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Remember this \\ \\ \\ \\ before you try to pass it off as your own. // // // // Accuracy is not 100% guaranteed. \\ \\ * * * * *****zap!**********************************************************zap!**** "The Rain Song" by Led Zeppelin This is the springtime of my loving- the second season I am to know You are the sunlight in my growing- so little warmth I felt before. It isn't hard to feel me glowing- I watched the fire that grew so low. It is the summer of my smiles- flee from me Keepers of the Gloom. Speak to me only with your eyes it is to you I give this tune. It isn't hard to recognise- these things are clear to all from time to time. Talk Talk- I felt the coldness of my winter I never thought it would ever go I cursed the gloom that set upon us but I know that I love you so but I know that I love you so. These are the seasons of emotion And like the winds they rise and fall This is the wonder of devotion- I see the torch we all must hold. This is the mystery of the quotient- Upon us all a little rain must fall. "Walking In My Shoes" by Depeche Mode I would tell you about the things they put me through The pain I've been subjected to But the Lord himself would blush The countless feasts laid at my feet Forbidden fruits for me to eat But I think your pulse would start to rush Now I'm not looking for absolution Forgiveness for the things I do But before you come to any conclusions Try walking in my shoes Try walking in my shoes You'll stumble in my footsteps Keep the same appointments I kept If you try walking in my shoes If you try walking in my shoes Morality would frown upon Decency look down upon The scapegoat fate's made of me But I promise now, my judge and jurors My intentions couldn't have been purer My case is easy to see I'm not looking for a clearer conscience Peace of mind after what I've been through And before we talk of any repentance Try walking in my shoes Try walking in my shoes You'll stumble in my footsteps Keep the same appointments I kept If you try walking in my shoes If you try walking in my shoes Try walking in my shoes Now I'm not looking for absolution Forgiveness for the things I do But before you come to any conclusions Try walking in my shoes Try walking in my shoes You'll stumble in my footsteps Keep the same appointments I kept If you try walking in my shoes You'll stumble in my footsteps Keep the same appointments I kept If you try walking in my shoes Try walking in my shoes If you try walking in my shoes Try walking in my shoes "In the Ghetto" by Elvis Presley As the snow flies On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' A poor little baby child is born In the ghetto And his mama cries 'cause if there's one thing that she don't need it's another hungry mouth to feed In the ghetto People, don't you understand the child needs a helping hand or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day Take a look at you and me, are we too blind to see, do we simply turn our heads and look the other way Well the world turns and a hungry little boy with a runny nose plays in the street as the cold wind blows In the ghetto And his hunger burns so he starts to roam the streets at night and he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight In the ghetto Then one night in desperation a young man breaks away He buys a gun, steals a car, tries to run, but he don't get far And his mama cries As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man face down on the street with a gun in his hand In the ghetto As her young man dies, on a cold and gray Chicago mornin', another little baby child is born In the ghetto "Killer's Lullaby" by Faithless I'm sittin at a coffee table unable to see straight Watchin parallel lines unwind and undulate Behind the main street window pane the scene's bleak; another train leavin' home, conceding defeat with a low moan. Hangin' in a sky made of stone Everybody's leavin' home I called my man Jerome To come meet me in the Twilight Zone Leave your mobile phone at home and come alone. I bought him coffee and a snack settled back, started speakin'; he was tweakin' with the peak of his cap while I'm seekin' to discover what it takes to stay sober not cover my mistakes try to maybe make sense of the evidence, it's over. She's gone for good. Why should I lie? Singin' a killer's lullaby. Identified by the dying ring of her goodbye; the last thing ya hear before ya life disappear. "Is it better when you see her?" Nah, it just gets worse. Like my stomach'll burst Feel like I been cursed With seven centuries of bitter memories; Inadequacies of previous he's and she's I'm movin' round this old house for the last time Singin' my past crimes Been here for lifetimes Hearin' the chimes of the old clock we used to mock we got eternity for takin' stock; This place is like a padlock. You look shocked; Trust me. Nothin' ever moves but the dust There's just us And I'm here to torment and tease and that's how it was for centuries Me and my memories til you bought the keys, took a couple Saturdays An' moved in, runnin' from tragedies and boozin' Seven hundred years since I came here You appear, same hair, same quizzical stare I couldn't get near And the sheer frustration was more than I could bear. I was really cursed Thought I'd been through the worst part That was just the first part Just the start Every night, I'd been sittin' with drink Prickin' my heart In case the man she'd been chasin' Gets to first base'n I just can't escape I'm in bad shape You makin' love to someone else is more than I can take And so I make all the movement I can, to no avail Scream and yell Sinkin' deeper into my personal hell. I'm gettin' heated, I'm sorry. Have another coffee-- I needed to release my sparrow chest from just a piece of this pressure Unless an escape route is found I'm goin' down underground Into lifetimes of pain, it's absurd; The heaviest chain is contained in the sound of one word. So I'm referred back to hell. Just as well; I hate needles and get twinges at the thought of syringes. J, I'm goin' insane with shame I dream I watch her makin' love over and over again With what I call a farmer's swine: Unintelligent, Pea-brained retard, whose dick is always hard Oh god. Of course I'm jealous, fella's oversexed, flexin' his pecs Jesus, what's he gonna make her do next? I'm mad vexed. The way she gently scratches his chest. Used to do that to me, back in 1253. Pity me, while you lie with your lover. I stare and suffer in despair While you ruffle his hair Unaware of who else is there. I move quick, I'm gonna try my trick one last time You know it's possible to vaguely define my outline When dust move in the sunshine. So I'm tryin' to change; vibrate myself to near human pitch Which remind me how I used to come unstitched And switch round the house in a blind rage It took years and an ocean of tears to find the key to this cage advance another stage into a new age (huh.) it's difficult to gauge but I know that I'll see you again, on that you may depend. I just don't know how or when. She's gone, my lost lover. Jerome took me home under steel skies Knowing I'm prone to dramatize But unknown for telling lies And what I verbalize, he can see behind my eyes. But why oh why do I identify killer lullabies and he surmised. No surprise, couldn't hear that close my eyes as he steers that old black BM(W?) home again, not knowin' how or not knowin' when. "Synchronicity II" by The Police Another suburban family morning Grandmother screaming at the wall We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies We can't hear anything at all Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration But we know all her suicides are fake, Daddy only stares into the distance There's only so much more that he can take Many miles away something crawls from the slime at the Bottom of a dark Scottish lake Another industrial ugly morning The factory belches filth into the sky He walks unhindered through the picket lines today, He doesn't think to wonder why The secretaries pout and preen like cheap tarts in a red light street, But all he ever thinks to do is watch, And every single meeting with his so-called superior Is a humiliating kick in the crotch Many miles away something crawls to the surface of a dark Scottish lake Another working day has ended Only the rush hour hell to face Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes Contestants in a suicidal race Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance He knows that something somewhere has to break He sees the family home now looming in the headlights The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake Many miles away... Many miles away... "Institutionalized" by Suicidal Tendencies Sometimes I try to do things, and it just doesn't work out the way i want it to and I get real frustrated, and like, I try hard to do it and I take my time and it just doesn't work out the way I want it to, it's like I concentrate on it real hard, and it just doesn't work out, and everything I do and everything I try it never turns out, it's like I need time to figure these things out, there's always someone there going, hey mike, you know, we been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately, you know, maybe get away, and like, maybe you should talk about it, you'd feel a lot better, I go no, it's ok, you know, I'll figure it out, just leave me alone I'll figure it out, you know, I'll just work it out myself, and they go, well you know, if you wanna talk about it I'll be here you know, and you'll probably feel a lot better if you talk about it, so why don't you talk about it, I go, no, I don't want to, I'm ok, I'll figure it out myself, but they just keep bugging me and they just keep bugging me, 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 like just staring at the wall thinking about everything but then again I was thinking about nothing, and then my mom comes in and I didn't even know 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, and she goes what's the matter with you? I go there's nothing wrong mom, and she goes don't give me that, you're on drugs, I go no mom, I'm not on drugs, I'm ok, I'm just thinking, why don't you get me a Pepsi? 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 get 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 a chair and they sat down, they go, mike, we need to talk to you, I go okay, what's the matter? They go me and your mom, we been noticing lately you've been having a lot of problems, and you've been going out for no reason, and we're afraid that you're going to hurt somebody, and we're afraid 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 go, wait, what are you talking about, we decided? my best interest? How do you know what MY best interest is? How can you say what MY best interest is? What are you trying to say? That 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, I'll probably get hit by a car anyway. "The Stars of Track and Field" by Belle and Sebastian make a new cult every day to suit your affairs kissing girls in english at the back of the stairs you're a honey, with a following of innocent boys they never know it because you never show it you always get your way they never know it because you enver know it you always get your way have you and her been taking pictures of your obsessions? because i met a kid who went through one of your sessions in his blue velour and silk you liberated a boy i never rated and now he's throwing discus for Liverpool and Widnes you liberated a boy i never rated and now he's doing business the stars of track and field, you are the stars of track and field, you are the stars of track and field are beautiful people could i write a piece about you now that you've made it? about the hours spent, the emptiness in your training you only did it so that you could wear your terry underwear and feel the city air run past your body could i write a requiem for you when you're dead? "she had the moves, she had the speed, it went to her head" she never needed anyone to get her round the track but when she's on her back she had the knowledge to get her into college "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John When are you gonna come down When are you going to land I should have stayed on the farm I should have listened to my old man You know you can't hold me forever I didn't sign up with you I'm not a present for your friends to open This boy's too young to be singing the blues So goodbye yellow brick road Where the dogs of society howl You can't plant me in your penthouse I'm going back to my plough Back to the howling old owl in the woods Hunting the horny black toad Oh I've finally decided my future lies Beyond the yellow brick road What do you think you'll do then I bet that'll shoot down your plane It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics To set you on your feet again Maybe you'll get a replacement There's plenty like me to be found Mongrels who ain't got a penny Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground "Truth?" by Def Leppard I've been burning and dousing the flames I feel the whiplash of the backlash on my face I melt to sleep at night but I wake to trip the day Never for you, never for me Would I kiss your feet of clay I'm still alive and so should I Soak up the wave of compromise Am I the victim of youth Is this the truth Why don't you tell me Why don't you tell me There's no conscience in charity or shame The voice deceives me but believe me, it's the same I see the black and white and the colour in the grey Better for me, better for you Gonna bleach it all away I'm still alive and so should I Soak up the wave of compromise Am I the victim of youth Is this the truth Why don't you tell me Why don't you tell me The left hand gives And the right hand takes away Why don't you tell me Why don't you tell me I'm still alive and so should I Soak up the wave of compromise I see the scars, I hear the lies So what's the truth Why don't you tell me "You Should Be Dancing" by The Bee Gees My baby moves at midnight goes right on till the dawn My woman takes me higher my woman keeps me warm What you doin' on your back aah What you doin'on your back aah? You should be dancing, yeah dancing, yeah She's juicy and she's trouble She gets it to me good My woman gives me power Goes right down to my blood What you doin' on your back aah What you doin'on your back aah? You should be dancing, yeah dancing, yeah My baby moves at midnight goes right on till the dawn My woman takes me higher my woman keeps me warm What you doin' on your back aah What you doin'on your back aah? You should be dancing, yeah dancing, yeah You should be dancing, yeah You should be dancing, yeah You should be dancing, yeah You should be dancing, yeah You should be dancing, yeah "I Want Action" by Poison I want action tonight Satisfaction all night I grab my hat and I grab my shoes Tonight I'm gonna hit the streets and cruise Down the main strip and check it out With those schoolgirls a hangin' around Now I'm a sucker for a pretty face I don't care if she's in leather or lace cause I'm just lookin' for a little kiss Chorus: I want action tonight satisfaction all night You've got the love I need tonight Long legs and short skirts These girls hit me where it hurts I can't wait to get my hands on them I won't give up until they give in Now I'm not lookin' for a love that lasts I need a shot and I need it fast If I can't have her, I'll take her and make her Chorus, solo Hey, sweetheart, slide on in here No, not in the front, jump in the back Why? Cause there's something back there I want to show ya I want action tonight Satisfaction all night Ah, come on honey, I wasn't that bad! Oh, well Chorus out "Riot" by Spiderbait Body one Body two Skin and bone Me and you All the heat From the street In a heap Get a seat Take it out to see the riot Take it out to see the riot Take it out to see the riot You can go right out and buy it Get away Here to say Gotta say What a day What a love Make me cross (something) Let me die Take it out to see the riot Take it out to see the riot Take it out to see the riot You can go right out and buy it Take it out Take it out Take it out Take it out Take it out Take it out Take it out Take it out Take it out to see the riot Take it out to see the riot Take it out to see the riot You can go right out and buy it "Peace Sells" by Megadeth What do you mean, "I don't believe in God"? I talk to him every day. What do you mean, "I don't support your system"? I go to court when I have to. What do you mean, "I can't get to work on time"? I got nothing better to do And, what do you mean, "I don't pay my bills"? Why do you think I'm broke? Huh? Chorus If there's a new way, I'll be the first in line. But, it better work this time. What do you mean, "I hurt your feelings"? I didn't know you had any feelings. What do you mean, "I ain't kind"? I'm just not your kind. What do you mean, "I couldn't be president, of the United States of America"? Tell me something, it's still "We the people", right? Chorus (repeat) If there's a new way I'll be the first in line, But, it better work this time. Can you put a price on peace? Peace, Peace sells..., Peace, Peace sells..., Peace sells...,but who's buying? Peace sells...,but who's buying? Peace sells...,but who's buying? Peace sells...,but who's buying? No, peace sells... "Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac Rhiannon rings like a bell thru the night And wouldn't you love to love her She rules her life like a bird in flight And who will be her lover... And who will be her lover... All your life you've never seen A woman - taken by the wind Would you stay if she promised you heaven Will you ever win... She is like a cat in the dark And then she is the darkness She rules her life like a fine skylark- And when the sky is starless- All your life you've never seen- A woman - taken by the wind Would you stay if she promised you heaven Will you ever win... Dreams unwind. Love's a state of mind. "Ride" by Cathedral Lack-lustre vacuum magnetizes the land, scopeless material in ruthless demand, concrete spectacle superficially grand, divine animation buried in sand. Chorus: We'll rise from the ashes of stagnation, crystal warriors of damnation. Nullified grafters manufactured from the womb, out of the repro-clinic into household tomb. Drag the nothing tiring through coal-dark underground, drive the wheels of iron round and round. Chorus: We'll rise from the ashes of stagnation, crystal warriors of damnation. Scouring eyes sear through that book of lies, and to the truth, well our search is dignified. Whilst the yawny drone of physical machinery march in robot mode to terminal destiny. Microscopic observance, forsaken innerland, spiritual inertia, absorbed in bland, well our significance shan't sink in their charade, 'cos through their drab pantomime I say we're gonna ride! Chorus: We'll rise from the ashes of stagnation, crystal warriors of damnation. "Hava Nagila" A classic Isreali folk song Hava nagila, hava nagila, hava, nagila venis mecha. Hava nagila, hava nagila, hava, nagila venis mecha. Hava neranena, hava neranena, hava neranena, venis mecha. Hava neranena, hava neranena, hava neranena, venis mecha. Uru, uru achim, uru achim belev sameach, uru achim belev sameach, uru achim belev sameach, uru achim uru achim belev sameach. "True Revolutionaries" by Dan Bern look ma' they're gonna fry tim mcveigh she said 'you mean that nice guy who was on the cover of all of those magazines? why would they want to go and do a think like that?' i said, 'well he killed all those people in oklahoma city' she said, 'nonsense, people don't kill people car bombs kill people' and i said, 'well yeah mom, but they have to do something with him' she said 'why don't they get mike tyson to bite off both his ears?' and i say, 'true revolutionaries never bomb buildings true revolutionareis never bomb buildings it attracts too much attention they never bomb buildings' a little girl down my block was born with silicon in her breasts turned out her grandmother and her mother had both had the inplants done and evolution took care of it this time and i started wondering why so many women with big breasts look so sad and i thought well maybe it has to do with the weight, the burden, they're asked to carry in the world defeated to be the objects of its desires and i wonder what burdens the rest of us are asked to carry and i said, 'true revolutionaries never bomb buildings true revolutionareis never bomb buildings it attracts too much attention they never bomb buildings' i decided i'd go out for a walk and do nothing except look everybody i see in the eyes and not be the first to avert my eyes, no matter what! i was planning to go out for ten or fifteen minutes but things started happening and i didn't return for two years by which time i was the heavyweight champion of the world and the expecting father of 16 children by 13 different women and while walking down 14th street between 7th and 8th avenues in new york city on my way to the subway to see the yankees i suddenly realized that you were my best friend in the world and i didn't stop grinning 'till the bottom of the seventh inning i was in a fishing village in coastal Spain it was our lady of abortion sunday all the pregnant ladies in their first trimester went before the priest to recieve the blessing of, 'try again sometime, try again' the old barber had died his hair green for the occasion and pierced his nipple and was riding his skateboard to the statue of conan o'brien and he did backflips for the little kids who threw coins given to them by their parents a visiting lecturer, achingly handsome had just given a 'how to build bombs in your basement' seminar in the park and all the young girls put their notebooks away dreamily and put dandelions in their hair the chimpanzee who had managed to type out hamlet three years before was sitting in the third floor office of the driver's license building typing out zoning ordinances typing out learner's permits peewee herman was sitting in the central square in the grass naked and masturbating while all the townspeople moved to him slowly and kissed him slowly and sung lullabyes in the grass princess diana was driving through paris in an open car all by herself she waved, everybody waved back she went to the zoo and spent the rest of the afternoon feeding peanuts to the gorillas meanwhile, in berkeley and in grenwich village and in paris noone sits around coffee shops anymore talking revolution no, they get a coffee to go at starbucks they go back to their basektball games where they see who can jam who can take it to the rack and jump higher and they all wear baseball caps 'cept they don't say 'yankees' or 'dodgers' or 'cardinals' anymore they say 'nike' 'reebock' and 'adidas' because the pro players don't play for teams anymore they play for shoe companies and the kids aren't fooled they're just biding their time waiting for the millenium when all the computers will crash because the best scientists in the world forgot to make them read zero oh, true revolutionaries never bomb buildings true revolutionareis never bomb buildings it attracts too much attention they never bomb buildings and i had a handful of dark thoughts and suddenly everything cleared and i realized that the only purpose really to revolution is to be able to love who you want how you want, when you want, where you want so i took off all my clothes stole a phone rowed out to the middle of a lake jumped in, looked back at you and said 'come on! why don't ya get wet!' they never bomb buildings it attracts too much attention they never bomb buildings they never bomb buildings "Bad Girl" by Madonna Something's missing and I don't know why I always feel the need to hide my feelings from you Is it me or you that I'm afraid of I tell myself I'll show you what I'm made of Can't bring myself to let you go Bridge (first time without first "I"): I don't want to cause you any pain But I love you just the same And you'll always be my baby In my heart I know we've come apart And I don't know where to start What can I do, I don't wanna feel blue Chorus1: Bad girl drunk by six Kissing someone else's lips Smoked too many cigarettes today I'm not happy when I act this way Chorus2: Bad girl drunk by six Kissing some kind stranger's lips Smoked too many cigarettes today I'm not happy, I'm not happy Something's happened and I can't go back I fall apart every time you hand your heart out to me What happens now, I know I don't deserve you I wonder how I'm ever gonna hurt you Can't bring myself to let you go (bridge) (chorus1) (chorus2) This way (bridge) (chorus1, repeat) I'm not happy this way (chorus1) (chorus2, substituting "someone else's" for "some kind stranger's") This way I'm not happy this way Kissing some kind stranger's lips "Home of the Brave" by Spiritualized I don't even feel it but lord how I need it When I'm not with her I'm not all myself Sometimes have my breakfast right off of a mirror And sometimes I'll have it right out of a bottle, Come on I'm gonna rip it up, tear it out, gotta get it off of my soul I don't even miss you but that's 'cos I'm fucked up I'm sure when it wears off that I will be hurting Just 'cos the sun shines when your out at night-time And just 'cos I feel bad and feelgood's a fineline, Come on I'm gonna rip it up, tear it up, gotta get you off of my soul "Halo" by Depeche Mode You wear guilt like shackles on your feet. Like a halo in reverse. I can feel the discomfort in your seat. And in your head it's worse. There's a pain. A famine in your heart. An aching to be free. Can't you see? All love's luxuries are here for you and me. When our worlds, they fall apart. When the walls come tumbling in. Though we may deserve it. It will be worth it. Bring your chains. Your lips of tragedy. And fall into my arms. And when our worlds, they fall apart. When the walls come tumbling in. Though we may deserve it. It will be worth it. Album: We Can't Play by 10-97 "All That I Know" Static hissing on the inside - Supposed to make sense, but it never does - Whirling images make my thoughts slow - And I can only wonder what it was - Now it's darker, moving in strobe - Broken visions of my graceful flight - When I return back to my mind - I feel sort of strange, and all that I know is it ain't right Going places that I've never been - Then returning to find that it's all the same - Asking questions, getting no reply - I decide that it's a crying shame - Pictures flashing, makes no sense at all - And I think my world's been thrown askew - What is normal? How can I really say? - I feel sort of different, and all that I know is I don't know what else I can do Tell me, when will I realize what life is all about? - Are there grand designs or are we on our own? - Reach out, talk, speak, shout, yell, share your wisdom with me - What? You say you don't do that kind of thing? I should have known... - F.I.O.Y. is the way, I guess, that it has to be - If life is a game, then it ought to be against the rules to quit - So yeah, I hear static hissing on the inside - It don't make a bit of sense, but all that I know is that it don't matter - A bit! "Another Day" I see a time when things weren't black, or white, or red, or green, but when they were always grey...I sit here and think about all the times that have been, and all the lost causes, and I wonder if any of it was ever worth it, and these insights haunt my mind...As I try to think back to the good times, and the times when all things were good, and there was no hate of frustration in the world...I try to think back...I try...but I can't remember...I just can't remember.... I can only remember now, and now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their enemies...they should pick up guns and kill innocent people to show their loyalty to the red, white, and blue...and every blessed child shall wave a flag to let the world know their confusion, and when they grow up their lives should end each time they pop a pill to forget their latest problem...and soon the nation's children will be grievers of Death and Ruin...and we shall live long and prosper...and father children who have no mothers...and they shall rock soulless babies to sleep...and fate will cut their threads away...and I shall find the magic that will take me away from all this pain...and I will remain forever in a place not far from here, and in this new existence I will live...and the little boxes will come together and gather into one giant, big box, and I'll be in it...and the lid will clamp down...and I will suffocate...and it will be my coffin...forever...and ever...and ever...amen.... Another day begins for me and I don't know what to expect - I resist the forces that are pulling at me, all I want to do is disconnect (myself) - Step away and view my situation as an outsider looking in - If I could gain perspective, then soon, insight would follow, but my patience is wearing thin - Little by little, I have discovered that my life's a catch-22 - Sometimes it seems that I make the wrong decisions, no matter what I do - I used to think that you were on my side, I really thought you were my friend - But I'm afraid that was another mistake, and I hope things equal out in the end I can feel the raindrops falling from the leaden clouds - I think I can hear you calling, but I'm not sure you're around.... I used to think that I could make a difference, I was important in the skein of things - But now I know better, and I've begun to feel the sorrow that deception brings - I watched the things that I had given value slowly slipping through my hands - So now I'll toss my fate in the air, and only time will tell where it lands I can feel my whole world shatter, there's nothing I can do - I know that it doesn't matter, cause it's all the same to you - I can feel my lifeblood seeping upon the ground divine - I think I can hear you weeping, but I can't be sure this time.... When they said I could repent, that I could save my soul, tell me, were they only lies? - And why does it seem that everything I think is right is wrong, in Your eyes? - The fuel that feeds my fire will make me burn with a nether flame - I think I feel my funeral pyre, and my demons are chanting my name I can feel my soul escaping into the sea unknown - I know not the course it's taking, I just know that I'm alone - I can feel the fires, a sample, of how, when dead, I'll burn - I think I could be an example, but I'm not sure that you'll learn....(can anyone hear me? can anyone hear? i need help - oh god....) Evil is borne from me - Thy will be done, it is set free - I must not sleep, no chance to dream - And all that I can do is scream... "Body And Soul" Stop emotion for an instant as the doors seal closed from behind - She's still alone in the distance, I can hardly focus my eyes - Open your arms for possession of my memories of the place and time - Releasing all of my aggression, well, then she began to shine - I search myself and then I release to my body and my soul - I pick up the pieces and then I release to my body and my soul She should have mercy in my time of need - Uplifting me with just her love - I shed my tears that make up the sea - While her spirit flew on wings of a dove - I search myself and then I release to my body and my soul - I pick up the pieces and then I release to my body and my soul Your picture is that of perfection, in every delicate shape and curve - You were everything I'd ever wanted, yet so much more than I deserved - I can still feel your tremendous hold on my body and soul... She waved goodbye with a smile - And a gaze so cold and complete - Our thoughts connected for a while - Then her foot stepped on the golden street - I search myself and then I release to my body and my soul - I pick up the pieces and then I release to my body and my soul "Don't Shut Me Out" Somewhere, somewhere - You're all alone - You think I betrayed you, oh, no - Listen, listen - They're telling lies - If you don't believe me, then look in my eyes - Please don't shut me out - Until you know what it's all about - Please don't shut me out - Riding the storm of doubt Think back, think back - To our loving days - Remember your feelings, don't be afraid - Reach out, reach out - From your heart - So what if deception's gonna tear us apart? - Please don't shut me out - Until you know what it's all about - Please don't shut me out - Riding the storm of doubt "Dragons Of Aragon" Sleeping peacefully under a blanket of night, the Dragons of Aragon lie in eternal darkness - Their only desire: to sleep until the end of time - The lifetime of a man is but an instant to these mighty beasts - Supernatural boundaries have allowed no disturbances for centuries - But suddenly, without warning, they arise! One by one, they fly into the night, their majestic frames exuding an aura of unbridled power for which all other creatures yearn - Both irresistable and immovable, the might Dragons of Aragon search the world for that which has awakened them from their slumber. At once, their goal is in sight - A vicious battle ensues, but it is certain that whosoever feels the wrath of the Dragons of Aragon will die! "We are the Dragons of Aragon. Why have you disturbed us? Feel our talons...Feel our power...Feel our anger...Feel our fire!" (fly, fly away...fly, oh, fly!) "Good Life" You know it ain't right, but you do it anyway - You say that tomorrow is just like today - You're pulling me down, but you're getting higher - Everything you want, you're gonna take by fire - We've got it made, but times have changed for the good life - The good life Watch out, boys, she'll take you for a ride - She gets in your way and lets it slide, slide, slide - Too late, now, she threatens to kill - She'll take everything until she gets her fill - She's got it made, but times have changed for the good life - The good life "Insane" I can't believe we're still together, all that time we spent alone - We took our chances on now or never instead of being in love - I've got a piece of you inside me, calling to me in my dreams - Telling me your deepest fantasies - You're making me insane.... We're casting shadows against the walls, nightmares in my eyes - We're going against all of the odds, baby, you and I - Love reaches higher and higher, thought we'd never come down - Now my heart is burning in fire, when you're not around - Insane.... They said our love would never be, so we never gave it - You shouldn't believe everything you see, until you've seen with it - I've got a piece of you inside me, calling to me in my dreams - Telling me your deepest fantasies - You're making me insane.... "The Mirror's Dead" Stopping all space and time, she left with a wink and a smile - Somehow, she's learned to cry without a tear in her eye - In the mirror's reflection emotion shines true - Nothing left for me, nothing left for you - And I can't understand why the mirror's so scared - Is this a vision, or is it just my head? The mirror's dead.... Another moment in time brings another scream, but in her eyes you can see - A joyful expression and the pain that she feels - It slipped my mind along the way - I don't know the words for what I'm trying to say - And I can't understand why the mirror's so scared - Is this a vision, or is it just my head? The mirror's dead... Looking through the shattered glass to find the man I used to be - I look down at my bloody hands, and I wish the blood had come from me - It slipped my mind along the way - I don't know the words for what I'm trying to say - And I can't understand why the mirror's so scared - Is this a vision, or is it just my head? The mirror's dead.... "My World" You can't begin to understand the wasteland of my mind - And if you searched across the land, you'd find no others of my kind - To know me is to hate me, to love me is a sin - Don't try to come inside, 'cause I'll never let you in - This is my world You cannot come to know me or understand m ways - I see the world through a crystal lens, you see me through a haze - To know me is to hate me, to love me is a sin - Don't try to come inside, 'cause I'll never let you in - This is my world I am like the box that Pandora came to prize - And if you looked inside my head you wouldn't believe your eyes - You shouldn't call me crazy, that's not the thing to say - I see the same things that you see, i just see them a different way I know that I seem bitter, but how can I be pure when all my thoughts are poison and I do not know the cure? This is my world "Never Going To Let You Down" Giving all you got, one more shot - Tastes so bittersweet from her head to her feet - Don't be so alone, come to my arms - You can trust me, darling, can't you see? - I'm never going to let you down, no, never going to let you down You're in good hands, I'm not going to miss - Everything you want, honey, that's what I want - You come down hard on me, that's what I like to see - Break out of these ropes and chains, then I'll be free again - I'm never going to let you down, no, never going to let you down "Tribulation" Can you see me? Can you hear me? Can you reach me? Don't ignore me As I look toward the nighttime sky - I chase the stars, but they pass me by - I'm aiming high, but I'm landing low - And soon I'll crumble as did Jericho Would you know me? Would you show me? Would you hurt me? Don't desert me I need your light when the darkness surrounds - I once was lost, still I'm not found - Because when I hear the wise man preach - I fear the promised land is out of reach Can you see me? Would you want to be me? Stop your crying...Everyone is dying As I look toward the nighttime sky - I know that none are more or less than I - I call it faith because I have no proof - But still, this, I believe, is truth - You have saved me - You must love me "The Way It Goes" Trust - What does trust have to do with anything? Between the best of lovers the pendulum swings - In any case, there's bound to be an accident - Thing will always occur when you're full of confidence - If you want to be somebody - If you want to be on top of things - You've got to walk with the big dogs - That's just the way it goes With every single blow you turn to dust - And then you try to forget it, like most of us - Better save your soul for something as pure - But then you feel the urge, and you're not sure - If you want to be somebody - If you want to be on top of things - You've got to walk with the big dogs - That's just the way, the way it goes Well, I'm eager to please, but I don't want to sacrifice - If you can't accept me, then I don't have to tell you twice - Still, I know that the cold war rages on - Don't worry about me, 'cause I'm already too far gone Unfortunately, I see the night is coming - I close my eyes, I hear the voices calling - The tears that I weep are so hollow sounding - Love injured me, and it feels like I'm drowning - Lay me down to sleep, and let the earth cover me - And my final rest will be the ultimate test Well, I'm eager to please, but I do things my way - If you want to leave, then I can't make you stay - Still I know that the cold war rages on, inside me - The ropes that bound me are going to get me free - Lay me down to sleep, and let the earth cover me - And my final rest will be the ultimate test These heartache memories of mine - Do you think it's time? To lay things to rest - I've given it all my best - Lay me down to sleep, and let the earth cover me - And my final rest will be the ultimate test "Circumstances" by Rush A boy alone, so far from home, Endless rooftops from my window. I felt the gloom of empty rooms On rainy afternoons. Sometimes in confusion, I felt so lost and disillusioned, Innocence gave me confidence To go up against reality. Chorus All the same we take our chances, Laughed at by time, Tricked by circumstances. Plus ça change, Plus c'est la meme chose The more that things change, The more they stay the same. Now I've gained some understanding Of the only world that we see. Things that I once dreamed of Have become reality. These walls that still surround me Still contain the same old me, Just one more who's searching for A world that ought to be. Chorus "The P is Free" by Boogie Down Productions Yes, Scott LaRock you know you rule hip-hop Yes, Mr. Lee you can rule hip-hop And, B-57 you can rule hip-hop But, KRS-One rule it non-stop When I'm in Brooklyn, yes, we rulin hip-hop When I'm in Manhattan, we rulin hip-hop When I'm in Queens, we rulin hip-hop And when in Staten Island we rulin hip-hop But in the Bronx, we rulin y'all tonight But in the Bronx, we rulin y'all tonight We come to rock you whether you're Black or you're white Cos KRS-One you know I'm never ?frank? Come catch a star The girlies are free Cos the crack costs money Oh yeah I say the girlies are free Cos the crack costs money Oh yeah Ridin one day on my freestyle fix Jammin to a tape Scott LaRock had mixed I said to myself "This tape sound funky" Ridin past the 116th Street junkie Thought I saw Denise but I was only assumin Took another look and that butt was boomin Did a little trick on my freestyle fix And I was right beside the girl, she was all on the tip She said "Hi, DJ KRS" She kissed me on my neck so I gave her a peck She said "I'm really in a hurry so I cannot wait If you give me a life while we ride to the ?bait?" She jumped on my bike, I said "Huh, what's your stop?" She said "Right around the corner to the crack spot If you buy me a crack I'll know how to act But if you don't, you might as well step back" I said "Now how the hell we jump off to this? I'm doin you a favor, I'm givin you a lift" She said "KRS, you know it goes" I said "Yeah, you little.....it seems that you're a hoe" I did a little trick on my freestyle fix And she was right on the ground lookin after it Because... A girl tried to take my out one day For a play, not your everyday ?trey? We walked to the spot, she says she want a rock I looked in my pocket, didn't have a lot I said "You better get yourself a job" She tried to tell me that times were hard I told the hoe, I said "Yo, that's not my fault You need a vault", I'm out to assault Any girl I find who try to take my for mine I'm gonna have to ?pin? it just another time But... "Oh Comely" by Neutral Milk Hotel Oh comely I will be with you when you lose your breath Chasing the only meaningful memory you thought you had left With some pretty bright and bubbly terrible scene That was doing her thing on your chest But oh comely It isn't as pretty as you'd like to guess Oh comely All of your friends are letting you blow Bristling and ugly Bursting with fruits falling out from the holes Of some pretty bright and bubbly friend You could need to say comforting things in your ear But oh comely There isn't such one friend that you could find here Standing next to me He's only my enemy I'll crush him with everything I own Your father made fetuses With flesh licking ladies While you and your mother Were asleep in the trailer park Thunderous sparks from the dark of the stadiums The music and medicine you needed for comforting So make all your fat fleshy fingers to moving And pluck all your silly strings And bend all your notes for me Soft silly music is meaningful magical The movements were beautiful All in your ovaries All of them milking with green fleshy flowers While powerful pistons were sugary sweet machines Smelling of semen all under the garden Was all you were needing when you still believed in me And I know they buried her body with others Her sister and mother and 500 families And will she remember me 50 years later I wished I could save her in some sort of time machine Know all your enemies We know who are enemies are Goldaline my dear We will fold and freeze together Far away from here There is sun and spring and green forever But now we move to feel For ourselves inside some stranger's stomach Place your body here Let your skin begin to blend itself with mine "Dope Hat" by Marilyn Manson I peek into the hole, I struggle for control The children love the show, but they fail to see the anguish in my eyes Fail to see the anguish in my eyes I scratch around the brim, I let my mind give in The crowd begins to grin, but they seem to scream when darkness fills my eyes Seem to scream when darkness fills my eyes, it's no surprise Fail to see the tragic, turn it into magic My big top tricks will always make you happy, but we all know the hat is wearing me My bag is in the hat, it's filled with this and that My vision's getting fat, the rabbit's just a monkey in disguise Stars and pills and needles dance before our eyes They will bite the hand if it is slower than the quickness of their scrutinizing eyes Fail to see the tragic, turn it into magic My big top tricks will always make you happy, but we all know the hat is wearing me Chicanery will always make you happy, but we all know the hat is wearing me "Spanish Galleon" by Spiderbait Spanish galleon Rising from the Finley plain Got my horse and gun I'm riding from the sun "Now that Latin favourite 'Peanut Bender', brought to us today by Fruit Lasagna" "THAT DARN CAT" by Richard Kendall Gibbs (THAT DARN CAT) SOMETIMES LIFE IS JUST THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SOMETIMES EVERYTHING GOES TO THE DOGS PEOPLE CALLING OUT HIS NAME LIKE HE'S SUPPOSED TO CARE THEY CALL HIM THAT DARN CAT (THAT DARN CAT) CALL HIM TILL YOU'RE BLUE BUT DON'T EXPECT HIM TO RESPOND (THAT DARN CAT) EVEN THOUGH IT'S YOU HE'S STILL A CAT (THAT DARN CAT) WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE HIM DO, GO CHASE A STICK DOWN ON THE LAWN? (THAT DARN CAT) IF YOU WANT YOUR SHOES GO GET A LAB (THAT DARN CAT) CATCH HIM IF YOU CAN, YOU KNOW YOU'RE JUST A MAN THAT IS THAT DARN CAT (THAT DARN CAT) IF YOU ARE A MOUSE YOU BETTER RUN BACK TO YOUR HOLE (THAT DARN CAT) IF YOU ARE A DOG YOU'D BETTER HIDE (THAT DARN CAT) HE'S GOT SHARPER CLAWS THAN TEETH AND TONS OF SELF-CONTROL MOST OF ALL THE CAT HAS GOT HIS PRIDE!!!!!!!!!!!! HE'LL NEVER LEAVE YOUR SIDE OR POUT OR WORK FOR FOOD FOR THAT'S NOT THAT DARN CAT YOU CAN YELL OUT ALL YOU WANT, SAY, "HERE KITTY!!!!!!!!!!" JUST BE SURE YOU'VE GOT SOME TUNAFISH LIVES THE LIFE HE LIKES, HE LETS YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE THE MAN BUT YOU KNOW HE'S THAT DARN CAT (THAT DARN CAT) THAT IS THAT DARN CAT (THAT DARN CAT) OH WELL TO THAT DARN CAT (THAT DARN CAT) SO LONG TO THAT DARN CAT (THAT DARN CAT) SO LONG "Blue Dress" by Depeche Mode Put it on And don't say a word Put it on The one that I prefer Put it on And stand before my eyes Put it on Please don't question why Can you believe Something so simple Something so trivial Makes me a happy man Can't you understand Say you believe Just how easy It is to please me Because when you learn You'll know what makes the world turn Put it on I can feel so much Put it on I don't need to touch Put it on Here before my eyes Put it on Because you realise And you believe Something so worthless Serves a purpose It makes me a happy man Can't you understand Say you believe Just how easy It is to please me Because when you learn You'll know what makes the world turn "Up All Night" by Slaughter When evenin' comes I am alive I love to prowl around In the streets It's the moonlight That controls my mind Now I've got the power to speak Awake from dusk to dawn Watchin' the city lights Stars are shinin' down They'll be shinin' down On you and I And when the mornin' comes And I'll hold you 'Til the mornin' light Everybody sing it now Up all night, sleep all day Up all night, sleep all day Drivin' down the boulevard All alone The neon signs Are callin' your name Find me in the corner Havin' the time of my life You'd think you'd wanna do the same Up all night, sleep all day Up all night, sleep all day Maybe we can just stay up Twenty four hours a day Up all night, sleep all day Up all night, sleep all day "This Charming Man" by The Smiths punctured bicycle on a hillside desolate will Nature make a man of me yet? then in this charming car this charming man why pamper life's complexities when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat? i would go out tonight but i haven't got a stitch to wear the man said "it's gruesome that someone so handsome should care" a jumped-up pantry boy who never knew his place he said "return the ring" (he knows so much about these things) this charming man "Angel" by Aerosmith I'm alone, yeah, I don't know if I can face the night I'm in tears, and the cryin' that I do is for you I want your love, let's break the walls between us Don't make it tough, I'll put away my pride Enough's enough, I've suffered and I've seen the light Baby, (Chorus) You're my Angel, come and save me tonight You're my Angel, come and make it alright You're my Angel, come and save me tonight Don't know what I'm gonna do about this feelin' inside Yes, it's true, loneliness took me for a ride Without your love, I'm nothing but a beggar Without your love, a dog without a bone What can I do, I'm sleepin' in this bed alone Baby, (Chorus) You're the reason I live You're the reason I die You're the reason I give When I break down and cry Don't need no reason why Baby, baby, baby (Repeat Chorus) "The Butcher" by Leonard Cohen I came upon a butcher, he was slaughtering a lamb, I accused him there with his tortured lamb. He said, "Listen to me, child, I am what I am and you, you are my only son." Well, I found a silver needle, I put it into my arm. It did some good, did some harm. But the nights were cold and it almost kept me warm, how come the night is long? I saw some flowers growing up where that lamb fell down; was I supposed to praise my Lord, make some kind of joyful sound? He said, "Listen, listen to me now, I go round and round and you, you are my only child." Do not leave me now, do not leave me now, I'm broken down from a recent fall. Blood upon my body and ice upon my soul, lead on, my son, it is your world "A Day In The Life" by The Beatles I read the news today oh boy About a lucky man who made the grade And though the news was rather sad Well I just had to laugh I saw the photograph. He blew his mind out in a car He didn't notice that the lights had changed A crowd of people stood and stared They'd seen his face before Nobody was really sure If he was from the House of Lords. I saw a film today oh boy The English Army had just won the war A crowd of people turned away but I just had to look Having read the book. I'd love to turn you on Woke up, fell out of bed, Dragged a comb across my head Found my way downstairs and drank a cup, And looking up I noticed I was late. Found my coat and grabbed my hat Made the bus in seconds flat Found my way upstairs and had a smoke, Somebody spoke and I went into a dream I read the news today oh boy Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire And though the holes were rather small They had to count them all Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall. I'd love to turn you on "Piano Man" by Billy Joel It's nine o'clock on a Saturday The regular crowd shuffles in There's an old man sitting next to me Makin' love to his tonic and gin He says, "Son, can you play me a melody? I'm not really sure how it goes But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete When I wore a younger man's clothes" La la la, de de da La la, de de da da da Chorus: Sing us a song, you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight Well, we're all in the mood for a melody And you've got us feelin' alright Now John at the bar is a friend of mine He gets me my drinks for free And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke But there's someplace that he'd rather be He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me." As the smile ran away from his face "Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star If I could get out of this place" Oh, la la la, de de da La la, de de da da da Now Paul is a real estate novelist Who never had time for a wife And he's talkin' with Davy who's still in the navy And probably will be for life And the waitress is practicing politics As the businessmen slowly get stoned Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness But it's better than drinkin' alone Chorus It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday And the manager gives me a smile 'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see To forget about life for a while And the piano, it sounds like a carnival And the microphone smells like a beer And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?" Oh, la la la, de de da La la, de de da da da Chorus "I Remember You" by Skid Row Woke up to the sound of pouring rain The wind would whisper and I'd think of you And all the tears you cried, that called my name And when you needed me I came through I paint a picture of the days gone by When love went blind and you would make me see I'd stare a lifetime into your eyes So that I knew you were there for me Time after time you were there for me Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand Love letters in the sand - I remember you Through the sleepless nights and every endless day I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you We spend the summer with the top rolled down Wished ever after would be like this You said I love you babe, without a sound I said I'd give my life for just one kiss I'd live for your smile and die for your kiss Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand Love letters in the sand - I remember you Through the sleepless nights and every endless day I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you We've had our share of hard times But that's the price we paid And through it all we kept the promise that we made I swear you'll never be lonely Woke up to the sound of pouring rain Washed away a dream of you But nothing else could ever take you away 'Cause you'll always be my dream come true Oh my darling, I love you Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand Love letters in the sand - I remember you Through the sleepless nights and every endless day I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand Love letters in the sand - I remember you Through the sleepless nights and every endless day I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you "Three Little Pigs" by Green Jello/y Why don't you sit right back and I, I may tell you a tale A tale of three little pigs and a BIG BAD wolf Well, the first little piggy well, he was kind of a hippy spent most of his day just dreaming on the city and then one day he bought a guitar he moved to Hollywood to become a star living on the farm he knew nothing of the city built his house on straw - what a pity then one day jamming on some chords along came the wolf knocking on his door Little pig, little pig, let me in. not by the hair of my chinny chin chin Little pig, little pig, let me in. not by the hair of my chinny chin chin Well I'm huffing, I'm puffing I'll blow your house in Huffing, Puffing, blow your house in Huffing and I'm puffing, and I'll blow your house in Well the second little piggy well, he was kind of stocky spent most of his day just ganja smoking huffing and a phuffing down the venice beach getting paid money for religious speech built his shelter from many garbage picks mostly made up of cans and sticks then one day he was cracking off a Marley along came the wolf on his big bad Harley Little pig, Little pig, let me in not by the hair of my chinny chin chin Little pig, Little pig, let me in not by the hair of my chinny chin chin Well I'm huffing, I'm puffing I'll blow your house in Huffing, Puffing, blow your house in Huffing and I'm puffing I'll blow your house in Well the third little piggy the straight A student his daddy was a rock-star named Pig Nugent earned his masters degree from Harvard college built his house from his architect knowledge a tri-level mansion hollywood hills daddy's rock stardom paid for the bills then one day came the old house smasher the big bad wolf, the little piggy slasher Little pig, little pig, let me in not by the hair of my chinny chin chin Little pig, Little pig, let me in not by the hair of my chinny chin chin Well I'm huffing, I'm puffing I'll blow your house in Huffing, Puffing, blow your house in Well i'm huffing, i'm puffing I'll blow your house in Huffing , Puffing , blow your house in Huffing and I'm puffing, and I'll blow your house in Well the big bad wolf well he huffed and he puffed all that he could and lo and behold the little piggy house stood "It's made out of concrete" the little piggy shouted the wolf just frowned as he pouted so they called nine eleven like any piggy would they sent out rambo just as fast as they could Yo! Wolf-face, I'm your worst nightmare Your ass is mine Well the wolf fell dead as you can plainly see And thats the end of the story for you and me it still gives a lesson, you just may hear the big wolf the little piggies say: Little pig, Little pig, let me in not by the hair of my chinny chin chin Little pig, Little pig, let me in not by the hair of my chinny chin chin Well I'm huffing, I'm puffing I'll blow your house in Huffing, Puffing, blow your house in Huffing and I'm puffing, and I'll blow your house in And the moral of this story is that bands with no talent can easily amuse idiots with a stupid puppet-show "R.E.A.L.I.T.Y." by KRS-One Reality, ain't always the truth Rhymes Equal Actual Life, In The Youth "These are the streets! Shit is real out here! This ain't no fuckin joke!" I lived in a spot called Millbrooke Projects The original Criminal Minded rap topic With twenty cents in my pocket I saw the light If you're young gifted and black, you got no rights Your only true right, is a right to a fight and not a fair fight, I wake up wonderin who died last night Everyone and everything is at war Makin my poetic expression hardcore I ain't afraid to say it, and many can't get with it At times in my life, I was a welfare recipient I ate the free cheese, while the church said believe and went to school everyday, like a god damn fool Well anyway, here I am, chillin at the party Brothers lookin at me like they wanna kill somebody A cypher manifested in the center of the jam I got to show these wack rappers really who I am It's me against them, so I clear the phlegm and wage the war, hardcore to the end For someone lookin inside, yeah from the out it seems like disrespect is what rap is all about But hip-hop as a culture, is really what we give it But sometimes the culture contradicts how we live it Cause every black kid lives two and three lives The city's a jungle, only the strong will survive Reality, ain't always the truth Rhymes Equal Actual Life, In The Youth Reality, ain't always the truth Rhymes Equal Actual Life, In The Youth Every single day I hear lie after lie Like "Black people don't die, we multiply" So when I kick a rhyme I represent how I feel The sacred street art of keepin it real Why I gotta listen, to somebody else? How they got wealth, let me talk about myself But all I really got is hip-hop and a glock The results are obvious, if I'm confined to my block Occasionally, in the city I'm released to meet other beasts, lookin for the feast We grunt and growl, on the prowl, as the air gets thinner "Yo yo there he go, him," there's the dinner White meat, carryin a bag of some sort Life is short, white meat is quickly caught A scuffle a muffle yet none of us hesitated Like Mother Africa, white meat is violated We quickly dissapear, like Santa's little elves And go into a area to fight amongst ourselves We say, "peace/piece" cause that's what we really want A piece of the pie that America flaunts Reality, ain't always the truth Rhymes Equal Actual Life, In The Youth Reality, ain't always the truth Rhymes Equal Actual Life, In The Youth "Oh shit!" The truth is that police must serve and protect REALITY is black youth is shown no respect The truth is government has a war against drugs REALITY is government is ruled by thugs With all this technology, above and under Humanity still hunts down one another Rappers display artistic cannibalism through lyricism, we fight each other over rhythm Through basic animal instincts, we think So the battle for mental territory is glory, end of story Reality, ain't always the truth Rhymes Equal Actual Life, In The Youth Reality, ain't always the truth Rhymes Equal Actual Life, In The Youth Yeah "These are the streets! Shit is real out here! This ain't no fuckin joke!" "Jesus" by Spiderbait I ride the highway with Jesus He drives the bus when I sleep We're taking two of his creatures And dropping them off down the street Heeyyyyy-eyy-eyy-eyy-eyyyyyyy-eyy-eyyyyy! I think we're lost Mr Jesus I think we're lost without a trace He said 'Don't worry little lady, My old man helped build this place' Heeyyyyy-eyy-eyy-eyy-eyyyyyyy-eyy-eyyyyy! My mum and dad love you Jesus My mum and dad say you're dead They say they'll love you forever They've got you tattooed to their heads hey.. "Gaslighting Abbie" by Steely Dan One plush summer you come to me ripe and ready And bad through and through With that deep mystical soul synergy pumping steady Between me and you Lovin' all the beautiful work we've done, cara mia And it's barely July If we keep on boppin' until Labor Day Li'l miz Abbie - bye bye What will it be - some soothing herb tea? That might be just the thing Let's say we spike it with Deludin Or else - maybe tonight a hand of solitaire Flame is the game The game we call gaslighting Abbie It's a luscious invention for three One summer by the sea With the long weekend that's comin' up fast Let's get busy There's just too much to do That black mini looks just like the one she's been missin' Feels good on you There's a few items we need in town - allez-vous girl There's no time to waste Such as fresh cable and fifteen watt bulbs Couple dozen - it's a big old place Let's keep it light - we'll do a fright night With blood and everything Some punky laughter from the kitchen And then - a nice relaxing hand of solitaire Flame is the game The game we call gaslighting Abbie It's a luscious invention for three One summer by the sea You can choose the music I'll set up my gear Later on we'll chill and watch the fireworks from here How can you knock this mighty spitelock Check out the work itself A mix of elegance and function That's right - a tweak or two and then she's out of here "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)" by Elton John She packed my bags last night pre-flight Zero hour nine a.m. And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then I miss the earth so much I miss my wife It's lonely out in space On such a timeless flight And I think it's gonna be a long long time Till touch down brings me round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids In fact it's cold as hell And there's no one there to raise them if you did And all this science I don't understand It's just my job five days a week A rocket man, a rocket man And I think it's gonna be a long long time... "...Sadistic" by Stereolab I cannot believe what I do not understand (It's just impossible to believe what I don't understand) Understanding and belief should be connected (understanding is the prime condition to faith) Those who don't get it yet believe are hypocrites (those who do not understand yet say they believe are hypocrites, anything which is beyond the limits of human reason is illusion, illusion, illusion) You have done me no service no you have not helped me (all you did was confuse but not enlighten my mind) Therefore I owe you not gratitude but hatred (nature is vice as much as it is virtue, maybe everything derives from one first cause Or:a trillion times as much as it might mean to you, ... in which there is neither reason nor wisdom, nor wisdom) It is amusing to see to what extravagant length (man has taken fanaticism and imbecility to) Excesses so unspeakable, unbearable (the catalog of aberrations is invariably fascinating to contemplate, all we need from morality is contained in those words; make others happy as you yourself would be, and serve them in the way that you would yourself be served, the sole requirement is a good heart, a good heart, a good heart)... "Sacred" by Depeche Mode Sacred Holy To put it in words To write it down That is walking on hollowed ground But it's my duty I'm a missionary So here is my confesion It's an obsession I'm a firm believer And a warm receiver And I've made my decision This is religion There's no doubt I'm one of the devout Trying to sell the story Of love's eternal glory Spreading the news around the world Taking the word to boys and girls I'm a firm believer And a warm receiver And I will go down on my knees When I see beauty There's no doubt I'm one of the devout Trying to sell the story Of love's eternal glory Sacred Holy To put it in words To write it down That is walking on hollowed ground "Thunder Kiss '65" by White Zombie well sweet little sista's high in hell cheat'n on a halo grind in a odyssey holocaust heart kick on tomorrow breakdown agony said "ectasy" in overdrive she come a riding on the world thunder kiss'n 1965 - yeah - wow! five - yeah - wow!! demon-warp is coming alive in 1965 - five - five - yeah livin' fast and dying young like a endless poetry my motor-psycho nightmare freak out inside of me my soul salvation liberation on the drive the power of the blaster move me faster 1965 - yeah - wow! five - yeah - wow! demon-warp is coming alive in 1965 - five - five - yeah gimme that gimme that now - now - now - yeah roll'n like a supersonic another fool that gets down on it pig sweat a million miles i got a heart atomic style i make it look easy that's what i said blast of silence explodes in my head yeah - yeah - yeah - gimme that gimme that now step to the moonshine frenzy hail: the ressurection what's new pussycat? can you dig the satisfaction? well, you can't take it with you but you can in overdrive yeah! some like it hot and twist'n, 1965 - yeah - wow! five - yeah - wow! demon-warp is coming alive in 1965 - five - five Album demo: The Girlysound Recordings by Liz Phair "Black Market White Baby Dealer" The black market white baby dealer Is hunting around overseas The black market white baby dealer Brings back clean, fresh white babies to me Clean, fresh white babies to me The black market white baby dealer Is rooting around overseas The black market white baby dealer Kidnaps clean, fresh white babies for me Clean, fresh white babies for me My smile is dime a dozen My lips are cherry red My eyes are blue like the sky is blue I got good shoulders under my head I look like your uncle I look like your great-aunt So sit me down in the family photo And everyone tells me that I look just like you The black market white baby dealer Is hunting around overseas The black market white baby dealer Brings back clean, fresh white babies to me He brings back Oh my God he brings back He brings back clean, fresh, white, expensive babies He brings back Oh Charlie, he brings back He brings back clean, fresh, white, expensive babies I come post-production I don't need natal care I'm already fully-assembled Down to the very last part, it's all there So take me to your family So take me to your home Buddy, take me in as your next generation And I'll take you out of the last one and into mine The black market white baby dealer Is hunting around overseas The black market white baby dealer Bring back clean, fresh white babies to me Clean, fresh white babies to me Clean, fresh white babies to me "Johnny Sunshine" He took the car, it was my favorite one Little white Dart and drove it to Idaho You took the rug Red and white checkerboard Rolled it right up and took it to Idaho You left me nothing You left me nothing Johnny Sunshine You took the horse It was a thoroughbred Saddled it up out on the interstate You took my kid, it was my only one Smart little bitch, and drove her to Idaho You left me nothing You left me nothing Johnny Sunshine You left me nothing You left me nothing Johnny Sunshine You took the house I went and changed the locks Now I am stuck living out of a box You took my car, it was my favorite one Little white Dart and drove it to Idaho You left me nothing You left me nothing Johnny Sunshine "Elvis Be True" Everyone's talking 'bout Elvis Cause it seems like the thing that we do Elvis is walking round listlessly Seems he can't even die if he wanted to It's a bad business to be in You don't get thanked and you don't get paid It's a hard world to be in with And to end with and to think about leaving behind Finding the body in Memphis Waiting five hours to get into Graceland Is this anybody's idea of a good time or a good joke Airport biographies are usually true Fame and fortune took it's toll He's not the king or rock and roll anymore He's just a junkie redneck Threw a sheet over your head Fold your arms across your chest Lie back in bed, you can call folks constantly tomorrow Oh, everyone's talking 'bout Elvis Cause it seems like a thing that we do Elvis is living too fat and slow now To care what we say about him Picking up hitchhiking Elvises Christening babies at the foot of his grave He watching tv and laughing to himself Just had to tell someone how he did it Elvis be good to me Elvis be true Elvis I love you Elvis be true Elvis be near me Elvis be mine Elvis come back to me Please Elvis be kind Everything's coming up roses Everything's coming up Elvis Everything's coming up roses Everything's coming up Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis be true "Fuck Or Die" I keep a close watch on this twat of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time And the condom on your dick's the tie that binds Because you're mine You're gonna sleep with me even if it kills you You're gonna sleep with me even if we die You're gonna sleep with me, better get used to it No use in fighting because it's do it or die Fuck or die Fuck or die Fuck or die Fuck or die You're going down on me even if it kills you You're going down on me even if you die You're going down on me, better get used to it There's no use in fighting because it's do it or die Fuck or die Fuck or die Fuck or die Fuck or die All there's left is to take off your clothes And do it do it do it till you're bone dry Do it till you're all worn out Just do it do it do it till your bone dry Do it there is no doubt Do it there is no doubt I'm gonna give you head even if it kills you I'm gonna give you head even if you die I'm gonna give you head, better get used to it There's no use in fighting because it's do it or die Fuck or die Fuck or die Fuck or die Fuck or die Fuck or die... I keep a close watch on this twat of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time And the condom on your dick's the tie that binds Because you're mine I walk the line "Flower" Every time I see your face I get all wet between my legs Every time you pass me by I heave a sigh of pain (Over voice) Every time I see your face I think of things not pure and chaste I want to fuck you like a dog I'll take you home and make you like it Everything you ever wanted Everything you ever thought of Is everything I'll do to you I'll fuck you and your girlfriend, too Your face reminds me of a flower Kind of like you're underwater Hair's too long and in your eyes Your lips a perfect "suck me" size You act like you're fourteen years old Everything you say is so obnoxious, funny, rude and mean I want to be your blowjob queen You're probably shy and introspective That's not part of my objective I just want your fresh, young jimmy Jamming, slamming, ramming in me Everytime I see you face I think of things not pure and chaste I want to fuck you like a dog I'll take you home and make you like it Everything you ever wanted Everything you ever thought of Is everything I'll do to you I'll fuck you till your dick is blue Everytime "Beg Me" Take one more step and it's over Back up slowly inside Breathe too loud and I'll kill you Get down on your knees and beg me Beg me, beg Beg me, beg me, beg Take off all of your clothes Lie face down on the bed Move one inch and I'll shoot you Make like a woman and beg me Beg me, beg I said beg me, beg me, beg Every night on tv I see things that should make me blush Looks like it's gonna be another open season Open season on us Open season, open season on us It's the first hot day of the summer Looks like it's gonna be thunder I've been sitting here all afternoon Watching the clouds go by It seems like from my window I can see the wind and smell the rain And I don't see what difference it makes If I'm a man or a woman "Whip-Smart" I'm gonna tell my son to grow up pretty as the grass is green And whip-smart as the English Channel's wide And I'm gonna tell my son to keep his money in his mattress And his watch on any hand between his thighs And I'm gonna lock my son up in a tower till I write my whole life's story On the back of his big brown eyes When they do the double dutch, they stand tensies When they do the double dutch, they stand tensies And I'm gonna tell my son to join the circus so that death is cheap And games are just another way of life And I'm gonna tell my son to be a prophet of mistakes Because for every truth there are half a million lies And I'm gonna lock my son up in a tower till He learns his hair down far enough to climb outside When they do the double dutch, they stand tensies When they do the double dutch, they stand tensies "Go, Speed Racer" Don't give me that sucker fish shit Any love life ain't that hurting And you always seemed to get what you wanted without flirting You're not the only one who's used to playing dirty And all I ever wanted from you was to leave me alone So don't give me that sucker fish shit Cause I'm not that strong a swimmer But I'm not afraid to be moving in a slower river You're not the only one who used to watch Speed Racer The very first car in a race around the world Is somewhere in the middle of a race around the circle And the very first car in a race around the world Has got to wipeout somewhere Well, that somewhere isn't me So don't give me that sucker fish shit Cause I'm not getting younger And I'm not a floatable to keep you from going under You're not the only one who used to watch Speed Racer And the very first car in a race around the world Is somewhere in the middle of a race around the circle And the very first car in a race around the world Has got to wipeout somewhere Well, that somewhere isn't me "California aka Why I Left California or I Tried Before To Tell You." Okay, this guy walks into a bar No, I'm just fucking with you, I'm just kidding No, there's there's this young bull and he's standing on top of a hill And I tried to tell you before And that's why I left California So they're standing on top of this hill and they're looking out over a pasture full of cows Big fucking pasture And the young bull turns to the old bull, and he goes I got this really good idea And they old bulls' like yeah? And I tried to tell you before And that's why I left California Yeah, and he's like yeah I got this really good idea Let's run down that hill and fuck one of them cows And the old bull just looks at him, you know he's just looking at him He's like, look I got a better idea And the young bull is like, oh yeah? What's your fucking brilliant idea And the old bull goes And I tried to tell you before That that's why I left California And the old bull goes, let's walk down that hill And fuck all of those cows, dig? You know, like he ain't been in town long or something, I dunno And I tried to tell you before That that's why I left California "South Dakota" For a mean baby, well, I like your pants Born in South Dakota For a mean baby, well, I like your hips Born in South Dakota I was born in South Dakota Man I feel lucky tonight I'm gonna get stoned and run around Born in South Dakota Hey we're going to a rodeo town I'm gonna get drunk and fuck some cows Born in South Dakota I was born in South Dakota I was born in South Dakota Hey all you city fucks, it's a prarieman's world It's wide open Hey all you city fucks, it's a prarieman's world Masons and lumberchucks, says God as my squirrel It's wide open I said it's wide open Dakota Man I feel lucky tonight I'm gonna get stoned and run around Born in South Dakota Hey we're going to a rodeo town I'm gonna get drunk and fuck some cows Born in South Dakota I was born in South Dakota I was born in South Dakota Hey all you city fucks, it's a prarieman's world It's wide open Hey all you city fucks, it's a prarieman's world Mason and lumberchucks, says God as my squirrel Mr. Fliptop and Razorback, you know I'm your girl I'm wide open I said I'm wide open Dakota Dakota Dakota "Stratford-On-Guy" I said look... I was flying into Chicago at night Watching the lake turn the sky into blue-green smoke The sun was setting to the left of the plane And the cabin was filled with an unearthly glow In 27-D, I was behind the wing Watching the landscape roll out like credits on a screen And I said, look, look to your left passengers Look, look to your right You can pretend that you're from outerspace And this, this is your very first sight The earth looked like it was lit from within Like a big, man-made electrical ball as we moved Out of the farmlands and into the grid The plan of a city was all that you saw And all of these people sitting totally still As the ground raised beneath them, 30,000 feet down And I said, look, look to your left passengers Look, look to your right You can pretend that you're here from the fifth century And this, this is your very first flight And I was pretending that I was in A Galaxie 500 video The stewardess came back and checked on my drink And I swear that she looked just like Bridgette Bardot I had on my walkman and I had on those eyes That's what you get when your circumstance is movie-size And I said, look, look to you left passengers Look, look to your right You can pretend that the plane's gonna crash in five minutes And this, this is your very last sight You better look, look to your left passengers Look, look to your right Cause I'm gonna take this plane out in less than five minutes And this, this is your very last sight "Shane" I know that it was the night that the war broke out Because you and I were driving around You were doing a story About if people understood what had happened to their world Tonight in bed sleeping our world in bed tonight asleep You said that you were in touch with the draft resistors In case the big boys called you up You're gonna have to let them dick you around But don't let them make you do what you can't live with Tonight, in bed with me sleeping you looked like you were just a little kid Shane, I said, you got to watch your ass You gotta have fear in your heart You gotta have fear in your heart You gotta have fear in your heart I came here with a friend Who was saying to me You got a thing about men You're gonna like it when they throw you around But don't let them make a fool out of you Tonight, in bed with me sleeping the world in bed tonight asleep Shane, I said, you got to watch your ass You gotta have fear in your heart You gotta have fear in your heart You gotta have fear in your heart "Give Me My Boyfriend Back aka Willie The Six Dick Pimp" The six dick pimp is just doing his job Making sure that business isn't going under He's got the studs lined up in their stalls Put a couple of bills in, see six minutes of balls Justine's got a plastic baggie on her dick Jerry's got a couple Prince Albert's through her prick And nobody's in number four and number six Put a couple bills in, man, you really shouldn't miss it I don't care how much time it takes I don't care what kind of money he makes I just want my honey back I'll be on my way Gimme my boyfriend back Thought you were smart Thought I wouldn't leave home Rented a car, now you're halfway to Idaho Thought you were smart Thought I'd leave you alone But you have no idea what kind of hell is coming down on you I don't care how much time it takes I don't care what kind of money he makes I just want my honey back I'll be on my way You're gonna gimme my boyfriend back You're gonna gimme my boyfriend back Six dick pimp is just doing his job Making sure that business isn't going under He's got the studs lined up in their stalls Put a couple bills in, man, you really shouldn't miss it "Divorce Song" And when I asked for a separate room It was late at night, and we'd been driving since noon But if I'd known how that would sound to you I would have stayed in your bed For the rest of my life just to prove I was right That it's harder to be friends than lovers And you shouldn't try to mix the two Cause if you do it and you're still unhappy Then you know that the problem is you And it's true that I stole your lighter And it's also true that I lost the map But when you said that I wasn't worth talking to Well, I'd also take your word on that But if you had known how that would sound to me You would have taken it back And boxed it up and buried it in the ground Boxed it up and buried it in the ground Cause you've never been a waste of my time It's never been a drag So take a deep breath and count back from ten and maybe you'll be alright You put in my hand a loaded gun And then told me not to fire it When you did the things you said were up to me And then accused me of trying to fuck it up But you've never been a waste of my time It's never been a drag So take a deep breath and count back from ten And maybe you'll be alright And the license said you had to stick around until I was dead But if you're tired of looking at my face I guess I already am I guess I already am But you've never been a waste of my time It's never been a drag So take a deep breath and count back from ten And maybe you'll be alright "Go West" Safe on the interstate New York is three thousand miles away And I'm not forward to following you But it's better than always running back into you I've got to tear my life apart And go west young man Take off the parking brake Go coasting into a different state And it feels like I got something to prove But in some ways it's just something to do I closed my eyes and my bank account and gone west young man And I'm not looking forward to missing you But I must have something better to do My friend turned me around and said You go west, young man Stepping down off my platform shoes 69 in the afternoon And I'm waiting for someone in the know Like Perner tells me on the radio Says take it from someone who's been there before You go west, young man And I'm looking for somebody to do my thinking for me Till I come through The state-line highway signs says you have gone west, young man And it feel like I got something to prove But in some ways it's just something to do The state-line highway sign says you have gone west, young man "If I Ever Pay You Back" I don't know what it takes to stay with you Undertaking is not what I've planned But anyway, you know by and large anywhere I go I won't find anyone who loves me enough To make you look bad All the cars on the road are driving away from you But I'm still looking under my nose to see who I am But anywhere I go standing on the card I show I won't find anyone who'll tell me what I need to know That's not how it's done But anyway, you know by and large anywhere I go I won't find anyone who loves me enough If I ever pay you back If my money and wallet's intact I'll probably be in a box lying down loosely suited in black If I ever pay you back If my money and wallet's intact I'll probably be in a box lying down loosely suited in black... "In Love With Yourself" He came over my house Didn't even knock, he just walked inside And when I didn't want to talk He said, "Oh God, what a load of bullshit." Don't be so in love with yourself Don't be so in love with yourself Don't be so in love with yourself cause I'm not Don't you know I'm not And I said, "You've got a lot of nerve coming here after all the times that you tried to pull the wool over my eyes and my ears and nose and mouth and..." Don't be so in love with yourself Don't be so in love with yourself Don't be so in love with yourself cause I'm not Don't you know I'm not And he said, "You've got a lot of nerve painting me like I'm the villain. What about all of those words, like 'he's just a friend'? Oh God, what a load of bullshit..." Don't be so in love with yourself Don't be so in love with yourself Don't be so in love with yourself cause I'm not Don't you know I'm not And we took off all out clothes Had a lot of sex and then fell asleep And when I finally awoke I held him close and I whispered in his ear, "Don't be so in love with yourself Don't be so in love with yourself Don't be so in love with yourself cause I'm not Don't you know I'm not?" And he said, "I know, don't you think I know?" "Hello, Sailor" Hello, sailor, buy you a drink? Hello, sailor, tell me what do you think? How was the big beach, how was the sand? Did you fly an aeroplane? Did you get a tan? How does it feel to be back on American soil, hearing no blood for oil? Hello, sailor, tell me what do you think? Hello, sailor, will we get him next week? How does it feel to be hated and loved back home? You should have known That I'm a little despot, short and stout Here is my handgun, here is my crowd control When you tick me off then the bullets fly out Because free love is a whole lot of bullshit Free love is a whole lot of bullshit Hello, sailor Hello, sailor, buy you a smoke? Hello, sailor, can I tell you a joke? Knock knock, who's there? No, I'm just happy to see you It'll be a hundred if you come Hello, sailor, tell me how does it feel Hello, sailor, to be fighting for real? Sailor, they got you coming and going Sailor, look out cause your pussy is showing How does it feel to be back on American soil. hearing no blood for oil? I'm a little prostitute, I put out and sell Here come the market monkeys with their little fontainelles When they tip me over, they better tip me well Because free love is a whole lot of bullshit Free love is a whole lot of bullshit Hello, sailor, buy you a fuck? Hello, sailor, you had much more than luck You had the US of army on your side And that red, white and pride Hello, sailor, I mean women and men Hello, sailor, you gonna be up for it again? How does it feel to make shooting stars in the sky? Was it a rush to almost die? Hello, sailor I said hello, sailor How does it feel to be back on American soil, hearing no blood for oil? I'm a little liberal, I'm stupid in doubt Here is my platform, here is my holy-roller When you snow me under, I rock 'n' roll you out Because free love is a whole lot of bullshit Free love is a whole lot of bullshit Free love is a whole lot of bullshit "Wild Thing" Wild thing You made the boys spring You made everything expensive Spend it spend it, wild thing There's hardly a man left around that you haven't sought out There's hardly a dress shop in town you haven't bought out In case you're wondering why the hair salon wouldn't take you There's hardly a woman left in any state that doesn't hate you Wild thing You made the boys spring You made everything expensive Spend it spend it, wild thing It's truly awesome When she was younger she thought her mother had missed her calling And she, in turn, thought that her daughter's conduct was appalling After each date she had the boys, went home and dreamed of spiders She never fell for any man who wasn't rich as Midas Wild thing You made the boys spring You made everything expensive Spend it spend it, wild thing It's truly awesome If there's a lesson to be learned then I'm sure I don't know it We've all been waiting twenty years to finally see her blow it But as far as I can tell she's happy, rich, and worry free and That's a hell of a lot more than I can say for me and Wild thing You made the boys spring You made everything expensive Spend it spend it wild thing Wild thing You made your heart sing You bought everything you wanted Spend it spend it, wild thing It was truly awesome That's my girl! Go baby! "Fuck And Run" I woke up alarmed I didn't know where I was at first Just that I woke up in your arms And almost immediately I felt sorry Cause I didn't think this would happen again No matter what I could do or say Just that I didn't think this would happen again With or without my best intentions And whatever happened to a boyfriend? The kind of guy who tries to win you over And whatever happened to a boyfriend The kind of guy who makes love cause he's in it And I want a boyfriend I want a boyfriend I was all that boring old shit like letters and sodas Like letters You got up You said you had But I heard arrest in your head And almost immediately I felt sorry Cause I didn't think this would happen again No matter what I could do or say Just that I didn't think this could happen again With or without my best intentions And I want a boyfriend I want a boyfriend I want all that stupid old shit like Letters and sodas I can feel it in my bones I 'm gonna spend another year alone it's Fuck and run Fuck and run Even when I was 17 Fuck and run Fuck and run Even when I was 12 And I can feel it in my bones I'm gonna spend my whole life alone Fuck and run Fuck and run Even when I was 17 Fuck and run Fuck and run Even when I was 12 You almost felt bad You said that I should call you up but I knew much better than that And almost immediately you felt sorry cause You didn't think this would happen again No matter what you could do or say Just that you didn't think this could happen again Without or without your best intentions And whatever happened to a girlfriend The kind of chick who tries to win you over And whatever happened to a girlfriend The kind of chick who makes love cause she's in it and You want a girlfriend You want a girlfriend You want all that boring old shit Like letters and sodas Letters and sodas Letters and sodas Letters and sodas "Can't Get Out Of What I'm Into" The things they say are getting harder to take But I can't get out of what I'm into And the jokes they tell are meant to wish me well But I can't get out of what I'm into Cause it's a steady job And it's the only thing that makes me money And it gives me something to laugh about Cause my real life ain't fucking funny Cause my real life ain't fucking funny The looks they give starting to make me sick But I can't get out of what I'm into And the lines they try might as well be from a guy But I can't get out of what I'm into Cause it's a steady job And it's the only thing that makes me money And it gives me something to cry about Cause my real life ain't fucking funny Cause my real life ain't fucking funny Ooooh Lord, why have you forsaken me? Ooooh Lord, why have you forsaken me? The things I have to do would make a slut blush blue But I can't get out of what I'm into I figure two more years then I'll go back to queers But I can't get out of what I'm into Cause it's a steady job And it's the only thing that makes me money And it gives me something to laugh about Cause my real life ain't fucking funny Ooooh Lord, why have you forsaken me? Ooooh Lord, why have you forsaken me? Ooooh Lord Ooooh Lord Ooooh Lord, why have you forsaken me? "Fire Up The Batmobile" Fire up the batmobile cause I gotta get outta here I don't speak the language And you gave me no real choice You gave me no real choice You made me see that my behavior was an opinion So fire up the batmobile cause I gotta get outta here It's the mouth of the gift horse, I know But I gave it my best shot I gave it my best shot I gave you the performance of a lifetime So I hope you all will see There just isn't a place here for me I look around and feel like somebody must be fucking with me I just can't take any of you seriously And I can't keep keeping myself company Fire up the batmobile cause I gotta get outta here Big shoulders block the view You can't get your money back You can't get your money back You can't pretend that "isolation" is the same as "privilege" So I hope you all will see There just isn't a place here for me I look around and feel like somebody must be fucking with me I just can't take any of you seriously And I can't keep keeping myself company "What Makes You A Slave" I can't remember the last time that I felt good for more than a week I mean really good for more than a month Makes you wanna feel Makes you wanna cry Makes you wanna tear the stars from the sky And you're halfway there, but you're halfway down And you just can't get your ass out of town And you can't back up cause you're against the wall And it's the same goddamn thing I told you Baby it's alright Sometimes a dream is what makes you a slave Baby it's alright And I think that's what's happened to me Cause I'm walking almost everyday blind And I'm searching through my past Makes you wanna feel Makes you wanna cry Makes you wanna tear the stars from the sky And you're halfway there, but you're halfway down And you just can't get your ass out of town And you can't back up cause you're against the wall And it's the same goddamn thing I told you Baby it's alright Sometimes a dream is what makes you a slave Baby it's alright Look around Do you see anyone for themselves, like you see yourself? So why do you still feel so all alone? Bubblegum, bubblegum in a dish Bubblegum, bubblegum in a dish How many pieces do you wish? Bubblegum, bubblegum in a dish How many pieces do you wish? My mother told me to pick the very best one And you're it "It's Not That Easy" I think you're trying to scare me So that I will stop thinking about you I think you're trying to scare me So that I will stop trying to be you It's not that easy It's not that easy I laughed when I heard you dies Cause I didn't know what else I was gonna do Now I laugh when I see you alive Cause I think you're just pulling my leg It's not that easy It's not that easy Well it must have taken a whole lot of anger And it must have taken a whole lot of time And I can't believe that you found me after all these years I guess you must have something heavy on your mind And I can't believe that you thought I'd be happy To see you up and around like it's any warning You look like shit, and the smell is even better And I feel like shit, and I want to go back to bed You can walk through walls You can make the head of a doll spin around And you can haunt the halls But you can't ask me to make you feel at home It's not that easy It's not that easy "Chopsticks" I met him at a party and he told me how to drive him home He said he liked to do it backwards And I said that's just fine with me That way we can fuck and watch tv It was 4 am and the light was gray Like it always is in paperbacks He asked if I like playing jacks I told him I was good till sixes But all hell broke loose after that I told him that I knew Julia Roberts when I was 12 at summer camp We didn't say anything after that I dropped him off and I drove on home Cause secretly, I'm timid "Do You Love Me?" The last time we made love you said my name just to make me come But it was just a speaking offer It mean nothing without your love Means nothing without your love Means nothing without your love I can wake up any day See a million things that I could say But then you're just an easy target It means nothing without your love Means nothing without your love Means nothing And nothing means nothing Each time the world turns 'round It doesn't make a fucking sound It doesn't mean that we don't feel it It means nothing without your love Means nothing without your love Means nothing And nothing means nothing So if you want to know if I love you so If you want to know if I love you so If you want to know if I love you so It's in my kiss- that's where it is It's in my kiss- that's where it is Do you love me cause I am in the mood? Do you love me for a funky groove? Do you love me cause I can mash potato? Do you love me cause I'm an alligator? Singing oooh, whoa, whoa... Do you love me cause I can walk on water? Do you love me cause I'm the President's daughter? Do you love me cause I am queen of England? Do you love me just cause I'm sitting here singing? Oooh, whoa, whoa... So if you want to know if I love you so If you want to know if I love you so If you want to know if I love you so It's in my kiss- that's where it is It's in my kiss- that's where it is So the next time we make love Drop the words, just do the stuff Speak softly and use that big stick It means nothing without your love Means nothing without your love Means nothing And nothing means nothing to me "Soap Star Joe" He's just a hero in a long line of heroes Looking for something attractive to save They say he rode in on the back of a pickup And he won't leave town till you remember his name He's just a hero in a long line of heroes Looking for some lonely billboard to grace They say he sprung from the skull of Athena Think about your own head and the headache he gave He's just a hero in a long line of heroes Looking for action in a price he can pay They say he's famous, but no one can prove it Make him an offer just to see what he'll say Check out the dashboard lights Glowing all green and white He feels safe in the dark He wears his bluejeans tight Check out the thinning hair Check out the aftershave Check out America You're looking at it, babe He's just a hero in a long line of heroes Looking for something attractive to save They say he rode in on the back of a pickup And he won't leave town till you remember his name Make him an offer just to see what he'll say "I Know It's Not Easy" Call me when you think the coast is clear I've been hiding out almost a year Is there something wrong? What's taking you so long? And yeah, I know it's not easy You said if I waited it'd pay off But my eyes are growing wild and my body's gone soft Is there something wrong? What's taking you so long? And yeah, I know it's not easy You said I should let go of your hand But I don't even know if I can You're the only one You are the very sun to me And you know it's not easy You'd tell me, wouldn't you, if we needed to talk? And you'd tell me, wouldn't you, if I had pissed you off? Is there something wrong? What's taking you so long? And yeah, I know it's not easy Well I look at the stars and I know you're under them I look at the cars and I know you insure them I look at the books and things people are reading I know that you've written them, too But then I look at my life and I know you've forgotten the promise you made to me I think that's rotten I'm hopelessly lost and there's hardly a sound anymore Coming through that can show me around Cause I'm endlessly, endlessly searching the crowd Looking for something from you Just one fucking measly clue Any shitty little tip-off would do But I'm just an ant in Alaska to you Well I look at the stars and I know you're under them I look at the cars and I know you insure them I look at the books and the things people are reading I know that you've written them, too But then I look at my life and I know you've forgotten the promise you made to me I think that's rotten I'm hopelessly lost and there's hardly a sound anymore Coming through that can show me around Cause I'm endlessly, endlessly searching the crowd Looking for something from you Just one fucking measly clue Any shitty little tip-off would do But I'm just and ant in Alaska to you I'm just an ant in Alaska An ant in Alaska An ant in Alaska to you "Miss Lucy" Miss Lucy had a steamboat Miss Lucy had a steamboat Miss Lucy had a steamboat The steamboat had a bell Miss Lucy went to heaven And her steamboat went to hell ? Can't know my number And don't disconnect me I'll cut off the cord My refrigerator, there was a piece of glass Miss Lucy fell upon it And she cut off the last piece of ? ? The boys in the parlor ? I'm in the meadows The birds in their pockets And the boys and the girls, they are fucking And the girls and the girls, they are fucking And the girls and the boys, they are fucking "Dead Shark" Don't be so rude I was only trying to make conversation Hey don't go down, this is not going anywhere Got a dead shark on our hands Got a dead shark on our hands Got a dead shark on our hands I'm just trying to get a handle on this I'm just trying to be rubber stamped I'm just trying So sue me for trying Do I just have problems, or did you also think that this was hot? I really hate talking on the telephone Can't we just work it out That you come on over here Can't we just work it out That you stay here tonight I'm not looking over my shoulder I'm not gazing up at the stars I'm not thinking about painting a picture I'm just wondering where you'll sleep tonight Do I just have problems, or did you also think that this was hot? I'm not looking over my shoulder I'm not gazing up at the stars I'm not thinking about painting your picture I'm just wondering where you'll spend the night "One Less Thing" I took my dog to the vet today He gave her a shot and put her away And when I got home and got ready for be I realized what I'd done And that's one less thing on my mind I left the man I'm in love with behind I moved to Chicago and told him I'd write But now when I wake and I see the wrong face I realize what I've done And that's one less thing on my mind Did you think that I knew what I was doing when I said that I had to grow up on my own for a while? Now I'm dog-less and love-less and cold in a midwestern winter If I'd known what I was doing I sure as fuck wouldn't be here Now I like to think that I like to learn from mistakes But I've made that error in judgment one too many times And I'm not the wiser and sure not the wealthier I wish to God that I had've been healthier mentally When I decided to make up my own mind But that's one less thing takes up my time I'm lining up six or seven good jobs My hair's looking great and my friends are all snobs But I don't have my man and I don't have my dog And I don't have very much fun And that's one less thing on my mind "Money" Elvis's car is probably 30 years old He looks like a Saab in '45 Cliff says he's got a headache Looks like shit and it feels like America Looks like shit and it feels like America Take them people back inside Just can't thin of something else to take over But you just stand it up and warning Looks like shit and it feels like America Looks like shit and it feels like America Why fly when you can walk? Why sing when you can talk? Why hit the wall when you've just punched the clock? Oh why sing when you can talk? Jeremy's talking about the bombs He thinks it's probably a bad place to be It's gonna be worse than Manhattan Looks like shit and it feels like America Looks like shit and it feels like America Take the train on up to the zoo Don't look back on what you've been through Cause everyone's got a Monday Looks like shit and it feels like America Looks like shit and it feels like America It's nice to be liked, but it's better by far to get paid I know that most of the friends that I have don't really see it that way But if you could give 'em each one wish They'd wish success for themselves and their friends And that would include lots of money That would surely include lots of money So if there are any on you little green elves sitting out there today Step right up, wish me old Irish luck But I also need shitloads of money And if there are any of you dirty rich old men sitting out there today Step right up, I'm your lucky fuck But I'm gonna need shitloads of money I'm gonna need shitloads of money I got to have shitloads of money "Sweetest Perfection" by Depeche Mode The sweetest perfection To call my own The slightest correction Couldn't finely hone The sweetest infection Of body and mind Sweetest injection Of any kind I stop and I stare too much Afraid that I care too much And I hardly dare to touch For fear that the spell may be broken When I need a drug in me And it brings out the thug in me Feel something tugging me Then I want the real thing not tokens Things you'd expect to be Having effect on me Pass undetectedly But everyone knows what has got me Takes me completely Touches me sweetly Reaches so deeply I know that nothing can stop me Sweetest perfection An offer was made An assorted collection But I wouldn't trade Takes me completely Touches so sweetly Reaches so deeply Nothing can stop me "Yeah O Yeah" by Spiderbait Yeah o yeah I really wanna curl my hair I thought I had a lot to say But I think I wanna waste away Don't pretend You all wanna have a new friend You're okay But you always get your own way Hear you say I really wanna say what I'm thinking See them play But I never heard a word they say I never heard a word they say I never heard a word they say I never heard a word they say Hey okay I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it Yeah O yeah O yeah Yeah o yeah Yeah o yeah Yeah o yeah "How I Miss You" by Foo Fighters How I miss you How I miss you How I miss you I should not recall How I hope that you still miss me Did I lose you Did I lose you Did I lose you Somewhere down the line Hide and seek's alright if I find Do you miss me Like I miss you If you miss me Never go away Hopefully you'll come and stay someday If you're leaving Come back soon That's not easy to say I will wait here Dream of you All alone as I await Did I lose you Did I lose you Did I lose you Somewhere down the line Hide and seek's alright if I find Do you miss me Like I miss you If you miss me Never go away Hopefully you'll come and stay someday If you're leaving Come back soon That's not easy to say I will wait here Dream of you All alone as I await How I miss you How I miss you How I miss you I should not recall How I hope that you still miss me "The Funny Bird" by Mercury Rev well goodbye southern spy i've come to love you in the light always staring at the void have your eyes all been destroyed all these digging little hands of all the stones that never land you're the only one i know.. and farewell golden ring oh you hollow little thing like a wave along the coast i've come to love the highs and lows when in the end you're just a band a funny bird that never lands and you're the only one i know... farewell golden sound no one wants to hear you now and of all the happy ends i wouldnt wish this on a friend but you're the only one i know.. "Borderline" by Madonna Something in the way you love me wont' let me be I don't want to be your prisoner, so baby, won't you set me free Stop playing with my heart Finish what you start When you make my love come down If you want me, let me know Baby, let it show Honey, don't you fool around Just try to understand, I've given all I can 'Cause you got the best of me Chorus: Borderline, feels like I'm going to lose my mind You just keep on pushing my love over the borderline (repeat chorus) Keep on pushing me, baby Don't you know you drive me crazy You just keep on pushing my love Over the borderline Something in your eyes is makin' such a fool of me When you hold me in your arms, you love me 'til I just can't see But then you let me down, when I look around Baby, you just can't be found Stop driving me away, I just wanna stay There's something I just got to say Just try to understand, I've given all I can 'Cause you got the best of me Chorus Keep on pushing me baby Don't you know you drive me crazy You just keep on pushing my love Over the borderline Look what your love has done to me Come on baby, set me free You just keep on pushing my love over the borderline You cause me so much pain, I think I'm going insane What does it take to make you see You just keep on pushing my love over the borderline "Tiger Woods" by Dan Bern i got big balls big ole balls big as grapefruits big as pumpkins yes sir yes sir and on my really good days they swell to the size of small dogs my balls are as big as small dogs well it ain't braggin' if it's true yes sir yes sir it ain't braggin' if it's true mohammed ali said that back when he was a young man back when he was cassius clay before he fought too many fights and left his brain inside the ring sometimes i wish i was tiger woods tiger woods tiger woods sometimes i wish i was tiger woods tiger woods tiger woods i got a friend whose goal in life was to one day go down on madonna that's all he wanted that was all to one day go down on madonna and when my friend was 34 he got his wish in rome one night he got to go down on madonna in rome one night in some hotel and ever since he's been depressed 'cause life is shit from here on in and all our friends just shake their heads and say 'too soon too soon too soon' he went down on madonna too soon too young too young too soon too soon and it ain't braggin' if it's true yes sir yes sir it ain't braggin' if it's true mohammed ali said that back when he was casius clay before he fought too many fights and left his brain inside the ring sometimes i wish i was tiger woods tiger woods sometimes i wish i was tiger woods tiger woods if certain girls don't look at you it means that they like you a lot if other girls don't look at you it just means they're ignoring you how can you know, how can you know? which is which, who's doing what? i guess that you can ask 'em which one are you baby? i guess that's all you have to do do you like me or are you ignoring me? do you like me or are you ignoring me? and all you need to do that is one good pair of big balls balls as big as grapefruits balls as big as pumpkins balls as big as mine but even though my balls are big sometimes i wish they were bigger even bigger big as the wheels on tractors big as the golden arches big as the golden gate bridge big as mars and jupiter big as the swing of tiger woods tiger woods tiger woods "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne Crazy,but that's how it goes Millions of people living as foOLS Maybe it's not too late To learn how to love And forget how to hate Mental wounds not healing Life's a bitter shame I'm going off the rails on a crazy train I've listened to preachers I've listened to fools I've watched all the dropouts Who make their own rules One person conditioned to rule and control The media sells it and you live the role Mental wounds still screaming Driving me insane I'm going off the rails on a crazy train I know that things are going wrong for me You gotta listen to my words Yeh-h Heirs of a cold war That's what we've become Inheriting troubles I'm mentally numb Crazy, I just cannot bear I'm living with something that just isn't fair Mental wounds not healing Who and what's to blame I'm going off the rails on a crazy train "Closer To The Heart" by Rush And the men who hold high places Must be the ones who start To mold a new reality Closer to the heart Closer to the heart The blacksmith and the artist Reflect it in their art They forge their creativity Closer to the heart Closer to the heart Philosophers and ploughmen Each must know his part To sow a new mentality Closer to the heart Closer to the heart You can be the captain I will draw the chart Sailing into destiny Closer to the heart "That Day" by Poe Tomorrow's coming 'round a hairpin curve in the road She's got a run in her stocking and she's missing the heel of her shoe Got up this morning rolled out of bed I spilled a diet coke called my mother said "hi" What I meant to say was "Why is your life a joke?" Then I went down to that ugly bar and I clicked by heels 3 times just like you said and I climbed the road to your empty house The anticipation was a turn on But you let me down 'cause I stood on that empty stoop alone I said "I'm ready for my close up now Mr. Demille" I waited for the light but it never shone Well I wonder what you'll do with that expensive piece of land That over looks a billion years of history I have a sneaking suspicion you will never understand Hey maybe I'll see you down by the Rocky & Bullwinkle And we can talk to that Charlatan Psychic And she can paint a prettier picture of your future 'Cause that day In my life That day In my life I dreamt tomorrow had a prettier face And, I dreamt tomorrow would have better things to say than, "you look like shit, what's your problem bitch your legs feel like sandpaper you can't do anything right" Well that day Never should have taken place 'Cause this day in my life still cannot Explain Why I listened in the first place To you Oh Ya... Something else I hope one day you call up your father And have the guts to tell him how he hurt you And made you hurt another 'Cause it makes me sad "God's Mistake" by Tears For Fears have a friend, calls me up says hello .. then hangs up he must've read my mind these are the days of a different paradigm maybe once, or even twice you said "God does not play dice" yet if he's everywhere he's in casinos with aces to spare ours is not to reason why as we fall from way up high into the water like a lamb to the slaughter even now, God's mistake sets us up for one more heartbreak God you look mighty fine dressed as the devil in a cosmic pantomime "Help!" by The Beatles Help, I need somebody, Help, not just anybody, Help, you know I need someone, help. When I was younger, so much younger than today, I never needed anybody's help in any way. But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured, Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors. Help me if you can, I'm feeling down And I do appreciate you being round. Help me, get my feet back on the ground, Won't you please, please help me. And now my life has changed in oh so many ways, My independence seems to vanish in the haze. But every now and then I feel so insecure, I know that I just need you like I've never done before. Help me if you can, I'm feeling down And I do appreciate you being round. Help me, get my feet back on the ground, Won't you please, please help me. When I was younger, so much younger than today, I never needed anybody's help in any way. But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured, Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors. Help me if you can, I'm feeling down And I do appreciate you being round. Help me, get my feet back on the ground, Won't you please, please help me, help me, help me, oh. "Holland, 1945" by Neutral Milk Hotel The only girl I've ever loved Was born with roses in her eyes But then they buried her alive One evening 1945 With just her sister at her side And only weeks before the guns All came and rained on everyone Now she's a little boy in Spain Playing pianos filled with flames On empty rings around the sun All sing to say my dream has come But now we must pick up every piece Of the life we used to love Just to keep ourselves At least enough to carry on And now we ride the circus wheel With your dark brother wrapped in white Says it was good to be alive But now he rides a comet's flame And won't be coming back again The Earth looks better from a star That's right above from where you are He didn't mean to make you cry With sparks that ring and bullets fly On empty rings around your heart The world just screams and falls apart But now we must pick up every piece Of the life we used to love Just to keep ourselves At least enough to carry on And here's where your mother sleeps And here is the room where your brothers were born Indentions in the sheets Where their bodies once moved but don't move anymore And it's so sad to see the world agree That they'd rather see their faces fill with flies All when I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes "Ooga Booga" by Spiderbait They know On the top of my head And they know Just the way that I go And they know Now my feeling is slow And they know Now I got my feeling Don't you want my feeling? Don't you want my feeling? Now I know There's a place for my gun And I am sure You and me all alone And let's-a-go To a place that I know And I might stay on Stay gone Come on and let me go home Won't you let me go home Take my bad gone feeling! Take my bad gone feeling Take my bad gone feeling "Never Is A Promise" by Fiona Apple You'll never see the courage I know Its colors' richness won't appear within your view I'll never glow - the way that you glow Your presence dominates the judgements made on you But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights The shades and shadows undulate in my perception My feelings swell and stretch; I see from greater heights I understand what I am still too proud to mention - to you You'll say you understand, but You don't understand You'll say you'd never give up seeing eye to eye But never is a promise, and you can't afford to lie You'll never touch - these things that I hold The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own You'll never feel the heat of this soul My fever burns me deeper than I've ever shown - to you You'll say, Don't fear your dreams, it's easier than it seems You'll say you'd never let me fall from hopes so high But never is a promise and you can't afford to lie You'll never live the life that I live I'll never live the life that wakes me in the night You'll never hear the message I give You'll say it links as though I might give up this fight But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights The shades and shadows undulate in my perception My feelings swell and stretch, I see from greater heights I realize what I am now too smart to mention - to you You'll say you understand, you'll never understand I'll say I'll never wake up knowing how or why I don't know what to believe in, you don't know who I am You'll say I need appeasing when I start to cry But never is a promise and I'll never need a lie "The Wanderer" by U2 I went out walking Through streets paved with gold Lifted some stones, saw the skin and bones Of a city without a soul I went out walking Under an atomic sky Where the ground won't turn, and the rain it burns Like the tears when I said goodbye Yeah I went with nothing Nothing but the thought of you I went wandering... I went drifting Through the capitals of tin Where men can't walk, or freely talk And sons turn their fathers in I stopped inside a church house Where the citizens like to sit They say they want the kingdom But they don't want God in it I went out riding Down that old eight lane I passed by a thousand signs Looking for my own name I went with nothing But the thought you'd be there too Looking for you... I went out there In search of experience To taste and to touch, and to feel as much As a man can before he repents I went out searching Looking for one good man A spirit who would not bend or break Who would sit at his father's right hand I went out walking With a bible and a gun The word of God lay heavy on my heart I was sure I was the one Now Jesus, don't you wait up Jesus, I'll be home soon Yeah I went out for the papers Told her I'd be back by noon Yeah I left with nothing But the thought you'd be there too Looking for you Yeah I left with nothing Nothing but the thought of you I went wandering... "Life in a Northern Town" by Dream Academy A Salvation Army band played And the children drank lemonade And the morning lasted all day, All day And through an open window came Like Sinatra in a younger day, Pushing the town away Ah-- (Chant) Ah hey ma ma ma Life in a northern Town. They sat on the stoney ground And he took a cigarette out And everyone else came down To listen. He said in "in winter 1963 It felt like the world would freeze With John F. Kennedy And The Beatles." (Chant) Ah hey ma ma ma Life in a northern Town. Ah hey ma ma ma All the work shut down. The evening had turned to rain Watch the water roll down the drain, As we follow him down To the station And though he never would wave goodbye, You could see it written in his eyes As the train rolled out of sight Bye-bye. (Chant) Ah hey ma ma ma Life in a northern town. Ah hey ma ma ma Life in a northern town "Kung Fu" by Ash Kung Fu do what you do to me I haven't been the same since my teenage lobotomy Full on, I moved to Hong Kong With Bruce Lee's brother and Johnny Wong I think it's strange He's friends with Fu Manchu And he thinks he knows you Uh uh uh uh uh oh Oh Daniel San made in Taiwan Come on Jackie Chan Uh uh uh uh uh oh Last night Jackie Chan came around I played pool with him and we hung out Mr. Miagi and the X-men Called in for a while as well I think it's strange He's friends with Fu Manchu And he thinks he knows you Uh uh uh uh uh oh Oh Daniel San made in Taiwan Come on Jackie Chan Uh uh uh uh uh oh Kung Fu do what you do to me I can't live without my Kung Fu movies 'Shanghai Killers' and 'Deadly Road' My life was ruined when the Green Dragon closed Oh I think it's strange He's friends with Fu Manchu And he thinks he knows you Uh uh uh uh uh oh Oh Daniel San made in Taiwan Come on Jackie Chan Uh uh uh uh uh oh I think it's strange He's friends with Fu Manchu And he's in love with you Uh uh uh uh uh oh Oh Daniel San made in Taiwan Come on Jackie Chan Uh uh uh uh uh oh "High 5 (Rock The Catskills)" by Beck High 5, high 5 High 5, high 5 "C'mon on, 8, everybody, c'mon, 7, c'mon, now, 6, 5 Aw, yeah, I like that shit" When I rock it's like a high 5 Want a slap in the face I love the taste All my days with my wheelchair ways Watch me die in my suicide high I don't mean it 'cause I only come on to you When I step to the room with a powerful motion Leopard skin let the records spin 'Round and round with the speed of sound High 5, more dead than alive Rocking the plastic like a man from the Catskills High 5, more dead than alive Rocking the plastic like a man from the Catskills Rocky mountain low we gotta go Put that gadget in the random mode Cripple candy rocking the candy Rhumba, brickshot, doing the foxtrot In my car sweating like a dog Beers and chairs no frontiers On my way from the 'Frisco Bay Dixieland, soda-pop man High 5, more dead than alive Rocking the plastic like a man from the Catskills High 5, more dead than alive Rocking the plastic like a man from the Catskills Yeah, put that machine in random mode Talking about popping jugger Like the last century "Turn that shit off, man, what's wrong with you? Man, get the other record, damn" High 5, more dead than alive Rocking the plastic like a man from the Catskills High 5, more dead than alive Rocking the plastic like a man from the Catskills High 5, more dead than alive Rocking the plastic like a man from the Catskills High 5, more dead than alive Rocking the plastic like a man from the Catskills "Ok, now, do like designer jeans Everybody, designer jeans, say, say, say, say, say: ooh, la la, sasoon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon Everybody One more time, let me hear you say: ooh, la la, sasoon Just do it everybody, c'mon Now I want the ladies All the ladies, say: Sergio Valente, sing it, girl Let me hear you say: Sergio Valente Say Jordache" "Alarm Call" by Bjork Wo-oo-ooh hoh! I have walked this earth And watched people It doesnt scare me at all I can be sincere And say I like them It doesnt scare me at all An-bithelafter-mer An-yeah-hoh-oh An-be-ja-a-a-ha-ha You can't say no to hope Can't say no to happiness I want to go on a mountain-top With a radio and good batteries And play a joyous tune and Free the human race From suffering It doesnt scare me at all I'm no fucking buddhist But this is enlightenment The less room you give me The more space I've got It doesnt scare me at all An-chamel-after An-yeah-hoh-oh An-be-ja-a-a-ha-ha You can't say no to hope Can't say no to happiness It doesnt scare me at all I want to be on a mountain-top With a radio and good batteries And play a joyous tune and Free the A-human race From suffering It doesnt scare me at all This is an alarm-call So wake-up, wake-up now Woo-oo-ooh! Today has never happened And it doesnt frighten me It doesnt scare me at all An-bithel-after An-yeah-hoh-oh An-che-ja-a-a-ha-ha You can't say no to hope You can't say no to happiness Wo-oo-ooh! It doesnt scare me at all, wo-oo-ooh! .... "Rollin Wit You" by Ol' Dirty Bastard You can't imitate me on this fuckin tape You ain't ringing the bell I'm ready when you are [You ain't ringing the bell You ain't busting the grape You ain't imitating me on this fuckin tape] (x10) I'm tellin you bitch ass niggas If y'all don't fuckin If y'all coloured bitch ass faggot punk ass motherfuckers Don't see that these white people are trying to take over your shit Don't worry, your baby's happy the Ol' Dirty Bastard is here Your baby happy I'm here To beat the shit out of all you faggot punk ass motherfuckers Bitch ass niggas! I shut whole fuckin' world down You white motherfuckers could never, ever take over You can't ever take over!(x2) You shut the fuck up and you shut the fuck up That's what the fuck you do! (Could I get a beer, yo I need some beer) You ain't using your phone, you ain't callin the cops Cause nigga I'm the only king of the block I'm the only black god, motherfucker! And I came to rock the spot When I throw at football pass at a bitch she miss Ain't trying to be funny gonna use my fist You can't use the family feud You can't run it on a cuckoooo!!!! You bring shame, I'll keep Ol' Dirty safe Not locked up, cause I'll have your fuckin ass locked up! I'll stash you, lickin you down, light that blunt! You ain't gettin one,two I do what I want! If I got a problem, a problems got a problem til it's gone I'm the only Unique Ason You reap what you sew Fuckin with the O I got the precinct locked down You ain't using the po-po Fuck you Soso I got the keys to your hoe I'll stop your whole flow, all you bitches roll Would be from the ghetto You want me to control This fuckin' show Give Ol' Dirty what he want and mo! Time stops you'll go Mafia slow! Time'll stop you'll go Mafia! Pay me all my motherfucking money Or I'ma slow down your dough! (Chorus) Jesus I'm rollin with you(x4) You'll all be in danger You'll have a sex changer I'm gettin more anger call me Dr. Stranger I master the demon demonic toys Sting you with the venom kill your joy! Bitches throw hands in the air like to be sodomized That's what I'm here for! That's what I'm all about! I get girls and I'll they want to give is a good fuck from me Oh BABY!! Hippa to the hoppa and you just don't stoppa I control Michael Jackson's Thriller Catch him and ruuhhahaha Fuck with the guys that'll make you shrug I'm the only original Fuck you chump! Shut the fuck up! Yo did you understand that? "Crazy For You" by Madonna Swaying room as the music starts Strangers making the most of the dark Two by two their bodies become one I see you through the smoky air Can't you feel the weight of my stare You're so close but still a world away What I'm dying to say is that I'm crazy for you Touch me once and you'll know it's true I never wanted anyone like this It's all brand new you'll feel it in my kiss I'm crazy for you crazy for you Trying hard to control my heart I walk over to where you are Eye to eye we meet no word at all Slowly now we begin to move Every breath I'm deeper into you Send me to a standing still in time If you read my mind you'll see I'm crazy for you Touch me once and you'll know it's true I never wanted anyone like this It's all brand new you'll feel it in my kiss You'll feel it in my kiss because I'm crazy for you Touch me once and you'll know it's true I never wanted anyone like this It's all brand new you'll feel it in my kiss I'm crazy for you Crazy for you It's all brand new I'm crazy for you And you know it's true I'm crazy crazy for you It's all brand new I'm crazy for you And you know it's true I'm crazy crazy for you "The Golden Calf" by Prefab Sprout once upon a time i stalked the streets on raining evenings when the distant sea blended with the sky past coliseums filled with brass on pavements carved with toasted glass i carried in my heart a word or two your dashing horseman all gone away left you the stable bill to pay and now the golden calf has turned to clay all my feelings dressed in gloves couldn't touch your windswept harbour love white and open-necked you would still play i'd resort to sleepwalking to catch the mood that fills the sails with harvest nets and tides don't ever bring but every night was halloween, and every friend fell in between and how capricious nature ruled my mind your dashing horseman all gone away left you the stable bill to pay and now the golden calf has turned to clay all my feelings dressed in gloves couldn't touch your windswept harbour love white and open-necked you would still play Once upon a time i stalked the streets on raining evenings when the distant sea blended with the sky my mouth was full of cigarettes, my head was full of long term bets but you would always make me see today i sound so different these days, i barely can believe i'm me if i didn't know better, I would swear I was someone else Lord I can't believe, I don't believe I'm me But who on earth could I be? your dashing horseman all gone away left you the stable bill to pay and now the golden calf has turned to clay all my feelings dressed in gloves couldn't touch your windswept harbour love white and open-necked you would still play "I Won't Forget You" by Poison Late at night I close my eyes And think of how things could have been And when I look back I remember some words you had said to me It's better to have lost at love Then never to have loved at all Chorus I won't forget you baby (I won't forget you) Even though I should I won't forget you baby (I won't forget you) Even though I should, yeah Sometimes in my head I can still see pictures of you And I laugh to myself When I think of all those crazy things that we used to do Although miles come between us Just between you and me Chorus I should let you fade away But that just wouldn't be me Oh, baby Solo Although miles come between us Just between you and me I won't forget you baby (I won't forget you) Memories slowly fade I won't forget you baby (I won't forget you) And all the plans we made I won't forget you baby "Bugs" by Pearl Jam I got bugs I got bugs in my room Bugs in my bed Bugs in my ears Their eggs in my head Bugs in my pockets Bugs in my shoes Bugs in the way I feel about you Bugs on my window Trying to get in They don't go nowhere Waiting, waiting... Bugs on my ceiling Crowded the floor Standing, sitting, kneeling... A few block the door And now the questions: Do I kill them? Become their friend? Do I eat them? Raw or well done? Do I trick them? I don't think they're dumb Do I join them? Looks like that's the one I got bugs on my skin Tickle my nauseau I let it happen again They're always takin' over I see they surround me, I see... See them deciding my fate Oh, that which was once...was once up to me... Now it's too late I got bugs in my room...one on one That's when I had a chance I'll just stop now I'll become naked And let the...all become one "No Direction" by Bad Religion A sullen figure walks along a dusty road his life was holy and he couldn't bear the load he left his people and a simple life behind he raised his torso and he looked into the sky shouting his questions looking for directions "what do I do now?" now a confused school girl stares at the TV tray the stresses of maturing compound every day she glances up to see her favorite video and gets ideas from Madonna's nasty clothes in need of affection she craves affection her heroes offer her everyone is looking for something and they assume somebody else knows what it is no one can live with the decisions of their own it seems so they look to someone else to tell 'em what to be tell 'em what to wear tell 'em what to say tell 'em how to act and think and compel others compulsively until the world is all like them a righteous student came and asked me to reflect he judged my lifestyle ws politically incorrect I don't belive in self important folks who preach no Bad Religion song can make your life complete you'll get no direction from me you'll get no direction from me "Untitled" by Spiderbait "There are many fixed traditional compositions that have been handed down from teacher to student and then from his student to his student over the past many hundred years of tupta(?? some Indian word..) tradition. And these fixed compositions have special names like cut(?), barrun(?), toora(?), dehine(?), chucarta), bechucarta(?) and there are many types of cuts(?) and barruns(?) that are first recited or sung to give their beauty and then they are played on the tabla. (some dude babbling Indian)" "I should have brought my (something) so I could turn it off!" BANG! "Run to the Hills" by Iron Maiden White man came across the sea Brought us pain and misery Killed our tribes killed our creed Took our game for his own need We fought him hard we fought him well Out on the plains we gave him hell But many came too much for Cree Oh will we ever be set free? Riding through dustclouds and barren wastes Galloping hard on the plains Chasing the redskins back to their holes Fighting them at their own game Murder for freedom a stab in the back Women and children and cowards attack Run to the hills run for your lives Run to the hills run for your lives Soldier blue on the barren wastes Hunting and killing their game Raping the women and wasting the men The only good Indians are tame Selling them whisky and taking their gold Enslaving the young and destroying the old Run to the hills run for your lives (repeat to end) "Down in the Bottom" by Walter Becker in case you're wondering it's alive and well that little habit that you left with me here in the suburbs where it's hard to tell if i got the bear or the bear got me how did you know that it would take me down down to the bottom of the wine dark sea where you were waiting there to bring me 'round where you knew all the dopest cuts to be drowned at the bottom of your mystery down in the bottom of the wine dark sea saw your old lady in the park today the legendary smile is wearing thin behind that guessing game you make her play now that she knows that she could never win i guess you're never gonna take her down down to the bottom of your little black heart lay with her naked on the cool hard ground to watch the sun rise in the dopest part down in the bottom where your lifeline shows down in the bottom where nobody goes did you lose your way, find another? did you make your play or just run for cover? is it safe to say you got burned today? i like the feathers and i love the hat i like that little gypsy tune you're humming i guess i'm happy now we've had this chat oh yeah i'm really glad i saw you coming there in the corner of the eastern sky the tortured angel of your rising sign darkens the evening with his one good eye an evil omen of the dopest kind down in the bottom where your demons fly down in the bottom of the eastern sky down in the bottom where your lifeline shows down in the bottom where nobody goes drowned in the bottom of your mystery down in the bottom of the wine dark sea Album: When Dream and Day Unite by Dream Theater "A Fortune In Lies" I can remember when, In the unity of our five-day sessions Not even once did we hear the siren song What kind of imagination Asleep in some lyrical coma Who's vain futile memory Could have been so wrong? You can make a fortune in lies You can keep a giant alive You can ride the red Until everybody smiles A trifling euphoria was such an untimely religion maybe your life can explain the reason for my indecision Here is a poor man the heart of this monster creation He said we both will be heroes and I was led into temptation You can make a fortune in lies You can keep a giant alive You can ride the red Until everybody smiles Can you show me your gold and your silver? A hero in frozen water "For the first time in a long time... everything was right in my world... [Sample from a television prison ] and then I woke up..." [documentary. ] Now you've made a fortune in lies and you kept a giant alive You rode the red You rode the red "Status Seeker" Heart sick at the sight of the Status Seeker In a sense I'm not beyond reproach the aspiration to drop a name When any rose might smell the same Maybe you'll figure it out someday 'I want to know you now... You know I've always believed in you.' Nothing is sacred... You draw the bottom line with a dollar sign Change of opinion... At the drop of a dime Graceless intrusion... Are you sanctified in your judgment of me? All that I deserve is what you were unable to see In a garden where the seeds were spilled I favored the few that stood strong in the sun As I reached for the profit of my prize I found I had trampled the forgotten ones. Nothing is sacred... You draw the bottom line with a dollar sign Change of opinion... At the drop of a dime Graceless intrusion... Are you sanctified in your judgment of me? All that I deserve is what you were unable to see You're running in circles And I'm turning away You refused to believe Now I'm turning away Nothing is sacred... You draw the bottom line with a dollar sign Change of opinion... At the drop of a dime Graceless intrusion... Are you sanctified in your judgment of me? All that I deserve is what you were unable to see You're running in circles And I'm turning away You refused to believe Now I'm turning away "The Killing Hand" I. The Observance An Angel's kiss now fallen Descending scarlet cuts the sky Faded names left on the wall Honor the fighting leave life to die Remembered is the sacrifice but No praisal of blood still flowing Who were the leaders? what controlled the Killing Hand that caused this mourning? Crossing over... II. Ancient Renewal Lowered deep into the sea Being awaits to cleanse his soul senses weakening time is still Motionless by stiffening cold The wheels race back and Scorch his mind Traveling all to find the land Revelation warms a touch And now, he will begin to Understand III. The Stray Seed Extended a view to yesterday Manifestation for none the same Walking amidst a frightening still No sound, no smoke, no scorching Flames He is risen... Sipping his poison the raven sings Yet another to add more bodies fallen King from below this one controls the Killing Hand that caused this mourning. Is it all over? Is it all over? IV. Thorns Evil genius this secret plan Mercy dealt with the losing hand Will he ever fall? Can he end it all? Our savior must make his stand. Only a Prophet of years to come Wanting mortality I'm all alone He heard my voice It was my choice I've stopped the Killing Hand. V. Exodus When I go back again Will it be the same? I've stopped the cries But now they know my name The sea is calling me my spirit must return As I get closer, was it really worth what I have learned? I'm in the valley And the saddened chimes I hear Race toward the wall to find one more name appears. No one is left now my one and only land I laugh at what I've done I am the Killing Hand. "Light Fuse and Get Away" Would you like to sit and talk to me about the way things change so suddenly when your senses come and the feeling goes? can you remember feeling much too close? Stop your hands from shaking Look at me Are your senses racing endlessly tracing past impressions? So were mine Have you ever been used or will this be the first time? It's come so clear to me Light fuse and get away No gain, no pain It's a fatal game and the true lose everything I can see what trust and loyalty have done for me falling miles from the mark with a thirst for revenge and a dangerous heart I've tried to wash from memory feelings of betrayal and the incidents that plague me since I lost my sense of innocence A history of changes now I'm loving now I'm losing keeps me constantly in fear of hearing "I can't see where this is going" You lie alone with the memory feeling the ceiling and walls closing in on Your Conscience -- my ally the guilt -- your affliction from preying on praise as you fed an attention addiction Someone told me Light fuse and get away No gain, no pain and when it's lust to dust you can crawl from the wreckage I can see what trust and loyalty have done for me lying bleeding in the dark with a thirst for revenge and a dangerous heart It's come so clear to me Light fuse and get away No gain, no pain It's a fatal game and the true lose everything I can see what trust and loyalty have done for me falling miles from the mark with a thirst for revenge and a dangerous heart "Afterlife" I touched with one who made me run away from my own soul... In this world with its many illusions We are moving like mice through a maze And now I find what's left behind has served to make me whole full of doubt, deception, and delusion seeking purpose to all earthly days I search within beneath a skin that bears both pleasure and pain In a world full of constant confusion I will not be a par to the craze In the Afterlife will dark be bright? will cold be warm? will the day have no night? In the Afterlife? will the blind have sight? In the Afterlife. Behind closed eyes some comfort lies In knowing the truth never spoken Through this world with its hidden conclusion we'll keep moving like mice through a maze In the Afterlife will dark be bright? will cold be warm? will the day have no night? In the Afterlife? will the blind have sight? In the Afterlife. In the Afterlife will dark be bright? will cold be warm? will the day have no night? In the Afterlife? will the blind have sight? In the Afterlife. "The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun" Watching my window I was led like a child As the roadway lamplights misguided my mind through the night a shadow of limits We were racing the rain my hands held the wheel My eyes tried to hold their place there must have been a time when I thought that you were watching It had to be when my senses lost control I thought I'd slipped away I thought I could still feel us moving It must have been a cloud no bigger than a man's hand Every reason I risk my life To come back to you Is locked behind your door You're my immunity Outside I watched you burn Heavy hearts were bleeding A cry for help, a familiar voice My melting hands streaked the glass As I walked away I wondered what had really happened had I run out of time did I push myself too far As my last step fell I felt my hands upon the wheel had I come back to life or did I ever leave at all In higher lives We seem to be always a moment too late We're past the time when we looked on Now we're THE ONES WHO HELP TO SET THE SUN this time for real I locked the door behind me My mind was still a wreck from what I saw For when my hands are still I'll recognize the message never again will my senses lose control In higher lives We seem to be Always a moment too late We're past the time when we looked on Now we're THE ONES WHO HELP TO SET THE SUN "Only A Matter Of Time" A suited man smiled said: 'It's just a matter of time You can have the world at your feet by tomorrow just sign on this line.' Hold tight... limelight! Approaching the paramount with the sun in our eyes fearing family ties, legalies, compromise In a dimly lit room with a stool as his stage a dream-stricken prince of a pauper's descent haunts the eavesdropping silence that presses his window as he sweats a performance to an audience that ticks on the walls To the practical observer It's just a matter of time 'You can deviate from the commonplace only to fall back in line.' I understand mine's a risky plan and your system can't miss But is security after all a cause or symptom of happiness? Brave, yet afraid, his eyes on horizon in a steady-set gaze a mariner soon from an open cocoon takes a moment to summon his courage to stifle his grave apprehension and trembling, approaches the surf A father's benediction as his hopeful son departs to brave the sea of rage and conquer at all costs lingers in his memory and visions still surviving in a logic-proof shell that should have been held sacred, safe and hidden well are compromised in usury with every rising sun that yields no sight of land the hesitation cultivates within the tired man and rumors spread of mutiny and though the time will come when dream and day unite tonight the only consolation causing him to fight is fearless faith in destiny Even when plan fall to pieces I can still find the courage with promise I've found in my faith Likely or not, it's a dream that we keep and at odds with our senses we'll climb But if faith is the answer, we've already reached it And if spirit's a sign then it's only a matter of time only a matter of time "Spin Spin Sugar" by Sneaker Pimps I'm everyone - I feel used, I'm everyone - I need you, I'm everyone - hang your label on me, I'm everyone - Paint it black and white and easy, I'm everyone - Sticks in me, I'm everyone - Sticks with me, I want perfection - I'm real need, I've seen attention - See through me, Call on me - Spin spin sugar Crawl on me - Spin spin sugar Stinks on me - Spin spin sugar Twists for me - Spin spin sugar "Independent" by Sacred Reich Read my lips I don't care what you say I might listen but I'll do it my own way don't you see it don't mean nothing to me when all's said and done I'll stand on my two feet Let me be I live by my own rules independent, independence can't you see it's my right to choose independence, independent Once they tried to teach teach me all their rules I had my own ideas didn't fit in, in their schools don't they see that we all have a brain there to learn not to be whipped and tamed Let me be I live by my own rules independent, independence can't you see it's my right to choose independence, independent Read my lips I don't care what you say I might listen but I'll do it my own way don't you see it don't mean nothing to me when all's said and done I'll stand on my two feet Let me be I live by my own rules independent, independence can't you see it's my right to choose independence, independent "Life's A Bitch" by Nas f/ AZ the Visualiza (trumpet by Olu Dara) [AZ] Aiyyo, wassup wassup let's keep it real son Count this money, yaknowhatI'msayin? [Nas] Yea yea [AZ] Aiyyo, put the Grant's over there in the safe yaknowhatI'msayin? [Nas] Yea yea [AZ] Cause we spendin these Jackson's The Washington's go to wifey, you know how that go [Nas] I'm sayin, that's what this is all about right? Clothes, bankrolls, and hoes yaknowhatI'msayin? Yo then what man, what?? *echoes* Verse One: AZ the Visualiza Visualizin the realism of life and actuality Fuck who's the baddest a person's status depends on salary And my mentality is, money orientated I'm destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it cause yeah, we were beginners in the hood as five percenters But somethin must of got in us cause all of us turned to sinners Now some, restin in peace and some are sittin in San Quentin Others such as myself are tryin to carry on tradition Keepin the schwepervesence street ghetto essence inside us Cause it provides us with the proper insight to guide us Even though, we know somehow we all gotta go but as long as we leavin thievin we'll be leavin with some kind of dough so, and to that day we expire and turn to vapors me and my capers-ll be somewhere stackin plenty papers Keepin it real, packin steel, gettin high Cause life's a bitch and then you die Chorus: AZ the Visualiza Life's a bitch and then you die; that's why we get high Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die; that's why we puff lye Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die; that's why we get high Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die; that's why we puff lye --> chorus #1 echoes at the end Cause you never know when you're gonna go Life's a bitch and then you die --> chorus #2 includes these lines, echoes at the end Verse Two: Nas I woke up early on my born day, I'm twenty years of blessing The essence of adolescent leaves my body now I'm fresh in My physical frame is celebrated cause I made it One quarter through life some God-ly like thing created Got rhymes 365 days annual plus some Load up the mic and bust one, cuss while I puffs from my skull cause it's pain in my brain vein money maintain Don't go against the grain simple and plain When I was young at this I used to do my thing hard Droppin foreigners take they wallets they jewels and rip they green cards Dipped to the projects flashin my quick cash and got my first piece of ass smokin blunts with hash Now it's all about cash in abundance, niggaz I used to run with is rich or doin years in the hundreds I switched my motto -- instead of sayin fuck tommorrow That buck that bought a bottle could've struck the lotto Once I stood on the block, loose cracks produce stacks I cooked up and cut small pieces to get my loot back Time is Illmatic keep static like wool fabric Pack a four-matic that crack your whole cavity "Word I Said" by Spiderbait "There once was a time, before television, before motion pictures, before radio, before books... The greatest part of human existence was spent in such a time. And then..." "Do you have anything to say about this before I launch it?" "I do think it's both elegant and very beautiful" "I wouldn't touch it with a plastic one" My best friend has gone away From hearing all the things I say You want me to be your friend It depends how much you wanna spend And I can't remember a word I said Can't remember a word I said Can't remember a word I said Can't remember a word I said I'm so dull I bore myself Power is my only wealth You think i'm a big tough boy You're prepared to be a toy And I can't remember a word you said Can't remember a word you said Can't remember a word you said Can't remember a word you said No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! Yeah! No! No?! No! No?! No! No?! No! No!? Yeeeeeaaaahhh NO!!!! (something) died right by my side I'll take you out for a ride Two things you can share with me Sex and insecurity And I can't remember a word I said Can't remember a word I said Can't remember a word I said Can't remember a word I said "Fly To The Angels" by Slaughter Pictures of you They're still on my mind You had the smile That could light up the world Now it rains It seems the sun never shines And I'll drive down This lonely lonely road Ooh I got this feelin' Girl, I gotta let you go 'Cause now you've got to fly Fly to the angels Heavens awaits your heart And flowers bloom in your name You've got to fly Fly to the angels All the stars in the night Shine in your name You know it hurts me Way deep inside When I turn and look And find that you're not there I try to convince myself That the pain, the pain It's still not gone. "One Thing Real" by Dan Bern i come down the steps i slip on the ice santa claus been looking who's been naughty who's been nice i'm looking for one thing real tonight and jesus he comes up to me jesus he sits down says 'take this cross off my back i'm going downtown' i said 'oh but ain't that your uniform?' he offers me a toke he says 'two thousand years is long enough for this particular joke' he says 'i'm lookin' for one thing real tonight' and i sit here singing these songs every night sometimes i want to just make 'em up on the spot maybe they wouldn't rhyme too good and they might not make sense but then at least i wouldn't be repeating myself i'm looking for one thing real tonight and you're the one i've chosen and i guess you've chosen me let's turn off the commercials let's turn off the tv how well can we get to know each other in an hour? we can fight the daylight we have that power i'm looking for one thing real tonight and van gogh sits next to me with a bucket full of pastes he rips off my ear and says glue this to my face i'd like to leave america for someplace where they would not know a word of english and i might be understood i'm looking for one thing real tonight "The Fox in the Snow" by Belle & Sebastian fox in the snow, where do you go to find something you can eat? cause the word out on the street is you are starving don't let yourself grow hungry now don't let yourself grow cold fox in the snow girl in the snow, where will you go to find someone that will do? to tell someone all teh truth before it kills you they listen to your crazy laugh before you hang a right and disappear from sight what do they know anyway? you'll read it in a book what do they know anyway? you'll read it in a book tonight boy on the bike, what are you like as you cycle round the town? you're going up, you're going down you're going nowhere it's not as if they're paying you it's not as if it's fun at least not anymore when your legs are black and blue its time to take a break when your legs are black and blue it's time to take a holiday kid in the snow, way to go it only happens once a year it only happens once a lifetime make the most of it second just to being born second to dying too what else could you do? "Comedown" by Bush Love and hate get it wrong She cut me right back down to size Sleep the day let it fade Who was there to take your place No one knows never will Mostly me but mostly you What do you say do you do When it all comes down I don't want to come back down from this cloud Taken me all this time to find out what I need And I'm doing fine now There is no blame only shame When you beg you just complain More I come more I try All police are paranoid So am I - so's the future So are you - be a creature What do you say do you do when it all comes down "Isobel" by Bjork In a forest pitch-dark Glowed the tiniest spark It burst into flame Like me, like me My name isobel Married to myself My love isobel Living by herself In a heart full of dust Lives a creature called lust It surprises and scares Like me, like me My name isobel Married to myself My love isobel Living by herself When she does it she means to Moth delivers her message Unexplained on your collar Crawling in silence A simple excuse Nana na nana, nana na nana Nana na nana, nana na nana In a tower of steel Nature forges a deal To raise wonderful hell Like me, like me My name isobel Married to myself My love isobel Living by herself When she does it she means to Moth delivers her message Unexplained on your collar Crawling in silence A simple excuse Nana na nana, nana na nana X6 "Fly By Night" by Rush Why try? I know why The feeling inside me says it's time I was gone Clear head, new life ahead I want to be king now not just one more pawn Chorus Fly by night, away from here Change my life again Fly by night, goodbye my dear My ship isn't coming and I just can't pretend Moon rise, thoughtful eyes Staring back at me from the window beside No fright or hindsight Leaving behind that empty feeling inside Chorus Start a new chapter Find what I'm after It's changing every day The change of a season Is enough of a reason To want to get away Quiet and pensive My thoughts apprehensive The hours drift away Leaving my homeland Playing a lone hand My life begins today Chorus "Higher Love" by Depeche Mode I can taste more than feel This burning inside is so real I can almost lay my hands upon The warm glow that lingers on Moved, lifted higher Moved, my soul's on fire Moved, by a higher love I surrender all control To the desire that consumes me whole And leads me by the hand to infinity That lies in wait at the heart of me Moved, lifted higher Moved, my soul's on fire Moved, by a higher love Heaven bound on the wings of love There's so much that you can rise above Moved, lifted higher Moved, moved, by a higher love By a higher love I surrender heart and soul Sacrificed to a higher goal Moved, moved by a higher love By a higher love "Milk (Ode to Billy)" by Anthrax Verse 1 I woke up, can't wait to eat Got my cereal, boy was I beat Opened the fridge, and to my dismay There was no milk, my mother will pay Chorus I want some milk! My coffee grows cold I want some milk! I should've been told Bridge I wish I had some goddamn milk My Cheerios just ain't the same I wish I had some goddamn milk Too bad the milkman never came Verse 2 I can't go, out to the store I'll just wait 'till Mommy buys more I'll just have, wheat thins and beer If I get sick the toilet is near Chorus Bridge Chorus "Everglade" by L7 Glade told her ma, "Home scene's lame" "I gotta go head into town, blow some steam at the rock show" Sneak through the back door and head for the pit Then some drunk, stupid loser started giving her shit Redneck's on parade Don't cross my line Says Everglade Everglade He was whipping through the pit Knocked her into the stage She said, "Have your fun, But stop being so lame." This guy was drunk, stupid And he must have weighed a ton Said, "Get out of here girly, I'm just trying to have some fun." So you wanna have some fun Well, break out the big guns Redneck's on parade Don't cross my line Says Everglade Everglade He kept it up, his fists started flying They dodged each punch, as he kept trying Tripped on his own feet and hit the floor Glade got to pushing and rolled him out the door So you wanna have some fun? Well break out the big guns Rednecks on parade Don't cross my line Says Everglade "Too Much" by Spiderbait Too much you see Too much you know Too much you think Too much you show Too much you hate Too much you're late Too much you buy Too much (something) Too much for one Too much for two Too much believing I got so much to do Too much you pay Too much you play Too much you lay Down to get your way Too much to take Too much to break Too much you lie Too much you fake Too smart for you Me and my brew I got my broken hand Know that I'm a man! Touch you on the floor Touch you all alone Take away your pride Touch you from inside Now you've seen the show 'Cos you want (something) I've got to slap my thigh 'Cos I know that you will buy Too much you bleed Too much you need I can feel the power Of the words I read Too much you die Too much you lie There's no solution Fill me up (something) Take away the T-shirt (something) like oppression Got nothing to hide Just need your attention Too much to make Too much to stake Finger's in the lake Just like Sir Francis Drake "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega I am sitting In the morning At the diner On the corner I am waiting At the counter For the man To pur the coffee And he fills it Only halfway And before I even argue He is looking Out the window At somebody Coming in "It is always Nice to see you" Says the man Behind the counter To the woman Who has come in She is shaking Her umbrella And I look The other way As they are kissing Their hellos I'm pretending Not to see them Instead I pour the milk I open Up the paper There's a story Of an actor Who had died While he was drinking It was no one I had heard of And I'm turning To the horoscope And looking For the funnies When I'm feeling Someone watching me And so I raise my head There's a woman On the outside Looking inside Does she see me? No she does not Really see me Cause she sees Her own reflection And I'm trying Not to notice That she's hitching Up her skirt And while she's Straightening her stocking Her hair Has gotten wet Oh, this rain It will continue Through the morning As I'm listening To the bells Of the cathedral I am thinking Of your voice... And of the midnight picnic Once upon a time Before the rain began... I finish up my coffee It's time to catch the train "Root Down" by Beastie Boys I Kick My Root Down I Put My Root Down It's Not A Put Down I Put My Foot Down And Then I Make Some Love, I Put My Root Down Like Sweetie Pie By The Stone Alliance Everbody Knows I'm Known For Dropping Science I'm Electric Like Dick Hyman I Guess You'd Expect To Catch The Crew Rhymin' Never Let You Down With The Stereo Sound So Mike, Get On The Mic And Turn It Out We're Talking Root Down, I Put My Root Down And If You Want To Battle Me, You're Putting Loot Down I Said Root Down, It's Time To Scoot Down I'm A Step Up To The Mic In My Goose Down Come Up Representing From The Upper West Money Makin' Putting Me To The Test Sometimes I Feel As Though I've Been Blessed Because I'm Doing What I Want So I Never Rest Well, I'm Not Coming Out Goofy Like The Fruit Of The Loom Guys Just Strutting Like The Meters With The Look-ka Py Py 'Cause Downtown Brooklyn Is Where I Was Born but When The Snow Is Falling, Then I'm Gone You Might Think That I'm A Fanatic A Phone Call From Utah And I'm Throwing A Panic But We Kick It From The Root When We Break It On Down Jimmy Smith Is My Man, I Want To Give Him A Pound (Chorus) Ad Rock Don't Stop, Get On The Mic With The Tic And The Toc I'll Fill You With The Fuckin' Rim Like Brim I'm Walking Down Your Block And You Say That's Him There Goes The Guy With The Funky Sound The Beastie Boys You Know We Come To Get Down Because I've Got The Flow Where I Grab My Dick And Say Oh My God, That's The Funky Shit So I'm Going To Pass The Mic And Cause A Panic The Original Nasal Kid Is Doing Damage Every Morning I Took The Train To High Street Station Doing Homework On The Train, What A Fucked Up situation On The Way Back Up Hearing Battle Tapes Through The Underground, Underneath The Sky Scrapes Like Harlem World Battles On The Zulu Beat Show It's Kool Moe D Vs. Busy Bee There's One You Should Know Enough Of That, I Just Want To Give Some Respect Due M.C.A. Grab The Mic And The Ma Bell Will Connect You Bob Marley Was A Prophet For The Freedom Fight "If Dancin' Prays To The Lord Then I Shall Feel Alright" It Feels To Play A Little Music Tears Running Down My Face 'Cause I Love To Do It And No One Can Stop This Flow From Flowing On A Flow Master In Disaster With A Sound That's Gone I'll Give A Little Shout Out To My Dad And Mom For Bringing Me Into This World And So On (Chorus) "Fish Heads" by Barnes & Barnes chorus: fish heads, fish heads, rolly-polly fish heads fish heads, fish heads, eat them up YUM! in the morning laughing happy fish heads in the evening floating in the soup (chorus) ask a fish head anything you want to they won't answer, they can't talk (chorus) I took a fish head out to see a movie didn't have to pay to get it in (chorus) they can't play baseball they don't wear sweaters they're not good dancers they don't play drums (chorus) rolly-polly fish heads are never seen drinking cappuccino in italian restaurants with oriental women YEAH! (chorus) X4 Yeah.... "Bruise Violet" by Babes in Toyland You got this thing that really makes me hot You got a lot and more when you get caught You got this thing that follows me around You fucking bitch I hope your insides rot Liar liar liar You see the stars through eyes lit up with lies You got your stories all twisted up in mine You were born with glue instead of spine Of thee I sing tied to a string Bruise violet "Black Celebration" by Depeche Mode Let's have a black celebration Black celebration Tonight To celebrate the fact That we've seen the back Of another black day I look to you How you carry on When all hope is gone Can't you see Your optimistic eyes Seem like paradise To someone like Me I want to take you In my arms Forgetting all I couldn't do today Black celebration Black celebration Tonight To celebrate the fact That we've seen the back Of another black day I look to you And your strong belief Me, I want relief Tonight Consolation I want so much Want to feel your touch Tonight Take me in your arms Forgetting all you couldn't do today Black celebration I'll drink to that Black celebration Tonight "Worlds Collide" by Def Leppard Never gonna die now Crawling from a wrecked jam, I'm laughing out loud Angel on my shoulder Living at the speed of sound Heavenly distraction I'm hanging on the edge and spinning out of control Choose your medication It's a generation overload I can see it falling from the sky Can you feel me I can hear you calling when you cry Can you see me Pain and suffering, your knees are tied Will you hear me Everchanging as your worlds collide Running going nowhere Take it to the limit then it's payback time Nothing but a heartache Waiting at the end of the line Take a look around, babe You're looking down the barrel of a loaded mind Generation landslide Crawling through the enemy lines I will be the one your justify Will you hear me I will kiss you with a last goodbye I thought I was the one who could survive Does anyone get outta here alive I gotta find the courage, gotta make a change And start all over again Taken for a ride against my will And taking it is always such a bitter pill Shaken for the sake of it, no more Gotta get away cause I don't know what I'm doing it for I can see it falling from the sky Can you feel me I can hear you calling when you cry Can you see me I will be there when you close your eyes Will you hear me Everchanging as your worlds collide "Family Functions" by that dog. Now that you are my most special one, And you know we've already gone to the prom, Won't you come with me to family functions? Won't you be the one that I've got on my arm? It's not every boy who brings me broken arrows. It's not every boy who brings me bottled rain. Won't you come with me to family functions? You will see then that I'm not really to blame. Grandpa Earl runs his own kosher fish store, Uncle Max was in the Mob. Cousin Lester married a shiksa, Crazy Aunt Ingas can't find a job. Ingas, oh pingas, you're my favorite. Great Grandpa Joey choked on a prune. Cute little Bunny, all in her party dress. Uncle Tony, she's a bride in June. "He's a nice Jewish boy," they will say, But the truth is that I knew it all along. Won't you come with me to family functions? You had better, 'cause I wrote you this damn song. "Almost Gothic" by Steely Dan I'm working on gospel time these days (The summer - this could be the cool part of the summer) The sloe-eyed creature in the reckless room she's so severe A wise child walks right out of here I'm so excited I can barely cope I'm sizzling like an isotope I'm on fire so cut me some slack First she's way gone then she comes back She's all business then she's ready to play She's almost gothic in a natural way This house of desire is built foursquare (The city - the cleanest kitten in the city) When she speaks it's like the slickest song I ever heard I'm hanging on her every word As if I'm not already blazed enough She hits me with the cryptic stuff That's her style - to jerk me around First she's all feel then she cools down She's pure science with a splash of black cat She's almost gothic and I like it like that This dark place so thrilling and new It's kind of like the opposite of an aerial view Unless I'm totally wrong I hear her rap and brother it's strong I'm pretty sure that what she's telling me is mostly lies But I just stand there hypnotized I'll just have to make it work somehow I'm in the amen corner now It's called love - I spell L -U- V First she's all buzz then she's noise-free She's bubbling over then there's nothing to say She's almost gothic in a natural way She's old school then she's like young Little Eva meets the Bleecker Street brat She's almost gothic but it's better than that "Eraser" by Nine Inch Nails need you dream you find you taste you fuck you use you scar you break you lose me hate me smash me erase me <+ kill me [8x]> "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" by Pink Floyd We don't need no education We dont need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone! All in all it's just another brick in the wall. All in all you're just another brick in the wall. We don't need no education We dont need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone! All in all it's just another brick in the wall. All in all you're just another brick in the wall. "Wrong, Do it again!" "If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?" "You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still laddy!" "Deepfreeze" by Lillian Axe Time and time again I need reminding of where I've been Helplessly scared, left so alone, This time I'll make the journey on my own Don't stop me now, as this begins I feel a brave and new awakening Yet life goes on But I'll be gone A brand new life awaits me The setting sun Time has begun I've settled down, so take my Chorus: Mind, Slipping in a deepfreeze Blind, Living with an uneased mind, Doing what I damn please time and again Sin, looking at the shit that I'm in, Smiling wiht a Cheshire cat grin, Floating in a deepfreeze Upon your lap I rest my head, I thank my lucky stars that I'm not dead yet, The fields of green, the mountainsides, I fly beyond them and there's a sea of sorrow, Guide me to my rest And in my deepfreeze I am possessed. But life goes on, Embrace the dawn A brand new song awaits you Control your fear But keep it near I'm melting down so take my Chorus: Mind, Slipping in a deepfreeze Blin, Living with an uneased min, Doing what I damn please time and again Sin, Looking at the shit that I'm in, Smiling with a Cheshire cat grin Ashamed of the places I've seen and been, Mind, Slipping in a deepfreeze Blind, Living in a deepfreeze Time to go away Escape confusion and disarray, I found a peace, tranquility, My newborn love, my secret mystery, My soul lives on, beyond the skies, My questions answered I say good-bye. But life goes on Embrace the dawn A brand new song awaits your mind Chorus "Wait For You" by Bonham Come tomorrow One day closer to your heart Lost around me It's time and I'm sad when you're near Take your time I'll show you the love I've for you You're too young Too know what it is that I feel All that I can do Is wait for you Just wait for you All that I can do Is wait for you Just wait for you Full of sorrow Your eyes are to wide and too new Though I know These feelings I get when you're near Deep in fright (???) I can't give you love without fear You're too young I don't know what's keeping me here All that I can do Is wait for you Just wait for you All that I can do Is wait for you Just wait for you All that I can do... Album: Darkest Days by Stabbing Westward "Darkest Days" there are times when I'm just a shell when I do not feel anything for anyone all I feel is hollow and bruised used up and misused forced to be someone I don't want to be have I failed somehow or some way? will the weight of today finally pull me down to drown in the depths of despair where I am alone except for my rage? MY RAGE...MY PAIN I HATE my darkest days. MY RAGE...MY PAIN I HATE my darkest days MY RAGE...MY PAIN I HATE my darkest days MY RAGE...MY PAIN I HATE my darkest days my darkest days "Everything I Touch" the more I feel the more I die nothing to give nothing inside everything I touch I break (I want to break you) everything I touch I break (I want to break you) everything I touch I break (I want to break you down) I scratch and tear until it bleeds I do not want I only need I only need I only need... everything I touch I break (I want to break you) everything I touch I break (I want to break you) everything I touch I break (I want to break you down) (I want to touch you) everything I touch I break (I want to break you) (I want to touch you) everything I touch I break (I want to break you) (I want to touch you) everything I touch I break (I want to break you down) "How Can I Hold On" Back when you were my life, you gave me something that I could live for. Now everything's changed and you're gone but I'm still here waiting. How can I hold on with nothing to hold on to... Why should I hold on when there's nothing to hold on to Sex made me feel alive but now I'm so bored with mindless passion Drugs were somewhere to hide but they left me feeling cold and empty How can I hold on with nothing to hold on to... Why should I hold on when there's nothing to hold on to I thought you were my friend that you were someone that I could turn to Now I realize that you were a friend when you needed something How can I hold on with nothing to hold on to... Why should I hold on when there's nothing to hold on to "Drugstore" you seduced me, lonely in your hell. naked, hungry, I'd crawl into your cell... a virtual drugstore is piled on the bed. I can't resist with your tongue inside my head... how can everything be justified by you? (by you,by you, by you) how can everything be justified by you? (by you, by you, by you, by you) you get off on watching me bleed. you get off on feeding my disease. this time will be perfect you explain. your tongue is deadly as a needle through my vein. how can everything be justified by you? (by you, by you, by you) how can my demise be justified by you? (by you, by you, by you) I'm so tired of living for your touch. I'm so tired of needing you so much. how can everything be justified by you? how can everything be justified by you? how can everything be justified by you? (by you, by you, by you, by you) how can my demise be justified by you? (by you, by you, by you) when did I decide to be crucified by you? (by you, by you, by you) how can everything be justified by you? (by you, by you, by you, by you) "You Complete Me" I am lost in the darkness between two worlds and here I'm struggling... You're the light that I've been seeking 'cause my whole life there's been something missing... Only you can make me whole. Just one touch and you complete me. Only you can make me whole. Just one touch and you complete me. Rescue me from this black hole. That's sucked me in and left me dying. You're the truth that I've been seeking 'cause my whole life I've been lying. Only you can make me whole. Just one touch and you complete me. Only you can make me whole. Just one touch and you complete me. God I pray you find me worthy of the right to stand beside you. And of your truth, and of your passion, And of the right to sleep beside you. Only you can make me whole. Just one touch and you complete me. Only you can make me whole. Just one touch and you complete me. Just one touch and you complete me. Just one touch and you complete me. Just one touch "Save Yourself" I know your life is empty And you hate to face this world alone So you're searching for an angel Someone who can make you whole I cannot save you; I can't even save myself. So just save yourself (save yourself) I know that you've been damaged your soul has suffered such abuse but I am not your savior I am just as fucked as you (I am just as fucked as you) I can not save you; I can't even save myself. So just save yourself. Please don't take pity on me. Please don't take pity on me. Please don't take pity on me. Please don't take pity on me. Please don't take pity on me. my life has been a nightmare. my soul is fractured to the bone so if I must be lonely I think I'd rather be alone... (I think I'd rather be alone) you cannot save me you can't even save yourself. I cannot save you...I can't even save myself. Save yourself So just save yourself. "Haunting Me" Everywhere I go I see your face And every sound I hear is the sound of your voice Why are you haunting me? Why are you hauntingme? Why can't I let you go? (GO GO) Why are you haunting me? Why are you haunting me? Why are you haunting me? Why are you haunting me? Everything about me is a lie At least it feels that way When I look in your eyes now The truth scares the shit out of me Whoever said love is blind or love is real Has never felt the way that I feel What does it matter? What's done is done and I should Get on with my life Why are you haunting me? Why are you haunting me? Why are you haunting me? Why are you haunting me? I don't know what it is But I can't seem to make myself forget Was it something that you said? Or is it all the guilt inside my head? Why are you haunting me? Why are you haunting me? Why are you haunting me? Why are you haunting me? Why are you haunting me? Why are you haunting me? "Torn Apart" I know I should have told you but I was so afraid you'd leave And now there's nothing left to say, well nothing that you'd believe I never meant to hurt you with the things I couldn't say I'd promised you tomorrow while denying you today These lies have torn my world apart These lies have torn my world apart These lies have torn my world apart A darkness grows inside me in fading shades of grey All the colors of the world are slowly sucked away I'm sinking ever deeper to a place that's cold and black I can't believe I've lost you and you're never coming back These lies have torn my world apart These lies have torn my world apart These lies have torn my world apart Torn my world apart Soon the night will take me and save me from my pain. Cloak me in cold darkness and help me lose your name... These lies have torn my world apart These lies have torn my world apart These lies have torn my world apart Torn my world apart Torn my world apart Torn my world apart "Sometimes It Hurts" Six o'clock in the morning my head is ready to explode I can't believe I made it home alive I don't remember where I went or what I was drinking I know it made me sick and I'm not denying that I get this way when I try to get over you I get this way when I try to get over you Sometimes it hurts so much to lose the one you love Sometimes it hurts so much to lose the one you love I tried so hard to hate you but it only makes things worse I only end up hating myself And as my hatred grows so do the lies it's hard to face the truth sometimes god I feel so useless god I hate myself when I try to get over you I hate myself will I ever get over you? Sometimes it hurts so much to lose the one you love Sometimes it hurts so much to lose the one you love and after all this time you'd think I'd understand the way you feel, but no I only think about myself and it's driving you away I always knew it would one day Sometimes it hurts so much to lose the one you love Sometimes it hurts so much to lose the one you love Sometimes it hurts so much to lose the one you love Sometimes it hurts so much to lose the one you love "Drowning" I'm drowning in nothing nothing real nothing left...nothing I'm losing myself sinking deeper down Silently leaving this behind nothing left but me I'm hating myself h a t i n g everyone hates me now everyone has changed everything has changed everyone has changed b u t m e "Desperate Now" I keep breaking all the promises that I keep making to myself you'd think by now that I'd be over this instead I'm feeling sorry for myself So why does everything seem desperate now I should be feeling so alive but it feels like something's missing something's wrong somehow it feels like something deep inside has died So why do I feel desperate now? Why do I feel like dying? Why do I feel desperate now? Why do I feel desperate now? I keep breaking all the promises that I keep making to myself but promises mean nothing to me anymore Circling the drain Spiraling to hell So why do I feel desperate now? Why do I feel like dying? Why do I feel desperate now? Why do I feel desperate now? "Goodbye" So this is where I say goodbye this is where my story ends and if there's one thing that I've learned from life it's that it gets you in the end So goodbye my friend G o o d b y e Goodbye my friend G o o d b y e "When I'm Dead" I know the tears you're crying in your bed at night alone I've cried those tears a thousand times but those shallow empty songs about suicide are patronizing you've got to learn to face your fears do you think I'll feel less lonely when I'm dead? It can't silence all the voices in my head I close my eyes but I can't make it go away... do you think I'll feel less lonely God I pray I'm less lonely when I'm dead When I'm dead...when I'm dead When I'm dead...when I'm dead When I'm dead I won't feel any pain 'cause when I'm dead I won't feel any thing When I'm dead...when I'm dead When I'm dead...when I'm dead I know the songs your singing, saying nothing loud and clear I've heard that song a thousand times but your noble empty lies about suicide are patronizing you can never understand what I feel do you think I'll feel less lonely when I'm dead? It can't silence all the voices in my head I close my eyes but I can't make it go away do you think I'll feel less lonely? God I pray I'm less lonely when I'm dead When I'm dead...when I'm dead When I'm dead...when I'm dead When I'm dead "The Thing I Hate" Lost in a world of doubt and insecurity. nothing that you hold sacred nothing you believe. Your life is a contradiction while you thrive on manipulation. I fight to just hold on to what I believe. I won't become the thing I hate I won't become the thing I hate I won't become the thing I hate I won't become y o u You've treated me like I'm a worthless piece of shit. You think you're in control but you make me sick. I want to watch you suffer the way that you made me suffer. I want to fuck up everything you've ever loved. I won't become the thing I hate I won't become the thing I hate I won't become the thing I hate I won't become y o u I won't become the thing I hate I won't become the thing I hate I won't become the thing I hate I won't become the thing I hate I won't become the thing I hate I won't become y o u "On Your Way Down" I hope I see you on your way down I hope you break every bone I hope it kills you on your way down And I hope you die alone All of your hate and all of your lies will it be worth it? When all of your friends refuse to be alibis... will it be worth it? I'll see you on your way down I'll see you on your way down I'll see you on your way down It's kind of sad to watch you break down you greedy fuck, you pissed it all away so who will catch you on your way down? you've only got yourself to blame When all your worst fears materialize w i l l i t b e w o r t h i t ? there's nobody left who cares you're alive was it worth it? I'll see you on your way down I'll see you on your way down I'll see you on your way down Way down...way down I'll see you on your way down I'll see you on your way down I'll see you on your way down "Waking Up Beside You" I've been so alone for so long forgotten by the world, forgotten to myself your effervescent eyes have awakened me and brushed the dust away... but I knew you'd never stay so I memorized the color of your eyes as I lost myself inside you and I memorized the way our legs entwined as I drifted off beside you I miss God I miss waking up beside you... at night I cling to you I'm so afraid afraid the day will come and I'll wake and find you gone but you promise that you'd not abandon me and kissed my fears away... but I woke up to that day... but I had memorized the way our eyes would meet reflected in the bathroom mirror and I memorized your naked silhouette as you slowly brushed your hair... I miss God I miss waking up beside you I've been so alone for so long... I forgot how much it hurts to wake up so alone... but I'd memorized how warm your body felt as you lay half-asleep beside me. and I memorized the way the sunlight filled the room and played upon your body... I miss God I miss waking up beside you... "Duvet" by Boa And you don't seem to understand A shame you seemed an honest man And all the fears you hold so dear Will turn to whisper in your ear And you know what they say might hurt you And you know that it means so much And you don't even feel a thing I am falling, I am fading, I have lost it all And you don't seem the lying kind A shame that I can read your mind And all the things that I read there Candle-lit smile that we both share And you know I don't mean to hurt you But you know that it means so much And you don't even feel a thing I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, Help me to breathe I am hurting, I have lost it all I am losing Help me to breathe I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, Help me to breathe I am hurting, I have lost it all I am losing, Help me to breathe... ho I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, Help me to breathe I am hurting, I have lost it all I am losing, Help me to breathe "Anybody Listening?" by Queensryche You and I long to live like wind upon the water If we close our eyes we'll maybe realize There's more to life than what we have known And I can't believe I've spent so long Living lies I knew were wrong inside I've just begun to see the light Long ago there was a dream, had to make a choice or two Leaving all I loved behind for what nobody knew Stepped out on the stage A life under lights and judging eyes Now the applause has died and I can dream again... Is there anybody listening? Is there anyone that sees what's going on? Read between the lines, criticize the words they're selling Think for yourself and feel the walls Become sand beneath your feet Feel the breeze? Time's so near you can almost taste the freedom There's a warm wind from the south Hoist the sail and we'll be gone By morning, this will all seem like a dream And if I don't return to sing the song, maybe just as well I've seen the news and there's not much I can do... alone Is there anybody listening? Is there anyone who smiles without a mask? What's behind the words-images They know will please us? I'll take what's real Bring up the lights Is there anybody listening? Is there anyone that sees what's going on? Read between the lines Criticize the words they're selling Think for yourself and feel the walls Become sand beneath your feet. "Every Breath You Take" by The Police Every breath you take Every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take I'll be watching you Every single day Every word you say Every game you play Every night you stay I'll be watching you Oh can't you see You belong to me How my poor heart aches with every step you take Every move you make Every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watching you Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace I dream at night I can only see your face I look around but it's you I can't replace I keep crying baby please Every move you make Every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watching you "The Dancer" by PJ Harvey He came riding fast like a phoenix out of fire flames He came dressed in black with a cross bearing my name He came bathed in light and splendor and glory I can't believe what the lord has finally sent me He said dance for me fanciulla gentil He said laugh a while, I can make your heart feel He said fly with me, touch the face of the true god And then cry with joy at the depth of my love Cause I've prayed days, I've prayed nights For the lord just to send me home some sign I've looked long, I've looked far To bring peace to my black and empty heart My love will stay till the river bed run dry And my love lasts long as the sunshine blue sky I love him longer as each damn day goes The man is gone and heaven only knows Cause I've cried days, I've cried nights For the lord just to send me up some sign Is he near? Is he far? Bring peace to my black and empty heart So long day, so long night Good lord, be near me tonight Is he near? Is he far? Bring peace to my black and empty heart. "The Lovecats" by The Cure We move like cagey tigers We couldn't get closer than this The way we walk The way we talk The way we stalk The way we kiss We slip through the streets While everyone sleeps Getting bigger and sleeker And wider and brighter We bite and scratch and scream all night Let's go and throw All the songs we know... Into the sea You and me All these years and no one heard I'll show you in spring It's a treacherous thing We missed you hissed the lovecats We're so wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully Wonderfully pretty! Oh you know that I'd do anything for you... We should have each other to tea huh? We should have each other with cream Then curl up by the fire And sleep for awhile It's the grooviest thing It's the perfect dream Into the sea You and me All these years and no one heard I'll show you in spring It's a treacherous thing We missed you hissed the lovecats We're so wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully Wonderfully pretty! Oh you know that I'd do anything for you... We should have each other to dinner huh? We should have each other with cream Then curl up in the fire Get up for awhile It's the grooviest thing It's the perfect dream Hand in hand Is the only way to land And always the right way round Not broken in pieces Like hated little meeces... How could we miss Someone as dumb as this? I love you... let's go... Oh... solid gone... How could we miss Someone as dumb as this? "Close My Eyes Forever" by Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne Baby, I get so scared inside And I don't really understand Is it love that's on my mind Or is it fantasy? Heaven is in the palm of my hand And it's waiting here for you What am I supposed to do In a childhood tragedy? If I close my eyes forever, Will it all remain unchanged? If I close my eyes forever, Will it all remain the same? Sometimes it's hard to hold on, So hard to hold onto my dreams It isn't always what it seems When you're face to face with me And like a dagger, you stick me in the heart And taste the blood from the blade And when we sleep would you shelter me In your warm and darkened grave? If I close my eyes forever, Will it all remain unchanged? If I close my eyes forever, Will it all remain the same? I know I've been so hard on you I know I've told you lies If I could have just one more wish I'd wipe the cobwebs from my eyes If I close my eyes forever Will it all remain unchanged? If I close my eyes forever Will it all remain the same? Close your eyes, close your eyes You've gotta close your eyes for me. "Smash" by The Offspring Head over heels I've fit in before Now I don't wanna do it no more I held it all in With blood on my face Built it up man So bad you can taste I don't slag no one I don't even judge Don't give me shit 'Cause I'm not gonna budge I just want to be Who I want to be Guess that's hard for others to see I'm not a trendy asshole I do what I want I do what I feel like I'm not a trendy asshole I don't give a fuck If it's good enough for you 'Cause I'm alive Smash is the way you feel all alone Like an outcast You're out on your own Smash is the way you deal with your life Like an outcast You're smashing your strife Head over heels I've fit in before Now I don't wanna do it no more I just wanna be who I wanna be Guess that's hard for others to see I'm not a trendy asshole I do what I want I do what I feel like I'm not a trendy asshole I don't give a fuck If it's good enough for you 'Cause I'm alive I'm alive I'm alive "Careless Whisper" by Wham Time can never mend The careless whispers of a good friend To the heart and mind Ignorance is kind There's no comfort in the truth Pain is all you find Should have known better, yeah I feel so unsure As I take your hand And lead you to the dance floor As the music dies Something in your eyes Calls to mind a silver screen And all its sad goodbyes I'm never gonna dance again Guilty feet have got no rhythm Though it's easy to pretend I know you're not a fool I should have known better than to cheat a friend And waste a chance that I've been given So I'm never gonna dance again The way I danced with you Time can never mend The careless whispers of a good friend To the heart and mind Ignorance is kind There's no comfort in the truth Pain is all you find I'm never gonna dance again Guilty feet have got no rhyhthm Though it's easy to pretend I know you're not a fool I should have known better than to cheat a friend (Should have known better, yeah) And waste a chance that I've been given So I'm never gonna dance again The way I danced with you (Never without you) Tonight the music seems so loud I wish that we could lose this crowd Maybe it's better this way We'd hurt each other with the things we want to say We could have been so good together We could have lived this dance forever But now who's gonna dance with me Please stay And I'm never gonna dance again Guilty feet have got no rhythm Though it's easy to pretend I know you're not a fool I should have known better than to cheat a friend And waste a chance that I've been given So I'm never gonna dance again The way I danced with you Now that you're gone Now that you're gone Now that you're gone Was what I did so wrong So wrong that you had to leave me alone "Our Father" by Extreme Oh Daddy please, take me with you where you going Oh Daddy please, come find the time, come watch us growing Oh Daddy please, don't leave there's so much that we want to know, before you go I'm in need of someone to tie my shoe or take hold of my hand when I become afraid And whose footsteps will I follow into, Daddy please, don't run away Our father Far father Well let me tell you 'bout Our father Far farther away... Oh Daddy please, I pry every night the doors will open Oh Daddy please, this house is just a broken home, left all alone. "I Remember That" by Prefab Sprout name me one little thing, you'll be wanting to keep as you give up the ghost, as you sink into sleep maybe her face in the morning, maybe his in the evening maybe words never spoken, aren't they the ones worth hearing? say i remember that nothing sounds as good as 'i remember that' like a bolt out from the blue, did you feel it too? - i remember that cuz that's all we can have, yes it's all we can trust it's a hell of a ride but a journey to dust and there's nothing pathetic listing clothes she'd wear if it proves that i had you, if it proves i was there say i remember that nothing sounds as good as 'i remember that' like a bolt out from the blue, did you feel it too? - i remember that "Like A Virgin" by Madonna I made it through the wilderness Somehow I made it through Didn't know how lost I was Until I found you I was beat incomplete I'd been had, I was sad and blue But you made me feel Yeah, you made me feel Shiny and new Chorus: Like a virgin Touched for the very first time Like a virgin When your heart beats (after first time, "With your heartbeat") Next to mine Gonna give you all my love, boy My fear is fading fast Been saving it all for you 'Cause only love can last You're so fine and you're mine Make me strong, yeah you make me bold Oh your love thawed out Yeah, your love thawed out What was scared and cold (chorus) Oooh, oooh, oooh You're so fine and you're mine I'll be yours 'till the end of time 'Cause you made me feel Yeah, you made me feel I've nothing to hide (chorus) Like a virgin, ooh, ooh Like a virgin Feels so good inside When you hold me, and your heart beats, and you love me Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Ooh, baby Can't you hear my heart beat For the very first time? "A Baby For Pree" by Neutral Milk Hotel Blistering Pree, all smiling and swollen Makes babies to breathe With their hearts hanging open all over the sheets As soft as beets in some brown dresser drawer And with bees in her breath and the rest of her ringing They'll sting through her chest with a force hard and beating Till wonderfully wet she will get Until she's soaked inside her clothes And there is no sorry to be sorry for For a roll around the floor some afternoon so sound and soft It made her swallow all her sweat With every bit of breath she coughs And when the day it came to pour all her babies All across the bathroom floor She will be swimming in them all forever more "Who Are The Freemasons" by Spiderbait I don't know where I'll go now I don't know where I'll go now I don't know where I'll go now I don't know someone tell me now Cut my hair Make me swear It's nowhere Touch me there Come on yeah Come on yeah Come on yeah Bam bam bam b bam b bow I don't know where I'll go now I don't know where I'll go now I don't know where I'll go now I don't know where I'll go now Come on around Beat it down Broken down Can't get around Come on yeah Come on yeah Come on yeah Bam bam bam b bam b bow "Wading Through the Darkness" by Flotsam and Jetsam Put a gun to my head The storm's too deep outlook dead Handing down that anger Nothing good ever lasts Moody violence Now a fool in my eyes What's the answer, I'll search till I die Try a little harder I hear myself say Make it last before it's taken away Wading through the darkness My head held in my hands Wading through the darkness Forced to forget this anguish I'm half of what I used to be Erase my memory Now gone forever goodbye But I know my memories won't die Wading through the darkness My head held in my hands Wading through the darkness Dead inside with a heart that bleeds Relax my tension needs Tightness suffocates Too dense to focus I'll see it through the day No longer churning inside Rotted memories inhabit my mind My rage destroys the calm Destroys the calm Wading through the darkness My head held in my hands Wading through the darkness "Mr. Jones" by Counting Crows I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl Mr. Jones srikes up a coversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer She dances while his father plays guitar She's suddenly beautiful We all want something beautiful I wish I was beautiful So come dance this silence down through the morning Cut up, Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones Believe in me Help me believe in anything Cause I want to be someone who believes Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales Stare at the beautiful women "She's looking at you. Ah no, no, she's looking at me." Smiling in the bright lights Coming through in stereo When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely I will paint my picture Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic, yesterday If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play Mr. Jones and me look into the future Stare at the beautiful women "She's looking at you. Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me." Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar When everybody loves me I will never be lonely I will never be lonely Said I never gonna be..lonely I wanna to be a lion Everybody wants to pass as cats We all want to be big, big stars, but we got different reasons for that Believe in me, because I don't believe in anything And I want to be someone to believe, to believe Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio Yeah we stare at the beautiful women "She's perfect for you, man, there's got to be somebody for me." I want to be Bob Dylan Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be Mr. Jones and me staring at the video When I look at the televison I want to see me staring right back at me We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why and we don't know how But when everybody loves me I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be Mr. Jones and me: we're gonna be big stars... "Jerusalem" by Dan Bern When I tell you that I love you Don't test my love Accept my love don't test my love Cause maybe I don't love you all that much Don't ask what kind of music I'm gonna play tonight just stay awhile hear for yourself awhile and if you must put me in a box make sure it's a big box with lots of windows and a door to walk through and a nice high chimney So we can burn burn burn Everything that we don't like And watch the ashes fly up to Heaven Maybe all the way to India I'd like that All the ancient kings came to my door They said do you want to be an ancient king too I said oh yes very much But I think my timings wrong They said time is relative Or did you misread Einstien I said do you really mean it They said what do you think we come hee for Our g**damn health or something Everybody's waiting for the messiah The Jews are waiting The Chrisdtians are waiting Oh so are the Muslims It's like everybody's waiting They been waiting a long time I know how I hate to wait Like even for a bus or something An important phone call So I can imagine how darned impatient Everyone must be getting So I thnk it's time now Time to reveal myself I am the Messiah I am the Messiah Yes I think you heard me right I am the Messiah I was gonna wait till next year Build up the suspense a little Make it a really big surprise But I could not resist It's like when you got a really big secret You're just bursting to tell someone It was kinda like that with this And now that I've told you I feel this great weight lifted Dr. Nusbaum was right He's my therapist He said get it out in the open I spent ten whole days in Jerusalem Mmmm Jerusalem sweet Jerusalem And all I ate was olives Nothing but olives Mountains of olives It was a good ten days I like olives I like you too So When I tell you that I love you Don't test my love Accept my love don't test my love Cause maybe I don't love you all that much "Vote With a Bullet" by Corrosion of Conformity The number in nations The god in their hearts The justice in swine The devil in God VOTE This long hand that breaks our backs Still casting shadows on all that we see Unjustified...mercy killing is just a feeling To keep our numbers from being free (Chorus) Prison for praise is not worth thinking Sin is still in and our ballots are shrinking So unleash the dogs - the only solution Forgive and forget, fuck no I'm talking about a revolution The prophet man's got a needle in his hand Draws his dreams from your soul - bleeding minds into sand The year of the fear has arrived decades too late And our right to stand and fight is now solely sealed in fate (Repeat first chorus) One last chance mission with a vision 'cos our lives are just cards i their stack Our time is short but theirs is shorter How much longer can they hold us back (Chorus) Prison for praise - the obvious answer Once had power mad - living disaster Don't fuck with me 'cos I'm on a freedom train That bears no name - this time I'm voting with a bullet This view they once knew made our nooses too tight This justice in swine This devil in god So God bless my soul - I've got total control And the crosshairs lined up dead in my sight I'm voting with a bullet "Strangelove" by Depeche Mode There'll be times When my crimes Will seem almost unforgivable I give in to sin Because you have to make this life livable But when you think I've had enough >From your sea of love I'll take more than another riverful And I'll make it all worthwhile I'll make your heart smile Strangelove Strange highs and strange lows Strangelove That's how my love goes Strangelove Will you give it to me Will you take the pain I will give to you Again and again And will you return it There'll be days When I stray I may appear to be Constantly out of reach I give in to sin Because I like to practice what I preach I'm not trying to say I'll have it all my way I'm always willing to learn When you've got something to teach And I'll make it all worthwhile I'll make your heart smile Pain will you return it I'll say it again - pain Pain will you return it I won't say it again I give in Again and again I give in Will you give it to be I give in I'll say it again I give in I give in Again and again I give in That's how my love goes I give in I'll say it again I give in "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana Load up on guns and bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend She's over bored and self assured Oh no, I know a dirty word Hello, hello, hello, how low? I'm worse at what I do best And for this gift I feel blessed Our little group has always been (tribe) And always will until the end Hello, hello, hello, how low? And I forget just why I taste Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile I found it hard, it was hard to find Oh well, whatever, nevermind hello, hello, hello, how low? With the lights out it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious A mulatto An albino A mosquito My Libido Yay, a denial "Scavenger Type" by NOFX Gigin alone at the bottom of the hill Our protagonist named Bill Sets his sights on an anchor steam pint All he needs is thirteen quarters Congregated in his hat A crow, a scavenger type California redemption provides him with his rent Room and board inside a fifth of comfort As the wind penetrates his bones His mind keeps focused Tidal waves of sound catapulted From his horn wail like lovers The coins don't drop consistent as does the mercury His meter slows realizing a zenith He's reached perfection No one did see him die "Junkie Girl" by Walter Becker in the good old bad part of this college town men in business suits they run you down you take their money just like you take mine you send it bubbling down the thin blue line it doesn't matter how it got this way cause we could make it through this thing together i know you're laughing but I got to say now i still want you maybe more than ever no foolin, its a fucked up world so be cool my little junkie girl the cops are out to shut the district down i comb the ruins of your stomping grounds stanyan street looking like that third world war you come up blazing like an open sore now i believe you but i got to know how come the right side of your brain is hurtin? so take me with you when you go through to the white side of your china curtain no foolin, its a fucked up world so be cool my little junkie girl in the good old bad part of this college town men in grey limousines will drive you down you take their money just like you take mine where does it get you on that thin blue line now i can hardly hear you anymore your eyes are empty and your voice is hollow i see you waving from a distant shore and where you're going i don't dare to follow no foolin, that's another world good luck, my little junkie girl **** SPECIAL BOB DYLAN SECTION **** **** The Complete Bob Dylan Lyrics Catalog--600K! **** 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. 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. AIN'T A-GONNA GRIEVE Well, I ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more And ain't a-gonna grieve no more. Come on brother, join the band, Come on sisters, clap your hands, Tell everybody that's in the land, You ain't a-gonna grieve no more. Well, I ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more And ain't a-gonna grieve no more. Brown and blue and white and black, All one color on the one-way track, We got this far and ain't a-goin' back And ain't a-gonna grieve no more. Well, I ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more I ain't a-gonna grieve no more. We're gonna notify your next of kin, You're gonna raise the roof until the house falls in. If you get knocked down get up again, We ain't a-gonna grieve no more. Well, I ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more I ain't a-gonna grieve no more. We'll sing this song all night long, Sing it to my baby from midnight on. She'll sing it to you when I'm dead and gone, Ain't a-gonna grieve no more. Well, I ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more Ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more I ain't a-gonna grieve no more. AIN'T NO MAN RIGHTEOUS (No Not One) When a man he serves the Lord, it makes his life worthwhile. It don't matter 'bout his position, it don't matter 'bout his lifestyle. Talk about perfection, I ain't never seen none And there ain't no man righteous, no not one. Sometimes the devil likes to drive you from the neighborhood. He'll even work his ways through those whose intentions are good. Some like to worship on the moon, others are worshipping the sun And there ain't no man righteous, no not one. Look around, ya see so many social hypocrites Like to make rules for others while they do just the opposite. You can't get to glory by the raising and the lowering of no flag. Put your goodness next to God's and it comes out like a filthy rag. In a city of darkness there's no need of the sun And there ain't no man righteous, no not one. Done so many evil things in the name of love, it's a crying shame I never did see no fire that could put out a flame. Pull your hat down, baby, pull the wool down over your eyes, Keep a-talking, baby, 'til you run right out of alibis. Someday you'll account for all the deeds that you done. Well, there ain't no man righteous, no not one. God got the power, man has got his vanity, Man gotta choose before God can set him free. Don't you know there's nothing new that's under the sun? Well, there ain't no man righteous, no not one. When I'm gone don't wonder where I be. Just say that I trusted in God and that Christ was in me. Say He defeated the devil, He was God's chosen Son And that there ain't no man righteous, no not one. ALBERTA Alberta let your hair hang low Alberta let your hair hang low I'll give you more gold Than your apron can hold If you'd only let your hair hand low Alberta what's on your mind Alberta what's on your mind You keep me worried and bothered All of the time Alberta what's on your mind Alberta don't you treat me unkind Alberta don't you treat me unkind Oh my heart is so sad Cause I want you so bad Alberta don't you treat me unkind Alberta let your hair hang low Alberta let your hair hang low I'll give you more gold Than your apron can hold If you'll only let your hair hand low 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 tighten 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 OVER YOU Well, if I had to do it all over again, Babe, I'd do it all over you. And if I had to wait for ten thousand years, Babe, I'd even do that too. Well, a dog's got his bone in the alley, A cat, she's got nine lives, A millionaire's got a million dollars, King Saud's got four hundred wives. Well, ev'rybody's got somethin' That they're lookin' forward to. I'm lookin' forward to when I can do it all again And babe, I'll do it all over you. Well, if I had my way tomorrow or today, Babe, I'd run circles all around. I'd jump up in the wind, do a somersault and spin, I'd even dance a jig on the ground. Well, everybody gets their hour, Everybody gets their time, Little David when he picked up his pebbles, Even Sampson after he went blind. Well, everybody gets the chance To do what they want to do. When my time arrives you better run for your life 'Cause babe, I'll do it all over you. Well, I don't need no money, I just need a day that's sunny, Baby, and my days are gonna come. And I grab me a pint, you know that I'm a giant When you hear me yellin', "Fee-fi-fo-fum." Well, you cut me like a jigsaw puzzle, You made me to a walkin' wreck, Then you pushed my heart through my backbone, Then you knocked off my head from my neck. Well, if I'm ever standin' steady A-doin' what I want to do, Well, I tell you little lover that you better run for cover 'Cause babe, I'll do it all over you. I'm just restin' at your gate so that I won't be late And, momma, I'm a-just sittin' on the shelf. Look out your window fair and you'll see me squattin' there Just a-fumblin' and a-mumblin' to myself. Well, after my cigarette's been smoked up, After all my liquor's been drunk, After my dreams are dreamed out, After all my thoughts have been thunk, Well, after I do some of these things, I'm gonna do what I have to do. And I tell you on the side, that you better run and hide 'Cause babe, I'll do it all over 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 spiral staircases Pass the tree of smoke, pass the angel with four faces Begging God for mercy and weepin' in unholy places Angelina Oh, Angelina. Oh, Angelina APPLE SUCKLING TREE Old man sailin' in a dinghy boat Down there Old man down is baitin' a hook On there Gonna pull man down on a suckling hook Gonna pull man into the suckling brook Oh yeah! Now, he's underneath that apple suckling tree Oh yeah! Under that apple suckling tree Oh yeah! That's underneath that tree There's gonna be just you and me Underneath that apple suckling tree Oh yeah! I push him back and I stand in line Oh yeah! Then I hush my Sadie and stand in line Oh yeah! Then I hush my Sadie and stand in line I get on board in two-eyed time Oh yeah! Under that apple suckling tree Oh yeah! Under that apple suckling tree Oh yeah! Underneath that tree There's just gonna be you and me Underneath that apple suckling tree Oh yeah! Now, who's on the table. who's to tell me? Oh yeah! Who's on the table, who's to tell me? Oh yeah! Who should I tell, oh, who should I tell? The forty-nine of you like bats out of hell Oh underneath that old apple suckling tree ARE YOU READY? Are you ready, are you ready? Are you ready, are you ready? Are you ready to meet Jesus? Are you where you ought to be? Will He know you when He sees you Or will He say, "Depart from Me"? Are you ready, hope you're ready. Am I ready, am I ready? Am I ready, am I ready? Am I ready to lay down my life for the brethren And to take up my cross? Have I surrendered to the will of God Or am I still acting like the boss? Am I ready, hope I'm ready. When destruction cometh swiftly And there's no time to say a fare-thee-well, Have you decided whether you want to be In heaven or in hell? Are you ready, are you ready? Have you got some unfinished business? Is there something holding you back? Are you thinking for yourself Or are you following the pack? Are you ready, hope you're ready. Are you ready? Are you ready for the judgment? Are you ready for that terrible swift sword? Are you ready for Armageddon? Are you ready for the day of the Lord? Are you ready, I hope you're ready. AS I WENT OUT ONE MORNING As I went out one morning To breathe the air around Tom Paine's, I spied the fairest damsel That ever did walk in chains. I offer'd her my hand, She took me by the arm. I knew that very instant, She meant to do me harm. "Depart from me this moment," I told her with my voice. Said she, "But I don't wish to," Said I, "But you have no choice." "I beg you, sir," she pleaded From the corners of her mouth, "I will secretly accept you And together we'll fly south." Just then Tom Paine, himself, Came running from across the field, Shouting at this lovely girl And commanding her to yield. And as she was letting go her grip, Up Tom Paine did run, "I'm sorry, sir," he said to me, "I'm sorry for what she's done." ARTHUR MCBRIDE Oh, me and my cousin, one Arthur McBride, As we went a-walkin' down by the seaside, Mark now what followed and what did betide, For it bein' on Christmas mornin'. Now, for recreation, we went on a tramp, And we met Sergeant Napper and Corporal Vamp And a little wee drummer intending to camp, For the day bein' pleasant and charmin'. "Good morning, good morning," the Sergeant he cried. "And the same to you, gentlemen," we did reply, Intending no harm but meant to pass by, For it bein' on Christmas mornin'. "But," says he, "My fine fellows, if you will enlist, Ten guineas in gold I'll stick to your fist, And a crown in the bargain for to kick up the dust, And drink the king's health in the morning. "For a soldier, he leads a very fine life, And he always is blessed with a charming young wife, And he pays all his debts without sorrow or strife, And he always lives pleasant and charmin', And a soldier, he always is decent and clean, In the finest of clothing he's constantly seen. While other poor fellows go dirty and mean, And sup on thin gruel in the morning." "But," says Arthur, "I wouldn't be proud of your clothes, For you've only the lend of them, as I suppose, But you dare not change them one night, for you know If you do, you'll be flogged in the morning. And although that we're single and free, We take great delight in our own company. We have no desire strange places to see, Although that your offers are charming. "And we have no desire to take your advance, All hazards and dangers we barter on chance, For you'd have no scruples for to send us to France, Where we would get shot without warning." "Oh no," says the Sergeant. "I'll have no such chat, And neither will I take it from snappy young brats, For if you insult me with one other word, I'll cut off your heads in the morning." And Arthur and I, we soon drew our hogs, And we scarce gave them time to draw their own blades When a trusty shillelagh came over their head And bid them take that as fair warning. And their old rusty rapiers that hung by their sides, We flung them as far as we could in the tide, "Now take them up, devils!" cried Arthur McBride, "And temper their edge in the mornin'!" And the little wee drummer, we flattened his bow, And we made a football of his rowdy-dow-dow, Threw it in the tide for to rock and to roll, And bade it a tedious returning, And we havin' no money, paid them off in cracks. We paid no respect to their two bloody backs, And we lathered them there like a pair of wet sacks, And left them for dead in the morning. And so, to conclude and to finish disputes, We obligingly asked if they wanted recruits, For we were the lads who would give them hard clouts And bid them look sharp in the mornin'. Oh, me and my cousin, one Arthur McBride, As we went a-walkin' down by the seaside, Mark now what followed and what did betide, For it bein' on Christmas mornin'. BABY, I'M IN THE MOOD FOR YOU Sometimes I'm in the mood, I wanna leave my lonesome home And sometimes I'm in the mood, I wanna hear my milk cow moan And sometimes I'm in the mood, I wanna hit the highway road But then again, but then again, I said oh, I said oh, I said Oh babe, I'm in the mood for you. Sometimes I'm in the mood, Lord, I had my overflowin' fill Sometimes I'm in the mood, I'm gonna make out my final will Sometimes I'm in the mood, I'm gonna head for the walkin' hill But then again, but then again, I said oh, I said oh, I said Oh babe, I'm in the mood for you. Sometimes I'm in the mood, I wanna lay right down and die Sometimes I'm in the mood, I wanna climb up to the sky Sometimes I'm in the mood, I'm gonna laugh until I cry But then again, I said again, I said again, I said Oh babe, I'm in the mood for you. Sometimes I'm in the mood, I'm gonna sleep in my pony's stall Sometimes I'm in the mood, I ain't gonna do nothin' at all Sometimes I'm in the mood, I wanna fly like a cannon ball But then again, but then again, I said oh, I said oh, I said Oh babe, I'm in the mood for you. Sometimes I'm in the mood, I wanna back up against the wall Sometimes I'm in the mood, I wanna run till I have to crawl Sometimes I'm in the mood, I ain't gonna do nothin' at all But then again, but then again, I said oh, I said oh, I said Oh babe, I'm in the mood for you. Sometimes I'm in the mood, I wanna change my house around Sometimes I'm in the mood, I'm gonna make a change in this here town Sometimes I'm in the mood, I'm gonna change the world around But then again, but then again, I said oh, I said oh, I said Oh babe, I'm in the mood for you. BABY, STOP CRYING You been down to the bottom with a bad man, babe, But you're back where you belong. Go get me my pistol, babe, Honey, I can't tell right from wrong. Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying Baby, please stop crying. You know, I know, the sun will always shine So baby, please stop crying 'cause it's tearing up my mind. Go down to the river, babe, Honey, I will meet you there. Go down to the river, babe, Honey, I will pay your fare. Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying Baby, please stop crying. You know, I know, the sun will always shine So baby, please stop crying 'cause it's tearing up my mind. If you're looking for assistance, babe, Or if you just want some company Or if you just want a friend you can talk to, Honey, come and see about me. Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying Baby, please stop crying. You know, I know, the sun will always shine So baby, please stop crying 'cause it's tearing up my mind. You been hurt so many times And I know what you're thinking of. Well, I don't have to be no doctor, babe, To see that you're madly in love. Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying Baby, please stop crying. You know, I know, the sun will always shine So baby, please stop crying 'cause it's tearing up my mind. BALLAD FOR A FRIEND Sad I'm sittin' on the railroad track, Watchin' that old smokestack. Train is a-leavin' bit it won't be back. Years ago we hung around, Watchin' trains roll through the town. Now that train is a-graveyard bound. Where we go up in that North Country, Lakes and streams and mines so free, I had no better friend than he. Something happened to him that day, I thought I heard a stranger say, I hung my head and stole away. A diesel truck was rollin' slow, Pullin' down a heavy load. It left him on a Utah road. They carried him back to his home town, His mother cried, his sister moaned, Listin' to them church bells tone. BALLAD IN PLAIN D I once loved a girl, her skin it was bronze. With the innocence of a lamb, she was gentle like a fawn. I courted her proudly but now she is gone, Gone as the season she's taken. Through young summer's breeze, I stole her away From her mother and sister, though close did they stay. Each one of them suffering from the failures of their day, With strings of guilt they tried hard to guide us. Of the two sisters, I loved the young. With sensitive instincts, she was the creative one. The constant scapegoat, she was easily undone By the jealousy of others around her. For her parasite sister, I had no respect, Bound by her boredom, her pride to protect. Countless visions of the other she'd reflect As a crutch for her scenes and her society. Myself, for what I did, I cannot be excused, The changes I was going through can't even be used, For the lies that I told her in hopes not to lose The could-be dream-lover of my lifetime. With unknown consciousness, I possessed in my grip A magnificent mantelpiece, though its heart being chipped, Noticing not that I'd already slipped To a sin of love's false security. From silhouetted anger to manufactured peace, Answers of emptiness, voice vacancies, Till the tombstones of damage read me no questions but, "Please, What's wrong and what's exactly the matter?" And so it did happen like it could have been foreseen, The timeless explosion of fantasy's dream. At the peak of the night, the king and the queen Tumbled all down into pieces. "The tragic figure!" her sister did shout, "Leave her alone, God damn you, get out!" And I in my armor, turning about And nailing her to the ruins of her pettiness. Beneath a bare light bulb the plaster did pound Her sister and I in a screaming battleground. And she in between, the victim of sound, Soon shattered as a child 'neath her shadows. All is gone, all is gone, admit it, take flight. I gagged twice, doubled, tears blinding my sight. My mind it was mangled, I ran into the night Leaving all of love's ashes behind me. The wind knocks my window, the room it is wet. The words to say I'm sorry, I haven't found yet. I think of her often and hope whoever she's met Will be fully aware of how precious she is. Ah, my friends from the prison, they ask unto me, "How good, how good does it feel to be free?" And I answer them most mysteriously, "Are birds free from the chains of the skyway?" BALLAD OF HOLLIS BROWN Hollis Brown He lived on the outside of town Hollis Brown He lived on the outside of town With his wife and five children And his cabin fallin' down You looked for work and money And you walked a rugged mile You looked for work and money And you walked a rugged mile Your children are so hungry That they don't know how to smile Your baby's eyes look crazy They're a-tuggin' at your sleeve Your baby's eyes look crazy They're a-tuggin' at your sleeve You walk the floor and wonder why With every breath you breathe The rats have got your flour Bad blood it got your mare The rats have got your flour Bad blood it got your mare If there's anyone that knows Is there anyone that cares? You prayed to the Lord above Oh please send you a friend You prayed to the Lord above Oh please send you a friend Your empty pockets tell yuh That you ain't a-got no friend Your babies are crying louder It's pounding on your brain Your babies are crying louder now It's pounding on your brain Your wife's screams are stabbin' you Like the dirty drivin' rain Your grass it is turning black There's no water in your well Your grass is turning black There's no water in your well You spent your last lone dollar On seven shotgun shells Way out in the wilderness A cold coyote calls Way out in the wilderness A cold coyote calls Your eyes fix on the shotgun That's hangin' on the wall Your brain is a-bleedin' And your legs can't seem to stand Your brain is a-bleedin' And your legs can't seem to stand Your eyes fix on the shotgun That you're holdin' in your hand There's seven breezes a-blowin' All around the cabin door There's seven breezes a-blowin' All around the cabin door Seven shots ring out Like the ocean's pounding roar There's seven people dead On a South Dakota farm There's seven people dead On a South Dakota farm Somewhere in the distance There's seven new people born BALLAD OF DONALD WHITE My name is Donald White, you see, I stand before you all. I was judged by you a murderer And the hangman's knot must fall. I will die upon the gallows pole When the moon is shining clear, And these are my final words That you will ever hear. I left my home in Kansas When I was very young, I landed in the old Northwest, Seattle, Washington Although I'd a-traveled many miles, I never made a friend, For I could never get along in life With people that I met. If I had some education To give me a decent start, I might have been a doctor or A master in the arts. But I used my hands for stealing When I was very young, And they locked me down in jailhouse cells, That's how my life begun. Oh, the inmates and the prisoners, I found they were my kind, And it was there inside the bars I found my peace of mind. But the jails they were too crowded, Institutions overflowed, So they turned me loose to walk upon Life's hurried tangled road. And there's danger on the ocean Where the salt sea waves split high, And there's danger on the battlefield Where the shells of bullets fly, And there's danger in this open world Where men strive to be free, And for me the greatest danger Was in society. So I asked them to send me back To the institution home. But they said they were too crowded, For me they had no room. I got down on my knees and begged, "Oh, please put me away," But they would not listen to my plea Or nothing I would say. And so it was on Christmas eve In the year of '59, It was on that night I killed a man, I did not try to hide, The jury found me guilty And I won't disagree, For I knew that it would happen If I wasn't put away. And I'm glad I've had no parents To care for me or cry, For now they will never know The horrible death I die. And I'm also glad I've had no friends To see me in disgrace, For they'll never see that hangman's hood Wrap around my face. Farewell unto the old north woods Of which I used to roam, Farewell unto the crowded bars Of which've been my home, Farewell to all you people Who think the worst of me, I guess you'll feel much better when I'm on that hanging tree. But there's just one question Before they kill me dead, I'm wondering just how much To you I really said Concerning all the boys that come Down a road like me, Are they enemies or victims Of your society? THE BALLAD OF FRANKIE LEE AND JUDAS PRIEST Well, Frankie Lee and Judas Priest, They were the best of friends. So when Frankie Lee needed money one day, Judas quickly pulled out a roll of tens And placed them on a footstool Just above the plotted plain, Sayin', "Take your pick, Frankie Boy, My loss will be your gain." Well, Frankie Lee, he sat right down And put his fingers to his chin, But with the cold eyes of Judas on him, His head began to spin. "Would ya please not stare at me like that," he said, "It's just my foolish pride, But sometimes a man must be alone And this is no place to hide." Well, Judas, he just winked and said, "All right, I'll leave you here, But you'd better hurry up and choose Which of those bills you want, Before they all disappear." "I'm gonna start my pickin' right now, Just tell me where you'll be." Judas pointed down the road And said, "Eternity!" "Eternity?" said Frankie Lee, With a voice as cold as ice. "That's right," said Judas Priest, "Eternity, Though you might call it 'Paradise.'" "I don't call it anything," Said Frankie Lee with a smile. "All right," said Judas Priest, "I'll see you after a while." Well, Frankie Lee, he sat back down, Feelin' low and mean, When just then a passing stranger Burst upon the scene, Saying, "Are you Frankie Lee, the gambler, Whose father is deceased? Well, if you are, There's a fellow callin' you down the road And they say his name is Priest." "Oh, yes, he is my friend," Said Frankie Lee in fright, "I do recall him very well, In fact, he just left my sight." "Yes, that's the one," said the stranger, As quiet as a mouse, "Well, my message is, he's down the road, Stranded in a house." Well, Frankie Lee, he panicked, He dropped ev'rything and ran Until he came up to the spot Where Judas Priest did stand. "What kind of house is this," he said, "Where I have come to roam?" "It's not a house," said Judas Priest, "It's not a house . . . it's a home." Well, Frankie Lee, he trembled, He soon lost all control Over ev'rything which he had made While the mission bells did toll. He just stood there staring At that big house as bright as any sun, With four and twenty windows And a woman's face in ev'ry one. Well, up the stairs ran Frankie Lee With a soulful, bounding leap, And, foaming at the mouth, He began to make his midnight creep. For sixteen nights and days he raved, But on the seventeenth he burst Into the arms of Judas Priest, Which is where he died of thirst. No one tried to say a thing When they took him out in jest, Except, of course, the little neighbor boy Who carried him to rest. And he just walked along, alone, With his guilt so well concealed, And muttered underneath his breath, "Nothing is revealed." Well, the moral of the story, The moral of this song, Is simply that one should never be Where one does not belong. So when you see your neighbor carryin' somethin', Help him with his load, And don't go mistaking Paradise For that home across the road. BALLAD OF A THIN MAN You walk into the room With your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked And you say, "Who is that man?" You try so hard But you don't understand Just what you'll say When you get home Because something is happening here But you don't know what it is Do you, Mister Jones? You raise up your head And you ask, "Is this where it is?" And somebody points to you and says "It's his" And you say, "What's mine?" And somebody else says, "Where what is?" And you say, "Oh my God Am I here all alone?" Because something is happening here But you don't know what it is Do you, Mister Jones? You hand in your ticket And you go watch the geek Who immediately walks up to you When he hears you speak And says, "How does it feel To be such a freak?" And you say, "Impossible" As he hands you a bone Because something is happening here But you don't know what it is Do you, Mister Jones? You have many contacts Among the lumberjacks To get you facts When someone attacks your imagination But nobody has any respect Anyway they already expect you To just give a check To tax-deductible charity organizations You've been with the professors And they've all liked your looks With great lawyers you have Discussed lepers and crooks You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books You're very well read It's well known Because something is happening here But you don't know what it is Do you, Mister Jones? Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you And then he kneels He crosses himself And then he clicks his high heels And without further notice He asks you how it feels And he says, "Here is your throat back Thanks for the loan" Because something is happening here But you don't know what it is Do you, Mister Jones? Now you see this one-eyed midget Shouting the word "NOW" And you say, "For what reason?" And he says, "How?" And you say, "What does this mean?" And he screams back, "You're a cow Give me some milk Or else go home" Because something is happening here But you don't know what it is Do you, Mister Jones? Well, you walk into the room Like a camel and then you frown You put your eyes in your pocket And your nose on the ground There ought to be a law Against you comin' around You should be made To wear earphones Because something is happening here But you don't know what it is Do you, Mister Jones? BAND OF THE HAND (It's Hell Time Man!) Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand Down these streets the fools rule There's no freedom or self respect, A knife's point or a trip to the joint Is about all you can expect. They kill people here who stand up for their rights, The system's just too damned corrupt It's always the same, the name of the game Is who do you know higher up. Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand The blacks and the whites, The idiotic, the exotic, Wealth is a filthy rag So erotic so unpatriotic So wrapped up in the American flag. Witchcraft scum exploiting the dumb, Turning children into punks and slaves Whose heroes and healers are rich drug dealers Who should be put in their graves. Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand Listen to me Mr. Pussyman This might be your last night in a bed so soft We're not pimps on the make, politicians on the take, You can't pay us off. We're gonna blow up your home of Voodoo And watch it burn without any regret We got the power we're the new government, You just don't know it yet. Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand For all of my brothers from Vietnam And my uncles from World War II, I'd like to say that it's countdown time now And we're gonna do what the law should do. And for you pretty baby, I know you've seen it all. I know your story is too painful to share. One day though you'll be talking in your sleep And when you do, I wanna be there. Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand Band of the hand BELLE ISLE One evenin' for pleasure I rappled with you In the fair fields all alone Down by the banks of Loche Erin Where the beauty and pleasure were known I spied a fair maiden and her neighbor Which caused me to stay for awhile And I thooght of her goddes of beauty Bloomin' bright star of Brighte Isle l humbled myself to her beauty Fair maiden where do you belong Are you from heaven descended Abiding cupid's bare throne Young man I will teII you a secret It's true l'm a maid that's poor And to part from my vows and my promise 'Tis more than my heert can endure Therefore I remain at my service And go through with my hardship and toil And wait for the lad that has left me All alone on the banks of Belle Isle Young maiden I wish not to banter 'Tis true I come here in disguise l came here to fulfill my last promise And hope to give you a surprise l know you're a maid I Iove dearly And you've been in my heart all the while For me there is no other damsell Than my blooming bright star of Belle Isle BILLY There's guns across the river aimin' at ya Lawman on your trail, he'd like to catch ya Bounty hunters, too, they'd like to get ya Billy, they don't like you to be so free. Campin' out all night on the veranda Dealin' cards 'til dawn in the hacienda Up to Boot Hill they'd like to send ya Billy, don't you turn your back on me. Playin' around with some sweet seorita Into her dark hallway she will lead ya In some lonesome shadows she will greet ya Billy, you're so far away from home. There's eyes behind the mirrors in empty places Bullet holes and scars between the spaces There's always one more notch and ten more paces Billy, and you're walkin' all alone. They say that Pat Garrett's got your number So sleep with one eye open when you slumber Every little sound just might be thunder Thunder from the barrel of his gun. Guitars will play your grand finale Down in some Tularosa alley, Maybe in the Rio Pecos valley Billy, you're so far away from home. There's always some new stranger sneakin' glances Some trigger-happy fool willin' to take chances And some old whore from San Pedro to make advances Advances on your spirit and your soul. The businessmen from Taos want you to go down They've hired Pat Garrett to force a showdown. Billy, don't it make ya feel so low-down To be shot down by the man who was your friend? Hang on to your woman if you got one Remember in El Paso, once, you shot one. She may have been a whore, but she was a hot one Billy, you been runnin' for so long. Guitars will play your grand finale Down in some Tularosa alley Maybe in the Rio Pecos valley Billy, you're so far away from home. BLACK CROW BLUES I woke in the mornin', wand'rin', Wasted and worn out. I woke in the mornin', wand'rin', Wasted and worn out. Wishin' my long-lost lover Will walk to me, talk to me, Tell me what it's all about. I was standin' at the side road Listenin' to the billboard knock. Standin' at the side road Listenin' to the billboard knock. Well, my wrist was empty But my nerves were kickin', Tickin' like a clock. If I got anything you need, babe, Let me tell you in front. If I got anything you need, babe, Let me tell you in front. You can come to me sometime, Night time, day time, Any time you want. Sometimes I'm thinkin' I'm Too high to fall. Sometimes I'm thinkin' I'm Too high to fall. Other times I'm thinkin' I'm So low I don't know If I can come up at all. Black crows in the meadow Across a broad highway. Black crows in the meadow Across a broad highway. Though it's funny, honey, I just don't feel much like a Scarecrow today. BLACK DIAMOND BAY Up on the white veranda She wears a necktie and a Panama hat. Her passport shows a face From another time and place She looks nothin' like that. And all the remnants of her recent past Are scattered in the wild wind. She walks across the marble floor Where a voice from the gambling room is callin' her to come on in. She smiles, walks the other way As the last ship sails and the moon fades away From Black Diamond Bay. As the mornin' light breaks open, the Greek comes down And he asks for a rope and a pen that will write. "Pardon, monsieur," the desk clerk says, Carefully removes his fez, "Am I hearin' you right?" And as the yellow fog is liftin' The Greek is quickly headin' for the second floor. She passes him on the spiral staircase Thinkin' he's the Soviet Ambassador, She starts to speak, but he walks away As the storm clouds rise and the palm branches sway On Black Diamond Bay. A soldier sits beneath the fan Doin' business with a tiny man who sells him a ring. Lightning strikes, the lights blow out. The desk clerk wakes and begins to shout, "Can you see anything?" Then the Greek appears on the second floor In his bare feet with a rope around his neck, While a loser in the gambling room lights up a candle, Says, "Open up another deck." But the dealer says, "Attendez-vous, s'il vous plalt,'' As the rain beats down and the cranes fly away From Black Diamond Bay. The desk clerk heard the woman laugh As he looked around the aftermath and the soldier got tough. He tried to grab the woman's hand, Said, "Here's a ring, it cost a grand." She said, "That ain't enough." Then she ran upstairs to pack her bags While a horse-drawn taxi waited at the curb. She passed the door that the Greek had locked, Where a handwritten sign read, "Do Not Disturb." She knocked upon it anyway As the sun went down and the music did play On Black Diamond Bay. "I've got to talk to someone quick!" But the Greek said, "Go away," and he kicked the chair to the floor. He hung there from the chandelier. She cried, "Help, there's danger near Please open up the door!" Then the volcano erupted And the lava flowed down from the mountain high above. The soldier and the tiny man were crouched in the corner Thinking of forbidden love. But the desk clerk said, "It happens every day," As the stars fell down and the fields burned away On Black Diamond Bay. As the island slowly sank The loser finally broke the bank in the gambling room. The dealer said, "It's too late now. You can take your money, but I don't know how You'll spend it in the tomb." The tiny man bit the soldier's ear As the floor caved in and the boiler in the basement blew, While she's out on the balcony, where a stranger tells her, "My darling, je vous aime beaucoup." She sheds a tear and then begins to pray As the fire burns on and the smoke drifts away From Black Diamond Bay. I was sittin' home alone one night in L.A., Watchin' old Cronkite on the seven o'clock news. It seems there was an earthquake that Left nothin' but a Panama hat And a pair of old Greek shoes. Didn't seem like much was happenin', So I turned it off and went to grab another beer. Seems like every time you turn around There's another hard-luck story that you're gonna hear And there's really nothin' anyone can say And I never did plan to go anyway To Black Diamond Bay. BLACKJACK DAVEY Blackjack Davey come a-ridin' on back, A-whistlin' loud and merry. Made the woods around him ring, And he charmed the heart of a lady, Charmed the heart of a lady. "How old are you, my pretty little miss, How old are you, my honey?" She answered to him with a lovin' smile "I'll be sixteen come Sunday, Be sixteen come Sunday." "Come and go with me, my pretty little miss, Come and go with me, my honey. Take you where the grass grows green, You never will want for money, You never will want for money. "Pull off, pull off them high-heeled shoes All made of Spanish leather. Get behind me on my horse And we'll ride off together, We'll both go off together." Well, she pulled off them high-heeled shoes Made of Spanish leather. Got behind him on his horse And they rode off together, They both rode off together. At night the boss came home Inquiring about his lady. His servant spoke before she thought, "She's been with Blackjack Davey, Rode off with Blackjack Davey." "Well, saddle for me my coal-black stud, He's speedier than the gray. I rode all day and I'll ride all night, And I'll overtake my lady, I'll bring back my lady." Well, he rode all night till the broad daylight, Till he came to a river ragin', And there he spied his darlin' bride In the arms of Blackjack Davey, Wrapped up with Blackjack Davey. "Pull off, pull off them long blue gloves All made of the finest leather. Give to me your lily-white hand And we'll both go home together, We'll both go home together." Well, she pulled off them long blue gloves All made of the finest leather, Gave to him her lily-white hand And said good-bye forever. Bid farewell forever. "Would you forsake your house and home, Would you forsake your baby? Would you forsake your husband, too, To go with Blackjack Davey, Ride off with Blackjack Davey?" "Well, I'll forsake my house and home, And I'll forsake my baby. I'll forsake my husband, too, For the love of Blackjack Davey, Love my Blackjack Davey." "Last night I slept in a feather bed Between my husband and baby. Tonight I lay on the river banks In the arms of Blackjack Davey, Love my Blackjack Davey." BLIND WILLIE MCTELL Seen the arrow on the doorpost Saying, "This land is condemned All the way from New Orleans To Jerusalem." I traveled through East Texas Where many martyrs fell And I know no one can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell Well, I heard the hoot owl singing As they were taking down the tents The stars above the barren trees Were his only audience Them charcoal gypsy maidens Can strut their feathers well But nobody can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell See them big plantations burning Hear the cracking of the whips Smell that sweet magnolia blooming (And) see the ghosts of slavery ships I can hear them tribes a-moaning (I can) hear the undertaker's bell (Yeah), nobody can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell There's a woman by the river With some fine young handsome man He's dressed up like a squire Bootlegged whiskey in his hand There's a chain gang on the highway I can hear them rebels yell And I know no one can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell Well, God is in heaven And we all want what's his But power and greed and corruptible seed Seem to be all that there is I'm gazing out the window Of the St. James Hotel And I know no one can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell BLOOD IN MY EYES Woke up this morning, feeling blue, Seen a good-lookin' girl, can I make love with you? Hey, hey, babe, I got blood in my eyes for you, Hey, hey, babe, I got blood in my eyes for you. I got blood in my eyes for you, babe, I don't care what in the world you do. I went back home, put on my tie, Gonna get that girl that money will buy. Hey, hey, babe, I got blood in my eyes for you, Hey, hey, babe, I got blood in my eyes for you. I got blood in my eyes for you, babe, I don't care what in the world you do. She looked at me, begin to smile, Said, "Hey, hey, man, can't you wait a little while?" No, no, babe, I got blood in my eyes for you. No, no, babe, I got blood in my eyes for you. Got blood in my eyes for you, babe, I don't care what in the world you do. No, no, ma'am, I can't wait, You got my money, now you're trying to break this date. Hey, hey, babe, I got blood in my eyes for you, Hey, hey, babe, I got blood in my eyes for you. I got blood in my eyes for you, babe, I don't care what in the world you do. I tell you something, tell you the facts, You don't want me, give my money back. Hey, hey, babe, I got blood in my eyes for you, Hey, hey, babe, I got blood in my eyes for you. I got blood in my eyes for you, babe, I don't care what in the world you do. BLOWIN' IN THE WIND How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. How many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. How many years can a mountain exist Before it's washed to the sea? Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free? Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head, Pretending he just doesn't see? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. BOB DYLAN'S 115TH DREAM I was riding on the Mayflower When I thought I spied some land I yelled for Captain Arab I have yuh understand Who came running to the deck Said, "Boys, forget the whale Look on over yonder Cut the engines Change the sail Haul on the bowline" We sang that melody Like all tough sailors do When they are far away at sea "I think I'll call it America" I said as we hit land I took a deep breath I fell down, I could not stand Captain Arab he started Writing up some deeds He said, "Let's set up a fort And start buying the place with beads" Just then this cop comes down the street Crazy as a loon He throw us all in jail For carryin' harpoons Ah me I busted out Don't even ask me how I went to get some help I walked by a Guernsey cow Who directed me down To the Bowery slums Where people carried signs around Saying, "Ban the bums" I jumped right into line Sayin', "I hope that I'm not late" When I realized I hadn't eaten For five days straight I went into a restaurant Lookin' for the cook I told them I was the editor Of a famous etiquette book The waitress he was handsome He wore a powder blue cape I ordered some suzette, I said "Could you please make that crepe" Just then the whole kitchen exploded From boilin' fat Food was flying everywhere And I left without my hat Now, I didn't mean to be nosy But I went into a bank To get some bail for Arab And all the boys back in the tank They asked me for some collateral And I pulled down my pants They threw me in the alley When up comes this girl from France Who invited me to her house I went, but she had a friend Who knocked me out And robbed my boots And I was on the street again Well, I rapped upon a house With the U.S. flag upon display I said, "Could you help me out I got some friends down the way" The man says, "Get out of here I'll tear you limb from limb" I said, "You know they refused Jesus, too" He said, "You're not Him Get out of here before I break your bones I ain't your pop" I decided to have him arrested And I went looking for a cop I ran right outside And I hopped inside a cab I went out the other door This Englishman said, "Fab" As he saw me leap a hot dog stand And a chariot that stood Parked across from a building Advertising brotherhood I ran right through the front door Like a hobo sailor does But it was just a funeral parlor And the man asked me who I was I repeated that my friends Were all in jail, with a sigh He gave me his card He said, "Call me if they die" I shook his hand and said goodbye Ran out to the street When a bowling ball came down the road And knocked me off my feet A pay phone was ringing It just about blew my mind When I picked it up and said hello This foot came through the line Well, by this time I was fed up At tryin' to make a stab At bringin' back any help For my friends and Captain Arab I decided to flip a coin Like either heads or tails Would let me know if I should go Back to ship or back to jail So I hocked my sailor suit And I got a coin to flip It came up tails It rhymed with sails So I made it back to the ship Well, I got back and took The parkin' ticket off the mast I was ripping it to shreds When this coastguard boat went past They asked me my name And I said, "Captain Kidd" They believed me but They wanted to know What exactly that I did I said for the Pope of Eruke I was employed They let me go right away They were very paranoid Well, the last I heard of Arab He was stuck on a whale That was married to the deputy Sheriff of the jail But the funniest thing was When I was leavin' the bay I saw three ships a-sailin' They were all heading my way I asked the captain what his name was And how come he didn't drive a truck He said his name was Columbus I just said, "Good luck." BOB DYLAN'S BLUES Well, the Lone Ranger and Tonto They are ridin' down the line Fixin' ev'rybody's troubles Ev'rybody's 'cept mine Somebody musta tol' 'em That I was doin' fine Oh you five and ten cent women With nothin' in your heads I got a real gal I'm lovin' And Lord I'll love her till I'm dead Go away from my door and my window too Right now Lord, I ain't goin' down to no race track See no sports car run I don't have no sports car And I don't even care to have one I can walk anytime around the block Well, the wind keeps a-blowin' me Up and down the street With my hat in my hand And my boots on my feet Watch out so you don't step on me Well, lookit here buddy You want to be like me Pull out your six-shooter And rob every bank you can see Tell the judge I said it was all right Yes! BOB DYLAN'S DREAM While riding on a train goin' west, I fell asleep for to take my rest. I dreamed a dream that made me sad, Concerning myself and the first few friends I had. With half-damp eyes I stared to the room Where my friends and I spent many an afternoon, Where we together weathered many a storm, Laughin' and singin' till the early hours of the morn. By the old wooden stove where our hats was hung, Our words were told, our songs were sung, Where we longed for nothin' and were quite satisfied Talkin' and a-jokin' about the world outside. With haunted hearts through the heat and cold, We never thought we could ever get old. We thought we could sit forever in fun But our chances really was a million to one. As easy it was to tell black from white, It was all that easy to tell wrong from right. And our choices were few and the thought never hit That the one road we traveled would ever shatter and split. How many a year has passed and gone, And many a gamble has been lost and won, And many a road taken by many a friend, And each one I've never seen again. I wish, I wish, I wish in vain, That we could sit simply in that room again. Ten thousand dollars at the drop of a hat, I'd give it all gladly if our lives could be like that. BOB DYLAN'S NEW ORLEANS RAG I was sittin' on a stump Down in New Orleans, I was feelin' kinda low down, Dirty and mean. Along came a fella And he didn't even ask. He says, "I know of a woman That can fix you up fast." I didn't think twice, I said like I should, "Let's go find this lady That can do me some good." We walked across the river On a sailin' spree And we came to a door Called one-oh-three. I was just about ready To give it a little knock When out comes a fella Who couldn't even walk. He's linkin' and a-slinkin', Couldn't stand on his feet, And he moaned and he groaned And he shuffled down the street. Well, out of the door There comes another man. He wiggled and he wobbled, He couldn't hardly stand. He had this frightened Look in his eyes, Like he just fought a bear, He was ready to die. Well, I peeked through the key crack, Comin' down the hall Was a long-legged man Who couldn't hardly crawl. He muttered and he uttered In broken French, And he looked like he'd been through A monkey wrench. Well, by this time I was a-scared to knock, I was a-scared to move, I's in a state of shock. I hummed a little tune And I shuffled my feet And I started walkin' backwards Down that broad street. Well, I got to the corner, I tried my best to smile. I turned around the corner And I ran a bloody mile. Man, I wasn't runnin' 'Cause I was sick, I was just a-runnin' To get out of there quick. Well, I tripped right along And I'm a-wheezin' in my chest. I musta run a mile In a minute or less. I walked on a log And I tripped on a stump, I caught a fast freight With a one-arm jump. So, if you're travelin' down Louisiana way, And you feel kinda lonesome And you need a place to stay, Man, you're better off In your misery Than to tackle that lady At one-oh-three. BOOTS OF SPANISH LEATHER Oh, I'm sailin' away my own true love, I'm sailin' away in the morning. Is there something I can send you from across the sea, From the place that I'll be landing? No, there's nothin' you can send me, my own true love, There's nothin' I wish to be ownin'. Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled, From across that lonesome ocean. Oh, but I just thought you might want something fine Made of silver or of golden, Either from the mountains of Madrid Or from the coast of Barcelona. Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night And the diamonds from the deepest ocean, I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss, For that's all I'm wishin' to be ownin'. That I might be gone a long time And it's only that I'm askin', Is there something I can send you to remember me by, To make your time more easy passin'. Oh, how can, how can you ask me again, It only brings me sorrow. The same thing I want from you today, I would want again tomorrow. I got a letter on a lonesome day, It was from her ship a-sailin', Saying I don't know when I'll be comin' back again, It depends on how I'm a-feelin'. Well, if you, my love, must think that-a-way, I'm sure your mind is roamin'. I'm sure your heart is not with me, But with the country to where you're goin'. So take heed, take heed of the western wind, Take heed of the stormy weather. And yes, there's something you can send back to me, Spanish boots of Spanish leather. BORN IN TIME In the lonely night In the blinking stardust of a pale blue light You're comin' thru to me in black and white When we were made of dreams. You're blowing down the shaky street, You're hearing my heart beat In the record breaking heat Where we were born in time. Not one more night, not one more kiss, Not this time baby, no more of this. Takes too much skill, takes too much will. It's revealing. You came, you saw, just like the law You married young, just like your ma, You tried and tried, you made me slide You left me reelin' with this feelin'. On the rising curve Where the ways of nature will test every nerve, You won't get anything you don't deserve Where we were born in time. You pressed me once, you pressed me twice, You hang the flame, you'll pay the price. Oh babe, that fire Is still smokin'. You were snow, you were rain You were striped, you were plain, Oh babe, truer words Have not been spoken or broken. In the hills of mystery, In the foggy web of destiny, You can have what's left of me, Where we were born in time. BROKE DOWN ENGINE Feel like a broke-down engine, ain't got no drivin' wheel, Feel like a broke-down engine, ain't got no drivin' wheel. You all been down and lonesome, you know just how a poor man feels. Been shooting craps and gambling, momma, and I done got broke, Been shooting craps and gambling, momma, and I done got broke. I done pawned my pistol, baby, my best clothes been sold. Lordy, Lord, Lordy, Lord, Lordy, Lord, Lordy, Lord, Lordy, Lord. I went down in my praying ground, fell on my bended knees, I went down in my praying ground, fell on my bended knees. I ain't cryin' for no religion, Lord, give me back my good gal please. If you give me back my baby, I won't worry you no more, Give me back my baby, I won't worry you no more. Don't have to put her in my house, Lordy, just lead her to my door. Lordy, Lord, Lordy, Lord, Lordy, Lord, Lordy, Lord, Lordy, Lord. Can't you hear me, baby, rappin' on your door? Can't you hear me, baby, rappin' on your door? Now you hear me tappin', tappin' across your floor. Feel like a broke-down engine, ain't got no drive at all, Feel like a broke-down engine, ain't got no drive at all. What make me love my woman, she can really do the Georgia Crawl. Feel like a broke-down engine, ain't got no whistle or bell, Feel like a broke-down engine, ain't got no whistle or bell. If you're a real hot momma, come take away Daddy's weeping spell. BROWNSVILLE GIRL Well, there was this movie I seen one time, About a man riding 'cross the desert and it starred Gregory Peck. He was shot down by a hungry kid trying to make a name for himself. The townspeople wanted to crush that kid down and string him up by the neck. Well, the marshal, now he beat that kid to a bloody pulp as the dying gunfighter lay in the sun and gasped for his last breath. Turn him loose, let him go, let him say he outdrew me fair and square, I want him to feel what it's like to every moment face his death. Well, I keep seeing this stuff and it just comes a-rolling in And you know it blows right through me like a ball and chain. You know I can't believe we've lived so long and are still so far apart. The memory of you keeps callin' after me like a rollin' train. I can still see the day that you came to me on the painted desert In your busted down Ford and your platform heels I could never figure out why you chose that particular place to meet Ah, but you were right. It was perfect as I got in behind the wheel. Well, we drove that car all nigh into San Anton' And we slept near the Alamo, your skin was so tender and soft. Way down in Mexico you went out to find a doctor and you never came back. I would have gone on after you but I didn't feel like letting my head get blown off. Well, we're drivin' this car and the sun is comin' up over the Rockies, Now I know she ain't you but she's here and she's got that dark rhythm in her soul. But I'm too over the edge and I ain't in the mood anymore to remember the times when I was your only man And she don't want to remind me. She knows this car would go out of control. Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville girl, you're my honey love. Well, we crossed the panhandle and then we headed towards Amarillo We pulled up where Henry Porter used to live. He owned a wreckin' lot outside of town about a mile. Ruby was in the backyard hanging clothes, she had her red hair tied back. She saw us come rolling up in a trail of dust. She said, "Henry ain't here but you can come on in, he'll be back in a little while." Then she told us how times were tough and about how she was thinkin' of bummin' a ride back to where she started. But ya know, she changed the subject every time money came up. She said, "Welcome to the land of the living dead." You could tell she was so broken-hearted. She said, "Even the swap meets around here are getting pretty corrupt." "How far are y'all going?" Ruby asked us with a sigh. "We're going all the way 'til the wheels fall off and burn, 'Til the sun peels the paint and the seat covers fade and the water moccasin dies." Ruby just smiled and said, "Ah, you know some babies never learn." Something about that movie though, well I just can't get it out of my head But I can't remember why I was in it or what part I was supposed to play. All I remember about it was Gregory Peck and the way people moved And a lot of them seemed to be lookin' my way. Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville girl, you're my honey love. Well, they were looking for somebody with a pompadour. I was crossin' the street when shots rang out. I didn't know whether to duck or to run, so I ran. "We got him cornered in the churchyard," I heard somebody shout. Well, you saw my picture in the Corpus Christi Tribune. Underneath it, it said, "A man with no alibi." You went out on a limb to testify for me, you said I was with you. Then when I saw you break down in front of the judge and cry real tears, It was the best acting I saw anybody do. Now I've always been the kind of person that doesn't like to trespass but sometimes you just find yourself over the line. Oh if there's an original thought out there, I could use it right now. You know, I feel pretty good, but that ain't sayin' much. I could feel a whole lot better, If you were just here by my side to show me how. Well, I'm standin' in line in the rain to see a movie starring Gregory Peck, Yeah, but you know it's not the one that I had in mind. He's got a new one out now, I don't even know what it's about But I'll see him in anything so I'll stand in line. Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville girl, you're my honey love. You know, it's funny how things never turn out the way you had 'em planned. The only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter is that his name wasn't Henry Porter. And you know there was somethin' about you baby that I liked that was always too good for this world Just like you always said there was something about me you liked that I left behind in the French Quarter. Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than people who are most content. I don't have any regrets, they can talk about me plenty when I'm gone. You always said people don't do what they believe in, they just do what's most convenient, then they repent. And I always said, "Hang on to me, baby, and let's hope that the roof stays on." There was a movie I seen one time, I think I sat through it twice. I don't remember who I was or where I was bound. All I remember about it was it starred Gregory Peck, he wore a gun and he was shot in the back. Seems like a long time ago, long before the stars were torn down. Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville girl, you're my honey love. BUCKETS OF RAIN Buckets of rain Buckets of tears Got all them buckets comin' out of my ears. Buckets of moonbeams in my hand, I got all the love, honey baby, You can stand. I been meek And hard like an oak I seen pretty people disappear like smoke. Friends will arrive, friends will disappear, If you want me, honey baby, I'll be here. Like your smile And your fingertips Like the way that you move your lips. I like the cool way you look at me, Everything about you is bringing me Misery. Little red wagon Little red bike I ain't no monkey but I know what I like. I like the way you love me strong and slow, I'm takin' you with me, honey baby, When I go. Life is sad Life is a bust All ya can do is do what you must. You do what you must do and ya do it well, I'll do it for you, honey baby, Can't you tell? CALIFORNIA I'm goin' down south, 'Neath the borderline. I'm goin' down south, 'Neath the borderline. Some fat momma Kissed my mouth one time. Well, I needed it this morning Without a shadow of doubt. My suitcase is packed, My clothes are hangin' out. San Francisco's fine, You sure get lots of sun. San Francisco is fine. You sure get lots of sun. But I'm used to four seasons, California's got but one. Well, I got my dark sunglasses, I got for good luck my black tooth. I got my dark sunglasses, And for good luck I got my black tooth. Don't ask me nothin' about nothin', I just might tell you the truth. CALL LETTER BLUES Well, I walked all night long Listenin' to them church bells tone Yes, I walked all night long Listenin' to them church bells tone Either someone needing mercy Or maybe something I've done wrong Well, your friends come by for you I don't know what to say Well, your friends come by for you I don't know what to say I just can't face up to tell Ôem Honey, you just went away Well, children cry for mother I tell them, "Mother took a trip" Well, children cry for mother I tell them, "Mother took a trip" Well, I walk on pins and needles I hope my tongue don't slip Well, I gaze at passing strangers In case I might see you Yes, I gaze at passing strangers In case I might see you But the sun goes around the heavens And another day just drives on through Way out in the distance I know you're with some other man Way out in the distance I know you're with some other man But that's alright, baby You know I always understand Call girls in the doorway All giving me the eye Call girls in the doorway All giving me the eye But my heart's just not in it I might as well pass right on by My ears are ringin' Ringin' like empty shells My ears are ringin' Ringin' like empty shells Well, it can't be no guitar player It must be convent bells CANADEE-I-O Well, it's all of fair and handsome girl, She's all in her tender years. She fell in love with a sailor boy, It's true she loved him well. For to go off to sea with him Like she did not know how, She longed to see that seaport town Of Canadee-i-o. So she bargained with the sailor boy, All for a piece of gold, Straightaway then he led her Down into the hold, Sayin', "I'll dress you up in sailor's clothes, Your jacket shall be blue. You'll see that seaport town Of Canadee-i-o.Ó Now, when the other sailors heard the news, Well, they fell into a rage, And with all the ship's company They were willing to engage, Saying, "We'll tie her hands and feet, my boys, Overboard we'll throw her. She'll never see that seaport town Called Canadee-i-o. Now, when the captain he heard the news, Well, he too fell in a rage, And with the whole ship's company He was willing to engage, Sayin', "She'll stay in sailor's clothes, Her color shall be blue, She'll see that seaport town Call Canadee-i-o. Now, when they come down to Canada, Scarcely 'bout half a year, She's married this bold captain Who called her his dear. She's dressed in silks and satins now, She cuts a gallant show, Finest of the ladies Down Canadee-i-o. Come, all you fair and tender girls, Wheresoever you may be, I'd have you to follow your own true love Whene'er he goes to sea. For if the sailors prove false to you, Well, the captain, he might prove true. You'll see the honor I have gained By the wearing of the blue. CAN'T WAIT I can't wait Wait for you to change my mind It's late I'm tryin' to walk the line Well it's way past midnight And there's some people all around Some on their way up Some on their way down The air burns and I'm tryin to think straight And I don't know how much longer I can wait I'm your man I've tried to recover the sweet love that we knew You understand That my heart can't go on beating without you Well your loveliness has wounded me I'm reeling from the blow I wish I knew what it was that keeps me loving you so I'm breathin' hard standin' at the gate And I don't know how much longer I can wait Skies are gray I'm looking for anything that will bring a happy glow Night or day It doesn't matter where I go anymore I just go If I ever saw you comin' I don't know what I might do I'd like to think I could control myself But it isn't true That's how it is When things disintegrate And I don't know how much longer I can wait I'm doomed to love you I been rollin' through stormy weather I'm thinkin' of you And all the places we could roam together It's mighty funny The end of time has just begun Oh honey, after all these years you're still the one Well I'm strollin' through the lonely graveyard of my mind I left my life with you Somewhere back there along the line I thought somehow that I would be spared this day I don't know how much longer I can wait CARIBBEAN WIND She was the rose of Sharon from paradise lost From the city of seven hills near the place of the cross. I was playing a show in Miami in the theater of divine comedy. Told about Jesus, told about the rain, She told me about the jungle where her brothers were slain By the man who invented iron and disappeared so mysteriously. Was she a child or an angel? Did we go too far? Did we snap at the bait, did we follow a star Through the hole in the wall to where the long arm of the law cannot reach? Could I been used and played as a pawn? It certainly was possible as the gay night wore on When men bathed in perfume and practiced the hoax of free speech. And them Caribbean winds still blow from Nassau to Mexico Fanning the flames in the furnace of desire And them distant ships of liberty on them iron waves so bold and free, Bringing everything that's near to me nearer to the fire. Sea breeze blowin', there's a hellhound loose, Arabian men who have escaped from the noose, Preaching faith and salvation, waiting for the night to arise. He was well connected but her heart was a snare And she had left him to die in there, He was goin' down slow, just barely staying alive. The cry of the peacock, flies buzz my head, Ceiling fan broken, there's a heat in my bed, Street band playing "Nearer My God to Thee." We met at the steeple where the mission bells ring, She said, "I know what you're thinking, but there ain't a thing You can do about it, so let us just agree to agree." And them Caribbean winds still blow from Nassau to Mexico Fanning the flames in the furnace of desire And them distant ships of liberty on them iron waves so bold and free, Bringing everything that's near to me nearer to the fire. Atlantic City by the cold grey sea I hear a voice crying "Daddy," I always think it's for me, But it's only the silence in the buttermilk hills that call. Every new messenger brings evil report 'Bout armies on the march and time that is short And famines and earthquakes and train wrecks and the tearin' down of the walls. Did you ever have a dream that you couldn't explain? Did you ever meet your accusers face to face in the rain? She had lone brown eyes that I won't forget as long as she's gone. I see the screws breaking loose, see the devil pounding on tin, I see a house in the country being torn from within. I can hear my ancestors calling from the land far beyond. And them Caribbean winds still blow from Nassau to Mexico Fanning the flames in the furnace of desire And them distant ships of liberty on them iron waves so bold and free, Bringing everything that's near to me nearer to the fire. CATFISH Lazy stadium night Catfish on the mound. "Strike three," the umpire said, Batter have to go back and sit down. Catfish, million-dollar-man, Nobody can throw the ball like Catfish can. Used to work on Mr. Finley's farm But the old man wouldn't pay So he packed his glove and took his arm An' one day he just ran away. Catfish, million-dollar-man, Nobody can throw the ball like Catfish can. Come up where the Yankees are, Dress up in a pinstripe suit, Smoke a custom-made cigar, Wear an alligator boot. Catfish, million-dollar-man, Nobody can throw the ball like Catfish can. Carolina born and bred, Love to hunt the little quail. Got a hundred-acre spread, Got some huntin' dogs for sale. Catfish, million-dollar-man, Nobody can throw the ball like Catfish can. Reggie Jackson at the plate Seein' nothin' but the curve, Swing too early or too late Got to eat what Catfish serve. Catfish, million-dollar-man, Nobody can throw the ball like Catfish can. Even Billy Martin grins When the Fish is in the game. Every season twenty wins Gonna make the Hall of Fame. Catfish, million-dollar-man, Nobody can throw the ball like Catfish can. CAT'S IN THE WELL The cat's in the well, the wolf is looking down. The cat's in the well, the wolf is looking down. He got his big bushy tail dragging all over the ground. The cat's in the well, the gentle lady is asleep. Cat's in the well, the gentle lady is asleep. She ain't hearing a thing, the silence is a-stickin' her deep. The cat's in the well and grief is showing its face The world's being slaughtered and it's such a bloody disgrace. The cat's in the well, the horse is going bumpety bump. The cat's in the well, and the horse is going bumpety bump. Back alley Sally is doing the American jump. The cat's in the well, and pappa is reading the news. His hairÕs falling out and all of his daughters need shoes. The cat's in the well and the barn is full of bull The cat's in the well and the barn is full of bull The night is so long and the table is oh, so full The cat's in the well and the servant is at the door. The drinks are ready and the dogs are going to war. The cat's in the well, the leaves are starting to fall The cat's in the well, leaves are starting to fall Goodnight, my love, may the lord have mercy on us all. CAN YOU PLEASE CRAWL OUT YOUR WINDOW? He sits in your room, his tomb, with a fist full of tacks Preoccupied with his vengeance Cursing the dead that can't answer him back I'm sure that he has no intentions Of looking your way, unless it's to say That he needs you to test his inventions. Can you please crawl out your window? Use your arms and legs it won't ruin you How can you say he will haunt you? You can go back to him any time you want to. He looks so truthful, is this how he feels Trying to peel the moon and expose it With his businesslike anger and his bloodhounds that kneel If he needs a third eye he just grows it He just needs you to talk or to hand him his chalk Or pick it up after he throws it. Can you please crawl out your window? Use your arms and legs it won't ruin you How can you say he will haunt you? You can go back to him any time you want to. Why does he look so righteous while your face is so changed Are you frightened of the box you keep him in While his genocide fools and his friends rearrange Their religion of the little ten women That backs up their views but your face is so bruised Come on out the dark is beginning. Can you please crawl out your window? Use your arms and legs it won't ruin you How can you say he will haunt you? You can go back to him any time you want to. COVER DOWN, BREAK THROUGH You heard about Pharaoh's army Tramplin' through the mud You heard about the Hebrew children Redeemed by blood Same spirit dwellin' in you That raised Christ from the dead You can quicken your mortal body Then let it run to your head You've got to cover down, cover down, break through Cover down, (cover down, break through) May need protection By the armour of the Lord The sword of God is sharper Than any double sided sword (He's the hammer of salvation) (The blade of righteousness) (Genesis to revelation) (Repent and confess) Cover down, cover down, break through Cover down, (cover down, break through) Well, you wake up early in the mornin' Turnin' from a-side to side Somethin' givin' you a warning You can run but you can't hide Demands are laid upon you And burdens a-you can't bear Sins you can't even remember I waited to meet you there You've got to cover down, cover down, break through Cover down, cover down, break through You've got an image of yourself You've built by yourself alone But it will come a-tumblin' down Just like the walls are made of stone You will be separated From everything you seem to be You think you'll be liberated Yeah, but the grave won't set you free You've got to cover down, cover down, break through Cover down, cover down, break through (Cover down, cover down, break through) (Cover down, cover down, break through) (Cover down, break through) (Cover down, oh Lord, cover down, break through) CHANGING OF THE GUARDS Sixteen years, Sixteen banners united over the field Where the good shepherd grieves. Desperate men, desperate women divided, Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves. Fortune calls. I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace, Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down. She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born, On midsummer's eve, near the tower. The cold-blooded moon. The captain waits above the celebration Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid Whose ebony face is beyond communication. The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid. They shaved her head. She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo. A messenger arrived with a black nightingale. I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow, Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil. I stumbled to my feet. I rode past destruction in the ditches With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo. Renegade priests and treacherous young witches Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you. The palace of mirrors Where dog soldiers are reflected, The endless road and the wailing of chimes, The empty rooms where her memory is protected, Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times. She wakes him up Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks. She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking. He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks. Gentlemen, he said, I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes, I've moved your mountains and marked your cards But Eden is burning, either brace yourself for elimination Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards. Peace will come With tranquillity and splendor on the wheels of fire But will bring us no reward when her false idols fall And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating Between the King and the Queen of Swords. CHIMES OF FREEDOM Far between sundown's finish an' midnight's broken toll We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight An' for each an' ev'ry underdog soldier in the night An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. In the city's melted furnace, unexpectedly we watched With faces hidden while the walls were tightening As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowin' rain Dissolved into the bells of the lightning Tolling for the rebel, tolling for the rake Tolling for the luckless, the abandoned an' forsaked Tolling for the outcast, burnin' constantly at stake An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. Through the mad mystic hammering of the wild ripping hail The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder That the clinging of the church bells blew far into the breeze Leaving only bells of lightning and its thunder Striking for the gentle, striking for the kind Striking for the guardians and protectors of the mind An' the unpawned painter behind beyond his rightful time An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. Through the wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales For the disrobed faceless forms of no position Tolling for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts All down in taken-for-granted situations Tolling for the deaf an' blind, tolling for the mute Tolling for the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute For the misdemeanor outlaw, chased an' cheated by pursuit An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flashed An' the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting Tolling for the searching ones, on their speechless, seeking trail For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale An' for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. Starry-eyed an' laughing as I recall when we were caught Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended As we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look Spellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones an' worse An' for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. CLEAN-CUT KID Everybody wants to know why he couldn't adjust Adjust to what, a dream that bust? He was a clean-cut kid But they made a killer out of him, That's what they did They said what's up is down, they said what isn't is They put ideas in his head he thought were his He was a clean-cut kid But they made a killer out of him, That's what they did He was on the baseball team, he was in the marching band When he was ten years old he had a watermelon stand He was a clean-cut kid But they made a killer out of him, That's what they did He went to church on Sunday, he was a Boy Scout For his friends he would turn his pockets inside out He was a clean-cut kid But they made a killer out of him, That's what they did They said, "Listen boy, you're just a pup" They sent him to a napalm health spa to shape up They gave him dope to smoke, drinks and pills, A jeep to drive, blood to spill They said "Congratulations, you got what it takes" They sent him back into the rat race without any brakes He was a clean-cut kid But they made a killer out of him, That's what they did He bought the American dream but it put him in debt The only game he could play was Russian roulette He drank Coca-Cola, he was eating Wonder Bread, Ate Burger Kings, he was well fed He went to Hollywood to see Peter O'Toole He stole a Rolls Royce and drove it in a swimming pool They took a clean-cut kid And they made a killer out of him, That's what they did He could've sold insurance, owned a restaurant or bar Could've been an accountant or a tennis star He was wearing boxing gloves, took a dive one day Off the Golden Gate Bridge into China Bay His mama walks the floor, his daddy weeps and moans They gotta sleep together in a home they don't own They took a clean-cut kid And they made a killer out of him, That's what they did Well, everybody's asking why he couldn't adjust All he ever wanted was somebody to trust They took his head and turned it inside out He never did know what it was all about He had a steady job, he joined the choir He never did plan to walk the high wire They took a clean-cut kid And they made a killer out of him, That's what they did CLOTHES LINE SAGA After a while we took in the clothes, Nobody said very much. Just some old wild shirts and a couple pairs of pants Which nobody really wanted to touch. Mama come in and picked up a book An' Papa asked her what it was. Someone else asked, "What do you care?" Papa said, "Well, just because." Then they started to take back their clothes, Hang 'em on the line. It was January the thirtieth And everybody was feelin' fine. The next day everybody got up Seein' if the clothes were dry. The dogs were barking, a neighbor passed, Mama, of course, she said, "Hi!" "Have you heard the news?" he said, with a grin, "The Vice-President's gone mad!" "Where?" "Downtown." "When?" "Last night." "Hmm, say, that's too bad!" "Well, there's nothin' we can do about it," said the neighbor, "It's just somethin' we're gonna have to forget." "Yes, I guess so," said Ma, Then she asked me if the clothes was still wet. I reached up, touched my shirt, And the neighbor said, "Are those clothes yours?" I said, "Some of 'em, not all of 'em." He said, "Ya always help out around here with the chores?" I said, "Sometime, not all the time." Then my neighbor, he blew his nose Just as papa yelled outside, "Mama wants you t' come back in the house and bring them clothes." Well, I just do what I'm told, So, I did it, of course. I went back in the house and Mama met me And then I shut all the doors. COLD IRONS BOUND I'm beginning to hear voices and there's no one around Now I'm all used up and the fields have turned brown I went to church on Sunday and she passed by And my love for her is taking such a long time to die God I'm waist deep, waist deep in the mist It's almost like, almost like I don't exist I'm 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound There's a wall of pride high and wide, Can't see over to the other side It's such a sad thing to see beauty decay, It's sadder still to feel your heart turn away One look at you and I'm out of control like the universe has swallowed me whole I'm 20 miles out of town and Cold Irons bound There's too many people, too many to recall I thought some of 'em were friends of mine I was wrong about 'em all Well, the road is rocky and the hillside's mud Up over my head nothing but clouds of blood I found my own, I found my one in you But your love just hasn't proved true I'm 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound Now the winds in Chicago have turned me to shreds The RT has always had too many heads Some things last longer than you think they will Some kind of things you can never kill It's you and you only I'm thinking about But you can't see in, and it's hard looking out I'm 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound Well the fat's in the fire, and the water's in the tank And the whiskey's in the jar, and the money's in the bank I tried to love and protect you because I cared I'm gonna remember forever the joy we've shared But looking at you and I'm on my bended knee You have no idea what you do to me I'm 20 miles out of town Cold Irons bound 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound COMING FROM THE HEART (The Road Is Long) We have got to come together How long can we stay apart? You may get it maybe never But it's coming from the heart. Your life is full of indecision You can't make up your mind. We must get it in position And move it on down the line. 'Cause the road is long, it's a long hard climb I been on that road too long of a time Yes the road is long, and it winds and winds When I think of the love that I left behind. Make me up a bed of roses And hang them down from the vine Of all my loves you've been the closest That's ever been on my mind. Please don't talk about tomorrow I'm really not one to care This world is filled with too much sorrow That nobody's heart should bear. 'Cause the road is long, it's a long hard climb I been on that road too long of a time Yes the road is long, and it winds and winds When I think of the love that I left behind. Please, please give me indication Stop and talk to me Like a river that is flowing My love will never cease to be. You will always be my honey No one could take your part Our love can't be bought with money 'Cause it's coming from the heart. 'Cause the road is long, it's a long hard climb I been on that road too long of a time Yes the road is long, and it winds and winds When I think of the love that I left behind. CORRINA, CORRINA Corrina, Corrina, Gal, where you been so long? Corrina, Corrina, Gal, where you been so long? I been worr'in' 'bout you, baby, Baby, please come home. I got a bird that whistles, I got a bird that sings. I got a bird that whistles, I got a bird that sings. But I ain' a-got Corrina, Life don't mean a thing. Corrina, Corrina, Gal, you're on my mind. Corrina, Corrina, Gal, you're on my mind. I'm a-thinkin' 'bout you, baby, I just can't keep from crying. COUNTRY PIE Just like old Saxophone Joe When he's got the hogshead up on his toe Oh me, oh my Love that country pie Listen to the fiddler play When he's playin' 'til the break of day Oh me, oh my Love that country pie Raspberry, strawberry, lemon and lime What do I care? Blueberry, apple, cherry, pumpkin and plum Call me for dinner, honey, I'll be there Saddle me up my big white goose Tie me on 'er and turn her loose Oh me, oh my Love that country pie I don't need much and that ain't no lie Ain't runnin' any race Give to me my country pie I won't throw it up in anybody's face Shake me up that old peach tree Little Jack Horner's got nothin' on me Oh me, oh my Love that country pie COVENANT WOMAN Covenant woman got a contract with the Lord Way up yonder, great will be her reward. Covenant woman, shining like a morning star, I know I can trust you to stay where you are. And I just got to tell you I do intend To stay closer than any friend. I just got to thank you Once again For making your prayers known Unto heaven for me And to you, always, so grateful I will forever be. I've been broken, shattered like an empty cup. I'm just waiting on the Lord to rebuild and fill me up And I know He will do it 'cause He's faithful and He's true, He must have loved me so much to send me someone as fine as you. And I just got to tell you I do intend To stay closer than any friend. I just got to thank you Once again For making your prayers known Unto heaven for me And to you, always, so grateful I will forever be. Covenant woman, intimate little girl Who knows those most secret things of me that are hidden from the world. You know we are strangers in a land we're passing through. I'll always be right by your side, I've got a covenant too. And I just got to tell you I do intend To stay closer than any friend. I just got to thank you Once again For making your prayers known Unto heaven for me And to you, always, so grateful I will forever be. DARK EYES Oh, the gentlemen are talking and the midnight moon is on the riverside, They're drinking up and walking and it is time for me to slide. I live in another world where life and death are memorized, Where the earth is strung with lovers' pearls and all I see are dark eyes. A cock is crowing far away and another soldier's deep in prayer, Some mother's child has gone astray, she can't find him anywhere. But I can hear another drum beating for the dead that rise, Whom nature's beast fears as they come and all I see are dark eyes. They tell me to be discreet for all intended purposes, They tell me revenge is sweet and from where they stand, I'm sure it is. But I feel nothing for their game where beauty goes unrecognized, All I feel is heat and flame and all I see are dark eyes. Oh, the French girl, she's in paradise and a drunken man is at the wheel, Hunger pays a heavy price to the falling gods of speed and steel. Oh, time is short and the days are sweet and passion rules the arrow that flies, A million faces at my feet but all I see are dark eyes. DAY OF THE LOCUSTS Oh, the benches were stained with tears and perspiration, The birdies were flying from tree to tree. There was little to say, there was no conversation As I stepped to the stage to pick up my degree. And the locusts sang off in the distance, Yeah, the locusts sang such a sweet melody. Oh, the locusts sang off in the distance, Yeah, the locusts sang and they were singing for me. I glanced into the chamber where the judges were talking, Darkness was everywhere, it smelled like a tomb. I was ready to leave, I was already walkin', But the next time I looked there was light in the room. And the locusts sang, yeah, it give me a chill, Oh, the locusts sang such a sweet melody. Oh, the locusts sang their high whining trill, Yeah, the locusts sang and they were singing for me. Outside of the gates the trucks were unloadin', The weather was hot, a-nearly 90 degrees. The man standin' next to me, his head was exploding, Well, I was prayin' the pieces wouldn't fall on me. Yeah, the locusts sang off in the distance, Yeah, the locusts sang such a sweet melody. Oh, the locusts sang off in the distance, And the locusts sang and they were singing for me. I put down my robe, picked up my diploma, Took hold of my sweetheart and away we did drive, Straight for the hills, the black hills of Dakota, Sure was glad to get out of there alive. And the locusts sang, well, it give me a chill, Yeah, the locusts sang such a sweet melody. And the locusts sang with a high whinin' trill, Yeah, the locusts sang and they was singing for me, Singing for me, well, singing for me. DEAD MAN, DEAD MAN Uttering idle words from a reprobate mind, Clinging to strange promises, dying on the vine, Never bein' able to separate the good from the bad, Ooh, I can't stand it, I can't stand it, It's makin' me feel so sad. Dead man, dead man, When will you arise? Cobwebs in your mind, Dust upon your eyes. Satan got you by the heel, there's a bird's nest in your hair. Do you have any faith at all? Do you have any love to share? The way that you hold your head, cursin' God with every move, Ooh, I can't stand it, I can't stand it, What are you tryin' to prove? Dead man, dead man, When will you arise? Cobwebs in your mind, Dust upon your eyes. The glamour and the bright lights and the politics of sin, The ghetto that you build for me is the one you end up in, The race of the engine that overrules your heart, Ooh, I can't stand it, I can't stand it, Pretending that you're so smart. Dead man, dead man, When will you arise? Cobwebs in your mind, Dust upon your eyes. What are you tryin' to overpower me with, the doctrine or the gun? My back is already to the wall, where can I run? The tuxedo that you're wearin', the flower in your lapel, Ooh, I can't stand it, I can't stand it, You wanna take me down to hell. Dead man, dead man, When will you arise? Cobwebs in your mind, Dust upon your eyes. DEAR LANDLORD Dear landlord, Please don't put a price on my soul. My burden is heavy, My dreams are beyond control. When that steamboat whistle blows, I'm gonna give you all I got to give, And I do hope you receive it well, Dependin' on the way you feel that you live. Dear landlord, Please heed these words that I speak. I know you've suffered much, But in this you are not so unique. All of us, at times, we might work too hard To have it too fast and too much, And anyone can fill his life up With things he can see but he just cannot touch. Dear landlord, Please don't dismiss my case. I'm not about to argue, I'm not about to move to no other place. Now, each of us has his own special gift And you know this was meant to be true, And if you don't underestimate me, I won't underestimate you. THE DEATH OF EMMETT TILL "Twas down in Mississippi no so long ago, When a young boy from Chicago town stepped through a Southern door. This boy's dreadful tragedy I can still remember well, The color of his skin was black and his name was Emmett Till. Some men they dragged him to a barn and there they beat him up. They said they had a reason, but I can't remember what. They tortured him and did some evil things too evil to repeat. There was screaming sounds inside the barn, there was laughing sounds out on the street. Then they rolled his body down a gulf amidst a bloody red rain And they threw him in the waters wide to cease his screaming pain. The reason that they killed him there, and I'm sure it ain't no lie, Was just for the fun of killin' him and to watch him slowly die. And then to stop the United States of yelling for a trial, Two brothers they confessed that they had killed poor Emmett Till. But on the jury there were men who helped the brothers commit this awful crime, And so this trial was a mockery, but nobody seemed to mind. I saw the morning papers but I could not bear to see The smiling brothers walkin' down the courthouse stairs. For the jury found them innocent and the brothers they went free, While Emmett's body floats the foam of a Jim Crow southern sea. If you can't speak out against this kind of thing, a crime that's so unjust, Your eyes are filled with dead men's dirt, your mind is filled with dust. Your arms and legs they must be in shackles and chains, and your blood it must refuse to flow, For you let this human race fall down so God-awful low! This song is just a reminder to remind your fellow man That this kind of thing still lives today in that ghost-robed Ku Klux Klan. But if all of us folks that thinks alike, if we gave all we could give, We could make this great land of ours a greater place to live. DEATH IS NOT THE END When you're sad and when you're lonely and you haven't got a friend Just remember that death is not the end And all that you've held sacred, falls down and does not mend Just remember that death is no the end Not the end, not the end Just remember that death is not the end When you're standing at the crossroads that you cannot comprehend Just remember that death is not the end And all your dreams have vanished and you don't know what's up the bend Just remember that death is not the end Not the end, not the end Just remember that death is not the end When the storm clouds gather 'round you, and heavy rains descend Just remember that death is not the end And there's no one there to comfort you, with a helpin' hand to lend Just remember that death is not the end Not the end, not the end Just remember that death is not the end Oh, the tree of life is growing Where the spirit never dies And the bright light of salvation shines In dark and empty skies When the cities are on fire with the burning flesh of men Just remember that death is not the end And you search in vain to find just one law abiding citizen Just remember that death is not the end Not the end, not the end Just remember that death is not the end DELIA Delia was a gambling girl, gambled all around, Delia was a gambling girl, she laid her money down. All the friends I ever had are gone. Delia's dear ol' mother took a trip out West. When she returned, little Delia gone to rest. All the friends I ever had are gone. Delia's daddy weeped, Delia's momma moaned. Wouldn't have been so bad if the poor girl died at home. All the friends I ever had are gone. Curtis' looking high, Curtis' looking low. He shot poor Delia down with a cruel forty-four. All the friends I ever had are gone. High up on the housetops, high as I can see, Looking for them rounders, looking out for me. All the friends I ever had are gone. Men in Atlanta, tryin' to pass for white, Delia's in the graveyard, boys, six feet out of sight. All the friends I ever had are gone. Judge says to Curtis, "What's this noise about?" "All about them rounders, Judge, tryin' to cut me out." All the friends I ever had are gone. Curtis said to the judge, "What might be my fine?" Judge says, "Poor boy, you got ninety-nine." All the friends I ever had are gone. Curtis' in the jail house, drinking from an old tin cup. Delia's in the graveyard, she ain't gettin' up. All the friends I ever had are gone. Delia, oh Delia, how can it be? You loved all them rounders, never did love me. All the friends I ever had are gone. Delia, oh Delia, how can it be? You wanted all them rounders, never had time for me. All the friends I ever had are gone. DENISE Denise, Denise, Gal, what's on your mind? Denise, Denise, Gal, what's on your mind? You got your eyes closed, Heaven knows that you ain't blind. Well, I can see you smiling, But oh your mouth is inside out. I can see you smiling, But you're smiling inside out. Well, I know you're laughin' But what are you laughin' about. Well, if you're tryin' to throw me, Babe, I've already been tossed. If you're tryin' to throw me, Babe, I've already been tossed. Babe, you're tryin' to lose me. Babe, I'm already lost. Well, what are you doing, Are you flying or have you flipped? Oh, what are you doing, Are you flying or have you flipped? Well, you call my name And then say your tongue just slipped. Denise, Denise, You're concealed here on the shelf. Denise, Denise, You're concealed here on the shelf. I'm looking deep in your eyes, babe, And all I can see is myself. DESOLATION ROW They're selling postcards of the hanging They're painting the passports brown The beauty parlor is filled with sailors The circus is in town Here comes the blind commissioner They've got him in a trance One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker The other is in his pants And the riot squad they're restless They need somewhere to go As Lady and I look out tonight From Desolation Row Cinderella, she seems so easy "It takes one to know one," she smiles And puts her hands in her back pockets Bette Davis style And in comes Romeo, he's moaning "You Belong to Me I Believe" And someone says," You're in the wrong place, my friend You better leave" And the only sound that's left After the ambulances go Is Cinderella sweeping up On Desolation Row Now the moon is almost hidden The stars are beginning to hide The fortunetelling lady Has even taken all her things inside All except for Cain and Abel And the hunchback of Notre Dame Everybody is making love Or else expecting rain And the Good Samaritan, he's dressing He's getting ready for the show He's going to the carnival tonight On Desolation Row Now Ophelia, she's 'neath the window For her I feel so afraid On her twenty-second birthday She already is an old maid To her, death is quite romantic She wears an iron vest Her profession's her religion Her sin is her lifelessness And though her eyes are fixed upon Noah's great rainbow She spends her time peeking Into Desolation Row Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood With his memories in a trunk Passed this way an hour ago With his friend, a jealous monk He looked so immaculately frightful As he bummed a cigarette Then he went off sniffing drainpipes And reciting the alphabet Now you would not think to look at him But he was famous long ago For playing the electric violin On Desolation Row Dr. Filth, he keeps his world Inside of a leather cup But all his sexless patients They're trying to blow it up Now his nurse, some local loser She's in charge of the cyanide hole And she also keeps the cards that read "Have Mercy on His Soul" They all play on penny whistles You can hear them blow If you lean your head out far enough From Desolation Row Across the street they've nailed the curtains They're getting ready for the feast The Phantom of the Opera A perfect image of a priest They're spoonfeeding Casanova To get him to feel more assured Then they'll kill him with self-confidence After poisoning him with words And the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls "Get Outa Here If You Don't Know Casanova is just being punished for going To Desolation Row" Now at midnight all the agents And the superhuman crew Come out and round up everyone That knows more than they do Then they bring them to the factory Where the heart-attack machine Is strapped across their shoulders And then the kerosene Is brought down from the castles By insurance men who go Check to see that nobody is escaping To Desolation Row Praise be to Nero's Neptune The Titanic sails at dawn And everybody's shouting "Which Side Are You On?" And Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot Fighting in the captain's tower While calypso singers laugh at them And fishermen hold flowers Between the windows of the sea Where lovely mermaids flow And nobody has to think too much About Desolation Row Yes, I received your letter yesterday (About the time the door knob broke) When you asked how I was doing Was that some kind of joke? All these people that you mention Yes, I know them, they're quite lame I had to rearrange their faces And give them all another name Right now I can't read too good Don't send me no more letters no Not unless you mail them From Desolation Row DIAMOND JOE Now there's a man you'll hear about Most anywhere you go, And his holdings are in Texas And his name is Diamond Joe. And he carries all his money In a diamond-studded jar. He never took much trouble With the process of the law. I hired out to Diamond Joe, boys, Did offer him my hand. He gave a string of horses So old they could not stand. And I nearly starved to death, boys, He did mistreat me so. And I never saved a dollar In the pay of Diamond Joe. Now his bread it was corn dodger And his meat you couldn't chaw. Nearly drove me crazy With the waggin' of his jaw. And the tellin' of his story, Mean to let you know That there never was a rounder That could lie like Diamond Joe. Now, I tried three times to quit him But he did argue so. I'm still punchin' cattle In the pay of Diamond Joe. And when I'm called up yonder And it's my time to go, Give my blankets to my buddies Give the fleas to Diamond Joe. DIGNITY Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel Thin man lookin' at his last meal Hollow man lookin' in a cottonfield For dignity Wise man lookin' in a blade of grass Young man lookin' in the shadows that pass Poor man lookin' through painted glass For dignity Somebody got murdered on New Year's Eve Somebody said dignity was the first to leave I went into the city, went into the town Went into the land of the midnight sun Searchin' high, searchin' low Searchin' everywhere I know Askin' the cops wherever I go Have you seen dignity? Blind man breakin' out of a trance Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance Hopin' to find one circumstance Of dignity I went to the wedding of Mary-lou She said "I don't want nobody see me talkin' to you" Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew About dignity I went down where the vultures feed I would've gone deeper, but there wasn't any need Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men Wasn't any difference to me Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade House on fire, debts unpaid Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid Have you seen dignity? Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears In a crowded room full of covered up mirrors Lookin' into the lost forgotten years For dignity Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues Said he'd give me information if his name wasn't used He wanted money up front, said he was abused By dignity Footprints runnin' cross the silver sand Steps goin' down into tattoo land I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light In the bordertowns of despair Got no place to fade, got no coat I'm on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat Tryin' to read a note somebody wrote About dignity Sick man lookin' for the doctor's cure Lookin' at his hands for the lines that were And into every masterpiece of literature for dignity Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind Combin' his hair back, his future looks thin Bites the bullet and he looks within For dignity Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed Dignity never been photographed I went into the red, went into the black Into the valley of dry bone dreams So many roads, so much at stake So many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take To find dignity DIRGE I hate myself for lovin' you and the weakness that it showed You were just a painted face on a trip down Suicide Road. The stage was set, the lights went out all around the old hotel, I hate myself for lovin' you and I'm glad the curtain fell. I hate that foolish game we played and the need that was expressed And the mercy that you showed to me, who ever would have guessed? I went out on Lower Broadway and I felt that place within, That hollow place where martyrs weep and angels play with sin. Heard your songs of freedom and man forever stripped, Acting out his folly while his back is being whipped. Like a slave in orbit, he's beaten 'til he's tame, All for a moment's glory and it's a dirty, rotten shame. There are those who worship loneliness, I'm not one of them, In this age of fiberglass I'm searching for a gem. The crystal ball up on the wall hasn't shown me nothing yet, I've paid the price of solitude, but at last I'm out of debt. Can't recall a useful thing you ever did for me 'Cept pat me on the back one time when I was on my knees. We stared into each other's eyes 'til one of us would break, No use to apologize, what diff'rence would it make? So sing your praise of progress and of the Doom Machine, The naked truth is still taboo whenever it can be seen. Lady Luck, who shines on me, will tell you where I'm at, I hate myself for lovin' you, but I should get over that. DIRT ROAD BLUES Gonna walk down that dirt road 'Til someone will let me ride Gonna walk down that dirt road 'Til someone will let me ride If I can't find my baby I'm gonna run away and hide Well, I been pacing round the room, hoping maybe she come back pacing round the room, hoping maybe she come back Well, I been praying for salvation Laying round in a one-room country shack Gonna walk down that dirt road, until my eyes begin to bleed Gonna walk down that dirt road, until my eyes begin to bleed 'Til there's nothing left to see 'Til the chains have been shattered and I been freed But I'm looking at my shadow, I been watching the clouds up above looking at my shadow, watching the clouds up above Rolling through the rain and hail Looking for the sunny side of love Gonna walk down that dirt road 'til everything becomes the same Gonna walk down that dirt road 'til everything becomes the same I keep on walking 'til I hear her holler out my name DISEASE OF CONCEIT There's a whole lot of people suffering tonight From the disease of conceit. Whole lot of people struggling tonight From the disease of conceit. Comes right down the highway, Straight down the line, Rips into your senses Through your body and your mind. Nothing about it that's sweet, The disease of conceit. There's a whole lot of hearts breaking tonight From the disease of conceit. Whole lot of hearts shaking tonight From the disease of conceit. Steps into your room, Eats your soul, Over your senses You have no control. Ain't nothing too discreet About of disease of conceit. There's a whole lot of people dying tonight From the disease of conceit. Whole lot of people crying tonight From the disease of conceit. Comes right out of nowhere, And you're down for the count From the outside world, The pressure will mount, Turn you into a piece of meat, The disease of conceit. Conceit is a disease That the doctors got no cure They've done a lot of research on it, But what it is, they're still not sure There's a whole lot of people in trouble tonight From the disease of conceit. Whole lot of people seeing double tonight From the disease of conceit. Give ya delusions of grandeur And a evil eye, Give you idea that You're too good to die, Then they bury you from your head to your feet From the disease of conceit. DON'T FALL APART ON ME TONIGHT Just a minute before you leave, girl, Just a minute before you touch the door. What is it that you're trying to achieve, girl? Do you think we can talk about it some more? You know, the streets are filled with vipers Who've lost all ray of hope, You know, it ain't even safe no more In the palace of the Pope. Don't fall apart on me tonight, I just don't think that I could handle it. Don't fall apart on me tonight, Yesterday's just a memory, Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be And I need you, yeah. Come over here from over there, girl, Sit down here. You can have my chair. I can't see us goin' anywhere, girl. The only place open is a thousand miles away and I can't take you there. I wish I'd have been a doctor, Maybe I'd have saved some life that had been lost, Maybe I'd have done some good in the world 'Stead of burning every bridge I crossed. Don't fall apart on me tonight, I just don't think that I could handle it. Don't fall apart on me tonight, Yesterday's just a memory, Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be And I need you, oh, yeah. I ain't too good at conversation, girl, So you might not know exactly how I feel, But if I could, I'd bring you to the mountain top, girl, And build you a house made out of stainless steel. But it's like I'm stuck inside a painting That's hanging in the Louvre, My throat start to tickle and my nose itches But I know that I can't move. Don't fall apart on me tonight, I just don't think that I could handle it. Don't fall apart on me tonight, Yesterday's gone but the past lives on, Tomorrow's just one step beyond And I need you, oh, yeah. Who are these people who are walking towards you? Do you know them or will there be a fight? With their humorless smiles so easy to see through, Can they tell you what's wrong from what's right? Do you remember St. James Street Where you blew Jackie P.'s mind? You were so fine, Clark Gable would have fell at your feet And laid his life on the line. Let's try to get beneath the surface waste, girl, No more booby traps and bombs, No more decadence and charm, No more affection that's misplaced, girl, No more mudcake creatures lying in your arms. What about that millionaire with the drumsticks in his pants? He looked so baffled and so bewildered When he played and we didn't dance. Don't fall apart on me tonight, I just don't think that I could handle it. Don't fall apart on me tonight, Yesterday's just a memory, Tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be And I need you, yeah. DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALL RIGHT It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe It don't matter, anyhow An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe If you don't know by now When your rooster crows at the break of dawn Look out your window and I'll be gone You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on Don't think twice, it's all right It ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe That light I never knowed An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe I'm on the dark side of the road Still I wish there was somethin' you would do or say To try and make me change my mind and stay We never did too much talkin' anyway So don't think twice, it's all right It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal Like you never did before It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal I can't hear you any more I'm a-thinkin' and a-wond'rin' all the way down the road I once loved a woman, a child I'm told I give her my heart but she wanted my soul But don't think twice, it's all right I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road, babe Where I'm bound, I can't tell But goodbye's too good a word, gal So I'll just say fare thee well I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind You could have done better but I don't mind You just kinda wasted my precious time But don't think twice, it's all right DON'T YA TELL HENRY Don't ya tell Henry, Apple's got your fly. I went down to the river on a Saturday morn, A-lookin' around just to see who's born. I found a little chicken down on his knees, I went up and yelled to him, "Please, please, please!" He said, "Don't ya tell Henry, Don't ya tell Henry, Don't ya tell Henry, Apple's got your fly." I went down to the corner at a-half past ten, I's lookin' around, I wouldn't say when. I looked down low, I looked above, And who did I see but the one I love. She said, "Don't ya tell Henry, Don't ya tell Henry, Don't ya tell Henry, Apple's got your fly." Now, I went down to the beanery at half past twelve, A-lookin' around just to see myself. I spotted a horse and a donkey, too, I looked for a cow and I saw me a few. They said, "Don't ya tell Henry, Don't ya tell Henry, Don't ya tell Henry, Apple's got your fly." Now, I went down to the pumphouse the other night, A-lookin' around, it was outa sight. I looked high and low for that big ol' tree, I did go upstairs but I didn't see nobody but me. I said, "Don't ya tell Henry, Don't ya tell Henry, Don't ya tell Henry, Apple's got your fly." DO RIGHT TO ME BABY (Do Unto Others) Don't wanna judge nobody, don't wanna be judged, Don't wanna touch nobody, don't wanna be touched. Don't wanna hurt nobody, don't wanna be hurt, Don't wanna treat nobody like they was dirt. But if you do right to me, baby, I'll do right to you, too. Ya got to do unto others Like you'd have them, like you'd have them, do unto you. Don't wanna shoot nobody, don't wanna be shot, Don't wanna buy nobody, don't wanna be bought. Don't wanna bury nobody, don't wanna be buried, Don't wanna marry nobody if they're already married. But if you do right to me, baby, I'll do right to you, too. Ya got to do unto others Like you'd have them, like you'd have them, do unto you. Don't wanna burn nobody, don't wanna be burned, Don't wanna learn from nobody what I gotta unlearn. Don't wanna cheat nobody, don't wanna be cheated, Don't wanna defeat nobody if they already been defeated. But if you do right to me, baby, I'll do right to you, too. Ya got to do unto others Like you'd have them, like you'd have them, do unto you. Don't wanna wink at nobody, don't wanna be winked at, Don't wanna be used by nobody for a doormat. Don't wanna confuse nobody, don't wanna be confused, Don't wanna amuse nobody, don't wanna be amused. But if you do right to me, baby, I'll do right to you, too. Ya got to do unto others Like you'd have them, like you'd have them, do unto you. Don't wanna betray nobody, don't wanna be betrayed, Don't wanna play with nobody, don't wanna be waylaid. Don't wanna miss nobody, don't wanna be missed, Don't put my faith in nobody, not even a scientist. But if you do right to me, baby, I'll do right to you, too. Ya got to do unto others Like you'd have them, like you'd have them, do unto you. DOWN THE HIGHWAY Well, I'm walkin' down the highway With my suitcase in my hand. Yes, I'm walkin' down the highway With my suitcase in my hand. Lord, I really miss my baby, She's in some far-off land. Well, your streets are gettin' empty, Lord, your highway's gettin' filled. And your streets are gettin' empty And your highway's gettin' filled. Well, the way I love that woman, I swear it's bound to get me killed. Well, I been gamblin' so long, Lord, I ain't got much more to lose. Yes, I been gamblin' so long, Lord, I ain't got much more to lose. Right now I'm havin' trouble, Please don't take away my highway shoes. Well, I'm bound to get lucky, baby, Or I'm bound to die tryin'. Yes, I'm a-bound to get lucky, baby, Lord, Lord I'm a-bound to die tryin'. Well, meet me in the middle of the ocean And we'll leave this ol' highway behind. Well, the ocean took my baby, My baby stole my heart from me. Yes, the ocean took my baby, My baby took my heart from me. She packed it all up in a suitcase, Lord, she took it away to Italy, Italy. So, I'm a-walkin' down your highway Just as far as my poor eyes can see. Yes, I'm a-walkin' down your highway Just as far as my eyes can see. From the Golden Gate Bridge All the way to the Statue of Liberty. DOWN ALONG THE COVE Down along the cove, I spied my true love comin' my way. Down along the cove, I spied my true love comin' my way. I say, "Lord, have mercy, mama, It sure is good to see you comin' today." Down along the cove, I spied my little bundle of joy. Down along the cove, I spied my little bundle of joy. She said, "Lord, have mercy, honey, I'm so glad you're my boy!" Down along the cove, We walked together hand in hand. Down along the cove, We walked together hand in hand. Ev'rybody watchin' us go by Knows we're in love, yes, and they understand. DOWN IN THE FLOOD Crash on the levee, mama, Water's gonna overflow, Swamp's gonna rise, No boat's gonna row. Now, you can train on down To Williams Point, You can bust your feet, You can rock this joint. But oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now? You're gonna have to find yourself Another best friend, somehow. Now, don't you try an' move me, You're just gonna lose. There's a crash on the levee And, mama, you've been refused. Well, it's sugar for sugar And salt for salt, If you go down in the flood, It's gonna be your own fault. Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now? You're gonna have to find yourself Another best friend, somehow. Well, that high tide's risin', Mama, don't you let me down. Pack up your suitcase, Mama, don't you make a sound. Now, it's king for king, Queen for queen, It's gonna be the meanest flood That anybody's seen. Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now? Yes, you're gonna have to find yourself Another best friend, somehow. DRIFTIN' TOO FAR FROM SHORE I didn't know that you'd be leavin' Or who you thought you were talkin' to. I figure maybe we're even Or maybe I'm one up on you. I send you all my money Just like I did before. I tried to reach you honey, But you're driftin' too far from shore. Driftin' too far from shore Driftin' too far from shore Driftin' too far from shore Driftin' too far from shore I ain't gonna get lost in this current, I don't like playing cat and mouse. No gentleman likes making love to a servant. Especially when he's in his father's house. I never could guess your weight, baby, Never needed to call you my whore. I always thought you were straight, baby, But you're driftin' too far from shore. Driftin' too far from shore Driftin' too far from shore Driftin' too far from shore Driftin' too far from shore Well these times and these tunnels are haunted, The bottom of the barrel is too. I waited years sometimes for what I wanted. Everybody can't be as lucky as you. Never no more do I wonder, Why you don't never play with me any more. At any moment you could go under, Cause you're driftin' too far from shore. Driftin' too far from shore Driftin' too far from shore Driftin' too far from shore Driftin' too far from shore You and me we had completeness, I give you all of what I could provide We weren't on the wrong side, sweetness, We were the wrong side. I've already ripped out the phones, honey. You can't walk the streets in a war. I can finish this alone, honey, You're driftin' too far from shore. DRIFTER'S ESCAPE "Oh, help me in my weakness," I heard the drifter say, As they carried him from the courtroom And were taking him away. "My trip hasn't been a pleasant one And my time it isn't long, And I still do not know What it was that I've done wrong." Well, the judge, he cast his robe aside, A tear came to his eye, "You fail to understand," he said, "Why must you even try?" Outside, the crowd was stirring, You could hear it from the door. Inside, the judge was stepping down, While the jury cried for more. "Oh, stop that cursed jury," Cried the attendant and the nurse, "The trial was bad enough, But this is ten times worse." Just then a bolt of lightning Struck the courthouse out of shape, And while ev'rybody knelt to pray The drifter did escape DUSTY OLD FAIRGROUNDS Well, it's all up from Florida at the start of the spring, The trucks and the trailers will be winding Like a bullet we'll shoot for the carnival route. We're following them dusty old fairgrounds a-calling. From the Michigan mud past the Wisconsin sun 'Cross that Minnesota border, keep 'em scrambling Through the clear county lakes and the lumberjack lands, We're following them dusty old fairgrounds a-calling. Hit Fargo on the jump and down to Aberdeen 'Cross them old Black Hills, keep 'em rolling Through the cow country towns and the sands of old Montana. We're following them fairgrounds a-calling. As the white line on the highway sails under your wheels, I've gazed from the trailer window laughing. Oh, our clothes they was torn but the colors they was bright. Following them dusty old fairgrounds a-calling. It's a-many a friend that follows the bend, The jugglers, the hustlers, the gamblers. Well, I've spent my time with the fortune-telling kind Following them fairgrounds a-calling. Oh, it's pound down the rails and it's tie down the tents, Get that canvas flag a-flying. Well, let the caterpillars spin, let the ferris wheel wind Following them fairgrounds a-calling. Well, it's roll into town straight to the fairgrounds Just behind the posters that are hanging And it's fill up every space with a different kind of face Following them fairgrounds a-calling. Get the dancing girls in front, get the gambling show behind, Hear that old music box a-banging. Hear them kids, faces, smiles, up and down the midway aisles We're following them fairgrounds a-calling. It's a-drag it on down by the deadline in the town, Hit the old highway by the morning And it's ride yourself blind for the next town on time Following them fairgrounds a-calling. As the harmonicas whined in the lonesome nighttime Drinking red wine as we're rolling, Many a turnin' I turn, many a lesson I learn From following them fairgrounds a-calling. And it's roll back down to St. Petersburg Tie down the trailers and camp 'em And the money that we made will pay for the space From following them dusty old fairgrounds a-calling. EMOTIONALLY YOURS Come baby, find me, come baby, remind me of where I once begun. Come baby, show me, show me you know me, tell me you're the one. I could be learning, you could be yearning to see behind closed doors. But I will always be emotionally yours. Come baby, rock me, come baby, lock me into the shadows of your heart. Come baby, teach me, come baby, reach me, let the music start. I could be dreaming but I keep believing you're the one I'm livin' for. And I will always be emotionally yours. It's like my whole life never happened, When I see you, it's as if I never had a thought. I know this dream, it might be crazy, But it's the only one I've got. Come baby, shake me, come baby, take me, I would be satisfied. Come baby, hold me, come baby, help me, my arms are open wide. I could be unraveling wherever I'm traveling, even to foreign shores. But I will always be emotionally yours. ETERNAL CIRCLE I sang the song slowly As she stood in the shadows She stepped to the light As my silver strings spun She called with her eyes To the tune I's a-playin' But the song it was long And I'd only begun Through a bullet of light Her face was reflectin' The fast fading words That rolled from my tongue With a long-distance look Her eyes was on fire But the song it was long And there was more to be sung. My eyes danced a circle Across her clear outline With her head tilted sideways She called me again As the tune drifted out She breathed hard through the echo But the song it was long And it was far to the end I glanced at my guitar And played it pretendin' That of all the eyes out there I could see none As her thoughts pounded hard Like the pierce of an arrow But the song it was long And it had to get done As the tune finally folded I laid down the guitar Then looked for the girl Who'd stayed for so long But her shadow was missin' For all of my searchin' So I picked up my guitar And began the next song EVERYTHING IS BROKEN Broken lines, broken strings, Broken threads, broken springs, Broken idols, broken heads, People sleeping in broken beds. Ain't no use jiving Ain't no use joking Everything is broken. Broken bottles, broken plates, Broken switches, broken gates, Broken dishes, broken parts, Streets are filled with broken hearts. Broken words never meant to be spoken, Everything is broken. Seem like every time you stop and turn around Something else just hit the ground Broken cutters, broken saws, Broken buckles, broken laws, Broken bodies, broken bones, Broken voices on broken phones. Take a deep breath, feel like you're chokin', Everything is broken. Every time you leave and go off someplace Things fall to pieces in my face Broken hands on broken ploughs, Broken treaties, broken vows, Broken pipes, broken tools, People bending broken rules. Hound dog howling, bull frog croaking, Everything is broken. EVERY GRAIN OF SAND In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed There's a dyin' voice within me reaching out somewhere, Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair. Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake, Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break. In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand. Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear, Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer. The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay. I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame And every time I pass that way I always hear my name. Then onward in my journey I come to understand That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand. I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintry light, In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space, In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face. I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other times it's only me. I am hanging in the balance of the reality of man Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand. FAREWELL Oh it's fare thee well my darlin' true, I'm leavin' in the first hour of the morn. I'm bound off for the bay of Mexico Or maybe the coast of Californ. So it's fare thee well my own true love, We'll meet another day, another time. It ain't the leavin' That's a-grievin' me But my true love who's bound to stay behind. Oh the weather is against me and the wind blows hard And the rain she's a-turnin' into hail. I still might strike it lucky on a highway goin' west, Though I'm travelin' on a path beaten trail. So it's fare thee well my own true love, We'll meet another day, another time. It ain't the leavin' That's a-grievin' me But my true love who's bound to stay behind. I will write you a letter from time to time, As I'm ramblin' you can travel with me too. With my head, my heart and my hands, my love, I will send what I learn back home to you. So it's fare thee well my own true love, We'll meet another day, another time. It ain't the leavin' That's a-grievin' me But my true love who's bound to stay behind. I will tell you of the laughter and of troubles, Be them somebody else's or my own. With my hands in my pockets and my coat collar high, I will travel unnoticed and unknown. So it's fare thee well my own true love, We'll meet another day, another time. It ain't the leavin' That's a-grievin' me But my true love who's bound to stay behind. I've heard tell of a town where I might as well be bound, It's down around the old Mexican plains. They say that the people are all friendly there And all they ask of you is your name. So it's fare thee well my own true love, We'll meet another day, another time. It ain't the leavin' That's a-grievin' me But my true love who's bound to stay behind. FAREWELL ANGELINA Farewell Angelina The bells of the crown Are being stolen by bandits I must follow the sound The triangle tingles And the trumpet play slow Farewell Angelina The sky is on fire And I must go. There's no need for anger There's no need for blame There's nothing to prove Ev'rything's still the same Just a table standing empty By the edge of the sea Farewell Angelina The sky is trembling And I must leave. The jacks and queens Have forsaked the courtyard Fifty-two gypsies Now file past the guards In the space where the deuce And the ace once ran wild Farewell Angelina The sky is folding I'll see you in a while. See the cross-eyed pirates sitting Perched in the sun Shooting tin cans With a sawed-off shotgun And the neighbors they clap And they cheer with each blast Farewell Angelina The sky's changing color And I must leave fast. King Kong, little elves On the rooftoops they dance Valentino-type tangos While the make-up man's hands Shut the eyes of the dead Not to embarrass anyone Farewell Angelina The sky is embarrassed And I must be gone. The machine guns are roaring The puppets heave rocks The fiends nail time bombs To the hands of the clocks Call me any name you like I will never deny it Farewell Angelina The sky is erupting I must go where it's quiet. FATHER OF NIGHT Father of night, Father of day, Father, who taketh the darkness away, Father, who teacheth the bird to fly, Builder of rainbows up in the sky, Father of loneliness and pain, Father of love and Father of rain. Father of day, Father of night, Father of black, Father of white, Father, who build the mountain so high, Who shapeth the cloud up in the sky, Father of time, Father of dreams, Father, who turneth the rivers and streams. Father of grain, Father of wheat, Father of cold and Father of heat, Father of air and Father of trees, Who dwells in our hearts and our memories, Father of minutes, Father of days, Father of whom we most solemnly praise. FOOT OF PRIDE Like the lion tears the flesh off of a man So can a woman who passes herself off as a male They sang "Danny Boy" at his funeral and the Lord's Prayer Preacher talking Ôbout Christ betrayed It's like the earth just opened and swallowed him up He reached too high, was thrown back to the ground You know what they say about bein' nice to the right people on the way up Sooner or later you gonna meet them comin' down Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down Ain't no goin' back Hear ya got a brother named James, don't forget faces or names Sunken cheeks and his blood is mixed He looked straight into the sun and said revenge is mine But he drinks, and drinks can be fixed Sing me one more song, about ya love me to the moon and the stranger And your fall by the sword love affair with Erroll Flynn in these times of compassion when conformity's in fashion Say one more stupid thing to me before the final nail is driven in. Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down Ain't no goin' back There's a retired businessman named Red, cast down from heaven and he's out of his head He feeds off of everyone that he can touch He said he only deals in cash or sells tickets to a plane crash He's not somebody that you play around with much Miss Delilah is his, a Philistine is what she is She'll do wondrous works with your fate Feed you coconut bread, spice buns in your bed If you don't mind sleepin' with your head face down in a grave. Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down Ain't no goin' back Well they'll choose a man for you to meet tonight You'll play the fool and learn how to walk through doors How to enter into the gates of paradise No, how to carry a burden too heavy to be yours Yeah, from the stage they'll be tryin' to get water outta rocks A whore will pass the hat, collect a hundred grand and say thanks They like to take all this money from sin, build big universities to study in Sing "Amazing Grace" all the way to the Swiss banks Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down Ain't no goin' back They got some beautiful people out there, man They can be a terror to your mind and show you how to hold your tongue They got mystery written all over their forehead They kill babies in the crib and say only the good die young They don't believe in mercy Judgment on them is something that you'll never see They can exalt you up or bring you down main route Turn you into anything that they want you to be Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down Ain't no goin' back Yes, I guess I loved him too I can still see him in my mind climbin' that hill Did he make it to the top, well he probably did and dropped Struck down by the strength of the will Ain't nothin' left here partner, just the dust of a plague that has left this whole town afraid From now on, this'll be where you're from Let the dead bury the dead. Your time will come Let hot iron blow as he raised the shade Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down Ain't no goin' back FOREVER YOUNG May God bless and keep you always, May your wishes all come true, May you always do for others And let others do for you. May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung, May you stay forever young, Forever young, forever young, May you stay forever young. May you grow up to be righteous, May you grow up to be true, May you always know the truth And see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, Stand upright and be strong, May you stay forever young, Forever young, forever young, May you stay forever young. May your hands always be busy, May your feet always be swift, May you have a strong foundation When the winds of changes shift. May your heart always be joyful, May your song always be sung, May you stay forever young, Forever young, forever young, May you stay forever young. FOURTH 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 never wasted time. And I, I never took much, I never asked for your crutch, Now don't ask for mine. FROGGIE WENT A COURTIN' Frog went a-courtin' and he did ride, Uh-huh, Frog went a-courtin' and he did ride, Uh-huh, Frog went a-courtin' and he did ride, With a sword and a pistol by his side, Uh-huh. Well he rode up to Miss Mousey's door, Uh-huh, Well he rode up to Miss Mousey's door, Uh-huh, Well he rode up to Miss Mousey's door. Gave three loud raps and a very big roar, Uh-huh. Said, "Miss Mouse, are you within?" Uh-huh, Said he, "Miss Mouse, are you within?" Uh-huh, Said, "Miss Mouse, are you within?" "Yes, kind sir, I sit and spin," Uh-huh. He took Miss Mousey on his knee, Uh-huh, Took Miss Mousey on his knee, Uh-huh, Took Miss Mousey on his knee. Said, "Miss Mousey, will you marry me?" Uh-huh. "Without my uncle Rat's consent, Uh-huh "Without my uncle Rat's consent, Uh-huh "Without my uncle Rat's consent, ÒI wouldn't marry the president, Uh-huh.Ó Uncle Rat laughed and he shook his fat sides, Uh-huh, Uncle Rat laughed and he shook his fat sides, Uh-huh, Uncle Rat laughed and he shook his fat sides,. To think his niece would be a bride, Uh-huh. Uncle Rat went runnin' downtown, Uh-huh, Uncle Rat went runnin' downtown, Uh-huh, Uncle Rat went runnin' downtown, To buy his niece a wedding gown, Uh-huh Where shall the wedding supper be? Uh-huh, Where shall the wedding supper be? Uh-huh, Where shall the wedding supper be? Way down yonder in a hollow tree, Uh-huh What should the wedding supper be? Uh-huh, What should the wedding supper be? Uh-huh, What should the wedding supper be? Fried mosquito in a black-eye pea, Uh-huh. Well, first to come in was a flyin' moth, Uh-huh, First to come in was a flyin' moth, Uh-huh, First to come in was a flyin' moth. She laid out the table cloth, Uh-huh. Next to come in was a juney bug, Uh-huh, Next to come in was a juney bug, Uh-huh, Next to come in was a juney bug. She brought the water jug, Uh-huh. Next to come in was a bumbley bee, Uh-huh Next to come in was a bumbley bee, Uh-huh Next to come in was a bumbley bee. Sat mosquito on his knee, Uh-huh. Next to come in was a broken black flea, Uh-huh, Next to come in was a broken black flea, Uh-huh, Next to come in was a broken black flea. Danced a jig with the bumbley bee, Uh-huh. Next to come in was Mrs. Cow, Uh-huh, Next to come in was Mrs. Cow, Uh-huh, Next to come in was Mrs. Cow. She tried to dance but she didn't know how, Uh-huh. Next to come in was a little black tick, Uh-huh, Next to come in was a little black tick, Uh-huh, Next to come in was a little black tick. She ate so much she made us sick, Uh-huh. Next to come in was a big black snake, Uh-huh, Next to come in was a big black snake, Uh-huh, Next to come in was a big black snake. Ate up all of the wedding cake, Uh-huh. Next to come was the old gray cat, Uh-huh, Next to come was the old gray cat, Uh-huh, Next to come was the old gray cat. Swallowed the mouse and ate up the rat, Uh-huh.w Mr. Frog went a-hoppin' up over the brook, Uh-huh, Mr. Frog went a-hoppin' up over the brook, Uh-huh, Mr. Frog went a-hoppin' up over the brook. A lily-white duck come and swallowed him up, Uh-huh. A little piece of cornbread layin' on a shelf, Uh-huh, A little piece of cornbread layin' on a shelf, Uh-huh, A little piece of cornbread layin' on a shelf. If you want anymore, you can sing it yourself, Uh-huh. FRANKIE & ALBERT Frankie was a good girl. Everybody knows. Paid one hundred dollars For Albert's new suit of clothes. He was her man but he done her wrong. Albert said, "I'm leaving you. Won't be gone for long. Don't wait up for me. A-worry about me when I'm gone." He was her man but he done her wrong. Frankie went down to the corner saloon. Get a bucket of beer. Said to the bartender. "Has my lovin' man been here?" He was her man but he done her wrong. "Well, I ain't gonna tell you no stories. I ain't gonna tell you no lies. I saw Albert an hour ago With a gal named Alice Bly." He was her man but he done her wrong. Frankie went down to 12th Street, Lookin' up through the window high. She saw her Albert there, Lovin' up Alice Bly. He was her man but he done her wrong. Frankie pulled out a pistol, Pulled out a forty-four. Gun went off a rootie-toot-toot And Albert fell on the floor. He was her man but he done her wrong. Frankie got down upon her knees, Took Albert into her lap. Started to hug and kiss him, But there was no bringin' him back. He was her man but he done her wrong. "Gimme a thousand policemen, Throw me into a cell. I shot my Albert dead, And now I'm goin' to hell. He was my man but he done me wrong." Judge said to the jury, "Plain as a thing can be, A woman shot her lover down, Murder in the second degree." He was her man but he done her wrong. Frankie went to the scaffold, Calm as a girl could be, Turned her eyes up towards the heavens, Said, "Nearer, my God, to Thee." He was her man but he done her wrong. FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES I was born in dixie in a boomer's shack, Just a little shanty by the railroad track Freight train was comin' I had to cry, Hummin all the drivers with my lullaby I've got the freight train blues (hee, hee, hoo) Oh, lawdy mama got 'em on the bottom of my ramblin' shoes And when the whistle blows, I gotta go Baby don't you know It looks like I'm never gonna lose The freight train blues. Well, my daddy was a fireman in a house out here She was the only daughter of the engineer Sweetheart of the brakeman, that ain't no joke It's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke. I got the freight train blues (hee, hee, hoo) Oh, lawdy I got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes And when the whistle blows, I gotta go Oh mama don't you know It looks like I'm never gonna lose The freight train blues. Well, the only thing that makes you laugh again Is a south bound whistle on a south bound train Ev'ry place I want to go I never go because you know Because I got the freight train blues (hee, hee, hoo) Oh, lawdy mama, got 'em on the bottom of my ramblin' shoes FROM A BUICK 6 I got this graveyard woman, you know she keeps my kid But my soulful mama, you know she keeps me hid She's a junkyard angel and she always gives me bread Well, if I go down dyin', you know she bound to put a blanket on my bed. Well, when the pipeline gets broken and I'm lost on the river bridge I'm cracked up on the highway and on the water's edge She comes down the thruway ready to sew me up with thread Well, if I go down dyin', you know she bound to put a blanket on my bed. Well, she don't make me nervous, she don't talk too much She walks like Bo Diddley and she don't need no crutch She keeps this four-ten all loaded with lead Well, if I go down dyin', you know she bound to put a blanket on my bed. Well, you know I need a steam shovel mama to keep away the dead I need a dump truck mama to unload my head She brings me everything and more, and just like I said Well, if I go down dyin', you know she bound to put a blanket on my bed. GATES OF EDEN Of war and peace the truth just twists Its curfew gull just glides Upon four-legged forest clouds The cowboy angel rides With his candle lit into the sun Though its glow is waxed in black All except when 'neath the trees of Eden The lamppost stands with folded arms Its iron claws attached To curbs 'neath holes where babies wail Though it shadows metal badge All and all can only fall With a crashing but meaningless blow No sound ever comes from the Gates of Eden The savage soldier sticks his head in sand And then complains Unto the shoeless hunter who's gone deaf But still remains Upon the beach where hound dogs bay At ships with tattooed sails Heading for the Gates of Eden With a time-rusted compass blade Aladdin and his lamp Sits with Utopian hermit monks Side saddle on the Golden Calf And on their promises of paradise You will not hear a laugh All except inside the Gates of Eden Relationships of ownership They whisper in the wings To those condemned to act accordingly And wait for succeeding kings And I try to harmonize with songs The lonesome sparrow sings There are no kings inside the Gates of Eden The motorcycle black madonna Two-wheeled gypsy queen And her silver-studded phantom cause The gray flannel dwarf to scream As he weeps to wicked birds of prey Who pick up on his bread crumb sins And there are no sins inside the Gates of Eden The kingdoms of Experience In the precious wind they rot While paupers change possessions Each one wishing for what the other has got And the princess and the prince Discuss what's real and what is not It doesn't matter inside the Gates of Eden The foreign sun, it squints upon A bed that is never mine As friends and other strangers From their fates try to resign Leaving men wholly, totally free To do anything they wish to do but die And there are no trials inside the Gates of Eden At dawn my lover comes to me And tells me of her dreams With no attempts to shovel the glimpse Into the ditch of what each one means At times I think there are no words But these to tell what's true And there are no truths outside the Gates of Eden GEORGE JACKSON I woke up this mornin', There were tears in my bed. They killed a man I really loved Shot him through the head. Lord, Lord, They cut George Jackson down. Lord, Lord, They laid him in the ground. Sent him off to prison For a seventy-dollar robbery. Closed the door behind him And they threw away the key. Lord, Lord, They cut George Jackson down. Lord, Lord, They laid him in the ground. He wouldn't take shit from no one He wouldn't bow down or kneel. Authorities, they hated him Because he was just too real. Lord, Lord, They cut George Jackson down. Lord, Lord, They laid him in the ground. Prison guards, they cursed him As they watched him from above But they were frightened of his power They were scared of his love. Lord, Lord, So they cut George Jackson down. Lord, Lord, They laid him in the ground. Sometimes I think this whole world Is one big prison yard. Some of us are prisoners The rest of us are guards. Lord, Lord, They cut George Jackson down. Lord, Lord, They laid him in the ground. GET YOUR ROCKS OFF! You know, there's two ol' maids layin' in the bed, One picked herself up an' the other one, she said: "Get your rocks off! Get your rocks off! (Get 'em off!) Get your rocks off! (Get 'em off!) Get your rocks off-a me! (Get 'em off!)" Well, you know, there late one night up on Blueberry Hill, One man turned to the other man and said, with a blood-curdlin' chill, he said: "Get your rocks off! (Get 'em off!) Get your rocks off! (Get 'em off!) Get your rocks off! (Get 'em off!) Get your rocks off-a me! (Get 'em off!)" Well, you know, we was layin' down around Mink Muscle Creek, One man said to the other man, he began to speak, he said: "Get your rocks off! (Get 'em off!) Get your rocks off! (Get 'em off!) Get your rocks off! (Get 'em off!) Get your rocks off-a me! (Get 'em off!)" Well, you know, we was cruisin' down the highway in a Greyhound bus. All kinds-a children in the side road, they was hollerin' at us, sayin': "Get your rocks off! (Get 'em off!) Get your rocks off! (Get 'em off!) Get your rocks off! (Get 'em off!) Get your rocks off-a me!" GIRL OF THE NORTH COUNTRY Well, if you're travelin' in the north country fair, Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline, Remember me to one who lives there. She once was a true love of mine. Well, if you go when the snowflakes storm, When the rivers freeze and summer ends, Please see if she's wearing a coat so warm, To keep her from the howlin' winds. Please see for me if her hair hangs long, If it rolls and flows all down her breast. Please see for me if her hair hangs long, That's the way I remember her best. I'm a-wonderin' if she remembers me at all. Many times I've often prayed In the darkness of my night, In the brightness of my day. So if you're travelin' in the north country fair, Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline, Remember me to one who lives there. She once was a true love of mine. GOD KNOWS God knows you ain't pretty, God knows it's true. God knows there ain't anybody Ever gonna take the place of you. God knows it's a struggle, God knows it's a crime, God knows there's gonna be no more water But fire next time. God donÕt call it treason, God donÕt call it wrong. It was supposed to last a season But it's been so strong for so long. God knows it's fragile, God knows everything, God knows it could snap apart right now Just like putting scissors to a string. God knows it's terrifying, God sees it all unfold, There's a million reasons for you to be crying You been so bold and so cold. God knows that when you see it, God knows you've got to weep, God knows the secrets of your heart, He'll tell them to you when you're asleep. God knows there's a river, God knows how to make it flow, God knows you ain't gonna be taking Nothing with you when you go. God knows there's a purpose, God knows there's a chance, God knows you can rise above the darkest hour Of any circumstance. God knows there's a heaven, God knows it's out of sight, God knows we can get all the way from here to there Even if we've got to walk a million miles by candlelight. GOIN' TO ACAPULCO I'm going down to Rose Marie's She never does me wrong. She puts it to me plain as day And gives it to me for a song. It's a wicked life but what the hell The stars ain't falling down. I'm standing outside the Taj Mahal I don't see no one around. Goin' to Acapulco Goin' on the run. Goin' down to see fat gut Goin' to have some fun. Yeah Goin' to have some fun. Now, whenever I get up And I ain't got what I see I just make it down to Rose Marie's 'Bout a quarter after three. There are worse ways of getting there And I ain't complainin' none. If the clouds don't drop and the train don't stop I'm bound to meet the sun. Goin' to Acapulco Goin' on the run. Goin' down to see some girl Goin' to have some fun. Yeah Goin' to have some fun. Now, if someone offers me a joke I just say no thanks. I try to tell it like it is And keep away from pranks. Well, sometime you know when the well breaks down I just go pump on it some. Rose Marie, she likes to go to big places And just set there waitin' for me to come. Goin' to Acapulco Goin' on the run. Goin' down to see some girl Goin' to have some fun. Yeah Goin' to have some fun. GOING, GOING, GONE I've just reached a place Where the willow don't bend. There's not much more to be said It's the top of the end. I'm going, I'm going, I'm gone. I'm closin' the book On the pages and the text And I don't really care What happens next. I'm just going, I'm going, I'm gone. I been hangin' on threads, I been playin' it straight, Now, I've just got to cut loose Before it gets late. So I'm going, I'm going, I'm gone. Grandma said, "Boy, go and follow your heart And you'll be fine at the end of the line. All that's gold isn't meant to shine. Don't you and your one true love ever part." I been walkin' the road, I been livin' on the edge, Now, I've just got to go Before I get to the ledge. So I'm going, I'm just going, I'm gone. GOLDEN LOOM Smoky autumn night, stars up in the sky, I see the sailin' boats across the bay go by. Eucalyptus trees hang above the street And then I turn my head, for you're approachin' me. Moonlight on the water, fisherman's daughter, floatin' in to my room With a golden loom. First we wash our feet near the immortal shrine And then our shadows meet and then we drink the wine. I see the hungry clouds up above your face And then the tears roll down, what a bitter taste. And then you drift away on a summer's day where the wildflowers bloom With your golden loom. I walk across the bridge in the dismal light Where all the cars are stripped between the gates of night. I see the trembling lion with the lotus flower tail And then I kiss your lips as I lift your veil. But you're gone and then all I seem to recall is the smell of perfume And your golden loom. GONNA CHANGE MY WAY OF THINKING Gonna change my way of thinking, Make myself a different set of rules. Gonna change my way of thinking, Make myself a different set of rules. Gonna put my good foot forward, And stop being influenced by fools. So much oppression, Can't keep track of it no more. So much oppression, Can't keep track of it no more. Sons becoming husbands to their mothers, And old men turning young daughters into whores. Stripes on your shoulders, Stripes on your back and on your hands. Stripes on your shoulders, Stripes on your back and on your hands. Swords piercing your side, Blood and water flowing through the land. Well don't know which one is worse, Doing your own thing or just being cool. Well don't know which one is worse, Doing your own thing or just being cool. You remember only about the brass ring, You forget all about the golden rule. You can mislead a man, You can take ahold of his heart with your eyes. You can mislead a man, You can take ahold of his heart with your eyes. But there's only one authority, And that's the authority on high. I got a God-fearing woman, One I can easily afford. I got a God-fearing woman, One I can easily afford. She can do the Georgia crawl, She can walk in the spirit of the Lord. Jesus said, "Be ready, For you know not the hour in which I come." Jesus said, "Be ready, For you know not the hour in which I come." He said, "He who is not for Me is against Me," Just so you know where He's coming from. There's a kingdom called Heaven, A place where there is no pain of birth. There's a kingdom called Heaven, A place where there is no pain of birth. Well the Lord created it, mister, About the same time He made the earth. GOSPEL PLOW Mary wore three links of chain, Ev'ry link was Jesus name, Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on, Oh, Lord, Oh, Lord, Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on. Mary, Mark and Luke and John, All these prophets so good and gone, Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on, Oh, Lord, Oh, Lord, Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on. I never been to heaven, but I've been told, Streets up there are line with gold, Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on, Oh, Lord, Oh, Lord, Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on. Dig my grave with a bloody spade, See that my digger gets well paid, Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on, Oh, Lord, Oh, Lord, Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on. That gospel line gets mighty hot, But just hang on with all you got, Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on, Oh, Lord, Oh, Lord, Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on. When I get to the glory land, Gonna play in the glory land, Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on, Oh, Lord, Oh, Lord, Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on. GOT MY MIND MADE UP Don't ever try to change me, I been in this thing too long. There's nothin' you can say or do To make me think I'm wrong. Well, I'm goin' off to Libya, There's a guy I gotta see. He's been living there three years now, In an oil refinery. I've got my mind made up. Oh, I Ôve got my mind made up. Call your Ma in Tallahassee Tell her her baby's on the line. Tell her not to worry Everything is gonna be fine. Well, I gave you all my money All my connections, too. There ain't nothin' in this world, girl You can say I didn't give to you. I've got my mind made up. I've got my mind made up. You will be alright, girl, Someone's watchin' over you. He won't do nothin' to you Baby that I wouldn't do. Well, if you don't want to see me, Look the other way. You don't have to feed me, I ain't your dog that's gone astray. I got my mind made up I got my mind made up I got my mind made up I got my mind made up I got my mind made up GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY You may be an ambassador to England or France, You may like to gamble, you might like to dance, You may be the heavyweight champion of the world, You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You're gonna have to serve somebody, Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody. You might be a rock 'n' roll addict prancing on the stage, You might have drugs at your command, women in a cage, You may be a business man or some high degree thief, They may call you Doctor or they may call you Chief But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You're gonna have to serve somebody, Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody. You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk, You may be the head of some big TV network, You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame, You may be living in another country under another name But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You're gonna have to serve somebody, Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody. You may be a construction worker working on a home, You may be living in a mansion or you might live in a dome, You might own guns and you might even own tanks, You might be somebody's landlord, you might even own banks But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You're gonna have to serve somebody, Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody. You may be a preacher with your spiritual pride, You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side, You may be workin' in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair, You may be somebody's mistress, may be somebody's heir But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You're gonna have to serve somebody, Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody. Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk, Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk, You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread, You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You're gonna have to serve somebody, Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody. You may call me Terry, you may call me Timmy, You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy, You may call me R.J., you may call me Ray, You may call me anything but no matter what you say You're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You're gonna have to serve somebody. Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody. GO 'WAY LITTLE BOY Go 'way little boy I'm not for you Go back to her Where you'll be more secure She knows you better than I do Go 'way little boy I'm not for you Go 'way little boy You're making me sad I don't wanna to see you bleed She's the one that you need You'll never miss what you ain't never had Go 'way little boy You're making me sad Go 'way little boy It's much too late Walk back out the door Don't wanna see you here no more You're making it hard for me to concentrate Go 'way little boy It's much too late Can't you hear your mama callin' Don't you recognize her voice I think you'd better heed her warning While you still have the choice Go 'way little boy You're much too late Your future's lookin' bright Don't throw it away tonight It's getting hard for me to look you in the eye Go 'way little boy Can't you see that you're makin' me cry THE GROOM'S STILL WAITING AT THE ALTAR Prayed in the ghetto with my face in the cement, Heard the last moan of a boxer, seen the massacre of the innocent Felt around for the light switch, became nauseated. She was walking down the hallway while the walls deteriorated. East of the Jordan, hard as the Rock of Gibraltar, I see the burning of the page, Curtain risin' on a new age, See the groom still waitin' at the altar. Try to be pure at heart, they arrest you for robbery, Mistake your shyness for aloofness, your shyness for snobbery, Got the message this morning, the one that was sent to me About the madness of becomin' what one was never meant to be. West of the Jordan, east of the Rock of Gibraltar, I see the burning of the stage, Curtain risin' on a new age, See the groom still waitin' at the altar. Don't know what I can say about Claudette that wouldn't come back to haunt me, Finally had to give her up 'bout the time she began to want me. But I know God has mercy on them who are slandered and humiliated. I'd a-done anything for that woman if she didn't make me feel so obligated. West of the Jordan, west of the Rock of Gibraltar, I see the burning of the cage, Curtain risin' on a new stage, See the groom still waitin' at the altar. Put your hand on my head, baby, do I have a temperature? I see people who are supposed to know better standin' around like furniture. There's a wall between you and what you want and you got to leap it, Tonight you got the power to take it, tomorrow you won't have the power to keep it. West of the Jordan, east of the Rock of Gibraltar, I see the burning of the stage, Curtain risin' on a new age, See the groom still waitin' at the altar. Cities on fire, phones out of order, They're killing nuns and soldiers, there's fighting on the border. What can I say about Claudette? Ain't seen her since January, She could be respectably married or running a whorehouse in Buenos Aires. West of the Jordan, west of the Rock of Gibraltar, I see the burning of the stage, Curtain risin' on a new age, See the groom still waitin' at the altar. GUESS I'M DOIN' FINE Well, I ain't got my childhood Or friends I once did know. No, I ain't got my childhood Or friends I once did know. But I still got my voice left, I can take it anywhere I go. Hey, hey, so I guess I'm doin' fine. And I've never had much money But I'm still around somehow. No, I've never had much money But I'm still around somehow. Many times I've bended But I ain't never yet bowed. Hey, hey, so I guess I'm doin' fine. Trouble, oh trouble, I've trouble on my mind Trouble, oh trouble, Trouble on my mind. But the trouble in the world, Lord, Is much more bigger than mine. Hey, hey, so I guess I'm doin' fine. And I never had no armies To jump at my command. No, I ain't got no armies To jump at my command. But I don't need no armies, I got me one good friend. Hey, hey, so I guess I'm doin' fine. I been kicked and whipped and trampled on, I been shot at just like you. I been kicked and whipped and trampled on, I been shot at just like you. But as long as the world keeps a-turnin', I just keep a-turnin' too. Hey, hey, so I guess I'm doin' fine. Well, my road might be rocky, The stones might cut my face. My road it might be rocky, The stones might cut my face. But as some folks ain't got no road at all, They gotta stand in the same old place. Hey, hey, so I guess I'm doin' fine. GYPSY LOU If you getcha one girl, better get two Case you run into Gypsy Lou She's a ramblin' woman with a ramblin' mind Always leavin' somebody behind. Hey, 'round the bend Gypsy Lou's gone again Gypsy Lou's gone again. Well, I seen the whole country through Just to find Gypsy Lou Seen it up, seen it down Followin' Gypsy Lou around. Hey, 'round the bend Gypsy Lou's gone again Gypsy Lou's gone again. Well, I gotta stop and take some rest My poor feet are second best My poor feet are wearin' thin Gypsy Lou's gone again. Hey, gone again Gypsy Lou's Ôround the bend Gypsy Lou's Ôround the bend. Well, seen her up in old Cheyenne Turned my head and away she ran From Denver Town to Wichita Last I heard she's in Arkansas. Hey, 'round the bend Gypsy Lou's gone again Gypsy Lou's gone again Well, I tell you what if you what if you want to do Tell you what, you'll wear out your shoes If you want to wear out your shoes Try and follow Gypsy Lou. Hey, gone again Gypsy Lou's Ôround the bend Gypsy Lou's Ôround the bend. Well, Gypsy Lou, I been told Livin' down on Gallus Road Gallus Road, Arlington Moved away to Washington. Hey, 'round the bend Gypsy Lou's gone again Gypsy Lou's gone again Well, I went down to Washington Then she went to Oregon I skipped the ground and hopped a train She's back in Gallus Road again. Hey, I canÕt win Gypsy Lou's gone again Gypsy Lou's gone again Well, the last I heard of Gypsy Lou She's in a Memphis calaboose She left one too many a boy behind He committed suicide. Hey, you canÕt win Gypsy Lou's gone again Gypsy Lou's gone again HAD A DREAM ABOUT YOU, BABY I got to see you baby, I don't care It may be someplace, baby, you say where. I had a dream about you, baby Had a dream about you, baby Late last night you come a-rollin' across my mind You got the crazy rhythm when you walk You make me nervous when you start to talk I had a dream about you, baby Had a dream about you, baby Late last night you come a-rollin' across my mind Standin' on the highway, you flag me down Said, take me daddy, to the nearest town I had a dream about you, baby Had a dream about you, baby Late last night you come a-rollin' across my mind The joint is jumpin' It's really somethin' The beat is pumpin' My heart is thumpin' Spent my money on you honey My limbs are shakin' My heart is breakin' You kiss me, baby, in the coffee shop You make me nervous, you gotta stop I had a dream about you, baby Had a dream about you, baby Late last night you come a-rollin' across my mind You got a rag wrapped around your head Wearing a long dress fire engine red I had a dream about you, baby Had a dream about you, baby Late last night you come a-rollin' across my mind HANDY DANDY Handy Dandy, controversy surrounds him He been around the world and back again Something in the moonlight still hounds him Handy Dandy, just like sugar and candy Handy Dandy, if every bone in his body was broken he would never admit it He got an all girl orchestra and when he says "Strike up the band", they hit it Handy Dandy, Handy Dandy You say, "What are ya made of?" He says, "Can you repeat what you said?" You'll say, "What are you afraid of?" He'll say, "Nothin' neither 'live nor dead." Handy Dandy, he got a stick in his hand and a pocket full of money He says, "Darling, tell me the truth, how much time I got?" She says, "You got all the time in the world, honey." Handy Dandy, Handy Dandy He's got that clear crystal fountain He's got that soft silky skin He's got that fortress on the mountain With no doors, no windows, no thieves can break in Handy Dandy, sitting with a girl named Nancy in a garden feelin' kind of lazy He says, "Ya want a gun? I'll give you one." She says, "Boy, you talking crazy." Handy Dandy, just like sugar and candy Handy Dandy, pour him another brandy Handy Dandy, he got a basket of flowers and a bag full or sorrow He finishes his drink, he gets up from the table he says, "Okay, boys, I'll see you tomorrow." Handy Dandy, Handy Dandy, just like sugar and candy Handy Dandy, just like sugar and candy 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. HARD TIMES Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears While we all sup sorrow with the poor. There's a song that will linger forever in our ears, Oh, hard times, come again no more. 'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary. Hard times, hard times, come again no more. Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door. Oh, hard times, come again no more. While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay. There are frail forms fainting at the door. Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say, Oh, hard times, come again no more. 'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary. Hard times, hard times, come again no more. Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door. Oh, hard times, come again no more. There's a pale drooping maiden who foils her life away With a worn out heart, whose better days are o'er. Though her voice it would be merry, 'tis sighing all the day, Oh, hard times, come again no more. 'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary. Hard times, hard times, come again no more. Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door. Oh, hard times, come again no more. 'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary. Hard times, hard times, come again no more. Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door. Oh, hard times, come again no more. HARD TIMES IN NEW YORK TOWN Come you ladies and you gentlemen, a-listen to my song. Sing it to you right, but you might think it's wrong. Just a little glimpse of a story I'll tell "Bout an East Coast city that you all know well. It's hard times in the city, Livin' down in New York town. Old New York City is a friendly old town, From Washington Heights to Harlem on down. There's a-mighty many people all millin' all around, They'll kick you when you're up and knock you when you're down. It's hard times in the city, Livin' down in New York town. It's a mighty long ways from the Golden Gate To Rockefeller Plaza n' the Empire State. Mister Rockefeller sets up as high as a bird, Old Mister Empire never says a word. It's hard times from the country, Livin' down in New York town. Well, it's up in the mornin' tryin' to fins a job of work. Stand in one place till your feet begin to hurt. If you go a lot o' money you can make yourself merry, If you only got a nickel, it's the Staten Island Ferry. And it's hard times in the city, Livin' down in New York town. Mister Hudson come a-sailin' down the stream And old Mister Minuet paid for his dream. Bought your city on a one-way track, 'F I had my way I'd sell it right back. And it's hard times in the city, Livin' down in New York town. I'll take all the smog in Cal-i-for-ne-ay, ÔN' every bit of dust in the Oklahoma plains, ÔN' the dirt in the caves of the Rocky Mountain mines. It's all much cleaner than the New York kind. And it's hard times in the city, Livin' down in New York town. So all you newsy people, spread the news around, You c'n listen to m' story, listen to m' song. You c'n step on my name, you c'n try 'n' get me beat, When I leave New York, I'll be standin' on my feet. And it's hard times in the city, Livin' down in New York town. HAZEL Hazel, dirty-blonde hair I wouldn't be ashamed to be seen with you anywhere. You got something I want plenty of Ooh, a little touch of your love. Hazel, stardust in your eye You're goin' somewhere and so am I. I'd give you the sky high above Ooh, for a little touch of your love. Oh no, I don't need any reminder To know how much I really care But it's just making me blinder and blinder Because I'm up on a hill and still you're not there. Hazel, you called and I came, Now don't make me play this waiting game. You've got something I want plenty of Ooh, a little touch of your love. HEARTLAND There's a home place under fire tonight in the Heartland And the bankers are takin' my home and my land from me There's a big achin' hole in my chest now where my heart was And a hole in the sky where God used to be There's a home place under fire tonight in the Heartland There's a well with water so bitter nobody can drink Ain't no way to get high and my mouth is so dry that I can't speak Don't they know that I'm dyin', Why nobody cryin' for me? My American dream Fell apart at the seams. You tell me what it means, You tell me what it means. My American dream Fell apart at the seams. You tell me what it means, You tell me what it means. HEART OF MINE Heart of mine be still, You can play with fire but you'll get the bill. Don't let her know Don't let her know that you love her. Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine. Heart of mine go back home, You got no reason to wander, you got no reason to roam. Don't let her see Don't let her see that you need her. Don't put yourself over the line Heart of mine. Heart of mine go back where you been, It'll only be trouble for you if you let her in. Don't let her hear Don't let her hear you want her. Don't let her know she's so fine Heart of mine. Heart of mine you know that she'll never be true, She'll only give to others the love that she's gotten from you. Don't let her know Don't let her know where you're going. Don't untie the ties that bind Heart of mine. Heart of mine so malicious and so full of guile, Give you an inch and you'll take a mile. Don't let yourself fall. Don't let yourself stumble. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine. YEA! HEAVY AND A BOTTLE OF BREAD Well, the comic book and me, just us, we caught the bus. The poor little chauffeur, though, she was back in bed On the very next day, with a nose full of pus. Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread It's a one-track town, just brown, and a breeze, too, Pack up the meat, sweet, we're headin' out For Wichita in a pile of fruit. Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout Now, pull that drummer out from behind that bottle. Bring me my pipe, we're gonna shake it. Slap that drummer with a pie that smells. Take me down to California, baby Take me down to California, baby Take me down to California, baby Yes, the comic book and me, just us, we caught the bus. The poor little chauffeur, though, she was back in bed On the very next day, with a nose full of pus. Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread HERO BLUES Yes, the gal I got I swear she's the screaming end She wants me to be a hero So she can tell all her friends Well, she begged, she cried She pleaded with me all last night Well, she begged, she cried She pleaded with me all last night She wants me to go out And find somebody to fight She reads too many books She got new movies inside her head She reads too many books She got movies inside her head She wants me to walk out running She wants me to crawl back dead You need a different kinda man, babe One that can grab and hold your heart Need a different kind of man, babe One that can hold and grab your heart You need a different kind of man, babe You need Napoleon Boneeparte Well, when I'm dead No more good times will I crave When I'm dead No more good times will I crave You can stand and shout hero All over my lonesome grave HIGHLANDS Well my heart's in The Highlands, gentle and fair Honeysuckle blooming in the wildwood air Bluebells blazing where the Aberdeen waters flow Well my heart's in The Highlands I'm gonna go there when I feel good enough to go Windows were shaking all night in my dreams Everything was exactly the way that it seems Woke up this mornin' and I looked at the same old page Same old rat race, life in the same old cage I don't want nothin' from anyone, ain't that much to take Wouldn't know the difference between a real blonde and a fake Feel like a prisoner in a world of mystery I wish someone'd come and push back the clock for me Well my heart's in The Highlands wherever I roam That's where I'll be when I get called home The wind it whispers to the buckeye trees of rhyme Well my heart's in The Highlands I can only get there one step at a time I'm listening to Neil Young, I gotta turn up the sound Someone's always yellin' "Turn it down" Feel like I'm driftin', driftin' from scene to scene I'm wonderin' what in the devil could it all possibly mean Insanity is smashin' up against my soul You could say I was on anything but a roll If I had a conscience, well I just might blow my top What would I do with it anyway, maybe take it to the pawn shop My heart's in The Highlands at the break of dawn By the beautiful lake of the Black Swan Big white clouds like chariots that swing down low Well my heart's in The Highlands only place left to go I'm in Boston town in some restaurant I got no idea what I want Or maybe I do but I'm just really not sure Waitress comes over, nobody in the place but me and her Well it must be a holiday, there's nobody around She studies me closely as I sit down She got a pretty face and long white shiny legs I said "Tell me what I want" She say "You probably want hard boiled eggs" I said "That's right, bring me some" She says "We ain't got any, you picked the wrong time to come" Then she says "I know you're an artist, draw a picture of me" I said "I would if I could but I don't do sketches from memory" Well she's?? near she says "I'm right here in front of you or haven't you looked" I say "All right I know but I don't have my drawin' book" She gives me a napkin, she say "You can do it on that" I say "Yes I could but I don't know where my pencil is at" She pulls one out from behind her ear She says "Alright now go ahead draw me I'm stayin' right here" I make a few lines and I show it for her to see Well she takes the napkin and throws it back and says "That don't look a thing like me" I said "Oh kind miss, it most certainly does" She say "You must be joking", I said "I wish I was" She says "You don't read women authors do ya?" At least that's what I think I hear her say Well I say "How would you know, and what would it matter anyway" Well she says "Ya just don't seem like ya do", I said "You're way wrong" She says "Which ones have you read then?", I say "Read Erica Jong" She goes away for a minute, and I slide out, out of my chair I step outside back to the busy street, but nobody's goin' anywhere Well my heart's in The Highlands with the horses and hounds Way up in the border country far from the towns With the twang of the arrow and the snap of the bow My heart's in The Highlands, can't see any other way to go Every day is the same thing, out the door Feel further away than ever before Some things in life it just gets too late to learn Well I'm lost somewhere, I must have made a few bad turns I see people in the park, forgettin' their troubles and woes They're drinkin' and dancin', wearin' bright colored clothes All the young men with the young women lookin' so good Well I'd trade places with any of 'em, in a minute if I could I'm crossin' the street to get away from a mangy dog Talkin' to myself in a monologue I think what I need might be a full length leather coat Somebody just asked me if I'm registered to vote The sun is beginnin' to shine on me But it's not like the sun that used to be The party's over and there's less and less to say I got new eyes, everything looks far away Well my heart's in The Highlands at the break of day Over the hills and far away There's a way to get there, and I'll figure it out somehow Well I'm already there in my mind and that's good enough for now HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son" Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on" God say, "No." Abe say, "What?" God say, "You can do what you want Abe, but The next time you see me comin' you better run" Well Abe says, "Where do you want this killin' done?" God says, "Out on Highway 61." Well Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose Welfare Department they wouldn't give him no clothes He asked poor Howard where can I go Howard said there's only one place I know Sam said tell me quick man I got to run 0l' Howard just pointed with his gun And said that way down on Highway 61. Well Mack the Finger said to Louie the King I got forty red white and blue shoe strings And a thousand telephones that don't ring Do you know where I can get rid of these things And Louie the King said let me think for a minute son And he said yes I think it can be easily done Just take everything down to Highway 61. Now the fifth daughter on the twelfth night Told the first father that things weren't right My complexion she said is much too white He said come here and step into the light he says hmm you're right Let me tell the second mother this has been done But the second mother was with the seventh son And they were both out on Highway 61. Now the rovin' gambler he was very bored He was tryin' to create a next world war He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor He said I never engaged in this kind of thing before But yes I think it can be very easily done We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun And have it on Highway 61. HOUSE CARPENTER Well met, well met, my own true love Well met, well met, cried she I've just returned from the salt, salt sea And it's all for the love of thee I could have married a King's daughter there She would have married me But I have forsaken my King's daughter there It's all for the love of thee Well, if you could have married a King's daughter there I'm sure you're the one to blame For I am married to a house carpenter And I'm sure he's a fine young man Forsake, forsake your house carpenter And come away with me I'll take you where the green grass grows On the shores of sunny Italy So up she picked her babies three And gave them kisses, one, two, three Saying "take good care of your daddy while I'm gone And keep him good company." Well, they were sailin' about two weeks I'm sure it was not three When the younger of the girls, she came on deck Sayin' she wants company "Well, are you weepin' for your house and home? Or are you weepin' for your babies three?" "Well, I'm not weepin' for my house carpenter I'm weepin' for my babies three." Oh what are those hills yonder, my love They look as white as snow Those are the hill of heaven, my love You and I'll never know Oh what are those hills yonder, my love They look as dark as night Those are the hills of hell-fire my love Where you and I will unite Oh twice around went the gallant ship I'm sure it was not three When the ship all of a sudden, it sprung a leak And it drifted to the bottom of the sea HOUSE OF THE RISIN' SUN There is a house down in New Orleans They call the risin' sun. It's been the ruin of many a poor girl And me, oh God, I'm one. My mother was a tailor She sewed these new blue jeans My sweetheart was a gambler Down in New Orleans. Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time he's satisfied Is when he's on a drunk. He'll fill his glasses up to the brim And he'll pass the cards around And the only pleasure he gets out of life Is ramblin' from town to town. Oh tell my baby sister Not to do what I have done But shun that house in New Orleans They call the risin' sun. And it's one foot on the platform And the other foot on the train I'm goin' back to New Orleans To wear my ball and chain. I'm going back to New Orleans My race is almost run I'm goin' back to end my life Down in the risin' sun. There is a house in New Orleans They call the risin' sun. It's been the ruin of many a poor girl And me, oh God, I'm one. HURRICANE Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall. She sees the bartender in a pool of blood, Cries out, "My God, they killed them all!" Here comes the story of the Hurricane, The man the authorities came to blame For somethin' that he never done. Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been The champion of the world. Three bodies lyin' there does Patty see And another man named Bello, movin' around mysteriously. "I didn't do it," he says, and he throws up his hands "I was only robbin' the register, I hope you understand. I saw them leavin'," he says, and he stops "One of us had better call up the cops." And so Patty calls the cops And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin' In the hot New Jersey night. Meanwhile, far away in another part of town Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are drivin' around. Number one contender for the middleweight crown Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road Just like the time before and the time before that. In Paterson that's just the way things go. If you're black you might as well not show up on the street 'Less you wanna draw the heat. Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops. Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowlin' around He said, "I saw two men runnin' out, they looked like middleweights They jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates." And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head. Cop said, "Wait a minute, boys, this one's not dead" So they took him to the infirmary And though this man could hardly see They told him that he could identify the guilty men. Four in the mornin' and they haul Rubin in, Take him to the hospital and they bring him upstairs. The wounded man looks up through his one dyin' eye Says, "Wha'd you bring him in here for? He ain't the guy!" Yes, here's the story of the Hurricane, The man the authorities came to blame For somethin' that he never done. Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been The champion of the world. Four months later, the ghettos are in flame, Rubin's in South America, fightin' for his name While Arthur Dexter Bradley's still in the robbery game And the cops are puttin' the screws to him, lookin' for somebody to blame. "Remember that murder that happened in a bar?" "Remember you said you saw the getaway car?" "You think you'd like to play ball with the law?" "Think it might-a been that fighter that you saw runnin' that night?" "Don't forget that you are white." Arthur Dexter Bradley said, "I'm really not sure." Cops said, "A poor boy like you could use a break We got you for the motel job and we're talkin' to your friend Bello Now you don't wanta have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow. You'll be doin' society a favor. That sonofabitch is brave and gettin' braver. We want to put his ass in stir We want to pin this triple murder on him He ain't no Gentleman Jim." Rubin could take a man out with just one punch But he never did like to talk about it all that much. It's my work, he'd say, and I do it for pay And when it's over I'd just as soon go on my way Up to some paradise Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice And ride a horse along a trail. But then they took him to the jail house Where they try to turn a man into a mouse. All of Rubin's cards were marked in advance The trial was a pig-circus, he never had a chance. The judge made Rubin's witnesses drunkards from the slums To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger. No one doubted that he pulled the trigger. And though they could not produce the gun, The D.A. said he was the one who did the deed And the all-white jury agreed. Rubin Carter was falsely tried. The crime was murder "one," guess who testified? Bello and Bradley and they both baldly lied And the newspapers, they all went along for the ride. How can the life of such a man Be in the palm of some fool's hand? To see him obviously framed Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land Where justice is a game. Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise While Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten-foot cell An innocent man in a living hell. That's the story of the Hurricane, But it won't be over till they clear his name And give him back the time he's done. Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been The champion of the world. I AM A LONESOME HOBO I am a lonesome hobo Without family or friends, Where another man's life might begin, That's exactly where mine ends. I have tried my hand at bribery, Blackmail and deceit, And I've served time for ev'rything 'Cept beggin' on the street. Well, once I was rather prosperous, There was nothing I did lack. I had fourteen-karat gold in my mouth And silk upon my back. But I did not trust my brother, I carried him to blame, Which led me to my fatal doom, To wander off in shame. Kind ladies and kind gentlemen, Soon I will be gone, But let me just warn you all, Before I do pass on; Stay free from petty jealousies, Live by no man's code, And hold your judgment for yourself Lest you wind up on this road. I BELIEVE IN YOU They ask me how I feel And if my love is real And how I know I'll make it through. And they, they look at me and frown, They'd like to drive me from this town, They don't want me around 'Cause I believe in you. They show me to the door, They say don't come back no more 'Cause I don't be like they'd like me to, And I walk out on my own A thousand miles from home But I don't feel alone 'Cause I believe in you. I believe in you even through the tears and the laughter, I believe in you even though we be apart. I believe in you even on the morning after. Oh, when the dawn is nearing Oh, when the night is disappearing Oh, this feeling is still here in my heart. Don't let me drift too far, Keep me where you are Where I will always be renewed. And that which you've given me today Is worth more than I could pay And no matter what they say I believe in you. I believe in you when winter turn to summer, I believe in you when white turn to black, I believe in you even though I be outnumbered. Oh, though the earth may shake me Oh, though my friends forsake me Oh, even that couldn't make me go back. Don't let me change my heart, Keep me set apart From all the plans they do pursue. And I, I don't mind the pain Don't mind the driving rain I know I will sustain 'Cause I believe in you. IDIOT WIND Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out but when they will I can only guess. They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy, She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me. I can't help it if I'm lucky. People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts. Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at, I couldn't believe after all these years, you didn't know me better than that Sweet lady. Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth, Blowing down the backroads headin' south. Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth, You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe. I ran into the fortune-teller, who said beware of lightning that might strike I haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's like. There's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door, You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done, in the final end he won the wars After losin' every battle. I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head and are makin' me see stars. You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies. One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes, Blood on your saddle. Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb, Blowing through the curtains in your room. Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth, You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe. It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn't enough to change my heart. Now everything's a little upside down, as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped, What's good is bad, what's bad is good, you'll find out when you reach the top You're on the bottom. I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind I can't remember your face anymore, your mouth has changed, your eyes don't look into mine. The priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone-faced while the building burned. I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned slowly into autumn. Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull, From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol. Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth, You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe. I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin' I was somebody else instead. Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy, I followed you beneath the stars, hounded by your memory And all your ragin' glory. I been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free, I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me. You'll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above, And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love, And it makes me feel so sorry. Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats, Blowing through the letters that we wrote. Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves, We're idiots, babe. It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves. I DON'T BELIEVE YOU I can't understand, She let go of my hand An' left me here facing the wall. I'd sure like t' know Why she did go, But I can't get close t' her at all. Though we kissed through the wild blazing nighttime, She said she would never forget. But now mornin's clear, It's like I ain't here, She just acts like we never have met. It's all new t' me, Like some mystery, It could even be like a myth. Yet it's hard t' think on, That she's the same one That last night I was with. From darkness, dreams're deserted, Am I still dreamin' yet? I wish she'd unlock Her voice once an' talk, 'Stead of acting like we never have met. If she ain't feelin' well, Then why don't she tell 'Stead of turnin' her back t' my face? Without any doubt, She seems too far out For me t' return t' her chase. Though the night ran swirling an' whirling, I remember her whispering yet. But evidently she don't An' evidently she won't, She just acts like we never have met. If I didn't have t' guess, I'd gladly confess T' anything I might've tried. If I was with 'er too long Or have done something wrong, I wish she'd tell me what it is, I'll run an' hide. Though her skirt it swayed as a guitar played, Her mouth was watery and wet. But now something has changed For she ain't the same, She just acts like we never have met. I'm leavin' today, I'll be on my way Of this I can't say very much. But if you want me to, I can be just like you An' pretend that we never have touched. An' if anybody asks me, "Is it easy to forget?" I'll say, "It's easily done, You just pick anyone, An' pretend that you never have met!" I DREAMED I SAW ST. AUGUSTINE I dreamed I saw St. Augustine, Alive as you or me, Tearing through these quarters In the utmost misery, With a blanket underneath his arm And a coat of solid gold, Searching for the very souls Whom already have been sold. "Arise, arise," he cried so loud, In a voice without restraint, "Come out, ye gifted kings and queens And hear my sad complaint. No martyr is among ye now Whom you can call your own, So go on your way accordingly But know you're not alone." I dreamed I saw St. Augustine, Alive with fiery breath, And I dreamed I was amongst the ones That put him out to death. Oh, I awoke in anger, So alone and terrified, I put my fingers against the glass And bowed my head and cried. IF DOGS RUN FREE If dogs run free, then why not we Across the swooping plain? My ears hear a symphony Of two mules, trains and rain. The best is always yet to come, That's what they explain to me. Just do your thing, you'll be king, If dogs run free. If dogs run free, why not me Across the swamp of time? My mind weaves a symphony And tapestry of rhyme. Oh, winds which rush my tale to thee So it may flow and be, To each his own, it's all unknown, If dogs run free. If dogs run free, then what must be, Must be, and that is all. True love can make a blade of grass Stand up straight and tall. In harmony with the cosmic sea, True love needs no company, It can cure the soul, it can make it whole, If dogs run free. IF I DON'T BE THERE BY MORNING Blue sky upon the horizon, Private eye on my trail, And if I don't be there by morning She'll know that I must've spent the night in jail. I been runnin' from Memphis to L.A., Had an appointment set sometime for today And if I don't be there by morning She'll know that I must have gone the other way. Finding my way home to you, girl, lonely and blue, mistreated too, Sometimes I think about you, girl, is it true that you think of me too? I got a woman living in L.A., I got a woman waiting for my pay, And if I don't be there by morning Pack my clothes, get down on your knees and pray. I left my woman with a twenty-dollar bill, Left her waiting, hope she's waiting for me still. But if I don't be there by morning I guess that I never will. Finding my way home to you, girl, lonely and blue, mistreated too, Sometimes I think about you, girl, is it true that you think of me too? I left my woman with a twenty-dollar bill, Left her waiting, hope she's waiting for me still. Well, if I don't be there by morning I guess that I never will. IF NOT FOR YOU If not for you, Babe, I couldn't find the door, Couldn't even see the floor, I'd be sad and blue, If not for you. If not for you, Babe, I'd lay awake all night, Wait for the mornin' light To shine in through, But it would not be new, If not for you. If not for you My sky would fall, Rain would gather too. Without your love I'd be nowhere at all, I'd be lost if not for you, And you know it's true. If not for you My sky would fall, Rain would gather too. Without your love I'd be nowhere at all, Oh! what would I do If not for you. If not for you, Winter would have no spring, Couldn't hear the robin sing, I just wouldn't have a clue, Anyway it wouldn't ring true, If not for you. IF YOU SEE HER, SAY HELLO If you see her, say hello, she might be in Tangier She left here last early spring, is livin' there, I hear Say for me that I'm all right though things get kind of slow She might think that I've forgotten her, don't tell her it isn't so. We had a falling-out, like lovers often will And to think of how she left that night, it still brings me a chill And though our separation, it pierced me to the heart She still lives inside of me, we've never been apart. If you get close to her, kiss her once for me I always have respected her for busting out and gettin' free Oh, whatever makes her happy, I won't stand in the way Though the bitter taste still lingers on from the night I tried to make her stay. I see a lot of people as I make the rounds And I hear her name here and there as I go from town to town And I've never gotten used to it, I've just learned to turn it off Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm gettin' soft. Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast If she's passin' back this way, I'm not that hard to find Tell her she can look me up if she's got the time. IF YOU GOTTA GO, GO NOW (Or Else You Gotta Stay All Night) Listen to me, baby, There's something you must see. I want to be with you, gal, If you want to be with me. But if you got to go, It's all right. But if you got to go, go now, Or else you gotta stay all night. It ain't that I'm questionin' you. To take part in any quiz. It's just that I ain't got no watch An' you keep askin' me what time it is. But if you got to go, It's all right. But if you got to go, go now, Or else you gotta stay all night. I am just a poor boy, baby, Lookin' to connect. But I certainly don't want you thinkin' That I ain't got any respect. But if you got to go, It's all right. But if you got to go, go now, Or else you gotta stay all night. You know I'd have nightmares And a guilty conscience, too, If I kept you from anything That you really wanted to do. But if you got to go, It's all right. But if you got to go, go now, Or else you gotta stay all night. It ain't that I'm wantin' Anything you never gave before. It's just that I'll be sleepin' soon, It'll be too dark for you to find the door. But if you got to go, It's all right. But if you got to go, go now, Or else you gotta stay all night. I'D HATE TO BE YOU ON THAT DREADFUL DAY Well, your clock is gonna stop At Saint Peter's gate. Ya gonna ask him what time it is, He's gonna say, "It's too late." Hey, hey! I'd sure hate to be you On that dreadful day. You're gonna start to sweat And you ain't gonna stop. You're gonna have a nightmare And never wake up. Hey, hey, hey! I'd sure hate to be you On that dreadful day. You're gonna cry for pills And your head's gonna be in a knot, But the pills are gonna cost more Than what you've got. Hey, hey! I'd sure hate to be you On that dreadful day. You're gonna have to walk naked, Can't ride in no car. You're gonna let ev'rybody see Just what you are. Hey, hey! I'd sure hate to be you On that dreadful day. Well, the good wine's a-flowin' For five cents a quart. You're gonna look in your moneybags And find you're one cent short. Hey, hey, hey! I'd sure hate to be you On that dreadful day. You're gonna yell and scream, "Don't anybody care?" You're gonna hear out a voice say, "Shoulda listened when you heard the word down there." Hey, hey! I'd sure hate to be you On that dreadful day. I'D HAVE YOU ANY TIME Let me in here, I know I've been here, Let me into your heart. Let me know you, let me show you, Let me roll it to you. All I have is yours, All you see is mine And I'm glad to have you in my arms, I'd have you any time. Let me say it, let me play it, Let me lay it on you. Let me know you, let me show you, Let me grow it on you. All I have is yours, All you see is mine And I'm glad to have you in my arms, I'd have you any time. Let me in here, I know I've been here, Let me into your heart. Let me know you, let me show you, Let me roll it to you. All I have is yours, All you see is mine And I'm glad to have you in my arms, I'd have you any time. I AND I Been so long since a strange woman has slept in my bed. Look how sweet she sleeps, how free must be her dreams. In another lifetime she must have owned the world, or been faithfully wed To some righteous king who wrote psalms beside moonlit streams. I and I In creation where one's nature neither honors nor forgives. I and I One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives. Think I'll go out and go for a walk, Not much happenin' here, nothin' ever does. Besides, if she wakes up now, she'll just want me to talk I got nothin' to say, 'specially about whatever was. I and I In creation where one's nature neither honors nor forgives. I and I One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives. Took an untrodden path once, where the swift don't win the race, It goes to the worthy, who can divide the word of truth. Took a stranger to teach me, to look into justice's beautiful face And to see an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. I and I In creation where one's nature neither honors nor forgives. I and I One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives. Outside of two men on a train platform there's nobody in sight, They're waiting for spring to come, smoking down the track. The world could come to an end tonight, but that's all right. She should still be there sleepin' when I get back. I and I In creation where one's nature neither honors nor forgives. I and I One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives. Noontime, and I'm still pushin' myself along the road, the darkest part, Into the narrow lanes, I can't stumble or stay put. Someone else is speakin' with my mouth, but I'm listening only to my heart. I've made shoes for everyone, even you, while I still go barefoot. I and I In creation where one's nature neither honors nor forgives. I and I One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives. I'LL KEEP IT WITH MINE You will search, babe, At any cost. But how long, babe, Can you search for what's not lost? Ev'rybody will help you, Some people are very kind. But if I can save you any time, Come on, give it to me, I'll keep it with mine. I can't help it If you might think I'm odd, If I say I'm not loving you for what you are But for what you're not. Everybody will help you Discover what you set out to find. But if I can save you any time, Come on, give it to me, I'll keep it with mine. The train leaves At half past ten, But it'll be back tomorrow, Same time again. The conductor he's weary, He's still stuck on the line. But if I can save you any time, Come on, give it to me, I'll keep it with mine. I'LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT Close your eyes, close the door, You don't have to worry any more. I'll be your baby tonight. Shut the light, shut the shade, You don't have to be afraid. I'll be your baby tonight. Well, that mockingbird's gonna sail away, We're gonna forget it. That big, fat moon is gonna shine like a spoon, But we're gonna let it, You won't regret it. Kick your shoes off, do not fear, Bring that bottle over here. I'll be your baby tonight. IN THE GARDEN When they came for Him in the garden, did they know? When they came for Him in the garden, did they know? Did they know He was the Son of God, did they know that He was Lord? Did they hear when He told Peter, "Peter, put up your sword"? When they came for Him in the garden, did they know? When they came for Him in the garden, did they know? When He spoke to them in the city, did they hear? When He spoke to them in the city, did they hear? Nicodemus came at night so he wouldn't be seen by men Saying, "Master, tell me why a man must be born again." When He spoke to them in the city, did they hear? When He spoke to them in the city, did they hear? When He healed the blind and crippled, did they see? When He healed the blind and crippled, did they see? When He said, "Pick up your bed and walk, why must you criticize? Same thing My Father do, I can do likewise." When He healed the blind and crippled, did they see? When He healed the blind and crippled, did they see? Did they speak out against Him, did they dare? Did they speak out against Him, did they dare? The multitude wanted to make Him king, put a crown upon His head Why did He slip away to a quiet place instead? Did they speak out against Him, did they dare? Did they speak out against Him, did they dare? When He rose from the dead, did they believe? When He rose from the dead, did they believe? He said, "All power is given to Me in heaven and on earth." Did they know right then and there what that power was worth? When He rose from the dead, did they believe? When He rose from the dead, did they believe? When He rose from the dead, did they believe? When He rose from the dead, did they believe? He said, "All power is given to Me in heaven and on earth." Did they know right then and there what that power was worth? When He rose from the dead, did they believe? When He rose from the dead, did they believe? IN SEARCH OF LITTLE SADIE Went out last night to take a little round. I met my little Sadie and I brought her down. I ran right home and I went to bed With a forty-four smokeless under my head. I began to think what a deed I'd done. I grabbed my hat and I began to run. I made a god run but I ran too slow; They overtook me down in Jericho Standing on a corner a ringin' my bell, Up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville. He said "Young man is you name Brown? Remember you blowed Sadie down." "Oh yes sir, my name is Lee. I murdered little Sadie in the first degree. First degree and second degree. If you've got any papers will you serve them to me?" Well they took me down town and they dressed me in black, They put me on a train and they sent me back. I had no one to go my bail; They crammed me back into the county jail. Oh, yes they did. The judge and the jury they took their stand. The judge had the papers in his right hand. Forty-one days, forty-one nights; Forty-one years to wear the ball and the stripes; Oh, no! Went out last night to take a little round. I met little Sadie and I blowed her down. I ran right home and I went to bed, A forty-four smokeless under my head. IN THE SUMMERTIME I was in your presence for an hour or so Or was it a day? I truly don't know. Where the sun never set, where the trees hung low By that soft and shining sea. Did you respect me for what I did Or for what I didn't do, or for keeping it hid? Did I lose my mind when I tried to get rid Of everything you see? In the summertime, ah in the summertime, In the summertime when you were with me. I got the heart and you got the blood, We cut through iron and we cut through mud. Then came the warnin' that was before the flood That set everybody free. Fools they made a mock of sin, Our loyalty they tried to win But you were closer to me than my next of kin When they didn't want to know or see. In the summertime, ah in the summertime, In the summertime when you were with me. Strangers, they meddled in our affairs, Poverty and shame was theirs. But all that sufferin' was not to be compared With the glory that is to be. And I'm still carrying the gift you gave, It's a part of me now, it's been cherished and saved, It'll be with me unto the grave And then unto eternity. In the summertime, ah in the summertime, In the summertime when you were with me. I PITY THE POOR IMMIGRANT I pity the poor immigrant Who wishes he would've stayed home, Who uses all his power to do evil But in the end is always left so alone. That man whom with his fingers cheats And who lies with ev'ry breath, Who passionately hates his life And likewise, fears his death. I pity the poor immigrant Whose strength is spent in vain, Whose heaven is like Ironsides, Whose tears are like rain, Who eats but is not satisfied, Who hears but does not see, Who falls in love with wealth itself And turns his back on me. I pity the poor immigrant Who tramples through the mud, Who fills his mouth with laughing And who builds his town with blood, Whose visions in the final end Must shatter like the glass. I pity the poor immigrant When his gladness comes to pass. I'LL REMEMBER YOU I'll remember you When I've forgotten all the rest, You to me were true, You to me were the best. When there is no more, You cut to the core Quicker than anyone I knew. When I'm all alone In the great unknown, I'll remember you. I'll remember you At the end of the trail, I had so much left to do, I had so little time to fail. There's some people that You don't forget, Even though you've only seen'm One time or two. When the roses fade And I'm in the shade, I'll remember you. Didn't I, didn't I try to love you? Didn't I, didn't I try to care? Didn't I sleep, didn't I weep beside you With the rain blowing in your hair? I'll remember you When the wind blows through the piney wood. It was you who came right through, It was you who understood. Though I'd never say That I done it the way That you'd have liked me to. In the end, My dear sweet friend, I'll remember you. I SHALL BE FREE Well, I took me a woman late last night, I's three-fourths drunk, she looked uptight. She took off her wheel, took off her bell, Took off her wig, said, "How do I smell?" I hot-footed it . . . bare-naked . . . Out the window! Well, sometimes I might get drunk, Walk like a duck and stomp like a skunk. Don't hurt me none, don't hurt my pride 'Cause I got my little lady right by my side. (Right there Proud as can be) I's out there paintin' on the old woodshed When a can a black paint it fell on my head. I went down to scrub and rub But I had to sit in back of the tub. (Cost a quarter And I had to get out quick . . . Someone wanted to come in and take a sauna) Well, my telephone rang it would not stop, It's President Kennedy callin' me up. He said, "My friend, Bob, what do we need to make the country grow?" I said, "My friend, John, Brigitte Bardot, Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren." (Put 'em all in the same room with Ernest Borgnine!) Well, I got a woman sleeps on a cot, She yells and hollers and squeals a lot. Licks my face and tickles my ear, Bends me over and buys me beer. (She's a honeymooner A June crooner A spoon feeder And a natural leader) Oh, there ain't no use in me workin' so heavy, I got a woman who works on the levee. Pumping that water up to her neck, Every week she sends me a monthly check. (She's a humdinger Folk singer Dead ringer For a thing-a-muh jigger) Late one day in the middle of the week, Eyes were closed I was half asleep. I chased me a woman up the hill, Right in the middle of an air raid drill. It was Little Bo Peep! (I jumped a fallout shelter I jumped a bean stalk I jumped a ferris wheel) Now, the man on the stand he wants my vote, He's a-runnin' for office on the ballot note. He's out there preachin' in front of the steeple, Tellin' me he loves all kinds-a people. (He's eatin' bagels He's eatin' pizza He's eatin' chitlins He's eatin' bullshit!) Oh, set me down on a television floor, I'll flip the channel to number four. Out of the shower comes a grown-up man With a bottle of hair oil in his hand. (It's that greasy kid stuff. What I want to know, Mr. Football Man, is What do you do about Willy Mays and Yul Brynner, Charles de Gaulle And Robert Louis Stevenson?) Well, the funniest woman I ever seen Was the great-granddaughter of Mr. Clean. She takes about fifteen baths a day, Wants me to grow a cigar on my face. (She's a little bit heavy!) Well, ask me why I'm drunk alla time, It levels my head and eases my mind. I just walk along and stroll and sing, I see better days and I do better things. (I catch dinosaurs I make love to Elizabeth Taylor . . . Catch hell from Richard Burton!) I SHALL BE FREE NO. 10 I'm just average, common too I'm just like him, the same as you I'm everybody's brother and son I ain't different from anyone It ain't no use a-talking to me It's just the same as talking to you. I was shadow-boxing earlier in the day I figured I was ready for Cassius Clay I said "Fee, fie, fo, fum, Cassius Clay, here I come 26, 27, 28, 29, I'm gonna make your face look just like mine Five, four, three, two, one, Cassius Clay you'd better run 99, 100, 101, 102, your ma won't even recognize you 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, gonna knock him clean right out of his spleen." Well, I don't know, but I've been told The streets in heaven are lined with gold I ask you how things could get much worse If the Russians happen to get up there first. Wowee! pretty scary! Now, I'm liberal, but to a degree I want ev'rybody to be free But if you think that I'll let Barry Goldwater Move in next door and marry my daughter You must think I'm crazy! I wouldn't let him do it for all the farms in Cuba. Well, I set my monkey on the log And ordered him to do the Dog He wagged his tail and shook his head And he went and did the Cat instead He's a weird monkey, very funky. I sat with my high-heeled sneakers on Waiting to play tennis in the noonday sun I had my white shorts rolled up past my waist And my wig-hat was falling in my face But they wouldn't let me on the tennis court. I gotta woman, she's so mean She sticks my boots in the washing machine Sticks me with buckshot when I'm nude Puts bubblegum in my food She's funny, wants my money, calls me "honey." Now I gotta friend who spends his life Stabbing my picture with a bowie-knife Dreams of strangling me with a scarf When my name comes up he pretends to barf. I've got a million friends! Now they asked me to read a poem At the sorority sister's home I got knocked down and my head was swimmin' I wound up with the Dean of Women Yippee! I'm a poet, and I know it. Hope I don't blow it. I'm gonna grow my hair down to my feet so strange So I look like a walking mountain range And I'm gonna ride into Omaha on a horse Out to the country club and the golf course. Carry the New York Times, shoot a few holes, blow their minds. Now you're probably wondering by now Just what this song is all about What's probably got you baffled more Is what this thing here is for. It's nothing It's something I learned over in England. I SHALL BE RELEASED They say ev'rything can be replaced, Yet ev'ry distance is not near. So I remember ev'ry face Of ev'ry man who put me here. I see my light come shining From the west unto the east. Any day now, any day now, I shall be released. They say ev'ry man needs protection, They say ev'ry man must fall. Yet I swear I see my reflection Some place so high above this wall. I see my light come shining From the west unto the east. Any day now, any day now, I shall be released. Standing next to me in this lonely crowd, Is a man who swears he's not to blame. All day long I hear him shout so loud, Crying out that he was framed. I see my light come shining From the west unto the east. Any day now, any day now, I shall be released. ISIS I married Isis on the fifth day of May, But I could not hold on to her very long. So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong. I came to a high place of darkness and light. The dividing line ran through the center of town. I hitched up my pony to a post on the right, Went in to a laundry to wash my clothes down. A man in the corner approached me for a match. I knew right away he was not ordinary. He said, "Are you lookin' for somethin' easy to catch?" I said, "I got no money." He said, "That ain't necessary." We set out that night for the cold in the North. I gave him my blanket, he gave me his word. I said, "Where are we goin'?" He said we'd be back by the fourth. I said, "That's the best news that I've ever heard." I was thinkin' about turquoise, I was thinkin' about gold, I was thinkin' about diamonds and the world's biggest necklace. As we rode through the canyons, through the devilish cold, I was thinkin' about Isis, how she thought I was so reckless. How she told me that one day we would meet up again, And things would be different the next time we wed, If I only could hang on and just be her friend. I still can't remember all the best things she said. We came to the pyramids all embedded in ice. He said, "There's a body I'm tryin' to find. If I carry it out it'll bring a good price." 'Twas then that I knew what he had on his mind. The wind it was howlin' and the snow was outrageous. We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn. When he died I was hopin' that it wasn't contagious, But I made up my mind that I had to go on. I broke into the tomb, but the casket was empty. There was no jewels, no nothin', I felt I'd been had. When I saw that my partner was just bein' friendly, When I took up his offer I must-a been mad. I picked up his body and I dragged him inside, Threw him down in the hole and I put back the cover. I said a quick prayer and I felt satisfied. Then I rode back to find Isis just to tell her I love her. She was there in the meadow where the creek used to rise. Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed, I came in from the East with the sun in my eyes. I cursed her one time then I rode on ahead. She said, "Where ya been?" I said, "No place special." She said, "You look different." I said, "Well, not quite." She said, "You been gone." I said, "That's only natural." She said, "You gonna stay?" I said, "Yeah, I jes might." Isis, oh, Isis, you mystical child. What drives me to you is what drives me insane. I still can remember the way that you smiled On the fifth day of May in the drizzlin' rain. IS YOUR LOVE IN VAIN? Do you love me, or are you just extending goodwill? Do you need me half as bad as you say, or are you just feeling guilt? I've been burned before and I know the score So you won't hear me complain. Will I be able to count on you Or is your love in vain? Are you so fast that you cannot see that I must have solitude? When I am in the darkness, why do you intrude? Do you know my world, do you know my kind Or must I explain? Will you let me be myself Or is your love in vain? Well I've been to the mountain and I've been in the wind, I've been in and out of happiness. I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings And I've never been too impressed. All right, I'll take a chance, I will fall in love with you If I'm a fool you can have the night, you can have the morning too. Can you cook and sew, make flowers grow, Do you understand my pain? Are you willing to risk it all Or is your love in vain? IT AIN'T ME, BABE Go 'way from my window, Leave at your own chosen speed. I'm not the one you want, babe, I'm not the one you need. You say you're lookin' for someone Never weak but always strong, To protect you an' defend you Whether you are right or wrong, Someone to open each and every door, But it ain't me, babe, No, no, no, it ain't me, babe, It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe. Go lightly from the ledge, babe, Go lightly on the ground. I'm not the one you want, babe, I will only let you down. You say you're lookin' for someone Who will promise never to part, Someone to close his eyes for you, Someone to close his heart, Someone who will die for you an' more, But it ain't me, babe, No, no, no, it ain't me, babe, It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe. Go melt back into the night, babe, Everything inside is made of stone. There's nothing in here moving An' anyway I'm not alone. You say you're looking for someone Who'll pick you up each time you fall, To gather flowers constantly An' to come each time you call, A lover for your life an' nothing more, But it ain't me, babe, No, no, no, it ain't me, babe, It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe. IT HURTS ME TOO So run here baby Put your little hands in mine I've got something to tell you I know you're gonna change your mind When things go wrong So wrong with you I hurts me too I want you baby Just to understand I don't want to be your boss, babe I just want to be your man Now when you go home You don't have to get along Come back to me baby Well it's where you belong I love you baby And you know that it's true I won't mistreat you baby Nothin' in this world is like you So run here baby Put your little hands in mine I've got something to tell you I know you're gonna change your mind IT'S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last. But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast. Yonder stands your orphan with his gun, Crying like a fire in the sun. Look out the saints are comin' through And it's all over now, Baby Blue. The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense. Take what you have gathered from coincidence. The empty-handed painter from your streets Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets. This sky, too, is folding under you And it's all over now, Baby Blue. All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home. All your reindeer armies, are all going home. The lover who just walked out your door Has taken all his blankets from the floor. The carpet, too, is moving under you And it's all over now, Baby Blue. Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you. Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you. The vagabond who's rapping at your door Is standing in the clothes that you once wore. Strike another match, go start anew And it's all over now, Baby Blue. IT'S ALRIGHT, MA (I'm Only Bleeding) Darkness at the break of noon Shadows even the silver spoon The handmade blade, the child's balloon Eclipses both the sun and moon To understand you know too soon There is no sense in trying. Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn Suicide remarks are torn From the fool's gold mouthpiece The hollow horn plays wasted words Proves to warn That he not busy being born Is busy dying. Temptation's page flies out the door You follow, find yourself at war Watch waterfalls of pity roar You feel to moan but unlike before You discover That you'd just be One more person crying. So don't fear if you hear A foreign sound to your ear It's alright, Ma, I'm only sighing. As some warn victory, some downfall Private reasons great or small Can be seen in the eyes of those that call To make all that should be killed to crawl While others say don't hate nothing at all Except hatred. Disillusioned words like bullets bark As human gods aim for their mark Made everything from toy guns that spark To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark It's easy to see without looking too far That not much Is really sacred. While preachers preach of evil fates Teachers teach that knowledge waits Can lead to hundred-dollar plates Goodness hides behind its gates But even the president of the United States Sometimes must have To stand naked. An' though the rules of the road have been lodged It's only people's games that you got to dodge And it's alright, Ma, I can make it. Advertising signs that con you Into thinking you're the one That can do what's never been done That can win what's never been won Meantime life outside goes on All around you. You lose yourself, you reappear You suddenly find you got nothing to fear Alone you stand with nobody near When a trembling distant voice, unclear Startles your sleeping ears to hear That somebody thinks They really found you. A question in your nerves is lit Yet you know there is no answer fit to satisfy Insure you not to quit To keep it in your mind and not fergit That it is not he or she or them or it That you belong to. Although the masters make the rules For the wise men and the fools I got nothing, Ma, to live up to. For them that must obey authority That they do not respect in any degree Who despise their jobs, their destinies Speak jealously of them that are free Cultivate their flowers to be Nothing more than something They invest in. While some on principles baptized To strict party platform ties Social clubs in drag disguise Outsiders they can freely criticize Tell nothing except who to idolize And then say God bless him. While one who sings with his tongue on fire Gargles in the rat race choir Bent out of shape from society's pliers Cares not to come up any higher But rather get you down in the hole That he's in. But I mean no harm nor put fault On anyone that lives in a vault But it's alright, Ma, if I can't please him. Old lady judges watch people in pairs Limited in sex, they dare To push fake morals, insult and stare While money doesn't talk, it swears Obscenity, who really cares Propaganda, all is phony. While them that defend what they cannot see With a killer's pride, security It blows the minds most bitterly For them that think death's honesty Won't fall upon them naturally Life sometimes Must get lonely. My eyes collide head-on with stuffed graveyards False gods, I scuff At pettiness which plays so rough Walk upside-down inside handcuffs Kick my legs to crash it off Say okay, I have had enough What else can you show me? And if my thought-dreams could be seen They'd probably put my head in a guillotine But it's alright, Ma, it's life, and life only. IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby, Can't buy a thrill. Well, I've been up all night, baby, Leanin' on the window sill. Well, if I die On top of the hill And if I don't make it, You know my baby will. Don't the moon look good, mama, Shinin' through the trees? Don't the brakeman look good, mama, Flagging down the "Double E"? Don't the sun look good Goin' down over the sea? Don't my gal look fine When she's comin' after me? Now the wintertime is coming, The windows are filled with frost. I went to tell everybody, But I could not get across. Well, I wanna be your lover, baby, I don't wanna be your boss. Don't say I never warned you When your train gets lost. I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER Well, the rainman comes with his magic wand And the judge says, "Mona can't have no bond." And the walls collide, Mona cries, And the rainman leaves in the wolfman's disguise. I wanna be your lover, baby, I wanna be your man. I wanna be your lover, baby, I don't wanna be hers, I wanna be yours. Well, the undertaker in his midnight suit Says to the masked man, "Ain't you cute!" Well, the mask man he gets up on the shelf And he says, "You ain't so bad yourself." I wanna be your lover, baby, I wanna be your man. I wanna be your lover, baby, I don't wanna be hers, I wanna be yours. Well, jumpin' Judy can't go no higher. She had bullets in her eyes, and they fire. Rasputin he's so dignified, He touched the back of her head an' he died. I wanna be your lover, baby, I wanna be your man. I wanna be your lover, baby, I don't wanna be hers, I wanna be yours. Well, Phaedra with her looking glass, Stretchin' out upon the grass. She gets all messed up and she faintsÑ That's 'cause she's so obvious and you ain't. I wanna be your lover, baby, I wanna be your man. I wanna be your lover, baby, I don't wanna be hers, I wanna be yours. I WANT YOU The guilty undertaker sighs, The lonesome organ grinder cries, The silver saxophones say I should refuse you. The cracked bells and washed-out horns Blow into my face with scorn, But it's not that way, I wasn't born to lose you. I want you, I want you, I want you so bad, Honey, I want you. The drunken politician leaps Upon the street where mothers weep And the saviors who are fast asleep, They wait for you. And I wait for them to interrupt Me drinkin' from my broken cup And ask me to Open up the gate for you. I want you, I want you, I want you so bad, Honey, I want you. Now all my fathers, they've gone down True love they've been without it. But all their daughters put me down 'Cause I don't think about it. Well, I return to the Queen of Spades And talk with my chambermaid. She knows that I'm not afraid To look at her. She is good to me And there's nothing she doesn't see. She knows where I'd like to be But it doesn't matter. I want you, I want you, I want you so bad, Honey, I want you. Now your dancing child with his Chinese suit, He spoke to me, I took his flute. No, I wasn't very cute to him, Was I? But I did it, though, because he lied Because he took you for a ride And because time was on his side And because I . . . I want you, I want you, I want you so bad, Honey, I want you. JACK-A-ROE Oh, there was a wealthy merchant, in London he did dwell. He had a lovely daughter, the truth to you I'll tell, Oh, the truth to you I'll tell. She had sweethearts a-plenty and men of high degree. There was none but Jackie Frazier, her true love e'er to be, Oh, her true love e'er to be. "Oh daughter, oh daughter, you body I will confine. If none but Jack the sailor would ever suit your mind, Oh, would ever suit your mind." "This body you may imprison, my heart you can't confine. There's none but Jack the sailor would have this heart of mine, Oh, would have this heart of mine. Now Jackie's gone a-sailing with trouble on his mind, To leave his native country and his darling girl behind, Oh, his darling girl behind. She went into the tailor shop and dressed in men's array, Then she went into the vessel to convey herself away, Oh, convey herself away. "Before you step onboard, sir, your name I'd like to know." She smiled all in her countenance, said, "They call me Jack-A-Roe, Oh, they call me Jack-A-Roe." "Your waist is light and slender, your fingers neat and small, Your cheeks too red and rosy for to face the cannonball, Oh, to face the cannonball. "I know my waist is slender and my fingers they are small, But they would not make me tremble for to see ten thousand fall, Oh, to see ten thousand fall." The war soon being over, they hunted all around. Among the dead and dying her darling love she found, Oh, her darling love she found. She picked him up all in her arms and carried him to town, And sent for her physician to quickly heal his wounds, Oh, to quickly heal his wounds. This couple, they got married, so well they did agree, This couple they got married, so why not you and me, Oh, so why not you and me. JET PILOT Well, she's got Jet Pilot eyes from her hips on down. All the bombardiers are trying to force her out of town. She's five feet nine and she carries a monkey wrench. She weighs more by the foot than she does by the inch. She got all the downtown boys, all at her command But you've got to watch her closely Ôcause she ain't no woman She's a man. JIM JONES Come and listen for a moment, lads, And hear me tell my tale. How across the sea from England I was condemned to sail. Now the jury found me guilty, Then says the judge, says he, "Oh, for life, Jim Jones, I'm sending you Across the stormy sea. But take a tip before you ship To join the iron gang. Don't get too gay in Botany Bay, Or else you'll surely hang. Or else you'll surely hang," says he. "And after that, Jim Jones, It's high above on the gallows tree The crows will pick your bones." And our ship was high upon the sea Then pirates came along, But the soldiers on our convict ship Were full five hundred strong. For they opened fire and somehow drove That pirate ship away. But I'd rather have joined that pirate ship Tan gone to Botany Bay. With the storms ragin' round us, And the winds a-blowin' gale, I'd rather have drowned in misery Than gone to New South Wales. Now it's day and night and the irons clang, And like poor galley slaves We toil and toil, and when we die Must fill dishonored graves, And it's by and by I'll slip my chains, Well, into the bush I'll go And I'll join the bravest rankers there, Jack Donohue and co. And some dark night, when everything Is silent in the town I'll shoot those tyrants one and all, I'll gun the flogger down. Oh, I'll give the land a little shock, Remember what I say, And they'll yet regret they've sent Jim Jones In chains to Botany Bay. JOEY Born in Red Hook, Brooklyn, in the year of who knows when Opened up his eyes to the tune of an accordion Always on the outside of whatever side there was When they asked him why it had to be that way, "Well," he answered, "just because." Larry was the oldest, Joey was next to last. They called Joe "Crazy," the baby they called "Kid Blast." Some say they lived off gambling and runnin' numbers too. It always seemed they got caught between the mob and the men in blue. Joey, Joey, King of the streets, child of clay. Joey, Joey, What made them want to come and blow you away? There was talk they killed their rivals, but the truth was far from that No one ever knew for sure where they were really at. When they tried to strangle Larry, Joey almost hit the roof. He went out that night to seek revenge, thinkin' he was bulletproof. The war broke out at the break of dawn, it emptied out the streets Joey and his brothers suffered terrible defeats Till they ventured out behind the lines and took five prisoners. They stashed them away in a basement, called them amateurs. The hostages were tremblin' when they heard a man exclaim, "Let's blow this place to kingdom come, let Con Edison take the blame." But Joey stepped up, he raised his hand, said, "We're not those kind of men. It's peace and quiet that we need to go back to work again." Joey, Joey, King of the streets, child of clay. Joey, Joey, What made them want to come and blow you away? The police department hounded him, they called him Mr. Smith They got him on conspiracy, they were never sure who with. "What time is it?" said the judge to Joey when they met "Five to ten," said Joey. The judge says, "That's exactly what you get." He did ten years in Attica, reading Nietzsche and Wilhelm Reich They threw him in the hole one time for tryin' to stop a strike. His closest friends were black men 'cause they seemed to understand What it's like to be in society with a shackle on your hand. When they let him out in '71 he'd lost a little weight But he dressed like Jimmy Cagney and I swear he did look great. He tried to find the way back into the life he left behind To the boss he said, "I have returned and now I want what's mine." Joey, Joey, King of the streets, child of clay. Joey, Joey, Why did they have to come and blow you away? It was true that in his later years he would not carry a gun "I'm around too many children," he'd say, "they should never know of one." Yet he walked right into the clubhouse of his lifelong deadly foe, Emptied out the register, said, "Tell 'em it was Crazy Joe." One day they blew him down in a clam bar in New York He could see it comin' through the door as he lifted up his fork. He pushed the table over to protect his family Then he staggered out into the streets of Little Italy. Joey, Joey, King of the streets, child of clay. Joey, Joey, What made them want to come and blow you away? Sister Jacqueline and Carmela and mother Mary all did weep. I heard his best friend Frankie say, "He ain't dead, he's just asleep." Then I saw the old man's limousine head back towards the grave I guess he had to say one last goodbye to the son that he could not save. The sun turned cold over President Street and the town of Brooklyn mourned They said a mass in the old church near the house where he was born. And someday if God's in heaven overlookin' His preserve I know the men that shot him down will get what they deserve. Joey, Joey, King of the streets, child of clay. Joey, Joey, What made them want to come and blow you away? JOHN BROWN John Brown went off to war to fight on a foreign shore. His mama sure was proud of him! He stood straight and tall in his uniform and all. His mama's face broke out all in a grin. "Oh son, you look so fine, I'm glad you're a son of mine, You make me proud to know you hold a gun. Do what the captain says, lots of medals you will get, And we'll put them on the wall when you come home." As that old train pulled out, John's ma began to shout, Tellin' ev'ryone in the neighborhood: "That's my son that's about to go, he's a soldier now, you know." She made well sure her neighbors understood. She got a letter once in a while and her face broke into a smile As she showed them to the people from next door. And she bragged about her son with his uniform and gun, And these things you called a good old-fashioned war. Oh! Good old-fashioned war! Then the letters ceased to come, for a long time they did not come. They ceased to come for about ten months or more. Then a letter finally came saying, "Go down and meet the train. Your son's a-coming home from the war." She smiled and went right down, she looked everywhere around But she could not see her soldier son in sight. But as all the people passed, she saw her son at last, When she did she could hardly believe her eyes. Oh his face was all shot up and his hand was all blown off And he wore a metal brace around his waist. He whispered kind of slow, in a voice she did not know, While she couldn't even recognize his face! Oh! Lord! Not even recognize his face. "Oh tell me, my darling son, pray tell me what they done. How is it you come to be this way?" He tried his best to talk but his mouth could hardly move And the mother had to turn her face away. "Don't you remember, Ma, when I went off to war You thought it was the best thing I could do? I was on the battleground, you were home . . . acting proud. You wasn't there standing in my shoes." "Oh, and I thought when I was there, God, what am I doing here? I'm a-tryin' to kill somebody or die tryin'. But the thing that scared me most was when my enemy came close And I saw that his face looked just like mine." Oh! Lord! Just like mine! "And I couldn't help but think, through the thunder rolling and stink, That I was just a puppet in a play. And through the roar and smoke, this string is finally broke, And a cannon ball blew my eyes away." As he turned away to walk, his Ma was still in shock At seein' the metal brace that helped him stand. But as he turned to go, he called his mother close JOHN WESLEY HARDING John Wesley Harding Was a friend to the poor, He trav'led with a gun in ev'ry hand. All along this countryside, He opened a many a door, But he was never known To hurt a honest man. 'Twas down in Chaynee County, A time they talk about, With his lady by his side He took a stand. And soon the situation there Was all but straightened out, For he was always known To lend a helping hand. All across the telegraph His name it did resound, But no charge held against him Could they prove. And there was no man around Who could track or chain him down, He was never known To make a foolish move. And he dropped his medals down into her hand. JOKERMAN Standing on the waters casting your bread While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing. Distant ships sailing into the mist, You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing. Freedom just around the corner for you But with the truth so far off, what good will it do? Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune, Bird fly high by the light of the moon, Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman. So swiftly the sun sets in the sky, You rise up and say goodbye to no one. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, Both of their futures, so full of dread, you don't show one. Shedding off one more layer of skin, Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within. Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune, Bird fly high by the light of the moon, Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman. You're a man of the mountains, you can walk on the clouds, Manipulator of crowds, you're a dream twister. You're going to Sodom and Gomorrah But what do you care? Ain't nobody there would want to marry your sister. Friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame, You look into the fiery furnace, see the rich man without any name. Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune, Bird fly high by the light of the moon, Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman. Well, the Book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, The law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers. In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed, Michelangelo indeed could've carved out your features. Resting in the fields, far from the turbulent space, Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face. Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune, Bird fly high by the light of the moon, Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman. Well, the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame, Preacherman seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain. Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, padlocks, Molotov cocktails and rocks behind every curtain, False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin, Only a matter of time 'til night comes steppin' in. Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune, Bird fly high by the light of the moon, Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman. It's a shadowy world, skies are slippery gray, A woman just gave birth to a prince today and dressed him in scarlet. He'll put the priest in his pocket, put the blade to the heat, Take the motherless children off the street And place them at the feet of a harlot. Oh, Jokerman, you know what he wants, Oh, Jokerman, you don't show any response. Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune, Bird fly high by the light of the moon, Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman. JUST LIKE A WOMAN Nobody feels any pain Tonight as I stand inside the rain Ev'rybody knows That Baby's got new clothes But lately I see her ribbons and her bows Have fallen from her curls. She takes just like a woman, yes, she does She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does And she aches just like a woman But she breaks just like a little girl. Queen Mary, she's my friend Yes, I believe I'll go see her again Nobody has to guess That Baby can't be blessed Till she sees finally that she's like all the rest With her fog, her amphetamine and her pearls. She takes just like a woman, yes, she does She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does And she aches just like a woman But she breaks just like a little girl. It was raining from the first And I was dying there of thirst So I came in here And your long-time curse hurts But what's worse Is this pain in here I can't stay in here Ain't it clear thatÑ I just can't fit Yes, I believe it's time for us to quit When we meet again Introduced as friends Please don't let on that you knew me when I was hungry and it was your world. Ah, you fake just like a woman, yes, you do You make love just like a woman, yes, you do Then you ache just like a woman But you break just like a little girl. JUST LIKE TOM THUMB'S BLUES When you're lost in the rain in Juarez And it's Eastertime too And your gravity fails And negativity don't pull you through Don't put on any airs When you're down on Rue Morgue Avenue They got some hungry women there And they really make a mess outa you Now if you see Saint Annie Please tell her thanks a lot I cannot move My fingers are all in a knot I don't have the strength To get up and take another shot And my best friend, my doctor Won't even say what it is I've got Sweet Melinda The peasants call her the goddess of gloom She speaks good English And she invites you up into her room And you're so kind And careful not to go to her too soon And she takes your voice And leaves you howling at the moon Up on Housing Project Hill It's either fortune or fame You must pick up one or the other Though neither of them are to be what they claim If you're lookin' to get silly You better go back to from where you came Because the cops don't need you And man they expect the same Now all the authorities They just stand around and boast How they blackmailed the sergeant-at-arms Into leaving his post And picking up Angel who Just arrived here from the coast Who looked so fine at first But left looking just like a ghost I started out on burgundy But soon hit the harder stuff Everybody said they'd stand behind me When the game got rough But the joke was on me There was nobody even there to call my bluff I'm going back to New York City I do believe I've had enough JUST ALLOW ME ONE MORE CHANCE Honey, just allow me one more chance To get along with you. Honey, just allow me one more chance, Ah'll do anything with you. Well, I'm a-walkin' down the road With my head in my hand, I'm lookin' for a woman Needs a worried man. Just-a one kind favor I ask you, 'Low me just-a one more chance. Honey, just allow me one more chance To ride your aeroplane. Honey, just allow me one more chance To ride your passenger train. Well, I've been lookin' all over For a gal like you, I can't find nobody So you'll have to do. Just-a one kind favor I ask you, 'Low me just-a one more chance. Honey, just allow me one more chance To get along with you. Honey, just allow me one more chance, Ah'll do anything with you. Well, lookin' for a woman That ain't got no man, Is just lookin' for a needle That is lost in the sand. Just-a one kind favor I ask you, 'Low me just-a one more chance. KINGSPORT TOWN The wind the wing is blowing strong My hands they got no gloves I wish to my soul that I could see The girl I'm a-thinking of Don't you remember me babe I remembre you quite well You caused me to leave old Kingsport Town With a high sheriff on my trail High sheriff on my trail, boys High sheriff on my trail All because I'm falling for A curly-headed dark-eyed girl Who's a-gonna stroke your cold black hair And sandy colored skin Who's a-gonna kiss your Menphis lips When I'm out in the wind When I'm out in the wind, babe When I'm out in the wind Who's a-gonna kiss your Memphis mouth When I'm out in the wind Who's a-gonna walk you side by side And tell you everything's alright Who's a-gonna sing to you all day long And not just in the night Who's a-gonna walk you side by side Who's a-gonna be your man Who's a-gonna look you straight in the eye And hold your bad luck hand Hold your bad luck hand, babe Hold your bad luck hand Who's a-gonna hold your hard luck hand And who's a-gonna be your man The wind the wind is blowing strong My hands they got no gloves I wish to my song I could see The girl I'm a-thinking of KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR Mama, take this badge off of me I can't use it anymore. It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Mama, put my guns in the ground I can't shoot them anymore. That long black cloud is comin' down I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door LIKE A ROLLING STONE Once upon a time you dressed so fine You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you? People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall" You thought they were all kiddin' you You used to laugh about Everybody that was hangin' out Now you don't talk so loud Now you don't seem so proud About having to be scrounging for your next meal. How does it feel How does it feel To be without a home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone? You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely But you know you only used to get juiced in it And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it You said you'd never compromise With the mystery tramp, but now you realize He's not selling any alibis As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes And ask him do you want to make a deal? How does it feel How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone? You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns When they all come down and did tricks for you You never understood that it ain't no good You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat Ain't it hard when you discover that He really wasn't where it's at After he took from you everything he could steal. How does it feel How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone? Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things But you'd better lift your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe You used to be so amused At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal. How does it feel How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone? LAST THOUGHTS ON WOODY GUTHRIE When yer head gets twisted and yer mind grows numb When you think you're too old, too young, too smart or too dumb When yer laggin' behind an' losin' yer pace In a slow-motion crawl of life's busy race No matter what yer doing if you start givin' up If the wine don't come to the top of yer cup If the wind's got you sideways with with one hand holdin' on And the other starts slipping and the feeling is gone And yer train engine fire needs a new spark to catch it And the wood's easy findin' but yer lazy to fetch it And yer sidewalk starts curlin' and the street gets too long And you start walkin' backwards though you know its wrong And lonesome comes up as down goes the day And tomorrow's mornin' seems so far away And you feel the reins from yer pony are slippin' And yer rope is a-slidin' 'cause yer hands are a-drippin' And yer sun-decked desert and evergreen valleys Turn to broken down slums and trash-can alleys And yer sky cries water and yer drain pipe's a-pourin' And the lightnin's a-flashing and the thunder's a-crashin' And the windows are rattlin' and breakin' and the roof tops a-shakin' And yer whole world's a-slammin' and bangin' And yer minutes of sun turn to hours of storm And to yourself you sometimes say "I never knew it was gonna be this way Why didn't they tell me the day I was born" And you start gettin' chills and yer jumping from sweat And you're lookin' for somethin' you ain't quite found yet And yer knee-deep in the dark water with yer hands in the air And the whole world's a-watchin' with a window peek stare And yer good gal leaves and she's long gone a-flying And yer heart feels sick like fish when they're fryin' And yer jackhammer falls from yer hand to yer feet And you need it badly but it lays on the street And yer bell's bangin' loudly but you can't hear its beat And you think yer ears might a been hurt Or yer eyes've turned filthy from the sight-blindin' dirt And you figured you failed in yesterdays rush When you were faked out an' fooled white facing a four flush And all the time you were holdin' three queens And it's makin you mad, it's makin' you mean Like in the middle of Life magazine Bouncin' around a pinball machine And there's something on yer mind you wanna be saying That somebody someplace oughta be hearin' But it's trapped on yer tongue and sealed in yer head And it bothers you badly when your layin' in bed And no matter how you try you just can't say it And yer scared to yer soul you just might forget it And yer eyes get swimmy from the tears in yer head And yer pillows of feathers turn to blankets of lead And the lion's mouth opens and yer staring at his teeth And his jaws start closin with you underneath And yer flat on your belly with yer hands tied behind And you wish you'd never taken that last detour sign And you say to yourself just what am I doin' On this road I'm walkin', on this trail I'm turnin' On this curve I'm hanging On this pathway I'm strolling, in the space I'm talking In this air I'm inhaling Am I mixed up too much, am I mixed up too hard Why am I walking, where am I running What am I saying, what am I knowing On this guitar I'm playing, on this banjo I'm frailin' On this mandolin I'm strummin', in the song I'm singin' In the tune I'm hummin', in the words I'm writin' In the words that I'm thinkin' In this ocean of hours I'm all the time drinkin' Who am I helping, what am I breaking What am I giving, what am I taking But you try with your whole soul best Never to think these thoughts and never to let Them kind of thoughts gain ground Or make yer heart pound But then again you know why they're around Just waiting for a chance to slip and drop down "Cause sometimes you hear'em when the night times comes creeping And you fear that they might catch you a-sleeping And you jump from yer bed, from yer last chapter of dreamin' And you can't remember for the best of yer thinking If that was you in the dream that was screaming And you know that it's something special you're needin' And you know that there's no drug that'll do for the healin' And no liquor in the land to stop yer brain from bleeding And you need something special Yeah, you need something special all right You need a fast flyin' train on a tornado track To shoot you someplace and shoot you back You need a cyclone wind on a stream engine howler That's been banging and booming and blowing forever That knows yer troubles a hundred times over You need a Greyhound bus that don't bar no race That won't laugh at yer looks Your voice or your face And by any number of bets in the book Will be rollin' long after the bubblegum craze You need something to open up a new door To show you something you seen before But overlooked a hundred times or more You need something to open your eyes You need something to make it known That it's you and no one else that owns That spot that yer standing, that space that you're sitting That the world ain't got you beat That it ain't got you licked It can't get you crazy no matter how many Times you might get kicked You need something special all right You need something special to give you hope But hope's just a word That maybe you said or maybe you heard On some windy corner 'round a wide-angled curve But that's what you need man, and you need it bad And yer trouble is you know it too good "Cause you look an' you start getting the chills "Cause you can't find it on a dollar bill And it ain't on Macy's window sill And it ain't on no rich kid's road map And it ain't in no fat kid's fraternity house And it ain't made in no Hollywood wheat germ And it ain't on that dimlit stage With that half-wit comedian on it Ranting and raving and taking yer money And you thinks it's funny No you can't find it in no night club or no yacht club And it ain't in the seats of a supper club And sure as hell you're bound to tell That no matter how hard you rub You just ain't a-gonna find it on yer ticket stub No, and it ain't in the rumors people're tellin' you And it ain't in the pimple-lotion people are sellin' you And it ain't in no cardboard-box house Or down any movie star's blouse And you can't find it on the golf course And Uncle Remus can't tell you and neither can Santa Claus And it ain't in the cream puff hair-do or cotton candy clothes And it ain't in the dime store dummies or bubblegum goons And it ain't in the marshmallow noises of the chocolate cake voices That come knockin' and tappin' in Christmas wrappin' Sayin' ain't I pretty and ain't I cute and look at my skin Look at my skin shine, look at my skin glow Look at my skin laugh, look at my skin cry When you can't even sense if they got any insides These people so pretty in their ribbons and bows No you'll not now or no other day Find it on the doorsteps made out-a paper mache« And inside it the people made of molasses That every other day buy a new pair of sunglasses And it ain't in the fifty-star generals and flipped-out phonies Who'd turn yuh in for a tenth of a penny Who breathe and burp and bend and crack And before you can count from one to ten Do it all over again but this time behind yer back My friend The ones that wheel and deal and whirl and twirl And play games with each other in their sand-box world And you can't find it either in the no-talent fools That run around gallant And make all rules for the ones that got talent And it ain't in the ones that ain't got any talent but think they do And think they're foolin' you The ones who jump on the wagon Just for a while 'cause they know it's in style To get their kicks, get out of it quick And make all kinds of rnoney and chicks And you yell to yourself and you throw down yer hat Sayin', "Christ do I gotta be like that Ain't there no one here that knows where I'm at Ain't there no one here that knows how I feel Good God Almighty THAT STUFF AINÕT REAL" No but that ain't yer game, it ain't even yer race You can't hear yer name, you can't see yer face You gotta look some other place And where do you look for this hope that yer seekin' Where do you look for this lamp that's a-burnin' Where do you look for this oil well gushin' Where do you look for this candle that's glowin' Where do you look for this hope that you know is there And out there somewhere And your feet can only walk down two kinds of roads Your eyes can only look through two kinds of windows Your nose can only smell two kinds of hallways You can touch and twist And turn two kinds of doorknobs You can either go to the church of your choice Or you can go to Brooklyn State Hospital You'll find God in the church of your choice You'll find Woody Guthrie in the Brooklyn State Hospital And though it's only my opinion I may be right or wrong You'll find them both In the Grand Canyon At sundown LAY DOWN YOUR WEARY TUNE Lay down your weary tune, lay down, Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. Struck by the sounds before the sun, I knew the night had gone. The morning breeze like a bugle blew Against the drums of dawn. Lay down your weary tune, lay down, Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. The ocean wild like an organ played, The seaweed's wove its strands. The crashin' waves like cymbals clashed Against the rocks and sands. Lay down your weary tune, lay down, Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. I stood unwound beneath the skies And clouds unbound by laws. The cryin' rain like a trumpet sang And asked for no applause. Lay down your weary tune, lay down, Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. The last of leaves fell from the trees And clung to a new love's breast. The branches bare like a banjo played To the winds that listened best. I gazed down in the river's mirror And watched its winding strum. The water smooth ran like a hymn And like a harp did hum. Lay down your weary tune, lay down, Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. LAY, LADY, LAY Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Whatever colors you have in your mind I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean And you're the best thing that he's ever seen Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile Why wait any longer for the world to begin You can have your cake and eat it too Why wait any longer for the one you love When he's standing in front of you Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead I long to see you in the morning light I long to reach for you in the night Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE Some say it was radiation, some say there was acid on the microphone, Some say a combination that turned their hearts to stone, But whatever it was, it drove them to their knees. Oh, Legionnaire's disease. I wish I had a dollar for everyone that died within that year, Got 'em hot by the collar, plenty an old maid shed a tear, Now within my heart, it sure put on a squeeze. Oh, that Legionnaire's disease. Granddad fought in a revolutionary war, father in the War of 1812, Uncle fought in Vietnam and then he fought a war all by himself, But whatever it was, it came out of the trees. Oh, that Legionnaire's disease. LENNY BRUCE Lenny Bruce is dead but his ghost lives on and on Never did get any Golden Globe award, never made it to Synanon. He was an outlaw, that's for sure, More of an outlaw than you ever were. Lenny Bruce is gone but his spirit's livin' on and on. Maybe he had some problems, maybe some things that he couldn't work out But he sure was funny and he sure told the truth and he knew what he was talkin' about. Never robbed any churches nor cut off any babies' heads, He just took the folks in high places and he shined a light in their beds. He's on some other shore, he didn't wanna live anymore. Lenny Bruce is dead but he didn't commit any crime He just had the insight to rip off the lid before its time. I rode with him in a taxi once, only for a mile and a half, Seemed like it took a couple of months. Lenny Bruce moved on and like the ones that killed him, gone. They said that he was sick 'cause he didn't play by the rules He just showed the wise men of his day to be nothing more than fools. They stamped him and they labeled him like they do with pants and shirts, He fought a war on a battlefield where every victory hurts. Lenny Bruce was bad, he was the brother that you never had. LEOPARD-SKIN PILL-BOX HAT Well, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box ha