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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 hat Yes, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Well, you must tell me, baby How your head feels under somethin' like that Under your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Well, you look so pretty in it Honey, can I jump on it sometime? Yes, I just wanna see If it's really that expensive kind You know it balances on your head Just like a mattress balances On a bottle of wine Your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Well, if you wanna see the sun rise Honey, I know where We'll go out and see it sometime We'll both just sit there and stare Me with my belt Wrapped around my head And you just sittin' there In your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Well, I asked the doctor if I could see you It's bad for your health, he said Yes, I disobeyed his orders I came to see you But I found him there instead You know, I don't mind him cheatin' on me But I sure wish he'd take that off his head Your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Well, I see you got a new boyfriend You know, I never seen him before Well, I saw him Makin' love to you You forgot to close the garage door You might think he loves you for your money But I know what he really loves you for It's your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat LET'S KEEP IT BETWEEN US Let's keep it between us. These people meddlin' in our affairs, they're not our friends. Let's keep it between us Before doors close and our togetherness comes to an end. They'll turn you against me and me against you 'til we don't know who to trust. Oh, darlin', can we keep it between us? Let's keep it between us. We've been through too much tough times that they never shared. They've had nothing to say to us before, Now all of a sudden it's as if they've always cared. All we need is honesty, a little humility and trust. Oh, darlin', can we keep it between us? I know we're not perfect Then again, neither are they They act like we got to live for them as if there just ain't no other way And it's makin' me kind of tired. Can we just lay back for a moment Before we wake up and find ourselves in a daze that's got us out of our minds? There must be something we're overlooking here, We better drop down now and get back behind the lines. There's some things not fit for human ears, some things don't need to be discussed. Oh, darlin', can we keep it between us? They'll tell you one thing and me another 'Til we don't know who to trust. Oh, darlin', can we keep it between us? Let's keep it between us Before it all snaps and goes too far. If we can't deal with this by ourselves, Tell me we ain't worse off than they think we are. Backseat drivers don't know the feel of the wheel, but they sure know how to make a fuss. Oh, darlin', can we keep it between us? Can we keep it between us? LET ME DIE IN MY FOOTSTEPS I will not go down under the ground "Cause somebody tells me that death's comin' 'round An' I will not carry myself down to die When I go to my grave my head will be high, Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground. There's been rumors of war and wars that have been The meaning of the life has been lost in the wind And some people thinkin' that the end is close by "Stead of learnin' to live they are learning to die. Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground. I don't know if I'm smart but I think I can see When someone is pullin' the wool over me And if this war comes and death's all around Let me die on this land 'fore I die underground. Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground. There's always been people that have to cause fear They've been talking of the war now for many long years I have read all their statements and I've not said a word But now Lawd God, let my poor voice be heard. Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground. If I had rubies and riches and crowns I'd buy the whole world and change things around I'd throw all the guns and the tanks in the sea For they are mistakes of a past history. Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground. Let me drink from the waters where the mountain streams flood Let me smell of wildflowers flow free through my blood Let me sleep in your meadows with the green grassy leaves Let me walk down the highway with my brother in peace. Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground. Go out in your country where the land meets the sun See the craters and the canyons where the waterfalls run Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho Let every state in this union seep in your souls. And you'll die in your footsteps Before you go down under the ground. LICENSE TO KILL Man thinks 'cause he rules the earth he can do with it as he please And if things don't change soon, he will. Oh, man has invented his doom, First step was touching the moon. Now, there's a woman on my block, She just sit there as the night grows still. She say who gonna take away his license to kill? Now, they take him and they teach him and they groom him for life And they set him on a path where he's bound to get ill, Then they bury him with stars, Sell his body like they do used cars. Now, there's a woman on my block, She just sit there facin' the hill. She say who gonna take away his license to kill? Now, he's hell-bent for destruction, he's afraid and confused, And his brain has been mismanaged with great skill. All he believes are his eyes And his eyes, they just tell him lies. But there's a woman on my block, Sitting there in a cold chill. She say who gonna take away his license to kill? Ya may be a noisemaker, spirit maker, Heartbreaker, backbreaker, Leave no stone unturned. May be an actor in a plot, That might be all that you got 'Til your error you clearly learn. Now he worships at an altar of a stagnant pool And when he sees his reflection, he's fulfilled. Oh, man is opposed to fair play, He wants it all and he wants it his way. Now, there's a woman on my block, She just sit there as the night grows still. She say who gonna take away his license to kill? LILY, ROSEMARY AND THE JACK OF HEARTS The festival was over, the boys were all plannin' for a fall, The cabaret was quiet except for the drillin' in the wall. The curfew had been lifted and the gamblin' wheel shut down, Anyone with any sense had already left town. He was standin' in the doorway lookin' like the Jack of Hearts. He moved across the mirrored room, "Set it up for everyone," he said, Then everyone commenced to do what they were doin' before he turned their heads. Then he walked up to a stranger and he asked him with a grin, "Could you kindly tell me, friend, what time the show begins?" Then he moved into the corner, face down like the Jack of Hearts. Backstage the girls were playin' five-card stud by the stairs, Lily had two queens, she was hopin' for a third to match her pair. Outside the streets were fillin' up, the window was open wide, A gentle breeze was blowin', you could feel it from inside. Lily called another bet and drew up the Jack of Hearts. Big Jim was no one's fool, he owned the town's only diamond mine, He made his usual entrance lookin' so dandy and so fine. With his bodyguards and silver cane and every hair in place, He took whatever he wanted to and he laid it all to waste. But his bodyguards and silver cane were no match for the Jack of Hearts. Rosemary combed her hair and took a carriage into town, She slipped in through the side door lookin' like a queen without a crown. She fluttered her false eyelashes and whispered in his ear, "Sorry, darlin', that I'm late," but he didn't seem to hear. He was starin' into space over at the Jack of Hearts. "I know I've seen that face before," Big Jim was thinkin' to himself, "Maybe down in Mexico or a picture up on somebody's shelf." But then the crowd began to stamp their feet and the house lights did dim And in the darkness of the room there was only Jim and him, Starin' at the butterfly who just drew the Jack of Hearts. Lily was a princess, she was fair-skinned and precious as a child, She did whatever she had to do, she had that certain flash every time she smiled. She'd come away from a broken home, had lots of strange affairs With men in every walk of life which took her everywhere. But she'd never met anyone quite like the Jack of Hearts. The hangin' judge came in unnoticed and was being wined and dined, The drillin' in the wall kept up but no one seemed to pay it any mind. It was known all around that Lily had Jim's ring And nothing would ever come between Lily and the king. No, nothin' ever would except maybe the Jack of Hearts. Rosemary started drinkin' hard and seein' her reflection in the knife, She was tired of the attention, tired of playin' the role of Big Jim's wife. She had done a lot of bad things, even once tried suicide, Was lookin' to do just one good deed before she died. She was gazin' to the future, riding on the Jack of Hearts. Lily washed her face, took her dress off and buried it away. "Has your luck run out?" she laughed at him, "Well, I guess you must have known it would someday. Be careful not to touch the wall, there's a brand-new coat of paint, I'm glad to see you're still alive, you're lookin' like a saint." Down the hallway footsteps were comin' for the Jack of Hearts. The backstage manager was pacing all around by his chair. "There's something funny going on," he said, "I can just feel it in the air." He went to get the hangin' judge, but the hangin' judge was drunk, As the leading actor hurried by in the costume of a monk. There was no actor anywhere better than the Jack of Hearts. Lily's arms were locked around the man that she dearly loved to touch, She forgot all about the man she couldn't stand who hounded her so much. "I've missed you so," she said to him, and he felt she was sincere, But just beyond the door he felt jealousy and fear. Just another night in the life of the Jack of Hearts. No one knew the circumstance but they say that it happened pretty quick, The door to the dressing room burst open and a cold revolver clicked. And Big Jim was standin' there, ya couldn't say surprised, Rosemary right beside him, steady in her eyes. She was with Big Jim but she was leanin' to the Jack of Hearts. Two doors down the boys finally made it through the wall And cleaned out the bank safe, it's said that they got off with quite a haul. In the darkness by the riverbed they waited on the ground For one more member who had business back in town. But they couldn't go no further without the Jack of Hearts. The next day was hangin' day, the sky was overcast and black, Big Jim lay covered up, killed by a penknife in the back. And Rosemary on the gallows, she didn't even blink, The hangin' judge was sober, he hadn't had a drink. The only person on the scene missin' was the Jack of Hearts. The cabaret was empty now, a sign said, "Closed for repair," Lily had already taken all of the dye out of her hair. She was thinkin' 'bout her father, who she very rarely saw, Thinkin' 'bout Rosemary and thinkin' about the law. But, most of all she was thinkin' 'bout the Jack of Hearts. 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 ringin' my bell, Up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville. He said "Young man is you name Brown? Remember the night you blowed Little 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 brought me back. I had no one for to go my bail; They crammed me back into the county jail. 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. LITTLE MAGGIE Oh, where is little Maggie? Over yonder she stands. Rifle on her shoulder, Six-shooter in her hand. How can I ever stand it, Just to see them two blue eyes, Shinin' like some diamonds, Like some diamonds in the sky. Rather be in some lonely hollow Where the sun don't ever shine, Than to see you be another man's darling, And to know that you'll never be mine. Well, it's march me away to the station With my suitcase in my hand. Yes, march me away to the station, I'm off to some far-distant land. Sometimes I have a nickel, And sometimes I have a dime. Sometimes I have ten dollars, Just to pay for little Maggie's wine. Pretty flowers are made for blooming, Pretty stars are made to shine. Pretty girls are made for boy's love, Little Maggie was made for mine. Well, yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her hand, She's a drinkin' down her troubles Over courtin' some other man. LIVING THE BLUES Since you've been gone, I've been walking around With my head bowed down to my shoes. I've been living the blues Ev'ry night without you. I don't have to go far To know where you are, Strangers all give me the news. I've been living the blues Ev'ry night without you. I think that it's best, I soon get some rest And forget my pride. But I can't deny This feeling that I Carry for you deep down inside. If you see me this way, You'd come back and you'd stay, Oh, how could you refuse. I've been living the blues Ev'ry night without you. LORD PROTECT MY CHILD For his age, he's wise He's got his mother's eyes There's gladness in his heart He's young and he's wild My only prayer is, if I can't be there, Lord, protect my child As his youth now unfolds He is centuries old Just to see him at play makes me smile No matter what happens to me No matter what my destiny Lord, protect my child While the world is asleep You can look at it and weep Few things you find are worthwhile And though I don't ask for much No material things to touch Lord, protect my child He's young and on fire Full of hope and desire In a world that's been raped, raped and defiled If I fall along the way And can't see another day Lord, protect my child There'll be a time I hear tell When all will be well When God and man will be reconciled But until men lose their chains And righteousness reigns Lord, protect my child LO AND BEHOLD! I pulled out for San Anton', I never felt so good. My woman said she'd meet me there And of course, I knew she would. The coachman, he hit me for my hook And he asked me my name. I give it to him right away, Then I hung my head in shame. Lo and behold! Lo and behold! Lookin' for my lo and behold, Get me outa here, my dear man! I come into Pittsburgh At six-thirty flat. I found myself a vacant seat An' I put down my hat. "What's the matter, Molly, dear, What's the matter with your mound?" "What's it to ya, Moby Dick? This is chicken town!" Lo and behold! Lo and behold! Lookin' for my lo and behold, Get me outa here, my dear man! I bought my girl A herd of moose, One she could call her own. Well, she came out the very next day To see where they had flown. I'm goin' down to Tennessee, Get me a truck 'r somethin'. Gonna save my money and rip it up! Lo and behold! Lo and behold! Lookin' for my lo and behold, Get me outa here, my dear man! Now, I come in on a ferris wheel An' boys, I sure was slick. I come in like a ton of bricks, Laid a few tricks on 'em. Goin' back to Pittsburgh, Count up to thirty, Round that horn and ride that herd, Gonna thread up! Lo and behold! Lo and behold! Lookin' for my lo and behold, Get me outa here, my dear man! LONG AGO, FAR AWAY To preach of peace and brotherhood, Oh, what might be the cost! A man he did it long ago And they hung him on a cross. Long ago, far away; These things don't happen No more, nowadays. The chains of slaves They dragged the ground With heads and hearts hung low. But it was during Lincoln's time And it was long ago. Long ago, far away; Things like that donÕt happen No more, nowadays. The war guns they went off wild, The whole world bled its blood. Men's bodies floated on the edge Of oceans made of mud. Long ago, far away; Those kind of things don't happen No more, nowadays. One man had much money, One man had not enough to eat, One man lived just like a king, The other man begged on the street. Long ago, far away; These things donÕt happen No more, nowadays. One man died of a knife so sharp, One man died from the bullet of a gun, One man died of a broken heart To see the lynchin' of his son. Long ago, far away; Things like that donÕt happen No more, nowadays. Gladiators killed themselves, It was during the Roman times. People cheered with bloodshot grins As eye and minds went blind. Long ago, far away; Things like that donÕt happen No more, nowadays. And to talk of peace and brotherhood, Oh, what might be the cost! A man he did it long ago And they hung him on a cross. Long ago, far away; Things like that donÕt happen No more, nowadays, do they? THE LONESOME DEATH OF HATTIE CARROLL William Zantzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll With a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger At a Baltimore hotel society gath'rin'. And the cops were called in and his weapon took from him As they rode him in custody down to the station And booked William Zantzinger for first-degree murder. But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears, Take the rag away from your face. Now ain't the time for your tears. William Zantzinger, who at twenty-four years Owns a tobacco farm of six hundred acres With rich wealthy parents who provide and protect him And high office relations in the politics of Maryland, Reacted to his deed with a shrug of his shoulders And swear words and sneering, and his tongue it was snarling, In a matter of minutes on bail was out walking. But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears, Take the rag away from your face. Now ain't the time for your tears. Hattie Carroll was a maid of the kitchen. She was fifty-one years old and gave birth to ten children Who carried the dishes and took out the garbage And never sat once at the head of the table And didn't even talk to the people at the table Who just cleaned up all the food from the table And emptied the ashtrays on a whole other level, Got killed by a blow, lay slain by a cane That sailed through the air and came down through the room, Doomed and determined to destroy all the gentle. And she never done nothing to William Zantzinger. But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears, Take the rag away from your face. Now ain't the time for your tears. In the courtroom of honor, the judge pounded his gavel To show that all's equal and that the courts are on the level And that the strings in the books ain't pulled and persuaded And that even the nobles get properly handled Once that the cops have chased after and caught 'em And that the ladder of law has no top and no bottom, Stared at the person who killed for no reason Who just happened to be feelin' that way without warnin'. And he spoke through his cloak, most deep and distinguished, And handed out strongly, for penalty and repentance, William Zantzinger with a six-month sentence. Oh, but you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears, Bury the rag deep in your face For now's the time for your tears. LONE PILGRIM I came to the place where the lone pilgrim lay, And patiently stood by his tomb, When in a low whisper I heard something say: How sweetly I sleep here alone. The tempest may howl and the loud thunder roar And gathering storms may arise, But calm is my feeling, at rest is my soul, The tears are all wiped from my eyes. The call of my master compelled me from home, No kindred or relative nigh. I met the contagion and sank to the tomb, My soul flew to mansions on high. Go tell my companion and children most dear To weep not for me now I'm gone. The same hand that led me through seas most severe Has kindly assisted me home. LONG-DISTANCE OPERATOR Long-distance operator, Place this call, it's not for fun. Long-distance operator, Please, place this call, you know it's not for fun. I gotta get a message to my baby, You know, she's not just anyone. There are thousands in the phone booth, Thousands at the gate. There are thousands in the phone booth, Thousands at the gate. Ev'rybody wants to make a long-distance call But you know they're just gonna have to wait. If a call comes from Louisiana, Please, let it ride. If a call comes from Louisiana, Please, let it ride. This phone booth's on fire, It's getting hot inside. Ev'rybody wants to be my friend, But nobody wants to get higher. Ev'rybody wants to be my friend, But nobody wants to get higher. Long-distance operator, I believe I'm stranglin' on this telephone wire. LONG TIME GONE My parents raised me tenderly, I was their only son. My mind got mixed with ramblin' When I was all so young, And I left my home the first time When I was twelve and one. I'm a long time a-comin', Maw, An' I'll be a long time gone. On the western side of Texas, On the Texas plains, I tried to find a job o'work But they said I's young of age. My eyes they burned when I heard, "Go home where you belong!" I'm a long time a-comin', An' I'll be a long time gone. I remember when I's ramblin' Around with the carnival trains, Different towns, different people, Somehow they're all the same. I remember children's faces best, I remember travelin' on. I'm a long time a-comin', I'll be a long time gone. I once loved a fair young maid An' I ain't too big to tell, If she broke my heart a single time, She broke it ten or twelve. I walked and talked all by myself, I did not tell no one. I'm a long time a-comin', babe, An' I'll be a long time gone. Many times by the highwayside, I tried to flag a ride. With bloodshot eyes and gritting teeth, I'd watch the cars roll by. The empty air hung in my head I's thinkin' all day long. I'm a long time a-comin', An' I'll be a long time gone. You might see me on your crossroads When I'm a-passin' through. Remember me how you wished to As I'm a-driftin' from your view. I ain't got the time to think about it, I got too much to get done. Well, I'm a long time comin' An' I'll be a long time gone. If I can't help somebody With a word or song, If I can't show somebody They are travelin' wrong. But I know I ain't no prophet An' I ain't no prophet's son. I'm just a long time a-comin' An' I'll be a long time gone. So you can have your beauty, It's skin deep and it only lies. And you can have your youth, It'll rot before your eyes. Just give to me my gravestone With it clearly carved upon: "I's a long time a-comin', An' I'll be a long time gone." LOVE MINUS ZERO/NO LIMIT My love she speaks like silence, Without ideals or violence, She doesn't have to say she's faithful, Yet she's true, like ice, like fire. People carry roses, Make promises by the hours, My love she laughs like the flowers, Valentines can't buy her. In the dime stores and bus stations, People talk of situations, Read books, repeat quotations, Draw conclusions on the wall. Some speak of the future, My love she speaks softly, She knows there's no success like failure And that failure's no success at all. The cloak and dagger dangles, Madams light the candles. In ceremonies of the horsemen, Even the pawn must hold a grudge. Statues made of match sticks, Crumble into one another, My love winks, she does not bother, She knows too much to argue or to judge. The bridge at midnight trembles, The country doctor rambles, Bankers' nieces seek perfection, Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring. The wind howls like a hammer, The night blows cold and rainy, My love she's like some raven At my window with a broken wing. LOVE IS JUST A FOUR-LETTER WORD Seems like only yesterday I left my mind behind Down in the Gypsy Cafe« With a friend of a friend of mine She sat with a baby heavy on her knee Yet spoke of life most free from slavery With eyes that showed no trace of misery A phrase in connection first with she I heard That love is just a four-letter word Outside a rambling store-front window Cats meowed to the break of day Me, I kept my mouth shut, too To you I had no words to say My experience was limited and underfed You were talking while I hid To the one who was the father of your kid You probably didn't think I did, but I heard You say that love is just a four-letter word I said goodbye unnoticed Pushed towards things in my own games Drifting in and out of lifetimes Unmentionable by name Searching for my double, looking for Complete evaporation to the core Though I tried and failed at finding any door I must have thought that there was nothing more Absurd than that love is just a four-letter word Though I never knew just what you meant When you were speaking to your man I can only think in terms of me And now I understand After waking enough times to think I see The Holy Kiss that's supposed to last eternity Blow up in smoke, its destiny Falls on strangers, travels free Yes, I know now, traps are only set by me And I do not really need to be Assured that love is just a four-letter word LOVE SICK I'm walking, Through streets that are dead Walking, Walking with you in my head My feet are so tired My brain is so wired And the clouds are weeping Did I, Hear someone tell a lie Did I, Hear someone's distant cry I spoke like a child You destroyed me with a smile While I was sleeping I'm sick of love That I'm in the thick of it This kind of love I'm so sick of it I see, I see lovers in the meadow I see, I see silhouettes in the window I watch them 'til they're gone And they leave me hangin' on To a shadow I'm sick of love I hear the clock tick This kind of love I'm lovesick Sometimes The silence can be like thunder Sometimes I wanna take to the road of plunder Could you ever be true? I think of you and I wonder I'm sick of love I wish I'd never met you I'm sick of love I'm tryin' to forget you Just don't know what to do I'd give anything to be with you LOVE HENRY "Get down, get down, Love Henry," she cried, "And stay all night with me. I have gold chains, and the finest I have I'll apply them all to thee." "I can't get down and I shan't get down, Or stay all night with thee. Some pretty little girl in Cornersville I love far better than thee." He layed his head on a pillow of down. Kisses she gave him three. With a penny knife that she held in her hand She murdered mortal he. "Get well, get well, Love Henry, " She cried, "Get well, get well," said she. "Oh don't you see my own heart's blood Come flowin' down so free?" She took him by his long yellow hair, And also by his feet. She plunged him into well water, where It runs both cold and deep. "Lie there, lie there, Love Henry," she cried, "ÔTil the flesh rots off your bones. Some pretty little girl in Cornersville Will mourn for your return." ÒHush up, hush up, my parrot,Ó she cried, ÒDonÕt tell no news on me, Or these costly beads around my neck, IÕll apply them all to thee. "Fly down, fly down, pretty parrot," she cried, "And light on my right knee. The doors to your cage shall be decked with gold And hung on a willow tree." "I won't fly down, I can't fly down And light on your right knee. A girl who would murder her own true love Would kill a little birdlike me." MAGGIE'S FARM I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more. No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more. Well, I wake in the morning, Fold my hands and pray for rain. I got a head full of ideas That are drivin' me insane. It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor. I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more. I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more. No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more. Well, he hands you a nickel, He hands you a dime, He asks you with a grin If you're havin' a good time, Then he fines you every time you slam the door. I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more. I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more. No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more. Well, he puts his cigar Out in your face just for kicks. His bedroom window It is made out of bricks. The National Guard stands around his door. Ah, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more. I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more. No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more. Well, she talks to all the servants About man and God and law. Everybody says She's the brains behind pa. She's sixty-eight, but she says she's twenty-four. I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more. I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more. No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more. Well, I try my best To be just like I am, But everybody wants you To be just like them. They sing while you slave and I just get bored. I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more. MAN IN THE LONG BLACK COAT Crickets are chirpin', the water is high, There's a soft cotton dress on the line hangin' dry, Window wide open, African trees Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze. Not a word of goodbye, not even a note, She gone with the man In the long black coat. Somebody seem him hanging around At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town. He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask If he wanted to dance, he had a face like a mask. Somebody said from the Bible he'd quote There was dust on the man In the long black coat. Preacher was a talkin', there's a sermon he gave, He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved, You cannot depend on it to be your guide When it's you who must keep it satisfied. It ain't easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat, She gave her heart to the man In the long black coat. There are no mistakes in life some people say It is true sometimes you can see it that way. But people don't live or die, people just float. She went with the man In the long black coat. There's smoke on the water, it's been there since June, Tree trunks uprooted, 'neath the high crescent moon Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force Somebody is out there beating a dead horse. She never said nothing, there was nothing she wrote, She gone with the man In the long black coat. MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW Man of Constant Sorrow, I've seen trouble all my days. I'll say goodbye to Colorado Where I was born and partly raised. Your mother says I'm a stranger; My face you'll never see no more. But there's one promise, darling, I'll see you on God's golden shore. Through this open world I'm about to ramble, Through ice and snows, sleet and rain, I'm about to ride that mornin' railroad, P'raps I'll die on that train. I'm going back to Colorado, The place I started from. If I'd knowed how bad you'd treat me, Honey I never would have come. Honey, if you don't think I love you Just look what a fool I been. And if you don't think I'm sinkin' Honey, look what a hole I'm in. It's a hard, hard road to travel When you can't be satisfied. I've got a rope that's hanging o'er me And the devil's at my side. MAN GAVE NAMES TO ALL THE ANIMALS Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, in the beginning. Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, long time ago. He saw an animal that liked to growl, Big furry paws and he liked to howl, Great big furry back and furry hair. "Ah, think I'll call it a bear." Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, in the beginning. Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, long time ago. He saw an animal up on a hill Chewing up so much grass until she was filled. He saw milk comin' out but he didn't know how. "Ah, think I'll call it a cow." Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, in the beginning. Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, long time ago. He saw an animal that liked to snort, Horns on his head and they weren't too short. It looked like there wasn't nothin' that he couldn't pull. "Ah, think I'll call it a bull." Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, in the beginning. Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, long time ago. He saw an animal leavin' a muddy trail, Real dirty face and a curly tail. He wasn't too small and he wasn't too big. "Ah, think I'll call it a pig." Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, in the beginning. Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, long time ago. Next animal that he did meet Had wool on his back and hooves on his feet, Eating grass on a mountainside so steep. "Ah, think I'll call it a sheep." Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, in the beginning. Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, long time ago. He saw an animal as smooth as glass Slithering his way through the grass. Saw him disappear by a tree near a lake . . . THE MAN IN ME The man in me will do nearly any task, And as for compensation, there's little he would ask. Take a woman like you To get through to the man in me. Storm clouds are raging all around my door, I think to myself I might not take it any more. Take a woman like your kind To find the man in me. But, oh, what a wonderful feeling Just to know that you are near, Sets my a heart a-reeling From my toes up to my ears. The man in me will hide sometimes to keep from bein' seen, But that's just because he doesn't want to turn into some machine. Took a woman like you To get through to the man in me. MAN ON THE STREET I'll sing you a song, ain't very long, ÔBout an old man who never done wrong. How he died nobody can say, They found him dead in the street one day. Well, the crowd, they gathered one fine morn, At the man whose clothes 'n' shoes were torn. There on the sidewalk he did lay, They stopped 'n' stared 'n' walked their way. Well, the p'liceman come and he looked around, "Get up, old man, or I'm a-takin' you down." He jabbed him once with his billy club And the old man then rolled off the curb. Well, he jabbed him again and loudly said, "Call the wagon; this man is dead." The wagon come, they loaded him in, I never saw the man again. I've sung you my song, it ain't very long, ÔBout an old man who never done wrong. How he died no one can say, They found him dead in the street one day. MAN OF PEACE Look out your window, baby, there's a scene you'd like to catch, The band is playing "Dixie," a man got his hand outstretched. Could be the Fuhrer Could be the local priest. You know sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace. He got a sweet gift of gab, he got a harmonious tongue, He knows every song of love that ever has been sung. Good intentions can be evil, Both hands can be full of grease. You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace. Well, first he's in the background, then he's in the front, Both eyes are looking like they're on a rabbit hunt. Nobody can see through him, No, not even the Chief of Police. You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace. Well, he catch you when you're hoping for a glimpse of the sun, Catch you when your troubles feel like they weigh a ton. He could be standing next to you, The person that you'd notice least. I hear that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace. Well, he can be fascinating, he can be dull, He can ride down Niagara Falls in the barrels of your skull. I can smell something cooking, I can tell there's going to be a feast. You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace. He's a great humanitarian, he's a great philanthropist, He knows just where to touch you, honey, and how you like to be kissed. He'll put both his arms around you, You can feel the tender touch of the beast. You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace. Well, the howling wolf will howl tonight, the king snake will crawl, Trees that've stood for a thousand years suddenly will fall. Wanna get married? Do it now, Tomorrow all activity will cease. You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace. Somewhere Mama's weeping for her blue-eyed boy, She's holding them little white shoes and that little broken toy And he's following a star, The same one them three men followed from the East. I hear that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace. MASTERS OF WAR Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks You that never done nothin' But build to destroy You play with my world Like it's your little toy You put a gun in my hand And you hide from my eyes And you turn and run farther When the fast bullets fly Like Judas of old You lie and deceive A world war can be won You want me to believe But I see through your eyes And I see through your brain Like I see through the water That runs down my drain You fasten the triggers For the others to fire Then you set back and watch When the death count gets higher You hide in your mansion As young people's blood Flows out of their bodies And is buried in the mud You've thrown the worst fear That can ever be hurled Fear to bring children Into the world For threatening my baby Unborn and unnamed You ain't worth the blood That runs in your veins How much do I know To talk out of turn You might say that I'm young You might say I'm unlearned But there's one thing I know Though I'm younger than you Even Jesus would never Forgive what you do Let me ask you one question Is your money that good Will it buy you forgiveness Do you think that it could I think you will find When your death takes its toll All the money you made Will never buy back your soul And I hope that you die And your death'll come soon I will follow your casket In the pale afternoon And I'll watch while you're lowered Down to your deathbed And I'll stand o'er your grave 'Til I'm sure that you're dead MAYBE SOMEDAY Maybe someday you'll be satisfied When you've lost everything you'll have nothing left to hide. When you're through running over things like you're walking 'cross the tracks, Maybe you'll beg me to take you back. Maybe someday you'll find out everybody's somebody's fool, Maybe then you'll realize what it would have taken to keep me cool. Maybe someday when you're by yourself alone You'll know the love that I had for you was never my own. Maybe someday you'll have nowhere to turn, You'll look back and wonder 'bout the bridges you have burned. You'll look back sometime when the lights grow dim And you'll see you look much better with me than you do with him. Through hostile cities and unfriendly towns, Thirty pieces of silver, no money down. Maybe someday, you will understand That something for nothing is everybody's plan. Maybe someday you'll remember what you felt When there was blood on the moon in the cotton belt. When both of us, baby, were going though some sort of a test Neither one of us could do what we do best. I should have known better, baby, I should have called your bluff. I guess I was too off the handle, not sentimental enough. Maybe someday, you'll believe me when I say That I wanted you, baby, in every kind of way. Maybe someday you'll hear a voice from on high Sayin' "For whose sake did you live, for whose sake did you die?" Forgive me, baby, for what I didn't do For not breakin' down no bedroom door to get at you. Always was a sucker for the right cross. Never wanted to go home 'til the last cent was lost. Maybe someday you will look back and see That I made it so easy for you to follow me. Maybe someday there'll be nothing to tell. I'm just as happy as you, baby, I just can't say it so well. Never slumbered or slept or waited for lightning to strike. There's no excuse for you to say that we don't think alike. You said you were going' to Frisco, stay a couple of months. I always liked San Francisco, I was there for a party once. Maybe someday you'll see that it's true There was no greater love than what I had for you. MAMA, YOU BEEN ON MY MIND Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat An' cov'rin' the crossroads I'm standing at, Or maybe it's the weather or something like that, But mama, you been on my mind. I don't mean trouble, please don't put me down or get upset, I am not pleadin' or sayin', "I can't forget." I do not walk the floor bowed down an' bent, but yet, Mama, you been on my mind. Even though my mind is hazy an' my thoughts they might be narrow, Where you been don't bother me nor bring me down in sorrow. It don't even matter to me where you're wakin' up tomorrow, But mama, you're just on my mind. I am not askin' you to say words like "yes" or "no," Please understand me, I got no place for you t' go. I'm just breathin' to myself, pretendin' not that I don't know, Mama, you been on my mind. When you wake up in the mornin', baby, look inside your mirror. You know I won't be next to you, you know I won't be near. I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear As someone who has had you on his mind. MEET ME IN THE MORNING Meet me in the morning, 56th and Wabasha Meet me in the morning, 56th and Wabasha Honey, we could be in Kansas By time the snow begins to thaw. They say the darkest hour is right before the dawn They say the darkest hour is right before the dawn But you wouldn't know it by me Every day's been darkness since you been gone. Little rooster crowin', there must be something on his mind Little rooster crowin', there must be something on his mind Well, I feel just like that rooster Honey, ya treat me so unkind. The birds are flyin' low babe, honey I feel so exposed Well, the birds are flyin' low babe, honey I feel so exposed Well now, I ain't got any matches And the station doors are closed. Well, I struggled through barbed wire, felt the hail fall from above Well, I struggled through barbed wire, felt the hail fall from above Well, you know I even outran the hound dogs Honey, you know I've earned your love. Look at the sun sinkin' like a ship Look at the sun sinkin' like a ship Ain't that just like my heart, babe When you kissed my lips? MILLION DOLLAR BASH Well, that big dumb blonde With her wheel in the gorge And Turtle, that friend of theirs With his checks all forged And his cheeks in a chunk With his cheese in the cash They're all gonna be there At that million dollar bash Ooh, baby, ooh-ee Ooh, baby, ooh-ee It's that million dollar bash Ev'rybody from right now To over there and back The louder they come The harder they crack Come now, sweet cream Don't forget to flash We're all gonna meet At that million dollar bash Ooh, baby, ooh-ee Ooh, baby, ooh-ee It's that million dollar bash Well, I took my counselor Out to the barn Silly Nelly was there She told him a yarn Then along came Jones Emptied the trash Ev'rybody went down To that million dollar bash Ooh, baby, ooh-ee Ooh, baby, ooh-ee It's that million dollar bash Well, I'm hittin' it too hard My stones won't take I get up in the mornin' But it's too early to wake First it's hello, goodbye Then push and then crash But we're all gonna make it At that million dollar bash Ooh, baby, ooh-ee Ooh, baby, ooh-ee It's that million dollar bash Well, I looked at my watch I looked at my wrist Punched myself in the face With my fist I took my potatoes Down to be mashed Then I made it over To that million dollar bash Ooh, baby, ooh-ee Ooh, baby, ooh-ee It's that million dollar bash MILLION MILES You took a part of me that I really miss I keep asking myself how long it can go on like this You told yourself a lie Thats alright mama I told myself one too I try to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you You took the silver, you took the gold You left me standing out in the cold People asked about you, I didn't tell them everything I knew Well I try to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you I'm driftin' in and out of dreamless sleep Somehow my memory's in a ditch so deep Did so many things I never did intend to do And I try to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you I need your love so bad, turn your lamp down low I need every bit of it for the places that I go Sometimes I wonder, tell us just what its all coming to Well I try to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you Well I don't dare close my eyes and I don't dare wink Maybe in the next life I'll be able to hear myself think Feel like talking to somebody but I just don't know who Well I try to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you Yes the last thing you said before you hit the street Gonna find me a janitor to sweep me off my feet I said thats alright mama you, you do what you gotta do Well I try to get closer I'm still a million miles from you Rock me pretty baby rock me all at once, rock me for a little while Rock me for a couple of months And I'll rock you too I try to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you Well there's voices in the night trying to be heard I'm sittin' here listenin' to every mind-pollutin' word I know plenty of people put me up for a day or two Yes I try to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you MINSTREL BOY Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin? Who's gonna let it roll? Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin? Who's gonna let it down easy to save his soul? Oh, Lucky's been drivin' a long, long time And now he's stuck on top of the hill. With twelve forward gears, it's been a long hard climb, And with all of them ladies, though, he's lonely still. Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin? Who's gonna let it roll? Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin? Who's gonna let it down easy to save his soul? Well, he deep in number and heavy in toil, Mighty Mockingbird, he still has such a heavy load. Beneath his bound'ries, what more can I tell, With all of his trav'lin', but I'm still on that road. Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin? Who's gonna let it roll? Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin? Who's gonna let it down easy to save his soul? MIXED UP CONFUSION I got mixed up confusion Man, it's a-killin' me Well, there's too many people And they're all too hard to please Well, my hat's in my hand Babe, I'm walkin' down the line An' I'm lookin' for a woman Whose head's mixed up like mine Well, my head's full of questions My temp'rature's risin' fast Well, I'm lookin' for some answers But I don't know who to ask But I'm walkin' and wonderin' And my poor feet don't ever stop Seein' my reflection I'm hung over, hung down, hung up! MOST LIKELY YOU GO YOUR WAY (And I'll Go Mine) You say you love me And you're thinkin' of me, But you know you could be wrong. You say you told me That you wanna hold me, But you know you're not that strong. I just can't do what I done before, I just can't beg you any more. I'm gonna let you pass And I'll go last. Then time will tell just who fell And who's been left behind, When you go your way and I go mine. You say you disturb me And you don't deserve me, But you know sometimes you lie. You say you're shakin' And you're always achin', But you know how hard you try. Sometimes it gets so hard to care, It can't be this way ev'rywhere. And I'm gonna let you pass, Yes, and I'll go last. Then time will tell just who fell And who's been left behind, When you go your way and I go mine. The judge, he holds a grudge, He's gonna call on you. But he's badly built And he walks on stilts, Watch out he don't fall on you. You say you're sorry For tellin' stories That you know I believe are true. You say ya got some Other kinda lover And yes, I believe you do. You say my kisses are not like his, But this time I'm not gonna tell you why that is. I'm just gonna let you pass, Yes, and I'll go last. Then time will tell who fell And who's been left behind, When you go your way and I go mine. MONEY BLUES Sittin' here thinkin' Where does the money go Sittin' here thinkin' Where does the money go Well, I give it to my woman She ain't got it no more Went out last night Bought two eggs and a slice of ham Went out last night Bought two eggs and a slice of ham Bill came to three dollars and ten cents And I didn't even get no jam Man came around Askin' for the rent Man came around Askin' for the rent Well, I looked into the drawer But the money's all been spent Well, well Ain't got no bank account Went down to start one But I didn't have the right amount Everything's inflated Like a tire on a car Everything's inflated Like a tire on a car Well, the man came and took my Chevy back I'm glad I hid my old guitar Come to me, mama Ease my money crisis now Come to me, mama Ease my money crisis now I need something to support me. MOONSHINER I've been a moonshiner For seventeen long years I've spent all my money On whiskey and beer I'll go to some hollow And set up my still And if whiskey don't kill Then I don't know what will I'll go to some bar room And drink with my friends Where the women can't follow And see what I spend God bless them pretty women I wish they were mine Their breath is as sweet as The dew on the vine Let me eat when I'm hungry Let me drink when I'm dry Dollars when I'm hard up Religion when I die The whole world's a bottle And life's but a dram When a bottle gets empty It sure ain't worth a damm MOST OF THE TIME Most of the time I'm clear focused all around, Most of the time I can keep both feet on the ground, I can follow the path, I can read the signs, Stay right with it when the road unwinds, I can handle whatever I stumble upon. I don't even notice she's gone, Most of the time. Most of the time It's well understood, Most of the time I wouldn't change it if I could, I can't make it all match up, I can hold my own, I can deal with the situation right down to the bone, I can survive, I can endure And I don't even think about her Most of the time. Most of the time My head is on straight, Most of the time I'm strong enough not to hate. I don't build up illusion 'til it makes me sick, I ain't afraid of confusion no matter how thick. I can smile in the face of mankind. Don't even remember what her lips felt like on mine Most of the time. Most of the time She ain't even in my mind, I wouldn't know her if I saw her, She's that far behind. Most of the time I can't even be sure If she was ever with me Or if I was with her. Most of the time I'm halfway content, Most of the time I know exactly where it went, I don't cheat on myself, I don't run and hide, Hide from the feelings that are buried inside. I don't compromised and I don't pretend, I don't even care if I ever see her again Most of the time. MOTORPSYCHO NIGHTMARE I pounded on a farmhouse Lookin' for a place to stay. I was mighty, mighty tired, I had gone a long, long way. I said, "Hey, hey, in there, Is there anybody home?" I was standin' on the steps Feelin' most alone. Well, out comes a farmer, He must have thought that I was nuts. He immediately looked at me And stuck a gun into my guts. I fell down To my bended knees, Saying, "I dig farmers, Don't shoot me, please!" He cocked his rifle And began to shout, "You're that travelin' salesman That I have heard about." I said, "No! No! No! I'm a doctor and it's true, I'm a clean-cut kid And I been to college, too." Then in comes his daughter Whose name was Rita. She looked like she stepped out of La Dolce Vita. I immediately tried to cool it With her dad, And told him what a Nice, pretty farm he had. He said, "What do doctors Know about farms, pray tell?" I said, "I was born At the bottom of a wishing well." Well, by the dirt 'neath my nails I guess he knew I wouldn't lie. "I guess you're tired," He said, kinda sly. I said, "Yes, ten thousand miles Today I drove." He said, "I got a bed for you Underneath the stove. Just one condition And you go to sleep right now, That you don't touch my daughter And in the morning, milk the cow." I was sleepin' like a rat When I heard something jerkin'. There stood Rita Lookin' just like Tony Perkins. She said, "Would you like to take a shower? I'll show you up to the door." I said, "Oh, no! no! I've been through this before." I knew I had to split But I didn't know how, When she said, "Would you like to take that shower, now?" Well, I couldn't leave Unless the old man chased me out, 'Cause I'd already promised That I'd milk his cows. I had to say something To strike him very weird, So I yelled out, "I like Fidel Castro and his beard." Rita looked offended But she got out of the way, As he came charging down the stairs Sayin', "What's that I heard you say?" I said, "I like Fidel Castro, I think you heard me right," And ducked as he swung At me with all his might. Rita mumbled something 'Bout her mother on the hill, As his fist hit the icebox, He said he's going to kill me If I don't get out the door In two seconds flat, "You unpatriotic, Rotten doctor Commie rat." Well, he threw a Reader's Digest At my head and I did run, I did a somersault As I seen him get his gun And crashed through the window At a hundred miles an hour, And landed fully blast In his garden flowers. Rita said, "Come back!" As he started to load The sun was comin' up And I was runnin' down the road. Well, I don't figure I'll be back There for a spell, Even though Rita moved away And got a job in a motel. He still waits for me, Constant, on the sly. He wants to turn me in To the F.B.I. Me, I romp and stomp, Thankful as I romp, Without freedom of speech, I might be in the swamp. MOZAMBIQUE I like to spend some time in Mozambique The sunny sky is aqua blue And all the couples dancing cheek to cheek. It's very nice to stay a week or two. There's lots of pretty girls in Mozambique And plenty time for good romance And everybody likes to stop and speak To give the special one you seek a chance Or maybe say hello with just a glance. Lying next to her by the ocean Reaching out and touching her hand, Whispering your secret emotion Magic in a magical land. And when it's time for leaving Mozambique, To say goodbye to sand and sea, You turn around to take a final peek And you see why it's so unique to be Among the lovely people living free Upon the beach of sunny Mozambique. MR. TAMBOURINE MAN Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you. Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand, Vanished from my hand, Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping. My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet, I have no one to meet And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you. Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship, My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip, My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels To be wanderin'. I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you. Though you might hear laughin', spinnin', swingin' madly across the sun, It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escapin' on the run And but for the sky there are no fences facin'. And if you hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind, I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're Seein' that he's chasing. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you. Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind, Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves, The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach, Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow. Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free, Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands, With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves, Let me forget about today until tomorrow. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you. MY BACK PAGES Crimson flames tied through my ears Rollin' high and mighty traps Pounced with fire on flaming roads Using ideas as my maps "We'll meet on edges, soon," said I Proud 'neath heated brow. Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth "Rip down all hate," I screamed Lies that life is black and white Spoke from my skull. I dreamed Romantic facts of musketeers Foundationed deep, somehow. Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. Girls' faces formed the forward path From phony jealousy To memorizing politics Of ancient history Flung down by corpse evangelists Unthought of, though, somehow. Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. A self-ordained professor's tongue Too serious to fool Spouted out that liberty Is just equality in school "Equality," I spoke the word As if a wedding vow. Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand At the mongrel dogs who teach Fearing not that I'd become my enemy In the instant that I preach My pathway led by confusion boats Mutiny from stern to bow. Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats Too noble to neglect Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect Good and bad, I define these terms Quite clear, no doubt, somehow. Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE When the rain is blowing in your face And the whole world is on your case I could offer a warm embrace To make you feel my love When evening shadows and the stars appear And there is no one there to dry your tears I could hold you for a million years To make you feel my love I know you haven't made your mind up yet But I would never do you wrong I've known it from the moment that we met No doubt in my mind where you belong I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue I'd go crawling down the avenue Oh there's nothing that I wouldn't do To make you feel my love The storms are raging on the rolling sea And on the highway of regret The winds of change are blowing wild and free You ain't seen nothing like me yet I could make you happy, make your dreams come true Nothing that I wouldn't do Go to the ends of the earth for you To make you feel my love NEED A WOMAN It's been raining in the trenches all day long, dripping down to my clothes, My patience is wearing thin, got a fire inside my nose. Searching for the truth the way God designed it, The truth is I might drown before I find it. Well I need a woman, yes I do Need a woman, yes I do. Someone who can see me as I am, Somebody who just don't give a damn. And I want you to be that woman every night, Be that woman. I've had my eyes on you baby for about five long years, You probably don't know me at all, but I have seen your laughter and tears. Now you don't frighten me, my heart is jumping And you look like it wouldn't hurt you none to have a man who could give ya something. Well I need a woman, oh don't I Need a woman, bring it home safe at last. Seen you turn the corner, seen your bootheels spark, Seen you in the daylight, and watched you in the dark. And I want you to be that woman, all right Be that woman every night. Well, if you believe in something long enough you just naturally come to think it's true. There ain't no wall you can't cross over, ain't no fire you can't walk through. Well, believing is all right, just don't let the wrong people know what it's all about. They might put the evil eye on you, use their hidden powers to try to turn you out. Well I need a woman, just to be my queen. Need a woman, know what I mean? NEIGHBORHOOD BULLY Well, the neighborhood bully, he's just one man, His enemies say he's on their land. They got him outnumbered about a million to one, He got no place to escape to, no place to run. He's the neighborhood bully. The neighborhood bully just lives to survive, He's criticized and condemned for being alive. He's not supposed to fight back, he's supposed to have thick skin, He's supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked in. He's the neighborhood bully. The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land, He's wandered the earth an exiled man. Seen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn, He's always on trial for just being born. He's the neighborhood bully. Well, he knocked out a lynch mob, he was criticized, Old women condemned him, said he should apologize. Then he destroyed a bomb factory, nobody was glad. The bombs were meant for him. He was supposed to feel bad. He's the neighborhood bully. Well, the chances are against it and the odds are slim That he'll live by the rules that the world makes for him, 'Cause there's a noose at his neck and a gun at his back And a license to kill him is given out to every maniac. He's the neighborhood bully. He got no allies to really speak of. What he gets he must pay for, he don't get it out of love. He buys obsolete weapons and he won't be denied But no one sends flesh and blood to fight by his side. He's the neighborhood bully. Well, he's surrounded by pacifists who all want peace, They pray for it nightly that the bloodshed must cease. Now, they wouldn't hurt a fly. To hurt one they would weep. They lay and they wait for this bully to fall asleep. He's the neighborhood bully. Every empire that's enslaved him is gone, Egypt and Rome, even the great Babylon. He's made a garden of paradise in the desert sand, In bed with nobody, under no one's command. He's the neighborhood bully. Now his holiest books have been trampled upon, No contract he signed was worth what it was written on. He took the crumbs of the world and he turned it into wealth, Took sickness and disease and he turned it into health. He's the neighborhood bully. What's anybody indebted to him for? Nothin', they say. He just likes to cause war. Pride and prejudice and superstition indeed, They wait for this bully like a dog waits to feed. He's the neighborhood bully. What has he done to wear so many scars? Does he change the course of rivers? Does he pollute the moon and stars? Neighborhood bully, standing on the hill, Running out the clock, time standing still, Neighborhood bully NEVER GONNA BE THE SAME AGAIN Now you're here beside me, baby, You're a living dream. And every time you get this close It makes me want to scream. You touched me and you knew That I was warm for you and then, I ain't never gonna be the same again. Sorry if I hurt you, baby, Sorry if I did. Sorry if I touched the place Where your secrets are hid. But you meant more than everything, And I could not pretend, I ain't never gonna be the same again. You give me something to think about, baby, Every time I see ya. Don't worry, baby, I don't mind leaving, I'd just like it to be my idea. You taught me how to love you, baby, You taught me, oh, so well. Now, I can't go back to what was, baby, I can't unring the bell. You took my reality And cast it to the wind And I ain't never gonna be the same again. NEVER SAY GOODBYE Twilight on the frozen lake North wind about to break On footprints in the snow Silence down below. You're beautiful beyond words You're beautiful to me You can make me cry Never say goodbye. Time is all I have to give You can have it if you choose With me you can live Never say goodbye. My dreams are made of iron and steel With a big bouquet Of roses hanging down From the heavens to the ground. The crashing waves roll over me As I stand upon the sand Wait for you to come And grab hold of my hand. Oh, baby, baby, baby blue You'll change your last name, too You've turned your hair to brown Love to see it hangin' down. NEW MORNING Can't you hear that rooster crowin'? Rabbit runnin' down across the road Underneath the bridge where the water flowed through So happy just to see you smile Underneath the sky of blue On this new morning, new morning On this new morning with you. Can't you hear that motor turnin'? Automobile comin' into style Comin' down the road for a country mile or two So happy just to see you smile Underneath the sky of blue On this new morning, new morning On this new morning with you. The night passed away so quickly It always does when you're with me. Can't you feel that sun a-shinin'? Ground hog runnin' by the country stream This must be the day that all of my dreams come true So happy just to be alive Underneath the sky of blue On this new morning, new morning On this new morning with you. So happy just to be alive Underneath the sky of blue On this new morning, new morning On this new morning with you. New morning . . . NEW PONY Once I had a pony, her name was Lucifer I had a pony, her name was Lucifer She broke her leg and she needed shooting I swear it hurt me more than it could ever have hurted her Sometimes I wonder what's going on in the mind of Miss X Sometimes I wonder what's going on in the mind of Miss X You know she got such a sweet disposition I never know what the poor girl's gonna do to me next I got a new pony, she knows how to fox-trot, lope and pace Well, I got a new pony, she knows how to fox-trot, lope and pace She got great big hind legs And long black shaggy hair above her face Well now, it was early in the mornin', I seen your shadow in the door It was early in the mornin', I seen your shadow in the door Now, I don't have to ask nobody I know what you come here for They say you're usin' voodoo, your feet walk by themselves They say you're usin' voodoo, I seen your feet walk by themselves Oh, baby, that god you been prayin' to Is gonna give ya back what you're wishin' on someone else Come over here pony, I, I wanna climb up one time on you Come over here pony, I, I wanna climb up one time on you Well, you're so bad and nasty But I love you, yes I do NIGHT AFTER NIGHT Night after night you wander the streets of my mind. Night after night don't know what you think you will find. No place to go, nowhere to turn, Everything around you seems to burn, burn, burn. And there's never any mercy night after night. Night after night Night after night Night after night some new plan to blow up the world. Night after night another old man kissing some young girl. You look for salvation, you find none. Just another broken heart, another barrel of a gun, Just another stick of dynamite night after night. Night after night Night after night Night after night you drop dead in your bed, Night after night another bottle finds a head. Night after night I think about cutting you loose But I just can't do it, what would be the use? So I just keep a holding you tight night after night. Night after night Night after night Night after night Night after night NOBODY 'CEPT YOU There's nothing 'round here I believe in 'Cept you, yeah you And there's nothing to me that's sacred 'Cept you, yeah you You're the one that reaches me You're the one that I admire Every time we meet together My soul feels like it's on fire Nothing matters to me And there's nothing I desire 'Cept you, yeah you Nothing 'round here I care to try for 'Cept you, yeah you Got nothing left to live or die for 'Cept you, yeah you There's a hymn I used to hear In the churches all the time Make me feel so good inside So peaceful, so sublime And there's nothing to remind me of that Old familiar chime 'Cept you, uh huh you Used to play in the cemetery Dance and sing and run when I was a child Never seemed strange But now I just pass mournfully by That place where the bones of life are piled I know somethin' has changed I'm a stranger here and no one sees me 'Cept you, yeah you Nothing much matters or seems to please me 'Cept you, yeah you Nothing hypnotizes me Or holds me in a spell Everything runs by me Just like water from a well Everybody wants my attention Ev'rybody's got something to sell 'Cept you, yeah you NO MORE AUCTION BLOCK No more auction block for me No more, no more No more auction block for me Many thousands gone No more driver's lash for me No more, no more No more driver's lash for me Many thousands gone No more whip lash for me No more, no more No more pint of salt for me Many thousands gone No more auction block for me No more, no more No more auction block for me Many thousands gone NORTH COUNTRY BLUES Come gather 'round friends And I'll tell you a tale Of when the red iron pits ran plenty. But the cardboard filled windows And old men on the benches Tell you now that the whole town is empty. In the north end of town, My own children are grown But I was raised on the other. In the wee hours of youth, My mother took sick And I was brought up by my brother. The iron ore poured As the years passed the door, The drag lines an' the shovels they was a-humming. 'Til one day my brother Failed to come home The same as my father before him. Well a long winter's wait, From the window I watched. My friends they couldn't have been kinder. And my schooling was cut As I quit in the spring To marry John Thomas, a miner. Oh the years passed again And the givin' was good, With the lunch bucket filled every season. What with three babies born, The work was cut down To a half a day's shift with no reason. Then the shaft was soon shut And more work was cut, And the fire in the air, it felt frozen. 'Til a man come to speak And he said in one week That number eleven was closin'. They complained in the East, They are paying too high. They say that your ore ain't worth digging. That it's much cheaper down In the South American towns Where the miners work almost for nothing. So the mining gates locked And the red iron rotted And the room smelled heavy from drinking. Where the sad, silent song Made the hour twice as long As I waited for the sun to go sinking. I lived by the window As he talked to himself, This silence of tongues it was building. Then one morning's wake, The bed it was bare, And I's left alone with three children. The summer is gone, The ground's turning cold, The stores one by one they're a-foldin'. My children will go As soon as they grow. Well, there ain't nothing here now to hold them. NOT DARK YET Shadows are falling and I been here all day It's too hot to sleep and time is running away Feel like my soul has turned into steel I've still got the scars that the sun didn'tW heal There's not even room enough to be anywhere It's not dark yet, but it's getting there Well my sense of humanity is going down the drain Behind every beautiful thing, there's been some kind of pain She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind She put down in writin' what was in her mind I just don't see why I should even care It's not dark yet, but it's getting there Well I been to London and I been to gay Paris I followed the river and I got to the sea I've been down to the bottom of a whirlpool of lies I ain't lookin' for nothin' in anyone's eyes Sometimes my burden is more than I can bear It's not dark yet, but it's getting there I was born here and I'll die here, against my will I know it looks like I'm movin' but I'm standin' still Every nerve in my body is so naked and numb I can't even remember what it was I came here to get away from Don't even hear the murmur of a prayer It's not dark yet, but it's getting there NOTHING WAS DELIVERED Nothing was delivered And I tell this truth to you, Not out of spite or anger But simply because it's true. Now, I hope you won't object to this, Giving back all of what you owe, The fewer words you have to waste on this, The sooner you can go. Nothing is better, nothing is best, Take heed of this and get plenty of rest. Nothing was delivered But I can't say I sympathize With what your fate is going to be, Yes, for telling all those lies. Now you must provide some answers For what you sell has not been received, And the sooner you come up with them, The sooner you can leave. Nothing is better, nothing is best, Take heed of this and get plenty rest. (Now you know) Nothing was delivered And it's up to you to say Just what you had in mind When you made ev'rybody pay. No, nothing was delivered, Yes, 'n' someone must explain That as long as it takes to do this Then that's how long that you'll remain. Nothing is better, nothing is best, Take heed of this and get plenty rest. NO TIME TO THINK In death, you face life with a child and a wife Who sleep-walks through your dreams into walls. You're a soldier of mercy, you're cold and you curse, "He who cannot be trusted must fall." Loneliness, tenderness, high society, notoriety. You fight for the throne and you travel alone Unknown as you slowly sink And there's no time to think. In the Federal City you been blown and shown pity, In secret, for pieces of change. The empress attracts you but oppression distracts you And it makes you feel violent and strange. Memory, ecstasy, tyranny, hypocrisy Betrayed by a kiss on a cool night of bliss In the valley of the missing link And you have no time to think. Judges will haunt you, the country priestess will want you Her worst is better than best. I've seen all these decoys through a set of deep turquoise eyes And I feel so depressed. China doll, alcohol, duality, mortality. Mercury rules you and destiny fools you Like the plague, with a dangerous wink And there's no time to think. Your conscience betrayed you when some tyrant waylaid you Where the lion lies down with the lamb. I'd have paid off the traitor and killed him much later But that's just the way that I am. Paradise, sacrifice, mortality, reality. But the magician is quicker and his game Is much thicker than blood and blacker than ink And there's no time to think. Anger and jealousy's all that he sells us, He's content when you're under his thumb. Madmen oppose him, but your kindness throws him To survive it you play deaf and dumb. Equality, liberty, humility, simplicity. You glance through the mirror and there's eyes staring clear At the back of your head as you drink And there's no time to think. Warlords of sorrow and queens of tomorrow Will offer their heads for a prayer. You can't find no salvation, you have no expectations Anytime, anyplace, anywhere. Mercury, gravity, nobility, humility. You know you can't keep her and the water gets deeper That is leading you onto the brink But there's no time to think. You've murdered your vanity, buried your sanity For pleasure you must now resist. Lovers obey you but they cannot sway you They're not even sure you exist. Socialism, hypnotism, patriotism, materialism. Fools making laws for the breaking of jaws And the sound of the keys as they clink But there's no time to think. The bridge that you travel on goes to the Babylon girl With the rose in her hair. Starlight in the East and you're finally released You're stranded but with nothing to share. Loyalty, unity, epitome, rigidity. You turn around for one real last glimpse of Camille 'Neath the moon shinin' bloody and pink And there's no time to think. Bullets can harm you and death can disarm you But no, you will not be deceived. Stripped of all virtue as you crawl through the dirt, You can give but you cannot receive. No time to choose when the truth must die, No time to lose or say goodbye, No time to prepare for the victim that's there, No time to suffer or blink And no time to think. OBVIOUSLY FIVE BELIEVERS Early in the mornin' Early in the mornin' I'm callin' you to I'm callin' you to Please come home Yes, I guess I could make it without you If I just didn't feel so all alone Don't let me down Don't let me down I won't let you down I won't let you down No I won't You know I can if you can, honey But, honey, please don't I got my black dog barkin' Black dog barkin' Yes it is now Yes it is now Outside my yard Yes, I could tell you what he means If I just didn't have to try so hard Your mama's workin' Your mama's moanin' She's cryin' you know She's tryin' you know You better go now Well, I'd tell you what she wants But I just don't know how Fifteen jugglers Fifteen jugglers Five believers Five believers All dressed like men Tell yo' mama not to worry because They're just my friends Early in the mornin' Early in the mornin' I'm callin' you to I'm callin' you to Please come home Yes, I could make it without you If I just did not feel so all alone ODDS AND ENDS I plan it all and I take my place You break your promise all over the place You promised to love me, but what do I see Just you comin' and spillin' juice over me Odds and ends, odds and ends Lost time is not found again Now, you take your file and you bend my head I never can remember anything that you said You promised to love me, but what do I know You're always spillin' juice on me like you got someplace to go Odds and ends, odds and ends Lost time is not found again Now, I've had enough, my box is clean You know what I'm sayin' and you know what I mean From now on you'd best get on someone else While you're doin' it, keep that juice to yourself Odds and ends, odds and ends Lost time is not found again OH, SISTER Oh, sister, when I come to lie in your arms You should not treat me like a stranger. Our Father would not like the way that you act And you must realize the danger. Oh, sister, am I not a brother to you And one deserving of affection? And is our purpose not the same on this earth, To love and follow His direction? We grew up together From the cradle to the grave We died and were reborn And then mysteriously saved. Oh, sister, when I come to knock on your door, Don't turn away, you'll create sorrow. Time is an ocean but it ends at the shore You may not see me tomorrow. ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS On a night like this So glad you came around, Hold on to me so tight And heat up some coffee grounds. We got much to talk about And much to reminisce, It sure is right On a night like this. On a night like this So glad you've come to stay Hold on to me, pretty miss Say you'll never go away to stray. Run your fingers down my spine Bring me a touch of bliss It sure feels right On a night like this. On a night like this I can't get any sleep, The air is so cold outside And the snow's so deep. Build a fire, throw on logs And listen to it hiss And let it burn, burn, burn, burn On a night like this. Put your body next to mine And keep me company, There is plenty a room for all, So please don't elbow me. Let the four winds blow Around this old cabin door, If I'm not too far off I think we did this once before. There's more frost on the window glass With each new tender kiss, But it sure feels right On a night like this. ONE MORE CUP OF COFFEE (Valley Below) Your breath is sweet Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky. Your back is straight, your hair is smooth On the pillow where you lie. But I don't sense affection No gratitude or love Your loyalty is not to me But to the stars above. One more cup of coffee for the road, One more cup of coffee 'fore I go To the valley below. Your daddy he's an outlaw And a wanderer by trade He'll teach you how to pick and choose And how to throw the blade. He oversees his kingdom So no stranger does intrude His voice it trembles as he calls out For another plate of food. One more cup of coffee for the road, One more cup of coffee 'fore I go To the valley below. Your sister sees the future Like your mama and yourself. You've never learned to read or write There's no books upon your shelf. And your pleasure knows no limits Your voice is like a meadowlark But your heart is like an ocean Mysterious and dark. One more cup of coffee for the road, One more cup of coffee 'fore I go To the valley below. ONE MORE NIGHT One more night, the stars are in sight But tonight I'm as lonesome as can be. Oh, the moon is shinin' bright, Lighting ev'rything in sight, But tonight no light will shine on me. Oh, it's shameful and it's sad, I lost the only pal I had, I just could not be what she wanted me to be. I will turn my head up high To that dark and rolling sky, For tonight no light will shine on me. I was so mistaken when I thought that she'd be true, I had no idea what a woman in love would do! One more night, I will wait for the light While the wind blows high above the tree. Oh, I miss my darling so, I didn't mean to see her go, But tonight no light will shine on me. One more night, the moon is shinin' bright And the wind blows high above the tree. Oh, I miss that woman so, I didn't mean to see her go, But tonight no light will shine on me. ONE MORE WEEKEND Slippin' and slidin' like a weasel on the run, I'm lookin' good to see you, yeah, and we can have some fun. One more weekend, one more weekend with you, One more weekend, one more weekend'll do. Come on down to my ship, honey, ride on deck, We'll fly over the ocean just like you suspect. One more weekend, one more weekend with you. One more weekend, one more weekend'll do. We'll fly the night away, Hang out the whole next day, Things will be okay, You wait and see. We'll go someplace unknown, Leave all the children home, Honey, why not go alone Just you and me. Comin' and goin' like a rabbit in the wood, I'm happy just to see you, yeah, lookin' so good. One more weekend, one more weekend with you, One more weekend, one more weekend'll do (yes, you will!). Like a needle in a haystack, I'm gonna find you yet, You're the sweetest gone mama that this boy's ever gonna get. One more weekend, one more weekend with you, One more weekend, one more weekend'll do. ONE TOO MANY MORNINGS Down the street the dogs are barkin' And the day is a-gettin' dark. As the night comes in a-fallin', The dogs 'll lose their bark. An' the silent night will shatter From the sounds inside my mind, For I'm one too many mornings And a thousand miles behind. From the crossroads of my doorstep, My eyes they start to fade, As I turn my head back to the room Where my love and I have laid. An' I gaze back to the street, The sidewalk and the sign, And I'm one too many mornings An' a thousand miles behind. It's a restless hungry feeling That don't mean no one no good, When ev'rything I'm a-sayin' You can say it just as good. You're right from your side, I'm right from mine. We're both just too many mornings An' a thousand miles behind. ONLY A HOBO As I was out walking on a corner one day, I spied an old hobo, in a doorway he lay. His face was all grounded in the cold sidewalk floor And I guess he'd been there for the whole night or more. Only a hobo, but one more is gone Leavin' nobody to sing his sad song Leavin' nobody to carry him home Only a hobo, but one more is gone A blanket of newspaper covered his head, As the curb was his pillow, the street was his bed. One look at his face showed the hard road he'd come And a fistful of coins showed the money he bummed. Only a hobo, but one more is gone Leavin' nobody to sing his sad song Leavin' nobody to carry him home Only a hobo, but one more is gone Does it take much of a man to see his whole life go down, To look up on the world from a hole in the ground, To wait for your future like a horse that's gone lame, To lie in the gutter and die with no name? Only a hobo, but one more is gone Leavin' nobody to sing his sad song Leavin' nobody to carry him home Only a hobo, but one more is gone ONLY A PAWN IN THEIR GAME A bullet from the back of a bush took Medgar Evers' blood. A finger fired the trigger to his name. A handle hid out in the dark A hand set the spark Two eyes took the aim Behind a man's brain But he can't be blamed He's only a pawn in their game. A South politician preaches to the poor white man, "You got more than the blacks, don't complain. You're better than them, you been born with white skin," they explain. And the Negro's name Is used it is plain For the politician's gain As he rises to fame And the poor white remains On the caboose of the train But it ain't him to blame He's only a pawn in their game. The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paid, And the marshals and cops get the same, But the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a tool. He's taught in his school From the start by the rule That the laws are with him To protect his white skin To keep up his hate So he never thinks straight 'Bout the shape that he's in But it ain't him to blame He's only a pawn in their game. From the poverty shacks, he looks from the cracks to the tracks, And the hoof beats pound in his brain. And he's taught how to walk in a pack Shoot in the back With his fist in a clinch To hang and to lynch To hide 'neath the hood To kill with no pain Like a dog on a chain He ain't got no name But it ain't him to blame He's only a pawn in their game. Today, Medgar Evers was buried from the bullet he caught. They lowered him down as a king. But when the shadowy sun sets on the one That fired the gun He'll see by his grave On the stone that remains Carved next to his name His epitaph plain: Only a pawn in their game. ON THE ROAD AGAIN Well, I woke up in the morning There's frogs inside my socks Your mama, she's a-hidin' Inside the icebox Your daddy walks in wearin' A Napoleon Bonaparte mask Then you ask why I don't live here Honey, do you have to ask? Well, I go to pet your monkey I get a face full of claws I ask who's in the fireplace And you tell me Santa Claus The milkman comes in He's wearing a derby hat Then you ask why I don't live here Honey, how come you have to ask me that? Well, I asked for something to eat I'm hungry as a hog So I get brown rice, seaweed And a dirty hot dog I've got a hole Where my stomach disappeared Then you ask why I don't live here Honey, I gotta think you're really weird. Your grandpa's cane It turns into a sword Your grandma prays to pictures That are pasted on a board Everything inside my pockets Your uncle steals Then you ask why I don't live here Honey, I can't believe that you're for real. Well, there's fist fights in the kitchen They're enough to make me cry The mailman comes in Even he's gotta take a side Even the butler He's got something to prove Then you ask why I don't live here Honey, how come you don't move? OPEN THE DOOR, HOMER Now, there's a certain thing That I learned from Jim That he'd always make sure I'd understand And that is that there's a certain way That a man must swim If he expects to live off Of the fat of the land. Open the door, Homer, I've heard it said before. Open the door, Homer, I've heard it said before But I ain't gonna hear it said no more. Now, there's a certain thing That I learned from my friend, Mouse A fella who always blushes And that is that ev'ryone Must always flush out his house If he don't expect to be Goin' 'round housing flushes. Open the door, Homer, I've heard it said before. Open the door, Homer, I've heard it said before But I ain't gonna hear it said no more. "Take care of all your memories" Said my friend, Mick "For you cannot relive them And remember when you're out there Tryin' to heal the sick That you must always First forgive them." Open the door, Homer, I've heard it said before. Open the door, Homer, I've heard it said before But I ain't gonna hear it said no more. OUTLAW BLUES Ain't it hard to stumble And land in some funny lagoon? Ain't it hard to stumble And land in some muddy lagoon? Especially when it's nine below zero And three o'clock in the afternoon. Ain't gonna hang no picture, Ain't gonna hang no picture frame. Ain't gonna hang no picture, Ain't gonna hang no picture frame. Well, I might look like Robert Ford But I feel just like a Jesse James. Well, I wish I was on some Australian mountain range. Oh, I wish I was on some Australian mountain range. I got no reason to be there, but I Imagine it would be some kind of change. I got my dark sunglasses, I got for good luck my black tooth. I got my dark sunglasses, I'm carryin' for good luck my black tooth. Don't ask me nothin' about nothin', I just might tell you the truth. I got a woman in Jackson, I ain't gonna say her name. I got a woman in Jackson, I ain't gonna say her name. She's a brown-skin woman, But I Love her just the same. OXFORD TOWN Oxford Town, Oxford Town Ev'rybody's got their heads bowed down The sun don't shine above the ground Ain't a-goin' down to Oxford Town He went down to Oxford Town Guns and clubs followed him down All because his face was brown Better get away from Oxford Town Oxford Town around the bend He come in to the door, he couldn't get in All because of the color of his skin What do you think about that, my frien'? Me and my gal, my gal's son We got met with a tear gas bomb I don't even know why we come Goin' back where we come from Oxford Town in the afternoon Ev'rybody singin' a sorrowful tune Two men died 'neath the Mississippi moon Somebody better investigate soon Oxford Town, Oxford Town Ev'rybody's got their heads bowed down The sun don't shine above the ground Ain't a-goin' down to Oxford Town PATHS OF VICTORY Trails of troubles, Roads of battles, Paths of victory, I shall walk. The trail is dusty And my road it might be rough, But the better roads are waiting And boys it ain't far off. Trails of troubles, Roads of battles, Paths of victory, We shall walk. I walked down by the river, I turned my head up high. I saw that silver linin' That was hangin' in the sky. Trails of troubles, Roads of battles, Paths of victory, We shall walk. The evenin' dusk was rollin', I was walking down the track. There was a one-way wind a-blowin' And it was blowin' at my back. Trails of troubles, Roads of battles, Paths of victory, We shall walk. The gravel road is bumpy, It's a hard road to ride, But there's a clearer road a-waitin' With the cinders on the side. Trails of troubles, Roads of battles, Paths of victory, We shall walk. That evening train was rollin', The hummin' of its wheels, My eyes they saw a better day As I looked across the fields. Trails of troubles, Roads of battles, Paths of victory, We shall walk. The trail is dusty, The road it might be rough, But the good road is a-waitin' And boys it ain't far off. Trails of troubles, Roads of battles, Paths of victory, We shall walk. PEGGY DAY Peggy Day stole my poor heart away, By golly, what more can I say, Love to spend the night with Peggy Day. Peggy night makes my future look so bright, Man, that girl is out of sight, Love to spend the day with Peggy night. Well, you know that even before I learned her name, You know I loved her just the same. An' I tell 'em all, wherever I may go, Just so they'll know, that she's my little lady And I love her so. Peggy Day stole my poor heart away, Turned my skies to blue from gray, Love to spend the night with Peggy Day. Peggy Day stole my poor heart away, By golly, what more can I say, Love to spend the night with Peggy Day. Love to spend the night with Peggy Day. PERCY'S SONG Bad news, bad news, Come to me where I sleep, Turn, turn, turn again. Sayin' one of your friends Is in trouble deep, Turn, turn to the rain And the wind. Tell me the trouble, Tell once to my ear, Turn, turn, turn again. Joliet prison And ninety-nine years, Turn, turn to the rain And the wind. Oh what's the charge Of how this came to be, Turn, turn, turn again. Manslaughter In the highest of degree, Turn, turn to the rain And the wind. I sat down and wrote The best words I could write, Turn, turn, turn again. Explaining to the judge I'd be there on Wednesday night, Turn, turn to the rain And the wind. Without a reply, I left by the moon, Turn, turn, turn again. And was in his chambers By the next afternoon, Turn, turn to the rain And the wind. Could ya tell me the facts? I said without fear, Turn, turn, turn again. That a friend of mine Would get ninety-nine years, Turn, turn to the rain And the wind. A crash on the highway Flew the car to a field, Turn, turn, turn again. There was four persons killed And he was at the wheel, Turn, turn to the rain And the wind. But I knew him as good As I'm knowin' myself, Turn, turn, turn again. And he wouldn't harm a life That belonged to someone else, Turn, turn to the rain And the wind. The judge spoke Out of the side of his mouth, Turn, turn, turn again. Sayin', "The witness who saw, He left little doubt," Turn, turn to the rain And the wind. That may be true, He's got a sentence to serve, Turn, turn, turn again. But ninety-nine years, He just don't deserve, Turn, turn to the rain And the wind. Too late, too late, For his case it is sealed, Turn, turn, turn again. His sentence is passed And it cannot be repealed, Turn, turn to the rain And the wind. But he ain't no criminal And his crime it is none, Turn, turn, turn again. What happened to him Could happen to anyone, Turn, turn to the rain And the wind. And at that the judge jerked forward And his face it did freeze, Turn, turn, turn again. Sayin', "Could you kindly leave My office now, please," Turn, turn to the rain And the wind. Well his eyes looked funny And I stood up so slow, Turn, turn, turn again. With no other choice Except for to go, Turn, turn to the rain And the wind. I walked down the hallway And I heard his door slam, Turn, turn, turn again. I walked down the courthouse stairs And I did not understand, Turn, turn to the rain And the wind. And I played my guitar Through the night to the day, Turn, turn, turn again. And the only tune My guitar could play Was, "Oh the Cruel Rain And the Wind." PLAYBOYS AND PLAYGIRLS Oh, ye playboys and playgirls Ain't a-gonna run my world, Ain't a-gonna run my world, Ain't a-gonna run my world. Ye playboys and playgirls Ain't a-gonna run my world, Not now or no other time. You fallout shelter sellers Can't get in my door, Can't get in my door, Can't get in my door. You fallout shelter seller Can't get in my door, Not now or no other time. Your Jim Crow ground Can't turn me around, Can't turn me around, Can't turn me around. Your Jim Crow ground Can't turn me around, Not now or no other time. The laughter in the lynch mob Ain't a-gonna do no more, Ain't a-gonna do no more, Ain't a-gonna do no more. The laughter in the lynch mob Ain't a-gonna do no more, Not now or no other time. You insane tongues of war talk Ain't a-gonna guide my road, Ain't a-gonna guide my road, Ain't a-gonna guide my road. You insane tongues of war talk Ain't a-gonna guide my road, Not now or no other time. You red baiters and race haters Ain't a-gonna hang around here, Ain't a-gonna hang around here, Ain't a-gonna hang around here. You red baiters and race haters, Ain't a-gonna hang around here, Not now or no other time. Ye playboys and playgirls Ain't a-gonna own my world, Ain't a-gonna own my world, Ain't a-gonna own my world. Ye playboys and playgirls, Ain't a-gonna own my world, Not now or no other time. PLEASE, MRS. HENRY Well, I've already had two beers I'm ready for the broom Please, Missus Henry, won't you Take me to my room? I'm a good ol' boy But I've been sniffin' too many eggs Talkin' to too many people Drinkin' too many kegs Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please! Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please! I'm down on my knees An' I ain't got a dime Well, I'm groanin' in a hallway Pretty soon I'll be mad Please, Missus Henry, won't you Take me to your dad? I can drink like a fish I can crawl like a snake I can bite like a turkey I can slam like a drake Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please! Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please! I'm down on my knees An' I ain't got a dime Now, don't crowd me, lady Or I'll fill up your shoe I'm a sweet bourbon daddy An' tonight I am blue I'm a thousand years old And I'm a generous bomb I'm T-boned and punctured But I'm known to be calm Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please! Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please! I'm down on my knees An' I ain't got a dime Now, I'm startin' to drain My stool's gonna squeak If I walk too much farther My crane's gonna leak Look, Missus Henry There's only so much I can do Why don't you look my way An' pump me a few? Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please! Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please! I'm down on my knees An' I ain't got a dime PLEDGING MY TIME Well, early in the mornin' 'Til late at night, I got a poison headache, But I feel all right. I'm pledging my time to you, Hopin' you'll come through, too. Well, the hobo jumped up, He came down natur'lly. After he stole my baby, Then he wanted to steal me. But I'm pledging my time to you, Hopin' you'll come through, too. Won't you come with me, baby? I'll take you where you wanna go. And if it don't work out, You'll be the first to know. I'm pledging my time to you, Hopin' you'll come through, too. Well, the room is so stuffy, I can hardly breathe. Ev'rybody's gone but me and you And I can't be the last to leave. I'm pledging my time to you, Hopin' you'll come through, too. Well, they sent for the ambulance And one was sent. Somebody got lucky But it was an accident. Now I'm pledging my time to you, Hopin' you'll come through, too. POLITICAL WORLD We live in a political world, Love don't have any place. We're living in times where men commit crimes, And crime don't have a face. We live in a political world, Icicles hanging down, Wedding bells ring and angels sing, clouds cover up the ground. We live in a political world, Wisdom is thrown into jail, It rots in a cell, is misguided as hell, Leaving no one to pick up a trail. We live in a political world Where mercy walks the plank, Life is in mirrors, death disappears Up the steps into the nearest bank. We live in a political world Where courage is a thing of the past, Houses are haunted, children are unwanted, The next day could be your last. We live in a political world, The one we can see and can feel, But there's no one to check, it's all a stacked deck, We all know for sure that it's real. We live in a political world, In the cities of lonesome fear, Little by little you turn in the middle But you're never sure why you're here. We live in a political world, Under the microscope, You can travel anywhere and hang yourself there, You always got more than enough rope. We live in a political world, Turning and a-thrashing about, As soon as you're awake, you're trained to take, What looks like the easy way out. We live in a political world, Where peace is not welcome at all, It's turned away from the door to wander some more, Or put up against the wall. We live in a political world, Everything is hers or his, Climb into the frame and shout God's name, But you're never sure what it is. POOR BOY BLUES Mm, tell mama, Where'd ya sleep last night? Cain't ya hear me cryin'? Hm, hm, hm. Hey, tell me baby, What's the matter here? Cain't ya hear me cryin'? Hm, hm, hm. Hey, stop you ol' train, Let a poor boy ride. Cain't ya hear me cryin'? Hm, hm, hm. Hey, Mister Bartender, I swear I'm not too young. Cain't ya hear me cryin'? Hm, hm, hm. Blow your whistle, policeman, My poor feet are trained to run. Cain't ya hear me cryin'? Hm, hm, hm. Long-distance operator, I hear this poor call is on the house. Cain't ya hear me cryin'? Hm, hm, hm. Ashes and diamonds, The diff'rence I cain't see. Cain't ya hear me cryin'? Hm, hm, hm. Mister Judge and Jury, Cain't you see the shape I'm in? Don't ya hear me cryin'? Hm, hm, hm. Mississippi River, You a-runnin' too fast for me. Cain't ya hear me cryin'? Hm, hm, hm. POSITIVELY 4TH STREET You got a lotta nerve To say you are my friend When I was down You just stood there grinning You got a lotta nerve To say you gota helping hand to lend You just want to be on The side that's winning You say I let you down You know it's not like that If you're so hurt Why then don't you show it You say you lost your faith But that's not where it's at You had no faith to lose And you know it I know the reason That you talk behind my back I used to be among the crowd You're in with Do you take me for such a fool To think I'd make contact With the one who tries to hide What he don't know to begin with You see me on the street You always act surprised You say, "How are you?" "Good luck" But you don't mean it When you know as well as me You'd rather see me paralyzed Why don't you just come out once And scream it No, I do not feel that good When I see the heartbreaks you embrace If I was a master thief Perhaps I'd rob them And now I know you're dissatisfied With your position and your place Don't you understand It's not my problem I wish that for just one time You could stand inside my shoes And just for that one moment I could be you Yes, I wish that for just one time You could stand inside my shoes You'd know what a drag it is To see you PRECIOUS ANGEL Precious angel, under the sun, How was I to know you'd be the one To show me I was blinded, to show me I was gone How weak was the foundation I was standing upon? Now there's spiritual warfare and flesh and blood breaking down. Ya either got faith or ya got unbelief and there ain't no neutral ground. The enemy is subtle, how be it we are so deceived When the truth's in our hearts and we still don't believe? Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself. I'm a little too blind to see. My so-called friends have fallen under a spell. They look me squarely in the eye and they say, "All is well." Can they imagine the darkness that will fall from on high When men will beg God to kill them and they won't be able to die? Sister, lemme tell you about a vision I saw. You were drawing water for your husband, you were suffering under the law. You were telling him about Buddha, you were telling him about Mohammed in the same breath. You never mentioned one time the Man who came and died a criminal's death. Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself. I'm a little too blind to see. Precious angel, you believe me when I say What God has given to us no man can take away. We are covered in blood, girl, you know our forefathers were slaves. Let us hope they've found mercy in their bone-filled graves. You're the queen of my flesh, girl, you're my woman, you're my delight, You're the lamp of my soul, girl, and you touch up the night. But there's violence in the eyes, girl, so let us not be enticed On the way out of Egypt, through Ethiopia, to the judgment hall of Christ. Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself. I'm a little too blind to see. PRECIOUS MEMORIES As I travel down life's pathway, Know not what the years may hold. As I ponder, hopes grow fonder, Precious memories flood my soul Precious father, loving mother, Glide across the lonely years. And old homes scenes of my childhood In fond memory appears. Precious memories, how they linger How they ever flood my soul. In the stillness of the midnight, Precious sacred scenes unfold. PRESSING ON Well I'm pressing on Yes, I'm pressing on Well I'm pressing on To the higher calling of my Lord. Many try to stop me, shake me up in my mind, Say, "Prove to me that He is Lord, show me a sign." What kind of sign they need when it all come from within, When what's lost has been found, what's to come has already been? Well I'm pressing on Yes, I'm pressing on Well I'm pressing on To the higher calling of my Lord. Shake the dust off of your feet, don't look back. Nothing now can hold you down, nothing that you lack. Temptation's not an easy thing, Adam given the devil reign Because he sinned I got no choice, it run in my vein. Well I'm pressing on Yes, I'm pressing on Well I'm pressing on To the higher calling of my Lord. PROPERTY OF JESUS Go ahead and talk about him because he makes you doubt, Because he has denied himself the things that you can't live without. Laugh at him behind his back just like the others do, Remind him of what he used to be when he comes walkin' through. He's the property of Jesus Resent him to the bone You got something better You've got a heart of stone Stop your conversation when he passes on the street, Hope he falls upon himself, oh, won't that be sweet Because he can't be exploited by superstition anymore Because he can't be bribed or bought by the things that you adore. He's the property of Jesus Resent him to the bone You got something better You've got a heart of stone When the whip that's keeping you in line doesn't make him jump, Say he's hard-of-hearin', say that he's a chump. Say he's out of step with reality as you try to test his nerve Because he doesn't pay no tribute to the king that you serve. He's the property of Jesus Resent him to the bone You got something better You've got a heart of stone'cause Say that he's a loser Ôcause he got no common sense Because he don't increase his worth at someone else's expense. Because he's not afraid of trying, 'cause he don't look at you and smile, 'Cause he doesn't tell you jokes or fairy tales, say he's got no style. He's the property of Jesus Resent him to the bone You got something better You've got a heart of stone You can laugh at salvation, you can play Olympic games, You think that when you rest at last you'll go back from where you came. But you've picked up quite a story and you've changed since the womb. What happened to the real you, you've been captured but by whom? He's the property of Jesus Resent him to the bone You got something better You've got a heart of stone QUEEN JANE APPROXIMATELY When your mother sends back all your invitations And your father to your sister he explains That you're tired of yourself and all of your creations Won't you come see me, Queen Jane? Won't you come see me, Queen Jane? Now when all of the flower ladies want back what they have lent you And the smell of their roses does not remain And all of your children start to resent you Won't you come see me, Queen Jane? Won't you come see me, Queen Jane? Now when all the clowns that you have commissioned Have died in battle or in vain And you're sick of all this repetition Won't you come see me, Queen Jane? Won't you come see me, Queen Jane? When all of your advisers heave their plastic At your feet to convince you of your pain Trying to prove that your conclusions should be more drastic Won't you come see me, Queen Jane? Won't you come see me, Queen Jane? Now when all the bandits that you turned your other cheek to All lay down their bandanas and complain And you want somebody you don't have to speak to Won't you come see me, Queen Jane? Won't you come see me, Queen Jane? QUIT YOUR LOW DOWN WAYS Oh, you can read out your Bible, You can fall down on your knees, pretty mama, And pray to the Lord But it ain't gonna do no good. You're gonna need You're gonna need my help someday Well, if you can't quit your sinnin' Please quit your low down ways. Well, you can run down to the White House, You can gaze at the Capitol Dome, pretty mama, You can pound on the President's gate But you oughta know by now it's gonna be too late. You're gonna need You're gonna need my help someday Well, if you can't quit your sinnin' Please quit your low down ways. Well, you can run down to the desert, Throw yourself on the burning sand. You can raise up your right hand, pretty mama, But you better understand you done lost your one good man. You're gonna need You're gonna need my help someday Well, if you can't quit your sinnin' Please quit your low down ways. And you can hitchhike on the highway, You can stand all alone by the side of the road. You can try to flag a ride back home, pretty mama, But you can't ride in my car no more. You're gonna need You're gonna need my help someday Well, if you can't quit your sinnin' Please quit your low down ways. Oh, you can read out your Bible, You can fall down on your knees, pretty mama, And pray to the Lord But it ain't gonna do no good. You're gonna need You're gonna need my help someday Well, if you can't quit your sinnin' Please quit your low down ways. QUINN, THE ESKIMO Ev'rybody's building the big ships and the boats, Some are building monuments, Others, jotting down notes, Ev'rybody's in despair, Ev'ry girl and boy But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here, Ev'rybody's gonna jump for joy. Come all without, come all within, You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn. I like to do just like the rest, I like my sugar sweet, But guarding fumes and making haste, It ain't my cup of meat. Ev'rybody's 'neath the trees, Feeding pigeons on a limb But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here, All the pigeons gonna run to him. Come all without, come all within, You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn. A cat's meow and a cow's moo, I can recite 'em all, Just tell me where it hurts yuh, honey, And I'll tell you who to call. Nobody can get no sleep, There's someone on ev'ryone's toes But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here, Ev'rybody's gonna wanna doze. Come all without, come all within, You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn. RAGGED & DIRTY Lord, I'm broke, I'm hungry, ragged and dirty too, Broke and hungry, ragged and dirty too. If I clean up, sweet momma, can I stay all night with you? Lord, I went to my window, babe, I couldn't see through my blinds, Went to my window, babe, I couldn't see through my blinds. Heard my best friend a-comin' and I thought I heard my baby cry. Lord, if I can't come in here, baby, then just let me sit down in your door, If I can't come in here, baby, then just let me sit down in your door. And I would leave so soon that your man won't never know. How can I live here, baby, Lord, and feel at ease? How can I live here, baby, Lord, and feel at ease? Well, that woman I got, man, she does just what she feels. Lord, you shouldn't mistreat me, baby, because I'm young and wild, Shouldn't mistreat me, baby, because I'm young and wild. You must always remember, baby, you was once a child. 'Cause I'm leaving in the morning, if I have to ride the blinds, Leaving in the morning, if I have to ride the blinds. Well, I been mistreated and I swear I don't mind dyin'. RAMBLING, GAMBLING WILLIE Come around you rovin' gamblers and a story I will tell About the greatest gambler, you all should know him well. His name was Will O' Conley and he gambled all his life, He had twenty-seven children, yet he never had a wife. And it's ride, Willie, ride, Roll, Willie, roll, Wherever you are a-gamblin' now, nobody really knows. He gambled in the White House and in the railroad yards, Wherever there was people, there was Willie and his cards. He had a reputation as the gamblin'est man around, Wives would keep their husbands home when Willie came to town. And it's ride, Willie, ride, Roll, Willie, roll, Wherever you are a-gamblin' now, nobody really knows. Sailin' down the Mississippi to a town called New Orleans, They're still talkin' about their card game on that Jackson River Queen. "I've come to win some money," Gamblin' Willie says, When the game finally ended up, the whole damn boat was his. And it's ride, Willie, ride, Roll, Willie, roll, Wherever you are a-gamblin' now, nobody really knows. Up in the Rocky Mountains in a town called Cripple Creek, There was an all-night poker game, lasted about a week. Nine hundred miners had laid their money down, When Willie finally left the room, he owned the whole damn town. And it's ride, Willie, ride, Roll, Willie, roll, Wherever you are a-gamblin' now, nobody really knows. But Willie had a heart of gold and this I know is true, He supported all his children, and all their mothers too. He wore no rings or fancy things, like other gamblers wore, He spread his money far and wide, to help the sick and the poor. And it's ride, Willie, ride, Roll, Willie, roll, Wherever you are a-gamblin' now, nobody really knows. When you played your cards with Willie, you never really knew Whether he was bluffin' or whether he was true. He won a fortune from a man who folded in his chair. The man, he left a diamond flush, Willie didn't even have a pair. And it's ride, Willie, ride, Roll, Willie, roll, Wherever you are a-gamblin' now, nobody really knows. It was late one evenin' during a poker game, A man lost all his money, he said Willie was to blame. He shot poor Willie through the head, which was a tragic fate, When Willie's cards fell on the floor, they were aces backed with eights. And it's ride, Willie, ride, Roll, Willie, roll, Wherever you are a-gamblin' now, nobody really knows. So all you rovin' gamblers, wherever you might be, The moral of this story is very plain to see. Make your money while you can, before you have to stop, For when you pull that dead man's hand, your gamblin' days are up. And it's ride, Willie, ride, Roll, Willie, roll, Wherever you are a-gamblin' now, nobody really knows. RESTLESS FAREWELL Oh all the money that in my whole life I did spend, Be it mine right or wrongfully, I let it slip gladly past the hands of my friends To tie up the time most forcefully. But the bottles are done, We've killed each one And the table's full and overflowed. And the corner sign Says it's closing time, So I'll bid farewell and be down the road. Oh ev'ry girl that ever l've touched, I did not do it harmfully. And ev'ry girl that ever I've hurt, I did not do it knowin'ly. But to remain as friends and make amends You need the time and stay behind. And since my feet are now fast And point away from the past, I'll bid farewell and be down the line. Oh ev'ry foe that ever I faced, The cause was there before we came. And ev'ry cause that ever I fought, I fought it full without regret or shame. But the dark does die As the curtain is drawn and somebody's eyes Must meet the dawn. And if I see the day I'd only have to stay, So I'll bid farewell in the night and be gone. Oh, ev'ry thought that's strung a knot in my mind, I might go insane if it couldn't be sprung. But it's not to stand naked under unknowin' eyes, It's for myself and my friends my stories are sung. But the time ain't tall, Yet on time you depend and no word is possessed By no special friend. And though the line is cut, It ain't quite the end, I'll just bill farewell till we meet again. Oh a false clock tries to tick out my time To disgrace, distract, and bother me. And the dirt of gossip blows into my face, And the dust of rumors covers me. But if the arrow is straight And the point is slick, It can pierce through dust no matter how thick. So I'll make my stand And remain as I am And bid farewell and not give a damn. RING THEM BELLS Ring them bells, ye heathen From the city that dreams, Ring them bells from the sanctuaries Cross the valleys and streams, For they're deep and they're wide And the world's on its side And time is running backwards And so is the bride. Ring them bells St. Peter Where the four winds blow, Ring them bells with an iron hand So the people will know. Oh it's rush hour now On the wheel and the plow And the sun is going down Upon the sacred cow. Ring them bells Sweet Martha, For the poor man's son, Ring them bells so the world will know That God is one. Oh the shepherd is asleep Where the willows weep And the mountains are filled With lost sheep. Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf, Ring them bells for all of us who are left, Ring them bells for the chosen few Who will judge the many when the game is through. Ring them bells, for the time that flies, For the child that cries When innocence dies. Ring them bells St. Catherine From the top of the room, Ring them from the fortress For the lilies that bloom. Oh the lines are long And the fighting is strong And they're breaking down the distance Between right and wrong. RITA MAY Rita May, Rita May, You got your body in the way. You're so damn nonchalant But it's your mind that I want. You got me huffin' and a-puffin', Next to you I feel like nothin', Rita May. Rita May, Rita May, How'd you ever get that way? When do you ever see the light? Don't you ever feel a fright? You got me burnin' and I'm turnin' But I know I must be learnin', Rita May. All my friends have told me If I hang around with you That I'll go blind But I know that when you hold me That there really must be somethin' On your mind. Rita May, Rita May, Laying in a stack of hay, Do you remember where you been? What's that crazy place you're in? I'm gonna have to go to college 'Cause you are the book of knowledge, Rita May. ROCKS AND GRAVEL (Solid Road) Takes rocks and gravel, baby, make a solid road, Make a solid road. Takes rocks and gravel, baby, make a solid road, Make a solid road. Takes a good woman mama, To satisfy my weary soul. Have you ever been down on that Mobil and K. C. line, Have you ever been down on that Mobil and K. C. line? Well I just wanna ask you, If you seen that gal of mine, Don't the clouds look lonesome shining across the sea, Don't the clouds look lonesome shining across the sea, Don't my gal look good, When she's comin' after me? ROMANCE IN DURANGO Hot chili peppers in the blistering sun Dust on my face and my cape, Me and Magdalena on the run I think this time we shall escape. Sold my guitar to the baker's son For a few crumbs and a place to hide, But I can get another one And I'll play for Magdalena as we ride. No llores, mi querida Dios nos vigila Soon the horse will take us to Durango. Agarrame, mi vida Soon the desert will be gone Soon you will be dancing the fandango. Past the Aztec ruins and the ghosts of our people Hoofbeats like castanets on stone. At night I dream of bells in the village steeple Then I see the bloody face of Ramon. Was it me that shot him down in the cantina Was it my hand that held the gun? Come, let us fly, my Magdalena The dogs are barking and what's done is done. No llores, mi querida Dios nos vigila Soon the horse will take us to Durango. Agarrame, mi vida Soon the desert will be gone Soon you will be dancing the fandango. At the corrida we'll sit in the shade And watch the young torero stand alone. We'll drink tequila where our grandfathers stayed When they rode with Villa into Torre6n. Then the padre will recite the prayers of old In the little church this side of town. I will wear new boots and an earring of gold You'll shine with diamonds in your wedding gown. The way is long but the end is near Already the fiesta has begun. The face of God will appear With His serpent eyes of obsidian. No llores, mi querida Dios nos vigila Soon the horse will take us to Durango. Agarrame, mi vida Soon the desert will be gone Soon you will be dancing the fandango. Was that the thunder that I heard? My head is vibrating, I feel a sharp pain Come sit by me, don't say a word Oh, can it be that I am slain? Quick, Magdalena, take my gun Look up in the hills, that flash of light. Aim well my little one We may not make it through the night. No llores, mi querida Dios nos vigila Soon the horse will take us to Durango. Agarrame, mi vida Soon the desert will be gone Soon you will be dancing the fandango. SAD EYED LADY OF THE LOWLANDS With your mercury mouth in the missionary times, And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes, And your silver cross, and your voice like chimes, Oh, who among them do they think could bury you? With your pockets well protected at last, And your streetcar visions which you place on the grass, And your flesh like silk, and your face like glass, Who among them do they think could carry you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes, My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, Should I leave them by your gate, Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? With your sheets like metal and your belt like lace, And your deck of cards missing the jack and the ace, And your basement clothes and your hollow face, Who among them can think he could outguess you? With your silhouette when the sunlight dims Into your eyes where the moonlight swims, And your match-book songs and your gypsy hymns, Who among them would try to impress you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes, My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, Should I leave them by your gate, Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? The kings of Tyrus with their convict list Are waiting in line for their geranium kiss, And you wouldn't know it would happen like this, But who among them really wants just to kiss you? With your childhood flames on your midnight rug, And your Spanish manners and your mother's drugs, And your cowboy mouth and your curfew plugs, Who among them do you think could resist you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes, My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, Should I leave them by your gate, Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? Oh, the farmers and the businessmen, they all did decide To show you the dead angels that they used to hide. But why did they pick you to sympathize with their side? Oh, how could they ever mistake you? They wished you'd accepted the blame for the farm, But with the sea at your feet and the phony false alarm, And with the child of a hoodlum wrapped up in your arms, How could they ever, ever persuade you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes, My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, Should I leave them by your gate, Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? With your sheet-metal memory of Cannery Row, And your magazine-husband who one day just had to go, And your gentleness now, which you just can't help but show, Who among them do you think would employ you? Now you stand with your thief, you're on his parole With your holy medallion which your fingertips fold, And your saintlike face and your ghostlike soul, Oh, who among them do you think could destroy you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes, My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, Should I leave them by your gate, Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? SANTA-FE Santa-Fe, Dear, dear, dear, dear, dear Santa-Fe, My woman needs it ev'ryday, She promised this a-lad she'd stay, She's rollin' up a lotta bread To toss away. She's in Santa-Fe, Dear, dear, dear, dear, dear Santa-Fe Now she's opened up an old maid's home, She's proud, but she needs to roam, She's gonna write herself a roadside poem, About Santa-Fe. Santa-Fe, Dear, dear, dear, dear Santa-Fe. Since I'm never gonna cease to roam, I'm never, ever far from home, But I'll build a geodesic dome And sail away. Don't feel bad. No, no, no, no, don't feel bad It's the best food I've ever had. Makes me feel so glad That she's cooking in a home-made pad She never caught a cold so bad When I'm away. Santa-Fe, Dear, dear, dear, dear, dear, dear Santa-Fe. My shrimp boat's in the bay I won't have my nature this way, And I'm leanin' on the wheel each day To drift away From Santa-Fe, Dear, dear, dear, dear, dear Santa-Fe. My sister looks good at home, She's lickin' on an ice cream cone, She's packin' her big white comb, What does it weigh? SARA I laid on a dune, I looked at the sky, When the children were babies and played on the beach. You came up behind me, I saw you go by, You were always so close and still within reach. Sara, Sara, Whatever made you want to change your mind? Sara, Sara, So easy to look at, so hard to define. I can still see them playin' with their pails in the sand, They run to the water their buckets to fill. I can still see the shells fallin' out of their hands As they follow each other back up the hill. Sara, Sara, Sweet virgin angel, sweet love of my life, Sara, Sara, Radiant jewel, mystical wife. Sleepin' in the woods by a fire in the night, Drinkin' white rum in a Portugal bar, Them playin' leapfrog and hearin' about Snow White, You in the marketplace in Savanna-la-Mar. Sara, Sara, It's all so clear, I could never forget, Sara, Sara, Lovin' you is the one thing I'll never regret. I can still hear the sounds of those Methodist bells, I'd taken the cure and had just gotten through, Stayin' up for days in the Chelsea Hotel, Writin' "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" for you. Sara, Sara, Wherever we travel we're never apart. Sara, oh Sara, Beautiful lady, so dear to my heart. How did I meet you? I don't know. A messenger sent me in a tropical storm. You were there in the winter, moonlight on the snow And on Lily Pond Lane when the weather was warm. Sara, oh Sara, Scorpio Sphinx in a calico dress, Sara, Sara, You must forgive me my unworthiness. Now the beach is deserted except for some kelp And a piece of an old ship that lies on the shore. You always responded when I needed your help, You gimme a map and a key to your door. Sara, oh Sara, Glamorous nymph with an arrow and bow, Sara, oh Sara, Don't ever leave me, don't ever go. SARAH JANE I've got a wife and five little children I'm gonna take a trip on the big McMillan With Sarah Jane (Sarah Jane) Sarah Jane (Sarah Jane) Ain't nothin' to do But to set down and sing And rock about my Sarah Jane Whistle done blows and the fiddler squalls Captain gone through hole-in-the-wall Oh Sarah Jane (Sarah Jane) Sarah Jane (Sarah Jane) Ain't nothin' to do But to set down and sing And rock about my Sarah Jane Yankee built boats to shoot them Rebels My gun's steady gonna hold it level Sarah Jane (Sarah Jane) Sarah Jane (Sarah Jane) Ain't nothin' to do But to set down and sing And rock about my Sarah Jane I've got a wife and five little children I'm gonna take a trip on the big McMillan Sarah Jane (Sarah Jane) Sarah Jane (Sarah Jane) Ain't nothin' to do But to set down and sing And rock about my Sarah Jane SAVED I was blinded by the devil, Born already ruined, Stone-cold dead As I stepped out of the womb. By His grace I have been touched, By His word I have been healed, By His hand I've been delivered, By His spirit I've been sealed. I've been saved By the blood of the lamb, Saved By the blood of the lamb, Saved, Saved, And I'm so glad. Yes, I'm so glad, I'm so glad, So glad, I want to thank You, Lord, I just want to thank You, Lord, Thank You, Lord. By His truth I can be upright, By His strength I do endure, By His power I've been lifted, In His love I am secure. He bought me with a price, Freed me from the pit, Full of emptiness and wrath And the fire that burns in it. I've been saved By the blood of the lamb, Saved By the blood of the lamb, Saved, Saved, And I'm so glad. Yes, I'm so glad, I'm so glad, So glad, I want to thank You, Lord, I just want to thank You, Lord, Thank You, Lord. Nobody to rescue me, Nobody would dare, I was going down for the last time, But by His mercy I've been spared. Not by works, But by faith in Him who called, For so long I've been hindered, For so long I've been stalled. I've been saved By the blood of the lamb, Saved By the blood of the lamb, Saved, Saved, And I'm so glad. Yes, I'm so glad, I'm so glad, So glad, I want to thank You, Lord, I just want to thank You, Lord, Thank You, Lord. SAVING GRACE If You find it in Your heart, can I be forgiven? Guess I owe You some kind of apology. I've escaped death so many times, I know I'm only living By the saving grace that's over me. By this time I'd-a thought I would be sleeping In a pine box for all eternity. My faith keeps me alive, but I still be weeping For the saving grace that's over me. Well, the death of life, then come the resurrection, Wherever I am welcome is where I'll be. I put all my confidence in Him, my sole protection Is the saving grace that's over me. Well, the devil's shining light, it can be most blinding, But to search for love, that ain't no more than vanity. As I look around this world all that I'm finding Is the saving grace that's over me. The wicked know no peace and you just can't fake it, There's only one road and it leads to Calvary. It gets discouraging at times, but I know I'll make it By the saving grace that's over me. SENOR (Tales of Yankee Power) Senor, senor, do you know where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon? Seems like I been down this way before. Is there any truth in that, senor? Senor, senor, do you know where she is hidin'? How long are we gonna be ridin'? How long must I keep my eyes glued to the door? Will there be any comfort there, senor? There's a wicked wind still blowin' on that upper deck, There's an iron cross still hanging down from around her neck. There's a marchin' band still playin' in that vacant lot Where she held me in her arms one time and said, "Forget me not." Senor, senor, I can see that painted wagon, I can smell the tail of the dragon. Can't stand the suspense anymore. Can you tell me who to contact here, senor? Well, the last thing I remember before I stripped and kneeled Was that trainload of fools bogged down in a magnetic field. A gypsy with a broken flag and a flashing ring Said, "Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing." Senor, senor, you know their hearts is as hard as leather. Well, give me a minute, let me get it together. I just gotta pick myself up off the floor. I'm ready when you are, senor. Senor, senor, let's disconnect these cables, Overturn these tables. This place don't make sense to me no more. Can you tell me what we're waiting for, senor? SERIES OF DREAMS I was thinking of a series of dreams Where nothing comes up to the top Everything stays down where it's wounded And comes to a permanent stop Wasn't thinking of anything specific Like in a dream, when someone wakes up and screams Nothing too very scientific Just thinking of a series of dreams Thinking of a series of dreams Where the time and the tempo fly And there's no exit in any direction ÔCept the one that you can't see with your eyes Wasn't making any great connection Wasn't falling for any intricate scheme Nothing that would pass inspection Just thinking of a series of dreams Dreams where the umbrella is folded Into the path you are hurled And the cards are no good that you're holding Unless they're from another world In one, numbers were burning In another, I witnessed a crime In one, I was running, and in another All I seemed to be doing was climb Wasn't looking for any special assistance Not going to any great extremes I'd already gone the distance Just thinking of a series of dreams SEVEN CURSES Old Reilly stole a stallion But they caught him and they brought him back And they laid him down on the jailhouse ground With an iron chain around his neck. Old Reilly's daughter got a message That her father was goin' to hang. She rode by night and came by morning With gold and silver in her hand. When the judge he saw Reilly's daughter His old eyes deepened in his head, Sayin', "Gold will never free your father, The price, my dear, is you instead." "Oh I'm as good as dead," cried Reilly, "It's only you that he does crave And my skin will surely crawl if he touches you at all. Get on your horse and ride away." "Oh father you will surely die If I don't take the chance to try And pay the price and not take your advice. For that reason I will have to stay." The gallows shadows shook the evening, In the night a hound dog bayed, In the night the grounds were groanin', In the night the price was paid. The next mornin' she had awoken To know that the judge had never spoken. She saw that hangin' branch a-bendin', She saw her father's body broken. These be seven curses on a judge so cruel: That one doctor will not save him, That two healers will not heal him, That three eyes will not see him. That four ears will not hear him, That five walls will not hide him, That six diggers will not bury him And that seven deaths shall never kill him. SEVEN DAYS Seven days, seven more days she'll be comin' I'll be waiting at the station for her to arrive Seven more days, all I gotta do is survive. She been gone ever since I been a child Ever since I seen her smile, I ain't forgotten her eyes. She had a face that could outshine the sun in the skies. I been good, I been good while I been waitin' Maybe guilty of hesitatin', I just been holdin' on Seven more days, all that'll be gone. There's kissing in the valley, Thieving in the alley, Fighting every inch of the way. Trying to be tender With somebody I remember In a night that's always brighter'n the day. Seven days, seven more days that are connected Just like I expected, she'll be comin' on forth, My beautiful comrade from the north. There's kissing in the valley, Thieving in the alley, Fighting every inch of the way. Trying to be tender With somebody I remember In a night that's always brighter'n the day. SEEING THE REAL YOU AT LAST Well, I thought that the rain would cool things down But it looks like it don't. I'd like to get you to change your mind But it looks like you won't. From now on I'll be busy, Ain't goin' nowhere fast. I'm just glad it's over And I'm seeing the real you at last. Well, didn't I risk my neck for you, Didn't I take chances? Didn't I rise above it all for you, The most unfortunate circumstances? Well, I have had some rotten nights, Didn't think that they would pass. I'm just thankful and grateful To be seeing the real you at last. I'm hungry and I'm irritable And I'm tired of this bag of tricks. At one time there was nothing wrong with me That you could not fix. Well, I sailed through the storm Strapped to the mast, But the time has come And I'm seeing the real you at last. When I met you, baby, You didn't show no visible scars. You could ride like Annie Oakley, You could shoot like Belle Starr. Well, I don't mind a reasonable amount of trouble, Trouble always comes to pass But all I care about now Is that I'm seeing the real you at last. Well, I'm gonna quit this baby talk now, I guess I should have known. I got troubles, I think maybe you got troubles, I think maybe we'd better leave each other alone. Whatever you gonna do, Please do it fast. I'm still trying to get used to Seeing the real you at last. SHE BELONGS TO ME She's got everything she needs, She's an artist, she don't look back. She's got everything she needs, She's an artist, she don't look back. She can take the dark out of the nighttime And paint the daytime black. You will start out standing Proud to steal her anything she sees. You will start out standing Proud to steal her anything she sees. But you will wind up peeking through her keyhole Down upon your knees. She never stumbles, She's got no place to fall. She never stumbles, She's got no place to fall. She's nobody's child, The Law can't touch her at all. She wears an Egyptian ring That sparkles before she speaks. She wears an Egyptian ring That sparkles before she speaks. She's a hypnotist collector, You are a walking antique. Bow down to her on Sunday, Salute her when her birthday comes. Bow down to her on Sunday, Salute her when her birthday comes. For Halloween give her a trumpet And for Christmas, buy her a drum. SHELTER FROM THE STORM 'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form. "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm. "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved Everything up to that point had been left unresolved. Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm. "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail, Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail, Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn. "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair. She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns. "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." Now there's a wall between us, somethin' there's been lost I took too much for granted, got my signals crossed. Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn. "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn. "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." I've heard newborn babies wailin' like a mournin' dove And old men with broken teeth stranded without love. Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn? "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes I bargained for salvation an' they gave me a lethal dose. I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn. "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine. If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born. "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." SHENANDOAH Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you Look away, you rollin' river Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you Look away. We're bound away Across the wide Missouri Now the Missouri is a mighty river Look away, you rollin' river. Indians camp along her border Look away. We're bound away Across the wide Missouri Well a white man loved an Indian maiden Look away, you rollin' river With notions his canoe was laden Look away, we're bound away Across the wide Missouri Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter Look away, you rollin' river It was for her I'd cross the water. Look away, we're bound away Across the wide Missouri For seven long years I courted Sally Look away, you rollin' river Seven more years I longed to have her Look away, we're bound away Across the wide Missouri Well, it's fare-thee-well, my dear, I'm bound to leave you Look away you rollin' river Shenandoah, I will not deceive you Look away, we're bound away Across the wide Missouri SHE'S YOUR LOVER NOW The pawnbroker roared Also, so, so did the landlord The scene was so crazy, wasn't it? Both were so glad To watch me destroy what I had Pain sure brings out the best in people, doesn't it? Why didn't you just leave me if you didn't want to stay? Why'd you have to treat me so bad? Did it have to be that way? Now you stand here expectin' me to remember somethin' you forgot to say Yes, and you, I see you're still with her, well That's fine 'cause she's comin' on so strange, can't you tell? Somebody had better explain She's got her iron chain I'd do it, but I, I just can't remember how You talk to her She's your lover now. I already assumed That we're in the felony room But I ain't a judge, you don't have to be nice to me But please tell that To your friend in the cowboy hat You know he keeps on sayin' ev'rythin' twice to me You know I was straight with you You know I've never tried to change you in any way You know if you didn't want to be with me That you could . . . didn't have to stay. Now you stand here sayin' you forgive and forget. Honey, what can I say? Yes, you, you just sit around and ask for ashtrays, can't you reach? I see you kiss her on the cheek ev'rytime she gives a speech With her picture books of the pyramid And her postcards of Billy the Kid (Why must everybody bow?) You better talk to her 'bout it You're her lover now. Oh, ev'rybody that cares Is goin' up the castle stairs But I'm not up in your castle, honey It's true, I just can't recall San Francisco at all I can't even remember El Paso, uh, honey You never had to be faithful I didn't want you to grieve Oh, why was it so hard for you If you didn't want to be with me, just to leave? Now you stand here while your finger's goin' up my sleeve An' you, just what do you do anyway? Ain't there nothin' you can say? She'll be standin' on the bar soon With a fish head an' a harpoon An' a fake beard plastered on her brow You'd better do somethin' quick She's your lover now. SHOOTING STAR Seen a shooting star tonight And I thought of you. You were trying to break into another world A world I never knew. I always kind of wondered If you ever made it through. Seen a shooting star tonight And I thought of you. Seen a shooting star tonight And I thought of me. If I was still the same If I ever became what you wanted me to be Did I miss the mark or Over-step the line That only you could see? Seen a shooting star tonight And I thought of me. Listen to the engine, listen to the bell As the last fire truck from hell Goes rolling by, all good people are praying, It's the last temptation The last account The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount, The last radio is playing. Seen a shooting star tonight Slip Away. Tomorrow will be another day. Guess it's too late to say the things to you That you needed to hear me say. Seen a shooting star tonight Slip away. SHOT OF LOVE I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love. Don't need a shot of heroin to kill my disease, Don't need a shot of turpentine, only bring me to my knees, Don't need a shot of codeine to help me to repent, Don't need a shot of whiskey, help me be president. I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love. Doctor, can you hear me? I need some Medicaid. I seen the kingdoms of the world and it's makin' me feel afraid. What I got ain't painful, it's just bound to kill me dead Like the men that followed Jesus when they put a price upon His head. I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love. I don't need no alibi when I'm spending time with you. I've heard all of them rumors and you have heard 'em too. Don't show me no picture show or give me no book to read, It don't satisfy the hurt inside nor the habit that it feeds. I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love. Why would I want to take your life? You've only murdered my father, raped his wife, Tattooed my babies with a poison pen, Mocked my God, humiliated my friends. I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love. Don't wanna be with nobody tonight. Veronica not around nowhere, Mavis just ain't right. There's a man that hates me and he's swift, smooth and near, Am I supposed to set back and wait until he's here? I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love. What makes the wind wanna blow tonight? Don't even feel like crossing the street and my car ain't actin' right. Called home, everybody seemed to have moved away. My conscience is beginning to bother me today. I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love. I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love. If you're a doctor, I need a shot of love. SIGN ON THE CROSS Now, I try, oh for so awf'ly long And I just try to be. And now, oh it's a gold mine But it's so fine. Yes, but I know in my head That we're all so misled, And it's that ol' sign on the cross That worries me. Now, when I was just a bawlin' child, I saw what I wanted to be, And it's all for the sake Of that picture I should see. But I was lost on the moon As I heard that front door slam, And that old sign on the cross Still worries me. Well, it's that old sign on the cross, Well, it's that old key to the kingdom, Well, it's that old sign on the cross Like you used to be. But, when I hold my head so high As I see my ol' friends go by, And it's still that sign on the cross That worries me. Well, it seems to be the sign on the cross. Ev'ry day, ev'ry night, see the sign on the cross just layin' up on top of the hill. Yes, we thought it might have disappeared long ago, but I'm here to tell you, friends, that I'm afraid it's lyin' there still. Yes, just a little time is all you need, you might say, but I don't know 'bout that any more, because the bird is here and you might want to enter it, but, of course, the door might be closed. But I just would like to tell you one time, if I don't see you again, that the thing is, that the sign on the cross is the thing you might need the most. Yes, the sign on the cross Is just a sign on the cross. Well, there is some on every chisel And there is some in the championship, too. Oh, when your, when your days are numbered And your nights are long, You might think you're weak But I mean to say you're strong. Yes you are, if that sign on the cross, If it begins to worry you. Well, that's all right because sing a song And all your troubles will pass right on through. SIGN LANGUAGE You speak to me In sign language As I'm eating a sandwich In a small cafe At a quarter to three But I can't respond To your sign language. You're taking advantage, Bringing me down. Can't you make any sound? 'Twas there by the bakery Surrounded by fakery Tell her my story Still I'm still there. Does she know I still care? Link Wray was playin' On a jukebox I was payin' For the words I was sayin' So misunderstood He didn't do me no good. You speak to me In sign language As I'm eating a sandwich In a small cafe At a quarter to three But I can't respond To your sign language. You're taking advantage, Bringing me down. Can't you make any sound? SIGN ON THE WINDOW Sign on the window says "Lonely," Sign on the door said "No Company Allowed," Sign on the street says "Y' Don't Own Me," Sign on the porch says "Three's A Crowd," Sign on the porch says "Three's A Crowd." Her and her boyfriend went to California, Her and her boyfriend done changed their tune. My best friend said, "Now didn' I warn ya, Brighton girls are like the moon, Brighton girls are like the moon." Looks like a-nothing but rain . . . Sure gonna be wet tonight on Main Street . . . Hope that it don't sleet. Build me a cabin in Utah, Marry me a wife, catch rainbow trout, Have a bunch of kids who call me "Pa," That must be what it's all about, That must be what it's all about. SILENT WEEKEND Silent weekend, My baby she gave it to me Silent weekend, My baby she gave it to me. She's actin' tough and hardy She says it ain't my party And she's leavin' me in misery. Silent weekend, My baby she took me by surprise. Silent weekend, My baby she took me by surprise. She's rockin' and a-reelin' Head up to ceiling An' swinging with some other guys. Silent weekend, Oh Lord, I wish Monday would come. Silent weekend, Oh Lord, I sure wish Monday would come. She's uppity, she's rollin', She's in the groove, she's strolling Over to the jukebox playin' deaf and dumb. Well, I done a whole lotta thinkin' 'bout a whole lot of cheatin', And I, maybe I did some just to please. But I just walloped a lotta pizza after makin' our peace, Puts ya down on bended knees. Silent weekend, Man alive, I'm burnin' up on my brain. Silent weekend, Man alive, I'm burnin' up on my brain. She knows when I'm just teasin' But it's not likely in the season To open up a passenger train. SILVIO Stake my future on a hell of a past Looks like tomorrow is coming on fast Ain't complaining 'bout what I got Seen better times, but who has not? Silvio Silver and gold Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold Silvio I gotta go Find out something only dead men know Honest as the next jade rolling that stone When I come knocking don't throw me no bone I'm an old boll weevil looking for a home If you don't like it you can leave me alone I can snap my fingers and require the rain From a clear blue sky and turn it off again I can stroke your body and relieve your pain And charm the whistle off an evening train I give what I got until I got no more I take what I get until I even the score You know I love you and furthermore When it's time to go you got an open door I can tell you fancy, I can tell you plain You give something up for everything you gain Since every pleasure's got an edge of pain Pay for your ticket and don't complain One of these days and it won't be long Going down in the valley and sing my song I will sing it loud and sing it strong Let the echo decide if I was right or wrong Silvio Silver and gold Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold Silvio I gotta go Find out something only dead men know SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE They sat together in the park As the evening sky grew dark, She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones. 'Twas then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight And watched out for a simple twist of fate. They walked along by the old canal A little confused, I remember well And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin' bright. He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train Moving with a simple twist of fate. A saxophone someplace far off played As she was walkin' by the arcade. As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin' up, She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate And forgot about a simple twist of fate. He woke up, the room was bare He didn't see her anywhere. He told himself he didn't care, pushed the window open wide, Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate Brought on by a simple twist of fate. He hears the ticking of the clocks And walks along with a parrot that talks, Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailers all come in. Maybe she'll pick him out again, how long must he wait Once more for a simple twist of fate. People tell me it's a sin To know and feel too much within. I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring. She was born in spring, but I was born too late Blame it on a simple twist of fate. SITTING ON A BARBED WIRE FENCE I paid fifteen million dollars, twelve hundred and seventy-two cents I paid one thousand two hundred twenty-seven dollars and fifty-five cents See my hound dog bite a rabbit And my football's sittin' on a barbed-wire fence Well, my temperature rises and my feet don't walk so fast Yes, my temperature rises and my feet don't walk so fast Well, this Arabian doctor came in, gave me a shot But wouldn't tell me if what I had would last Well, this woman I've got, she's filling me with her drive Yes, this woman I've got, she's thrillin' me with her hive She's calling me Stan Or else she calls me Mister Clive Of course, you're gonna think this song is a riff I know you're gonna think this song is a cliff Unless you've been inside a tunnel And fell down 69, 70 feet over a barbed-wire fence All night! SITTIN' ON TOP OF THE WORLD Was in the summer, One early fall, Just tryin' to find my Little all and all Now she's gone, An' I don't worry. Lord, I'm sittin' on top of the world. Was in the spring, One summer's day, Just when she left me, She gone to stay. Now she's gone, An' I don't worry. Lord, I'm sittin' on top of the world. Now don't come runnin' Holdin' up your hand, Can get me a woman Quick as you can get a man. Now she's gone, An' I don't worry. Lord, I'm sittin' on top of the world. Happen for days, Didn't know your name, Oh, why should I worry Or crave you in vain? Now she's gone, An' I don't worry. Lord, I'm sittin' on top of the world. Went to the station, Down in the yard, Gonna get me a freight train, Work's done got hard. Now she's gone, An' I don't worry. Lord, I'm sittin' on top of the world. The lonesome days, They have gone by, Why should I beg you? You said good-bye. Now she's gone, An' I don't worry. Lord, I'm sittin' on top of the world. SLOW TRAIN Sometimes I feel so low-down and disgusted Can't help but wonder what's happenin' to my companions, Are they lost or are they found, have they counted the cost it'll take to bring down All their earthly principles they're gonna have to abandon? There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend. I had a woman down in Alabama, She was a backwoods girl, but she sure was realistic, She said, "Boy, without a doubt, have to quit your mess and straighten out, You could die down here, be just another accident statistic." There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend. All that foreign oil controlling American soil, Look around you, it's just bound to make you embarrassed. Sheiks walkin' around like kings, wearing fancy jewels and nose rings, Deciding America's future from Amsterdam and to Paris And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend. Man's ego is inflated, his laws are outdated, they don't apply no more, You can't rely no more to be standin' around waitin' In the home of the brave, Jefferson turnin' over in his grave, Fools glorifying themselves, trying to manipulate Satan And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend. Big-time negotiators, false healers and woman haters, Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition But the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency, All non-believers and men stealers talkin' in the name of religion And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend. People starving and thirsting, grain elevators are bursting Oh, you know it costs more to store the food than it do to give it. They say lose your inhibitions, follow your own ambitions, They talk about a life of brotherly love, show me someone who knows how to live it. There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend. Well, my baby went to Illinois with some bad-talkin' boy she could destroy A real suicide case, but there was nothin' I could do to stop it, I don't care about economy, I don't care about astronomy But it sure do bother me to see my loved ones turning into puppets, There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend. SOLID ROCK Well, I'm hangin' on to a solid rock Made before the foundation of the world And I won't let go, and I can't let go, won't let go And I can't let go, won't let go, and I can't let go no more. For me He was chastised, for me He was hated, For me he was rejected by a world that He created. Nations are angry, cursed are some, People are expecting a false peace to come. Well, I'm hangin' on to a solid rock Made before the foundation of the world And I won't let go, and I can't let go, won't let go And I can't let go, won't let go, and I can't let go no more. It's the ways of the flesh to war against the spirit Twenty-four hours a day you can feel it and you can hear it Using all the devices under the sun. And He never give up 'til the battle's lost or won. Well, I'm hangin' on to a solid rock Made before the foundation of the world And I won't let go, and I can't let go, won't let go And I can't let go, won't let go, and I can't let go no more. SOMETHING'S BURNING, BABY Something is burning, baby, are you aware? Something is the matter, baby, there's smoke in your hair Are you still my friend, baby, show me a sign Is the love in your heart for me turning blind? You've been avoiding the main streets for a long, long while The truth that I'm seeking is in your missing file What's your position, baby, what's going on? Why is the light in your eyes nearly gone? I know everything about this place, or so it seems Am I no longer a part of your plans or your dreams? Well, it is so obvious that something has changed What's happening, baby, to make you act so strange? Something is burning, baby, here's what I say Even the bloodhounds of London couldn't find you today I see the shadow of a man, baby, makin' you blue Who is he, baby, and what's he to you? We've reached the edge of the road, baby, where the pasture begins Where charity is supposed to cover up a multitude of sins But where do you live, baby, and where is the light? Why are your eyes just staring off in the night? I can feel it in the night when I think of you I can feel it in the light and it's got to be true You can't live by bread alone, you won't be satisfied You can't roll away the stone if your hands are tied Got to start someplace, baby, can you explain? Please don't fade away on me, baby, like the midnight train Answer me, baby, a casual look will do Just what in the world has come over you? I can feel it in the wind and it's upside down I can feel it in the dust as I get off the bus on the outskirts of town I've had the Mexico City blues since the last hairpin curve I don't wanna see you bleed, I know what you need but it ain't what you deserve Something is burning, baby, something's in flames There's a man going 'round calling names Ring down when you're ready, baby, I'm waiting for you I believe in the impossible, you know that I do SOMETHING THERE IS ABOUT YOU Something there is about you that strikes a match in me Is it the way your body moves or is it the way your hair blows free? Or is it because you remind me of something that used to be Somethin' that crossed over from another century? Thought I'd shaken the wonder and the phantoms of my youth Rainy days on the Great Lakes, walkin' the hills of old Duluth. There was me and Danny Lopez, cold eyes, black night and then there was Ruth Something there is about you that brings back a long-forgotten truth. Suddenly I found you and the spirit in me sings Don't have to look no further, you're the soul of many things. I could say that I'd be faithful, I could say it in one sweet, easy breath But to you that would be cruelty and to me it surely would be death. Something there is about you that moves with style and grace I was in a whirlwind, now I'm in some better place. My hand's on the sabre and you've picked up the baton Somethin' there is about you that I can't quite put my finger on. SOMEONE'S GOT A HOLD OF MY HEART They say "Drink and be merry, Take the bull by the horns." I keep seeing visions of you, a lily among thorns Everything looks a little far away to me Gettin' harder and harder to recognize the trap Too much information about nothin' Too much educated rap It's just like you told me, just like you said it would be The moon rising like wildfire I feel the breath of a skunk Something I got to do tonight You go inside and stay warm Someone's got a hold of my heart Someone's got a hold of my heart Someone's got a hold of my heart You- Yeah, you got a hold of my heart Just got back from a city of powder blue skies Everybody thinks with their stomach There's plenty of spies Every street is crooked, they just wind around till they disappear Madame Butterfly, she lulls me to sleep Like an ancient river So wide and deep She said, "Be easy, baby, ain't nothin' worth stealin' here" You're the one I've been waitin' for You're the one I desire But you must first realize I'm not another man for hire Someone's got a hold of my heart Someone's got a hold of my heart Someone's got a hold of my heart You, you, you, you Yeah, you got a hold of my heart I hear the hot-blooded singer On the bandstand croon September song, Memphis in June While they're beating the devil out of a guy who's wearing a flaming red wig I been to Babylon I gotta confess I can still hear that voice crying in the wilderness What looks large from a distance, close up is never that big Never could learn to drink that blood and call it wine Never could learn to look at your face and call it mine. Someone's got a hold of my heart Someone's got a hold of my heart Someone's got a hold of my heart You- Yeah, you got a hold of my heart SONG TO WOODY I'm out here a thousand miles from my home, Walkin' a road other men have gone down. I'm seein' your world of people and things, Your paupers and peasants and princes and kings. Hey, hey Woody Guthrie, I wrote you a song 'Bout a funny ol' world that's a-comin' along. Seems sick an' it's hungry, it's tired an' it's torn, It looks like it's a-dyin' an' it's hardly been born. Hey, Woody Guthrie, but I know that you know All the things that I'm a-sayin' an' a-many times more. I'm a-singin' you the song, but I can't sing enough, 'Cause there's not many men that done the things that you've done. Here's to Cisco an' Sonny an' Leadbelly too, An' to all the good people that traveled with you. Here's to the hearts and the hands of the men That come with the dust and are gone with the wind. I'm a-leaving' tomorrow, but I could leave today, Somewhere down the road someday. The very last thing that I'd want to do Is to say I've been hittin' some hard travelin' too. ONE OF US MUST KNOW (Sooner or Later) I didn't mean to treat you so bad You shouldn't take it so personal I didn't mean to make you so sad You just happened to be there, that's all When I saw you say "goodbye" to your friend and smile I thought that it was well understood That you'd be comin' back in a little while I didn't know that you were sayin' "goodbye" for good But, sooner or later, one of us must know You just did what you're supposed to do Sooner or later, one of us must know That I really did try to get close to you I couldn't see what you could show me Your scarf had kept your mouth well hid I couldn't see how you could know me But you said you knew me and I believed you did When you whispered in my ear And asked me if I was leavin' with you or her I didn't realize just what I did hear I didn't realize how young you were But, sooner or later, one of us must know You just did what you're supposed to do Sooner or later, one of us must know That I really did try to get close to you I couldn't see when it started snowin' Your voice was all that I heard I couldn't see where we were goin' But you said you knew an' I took your word And then you told me later, as I apologized That you were just kiddin' me, you weren't really from the farm An' I told you, as you clawed out my eyes That I never really meant to do you any harm But, sooner or later, one of us must know You just did what you're supposed to do Sooner or later, one of us must know That I really did try to get close to you SPANISH HARLEM INCIDENT Gypsy gal, the hands of Harlem Cannot hold you to its heat. Your temperature's too hot for taming, Your flaming feet burn up the street. I am homeless, come and take me Into reach of your rattling drums. Let me know, babe, about my fortune Down along my restless palms. Gypsy gal, you got me swallowed. I have fallen far beneath Your pearly eyes, so fast an' slashing, An' your flashing diamond teeth. The night is pitch black, come an' make my Pale face fit into place, ah, please! Let me know, babe, I got to know, babe, If it's you my lifelines trace. I been wond'rin' all about me Ever since I seen you there. On the cliffs of your wildcat charms I'm riding, I know I'm 'round you but I don't know where. You have slayed me, you have made me, I got to laugh halfways off my heels. I got to know, babe, will I be touching you So I can tell if I'm really real. SPANISH IS THE LOVING TONGUE Broke her heart, lost my own Adios, Mi corazon Spanish is the loving tongue Soft as music, light as spray 'Twas a girl I learned it from Living down Sonora way I don't look much like a lover Still I say her loved words over Mostly when I'm all alone! Mi amor, Mi corazon Haven't seen her since that night I can't cross the line you know Wanted for a gambling fight Like as not it's better so Still I've always kind of missed her Since that last sad night I kissed her Broke her heart, lost my own Adios, Mi corazon Broke her heart, lost my own Adios, Mi corazon Adios, Mi corazon STACK A LEE Hawlin Alley on a dark and drizzly night, Billy Lyons and Stack-A-Lee had one terrible fight. All about that John B. Stetson hat. Stack-A-Lee walked to the bar-room, and he called for a glass of beer, Turned around to Billy Lyons, said, "What are you doin' here?" "Waitin' for a train, please bring my woman home. "Stack-A-Lee, oh Stack-A-Lee, please don't take my life. Got three little children and a-weepin', lovin' wife. You're a bad man, bad man, Stack-A-Lee." "God bless your children and I'll take care of your wife. You stole my John B., now I'm bound to take your life." All about that John B. Stetson hat. Stack-A-Lee turned to Billy Lyons and he shot him right through the head, Only taking one shot to kill Billy Lyons dead. All about that John B. Stetson hat. Sent for the doctor, well the doctor he did come, Just pointed out Stack-A-Lee, said, "Now what have you done?" You're a bad man, bad man, Stack-A-Lee." Six big horses and a rubber-tired hack, Taking him to the cemetery, but they failed to bring him back. All about that John B. Stetson hat. Hawlin Alley, thought I heard the bulldogs bark. It must have been old Stack-A-Lee stumbling in the dark. He's a bad man, gonna land him right back in jail. High police walked on to Stack-A-Lee, he was lying fast asleep. High police catched Stack-A-Lee, and he jumped forty feet. He's a bad man, gonna land him right back in jail. Well they got old Stack-A-Lee and they laid him right back in jail. Couldn't get a man around to go Stack-A-Lee's bail All about that John B. Stetson hat. Stack-A-Lee turned to the jailer, he said, "Jailer, I can't sleep. 'Round my bedside Billy Lyons began to creep." All about that John B. Stetson hat. STANDING ON THE HIGHWAY Well, I'm standin' on the highway Tryin' to bum a ride, tryin' to bum a ride, Tryin' to bum a ride. Well, I'm standin' on the highway Tryin' to bum a ride, tryin' to bum a ride, Tryin' to bum a ride. Nobody seem to know me, Everybody pass me by. Well, I'm standin' on the highway Tryin' to hold up, tryin' to hold up, Tryin to hold up and be brave. Well, I'm standin' on the highway Tryin' to hold up, tryin to hold up and be brave. One roads goin' to the bright lights, The others goin' down to my grave. Well, I'm lookin' down at two card, They seem to be handmade. Well, I'm lookin' down at two card, They seem to be handmade. One looks like it's the ace of diamonds, The other looks like it is the ace of spades. Well, I'm standin' on the highway Watchin' my life roll by. Well, I'm standin' on the highway Watchin' my life roll by. Well, I'm standin' on the highway Tryin' to bum a ride. Well, I'm standin' on the highway Wonderin' where everybody went, wonderin' where everybody went, Wonderin' where everybody went. Well, I'm standin' on the highway Wonderin' where everybody went, wonderin' where everybody went, Wonderin' where everybody went. Please mister, pick me up, I swear I ain't gonna kill nobody's kids. I wonder if my good gal, I wonder if she knows I'm here, Nobody else seems to know I'm here. I wonder if my good gal, I wonder if she knows I'm here, Nobody else seems to know I'm here. If she knows I'm here, Lawd, I wonder if she said a prayer. STANDING IN THE DOORWAY I'm walkin' through the summer nights The jukebox playing low Yesterday everything was goin' too fast Today it's movin' too slow I got no place left to turn I got nothin' left to burn Don't know if I saw you if I would kiss you or kill you It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow You left me standing in the doorway cryin' I got nothin' to go back to now. The light in this place is so bad Makin' me sick in the head All the laughter is just makin' me sad The stars have turned cherry red I'm strummin' on my gay guitar Smokin' a cheap cigar The ghost of our old love has not gone away Don't look it like it will anytime soon You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' Under the midnight moon. Maybe they'll get me and maybe they won't But not tonight and it won't be here There are things I could say, but I don't I know the mercy of God must be near I been ridin a midnight train Got ice water in my veins I would be crazy if I took you back It would go up against every rule You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' Sufferin' like a fool. When the last rays of daylight go down Buddy you're old no more I can hear the church bells ringin' in the yard I wonder who they're ringin' for I know I can't win But my heart just won't give in Last night I danced with a stranger But she just reminded me you were the one You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' In the dark land of the sun. I eat when I'm hungry drink when I'm dry And live my life on the square And even if the flesh falls off of my face I know someone will be there to care It always means so much Even the softest touch I see nothing to be gained by any explanation There's no words that need to be said You left me standin' in the doorway cryin' Blues wrapped around my head STEEL BARS In the night I hear you speak Turn around, you're in my sleep Feel your hands inside your soul You're holding on and won't let go I've tried running but there's no escape Can't bend them, and (I know) I just can't break these... Steel bars, wrapped all around me I've been your prisoner since the day you found me I'm bound forever, till the end of time Steel bars wrapped around this heart of mine Trying hard to recognize See the face behind the eyes Feel your haunting ways like chains 'Round my heart they still remain I'm still running, but there's nowhere to hide My love for you has got me locked up inside these... Steel bars, wrapped all around me I've been your prisoner since the day you found me I'm bound forever, till the end of time Steel bars wrapped around this heart of mine And with every step I take Every desperate move I make It's clear to me What can all my living mean When time itself is so obscene When time itself don't mean a thing I'm still loving you Steel bars, wrapped all around me I've been your prisoner since the day you found me I'm bound forever, till the end of time Steel bars wrapped around this heart of mine STEP IT UP AND GO Got a little girl, little and low, She used to love me but she don't no more. She gotta step it up and go-Yeah, go, Can't stand pat, swear you gotta step it up and go. Got a little girl, she stays upstairs, Make a livin' by puttin' on airs. Gotta step it up and go-Yeah, man, Can't stand pat, swear you gotta step it up and go. Front door shut, back door too, Blinds pulled down, what'cha gonna do? Gotta step it up and go-Yeah, go, Can't stand pat, swear you gotta step it up and go. Got a little girl, her name is Ball, Give a little bit, she took it all. I said step it up and go-Yeah, man, Can't stand pat, swear you gotta step it up and go. Me an' my baby walkin' down the street, Tellin' everybody 'bout the chief of police. Gotta step it up and go-Yeah, go. Can't stand pat, swear you gotta step it up and go. Tell my woman I'll see her at home, Ain't no lovin' since she been gone. Gotta step it up and go-Yeah, go. Can't stand pat, swear you gotta step it up and go. Well, I'll sing this verse, ain't gonna sing no more, Hear my gal call me and I got to go. Step it up and go-Yeah, man. Can't stand pat, swear you gotta step it up and go. STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE WITH THE MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN Oh, the ragman draws circles Up and down the block. I'd ask him what the matter was But I know that he don't talk. And the ladies treat me kindly And furnish me with tape, But deep inside my heart I know I can't escape. Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again. Well, Shakespeare, he's in the alley With his pointed shoes and his bells, Speaking to some French girl, Who says she knows me well. And I would send a message To find out if she's talked, But the post office has been stolen And the mailbox is locked. Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again. Mona tried to tell me To stay away from the train line. She said that all the railroad men Just drink up your blood like wine. An' I said, "Oh, I didn't know that, But then again, there's only one I've met An' he just smoked my eyelids An' punched my cigarette." Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again. Grandpa died last week And now he's buried in the rocks, But everybody still talks about How badly they were shocked. But me, I expected it to happen, I knew he'd lost control When he built a fire on Main Street And shot it full of holes. Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again. Now the senator came down here Showing ev'ryone his gun, Handing out free tickets To the wedding of his son. An' me, I nearly got busted An' wouldn't it be my luck To get caught without a ticket And be discovered beneath a truck. Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again. Now the preacher looked so baffled When I asked him why he dressed With twenty pounds of headlines Stapled to his chest. But he cursed me when I proved it to him, Then I whispered, "Not even you can hide. You see, you're just like me, I hope you're satisfied." Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again. Now the rainman gave me two cures, Then he said, "Jump right in." The one was Texas medicine, The other was just railroad gin. An' like a fool I mixed them An' it strangled up my mind, An' now people just get uglier An' I have no sense of time. Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again. When Ruthie says come see her In her honky-tonk lagoon, Where I can watch her waltz for free 'Neath her Panamanian moon. An' I say, "Aw come on now, You must know about my debutante." An' she says, "Your debutante just knows what you need But I know what you want." Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again. Now the bricks lay on Grand Street Where the neon madmen climb. They all fall there so perfectly, It all seems so well timed. An' here I sit so patiently Waiting to find out what price You have to pay to get out of Going through all these things twice. Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again. SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES Johnny's in the basement Mixing up the medicine I'm on the pavement Thinking about the government The man in the trench coat Badge out, laid off Says he's got a bad cough Wants to get it paid off Look out kid It's somethin' you did God knows when But you're doin' it again You better duck down the alley way Lookin' for a new friend The man in the coon-skin cap In the big pen Wants eleven dollar bills You only got ten Maggie comes fleet foot Face full of black soot Talkin' that the heat put Plants in the bed but The phone's tapped anyway Maggie says that many say They must bust in early May Orders from the D. A. Look out kid Don't matter what you did Walk on your tip toes Don't try "No Doz" Better stay away from those That carry around a fire hose Keep a clean nose Watch the plain clothes You don't need a weather man To know which way the wind blows Get sick, get well Hang around a ink well Ring bell, hard to tell If anything is goin' to sell Try hard, get barred Get back, write braille Get jailed, jump bail Join the army, if you fail Look out kid You're gonna get hit But users, cheaters Six-time losers Hang around the theaters Girl by the whirlpool Lookin' for a new fool Don't follow leaders Watch the parkin' meters Ah get born, keep warm Short pants, romance, learn to dance Get dressed, get blessed Try to be a success Please her, please him, buy gifts Don't steal, don't lift Twenty years of schoolin' And they put you on the day shift Look out kid They keep it all hid Better jump down a manhole Light yourself a candle Don't wear sandals Try to avoid the scandals Don't wanna be a bum You better chew gum The pump don't work 'Cause the vandals took the handles SWEETHEART LIKE YOU Well, the pressure's down, the boss ain't here, He gone North, he ain't around, They say that vanity got the best of him But he sure left here after sundown. By the way, that's a cute hat, And that smile's so hard to resist But what's a sweetheart like you doin' in a dump like this? You know, I once knew a woman who looked like you, She wanted a whole man, not just a half, She used to call me sweet daddy when I was only a child, You kind of remind me of her when you laugh. In order to deal in this game, got to make the queen disappear, It's done with a flick of the wrist. What's a sweetheart like you doin' in a dump like this? You know, a woman like you should be at home, That's where you belong, Watching out for someone who loves you true Who would never do you wrong. Just how much abuse will you be able to take? Well, there's no way to tell by that first kiss. What's a sweetheart like you doin' in a dump like this? You know you can make a name for yourself, You can hear them tires squeal, You can be known as the most beautiful woman Who ever crawled across cut glass to make a deal. You know, news of you has come down the line Even before ya came in the door. They say in your father's house, there's many mansions Each one of them got a fireproof floor. Snap out of it, baby, people are jealous of you, They smile to your face, but behind your back they hiss. What's a sweetheart like you doin' in a dump like this? Got to be an important person to be in here, honey, Got to have done some evil deed, Got to have your own harem when you come in the door, Got to play your harp until your lips bleed. They say that patriotism is the last refuge To which a scoundrel clings. Steal a little and they throw you in jail, Steal a lot and they make you king. There's only one step down from here, baby, It's called the land of permanent bliss. What's a sweetheart like you doin' in a dump like this? TALKIN' HAVA NEGEILAH BLUES Here's a foreign song I learned in Utah- Ha-va-ne-gei-lah O-de-ley-e-e-oo- TALKING NEW YORK BLUES Ramblin' outa the wild West, Leavin' the towns I love the best. Thought I'd seen some ups and down, Til I come into New York town. People goin' down to the ground, Buildings goin' up to the sky. Wintertime in New York town, The wind blowin' snow around. Walk around with nowhere to go, Somebody could freeze right to the bone. I froze right to the bone. New York Times said it was the coldest winter in seventeen years; I didn't feel so cold then. I swung on to my old guitar, Grabbed hold of a subway car, And after a rocking, reeling, rolling ride, I landed up on the downtown side; Greenwich Village. I walked down there and ended up In one of them coffee-houses on the block. Got on the stage to sing and play, Man there said, "Come back some other day, You sound like a hillbilly; We want folk singers here." Well, I got a harmonica job, begun to play, Blowin' my lungs out for a dollar a day. I blowed inside out and upside down. The man there said he loved m' sound, He was ravin' about how he loved m' sound; Dollar a day's worth. And after weeks and weeks of hangin' around, I finally got a job in New York town, In a bigger place, bigger money too, Even joined the union and paid m' dues. Now, a very great man once said That some people rob you with a fountain pen. It didn't take too long to find out Just what he was talkin' about. A lot of people don't have much food on their table, But they got a lot of forks Ôn' knives, And they gotta cut somethin'. So one mornin' when the sun was warm, I rambled out of New York town. Pulled my cap down over my eyes And headed out for the western skies. So long, New York. Howdy, East Orange. TALKIN' JOHN BIRCH PARANOID BLUES Well, I was feelin' sad and feelin' blue, I didn't know what in the world I was gonna do, Them Communists they wus comin' around, They wus in the air, They wus on the ground. They wouldn't gimme no peace. . . So I run down most hurriedly And joined up with the John Birch Society, I got me a secret membership card And started off a-walkin' down the road. Yee-hoo, I'm a real John Bircher now! Look out you Commies! Now we all agree with Hitlers' views, Although he killed six million Jews. It don't matter too much that he was a Fascist, At least you can't say he was a Communist! That's to say like if you got a cold you take a shot of malaria. Well, I wus lookin' everywhere for them gol-darned Reds. I got up in the mornin' 'n' looked under my bed, Looked in the sink, behind the door, Looked in the glove compartment of my car. Couldn't find 'em . . . I wus lookin' high an' low for them Reds everywhere, I wus lookin' in the sink an' underneath the chair. I looked way up my chimney hole, I even looked deep inside my toilet bowl. They got away . . . Well, I wus sittin' home alone an' started to sweat, Figured they wus in my T.V. set. Peeked behind the picture frame, Got a shock from my feet, hittin' right up in the brain. Them Reds caused it! I know they did . . . them hard-core ones. Well, I quit my job so I could work alone, Then I changed my name to Sherlock Holmes. Followed some clues from my detective bag And discovered they wus red stripes on the American flag! That ol' Betty Ross . . . Well, I investigated all the books in the library, Ninety percent of 'em gotta be burned away. I investigated all the people that I knowed, Ninety-eight percent of them gotta go. The other two percent are fellow Birchers . . . just like me. Now Eisenhower, he's a Russian spy, Lincoln, Jefferson and that Roosevelt guy. To my knowledge there's just one man That's really a true American: George Lincoln Rockwell. I know for a fact he hates Commies cus he picketed the movie Exodus. Well, I fin'ly started thinkin' straight When I run outa things to investigate. Couldn't imagine doin' anything else, So now I'm sittin' home investigatin' myself! Hope I don't find out anything . . . hmm, great God! TALKIN' BEAR MOUNTAIN PICNIC MASSACRE BLUES I saw it advertised one day, Bear Mountain picnic was comin' my way. "Come along 'n' take a trip, We'll bring you up there on a ship. Bring the wife and kids Bring the whole family." Yippee! Well, I run right down 'n' bought a ticket To this Bear Mountain Picnic. But little did I realize I was in for a picnic surprise. Had nothin' to do with mountains. I didn't even come close to a bear. Took the wife 'n' kids down to the pier, Six thousand people there, Everybody had ticket for the trip. "Oh well." I said, "it's a pretty big ship. Besides, anyway, the more the merrier." Well, we all got on 'n' what d'ya think, That big old boat started t' sink More people kept a-pilin' on, That old ship was a-slowly goin' down. Funny way t' start a picnic. Well, I soon lost track of m' kids 'n' wife, So many people there I never saw in m' life That old ship sinkin' down in the water, Six thousand people tryin' t' kill each other, Dogs a-barkin', cats a-meowin', Women screamin', fists a-flyin', babies cryin', Cops a-comin', me a-runnin'. Maybe we just better call off the picnic. I got shoved down 'n' pushed around, All I could hear there was a screamin' sound, Don't remember one thing more, Just remember walkin' up on a little shore, Head busted, stomach cracked, Feet splintered, I was bald, naked. . . Quite lucky to be alive though. Feelin' like I climbed outa m' casket, I grabbed back hold of m' picnic basket. Took the wife 'n' kids 'n' started home, Wishin' I'd never got up that morn. Now, I don't care just what you do, If you wanta have a picnic, that's up t' you. But don't tell me about it, I don't wanta hear it, ÔCause, see, I just lost all m' picnic spirit. Stay in m' kitchen, have m' own picnic. . . In the bathroom. Now, it don't seem to me quite so funny What some people are gonna do f'r money. There's a bran' new gimmick every day Just t' take somebody's money away. I think we oughta take some o' these people And put 'em on a boat, send 'em up to Bear Mountain . . . For a picnic. TALKIN' WORLD WAR III BLUES Some time ago a crazy dream came to me, I dreamt I was walkin' into World War Three, I went to the doctor the very next day To see what kinda words he could say. He said it was a bad dream. I wouldn't worry 'bout it none, though, They were my own dreams and they're only in my head. I said, "Hold it, Doc, a World War passed through my brain." He said, "Nurse, get your pad, this boy's insane," He grabbed my arm, I said "Ouch!" As I landed on the psychiatric couch, He said, "Tell me about it." Well, the whole thing started at 3 o'clock fast, It was all over by quarter past. I was down in the sewer with some little lover When I peeked out from a manhole cover Wondering who turned the lights on. Well, I got up and walked around And up and down the lonesome town. I stood a-wondering which way to go, I lit a cigarette on a parking meter And walked on down the road. It was a normal day. Well, I rung the fallout shelter bell And I leaned my head and I gave a yell, "Give me a string bean, I'm a hungry man." A shotgun fired and away I ran. I don't blame them too much though, I know I look funny. Down at the corner by a hot-dog stand I seen a man, I said, "Howdy friend, I guess there's just us two." He screamed a bit and away he flew. Thought I was a Communist. Well, I spied a girl and before she could leave, "Let's go and play Adam and Eve." I took her by the hand and my heart it was thumpin' When she said, "Hey man, you crazy or sumpin', You see what happened last time they started." Well, I seen a Cadillac window uptown And there was nobody aroun', I got into the driver's seat And I drove down 42nd Street In my Cadillac. Good car to drive after a war. Well, I remember seein' some ad, So I turned on my Conelrad. But I didn't pay my Con Ed bill, So the radio didn't work so well. Turned on my record playerÑ It was Rock-A-Day, Johnny singin', "Tell Your Ma, Tell Your Pa, Our Loves Are Gonna Grow Ooh-wah, Ooh-wah." I was feelin' kinda lonesome and blue, I needed somebody to talk to. So I called up the operator of time Just to hear a voice of some kind. "When you hear the beep It will be three o'clock," She said that for over an hour And I hung it up. Well, the doctor interrupted me just about then, Sayin, "Hey I've been havin' the same old dreams, But mine was a little different you see. I dreamt that the only person left after the war was me. I didn't see you around." Well, now time passed and now it seems Everybody's having them dreams. Everybody sees themselves walkin' around with no one else. Half of the people can be part right all of the time, Some of the people can be all right part of the time. But all of the people canÕt be right all of the time. I think Abraham Lincoln said that. "I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours," I said that. TANGLED UP IN BLUE Early one mornin' the sun was shinin', I was layin' in bed Wond'rin' if she'd changed at all If her hair was still red. Her folks they said our lives together Sure was gonna be rough They never did like Mama's homemade dress Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough. And I was standin' on the side of the road Rain fallin' on my shoes Heading out for the East Coast Lord knows I've paid some dues gettin' through, Tangled up in blue. She was married when we first met Soon to be divorced I helped her out of a jam, I guess, But I used a little too much force. We drove that car as far as we could Abandoned it out West Split up on a dark sad night Both agreeing it was best. She turned around to look at me As I was walkin' away I heard her say over my shoulder, "We'll meet again someday on the avenue," Tangled up in blue. I had a job in the great north woods Working as a cook for a spell But I never did like it all that much And one day the ax just fell. So I drifted down to New Orleans Where I happened to be employed Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat Right outside of Delacroix. But all the while I was alone The past was close behind, I seen a lot of women But she never escaped my mind, and I just grew Tangled up in blue. She was workin' in a topless place And I stopped in for a beer, I just kept lookin' at the side of her face In the spotlight so clear. And later on as the crowd thinned out I's just about to do the same, She was standing there in back of my chair Said to me, "Don't I know your name?" I muttered somethin' underneath my breath, She studied the lines on my face. I must admit I felt a little uneasy When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe, Tangled up in blue. She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe "I thought you'd never say hello," she said "You look like the silent type." Then she opened up a book of poems And handed it to me Written by an Italian poet From the thirteenth century. And every one of them words rang true And glowed like burnin' coal Pourin' off of every page Like it was written in my soul from me to you, Tangled up in blue. I lived with them on Montague Street In a basement down the stairs, There was music in the cafes at night And revolution in the air. Then he started into dealing with slaves And something inside of him died. She had to sell everything she owned And froze up inside. And when finally the bottom fell out I became withdrawn, The only thing I knew how to do Was to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew, Tangled up in blue. So now I'm goin' back again, I got to get to her somehow. All the people we used to know They're an illusion to me now. Some are mathematicians Some are carpenter's wives. Don't know how it all got started, I don't know what they're doin' with their lives. But me, I'm still on the road Headin' for another joint We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view, Tangled up in blue. TEARS OF RAGE We carried you in our arms On Independence Day, And now you'd throw us all aside And put us on our way. Oh what dear daughter 'neath the sun Would treat a father so, To wait upon him hand and foot And always tell him, "No"? Tears of rage, tears of grief, Why must I always be the thief? Come to me now, you know We're so alone And life is brief. We pointed out the way to go And scratched your name in sand, Though you just thought it was nothing more Than a place for you to stand. Now, I want you to know that while we watched, You discover there was no one true. Most ev'rybody really thought It was a childish thing to do. Tears of rage, tears of grief, Must I always be the thief? Come to me now, you know We're so low And life is brief. It was all very painless When you went out to receive All that false instruction Which we never could believe. And now the heart is filled with gold As if it was a purse. But, oh, what kind of love is this Which goes from bad to worse? Tears of rage, tears of grief, Must I always be the thief? Come to me now, you know We're so low And life is brief. TELL ME Tell me, I've got to know. Tell me, tell me before I go. Does that flame still burn? Does that fire still glow? Or has it died out and melted like the snow. Tell me. Tell me. Tell me, what are you focused upon? Tell me what I'll know better when you're gone. Tell me quick with a glance on the side. Shall I hold you close? Or Shall I let you go by? Tell me. Tell me. Are you looking at me and thinking of somebody else? Can you feel the heat and the beat of my pulse? Do you have any secrets that will come out in time? Do you lie in bed and stare at the stars? Is your main friend an acquaintance of ours? Tell me. Tell me. Tell me, do those neon lights blind your eyes? Tell me, behind what door your treasure lies. Ever gone broke in a big way? Ever gone the opposite of what the experts say? Tell me. Tell me. Is it some kind of game that you're playin' with me. Am I imagining something that never can be? Do you have any morals? Do you have any point of view? Do you long to ride on that old ship of Zion? What means more to you, a lap dog or a dead lion? Tell me. Tell me. Tell me, is my name in your book? Tell me, should I come back and take another look? Tell me the truth, tell me no lies. Are you someone, anyone? Tell me. Tell me. TELL ME, MOMMA 0l' black Bascom, don't break no mirrors Cold black water dog, make no tears You say you love me with what may be love Don't you remember makin' baby love? Got your steam drill built and you're lookin' for some kid To get it to work for you like your nine-pound hammer did But I know that you know that I know that you show Something is tearing up your mind. Tell me, momma, Tell me, momma, Tell me, momma, what is it? What's wrong with you this time? Hey, John, come and get me some candy goods Shucks, it sure feels like it's in the woods Spend some time on your January trips You got tombstone moose up and your brave-yard whips If you're anxious to find out when your friendship's gonna end Come on, baby, I'm your friend! And I know that you know that I know that you show Something is tearing up your mind. Tell me, momma, Tell me, momma, Tell me, momma, what is it? What's wrong with you this time? Ohh, we bone the editor, can't get read But his painted sled, instead it's a bed Yes, I see you on your window ledge But I can't tell just how far away you are from the edge And, anyway, you're just gonna make people jump and roar Whatcha wanna go and do that for? For I know that you know that I know that you know Something is tearing up your mind. Ah, tell me, momma, Tell me, momma, Tell me, momma, what is it? What's wrong with you this time? TELL ME THAT IT ISN'T TRUE I have heard rumors all over town, They say that you're planning to put me down. All I would like you to do, Is tell me that it isn't true. They say that you've been seen with some other man, That he's tall, dark and handsome, and you're holding his hand. Darlin', I'm a-countin' on you, Tell me that it isn't true. To know that some other man is holdin' you tight, It hurts me all over, it doesn't seem right. All of those awful things that I have heard, I don't want to believe them, all I want is your word. So darlin', you better come through, Tell me that it isn't true. All of those awful things that I have heard, I don't want to believe them, all I want is your word. So darlin', I'm countin' on you, Tell me that it isn't true. THIS WHEEL'S ON FIRE If your mem'ry serves you well, We were goin' to meet again and wait, So I'm goin' to unpack all my things And sit before it gets too late. No man alive will come to you With another tale to tell, But you know that we shall meet again If your mem'ry serves you well. This wheel's on fire, Rolling down the road, Best notify my next of kin, This wheel shall explode! If your mem'ry serves you well, I was goin' to confiscate your lace, And wrap it up in a sailor's knot And hide it in your case. If I knew for sure that it was yours . . . But it was oh so hard to tell. But you knew that we would meet again, If your mem'ry serves you well. This wheel's on fire, Rolling down the road, Best notify my next of kin, This wheel shall explode! If your mem'ry serves you well, You'll remember you're the one That called on me to call on them To get you your favors done. And after ev'ry plan had failed And there was nothing more to tell, You knew that we would meet again, If your mem'ry served you well. This wheel's on fire, Rolling down the road, Best notify my next of kin, This wheel shall explode! THREE ANGELS Three angels up above the street, Each one playing a horn, Dressed in green robes with wings that stick out, They've been there since Christmas morn. The wildest cat from Montana passes by in a flash, Then a lady in a bright orange dress, One U-Haul trailer, a truck with no wheels, The Tenth Avenue bus going west. The dogs and pigeons fly up and they flutter around, A man with a badge skips by, Three fellas crawlin' on their way back to work, Nobody stops to ask why. The bakery truck stops outside of that fence Where the angels stand high on their poles, The driver peeks out, trying to find one face In this concrete world full of souls. The angels play on their horns all day, The whole earth in progression seems to pass by. But does anyone hear the music they play, Does anyone even try? 'TIL I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU Well my nerves are exploding And my body is tense I feel like the whole world Got me pinned up against the fence I been hit too hard Seen too much Nothing can heal me now But your touch I just don't know what I'm gonna do I was allright 'til I fell in love with you Well my house is on fire Burnin' to the sky Well I thought it would rain But the clouds passed by I feel like I'm comin' To the end of my way But I know God is my shield And he won't lead me astray Still I don't know what I'm gonna do I was allright 'til I fell in love with you Boys in the street Beginnin' to play Girls like birds Flyin' away When I'm gone You will remember my name I'm gonna win my way To wealth and fame Yet I just don't know what I'm gonna do I was allright 'til I fell in love with you Well junk's pilin' up Takin' up space My eyes feel Like they're fallin' off my face Sweat fallin' down I'm starin' at the floor I'm thinkin' about that girl Who won't be back no more I just don't know what to do I was allright 'til I fell in love with you Well I'm tired of talkin' I'm tired of tryin' to explain My attempts to please you They were all in vain Tomorrow night Before the sun goes down If I'm still among the livin' I'll be Dixie bound Still I just don't know what I'm gonna do I was allright 'til I fell in love with you TIGHT CONNECTION TO MY HEART (Has Anybody Seen My Love) Well, I had to move fast And I couldn't with you around my neck. I said I'd send for you and I did What did you expect? My hands are sweating And we haven't even started yet. I'll go along with the charade Until I can think my way out. I know it was all a big joke Whatever it was about. Someday maybe I'll remember to forget. I'm gonna get my coat, I feel the breath of a storm. There's something I've got to do tonight, You go inside and stay warm. Has anybody seen my love, Has anybody seen my love, Has anybody seen my love. I don't know, Has anybody seen my love? You want to talk to me, Go ahead and talk. Whatever you got to say to me Won't come as any shock. I must be guilty of something, You just whisper it into my ear. Madame Butterfly She lulled me to sleep, In a town without pity Where the water runs deep. She said, "Be easy, baby, There ain't nothin' worth stealin' in here." You're the one I've been looking for, You're the one that's got the key. But I can't figure out whether I'm too good for you Or you're too good for me. Has anybody seen my love, Has anybody seen my love, Has anybody seen my love. I don't know, Has anybody seen my love? Well, they're not showing any lights tonight And there's no moon. There's just a hot-blooded singer Singing "Memphis in June," While they're beatin' the devil out of a guy Who's wearing a powder-blue wig. Later he'll be shot For resisting arrest, I can still hear his voice crying In the wilderness. What looks large from a distance, Close up ain't never that big. Never could learn to drink that blood And call it wine, Never could learn to hold you, love, And call you mine. THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You'll be drenched to the bone. If your time to you Is worth savin' Then you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin'. Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The chance won't come again And don't speak too soon For the wheel's still in spin And there's no tellin' who That it's namin'. For the loser now Will be later to win For the times they are a-changin'. Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There's a battle outside And it is ragin'. It'll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin'. Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land And don't criticize What you can't understand Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command Your old road is Rapidly agin'. Please get out of the new one If you can't lend your hand For the times they are a-changin'. The line it is drawn The curse it is cast The slow one now Will later be fast As the present now Will later be past The order is Rapidly fadin'. And the first one now Will later be last For the times they are a-changin'. TIME PASSES SLOWLY Time passes slowly up here in the mountains, We sit beside bridges and walk beside fountains, Catch the wild fishes that float through the stream, Time passes slowly when you're lost in a dream. Once I had a sweetheart, she was fine and good-lookin', We sat in her kitchen while her mama was cookin', Stared out the window to the stars high above, Time passes slowly when you're searchin' for love. Ain't no reason to go in a wagon to town, Ain't no reason to go to the fair. Ain't no reason to go up, ain't no reason to go down, Ain't no reason to go anywhere. Time passes slowly up here in the daylight, We stare straight ahead and try so hard to stay right, Like the red rose of summer that blooms in the day, Time passes slowly and fades away. TINY MONTGOMERY Well you can tell ev'rybody Down in ol' Frisco Tell 'em Tiny Montgomery says hello Now ev'ry boy and girl's Gonna get their bang 'Cause Tiny Montgomery's Gonna shake that thing Tell ev'rybody Down in ol' Frisco That Tiny Montgomery's comin' Down to say hello Skinny Moo and Half-track Frank They're gonna both be gettin' Outa the tank One bird book And a buzzard and a crow Tell 'em all That Tiny's gonna say hello Scratch your dad Do that bird Suck that pig And bring it on home Pick that drip And bake that dough Tell 'em all That Tiny says hello Now he's king of the drunks An' he squeezes, too Watch out, Lester Take it, Lou Join the monks The C.I.O. Tell 'em all That Tiny Montgomery says hello Now grease that pig And sing praise Go on out And gas that dog Trick on in Honk that stink Take it on down And watch it grow Play it low And pick it up Take it on in In a plucking cup Three-legged man And a hot-lipped hoe Tell 'em all Montgomery says hello Well you can tell ev'rybody Down in ol' Frisco Tell 'em all Montgomery says hello TEMPORARY LIKE ACHILLES Standing on your window, honey, Yes, I've been here before. Feeling so harmless, I'm looking at your second door. How come you don't send me no regards? You know I want your lovin', Honey, why are you so hard? Kneeling 'neath your ceiling, Yes, I guess I'll be here for a while. I'm tryin' to read your portrait, but, I'm helpless, like a rich man's child. How come you send someone out to have me barred? You know I want your lovin', Honey, why are you so hard? Like a poor fool in his prime, Yes, I know you can hear me walk, But is your heart made out of stone, or is it lime, Or is it just solid rock? Well, I rush into your hallway, Lean against your velvet door. I watch upon your scorpion Who crawls across your circus floor. Just what do you think you have to guard? You know I want your lovin', Honey, but you're so hard. Achilles is in your alleyway, He don't want me here, He does brag. He's pointing to the sky And he's hungry, like a man in drag. How come you get someone like him to be your guard? You know I want your lovin', Honey. but you're so hard. TO BE ALONE WITH YOU To be alone with you Just you and me Now won't you tell me true Ain't that the way it oughta be? To hold each other tight The whole night through Ev'rything is always right When I'm alone with you. To be alone with you At the close of the day With only you in view While evening slips away It only goes to show That while life's pleasures be few The only one I know Is when I'm alone with you. They say that nighttime is the right time To be with the one you love Too many thoughts get in the way in the day But you're always what I'm thinkin' of I wish the night were here Bringin' me all of your charms When only you are near To hold me in your arms. I'll always thank the Lord When my working day's through I get my sweet reward To be alone with you. TOMBSTONE BLUES The sweet pretty things are in bed now of course The city fathers they're trying to endorse The reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse But the town has no need to be nervous The ghost of Belle Starr she hands down her wits To Jezebel the nun she violently knits A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits At the head of the chamber of commerce Mama's in the fact'ry She ain't got no shoes Daddy's in the alley He's lookin' for the fuse I'm in the streets With the tombstone blues The hysterical bride in the penny arcade Screaming she moans, "I've just been made" Then sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade Says, "My advice is to not let the boys in" Now the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride "Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride You will not die, it's not poison" Mama's in the fact'ry She ain't got no shoes Daddy's in the alley He's lookin' for the fuse I'm in the streets With the tombstone blues Well, John the Baptist after torturing a thief Looks up at his hero the Commander-in-Chief Saying, "Tell me great hero, but please make it brief Is there a hole for me to get sick in?" The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly Saying, "Death to all those who would whimper and cry" And dropping a bar bell he points to the sky Saving, "The sun's not yellow it's chicken" Mama's in the fact'ry She ain't got no shoes Daddy's in the alley He's lookin' for the fuse I'm in the streets With the tombstone blues The king of the Philistines his soldiers to save Put jawbones on their tombstones and flatters their graves Puts the pied pipers in prison and fattens the slaves Then sends them out to the jungle Gypsy Davey with a blowtorch he burns out their camps With his faithful slave Pedro behind him he tramps With a fantastic collection of stamps To win friends and influence his uncle Mama's in the fact'ry She ain't got no shoes Daddy's in the alley He's lookin' for the fuse I'm in the streets With the tombstone blues The geometry of innocence flesh on the bone Causes Galileo's math book to get thrown At Delilah who sits worthlessly alone But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill I would set him in chains at the top of the hill Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B. DeMille He could die happily ever after Mama's in the fact'ry She ain't got no shoes Daddy's in the alley He's lookin' for the fuse I'm in the streets With the tombstone blues Where Ma Raney and Beethoven once unwrapped their bed roll Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole And the National Bank at a profit sells road maps for the soul To the old folks home and the college Now I wish I could write you a melody so plain That could hold you dear lady from going insane That could ease you and cool you and cease the pain Of your useless and pointless knowledge Mama's in the fact'ry She ain't got no shoes Daddy's in the alley He's lookin' for the fuse I'm in the streets With the tombstone blues TOMORROW IS A LONG TIME If today was not an endless highway, If tonight was not a crooked trail, If tomorrow wasn't such a long time, Then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all. Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin', Yes, and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin', Only if she was lyin' by me, Then I'd lie in my bed once again. I can't see my reflection in the waters, I can't speak the sounds that show no pain, I can't hear the echo of my footsteps, Or can't remember the sound of my own name. Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin', Yes, and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin', Only if she was lyin' by me, Then I'd lie in my bed once again. There's beauty in the silver, singin' river, There's beauty in the sunrise in the sky, But none of these and nothing else can touch the beauty That I remember in my true love's eyes. Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin', Yes, and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin', Only if she was lyin' by me, Then I'd lie in my bed once again. TONIGHT I'LL BE STAYING HERE WITH YOU Throw my ticket out the window, Throw my suitcase out there, too, Throw my troubles out the door, I don't need them any more 'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you. I should have left this town this morning But it was more than I could do. Oh, your love comes on so strong And I've waited all day long For tonight when I'll be staying here with you. Is it really any wonder The love that a stranger might receive. You cast your spell and I went under, I find it so difficult to leave. I can hear that whistle blowin', I see that stationmaster, too, If there's a poor boy on the street, Then let him have my seat 'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you. Throw my ticket out the window, Throw my suitcase out there, too, Throw my troubles out the door, I don't need them any more 'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you. TOO MUCH OF NOTHING Now, too much of nothing Can make a man feel ill at ease. One man's temper might rise While another man's temper might freeze. In the day of confession We cannot mock a soul. Oh, when there's too much of nothing, No one has control. Say hello to Valerie Say hello to Vivian Send them all my salary On the waters of oblivion Too much of nothing Can make a man abuse a king. He can walk the streets and boast like most But he wouldn't know a thing. Now, it's all been done before, It's all been written in the book, But when there's too much of nothing, Nobody should look. Say hello to Valerie Say hello to Vivian Send them all my salary On the waters of oblivion Too much of nothing Can turn a man into a liar, It can cause one man to sleep on nails And another man to eat fire. Ev'rybody's doin' somethin', I heard it in a dream, But when there's too much of nothing, It just makes a fella mean. Say hello to Valerie Say hello to Vivian Send them all my salary On the waters of oblivion TO RAMONA Ramona, come closer, Shut softly your watery eyes. The pangs of your sadness Shall pass as your senses will rise. The flowers of the city Though breathlike, get deathlike at times. And there's no use in tryin' T' deal with the dyin', Though I cannot explain that in lines. Your cracked country lips, I still wish to kiss, As to be under the strength of your skin. Your magnetic movements Still capture the minutes I'm in. But it grieves my heart, love, To see you tryin' to be a part of A world that just don't exist. It's all just a dream, babe, A vacuum, a scheme, babe, That sucks you into feelin' like this. I can see that your head Has been twisted and fed By worthless foam from the mouth. I can tell you are torn Between stayin' and returnin' On back to the South. You've been fooled into thinking That the finishin' end is at hand. Yet there's no one to beat you, No one t' defeat you, 'Cept the thoughts of yourself feeling bad. I've heard you say many times That you're better 'n no one And no one is better 'n you. If you really believe that, You know you got Nothing to win and nothing to lose. From fixtures and forces and friends, Your sorrow does stem, That hype you and type you, Making you feel That you must be exactly like them. I'd forever talk to you, But soon my words, They would turn into a meaningless ring. For deep in my heart I know there is no help I can bring. Everything passes, Everything changes, Just do what you think you should do. And someday maybe, Who knows, baby, I'll come and be cryin' to you. TOUGH MAMA Tough Mama Meat shakin' on your bones I'm gonna go down to the river and get some stones. Sister's on the highway with that steel-drivin' crew, Papa's in the big house, his workin' days are through. Tough Mama Can I blow a little smoke on you? Dark Beauty Won't you move it on over and make some room? It's my duty to bring you down to the field where the flowers bloom. Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise, You came through it all the way, flyin' through the skies. Dark Beauty With that long night's journey in your eyes. Sweet Goddess Born of a blinding light and a changing wind, Now, don't be modest, you know who you are and where you've been. Jack the Cowboy went up north He's buried in your past. The Lone Wolf went out drinking That was over pretty fast. Sweet Goddess Your perfect stranger's comin' in at last. Silver Angel With the badge of the lonesome road sewed in your sleeve, I'd be grateful if this golden ring you would receive. Today on the countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch, I stood alone upon the ridge and all I did was watch. Sweet Goddess It must be time to carve another notch. I'm crestfallen The world of illusion is at my door, I ain't a-haulin' any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore. The prison walls are crumblin', there is no end in sight, I've gained some recognition but I lost my appetite. Dark Beauty Meet me at the border late tonight. TRAIN A-TRAVELIN' There's an iron train a-travelin' that's been a-rollin' through the years, With a firebox of hatred and a furnace full of fears. If you ever heard its sound or seen its blood-red broken frame, Then you heard my voice a-singin' and you know my name. Did you ever stop to wonder 'bout the hatred that it holds? Did you ever see its passengers, its crazy mixed-up souls? Did you ever start a-thinkin' that you gotta stop that train? Then you heard my voice a-singin' and you know my name. Do you ever get tired of the preachin' sounds of fear When they're hammered at your head and pounded in your ear? Have you ever asked about it and not been answered plain? Then you heard my voice a-singin' and you know my name. I'm a-wonderin' if the leaders of the nations understand This murder-minded world that they're leavin' in my hands. Have you ever laid awake at night and wondered 'bout the same? Then you heard my voice a-singin' and you know my name. Have you ever had it on your lips or said it in your head That the person standin' next to you just might be misled? Does the raving of the maniacs make your insides go insane? Then you've heard my voice a-singin' and you know my name. Do the kill-crazy bandits and the haters get you down? Does the preachin' and the politics spin your head around? Does the burning of the buses give your heart a pain? Then you heard my voice a-singin' and you know my name. TROUBLE Trouble in the city, trouble in the farm, You got your rabbit's foot, you got your good-luck charm. But they can't help you none when there's trouble. Trouble, Trouble, trouble, trouble, Nothin' but trouble. Trouble in the water, trouble in the air, Go all the way to the other side of the world, you'll find trouble there. Revolution even ain't no solution for trouble. Trouble, Trouble, trouble, trouble, Nothin' but trouble. Drought and starvation, packaging of the soul, Persecution, execution, governments out of control. You can see the writing on the wall inviting trouble. Trouble, Trouble, trouble, trouble, Nothin' but trouble. Put your ear to the train tracks, put your ear to the ground, You ever feel like you're never alone even when there's nobody else around? Since the beginning of the universe man's been cursed by trouble. Trouble, Trouble, trouble, trouble, Nothin' but trouble. Nightclubs of the broken-hearted, stadiums of the damned, Legislature, perverted nature, doors that are rudely slammed. Look into infinity, all you see is trouble. Trouble, Trouble, trouble, trouble, Nothin' but trouble. TROUBLE IN MIND I got to know, Lord, when to pull back on the reins, Death can be the result of the most underrated pain. Satan whispers to ya, "Well, I don't want to bore ya, But when ya get tired of the Miss So-and-so I got another woman for ya." Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind, Lord, take away this trouble in mind. When the deeds that you do don't add up to zero, It's what's inside that counts, ask any war hero. You think you can hide but you're never alone, Ask Lot what he thought when his wife turned to stone. Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind, Lord, take away this trouble in mind. Here comes Satan, prince of the power of the air, He's gonna make you a law unto yourself, gonna build a bird's nest in your hair. He's gonna deaden your conscience Ôtil you worship the work of your own hands, You'll be serving strangers in a strange, forsaken land. Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind, Lord, take away this trouble in mind. Well, your true love has caught you where you don't belong, You say, "Baby, everybody's doing it so I guess it can't be wrong." The truth is far from you, so you know you got to lie, Then you're all the time defending what you can never justify. Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind, Lord, take away this trouble in mind. So many of my brothers, they still want to be the boss, They can't relate to the Lord's kingdom, they can't relate to the cross. They self-inflict punishment on their own broken lives, Put their faith in their possessions, in their jobs or their wives. Trouble in mind, Lord, trouble in mind, Lord, take away this trouble in mind. When my life is over, it'll be like a puff of smoke, How long must I suffer, Lord, how long must I be provoked? Satan will give you a little taste, then he'll move in with rapid speed, Lord keep my blind side covered and see that I don't bleed. TRUE LOVE TENDS TO FORGET I'm getting weary looking in my baby's eyes When she's near me she's so hard to recognize. I finally realize there's no room for regret, True love, true love, true love tends to forget. Hold me, baby be near, You told me that you'd be sincere. Every day of the year's like playin' Russian roulette, True love, true love, true love tends to forget. I was lyin' down in the reeds without any oxygen I saw you in the wilderness among the men. Saw you drift into infinity and come back again All you got to do is wait and I'll tell you when. You're a tearjerker, baby, but I'm under your spell, You're a hard worker, baby, and I know you well. But this weekend in hell is making me sweat, True love, true love, true love tends to forget, True love, true love, true love tends to forget. I was lyin' down in the reeds without any oxygen I saw you in the wilderness among the men. Saw you drift into infinity and come back again All you got to do is wait and I'll tell you when. You belong to me, baby, without any doubt, Don't forsake me, baby, don't sell me out. Don't keep me knockin' about from Mexico to Tibet, True love, true love, true love tends to forget. TRUST YOURSELF Trust yourself, Trust yourself to do the things that only you know best. Trust yourself, Trust yourself to do what's right and not be second-guessed. Don't trust me to show you beauty When beauty may only turn to rust. If you need somebody you can trust, trust yourself. Trust yourself, Trust yourself to know the way that will prove true in the end. Trust yourself, Trust yourself to find the path where there is no if and when. Don't trust me to show you the truth When the truth may only be ashes and dust. If you want somebody you can trust, trust yourself. Well, you're on your own, you always were, In a land of wolves and thieves. Don't put your hope in ungodly man Or be a slave to what somebody else believes. Trust yourself And you won't be disappointed when vain people let you down. Trust yourself And look not for answers where no answers can be found. Don't trust me to show you love When my love may be only lust. If you want somebody you can trust, trust yourself. TRYIN' TO GET TO HEAVEN The air is gettin' hotter, there's a rumblin' in the skies. I've been wadin' through the high muddy waters, But the heat riseth in my eyes. Everyday your memory goes dimmer, It doesn't haunt me like it did before. I've been walkin' through the middle of nowhere, Tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door. When I was in Missouri, they would not let me be. I had to leave there in a hurry, I only saw what they let me see. You broke a heart that loved you, Now you can seal up the book and not write anymore. I've been walkin' that lonesome valley, Tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door. People on the platforms, waitin' for the trains. I can hear their hearts a-beatin', like pendulum swingin' on chains. When you think that you've lost everything, You find out you can always lose a little more. I'm just going down the road feelin' bad, Tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door. I'm goin' down the river, down to New Orleans. They tell me everything is gonna be all right, But I don't know what all right even means. I was ridin' in a buggy with Miss Mary Jane, Miss Mary Jane got a house in Baltimore. I've been all around the world boys, I'm tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door. Gotta sleep down in the parlor, and relive my dreams. I close my eyes and I wonder, if everything is as hollow as it seems. Some trains don't pull no gamblers, No midnight/midlife? ramblers like they did before. I've been to Sugartown, I shook the sugar down, Now I'm tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door T.V. TALKIN' SONG One time in London I'd gone out for a walk, Past a place called Hyde park where people talk 'Bout all kinds of different gods, they have their point of view To anyone passing by, that's who they're talking to. There was someone on a platform talking to the folks About the T.V. god and all the pain that it invokes. "It's too bright a light", he said, "For anybody's eyes, If you've never seen one it's a blessing in disguise." I moved in closer, got up on my toes, Two men in front of me were coming to blows The man was saying something 'bout children when they're young Being sacrificed to it while lullabies are being sung. "The news of the day is on all the time, All the latest gossip, all the latest rhyme, Your mind is your temple, keep it beautiful and free, Don't let an egg get laid in it by something you can't see." "Pray for peace!". he said, you could feel it in the crowd. My thoughts began to wander. His voice was ringing loud, "It will destroy your family, your happy home is gone No one can protect you from it once you turn it on." "It will lead you into some strange pursuits, Lead you to the land of forbidden fruits. It will scramble up your head and drag your brain about, Sometimes you gotta do like Elvis did and shoot the damn thing out." "It's all been designed", he said, "To make you lose your mind, And when you go back to find it, there's nothing there to find." "Everytime you look at it, your situation's worse, If you feel it grabbing out for you, send for the nurse." The crowd began to riot and they grabbed hold of the man, There was pushing, there was shoving and everybody ran. The T.V. crew was there to film it, they jumped right over me, Later on that evening, I watched it on T.V.. TWO SOLDIERS He was just a blue-eyed Boston boy, His voice was low with pain. "I'll do your bidding, comrade mine, If I ride back again. But if you ride back and I am left, You'll do as much for me. Mother, you know, must hear the news, So write to her tenderly. "She's waiting at home like a patient saint, Her fond face pale with woe. Her heart will be broken when I am gone, I'll see her soon, I know." Just then the order came to charge, For an instant hand touched hand. They said, "Aye," and away they rode, That brave and devoted band. Straight was the track to the top of the hill, The rebels they shot and shelled, Plowed furrows of death through the toiling ranks, And guarded them as they fell. There soon came a horrible dying yell From heights that they could not gain, And those whom doom and death had spared Rode slowly back again. But among the dead that were left on the hill Was the boy with the curly hair. The tall dark man who rode by his side Lay dead beside him there. There's no one to write to the blue-eyed girl The words that her lover had said. Momma, you know, awaits the news, And she'll only know he's dead. UGLIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD The woman that I love she got a hook in her nose her eyebrows meet, she wears second hand clothes She speaks with a stutter and she walks with a hop I don't know why I love her but I just can't stop You know I love her Yeah I love her I'm in love with the Ugliest Girl in the World If I ever lose her I will go insane I go half crazy when she calls my name When she says babababababy I l-l-love you There ain't nothing in the world that I wouldn't do You know I love her Yeah I love her I'm in love with the Ugliest Girl in the World The woman that I love she got two flat feet Her knees knock together walking down the street She cracks her knuckles and she snores in bed She ain't much to look at but like I said You know I love her Yeah I love her I'm in love with the Ugliest Girl in the World I don't mean to say that she got nothing goin' She got a weird sense of humor that's all her own When I get low she sets me on my feet Got a five inch smile but her breath is sweet You know I love her Yeah I love her I'm in love with the Ugliest Girl in the World The woman that I love she a got a prizefighter nose Cauliflower ears and a run in her hose She speaks with a stutter and she walks with a hop I don't know why I love her but I just can't stop UNBELIEVABLE It's unbelievable, it's strange but true, It's inconceivable it could happen to you. You go north and you go south Just like bait in the fish's mouth. Ya must be livin' in the shadow of some kind of evil star. It's unbelievable it would get this far. It's undeniable what they'd have you to think, It's indescribable it can drive you to drink. They said it was the land of milk and honey, Now they say it's the land of money. Who ever thought they could ever make that stick. It's unbelievable you can get this rich this quick. Every head is so dignified, every moon is so sanctified, Every urge is so satisfied as long as you're with me. All the silver, all the gold, all the sweethearts you can hold That don't come back with stories untold, are hanging on a tree. It's unbelievable like a lead balloon, It's so impossible to even learn the tune. Kill that beast and feed that swine, Scale that wall and smoke that vine, Feed that horse and saddle up the drum. It's unbelievable, the day would finally come. Once there was a man who had no eyes, Every lady in the land told him lies, He stood beneath the silver skies And his heart began to bleed. Every brain is civilized, Every nerve is analyzed, Everything is criticized when you are in need. It's unbelievable, it's fancy-free, So interchangeable, so delightful to see. Turn your back, wash your hands, There's always someone who understands It don't matter no more what you got to say It's unbelievable it would go down this way. UNDER YOUR SPELL Something about you that I can't shake, Don't know how much of this I can take, Baby I'm under your spell. I was knocked out and loaded in the naked night. When my last dream exploded, I noticed your light. Baby, oh what a story I could tell. It's been nice seeing you, you read me like a book If you ever want to reach me, you know where to look. Baby, I'll be at the same hotel. I'd like to help you but I'm in a bit of a jam, I'll call you tomorrow if there's phones where I am. Baby, caught between heaven and hell. But I will be back, I will survive, You'll never get rid of me as long as you're alive. Baby, can't you tell. Well it's four in the morning by the sound of the birds, I'm starin' at your picture, I'm hearin' your words. Baby, they ring in my head like a bell. Everywhere you go it's enough to break hearts Someone always gets hurt, a fire always starts. You were too hot to handle, you were breaking every vow. I trusted you, baby, you can trust me now. Turn back, baby, wipe your eye, Don't think I 'm leaving you here without a kiss goodbye. Baby, is there anything left to tell? I'll see you later when I'm not so out of my head, Maybe next time I'll let the dead bury the dead. Baby, what more can I tell? Well the desert is hot, the mountain is cursed, Pray that I don't die of thirst, Baby, two feet from the well. UNION SUNDOWN Well, my shoes, they come from Singapore, My flashlight's from Taiwan, My tablecloth's from Malaysia, My belt buckle's from the Amazon. You know, this shirt I wear comes from the Philippines And the car I drive is a Chevrolet, It was put together down in Argentina By a guy makin' thirty cents a day. Well, it's sundown on the union And what's made in the U.S.A. Sure was a good idea 'Til greed got in the way. Well, this silk dress is from Hong Kong And the pearls are from Japan. Well, the dog collar's from India And the flower pot's from Pakistan. All the furniture, it says "Made in Brazil" Where a woman, she slaved for sure Bringin' home thirty cents a day to a family of twelve, You know, that's a lot of money to her. Well, it's sundown on the union And what's made in the U.S.A. Sure was a good idea 'Til greed got in the way. Well, you know, lots of people complainin' that there is no work. I say, "Why you say that for When nothin' you got is U.S.-made?" They don't make nothin' here no more, You know, capitalism is above the law. It say, "It don't count 'less it sells." When it costs too much to build it at home You just build it cheaper someplace else. Well, it's sundown on the union And what's made in the U.S.A. Sure was a good idea 'Til greed got in the way. Well, the job that you used to have, They gave it to somebody down in El Salvador. The unions are big business, friend, And they're goin' out like a dinosaur. They used to grow food in Kansas Now they want to grow it on the moon and eat it raw. I can see the day coming when even your home garden Is gonna be against the law. Well, it's sundown on the union And what's made in the U.S.A. Sure was a good idea 'Til greed got in the way. Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head. This world is ruled by violence But I guess that's better left unsaid. From Broadway to the Milky Way, That's a lot of territory indeed And a man's gonna do what he has to do When he's got a hungry mouth to feed. Well, it's sundown on the union And what's made in the U.S.A. Sure was a good idea 'Til greed got in the way. UNDER THE RED SKY There was a little boy and there was a little girl And they lived in an alley under the red sky. There was a little boy and there was a little girl And they lived in an alley under the red sky. There was an old man and he lived in the moon, One summer's day he came passing by. There was an old man and he lived in the moon, And one day he came passing by. Someday little girl, everything for you is gonna be new Someday little girl you'll have a diamond as big as your shoe Let the wind blow low, let the wind blow high. One day the little boy and the little girl were both baked in a pie. Let the wind blow low, let the wind blow high. One day the little boy and the little girl were both baked in a pie. This is the key to the kingdom and this is the town This is the blind horse that leads you around Let the bird sing, let the bird fly, One day the man in the moon went home and the river went dry. Let the bird sing, let the bird fly, The man in the moon went home and the river went dry. UP TO ME Everything went from bad to worse, money never changed a thing, Death kept followin', trackin' us down, at least I heard your bluebird sing. Now somebody's got to show their hand, time is an enemy, I know you're long gone, I guess it must be up to me. If I'd thought about it I never would've done it, I guess I would've let it slide, If I'd lived my life by what others were thinkin', the heart inside me would've died. I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity, Someone had to reach for the risin' star, I guess it was up to me. Oh, the Union Central is pullin' out and the orchids are in bloom, I've only got me one good shirt left and it smells of stale perfume. In fourteen months I've only smiled once and I didn't do it consciously, Somebody's got to find your trail, I guess it must be up to me. It was like a revelation when you betrayed me with your touch, I'd just about convinced myself that nothin' had changed that much. The old Rounder in the iron mask slipped me the master key, Somebody had to unlock your heart, He said it was up to me. Well, I watched you slowly disappear down into the officers' club, I would've followed you in the door but I didn't have a ticket stub. So I waited all night 'til the break of day, hopin' one of us could get free, When the dawn came over the river bridge, I knew it was up to me. Oh, the only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerk Was to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to work. Was I a fool or not to try to protect your identity? You looked a little burned out, my friend, I thought it might be up to me. Well, I met somebody face to face and I had to remove my hat, She's everything I need and love but I can't be swayed by that. It frightens me, the awful truth of how sweet life can be, But she ain't a-gonna make me move, I guess it must be up to me. We heard the Sermon on the Mount and I knew it was too complex, It didn't amount to anything more than what the broken glass reflects. When you bite off more than you can chew you pay the penalty, Somebody's got to tell the tale, I guess it must be up to me. Well, Dupree came in pimpin' tonight to the Thunderbird Cafe, Crystal wanted to talk to him, I had to look the other way. Well, I just can't rest without you, love, I need your company, But you ain't a-gonna cross the line, I guess it must be up to me. There's a note left in the bottle, you can give it to Estelle, She's the one you been wond'rin' about, but there's really nothin' much to tell. We both heard voices for a while, now the rest is history, Somebody's got to cry some tears, I guess it must be up to me. So go on, boys, and play your hands, life is a pantomime, The ringleaders from the county seat say you don't have all that much time. And the girl with me behind the shades, she ain't my property, One of us has got to hit the road, I guess it must be up to me. And if we never meet again, baby, remember me, How my lone guitar played sweet for you that old-time melody. And the harmonica around my neck, I blew it for you, free, No one else could play that tune, You know it was up to me. VISIONS OF JOHANNA Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet? We sit here stranded, though we're all doin' our best to deny it And Louise holds a handful of rain, temptin' you to defy it Lights flicker from the opposite loft In this room the heat pipes just cough The country music station plays soft But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off Just Louise and her lover so entwined And these visions of Johanna that conquer my mind In the empty lot where the ladies play blindman's bluff with the key chain And the all-night girls they whisper of escapades out on the "D" train We can hear the night watchman click his flashlight Ask himself if it's him or them that's really insane Louise, she's all right, she's just near She's delicate and seems like the mirror But she just makes it all too concise and too clear That Johanna's not here The ghost of 'lectricity howls in the bones of her face Where these visions of Johanna have now taken my place Now, little boy lost, he takes himself so seriously He brags of his misery, he likes to live dangerously And when bringing her name up He speaks of a farewell kiss to me He's sure got a lotta gall to be so useless and all Muttering small talk at the wall while I'm in the hall How can I explain? Oh, it's so hard to get on And these visions of Johanna, they kept me up past the dawn Inside the museums, Infinity goes up on trial Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while But Mona Lisa musta had the highway blues You can tell by the way she smiles See the primitive wallflower freeze When the jelly-faced women all sneeze Hear the one with the mustache say, "Jeeze I can't find my knees" Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule But these visions of Johanna, they make it all seem so cruel The peddler now speaks to the countess who's pretending to care for him Sayin', "Name me someone that's not a parasite and I'll go out and say a prayer for him" But like Louise always says "Ya can't look at much, can ya man?" As she, herself, prepares for him And Madonna, she still has not showed We see this empty cage now corrode Where her cape of the stage once had flowed The fiddler, he now steps to the road He writes ev'rything's been returned which was owed On the back of the fish truck that loads While my conscience explodes The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain And these visions of Johanna are now all that remain WALKIN' DOWN THE LINE Well, I'm walkin' down the line, I'm walkin' down the line An' I'm walkin' down the line. My feet'll be a-flyin' To tell about my troubled mind. I got a heavy-headed gal I got a heavy-headed gal I got a heavy-headed gal She ain't feelin' well When she's better only time will tell Well, I'm walkin' down the line, I'm walkin' down the line An' I'm walkin' down the line. My feet'll be a-flyin' To tell about my troubled mind. My money comes and goes My money comes and goes My money comes and goes And rolls and flows and rolls and flows Through the holes in the pockets in my clothes Well, I'm walkin' down the line, I'm walkin' down the line An' I'm walkin' down the line. My feet'll be a-flyin' To tell about my troubled mind. I see the morning light I see the morning light Well it's not because I'm an early riser I didn't go to sleep last night Well, I'm walkin' down the line, I'm walkin' down the line An' I'm walkin' down the line. My feet'll be a-flyin' To tell about my troubled mind. I got my walkin' shoes I got my walkin' shoes I got my walkin' shoes An' I ain't a-gonna lose I believe I got the walkin' blues Well, I'm walkin' down the line, I'm walkin' down the line An' I'm walkin' down the line. My feet'll be a-flyin' To tell about my troubled mind. WALK OUT IN THE RAIN Walk out if it doesn't feel right, I can tell you're only lying. If you got something better tonight, Don't mess up my mind with your crying. Walk out in the rain, Walk out with your dreams, Walk out of my life If it doesn't feel right And catch the next train. Oh, darling, walk out in the rain. I have come from so far away Just to put a ring on your finger. You've said all that you've got to say, So please don't feel the need to linger. Walk out in the rain, Walk out with your dreams, Walk out of my life If it doesn't feel right And catch the next train. Oh, darling, walk out in the rain. It's rainin' inside of the city, My poor feet have walked 'til they're sore. If you don't want my love, it's a pity, I guess I can't see you no more. Walk out in the rain, Walk out with your dreams, Walk out of my life If it doesn't feel right And catch the next train. Oh, darling, walk out in the rain. WALLFLOWER Wallflower, wallflower Won't you dance with me? I'm sad and lonely too. Wallflower, wallflower Won't you dance with me? I'm fallin' in love with you. Just like you I'm wondrin' what I'm doin' here. Just like you I'm wondrin' what's goin' on. Wallflower, wallflower Won't you dance with me? The night will soon be gone. I have seen you standing in the smoky haze And I know that you're gonna be mine one of these days, Mine alone. Wallflower, wallflower Take a chance on me. Please let me ride you home. WALLS OF RED WING Oh, the age of the inmates I remember quite freely: No younger than twelve, No older 'n seventeen. Thrown in like bandits And cast off like criminals, Inside the walls, The walls of Red Wing. From the dirty old mess hall You march to the brick wall, Too weary to talk And too tired to sing. Oh, it's all afternoon You remember your home town, Inside the walls, The walls of Red Wing. Oh, the gates are cast iron And the walls are barbed wire. Stay far from the fence With the 'lectricity sting. And it's keep down your head And stay in your number, Inside the walls, The walls of Red Wing. Oh, it's fare thee well To the deep hollow dungeon, Farewell to the boardwalk That takes you to the screen. And farewell to the minutes They threaten you with it, Inside the walls, The walls of Red Wing. It's many a guard That stands around smilin', Holdin' his club Like he was a king. Hopin' to get you Behind a wood pilin', Inside the walls, The walls of Red Wing. The night aimed shadows Through the crossbar windows, And the wind punched hard To make the wall-siding sing. It's many a night I pretended to be a-sleepin', Inside the walls, The walls of Red Wing. As the rain rattled heavy On the bunk-house shingles, And the sounds in the night, They made my ears ring. 'Til the keys of the guards Clicked the tune of the morning, Inside the walls, The walls of Red Wing. Oh, some of us'll end up In St. Cloud Prison, And some of us'll wind up To be lawyers and things, And some of us'll stand up To meet you on your crossroads, From inside the walls, The walls of Red Wing. THE WANDERING KIND She's like sweet water that runs down my face, I keep her posted in diamonds and lace. I give her freedom and what else I can find, But I know she's restless in her mind And the wandering kind. Way down in Texas many years ago, She traveled with me to ease my heavy load. Some big shot saw her Ôcause she looked so fine, How was he to know she was restless in her mind And the wandering kind. A strange bedfellow wandered in her room She was more unfaithful than I ever could assume She took his money and slayed him from behind ÔCause she knew she was restless in her mind She's the wander kind. Down at the border with new plans of my own Don't need no woman I'll go it alone I miss my baby and I can't keep from cryin' ÔCause I know she's restless in her mind And the wandering kind. I should have known better than to get mixed up with her I guess I'll never know for sure For better or worse the situation now is reversed And I'm broke Ôcause she is no longer first in my heart. I wrote this letter before leaving the hotel To where she's staying in that dark adobe cell I tried to help her but she knows I'm not blind And because I'm not restless in my mind I'm the wandering kind. WANTED MAN Wanted man in California, wanted man in Buffalo, Wanted man in Kansas City, wanted man in Ohio, Wanted man in Mississippi, wanted man in old Cheyenne, Wherever you might look tonight, you might see this wanted man. I might be in Colorado or Georgia by the sea, Working for some man who may not know at all who I might be. If you ever see me comin' and if you know who I am, Don't you breathe it to nobody 'cause you know I'm on the lam. Wanted man by Lucy Watson, wanted man by Jeannie Brown, Wanted man by Nellie Johnson, wanted man in this next town. But I've had all that I've wanted of a lot of things I had And a lot more than I needed of some things that turned out bad. I got sidetracked in El Paso, stopped to get myself a map Went the wrong way into Juarez with Juanita on my lap. Then I went to sleep in Shreveport, woke up in Abilene Wonderin' why the hell I'm wanted at some town halfway between. Wanted man in Albuquerque, wanted man in Syracuse, Wanted man in Tallahassee, wanted man in Baton Rouge, There's somebody set to grab me anywhere that I might be And wherever you might look tonight, you might get a glimpse of me. Wanted man in California, wanted man in Buffalo, Wanted man in Kansas City, wanted man in Ohio, Wanted man in Mississippi, wanted man in old Cheyenne, Wherever you might look tonight, you might see this wanted man. WATCHING THE RIVER FLOW What's the matter with me, I don't have much to say, Daylight sneakin' through the window And I'm still in this all-night caf. Walkin' to and fro beneath the moon Out to where the trucks are rollin' slow, To sit down on this bank of sand And watch the river flow. Wish I was back in the city Instead of this old bank of sand, With the sun beating down over the chimney tops And the one I love so close at hand. If I had wings and I could fly, I know where I would go. But right now I'll just sit here so contentedly And watch the river flow. People disagreeing on all just about everything, yeah, Makes you stop and all wonder why. Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street Who just couldn't help but cry. Oh, this ol' river keeps on rollin', though, No matter what gets in the way and which way the wind does blow, And as long as it does I'll just sit here And watch the river flow. People disagreeing everywhere you look, Makes you wanna stop and read a book. Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street That was really shook. But this ol' river keeps on rollin', though, No matter what gets in the way and which way the wind does blow, And as long as it does I'll just sit here And watch the river flow. Watch the river flow, Watchin' the river flow, Watchin' the river flow, But I'll sit down on this bank of sand And watch the river flow. WATERED-DOWN LOVE Love that's pure hopes all things, Believes all things, won't pull no strings, Won't sneak up into your room, tall, dark and handsome, Capture your heart and hold it for ransom. You don't want a love that's pure You wanna drown love You want a watered-down love Love that's pure, it don't make no claims, Intercedes for you 'stead of casting you blame, Will not deceive you or lead you to transgression, Won't write it up and make you sign a false confession. You don't want a love that's pure You wanna drown love You want a watered-down love Love that's pure won't lead you astray, Won't hold you back, won't mess up your day, Won't pervert you, corrupt you with stupid wishes, It don't make you envious, it don't make you suspicious. You don't want a love that's pure You wanna drown love You want a watered-down love Love that's pure ain't no accident, Always on time, is always content, An eternal flame, quietly burning, Never needs to be proud, restlessly yearning. You don't want a love that's pure You wanna drown love You want a watered-down love WE BETTER TALK THIS OVER I think we better talk this over Maybe when we both get sober You'll understand I'm only a man Doin' the best that I can. This situation can only get rougher. Why should we needlessly suffer? Let's call it a day, go our own different ways Before we decay. You don't have to be afraid of looking into my face, We've done nothing to each other time will not erase. I feel displaced, I got a low-down feeling You been two-faced, you been double-dealing. I took a chance, got caught in the trance Of a downhill dance. Oh, child, why you wanna hurt me? I'm exiled, you can't convert me. I'm lost in the haze of your delicate ways With both eyes glazed. You don't have to yearn for love, you don't have to be alone, Somewheres in this universe there's a place that you can call home. I guess I'll be leaving tomorrow If I have to beg, steal or borrow. It'd be great to cross paths in a day and a half Look at each other and laugh. But I don't think it's liable to happen Like the sound of one hand clappin'. The vows that we kept are now broken and swept 'Neath the bed where we slept. Don't think of me and fantasize on what we never had, Be grateful for what we've shared together and be glad. Why should we go on watching each other through a telescope? Eventually we'll hang ourselves on all this tangled rope. Oh, babe, time for a new transition I wish I was a magician. I would wave a wand and tie back the bond That we've both gone beyond. WEDDING SONG I love you more than ever, more than time and more than love, I love you more than money and more than the stars above, Love you more than madness, more than waves upon the sea, Love you more than life itself, you mean that much to me. Ever since you walked right in, the circle's been complete, I've said goodbye to haunted rooms and faces in the street, To the courtyard of the jester which is hidden from the sun, I love you more than ever and I haven't yet begun. You breathed on me and made my life a richer one to live, When I was deep in poverty you taught me how to give, Dried the tears up from my dreams and pulled me from the hole, Quenched my thirst and satisfied the burning in my soul. You gave me babies one, two, three, what is more, you saved my life, Eye for eye and tooth for tooth, your love cuts like a knife, My thoughts of you don't ever rest, they'd kill me if I lie, I'd sacrifice the world for you and watch my senses die. The tune that is yours and mine to play upon this earth, We'll play it out the best we know, whatever it is worth, What's lost is lost, we can't regain what went down in the flood, But happiness to me is you and I love you more than blood. It's never been my duty to remake the world at large, Nor is it my intention to sound a battle charge, 'Cause I love you more than all of that with a love that doesn't bend, And if there is eternity I'd love you there again. Oh, can't you see that you were born to stand by my side And I was born to be with you, you were born to be my bride, You're the other half of what I am, you're the missing piece And I love you more than ever with that love that doesn't cease. You turn the tide on me each day and teach my eyes to see, Just bein' next to you is a natural thing for me And I could never let you go, no matter what goes on, 'Cause I love you more than ever now that the past is gone. WENT TO SEE THE GYPSY Went to see the gypsy, Stayin' in a big hotel. He smiled when he saw me coming, And he said, "Well, well, well." His room was dark and crowded, Lights were low and dim. "How are you?" he said to me, I said it back to him. I went down to the lobby To make a small call out. A pretty dancing girl was there, And she began to shout, "Go on back to see the gypsy. He can move you from the rear, Drive you from your fear, Bring you through the mirror. He did it in Las Vegas, And he can do it here." Outside the lights were shining On the river of tears, I watched them from the distance With music in my ears. I went back to see the gypsy, It was nearly early dawn. The gypsy's door was open wide But the gypsy was gone, And that pretty dancing girl, She could not be found. So I watched that sun come rising From that little Minnesota town. WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU? You have given everything to me. What can I do for You? You have given me eyes to see. What can I do for You? Pulled me out of bondage and You made me renewed inside, Filled up a hunger that had always been denied, Opened up a door no man can shut and You opened it up so wide And You've chosen me to be among the few. What can I do for You? You have laid down Your life for me. What can I do for You? You have explained every mystery. What can I do for You? Soon as a man is born, you know the sparks begin to fly, He gets wise in his own eyes and he's made to believe a lie. Who would deliver him from the death he's bound to die? Well, You've done it all and there's no more anyone can pretend to do. What can I do for You? You have given all there is to give. What can I do for You? You have given me life to live. How can I live for You? I know all about poison, I know all about fiery darts, I don't care how rough the road is, show me where it starts, Whatever pleases You, tell it to my heart. Well, I don't deserve it but I sure did make it through. What can I do for You? WHATCHA GONNA DO? Tell me what you're gonna do When the shadow comes under your door. Tell me what you're gonna do When the shadow comes under your door. Tell me what you're gonna do When the shadow comes under your door. O Lord, O Lord, What shall you do? Tell me what you're gonna do When the devil calls your cards. Tell me what you're gonna do When the devil calls your cards. Tell me what you're gonna do When the devil calls your cards. O Lord, O Lord, What shall you do? Tell me what you're gonna do When your water turns to wine. Tell me what you're gonna do When your water turns to wine. Tell me what you're gonna do When your water turns to wine. O Lord, O Lord, What should you do? Tell me what you're gonna do When you can't play God no more. Tell me what you're gonna do When you can't play God no more. Tell me what you're gonna do When you can't play God no more. O Lord, O Lord, What shall you do? Tell me what you're gonna do When the shadow comes creepin' in your room. Tell me what you're gonna do When the shadow comes creepin' in your room. Tell me what you're gonna do When the shadow comes creepin' in your room. O Lord, O Lord, What should you do? WHAT GOOD AM I? What good am I if I'm like all the rest, If I just turn away, when I see how you're dressed, If I shut myself off so I can't hear you cry, What good am I? What good am I if I know and don't do, I If I see and don't say, if I look right through you, If I turn a deaf ear to the thunderin' sky, What good am I? What good am I while you softly weep And I hear in my head what you say in your sleep, And I freeze in the moment like the rest who don't try, What good am I? What good am I then to others and me If I've had every chance and yet still fail to see If my hands are tied must I not wonder within Who tied them and why and where must I have been What good am I if I say foolish things And I laugh in the face of what sorrow brings And I just turn my back while you silently die, What good am I? WHAT WAS IT YOU WANTED? What was it you wanted? Tell me again so I'll know. What's happening in there, What's going on in your show. What was it you wanted, Could you say it again? I'll be back in a minute You can get it together by then. What was it you wanted You can tell me, I'm back, We can start it all over Get it back on the track, You got my attention, Go ahead, speak. What was it you wanted When you were kissing my cheek? Was there somebody looking When you give me that kiss Someone there in the shadows Someone that I might have missed? Is there something you needed, Something I don't understand. What was it you wanted, Do I have it here in my hand? Whatever you wanted Slipped out of my mind, Would you remind me again If you'd be so kind. Has the record been breaking, Did the needle just skip, Is there somebody waitin', Was there a slip of the lip? What was it you wanted I ain't keepin' score Are you the same person That was here before? Is it something important? Maybe not. What was it you wanted? Tell me again I forgot. Whatever you wanted What could it be Did somebody tell you That you could get it from me, Is it something that comes natural Is it easy to say, Why do you want it, Who are you anyway? Is the scenery changing, Am I getting it wrong, Is the whole thing going backwards, Are they playing our song? Where were you when it started Do you want it for free What was it you wanted Are you talking to me? WHEN HE RETURNS The iron hand it ain't no match for the iron rod, The strongest wall will crumble and fall to a mighty God. For all those who have eyes and all those who have ears It is only He who can reduce me to tears. Don't you cry and don't you die and don't you burn For like a thief in the night, He'll replace wrong with right When He returns. Truth is an arrow and the gate is narrow that it passes through, He unleashed His power at an unknown hour that no one knew. How long can I listen to the lies of prejudice? How long can I stay drunk on fear out in the wilderness? Can I cast it aside, all this loyalty and this pride? Will I ever learn that there'll be no peace, that the war won't cease Until He returns? Surrender your crown on this blood-stained ground, take off your mask, He sees your deeds, He knows your needs even before you ask. How long can you falsify and deny what is real? How long can you hate yourself for the weakness you conceal? Of every earthly plan that be known to man, He is unconcerned, He's got plans of His own to set up His throne When He returns. WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble, Ancient footprints are everywhere. You can almost think that you're seein' double On a cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs. Got to hurry on back to my hotel room, Where I've got me a date with Botticelli's niece. She promised that she'd be right there with me When I paint my masterpiece. Oh, the hours I've spent inside the Coliseum, Dodging lions and wastin' time. Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle, I could hardly stand to see 'em, Yes, it sure has been a long, hard climb. Train wheels runnin' through the back of my memory, When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese. Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody When I paint my masterpiece. Sailin' 'round the world in a dirty gondola. Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola! I left Rome and landed in Brussels, On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried. Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin' muscles, Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside. Newspapermen eating candy Had to be held down by big police. Someday, everything is gonna be diff'rent When I paint my masterpiece. WHEN THE NIGHT COMES FALLING FROM THE SKY Look out across the fields, see me returning, Smoke is in your eye, you draw a smile. From the fireplace where my letters to you are burning, You've had time to think about it for a while. Well, I've walked two hundred miles, now look me over, It's the end of the chase and the moon is high. It won't matter who loves who, You'll love me or I'll love you When the night comes falling from the sky. I can see through your walls and I know you're hurting, Sorrow covers you up like a cape. Only yesterday I know that you've been flirting With disaster that you managed to escape. I can't provide for you no easy answers, Who are you that I should have to lie? You'll know all about it, love, It'll fit you like a glove When the night comes falling from the sky. I can hear your trembling heart beat like a river, You must have been protecting someone last time I called. I've never asked you for nothing you couldn't deliver, I've never asked you to set yourself up for a fall. I saw thousands who could have overcome the darkness, For the love of a lousy buck, I've watched them die. Stick around, baby, we're not through, Don't look for me, I'll see you When the night comes falling from the sky. In your teardrops, I can see my own reflection, It was on the northern border of Texas where I crossed the line. I don't want to be a fool starving for affection, I don't want to drown in someone else's wine. For all eternity I think I will remember That icy wind that's howling in your eye. You will seek me and you'll find me In the wasteland of your mind When the night comes falling from the sky. Well, I sent you my feelings in a letter But you were gambling for support. This time tomorrow I'll know you better When my memory is not so short. This time I'm asking for freedom, Freedom from a world which you deny. And you'll give it to me now, I'll take it anyhow When the night comes falling from the sky. WHEN THE SHIP COMES IN Oh the time will come up When the winds will stop And the breeze will cease to be breathin'. Like the stillness in the wind 'Fore the hurricane begins, The hour when the ship comes in. Oh the seas will split And the ship will hit And the sands on the shoreline will be shaking. Then the tide will sound And the wind will pound And the morning will be breaking. Oh the fishes will laugh As they swim out of the path And the seagulls they'll be smiling. And the rocks on the sand Will proudly stand, The hour that the ship comes in. And the words that are used For to get the ship confused Will not be understood as they're spoken. For the chains of the sea Will have busted in the night And will be buried at the bottom of the ocean. A song will lift As the mainsail shifts And the boat drifts on to the shoreline. And the sun will respect Every face on the deck, The hour that the ship comes in. Then the sands will roll Out a carpet of gold For your weary toes to be a-touchin'. And the ship's wise men Will remind you once again That the whole wide world is watchin'. Oh the foes will rise With the sleep still in their eyes And they'll jerk from their beds and think they're dreamin'. But they'll pinch themselves and squeal And know that it's for real, The hour when the ship comes in. Then they'll raise their hands, Sayin' we'll meet all your demands, But we'll shout from the bow your days are numbered. And like Pharaoh's tribe, They'll be drownded in the tide, And like Goliath, they'll be conquered. WHEN YOU GONNA WAKE UP? God don't make no promises that He don't keep. You got some big dreams, baby, but in order to dream you gotta still be asleep. When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain? Counterfeit philosophies have polluted all of your thoughts. Karl Marx has got ya by the throat, Henry Kissinger's got you tied up in knots. When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain? You got innocent men in jail, your insane asylums are filled, You got unrighteous doctors dealing drugs that'll never cure your ills. When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain? You got men who can't hold their peace and women who can't control their tongues. The rich seduce the poor and the old are seduced by the young. When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain? Adulterers in churches and pornography in the schools, You got gangsters in power and lawbreakers making rules. When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain? Spiritual advisors and gurus to guide your every move, Instant inner peace and every step you take has got to be approved. When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain? Do you ever wonder just what God requires? You think He's just an errand boy to satisfy your wandering desires. When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain? You can't take it with you and you know that it's too worthless to be sold, They tell you, "Time is money" as if your life was worth its weight in gold. When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain? There's a Man up on a cross and He's been crucified. Do you have any idea why or for who He died? When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain? WHERE ARE YOU TONIGHT? (Journey Through Dark Heat) There's a long-distance train rolling through the rain, tears on the letter I write. There's a woman I long to touch and I miss her so much but she's drifting like a satellite. There's a neon light ablaze in this green smoky haze, laughter down on Elizabeth Street. And a lonesome bell tone in that valley of stone where she bathed in a stream of pure heat. Her father would emphasize you got to be more than street-wise but he practiced what he preached from the heart. A full-blooded Cherokee, he predicted to me the time and the place that the trouble would start. There's a babe in the arms of a woman in a rage And a longtime golden-haired stripper onstage And she winds back the clock and she turns back the page Of a book that no one can write. Oh, where are you tonight? The truth was obscure, too profound and too pure, to live it you have to explode. In that last hour of need, we entirely agreed, sacrifice was the code of the road. I left town at dawn, with Marcel and St. John, strong men belittled by doubt. I couldn't tell her what my private thoughts were but she had some way of finding them out. He took dead-center aim but he missed just the same, she was waiting, putting flowers on the shelf. She could feel my despair as I climbed up her hair and discovered her invisible self. There's a lion in the road, there's a demon escaped, There's a million dreams gone, there's a landscape being raped, As her beauty fades and I watch her undrape, I won't, but then again, maybe I might. Oh, if I could just find you tonight. I fought with my twin, that enemy within, 'til both of us fell by the way. Horseplay and disease is killing me by degrees while the law looks the other way. Your partners in crime hit me up for nickels and dimes, the guy you were lovin' couldn't stay clean. It felt outa place, my foot in his face, but he should-a stayed where his money was green. I bit into the root of forbidden fruit with the juice running down my leg. Then I dealt with your boss, who'd never known about loss and who always was too proud to beg. There's a white diamond gloom on the dark side of this room and a pathway that leads up to the stars. If you don't believe there's a price for this sweet paradise, remind me to show you the scars. There's a new day at dawn and I've finally arrived. If I'm there in the morning, baby, you'll know I've survived. I can't believe it, I can't believe I'm alive, But without you it just doesn't seem right. Oh, where are you tonight? WHERE TEARDROPS FALL Far Away where the soft winds blow, Far away from it all, There is a place you go Where teardrops fall. Far away in the stormy night, Far away and over the wall, You are there in the flickering light Where teardrops fall. We banged the drum slowly And played the fife lowly, You know the song in my heart. In the turning of twilight, In the shadows of moonlight, You can show me a new place to start. I've torn my clothes and I've drained the cup, Strippin' away at it all, Thinking of you when the sun comes up Where teardrops fall. By rivers of blindness, In love and with kindness We could hold up a toast if we meet. To the cuttin' of fences, To sharpen the senses That linger in the fireball heat. Roses are red, violets are blue, And time is beginning to crawl, I just might have to come see you Where teardrops fall. WHO KILLED DAVEY MOORE? Who killed Davey Moore, Why an' what's the reason for? "Not I," says the referee, "Don't point your finger at me. I could've stopped it in the eighth An' maybe kept him from his fate, But the crowd would've booed, I'm sure, At not gettin' their money's worth. It's too bad he had to go, But there was a pressure on me too, you know. It wasn't me that made him fall. No, you can't blame me at all." Who killed Davey Moore, Why an' what's the reason for? "Not us," says the angry crowd, Whose screams filled the arena loud. "It's too bad he died that night But we just like to see a fight. We didn't mean for him t' meet his death, We just meant to see some sweat, There ain't nothing wrong in that. It wasn't us that made him fall. No, you can't blame us at all." Who killed Davey Moore, Why an' what's the reason for? "Not me," says his manager, Puffing on a big cigar. "It's hard to say, it's hard to tell, I always thought that he was well. It's too bad for his wife an' kids he's dead, But if he was sick, he should've said. It wasn't me that made him fall. No, you can't blame me at all." Who killed Davey Moore, Why an' what's the reason for? "Not me," says the gambling man, With his ticket stub still in his hand. "It wasn't me that knocked him down, My hands never touched him none. I didn't commit no ugly sin, Anyway, I put money on him to win. It wasn't me that made him fall. No, you can't blame me at all." Who killed Davey Moore, Why an' what's the reason for? "Not me," says the boxing writer, Pounding print on his old typewriter, Sayin', "Boxing ain't to blame, There's just as much danger in a football game." Sayin', "Fist fighting is here to stay, It's just the old American way. It wasn't me that made him fall. No, you can't blame me at all." Who killed Davey Moore, Why an' what's the reason for? "Not me," says the man whose fists Laid him low in a cloud of mist, Who came here from Cuba's door Where boxing ain't allowed no more. "I hit him, yes, it's true, But that's what I am paid to do. Don't say 'murder,' don't say 'kill.' It was destiny, it was God's will." Who killed Davey Moore, Why an' what's the reason for? THE WICKED MESSENGER There was a wicked messenger From Eli he did come, With a mind that multiplied The smallest matter. When questioned who had sent for him, He answered with his thumb, For his tongue it could not speak, but only flatter. He stayed behind the assembly hall, It was there he made his bed, Oftentimes he could be seen returning. Until one day he just appeared With a note in his hand which read, "The soles of my feet, I swear they're burning." Oh, the leaves began to fallin' And the seas began to part, And the people that confronted him were many. And he was told but these few words, Which opened up his heart, "If ye cannot bring good news, then don't bring any." WIGGLE WIGGLE Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a gypsy queen, Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle all dressed in green, Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle 'til the moon is blue, Wiggle 'til the moon sees you. Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle in your boots and shoes, Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, you got nothing to lose, Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, like a swarm of bees, Wiggle on your hands and knees. Wiggle to the front, wiggle to the rear, Wiggle 'til you wiggle right out of here, Wiggle 'til it opens, wiggle 'til it shuts, Wiggle 'til it bites, wiggle 'til it cuts. Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup, Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop, Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead, Wiggle - you can raise the dead. Wiggle 'til you're high, wiggle 'til you're higher, Wiggle 'til you vomit fire, Wiggle 'til it whispers, wiggle 'til it hums, Wiggle 'til it answers, wiggle 'til it comes. Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like satin and silk, Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a pail of milk, Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, rattle and shake, Wiggle like a big fat snake. WINTERLUDE Winterlude, Winterlude, oh darlin', Winterlude by the road tonight. Tonight there will be no quarrelin', Ev'rything is gonna be all right. Oh, I see by the angel beside me That love has a reason to shine. You're the one I adore, come over here and give me more, Then Winterlude, this dude thinks you're fine. Winterlude, Winterlude, my little apple, Winterlude by the corn in the field, Winterlude, let's go down to the chapel, Then come back and cook up a meal. Well, come out when the skating rink glistens By the sun, near the old crossroads sign. The snow is so cold, but our love can be bold, Winterlude, don't be rude, please be mine. Winterlude, Winterlude, my little daisy, Winterlude by the telephone wire, Winterlude, it's makin' me lazy, Come on, sit by the logs in the fire. The moonlight reflects from the window Where the snowflakes, they cover the sand. Come out tonight, ev'rything will be tight, Winterlude, this dude thinks you're grand. WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE Oh my name it is nothin' My age it means less The country I come from Is called the Midwest I's taught and brought up there The laws to abide And that land that I live in Has God on its side. Oh the history books tell it They tell it so well The cavalries charged The Indians fell The cavalries charged The Indians died Oh the country was young With God on its side. Oh the Spanish-American War had its day And the Civil War too Was soon laid away And the names of the heroes I's made to memorize With guns in their hands And God on their side. Oh the First World War, boys It closed out its fate The reason for fighting I never got straight But I learned to accept it Accept it with pride For you don't count the dead When God's on your side. When the Second World War Came to an end We forgave the Germans And we were friends Though they murdered six million In the ovens they fried The Germans now too Have God on their side. I've learned to hate Russians All through my whole life If another war starts It's them we must fight To hate them and fear them To run and to hide And accept it all bravely With God on my side. But now we got weapons Of the chemical dust If fire them we're forced to Then fire them we must One push of the button And a shot the world wide And you never ask questions When God's on your side. In a many dark hour I've been thinkin' about this That Jesus Christ Was betrayed by a kiss But I can't think for you You'll have to decide Whether Judas Iscariot Had God on his side. So now as I'm leavin' I'm weary as Hell The confusion I'm feelin' Ain't no tongue can tell The words fill my head And fall to the floor If God's on our side He'll stop the next war. WORLD GONE WRONG Strange things have happened, like never before. My baby told me I would have to go. I can't be good no more, once like I did before. I can't be good, baby, Honey, because the world's gone wrong. Feel bad this morning, ain't got no home. No use in worrying, 'cause the world gone wrong. I can't be good no more, once like I did before. I can't be good, baby, Honey, because the world's gone wrong. I told you, baby, right to your head, If I didn't leave you I would have to kill you dead. I can't be good no more, once like I did before. I can't be good, baby, Honey, because the world's gone wrong. I tried to be loving and treat you kind, But it seems like you never right, you got no loyal mind. I can't be good no more, once like I did before. I can't be good, baby, Honey, because the world's gone wrong. If you have a woman and she don't treat you kind, Praise the Good Lord to get her out of your mind. I can't be good no more, once like I did before. I can't be good, baby, Honey, because the world's gone wrong. Said, when you been good now, can't do no more, Just tell her kindly, "There is the front door." I can't be good no more, once like I did before. I can't be good, baby, Honey, because the world's gone wrong. Pack up my suitcase, give me my hat, No use to ask me, baby, 'cause I'll never be back. I can't be good no more, once like I did before. I can't be good, baby, Honey, because the world's gone wrong. WORRIED BLUES I got those worried blues, And I got those worried blues, I got those worried blues, I got those worried blues, Lord, I'm a-going where I never been before. I'm going where the chilly winds don't blow, I'm going where the chilly winds don't blow, I'm going where the chilly winds don't blow, I'm going where the chilly winds don't blow, I'm going where the climate suits my clothes. Honey babe don't leave me now, Honey babe don't leave me now, Oh honey babe don't leave me now, Honey babe don't leave me now. I got trouble in my mind. Listen to that cold whistle blow, Lord listen to that cold whistle blow, Listen to that cold whistle blow, Listen to that cold whistle blow, I'm going where I'm never been before. So I got those worries blues, lord, I got the worried blues, I got the worried blues , And I got the worried blues. I'm a-going where I never been before. YE SHALL BE CHANGED You harbor resentment You know there ain't too much of a thrill You wish for contentment But you got an emptiness that can't be filled You've had enough hatred Your bones are breaking (and you) can't find nothing sacred, (but) Ye shall be changed, ye shall be changed In a twinkling of an eye, when the last trumpet blows The dead will arise and burst out of your cloths And ye shall be changed Everything you've gotten You've gotten by sweat, blood and muscle From early in the morning Ôtil way past dark All you ever do is hustle All your loved ones have walked out the door You're not even sure Ôbout your wife and kids no more, but Ye shall be changed, ye shall be changed In a twinkling of an eye, when the last trumpet blows The dead will arise and burst out of your cloths And ye shall be changed (Now) the past don't control you But the future's like a roulette wheel spinning (And) deep down inside You know you need a whole new beginning Don't have to go to Russia or Iran Just surrender to God and He'll move you right here where you stand, and Ye shall be changed, ye shall be changed In a twinkling of an eye, when the last trumpet blows The dead will arise and burst out of your cloths And ye shall be changed You drink bitter water And you been eating the bread of sorrow You can't live for today When all you're ever thinking of is tomorrow The path you've endured has been rough And when you've decided that you've had enough, then Ye shall be changed, ye shall be changed In a twinkling of an eye, when the last trumpet blows The dead will arise and burst out of your cloths And ye shall be changed YOU'RE GONNA QUIT ME You're gonna quit me, baby, Good as I been to you, Lawd, Lawd. Good as I been to you, Lawd, Lawd. Good as I been to you. Give you my money, honey, Buy you shoes and clothes, Lawd, Lawd. You're gonna quit me, baby, Put me outta doors, Lawd, Lawd. Six months on the chain gang, Believe me, it ain't no fun, Lawd, Lawd. Day you quit me, baby, That's the day you die, Lawd, Lawd. Jailhouse ain't no plaything, Believe me, ain't no lie, Lawd, Lawd. Day you quit me, baby, That's the day you die, Lawd, Lawd. YOU AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE Clouds so swift Rain won't lift Gate won't close Railings froze Get your mind off wintertime You ain't goin' nowhere Whoo-ee! Ride me high Tomorrow's the day My bride's gonna come Oh, oh, are we gonna fly Down in the easy chair! I don't care How many letters they sent Morning came and morning went Pick up your money And pack up your tent You ain't goin' nowhere Whoo-ee! Ride me high Tomorrow's the day My bride's gonna come Oh, oh, are we gonna fly Down in the easy chair! Buy me a flute And a gun that shoots Tailgates and substitutes Strap yourself To the tree with roots You ain't goin' nowhere Whoo-ee! Ride me high Tomorrow's the day My bride's gonna come Oh, oh, are we gonna fly Down in the easy chair! Genghis Khan He could not keep All his kings Supplied with sleep We'll climb that hill no matter how steep When we get up to it Whoo-ee! Ride me high Tomorrow's the day My bride's gonna come Oh, oh, are we gonna fly Down in the easy chair! YOU ANGEL YOU You angel you You got me under your wing. The way you walk and the way you talk I feel I could almost sing. You angel you You're as fine as anything's fine. The way you walk and the way you talk It sure plays on my mind. You know I can't sleep at night for trying, Never did feel this way before. I get up at night and walk the floor. If this is love then gimme more And more and more and more and more. You angel you You're as fine as can be. The way you smile like a sweet baby child, It just falls all over me. You know I can't sleep at night for trying Never did feel this way before, Never did get up and walk the floor. If this is love then gimme more And more and more and more. You angel you You got me under your wing. The way you walk and the way you talk It says everything. YOU'RE A BIG GIRL NOW Our conversation was short and sweet It nearly swept me off-a my feet. And I'm back in the rain, oh, oh, And you are on dry land. You made it there somehow You're a big girl now. Bird on the horizon, sittin' on a fence, He's singin' his song for me at his own expense. And I'm just like that bird, oh, oh, Singin' just for you. I hope that you can hear, Hear me singin' through these tears. Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast Oh, but what a shame if all we've shared can't last. I can change, I swear, oh, oh, See what you can do. I can make it through, You can make it too. Love is so simple, to quote a phrase, You've known it all the time, I'm learnin' it these days. Oh, I know where I can find you, oh, oh, In somebody's room. It's a price I have to pay You're a big girl all the way. A change in the weather is known to be extreme But what's the sense of changing horses in midstream? I'm going out of my mind, oh, oh, With a pain that stops and starts Like a corkscrew to my heart Ever since we've been apart. YOU CHANGED MY LIFE You changed my life Came along in a time of strife In hunger and need You made my heart bleed You changed my life You changed my life Now the nature of man Is to beg and to steal I'd do it myself It's not so unreal The call of the wild's Forever at my door Want me to fly like an eagle Being chained to the floor, but You changed my life Came along in a time of strife In hunger and need You made my heart bleed You changed my life You changed my life Eating with the pigs Off a fancy tray I was bold, I was looking good And to have a nice day It all seemed so proper And so elite Eating absolute garbage While being so discreet. You changed my life Came along in a time of strife In hunger and need You made my heart bleed You changed my life You changed my life You were glowing in the light Being peaceably calm Well, how often does a man dance To the beat of the balm? Your eyes were on fire Your feet were of brass In a world that you made You were an outcast You changed my life Came along in a time of strife In hunger and need You made my heart bleed You changed my life You changed my life Truce makers and partakers Of every selfish whim Her running to meet me running to her And you running back to him Their destruction of my confidence Was like a sharpness of the tongue I said: Make my faith greater But I was a little high strung You changed my life Came along in a time of strife In hunger and need You made my heart bleed You changed my life You changed my life YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME LONESOME WHEN YOU GO I've seen love go by my door It's never been this close before Never been so easy or so slow. Been shooting in the dark too long When somethin's not right it's wrong Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go. Dragon clouds so high above I've only known careless love, It's always hit me from below. This time around it's more correct Right on target, so direct, Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go. Purple clover, Queen Anne lace, Crimson hair across your face, You could make me cry if you don't know. Can't remember what I was thinkin' of You might be spoilin' me too much, love, Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go. Flowers on the hillside, bloomin' crazy, Crickets talkin' back and forth in rhyme, Blue river runnin' slow and lazy, I could stay with you forever And never realize the time. Situations have ended sad, Relationships have all been bad. Mine've been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud. But there's no way I can compare All those scenes to this affair, Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go. Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm doin', Stayin' far behind without you. Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm sayin', Yer gonna make me give myself a good talkin' to. I'll look for you in old Honolulu, San Francisco, Ashtabula, Yer gonna have to leave me now, I know. But I'll see you in the sky above, In the tall grass, in the ones I love, Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go. **** Thanks to AIDS for giving me carpal tunnel. **** "Mr Self Destruct" by Nine Inch Nails i am the voice inside your head and i control you i am the lover in your bed and i control you i am the sex that you provide and i control you i am the hate you try to hide and i control you i take you where you want to go i give you all you need to know i drag you down i use you up mr self destruct i speak religion's message clear and i control you i am denial guilt and fear and i control you i am the prayers of the naive and i control you i am the lie that you believe and i control you i take you where you want to go i give you all you need to know i drag you down i use you up mr self destruct <+ you let me do this to you [8x] i am an exit [8x] > i am the needle in your vein <- and i control you > <+ i am an exit > i am the high you can't sustain <- and i control you > <+ i am an exit > i am the pusher i'm a whore <- and i control you > <+ i am an exit > i am the need <+ in you> < -you have> for more <- and i control you > <+ i am an exit > i am the bullet in the gun and i control you i am the truth from which you run and i control you i am the silencing machine and i control you i am the end of all your dreams and i control you i take you where you want to go i give you all you need to know i drag you down i use you up mr self destruct <+ [2x] > "World Full of Nothing" by Depeche Mode Close Naked Skin on skin Tears are falling Tears of joy Her first boy His first girl Makes a change In a world full of nothing Though it's not love It means something She's lonely And he says It's for her only That he lusts She doesn't trust him Nothing is true But he will do In a world full of nothing Though it's not love It means something It's easy to slip away And believe it all Though it's not love It means something "The Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson I don't want you and I don't need you don't bother to resist, I'll beat you It's not your fault that you're always wrong the weak ones are there to justify the strong the beautiful people, the beautiful people it's all relative to the size of your steeple you can't see the forest for the trees you can't smell your own shit on your knees Hey you, what do you see? something beautiful, something free? hey you, are you trying to be mean? if you live with apes man, it's hard to be clean there's no time to discriminate, hate every motherfucker that's in your way the worms will live in every host it's hard to pick which one they eat most the horrible people, the horrible people it's as anatomic as the size of your steeple capitalism has made it this way, old-fashioned fascism will take it away (chorus) "It's a Small World" A classic song from Disney It's a world of laughter, a world of tears It's a world of hopes and a world of fears There's so much that we share that its time we're aware It's a small world after all It's a small world after all It's a small world after all It's a small world after all It's a small, small world There is just one moon and one golden sun And a smile means friendship for everyone Though the mountains divide and the oceans are wide It's a small world after all It's a small world after all It's a small world after all It's a small world after all It's a small, small world "Brass Monkey" by Beastie Boys (chorus) brass monkey - that funky monkey brass monkey - junkie that funky monkey got this dance that's more than real drink brass monkey - here's how you feel put your left leg down - your right leg up tilt your head back - let's finish the cup m.c.a. with the bottle - d. rocks the can adrock gets nice with charlie chan we're offered moet - we don't mind chivas wherever we go with bring the monkey with us adrock drinks three - mike d. is d. double r. foots the bill most definitely i drink brass monkey and i rock well i got a castle in brooklyn - that's where i dwell (repeat chorus) cause i drink it anytime - and anyplace when it's time to get ill - i pour it on my face monkey tastes def when you pour it on ice come on y'all it's time to get nice coolin' by the lockers getting kind of funky me and the crew - we're drinking brass monkey this girl walked by - she gave me the eye i reached in the locker - grabbed the spanish fly i put it with the monkey - mixed it in the cup went over to the girl, "yo baby, what's up?" i offered her a sip - the girl she gave me lip it did begin the stuff wore in and now she's on my tip (repeat chorus) step up to the bar - put the girl down she takes a big gulp and slaps it around take a sip - you can do it - you get right to it we had a case in the place and we went right through it you got a dry martini - thinking you're cool i'll take your place at the bar - i smack you off your stool i'll down a '40 dog" in a single gulp and if you got beef you'll get beat to a pulp monkey and parties and reelin' and rockin' def, def - girls, girls - all y'all jockin' the song and dance keeping you in a trance if you don't buy my record i got my advance i drink it - i think it - i see it - i be it i love brass monkey but i won't give d. it we got the bottle - you got the cup come on everybody let's get ffffff (repeat chorus) "Testosterone" by Bush I'm a man I'm real proud of my manhood I like to smoke Ten thousands of cigarillos Eight ball I could climb any fountain I never cry I only bawl when I'm losing And I've never been wrong Never been wrong I'm looking so good Looking so good Got a big gold gun Got a big gold bullet And I guess you could say I'm real full of it I'm real full of it I'm real straight You wanna see my peccadillos Hot dog 7:30 every morning And I'm big into war Big into war Big into war I am a whore I am a whore Got a big gold gun I shave with Gillette Shave with Gillette And I'm patting my back Patting my back Got a big gold bullet "Youth Gone Wild" by Skid Row Since I was born they couldn't hold me down Another misfit kid, another burned-out town Never played by the rules I never really cared My nasty reputation takes me everywhere I look and see it's not only me So many others have stood where I stand We are the young so raise your hands They call us problem child We spend our lives on trial We walk an endless mile We are the youth gone wild We stand and we won't fall We're the one and one for all The writing's on the wall We are the youth gone wild Boss screamin' in my ear about who I'm supposed to be Getcha a 3-piece Wall Street smile and son you'll look just like me I said "Hey man, there's something that you oughta know. I tell ya Park Avenue leads to Skid Row." I look and see it's not only me We're standin' tall ain't never a doubt We are the young, so shout it out They call us problem child We spend our lives on trial We walk an endless mile We are the youth gone wild We stand and we won't fall We're the one and one for all The writing's on the wall We are the youth gone wild They call us problem child We spend our lives on trial We walk an endless mile We are the youth gone wild We stand and we won't fall We're the one and one for all The writing's on the wall We are the youth gone wild We are the youth gone wild "Mary Jane" by Megadeth Forgive me father for I have sinned I'm a child of the air, I'm a witch of the wind And I'm still awake... Mary Jane From the earth, up through the trees I can hear her calling me Her voice rides on the breeze Oh, it's haunting me No, I can't get away No, there's no escape If I know I'm going crazy I must not be insane Chorus Beware my friends, as you pass by As you are now so once was I As I am now so you must be Prepare my friends to follow me Forgive me father for I have sinned I'm a child of the air, I'm a witch of the wind Fingers gripped around my brain No control, my mind is lame I'm in the astral plane, and I'll never be the same Never, never, never, never, never, never Never, never, never Repeat chorus It hurts so bad I can't breathe Prepare to follow me Album: Wither Blister Burn + Peel by Stabbing Westward "I DON'T BELIEVE" I'm such an asshole god I'm such a stain. I just keep fucking up again and again You crawled inside my mind when you crawled into my bed Said everything I've ever longed to hear So perfect so alive once inside you sucked me dry Used me up and left me here for dead I crave it desperately a cancer eating me An addiction to intense to be denied Worthless I'm a whore crawling back for more Pathetic how I feed off this abuse You told me that you love me I believed that you loved me You swore that you loved me And I believed now I know it was a lie I don't believe I could be so stupid so naive I don't believe That there is nothing nothing left for me "SHAME" I only see myself reflected in your eyes So all that I believe I am essentially are lies So everything I hoped to be or ever thought I was Died with your belief in me so who the hell am I I don't know if I am real without you What is left of me without you I don't know what's real without you How can I exist without you? I'm wandering round confused, wondering why I try The more that you deny my pain, the more it intesifies I pray for someone to ache for me the way I ache for you If you ignore that I'm alive I have nothing to cling to I don't know if I am real without you What is left of me without you I don't know what's real without you How can I exist without you? I stare into this mirror so tired of this life If only you would speak to me or care if I'm alive Once I swore I would die for you but I never meant like this I never meant like this, no I never meant like this. I don't know if I am real without you What is left of me without you? I don't know what's real without you How can I exist without you? How can I exist without you? How can I exist without you? "WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO" You make it hard to breath it's as if i'm suffocating And when you're next to me I can feel your heartbeat through my skin It makes me sad to think this could all be for nothing I wish there was a way a way for you to see inside me I've never felt this way About anyone or anything Tell me-- What do I have to do to make you happy What do I have to do to make you understand What do I have to do to make you want me And if I can't make you want me what to I have to do? I know exactly what you're thinking But I swear this time I will not let you down I'm not as selfish as I used to be That was a part of me that never made me proud Right now I think I would try anything Anything at all to keep you satisfied God I hope you see what losing you will do to me All I want is one more chance so tell me What do I have to do to make you love me What do I have to do to forget about you? "WHY" I am not here I think I've never been here at all or ever will be I feel like a place where no one goes any more Why can't you see that everythings broken Why does it seem this lifes turned gray I can't believe in anything sacred when I don't believe I am real I need someone to break the silence Screaming in my head And in my soul It seems so bizarre but none of this matters Thoughts disappear, hope has died Now I am safe nothing can hurt me here Why can't you see my need for forgiveness The truth and the lies so confused as one I can't believe in anything sacred When I don't believe in anything I need someone to break the silence Screaming in my head And in my soul I am alone locked in my memories There's nowhere left for me to hide But I am not real I've made all I am with lies Why does it seem that everythings different Why does it seem that only you are real I don't believe in anything sacred So why do I feel so damn alone I need someone to break the silence Thats screaming in my head And in my soul "INSIDE YOU" I feel your lips I taste your skin I need to know I need to feel you from within As your blood burns through my skin I feel complete I breath you in Its where you end and I begin If only I could stay here forever So much to tell you So much to show you So much to confide Now that I'm inside you We are flesh We are one So why do I feel so much guilt for what I've done As your blood burns through my skin I feel release I breath you in It's where you end and I begin If only I could stay here forever So much to tell you So much to give you So much to confide now that I'm inside Inside you "FALLS APART" I'm tangled and broken Left scattered on the floor Its useless now these pieces they can never make me whole You wither You blister I watch you burn and peel Its not like you can save me it's not like you even care I'm finding it so hard to hold on This is where it falls apart I feel helpless as my everything comes crashing down on me This is where it falls apart I feel helpless as my fucking world comes crashing down Crashing down on me "SO WRONG" Waste thoughts of you wasted prayers to you Give me back my mind I'm empty inside What have I become Everythings undone A candle burns in your honor My soul a shrine I've built for you I've got nothing left inside me there's nothing left but you Can't seem to pretend This night has to end I can't fill this hole You are all I know It's so wrong that I need you It's so wrong that I need abuse It's so wrong that I need you so wrong that I'm scared I'll die alone "CRUSHING ME" I'm feeling the weight of the world and it's crushing me I'm feeling the weight of everyday life and it's crushing me How much more will it take How much more until it breaks me This world is crushing me I'm feeling the hate of the world and it's crushing me I'm feeling the hate of everyday life and it's crushing me I swallow the hate, betrayal and lies Swallow it whole and shove it deep down inside of me I'm feeling the weight of the world and it's crushing me How much more will it take How much more until it breaks me This world is crushing me "SLEEP" She's been here so many times before She can't remember when she last felt anything at all but this fear and anger She stares intently at the door listens for his footsteps She knows exactly whats in store and the knowing makes it worse When he calls her daddy's litle girl she doesn't hear him When he crushes her he can't feel Her screams are silent Hides in the corner of her mind where she plays contently She leaves this nightmare far behind escapes inside her dreams Floating high above her bed staring at her fathers head Wishing one of them was dead so this hell could finally end "SLIPPING AWAY" I feel it slipping away I gave it all and no one cared I feel it slipping away No more pain no more fear I feel it slipping away I just can't learn to forget Now I'm choking on the memories choking on regret I tried but I can't find a way to untangle all the pieces after they've been thrown away I will not suffer this loss of you again and again and again I refuse to continue to live in this perpetual nightmare I decide it ends right here I feel it slipping away Everythings slipping away "Monosyllabic Girl" by NOFX I take her to the aquarium, she says shark I take her to the planetarium, she says dark I take her to the seaside where she likes to spin and twirl she says sure and cool and yeah she's my monosyllabic girl I take her to the university, she says huh I take her to out anniversary, she says one I take her to the jewelry store I say diamonds, she says pearl oh everyone knows I'm in love with a monosyllabic girl "Talk Dirty to Me" by Poison You know I never I never seen you look so good You never act the way you should But I like it And I know you like it too The way that I want you I gotta have you Oh yes, I do You know I never I never ever stay out late You know that I can hardly wait Just to see you And I know you cannot wait Wait to see me too I gotta touch you Chorus: Cause baby we'll be At the drive-in In the old man's Ford behind the bushes till I'm screamin' for more Down the basement lock the cellar door And baby Talk dirty to me You know I call you I call you on the telephone I'm only hoping that you're home So I can hear you When you say those words to me And whisper so softly I gotta hear you Chorus C.C. pick up that guitar and talk to me Solo, Chorus out "If I Were A Killer" by Galactic Cowboys This is just a hypothetical story Of someone let's just say it's me I'd gain acceptance for my murderous ways By stalking a defenseless prey Chorus: If I were a Killer, I'd smile just like the boy next door If I were a Killer, I'd say I'd do it for the poor If I were a Killer, You'd bring me victims more and more If I were a Killer Supreme Court would agree to hear my case And find me innocent of crime Holding public rallies to incite sympathy Creative actuality Chorus: If I were a Killer I'd hide behind a doctor's door If I were a Killer I'd scrape you off my office floor "Two-Headed Boy" by Neutral Milk Hotel Two headed boy All floating in glass The sun it has passed Now it's blacker than black I can hear as you tap on your jar I am listening to hear where you are I am listening to hear where you are Two headed boy Put on sunday shoes And dance round the room to accordion keys With the needle that sings in your heart Catching signals that sound in the dark Catching signals that sound in the dark We will take off our clothes And they'll be placing fingers through the notches in your spine Two headed boy With pulleys and weights Creating a radio played just for two In the parlor witha moon across her face And through the music he sweetly displays Silver speakers that sparkle all day Made for his lover who's floating and choking with her hands across her face And in the dark we will take off our clothes And they'll be placing fingers through the notches in your spine Two headed boy There is no reason to grieve The world that you need is wrapped in gold silver sleeves Left beneath Christmas trees in the snow And I will take you and leave you alone Watching spirals of white softly flow Over your eyelids and all you did Will wait until the point when you let go "It" by Otnoo Ishphoo you cry you plead you fear fear me you know you need you need you need me i know you don't you don't want me i know you can't you can't leave me YOU RUN YOU HIDE YOU BURN INSIDE YOU HURT YOU BLEED YOU KNOW YOU NEED YOU NEED MEEeeee. i am only how you see me if you leave me you won't need me "Monty" by Spiderbait I've got a toy that'll cut right through ya You don't think that I am lying to ya I'll get away and I'll say I'm a legend Taking all the things from your friends that I mentioned Get up now it's a new fear I bought you so why don't you love me Gotta lotta guts but you know I'm lazy Such a fine line it's easy fans easy I run for the picket And I'm sticking to my story Got your blessing for some glory They've got the scene and your queen looks good and They try to rage if it gets too dirty President fun with the hotels misses Such a fine time thinking oh now is he "California Uber Alles" by Jello Biafra / Dead Kennedys I am governor Jerry Brown My aura smiles and never frowns Soon I will be president... Carter power will soon go away I will be Fuhrer one day I will command all of you Your kids will meditate in school California Uber alles California Uber alles Uber alles California Uber alles California Zen fascists will control you Hundred percent natural You will jog for the master race And always wear the happy face Close your eyes, can't happen here Big Bro' on white horse is near The hippies won't come back you say Mellow out or you will pay California Uber alles California Uber alles Uber alles California Uber alles California Now It Is 1984 Knock knock at your front door It's the suede denim secret police They have come for your uncool niece Come quietly to the camp You'd look nice as a drawstring lamp Don't you worry, it's only a shower For your clothes here's a pretty flower Die on organic poison gas Serpent's egg's already hatched You will croak, you little clown When you mess with President Brown California Uber alles Uber alles California "Crucified" by Lillian Axe Come a little closer with your thoughts of an insurrection, A little black mark in the book of your life could bring a change of your affection Got a one track mind, it's the sign of the times, find a whole new revelation, Prime time, any time, pay the bailiff for your crime, Don't lose your concentration No, No, No, I don't wanna be crucified Got a heavy cross to bear when there's salt in your lacerations, At least when I die I can look 'em in the eye, see them off to eternal damnation See the bloodstained curtains in the temple of love Where the truth is a state of your mind Kneel down, kiss the ground, better never make a sound How can they see when they're so damn blind? Chorus: Can you believe in something Not fit for their consumption? Hold on strong to the end Use the force in the back of your mind I can't accept what they say I choose to go my own way I don't want to be crucified Flying high, sanctify, living a lie, by the hand of intoxication, Under attack, see the scars on my back, think it's time for a needed vacation No, No, No, I don't want to be crucified Chorus "Television, The Drug of the Nation" by Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy One Nation under God has turned into One Nation under the influence of one drug Television, the drug of the Nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation T.V., it satellite links our United States of unconciousness Apathetic therapeutic and extremely addictive the methadone metronome pumping out 150 channels 24 hours a day you can flip through all of them and still there's nothing worth watching T.V. is the reason why less than ten percent of our Nation reads books daily Why most people think Central America means Kansas Socialism means unamerican and Apartheid is a new headache remedy absorbed in its world it's so hard to find us It shapes our minds the most maybe the mother of our Nation should remind us that we're sitting to close to. . . Television, the drug of the Nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation T.V. is the stomping ground for political candidates Where bears in the woods are chased by Grecian Formula'd bald eagles T.V. is mechanized politic's remote control over the masses co-sponsered by environmentally safe gases watch for the PBS special It's the perpetuation of the two party system where image takes precedence over wisdom Where sound bite politics are served to the fastfood culture Where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it Race baiting is the way to get selected Willie Horton or Will he not get elected on . . . Television, the drug of the Nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation T.V. is it the reflector or the director? Does it imitate us or do we imitate it Because a child watches 1500 murders before he's twelve years old and we wonder how we've created a Jason generation that learns to laugh rather than abhor the horror T.V. is the place where armchair generals and quarterbacks can experience first hand the excitement of video warfare as the theme song is sung in the background Sugar sweet sitcoms that leave us with a bad actor taste while pop stars metamorphosize into soda pop stars You saw the video You heard the soundtrack Well now go buy the soft drink Well, the only cola that I support would be a union C.O.L.A. (Cost of Living Allowance) On Television. Television, the drug of the Nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation Back again, "New and Improved", we return to our irregularly programmed schedule hidden cleverly between heavy breasted beer and car commericals CNNESPNABCTNT but mostly B.S. Where oxymoronic language like "virtually spotless" "fresh frozen" "light yet filling" and "military intelligence" have become standard T.V. is the place where phrases are redefined like "recession" to "necessary downturn" "crude oil" on a beach to "mousse" "Civilian death" to "collateral damages" and being killed by your own Army is now called "friendly fire" T.V. is the place where the pursuit of happiness has become the pursuit of trivia Where toothpaste and cars have become sex objects Where imagination is sucked out of children by a cathode ray nipple T.V. is the only wet nurse that would create a cripple Television, the drug of the Nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation On Television ... "Black Tornado" by Dan Bern I've been speaking later and later in the day Most days I don't talk 'till maybe 8 o'clock at night It keeps me whole, keeps me holy Keeps me way up in the mountains even when I'm on the road Keeps me coming up for air Keeps me airing out some cum Keeps me cool And every place I go is one less place I could call home And every girl I kiss, well I just cross her off my list I don't go far, I just go crazy I buried all of my old clothes out in some field in West Des Moines And if you judge me tonight, judge me by the songs I write That's who I am to you And there's a black tornado, black tornado Spinning around in my body and sometimes Black tornado, black tornado Spinning around in my body sometime Yeah I could do tonight with someone soft and warm and furry But that ain't likely to occur in south central Missouri It's a day off, it's an off day It's a Budweiser, budget tel, Bukowski kind of night I only got what's on my back, guitar and a back pack My soul is intact And there's a black tornado, black tornado Spinning around in my body and sometimes Black tornado, black tornado Spinning around in my body sometime Things are changing faster than I can describe All I really know to do is grab the wheel and drive I look for love, and some adventure And I try not to let my own breathing scare me off the road There's a tombstone of my father I visit sometimes There's a tombstone of my father I visit sometimes There is a tombstone of my dad I go sit by sometimes Tell him what's been going on And there's a black tornado, black tornado Spinning around in my body and sometimes Black tornado, black tornado Spinning around in my body and sometimes A red tornado, sometimes red tornado Spinning around in my body and sometimes Black tornado, black tornado Spinning around in my body sometimes "Mad About You" by Slaughter Don't you know, know, know What you're doin' to me Only you drive me wild You're my ecstasy Can't you tell By the look in my eyes That I love you I've gotta show ya What I feel in my heart Cause I knew it Right from the start That I'm mad about you I go crazy with All of the things that you do I'm mad about you I'm so angry inside And it's all over you I'm mad about you Don't ya go, go, go Too f-far away I need you close by my side Always here to stay It's been a long time baby Ooh I keep this brewin' inside I can't take anymore Oh girl I'm made about you I'm mad about you Can't you tell When I look in your eyes I'm mad about you "Political Science" by Randy Newman No one likes us-I don't know why We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try But all around even our old friends put us down Let's drop the big one and see what happens We give them money-But are they grateful? No they're spiteful and they're hateful They don't respect us-so let's surprise them We'll drop the big one and pulverize them Asia's crowded and Europe's too old Africa is far too hot And Canada's too cold And South America stole our name Let's drop the big one There'll be no one left to blame us We'll save Australia Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo We'll built an All American amusement park there They got surfin too Boom goes London and boom Paree More room for you and more room for me And every city the whole world round Will just be another American town Oh how peaceful it will be We'll set everybody free You'll wear a Japanese kimono And there'll be Italian shoes for me They'll hate us anyhow So let's drop the big one now Let's drop the big one now "No More Tears" by Ozzy Osbourne The light in the window is a crack in the sky A stairway to darkness in the blink of an eye A levee of tears to learn she'll never be coming back The man in the dark will bring another attack our momma told you that you're not supposed to talk to strangers Look in the mirror tell me do you uthink your life's in danger here, yeah CHORUS No more tears Another day passes as the night closes in The red light goes on to say it's time to begin I see the man around the corner waiting, does he see me? I close my eyes and wait to hear the sound of someone screaming here CHORUS So now that it's over can't we just say goodbye? I'd like to move on and make the most of the night Maybe a kiss before I leave you this way Your lips are so cold I don't know what else to say I never wanted it to end this way my love my darling Believe me when I say to you in love I think I'm falling here CHORUS "Everything You Know Is Wrong" by "Weird Al" Yankovic I was driving on the freeway in the fast lane with a rabid wolverine in my underwear when suddenly a guy behind me in the back seat popped right up and cupped his hands across my eyes I guessed, "Is it Uncle Frank or Cousin Louie? Is it Bob or Joe or Walter? Could it be Bill or Jim or Ed or Bernie or Steve?" I probably would have kept on guessing but about that time we crashed into the truck And as I'm laying bleeding there on the asphalt finally I recognize the face of my hibachi dealer who takes off his prosthetic lips and tells me Everything you know is wrong Black is white, up is down and short is long And everything you thought was just so important doesn't matter Everything you know is wrong Just forget the words and sing along All you need to understand is Everything you know is wrong I was walkin' to the kitchen for some Golden Grahams when I accidentally stepped into an alternate dimension and soon I was abducted by some aliens from space who kinda looked like Jamie Farr They sucked out my internal organs and they took some polaroids and said I was a darn good sport and as a way of saying thank you they offered to transport me back to any point in history that I would care to go And so I had them send me back to last Thursday night so I could pay my phone bill on time Just then the floating disembodied head of Colonel Sanders started yelling Everything you know is wrong Black is white, up is down and short is long And everything you thought was just so important doesn't matter Everything you know is wrong Just forget the words and sing along All you need to understand is Everything you know is wrong I was just about to mail a letter to my evil twin when I got a nasty papercut and, well, to make a long story short it got infected and I died so now I'm up in heaven with St. Peter by the pearly gates and it's obvious he doesn't like the Nehru jacket that I'm wearing He tells me that they've got a dress code Well, he lets me into heaven anyway but I get the room next to the noisy ice machine for all eternity and every day he runs by screaming Everything you know is wrong Black is white, up is down and short is long And everything you used to think was so important Doesn't really matter anymore because the simple fact remains that Everything you know is wrong Just forget the words and sing along All you need to understand is Everything you know is wrong Everything you know is wrong "What's the ugliest part of your body?" by Frank Zappa What's the ugliest Part of your body? What's the ugliest Part of your body? Some say your nose Some say your toes (I think it's your mind) But I think it's YOUR MIND (Your mind) I think it's your mind ALL YOUR CHILDREN ARE POOR UNFORTUNATE VICTIMS OF SYSTEMS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL A PLAGUE UPON YOUR IGNORANCE FOR THE GRAY DESPAIR OF YOUR UGLY LIFE Where did Annie go When she went to town? Who are all those creeps That she brings around? ALL YOUR CHILDREN ARE POOR UNFORTUNATE VICTIMS OF LIES YOU BELIEVE A PLAGUE UPON YOUR IGNORANCE THAT KEEPS THE YOUNG FROM THE TRUTH THEY DESERVE... "Get Your Gunn" by Marilyn Manson Goddamn your righteous hand I eat innocent meat The housewife I will beat The prolife I will kill What you won't do I will I bash myself to sleep What you sow I will reap I scar myself you see I wish I wasn't me I am the little stick You stir me into shit I hate therefore I am Goddamn your righteous hand Goddamn, Goddamn Goddamn, Goddamn Pseudo-morals work real well on the talk shows for the week But your selective judgements and goodguy badges don't mean to fuck to me I am the VHS Record me with your fist Want me to save the world I'm just a little girl Get your gunn, get your gunn Get your gunn, get your gunn "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" by Metallica Welcome to where time stands still no one leaves and no one will Moon is full, never seems to change just labeled mentally deranged Dream the same thing every night I see our freedom in my sight No locked doors, No windows barred No things to make my brain seem scarred Sleep my friend and you will see that dream is my reality They keep me locked up in this cage can't they see it's why my brain says Rage Sanitarium, leave me be Sanitarium, just leave me alone Build my fear of what's out there and cannot breathe the open air Whisper things into my brain assuring me that I'm insane They think our heads are in their hands but violent use brings violent plans Keep him tied, it makes him well he's getting better, can't you tell? No more can they keep us in Listen, damn it, we will win They see it right, they see it well but they think this saves us from our Hell Sanitarium, leave me be Sanitarium, just leave me alone Sanitarium, just leave me alone Fear of living on natives getting restless now Mutiny in the air got some death to do Mirror stares back hard Kill, it's such a friendly word seems the only way for reaching out again. "Freewill" by Rush There are those who think that life has nothing left to chance, A host of holy horrors to direct our aimless dance. A planet of playthings, We dance on the strings Of powers we cannot perceive "The stars aren't aligned, Or the gods are malign..." Blame is better to give than receive. Chorus You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill; I will choose a path that's clear I will choose freewill. There are those who think that they were dealt a losing hand, The cards were stacked against them; they weren't born in Lotusland. All preordained A prisoner in chains A victim of venomous fate. Kicked in the face, You can't pray for a place In heaven's unearthly estate. Chorus Each of us A cell of awareness Imperfect and incomplete. Genetic blends With uncertain ends On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet. Chorus "Home" by Depeche Mode Here is a song from the wrong side of town Where I'm bound to the ground by the loneliest sound And it pounds from within and is pinning me down Here is a page from the emptiest stage A cage or the heaviest cross ever made A gauge of the deadliest trap ever laid And I thank you for bringing me here For showing me home For singing these tears Finally I've found that I belong here The heat and the sickliest sweet smelling sheets That cling to the backs of my knees and my feet Well I'm drowning in time to a desperate beat And I thank you for bringing me here For showing me home For singing these tears Finally I've found that I belong Feels like home I should have known From my first breath God send the only true friend I call mine Pretend that I'll make amends the next time Befriend the glorious end of the line And I thank you for bringing me here For showing me home For singing these tears Finally I've found that I belong here "7 ZARK 7" by Spiderbait Take away the pain Take away the pain Take away the pain Take away the pain I suffer every day Give me everything I want everything Give me everything I want everything that I'm supposed to hate Feed it 'till it cracks Smash it through the bridge Bust it up and (something) Take me to the edge And I will take you back Crack it up And try to crack it down but I am just about too late Album: Falling Into Infinity by Dream Theater "New Millennium" A single star behind me A red sky burns ahead A lonely light below me Awake among the dead An overwhelming feeling Leaves me numb and strange A sense of new beginning I sense a wind of change Out with the old useless People so cold ruthless Welcome in a new millennium How many times must I Live out this nightmare I Can't wait until a new millennium I've got this feeling The tide is turning now baby Funny feeling Everything's gonna be alright now Living out a constant deja vu Keep your head up Please be patient we will get to you Keep your head up Just have some faith and you can see it through Keep your head up But faith don't pay the rent that's overdue Keep your head up All that's glittering is turning blue Keep your head up What they want from me ain't gotta clue Keep your head up Swallow pride before it swallows you Keep your head up Don't dare bite the hand that's starving you Keep your head up How can you keep your head And not go insane When the only light at the end Of the tunnel is another train Lies ten feet tall Have broken my fall Welcome you all new millennium It's well overdue And I can't wait to Welcome in a new millennium I've got this feeling [This section is repeated 3 The tide is turning now baby times.] Funny feeling Everything's gonna be alright now "You Not Me" by Dream Theater Being round you is driving me crazy Watching you run is making me lazy You're trying to buy a place in my head Telling me lines I've already read Speaking my name to try to confuse me Say it again you're starting to lose me That's alright I'm okay It happens every single day It's all the same But I'm not blind It's all about you not me It's all about the things That you're expecting me to be There's not enough time to live And all that you're expecting me to give It's all about you not me It's all about you not me You're building my prison brick by brick Eating your words is making me sick You get what you want Cause nothing is sacred You're reading my mind And leaving me naked You say I gotta give before I receive it One of these days I'll believe it. It's all about you not me It's all about the things That you're expecting me to be There's not enough time to live And all that you're expecting me to give It's all about you not me It's all about you not me That's alright I'm okay It happens every single day It's all the same But I'm not blind It's all about you not me It's all about the things That you're expecting me to be There's not enough time to live And all that you're expecting me to give It's all about you not me It's all about you not me It's all about you not me "???" [Samples from ???] [These may be the same samples ] [used at the end of "You Or Me".] "Peruvian Skies" There, there it is I swear he's gonna murder that poor kid Wait, I hear it again Don't turn on the lights until we Hear the way it ends Under Peruvian skies Vanessa regretfully waits The story unfolds in her eyes Where midnight hysteria's No big surprise Battered and bruised Always confusing The love that she's losing for hate Poor Vanessa Poor, poor Vanessa Hey, I hope you know I'm taking all of this with me when I go Shame, you're not to blame I'm the monster you created In your daddy's name Under Peruvian skies Vanessa regretfully waits The story unfolds in her eyes Where midnight hysteria's No big surprise Battered and bruised Always confusing The love that she's losing for hate Poor Vanessa Poor Vanessa Terror by night Liar by day Telling her secrets Won't take them away Under Peruvian skies Vanessa regretfully waits The story unfolds in her eyes Where midnight hysteria's No big surprise Battered and bruised Always confusing The love that she's losing for hate "Hollow Years" He's just the kind of man You hear about Who leaves his family for An easy out They never saw the signs He never said a word He couldn't take another day Carry me to the shoreline Bury me in the sand Walk me across the water And maybe you'll understand Once the stone You're crawling under Is lifted off your shoulders Once the cloud that's raining Over your head disappears The noise that you'll hear Is the crashing down of hollow years She's not the kind of girl You hear about She'll never want another She'll never be without She'll give you all the signs She'll tell you everything Then turn around and walk away Carry me to the shoreline Bury me in the sand (Into the waves) Walk me across the water And maybe you'll understand Once the stone You're crawling under (Once the stone) Is lifted off your shoulders Once the cloud that's raining Over your head disappears The noise that you'll hear Is the crashing down of hollow years Carry me to the shoreline Bury me in the sand (Into the waves) Walk me across the water And maybe you'll understand Once the stone You're crawling under Is lifted off your shoulders Once the cloud that's raining Over your head disappears The noise that you'll hear Is the crashing down of hollow years Once the stone You're crawling under Once the stone You're crawling under (The sound you'll hear,) Once the stone (the crashing) You're crawling under (down of hollow years) Once the stone You're crawling under Once the stone You're crawling under Once the stone You're crawling under (The sound you'll hear, the crashing down of hollow years) "Burning My Soul" [The voice box repeats of the phrase 'Burning my soul' are done by ] [Mike Portnoy (whispering) and John Petrucci and Derek Sherinian on] [voice boxes. ] "Pawn is in the womb???" [Sample from ???] (Burning my soul) A thorn in my side, a chip on my shoulder A lump in my throat, the size of a boulder The chill up my spine, can't get any colder And you wonder why I can't smile A knot in my gut, an ape on my back In the heat of the moment I'm knocked off the track You drop the ball, I pick up the slack And you ask me why my hair's gray Twisting, turning Losing all sense of yearning Living and learning The pressure keeps on burning my soul Burning my soul Burning my soul I say it's green and then you tell me it's red Keep your thoughts and ideas Locked inside of your head We've got someone Who can think for you instead And he sounds just like the last one Twisting, turning Losing all sense of yearning Living and learning The pressure keeps on burning my soul Burning my soul Burning my soul Burning my soul Burning my soul Responsible thinkers Throw caution to the wind But I find myself Speaking from within I can't live my life Walking on eggshells To stay on your good side Using your words Controlling my life Can't you see it's my words That gives you your life So I hurt your feelings Well I'm really sorry But I don't give a shit, no... Twisting, turning Losing all sense of yearning Living and learning The pressure keeps on burning my soul Burning my soul Burning my soul Burning my soul Burning my soul Burning my soul Burning my soul, yeah "Lines In The Sand" Sometimes, for a moment of bliss And the passion, we're craving There's a message we miss Sometimes when, the spirits left alone We must believe in something To find if we've grown Tragic reflex, shattered calm Static progress, senses gone Numb awareness, final psalm Swept away with the tide (Swept away with the tide) Through the holes in my hands (Through the holes in my hands) Crown of thorns at my side (Crown of thorns at my side, yeah, yeah, yeah) Drawing lines in the sand Sometimes, if you're perfectly still You can hear the virgin weeping For the savior of your will Sometimes, your castles in the air And the fantasies you're seeking Are the crosses you bear Sacred conflict, blessed prize Weeping crosses, stainless eyes Desperate addict, faith disguised Swept away with the tide (Swept away with the tide) Through the holes in my hands (Through the holes in my hands, yeah) Crown of thorns at my side (Crown of thorns at my side) Drawing lines in the sand We fabricate our demons Invite them into our homes Have supper with the aliens And fight the war alone We conjure up our skeletons Enlist the den of thieves Frightened from our closets Then sewn upon our sleeves In the stream of consciousness There is a river crying Living comes much easier Once we admit We're dying Sometimes, in the wreckage of our wake There's a bitterness we harbor And hate for hatred's sake Sometimes we dig an early grave And crucify our instincts For the hope we couldn't save Sometimes a view from sinless eyes Centers our perspective And pacifies our cries Sometimes the anguish we survive And the mysteries we nurture Are the fabrics of our lives Swept away with the tide (Swept away with the tide, yeah) Through the holes in my hands (Through the holes, holes in my hands) Crown of thorns at my side (Crown of thorns in my side) Drawing lines in the sand "Take Away My Pain" I was sitting on the edge of his bed Staring at the headlines on the paper He said, 'Look at poor Gene Kelly I guess he won't be singing in the rain.' You can take away my heroes Can you take away my pain Take away my pain Leave the cold outside Please don't let it rain Don't stumble on my pride Take away my pain I'm not frightened anymore Just stay with me tonight I'm tired of this fight Soon I'll be knocking at your door She was standing by the edge of his bed Staring at the message on their faces He said, 'What else can you do, babe? I guess I won't be coming home again.' They just took away all my promises Make them take away my pain Take away my pain Leave the cold outside Please don't let it rain Don't stumble on my pride Take away my pain I'm not frightened anymore Just stay with me tonight I'm tired of this fight Soon I'll be knocking at your door His final scene The actor bows And all those years Are gone somehow The crowd applauds The curtain falls I was standing by the edge of the water I noticed my reflection in the waves Then I saw you looking back at me And I knew that for a moment You were calling out my name You took away my hero Will you take away my pain Take away my pain Let the cold inside It's time to let it rain There's nothing left to hide Take away my pain I'm not frightened anymore I'm learning to survive Without you in my life Til you come knocking at my door... "Just Let Me Breathe" Open your eyes And turn off your mind Step right up folks "Step right up folks" [Spoken by Mike Portnoy] and you will find A growing trend An epidemic Spread with zen And hypodermics, yeah Yeah Just close your mind You can find all you need with your eyes The big machines take care of you Until you kill yourself And then the sales go through the roof Calculated, formulated Feed my head with simple thoughts And let me breathe instead of being taught All bottled up and tearing at the seams I'm bored Just let me breathe A daily dose of eMpTyV Will flush your mind right down the drain Shannon Hoon and Kurt Cobain, Make yourself a household name, yeah-yeah Yeah Just close your mind You can find all you need with your eyes The big machines take care of you Until you kill yourself And then the sales go through the roof Calculated, formulated Feed my head with simple thoughts And let me breathe instead of being taught All bottled up and tearing at the seams I'm bored Just let me breathe Strike up your best angst ridden posture, whoa Manufactured anger Let's not forget my legacy All my heroes have failed me Now they're dead and buried, yeah Just close your mind You can find all you need with your eyes The big machines will take care of you Until the fashion fades And the checks go through My bankroll's red And my face is blue And still they'll turn their backs on me for someone new Feed my head With some real thoughts And let me think instead Of being taught I'll say things You won't believe Just stand back Just let me breathe... "Anna Lee" Helpless child They invite your hands to fill their needs Will you be the same Shameless smile To steal from you the innocence that bleeds Will they feel your pain Trying to believe The scars unseen The tears wash clean You don't wanna breathe the air you breathe You don't know how you'll live a life alone She keeps holding on Holding on to you Let her breathe the air Don't wanna be alone Where do you belong Anna Lee Behind those eyes A vivid scene A lucid dream within Questioned secrets are revealed And every time You can't deny The lines that trace your skin Wounds that never heal Trying to believe The scars unseen The tears wash clean You don't wanna breathe the air you breathe You don't know how you'll live a life alone She keeps holding on Holding on to you Let her breathe the air Don't wanna be alone Where do you belong Anna Lee And now she's calling out a name Can't keep on hiding all her pain You feel the rain move in As you begin To turn and answer the call Trying to believe The scars unseen The tears wash clean You don't wanna breathe the air you breathe You don't know how you'll live a life alone She keeps holding on Holding on to you Let her breathe the air Don't wanna be alone Where do you belong Anna Lee "Trial Of Tears" i. It's Raining Under the sun, there is nothing to hide Under the moon, a stranger waits inside People disappear The music fades away Splashing through the rain I'll dream with them one day It's raining, raining, On the streets of New York City It's raining, raining, raining, deep in heaven I may have wasted all those years They're not worth their time in tears I may have spent too long in darkness In the warmth of my fears Take a look at yourself Not at anyone else And tell me what you see I know the air is cold I know the streets are cruel But I'll enjoy the ride today It's raining, raining, On the streets of New York City It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven Raining deep in heaven I may have wasted all those years They're not worth their time in tears I may have spent too long in darkness In the warmth of my fears As I walk through all my myths Rising and sinking like the waves With my thoughts wrapped around me Through a trial of tears Hidden by disguise, stumbling in a world Feeling uninspired, he gets into his car Not within his eyes to see, open up, open up Not much better than the man you hate ii. Deep In Heaven (instrumental) iii. The Wasteland Still awake I continue to move along Cultivating my own nonsense Welcome to the wasteland Where you'll find ashes, nothing but ashes Still awake Bringing change, bringing movement, bringing life A silent prayer thrown away, Disappearing in the air Rising, sinking, raining deep inside me Nowhere to turn, I look for a way back home It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven "To This Day" by K's Choice I'm waiting for the bus to come I'm lying on a bench Thinking of a book I read And wondering what it meant I hear footsteps coming closer It's an ordinary man He comes up to me, shakes my hand And asks me who I am I am paralysed, I can't talk or move What could I say And before I have the chance to think I tell this man my name I tell this man my name He smiles and looks away But I still don't know the answer to this day To this day To this day To this day... To this day To this day To this day... (I don't know the answer...) "Clean My Wounds" by Corrosion of Conformity I see the world thru blood shot eyes Streets filled with blood from distant lies The dogs of war never comprise, No time for rearranging Help me Jesus, help me clean my wounds He said he cannot heal that kind Bleeding soul becomes a bitter mind He said it happens every time... That's how the story goes In the land of a 1000 no's I'm all over you In time my mind is changing Knock it down Black on black gives me a heart attack And the silence makes it deadly Some choose to kill with a simple will I've seen them fall fast and steady Help me Jesus help me clean my wounds He said he cannot heal that kind Bleeding soul bitter mind He said it happens every time... Knock it down That's how the story goes In the land of a 1000 no's I'm all over you In time my mind is changing Twist of fate won't give me a break And myself I'm slow and tired I've got to rise with these blood shot eyes But I keep falling when I'm higher... Help me Jesus help me clean my wounds He said he cannot heal that kind Bleeding soul bitter mind He said it happens every time... Knock it down That's how the story goes In the land of a 1000 no's We are bleeding sins but our Sins are always fading Fading Fading Knock it down Knock it down "Don't Kill Nipper" by Spiderbait It's all over don't you know There's nothing left for me and you It's been a long time coming! No point running! What will you do when everything burns up And you want to travel back in your head And your dead Everybody wants to be someone But if your dead it won't be fun It's been a long time coming! No point running! You thought the sun shone out of your buttcheeks And all around your head Illuminated Sit right back and find a friend It won't be long until the end It's been a long time coming! No point running! I can't wait to see the look on your face When you realise I'm not talking shit And that's it "Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying" by Belle & Sebastian ooh, get me away from here i'm dying play me a song to set me free nobody writes them like they used to so it may as well be me here on my own now after hours here on my own now on a bus think of it this way you could either be successful or be us with our winning smiles, and us with our catchy tunes, and us now we're photogenic you know, we don't stand a chance oh, i'll settle down with some old story about a boy who's just like me thought there was love in everything and everyone you're so naive! after a while they always get it they always reach a sorry end still it was worth it as i turned the pages solemnly, and then with a winning smile, the boy with naivety succeeds at the final moment, i cried i always cry at endings oh, that wasnt what i meant to say at all from where i'm sitting, rain washing against the lonely tenement has set my mind to wander into the windows of my lovers they never know unless i write "this is no declaration, i just thought i'd let you know goodbye" said the hero in the story "it is mightier than swords i could kill you sure but i could only make you cry with these words" "Short People" by Randy Newman Short People got no reason Short People got no reason Short People got no reason To live They got little hands And little eyes And they walk around Tellin' great big lies They got little noses And tiny little teeth They wear platform shoes On their nasty little feet Well, I don't want no Short People Don't want no Short People Don't want no Short People Round here Short People are just the same As you and I (A Fool Such As I) All men are brothers Until the day they die (It's A Wonderful World) Short People got nobody Short People got nobody Short People got nobody To love They got little baby legs And they stand so low You got to pick 'em up Just to say hello They got little cars That got beep, beep, beep They got little voices Goin' peep, peep, peep They got grubby little fingers And dirty little minds They're gonna get you every time Well, I don't want no Short People Don't want no Short People Don't want no Short People 'Round here "To Have and To Hold" by Depeche Mode I need to be cleansed. It's time to make amends. For all of the fun. The damage is done. And I feel diseased. I'm down on my knees. And I need forgiveness. Someone to bear witness. To the goodness within. Beneath the sin. Although I may flirt with all kinds of dirt. To the point of disease. Now I want release from all this decay. Take it away. And somehwere there's someone who cares. With a heart of gold. To have and to hold. "Everybody Knows" by Leonard Cohen Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That's how it goes Everybody knows Everybody knows that the boat is leaking Everybody knows that the captain lied Everybody got this broken feeling Like their father or their dog just died Everybody talking to their pockets Everybody wants a box of chocolates And a long stem rose Everybody knows Everybody knows that you love me baby Everybody knows that you really do Everybody knows that you've been faithful Ah give or take a night or two Everybody knows you've been discreet But there were so many people you just had to meet Without your clothes And everybody knows Everybody knows, everybody knows That's how it goes Everybody knows Everybody knows, everybody knows That's how it goes Everybody knows And everybody knows that it's now or never Everybody knows that it's me or you And everybody knows that you live forever Ah when you've done a line or two Everybody knows the deal is rotten Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton For your ribbons and bows And everybody knows And everybody knows that the Plague is coming Everybody knows that it's moving fast Everybody knows that the naked man and woman Are just a shining artifact of the past Everybody knows the scene is dead But there's gonna be a meter on your bed That will disclose What everybody knows And everybody knows that you're in trouble Everybody knows what you've been through From the bloody cross on top of Calvary To the beach of Malibu Everybody knows it's coming apart Take one last look at this Sacred Heart Before it blows And everybody knows Everybody knows, everybody knows That's how it goes Everybody knows Oh everybody knows, everybody knows That's how it goes Everybody knows Everybody knows "Run" by Spiderbait Ooo Ooo, whatta you do? Come-a-running after you Gonna chase you 'till your hair turns blue Up the hill and around the bend Gonna get you in the end Better look out baby when I do Run! Run! Run! Coming to get you Run! Run! Run! I'm running Oh Oh, Don't go slow Ain't about to let you go Gonna chase you 'till your hair turns grey Up the hill and around the bend Gonna get you in the end Never gonna let you get away Run! Run! Run! Coming to get you Run! Run! Run! I'm running Ooo Ooo, whatta you do? Come-a-running after you Gonna chase you 'till your hair turns blue Up the hill and around the bend Gonna get you in the end Better look out baby when I do Run! Run! Run! Coming to get you Run! Run! Run! "February Stars" by Foo Fighters I'm hanging on Here until I'm gone I'm right where I belong Just hanging on Even though I watched you come and go How was I to know, you'd steal the show? One day i'll have enough gamble I'll wait to hear your final call And bet it all I'm hanging on Here until I'm gone I'm right where I belong Just hanging on Even though I pass this time alone Somewhere so unknown It heals the soul You ask for walls I'll build them higher We'll lie shadows of them all I'd stand but they're much too tall And I fall February Stars Floating in the dark Temporary scars February Stars "Everlong" by Foo Fighters Hello I've waited here for you Everlong Tonight I throw myself into And out of the red Out of her head she sang Come down And waste away with me Down with me Slow how You wanted it to be I'd over head Out of her head she sang And I wonder When I sing along with you If everything could ever feel this real forever If anything could ever be Be this good again The only thing I'll ever ask of you You've got to promise not to stop when I say when Breathe out so I can breathe you in Hold you in And now I know You've always been out of your head Out of my head I sang Album: Nighttime Birds by The Gathering "On Most Surfaces (Inuït)" The frost hits me in the eye and wakes me these are blury winters and I cannot see I walk into the white light of the snow when the sun comes I break it with my shadow which tells me where I go The frost hits me in the eye and wakes me I am the snow falling down on you I tear up your face with my frost And make you run to somewhere warm When I come I see you get away I burst out about your emptyness The frost hits me in the eye and wakes me These are blury winters and I cannot see "Confusion" False eyes are staring disrespectfull and untrue the burden that we are carrying is way too much for me and you Sometimes it is better to lay don't you think? I'm evaporating a veil of smoke is what I am your thoughts will take on their way to grow old and to be certain Sometimes it is better to lay don't you think? "The May Song" I'm waiting for your hands to fold around my wrist I'm mellowing in warm grass and the scent of you I've missed And blue is representing the draft in my heart I'm wandering through thin skies and the transparent air I've missed Pale is my face you might want to colour while I breathe I'm following large drops of rain with my eyes on the sight of you I've missed Pale is my face you might want to colour while I breathe "The Earth Is My Witness" Mother earth looks at her closely she looks at her baby and she sighs the slight breathing pause that she takes it builds her and makes her strong She refuses to give her up and we close our eyes Her hands touch the round stomach and feel the kick The eyes that have seen so much cry with the water she starts to rinse her face And refuses to give her up And we close our eyes And you close your eyes "New Moon, Different Day" I'm at the waterside my cold feet are numb I want to cross I want to get inside The clouds make a circle on the soil that I'm on and I trust what surrounds me I want to cross I break the storm through the clouds I'm at the other side I watch time pass and I see, I have to go along with the water that will lead the way and I feel, the rain on my head and the drops hit me one by one I break the storm through the clouds "Third Charm" Fear and sweat, my muscles ache I smile, but it's just a fake I fade away it troubles me, what you're gonna say just a day away and you will be here to stay I wait and I wait and what I really hate is the panic that stops me from breathing my knees hit the floor and I panic more until you open my door "Kevin's Telescope" His hands hide inside a sleeve and little feet play with the ground beneath him while up in the sky is where he wants to be Time will fly and the wind plays with him the night will give him its charm While he walks home his head's up in a cloud he feels his pores fill up with fresh air and there is no doubt that one day he will be where the eye of his telescope has already been Night will pass but he's a lot faster no one can do him any harm "Nighttime Birds" Their ways are open they spread as their wings they want to be certain of a warm surrounding When they fly through the night as beautiful nighttime birds The warm winds pick them up When they fly through the night as beautiful nighttime birds "Shrink" To feel this great urge to hold and embrace you I slowly dry out I shrink and shrink until I'm gone nothing to make out of me oh what the hell went wrong my heart gets pulled out into your direction it's no use you have forsaken me "Where You'll Find Me Now" by Neutral Milk Hotel All I perceive is wasted and broken Silvery streams, sacred when spoken Slam into me and into the ditch of debris And you smoke in the park and sleep in the greenery Everyone barks and they are all still believing To tear out your heart would send all your secrets to me But I let you down And swollen and small is where you'll find me now With that silver stripping off From my tongue you're tearing out And you'll never hear me talk Your teeth believe that teeth are for tearing Tear into me and the scent of you sweating smells good to me And out in the dark the world is still rolling Kids in their cars, cigarette smoking And all that they are just reeks with the sweetest belief But I let you down And swollen and small is where you'll find me now With that silver stripping off From my tongue you're tearing out And you'll never hear me talk All I could want is silver and spinning Out from your arms and into the pretty pit of your heart So simply and softly we'd flow But I let you down And swollen and small is where you'll find me now With that silver stripping off From my tongue you're tearing out And you'll never hear me talk Into you I will glow "Hangar 18" by Megadeth Welcome to our fortress tall Take some time to show you around Impossible to break these walls For you see the steel is much too strong Computer banks to rule the world Instruments to sight the stars Possibly I've seen to much Hangar 18 I know too much Foreign life forms inventory Suspended state of cryogenics Selective amnesia's the story Believed foretold but who'd suspect The military Intelligence Two words combined that can't make sense Possibly I've seen to much Hangar 18 I know too much "Pop That Pussy" by 2 Live Crew FKI = Fresh Kid Ice BM = Brother Marquis Blowfly: "Go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-od-DAMN!! Shee-yee-YIT!! Look at the ass on that bitch! Look at the titties!" (Mixx scratches "Aw hit me!" and "Hold your legs up on easy.") Verse 1 [FKI] There's only one place where we can go To see freaky hoes doin' shows Doin' tricks to make us holler On a giving night, all for a dollar Silicone breasts, all on their chests Nothin' like others, but above the rest They'll do anything to turn us on Them hoes got it goin' on!! [BM] I like big booty and big ol' titties Bitch, you know you've been fucked by many So come and be my private dancer I got some money if that's the answer I really wanna be with you; I get hard after seeing you How hard? Hard like a rock, When you make that pussy pop! Chorus(2x): Luke Pop that pussy! Heyyy! Pop that pussy, baby! Pop that pussy! Pop, pop that pussy, baby! Verse 2 [FKI] Freaky bitches with plenty of ass Rollin' to the music and shakin' real fast Bend over backwards, make me shout And work that pussy, in and out Movin' their body with plenty of action Bringin' to the men more satisfaction Doin' what they feel to turn us out Just work that pussy all the way out! [BM] Shake it! Don't break it! It took your momma nine months to make it Bend over and spread 'em, girl Show-w-w me those pussy pearls Rub that ass and play with that clit You know I like that freaky shit Girl, you know you look so cute Throwin' that pussy the way you do! Chorus Verse 3 [FKI] Poppin' that pussy's a dance for the ladies Straight from the South, into the 90's Freaky bitches are the ones I like In G-strings in the middle of the night Smoke-filled stages, bitches in cages Guards at the door, armed with gauges As they dance and I get hot, Keep throwin' that pussy! Don't stop! [BM] I like the way you lick the champagne glass It makes me wanna stick my dick in your ass So come on, baby, and pop it quick I fall in love when you suck my dick Bitch, you don't know? You ain't heard? Fuckin' with me, you're gonna get served See, none of my bitches, they never complain So come on, baby, and pop that thang! Luke: Janet J, pop, that pus-sy! Bu-bles, pop, that pus-sy! Sandra P, pop, that pus-sy! Ma-donna, pop that stinky smelly pussy, baby! (Mixx scratches "Work this motherfucker!" "Shit, this good!" "Woo hoo!") Luke: BREAKDOWN!! "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" by The Beatles Here I stand head in hand Turn my face to the wall If she's gone I can't go on Feelin' two-foot small Everywhere people stare Each and every day I can see them laugh at me And I hear them say Hey you've got to hide your love away Hey you've got to hide your love away How can I even try I can never win Hearing them, seeing them In the state I'm in How could she say to me Love will find a way Gather round all you clowns Let me hear you say Hey you've got to hide your love away Hey you've got to hide your love away "Me, Myself & I" by De La Soul DOVE: Mirror, mirror on the wall Tell me, mirror, what is wrong? Can it be my De La clothes Or is it just my De La song? What I do ain't make-believe People say I sit and try But when it comes to being De La It's just me myself and I It's just me myself and I (x 3) POS: Now you tease my Plug One style And my Plug One spectacles You say Plug One and Two are hippies No, we're not, that's pure Plug bull Always pushing that we've formed an image There's no need to lie When it comes to being Plug One It's just me myself and I It's just me myself and I (x3) DOVE: Proud, I'm proud of what I am Poems I speak are Plug Two type Please oh please let Plug Two be Himself, not what you read or write Right is wrong when hype is written On the Soul, De La that is, Style is surely our own thing Not the false disguise of showbiz De La Soul is from the soul And this fact I can't deny Strictly from the Dan called Stuckie And from me myself and I It's just me myself and I (x3) POS: Glory, glory hallelu Glory for Plugs One and Two But that glory's been denied By kizids and dookie eyes People think they dis my person By stating I'm darkly pack I know this so I point at Q-Tip And he states, 'Black is Black' Mirror mirror on the wall, Shovel chestnuts in my path Please keep on up with the nuts So I don't get in aftermath But if I do I'll calmly punch them In the fourth day of July 'Cause they tried to mess with Third degree, that's me myself and I It's just me myself and I (x4) "Icicle" by Tori Amos Icicle, Icicle, where are you going? I have a hiding place when spring marches in will you keep watch for me, I hear them calling gonna lay down gonna lay down greeting the monster in our Easter dresses Father says bow your head like the Good Book says well I think the Good Book is missing some pages gonna lay down gonna lay down and when my hand touches myself I can finally rest my head and when they say 'take of his body' I think I'll take from mine instead Getting Off, Getting Off while they're all downstairs singing prayers, sing away he's in my pumpkin p.j's lay your book on my chest feel the word feel the word feel the word feel it I could have, I should have, I could have flown you know I could have I should have I didn't so "Cars" by Gary Numan Here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors It's the only way to live In cars Here in my car I can only receive I can listen to you It keeps me stable for days In cars Here in my car The image breaks down Will you visit me please If I open my door In cars Here in my car I know I've started to think About leaving tonight Although nothing seems right In cars I know I've started to think I know I've started to think "Ramshackle" by Beck You've been so long Your blind eyes are gone Your old bones are on their own So take off your coat Put a song in your throat Let the dead-beats pound all around We will go Nowhere we know We don't have to talk at all Hand me downs Flypaper towns Stuck together One and all The bargains you drive Buckets and bags And all your belongings Your train's in the sand Ramshackle land Let the rats watch the races We will go Nowhere we know 'Til we find our one and all Hand me downs Flypaper towns Stuck together One and all Praises get spent Your trick face is bent Pigsties and prizes 'Cause there's no kind of 'well' You're suiting yourself You leave yourself behind We will go Nowhere we know 'Til we find our one and all Your hand me downs Flypaper towns Stuck together One and all "Bring the Noise" by Anthrax and Public Enemy Verse 1 Basss! How low can you go? Death row, what a brother knows Once again back is the incredible The rhyme animal The incredible D, Public Enemy, number one "Five-O" said, "Freeze!" and I got numb Can I tell 'em that I really never had a gun But it's the wax that the terminator x spun Now they got me in a cell 'cause my records, they sell Cause a brother like me said, "Well... ...Farrakahn's a prophet and I think you ought to listen to what he can say to you, what you ought to do" Follow for now, power of the people, say, "Make a miracle, D, pump the lyrical" Black is back, all in, we're gonna win Check it out, yeah y'all c'mon, here we go again Chorus Turn it up! Bring the noise Verse 2 Never badder than bad 'cause the brother is madder than mad At the fact that's corrupt as a senaotor Soul on a roll, but you treat it like soap on a rope Caus the beats in the lines are so dope Listen for lessons I'm saying inside music That the critics are blasting me for They'll never care for the brothers and sisters now across The country has us up for the war We got to demonstrate, come on now, they're gonna have to wait, 'till we get it right Radio stations I question their blackness They call themselves black, but we'll see if they'll play this Chorus Verse 3 Get from in front of me, the crowd runs to me My deejay is warm, he's x, I call him Norm ya know He can cut a record from side to side So what, the ride, the glide should be much safer than a suicide Soul control, beat is the father of your rock 'n' roll Music for whatcha, for whichin', you call a band man Makin' a music, abuse it, but you can't do it, ya know You call'em demos, but we ride limos too Whatcha gonna do? Rap is not afraid of you Beat is for Sonny Bono, beat is for Yoko Ono Run-DMC first said a deejay could be a band Stand on it's own feet, get you out your seat Beat is for Eric B and L L as well, hell Wax is for Anthrax, still I can rock bells ever forever, Universal it will sell Time for me to exit, terminator x-it Chorus Verse 4 From coast to coast, so you stop being like a comatose Stand my man? The beat's the same with a boost-toast Rock with some pizzazz, it will last, why you ask? Roll with the rock stats, you'll never get accepted as We got to plead the fifth, we can investigate Don't need to wait, get the record straight Hey, posse's in effect, got flavor, terminator X to sign checks, play to get paid We got to check it out down on the avenue A magazine or tow is dissing me and dissing you Yeah, I'm telling you... "Hey You" by Pink Floyd Hey you, out there in the cold Getting lonely, getting old Can you feel me? Hey you, standing in the aisles With itchy feet and fading smiles Can you feel me? Hey you, dont help them to bury the light Don't give in without a fight. Hey you, out there on your own Sitting naked by the phone Would you touch me? Hey you, with you ear against the wall Waiting for someone to call out Would you touch me? Hey you, would you help me to carry the stone? Open your heart, I'm coming home. But it was only fantasy. The wall was too high, As you can see. No matter how he tried, He could not break free. And the worms ate into his brain. Hey you, standing in the road always doing what you're told, Can you help me? Hey you, out there beyond the wall, Breaking bottles in the hall, Can you help me? Hey you, don't tell me there's no hope at all Together we stand, divided we fall. [Click of TV being turned on] "Well, only got an hour of daylight left. Better get started" "Isnt it unsafe to travel at night?" "It'll be a lot less safe to stay here. You're father's gunna pick up our trail before long" "Can Loca ride?" "Yeah, I can ride... Magaret, time to go! Maigret, thank you for everything" "Goodbye Chenga" "Goodbye miss ..." "I'll be back" "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell Sometimes I feel I've got to Run away I've got to Get away From the pain that you drive into the heart of me The love we share Seems to go nowhere And I've lost my light For I toss and turn I can't sleep at night Chorus Once I ran to you (I ran) Now I'll run from you This tainted love you've given I give you all a boy could give you Take my tears and that's not nearly all Oh...tainted love Tainted love Now I know I've got to Run away I've got to Get away You don't really want any more from me To make things right You need someone to hold you tight And you think love is to pray But I'm sorry I don't pray that way Repeat chorus Don't touch me please I cannot stand the way you tease I love you though you hurt me so Now I'm going to pack my things and go Tainted love, tainted love (x2) Touch me baby, tainted love (x2) Tainted love (x3) "Live To Tell" by Madonna I have a tale to tell Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well I was not ready for the fall Too blind to see the writing on the wall A man can tell a thousand lies I've learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell The secret I have learned 'till then It will burn inside of me I know where beauty lives I've seen it once I know the warmth she gives The light that you could never see It shines inside you can't take that from me A man can tell a thousand lies I've learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell The secret I have learned 'till then It will burn inside of me The truth is never far behind You kept it hidden well If I live to tell The secret I knew then Will I ever have the chance again If I ran away I'd never have the strength To go very far How would they hear The beating of my heart Will it grow cold The secret that I hide Will I grow old How will they hear When will they learn How will they know A man can tell a thousand lies I've learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell The secret I have learned 'till then It will burn inside of me The truth is never far behind You kept it hidden well If I live to tell The secret I knew then Will I ever have the chance again "Black Sunshine" by White Zombie (Gripping the wheel, his knuckles went white with desire! The wheels of his Mustang exploding on the highway like a slug from a .45. True death: 400 horsepower of maximum performance piercing the night... This is black sunshine.) Yeah! Move me in the silence baltic motorway hang me on the edge before I fall away Apocalypse is dawnin' action on the mile. A "can-do" revolution Earth to the river [nile] Sweet'n the ride - Black Sunshine Sweet'n the ride - Yeah Sweet'n the ride - Black Sunshine Sweet'n the ride - Yeah! Cry a river "cosmic" Moon in Scorpio, feel her body "breathe" Acid radio Tell me that you like it when I'm going down! Tell me that you like it Move to the speed of [sound] Sweet'n the ride - Black Sunshine Sweet'n the ride - Yeah Sweet'n the ride - Black Sunshine Sweet'n the ride - Yeah! Go! Slide into I said "44" cool heart can A hypnotize dream into infinity I turned the love to lies crawl across the water wave and sink into the sea Reflect'n onto everything that you can never be "Check-out" Yeah! To the devil a daughter comes 2000 worlds away Yeah Born to lose the love you choose Destroy another day check out!! Sweet'n the ride - Black Sunshine Sweet'n the ride Yeah! Sweet'n the ride - Black Sunshine Sweet'n the ride Stare into the T.V. kiss off the pain! Wonderland is falling no sing no rain Momentary damage into the high drift me to the circuit sky (Finally nothing moves. High noon Blacktop rolling below the asphalt drive A concrete fascination scraping the edge of nothing This is blacksunshine.) "Jack of Speed" by Steely Dan Teddy's rolling now most every night Skatin' backwards at the speed of light He's changed - in a thousand little ways He's changed - yes indeed You know he's movin' on metal, yes he's Hanging tight with the Jack of Speed Sheena's party - there's a case in point That right-wing hooey sure stunk up the joint He's gone - he walks through the old routines But he's gone - guaranteed He may be sittin' in the kitchen, but he's Steppin' out with the Jack of Speed You maybe got lucky for a few good years But there's no way back from there to here He's a one way rider On the shriek express And his new best friend is at the throttle more or less He can't hear you honey - that's alright Pack some things and head up into the light Don't stop - he'll be callin' out your name But don't stop when you hear him plead You better move now little darlin' or you'll be Trading fours with the Jack of Speed "Jive Talkin'" by The Bee Gees It's just your jive talkin' you're telling me lies, yeah Jive talkin' you wear a disguise Jive talkin' so misunderstood, yeah Jive talkin' You really no good Oh, my child You'll never know Just what you mean to me Oh, my child You got so much You're gonna take away my energy With all your jive talkin' You're telling me lies, yeah Good lovin' Still gets in my eyes Nobody believes what you say It's just your jive talkin' That gets in the way Oh my love You're so good Treating me so cruel There you go with your fancy lies Leavin' me lookin' like a dumbstruck fool with all your Jive talkin' You're telling me lies, yeah Jive talkin' You wear a disguise Jive talkin' so misunderstood, yeah Jive talkin' you just ain't no good Love talkin' is all very fine, yeah Jive talkin' Just isn't a crime And if there's somebody You'll love till you die then all that jive talkin' just gets in your eye Jive talkin' You're telling me lies,yeah Good lovin' Still gets in my eyes Nobody believes what you say It's just your jive talkin' That gets in the way Love talkin' Is all very fine, yeah Jive talkin', just isn't a crime and if there's somebody You'll love till you die then all that jive talkin' just gets in your eye Jive talkin' "Anesthesia" by Bad Religion everybody is talking about the girl who went and killed the delivery man, but she looks so kind and gentle, it just doesn't stand to reason, I saw her right there just the other night as stately as a slot machine, but when she looked my way something mad as hell came over me, anesthesia, mona lisa, I've got a little gun, here comes oblivion, I never loved you, how did you find me? the cops will never prove complicity now, anna...... all good children go to heaven! I remember your face that august night when we lied about the beautiful time to come and that crazy old man who came much to late and caused a chain reaction, I've been hanging out there for eleven long years like a church mouse where the cat has gone, and looking at you now is driving me to distraction "Give it Away" by Red Hot Chili Peppers what i've got you've got to give it to your mamma what i've got you've got to give it to your pappa what i've got you've got to give it to your daughter you do a little dance and then you drink a little water what i've got you've got to get it put it in you what i've got you've got to get it put it in you what i've got you've got to get it put it in you reeling with the feeling don't stop continue realize i don't want to be a miser confide wisely you'll be the wiser young blood is the lovin' upriser how come everybody wanna keep it like the kaiser give it away give it away give it away now give it away give it away give it away now give it away give it away give it away now i can't tell iff i'm a king pin or a pauper greedy little people in a sea of distress keep your more to receive your less unimpressed by material excess love is free love me say hell yes i'm a low brow but i rock a little know how no time for the piggies or the hoosegow get smart get down with the pow wow never been a better time than right now bob marley poet and a prophet bob marley taught how to off it bob marley walkin' like he talk it goodness me can't you see i'm gonna cough it give it away give it away give it away now give it away give it away give it away now give it away give it away give it away now ooh... ooh yeah give it away give it away give it away now give it away give it away give it away now give it away give it away give it away now i can't tell if i'm a king pin or a pauper lucky me swimmin' in my ability dancin' down on life with agility come and drink it up from my fertility blessed with a bucket of lucky mobility my mom i love her 'cause she love me long gone are the times when she scrub me feelin' good my brother gonna hug me drink my juice lone chug-a-lug me there's a river born to be a giver keep you warm won't let you shiver his heart is never gonna wither come on everybody time to deliver give it away give it away give it away now give it away give it away give it away now give it away give it away give it away now i can't tell if i'm a king pin or a pauper what i've got you've got to give it to your mamma what i've got you've got to give it to your pappa what i've got you've got to give it to your daughter you do a little dance and then you drink a little water what i've got you've got to get it put it in you what i've got you've got to get it put it in you what i've got you've got to get it put it in you reeling with the feeling don't stop continue realize i don't want to be a miser confide wisely you'll be the wiser young blood is the lovin' upriser how come everybody wanna keep it like the kaiser give it away give it away give it away now give it away give it away give it away now give it away give it away give it away now give it away give it away give it away now give it away now... "The Day I Met You" by Lillian Axe Do you remember when our lives were so complete? Long, cold Decembers, so bittersweet. But if I could set aside one day, That I could hold forever I would save the day that I met you. Is it still magic although we've grown worlds apart? It seems so tragic, so frail the heart. But if I was blessed with just one wish To take me through my lonely life I'd wish to go back to the day that I met you And when you feel you're on your own Well just believe you're not alone And you'll feel the warmth That we shared years ago Don't be blue One painful morning, I stared straight into the sun, It overwhelmed me, I came undone So, if you can find it in your heart To be forgiving to a broken man We'll go back to the day that I met you. "King of Pain" by The Police There's a little black spot on the sun today That's my soul up there It's the same old thing as yesterday That's my soul up there There's a black hat caught in a high tree top That's my soul up there There's a flag pole rag and the wind won't stop That's my soul up there I have stood here before in the pouring rain With the world turning circles running 'round my brain I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign But it's my destiny to be the king of pain There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall There's a blue whale beached by a springtide's ebb There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread There's a red fox torn by a huntsman's pack There's a black winged gull with a broken back There's a little black spot on the sun today It's the same old thing as yesterday I have stood here before in the pouring rain With the world turning circles running 'round my brain I guess I always thought you could end this reign But it's my destiny to be the king of pain...... I'll always be king of pain.............. "Hey Ladies" by Beastie Boys Hey ladies in the place I'm callin' out to ya There never was a city kid truer and bluer There's more to me than you'll ever know And I've got more hits than Sadaharu Oh Ton Thumb Tom Cushman or Tom Foolery Date women on T.V. with the help of Chuck Woolery Words are flowing out just like the Grand Canyon And I'm always out looking for a female companion I threw the lasso around the tallest one and dragged her to the crib I took off her moccasins and put on my bib I'm wheelin' and dealin' I make a little bit of stealing I'll bring you back to the place and your dress I'm peeling Your body's on time and your mind is appealing Staring at the cracks up there upon the ceiling Some such nonsense is the bass that I'm throwing Talking to a girl telling her I'm all knowing She's talking to the kid to the who I'm telling here every lie that you know that I never did Me in the corner with a good looking daughter I dropped my drawers and it was welcome back Kotter We were cutting up the rug she started cutting up the carpet In my apartment I begged her please stop it The gift of gab is the gift that I have And that girl ain't nothing but the blue plate crab Special at Woodman's in Essex Mass Educated no stupid yes And when I say stupid I mean stupid fresh I'm not James at 15 or Chachi in charge I'm Adam and I'm adamant about living large With the white sassoons and the looks that kill Makin' love in the back of my Coupe De Ville I met a little cutie she was all hopped up on zootie I liked the little cutie but I kicked her in the bootie Cause I don't kinda go for that messin' around You be listening to my records' a number one sound Step to the rhythm step step to the ride I've got an open mind so why don't you all get inside Tune in tune on to my tune that's live Ladies flock like fish to my line She's got a gold tooth you know she's hardcore She'll show you a good time then she'll show you the door Break up with your girl it ended in tears Vincent Van Gogh and mail that ear I call her in the middle of the night when I'm drinking The phone booth on the corner is damp and it's stinking She said come on over it was me that she missed I threw that trash can through her window cause you know I got dissed Your old lady left you and you went girls (x3) insane You blew yourself up in the back of the 6 train Take my advice at any price a gorilla like your mother is mighty weak Sucking down pints till I didn't know Woke up in the morning at the Won Ton Ho Cause I announce I like girls that bounce With the weight that pays about a pound per ounce Girls with curls and big long locks And beatnik chicks just wearing their smocks Walking high and mighty like she's #1 and *She thinks she's the passionate one* "Bergerac" by Spiderbait Bergerac I think he's coming my way Bergerac I think he's coming my way Bergerac he's gonna get you some day Bergerac he's gonna get you some... He's gonna get you some day! Bergerac I think he's coming my way Bergerac I think he's coming my way Bergerac he's gonna get me some day Bergerac he's gonna get me some... He's gonna get me some day! Bergerac I think he's comin' to stay Bergerac I think he's comin' to stay Bergerac I think he's comin' my way Look out! Bergerac I think he's coming my I think he's coming my way! "Handsome & Gretel" by Babes in Toyland Gretel said I know what's in your head I vacuumed out my head I know you're feeling bad You fucking bitch you cunthole bitch I thought she meant it yeah She really jacked my head She went and done it Handsome Gretel My name is Gretel yeah I've got a crotch that talks It talks to all the cocks It's been 12 city blocks you fuckin bitch Gretel said "Oh you feel so bad I know you feel so bad" I thought she meant it I vacuumed out my head Jumping from bed to bed My name is Gretel A soul of metal My name is Gretel I've got a sloppy slot Say violets hang around with toilets and look smack at us and symbolize everything that is disgust and mistrust Licorice eyes pin me down thighs Asphixid My thighs are vices He is a stupid man I love him all I can you fucking bitch Addle girl She pulls out all her curls She is a stupid crotch That spans 12 city blocks "Hammering In My Head" by Garbage I'm stressed but you're freestyle I'm overworked but I'm undersexed I must be made of concrete I sign my name across your chest Give out the same old answers I trot them out for the relatives Company tried and tested I use the ones that I love the best Like an animal you're moving over me Like an animal you're moving over me When did I get perverted I can't remember your name I'm growing introverted You touch my hand but it's not the same This was so unexpected I never thought I'd get caught Play boomerang with your demons Shoot to kill and you'll pop them off BANG! BANG! Like an animal you're moving over me Like an animal you're moving over me You should be sleeping my lover Tell me what you're dreaming of (rpt. 4 times) I knew you were mine for the taking I knew you were mine for the taking I knew you were mine taking When I walked in the room I knew you were mine for the taking I knew you were mine for the taking Your eyes light up When I walk in the room A hammering in my head don't stop From the bullet train From Tokyo to Los Angeles I'm leaving you behind A flash in the pan A storm in a teacup A needle in a haystack A prize for the winning A dead for the raising A catch for the chasing A jewel for the choosing A man for the making in this blistering heat Sweat it all out Sweat it all out With your bedroom eyes and your baby pouts Sweat it all out In our electric storms and our shifting sands Our candy jars and our sticky hands Sweat it all out (rpt. 6 times) Don't forget what I wrote you then And don't forget what I told you then And don't forget I that meant to win And don't forget your ventoline So a hammering in my head don't stop In the bullet train from Tokyo to Los Angeles "Wasteland" by Dan Bern I saw the best of my generation playing pinball Maked up and caked up and looking like some kind of china doll With all of Adolph Hitler's moves down cold as they stood up in front of a rock n roll band And always moving upward and every upward to this gentle, golden promised land With the smartest of them all moonlighting as a word processor And the strongest of them all checking out these outside saloons And the prettiest of them all taking off her clothes in front of men whose eyes looked like they were in some little Hick town near Omaha watching the police chief run his car off the side of a bridge I saw men with dreams like the once I'd had beg quarters outside the Seven Eleven 'til it got so they didn't affect me Any more than the mail boxes I'd pass 'cept sometimes I'd put something in the mailbox I've had the wind at my back Now I feel it cold in my face And for an awful long time You were the only one who ever called me late at night And I never really noticed until after you stopped calling And the emptiness, silence got so heavy Broken up in the wasteland Broken up in the promised land Broken up in Disneyland Broken up in the plastic land Broken up in the wasteland Broken up in the wasteland Broken up in the wasteland And I saw dead Marilyn Monroe strung up on every street corner in Hollywood like some two-bit whore offering a discount rate and I wonder how Joe Dimaggio felt And I saw dead James Dean's ghost wandering the sidewalk looking troubled and I wondered how his mama felt I saw signs that said headshots done for cheap And signs that said extras wanted, top dollars paid And signs for haircuts And signs for manicures And signs for tanning salon And signs for wardrobe specialists And signs for cosmetic surgery And signs for assertiveness training And I stopped to read them all And every single block Looked like every single block Looked like every single block Looked like every single block But you kept driving Because everyone else kept driving Because gridlock is evil And not knowing your way is evil And those who had money looked good but weren't too happy And those who didn't have money didn't look so good and weren't so happy either And in a city of two million, 958 thousand, 984, everyone was lonely And I watched as everyone I knew spent their lives trying to be watched on a stage watched in a film or listened to on record and they thought maybe that way I could get a little love out of this life And I watched as the best of my generation abandoned their dreams and settled for making a little money And I watched tv and read the papers and listened to the radio and made all the fancy scenes and said all the right Words and wore all the right clothes and knew the names of the hip people But I still felt out of touch so I stopped watching tv and reading the papers and listening to the radio and making the fancy scenes and saying the right words and wearing the right clothes and knowing the names of the hip people and I felt more out of touch than ever, but I didn't care anymore And I felt you slipping away And I felt myself slipping from you And I wanted more than anything else for it to rain for one whole day like it used to but all there ever was sun, relentless sun, hot beating sun and everyone wore their sunglasses and walked around like flies under a magnifying glass with their eyes removed "Why I Like The Robins" by Hum The distance outside of view comes into focus, collapses away lovingly and hands to the glass and eyes to sky and glued to the south she waits to see She's looking for birds she met last fall, Who said they would come back different than all She's waiting for six who know about sound, Who'd promised to come back upside down and i like your raindrop collector, Splash in my eyes and makes everything else look like you So hand me the glasses and teach me to use them, Show me the window, i want to look too I'll take the glasses and cover for you, You get some sleep and i'll stay til two. I'm looking for six who know about sound, Who promised to come back upside down She's got colors to spare and i don't care what they choose and i've got nothing to do and nothing like you left to lose "I'd Like Your Hair Long" by Hum I'd like your hair long and ladeled to the ground You'd prefer an astronaut Someone to relate to and someone to command and i would be a simple man I could hardly wait for my stars to fall in line and synchronize and shine a wasted string of years, and a wasted string of lies It's still the same to me It's a waste of a song You're a waste of my lungs It's a waste of a song I'd like your face gone and in its place the sun and i would be an astronaut For i have come to surface to catch some light and feed and i have everything i need and i could hardly wait for my stars to fall in line and synchronize and shine a wasted string of years, and a wasted string of lies You're still the same to me You're a waste of a song You're a waste of my lung It's a waste of a song "I Hate It Too" by Hum Morning gray ignites a twisted mess of foreign shapes and sounds I wish the ceiling was the ground I'll send you flowers made of silent tiny pieces of the sun to help me make up for this one While you send me tidal waves of love when you're alone and i can't remember what you do to find a way to turn the signal back to heaven sounding blue and bring me faithful back to you and she don't hold me right, she's never going to get me there not tonight If we break off gently in slow motion, spinning outward into space My hand always floating gently at the wheel while you sweetly hold my face and i need you to give it meaning, i need you to share the view or it becomes a time for me to love myself like every other thing i do "Songs of Farewell and Departure" by Hum Before we steam and descend, steady to the sun A simple tale of woe, your hearts won't be undone A love song to everyone i know Arms wide open, here we go She weaves a trail of petals through the embryonic ice Her hair was warm to the touch and flowers twice as nice and if he stands on the moon he can barely catch her eyes Always open to the sky and so we land only to find we never left the ground Please leave the walls and the floors exactly as you found A love song to everyone i know Arms wide open, here we go Album: Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair "6' 1"" I bet you fall in bed too easily With the beautiful girls who are shyly brave And you sell yourself as a man to save But all the money in the world is not enough I bet you've long since passed understanding What it takes to be satisfied You're like a vine that keeps climbing higher But all the money in the world is not enough And all the bridges blown away keep floating up Its cold And rough And I kept standing 6'1" Instead of 5'2" And I loved my life And I hated you Its cold, out there And rough And I kept standing 6'1" Instead of 5'2" And I loved my life And I hated you "Help Me, Mary" Help me Mary please. I've lost my home to your thieves They bully the stereo and drink They leave suspicious things in the sink They make rude remarks about me They wonder just how wild I would be As they egg me on and keep me mad They play me like a pit bull in a basement, and for that I lock my door at night I keep my mouth shut tight I practice all my moves I memorize their stupid rules I make myself their friend I show them just how far I can bend As they egg me on and keep me mad They play me like a pit bull in a basement, and for that I'm asking, will you, Mary, please Temper my hatred with peace Weave my disgust into fame And watch how fast they run to the flame "Glory" He's got a really big tongue It rolls way out Snaking around in the club It slicks you down Scratching his face like a bum He pulls you back Circa nineteen eighty-one He pulls you back You are, you are, shining some glory You are, you are, shining some glory On me, on me You are, you are, shining some glory You are, you are, shining some glory on me "Dance Of The Seven Veils" Johnny my love, get out of the business It makes me wanna rough you up so badly Makes me wanna roll you up in plastic Toss you up and pump you full of lead Johnny my love, get out of the business The odds are getting fatter by the minute That I have got a bright and shiny platter And I am gonna get your heavy head I only ask because I'm a real cunt in spring You can rent me by the hour I know all about the ugly pilgrim thing Entertainers bring May flowers So Johnny my love We got us a witness Now all we gotta do is get a preacher He can probably skip the "until death" part 'Cause Johnny my love you're already dead I only ask because I'm a real cunt in spring You can rent me by the hour I know all about the ugly pilgrim thing Entertainers bring May flowers May flowers, May flowers, (To You) "Never Said" (yeah) I never said nothing I never said nothing I never said nothing I never said nothing I don't know where you heard it Don't know who's spreadin' it 'round All I know is I'm clean as a whistle baby I didn't utter a sound I never said nothing I never said nothing I never said nothing I never said nothing I don't know what they told you Don't even care what about All I know is I'm clean as a whistle baby I didn't let the cat out So don't look at me sideways Don't even look me straight on And don't worry I've got my hands in my pockets, baby I ain't done anything wrong I never said nothing No baby, I never said nothing I never said nothing I never said nothing I never said nothing No, not to anyone I never said nothing I never said nothing I never said nothing "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 'til 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 at 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 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 'Til you remember his name Check out the thinning hair Check out the aftershave Check out America You're looking at it babe "Explain It To Me" Head underwater Keeps getting hotter Give 'em your medicine Fame injection Tell them to jump higher Tell 'em to run farther Make 'em measure up Decades longer than you Piece it together It's like weather Watch him travel Kiss the gravel Tell him to jump higher Tell him to run farther Make him measure up Ten times longer than you Ever should, you never could Explain them to me, explain them to me "Canary" I learn my name I write with a number two pencil I work up to my potential I earn my meat I come when called I jump when you circle the cherry I sing like a good canary I come when called I come, that's all Send it up on fire Death before dawn Send it up on fire Death before dawn I clean the house I put all your books in an order I make up a colorful border I clean my mouth 'Cause froth comes out Send it up on fire Death before dawn Send it up on fire Death before dawn "Mesmerizing" You said things I wouldn't say Straight to my face, boy You tossed the egg up And I found my hands in place, boy After backing up as far as you could get Don't you know nobody parts two rivers met Don't you know I'm very happy You know me well I'm even happier I like it I like it With all of the time in the world to spend it Wild and unwise I wanna be mesmerizing too Mesmerizing too Mesmerizing to you With all of the time in the world to spend it Wild and unwise I wanna be mesmerizing too Mesmerizing too Mesmerizing to you "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 What ever happened to a boyfriend The kind of guy who tries to win you over, and What ever 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 want all that stupid old shit Like letters and sodas Letters and sodas You got up out of bed You said you had a lot of work to do But I heard the rest 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 would 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 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 seventeen Fuck and run Fuck and run Even when I was twelve You almost felt bad You said that I should call you up but I knew much better than that 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 I can feel it in my bones I'm gonna spend my whole life alone It's fuck and run Fuck and run Even when I was seventeen Fuck and run Fuck and run Even when I was twelve "Girls! Girls! Girls!" You been around enough to know That if I want to leave you better let me go Because I take full advantage Of every man I meet I get away almost every day With what the girls call What the girls call What the girls call The girls call murder You been around enough to see That if you think you're it You better check with me Because I take full advantage Of every man I meet I get away almost every day With what the girls call What the girls call What the girls call . . . the girls call murder "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 I had to take your word on that But if you'd 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 Boxed it up and buried it in the ground Burned it up and thrown it away You put in my hands 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 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 "Shatter" I know that I don't always realize How sleazy it is Messing with these guys But something about just being with you Slapped me right in the face Nearly broke me in two It's a mark I've taken hard And I know I will carry with me for a long long time I don't know if I could drive a car Fast enough to get to where you are or wild enough not to miss the boat completely Honey, I'm thinking maybe You know just maybe I don't know if I could fly a plane Well enough to tail spin out your name Or high enough to lose control completely Honey, I'm thinking maybe You know just maybe, maybe "Flower" [high part:] 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 [low part:] Every time I see your face I think of things unpure unchaste 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 minions 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, true 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 Cramming slamming ramming in me Every time I see your face I think of things unpure unchaste 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 'til your dick is blue "Johnny Sunshine" You took the car It was my favorite one Little white Dart And drove it to Idaho You took the horse It was a thoroughbred Saddled it up Out on the interstate You killed the cat Put it in antifreeze Dumped in the trunk With the rest of the cattlefeed You took the house You went and changed the locks Now I am stuck Living out of a box I think I've been taken For everything I own I've been hurt so badly I'm alone, baby, I'm alone You left me nothing You left me nothing Johnny Sunshine You left me nothing You left me nothing Johnny Sunshine You left me nothing You left me nothing Johnny Sunshine You left me nothing You left me nothing "Gunshy" Rifle in hand and two in the bush Three count delay, I may need a little push Take out the garbage on Tuesday nights Seems like the small things Are the only things I'll fight Seems like the small things Are the only things I'll fight Gunshy, Gunshy, Gunshy, Gunshy Sea monkeys, do monkeys Story of my life Send three bucks to a comic book Get a house, car and wife Send three bucks to a comic book Get a house, car and wife (wife) Gunshy repeated 14 times "Stratford-On-Guy" 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 landscape roll out Like credits on a screen The earth looked like it was lit from within Like a poorly assembled electrical ball as we moved Out of the farmlands into the grid The plan of the city was all that you saw And all of these people sitting totally still As the ground raced beneath them thirty thousand feet down It took an hour, maybe a day But once I really listened, the noise Just went away And I was pretending that I was in a Galaxie 500 video The stewardess came back and checked on my drink In the last strings of sunlight, a Bridgette Bardot There's a hat on my headphones Along with those eyes that you get When your circumstance is movie size It took an hour, maybe a day But once I really listened, the noise Just went away It took an hour, maybe a day But once I really listened, the noise Just went away "Strange Loop" The fire you like so much in me Is the mark of someone adamantly free But you can't stop yourself from wanting worse 'Cause nothing feeds a hunger like a thirst Baby I'm tired of fighting I always wanted you I broke up at the roadhouse I wouldn't know you were alive You haven't seen me for weeks now It wouldn't shock you if I drove right out through the back of your eyes I can't be trusted They're saying I can't be true But I only wanted more than I knew Baby I'm tired of fighting I always wanted you I only wanted more than I knew "Silent Lucidity" by Queensryche Hush now don't cry Wipe away the teardrop from your eye You're lying safe in bed It was all a bad dream Spinning in your head Your mind tricked you to feel the pain Of someone close to you leaving the game of life So here it is, another chance Wide awake you face the day Your dream is over...or has it just begun? There's a place I like to hide A doorway that I run to in the night Relax child, you were there But only didn't realize it and you were scared It's a place where you will learn To face your fears, retrace the tears And ride the whims of your mind Commanding in another world Suddenly, you hear and see This magic new dimension CHORUS I-will be watching over you I-am gonna help you see it through I-will protect you in the night I-am smiling next to you...in silent lucidity If you open your mind for me You won't rely on open eyes to see The walls you built within Come tumblng down, and a new world will begin Living twice at once you learn You're safe from pain in the dream domain A soul set free to fly A round trip journey in your head Master of illusion, can you realize Your dream's alive, you can be the guide but... CHORUS "Not an Addict" by K's Choice Breathe it in and breathe it out And pass it on, it's almost out We're so creative, so much more We're high above but on the floor It's not a habit, it's cool, I feel alive If you don't have it you're on the other side The deeper you stick it in your vein The deeper the thoughts, there's no more pain I'm in heaven, I'm a god I'm everywhere, I feel so hot It's not a habit, it's cool, I feel alive If you don't have it you're on the other side I'm not an addict (maybe that's a lie) It's over now, I'm cold, alone I'm just a person on my own Nothing means a thing to me (Nothing means a thing to me) It's not a habit, it's cool, I feel alive If you don't have it you're on the other side I'm not an addict (maybe that's a lie) Free me, leave me Watch me as I'm going down Free me, see me Look at me, I'm falling and I'm falling. It is not a habit, it is cool I feel alive I feel... It is not a habit, it is cool I feel alive It's not a habit, it's cool, I feel alive If you don't have it you're on the other side I'm not an addict (maybe that's a lie) I'm not an addict... "New World Man" by Rush He's a rebel and a runner He's a signal turning green He's a restless young romantic Wants to run the big machine He's got a problem with his poisons But you know he'll find a cure He's cleaning up his systems To keep his nature pure Learning to match the beat of the Old World Man Learning to catch the heat of the Third World Man He's got to make his own mistakes And learn to mend the mess he makes He's old enough to know what's right But young enough not to choose it He's noble enough to win the world But weak enough to lose it He's a New World Man... He's a radio receiver Tuned to factories and farms He's a writer and arranger And a young boy bearing arms He's got a problem with his power With weapons on patrol He's got to walk a fine line And keep his self-control Trying to save the day for the Old World Man Trying to pave the way for the Third World Man He's not concerned with yesterday He knows constant change is here today He's noble enough to know what's right But weak enough not to choose it He's wise enough to win the world But fool enough to lose it He's a New World Man... "Conjunctivitis" by Spiderbait You make my eyes glow Conjunctivitus! What ever it is Feels like bliss You make my heart burn Appendicitis! What ever it is Feels like bliss You'll never know I adore you I get this pain in my head Then comes the time when I'm near you I nearly fall on my Head spins Meningitis! What ever it is Feels like bliss You're making my teeth shine Gingivitis! What ever it is Feels like bliss You'll never know I adore you I get this pain in my head Then comes the time when I'm near you I nearly fall on an Angel Down from the sky You give me your halo You say with a sigh You tell me it's time now To make a new start You wanted my kidneys I gave you my heart You make me sick when I see you I get this pain in my head Then comes the time when I'm near you I think I'm already dead Already dead Already dead Already dead Already dead Already dead Already dead Already dead Already dead "Selling the Drama" by Live And to love a god And to fear a flame And to burn a crowd that has a name And to right or wrong And to meek or strong It is known, just scream it from the wall I've willed, I've walked, I've read I've talked, I know, I know I've been here before Hey, now we won't be raped Hey, now we won't be scarred like that Hey, now we won't be raped Hey, now we won't be scarred like that It's the sun that burns It's the wheel that turns It's the way we sing that makes 'em dream And to christ a cross And to me a chair I will sit and earn the ransom from up here I've willed, I've walked, I've read I've talked, I know, I know I've been here before Hey, now we won't be raped Hey, now we won't be scarred like that Hey, now we won't be raped Hey, now we won't be scarred like that And to love a god And to fear a flame And to burn a love that has a name "Quicksand Jesus" by Skid Row She caught the melting sky. It burned but still the winter passes by and by to the other side A slow parade of wind that blows through trees that wilted With the season's children Are we saved by the words of bastard saints? Do we live in fear or faith Tell me now who's behind the rain A maze of tangled grace The symptoms of "for real" are crumbling from embrace But still we chase...the shadows of belief And new religion clouds our visions of the roots of our souls Are we ashamed of our own fate Or play the fool for our own sake Tell me who's behind the rain What do we need where do we go when we get where we don't know Why should we doubt the virgin white of fallen snow When faith's our shelter from the cold Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away without you Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away without you Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away...away Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away Quicksand Jesus I need you Quicksand Jesus I believe you Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac I took my love, I took it down Climbed a mountain and I turned around I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills 'Till the landslide brought me down Oh, mirror in the sky What is love Can the child within my heart rise above Can I sail through the changing ocean tides Can I handle the seasons of my life Mmm mmm... I don't know Well, I've been afraid of changing 'Cause I've built my life around you But time makes you bolder Even children get older And I'm getting older too Oh, take my love, take it down Climb a mountain and turn around If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills Well the landslide will bring it down If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills Well the landslide will bring it down "Nothin' But a Good Time" by Poison Now Listen Not a dime, I can't pay my rent I can barely make it through the week Saturday night I'd like to make my girl But right now I can't make ends meet I'm always workin' slavin' every day Gotta get away from that same old same old I need a chance just to get away If you could hear me think this is what I'd say Chorus: Don't need nothin' but a good time How can I resist Ain't lookin' for nothin' but a good time And it don't get better than this They say I spend my money on women and wine But I couldn't tell you where I spent last night I'm really sorry about the shape I'm in I just like my fun every now and then I'm always workin' slavin' every day Gotta get away from that same old same old I need a chance just to get away If you could hear me think this is what I'd say Chorus You see I raise a toast to all of us Who are breakin' our backs every day If wantin' the good life is such a crime Lord, then put me away Here's to ya Solo Chorus (3x's) "Here and Now" by Letters to Cleo Just living on a Sunday morning, got my toast and tea and I'm warm and I just thought I'd think about All the things to get and keep getting never enough and never ending I just thought I'd think about And it might be... (all 2x) The comfort of knowledge of a rise above the sky above could never parallel the challenge of an acquisition in the here and now Parody of yourself in color, giving it to everybody but your mother And you've got much to think about Soaring higher with every treason Never justify, never reason You've got much to think about And it might be... CHORUS: 3x "The Goodbye Look" by Donald Fagen The surf was easy on the day I came to stay On this quiet island in the bay I remember a line of women all in white The laughter and the steel bands at night Now the Americans are gone exept for two The embassy's been hard to reach There's been talk and lately a bit of action after dark Behind the big casino on the beach The rules are changed It's not the same It's all new players in a whole new ball game Last night I dreamed of an old lover dressed in gray I've had this fever now since yesterday Wake up darling they're knocking the Colonel's standing in the sun With his stupid face the glasses and the gun I know what happens I read the book I believe I just got the goodbye look Won't you pour me a Cuban breeze Gretchen ? I know a fellow with a motor launch for hire A skinny man with two-tone shoes Cause tonight they're arranging a small reception just for me Behind the big casino by the sea I know what happens I read the book I believe I just got the goodbye look Album: Ungod by Stabbing Westward "Lost" Lost is all I will be. You are all I will be. Wasted. Broken. Promise. Silent. Lies. "Control" So much of you is me I don't know just who I am. Now I just can't believe in myself or in anything. and this is what you take from me and this is what you take from me and this is what you take from me and this is what you take from me I gave you my soul I gave you control of me. Now I just can't believe in myself or in anything. and this is what you take from me and this is what you take from me and this is what you take from me and this is what you take from me can't you just believe you are my everything and this is what you take from mE "Nothing" Some nights I feel like I have died or something deep inside is dying. I try to understand my crimes but there's nothing that really matters don't want to believe in you I can't believe in you I don't want it i don't need it I don't want it but i can't stop myself now endless questions fill my head some nights I'm frightened by the answers no you can't hurt me nothings real no pain you cause can last forever I don't want to believe in you i can't believe in you I don't want it i don't need it I don't want it but i can't stop myself one night I swore I'd die for you there's nothing else I'd rather die for but I'll try to live another night there's too much hate to be forgotten I don't want to believe in you I can't believe in you I don't want it I don't need it I don't want it but I can't stop myself. "ACF" You are all I am you are all I ever want to be I think of you a solitary cry echoes through my throat and through my mind I think of you I think I woke up screaming I had a dream that you still loved me I think I woke up screaming I think I woke up screaming again for hours I'll just stare at my ceiling at nothing at all and think of you the candlelight through bells make shadows just like roses in my mind and I think of you I think I woke up screaming I had a dream that you still loved me I think i woke up screaming I think I woke up screaming again could this last forever or will I die just can I die maybe I could try to take a bath or drink a little wine and think of you but probably I'll lie naked on the floor by candlelight and I'll think of you I think I woke up screming I had a dream that you still loved me I think I woke up screaming again "Lies" Your soul a pit of stone, the depths i wish i could have known. Dangerous black and full of spite thoughts of you fill my night. But now we lay naked on the floor. I'm lost. I'm drowning in you soul. i was searching for some answer in your eyes i find malicious laughter and a love that has died you are haunting my reality your lies are the only truth that i believe. you are haunting my reality now evey time i think about you i die hatred runs through me marrow deep i long to tear your eyes out in your sleep. this passion can lead to evil crimes. do i kill you or do i choose to die. acid burn etched through my brain. someone dies before i go insane. i was searching for some answer in you eyes i found malicious laughter and a love that has died you are haunting my reality your lies are the only truth that i believe you are haunting my reality now every time i think about you i die Lies soon know you'll be gone i wish to god i could have known. i love you i hate you every night this longing for your soul has got me scared. but now we lay naked on the floor i'm lost i'm drowning in your soul. i was searching for some answer in your eyes i find malicious laughter hate and lies fucking lies you are haunting my reality your lies are the only truth that i believe you are haunting my reality now everytime i die Lies "Ungod" You don't understand this I think you never did. Silently i search for a reason to exist. I found a way to feel you I feel so fucking old You're burning up inside me I feel so fucking cold You are clutched tight in my fingers. you caress my skin so light. You are welling up inside me you have finally freed yourself You are flowing cross my pale skin you are running down my arm You are salty as I taste you I have finally made you warm You stare at me so silent you stare at me so cold I think you stare right through me that stare has made me old I've found a way to feel you I feel so fucking old You're burning up inside me I feel so fucking cold You are cluthched tight in my fingers you caress my skin so light You are welling up inside me you have finally freed yourself You are flowing cross my pale skin you are running down my arm You are salty as i taste you i have finally made you warm Take this as an offering take this as a sign Take this as an offering how much can you take from how much can you take from me. I sink into this darkness i sink into this cold this emptiness is calling I've nothing left to lose. I've found a way to kill you I feel so fucking cold You're burning up inside me i feel so fucking old You are clutched tight in my fingers you caress my skin so light. You were welling up inside me you have finally freed yourself You are flowing cross my pale skin you are running down my arm You are salty as I taste you i have finally made you warm. Take this as an offering take this as a sign Take this as an offering How much can you take from Take this as an offering take this as a sign Take this as an offering How much can you take from How much can you take from me. "Throw" The night is cold as i wander through these streets the air is thick with hints of coming rain your face flashes through my head i swallow pain. so this is what it feels like to be betrayed this is what it looks like this is what it feels like this is what it tastes like this is what you've done to me this is what it looks like this is what it feels like this is what it tastes like when You throw this all away silent You throw this all away laughing You throw this all away. the lake is rough as i sit quietly remembering how are life used to be an angry vacant silence fills my head now all the empty promises are dead this is what it looks like this is what it feels like this is what it tastes like this is what you've done to me this is what it looks like this is what it feels like this is what it tastes like when You throw this all away silent You throw this all away laughing You throw this all away the night is old the sky is gray the tears roll off my face die in the rain an angry vacant silence fills my head now all the empty promises are dead this is what it looks like this is what it feels like this is what it tastes like this is what you've done to me this is what it looks like this is what it feels like this is what it tastes like when You throw this all away silent you throw this all away laughing You throw this all away You throw this all away silent You throw this all away laughing You throw this all away "Violent Mood Swings" You've left me with nothing left but questions You've left me here not knowing who i am You've left me so much fucking time to hate you You left me with no choice but to die Violent mood swings Your voice whispers nearly all the time now Reminding me just how worthless i am Sometimes i just here you laugh forever I want you the fuck out of my head Violent mood swings You're inside my pain inside my sorrow I'd die for one last moment inside you I miss you so fucking bad i am you Whose god will fucking save me now Violent mood swings "Red on White" Now I'm so tired of working this out. Going to give myself up... up to the truth of what this is, of what I am. Take from me all of my blood. Take from me all of my head. This is the best thing I can do. Why is it me instead of you? I come down. Now this is real. I can't go back. Caught up with everything here tonight. Going to fuck myself up. Going to throw myself away. Going to give this to you... give you what I've become. First red on white, then red on red. I left my soul back in my bed. This is the best thing I can do Why is it me instead of you? I come down. "Can't Happen Here" Last night I tripped in violent shades of green. A thousand voiceless faces were chasing me. I ran through the air as thick as glue from a thousand fucking faces that all look like you. Through night as black as hate my spirit fled through branches filled with thorns. My eyes bled and bled. How could I ever hope to win this race when everytime I close my eyes I see your face? It just can't happen here. "The Trick Is To Keep Breathing" by Garbage She's not the kind of girl Who likes to tell the world About the way she feels about herself She takes a little time In making up her mind She doesn't want to fight against the tide And lately I'm not the only one I say Never trust anyone Always the one who has to drag her down Maybe you'll get what you want this time around Can't bear to face the truth So sick you can not move And when it hurts he takes it out on you And lately I'm not the only one I say Never trust anyone Always the one who has to drag her down Maybe you'll get what you want this time around The trick is to keep breathing The trick is to keep breathing She knows the human heart And how to read the stars Now everything's about to fall apart I won't be the one who's going to let you down Maybe you'll get what you want this time around The trick is to keep breathing (rpt. 7 times) "Medication" by Spiritualized Every day when I wake up And I take my medication And I space the rest of the day Waiting for it to wear off Every night I stay up late And make my state more desperate Spend the rest of the night Waiting for it to wear off I'm waiting for a time When I can be without The things that make me feel This way all of the time Every now and then I get an urge to drive around Get into my car And then I'll maybe go up town Take my medication Do my best to get it on Spend the rest of the night Waiting for it to wear off I'm waiting for a time When I can be without The things that make me feel This way all of the time Every time I say this I just know this time I mean it But a feeling deep inside Says "it's OK one more time" I'm waiting for a time When I can be without The things that make me feel This way all of the time Makes me feel so good Makes me feel so fine Makes me feel so good Leaves me fucked up inside Medicate my days Medicate my nights Medicate my life Don't it feel alright Don't it feel so good Lord don't it feel just fine Don't it feel so good Don't it feel so fine Don't it feel so good Leaves me fucked up inside "Love Song" by Madonna Je suis prete. Est-ce que vous etes pret, aussi? Are you wasting my time, are you just being kind Oh no baby my love isn't blind Are you wasting my time, are you just being kind Don't go givin' me one of your lines Say what you mean, mean what you say Don't go and throw our love away God strike me dead if I did you wrong This is not a love song Are you just being kind Am I losing my mind Time goes by so slowly for those who wait And those who run seem to have all the fun But are you wasting my time -- she's so fine Are you just being kind Nowhere to run nowhere to hide That's how I feel, don't fog my mind Mean what you say or baby I am gone This is not a love song Are you just being kind Am I losing my mind Love song, love song Don't try to tell me what your enemies taught you I'm gone but I just want you to know That this is not a love song that I want to sing "Walk" by Pantera Can't you see I'm easily bothered by persistence One step from lashing out at you You want in to let under my skin And call yourself a friend I've got more friends like you What do I do? Pre-chorus: Is there no standard anymore? What it takes Who I am Where I've been Belong You can't be something you're not Be yourself By yourself Stay away from me A lesson learned in life Known from the dawn of time Chorus: Re Spect Walk Run your mouth when I'm not around It's easy to achieve You cry to weak friends that sympathize Can't you hear the violins playing your song? Those friends tell me your every word Pre-chorus Chorus Are you talking to me? No way punk "18 and Life" by Skid Row Ricky was a young boy, He had a heart of stone. Lived 9 to 5 and worked his fingers to the bone. Just barely got out of school, came from the edge of town. Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down. He had no money, oooh no good at home. He walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone And now it's 18 and life You got it 18 and life you know Your crime is time and it's 18 and life to go (repeat above) Tequila in his heartbeat, His veins burned gasoline. It kept his motor running but it never kept him clean. They say he loved adventure, "Ricky's the wild one." He married trouble and had a courtship with a gun. Bang Bang Shoot 'em up, The party never ends. You can't think of dying when the bottle's your best friend And now it's chorus "Accidents will happen" they all heard Ricky say He fired his six-shot to the wind that blew a child away. chorus "Ol' Man Sam" by Spiderbait Johnny was a man A bad, bad man Badder he was Than Ol' Man Sam We're all having fun child Smoking the ganja We can't find the plunger So we may have to run-ja We may have to run-ja! I saw the Peter Tosh And he was sloshed I saw the Peter Tosh And he was sloshed he was sloshed He was so much off his face Jabba was big and fat But don't tell him that He ate a cat he ate a rat And then he ate, then he ate, Then he ate a cricket bat Oh reggie rolla, reggie rolla, reggie rolla, reggie rolla Reggie reggie rolla, reggie rolla, reggie rolla, reggie rolla Now it's time for us to go So don't be slow It's time for us to go So don't be slow don't be slow, Don't you be slow! "When The Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break, If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break, When The Levee Breaks I'll have no place to stay. Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, Lord, mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home, Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well. Don't it make you feel bad When you're tryin' to find your way home, You don't know which way to go? If you're goin' down South They go no work to do, If you don't know about Chicago. Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good, Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good, When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move. All last night sat on the levee and moaned, All last night sat on the levee and moaned, Thinkin' 'bout me baby and my happy home. Going, go'n' to Chicago, Go'n' to Chicago, Sorry but I can't take you. Going down, going down now, going down. "Book of Liars" by Walter Becker bye and bye now we'll get over the things we've done and the things we said but not just now when i can't remember exactly what it was i thought we had cause i waited so long girl and i came so far to find out you're not always who you say you are and there's a star in the book of liars by your name santa claus came in late last night drunk on christmas wine fell down hard in the driveway hung his bag out on the laundry line there's a cobra gunship for his golden boy and there's a hello kitty for his pride and joy and a silver star in the book of liars by your name they hung a star in the book of liars by your name stars imploding the long night passing electrons dancing in the frozen crystal dawn here's one left stranded at the zero crossing with a hole in it's half-life left to carry on but now the world's much larger than it looks today and if my bad luck ever blows me back this way then i just look in my book of liars for your name "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails i hurt myself today to see if i still feel i focus on the pain the only thing that's real the needle tears a hole the old familiar sting try to kill it all away but i remember everything what have i become? my sweetest friend everyone i know goes away in the end you could have it all my empire of dirt i will let you down i will make you hurt i wear my crown of shit on my liar's chair full of broken thoughts i cannot repair beneath the stain of time the feeling disappears you are someone else i am still right here what have i become? my sweetest friend everyone i know goes away in the end you could have it all my empire of dirt i will let you down i will make you hurt if i could start again a million miles away i would keep myself i would find a way "The King of Carrot Flowers, Part One" by Neutral Milk Hotel When you were young You were the king of carrot flowers And how you built a tower tumbling through the trees In holy rattlesnakes that fell all around your feet And your mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulder And your dad would throw the garbage all across the floor As we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were for And this is the room One afternoon I knew I could love you And from above you how I sank into your soul Into that secret place where no one dares to go And your mom would sink until she was no longer speaking And dad would dream of all the different ways to die Each one a little more than he could dare to try "Something's Wrong" by K's Choice When your pubic hair's on fire, something's wrong When you think you're the Messiah, something's wrong When you mistake a plane for Venus, something's wrong When your girlfriend's got a penis Something's wrong... Something's wrong... Something's wrong... Something's wrong... When you like music more than life, something's wrong When you start sleeping as you drive, something's wrong When you're favorite drink is thinner, something's wrong When you're proud to be a sinner Something's wrong... Something's wrong... Something's wrong... Something's wrong... When a canary drives a tractor, something's wrong When your president's an actor, something's wrong When your jacket's plagued with dandruff, something's wrong If you think that this song matters Something's wrong... Something's wrong... Something's wrong... Something's wrong... Something's wrong... Something's wrong... Something's wrong... Something's wrong... Something's wrong... "Wrong Number" by The Cure LIME GREEN LIME GREEN LIME GREEN AND TANGERINE ARE THE SICKLY SWEET COLOURS OF THE SNAKES IOM SEEING LIME GREEN LIME GREEN AND TANGERINE ARE THE SICKLY SWEET COLOURS OF THE DEVIL IN MY DREAMS LIME GREEN LIME GREEN LIME GREEN AND TANGERINE ARE THE SICKLY SWEET COLOURS OF THE SNAKES IOM SEEING LIME GREEN LIME GREEN AND TANGERINE ARE THE SICKLY SWEET COLOURS OF THE DEVIL IN MY DREAMS IT GETS TO FRIDAY AND I GIVE YOU A CALL "YOU KNOW IOM GETTING KIND OF WORRIED NO SHE DOESNOT SEEM HERSELF AT ALL... LIME GREEN AND A SICKLY KIND OF ORANGE IOVE NEVER SEEN HER LIKE THIS BEFORE... " I HAD THE BEST LAID PLANS THIS SIDE OF AMERICA STARTED OUT IN CHURCH AND FINISHED WITH ANGELICA RED AND BLUE SOUL WITH A SNOW WHITE SMILE "CAN YOU DIG IT?" I HAD THE BEST LAID PLANS THIS SIDE OF AMERICA STARTED OUT IN CHURCH AND FINISHED WITH ANGELICA AND NOW I DIG IT IN THE DIRT AND IOM DOWN HERE FOR A WHILE... YOUOVE GOT TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND AND MAKE IT SOON IS THERE ROOM IN YOUR LIFE FOR ONE MORE TRIP TO THE MOON? BURN RED BURN RED BURN RED BURN RED AND GOLD ARE THE DEEP DARK COLOURS OF THE SNAKES I HOLD BURN RED BURN RED BURN RED AND GOLD ARE THE DEEP DARK COLOURS OF THE DEVIL AT HOME "SHE PULLS ME DOWN JUST AS IOM TRYING TO HIDE GRABS ME BY THE HAIR AND DRAGS ME OUTSIDE AND STARTS DIGGING IN THE DIRT... FOR A NOT SO EARLY BIRD ITOS THE ONLY WAY FOR HER TO GET THE WORM... " I HAD THE BEST LAID PLANS THIS SIDE OF AMERICA STARTED OUT IN CHURCH AND FINISHED WITH ANGELICA RED AND BLUE SOUL WITH A SNOW WHITE SMILE "CAN YOU DIG IT?" I HAD THE BEST LAID PLANS THIS SIDE OF AMERICA STARTED OUT IN CHURCH AND FINISHED WITH ANGELICA AND NOW I DIG IT IN THE DIRT AND IOLL BE DOWN HERE FOR A WHILE... "HELLO? HELLO? ARE YOU STILL THERE?" ... AND MUCH TOO LATE... "... SORRY... WRONG NUMBER... " "Judy and the Dream of Horses" by Belle & Sebastian judy wrote the saddest song she showed it to a boy in school today judy, where did you go wrong you used to make me smile when i was down judy was a teenage rebel she did it with a boy when she was young she gave herself to books and learning she gave herself to being number one judy, i dont know you if you're gonna show me everything judy got a book at school she went under the covers with her torch she fell asleep till it was morning she dreamt about the girl who stole a horse judy never felt so good except when she was sleeping judy, let's go for a walk we can kiss and do whatever you want but you will be disappointed you will fall asleep with ants in your pants judy, you're just trying to find and keep the dream of horses and the song she wrote was 'judy and the dream of horses' dream of horses you dream of horses the best looking boys are taken the best looking girls are staying inside so judy, where does that leave you? walking thes treet from morning till night with a star upon your shoulder, lighting up the path that you walk with a parrot on your shoulder, saying everything when you talk if you're ever feeling blue then write another song about your dream of horses call it 'judy and the dream of horses' you dream of horses "Crash Into Me" by Dave Matthews Band You've got your ball you've got your chain tied to me tight tie me up again who's got their claws in you my friend Into your heart I'll beat again Sweet like candy to my soul Sweet you rock and sweet you roll Lost for you I'm so lost for you You come crash into me And I come into you I come into you In a boys dream In a boys dream Touch your lips just so I know In your eyes, love, it glows so I'm bare boned and crazy for you When you come crash into me, baby And I come into you In a boys dream In a boys dream If I've gone overboard Then I'm begging you to forgive me in my haste When I'm holding you so girl close to me Oh and you come crash into me, baby And I come into you Hike up your skirt a little more and show the world to me Hike up your skirt a little more and show your world to me In a boys dream.. In a boys dream Oh I watch you there through the window And I stare at you You wear nothing but you wear it so well tied up and twisted the way i'd like to be For you, for me, come crash into me "The Things You Said" by Depeche Mode I heard it from my friends About the things you said I heard it from my friends About the things you said But they know me better than that They know me better than that They know my weaknesses I never tried to hide them They know my weaknesses I never denied them I heard it from my friends About the things you said I heard it from my friends About the things you said How can a view become so twisted How can a view become so twisted They know my weaknesses I never tried to hide them They know my weaknesses You tried them I get so carried away You brought me down to earth I thought we had something precious Now I know what it's worth I heard it from my friends About the things you said I heard it from my friends About the things you said I've never felt so disappointed Never felt so disappointed They know my weaknesses I never tried to hide them They know my weaknesses Thought that you liked them They know me better than that "Kind and Generous" by Natalie Merchant La-la-la-la... You've been so kind and generous I don't know how you keep on giving For your kindness, I'm in debt to you For your selflessness, my admiration For everything you've done, you know I'm bound I'm bound to thank you for it La-la-la-la... You've been so kind and generous I don't know how you keep on giving For your kindness, I'm in debt to you And I never could have come, this far without you For everything you've done, you know I'm bound I'm bound to thank you for it La-la-la-la... Oh, I want to thank you for so many gifts you gave The love, the tenderness, I wanna thank you I want to thank you for your generosity, the love And the honesty that you gave me I want to thank you show my gratitude My love, and my respect for you, I want to thank you Oh, I want to thank you, thank you; thank you, thank you I want to thank you, thank you; thank you, thank you "Joyce's Hut" by Spiderbait Drifting sideways is what I like on a Monday Sinking quiet and thinking (something) Drown the (??) (something) fools (??) (something) I can see what I see (something) Boldy surfing I want no fighting in my car (??) Tinsel's with her (??) and (something) too far (something) you are (??) (something) for a few months (??) "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morrisette I want you to know that I'm happy for you I wish nothing but the best for you both An older version of me Is she perverted like me Would she go down on you in a theater? Does she speak eloquently And would she have your baby I'm sure she'd make a really excellent mother Cause the love that you gave that we made Wasn't able to make it enough for you to be open wide, no And every time you speak her name Does she know how you told me you'd hold me Until you died, 'til you died But you're still alive And I'm here to remind you Of the mess you left when you went away It's not fair to deny me Of the cross I bear that you gave to me You, you, you oughta know You seem very well, things look peaceful I'm not quite as well, I thought you should know Did you forget about me, Mr. Duplicity I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner It was a slap in the face how quickly I was replaced Are you thinking of me when you fuck her Cause the love that you gave that we made Wasn't able to make it enough for you to be open wide, no And every time you speak her name Does she know how you told me you'd hold me Until you died, 'til you died But you're still alive And I'm here to remind you Of the mess you left when you went away It's not fair to deny me Of the cross I bear that you gave to me You, you, you oughta know Cause the joke that you laid in the bed that was me And I'm not going to fade as soon as you close your eyes, and you know it And everytime I scratch my nails down someone else's back I hope you feel it ... well can you feel it? And I'm here to remind you Of the mess you left when you went away It's not fair to deny me Of the cross I bear that you gave to me You, you, you oughta know "I Alone" by Live It's easier not to be wise And measure these things by your brains I sank into eden with you Alone in the church by and by I'll read to you here, save your eyes You'll need them, your boat is at sea Your anchor is up, you've been swept away And the greatest of teachers won't hesitate I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you Fear is not the end of this! It's easier not to be great And measure these things by your eyes We long to be here by his resolve Alone in the church by and by To cradle the baby in space And leave you there by yourself, chained to fate I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you Fear is not the end of this! Oh, now, we took it back too far Only love can save us now All these riddles that you burn All come runnin' back to you All these rhythms that you hide Only love can save us now All these riddles that you burn Yeah, yeah, yeah I alone love you I alone tempt you I alone love you Fear is not the end of this! Album: Metropolis Part II: Scenes From A Memory by Dream Theater ACT I Scene One: Regression [Present] [The Hypnotherapist:] "Close your eyes and begin to relax. Take a deep breath, and let it out slowly. Concentrate on your breathing. With each breath you become more relaxed. Imagine a brilliant white light above you, focusing on this light as it flows through your body. Allow yourself to drift off as you fall deeper and deeper into a more relaxed state of mind. Now as I count back from ten to one, you will feel more peaceful, and calm. Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. You will enter a safe place where nothing can harm you. Five. Four. Three. Two. If at any time you need to come back, all you must do is open your eyes. One." [Nicholas:] Safe in the light that surrounds me Free of the fear and the pain My subconscious mind Starts spinning through time To rejoin the past once again Nothing seems real I'm starting to feel Lost in the haze of a dream And as I draw near The scene becomes clear Like watching my life on a screen Hello Victoria so glad to see you My friend. Scene Two: I. Overture 1928 (instrumental) Scene Two: II. Strange Deja Vu [Present] [Nicholas:] Subconscious Strange Sensation Unconscious relaxation What a pleasant nightmare And I can't wait to get there again Every time I close my eyes There's another vivid surprise Another whole life waiting Chapters unfinished, fading [Past] Closer now- Slowly coming into view I've arrived- Blinding sunshine beaming through There's a house I'm drawn to Familiar settings nothing new And there's a pathway leading there With a haunting chill in the air There's a room at the top of the stairs Every night I'm drawn up there And there's a girl in the mirror Her face is getting clearer Young child won't you tell me why I'm here? In her eyes- I sense a story never told Behind the disguise- There's something tearing At her soul... [Victoria:] Tonight I've been searching for it A feeling that's deep inside me Tonight I've been searching for The one that nobody knows Trying to break free I just can't help myself I'm feeling like I'm going out of my head Tears my heart into two I'm not the one the sleeper thought he knew [Present] [Nicholas:] Back on my feet again Eyes open to the real world Metropolis surrounds me The mirror's shattered the girl Why is this other life Haunting me every day I'd break through to the other side If only I'd find the way Something's awfully familiar The feeling's so hard to shake Could I have lived in that other world It's a link that I'm destined to make I'm still searching but I don't know what for The missing key to unlock my mind's door Today I am searching for it A feeling that won't go away Today I am searching for The only one I know Trying to break free I just can't help myself I'm feeling like I'm going out of my head Tears my soul into two I'm not the one I thought I always knew I just can't help myself I'm feeling like I'm going out of my head Uncanny, Strange Deja Vu But I don't mind- I hope to find the truth Scene Three: I. Through My Words [Present] [Nicholas:] All your eyes have ever seen All you've ever heard Is etched upon my memory Is spoken through my words All that I take with me Is all you've left behind We're sharing one eternity Living in two minds Linked by an endless thread Impossible to break Scene Three: II. Fatal Tragedy [Present] [Nicholas:] Alone at night I feel so strange I need to find All the answers to my dreams When I sleep at night I hear the cries What does this mean? I shut the door and traveled to another home I met an older man, he seemed to be alone I felt that I could trust him He talked to me that night; "Lad did you know a girl was murdered here?" "This fatal tragedy was talked about for years" Victoria's gone forever Only memories remain She passed away She was so young Without love Without truth There can be no turning back Without faith Without hope There can be no peace of mind As the night went on I started to find my way I learned about a tragedy A mystery still today I tried to get more answers But he said, "You're on your own." Then he turned away and left me As I stand there all alone He said, "You'll know the truth As your future days unfold...unfold" Without love Without truth There can be no turning back Without faith Without hope There can be no peace of mind [The Hypnotherapist:] "Now it is time to see how you died. Remember that death is not the end, but only a transition." Scene Four: Beyond This Life [Past] Headline: "Murder, young girl killed Desperate shooting at Echo's Hill Dreadful ending, killer died Evidently suicide." A witness heard a horrifying sound He ran to find a woman dead and Lying on the ground Standing by her was a man Nervous, shaking, gun in hand Witness says he tried to help But he'd turned the weapon on himself His body fell across that poor young girl After shouting out in vain The witness ran to call for assistance A sad close to a broken love affair Our deeds have traveled far What we have been is what we are Our deeds have traveled far What we have been is what we are She wanted love forever But he had another plan He fell into an evil way She had to let him down She said, "I can't love a wayward man." She may have found a reason to forgive If he had only tried to change Was their fatal meeting prearranged? Had a violent struggle taken place? There was every sign that lead there Witness found a switchblade on the ground Was the victim unaware? They continued to investigate They found a note in the killer's pocket It could have been a suicide letter Maybe he had lost her love I feel there's only one thing left to do I'd sooner take my life away Than live with losing you Our deeds have traveled far What we have been is what we are Our deeds have traveled far What we have been is what we are All that we learn this time (What we have been is what we are) Is carried beyond this life All that we learn this time (What we have been is what we are) Is carried beyond this life Our deeds have traveled far What we have been is what we are Our deeds have traveled far What we have been is what we are All that we learn this time (What we have been is what we are) Is carried beyond this life All that we learn this time (What we have been is what we are) Is carried beyond this life Scene Five: Through Her Eyes [Present] [Nicholas:] She never really had a chance On that fateful moonlit night Sacrificed without a fight A victim of her circumstance Now that I've become aware And I've exposed this tragedy A sadness grows inside of me It all seems so unfair I'm learning all about my life By looking through her eyes Just beyond the churchyard gates Where the grass is overgrown I saw the writing on her stone I felt like I would suffocate In loving memory of our child So innocent, eyes open wide I felt so empty as I cried Like part of me had died I'm learning all about my life By looking through her eyes And as her image Wandered through my head I wept just like a baby As I lay awake in bed And I know what it's like To lose someone you love And this felt just the same She wasn't given any choice Desperation stole her voice I've been given so much more in life I've got a son, I've got a wife I had to suffer one last time To grieve for her and say goodbye Relive the anguish of my past To find out who I was at last The door has opened wide I'm turning with the tide Looking through her eyes ACT II Scene Six: Home [Past] [The Sleeper:] Shine- lake of fire Lines take me higher My mind drips desire Confined and overtired Living this charade Is getting me nowhere I can't shake this charade The city's cold blood calls me home... Home... It's what I long for Back home... where I belong The city- it calls to me Decadent scenes from my memory Sorrow- eternity My demons are coming to drown me Help- I'm falling, I'm crawling I can't keep away from its clutch Can't have it, this habit It's calling me back to my home [The Miracle:] I remember the first time she came to me She poured out her soul all night and cried... I remember I was told there's a new love that's born For each one that has died... I never thought that I Could carry on with this life But I can't resist myself No matter how hard I try Living their other life Is getting them nowhere I'll make her my wife Her sweet temptation calls me home... Home... It's what I long for My home... where she belongs Her ecstasy- means so much to me Even decieving my own blood Victoria watches and thoughtfully smiles She's taking me to my home Help- he's my brother, but I love her I can't keep away from her touch Deception, dishonor It's calling me back to my home "...four, four, who wants the hard [ A craps "stickman" is heard ] four?... who wants the hard four?... [calling out various bets during ] ...shooter had one, four... [ the gambling and sex sequence. ] ...one, four... one and make it the hard way... ...got the shooter... ...coming out for a new player... take your best shot, gambler... ...who wants to come? better hop in... place your bets... who wants to come?" [Present] [Nicholas:] Her story- it holds the key Unlocking dreams from my memory Solving this mystery Is everything that is a part of me Help- regression, obsession I can't keep away from it's clutch Leave no doubt, to find out It's calling me back to my home Scene Seven: I. The Dance Of Eternity (instrumental) Scene Seven: II. One Last Time [Present] [Nicholas:] It doesn't make any sense This tragic ending In spite of the evidence There's something still missing Heard some of the rumors told A taste of one's wealth Did Victoria wound his soul? Did she bid him farewell? [Past] [Victoria:] One last time We'll lay down today One last time Until we fade away One last time We'll lay down today One last time We slowly fade away... away [Present] [Nicholas:] Here I am inside his home It holds the many clues To my suspicions And as I'm standing here right now I'm finally shown what I have always known Coincidence I can't believe As my childhood dreams slowly come true Are these her memories Awakened through my eyes This house has brought back to life An open door I walk on through Into his bedroom Feeling as cold as outside The walls disappear To some woman who's screaming A man pleads forgiveness His words I cannot hear Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On [Present] [Nicholas:] Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where do we go when we die? What lies beyond And what lay before? Is anything certain in life? They say, "Life is too short," "The here and the now" And "You're only given one shot" But could there be more, Have I lived before, Or could this be all that we've got? If I die tomorrow I'd be all right Because I believe That after we're gone The spirit carries on I used to be frightened of dying I used to think death was the end But that was before I'm not scared anymore I know that my soul will transcend I may never find all the answers I may never understand why I may never prove What I know to be true But I know that I still have to try If I die tomorrow I'd be allright Because I believe That after we're gone The spirit carries on [Victoria:] "Move on, be brave Don't weep at my grave Because I am no longer here But please never let Your memory of me disappear" [Nicholas:] Safe in the light that surrounds me Free of the fear and the pain My questioning mind Has helped me to find The meaning in my life again Victoria's real I finally feel At peace with the girl in my dreams And now that I'm here It's perfectly clear I found out what all of this means If I die tomorrow I'd be allright Because I believe That after we're gone The spirit carries on Scene Nine: Finally Free [Present] [The Hypnotherapist:] "You are once again surrounded by a brilliant white light. Allow the light to lead you away from your past and into this lifetime. As the light dissipates you will slowly fade back into consciousness remembering all you have learned. When I tell you to open your eyes you will return to the present, feeling peaceful and refreshed. Open your eyes, Nicholas." [Past] [The Miracle:] Friday evening The blood still on my hands To think that she would leave me now For that ungrateful man Sole survivor No witness to the crime I must act fast to cover up I think that there's still time He'd seem hopeless and lost with this note They'll buy into the words that I wrote "This feeling inside me Finally found my love, I've finally broke free No longer torn in two I'd take my own life before losing you" [Victoria:] Feeling good this Friday afternoon I ran into Julian Said we'd get together soon He's always had my heart He needs to know I'll break free of the Miracle It's time for him to go This feeling inside me Finally found my love, I've finally broke free No longer torn in two He'd kill his brother if he only knew Their love renewed They'd rendezvous In a pathway out of view They thought no one knew Then came a shot out of the night [The Miracle:] "Open your eyes, Victoria." [Towards the end of the shrieks ] [and gun fire during the fight. ] [The Sleeper:] One last time We'll lay down today One last time Until we fade away One last time We'll lay down today One last time We fade away As their bodies lie still And the ending draws near Spirits rise through the air All their fears disappear, it all becomes clear A blinding light comes into view An old soul exchanged for a new A familiar voice comes shining through... [Present] [Nicholas:] This feeling inside me Finally found my life, I'm finally free No longer torn in two I learned about my life by living through you This feeling inside me Finally found my life, I'm finally free No longer torn in two Living my own life by learning from you We'll meet again my friend someday soon... "...news in London, France, Russia [Samples from TV news broadcasts.] and Italy have deleted their lead story, all anticipating the outcome of the man considered to be a member of American nobility." "And as you can imagine, as the skies have grown darker here over Washington, the mood has grown darker as well and people here are beginning to resign themselves to the possibility that they are witnessing yet another tragedy in a long string of misfortunes." "Reaction from everywhere, from Washington and certainly from around the world has cast..." [The Hypnotherapist:] "Open your eyes, Nicholas." [Nicholas:] "Aaah!" "Sleep Together" by Garbage I got you crawling up a mountain And around my neck I got you twisted round my finger Crawling round my lips The emptiness The craziness Satisfy this loneliness Darling How would it feel? CHORUS: If we sleep together Will you like me better If we come together We'd go down forever If we sleep together Will I like you better If we come together Prove it now or never Make me a pretty person and make me Feel like I belong Make me hard and make me happy Make me beautiful The emptiness The craziness Satisfy this loneliness Darling How would it feel CHORUS If we sleep together Nothing satisfies me baby If we sleep together I was something pretty baby If we sleep together Give me what I crave now baby If we sleep together Save the rest for later baby If we sleep together You would drive me crazy baby If we sleep together I save it all for you my baby If we sleep together If we sleep together If we sleep together "Looking for Atlantis" by Prefab Sprout if you're looking for atlantis you should cast your eye on me put your two and two together dont you know who built atlantis and returned it to the sea dont you know who owns the weather? rain or shine sure is good to seek a challenge sure is fine to set your sights sure is foolish to be blinded there are legions out there churchin searching for the holy grail isn't one of them can find it all this time you should be loving someone and you know who it must be cause you'll never find atlantis till you make that someone me say you do find your volcano and the darn thing is still hot lesson one: child don't waste it lesson two: the world's your cherry but tomorrow? maybe not lesson three: come on and taste it all this time you should be loving someone and you know who it must be cause you'll never find atlantis till you make that someone me "Rush" by Depeche Mode Walk with me Open your sensitive mouth And talk to me Hold out your delicate hands And feel me Couldn't make any plans To conceal me Open your sensitive mouth Hold out your delicate hands With such a sensitive mouth I'm easy to see through When I come up When I rush I rush for you Cry for you Seen the tears Roll down from my eyes for you Heard my truth Distorting to lies for you Watched my love Becoming a prize for you Seen the tears in my eyes Heard my truth turn to lies Seen the tears in my eyes I'm not proud of what I do When I come up When I rush I rush for you I come up to meet you Up there somewhere When I rush to greet you My soul is bared Gave more for you Dropped my crutches And crawled on the floor for you Went looking behind every door for you And because of the things That I saw for you I spiritually grew When I come up When I rush I rush for you "B & T" by Spiderbait She thinks she's got a power bat But thanks her soul to think about that They're waiting for the truth to hit And no one wants to deal with it She thought so hard she bled all over They use weapons to take you over Take away your mind for a couple of years She takes (something) For this heart in grace Take you over Take you over Take me over Take you over I'm walking down to the top of the city You can see your head from the top of the city Big and ugly and it looks so pretty Good therapy when you're feeling shitty I'm walking down to the top of the city You can see your head from the top of the city Wait for the cold to smash you in the face You'll see me in there Everything you hate Take you over Take me over Take you over Take me over "The Rollercoaster Ride" by Belle & Sebastian hey people, looking out the window at the city below hey people, looking out the window full of fun and sorrow hey people, looking out the window at the city below hey people, looking out the window, you'll be gone tomorrow the rollercoaster ride the rollercoaster ride of all the trouble kept her inside take judy, where her bow and arrow she's a mastermind too frumpy for the teenage population of her time car coat, she has a quilted jacket with a hood if it rains big pocket for the pharmaceuticals she takes to fix her brain the rollercoaster ride the rollercoaster ride of all the trouble kept her inside a puzzle for the moment, settle down to do it with him you're happy cause you're cozy and the rain comes rattling in it tickles, and it's something that is very good for your skin you're waiting for a baby, Baby, watch the idiot running you're hanging from the balcony upon the riverboat glass you're watching with your mouth wide open for the top of the class she came on with the boys while you were stuck in various poses if you were to remove your clothes, d'you think the singer would notice? "Enjoy" by Bjork I wish: I want to stay here I wish: this be enough I wish: I only love you I wish: simplicity Look at the speed out there It magnetizes me to it And I have no fear I'm only into this to Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy, enjoy. I wish I'd only look And didn't have to touch I wish I'd only smell this And didn't have to taste How can I ignore? This is sex without touching I'm going to explore I'm only into this to Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy, enjoy. "Oh Father" by Madonna It's funny that way, you can get used To the tears and the pain What a child will believe You never loved me You can't hurt me now I got away from you, I never thought I would You can't make me cry, you once had the power I never felt so good about myself Seems like yesterday I lay down next to your boots and I prayed For your anger to end Oh father I have sinned Oh father if you never wanted to live that way If you never wanted to hurt me Why am I running away Maybe someday When I look back I'll be able to say You didn't mean to be cruel Somebody hurt you too "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd Hello? Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me. Is there anyone at home? Come on, now, I hear you're feeling down. Well I can ease your pain Get you on your feet again. Relax. I'll need some information first. Just the basic facts. Can you show me where it hurts? There is no pain you are receding A distant ship, smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves. Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying. When I was a child I had a fever My hands felt just like two balloons. Now I've got that feeling once again I can't explain you would not understand This is not how I am. I have become comfortably numb. O.K. Just a little pinprick. There'll be no more aaaaaaaaah! But you may feel a little sick. Can you stand up? I do believe it's working, good. That'll keep you going through the show Come on it's time to go. There is no pain you are receding A distant ship, smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves. Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying. When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse Out of the corner of my eye. I turned to look but it was gone I cannot put my finger on it now The child is grown, The dream is gone. I have become comfortably numb. "Linoleum" by NOFX Posessions never meant anything to me I'm not crazy ('cause I've got none) Well that's not true, I've got a bed and a guitar And a dog named dog who pisses on my floor That's right, I've got a floor So what, so what, so what? I've got pockets full of kleenex and lint and holes Where everything important to me just seems To fall right down my leg And on the floor My closest friend, linoleum Linoleum Supports my head, gives me something to believe That's me on the beachside combing the sand Metal meter in my hand Sporting a pocket full of change That's me on the street with a violin under my chin Playing with a grin, singing gibberish That's me on the back of the bus That's me in the cell That's me inside your head That's me inside your head "Pearl" by Babes in Toyland Little Pearl she was this girl Her thoughts and notions in a whirl She was pretty quick Found her stick Filled it thick with... BLACKSUGAR SHIT Ole blackglasses Spoonful molasses Drinking wine Killing time Burn it black with a candle All bent at the handle Devil spit makes Pearl sick She had a name her name's insane A little maid picks away at her brain To much disdain her brain remained To think thought all axe and maim and... BLACKSUGAR SHIT I live inside... Off with their heads for I'm staying in bed I'm sick of that blackbird that shrieks in my head Blacksugar shit is shit "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" by Elton John Don't wish it away Don't look at it like it's forever Between you and me I could honestly say That things can only get better And while I'm away Dust out the demons inside And it won't be long before you and me run To the place in our hearts where we hide And I guess that's why they call it the blues Time on my hands could be time spent with you Laughing like children, living like lovers Rolling like thunder under the covers And I guess that's why they call it the blues Just stare into space Picture my face in your hands Live for each second without hesitation And never forget I'm your man Wait on me girl Cry in the night if it helps But more than ever I simply love you More than I love life itself "Jasper" by Spiderbait I was trying to remember Why we used to say "Hello" Even though I never liked you anyway You were always there to shit me And you really did annoy me Don't invite me to your party Saturday I'll go anyway! Do you miss me are you Happy now you don't see me around Does it feel like you're the man you are again I've been trying to remember Why we used to say "Hello" Even though it doesn't matter anyway I still wanna stay (??) "Daughter" by Pearl Jam alone.. listless.. breakfast table in an otherwise empty room. a young girl.. violens.. center of her own attention. mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it tries to make her proud. the shades go down its in her head painted room can't deny theres something wrong. don't call me daughter not fit to the picture kept will remind me don't call me daughter not fit to the picture kept will remind me don't call me she holds the hand.. that holds her down she will... rise above don't call me daughter not fit to the picture kept will remind me don't call me daughter not fit to be the picture kept will remind me don't call me daughter not fit to the picture kept will remind me don't call me daughter not fit to be the picture kept will remind me don't call me "Mama, I'm Coming Home" by Ozzy Osbourne Times have changed and times are strange Here I come, but I ain't the same Mama, I'm coming home Times gone by seem to be You could have been a better friend to me Mama, I'm coming home You took me in and you drove me out Yeah, you had me hypnotized Lost and found and turned aroound By the fire in your eyes You made me cry, you told me lies But I can't stand to say goodbye Mama, I'm coming home I could be right, I could be wrong Hurts so bad, it's been so long Mama, I'm coming home Selfish love yeah we're both alone The ride before the fall But I'm gonna take this heart of stone I just got to have it all CHORUS I've seen your face a hundred times Everyday we've been apart I don't care about the sunshine, yeah 'Cause Mama, Mama, I'm coming home I'm coming home You took me in and you drove me out Yeah, you had me hypnotized Lost and found and turned around By the fire in your eyes CHORUS "Hymn 43" by Jethro Tull Oh father high in heaven -- smile down upon your son whose busy with his money games -- his women and his gun. Oh Jesus save me! And the unsung Western hero killed an Indian or three and made his name in Hollywood to set the white man free. Oh Jesus save me! If Jesus saves -- well, He'd better save Himself from the gory glory seekers who use His name in death. Oh Jesus save me! I saw him in the city and on the mountains of the moon -- His cross was rather bloody -- He could hardly roll His stone. Oh Jesus save me! "Pennyroyal Tea" by Nirvana I'm on my time with everyone I have very bad posture Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea Distill the life that's inside of me Sit and drink Pennyroyal tea I'm anemic royalty Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld So I can sigh eternally I'm so tired I can't sleep I'm a liar and a thief Sit and drink pennyroyal Tea I'm anemic royalty I'm on warm milk and laxatives Cherry-flavored antacids "We Care A Lot" by Faith No More We care a lot about disasters, fires, floods and killer bees We care a lot about the NASA shuttle falling in the sea We care a lot about starvation and the food that Live Aid bought We care a lot about disease, baby Rock, Hudson, rock, yeah! We care a lot about the gamblers and the pushers and the geeks We care a lot about the crack and smack and whack that hits the street We care a lot about the welfare of all the boys and girls We care a lot about you people cause we're out to save the world YEAH! And it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it We care a lot about the army navy air force and marines We care a lot about the SF, NY and LAPD We care a lot about you people, about your guns about the wars you're fighting gee that looks like fun We care a lot about the Garbage Pail Kids, they never lie We care a lot about Transformers cause there's more than meets the eye We care a lot about the little things, the bigger things we top We care a lot about you people yeah you bet we care a lot, YEAH! Well, its a dirty job but someone's gotta do it And it's a dirty song but someone's gotta sing it "Subdivisions" by Rush Sprawling on the fringes of the city In geometric order An insulated border In between the bright lights And the far unlit unknown Growing up it all seems so one-sided Opinions all provided The future pre-decided Detached and subdivided In the mass production zone Nowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone Chorus (Subdivisions) In the high school halls In the shopping malls Conform or be cast out (Subdivisions) In the basement bars In the backs of cars Be cool or be cast out Any escape might help to smooth the unattractive truth But the suburbs have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth Drawn like moths we drift into the city The timeless old attraction Cruising for the action Lit up like a firefly Just to feel the living night Some will sell their dreams for small desires Or lose the race to rats Get caught in ticking traps And start to dream of somewhere To relax their restless flight Somewhere out of a memory of lighted streets on quiet nights... Chorus "In Your Room" by Depeche Mode In your room Where time stands still Or moves at your will Will you let the morning come soon Or will you leave me lying here In your favourite darkness Your favourite half-light Your favourite consciousness Your favourite slave In your room Where souls disappear Only you exist here Will you lead me to your armchair Or leave me lying here Your favourite innocence Your favourite prize Your favourite smile Your favourite slave I'm hanging on your words living on your breath feeling with your skin Will I always be here In your room Your burning eyes Cause flames to arise Will you let the fire die down soon Or will I always be here Your favourite passion Your favourite game Your favourite mirror Your favourite slave I'm hanging on your words living on your breath feeling with your skin Will I always be here "Us and Them" by Pink Floyd Us, and them And after all we're only ordinary men. Me, and you. God only knows it's noz what we would choose to do. Forward he cried from the rear and the front rank died. And the general sat and the lines on the map moved from side to side. Black and blue And who knows which is which and who is who. Up and down. But in the end it's only round and round. Haven't you heard it's a battle of words The poster bearer cried. Listen son, said the man with the gun There's room for you inside. "I mean, they're not gunna kill ya, so if you give 'em a quick short, sharp, shock, they won't do it again. Dig it? I mean he get off lightly, 'cos I would've given him a thrashing - I only hit him once! It was only a difference of opinion, but really...I mean good manners don't cost nothing do they, eh?" Down and out It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about. With, without. And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about? Out of the way, it's a busy day I've got things on my mind. For the want of the price of tea and a slice The old man died. "Promise To Try " by Madonna Little girl don't you forget her face Laughing away your tears When she was the one who felt all the pain Little girl never forget her eyes Keep them alive inside I promise to try -- it's not the same Keep your head held high -- ride like the wind Never look behind, life isn't fair That's what you said, so I try not to care Little girl don't run away so fast I think you forgot to kiss -- kiss her goodbye Will she see me cry when I stumble and fall Does she hear my voice in the night when I call Wipe away all your tears, it's gonna be all right I fought to be so strong, I guess you knew I was afraid you'd go away, too Little girl you've got to forget the past And learn to forgive me I promise to try -- but it feels like a lie Don't let memory play games with your mind She's a faded smile frozen in time I'm still hanging on -- but I'm doing it wrong Can't kiss her goodbye -- but I promise to try "Champagne Supernova" by Oasis How many special people change, how many lives are living strange Where were you while we were getting high? Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannon ball Where were you while we were getting high? Some day you will find me, caught beneath the landslide In a champagne supernova in the sky Some day you will find me, caught beneath the landslide In a champagne supernova, a champagne supernova in the sky Wake up the dawn and ask her why, a dreamer dreams she never dies Wipe that tear away now from your eye Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannon ball Where were you while we were getting high? Some day you will find me, caught beneath the landslide In a champagne supernova in the sky Some day you will find me, caught beneath the landslide In a champagne supernova, a champagne supernova Cos people believe that they're gonna get away for the summer But you and I, we live and die, the world's still spinning round We don't know why, why, why, why, why How many special people change, how many lives are living strange Where were you while we were getting high? Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannon ball Where were you while we were getting high? Some day you will find me, caught beneath the landslide In a champagne supernova in the sky Some day you will find me, caught beneath the landslide In a champagne supernova, a champagne supernova Cos people believe that they're gonna get away for the summer But you and I, we live and die, the world's still spinning round We don't know why, why, why, why, why How many special people change, how many lives are living strange Where were you while we were getting high? We were getting high We were getting high We were getting high We were getting high "Karma Police" by Radiohead Karma Police, arrest this man, he talks in maths He buzzes like a fridge, he's like a detuned radio Karma Police, arrest this girl, her hitler hairdo, is making me feel ill And we have crashed her party This is what you get, this is what you get This is what you get, when you mess with us Karma Police, I've given all I can, it's not enough I've given all I can, but we're still on the payroll This is what you get, this is what you get This is what you get, when you mess with us And for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself And for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself For a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself "Change of a Season" by Bonham Rains of winter have come and gone Signs of a season's change Winds they rush through the empty streets No one No one invades (???) Cool evenings now of days gone past Remind me of you Lights from times and I could see A tear now A tear now around me Days are short and now and I've grown week All the colors of summer Happy lives reach their peak Are gone now away I walk along an empty beach Walk alone today Old man steals from down that road It moves on Change of a season Devil, you maiden Change of a season Devil, you maiden You people here just don't believe These changing times When all that dies you just don't see That I'll turn so blind Sky grew black and stone grey dawn Went on for days They (???) sun to find a way Dead, she's on the floor Change of a season Devil, you maiden Change of a season Death of creation Change of a season Devil, you maiden Change of a season Death of creation I'm still here far from home (???) froze off the desert sea I'm still here far from home Minds hoping now on the winds of hell Still a flame of life in me I've lost a flower and seasons change Rains of winter have come and gone Sign of a season's change I've been here now for a thousand years Well I'll return again Don't want to end up like you Oh so all alone Your travel road comes once a year I know you wait till then Around me now the ocean's seas Turn black with rage A devil's game so hard to see You're not your own disguise Change of a season Devil, you maiden Change of a season Death of creation Change of a season Devil, you maiden Change of a season Death of creation "Cover My Eyes" by Dream Theater I've got my hands out in front of my face But I can hardly see I've bathed myself in holy water But it doesn't bother me Under my skin, upon my head Inside the walls, beneath my bed My black and whites are turning red Cover my eyes and tell me Am I really blind Cover my eyes and tell me Have I lost my mind I've got my fingers to the blade But I can't feel a thing Open my eyes in salty water But it doesn't even sting Under my skin, upon my head Stuck in my throat, beneath my breath My black and whites are turning red Cover my eyes and tell me Am I really blind Cover my eyes and tell me Have I lost my mind Have I lost my mind Have I lost my mind Under my skin, upon my head The lunatic is playing dead My black and whites are turning red Cover my eyes and tell me Am I really blind Cover my eyes and tell me Have I lost my mind Cover my eyes and tell me Am I really blind Cover my eyes and tell me Have I lost my Have I lost my mind Have I lost my mind Have I lost my mind "Goosh" by Spiderbait Whenever you call My name I nearly run out to kill you 'Cos baby you've gone Insane And I don't know how to tell you 'Cos baby you look So strange Hanging down from the ceiling And maybe you need A change To take you mind to better days Doo-doo-do-doo Doo-doo-do-doo Doo-doo-do-doo Doo-doo-do-doo Doo-doo-do-doo Doo-doo-do-doo Doo-doo-do-doo Doo-doo-do-doo Doo-doo-do-doo Doo-doo-do-doo Doo-doo-do-doo Doo-doo-do-doo Album: Life Was Better EP by Magic Dirt "Daddy" You better move your hand then You better know your next move Woke up and found the tattoo you promised to do Running there the delicate eyesight Special suicide then you said (3X) Then you said You never send away for Just for the penalty of breaking No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no I should have just stayed where I was safer Special suicide then you said (3X) Then you said No I'm not a rescuer (3X) No I'm not You know I'm not Maybe I should have done something Just another bit of something Should you have played to my caressor Or couldn't you just feel anything Special suicide then you said (3X) Then you said No I'm not a rescuer (3X) No I'm not You know I'm not "Ice" 500k WAV file at Satanic Youth web site Ice in your eye It's human that you never come And that you we never feel the same way You slay, sleep tight Home at last to my own cacoon Not yours in my own Mind of doubt Here's hell, she's now How is it when you are you And you can't see the way you found me Am I wasting, all my time (3X) Am I wasting I have, you have Assuming that this Tradgedy is actually assumable Am I wasting, all my time (3X) Am I wasting Dance failed Shutters drawn and I'm fogging up There's too much food and I give up Wasted (4X) "Amoxycillin" When I dream that I'm retarded Head to head extreme agression I can't get you to take any notice Gotta stop wanting all your attention All your attention (x 3) When my heart decides to stop I'll take you in and see the house yeah Carcass rings are everywhere I gotta stop wanting all your attention All your attention (x 3) Started from my liver to my brain Things will never be the same again I cant get out of my hospital bed I gotta stop wanting all your attention All your attention (x 3) When I dream that I'm retarded Head to head extreme agression I can't get you to take any notice Gotta stop wanting all your attention All your attention (x 3) "Fairy Park" Where I wanna be I live well Though I wanna see I live well No more tea spoons I live well No one for you Will you wait for me? Wait for me Wait for me Wait for me With the pain gone I live well Your only song I live well No more cartoons I live well No one for you Will you wait for me? Wait for me Wait for me Wait for me Saw a little boy cry he liked to scream (3X) Saw a little boy cry he like to "He-Man" I'll run into you again (4X) Can you give me one of your stares? (3X) Can you give me one? Do you hide in the corner When I wanna Razor cut my life? Is the popcorn in the kitchen Ready yet? Do we really know the same thing Same song? Is it really not the same when I turn away? With a curse in your heart You have Nothing to say So I crawl into the whirlpool And I see one hundred stars I forgot that you touched your own Mutilated scars (Here we go now) Has the cat got your tongue? (3X) Has the cat got it? I joined a line You joined a line around the hen Nothing more is said Cat got your tongue I wear a blue silk gown I put my arm around a peachy [black] boy I put a cigarette on Make ya, make ya, make ya lose ya brain Make ya lose ya brain (2X) Make ya, make ya, make ya lose ya brain Make ya lose ya brain (2X) Make ya, make ya, make ya lose ya brain, yeah Make ya lose ya brain (2X) Make ya, make ya, make ya lose ya brain, yeah I'll run into you again (4X) Can you give me one of your stares (4X) Can you give me one (4X) "Possibly Maybe" by Bjork Your flirt finds me out Teases the crack in me Smittens me with hope Possibly maybe, possibly maybe, possibly maybe. As much as I definitely enjoy solitude I wouldn't mind perhaps Spending little time with you Sometimes, sometimes Possibly maybe probably love Possibly maybe probably love Uncertainty excites me Baby Who knows what's going to happen? Lottery or car crash Or you'll join a cult Probably maybe, possibly love This is probably maybe, possibly love, possibly Mon petit vulcan You're eruptions and disasters I keep calm Admiring the lava I keep calm Possibly maybe probably love Possibly maybe probably love Electric shocks? I love them With you dozen a day But after a while I wonder Where's that love you promised me? Where is he? Possibly maybe probably love Possibly maybe probably love How can you offer me love like that? My heart's burned How can you offer me love like that? I'm exhausted Leave me alone Possibly maybe, possibly maybe, possibly maybe. Since we broke up I'm using lipstick again I'll suck my tongue In remembrance of you Possibly maybe, possibly maybe Possibly maybe, possibly maybe Possibly maybe, possibly maybe "Boys at the Beak" by Spiderbait (something something something) on my wall (something something something) in the hall I work at Channel 9 I've gotta camera in my home Then I'll fuck you up the arse when I got you alone (???) (???????????????????) (Wow... anyone know?) "Horsin' Around" by Prefab Sprout It's me again your worthless friend or foe I somehow let that lovely creature down Horsin' around, horsin' around Some things we check and double check and lose I guess I let that little vow get lost Forgettin' the cost, forgettin' the cost Quick to forgive and so slow to blame, the very thought fills me with shame But that didn't stop it happening The thrill of it - can I call it that ? - was cheap And feeling cheap's the only thing you keep It's so unsightly to walk from her arms so lightly Selling it all up the swanee Horsin' around's a serious business, last thing you'd want somebody to witness I was the fool who always presumed that I'd wear the shoes and you'd be the doormat You wonder why my hands are still shaking: In need of a cry the shoulders are taken.. I deserve to be kicked so badly You deserve more than I sold you for Horsin' around, horsin' around The moral is whatever else you learn You shouldn't let that lovely creature down Lord just blind me, don't let her innocent eyes remind me Selling it all up the swanee Horsin' around, horsin' around. "Wicked Ways" by Garbage I tried hard to mend my wicked ways I acted like a lunatic for years Lord knows I tried to be good I'd keep my promise if only I could Count your blessings that I covered light on you And I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and I tried CHORUS: Collect your pictures in the hall Put them up on the other wall ????? Close the door and keep it shut I've done things I've never thought I'd do Sure ain't help to lose myself in you Every time I'll be alright Say, c'mon sugar we'll go out tonight Forgive your trespassers and all that we've been through And I tried.(rpt. 7 times) CHORUS that sinking feeling When you are leaving All I'm believing What's at the door? I tried hard to mend my wicked ways Damage's done, there's nothing left to say And I tried (rpt. 7 times) CHORUS (w/ bkgd. Vocals) "Luka" by Suzanne Vega My name is Luka I live on the second floor I live upstairs from you Yes I think you've seen me before If you hear something late at night Some kind of troublesome kind of fright Just don't ask me what it was Just don't ask me what it was I think it's because I'm clumsy I try not to talk to loud Maybe it's because I'm crazy I try not to act too proud They only hit until you cry And after that you don't ask why You just don't argue anymore You just don't argue anymore You just don't argue anymore Yes I think I'm okay I walked into the door again Well, if you ask that's what I'll say And it's not your business anyway I guess I'd like to be alone With nothing broken, nothing thrown Just don't ask me how I am Just don't ask me how I am Just don't ask me how I am "Do it Again" by Steely Dan In the mornin you go gunnin' For the man who stole your water And you fire till he is done in But they catch you at the border And the mourners are all singin' As they drag you by your feet But the hangman isn't hangin' And they put you on the street You go back Jack do it again Wheel turnin' 'round and 'round You go back Jack do it again When you know she's no high climber Then you find your only friend In a room with your two timer And you're sure you're near the end Then you love a little wild one And she brings you only sorrow All the time you know she's smilin' You'll be on your knees tomorrow You go back Jack do it again Wheel turnin' 'round and 'round You go back Jack do it again Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of milk and honey You must put them on the table "A Question Of Time" by Depeche Mode I've got to get to you first Before they do It's just a question of time Before they lay their hands on you And make you just like the rest I've got to get to you first It's just a question of time Well now you're only fifteen And you look good I'll take you under my wing Somebody should They've persuasive ways And you'll believe what they say It's just a question of time It's running out for you It won't be long until you'll do Exactly what they want you to I can see them now Hanging around To mess you up To strip you down And have their fun With my little one It's just a question of time It's running out for you It won't be long until you'll do Exactly what they want you to Sometimes I don't blame them For wanting you You look good And they need something to do Until I look at you And then I condemn them I know my kind What goes on in our minds It's just a question of time It should be better It's just a question of time It should be better with you It's just a question of time "Black" by Pearl Jam Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay Were laid spread out before me, as her body once did All five horizons revolved around her soul as the earth to the sun Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn Oooo, and all I taught her was everything Oooo, I know she gave me all that she wore And now my bitter hands shake beneath the clouds of what was everything All the pictures sent all been washed in black ...tattooed everything I take a walk outside, I'm surrounded by some kids at play I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear? And twisted thoughts that spin round my head, I'm spinnin' Oh I'm spinnin', how quick a sun can drop away And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass of what was everything All the pictures have all been washed in black ...tattooed everything All the love gone bad turned my world to black Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all that I'll be yeaheah Uhuh...uhuh...oooh I know someday you'll have a beautiful life I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky But why, why, why can't it be...can't it be mine? "Should Have Done What My Mum Always Told Me To" by Spiderbait I know you and you know me I've got no personality Take away all your sympathy Do what you like to do to me N-no-no-no-n-no-no! N-no-no-no-no! I can see the way it's gonna go Only you and me will ever know Busting out of here is gonna be Almost an impossibility See the way that you're looking at me today (something) Can I swim? Can I get away? I can see, I can hear, I can taste the air Wanna run but I'm under intensive care N-no-no-no-n-no-no! N-no-no-no-n-no-no! N-no-no-no-n-no-no! I don't ever wanna say it Let me go and then I'll play it Don't you ever wanna see it? Looking at me with an eye I can see trouble brewing Don't you tell me what you're doing I don't ever wanna do it Looking at you with an eye N-no-no-no-n-no-no! N-no-no-no-n-no-no! N-no-no-no-n-no-no! N-no-no-no-n-no-no! N-no-no-no-n-no-no! N-no-no-no-n-no-no! N-no-no-no-n-no-no! N-no-no-no-no! Look at all the things you've done to me I can see you're where you want to be Put me in this sick serenity I can tell there's not much time for me Feeling sick, (something), yeah I'm slowing down Gotta get to a beat gotta come around See the door open up, see you coming through Should have done what my mum always told me to "Tesko Suicide" by Sneaker Pimps Phone me and I'll hang up Sick and tired of being bubble gum chewed up dark lane, bleak house shrinking rose, You're over and out Tie a cherry bootstring, put your candy teeth in Choking on a sweetheart, hang up, hang up, hang up Go on girls - solo, Go on girls - take a chance, Go on girls - trust it, Go on girls - the truth is ... Cut your hair wear a chip on your shoulder Get ahead, get laid, get it over Cheap show, back seat martyr's pose, you're over and out I'm checking out of my senses, buying best defences Putting on the trousers, hang up, hang up, hang up Go on girls - solo, Go on girls - take a chance, Go on girls - trust it, Go on girls - the truth is ... So so ... Single ... So low ... The truth is ... You want the day to fit to a soundtrack Get a story get a life and get back You've got nothing to shout about You're over and out I'm checking out of my senses, Buying best defences Fired up on free-will, hang up, hang up, hang up Go on girls - solo, Go on girls - take a chance, Go on girls - trust it, Go on girls - the truth is ... So so ... Single ... So low ... The truth is ... So so ... Single ... So low ... The truth is ... "Stairway To Heaven" by Led Zeppelin There's a lady who's sure All that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to heaven. When she gets there she knows If the stores are all closed With a word she can get what she came for. Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven. There's a sign on the wall But she wants to be sure 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings. In a tree by the brook There's a songbird who sings, Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven. Ooh, it makes me wonder, Ooh, it makes me wonder. There's a feeling I get When I look to the west, And my spirit is crying for leaving. In my thoughts I have seen Rings of smoke through the trees, And the voices of those who standing looking. Ooh, it makes me wonder, Ooh, it really makes me wonder. And it's whispered that soon If we all call the tune Then the piper will lead us to reason. And a new day will dawn For those who stand long And the forests will echo with laughter. If there's a bustle in your hedgerow Don't be alarmed now, It's just a spring clean for the May queen. Yes, there are two paths you can go by But in the long run There's still time to change the road you're on. And it makes me wonder. Your head is humming and it won't go In case you don't know, The piper's calling you to join him, Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, And did you know Your stairway lies on the whispering wind. And as we wind on down the road Our shadows taller than our soul. There walks a lady we all know Who shines white light and wants to show How ev'rything still turns to gold. And if you listen very hard The tune will come to you at last. When all are one and one is all To be a rock and not to roll. And she's buying a stairway to heaven. "Edge of Thorns" by Savatage An offering of reasons We put them all away A covering of treasons That one by one we let slip away A solitary dancer So lost upon her stage I have seen you on the edge of dawn Felt you there before you were born Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns But I don't think about you anymore A study made of winter Of summers long ago And dreams that use to glitter Safely now hidden under snow And so we end this chapter And let the stage lights fade I have seen you on the edge of dawn Felt you there before you were born Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns But I don't think about you anymore "In the Aeroplane over the Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel What a beautiful face I have found in this place That is circling all round the sun What a beautiful dream That could flash on the screen In a blink of an eye and be gone from me Soft and sweet Let me hold it close and keep it here with me And one day we will die And our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea But for now we are young Let us lay in the sun And count every beautiful thing we can see Love to be In the arms of all I'm keeping here with me Anna's ghost all around Hear her voice as it's rolling and ringing through me Soft and sweet How the notes all bend and reach above the trees Now how I remember you How I would push my fingers through Your mouth to make those muscles move That made your voice so smooth and sweet And now we keep where we don't know All secrets sleep in winter clothes With one you loved so long ago Now he don't even know his name What a beautiful face I have found in this place That is circling all round the sun And when we meet on a cloud I'll be laughing out loud I'll be laughing with everyone I see Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all "Oklahoma" by Dan Bern On the 19th day of April Of 1995 There was the worst car bombing 200 people died. In Oklahoma City On Wednesday, 9 o'clock They struck the Federal building Took out near half a block. They thought it was an earthquake Made trees and light poles bend And folks thought they were seeing The world come to an end. They blew the building open; It lay there like a wound Twisted pipes and wires And silent like a tomb. Yes, it blew the building open And blew folks lives apart Fire fighters mumbling And wondering where to start They rushed out some survivors But soon could only cry And place the dead in caskets And ask the dear lord why Prayers for the missing For daughters and for sons Prayers for the souls of those Who'd never hurt a one. Kevin Small was lucky His clock needed repair. He overslept an hour: His three year old son was spared. But for too many others The news was not so bright. One baby got her picture in the paper, Then she died. The President, he promised "they'd pay dearly for the blast And all across the country Flags were flying at half mast. (harmonica) Shock soon turned to anger "Who'd do this ?" People said And anyone suspicious had A price upon their head. They thought it was some Arabs And folks began to scream, "First tighten up the borders: Then hang them from a tree! " This proves what we've been saying 'Bout our fair and gentle land Nobody who did this could be an American " The FBI got busy Some drawings and some names And everyone was looking for Someone else to blame. Some fifty hours later Early Friday day They found the man they wanted In jail, ten miles away. A so-called right extremist A patriot government foe An expert on explosives And white as driven snow. When people heard the news, They found it hard to understand "How could such a murderer Come from our own land?" But when we build walls and borders From fear and hate and guns The hatred turns around and Strikes at everyone. Maybe now we'll understand, Maybe now we'll see; Super Patriots are seldom friends of you and me. They're scared and weak and cowards And they think that with their guns The ones they're most afraid of Will turn around and run. But when we stand strong together And let love enjoy it's will, Misfortune can't defeat us It makes us stronger still. Like on the nineteenth day of April, Of Nineteen, ninety- five The day all Oklahomans will Remember all their lives. "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" by The Smiths stop me, stop me stop me if you think that you've heard this one before stop me, stop me stop me if you think that you've heard this one before nothing's changed i still love you, oh i still love you only slightly less than i used to i was delayed i was way-laid an emergency stop i smelt the last ten seconds of life i crashed down on the crossbar and the pain was enough to make a shy, bald buddhist reflect and plan a mass-murder who said i'd lied to her? who said i'd lied because i never who said i'd lied because i never i was detained, i was restrained he broke my spleen he broke my knees (and then he really laid into me) friday night in Out-patients who said i'd lied to her? who said i'd lied because i never who said i'd lied because i never oh, so i drank one or was it four and when i fell on the floor i drank more stop me, stop me stop me if you think that you've heard this one before nothing's changed i still love you oh i still love you but only slightly less than i used to "Fallen Angel" by Poison She stepped off the bus out into the city streets Just a small town girl with her whole life Packed in a suitcase by her feet But somehow the lights didn't shine as bright as they did On her mama's TV screen And the work seemed harder And the days seemed longer Than she ever thought they'd be But you know you got to stick to your guns When it all comes down Cause sometimes you can't choose It's like heads they win Tails you're gonna lose Chorus: Win big--Mama's fallen angel Lose big--livin' out her lies Wants it all--Mama's fallen angel Lose it all, rollin' the dice of her life Now she found herself in the fast lane livin' day to day Turned her back on her best friends, yeah And let her family slip away Just like a lost soul caught up in the Hollywood scene All the parties and the limousines Such a good actress hiding all her pain Trading her memories for fortune and fame Just a step away from the edge of a fall Caught between heaven and hell Where's the girl I knew a year ago Chorus Too much too soon Or just a little too late Cause when her ship came in She wasn't there and it just wouldn't wait Solo, chorus out "Creep" by Stone Temple Pilots Forward yesterday Makes me wanna stay What they said was real Makes me wanna steal Livin' under house Guess I'm livin', I'm a mouse All's I gots is time Got no meaning, just a rhyme Take time with a wounded hand 'Cause it likes to heal Take time with a wounded hand 'Cause I like to steal Take time with a wounded hand 'Cause it likes to heal, I like to steal I'm half the man I used to me This I feel as the dawn It fades to gray Well, I'm half the man I used to be This I feel as the dawn It fades to gray Well, I'm half the man I used to me This I feel as the dawn It fades to gray Well, I'm half the man I used to be, half the man I used to be Feelin' uninspired Think I'll start a fire Everybody run Bobby's got a gun Think you're kinda neat Then she tells me I'm a creep Friends don't mean a thing Guess I'll leave it up to me Take time with a wounded hand 'Cause it likes to heal Take time with a wounded hand Guess I like to steal Take time with a wounded hand 'Cause it likes to heal, I like to steal I'm half the man I used to me This I feel as the dawn It fades to gray I'm half the man I used to be This I feel as the dawn It fades to gray I'm half the man I used to be This I feel as the dawn It fades to gray I'm half the man I used to be, half the man I used to be Take time with a wounded hand 'Cause it likes to heal Take time with a wounded hand Guess I like to steal Take time with a wounded hand 'Cause it likes to heal, I like to steal I'm half the man I used to me This I feel as the dawn It fades to gray I'm half the man I used to be This I feel as the dawn It fades to gray I'm half the man I used to be This I feel as the dawn It fades to gray I'm half the man I used to be, half the man I used to be, Half the man I used to be "Do Ya Know" by Slaughter It's been an illusion in your mind Imagination runs wild Well are you satisfied 'Cause the picture you paint is so blue? Ah, so blue Or do you close your eyes To live the other side? When you're lookin' in the mirror There is no one in sight Yeah! Chorus: Do you really know who you are? So ya wanna change your life Do you really know who you are? 'Cause you're gonna have to face it (Gonna have to face it)Tell me why Why do ya cry out(cry out loud) In vain Lost in confusion Is your game Well are you satisfied 'Cause the picture you paint is so blue Ah, so blue Or do you close your eyes To live the other side When you're lookin' in the mirror There is no one in sight Yeah! Chorus: Do you really know who you are? So you wanna change your life Do you really know who you are? 'Cause you're gonna have to face it (Gonna have to face it) You're gonna have to face it Tell me why Yeah, why, why, why? Tell me why, why, why Yeah, yeah, yeah Do ya know? You won't remember What you've done And now you live life On the run You're gonna have to face it, baby Chorus: Do you really know who you are? So you wanna change your life-Oh yeah! Do you really know who you are? 'Cause you're gonna have to face it (Gonna have to face it) You're gonna have to face it-Oooh yeah Yeah (Do you close your eyes to live the other side?) (Close your eyes to live the other side) (Close your eyes to live the other side) (Close your eyes, close your eyes) (Close your eyes to live the other side) (Close your eyes, Close your eyes) (Close your eyes to live the other side) (Close your eyes to live the other side) (Close your eyes to live the other side) (Close your eyes, close your eyes) "Barrel of a Gun" by Depeche Mode Do you mean this horny creep Set upon weary feet Who looks in need of sleep That doesn't come This twisted, tortured mess This bed of sinfulness Who's longing for some rest And feeling numb What do you expect of me What is it you want Whatever you've planned for me I'm not the one A vicious appetite Visits me each night And won't be satisfied Won't be denied An unbearable pain A beating in my brain That leaves the mark of Cain Right here inside What am I supposed to do When everything that I've done Is leading me to conclude I'm not the one Whatever I've done I've been staring down the barrel of a gun Is there something you need from me Are you having your fun I never agreed to be Your holy one Whatever I've done I've been staring down the barrel of a gun "Startin' Up A Posse" by Anthrax Now I'm gonna tell ya a story A tale of wrong and Right and freedom is the reason You can't take it without a fight Verse 1 So now I'm startin' up a posse (Suck my dick, suck my dick) To come and look for you We're gonna put a stop To what you want to do You fucking whores (You fuckin' whores) That's all you are Verse 2 You say our records are offensive (You're a douche, You're a douche) Our messages ain't right You say "We're gonna label records So our kids can grow up right" You fucking whores (Let them decide) That's all you are Chorus Shit, fuck, staan, death, sex drugs, rape These seven words you're trying to take Shit, fuck, satan, death, sex, drugs, rape Right or wrong it's our choice to make America the beautiful, Land of the free Don't change the words to land of Hypocrisy Verse 3 Now I'm startin' up a posse (Fascist scum, fascist scum) And we'll damn sure make you see Something that offends you May not be offensive to me You fucking whores (You fuckin' whores) That's all you are Verse 4 Now you might take offense To a word like "fuck" or "shit" (Dick!) But you fuckin' don't have the right (Cunt!) To discriminate me for saying it! You fuckin' whores ( You fuckin' whores) That's all you are Chorus Verse 5 So now I'm startin' up a posse (Motherfucker, motherfuck) To fight for freedom of choice To fight for freedom of speech We're gonna make you hear our voice Verse 6 And now I don't do this to shock you (That's the end, that's the end) I don't do this for spite You've got the choice, don't buy it, don't read it, And don't say your opinion's right You fucking whores (You fuckin' whores) That's all you are (Cunty, cunty, cunty, cunt) Verse 7 You know you can't censor my feelings You can't censor my thoughts Censorship's against Everything America stands for You fuckin' whores (Let us decide) That's all you are (And this ain't sexist, either) Album: Mezzanine by Massive Attack "Angel" You are my angel Come from way above To bring me love Her eyes She's on the dark side Neutralize Every man in sight Love you, love you, love you ... You are my angel Come from way above Love you, love you, love you ... "Black milk" You're not my eater I'm not your food Love you for good Love you for mother Eat me In the space Within my heart Love you for good Love you for mother Mother fountain Who live ??? The most ??? ??? Love you for good Love you for mother ??? to ??? Only ??? "Dissolved girl" Shame Such a shame I think I kind of lost myself again Day Yesterday Really should be leaving but I stay Say Say my name I need a little love to ease the pain It's easy to remember when it came 'Cause It feels like I've been I've been here before And you are not my savior But I still don't go Feels like something that I've done before I could fake it but I still want more Fade Made the fade Passion's overrated anyway Say Say my name I need a little love to ease the pain It's easy to remember when it came 'Cause I feels like I've been I've been here before And you are not my savior But I still don't go Feels like something that I've done before I could fake it but I still want more, oh! "(Exchange)" Yeah yeah yeah ah You see a man's face But you don't see his heart You see a man's face But you will never know his thoughts Everywhere you go There's a man to say love Never neither never neither Take it to heart For your heart is your heart And your thoughts is your thoughts Never mix love with hatred You see a man's face You will never see his heart You see a man's face But you will never know his thoughts You see a man's face You will never know his thoughts You see a man's face "Group four" A flask I drink of sober tea While reeling cameras monitor me And the buzz surrounds it does Buzz surrounds (x2) Closed eyed sky wide open Unlimited girl unlimited sigh Elsewhere indefinitely far away magnifies and deepens Ready to sing my sixth sense peacefully place on my breath And listening Keys swing from my hand My ears know that my eyes are closed perish thoughts like contraband I train myself in martial arts as advertised i reinforce my softened parts as advertised seen through me little glazed lane a world in myself ready to sing my sixth sense peacefully place on my breath Flickering I roam And listening My ears know that my eyes are closed We need to sing My sixth sense peacefully placed on my breath Flickering I roam And listening my ears know that my eyes are closed i see to bolts, put keys to locks no boats are rocked, i'm free to roam among dummy screens and magazines closed eyed sky wide open unlimited girl unlimited sigh to think I lay next to you wasting time when I could do a simple job in striplight a flask I drink of sober tea til daylight sends me home flickering I roam daydreaming admiring being quietly, open the world i hear the time of the starry sky turning over at midnight seen through me little glazed lane a world in myself daydreaming admiring being quietly, open the world i hear the time of the starry sky turning over at midnight "Inertia creeps" Recollect me darling raise me to your lips Two undernourished egos four rotating hips Hold on to me tightly i'm a sliding scale Can't endure then you can inhale Clearly out of body experience Interferes and dreams of flying i fit nearly Surrounds me though I get lonely Slowly Moving up slowly Inertia keeps She's moving up slowly In my home no chrome as clear as See me now with my nearest dearest Been there when I'm over-careering Room shifting is endearing Between us is our kitchen Where she finds my irritant's itching Been here before Been here forever Moving up slowly Inertia keeps moving up slowly Inertia creeps moving up slowly Inertia keeps moving up slowly She comes There be no sound in my eiderdown Awake i lie in the morning blue Room is still my antenna in you Nylon burns the bedspread with 2 Gravity's zero see me stall I bounce off the walls lose my footing and fall It can be sweet though incomplete though And the frames will freeze See me on all fours It's been a long time She comes (x2) Comes I want to x you, she comes (x2) I caught your radio waves (x2) With tin cans and string Say you string me along Say string me along "Man next door" There is a man that live next door In my neighborhood (x2) And he gets me down... He gets in so late at night Always a fuss and fight (x2) All through the night I've got to get away from here This is not a place for me to stay I've got to take my family We'll find a quiet place Hear the pots and pans they fall Bang against my wall (x2) No rest at all He gets in so late at night Always a fuss and fight (x2) All through the night I've got to get away from here This is not a place for me to stay I've got to take my family We'll find a quiet place "Mezzanine" I'm a little curious of you in crowded scenes And how serene your friends and fiends We flew and strolled as 2 eliminated gently Why don't you close your eyes and reinvent me You knew you had a heart made of stone You should have let me know You could have let me know We'll go 'till morning comes And traffic grows And windows hum Speding all week with your friends Give me evenings and weekends Evenings and weekends I could for yours We can unwind All these other flaws all these influence You'd agree it's a typical high You fly as you watch your name go by And once the name goes by Not thicker than water nor thicker than mud and the 8K thuds it does sunset so quickly Let's make it quiet and quickly Don't frown tastes better on the way back down I care for yours We can unwind All these other flaws all these influence All these other flaws Will lead to mine We are more curious ??? Stick me down Stick me...down We can unwind all these other flaws "Rising sun" I seen you go down to a cold mirror It was never clearer in my error You click a shine upon your forehead or Check it by the signs in the corridor You light my ways through the club maze We would struggle through the dub daze I sink myself in hair upon my lover It's how you go down to men's room sink Sad we talk how madmen think I sink myself in hair upon my lover I don't know her from another miss I don't know you from another See me run now you're gone...dream on Why you want to take me to this party and breathe I'm dying to leave Every time we grind you know we sever lines Where have those flowers gone Long time passing Why you keep it testing, keep on tasking I keep on asking Toy-like people make me boy-like (x2) They're invisible, when the trip it flips They get physical, way below my lips And everything you got hoi-poloi like Now you're lost and you're lethal Now's a fine time, you gotta leave all These good people...dream on Nicer than the bird up in the tree top Cheaper than the chip inside my lap top All the variations you could do with me Nicer than the girl up in your mind you're free Automatic crystal remote control, we come to move your soul You kinda fade into the background Like a better smoke'll bring you back round Like a man slide inside you my dear Your cheap beer's filled with crocodile tears See 'em run now your gone...dream on I found a reason Toy-like people make me boy-like (x2) Dream on "Teardrop" Love, love is a verb Love is a doing word Feather's on my breath Gentle impulsion Shakes me makes me lighter Feather's on my breath Teardrop on the fire Feather's on my breath in the night of matter Black flowers blossom Feather's on my breath Black flowers blossom Feather's on my breath Teardrop on the fire Feather's on my breath Water is my eye Most faithful mirror Feather's on my breath Teardrop on the fire of a confession Feather's on my breath Most faithful my love Feather's on my breath Teardrop on the fire Feather's on my breath stumbling a little (x2) "Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue It's no problem of mine but it's a problem I find Living a life that I can't leave behind There's no sense in telling me The wisdom of a fool won't set you free But that's the way that it goes And it's what nobody knows While every day my confusion grows Every time I see you falling I get down on my knees and pray I'm waiting for that final moment You'll say the words that I can't say I feel fine and I feel good I'm feeling like I never should Whenever I get this way, I just don't know what to say Why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday I'm not sure what this could mean I don't think you're what you seem I do admit to myself That if I hurt someone else Then I'll never see just what we're meant to be Every time I see you falling I get down on my knees and pray I'm waiting for that final moment You'll say the words that I can't say "Shakespeare's Tacklebox" by Spiderbait "The prisoners have escaped!" (every so often) "They will kill all of us" (every so often) "Exterminate them!" "Your time is running out Blake... your time and your luck" "Father Of Mine" by Everclear Father of mine tell me where have you been? You know I just closed my eyes and my whole world disappeared. Father of mine take me back to the day when I was still your golden boy, Back before you went away. I remember blue skies, walking the block. I loved it when you held me high, I loved to hear you talk. You would take me to a movie, you would take me to the beach, You would take me to the place inside that is so hard to reach. Father of mine tell me where did you go? You had the world inside your hand, and you did not seem to know. Father of mine, tell me what do you see, When you look back at your wasted life and you don't see me. I was ten years old, doing all that I could. It wasn't easy for me to be a scared white boy in a black neighbourhood. Sometimes you would send me a birthday card with a five dollar bill. I never understood you then, and I guess I never will. Daddy gave me a name, my dad he gave me a name then he walked away. Daddy gave me a name then he walked away. My dad me gave me a name. Father of mine, tell me where have you been? I just closed my eyes and the world disappeared. Father of mine, tell me how do you sleep? With all the children you abandoned and the wife I saw you beat. I will never be safe, I will never be sane, I will always be weird inside, I will always be lame. Now I'm a grown man with a child of my own. And I swear that I will never let her know all the pain I have known. Then he walked away. Daddy gave me a name then he walked away. My dad he gave me a name then he walked away. Daddy gave me a name then he walked away. My dad he gave me a name. Then he walked away. "Eclipse" by Pink Floyd All that you touch All that you see All that you taste All you feel. All that you love All that you hate All you distrust All you save. All that you give All that you deal All that you buy, beg, borrow or steal. All you create All you destroy All that you do All that you say. All that you eat And everyone you meet All that you slight And everyone you fight. All that is now All that is gone All that's to come and everything under the sun is in tune but the sun is eclipsed by the moon. "Dumb" by Nirvana I'm not like them But I can pretend The sun is gone But I have a light The day is done But I'm having fun I think I'm dumb or maybe just happy Think I'm just happy my heart is broke But I have some glue help me inhale And mend it with you [We'll float around] And hang out on clouds Then we'll come down And I have a hangover... Have a hangover Skin the sun Fall asleep Wish away The soul is cheap Lesson learned Wish me luck Soothe the burn Wake me up "Negative Girl" by Steely Dan She's lost - she's late She's zooming on a couch somewhere Or high - or home I'm not supposed to call her there I wait - I smoke I stare into my coke It's happening again I tell myself that it's over and done, amen Her skin - like milk It's like she's never seen the sun Some hearts to crunch Is more like her idea of fun I know - she's ill I'm cruising for a spill I'm hanging just the same I need to be in the heat Of her cold white flame Another negative girl At the edge of the frame Deliciously toxic The original classic thing - more of the same She's in the zone Crying on the phone I need you here I'm on the street again Staggering out into the burn of the brain dead dawn To arrive in time to find her gone She's on the train To somewhere up by Fordham Road Her reptile brain Locked down and ready in combat mode Some cash - a key This guy she has to see A doctor friend uptown And maybe she gets to me when she comes back down Another negative girl Spinning out of the frame Exquisitely limpid The original classic thing - more of the same A goof - a buzz If that is what it was Then how do you explain The way she looks when she's Dragging me out to dance with her In the summer rain Another negative girl At the edge of the frame Exhausting and luscious The original classic thing - more of the same "Shanti/Ashtangi" by Madonna Vunde gurunam caranaravinde Sandarsita-svatma-sukhavabodhe Nihsreyase jangalikayamane Sansara-halahala-moha-santyai Hala hala Ahahu-purusakaram sankha-cakrasi (2x) Dharinam, d-ha-rinam sahasra-sirasam (2x) Vande Chorus Aum, Shanti Aum, Shanti Shanti, shanti Shante, Aum Chorus Refrain Chorus (3x) English Translation : I worship the gurus' lotus feet Awakening the happiness of the self-revealed Beyond comparison Working like the jungle physician To pacify loss of conscienceness from The poison of existence In the form of a man up to the shoulders Holding a conch, discus and sword Thousand-headed, white I bow respectfully Peace "Yesterday" by The Beatles Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away Now it looks as though they're here to stay Oh, I believe in yesterday. Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be, There's a shadow hanging over me. Oh, I yesterday came suddenly. Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say. I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday. Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play. Now I need a place to hide away. Oh, I believe in yesterday. Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say. I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday. Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play. Now I need a place to hide away. Oh, I believe in yesterday. Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm. "Roxanne" by The Police Roxanne You don't have to put on the red light Those days are over You don't have to sell your body to the night Roxanne You don't have to wear that dress tonight Walk the streets for money You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right Roxanne You don't have to put on the red light Roxanne You don't have to put on the red light Roxanne (Put on the red light) Roxanne (Put on the red light) Roxanne (Put on the red light) Roxanne (Put on the red light) Roxanne (Put on the red light) Roxanne I loved you since I knew you I wouldn't talk down to you I have you to tell just how I feel I won't share you with another boy I know my mind is made up So put away your make up Told you once I won't tell you again It's a bad way Roxanne You don't have to put on the red light Roxanne You don't have to put on the red light Roxanne (Put on the red light) Roxanne (Put on the red light) Roxanne (Put on the red light) "Hey" by Spiderbait Hey I don't remember my name And if you think that I'm sane My personality's out again (??) Hey I'll think of something to say It really isn't my day And I apologise in each and every single way No I'm never ready to go And they will bet that I'm slow But then they tell me I'm wonderful So I'm very happy to show That everyone that I know Is living the tale of woe "Don't Look Past Me" by Dream Theater "I don't know, I feel a lot of [Sample is Robert DeNiro from the ] distance and I feel far away. [film "The Deer Hunter". ] I'll see you later..." I have seen you born before me I have watched you die I have heard every word you said to me Leave no question in your mind There is no brighter star to guide you Don't look past me to the sun, the sun is I I am the sun... So close the door behind him He wanders slowly to the car Trying to lift his heavy heart He says... "I feel bad about this. [Sample is Timothy Hutton from the] I feel really bad about this. [film "Ordinary People". ] Just, just let me feel bad about this." I'm through just getting by Countless times a friend has told me Watch out for the wave Now it seems the sea will be my grave And still you swim to save me Even though the water is much colder now Even though the water is much colder now Sometimes you can act on intuition Sometimes you can use a different point of view I've found that in such a position I could always come to you (Sun) I've seen you weep I have seen you tired and lonely (without you) But it only takes one heart (one heart) To lift you up and send you on Can you understand the life I've shown you Understand it's me, I'm giving you I have seen you born before me I have watched you die I have heard every word you said to me I have no question in my mind There's been no brighter star to guide me I don't look past you to the sun, so don't look past me to the sun, The sun is... And so love is broken They're asking me how can you help When you don't even know how that feels I don't need one thousand reasons When someone starts to cry When someone says my heart needs lifting Don't ask how come, ask how high I have seen you born before me I have watched you die I have heard every word you said to me Leave no question in your mind There is no brighter star to guide you Don't look past me to the sun, the sun is I Leave no question in your mind There is no brighter star to guide you Don't look past me to the sun, (it knows where you are) "Afro-Man" sung to the tune of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" by Rich, The Stoner Guy I Lived With Once I am Afro-Man Running through the hills from the Ku Klux Klan They have white robes Pointed hats and baseball bats Oh shit, they're using me As a pinata in a Christmas tree "Pride (In the Name of Love)" by U2 One man come in the name of love One man come and go One man come, he to justify One man to overthrow In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love One man caught on a barbed wire fence One man he resist One man washed on an empty beach. One man betrayed with a kiss In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love (nobody like you...) Early morning, April 4 Shot rings out in the Memphis sky Free at last, they took your life They could not take your pride In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love... "Bachelorette" by Bjork I'm a fountain of blood In the shape of a girl You're the bird on the brim Hypnotised by the Whirl Drink me, make me feel real Wet your beak in the stream Game we're playing is life Love is a two way dream Leave me now, return tonight Tide will show you the way If you forget my name You will go astray Like a killer whale Trapped in a bay I'm a path of cinders Burning under your feet You're the one who walks me I'm your one way street I'm a whisper in water Secret for you to hear You are the one who grows distant When I beckon you near Leave me now, return tonight The tide will show you the way If you forget my name You will go astray Like a killer whale Trapped in a bay I'm a tree that grows hearts One for each that you take You're the intruder saint I'm the branch that you break Hum-yeah! "The Trees" by Rush There is unrest in the forest, There is trouble with the trees, For the maples want more sunlight And the oaks ignore their pleas. The trouble with the maples, (And they're quite convinced they're right) They say the oaks are just too lofty And they grab up all the light. But the oaks can't help their feelings If they like the way they're made. And they wonder why the maples Can't be happy in their shade. There is trouble in the forest, And the creatures all have fled, As the maples scream "Oppression!" And the oaks just shake their heads So the maples formed a union And demanded equal rights. "The oaks are just too greedy; We will make them give us light." Now there's no more oak oppression, For they passed a noble law, And the trees are all kept equal By hatchet, axe, and saw. "Shashashavaglava" by Spiderbait ShaSha! Shavaglava! Shavaglava! Shavaglava! ShaSha! Shavaglava! Shavaglava! Shava... (for the whole song) "Going To California" by Led Zeppelin Spent my days with a woman unkind, Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine. Made up my mind to make a new start, Going To California with an aching in my heart. Someone told me there's a girl out there With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair. Took my chances on a big jet plane, Never let them tell you that they're all the same. The sea was red and the sky was grey, Wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today. The mountains and the canyons started to tremble and shake As the children of the sun began to awake. Seems that the wrath of the Gods Got a punch on the nose and it started to flow; I think I might be sinking. Throw me a line if I reach it in time I'll meet you up there where the path Runs straight and high. To find a queen without a king; They say she plays guitar and cries and sings. La la la la Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born. Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams, Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems. "All Apologies" by Nirvana Wha4t else should I be All apologies What else should I say Everyone is gay What else could I write I don't have the right What else should I be All apologies In the sun In the sun I feel as one In the sun In the sun I'm married buried I wish I was like you Easily amused Find my nest of salt Everything is my fault I'll take all the blame I'll proceed from shame Sunburn with freezer burn Choking on the ashes of a memory All in all we all are "To Bring You My Love" by PJ Harvey I was born in the desert I've been down four years Jesus come closer I think my time is near I've travelled over Dry earth and floods Hell on high waters To bring you my love Climbed over mountains Traveled the seas Cast out of heaven Cast down on my knees I play with the devil Curse god above Forsaken heaven To bring you my love To bring you my love To bring you my love No one's gonna be here Forsaken heaven Curse god above Play with the devil Bring you my love Album: Retreat from the Sun by That Dog "I'm Gonna See You" we'll have lots of bail tons of trail mix cuz we're setting out to sail courageously you and me. we'll have lots of love for both of us and none of the above the waste activity you and me. i'm gonna see you in the morning i'm gonna see you when you're uptight i'm gonna see you when you're boring i'm gonna see you every night. i'm gonna see you every night. we'll having wedding dreams and baby seats and family gatherings eternally you and me. we'll have visits small long-distance calls and meetings in bathroom stalls and fantasy you and me. i'm gonna see you in the morning i'm gonna see you when you're uptight i'm gonna see you when you're boring i'm gonna see you every night i'm gonna see you every night. i'm gonna see you every night "Never Say Never" i was blind as a bat and still knew where you were at i was deaf and dumb and still knew that you're the only one. i could show up at your door and still know what you're looking for. i could wait in your line and if you had no money i would give you my last dime. i never (never, never) took it out no, i never (never, never) took it out on you no, i never (never say never) take it out on you. no, i never (never, never, never) took it out (never, never, never) no, i never (never, never, never) take it out on you never say never never say never never say never never say never "Being With You" i sit with emptiness waiting for your call will you still love me after the fall an open phone line, but i still hit your walls and it's just like being with you. the cold rejection, that we can see the our whole reflection, that i can't believe we'll say it's over, but won't feel relief it's just like being with you it's just like being with you. you know what you need to do and i know what's right for me and you know what you need to do and i know what's right for me a happy birthday i will wish you the swollen memory, so we must choose a tearful goodbye but we can't lose it's just like being with you. it's just like being with you. you know what you need to do and i know what's right for me. "Gagged and Tied" i'd like to take you home so that we can be alone. we'll go for a walk then we'll go home not to talk. and i don't care if you don't treat me like a lady. and i don't care just sit there and don't disobey me. mistress never tells a lie would you love me gagged and tied it's not your style, i can see you crack a smile. it's okay with me i just want the company. put on venus in furs and you can go home afterwards. and i don't care if you don't treat me like a lady and i don't care just sit there and don't disobey me don't treat me like a lady mistress never tells a lie, would you love me gagged and tied it's not your style, i can see you crack a smile. would you love me gagged and tied would you love me gagged and tied would you love me gagged and tied would you love me gagged and tied mistress never tells a lie would you love me gagged and tied mistress never tells a lie it's not your style, i can see you crack a smile it's not your style, i can see you crack a smile. "Retreat From the Sun" and i looked away from you and i found a better way to do it and i've seen some younger people happy as can be but not as especially happier than me. happier than me. you may run like a bitch in heat but it's fun to sometimes try to retreat from the sun cause it's awful lonely where i'm coming from where i'm coming from. retreat from the sun retreat from the sun retreat from the sun retreat from the sun "Minneapolis" i was at the jabberjaw cutest boy i ever saw he was standing behind me he was such a dream. he kept looking right my way i wanna see him every day randy told me where he lives in minneapolis hung around till closing time i wanna make him mine all mine told my friends i want to leave but they embarrassed me i took out my keys for my car walked down the street--not very far he came running after me he saw me at the entry minneapolis minneapolis minneapolis minneapolis minneapolis minneapolis minneap... he said, "i heard you ask about me" and i responded "yes" quietly he said, "i'm leaving on wednesday come see me when Low plays" so i went to see him again he should be my new best friend running so romantically down the street for me. so he said he'd write or call cuz i'd be touring in the fall he said he wanted me to move but that just won't do to minneapolis minneapolis minneapolis minneapolis minneapolis minneapolis minneapolis minneapolis minneapolis minneapolis "Annie" you look like an angel your blue eyes leave a steel impression my friends miss you coming round people talking bout it all over town i never knew you and i know you now i don't know how i don't know how you'd sit on your house, you're writing out your will he'd be there holding your baby, and i'd be there holding him still he said "let me take you out so you can have some fun, but can we take your car cause i don't have one" this is like a car crash it's in my car and he's driving. he said "let's go for a ride i'll take you anywhere you wanna go" i asked if maybe i could drive he said no he'd be there holding your baby and i'd be there paying the bills he said let me take you out so but can we take your car cause i don't have one you can have some fun but can we take your car cause i don't have one but can we take your car cause i don't have one but can we take your car cause i don't have one i don't know how i don't know how i don't know how i don't know how "Every Time I Try" what do you wanna do (what do you wanna do) what do you wanna do (what do you wanna do) hey i'm talking to you, my friend what do you wanna eat where do you wanna sleep are you talking to me, my friend i have this problem with you i wanna work it out, but i don't know how to every time i try... every time i try i cry over you where are you gonna be if you stay here with me are you walking in your sleep again i have this problem with you i wanna work it out, but i don't know how to every time i try... every time i try i cry cry cry cry cry. i have this problem with you i wanna work it out, but i don't know how to every time i try... every time i try i cry i cry over i cry over you i wanna work it out, but i don't know how to i wanna work it out, but i don't know how to i wanna work it out, but i don't know how to every time i try every time i try i wanna work it out, but i don't know how to every time i try i wanna work it out, but i don't know how to "Long Island" you're pretty dreamy for a boy from long island you should come to see me on my western horizon seems as though it's cause we're never meant to meet but i just look at you and know you're pretty sweet i want to set a place for you at my table we can sit forever watching reruns on cable take you driving in my brother's beat old car sharing a cigarette and wish upon a star together so you say you like my shirt (i like your shirt) and you say you've got a lot just like them (i've got a lot just like them) and i hear you wrote a song about me by definition, a crush must hurt and they do and they do just like the one i have on you. i want to set a place for you at my table we can sit forever watching reruns on cable seems as though it's cause we're never meant to meet but i just look at you and know you're pretty sweet so you say you like my shirt and you say you've got a lot just like them and i hear you wrote a song about me by definition, a crush must hurt and they do and they do just like the one i have on you. you're pretty dreamy for a boy from long island you should come to see me on my western horizon take you driving in my brother's beat up car sharing a cigarette and wish upon a star together "Hawthorne" driving looking for your parents house striving to find a piece of you and i saw a punk rock show in a car garage and i saw you. trying to be strong for you and myself i was dying to get a piece of this and i saw a punk rock show in a car garage and i saw you as a child visiting while i saw you. and i saw a punk rock show in a car garage and i saw you as a child isn't it wild i saw a punk rock show in a car garage and i saw you. a dream come true (i saw) a dream come true (i saw) a dream come true (i saw) a dream come true (and i saw you) my dream come true. "Did You Ever" did you ever climb to the top of a tree and fall down and carve initials in for me to see did you ever did you want to did you ever climb to the top of a tree and fall down carve initials in for me to see did you ever did you want to did you ever fall in love with a small girl while all she wanted was a baby and maybe both meant it did you ever he said "here's what i'll do i'll split myself in two and that way you can be with me and i can learn to be with you" did you ever pinch her cheeks and call her plum she was sweet and spicy and spoiled really young did you ever did you want to he said "here's what i'll do i'll split myself in two and that way you can be with me and i can learn to be with you i can learn to be with you i can learn to be with you i can learn to be with you" did you ever? did you want to? "Cowboy Hat" i picked a cookie from the wrong batch i found an egg unable to hatch i started a fire but i could not find a match cause you wore a cowboy hat in the middle of the highway a cowboy hat fingers flying everywhere a cowboy hat and your middle finger pointed at me i saw a goldfish swimming downstream i picked an orange from the wrong tree you're the most valuable player, but i've chosen the wrong team cause you wore a cowboy hat in the middle of the highway a cowboy hat fingers flying everywhere a cowboy hat and your middle finger pointed at me cause you wore a cowboy hat in the middle of the highway a cowboy hat fingers flying everywhere a cowboy hat and your middle fingers pointed at me a cowboy hat lying in the desert a cowboy hat soaking in the gutter a cowboy hat and your middle fingers pointed at me "Until The Day I Die" it's been goodnight it's been goodbye it's been so long that i might cry one drunken kiss a drunken lie hung over mornings and a sobering cry i've never given back to you all the pain you've put me through and i've never given back to you a rainy day and a beautiful night a hung jury and a bed uptight i've been alone through the nights i'll be alone until the day i die cause i've never given back to you all the shame you've put me through and i've never given back to you all the love in the world to give to a little girl no matter how hard i've tried this will be until the day i die. i've never given never give to you and i've never given never give to you you you you you you it's been goodnight it's been goodbye it's been so long that i might cry "Lazy Line-painter Jane" by Belle & Sebastian working the village shop putting a poster up dreaming of anything dreaming of the time when you were free from all the trouble you're in in the mud, on your knees trying hard not to please anyone, all the time being a rebel's fine but you go all the way to being brutal you will have a boy tonight you will have a boy tonight on the first bus out of town on the first bus out of town let's see your kit for games all the girls look the same you are challenging style for running miles you're running miles in some boys jumper boo to the business world! you know a girl who's tax free on her back and making plenty cash while you are working for the joy of giving you will have a boy tonight you will have a boy tonight and you hope that she will see and you hope that she will see you are in two minds tossing a coin to decide whether you should tell your mum about a dose of thrush you got while you were licking railings but you read in a book that you got free in Boots there are lotions, there are potions you can take it to hide your shame from all those prying eyes Lazy Jane, all the time painting lines you are sleeping at bus stops wondering how you got your name and what you're going to do about it you will have a boy tonight you will have a boy tonight and you hope that she will see and you hope that she will see "America", the PR song from West Side Story Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Music by Leonard Bernstien Appreciated by Mogel Rosalia Puerto Rico, You lovely island, Island of tropical breezes. Always the pineapples growing, Always the coffee blossom blowing. Anita Puerto Rico, You ugly island, Island of tropic diseases. Always the hurricanes blowing, Always the population growing, And the money owing, And the babies crying, And the bullets flying. I like the island Manhattan. Smoke on your pipe and put that in! Girls sans Rosalia I like to be in America! O.K. by me in America! Ev'rything free in America For a small fee in America! R: I like the city of San Juan. A: I know a boat you can get on. R: Hundreds of flowers in full bloom. A: Hundreds of people in each room! Girls sans Rosalia Automobile in America. Chromium steel in America. Wirespoke wheel in American, Very big deal in America! R: I'll drive a Buick through San Juan A: If there's a road you can drive on. R: I'll give my cousins a free ride. A: How you get all of them inside? Girls sans Rosalia Immigrants goes to America. Many hellos in America. Nobody knows in American, Puerto Rico's in America! R: I'll bring a T.V. to San Juan. A: If there's a current to turn on! R: I'll give them new washing machine. A: What have they got there to keep clean? Girls sans Rosalia I like the shores of America. Comfort is yours in America. Knobs on doors in American, Wall-to-wall floors in America! R: When I will go back to San Juan. A: When you will shut up and get gone! R: Ev'ryone there will give big cheer! A: Ev'ryone there will have moved here! "First We Take Manhattan" by Leonard Cohen They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom For trying to change the system from within I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin I'm guided by a signal in the heavens I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin I'd really like to live beside you, baby I love your body and your spirit and your clothes But you see that line there moving through the station? I told you, I told you, told you, I was one of those Ah you loved me as a loser, but now you're worried that I just might win You know the way to stop me, but you don't have the discipline How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin I don't like your fashion business mister And I don't like these drugs that keep you thin I don't like what happened to my sister First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin I'd really like to live beside you, baby ... And I thank you for those items that you sent me The monkey and the plywood violin I practiced every night, now I'm ready First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin I am guided Ah remember me, I used to live for music Remember me, I brought your groceries in Well it's Father's Day and everybody's wounded First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear And he shows them, pearly white Just a jackknife has MacHeath, dear And he keeps it out of sight When the shark bites with his teeth, dear Scarlet billows start to spread Fancy gloves, though, wears MacHeath, dear So there's not a trace of red From a tugboat by the river A cement bag's dropping down The cement's just for the weight dear Bet you Mackie's back in town. On the sidewalk Sunday morning Lies a body oozing lif SOmeon's sneaking 'round the corner Is the someone Mack the Knife? Louie Miller disappeared, dear After drawing out his cash And MacHeath spends like a sailor Did our boy do something rash? Sukey Tawdry, Jenny Diver Polly Peachum, Lucy Brown Oh the line forms on the right dear Now that Mackie's back in town. "Scenester" by Spiderbait "Like people here are like really friendly... like, like... people have been great" "They're like um" "Like, like I had no idea" "Like totally tranquil" "Like, like!..." "Like... like I thought it was just like..." "Like wow you..." "Like... that's all you know, like I'll tell you about it when I get home" Hey look at me I'm a scenester! Hey look at me I'm a scenester! Hey look at me I'm a scenester! Can't get away from me scenester Go to all the rock and roll places Seen with all the rock and roll faces I'm gonna be a good bassist When I get myself a new tattoo Buy all the records that they do Go to all the shows that they do Wear all the clothes that they do I don't give a shit I don't have to Hate rock stars that are plastic 'Specially when they're geriatric Now they think that kids are fantastic They're so young and cute and they're so cool Feel so good I'm a scenester Feel so good I'm a scenester Feel so good I'm a scenester Can't stop me now I'm a scenester Deep down inside I'm a racist Deep down inside I'm a sexist Don't know much but I know that If you had Docs like me you'd be cool too "Invisible Touch" by Genesis WELL I'VE BEEN WAITING, WAITING HERE SO LONG BUT THINKING NOTHIN', NOTHING COULD GO WRONG OOH NOW I KNOW SHE HAS THE BUILT IN ABILITY TO TAKE EVERYTHING SHE SEES AND NOW IT SEEMS I'M FALLING, FALLING FOR HER!!!! SHE SEEMS TO HAVE AN INVISIBLE TOUCH, YEAH SHE REACHES IN AND GRABS RIGHT HOLD OF YOUR HEART SHE SEEMS TO HAVE AN INVISIBLE TOUCH, YEAH@! IT TAKES CONTROL AND SLOWLY TEARS YOU APART!!!! WELL I DON'T REALLY KNOW HER, I ONLY KNOW HER NAME BUT SHE CRAWLS UNER YOUR SKIN, YUOU'RE NEVER QUITE THE SAME AND I NOW I KNOW SHE'S GOT SOMETHING YOU JUST *CAN'T TRUST* IT's SOMETHING *MY*STER*IOUS*!!!!!! AND NOW IT SEEMS-----I'M FALLING, FALLING FOR HER!!!!!! SHE SEEMS TO HAVE AN INVISIBLE TOUCH, YEAH! SHE REACHES *&IN* AND *GRABS* RIGHT HOLD OF YOUR HEART SHE SEEMS TO HAVE AN INVISIBLE TOUCH, YHEA$@! IT TAKES CONTROL AND SLOWLY TEARS YOU APART!!!! SHE DON'T LIKE LOSING, TO HER IT'S STILL A GAME AND THOUGH SHE WIL MESS UP YOUR LIFE, YOU'LL WANT HER JUST THE SAMe AND NOW I KNOW SHE HAS A BUILT IN ABIL-I-TEEEEEEEEEeeeee TO TAKE EVERYTHING SHE SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES AND NOW IT SEEMS I'VE FALLEN, FALLNE FOR HER!!!! "Fly Me to the Moon" by Bart Howard Fly me to the moon And let me play among the stars Let me see what spring is like On Jupiter and Mars In other words hold my hand In other words darling kiss me Fill my life with song And let me sing forevermore You are all I hope for All I worship and adore In other words please be true In other words I love you "Minnie the Moocher" by Cab Calloway Folks here's a story 'bout Minnie the Moocher She was a red hot hoochie-coocher She was the roughest toughest frail But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi.... (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi) Whoa-oh-oho-oh-oh-oho.... (Whoa-oh-oho-oh-oh-oho) Ee-de-ee-de-ee-de-ee.... (Ee-de-ee-de-ee-de-ee) Way-hey-ey-ay-ee-ay-ay-ay.... (Way-hey-ey-ay-ee-ay-ay-ay) She messed around with a bloke named Smokey She loved him though he was Coke-y He took her down to Chinatown And he showed her how to kick the gong(?) around Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi.... (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi) Whoa-oh-oho-oh-oh-oho.... (Whoa-oh-oho-oh-oh-oho) Yeah-eah-aa-aheah-ah-ah-ah.... (Yeah-eah-aa-aheah-ah-ah-ah) Whoa--ioh--ioh--iohh.... (Whoa--ioh--ioh--iohh) She had a dream about the king of Sweden He gave her things that she was needin' He gave her a home built of gold 'n steel A diamond car ... with big pl-atinum wheels Hi-de-i-de-i-de-i-de-iii.... (Hi-de-i-de-i-de-i-de-iii) Oh-de-oh-de-oh-de-oh-de-O-oh.... (Oh-de-oh-de-oh-de-oh-de-O-oh) Skitleedatleedootidituditooey.... (Skitleedatleedootidituditooey) A-boo-rrigi-boo-rrigi-boo-rigi-ay.... (A-boo-rrigi-boo-rrigi-boo-rigi-ay) He gave her a townhouse and his racing horses Each meal she ate was a dozen courses She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes She sat around and counted them a million times Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-i.... (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-i) Whoahohohohohohooooooh.... (Whoahohohohohohooooooh) Whay-hey-heey-heey-hey-a-ay.... (Whay-hey-heey-heey-hey-a-ay) Whoa-oh - Whoa-oh.... (Whoa-oh - Whoa-oh) Poor Minnie Poor Minnie Poor Minnie.... "Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung" by "Weird Al" Yankovic I visit Mr. Frump in the hospital. I see him 'most every day. And when I see Mr. Frump in his iron lung, This is what I hear him say: (iron lung sounds) Ya know, Mr. Frump is my very best friend. He's never a chump or a tease. He never tells me lies, and best of all, He never disagrees. I bring him candy and flowers every afternoon. Sit down by his side and say "Hi". And then I ask him his opinion of the world situation, And I wait for Mr. Frump's reply. And Mr. Frump would say: (iron lung sounds) Well, unfortunately, soon it came to be Mr. Frump's dying day. So now I bring to you the very last thing That Mr. Frump had to say: (rapid iron lung sounds) A-men! "One" by Metallica I can't remember anything Can't tell if this is true or dream Deep down inside i feel to scream This terrible silence stops me Now that the war is through with me I'm waking up i can not see That there is not much left of me Nothing is real but pain now Hold my breath as i wish for death Oh please god, wake me Back in the womb its much too real In pumps life that i must feel But can't look forward to reveal Look to the time when i'll live Fed through the tube that sticks in me Just like a wartime novelty Tied to machines that make me be Cut this life off from me Hold my breath as i wish for death Oh please god,wake me Now the world is gone i'm just one Oh god,help me hold my breath as i wish for death Oh please god help me Darkness imprisoning me All that i see Absolute horror I cannot live I cannot die Trapped in myself Body my holding cell Landmine has taken my sight Taken my speech Taken my hearing Taken my arms Taken my legs Taken my soul Left me with life in hell "One" by U2 Is it getting better, Or do you feel the same, Will it make it easier on you now, You got someone to blame, You say, one love, one life, When it's one need in the night, One love, we get to share it, Leaves you baby if you don't care for it, Did I disappoint you, Or leave a bad taste in your mouth? You act like you never had love, And you want me to go without, Well it's too late, tonight, To drag the past out into the light, We're one, but we're not the same, We got to carry each other, carry each other, Have you come here for forgiveness? Have you come to raise the dead? Have you come here to play Jesus To the lepers in your head? Did I ask too much, More than a lot? You gave me nothing, Now it's all I got, We're one, but we're not the same, Well we hurt each other, now we do it again, You say, love is a temper, Love a higher love, Love is a temper, Love the higher love, You ask me to enter, Well then you make me crawl, And I can't be holding on to what you got, When all you got is hurt, One love, one blood, One life, you got to do what you should, One life with each other, Sisters, brothers, One life but we're not the same, We get to carry each other, carry each other, One, one. "A Perfect Government" by NOFX Even if it's easy to be free What's your definition of freedom? And who the fuck are you, anyway? Who the fuck are they? Who the fuck am I to say? What the fuck is really going on? How did the cat get so fat? Why does the family die? Do you care why? 'Cause there hasn't been a sign Of anything gettin' better In the ghetto People's fed up But when they get up You point your fuckin' finger You racist, you bigot But that's not the problem Now is it? It's all about the money Political power is takin Protecting the rich denying the poor Yeah, they love to watch the war from the White house And I wonder how can they sleep at night? How can they sleep at night? How did the cat get so fat? How did the cat get so fat? How did the cat get so fat? How did the cat get so fat? "It's No Good" by Depeche Mode I'm going to take my time I have all the time in the world To make you mine It is written in the stars above The gods decree You'll be right here by my side Right next to me You can run, but you cannot hide Don't say you want me Don't say you need me Don't say you love me It's understood Don't say you're happy Out there without me I know you can't be 'cause it's no good I'll be fine I'll be waiting patiently Till you see the signs And come running to my open arms When will you realise Do we have to wait till our worlds collide Open up your eyes You can't turn back the tide Don't say you want me Don't say you need me Don't say you love me It's understood Don't say you're happy Out there without me I know you can't be 'cause it's no good I'm going to take my time I have all the time in the world To make you mine It is written in the stars above Don't say you want me Don't say you need me Don't say you love me It's understood Don't say you're happy Out there without me I know you can't be 'cause it's no good Album: Whip-smart by Liz Phair "Chopsticks" I met him at a party and he Told me how to drive him home. He said he liked to do it backwards. I said that's just fine with me. That way we can fuck and watch TV. It was four a.m. and the light was gray Like it always is in paperbacks. He asked if I liked playing jacks. I told him that I was good to sixes, But all hell broke loose after that. I told him that I knew Julia Roberts When I was twelve at summer camp. We didn't say anything after that. I dropped him off and I drove on home 'Cause secretly, I'm timid. "Supernova" I have looked all over the place, But you have got my favorite face. Your eyelashes sparkle like gilded grass and your lips are sweet and slippery Like a cherub's bare wet ass ... 'Cause you're a human supernova, A solar superman. You're an angel with wings of fire, A flying, giant friction blast. You walk in clouds of glitter and the sun reflects your eyes. And every time the wind blows, I can smell you in the sky. Your kisses are as wicked as an F-16 And you fuck like a volcano and you're everything to me... 'Cause you're a human supernova, A solar superman You're an angel with wings of fire, A flying, giant friction blast You're a giant, flying friction blast 'Cause you're a human supernova, A solar superman, You're an angel with wings of fire, A flying, giant friction blast ... "Support System" I don't need a support system Lifting me into prop-position What I need is a man of action, I need my attraction to you Driving me down all those dangerous avenues Lions and tigers tearing at their food. (whistle break) I know the gossip Flies around at breakfast One of them rings in your hand Where the fuck do you get off thinking I was there at the party 'cause All of my friends feed me evil reasons Why you and I should not be friends... Let's think this whole thing through, Tell me, just what the hell is a lover supposed to do? I got the wrong reaction A slap in the face from you. (whistle break: This is such a stupid picture, Wrap me in a steak Why don't you Throw it in the panther cage and Maybe then I'll like you better (No Way)) I don't need a support system Lifting me into prop-position What they make is a separation of beauty from attitude What satisfaction is left when all you do tells everyone You're acting untrue (whistle break: This is such a stupid picture, Light a cigarette why don't you Stub it in a carburator, Maybe then you'll sell me something (No Way)) I don't need a support system Put your hand on my heart and listen What I need is a dedication to last me all the way through Pointing the finger, I'm counting on loving you Over and above the passion I'm connected to you. "X-Ray Man" As far as I know, baby, You can see As far as I go, funky baby, Digging deep inside of me... (uh uh uh uh uh uh x 4) As far as I know, sister, I'm alright As far as I know, funky lady, I'm coming home tonight... (you can see... through the smoke...) You're an X-ray man You got X-ray eyes [L] This is no reflection on you which is what I see inside [R] Why don't you put on your two-way sombrero and leave (uh uh uh uh uh uh x 4) You're an X-ray man You got white wall tires Iodine tan Cheap unpleasant desires You're an X-ray man Got an X-rated mind You're not satisfied looking at me, you're always Checking out the girl behind You're an X-ray man You got secret plans For me. "Shane" I know that it was the night 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 The world tonight In bed 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 'em Dick you around But don't let 'em 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've got to watch your ass You've gotta have fear in your heart (x 8) Fear in your heart. "Nashville" They don't know What they like so much about it They just go For any shiny old bauble And nobody sparkles like you... But I can't imagine it in better terms Than naked, half awake, about to shave and go to work... And I'm starting to think it could happen to me like it did to you And I'm starting to actually feel it seep through the Slick divide now I don't crack the door too far for anyone who's pushing too hard on me They don't know What they like so much about it Maybe it goes on the other side of the hallway, The writing's so small from here... But I can't imagine it in better terms Than naked, half awake, about to shave and go to work ... I won't decorate my love (x 6) "Go West" Safe on The interstate New York Is three thousand miles away And I'm not looking forward to following through But it's better than always running back into you I've closed my eyes and my bank account And gone west, young man Take off The parking brake Go coasting Into a different state And I'm not looking forward to missing you But I must have something better to do I've got to tear my life apart And go west, young man And it feels like I've got something to prove, But in some ways it's just something to do My friend's turn me around and say You go west, young man Stepping Down off my platform shoes Sixty- Nine in the afternoon And I'm waiting for someone in the know Like Pirnir tells me on the radio ed. note: this is the way it's spelled on the lyrics sheet. It may be "Pirner," as in Dave 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 sign says You have gone west, young man And it feels like I've 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 "Cinco De Mayo" Cinco de Mayo. Blow out, denial. It wasn't fun this time, letting you go. What if I never, a bullet forever, Held out my hand to you, we wouldn't have known Beautiful flow, Absolute measure, I ain't no pleasure hound Bus' out of control, plowing the road. Out on a bender, just Alice falling down A deepening hole. I'd never been to Rome until you smiled. You're about as old and piled. I used to pray for snow... Now I just wonder what spell I was under, Thinking you thought of me as Something to hold. I'd never been to Rome until you smiled. You're about as old and piled. Cinco de Mayo. Burn-out, Ohio. It wasn't me this time, letting you go. "Dogs of L.A." 4 The canyon air is like a breath of fresh L.A. I was a Star Trek crew member With my Beatle boots and my Super-8 And I raced you to the top, The camera gets a stuttered shot of Me approaching the painted shrine. I kissed the Buddha and made him cry I kissed the Buddha and made him cry, Georgie, I'm your friend! And the shit brown reservoir Is a testament to the dogs of L.A. They hold the place like the Mafia and say, Run me round again. The sawed off tree-trunks stand among the living palms You were beaming as I focused in and I panned along And I raced you to the top Kicking snakes up from dusty rocks Young Abe Vigoda plays Frankenstein I kissed the Buddha and made him cry I kissed the Buddha and made him cry, Georgie, I'm your friend! And the shit brown reservoir Is a testament to the dogs of L.A., they Hold the place like the Mafia and say, Run me round again. I wanna go again. And the shit brown reservoir Is a testament to the dogs of L.A. They hold the place like the Mafia and say, Run me round again. "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 'til I write my whole life story On the back of his big brown eyes. When they do the double dutch, that's them dancing. (x 4) And I'm gonna tell my son to join a 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 'Til he learns to let his hair down far enough to climb outside. When they do the double dutch, that's them dancing. (x 4) "Jealousy" He's got a million dollar car He's got a thirty-seven year old guitar He's got a family who deals heroin, you're on the edge of your chair and then You feel it He's looking at you He's laughing at you It's happening. I can't, I can't believe it. But it's here on the pages I'm reading It's all I can do to conceal my feelings of jealousy... jealousy... I know it's just a drawer of photographs They're ex-girlfriends, I try to remember that I don't wanna look, but I'm already hooked on jealousy... jealousy... I can't believe you had a life before me I can't believe they let you run around free Just putting your body wherever it seemed like a good idea What a good idea: Standing On the corner Watching The ladies Pass by Imagining me behind your eyes And then what did I see? I saw hips, I saw thighs I saw secret positions that we never try I saw jealousy I saw jealousy I can't, I can't believe it But it's here in this place and I see it It's all I can do to conceal my feelings of jealousy... jealousy... Standing On the mud flats Watching The salmon Fly Wonder if I'll ever bury the hatchet inside. Imagining me behind your eyes And then what did I see? I saw hips, I saw thighs I saw secret positions that we never try I saw jealousy I saw jealousy I can't believe you had a life before me I can't believe they let you run around free Just putting your body wherever it seemed like a good idea What a good idea: "Crater Lake" Once you've left a lonely rage on its own, it grows. And dynamite stuffed in a mailbox doesn't smoke until it blows... And oh, all the tears In four tiny years Well look at me, I'm frightening my friends... You better roll me... I bought a map of the moon. There's a crater with my name on it and a really good view There I was, getting drunk in your room Because I wanted to throw my weight around And oh, all the tears In four tiny years Oh look at me, I'm frightening my friends... You better roll me home (x 3) "Alice Springs" See the sun rise So loud, This whole town Gets drowned out. Sky writing with the sweep of a flashlight I'm driving over that way Some pot of gold, it's just a carpeting store on opening day. See the moon rise So slow, And shallow, It burns halos in my eyes. It's harder to swallow, It's harder to breathe, So many opals, nobody here knows what to believe. They've got me underground. "May Queen" Don't be fooled by him he's fine. Rock and roll Ken doll, He's a national end-all, He's an on and off friend of mine ... Where have I been? Got any what? Who have I seen? I spy a May queen. You were miles above me, Girls in your arms. The changing of her majesty's guard is truly amazing. Got any what? Disease, hashish, a mind, Do I have any what? Where have I been? Got any what? Who have I seen? I spy a May queen. You were miles above me, Girls in your arms. You could have planted a farm With all of them hay-seeds.... "Your Gold Teeth" by Steely Dan Got a feeling I've been here before Watching as you cross the killing floor You know you'll have to pay it all You'll pay today or pay tomorrow You fasten up your beaded gown Then you try to tie me down Do you work it out one by one Or played in combination You throw out your gold teeth Do you see how they roll I have seen your iron and your brass Can't you see it shine behind the glass Your fortune is your roving eye Your mouth and legs Your gift for the runaround Torture is the main attraction I don't need that kind of action You don't have to dance for me I've seen your dance before Do you throw out your gold teeth Do you see how they roll Tobacco they grow in Peking In the Year of the Locust You'll see a sad thing Even Cathy Berberian knows There's one roulade she can't sing Dumb luck my friend Won't suck me in this time Got a feeling I've been here before Won't you let me help you find the door All you got to do is use Your silver shoes A gift for the runaround Use your knack darlin' Take one step back darlin' There ain't nothing in Chicago For a monkey woman to do Do you throw out your gold teeth Do you see how they roll "wild horses" by Prefab Sprout through the rails i spied your ponytail, i tried with sugar cubes- and they're OK but i don't think I'll catch you that way i hate myself, cuz you're so cool with your mocking eyes "won't you look at the old fool?" wild horses-- i want to have wild horses-- i want to have wild horses look at you - unflawed now look at me - plain overawed grace and looks take no credit for girl you're young and they're part of the score like the chemicals at war in me til i'm a wolf with an eye for the ponies wild horses-- i want to have wild horses-- i want to have wild horses i want extra time to play afternoons in the hay it's a sorry way for a man to feel but sentimental is part of the deal i hate myself because it shows how i'm a fool for your rodeo wild horses-- i want to have wild horses-- i want to have wild horses-- i want to have you "Undone -- The sweater song" by Weezer Hey bud! How we doin man? All right... Its been a while man, this place is so rad... This bands my favorite man, don'tcha love um? Yeah... Oh man, you wanna beer? All right... Aw man, hell bro, this is best man, I'm so glad we're all back together and stuff. This is great man. Yeah... Hey you know about that party after the show? Yeah. Aw man, its gunna be the best... I'm so stoned. Take it easy bro! Aw me, baby, die down, I am, I can sing and, hear me, know me... If you want to destroy my sweater, pull this thread as I walk away Hey whats up? Not much... Um, did you hear about the party? Yeah... I think I'm gunna go, but my friends don't wanna go. Can I get a ride? Oh no, it go, it gone, bye-bye [bye], do I, I think, I sink, and I DIE! If you want to destroy my sweater. Woah woah a woah. Hold this thread as I walk away. As I walk away! Watch me unravel, I'll soon be naked Lying on the floor, Lying on the floor! I've come undone If you want to destroy my sweater. Woah woah a woah Hold this thread as I walk away. As I walk away! Watch me unravel, I'll soon be naked Lying on the floor, Lying on the floor! I've come undone I don't want to destroy your sweater Lets be friends and just walk away Hate to see you lying there in your superman skivvies Lying in the floor! Lying on the floor! I've come undone!! "I Am My Own Grandpa" many many years ago when i was 23 i was married to a widow that was purdy as can be this widow had a grownup daughter who had hair of red my father fell in love with her and soon the two were wed this made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life for my daughter was my mother because she was my father's wife to complicate the matter even though it brought me joy i soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy my little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad and so he became my uncle though it made me very sad for if he is my uncle then it also makes him brother to the widows grown-up daughter who is, of course, my own stepmother i'm my own grandpa i'm my own grandpa it's so funny, i know! but it really is so... i'm my own grandpa my father's wife then had a son that kept them on the run and so he became my grandchild because he was my daughter's son my wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue because although she is my wife, she's my grandmother too now if my wife is my grandmother, i am her grandchild and everytime i think of this, it nearly drives me wild this has got to be the strangest thing i ever saw as husband of my grandmother, i am my own grandpa! i'm my own grandpa hep hep hep i'm my own grandpa oi oi oi it's so funny, i know! but it really is so... hep i'm my own grandpa "Driving Up The Ceiling" by Spiderbait Driving Up the ceiling Wheeling (??) All I'm meaning (??) Dreaming Of the night time Thinking To a new sign As we're taking Sunshine Waiting (??) Saw the moon shine Slinking (??) Into tree tops (time??) (??) You're a comet (??) Waiting (??) For the big time (??) "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" by Elton John Guess there are times when we all need to share a little pain And ironing out the rough spots Is the hardest part when memories remain And it's times like these when we all need to hear the radio `Cause from the lips of some old singer We can share the troubles we already know Turn them on, turn them on Turn on those sad songs When all hope is gone Why don't you tune in and turn them on They reach into your room Just feel their gentle touch When all hope is gone Sad songs say so much If someone else is suffering enough to write it down When every single word makes sense Then it's easier to have those songs around The kick inside is in the line that finally gets to you and it feels so good to hurt so bad And suffer just enough to sing the blues Sad songs, they say Sad songs, they say Sad songs, they say Sad songs, they say so much "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over" by Lenny Kravitz Here we are still together We are one So much time wasted Playing games with love Chorus: So many tears I've cried So much pain inside But baby it ain't over 'til it's over So many years we've tried To keep our love alive But baby it ain't over 'til it's over How many times Did we give up But we always worked things out And all my doubts and fears Kept me wondering If I'd always be in love Chorus Chorus Chorus "Perry Mason" by Ozzy Osbourne On his way to dinner when it took him by suprise And with one pull of the trigger he would vanish overnight Dancing by the roadside, holding on for dear life The a gun from out of nowhere made a widow of his wife I don't mind, single file down the runway Feelin' fine, and I'll see you my friend Over and over again Who can we get on this case? We need Perry Mason Someone to put you in place Calling Perry Mason Riding painted horses, oh the kids the love it so You can see it on their faces, how they love the wind to blow Minding my own business liku my mama always said But if I don't try to help'um they could wind up on the front page I don't mind, draw the line then draw me an arrow Feelin' fine, then I'll see you my friend Over and over again Who can we get on this case? We need Perry Mason Someone to put you in place Calling Perry Mason Wake me when it's over, tell me it's all right Just keep on talking baby, I've been doing this all night How much did you give me, tell me it'll be all right Who can we get on this case? We need Perry Mason Someone to put you in place Calling Perry Mason, again, again, again, again "Mercy In You" by Depeche Mode You know what I need When my heart bleeds I suffer from greed A longing to feed On the mercy in you I can't conceal The way I'm healed The pleasure I feel When I have to deal With the mercy in you I would do it all again Lose my way and fall again Just so I could call again On the mercy in you When here in my mind I feel inclined To wrongly treat you unkind I have faith I will find The mercy in you I would lose my way again Be led hopelessly astray again Just so I could pray again For the mercy in you When here in my mind I have been blind Emotionally behind I have faith I will find The mercy in you "The Analog Kid" by Rush A hot and windy August afternoon Has the trees in constant motion With a flash of silver leaves As they're rocking in the breeze The boy lies in the grass with one blade Stuck between his teeth A vague sensation quickens In his young and restless heart And a bright and nameless vision Has him longing to depart Chorus You move me You move me With your buildings and your eyes Autumn woods and winter skies You move me You move me Open sea and city lights Busy streets and dizzy heights You call me You call me The fawn-eyed girl with sun-browned legs Dances on the edge of his dream And her voice rings in his ears Like the music of the spheres The boy lies in the grass, unmoving Staring at the sky His mother starts to call him As a hawk goes soaring by The boy pulls down his baseball cap And covers up his eyes Chorus Too many hands on my time Too many feelings Too many things on my mind When I leave I don't know What I'm hoping to find When I leave I don't know What I'm leaving behind... "Speak To Me" by Dream Theater I remember when we were so young You embraced my fears and made me strong Never did you actually hold my hand Your silence no one else would understand Did you fall? Did you crawl? Will you open up at all? Did you hear things you fear? Did I make it clear? Tell me what you're thinking Tell me what you're thinking Tell me what you're feeling inside Tell me what you're thinking Tell me what you're thinking Tell me what you're feeling inside Do you like the clothes she wears today Colliding love affair against a shade Often times I wish she'd speak to me Her holy open book, a world revealed to see Did you fall? Did you crawl? Will you open up at all? Did you hear things you fear? Did I make it clear? Tell me what you're thinking Tell me what you're thinking Tell me what you're feeling inside Tell me what you're thinking Tell me what you're thinking Tell me all you're feeling inside So easy, easier If you spoke to me So easy, easier Speak to me Tell me what you're thinking Tell me what you're thinking Tell me what you're feeling inside Tell me what you're thinking Tell me what you're thinking Tell me all you're feeling inside **** SPECIAL REM SECTION **** **** All Their Albums, Except For "Up", **** **** Just Because We're Exclusive Bastards Like That **** ALBUM: AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE "Drive" Smack, crack, bushwhacked. Tie another one to the racks, baby. Hey kids, rock and roll. Nobody tells you where to go, baby. What if I ride? What if you walk? What if you rock around the clock? Tick-tock. Tick-tock. What if you did? What if you walk? What if you tried to get off, baby? Hey, kids, where are you? Nobody tells you what to do, baby. Hey kids, shake a leg. Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby. Maybe you did. Maybe you walked. Maybe you rocked around the clock. Tick-tock. Tick-tock. Maybe I ride. Maybe you walk. Maybe I drive to get off, baby. Hey kids, shake a leg. Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby. Ollie, ollie. Ollie ollie ollie. Ollie ollie in come free, baby. Hey, kids, where are you? Nobody tells you what to do, baby. Smack, crack. Shack-a-lack. Tie another one to your back, baby. Hey kids, rock and roll. Nobody tells you where to go, baby. Maybe you did. Maybe you walk. Maybe you rock around the clock Tick-tock. Tick-tock. Maybe I ride. Maybe you walk. Maybe I drive to get off, baby. Hey kids, where are you? Nobody tells you what to do, baby. Hey kids, rock and roll. Nobody tells you where to go, baby, baby, baby. "Try Not To Breathe" I will try not to breathe. I can hold my head still with my hands at my knees. These eyes are the eyes of the old, shiver and fold. I will try not to breathe. This decision is mine. I have lived a full life and these are the eyes that I want you to remember. Oh. I need something to fly over my grave again. I need something to breathe. I will try not to burden you. I can hold these inside. I will hold my breath until all these shivers subside, just look in my eyes. I will try not to worry you. I have seen things that you will never see. Leave it to memory me. I shudder to breathe. I want you to remember. Oh. (you will never see) I need something to fly (something to fly) over my grave again. (you will never see) I need something to breathe. (something to breathe) Baby, don't shiver now. Why do you shiver now? (I will see things you will never see) I need something to fly (something to fly) over my grave again. (I will see things you will never see) I need something to breathe. Oh. Oh. Oh. I will try not to worry you. I have seen things that you will never see. Leave it to memory me. Don't dare me to breathe. I want you to remember. Oh. (you will never see) I need something to fly (something to fly) over my grave again. (you will never see) I need something to breathe. (something to breathe) Baby, don't shiver now. Why do you shiver now? (I will see things you will never see) I need something to breathe. (something to breathe - I have seen things you will never see) I want you to remember. "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight" This here is the place I will be staying. There isn't a number. You can call the pay phone. Let it ring a long, long, long, long time. If I don't pick up, hang up, call back, let it ring some more. If I don't pick up, pick up... The sidewinder sleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a coil Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. There are scratches all around the coin slot like a heartbeat, baby trying to wake up, but this machine can only swallow money. You can't lay a patch by computer design. It's just a lot of stupid, stupid signs. Tell her, tell her she can kiss my ass, then laugh and say that you were only kidding. That way she'll know that it's really, really, really, really me. Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me. Today I need something more sub-sub-sub-substantial. A can of beans or blackeyed peas, some Nescafe and ice, a candy bar, a falling star, or a reading of Doctor Seuss; Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. The cat in the hat came back, wrecked a lot of havoc on the way, always had a smile and a reason to pretend. But their world has flat backgrounds and little need to sleep but to dream. The sidewinder sleeps on his back. Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her. Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her. Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her. I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her. We've got to moogie, moogie, move on this one. "Everybody Hurts" When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone, when you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on. Don't let yourself go, everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes. Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along. When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on) if you feel like letting go, (hold on) when you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on. Everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends. Everybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your hand. If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long, when you think you've had too much of this life to hang on. Well, everybody hurts sometimes, everybody cries. And everybody hurts sometimes. And everybody hurts sometimes. So, hold on, hold on. Hold on, hold on. Hold on, hold on. Hold on, hold on. (repeat & fade) (Everybody hurts. You are not alone.) "Sweetness Follows" Readying to bury your father and your mother, what did you think when you lost another? I used to wonder why did you bother, distanced from one, blind to the other? Listen here my sister and my brother what would you care if you lost the other? I always wonder why did we bother, distanced from one, deaf to the other. Oh, oh, but sweetness follows It's these little things, they can pull you under. Live your life filled with joy and wonder. I always knew this altogether thunder was lost in our little lives. Oh, oh, but sweetness follows. Oh, oh, but sweetness follows. It's these little things, they can pull you under. Live your life filled with joy and thunder. Yeah, yeah we were altogether lost in our little lives. Oh. Oh. Ah. Oh, oh, but sweetness follows. Oh, oh, but sweetness follows. "Money Got a raw Deal" Monty this seems strange to me. The movies had that movie thing, but nonsense has a welcome ring and heroes don't come easy. Now, nonsense isn't new to me. I know my head, I know my feet, but mischief knocked me in the knees. Said, Just let go. Just let go. I saw the ocean meet the man. I saw you buried in the sand. A friend was there to hold your hand, Said, Walk on by. So, I went walking through the street. I saw you strung up in a tree. A woman knelt there said to me, said, Hold your tongue, man. Hold your tongue. You don't owe me anything. You don't want this sympathy. [waste your breath] Don't you waste your breath. [waste your breath] for the silver screen. That nonsense doesn't mean a thing, they tried to bust you in a sting, but virtue isn't everything so, don't waste time. Now, here's a rhyme that you can steal. Put this on your reel to reel. Mischief threw a rotten deal. Monty's laying low, man. He is laying low. Just let go, y'all. Just let go. You don't owe me anything. You don't want this sympathy. [waste your breath] Don't you waste your breath. [waste your breath] Monty this seems strange to me. "Ignoreland" These bastards stole their power from the victims of the Us v. Them years, wrecking all things virtuous and true. The undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmal lost lamb off the precipice into the trickle down runoff pool. They hypnotised the summer, Nineteen seventy-nine. Marched into the capital brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready, heartless, and labeled. Super U.S. citizen, super achiever, mega ultra power dosing. Relax. Defense, defense, defense, defense. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. The information nation took their clues from all the sound-bite gluttons. Nineteen eighty, eighty-four, eighty-eight, ninety-two too, too. How to be what you can be, jump jam junking your energies. How to walk in dignity with throw-up on your shoes They amplified the autumn, Nineteen seventy-nine. Calculate the capital, up the republic my skinny ass. T.V. tells a million lies. The paper's terrified to report anything that isn't handed on a presidential spoon, I'm just profoundly frustrated by all this. So, fuck you, man. (Fuck 'm) Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. If they weren't there we would have created them. Maybe, it's true, but I'm resentful all the same. Someone's got to take the blame. I know that this is vitriol. No solution, spleen-venting, But I feel better having screamed. Don't you? They desecrated winter, Nineteen seventy-nine. Capital collateral. Brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready, heartless, and labeled. Super U.S. citizen, super achiever, mega ultra power dosing. Relax. Defense, defense, defense, defense. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. Yeah, yeah, yeah. "Star Me Kitten" Keys cut, three for the price of one. Nothing's free but guaranteed for a lifetime's use. I've changed the locks and you can't have one. You, you know the other two. The brakes have worn so thin that you could hear, I hear them screeching through the door from our driveway. Hey love, look into your glovebox heart. What is there for me inside? This love is tired. I've changed the locks. Have I misplaced you? Have we lost our minds? Will this never end? It could depend on your take. You. Me. We used to be on fire. If keys are all that stand between, Can I throw in the ring? No gasoline. Just fuck me kitten. You are wild and I'm in your possesion. Nothing's free so, fuck me kitten. I'm in your possesion. So, fuck me kitten. "Man on the Moon" Mott the Hoople and the game of Life. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Monopoly, Twenty one, checkers, and chess. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's play Twister, let's play Risk. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. See you heaven if you make the list. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby. Are we losing touch? If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon. If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool. Moses went walking with the staff of wood. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Newton got beaned by the apple good. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? Hey, Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby. Are you having fun? If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon. If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool. Here's a little agit for the never-believer. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Here's a little ghost for the offering. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling [wrestling bears]. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are we losing touch? If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon. If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool. "Nightswimming" Nightswimming deserves a quiet night. The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago, turned around backwards so the windshield shows. Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse. Still, it's so much clearer. I forgot my shirt at the water's edge. The moon is low tonight. Nightswimming deserves a quiet night. I'm not sure all these people understand. It's not like years ago, The fear of getting caught, of recklessness and water. They cannot see me naked. These things, they go away, replaced by everyday. Nightswimming, remembering that night. September's coming soon. I'm pining for the moon. And what if there were two Side by side in orbit Around the fairest sun? That bright, tight forever drum could not describe nightswimming. You, I thought I knew you. You I cannot judge. You, I thought you knew me, this one laughing quietly underneath my breath. Nightswimming. The photograph reflects, every streetlight a reminder. Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night. "Find the River" Hey now, little speedyhead, the read on the speedmeter says you have to go to task in the city where people drown and people serve. Don't be shy. Your just deserve is only just light years to go. Me, my thoughts are flower strewn ocean storm, bayberry moon. I have got to leave to find my way. Watch the road and memorize this life that pass before my eyes. Nothing is going my way. The ocean is the river's goal, a need to leave the water knows We're closer now than light years to go. I have got to find the river, bergamot and vetiver run through my head and fall away. Leave the road and memorize this life that pass before my eyes. Nothing is going my way. There's no one left to take the lead, but I tell you and you can see we're closer now than light years to go. Pick up here and chase the ride. The river empties to the tide. Fall into the ocean. The river to the ocean goes, a fortune for the undertow. None of this is going my way. There is nothing left to throw of Ginger, lemon, indigo, coriander stem and rose of hay. Strength and courage overrides the privileged and weary eyes of river poet search naivete. Pick up here and chase the ride. The river empties to the tide. All of this is coming your way. ALBUM: CHRONIC TOWN "Wolves, Lower" Suspicion yourself, suspicion yourself, don't get caught. Suspicion yourself, suspicion yourself, let us out. Wilder lower wolves. Here's a house to put wolves out the door. In a corner garden, wilder lower wolves. House in order. House in order. House in order. House in order. Down there they're rounding a posse to ride. (repeat verse) Suspicion yourself, suspicion yourself, don't get caught. Suspicion yourself, suspicion yourself, suspicion us all. Wilder lower wolves. Here's a house to put wolves out the door. In a corner garden, wilder lower wolves. House in order. House in order. House in order. House in order. Down there they're rounding a posse to ride. "Gardening At Night" I see your money on the floor, I felt the pocket change. Though all the feelings that broke through that door just didn't seem to be too real. The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes. Somewhere it must be time for penitence. Gardening at night is never where. Gardening at night. Gardening at night. Gardening at night. The neighbors go to bed at ten. Call the prayer line for a change. The charge is changing every month. They said it couldn't be arranged. We ankled up the garbage sound, but they were busy in the rows. We fell up, not to see the sun, gardening at night just didn't grow. I see your money on the floor, I felt the pocket change. Though all the feelings that broke through that door just didn't seem to be too real. Gardening at night. Gardening at night. Gardening at night Your sister said that you're too young. They should know they've been there twice. The call was 2 and 51. They said it couldn't be arranged. I see your money on the floor, I felt the pocket change. Though all the feelings that broke through that door just didn't seem to be too real.v We ankled up the garbage sound, but they were busy in the rows. We fell up not to see the sun, gardening at night just didn't grow. Gardening at night. Gardening at night. Gardening at night "Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)" There's a secret stigma, reaping wheel. Diminish, a carnival of sorts. Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel. Stranger, stranger to these parts. Gentlemen don't get caught, cages under cage. Gentlemen don't get caught, Boxcars (are pulling) out of town. Boxcars (are pulling) out of town. Boxcars (are pulling) out of town. (repeat 1st verse and chorus) Cages under, cages under, cages under cage. Cages under, cages under, cages under cage. (repeat chorus) There's a secret stigma, reaping wheel. Stranger, stranger to these parts. Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel. Diminish, stranger. (repeat chorus) "1,000,000" Secluded in a marker stone Not only deadlier but smarter too smarter too All along the tomb, all along the ruin Secluded in a marker stone Not only deadlier but smarter too smarter too I could live a million, I could live a million, I could live a million, I could live a million years. (repeat 1st verse and chorus) All along all along all along the tomb Secret in secret in secret in the ruin Secluded in a marker stone Not only deadlier but smarter too smarter too "Stumble" We'll stumble through the yard We'll stumble through the yard We'll stumble through the A-P-T We'll stumble through the yard Force fields. Explorer racing home, the ancient star. Yellow mixed with golden hue. Scan the graveyard, dead there be. Ball and chain. Ball and chain. Ball and chain. Ball and chain. (Repeat 1st verse 3 times) It was round about midnight. Hipster town. Imagine going for a walk. Things get around to taking place. It's not a waste of time. The rich got a little poorer. Things get around to taking place. If they're gonna happen at all. Don't need that jazz. Don't need that stuff. It was round about midnight. Hipster town. It was round about midnight. Hipster town. (Repeat 1st verse) ALBUM: DEAD LETTER OFFICE "Crazy" (Pylon) Listen You're funny and you don't know why You're funny and you can't even cry You're funny and you don't know why You're funny and you don't even try Cause your head's shaking cause your arms are shaking And your feet are shaking cause the earth is shaking You're hungry and you don't know why You're hungry and you can't even cry You're hungry and you don't know why You're hungry and you don't even cry You take a walk and you try to understand Nothing can hurt you Unless you want it to There are no answers Many reasons to be strong You take a walk you take a walk You take a walk and you try to understand You're in love and you don't know why You're in love and you can't even cry You're in love and you don't know why You're in love and you don't even try "There She Goes Again" (The Velvet Underground) There she goes again She's out on the street again She's down on her knees my friend Won't have to ask her please again Look a little closer there's no tears in her eyes You know she won't make it with just any guy What can you do See her walking down the street With all your friends she's gonna meet You'd better hit her "Burning Down" From the back of my neck, oh oh oh Wired a glass jaw, oh oh Plantation burning your boat is coming in Strum your jew's-harp, you're reeking gin Running water in a sinking boat Going under but they've got your goat Burning down - my hands are tied my feet are bound Burning down - can't you see that my hands are bound Johnny Mike is reading in the yard His story's timely, oh oh oh What river is it anyway, radio Not in a boat, in your ear Running water in a sinking boat Going under but they've got your goat Burning down - my hands are tied my feet are bound Burning down - can't you see that my hands are bound You pick your island in the sun Take your island off he's got a gun Burning down - my hands are tied my feet are bound Burning down - can't you see that my hands are bound He's cooking in the woods, a brush fire in your neck Feeling mighty mighty, oh oh oh You can pick your island in the sun Take your island off he's got a gun Running water in a sinking boat Going under but they've got your goat Burning down - my hands are tied my feet are bound Burning down - can't you see that my hands are bound "Voice of Harold" (derived from the liner notes to the gospel album "The Joy of Knowing Jesus," by The Revelaires) Reverend Bill Funderburk sings "He Cared That Much For Me"; Charles Surratt introduces his own composition "On Calvary For Me"; "The Joy of Knowing Jesus" is a song of pure delight featuring John Barbee; The pure tenor quality of the voice of Harold Montgomery gives a special interpretation to the grand old hymn "The Old Rugged Cross"; Chill bumps appear and I am frozen in the web they weave as they reveal their innermost selves with the outpouring of their hearts... On and on the songs roll and soon you are caught up in the sermon in each rendition as you come to feel the devotion and dedication that is poured forth. Suddenly, you know they are real, they mean it! "Let your light so shine..." could not be more aptly applied as there shines a light from heaven on your heart through their singing. As an artist, Rhonda Montgomery exemplifies piano artistry. That's Rhonda! An artist! This album can be the instrument to mend a broken heart or to straighten out your life through the sincere testimony in the songs of THE REVELAIRES. A must! J. Elmo Fagg, founder and leader of the Blue Ridge Quartet for 23 Years. Temple Records, LST 390 Planning to make a record? We are associated with United Music World Recording Studios, Inc., West Columbia, S.C.. The Finest Sound Available Anywhere "The Joy of Knowing Jesus", produced by Joel Gentry Cover/Backliner Design/REESOR The Revelaires, A must. The Revelaires. A must, in their home. "Burning Hell" Women got legs, men got pants I got the picnic, you got the ants, Put it in the fire heaven knows Take my torch and touch your toes in hell It's a burning hell You can burn in Hell It's a burning hell You can burn in hell It's a burning hell Women don't fret, boys don't bet Let me see your silhouette in hell Women above me take my love Love, love, love, love, love, love, love It's a burning hell It's a burning hell Baby, baby, baby, I'm hell It's a burning hell Girl stop moving, boy behave Baby, I'll put you in an early grave in hell Love on the ceiling, love on the floor I'm gonna leave you burning for more Burn in the country, burn downtown All the best people are burning down in hell, hell, Ah hell It's a burning Hell You'll burn in hell It's a big, burning, giant, colossal matter Hell Oh baby, I'm hell Burn, Burn, Burn! "Toys In The Attic" (Aerosmith) Light voices scream nothing seems real's a dream Leaving the things that you learned behind Leaving the things that you love behind All of the things that you learned were real Nothing except for the years Voices scream, nothing seems real's a dream Toys toys toys in the attic Light voices scream nothing seems real's a dream Leaving the things that you love behind Leaving the things that you learned behind All of the things that you learned were real Nothing except for the years Voices scream, nothing seems real's a dream Toys toys toys in the attic "Windout" Windout - if you're out of wind Windout - if you're really spent Windout - if you're young and red Yeah, tick tock, it's tine o'clockv Once is good enough, you really go... So find out - if you're really spent Find out - if you're out of wind Windout - if you're out of sin Winding up There's no doubt - that you're feeling fine No doubt - that you're out of mind No doubt - that you're young and red Windout - if you're really spent Find out - if you're young and red Windout - if you're out of wind If you're young and red Tick tock time to clock my band Once is good enough, you really go... Windout, find out, no doubt Windout, find out, no doubt Windout, windout, windout "Ages of You" Postcard stowaway within Pristine indigo without Banded ottoman as such Sofa seated one too much All along the range all along the range Ages of you Train pulls over hanging bridge Conductor looks up, thinks out and down, hands stuck to the left to the right, you should fall, the horses just don't gossip anymore "Pale Blue Eyes" (The Velvet Underground) Sometimes I feel so happy Sometimes I feel so sad Sometimes I feel just about everything Lately I'm just feeling bad Lately I'm just feeling bad Linger on your pale blue eyes I thought of you as my mountain top I thought of you as my peak I thought of you as just about everything I had but couldn't keep I had but couldn't keep "Bandwagon" Come on aboard, I promise you you won't hurt the horse We treat him well, we feed him well. There's lots of room for you on the bandwagon, The road may be rough, the weather may forget us But won't we all parade around and sing our songs, a magic kingdom, open-armed Greet us hello, bravo, name in lights Passing on the word to fellow passengers and players, passing in, Until you're tired looking at all the flags And all the banners waving This is some parade, yesiree Bob. Could we have known? Yesiree Bob, could we have known? Look at all the flags and all the banners waving. Open up our arms, a magic kingdom, open-armed and greet us all Come on aboard I promise you you won't hurt the horse We treat him well, we feed him well There's lots of room for you on the bandwagon The road may be rough, the weather may forget us But won't we all parade around and sing our songs and wave our flags. A magic kingdom, greet us all hello, greet us hello, greet us hello. "Femme Fatale" (The Velvet Underground) Here she comes you better watch your step She's going to play you for a fool it's true It's not hard to realize Just look into her false colored eyes She'll build you up to just put you down What a clown Cause everybody knows the things she does to please She's just a little tease See the way she walks hear the way she talks You're written in her book You're number thirty-seven have a look She's going to play you for a fool it's true Little boy on the street Before you start you're already beat She's going to smile to make you frown What a clown Cause everybody knows (She's a femme fatale) the things she does to please (She's a femme fatale) She's just a little tease (She's a femme fatale) See the way she walks hear the way she talks "Walter's Theme" Hey this is David I've got a hat the size of Oklahoma Put on my boots and going down to Walter's Get me some barbecue Bring some home to the misses He'll give you a bag to put it in This is David, signing off "King of the Road" (by Roger Miller) Trailers for sale or rent Rooms to let, fifty cents No cars no pool no pets I ain't got no cigarettes It takes four hours of pushin' broom To buy a four-by-twelve two-bit room I'm a man of means, by no means ALBUM: DOCUMENT "Finest Worksong" The time to rise has been engaged You're better best to rearrange I'm talking here to me alone I listen to the finest worksong Your finest hour Another chance has been engaged To throw Thoreau and rearrange You are following this time I beg you not beg to rhyme (blow your horn) Your finest hour (blow your horn) Take your instinct by the reins Your better best to rearrange What we want and what we need Has been confused been confused (blow your horn) Your finest hour (blow your horn) (repeat 3rd verse) "Welcome to the Occupation" Hang your collar up inside Hang your dollar on me Listen to the water still Listen to the cause where you are Fed and educated, primitive and wild Welcome to the occupation Here we stand and here we fight All your fallen heroes Held and dyed and skinned alive Listen to the Congress fire Offering the educated primitive and loyal Welcome to the occupation Hang your collar up inside Hang your freedom higher Listen to the buyer still Listen to the Congress Where we propagate confusion Primitive and wild Fire on the hemisphere below Sugar cane and coffee cup Copper, steel and cattle An annotated history the forest for the fire Where we open up the floodgates Freedom reigns supreme Fire on the hemisphere below Listen to me Listen to me Listen to me Listen to me "Exhuming McCarthy" You're beautiful more beautiful than me You're honorable more honorable than me Loyal to the Bank of America It's a sign of the times It's a sign of the times You're sharpening stones, walking on coals To improve your business acumen. Sharpening stones, walking on coals, To improve your business acumen. Vested interest united ties, landed gentry rationalize Look who bought the myth, by jingo, buy America It's a sign of the times it's a sign of the times You're sharpening stones, walking on coals To improve your business acumen. Sharpening stones, walking on coals, To improve your business acumen. Enemy sighted, enemy met, I'm addressing the realpolitik Look who bought the myth, by jingo, buy America "Let us not assassinate this man further Senator, you've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" You're sharpening stones, walking on coals To improve your business acumen. Sharpening stones, walking on coals, To improve your business acumen. Enemy sighted, enemy met, I'm addressing the realpolitik You've seen start and you've seen quit (I'm addressing the table of content) I always thought of you as quick Exhuming McCarthy (Meet me at the book burning) Exhuming McCarthy (Meet me at the book burning) "Disturbance at the Heron House" (published in NME, sometime in 1989) "They're going wild," the call came in At early morning pre-dawn, then "The followers of chaos out of control They're numbering the monkeys The monkeys and the monkeys," The followers of chaos out of control "They're meeting at the monument," The call came in the monument To liberty and honor under the honor roll "They've gathered up the cages the cages and courageous," The followers of chaos out of control The call came in to Party Central "Meeting of the green and simple," Try to tell us something we don't know "Disturbance at the Heron House" A stampede at the monument To liberty and honor under the honor roll The gathering of grunts and greens Cogs and grunts and hirelings A meeting of a mean idea to hold "When feeding time has come and gone They'll lose the heart and head for home Try to tell us something we don't know" Everyone allowed, Everyone allowed "Strange" (Wire) (lyrics taken from the lyric sheet of Wire's _Pink Flag_) There's something strange going on tonight There's something going on that's not quite right Michael's nervous and the lights are bright There's something going on that's not quite right There's something going on that wasn't here before Keep your eyes glued to the floor There's something strange going on tonight There's something going on that's not quite right There's something going on that wasn't here before Keep your eyes glued to the floor No one's going to say goodnight There's something going on that's not quite right "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (from official lyric sheet) That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane - Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn - world serves its own needs, don't misserve your own needs. Feed it up a knock, speed, grunt no, strength no. Ladder structure clatter with fear of height, down height. Wire in a fire, represent the seven games in a government for hire and a combat site. Left her, wasn't coming in a hurry with the furies breathing down your neck. Team by team reporters baffled, trump, tethered crop. Look at that low plane! Fine then. Uh oh, overflow, population, common group, but it'll do. Save yourself, serve yourself. World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed. Tell me with the rapture and the reverent in the right - right. You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light, feeling pretty psyched. It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine. Six o'clock - TV hour. Don't get caught in foreign tower. Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn. Lock him in uniform and book burning, blood letting. Every motive escalate. Automotive incinerate. Light a candle, light a motive. Step down, step down. Watch a heel crush, crush. Uh oh, this means no fear - cavalier. Renegade and steer clear! A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies. Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline. It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine. The other night I tripped a nice continental drift divide. Mount St. Edelite. Leonard Bernstein. Leonid Breshnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs. Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom! You symbiotic, patriotic, slam, but neck, right? Right. It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine...fine... (It's time I had some time alone) "The One I Love" This one goes out to the one I love This one goes out to the one I've left behind A simple prop to occupy my time This one goes out to the one I love Fire (she's comin' down on her own, now) This one goes out to the one I love This one goes out to the one I've left behind Another prop has occupied my time This one goes out to the one I love "Fireplace" Crazy crazy world crazy crazy times Crazy crazy world crazy crazy times Hang up your chairs to better sweep Clear the floor to dance Shake the rug into the fireplace Crazy crazy world crazy crazy times Crazy crazy world crazy crazy times Hang up your chairs to better sweep Clear the floor to dance Sweep the floor into the fireplace Hang up your chairs to better sweep Clear the floor to dance Throw the chairs into the fireplace Hang up your chairs to better sweep Clear the floor to dance Throw the walls into the fireplace "Lightnin' Hopkins" When I lay myself to sleep pray that I don't go too deep Lightnin' won Lightnin' won Because it's cold down gold down there, crow! Flat lands low lands on the track Shows the water pan the track Lightnin' won lightnin' won Close up hands to silhouette, crow! Lightnin' won, lightnin' won Hound bark on the track Hound crow hold onto your hat Lightnin' won lightnin' won Low lands timberlands bad lands bird lands "King of the Birds" A thumbnail sketch, a jeweler's stone A mean idea to call my own Old man don't lay so still you're not yet young There's time to teach, point to point, Point observation, children carry reservations Standing on the shoulders of giants leaves me cold, leaves me cold. A mean idea to call my own, a hundred million birds fly Singer sing me a given, singer sing me a song Standing on the shoulders of giants everybody's looking on (Old don't lay so still you're not yet young, there's time to teach, point to point, point observation, children carry reservations). Standing on the shoulders of giants leaves me cold A mean idea to call my own, a hundred million birds fly away, away. I am king of all I see, my kingdom for a voice Old man don't lay so still, you're not yet young There's time to teach, point to point Point observation, children carry reservations Standing on the shoulders of giants leaves me cold A mean idea to call my own, a hundred million birds fly away Everybody hit the ground. Everybody hit the ground. "Oddfellows Local 151" Oddfellows local 151 behind the firehouse Where Peewee sits to prove a sage to teach Peewee gathered up his proof Reached up and scratched his head Fell down and hit the ground again Firehouse. Firehouse. Why do the heathens rage behind the firehouse Where Peewee sits upon the wall to preach? This boy and girl that gather pearls Of wisdom falling from his mouth Wash off the blood, wash off the rum Firehouse. Firehouse. Oddfellows local 151 behind the firehouse Where Peewee sits upon the wall to preach. This boy and girl that gather pearls Of wisdom falling from his mouth Wash off the blood, wash off the 151. Firehouse. Firehouse. Firehouse. Firehouse. ALBUM: OUT OF TIME "Radio Song" Hey, I can't find nothing on the radio Yo! turn to that station The world is collapsing Around our ears I turned up the radio But I can't hear it When I got to the house And I called you out I could tell that you had been crying, crying It's that same sing song on the radio It makes me sad I meant to turn it off To say goodbye To leave in quiet that radio song Hey hey hey I've everything to show I've everything to hide Look into my eyes Listen When I got to the show Yo ho ho I could tell that you had been crying, crying It's that same sing song, and the DJ sucks It makes me sad I tried to turn it off To say goodbye my love That radio song Hey hey hey The world is collapsing Around our ears I turned up the radio But I can't hear it Yeah I tried to sing along But damn that radio song Hey hey hey I've everything to show I've everything to hide Look into my eyes listen to the radio I turned up the radio But I can't hear it No, I can't hear it Hey hey hey Check it out What are you saying What are you playing Who are you obeying day out day in? Baby baby baby That stuff is driving me crazy DJs communicate to the masses Sex and violent classes Now our children grow up prisoners All their lives radio listeners "Losing My Religion " Life is bigger It's bigger than you And you are not me The lengths that I will go to The distance in your eyes Oh no I've said too much I set it up That's me in the corner That's me in the spotlight Losing my religion Trying to keep up with you And I don't know if I can do it Oh no I've said too much I haven't said enough I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try Every whisper Of every waking hour I'm Choosing my confessions Trying to keep an eye on you Like a hurt lost and blinded fool Oh no I've said too much I set it up Consider this The hint of the century Consider this The slip that brought me To my knees failed What if all these fantasies Come flailing around Now I've said too much I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try But that was just a dream That was just a dream "Low" Dusk is dawn is day Where did it go? I've been laughing Fast and slow Moving in a still frame Howling at the moon Morning found me laughing Up and down, down Low low low Night suits me fine and morning suits me fine I've been so happy Way up high, high In between Down below Low low low I skipped the part about love It seems so silly and low Low low low Low low low I said the morning It isn't your time Barefoot naked I can see your lines It doesn't bother me That you are right Your grass is grassy wet Your light white is bright Light white light I skipped the part about love It seems so shallow and low Low low low Low low low You and me We know about time We know how things go They come and go They live and grow They pass and go And glow and glow Up and down High and low Low low low Low low low I skipped the part about love It seems so silly and low I skipped the part about love It seems so shallow and low Low low low Low low low I like your hands All full of glory All full of glory "Near Wild Heaven" Whenever we hold each other We hold each other There's a feeling that's gone Something has gone wrong And I don't know how much longer I can take it House made of heart break it Take my head in your hands and shake it in this near wild heaven Not near enough. Living inside Living inside Near wild heaven Whatever it takes I'm giving It's just a gift I'm given Try to live inside Trying to move inside And I always thought that it would make me smarter But it's only made me harder My heart thrown open wide In this near wild heaven Not near enough. Living inside Living inside Near wild heaven I'm holding my hands together I'm holding my feet together I'm holding myself together In this near wild heaven Not near enough "Shiny Happy People" Shiny happy people laughing Meet me in the crowd People people Throw your love around Love me love me Take it into town Happy happy Put it in the ground Where the flowers grow Gold and silver shine Shiny happy people holding hands Shiny happy people laughing Everyone around love them, love them Put it in your hands Take it take it There's no time to cry Happy happy Put it in your heart Where tomorrow shines Gold and silver shine Shiny happy people holding hands Shiny happy people laughing "Belong" Her world collapsed early Sunday morning She got up from the kitchen table Folded the newspaper and silenced the radio Those creatures jumped the barricades And have headed for the sea, sea Those creatures jumped the barricades and have headed for the sea She began to breathe To breathe at the thought of such freedom Stood and whispered to her child, belong She held the child and whispered With calm, calm; belong Stood and whispered to her child, belong She held the child and whispered With calm, calm; belong These barricades can only hold for so long Her world collapsed early Sunday morning She took the child held tight Opened the window A breath, this song, how long and knew, knew; belong "Half A World Away" This could be the saddest dusk I've ever seen Turn to a miracle high alive My mind is racing As it always will My hand is tired my heart aches I'm half a world away here my head sworn To go it alone And hold it along Haul it along And hold it Go it alone Hold it along and hold, hold. This lonely deep sit hollow I'm half a world Half the world away My shoes are gone My life spent I had too much to drink I didn't think and I I didn't think of you I guess that's all I needed To go it alone And hold it along Haul it along And hold it Blackbirds backwards forwards and fall and hold hold. Oh this lonely world is wasted Pathetic eyes high alive blind to the tide that turns the sea This storm it came up strong it shook the trees And blew away our fear I couldn't even hear To go it alone And hold it along Haul it along And hold it To go it alone And hold it along Haul it along To go it alone And hold it along Haul it along And hold it Blackbirds backwards forwards and fall and hold hold. This could be the saddest dusk I've ever seen Turn to a miracle high alive My mind is racing As it always will My hands tired my heart aches I'm half a world away and go. "Texarkana" 20,000 miles to an oasis 20,000 years will I burn 20,000 chances I wasted Waiting for the moment to turn I would give my life to find it I would give it all Catch me if I fall Walking through the woods I have faced it Looking for something to learn 30,000 thoughts have replaced it, Never in my time to return I would give my life to find it I would give it all Catch me if I fall All alone Waiting to fall 40,000 stars in the evening Look at them fall from the sky 40,000 reasons for living 40,000 tears in your eye I would give my life to find it I would give it all Catch me if I fall "Country Feedback" This flower is scorched This film is on On a maddening loop. These clothes, These clothes don't fit us right I'm to blame It's all the same It's all the same You come to me with a bone in your hand You come to me with your hair curled tight You come to me with positions You come to me with excuses Ducked out in a row You wear me out You wear me out We've been through fake-a-breakdown Self hurt Plastics, collections Self help, self pain, EST, psychics, fuck all I was central I had control I lost my head I need this I need this A paper weight, junk garage Winter rain, a honey pot Crazy, all the lovers have been tagged. A hotline, a wanted ad It's crazy what you could've had It's crazy what you could've had It's crazy what you could've had I need this I need this "Me In Honey" I sat there looking ugly Looking ugly and mean I knew what you were saying You were saying to me Baby's got some new rules Baby said she's had it with me It seems a shame you waste your time on me It seems a lot to waste your time for me Left me to love What it's doing to me There's a lot of honey in this world Baby this honey's from me You've got to do what you do Do it with me It seems a shame you waste your time for me Left me to love What it's doing to me Knocked silly Knock flat Sideways down These things they pick you up and they Turn you around Say your piece Say you're sweet for me It's all the same to share the pain with me It's all the same. Save the shame for me Left me to love What it's doing to me Baby's got some new rules Baby says she's had it with me There's a fly in the honey And baby's got a baby with me That's a part That's a part of me Left me to love What it's doing to me Left me to love What it's doing to me What about me? ALBUM: Green "Pop Song 89" Hello, I saw you, I know you, I knew you I think I can remember your name...name Hello I'm sorry, I lost myself I think I thought you were someone else Should we talk about the weather? (Hi...hi, hi) Should we talk about the government? (Hi...hi, hi, hi) Hello, how are you? I know you, I knew you I think I can remember your name...name Hello, I'm sorry I lost myself I think I thought you were someone else Should we talk about the weather? (Hi...hi, hi) Should we talk about the government? (Hi...hi, hi, hi) Hello my friend, are you visible today? You know I never knew that it could be so strange...strange Hello, I'm sorry, I lost myself I think I thought you were someone else Should we talk about the weather? (Hi...hi, hi) Should we talk about the government? (Hi...hi, hi, hi) "Get Up" Sleep delays my life (get up, get up) Where does time go? (get up, get up, get up) I don't know Sleep, sleep, sleepy head (get up, get up, get up) Wake it up...up (get up, get up) You've got all your life (way up ahead) (get up, get up, get up) Dreams they complicate my life (Dreams they complement my life) I've seen you laying pined (get up, get up) I've seen you laying pined (get up, get up) Life is rough...rough (get up, get up, get up) I've seen you laying down (get up) With the loving kind (get up, get up) I know life is hard...hard (where goes your time?) Where to turn? Where to turn? Dreams they complicate my life (Dreams they complement my life) Dreamtime... Dreams they complicate my life (Dreams they complement my life) This time, no escape, I wake up. (get up, get up) "You Are The Everything" Sometimes I feel like I can't even sing (say, say, the light) I'm very scared for this world I'm very scared for me Eviscerate your memory Here's a scene You're in the back seat laying down The windows wrap around To sound of the travel and the engine All you hear is time stand still in travel and feel such peace and absolute The stillness still that doesn't end But slowly drifts into sleep The stars are the greatest thing you've ever seen And they're there for you For you alone you are the everything I think about this world a lot and I cry And I've seen the films and the eyes But I'm in this kitchen Everything is beautiful And she is so beautiful She is so young and old I look at her and I see the beauty Of the light of music The voices talking somewhere in the house Late spring and you're drifting off to sleep With your teeth in your mouth You are here with me You are here with me You have been here and you are everything (repeat 1st verse) "Stand" Stand in the place where you live Now face North Think about direction Wonder why you haven't before Now stand in the place where you work Now face West Think about the place where you live Wonder why you haven't before If you are confused check with the sun Carry a compass to help you along Your feet are going to be on the ground Your head is there to move you around (repeat 1st verse) Your feet are going to be on the ground Your head is there to move you around If wishes were trees the trees would be falling Listen to reason Season is calling (repeat 1st verse) If wishes were trees the trees would be falling Listen to reason Reason is calling Your feet are going to be on the ground Your head is there to move you around So Stand (stand) Now face North Think about direction, wonder why you haven't before Now stand (stand) Now face West Think about the place where you live Wonder why you haven't (repeat 1st verse) Stand in the place where you are (Now face North) Stand in the place where you are (Now face West) Your feet are going to be on the ground (Stand in the place where you are) Your head is there to move you around, so stand. "World Leader Pretend" I sit at my table and wage war on myself It seems like it's all...it's all for nothing I know the barricades, and I know the mortar in the wall breaks I recognize the weapons, I used them well This is my mistake. Let me make it good I raised the wall, and I will be the one to knock it down I've a rich understanding of my finest defenses I proclaim that claims are left unstated, I demand a rematch I decree a stalemate I divine my deeper motives I recognize the weapons I've practiced them well. I fitted them myself It's amazing what devices you can sympathize...empathize This is my mistake. Let me make it good I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down Reach out for me and hold me tight. Hold that memory Let my machine talk to me. Let my machine talk to me This is my world And I am the world leader pretend This is my life And this is my time I have been given the freedom To do as I see fit It's high time I've razed the walls That I've constructed It's amazing what devices you can sympathize...emapathize This is my mistake. Let me make it good I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down You fill in the mortar. You fill in the harmony You fill in the mortar. I raised the walls And I'm the only one I will be the one to knock it down "The Wrong Child" I've watched the children come and go A late long march into spring I sit and watch those children Jump in the tall grass Leap the sprinkler Walk in the ground Bicycle clothespin spokes The sound the smell of swingset hands I will try to sing a happy song I'll try and make a happy game to play Come play with me I whispered to my new found friend Tell me what it's like to go outside I've never been Tell me what it's like to just go outside I've never been And I never will I'm not supposed to be like this I'm not supposed to be like this But it's okay Hey those kids are looking at me I told my friend myself Those kids are looking at me They're laughing and they're running over here They're laughing and they're running over here What do I do? What can I do? What should I do? What do I say? What can I say? I said I'm not supposed to be like this Let's try to find a happy game to play Let's try to find a happy game to play I'm not supposed to be like this But it's okay...okay "Orange Crush" Follow me, don't follow me I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush Collar me, don't collar me I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush We are agents of the free I've had my fun and now its time to Serve your conscience overseas (over me, not over me) Coming in fast, over me (repeat verse) High on the roof, thin the blood, another one ____ on the waves tonight, comin' in, you're home We'd circle and we'd circle and we'd circle to stop and consider and centered on the pavement stacked up all the trucks jacked up and our wheels in slush and orange crush in pocket and all this here county hell any county it's just like heaven here and I was remembering and I was just in a differnet county and all then this whirlybird that I headed for I had my goggles pulled off I knew it all I knew every back road and every truck stop (repeat verse and chorus) "Turn You Inside-Out" Divide your cultured pearls in haste I'm looking for to lay to waste Of all the things I cannot taste and this not the racy race They spoke loud I believe in what you do I believe in watching you It's what you do I could turn you inside-out What I choose not to do I could turn you inside-out What I choose not to do Given the choice Given the heart Given the tool Given the word Given the cheers I believe in what you do I believe in watching you It's what you do I could turn you inside-out What I choose not to do I could turn you inside-out What I choose not to do "Hairshirt" I am not the type of dog That could keep you waiting For no good reason Run a carbon-black test on my jaw And you will find it's all been said before I can swing my megaphone and long arm the rest It's easier and better To just beat it from the chest Of desire I could walk into this room And the waves of conversation are enough To knock you down in the undertow So alone so alone in my life Feed me banks of light And hang your hairshirt on the lowest rung It's a beautiful life And I can hang my hairshirt Away up high in the attic of the wrong dog's life chest Or bury it at sea All my life I've searched for this Here I am here I am in your life It's a beautiful life My life It's a beautiful life Your life "I Remember California" I remember redwood trees, bumper cars and wolverines The ocean's Trident submarines Lemons, limes and tangerines I remember this I remember traffic jams Motor boys and girls with tans Nearly was and almost rans I remember this History is made History is made to seem unfair I recall that you were there Golden smile and shining hair I recall it wasn't fair Recollect it wasn't fair Remembering it wasn't fair outside Low ebb, high tide The lowest ebb and highest tide A symbol wave I must confide I guess we took us for a ride I guess it's just a gesture I remember this defense Progress fails pacific sense All those sweet conspiracies I remember all these things I remember traffic jams Motor boys and girls with tans Nearly was and almost rans I remember this...this Low ebb, high tide The lowest ebb and highest tide I guess we took us for a ride I guess its just a gesture. At the end of the continent At the edge of the continent "[UNTITLED]" This world is big and so-awake I stayed up late to hear your voice This light is here to keep you warm This song is here to keep you strong I made a list of things to say But all I really want to say All I really want to say is Hold her and keep him strong While I'm away from here Hold her and keep her strong While I'm away from here I've seen the world and so-awake And stay up late to hear me sing Just hold her I've seen the world and so-awake And stay up late to hear me sing Just hold him Hold her and keep her strong While I'm away from here Hold him and keep him strong While I'm away from here ALBUM: LIFES RICH PAGEANT "Begin the Begin" Birdie in the hand for life's rich demand The insurgency began and you missed it I looked for it and I found it Miles Standish proud, congratulate me A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe Life's rich demand creates supply in the hand Of the powers, the only vote that matters Silence means security silence means approval On Zenith, on the TV, tiger run around the tree Follow the leader, run and turn into butter Let's begin again, begin the begin Let's begin again like Martin Luther Zen The mythology begins the begin Answer me a question I can't itemize I can't think clearly, look to me for reason It's not there, I can't even rhyme here in the begin A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe Example: the finest example is you Birdie in the hand for life's rich demand The insurgency began and you missed it I looked for it and I found it Miles Standish proud, congratulate me A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe Let's begin again begin the begin Let's begin again "These Days" Now I'm not feeding off you, I will rearrange your scales If I can, and I can March into ocean, march into the sea I had a hat I put it down and it sunk, reached down, yanked it up, slapped it on my head All the people gather Fly to carry each his burden We are young despite the years we are concern We are hope despite the times All of the sudden, these days Happy throngs, take this joy wherever, wherever.... I wish to meet each one of you And you, me, you, if I can and I can We have many things in common, name three (three, three, three) I had a hat and it sunk, reached down, yanked it up, slapped it on my head All the people gather Fly to carry each his burden We are young despite the years we are concern We are hope despite the times All of the sudden, these days Happy throngs, take this joy wherever, wherever you go. Now I'm not feeding off you I will rearrange your scales If I can and I can I wish to eat each one of you and you, me, you I had a hat and it sunk, reached down, yanked it up, slapped it on my head All the people gather Fly to carry each his burden We are young despite the years we are concern We are hope despite the times All of the sudden, these days Happy throngs, take this joy wherever, wherever you... carry each his burden We are young despite the years we are concern We are hope despite the times All of the sudden, these days Happy throngs, take this joy wherever, wherever you go. (Take away the scattered bones of my meal) "Fall On Me" There's a problem, feathers iron Bargain buildings, weights and pullies Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air Buy the sky and sell the sky and tell the sky and tell the sky Don't fall on me (What is it up in the air for) (It's gonna fall) Fall on me (If it's there for long) (It's gonna fall) Fall on me (It's over it's over me) (It's gonna fall) There's the progress we have found (when the rain) A way to talk around the problem (when the children reign) Building towered foresight (keep your conscience in the dark) isn't anything at all (melt the statues in the park) Buy the sky and sell the sky and bleed the sky and tell the sky (repeat chorus) Don't fall on me Well I could keep it above But then it wouldn't be sky anymore So if I send it to you you've got to promise to keep it whole Buy the sky and sell the sky and lift your arms up to the sky And ask the sky and ask the sky (repeat chorus, etc.) "Cuyahoga" Let's put our heads together and start a new country up Our father's father's father tried, erased the parts he didn't like Let's try to fill it in, bank the quarry river, swim We knee-skinned it you and me, we knee-skinned that river red This is where we walked, this is where we swam Take a picture here, take a souvenir This land is the land of ours, this river runs red over it We knee-skinned it you and me, we knee-skinned that river red And we gathered up our friends, bank the quarry river, swim We knee-skinned it you and me, underneath the river bed This is where we walked, this is where we swam Take a picture here, take a souvenir Cuyahoga Cuyahoga, gone Let's put our heads together, start a new country up, Underneath the river bed we burned the river down. This is where they walked, swam, hunted, danced and sang, Take a picture here, take a souvenir Cuyahoga Cuyahoga, gone Rewrite the book and rule the pages, saving face, secured in faith Bury, burn the waste behind you This land is the land of ours, this river runs red over it We are not your allies, we can not defend This is where they walked, this is where they swam Take a picture here, take a souvenir Cuyahoga Cuyahoga, gone Cuyahoga Cuyahoga, gone "Hyena" Night time fell at the opening, In the final act of the beginning of time. Hyena take your role, the stage is set. The town is safe again tonight Hyena (I see the day ahead) Hyena (and all that I've cried through) Hyena (God knows you're doin' that, don't you?) Hyena, sister look to your hand Man you serve communal interest, She'll tell you when and where and how and why you'd hurt A beautiful young lady Hyena (I see the day ahead) Hyena (and all that I've cried through) Hyena (God knows you're doin' that, don't you?) The only thing to fear is fearlessness The bigger the weapon the greater the fear Hyena is ambassador to here Night time fell like the closing Meager pay, but recognition Hyena crawls on his belly out The town is safe again tonight Hyena (I see the changes, man) Hyena (Goin' on 'cross the way) Hyena (I see my road ahead) Hyena (Don't know if I should stay) Hyena (I see you holding him,) Hyena (and all that I've cried through) Hyena (God knows you're doin' that, don't you?) "Underneath the Bunker" I will hide and you will hide And we shall hide together here Underneath the bunkers in the row I have water I have rum Wait for dawn and dawn shall come Underneath the bunkers in the row "The Flowers of Guatemala" I took a picture that I'll have to send People here are friendly and content People here are colorful and bright The flowers often bloom at night Amanita is the name The flowers cover everything The flowers cover everything There's something here I find hard to ignore There's something that I've never seen before Amanita is the name they cover over everything The flowers cover everything They cover over everything (Amanita is the name) The flowers cover everything Don't look into the sun Don't look into the sun There's something that I've never seen before The flowers often bloom at night Amanita is the name they cover over everything "I Believe" When I was young and full of grace and spirited--a rattlesnake. When I was young and fever fell My spirit, I will not tell You're on your honor not to tell I believe in coyotes and time as an abstract Explain the change, the difference between What you want and what you need, there's the key, Your adventure for today, what do you do Between the horns of the day? I believe my shirt is wearing thin And change is what I believe in When I was young and give and take And foolish said my fool awake When I was young and fever fell My spirit, I will not tell You're on your honor, on your honor Trust in your calling, make sure your calling's true Think of others, the others think of you Silly rule golden words make, practice, practice makes perfect, Perfect is a fault, and fault lines change I believe my humor's wearing thin And change is what I believe in I believe my shirt is wearing thin And change is what I believe in When I was young and full of grace As spirited a rattlesnake When I was young and fever fell My spirit, I will not tell You're on your honor, on your honor I believe in example I believe my throat hurts Example is the checker to the key I believe my humor's wearing thin And I believe the poles are shifting I believe my shirt is wearing thin And change is what I believe in "What if We Give it Away" On the outside underneath the wall All the money couldn't buy You're mistaken no one's standing there For the record no one tried Oh I try to What if we give it away? Overlooking with a hollow eye What's pretending is it right Eye for order a hand for what's in line Couldn't follow couldn't write And our life is fine here Stitch it on your tie here Here's the trailer Tom A year has come and gone We're not moving was it right Take the order sew it on your tie We couldn't follow couldn't try "Just a Touch" Well what in the world? Women in black Don't you remember send us back A day in the life well nobody laughed Look to the days how long can this last Kevin heard it on the radio Hugh informed word of mouth Carla read it in the news Caught it all just a touch You set the pace of what was to come I have to carry on now that you're gone A day in the life well nobody laughed Look to the days how long can this last There's someone in our dreams In our preassembled dream Lord! Dave! William! Well what in the world? Women in black Don't you remember send towering past back A day in the life well nobody laughed Look to the days how long can this last I can't see where to worship Popeye, love Al Green, I can't see, I'm so young, I'm so god damn young "Swan, Swan, H" Swan, swan, hummingbird Hurrah, we are all free now What noisy cats are we Girl and dog he bore his cross A long, low time ago, people talk to me Johnny Reb what's the price of fans Forty a piece or three for one dollar? Hey captain don't you want to buy Some bone chains and toothpicks? Night wings, her hair chains, Here's your wooden greenback, sing Wooden beams and dovetail sweep I struck that picture ninety times, I walked that path a hundred ninety, Long, low time ago, people talk to me A pistol hot cup of rhyme The whiskey is water, the water is wine Marching feet, Johnny Reb, what's the price of heroes? Six in one, half dozen the other, Tell that to the captain's mother, Hey captain don't you want to buy, Some bone chains and toothpicks? Night wings, her hair chains Swan, swan, hummingbird Hurrah, we are all free now What noisy cats are we Long, low time ago, people talk to me A pistol hot cup of rhyme, The whiskey is water, the water is wine "Superman (The Clique)" I am I am I am Superman and I know what's happening I am I am I am Superman and I can do anything You don't really love that guy you make it with now do you I know you don't love that guy cause I can see right through you If you go a million miles away I'll track you down girl Trust me when I say I know the pathway to your heart ALBUM: MONSTER "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen I never understood the frequency, uh-huh You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, tv, movies, magazines Richard said, "Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy" A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth You said that irony was the shackles of youth You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh I never understood the frequency, uh-huh "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh Butterfly decal, rearview mirror, dogging the scene You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth You said that irony was the shackles of youth You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh I never understood the frequency, uh-huh You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh I couldn't understand You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh I couldn't understand You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh I couldn't understand I never understood, don't fuck with me, uh-huh "Crush With Eyeliner" I know you I know you've seen her She's a sad tomato She's three miles of bad road Walking down the street Will I never meet her? She's a real woman-child Oh my kiss breath turpentine I am smitten I'm the real thing (I'm the real thing) Have you seen her come around? My crush with eyeliner I'm in like. I'm infatuated. It's all too much-the pressure. She's all that I can take What position should I wear? Cop an attitude? (you faker) How can I convince her? (Faker) That I'm invented too, yeah I am smitten I'm the real thing (I'm the real thing) We all invent ourselves and, uh, you know me Yeah, she's a sad tomato She's three miles of bad road She's her own invention (She's her own invention) That gets me in the throat What can I make myself be? Life is strange, yeah (Life is strange) What can I make myself be (Fake her) To make her mine? I am smitten I'll do anything (I'll do anything) A kiss breath turpentine, my crush with eyeliner I am smitten You know me (Yeah, you know me) I could be your Frankenstein my crush with eyeliner I am smitten I'm the real thing (I'm the real thing) Won't you be my valentine? My crush with eyeliner "King of Comedy" Make your money with a suit and tie Make your money with shrewd denial Make your money expert advice, If you can wing it Make your money with a power ply Make your money with a buyout bribe Make it lie as long as you mean it I'm not king of comedy, Grease the pig, give a squeeze (squeeze me) Make your money with exploitation Make it holy illumination Say a prayer at every station Don't forget to ask for mercy Make your money with a pretty face Make it easy with product placement Make it charged with controversy I'm straight, I'm queer, I'm bi I'm not king of comedy, I'm not your magazine, I'm not your television Make your money, make it rich make it young and make it quick Make your money on the jukebox, baby, it's pick up sticks, Make your enemies make your moves Make your critics fumble through Make it smart and make it schmooze Make it look easy I'm not king of comedy, I'm not your magazine, I'm not your television, I'm not your movie screen I'm not commodity (all together now) I'm not commodity I'm not commodity "I Don't Sleep, I Dream" I'm looking for an interruption, do you believe? You looking to dig my dreams Be prepared for anything You come into my little scene Hooray hooray hip hip hooray There's one thing I can guarantee: You won't have to dig, dig too deep Said leave me to lay, but touch me deep, I don't sleep, I dream I'll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need Are you looking to drive my dreams? You here to run my screens? You come, deliver my demons Hooray hooray hip hip hooray Are you coming to ease my headache? Do you give good head? Am I good in bed? I don't know, I guess so I don't sleep, I dream I'll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need I'm looking for an interruption, can you believe? Some medicine for my headache Hooray hooray hip hip hooray I'm pitching for a new direction Pinch me when I wake Don't tell me my dreams are fake you leave me to lay, you touch me deep, I don't sleep, I dream I'll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need Leave me to lay, but touch me deep, I don't sleep, I dream I'll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need "Star 69" you don't have to take the bar exam to see what you've done is ignoramus 103 what've I got to hang my hat on you don't have a pot to pee in all this just to be your friend I was there until the end. extortion and arson, petty larceny I know you called - I know you called - I know you called - I know you called - I know you called - I know you hung up my line star 69 I know all about the warehouse fire I know squirrelys didn't chew the wires 3 people have my number the other 2 were with me. I don't like to tell-tell but I'm not your patsy. this time you have gone too far with me. I know you called - I know you called - I know you called - I know you called - I know you called - I know you hung up my line star 69 why'd you put your quarter down on me? this reads like some dork inside edition hard copy. I can't be your character witness I can't be your alibi doorbell rings it's the FBI we learned spy vs. spy you my friend, are guilty as can be. I know you called - I know you called - I know you called - I know you called - I know you called - I know you hung up my line star 69 "Strange Currencies" I don't know why you're mean to me when I call on the telephone. and I don't know what you mean to me but I want to turn you on, turn you up, figure you out, I want to take you on These words, "You will be mine." These words, "You will be mine." all the time. the fool might be my middle name But I'd be foolish not to say I'm going to make whatever it takes, ring you up, call you down, sign your name, secret love, make it rhyme, take you in, and make you mine. These words, "You will be mine." These words, "You will be mine." all the time. oh I tripped and fell. did I fall. What I want to feel, I want to feel it now You know with love come strange currencies and here is my appeal: I need a chance, a second chance, a third chance, a fourth chance, a word, a signal, a nod, a little breath just to fool myself, to catch myself, to make it real, real These words, "You will be mine" These words, "You will be mine." all the time. oh These words, "You will be mine." These words, they haunt me, hunt me down, catch in my throat, make me pray, say, love's confined, oh. "Tongue" (posted by Michael Stipe to rec.music.rem) call my name, here I come. 90 to nothing, watch me run. you call. I am ashamed to say. ugly girls know their fate. anybody can get laid. you want a room with a fire escape. I want to tell you how much I hate this. don't leave that stuff all over me. it pains me. please just leave it. I should toss that vanity license plate. toss that make-up painted face. box those poems, chocolate cake. scratch that name on the record player. please just leave me be. don't lay that stuff all over me. it crawls all over. all over me. call my name, here I come. your last ditch lay, will I never learn? caramel turn on a dusty apology. it crawls all over me. you turn all over. it pains me. please just leave it. "Bang and Blame" If you could see yourself now, baby It's not my fault You used to be so in control You're going to roll right over this one Just roll me over, let me go You're laying blame Take this as no, no, no You bang, bang, bang, bang and bang, blame, blame, blame You bang, bang, bang, bang and bang, It's not my thing so let it go. If you could see yourself now baby, the tables have turned the whole world hinges on your swings your secret life of indiscreet discretions I'd turn the screw and leave the screen, Don't point your finger, You know that's not my thing You came to bang, bang, bang, bang and bang, blame, blame, blame You bang, bang, bang, bang and bang, It's not my thing so let it go. You've got a little worry, I know it all too well, I've got your number, but so does every kiss-and-tell who dares to cross your threshold, or happens on your way, Stop laying blame. You know that's not my thing. You know that's not my thing, You came to bang, bang, bang, bang and bang, blame, blame, blame You bang, bang, bang, bang and bang, It's not my thing so let it go. You bang, bang, bang, bang and bang, blame, blame, blame You bang, bang, bang, bang and bang, It's not my thing so let it go. You kiss on me, tug on me, rub on me, jump on me, you bang on me, beat on me, hit on me, let go on me, You let go on me. "I took your Name" I wore the clothes you wanted I took your name If there is some confusion, who's to blame? I signed your living will I smiled your face I'm ready to close the book on NASA in outer space If there is some confusion who's to blame? who's to blame? I sequenced your arrival I sealed your fate I pushed the button and erased your master tape I wrote the sales pitch I threw the brake switch I dragged your big ass daddy roth car out of that ditch If there is some confusion who's to blame? who's to blame? I crossed your great divide I stirred your ocean's tide I called your bluff until I blew your circuits wide I'll be your albatross, devil, dog, Jesus, God, I don't wanna be Iggy Pop but if that's what it takes, hey If there is some confusion If there is some confusion If there is some confusion who's to blame? who's to blame? "Let me in" Yeah, all those stars drip down like butter, promises are sweet, We hold out our pans, lift our hands to catch them. We eat them up, drink them up, up, up, up Heyyyyyy, let me in. Heyyyyyy, let me in. I only wish that I could hear you whisper down, mister fisherman, to a less peculiar ground. He gathered up his loved ones and he brought them all around to say goodbye, nice try. Heyyyyyy, let me in. yeah yeah yeah Heyyyyyy, let me in. Let me in. I had a mind to try to stop you. Let me in. Let me in. I've got tar on my feet and I can't see. All the birds look down and laugh at me. Clumsy, crawling out of my skin. Heyyyyyy, let me in. yeah yeah yeah Heyyyyyy, let me in. Heyyyyyy, let me in. yeah yeah yeah Heyyyyyy, let me in. "Circus Envy" Here comes that awful feeling again Welcome the ugly animal. I hold my breath to what you sing, My pyro acrobat ball and chain, I'm not afraid, I messed it, messed it, messed it, messed it up I've got my telescope head in the haystack I'm getting tired of your dodgeball circus act Put pepper in my coffee, I forgot to bark on command Here comes that awful feeling again Make way for monster jealousy The strong man kicked sand into my breakfast cereal bowl I'd spelled your name with Oatios, he messed it, messed it, messed it, messed it up I've got my telescope head in the haystack I am tired of your dodgeball circus act Put pepper in my coffee, I forgot to bark on command (you're mean, mean, mean you tease, tease, tease me) If I were you I'd really run from me I'd really really wish that I were you When I get loose I'll climb a tree and drop a load on your head This monster in me makes me retch, you messed it, messed it up I've got my telescope head in the haystack I am jealous of your dodgeball circus act Put pepper in my coffee, I forgot to bark Put pepper in my coffee, I forgot to bark on command (you're mean, mean, mean you tease, tease, tease me) Do you smell jealousy? Do you smell jealousy, jealousy, jealousy? "You" Let the sun beat through the clouds, Let me kiss you on the mouth. All my childhood toys with chew marks in your smile. Let me hold your syrup close to mine. Let me watch you, Hollywood and Vine. And I want you like the movies, touch me now. I love you crazy, just keep on. I love you madly, just keep watch. You wipe my lips, You turn me on. My attentions are turned to you. Did I dream you were a tourist in the Arizona sun? I can see you there with luna moths and watermelon gum. I woke up in the sleeping bag, With nowhere else to run. You're standing in the bathroom telling me its all in fun. I love you crazy, just keep on. I love you madly, just keep watch. You wipe my lips, You turn me on. My attentions are turned to you. I can whisper in your ear. I can write a calendar year I can wing around your Saturn smile, shout at the moon I walked the tension wire line. And I learned to disrespect the signs. And I want you like a Pisces rising, even though I love you crazy, just keep on. I love you madly, just keep watch. You wipe my lips, You turn me on. My attentions are turned to you. ALBUM: NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI "How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us" Blood from a stone Water from wine. Born under earplay design. A stroke of bad luck, wrong place, wrong time. This flyer is out of the lime. The story is a sad one, told many times. The story of my life in trying times. Just add water, stir in lime. How the west was won and where it got us. Canary got trapped, the uranium mine. A stroke of bad luck, now the bird has died. a marker to mark where my tears run dry. I cross it, bless it, alkali. The story is a sad one, told many times. The story of my life in trying times. Just add water, stir in lime. How the west was won and where it got us. I didn't wear glasses cause I thought it might rain. Now I can't see anything. I made a mistake, chalked it up to design. I cracked through time, space, Godless and dry. I point my nose to the northern star, watch the decline from a hazy distance. "The Wake-Up Bomb" (from a lyric sheet - performed during '95 Monster tour and on 1995 MTV Awards show) (I...was...cool) I look good in a glass pack I look good and mean I look good in metallic sick wraparound blackout tease I scud along the horizon, I drink some sweet tree tea I get high in my low-ass boot-cut jean I like being seen I look good with my drink-eat-no-sleep, take-a-leap longevity I get high on my attitude, latitude, 1973 I'm in deep My head's on fire and high esteem Carry my dead, bored, been there, done that, anything Oh, the wake-up bomb Oh, the wake-up bomb Oh, the wake-up bomb Oh, the wake-up bomb My head's on fire and high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Carry my dead, bored, been there, done that, anything I had to knock a few buildings over I make an ugly mess I had to blow a gasket Drop transmission I had to decompress I had to write the great American novel I had a neutron bomb I had to teach the world to sing by the age of 21 I wake up (I wake up) I wake up (I wake up) I threw up when I saw what I'd done Oh, the wake-up bomb Oh, the wake-up bomb My head's on fire and high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything I've had enough, I've seen enough, I've had it all, I'm giving up I won the race, I broke the cup, I drank it all, I spit it up I've had enough, I've seen enough, I've had it all, I'm giving up I won the race, I broke the cup, I drank it all, I spit it up Yeah, atomic, Supersonic What a joke, I'm dumb See ya, don't wanna be you Lunch meat, Pond scum My head's on fire in high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything "New Test Leper" I can't say that I love Jesus that would be a hollow claim. He did make some observations and I'm quoting them today. "Judge not lest ye be judged." what a beautiful refrain. The studio audience disagrees. Have his lambs all gone astray? Call me a leper Call me a leper Call me a leper "You are lost and disillusioned!" what an awful thing to say. I know this show doesn't matter. It means nothing to me. I thought I might help them understand but what an ugly thing to see. "I am not an animal" subtitled under the screen. Call me a leper Call me a leper Call me a leper When I tried to tell my story They cut me off to take a break. I sat silent 5 commercuials I had nothing left to say The talk show host was index-carded All organized and blank The other guests were scared and hardened What a sad parade. What a sad parade Call me a leper Call me a leper Call me a leper "Undertow" I know what I wanted I know what I wanted I hnow how I wanted this to be You go down to the water Drink down of the water Walk up off the water, leave it be This is not my time, brother It is cold in heaven and I'm not sprouting wings. I'm drowning Me I'm drowning Me, yeah Brother can you see those birds? They don't look to heaven They don't need religion, they can see They go down to the water Drink down on the water Fly up off the water, leave it be This is not my time, sister It is cold in heaven And no one's coming after me I'm drowning Breathing ourselves Me Breathing ourselves I'm drowning Breathing ourselves Me, yeah You know I am tired Cold and bony tired Nothing's gonna save me, I can see I can't say I'm fearful I can't say I'm not afraid But I am not resisting, I can see I don't need a heaven I don't need religion I am in the place where I should be I am breathing water I am breathing water You know a body's got to breathe I'm drowning Breathing ourselves Me Breathing ourselves I'm drowning Breathing ourselves Me, yeah "E-Bow The Letter" Look up, what do you see? All of you and all of me Fluorescent and starry Some of them, they surprise The bus ride, I went to write this, 4:00 a.m. This letter Fields of poppies, little pearls All the boys and all the girls sweet-toothed Each and every one a little scary I said your name I wore it like a badge of teenage film stars Hash bars, cherry mash and tinfoil tiaras Dreaming of Maria Callas Whoever she is This fame thing, I don't get it I wrap my hand in plastic to try to look through it Maybelline eyes and girl-as-boy moves I can take you far This star thing, I don't get it I'll take you over, there I'll take you over, there Aluminum, tastes like fear Adrenaline, it pulls us near I'll take you over It tastes like fear, there I'll take you over Will you live to 83? Will you ever welcome me? Will you show me something that nobody else has seen? Smoke it, drink Here comes the flood Anything to thin the blood These corrosives do their magic slowly and sweet Phone, eat it, drink Just another chink Cuts and dents, they catch the light Aluminum, the weakest link I don't want to disappoint you I'm not here to anoint you I would lick your feet But is that sickest move? I wear my own crown and sadness and sorrow And who'd have thought tomorrow could be so strange? My loss, and here we go again I'll take you over, there I'll take you over, there Aluminum, tastes like fear Adrenaline, it pulls us near I'll take you over It tastes like fear, there I'll take you over Look up, what do you see? All of you and all of me Fluorescent and starry Some of them, they surprise I can't look it in the eyes Seconal, spanish fly, absinthe, kerosene Cherry-flavored neck and collar I can smell the sorrow on your breath The sweat, the victory and sorrow The smell of fear, I got it I'll take you over, there I'll take you over, there Aluminum, tastes like fear Adrenaline, it pulls us near I'll take you over It tastes like fear, there I'll take you over Pulls us near Tastes like fear.. Nearer, nearer over, over, over, over Yeah, look over I'll take you there, oh, yeah I'll take you there Oh, over I'll take you there Over, let me I'll take you there.. There, there, baby, yeah "Leave" Nothing could be bring me closer. Nothing could be bring me near. Where is the road I follow? believing, leave. It's under, under, under my feet. The scene spread out there before me. Better I go where the land touches sea. There is my trust in what I believe. That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me down, to leave it, believe it, leave it all behind. Shifting the dream nothing could bring me further from my old friend time shifting the dream charging the scene I know where I marked the signs Suffer the dreams of a world gone mad I like it like that and I know it I know it well, ugly and sweet A temper man who said believe in his dream. That's what keeps me That's what keeps me That's what keeps me down I sent it on an airline plane I sent it off in an airplane that never left the ground. That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me down, To leave it, believe it. leave it all behind. Lift me, lift me, I attain my dream. I lost myself, I lost them. heartache calling me. I lost myself in sorrow I lost myself in pain. I lost myself in gravity, Memory, leave, leave. That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me down, To leave it, believe it, leave it all behind. That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me down, To leave it, believe it, leave it all behind. Midnight hands, my eyes are still I walk into the scene Shoot myself in a different place Leavin' Longed for this to take me, Longed for my release Waited for the coming leavin', leave. Leave, leave. Leavin', leavin' "Departure" Just arrived Singapore, San Sebastian, Spain, 26-hour trip. Salt Lake City, come in spring. Over the salt flats a hailstorm brought you back to me. Salt Lake City, come in spring. Over the salt flats a hailstorm brought you back to me. Here it comes (I'm carried away) Here it comes (I'm carried away) Here it comes, back, back. Departure, godspeed, bless his heart, good boy. What a fuck-up, what a fighter. A free-fall, motorcycle, hang-glider, Hung on the line like a poison spider. Win a eulogy from William Greider, car crash, ptomaine, disposable lighter, a bus plunge, avalanche, a vinegar cider. Free-fall, motorcycle, hang-glider. Here it comes (I'm carried away) Here it comes (I'm carried away) Here it comes, back, back. Go, go, go, go, yeah. Well, everybody is young forever. There's so much to tell you, so little time. I've come a long way since the whatever, shit, I still see a word, think of you. There is so much that I can't do, yeah. You will be young forever. There's so much that I can't do. There is so much that I can't do. Here it comes (I'm carried away) Here it comes (I'm carried away) Here it comes, back, back. "Bittersweet Me" I move across, innocence lost all flashing pulsar I move across the earth in my new pattern shirt I pass satellites. "You're so bitter," your complaint I can't give you anything. I don't know who you're livin for I don't who you are anymore. I'd sooner chew my leg off, Than be trapped in this. How easy you think of all of this as bittersweet me I couldn't taste it I'm tired and naked. I don't know what I'm hungry for I don't know what I want anymore I move across, candy floss I move like a tank I move across the room with a heart full of gloom, stronger than you think. Oh my peer, your veneer is wearing thin and cracking. the surface informs that underneath, underneath is lacking. I'd sooner chew my leg off, Than be trapped in this. How easy you think of all of this as bittersweet me I couldn't taste it. I'm tired and naked. I don't know what I'm hungry for. I don't know what I want anymore. You move across, innocence lost, all static and desire, you're blue in the face from navel gaze, you set yourself on fire. You strip down and lay yourself out, I know you can't fake it, But are you tire and naked? Are you tire and naked? I'd sooner chew my leg off, Than be trapped in this. How easy you think of all of this as bittersweet me I couldn't taste it I'm tired and naked. I don't know what I'm hungry for. I don't know what I want anymore. "Be Mine" ("a speed zone up here too") I never thought of this as funny It speaks another world to me I wanna be your Easter bunny I wanna be your Christmas tree. I'll strip the world that you must live in of all its godforsaken greed. I'll ply the tar out of your feathers. I'll pluck the thorns out of your feet. You and me. You and me. You and me. And if I choose your sanctuary. I'll want to wash you with my hair. I'll want to drink of sacred fountains and find the riches hidden there. I'll eat the lotus and peyote. I'll want to hear the caged-bird sing. I'll want the secrets of the temple. I'll want the finger with the ring. You and me. You and me. You and me. And if you make me your religion. I'll give you all the room you'll need. I'll be the drawing of your breath. I'll be the cup if you should bleed. I'll be the sky above the Ganges I'll be the vast and stormy sea. I'll be the lights that guide you inland. I'll be the visions you will see. Visions you will see. You will see. You will see. You and me. You and me. You and me. "Binky The Doormat" This is horror movie stuff. the muffin is peach, you're 'makin' love'. you mean this opera involves handcuffs? I lay defeated. yeah, sour milk mouth, horseradish sweet. she's a girl and she's loving me. but distance is my tendency. I am defeated. have you lost your place? I wore my doormat face. I hung my this or that. I laid my welcome mat. If I'm your oyster, where's the war? you leave me gasping, tattered and torn. I know you can't find a fork. I am just a little acorn. well, acorns grow to mighty trees. you've got sauce, but you don't have knees. now look who's asking pretty please. I lay defeated. have you lost your place? i wore my doormat face. I hung my this or that. I laid my welcome mat. Call your bathroom friends around. I will fake a little frown. I will be your little clown, easily defeated. yeah, shut the door and open wide. seconal and astroglide. fuck with me and traumatize. don't you see i love your hide? all the beauty that's trapped inside. can't you see i love your hide? can't you see i love your hide? can't you see it? have you lost your place? I wore my doormat face. I hung my this or that. I laid my welcome mat. "So Fast, So Numb" You're movin' through rough waters motel boy, and swimming in your sleep. How could I be so blind, mis-sighted, not to see there's something wounded deep? Anyone could scratch your surface now, it's all amphetamine you're blasting yourself into the present learn some vast indignity, say that, You say that you hate it, you want to re-create it I've been around, I've been your lover. I let it go at Kill Devil Hill, You're coming onto something so fast, so numb that you can't even feel. You're drinking the raw Drano baby, You do-si-do, saddo You're you in cartilage, shark-eyed, shock horror, all present tense, and boy your blood is running cold. Listen, this is now, this is here, this is me, this is what I wanted you to see. That was then, was that, that is gone, this is past, you cast yourself cast, passed by, gone down fast, you say, You say that you hate it. You want to recreate it. I've played this round, I've played your lover. I've played it out to the hilt. You're comin' on with something so fast, so numb that you can't even feel. You love it. You hate it. You want to re-create it. Now, this is here, this is me, This is what I wanted you to see. That was then, was that, that is gone. That is what I wanted you to feel. You love it. You hate it. You spit it out, the bitter pill. I've been around, I've been your lover I let it go at Kill Devil Hill. You're coming onto something so fast, so numb that you can't even feel. I've played this round, I've played your lover. I've played it out to the hilt. You're comin' on with something so fast, so numb that you can't even feel. you played around, you played me lover, I let it go at Kill Devil Hill. You're moving so hard, so fast, so numb that you can't even feel. "Low Desert" It happened fast, it's over quick. a little dust and the engine kicks. Did your hands drift down off the wheel? a road owl hit your windshield An eyelash or a little bit of sleep? Time stands still. Just call it now and you're on your way (hey, hey, hey) All the ashtrays, cities and the freeway drives Broken casino and waterslide Eighteen-wheeler, payback dice. Gravity pulls on the power line. Jet stream cuts the desert sky. This is a land could eat a man alive. Say you'd leave it all behind. There's a radio tower that's egging me on Back to the place where you never belong. Where people thrive on their own contempt. Whatever meaning is long gone, spent. If you had to guess or make bet, would you place yourself inside of it? the mountains yawn, the clouds let out a sigh. "Tricked again." Let go, okay. "Electrolite" Your eyes are burning holes through me. I'm gasoline. I'm burnin' clean. Twentieth century go and sleep. You're plasticine. That is obscene. That is obscene. You are the star tonight. Your sun electric, outta sight. Your light eclipsed the moon tonight. Elecrolite. You're outta sight. If I ever want to fly. Mulholland Drive. I am alive. Hollywood is under me. I'm Martin Sheen I'm Steve McQueen I'm Jimmy Dean You are the star tonight. Your sun electric, outta sight. Your light eclipsed the moon tonight. Elecrolite. You're outta sight. If you want to fly. Mulholland Drive. Up in the sky. Stand on a cliff and look down there. Don't be scared, you are alive. You are alive. You are the star tonight. Your sun electric outta sight. Your light eclipsed the moon tonight. Elecrolite. You're outta sight. Twentieth century go and sleep. Really deep. We won't blink You're eyes are burnin' holes through me. I'm not scared I'm outta here. I'm not scared. I'm outta here. ALBUM: RECKONING "Harborcoat" They crowded up to Lenin with their noses worn off A handshake is worthy if it's all that you've got Metal shoes on wood push through our back There's a splinter in your eye and it reads "REACT" They shifted the statues for harboring ghosts Reddened their necks, collared their clothes Then we danced the dance till the menace got out She gathered the corners and called it her gown Please find my harborcoat, can't go outside without it Find my harborcoat, can't go outside without it They crowded up to Lenin with their noses worn off A handshake is worthy if it's all that you've got Metal shoes on wood push through our back There's a splinter in your eye and it reads "REACT", R-E-A-C-T They shifted the statues for harboring ghosts Reddened their necks, collared their clothes Then we danced the dance till the menace got out She gathered the corners and called it her gown She said... "Seven Chinese Brothers" This mellow, sweet, short-haired boy, woman offers pull up a seat Take in one symphony now, we've just begun to battle Wrap your heel in bones of steel, turn the leg, a twist of color Autumn waited hold it to you in the colored come another Seven chinese brothers swallowing the ocean Seven thousand years to sleep away the pain She will return, she will return This mellow, sweet, short-haired boy, woman offers pull up a seat Take in one symphony now, we've just begun to battle Wrap your heel in bones of steel, turn the leg, a twist of color Autumn waded seven seas swimming colored come another Seven chinese brothers swallowing the ocean Seven thousand years to sleep away the pain She will return, she will return This mellow, sweet, short-haired boy, woman offers pull up a chair Take in one symphony now, I guess we lost that battle Wrap your heel in bones of steel, turn the leg, a twist of color Autumn waded seven seas swimming colored come another Seven chinese brothers swallowing the ocean Seven thousand years the Communi did reign She will return, she will return "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" (parts quoted by Michael Stipe in Rolling Stone in a letter in Dec 1988) Did you never call? I waited for your call These rivers of suggestion are driving me away The trees will bend, the cities wash away The city on the river there is a girl without a dream I'm sorry Eastern to Mountain, third party call, the lines are down The wise man built his words upon the rocks But I'm not bound to follow suit The trees will bend, the conversation's dimmed Go build yourself another home, this choice isn't mine Did you never call? I waited for your call These rivers of suggestion are driving me away The ocean sang, the conversation's dimmed Go build yourself another dream, this choice isn't mine "Pretty Persuasion" It's what I want, hurry and buy, all has been tried, follow reason and buy, Cannot shuffle in this heat, it's all wrong Try to put that on your sleeve it's all wrong it's all wrong He's got a pretty persuasion She's got pretty persuasion God damn, pure confusion She's got pretty persuasion It's what I want, hurry and buy, all has been tried, follow reasoning, And I put that in this heat it's all wrong Try to wear that on my sleeve it's all wrong all wrong He's got a pretty persuasion She's got pretty persuasion God damn, pure confusion He's got pretty persuasion In the light I saw quite a scene there It's what I want, hurry and buy, all has been tried, follow reason and buy, Try to put that in this heat it's all wrong Cannot wear that on your sleeve it's all wrong it's all wrong "Time After Time (Annelise)" Ask the girl of the hour by the water tower's watch If your friends took a fall, are you obligated to follow Time after time after time when the bull's on his hooves, when you gather friends by the tower If you try to refuse, will they judge your worth by the hour? If your tired and you're tried you can find me in my room You can stay if you want and the third time you can't lose Ask the girl of the hour, by the water tower's watch We can fight if you want but who will turn out the light "Second Guessing" Why're you trying to second guess me? I am tired of second guessing What will be your look this season? Who will be your book this season? Why're you trying to second guess me? I am tired of second guessing What will be your look this season? Who will be your book this season? Here we are Why're you trying to second guess me? I am tired of second guessing What will be your look this season? Be in my club, write a book this season "Letter Never Sent" It's been pretty simple so far, vacation in Athens is calling me And knock, knock, knock on wood, I thought I'd left you behind Heaven is yours, heaven is yours, heaven's yours where I live The thought of the catacombs left my soul at home This letter never sent And it's so far, it's so dark, i'm so lost Heaven's yours, heaven's yours, heaven's yours where I live (Another story, another story for a while, someone show me) When I'm moving too fast, where's my new address? The water is evening now, the catacombs are filling in If my soul was made of stone, no, not, not so dark, dark And it's so far, it's so dark, i'm so lost And it's so far, it's so far, it's so far Heaven's yours, heaven's yours, heaven's yours where I live (Another story, another story for a while, someone show me) Heaven's yours, heaven's yours, heaven's yours where I live (Another story, another story for a while, someone show me) "Camera" From the inside room when the front room greeting Becomes your special book, it was simple then When the party lulls, if we fall by the side Will you be remembered? Will she be remembered? Alone in a crowd, a bartered lantern borrowed If I'm to be your camera, then who will be your face? I fell by your bed once, I didn't want to tell you I should keep myself in between the pages Of the green light room if we fall by the side From the inside room when the front room greeting Becomes your special book, it was simple then When the party lulls, if we fall by the side I still like you, can you remember? "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" Looking at your watch a third time waiting in the station for a bus Going to a place that's far, so far away and if that's not enough Going where nobody says hello, they don't talk to anybody they don't know You'll wind up in some factory that's full time filth and nowhere left to go Walk home to an empty house, sit around all by yourself I know it might sound strange, but I believe You'll be coming back before too long Don't go back to Rockville And waste another year At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend I don't care if you're not here with me 'Cause it's so much easier to handle All my problems if I'm too far out to sea But something better happen soon Or it's gonna be too late to bring you back It's not as though I really need you If you were here I'd only bleed you But everybody else in town only wants to bring you down and That's not how it ought to be I know it might sound strange, but I believe You'll be coming back before too long "Little America" I can't see myself at thirty, I don't buy a lacquered thirty Caught like flies, preserved for tomorrow's jewelery, again Lighted in the amber yard, a green shellback, green shellback Preserved for tomorrow's eyes, in tree beer tar-black brer sap, The biggest wagon is the empty wagon is the noisiest, The consul a horse, Jefferson I think we're lost Who will tend the farm museums? Who will dust today's belongings? Who will sweep the floors, hedging near the givens? Rally round your leaders it's the mediator season Diane is on the beach, do you realize the life she's led? The biggest wagon is the empty wagon is the noisiest, The consul a horse, oh man I think we're lost The biggest wagon is the empty wagon is the noisiest, A matter of course, Jefferson, Jeffer Lighted in the amber yard, a green shellback, green shellback Sky-lied, sty-tied, Nero pie-tied, in tree tar-black brer sap, Reason has harnessed the tame, a lodging, not stockader's game Another Greenville, another Magic Mart, Jeffer, grab your fiddle, The biggest wagon is the empty wagon is the noisiest, The consul a horse, Jefferson I think we're lost The biggest wagon is the empty wagon is the noisiest, The consul a horse, Jefferson I think we're lost ALBUM: MURMUR "Radio Free Europe" Beside yourself if radio's gonna stay. Reason: it could polish up the grey. Put that, put that, put that up your wall That this isn't country at all Raving station, beside yourself Keep me out of country in the word Deal the porch is leading us absurd. Push that, push that, push that to the hull That this isn't nothing at all. Straight off the boat, where to go? Calling on in transit, calling on in transit Radio Free Europe Beside defying media too fast Instead of pushing palaces to fall Put that, put that, put that before all That this isn't fortunate at all Raving station, beside yourself Calling on in transit, calling on in transit Radio Free Europe, radio. Decide yourself, calling all of the medias too fast Keep me out of country in the word Disappoint is into us absurd Straight off the boat, where to go? Calling on in transit, calling on in transit Radio Free Europe "Pilgrimage" Take a turn, take a turn Take our fortune, take our fortune They called the clip a two-headed cow Your hate clipped and distant, your luck, pilgrimage Rest assured this will not last, take a turn for the worst Your hate clipped and distant, your luck a two-headed cow The pilgrimage has gained momentum Take a turn, take a turn Take our fortune, take our fortune Speakin' in tongues, it's worth a broken lip Your hate clipped and distant, your luck, pilgrimage Rest assured this will not last, take a turn for the worst Your hate clipped and distant, your luck a two-headed cow The pilgrimage has gained momentum Take a turn, take a turn Take our fortune, take our fortune Pilgrimage. Pilgrimage. Speakin' in tongues, it's worth a broken lip Your hate clipped and distant, your luck Rest assured this will not last, take a turn for the worst Your hate clipped and distant, your luck two-headed The pilgrimage has gained momentum Take a turn, take a turn Take our fortune, take our fortune Pilgrimage. Pilgrimage. The pilgrimage has gained momentum Take a turn, take a turn Take our fortune, take our fortune Take a turn, take a turn Take our fortune, take our fortune "Laughing" Laocoon and her two sons Pressured storm, tried to move No other more, emotion bound Martyred, misconstrued Lighted in a room, lanky room Lighted, lighted, laughing in tune Lighted, lighted, laughing Laocoon and her two sons Run the gamut, sated view Know them more, emotion bound Martyred, misconstrued Lighted in a room, lanky room Lighted, lighted, laughing in tune Lighted, lighted, laughing In a room, lock the door, latch the room Lighted, lighted, laughing Laocoon and her two sons Ran the gamut, settled new, Find a place fit to laugh, Lock the doors, latch the room Lighted in a room, lanky room Lighted, lighted, laughing in tune Lighted, lighted, laughing in tune Lighted, lighted, laughing in tunes Lighted, lighted, laughing in tunes "Talk About the Passion" Empty prayer, empty mouths, combien reaction Empty prayer, empty mouths, talk about the passion Not everyone can carry the weight of the world Not everyone can carry the weight of the world Talk about the passion Talk about the passion Empty prayer, empty mouths, combien reaction Empty prayer, empty mouths, talk about the passion Combien, combien, combien de temps? Not everyone can carry the weight of the world Not everyone can carry the weight of the world Combien, combien, combien de temps? Talk about the passion Talk about the passion (repeat) "Moral Kiosk" Scratch the scandals in the twilight Trying to shock but instead Idle hands all orient to her Pass a magic pillow under head It's so much more attractive inside the moral kiosk Inside, cold, dark, fire, twilight Inside, cold, dark, fire, twilight They scratch the scandals in the twilight She was laughing like a Horae Put that knee in dour landslide Take this step to dash a roving eye It's so much more attractive inside the moral kiosk Inside, cold, dark, fire, twilight Inside, cold, dark, fire, twilight (repeat first verse) "Perfect Circle" Put your hair back, we get to leave Eleven gallows on your sleeve Shallow figure, winner's paid Eleven shadows way out of place Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room Pull your dress on and stay real close Who might leave you where I left off? A perfect circle of acquaintances and friends Drink another, coin a phrase Heaven assumed, shoulders high in the room Heaven assumed, shoulders high in the room Heaven assumed, shoulders high in the room Try to win and suit your needs Speak out sometimes but try to win Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room "Catapult" Ooooo, we were little boys Ooooo, we were little girls It's nine o'clock, don't try to turn it off Cowered in a hole, opie mouth. Question: Did we miss anything? Did we miss anything? Did we miss anything? Did we miss anything? Catapult. Catapult. Catapult. Catapult. Ooooo, we were little boys Ooooo, we were little girls It's nine o'clock, don't try to turn it off Cowered in a hole, opie mouth. We in step, in hand, your mother remembers this. Hear the howl of the rope, a question: Did we miss anything? Did we miss anything? Did we miss anything? Did we miss anything? Catapult. Catapult. Catapult. Catapult. March could be darker. March could be darker. Catapult. Catapult. Catapult. Catapult. (Repeat 2nd verse) "Sitting Still" This name I got we all agreed See could stop stop it will rid We could bind it in the cist We could gather, throw a fit Up to buy, Katie buys a kitchen-size, but not Mae Ann Setting trap for love, making a waste of time, sitting still I'm the sign and you can read. I'm the sign and you're not deaf. We could bind it in the cist. We could gather, throw a fit. Up to buy, Katie buys a kitchen-size, but not Mae Ann Setting trap for love, making a waste of time, sitting still I can hear you. I can hear you. I can hear you. This name I got we all agree See could stop stop it will rid We could bind it in the cist We could gather, throw a fit. Up to buy, Katie buys a kitchen-size, but not Mae Ann Setting trap for love, making a waste of time, sitting still I can hear you. I can hear you. I can hear you. You can gather when I talk, talk until you're blue You could get away from me. Get away from me. Up to buy, Katie buys a kitchen-size, but not me Setting trap for love, making a waste of time, sitting still I can hear you. I can hear you. I can hear you. I can hear you. I can hear you. I can hear you. Can you hear me? "9-9" Steady repetition is a compulsion mutually reenforced. Now what does that mean? Is there a just contradiction? Nothing much. Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord, hesitate. Got to punch Right on target Twisting tongues Gotta stripe down his back all nine yards down her back Give me a couple, Don't give me a couple of pointers, Turn to lies and conversation fear Got to punch Right on target Twisting tongues Gotta stripe down his back all nine yards down her back Give me a couple, Don't give me a couple of pointers, Turn to lies and conversation fear What is in my mind? What is in my mind? Steady repetition is a compulsion mutually reenforced. Now what does that mean? Is there a just contradiction? Nothing much. Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, oh come on, hesitate, hesitate. Got to punch Right on target Twisting tongues Gotta stripe down her back all nine yards down his back Give me a couple, Don't give me a couple of pointers, Turn to lies and conversation fear Conversation fear. Conversation fear. Conversation fear. "Shaking Through" Could it be that one small voice doesn't count in the world? Yellow like a geisha gown, denial all the way Could this by three be turned? Honor marches on. Yellow like a geisha gown, denial all the way Shaking through, opportune. Shaking through, opportune. Are we grown way too far? Taking after rain Yellow like a geisha gown, denial all the way Shaking through, opportune. Shaking through, opportune. In my life. Is that a steal? Children of today on parade, Yellow like a geisha gown, denial all the way Shaking through, opportune. Shaking through, opportune. Shaking through, opportune. Shaking through, opportune. "We Walk" Up the stairs to the landing, up the stairs into the hall Take oasis, Marat's bathing We walk through the wood we walk Up the stairs to the landing, up the stairs into the hall Take oasis, Marat's bathing We walk through the woods we walk Take oasis take oasis take oasis take oasis Up the stairs to the landing, up the stairs into the hall Take oasis, Marat's bathing We walk through the world we walk Up the stairs to the landing, up the stairs into the hall Take oasis, Marat's bathing Up the stairs to the landing, up the stairs into the hall Take oasis, Marat's bathing Up the stairs to the landing, up the stairs into the hall Into the hall "West of the Fields" Long gone, intuition to assume are gone when we try. Dream of a living jungle in my way back home when we die. West of the fields. West of the fields. West of the fields. West of the fields. Long gone. Long gone. Long gone. Long gone. West of the fields. Dreams of Elysian, to assume are gone when we try Tell now what is dreaming When we try to listen with your eyes oversimplify The animals, how strange. Try, try to stick it in. The animals, how strange. Try, try to stick it in. Dreams of Elysian, to assume are gone when we try Tell now what is dreaming when we try. Listen through your eyes when we die. West of the fields. West of the fields. West of the fields. West of the fields. Long gone. Long gone. Long gone. Long gone. West of the fields. ALBUM: FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION "Feeling Gravity's Pull" I fell asleep and read just about every paragraph. Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around Peel back the mountains peel back the sky Stomp gravity into the floor It's a Man Ray kind of sky Let me show you what I can do with it Time and distance are out of place here Step up, step up, step up the sky is open-armed When the light is mine, I felt gravity pull Somewhere near the end it said "You can't do this", I said "I can too" Shift sway rivers shift, oceans fall and mountains drift It's a Man Ray kind of sky Let me show you what I can do with it Step up, step up, step up the sky is open-armed When the light is mine, I felt gravity pull onto my eyes, holding my head straight (looking down). This is the easiest task I've ever had to do... I fell asleep and read just about every paragraph Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around Shift the swaying river's shift Oceans fall and mountains drift It's a Man Ray kind of sky Let me show you what I can do with it Time and distance are out of place here Step up, step up, step up the sky is open-armed When the light is mine, I felt gravity pull onto my eyes, holding my head straight (looking down). This is the easiest task I've ever had to do... Reason had harnessed the tame Holding the sky in their arms Gravity pulls me down "Maps and Legends" (for the Rev. Howard Finster, "a man of vision and feeling - a fine example to all") He's not to be reached, he's to be reached. He's not to be reached, he's to be reached. Called the fool and the company, On his own where he'd rather be. Where he ought to be, he sees what you can't see, can't you see that? Maybe he's caught in the legend, maybe he's caught in the mood. Maybe these maps and legends have been misunderstood. Down the way the road's divided, Paint me the places you have seen. Those who know what I don't know refer to the yellow, red and green Maybe he's caught in the legend, maybe he's caught in the mood. Maybe these maps and legends have been misunderstood. He's not to be reached, he's to be reached. (4 times) The map that you painted didn't seem real. He just sings whatever he's seen Point to the legend, point to the east, Point to the yellow, red and green Maybe he's caught in the legend, maybe he's caught in the mood. Maybe these maps and legends have been misunderstood, been misunderstood. (Maps and legends) (Maps and legends) Is he to be reached? He's not to be reached. (Maps and legends) Is he to be reached? He's not to be reached. (Maps and legends) Is he to be reached? He's not to be reached anymore. "Driver 8" The walls are built up, stone by stone, the fields divided one by one. And the train conductor says "Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break We've been on this shift too long" And the train conductor says "Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away" I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm. The power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged. Bells are ringing through the town again, Children look up, all they hear is sky-blue, bells ringing And the train conductor says "Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away" Way to shield the hated heat. Way to put myself to sleep. Way to shield the hated heat. Way to put myself, my children to sleep. He piloted this song in a plane like that one. She is selling faith on the Go Tell crusade. Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, hear the bells ring again. Field to weed is stricken thin And the train conductor says "Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break We've been on this shift too long." And the train conductor says "Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away" "Life and How To Live It" Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way To doors to go between the wall was raised today To doors remain before your others and your own Keep these books well stocked away and take your happy home My carpenter's out and running about, talking to the street My pockets are out and running about Barking in the street to tell what I have hidden there Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way Two doors to go between the wall was raised today Raise the walls and shout its flaws, a carpenter should rest So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best My carpenter's out and running about, talking to the street My pockets are out and running about Barking in the street to tell what I have hidden there The hills ringing hear the words in time Listen to the holler, listen to my walls within my tongue Can't you see you made my ears go tin? the air quicken tension building inference suddenly Life and how to live it Raise the walls and shout its flaws, a carpenter should rest So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best Read about the wisdom lost, a knock, a knock, a knock A secret knock one hammer's locked the other wisdom lost My carpenter's out and running about, talking to the street My pockets are out and running about Barking in the street to tell what I have hidden there My carpenter's out and running about, barking in the, listen to the holler My pockets are out and running about Barking in the street to tell what I have hidden there Listen, listen to the holler, If I write a book it will be called "Life and How to Live It" "Old Man Kensey" Old Man Kensey wants to be a sign painter First he's got to learn to read He's gonna be a clown on TV Flexes his elbow taunt and free That's my folly, I believe Drink up the lake Kensey's awake That's my folly, that's my mistake Old Man Kensey wants to be a goalie First he's got to learn to count He's gonna be a clown on a circus mount Letters to be signed and dropped off Kensey's going far John, Bill and Ed, stand on your head That's my folly, I'm ready to go Old Man Kensey wants to be a dog catcher First he's got to learn to stand He's gonna be a clown in a marching band Letters to be signed ransom greed That's my folly, I believe Drink up the lake, John, Bill and Ed, That's my folly, that's my mistake Kensey's awake, stand on your head That's my folly, I'm ready to go "Can't Get There From Here" When the world is a monster Bad to swallow you whole Kick the clay that holds the teeth in Throw your trolls out the door If you're needing inspiration Philomath is where I go Lawyer Jeff he knows the low-down He's mighty bad to visit home (I've been there I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there I know the way) When your hands are feeling empty Stickheads jumping off the ground Tris is sure to shirr the deers out Brother Ray can sing my song (I've been there I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there I know the way) Hands down, Calechee bound Land locked, kiss the ground The dirt of seven continents going round and round Go on ahead Mr. Citywide hypnotize, suit and tie Gentlemen testify If your world is a monster Bad to swallow you whole Philomath they know the low-down Throw your trolls out the door (I've been there I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there I know the way) Can't get there from here (I've been there I know the way) (Thank you, Ray) "Green Grow the Rushes" The wheelbarrow's fallen Look at my hands They've found some surplus, cheaper hands Rubbing palms and pick and choose, who will they choose? Here is the news. Look at that building, look at this man Haloed and whitewashed Gone to find a cheaper hand he'll offer a pound, offer a pound. Green grow the rushes go Green grow the rushes go Green grow the rushes go The compass points the workers home Pay for your freedom, find another gate Guilt by associate, the rushes wilted a long time ago Guilty as you go Stay off that highway, word is it's not so safe The grasses that hide the greenback The amber waves of gain again The amber waves of gain Green grow the rushes go Green grow the rushes go Green grow the rushes go The compass points the workers home "Kohoutek" Who will stand alone? She carried ribbons, she wore them out Courage built a bridge, jealous tore it down At least it's something you've left behind Like Kohoutek, you were gone We sat in the garden, we stood on the porch I won't deny myself, we never talked She wore bangles, she wore bells On her toes and she jumped like a fish Like a flyin' friend, you were gone Like Kohoutek, can't forget that Fever built a bridge, reason tore it down If I am one to follow.. who will stand alone? Maybe you're not the problem scissors, paper, stone If you stand and holler, these prayers will talk She carried ribbons, she wore them out Michael built a bridge...Michael tore it down At least it's something you've left behind Like Kohoutek, you were gone Michael built a bridge... Michael tore it down If I stand and holler... will I stand alone? "Auctioneer (another engine)" She didn't want to get pinned down by her prior town Get me to the train on time, here take this nickel make a dime Take this penny and make it into a necklace when I leave What is at the other end, I don't know another friend Another wife, another morning spent Listen, listen to the auctioneer Another engine, another engine We never wrote the reasons that I need explained Some things are givens, and others get away This time its for myself you call it what you may Okay, we won't say goodbye so long, so much more Listen to the auctioneer Another engine, another engine Listen to the bargain holler Listen to the barter holler Listen to the auctioneer Get me to the train on time here take this nickel make a dime Take this penny and make it into a necklace when I leave What is at the other end, an I don't know another friend Another wife, another morning spent Listen to the auctioneer Another engine, another engine Do I stand the bargain holler? Listen to the barter holler Listen to the auctioneer "Good Advices" When you greet a stranger look at his shoes Keep your money in your shoes put your trouble behind When you greet a stranger look at her hands Keep your money in your hands put your travel behind Who are you going to call for, what do you have to say Keep your hat on your head home is a long way away At the end of the day, I'll forget your name I'd like it here if I could leave and see you from a long way away When you greet a stranger, look at her shoes Keep you memories in your shoes, put your travel behind Who are you going to call for, what do you have to say Keep your hat on your head Home is a long way away At the end of the day, when there are no friends When there are no lovers, who are you going to call for What do you have to change A familiar face a foreign place I forget your name I'd like it here if I could leave and see you from a long way away Who are you going to call for, what do you have to say Keep your hat on your head Home is a long way away "Wendell Gee" That's when Wendell Gee takes a tug Upon the string that held the line of trees Behind the house he lived in He was reared to give respect But somewhere down the line he chose To whistle as the wind blows Whistle as the wind blows, with me He had a dream one night That the tree had lost its middle So he built a trunk of chicken wire To try to hold it up But the wire, the wire turned to lizard skin And when he climbed inside There wasn't even time to say Goodbye to Wendell Gee So whistle as the wind blows Whistle as the wind blows, with me If the wind were colors And if the air could speak Then whistle as the wind blows Whistle as the wind blows **** Thanks to Uberfizzgig for causing me further injury. **** "Looking Down the Barrel Of a Gun" by Beastie Boys Rolling down the hill snowballing getting bigger An explosion in the chamber the hammer from the trigger I seen him get stabbed I watched the blood spill out He had more cuts than my man Chuck Chillout 24 is my age 22 is my gauge Writing rhymes on a page going off in a rage Out on a mission a stolen car mission Had a little problem with the transmission 3 on the tree in the middle of the night I have this steak on my head cause I got into a fist fight Life comes in phases take the good with the bad You bought those coins on the street and you got had It's all high spirit you know you gotta hear it Don't touch the mic baby don't come near it It's gonna get you it's gonna get you It's gonna get you girl it's gonna get you Looking down the barrel of a gun Son of a gun son of a bitch Getting paid getting rich Ultra violence running through my head Fuzzy navel y'all making me see red Rapid fire Louie like Rambo got bullets I'm a gonna die harder like my kid Bruce Willis Drummond I love girlies waxing and milking Got more excuses than my man Dave Scilkin Predetermined destiny is who I am You got your finger on the trigger like the Son of Sam I am Like Clockwork Orange going off on the town I've got posse bonanza to beat your ass down I'm mad at my desk and I'm writing all curse words Expressing my aggressions through my schizophrenic verse words You're a headless chicken chasin' a sucker free basin Looking for a fist to put your face in Get hip don't slip knuckle heads Racism is schism on the serious tip "Clean" by Depeche Mode Clean The cleanest I've been An end to the tears And the in-between years And the troubles I've seen Now that I'm clean You know what I mean I've broken my fall Put an end to it all I've changed my routine Now I'm clean I don't understand What destiny's planned I'm starting to grasp What is in my own hands I don't claim to know Where my holiness goes I just know that I like What is starting to show Sometimes As years go by All the feelings inside Twist and they turn As they ride with the tide I don't advise And I don't criticise I just know what I like With my own eyes Sometimes Sometimes "Swallowed" by Bush Warm sun, feed me up and I'm leery loaded up Loathing for a change and I slip some boil away Swallowed followed, heavy about everything but my love Swallowed sorrowed, I'm with everyone and yet not I'm with everyone and yet not, I'm with everyone and yet Just wanted to be myself Hey, you said that you would love to try some Hey, you said you would love to die some In the middle of a worm on a fish hook You're the wave, you're the wave, you're the wave Swallowed borrowed, heavy about everything but my love Swallowed hollowed, sharp about everyone but yourself Swallowed oh no, I'm with every one and yet not I'm with everyone and you're not, I'm with everyone and you're not I'm on everyone and yet Piss on self-esteem, forward, busted knee Sick head, blackened lungs and I'm a simple selfish son Swallowed followed, heavy about everything but my love Swallowed oh no, I'm with everyone and yet not I'm on everyone and yet not, I'm on everyone and yet not, Got to get away from here, got to get away from here Got to get away from here, got to get away from here I miss the one that I love a lot, I miss the one that I love a lot I miss the one that I love a lot "NFB (Dallabnikufesin)" by Anthrax We fell in love at first sight I can't explain the feelings When I first saw you We were so so happy A life of love sweet honey child You'll always be mine But then I played the fool I never meant to hurt you Or sleep with all your friends We reconciled we found ourselves Our love was meant to be Oh baby can't you see Solo You left me standing in the mud Crying to myself A heart so full of pain But we fell in love again This time forever True love prevails over all She got hit by a truck "Wait" by K's Choice I hold it, I fold it I throw it on the floor I wrote it, but maybe I'm afraid That you'll be bored It's very real and true and sad And hopeful just like me It's one of those things I'll never tell I'll carve it in a tree I follow you, I watch you I thank god you're in my class I picture us in the schoolbus And we're holding each others' hand I need a plan for you to fall In love with me and then I'll make you marry me, I'll wait... I never wear my glasses when I know that you can see me You act as if I'm not around But deep down you must need me I draw you, every single Feature in my head I try to do my homework But I dream of you instead I need a plan for you to fall In love with me and then I'll make you marry me, I'll wait... I'll make you marry me I'll make you marry me I'll make you marry, marry me... I'll wait... "Two-Headed Boy Pt. Two" by Neutral Milk Hotel Daddy please hear this song that I sing In your heart there's a spark that just screams For a lover to bring a child to your chest that could lay as you sleep And love all you have left like your boy used to be Long ago wrapped in sheets warm and wet Blister please with those wings in your spine Love to be with a brother of mine How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep wrapped in boxes so tight Sounding only at night as you sleep Brother see we are one in the same And you left with your head filled with flames And you watched as your brains fell out through your teeth Push the pieces in place Make your smile sweet to see Don't you take this away I'm still wanting my face on your cheek And when we break we'll wait for our miracle God is a place where some holy spectacle lies And when we break we'll wait for our miracle God is a place you will wait for the rest of your life Two headed boy she is all you could need She will feed you tomatoes and radio wires And retire to sheets safe and clean But don't hate her when she gets up to leave "Footy" by Spiderbait Footy day in Finley town Yeah yeah yeah yeah! At two o'clock the siren sounds Yeah yeah yeah yeah! Umpy throws the ball in play Yeah yeah yeah yeah! (something) Yeah yeah yeah yeah! I like footy! I like footy! I love footy! We love footy! I like footy! I love footy! I like footy! Kick that footy! I like footy! I like footy! Ooo yeah footy! We like footy! I love my footy! He likes footy! I like footy! I hate footy! Big sticks standing tall and white Yeah yeah yeah yeah! Make oh what a pretty sight Yeah yeah yeah yeah! The smell of blood is in the air Yeah yeah yeah yeah! (rival footy team) boys are scared Yeah yeah yeah yeah! I like footy! I like footy! I like footy! We love footy! I love footy! He loves footy! I like footy! Kick that footy! I like footy! I like footy! Ooo yeah footy! He likes footy! I love footy! I like footy! I like footy! I hate footy! (someone) takes a specca mark Yeah yeah yeah yeah! Pay (something) pay (something) Yeah yeah yeah yeah! Siren sounds we've won the day Yeah yeah yeah yeah! Grab a chick let's hit the hay Yeah yeah yeah yeah! I like footy! I like footy! I like footy! We love footy! I like footy! I like footy! Ooo yeah footy! Kick that footy! I like footy! I like footy! Kick me the footy! He loves footy! I like footy! I like footy! Love that footy! Chuck a specca! "My Friend of Misery" by Metallica You just stood there screaming fearing no one was listening to you they say the empty can rattles the most the sound of your voice must soothe you hearing only what you want to hear and knowing only what you've heard you you're smothered in tragedy you're out to save the world misery you insist that the weight of the world should be on your shoulders misery there's much more to life than what you see my friend of misery you still stood there screaming no one caring about these words you tell my friend before your voice is gone one man's fun is another's hell these times are sent to try men's souls but something's wrong with all you see you you'll take it on all yourself remember, misery loves company misery you insist that the weight of the world should be on your shoulders misery there's much more to life than what you see my friend of misery you just stood there screaming my friend of misery "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" by Madonna I traded fame for love Without a second thought It all became a silly game Some things cannot be bought Got exactly what I asked for Wanted it so badly Running, rushing back for more I suffered fools so gladly And now I find I've changed my mind Chorus The face of you My substitute for love My substitute for love Should I wait for you My substitute for love My substitute for love I travelled round the world Looking for a home I found myself in crowded rooms Feeling so alone Had so many lovers Who settled for the thrill Of basking in my spotlight I never felt so happy Chorus Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh No famous places, far-off places Trinkets I can buy No handsome stranger, heady danger Drug that I can try No ferris wheel, no heart to steal No laughter in the dark No one-night-stand, no far-off land No fire that I can spark Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm Chorus And now I find I've changed my mind This is my religion "I don't wanna get drafted" by Frank Zappa Hello! Anybody home? Special Delivery OH NO Registered Mail. You're gonna have to sign for this, buddy. OH NO Come on, I know you're in there. OH NO I don't wanna get drafted I don't wanna go I don't wanna get drafted I don't wanna get drafted I don't wanna go I don't wanna get drafted NO-OH-WOH-OH-WOH... Roller skates 'n disco It's a lot of fun I'm too young 'n stupid To operate a gun I don't wanna get drafted I don't wanna get drafted I don't wanna get drafted I don't wanna get drafted My-y-y sister don't wanna get drafted She don't wanna go My sister don't wanna get drafted My-y-y sister don't wanna get drafted She don't wanna go My sister don't wanna get drafted WOH-OH-WOH-OH-WOH Wars are really ugly They're dirty and they're cold I don't want nobody To shoot her in the fox hole... fox hole I don't wanna get drafted I don't wanna get drafted I don't wanna get drafted I don't wanna get drafted Wars are really ugly They're dirty and they're cold I don't want nobody To shoot me in the fox hole... fox hole Aiieeeeeeeee... shot in the fox hole (Shot in the fox hole, shot in fox hole, shot in the fox hole) Aiieeeeeeeee... shot in the fox hole (Shot in the fox hole, shot in fox hole, shot in the fox hole) Aiieeeeeeeee... shot in the fox hole (Shot in the fox hole, shot in fox hole, shot in the fox hole) Aiieeeeeeeee... shot in the fox hole (Shot in the fox hole, shot in fox hole, shot in the fox hole) Aiieeeeeeeee... shot in the fox hole One... two... three... "Big Furry Green Monster" by Spiderbait Big furry green Monster unseen Climbs up the hill Then, down Eats all the cow Horse and the plough Looks at the treats Around Big furry green Monster quite mean Begins the day Alone Thinks in his mind There was a time When everything Was fine Now can you see No one but me To do the monster Things Ate all the trees Grass and the leaves And then he says "Why am I the only So sad and lonely, Once I adored you, Now I ignore you." Big furry green Monster quite clean Reaches the cliff Twilight Something inside Doesn't feel right Then all the fear Subsides Makes up his mind Now is the time To be-a-leaving Home Opens his wings Leaps with a spring And then he whispers "Why am I the only, So sad and lonely, Once I adored you, Now I ignore you. Why am I the only, So sad and lonely, Once I adored you, Now I ignore you." "Waiting For The Night" by Depeche Mode I'm waiting for the night to fall I know that it will save us all When everything's dark Keeps us from the stark reality I'm waiting for the night to fall When everything is bearable And there in the still All that you feel is tranquillity There is a star in the sky Guiding my way with its light And in the glow of the moon Know my deliverance will come soon I'm waiting for the night to fall I know that it will save us all When everything's dark Keeps us from the stark reality I'm waiting for the night to fall When everything is bearable And there in the still All that you feel is tranquillity There is a sound in the calm Someone is coming to harm I press my hands to my ears It's easier here just to forget fear And when I squinted The world seemed rose-tinted And angels appeared to descend To my surprise With half-closed eyes Things looked even better Than when they were open Been waiting for the night to fall I knew that it would save us all Now everything's dark Keeps us from the stark reality Been waiting for the night to fall Now everything is bearable And here in the still All that you feel is tranquility "Everything Under the Sun" by Extreme Part I: Rise 'N Shine Dawn wakes the silence, of a fainted lullaby Day breaks the eyelid, from a song sung in my eye Night rests in peace, as the sun mourns the sky All's accounted for sheep, over a horizon's I Rise, rise 'n shine A new day is coming Rise, rise in time For everything under the sun And when you see, a south wind blow Forecasting, you will know, a hot day, will be on the way (Foolish one) You analyze, the earth and the sky I ask you why, You can't analyze the signs, of the present time I had a dream, not unlike te one from old Of a man king, whose head was made of gold Stand castles of sand, weather sundials rise 'n fall Chasing wind through your hands, 'til water runs dry the well Dream, Daniel, dream For what's yet to come See, Daniel, see For everything under the sun And in the West, a cloud appears For shadows of a coming shower near, Oh, so near (Hypocrites) You analyze, the earth and the sky I ask you why, you can't analyze the signs, of the present time Vanity, Yes, all is vanity Vanity, Yes, all's futility For one that dies, another's born Where laughter's heard, comforters mourn Theres a time for everything A song for love, even abhor An olive branch, or winter's war There's a time for Everything, under the sun Part II: Am I Ever Gonna Change I'm tired of being me, and I don't like what I see, I'm not who I appear to be So I start off every day, down on my knees I will pray, for a change in any way But as the day goes by, I live through another lie, if it's any wonder why Am I ever gonna change Will I always stay the same If I say one thing, Then I do the other It's the same old song, That goes on forever Am I ever gonna change I'm the only one to blame When I think I'm right, I wind up wrong It's a futile fight, Gone on too long Please tell me if it's true, am I too old to start anew, cause that's what I want to do But time and time again, when I think I can, I fall short in the end So why do I even try, Will it matter when I die, Can anyone hear my cry? Am I ever gonna change Take it day by day My will is weak And my flesh too strong This peace I seek Till thy kingdom comes Part III: Who Cares? Tell me, Jesus, are you angry? One more sheep has, just gone astray A hardening of hearts, turning to stone Wandering off, so far from home So many children, losing time Walk in darkness, looking for a sign Chasing their rainbows, the future looks bright Slowly we're losing, Sight of the light Who cares? Who cares? Who cares? Tell me who cares? Who cares? All alone, out in the cold Can't look back, am I growing old I chose a path, is this my fate Am I finding out, the truth too late Who cares? Who cares? Who cares? Tell me who cares? Who cares? Here I am, a naked man Nothing to hide with empty hands Remember me, I am the one Who lost his way, your Prodigal Son Who cares? Who cares? Who cares? Tell me who cares? Who cares? Am I ever gonna change Will I always stay the same Say one thing Then do the other Same old song Goes on forever Rise, rise 'n shine A new day is coming Yes it is! "Symphony of Destruction" by Megadeth You take a mortal man, And put him in control Watch him become a god, Watch peoples heads a'roll A'roll... Chorus Just like the Pied Piper Led rats through the streets We dance like marionettes, Swaying to the Symphony... Of Destruction Acting like a robot, Its metal brain corrodes. You try to take its pulse, Before the head explodes. Explodes... Chorus The earth starts to rumble World powers fall A'warring for the heavens, A peaceful man stands tall Tall... Chorus "Learning to Fly" by Pink Floyd Into the distance, a ribbon of black Stretched to the point of no turning back A flight of fancy on a windswept field Standing alone my senses reeled A fatal attraction holding me fast, how Can I escape this irresistible grasp? Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted Just an earth-bound misfit, I Ice is forming on the tips of my wings Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything No navigator to guide my way home Unladened, empty and turned to stone A soul in tension that's learning to fly Condition grounded but determined to try Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I Friction lock - set. Mixture - rich Propellers - fully forward Flaps - set - 10 degrees Engine gauges and suction - check Mixture set to maximum percent - recheck Flight instruments... Altimeters - check both (garbled word) - on Navigation lights - on Strobes - on (to tower): Confirm 3-8-Echo ready for departure (tower): Hello again, this is now 129.4 (to tower): 129.4. It's to go. (tower): You may commence your takeoff, winds over 10 knots. (to tower): 3-8-Echo Easy on the brakes. Take it easy. Its gonna roll this time. Just hand the power gradually, and it... Above the planet on a wing and a prayer, My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air, Across the clouds I see my shadow fly Out of the corner of my watering eye A dream unthreatened by the morning light Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night There's no sensation to compare with this Suspended animation, A state of bliss Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison We both lie silently still in the dead of the night Although we both lie close together We feel miles apart inside Was it something I said or something I did Did the words not come out right Though I tried not to hurt you Though I tried But I guess that's why they say Chorus: Every rose has its thorn Just like every night has its dawn Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song Every rose has its thorn Yeah it does I listen to our favorite song playing on the radio Hear the DJ say loves a game of easy come and easy go But I wonder does he know Has he ever felt like this And I know that you'd be here somehow If I could have let you know somehow I guess Chorus Though it's been a while now I can still feel so much pain Like a knife that cuts you the wound heals but the scar, that scar remains Solo I know I could have saved a love that night If I'd known what to say Instead of makin' love We both made our separate ways But now I hear you found somebody new and that I never meant that much to you To hear that tears me up inside And to see you cuts me like a knife I guess Chorus "West of Hollywood" by Steely Dan Brother in tears Look at this chain of sorrows Stretching all the way from here and now to hell and gone I was Kid Clean She was Anne de Siecle Just a thrill away from punching through to the cosmic wow It started out good Then it got lots better Makin' up the rules as we went along But with a business like this There's a gnarly downside I'm way deep into nothing special Riding the crest of a wave breaking just west of Hollywood Swingin' so hard We burned right through the summer Till the axis of pain/pleasure sheared the arc of desire From the Rebus affair To the streets of Culver City Places and events slip below the horizon line Now at this time Into our pretty story The truth compels us To bring a certain name Meet if you will Doctor Warren Kruger I'm way deep into nothing special Riding the crest of a wave breaking just west of Hollywood She reached out for my hand While I watched myself lurch across the room And I almost got there Look in my eyes Can't you see the core is frozen? You can't ask me to access the dreams I don't have now Sadly for us Our little talk is over So together we'll endure the tyranny of the disallowed Don't you love Port Blanc When Hooterie is over When the girls get easy and the crowds are gone A weekend of bliss Then the rainy season "Hyper-ballad" by Bjork We live on a mountain Right at the top There's a beautiful view From the top of the mountain Every morning I walk towards the edge And throw little things off Like car-parts, bottles and cutlery Or whatever I find lying around It's become a habit A way to start the day I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you It's real early morning No-one is awake I'm back at my cliff Still throwing things off I listen to the sounds they make On their way down I follow with my eyes 'til they crash Imagine what my body would sound like Slamming against those rocks When it lands Will my eyes Be closed or open? I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you Safe up ( here with you ) ... "About a Girl" by Nirvana I need an easy friend I do... with an ear to lend I do... think you fit this shoe I do... but you have a clue I'll take advantage while You hang me out to dry But I can't see you every night (for) free I'm standing in your line I do... hope you have the time I do... pick a number too (to or two) I do... keep a date with you "Another Brick in the Head" by Spiderbait Come on baby We're gonna have a good time You'll show me yours I'll show you mine Come along down I'm not (something) as a man I'll show you why I'm a big tough man! Big tough man! Come on baby You're gonna lock down All of them said You are the whore of town Come in the back Sit on my lap If you don't suck my cock I'm gonna beat your head with a big piece of rock! Beat you with this rock! Too bad baby You bit too late Now I'm going back To tell all my mates How I cut you open Until you're dead I'm so glad I smashed your head! "Jesse James Symphony" by Prefab Sprout jesse james is running and he'll never be at rest til the day they fold his arms across his chest he's a long way from the cradle and his ma's authority but it only seems a minute since she stood over his bed and she tried to tell him something now what the hell was it she said? jesse james is thinking of the breaks he never had and the gene that cursed his blood group rhesus-bad jesse james lived money his account was in the black til the day he stopped a bullet with his back well the zip code may read Vegas but the heart beats Tupelo and a footstep is such a small thing that it's neither here nor there til you string those steps together and find home is way back, way back where? jesse james was never part of life's great symphony all he heard were penny whistles out of key jesse james he promised "i will never die afraid" that boy perjured every vow he ever made "Junkie Man" by Rancid The common man doesn't suffer pain like this Only the soul that has never been kissed Let us adore our beautiful son He's ridin' on the river of Babylon Bootin' up, shootin' up, bring on the brightness See the son of God is comin' up and I see a likeness Internalize the lunacy of the misery is showin' When you're brought up you're caught up in a system that's goin' No one answers, no one takes that call from you No one answers, no one takes that call from you No one answers, no one takes that call from you, you, you Junkie man tell me what your story is Junkie man tell me what your story is Junkie man tell me what your story is Junkie man tell me what your story is Water, water, water, water I desire Some parent's house is on fire Slowly the house gonna burn to the ground The neighborhood will watch, bridge outta town Will someone be a witness, please tell me that he's crazy But he's not and they know that And they can't get him 'cause he's not crazy Beat him, lock him, knock him, take away his authority Hit 'em, ship 'em, club 'em, submitted conformity No one answers, no one takes that call from you No one answers, no one takes that call from you No one answers, no one takes that call from you, you, you Junkie man tell me what your story is Junkie man tell me what your story is Junkie man tell me what your story is Junkie man tell me what your story is My hand went blind, clairvoyant My hand went blind I make love to my trance sister My trance sister went on And my trance parents see from the balcony I looked out on the big field The big field, it opens like the cover of an old bible And out come the wolves Out come the wolves Their paws trampling the snow, the alphabet I stand on my head and watch it all go away Bootin' up, shootin' up, bring on the brightness See the son of God is coming up and I see a likeness Internalize the lunacy the misery is showin' When you're brought up and caught up in a system that is goin' No one answers, no one takes that call from you No one answers, no one takes that call from you No one answers, no one takes that call from you, you, you Junkie man tell me what your story is Junkie man tell me what your story is Junkie man tell me what your story is Junkie man tell me what your story is Album: Images and Words by Dream Theater "Pull Me Under" Lost in the sky Clouds roll by and I roll with them Arrows fly Seas increase and then fall again This world is spinning around me This world is spinning without me Every day sends future to past Every breath leaves one less to my last Watch the sparrow falling Gives new meaning to it all If not today nor yet tomorrow then some other day I'll take seven lives for one And then my only father's son As sure as I ever did love him I am not afraid This world is spinning around me The whole world keeps spinning around me All life is future to past Every breath leaves me one less to my last Pull me under Pull me under Pull me under I'm not afraid All that I feel is honor and spite All I can do is to set it right Dust fills my eyes Clouds roll by and I roll with them Centuries cry Orders fly and I fall again This world is spinning inside me The whole world is spinning inside of me Every day sends future to past Every step brings me closer to my last Pull me under Pull me under Pull me under I'm not afraid Living my life too much in the sun Only until your will is done 'Oh that this too too solid flesh would melt.' [Quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet,] [also sometimes seen in various ] [versions as 'too sullied flesh'.] "Another Day" Live another day Climb a little higher Find another reason to stay Ashes in your hands Mercy in your eyes If you're searching for a silent sky... You won't find it here Look another way You won't find it here So die another day The coldness of his words The message in his silence, 'Face the candle to the wind...' This distance in my voice Isn't leaving you a choice So if you're looking for a time to run away... You won't find it here Look another way You won't find it here So try another day They took pictures of our dreams Ran to hide behind the stairs And said maybe when it's right for you, they'll fall But if they don't come down Resist the need to pull them in And throw them away Better to save the mystery Than surrender to the secret You won't find it here Look another way You won't find it here So try another day "Take The Time" "Hold it now... wait a minute... come on... whew..." [Samples from ???] ] Just let me catch my breath... I've heard the promises I've seen the mistakes I've had my fair share of tough breaks I need a new voice, a new law, a new way Take the time, reevaluate It's time to pick up the pieces, Go back to square one I think it's time for a change There is something that I feel To be something that is real I feel the heat within my mind And craft new changes with my eyes Giving freely wandering promises A place with decisions I'll fashion I won't waste another breath [Chorus:] You can feel the waves coming on (It's time to take the time) Let them destroy you or carry you on (It's time to take the time) You're fighting the weight of the world But no one can save you this time Close your eyes You can find all you need in your mind The unbroken spirit Obscured and disquiet Finds clearness this trial demands And at the end of this day sighs an anxious relief For the fortune lies still in his hands If there's a pensive fear, a wasted year A man must learn to cope If his obsession's real, Suppression that he feels must turn to hope Life is no more assuring than love (It's time to take the time) There are no answers from voices above (It's time to take the time) You're fighting the weight of the world And no one can save you this time Close your eyes You can find all that you need in your mind I close my eyes And feel the water rise around me Drown in the beat of time Let my senses fall away I can see much clearer now, I'm blind "Adesso che ho perso la vista, [Sample from the Italian film "Cinema ] ci vedo meglio e di piu." [Paradiso", which means "Now that I'm ] [blind, I can see much clearer." ] [Chorus] [This text was taken from the video for] [Take The Time, and is incorrect. It ] Find all you need in your mind [should be "Ora che ho perso la vista, ] If you take the time [ci vedo di piu.", which means "Now ] Find all you need in your mind [that I have lost my sight, I can see ] If you take the time [clearer." ] "Surrounded" Morning comes too early and nighttime falls too late And sometimes all I want to do is wait The shadow I've been hiding in has fled from me today I know it's easier to walk away than look it in the eye But I will raise a shelter to the sky and here beneath this star tonight I'll lie She will slowly yield the light As I awaken from the longest night Dreams are shaking Set sirens waking up tired eyes With the light the memories all rush into his head By a candle stands a mirror Of his heart and soul she dances She was dancing through the night above his bed And walking to the window he throws the shutters out against the wall And from an ivory tower hears her call 'Let light surround you' It's been a long, long time He's had awhile to think it over In the end he only sees the change Light to dark Dark to light Light to dark Dark to light Heaven must be more than this When angels waken with a kiss Sacred hearts won't take the pain But mine will never be the same He stands before the window His shadow slowly fading from the wall And from an ivory tower hears her call 'Let the light surround you' Once lost but I was found When I heard the stained glass shatter all around me I sent the spirits tumbling down the hill But I will hold this one on high above me still She whispers words to clear my mind I once could see but now at last I'm blind I know it's easier to walk away than look it in the eye But I had given all than I could take And now I've only habits left to break Tonight I'll still be lying here Surrounded in all the light "Metropolis - Part I 'The Miracle and the Sleeper'" The smile of dawn Arrived early May She carried a gift from her home The night shed a tear To tell her of fear And of sorrow and pain She'll never outgrow Death is the first dance, eternal There's no more freedom The both of you will be confined to this mind I was told there's a miracle for each day that I try I was told there's a new love that's born for each one that has died I was told there'd be no one to call on when I feel alone and afraid I was told if you dream of the next world You'll find yourself swimming in a lake of fire As a child, I thought I could live without pain without sorrow But as a man I've found it's all caught up with me I'm asleep yet I'm so afraid Somewhere like a scene from a memory There's a picture worth a thousand words Eluding stares from faces before me It hides away and will never be heard of again Deceit is the second without end The city's cold blood teaches us to survive Just keep my heart in your eyes and we'll stay alive The third arrives... Before the leaves have fallen Before we lock the doors There must be a third and last dance This one will last forever Metropolis watches and thoughtfully smiles She's taken you to your home It can only take place When the struggle between our children has ended Now the Miracle and the Sleeper know that the third is love Love is the Dance of Eternity "Under A Glass Moon" Tell me Remind me Chase the water racing from the sky Always beside me Taste the memories running from my eyes Nervous flashlights scan my dreams Liquid shadows silence their screams I smile at the moon Chasing water from the sky I argue with the clouds Stealing beauty from my eyes [Chorus:] Outside the soundness of your mind Bathing your soul in silver tears Beneath a blackened summer sky Praying for time to disappear Beneath a summer sky Under glass moonlight Night awaits the lamb's arrival Liquid shadows crawl Silver teardrops fall The bride subsides to her survival By your hand I've awakened Bear this honor in my name [Chorus] "Wait For Sleep" Standing by the window Eyes upon the moon Hoping that the memory will leave her spirit soon She shuts the doors and lights And lays her body on the bed Where images and words are running deep She has too much pride to pull the sheets above her head So quietly she lays and waits for sleep She stares at the ceiling And tries not to think And pictures the chain She's been trying to link again But the feeling is gone And water can't cover her memory And ashes can't answer her pain God give me the power to take breath from a breeze And call life from a cold metal frame In with the ashes Or up with the smoke from the fire With wings up in heaven Or here, lying in bed Palm of her hand to my head Now and forever curled in my heart And the heart of the world "Learning To Live" There was no time for pain No energy for anger The sightlessness of hatred slips away Walking through winter streets alone He stops and takes a breath With confidence and self control I look at the world and see no understanding I'm waiting to find some sense of strength I'm begging you from the bottom of my heart to show me understanding I need to live life Like some people never will So find me kindness Find me beauty Find me truth When temptation brings me to my knees And I lay here drained of strength Show me kindness Show me beauty Show me truth The ways that your heart sounds makes all the difference It's what decides if you'll endure the pain that we all feel The way that your heart beats makes all the difference In learning to live Here before me is my soul I'm learning to live I won't give up Till I've no more to give Listening to the city Whispering its violence I set out watching from above The 90's bring new questions New solutions to be found I fell in love to be let down Once again we dance in the crowd At times a step away From a common fear that's all spread out It won't listen to what you say Once you're touched and you stand alone To face the bitter fight Once I reached for love And now I reach for life Another chance to lift my life Free the sensation in my heart To ride the wings of dreams into changing horizons It brings inner peace within my mind, As I'm lifted from where I've split my life I hear an innocent voice I hear kindness, beauty and truth The way your heart sounds makes all the difference It's what decides if you'll endure the pain that we all feel The way your heart beats makes all the difference In learning to live Spread before you is your soul So forever hold the dreams within our hearts Through nature's inflexible grace I'm learning to live "World In My Eyes" by Depeche Mode Let me take you on a trip Around the world and back And you won't have to move You just sit still Now let your mind do the walking And let my body do the talking Let me show you the world in my eyes I'll take you to the highest mountain To the depths of the deepest sea We won't need a map, believe me Now let my body do the moving And let my hands do the soothing Let me show you the world in my eyes That's all there is Nothing more than you can feel now That's all there is Let me put you on a ship On a long, long trip Your lips close to my lips All the islands in the ocean All the heaven's in the motion Let me show you the world in my eyes That's all there is Nothing more than you can touch now That's all there is Let me show you the world in my eyes "My Tears Are Fallin'" probably not by Collision, but that's the only version I know My tears are fallin' and I'm doin' time for being young My tears are fallin' but my life has just begun you see women in Cadillacs and the girls with their summer dresses high Be my December I'll be your sweet July My tears are fallin' My tears are fallin' My tears are fallin' Ooooh My deepest lines of worry I've crossed one thousand times My tears are no valley babe, Each one much harder to climb than the one before I guess I knew I had to go 'Cuz you're so far away and I needed to hold you close you see women in Cadillacs and the girls with their summer dresses high Be my December I'll be your sweet July My tears are fallin' My tears are fallin' My tears are fallin' My tears are fallin' uh... my tears are fallin' Oh oh ohhhhh... "The Quass" by NOFX Quass. The Quass. "Harvey the Wonder Hamster" by "Weird Al" Yankovic Oh, Harvey, Harvey Harvey the Wonder Hamster He doesn't bite and he doesn't squeal He just runs around on his hamster wheel Harvey, Harvey Harvey the Wonder Hamster Hey, Harvey! "Billy the Mountain" by Frank Zappa Billy the Mountain Billy the Mountain A regular picturesque Postcardy mountain Residing between lovely Rosamond and Gorman With his stunning wife Ethell A tree A tree Billy was a mountain Ethell was a tree growing off of his shoulder Billy was a mountain (Billy was a mountain) Ethell was a tree growing off of his shoulder (Ethell was a tree growing off of his shoulder) He-he-hey! Billy had two big caves for eyes With a cliff for a jaw that would go up and down And whenever it did he'd puff out some dust And hack up a boulder Hack! Hack up a boulder Hack, hack! Hack up a boulder Hack, hack! Hack up a boulder Now one day, now I believe it was on a Tuesday, a man in a checkered double-knit suit drove up in a large Eldorado Cadillac leased from Bob Spreen (Where the freeways meet in Downey!") And he laid a huge bulging envelope right at the corner of Billy the Mountain, that was right where his foot was supposed to be. Now, Billy the Mountain, he couldn't believe it! All those postcards he'd posed for for all those years, and finally, now, at last, his royalties! Royalties! Royalties check is in, honey...! Royalties! Royalties! Yes! Billy the Mountain was rich! Yes... and his eyeballs caves they widened in amazement, and his jaw which was a cliff, well it... it dropped thirty feet! A bunch of dust puffed out Rocks and boulders hacked up! Hack, hack, hack! Crushing the Lincoln! I gave him the money He acted real funny He hacked up a rock and It totalled my car Oh do you Know any trucks might Be bound for the valley I don't wanna stand here All night in this bar Dear Lord I Don't wanna stand here All night in this bar No shit I Don't wanna stand here All night in this bar By two o'clock, when the bars had already closed down, Billy had broken the big news to Ethell Ta-da! And with dust and boulders everywhere Billy, choked with excitement AAWW! Announced: ETHELL, WE'RE GOING ON A VACATION Yes! And they were going an a vacation... oh, and Ethell, Ethell, Ethell, like any little woman, she of course was very excited Ha ha ah ah ah ha ha ah ha ha! She creaked a little bit and some old birds flew off of her Billy told Ethell they were going to... Yes! They were going to New York! ETHELL, WE'RE GOING TO... TU-TU-TU-TU-TU NEW YORK But first they were gonna stop in Las Vegas! It's off to Las Vegas To check out the lounges Pull a few handles And drink a few beers Oh Ethell Ethell, my darling You know that I love you I'm glad we could have a Vacation this year Oh neet-o Glad we could have a Vacation this year They left that night, crunching across the Mojave desert, their voices echoing through the canyons of your mind... (Poo-ah!) ETHELL, WANNA GET A CUPPA CAWFEE? (Howard Johnson's, Howard Johnson's, Howard Johnson's) OH, THERE'S A HOWARD JOHNSON'S... WANNA EAT SOME CLAMS? The first noteworthty piece of real estate they destroyed was Edwards Air Force Base And to this very day, wing-nuts and data reduction clerks alike speak in reverent whispers about that fateful night when Test Stand Number One and the rocket sled itself got... (We got a mission...) LUNCHED! I said LUNCHED! By a famous mountain-in Ha-dee-a-dee-a-da! And his small wooden wife Ha-dee-da-dee-da-da-dee-da-dee-da-da-da Word just in to the KTTV news service... Undeniably links this mountain and his wife to drug abuse and pay-offs as part as the San Joaquin Valley smut ring... However we can assure parents in the Southern California area that a recent narcotics crack-down in Torrance... Hawthorne... Lomita... Westchester... Playa del Rey... Santa Monica... Tujunga... Sunland... San Fernando... Pacoima... Sylmar... Newhall... Canoga Park... Palmdale... Glendale... Irwindale... Rolling Hills... Granada Hills... Shadow Hills... Cheviot Hills... will provide the secret evidence the Palmdale Grand Jury has needed to seek a criminal indictement... and pave the way for stiffer legislation... increased federal aid... and avert a crippling strike of bartenders and veterinarians... throughout the inland empire... Within a week Jerry Lewis had hosted a telethon (La la la nice lady) To raise funds for the injured Injured And homeless Homeless In Glendale (As Billy had just levelled it) And a few miles right outside of town, Billy caused a 'Oh Mein Papa' in the earth's crust Right over the secret underground dumps, right near the Jack-In-The-Box on Glenoaks, where they keep the Pools of old poison gas And obsolete germ bombs Just as a freak tornado cruised through... Yes, it was about three o'clock in the afternoon when little Howard Kaplan was sitting on his porch... Toto! Just playing... Come here, Toto! Having a nice time with his little accordion... Toto! And this weird wind came up... Toto! Direct from Glendale... Toto! Blowing these terrible germs in his direction... Toto! Come here, Toto! And all of this caused by a huge mountain (Aunty Em!) Somewhere over the rainbow Blue birds fly Sucking up two thirds of it (Suck, suck, suck) For an untimely dispersal over vast stretches of... WATTS! Now, unless I misunderstood, it was right outside of Columbus, Ohio, when Billy received his notice to report for his induction physical, now, let me tell you, Ethell said, now Ethell, Ethell said, she wasn't gonna let him go I'm not gonna let you go, Billy! That's right We now have confirmed reports from an informed Orange County minister that Ethell is still an active communist... and it is This Reporter's Opinion that she also practises... Coven Witchcraft! It was about this time that the telephone rang inside of the secret briefcase belonging to the one mortal man who might be able to stop all of this senseless destruction and save America herself... and I'm sorry to disappoint some of you, it was not Chief Redden... this one man was Studebacher Hoch... fantastic new super hero, of the current economic slump Now some folks say he looked like (He looks like) Zubin Mehta (Zubin Mehta) Still others say... (Others say...) Bullshit, honey (Bullshit, man...) He was just another greasy guy (Frozen beef pies) Who happened to be born next to the frozen beef pies of Boney's Market (Others say he was just a) Still others say Pshaw, piss on you, Jack (Crazy Italian) He's just a crazy Italian who drove a red car You see? (Nobody knows for sure 'cause he was so) Nobody ever really knew for sure Because Studebacher was so Mysterious (Mysterious) He was so (He was so, he was so) Mysterious He was so (He was so, he was so) Mysterious 'Cause when a person gets to be Such a hero, folks And marvelous beyond compute You can never really tell about a guy like that Wether he's really a nice person Or if he just smiles a lot Or if he has a son named Pinocchio Or what Wether he's really a nice person or if he has a son named Pinocchio or what Some men say he could fly Some men say he could swim Others say he could sing like Neil Sedaka And all the girls in Flushing would be amazed of him Two... three... Amazed of him (Amazed!) Time passes... January February March July Wednesday August Irwindale Two thirty in the afternoon Sunday Monday Funny Cars Walnut Friday City of Industry Big John Masmanian So when the phone rang In the secret briefcase A strong masculine hand With a Dudley Do-Right wrist watch And flexy bracelet Grabbed it And answered In a deep Calmly assured voice... So... uh... yeah, yeah... hello, already? What? What... yeah? Uh... are you kidding? You're not kidding... A mountain! With a tree growing off of his shoulder? You're fulla shit, man! Uh... listen, by the way, before you go on... did you get those white albums I sent you with the pencil on the front? Yeah? Yeah, you should move some of those for me, we're having a lotta... listen... so kiss little Jakee on the head... and... uh... how's your wife's hemorrhoids? Oh, that's too bad... listen... so you've got a mountain... with a tree... listen, causing... oh, my... well, let me write this down... sort of... take a few notes here... Yeah? To El Segundo? Huh? Causing untold destruction? (My baby, my baby) Wanted for... draft evasion? Oh... an expense account? And per diem too? Some men say he could dance They said he could dance and of course they were right... ladies and gentlemen, this is it, the Studebacher Hoch Dancing Lesson & Cosmic Prayer For Guidance, featuring Aynsley Dunbar... Hit it! Twirly... twirly.... twirly... etc. Fillmore... Fillmore... etc. Hey! Right hand from the heart-a Left hand from the heart-a Right hand from the heart-a Left hand from the left shoulder to the heart-a Fillmore... Fillmore... etc. Nobody can dance like Studebacher Hoch So many rumors have spread about Studebacher Hoch... (A rumor.... a rumor...) Consider this rumor... (A rumor...) Which was published about three weeks ago in Rolling Stone... (Oh, it's gotta be true!) Studebacher Hoch can write the Lord's Prayer on the head of a pin! (No!) Do-do-do, Doot-doot-do DO DO DO! etc. I'm so hip! Beef pies He was born next to the beef pies Underneath Joni Mitchell's autographed picture Right beside Elliot Robert's big bank book Next to the boat Where Crosby flushed away all his stash And the cops Got him in the boat and drove away To the can Where Neil Young slipped another disc Froze-ing by the pies Froze-ing by the pies Froze-ing by the pies And that was the main influence on him The influence of a frozen beef pie Boldly springing into action he phoned his wife... Who ran a modeling school whereupon he... Yes, he ran around the back of Broadway at Hollywood Boulevard and Vine to see if he could find himself some big large un-used cardboard boxes... (No shit!) After which he hit up the Ralph's on Sunset for some Aunt Jemima syrup, some Kaiser boiler foil and a pair of blunt scissors, he-hey! Yes, and in the parking lot of Ralph's... (Where no prices are lower prices than Ralph's...) In the parking lot of Ralph's, in between a pair of customized trucks, where nobody was looking, he cut out some really, really, really, nice wings and he covered 'em thoroughly with foil... Thoroughly with foil... Then he took those wings and wedged one under each of his powerful arms... and sneaked in to a telephone booth... Yeah! Yes... and then he shut the fucking door! And he pulled down his blue denim policeman type trousser pants and he spread even amounts of Aunt Jemima maple syrup all over the inside of his legs... Ah ha ha ha! Soon the booth was filling with flies Help me! Help me! Help me! Help me! He held open the legs of his boxer shorts so they could all get in... Yes! No! And when each and everyone of those little cocksucking flies had gone into his pants and they were lapping up all that maple syrup... he bent over and he put his head between his legs and he said in a very clear, impressive Ron-Hubbard-type voice... New York And the booth and everything lifted up out of the parking lot and into the sky! Studebacher Hoch, yeah, yeah Studebacher Hoch, Studebacher Hoch Studebacher Hoch, yeah, yeah Studebacher Hoch, Studebacher Hoch He's coating his legs With Aunt Jemima syrup Up and down His shorts'll be filled With flies that will be Buzzing all around Stoodlabaker Hoch He's really outa sight Stoodlabaker Hoch He does it every night Stoodlabaker Hoch He treats the flies alright Stoodlabaker Hoch That's why they never bite Hey! Please to New York Fly to New York He could be a dog Or a frog Or a lesbian queen Down to New York He could be a narc Or a lady marine Oh he might play dirty He's over thirty Getting old Say! I don't know His peculiar attire And the flies he requires Keep leading him on 'Cause Ethell is gone They keep leading him on 'Cause Ethell is gone And the mountain she's on And speaking of mountains we'll join Studebacher Hoch on the edge of Billy the Mountain's mouth... take it away... Ah, yeah... yeah, yeah... hey... uh... Billy? Uh... listen, I've come to reason with you, our great country needs you in the Armed Forces, your number came up, you can't go on running like this forever... Oh! But Ethell just shook her twigs angrily, but Studebacher Hoch, calm, cool, collected and un-ferturbed continued Yeah, well listen you... Cough, Cough... Listen you communist son of a bitch, you better get your ass down there for your fucking physical, or I'll see to it that you get used for fill dirt in some impending New Jersey marsh reclamation, and your girlfriend there will wind up disguised as a series of brooms, primitive ironing boards, or a dog house, get the... Cough! Cough! Get the picture? Yeah, well, Billy just laughed HA HA HA! IF THEY THINK THEY'RE GONNA DRAFT ME, THEY'RE CRAZY Unfortunately because Studebacher Hoch was standing on the edge of Billy the Mountain's mouth, when the giant mountain laughed, Studebacher Hoch lost his footing and fell screaming two hundred feet into the rubble below! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Oh fuck, I'm gonna need a truss! Oh, listen, that only goes to show you... and I'll show you once again that... A mountain is something You don't wanna fuck with You don't wanna fuck with Don't fuck around Don't fuck around! Don't fuck with Billy No! And don't fuck with Ethell You saw what just happened To the guy with the flies Don't fuck around Don't fuck around Don't fuck around Don't fuck around Don't fuck around Don't fuck around Don't fuck around With Biddilly Biddilly Biddilly Biddilly the Mountin-innnn! Eddie, are you kidding? Eddie, are you kidding...? Oh, I forgot to mention this is where we take our intermission, we'll see you in a few minutes Thank you! We'll be back! "Song Against Sex" by Neutral Milk Hotel And the first one tore a picture Of a dead and hanging man Who was kissing foreign fishes That flew right out from this hands And when I put my arms around him I felt the blushing blood run through my cheeks And an eeriness surrounded when his tongue began to speak And he said...Oh boy you are so pretty Enough to wrap tight in rice-paper string... And when I finally kissed him the whole world began to ring Lost like a bell that's tipping over With two cracks along both sides And I knew the world was over so I took a look outside And watched the fires that were reaching Up to the weather vane and the tops of trees And the waiting scene and the sunday dream They're all waiting here for me Deli markets with their flower stands Pretty girls and the burning men Hanging out on the hooks next to the window displays And I took out my tongue twice removed from my face Across a bridge and across the mountains Threw a nickel in a fountain To save my soul from all these troubled times And all the drugs that I don't have the guts to take To soothe my mind so I'm always sober Always aching, always heading towards Mass suicide, occult figurines And wasted gas-station attendents Attending to their jobs And a nice drive in the country Finds a nice cliff to drop off Oh when this world just gets so grating All the grittiness of life But don't take those pills your boyfriend gave you You're too wonderful to die From anything we could call loving Any love worth living for So I'll sleep out in the gutter You can sleep here on the floor And when I wake up in the morning I forgot to lock the door Because with a match that's mean and some gasoline You won't see me anymore "Old Man Sam" by Spiderbait Johnny was a man Bad bad man Baddest man in all the land Badder he was Than Old Man Sam We're all here Drinking beer Drinking beer without a care Drinking beer Without a care! I saw Johnny Cash Saw Johnny Cash and he was smashed Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash He was smashed Elvis was big and fat Was big and fat, so how about that? Big and fat, so how about that? How about that? Rock and roll Rock and roll Rock and rock and rock and roll Rock and roll, Rock and roll Now it's time for us to go Time to go so don't be slow Don't be slow, time to go Time to go, rock and roll "New Year's Day" by U2 Yeah... All is quiet on New Year's Day A world in white gets underway I want to be with you Be with you night and day Nothing changes on New Year's Day On New Year's Day I will be with you again I will be with you again Under a blood red sky A crowd has gathered in black and white Arms entwined, the chosen few The newspapers says, says Say it's true it's true... And we can break through Though torn in two We can be one I...I will begin again I...I will begin again Oh... Maybe the time is right Oh...maybe tonight... I will be with you again I will be with you again And so we're told this is the golden age And gold is the reason for the wars we wage Though I want to be with you Be with you night and day Nothing changes On New Year's Day On New Year's Day "Sexy Sadie" by The Beatles Sexy Sadie what have you done You made a fool of everyone You made a fool of everyone Sexy Sadie ooh what have you done. Sexy Sadie you broke the rules You layed it down for all to see You layed it down for all to see Sexy Sadie oooh you broke the rules. One sunny day the world was waiting for a lover She came along to turn on everyone Sexy Sadie the greatest of them all. Sexy Sadie how did you know The world was waiting just for you The world was waiting just for you Sexy Sadie oooh how did you know. Sexy Sadie you'll get yours yet However big you think you are However big you think you are Sexy Sadie oooh you'll get yours yet. We gave her everything we owned just to sit at her table Just a smile would lighten everything Sexy Sadie she's the latest and the greatest of them all. She made a fool of everyone Sexy Sadie. However big you think you are Sexy Sadie. "Say It Ain't So" by Weezer Oh Yeah All Right Somebody's heine is crowding my icebox Somebody's cold one is giving me chills Guess I'll just close my eyes Oh yeah All right Feels good Inside Flip on the Tele... Wrestle with Jimmy Somethin' is bubblin' behind my butt The bottle is ready to go Say it ain't so a-woah-a-woah Your drug is a heartbreaker Say it ain't so a-woah-a-woah My love is a life-taker I can't confront you, I never could do... That which might hurt you Try and be cool, when I say: This way is-a-waterslide-away-from-you-that-takes-you-futher-everyday! Be cool Say it ain't so a-woah-a-woah Your drug is a heartbreaker Say it ain't so a-woah-a-woah My love is a life-taker! Dear daddy, I write you in spite of fears of silence You cleaned up, found Jesus, Things are good also I hear This bottle of Stevens awakens ancient feelings... Like father, Step-Father... The son is drowning in the flood! Yeah Yeah-Yeah Yeah-Yeah! Say it ain't so a-woah-a-woah You drug is a heartbreaker. Say it ain't so a-woah-a-woah. My love is a life-taker. "Big Long Now" by Nirvana It's not cold enough Please put this side up She is moving through Can we show our faces now? I'm not interesting She's not turning green Shameful as it seems Can we show our faces now? Endless climb I am blind Why can't I leave? Color blind Speaking a phrase Instantly grown I am blind Waiting in line Why am I sure? "Wasted Time" by Skid Row You and I together in our lives, Sacred ties would never fray Then why can I let myself tell lies And watch you die every day I think back to the times when dreams were what mattered Tough talking youth naivete You said you'd never let me down But the horse stampedes and rages in the name of desperation CHORUS Is it all just wasted time Can you look at yourself when you think of what you left behind Is it all just wasted time Can you live with yourself when you think of what you left behind Paranoid delusions they haunt you Where's my friend I used to know He's all alone. He's buried deep within a carcass searching for a soul Can you feel me inside your heart as it's bleeding Why can't you believe you can be loved I hear you scream in agony And the horse stampedes and rages in the name of desperation CHORUS You said you never let me down But the horse stampedes, it rages in the name of desperation CHORUS The sun will rise again The earth will turn to sand Creation's colors seem to fade to grey And you'll see the sickly hands of time will write your final rhyme And end a memory I never thought you'd let it get this far boy "Pearl of the Quarter" by Steely Dan On the water down in New Orleans My baby's the pearl of the quarter She's a charmer like you never seen Singing voulez voulez voulez vous Where the sailor spend his hard-earned pay Red beans and rice for a quarter You can see her almost any day singing voulez voulez voulez vous And if you hear from my Louise Won't you tell her I love her so Please make it clear When her day is done She got a place to go I walked alone down the miracle mile I met my baby by the shine of the martyr She stole my heart with her Cajun smile Singing voulez voulez voulez vous She loved the million dollar words I say She loved the candy and the flowers that I bought her She said she loved me and was on her way Singing voulez voulez voulez vous And if you hear from my Louise Won't you tell her I love her so Please make it clear When her day is done She got a place to go "For Martha" by The Smashing Pumpkins Whenever I run Wherever I run to you, lost one It's never done just hanging on The past has let me be Returning as if dream Shattered as belief If you have to go don't say goodbye If you have to go don't you cry If you have to go I will get by Someday I'll follow you And see you on the other side But for the grace of love I'd will the meaning of heaven from above (rpt) Your picture out of time left aching in my mind Shadows kept alive If you have to go, don't say goodbye If you have to go, don't you cry If you have to go I will get by I will follow you and see you on the other side But for the grace of love who'd will the meaning of heaven from above Long horses we are born Creatures more than torn Mourning our way home "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica So close no matter how far couldn't be much more from the heart forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters never opened myself this way life is ours, we live it our way all these words I don't just say and nothing else matters trust I seek and I find in you every day for us something new open mind for a different view and nothing else matters never cared for what they do never cared for what they know but I know so close no matter how far couldn't be much more from the heart forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters never cared for what they do never cared for what they know but I know never opened myself this way life is ours, we live it our way all these words I don't just say trust I seek and I find in you every day for us something new open mind for a different view and nothing else matters never cared for what they say never cared for games they play never cared for what they do never cared for what they know and I know so close no matter how far couldn't be much more from the heart forever trusting who we are no nothing else matters "With or Without You" by U2 See the stone set in your eyes See the thorn twist in your side I wait for you Sleight of hand and twist of fate On a bed of nails she makes me wait And I wait without you With or without you With or without you Through the storm we reach the shore You give it all but I want more And I'm waiting for you With or without you With or without you I can't live With or without you And you give yourself away And you give yourself away And you give And you give And you give yourself away My hands are tied My body bruised, she's got me with Nothing to win and Nothing left to lose And you give yourself away And you give yourself away And you give And you give And you give yourself away With or without you With or without you I can't live With or without you With or without you With or without you I can't live With or without you With or without you "Condemnation" by Depeche Mode Condemnation Tried Here on the stand With the book in my hand And truth on my side Accusations Lies Hand me my sentence I'll show no repentance I'll suffer with pride If for honesty You want apologies I don't sympathize If for kindness You substitute blindness Please open your eyes Condemnation Why Because my duty Was always to beauty And that was my crime Feel elation High To know I can trust this Fix of injustice Time after time If you see purity As immaturity Well it's no surprise If for kindness You substitute blindness Please open your eyes Album: American Thighs by Veruca Salt "Get Back" I'm spinning out, I can't control my car It doesn't matter who you think you might be you are I misplace it and I don't know where it's at, And I could find it but I'd never get it back... Don't get it back, Don't get it back The more you want it, the less you're gonna get back I'm running out, I don't know when to stop I thought I'd wait till I saw the penny drop It started raining, pennies falling in my lap And I could spend it, but I'd never get it back Don't get it back Don't get it back The more you want it, the less you're gonna get back Don't get it back Don't get it back The more you want it, the less you're gonna get it back. (x 3) I'm spinning out, I can't control my car "All Hail Me" Yeah So sorry, lady, So sorry now, I've killed your baby, I don't know how So sorry, so sorry now, So sorry, so sorry now You-so sorry mister. (oh-oh, oh-oh) But don't look now (oh-oh) I've got your sister (oh-oh) I shot her down So sorry, so sorry now, So sorry, so sorry now 'Cos I'm a bad man, I do what I can I'm a bad man, I do what I can I'm a bad man, I do what I can All hail me So sorry mother I've let you down I'm soaked in blood here I can't get out So sorry, so sorry now (x 3) 'Cos I'm a bad man, I do what I can I'm a bad man, I do what I can I'm a bad man, I do what I can All hail me Ha, ha, ha, all hail me (oh, I'm melting) (melt your baby) (that did not hurt so bad....) "Seether" Ow! Seether is neither loose nor tight, Seether is neither black nor white I tried to keep her on a short leash, I tried to calm her down I tried to ram her into the ground, yeah Can't fight the seether (x 3) I can't see her 'till I'm foaming at the mouth Seether is neither big nor small Seether is the center of it all I tried to rock her in my cradle, I tried to knock her out, I tried to cram her back in my mouth, yeah Can't fight the seether ( Seether ) (x 3) I can't see her 'till I'm foaming at the mouth Keep her down, boiling water, Keep her down, what a lovely daughter Oh, she is not born like other girls, But I know how to conceive her Oh, she may not look like other girls, But she's a snarl-toothed seether, seether! Can't fight the seether ( Seether ) (x 3) I can't see her 'till I'm foaming at the mouth Seether Can't fight the seether ( Seether ) (x 3) I can't see her 'till I'm foaming at the mouth Yeah "Spiderman '79" You're so nice, you tie me in a web, And cradle me 'till dawn You're so deadly that I can see your breath Beneath me when you're gone You're so windy, I'd like to pin you down And tack you to the wall, Spiderman, Spiderman Spider Sunday, you blaze up from the south With oil on your hands I'm streaked in grease and grime and idle mouths You've spoiled all my plans, Whoa, ho-oh Spiderman, Spiderman, Spiderman I can't take more of that (x 4) Whoa, ho-oh, Whoa, ho-oh. Whoa, ho-oh. Ho-oh. (x 3) Tiny truckstop, you lay me in a towel, And savor me like a lamb You smell of corduroy and lemon drops And reds pulled from a can I dream in black and white, I've long forgot exactly, who I am, am, A Spiderman, Spiderman, Spiderman Oh man, Spiderman Whoa, ho-oh, Whoa, ho-oh. Whoa, ho-ho. Ho-oh. Spiderman Whoa, ho-oh, Whoa, ho-oh. Whoa, ho-oh. Ho-oh. Spiderman Whoa, ho-oh, Whoa, ho-oh. Whoa, ho-oh. Ho-oh. Spiderman "Forsythia" Yellow baby, A yellow baby is a bad sign But I don't mind, I don't mind, Ohhh, Forsythia Spider monkey, A spider monkey is a good lie But I don't know why, Ohhh, Forsythia, oh-ohhh I don't mind sitting in the way way back I don't mind, lying to my friends One thing about Forsythia, She comes around and I get lost Against her yellow, I'm no longer me Yellow daisy, a dandelion or a pussy willow, It's a different thing Oh-oh, Forsythia. Forsythia. Forsythia One thing about Forsythia, She comes around and I get lost Against her yellow I'm no longer me One thing about Forsythia There's one thing about Forsythia "Wolf" That was a time for falling, I knew you well There was no time for calling, Me when you fell This is a time to take cover, In a wishing well Summer was blowing all over me when you fell, Sailors can take all the breathing Out of the sail, I took a trip when you needed me When you fell, Waters were driving me To a deep place I close my eyes to see, Your sweet face, A coke inside me, I slept in hell Angels can be so deceiving When they love you well, Did you think you would be leaving me? These are some lavender flowers In a broken shell They comfort me ever since the day when you fell When you fell, Waters were dancing me In a dark place, I close my eyes to see Your determined face, My secret inside me I slept in hell This is a time for believing In fairy tales, One in which you are brought back to me Wolf, I cried wolf Wolf, I cried wolf Wolf, I cried wolf "Celebrate You" I wear my patent leather shoes, And my golden fleeces, A feather in my hair for you, And then I fall to pieces At your celebration (oh-oh, oh-oh) Celebration (Oh-oh, Oh-oh) (x 2) Celebrate you We're quiet as two mannequins Feasting on silences We wait for Christmas to begin To see the cracking faces I tip my glass a toast to you, The blood spills on the carpet At your celebration (oh-oh, oh-oh) Celebration (Oh-oh, Oh-oh) (x 2) Celebrate you And in the dream you held a gun, You killed off all who hurt you, And left me there the only one Who would not dare desert you I'm safe here growing in the shade, Away from all the brightness I lost my innocence today When I learned how to write this Tonight my nightgown is in knots I toss and turn in your honor I'll never know just what I've got As long as you're my father And I'll keep searching here for you, I'll clean out every corner It's not my fault It's not my fault. (celebrate you) (x 3) It's not my fault "Fly" Twice bitten, twice baked Twice led down the same mistake Try me on a saturday, try me, try me Fine fool for a holiday Slow sun in a spanish way One heart for one week of may, why me?, why me? Twice given to yesterday Right for a foray with fate Fly me home to heaven's gate, fly me, fly me, fly Twice bitten, twice baked Twice led down the same mistake Try me on a saturday, try me, try me Try me, try me "Number One Blind" Be my blind Be it all the time Be it night or day, Take my sun away, away Levolor, which of us is blind? Levolor, left me in the dark Levolor, I can't see a thing but you, Is it morning? Blind me please, I am on my hands and knees I can only pray, Take my sun away, away Levolor, which of us is blind? Levolor, left me in the dark Levolor, I can't see a thing but you, Is it morning? It is time It is time (oh-oh) Levolor, which of us is blind? Levolor, left me in the dark Levolor, I can't see a thing but you, Is it morning? Levolor, which of us is blind? Levolor, left me in the dark Levolor, I can't see a thing but you, Is it morning? Levolor, Levolor, Levolor, Levolor... "Victrola" You're so wonderful, I adore you, I adore you, I adore you, Victrola You're so audio, don't remove me, To a movie, I am grooving, Victrola Ahhh.... Happy New Year Ahhh.... Happy New Year Ahhh.... Happy New Year Ahhh.... , Ahhh.... , Ahhh... Ahhh.... Happy New Year Ahhh... You're my winter love, I can lie here With you so near, We both live here Happy New Year, You're my sweet dear Victrola Victrola-ahhh-ahhh "Twinstar" Flying, when all I want to do is die Feels like your, flyin' Oh God, I wish that I could, fly You want to lift me up But you don't know, and you don't see, I'm stuck in my ways, stuck in my ways, oh Breathing, when all I want to do is drown You keep on breathing and I keep on sinking down, oh, oh You want to lift me up, But you don't know, and you don't see, I'm stuck in my ways, stuck in my ways I'm stuck in my ways, oh You want to lift me up, But you don't know, and you don't see, I'm stuck in my ways, stuck in my ways I'm stuck in my ways, I'm stuck in my ways, oh "25" I'm afraid I will never change, It's okay I'm not ashamed I can say that my bed is made You can bend me, shape me any way you can Bend me, shape me any way you want me I maintain, I am not in pain, How I try, not to place the blame I came late to an early game You can bend me, shape me any way (x 3) You can bend me, shape me any way you want me When I was five, I took a dive, When I was ten, I walked again When I was fifteen, I kept my motor clean When I was twenty, I got plenty When I was twenty-five When I was twenty-five "Sleeping Where I Want" This is my favorite disease, I am sleeping in his dreams And the TV is on, It is seeping into me, It is guiding my dreams, It is only three So it's jeopardy You can go and burst my tiny bubble Blow me off without a care But I am sleeping where I want to This is my favorite time I can sleep until the phone rings And I doubt that it will You can go and burst my tiny bubble Blow me off without a care But I am sleeping where I want to "The Way It Used To Be" by Dream Theater Feelin' sick once again I'd give anything To be back home Safe and warm inside I can't stand the crowds Or the smell that surrounds me The cloth and key Still preach chastity Take me back so I can see The way it used to be I lay down and enter a dream Unlike anywhere I've been All is silent and sweet Then I'm falling down to the ground And I'm lost from what I've found Can't stand the sounds no more Take me back so I can see The way it used to be The way it used to be Move me from the water Too cold to swim Bring me to the land Move me from the water That I see within Bring me to the land Radio waves Splash through my head To a rhythm that I crave Radio waves Relive the moment Seems like yesterday Take me back to Twelve Mile Bay Where I'll sit at the edge with my feet in the water Take me back as the sun fades away Break down the walls so I can breathe Move me from the water Too cold to swim Bring me to the land Move me from the water That I see within Bring me to the land Move me from the water Too cold to swim Bring me to the land Move me from the water That I see within The way it used to be The way it used to be Move me from the water Too cold to swim Bring me to the land Move me from the water That I see within Bring me to the land Move me from the water Too cold to swim Bring me to the land Move me from the water That I see within "I'm Not the Guy" by Dan Bern You can categorize me Lump me with the others If that's the way you wanna play You can say that the way it's been Is exactly the way that it's gotta be And I'll make you feel right If you gotta feel right Well if you're willing to live truthfully I think you'll see That babe I'm not the guy who Hurt you many years ago I'm not the guy I'm not the guy I'm not the guy Babe what are you seeing? When you look in my eyes Maybe someone from a magazine Is that someone who hurt you? You don't gotta explain it I used to read that magazine myself But last night in the kitchen, yeah I cancelled my subscription, yeah And maybe you'll believe me babe That you don't need to carry yours Around anymore 'Cause I'm not the guy I'm not the guy I'm not the guy I'm not the guy who made you crawl into the shell I'm not the guy who threw your heart against the wall I'm not the guy who made you feel like all you did was lost I'm not the guy who loved you babe, and kept his fingers crossed I'm not the guy I'm not the guy I'm not the guy I'm not the guy who tried to hide his wedding ring I'm not the guy who disappeared after the spring I'm not the guy who took care of you for a weekend stay I'm not the guy who loved you babe, and took his love away I'm not the guy (6x) "One More Minute" by Weird Al Yankovic Well I heard that you're leavin' Gonna leave me far behind 'cause you found a brand new lover You decided that I'm not your kind So I pulled your name out of my Rolodex And I tore all your pictures in two And I burned down the malt shop where we used to go Just because it reminds me of you That's right, you ain't gonna see me cryin' I'm glad that you found somebody new 'cause I'd rather spend eternity Eating shards of broken glass Than spend one more minute with you I guess I might seem kind of bitter You've got me feeling down in the dumps 'cause I'm stranded all alone at the gas station of love And I have to use the self service pumps! Oh so, honey, let me help you with that suitcase You ain't gonna break my heart in two 'cause I'd rather get a hundred thousand paper cuts on my face Then spend one more minute with you I'd rather rip out my intestines with a fork Then watch you going out with other men I'd rather slam my fingers in a door Again and again and again and again and again (Oh can't ya see what I'm trying to tell ya darling!) I'd rather have my blood sucked out by leeches Shove an ice pick under a toenail or two I'd rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station... with my tongue Then spend one more minute with you. Yes, I'd rather jump naked on a huge pile of thumbtacks Or stick my nostrils together with Krazy Glue I'd rather dive into a swimming pool filled with double edged razor blades Then spend one more minute with you I'd rather rip my heart right outta my ribcage With my bare hands and then throw it on the floor And stomp on it 'till I die!!!! (GASP!) Then spend... one more minute... with you "The Wedding March" by Prefab Sprout one dance whose steps, i never could learn its called the wedding march the grace it takes, the grace you deserve requires a lighter touch i know you love dancing oh i know that you love dancing so much music's a wild thing, with mischief to prove i can't adjust to the way that you move music's a wild thing, whatever the groove some music isn't for dancing one dance whose steps, i never could learn it's called the wedding march the grace that it takes, the balance and poise i still find a mystery i know you love dancing so, i know that you'd hate dancing-- with me "Aneurysm" by Nirvana Come on over and do the twist Overdo it and have a fit Love you so much it makes me sick Come on over and do the twist Beat me outta me (Beat it, beat it) Come on over and do the twist Over-do it and have a fit Over-do it and have a fit Love you so much it makes me sick Come on over and shoot the shit She keeps it pumpin' straight to my heart "She Talks To Angels" by The Black Crowes She never mentions the word addiction In certain company Yes, she'll tell you she's an orphan After you meet her family She paints her eyes as black as night now She pulls those shades down tight She gives a smile when the pain comes The pain gonna' make everything alright Says she talks to angels They call her out by her name Oh yeah, she talks to angels Says they call her out by her name She keeps a lock of hair in her pocket She wears a cross around her neck Yes the hair is from a little boy And the cross from someone she has not met Not yet (Repeat Chorus) She don't know no lovers None that I've ever seen And to her that means nothing But to me it means, means everything (Repeat second verse) (Repeat Chorus) "Invisible Man" by Spiderbait "Listen, Green!" "Green listen!" They can't see me They can't touch me They can't fuck me I'm Invisible Man They can't hurt me They can't take me They can't shake me I'm Invisible Man I'm gonna hurt you I'm gonna get you Gonna run you right down And then You can't touch me You can't take me Don't you know? I'm Invisible Man I'm gonna chase you I'm gonna get you Gonna get you boy I'm gonna run you down You can't touch me You can't shake me I'm gonna get you both And take you all over town You can't touch me You can't fuck me Don't you know? I feel so bad You can't touch me You can't take me Don't you know? I'm the Invisible Man You just shot me! You just hurt me! Oh my God! Thought I was bad! You just shot me! You just struck me! I'm no longer Invisible man I'm gonna lie down I'm gonna lie down Lie down here Until I'm dead You just shot me You just struck me Now you are The invisible man "Another Rainy Night (Without You)" by Queensryche Don't slam the door on your way out Don't leave without saying goodbye Another long distance night alone You leave me wanting, always leave me wanting more Last word today, coming home to stay? Wouldn't that be nice, for awhile? But now my take-out food is growing cold And the candle's burned a hole in the floor And I'm still waiting for the ring of the phone CHORUS I'm all alone And it's another rainy night, without you Guess I'll leave the light on for you It's just another rainy night without you Listen, there's a foghorn blowing from the coast tonight Remember making love in the rain? Strange how laughter looks like crying with no sound Raindrops taste like tears, without the pain I'm not much without you, can't leave if I wanted to Maybe that's why you stay around But tonight I'll sit here tending the fire and pace the floor one hundred times in an hour And check the voice-mail for a message you've called CHORUS Waiting by the phone, alone And it's another rainy night without you Hate the sound of the closing door And your footseps walking away But now my takeout food is growing cold and the candle's burned a hole in the floor and I'm still waiting for the ring of the phone CHORUS "Fly on the Windscreen" by Depeche Mode Death is everywhere There are flies on the windscreen For a start Reminding us We could be torn apart Tonight Death is everywhere There are lambs for the slaughter Waiting to die And I can sense The hours slipping by Tonight Come here Kiss me Now Come here Kiss me Now Death is everywhere The more I look The more I see The more I feel A sense of urgency Tonight Come here (touch me) Kiss me (touch me) Now (touch me) (touch me) There are flies on the windscreen There are lambs for the slaughter There are flies on the windscreen Come here (touch me) Kiss me (touch me) Now (touch me) (touch me) Come here (touch me) Kiss me (touch me) Now (touch me) (touch me) "Helter Skelter" by The Beatles When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride Till I get to the bottom and I see you again. Do you, don't you want me to love you I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you Tell me tell me tell me come on tell me the answer Well you may be a lover but you ain't no dancer. Helter skelter helter skelter Helter skelter. Will you, won't you want me to make you I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you Tell me tell me tell me the answer You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer. Look out helter skelter helter skelter Helter skelter Look out, cause here she comes. When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide And I stop and I turn and I go for a ride And I get to the bottom and I see you again Well do you, don't you want me to make you I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you Tell me tell me tell me the answer You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer. Look out helter skelter helter skelter Helter skelter Look out helter skelter She's coming down fast Yes she is Yes she is. [I got blisters on my fingers] "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres" by Rush I. Prelude When our weary world was young The struggle of the ancients first began. The gods of Love and Reason Sought alone to rule the fate of Man. They battled through the ages, But still neither force would yield. The people were divided, Every soul a battlefield. II. Apollo/Dionysus Apollo: Bringer of Wisdom "I bring truth and understanding, I bring wit and wisdom fair, Precious gifts beyond compare. We can build a world of wonder, I can make you all aware. I will find you food and shelter, Show you fire to keep you warm Through the endless winter storm. You can live in grace and comfort In the world that you transform." The people were delighted Coming forth to claim their prize They ran to build their cities And converse among the wise. But one day the streets fell silent, Yet they knew not what was wrong. The urge to build these fine things Seemed not to be so strong. The wise men were consulted, And the Bridge of Death was crossed In quest of Dionysus To find out what they had lost. Dionysus: Bringer of Love "I bring love to give you solace In the darkness of the night, In the Heart's eternal light. You need only trust your feelings; Only love can steer you right. I bring laughter, I bring music, I bring joy and I bring tears. I will soothe your primal fears. Throw off those chains of reason And your prison disappears." The cities were abandoned, And the forests echoed song. They danced and lived as brothers; They knew love could not be wrong. Food and wine they had aplenty And they slept beneath the stars. The people were contented And the gods watched from afar. But the winter fell upon them And it caught them unprepared, Bringing wolves and cold starvation, And the hearts of men despaired. III. Armageddon: The Battle of Heart and Mind The universe divided As the Heart and Mind collided, With the people left unguided For so many troubled years. In a cloud of doubts and fears, Their world was torn asunder into hollow Hemispheres. Some fought themselves, some fought each other, Most just followed one another Lost and aimless like their brothers For their hearts were so unclear And the truth could not appear Their spirits were divided into blinded Hemispheres. Some who did not fight Brought tales of old to light. "My Rocinante sailed by night On her final flight." To the heart of Cygnus' fearsome force We set our course Spiralled through that timeless space To this immortal place. IV. Cygnus: Bringer of Balance I have memory and awareness, But I have no shape or form. As a disembodied spirit, I am dead and yet unborn. I have passed into Olympus As was told in tales of old, To the city of Immortals, Marble white and purest gold... I see the gods in battle rage on high... Thunderbolts across the sky... I cannot move, I cannot hide... I feel a silent scream begin inside... Then all at once the chaos ceased A stillness fell, a sudden peace The warriors felt my silent cry And stayed their struggle, mystified. Apollo was atonished; Dionysus thought me mad. But they heard my story further And they wondered, and were sad. Looking down from Olympus On a world of doubt and fear, Its surface splintered Into sorry Hemispheres. They sat a while in silence, Then they turned at last to me: "We will call you Cygnus, The god of Balance you shall be." The Sphere: A Kind of Dream We can walk our road together If our goals are all the same. We can run alone and free If we pursue a different aim. Let the Truth of Love be lighted, Let the Love of Truth shine clear. Sensibility, Armed with sense and liberty, With the Heart and Mind united in a single Perfect Sphere. "Night by Night" by Steely Dan It's a beggars life, said the Queen of Spain But don't tell it to a poor man 'Cause he's got to kill for every thrill The best he can Everywhere around me I see jealousy and mayhem Because no men have all their peace of mind To carry them Well I don't really care If it's wrong or if it's right But until my ship comes in I'll live night by night When the joker tried to tell me I could cut it in this rube town When he tried to hang that sign on me I said Take it down When the dawn patrol got to tell you twice They're gonna do it with a shotgun Yes, I'm cashing in this ten-cent life For another one Well I ain't got the heart To lose another fight So until my ship comes in I'll live night by night Well I don't really care If it's wrong or if it's right But until my ship comes in I'll live night by night "See You On The Other Side" by Ozzy Osbourne Voices, a thousand, thousand voices Whispering, the time has passed for choices Golden days are passing over, yeah I can't seem to see you baby Although my eyes are open wide But I know I'll see you once more When I see you, I'll see you on the other side Yes, I'll see you, I'll see you on the other side Leaving, I hate to see you cry Grieving, I hate to say goodbye Dust and ash forever, yeah Though I know we mus be parted As sure as stars are in the sky I'm gonna see when it comes to glory And I'll see you, I'll see you on the other side Yes I'll see you, I'll see you on the other side Never thought I'd feel like this Strange to be alone, yeah But we'll be together Carved in stone, carved in stone, carved in stone Hold me, hold me thight, I'm falling Far away. Distant voices calling I'm so cold. I need you darling, yeah I was down, but now I'm flying Straight across the great divide I know you're crying, but I'll stop you crying When I see you, I see you on the other side Yes. I'll see you. See you on the othe side I'm gonna see you. See you on the other side God knows I'll see you, see you on the other side, yeah I'll see you. See you on the othe side I'm gonna see you. See you on the other side God knows I'll see you, see you on the other side, yeah I wanna see you, yeah, yeah, yeah, see you on the other side God knows I'll see you, see you on the other side, yeah I'm gonna see you. See you on the other side Album: Totally Crushed Out! by that dog. "Ms. Wrong" So he said, "want to go to a movie?" So she thinks, what do I want to do?" So he said, "I think you're pretty." So she thinks, "I wish I liked you." If I could draw a map of a boy that I would like, your resume would be shining like a bright green light. If I didn't feel so wrong, you'd be my Mr. Right. so he said, "I have something to ask you." So she thinks, "this makes no sense." So he said, "are you a teepee or a wigwam?" So she thinks, "I'm just too tense." If I could draw a map of a boy that I would like, your resume would be shining like a bright green light. If I didn't feel so wrong, you'd be my Mr. Right. "Silently" You silently cheer me up. You don't even know it. You silently piss me off. You don't even know it. You silently turn me up. You don't even know it. You silently check me out. You don't even know it. "Back Of My Mind" In the back of my mind, I saw a door. In the back of my mind, I went for more. In the back of my mind, less than I see. In the back of my mind, not enough for me. In the back of my mind, I saw the door. In the back of my mind, I went for more. In the back of my mind, but you shut it on me. In the back of my mind, now what do I see? "He's Kissing Christian" He's kissing Christian and it's making him feel backwards. He's kissing Christian 'cause he's such a successful bachelor. He's kissing Christian and it's making my back hurt. He's kissing Christian and it's making you cry. Come out, come out, come out, wherever you are. Come out, come out, come out, wherever you are. Come out, come out, come out. Come out, come out, come out, wherever you are. He's kissing Christian and he's taking it like a beating. He's kissing Christian and it's seeming like he's cheating. He's kissing Christian and it's keeping me from eating He's kissing Christian and it's making you high. He's kissing Christian. He's kissing Christian. He's kissing Christian, and it's making you die. "Anymore" I can't do this anymore. I can't think anymore. I can't sit here anymore, and wait for you. I can't be there anymore. I can't compete here anymore. I can't give treatment anymore, and be sweet to you. "To Keep Me" It's time to shut off. It's time to get lost. I must turn me around. To lessen the pain. To broaden the truth. To dispose of no gain. I haven't the proof. To keep me from falling back. To keep me from letting go. To keep me from holding onto myself. The era has ended. The time has come. It will be so splendid. We've only just begun. To keep me from falling back. To keep me of letting go. To teach me from holding onto myself. "Lip Gloss" Tie me down with dental floss. Tie me up with love and say you miss me. 'Cause I keep putting on lip gloss. And you won't kiss me. Kiss my lips. Kiss, kiss, kiss me. Put your hands on my hips, Slap some of that bliss on me. Kiss, kiss, kiss my lips. Run your fingers through my locks. In a corner back me in and dis me. 'Cause I keep putting on so much lip gloss. And you won't kiss me. Lily white. Cherry raspberry. Lip lover. Rachel Perry. Lily white. Cherry raspberry. Lip lover. Rachel Perry. Ragged, young, possessed and sauced. Walk around all day and be a sissy. 'Cause I keep putting on so much lip gloss. And you won't kiss me. Kiss my lips. Kiss, kiss, kiss me. Put your hands on my hips, Slap some of that bliss on me. Kiss, kiss, kiss my lips. Kiss, kiss, kiss my lips. Kiss, kiss, kiss my lips. "She Doesn't Know How" She doesn't know how to give herself a chance. She doesn't know how to go home. She doesn't know how to go to sleep at night. She doesn't know how, she doesn't know how. She's getting sick and tired of feeling the same old things. She's getting sick and tired of not giving in. But in her own way, she is letting go. She doesn't know how, she doesn't know how. She doesn't know how. She doesn't know how. She doesn't know how. She doesn't know how. "Holidays" This always happens to me just when I feel happy. They go and turn on me again. The same thing every time, I go out on a line. Everyone else turns out fine. Holidays are all the same. Always have myself to blame. Don't want to feel this way again. When it's one of those days, I go into a craze. My head and body feel malaise. Holidays are all the same. Always have myself to blame. Don't want to feel this way again. "Side Part" Part of this is waiting. Part of this is baiting you. Part of this is parting us. Part of this is this part of you. Part of this is faking. Part of this is waking. Part of this is breaking us. 'Cause part of this is this part of you. Part of this is somewhere. Part of this is wondering. Part of this is parting this. Part of this is this part. Part of this is this part. Because part of this is parting this with you. "One Summer Night" One summer night. I was fourteen. He threw his thongs up at my windows and he asked if he could come up and see me. He sat in the quad. Across from me. He asked my options about his short stories, it was flattering. Saw him at the prom. He danced with me. I asked him if he'd write me when I went away to school, and he said, "maybe." We kissed goodnight. I thought I'd never see him again. But he showed up at my window that one summer night, and I made him leave. "Michael Jordan" Why does he give up so easily? "Rockstar" Could you sign my guitar? Can I take a picture with a rock star? Your face wallpapers my walls. Here's my number, when you're in town give me a call. I know I don't know you, but I'm in-love. The bad reviews kill me 'cause I know what you're made of. I have ten copies of you on the cover. When I went to see you, got a ride from my mother. Your CD singles comfort my ears. Your unplugged songs bring me to tears. I see your video in my dreams. Can I shake your hand, you're totally supreme. "Tom Sawyer" by Rush A modern-day warrior Mean mean stride, Today's Tom Sawyer Mean mean pride. Though his mind is not for rent Don't put him down as arrogant His reserve, a quiet defense Riding out the day's events The river What you say about his company Is what you say about society Catch the mist, catch the myth Catch the mystery, catch the drift The world is, the world is Love and life are deep Maybe as his skies are wide Today's Tom Sawyer He gets high on you And the space he invades He gets by on you No his mind is not for rent To any god or government Always hopeful, yet discontent He knows changes aren't permanent But change is What you say about his company Is what you say about society Catch the witness, catch the wit Catch the spirit, catch the spit The world is, the world is Love and life are deep Maybe as his eyes are wide Exit the warrior Today's Tom Sawyer He gets high on you And the energy you trade He gets right on to the friction of the day "Life Goes On" by Poison I felt this before Now I feel it again No matter how hard I try This feeling won't end So I pretend you're here by my side Tonight on this lonely ride I keep telling myself that Chorus: Life goes on while you're miles away And I need you Time goes on as night steals the day There's nothing I can do You heal up my wounds I tasted your tears You spilled out your heart So I let out my fears But one fear that I kept to myself Was how I prayed that you'd love no one else Like you're saying you love me Chorus If you only knew how much I miss you Solo When my mind plays these tricks on me It shows me things I don't want to see That's why I tell myself I keep telling myself Just take another piece of me Chorus And this last mile I travel with you "Falling To Pieces" by Faith No More Back and forth, I sway with the wind Resolution slips away again Right through my fingers, back into my heart Where it's out of reach and it's in the dark Sometimes I think I'm blind Or I may be just paralyzed Because the plot thickens every day And the pieces of my puzzle keep crumblin' away But I know, there's a picture beneath Indecision clouds my vision No one listens... Because I'm somewhere in between My love and my agony You see, I'm somewhere in between My life is falling to pieces Somebody put me together Layin' face down on the ground My fingers in my ears to block the sound My eyes shut tight to avoid the sight Anticipating the end, losing the will to fight Droplets of "yes" and "no" In an ocean of "maybe" From the bottom, it looks like a steep incline From the top, another downhill slope of mine But I know, the equilibrium's there Indecision clouds my vision No one listens Because I'm somewhere in between My love and my agony You see, I'm somewhere in between My life is falling to pieces Somebody put me together "Ghost of Winter" by Lillian Axe As I lie awake All the memories of my life seem to come and fade Wakes me in the dead of night Am I slipping away? Is my memory leaving me? When it's cold and dark Ghost of winter comes to me Look at me: I'm eternal thought It's a shame but we must part It's just a dream It's just a dream Dreams that seem so real Granny tells me it's okay Won't you cry to sleep You'll wake up to a brand new day Tears to wake the dead Tells them it's not all in vain Since the dawn of man Think how many felt the rain It's far from what you know But now I have to go It's just a dream It's just a dream In the world darkness follows me Hiding out in places I can't see I'll tell you one thing I'll never change my ways Fly high I can't distinguish reality from dream Ghost of Winter, won't you hear my silent scream? Ghost of Winter, hear my silent scream Ghost of Winter, return me to my dream Ghost of Winter, hear my silent scream Ghost of Winter, return me to my dream You've shown me one thing I've never ever seen So take me back there I've got to have a dream Oh Ghost of Winter, hear my silent scream Fly high... "Gardenhead / Leave Me Alone" by Neutral Milk Hotel There are beads that wrap Around your knees that crackle into the dark Like a walk in the park like a hole in your head Like the feeling you get when you realize you're dead This time we ride roller coasters into the ocean We feel no emotion as we spiral down to the world And I guess it's worth your time Because there's some lives you live And some you leave behind It gets hard to explain The gardenhead knows my name Leave me alone, for you know this isn't the first time In fact this is twice in a row That the angels have slipped through our landslide And filled up our garden with snow And I don't wish to taste of your insides Or to call out your name through my phone For the glory boys at your bedside will love you As long as you're something to own Follow me through a city of frost covered angels I swear I have nothing to prove I just want to dance in your tangles To give me some reason to move But to take on the world at all angles Requires a strength I can't use So I'll meet you up high in your anger Of all that is hoping and waiting for you "(There Is) Always Something There To Remind Me" by Naked Eyes I walk along the city streets you used to walk along with me And every step I take reminds me of the way we used to be Well how can I forget you girl When there is always something there to remind me Always something there to remind me Shadows fall I pass a small cafe where we would dance at night I can't help recalling how it felt to kiss and hold you tight Well how can I forget you girl When there is always something there to remind me Always something there to remind me I was born to love her and I will never be free You'll always be a part of me If you should find to use the sweet and tender love we used to share Just go back to the places where we used to go and I'll be there Well how can I forget you girl When there is always something there to remind me Always something there to remind me I was born to love her and I will never be free You'll always be a part of me 'Cause there is always something there to remind me Always something there to remind me Always something there to remind me Always something there to remind me... "K.C.R." by Spiderbait Step on me and I'll cut you open Step on me and I'll cut you open Step on me and I'll cut you open Step on me Step on me and I'll cut you open Step on me and I'll cut you open Step on me and I'll cut you open Step on me Step on me and I'll cut you open Step on me and I'll cut you open Step on me and I'll cut you open Step on me Look in the mirror I play with my hair It's long and It's lovely And lavish and fair I comb it and stroke it And wash it all day It makes me so sexy Yeah, that's what they say Look at my body It's long and It's lean It sure may be pretty But boy am I mean Paid all those bogans And, God, they're obscene They'll never touch My big bacon machine Rocking and rolling And looking real good Slamming and banging My head like I should Now don't you mess with me I might start a fight I've got some ripped jeans Look so cool and so tight I love your attention When you hold me near Now shut up and buy me Some smokes and more beer I know that you love me And I love me too But what you don't know is That I'm using you! Talk to me and I'll make you sick Talk to me and I'll make you sick Talk to me and I'll make you sick Don't talk to me Talk to me and I'll make you sick Talk to me and I'll make you sick Talk to me and I'll make you sick Don't you talk to me! "Strange Machines" by The Gathering it has always been in the back of my mind dreaming about going to the corners of time i always wanted to fly in strange machines i wanna do centuries in a lifetime and feel it with my hands touch the world war II and Cleopatra flying... could it be that my dream would come true building a machine that would actually do what i want it to do russian revolution, let's do that in one day Beethoven and Gershwin i think that would be o.k. more than anything i wanna fly in strange machines i wanna do centuries in a lifetime and see it with my eyes watch Jesus rise, if he ever did flying... i wanna do centuries in a lifetime and feel it with my hands touch renaissance and Chaka Khan flying... "Revolution 1" by The Beatles You say you want a revolution Well you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it's evolution Well you know We all want to change the world But when you talk about destruction Don't you know you can count me out... in Don't you know it's gonna be alright Alright Alright You say you got a real solution Well you know we'd all love to see the plan You ask me for a contribution Well you know We're doing what we can But if you want money for people with minds that hate All I can tell you is brother you have to wait Don't you know it's gonna be alright Alright Alright You say you'll change the constitution Well you know we all love to change your head You tell me it's the institution Well you know You better free your mind instead But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow Don't you know it's gonna be alright Alright Alright "Clown" by Korn life is within my body four clicks . . . alright go four I just said, you faggot piece of shit on the ground ahh! four? four. four? Noooo! Oh, hey, what are you talking about Ross? hey Ton Ton ...Ern!...Ern!...Ern!... hey, are you saying so there's no clicks hey, we're recording, now start Just fucking do it damn it! I wanna get a twist. I wish we could put twist on a fucking tape . . . stupid Wanna hear it? Fuck you! Fuck you! Huh Heuh Goooo! Okay . . . piece of shit! Anger inside builds within my body Why'd you hit me? What have I done? You tried to hit me! -The pain will begin, if you like [Do you want me to begin, if you like] Throw your hate at me with all your might Hit me 'cause I'm strange, hit me! You tell me I'm a pussy and you're harder than me What's with you boy? Think hard. A tattooed body to hide who you are Scared to be honest, be yourself A cowardly man! I don't run around trying to be what's not within me Look into my eyes, I am free You're just a wanna-be To come out Hit me clown because I'm not from your town, now hit me clown Clown you ain't shit. Turn around and get your face split. I'm just too fucking little! I'm just a fucking mental! "New Model No.15" by Marilyn Manson I'm as fake as a wedding cake And I'm Vague and I know that I'm homopolitan Pitifully predictable Correctly political I'm the new, I'm the new, new model I've got nothing inside Better in the head and in bed At the office I can suck and I smile New, new, new model I can choke and diet on coke I'm Spun and I know That I'm Stoned and Rolling Lifelike and poseable Hopeless and disposable I'm the new, I'm the new, new model I've got nothing inside Better in the head and in bed At the office I can suck and I smile New, new, new model Don't let them know how far you go Or that you use you "lovers" Oh look, you're like a VCR Stick something in to know Just who you are you New, new, new model "This Love" by Pantera If ever words were spoken painful and untrue I said I loved but I lied In my life I all wanted Was the keeping Of someone like you As it turns out Deeper within me Love was twisted And pointed at you Never-ending pain Quickly ending life Chorus: You keep this love Thing Love Child Love Toy You keep this love Fist Love Scar Love Break You keep this love Love Love You keep this Love Love Love You keep this love I'd been the tempting one Stole her from herself This gift in pain Her pain was life And sometimes I feel so sorry I regret this this The hurting of you But you make me so unhappy I'd take my life And leave love with you I'd kill myself for you I'd kill you for myself Chorus No more head trips "Potters Field" by Anthrax I was told to love you I was told to try I was born to save you I was born to die I'll always be your scapegoat You'll never take the blame You never had a chance It was your soul to save I am your one night nightmare Pain is all you see The blood is on your hands I hope you're proud of me I was told to love you I learned how to hate I was born to save you Your choice became your fate You can't take care of yourself How could you care for me? I am your retribution When is my soul free? I never asked for mercy You told me to forgive The blood is on your hands I hope your proud of me And what I've done to set you free I can barely hold myself Fascination, stimulation, stronger as I learn By his hand, I understand I was told to burn Bastard son, your saving grace Left alone I found my place I find love in what I steal You should of left me rest in Potters Field I was told to. I was told to... Your beliefs turned me into this Bite the hand that feeds, you're so selfish Thank you mother for giving me this life I'll bring down the rapture Then we'll see who lies Fascination, stimulation, stronger as I learn By his hand, I understand, I was told to burn Bastard son, your saving grace Left alone I found my place I find love in what I steal You should of left me rest in Potters Field I was told to. I was told to. I was told to. I was told to... Stop it "Enjoy the Silence" by Depeche Mode Words like violence Break the silence Come crashing in Into my little world Painful to me Pierce right through me Can't you understand Oh my little girl All I ever wanted All I ever needed Is here in my arms Words are very unnecessary They can only do harm Vows are spoken To be broken Feelings are intense Words are trivial Pleasures remain So does the pain Words are meaningless And forgettable All I ever wanted All I ever needed Is here in my arms Words are very unnecessary They can only do harm Enjoy the silence "Teacher" by Jethro Tull Well the dawn was coming, heard him ringing on my bell. He said, ``My name's the teacher, that is what I call myself. And I have a lesson that I must impart to you. It's an old expression but I must insist it's true. Jump up, look around, find yourself some fun, no sense in sitting there hating everyone. No man's an island and his castle isn't home, the nest is for nothing when the bird has flown.'' So I took a journey, threw my world into the sea. With me went the teacher who found fun instead of me. Hey man, what's the plan, what was that you said? Sun-tanned, drink in hand, lying there in bed. I try to socialize but I can't seem to find what I was looking for, got something on my mind. Then the teacher told me it had been a lot of fun. Thanked me for his ticket and all that I had done. Hey man, what's the plan, what was that you said? Sun-tanned, drink in hand, lying there in bed. I try to socialize but I can't seem to find what I was looking for, got something on my mind. "Midnight Mountain" by Cathedral Sliding down a mountain, as dusk passes to day. The antidote of elation, now lifeless masses wake. Jaws of suxiety open, the luring vampire of agility, a fatal invitation, sight hazing from me. Chorus: Oh midnight mountain. I require inner re-location, back to pinnacles high. Drowning in empty faces, sinking in banal, I crave the isolation of eventide when perception climbs. I just need the injection, a dose to boost my flight, a sonic blast of moonlight, nucleus ignites Chorus: Oh midnight mountain, now I'm revived, stimulus transcending back to pinnacles high. Screaming at doleful skies, absorbing all my sighs, responding to my cries - downcast a thunder of reprise, won't let the next sunrise, signal my landslide, from ecstatic highs. I'm on top of their demise. "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls And I'd give up forever to touch you, cause I know that you feel me somehow You're the closest thing to heaven that I'll ever be, and I don't want to go home right now And all I can taste is this moment, and all I can breathe is your life 'Cause sooner or later it's over, I just don't want to miss you tonight And I don't want the world to see me, 'cause I don't think that they'd understand That when everything's made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming, or the moment of truth in your lies When everything seems like the movies, yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive (Repeat chorus) (Instrumental) (Repeat chorus) I just want you to know who I am... "One Slip" by Pink Floyd A restless eye across a weary room A glazed look and I was on the road to ruin The music played and played as we whirled without end No hint, no word her honour to defend I will, I will she sighed to my request And then she tossed her mane while my resolve was put to the test Then drowned in desire, our souls on fire I lead the way to the funeral pyre And without a thought of the consequence I gave in to my decadence One slip, and down the hole we fall It seems to take no time at all A momentary lapse of reason That binds a life for life A small regret, you won't forget, There'll be no sleep in here tonight Was it love, or was it the idea of being in love? Or was it the hand of fate, that seemed to fit just like a glove? The moment slipped by and soon the seeds were sown The year grew late and neither one wanted to remain alone One slip, and down the hole we fall It seems to take no time at all A momentary lapse of reason That binds a life for life A small regret, you will never forget, There'll be no sleep in here tonight "Barrytown" by Steely Dan I'm not one to look behind I know that times must change But over there in Barrytown they do things very strange And though you're not my enemy I like things like they used to be And though you'd like some company I'm standing by myself Go play with someone else I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown Don't believe I'm taken in by stories I have heard I just read the Daily News and swear by every word And don't think that I'm out of line For speaking out for what is mine I'd like to see you do just fine But look at what you wear And the way you cut your hair I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown In the beginning we recall that the word was hurled Barrytown people got to be from another world Leave me or I'll be just like the others you will meet They won't act as kindly if they see you on the street And don't you scream or make a shout It's nothing you can do about It was there where you came out It's a special lack of grace I can see it in your face I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown "Disgustipated" by Tool And the angel of the lord came unto me, snatching me up from my place of slumber. And took me on high, and higher still until we moved to the spaces betwixt the air itself. And he brought me into a vast farmlands of our own midwest. And as we descended, cries of impending doom rose from the soil. One thousand, nay a million voices full of fear. And terror possesed me then. And I begged, "Angel of the Lord, what are these tortured screams?" And the angel said unto me, "These are the cries of the carrots, the cries of the carrots! You see, Reverend Maynard, tomorrow is harvest day and to them it is the holocaust." And I sprang from my slumber drenched in sweat like the tears of one million terrified brothers and roared, "Hear me now, I have seen the light! They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers!" Can I get an amen? Can I get a hallelujah? Thank you Jesus. Life feeds on life feeds on life feeds on life feeds on........ This is necessary. It was daylight when you woke up in your ditch. You looked up at your sky then. That made blue be your color. You had your knife there with you too. When you stood up there was goo all over your clothes. Your hands were sticky. You wiped them on your grass, so now your color was green. Oh Lord, why did everything always have to keep changing like this. You were already getting nervous again. Your head hurt and it rang when you stood up. Your head was almost empty. It always hurt you when you woke up like this. You crawled up out of your ditch onto your gravel road and began to walk, waiting for the rest of your mind to come back to you. You can see the car parked far down the road and you walked toward it. "If God is our Father," you thought, "then Satan must be our cousin." Why didn't anyone else understand these important things? You got to your car and tried all the doors. They were locked. It was a red car and it was new. There was an expensive leather camera case laying on the seat. Out across your field, you could see two tiny people walking by your woods. You began to walk towards them. Now red was your color and, of course, those little people out there were yours too. Album: The Great Southern Trendkill by Pantera "THE GREAT SOUTHERN TRENDKILL" It's wearing on my mind, I'm speaking all my doubts aloud You rob a dead mans grave, then flaunt it like you did create If I hit bottom and everythings gone In the great Mississippi, please drown me and run It's digging time again, you're nurturing the weakest trend Those with the heart and the brain to get past this Can spot a pathetic without even asking Fuck your magazine, and fuck the long dead plastic scene Pierce a new hole, if Hell was "in" you'd give your soul (Chorus) THE GREAT SOUTHERN TRENDKILL That's right, THE GREAT SOUTHERN TRENDKILL Buy it at a store, from MTV to on the floor You look just like a star, it's proof you don't know who you are It's bullshit time again, you'll save the world within ! your trend Politically relieved, you're product sold and well received The right words spoken gold, if I was God you'd sell your soul to... (Chorus) "WAR NERVE" Truly, fuck the world, for all it's worth, every inch of Planet Earth, fuck myself, don't leave me out, but don't get involved, don't corner me Inside, ulcer, unjust bastards, file out face first Meet the lies and see what you are (Pre) It's forcing you down, and it's grinding against you Let the war nerve break (Chorus) For every fucking second the pathetic media pisses on me and judges what I am in one paragraph - Look here - Fuck you all Expect the worse, you bleeding heart, but kill me first before it starts, yes my cock is getting hard, we are born different after all Invite mayhem, produce weapons, shoot out, burn down No CNN or media now (Pre) (Chorus) All the money in the fucking world couldn't buy me one second of trust or one ounce of faith in anything you're about Fuck you all Nothing is worth the sleep that I've lost Apologies unacceptable now A blistered revenge awaits in me This is fucking loveless Hate Hate mail is not read, in jail instead Hate The Lord knows, there's worse Ignore, this curse Hate "DRAG THE WATERS" A smack on the wrists is the words from the mouth of the outsiders, lawyers, police A small price to pay for the dope and the guns And the rape, it should all be O.K. Your father is rich, he's the judge, he's the man, he's the God that got your sentence reduced But in the back of his mind, he well knows what he'd find if he looked a little deeper in you - in you (Chorus) Drag the waters some more Like never before (Chorus) Sweet is the slice and the lips - you're gonna have that woman - she is your favorite lay Promised you (swore) that no one had been there, and she was going to keep it that way Let it move in, you got thin, and got high, and your money went and so did your friends But she's by your side, and her smile cannot hide the premonition of the ! beckoning end - the end (Chorus) (Chorus) In with it, out with it "10'S" My skin is cold, transfusion with somebody morose and old, drop into fruitless dying It was tempting and bared, the whoring angel rising Now burning prayers, my silent time of losing (Chorus) My foes - they can't destroy my body Colliding slow, like life itself Long for the blur, we cannot dry much longer Cement to dirt, disgusted with my cheapness (Chorus) (Chorus) Reaching down, staring up (at the forgiver) "13 STEPS TO NOWHERE" Whores Your windows boarded up, your private lives exposed The talk shows pump it up, lab rats diseased for show We're doomed to use the slang, outbreak of drug roulette A church burned to the ground, not even noticed yet 13 Steps (To Nowhere) Whores A backwards swastika, the black skin riddled in lead A Nazi Gangster Jew, it beats a dog that's dead It's in to use the slang, outbreak of gun roulette The cross slants to the side, will prove the damnedest yet 13 Steps - Leads to nowhere The backlash dislocates, an untimely rei! gn of death The wolf poked with the stick, awaits with cancerous breath (Leads to nowhere) Outsiders still suppose, there's Holy streets to roam The truth should not surprise, your homes were built on lies "SUICIDE NOTE PT. 1" Cheap cocaine, a dry inhale, the pills that kill and take the pain away Diet of life, shelter without, the face that cannot see inside yours and mine (Pre) When I'm hiding, when I need it, it lets me breathe, for our handle on this life, I don't believe this time (Chorus) Would you look at me now? Can you tell I'm a man? With these scars on my wrists To prove I'll try again Try to die again, try to live through this night Try to die again..... Forever fooling, free and using, sliding down the slide that breaks a will Mothers angel, getting smarter, how smart are you to regress unfulfilled? It's a damn shame, but who's to blame? (Pre) (Chorus) "SUICIDE NOTE PT. II" Out of my mind, gun up to the mouth No pretension, execution, live and learn Rape and turn Fret not family, nor pre-judged army This is for me, and me only, cowards only Try it (Chorus) Don't you try to die, like me It's livid and it's lies and makes graves It's not worth the time to try, to replenish a rotting life I'll end the problem, facing nothing, fuck you off, fuck you all Tortured history, addict of misery, this exposes me for weakness is a magnet - watch me do it (Chorus) Graves descending down Why would you help anyone who doesn't want it, doesn't need it, doesn't want your shit advice when a mind's made up to go ahead and die? What's done is done and gone, so why cry? (Chorus) "LIVING THROUGH ME (HELLS' WRATH)" I cannot take the take, your condition was nod awake A selfish cryer, boldface liar, robbing all of what you could take in Stabbed towards a death, a dirty smelling girl Shit decisions, no provisions, filling veins with juice of chaos (Chorus) Painted face, olive drab, swollen hole, empty bag, sunken eyes, whining dog, it's times like this you should pray for never I broke your fucking mold,! then threw away the cast, new religion and new provisions, it's amazing you're alive Drop the needle and stop what you're changing into Erase the end dissolving, disgrace is needed more So I mended severed ties, through flesh we cauterized the undeserving, sliming, writhing, I filled you up with watered promise (Chorus)(2nd half) Spitting teeth, oral lust, alley fuck, angel dust, anal whore, bleeding knees, it's times like this to pray for murder (Chorus #2) So now I've seen it all, Hells' wrath , no man has greater glory, cause now you're living through me So I'm done with saving you, a gift unto myself, a tired savior, a wasted favor, and I'm lucky I'm alive "FLOODS" A dead issue, don't wrestle with it, deaf ears are sleeping A guilty bliss, so inviting (let me in), nailed to the cross I feel you, relate to you, accuse you Wash away us all, take us with the floods Then throughout the night, they were raped and executed Cold hearted world Your language unheard of, the! vast sound of tuning out The rash of negativity is seen one sidedly, burn away the day The nervous, the drifting, the heaving Wash away us all, take us with the floods Then throughout the day mankind played with grenades Cold hearted world And at night they might bait the pentagram Extinguishing the sun Wash away man, take him with the floods "THE UNDERGROUND IN AMERICA" Put in position to wage teenage mayhem A common affair for the ones who are juiced If it is weakness that grants us the power We thrive on what's stronger than most of the world Glass breaks/the dimming lights/sweat, heat and profane debate/ the smart ones stay on the outside/while drunken heads and arms erupt/centered man swings a punch, spits a tooth, postures odd/a punk rock escapade/five bucks a head to be king dick in the crowd We are the ones who must sport the position cheap beer/trendy clicks/lesbian love is accepted and right/ shaved heads meet hair in the mix/blending the 80's and 90's with hate Shows on/dates canceled/kicked out for reasons that seem so unfair/skin crusts against the cops/a foregone conclusion that's tired and beat Ringworm,crabs and lice/V.D. ecstasy, speed and horse/a heaven/of unmatched importance/an honor of sex to be stuck by the punk Rich homes/with money and food/abandoned for the bums on the street/a lifestyle that's unexplainable/don't try and save what is all meant to be If it is free/from (a) family that's seen/you can just keep it if you must beg/it's better instead/you must follow the etiquette You know when it rains you're in your bed at home You act so real when you are alone You better not let the mohawked crowd see Give it five years, you'll retire your piercings You must admit that you mimic the weaklings "(REPRISE) SANDBLASTED SKIN" Scrape it, grind it, peel it, hide it The trend is over and gone forever Shelf it, box it, save it, frame it You won't need that anymore, it's on sale at the dollar store Waste of time, pantomime, circus doll, at the local mall Exterminate, it's all fake! Exterminate, it's all fake Sandblast yourself Sandblast yourself Sandblast Sandblast It's getting old, old, old "Missing" by Everything But The Girl I step off the train, I'm walking down your street again Come past your door, but you don't live there anymore It's years since you've been there Now you've disappeared somewhere Like outer space - you found some better place And I miss you... Like the deserts miss the rain And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain Could you be dead? You always were two steps ahead Of everyone, we'd walk behind while you would run I look up by your house, and I can almost hear you shout Down to me, where I always used to be And I miss you (Repeat chorus) I'm back on the train, I ask why did I come again? Can I confess? I've been hanging 'round your old address And the years have proved to offer nothing since you moved You're all gone, I can't move on And I miss you (Repeat chorus) "Silver Springs" by Fleetwood Mac You could be my silver spring Blue-green colors flashing I would be your only dream Your shining over ocean crashing Don't say that she's pretty And did you say that she loved you Baby I don't want to know So I begin not to love you Turn 'round, see me running I say I loved you years ago But tell myself you never loved me no And don't say that she's pretty And did you say that she loved you Baby I don't want to know Oh no... And can you tell me was it worth it Baby I don't want to know Time cast a spell on you But you won't forget me I know I could have loved you But you would not let me (Repeat) I follow you down 'till the sound Of my voice will haunt you ("Give me just a chance") You'll never get away from the sound Of the woman who loves you ("Was I just a fool") (Repeat) "You Made Me Forget My Dreams" by Belle & Sebastian you made me forget my dreams when i woke up to you sleeping we had peace for a night at least but the trouble starts today this morning you'll say "i'll see you sometime maybe" and I fall back to uneasy sleep you made me forget my dreams i was building a space rocket with the boy who played bass guitar with the boy who's wearing flares he didnt care he lit the fuse and ran for a mile the space rocket went up in style i'll lend you two hundred quid for a flight across the ocean maybe things will look better there because they couldn't be much worse than tears and a curse for men with guns, maturing in age will always pay a shitty wage they'll always pay a shitty wage you made me forget my dreams when i woke up to you sleeping there was blood on the sheets again and the view outside the window of gardens in bloom obscured by all the trouble we had i think i better make a move "Fucken Ace" by Spiderbait Went to a party it was fucken ace! Went to a party it was fucken ace! Went to a party it was fucken ace! Went to a party I was off my face! Went to a party it was fucken ace! Went to a party it was fucken ace! Went to a party it was fucken ace! Went to a party I was off my face! Went to a party it was fucken ace! Went to a party it was fucken ace! Went to a party it was fucken ace! Went to a party I was off my face! Went to a party it was fucken ace! Went to a party it was fucken ace! Went to a party it was fucken ace! Went to a party I was off my face! I went home it was fucken ace! I went home it was fucken ace! I went home it was fucken ace! I went to bed I was off my face! I was in bed it was fucken ace! I was in bed it was fucken ace! I was in bed it was fucken ace! I passed out I was off my face! Off my face! Off my face! "December" by Collective Soul Why drink the water from my hand? Contagious as you think I am Just tilt my sun towards your domain. Your cup runneth over again. Don't scream about Don't think aloud Turn your head now baby Just spit me out Don't worry about Don't speak of doubt Turn your head now baby Just spit me out Why follow me to higher ground? Lost as you swear I am. Don't throw away your basic needs, Ambiance and vanity. December promise you gave unto me December whispers of treachery December clouds are now covering me December songs no longer I sing "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" by The Beatles Desmond has a barrow in the market place Molly is the singer in a band Desmond says to Molly-girl I like your face And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand. Obladi oblada life goes on bra Lala how the life goes on Obladi Oblada life goes on bra Lala how the life goes on. Desmond takes a trolley to the jewellers stores Buys a twenty carat golden ring Takes it back to Molly waiting at the door And as he gives it to her she begins to sing. In a couple of years they have built A home sweet home With a couple of kids running in the yard Of Desmond and Molly Jones. Happy ever after in the market place Molly lets the children lend a hand Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face And in the evening she's a singer with the band. Chorus: And if you want some fun-take Obladi Oblada. "Lucky Henry" by walter becker dusted down in shanty town behind a sky of red hoist upon some frozen dawn exploding in my head fast asleep in trouble deep or wide awake and burning stuck inside some stranger's hide whose karma keeps returning where you trail that holy grail of darkness and despair way cross town, now up, now down, as though you'd really care on the bus across from us seen once in silhouette the old man's face you couldn't place that now you can't forget down and dirty there you go lucky henry says hello burned his bridges high and low and down the road and gone it's raining boxcars did you know from county cook to baltimore where ever those old jockeys go to live out their lifelines burning down that two lane town the boys call hollywood kicked around now lost, now found, loast again for good badly priced or half erased, or lost in space and time and all because the last one was the disappearing kind now you tumble now you know lucky henry says hello scratched in verses high and low and down to hell and gone i'm told it's raining boxcars that's for sure from bakersfield to elsinore for all what i car anymore for now and forever, gone gone gone "One Caress" by Depeche Mode Well I'm down on my knees again And I pray to the only one Who has the strength To bear the pain To forgive all the things that I've done Oh Girl Lead me into your darkness When this world is trying it's hardest To leave me unimpressed Just one caress From you and I'm blessed When you think you've tried every road Every avenue Take one more look At what you found old And in it you'll find something new I'm shying from the light I always loved the night And now you offer me eternal darkness I have to believe that sin Can make a better man It's the mood that I am in That left us back where we began "Paid Programming" by that dog. Paid programming helps me sleep at night, tucked in bed so tight. Paid programming helps me sleep at night, cures me of my fright. I'd like to see Cher doing her hair on the air. And I'd like to see Richard Simmons dealing a meal and helping to heal. Paid programming helps me sleep at night, tucked in bed so tight. Paid programming helps me sleep at night, cures me of my fright. I'd like a Strawberry Whip De-lite to give me pleasant dreams at night. And I'd like to see the vaccuuming haircut machine going mainstream. Paid programming helps me sleep at night, tucked in bed so tight. Paid programming helps me sleep at night, cures me of my fright. "Brain Crack" by Tracy Bonham have you ever heard the sound of your head in the ground and you're afraid to say and it wont go away? that's the sound of your brain cracking that's the sound of your brain cracking that's the sound of your brain cracking that's the sound of your brain cracking "the ice maiden" by Prefab Sprout standing on the boulevard you wish to know my name i'm the ice maiden i think perhaps you like being unhappy i'm the ice maiden - the limit of your dreams arctic winds blow and still you believe love makes you one of the chosen die in the snow-- i'll never grieve so what if tomorrow you're frozen death is a small price for heaven welcome to the glow of high octane affairs esperanto style and blonde dishevelled hair subterranean streams, duckling you're a swan infinities of dreams, imploding into one all those nights i dreamt of you i wonder where they've gone you're the ice maiden standing on the boulevard i've always known your name you're the ice maiden let you and i grow frosty together you're the ice maiden--today you meet your match girl when i burn- hell nothing's the same i'll singe your pretty blonde lashes we're talking fire-- we're talking flame we're talking ice into ashes but death is a small price for heaven "Christmas at Ground Zero" by 'Weird Al' Yankovic It's Christmas at Ground Zero There's music in the air The sleigh bells are ringin' and the carollers are singin' While the air raid sirens blare It's Christmas at Ground Zero The button has been pressed The radio just let us know That "This is not a test..." Everywhere the atom bombs are droppin' It's the end of all humanity No more time for last minute shoppin' It's time to face your final destiny Well, it's Christmas at Ground Zero There's panic in the crowd We can dodge debris while we trim the tree Underneath a mushroom cloud You might hear some reindeer on your rooftop Or Jack Frost on your windowsill But if someone's climbin' down your chimney You better load your gun and shoot to kill Oh, it's Christmas at Ground Zero And if the radiation level's okay I'll go out with you and see the all new Mutations on New Year's Day It's Christmas at Ground Zero Just seconds left to go I'll duck and cover with my yuletide lover Underneath the mistletoe It's Christmas at Ground Zero Now the missles are on their way What a crazy fluke we're gonna get nuked On this jolly holiday What a crazy fluke we're gonna get nuked On this jolly holiday "Sometimes Salvation" by The Black Crowes To lessen my troubles I stopped hanging out with relatives And empty saviours like you I wish I had a nickel for every miracle That you easily tricked me into You can lead a horse to water But faith is another matter So don't you surrender Cause sometimes salvation In the eye of the storm I've no time for accusations Or conversations on all the bad, bad things you do. Just a note from your jailor Drugs and the relations To all the people around you You can lead a horse to water But faith is another matter So don't you surrender Cause sometimes salvation In the eye of the storm I've kept secret your superstitions And all its twisted wisdom That I fell into Sister can you try and find me? "Name" by Goo Goo Dolls Even though the moment passed me by I still can't turn away I saw the dreams you never thought you'd lose Tossed along the way The letters that you never meant to send Lost or thrown away But now all your boyfriends, I never knew their names Who don't belong to no one, that's a shame You could hide beside me, maybe for awhile And I won't tell no one your name I won't tell them your name Scars, the souveneirs she'd never lose The past is never far Did you lose yorself somewhere out there? Did you get to be a star? Don't it make it sad to know that life is more than who we are You grew up way too fast Now there' nothing to believe The reruns all become our history A tired song keeps playing on a tired radio And I won't tell no one your name I won't tell them your name I won't tell them your name I won't tell them your name (Guitar instrumental) I think about you all the time But I don't need to sing Slowly where you are, come back down And I won't tell them your name... "Chest Hair" by Spiderbait He used to live with a knife in the wall Blonde to the bone, liked to piss out the door Maidens of Eire licked his arse every day Thought he could talk, just had nothing to say Yeah! Yeah! He loved to say "Don't you know who you are?" Wrote poetry, Morrisey, Johnny Marr He tried to tell us all That we were going to fall If we didn't change our ways Tried to pretend it was all just a phase Yeah! Yeah! Then Kieran said to his face from a far Look at the circle on our calendar You know that that's the day When you'll be gone away We're kicking you right out of here So time to go, pack your bags, shed a tear Yeah! You're gone Yeah! You're gone Yeah! You're gone Yeah! You're gone "Ten Years Gone" by Led Zeppelin Then as it was, then again it will be Though the course may change sometimes Rivers always reach the sea Like stars of fortune Each has separate rays On the wings of maybe Down in birds of prey Kind of makes me feel sometimes I didn't have to grow But as the eagle leaves the nest He got so far to go Changes fill my time Baby, that's all right with me In the midst I think of you And how it used to be Did you ever really need somebody And really need 'em bad Did you ever really want somebody The best love you ever had Do you ever remember me, baby Did it feel so good 'Cause it was just the first time And you knew you would Turn the eyes and I sparkle Senses growing keen Tasting love along the way See your feathers preen Kind of make you feel sometimes Didn't hard to grow We are eagles of one nest The nest is in our souls Vixen in my dreams with great surprise to me Never thought I'd see your face the way it used to be Oh darlin', oh darlin' (Repeat) I'm never gonna leave you, I'm never gonna leave you Ten years gone, holdin' on, ten years gone (Repeat) "Three Peaches" by Neutral Milk Hotel So wake up run your lips across your fingers till you find Some scent of yourself that you can hold up high To remind yourself that you didn't die On a day that was so crappy whole and happy you're alive You're in the bathroom carving holiday designs into yourself Hoping noone will find you but they found you And they took you And you somehow survived So wake up and if the holidays don't hollow out your eyes Then press yourself against whatever You find to be beautiful and trembling with life Because I'm so happy you didn't die "To Live Forever" by Dream Theater If I'd started from the top And worked my way down There'd be no reason To live forever To live forever The starvation has turned Me outside in And the wind has blown Me halfway across the world Across the world Why was I born In an age of distrust I'd offered some change For a photograph It will always stay the same [**A**] You will always be the same Until I saw the desire for revenge My heart never once went astray As long as I have to die in the attempt Then there is no reason To live forever I found you where They left you there A passing word that's gone forever And searching my memory for answers I saw the words of a letter you wrote She said 'You don't have to live forever, You don't want to live forever.' And everything's changing now, I don't want to live forever. [Alternate ending - (Live in Tokyo Home Video)] [Beginning at **A** above. ] It will always stay the same Always be the same Until I saw the desire for revenge My heart never once went astray As long as I have to die in the attempt Then there is no reason To live forever Until I saw the desire for revenge As long as I have to die in the attempt If I had to charge the attack Let me No reason No reason No reason No reason To Live Forever [Alternate ending - (Studio acoustic version - "Subconscious" CD)] [Recorded as James LaBrie's vocal audition in 1990. ] [Beginning at **A** above. ] It will always stay the same Always be the same Until I show desire for revenge My heart never once went astray As long as I have to die in the attempt Then there'd be no reason To live forever Until I show desire for revenge As long as I have to die in the attempt As long as I have to die in the attempt Then there'd be no reason No reason No reason To Live Forever To Live Forever 'This just in from Baghdad... Seven patriot missiles have been spotted above Cuba.' "On the Turning Away" by Pink Floyd On the turning away From the pale and downtrodden And the words they say Which we won't understand "Don't accept that what's happening Is just a case of others' suffering Or you'll find that you're joining in The turning away" It's a sin that somehow Light is changing to shadow And casting it's shroud Over all we have known Unaware how the ranks have grown Driven on by a heart of stone We could find that we're all alone In the dream of the proud On the wings of the night As the daytime is stirring Where the speechless unite In a silent accord Using words you will find are strange And mesmerized as they light the flame Feel the new wind of change On the wings of the night No more turning away From the weak and the weary No more turning away From the coldness inside Just a world that we all must share It's not enough just to stand and stare Is it only a dream that there'll be No more turning away? "Black Lodge" by Anthrax Worship the ground you barely walk on You give of yourself but your angels are gone Deny your body is screaming But your heart and you soul they're bleeding Just to fall asleep is a godsend Until your demons appear again I am a witness to your demise Your biggest secret is one you can't keep Lift up your head if you're only asleep You try to hold onto reason Why can't you see that you're leaving My love for you knows no distance But it can't fight your resistance I am a witness to your demise I am the one who saw through the lies Give me, The one thing you can't give Take me to The black lodge where you live Give me, The one thing you can't give Take me to The black lodge where you live Deny your body's screaming But your heart and your soul they're bleeding Just to fall asleep is a godsend Until your demons appear again I am a witness to your demise I am the one who saw through the lies My love has always been blind Give me, The one thing you can't give Take me to The black lodge where you live Give me, The one thing you can't give Take me to The black lodge where you live Where you live "Little 15" by Depeche Mode Little fifteen You help her forget The world outside You're not part of it yet And if you could drive You could drive her away To a happier place To a happier day That exists in your mind And in your smile She could escape there Just for a while Little fifteen Little fifteen Why take the smooth with the rough When things run smooth It's already more than enough She knows your mind Is not yet in league With the rest of the world And its little intrigues Do you understand Do you know what she means As time goes by And when you've seen what she's seen... you will Little fifteen Little fifteen Why does she have to defend Her feelings inside Why pretend She's not had a life A life of near misses Now all that she wants Is three little wishes She wants to see with your eyes She wants to smile with your smile She wants a nice surprise Every once in a while She wants to see with your eyes She wants to smile with your smile She wants a nice surprise Every once in a while Little fifteen "Queer" by Garbage Hey boy, take a look at me Let me dirty up your mind I'll strip away your hard veneer And see what I can find The queerest of the queer The strangest of the strange The coldest of the cool The lamest of the lame The numbest of the dumb I hate to see you here You choke behind a smile A fake behind the fear The queerest of the queer This is what he pays me for I'll show you how it's done You learn to love the pain you feel Like father, like son The queerest of the queer Hide inside your head The blindest of the blind The deadest of the dead You're hungry 'cause you starve While holding back the tears Choking on your smile A fake behind the fear The queerest of the queer I know what's good for you (You can touch me if you want) I know you're dying to (You can touch me if you want) I know what's good for you (You can touch me if you want) But you can't stop The queerest of the queer The strangest of the strange The coldest of the cool The lamest of the lame The numbest of the dumb I hate to see you here You choke behind a smile A fake behind the fear The queerest of the queer The strangest of the strange The coldest of the cool You're nothing special here A fake behind the fear The queerest of the queer I know what's good for you I know you're dying to I know what's good for you I bet you're dying to You can touch me if you want You can touch me if you want You can touch me You can touch me But you can't stop "Black Friday" by Steely Dan When Black Friday comes I'll stand down by the door And catch the grey men when they Dive from the fourteenth floor When Black Friday comes I'll collect everything I'm owed And before my friends find out I'll be on the road When Black Friday falls you know it's got to be Don't let it fall on me When Black Friday comes I'll fly down to Muswellbrook Gonna strike all the big red words From my little black book Gonna do just what I please Gonna wear no socks and shoes With nothing to do but feed All the kangaroos When Black Friday comes I'll be on that hill You know I will When Black Friday comes I'm gonna dig myself a hole Gonna lay down in it 'til I satisfy my soul Gonna let the world pass by me The Archbishop's gonna sanctify me And if he don't come across I'm gonna let it roll When Black Friday comes I'm gonna stake my claim I'll guess I'll change my name "Thorn In My Pride" by The Black Crowes Wake me when the day breaks Show me how the sun shines Tell me about your hearaches Who could be so unkind? Do you dream to touch me? And smile down deep inside Or could you just kill me? It's hard to make up your mind, sometimes. My angels, my devils, my thorn in my pride. Are you wanting instiration You spill your secrets on me Then you tell me with a whisper Of things that will never be. Do you hear me breathing? Does it make you want to scream? Did you ever like a bad dream? Sometimes life is obscene. My angels, my devils, my thorn in my pride. Lover cover me with your sleep Let your love light shine Lover cover me with a good dream Let your love light shine "My Record Company" by K's Choice Beware, beware They're on their way They're getting closer every day But I'm prepared I'm sure some common sense will Blow them all away They like your band They shake your hand They smell like food that has gone bad Today it's you Today will pass I'm so sick of all this trash... (Don't take it personally, oh no...) (Don't take it personally, oh no...) (Don't take it personally, oh no...) (Don't take it personally, oh no...) And sometimes in the middle of The roaches' nest You find a little soul That understands the content of a song, so... (Don't take it personally, oh no...) (Don't take it personally, oh no...) (Don't take it personally, oh no...) (Don't take it personally, oh no...) (Oh no...) (Yeah...) "I Gotta Know" by Spiderbait I gotta know Tell me now I don't get it I wanna know Walking down the street from my pad I'm safe and sound in my head Keeping up a smile full of dread Everyone around me is dead I gotta know Tell me now I don't get it I wanna know Never thought I'd see what I saw People screaming something at the door I can hear it all breaking down Don't you even make a sound Yeeeaaaaahhhhhhh! "Dare To Be Stupid" by "Weird Al" Yankovic Put down that chain saw and listen to me. It's time for us to join in the fight. It's time to let your babies grow up to be cowboys. It's time to let the bedbugs bite. You better put all your eggs in one basket. You better count your chickens before they hatch. You better sell some wine before its time. You better find yourself an itch to scratch. You better squeeze all the Charmin you can, When Mr. Whipple's not around. Stick your head in the microwave, and get yourself a tan. Talk with your mouth full. Bite the hand that feeds you. Bite off more than you can chew. What can you do? Dare to be stupid. Take some wooden nickels. Look for Mr. Goodbar. Get your mojo working now. I'll show you how. You can dare to be stupid. You can turn the other cheek. You can just give up the ship. You can eat a bunch of sushi, then forget to leave a tip. Dare to be stupid. Come on and dare to be stupid. It's so easy to do. We're all waiting for you. Let's go! It's time to make a mountain out of a molehill. So can I have a volunteer? There's no more time for crying over spilled milk. Now it's time for crying in your beer. Settle down, raise a family, join the P.T.A. Buy some sensible shoes and a Chevrolet. Then party till you're broke, and they drag you away. It's okay... you can dare to be stupid. It's like spitting on a fish. It's like barking up a tree. It's like I said, you gotta buy one if you wanna get one free. Dare to be stupid. Yes. Why don't you dare to be stupid. It's so easy, so easy to do. We're all waiting for you. Burn your candle at both ends. Look a gift horse in the mouth. Mashed potatoes can be your friends. You can be a coffee achiever. You can sit around the house And watch "Leave It To Beaver." The future's up to you. So what you gonna do? Dare to be stupid. Dare to be stupid. What did I say? (Dare to be stupid.) Tell me, what did I say? (Dare to be stupid.) It's all right. (Dare to be stupid.) We can be stupid all night. (Dare to be stupid.) Come on, join the crowd. (Dare to be stupid.) Shout it out loud. (Dare to be stupid.) I can't hear you. (Dare to be stupid.) Okay, I can hear you now. (Dare to be stupid.) "The Candy Man" by Sammy Davis, Jr. Candy Man, Hey Candy Man Everybody gather around and listen because, I'm the Candy Man Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew Cover it with chocolate and a miracle or two The Candy Man, oh the Candy Man can The Candy Man can 'cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good Who can take a rainbow, wrap it in the sky Soak it in the sun and make a groovy lemon pie The Candy Man, the Candy Man can The Candy Man can 'cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good The Candy Man makes everything he bakes satisfying and delicious Now you talk about your childhood wishes, you can even eat the dishes Oh, who can take tomorrow, dip it in a dream Separate the sorrow and collect up all the cream The Candy Man, oh the Candy Man can The Candy Man can 'cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good The Candy Man makes everything he bakes satisfying and delicious Talk about your childhood wishes, you can even eat the dishes Yeah, yeah, yeah Who can take tomorrow, dip it in a dream Separate the sorrow and collect up all the cream The Candy Man, the Candy Man can The Candy Man can 'cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good Yes, the Candy Man can 'cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good a-Candy Man, a-Candy Man, a-Candy Man Candy Man, a-Candy Man, a-Candy Man Candy Man, a-Candy Man, a-Candy Man "Fearless" by Pink Floyd You say the hill's too steep to climb, climbing You say you'd like to see me try, climbing You pick the place and I'll choose the time And I'll climb the hill in my own way Just wait a while for the right day And as I rise above the tree-line and the clouds I look down hearing the sound of the things you've said today Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd, smiling Merciless the magistrate turns round, frowning And who's the fool who wears the crown No doubt in your own way And every day is the right day And as you rise above the fear-lines in his brow You look down hear the sound of the faces in the crowd Album: Awake by Dream Theater "6:00" "Six o'clock on a Christmas morning..." [4 times] "And for what?" "Well, isn't it for the honor of God, [Samples from the film "The Dead",] Aunt Kate?" [an adaptation of James Joyce's ] "I know all about the honor of God, [short story from his book ] Mary Jane." ["Dubliners". ] Six o'clock the siren kicks him from a dream Tries to shake it off but it just won't stop Can't find the strength but he's got promises to keep And wood to chop before he sleeps I may never get over but never's better than now I've got bases to cover He's in the parking lot and he's just sitting in his car It's nine o'clock but he can't get out He lights a cigarette and turns the music down but just can't seem to shake that sound Once I thought I'd get over but it's too late for me now I've got bases to cover Melody walks through the door and memory flies out the window and nobody knows what they want 'til they finally let it all go The pain inside coming outside So many ways to drown a man So many ways to drag him down Some are fast and some take years and years Can't hear what he's saying when he's talking in his sleep He finally found the sound but he's in too deep I could never get over Is it too late for me now? Feel like blowing my cover Melody walks through the door and memory flies out the window and nobody knows what they want 'til they finally let it all go But don't cut your losses too soon 'cause you'll only be cutting your throat And answer a call while you still hear at all 'cause nobody will if you won't "Six o'clock on a Christmas morning..." [4 times] "I know all about the honor of God, Mary..." [3 times] "I know all about the honor of God, [Samples from the film "The Dead",] Mary Jane." [an adaptation of James Joyce's ] [short story from his book ] ["Dubliners". ] "Caught In A Web" Silence disguised I watch you Show me the hurt that haunts you would you despise the thrill If all you hide were mine? I can't hold on any longer These feelings keep growing stronger Echoes that deafen the mind will bury my voice in their wake Caught in a Web Removed from the world Hanging on by a thread Spinning the lies devised in my head I've seen the path the one you take shows the truth for you to make This turn of phrase we might not see is the thirst of desire found so easily Try to push me 'round the world some more And make me live in fear I bare all that I am made of now Attractive I don't care 'Cause even when I danced with life no one was there to share Does this voice the wounds of your soul? Does this voice the wounds of your soul? Caught in a Web Removed from the world Hanging on by a thread Spinning the lies devised in my head Tried to live the life you live and saw It doesn't work for me I bare all that I am made of now Attractive, I can't be Inside the Dance of Life is one I'll never hold to me You can't heal the wounds of my soul. You can't heal the wounds of my soul. Caught in a Web Removed from the world Hanging on by a thread Spinning the lies devised in my head Caught in a Web Refused by the world Hanging on by a thread Spinning a cage Denied and misread "Innocence Faded" Animation breathes a cloudless mind Fascination leaves the doubting blind Until the circle breaks and wisdom lies ahead the faithful live Awake the rest remain misled Some will transcend spinning years One as if time disappears Innocence faded the mirror falls behind you Trinity jaded I break down walls to find you Callow and vain fixed like a fossil, shrouding pain Passionless stage Distant like brothers Wearing apathetic displays Sharing flesh like envy in cages Condescending Not intending to end Some will transcend spinning years One as if time disappears Innocence faded the mirror falls behind you Trinity jaded I break down walls to find you Beginnings get complicated the farther we progress Opinions are calculated Immune to openness Beyond the circle's edge We're driven by her blessings Forever hesitating Caught beneath the wheel Innocence faded the mirror falls behind you Cynically jaded The child will crawl to find you. "Voices" 'Love, just don't stare' He used to say to me every Sunday morning The spider in the window The angel in the pool The old man takes the poison Now the widow makes the rules 'So speak, I'm right here' She used to say to me not a word, not a word Judas on the ceiling the Devil in my bed I guess Easter's never coming So I'll just wait inside my head Like a scream but sort of silent living off my nightmares Voices repeating me 'Feeling threatened? We reflect your hopes and fears.' Voices discussing me 'Others steal your thoughts they're not confined within your mind.' Thought disorder Dream control Now they read my mind on the radio But where was the Garden of Eden? I feel elated I feel depressed Sex is death, Death is sex Says it right here on my Crucifix Like a scream but sort of silent living off my nightmares Voices protecting me 'Good behavior brings the Savior to his knees.' Voices rejecting me 'Others steal your thoughts they're not confined to your own mind.' "I don't wanna be here, 'cause of my [Dialogue by rap artist Prix-mo ] suffering, 'cause of my illness. [reading from the book "Cultural ] Only love is worth having, only [Revolution". ] love is what matters, loving every people on equal terms. " "You've got to know who you're dealin' with because, like a stranger, a-heh, just might come in through here with a gun... and then, what would you do? (Heh.)" "Everything is immaterial..." "'n' you know that reality is immaterial." "This is not reality..." I'm kneeling on the floor staring at the wall like the spider in the window I wish that I could speak Is there fantasy in refuge? God in politicians? Should I turn on my religion? These demons in my head tell me to I'm lying here in bed Swear my skin is inside out Just another Sunday morning Seen my diary on the newsstand Seems we've lost the truth to quicksand It's a shame no one is praying 'Cause these voices in my head keep saying... 'Love, just don't stare.' 'Reveal the Word when you're supposed to' Withdrawn and introverted Infectiously perverted 'Being laughed at and confused keeps us pleasantly amused enough to stay.' Maybe I'm just Cassandra fleeting Twentieth century Icon bleeding Willing to risk Salvation to escape from isolation I'm witness to redemption heard you speak but never listened Can you rid me of my secrets? Deliver us from Darkness? Voices repeating me 'Feeling threatened? We reflect your hopes and fears.' Voices discussing me Don't expect your own Messiah This neverworld which you desire is only in your mind. "The Silent Man" A question well served, 'Is silence like a fever?' 'A voice never heard?' 'Or a message with no receiver?' Pray they won't ask Behind the stained glass There's always one more mask Has man been a victim of his woman, of his father? if he elects not to bother, will he suffocate their faith? Desperate to fall Behind the Great Wall That separates us all When there is reason Tonight I'm Awake when there's no answer Arrive the Silent Man If there is balance tonight He's Awake If they have to suffer There lies the Silent Man Sin without deceivers A God with no believers I could sail by on the Winds of Silence And maybe they won't notice But this time I think It'd be better if I swim When there is reason Tonight I'm Awake When there's no answer Arrive the Silent Man If there is balance Tonight he's Awake But if they have to suffer There lies the Silent Man "The Mirror" [Low spoken parts performed by Mike Portnoy] Temptation- Why won't you leave me alone? Lurking Every Corner, everywhere I go Self Control- Don't turn your back on me now When I need you the most Constant pressure tests my will My will or my won't My Self Control escapes from me still... "???" [Sample from ???] Hypocrite- How could you be so cruel and expect my faith in return? Resistance- Is not as hard as it seems When you close the door I spent so long trusting in you I trust you forgot Just when I thought I believed in you... "What're you doing? [Sample is Meryl Streep from the ] What're you doing?" [film "Falling In Love". ] It's time for me to deal Becoming all too real living in fear- Why did you lie and pretend? This has come to an end I'll never trust you again It's time you made your amends Look in the mirror my friend "That I haven't behaved as I should" [Sample is Jeremy Irons from the ] [film "Damage". ] "Everything you need is around you. [Sample is Mary Beth Hurt from the] The only danger is inside you." [film "Light Sleeper". ] "I thought you could control life, [Sample is Jeremy Irons from the ] but it's not like that. There are [film "Damage". ] things you can't control." Let's stare the problem right in the eye It's plagued me from coast to coast Racing the clock to please everyone All but the one who matters the most Reflections of reality are slowly coming into view How in the hell could you possibly forgive me? After all the hell I put you through It's time for me to deal Becoming all too real living in fear- Why'd I betray my friend? Lying until the end Living life so pretend It's time to make my amends I'll never hurt you again "Lie" Daybreak at the bottom of lake it's a hundred degrees I can't breathe And I won't get out 'til I figure it out Though I'm weak like I can't believe So you tell me 'trust me' l can trust you Just let me show you But I gotta work it out in a shadow of doubt 'cause I don't know if I know you Doing fine but don't waste my time Tell me what it is you want to say You sin, you win, just let me in - hurry I've been out in the rain all day So you tell me 'trust me' I can trust you as far as I can throw you And I'm trying to get out of a shadow of doubt 'cause I don't know if I know you [Chorus:] Don't tell me you wanted me Don't tell me you thought of me I won't, I swear I won't (Did) I'll try, I swear I'll try (Lie) Mother Mary quite contrary Kiss the boys and make them wary Things are getting just a little bit scary It's a wonder I can still breathe Never been much of a doubting Thomas but nothing breaks like a broken promise You tell me 'bout your two more coming but once is just enough for me [Chorus] I had gotten used to being a soul destroyed She comes in apparently to fill the void All dogs need a leash and at least I'll forget it And she would never hurt me though she's never said it But I'm not gonna ask her today I don't wanna scare her away Your town, I'm all alone and I just can't stare at the phone I wanna talk about lifelong mistakes and you can tell your stepfather I said so [Chorus] "Lifting Shadows Off A Dream" He seems alone and silent thoughts remain without an answer Afraid and uninvited he slowly drifts away Moved by desire and fear Breaking delicate wings Lifting shadows off a Dream once broken She can turn a drop of water Into an ocean As the rain is pouring down Tears of sorrow wash his mind Drifting with the current This stream of life flows on He seems alone and silent waiting on his hands and knees The chill of winter's darkness sits quietly Moved by desire and fear he takes a few steps away Lifting shadows off a Dream once broken She can turn a drop of water Into an ocean And she listens openly He pours his soul into the water reflecting the mystery She carries him away and the winds die slowly And she listens openly And she listens openly Lifting shadows off a Dream once broken She can turn a drop of water Into an ocean Lifting Shadows off a Dream Lifting Shadows off a Dream "Scarred" To Rise, To Fall. To Hurt, To Hate. To Want, To Wait. To Heal, To Save. Can't hear it we fear it awareness won't come near it Distractive Reactive Disguised in spite of time I never bared my emotion My passion always strong I never lost my devotion but somewhere fate went wrong Can't let them rape me again Your venom's not family here won't let them fill me with fatalistic remedies What if the rest of the world was hopelessly blinded by fear? Where would my sanctity live? Suddenly nobody cares. It's never enough You're wasting your time Isn't there something I could say? You don't understand You're closing me out How can we live our lives this way? You tell me I'm wrong I'm risking my life Still, I have nothing in return I show you my hands You don't see the scars Maybe you'll leave me here to burn. What if the rest of the world was hopelessly drowning in vain? Where would our self pity run? Suddenly everyone cares. Blood...Heal me Fear...Change me Belief will always save me Blood...Swearing Fear...Staring Conviction made aware Give up on misery Turn your back on dissent Leave their distrust behind Wash your hands of regret Do you feel you don't know me anymore? And do you feel I'm afraid of your love? And how come you don't want me asking? And how come my heart's not invited? You say you want everyone happy Well, we're not laughing. And how come you don't understand me? And how come I don't understand you? Thirty years say we're in this together So open your eyes. People in prayer for me everyone there for me Sometimes I feel I should face this alone My soul exposed It calms me to know that I won't Blood...Heal me Fear...Change me Belief will always save me Blood...Swearing Fear...Staring Conviction made aware Give up on misery Turn your back on dissent Leave their distrust behind Wash your hands of regret Blood...Heal me Fear...Change me Belief will always save me Blood...Swearing Fear...Staring Conviction made aware Learning from misery Staring back at dissent Leaving distrust behind I'm inspired and content "Space-Dye Vest" Falling through pages of Martens on angels Feeling my heart pull west I saw the future dressed as a stranger love in a space-dye vest Love is an act of blood and I'm bleeding a pool in the shape of a heart Beauty projection in the reflection Always the worst way to start "But he's the sort who can't know [Sample is Julian Sands from the ] anyone intimately, least of all a [film "A Room With A View". ] woman. He doesn't know what a woman is. He wants you for a possession, something to look at like a painting or an ivory box. Something to own and to display. He doesn't want you to be real, or to think or to live. He doesn't love you, but I love you. I want you to have your own thoughts and ideas and feelings, even when I hold you in my arms. It's our last chance... It's our last chance..." Now that you're gone I'm trying to take it Learning to swallow the rage Found a new girl I think we can make it as long as she stays on the page This is not how I want it to end And I'll never be open again "...I was gonna move out...ummm...get, [Sample from "The Trouble With ] get a job, get my own place, ummm, [Evan", from the Canadian series] but... I go into the mall where I ["The Fifth Estate". ] want to work and they tell me, I'm, I was too young..." "Some people, gave advice before, [Sample is Jim Hill from a news ] about facing the facts, about [commentary about the OJ Simpson] facing reality. And this is, this [freeway chase. ] without a doubt, is his biggest challenge ever. He's going to have to face it. You're gonna have to try, he's gonna to have to try and, uh, and, and, and get some help here. I mean no one can say they know how he feels." "That, so they say that, in ya know [Sample from the Conan O'Brien ] like, Houston or something, you'd [show. ] say it's a hundred and eighty degrees, but it's a dry heat. In Houston they say that? Oh, maybe not. I'm all mixed up. Dry until they hit the swimming pool." "...I get up with the sun... Listen. [Sample from "The Trouble With ] You have your own room to sleep in, [Evan", from the Canadian series] I don't care what you do. I don't ["The Fifth Estate". ] care when. That door gets locked, that door gets locked at night by nine o'clock. If you're not in this house by nine o'clock, then you'd better find some place to sleep. Because you're not going to be a bum in this house. Supper is ready..." There's no one to take my blame if they wanted to There's nothing to keep me sane and it's all the same to you There's nowhere to set my aim so I'm everywhere Never come near me again do you really think I need you I'll never be open again, I could never be open again. I'll never be open again, I could never be open again. And I'll smile and I'll learn to pretend And I'll never be open again And I'll have no more dreams to defend And I'll never be open again "Sweating Bullets" by Megadeth Hello me...Meet the real me. And my misfits way of life. A dark black past is my Most valued possession. Hindsight is always 20-20, But looking back it's still a bit fuzzy. Speak of mutually assured destruction? Nice story...Tell it to Reader's Digest!!! Chorus Feeling paranoid True enemy or false friend? Anxiety's attacking me, and My air is getting thin. I'm in trouble for the things I haven't got to yet. I'm chomping at the bit, and my Palms are getting wet, sweating bullets. Hello me...It's me again. You can subdue, but never tame me. It gives me a migraine headache Thinking down to your level. Yea, just keep on thinking it's my fault And stay an inch or two outta kicking distance. Mankind has got to know His limitations. Chorus Feeling claustrophobic, Like the walls are closing in. Blood stains on my hands and I don't know where I've been. I'm in trouble for the things I haven't got to yet. I'm sharpening the axe and my Palms are getting wet, sweating bullets. Well, me...it's nice talking to myself, A credit to dementia. Some day you too will know my pain, And smile its blacktooth grin. If the war inside my head Won't take a day off I'll be dead. My icy fingers claw your back, Here I come again. Chorus Feeling paranoid True enemy or false friend? Anxiety's attacking me And my air is getting thin Feeling claustrophobic, Like the walls are closing in. Blood stains on my hands and I don't know where I've been Once you committed me Now you've acquitted me Claiming validity For your stupidity I'm chomping at the bit I'm sharpening the axe Here I come again, whoa! Sweating bullets "Ride the Wind" by Poison Hearts of fire Streets of stone Modern warriors Saddle iron horses of chrome Taste the wild Lick the wind Like something they never saw before Their jaws dropping to the floor Steel made of soul and sin Rebels born without a care And the day he listens Only to fly where eagles dare And the night she whispers Chorus: Ride the wind Never coming back until I touch the midnight sun Ride the wind Never coming back again Ride the wind Never coming back until I touch the midnight sun Painted flesh Loyalty Humble pride Just as far as the eye can see Stories told Two old friends Of battle scars and lonely bars And nights the rain wouldn't end Here's to withered eyes wearing gypsy smiles And the day he listens Here's to lovely ladies and a million miles And the night she whispers Chorus Ride the wind I'm still the bravest soul in sin, Burning till the night is done. Solo Of all the truths and lies And stories of riders in the sky They say only the bravest try Where eagles and angels dare to fly Chorus "Red Barchetta" by Rush My uncle has a country place That no one knows about. He says it used to be a farm Before the Motor Law. And on Sundays I elude the Eyes, And hop the Turbine Freight To far outside the Wire Where my white-haired uncle waits. Jump to the ground As the Turbo slows to cross the borderline. Run like the wind As excitement shivers up and down my spine. Down in his barn My uncle preserved for me an old machine For fifty-odd years. To keep it as new has been his dearest dream. I strip away the old debris That hides a shining car: A brilliant red Barchetta From a better vanished time. I fire up the willing engine Responding with a roar. Tires spitting gravel, I commit my weekly crime. Wind In my hair Shifting and drifting Mechanical music Adrenaline surge... Well-weathered leather, Hot metal and oil, The scented country air. Sunlight on chrome, The blur of the landscape, Every nerve aware. Suddenly ahead of me Across the mountainside A gleaming alloy air-car Shoots towards me, two lanes wide. I spin around with shrieking tires To run the deadly race Go screaming through the valley As another joins the chase. Drive like the wind Straining the limits of machine and man. Laughing out loud with fear and hope I've got a desperate plan. At the one-lane bridge I leave the giants stranded at the riverside. Race back to the farm To dream with my uncle at the fireside. "Bonny" by Prefab Sprout I spend the days with my vanity I'm lost in heaven and I'm lost to earth Didn't give you minutes, not even moments All my life in a tower of foil Shaded feelings, don't believe you When you were there before my eyes No one planned it, took it for granted I count the hours since you slipped away I count the hours that I lie awake I count the minutes and the seconds too All I stole and I took from you But Bonny don't live at home, no Bonny don't live at home Words don't hold you, broken soldiers All my silence and my strained respect Missed chances and the same regrets Kiss the thief and you save the rest All my insights from retrospect I count the hours since you slipped away I count the hours that I lie awake I count the minutes and the seconds too All I stole and I took from you But Bonny don't live at home, no Bonny don't live at home (Save your speeches, flowers are for funerals) "C'Mon Billy" by PJ Harvey C'mon Billy Come to me You know I'm waiting I love you endlessly C'mon Billy You're the only one Don't you think it's time now you met your only son I remember lover's play The corn was gold and we lay in it for days I remember the things you said My little Billy come to your lover's bed Come home is my plea Your home now is here with me Come home to your son Tomorrow might never come C'mon Billy You look good to me How many nites now Your child inside Oh, don't forget me I had your son Damn thing went crazy But I swear you're the only one Come along Billy come to me Come along Billy come to me Come along Billy come to me Come along Billy come to me Come along Billy come to me Come along Billy come to me Come along Billy come to me Come along now and come to me "Low" by Testament Fuel the fire for war It's man against mankind Bruises that they bear Been beaten down with time Innocent people suffer the loss Your broken hope so close to the cross Sometimes you just don't know How low...how low you can, go... So low it's sickening Low...Low...show some mercy... Hey you piece of shit Just leave the kids alone Why can't you bear The things that we endure Innocent people suffer the loss Lost hope with faith to the cross Sometimes you just don't know How low...How low you can go Show some sympathy Low...low...show some mercy I don't like you for your warped demeted ways I hope they lock you down so you never get away Low...Low...show some sympathy Low...low...show some mercy... "Hot Water & Milk" by Spiderbait You're dumb but it's sweet I'd hate you smarter than me Can't you see? That's what begins the confusion You're just the perfect man No feet, no head, no hands Can't you see? That's where we'll end the confusion You've said it I've said it You've said it But I meant it You've said it I've said it You've said it But I dread it again We're from different worlds You're boys and I'm from girls Can't you see? That's what begins the confusion You think I love you But I know that isn't true Can't you see? There isn't any confusion You've said it I've said it You've said it But I meant it You've said it I've said it You've said it But I dread it again "Doctor Wu" by Steely Dan Katy tried I was halfway crucified I was on the other side Of no tomorrow You walked in And my life began again Just when I'd spent the last piaster I could borrow All night long We would sing that stupid song And every word we sang I knew was true Are you with me Doctor Wu Are you really just a shadow Of the man that I once knew Are you crazy are you high Or just an ordinary guy Have you done all you can do Are you with me Doctor Don't seem right I've been strung out here all night I've been waiting for the taste You said you'd bring to me Biscayne Bay Where the Cuban gentlemen sleep all day I went searching for the song You used to sing to me Katy lies You could see it in her eyes But imagine my surprise When I saw you Are you with me Doctor Wu Are you really just a shadow Of the man that I once knew She is lovely yes she's sly And you're an ordinary guy Has she finally got to you Can you hear me Doctor ? "Alive" by Pearl Jam son, she said have I got a little story for you what you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a.... while you were sittin' home alone @ age thirteen your real daddy was dyin' sorry you didn't see him but I'm glad we talked... I...I...I'm still alive (3x) oh she walks slowly across a young man's room she said I'm ready...for you I can't remember anything to this very day 'cept the look...the look... oh you know where, Now i can't see, I just stare I...I...I'm still alive (4x) is something wrong she said of course there is you're still alive she said do I deserve to be is that the question and if so,...if so... who answers? who answers? I...I...I'm still alive I...I...I'm still alive I...I...I'm still alive I...I'm still alive yeah yeah yeah yeah "Call Any Vegetable" by Frank Zappa Call any vegetable Call it by name You gotta call one today When you get off the train Call any vegetable And the chances are good Ye-e-eah The vegetable will respond to you La-la-ah la-la The vegetable will respond to you La-la-ah la-la Oh... Call any vegetable Pick up your phone Think of a vegetable Lonely at home Call any vegetable And the chances are good Ye-e-eah The vegetable will respond to you La-la-ah la-la The vegetable will respond to you La-la-ah la-la Rutabaga, Rutabaga, Rutabaga, Rutabaga, Rutabay-y-y-y... No one will know If you don't want to let them know No one will know 'Less it's you that might tell them so Call and they'll come to you Smiling and covered with dew Vegetables dream Vegetables dream Vegetables dream of responding to you Standing there shiny and proud by your side Holding your joint while the neighbours decide Why is a vegetable something to hide To hide To hide To hide FZ: You know... a lot of people don't bother about their friends in the vegetable kingdom. They... they think: What can I say? Sometimes they think: Where can I go? MARK: Where can I go to get my poodle clipped in Burbank? HOWARD: At Ralph's vegetarian poodle clipping, where you can come this... MARK: Where can I go to get organic vaseline for my intercourse? HOWARD: At Bob and Ray's Swahili restaurant, where you can come this... MARK: Where can I go to get my jeans embroided in Fullurton? HOWARD: At Jean... at Jeans North, where nothing fits... MARK: Where can I go to get my zipper reppaired in Hollywood? HOWARD: Who gives a fuck anyway... MARK: Where can I go to get my speakers fixed? HOWARD: Hey... at Jack La... MARK: Where can I go to get my ancient lights? HOWARD: At Jack LaLane Hamburgers, on 312 Whittier Boulevard... MARK: Where can I go to get my stomach pumped? Where can I go to colapse...? HOWARD: Hey, De-due... FZ: Questions, questions, questions... flooding into the mind of the concerned young person today... oh, but it's a great time to be alive, ladies and gentlemen, and that's the theme of our program for tonight... it's so fucking great to be alive, is what the theme of our show is tonight, boys and girls... and I wanna tell ya... if there's anybody here who doesn't believe that it is fucking great to be alive I wish they would go now because this show would bring them down so much... God bless America Land that I... Call any vegetable Call it by name You gotta call one today When you get off the train Call any vegetable And the chances are good Wow! That the vegetable will respond to you And if you're a consenting adult we want you to call today in Los Angeles, the number is Richmond 96135, in Downey it's 3478932... Call it direct Call it collect But call it today! "Blasphemous Rumours" by Depeche Mode Girl of sixteen, whole life ahead of her Slashed her wrists, bored with life Didn't succeed, thank the Lord For small mercies Fighting back the tears, mother reads the note again Sixteen candles burn in her mind She takes the blame, it's always the same She goes down on her knees and prays I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours But I think that God's got a sick sense of humor And when I die I expect to find Him laughing Girl of eighteen, fell in love with everything Found new life in Jesus Christ Hit by a car, ended up On a life support machine Summer's day, as she passed away Birds were singing in the summer sky Then came the rain, and once again A tear fell from her mother's eye I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours But I think that God's got a sick sense of humor And when I die I expect to find Him laughing Ssss.... "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2 I have climbed highest mountain I have run through the fields Only to be with you Only to be with you I have run I have crawled I have scaled these city walls These city walls Only to be with you But I still haven't found what I'm looking for But I still haven't found what I'm looking for I have kissed honey lips Felt the healing in her fingertips It burned like fire This burning desire I have spoke with the tongue of angels I have held the hand of a devil It was warm in the night I was cold as a stone But I still haven't found what I'm looking for But I still haven't found what I'm looking for I believe in the kingdom come Then all the colors will bleed into one Bleed into one Well yes I'm still running You broke the bonds and you Loosed the chains Carried the cross Of my shame Of my shame You know I believed it But I still haven't found what I'm looking for But I still haven't found what I'm looking for But I still haven't found what I'm looking for But I still haven't found what I'm looking for... "Carry That Weight" by The Beatles Boy, you're gonna carry that weight Carry that weight a long time Boy, you're gonna carry that weight Carry that weight a long time I never give you my pillow I only give you my invitations And in the middle of the celebrations I break down Boy, you're gonna carry that weight Carry that weight a long time Boy, you're gonna carry that weight Carry that weight a long time "Road to Nowhere" I was looking back on my life And all the things I've done to me I'm still looking for the answers I'm still searching for the key CHORUS The wreckage of my past keeps haunting me It just won't leave me alone I still find it all a mystery Could it be a dream? The road to nowhere leads to me Through all the happiness and sorrow I guess I'd do it all again Live for today and not tomorrow It's still the road that never ends CHORUS Ah ah The road to nowhere's gonna pass me by Ah ah I hope we never have to say goodbye I never want to live without you CHORUS "Big Love" by Fleetwood Mac Looking out for love In the night so still Oh I'll build you a kingdom In that house on the hill Looking out for love Big, big love You said that you love me And that you always will Oh you begged me to keep you In that house on the hill Looking out for love Big, big love I wake up alone With it all I wake up But only to fall Looking out for love Big, big love Just looking out for love Big, big love "LSD" by Hallucinogen I believe with the account of acid we discovered new ways to think, and, it has to do with piecing together new thoughts of mind. Why is it that people think it so evil? What is it about it that - that it scares people so deeply even without [knowing it i think it is] because they're afraid that there's more to reality than they have confronted. That there are doors that they're afraid to go in, and they don't want us to go in there either, because if we go in, we might learn something that they don't know, and that makes us a little out of their control. "April 8th" by Neutral Milk Hotel Crawl across towards your window I'm calling softly from the street Always a lonely widow Half awake and sleeping on my feet I'm of age but have no children No quarter phone booth calls to home Just late with television Inside my bedroom all alone There is no use in waiting Offer up your steps so I can climb Show me all your figure paintings Etched in the middle of the night Let me stretch upon your carpet Let me hear the rain tap on your street Knowing I am safe on the inside Blankets wrapped and drifting off to sleep "Fade To Black" by Metallica Life it seems, will fade away Drifting further everyday Getting lost within myself Nothing matters no one else I have lost the will to live Simply nothing more to give There is nothing more for me Need the end to set me free Things not what they used to be Missing one inside of me Deathly lost this can't be real Emptiness is filling me To the point of agony Growing darkes taking dawn I was me, but now he's gone No one but me can save myself, but it's too late Now I can think, think why I should even try Yesterday seems as though it never existed Death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye "Never Let Me Down Again" by Depeche Mode I'm taking a ride With my best friend I hope he never lets me down again He knows where he's taking me Taking me where I want to be I'm taking a ride With my best friend We're flying high We're watching the world pass us by Never want to come down Never want to put my feet back down On the ground I'm taking a ride With my best friend I hope he never lets me down again Promises me I'm safe as houses As long as I remember who's wearing the trousers I hope he never lets me down again Never let me down See the stars, they're shining bright Everything's alright tonight Album: Master Of Reality by Black Sabbath "Sweet Leaf" ALRIGHT NOW!! Won't you listen? When I first met you, didn't realize I can't forget you, for your suprize you introduced me, to my mind And left me wanting, you and your kind Oh yeah! I love you, Oh you know it My life was empty forever on a down Until you took me, showed me around My life is free now, my life is clear I love you sweet leaf, though you can't hear Oh yeah! Come on now, try it out Straight people don't know, what your about They put you down and shut you out you gave to me a new belief and soon the world will love you sweet leaf Oh yeah baby! "After Forever" Have you ever thought about your soul - can it be saved? Or perhaps you think that when you're dead you just stay in your grave Is God just a thought within your head or is he a part of you? Is Christ just a name that you read in a book when you were in school? When you think about death do you lose your breath or do you keep your cool? Would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope - do you think he's a fool? Well I have seen the truth, yes I've seen the light and I've changed my ways And I'll be prepared when you're lonely and scared at the end of our days Could it be you're afraid of what your friends might say If they knew you believe in God above? They should realize before they criticize that God is the only way to love Is your mind so small that you have to fall In with the pack wherever they run Will you still sneer when death is near And say they may as well worship the sun? I think it was true it was people like you that crucified Christ I think it is sad the opinion you had was the only one voiced Will you be so sure when your day is near, say you don't believe? You had the chance but you turned it down, now you can't retrieve Perhaps you'll think before you say that God is dead and gone Open your eyes, just realize that he's the one The only one who can save you now from all this sin and hate Or will you still jeer at all you hear? Yes! I think it's too late. "Children of the Grave" Revolution in their minds - the children start to march Against the world in which they have to live and all the hate that's in their hearts They're tired of being pushed around and told just what to do They'll fight the world until they've won and love comes flowing through Children of tomorrow live in the tears that fall today Will the sun rise up tomorrow bringing peace in any way? Must the world live in the shadow of atomic fear? Can they win the fight for peace or will they disappear? So you children of the world, listen to what I say If you want a better place to live in spread the words today Show the world that love is still alive you must be brave Or you children of today are Children of the Grave, Yeah! "Lord of this World" You're searching for your mind don't know where to start can't find the key to fit the lock on your heart you think you know but you are never quite sure your soul is ill but you will not find a cure. Your world was made for you by someone above but you chose evil ways instead of love. You made me master of the world where you exist the soul I took from you was not even missed. Lord of this world Evil possessor Lord of this world He's your confessor now! You think you're innocent you've nothing to fear You don't know me, you say, but isn't it clear? You turn to me in all your worldly greed and pride But will you turn to me when it's your turn to die "Solitude" My name it means nothing my fortune is less My future is shrouded in dark wilderness Sunshine is far away, clouds linger on Everything I possessed - Now they are gone They are gone They are gone Oh where can I go to and what can I do? Nothing can please me only thoughts are of you You just laughed when I begged you to stay I've not stopped crying since you went away The world is a lonely place - you're on your own Guess I will go home - sit down and moan. Crying and thinking is all that I do Memories I have remind me of you "Into the Void" Rocket engines burning fuel so fast Up into the night sky they blast Through the universe the engines whine Could it be the end of man and time Back on earth the flame of life burns low Everywhere is misery and woe Pollution kills the air, the land and sea Man prepares to meet his destiny Rocket engines burning fuel so fast Up into the night sky so vast Burning metal through the atmosphere Earth remains in worry, hate and fear With the hateful battles raging on rockets flying to the glowing sun Through the empires of eternal void Freedom from the final suicide Freedom fighters sent out to the sun escape from brainwashed minds and pollution. Leave the earth to all its sin and hate find another world where freedom waits. Past the stars in fields of ancient void Through the shields of darkness where they find Love upon a land a world unknown where the sons of freedom make their home Leave the earth to Satan and his slaves leave them to their future in the grave Make a home where love is there to stay Peace and happiness in everyday "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five It's like a jungle, sometimes it makes me wonder How I keep from goin' under It's like a jungle, sometimes it makes me wonder How I keep from goin' under Broken glass everywhere People pissin' on the stage, you know they just don't care I can't take the smell, can't take the noise Got no money to move out, I guess I got no choice Rats in the front room, roaches in the back Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat I tried to get away, but I couldn't get far `Cause the man with a tow truck repossessed my car Don't push me `cause I'm close to the edge I'm tryin' not to lose my head, huh, huh, huh, huh It's like a jungle, sometimes it makes me wonder How I keep from goin' under Standin' on the front stoop, hangin' out the window Watchin' all the cars go by, rollin' as the breezes blow A crazy lady livin' in a bag Eatin' outta garbage pails, used to be a f@# hag Such a nasty tango, skipped the life in Dango Was hooked on princes, seemed she lost her senses Down at the peep show watchin' all the creeps So she can tell her stories to the girls back home She went to the city and got Social Security She had to get a pimp, she couldn't make it on her own Don't push me `cause I'm close to the edge I'm tryin' not to lose my head, huh, huh, huh, huh It's like a jungle, sometimes it makes me wonder How I keep from goin' under It's like a jungle, sometimes it makes me wonder How I keep from goin' under My brother's doin' bad, stole my mother's TV Says she watches too much, it's just not healthy All My Children in the daytime, Dallas at night Can't even see the game or the Sugar Ray fight The bill collectors, they ring my phone And scare my wife when I'm not home Got a bum education, double-digit inflation I can't take the train to the job, there's a strike at the station Neon King Kong, standin' on my back Can't stop to turn around, broke my sacroiliac A midrange migraine cancered membrane Sometimes I think I'm going insane, I swear I might hijack a plane Don't push me `cause I'm close to the edge I'm tryin' not to lose my head It's like a jungle, sometimes it makes me wonder How I keep from goin' under My son said, "Daddy, I don't want to go to school `Cause the teacher's a jerk, he must think I'm a fool And all the kids smoke reefer, I think it'd be cheaper If I just got a job, learned to be a street sweeper I'd dance to the beat, shuffle my feet Wear a shirt and tie, and run with the creeps" `Cause it's all about the money, ain't a damn thing funny You got to have a con in this land of milk and honey They pushed that girl in front of the train Took her to the doctor, sewed her arm on again Stabbed that man right in his heart Gave him a transmit for a brand new start I can't walk through the park `cause it's crazy after dark Keep my hand on my gun `cause they got me on the run I feel like a outlaw, broke my last glass jaw Hittin' `em and sayin', "You want some more," livin' on a seesaw Don't push me `cause I'm close to the edge I'm tryin' not to lose my head, say what It's like a jungle, sometimes it makes me wonder How I keep from goin' under A child is born with no state of mind Blind to the ways of mankind God is smilin' on you, but he's frownin' too Because only God knows what you'll go through You'll grow in the ghetto livin' second rate And your eyes will sing a song of deep hate The places you play and where you stay Looks like one great big alley way You'll admire all the number book takers Thugs, pimps and pushers, and the big money makers Drivin' big cars, spendin' 20s and 10s And you wanna grow up to be just like them, huh Smugglers, scramblers, burglars, gamblers Pick-pocket, peddlers, even pan handlers You say, "I'm cool, huh, I'm no fool" But then you wind up droppin' outta high school Now you're unemployed, all non-void Walkin' `round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd Turned Stick-Up Kid, but look what you done did Got sent up for a 8-year bid Now you're manhood is took, and you're a Maytag Spend the next two years as a undercover f@# Bein' used and abused to serve like hell Till one day you was found hung dead in the cell It's was plain to see that your life was lost You was cold and your body swung back and forth But now your eyes sing the sad, sad song Of how you lived so fast and died so young So don't push me `cause I'm close to the edge I'm tryin' not to lose my head, huh, huh, huh, huh It's like a jungle, sometimes it makes me wonder How I keep from goin' under, huh, uh, huh, huh, huh, huh It's like a jungle, sometimes it makes me wonder How I keep from goin' under "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus White on white translucent black capes Back on the rack Bela Lugosi's dead The bats have left the bell tower The victims have been bled Red velvet lines the black box Bela Lugosi's dead Undead undead undead The virginal brides file past his tomb Strewn with time's dead flowers Bereft in deathly bloom Alone in a darkened room The count Bela Logosi's dead Undead undead undead "Mr. Roboto" by Styx Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, Mata ah-oo hima de Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, Himitsu wo shiri tai You're wondering who I am-machine or mannequin With parts made in Japan, I am the modren man I've got a secret I've been hiding under my skin My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain I.B.M. So if you see me acting strangely, don't be surprised I'm just a man who needed someone, and somewhere to hide To keep me alive-just keep me alive Somewhere to hide to keep me alive I'm not a robot without emotions-I'm not what you see I've come to help you with your problems, so we can be free I'm not a hero, I'm not a saviour, forget what you know I'm just a man whose circumstances went beyond his control Beyond my control-we all need control I need control-we all need control I am the modren man, who hides behind a mask So no one else can see my true identity Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto For doing the jobs that nobody wants to And thank you very much, Mr. Roboto For helping me escape just when I needed to Thank you-thank you, thank you I want to thank you, please, thank you The problem's plain to see: too much technology Machines to save our lives. Machines dehumanize. The time has come aat last To throw away this mask So everyone caan see My true identity... I'm Kilroy! Kilroy! Kilroy! Kilroy! "Sweet Jane" by Cowboy Junkies Anyone who's ever had a heart Wouldn't turn around and break it and anyone who's ever played a part Wouldn't turn around and hate it Sweet Jane, sweet Jane Sweet, sweet Jane You're waiting for Jimmy down in the alley Waiting there for him to come back home Waiting down on the corner and thinking of ways to get back home Sweet Jane, sweet Jane Sweet, sweet Jane Anyone who's ever had a dream Anyone who's ever played a part Anyone who's ever been lonely and anyone who's ever split apart Sweet Jane, sweet Jane Sweet, sweet Jane Heavenly widened roses seem to whisper to me when you smile Heavenly widened roses seem to whisper to me when you smile La la la la, la la la, etc... Sweet Jane Sweet, sweet Jane "BUTTERFLY" by Weezer YESTERDAY I WENT OUTSIDE WITH MY MOMMA'S MASON JAR CAUGHT A LOVELY BUTTERLFY WHEN I WOKE UP TODAY AND LOOKEDI IN ON MY FAIRY PET SHE HAD WITHERED ALL AWAY NO MORE SIGHING IN HER BREAST I'M SORRY FOR WHAT I DID I DID WHAT MY BODY TOLD ME TO I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO YOU HARM BUT EVERYTIME I PIN DOWN WHAT I THINK I WANT IT SLIPS AWAY--THE GHOOOOST SLIPS AWAY I SMELL YOU ON MY HAND FOR DAYZ I CAN'T WASH AWAY YOUR SCENT IF I'M A DOG THEN YOU'RE A BITCH I GUESS YOU'RE AS REAL AS ME MAYBE I CAN LIVE WITH THAT??? MAYBE I NEED PHANTASY??? A LIFE OF CASHING BUTTERFLYS I'M SORRY FOR WHAT I DID I DID WHAT MY BODY TOLD ME TO I DIDN'T MEANT TO DO YOU HARM BUT EVERYTIME I PIN DOWN WHAT I THINK I WANT IT SLIPS AWAY--THE GHOOOOST SLIPS AWAY I TOLD YOU I WOULD RETURN WHEN THE ROBIN MAKES HER NEST BUT I AIN'T NEVER COMING BACK I'M SORRY I'M SORRY I'M SOOOOOOOOOORRY!!!!! "Only When I Lose Myself" by Depeche Mode It's only when I lose myself in someone else That I find myself I find myself Something beautiful is happening inside for me Something sensual, it's full of fire and mystery I feel hypnotised I feel paralysed I have found heaven There's a thousand reasons Why I shouldn't spend my time with you For every reason not to be here I can think of two To keep me hanging on Feeling nothing's wrong Inside your heaven It's only when I lose myself in someone else That I find myself I find myself I can feel the emptiness inside me Fade and disappear There's a feeling of contentment Now that you are here I feel satisfied I belong inside Your velvet heaven Did I need to sell my soul for pleasure like this Did I have to lose control to treasure your kiss Did I need to place my heart in the palm of your hand Before I could even start to understand It's only when I lose myself in someone else That I find myself I find myself "Something I Can Never Have" by Nine Inch Nails i still recall the taste of my tears. echoing your voice just like the ringing in my ears. my favorite dreams of you still wash ashore. scraping through my head 'till i don't want to sleep anymore. Chorus: come on tell me. make this all go away. you make this all go away. i'm down to just to thing. and i'm starting to scare myself. make this all go away. you make this all go way. i just want something. i just want something i can never have you always were the one to show me how back then i couldn't do the things that i can do now. this is slowly take me apart. grey would be the color if i had a heart. i just want something i can never have. in this place it seems like such a same. though it all looks different now, i know it's still the same everywhere i look you're all i see. just a fading fucking reminder of who i used to be. Chorus i just want something. i just want something i can never have i just want something i can never have think i know what you meant. that night on my bed. still picking at this scab i wish you were dead. you sweet and perry ellis. just stains on my sheets. "I'm Not Amused" by Galactic Cowboys A cloak of mystery, a beating heart. He prays for sympathy, they do their part. Can't you see it's not amusing anymore. We're not amused by all the blood upon your floor It's going farther than it's ever been before. Oh, can't you see it's not amusing anymore! No look of innocence in deep blue eyes. So weathered through the years the young one cries. Can't you see it's not amusing anymore. We're not amused by all the blood upon your floor It's going farther than it's ever been before. Oh, can't you see it's not amusing anymore! A starry night in May. He slipped away. They find his shallow grave. Someone will pay. Can't you see it's not amusing anymore. We're not amused by all the blood upon your floor It's going farther than it's ever been before. Oh, can't you see it's not amusing anymore! "Don't Stand So Close To Me" by The Police Young teacher, the subject Of schoolgirl fantasy She wants him so badly Knows what she wants to be Inside her there's longing This girl's an open page Book marking - she's so close now This girl is half his age Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me Her friends are so jealous You know how bad girls get Sometimes it's not so easy To be the teacher's pet Temptation, frustration So bad it makes him cry Wet bus stop, she's waiting His car is warm and dry Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me Loose talk in the classroom To hurt they try and try Strong words in the staffroom The accusations fly It's no use, he sees her He starts to shake and cough Just like the old man in That book by Nabakov Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me "What It Takes" by Aerosmith There goes my old girlfriend There's another diamond ring And a all those late night promises I guess they don't mean a thing So baby, what's the story Did you find another man Is it easy to sleep in the bed that we made When you don't look back I guess The feelings start to fade away I used to feel your fire But now it's cold inside And you're back on the street Like you didn't miss a beat, yeah (Chorus) Tell me What It Takes to let you go Tell me how the pain's supposed to go Tell me how it is that you can sleep In the night, without thinkin' you lost Everything that was good in your life To the toss of a dice Tell me What It Takes to let you go Yeah, Girl, before I met you, I was F.I.N.E - fine But your love made me a prisoner yeah, my heart's been doing time You spent me up like money Then you hung me out to dry It was easy to keep all your lies in disguise 'Cause you had me in deep With the devil in your eyes (Chorus) Guitar! Tell me that you're happy that you're on your own Yeah, yeah, yeah Tell me that it's better when you're all alone Tell me that your body doesn't miss my touch Tell me that my lovin' didn't mean that much Tell me you ain't dying When you're cryin' for me (Repeat Chorus) Tell me who's to blame for thinkin' twice 'Cause i don't wanna burn in Paradise Oh, let it go, let it go... I don't wanna burn.... "Bust a Move" by Young MC This here's a tale for all the fellas Try to do what those ladies tell us Get shot down cause you're over zealous Play hard to get an females get jealous Ok smartie, go to a party Girls are stancin the crowd is showin body A chick walks by you wish you could sex her But you're standin on the wall like you was Poindexter Next days function, high class luncheon Food is served and you're stone cold munchin' Music comes on, people start to dance But then you ate so much you nearly split your pants A girl starts walkin, guys start gawkin' Sits down next to you and starts talkin' Says she wanna dance cus she likes the groove So come on fatso and just bust a move You're on a mission and you're wishin' someone could cure you're lonely condition You're lookin for love in all the wrong places Not fine girls just ugly faces From frustration first inclination Is to become a monk and leave the situation But every dark tunnel has a lighter hope So don't hang yourself with a celibate rope New movie's showin... so you're goin Could care less about the five you're blowin Theatre gets dark just to start the show When you spot a fine woman sittin in the front row She's dressed in yellow, she says "Hello, Come sit next to me you fine fellow" You run over there without a second to loose And what comes next, hey bust a move If you want it baby you've got it (repeat) Just bust a move In the city ladies look pretty Guys tell jokes so they can seem witty Try to tell a joke just to get some play Then you try to make a move and she says "no way" Girls a fakin' ... goodness sakin' They want a man who brings home the bacon Got no money and you got no car Then you got no woman and there you are Some girls are sophistic... materialistic Looking for a man makes them opportunistic They're lyin on the beach perpetratin a tan So that a brother with money can be their man So on the beach you're strollin'... real high-rollin' Everything you have is your's and not stolen A girl runs up with somethin to prove So don't just stand there, bust a move (break down) Your best friend Harry has a brother Larry In five days from now he's gonna marry He's hopin you can make it there if you can 'Cause in the ceremony you'll be the best man You say "neato"... check your libido And roll to the church in your new tuxedo The bride walks down just to start the wedding And there's one more girl you won't be getting So you start thinkin, then you start blinkin A bride maid looks and thinks that you're winkin She thinks you're kinda cute so she winks back And now you're feelin really fine cus the girl is stacked Reception's jumpin, bass is pumpin Look at the girl and your heart starts thumpin Says she wants to dance to a different groove Now you know what to do g, bust a move Album: whitechocolatespaceegg by Liz Phair "White Chocolate Space Egg" Orange and blue, green and pink I see you in everything... Don't need money, don't need wine I've got better ways to spend my time I'll see you around, every hollow has its favorite sound And my heart is holding on... Purple, yellow, reddish brown Once I felt you, I couldn't lay you down Don't be shy, baby, don't be careful with me Let it go, let it soak me down Every rock and tree and leaf abound with your face Your face, your face... Trace... Don't tell me I've been wrong... Don't tell me all the magic's gone? Every corner has its favorite clown I'll see you "Big Tall Man" I'm a big, tall man I cut the grass My left eye hurts I am waiting and reading parts I can be a complicated communicator Zeus and Athens Florida driveway Asphalt and tires Sand and the beach, rocker panel Headlights in the dark... I am drag racing Fog and the distance beyond it... Boats and the quiet morning noises... I'm walking the shoreline A beer and a cigarette... A bug with twitching antennae A button-up short sleeved shirt... Yes, I'm careening down! Winding the canyons, now! Yes, I am broadcasting myself! "Perfect World" What a pretty live you have Oh boy, it's a pretty life And I would need a map Just so I could navigate the back yard Home is very ordinary I know I was born to lead a double life And when I find it, I know I'll make sense of me I want to be cool, tall, vulnerable and luscious I would have it all if I'd only had this much No need for Lucifer to fall if he'd learn to keep his mouth shut I would be involved with you I know the girls That live inside your world Just sitting next to a mortal makes their skin crawl "Johnny Feelgood" Johnny feel good, Johnny right on Johnny miss you, Johnny light on Johnny makes me feel strangely good about myself Moderation is a memory Dive right in and let him send me I could take this in doses large enough to kill... I never met a man who was so pretty inside He's got diamonds on the bed of his thumbnails and I Never realized I was so dirty and dry Till he knocked me down, started dragging me around in the Back of his convertible car... And I liked it I liked it more and more Crimson and Clover, soon he's taken over all my senses He's got petals on the bed of his sweat sock drawer And who the fuck am I (?) to criticize him cause I really need him now, in fact I'm kinda freaking out And I'm wondering where the hell you all are... I've never met a man I was so crazy about It kinda has become an obsession to me I hate him all the time But I still get up When he knocks me down And he orders me around 'Cause it loosens me up And I can't get enough And I'd pay to spend the nights with him Some more! "Polyester Bride" I was talking, not two days ago To a certain bartender I' lucky to know And I asked Henry, my bartending friend If I should bother dating unfamous men And Henry said, "You're lucky to even know me. You're lucky to be alive. You're lucky to be drinking here for free cause I'm a Sucker for your lucky, pretty eyes." And then he said, "Do you want to be a Polyester Bride? Or do you want to hang your head and die? Do you want to find alligator cowboy booths they just put on sale? Do you want to flap your wings and fly away from here?" I was sitting, not two days ago Feeling lonely 'cause I'm just feeling low And I asked Henry, my bartending friend Why it is that there are those kind of men "Princess, do you Really want to flap your wings and fly... Because you've got time." He keeps telling me, "You've got time." But I don't believe him "You've got time." I keep on pushing harder... I keep on pushing farther away But he keeps telling me, "Baby, baby, do you want to be a polyester bride?" "Do you want to flap your wings and fly away from here?" "Love is Nothing" You thought I was something from afar You thought I'd totally excite you I guess it's just another thing to stand up close and ignite you Love is nothing, nothing, nothing Like they say... You gotta pick up the little pieces every day You were telling me the friends we have in common... By the time I figured it out you were yawning Love is nothing, like they say You gotta get up and work the people everyday And I thought, "Who am I?" "Who's this guy?" "Would I lie To make the day blur into the night...?" "Baby Got Going" Baby got goin' on a southern train, you know Fired up the pistons driving below And the whole vibration, seat upholstery Silky underwear, oh conductor, let's roll! Baby got goin' but I can't complain, you know It knocks me out when she acts so strange, it's like a Big Mac truck cut across three lanes in my soul, conductor Let's throw some metal down, roll! Squeeze her knees underneath a book, you know A real good shakin' is all it took Cause my baby's hooked on me, and as you can see I'm wild about her! She gets mad when it goes too slow, so I'm beggin' you man Keep a shovelin' that coal and let's roll! Dinah, blow your horn! "Uncle Alvarez" There's a portrait of Uncle Alvarez Hanging in the hall Nobody wants to look at it But Uncle Alvarez sees us all Ho ho ho imaginary accomplishments Hey hey hey you visionary guy! You might even shake the hands of presidents Better send a postcard and keep the family quiet He's not really part Cherokee Indian He didn't fight in the Civil War He's just Eugene Isaac Alvarez We feel sorry for the wall And It's a long way down, you're hoping for a heart attack Running around, investing in this and that, and your Beautiful wife keeps your life on a shelf for you Safe in the bedroom where there's no dust or mildew and it's Hard to believe you were once a Beautiful dancer... Better just to shake it off As you write your resume Don't think of Uncle Alvarez And the price he had to pay! You might even shake the hands of presidents Better send some money to the Alma Matter "Only Son" All these babies are born To the wrong kind of people And I wish I had known I was not good enough I'm the worst kind of son Bringing shame to my family And I know I have worn My mother's heart out, believe me I saw it I saw it coming All these things I have done To my little little sister When I try to support her She don't believe Shy should she? I hurt her I mean I hurt her So goodbye, so long, I'm gone already I'm running out of time I'm losing my mind] Won't you come take me home? Won't somebody hold me? All these babies are born Like a field full of poppies Who's gonna know which are torn? I believe I'll soon leave the meadow I see my shadow I think I'm losing my soul... "Go on-Ahead" You go on ahead, honey You have a good time there You make me feel funny I'm no ordinary lover or friend I believe we have things to do I believe in myself and I believe in you I believe when I sleep you are near to me I believe when you sleep I am near to you You walk out of the room with your hands so deep in your pockets, I don't Recognize you You say you're a ghost in our house and I realize I do think I see through you It's a death in our love that has brought us here It's a birth that has changed our lives It's a place that I hope we'll be leaving soon And I fear for the year in his eyes And it goes around in circles: one night is lovely, the next is brutal And you and I are in way over our heads with this one, it's hard To admit it, but you hold me and I can't feel you We hurt but we smile I promise I'll make it back when the summer has warmed me awhile "Headache" I can see the Russian Army rolling through my head On one side of me lies the enemy, the other half is dead I've got diamonds and I've got pearls... And I said, "Hey mister, won't you come for me?" You can take me home, but I will never be your girl I won't let your mystery unfurl That's the whole thing about it... I'm so in love today I've been waiting at the bus stop Come my way? I'm a Psychosomatic sister Running around without a leash Snow is falling, January's all across the land I've got seven other men in the ditches behind me, and I'm think I'm the last survivor... "Ride" As I stumble into bed, I curse the devil in my head And if I die before I wake, I hope the lord won't hesitate To pluck my coffin from the ground He need not heed the neighbors now And throw me up for all to see, the flies of August swarming me... I get a ride. Right by your side Under your skin. I'm digging in Well I don't know, but I've been told The road to heaven is paved with gold And if I die before I wake, I need a ride From you Well sticks and stones can break my bones And boys can make me kick and moan But when I want it autodrive, I get a ride From you I get a ride 98.5 Positive T-cell Regeneration Regeneration Regeneration Positive T-cell Regeneration "What Makes You Happy" But don't worry, mom. I met him in a restaurant And all this time I've been getting to know him He's got an ex-wife in Pasadena, and sometimes she's a mess To deal with, but mostly we've been living here Uninjured... There's a silence, and she says, "Listen here young lady, All that matters is What makes you happy, but you leave this house knowing my opinion won't Make you love me if you don't care to." But mom, I'm sending you this photograph, I swear This one is going to last and all those other bastards Were only practice! I feel the sun on my back... I smell the earth in my skin... I see the sky above me like a full recovery... She said, "Listen here young lady, All that matters is what makes you happy, But you leave this house knowing my opinion It won't make a difference if you're not ready." "Fantasize" He's a friend of mine Kind of special guy He's a run-around Hey, you've got to hide your love away! I hear people are talking about us And I just have to say I lie awake every night Thinking about you. I fantasize... All around me people are changing He's a special guy Kind of sentimental inside I hear people are talking about us That's ok with me Get it easily inside... "Shitloads of Money" Louis is probably thirty years old but he looks like a solid 45 Louis says he's got a headache I look in his eyes, and I believe him The big L.K.'s and the gangster disciples Louis can't think of who else could take over, but he just can't Get up in the morning A genuine face, braced for survival... 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 How much do you wanna bet? They'd wish success for themselves and their friends and that would include lots of money Don't know how many times you were stuck in the morning You just could move, though your mother was calling You know what you need Is a Lotto revival A train flashes by and you're lost in a spiral... Take the train on up to the zoo, don't look back On what you've been through Cause everyone's got a Monday... It looks like shit and it must be America It burns so quick, then it must be America We all need a shitload of M-O-N-E-Y, money "Girls' Room" I'm sleeping in the girls' room I'm sleeping in the sky, I'm sleeping in the water I'm sleeping in the girls' room tonight Here comes Tiffany My best friend, Tiffany Wearing a size too small of sweater Me and Tiffany Dressing up pretty We love to ride, we love to canter My best friend Tiffany She is so popular We're going from site to site and pool to pool tonight And we hear Terry say that Tricia's ok But she ought to learn to shave her bikini line better And Tauren was born, like her mother in a storm And Tracey's been away forever... "Where Are You Now" by Dream Theater Carry it away Carry it away again Have nothing to say Nothing to say again No one needs to be alone Get my ego on the phone Walking again Walking again today Who will I drain? Who will I drain today? No one wants to see you drown And no one wants to be let down Sorry about your secret garden Is it too late to beg your pardon? Didn't expect your soul to harden Are you already gone? Too late... Where are you now? Blind and deaf No one's left to come around Where are you now? Lost out there Where eyes no longer stare You read the writing on the wall Will Jesus catch you when you fall? Heaven's filled with empty prayers Pray too hard and no one cares Sorry about your secret garden Is it too late to beg your pardon? Didn't expect your soul to harden Are you already gone? Too late... Where are you now? Blind and deaf No one's left to come around Where are you now? Lost out there Where eyes no longer stare So there you are Beyond the crowd What do you hear to talk so loud? Beneath the wall Is where you'll fall And wanting more And losing all (You're one step away) Losing all (You're one step away) Losing all I'm gonna comfort you I'm gonna comfort you I'm gonna comfort you I'm gonna comfort you Nothing's gonna No one's gonna comfort you Where are you now? Lost out there Where eyes no longer stare Where are you now? Lost out there Where eyes no longer stare Where are you now? Lost out there Where are you now? Lost out there "Buy Me A Pony" by Spiderbait Don't you wanna be A personality An ocean in the sea But you'll never make it If you can't shake it So don't mistake it Just try and fake it And I want you to know You don't have far to go So we'll use all your dough To buy new clothes And see what flows And powder your nose For those photos You're almost on your way To popularity And we'll teach you to play With icy stare And punk rock hair And beatnik flair We'll take you there 'Coz there's nobody else like you And we sure care just what you're doing After we have gone our seperate ways So don't you want to be A big time entity Your place in history But don't be scared Of what we said 'Coz there's no end To being your friend But wait out in the hall We've just received a call We'll have to dump you all But don't you try To pass us by 'Coz we own you Until we're through And there's so many round like you And we don't care just what you're doing After we have gone our seperate ways "Fight For Your Right (To Party)" by The Beastie Boys You wake up late for school - man you don't wanna go You ask you mom, "Please?" - but she still says, "No!" You missed two classes - and no homework But your teacher preaches class like you're some kind of jerk (chorus) You gotta fight for your right to party You pop caught you smoking - and he said, "No way!" That hypocrite - smokes two packs a day Man, living at home is such a drag Now your mom threw away your best porno mag (Bust it!) (repeat chorus) Don't step out of this house if that's the clothes you're gonna wear I'll kick you out of my home is you don't cut that hair Your mom busted in and said, "What's that noise?" Aw, mom you're just jealous - it's the Beastie Boys! (repeat chorus twice) "Something" by The Beatles Something in the way she moves me Attracts me like no other lover Something in the way she moves me Don't wanna leave her now Don't wanna leave her now Something in the smile she knows That I don't need no other lover Something in her style that shows me Don't wanna leave her now Don't wanna leave her now You're asking me why love grows I don't know, I don't know You stick around, how it may show I don't know, I don't know Something in the way she knows And all I have to do is think of her Something in the things she shows me Don't wanna leave her now Don't wanna leave her now "Kid Charlemagne" by Steely Dan While the music played you worked by candlelight Those San Francisco nights You were the best in town Just by chance you crossed the diamond with the pearl You turned it on the world That's when you turned the world around Did you feel like Jesus Did you realize That you were a champion in their eyes On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene But yours was kitchen clean Everyone stopped to stare at your technicolor motor home Every A-Frame had your number on the wall You must have had it all You'd go to L.A. on a dare And you'd go it alone Could you live forever Could you see the day Could you feel your whole world fall apart and fade away Get along, get along Kid Charlemagne Get along Kid Charlemagne Now your patrons have all left you in the red Your low rent friends are dead This life can be very strange All those dayglow freaks who used to paint the face They've joined the human race Some things will never change Son you were mistaken You are obsolete Look at all the white men on the street Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail Those test tubes and the scale Just get them all out of here Is there gas in the car Yes, there's gas in the car I think the people down the hall Know who you are Careful what you carry 'Cause the man is wise You are still an outlaw in their eyes "Sam Gribbles" by Spiderbait Touch me up I'll burn your house down So remember this time again Out of breath - asphyxiation Thought I'd choke down in the ocean Now I'm busting up in my mind So remember this place again Trust my instincts now that I'm slow I forgot that there was time to go Knowing I'm aware Feeling all right Now I gotta say Touch me up I'll burn your house down So remember this time again Out of breath - asphyxiation Thought I'd choke down in the ocean Now I'm busting up in my mind So remember this place again Trust my instincts now that I'm slow I forgot that there was time to go "Girl From Mars" by Ash Do you remember the time I knew a Girl From Mars? I don't know if you knew that. Oh we'd stay up late playing cards, Henri Winterman Cigars. Though she never told me her name, I still love you, Girl From Mars. Sitting in our dreamy days by the water's edge, On a cool summer's night. Fireflies and the stars in the sky, Gentle glowing light, From your cigarette. The breeze blowing softly on my face, Reminds me of something else. Something that in my memory has been replaced, Suddenly it all comes back. And as I look to the stars. I remember the time I knew a Girl From Mars, I don't know if you knew that. Oh we'd stay up late playing cards, Henri Winterman Cigars. Though she never told me her name, I still love you, Girl From Mars. Surging through the darkness over the moonlight strand, Electricity in the air. Twisting all through the night on the terrace, Now that summer's here. I know you are almost in love with me, I can see it in your eyes. Strange light shimmering over the sea tonight, And it almost blows my mind And as I look to the stars I remember the time I knew a Girl From Mars, I don't know if you knew that. Oh we'd stay up late playing cards, Henri Winterman Cigars. Though she never told me her name, I still love you, Girl From Mars. Today I sleep in the chair by the window, It felt as if you'd returned. I thought that you were standing over me, When I woke there was no-one there. I still love you, Girl From.....Mars Do you remember the time I knew a Girl From Mars? I don't know if you knew that. Oh we'd stay up late playing cards, Henri Winterman Cigars. Though she never told me her name. Do you remember the time I knew a Girl From Mars? I don't know if you knew that. Oh we'd stay up late playing cards. Henri Winterman Cigars. And I still dream of you, I still love you, Girl From Mars. "Plush" by Stone Temple Pilots And I feel that time's a wasted go So where ya going to tomorrow? And I see that these are lies to come Would you even care? And I feel it And I feel it Where ya going for tommorrow? Where ya going with that mask I found? And I feel, and I feel When the dogs begin to smell her Will she smell alone? And I feel, so much depends on the weather So is it raining in your bedroom? And I see, that these are the eyes of disarray Would you even care? And I feel it And she feels it Where ya going to tomorrow? Where ya going with that mask I found? And I feel, and I feel When the dogs begin to smell her Will she smell alone? When the dogs do find her Got time, time, to wait for tomorrow To find it, to find it, to find it When the dogs do find her Got time, time, to wait for tomorrow To find it, to find it, to find it Where ya going for tomorrow? Where ya going with that mask I found? And I feel, and I feel When the dogs begin to smell her Will she smell alone? When the dogs do find her Got time, time, to wait for tomorrow To find it, to find it, to find it When the dogs do find her Got time, time, to wait for tomorrow To find it, to find it, to find it To find it To find it To find it "Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles Ah, look at all the lonely people Ah, look at all the lonely people Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been Lives in a dream Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door Who is it for? All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong? Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear No one comes near. Look at him working. Darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there What does he care? All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong? Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name Nobody came Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave No one was saved All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong? "Communist Daughter" by Neutral Milk Hotel Sweet communist The communist daughter Standing on the sea-weed water Semen stains the mountain tops With cocoa leaves along the border Sweetness sings from every corner Cars careening from the clouds The bridges burst and twist around And wanting something warm and moving Bends towards herself the soothing Proves that she must still exist She moves herself about her fist Sweet communist The communist daughter Standing on the sea-weed water Semen stains the mountain tops "Ordinary World" by Duran Duran Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue Thought I heard you talking softly. I turned on the lights, the TV and the radio Still I can't escape the ghost of you What has happened to it all? Crazy, some'd say, Where is the life that I recognize? Gone away... But I won't cry for yesterday, there's an ordinary world, Somehow I have to find. And as I try to make my way, to the ordinary world... I will learn to survive. Passion or coincidence once prompted you to say "Pride will tear us both apart" Well now pride's gone out the window cross the rooftops, run away, Left me in the vacuum of my heart. What is happening to me? Crazy, some'd say, Where is my friend when I need you most? Gone away... (chorus) Papers in the roadside tell of suffering and greed Here today, forgot tomorrow Ooh, here besides the news of holy war and holy need Ours is just a little sorrowed talk (Just blown away...) And I don't... (chorus) Every world, is my world... (I will learn to survive) Any world, is my world ... (I will learn to survive) Any world, is my world... Every world is my world... "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS Don't ask me What you know is true Don't have to tell you I love your precious heart I, I was standing You were there Two worlds collided And they could never tear us apart We could live For a thousand years But if I hurt you I'd make wine from your tears I told you That we could fly 'Cause we all have wings But some of us don't know why I, I was standing You were there Two worlds collided And they could never ever tear us apart "Friends" by Led Zeppelin Bright light almost blinding, Black night still there shining, I can't stop, keep on climbing, Looking for what I knew. Had a friend, she once told me, "You got a friend, you ain't lonely," Now she's gone and left me only Looking for what I knew. Mmm, I'm telling you now, The greatest thing you ever can do now, Is trade a smile with someone who's blue now, It's very easy just. Met a man on the roadside crying, Without a friend, there's no denying, You're incomplete, they'll be no finding Looking for what you knew. So anytime somebody needs you, Don't let them down, altho' it grieves you, Some day you'll need someone like they do, Looking for what you knew. "Trackstar" by Shudder to Think Do you love him? Who knows Why Got no time for bad black jokes You Goodbye Suitcase wrap around dimestore clerk Your lunchpail won't hold two hips that size I'm sure Objecti-what, you say? Eyes for sneezing allergic cats away 220 mph M-I-S-S-I-MISUSE-YOU-C-P-R M-I-S-S-I-MISUSE-YOU-C-P-R Caste the state I'm spelled in your charge 3 cars/hard drugs/which street?/bang-retreat-pow/repeat?/RETREAT! Bang-pow Rrrrrrrrrrr: the sound of shitty radio It drags To the future I can't imagine a worse fate I think about it all the time I did some damage to the future can't imagine a worse fate I think about you all the time and it gets me down to the future I can't imagine a worse fate we did some damage on your truck and it drags me down I think about it everywhere "Something To Believe In" by Poison Will I see him on the TV Preachin' 'bout the promised land He tells me to believe in Jesus And steals the money from my hand Some say he was a good man But Lord I think he sinned, yeah Twenty-two years of mental tears Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore To find his country didn't want him back Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon Our lawyers took his wife and kids, no regrets In a time I don't remember In a war he can't forget He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there Cause I never meant the things I did" Chorus: And give me something to believe in If there's a Lord above And give me something to believe in Oh, Lord arise My best friend died a lonely man In some Palm Springs hotel room I got the call last Christmas Eve And they told me the news I tried all night not to break down and cry As the tears rolled down my face I felt so cold and empty Like a lost soul out of place And the mirror, mirror on the wall Sees my smile it fades again Chorus Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now The things I didn't know then Road you gotta take me home Solo I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street Like bodies in an open grave Underneath the broken old neon sign That used to read JESUS SAVES A mile away live the rich folks And I see how they're living it up While the poor they eat from hand to mouth The rich is drinkin' from a golden cup And it just makes me wonder Why so many lose, so few win Chorus You take the high road And I'll take the low road Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now The things I didn't know then And give me something to believe in "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac Now here you go again You say you want your freedom Well who am I to keep you down It's only right that you should Play the way you feel it But listen carefully to the sound Of your loneliness Like a heartbeat.. drives you mad In the stillness of remembering what you had And what you lost... And what you had... And what you lost Thunder only happens when it's raining Players only love you when they're playing Say... Women... they will come and they will go When the rain washes you clean... you'll know Now here I go again, I see the crystal visions I keep my visions to myself It's only me Who wants to wrap around your dreams and... Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? Dreams of loneliness... Like a heartbeat... drives you mad... In the stillness of remembering what you had... And what you lost... And what you had... And what you lost Thunder only happens when it's raining Players only love you when they're playing Say... Women... they will come and they will go When the rain washes you clean... you'll know Album: Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5)" Remember when you were young, You shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond. Now there's a look in your eyes, Like black holes in the sky. Shine on you crazy diamond. You were caught on the crossfire Of childhood and stardom, Blown on the steel breeze. Come on you target for faraway laughter, Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine! You reached for the secret too soon, You cried for the moon. Shine on you crazy diamond. Threatened by shadows at night, And exposed in the light. Shine on you crazy diamond. Well you wore out your welcome With random precision, Rode on the steel breeze. Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine! "Welcome to the Machine" Welcome my son, welcome to the machine. Where have you been? It's alright we know where you've been. You've been in the pipeline, filling in time, Provided with toys and 'Scouting for Boys'. You brought a guitar to punish your ma, And you didn't like school, and you know you're nobody's fool, So welcome to the machine. Welcome my son, welcome to the machine. What did you dream? It's alright we told you what to dream. You dreamed of a big star, He played a mean gituar, He always ate in the Steak Bar. He loved to drive in his Jaguar. So welcome to the Machine. "Have a Cigar" Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar. You're gonna go far, fly high, You're never gonna die, You're gonna make it if you try; They're gonna love you. Well I've always had a deep respect, And I mean that most sincerely. The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think. Oh by the way, which one's Pink? And did we tell you the name of the game, boy, We call it Riding the Gravy Train. We're just knocked out. We heard about the sell out. You gotta get an album out. You owe it to the people. We're so happy we can hardly count. Everybody else is just green, Have you seen the chart? It's a helluva start, It could be made into a monster If we all pull together as a team. And did we tell you the name of the game, boy, We call it Riding the Gravy Train. "Wish You Were Here" So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, Blue skys from pain. Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? And did they get you to trade Your heros for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange A walk on part in the war For a lead role in a cage? How I wish, how I wish you were here. We're just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl, Year after year, Running over the same old ground. What have we found? The same old fears. Wish you were here. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (6-9)" Nobody knows where you are, How near or how far. Shine on you crazy diamond. Pile on many more layers And I'll be joining you there. Shine on you crazy diamond. And we'll bask in the shadow Of yesterday's triumph, And sail on the steel breeze. Come on you boy child, You winner and loser, Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine! "Moving the River" by Prefab Sprout You surely are a truly gifted kid But you're only good as The last great thing you did And where've you been since then Did the schedule get you down I hear you've got a new girlfriend How's the wife taking it ? If it's uphill all the way you should be used to it by now You must know me, Father it's your son And I know that you are proud of everything I've done But it's the wonders I perform, Pulling rabbits out of hats When sometimes I'd prefer Simply to wear them If it's uphill all the way you should be used to it and say My back is broad enough sir to take the strain and it's Hello mother, it's your son and aren't you proud, of all I've done But I'm turkey hungry, I'm chicken free, and I can't breakdance on your knee But it's "stay right there son, baby do", while I am itching for something new So watch me hawkeye and understand the force of will, the sleight of hand Moving the river, I'm turkey hungry, I'm chicken free and I can't breakdance on your knee Moving the river, bucket by spoon, and do you think that they'll like me when they learn what I do? Moving the river, money for jam, and it takes such an effort to stay where I am... moving the river.. "Calypso" by Spiderbait Sunshine On my window Makes me happy Like I should be Outside All around me Really sleazy Then it hits me Don't tell me You can't see What it means to me Me me Meanwhile In the moonlight Purple people Unforseeable Lonely As they may be They'll be peachy Then it hits me Don't tell me You can't see What it means to me Me me me Sunshine On my window Makes me happy Like I should be Outside All around me Really sleazy Then it hits me Don't tell me You can't see What it means to me Me me Don't tell me You can't see What it means to me Me me me "She Said She Said" by The Beatles She said I know what it's like to be dead I know what it is to be sad And she's making me feel like I've never been born. I said "Who put all those things in your hair Things that make me feel that I'm mad And you're making me feel like I've never been born." She said "you don't understand what I said" I said "No, no, no, you're wrong" When I was a boy everything was right Everything was right I said "Even though you know what you know I know that I'm ready to leave 'Cause you're making me feel like I've never been born." She said "you don't understand what I said" I said "No, no, no, you're wrong" When I was a boy everything was right Everything was right I said "Even though you know what you know I know that I'm ready to leave 'Cause you're making me feel like I've never been born." She said I know what it's like to be dead I know what it is to be sad... "Believe" by Lenny Kravitz I am you and you are me Why's that such a mystery? If you want it you got to believe Who are we? We're who we are Riding on this great big star We've got to stand up if we're gonna be free yeah If you want it you got it You just got to believe Believe in yourself 'Cause it's all just a game We just want to be loved The Son of God is in our face Offering us eternal grace If you want it you've got to believe 'Cause being free is a state of mind We'll one day leave this all behind Just put your faith in God And one day you'll see it If you want it you got it You just got to believe Believe in yourself 'Cause it's all just a game We just want to be loved The future's in our present hands Let's reach right in Let's understand If you want it you've got to believe yeah If you want it you got it You just got to believe Believe in yourself yeah If you want it you got it You just got to believe Believe in yourself yeah 'Cause it's all just a game We just want to be loved "The World I Know" by Collective Soul Has our conscience shown? Has the sweet breeze blown? Has all the kindness gone? Hope still lingers on. I drink myself of newfound pity Sitting alone in New York City And I don't know why. Are we listening To hymns of offering? Have we eyes to see That love is gathering? All the words that I've been reading Have now started the act of bleeding Into one. So I walk up on high And I step to the edge To see my world below. And I laugh at myself As the tears roll down. 'Cause it's the world I know. It's the world I know. "Piece of Me" by Skid Row Sleazin' in the city Lookin' for a fight Got my heels and lookin' pretty On a Saturday night, night, night Good God, bless my soul I need a fix of rock 'n roll Come on baby you gotta wait and see You better hurry To get a piece of me Caught a lonely lady Crying on a cigarette I got nasty, nasty habits And that's all she's gonna get One for the money, two for the show So 'round and 'round and 'round we go Take a look at what-a you might need You better hurry To get a piece of me I don't have looks, I don't have money But I know one thing's for sure One night ain't enough of my love She wanted more, more, more Sleazin' in the city Lookin' for a fight Got my heels and lookin' pretty On a Saturday night, night, night One for the money, two for the show So 'round and 'round and 'round we go Take a look at what-a you might need You better hurry To get a piece of me To get a piece of me To get a piece of me "A Change Of Seasons" by Dream Theater I. The Crimson Sunrise (Instrumental) II. Innocence I remember a time My frail, virgin mind watched the crimson sunrise Imagined what it might find Life was filled with wonder I felt the warm wind blow I must explore the boundaries Transcend the depth of winter's snow Innocence caressing me I never felt so young before There was so much life in me Still I longed to search for more But those days are gone now Changed like a leaf on a tree Blown away forever into the cool autumn breeze The snow has now fallen and my sun's not so bright I struggle to hold on with the last of my might In my den of inequity viciousness and subtlety struggle to ease the pain struggle to find the sane Ignorance surrounding me I've never been so filled with fear All my life's been drained from me The end is drawing near.... III. Carpe Diem 'Carpe diem, seize the day' I'll always remember The chill of November The news of the fall The sounds in the hall The clock on the wall ticking away 'Seize the Day' I heard him say Life will not always be this way Look around Hear the sounds Cherish your life while you're still around "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, [Sample is James Waterston from ] Old Time is still a-flying; [the film "Dead Poet's Society". ] And this same flower that smiles today, [From the poem "To The Virgins, To] Tomorrow will be dying." [Make Much Of Time" by Robert ] [Herrick. ] We can learn from the past But those days are gone We can hope for the future But there might not be one The words stuck in my mind alive from what I've learned I have to seize the day To home I returned Preparing for her flight I held with all my might Fearing my deepest fright She walked into the night She turned for one last look She looked me in the eye I said, 'I Love You...Good-bye' "It's the most awful thing you'll [Various samples mainly John ] ever hear." [Voight from the film "Table For ] "If you're lying to me..." [Five", some are from the film ] "Oh, you dearly love her." ["Dead Poet's Society". ] "...just have to leave... all our lives." "Seize the day!" "Something happened." "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may." "She was killed." IV. The Darkest of Winters (Instrumental) V. Another World So far or so it seems All is lost with nothing fulfilled Off the pages and the T.V. screen Another world where nothing's true Tripping through the life fantastic Lose a step and never get up Left alone with a cold blank stare I feel like giving up I was blinded by a paradise Utopia high in the sky A dream that only drowned me Deep in sorrow, wondering why Oh come let us adore him Abuse and then ignore him No matter what, don't let him be Let's feed upon his misery Then string him up for all the world to see I'm sick of all you hypocrites holding me at bay And I don't need your sympathy to get me through the day Seasons change and so can I Hold on Boy, No time to cry Untie these strings, I'm climbing down I won't let them push me away Oh come let us adore him Abuse and then ignore him No matter what, don't let him be Let's feed upon his misery Now it's time for them to deal with me VI. The Inevitable Summer (Instrumental) VII. The Crimson Sunset I'm much wiser now A lifetime of memories run through my head They taught me how for better or worse, alive or dead I realize there's no turning back Life goes on the offbeaten track I sit down with my son Set to see the Crimson Sunset (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) Many years have come and gone I've lived my life, but now must move on (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) He's my only one Now that my time has come Now that my life is done We look into the sun 'Seize the day and don't you cry, Now it's time to say good-bye Even though I'll be gone, I will live on, live on.' "23" by God Lives Underwater I'm breathing the air The air I always breathe I don't have a lot I want someone to share it with me I really only want a few things They've all been taken away What does the next life bring I just want to feel O.K. I'm searching forever For someone or something I want to be high And I want someone to love me I've spent 23 years now Trying to get by Other people make it day to day I still wonder why I really only had a few thing They've all turned to tears One tried to kill me The other kept me here I'm still here "Damn I wish I was your Lover" by Sophie B. Hawkins That old dog has chained you up alright Give you everything you need to live inside a twisted cage Sleep beside an empty rage I had a dream I was your hero Damn, I wish I was your lover I'll rock you till the daylight comes Make sure you are smiling and warm I am everything Tonight I'll be your mother I will And I'll do such things to ease your pain Free your mind and you won't feel ashamed, ooh (Oh, open up, come inside, fill you up, gonna make you cry, cry, cry) This monkey can't stand to see you black and blue I give you something sweet each time you come inside my jungle book What is it just too good Don't say you'll stay 'cause then you go away Damn, I wish I was your lover I'll rock you till the daylight comes Make sure you are smiling and warm I am everything Tonight I'll be your mother I will I'll do such things to ease your pain Free your mind and you won't feel ashamed Shucks, for me there is no other You're the only shoe that fits I can't imagine I'll grow out of it Damn (Ooh) I wish I was your lover, yeah If I was your girl believe me I'd turn on the Rolling Stones we could groove along and feel much better Let me in, mmm mmm I could do it forever and ever Give me an hour to kiss you Walk through heaven's door, I'm sure we don't need no doctor to feel much better Let me in, ooh Forever and ever and ever and ever... I sat on the mountainside with peace of mind And I lay by the ocean making love to her with visions clear W alked for days with no one near And I return as chained and bound to you Damn, I wish I was your lover I'll rock you till the daylight comes Make sure you are smiling and warm I am everything Tonight I'll be your mother I will I'll do such things to ease your pain Free your mind and you won't feel ashamed Shucks, for me there is no other You're the only shoe that fits I can't imagine I'll grow out of it Damn, I wish I was your lover Come open up, I wanna come inside, I wanna fill you up, I wanna make you cry Damn, I wish I was your lover Hopping on a subway and I'm coming up town Damn, I wish I was your lover Standing on the street corner, waiting for my love to change Damn, I wish I was your lover I'm feeling like a schoolboy, too shy, too young, oooh Damn, I wish I was your lover Come open up, I wanna come inside, I wanna fill you up, I wanna make you cry Damn, I wish I was your lover Hopping on -------- and I'm coming up town Damn, I wish I was your lover I'm hanging around this jungle, waiting that this fate would change "Goin' Off" by Spiderbait There are some people Who are Dickheads They don't care What they Do to Others I've seen some people Cut up Felt up Just when they're Dancing Singing Grinning Watching the band play "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin Oh, let the sun beat down upon my face And stars fill my dream I'm a traveller of both time and space To be where I have been To sit with elders of the gentle race This world has seldom seen They talk of days for which they sit and wait All will be revealed Talk in song from tongues of lilting grace Sounds caress my ear And not a word I heard could I relate The story was quite clear Ooh, baby, I been blind Oh, yeah, mama, there ain't no denyin' Oh, ooh yes, I been blind Mama, mama, ain't no denyin', no denyin' All I see turns to brown As the sun burns the ground And my eyes fill with sand As I scan this razor line Can I find, can I find where I've been Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like sorts inside a dream Leave the path the led me to that place Yellow desert stream Like Shangri-la beneath the summer moon I will return again As the dust that floats finds you Will move and search Kashmir Oh, father of the four winds fill my sails Cross the sea of years With no provision but an open face Along the straits of fear Oh, when I want, when I'm on my way, yeah And my feet wear my fickle way to stay Ooh, yeah yeah, ooh, yeah yeah, but I'm down Ooh, yeah yeah, ooh, yeah yeah, but I'm down, so down Ooh, my baby, oh, my baby Let me take you there Come on, oh let me take you there Let me take you there "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping Still my guitar gently weeps I don't know why nobody told you how to unfold your love I don't know how someone controlled you They bought and sold you. I look at the world and I notice it's turning While my guitar gently weeps With every mistake we must surely be learning Still my guitar gently weeps I don't know how you were diverted You were perverted too I don't know how you were inverted No one alerted you. I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps Look at you all... Still my guitar gently weeps. Album: Dead Air for Radios by Chroma Key "COLORBLIND" on a beach twenty yards from the roadside back again 6 AM far from sleep must be 290 blue on the water it's gray to me 3 CV is all I see green can only hold you in the garden too much red will go right to your head but if it's all the same to you give me back my blue other colors fade anyway i'm colorblind three way tragedy pantone memory grayscale eyes maybe i'm paranoid yeah that's my problem you almost have to be when you look like me stopped in the shade of a road sign when the sun rose like a bomb tried to read the simple writing but the letters came out wrong it's all white lines to me but things are getting clearer i can almost read the writing in the mirror i'm colorblind three way tragedy pantone memory grayscale eyes maybe i'm paranoid yeah that's my problem you almost have to be when you look like me green can only hold you in the garden too much red will go right to your head but if it's all the same to you give me back my blue other colors fade anyway i'm colorblind freeway tragedy pantone memory x-ray eyes where'd all the color go on my radio? you almost have to be a satellite to see. "EVEN THE WAVES" me & judas lost at sea under electric twilight fading i look at him he sees through me 40 days and we're still waiting i'm not tired but i think i'll lay back anyway i'm not welcome but i think i'll stay me & jonas lost at sea deep inside a dream we're trailing heard him whisper wait for me sun goes down and we're still sailing i'm not nervous but i think i'll lay back anyway i'm not helpless but i think i'll stay and even the waves won't carry me away keep heading west that's the best may be lost but i'm not crazy stay where you are not too far keep it up you're doing fine well i thought i was fine me & joseph lost at sea under rain and slowly waking he looks around and smiles at me 41 and we're still waiting i'm not tired but i think i'll lay back anyway i'm not hopeless but i think i'll stay and even the waves won't carry me away "UNDERTOW" last night hit the net woke up in a sweat same scene different dream sudden ending grabbed a pillow and covered my head kicked the phone off the side of the bed tried to sing but the damn thing kept on ringing i know i'll go to mexico someplace nothing changes maybe i'll call on the phone maybe i'll write you a letter that's what i meant when i said goodbye backed the shovelhead out of the shed hit the interstate hard heading left the street below is water flowing undertow there's a song that i'd rather forget but i don't think i've shaken it yet as soon as i do i'm gonna write us another one i know i'll go to mexico someplace nothing changes maybe i'll call on the phone maybe i'll write you a letter that's what i meant when i said goodbye i know i'll go to mexico someplace nothing changes maybe i'll call on the phone maybe i'll write you a letter maybe i'll die maybe i'll learn how to fly that's what i meant when i said "AMERICA THE VIDEO" i was half outside and half inside a dream when i thought i heard your voice on my machine sang along had the song almost memorized liked the track so i laid back and let it fossilize (i've got all of this on video it just gets better every episode) america i was blind but now i see america right there in front of me lost my head in my hotel room when the ground shook had to choose between the bible and the phone book you're never home but that's okay it's so much easier that way 'cause i can't tell it to your face in real time anyway america i was blind but now i see america right there in front of me and it makes no sense to me unless i see it on t.v. so just launch that satellite and get it right america i was blind but now i see america right there in front of me and it makes no sense to me unless i see it on t.v. so just launch that satellite and get it right (sometimes the answer just comes) (sometimes the answer just comes) "S.O.S." fly blackbird fly frozen the sea i see you old cover clouds new snow there they go silent but wings sun orange small i see you nowhere is home go alone and alone fly angel fly older than me i feel you coalcovered clouds white snow there you go heard myself call far from them all i feel you left them behind or ahead and he said sooner or later you get up off the floor when no one wants to hear it anymore someday soon you're gonna get up off the floor 'cause no one wants to hear that shit cry blackbird cry over the waves i hear you coalcovered clouds white snow there they go ice on your wings songless he sings i hear you nowhere is home go alone there's a phone "ON THE PAGE" tell me something stupid auction off my diary life is getting esoteric let me in your movie each time i walk out the door someone mixes metaphors life is so much cleaner on the page it's like the morning when i'm dreaming and everything is so pristine it's just a seven hour movie and i'm in every scene let me in my t.v. get this tape to tori got to have a subplot when i sell them my life story maybe i should write it first and do the living later 'cause life is so much cleaner on the page it's like the time i lost my body and then i saw it on t.v. somehow it shed a whole dimension but it still looked like me (hey! that looks like me!) each time i write lines for it someone improvises it life is so much cleaner on the page life is so much cleaner on the page "MOUSE (Now watch what happens)" (now, now I know I'm not crazy. the fucking mouse, the mouse is back again. and I got him here, mother fff - he's in the fucking radiator. this prick, and he's lay - he's eating a fucking Dorito. and I can't get him. and he's looking at me, and he'll still eat the Dorito. he's behind the fucking - i'm gonna fucking kill him. this is war. now this is war. now watch what happens.) [Todd Farrington] took the flower back his wayward love had been mislead the sun is dying apologies she can't accept check the window quick the sun is dying blue and red of day to purple night and absent light to disarray took the flower back his wayward love had been mislead the sun is dying apologies she won't accept check the window quick the sun is dying a candle marks her tears the flame will fade she'll greet the dawn in disarray she steps into the stream the level rising she steps into the stream the level rising took the flower back his wayward love had been misled the level's rising steps into the stream we're so misled she'll watch the pain the level's rising blue and reds of day to purple night and absent light to disarray she steps into the stream the level rising she steps into the stream the level rising she steps into the stream the level rising she steps into the stream the level rising "HELL MARY" Oh! Oh! I see the sky; it's becoming a very, very bright red, almost an orange, a red - orange. And it's like I'm suspended, and the light is so bright it hurts my eyes. And I see this huge ball. Now in the center - it's, it's a gray colored ball, almost - oh, I don't know what it's made of, but a rock - like formation. But as it's turning now, it's beginning to change color, becoming a purplish, hazy, orange - looking ball. And now it's beginning to gather great speed. And as it's going faster across the sky, part of it has broken off now, and it's going now behind the sun. I see the huge ball of the sun. It's a ball of fire. And this is another ball of fire. And a piece now is broken off, and it's hitting into the sun. And there - oh! Oh! It's an explosion. Oh! I can't look. Oh - h - h! Oh - h - h! Album: This Is A Recording (demos 1994-1999) by Kevin Moore/Chroma Key demos "HAY DAY. MAY DAY. HELP" Come in take your shoes off lock the door I just can't ignore you anymore You look at me so strange somethings gonna change Heavy is empty you'll find out It's a wonderful story Staring thru a wall that caught my eye I was in the house I thought I'd just say hi But the lamp seemed so distrught and i lost my train of thought everything watches you'll find out it's a wonderful story come on won't you hear my story if you listen i will stay normal words are getting boring i am not sane i am not sane when they come back i'll be gone and i'll bring my machine along i'll be floating on a cloud whispering warnings to my freinds and they'll all know i was right when they see the state i'm in and i'll never go back again "WEDNESDAY THE SKY" I was 5 miles up in the atmosphere I was half asleep when I landed here Kept my eyes half-closed when the tide came in Heard the rushing waves and I slept again Sunday I'll get back into the sky But I can wait much longer if I try So I tell myself in a daydream trance When I wake back up give me half a chance Then a girl showed up (she was heaven sent) So I sent her back (wasn't what I meant) Monday I'll get back into the sky But I can wait much longer if I try Behind the sun someone is waiting for me Careful my son never know never know Just past that sun heaven is waiting for me Thousand to one gotta go gotta go Don't save your wings for the summer Give up your fear let it go Tuesday I get back into the sky Cause I can't wait much longer "ROLL AWAY THE STONE" wake up darlin' don't you hear the phone no one's gonna make you go alone she don't know what's happening she don't know what's happening everything you dreamt about tonight is gonna help you get through this alright she don't know what's happening she don't know what's happening and the angles in your head went kind of cold on you last night how are you supposed to make it right roll away the stone life calling night falling i'm already gone wake up darlin' and roll away the stone watch me float out from the sea moon is you and you are me this is all you need to know something passes let it go life calling night falling i'm already gone wake up darlin' and roll away the stone "NORA" could this be the one i followed could this be the one i've given faith i know you care all at once a star is frozen all at once my memory fades away i know you care peace falling into my life why won't you follow? words falling into my way what do i say? gave you all a man could borrow and all the time you've hidden this away i know you care faith falling out of my life faith did you fuck him? love moving out of my way why should i stay? words from the mouth of my friend and i had to believe him when we talked about the things you used to say every second day words take a hold of my memory as history changes and if i could just forget it all tonight that would be alright years falling out of my life why don't you follow? love falling out of the way why should i stay? words falling out of my life what should i write? "ON THE PAGE ('95 version)" tell me something stupid auction off my diary life is getting esoteric let me in your movie each time i walk out the door someone mixes metaphors life is so much cleaner on the page it's like the morning when i'm dreaming and everything is so pristine it's just a seven hour movie and i'm in every scene let me in my t.v. get this tape to tori got to have a subplot when i sell them my life story maybe i should write it first and do the living later 'cause life is so much cleaner on the page it's like the time i lost my body and then i saw it on t.v. somehow it shed a whole dimension but it still looked like me (hey! that looks like me!) each time i write lines for it someone improvises it life is so much cleaner on the page life is so much cleaner on the page "BLUSONG" endless days, second phase, feeling fine prayed for this, all my life, all the time i'm just trying to leave myself alone twenty years from home saved myself from the choke of content clipped my wings when i landed innocent i'm just trying to leave myself alone twenty years from home and every day one turns away and lets morning come between us hurts my eyes but otherwise it's less than i can take the sunset is my best friend now the best i've ever known i'm just trying to leave myself alone twenty years from home i'm just trying to get there on my own twenty years from home "SUN ORANGE SMALL" fly blackbird fly frozen the sea i see you old cover clouds new snow there they go silent but wings sun orange small i see you nowhere is home go alone so alone fly angel fly older than me I feel you coalcovered clouds white snow there you go heard myself call far from them all i feel you left them behind or ahead and he said something's gonna change i can feel it last night i had dreams that i was you i was tearing out the pages of my diary when a bird flew past my head so i put them back again 'cause i knew it's alright to like the way i feel cry blackbird cry over the waves i hear you coalcovered clouds white snow there they go ice on your wings songless he sings i hear you nowhere is home all alone there's a phone something's gonna change i can feel it last night i just stayed at home alone i was tearing out the pages from my diary when a bird flew past my head so i put them back again 'cause i know it's alright to feel the way i feel sometimes the answer just comes "BECAUSE THE PLANE CRASHED" the words of a poem she wrote on the promise of faraway towns came clearer today and would not go away as the wheels lifted off of the ground "THE FUCKING MOUSE" (now, now I know I'm not crazy. the fucking mouse, the mouse is back again. and I got him here, mother fff - he's in the fucking radiator. this prick, and he's lay - he's eating a fucking Dorito. and I can't get him. and he's looking at me, and he'll still eat the Dorito. he's behind the fucking - i'm gonna fucking kill him. this is war. now this is war. now watch what happens.) took the flower back his wayward love had been mislead the sun is dying apologies she can't accept check the window quick the sun is dying blue and red of day to purple night and absent light to disarray took the flower back his wayward love had been mislead the sun is dying apologies she won't accept check the window quick the sun is dying a candle marks her tears the flame will fade she'll greet the dawn in disarray she steps into the stream the level rising she steps into the stream the level rising took the flower back his wayward love had been misled the level's rising steps into the stream we're so misled she'll watch the pain the level's rising blue and reds of day to purple night and absent light to disarray she steps into the stream the level rising she steps into the stream the level rising she steps into the stream the level rising she steps into the stream the level rising "SHALLOW" i won't hold my breath been in too long i guess only time will tell i can't stand here waiting give me a simple dream once across a shallow stream all in the name of change i can't stand here waiting innocent is sent at last represent my hollow past underneath and falling fast i can't stand here waiting it's all an arrow so i'm way off mark i know release at least if all i can't stand here waiting all my dreams are lost and found set them up and knock them down she's gone 2000 years i can't stand here waiting "HOLLOW" for the last time give me ten cents or a dime and i'll kick the resurrection off today in the first place get that book out of my face man, he never tried to call me anyway now hanging out with prophets ain't no crime but i never search for nothing i can't find jesus had his own life, i got mine just call me hollow you can call me hollow i was no place when i saw a pretty face and she nearly saved my soul before she died it's a damn shame 'cause i almost got her name but i'm glad to say I made it home alive now holding hands with mary ain't no crime but dressing up like santa's not far behind tell me about your body fuck your mind just call me hollow you can call me hollow if you crash and you fall you can call on me i'm the one you can trust but you'll never be it's a choice like this song and it's all on you if you're right then i'm wrong what you gonna do? i've been thinking take up drinking throw a few bad years away keep redialing and wake up smiling maybe he'll be in today gimme that ol' time religion yeah gimme that ol' time religion yeah for the last time give me ten cents or a dime and i'll kick the crucifixion off today in the first place get that shit out of my face it'll only make me happy anyway acid always gets me so deranged puts all but one station out of range and i never watch a channel i can't change just call me hollow you can call me hollow gimme that ol' time religion gimme that ol' time religion "WATERCOLOR" laying in my bed i got this feeling only silent pictures talk to me that way in my head by my head sits the soundtrack to the movie and the colors fade the moment i hit play sounds like watercolor anything to drown me i will sleep until i sing myself awake and i always liked it better when the morning rises sooner and i can't recall a single word i said it's not like i can't stop pull back the playback in my head i could lay here i could lie you know maybe i can find a place where them old movies never go i could try it (doesn't matter) i could try it though (it doesn't matter) sounds like watercolor anything to drown me i will hide until i find myself awake and it sounds a little better when it gets a little louder by the morning if i make it i'm o.k. (pack your bags it's time to panic, 15 years in automatic, cellar door leads to the attic, what was jesus thinking get there faster if we drive, 12 short steps to the sunny side, got a backstage pass and a bitchin ride, and everything comes easy. that was easy.) lasttimeyoufeltlikethisitwasinamovielasttimeyoufeltlikethiseverythingwasper- fect "CHROMAKEY" so i'm dreaming in the mirror trying to stare my spirit clean as the world comes in from hollywood, red, blue and green. catch sight of myself in the color as a memory catches a wave. and it splashes down in front of me all in chroma key. wow what a night just like 3D vision wow what a show damn though 2D memory there was sunlight in my eyesight when the words began to fade so i shifted into satellite and i pulled the shade got caught up in a radio current and my energy locked on the beam when i hit the ground i was two feet down do you dream like i do? wow what a night just like 3D vision wow what a show damn though 2D memory (settlebackfireupthesimultinesthankyouallforwatchingandcatchthepicturesas- theyflythroughtheair) remember when you told me that you'd never let me go? now was that three years from yesterday or a video? kept scanning for clues in the colors in a room with a wonderful view, till i found myself in front of me sitting next to you. wow. "BLANKET (I Buried Me Wife And I Dance On Top Of Her)" Memory save me I'm fuckin up. Constantly laid on the ground. Looking for signs on the ceiling (she wants me to know she wants me around). Think I was moving to something. Thought I was sailing along. Had to be sailing for someplace (thought I was right, but I must have been wrong). You do make a beautiful blinder, you hide things I don't want to see. Your arms cover me like a blanket and maybe it's all that I need. Memory save me I'm trippin up. Picking up bones from the ground. Throw me a chain and I'll climb it up (thought I was up, but I guess I was down). You look like a dream I was dreaming, a dream of a boy by the sea. You must have eyes just like mirrors, 'cause I thought I was looking at me. Close your eyes, think of the Best Thing To Say. iampathetically lost and maybe you made me this way. Memory save me I'm fuckin up. The sun's just a spot on the sea. I know I was reaching for something (thought it was you, but I guess it was me). And the world is a wonderful target, she was a wonderful world, but God is a girl who won't listen. She was an insolent girl. Close your eyes and see what you're doing to me. She catches my eye with a cynical smile and says, "I Cannot Solve All I See". I had a dream (dreams would fill my head, but I let 'em all slide, american-style, for a blanket that lays on my bediwaitalldayformysailor- andsometimeshecomeswereyousurprisedthathediedtryingtolookforother- peoplenohewashewasthetypeofpersonwhowoulddefinitelygolookingforthe- people) I wanted to find an innocent mind but only found myself waiting. I laid on the floor, you walked through the door and now I feel myself fading. I wanted to find an innocent mind, but only found myself waiting. I laid on the floor, You walked through the door and now I feel myself fading. Now I feel myself fading. I jumped on a meaningful wave that carried me right to the shoreline. I laughed when my face hit the sand and swam out again for the joyride. I told you the things that I want and you gave me just what I needed. It's just like my father would want, but I couldn't smile when he did. I boarded the windows and doors and took the clock down from the ceiling. But I kept my head to the floor 'cause I had a confident feeling. Somebody called me today, I answered the door kind of hazy. He told me to leave all my clothes, he told me to tell you you're crazy. I followed him out to the street, he pointed and quickly departed. And left me to travel for weeks, till I get to the place where I started. And I just want to be where I started, I just want to get back where I started, and I just want to be where I started, and I just want to get back where I started. $**************************************************************************$ $ (c)2000 aNAda e'zine $ $ aNAda050 $ by VARIOUS Artists $ **************************************************************************