Come all the unfortunates,
Come on with your throwaway youth.
They say it's written for you,
No matter what you do.
'Cause you see something happened up in robin hood hills,
The devil had his way.
But the locals say they're on to something,
They say they know his name.
Did you happen to see the paper today,
And see what them troubled boys had done?
Another unidentified youth,
Mistaken for something he'd never done.
Come all the unfortunates,
Come on with your ghetto youth.
There's talk on the police radio,
Any suspect will do.
'Cause there was an on-scene deputy,
And he had it in for the West Memphis Three.
Got them for murder of the first degree,
But the crowd wanted more.
Did you happen to see the paper today,
And see what them troubled boys had done?
Another unidentified youth,
Mistaken for something he'd never done.
So get goin', get gone.
So get goin', it's time to move on.
So get up get going, see what them troubled boys have seen.
'Cause the future is all-knowing, but get too close and too close you'll be.
So get up get going, see what them troubled boys have seen.
'Cause the future is all-knowing, but get too close and too close you'll be.
On a brig loaded with timber headed for the north Maine coast,
They took on some rough seas.
The captain and his slave fought back the heavy waves,
But they were threatening to break her up so badly.
See two days before they left the outer banks,
And made good time up to Boston.
But just north of Essex the sky grew dark,
He missed his mark he was making,
And life can change so fast.
The captain had seen many a day,
When the winds blew and the waters raged.
But it was just a part of the life he made for himself,
Running the coast of New England.
The ship heaved and cracked,
Threw the men on their backs as the water came rushing in.
The captain fought hard yet.
He yelled above the splintering wreck, I have done you wrong son.
I should be forsaken for what I have done.
But Ben reached a timber to stay afloat.
He grabbed the captain's braided coat.
He swam him to the nearest shore.
Dragged him up 'til he couldn't pull no more,
And left him breathin', yeah left him breathin' dry.
The captain said in all my days,
I have never seen anybody save the very person who kept him enslaved.
God dam it Ben, you should have your freedom
For what you have done.
And I should be forsaken for what I have done.
Somewhere off the Maine coast,
At the mouth of the New Meadows River there's an island,
Where a marooned man lived out his life quietly under tied and sky.
Never forgetting when the sea rose up so high.
The captain said in all my days,
I have never seen anybody save the very person who kept him enslaved.
God dam it Ben, you should have your freedom
Whoa a little love at caesar's
Whoa you know i love to please her
Whoa a little love at caesar's
Goes so far
Whoa a little love at caesar's
Whoa whoa whoa you know i love to please her
Whoa a little love at caesar's
Goes so far
Hope i get a little snack tonight
Hope i get a little smack tonight
I'll be starving
Standing in the broad day light
Just waitin' on the comin' of the night
24-hour diner's almost closed
All i need's a cup of joe
Cause she's so nice
She treats me like i tip her from my head to her toes b
Brings me my water with her skirt so high
I catch a little glimpse in the silverware shine
I ain't a thief
Cause that just ain't right
But i ain't go no money
And i intend to pay for my meal tonight
Whoa a little love at caesar's
Whoa you know I love to please her
Whoa a little love at caesar's
Goes so far
Whoa a little love at caesar's
Whoa whoa whoa you know i love to please her
Whoa a little love at caesar's
Goes so far
She's got a tattooed tongue
She loves to abuse
You can tell she's good by the language that she use
She says meet you in the bathroom at a quarter to two
You know what you must do
Cause the flood gate's open
Your hips are getting loose
You got a rocket in your pocket
Cause you don't know what to do
So go, whoa she says I betcha that i can take all of your soul
You say put your money where your mouth is and let all be told
Whoa a little love at caesar's
Whoa you know i love to please her
Whoa a little love at caesar's
Goes so far
Whoa a little love at caesar's
Whoa whoa whoa you know i love to please her
Whoa a little love at caesar's
Goes so far
They got crayons on the placemats
Refried beans
Don't give me half-and-half
Just whip up my cream
Gimme some flapjacks
And slap on the butter
Corned-beef-hash
My mind is in the gutter
Heavy with the syrup
Heavy with the grease
My foots in the stirrup
Just do as you please
Whoa a little love at caesar's
Whoa you know i love to please her
Whoa a little love at caesar's
Goes so far
Whoa a little love at caesar's
Whoa whoa whoa you know i love to please her
Whoa a little love at caesar's
Downwind there is a comin',
A rumble in the sand.
Sets our feet to running,
For the fear of the faceless man.
For the fear of the faceless man.
But if I had an arsenal and if it was ten feet tall,
Then I would put an end to it all.
And if I had wheat to burn,
And if I had a lot to learn,
Then it still would not matter what color you were.
And if I had but one wish on which to stand,
I'd wish the weapons all turn to sand.
I'd see the gunners watch their empty hands,
Fall down to their sides.
Downwind they come up lonely,
All hungry for the kill.
The horses do the pounding,
But it's a blood that's going to spill.
It's a dark blood that's going to spill.
But if I had an arsenal and if it was ten feet tall,
Then it wouldn't matter what color you were.
And if I had but one wish on which to stand,
I'd see the weapons all turn to sand.
I'd see the gunners watch their empty hands,
Fall down to their sides.
If I had but one wish on which to stand,
I'd have the weapons all leave Sudan.
I'd see the gunners wash their empty hands,
Down by the riverside.
Ghost town in my homeland,
I will come back again.
And if you make a ghost of me,
I will still be free.
Ghost town in my homeland,
I will come back again.
If you make a ghost out of me,
I will still be free.
If I had but one wish on which to stand,
I'd see the weapons all leave this land.
I'd see the gunners watch their empty hands,
Fall down to their sides.
If I had but one wish on which to stand,
I'd see the weapons all leave Sudan.
I'd see the gunners wash their empty hands,
Down by the riverside.
Down by the riverside.
Manny don't need no comforting
He don't ask of the world to bring him up
Ain't gonna see him waitin' on waitin' on
Waitin' on the day
Got him a chair in '73
It was his only option
So manny agreed
Same chair he has today
Since they threw the cane away
Manny wasn't doing nothing
He just doing his own thing
You know it getting pretty cold out
By the jub jub swing
Oh this friend today
Right me up
Oh this friend today
Right me up
I'm not so weak
Manny gonna go where the rabble go
He gonna roll down the world
And he bring me up
Ain't going to see him
Giving into the others way
Cause they may beat us in search
But our fall is unstained
You know he says it won't be long
Till we are up again
Having another swing
And manny wasn't doing nothing
He just doing his own thing
Yah know it gettin' pretty cold
But he the one who bring
Oh this friend today
Right me up
Oh this friend today
Right me up
I'm not so weak
'cause the bottles not empty
'cause your voices are all there
My life will fight in my body for air
'cause the bottle's not empty
'cause your voices are all there
My life will fight in my body for air
Oh this friend today
Right me up
Oh this friend today
Right me up
I'm not so weak
Manny we gonna get that a.m. dial just right
I'll hold that hanger up
Heard of a land held by a troubled hand
Where the whiskey runs the coal
Don't you dare go ask the newsman
Cause he'll tell you everything
He don't know
She was the daughter of the second american revolution
A tall girl with a stones constitution
And when she looked into their eyes to see
She know she ain't never going back to what she believe
To what you believe
So go and riddle me over
I'm a man got nothing to show for
My work in the ground
In this here londontown
So go and riddle me over
I'm a man got nothing to show for
My work in the ground
Got my back to the fire
But it ain't the bridges that are falling down
They said they would never fight no more
After the day she went away
What in the world are we all fighting for
If we don't give they're going to take
So go and riddle me over
I'm a man got nothing to show for
My work in the ground
In this here londontown
So go and riddle me over
I'm a man got nothing to show for
My work in the ground
Got my back to the fire and my feet on the ground
But it ain't the bridges that are falling down
It's just another
It's just a
Go and riddle me over
Go and riddle me over
I'm a man got nothing to show for
My work in the ground
Got my back to the fire
But it ain't the bridges that are falling down
Say that again
You say that again
Oh what's left to hold in place
Say that again
Say that again
Oh what's left to hold in place
Say that again
Say that again
Oh what's left to hold in place
Say that again
Say that again
Dear Mr. Omar Bay,
Heard news that you left today.
You still countin' all them taxicabs, takin' you back to the time you have left?
Do you well remember Vietnam,
When you had a mother who loved her son?
Did you have to leave us all and go away?
Omar Bay, I think I'm fallin' to pieces.
Won't you help a good man get up and back on his feet?
Five winters, five winters in New York is plenty.
I'd even say it's four too many.
Won't you help a good man get up and back on his feet?
Dear Mr. Omar Bay,
I saw your old friend form the war today.
He said you went to seek God in a church or to get some warmth, whatever came first.
And now your standpipe it stands alone.
If where you place your cap is your home,
Did you have to leave us all and go away?
Omar Bay, I think I'm fallin' to pieces.
Won't you help a good man get up and back on his feet?
Five winters, five winters in New York is plenty.
I'd even say it's four too many.
Won't you help a good man get up and back on his feet?
Omar Bay, I think I'm fallin' to pieces.
Won't you help a good man get up and back on his feet?
Omar Bay, I think I'm fallin' to pieces.
Won't you help a good man get up and back on his feet?
Five winters, five winters in New York is plenty.
I'd even say it's four too many.
I did not know but
Someone died in my sleep last night
I tried to reach the phone
But in the darkness i knocked over the light
And can you speak up
A semi just jack knifed on the turnpike
I'm on a pay phone
And it's gettin' to be a cold cold night
Cause there's
One man in the corner one man in the hall
One man standin' up sayin' god save us all
One man in the corner one man in the hall
One man standin' up sayin' god save us all
One man in the one man in the one man in demand
In the man in the hall
She was tellin' me not to worry, that it's all in my head
Said no ma don't want to go to sleep no not quite yet
Cause there seems to be somethin' and i can't put it all to bed
Don't wanna go to sleep ma don't wanna go to sleep ma
Don't ever never want to go to sleep
Cause there's
One man in the corner one man in the hall
One man standin' up sayin' god save us all
One man in the corner one man in the hall
One man standin' up sayin' god save us all
One man in the one man in the one man in demand
In the man in the
Have you not seen the woman that belonged to this one
She was overcome thinking about the role of the side you on
Have you not seen the woman that belong to this one
She was uptight thinking about the role of
The side you on side you on side you on side you on
What side you on
One man in the corner one man in the hall
One man standin' up sayin' god save us all
Cause there's
One man in the corner one man in the hall
One man standin' up sayin' god save us all
One man in the one man in the one man in demand
Hear you sold your friend,
Got a good price at the local store.
You know he could've turned you in,
Could have been you on the concrete floor.
Jefferson roll over and tell ol' Stalin the news,
They got 'em looked up in the castroland,
Redefining abuse in shades of grey.
Torture advocate.
Got his dick up in a chicken hawk.
Life is what he'll get,
War president is a criminal.
Still the years they go by,
No charge of trial date.
You're accused of whatever you confess to
Until then you won't see the light of day.
There must be another way.
There must be another way.
The weathervanes are charging down the hill,
In some quixotic Calvary,
And the war machine is shaking in its sleep
And the homesick ghost of the Geronimo,
I fear is taking all the absinthe,
There must be another way.
Since Geneva's nearly drowned,
Since the tinsmith was gagged and bound,
Since the rich boys got away,
Two shovels and a skull of the widower brave.
Another indefinite detention,
Another tradition saved,
All hail the line of crooked white chiefs,
Whose father stole the bones from an Indian grave.
There must be another way.
There must be another way.
There must be another
Hey Geronimo, hey Guantanamo.
Hey Geronimo, hey Guantanamo.
Hey Geronimo, hey Guantanamo.
It was a rough night,
Turned into years in an unknown land.
Jut a grudge fight,
Cooked up by the D.C. suits on hand.
We had a hard time,
But we tried to understand.
These born-again, gunpoint libertines.
Then they sold us down the face of the might river,
Sold turpentine for tea.
Hold me now it's the evil liberator,
And he's coming with a gang of thieves.
In the firelight,
Of the torched out refineries.
He sat upright,
The poster boy for the I.M.C.
A poor man fights and dies for what a rich man only believes,
Sure as a blind man does note see the floor.
Then they sold us down the face of the might river,
Sold turpentine for tea.
Hold me now it's the evil liberator,
And he's coming with a gang of thieves.
And they say no battleship too big for the war emporium.
It's give it all you got son and go back to where you're from.
'Cause we're hiding in the wings, we're the super neocons.
We got bombs and they got barrels of gasoline.
You know you'll have it coming if you say there is nothing to see.
In the desert night,
They listened for the baying of the hounds.
But it wasn't quite right,
No sign of the weather underground.
And they were keepin' a sharp eye,
But they never saw what they had found.
At last it was only you and me.
Well then they sold us down the face of the might river,
Sold turpentine for tea.
Hold me now it's the evil liberator,
And he's coming with a gang of thieves.
And they say no battleship too big for the war emporium.
It's give it all you got son and go back to where you're from.
'Cause we're hiding in the wings, we're the super neocons.
We got bombs and they got barrels of gasoline. Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
No battleship too big for the war emporium.
It's give it all you got son and go back to where you're from.
'Cause we're hiding in the wings, we're the super neocons.
We got bombs and they got barrels of gasoline.
Well indeed you lost your friend
On the south side of where you live
Heard the call and had to leave
Boarded up windows burned out brick
Oh please don't you get
A little know fact about the place you set
It's always an empty plate
It's just there so we don't
Forget your loss and your history
Well indeed you found your friend
On the south side of where you live
All curled around his knees
Was it worse then you fret
The punishment you get
Hollow points in the concrete
Have you wailed for the likes of the walls and hunger strikes
Are you more than what you hate
Your fear will not fade the lines
That paint your face
It's a black cab motorcade
Black cab motorcade
Well this one must be lost
At this ungodly time of day
A broken curfew has a cost
A tidy sum you'll pay
Teacher won't you teach your lesson
Though the young are hard to break
Mr smith and mr wesson
And the cost of school these days
Well indeed you found your friend
On the south side of where you live
He was up and walking again
And have you heard what's happened since
Oh please don't you get
Is there any honor outside of revenge
Don't let her set another empty place
We swear that we won't
Forget your loss and your history
Forget your cross and your history
Have you wailed for the likes of the walls and hunger strikes
Are you more than what you hate
Well your fear will not fade the lines
That paint your face
It's a black cab motorcade
Black cab motorcade
As with gladness men of old did the shining world behold.
And so she took us down to the water's edge.
Said if we are not, careful with what we do,
We will reach a final end.
She gave him everything,
But he held her down and he tore her coat.
I shouldn't have loved you,
I shouldn't have loved you.
As with gladness men of old did the shining world believe.
And so took them down some bread.
But when he up and threw away the seed,
You could see her look away and sadly shake her head.
She gave him everything,
But he held her down and he tore her coat.
I shouldn't have loved you,
I shouldn't have loved you.
We want for the blood of the earth
To cure up the vine, but we roll it aside,
We roll it aside, we roll it aside, we roll it aside.
She gave him everything,
But he held her down and he tore her coat.
I shouldn't have loved you,
I shouldn't have loved you.
She gave him everything,
But he held her down and he tore her coat.
I shouldn't have loved you,
In the park there's a wicker made plane
that crashed down just the other day.
The pilot had lost his way, got disoriented
and crash landed in the middle of the city.
He'd never seen buildings so tall
and wondered why they even didn't ever think to lean over and fall,
and wondered how he'd manage to navigate through them all like he did.
But oh how they seemed to lean over him now,
as if to peer down on the broken scene.
As if to question the innocent invasion of the stranger
brought down in the hurricane.
He said wherever I am Lord,
please you must explain,
just hours ago I took off in my wicker plane.
Night fell and with it came the rain.
Down on the buildings, the pilot the plane.
Rain ran down his hair, hangin' so low
makin' circles in the puddles where the drops would go.
A little boy came along,
took him to a tree on top a gentle slope
said this tree is a misfit like you and me.
On rainy nights like this the bark come off like rope.
They bundled up the bark, each took a load.
Took it to the high rise where the little one lived.
Tossed it down the park with a mighty throw
and watched it unroll to the ground round.
The pilot ran down, tied the bark to the prop
and then promptly left the park to go back to the top.
There they hauled the plane clear up to the roof,
the boy said the place you come from that's where I'll be from too.
Where ever I am Lord,
please you must explain.
Just hours ago I was taking off in my wicker plane (wicker plane)
Now you're in a lovely garden,
it's such a lovely garden.
Now you're in a lovely garden,
it's such a lovely garden.
Now you're in a lovely garden,
it's such a lovely garden.
Wherever I am Lord, I know where I am Lord.
Wherever I am Lord, I know where I am Lord.
Where ever I am Lord, please you must explain.
Just hours ago I was taking off in my wicker (wicker) wicker (wicker) plane
Woke him up with a barrel to his head
His eyes shut tight bracing for the blow
Resigning his life to the metal held
In another man's hand
Twenty days in a concrete fallout
What life have i to take your own
Oh my country won't you call out
Doorbells are ringing with boxes of bones
And from another land's war torn corners
To a prison cell in my own
Punish me for not taking your orders
But don't lock me up for not leavin' my home
Your words just a bloody fallacy
A house of cards you painted white
You tried to recreate normandy
But you made up the reason to fight
And now red oil is spillin' down on the street
And your eyes too big for the belly is weak
Will you not refuse this currency
Or is blood money just money to you
Is blood money just money to you
Twenty days in a concrete fallout
What life have to take your own
Oh my country won't you call out
Doorbells are ringing with boxes of bones
From another land's war torn corners
To a prison cell in my own
Punish me for not taking your orders
But don't lock me up for not leavin' my home
Camilo
Camilo
Leavin' my home
And there's a quiet in the cellar
And if they find us
It'll be all she wrote
And by the time the ground had thawed
The summer
She had barely spoke
I feel so
I feel so blind to what you're sayin'
And if you don't
And if you don't know the cost we're paying
He came screaming down the river
All hopped up on the calvados
And whatever he
Whatever he's taking
Whatever he's making
Please don't give me any of those
Last time I saw him
He was sitting up high in his caravan
As if to say
If we are anything
If I am anything
Then this is who I am
I feel so
I feel so blind to what you're sayin'
And if you don't
And if you don't know the cost we're paying
Wake up the mother
I feel like no other word could hurt her more
Oh what's another lie
Tell us you don't exactly know for sure
How it goes
With calvados
Oh what's another war
When it's not your children
I work in the kitchen
At an old folk's home
I do my best but i too am getting on
I do the dishes but lately i been dropping plates
See as i get older my hands are starting to shake
So mr larkin
See i got to hold this job
Did you misspeak when you told me
She was all but gone
Mr larkin
Dock me my one week's pay
But don't ask me to leave
I can't afford that today
Ten years ago my wife took sick
So i brought her here
My job i quit
I started working for the home
So i could be by her everyday
We couldn't afford the cost in any other way
So mr larkin see i
I know she know who i am
Every now and then she'll squeeze my hand
It's what i live for it's why she don't die
So mr larkin won't you won't you give me this try
I walk to work on route 27
I see the same cars pass everyday
And through all this new england weather
You know never once have i been late
So mr larkin see i
I know she know who i am
Every now and then she'll squeeze my hand
It's what i live for it's why she don't die
So mr larkin won't you won't you give me this try
I see the argument you're makin'
And i understand you got to do your job
And believe me i know she's turning angel
But you see this woman is all I got
So mr larkin see i
I know she know who i am
Every now and then she'll squeeze my hand
It's what i live for it's why she don't die
So mr larkin won't you won't you give me this try
Won't you give me this try
The waitress is sliding down the wall
You can see her chest rise and fall
Her mascara runnin' thin
And the payphone is swinging against the wall
Don't ask her 'bout the call
You know she only trying to begin again
And the manager is yelling
Something about her hair being in her face
Customer complainin'
But he really has no case
And the counterqueens don't even lookup from their magazines
But oh and the waitress oh she stares straight ahead
Saying something she never said
And the waitress has them backing
Has them backing against the all til they white in the face
She got 'em going now oh them praying
But they never know of the role they play
And the manager is quiet as she fumbles with the drawer
No he said no he said
You will never get away with this
No she said
You will never get away with this
Cause today when the door opens
The rain slants in
There's water all over the floor
Busser waves to the meter maid
Who don't waive back no more
We're all searching for something
We'll all find a place to stay
Though we may have next to nothing
Rushian always rushian
Yeah yeah
Rushian always rushian
Yeah yeah
Anatole do you have to
Keep on telling me
That this time will pass you
And we won't be
Rushian always rushian
Yeah yeah
Rushian always rushian
Yeah yeah
You set up the roadblock and don't think of kafka
And keep on telling me
The way you ride them czar's men will never catch you
Oodalolly oodalolly golly what a day
Oodalolly oodalolly golly what a day
Oodalolly oodalolly golly what a day
Oodalolly oodalolly golly what a day
Rushian always rushian
Yeah yeah
Rushian always rushian
Yeah yeah
But don't look back
It'll only slow you down
Don't wanna' know the odds when it's us against the crown
And if you hear 'em close behind ya
Don't let the coin out shine you
Just leave them one by one by one on the ground
Cause my sweet czarina
I'm sorry my sweet czarina
I'm sorry my sweet czarina
I'm sorry but you have to step down
Oodalolly oodalolly golly what a day
Oodalolly oodalolly golly what a day
Oodalolly oodalolly golly what a day
Oodalolly oodalolly golly what a day
Cccp you'll never get me
Cccp you'll never get me
Solarium malaria lookin' for the stereo.
Wanted to save being excommunicated from the area. A it's ok.
In the city she said he cut a cord of wood,
No bigger than thimble but still plenty good. A it's ok.
'Cause it's just a bump on a rash of robberies.
On account of the world economy that's makin' us sick.
Go get the man who said he's on to me,
He thinks we're in the kitchen with our sticks.
But he don't know that Paris is burnin' down,
You'd never know it in this town.
The governor's walkin' around like he's got tricks for you.
Catch as Casius never become the killing machine.
Run him over ruff shod 'til he bleeds army green out.
So devout to the saint that lost his seat he never seen,
Semi-automatic rosary out devout.
'Cause it's just a bump on a rash of robberies.
In a world too sad for Solomon we just sit.
I'll watch your economy,
I'll tell you when the police have it fixed.
Paris is burnin' down,
You'd never know it in this town.
The governor's walkin' around like he's got tricks for you.
So take a minute to laugh it over,
We'll make sure it's all true,
Just like she said,
Behind the barn last December eve.
Baby falls 40 feet caught by a street cleaner coming home from the union hall,
He saw the fall. A it's ok.
JP Sousa found a radio, a radio.
Sousa found a place to go,
A radio in his head that said.
It's just a bump on a rash of robberies,
An old sand lot anomaly that's savin' this day.
In a world too sad for sodomy
We're just sitting in the kitchen with our stray.
But Paris is burnin' down,
Governors are walkin' around,
We'll make sure that they do right by you.
So you think you might go to Beatrice,
Even though the letter was never found.
Maybe it will come tomorrow noon.
She is askin' her fallen saint to
Please return her straitlaced fighter
Who don't know who she is, he don't know who she is.
Where are you my sweet Desmond Doss,
Have you softly gone to winter?
Here I've brought you your two two dollar bills back.
But I'm not waiting for sweet Eliza.
She can have her water colors back,
I found them on last December eve.
You look strangely quite so familiar,
The way you talk of suppertime but I don't know who she is,
Don't know who she is.
And you, you bring this beloved stranger.
At the foot of this pile on Gideon's bed,
She gave me a needlepoint motorbike.
So go and take this to sweet Eliza,
It was written and gently given to
The courier pending arrival soon.
Could you hold me just one more older
Then I'll go as your fallen fighter
Waiting at the door, can't see you any more?
Here my dear a sweet Nostrovia,
In a letter sent to December,
The women in the valley forge
They go day to day
Don't let them raid my home and
My home and place
But the men they can't see boyond
So they war and war
They don't remember
What they came here for
People to people are so unjust
Carry yourself well so
Carry yourself well
Women in the valley forged her
The once home of the brave
Don't let them raid me home and
My home and place
But the men they can't see beyond
So they become what they hate
They don't see that the moon has just
Yeah the moon is just getting its legs
People to people are so unjust day
Carry yourself well so
Carry yourself well
People to people are so unjust
Carry yourself well so
Carry yourself well
And you don't even close the barn door
After the horses have scattered
And no one knows anymore
Where all the souls have gathered
Though they will keep an eye on what you do
And when the people have spoken
We won't cry mercy on
Mercy on you
Cause we will
We will be alive just broken
People to people are
So unjust they say
Carry yourself well
Carry yourself well
People to people are so unjust they say
Carry yourself well so
On the one they'll catch ya
If you skirt disaster
On the day they told her
But she want stay stay
On the one they saw ya
Witnesses of goya
Elected to serve ya
Til your dying day
I hope you don't get what you're after
I hope you don't get what you're after
To whom it may concern
I'm writing on behalf of brother
Twice burned
Do you be reachin your time
Just a product of your mind
But when you continue let loose on the running man
You send him crashing to edge of the pavement
You're doing something you don't quite understand
Makin' like he's a lesser man
So be gone be gone to plea
You got your vehicle to ride on
Off to the comissioner as fast as you can
With your smokin' gun in hand
In your gunship gunship
Gunship politico
I hope you don't get what you're after
In your gunship gunship
Gunship politico
I hope you don't get what you're after
In your gunship gunship
Gunship gunship
In your gunship gunship
Gunship gunship
Six men on their knees
Eyes shinin' in the highbeams of the search light
Cop's shadows on the wall several stories tall
Instilling whoa such a fright
One's kicked in the gut
He's all cut up by the corner cop
One stands in defense in a broken sentence
Asks not to be shot
If you please
You men of authority
We do not speak your language see
Please act accordingly
He was't beggin
He was just keepin time with his cup
You go on and believe that
You keep your eyes staight up
I was just lookin
I had no intention to touch
But i know when i'm not welcome
So i thank you very much
See a see a
See the woman there demonstrate
See a see a
See them know but they will not say
See a see a
See them set the trial date
See a see a
The confidence on the DA's face
Watch out for them politicos
Watch out for them politicos
Watch out for them politicos
Watch out for them politicos
Don't mess mess with the down downpresser way
They got it down pat they got it down to a tee
Noone gets thru the lockstep jaw
You ain't guilty but you did get caught
So for lack of a better suspect we nominate you
To ride this one out to see this one thru
See a see a see a see a
Arms thrown up in an ever fearful protest
As the firing squad would ever think to notice
As if he could summon the likes of moses
To put the blood back in his friends veins
And if you one step faster
You can skirt disaster
But if its not you it'll be the next guy
Who's the wrong color at the wrong time
Another day's over and the decision still stands
His honor in his chambers still washin' his hands
You know he been fiddlin in his room all day
Just tryin to wash all his conscience away
Noone's askin for hangman's tree
They just looking for something true to believe
See a see a
See them know but they will not say
He wasn't beggin
He was just keepin time with him cup
He wasn't beggin
He was just keepin time with him cup
He wasn't beggin
He was just keepin time with him cup
You go on and believe that
And you keep your ash tray up
I was just lookin
I had no intention to touch
But i know when i'm not welcome
On behalf of the resistance, and all of our existence
As the wanted man, the conquered man.
We no not of your borders,
But you push us to your corners.
This is not your land,
This isn't anybody's land.
Some will live and some will last,
Some will cry out for the past.
But my oh my,
The answers are falling fast.
I will give if this pain won't last.
So from where the sun now stands,
I will fight no more forever.
How you choose to meet your fate,
For I will fight no more forever.
Government agent arrivals, pale chief and his disciples.
They crooked tongues, the acid lungs.
We know not of your borders,
But the world is getting colder.
This is not your land,
This isn't anybody's land.
Some will live and some will last,
Some will bleed like Looking Glass.
But my oh my,
The answers are falling fast.
I will give if this pain won't last.
So from where the sun now stands,
I will fight no more forever.
How you choose to meet your fate,
For I will fight no more forever.
From where the sun now stands,
I will fight no more forever.
How you choose to meet your fate,
For I will fight no more forever.
And the sun will set sad and sick,
Break these chains I don't want them no more.
And the sun will set sad and sick,
Break these chains I don't want them no more.
Break these chains I don't want them no more.
Break these, break these chains.
Said he died of a broken heart.
Said he died of a broken heart.
Did you get the invitation?
The swan song of a nation,
Everyone's waiting for you inside.
We got soda pop and hickory stills.
Quinn the Eskimo in espadrilles,
And Sally makin' you feel all right.
The baroness and her bayonets,
The mad hatter hedging bets,
Against the good judgment of the swinging king.
It's the fall of the American empire,
But don't you worry honey you didn't miss a thing.
Juiced up dignitaries getting' loose like Thelonious did,
We got our own sanctimonious kid,
And he can suck the diamond off a diamond ring.
Just send in the farmers in the National Guard,
We'll be in the war room gettin' hard,
Just wear your dress blues you know you look so damn dashing.
Don't be shy, Sally won't bite you,
'Cause she got her pants on fire,
And she got a rabbit baby calling your name.
Fall of the American empire,
It should've been all right,
Should've, should've.
But me, I'm just working a sound bite,
Just rolling my smokes tight.
You know they said it was all right, all right, all right.
'Cause Lucy's in the nude,
With nothing left to lose,
Except them thigh-high kiss the sky American boots.
Sally got dirty with a senator's son,
You know the one from Massachusetts,
She was pleased to come his advances,
For he was a man of wealth and taste.
But she got so cut up by the man who would not stop.
Thought all she needed was love,
But it was like nothing she thought,
And when Lucy came to get her,
In the corner she lay.
It's the fall of the American empire,
It should've been all right,
Should've, should've.
But me, I'm just working a sound bite,
Just rolling my smokes tight.
You know they said it was all right, all right, all right, all right, all right.
Where you going Mr. Holy?
All right, all right, all right
Say where you going Mr. Holy?
Lucy girl I found your diamonds,
They shine like sirens,
Singing from the shoals of buzzard's bay.
It's worse than we know,
How I wish it wasn't so,
That all tomorrow's parties have gone away.
Fall (all in for the fall) of the American empire,
They said you would never go away.
Fall (all in for the fall) of the American empire,
Ma ma mama don't look now,
There's red bus coming up along.
I might recommend that when the protests are over,
You will not expect to be so well.
When the capital is crowded with effigies,
And they might do you in if you don't know your country.
Don't you ever let us down C.I.A.
I know you'll never let us down C.I.A.,
As you sit on the crowd and keep them workin',
And say again.
Ma ma mama don't you see?
'Cause it's just one of them lonely days,
When we say how we fear that the last fence has fallen.
You will not expect to be so welcome to life of a foreign national,
Where are the Americans
Now that they fractured your country?
Don't you ever let us down C.I.A.
I know you'll never let us down C.I.A.,
As you sit and call in sick your empire needs protecting.
Since they fractured your country?
Don't you ever let us down C.I.A.
I know you'll never let us down C.I.A.,
As you sit and call in sick your empire needs protecting.
Your empire needs protecting.
My father was a haystack man, always said son go find what you can.
Said the guns get jammed up in the sand, don't let them try to fool you.
I said but daddy we ain't fightin' the Cong no more.
He said you're going over there to lose the very same war.
I said nothin' you can do is gonna make me stay,
Gotta let others have their glory day.
But you know the whole town's getting' together in Leeland's barn.
Everyone's getting' their nice shoes on.
Girls are all cuttin' up their confirmation dresses.
Streets will be empty tomorrow as the whole town confesses.
It's a barn storming yeah,
Gonna leave my bed tomorrow.
It's gonna be a barn stormin' yeah,
Won't hold a head of sorrow.
'Cause it's a lovely heartbreak, a lovely heartbreak.
Now Ginny she was up to no good,
As up to no good as she could sometimes be.
I used to lie awake at night,
Just thinkin' about her being up to no good with me.
But tonight she said just like the flower to the bees,
I'm gonna give you a little somethin' before you go overseas.
All I could do was stammer,
Yes, yes please look in the other direction.
It's a barn storming yeah,
Gonna leave my bed tomorrow.
It's gonna be a barn stormin' yeah,
Won't hold a head of sorrow.
'Cause it's a lovely heartbreak, a lovely heartbreak.
'Cause I never been laid and so it goes,
Never danced before so stoned.
It was the first time I didn't want to go,
Now I wish I could take it all back again.
She spit in my hand,
Said boy I'm gonna make you a man.
It was all I could do to stand and ask the levy to hold.
It's a barn storming yeah,
Gonna leave my bed tomorrow.
It's gonna be a barn stormin' yeah,
Won't hold a head of sorrow.
You've been hit with another blow
But still you give love
And you set our souls on fire
You got your instant karma
You son of a fisherman farmer
Born to live, live free or die
You're in your room for the very last time
You can see the car running from the hall
You assure us today is another good day
And tomorrow you will love us all
'Cause you can't have anything
If you don't have anything
And God, I feel just fine
Oh, but even if you're bleeding
You'll never stop believing
That we all live free or die
I'm not being too self-conscious, am I?
You don't think I'm being too self-conscious, do you?
Well, I'm up and I'm going west
I can't wait and I dream of this
I'm gonna lick this after all!
You can't have anything
If you don't have anything
And God, I feel just fine
Oh, but I wouldn't mind
No, I wouldn't mind
I wouldn't mind waking up tomorrow
Chad Everett Turnpike take me past
Manchester down to Mass
I'm gonna lick this after all!
You can't have if anything
If you don't have anything
And God, I feel just fine
Before the fight that was caused
And the iron that was lost
I wouldn't mind waking up tomorrow
You've been hit with another blow
But still you give love
And you set our souls on fire
Oh, I wouldn't mind
No, I wouldn't mind
I wouldn't mind waking up tomorrow
You can't have anything
If you don't have anything
And God, I feel just fine
Before the fight that was caused
And the iron that was lost
But I wouldn't mind waking up
No, I wouldn't mind waking up
Downwind there is a comin',
A rumble in the sand.
Sets our feet to running,
For the fear of the faceless man.
For the fear of the faceless man.
But if I had an arsenal and if it was ten feet tall,
Then I would put an end to it all.
And if I had wheat to burn,
And if I had a lot to learn,
Then it still would not matter what color you were.
And if I had but one wish on which to stand,
I'd wish the weapons all turn to sand.
I'd see the gunners watch their empty hands,
Fall down to their sides.
Downwind they come up lonely,
All hungry for the kill.
The horses do the pounding,
But it's a blood that's going to spill.
It's a dark blood that's going to spill.
But if I had an arsenal and if it was ten feet tall,
Then it wouldn't matter what color you were.
And if I had but one wish on which to stand,
I'd see the weapons all turn to sand.
I'd see the gunners watch their empty hands,
Fall down to their sides.
If I had but one wish on which to stand,
I'd have the weapons all leave Sudan.
I'd see the gunners wash their empty hands,
Down by the riverside.
Ghost town in my homeland,
I will come back again.
And if you make a ghost of me,
I will still be free.
Ghost town in my homeland,
I will come back again.
If you make a ghost out of me,
I will still be free.
If I had but one wish on which to stand,
I'd see the weapons all leave this land.
I'd see the gunners watch their empty hands,
Fall down to their sides.
If I had but one wish on which to stand,
I'd see the weapons all leave Sudan.
I'd see the gunners wash their empty hands,
Down by the riverside.
Down by the riverside.
People can you hear this
People can you hear each other
They want to make us soldiers
They want us to unnerve each other
Yeah
'Cause we speak in different dialects
They want us to forsake our sister
Their fashionable language
They want us all to fear our brother
Oh the tie that binds must be stronger than what our
differences allow
Seek the good in a passing wave, that is evolution,
yeah
So people can you hear this
People can you hold each other
Can it be we're getting nearer
Don't let the cynics be your only cover now
The tie that binds must be stronger than what our
differences allow
See the good in a passing wave, that is evolution, yeah
Ay ay ay
We'll surprise them all
'Cause I got the oil can
You got the stove pipe
He got the key stone
She got the block
But with a bit of mortar
We'll make a fine house
We wont look for the one shoe dropped
But here come the board man
He come to shut us down
We'll take the long way
The long way around
And we'll gather our wood on the wrong side of town
And we'll surprise them all, surprise them
We'll surprise them, we'll surprise them all
So people can you hear this
People don't you hurt each other
They want to make us soldiers
The innocent to know the suffer now
The tie that binds must be strong, must be strong
See the good in the passing wave, that is evolution
Ay ay ay
We'll surprise them
Ay ay ay
We'll surprise them all
Man's inhumanity towards man
Stop them when they first began
Tell them this road's to die on
It's nowhere land
They're never supposed to reach
Or be kindly received
They're just dropped to their knees
In a nowhere land
And in the orphanage
They run for their beds
They run from the man in the building
And the allies just watch
And whisper and talk
As one million are marched to a nowhere land
Nowhere land, nowhere land, ay
Nowhere land, nowhere land, nowhere land, ay
Nowhere land, nowhere land, nowhere land, ay
Cause I'm now calling out a warning
For all is not well
There's so little time
Please sir, there's women and children
They lie where they fell
They've done nothing wrong
Nothing at all
You said enough
You'll set him off
You said enough
You'll set him off
You said enough
You'll set him off
He'll tell his story
Say he don't lie, say he don't lie
They tell their story
"Let me share the reason of your lecture for a change
Let me tell you how you'll feel
Let me strap you down and put morphine in your veins
Let me share this bed of steel
Cause here come the state inspector
So doctor all the resident records
Truth is he really don't care less
It's just a function of the politics and business
Oh the squalor, Oh the squalor
Let it empty me
Welcome to whatever God may do
It's no secret that you'll never leave
woah. woah... woahh
Cause here comes the state inspector
So doctor all the resident records
Truth is he really don't care less
It's just a function of the politics and business
Deinstitutionalization
Had a wife but left her at the station
And there's women in the stair wells
When their love lives don't fair well
Whoring themselves away in the kitchen
But look see that woman gettin all dressed up
Putting on her earrings and her makeup
And in another world there's a lonely girl
Who's wishing she'd never been a grown up
Oh the squalor... Oh the squalor
Let it empty me
Welcome to whatever God may do
It's no secret that you'll never leave
Maybe today I won't get the wrong meds,
And maybe today I'll get my fourty six cents
And maybe today I'll jump that barbed wired fence
And leave this place altogether
Cause we're calling all the President's men
And we'll shove him in his room, locked in
Won't you do me a favor and give me ten
So I can peek into the hallway again.
Oh the squalor... Oh the squalor
Let it empty me
Welcome to whatever god may do
Let me trip the reason of your lecture for a change
Let me tell you how you feel
Let me strap you down a put morphine in your veins
Let me fuck this bed of steel
'Cause here comes the State Inspector
So doctor all the resident records
Truth is he really don't care less
It's just the function of the politics and business
'Cause here comes the State Inspector
So doctor all the resident records
Truth is he really don't care less
It's just the function of the politics and business
Deinstitutionalization
Had a wife but left her at the station
Now there's women in the stairwells
Where their love lives don't fair well
Well, they be whoring themselves away in the kitchen
Oh the squalor
Oh the squalor
Let it empty me
Welcome to whatever God may do
It's no secret that you'll never leave
Callin' all the presidents men
'Cause I'm stuck in this room locked in
Want you do me a favor and give me ten so I can peek into the hallway again
Oh the squalor
Oh the squalor
Let it empty me
Welcome to whatever God may do
It's no secret that you'll never leave
... She was the daughter of the second American Revolution
Whoah a little love at caesars
whoah ya know i love to please her
whoah a little love at caesars goes so far
Hope I get a little snack tonight
Hope I get a little smack tonight
I'll be starvin standin in the broad day light
Just waitin on the comin of the night
24 hour diners almost closed
all i need is a cup of jo'
shes so nice
treats me like a tipper from her head to her toes
brings me my water with her skirt so high
i catch a little glimpse and the silverware shines
i ain't a thief
that just ain't right
i ain't got not money but intend to pay for my meal
tonight
Whoah a little love at caesars
whoah ya know i love to please her
whoah a little love at caesars goes so far
she got the tattooed tongue
she loves to abuse
you can tell she's good by the language that she use
she says meet ya in the bathroom at quarter to two
and you know what you must do
cause the flood gates open
your hips are getting loose
you got a rocket in your pocket cause you dont' know
what to do
so go
oh she says i bet that i can take all of your soul
you say put your money where your mouth is and let it
all be told
Whoah a little love at caesars
whoah ya know i love to please her
whoah a little love at caesars goes so far
you got plates on the placemats
refried beans
don't give me half and half
just whip up my cream
give me some slapjacks
flap on the butter
corn beef hash
my mind is in the gutter
hit me with the syrup
hit me with the grease
your foot's in the styrup
just do as ya please
Whoah a little love at caesars
whoah ya know i love to please her
Thou shall not
Thou shall not want
Thou shalt not
Thou shalt not want
Any or all that you feed so kindly
Thou shalt not
Thou shalt not break
Thou shalt not break
Any or all that you feed so slowly
But in the morn' there's a holy dove
And it comes ripping through the trees
You're the one I love
But I'll kill all that I see
I just want my arsenic and clover
No matter what the heathens say
I just want arsenic and
Thou shalt not
Thou shalt not fear
Thou shalt not
Thou shalt not fear
Any or all that you see so kindly
But in the morn' there's a holy love
And it comes ripping through the trees
You're the one I love
But I'll kill all that I see
I just want my arsenic and clover
No matter what the heathens say
I just want arsenic and
I just want my arsenic and clover
No matter what the heathens say
I just want arsenic and
I just want my arsenic and clover
No matter what the heathens say
Aung San Suu Kyi on house arrest
Another Bhutto assassination
Could've stopped Sarajevo we must confess
But we were planning our next invasion
Where are the leaders of the atomic age?
Is it just another working day?
Said he was coming, he was on his way
But he fell down the hole in the ocean
The levies are full
But the river runs dry
And the desert grows into the grassland
And the space that separates us grows ever wide
As the profiteer stokes the division
Something's not right, something is wrong
With the news at eleven that no one has told them
If we don't come together it won't be long
These are the wars that face the generation
It's a peculiar situation
When the leaders of the wealthy nations
Don't know all the damage they done
It's so Bohemian
Mother Hubbard cover the investigation
But all they know is their retaliation
So they appeal to the dog's thirst
But he tips his hat and he says, no
I don't need your world control
And the opinion of the inner elite
Oh don't you know
That we are aching for a part in the chance worth taking
Who's to say
That we are destined just to fall at your feet
I'm here today
And so are we, the we the people of the earth rolling round
It's a peculiar situation
When the leaders of the wealthy nations
Don't know all the damage they done
It's so Bohemian
Mother Hubbard cover the investigation
But all they know is their retaliation
So they go again to the dogs thirst
But we will not work for your
World control
And the opinion of the inner elite
Oh don't you know
That we are aching for a part in the chance worth taking
Who's to say
That we are destined just to fall at your feet
It's World Control
So that it's rendered to we, the people of the earth rolling round
Got Sun down at castle island
Summer spinnin its finest gold
They were selling and we were buying
Just looking for someone to hold
Another fit Another fight I never saw you blink
Weaving up against the crab apples slingshot sting
I got my trash can lit on my wing
Were the knights of the round table are
I was working on the strait and narrow
You came at me like a cannon ball
I saw you sleeping at the city stables
You made me feel on a ten feet tall
The coming of the
Coming fall, the rules and the cops and the cold and all
All together and together we fall through the crash of the city street
Ya through the crash of the city street
Thats right sit strait and listen up
We are the knights of bostonia
We, we tell the court you tell the king
We aint listen to you no more
We are the knights of bostonia
Only you can set you free
I would follow you out of the city
Up down out to salmen hill
Dark man says the waters ganna kill me
That and that of sitten still
The coming of the
Coming fall, the rules and the cops and the cold and all
All together and together we fall through the crash of the city street
Ya through the crash of the city street
Thats right sit strait and listen up
We are the knights of bostonia
We, we tell the court you tell the king
We aint listen to you no more
We are the knights of bostonia
Only you can set you free
Another fit Another fight I never saw you blink
Weaving up against the crab apples slingshot sting
I got my trash can lit on my wing
Were the knights of the round table are
And well fight the coming fall
So sit strait and listen up
We are the knights of bostonia
We, we tell the court you tell the king
We aint listen to you no more
We are the knights of bostonia
Only you can set you free
Yes thats nice the innocent streak
Fist of fight and the summer of kill
We are the knights of the gunk yard raid
A trusty steed and a summer of safe
We are the knights of bostonia
Together we are the knights of bostonia
Together we are the knights of bostonia
Here in the old country she
Grew up just as they said
Trying to make up for what was missing
As the land faded to red
Here in the old country hair falls coarsely round their necks
Having your wits about you
Can hurt more than it protects
So let the sugar cane ashes
Fall to your feet
Let it pile up around you
'Till your in it waist deep
And when it all changes
And the harvest is large
Let it pile up to your shoulders that dealt all them scars
With every fiber of his muscle
He bare down on her back
The cane would rip the air of its breath
And turned the sun black
She fall down to her knees
Down so much a whisper please save the child
We know now when she dreamed
(Refrain)
Red moon turns a red horizon
What's burning to leave the tongue
Here in the old country moon
And turns a blood red
A warning all those
Who dare to forget
But burning of cane fires
Gives us the winters keep
And a barricade of burning tires
For those who dared to sleep
So let the sugar cane ashes fall to your feet
Let them pile up around you till your in it waist deep
And when it all changes and the harvest is large
Let it pile up to your shoulders that dealt all them scars
(Refrain)
Red moon turns a red horizon
What's burning to leave the tongue
Red moon turns a red horizon
Heavy from walking
We stopped for the night
Near the shallow river
A never fright
But night fell on us before dawn
'Till all of our hope was over drawn
If every man lay down his gun
We would no longer be
'Cause your war is your sickness
And so it's our disease
O distant constant quarrelling lot
Your risk is greater than what you've got
Open your high road
You drag us along, the long road
Of our brothers gone
We didn't fight back
We fought to escape
Smuggling gasoline for food
Before we were of age
Your war is your sickness
And so it's our disease
O distant constant quarrelling lot
Your risk is greater than what you've got
Open your high road
You carry us along, the long road
Of our brothers gone
'Cause we are so uncertain
Of the future, that we may face
And we don't like the burning
Of the very flame we had in place
Some day we will be replaced by the guns of the sons and their fatherless rage
And we are not deserting
But we see no course to take
You hear the curtain falls
And heralds the curtain calls
Come out, come alive
Time is no lie
Everyone now in a row
So quiet and so devout
Can you resign yourself to accept
A better hell
We'll not fall in their curse
Facing life in prison or possibly worse
Our fathers are calling mass
Asking us to drink from the pain of their past life
O distant constant quarreling lot
Your risk is greater than what you've got
Open your high road
You carry us along, the long road
Of our brothers gone
'Cause we are so uncertain
Of the future, that we may face
And we don't like the burning
Of the very flame we had in place
Some day we will be replaced by the guns of the sons and their fatherless rage
And we are not deserting
Sunshine you caught me sleeping
And I woke to your skies so grey
But I lay cold in the power of your keeping
So please don't take it all away
Sunshine you fell down on me
As I was fast asleep
And now you woke in the power of your keeping
Just proved a second too late
Me I'm just calling you over
By the power of your own rays
And if I had half a mind
I'd give you all my time to save
Sunshine was I so blind
That I could not see your face
Wont you lend me half a mind
So I can have my time to save
Sunshine, you caught me sleeping
As I woke to a world so gray
But I lay cold in the power of your keeping
So please don't take another second away
Me I'm just calling you over
By the power of your own grace
If I had half a mind
I'd give you all my time to save
Sunshine, was I so blind
That I could not see your face
And would you give me half of mind
Dear man, you must be mad
Good man, how many drinks have you had?
Don't you know?
Your family's worried sick over you
In any event we have no time to spare
The canvas of your age has a tear
And a needle without a thread does not a life mend
Mamma's worked yourself into a terrible fret
Keep saying "You can see him"
And we say "Not quite yet."
Oh, not quite yet
All quiet on the streets we hear the footsteps echo
Kids run up the stairs and look down from below
But the streetlight flickers
Mamma gets sicker
She says she's goin' to the place where no one twice goes
So I had to come and arrest you from your sleep
You see you got too many promises to keep
And what's more they be dying of starvation
With all the food on this world there still be famine in this here nation
You know you love them but they really don't know
How can they see where the poison go?
'Cause its far far better thing than I've ever done
For you to become the father to your only son
Look long at the father before you
Sits with his hands on his knees 'cause he don't know what to do
In his old tweed coat and his dress shoes
Furrowed brow and the eyes of the confused
Tries desperately to explain his
Subsequent recluse
In the remainder of his days
I know he old but mind you
How the years go by in a second or two
Won't be long to your kids are lookin' at you
Just as you are now...
Just as you are now
Turn around my good man turn around
Turn around my good man Margaret Brown.
Turn around my good man turn around
Turn around for dear Margaret Brown.
Turn around my good man turn around
Turn around make your way down.
Turn around my good man turn around
To what do I owe this occasion?
My life is fallin' out of reason
To what do I owe this occasion?
My life is fallin' out of reason
So. Break. My. Stare.
Oh how your faces light up this day
Well my friends, gather round
It seems my mind, is not so sound
Oh how your faces light up this day
'Cause I am Ill Advised to feel
That the inner lives are real
And Ill Advised to call upon the hour of this day
And I'm sanitized and still, movin for the kill
I'm Ill Advised to call upon the hour of one day
I, I, I x4
Oh how your faces light up this day
And this hour, and on this ground
'Cause I am Ill Advised to feel
That the inner lives are real
And Ill Advised to call upon the hour of this day
And I'm sanitized and still, movin for the kill
I'm Ill Advised to call upon the hour of one day
To what do I owe this occasion?
My life is fallin' out of reason
I've not sold my innocence; I'm not so right like them
I've not sold my innocence; I'm not so right like them
I've not sold my innocence; I'm not so right like them, right like them
Big Olli Mack came out swinging
Looking for a soul to fry
When the dust settled up I said no sir no not I
Well it had been four years since he'd been put inside
He gonna' make all the men pay
And all the women cry
Olli Olli all come free
Olli Olli all come so guilty
Olli Olli state your claim
Olli Olli state your name your name
Olli Olli all come free
Olli Olli don't get me
Olli Olli whatcha gonna do
Cross your heart and hope to die
Hope to God saint Jesus lies
When the constable calls your name
He slapped him with a rifle
And threw him on the stage
Fired a shot for every month he'd been put away
Bookmaker (Bookmaker)
What do you see here
It's hatred that keeps them coming second only to fear
In the wee hours of the night the bonfire still rage
Keep on keeping on and a martyr you will make
No talk of the cross
Just drugs and bombs and gasoline
Gunning each other down both loyal to the queen
Olli Olli all come free
Olli Olli don't get me
Olli Olli whatcha gonna do
Cross your heart and hope to die
Hope to God saint Jesus lies
When the constable calls your name
Olli Olli all come free
Olli Olli all come so guilty
Olli Olli state your claim
Olli Olli state your name your name
Good Friday don't seem no good no more
We don't expect peace from no gun running whore
Well Bookmaker tell us what you know
The tensions running high
This town is gonna blow oh
Olli Olli
Olli Olli
Olli Olli
Closer she smiled telling me not to worry
I said I didn't know and I don't now
But I won't let you fall if you come down
Oh she was waiting
On the wine dark sea with skinny lips of salt
Better to give to thee
Then to all the senators in the hall
And we oh oh oh for knowing all
That I never knew
Oh oh oh for knowing all
That I never knew
Well the suitors they're complaining it's a bitter taste of man
I seen them over explaining the roles in which they stand
But don't you hear them because they want you to
Don't you give them because they love you in all your splendor
You're breaking it on the floor
There's been a dead reckoning with the government
Though they seem to know their plan
They're drawing all their lots to see who's the better man
But don't you love them because they need you to
They wont give you unless they are better then you
So go on with your lover and leave it all alone
I seen the blood escaping man
But do not overcome him if you can
I seen the blood escaping man
But do not overcome him
In your hand that holds the paper that wouldn't let us out last night
What made you come back
Return at first light
Well she gave me, she gave me more then the night
And I fear for, I fear for my life
We got to go home now 'cause they are making it with your wife
I seen the Blood Escaping Man
But do not overcome him if you can
I seen the Blood Escaping Man
But do not overcome him in your hand that holds the path that leads you
Cause I come from the land of the shaman
Where the innocent are taken to the pavement
Won't somebody just tell them
Won't somebody oh, won't somebody oh oh oh oh oh...
Won't you please look after my children
All the words that are coming from the mouths of the women
From the northland down to the rio grande
New England town to Oregon
Wont somebody oh oh oh oh oh
So we're calling all the crows
They comin' in slow
It's gonna be a show down
Said the rebel to the revolutionary come with me
And if you feel like you are witnessing a movement
Then get up girl and let them know you're free
Cause I come from the land of the shaman
Where the world is looking up you know it's changing
Won't somebody just tell them
Won't somebody oh, won't somebody oh oh oh oh oh...
So we're calling all the crows
They comin' in slow
It's gonna be a show down
Said the rebel to the revolutionary come with me
And if you feel like you are witnessing a movement
Then get up girl and let them know you're free
Said the rebel to the rebel
I will go if you come with me
I'm tired of living in a fable
Blue sky I'd love to see
The journey must continue and does not stop in me, no
Cause the rivers wide
but with all of us we can reach from side to side
and it is here that we must all?
So we're calling all the crows
They comin' in slow
It's gonna be a show down
Said the rebel to the revolutionary come with me
And if you feel like you are witnessing a movement
Then get up girl and let them know you're free
It's just a murder of crows
They comin' in slow
It's gonna be a show down
Said the rebel to the revolutionary follow me
And if you feel like you are witnessing a movement
Then get up girl and let them know you're free
You got to get up girl and let them know you're free
Under the parasol, the magistrate sings the madrigal and shields his face
from the man who sells his madness by way of the gun
- outside the manor yard on the crippled street
young girls sell their bodies for bread to eat
stare the corner down and say so we meet again
but somewhere the people rise and break out in song
their voices are carrying them,
and I would but the feet on my souls are gone
from the night they came in
they came in trucks with their iron wrath
driving this country to its dying breath
but it's never enough for the tyrant and his cattle
let it go (9 times)
and there he sits, the self-crowned king,
in his bird bath, just rearranging his things
when he hears the songs high over head
he glares at the sky in his disbelief
throws a fit and splashes the bath empty
and orders his generals to aim higher
let it go (12 times)
Got some boys who were upset,
They were headed out to India Point
Two in the bucket backseat of the Pinto said
"You could lose your mind for all your mind is worth."
One got up on a soapbox and proceeded to take his point
Said, "What god's are you to take this,
And turn to blood"
'Cause the revolutionaries on the rooftop
Climb down to the cemeteries
Where the missionaries line up
For the mercy of the military's time
Treat bodies like the bullet ridden clothes on a clothesline
'Cause the prey's huntin' a hunter in his own blind
And it won't be the last time
We use them eyes to see
Them all hanging
I believe I can make you whole
See them all go back again
And I don't think we'll ever know
How it goes and why it runs down
To the place we often bled
'Cause it's a manifest destiny
Like a genocide recipe
Telling the knowledge
That rests in me to fear my own race
Challenge your good
And not the thick of your callous
Don't underestimate the fate of preordained malice
Where are my boots
And where the hell is my balance
The hell, you did
Come down from your palace
To see us all
Reaching up
To see us all
Reaching up
'Cause the revolutionaries on the rooftop
Climb down to the cemeteries
Where the missionaries line up
For the mercy of the military's time
Treat bodies like the bullet ridden clothes on a clothesline
'Cause the praised hunter are during his own blind
And it won't be the last time
We use them eyes to see
Them all hanging
I believe I can make you whole
See them all go back again
And I don't think we'll ever know
How it goes and why it runs down
To the place
'Cause I'm slowly turning in
Don't you have to go?
Don't you have to go?
Don't you have to go, child?
Don't you have to go?
Take them to your cousins land
Where sweet Madeleine has got his hand
And she's asking the last man to fall
Don't fall
When I'm listening
Holy water
Go ask your friend
And may your fever be gone
When I'm listing
Holy Llama
Go ask your end
I'll go to pieces if you left me a niece
You can't crucify higher than hell
Well ashes to ashes and making the passes
The potent side of the curb
But I came here covered in soot
From the canopy that breaks on the core made of wood
And as you beholden to me, well I fall
When you wait on the morrow and your legs stay in the burrow
She belies the tallest set of deaths
I can't let you mean it and say you don't need it
'Cause we get lost in the city well
It's not just how you fight when the windows are bright
It's just me all cold soaked in love
It's a lesson incurred that's barely heard
We were walking along the road
Just watching the days come and go
And how you said the evening lies
Saying never you mind, it's sure to be all right
We were dancing in the kitchen
Laughing about something we didn't know
Till you stopped and said, I don't ever want you to die
Never you mind, it's sure to be all right
Never you mind
It's sure to be all right
Hey, Sybil
Yah, we're doing okay
You're my straight six, baby
I wouldn't change a thing
'Cause I watched your momma
Love you with all her soul
And the apple don't fall far from the tree
Luckily for me, it sure to be all right
Hey, Sybil
Yah, we're doing okay
I know what your saying but
I wouldn't change a thing
It's got to be a lovely world to sew
The likes of this girl I know
And may she
May she sleep well tonight
'Cause it's got to be a lovely world to sew
The likes of this girl I know
And I hope that she
She sleep well tonight
Never you mind
On this earth not alone we stand
Outstretched arm and upturned hand
Never knowing when the shakes steady
And 'till now we have seldom seen
And I will go if you go with me
Understand I will wait for thee
I'll try to catch up if you move quickly
If the rain does blow
And oh sir
If you ever lose your way
You can call upon this family
You can call upon this day
And oh maim
If you ever lose your way
You can call up on this family
You can call upon this day
'Cause you're my present my future
My lesson my teacher
Oh, My world is still
You're my guard you're my guide
In my life I confide
To ever shelter your will
And my words are forever my blanket my shiver
Whatever you give I'll never lack
You're my chorus my refrain
The verse of my first pain
Let the voices come barrelling back
'Cause I can stand to stay right where I am
Let the water fill this hand
Bring it to your mouth
And pass beyond your lips
No gale can down this ship
And I'll stand on your shoulders
To watch us grow older
I can see us far along the road
As the trail grows deeper
your my giver my keeper
Laughter for years untold
'Cause I can stand to stay right where I am
Let the water fill this hand
Bring it to your mouth
And pass beyond your lips
No gale can down this ship
And wherever you go there you are
And if I go I won't go far
Wherever you go
There you are
And if I go I won't go far
And oh sir
If you ever lose your way
You can call upon this family
bought the old farmland for a song
sold it for many reasons too many of them wrong
horseshoe bets and the women that came along
blind drunk on their demon rum
kickin the pedals tryin to out run the dogs
with no running start to jump over the fire
doin headstands atop of the rotten telephone poles
all held up by the wire
his knowledge a product of his loneliness
a mad cousin to his holiness
maniacs in cages and patriots in sages
a cruel untelling of the books
but i'll not give myself to the ground
i kill, more than i live, so slowly
heard a great force raping the land
like general kelly and his ghost yellow man
marching like sherman in reverse
steeling the fire from the building, the city from the curse
master dies by his own hired hand
half a day later father's hanging from the steeple
strongest body of thieves to ever scourge a land
to ever pillage a people
but i'll not give myself to the ground
i kill, more than i live, so slowly
oh, allow this night to go on let it roll along, the sun never rise
allow this life to go on, let it roll along, the sun never rise
say one thing and do another
and bunker down in your alsatian den
we ain't got room for your politics here
politicians make a bad name for the conmen
and water fell like burning metal
set off by a dying sun
them women they circled like covered wagons crying
their loved ones back from where they've gone
One gonna heal my body another gonna heal my pain
One gonna settle me down then bring me back up again
I'm gonna put my family back together again
One gonna hold my woman another gonna hold my job
One gonna help me get up, another gonna help me stop
One gonna help me talk right, one gonna lay me down to sleep
(Humming)
One gonna hold my thoughts and another gonna hold my bones
One gonna keep me warm and another gonna keep me cold
One gonna bring religion right from a Coleman stove
One gonna help me keep and another gonna help me take
One gonna run me down, a hail of bullets in the wake
You're gonna keep my soul it was yours to have long ago
(humming)
One gonna buckle my belt around the ceiling pipe
One gonna buckle my knees and one gonna lock them up tight
One gonna hold a pen while you drag my arm across the page
One gonna hold my memory another gonna close the door
One gonna leave me restless another wanting more
You're gonna keep my soul it was yours to have long ago
