn't my intention, I did it for a reason it must have got mixed up strangled, beaten up i got myxomatosis i got myxomatosis i don t know why i feel so tongue tied NICE DREAM they love me like i was a brother they protect me listen to me they dug me my very own garden gave me sunshine made me happy. nice dream. i call up my friend the good angel but she's out with her ansaphone she says she would love to come help but the sea would electrocute us all. nice dream. if you think that you're strong enough if you think you belong enough. nice dream. NO RIPCORD Soul destroyed with clever toys for little boys It's inevitable, inevitable, it's a soul destroyed You feel it till you're dry You feel it till you've had enough And you don't understand No Ripcord, no ripcord No Ripcord, no ripcord Airplane, do I mean what I mean It's inevitable, inevitable, oh airplane A thousand miles an hour The politics of power See you don't understand No Ripcord, no ripcord No Ripcord, no ripcord la la la la... The answer to your prayers [ ?? ] No Ripcord, no ripcord No Ripcord, no ripcord NO SURPRISES A heart that's full up like a landfill, a job that slowly kills you, bruises that won't heal You were so tired, happy, bring down the government, they don't, they don't speak for her I'll take the quiet life, a handshake of carbon monoxide No alarms and no surprises, no alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises Silent, silent This is my final fit, my final bellyache with No alarms and no surprises, no alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises, please Such a pretty house, such a pretty garden No alarms and no surprises, no alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises, please NO SURPRISES [EARLY VERSION] He was sick of his clock stopping, wind it up that girl stayed sleeping next to him. watch stops, the batteries run down he started his broken sentenee, no alarms... the watch stops, the batteries run down. he started his broken sentence, no alarms and no surprises... he was sick of her excuses to not take off her dress when he beat her in the bathroom. he was sick of his clock stopping, wind it up no alarms and no surprises... no alarms and no surprises... no alarms and no surprises please. NO SURPRISES [UARLY VERSION] he was sick of his clock stopping, wind it up that girl stayed sleeping next to him. watch stops, the batteries run down he started his broken sentenee, no alarms... the watch stops, the batteries run down. he started his broken sentence, no alarms and no surprises... he was sick of her excuses to not take off her dress when he beat her in the bathroom. he was sick of his clock stopping, wind it up no alarms and no surprises... no alarms and no surprises... no alarms and no surprises please. NO SURPRISES PLEASE he was sick of his clock stopping wind it up, that girls stayed sleeping next to him watch stops, the batteries run down he started his broken sentence, no alarms... the watch stops, the batteries run down, he started his broken sentence, no alarms and no surprises... he was sick of her excuses to not take off her dress when bleedin' in the bathroom he was sick of his clock stopping, wind it up no alarms an no surprises... no alarms an no surprises... no alarms an no surprises, please NOTHING TOUCHES ME nothing touches me man these walls are three feet thick wouldn't take one of them little drills to get through i try to make her listen when i turn away she's split i try to make her listen when i turn away she's split she went... nothing touches me nothing touches me now nothing touches me man no matter how you split sticks and stones can get through bones so i've given up looking out of it i try to make her listen when i turn away she's split i try to make her listen when i turn away shes split she went... nothing touches me now laugh if you can, at me now OPTIMISTIC Flies are buzzing round my head Vultures circling the dead Picking up every last crumb The big fish eat the little ones The big fish eat the little ones Not my problem, give me some You can try the best you can If you try the best you can The best you can is good enough If you try the best you can If you try the best you can The best you can is good enough This one's optimistic This one went to market This one just came out of the swamp This one dropped a payload Fodder for the animals Living on animal farm If you try the best you can If you try the best you can The best you can is good enough If you try the best you can If you try the best you can The best you can is good enough I'd really like to help you, man I'd really like to help you, man And now this messed up millionaire Floating around on a prison ship If you try the best you can If you try the best you can The best you can is good enough If you can try the best you can If you try the best you can Dinosaurs ruling the earth Dinosaurs ruling the earth Dinosaurs ruling the earth PACKT LIKE SARDINES IN A CRUSHED TIN BOX After years of waiting nothing came As your life flashed before your eyes You realize I'm a reasonable man Get off, get off, get off my case (x2) I'm a reasonable man Get off my case Get off my case After years of waiting After years of waiting nothing came And you realize you're looking, Looking in the wrong place I'm a reasonable man Get off my case (x2) I'm a reasonable man Get off my case (x2) I'm a reasonable man Get off my case (x3) After years of waiting You're a reasonable man Get off our case (x3) I'm a reasonable man, Get off my case (x3) I'm a reasonable man, Get off my case (x3) I'm a reasonable man, Get off my case (x3) PALO ALTO In a city of the future, it is hard to consentrate. Meet the boss, meet the wife, everybody's happy, everyone is made for life. In a city of the future, it is difficult to find a space. I'm to busy to see you, you're to busy to wait. Well I'm ok, how are you? Thanks for asking Thanks for asking. Well I'm ok, how are you? We hope that you are ok too. Everyone of those days, when the sky is californian blue. A beautiful bombshell, I throw myself into my world Two day, I've been waiting for so long. Well I'm ok, how are you? Thanks for asking Thanks for asking. Well I'm ok, how are you? We hope that you are ok too PAPERBAG WRITER Blow into this paper bag Go home and stop grinning at everyone Blow into this paper bag Go home and stop grinning at everyone It was nice when it lasted but now it's gone It was nice when it lasted but now it's gone Blow into this paper bag Take your armor off, you're not under attack Take your armor off, you're not under attack Come on, come on Blow into this paper bag Go home and stop grinning at everyone Blow into this paper bag Go home and stop grinning at everyone They were honeybees on a blade of grass Take your armor off, you're not under attack Blow into this paper bag Blow into this paper bag PARANOID ANDROID Please could you stop the noise I'm trying to get some rest? From all the unborn chicken voices in my head What's that, what's that When I am king you will be first against the wall With your opinion which is of no consequence at all What's that, what's that Ambition makes you look pretty ugly Kicking squealing gucci little piggy You don't remember, you don't remember, why don't you remember my name Off with his head man, off with his head man Why don't you remember my name? I guess he does Rain down, rain down, come on rain down on me From a great height, from a great height, height Rain down, rain down, come on rain down on me From a great height, from a great height, height (repeats 3rd time, underneath vocals are:) That's it sir, you're leaving, the crackle of pig skin, the dust and the screaming The yuppies networking the panic, the vomit, the panic, the vomit God loves his children, God loves his children, yeah PEARLY How do you get your teeth so pearly? dewdrop dentures white washed fences she runs from the third world pearly vanilla (feel it crawl to me) milkshakes (crawl back again) from hard rock (whatever you say) cafes (it won't go away) that's where (I feel it crawl to me) she got her (crawl back again) sweet tooth (it won't go away) for white boys (whatever you say) she runs from the third world pearly PERMANENT DAYLIGHT Loose ropes still tied knots I can't believe that i returned loose threads still they sew It's just i can't believe that we returned Let's get out Out Will you come out with me? PHILLIPA CHICKEN i got wings, i got arms, i got shrinks i got bombs, i got guns, i got brains so there's no point in your warbird she's no point in denying i got guns, i got bombs, i got brains and i won't fall for you take me up to a warmer place i got eggs, i got feathers, i got brains and there's no point in your warbird she's no point in denying i got bombs, i got guns, i got brains and i won't fall for you... i got brains, i got feathers, i got hands, i got friends, i got ammo, i got plans so there's no point in your warbird she's no point in denying i got guns, i got arms, i got plans and i won't fall for you and i won't fly for you... PLANET TELEX you can force it but it will not come. you can taste it but it will not form. you can crush it but it's always here. you can crush it but it's always near chasing you home saying everything is broken everyone is broken. you can force it but it will stay stung. you can crush it as dry as a bone. you can walk it straight home from school. you can kiss it you can break all the rules but still everything is broken, everyone is broken. why can't you forget? POLYETHYLENE (PARTS 1 & 2) go. Disjointed we scare ourselves with all that we wanna be. Just got paid and now you're going, how long should you be? If I get scared, I just call you. And I, miss your glow as I unsettle, Oh I'll always feel, I'll always be. right. One, two, three, four. So sell your skin tie, and come and live with me. Leukemia, schizophrenia, polyethylene. There is no significant risk to your health. She used to be beautiful once as well. Plastic bag, middle class, polyethylene. Decaffeinate, unleaded, keep all surfaces clean. If you don't believe in it, sell your soul. If you don't get into it, no one will. Oh...... Oh........ POP IS DEAD Oh no, pop is dead Long live pop. It died an ugly death, By back catalogue. And know you know it gets you nowhere, And now you know you realise. Oh no, pop is dead It just gave up, We raise the dead but they won't stand up. And radio have salmonella, And now you know you gotta die. It left this message for us. So what, pop is dead, it's no great loss So many face lifts, it's face flew off. The Emperor he has no clothes on, And his skin is pealing off. Oh no, pop is dead, long live pop, One final lot of coke to jerk him off... Jack him off.. He left this message for us. He left this message for us. He left this message for us. PROVE YOURSELF I can't afford to breathe in this town Nowhere to sit with out a gun in my hand Look back up to the cathode ray... I'm better off dead I'm better off dead I'm better off... Prove yourself Prove yourself Prove yourself I want to breathe, I want to grow I say I want it but I don't know how I look, I bleed, I beg and pray I'm better off dead I'm better off dead I'm better off... Prove yourself Prove yourself Prove yourself I'm better off dead I'm better off dead I'm better off... Prove yourself... PULL / PULK REVOLVING DOORS There are barn doors And there are revolving doors Doors on the rudders of big ships We are revolving doors There are doors that open by themselves There are sliding doors And there are secret doors There are doors that lock And doors that don't There are doors that let you in And out But never open But they are trapdoors That you can't come back from PUNCHDRUNK LOVESICK SINGALONG I wrapped you inside my coat When they came to fire upon the house I didn't feel pain Cause no one can touch me Now that i'm held in your smile A beautiful girl A beautiful girl Can turn your world into doubt Sell me a car that goes Sell me a house that stands Oh I never cared before I never cared before I never cared before Before Before Before A beautiful girl A beautiful girl Can turn your world into doubt A beautiful girl A beautiful girl Can turn you world into doubt Yeah I stood in front of her face When the first bullet Was shot PYRAMID SONG I jumped in the river and what did I see? Black eyed angels swam with me A moon full of stars and astral cars All the things I used to see All my lovers were there with me All my past and futures And we all went to heaven in a little row boat There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt I jumped into the river Black eyed angels swam with me A moon full of stars and astral cars And all the things I used to see All my lovers were there with me All my past and futures And we all went to heaven in a little row boat There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt RABBIT IN YOUR HEADLIGHTS I'm a rabbit in your headlights Scared of the spotlight You don't come to visit I'm stuck on this bed Thin rubber gloves She laughs when she's crying She cries when she's laughing Fat bloody fingers are sucking your soul away I'm a rabbit in your headlights Christian suburbanite Washed down the toilet Money to burn Fat bloody fingers are sucking your soul away If you're frightened of dying and then you hold on You'll see devils tearing your life away But, if you've made your peace Then the devils are really angels Freeing you from the Earth... from the Earth White worms on the underground Caught between stations Butter fingers I'm losing my patience I'm a rabbit in your headlights Christian suburbanite You got money to burn Fat bloody fingers are sucking your soul away... away... away.. RATTLESNAKE RECKONER feeling pulled apart by horses. fobbed off with lame shite excuses. feeling pulled apart by horses. reckoner papapa reckoner papapapa reckoner papapapa reckoner i ve no sons and i have no daughters feeling pulled apart by horses. inseckt bites. machine gun cameras your not asleep your not dreaming this is not a dream. this here is the reckoner papapa reckoner papapapa reckoner papapapa reckoner reckoner papapa reckoner papapapa REMYXOMATOSIS The mongrel cat came home holding half a head Proceeded to show it off to all his new found friends he said i been where i liked i slept with who i liked she ate me up for breakfast and screwed me in a vice and now i don't know why i feel so tongue tied i sat in the cupboard and wrote it down in neat they were cheering and waving cheering and waving twitching and salivating like with myxomatosis but it got edited fucked up strangled, beaten up used as a photo in Time magazine buried in a burning black hole in Devon i don t know why i feel so tongue tied don t know why i feel so skinned alive. My thoughts are misguided and a little naive I twitch and i salivate like with myxomatosis you should put me in a home or you should put me down I got myxomatosis I got myxomatosis now no one likes a smart arse but we all like stars that wasn't my intention, I did it for a reason it must have got mixed up strangled, beaten up i got myxomatosis i got myxomatosis i don t know why i feel so tongue tied SAIL TO THE MOON I sucked the moon I spoke too soon And how much did it cost? I was dropped from moonbeams And sailed on shooting stars Maybe you'll Be president But know right from wrong Or in the flood You'll build an Ark And sail us to the moon Sail us to the moon Sail to the moon SCATTERBRAIN I'm walking out in a force ten gale. birds thrown around, bullets for hail. the roof is pulling off by its fingernails. your voice is rapping on my window sill yesterday's headlines blown by the wind. yesterday's people end up scatterbrain. then any fool can easy pick a hole. (I only wish I could fall in) a moving target in a firing range. somewhere I'm not scatterbrain. somewhere I'm not scatterbrain. lightning fuse powercut. scatterbrain SIT DOWN, STAND UP Sit down, stand up Sit down, stand up Walk into the jaws of hell (sit down, stand up) Walk into the jaws of hell (sit down, stand up) Anytime (sit down) Anytime (stand up) Sit down, stand up Sit down, stand up We can wipe you out anytime (sit down, stand up) We can wipe you out (sit down, stand up) Anytime Anytime Stand up, sit down The rain drops (repeated) STOP WHISPERING And the wise man said I don't wanna hear your voice And the thin man said I don't wanna hear your voice And they're cursing me And they won't let me be There's nothing to say And there's nothing to do Stop whispering, start shouting Stop whispering, start shouting And my mother said Let me spit on you son some more And the [? building ?] said Let me spit on your face some more And the feeling is That there's something wrong Cuz I can't find the words And I can't find the song Stop whispering, start shouting Stop whispering, start shouting They said, I have a complaint Can't remember what it is That's why I'm here Stop whispering, start shouting Stop whispering, start shouting STREET SPIRIT (FADE OUT) rows of houses all bearing down on me i can feel their blue hands touching me all these things in all positions all these things will one day take control and fade out again and fade out this machine will will not communicate these thoughts and the strain i am under be a world child form a circle before we all go under and fade out again and fade out again cracked eggs dead birds scream as they fight for life i can feel death can see it's beady eyes all these things into frution all these things we'll one day swallow whole and fade out again and fade out again. STUPID CAR I find it hard To drive your stupid car I find it hard Cause I never get that far And you put my brain in overload And I can't change gears I cannot see the road You got concrete eyes And I cannot see your face And I failed in life Cause you crushed me with your hands And you put my brain in overload I can't change gears I cannot see the road SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK ALIEN The breath of the morning I keep forgetting the smell of the warm summer air I live in a town where you can't smell a thing You watch your feet for cracks in the pavement Up above aliens hover making home movies for the folks back home Of all these weird creatures who lock up their spirits Drill holes in themselves and live for their secrets They're all uptight, uptight, uptight, uptight I wish that they'd swoop down in the country lane late at night when I'm driving Take me onboard their beautiful ship show me the weird world as I'd love to see it I'd tell all my friends but they'd never believe me They'd think that I'd finally lost it completely I'd show them the stars and the meaning of life they'd shut me away But I'll be all right, all right I'm all right, all right I'm just uptight, uptight, uptight, uptight SULK you bite through the big wall the big wall bites back you sit there and sulk sit there and bawl you are so pretty when you're on your knees disinfected eager to please sometimes you sulk sometimes you burn god rest your soul when the loving comes and we've already gone just like your dad you'll never change each time it comes it eats me alive i try to behave but it eats me alive so i declare a holiday fall asleep drift away. TALK SHOW HOST I want to I want to be someone else or I'll explode Floating upon this surface for the birds The birds The birds You want me? Fucking well come and find me I'll be waiting With a gun and a pack of sandwiches And nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing You want me? Well come and break the door down You want me? Fucking come and break the door down I'm ready I'm ready I'm ready I'm ready I'm ready THE AMAZING SOUNDS OF ORGY I want to see you smile again Like diamonds in the dust The amazing sound of the killing hordes The day the banks collapse on us Cease this endless chattering Like everything is fine When sorry is not good enough Sit in the back while no one drives So glad you're mine THE BENDS where do we go from here? the words are coming out all wierd where are you now when i need you? alone on an aeroplane falling asleep against the window pane my blood will THICKEN. i need to wash myself again to hide all the dirt and pain i'd be scared that there's nothing underneath and who are my real friends? have they all got the bends? am i really sinking this low? my baby's got the bends we don't have any real friends i'm just lying in a bar with my drip feed on talking to my girlfriend waiting for something to happen and i wish it was the sixties i wish i could be happy i wish i wish i wish that something would happen.. where do we go from here? the words are coming out all wierd where are you now when i need you? they brought in the CIA the tanks and the whole marines to blow me away to blow me sky high. my baby's got the bends we don't have any real friends i'm just lying in a bar with my drip feed on talking to my girlfriend waiting for something to happen and i wish it was the sixties i wish i could be happy i wish i wish i wish that something would happen i want to live and breathe i want to be part of the human race where do we go from here? the words are coming out all wierd where are you now when i need you? THE CHAINS THE GLOAMING Genie let out the bottle It is now the witching hour Genie let out the bottle It is now the witching hour Murderers you're murderers We are not the same as you Genie let out the bottle Funny haha funny how When the walls bend When the walls bend With your breathing With your breathing When the walls bend When the walls bend With your breathing With your breathing With your breathing They will suck you down To the otherside They will suck you down To the otherside They will suck you down To the otherside They will suck you down To the otherside To the shadows blue and red To the shadows blue and red Your alarm bells Your alarm bells To the shadows blue and red To the shadows blue and red Your alarm bells Your alarm bells Should be ringing This is the gloaming THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Everyone Everyone around here Everyone is so near What's going on? What's going on? Everyone Everyone is so near Everyone has got the fear What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? THE TOURIST It barks at no one else but me like it's seen a ghost I guess it seen the sparks, a flowing no one else would know Hey man slow down, slow down, idiot slow down, slow down Sometimes I get overcharged that's when you see sparks You ask me where the hell I'm going at thousand feet per second? Hey man, slow down, slow down, idiot slow down, slow down Hey man, slow down, slow down, idiot slow down, slow down. THE TRICKSTER Rust in the mountains Rust in the brain The air is sacred here In spite of your claim Up on the roof tops Out of reach Trickster is meaningless Trickster is weak He's talking out the world Talking out the world Hey Hey Hey This is only halfway Hey Hey Hey This is only halfway I wanted you so bad And I couldn't say All things fall apart We wanted out so bad We couldn't say These things fall apart We're talking out the world Talking out the world Hey Hey Hey This is only halfway Hey Hey Hey This is only halfway Truant kids a can of brick dust worms Who do not want to climb down from Their chestnut tree Long white gloves Police tread carefully Escaped from the zoo The perfect child facsimile It's Talking out the world Talking out the world THERE THERE in pitch dark i go walking in your landscape. broken branches trip me as i speak. just because you feel it doesnt mean it's there. just because you feel it doesnt mean it's there. there's always a siren singing you to shipwreck. (don't reach out, don't reach out) steer away from these rocks we'd be a walking disaster. (don't reach out, don't reach out) just because you feel it doesn't mean it's there. (there's someone on your shoulder) just because you feel it doesn't mean it's there. (there's someone on your shoulder) there there why so green and lonely? heaven sent you to me. we are accidents waiting waiting to happen. we are accidents waiting waiting to happen. THINKING ABOUT YOU Been thinking about you, the way I cut your hair Your eyes are on my wall, your teeth are over there But I'm still no one, and you're my star What do you care? Been thinking about you, and there's no rest Should I still love you, still see you in bed When I'm playing with myself? What do you care when the other men are far, far better? All the things you got, all the things you need I bought you cigarettes, and pried the company to come and see you, honey I've been thinking about you, so how can you sleep? Those people aren't your friends, they're paid to kiss your feet They don't know what I know. Why should you care when I'm not there? Been thinking about you, and there's no rest Should I still love you, still see you in bed When I'm playing with myself? What do you care when I'm not there? All the things you got that you'll never need all the things you got I bled and I bleed to please you Been thinking about you... THIS MESS WE'RE IN Can you hear them? The helicopters? I m in New York No need for words now We sit in silence You look me In the eye directly You met me I think it s Wednesday The evening The mess we re in and The city sun sets over me Night and day I dream of Making love To you now baby Love making On screen Impossible dream And I have seen The sunrise Over the river The freeway Reminding Of this mess we re in and The city sun sets over me What were you wanting? I just want to say Don t ever change now baby And thank you I don t think we ll ever meet again And you must leave now Before the sunrise Above skyscrapers The sin and The mess we re in and The city sun sets over me TRANS ATLANTIC DRAWL I was born for your magazines For your magazines I am trapped in the society page Of your magazines Of your magazines I don't know what it means Do you see light at the end of the tunnel? At the end of the tunnel? Do you see light at the end of the tunnel? At the end of the tunnel? At the end of the tunnel? TREEFINGERS (Instrumental) TRUE LOVE WAITS i'll drown my beliefs to have you be in peace i'll dress like your niece to wash your swollen feet just don't leave don't leave and true love waits in haunted attics and true love wins on lollipops and crisps just don't leave don't leave i'm not living i'm just killing time your tiny hands your crazy kiss and smile just lonely, longing UP ON THE LADDER monster in the ?????? trapped in our birth space a man sleep timing the mixture of mother craze all the right moves and in the right percent watch my dog, a puppet looking as it's seen a strain give me an answer give me a line i've been climbing up this high i've been wasting my time climb up the ladder up the ladder up climb, climb up the ladder up the ladder up on the ladder it's my time to escape up on the ladder away from your mistake up on the ladder to call out the pain up on the ladder you're all the fucking same oh, you let the people down you let the people down you let the people down oh, you let the people down you let the people down you let the people down VEGETABLE I never wanted anything like this I worked hard, tried hard I ran around in domestic bliss I fought hard, died long Every time you're running out of here Every time you're running I get the fear I never wanted any broken bones Scarred face, no home Your words surround me and asphyxiate And I burn all hate Every time you're running out on me Every time you're running I can see I'm not a vegetable I will not control myself I spit on the hand that feeds me I will not control myself The waters spray, the waters roll all over me The waters spray, the waters roll on this tired [?] I'm not a vegetable I will not control myself I spit on the hand that feeds me I will not control myself WE SUCK YOUNG BLOOD are you hungry? are you sick? are you begging for a break? are you sweet? are you fresh? are you strung up by the wrists? we want the young blood are you fracturing? are you torn at the seams? would you do anything? flea bitten? motheaten? we suck young blood we suck young blood won't let the creeping ivy won't let the nervous bury me our veins are thin our rivers poisoned we want the sweet meats we want the young blood WHERE BLUEBIRDS FLY (Instrumental) WHERE I END AND YOU BEGIN there's a gap in between there's a gap where we meet where i end and you begin and i'm sorry for us the dinosaurs roam the earth the sky turns green where i end and you begin i am up in the clouds i am up in the clouds and i can't and i can't come down i can watch but not take part where i end and where you start where you, you left me alone you left me alone. X' will mark the place like parting the waves like a house falling in the sea. i will eat you all alive i will eat you all alive i will eat you all alive i will eat you all alive there'll be no more lies there'll be no more lies there'll be no more lies there'll be no more lies WICKED PEOPLE Go to hell come to me For I am a wicked child I sin and I so confuse And I am a wicked child I am a wicked child I am the devil's son And I wish I could be good Keep you satisfied Yeah I wish I could be good I wish I could be good Go to hell and come to me For I am a wicked child I sin and I so confuse Yeah I am a wicked child I am a wicked child ????? I wanna be good I wanna be good. WOLF AT THE DOOR Drag him out the window dragging out your dead singing i miss you snakes and ladders flip the lid out pops the cracker smacks you in the head knifes you in the neck kicks you in the teeth steel toe caps takes all your credit cards step up get the gunge get the eggs get the flan in the face the flan in the face the flan in the face dance you fucker dance you fucker don't you dare don't you dare don't you flan in the face take it with the love its given take it with a pinch of salt take it to the taxman let me back let me back i promise to be good don't look in the mirror at the face you don't recognize help me call the doctor put me inside put me inside put me inside put me inside put me inside i keep the wolf from the door but he calls me up calls me on the phone tells me all the ways that he's gonna mess me up steal all my children if i don't pay the ransom but i'll never see him again if i squeal to the cops walking like a giant crane and with my x ray eyes i strip you naked in a tight little world and are you on the list? stepford wives who are we to complain? investments and dealers investments and dealers cold wives and mistresses. cold wives and sunday papers. city boys in 1st class don't know we're born just know someone else is gonna come and clean it up born and raised for the job oh I wish you'd get up go over get up go over and turn this tape off. i keep the wolf from the door but he calls me up calls me on the phone tells me all the ways that hes gonna mess me up steal all my children if i don't pay the ransom but i'll never see him again if i squeal to the cops WORRYWORT You don't wanna talk to me, You don't wanna say the words, You try to get off the hook, You try to get off the hook. Sprawling on a pin, Hanging off the hook, Trying to get yourself away, Trying to get yourself away. There's no use dwelling on, On what might have been, Just think of all the fun, You could be having. We know the way you talk, We know what you want, We know what you want, What you really wanted. Take a look around, There's candles on the cake, On what might have been, The road you should have took, Mistakes mistaken There's no use dwelling on, No use dwelling on. It's such a beautiful day, It's such a beautiful day, Find yourself a ????, Go and get some rest. It's such a beautiful day. It's such a beautiful day. Go up to the mic, Go up to the mic, Go and get some rest. YES I AM I resent you calling I resent your voice I resent that I Don't have a choice Anywhere I go You are always there Outside the car Or in my hair I think I've been here before Yes I've been here before The last time you locked All the doors And I resent you calling I resent your voice I resent that I Don't have a choice And yes I am Yes I am I think I've told you once I think I needed advice You were such a help That's very nice I think I've been here before Yes I've been here before But this time I kick Down your door Yes I am Yes I am YOU You are the sun the moon and stars ah you... and I could never run away from you You try but what could get out of things? and why should I believe myself? not you? It's like the world is gonna end so soon and why should I believe myself? Yeah... You, me, and everything caught in the fire I can see you drowning caught in the fire YOU AND WHOSE ARMY? Come on, come on You think you drive me crazy Come on, come on You and whose army? You and your cronies Come on, come on Holy roman empire Come on if you think Come on if you think You can take us all on You can take us all on You and whose army? You and your cronies You forget so easily You ought to know You ought to know Oh so sad Oh so sad Oh so sad You ought to know You ought to know I'm so sad I'm so sad I'm so sad.. YOU NEVER WASH UP AFTER YOURSELF I must get out once in a while Everything is starting to die The dust settles, the worms dig Spiders crawl over the bed I must get out once in a while I eat all day and now I'm fat Yesterday's meal is hugging the plate You never wash up after yourself A LITTLE EACH DAY Took a walk down under the street Never thought that I'd see the day I would meet Came and whispered in my ear But I treid to pretend that I didn't hear Turned my head and I walked away I treid to forget what they had to say Put on a smile and I tried to hide But I couldn't keep myself from crying inside Oh I...So I turned my head and I walked away Oh I...And I tried to forget what he had to say Oh I...And I chalked it up as another day Oh I say...I died a little today Took a journey through my brain And they saw the scars and they felt my pain Saw the things I din't want to find Knew the dreams I had over a bottle of wine Thought if I lied I was oigng to win But they said the battle wouldn't even begin Thought about the lies that I said to myself But I knew it's too late to find the help A LITTLE EACH DAY [Mike Muir] Took a walk down under the street Never thought that I'd see the day I would meet Came and whispered in my ear But I tried to pretend that I didn't hear Turned my head and walked away And I tried to forget what they had to say Put on a smile and I tried to hide But I couldn't keep myself from crying inside Oh, I...So I turned my head and I walked away Oh, I...And I tried to forget what he had to say Oh, I...And I chalked it up as another day Oh, I say...I died a little today Took a journey through my brain And they saw the scars and they felt my pain Saw the things I didn't want to find Knew the dreams I had over a bottle of wine Thought if I lied I was going to win But they said the battle wouldn't even begin Thought about the lies that I said to myself But I knew it's too late to find the help I die a little each day ACCEPT MY SACRIFICE No destination set I daze along till something finds me Where I've been I'm not sure I cannot see the tears, they blind me You know that something ain't right It's a sacrifice Why must I pay this price Accept my sacrifice An emptiness so full I cap it off with expectations A sight not to behold I cover all in explanations It's a sacrifice No no no no no It's a sacrifice a sacrifice Sailing off of course, directions lost There is no exit The captain's abandoned ship, now mutiny How could I suspect this It's a sacrifice, it's a sacrifice, accept my sacrifice It's a sacrifice, it's a sacrifice, it's a sacrifice Accept my sacrifice AIN'T GONNA TAKE IT [Muir, Paul, Pleasants] Ain't gonna take it Amymore [3x's] Don't mess with my head don't mess with my head Don't mess with my head don't mess with my mind Now you messed with me the very last time Well I'm mad as hell hell that's the truth For someone like you I got no use [Chorus:] Ain't gonna take it Anymore [3X's] It's a quarter to pain half past hate I got to get moving cause I'm running late It was all thought out, but now I'm breaking the pain In a moment we'll find out who's the man Well you should have stopped and seen that I'm not the one Now there's no stopping what's got to get done You shouldn't have messed with my head You shouldn't have messed with my mind And now you'll find out about cyco time [Chorus:] Ain't gonna take it Anymore You picked at my soul you picked at my brain You pushed my button like I'm a video game You picked at my head you picked at my mind But now you've picked on me the very last time Cause I'm heavy on my mind and I'm light on my feet That's just the sad facts thats not conceit You picked at my head you picked at my mind But now you've picked on me the very last time Ain't gonna take it Ain't gonna take it Ain't gonna take it [Chorus:] Ain't gonna take it Anymore [3X's] ALONE I scream at the sky, it's easier than crying I'm shyish when I'm shouting out loud I feel so alone in a room full of people I'm loudist when I'm in a crowd I'm alone, and nobody hears me Can't nobody heal me, won't somebody help me I'm alone, I just need Someone to take my hand and pick me up when I'm feeling down Someone to take my heart and give it a home Someone to be with me and help me through the times when I'm down and lonely Someone to be with me when I'm alone I'm alone, all alone Alone is the way I live, it's not the way I want it but you know You can't give in, alone is the way I feel, it's so hard to understand Why I've got to be alone If you look in my heart you'd see it I'm trying to be something better If you look in my heart you'd feel it I've got to keep moving on If you look in my heart you'd know it I'm just trying to make my world better If you look in my heart you'd see it I got to do it alone I've been down, I've been down I've been down, down, down so low I've been lost, so lost with no place left to go I've had emotions, emotions that you better hope you never know Sometimes it feels like I just can't take no more If you look in my heart you'd see it I'm trying to be something better If you look in my heart you'd feel it I've got to keep moving on If you look in my heart you'd know it I'm just trying to make my world better If you look in my heart you'd see it I got to do it alone Seems like things just keep getting further out of hand Why can't for once things just go as I plan How dare you, how dare you tell me that you understand Let me tell you straight out, there ain't nobody here that can I'm all alone, I'm so alone, to be alone, just leave me alone If you look in my heart you'll see it If you look in my heart you'd feel it If you look in my heart you'd know it I'm not trying to make no one bitter I'm just alone, leave me alone, alone alone, now leave me I've lived in places that you wouldn't never ever want to be Places where for a minute you couldn't ever stand to be I've seen things, I've seen things you'd never want to see SO what gives, what gives you the right to be the judge of me I'm all alone, I'm so alone, to be alone, just leave me alone A room full of people, can't nobody help me, I'm alone I just need someone to take my hand and pick me up when I'm Feeling down, when I'm down Someone to take my heart and give it a home, when I'm down Someone to be with me and help me through the times I'm down and lonely, when I'm down Someone to be with me when I'm alone I'm alone, all alone Alone is the way I live, it's not the way I want it but I Know I can't give in Alone is the way I feel, there ain't nothing quite as sad as A person that's alone ANIMAL BENEDICTION Oh yea, back again. Hope you've enjoyed our little excursions. Tipping, toeing thru the mind of a muthafucka that need's a little fuck'n stomping on. Yea, but don't take it wrong, see we ain't trying to tell you how to think, we're just trying to get you to think. And we ain't trying to control nobody, we want the people (individually speaking) to be in control, to know who they are and what they want to be. Yea, and question authority, what the fuck but not for sake of argument, but because you took the time to analyze it and you found a better fuck'n way, not just a fuck'n excuse to complain. And beware of people who try to use you as statistic to back their claims of power, that use you simply as a vehicle to get themselves where they want to, with no reference to your best interest except for their disclaimer that their best interest is your best interest. And remember... cool is only 3 letters away from fool! BERSERK! [Mike Muir/Brooks Wackerman/Dean Pleasants] Berserk... Berserk...berserk...berserk... Berserk...Sometimes my mind doesn't work Berserk... Berserk...berserk...berserk... Berserk...Sometimes my mind doesn't work Berserk... Berserk...berserk...berserk... Sometimes...sometimes... Sometimes...sometimes... Sometimes...sometimes... Sometimes...sometimes... Sometimes...sometimes... Sometimes...sometimes... Sometimes...sometimes... Sometimes...sometimes... Sometimes my mind doesn't work...he heh... Berserk... Berserk...berserk...berserk... Berserk! Berserk! Berserk! Berserk! My luck's been rotten and I am feeling like shit I'll feel much better when I find someone to hit Ready for contact I need someone to attack Lock on a target, now I know who I'll jack Berserk! Berserk! Berserk! Berserk! Berserk! Don't you want to dance with me? Berserk! Won't you come to dance with me? Berserk! Don't you want to dance with me? Berserk! Won't you come to dance with me? Berserk...Who says? Berserk...Who says? Berserk...Who says? Berserk...Who says? Berserk...Who says? Berserk...Who says? Berserk...Who says? Berserk...Who says? Who says that pain has to hurt? Berserk... Berserk... Who says that pain has to hurt? Berserk... Berserk...berserk...berserk... Berserk! Berserk! Berserk! Berserk! I'm sick of talking, I've got nothing to say I'm mad as hell which means I'm ready to play Got in my way, yeah you must be a fool Knocked out your teeth but it's nothing personal Berserk! Berserk! Berserk! Berserk! Berserk! Now everybody wants to dance! Berserk! Don't you want to come and dance? Berserk! Now everybody loves to dance! Berserk! Won't you want to come and dance? Berserk! Berserk... Berserk! Berserk... Berserk! Berserk... Berserk! Berserk... Berserk! Now everybody wants to dance! Berserk! Don't you want to come and dance? Berserk! Now everybody loves to dance! Berserk! Won't you want to come and dance? BUILT TO SURVIVE [Muir] You've heard about the war in my head And I've been known to wake the dead I'm not evil just possessed to skate And feeling like shit, just don't feel great Built to survive, Built to survive, Built to survive, I'm built, I'm built, I'm built to survive So much time spent alone And I'm still searching for my home Built to survive, Built to survive, Built to survive, I'm built, I'm built, I'm built to survive Had my scrapes with the law Is that your mommy that I saw ? They tried to ban us from L.A. But every dog has his day Built to survive, Built to survive, Built to survive, I'm built, I'm built, I'm built to survive And we're built to survive It's 1999 and going cyco's all that's on my mind Controlled by hatred lost again What I don't need is a friend I want more you fascist pig We are family, we live to live Built to survive, Built to survive, Built to survive, I'm built, I'm built, I'm built to survive BULLENIUM CAN'T STOP There's a place I try to go, so far from here I close my eyes, I try to, to disappear I look around in my own way But what I see I never, never really know I wander 'round until I feel it coming on and then it's It's time to go I don't want to be here, falling out of place Confusion's the consensus, fighting for my space Can't stop the running, can't stop the running The runaway emotions in me Now you got them running, can't stop the running The runaway emotions in me I lived it, I live it, it's not easy to say I felt it, I feel it, it's just another day It scares me, why does it dare me You know it aint a fair fight Pain overtakes me, it tries to break me You know that something aint right Now you got them running, can't stop the running The runaway emotions in me Now you got them running, can't stop the running The runaway emotions in me Set my body free They don't make no seatbelt for the mind. So I can't fasten up for this ride... Running away, can't stop the runaway emotions Not right, can't fight Can't stop the runaway emotions Fighting, hiding, can't stop the runaway emotions Hypnotized, paralyzed Can't stop the runaway emotions Can't stop the running, can't stop the running The runaway emotions in me Now you got them running, can't stop the running The runaway emotions I hate it, I hate me, like my consistency I've seen it, I see it, I'm talking literally So much lying, too much denying It's time to face the facts You can't help me These cards were dealt me Play out the final act Now you got them running, can't stop the running The runaway emotions in me You got them running, can't stop the running The runaway emotions in me Set my body free Oh no, you really done it this time Can't stop the runaway emotions Can't stop the runaway emotions There's a place I try to go, so far from here I close my eyes but I can't, can't disappear CHARLIE MONROE CHILDREN OF THE BORED CHOOSING MY OWN WAY OF LIFE My life People don't try to tell me how to live my life Don't try to fill me up with false hopes and lies Show me the truth they say they'll show the light Don't try to tell me I'm wrong when I know I'm right Cause I don't need it, I don't need it, all I need is Choosin' my own way, choosin' my own way of life I'm mad as hell and I ain't gonna take it And if you think I am I think you're fuckin' mistaken Lock me in, but you can't lock me out You can cut off my tongue, but I'll still scream and shout Choosin' my own way of life what up? Cause I'm choosin' my own way of life I'd rather have a penny than a heart of gold I'd rather die young than do as I'm told I was never one to turn down a fight I gotta sleep all day so I can rage rage rage all night Hell I don't need it, I don't need it, all I need is My destination is my own decision Living fast is my only religion Trust no one cause I'm no fuckin' fool Learn on my own I don't need no school Choosin' my own way of life what up Choosin' my own way of life straight out Choosin' my own way of life ain't it my life Choosin' my own way of life and I don't need nobody else CONTROLLED BY HATRED I see the world it slips so far away Looking back on yesterday Leaves me nothing more to say Terror reigns my world, Lord please tell me why I'm on my knees, I start to cry I live my life, that's another lie Controlled by hatred It feels good, I'm not proud to say But I'll just put off my guilt, it can wait another fuckin' day I search you out and now you're right within my reach And now you'll learn a lesson only I can teach Now I'm chking it, now I'm checking out Now I start to scream, it's what it's all about, shout it out Can you swee what it's all about, shout it out Now you know what I'm all about So you can chalk up another soul that's lost Calculate the social cost You know not what's inside of me Raging mad insanity Scrambled brains I got a toasted mind Look in my heart therein no goodness are you gonna find I turned my back to all responsibility I got no place for all your sensitivity Now I'm checking out, now I'm checking in, now I star to pray Just another fuckin' sin, why can't I ever win? Seems like I never win, it's a sin after sin after sin Why can't I ever win? Who am I? I feel no pain I clsoe my ears and now I see so clear I slip away just left all fear Not a sound, but still I hear Controlled by hatred And now the world it slips so far away Looking back on yesterday Leave me nothing more to say Controlled by hatred I didn't think that I could ever try Now tears of joy I start to cry I free my soul and now I fly Controlled by hatred The hooterman goes What's your name? he goes What's your name? he goes What's your name? he goes You know my name, you know my name! What's your name? my name is terror! What's your name? my name is pain! What's your name? and you're my reason I'm controlled by hate, controlled, controlled by hate My hate It's gonna gotta gonna gotta gonna gotta get better It's gonna gotta gonna gotta gonna gotta get better I'ts gonna gotta gonna gotta gonna gotta get better Now the world, my whole world's controlled by hatred The world, my whole world's controlled by hatred Who am I? I feel no pain! Could it be? I've gone insane. Controlled by hatred! CYCO Cyco cyco cyco cyco Cyco cyco cyco cyco Born cyco it's the way I was meant to be Live cyco it's the only life for me Burning burning burning burning Burning burning burning burning Burning up can't you see But it's the only life for me I'm burning up, the fire blazes inside Out of control, so now you better hide Run around the corner But the corner never ends You scream out, beg, shout But the nightmare never ends You turn around but you just see What you saw before Spin around, fall down Now you see no more Raging raging raging raging Raging raging raging raging Raging mad that may be But it's the only life for me I'm raging mad and soon you will know I'm burning up from my head to toe Cyco cyco cyco cyco Cyco cyco cyco cyco It's the only life I know I was born to cyco I'm cyco and my mind it starts to bend Out of control, it seems to be the trend Born to be cyco CYCO SPEAK CYCO VISION [Muir, Clark] You tell me what I wanna hear I hear it all with my ears But that won't do me any use So I use my eyes to see the truth I've got CYCO VISION I use CYCO VISION I said CYCO VISION I see with CYCO VISION It doesn't matter what you say ... bullshit It only matters what you do ... no shit You cannot take the easy way out with me 'cause I got cyco vision You put a smile on your face To try and hide behind your lies But it just magnifies the pain in your soul that I see with my CYCO VISION When you think with all your might You change right to wrong and wrong to right But it stays the same to me 'cause I got cyco vision DEPRESSION AND ANGUISH Travels thru my veins poisoning my soul Makes me hate myself, makes my anger blow Suffocates the hope eats away my will Traps in all the hate depression And I don't wanna feel this way but I can't stop it at all And I don't wanna hurt no more but I can't stop it at all And I don't wanna lie here numb but I can't stop it at all And I don't wanna have to give in but I can't stop it at all Depression it's got me I fought it it whupped me Depression and anguish the poison's inside me Why can't I just make it end I'm tired of feeling this way Why can't I just let me be I'm tired of feeling this way Why can't I just have a break I'm tired of feeling this way Why can't I just go away I'm tired of feeling this... Depression and anguish the battle can't take this Depression is poison the damage is all done And I don't deserve this oh, no And I don't wanna feel this no Digs into my heart roots sprout thru my brain Plants it's ugly thoughts growing wild again Shuts all systems off, locks me in a haze Traps in all the hate depression And I don't have the strength to scream, but here it comes again And I don't have the sense to cry, but here it comes again And I don't have the will to fight, but here it comes again And I don't have the choice to quit, and here it comes again Depression and anguish the battle can't take this Depression is poison the damage is done Depression it's got me I fight it but why me Depression and anguish the poison's inside me DISCO'S OUT, MURDER'S IN Extra, extra, read all about it! News flash, read all about it! Here comes another scam and don't you doubt it May make you laugh, but it aint funny I can't believe the things they do for money Another show that needs to get rated Just gotta alittle bit more hatred We interrupt this program to tell you Disco's out, Murder's in Kill it! Goody, goody, another commotion One more time, in slow motion The mountain wont come to Mohammad Let's keep our fingers crossed and maybe we'll bomb it La da de da da de de da da All kind of la de fuckin' das Disco's out, Murder's in If you wanna go far, we'll make you a star Not looking for filler, just a serial killer! It's got to be violent to make it a highlight If we show it enough Well, everyone will think it's alright Disco's out, Murder's in Kill it! Kill it! DON'T GIVE A FUCK! I don't give a shit I don't give a fuck I don't give a shit We don't give a fuck Your opinion don't mean shit to me And your shit is about to fall Your rationale isn't rational Like bungie jumping off a 6 foot wall I don't give a shit Your right and wrong to me is all wrong And you'll pay if you do me wrong Politically correct means tag along stupid And I don't ever tag along We don't give a fuck What I am is who I am and I'm proud of who I am C'est la vie cause to me comes naturally I don't give a shit I ain't afraid of the present I ain't ashamed of my past And my future's locked in real tight I don't give a shit The guns aren't loaded and the fists aren't clenched But I've taken up a brand new fight I don't give a fuck Hip ain't hip and cool ain't cool But a fool is definitely a fool New ain't new it is just new to you But the truth is sad that's true I don't give a shit I don't give a fuck We don't give a fuck, no! DON'T GIVE ME YOUR NOTHIN' [] Don't you give me give me give me your borrowed time Don't you give me give me give me your recycled line Who do you think you are? You must think you're something Don't you give me give me give me you're here to help me Got to get with the program, I don't need no charity I don't need shit and you ain't nothing And if I made a perfect world you'd be gone Don't give me give me give me your misguided help Don't give me your nothin', I can do it myself Well I don't want shit and I don't need nothing Don't you give me give me give me your look of concern I don't need your meddling when you gonna learn Well you ain't shit and you ain't nothin' Well I just made my perfect world oops you're gone Well now you know what it feels like not to belong so long So don't you give me give me give me your nothing no Don't you give me give me give me your nothing no Don't you give me give me give me your nothing no Don't give me your second hand sympathy Don't give me your nothin', just let me be Who do you think you are? You must think you're something Don't you give me give me give me your worried tone You can't fool me with that crap just leave me alone And I don't need it, I don't need nothing Now I have a perfect world, now you're gone oh oh oh Don't give me your nothin', don't give me your nothin' Don't give me give me give me that What did I do? You don't have to do nothing, you're just being you I'll tell you why, you ain't nothing If you make your perfect world you will find The only place that's perfect is in your mind What's perfect for you is like a hell for me Two perfect worlds, it just cannot possibly be oh oh oh oh Don't give me your nothin' Don't give me give me give me your I'll be there I don't believe how you lie, you don't care Don't give me your shit, don't give me your nothin' Don't give me give me give me your I love you They just are words and the words ain't true You're full of shit, your words mean nothing ANd I just made my perfect world, now you're gone And in my perfect world your perfect world don't belong so long No no don't give me your nothin' No no don't give me your nothin' No no don't give me your nothin' No no don't give me your nothin' EMOTION NO. 13 I wish so hard that I could be just like the ...one you want me to But it doesn't seem to work though I'm trying. I try so hard to do what's right, to be so good, ...to make you proud, but it never seems to satisfy you. It's just the person that you want,...it's not the person that I am. The conflict inside's horrifying. I want so much for you to think of me as a person ...that deserves your respect & attention. I wonder if I'll ever do the things you want...(the way you want) When I don't even know what I want yet. It's not that I'm rebelling against the person you are It's just that I don't know who I am. All I know is it hurts, oh how it hurts Oh God, do you know how I'm hurting? There's an emotion in me. There's an emotion in me Emotion No. 13 Look into my eyes, you'll see I'm not lying. Emotion No. 13 easy cryin' Don't ask me how I know, but I'm dying Emotion No. 13 blows my mind away Emotion No. 13, it blows me away Look into my eyes, you'll see I'm not... Emotion No. 13, says I'm... Don't ask me how I know, but I think I'm... Don't ask me how I know, but I think I'm dying,...dying, dy ing, dying All I know is it hurts, oh how it hurts Oh God do you know how I'm hurting? There's an emotion in me, there's an emotion in me Emotion No. 13 Look into my eyes, you'll see I'm not lying Emotion No. 13, feels like I'm dying EVIL Evil evil evil You make me feel so Evil evil evil You make me wanna get I tried to shield my soul from you But your evil sleeped on thru Cause you're evil I tried to hide in thought but I always end up caught Thinking about getting evil evil I don't know why I fight this feeling When I should take it out on you Evil evil evil You make my thoughts turn to Evil evil evil You make me wanna get Delaying the suspense, destroy all innocence And my thoughts turn to evil evil Cooking up the hate du jour, the symptom is the cure And I'm gonna get evil evil It's the last thing that I wanted But it's the first thing I should get Make mine evil locked in evil As my resistance is spent my actions get all bent And it's time to get evil evil My morals reach the junction Where my conscience stops its function And I'm gonna get evil evil It's the last thing I was thinking So it's thing that I'll do Evil evil evil evil FASCIST PIG Tense atmosphere in the air Riot written everywhere Riot squads coming from over there Time to go home if you're square Riot squad, bash their heads Kick their ass until they're dead I want to be a fascist pig Love to fight, what a thrill We don't stop until we kill I want to be a fascist pig Throw a bottle in the air Put them up to their dare We'll just laugh while they stare Let them hit us, see if we care! Get attacked by them You'll never heal They'll rob your conscience Your sanity they'll steal They'll beat your brains until they spill That's the fascist favorite meal! FASCIST PIG Tense atmosphere in the air Riot written everywhere Riot squads coming from over there Time to go home if you're square Riot squad bas their heads Kick their ass until they're dead I want to be a fascist pig Love to fight what a thrill We don't stop until we kill I want to be a fascist pig Throw a bottle in the air Put them up to their dare We'll just laugh while they stare Let them hit me see if I care Get attacked by them You'll never heal They'll rob your conscience Your sanity they'll steal They'll beat your brains until they spill That's the fascist favorite meal FEEDING THE ADDICTION [Mike Muir/Mike Clark] Taste like addiction Smells like addiction This is addiction Feeding the addiction Feeding the addiction Feeding the addiction You haven't eaten in days and your gums are bleeding Swearing to God the pipe's all you're needing It's robbing or stealing or turning a trick You do whatever it takes to suck on the Devil's dick The more you feed it, the harder it is to tame Taking in the Beast, playing it like a game Lying to yourself saying the same old shit I don't need it, I just don't want to quit Taste like addiction Smells like addiction This is addiction Feeding the addiction Feeding the addiction Feeding the addiction The hunger of addiction calls There's nothing romantic about going through withdrawals You're craving a sample well, here's just a taste Picking and scratching the scabs on your face Your life support system's a syringe Killing a piece of your soul every time you binge Praying to God and begging for forgiveness Knowing damn well that you can't keep going on like this This is addiction Feed the addiction This is addiction Taste like addiction Smells like addiction This is addiction I won't give up the plot but here's a few surprises Muscle spasms, you're puking as your temperature rises Led off to slaughter like a heard of cattle The demons inside have won the battle The Devil takes another soul to burn What does it take for another fool to learn The ritual's over as another one dies The ritual begins as another one tries It's a feeding time... It's your feeding time It's a feeding time... It's your feeding time It's a feeding time... It's your feeding time It's a feeding time... Feeding...the monster! Cursing at God and praying to die... Cursing at God and praying to die... Cursing at God and begging to die... Cursing at God and begging to die... Taste like addiction Smells like addiction This is addiction Feeding the addiction Feeding the addiction Feeding the addiction Cursing at God and praying to die... Cursing at God and praying to die... FEEL LIKE SHIT...DEJA VU Don't you tell me that I'm dreaming 'cause I've been here before But that don't mean that I want to be from here anymore! Cause I feel like shit but who are you to say I don't know I had to have a right to feel this way I feel like shit time after time So don't be trying to tell me it's all in my mind I feel like shit but you don't really care Except my God he used a four letter word in there I feel like shit what am I to you? I feel like shit. Deja vu! And when I feel like shit, I feel like shit! I feel like shit I'm sorry to say Do you fuckin' think I like feeling this way I feel like shit what do you expect me to do I feel like shit, deja vu! This ain't my imagination Lost all thoughts and concentration Time goes on day after day But still If feel the same fuckin' way! Feel like shit, deja vu! Always feeling out of place Hiding behind a smiling face There just ain't no pretty words Can't you see it fuckin' hurts! You know I feel like shit deja vu Feel like shit deja vu Feel like shit deja vu And when I feel like shit I feel like shit FREE YOUR SOUL... AND SAVE MY MIND FREEDUMB [Muir, Paul, Pleasants, Clark] Peace through politics is a fallacy that does not exist Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom Where's your freedom? We got your freedumb Get your freedom, I got your freedom Truth is hard sell but I know what goes over well Lies and cheap and free so the profit margin works exceptionally Where's your freedumb I got your freedom Get your freedumb we got your freedom FUCKED UP JUST RIGHT Yea won't you come and get me I can feel your fear Yea so if you think you're lucky I'll be right here! Ain't no right if there ain't no wrong And you're wrong to think I'll do you right Yea I'm fucked up baby, fucked up just right Yea won't you come and stop me I can sense your fear Yea so if you think you've got it I'll be right there Ain't no bad if there ain't no good And it's good to know I get you bad Yea I'm fucked up baby, fucked up just right Fucked up just right fucked up that's right Yea won't you come and hate me I can smell your fear Yea so if you're feeling crazy, I'll be right there Ain't no hot if there ain't no cool And it's cool to know I get you hot Yea I'm fucked up baby, fucked up just right Yea won't you come and hurt me I can taste your fear Yea so if you got a death wish I'll be right here Ain't no right if there ain't no wrong And you're wrong to think I'll do you right Yea I'm fucked up baby, fucked up just right It makes no fuck'n sense that makes no sense to me Can't make no fuck'n sense that makes no sense to me You make no fuck'n sense that make no sense to me Fucked up just right! GAIGAN GO HOME [Muir, Wackerman] Teach me and I'll teach you If you need a hand I'll give you two Respect me and I'll respect you Disrespect me and I will destroy you Gaigan kaera Gaigan go home Don't come back Don't come back Hope for the best expect the worst This life it ain't no curse Respect me and I'll respect you Challenge me and I will destroy you Gaigan go home Don't come back Don't come back if you ain't suicidal Gaigan go home watch what you say watch what you do Cause I can give it back times ten to you You challenge me so I will destroy you Gaigan kaere Gaigan go home Gaigan kaera GET WHACKED I'm tired of always doing as I'm told Your shit is starting to grow really old I'm sick of dealing with all your crap You pushed me too hard now you'll watch me snap Whack, whack what's wrong with your head? I can't believe a fuckin' word you've said Whack, whack what are you dead? Permanently done, gone to bed Whack, whack out of your mind I think you'll like it if you try it some time Whack, whack if you look you'll find I'm whacked, I'm whacked, I'm whacked get whacked I'm whacked, you're whacked Let's go it's whack time Get whacked gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme some whack time Get whacked all I need, I need, I need, I need is some whack time Get whacked get whacked Ain't nobody gonna tell me what to do I'm gonna save my best whack for you Bbust out hard in a brand new way Now every second is a psycho day I'm whacked and I don't care no more I'm whacked right down to the core I'm whacked like never before I'm whacked, I'm whacked, I'm whacked, I'm whacked Get whacked, won't you follow me Get whacked, what fun it'll be Get whacked, and do it naturally Get whacked, get whacked, get whacked, get whacked It's whack time! Whack time get whacked Whack time get whacked, get whacked, get whacked Whack time Get whacked, get whacked, get whacked It's whack time! Get whacked I'm whacked, you're whacked, let's go it's whack time Get whacked gimmee, gimmee, gimmee, gimmee, gimmee some whack time Get whacked all I need, I need, I need, I need is some whack time Get whacked get whacked You don't want none you got that right When I get whacked it's not a pretty sight One quarter scottish, three quarter insane Ay, think I've gone a little flat in the brain Whack, whack what you got in your head Another word, another lie that you've said Whack, whack your mind is dead Permanently done, gone to bed Whack, whack what do you know? This ain't no script, this ain't no picture show Whack, whack up away and go Get whacked! It's whack time get whacked! Won't you see me later you'll see me right now If you think I'm crazy I'll show you just how I know what's scaring you the most about me This mo fo be getting whacked naturally Get whacked GIVE IT REVOLUTION Throughout all time and history The world's been mauled tyranny Now we're refusing to take it The worst evil the world has saw Were crimes defended by the law Deny our rights and we'll break it You got to break the chains that hold you down Crush the tyrants to the groud Freedom cannot be legislated We'll bow down to no other one The Father and His Son They can't deny what he's created Most wars never should have been thought But this is a war that must be fought We'll take a wrong and we'll right it The greatest weapon of the fascist Is the tolerance of the pacifist We've got to stand up and fight it We'll give it You got to give it revolution, give it revolution We're gonna give it revolution, give it revolution You got to give it revolution, give it revolution We're gonna give it revolution Well you can put a bullet in my head But you can't kill a word I've said You got the disease, I got the solution No matter how much or more you try, you can never ever make this martyr die I give it revolution Revolution! You could put a bullet in my head But you can't kill a word I've said Give it revolution No matter how or what you try You can never ever make a martyr die Give it revolution Revolution GO SKATE! (POSSESSED TO SKATE '97) [Louiche Mayorga/Mike Muir] Let's skate! Seemed like such an innocent toy He was an All American boy Got a skate at eight years old Now the story can be told Beware he's possessed to skate! Skating takes him up in height He's a pilot on a modern flight See him flying through the air Well if he don't land then he don't care Cause he rips he rips When he skates he skates He never hesitates... He's the wizard on the wheels He's a modern gladiator and he ain't got no fears So skate! He shoots the pool like a launching pad If it ain't insane then you can't get rad Skating is all that's on his mind Well he's skating radical all the time Cause he rips he rips When he skates he skates He never hesitates... He's the demon on the wheels He's like a modern gladiator and he ain't got no fears So skate! Possessed to skate! Looks like a magic carpet ride Six foot airiels inverts backside Optical illusion it must be Well he redefines insanity Cause he rips he rips When he skates he skates He never hesitates... He's the wizard on the wheels He's a modern gladiator and he ain't got no fears So skate! Doesn't understand why you'd wanna walk Ain't got time to sit and talk Used to be just like you and me Now he's an outcast of society Beware he's possessed to skate! Possessed to skate! Possessed to skate! Possessed to skate! Possessed to skate! Possessed to skate! Possessed to skate! Possessed to skate! GO'N BREAKDOWN Quieres chigaso, conmigo, tu lo tienes Por vida y por muerte holmes! Breakdown a motherfuckin' breakdown Breakdown ain't that a bitch! If you like magic, here's a trick Snap my finger, now I'm a lunatic Ain't no threat straight out fact go head up you'll get jac ked! Went to school at u. of hell, favorite course was kill and tell Gratuated head of class, majored in kickin' ass Did hard time to get my master, wrote the book on personal disaster I don't need to phd to be a doctor of fuckin' misery Psycho's insane, they say I lost my brain, but I gave it away If my mind's gone bad don't go off feeling sad cause I chose it that way Cause it's a breakdown, I'm go'n breakdown, I'm gonna break Ain't no you can do Cause it's a breakdown, a motherfuckin' breakdown, gonna Break you in fuckin' two What you got, come and show me Think I won't, you don't know me Live or die, it's all the same, life or death, it's just a game Make you an offer you can't refuse, pull out the gat, sorry you lose Put a disclaimer on the crypt, sorry holmes, finger slipped I broke a main now it's headed for my brain and my mind goes Thumpty thump thump Pinned shot eyes, don't come as no surprise it ain't no dance The bump and the dump Cause it's a breakdown, I'm go'n breakdown, I'm gonna break Ain't no you can do Cause it's a breakdown, a motherfuckin' breakdown, who said that Nightmares don't come true? Breakdown, breakdown, breakdown Stick out your head I'll stick out my finger Kick you in the balls now you're a soprano singer Rush to my head, whacked and hyper Now it's time to pay the piper, time to pay the piper Thought you were smart, now you're lying in a cart, you ain't Resting six feet below Your reservation ain't got no hesitations you don't need to Pack no bag where you go Breakdown, I'm gonna breakdown, I'm gonna break ain't no you can do Cause it's a breakdown, a motherfuckin' breakdown, I'm gonna Break you in fuckin' two Cruise the streets on a hustle, show 'em what's up, flex the muscle Whacked out mind on a roll, leaving behind a violent toll Don't take no chemist to understand the equation ak47, a litt le persuasion Your fear is like a compliment, now you're the production of my environment Don't flap no lip, don't shoot that crap Timebomb for brain don't know when I snap Breakdown My strategy I do a psycho attack, you know my set I'm a maniac Breakdown Do as they say when in rome, blast the sucka then get home Breakdown Concussion to the skull, jugular severed chalk it up another 187 Breakdown Breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown Jack be nimble, jack be quick Fuck you jack, I be a lunatic GOT MUTATION GOTTA KILL CAPTAIN STUPID Ah damn, we got a lot of stupid people Doing a lot of stupid things Thinking alot of stupid thoughts And if you want to see one Just look in the mirror Gotta kill Capt. Stupid, can't you see him? Today we start the new way, we're Suicidal Gotta kill the old way, we'll make it better Won't you join our mission, don't be stupid Got to kill Capt. Stupid Got to kill Capt. Stupid Brother killing brothers, what up with that? Can't you see there laughing, that aint funny Babies making babies, that aint love You just got screwed over, get some respect Got to kill Capt. Stupid Got to kill Capt. Stupid And I don't understand why People be bringin' Capt. Stupid in there lives Treating him like a super hero Glorifying him when he aint nothing but a super punk And you see, you're the one who's gonna have to stop him 'Cause you're the one that started him Oh, what's that? So, now you say life sucks Well, ninety nine percent of it's What you make of it... So if your life sucks, you suck What's that crap you're smoking, playing the fool Waste your life for nothing, when your something What the hell you thinking, mind pollution Got to get back control, it's your life fool Got to kill Capt. Stupid Got to kill Capt. Stupid What's that now? Ah, so you're scared to do something about it Well, you better be scared not to do something about it 'Cause if you don't kill Capt. Stupis Capt. Stupid gonna kill you! Got to kill Capt. Stupid fool GOTTA KILL CAPTAIN STUPID [Mike Muir/Mike Clark] Ah damn, we got a lot of stupid people Doing a lot of stupid things Thinking a lot of stpuid thoughts And if you want to see one Just look in the mirror Gotta kill Captain Stupid, can't you see him Today we start the new way, we're Suicidal Gotta kill the old way, we'll make it better Won't you join our mission, don't be stupid Got to kill Captain Stupid Got to kill Captain Stupid Brothers killing brothers, what up with that? Can't you see they're laughing, that ain't funny Babies making babies, that ain't love You just got screwed over, get some respect Got to kill Captain Stupid Got to kill Captain Stupid Got to kill Captain Stupid Got to kill Captain Stupid Kill him, kill him, kill him Gotta kill Captain Stupid Kill him, kill him, kill him Gotta kill Captain Stupid Kill him, kill him, kill him Gotta kill Captain Stupid Kill him, kill him, kill him And I don't understand why People be bringin' Captain Stupid in their lives Treating him like a superhero Glorifying him when he ain't nothing but a superpunk And you see, you're the one who's gonna have to stop him 'Cause you're the one that started him Oh, what's that? So now you say life sucks Well, ninety nine percent of it's What you make of it... So if your life sucks, you suck What's that crap you're smoking, playing the fool Waste your life for nothing, when you're something What the hell you thinking, mind pollution Got to get back control, it's your life fool Got to kill Captain Stupid Got to kill Captain Stupid Got to kill Captain Stupid Got to kill Captain Stupid Kill him, kill him, kill him Gotta kill Captain Stupid I gotta, you gotta, I gotta Gotta kill Captain Stupid Kill him, kill him, kill him Gotta kill Captain Stupid I gotta, you gotta, I gotta Gotta kill Captain Stupid What's that now? Ah, so you're scared to do something about it Well, you better be scared not to do something about it Because if you don't kill Captain Stupid Captain Stupid gonna kill you Got to kill Captain Stupid...fool HALF WAY UP MY HEAD [Muir, Pleasants] I don't know what is it But I'm acting like I know I don't like what I see But I never let it show You can not understand What you were not meant to find So I lock it in a vault Halfway up my head Halfway up my head Halfway up head Halfway up my head that's where it got stuck If you're trying to change me well you're just out of luck I know what I am and how I must be Halfway up my head [Chorus:] Halfway up my head It got stuck Halfway up my head Halfway up my head in a back of a file I put up a front with a wink and a smile All of the things that you've done and you've said Halfway up my head Halfway up my head When I don't know what to think Then I don't know what to say When I don't know what to do I still do it anyway So if I sound confused You're listening all wrong I take it piece by piece And I cut what gets to long Halfway up my head Halfway up my head That's where it got lost Don't like what you said so the message got tossed You can not lock up what was meant to run free The spirit in me, the spirit in me I don't ask for no help and I won't HEARING VOICES I got home kind of late last night My mind wasn't clear, but I could tell something wasn't right So silent I could hear my heart pump But then I heard a sound that made me jump I tried to get real brave, tried to look around I tried to find out where came that sound The re I looked, the less I could see But the voices keep calling, calling out to me I hear voices when I'm all alone Hearing voices but there's nobody home Hear the voices could it be they're calling out to me Hearing voices I look, why can't I see I hear voices can't stop those voices It happened again the very next day I still couldn't understand what they were trying to say Could only get the courage to open up one eye Couldn't see nothing, but the voices they don't lie I searched and searched but not a soul I found Pretty damn sure no one was around The more I looked the less I could see Then I realized the voices were calling from me Are they demons or are they angels or am I crazy Now the voices I start to understand They have to do with the master plan You think about what you'd do Cause one day the voices will be calling out to you The voices I hear now I know are true They come not from one but they come from two The real point is what I'm missing From which voice will I listen I hear voices Hearing voices Do you hear the voices? Can't stop the voices HEAVEN [Muir, Clark] I'm so excited today I'm gonna die But I'm going to heaven so there's no reason to cry God says he loves me and I love him too Yes I have struggled, but but now suffering's through I don't want you to cry I just wanna say I'm so excited today I'm gonna die But I'll live forever so it's not really goodbye God has a plan for me and a plan for you So there's no reason to cry There's no reason to cry Cause I'm going to heaven I'm going to heaven Yes I'm going to heaven I'm going to heaven Over head such a shinning light As playful angels hover in flight In the blindingly brilliant pure white A sensation so peacefully My soul rises separates from my body The pearly gates I can now clearly see I've gone to heaven Hallelujah I'm so excited again I'll never die I'm up heaven so there's no reason to cry HIPPIE KILLERS [Muir] You're not educated you're just regulated You're not educated you're just regulated So if you're tired of getting pissed on Until you get yourself our system We don't need your help no way we're OK Anarchy for me, fascism for you anarchy for me, means fascism for you We don't need no rules anarchy Suicidal punx We don't need no rules no way Wedon't need no rule no way, we're OK We're hippie killers We're hippie killers We're hippie killers No drugs smoke or drink Hippies suck that's what I think politicians I don't buy it Try to contain us, we're gonna riot The original hippie killers You're not regulated You're just not educated You're not regulated You're just not educated So if you're tired of getting pissed on You better get yourself our system We don't no rules no way we're OK We don't need no rules no way We don't need your rules no way, anarchy We're the original hippie killers We're hippie killers We're hippie killers We're hippie killers No pills, trips or hipie weed Suicidal's all that I need Truth, respect and lots of pride in us they live, in you they died We're hippie killers We're hippie killers We're hippie killers, anarchy for me We're hippie killers, fascism for you We're hippie killers, anarchy for me We're hippie killers, fascism for you We don't need no rules no way ! Anarchy suicidal style HOME HOW WILL I LAUGH TOMORROW Here I sit and watch my world come crumbling down I cry for help but no one's around Silently screaming I bang my head against the wall It seems like no one cares at all Always an emotion, but how can I explain How can I explain Kind of like the scent of a rose With words I can't explain The same with my pain Caught up in emotion Goes over my head Goes over my head Sometimes I got to think to myself is this life or death Am I living or am I dead The clock keeps ticking but nothing else seems to change Problems never solved, just rearranged And when I think about all the times that I've had So few good So many bad I search for personality and I look for things I can not see Love and peace flash through my mind Pain and hate are all I find Find no hope in nothing new Never had a dream come true Lies and hate and agony Thru my eyes that's all I see If I'm gonna cry Will you wipe away my tears? If I'm gonna die Lord please take away my fear Before I drown in sorrow Last thing that I'll say How will I laugh tommorow If I can't even smile today Today today when I can't even smile today Today today when I can't even smile today How will I laugh tommorow when I can't even smile today How will I laugh tommorow when I can't even smile today HOW WILL I LAUGH TOMORROW [Mike Clark/Mike Muir] Here I sit and watch my world come crumbling down I cry for help but no one's around Silently screaming as I bang my head against the wall It seems like no one cares at all Always an emotion, but how can I explain; how can I explain? Kind of like the scent of a rose, with words I can't explain, the same with my pain Caught up in emotion, goes over my head; goes over my head! Sometimes I got to think to myself is this life or death, am I living or am I dead The clock keeps ticking, but nothing else seems to change Problems never solved, just rearranged And when I think about all the times that I've had Some were good most were bad I search for personality and I look for things I cannot see Love and peace flash through my mind; pain and hate is all I find Find no hope in nothing new and I never had a dream come true Lies and hate and agony; thru my eyes that's all I see If I'm gonna cry, will you wipe away my tears? And if I'm gonna die, Lord please take away my fear Before I drown in sorrow, I just want to say; How will I laugh tomorrow, when I can't even smile today Today today; when I can't even smile today Today today; when I can't even smile today How will I laugh tomorrow, when I can't even smile today How will I laugh tomorrow, when I can't even smile today You think it's so funny... ...laugh at this! So when I look outside my room I see the world, but not the reason What is done to me is not fair You call it fair I call it treason But I don't know what to do Give me a sign I'll take whatever But if you want me here I am Ain't gonna die forever And I tried to hold ya But you just turned away And I tried to tell ya But not a word I say I cried out so loudly But you just covered your ears And gave me all the signs That you don't want my tears So if you want me here I am I sit and wait your decision But my body fights my mind I headed straight for a collision So am I getting near or am I still Looking in all the wrong places But the only thing that seems to change Are the looks on the faces... Doesn't anyone...seems like no one cares at all I search for personality and look for things I cannot see Does anyone even care at all? Love and peace flash through my mind; pain and hate is all I find Seems like no one cares at all Find no hope in nothing new and I never had a dream come true Does anyone even care at all? Lies and hate and agony; thru my eyes that's all I see Seems like no one cares at all How will I laugh tomorrow? How will I laugh tomorrow? How will I laugh tomorrow? How will I laugh tomorrow, when I can't even smile today Today today; when I can't even smile today Today today; when I can't even smile today How will I laugh tomorrow, when I can't even smile today How will I laugh tomorrow, when I can't even smile today... HOW WILL I LAUGH TOMORROW (HEAVY EMOTION VERSION) Here I sit and watch my world come crumbling down (Crumbling down) I cry for help but no one's around Silently screaming as I bang my head against the wall (Against the wall) It seems like no one cares at all Always an emotion, but how can I explain; how can I explain? Kind of like the scent of a rose, with words I can't explain, the same with my pain Caught up in emotion, goes over my head; (Goes over my head) Sometimes I got to think to myself is this life or death, am I living or am I The clock keeps ticking, but nothing else seems to change (Seems to change) Problems never solved, just rearranged And then I think about all the times that I've had (That I ve had) Some were good I search for personality. I look for things I couldn t see Peace and love flash through my mind but pain and hate is all I ever would find Find no hope in nothing new and I never ever had a dream come true Lies and hate and agony; through my eyes that's all I see If I'm gonna cry, will you wipe away my tears? And if I'm gonna die, Lord please take away my fear Before I drown in sorrow, Well I just want to say; How will I laugh tomorrow, when I can't even smile today Today (today) today; when I can't even smile today Today (today) today; when I can't even smile today Today (today) today; when I can't even smile today Today (today) today; when I can't even smile today You think something s funny... If you wanna laugh... why don t you laugh at this? So when I look outside my room I see the world, but not the reason What is done to me is not fair You call it fair I call it treason But I know not what to do Give me a sign I'll take whatever But if you want me here I am Ain't gonna die forever And I tried to hold ya But you just turned away And I tried to tell ya But not a word I say I cried out so loudly But you just covered your ears I gave you all the signs, but you ignored my tears So if you want me here I am I sit here waiting for your decision But my body fights my mind I headed straight for a collision So am I getting near or am I still Looking in all the wrong places But the only thing that seems to change Are the looks on the faces... And I try to hold ya And I try to tell ya And I gotta And I gotta, and I gotta, and I gotta, and I gotta, and I gotta, and I gotta, and I gotta, Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta How will I laugh tomorrow? (How will I, How will I, How will I) How will I laugh tomorrow? (How will I, How will I, How will I) How will I laugh tomorrow? (How will I, How will I, How will I) How will I laugh tomorrow? (How will I, How will I, How will I) When I can t even smile Can t even smile I can t even smile today When I can t even smile Can t even smile I can t even I can t even smile today Smile today But I can t even smile How will I laugh tomorrow? Doesn't anyone...It seems like no one cares at all Doesn t anyone even care at all It seems like no one cares at all Doesn t anyone even care at all It seems like no one cares at all How will I laugh tomorrow? How will I laugh tomorrow? How will I laugh tomorrow? How will I laugh tomorrow? When I can t even smile today Today (today) today; when I can't even smile today Today (today) today; when I can't even smile today Today (today) today; when I can't even smile today Today (today) today; when I can't even smile today HUMAN GUINEA PIG [] [From F.N.G. compilation, 1992] Lying on my back, wheeled under blinding light Shackled restraints resist my attempted fight The scalpels hovers over me, the incision is made Once again they're watching me, no new sensation, just frustration They said it was for science But I'm the human guinea pig The guinea pig The guinea pig The guinea pig The guinea pig The guinea pig My sleep has been altered, I open my eyes The nightmare continues, I see through their lies The papers keep turning, the tests never ends Once again they're watching me, no new sensation, just frustration They said it was for science But I feel like the human guinea pig Time may have passed on, but I won't soon forget The old sensation, pure frustration of a human guinea, guinea pig I AIN'T LIKE YOU [Muir] Too much time on my hands Too much salt in my wounds Too much pain in my heart Too many things to regret I've been thinking The cause of my confession I've been thinking The cause of my oppression I've been thinking What's causing my depression I've been thinking Because of my depression Won't do that change again Continuous lies never end I'd hate myself if I thought like you I'd have to hate myself to do the things you do Cause I ain't like you I ain't like you Too much getting no where Too much waiting to see Too many lies have been told Too many things thought in my head I've been thinking The cause of my confession I've been thinking The cause of my oppression I've been thinking What's causing my depression I've been thinking Because of my depression Stand up small hypocrite Your full of lies your full of shit I hate myself sometimes that's true But I can't hate myself enough to be like you I ain't like you I ain't like you I ain't like you I ain't like you Dirty job rearrange Smoke it up just taken change I can not hate myself I can not hate myself enough to be like you I FEEL YOUR PAIN AND I SURVIVE [Rocky George/Mike Muir] Survive You can not stand a single word I say But you manage to hear every word anyway Your eyes they always seem to be fixed on me But not for love but for money You say nothing yet I still hear I am the thing that you most fear I cause the pain deep in your heart O, how I love to tear your world apart Well I feel your pain and I survive And I survive I see your anger, I can hardly wait How it feels so good to cause you such hate Tried to ignore me. Thought I'd go away But I'm back for good. I'm here to stay You thought that you could get the best of me To put me down, it seemed, so easily I take such pride in the work I do You hoped I'd fail but I'm not like you I feel your pain so I survive I SAW YOUR MOMMY Yesterday, as I went out of the house I saw a body lying down quiet as a mouse Lying face down in the sewer I got up closer and realized that I knew her All her organs coming from her inside Slashed up skin sliced up hide Turned her over and saw the tire tracks on her head That's when I realized she was dead I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead Twisted body chopped off feet Her body was minced meat Bugs crawling on her arms She's dead, can't do no harm Gnarled up legs, broken and bent Her last breath has been spent I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead I watched her as she bled Chewed off toes on her chopped off feet I took a picture cause I thought it was neat But the thing I like seeing the best Was the rodents using her hair as a nest I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead I saw your mommy nnd your mommy's dead I saw her lying in a pool of red I think it's the greatest thing I'll ever see Your dead mommy lying in front of me I'll always remember her lying dead on the floor I hope she dies twenty times more I saw your mommy and your mommy is dead I saw your mommy and your mommy is dead I SAW YOUR MOMMY Yesterday as I went out of the house I saw a body lying down quiet as a mouse She was lying face down in the sewer What you do I got up closer and realized that I knew her What you see All her organs comingfrom her inside That's nasty Slashed up skin, sliced up hide Tell me some more Turned her over and saw the tire tracks on her head Then what That's when I realized she was dead Twisted body, chopped off feet her body was minced meat Bust crawling on her arms She's dead can't do no harm Gnarled up legs, broken and bent Her last breath has been spent I wonder how much you had to pay To get your mom killed in such a bloody way I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead I watched her as she bled Well she had Chewed off toes on her chopped off feet Say what? I took a picture 'cause I thought it was neat That's cold But the thing I like seeing the best What's that Was the rodents using her hair as a nest Damn I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead I know it is your allowance that you'll really miss But make it look good at her funeral and give her a kiss I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead I saw her lying in a pool of read And she doesn't know how to swim I think it's the greatest thing I'll ever see What's that? Your dead mommy lying in front of me I'll always remember her lying dead on the floor I hope she dies twenty times more I saw your mommy and your mommy is dead I saw your mommy and your mommy is dead I saw her, I saw her...mommy I saw your mommy I SAW YOUR MOMMY [Mike Muir] Yesterday as I went out of the house I saw her body lying down as quiet as a mouse She was lying face down in the sewer What you do I got up closer and realized that I knew her What you see All her organs coming from her inside That's nasty Slashed up skin, sliced up hide Tell me some more I turned her over and saw the tire tracks on her head Then what That's when I realized she was dead Twisted body, chopped off feet Her body was minced meat Bust crawling on her arms She's dead can't do no harm Gnarled up legs, broken and bent Her last breath has been spent I wonder how much you had to pay To get your mom killed in such a bloody way I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead I watched her as she bled Well she had Chewed off toes on her chopped off feet Say what? I took a picture 'cause I thought it was neat That's cold But the thing I like seeing the best What's that Were the rodents using her hair as a nest Damn I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead Say what? I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead Twisted body, chopped off feet Her body was minced meat Bust crawling on her arms She's dead can't do no harm Gnarled up legs, broken and bent Her last breath has been spent I know it is your allowance that you'll really miss But make it look good at her funeral and give her little kiss I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead I saw her lying in a pool of red And she don't know how to swim I think it's the greatest thing I'll ever see What's that? Your dead mommy lying in front of me Ba doo be do I'll always remember her lying dead on the floor Ba doo be va I hope she dies twenty times more I saw your mommy and your mommy is dead I saw your mommy and your mommy is dead Twisted body, chopped off feet Her body was minced meat Bust crawling on her arms She's dead can't do no harm Gnarled up legs, broken and bent Her last breath has been spent I wonder how much you had to pay To get your mom killed in such a bloody way I saw her, I saw her...mommy I saw your mommy I SHOT REAGAN I shot Reagan I shot Sadat I'm gonna shoot you dead in heaven you'll rot You're gonna rot in heaven, hear an Angels voice You're too bad for hell although it's your first choice Rot in heaven, you're too bad for hell Rot in heaven, cause you're forgiven in hell I shot Lennon, I shot the Pope I shot the devil now you ain't got no hope You're gonna rot in heaven, hear an Angels voice You're too bad for hell although it's your first choice I SHOT THE DEVIL I shot Reagan, I shot Sadat I'm gonna shot you dead in heaven you'll rot You're gonna rot in heave, hear an angel's voice You're too bad for hell, although it's you first choice Rot in heave, you're too bad for hell Rot in heaven, cause you're fogiven in hell I shot Lennon, I shot the Pope I shot the devil, now you ain't got no hope You're gonna rot in heaven, hear an angel's voice You're too bad for hell although it's your first choice I WANNA GET SICK [Muit, Pleasants, Clark] I hurt myself so I can heal myself I wanna get sick I hate myself so I can love myself I wanna get sick I, I wanna release, I wanna get ill, I wanna get sick I, I wanna go off, I wanna get ill I wanna get sick I feel my best when I am at worst I wanna get sick I fight myself to make peace with myself I wanna get sick I, I wanna go off, I wanna get ill I wanna get sick Sick sick sick bbb get sick, ya get sick I confuse myself to understand myself I wanna get sick I punish myself to replenish myself I wanna get sick I, I wanna release, I wanna get ill, I wanna get sick I, I wanna go off, I wanna get ill I wanna get sick Get sick get sick get sick I WANT MORE Don't wanna pump nobody's gas I want more Don't wanna kiss my bosses ass I want more Don't wanna take the first job I find I want more Don't wanna dig coal out of a mine I want more Slaving in a factory a different kind of insanity Feels like I'm locked in a cage Working like a maniac, gave myself a heart attack For a job that pays minimum wage Don't wanna work at the golden arches I want more Don't wanna wash rich mans cars I want more Don't wanna be nobody's gardener I want more Don't wanna be a garbage man I want more I WANT MORE [Mike Muir/Mayorga] In times of trouble fall to my knees and I look to the sky Cause me, me I want more The classification of our heart's a sin Cause me, me I want more Don't wanna pump nobody's gas I want more Don't wanna kiss my boss's ass I want more Don't wanna take the first job I find I want more Don't wanna dig coal out of a mine I want more Slaving in a factory, a differnt kind of insanity Feels like I'm locked in a cage Working like a maniac, gave myself a heart attack For a job that pays minimum wage Don't wanna work at the golden arches I want more Don't wanna was no rich man's cars I want more Don't wanna be nobody's gardener I want more Don't wanna be no garbage man I want more I sit and reflect about all that I've learned and all that I've seen Cause me me I want more The memories come and they go away Cause me me I want more Don't wanna pump nobody's gas I want more Don't wanna kiss my boss's ass I want more Don't wanna take the first job I find I want more Don't wanna dig coal out of a mine I want more I want more I WASN'T MEANT TO FEEL THIS / ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL [Mike Muir] What's he saying? Yeah...just...a little...closer... What's he doing? It was, I know, by the corner...yeah Sitting in the darkness...yeah I didn't see it, but I know It tries to hide sometimes, he he he But it can't fool me...no Because I had this thing, it's the way I see The way I see when my eyes are closed A conscenception of misconception It's really quite, shall we say... The really beautiful thing! This is certain things that I've come to find In my communications that never existed Certain understandings that I've come to realize...yeah But I don't believe it...no Not for second! It wasn't really truthful in the ways that I, that I, that I, that... They're here right now...yeah I wasn't meant to feel this... I wasn't meant to feel this... I wasn't meant to feel this way I wasn't meant to feel this... ... Counting on nothing............Uuuuuuuh... The numbers get higher.........Ai ai ai ai ai... Blinded by reason..............Uuuh ah uuuh ah... You're asleep at the wheel.....Yeeeeeea... Ai ai ai ai ai ai ai... Ai ai ai ai ai ai ai... Confused understanding......... With a slip...for the hold.....Ai ai ai ai ai... Squeeze past the pressure...... You're asleep at the wheel..... A magical moment Is it...too much of a good thing Recycled in memory Was it...too much of a good thing Why can't you remember Is it...too much of a good thing Preserved in its danger You're all asleep at the wheel... Blank stare and a whisper, blank stare and a whisper But who are the judges, who are you judging? I thought you'd be different, I thought you'd be different You're all asleep at the wheel, you're asleep at the wheel A special assignment Is it...too much of a good thing Unlocked under pressure Was it...too much of a good thing Confined unforgiveness Is it...too much of a good thing A new kind of danger You're all asleep at the wheel... Ai ai ai ai ai ai ai... Ai ai ai ai ai ai ai... Hope in revision...............Uuuuuuuh... Slight miscalculation..........Ai ai ai ai ai... It all goes in stages..........Uuuh ah uuuh ah... You're asleep at the wheel.....Yeeeeeea... Ai ai ai ai ai ai ai... Ai ai ai ai ai ai ai... Ai ai ai ai ai ai ai... Ai ai ai ai ai ai ai... A blank stare and a whisper.... I thought you were different... But who are you judging........ I thought you were different... You're asleep at the wheel... I WASN'T MENT TO FEEL THIS WAY/ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL Counting on nothing,the numbers get higher Blinded by reason, you're asleep at the wheel Confused understanding, with a slip for the hold Squeeze past the pressure, you're asleep at the wheel A magical moment Is it too much of a good thing Recycled in memory was It too much of a good thing Why can't you remember Is it too much of a good thing Preserved in it's danger You're asleep at the wheel Blank stare and a whisper, but who are you judging I thought you were different You're asleep at the wheel A special assignment Is it too much of a good thing Unlocked underpressure Was it too much of a good thing Confined unforgiveness Is it too much of a good thing A new kind of danger, you're asleep at the wheel Hope in revision, slight miscalculation It all goes in stages, you're asleep at the wheel A blank stare and a whisper I thought you were different But who are you judging I thought you were different You're asleep at the wheel I WOULDN'T MIND I wouldn't mind. Every messed up feeling has its day Every screwed up person gets revenge Every jacked up moment will come back Every twisted thought will have its shot I wouldn't mind seeing you shaken with fear I wouldn't mind hearing you screaming in pain I wouldn't mind hearing you cry like a baby I wouldn't mind hearing you beggin' for your life Makes me feel the joy rise thru my soul Makes me think that there's hape after all Makes me wanna shout and jump for joy Makes me feel the purpose after all I wouldn't mind seeing you shaken with fear I wouldn't mind seeing you screamin' in pain I wouldn't mind seeing you dead! I wouldn't mind.I wouldn't mind. I wouldn't mind seeing blood squirting from your veins I wouldn't mind hearing you beg for your life I wouldn't mind.I wouldn't mind seeing you dead I'LL BUY MYSELF [Muir, Clark] Quack quack wop woop I'm about to get my thrill And I don't it from no funny ass pill I'm about to straight break loose I could fight it but it ain't no use I'm about it this far away From going off and making someone pay I'm about to buy myself Quack quack wop woop I'm about to toss and turn No sleep tonight I got a lesson to learn I'm about to throw a fit I can't seem to find the time to quit I'm about ready to roll Light on my feet with my gutted soul I'm about to get my thrill Anyway I will I'll buy, I'll buy myself I ain't got, I got noone else I'll buy, I'll buy myself When i go on sale I'm about 105 Died years ago, but I'm still alive I'm about 17 It's time to reinvent the punk rock scene I'm about one inch small When it seems that's noone cares at all I'm about to buy myself Quack quack wop woop I'LL HATE YOU BETTER In this world without harmony Where there's no peace and there's no sanity I can still survive and survive peacefully Until that moment when you crash down on me Cause I'll I'll hate you better Cause I'll I'll hate you better You better watch how you direct your hate Or you'll receive part of my natural trait Before you send off, you just better wait Cause I aint got time not to retaliate I'll, I'll hate you better I'll hate you better I'm not trying to threaten or to decieve I'm just enlightening you so you wont be niave I'll tell you one thing that you better believe My hate is better to give than to receive I'll, I'll hate you better I'll IF I DON'T WAKE UP Why do I wake up in the morning nothing's changed since the day of my birth Why do I wake up in the morning I make no difference on this earth Strength has left has to be something has died inside of me If I don't wake up in the morning at my funeral would anyone care If I don't wake up in the morning would anyone even be there You can put me down you can put me out, you can try to ignore But now you're gonna hear me when I shout WAKE UP Why should I wake up in the morning it be just another wasted day Why should I wake up in the morning don't do nothing right anyway That was then not anymore now I go blasting out the door I'm gonna wake up in the morning I'll prove you wrong I will not fail I'm gonna wake up in the morning I'm gonna blaze a brand new trail Might not be smart, but if I'm strong I know for sure no one ever will prove me wrong INSTITUTIONALIZED Sometimes I try to do things and it just doesn't work out the way I wanted to. I get real frustrated and I try hard to do it and I take my time and it doesn't work out the way I wanted to. It's like I concentrate real hard and it doesn't work out Everything I do and everything I try never turns out It's like I need time to figure these things out But there's always someone there going Hey Mike: You know we've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately.You know, maybe you should get away and maybe you should talk about it, maybe you'll feel a lot better And I go: No it's okay, you know I'll figure it out, just leave me alone I'll figure it out. You know I'll just work by myself. And they go: Well you know if you want to talk about it I'll be here you know and you'll probably feel a lot better if you talk about it. And I go: No I don't want to I'm okay, I'll figure it out myself and they just keep bugging me and they just keep bugging me and it builds up inside and it builds up inside. So you're gonna be institutionalized You'll come out brainwashed with bloodshot eyes You won't have any say They'll brainwash you until you see their way. I'm not crazy institutionalized You're the one who's crazy institutionalized You're driving me crazy institutionalized They stuck me in an institution Said it was the only solution to give me the needed professional help to protect me from the enemy, myself I was in my room and I was just like staring at the wall thinking about everything but then again I was thinking about nothing And then my mom came in and I didn't even know she was there she called my name and I didn't even hear it, and then she started screaming MIKE! MIKE! And I go: What, what's the matter And she goes: What's the matter with you? I go: There's nothing wrong mom. And she goes: Don't tell me that, you're on drugs! And I go: No mom I'm not on drugs I'm okay, I was just thinking you know, why don't you get me a pepsi. And she goes: NO you're on drugs! I go: Mom I'm okay, I'm just thinking. She goes: No you're not thinking, you're on drugs! Normal people don't act that way! I go: Mom just give me a Pepsi please All I want is a Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me. Just a Pepsi. They give you a white shirt with long sleeves Tied around you're back, you're treated like thieves Drug you up because they're lazy It's too much work to help a crazy I'm not crazy institutionalized You're the one who's crazy institutionalized You're driving me crazy institutionalized They stuck me in an institution Said it was the only solution To give me the needed professional help To protect me from the enemy, myself I was sitting in my room and my mom and my dad came in and they pulled up achair and they sat down, they go: Mike, we need to talk to you And I go: Okay what's the matter They go: Me and your mom have been noticing lately that you've been having a lot of problems, you've been going off for no reason and we're afraid you're gonna hurt somebody, we're afraid you're gonna hurt yourself. So we decided that it would be in your interest if we put you somewhere where you could get the help that you need. And I go: Wait, what do you mean, what are you talking about, we decided!? My best interest?! How can you know what's my best interest is? How can you say what my best interest is? What are you trying to say, I'm crazy? When I went to your schools, I went to your churches, I went to your institutional learning facilities?! So how can you say I'm crazy. They say they're gonna fix my brain Alleviate my suffering and my pain But by the time they fix my head Mentally I'll be dead I'm not crazy institutionalized You're the one who's crazy institutionalized You're driving me crazy institutionalized They stuck me in an institution Said it was the only solution To give me the needed professional help To protect me from the enemy, myself It doesn't matter how's this childs play planned to turn out anyhow. INSTITUTIONALIZED [Mike Muir/Mayorga] So you're gonna be institutionalized You'll come out brainwashed with bloodshot eyes You won't have any say They'll brainwash you until you see their way They stuck me in an institution Said it was the only solution To give me the needed professional help To protect from the enemy myself They give you a white shirt with long sleeves Tied around your back, you're treated like thieves Drug you up because they're lazy It's too much work to help a crazy They say they're gonna fix my brain Alleviate my suffering and my pain But by the time they fix my head Mentally I'll be dead INSTITUTIONALIZED [Mike Muir/Louiche Mayorga] Sometimes I try to do things, and it just don't turn out the way I wanted to and I get real frustrated, it's like, I take my time and I try real hard, but no matter what I do and no matter what I try it never works out, it's like I concentrate on it real hard, but it never works out, it's like I need some time to figure these things out, but there's always someone there going: Hey Mike, you know, we been noticing you've been having alot of problems lately, you know, and like maybe you should talk about it, you'd feel alot better. And I go: No, it's ok, I now have some problems, I'll figure it out myself, just leave me alone I'll figure it out. And they go: Why don't you talk about it, you'll feel alot better? And I go: No, I don't want to, just leave me alone, I'll figure it out myself! And they keep on bugging me and it builds up inside, it builds up inside... So you're gonna be institutionalized You'll come out brainwashed with bloodshot eyes You won't have any say They'll brainwash you until you see their way I'm not crazy institutionalized You're the one who's crazy institutionalized You're driving me crazy institutionalized They stuck me in an institution Said it was the only solution To give me the needed professional help To protect me from the enemy, myself I was sitting in my room, and I was like staring at the walls thinking about everything but then again I was thinking about nothing, and then my mom came in and I didn't notice she was there and she calls my name and I didn't hear her and then she started screaming: Mike, Mike! And I go: What, what's the matter? She goes: What's the matter with you? I say: Nothing mom. She goes: Don't tell me nothing, you're on drugs! I go: No mom, I'm not on drugs, I'm ok, I'm just thinking, you know, why don't you get me a Pepsi? She goes: No, you're on drugs, you're crazy, normal people won't be acting that way! I go: Mom, I'm all right, I'm just thinking, you know, so why don't you, like give me a Pepsi? And she goes: No, you're crazy! All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me, just one Pepsi. They give you a white shirt with long sleeves Tied around you're back, you're treated like thieves Drug you up because they're lazy It's too much work to help a crazy I'm not crazy institutionalized You're the one who's crazy institutionalized You're driving me crazy institutionalized They stuck me in an institution Said it was the only solution To give me the needed professional help To protect me from the enemy, myself I was sitting in my room and my mom and my dad came in and they pulled up a chair and they sat down, they go: Mike, we need to talk to you. And I said: Okay, what's the matter? They go: Well me and your mom, we been noticing lately you've been having alot of problems, and you haven't been acting like yourself, and we're afraid that you're going to hurt somebody, and we're afraid that you're gonna hurt yourself, so we decided that it would be in your best interest if we put you somewhere where you could get the help that you need... And I said: Wait, what are we talking about?! We decided?! My best interest?! How can you know, how can you say what my best interest is? What are you trying to say? I'm crazy? When I went to your schools, I went to your churches, I went to your institutional learning facilities. So how can you say that I'm crazy? They say they're gonna fix my brain Alleviate my suffering and my pain But by the time they fix my head Mentally I'll be dead I'm not crazy institutionalized You're the one who's crazy institutionalized You're driving me crazy institutionalized They stuck me in an institution Said it was the only solution To give me the needed professional help To protect me from the enemy, myself It doesn't matter how's this childs play planned to turn out anyhow. INVOCATION Oh yea, know that shit. Sounds so good I wanna... right along. Yea this is K Sui, Cyco Miko here, giving you the easy muthafuck'n listening sounds for the hard of muthafuck'n hearing. Yea, busting out on a whole new perspektive to lock you upside your head. Get your mind working. Cause you know it ain't working like it should be. It's time to think... not think like you think you think... that ain't thinking, that's just justifying your inability to accomplish the things that you're not willing to work for. So right now time to dig into fuck'n trench. Get a little cyco. Cause you gotta fuck'n be crazy to believe in yourself! So what anyone else says... fuck it! I don't give a fuck! IT'S GOING DOWN It's going down in my dark side My mind starts sweating, my heart It starts a chain reaction That's how the pain it all starts It's going down where no one can see It's a sad sad sight The feeling just gets stronger I see you, I just put on a smile I try to cover it up But I can't take it too much longer Time stands still, as I lie in place I try to block out the pitch In my head that keeps ringing So I pound and pound on myself I try to wake myself up But I can't cause I'm not dreaming It's going down in my dark side With no release or escape Doesn't believe in forgiveness It's an emotional rape It's going down where no one can see It's a sad sad sight No suspense as what will follow Fractured terror fills my peace Shocks my senses Leave me empty sad and hollow Time stands still, as I lie in place I try to block out the pitch In my head that keeps ringing So I pound and pound on myself I try to wake myself up But I can't cause I'm not dreaming It's goin' down it's goin' down It's goin' down it's goin' down It's goin' down it's goin' down It's goin' down it's goin' It's goin' down It's going down in my dark side Shivers and shakes through my soul Ration surveys the damage There's nothing left to control It's going down now, I'm face to face With the hollowness That echoes in this darkness How can I fight when I cannot see what to fight Reluctantly how can I even stop this All hell is breaking loose Now panic rules as emotions blaze on fire I'm goin' down down down down down I'm goin' down I'm so damn tired It's goin' down it's goin' down It's goin' down it's goin' down It's goin' down it's goin' down It's goin' down it's goin' It's goin' down It's goin' down in my darkside IT'S NOT EASY Easy easy, it's not easy To say what I feel when nothing seems real Not easy, it's not easy To be someone's friend when the pain it never ends Not easy, it's not easy To keep up the fight when nothing turns out right Easy I got to take it easy, I got to take it easy Easy it's not easy to open your heart when love's torn it apart Easy it's not easy to hold your head high when you want to sit and cry Easy it's not easy to fall on your knees and say Lord help me please Easy I got to take it easy, Oh please, please, please easy Easy easy it's not easy Gotta gotta take it easy It's not easy It's never easy JOIN THE ARMY [Louiche/Mike Muir] I got a story to tell, now listen up real well Pay attention this way to what I got to say Took it to the street, rap to the people we meet Now we're rocking out hard to the Suicidal beat Tried to deny our right, so we're putting up a fight Just doing our thang, they tried to call it a gang Saw the way we look, that's all that it took That's all she wrote, they had their scapegoat Dressed down, homeboyz, minority join the Army We're the few, we're the proud, we like to jam it loud The music we play won't have it any other way We're armed to the bone with our music and our tone Recruiting on the street fwith the sound of our beat Growing larger every day and every time we play Don't need no college plan, we're just a hard rocking band We like our music to please but we ain't gonna appease No pressure's too much to make us change our touch Hardcore, metal, the new wave We're not a gang join the Army Don't be no fool, don't let your prejudice rule Don't judge y your fear, judge us by your ear Can't believe every word of every story that you've heard Just play the song, I know you'll start to rock along Well I don't care 'bout the clothes you wear It's the size of your heart, not the length of your hair Don't make no difference to me, the color that you be Black, white or brown, it's all the same to me Well if you still don't believe you best get up and leave Do what you must do, but this ain't the place for you You got no right but if you start a fight We'll be rockin' your head but with our fists instead I'll fight it with the band, right down till the end Ask anyone I've met, this ain't no idle threat Don't flap no fit and it won't come to this Bust as for me, I'm down with the Army New YHork, London, Venice Why join a gang? Join the Army Suicidal rock join the Army Suicidal rock join the Army Suicidal rock join the Army Suicidal rock join the Army Suicidal rock I want you to join the Army S.T. JOIN THE NEW ARMY [Louiche Mayorga/Mike Muir] S.T.! Listen up real well, I got a story to tell Pay attention this way to what I've got to say Took it to the street, rap to the people we meet We're rocking out hard to the Suicidal beat Tried to deny our right, so we put up a fight Just doing our thang, they tried to call it a gang Saw the way we look, and that's all that it took All that they wrote, they had their scapegoat Dressed down... Homeboyz... Minority... Join the Army! Join the New Army! The S.T. Army! Join the New Army! We're the few, we're the proud, we like to jam it loud The music we play won't have it any other way We're armed to the bone with our music and our tone Recruiting on the street to the sound of our beat Growing larger every day and every time we play Don't need no college plan, we're just a hard rocking band We like our music to please but we ain't gonna appease No pressure's too much to make us change our touch Hardcore... Punk rock... The Cyco way... Join the Army! Join the New Army! The S.T. Army! Join the New Army! Don't be no fool, don't let your prejudice rule Don't judge by your fear, judge us by your ear Can't believe every word of every story you've heard Just play the song, I know you'll start to rock along Well I don't care 'bout the clothes you wear It's the size of your heart, not the length of your hair Don't make no difference to me, the color that you be Black, white or brown, it's all the same to me Join the Army... Join the Army... The Suicidal Army! Join the Army... Suicidal! S.T.! Well if you still don't believe you best get up and leave Do what you must do, but this ain't the place for you You got no right but if you start a fight We'll be rockin' your head but with our fists instead I'll fight it with the band, right down till the end Ask anyone I've met, this ain't no idle threat Don't flap no lip and it won't come to hip But as for me, I'm down with the Army New York... Paris... Venice... S.M., Westside...Suicidal! Join the New Army! The S.T. Army! Join the New Army! The S.T. Army! Suicidal punk...join the New Army Suicidal punk...the S.T. Army Suicidal punk...join the New Army Suicidal punk...I WANT YOU TO...the Suicidal Army S.T.! JUST ANOTHER LOVE SONG Well I just had to turn off the radio But not before I heard thirteen songs about love in a row Well I don't know what the next song's gonna be But I know how the words are gonna go They'll be singing Oh baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby I love you so So won't everybody sing along cause her comes just another love song I need you like I need a hole in my head I need someone to steal my money and wish I were dead I need someone to always put me down And everywhere I go she wants to hang around Do you really even think dreams come true Do you really even think you'll find something wonderful and new Do you really even think someone's waiting for you Do you really even thiink that love is near Do you really even think it's me dear Do you really even think I want to hear but I still say I won't fall in love today I need a chick who's got expensive taste Who's not afraid of whose money she wastes You expect me to buy you a diamond ring! Well I suspect I'll buy you not a thing! Well I could tell you you're the only one I love And how your eyes sparkle like the stars above And that I carry a picture of you in my heart And as long as we live we'll never be apart And that you're the most important person in my life But I can't handle a girlfriend, how am I gonna handle a wife Love hate love hate love hate love hate love hate love hate love hate love hate I love, love, love to hate you but I'd hate, hate, hate to love you I could promise all my love to you But that would take me only a second or two And if you're waiting to be my one and only You're gonna find out what it's like to be awfully lonely Your song was alright for awhile But now your tune's gone out of style You want to cuddle and hug all night But I'm going out with my friends tonight And I don't need someone to act like my mother I already have one I don't need another But she sure looks fine After a bottle of wine And she's out of sight When my mind's not right And I'll promise you anything dear LOOKING IN YOUR EYES [Louiche/Mike Muir] I see destruction as it rages through your veins I see depression as it fills your heart with pain I see the cure you found, your artificial peace I see your body rot, your solution now has it's feast And now I look, I look in your eyes Looking in your eyes Looking in your eyes Looking in your eyes Looking in your eyes What I see in your eyes I can see, they tell no lies Looking in your eyes I see salvation oh so close, but yet so far I see the gilmmering of the holy star I see your future, it's a nightmare and I lie But you refused my help, now I have no more strength to try Now I see, I see the lies Looking in your eyes In your eyes I see the lies What I see in your eyes I can see, you tell no lies Looking in your eyes Looking through my eyes Well I would die for you I've died enough now I'm through But one day you will see What won't but what should B T F. Please stay. LOST AGAIN Lost it! I'm caught in a rage Like an animal locked in a cage Now I look into the barrel of a gauge doom! Made me into a fool Experimented on me like an animal Turned me into a common criminal criminal! I lost it, but I gotta get with it Motherfucker, now you're gonna get it I ain't one that'll sit and forget it I got into a war I can never win Where the nightmare never ends And I don't know what I'm saying Got into a war with reality That motherfucker it was waiting for me And I lost again! I lost again! Took my dreams, ya left them there shattered Took my hopes, ya dug in them and they splattered Took my mind like it didn't even matter Entered a world that I didn't belong Thought I could take it but I stayed too long Thought I could handle it, boy was I wrong! Fighting a war I can never win Where the nightmare never ends And I'm not into playing Got into a war with reality That motherfucker it was waiting for me And I lost again! Lost it! Lost again! Lost it! Lost again! Lost it! Lost again! I lost it! I went to war with reality That motherfucker he was waiting for me I never thought that this could happen to me damn! Down so low that I can't no higher When I was burning you put wood on the fire You ain't nothing but a goddamn liar liar! Took all my strength now I tremble and drop You got to be down to go over the top Oh, god can't you make the laughter stop? Died in a war I could never win Where the nightmare never ever ends And I lost again Got into a war with reality That motherfucker it was waiting for me And I lost again! Liar, killer! Lost again! I lost! Murder, killer! Hell I lost again! No! No! Cleanse me from your evil You broke your promises! What did I do to deserve this? No one to save me from it! Oh, lord plese have mercy And now I've come to see it Something's gone wrong with me I guess I got lost in reality Hell I lost again! Sure ain't easy, hell I lost again! LOVE VS LONELINESS How can you love someone If you think that you're no one When you mistreat yourself, and think it's all you deserve Cause it's so hard to care Is this or is it loneliness? How can you demand respect when you have no respect? When you abuse your body, never mind your mind And you're your own worst victim There'll be no love just loneliness Why do you force a smile when you know all the while That you're burning inside, but don't want no one to know The hell that you're in As love turns to loneliness How can you sleep at night? When you know it's not alright When you wake up in the morning, nothin' has changed If you do nothin' about it Love becomes loneliness Love vs loneliness, love vs loneliness And when you're down and you think you need something The temptations so hard to resist But what you grab sure ain't what you needed That's not love it's loneliness And when you're lonely and think you need someone The plot a painful twist There ain't no one that can make you feel like someone Only you can cure loneliness How can you be confident when you're all wrong with it When you know what you're doing and you're doing it wrong It's no misunderstanding This ain't love this is loneliness How can you love someone if you think that you're no one? LOVELY Screwed up people everywhere, but I ain't got time to care I feel lovely, la la la lovely All kind of souls down to the curb, but me help, don't be absurd I feel lovely, la la la lovely Cause it's a problem of society, if it don't affect me and I feel lovely As long as I feel lovely yea Oh so lovely! Ans I'm not guilty of your abuse, see it's all self induced and I feel lovely Everything's so lovely All your kind are like a pollution, look 'em up quick that's The solution lovely Wouldn't that be lovely? So tipper babe don't you remember me? Now I'm kinder, gentler and so happy It's lovely! La la la as long as I feel lovely, yea La la la and I feel lovely, yea La la la and everything is la la la la la la la la lovely La la la La la la la la la lovely Everything is so lovely I think I'll throw a party Won't you come along darling? It's a surprise party for me Simply because I feel lovely! If everything's so lovely... then why don't I, why don't I, Why don't I, why don't I feel lovely? Lovely, la la la lovely, la la la lovely, la la la lovely LOVELY [Mike Muir/Mike Clark/Robert Trujillo] Lovely, la la la la la la lovely! Screwed up people everywhere, but I ain't got time to care I feel lovely, lovely... Ha! La la lovely, oh oh... All kinds of souls down to the curb, but me help? Don't be absurd I feel lovely, lovely... La la la lovely, oh oh... Cause it's not a problem of society, if...it don't affect me And I feel lovely, lovely... As long as I feel lovely, yea...oh so lovely! And I'm not guilty of your abuse, see it's all self induced And I feel lovely, lovely... Everything's so lovely, la la la lovely, oh oh... All your kind are like a pollution, look 'em up quick that's the solution Lovely! Lovely... Wouldn't that be lovely? Everything is lovely, oh yea... So Tipper babe don't you remember me? Now I'm kinder, gentler and so happy It's lovely, lovely... La la la...as long as I feel lovely, yea La la la...and I feel lovely, yea, yea, yea La la la...and everything is la la la la la la la la la la la la la la lovely La la la... La la la... La la la... La la la... La la la... La la la lovely La la la... La la la lovely La la la... La la la lovely La la la... La la la lovely Everything's so lovely, yea I think I'll throw a party Won't you come along darling? It's a surprise party for me Simply because I feel lovely! If everything's so lovely, yea...then why don't I, why don't I, Why don't I, why don't I feel lovely? Lovely, la la la la...lovely, la la la la...lovely, la la la lovely MASTER OF NO MERCY Fuck it! He's a carrier of death, a stork in reverse He blesses you with sickness Cause love is a curse The arsening in your Koolaid, the bomb in your mail, He disappears in motion But leaves a bloody trail Drop to your knees, humble you pray But can't put off your judgment day There's a knock at your door, who could it be? You got a new friend that's gonna set you free He's making a list, he's checking it twice No amount of money's gonna stop this vice No mercy, no mercy, no mercy. You want mercy? No fuckin' mercy! Oh no With the wink of an eye, a snap of the finger Now the smell of death is all that lingers A doctor of death with a PhD, a specialist in pure misery See you fucked with him even though you knew And now your worst nightmares all come true You scream and shout you beg and plead But he's got your soul and that's all that he needs He's the master, master of no mercy, no mercy, no mercy MEMORIES OF TOMORROW B 1 bombers in flight Trident missles in the air MX missles underground Protect us till we're dead Memories of tomorrow too late for sorrow Push the button Kiss good bye the nuclear arsenal A bombs flying off their ramps Nuclear bombs explode Radio active people Search for medicine Pray for shelter Kill for food Mass starvation Contaminated water Destroyed cities Mutilated bodies I'll kill myself I'd rather die If you could see in the future You'd know why MEMORIES OF TOMORROW B 1 bombers in flight Trident missiles in the air MX missiles underground Protect us till we're dead Memories of tomorrow too late for sorrow Push the button Kiss goodbye the nuclear arsenal A bombs flying off their ramps Nuclear bombs explode Radioactive people Search for medicine Pray for shelter Kill for food Mass starvation Contaminated water Destroyed cities Mutilated bodies I'll kill myself I'd rather die If you could see in the future You'd know why Memories of tomorrow MONOPOLY ON SORROW There's a cold wind in the winter of my mind A season that last through all changes in time I try so hard sometimes I wish there was a raincheck on tommorow Not ready to deal with what I don't wanna find Struggling on, just to hold on I just wanna know, why is it me? In a tear there is a message from the heart Detached from the good, it's hope gone astray I cry so hard sometimes Too scared to think what will bring tommorow Already much more than I can handle today I can't breathe, suffocate as I'm buried by hate And so sadly I learn, there's no justice to fate I just wanna know why is it me? Losing the race with thoughts out of place I just wanna, know why is it me? You aint got a monopoly on sorrow You know plenty has made it my way You aint got a monopoly on sorrow There's plenty that feel just the same There's a pain so insane that I fight but can't tame And my mind battles on as my body lies lame I can't feel the feel but it feels like it hurts I can't feel the feel but it feels like it hurts I can't feel the feel but it feels like it hurts I can't feel the feel but it feels like it hurts Hurts, hurts And I know that I know I don't know that I know It just would stay clear then I'd see and I'd go I just wanna know why it's me Aint got a monopoly on sorrow You, you, you aint got no no, you aint got no no You aint got no no, you aint got no no There's no monopoly on sorrow No monopoly on sorrow No monopoly on sorrow No monopoly on sorrow no no no You ain't got no no no, you ain't got no no no You ain't got no no no, you ain't got no no no No monopoly on sorrow Monopoly on sorrow Monopoly on sorrow No no no no no You ain't got no, no no no no You ain't got no, no no no no You ain't got no, no no no no You ain't got no monopoly on sorrow NAKED [Muir] I'm harmless won't you help me I'm sickness only you can heal me I promise that I always be there I'm naked under my clothes I'm feeling naked I feel naked My heart's bleeding why don't you help me I'm screaming but still nobody hears Helpless and naked Helpless and naked Helpless and naked Naked, naked, naked, I'm naked I'm harmless till I hate you I'm tasteless that's why I'm with you I'm sensless even on payday I'm naked under my clothes You saw me naked, you saw me naked I'm saddned by all my failures It's a good thing I real good things I don't try I miss you whenever I'm with you Cause I thought that, I thought that you were someone else I saw you naked, I saw you naked, I saw you naked, Naked under our clothes We're all naked under our clothes NO BULLSHIT No bullshit I hate the things you believe Your truth is built upon lies I can't believe in a trend I won't be living no lie No bullshit I hate everything you say I ain't got time for your shit I refused to be played I won't be living no lie No bullshit! That's where I stand No bullshit! That's how I'm living my life No bullshit I hate the way that you are I can't believe in your ways I refuse to be hip I won't be living your lie NO FUCK'N PROBLEM You talk your shit, but I ain't listenin' And I don't do no ass kiss'n Now here's the point that you've been missing No fuck'n problem at all Ain't got no fuck'n problem, I got no fuck'n problem at all You ain't alive if you ain't livin' You waste your life whining and sniveling So buckle up cause now I'm driving No fuck'n problem at all You think you know everything and more But a surprise you'll be in for Add it all up and you got no score No fuck'n problem at all You play the part that I got no use Don't mean a thing cause you got no juice I live in peace I don't need a truce No fuck'n problem at all I got a piece but not to the puzzle No time to think staring down a muzzle I rise above and watch you fizzle No fuck'n problem at all NO FUCK'N PROBLEM [Mike Muir/Mike Clark] You talk your shit, but I ain't listenin' And I don't do no ass kiss'n Now here's the point that you've been missin' No fuck'n problem at all Ain't got no fuck'n problem I got no fuck'n problem at all Ain't got no fuck'n problem I got no fuck'n problem at all You ain't alive, if you ain't livin' You waste your life whinin' and snivelin' So buckle up cause now I'm drivin' No fuck'n problem at all Ain't got no fuck'n problem I got no fuck'n problem at all Ain't got no fuck'n problem I got no fuck'n problem at all No fuck'n problem at all No fuck'n problem... You think you know everything and more But a surprise you'll be in for Add it all up and you got no score No fuck'n problem at all You play the part, that I got no use Don't mean a thing cause you got no juice I live in a peace, I don't need a truce No fuck'n problem at all No fuck'n problem at all No fuck'n problem at all No fuck'n problem at all No fuck'n problem... I got a piece, but not to the puzzle No time to think staring down a muzzle I rise above and watch you fizzle No fuck'n problem at all NO MORE NO LESS No More No Less It takes more than A just making a fist, it takes more than just getting pist You gotta make your stand and resist You Gotta Resist or You'll cease to exist No More, No Less No more No less No more No freakin less No more Not a Penny less We're taking what we deserve, Aint setting for second best How can you see what I see when everybodys coming down on me How can you twist the list and expect me not resist Ha ha ha How can you explain all the pain that goes terrorizing my brain? Now you'll face a man that understands that violence is the best plan its cyco time again! No more No less No more No freakin less No more Not a Penny less We're taking what we deserve, Aint setting for second best No more No less No more No freakin less No more Not a Penny less No more No Less! How can you call it cheating if we're too smart to get caught Come on everybody let's show them what the fuck we got Its time to get cyco let's tear this mutha out Anytime, anywhere, without a doubt, we're gonna take you out! NO NAME, NO WORDS [Louiche/Mike Muir] I close my eyes, yet I still see I can not hide from what's inside of me I hear my thoughts, but they're not clear And now I tremble with fear No one can tell me what's sane You see the tears I cry But you can't feel my pain No title can classify me I'm a person with feelings A number I refuse to be Don't try to live my life You cannot talk for me Now I'm on the brink, brink of insanity Sometimes I stare into space I try to think about another place Where happiness I'll see I'll find a place for me and find some sanity Sometimes I look at you And I wonder what will I do Will my mind stay intact How will I react, will I do any harm to you Open my eyes, but I can't see Maybe the hatred has blinded me There's not a sound, yet I still hear Now the pain is so clear Sometimes I stop to think Or maybe my thinking just stops Doesn't matter anyway No one hears what I say, I'm on the brink of insanity Well I know him but not his name In everyone, yet not the same Play with the cards i'm dealt, worse I never felt I'm playing a sick man's game NOBODY HEARS I talk through my eyes, the words pouring down Nobody hears You ask me what's wrong, but what can I say Nobody hears I try to tell you, I try to show you How else can I tell you, how else can I show you? I'm screaming inside, why can't you hear? Nobody hears You're looking right through me like I'm not here Nobody hears When the last tear falls down Nothing gets waqshed away Another plea put to rest As nobody hears, nobody hears So what did I do to you That makes you run from me Now I'm sitting here screaming inside myself Don't understand why nobody hears You figured it, you shaped it to your perfection Nobody hears Subtracted my feelings from this equation Nobody hears Is it all in my mind Then it would be easy to find So what did I do to you That makes you run from me Now I'm sitting here screaming inside myself Don't understand why nobody hears So if it's all, if it's all in my mind Then wouldn't it, wouldn't it Wouldn't it be so easy to find So what do I have to do To make you comfort me Now I'm sitting here screaming inside myself Don't understand why nobody hears So I'm sitting here screaming inside myself Well I'm sitting here crying inside myself So I'm sittin here screaming to nobody else Don't understand why nobody hears And nobody hears, nobody hears, nobody hears NOBODY HEARS [Mike Muir/Rocky George] I talk through my eyes, the words pourin' down Nobody hears You ask me what's wrong, but what can I say Nobody hears I try to tell you, I try to show you How else can I tell you, how else can I show you I'm screaming inside, why can't you hear Nobody hears You're looking right through me, like I'm not here Nobody hears When the last tear falls down Nothing gets washed away Another plea put to rest As nobody hears, nobody hears So what did I do to you That makes you run from me Now I'm sitting here screaming inside myself Don't understand why nobody hears You figured it out, shaped it to your perfection Nobody hears Subtracted my feelings from the equation Nobody hears Is it all in my mind, all in my mind Then it would be easy to find, easy to find When the last tear falls down Nothing gets washed away Another plea put to rest As nobody hears, nobody hears So what did I do to you That makes you run from me Now I'm sitting here screaming inside myself Don't understand why nobody hears So if it's all, if it's all in my mind Then wouldn't it, wouldn't it, wouldn't it be so easy to find When the last tear falls down Nothing gets washed away Another plea put to rest As nobody hears, nobody hears So what do I have to do To make you comfort me Now I'm sitting here screaming inside myself Don't understand why nobody hears So I'm sitting here screaming inside myself Well I'm sitting here crying inside myself So I'm sitting here screaming to nobody else Don't understand why nobody hears And nobody hears, nobody hears, nobody hears Nobody hears... ONE TOO MANY TIMES Never good at talking, so many things I couldn't say But those thoughts never went away And I'm sure you remember, said that all I wanted was sympathy, Now add this to your memory Too many times I felt so sad and lonely Too many times I needed someone there Too many times I tried to tell you something Too many times It seemed like no one cared And I don't like asking and it's not easy to say... I never learned how to pray So if you have a moment it means so much to me oh can't you see... If you'd just say a prayer for me Too many times I didn't even have a second Too many times you thought I was much too strong Too many times you said the feeling wouldn't last forever Too many times I proved you so damn wrong Saw the changes thought they'd go away do you still remember that day Can't really fault you only have myself to blame... But do you still feel the same Do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya? But I waited so long for someone to take my hand, and say they understand And I waited so long for someone to show the way to make a better day and I waited so long for someone to spare a kiss for the love I miss And I waited so long for you to looke me in the eye And say it's worth another try But yo keep me waiting waiting too many times You keep me waiting, one too many, one too many, one too many times, Too many times One too many one too many one too many times too many times Can't you see yo keep me waiting one too many times PLEDGE YOUR ALLEGIANCE ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST I never said I don't like religion I just don't like TV You say I got a bad attitude around you that comes naturally You say I need more compassion I can forgive, I just can't forget You say control my temper but when I feel like shit, I feel like shit Cause I was born to be ST And I'll always be ST Don't get down on me ST Cause I'm down OG ST Not afraid to die ST Just you promise me ST Yo got to carry on ST You gotta carry on ST Why can't I ask any questions if what you say is true Am I supposed to believe everything or just everything said by you? And how can you call me stupid when you don't understand what I say And how can you call me evil have you spoken to God today And what did He say? As long as your heart beats pledge your allegiance You can call me ugly but I still dress the way I choose How you gonna judge me you've never taken a walk in my shoes Why don't you ever trust me when I'm smiling is it a sin to have fun? And why should I repent when there's nothin' wrong with anything that I've done Pledge your allegiance Suicidal Suicidal Suicidal PLEDGE YOUR ALLEGIANCE [Louiche Mayorga/Mike Muir] ST... ST... ST... ST... I never said I don't like religion, I just don't like TV You say I got a bad attitude, around you that comes naturally You say I need more compassion, I can forgive, I just can't forget You say control my temper, but when I feel like shit, I feel like shit Cause I was born to be ST! And it'll always be ST! Don't get down on me ST! Cause I'm down OG ST! Why can't I ask any questions of what you say is true Am I supposed to believe anything or just everything said by you? And how can you call me stupid when you don't understand what I say And how can you call me evil, have you spoken to God today; and what did He say? Cause I was born to be ST! And it'll always be ST! Don't get down on me ST! Cause I'm down OG ST! Not afraid to die ST! Just you promise me ST! You got to carry on ST! You gotta carry on ST! As long as your heart beats...pledge your allegiance! ST... ST... ST... ST... You can call me ugly, but I still dress the way I choose How you gonna judge me; you've never taken a walk in my shoes Why don't you ever trust me when I'm smiling; is it a sin to have fun? And why should I repent when there's nothin' wrong with anything that I've done Cause I was born to be ST! It'll always be ST! Don't get down on me ST! Cause I'm down OG ST! Not afraid to die ST! You gotta promise me ST! You got to carry on ST! You gotta carry on ST! Pledge your allegiance Pledge your allegiance Pledge your allegiance Pledge your allegiance Pledge your allegiance Pledge your allegiance Pledge your allegiance Pledge your allegiance Suicidal... Suicidal... Suicidal... Suicidal... Suicidal... Suicidal... Suicidal... Suicidal... Suicidal... Suicidal... Suicidal... Suicidal... POP SONGS I hate Pop Songs They think they're clever, I think they're wrong I hate bubble gum punk They got the look but the music is junk I hate anyone that savors The foul stench of this months flavor And hell is a place that you can go If you like disco or techno Pop songs Pop songs Pop songs Pop songs Hi boys and girls come on and get happy I hate Puff Daddy And his friend the dead fatty I hate the grateful dead But I'll be grateful when the rest of them are dead I feel like I'm on pins and needles How many bands can rip off the Beatles? And every day there is another Band that got big by playing a cover I hate pop songs I hate pop songs I hate pop songs I hate pop songs lala, lala, lalalalalalalala I hate Celine Dion Titanic Song makes me wanna moan And if I hear another love ballad I think I'm gonna have to toss my salad and I hate teen idols they got signed by old farts with fancy titles There's nothing worse at least to me Than stupid lyrics with a lame ass melody I hate pop songs, pop songs I hate pop songs, pop songs I hate pop songs, pop songs I hate pop songs, pop songs Pop songs, I hate pop songs Pop songs, I hate pop songs POSSESSED When I go down the street The people watch me shiver and shake I'm a prisoner of a demon I think my head's about to break It stays with me wherever I go I can't break away from its hold This must be my punishment For selling my soul Too much pressure, my pulse is rising My heart is pounding, my head really hurts I can't take it, all this pressure From all these things inside of me Everywhere I look I see them Everywhere I go they're at What did I do to deserve this Why won't they just leave my body Are they people or are they spirits Do they belong to the human race Why do they want me so bad Why won't they come out of their hiding place i can't see them, but I know they're here i can feel it in my veins All this pressure on my body Is causing all my strength to drain Am I crazy, or am I insane Or have I already lost my mind Is it real, or is it fake Or am I in a permanent bind Am I in power or am I a slave Who in hell is in control Am I still living, or am I dead Do I still have a soul I know I can't keep going this way I have to give my mind some leisure If I keep on going like this I never again will taste pleasure If they will not break the oath I will have to disband I have lost all control this thing has now taken command POSSESSED When I go down the street The people watch me shiver and shake I'm a prisoner of a demon I think my head's about to break it stays with me wherever I go I can't break away from its hold This must be punishment For selling my soul Too much pressure my pulse is rising My heart is pounding my head really hurts I can't take it all this pressure From all these things inside of me Everywhere I look I see them Everywhere I go they're at What did I do to deserve this Why won't they just leave my body Are they people or are they spirits Do they belong to the human race Why do they want me so bad Why won't they come out of their hiding place I can't see them but I know they're here I can feel it in my veins All this pressure on my body Is causing all my strength to drain Am I crazy or am I insane Or have I already lost my mind Is it real or is it fake Or am I in a permanent bind Am I in power or am I a slave Who in the hell is in control Am I still living or am I dead Do I still have a soul I know I can't keep going this way I have to give my mind some leisure If I keep on going like this I never again will taste pleasure If they will not break the oath I will have to disband I have lost all control This thing has now taken command Possessed POSSESSED TO SKATE [Louiche/Mike Muir] Let's skate! Seemed like such an innocent toy He was the All American boy Got a skate at eight years old Now the story can be told Beware he's possessed to skate! Skating takes him up in height He's a pilot on a modern flight See him flying through the air If he don't land then he don't care Cause he rips he rips When he skates he skates Cause he never hesitates He's the wizard on the wheels Like a modern gladiator ain't got no fears So skate He shoots the pool like a launching pad If it ain't insane then you can't get rad Skating is all that's on his mind He's skating radical all the time Beware he's possessed to skate! Looks like a magic carpet ride Six foot airiels inverts backside Optical illusion it must be He redefines insanity Doesn't understand why you'd wanna walk Ain't got time to sit and talk Used to be just like you and me Now he's an outcast of society Beware he's possessed to skate! And the skating's getting radical PUBLIC DISSENSION REFUSE SCREAM OUT [Muir] Pressures charging try to stall Pound my head against the wall I've been feelings this for way to long I've been fighting this for way too long Something's bout to happen get out of my way Something's better happen get out of my way [Chorus:] Scream and shout let it out Rip it out Scream and shout Scream and shout let it out Break it out Scream and out Scream out [5X's] Hypnotized, Analyzed A sorry attempt to sanitize When I've been feelings this for way too long When I've been fighting this for way too long I guess I'll do it my way your's don't work I'm left to do it my way your's don't work SELF DESTRUCT SEND ME YOUR MONEY Lights, camera, silence on the set Tape rolling, 3 2 1 action Welcome to the church of Suicidal We'll have a service and wonderful recital But before we go on, there's something I must mention An important message I must bring to your attention I was in meditation and prayer last night I was awakened by a shining bright light Over head, a glorious spirit He gave me a message and you all need to hear it Send me your money , that's what he said He said to Send me your money Now if you can only send a dollar or two There aint a hell of alot I can do for you But, if you want to see heaven's door Make a check out for five hundred or more Send me your money , do you here what I'm saying? Send me your money Now give me some bass, um yea that's how he likes it Now give me some silence, for all you sinners Now give me some bass, yea that was funky Now take them on home Brother Clark, send me your ...money Here comes another con hiding behind a collar His only god is the almighty dollar He aint no prophet, he aint no healer He's just a two bit goddamn money stealer Send me your money Send it, you got to send it Send me your money You hear what I'm saying? Send it, send it Send me your money Now how much you give is your own choice But to me it's the difference between a prosche and a Rolls Royce I want you to make it hurt when you dig into your pocket I want you to make it hurt! We'll take cash, we'll take checks We'll take credit cards, we'll take jewelry We'll take your momma's dentures if they got gold in them So whose gonna be the next king of the fakers Whose gonna take the place of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker? See my momma, she didn't raise no fool Cause you can't put a price on a miracle Amen SEND ME YOUR MONEY [Mike Muir] Lights, camera, silence on the set Tape rolling, 3 2 1 action Welcome to the Church of Suicidal We'll have a sermon and a wonderful recital But before we go on there's something I must mention An important message I must bring to your attention I was in meditation and prayer last night I was awakened by a shining bright light Overhead a glorious spirit, he gave me a message and you all need to hear it Send me your money, that's what he said He said to Send me your money Now if you can only send a dollar or two There ain't a hell of a lot I can promise to you But if you wants to see heaven's door Make out a check for five hundreds or more Send me your money , do you hear what I said? Send me your money Now give me some bass, um yea that's how he like it Now let's have some silence, for all you sinners Now give me more bass, yea that was funky Now take them on home Brother Clark, send me your money Here comes another con hiding behind a collar His only God is the almighty dollar He ain't no prophet, he ain't no healer He's just a two bit goddamn money stealer Send me your money Send it, you got to send it Send me your money You hear what I'm saying? You got to send it, send it Send me your money Now how much you give is your own choice But to me it is the difference between a Porsche and a Rolls Royce I want you to make it hurt when you dig into your pocket Cause it makes me feel so good to watch my profits rocket Send me your money Now dig in deep, dig real deep into your pocket I want you to make it hurt! We'll take cash, we'll take checks We'll take credit cards, we'll take jewelry We'll take your momma's dentures if they got gold in them So whose gonna be the new king of the fakers Whose gonna take the place of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker? See my momma, she didn't raise no fool Cause you can't put a price on a miricle Amen SORRY ?! Seems like such a long time ago, but I don't know if I'm ever gonna let her go. I remember the first time that I met her, I knew she was the one. There couldn't be anybody better. Well, I was lost when I looked in her eyes Well those eyes, those eyes, they made me realize... Sorry...I didn't know what was to be Sorry...I could not see Sorry...Lord how could this be Sorry...It's raining down on me Well, I know it sounds crazy to say. But, in everything I do, I think about that day. Last time I talked to her was on the telephone. She said I know it's been a while, but I don't feel like being alone. I slammed down the phone on the last thing I'd hear her say. Now it's getting harder to live with it every day and I pray, I pray that you can hear me say Sorry...I could not see Sorry...It don't seem fair to me Sorry...Lord, how could this be Sorry...It's raining right down on me Not a day goes by when I do not sit and wonder why this had to be. It don't seem fair to me. No no, it don't seem fair to me. The more I wish and pray, the more it seems I waste away. But it would mean oh so much if I could just reach out and our hands would touch and if I'd just go back again and do it all over it'd have a happy end. I know exactly the way I would start. I'd send her a letter straight from my heart. It doesn't seem fair, why can't I forgive. She was so strung out, she didn't even have a chance to live and it's oh so hard to forgive. Sometimes people think I don't know what to say because I'm looking out in space, but inside I'm praying and I pray, I pray, I pray, pray, pray and then I think about the day she died. About that night and in the morning. I cry cry cry and I try, I try to understand Sorry...I didn't know what was to be Sorry...It don't seem fair to me Sorry...Lord I'll always be Sorry...She died but it's killing me Wondering about that time when it'll be my day And I wonder what I'll do and what she'll say and if I'll have the courage to stay And I'll start by looking her straight in the eye and telling her that I'm Sorry START YOUR BRAIN STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART SU CASA ES MI CASA The ticking you hear is your life passing you by ... Do you feel you're not taken serious? That your input is brushed aside? That you can get no respect That people may even be laughing behind your back Does this make you question your self worth? Well it should ... because you're worthless! Now take the case of the new age cyco Confident, commanding respect Taking whatever he wants, from wherever it is I've been thinking, so to speak Knees are shaking, tired and weak I've been wondering, who I am I've been wondering where I am Su casa es mi casa, porque estoy muy loco If you have one, I'll have one too Not another, the one I took from you! Add my numbers, add it up I guess I got it ... give it up! Su casa es mi casa, porque estoy muy loco Now you've had some time to think Why don't you look in the mirror, tell me what you see Nah not on the outside, look inside, deep inside The true ugliness Not the self created coloured hair, piercings hanging out everywhere The stuff you try to cover up and deny So there's a reason for everything Now you let the reason out Rising up, I feel it coming, let 'em know it's time! I'm still wondering, why I am Coughing up blood, spitting up phlegm So much anger, hostility Biting and kicking, inside of me I'm fully cyco, partly hexed Makes me wonder, who is next You need not worry, about what I am But you better worry, about where I am! Su casa es mi casa No quieres chingar conmigo The ticking you hear is your life passing you by ... SUBLIMINAL Flashing pictures on my screen Shown too quickly to be seen Does not register in my conscious mind Propaganda of another kind They're Fucking with me subliminaily They're Fucking with me subliminally Danger Nightmare Doomsday Nightmare Murder Nightmare Nightmare, Nightmare Watching T.V. I start to cry For no reason I don't know why Could it be from messages on my TV Which I'm getting subliminally? Mind control the easiest way Sponsered by the C.I.A. It's a weapon you cannot see It's propaganda subliminally SUBLIMINAL Flashing pictures on my screen Shown too quickly to be seen Does not register in my conscious mind Propaganda of another kind They're fucking with me subliminally They're fucking with me subliminally Danger nightmare Doomsday nightmare Murder nightmare Nightmare nightmare Watching TV, I start to cry For no reason, I don't know why Could it be from messages on my TV Which I'm getting subliminally? They're fucking with me subliminally They're fucking with me subliminally Mind control the easiest way Sponsored by the CIA It's a weapon you cannot see It's propaganda subliminally They're fucking with me subliminally They're fucking with me subliminally SUICIDAL FAILURE Father forgive me for I know not what I do I tried everything but I'll leave it up to you I don't want to live, I don't know why I don't have no reasons, I just want to die I'm a suicidal failure, I've got to get some help I have but I can't kill myself I'm tired of this way of life, my patience has expried I'm barely jsut 20 but my life I will retire I went down to a rifle store, I bought myself a gun I point it at my head but I couldn't get the job done I took all my mother's sleeping pills I jumped off a freeway bridge I drank three kinds of poison And drove my car off a ridge I beat myself with a bat Put a noose around my head I overdosed on heroin But I'm still not dead Death may not be the answer It can't be all that great But me I'm not into living With life I can't relate By some masochistic reasoning I think that it will be fun I want to start my second life now So shoot me with your gun I'm looking forward suicidal I'm really bored suicidal You wanna die suicidal Then die suicidal Honestly suicidal At the game suicidal At my school suicidal At the bar suicidal Suicidal Suicidal Suicidal Suicidal SUICIDAL FAILURE Father forgive me for I know not what I do I tried everything, but I'll leave it up to you I don't want to live, I don't know why I don't have no reasons, I just want to die I'm a suicidal failure, I've got to get some help I have , but I can't kill myself I'm tired of this way of life, my patience has expired I'm barely just 19, but my life I will retire I went down to a rifle store, I bought myself a gun I pointed it at my head, but I couldn't get the job done I took all my mothers sleeping pills I jumped off a freeway bridge I drank three kinds of poison And drove my car off a ridge I beat myself with a bat Put a noose around my head I overdosed on heroin But I'm still not dead Death may not be the answer, it can't be all that great But me I'm not into living, with life I can't relate By some masochistic reasoning, I think that it will be fun I want to start my second life now So shoot me with your gun SUICIDAL MANIAC [Rocky George/Mike Muir] A birth that came from more than sound Now rages on from town to town A giant grows more every day And now the maniac is here to stay A feeling you can't kill It's the power, it's a will Controls your thoughts but you can't see Just when you thought it safe he suddenly appears He feels no pain, he has no mercy or no fears He gives the message and your mind is filled with blue And now the maniac lives inside of you He's back. The suicidal maniac. Each day he grows more and more He's bigger now than ever before His thoughts he'll compromise on never He can't be stopped. He'll live forever Blast away through the mind A power of another kind A presence that is growing out of sound And now it's come, the time the maniac I'll meet He takes my hand and now I bow down to his feet His love for me is like a father to a son And now the maniac and I are one I bow to his might Too powerful to fight It's my destiny Now the maniac lives inside of me He's back An army at his command A strength that you can't comprehend A force unknown can now be told The power of the world he holds A feeling you can't kill It's the power. It's the will Controls your thoughts but you can't see Just when you thought it safe he suddenly appears He feels no pain, he has no mercry or no fears He gives the message and your mind is filled with blue And now the maniac's a part of you And the time has come. The maniac you'll meet He takes your hand and now you bow down to his feet His love for you is like a father to a son And now the maniac and you are one SUICIDE'S AN ALTERNATIVE Sick of people no ones real Sick of chicks they're all bitches Sick of you you're too hip Sick of life it sucks Suicide's an alternative Sick of trying what's the point Sick of talking no one listens Sick of listening it's all lies Sick of thinking just end up confused Sick of moving never get no where Sick of myself don't wanna live Sick and tired and no one cares Sick of life it sucks Sick of politics for the rich Sick of power only oppresses Sick of government full of tyrants Sick of school total brainwash Sick of music top 40 sucks Sick of myself don't wanna live Sick and tired and no one cares Sick of life it sucks Suicide's an alternative Sick of life it sucks Sick and tired and no one cares Sick of myself don't wanna live Sick of living I'm gonna die SUICIDE'S AN ALTERNATIVE / YOU'LL BE SORRY Sick of people no one's real Sick of chicks they're all bitches Sick of you you're too hip Sick of life it sucks Suicide's an alternative Sick of trying what's the point Sick of talking no one listens Sick of listening it's all lies Sick of thinking just end up confused sick of myself don't wanna live Sick and tired and no one cares Sick of life it sucks Sick of politics for the rich Sick of power only oppresses Sick of government full of tyrants Sick of school total brainwash Sick of music top 40 sucks Sick of myself don't wanna live Sick and tired and no one cares Sick of life it sucks Suicide's an alternative Sick of life it sucks Sick and tired and no one cares Sick of myself don't wanna live Sick of living I'm gonna die Suicide's an alternative Well I've got a little story to tell About a little red assed punk that came from Hell He said Satan's been lookin especially for me He said Satan's got a paper gonna set your body free He said power and glory, bitches for screwin' All in your name and all for you today Oh yeah Power and fame, all in your name All the gold and bitches you ever could have Oh yeah You'll have power, fame, all in your name All that you want, all that you need Everything that you ever could read Anything anything that you ever would need Well sign the paper that's all you do Sign the paper it's ready too Anything there it's all for you Well this is all you got to do So I looked him in the eye and I said Fuck you you little red assed goblined breathed horned hed motherfucker! Cause I don't care too much about gold And I don't really give a fuck about what you've been told And I don't really care for anyone looking after me Cause I'm a meaner son of a bitch than that fuck ever could be SUICYCO MANIA SUICYCO MUTHAFUCKA Tippy toe thru broken dreams There goes a little fucked up piece of my brain Didn't need it anyhow, didn't use it anyhow no way! My minds been soakin' up so much shit... now it's cured not like healthy But cured like marinated dried out fuckin piece of meat Suicyco muthafucka, suicyco muthafucka Don't take no shit from no one Suicyco muthafucka, suicyco muthafucka Said if you ain't suicidal, you ain't shit Snap crackle pop it just stopped being funny Don't know what was said But don't know if I like it There's always something funny that just ain't funny I ain't no muthafucker, never had one never really wanted one But that don't mean your daughter's safe Guess that makes me a daughter fucker Running thru a place I swear I'd never go smash it wow Never know it could be so much fun, I remember it now I remember it now... just like it never was There's always something funny that just ain't funny Suicyco muthafucka, suicyco muthafucka Don't take no shit from no one Suicyco muthafucka, suicyco muthafucka I'm suicidal for life I got to think in a different way The old way got me nowhere The new way got me somewhere But nowhere where I wanted to go or where I belong I gotta go back to the old way I tired of people looking at me funny Not knowing who was in control and who wasn't Yea I'm not and that's why I'm in control! Yea fuck it up, fuck it up again, makes things a hell of a lot simpler Suicyco muthafucka SURF AND SLAM TAP INTO THE POWER I've seen pain that'll drive a man further Than any road could ever take you Stare at the wall, it doesn't move, must think it's bad But I'll prove who is harder It makes no sense, at least to you But who's to say, I refuse Refuse to be a martyr Welcome in the pain It's a glorious hour Say hello to the hate Tap into the... I come and go your eyes can't tell 'Cause all they see is that I'm I'm still standing here What's that you sense, it can't be good You're scared to look, but I ask What's worse than fear? Welcome in the pain It's a glorious hour Say hello to the hate Tap into the... Don't be afraid, don't run away Tap into the power I want it all, I want it all Tap into the power What you were told, it's all a lie Don't be afraid because Now's the time to explore it Drop all the fear, try to deny But it won't work No longer can you ignore it Welcome in the pain> It's a glorious hour Say hello to the hate Tap into the power! THE FEELING'S BACK I wrote a letter just the other day to nobody in particular But if anyone were to read a bit they'd think I was a bit peculiar But it matters not what they think of me, it's only what I know is real And so all that's left that matters now is that the feeling's back The feeling's back and you just can't stop it The feeling's back and you just can't stop it I fought a thousand times I never knew the meaning of the word fear Till that one day when I stood alone staring straight into the mirror It's not a pretty sight and even worse it's so hard to face Until I realize I'm the only one that put me in this place I'm gonna breathe I'm gonna live that's right nothing's gonna stop me I7m gonna shout I'm gonna scream that's right nothing's gonna stop me I'm gonna run I'm gonna fly that's right nothing's gonna stop me I'm gonna fight I'm gonna win that's right nothing's gonna stop me Nothing's gonna stop me, nothing's gonna stop me now... Cause the feeling's back and you gotta love the feeling I dug my hole too deep I couldn't admit, I didn't know when to stop But you can only dig your hole six feet until the dirt comes back on top I've got a long way left to climb but I'll still look you straight in the eye And I can honestly say I'll never quit not even on the day I die THE MIRACLE I sailed forever, I sailed so far, and now I know just what the consequences are I laughed out loudy, while I cried inside But I didn't haave the strength to say enough of this ride Like a fool I believed in a miracle I wanted to forget, of what I'm not sure But I found an answer it seemed to be a perfect cure Controlled my actions, controlled my thoughts Controlled my feelings, and now I feel my body rot like a fool I believed in the miracle Twisting and I'm turning freezing then I'm burning Laughing then I'm crying am I living or am I dying Swearing then I'm praying don't even know what I'm saying Happy then so sad forgiving then so mad Do you still, do you still believe, do you still believe in, Do you still believe in miracles? Pushing then pulling who am I fooling A friend then a foe do I really even know? Love and then hate Peace then at war but what am I fighting for And you always try to Keep me oh so sleepy So I can't realize that it's all lies And the more it takes hold of me the less chance that I'll ever be free And even though I don't believe it's so hard to leave a miracle a miracle Waiting always hesitating for that perfect day that day was yesterday And the more you're gonna wait the more of a chance that it will be too late How can you afford to wait, you just can't afford to wait I shed a tear I won't deny it, but just one tear I already cried it And now you'll see me cry no more, don't even know what I was crying for THE PRISONER [Louiche/Mike Muir] You're the prisoner locked in your cell You're living in your personal hell Invisible bars block your view They don't exist except for you Free, why can't you see how easily You could break those bars right down New freedom found, travel around And find out exactly why Give it a try, living the lie And try to solve the final clue See if it's true, found out just who The real enemy is you Don't be afraid Don't be deceived A new world for you Can be conceived Don't tell me 'bout how the world isn't fair How you'll live your life how you choose I don't want to hear another excuse How it ain't your fault when you lose And you're the prisoner Your mind's diseased, my mind is cured I was the prisoner but never again My worst enemy is now my friend Brainwashed, you'll probably believe I gave it up for a new reprieve Free, why can't you see how easily You could break those bars right down New freedom found, travel around And find out exactly why Give it a try, living the lie And try to solve the final clue See if it's true, found out just who The real enemy is you You say you're political I say, Screw that, you're just a fool. TRIP AT THE BRAIN I gotta gotta take a trip, gotta take a trip out of this place I gotta gotta get away, get away from the human race I don't know what I'll see, don't even know what I'll find I don't know what to pack, never been to a trip at the mind Trip at the brain. Trip at the brain. Trip at the brain Do you know what I'm saying? Trip at the brain. Trip at the brain. Trip at the brain Well I'm going insane I took a wrong turn and ended up at my heart I t could barely even pump no blood it was so thrashed and torn apart Thank it for working overtime in pain and misery Then I set back on the trail, headed for my destiny Fly with me Flying free Tripping You must be tripping Trip, trip, tripping Ya ya ya ya you're tripping I cannot stop this trip, I forgot to pack the brakes Crashed straight into a concrete wall of my mistakes Ended up in a cemetary of a thousand wasted days But that's alright with me, cause that's where most of my memories lay TWO SIDED POLITICS I'm not anti society, society's anti me I'm not anti religion, religion is anti me I'm not anti tradition, tradition is anti me I'm not anti anything, I just wanna be free Fascist state, no freedom Unless you control yourself Use self expression, lose your freedom You're undesirable, you go straight to jail Kill someone, in a war Get a medal, you're a hero Protect yourself in every day war You're undesirable you go straight to jail I'm not anti Reagan, Reagan's anti me I'm not anti government, government's anti me I'm not anti politics, politics is anti me I'm not anti anything, I just wannna be free Innocent, never guilty High class lawyer, you are rich If you're poor must be guilty Even if innocent you go straight to jail TWO SIDED POLITICS I'm not anti society, society is anti me I'm not anti religion, religion is anti me I'm not anti anything, I just wanna be free Fascist state, no freedom Unless you control yourself Use self expression, lose your freedom You're undesirable, go straight to jeail Kill someone in a war Get a medal, you're a hero Protect yourself in everyday war You're a minority, you go straight to jail I'm not anti, anti's anti me I'm not anti government, government's anti me I'm not anti politics, politics is anti me I'm not anti anything, I just wanna be free Innocent, never guilty High class lawyer, you are rich If you're poor, must be guilty Even if innocent, you go straight to jail TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT (BUT THEY MAKE ME FEEL A WHOLE LOT BETTER) [Rocky George/Mike Muir] Welcome to the year of the cyco It's been a long, long wait Welcome to a modern blitzkrieg With peace, I can't relate Welcome to death now you'll love it Once in a lifetime treat Say goodbye to peace and order You and my terror will meet My best friend is misery My girlfriend is insanity My father is revenge My love for you I must confess With my knife you passed the test I'll love you till the end Evacuation of my mind In my body no heart you'll find Where there's death I lurk Empty stare incoherent Screams of pain, love to hear it Take pride in my work They say two wrongs don't make a right Well maybe that is true But I can't describe the feeling I get When I take revenge on you Forgiveness is the key to destruction But you can't open my door Repentance, you're indecision I hesitate no more Tradition is the root of all evil So now I water the tree Salvation, an all time sentence So now I walk away free Two wrongs don't make a right But they make me feel a whole lot better WAKING THE DEAD Kept in the guard of Mother Nature's womb Resting in the safety of their tomb Sheltered by six feet of soil and rock The spade is the key with which their gate we'll unlock Why should they be resting so peacefully When we're up above in pure misery I don't care that they've already died That's not enough to make me satisfied So we wait till the stroke of the midnight hour Then we'll unleas the darkest of power Hell's gates will open a new judgment day Now is the time that the dead will pay Why should they be resting so peacefully When we're up above in pure misery I don't care that they've already died That's not enough to make me satisfied Waking the dead, waking the dead, waking the dead All rise! Hell's gates open the earth trembles and shakes Now their pardons are over they pray for their mistakes Mausoleums firebombed now rage in flames When the dead come out their bodies we'll maim Rob Robbing their graves stealing their bones Bang Banging our heads to their screams and their moans Fix Fixing the wounds that even time cannot heal Soon Soon we will know how good it feels This is not damnation or an act of God Now the dead they rise ripping through the sod Purgatory has to wait, but how can this be The dead are free the dead are free! Waking the dead you said that it wouldn't be Waking the dead You said that we wouldn't see Waking the dead Now the dead stand before our own eyes Silence is blaring the earth opens wide History repeats, reburied they die Darkness descends through nature's pores They return to their sleep on earth's basement floor Now they rest not so peacefully As they've had a taste of our misery I didn't care that they'd already died That wasn't enough to make me satisfied Return back to their tombs now they lay This is no game for the novice to play Repeat not a word lest ye be forewarned The punishment of Hell's darkness and scorn Repeat not a word of the sermon said A prayer for the dead, don't play with the dead Don't try to comprehend what's going on You can't understand, please don't understand Waking the dead And we'll be Waking the dead All rise now Waking the dead We're gonna wake the dead Waking the dead I said the words what have I done I thought it cool, I thought it fun The words I say they start to change The syllables now rearranged A language I can't comprehend I shut my mouth it doesn't end The bowels of nature open wide I cannot move I cannot hide I can't believe the things I see The dead are free, the dead are free I close my eyes and pray it's not real Their presence close coldness I feel What have I done Lord please forgive Once they died, but now they live I wake the dead, I ake the dead, I wake the dead, I wake the dead! Cleanse the lepers Cast out the demons Wake the dead! WAR INSIDE MY HEAD War inside my head War inside my head War inside my head War inside my head War inside my head ain't a pretty sight But I don't want no sympathy It's happened a thousand times before It's just a harsh reality War inside my head can you sense it War inside my head can you see it War inside my head can you feel it War inside my head Can you hear the pain Can you see the pain Can you sense the pain Can you feel the pain Can you help the pain Can you fix the pain Can you hear the war inside my head The only thing real is the way I feel And that's the pain that's deep inside The battle from within is gonna begin And there ain't nowhere to hide War inside my head every night and day I never get no piece of mind It ought to be a sin, I just can't win And pure hell is all I find WAR INSIDE MY HEAD War inside my head War inside my head War inside my head War inside my head War inside my head ain't a pretty sight But I don't want no sympathy It's happened a thousand times before It's just a harsh reality War inside my head can you sense it War inside my head can you see it War inside my head can you feel it War inside my head Can you hear the pain Can you see the pain Can you sense the pain Can you feel the pain Can you help the pain Can you fix the pain Can you taste the pain Can you hear the war inside my head The only thing real is the way I feel And that's the pain that's deep inside That battle from within is gonna begin And there ain't nowhere to hide War inside my head every night and day I never get no piece of mind It ought to be a sin, I just can't win And pure hell is all I find WE ARE A FAMILY [Muir, Clark] S. T. S. T. S. T. Suicidal and proud! We are family! S. T. Suicidal and proud! We are family! S. T. Suicidal and proud! We are family! S. T. Suicidal and proud! We are family! S. T. Suicidal and proud! We are family! S. T. Suicidal and proud! We are family! S. T. Suicidal and proud! We are family! S. T. Suicidal and proud! We are family! Suicidal and proud we are family We are family with all the love you could ever need We don't judge you from the color of your skin We judge you from what's within Sui sui sui Suicidal S.T S.T S.T S.T S.T S.T Suicidal we are family We are a family brothers and sisters that are proud to be committed to one and all United we will never fall cause we are a family We are a family! Sui sui sui Suicidal S.T S.T S.T S.T S.T S.T Suicidal we are family Original from the westside, S.M. and Venice Now we're grown to be a worlwide menace Say what we want cause I know how to back it up A cyco like me just straight don't give a fuck and in case you might not know I'm insane suicidal Rolling hard with notarious family We're as bad we want to be Cause in my life there's only one guarentee That suicidal I always be And further more you don't want to forget We don't take no shit ! We are family Everyone that's a down sui We like it hard and loud And we are always down and proud Sui sui sui Suicidal S.T S.T S.T S.T S.T S.T Suicidal we are family S.T Suicidal and proud Suicidal and proud We are family ! WE CALL THIS MUTHA REVENGE Is this the beginning or the end This is revenge, we call this mutha revenge This is revenge, we call this mutha revenge Best not be talking to me, not with those words you said I guess I'll have to accept your invitation To toast you upside your head Everything has got a start And everything has got an end And every action has a side effect We call this mutha revenge This is revenge, we call this mutha revenge This is revenge, we call this mutha revenge Don't know if I'll blast, maybe I'll just throw Maybe I'll kick down something special But believe me, you're gonna know Should have thought before you got it started 'Cause everything has got an end Ain't no sloppy fool that's innocent We call this mutha revenge Revenge, revenge This is the beginning of the end This is revenge, we call this mutha revenge This is revenge, we call this mutha revenge I've seen loc'sters come, I've seen loc'sters go But the only real loc'sters Are holding down six feet below Everything has got a start And everything has got an end Every action has a side effect We call this mutha revenge This is revenge, we call this mutha revenge This is revenge, we call this mutha revenge You're putting up a front, we're gonna tear it down Had enough of your sorry ass 'tude I don't trip no stare me down You should of thought before you got it started 'Cause we're the ones that make it end Ain't no sloppy fool that's innocent We call this mutha revenge Revenge, revenge Revenge, revenge WHAT ELSE COULD I DO For a moment it seems That this moment won't end So I pray for the end Wasting my time, waiting for mercy You sold me out just for the joy of hurting me So I pray for the end Rest my child and be still Tortured thoughts become real My heart stops such a rush Causes me to go numb Wonder what next will come Sitting alone in my misery I'd like to mike. What more can I do? What else could I do? Fucked up feelings kill What else could I do? What else can you do? What else could I do? I lost again, once again I don't know where to start Now I'm back at the start You lied when you told me it would save me Now taste the fucked up feelings you gave me I lost again, once again WHAT YOU NEED'S A FRIEND I leach off you when things are good I'm there to kick you when you're down But when you need me I'm not there You're such a bummer when you're down Let's see what you need's a friend They say that all you need's a friend I know what you need's a friend Hello I could use a... What you need's a friend all you need's a friend And of course we always share So what I want you better give And what is yours is mine And what is mine you can't have I'd do anything for you anything Just you ask me and it's done anything But everything has its price You should have read the fine print ha ha! Friend. Hi, friend. Friend. It's me friend! What you need's a friend. All you need's a friend What you need's another friend. You never can have enough friends. Don't you wanna be my friend? I'm so glad you're my friend. Sucker Of course you know who I am And I'll never let you forget You are stuck with me forever Or until you have nothin' more to give WHERE'S THE TRUTH Late at night, that's the time I can't forget it Sail the darkness but this ain't sleep Heard the sound, could it be I got the message But the message wasn't intended for me Can't you see there's a madman working He's putting in overtime Too content with the sweet scent of denial You're oblivious to the signs It's a struggle for the reason But it's the only thing I know No surprise, here's more lies and you still are wailing What the hell are you saying And you're fly fly flying with lie lie lying Where's the truth, where's the truth, why you lying Truth abuse, what's the use, it's not a game you're playing Do you know what I'm saying And you're high high hiding with lie lie lying Where's the truth, where's the truth, where's the truth I'm not you, you're not me, that's the difference So you can't deny we're the same What's the point, that's what sticks huh exactly Take a second helping of the blame Not a scare not a bomb not a warning A condition that no one should doubt There's a tick tock tick tock Ticking in my head you gotta get out Yet I cannot deny the reason 'Cause it's the only thing I know No remorse, danger course, and you still are wailing You don't know what you're saying And you're fly fly flying with lie lie lying Where's the truth, where's the truth, why you lying Sick in thought, disease you've caught Is it a game you're playing, do you know what I'm saying And you're high high hiding with lie lie lying Where's the truth, where's the truth, where's the truth It's a struggle for the reason But it's the only thing I know Too much tweak, dosage leak And you still are wailing, what the hell are you saying And you're fly fly flying with lie lie lying Where's the truth, where's the truth, why are you lying Set to lose, why you choose It's not a game you're playing, do you know what I'm saying And you're high high hiding with lie lie lying Where's the truth, where's the truth Where's the truth, where's the truth, where's the truth Where's the truth, where's the truth, where's the truth You're lying! WICH WAY TO FREE? Free can anyone show me the way to free? Free does anyone know which way is to free? I aint here to dought you, just heard so much about you Wont you save a place for me I hope you'll let me choose you I never would abuse you Please accept my sincerity Free I want you Free I need you Free which way's it to free? Free I want to hold you Free I want to know you Free Can you send me to free Although some may deny you I'd really love to try you I need this opportunity My past has been divided My future, I'll rewrite it Change my life if it need to be Which way's it to free? Which way's it to free? Free Can anyone show me the way to free? Free Does anyone know which way is to free? Gimme some free...Which way's it to Gimme some free...Which way's it to WON'T FALL IN LOVE TODAY Baby don't you be blue You know that I'll always be true You know that I'll always love you And we'll always be together too Over a thousand things I can say to you Half of which would be un true But the one thing for sure I can say Is that I won't fall in love today Baby when you hold me tight You know everything will be alright So let's not take any time to fight Because you know I love you with all my might Baby you make me feel like a man When we're rolling in the sand So come and take me by the hand And do the things you know we can WON'T FALL IN LOVE TODAY Baby, don't you be blue You know that I'll always be true You know know that I'll always love you And we'll always be together, too Over a thousand things I can say to you Half of which would be un true But the one thing for sure I can say Is that I won't fall in love today Baby when you hold me tight You know everything will be alright So let's not take any time to fight Because you know I love you with all my might Baby, you make me feel like a man When we're rolling in the sand So come and take me by the hand And do the things you know we can YOU CAN'T BRING ME DOWN [Mike Muir/Rocky George] What the hell's going on around here? First off let's take it from the start Straight out can't change what's in my heart No one can tear my beliefs apart, you can't bring me You ain't never seen no one like me Prevail regardless what the cost might be Power flows inside of me, you can't bring me Never fall as long as I try Refuse to be a part of your lie Even if it means I die, you can't bring me You...can't...bring...me...down! Who the hell you calling crazy? You wouldn't know what crazy was If Charles Manson was eating fruit loops on your front porch.... Time out let's get something clear I speak more truth than you want to hear Scapegoat to cover up your fear, you can't bring me You ain't never seen so much might Fight for what I know is right What up you got yourself a fight, you can't bring me Stand up we'll all sing along Together ain't nothin' as strong Won't quit we ain't in the wrong, you can't bring me You...can't...bring...me...down! Bring me down you can't bring me down! Bring me down you can't bring me down, no! Bring me down you can't bring me down! Bring me down you can't bring me down, you can't bring me down! Tell them what's up Rocky! You...can't...bring...me...down! Bring me down you can't bring me down! Bring me down you can't bring me down, no! Bring me down you can't bring me down! Bring me down you can't bring me down, you can't bring me down! So why you trying to bring me? Well you can't bring me down...No, no, no, no Can't bring me down....No, no, no, no, no, no Can't bring me down....No, no, no, no, no, no Can't bring me down....No, no, no, no, no, no So why you trying to bring? Well you can't bring me down Just cause you don't understand what's going on don't mean it don't make no sense And just cause you don't like it, don't mean it ain't no good And let me tell you something; Before you go taking a walk in my world You better take a look at the real world Cause this ain't no Mister Roger's Neighborhood Can you say feel like shit ? Yea maybe sometimes I do feel like shit I ain't happy 'bout it, but I'd rather feel like shit than be full of shit! And if I offended you, oh I'm sorry... But maybe you need to be offended But here's my apology and one more thing...fuck you! Cos you...can't...bring...me...down! Bring me down you can't bring me down! Bring me down you can't bring me down, no! Bring me down you can't bring me down! Bring me down you can't bring me down! Bring me down you can't bring me down, no! Bring me down you can't bring me down, no! Bring me down you can't bring me down, you can't bring me down! Can't bring me down! Can't bring me down! Can't bring me down! Suicidal! YOU CAN'T BRING ME DOWN What the hell's going on around here? First off let's take it from the start Straight out can't change what's in my heart No one can tear my beliefs apart, you can't bring me You aint never seen no one like me Prevail regardless what the cost might be Power flows inside of me, you can't bring me Never fall as long as I try Refuse to be part of your lie Even if it means I die, you can't bring me You can't bring me down! Who the hell you calling crazy? You wouldn't know what crazy was if Charles Manson ...was eating Fruit Loops on your front porch Time out let's get something clear I speak more truth than you want to hear Scapegoat to cover up your fear, you can't bring me You aint never seen so much might Fight for what I know is right What up you got yourself a fight, you can't bring me Stand up we'll all sing along Together aint nothin' as strong Won't quit we aint in the wrong, you can't bring me You can't bring me down! Bring me down you can't bring me down! Bring me down you can't bring me down, no! Bring me down you can't bring me down! Bring me down you can't bring me down, you can't bring me down! Tell them what's up rock! You can't bring me down! Bring me down you can't bring me down! Bring me down you can't bring me down, no! Bring me down you can't bring me down! Bring me down you can't bring me down, you can't bring me down! So why you trying to bring me So why you trying to bring Well you can't bring me down Just cause you don't understand what's going on ...don't mean it don't make no sense And just cause you don't like it,...don't mean it aint no good And let me tell you something Before you go taking a walk in my world, ...you better take a look at the real world Cause this aint no Mr. Rogers Neighborhood Can you say feel like shit? Yea maybe sometimes I do feel like shit I aint happy about it, but I'd rather feel like shit ...than be full of shit! And if I offended you, Oh I'm sorry But, maybe you needed to be offended But here's my apology and one more thing...Fuck you! Cause you can't bring me down Bring me down you can't bring me down! Bring me down you can't bring me down, no! Bring me down you can't bring me down! Bring me down you can't bring me down, you can't bring me down! You can't bring me down! Suicidal!!! YOU GOT, I WANT [] You got, I want You got, I want You got, I want You got, I want I can't tell you why you're crying I can only tell you to wipe your tears away You see something that's inside me I think I'll save it for a rainy day I don't need no constitution To tell me what is wrong and right for me C'mon take it little honey I want to tell you baby what you see You're gonna take al lthat I'm giving, yea What's the matter can't you see You know I'm taking, you're not giving Oh baby, baby, please please please please I'm not sure what I told you I'm only sure that it wasn't true You said I told you that I love you Well there's a thousand others just like you You said I used to be romantic Well now I don't need to be anymore You want to talk about commitment I think I want to show you the door You got, I want You got, I want You got, I want You got, I want Love me, hold me tonight I can't tell you why you're crying I can only tell you to wipe your tears away You see something that is inside me I think I'll save it for a rainy day I don't need no constitution To tell me what is wrong and right for me C'mon take it little honey I want to tell you baby what you see You got, I want, I want now $29.00 little black girl in a red dress on a hothight with a broken shoe little black girl you shoulde never left home theres probly someone thats still waitin' up for you its cold back in chicago but in los angles its worse when all you got is $29.00 and an alligator purse i see already that vulture in the fleetwood with the startruse hood can see you're trying to get you bearrings and you say hey which ways the main stem and where ever you say you're from he'll say he grew up there himself and he'll comeon and make you feel like you grew up right next door to him and you say take a left on a central and he trows it in reverse cause you only got $29.00 and an alligator purse and he'll come on like a gentleman and you'll be a little shy you say you ex old man was a sax player he'll say baby i used to play bass for sly and you say you like his cadillac, say honey, i got 2 or 3 he'll say sweetheart you're sure fortunate that you ran into me when you've done a dime in the joint you figure nothin' could be worse and you got $29.00 and an alligator purse well he got pharoh on the 8 track you start smokin' a little boo you thinkin' gettin' outofchicago was the best thing that ever happend to you startin' to like it already this cat seems to be cool and he says honey i know a good hotel out in west hollywood that'd be just right for you but he ain't know good samaritan he'll make sure he's reimursed lot more than $29.00 and a alligator purse now the sirens just an epilog the cops here always get there too late they always stop for coffee on the way to the scene of the crime then they always try so hard to look just like movie stars they couldnt catch a cold you ony wasting you dime and she's lucky to be alive the doctor whispered to the nurse she only lost a 1/2 pint of blood $29.00 and an alligator purse 'T'AIN'T NO SIN (Walter Donaldson/Edgar Leslie) When you hear sweet syncopation And the music softly moans T'ain't no sin to take off your skin And dance around in your bones When it gets too hot for comfot And you can't get an ice cream cone T'ain't no sin to take off your skin And dance around your bones Just like those bamboo babies Down in the South Sea tropic zone T'ain't no sin to take off your skin And dance around your bones 'TIL THE MONEY RUNS OUT check this strange beverage that falls out from the sky, splashin' bagdad on the hudson in panther martin's eyes, he's high and outside wearin' candy apple red, scarlet gave him twenty seven stitches in his head, with a pint of green chartruse ain't nothin' seems right, you buy the sunday paper on a saturday night. can't you hear the thunder someone stole my watch, i sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch, some one tell those chinamen on telegraph canyon road, when there ain't no time to unload, so bye bye baby baby bye bye. droopy stranger lonely dreamer toy puppy and the prado, we're laughin' as they piled into olmos' el dorado, jesus whispered eni meany miney moe, they're too proud to duck their heads that's why they bring it down so low, so bye bye baby baby bye bye. the pointed man is smack dab in the middle of july, swingin' from the rafters in his brand new tie, he said i can't go back to that hotel room all they do is shout, but i'll stay wichew baby till the money runs out, so bye bye baby baby bye bye. (OPENING INTRO) (Instrumental) 16 SHELLS FROM A THIRTY OUGHT SIX I plugged 16 shells from a thirty ought six and a Black Crow snuck through a hole in the sky so I spent all my buttons on an old pack mule and I made me a ladder from a pawn shop marimba and I leaned it up against a dandelion tree And I filled me a sachel full of old pig corn and I beat me a billy from an old French horn and I kicked that mule to the top of the tree and I blew me a hole 'bout the size of a kickdrum and I cut me a switch from a long branch elbow I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin' Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty ought six whittle you into kindlin' Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty ought six Well I slept in the holler of a dry creek bed and I tore out the buckets from a red Corvette, tore out the buckets from a red Corvette Lionel and Dave and the Butcher made three you got to meet me by the knuckles of the skinnybone tree with the strings of a Washburn stretched like a clothes line you know me and that mule scrambled right through the hole Repeat Now I hold him prisoner in a Washburn jail that stapped on the back of my old kick mule strapped it on the back of my old kick mule I bang on the strings just to drive him crazy I strum it loud just to rattle his cage strum it loud just to rattle his cage Repeat Chorus 16 SHELLS FROM A THIRTY OUGHT SIX I plugged 16 shells from a thirty ought six and a Black Crow snuck through a hole in the sky so I spent all my buttons on an old pack mule and I made me a ladder from a pawn shop marimba and I leaned it up against a dandelion tree And I filled me a sachel full of old pig corn and I beat me a billy from an old French horn and I kicked that mule to the top of the tree and I blew me a hole 'bout the size of a kickdrum and I cut me a switch from a long branch elbow I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin' Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty ought six whittle you into kindlin' Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty ought six Well I slept in the holler of a dry creek bed and I tore out the buckets from a red Corvette, tore out the buckets from a red Corvette Lionel and Dave and the Butcher made three you got to meet me by the knuckles of the skinnybone tree with the strings of a Washburn stretched like a clothes line you know me and that mule scrambled right through the hole Repeat Now I hold him prisoner in a Washburn jail that stapped on the back of my old kick mule strapped it on the back of my old kick mule I bang on the strings just to drive him crazy I strum it loud just to rattle his cage strum it loud just to rattle his cage Repeat Chorus 16 SHELLS FROM A THIRTY OUGHT SIX I plugged 16 shells from a thirty ought six and a Black Crow snuck through a hole in the sky so I spent all my buttons on an old pack mule and I made me a ladder from a pawn shop marimba and I leaned it up against a dandelion tree And I filled me a sachel full of old pig corn and I beat me a billy from an old French horn and I kicked that mule to the top of the tree and I blew me a hole 'bout the size of a kickdrum and I cut me a switch from a long branch elbow I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin' Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty ought six whittle you into kindlin' Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty ought six Well I slept in the holler of a dry creek bed and I tore out the buckets from a red Corvette, tore out the buckets from a red Corvette Lionel and Dave and the Butcher made three you got to meet me by the knuckles of the skinnybone tree with the strings of a Washburn stretched like a clothes line you know me and that mule scrambled right through the hole Repeat Now I hold him prisoner in a Washburn jail that stapped on the back of my old kick mule strapped it on the back of my old kick mule I bang on the strings just to drive him crazy I strum it loud just to rattle his cage strum it loud just to rattle his cage Repeat Chorus 9TH & HENNEPIN Well it's 9th and Hennepin And all the donuts have Names that sound like prostitutes And the moon's teeth marks are On the sky like a tarp thrown over all this And the broken umbrellas like Dead birds and the steam Comes out of the grill like The whole goddamned town is ready to blow. And the bricks are all scarred with jailhouse tattoos And everyone is behaving like dogs. And the horses are coming down Violin Road And Dutch is dead on his feet And the rooms all smell like diesel And you take on the Dreams of the ones who have slept here. And I'm lost in the window I hide on the stairway I hang in the curtain I sleep in your hat And no one brings anything Small into a bar around here. They all started out with bad directions And the girl behind the counter has a tattooed tear, One for every year he's away she said, such A crumbling beauty, but there's Nothing wrong with her that $100 won't fix, she has that razor sadness That only gets worse With the clang and thunder of the Southern Pacific going by As the clock ticks out like a dripping faucet Till you're full of rag water and bitters and blue ruin And you spill out Over the side to anyone who'll listen And I've seen it All through the yellow windows Of the evening train. A LITTLE RAIN ) The Ice Man's mule is parked Outside the bar Where a man with missing fingers Plays a strange guitar And the German dwarf Dances with the buthcer's son And a little rain never hurt no one And a little rain never hurt no one They're dancing on the roof ANd the ceiling's coming down I sleep with my shovel and my leather gloves A little trouble makes it wurth the going And a little rain never hurt no one The world is round And so I'll go around You must risk something that matters My hands are strong I'll take any man here If it's worth the going It's worth the ride She was 15 years old And never seen the ocean She climbed into a van With a vagabond And the last theing she said Was, I love you mom. And a little rain Never hurt no one And a little rain Never hurt no one A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES hey sight for sore eyes it's a long time no see workin hard hardly workin hey man you know me water under the bridge didya see my new car well it's bought and it's payed for parked outside of the bar and hey barkeeper what's keepin you keep pourin drinks for all these palookas hey you know what i thinks that we toast to the old days and dimagio too and old drysdale and mantle whitey ford and to you no the old gang ain't around everyone has left town 'cept for thumm and giardina said they just might be down oh half drunk all the time and i'm all drunk the rest yea monk's till the champion but i'm the best i guess you heard about nash he was killed in a crash hell that must of been two or three years ago now yea he spun out and he rolled he hit a telephone pole and he died with the radio on no she's married and with a kid finally split up with sid he's up north for a nickle's worth for armed robbery hey i'll play you some pin ball hell you ain't got a chance well then go on over and ask her to dance A SWEET LITTLE BULLET FROM A PRETTY BLUE GUN it's raining it's pouring and you didn't bring a sweater nebraska'll never let you come back home and on hollywood and vine by the trifty mart sign and night i'll be willin' to bet there's a young girl with sweet little wishes and pretty blue dreams standin' there and gettin' all wet now there's a place off the drag called the gilbert hotel there's a couple letters burned out the sign and it's better then a bus stop and they do good business every time it rains for sweet little girls with nothing in their jeans but sweet little wishes and pretty blue dreams now it's raining it's pouring the old man is snoring now i lay me down to sleep i hear the sirens in the street all the dreams are made of chrome i have no way to get back home i'd rather die before i wake like marilyn monroe and throw my dreams out in the street and the rain will make em grow now the night clerk he got a club foot and he's heard times or more he says check out time is 10 am and that's just what he means and you go up the stairs with sweet little wishes and pretty blue dreams now it's raining it's pouring and hollywoods just fine swindle a little out of her dreams put a letter in the sign never trust a scarecrow wearin' shades after dark be areful of that old bow tie he wears it takes asweet little bullet from a pretty blue gun to put those scarlet ribbons in your hair no that ain't no cherry bomb 4th of july's all done just some fool playin' that a second line from the barrel of a pretty blue gun no that ain't no cherry bomb 4th of july's all done get some fool playin' that second line from the barrel of a pretty blue gun. ALL STRIPPED DOWN Well the time will come When the wind will shout All stripped down All stripped down And all the sinners know What I'm talking about All stripped down All stripped down When all the creatures of the world Are gonna line up at the gate And you better be on time And you better not be late All stripped All stripped down Well you know in your heart What you gotta bring All stripped down All stripped down No big mink coat No diamond ring All stripped down All stripped down Well take off your paint Take off your rouge All stripped down All stripped down Let your backbone flip And let your spirit shine through I want you all stripped All stripped All stripped down All the men we got Well they're goin' down the drain All stripped down All stripped down And when I see your sadness On a river of shame All stripped down All stripped down You got to raise up Bot the quick and the dead All stripped down All stripped down With no shoes on your feet No hat on your head I want you all stripped down All stripped All stripped down Ain't nothin' in my heart But fire for you All stripped down All stripped down With my rainy hammer And a heart that's true I want you all stripped All stripped All stripped down ANYWHERE I LAY MY HEAD My head is spinning round My heart is in my shoes I went and set the Thames on fire Now I must come back down She's laughing in her sleeve at me I can feel it in my bones But anywhere, I'm gonna Lay my head, boys I will call my home. Well I see that The world is upside down My pockets were filled up with gold. Now the clouds have covered o'er And the wind is blowing cold I don't need anybody Because I learned to be alone And anywhere I lay my head, boys I will call my home. BACK IN THE GOOD OLD WORLD (GYPSY) When I was a boy, the moon was a pearl the sun a yellow gold. But when I was a man, the wind blew cold the hills were upside down. But now that I have gone from here there's no place I'd rather be than to float my chances on the tide Back in the good old world. On October's last I'll fly back home rolling down winding way. Scare crows are all dressed in rags out at the edge of the field I lay and all I've got's a pocket full of flowers on my grave. Oh but summer is gone I remember it best Back in the good old world. BAD LIVER AND A BROKEN HEART (IN LOWELL) Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart And I don't have a drinking problem, 'cept when I can't get a drink And I wish you'd a known her, we were quite a pair, She was sharp as a razor and soft as a prayer So welcome to the continuing saga, she was my better half, and I was just a dog And so here am I slumped, I've been chipped and I've been chumped on my stool So buy this fool some spirits and libations, it's these railroad station bars And all these conductors and porters, and I'm all out of quarters And this epitaph is the aftermath, yeah I choose my path, hey, come on, Kath, He's a lawyer, he ain't the one for ya No, the moon ain't romantic, it's intimidating as hell, And some guy's trying to sell me a watch And so I'll meet you at the bottom of a bottle of bargain Scotch I got me a bottle and a dream, it's so maudlin it seems, You can name your poison, go on ahead and make some noise I ain't sentimental, this ain't a purchase, it's a rental, and it's purgatory, And hey, what's your story, well I don't even care 'Cause I got my own double cross to bear And I'll see your Red Label, and I'll raise you one more, And you can pour me a cab, I just can't drink no more, 'Cause it don't douse the flames that are started by dames, It ain't like asbestos It don't do nothing but rest us assured, And substantiate the rumors that you've heard BARBER SHOP good mornin mr. snip snip snip witchur haircut jus as short as mine bay rum lucky tiger butch wax cracker jacks shoe shine jaw breaker magazine racks hangin round the barber shop a side burnin close crop mornin mr. furgeson what's the good word witcha been stayin outa trouble like a good boy should i see you're still cuttin hair well i'm still cuttin classes i just couldn't hep myself i got a couple of passes to the ringle bros. barn bail circus afternoon i see you lost a little round the middle and your lookin reel good sittin on the wagon stead of under the hood what's the low down mr. brown heard you boy's leavin town i just bought myself a struggle buggy suckers powder blue throw me over sports page cincinnati's lookin' good always been for pittsburgh lay you 10 to 1 that the pirates get the pennant and the series for their done you know the hair's gettin longer and the skirts gettin shorter you can get a cheaper haircut if you wanna cross the border now if your mama saw you smokin why she'd kick your ass put it out you little juvenile and put it out fast oh if i had a million dollars well what would i do probly be a barber not a bum like you still gotchur paper route now that's just fine now you can pay me double cause you gypped me last time you be keepin little circus money and spend it on a girl know i give the best haircuts in the whole wide world BETTER OFF WITHOUT A WIFE all my friends are married every Tom and Dick and Harry you must be strong to go it alone here's to the bachelors and the bowery bums and those who feel that they're the ones who are better off without a wife I like to sleep until the crack of noon midnight howlin' at the moon goin' out when I wanto, comin' home when I please I don't have to ask permission if I want to go out fishing and I never have to ask for the keys never been no Valentino had a girl who lived in Reno left me for a trumpet player didn't get me down he was wanted for assault though he said it weren't his fault well the coppers rode him right out of town selfish about my privacy as long as I can be with me we get along so well I can't believe I love to chew the fat with folks and listen to all your dirty jokes I'm so thankful for these friends I do receive CHORUS BIG BLACK MARIAH Cuttin' through the cane break Ratting the sill Thunder that the rain makes When the shadow tops the hill Big light on the back street Hill to ever more, Packin' down the ladder With hammer to the floor Here comes the Big Black Mariah Here comes the Big Black Mariah Here comes the Big Black Mariah Here comes the Big Black Ford. Well he's all boxed up On a red bell dame Hunted Black Johnny with A blind man's cane A yellow bullet with a Rag out in the wind An old blind tiger Get an old bell Jim Here comes the Big Black Mariah, Here comes the Big Black Mariah, Here comes the Big Black Mariah, Here comes the Big Black Ford. Sent to the skies on a Benny Jag Blue Off to bed without his supper Like the Linda brides do Now he's got to do the story With the old widow Jones... He's got a wooden coat this boy Is never coming home Here comes the Big Black Mariah Here comes the Big Black Mariah Here comes the Big Black Mariah Here comes the Big Black Ford. Cut through the Cane break... Repeat Second Verse BIG BLACK MARIAH Cuttin' through the cane break Ratting the sill Thunder that the rain makes When the shadow tops the hill Big light on the back street Hill to ever more, Packin' down the ladder With hammer to the floor Here comes the Big Black Mariah Here comes the Big Black Mariah Here comes the Big Black Mariah Here comes the Big Black Ford. Well he's all boxed up On a red bell dame Hunted Black Johnny with A blind man's cane A yellow bullet with a Rag out in the wind An old blind tiger Get an old bell Jim Here comes the Big Black Mariah, Here comes the Big Black Mariah, Here comes the Big Black Mariah, Here comes the Big Black Ford. Sent to the skies on a Benny Jag Blue Off to bed without his supper Like the Linda brides do Now he's got to do the story With the old widow Jones... He's got a wooden coat this boy Is never coming home Here comes the Big Black Mariah Here comes the Big Black Mariah Here comes the Big Black Mariah Here comes the Big Black Ford. Cut through the Cane break... Repeat Second Verse BIG IN JAPAN I got the style but not the grace I got the clothes but not the face I got the bread but not the butter I got the winda but not the shutter But I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan But heh I'm big in Japan I got the house but not the deed I got the horn but not the reed I got the cards but not the luck I got the wheel but not the truck But heh I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan I got the moon I got the cheese I got the whole damn nation On its knees I got the rooster I got the crow I got the ebb I got the flow I got the powder but not the gun I got the dog but not the bun I got the clouds but not the sky I got the stripes but not the tie But heh I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan Heh ho they love the way I do it Heh ho there's really nothing to it I got the moon I got the cheese I got the whole damn nation on their knees I got the rooster I got the crow I got the ebb I got the flow I got the sizzle but not the steak I got the boat but not the lake I got the sheets but not the bed I got the jam but not the bread But heh I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan, I'm big in Japan BIG JOE AND PHANTOM 309 (Tommy Faile) well you see I happened to be back on the east coast a few years back tryin' to make me a buck like everybody else, well you know times get hard and well I got down on my luck and I got tired of just roamin' and bummin' around, so I started thumbin' my way back to my old hometown you know I made quite a few miles in the first couple of days, and I figured I'd be home in a week if my luck held out this way but you know it was the third night I got stranded, it was out at a cold lonely crossroads, and as the rain came pouring down, I was hungry, tired freezin', caught myself a chill, but it was just about that time that the lights of an old semi topped the hill you should of seen me smile when I heard them air brakes come on, and I climbed up in that cab where I knew it'd be warm at the wheel well at the wheel sat a big man I'd have to say he must of weighed 210 the way he stuck out a big hand and said with a grin Big Joe's the name and this here rig's called Phantom 309 well I asked him why he called his rig such a name, but he just turned to me and said Why son don't you know this here rig'll be puttin' 'em all to shame, why there ain't a driver on this or any other line for that matter that's seen nothin' but the taillights of Big Joe and Phantom 309 So we rode and talked the better part of the night and I told my stories and Joe told his and I smoked up all his Viceroys as we rolled along he pushed her ahead with 10 forward gears man that dashboard was lit like the old Madam La Rue pinball, a serious semi truck until almost mysteriously, well it was the lights of a truck stop that rolled into sight Joe turned to me and said I'm sorry son but I'm afraid this is just as far as you go You see I kinda gotta be makin' a turn just up the road a piece, but I'll be damned if he didn't throw me a dime as he threw her in low and said Go on in there son, and get yourself a hot cup of coffee on Big Joe and when Joe and his rig pulled off into the night, man in nothing flat they was clean outa sight so I walked into the old stop and ordered me up a cup of mud sayin' Big Joe's settin' this dude up but it got so deathly quiet in that place, you could of heard a pin drop as the waiter's face turned kinda pale, I said What's the matter did I say somethin' wrong? I kinda said with 8a half way grin. He said No son, you see It'll happen every now and then. You see every driver in here knows Big Joe, but let me tell you what happened just 10 years ago, yea it was 10 years ago out there at that cold lonely crossroads where you flagged Joe down, and there was a whole bus load of kids and they were just comin' from school and they were right in the middle when Joe topped the hill, and could have been slaughtered except Joe turned his wheels, and he jacknifed, and went into a skid, and folks around here say he gave his life to save that bunch of kids, and out there at that cold lonely crossroads, well they say it was the end of the line for Big Joe and Phantom 309, but it's funny you know, cause every now and then yea every now and then, when the moon's holdin' water, they say old Joe will stop and give you a ride, and just like you, some hitchhiker will be comin' by So here son, he said to me, get yourself another cup of coffee, it's on the house, you see I want you to hang on to that dime, yea you hang on to that dime as a kind of souvenir, a souvenir of Big Joe and Phantom 309 BLACK BOX THEME (Instrumental) BLACK MARKET BABY She lives in a house That's way back off the road There's a man with a lantern And he carries her soul A coal stove and a bed A skillet and a hound She drove a camel through A needle In this sinking board walk town She's my Black Market Baby She's my Black Market Baby She's a diamond that Wants to stay coal Wants to stay coal I swang out wide with her On hells iron gate Anything that you wanted You could have My eyes say their prayers to her Sailors ring her bell Like a moth mistakes a light bulb For the moon and goes to hell She's my Black Market Baby She's my Black Market Baby She's a diamond that Wants to stay coal Wants to stay coal There's no prayer like desire There's amnesia in her kiss She's a swan and a pistol And she will follow you like this In Moverly, Missouri at the Iroquois Hotel She checked in with the President And she ran up quite a Bill (Chorus) She's whiskey in a teacup She gives blondes a lousy name She's a Bonzai Aphrodite And a ticket back to Spain She's a hard way to go And there ain't no way To stop Every time you play the red The black is coming up She's my Black Market baby She's my Black Market baby She's a diamond that Wants to stay coal Wants to stay coal BLACK WINGS ) Take an eye for an eye Take a tooth for a tooth Just like they say in the Bible Never leave a trace or forget a face Of any man at the table When the moon is a cold chiseled dagger Sharp enough to draw blood from a stone He rides through your dreams on a coach And horses and the fence posts In the midnight look like bones Well they've stopped trying to hold him With mortar, stone and chain He broke out of every prison Boots mount the staircase The door is flung back open He's not there for he has risen He's not there for he has risen Well he once killed a man with a guitar string He's been seen at the table with kings Well he once saved a baby from drowning There are those who say beneath his coat there are wings Some say they fear him Others admire him Because he steals his promise One look in his eye Everyone denies Ever having met him Ever having met him He can turn himself into a stranger Wel lthey broke a lot of canes on his hide he was born away in a cornfield A fever beats in his head like a drum inside Some say they fear him Others admire him Because he steals his promise One look in his eye Everyone denies Ever having met him Ever having met him BLIND LOVE (Instrumental) BLOW WIND BLOW Mary's on the black top There's a husband in the dog house In the middle of a shakedown She got quiet as a church mouose She found Raleigh's on the dashboard Sugar daddy caught a polocar Ain't no solitary tap dance way down here I swear I's riding on a field mouse we were dancin' in the slaughterhouse If you swing along the beltway then you skid along the all day cause I went a little crazy and I sat upon a high chair And I'm smokin like a diesel way out here Blow wind blow blow me away here blow wind blow (repeat) BLUE SKIES Blue skies over my head Give me another reason to get out of bed And blue skies shine on my face Give me another woman to take her place Ain't got no money, cubards are bare No cigarettes and the kids got nothing to wear She walked out without a word Now the only sound left is the morning bird singing Blue skies over my head Give me another reason to get out of bed And blue skies shine on my face Give me another woman to take her place Blue skies over my head Give me another reason to get out of bed And blue skies shine on my face Give me another woman to take her place Give me another woman to take her place BLUE VALENTINES She sends me blue valentines all the way from philadelphia to mark the anniversary of someone that I used to be and it feels just like there's a warrant out for my arrest got me checkin' in my rearview mirrror and I'm always on the run thats why I change my name and I didn't think you'd ever find me here to send me blue valentines like half forgotten dreams like a pebble in my shoe as I walk these streets and the ghost of your memory is the thistle in the kiss and the burgler that that can break a roses neck it's the tattooed broken promise that I hide beneath my sleeve and I see you every time I turn my back she sends me blue valentines though I try to remain at large they're insisting that our love must have a culogy why do I save all of this madness in the nightstand drawer there to haunt upon my shoulders baby I know I'd be luckier to walk around everywhere I go with a blind and broken heart that sleeps beneath my lapel she sends me blue valentines to remind me of my cardinal sin I can never wash the guilt or get these bloodstains off my hands and it takes a lot of whiskey to make these nightmares go away and I cut my bleedin' heart out every nite and I die a little more on each st. valentine day remember that I promised I would write you... these blue valentines blue valentines blue valentines BRIDE OF RAIN DOG (Instrumental) BURMA SHAVE licorice tattoo turned a gun metal blue scrawled across the shoulders of a dying town the one eyed jacks across the railroad tracks and the scar on its belly pulled a stranger passing through he was a juvenile delinquent never learned how to behave but the cops would never think to look in burma shave and the road was like a ribbon and the moon was like a bone he didn't seem to be like any guy she'd ever known he kinda looked like farley granger with his hair slicked back she says i'm a sucker for a fella in a cowboy hat how far are you going he said depends on what you mean he says i'm going thataway just as long as it's paved i guess you'd say i'm on my way to burma shave and her knees up on the glove compartment took out her barrettes and her hair spilled out like rootbeer and she popped her gum and arched her back hell marysville ain't nothing but a wide spot in the road some night my heart pounds just like thunder i don't know why it don't explode cause everyone in this stinking town has got one foot in the grave and i'd rather take my chances out in burma shave presley's what i go by why don't you change the station count the grain elevators in the rearview mirror mister anywhere you point this thing has got to beat the hell out of the sting of going to bed with every dream that dies here every mornin and so drill me a hole with a barber pole i'm jumping my parole just like a fugitive tonight why don't you have another swig and pass that car if you're so brave i wanna get there before the sun comes up in burma shave and the spider web crack and the mustang screamed smoke from the tires and the twisted machine just a nickel's worth of dreams and every wishbone that they saved lie swindled from them on the way to burma shave and the sun hit the derrick and cast a bat wing shadow up against the car door on the shot gun side and when they pulled her from the wreck you know she still had on her shades they say that dreams are growing wild just this side of burma shave CARNIVAL (Instrumental) CEMETERY POLKA Uncle Vernon Uncle Vernon Independent as a Hog on ice Hi's a big shot down there At the slaughterhouse He plays accordion For Mr.Weiss Uncle Biltmore and Uncle William Made a Million during World War II But they're tightwads And they're Cheap skates And they'll never Give a dime to you Auntie Mame Has gone Inside She lives in The doorway of an old hotel And the Radio's playing opera and All she ever says Is go to Hell. Uncle Violet Flew as a pilot He said there Ain't no pretty Girls in France Now he runs a Tidy little Bookie joint they say He never Keeps it in his pants Uncle Bill Will never leave a will And the tumor is as Big as an egg He has a mistress She's Puerto Rican And i heard she has A wooden leg. Uncle Phil Can't live without his pills He has emphysema and He's almost blind And we must find out Where the money is Get it now Before he loses his min Repeat First Verse CHOCOLATE JESUS Don't go to church on Sunday Don't get on my knees to pray Don't memorize the books of the Bible I got my own special way Bit I know Jesus loves me Maybe just a little bit more I fall on my knees every Sunday At Zerelda Lee's candy store Well it's got to be a chocolate Jesus Make me feel good inside Got to be a chocolate Jesus Keep me satisfied Well I don't want no Anna Zabba Don't want no Almond Joy There ain't nothing better Suitable for this boy Well it's the only thing That can pick me up Better than a cup of gold See only a chocolate Jesus Can satisfy my soul (Solo) When the weather gets rough And it's whiskey in the shade It's best to wrap your savior Up in cellophane He flows like the big muddy But that's ok Pour him over ice cream For a nice parfait Well it's got to be a chocolate Jesus Good enough for me Got to be a chocolate Jesus Good enough for me Well it's got to be a chocolate Jesus Make me feel good inside Got to be a chocolate Jesus Keep me satisfied CHRISTMAS CARD FROM A HOOKER IN MINNEAPOLIS hey Charley I'm pregnant and living on 9 th street right above a dirty bookstore off cuclid avenue and I stopped taking dope and I quit drinking whiskey and my old man plays the trombone and works out at the track. and he says that he loves me even though its not his baby and he says that he'll raise him up like he would his own son and he gave me a ring that was worn by his mother and he takes me out dancin every saturday nite. and hey Charley I think about you everytime I pass a fillin' station on account of all the grease you used to wear in your hair and I still have that record of little anthony & the imperials but someone stole my record player how do you like that? hey Charley I almost went crazy after mario got busted so I went back to omaha to live with my folks but everyone I used to know was either dead or in prison so I came back in minneapolis this time I think I'm gonna stay. hey Charley I think I'm happy for the first time since my accident and I wish I had all the money that we used to spend on dope I'd buy me a used car lot and I wouldn't sell any of em I'd just drive a different car every day dependin on how I feel. hey Charley for chrissakes do you want to know the truth of it? I don't have a husband he don't play the trombone and I need to borrow money to pay this lawyer and Charley, hey I'll be eligible for parole come valentines day. CLAP HANDS Sane, sane they're all insane The fireman's blind, the conductors lame A Cincinatti jacket and a sad luck dame Hanging out the window with a bottle full of rain Clap hands, Clap hands Clap hands, Clap hands Said roar, roar the thunder and the roar Son of a bitch is never comin' back here no more Moon in the window; a bird on the pole Can always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal Clap hands, Clap hands Clap hands, Clap hands Steam, steam a hundred bad dreams Goin' up to Harlem with a pistol in his jeans A fifty dollar bill inside in Palladin's hat And nobody's sure where Mr. Knickerbocker's at Repeat Second Verse Shine, shine a Roosevelt dime All the way to Baltimore and runnin' out of time Salvation Army seemed to wind up in the hole They all went to Heaven in the little row boat Clap hands, Clap hands Clap hands, Clap hands CLAP HANDS Sane, sane they're all insane The fireman's blind, the conductors lame A Cincinatti jacket and a sad luck dame Hanging out the window with a bottle full of rain Clap hands, Clap hands Clap hands, Clap hands Said roar, roar the thunder and the roar Son of a bitch is never comin' back here no more Moon in the window; a bird on the pole Can always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal Clap hands, Clap hands Clap hands, Clap hands Steam, steam a hundred bad dreams Goin' up to Harlem with a pistol in his jeans A fifty dollar bill inside in Palladin's hat And nobody's sure where Mr. Knickerbocker's at Repeat Second Verse Shine, shine a Roosevelt dime All the way to Baltimore and runnin' out of time Salvation Army seemed to wind up in the hole They all went to Heaven in the little row boat Clap hands, Clap hands Clap hands, Clap hands CLAP HANDS Sane, sane they're all insane The fireman's blind, the conductors lame A Cincinatti jacket and a sad luck dame Hanging out the window with a bottle full of rain Clap hands, Clap hands Clap hands, Clap hands Said roar, roar the thunder and the roar Son of a bitch is never comin' back here no more Moon in the window; a bird on the pole Can always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal Clap hands, Clap hands Clap hands, Clap hands Steam, steam a hundred bad dreams Goin' up to Harlem with a pistol in his jeans A fifty dollar bill inside in Palladin's hat And nobody's sure where Mr. Knickerbocker's at Repeat Second Verse Shine, shine a Roosevelt dime All the way to Baltimore and runnin' out of time Salvation Army seemed to wind up in the hole They all went to Heaven in the little row boat Clap hands, Clap hands Clap hands, Clap hands CLOSING TIME (Instrumental) COLD COLD GROUND Crest fallen sidekick in an old cafe never slept with a dream before he had to go away there's a bell in the tower Uncle Ray bought a round don't worry about the army in the cold cold ground now don't be a cry baby when there's wood in the shed there's a bird in the chimmney and a stone in my bed when the road's washed out they pass the bottle around and wait in the arms of the cold cold ground cold cold ground there's a ribbon in the willow and a tire swing rope and a briar patch of berries takin over the slope the cat'll sleep in the mailbox and we'll never go to town til we bury every dream in the cold cold ground cold cold ground gimme a Winchester rifle and a whole box of shells blow the roof off the goat barn let it roll down the hill the piano is firewood times square is a dream I find we'll lay down together in the cold cold ground cold cold ground cold cold ground call the cops on the Breedloves bring a bible and a rope and a whole box of rebel and a bar of soap make a pile of trunk tires and burn 'em all down bring a dollar with you baby in the cold cold ground cold cold ground take a weathervane rooster throw rocks at his head stop talking to the neighbors til we all go dead beware of my temper and the dog that I've found break all the windows in the cold cold ground cold cold ground COLD COLD GROUND Crest fallen sidekick in an old cafe never slept with a dream before he had to go away there's a bell in the tower Uncle Ray bought a round don't worry about the army in the cold cold ground now don't be a cry baby when there's wood in the shed there's a bird in the chimmney and a stone in my bed when the road's washed out they pass the bottle around and wait in the arms of the cold cold ground cold cold ground there's a ribbon in the willow and a tire swing rope and a briar patch of berries takin over the slope the cat'll sleep in the mailbox and we'll never go to town til we bury every dream in the cold cold ground cold cold ground gimme a Winchester rifle and a whole box of shells blow the roof off the goat barn let it roll down the hill the piano is firewood times square is a dream I find we'll lay down together in the cold cold ground cold cold ground cold cold ground call the cops on the Breedloves bring a bible and a rope and a whole box of rebel and a bar of soap make a pile of trunk tires and burn 'em all down bring a dollar with you baby in the cold cold ground cold cold ground take a weathervane rooster throw rocks at his head stop talking to the neighbors til we all go dead beware of my temper and the dog that I've found break all the windows in the cold cold ground cold cold ground COLD COLD GROUND (LIVE) Crest fallen sidekick in an old cafe never slept with a dream before he had to go away there's a bell in the tower Uncle Ray bought a round don't worry about the army in the cold cold ground now don't be a cry baby when there's wood in the shed there's a bird in the chimmney and a stone in my bed when the road's washed out they pass the bottle around and wait in the arms of the cold cold ground cold cold ground there's a ribbon in the willow and a tire swing rope and a briar patch of berries takin over the slope the cat'll sleep in the mailbox and we'll never go to town til we bury every dream in the cold cold ground cold cold ground gimme a Winchester rifle and a whole box of shells blow the roof off the goat barn let it roll down the hill the piano is firewood times square is a dream I find we'll lay down together in the cold cold ground cold cold ground cold cold ground call the cops on the Breedloves bring a bible and a rope and a whole box of rebel and a bar of soap make a pile of trunk tires and burn 'em all down bring a dollar with you baby in the cold cold ground cold cold ground take a weathervane rooster throw rocks at his head stop talking to the neighbors til we all go dead beware of my temper and the dog that I've found break all the windows in the cold cold ground cold cold ground COLD WATER Well I woke up this morning With the cold water With the cold water With the cold water Woke up this morning With the cold water With the cold water With the cold Police at the station And they don't look friendly Well they don't look friendly Well they don't look friendly Police at the station And they don't look friendly They don't look friendly well They don't Blind or crippled Sharp or dull I'm reading the Bible By a 40 watt bulb What price freedom Dirt is my rug Well I sleep like a baby With the snakes and the bugs Well the stores are open But I ain't got no money I ain't got no money Stores are open but I Ain't got no money Ain't got no money Well I ain't Found an old dog And he seems to like me Seems to like me Well he seems to like me Found an old dog and he Seems to like me Seems to like me Well he seems Seen them fellows with the card board signs Scrapin up a little $ To buy a bottle of wine Pregnant women and The Vietnam vets I say Beggin on the freeway Bout as hard as it gets Well I slept in the graveyard It was cool and still Cool and still It was cool and still Slept in the graveyard It was cool and still Cool and still and it Was cool Slept all night in the Cedar grove I was born to ramble Born to rove Some men are searchin for the Holy Grail But there ain't nothin sweeter Than ridin the rails I love 47 but I'm 24 Well they shooed me away From here the time before Turned there their backs And they locked their doors I'm watching T.V. in The window of a furniture store Well I woke up this morning With the cold water With the cold water With the cold water Woke up this morning With the cold water With the cold water With the cold COME ON UP TO THE HOUSE Well the moon is broken And the sky is cracked Come on up to the house The only things that you can see Is all that you lack Come on up to the house All your cryin don't do no good Come on up to the house Come down off the cross We can use the wood Come on up to the house Come on up to the house Come on up to the house The world is not my home I'm just a passin thru Come on up to the house There's no light in the tunnel No irons in the fire Come on up to the house And your singin lead soprano In a junkman's choir You gotta come on up to the house Does life seem nasty, brutish and short Come on up to the house The seas are stormy And you can't find no port Come on up to the house There's nothin in the world (Chorus) there's nothin in the world that you can do you gotta come on up to the house and you been whipped by the forces that are inside you come on up to the house well you're high on top of your mountain of woe come on up to the house well you know you should surrender but you can't let go you gotta come on up to the house (Chorus) CROSSROADS Now, George was a good straight boy to begin with, but there was bad blood In him; someway he got into the magic bullets and that leads straight to Devil's work, just like marijuana leads to heroin; you think yo ucan take Them bullets or leave 'em, do you? Just save a few for your bad days Well, now, we all have those bad days when you can't shoot for shit. The more of them magics you use, the more bad days you have without them So it comes down finally to all your days being bad without the bullets It's magics or nothing Time to stop chippying around and kidding yourself, Kid, you're hooked, heavy as lead And that's where old George found himself Out there at the crossroads Molding the Devil's bullets Now a man figures it's his bullets, so it will Hit what he wants to hit But it don't always work that way You see, some bullets is special for a single aim A certain stag, or a certain person And no matter where you are, that's where the bullet will end up And in the moment of aiming, the gun turns into a dowser's wand And point where the bullet wants to go (George Schmid was moving in a series of convulsive spasms, like someone with an epileptic fit, with his face distorted and his eyes wild like a lassoed horse bracing his legs. But something kept pulling him on. And now he is picking up the skulls and making the circle.) I guess old George didn't rightly know what he's getting himself into The fit was on him and it carried him right to the crossroads DAVE THE BUTCHER (Instrumental) DEPOT, DEPOT Depot, depot, what am I doing here? Depot, depot, what am I doing here? I ain't coming, I ain't going My confusion is showing Outside the midnight wind is blowing Sixth Avenue I'm gonna paint myself blue At the depot I watch the taxis pull up and idle I can't claim title to a single memory He offered me a key 'Cause opportunity don't knock He has no tongue and she cannot talk You're gonna shuffle when you walk At the depot This peeping Tom needs a peephole And an uptempo song To move me along When I find this depot baby I'm on a roll just like a pool ball baby I'm gonna be there at the roll call maybe At the depot Outside the midnight wind is blowing Sixth Avenue Oh, tell me what a poor boy to do At the depot I'm on a roll just like a pool ball baby I'm gonna be there at the roll call maybe At the depot The depot DIAMONDS & GOLD The broken glass And the rusty nails Where the violets grow Say goodbye to the railroad And the mad dogs of summer And everything that I know What some men will do here for diamonds What some men will do here for gold They're wounded but they just keep on climbin' And they sleep by the side of the road There's a hole in the ladder A fence we can climb Mad as a hatter You're thin as a dime Go out to the meadow The hills are agreen Sing me a rainbo Steal me a dream . Small time Napoleons Shattered his knees But he stays in the saddle for Rose And all his disciple They shave in the gutter And gather what's left of his clothes There's a hole in the ladder A fence we can climb Mad as a hatter You're thin as a dime Go out to the meadow The hills are agreen Sing me a rainbow Steal me a dream DIAMONDS ON MY WINDSHIELD Well these diamonds on my windshield And these tears from heaven Well I'm pulling into town on the Interstate I got a steel train in the rain And the wind bites my cheek through the wing And it's these late nights and this freeway flying It always makes me sing There's a Duster tryin' to change my tune He's pulling up fast on the right Rolling restlessly by a twenty four hour moon And a Wisconsin hiker with a cue ball head He's wishing he was home in a Wiscosin bed But there's fifteen feet of snow in the East Colder then a welldigger's ass And it's colder than a welldigger's ass Oceanside it ends the ride with San Clemente coming up Those Sunday desperadoes slip by and cruise with a dry back And the orange drive in the neon billin' And the theatre's fillin' to the brim With slave girls and a hot spurn bucket full of sin Metropolitan area with interchange and connections Fly by nights from Riverside And out of state plates running a little late But the sailors jockey for the fast lane So 101 don't miss it There's rolling hills and concrete fields And the broken line's on your mind The eights go east and the fives go north And the merging nexus back and forth You see your sign, cross the line, signalling with a blink And the radio's gone off the air Gives you time to think And you hear the rumble As you fumble for a cigarette And blazing through this midnight jungle Remember someone that you met And one more block; the engine talks Whispers 'home at last' It whispers 'home at last' Whispers 'home at last' It whispers 'home at last' Whispers 'home at last' And there are diamonds on my windshield And these tears from heaven Well I'm pulling into town on the Interstate I got me a steel train in the rain And the wind bites my cheek through the wing Late nights and freeway flying Always makes me sing It always makes me sing (Hey look here Jack, ok) DIRT IN THE GROUND ) What does it matter, a dream of love Or a dream of lies We're all gonna be in the same place When we die Your spirit don't leave knowing Your face or your name And the wind through your bones Is all that remains And we're all gonna be We're all gonna be Just dirt in the ground The quill from a buzzard The blood writes the word I want to know am I the sky Or a bird 'Cause hell is boiling over And heaven is full We're chained to the world And we all gotta pull And we're all gonna be Just dirt in the ground Now the killer was smiling With nerves made of stone He climbed the stairs And the gallows groaned And the people's hearts were pounding They were throbbing, they were red As he swung out ofver the crowd I heard the hangman said We're all gonna be Just dirt in the ground Now Cain slew Abel He killed him with a stone The sky cracked open And the thunder groaned Along a river of flesh Can these dry bones live? Ask a king or a beggar And the answer they'll give Is we're all gonna be Yea yeah We're all gonna be just Dirt in the ground DOWN, DOWN, DOWN He went down down down and the devil called him by name he went down down down hangin' onto the back of a train he went down down down this boy went solid down always chewed tobacco and the bathtub gin always chewed tobacco and the bathtub gin he went down down down this boy went solid down he went down Well he went down down down and the jumped on his head he went down down down stayin' in a broken down shed he went down down down sleepin' in the devil's bed he went down down down never listened to the words I said he went down down down down he went down Well he went down down down and the devil said where you been he went down down down he screamin' down around the bend down down down this boy went solid down He was always cheatin' and he always told lies he was always cheatin' and he always told lies he went down down down down down down this boy went solid down he went down DOWNTOWN red pants and the sugarman in, the temple street gloom, drinkin' chivas regal in a four dollar room, just another dead soldier in a powder blue night, sugarman says baby everything's alright, goin' downtown down downtown. montclaire de havelin doin' the st. vitus dance, lookin' for someone to chop the lumber in his pants, how am i gonna unload all of this ice and all this mink, all the traffic in the street but it's so hard to think, goin' downtown down downtown. frankie's wearin' lipstick pierre cardin, i swear to god i seen him holdin' hands with jimmy bond, sally's high on crank and hungry for some sweets, she's fem in the sheets but she's butch in the streets, goin' downtown down downtown. it's the cool of the evening the sun's goin' down, i want to hold you in my arms i want to push you around, i want to break your bottle and spill out all your charms, come on baby we'll set off all the burglar alarms, goin' downtown down downtown. red pants and the sugarman in the temple, drinkin' chivas regal in a four dollar room, just another dead soldier in a powder blue night, red pants turns to sugarman and says everything's alright, goin' downtown down downtown. DOWNTOWN TRAIN Outside another yellow moon Punched a hole in the nighttime, yes I climb through the window and down the street Shining like a new dime The downtown trains are full With all those Brooklyn girls They try so hard to break out of their little worlds You wave your hand and they scatter like crows They have nothing that will ever capture your heart They're just thorns without the rose Be careful of them in the dark Oh if I was the one You chose to be your only one Oh baby can't you hear me now Will I see you tonight On a downtown train Every night its just the same You leave me lonely, now I know your window and I know its late I know your stairs and your doorway I walk down your street and past your gate I stand by the light at the four way You watch them as they fall They stay at the carnival But they'll never win you back Will I see you tonight On a downtown train Where every night its just the same You leave me lonely Will I see you tonight On a downtown train All of my dreams just fall like rain All upon a downtown train DOWNTOWN TRAIN Outside another yellow moon Punched a hole in the nighttime, yes I climb through the window and down the street Shining like a new dime The downtown trains are full With all those Brooklyn girls They try so hard to break out of their little worlds You wave your hand and they scatter like crows They have nothing that will ever capture your heart They're just thorns without the rose Be careful of them in the dark Oh if I was the one You chose to be your only one Oh baby can't you hear me now Will I see you tonight On a downtown train Every night its just the same You leave me lonely, now I know your window and I know its late I know your stairs and your doorway I walk down your street and past your gate I stand by the light at the four way You watch them as they fall They stay at the carnival But they'll never win you back Will I see you tonight On a downtown train Where every night its just the same You leave me lonely Will I see you tonight On a downtown train All of my dreams just fall like rain All upon a downtown train DRUNK ON THE MOON Tight slacked clad girls on the graveyard shift 'Neath the cement stroll Catch the midnight drift Cigar chewing charlie In that newspaper nest grifting hot horse tips On who's running the best And I'm blinded by the neon Don't try and change my tune 'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone I'm drunk on the moon And the moon's a silver slipper It's pouring champagne stars Broadway's like a serpent Pulling shiny top down cars Laramer is teeming With that undulating beat And some Bonneville is screaming It's way wilder down the street Hearts flutter and race The moon's on the wane Tarts mutter their dream hopes The night will ordain Come schemers and dancers Cherry delight As a Cleveland bound Greyhound And it cuts throught the night And I've hawked all my yesterdays Don't try and change my tune 'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone I'm drunk on the moon EARTH DIED SCREAMING Rudy's on the midway And Jacob's in the hole THe monkey's on the ladder The devil shovels coal With crows as big as airplanes The lion has three heads And someone will eat the skind that he sheds ANd the earth died screaming The earth died screaming While I lay dreaming of you Well hell doesn't want you And heaven is full Bring me some water Put it in this skull I walk between the raindrops Wait in Bug House Square And the army ants They leave nothin' but the bones And the earth died screaming While I lay dreaming of you There was thunder There was lightning Then the stars went out And the moon fell from the sky It rained mackerel It rained trout And the great day of wrath has come And here's mud in your big red eye The poker's in the fire And the locusts take the sky And the earth died screaming While I lay dreaming of you EARTH DIED SCREAMING Rudy's on the midway And Jacob's in the hole THe monkey's on the ladder The devil shovels coal With crows as big as airplanes The lion has three heads And someone will eat the skind that he sheds ANd the earth died screaming The earth died screaming While I lay dreaming of you Well hell doesn't want you And heaven is full Bring me some water Put it in this skull I walk between the raindrops Wait in Bug House Square And the army ants They leave nothin' but the bones And the earth died screaming While I lay dreaming of you There was thunder There was lightning Then the stars went out And the moon fell from the sky It rained mackerel It rained trout And the great day of wrath has come And here's mud in your big red eye The poker's in the fire And the locusts take the sky And the earth died screaming While I lay dreaming of you EGGS AND SAUSAGE (IN A CADILLAC WITH SUSAN MICHELSON) nighthawks at the diner of Emma's 49er, there's a rendezvous of strangers around the coffee urn tonight all the gypsy hacks, the insomniacs now the paper's been read now the waitress said eggs and sausage and a side of toast coffee and a roll, hash browns over easy chile in a bowl with burgers and fries what kind of pie? In a graveyard charade, a late shift masquerade 2 for a quarter, dime for a dance with Woolworth rhinestone diamond earrings, and a sideway's glance and now the register rings and now the waitress sings the classified section offered no direction it's a cold caffeine in a nicotine cloud now the touch of your fingers lingers burning in my memory I've been 86ed from your scheme I'm in a melodramatic nocturnal scene I'm a refugee from a disconcerted affair as the lead pipe morning falls and the waitress calls CHORUS EMOTIONAL WEATHER REPORT late night and early morning low clouds with a chance of fog chance of showers into the afternoon with variable high cloudiness and gusty winds, gusty winds at times around the corner of Sunset and Alvorado things are tough all over when the thunder storms start increasing over the southeast and south central portions of my apartment, I get upset and a line of thunderstorms was developing in the early morning ahead of a slow moving coldfront cold blooded with tornado watches issued shortly before noon Sunday, for the areas including, the western region of my mental health and the northern portions of my ability to deal rationally with my disconcerted precarious emotional situation, it's cold out there colder than a ticket taker's smile at the Ivar Theatre, on a Saturday night flash flood watches covered the southern portion of my disposition there was no severe weather well into the afternoon, except for a lone gust of wind in the bedroom in a high pressure zone, covering the eastern portion of a small suburban community with a 103 and millibar high pressure zone and a weak pressure ridge extending from my eyes down to my cheeks cause since you left me baby and put the vice grips on my mental health well the extended outlook for an indefinite period of time until you come back to me baby is high tonight low tomorrow, and precipitation is expected EYEBALL KID Well Zenora Bariella And Coriander Pyle They had sixteen children In the usual style They had a curio museum And they had no guile All they ever wanted Was a show biz child So on the 7th of Dec. 1949 They got what They'd been wishing for All of the time He grew up in a trailer By the time he was 9 He rolled off to join The circus... telling fortunes On the side Hail Hail, the Eyeball kid Well the first time I saw him Was a Saigon jail Cost me 27 dollars Just to go his bail I said your name will Be in lights... And that's no doubt But you got to have A manager that's what It's all about People would point People would stare I'll always be here To protect you and to Cut down on the glare I know you can't speak I know you can't sign So cry right here on The dotted line Hail Hail, the Eyeball kid Well he was born with out a body Not even a brow I made the kid a promise I made the kid a vow He's not conventionally handsome He'll never be tall He said all you got to do is Book me into Carnegie Hall Hail Hail, the Eyeball kid He's just a little bitty thing He's just a little guy But women go crazy For the big blue eye They say how does he Dream? How does he think When he can't ever speak And he can't ever blink? I said Hail Hail, the Eyeball kid Hail Hail, the Eyeball kid Give it up and throw me down A couple of quic Everybody wants to see The Eyeball kid How dies he dream How does he think When he can't even speak And he can't even blink We are all lost in the Wilderness we're as Blind as can be He came down to teach us How to really see Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah So give it up and throw Me down a couple of quid Everybody wants to see The Eyeball kid Eyeball kid Eyeball kid FILIPINO BOX SPRING HOG Well I hung on to Mary's stump I danced with a soldier's glee With a rum soaked crook And a big fat laugh I spent my last dollar on thee I saw Bill Bones, gave him a yell Kehoe spiked the nog With a chain link fence And a scrap iron jaw Cookin up a Filipino Box Spring hog Spider rolled in from Hollister Burn With a one eyed stolen Mare Donned himself with chicken fat Sawin on a jaw bone violin there Kathleen was sittin down In little reds recovery room In her criminal underwear bra I was naked to the waist With my fierce black hound And I'm cookin up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Cookin up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Cookin up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Dig a big pit in a dirt alley road Fill it with madrone and bay Stinks like hell And the neighbors complain Don't give a hoot what they say Slap that hog Gotta roll em over twice Baste him with a sweeping broom You gotta swat them flies And chain up the dogs Cookin up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Cookin up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Rattle snake piccata with grapes and figs Old brown Betty with a yellow wig Tain't the mince meat filagree And it ain't the turkey neck stew And it ain't them bruleed Okra seeds though she Made them especially for you Worse won a prize for her Bottom black pie The beans got to thrown to the dogs Jaheseus Christ I can always Make room when they're Cookin up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Cookin up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Cookin up a Filipino Box Spring Hog FLASH PAN HUNTER The flash pan hunter sways with the wind His rifle is the sound of the morning Each sulfurous bullet way have it's own wit Each cartridge comes with a warning Beware of elaborate telescopic meats They will find their way back to the forest For Wilhelm can't wait To be Peg Leg's crown As the briar is strangling The rose back down His back shall be my slender new branch It will sway and bend in the breeze As the devil does his polka Wit ha hatchet in his hand As a sniper in the branches of the trees As the vulture flutters down As the snake sheds his dove Wilhelm's cutting off his fingers So they'll fit into his glove CHORUS FOREIGN AFFAIR when travelling abroad in the continental style it's my belief one must attempt to be discreet and subsequently bear in mind your transient position allows you a perspective that's unique though you'll find your itinerary's a blessing and a curse your wanderlust won't let you settle down and you'll wonder how you ever fathomed that you'd be content to stay within the city limits of a small midwestern town most vagabonds i knowed don't ever want to find the culprit that remains the object of their long relentless quest the obsession's in the chasing and not the apprehending the pursuit you see and never the arrest without fear of contradiction bon voyage is always hollered in conjunction with a handkerchief from shore by a girl that drives a rambler and furthermore is overly concerned that she won't see him anymore planes and trains and boats and buses characteristically evoke a common attitude of blue unless you have a suitcase and a ticket and a passport and the cargo that they're carrying is you a foreign affair juxtaposed with a stateside and domestically approved romantic fancy is mysteriously attractive due to circumstances knowing it will only be parlayed into a memory FRANK'S SONG That woman will take you, that woman will break you That woman will make you something you've never seen That woman's got claws, that woman's got laws Now look out man, you're gonna loose your mind I had a friend, his name was Frank He walked on the water and lord he sank We used to go stag, now he's got a hag It looks like Frank's got a new bag That woman will take you, that woman will break you That woman will make you something you've never seen That woman's got claws, that woman's got laws Now look out Frank, you're gonna loose your mind What happened to Frank, can happen to you Just find you a woman and watch what she'll do That woman will take you, that woman's gonna break you Look out man you're gonna loose, you're gonna loose your mind FRANK'S THEME Dream away the tears in your eyes Dream away your sorrows Dream away all your goodbyes Dream away tomorrow I promise when the sun comes up I promise I'll be true and just like before the band starts to play they always play your favorite tune and dream awawy when everyone's gone dream away your grey skies tooo dream away and nothing is wrong dreams have wishes that are waiting for you and up ahead the road is turning turning for you and me and just like before the band starts to play now there's that twinkle in your eye and dream away FRANK'S WILD YEARS (FOR FRANKIE Z.) Well Frank settled down in the Valley and hung his wild years on a nail that he drove through his wife's forehead he sold used office furniture out there on San Fernando Road and assumed a $30,000 loan at 15 1/4 % and put down payment on a little two bedroom place his wife was a spent piece of used jet trash made good bloody marys kept her mouth shut most of the time had a little Chihuahua named Carlos that had some kind of skin disease and was totally blind. They had a thoroughly modern kitchen self cleaning oven (the whole bit) Frank drove a little sedan they were so happy One night Frank was on his way home from work, stopped at the liquor store, picked up a couple Mickey's Big Mouths drank 'em in the car on his way to the Shell station, he got a gallon of gas in a can, drove home, doused everything in the house, torched it, parked across the street, laughing, watching it burn, all Halloween orange and chimney red then Frank put on a top forty station got on the Hollywood Freeway headed north Never could stand that dog FRANK'S WILD YEARS (FOR FRANKIE Z.) Well Frank settled down in the Valley and hung his wild years on a nail that he drove through his wife's forehead he sold used office furniture out there on San Fernando Road and assumed a $30,000 loan at 15 1/4 % and put down payment on a little two bedroom place his wife was a spent piece of used jet trash made good bloody marys kept her mouth shut most of the time had a little Chihuahua named Carlos that had some kind of skin disease and was totally blind. They had a thoroughly modern kitchen self cleaning oven (the whole bit) Frank drove a little sedan they were so happy One night Frank was on his way home from work, stopped at the liquor store, picked up a couple Mickey's Big Mouths drank 'em in the car on his way to the Shell station, he got a gallon of gas in a can, drove home, doused everything in the house, torched it, parked across the street, laughing, watching it burn, all Halloween orange and chimney red then Frank put on a top forty station got on the Hollywood Freeway headed north Never could stand that dog FUMBLIN' WITH THE BLUES Friday left me fumblin' with the blues And it's hard to win when you always lose Because the nightspots spend your spirit Beat your head against the wall Two dead ends and you've still got to choose You know the bartenders They all know my name And they catch me when I'm pulling up lame And I'm a pool shooting shimmy shyster shaking my head When I should be living clean instead You know the ladies I've been seeing off and on Well they spend your love and then they're gone You can't be lovin' someone who is savage and cruel Take your love and then they leave on out of town No they do Well now fallin' in love is such a breeze But its standin' up that's so hard for me I wanna squeeze you but I'm scared to death I'd break your back You know your perfume Well it won't let me be You know the bartenders all know my name And they catch me when I'm pulling up lame And I'm a pool shooting shimmy shyster shaking my head When I should be living clean instead Come on baby Let your love light shine Gotta bury me inside of your fire Because your eyes are 'nough to blind me You're like a looking at the sun You gotta whisper tell me I'm the one Come on and whisper tell me I'm the one Gotta whisper tell me I'm the one Come on and whisper tell me I'm the one GEORGIA LEE Cold was the night, hard was the ground They found her in a small grove of trees Lonesome was the place where Georgia was found She's too young to be out On the street. Why wasn't God watching? Why wasn't God listening? Why wasn't God there for Georgia Lee? Ida said she couldn't keep Georgia From dropping out of school I was doing the best that I could But she kept runnin away from this world These children are so hard to raise good Why wasn't God watching? Why wasn't God listening? Why wasn't God there for Georgia Lee? Close your eyes and count to ten I will got and hid but then Be sure to find me. I want you to find me And we'll play all over We will play all over again There's a toad in the witch grass There's a crow in the corn Wild flowers on a cross by the road And somewhere a baby is crying For her mom As the hills turn from green back To gold Why wasn't God watching? Why wasn't God listening? Why wasn't God there for Georgia Lee? GET BEHIND THE MULE Molly be damned smote Jimmy the Harp With a horrid little pistol and a lariat She's goin to the bottom And she's goin down the drain Said she wasn't big enough to carry it She got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow She got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow She got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow She got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow Choppity chop goes the axe in the woods You gotta meet me by the fall down tree Shovel of dirt upon a coffin lid And I know they'll come lookin for me boys And I know they'll come a lookin for me Got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow Got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow Got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow Got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow Big Jack Earl was 8'1 He stood in the road and he cried He couldn't make her love him Couldn't make her stay But tell the good Lord that he tried (Chorus) Dusty trail from Atchison to Placerville On the wreck of the Weaverville stage Beaula fired on Beatty for a lemonade I was stirring my brandy with a nail boys Stirring my brandy with a nail (Chorus) Well the rampaging sons of the widow James Jack the cutter and the pock marked kid Had to stand naked at the bottom Of the cross And tell the good lord what they did Tell the good lord what they did (Chorus) Punctuated birds on the power line In a Studebaker with the Birdie Joe Joaks I'm diggin all the way to China With a silver spoon While the hangman fumbles with the noose, boys The hangman fumbles with the noose (Chorus) Pin your ear to the wisdom post Pin your eye to the line Never let the weeds get higher Than the garden Always keep a sapphire in your mind Always keep a diamond in your mind (Chorus) GIN SOAKED BOY I got a belly full of you and that Leavenworth stuff now I'm gonna get out And I'm gonna get tough you been lying to me How could you crawl so low with some gin soaked boy that you don't know I come home last night full a filth of Old Crow you said you goin' to your ma's but where the hell did you go you went and slipped out nights you didn't think that I'd know with some gin soaked boy that you don't know Well I would bet you as far as Oklahoma by now the dogs are barking out back and you're knittin' your brow well I'm on your tail I sussed your M.O. from some gin soaked boy boy that you don't know GOIN' DOWN SLOW Well It's a quarter a two and looking at you and going down, going down slow Well It's a quarter a two and looking at you and going down, going down slow TV went off about one, we have only begun I know that the Wednesday may come but I have no intention of going home Well It's a quarter a three digging on me and going down, going down slow Could stay here all night, they claim your outta sight please get up and turn out the light There ain't nothing better than the middle of the night And It's a quarter a four begging for more and going down, going down slow going down, going down slow going down, going down slow going down, going down slow GOIN' OUT WEST ) Well I'm goin' out west Where the wind blows tall 'Cause Tony Franciosa Used to date my ma They got some money out there They're giving it away I'm gonna do what I want Do what I want And I'm gonna get paid Little brown sausages Lying in the sand I ain't no extra baby I'm a leading man Well my parole officer WIll be proud of me With my Olds 88 And the devil on a leash My Olds 88 And the devil on a leash Well I kno karate, Voodoo too I'm gonna make myself available to you I don't need no make up I got real scars I got hair on my chest I look good without a shirt Well I don't lose my composure In a high speed chase Well my friends think I'm ugly I got a masculine face I got some dragstrip courage I can really drive a bed I'm gonna change my name To Hannibal or maybe Just Rex Change my name to Hannibal Or maybe just Rex I'm gonna drive all night Take some speed I'm gonna wait for the sun To shine down on me I cut a hole in my roof In the shape of a heart And I'm goin' out west Where they'll appreciate me Goin' out west Goin' out west GOOD OLD WORLD (WALTZ) When I was a boy, the moon was a pearl the sun a yellow gold. But when I was a man, the wind blew cold the hills were upside down. But now that I have gone from here there's no place I'd rather be than to float my chances on the tide Back in the good old world. On October's last, I'll fly back home rolling down winding way And all I've got's a pocket full of flowers from my grave But now summer is gone I remember it best Back in the good old world I remember when, she held my hand and we walked home alone in the rain how pretty her mouth, how soft her hair nothing can be the same and there's a rose upon her breast where I long to lay my head and her hair was so yellow and the wine was so red Back in the good old world. GOOD OLD WORLD (WALTZ) When I was a boy, the moon was a pearl the sun a yellow gold. But when I was a man, the wind blew cold the hills were upside down. But now that I have gone from here there's no place I'd rather be than to float my chances on the tide Back in the good old world. On October's last, I'll fly back home rolling down winding way And all I've got's a pocket full of flowers from my grave But now summer is gone I remember it best Back in the good old world I remember when, she held my hand and we walked home alone in the rain how pretty her mouth, how soft her hair nothing can be the same and there's a rose upon her breast where I long to lay my head and her hair was so yellow and the wine was so red Back in the good old world. GOSPEL TRAIN Come on people Got to get on board Train is leavin' And there's room for one more God, don't listen to the devil He got ways to move you This train don't carry no smokers This train... Well, come on people 'Cause it's startin' to rain Get on board, it's the gospel train Don't listen to the devil Don't listen to the devil Satan will fool you Satan will fool you I said Satan will fool you Well, this train don't carry no smokers This train This train Wooo Wooo Come on people: get on board Train is leavin' ANd there's room for one more Just trust in the Lord Wooo Woooo Woooo Listen to me Come on people 'Cause it's starting to rain Get on board Ride the gospel train Don't listen to the devil He got ways to move you GRAPEFRUIT MOON Grapefruit moon, one star shining, shining down on me. Heard that tune, and now I'm pining, honey, can't you see? 'Cause every time I hear that melody, well, something breaks inside, And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, can't turn back the tide. Never had no destination, could not get across. You became my inspiration, oh but what a cost. 'Cause every time I hear that melody, well, something breaks inside, And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, is more than I can hide. Now I'm smoking cigarettes and I strive for purity, And I slip just like the stars into obscurity. 'Cause every time I hear that melody, well, puts me up a tree, And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, is all that I can see. GRAPEFRUIT MOON Grapefruit moon, one star shining, shining down on me. Heard that tune, and now I'm pining, honey, can't you see? 'Cause every time I hear that melody, well, something breaks inside, And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, can't turn back the tide. Never had no destination, could not get across. You became my inspiration, oh but what a cost. 'Cause every time I hear that melody, well, something breaks inside, And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, is more than I can hide. Now I'm smoking cigarettes and I strive for purity, And I slip just like the stars into obscurity. 'Cause every time I hear that melody, well, puts me up a tree, And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, is all that I can see. GUN STREET GIRL Falling James in the Tahoe mud Stick around to tell us all the tail He fell in love with a Gun Street Girl and Now he's danced in the Birmingham jail. Took a 100 dollars off a slaughterhouse Joe Brought a bran' new michigan 20 gauge Got all liquored up on that road house corn, Blew a hole in the hood of a yellow corvette Blew a hole in the hood of a yellow corvette. Brought a second hand Nova from a Cuban Chinese Dyed his hair in the bathroom of Texaco With a pawnshop radio, quarter past 4 Well, he left Waukegan at the slammin' of the door He left Waukegan at the slammin' of the door I said John, John he's long gone Gone to Indiana Ain't never coming home I said John, John he's long gone Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home. Sitting in a sycamore in St. John's Wood Soaking' day old bread in kerosene He was blue as a robin's egg brown as a hog Stayin' out of circulation till the dogs get tire Stayin' out of circulation till the dogs get tired Shadow fixed the toilet with an old trombone He never got up in the morning on a Saturday Sittin' by the Erie with a bull whipped dog Tellin' everyone he saw They went thatta way Tellin' everyone he saw They went thatta way. Now the rain's like gravel on old tin roof And the Burlinton Northern's pullin' out of the world With a head full of bourbon and a dream in the straw. And a Gun Street Girl was the cause of it all. Riding in the shadow by the St. Joe Ridge He heard the click clack tappin' of a blind man's cane Pullin' into Baker on New Year's Eve With one eye on the pistol the other on the door, With one eye on the pistol the other on the door. Miss Charlotte took her satchel down to King Row And the smuggled in a bran' new pair of alligator shoes. With her fireman's raincoat and her long yellow hair, well They tied her to a tree with a skinny millionaire, They tied her to a tree with a skinny millionaire. I said John, John he's long gone Gone to Indiana Ain't never coming home I said John, John he's long gone Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home. Bangin' on a table with an old tin cup Sing I'll never kiss a Gun Street Girl again, I'll never kiss a Gun Street Girl again. Repeat chorus GUN STREET GIRL Falling James in the Tahoe mud Stick around to tell us all the tail He fell in love with a Gun Street Girl and Now he's danced in the Birmingham jail. Took a 100 dollars off a slaughterhouse Joe Brought a bran' new michigan 20 gauge Got all liquored up on that road house corn, Blew a hole in the hood of a yellow corvette Blew a hole in the hood of a yellow corvette. Brought a second hand Nova from a Cuban Chinese Dyed his hair in the bathroom of Texaco With a pawnshop radio, quarter past 4 Well, he left Waukegan at the slammin' of the door He left Waukegan at the slammin' of the door I said John, John he's long gone Gone to Indiana Ain't never coming home I said John, John he's long gone Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home. Sitting in a sycamore in St. John's Wood Soaking' day old bread in kerosene He was blue as a robin's egg brown as a hog Stayin' out of circulation till the dogs get tire Stayin' out of circulation till the dogs get tired Shadow fixed the toilet with an old trombone He never got up in the morning on a Saturday Sittin' by the Erie with a bull whipped dog Tellin' everyone he saw They went thatta way Tellin' everyone he saw They went thatta way. Now the rain's like gravel on old tin roof And the Burlinton Northern's pullin' out of the world With a head full of bourbon and a dream in the straw. And a Gun Street Girl was the cause of it all. Riding in the shadow by the St. Joe Ridge He heard the click clack tappin' of a blind man's cane Pullin' into Baker on New Year's Eve With one eye on the pistol the other on the door, With one eye on the pistol the other on the door. Miss Charlotte took her satchel down to King Row And the smuggled in a bran' new pair of alligator shoes. With her fireman's raincoat and her long yellow hair, well They tied her to a tree with a skinny millionaire, They tied her to a tree with a skinny millionaire. I said John, John he's long gone Gone to Indiana Ain't never coming home I said John, John he's long gone Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home. Bangin' on a table with an old tin cup Sing I'll never kiss a Gun Street Girl again, I'll never kiss a Gun Street Girl again. Repeat chorus HAD ME A GIRL Well I had me a girl in LA I knew she couldn't stay Had me a girl in San Diego One day she just had to go And I had me a girl Tallahassee Boy what a foxy lassie (chorus) And my doctor says I'll be alright But I'm feelin' blue And my doctor says I'll be alright And my doctor says I'll be alright And my doctor says I'll be alright But I'm feelin blue And my doctor says I'll be alright And my doctor says I'll be alright And my doctor says I'll be alright And I had me a girl in Mississippi Oh she sure was kippy Had me a girl in England She done split for the mainland And I had me a girl in New York She up and pulled my cork (repeat chorus) Then I had me a girl in North Dakota She was just fillin' her quota Then I had me a girl in Chula Vista I was in love with her sister Then I had me a girl in (repeat Chorus) Then I had me a girl in France Just wanted to get in my pants had me a girl in Toledo Boy she sure was neato Then I had me a girl in North Carolina She's still on my mind (repeat chorus) HANG DOWN YOUR HEAD (Instrumental) HANG ON ST. CHRISTOPHER Hang on st. christopher through the smoke and the oil Buckle down the rumble seat let the radiator boil got an overhead downshift and a two dollar grill got an 85 cabin on an 85 hill Hang on st. christopher on the passenger side open it up tonight the devil can ride hang on st. christopher with a barrel house dog kick me up mt. baldy throw me out in the fog tear a hole in the jack pot drive a stake through his heart do a 100 on the grapevine do a jump on the start hang on st. christopher now don't let me go get me to reno and bring it in low, yeah hang on st. christopher with the hammer to the floor put a hi ball in the crank case nail a crow to the door get a bottle for the jockey gimme a 294 there's a 750 norton bustin down january's door hang on st. christopher on the passenger side open it up tonight the devil can ride hang on st. christopher now don't let me go get to me reno got to bring it in low put my baby on the flat car got to burn down the caboose get 'em all jacked up on whiskey then we'll turn the mad dog loose hang on st. christopher on the passenger side open it up tonight the devil can ride HANG ON ST. CHRISTOPHER Hang on st. christopher through the smoke and the oil Buckle down the rumble seat let the radiator boil got an overhead downshift and a two dollar grill got an 85 cabin on an 85 hill Hang on st. christopher on the passenger side open it up tonight the devil can ride hang on st. christopher with a barrel house dog kick me up mt. baldy throw me out in the fog tear a hole in the jack pot drive a stake through his heart do a 100 on the grapevine do a jump on the start hang on st. christopher now don't let me go get me to reno and bring it in low, yeah hang on st. christopher with the hammer to the floor put a hi ball in the crank case nail a crow to the door get a bottle for the jockey gimme a 294 there's a 750 norton bustin down january's door hang on st. christopher on the passenger side open it up tonight the devil can ride hang on st. christopher now don't let me go get to me reno got to bring it in low put my baby on the flat car got to burn down the caboose get 'em all jacked up on whiskey then we'll turn the mad dog loose hang on st. christopher on the passenger side open it up tonight the devil can ride HEARTATTACK AND VINE liar liar with your pants on fire, white spades hangin' on the telephone wire, gamblers reevaluate along the dotted line, you'll never recognize yourself on heartattack and vine. doctor lawyer beggar man thief, philly joe remarkable looks on in disbelief, if you want a taste of madness, you'll have to wait in line, you'll probably see someone you know on heartattack and vine. boney's high on china white, shorty found a punk, don't you know there ain't no devil, there's just god when he's drunk, well this stuff will probably kill you, let's do another line, what you say you meet me down on heartattack and vine. see that little jersey girl in the see through top, with the peddle pushers sucking on a soda pop, well i bet she's still a virgin but it's only twenty five 'til nine, you can see a million of 'em on heartattack and vine. better off in iowa against your scrambled eggs, than crawling down cahuenga on a broken pair of legs, you'll find your ignorance is blissful every goddamn time, your're waitin' for the rtd on heartattack and vine. HOLD ON They hung a sign up in out town if you live it up, you won't live it down So, she left Monte Rio, son Just like a bullet leaves a gun With charcoal eyes and Monroe hips She went and took that California trip Well, the moon was gold, her Hair like wind She said don't look back just Come on Jim (Chorus) Oh you got to Hold on, Hold on You got to hold on Take my hand, I'm standing right here You gotta hold on Well, he gave her a dimestore watch And a ring made from a spoon Everyone is looking for someone to blame But you share my bed, you share my name Well, go ahead and call the cops You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops She said baby, I still love you Sometimes there's nothin left to do Oh you got to Hold on, hold on You got to hold on Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you got to Just hold on. Well, God bless your crooked little heart St. Louis got the best of me I miss your broken china voice How I wish you were still here with me Well, you build it up, you wreck it down You burn your mansion to the ground When there's nothing left to keep you here, when You're falling behind in this Big blue world Oh you go to Hold on, hold on You got to hold on Take my hand, I'm standing right here You got to hold on Down by the Riverside motel, It's 10 below and falling By a 99 cent store she closed her eyes And started swaying But it's so hard to dance that way When it's cold and there's no music Well your old hometown is so far away But, inside your head there's a record That's playing, a song called Hold on, hold on You really got to hold on Take my hand, I'm standing right here And just hold on. HOPE I DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you 'Cause falling in love just makes me blue, Well the music plays and you display your heart for me to see, I had a beer and now I hear you calling out for me And I hope that I don't fall in love with you. Well the room is crowded, there's people everywhere And I wonder, should I offer you a chair? Well if you sit down with this old clown, take that frown and break it, Before the evening's gone away, I think that we could make it, And I hope that I don't fall in love with you. I can see that you are lonesome just like me, and it being late, You'd like some some company, Well I've had two, I look at you, and you look back at me, The guy you're with has up and split, the chair next to you's free, And I hope that you don't fall in love with me. And I hope that you don't fall in love with me. Now it's closing time, the music's fading out Last call for drinks, I'll have another stout. Turn around to look at you, you're nowhere to be found, I search the place for your lost face, guess I'll have another round And I think that I just fell in love with you. HOUSE WHERE NOBODY LIVES There's a house on my block That's abandoned and cold Folks moved out of it a Long time ago And they took all their things And they never came back Looks like it's haunted With the windows all cracked And everyone call it The house, the house where Nobody lives Once it held laughter Once it held dreams Did they throw it away Did they know what it means Did someone's heart break Or did someone do somebody wrong? Well the paint was all cracked It was peeled off of the wood Papers were stacked on the porch Where I stood And the weeds had grown up Just as high as the door There were birds in the chimney And an old chest of drawers Looks like no one will ever Come back to the House were nobody lives Once it held laughter Once it held dreams Did they throw it away Did they know what it means Did someone's heart break Or did someone do someone wrong? So if you find someone Someone to have, someone to hold Don't trade it for silver Don't trade it for gold I have all of life's treasures And they are fine and they are good They remind me that houses Are just made of wood What makes a house grand Ain't the roof or the doors If there's love in a house It's a palace for sure Without love... It ain't nothin but a house A house where nobody lives Without love it ain't nothin But a house, a house where Nobody lives. I CAN'T WAIT TO GET OFF WORK (AND SEE MY BABY ON MONTGOMERY AVENUE) I don't mind working, 'cause I used to be jerking off most of my time in bars, I've been a cabbie and a stock clerk and a soda fountain jock jerk And a manic mechanic on cars. It's nice work if you can get it, now who the hell said it? I got money to spend on my gal, But the work never stops, and I'll be busting my chops Working for Joe and Sal. And I can't wait to get off work and see my baby, She said she'd leave the porch light on for me. I'm disheveled and I'm disdainful and I'm distracted and it's painful, But this job sweeping up here is gainfully employing me tonight. Well Tom, do this and Tom, do that , and Tom, don't do that , Count the cash, clean the oven, dump the trash, Oh your loving is a rare and a copacetic gift, And I'm a moonlight watch manic, it's hard to be romantic Sweeping up over by the cigarette machine, Sweeping up over by the cigarette machine... I can't wait to get off work and see my baby She'll be waiting up with a magazine for me. Clean the bathrooms and clean 'em good, oh your loving I wish you would Come down here and sweep a me off my feet, this broom'll have to be my baby, If I hurry, I just might get off before the dawn's early light. I DON'T WANNA GROW UP ) When I'm lyin' in my bed at night I don't wanna grow up Nothin' ever seems to turn out right I don't wanna grow up How do you move in a world of fog That's always changing things Makes me wish that I could be a dog When I see the price that you pay I don't wanna grow up I don't ever wanna be that way I don't wanna grow up Seems like folks turn into things That they'd never want The only thing to live for Is today I'm gonna put a hole in my TV set I don't wanna grow up Open up the medicine chest And I don't wanna grow up I don't wnna have to shout it out I don't want my hair to fall out I don't wanna be filled with doubt I don't wanna be a good boy scout I don't wanna have to learn to count I don't wanna have the biggest amount I don't wanna grow up Well when I see my parents fight I don't wanna grow up They all go out and drinking all night And I don't wanna grow up I'd rather stay here in my room Nothin' out there but sad and gloom I don't wanna live in a big old Tomb On Grand Street When I see the 5 o'clock news I don't wanna grow up Comb their hair and shine their shoes I don't wanna grow up Stay around in my old hometown I don't wanna put no money down I don't wanna get me a big old loan Work them fingers to the bone I don't wanna float a broom Fall in and get married then boom How the hell did I get here so soon I don't wanna grow up I DON'T WANNA GROW UP ) When I'm lyin' in my bed at night I don't wanna grow up Nothin' ever seems to turn out right I don't wanna grow up How do you move in a world of fog That's always changing things Makes me wish that I could be a dog When I see the price that you pay I don't wanna grow up I don't ever wanna be that way I don't wanna grow up Seems like folks turn into things That they'd never want The only thing to live for Is today I'm gonna put a hole in my TV set I don't wanna grow up Open up the medicine chest And I don't wanna grow up I don't wnna have to shout it out I don't want my hair to fall out I don't wanna be filled with doubt I don't wanna be a good boy scout I don't wanna have to learn to count I don't wanna have the biggest amount I don't wanna grow up Well when I see my parents fight I don't wanna grow up They all go out and drinking all night And I don't wanna grow up I'd rather stay here in my room Nothin' out there but sad and gloom I don't wanna live in a big old Tomb On Grand Street When I see the 5 o'clock news I don't wanna grow up Comb their hair and shine their shoes I don't wanna grow up Stay around in my old hometown I don't wanna put no money down I don't wanna get me a big old loan Work them fingers to the bone I don't wanna float a broom Fall in and get married then boom How the hell did I get here so soon I don't wanna grow up I HOPE THAT I DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you 'Cause falling in love just makes me blue, Well the music plays and you display your heart for me to see, I had a beer and now I hear you calling out for me And I hope that I don't fall in love with you. Well the room is crowded, people everywhere And I wonder, should I offer you a chair? Well if you sit down with this old clown, take that frown and break it, Before the evening's gone away, I think that we could make it, And I hope that I don't fall in love with you. Well the night does funny things inside a man These old tom cat feelings you don't understand, Well I turn around to look at you, you light a cigarette, I wish I had the guts to bum one, but we've never met, And I hope that I don't fall in love with you. I can see that you are lonesome just like me, and it being late, You'd like some some company, Well I turn around to look at you, and you look back at me, The guy you're with has up and split, the chair next to you's free, And I hope that you don't fall in love with me. Now it's closing time, the music's fading out Last call for drinks, I'll have another stout. Well I turn around to look at you, you're nowhere to be found, I search the place for your lost face, guess I'll have another round And I think that I just fell in love with you. I NEVER TALK TO STRANGERS stop me if you've heard this one i feel as though we've met before perhaps i'm mistaken but it's just that i remind you of someone you used to care about but that was long ago do you think i'd fall for that i wasn't born yesterday besides i never talk to strangers anyway i ain't a bad guy when you get to know me i just thought there ain't no harm hey just try minding your own business bud who asked you to annoy me with your sad repartee besides i never talk to strangers anyway your life's a dimestore novel this town is full of guys like you and you're looking for someone to take the place of her and you're bitter cause he left you that's why you're drinkin in this bar well only suckers fall in love with perfect strangers it always takes one to know one stranger maybe we're just wiser now and been around the block so many times that we don't notice that we're all just perfect strangers as long as we ignore that we all begin as strangers just before we find we really aren't strangers anymore I WANT YOU I want you, you, you All I want is you, you, you All I want is you Give you the stars above, Sun on the brightest day Give you all my love, if you would only say I want you, you, you All I want is you, you, you All I want is you I WISH I WAS IN NEW ORLEANS (IN THE NINTH WARD) Well, I wish I was in New Orleans, I can see it in my dreams, Arm in arm down Burgundy, a bottle and my friends and me Hoist up a few tall cool ones, play some pool and listen To that tenor saxophone calling me home And I can hear the band begin When the Saints Go Marching In , And by the whiskers on my chin, New Orleans, I'll be there I'll drink you under the table, be red nosed, go for walks, The old haunts what I wants is red beans and rice And wear the dress I like so well, and meet me at the old saloon, Make sure that there's a Dixie moon, New Orleans, I'll be there And deal the cards roll the dice, if it ain't that old Chuck E. Weiss, And Claiborne Avenue, me and you Sam Jones and all And I wish I was in New Orleans, 'cause I can see it in my dreams, Arm in arm down Burgundy, a bottle and my friends and me New Orleans, I'll be there I'LL BE GONE Tonight I'll shave the mountain I'll cut the hearts from pharoahs I pull the road off of the rise tear the memories from my eyes and in the morning I'll be gone I drink 1000 shipwrecks tonight I'll steal your paychecks I paint the sheets across my bed the birds will all fly from my head and in the morning I'll be gone take every dream that's breathing find every boot that's leaving shoot all the lights in the cafe and in the morning I'll be gone I bet 1000 dollars I have a french companion I tie myself below the deck I pull the rope around my neck and in the morning I'll be gone it takes a life to win her there is a drum of bourbon 800 pounds of nitro his boots are thunder as he plays theree is a stone inside it tonight his bones will ride it I'll need a tent to hide it and in the morning I'll be gone and in the morning I'll be gone and in the morning I'll be gone I'LL SHOOT THE MOON I'll shoot the moon Right out of the sky For you baby I'll be the pennies On your eyes For you baby I want to take you Out to the fair Here's a red rose Ribbon for your hair I'll shoot the moon Right out of the sky For you baby I'll shoot the moon For you A vulture circles Over your head For you baby I'll be the flowers After you're dead For you baby I want to build A nest in your hair I want to kiss you And never be there I'll shoot the moon Right out of the sky For you baby I'll shoot the moon For you I'LL TAKE NEW YORK I'll tip the newsboy I'll get a shine I'll ride this dream to the end of the line I'm goin places I'll take a ride Up to the Riverside I'll take NY I'll let it happen I'll pop the cork tear off the wrappin' I'll make a splash on the Hudson that's how I will arrive Hey, do you have two tens for a five? Roll out the carpet Strike up the band break into the best champagne when I land Beat the parade drum hit all the bars I want the moon and stars But I'll take NY I'll make it happen Blow out the candlels tear off the wrappin' And I know someday they'll have to name a street after me right next door to old Franklin D I'M YOUR LATE NIGHT EVENING PROSTITUTE Well I got here at eight and I'll be here till two I'll try my best to entertain you and Please don't mind me if I get a bit crude I'm your late night evening prostitute So drink your martinis and stare at the moon Don't mind me I'll continue to croon Don't mind me if I get a bit loon I'm your late night evening prostitute And dance, have a good time I'll continue to shine Yes Dance, have a good time Don't mind me if I slip upon a rhyme Well I got here at eight and I'll be here till two I'll try my best to entertain you and Please don't mind me if I get a bit crude I'm your late night evening prostitute I'm your late night evening prostitute ICE CREAM MAN I'll be clickin' by your house about two forty five Sidewalk sundae strawberry surprise, I got a cherry popsicle right on time A big stick, mamma, that'll blow your mind 'Cause I'm the ice cream man, I'm a one man band (yeah) I'm the ice cream man, honey, I'll be good to you. Baby, missed me in the alley, baby, don't you fret Come back around and don't forget, When you're tired and you're hungry and you want something cool, Got something better than a swimming pool 'Cause I'm the ice cream man, I'm a one man band I'm the ice cream man, honey, I'll be good to you. 'Cause I'm the ice cream man, I'm a one man band I'm the ice cream man, honey, I'll be good to you. See me coming, you ain't got no change Don't worry baby, it can be arranged: Show me you can smile, baby just for me Fix you with a drumstick, I'll do it for free 'Cause I'm the ice cream man, I'm a one man band I'm the ice cream man, honey, I'll be good to you. Be good to you, be good to you, Good to you yeah, good to you yeah, good to you yeah, good to you yeah, Good to you yeah, good to you, I'll be good to you, I'll be good to you... ICE CREAM MAN I'll be clickin' by your house about two forty five Sidewalk sundae strawberry surprise, I got a cherry popsicle right on time A big stick, mamma, that'll blow your mind 'Cause I'm the ice cream man, I'm a one man band (yeah) I'm the ice cream man, honey, I'll be good to you. Baby, missed me in the alley, baby, don't you fret Come back around and don't forget, When you're tired and you're hungry and you want something cool, Got something better than a swimming pool 'Cause I'm the ice cream man, I'm a one man band I'm the ice cream man, honey, I'll be good to you. 'Cause I'm the ice cream man, I'm a one man band I'm the ice cream man, honey, I'll be good to you. See me coming, you ain't got no change Don't worry baby, it can be arranged: Show me you can smile, baby just for me Fix you with a drumstick, I'll do it for free 'Cause I'm the ice cream man, I'm a one man band I'm the ice cream man, honey, I'll be good to you. Be good to you, be good to you, Good to you yeah, good to you yeah, good to you yeah, good to you yeah, Good to you yeah, good to you, I'll be good to you, I'll be good to you... IN BETWEEN LOVE In between love and trying to scheme love Who can tell what we may find Never thought love, not get caught love Between the magic in your eyes And loves like women, it's cool and breezy Never thought that love could be so easy In between love and trying to scheme love And in between love again In between love and trying to scheme love Who can tell what we may find All this time love, I sublime love To the feelings in my mind Loves like women, it's cool and breezy Never thought that love could be so easy In between love and trying to scheme love And in between love again IN THE COLOSSEUM ) The women all control their men With razors and with wrists And the princess squeezes grape juice On a torrid bloody kiss What will you be wearing there The lion or the raven hair? The flesh will all be tearing But the tail will be my own In the colosseum tonight This one's for the balcony And this one's for the floor As the senators decapitate The presidential whore The bald headed senators Are splashing in the blood The dogs are having someone WHo is screaming in the mud In the colosseum tonight Now it's raining and it's pouring On the pillaging and goring The constable is swinging >From the chains For the dead there is no story No memory no blame Their families shout blue murder But tomorrow it's the same In the colosseum A slowly acting poison Will be given to the favorite one THe dark horse will bring glory To the jailer and his men It's always much more sporting When there's families in the pit And the madness of the crowd Is an epileptic fit In the colosseum No justice here, no liberty No reason, no blame There's no cause to taint the sweetest taste of blood And greetings from the nation As we shake the hands of time They're taking their ovations The vultures stay behind In the colosseum, in the colosseum In the colosseum tonight IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD Well the eggs chase the bacon round the fryin' pan and the whinin' dog pidgeons by the steeple bell rope and the dogs tipped the garbage pails over last night and there's always construction work bothering you In the neighborhood In the neighborhood In the neighborhood Friday's a funeral and Saturday's a bride Sey's got a pistol on the register side and the goddamn delivery trucks they make too much noise and we don't get our butter delivered no more In the neighborhood In the neighborhood In the neighborhood Well Big Mambo's kicking his old grey hound and the kids can't get ice cream 'cause the market burned down and the newspaper sleeping bags blow down the lane and that goddamn flatbed's got me pinned in again In the neighborhood In the neighborhood In the neighborhood There's a couple Filipino girls gigglin' by the church and the windoe is busted and the landlord ain't home and Butch joined the army yea that's where he's been and the jackhammer's diggin' up the sidewalks again In the neighborhood In the neighborhood In the neighborhood INNOCENT WHEN YOU DREAM (BARROOM) The bats are in the belfry the dew is on the moor where are the arms that held me and pledged her love before and pledged her love before It's such a sad old feeling the fields are soft and green it's memories that I'm stealing but you're innocent when you dream when you dream you're innocent when you dream Running through the graveyard we laughed my friends and I we swore we'd be together until the day we died until the day we died I made a golden promise that we would never part I gave my love a locket and then I broke her heart and then I broke her heart CHORUS INTERLUDE (Instrumental) INVITATION TO THE BLUES Well she's up against the register with an apron and a spatula, Yesterday's deliveries, tickets for the bachelors She's a moving violation from her conk down to her shoes, Well, it's just an invitation to the blues And you feel just like Cagney, she looks like Rita Hayworth At the counter of the Schwab's drugstore You wonder if she might be single, she's a loner and likes to mingle Got to be patient, try and pick up a clue She said How you gonna like 'em, over medium or scrambled? , You say Anyway's the only way , be careful not to gamble On a guy with a suitcase and a ticket getting out of here It's a tired bus station and an old pair of shoes This ain't nothing but an invitation to the blues But you can't take your eyes off her, get another cup of java, It's just the way she pours it for you, joking with the customers Mercy mercy, Mr. Percy, there ain't nothing back in Jersey But a broken down jalopy of a man I left behind And the dream that I was chasing, and a battle with booze And an open invitation to the blues But she used to have a sugar daddy and a candy apple Caddy, And a bank account and everything, accustomed to the finer things He probably left her for a socialite, and he didn't 'cept at night, And then he's drunk and never even told her that her cared So they took the registration, and the car keys and her shoes And left her with an invitation to the blues 'Cause there's a Continental Trailways leaving local bus tonight, good evening You can have my seat, I'm sticking round here for a while Get me a room at the Squire, the filling station's hiring, And I can eat here every night, what the hell have I got to lose? Got a crazy sensation, go or stay? now I gotta choose, And I'll accept your invitation to the blues JERSEY GIRL got no time for the corner boys, down in the street makin' all that noise, don't want no whores on eighth avenue, cause tonight i'm gonna be with you. cause tonight i'm gonna take that ride, across the river to the jersey side, take my baby to the carnival, and i'll take you on all the rides, sing sha la la la la la sha la la la. down the shore everything's alright, you with your baby on a saturday night, don't you know that all my dreams come true, when i'm walkin' down the street with you, sing sha la la la la la sha la la la. you know she thrills me with all her charms, when i'm wrapped up in my baby's arms, my little angel gives me everything, i know someday that she'll wear my ring. so don't bother me cause i got no time, i'm on my way to see that girl of mine, nothin' else matters in this whole wide world, when you're in love with a jersey girl, sing sha la la la la la la. and i call your name, i can't sleep at night, sha la la la la la la. JESUS GONNA BE HERE Well, Jesus will be here Be here soon he's gonna cover us up with leaves With a blanket from the moon With a promise and a vow And a lullaby for my brow Jesus gonna be here Be here soon Well I'm just gonna wait here I don't have to shout I have no reason and I have no doubt I'm gonna get myself Unfurled from this mortal coiled up world Because Jesus gonna be here Be here soon I got to keep my eyes open So I can see my Lord I'm gonna watch the horizon For a brand new Ford I can hear him rolling on down the lane I said Hollywood be thy name Jesus gonna be Gonna be here soon Well I've been faithful And I've been so good Except for drinking But he new that I would I'm gonna leave this place better Than the way I found it was And Jesus gonna be here Be here soon JESUS GONNA BE HERE Well, Jesus will be here Be here soon he's gonna cover us up with leaves With a blanket from the moon With a promise and a vow And a lullaby for my brow Jesus gonna be here Be here soon Well I'm just gonna wait here I don't have to shout I have no reason and I have no doubt I'm gonna get myself Unfurled from this mortal coiled up world Because Jesus gonna be here Be here soon I got to keep my eyes open So I can see my Lord I'm gonna watch the horizon For a brand new Ford I can hear him rolling on down the lane I said Hollywood be thy name Jesus gonna be Gonna be here soon Well I've been faithful And I've been so good Except for drinking But he new that I would I'm gonna leave this place better Than the way I found it was And Jesus gonna be here Be here soon JITTERBURG BOYS Well, I'm a jitterbug boy, by the shoe shine Resting on my laurels and my hardys too Life of Riley on a swing shift, gears follow my drift Once upon a time I was in show biz too I seen the Brooklyn Dodgers playing at Ebbets Field Seen the Kentucky Derby too It's fast women, slow horses, unreliable sources, And I'm holding up the lamp post if you want to know I've seen the Wabash Cannonball, buddy, I've done it all 'Cause I slept with the lions and Marilyn Monroe, Had breakfast in the eye of a hurricane Fought Rocky Marciano, played Minnesota Fats, Burned hundred dollar bills, I've eaten Mulligan stew Got drunk with Louis Armstrong, what's that old song? I taught Mickey Mantle everything that he knows So you ask me what I'm doing here holding up the lamp post, Flipping this quarter, trying to make up my mind And if it's heads I go to Tennessee, and tails I buy a drink, If it lands on the edge I keep talking to you (scat) JOCKEY FULL OF BOURBON Edna Million in a drop dead suit Dutch pink pink on a downtown train Two dollar pistol but the gun won't shoot I'm in the corner in the pouring rain 16 men on a deadman's chest And I've been drinking from a broken cup 2 pairs of pants and a mother vest I'm full of bourbon; I can't stand up. Hey little bird, fly away home Your house is on fire; your children are alone Hey little bird, fly away home Your house is on fire; your children are alone Schiffer broke a bottle on Morgan's head And I've been stepping on the devil's tail Across the stripes of full moon's head Through the bars of a Cuban jail Bloody fingers on a purple knife A flamingo drinking from a cocktail glass I'm on the lawn with someone else's wife Come admire the view from up on top of the mast Yellow sheets in Hong Kong bed Stazybo horn and a Singerland ride To the carnival is what she said A hundred dollars makes it dark inside. Repeat First Verse and Chorus JOCKEY FULL OF BOURBON Edna Million in a drop dead suit Dutch pink pink on a downtown train Two dollar pistol but the gun won't shoot I'm in the corner in the pouring rain 16 men on a deadman's chest And I've been drinking from a broken cup 2 pairs of pants and a mother vest I'm full of bourbon; I can't stand up. Hey little bird, fly away home Your house is on fire; your children are alone Hey little bird, fly away home Your house is on fire; your children are alone Schiffer broke a bottle on Morgan's head And I've been stepping on the devil's tail Across the stripes of full moon's head Through the bars of a Cuban jail Bloody fingers on a purple knife A flamingo drinking from a cocktail glass I'm on the lawn with someone else's wife Come admire the view from up on top of the mast Yellow sheets in Hong Kong bed Stazybo horn and a Singerland ride To the carnival is what she said A hundred dollars makes it dark inside. Repeat First Verse and Chorus JOHNSBURG, ILLINOIS She's my only true love she's all that I think of look here in my wallet that's her She grew up on a farm there there's a place on my arm where I've written her name next to mine you see I just can't live without her and I'm her only boy and she grew up outside McHenry in Johnsburg, Illinois JOHNSBURG, ILLINOIS She's my only true love she's all that I think of look here in my wallet that's her She grew up on a farm there there's a place on my arm where I've written her name next to mine you see I just can't live without her and I'm her only boy and she grew up outside McHenry in Johnsburg, Illinois JOHNSBURG, ILLINOIS She's my only true love she's all that I think of look here in my wallet that's her She grew up on a farm there there's a place on my arm where I've written her name next to mine you see I just can't live without her and I'm her only boy and she grew up outside McHenry in Johnsburg, Illinois JUST ANOTHER SUCKER ON THE VINE (Instrumental) JUST THE RIGHT BULLETS There is a light in the forest There is a face in the tree I'll pull you out of the And the first one's always free You can never go hunting With just a flintlock and a hound You won't go home with a bunting If you blow a hundred rounds It takes much more than wild courage Or you'll hit just the tattered clouds You must have just the right bullets And the first one's always free You must be careful in the forest Broken glass and rusty nails If you're to bring back something for us I have bullets for sale Why be a fool when you can chase away Your blind and your gloom I have blessed each one of these bullets And they shine just like a spoon To have sixty silver wishes Is a small price to pay They'll be your private little fishes And they'll never swim away I just want you to be happy That's my only wish I'll fix your wagon and your musket And the spoon will have his dish And I shudder at the thought of your Poor empty hunter's pouch So I'll keep the wind from your barrel And bless the roof of your house KENTUCHY AVENUE eddie graces buick got 4 bullet holes in the side charley delislesittin' at the top of an avacado tree mrs storml stab you with a steak knife if you step on her lawn i got a half pack of lucky strikes man come along with me lets fill our pockets with macadamia nuts then go ever to bobby goodmansons and jump off the roof hilda plays strip poker and her mamas across the street joey narinsky says she put her tongue in his mouth dicky faulkners got a switchblade and some goosenecks risers that eucalyptus is a hunchback theres a wind up from the south let me tie you up with kite string and i'll show you the scabs on my knee watch out for the broken glass, put your shoes and socks on and come along with me lets follow that fire truck i think your house is burning down then go down to the hobo jungle and kill some rattle snakes with a trowel we'll break all the windows in the ols anderson place and steal a bunch of boysenberrys ans swear em on our face i'll get a dollar from my mamas purse and buy that scull and crossbones ring and you can wear it round your neck on an old piece of string then we'll split on ronniie arnold and flip him the bird and slash the tires on the school bus now don't say a word i'll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm and i'll show you how to sneak up on the roof of the drugstore take the spokes from your wheellchair and a magpies wings and tie em to your shoulders and your feet i'll steal a hacksaw from my dad and cut the braces off your legs and we'll bury them tonight in the cornfield put a church key in your pocket we'll hop that freight train in the hall and we'll slide down the drain all the way to new orleans in the fall LET ME GET UP ON IT C'mon let me get up on it LITTLE TRIP TO HEAVEN Little trip to heaven on the wings of your love Banana moon is shining in the sky I feel like I'm in heaven when your with me I know that I'm in heaven when you smile Though were stuck here on the ground I got something that I've found, and it's you I don't need to take no trip to outer space All I have to do is look in your face And before I know it I'm in orbit around you Thanking my lucky stars that I found you When I see your constellation, your my inspiration And it's you Your my North Star when I'm lost and feeling blue Your my sun that's breaking through, it's true And all the other stars seem dim around you I thank my lucky stars that I found you When I see your smilin face I know nothing' gonna take your place And it's you, and it's you, and it's you, and it's you, and it's you, and it's you LITTLE TRIP TO HEAVEN (ON THE WINGS OF YOUR LOVE) Lazy trip to heaven on the wings of your love Banana moon is shining in the sky, Feel like I'm in heaven when you're with me Know that I'm in heaven when you smile, Though we're stuck here on the ground, I got something that I've found And it's you. And I don't have to take no trip to outer space All I have to do is look at your face, And before I know it, I'm in orbit around you Thanking my lucky stars that I've found you, When I see your constellation, honey, you're my inspiration, and it's you. You're my north star when I'm lost and feeling blue, The sun is breaking through the clouds don't you, don't you know it's true? Honey, all the other stars seem dim around you Thanking my lucky stars that I've found you, When I see your smiling face, honey, I know nothing ever going to take your place, and it's you. And it's you, and it's you, and it's you, and it's you, and it's you And it's you, and it's you, shoo be doo, ba da da. LONELY Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely eyes, lonely face, lonely lonely in your place. Lonely, lonely, lonely eyes, lonely face, lonely lonely in your place. I thought that I knew all that there was to, lonely, lonely, lonely... Melanie Jane, won't feel the pain. Lonely, lonely, lonely eyes, lonely eyes, lonely lonely in your place. And I thought that I knew all that there was to Lonely, lonely, lonely eyes, lonely eyes, lonely lonely in your place, and I still love you, I still love you, lonely, lonely... LOOK'S LIKE I'M UP SHIT CREEK AGAIN Well the sun came in my window Wednesday morning And your love was like the golden rays again Now I'm lying here on a Thursday, and you're lovin someone new And it looks like I'm up shit creek again And I can't help thinking of your lovin ways And I cried a quart of tears since you've been gone And I can't face the morning by myself love And it looks like I'm up shit creek again Since you've been gone, I cry all the time And I cannot stand leavin you behind So I'll pull myself together, And I'll dry away my tears But the morning light has brought back memories And I can't face the morning by myself love And it looks like I'm up shit creek again So I'm out a walkin on this dusty highway Cause you've given me no reason for to stay And I'll walk until I've found someone who loves me not in vain And it looks like I'm up shit creek again And it looks like I'm up shit creek again LOWSIDE OF THE ROAD I'm on a black elevator Goin down Little Joe from Kokomo It rattles to the ground The dice is laughin at the man that he throwed Your rollin over to the Lowside of the road. The moon is red and your Dancin real slow 29 miles left to go The chain momkeys Help you with your load You're rollin over to the Lowside of the road Jezebel is naked With an axe The prosecution tell you To relax Your head feels like it's ready To explode You're rollin over, you're rollin over Well the clapper has been ripped Out of the bell The flapper has been kicked right Out of hell When the horse whips the Man that he rode You're rollin over to the Lowside of the road The dog won't bite if you beat Him with a bone She's so shy when she's Talkin on the phone The round rises up and starts to groan You're rollin over to the Lowside of the road LUCKY DAY The prettiest girl In all the world Is in a little Spanish town But I left her for a Bonnie lass And I told her I'd see her around But that Bonnie lass And her heart of glass Would not hold a candle To bumming around So don't cry for me For I'm going away And I'll be back some lucky day Tell the boys back home I'm doing just fine I left my troubles and woe So sing about me For I can't come home I've many more miles to go Why, there's Miss Kelsey You taught dance at our school And old Johnny O'Toole I'll still beat you at pool So don't cry for me For I'm going away ANd I'll be back some lucky day Now when I was a boy My daddy sat me on his knee And he told me He told me many things And he said sone There's a lot of things in this world You're gonna have no use for ANd when you get blue And you've lost all your dreams There's nothin' like a campfire And a can of beans Why, there's Miss Kelsey She taught dance at our school And old Johnny O'Toole I'll still beat you at pool So don't cry for me For I'm going away And I'll be back some lucky day LUCKY DAY OVERTURE Ladies and gentlemen Harry's Harbour Bizarre is proud to present Under the Big Top tonight Human Oddities That's right You'll see the Three Headed Baby You'll see Hitler's brain See Lea Graff the German midget who sat in J.F. Morgan's lap You'll see Priscilla Bajano The monkey woman Jo Jo the dog face boy I'm Milton Malone, the human skeleton See Grace McDaniel's The mule faced woman And she's the homeliest woman in the world Under the Big Top tonight Never before seen And if you have a heart condition, please be warned Don't forget to visit our snack bar at Charleston Grotto Al lsales are final Void where prohibited by law You'll see Sealo the seal boy who has flippers for arms You'll see Johnny Eck, the man born without a body He walks on his hands He has his own orchestra and is an excellent pianist See Gerd Bessler, the human pincusion And don't forget, it's ladies' night at Harvy's Harbour Bizarre You'll see Ko Ko the bird girl Mortando, the human fountain Step a little A little closer ladies and gentlemen and don't be shy Dig deep in your pockets You'll see Radion, the human torso Deep from the jungles of Africa Ladies and gentlemen, Harry's Harbour Bizarre Ladies and gentlemen MARTHA Operator, number, please: it's been so many years Will she remember my old voice while I fight the tears? Hello, hello there, is this Martha? this is old Tom Frost, And I am calling long distance, don't worry 'bout the cost. 'Cause it's been forty years or more, now Martha please recall, Meet me out for coffee, where we'll talk about it all. And those were the days of roses, poetry and prose And Martha all I had was you and all you had was me. There was no tomorrows, we'd packed away our sorrows And we saved them for a rainy day. And I feel so much older now, and you're much older too, How's your husband? and how's the kids? you know that I got married too? Luck that you found someone to make you feel secure, 'Cause we were all so young and foolish, now we are mature. And those were the days of roses, poetry and prose And Martha all I had was you and all you had was me. There was no tomorrows, we'd packed away our sorrows And we saved them for a rainy day. And I was always so impulsive, I guess that I still am, And all that really mattered then was that I was a man. I guess that our being together was never meant to be. And Martha, Martha, I love you can't you see? And those were the days of roses, poetry and prose And Martha all I had was you and all you had was me. There was no tomorrows, we'd packed away our sorrows And we saved them for a rainy day. And I remember quiet evenings trembling close to you... MIDNIGHT LULLABY Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye Hush a bye my baby, no need to be crying. You can burn the midnight oil with me as long as you will Stare out at the moon upon the windowsill, and dream... Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye Hush a bye my baby, no need to be crying. There's dew drops on the window sill, gumdrops in your head Slipping into dream land, you're nodding your head, so dream... Dream of West Virginia, or of the British Isles 'Cause when you are dreaming, you see for miles and miles. When you are much older, remember when we sat At midnight on the windowsill, and had this little chat And dream, come on and dream, come on and dream, and dream, and dream... MIDNIGHT LULLABYE Sing a song a sixpence, pocket full a rye Hush by my baby, no need to be cryin' Burn the midnight oil with me, as long as you wish Stare out at the moon, upon the window sill And dream sing a song a sixpence, pocket full a wry I tell you another story, tell you no lie Dew drops on the window sill, gum drops in your hair Your slippin into dreamland, Your noddin' your head Oh dream Dream of West Virginia, of the British Isles When you are dreaming, you see for miles and miles When you are much older, remember when we sat At midnight on the windowsill, and had this little chat And dream, dream, dream, dream MIDTOWN (Instrumental) MOCKIN' BIRD Mocking Bird high in a tree Looks like you got the best of me Mocking Bird singing his song Well Mocking Bird mocking me now that you're gone Mocking Bird high in a loof Well he's blowing notes on top my roof Mocking Bird singing his song Well Mocking Bird mocking me now that you're gone. Mocking Bird high in a tree Looking up at you, you're looking down at me Mocking Bird high in a loof Well he's blowing notes on top my roof. Mocking Bird high in a tree Looking up at you, you're looking down at me Mocking Bird singing his song Well Mocking Bird mocking me now that you're gone. Throwed some papers, tried to scare him away Just looked down at me and this is what he said Mocking Bird high in a tree Looks like you got the best of me Mocking Bird singing his song Well Mocking Bird mocking me now that you're gone MORE THAN RAIN It's more than rain that falls on our parade tonight it's more than thunder it's more than thunder it's more than a swindle this crooked card game it's more than sad times it's more than sad times none of our pockets are filled with gold nobody's caught the boquet there are no dead presidents we can fold nothing is going our way and it's more than goodbye I have to say to you it's more than woe be gotten grey skies now MR. SIEGAL i spent all my money in a mexican whorehouse, across the street from a catholic church, and then i wiped off my revolver, and i buttoned up my burgundy shirt, i shot the morning in the back, with my red wings on, i told the sun he'd better go back down, and if i can find a book of matches, i'm goin' to burn this hotel down. you got to tell me brave captain, why are the wicked so strong, how do the angels get to sleep, when the devil leaves the porchlight on. well i dropped thirty grand on the nugget slots, i had to sell my ass on fremont street, and the drummer said there's sanctuary, over at the bagdad room, and now it's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, and go man go, i said tell me mr. siegel, how do i get out of here. well willard's knocked out on a bottle of heat, drivin' dangerous curves across the dirty sheets, he said man you ought to see her, when her parents are gone, man you ought to hear her when the siren's on. you got to tell me brave captain, why are the wicked so strong, how do the angels get to sleep, when the devil leaves the porchlight on. don't you know that ain't no broken bottle, that i picked up in my headlights, on the other side of the nevada line, where they live hard die young, and have a good lookin' corpse every time, well the pit boss said i should keep movin', this is where you go when you die, and so i shot a black beauty, and i kissed her right between the eyes. well willard's knocked out on a bottle of heat, drivin' dangerous curves across the dirty sheets, he said when the bitch is wound up, and her parents are gone, man you ought to hear her with the siren on. you got to tell me brave captain, why are the wicked so strong, how do the angels get to sleep, when the devil leaves the porchlight on. MURDER IN THE RED BARN ) There was a murder in the red barn Murder in the red barn The trees are bending over The cows are lying down The atumn's taking over You can hear the buckshot hounds The watchman said to Reba the loon Was it pale at Manzanita Or Blind Bob the raccoon? Pin it on a drifter They sleep beneath the bridge One plays the violin And sleeps inside a fridge There was a murder in the red barn A murder in the red barn Someone's crying in the woods Someone's burying all his clothes Now Slam the Crank from Wheezer Slept outside last night and froze Road kill has its seasons Just like anything It's possums in the autumn And it's farm cats in the spring There was a murder in the red barn A murder in the red barn Now thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house Or covet thy neighbor's wife But for some Murder is the only door through which they enter life Now they surrounded the house They smoke him out They took him off in chains The sky turned black and bruised And we had months of heavy rains Now the raven's nest in the rotted roof Of Chenoweth's old place And no one's asking Cal About that scar upon his face 'Cause there's nothin' strange About an axe with bloodstains in the barn There's always some killin' You got to do around the farm A murder in the red barn Murder in the red barn Now the woods will never tell What sleeps beneath the trees Or what's buried 'neath a rock Or hiding in the leaves 'Cause road kill has it's seasons Just like anything It's possums in the atumn And it's farm cats in the spring A murder in the red barn A murder in the red barn Now a lady can't do ntohin' Without folks' tongues waggin' Is this blood on the tree Or is it autumn's red blaze When the ground's soft for diggin' ANd the rain will bring all this gloom There's nothing wrong with a lady Drinking alone in her room But there was a murder in the red barn A murder in the red barn MURIEL muriel since you left town the clubs closed down and there's one more burned out lamppost down on the main street down where we used to stroll and muriel i still hit all the same old haunts and you follow me wherever i go and muriel i see you on a saturday night in a penny arcade with your hair tied back and the diamond twinkle in your eye is the only wedding ring i'll buy you muriel and muriel how many times i've left this town to hide from your memory and it haunts me but i only get as far as the next whiskey bar i buy another cheap cigar and i'll see you every night hey muriel muriel hey buddy got a light NEW COAT OF PAINT Let's put a new coat of paint on this lonesome old town Set 'em up, we'll be knockin' em down. You wear a dress, baby, and I'll wear a tie. We'll laugh at that old bloodshot moon in that burgundy sky All your scribbled lovedreams, are lost or thrown away, Here amidst the shuffle of an overflowing day Our love needs a transfusion so let's shoot it full of wine Fishin' for a good time starts with throwin'in your line. NIGHTHAWK POSTCARDS (FROM EASY STREET) there's a blur drizzle down the plateglass as a neon swizzle stick stirrin up the sultry night air and a yellow biscuit of a buttery cue ball moon rollin' maverick across an obsidian sky as the busses go groanin' and wheezin', down on the corner I'm freezin'; on a restless boulevard at a midnight road I'm across town from EASY STREET with the tight knots of moviegoers and out of towners on the stroll and the buildings towering high above lit like dominoes or black dice all the used car salesmen dressed up in Purina Checkerboard slacks and Foster Grant wrap around, pacing in front of EARL SCHLEIB $39.95 merchandise like barkers at a shootin' gallery they throw out kind of a Texas Guinan routine Hello sucker, we like your money just as well as anybody else's here or they give you the P.T. Barnum bit There's a sucker born every minute you just happened to be comin' along at the right time come over here now you know... all the harlequin sailors are on the stroll in a search of LIKE NEW, NEW PAINT, decent factory air and AM FM dreams and the piss yellow gypsy cabs stacked up in the taxi zones waitin' like pinball machines to be ticking off a joy ride to a magical place waitin' in line like truckers welcome diners with dirt lots full of Peterbilts, Kenworths, Jimmy's and the like, and they're hiballin' with bankrupt brakes, over driven under paid, over fed, a day late and a dollar short but Christ I got my lips around a bottle and my foot on the throttle and I'm standin' on the corner standin' on the corner like a just in town jasper, on a street corner with a gasper lookin' for some kind of Cheshire billboard grin stroking a goateed chin, and using parking meters as walking sticks on the inebriated stroll with my eyelids propped open at half mast but you know... over at Chubb's Pool Hall and Snooker it was a nickle after two, yea it was a nickle after two and in the cobalt steel blue dream smoke, it was the radio that groaned out the hit parade and the chalk squeaked, the floorboards creaked and an Olympia sign winked through a torn yellow shade, old Jack Chance himself leanin' up against a Wurlitzer and eyeballin' out a 5 ball combination shot impossible you say? ...hard to believe?, perhaps out of the realm of possibility? naaaa he be stretchin' out long tawny fingers out across a cool green felt with a provocative golden gate and a full table railshot that's no sweat and I leaned up against my bannister and wandered over to the Wurlitzer and I punched A 2 I was lookin' for something like Wine, Wine, Wine by the Night Caps starring Chuck E. Weiss or High Blood Pressure by George (cryin' in the streets) Perkins no dice that's life, that's what all the people say ridin' high in April, seriously shot down in May, but I know I'm gonna change that tune when I'm standing underneath a buttery moon that's all melted off to one side It was just about that time that the sun came crawlin' yellow out of a manhole at the foot of 23rd Street and a dracula moon in a black disguise was making its way back to its pre paid room at the St. Moritz Hotel (scat) and the El train came tumbling across the trestles and it sounded like the ghost of Gene Krupa with an overhead cam and glasspacks and the whispering brushes of wet radials on a wet pavement and there's a traffic jam session on Belmont tonight and the rhapsody of the pending evening, I leaned up against my bannister and I've been looking for some kind of an emotional investment with romantic dividends kind of a physical negociation is underway as I attempt to consolidate all my missed weekly payments, into one low monthly payment through the nose with romantic residuals and leg akimbo but the chances are more than likely I'll probably be held over for another smashed weekend NOBODY Nobody, Nobody will ever love you the way I could love you cause nobody is that strong love is bitter sweet and life's treasures deep but no one can keep a love that's gone wrong Nobody, Nobody will ever love you the way I could love you cause nobody's that strong cause nobody's that strong Nobody, Nobody will ever love you the way I could love you cause nobody is that strong you've had many lovers you'll have many others but they'll only just break your poor heart in two Nobody, Nobody will ever love you the way I could love you cause nobody's that strong cause nobody's that strong NOBODY Nobody, Nobody will ever love you the way I could love you cause nobody is that strong love is bitter sweet and life's treasures deep but no one can keep a love that's gone wrong Nobody, Nobody will ever love you the way I could love you cause nobody's that strong cause nobody's that strong Nobody, Nobody will ever love you the way I could love you cause nobody is that strong you've had many lovers you'll have many others but they'll only just break your poor heart in two Nobody, Nobody will ever love you the way I could love you cause nobody's that strong cause nobody's that strong NOVEMBER No shadow No stars No moon No care November It only believes In a pile of dead leaves And a moon That's the color of bone No prayers for November To linger longer Stick your spoon in the wall We'll slaughter them all November has tied me To an old dead tree Get word to April To rescue me November's cold chain Made of wet boots and rain And shiny black ravens On chimney smoke lanes November seems odd You're my firing squad November With my hair slicked back With carrion shellac With the blood from a pheasant And the bone from a hare Tied to the branches Of a roebuck stag Left to wave in the timber Like a buck shot flag Go away you rainsnout Go away, blow your brains out November NOVEMBER No shadow No stars No moon No care November It only believes In a pile of dead leaves And a moon That's the color of bone No prayers for November To linger longer Stick your spoon in the wall We'll slaughter them all November has tied me To an old dead tree Get word to April To rescue me November's cold chain Made of wet boots and rain And shiny black ravens On chimney smoke lanes November seems odd You're my firing squad November With my hair slicked back With carrion shellac With the blood from a pheasant And the bone from a hare Tied to the branches Of a roebuck stag Left to wave in the timber Like a buck shot flag Go away you rainsnout Go away, blow your brains out November OILY NIGHT Oily night OL' 55 Well my time went so quickly, I went lickety splickly out to my old '55 As I drove away slowly, feeling so holy, God knows, I was feeling alive. Now the sun's coming up, I'm riding with Lady Luck, freeway cars and trucks, Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the parade Just a wishing I'd stayed a little longer, Oh, Lord, let me tell you that the feeling's getting stronger. And it's six in the morning, gave me no warning; I had to be on my way. Well there's trucks all a passing me, and the lights are all flashing, I'm on my way home from your place. And now the sun's coming up, I'm riding with Lady Luck, freeway cars and trucks, Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the parade Just a wishing I'd stayed a little longer, Oh, Lord, let me tell you that the feeling's getting stronger. And my time went so quickly, I went lickety splickly out to my old '55 As I pulled away slowly, feeling so holy, God knows, I was feeling alive. Now the sun's coming up, I'm riding with Lady Luck, Freeway cars and trucks, freeway cars and trucks, freeway cars and trucks... OL' 55 Well my time went so quickly, I went lickety splickly out to my old '55 As I drove away slowly, feeling so holy, God knows, I was feeling alive. Now the sun's coming up, I'm riding with Lady Luck, freeway cars and trucks, Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the parade Just a wishing I'd stayed a little longer, Oh, Lord, let me tell you that the feeling's getting stronger. And it's six in the morning, gave me no warning; I had to be on my way. Well there's trucks all a passing me, and the lights are all flashing, I'm on my way home from your place. And now the sun's coming up, I'm riding with Lady Luck, freeway cars and trucks, Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the parade Just a wishing I'd stayed a little longer, Oh, Lord, let me tell you that the feeling's getting stronger. And my time went so quickly, I went lickety splickly out to my old '55 As I pulled away slowly, feeling so holy, God knows, I was feeling alive. Now the sun's coming up, I'm riding with Lady Luck, Freeway cars and trucks, freeway cars and trucks, freeway cars and trucks... OLD SHOES Well I'm singing this song, cause it's time it was sung I've been putting it off for a while, Cause it's harder by now, and the truth is so clear That I am crying when I'm seeing you smile. So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear And your tears cannot bind me anymore, And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone. And every time that I tried to tell you that we'd lost the magic we had at the start, I would weep my heart when I looked in your eyes And I searched once again for the spark. So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear And your tears cannot bind me anymore, And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone. Oh you know that there's something calling me dear and by morning, I'm sure to be gone For I'm older than you and you know so well That our time for to love was a song So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear And your tears cannot bind me anymore, And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone. Now I can see by your eyes, it's time now to go So I'll leave you crying in the rain, Though I held in my hand, the key to all joy Honey my heart was not born to be tamed. And goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear And your tears cannot bind me anymore, And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone. Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone. OLD SHOES (& PICTURE POSTCARDS) I'm singing this song, it's time it was sung I've been putting it off for a while, But it's harder by now, 'cause the truth is so clear That I cry when I'm seeing you smile. So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear And your tears cannot bind me anymore, And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone. Every time that I tried to tell that we'd lost the magic we had at the start, I would weep my heart when I looked in your eyes And I searched once again for the spark. So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear And your tears cannot bind me anymore, And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone. I can see by your eyes, it's time now to go So I'll leave you to cry in the rain, Though I held in my hand, the key to all joy Honey my heart was not born to be tamed. So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear And your tears cannot bind me anymore, And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone. So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear And your tears cannot bind me anymore, And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone. Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone, can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone. ON A FOGGY NIGHT on a foggy night, an abandoned road in a twilight mirror mirage with no indication of a service station or an all night garage, I was misinformed I was misdirected cause the interchange never intersected leaving me marooned beneath a bloodshot moon all upon a foggy night, on a foggy night an abandoned road, in a blurred brocade collage, is that a road motel? I can't really tell, is that what you might call some kind of a vacancy lodge cause there's no consolation, what kind of situation to be aimlessly skewed amidst a powder blue? no tell tail light clue spun like the spell you spin this precarious pandemonium I'm stranded, all upon a foggy night all upon a foggy night on a foggy night ON THE NICKEL sticks and stones will break my bones, but i always will be true, and when your mama is dead and gone, i'll sing this lullabye just for you, and what becomes of all the little boys, who never comb their hair, well they're lined up all around the block, on the nickel over there. so you better bring a bucket, there is a hole in the pail, and if you don't get my letter, then you'll know that i'm in jail, and what becomes of all the little boys, who never say their prayers, well they're sleepin' like a baby, on the nickel over there. and if you chew tobacco, and wish upon a star, well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit, just like punchlines between the cars, and i know a place where a royal flush, can never beat a pair, and even thomas jefferson, is on the nickel over there. so ring around the rosie, you're sleepin' in the rain, and you're always late for supper, and man you let me down again, i thought i heard a mockingbird, roosevelt knows where, you can skip the light, with grady tuck, on the nickel over there. so what becomes of all the little boys, who run away from home, well the world just keeps gettin' bigger, once you get out on your own, so here's to all the little boys, the sandman takes you where, you'll be sleepin' with a pillowman, on the nickel over there. so let's climb up through that button hole, and we'll fall right up the stairs, and i'll show you where the short dogs grow, on the nickel over there ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD There's a blue eyed girl with a red bow tie and a string of pearls with one good eye in a rainy town the chimney smoke will curl no one likes clowns on the other side of the world and the children know she'll never let me go. there's a one legged priest that tangos with the farmers wife Beauty and the beast is taking her own life and a tear on a letter back home turns into a lake of your own and a crow turns into a girl on the other side of the world and she tastes like the sea and she's waiting for me in the spring the weeds will show that he brought back the only rose and he gave it to his girl on the other side of the world. And I drink champagne from your thin blue veins She visits his grave wearing her mother's shawl should I shave or end it all. There's an old sailor song that the children know as their fingers curl around the other side of the world on a bone white mare lost in Kathleen's hair in the spring the weeds will show that he brought back the only rose and he gave it to his girl on the other side of the world. PASTIES AND A G STRING (AT THE TWO O'CLOCK CLUB) Smelling like a brewery, looking like a tramp, I ain't got a quarter, got a postage stamp Been five o'clock shadow boxing all around the town, Talking with the old man, sleeping on the ground Bazanti bootin al zootin al hoot and Al Cohn Sharing this apartment with a telephone pole And a fish net stocking, spike heel shoes, Strip tease, prick tease, car keys blues And the porno floor show, live nude girls, Dreamy and creamy and brunette curls Chesty Morgan and Watermelon Rose Raise my rent and take off all your clothes With trench coats, magazines, a bottle full of rum, She's so good, make a dead man come Pasties and a G string, beer and a shot Portland through a shot glass and a Buffalo squeeze Wrinkles and Cherry and Twinkie and Pinkie and Fifi live from Gay Paree Fanfares, rim shots, back stage, who cares, all this hot burlesque for me (scat) Cleavage, cleavage, thighs and hips From the nape of her neck to the lipstick lips Chopped and channeled and lowered and lewd And the cheater slicks and baby moons She's a hot and ready, creamy and sugared And the band is awful and so are the tunes (scat) Crawling on her belly, and shaking like jelly, And I'm getting harder than Chinese algebrassieres And cheers from the (hmm) compendium here Hey sweetheart they're yelling for more You're squashing out your cigarette butts on the floor And I like Shelly, and you like Jane And what was the girl with the snakeskin's name? And it's an early bird matinee, come back any day, Get you a little something that you can't get at home Get you a little something that you can't get at home It's pasties and a G string, beer and a shot Portland through a shot glass and a Buffalo squeeze Popcorn, front row, higher than a kite, and I'll be back tomorrow night, And I'll be back tomorrow night (scat) PICTURE IN A FRAME Sun come up it was blue and gold Sun come up it was blue and gold Sun come up it was blue and gold Ever since I put your picture In a frame. I come calling in my Sunday best I come calling in my Sunday best I come calling in my Sunday best Every since I put your picture In a frame I'm gonna love you Till the wheels come off Oh yea I love you baby and I always will I love you baby and I always will I love you baby and I always will Ever since I put your picture In a frame PLEASE CALL ME, BABY The evening fell just like a star Left a trail behind You spit as you slammed out the door If this is love we're crazy As we fight like cats and dogs But I just know there's got to be more So please call me, baby Wherever you are It's too cold to be out walking in the streets We do crazy things when we're wounded Everyone's a bit insane I don't want you catching your death of cold Out walking in the rain And I admit that I ain't no angel I admit that I ain't no saint I'm selfish and I'm cruel but you're blind If I exorcise my devils Well my angels may leave too When they leave they're so hard to find And we're always at each other's throats You know it drives me up the wall But most of the time I'm just blowing off steam And I wish to God you'd leave me Baby I wish to God you'd stay Life's so different than it is in your dreams CHORUS PLEASE CALL ME, BABY The evening fell just like a star Left a trail behind You spit as you slammed out the door If this is love we're crazy As we fight like cats and dogs But I just know there's got to be more So please call me, baby Wherever you are It's too cold to be out walking in the streets We do crazy things when we're wounded Everyone's a bit insane I don't want you catching your death of cold Out walking in the rain And I admit that I ain't no angel I admit that I ain't no saint I'm selfish and I'm cruel but you're blind If I exorcise my devils Well my angels may leave too When they leave they're so hard to find And we're always at each other's throats You know it drives me up the wall But most of the time I'm just blowing off steam And I wish to God you'd leave me Baby I wish to God you'd stay Life's so different than it is in your dreams CHORUS PLEASE WAKE ME UP I put my chips on her shoulder running in the carnival time she bought the things that I told her they made her eyes sparkle and shine together we'll ring in the new year I know that she'll be my queen and if I fall asleep in your arms please wake me up in my dreams Her out fit was all made of vinyl like nothing I've ever seen when our divorces are final She'll fit right into my scheme next to the pawnshop's a chapel I'll show you just what I mean and if I fall asleep in your arms please wake me up in my dreams PONCHO'S LAMENT Well the stairs sound so lonely without you And I ain't maid my bed in a week Coffee stains on the paper I'm writing And I'm too choked up inside to speak And Yes, I know our differences pulled us apart Never spoke a word heart to heart And I'm glad that you're gone But I wish to the lord that you'd come home And I'm glad that you're gone Got the feeling so strong And I'm glad that you're gone But I wish to the lord that you'd come home Well my guitar still plays your favorite song though the strings have been outta tune for some time Every time I strum a cord, I pray out to the lord That you'll quit your honkey tonkin' sing my song And I'm glad that you're gone Got the feeling so strong And I'm glad that you're gone But I wish to the lord that you'd come home So I'll throw another log onto the fire And I'll admit I'm a lousy liar As the coals die down and flicker I hear that guitar picker Play the song we used to sing so long ago I'm glad that you're gone Got the feeling so strong And I'm glad that you're gone But I wish to the lord that you'd come home And I'm glad, damn glad you're gone Got the feeling so strong And I'm glad that you're gone But I wish to the lord that you'd come home PONY I've seen it all boys I've been all over Been everywhere in the Whole wide world I rode the high line With old blind Darby I danced real slow With Ida Jane I was full of wonder When I left Murfreesboro Now I am full of hollow On Maxwell street... And I hope my Pony I hope my Pony I hope my Pony Knows the way back home I walked from Natcher To Hushpukena I built a fire by the side Of the road I worked for nothin in a Belzoni saw mill. I caught a Blind out on the B and O Talullah's friendly Belzoni ain't so A 44'll get you 99 And I hope my Pony I hope my Pony I hope my Pony Knows the way back home I run my race with burnt face Jake Gave him a Manzanita cross I lived on nothin But dreams and train smoke Somehow my watch and chain Got lost. I wish I was home in Evelyn's Kitchen With old Gyp curled around my feet (Chorus) POTTER'S FIELD well you can buy me a drink and i'll tell you what i seen and i'll give you a bargain from the edge of a maniac's dream that buys a black widow spider with a riddle in his yarn that's clinging to the furrow of a blindman's brow i'll start talking from the brim of a thimble full of whiskey on a train through the bronx that will take you just as far as the empty of a bottle to the highway of a scar that stretched across the blacktop of my cheek like that and then ducks beneath the brim of a fugitive's hat and you'll learn why liquor makes a stool pigeon rat on every face that ever left his shadow down on saint marks place hell i'd double cross my mother if it was whiskey that they payed and so an early bird says nightsticks on the hit parade and he ain't got a prayer and his days are numbered and you'll track him down like a dog well it's a tough customer you're getting in this trade ause the nightstick's heart pumps lemonade well whiskey keeps a blindman talkin alright and i'm the only one who knows just where he stayed last night he was in a wreckin yard in a switchblade storm in a wheelbarrow with nothing but revenge to keep him warm and a half a million dollars in unmarked bills was the nightstick's blanket in a febuary chill and as the buzzard drove a crooked sky he was dealin high chicago in the mud and stackin' the deck against a dragnet's eye a shivering nightstick in a miserable heap with the siren for a lullaby singing him to sleep he was bleeding from a buttonhole torn by a slug fired from the barrel of a two dollar gun that scorched a blister on the grip of a punk by now is learnin what you have to pay to be a hero anyhow he dressed the hole in his gut with a hundred dollar bandage a king's ransom for a bedspread that don't amount to nuttin just cobweb strings on a busted ukulele and the nightstick leaned on a black shillelagh with the poison of a junkie's broken promise on his lip he staggered in the shadows screaming i ain't never been afraid and he shot out every street light on the promenade past the frozen ham and eggers at the penny arcade throwin out handfuls of a blood stained salary they were dead in their tracks at the shootin gallery and they fired off a twenty one gun salute and from the corner of his eye he caught the alabaster orbs and from a dime a dance hall girl and stuffed a thousand dollar bill in her blouse and caught the cruel and unusual punishment of her smile and the nightstick winked beneath a rainsoaked brim ain't no one seen hide nor hair of him see no one but a spade on rikers island and me and so if you're mad enough to listen to a full of whiskey blindman then you're mad enough to look beyond where bloodhounds dare to go so if you want to know just where the nightstick's hidin out you be down at the ferry landin oh let's say bout half past a nightmare when it's twisted on a clock you tell 'em nickels sentcha whiskey always makes him talk and you ask for captain charon with the mud on his kicks he's the skipper of the deadline steamer and she sails from the bronx across the river styx and a riddle's just a ticket for a dreamer cause when the weathervane's sleepin and the moon turns his back you crawl on your belly long the railroad tracks and cross your heart and hope to die and stick a needle in your eye cause he'd cut my bleedin heart out if he found out that i squealed cause you see a scarecrow's just a hoodlum who marked the cards that he dealed and pulled a gypsy switch out on the edge of potter's field PUTNAM COUNTY I guess things were always quiet around Putnam County kind of shy and sleepy as it clung to the skirts of the 2 lane, that was stretched out like an asphalt dance floor where all the oldtimers would hunker down in bib jeans and store bought boots lyin' about their lives and the places that they'd been suckin' on Coca Colas and be spittin' Days Work they's be suckin' on Coca Colas and be spittin' Day's Work until the moon was a stray dog on the ridge and the taverns would be swollen until the naked eye of 2am, and the Stratocaster guitars slung over Burgermeister beer guts, and the swizzle stick legs jacknifed over naugahyde stools and the witch hazel spread out over the linoleum floors, the pedal pushers stretched out over midriff bulge and the coiffed brunette curls over Maybelline eyes wearing Prince Machiavelli, Estee Lauder, smells so sweet I elbowed up at the counter with mixed feelings over mixed drinks and Bubba and the Roadmasters moaned in pool hall concentration as they knit their brows to cover the entire Hank Williams Song Book and the old National register was singing to the tune of $57.57 until last call, one last game of 8 ball and Berneice would be putting the chairs on the tables, someone come in say Hey man, anyone got any Jumper Cables, is that a 6 or a 12 volt? and all the studs in town would toss 'em down and claim to fame as they stomped their feet boasting about being able to get more ass than a toilet seat. And the GMCs and the Straight 8 Fords were coughing and wheezing and they perculated as they tossed the gravel underneath the fenders to weave home a wet slick anaconda of a two lane with tire irons and crowbars a rattlin' with a tool box and a pony saddle you're grinding gears, shifting into first yea and that goddam tranny's just getting worse with the melodies of see ya later and screwdrivers on carburettors talkin' shop about money to loan and palominos and strawberry roans See ya tomorrow, hello to the Mrs. money to borrow and goodnight kisses the radio spittin' out Charlie Rich sure can sing that sonofabitch and you weave home, weavin' home leaving the little joint winking in the dark warm narcotic American night beneath a pin cushion sky and it's home to toast and honey, start up the Ford, your lunch money's there on the draining board, toilet's runnin' shake the handle, telephone's ringin' it's Mrs Randal where the hell are my goddam sandals and the porcelain poodles and the glass swans staring down from the knick knack shelf with the parent permission slips for the kids' field trips pair of Muckalucks scraping across the shag carpet and the impending squint of first light, that lurked behind a weeping marquee in downtown Putnam and would be pullin' up any minute now just like a bastard amber Velveeta yellow cab on a rainy corner and be blowin' its horn, in every window in town. RAIN DOGS Inside a broken clock Splashing the wine With all the Rain Dogs Taxi, we'd rather walk. Huddle a doorway with the Rain Dogs For i am a Rain Dog, too. Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night For it was all ripe for dreamin Oh, how we danced away All of the lights We've always been out of our minds. The Rum pours strong and thin Beat out the dustman With the Rain Dogs Aboard a shipwreck train Give my umbrella to the Rain Dogs For I am a Rain Dog, too. Oh, how we danced with the Rose of Tralee Her long hair black as a raven Oh, how we danced and you Whispered to me You'll never be going back home, You'll never be going back home. Chorus RAIN DOGS Inside a broken clock Splashing the wine With all the Rain Dogs Taxi, we'd rather walk. Huddle a doorway with the Rain Dogs For i am a Rain Dog, too. Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night For it was all ripe for dreamin Oh, how we danced away All of the lights We've always been out of our minds. The Rum pours strong and thin Beat out the dustman With the Rain Dogs Aboard a shipwreck train Give my umbrella to the Rain Dogs For I am a Rain Dog, too. Oh, how we danced with the Rose of Tralee Her long hair black as a raven Oh, how we danced and you Whispered to me You'll never be going back home, You'll never be going back home. Chorus RED SHOES she wore red shoes by the newstand as the rain splashed the nickle spilled like chablis along the midway theres a little bluejay in a red dress, on a sad night one straw in a rootbeer a compact with a cracked mirror and a bottle of evening in paris perfume whats this sad tune he told her to wait by the magazines he had to take care of some business it seems bring a raincoat and a suitcase and your dark eyes and wear those red shoes theres a dark huddle at the bus stop unbrellas arranged in a sad bouquet Li'l cesar got caught he has going down to second he has cooled changing stations on the chamber to steal a diamond from a jewelry store for his baby he loved the way she looked in those red shoes she waited by the drugstore cesaer had never been late before and the dogs bayed the moon and rattled their chains and the cold jingle of taps in a puddle was the burgler alarm snitchin on cesaer note the rain washes memories from the sidewalks and the hounds splash down the nickle full of soldiers and santa claus is drunk in the ski room and it's christmas eve in a sad cafe when the moon gets this way ther's a little blue my by the newstand wearing red shoes so meet me tonight by the drugstore w're goin' out tonight wear your red shoes RED SHOES BY THE DRUGSTORE she wore red shoes by the newstand as the rain splashed the nickle spilled like chablis along the midway theres a little bluejay in a red dress, on a sad night one straw in a rootbeer a compact with a cracked mirror and a bottle of evening in paris perfume whats this sad tune he told her to wait by the magazines he had to take care of some business it seems bring a raincoat and a suitcase and your dark eyes and wear those red shoes theres a dark huddle at the bus stop unbrellas arranged in a sad bouquet Li'l cesar got caught he has going down to second he has cooled changing stations on the chamber to steal a diamond from a jewelry store for his baby he loved the way she looked in those red shoes she waited by the drugstore cesaer had never been late before and the dogs bayed the moon and rattled their chains and the cold jingle of taps in a puddle was the burgler alarm snitchin on cesaer note the rain washes memories from the sidewalks and the hounds splash down the nickle full of soldiers and santa claus is drunk in the ski room and it's christmas eve in a sad cafe when the moon gets this way ther's a little blue my by the newstand wearing red shoes so meet me tonight by the drugstore w're goin' out tonight wear your red shoes ROCKIN' CHAIR Well I'm sittin' right here in my rockin chair Running my fingers right through my hair Fire is flicken with a yellow and gold Makin me quiver in the snowy cold Got a lazy old woman Screaming bout my money She took every cent And she didn't leave me any Times were never so good, got a fly for food Got no woman to spend my money Well she blew and took all my money So I'm sittin' right here in my rockin chair Running my fingers right through my hair Spider caught the fly in his web Do believe he may be dead Times were never so good, got a fly for food Got no woman to spend my money Well she blew and took all my money Well I'm sittin' and I'm sittin' and I'm sittin' right here In my rockin chair Watchin' my old dog loosing his hair ROMEO IS BLEEDING romeo is bleeding but not so as you'd notice he's over on 18hh street as usual lookin' so hard against the hood of his car and puttin' out a cigarette in his hand and for all the pachucos at the pumps at romeros paint and body they all seein' how far they can spit well it was just another night but how they're huddled in the brake lights of a 58 belair and listenin' to how romeo killed a sherrif his knife and they all jump when they hear the sirens but romeo just laughs and says all the racket in the world ain't never gonna save that coppers ass he'll never see another summertime for gunnin' down my brother and leavin' him like a dog beneath a car without his knife and romeo says hey man gimme a cigarette and they all reach for their pack and frankie lights it for him and pats him on the back and throws bottle at a milk truck and as it breaks he grabs his nuts and they all know they could be just like romeo if they only had the guts but romeo is bleeding but nobody can tell and he sings along with the radio with a bullet in his chest and he combs back his fenders and they all agree its clear that every thing is cool now that romeos here but romeo is bleeding and he winces now and then and he leans against the car doors and feels the blood in his shoes and someones crying in the phone booth at the 5 points by thestore romeo starts his engine and wipes the blood off the door and he brodys through the signal with the radio full blast leavin' the boys there hikin' up there chinos and they all try to stand like romeo beneath the moon cut like a sickle and they're talkin' now in spanish about there hero but romeo is bleeding as he gives the man his ticket and he climbs to the balcony at the movies and he'll die without a wimper like every heros dream just an angel with a bullet and cagney on the screen ROSIE Well I'm sitting on a windowsill, blowing my horn Nobody's up except the moon and me, And a lazy old tomcat on a midnight spree All that you left me was a melody. Rosie, why do you evade? Rosie, how can I persuade? Rosie... And the moon's all up, full and big, apricot tips in an indigo sky, And I've been loving you, Rosie, since the day I was born And I'll love you, Rosie 'til the day I die. Rosie, why do you evade? Rosie, how can I persuade? Rosie... Rosie, why do you evade? Rosie, how can I persuade? Rosie... And I'm sitting on a windowsill, blowing my horn Nobody's up except the moon and me, And a lazy old tomcat on a midnight spree All that you left me was a melody. Rosie, why do you evade? Rosie, how can I persuade? Rosie... RUBY'S ARMS i will leave behind all of my clothes, i wore when i was with you, all i need's my railroad boots, and my leather jacket, as i say goodbye to ruby's arms, although my heart is breaking, i will steal away out through your blinds, for soon you will be waking. the morning light has washed your face, and everything is turning blue now, hold on to your pillow case there's nothing i can do now, as i say goodbye to ruby's arms, you'll find another soldier, and i swear to god by christmas, there'll be someone else to hold you. the only thing i'm taking is the scarf off of your clothesline, i'll hurry past your chest of drawers, and your broken window chimes, as i say goodbye i'll say goodbye, say goodbye to ruby's arms. i'll feel my way down the darken hall, and out into the morning, the hobos at the freightyards, have kept their fires burning, so jesus christ this goddamn rain, will someone put me on a train, i'll never kiss your lips again, or break your heart, as i say goodbye i'll say goodbye, say goodbye to ruby's arms. RUBY'S ARMS i will leave behind all of my clothes, i wore when i was with you, all i need's my railroad boots, and my leather jacket, as i say goodbye to ruby's arms, although my heart is breaking, i will steal away out through your blinds, for soon you will be waking. the morning light has washed your face, and everything is turning blue now, hold on to your pillow case there's nothing i can do now, as i say goodbye to ruby's arms, you'll find another soldier, and i swear to god by christmas, there'll be someone else to hold you. the only thing i'm taking is the scarf off of your clothesline, i'll hurry past your chest of drawers, and your broken window chimes, as i say goodbye i'll say goodbye, say goodbye to ruby's arms. i'll feel my way down the darken hall, and out into the morning, the hobos at the freightyards, have kept their fires burning, so jesus christ this goddamn rain, will someone put me on a train, i'll never kiss your lips again, or break your heart, as i say goodbye i'll say goodbye, say goodbye to ruby's arms. RUSSIAN DANCE (Instrumental) SAN DIEGO SERENADE I never saw the morning 'til I stayed up all night I never saw the sunshine 'til you turned out the light I never saw my hometown until I stayed away too long I never heard the melody, until I needed a song. I never saw the white line, 'til I was leaving you behind I never knew I needed you 'til I was caught up in a bind I never spoke 'I love you' 'til I cursed you in vain, I never felt my heartstrings until I nearly went insane. I never saw the east coast 'til I move to the west I never saw the moonlight until it shone off your breast I never saw your heart 'til someone tried to steal, tried to steal it away I never saw your tears until they rolled down your face. SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU it's too early for the circus, it's too late for the bars, no one's sleepin' but the paperboys, and no one in this town is makin' any noise, but the dogs and the milkmen and me. the girls around here all look like cadillacs, no one likes a stranger here, i'd come home but i'm afraid that you won't take me back, but i'd trade off everything just to have you near. i know i'm irresponsible and i don't behave, and i ruin everything that i do, and i'll probably get arrested when i'm in my grave, but i'll be savin' all my love for you. i paid fifteen dollars for a prostitute, with too much makeup and a broken shoe, but her eyes were just a counterfeit, she tried to gyp me out of it, but you know that i'm still in love you. don't listen to the rumors that you hear about me, cause i ain't as bad as they make me out to be, well i may lose my mind but baby can't you see, that i'll be savin' all my love for you. SEMI SUITE Well you hate those diesels rollin' And those Friday nights out bowlin' When he's off for a twelve hour lay over night You wish you had a dollar For every time he hollered That he's leavin' And he's never comin' back But the curtain laced billow And his hands on your pillow And his trousers are hangin' on the chair You're lyin' through your pain, babe But you're gonna tell him he's your man And you ain't got the courage to leave He tells you that you're on his mind You're the only one he's ever gonna find It's kind a special, understands his complicated soul... But the only place a man can breathe And collect his thoughts is Midnight and flyin' away on the road. But you've packed and unpacked So many times you've lost track And the steam heat is drippin' off the walls But when you hear his engines You're lookin' through the window in the kitchen and you know You're always gonna be there when he calls 'Cause he's a truck drivin' man Stoppin' when he can He's a truck drivin' man Stoppin' when he can SHIVER ME TIMBERS I'm leavin' my fam'ly Leavin' all my friends My body's at home But my heart's in the wind Where the clouds are like headlines On a new front page sky My tears are salt water And the moon's full and high And I know Martin Eden's Gonna be proud of me And many before me Who've been called by the sea To be up in the crow's nest Singin' my say Shiver me Timbers 'Cause I'm a sailin' away And the fog's liftin' And the sand's shiftin' I'm driftin' on out Ol' Captain Ahab He ain't got nothin' on me, now. So swallow me, don't follow me I'm trav'lin' alone Blue water's my daughter 'n I'm gonna skip like a stone So please call my missus Gotta tell her not to cry 'Cause my goodbye is written By the moon in the sky Hey and nobody knows me I can't fathom my stayin' Shiver me timbers 'Cause I'm a sailin' away And the fog's liftin' And the sand's shiftin' I'm driftin' on out Ol' Captain Ahab He ain't got nothin' on me So come and swallow me, follow me I'm trav'lin' alone Blue water's my daughter 'n I'm gonna skip like a stone And I'm leavin' my family Leavin' all my friends My body's at home But my heart's in the wind Where the clouds are like headlines Upon a new front page sky And shiver me timbers 'Cause I'm a sailin' away SHIVER ME TIMBERS I'm leavin' my fam'ly Leavin' all my friends My body's at home But my heart's in the wind Where the clouds are like headlines On a new front page sky My tears are salt water And the moon's full and high And I know Martin Eden's Gonna be proud of me And many before me Who've been called by the sea To be up in the crow's nest Singin' my say Shiver me Timbers 'Cause I'm a sailin' away And the fog's liftin' And the sand's shiftin' I'm driftin' on out Ol' Captain Ahab He ain't got nothin' on me, now. So swallow me, don't follow me I'm trav'lin' alone Blue water's my daughter 'n I'm gonna skip like a stone So please call my missus Gotta tell her not to cry 'Cause my goodbye is written By the moon in the sky Hey and nobody knows me I can't fathom my stayin' Shiver me timbers 'Cause I'm a sailin' away And the fog's liftin' And the sand's shiftin' I'm driftin' on out Ol' Captain Ahab He ain't got nothin' on me So come and swallow me, follow me I'm trav'lin' alone Blue water's my daughter 'n I'm gonna skip like a stone And I'm leavin' my family Leavin' all my friends My body's at home But my heart's in the wind Where the clouds are like headlines Upon a new front page sky And shiver me timbers 'Cause I'm a sailin' away SHORE LEAVE Well with buck shot eyes and a purple heart I rolled down the national stroll and with a big fat paycheck strapped to my hip sack and a shore leave wristwatch underneath my sleeve in a Hong Kong drizzle on Cuban heels I rowed down the gutter to the Blood Bank and I'd left all my papers on the Ticonderoga and was in a bad need of a shave and so I slopped at the corner on cold chow mein and shot billards with a midget until the rain stopped and I bought a long sleeved shirt with horses on the front and some gum and a lighter and a knife and a new deck of cards (with girls on the back) and I sat down and wrote a letter to my wife and I said Baby, I'm so far away from home and I miss my Baby so I can't make it by myself I love you so Well I was pacing myself trying to make it all last squeezing all the life out of a lousy two day pass and I had a cold one at the Dragon with some Filipino floor show and talked baseball with a lieutenant over a Singapore sling and I wondered how the same moon outside over this Chinatown fair could look down on Illinois and find you there and you know I love you Baby and I'm so far away from home and I miss my Baby so I can't make it by myself I love you so Shore Leave... Shore Leave... SHORE LEAVE Well with buck shot eyes and a purple heart I rolled down the national stroll and with a big fat paycheck strapped to my hip sack and a shore leave wristwatch underneath my sleeve in a Hong Kong drizzle on Cuban heels I rowed down the gutter to the Blood Bank and I'd left all my papers on the Ticonderoga and was in a bad need of a shave and so I slopped at the corner on cold chow mein and shot billards with a midget until the rain stopped and I bought a long sleeved shirt with horses on the front and some gum and a lighter and a knife and a new deck of cards (with girls on the back) and I sat down and wrote a letter to my wife and I said Baby, I'm so far away from home and I miss my Baby so I can't make it by myself I love you so Well I was pacing myself trying to make it all last squeezing all the life out of a lousy two day pass and I had a cold one at the Dragon with some Filipino floor show and talked baseball with a lieutenant over a Singapore sling and I wondered how the same moon outside over this Chinatown fair could look down on Illinois and find you there and you know I love you Baby and I'm so far away from home and I miss my Baby so I can't make it by myself I love you so Shore Leave... Shore Leave... SINGAPORE We sail tonight for Singapore We're all as mad as hatters here I've fallen for tawny moor Took off to the land of Nod Drank with all the Chinamen Walked the sewers of Paris I danced along a colored wind Dangled from a rope of sand You must say goodbye to me We sail tonight for Singapore Don't fall asleep while you're ashore Cross your heart and hope to die When you hear the children cry. Let marrow bone and cleaver choose While making feet for children shoes Through the alley Back from Hell When you hear that steeple bell You must say goodbye to me. Wipe him down with gasoline Till his arms are hard and mean, From now on boys this iron boat's your home So heave away boys. We sail tonight for Singapore Take your blankets from the floor Wash your mouth out by the door The whole town is made of iron ore Every witness turns to steam They all become Italian dreams Fill your pockets up with earth Get yourself a dollar's worth Away boys, away, boys, heave away The captain is a one armed dwarf He's throwing dice along the wharf In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is King So take this ring Repeat First Verse SINGAPORE We sail tonight for Singapore We're all as mad as hatters here I've fallen for tawny moor Took off to the land of Nod Drank with all the Chinamen Walked the sewers of Paris I danced along a colored wind Dangled from a rope of sand You must say goodbye to me We sail tonight for Singapore Don't fall asleep while you're ashore Cross your heart and hope to die When you hear the children cry. Let marrow bone and cleaver choose While making feet for children shoes Through the alley Back from Hell When you hear that steeple bell You must say goodbye to me. Wipe him down with gasoline Till his arms are hard and mean, From now on boys this iron boat's your home So heave away boys. We sail tonight for Singapore Take your blankets from the floor Wash your mouth out by the door The whole town is made of iron ore Every witness turns to steam They all become Italian dreams Fill your pockets up with earth Get yourself a dollar's worth Away boys, away, boys, heave away The captain is a one armed dwarf He's throwing dice along the wharf In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is King So take this ring Repeat First Verse SMALL CHANGE (GOT RAINED ON WITH HIS OWN .38) Small Change got rained on with his own thirty eight, And nobody flinched down by the arcade And the marquees weren't weeping, they went stark raving mad, And the cabbies were the only ones that really had it made And his cold trousers were twisted, and the sirens high and shrill, And crumpled in his fist was a five dollar bill And the naked mannequins with their Cheshire grins, And the raconteurs and roustabouts said Buddy, come on in, 'cause 'Cause the dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp Now that Small Change got rained on with his own thirty eight And nobody flinched down by the arcade And the burglar alarm's been disconnected, And the newsmen start to rattle And the cops are telling jokes about some whorehouse in Seattle And the fire hydrants plead the Fifth Amendment And the furniture is bargains galore But the blood is by the jukebox on an old linoleum floor And what a hot rain on Forty Second Street, And now the umbrellas ain't got a chance And the newsboy's a lunatic with stains on his pants, 'cause 'Cause Small Change got rained on with his own thirty eight And no one's gone over to close his eyes And there's a racing form in his pocket, Circled Blue Boots in the third And the cashier at the clothing store didn't say a word As the siren tears the night in half, and someone lost his wallet Well, a surveillance of assailance, it that's what you want to call it And the whores hike up their skirts and fish for drug store prophylactics With their mouths cut just like razor blades and their eyes are like stilettos And her radiator's steaming and her teeth are in a wreck, and nah, She won't let you kiss her, but what the hell do you expect? And the Gypsies are tragic and if you want to buy perfume, Well, they'll bark you down like carneys, sell you Christmas cards in June, but But Small Change got rained on with his own thirty eight And his headstone's a gumball machine, No more chewing gum or baseball cards or overcoats or dreams Someone's hosing down the sidewalk, and he's only in his teens, 'cause 'Cause Small Change got rained on with his own thirty eight And a fistful of dollars can't change that, And someone copped his watch fob, and someone got his ring And the newsboy got his porkpie Stetson hat And the tuberculosis old men at the Nelson wheeze and cough And someone will head south until this whole thing cools off, 'cause 'Cause Small Change got rained on with his own thirty eight, yeah, Small Change got rained on with his own thirty eight SO IT GOES If I was a seagull high in a loof I'd sail to the highest perch on your roof But I ain't no seagull, you know my name And the winds blowin fortune, the winds blowin pain And so it goes, nobody knows How to get to the sky, how to get to the sky If I was a puppy dog in the early dawn I'd make it to your house and sleep on your lawn but I ain'ty no puppydog, you know my name And the wind blows fortune, the wind blows pain And so it goes, nobody knows How to get to the sky, how to get to the sky How to get to the sky, how to get to the sky SO LONG I'LL SEE YA Mamas in the kitchen, Daddies on the phone And nobody knows what's going on But I've got those so long I'll see you cause my Buick's outside waiting blues Well one for the money, two for the show Three to get ready, Tom's gotta go He's got them so long I'll see you cause my Buick's outside waiting blues Well bye bye bye, well bye bye bye Sing bye bye Shooby do bye bye Gotta skeet skat outta here, skeet skat outta here And mamas in the kitchen, daddies on the phone And nobody knows what's going on But I've got those so long I'll see you cause my Buick's outside waiting blues Well Tommy's gotta skeet skat, skeet skat outta here Skeet skat right outta here And one for the money, two for the show Three to get ready, I gotta go Cause I've got them so long I'll see you cause my Buick's outside waiting blues And skeet skat outta here, gonna skeet skat outta here, Gonna skeet skatJoutta here, gonna skeet skat outta here Got so long I'll see you cause my Buick's outside waiting blues Gonna skeet skat outta here, gonna skeet skat outta here, Gonna skeet skatJoutta here, gonna skeet skat outta here I Got solongI'llseeyoucausemyBuick'soutsidewaitingblues SOLDIER'S THINGS Davenports and kettle drums and swallow tail coats table cloths and patent leather shoes bathing suits and bowling balls and clarinets and rings and all this radio really needs is a fuse a tinker, a tailor a soldier's things his rifle, his boots full of rocks and this one is for bravery and this one is for me and everything's a dollar in this box Cuff links and hub caps trophies and paperbacks it's good transportation but the brakes aren't so hot neck tie and boxing gloves this jackknife is rusted you can pound that dent out on the hood a tinker, a tailor a soldier's things his rifle, his boots full of rocks oh and this one is for bravery and this one is for me and everything's a dollar in this box SPARE PARTS I (A NOCTURNAL EMISSION) ( and Chuck E. Weiss) well the damn cracked hard just like a bull whip cause it wasn't takin' no lip from the night before as it shook out the street, the stew bums showed up just like bounced checks, rubbin' their necks and the sky turned the color of Pepto Bismol and the parking lots growled and my old sports coat full of promissory notes and a receipt from a late night motel and the hawk had his whole family out there in the wind, and he's got a message for you to beware cause he be kickin' your ass in, in a cold blooded fashion dishin' out more than a good man can bear I got shoes untied, shirt tail's out, ain't got a ghost of a chance with this old romance just an apartment for rent down the block Ivar Theater with live burlesque and the manager's scowlin', feet on his desk boom boom against the curtain you're still hurtin' and then push came to shove, shove came to biff girls like that just lay you out stiff maybe I'll go to Cleveland or get me a tattoo or somethin', my brother in law's there skid mark tattoo on the asphalt blue was that a Malibu Liz Taylor and Montgomery Clift cumming on to the broads with the same ol' riff. 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Well he came home from the war with a party in his head and an idea for a fireworks display and he knew that he'd be ready with a stainless steel machete and a half a pint of Ballentine's each day and he holed up in room above a hardware store cryin' nothing there but Hollywood tears and he put a spell on some poor little Crutchfield girl and stayed like that for 27 years Well he packed up all his expectations he lit out for California with a flyswatter banjo on his knee with a lucky tiger in his angel hair and benzedrine for getting there they found him in a eucalyptus tree lieutenant got him a canary bird and shaked her head with every word and Chesterfielded moonbeams in a song and he got 20 years for lovin' her from some Oklahoma governor said everything this Doughboy does is wrong Now some say he's doing the obituary mambo and some say he's hanging on the wall perhaps this yarn's the only thing that holds this man together some say he was never here at all Some say they saw him down in Birmingham, sleeping in a boxcar going by and if you think that you can tell a bigger tale I swear to God you'd have to tell a lie... TAKE IT WITH ME Phone's off the hook No one knows where we are It's a long time since I Drank champagne The ocean is blue As blue as your eyes I'm gonna take it with me When I go Old long since gone Now way back when We lived in Coney Island Ain't no good thing Ever dies I'm gonna take it with me When I go Far far away a train Whistle blows Wherever you're goin Wherever you've been Waving good bye at the end Of the day You're up and you're over And you're far away Always for you, and Forever yours It felt just like the old days We fell asleep on Beaula's porch I'm gonna take it with me When I go All broken down by The side of the road I was never more alive or Alone I've worn the faces off All the cards I'm gonna take it with me When I go Children are playing At the end of the day Strangers are singing On our lawn It's got to be more Than flesh and bone All that you're loved Is all you own In a land there's a town And in that town there's A house And in that house There's a woman And in that woman There's a hart I love I'm gonna take it With me when I go I'm gonna take it With me when I go TANGO TILL THEY'RE SORE Well ya play that Tarantella All the hounds they start to roar And the boys all go to hell Then the Cubans hit the floor And they drive along the pipeline They tango till they're sore They take apart their nightmares And they leave them by the door. Let me fall out the window With confetti in my hair Deal out jacks or better On a blanket by the stairs I'll tell you all my secrets But I lie about my past So send me off to bed forever more. Make sure they play my theme song I guess daisies will have to do Just get me to New Orleans And paint shadows on the pews Turn the spit on that pig Kick the drum and let me down Put my clarinet beneath your bed Till I get back in town. Just sure she's all in calico And the color of a doll Wave the flag on cadillac day And a skillet on the wall Cut me a switch or hold you breath Till the sun goes down Write my name on the hood Send me off to another town. Chorus TELEPHONE CALL FROM ISTANBUL All night long on the broken glass livin in a medicine chest mediteromanian hotel back sprawled across a roll top desk the monkey rode the blade on an overhead fan they paint the donkey blue if you pay I got a telephone call from Istanbul my baby's coming home today will you sell me one of those if I shave my head get me out of town is what fireball said never trust a man in a blue trench coat never drive a car when you're dead Saturday's a festival Friday's a gem dye your hair yellow and raise your hem follow me to beulah's on dry creek road I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed take me down to buy a tux on red rose bear got to cut a hole in the day I got a telephone call from Istanbul my baby's coming home today TELEPHONE CALL FROM ISTANBUL All night long on the broken glass livin in a medicine chest mediteromanian hotel back sprawled across a roll top desk the monkey rode the blade on an overhead fan they paint the donkey blue if you pay I got a telephone call from Istanbul my baby's coming home today will you sell me one of those if I shave my head get me out of town is what fireball said never trust a man in a blue trench coat never drive a car when you're dead Saturday's a festival Friday's a gem dye your hair yellow and raise your hem follow me to beulah's on dry creek road I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed take me down to buy a tux on red rose bear got to cut a hole in the day I got a telephone call from Istanbul my baby's coming home today TEMPTATION Rusted brandy in a diamond glass everything is made from dreams time is made from honey slow and sweet only the fools know what it means temptation, temptation, temptation oh, temptation, temptation, I can't resist I know that she is made of smoke but I've lost my wayy she knows that I am broke so that I must play temptation, temptation, temptation oh, whoa, temptation, temptation, I can't resist Dutch pink and Italian blue she is waiting there for you my will has disappeared now my confusions oh so clear temptation, temptation, temptation whoa, whoa, temptation, temptation I can't reisist TEMPTATION Rusted brandy in a diamond glass everything is made from dreams time is made from honey slow and sweet only the fools know what it means temptation, temptation, temptation oh, temptation, temptation, I can't resist I know that she is made of smoke but I've lost my wayy she knows that I am broke so that I must play temptation, temptation, temptation oh, whoa, temptation, temptation, I can't resist Dutch pink and Italian blue she is waiting there for you my will has disappeared now my confusions oh so clear temptation, temptation, temptation whoa, whoa, temptation, temptation I can't reisist THAT FEEL (Keith Richards/) Well there's one thing you can't lose It's that feel Your pants, your shirt, your shoes But not that feel You can throw it out in the rain You can whip it like a dog You can chop it down like an old dead tree You can always see it When you're coming into town Once you hang it on the wall You can never take it down But there's one thing you can't lose ANd it's that feel You can pawn your watch and chain But not that feel It always comes and finds you It will always hear yo ucry I cross my wooden leg And I swear on my glass eye Itt will never leave you high and dry Never leave you loose It's harder to get rid of than tattoos But there's one thing you can't do Is lose that feel You can throw it off a bridge You can lose it in the fire Yo ucan leave it at the altar But it will make you out a liar You can fall down in the street You can leaveit in the lurch Well you say that it's gospel But I know that it's only church And there's one thing you can't lose And it's that feel It's that feel THAT'S THE WAY That's the way the stomach rumbles That's the way the bee bumbles That's the way the needle pricks That's the way the glue sticks That's the way the potato mashes That's the way the pan flashes That's the way the market crashes That's the way the whip lashes That's the way the teeth knashes That's the way the gravy stains That's the way the moon wanes THE BLACK RIDER Come on a long with the Black Rider We'll have a gay old time Lay down in the web of the black spider I'll drink your blood like wine So come on in It ain't no sin Take off your skin And dance around your bones So come along with the Black Rider We'll have a gay old time Anchors away with the Black Rider I'll drink your blood like wine I'll drop you off in Harlem with the Black Rider Out where the bullets shine And when you're done You cock your gun The blood will run Like ribbons in your hair So come along wit hthe Black Rider We'll have a gay old time Come on along with the Black Rider I've got just the thing for thee Come on along with the Black Rider I want your company I'll have the veal A lovely meal That's how I feel May I use your skull for a bowl Come on along with the Black Rider We'll have a gay old time THE BLACK RIDER Come on a long with the Black Rider We'll have a gay old time Lay down in the web of the black spider I'll drink your blood like wine So come on in It ain't no sin Take off your skin And dance around your bones So come along with the Black Rider We'll have a gay old time Anchors away with the Black Rider I'll drink your blood like wine I'll drop you off in Harlem with the Black Rider Out where the bullets shine And when you're done You cock your gun The blood will run Like ribbons in your hair So come along wit hthe Black Rider We'll have a gay old time Come on along with the Black Rider I've got just the thing for thee Come on along with the Black Rider I want your company I'll have the veal A lovely meal That's how I feel May I use your skull for a bowl Come on along with the Black Rider We'll have a gay old time THE BRIAR AND THE ROSE I fell asleep down by the stream And there I had the strangest dream And down by Brennan's Glenn there grows A briar and a rose There's a tree in the forest But I don't know where I built a nest out of your hair And climbing up into the air A briar and a rose I don't know how long it has been But I was born in Brennan's Glenn And near the end of spring there grows A briar and a rose P icked the rose one early morn I pricked my finger on a thorn It had grown so high It's winding wove the briar around the rose I tried to tear them both apart I felt a bullet in my heart And all dressed up in springs and clothes The briar and the rose And when I'm buried in my grave Tell me so I will know Your tears will fall To make love grow The briar and the rose THE GHOSTS OF SATURDAY NIGHT (AFTER HOURS AT NAPOLEONE'S PIZZA HOUSE) A cab combs the snake, Tryin' to rake in that last night's fare, And a solitary sailor Who spends the facts of his life like small change on strangers... Paws his inside P coat pocket for a welcome twenty five cents, And the last bent butt from a package of Kents, As he dreams of a waitress with Maxwell House eyes And marmalade thighs with scrambled yellow hair. Her rhinestone studded moniker says, Irene As she wipes the wisps of dishwater blonde from her eyes And the Texaco beacon burns on, The steel belted attendant with a 'Ring and Valve Special'... Cryin' Fill'er up and check that oil You know it could be a distributor and it could be a coil. The early mornin' final edition's on the stands, And that town cryer's cryin' there with nickels in his hands. Pigs in a blanket sixty nine cents, Eggs roll 'em over and a package of Kents, Adam and Eve on a log, you can sink 'em damn straight, Hash browns, hash browns, you know I can't be late. And the early dawn cracks out a carpet of diamond Across a cash crop car lot filled with twilight Coupe Devilles, Leaving the town in a keeping Of the one who is sweeping Up the ghost of Saturday night... THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER I love the way The tattered clouds Go wind across the sky As summer goes And leave me With a tear in my eye I'm taking out my winter clothes My garden knows what's wrong The petals of my favorite rose Be in the shadows dark and long Through every year It's very clear I should be used To carrying on But I can't be found IN the garden Singing this song When the last Rose of summer is gone THE OCEAN DOESN'T WANT ME The ocean doesn't want me today But I'll be back tomorrow to play And the stranglers will take me Down deep in their brine The mischievous braingels Down into the endless blue wine I'll open my head and let out All of my time I'd love to go drowning And to stay and to stay But the ocean doesn't want me today I'll go in up to here It can't possibly hurt All they will find is my beer And my shirt A rip tide is raging And the life guard is away But the ocean doesn't want me today The ocean doesn't want me today THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Well this gigolo's jumping salty, ain't no trade out on the streets, Half past the unlucky, and the hawk's a front row seat Dressed in full orchestration, stage door Johnny's got to pay, And sent him home talking 'bout the one that got away Could have been on Easy Street, could have been a wheel, With irons in the fire and all them business deals But the last of the big time losers shouted before he drove away, I'll be right back, as soon as I crack the one that got away Well, the ambulance drivers, they don't give a shit, They just want to get off work, and The short stop and the victim are already gone berserk And the shroud tailor measures him for a deep six holiday, The stiff is froze, the case is closed on the one that got away Now Jim Crow's directing traffic with them cemetery blues, With them peculiar looking trousers, them old Italian shoes And a wooden kimono that was all ready to drop in San Francisco Bay But he's mumbling something all about the one that got away And Costello was the champion at the St. Moritz Hotel, And the best this side of Fairfax, reliable sources tell But his reputation is at large, and he's at Ben Frank's every day, Waiting for the one that got away He got a snakeskin sportshirt, and he looks like Vincent Price, With a little piece of chicken, and he's carving off a slice Someone tipped her off, and she'll be doing a Houdini now any day She shook his hustle, and a Greyhound bus'll take the one that got away Well, Andre's at the piano behind the Ivar in the sewers, With a buck a shot for pop tunes, and a fin for guided tours He could a been in Casa Blanca , he stood in line out there all day Now he's spilling whiskey and learning songs about a one that got away Well I've lost my equilibrium and my car keys and my pride, The tattoo parlor's warm, and so I hustle there inside And the grinding off the buzz saw, What you want that thing to say? I says, Just don't misspell her name, buddy, she's the one that got away THE PIANO HAS BEEN DRINKING (NOT ME) The piano has been drinking, my necktie is asleep And the combo went back to New York, the jukebox has to take a leak And the carpet needs a haircut, and the spotlight looks like a prison break And the telephone's out of cigarettes, and the balcony is on the make And the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking... And the menus are all freezing, and the light man's blind in one eye And he can't see out of the other And the piano tuner's got a hearing aid, and he showed up with his mother And the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking As the bouncer is a Sumo wrestler cream puff casper milktoast And the owner is a mental midget with the I.Q. of a fence post 'Cause the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking... And you can't find your waitress with a Geiger counter And she hates you and your friends and you just can't get served without her And the box office is drooling, and the bar stools are on fire And the newspapers were fooling, and the ash trays have retired 'Cause the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking The piano has been drinking, not me, not me, not me, not me, not me TIME Well, the smart money's on Harlow And the moon is in the street The shadow boys are breaking all the laws And you're east of East St. Louis And the wind is making speeches And the rain sounds like a round of applause Napoleon is weeping in the Carnival saloon His invisible fianc is in the mirror The band is going home It's raining hammers, it's raining nails Yes, it's true, there's nothing left for him down here And it's Time Time Time And it's Time Time Time And it's Time Time Time That you love And it's Time Time Time And they all pretend they're Orphans And their memory's like a train You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away And the things you can't remember Tell the things you can't forget that History puts a saint in every dream Well she said she'd steak around Until the bandages came off But these mamas boys just don't know when to quit And Matida asks the sailors are those dreams Or are those prayers So just close your eyes, son And this won't hurt a bit Well, things are pretty lousy for a calendar girl The boys just dive right off the cars And splash into the street And when she's on a roll she pulls a razor From her boot and a thousand Pigeons fall around her feet So put a candle in the window And a kiss upon his lips Till the dish outside the window fills with rain Just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart And play the fiddler off till i come back again Chorus TIME Well, the smart money's on Harlow And the moon is in the street The shadow boys are breaking all the laws And you're east of East St. Louis And the wind is making speeches And the rain sounds like a round of applause Napoleon is weeping in the Carnival saloon His invisible fianc is in the mirror The band is going home It's raining hammers, it's raining nails Yes, it's true, there's nothing left for him down here And it's Time Time Time And it's Time Time Time And it's Time Time Time That you love And it's Time Time Time And they all pretend they're Orphans And their memory's like a train You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away And the things you can't remember Tell the things you can't forget that History puts a saint in every dream Well she said she'd steak around Until the bandages came off But these mamas boys just don't know when to quit And Matida asks the sailors are those dreams Or are those prayers So just close your eyes, son And this won't hurt a bit Well, things are pretty lousy for a calendar girl The boys just dive right off the cars And splash into the street And when she's on a roll she pulls a razor From her boot and a thousand Pigeons fall around her feet So put a candle in the window And a kiss upon his lips Till the dish outside the window fills with rain Just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart And play the fiddler off till i come back again Chorus TIME Well, the smart money's on Harlow And the moon is in the street The shadow boys are breaking all the laws And you're east of East St. Louis And the wind is making speeches And the rain sounds like a round of applause Napoleon is weeping in the Carnival saloon His invisible fianc is in the mirror The band is going home It's raining hammers, it's raining nails Yes, it's true, there's nothing left for him down here And it's Time Time Time And it's Time Time Time And it's Time Time Time That you love And it's Time Time Time And they all pretend they're Orphans And their memory's like a train You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away And the things you can't remember Tell the things you can't forget that History puts a saint in every dream Well she said she'd steak around Until the bandages came off But these mamas boys just don't know when to quit And Matida asks the sailors are those dreams Or are those prayers So just close your eyes, son And this won't hurt a bit Well, things are pretty lousy for a calendar girl The boys just dive right off the cars And splash into the street And when she's on a roll she pulls a razor From her boot and a thousand Pigeons fall around her feet So put a candle in the window And a kiss upon his lips Till the dish outside the window fills with rain Just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart And play the fiddler off till i come back again Chorus TOM TRAUBERT'S BLUES Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did, I've got what I paid for now See you tomorrow, hey Frank, can I borrow a couple of bucks from you To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me I'm an innocent victim of a blinded alley And I'm tired of all these soldiers here No one speaks English, and everything's broken, and my Stacys are soaking wet To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me Now the dogs are barking and the taxi cab's parking A lot they can do for me I begged you to stab me, you tore my shirt open, And I'm down on my knees tonight Old Bushmill's I staggered, you'd bury the dagger In your silhouette window light go To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me Now I lost my Saint Christopher now that I've kissed her And the one armed bandit knows And the maverick Chinamen, and the cold blooded signs, And the girls down by the strip tease shows, go Waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me No, I don't want your sympathy, the fugitives say That the streets aren't for dreaming now And manslaughter dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories, They want a piece of the action anyhow Go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me And you can ask any sailor, and the keys from the jailor, And the old men in wheelchairs know And Mathilda's the defendant, she killed about a hundred, And she follows wherever you may go Waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me And it's a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace, And a wound that will never heal No prima donna, the perfume is on an Old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey And goodnight to the street sweepers, the night watchmen flame keepers And goodnight to Mathilda, too TOWN WITH NO CHEER Well it's hotter 'n blazes and all the long faces there'll be no oasis for a dry local grazier there'll be no refreshment for a thirsty jackaroo from Melbourne to Adelaide on the overlander with newfangled buffet cars and faster locomotives the train stopped in Serviceton less and less often There's nothing sadder than a town with no cheer Voc Rail decided the canteen was no longer necessary there no spirits, no bilgewater and 80 dry locals and the high noon sun beats a hundred and four there's a hummingbird trapped in a closed down shoe store This tiny Victorian rhubarb kept the watering hole open for sixty five years now it's boilin' in a miserable March 21 st wrapped the hills in a blanket of Patterson's curse the train smokes down the xylophone there'll be no stopping here all ya can be is thirsty in a town with no cheer no Bourbon, no Branchwater though the townspeople here fought her Vic Rail decree tooth and nail now it's boilin' in a miserable March 21 st wrapped the hills in a blanket of Patterson's curse the train smokes down the xylophone there'll be no stopping here all ya can be is thirsty in a town with no cheer TRAIN SONG Well I broke down in E. St. Louis On the Kansas City line and I drunk up all my money that I borrowed every time and I fell down at the derby and now the night's black as a crow It was a train that took me away from here but a train can't bring me home What made my dreams so hollow was standing at the depot with a steeple full of swallows that could never ring the bell and I come ten thousand miles away with not one thing to show well it was a train that took me away from here but a train can't bring me home I remember when I left without bothering to pack you know I up and left with just the clothes I had on my back now I'm sorry for what I've done and I'm out here on my own well it was a train that took me away from here but a train can't bring me home TRAIN SONG Well I broke down in E. St. Louis On the Kansas City line and I drunk up all my money that I borrowed every time and I fell down at the derby and now the night's black as a crow It was a train that took me away from here but a train can't bring me home What made my dreams so hollow was standing at the depot with a steeple full of swallows that could never ring the bell and I come ten thousand miles away with not one thing to show well it was a train that took me away from here but a train can't bring me home I remember when I left without bothering to pack you know I up and left with just the clothes I had on my back now I'm sorry for what I've done and I'm out here on my own well it was a train that took me away from here but a train can't bring me home TROUBLE'S BRAIDS Well I pulled on trouble's braids and I hid in the briars out by the quick mud stayin' away from the main roads passin' out wolf tickets downwind from the blood hounds and I pulled on trouble's braids and I lay by a cypress as quiet as a stone 'til the bleeding stopped I blew the weather vane off some old road house I build a fire in the skeleton back seat of an old Tucker and I pulled on trouble's braids I spanked cold red mud where the hornet stung deep and I tossed in the ditch in a restless sleep and I pulled on trouble's braids I hung my rain soaked jacket on some old barbed wire poured cold rusty water on a miserable fire I pulled on trouble's braids the creek was swollen by daybreak and I could just barely see and I floated downstream on an old dead tree and I pulled on trouble's braids I pulled on trouble's braids I pulled on trouble's braids I pulled on trouble's braids UNDERGROUND Rattle Big Black Bones in the Danger zone there's a rumblin' groan down below there's a big dark town it's a place I've found there's a world going on UNDERGROUND they're alive, they're awake while the rest of the world is asleep below the mine shaft roads it will all unfold there's a world going on UNDERGROUND all the roots hang down swing from town to town they are marching around down under your boots all the trucks unload beyond the gopher holes there's a world going on UNDERGROUND UNDERGROUND Rattle Big Black Bones in the Danger zone there's a rumblin' groan down below there's a big dark town it's a place I've found there's a world going on UNDERGROUND they're alive, they're awake while the rest of the world is asleep below the mine shaft roads it will all unfold there's a world going on UNDERGROUND all the roots hang down swing from town to town they are marching around down under your boots all the trucks unload beyond the gopher holes there's a world going on UNDERGROUND UNDERGROUND Rattle Big Black Bones in the Danger zone there's a rumblin' groan down below there's a big dark town it's a place I've found there's a world going on UNDERGROUND they're alive, they're awake while the rest of the world is asleep below the mine shaft roads it will all unfold there's a world going on UNDERGROUND all the roots hang down swing from town to town they are marching around down under your boots all the trucks unload beyond the gopher holes there's a world going on UNDERGROUND UNION SQUARE Well time is always money For the boys at Union Square You can bust your ass till doomsday But don't forget to say your prayers Someone's got a wad on the backstreet. Sacco got a bran' new slack And your baby is handcuffed on the front seat You just sit right there, boy and relax I'm goin' down down down I'm goin' down down down I'm goin' down down down I'm goin' down down down Well they spill out of the Cinema 14 To that drag bar there on the block Best live show by far in the whole east coast With a bank rolled up in your sock She stand right there for your pleasure Half Puerto Rican Chinese Your got to find your baby somebody to measure I'm goin' to get me some of these baby. Four in the mornin' on a Sunday Sacco drinkin' whiskey in church Half pint festival brandy That 'bout to fall right off his perch The guy in the sweaters off duty Out in front on the welfare hotel The guy in the dress is a beauty Go all the way and I swear you never can tell Chorus VIRGINIA AVENUE Well, I'm walking on down Virginia Avenue Trying to find somebody to tell my troubles to. Harold's club is closing, and everybody's going on home: What's a poor boy to do? I'll just get on back into my short, make it back to the fort Sleep off all the crazy lizards inside of my brain. There's got to be some place that's better than this This life I'm leading's driving me insane And let me tell you I'm dreaming... Let me tell you that I'm dreaming to the twilight, this town has got me down. I've seen all the highlights, I've been walking all around I won't make a fuss, I'll take a Greyhound bus, carry me away from here: Tell me, what have I got to lose? 'Cause I'm walking on down Columbus Avenue The bars are all closing, 'cause it's quarter to two Every town I go to is like a lock without a key Those I leave behind are catching up on me, Let me tell you they're catching up on me, they're catching up on me Catching up on me, catching up on me, catching up on me. VIRGINIA AVENUE Well, I'm walking on down Virginia Avenue Trying to find somebody to tell my troubles to. Harold's club is closing, and everybody's going on home: What's a poor boy to do? I'll just get on back into my short, make it back to the fort Sleep off all the crazy lizards inside of my brain. There's got to be some place that's better than this This life I'm leading's driving me insane And let me tell you I'm dreaming... Let me tell you that I'm dreaming to the twilight, this town has got me down. I've seen all the highlights, I've been walking all around I won't make a fuss, I'll take a Greyhound bus, carry me away from here: Tell me, what have I got to lose? 'Cause I'm walking on down Columbus Avenue The bars are all closing, 'cause it's quarter to two Every town I go to is like a lock without a key Those I leave behind are catching up on me, Let me tell you they're catching up on me, they're catching up on me Catching up on me, catching up on me, catching up on me WALKING SPANISH He's got himself a homemade special You know his glass is full of sand And it feels just like a jaybird The way it fits into his hand He rolled a blade up in his trick towel They slap their hands against the wall You never trip, you never stumble He's walking spanish down the hall Slim him a picture of our Jesus Or give him a spoon to dig a hole What all he done ain't no one's business But he'll need blankets for the cold They dim the lights over on Broadway Even the king has bowed his head Every face looks right up at Mason He's walking spanish down the hall Latella's screeching for a blind pig Punk Sander's carved it out of wood He never sang when he got hoodwinked They tried it all but he never would Tomorrow morning there'll be laundry But he'll be somewhere else to hear the call Don't say goodbye he's just leaving early He's walking spanish down the hall All St. Barthelemew said was whispered Into the ear of Blind Jack Dawes All Baker told the machine Was that he never broke the law Go on and tip your hat up to the Pilate Take off your watch, your rings and all Even Jesus wanted just a little more time He's walking spanish down the hall WARM BEER AND COLD WOMEN warm beer and cold women, I just don't fit in every joint I stumbled into tonight that's just how it's been all these double knit strangers with gin and vermouth and recycled stories in the naugahyde booths with the platinum blondes and tobacco brunettes I'll be drinkin' to forget you lite another cigarette and the band's playin' something by Tammy Wynette and the drinks are on me tonight all my conversations I'll just be talkin' about you baby borin' some sailor as I try to get through I just want him to listen that's all you have to do he said I'm better off without you till I showed him my tattoo now the moon's rising ain't got no time to lose time to get down to drinking tell the band to play the blues drink's are on me, I'll buy another round at the last ditch attempt saloon warm beer and cold women, I just don't fit in every joint I stumbled into tonight that's just how it's been all these double knit strangers with gin and vermouth and recycled stories in the naugahyde booths with the platinum blondes and tobacco brunettes I'll be drinking to forget you lite another cigarette and the band's playing somethin' by Johnnie Barnett and the drinks are on me tonight WAY DOWN IN THE HOLE When you walk through the garden you gotta watch your back well I beg your pardon walk the straight and narrow track if you walk with Jesus he's gonna save your soul you gotta keep the devil way down in the hole he's got the fire and the fury at his command well you don't have to worry if you hold on to Jesus hand we'll all be safe from Satan when the thunder rolls just gotta help me keep the devil way down in the hole All the angels sing about Jesus' mighty sword and they'll shield you with their wings and keep you close to the lord don't pay heed to temptation for his hands are so cold you gotta help me keep the devil way down in the hole WAY DOWN IN THE HOLE When you walk through the garden you gotta watch your back well I beg your pardon walk the straight and narrow track if you walk with Jesus he's gonna save your soul you gotta keep the devil way down in the hole he's got the fire and the fury at his command well you don't have to worry if you hold on to Jesus hand we'll all be safe from Satan when the thunder rolls just gotta help me keep the devil way down in the hole All the angels sing about Jesus' mighty sword and they'll shield you with their wings and keep you close to the lord don't pay heed to temptation for his hands are so cold you gotta help me keep the devil way down in the hole WAY DOWN IN THE HOLE When you walk through the garden you gotta watch your back well I beg your pardon walk the straight and narrow track if you walk with Jesus he's gonna save your soul you gotta keep the devil way down in the hole he's got the fire and the fury at his command well you don't have to worry if you hold on to Jesus hand we'll all be safe from Satan when the thunder rolls just gotta help me keep the devil way down in the hole All the angels sing about Jesus' mighty sword and they'll shield you with their wings and keep you close to the lord don't pay heed to temptation for his hands are so cold you gotta help me keep the devil way down in the hole WHEN YOU AIN'T GOT NOBODY Well when you ain't got nobody, anybody looks nice Don't take much to make you stop and look twice And it's either feast or famine, I've found out that it's true And I'm hungry as a bull dog, baby how about you And when you ain't got no big mama, all the mamas look hot And when lovin' is you weakness, your just bound to get caught And the story never changes, history tells it so plain And I'll be your Dick, honey, if you'll just be my Jane And when you ain't got nobody, anybody looks nice It don't take much to make you stop and look twice And it's either feast or famine, I've found out that it's true And I'm hungry as a bull dog, baby how about you, baby how about you WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND () I've grown up here now All of my life But I dreamed Someday I'd go Where blue eyed girls And red guitars and Naked rivers flow I'm not all I thought I'd be I always stayed around I've been as far as Mercy and Grand Frozen to the ground I can't stay here and I'm scared to leave (Just kiss me once and then) I'll go to hell I might as well Be whistlin' down the wind The bus at the corner The clock's on the wall Broken windmill There's no wind at all I've yelled and I cursed If i stay here I'll rust I'm stuck like a shipwreck Out here in the dust Sky is red And there world's on fire And the corn is taller than me The dog is tied To a wagon of rain And the road is as wet as the sea And sometimes the music from a dance Will carry across the plains And the places that I'm dreaming of Do they dream only of me? There are places where they never sleep And the circus never ends So I will take the Marley Bone Coach And whistle down the wind WHISTLIN' PAST THE GRAVEYARD well i come in on a night train with an arm full of box cars on the wings of a magpie cross a hooligan night and i busted up a chifforobe way out by the cocomo cooked up a mess a mulligan and got into a fight whistlin' past the graveyard steppin' on a crack i'm a mean motherhubbard papa one eyes jack you probably seen me sleepin' out by the railroad tracks go on and ask the prince of darkness what about all thet smoke come from the stack sometimes i kill myself a jackel suck out all the blood steal myself a stationwagon drivin' through the mud whistlin' past the graveyard steppin' on a crack i'm mean motherhubbard papa one eyed jack i know you seen my headlights and the honkin' of my horn i'm callin' out my bloodhounds chase the devil through the corn last night i chugged the mississippi now that suckers dry as a bone born in a taxi cab i'm never comin' home whistlin' past the graveyard steppin' on a crack i'm mean motherhubbard papa one eyed jack myeyes have seen the glory of the drainin' og the ditch i only come to baton rouge to find myself a witch i'm ona snatch me up a couple of em every time itrains you see a locomotive probably thinkin' its a train whistlin' past the graveyard steppin' on a crack i'm a mean motherhubbard papa one eyed jack what you think is the sunshine is just a twinkle in my eye that ring around my fingers just the 4th of july when i get a little bit lonesome and a tear falls from my check theres gonna be an ocean in the middle of the week whistlin' past the graveyard steppin' on a crack i'm mean motherhubbard papa one eyed jack i rode into town on a night train with an arm full of box cars on the wings of a magpie cross a hooligan night i'm ona tear me off a rainbow and wear it for a tie i never told the truth so i can never tell a lie whistlin' past the graveyard steppin' on a crack i'm mean motherhubbard papa one eyed jack WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD put a dead cat on the railraod tracks when the wolf bains blooming by the tressel and get the eyeball of a rooster and the stones from a ditch and wash em down with bilge water and say you'll never snitch take the buttons from a yellow jacket the feather from a buzzard and the blood from the bounty hunters cold black heart catch the tears of a window in a thimble made ofglass tell your mamaand your papa theycan kiss your ass poison all the water in the wishin' well and hang all them scarecrows from a sycamore tree burn down all those honeymoons put em in a pillow case and wait next to the switch blades at the amusements park for me strangle all the cristmas carols scratch out all you prayers tie em up with barbed wire and push them down the stairs and i'll whittle you a pistol for reepin' nightmares off the blinds those sunsabitches always seem to sneak up from behind syphom all the gas from your daddys pickup truck fill up jonnys t bird i got a couple bucks put on little perfume and ribbon in your hair careful that you don't wake up the hounds tear a bolt of lightning off the side of the sky and throw in the cedar chest if you want me to tell you why bring the gear shift knob from a 49 mere and lay down here beside me let me hold you in the dirt and you'll tremble as the flames tear the throat out of the night sink your teeth into my shoulder dig your nails into my back tell that lettle girl to let go of my sleeve you'll be awoman when i catch you as you faqll in love with me then with my double barrel shotgun and a whole box of shells we'll celebrate the 4 of july we'll do 100 mph spendin' someone elses dough and we'll drive all the way to reno on the wrong side of the road YESTERDAY IS HERE If you want money in your pocket and a top hat on your head a hot meal on your table and a blanket on your bed well today is grey skies tomorrow is tears you'll have to wait til yesterday is here Well I'm going to New York City and I'm leaving on a train and if you want to stay behind and wait til I come back again well today is grey skies tomorrow is tears you'll have to wait til yesterday is here If you want to go where the rainbows end you'll have to say goodbye all our dreams come true baby up ahead and it's out where your memories lie well the road's out before me and the moon is shining bright what I want you to remember as I disappear tonight today is grey skies tomorrow's tears you'll have to wait til yesterday is here YESTERDAY IS HERE If you want money in your pocket and a top hat on your head a hot meal on your table and a blanket on your bed well today is grey skies tomorrow is tears you'll have to wait til yesterday is here Well I'm going to New York City and I'm leaving on a train and if you want to stay behind and wait til I come back again well today is grey skies tomorrow is tears you'll have to wait til yesterday is here If you want to go where the rainbows end you'll have to say goodbye all our dreams come true baby up ahead and it's out where your memories lie well the road's out before me and the moon is shining bright what I want you to remember as I disappear tonight today is grey skies tomorrow's tears you'll have to wait til yesterday is here 10,000 MEN Ten thousand men on a hill, Ten thousand men on a hill, Some of 'm goin' down, some of 'm gonna get killed. Ten thousand men dressed in oxford blue, Ten thousand men dressed in oxford blue, Drummin' in the morning, in the evening they'll be coming for you. Ten thousand men on the move, Ten thousand men on the move, None of them doing nothin' that your mama wouldn't disapprove. Ten thousand men digging for silver and gold, Ten thousand men digging for silver and gold, All clean shaven, all coming in from the cold. Hey! Who could your lover be? Hey! Who could your lover be? Let me eat off his head so you can really see! Ten thousand women all dressed in white, Ten thousand women all dressed in white, Standin' at my window wishing me goodnight. Ten thousand men looking so lean and frail, Ten thousand men looking so lean and frail, Each one of 'em got seven wives, each one of 'em just out of jail. Ten thousand women all sweepin' my room, Ten thousand women all sweepin' my room, Spilling my buttermilk, sweeping it up with a broom. Ooh, baby, thank you for my tea! Baby, thank you for my tea! It's so sweet of you to be so nice to me. 2 X 2 One by one, they followed the sun, One by one, until there were none. Two by two, to their lovers they flew, Two by two, into the foggy dew. Three by three, they danced on the sea, Four by four, they danced on the shore, Five by five, they tried to survive, Six by six, they were playing with tricks. Bridge 1: How many paths did they try and fail? How many of their brothers and sisters lingered in jail? How much poison did they inhale? How many black cats crossed their trail? Seven by seven, they headed for heaven, Eight by eight, they got to the gate, Nine by nine, they drank the wine, Ten by ten, they drank again. Bridge 2: How many tomorrow's have are they given away? How many compared to yesterday? How many more without any reward? How many more can they afford? Two by two, they stepped into the ark, Two by two, they step in the dark. Three by three, they're turning the key, Four by four, they turn it some more, One by one, they follow the sun, Two by two, to another rendezvous. 4TH TIME AROUND When she said, Don't waste your words, they're just lies, I cried she was deaf. And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes, Then said, What else you got left? It was then that I got up to leave But she said, Don't forget, Everybody must give something back For something they get. I stood there and hummed, I tapped on her drum and asked her how come. And she buttoned her boot, And straightened her suit, Then she said, Don't get cute. So I forced my hands in my pockets And felt with my thumbs, And gallantly handed her My very last piece of gum. She threw me outside, I stood in the dirt where ev'ryone walked. And after finding I'd Forgotten my shirt, I went back and knocked. I waited in the hallway, she went to get it, And I tried to make sense Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair That leaned up against . . . Her Jamaican rum And when she did come, I asked her for some. She said, No, dear. I said, Your words aren't clear, You'd better spit out your gum. She screamed till her face got so red Then she fell on the floor, And I covered her up and then Thought I'd go look through her drawer. And, when I was through I filled up my shoe And brought it to you. And you, you took me in, You loved me then You didn't waste time. And I, I never took much, I never asked for your crutch. Now don't ask for mine. 4TH TIME AROUND When she said, Don't waste your words, they're just lies, I cried she was deaf. And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes, Then said, What else you got left? It was then that I got up to leave But she said, Don't forget, Everybody must give something back For something they get. I stood there and hummed, I tapped on her drum and asked her how come. And she buttoned her boot, And straightened her suit, Then she said, Don't get cute. So I forced my hands in my pockets And felt with my thumbs, And gallantly handed her My very last piece of gum. She threw me outside, I stood in the dirt where ev'ryone walked. And after finding I'd Forgotten my shirt, I went back and knocked. I waited in the hallway, she went to get it, And I tried to make sense Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair That leaned up against . . . Her Jamaican rum And when she did come, I asked her for some. She said, No, dear. I said, Your words aren't clear, You'd better spit out your gum. She screamed till her face got so red Then she fell on the floor, And I covered her up and then Thought I'd go look through her drawer. And, when I was through I filled up my shoe And brought it to you. And you, you took me in, You loved me then You didn't waste time. And I, I never took much, I never asked for your crutch. Now don't ask for mine. A FOOL SUCH AS I Now and then there's a fool such as I Pardon me if I'm sentimental, came to say goodbye Don't be angry, don't be angry with me, should I cry When you are gone, I will dream a little dream as years go by Now and then there is a fool, a fool such as I. Now and then there's a fool such as I am over you You taught me how to love and now you happened to be untrue I am a fool but I love you, dear, yes I will until the day I die. Now and then there is a fool, a fool such as I. Pardon me if I'm sentimental, came to say goodbye Don't be angry, don't be angry with me, should I cry When you are gone, when you are gone, I will dream a little I will dream as years go by Now and then, now and then there is a fool, a fool such as I. Now and then there's a fool, a fool such as I am over you You taught me how to love and now you say that we are through I am a fool, yes, but I love you dear, I will love you dear Till the day, till the day I die Now and then, now and then there is a fool, a fool such as I. Now and then there is a fool, a fool such as I. Now and then there is a fool, a fool such as I. A HARD RAIN'S A GONNA FALL Oh, where have you been, my blue eyed son? Oh, where have you been, my darling young one? I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains, I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways, I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests, I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans, I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard, And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard, And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall. Oh, what did you see, my blue eyed son? Oh, what did you see, my darling young one? I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it, I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin', I saw a room full of men with their hammers a bleedin', I saw a white ladder all covered with water, I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken, I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children, And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall. And what did you hear, my blue eyed son? And what did you hear, my darling young one? I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin', Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world, Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a blazin', Heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin', Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin', Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter, Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley, And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall. Oh, who did you meet, my blue eyed son? Who did you meet, my darling young one? I met a young child beside a dead pony, I met a white man who walked a black dog, I met a young woman whose body was burning, I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow, I met one man who was wounded in love, I met another man who was wounded with hatred, And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a gonna fall. Oh, what'll you do now, my blue eyed son? Oh, what'll you do now, my darling young one? I'm a goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a fallin', I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest, Where the people are many and their hands are all empty, Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters, Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison, Where the executioner's face is always well hidden, Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten, Where black is the color, where none is the number, And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it, And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it, Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin', But I'll know my song well before I start singin', And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a gonna fall. A HARD RAIN'S A GONNA FALL Oh, where have you been, my blue eyed son? Oh, where have you been, my darling young one? I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains, I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways, I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests, I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans, I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard, And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard, And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall. Oh, what did you see, my blue eyed son? Oh, what did you see, my darling young one? I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it, I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin', I saw a room full of men with their hammers a bleedin', I saw a white ladder all covered with water, I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken, I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children, And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall. And what did you hear, my blue eyed son? And what did you hear, my darling young one? I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin', Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world, Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a blazin', Heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin', Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin', Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter, Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley, And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall. Oh, who did you meet, my blue eyed son? Who did you meet, my darling young one? I met a young child beside a dead pony, I met a white man who walked a black dog, I met a young woman whose body was burning, I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow, I met one man who was wounded in love, I met another man who was wounded with hatred, And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a gonna fall. Oh, what'll you do now, my blue eyed son? Oh, what'll you do now, my darling young one? I'm a goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a fallin', I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest, Where the people are many and their hands are all empty, Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters, Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison, Where the executioner's face is always well hidden, Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten, Where black is the color, where none is the number, And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it, And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it, Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin', But I'll know my song well before I start singin', And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a gonna fall. A HARD RAIN'S A GONNA FALL Oh, where have you been, my blue eyed son? Oh, where have you been, my darling young one? I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains, I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways, I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests, I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans, I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard, And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard, And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall. Oh, what did you see, my blue eyed son? Oh, what did you see, my darling young one? I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it, I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin', I saw a room full of men with their hammers a bleedin', I saw a white ladder all covered with water, I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken, I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children, And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall. And what did you hear, my blue eyed son? And what did you hear, my darling young one? I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin', Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world, Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a blazin', Heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin', Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin', Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter, Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley, And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall. Oh, who did you meet, my blue eyed son? Who did you meet, my darling young one? I met a young child beside a dead pony, I met a white man who walked a black dog, I met a young woman whose body was burning, I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow, I met one man who was wounded in love, I met another man who was wounded with hatred, And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a gonna fall. Oh, what'll you do now, my blue eyed son? Oh, what'll you do now, my darling young one? I'm a goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a fallin', I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest, Where the people are many and their hands are all empty, Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters, Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison, Where the executioner's face is always well hidden, Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten, Where black is the color, where none is the number, And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it, And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it, Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin', But I'll know my song well before I start singin', And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a gonna fall. A SATISFIED MIND How many times have you heard someone say If I had his money I'd do things my way Hmm, but little they know Hmm, it's so hard to find One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind. Hmm, once I was wadding in fortune and fame Everything that I dreamed of to get a start in lifes game But suddenly it happened Hmm, I lost every dime But I'm richer by far with a satisfied mind. Hmm, when my life is over and my time has run out My friends and my love ones I'll leave there ain't no doubt But one thing for certain When it comes my time I'll leave this old world with a satisfied mind. ABANDONED LOVE I can hear the turning of the key I've been deceived by the clown inside of me. I thought that he was righteous but he's vain Oh, something's a telling me I wear the ball and chain. My patron saint is a fighting with a ghost He's always off somewhere when I need him most. The Spanish moon is rising on the hill But my heart is a tellin' me I love ya still. I come back to the town from the flaming moon I see you in the streets, I begin to swoon. I love to see you dress before the mirror Won't you let me in your room one time 'fore I finally disappear? Everybody's wearing a disguise To hide what they've got left behind their eyes. But me, I can't cover what I am Wherever the children go I'll follow them. I march in the parade of liberty But as long as I love you I'm not free. How long must I suffer such abuse Won't you let me see you smile one time before I turn you loose? I've given up the game, I've got to leave, The pot of gold is only make believe. The treasure can't be found by men who search Whose gods are dead and whose queens are in the church. We sat in an empty theater and we kissed, I asked ya please to cross me off a your list. My head tells me it's time to make a change But my heart is telling me I love ya but you're strange. One more time at midnight, near the wall Take off your heavy make up and your shawl. Won't you descend from the throne, from where you sit? Let me feel your love one more time before I abandon it. ABSOLUTELY SWEET MARIE Well, your railroad gate, you know I just can't jump it Sometimes it gets so hard, you see I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet With all these promises you left for me But where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Well, I waited for you when I was half sick Yes, I waited for you when you hated me Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic When you knew I had some other place to be Now, where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately. Well, six white horses that you did promise Were fin'lly delivered down to the penitentiary But to live outside the law, you must be honest I know you always say that you agree But where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Well, I don't know how it happened But the river boat captain, he knows my fate But ev'rybody else, even yourself They're just gonna have to wait. Well, I got the fever down in my pockets The Persian drunkard, he follows me Yes, I can take him to your house but I can't unlock it You see, you forgot to leave me with the key Oh, where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Now, I been in jail when all my mail showed That a man can't give his address out to bad company And now I stand here lookin' at your yellow railroad In the ruins of your balcony Wond'ring where you are tonight, sweet Marie. ABSOLUTELY SWEET MARIE Well, your railroad gate, you know I just can't jump it Sometimes it gets so hard, you see I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet With all these promises you left for me But where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Well, I waited for you when I was half sick Yes, I waited for you when you hated me Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic When you knew I had some other place to be Now, where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately. Well, six white horses that you did promise Were fin'lly delivered down to the penitentiary But to live outside the law, you must be honest I know you always say that you agree But where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Well, I don't know how it happened But the river boat captain, he knows my fate But ev'rybody else, even yourself They're just gonna have to wait. Well, I got the fever down in my pockets The Persian drunkard, he follows me Yes, I can take him to your house but I can't unlock it You see, you forgot to leave me with the key Oh, where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Now, I been in jail when all my mail showed That a man can't give his address out to bad company And now I stand here lookin' at your yellow railroad In the ruins of your balcony Wond'ring where you are tonight, sweet Marie. AIN'T NO MORE CANE Ain't no more cane on the Brazos Oh, oh, oh, oh... Its all been ground down to molasses Oh, oh oh, oh oh... You shoulda been on the river in 1910 They were driving the women just like they drove the men. Go down Old Hannah, don'cha rise no more Don't you rise up til Judgment Day's for sure Ain't no more cane on the Brazos Its all been ground down to molasses Captain, don't you do me like you done poor old Shine Well ya drove that bully til he went stone blind Wake up on a lifetime, hold up your own head Well you may get a pardon and then you might drop dead Ain't no more cane on the Brazos Its all been ground down to molasses. ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief, There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief. Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line know what any of it is worth. No reason to get excited, the thief, he kindly spoke, There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late. All along the watchtower, princes kept the view While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl. ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief, There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief. Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line know what any of it is worth. No reason to get excited, the thief, he kindly spoke, There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late. All along the watchtower, princes kept the view While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl. ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief, There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief. Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line know what any of it is worth. No reason to get excited, the thief, he kindly spoke, There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late. All along the watchtower, princes kept the view While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl. ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief, There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief. Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line know what any of it is worth. No reason to get excited, the thief, he kindly spoke, There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late. All along the watchtower, princes kept the view While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief, There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief. Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line know what any of it is worth. No reason to get excited, the thief, he kindly spoke, There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late. All along the watchtower, princes kept the view While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl. ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief, There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief. Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line know what any of it is worth. No reason to get excited, the thief, he kindly spoke, There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late. All along the watchtower, princes kept the view While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl. ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief, There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief. Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line know what any of it is worth. No reason to get excited, the thief, he kindly spoke, There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late. All along the watchtower, princes kept the view While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl. ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief, There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief. Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line know what any of it is worth. No reason to get excited, the thief, he kindly spoke, There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late. All along the watchtower, princes kept the view While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl. ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief, There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief. Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line know what any of it is worth. No reason to get excited, the thief, he kindly spoke, There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late. All along the watchtower, princes kept the view While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl. ALL I REALLY WANT TO DO I ain't lookin' to compete with you, Beat or cheat or mistreat you, Simplify you, classify you, Deny, defy or crucify you. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. No, and I ain't lookin' to fight with you, Frighten you or uptighten you, Drag you down or drain you down, Chain you down or bring you down. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. I ain't lookin' to block you up Shock or knock or lock you up, Analyze you, categorize you, Finalize you or advertise you. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. I don't want to straight face you, Race or chase you, track or trace you, Or disgrace you or displace you, Or define you or confine you. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. I don't want to meet your kin, Make you spin or do you in, Or select you or dissect you, Or inspect you or reject you. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. I don't want to fake you out, Take or shake or forsake you out, I ain't lookin' for you to feel like me, See like me or be like me. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. ALL I REALLY WANT TO DO I ain't lookin' to compete with you, Beat or cheat or mistreat you, Simplify you, classify you, Deny, defy or crucify you. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. No, and I ain't lookin' to fight with you, Frighten you or uptighten you, Drag you down or drain you down, Chain you down or bring you down. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. I ain't lookin' to block you up Shock or knock or lock you up, Analyze you, categorize you, Finalize you or advertise you. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. I don't want to straight face you, Race or chase you, track or trace you, Or disgrace you or displace you, Or define you or confine you. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. I don't want to meet your kin, Make you spin or do you in, Or select you or dissect you, Or inspect you or reject you. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. I don't want to fake you out, Take or shake or forsake you out, I ain't lookin' for you to feel like me, See like me or be like me. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. ALL I REALLY WANT TO DO I ain't lookin' to compete with you, Beat or cheat or mistreat you, Simplify you, classify you, Deny, defy or crucify you. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. No, and I ain't lookin' to fight with you, Frighten you or uptighten you, Drag you down or drain you down, Chain you down or bring you down. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. I ain't lookin' to block you up Shock or knock or lock you up, Analyze you, categorize you, Finalize you or advertise you. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. I don't want to straight face you, Race or chase you, track or trace you, Or disgrace you or displace you, Or define you or confine you. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. I don't want to meet your kin, Make you spin or do you in, Or select you or dissect you, Or inspect you or reject you. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. I don't want to fake you out, Take or shake or forsake you out, I ain't lookin' for you to feel like me, See like me or be like me. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. ALL THE TIRED HORSES All the tired horses in the sun How'm I supposed to get any ridin' done? Hmm. ANGELINA Well, it's always been my nature to take chances My right hand drawing back while my left hand advances Where the current is strong and the monkey dances To the tune of a concertina Blood dryin' in my yellow hair as I go from shore to shore I know what it is that has drawn me to your door But whatever it could be, makes you think you've seen me before Angelina Oh, Angelina. Oh, Angelina His eyes were two slits that would make a snake proud With a face that any painter would paint as he walked through the crowd Worshipping a god with the body of a woman well endowed And the head of a hyena Do I need your permission to turn the other cheek? If you can read my mind, why must I speak? No, I have heard nothing about the man that you seek Angelina Oh, Angelina. Oh, Angelina In the valley of the giants where the stars and stripes explode The peaches they were sweet and the milk and honey flowed I was only following instructions when the judge sent me down the road With your subpoena When you cease to exist, then who will you blame? I've tried my best to love you, but I cannot play this game Your best friend and my worst enemy is one and the same Angelina Oh, Angelina. Oh, Angelina There's a black Mercedes rollin' through the combat zone Your servants are half dead; you're down to the bone Tell me, tall man, where would you like to be overthrown Maybe down in Jerusalem or Argentina? She was stolen from her mother when she was three days old Now her vengeance has been satisfied and her possessions have been sold He's surrounded by God's angels and she's wearin' a blindfold And so are you, Angelina Oh, Angelina. Oh, Angelina I see pieces of men marching; trying to take heaven by force I can see the unknown rider, I can see the pale white horse In God's truth tell me what you want, and you'll have it of course Just step into the arena Beat a path of retreat up them spir