From my humble beginning
To our bitter end
You were the one who was pretending
That I was your orphan
In a brownstone apartment in Brooklyn I found a new
place to dwell
I tore up my ticket to Tennessee and checked out of the
Hollywood hotel
You can call me a turncoat
Challenge my dignity
But you were wrong about me
Honey You were wrong, all along, about me
Take off your plastic halo
But don't shun the monks inside your head
Give it to the gullible grooms
Who drink their snake oil beside your bed
In your conjured up courtroom my integrity is on trial
The prosecution is gathering evidence from denial
You can preach to the choir
Say that I'm guilty
CHORUS
Go tell all your friends
Tell the boys back home about it
Tell your nurses and nuns about it
Tell all your cats about it
You were wrong you were wrong…….
Stubborn cowboys click their bootheels
They're all settling their debts
I'm not making any mor deals
I ain't placing no more bets
Downtown on wall street where the millionaires smoke
their cigars
I traded all my savings for a new suit and an electric
guitar
You could say that I sold out
But nobody works for free
This world this world keeps turning, turning around
This world keeps turning me upside down
I can't do nothing to slow it down
This world keeps turning and turning around
Everything you have today. Soon could be gone away
Yesterday I had no sorrow. Here today and gone tomorrow
Here today and gone tomorrow
This world this world keeps turning, turning around
This world keeps turning me upside down
I can't do nothing to slow it down
This world it keeps turning, turning around
People can be so cruel. They'll cheat you and treat you
like a fool
They'll drag your dreams through the dust. 'Till you
don't know who to trust
I don't know who to trust
The more I learn The less I know
Got so far to go. Got so far to go
This world this world keeps turning and turning around
This world keeps turning me upside down
I can't do nothing to slow it down
Where are all my old friends? It's been a long time
gone
We've been drifting apart for so many years I hope
they're still marching on
Some are probably happy with families, working hard to
get ahead
Some of them are lost, some are wandering, and some of
them are already dead
Who do you think you are? It's the life you made
Don't be afraid, of the hands you played
There's an old man sleeping in a parking lot. I wonder
what he dreams about
Businessmen in suits taking meetings over coffee trying
to buy each other out
There's an officer, a senator, a digger and a sewer, a
beggar and a thief
They all sit at different tables but they drink the
same poison as me
Chorus
The power went our, and the stars came out and I went
out for a walk in the dark
There were fireflies flitting and I heard poets
spitting rhymes out in the park
I felt myself drift up off the ground & I rose above
the trees
And I saw my life in photographs of faded memories
Momma got to worrying because her boy left home in a hurry again
Her photographs are fading, she keeps a box in the closet full of negatives
Well, I left a note on the floor in my room
I've always been stubborn and late to bloom
I had to lay down my load, my burdens are my own
It's a coming of age when you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
and I know, I know
I was longing on a short summer night when I had the urge to leave
I went out to find my muse with a eight in my pocket and a craving for some cajun blues
I was following my _____ when I saw her aboard the river queen
I was courting my frail lady all the way to New Orleans
But I was swoon by a luminous tomb so I climbed the roof and gave that woman my croon
I had to tell her all I know, my business is my own
It's a coming of age when you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
And I know, I know
When you feel
When you feel it you know
When you feel
When you feel it you know
When you feel
When you feel it you know
When you feel
When you feel it
Well, mamma got to worrying she said "Now boy, I stay up late wondering where you been!
Oh, soon your gonna have to give in no you can't live forever the way that you been."
Oh, mamma I'm not trying to do not wrong I had to learn this is the way I get along
It's a life that I chose, my reasons are my own
It's a coming of age when you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
I know, I know
When you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
hold this heart when I go
sing my song when I go
sing it loud when I go
sing it proud when I go
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly and
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly and
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly
but I know they'd all be yearning to fly
when my, when my, when my soul
takes leave of this world
when I leave this flesh and these bones
oh I swear to you that you wont have to go alone
hold this heart when I go
sing my song when I go
sing it loud when I go
sing it proud when I go
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly and
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly and
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly
but i know they'd all be yearning to fly
the first time my heart collided with yours
I know I felt the ocean tickle the Earth's sandy shores
but changes come and we all know that we can't, we can't stop them
but I hold these memories and I will never drop them
and I'll watch over you
I'll watch over you
oh my care will cover you just like the moon can do
I'll watch over you
I'll watch over you
oh my care will cover you just like the moon can do
hold this heart when I go
sing my song when I go
sing it loud when I go
sing it proud when I go
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly and
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly and
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly
but i know they'd all be yearning to fly
oh the thought of death has yet to make me afraid
'cause I will march right off this world into the next like its a grand parade
but if you feel lonely just like you want to run and hide
then I'll wrap my wings around you and give you strength and I wont leave your side
and I'll watch over you
I'll watch over you
oh, my care will cover you just like the moon'll do
I'll watch over you
I'll watch over you
you know I'd love to get to heaven
you know I'd love to see the view
but first I think I'll stay and watch over you
oh, I'll watch over you
When I heard the news,
My heart fell on the floor
I was on a plane on my way to Baltimore
In these trouble times it's hard enough as it is
My soul has a known a better life than this
I wonder how so many can be in so much pain,
While others don't seem to feel a thing
Then I curse my whiteness,
And I get so damn depressed,
In a world with suffering,
Why should I be so blessed?
I heard about a women who lives in Colorado,
She built a monoment of sorts behind the garage door
Where everyday she prays for all whom are born
And all whose souls have passed on
Sometimes my trouble gets so thick
I can't see how Im gonna get through it
But then I'd rather be stuck up in a tree
Then be tied to it
There is so much more.
I don't feel comfortable witt the way my clothes fit
I can't get used to my bodys limits
I got some fancy shoes to try and giggle away these blues
They cost a lot of money but they aren't worth a thing
I wanna free my feet from the broken glass and concrete
I need to get out of this city
Lay apon the ground stare a hole in the sky
Wondering where I go when I die
When the sky is falling from above you
And the wind is raging from the coast
And you want someone who truly loves you
I will be the one who loves you the most
When the masquerade and burlesqued balls
Become too ordinary to boast
You complain about the parade and curtain calls
I will be the one who loves you the most
Yeah, I will be the one who loves you the most
When the women with their stolen graces
Don’t invite you to play host
To their daughters with fake faces
I will be the one who loves you the most
When all the debutantes desert you
And all the doorways are all closed
And the harlequins have hurt you
I will be the one who loves you the most
I will be the one who loves you the most
When your suitors sneering swank beside you
And leave you hollow like a ghost
And you just want somebody to confide to
I will be the one who loves you the most
I will be the one who loves you the most
See, when you forgive your imperfections
And you’ve auctioned all your clothes
And look to see your true reflection
You will be the one who loves you the most
You will be the one who loves you the most
Pilgrims in the parking lot
Arteries clogged with blood clots
Pushing through the aisles of department stores
Neon crosses and Christmas lights
Credit card debts and brand new bikes
The holidays are here and we're still at war
The rabbi reads from the testament
The banker gazes at the year's investments
Salvation santa's solicit for the poor
Deception of democracy
The philanderings of faux foreign policy
The holidays are here and we're still at war
Smoggy skies and fixed elections
Injustice strikes from all directions
People with their backs against the floor
Looking for someone to set us free
A king with fists like Mohammad Ali
The holidays are here and we're still at war
A mother knows what is best for you
Even though it's hard to listen
Your father knows he can count on you
Though you couldn't count on him
Christopher Columbus knew
Vasco De Gama and Magellan too
The profits of oppression grow like never before
All hail to the captalist thief
And mourn your lost ones and covet our grief
The holidays are here and we're still at war
Hurricane waters ravage southern towns
And black and brown people are left to drown
While the White House and the emergency management
agency ignores
Victims seek shelter in the Astrodome
And the National Guard says 'Don't go home'
The holidays are here and we're still at war
Police officers hassle the homeless
Domestic disputes, alcohol and violence
The jailhouse opens wide its door
A corporation cuts a million employees
And the factory is moving overseas
The holidays are here and we're still at war
A mother knows what is best for you
Even though it's hard to listen
Your father knows he can count on you
Though you couldn't count on him
Jesus sheds another tear
Into a sea of two thousand years
Into the eve of a new year once more
Tears of joy, resolutions of sorrow
Toast to health and wealth tomorrow
The holidays are here and we're still at war
Religious wars and domination
World trade and globalization
The prices of petroleum soar
Lonesome churches are packed with sinners
Non-believers and new beginners
The holidays are here and we're still at war
Say a prayer for the less fortunate
Prisoners and soldiers you never have met
Understand what it is they're fighting for
Say a prayer for your enemies
Say a prayer for the victims and their families
The holidays are here and we're still at war
Okay - Alright - Alright
Sydney, whenever you feel unhappy
All you have to do is call me
I can make you laugh
Sydney, I know that you were wrongly accused
I hope you don't lose your sense of humor
Allegations made in the school yard
Soccer moms gossip in the dog park
Their bark is worse then their bite
They're only a couple of crazy cougars
They're bored and spreading their desperate rumors
You know that I was never that cool
But I won't be taken for a fool
If they wanna talk trash
They can talk, talk, talk
But they better come *correct*
And if you ever need me, call me
I'll come runnin' straight to you
Straight from the airport
(I'll come runnin')
Cut through the customs line
(I'll come runnin')
Bust down the courthouse doors
(I'll come runnin')
Sydney, I will testify
(I'll come runnin')
Sydney, I will testify to ya
We were in the basement
Just giving our blood on stage and
Pretending that we were famous
While you were getting framed
I went back to my room in Surrey Hills, yes I did
I didn't know you were in trouble until you came in
Just as skinny as a twig in my kitchen
And told me I was looking at a dead man
I said, "Sydney, you're wrong."
There's a lot of good people living in LA, yes there are and
We won't let nobody take you away, no we won't
You know I was never that cool
But I won't be taken for a fool
If the wanna talk trash they can talk, talk, talk
But they better come *correct*
And if you ever need me you just call me
I'll come runnin' to you
Straight from the airport
(I'll come runnin')
Cut through the customs line
(I'll come runnin')
Bust down the courthouse doors
(I'll come runnin')
Sydney I will testify
(I'll come runnin')
Sydney I will testify
(I'll come runnin')
I will testify
(I'll come running')
I will testify
(I'll come runnin')
to ya, to ya, to ya
Sydney whenever you think you need me
Call me up and I'll come runnin' straight to you
I was never that cool
But I won't be taken for a fool
If the wanna talk trash they can talk, talk, talk
But they better come *correct*
And if you ever need me you just call me
I come runnin' to ya
Straight from the airport
(I'll come runnin')
Cut through the customs line
(I'll come runnin')
Bust down the courthouse doors
(I'll come runnin')
Sydney I will testify
(I'll come runnin')
Sydney I will testify
(I'll come runnin')
I will testify
(I'll come running')
I will testify
(I'll come runnin')
to ya, to ya, to ya
Dark clouds gather in the afternoon
Come together just to cry
Seagulls struggling against the wind
Falling out of the sky
Grandma's gathering aluminum cans in a rusty shopping cart
Born-againers getting their lives together while my whole world's falling apart
Open up your eyes
It's happening all around you
If it hasn't found you
Well You know it's just a matter of time
Surprise surprise
What do you think the world owes you
It's not the way it's supposed to go
Well you know It's just a matter of time
Songbird sittig in a tree house with a trumpet to her lips
I'm laying on my back in the tall green grass staring up at the eclipse
Whispers lurking in the alley behind where the children where no shoes
Call girls and corner kids hustling saying what do you got to lose
Open up your eyes
It's happening all around you
If it hasn't found you
Well You know it's just a matter of time
Surprise surprise
What do you think the world owes you
It's not the way it's supposed to go
Well you know It's just a matter of time
And there's nowhere you can run to because the eyes are upon you
Some of the coming up hard and hungry
Stepping up to take your turn
Some of them throwing their money in the fire
Just to watch it burn
Open up your eyes
It's happening all around you
If it hasn't found you
Well You know it's just a matter of time
Surprise surprise
What do you think the world owes you
It's not the way it's supposed to go
In the womb of winter, summer seems a myth
In my desperation I throw my faith into the wind
Born to a world where it is fine just to fit in
From the cradle to the grave, it never ends
Someday, someday in a cloud of gray
I will, I'll make my great escape, yes
So many ways to walk upon the earth
I trace my footsteps to the place of my birth
So what do you do with all your precious time
So many ways, in which to reach for the sky
Someday, someday in a cloud of gray
I will, I'll make my great escape
Someday, someday in a cloud of gray
I will, I'll make my great escape, yes
Say, little bit by little bit
Someday
I may be weary but I am not weak
I can sing a song of suffering
Baby, a song on song is
Dancing on the tip of your tongue
My salivation's ahead of me
I can feel it calling me
I know they aye, I know they aye
Will be ready
Someday, someday in a cloud of gray
I will, I'll make my great escape
Someday, someday, yes, in a cloud of gray
I will, I'll make my great
Someday, yes, in a cloud of, in a cloud of
I will make my great, yes
Someday, yes, in a cloud, in a cloud of
Well, the witches stare with their limbs akimbo
Silhouettes a statues up in the window
Call me the coming with the crooked crescendo
But I don't
Devotees dance among the
Dancing moms on the promenade
Into a tabernago on the long
But I don't follow
Because she's mine, she's mine
She's mine, all mine
Yeah, she's mine, mine
Mine
Midnight mood across the peoples parking
I fled the fire like a spin and spark upon
Zoo approaching the dark
She was waiting right there for me
She knows that my hands are empty
As I go pass, her mother's a envy
And I don't have to fumble in the dark
For my keys
I believe she's mine, she's mine
She's mine, all mine
Yeah, she's mine, mine
Mine
The pupils gathered in the yard
Around the [Incomprehensible] made of cars
And waited for that leaders words
But his words didn't make much sense
His mouth is spat out of fist today
'Cause in his tongue is swirled in a southern swagger
And I love they all, the people gather
But they're worn in a trance
And she's mine, she's mine
She's mine, all mine
Yeah, she's mine, mine
Mine
I was strong before the quarter canes
Toss my soul to the furnace flames
Where all my heroes have been slain
Exiled or put in prison
Because they rose above the mess
And because their power opposed the fading
Because they spoke of something else
When everybody else didn't
The music fills the space between
The deities in the prophecies
Nobodys pressing the steed
Standing in the sand
She looks at me so fearlessly
And I take it all too seriously
But it all becomes a flee to me
And makes me understand
That she's mine, she's mine
She's mine, all mine
Yeah, she's mine, mine
Mine
Yeah, she's mine, all mine
All mine, all mine
Yeah, she's mine, yes, mine
Oh, mine
Yes, she's mine, yeah, mine
Yeah, mine
Go if you want to go
But I won't follow
Just so you know
Leave if you wanna to leave
But I won't be here
when you come home
I'm gonna to move to San Francisco
Look up some old friends
I'm gonna get me a navy pea coat
And an old Mercedes Benz
This old town it keeps shrinking
There's too many people in my junk
I'm gonna do a lot of drinking
Cause it don't hurt when I'm drunk
CHORUS
I'm gonna rent me an old Victorian
Down in the Lower Height
I'm gonna get me an old accordion
Play for the viewers on the golden gate
I'm gonna plant a garden
Paint my bathroom blue
I'm gonna try real hard
To get over you
Here in the city life doesn't move so slow
There's plenty of good people I know
Up in north beach they drink spicy Italian liqueur
Down on market there's a lot of hobos and the hustlers
Down in Hayes Valley, there's a lot of real good restaurants
Deep in the tenderloin you can get anything you want
Over in the mission it's always a sunny day
It's a real good baseball town but my team is across the bay
after all these tears have dried
these knots are gonna come untied
and when I climb down from this tree
to walk on land will be so heavenly
and if I don't know what to do
oh, I swear I won't follow any of you
because all thats wanted by us
to lay our tracks in the settling dust
all that's wanted by us
mhmm, is the glorious
and I've been loved inside a heart for years
and I'm breaking out
I'm busting rims
and I'm led blinding through the light of day
and I know now that none of you fools know the way
none of you fools know the way
when my words are rehearsed and clear
may I speak loud enough for everyone to hear
and when my arrow flies straight and true
may it pierce the clouds soar through on through
and when I gain the strength to make a move
I'll drift above and sail away from this cold wet ground
because all that's wanted by us
is to lay our tracks in the settling dust
all that's wanted by us
mhmm, is the glorious
and I've been loved inside a heart for years
and I'm breaking out
I'm busting rims
it's time for me to go off on my own
you can tell them that this child has grown
I saw you spiraling
I saw you spinning back in time
through all your memories
such a quiet disease
you had forgotten me
but I'll always remember you dancing
across the kitchen in your orange handkerchief
such a quiet disease
I pray that when you dream you would remember everything
you know it all comes back to you
in one conscience dream
maybe you'd sing and put words to all the things
that you think of in a day
but forgotten how to say
nothing last forever
not even the mountains
someday they will be swept away and swallowed by the sea
we all shall be blessedly released
life is so precious it's as fragile as a dream
and in a moment we all grow our wings
I wish to sing as if no ones listening
I wish to dance as if no one is watching
I wish to dance as if no one is watching
and I, give thanks for my dreams
you can rob me of my sight
and you can poison my blood stream
but as long as I can dream then life is worth living
nothing last forever
not even the mountains
someday they will be swept away and swallowed by the sea
we all shall be blessedly released
nothing last forever
not even the sun
for all we know it could have burned out light years ago
and in the morning, when I rise
one question, that feels like the sun in my eyes
am I making the most of this life?
so much trouble and so much strife
and in my guilty hour
through all of my shame
when all my love is run sour
I have no one else to blame
cause it finds me through the mask I wear
and I see it through it my eyes closed
but still I can not bare to stare into my worries and my woes
theres comfort in self loathing and its easy to slip into it
but still I must learn to lead my life with no regrets
all the time it all moves in the same direction
so don't let it pass you by
because It moves so fast , theres no time for perfection
so make the most of this life
make the most of this life, uh
make the most of this life
make the most of this life
and when I fall I fall hard
and I dwell to often in my falls
I must accept it and move on
theres just no shame in having to crawl
cause it finds me through the mask I wear,
and I see it through it my eyes closed,
but still I can not bare to stare into my worries and my woes,
theres comfort in self loathing and its easy to slip into it
but still I must learn to lead my life with no regrets,
all the time, it all moves in the same direction,
so don't let it pass you by,
because It moves so fast, theres no time for perfection,
so make the most of this life, oh
make the most of this life ,oh
make the most of this life
just make the most of this life
and if you come to me smiling
oh I, will see you shining out from within
such a beautiful grin aw
falling down on me and freckling my skin
wake I am pour I a cup of
wake I am pour I a cup
I believe that you were born
during an eclipse
and the stars named you moon child
then you come, you rise in to my sky
you stepped in front of my sky and it makes my whole world dark
and you light up the night
just like the moon
just like the moon you light up the night
and sometimes, sometimes I only get a sliver of ya
but I'm hopin', I'm hopin' for a full moon tonight
laid back and I'm restless in the daytime
and I'm chased by these shadows oh thats haunting me
and then you come with nighttimes woolly blanket
and you wrap me like a child who's been in the rain too long
and you light up the night
just like the moon
just like the moon you light up the night
and sometimes, sometimes I only get a sliver of ya
but I'm hopin', I'm hopin' for a full moon tonight
oh I've chased the moon, ya know I've tried
and each time I've tried, each time I've failed
and each time I get so down on myself
and I can't stand this pace of a snail
while the rest of the world pales all the night
ya know I
know that I can probably never be the same
'cause you light up the night
just like the moon
just like the moon you light up the night
and sometimes, sometimes I only get a sliver of ya
but I'm hopin', I'm hopin' for a full moon tonight
and in the night
I can feel your lovelight shining bright
falling down on me like autumn leaves
tell me how am i supposed to fall asleep
and in the night
I can feel your lovelight shining bright
falling down on me like autumn leaves
Beyond the rules of religion
The cloth of conviction
Above all competition
Where fact and fiction meet
There's no color lines, cast, or classes
There's no fooling of the masses
Whatever faith you practice
Whatever you believe
Heaven...Heaven....
What the hell is heaven
Is it a home for the homeless?
Is there hope for the hopeless?
There's no color lines or casts or classes
There's no fooling the masses
Whatever faith you practice
Whatever you believe
Heaven... Heaven...
What the hell is heaven?
Is there a home for the homeless?
Is there hope for the hopeless?
Throw away your misconceptions
There's no walls around heaven
There's no codes you gotta know to get in
No minutemen or border patrol
You must lose all earthly possesion
Leave behind your weapons
You can't buy your salvation
And there is no pot of gold
Heaven ain't got no prisons
No goverment no business
No banks or politicians
No armies and no police
Castles and cathedrals crumble
Pyramids and pipelines tumble
The failure keeps you humble
And leads us closer to peace
Heaven... Heaven...
What the hell is heaven?
Is there a home for the homeless?
Is there hope for the hopeless?
Is there a home for the homeless?
don't forget, don't forget
mhmm
that I believe in you
should you forget
should you forget
let me remind
that I am behind you
you were a secret, waiting to be found out
soon be what everyone is talking about
may you spread your love like laughter
find whatever you're after
open all your windows and let the music spill out
don't forget, don't forget
that I believe in you
should you forget
should you forget
let me remind you
that I am behind
may you dance like rain upon a still lake
you make this world a beautiful place
no more crying, don't shun your light, keep shining
wipe your tears from your sweet face
don't forget, don't forget
that I believe in you
should you forget
should you forget
let me remind you
that I am behind
don't be afraid should things happen to change
'cause change can be a beautiful thing
should things fall apart
be patient like a rainbow
a desert sunrise, you warm my soul
painting me in shades of clay
covering me whole
and I'm a lizard, sunbathing in your radiance
Oh, I come out of hiding, so sweet
so sweet you are
if I could only have a taste
wrap my lips around your flavor
just because you are you
just because you are, so beautiful
and I've been waiting all this life
in the company of one
and I know I am young
but I don't want to be alone
if you could only just
consider the two of us
and I know darling
I could be so good to you
I see you rising
on the horizon
bringing light into the day
and I'm coasting on your rays
when I awoke, you spoke through the mist of the mystic bliss
casting shadows
on all my dismal yesterdays
do you remember that you told me, darling
that I was so real
I tell you all my tears for you are real
and we'll cross that bridge again some day
I know we will
I hope we will
desert sunset, a lullaby
if I could give it all to you
if you'd only let me try
sing so sweetly, it's my only wish
music drips from your lips like sweet sips of a summer's kiss
summer raindrops are precious, tongues twist
and I’ve been waiting all this life
in the company of one
and I know I am young
but I don’t want to be alone
if you could only just
consider the two of us
I know darling
I could be so good to you
I see you rising, on the horizon
bringing light into the day
and I’m coasting on your rays
when I awoke and you spoke through the mist of a mystic bliss
casting shadows
on all my dismal yesterdays
do you remember that you told me, darling
that I was so real
I tell you all my tears for you are real
we’ll cross that bridge again some day
I know we will
I hope we will
desert moonrise, into the night
before we lay our heads
I wish to walk under the splendorous starlight
sing so sweetly, it’s the sweetest sound
and I’ve become weak in the knees
and I drop down and kiss the ground
and all my cares lie far below
in this earth I wish to die
Day by day
Minute by minute
That's how we're living
Day by day
Minute by minute
That's how we're living
Day by day
Minute by minute
That's how we're living
Day by day
Minute by minute
That's how we're living
Day by day
Minute by minute
That's how we're living
Day by day
Minute by minute
That's how we're living
Day by day
Minute by minute
When I arrived in my own set of clothes
I was half a world away from my home
And I was hunted by the wolves and I was heckled by the crows
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know
Alongside my innocence I laid in bed awake
Conflicted in these chains with the impetus of age
But like a phantom she crept across the floor and out the window
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know
From this place on the mantle my heart was taken down
Scattered in a thousand little pieces on the ground
And out below the streetlamp like an orphan with a halo
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know
'Cause it won't last - the worries will pass
All your troubles they don't stand a chance
And sometimes it takes more than a lifetime to know
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know
The confidence is full with your faith etched in stone
And I let clean comfort you from the wild unknown
So very auburn and hatred like a hatchet in snow
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know
If you have a broken heart or a battered soul
Find something to hold on to or to let go
To help you through the hard nights like a flask filled with hope
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know
'Cause it won't last - your worries will pass
All your troubles they don't stand a chance
And it always hurts the worst when it's the ones we love the most
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know
Sometimes your path is marked in the sky
Sometimes you're forced to fit in between the lines
Sometimes all that you can do is say no
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know
I said, when I arrived in my own set of clothes
I was half a world away from my home
And I was hunted by the wolves and I was heckled by the crows
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know
I said, Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know
Well I've tasted love so sweet
Played around but not for keeps
I never been knocked off my feet
Till you came along
In the room surrounding me
Are angels I cannot see
I know they come to carry me to
Where I belong
Closer to you, closer to you
I'm singing like a sailor strutting up your avenue
Like a clown in a costume shop
With a pocket full of jewels
All the knocks upon your door
Footsteps fallen on your floor
All the shipwrecks on your shore
Mean nothing to me
All the crooks on Capitol Hill
Criminals on the dollar bills
All the money on Wall Street still
Couldn't keep me from getting
Closer to you. Closer to you
Like a priest on a pulpit preaching to an empty room
Like a drunk in a dive bar in the early afternoon
Closer to you.
Poets could not pronounce your name
Gamblers couldn't play the game
Matchstick statues set to flame
Couldn't hold a candle to you
Swindlers on the Sunset strip
Hypnotists and hypocrites
Ventriloquists and Pickpockets
Wish that they could get
Well I've tasted love so sweet
Played around but not for keeps
I never been knocked off my feet till you came along
I sit through the trickery
The jealousy and vanity
The potency of your prophesy
Because I long to be
Closer to you. Closer to you
Like a hound dog in a junkyard honey
I'm howling at the moon
Like a Pirate in a pawnshop with a pocket full of
jewels
Closer to you (x3)
I'll get through
Oh baby I'll get through
listen close, as close as I am to you
like the bell of liberty, I'll ring a sound that's true
and days go by and seasons too
in time our love may digress with the words we can renew
oh, i'll tell you that I
I love you by and by
I don't know if I'd survive
without a friend like you in my life
and I know words can be the worst to pervey
how it is I feel for you, it's hard for me to say
but if we keep it simple, I think it's better that way
tingled words tend to lead my messages astray
oh, i'll tell you that I
I love you by and by
I don't know if I'd survive
without a friend like you in my life
this web we weave
holds us hand in hand
and if we loosen our grips
we may weaken these strands
so lets reinforce our love and let it echo through the land
and if we don't we may find ourselves washed up with the sand
oh, i'll tell you that I
I love you by and by
I don't know if I'd survive
I welcome the sun,
the clouds and rain,
the wind that sweeps the sky clean
and lets the sun shine again.
this is the most magnificent life has ever been.
here is heaven and earth
and the brilliant sky in between.
blessed is this life
and I'm gonna celebrate being alive.
blessed is this life
and I'm gonna celebrate being alive
I dwell in the darkness
I live in the light
I sleep in the afternoon
and become the noise in the night
I trespass in temptation
suffered in sacrifice
but I awake each day with a new sunrise
blessed is this life, oh
and I'm gonna celebrate being alive
blessed is this life, oh
all we have is love
oh, we're growing
faster than we ever could have dreamed
and our bellies are bulging
we're gonna burst right through our seams
it's got us all in competition
for wealth and recognition
globalization I say's a contradiction
for we can't keep paving over this world
we won't all fit in
all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
(in the night?)
but those can lift us up
so we can rise above
so we can rise above
and all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
(in the night?)
but those can lift us up
so we can rise
so we can rise above the madness
and there's enough wealth for everyone
but some have the most
and most have some
and there's enough food for us all to flourish
tell me why are so many malnourished
you say this weakness in an empty pocket, no
and I'll tell you this weakness in an empty heart
and you say there's strength in the power to control
and I'll tell you no, there's strength in only love and compassion
all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
(in the night?)
but those can lift us up
so we can rise above
so we can rise above
and all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
(in the night?)
but those can lift us up
so we can rise
so we can rise above the madness
soon we'll find our own way home
'cause we all need a little healing sometimes
soon we'll find our own way home
'cause we all need a little healing
so give love
it's the only thing that heals you
come on sisters, give it to your brothers
so give love
it's the only thing that heals you
cause we all need a little healing
so give love it's the only thing that heals you
come on brothers, give it to your sisters
so give love it's the only thing that heals you
'cause we all need a little healing
and I can rest to show you that love will always cure you
no matter what your sickness is
no matter what hurts you
so give love it's the only thing that cures you
we all need a little healing
and if you give it, I have learned
it'll all be returned
if you only give love
if you only just give your love
all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
(in the night?)
but those can lift us up
so we can rise above
so we can rise above
and all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
(in the night?)
but those can lift us up
so we can rise
There ain't no reason things are this way
It's how they've always been and they intend to stay
I can't explain why we live this way
We do it everyday
Preachers on the podiums speaking to saints
Prophets on the sidewalk begging for change
Old ladies laughing from the fire escape, cursing my name
I got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same
A window and a pigeon with a broken wing
You can spend your whole life working for something
Just to have it taken away
People walk around pushing back their desks
Wearing pay checks like necklaces and bracelets
Talking 'bout nothing, not thinking 'bout death
Every little heart beat, every little breath
People walk a tight rope on a razor's edge
Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons
It could be a bomb or a bullet or a pen
Or a thought or a word or a sentence.
There ain't no reason things are this way
It's how they've always been and they intend to stay
I don't know why I say the things I say,
But I say them anyway.
But love will come set me free
Love will come set me free
I do believe
Love will come set me free
I know it will
Love will come set me free
Prison walls still standing tall
Some things never change at all
Keep on building prisons,
Gonna fill them all.
Keep on building bombs
Gonna drop them all
Working your fingers bare to the bone
Breaking your back, make you sell your soul
Like a lung is filled with coal, suffocating slow
The wind blows wild and I may move
But politicians lie and I am not fooled
You don't need no reason or a 3 piece suit
To argue the truth
The air on my skin and the world under my toes
Slavery stitched into the fabric of my clothes
Chaos and commotion wherever I go
Love, I try to follow
Love will come set me free
Love will come set me free
I do believe
Love will come set me free
I know it will
Love will come set me free
There ain't no reason things are this way
It's how they always been and they intend to stay
I can't explain why we live this way;
Your gonna fall apart
It's gonna break your heart
Your gonna know that you were wrong
Down to the boatyard you'll run
Like you did at your graduation
Your gonna miss her when she's gone
Who you trying to fool?
Your gonna miss her when she's
Your gonna miss her when she's
Your gonna miss her when she's gone
You in your second hand suit
That you wore to the portrait shoot
It was just a dream that you once had
Your gonna lose control
It's gonna take it's toll on you
You'd better let it drive you mad
Who you trying to fool?
What are you trying to prove?
Your gonna miss her when she's
Your gonna miss her when she's
Your gonna miss her when she's gone
These are the wounds that heal you
It's the pain that reveals you
Your gonna miss her when she's
Your gonna miss her when she's
I only wanted to be closer to you
I thought I had something to prove
Instead I fled with my superstition
Because you are a woman
Now I was a poet since before I could speak
A man's emotions are what make him weak
I come to you more or less a humble man
Because you are a woman
And I find most of the time
I'm lost inside my own mind
I look all over, all over to find
It don't keep me satisfied
All the conquest that I construe
Fail miserably in front of you
Have you ever been loved by such a charismatic fool
And I'm a circle for your love
The self sin and struggle crowd the sidewalk
Parading pose with phones and paper cups
You walk like truth to a world of fiction
Because you are a woman
And I find most of the time
It's all inside my mind
I look all over, all over to find
It don't keep me satisfied, yeah
And I find most of the time
I miss the way your body coils round mine
Slope of your shoulders, the curve of your spine
Because you are a woman
I change my strings and pack my suitcase
I'm always leaving for some other place
But I return to you again and again
Because you are a woman
When the sky is falling from above you
And the wind is raging from the coast
And you want someone who truly loves you
I will be the one who loves you the most
When the masquerade and burlesqued balls
Become too ordinary to boast
You complain about the parade and curtain calls
I will be the one who loves you the most
Yeah, I will be the one who loves you the most
When the women with their stolen graces
Don’t invite you to play host
To their daughters with fake faces
I will be the one who loves you the most
When all the debutantes desert you
And all the doorways are all closed
And the harlequins have hurt you
I will be the one who loves you the most
I will be the one who loves you the most
When your suitors sneering swank beside you
And leave you hollow like a ghost
And you just want somebody to confide to
I will be the one who loves you the most
I will be the one who loves you the most
See, when you forgive your imperfections
And you’ve auctioned all your clothes
And look to see your true reflection
You will be the one who loves you the most
You will be the one who loves you the most
You can put a stick in my spokes
I can be the butt of your jokes
I can be the laughing stock, I can be the hoax
But I ain't gonna lose you
No, I ain't gonna lose you
They can come and tear my house down
They can run me out of town
They can tie me up, call me a clown
But I ain't gonna lose you
No, I ain't gonna lose you
I can't stand the thought of another man
No, I ain't gonna lose you
They can make me turn my back on my friends
And send me away to San Quentin
Put me in the hole thousand times again
Oh, I ain't gonna lose you
No, I ain't gonna lose you
Throw me in a hurricane
Tell the whole world I've gone insane
Run an electric shock to my brain
But I ain't gonna lose you
No, I ain't gonna lose you
I can't stand the thought of another man
No, I ain't gonna lose you
No, I ain't gonna lose, ain't gonna lose
Ain't gonna lose, ain't gonna lose
Ain't gonna lose, ain't gonna lose
And I'll sing it from my roof top
Sing it from the bus stop
Sing it on the street drunk to a cop
Oh, I ain't gonna lose you
No, I ain't gonna lose, ain't gonna lose you
Ain't gonna lose you, ain't gonna lose
So long my misery
I don't need you, you've only caused me grief
Forgive me if I fall asleep
I haven't slept in centuries
Daylight lives like a burden for me
So I escape the sins strewn about the streets
Beyond the ruins of my ancestry
Five pairs of pages of my disbelief
I rose from my moat like a ghost from a grave
Sunken in the salty eyes of the wandering into space
I was heading though the mists across the Golden Gate
All of my rebellions fall in to the falling fate
So long my misery
I don't need you, you have only caused me grief
Forgive me if I fall asleep
I haven't slept in centuries
Springtime came again and it caressed and fell
I flew past the numb lib nuns who never tell
The secrets of the sailors and their seven years spell
I will not fall, nor will my wings ever melt
If I could, I would wash all these wounds away
I would surround your room with a sinner mans grace
I would paint your portrait over everything mundane
More colorful than Easter Sunday
So long my misery
I don't need you, you have only caused me grief
Forgive me if I fall asleep
I haven't slept in centuries
Put me on a boat and lead my inhibitions at bay
My mind is spinning but I haven't much to say
I was running through the canyons
The echoes of your name
You were laughing at me like the sun laughs at the flames
Put me on a page in a book of beginnings
Let me scroll through old volumes of age and teachings
Let me revel all of these forgotten feelings
Lay me with the wretches in the arms of my queen
So long sweet misery
I don't need you, you've only caused me grief
Forgive me if I fall asleep
I haven't slept in centuries
So long sweet misery
I don't need you, you've only caused me grief
Forgive me if I fall asleep
I haven't slept in centuries
No, I haven't slept in centuries
crows ravaging a field of wheat
stars jealous of the moon
scarecrows know their own defeat
envy and the heart that it consumes
today i walked without you
like an empty bottle drifting out to sea
i would change it if i knew how to
but it don't come that easily
if my heart wasn't such a jungle
maybe you wouldn't feel so all alone
and if your heart wasn't such an ocean
i wouldn't sink like a stone
if you weren't so far from me
i could you hold you while you're sleepin
and hear ya breathin softly
and be there when you wake
phone calls cannot complete us
letters cannot replace
the miles and miles and miles between us
another time another place
if my heart wasn't such a jungle
maybe you wouldn't feel so all alone
and if your heart wasn't such an ocean
i wouldn't sink like a stone
i have yet to meet another
who burns bright as you
i'm not looking for any other
i only want you.
if my heart wasn't such a jungle
maybe you wouldn't feel so all alone
and if your heart wasn't such an ocean
i wouldn't sink like a stone
i wouldn't sink like a stone
Oh baby won't you come with me I'll tell you where I'm going Over the meadow, down by the stream Under the shade of a fig tree
So won't you come along Won't you come along Well, come with me Underneath the shade The shade of a fig tree
And it won't take long It won't take long 'Till you'll be beside me Shake it mama, shake Shake me up in my tree Well, shake me up in my tree
Oh the sunlight streaks across the meadow Comes speaking through the canopy The shadow suggests the shape of my interests Under your fig leaf
So won't you come along Won't you come along Well, come with me Underneath the shade The shade of a fig tree
And it won't take long It won't take long 'Till you'll be beside me Shake it mama, shake Shake me up in my tree Shake me up in my tree
Mmm Alright
So won't you come a long Won't you come along Well, come with me Underneath the shade The shade of a fig tree
And it won't take long It won't take long 'Till you'll be beside me, baby Shake it mama, shake Shake me up in my tree Yes, shake me up in my tree
Uprooting's heavy on the tree And nature has been good to thee You've been sittin' pretty with your prudence and your paw swingin' I've been barking up the wrong tree
So won't you come along Won't you come along Well, come with me Underneath the shade The shade of a fig tree
Like a southbound train
Here's a song for leaving
Don't you know the pain
It's a part of the healing
Moon with a halo
Like a pearl in a peasant's hand
Religion on the radio
Advertising a promised land
Everything that attaches
Someday falls apart
When the plan collapses
It can break your heart
Like a southbound train
This is a song for leaving
Don't you know the pain
It's a part of the healing
Like a southbound train
Here is a song for leaving
Don't you know the pain
It's a part of the healing
To the airport in the rain
Sadness seeping through
Leaving faith on a jet plane
Hurling through the blue
Love is the tear
That taught me to fall
Whispered in my ear
Soothing me to my soul
Like a southbound train
Here's a song for leaving
Don't you know the pain
It's a part of the healing
Quiet constellations
I don't walk through the night
Silent salutations
Under a southwestern sky
Battlegrounds behind me
Smoke in the trees
Memories to remind me
Puts my soul to ease
Like a southbound train
Here's a song for leaving
Don't you know the pain
It's a part of the healing
Like a southbound train
This is a song for leaving
Don't you know the pain
It's a part of the healing
This is a train
Get on the train
Where is my shit?
you know it
She's making love for breakfast
in Venice
In the little white house with rent control
She's got
Turquoise tiles on the counter in the kitchen
she cooks she listens to Nina Simone
and all the hipsters on the east side
they think they're too cool for school
but they don't know
She's the queen of the west side
and she rocks me to my soul
she rocks me to my soul
She's sunbathing in her bare skin
I'm jealous of the light shining on her back
"Where is my shit?"
Well, I'm walking down Montana and I'm singing I'm in heaven
Hoping that she asks me to come back
All the know it alls on the Northside
They think they know
They dont know
What I know
She's the Queen of the Westside
yes she is
she rocks me to my soul
she rocks me to my soul
When you're sleeping, safe from harm
What you do dream about when you're in my arms?
All through the night the world was spinning
At the speed of light
Wars were fought, while I held you tight
You fell deep into an untamed sleep
When the moon begin to creep
And the comets keep their promises
While the constellations weep
[Chorus:]
Little cosmic girl, isn't it a big world?
Say, don't you worry about the little things
Don't let the daylight rob your dreams
Little cosmic girl, isn't it a wild world?
There is love and there is sadness
And there are miracles and madness
And we may never understand
No we may never understand
We are traveling in a minstrel's circus
In that caravan across the universe
All at once our bitter grudges
Were put to rest
Deaths were mourned, while births were blessed
Are we an accident in time
Or part of a grand design
Press your body close to mine
[Chorus x2]
Tell me do you believe, my little cosmic girl, in what you cannot see
Do you believe [3x] in what you cannot see, my little cosmic girl
I am a dreamer And I'm a lover I've been let down I've loved and lost I've been alone I've been far from home
Follow your heart Follow your heart Follow your heart and you won't get lost
I been a poor man I been a rich man I made a fortune And I've paid the cost I've had some good friends They come and go
CHORUS
I've been cheated I've been defeated I played the game and I've been Double crossed Every friend of mine Has been in hard times
You haven't said it but I hear it so loud
And there's a cloud around your head, yes it is
I stick around, I could be a stranger in your town
Or I could fly half way around the world just to be turned down
Don't hold back your tears from falling
Don't pretend they're for me, darling
You can tell me I'm not the one
I know the sun is shining somewhere
Oh, on someone it's only rain
Doesn't mean the day's over
It don't change the way I feel, it doesn't change a thing
Only rain, it's only rain, it's only rain, it's only rain, yes, it is
You gone on magazines and the silver screen
They hear the gold that's in your heart
I'll be fine, oh, I can stay with an old friend of mine
I can find myself some California wine
Don't hold back your tears from falling
Don't pretend they're for me, darling
You can tell me I'm not the one
I know the sun is shining somewhere
On someone it's only rain
Doesn't mean the day's over
It don't change the way I feel, it doesn't change a thing
It's only rain, it's only rain, it's only rain, it's only rain
Yes, it is, alright, yeah, it's only rain, oh yeah
Ooh, ooh, oh yeah, it's only rain, doesn't mean the day is over
It don't change the way I feel, no way, it doesn't change a thing
No, it doesn't change a thing, doesn't change a thing
Doesn't change a thing, no, it's only rain, it's only rain, yes, it is
I saw you dance and sing on stage
with your bare feet and your hair in braids
You press your lips against your horn
If I could only be the notes you moan
Ever since I heard my first love song
I've been looking for ya all along
I know I can't be wrong
I know you don't feel it now
but I'm gonna' make you fall in love with me
Someday baby, somehow
Oh, I'm gonna' to make you fall in love with me
I wanna' strum upon your street
And make you cry love, cry out loving
Dance drunken to your heart's beat
And kiss ya in the moonlight in the middle of the street
I know that we've both been here before
In another lifetime maybe more
It's karma I'm sure.
I know you don't feel it now
but I'm gonna' make you fall in love with me
Someday baby, somehow
Oh, I'm gonna' to make you fall in love with me
I took ya drivin' down to Big Sur, down the coast of California
You had your head out of the window
and you stared out at the ocean
You never heard
the albums Graceland or Blue
I play them both for you
The songs of my youth
c'mon girl
I know you don't feel it now
but I'm gonna' make you fall in love with me
Someday baby, somehow
Burned out in the lawn in Tuscon, Arizona
With the scavengers on 4th Avenue
Feeling old, boredom of the second hand stores
Hoping maybe I could find something new
Now, now, now, now, now
Here it comes
Here it comes again
Behind the theater, in the alley by the dumpsters
Far away from the glow of the marquee
There alone in the darkness, below the Hotel Congress
I was [Incomprehensible] for a second but I then I fell asleep
Now here it comes
Here it comes again, ah
Yeah, here comes that feeling, yeah
I must be losing my mind
(I'm losing, I'm losing my mind)
I must be losing my mind
Oh, my God, there's ghosts in my hotel room
Why do they bother me here?
Oh, my heart, hey, where is my lover?
She, she built a way to the southern hemisphere
I hear them laughing at me, the nuns are laughing at me
The homes are laughing at me too
They think I'm lying in there, they think I'm foolish but that
But that don't make me a fool, no, no, no, no, no, no
I must be losing my mind
(I'm losing, I'm losing my mind)
I must be losing my mind
(I'm losing, I'm losing, I'm losing my mind)
But it sure feels fine, you know it sure feels fine
Who am I talking to and what am I saying
Why doubt these words I don't believe?
There's no one stopping you so why are you staying?
Are you as crazy as me?
Huh, I'm in these shadows dying, lying in this street
Nobody's set their soul, anything at all
Nobody notices, no one goes in there
And it scares me, don't know where, nowhere at all
I must be losing my mind
(I'm losing, I'm losing my mind)
I must be losing my mind
(I'm losing, I'm losing, I'm losing my mind)
Yeah, you know but it sure feels fine
You know it sure feels right
Yeah, it does, yes, it does
Ah, here it comes again
Uh, yeah, it's coming on strong again
You know, I'm dancing with my thoughts again
Yeah, my words they don't make any sense and no, no, no
And no, no, no, no, here it comes again, yeah
Ah, these feelings I don't understand
Ah, I'm dancing with my thoughts again
My, my words they don't make any sense
No, no, no, no
The highway bends like my lover's leg Pulls me in like a wick draws a flame She don't bother to remember my name We don't talk of such things
I'll kiss you once Baby, I'll kiss you twice But I can't kiss you for the rest of your life 'Cause I'm not fit to be the man that makes you a wife
Baby, baby its just my foolish pride
Whatever road I may go down If it bends, if it don't know how I ain't stopped since I left my home town And I can't slow down
I do what any man can to survive Work a day or maybe even night But I can't work inside for some 9-5 Honey not in this life
Whatever road I may go down If it bends, if it don't know how I ain't stopped since I left my hometown And I can't slow down
Brown bodies Bent at the waist Frozen in a field as I drive by In my own country's pace
Freedom is not a state of mind Nor is it a united state Oh, and it sure ain't my escape
Whatever road I may go down If it bends, if it don't know how I ain't stopped since I left my hometown And I can't slow down
No no no oh no
And I can't slow down
No oh no Oh, lord
Woke up early this mornin'
To a thunder and rainstorm
Last night I forgot to close
My windows
My home's been broken
And my heart has been blown wide open
I don't wanna feel angry
I don't wanna feel empty
I don't want no sympathy
Who am I to blame?
What can I say? I'll never learn
Going down in flames
Walk away, watch me burn
Walk away, watch me burn
I was thinking 'bout my place in the universe
Looking at the Earth's curve
How much my little heart can hurt
Some people got a lot of nerve
I'm not afraid
No, I never been afraid of failure
I'm not afraid of global warmin'
Or the market crashin'
Or the terrorists attackin'
Who am I to blame?
What can I say? I will never learn
I'm goin' down in flames
Walk away, watch me burn
Walk away, watch me burn
I swam in the ocean in the night
Under the stars it's so clear
My pale body bouncin' in the waves
I felt I could disappear, I'm still here, yes, I am
Who am I to blame?
What can I say? I will never learn
I'm goin' down in flames
Walk away, watch me burn
Walk away, watch me burn
Now's not the time to be so sad and mournful
We are going to the funeral and we'll be dancing the night away
So, so, so don't be so shy, we are living and we're dying
We are laughing and we're crying every single day
Strange we're not surprising, [Incomprehensible]
How we tasted death like this to bring us together
You know you'll always be my flesh and blood
I could never do you wrong
And the one who was gone for so long is coming home
Alright now's not the time to be so sad and mournful
We are going to the funeral and we'll be dancing the night away
So, so, so don't be so shy, we are living and we're dying
We are laughing and we're crying every single day
We are getting older at the blink of an eye
So don't let the moment pass you by
I don't believe there is a greater love, one [Incomprehensible] and pain
And the love between a momma and her children
And the procession down to the light house
We hear the crashing of the waves and the mistakes we made
You know that we are not the only ones so we can have some fun
Have some, have some, have some, have some fun
Now's not the time to be so sad and mournful
We are going to the funeral and we'll be dancing the night away
So, so, so don't be so shy, we are living and we're dying
We are laughing and we're crying every single day, every single day
It's not the time to be so, to be so sad
We are going to the funeral and we'll be dancing the night away
So, so, so don't be so shy, we are living and we're dying
I was numb, I couldn't sleep
Gently strung out on caffeine
Did I fall in love or was I just delirious?
I was dumb, found you
My dirty mind was wanderin'
I was wishin' that I could be kissin' your skin
And now you're in my head
You're always in my head
And now you're in my head
And I can't stop thinkin' about you
All day long, it's all I do
From the moment that I wake up
No, I can't stop thinkin' about you
And it makes me sad
Because I know that you don't want me
And all these thoughts in my head
They tease me and they taunt me, oh, yeah
All the broken hearts in London town
Strewn about the tube in the underground
All the voices burning in my brain
And making me insane
And now you're in my head
You're always in my head
And now you're in my head
And I, I can't stop thinkin' about you
All day long, it's all I do
From the moment that I wake up
You know I can't stop thinkin' about you
And it makes me sad
Because I know that you don't want me
All these thoughts up in my head
They tease me and they taunt me, taunt me, alright, yeah
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
I can't stop thinkin' about you
All day long, it's all I do
From the moment that I wake up
You know I can't stop thinkin' about you
I can't stop thinkin' about you
All day long, it's all I do
From the moment, from the moment that I wake up
I can't stop thinkin' about you
I said I can't, I can't stop thinkin'
No, I can't, I can't stop thinking about you
No, no, no, I can't stop
I can't stop thinking about you, about you, baby
From the moment, from the moment that I wake up
You know it's hard to be yourself, free yourself, to see yourself When all around you there are lies just to get you, Spies just to get you, to buy so they can get you
There are cameras in the sky, lasers in our living rooms There are wolves watching wearing sheep's costumes
It's enough to make you go crazy It's enough to make you mad It's enough to make you go crazy And I'm amazed I haven't yet
Isn't it a shame the way we cheat each other, treat each other, beat each other? It's a shame the way we use one other, abuse one another, and screw one another, it's true.
They will lock you up in prison but they won't call it slavery There are stolen children raised and trained in armies
It's enough to make you go crazy It's enough to make you mad It's enough to make you go crazy And I'm amazed I haven't yet
Don't hesitate to speak your mind Never hesitate to speak your heart They'll call you crazy when you speak your mind So never, never hesitate
'Cause it's enough to make you go crazy It's enough to make you mad It's enough to make you go crazy And I'm amazed I haven't yet
Na sol them go lock you for prison Na sol them go beat you for prison Them no call it slavery It's him that make me vex
Na sol them go lock you for prison Na sol them go beat you for prison It's him that make me vex It's him that make me craze
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
Mornin' came and mornin' 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
Goodbye woman of my dreams
You were running for steam
I got swept in your slip stream.
Like a vision, you came strong
Then you were gone, and you moved on.
And all around me, inside moving, so fast,
Im still tender from the crash.
Feels like im frozen in slow motion,
You get further away x2
Now the curtains closing
Are you a tragedy?
Are you a comedy?
i was romancing on the phone,
Dancing with a stone
That i could not move alone.
And all around me, inside moving, so fast,
Im still tender from the crash.
Feels like im frozen in slow motion,
You get further away x2
(Instrumental)
Goodbye dreamer I have drawn,
You belong amoung the love songs.
Feels like im frozen in slow motion,
You get further away
Feels like im frozen in slow motion
You get fruther away, further, further away X2
Well, I dreamed I went out wandering
I heard promises become fables forgotten
I saw bridges stretching out across the water
And towers pushing taller
I knew my reality was clearly defined
By the fences put up around my mind
I watched them thicken into walls over time
Taller than any borderline
I saw civilizations deemed insignificant
I saw people?s history tattooed upon their skin
I saw families taken from their land
Dynasty shattered and stolen
And I asked when is the revolution
I asked when is the revolution
And all the burdens the centuries accrue
That get passed along to every generations youth
And all the allegories told in lewd truth
I watched them grow wild and spread like a flu
I saw the rise of an untamed industry
And I watched machines print a paper economy
I saw my own self stand right in front of me
And I didn?t do a thing
I saw poisons pushed in the street
And prescription pills mingling in the mezzanine
With a whole wealth of doctors and pharmaceutical companies
Still poor people were dying from disease
And I asked when is the revolution
I asked when is the revolution
I asked when is the revolution
I asked when is the revolution
And I broke down at the break of dawn
And saw looming in the clouds above the Pentagon
As he re-lives the holocaust as strong as the parkin' on
Visions [Incomprehensible] Vietnam
And I stood silent upon the flooded levee
Stared at the ruins of a merchant city
And the president who came to dine with the noble, he
He didn?t do a thing
I saw three ships come sailing in
Through the passage of the Caribbean
I saw children coming home in coffins
Millions marching on Washington
And I asked when is the revolution
I asked when is the revolution
I asked when, when is the revolution
Well, maybe it's the common curse
Maybe things get bad before they get worse
I don't wanna become someone
Who can't live up to what already done
Don't keep it just to figure it out
When it rains and pours, and then it runs out
I was crying on the bathroom floor
And just when I thought I could take no more
Well, here comes a comeback
The kid is back, is back on track
And there goes my hero
He's an underdog, he's coming out on top
And come on, come on back, that's my dog
It was a park of the trailer park
She went whistling through the big yard
She came to raise the dead
And I was a stain on her unmade bed
I found a lover and then I lost myself
And now I'm nowhere, she's somewhere else
And the boys with the brown, skinny legs
Said you're on and on, she sees but I say
Hey, here comes a comeback
The kid is back, is back on track
And there goes my hero, he's an underdog
He's coming out on top
And everybody loves a comeback
So come on back, now, comeback, comeback
Everybody loves the underdog
Singing that's my dog, that's my dog
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
I've never been laid so low
Never been laid so low, low, low, low
Why was I the last to know?
Why was I the last to know?
Hear the words, I've never been laid so low
Never been laid so low, low, low, low
Don't let me be the last to know
Don't let me be the last to know
Here comes a comeback
The kid is back, is back on track
And everybody loves a comeback
So come on back, now, comeback, comeback
Everybody loves the underdog
Singing that's my dog, that's my dog
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog
Na, na, na, na, that's my dog
That's my, that's my dog
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
