• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Silent Scream - Gov't Mule
• Raven Black Night - Gov't Mule
• Larger Than Life - Gov't Mule
• In My Life - Gov't Mule
• Thelonius Beck - Gov't Mule
• Thorazine Shuffle - Gov't Mule
• Tear Me Down - Gov't Mule
• What Is Hip? - Gov't Mule
• Worried Down With The Blues - Gov't Mule
• World Of Difference - Gov't Mule
• World Of Confusion - Gov't Mule
• Which Way Do We Run? - Gov't Mule
• Unring The Bell - Gov't Mule
• Trying Not To Fall - Gov't Mule
• Trying Not To Fail - Gov't Mule
• Sun Dance - Gov't Mule
• Streamline Woman - Gov't Mule
• Soulshine (Reggae Version) - Gov't Mule
• So Weak, So Strong - Gov't Mule
• Slow Happy Boys - Gov't Mule
• Sco-Mule - Gov't Mule
• Same Price - Gov't Mule
• Rocking Horse - Gov't Mule
• Patchwork Quilt - Gov't Mule
• Nothing Again - Gov't Mule
• Mule - Gov't Mule
• Mr. High & Mighty - Gov't Mule
• Monkey Hill - Gov't Mule
• Million Miles From Yesterday - Gov't Mule
• Like Flies - Gov't Mule
• Life On The Outside - Gov't Mule
• Left Coast Groovies - Gov't Mule
• Lay Of The Sunflower - Gov't Mule
• John The Revelator - Gov't Mule
• If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day - Gov't Mule
• Gambler's Roll - Gov't Mule
• Fool's Moon - Gov't Mule
• I'll be the one - Gov't Mule
• Greasy Granny's Gopher Gravy Pt. 2 - Gov't Mule
• Greasy Granny's Gopher Gravy Pt. 1 - Gov't Mule
• Game Face - Gov't Mule
• Far Away - Gov't Mule
• Endless Parade - Gov't Mule
• Don't Step on the Grass, Sam - Gov't Mule
• Drivin' Rain - Gov't Mule
• Child Of The Earth - Gov't Mule
• Brighter Days - Gov't Mule
• Brand New Angel - Gov't Mule
• Blind Man In The Dark - Gov't Mule
• Babylon Turnpike - Gov't Mule
• 3 String George - Gov't Mule
• Banks Of The Deep End - Gov't Mule
• Bad Little Doggie - Gov't Mule
• About To Rage - Gov't Mule
• World Gone Wild - Gov't Mule
• Wandering Child - Gov't Mule
• Towering Fool - Gov't Mule
• Time To Confess - Gov't Mule
• Temporary Saint - Gov't Mule
• Tastes Like Wine - Gov't Mule
• Soulshine - Gov't Mule
• Slackjaw Jezebel - Gov't Mule
• Perfect Shelter - Gov't Mule
• Painted Silver Light - Gov't Mule
• No Need To Suffer - Gov't Mule
• Mr. Man - Gov't Mule
• Lola Leave Your Lights On - Gov't Mule
• Life Before Insanity - Gov't Mule
• Lay Your Burden Down - Gov't Mule
• I Think You Know What I Mean - Gov't Mule
• I Shall Return - Gov't Mule
• Fallen Down - Gov't Mule
• Beautifully Broken - Gov't Mule

Hey, what's the use, daily excuse
And what's it all mean to me
Pride pushed aside, thanks for the ride
More is in store, you'll see
Hey, we're all trapped in a silent scream
Life's worth the price, don't you think twice?
Just 'cause it's unjust to you
Why not rejoice, what's the other choice?
When death like your dreams will come soon
Hey, we're all trapped in a silent scream
Hey, we're all trapped in a silent scream
Search for the truth, no one has proof
But faith is all you need to believe
Hey, we're all trapped in a silent scream
Hey, we're all trapped in a silent scream
Hey, we're all trapped in a silent scream

Stand by to stand by
Ain't no need to worry today
Thorazine shuffle make everything OK
I know how you feel
You say you need your highs and lows
But what if you could take your pain
And just let it go
Step right back and watch me now
I'll show you how it's done
Stay right here with me now
Till the damage is done
And the damage is done
Time drags by
When you're boring
Don't care what you do care what you say
There comes a time
When you got to let the monster inside you
Let him come on out, come on out and play
Step right back and watch me now
I'll show you how it's done
Stay right here with me now
Till the damage is done
Step right back and watch me now
I'll show you how it's done
Stay right here with me now
Till the damage is done
And the damage is done
Stand by to stand by
Ain't no need to worry today

Raven black night
Let me walk with you upon the wind
Dream-escape to another world where we belong
Sleep-awake make up your mind
Help me find a stranger, a stranger with the answer
Who'll enlighten me and just disappear
Into the raven black night
Raven black night
Stars no longer even try to shine
Penetrate the darkness for a moment
But what's the use
Death dance make up your mind
Do I fear the spirits
And hide from the angels
Do I try to find the light
Or do I just follow you
Into the raven black night
Raven black night
Let me walk with you upon the wind
Dream-escape to another world where we belong
we belong

I can't save you - but I can talk you down
I will hold you - but I won't watch you drown
In my life - things have a way of growing downward
And I don't know if I can watch myself be a coward
Again
I don't know you like I thought I did
But I will show you things that I kept hid
In my life - I've always been the one that had to ruin things
So I don't know - is some dark angel pulling on my heart strings
Again
People change - I don't know what for
Strangers walking in and out my door
Something's got to change - the past just hangs here to remind me
That one of these mornings - I'll reach for you
And find me
I have told you - I won't watch you drown

Instrumental

Yeah, somebody somewhere must have hurt you
You must have been really abused
A victim of your raising
Isn't that your excuse
Towering Fool
In a dream I watched you inflict yourself
On everyone within reach
Now frozen in time I see it still
Like a movie
How long has it been since you shook the hand
Of those who fell under your feet
And how long has it been since you washed yours clean
From the blood and the dirt of the street
Did you really think you could just fly away
Fly right out of those blues
Did you towering fool
Don't you know greatness comes to those who can hold it
Did it slip right through your hands
Did it brush your sleeve as it passed you by
Do you compare yourself now to then
All this pent up anger
Don't you feel alone ranger
Don't you towering fool
So you use every ounce of your energy
To keep those around you down
But there is a tear in the eye of the ring master
And a smile on the face of the clown
Yeah, you couldn't see through your own arrogance
To what the whole world already knew
You had to keep pushing it past the point
Till it all crumbled down on you

you sit there staring
with your little girl smile
you got it all figured out
so many others
you thought they were like me
you don't know
in this world of fear and desperation
you seem to have it all in your hands
so used to holding things - holding things
but no one ever made you understand
(chorus)
so come on and tear me down
tear me down
take anything you need - anything
tear me down
tear me down
i know what you want
so come on and tear me down
so many people headed the wrong way
me, i've been - and i'm going again
windsurfing on a fast train
chances are none and slim
you think you're the only one
in the whole world
that ever danced upon the razor's edge
i don't need to pour more fuel on the fire
but if that's what you want come on
(chorus)

Back in El Sobrante where the sun don't shine.
Near the Iron River past the old church line
Lives a hot gal, smells of stale wine
We call her greasy granny
She's a hopped up, bopped up, nor-cal witch
She's a slap down, cranked up two ball bitch
She's stone wash denim if she's wearing a stitch
We love our greasy granny
Get your gopher gravy from greasy granny
Separate your mind from your body
Granny's house is hotter than an old Moose Club
She's cooking up the gravy in a claw foot tub
Waiting in the kitchen you can get a back rub from old greasy granny
Greasy granny's gravy, it'll make you sing
It'll shrivel up your pecker, make your nostrils sting
Rot out your teeth and make your left ear ring
We love our greasy granny
Get your gopher gravy from greasy granny
Separate your mind from your body
Get your gopher gravy from greasy granny
Separate your mind from your body

Been lying here for hours
Can't get my eyes to close
Can't get one moments peace
To save my doggone soul
I've been doing more than drinking'
Trying' to ease my pain
But everywhere I go, somebody speaks your name
All my friends keep on asking'
Boy what's wrong with you
I say I'm worried, worried down with the blues
Tried to be a good man
Worked my fingers to the bone
And you returned the favor
By wreckin' up my happy home
You played so many dirty tricks
'Til I lost my faith in you
Now you want me to take you back
What's a poor man supposed to do
Worried down with the blues
Oh, yes I am
Worried down with the blues
Feel like I was born to lose
I used to walk with pride
With my head held high
Now I'm staring down at my shoes
Yes, I'm worried, worried down with the blues
You made me turn my back
On my very best friends
And when my back was turned
You were messin' around with them
Still I'd give up everything
To have you back by my side
'Cuz in the cold, cold night
When I reach for you
All I'm holdin' is my foolish pride
Worried down with the blues
Oh, yes I am
Worried down with the blues
Feel like I was born to lose
I used to walk with pride
With my head held high
Now I'm staring down at my shoes
Yes I'm worried, worried down with the blues

black and white, it's all the same
good and evil - pieces in a medieval game
black shoot black, white take all
color will be our downfall
blood runs red
and it's all the same
so tell me what you see
when you look at me
close your eyes, you'll see
a world of difference
world of difference
I hate you 'cause you hated my fathers
you hate him - his fathers raped your daughters
hate breeds fear, fear breeds sin
survival is your only friend
when we die
we're all the same
so tell me what you see
when you look at me
close your eyes, you'll see
a world of difference
world of difference
there's a clock on the wall
and it's angry and bleeding
a world in pain
lashes out like children
what can we do?
we're too young to know
brother, get down on your knees
too late to cry - too late to beg me please
so, tell me what you see
when you look at me
close your eyes, you'll see
a world of difference
world of difference

My spirit sleeps like a sunset trapped behind the clouds
Dying to awake
Bright lights shine somewhere over the mountain
Much too far away
I don't know myself today
I can feel me slip away
World of confusion
Getting darker everyday
Morning comes - still I don't feel welcome even in my own skin
Feeling kinda numb like the earth after the storm
I'm learning to breathe again
Bleeding softly on your floor
I can't take it anymore
World of confusion
Getting darker everyday
Reality escapes me as I try to do the same
Once you saved me for a while till I fell again
Did you see your God rising in the smoke
Did he tell you that it was your time
Silence falls uncovered like the truth
Naked bathed in God's own light
World of confusion
Getting darker everyday

Time fades slowly across the plains
Dreams so real - you can reach right out and touch them
Me - why'd you have to go and pick me
Do you know - do you even know can you tell me
Which way do we run
Which way do we run
Which way do we run
Think - Instincts tell you nothing now
The shadow of a giant can be felled by the shadow of a man
Demons stealing down from the heavens
Here comes one now - with a lightning bolt in his teeth
Which way do we run
Which way do we run
Which way do we run
I ain't gonna dream forever
But I'm gonna try and live
Tell me can you taste forever - right now Right now
Little Elvis Hitler don't'cha follow me
These scars on my back - they're because of you
And these cuts on my wrists
They're just me trying to get away from you
And I'm still trying to get away
Which way do we run
Which way do we run
Which way do we run
Which way do we run
Which way do we run
Which way do we run

Where is your freedom
Is it buried in the earth
Tell me is it growing
Or is it losing it's worth
And where were all your people when they burned your building down
Too busy fighting their own war in their own town
Unring the bell, it's time, it's time
Take back what we had, it's yours and mine
Shadows of evil cast like giants on the wall
Do you even know how many people you appall
And where are all those people on whose backs you climbed
Too busy saving their own skin and their own kind
Unring the bell, it's time, it's time
Take back what we had, it's yours and mine
New Jim Crow, different shades of brown
Blood spills red on ancient hallowed ground
Flying machines send missiles to the moon
While Babylon is burning in the pale afternoon
Unring the bell, it's time, it's time
Take back what we had, it's yours and mine
Fake liberty is just another form of hate
Unring the bell before it's too late

I see the faces laughing-are they laughing at me?
I know now where the traps lie-are they lying for me?
Only love can save you-but I don't feel it
I'm just a poor soul I'm weak-but I gotta stand tall
Trying not to fall into the abyss
I hear the sirens calling-are they calling for me?
I feel the tumblers falling-are the falling on me?
Only truth can save you-but I don't remember it
I'm just a poor soul-I'm weak-But I gotta stand tall
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Where are all the others that fell before me-will I see them again?
And where is the strength that I've known for so long-is it failing me now?
Nothing left to save you
I'm just a poor soul-I'm weak-but I gotta stand tall
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Trying not to fall into the abyss

I see the faces laughing-are they laughing at me?
I know now where the traps lie-are they lying for me?
Only love can save you-but I don't feel it
I'm just a poor soul I'm weak-but I gotta stand tall
Trying not to fall into the abyss
I hear the sirens calling-are they calling for me?
I feel the tumblers falling-are the falling on me?
Only truth can save you-but I don't remember it
I'm just a poor soul-I'm weak-But I gotta stand tall
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Where are all the others that fell before me-will I see them again?
And where is the strength that I've known for so long-is it failing me now?
Nothing left to save you
I'm just a poor soul-I'm weak-but I gotta stand tall
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Trying not to fall into the abyss

Instrumental

Saw you in the starlight
Gave my heart a stir
Naked in the moonlight
Made me shimmer for sure
Ooh, streamline woman
Your head's in the city
But your soul flies through the clouds
Looking so doggone pretty
Made me laugh out loud
Ooh, streamline woman
Ooh, streamline woman
Let me be good to you
Streamline woman
Let me be good to you
Eyes wide open
Suitcase in your hand
Passport in your pocket
Do you need a place to land
Ooh, streamline woman
Ooh, streamline woman
Let me be good to you

When you can't find the light
That guides you through a cloudy day
When the stars ain't shinin' bright
And you feel like you've lost you're way
When those candle lights of home
Burn so very far away
Well you got to let your soul shine
Just like my daddy used to say.
He used to say soul shine
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Hey now people don't mind,
We all feel this way sometimes,
Got to let your soul shine,
Shine 'till the break of day.
I grew up thinkin' that I had it made,
Gonna make it on my own.
Life can take the strongest man,
Make him feel so alone.
Now and then I feel a cold wind,
Blowin' through my achin' bones,
I think back to what my daddy said,
He said "Boy, in the darkness before the dawn:"
Let your soul shine.
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Hey now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine,
Shine 'till the break of day.
Sometimes a man can feel this emptiness,
Like a woman has robbed him of his very soul.
A woman too, God knows, she can feel like this.
And when your world seems cold,
You got to let your spirit take control.
Talkin' 'bout soul shine,
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Lord now people don't mind,
We all feel this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine,
Shine till the break of day.
I said it's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain
Yeah now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine,
Shine 'till the break of day

So weak so strong, nothing's forever in her universe
Bringing comfort, bringing pain, so weak so strong
So weak so strong, turning mountains into seas of dust
Finding courage when all hope is lost, so weak so strong
Men have died from half the pain she endures everyday
Many times I've seen her spirit fade away only to rise again
So weak so strong, there's only one of her in the universe
Bringing darkness, bringing light, so weak so strong
Men have died from half the pain she endures everyday
Many times I've seen her spirit fade away only to rise again
So weak so strong, she's never really what she seems to be
But life without her seems so bleak, so weak so strong

Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Well I tried and I tried
To get you off my mind
Yeh you better believe it's true
Tried everything to stop the pain
But it all comes back down to you
And now I try to lose myself
Without your help
Oh but it just don't seem to do no good
Cause I cannot help myself, cannot help myself
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
I'm gonna keep on trying
To make it through the day
As if I had my right mind
Try not to think about doing without you
Anyway, ain't no use in crying
Yeh but here I am drowning in a hurricane
Oh, but I can't help but wonder
What the world would be like
Without you in my life
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
For thirty three years I've been on this earth
I plan on being here thirty three more
After all this time
Still, my only crime is to be riding in style with an illegal smile
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else

Instrumental

Billy dresses like Billie with an"ie"
Sometimes in the evening
But nobody seems to care
Nobody thought he was sane anyway
He stands by the door on Second Ave.
Watching people as they pass by
But have you ever seen the gleam-It's a gleam
There's a gleam in Billy's eye
But nobody knows if he'll try to save the world
Or if he'll try to shoot the President
And nobody knows if he just needs a girl,
Or if he wants to be a girl,
Or if he just needs to feel like a man
It's the same price - anyway
Same price - you have to pay
People put you down
That's where you're gonna' stay
It's the same price
Rudy Tootie got caught up in a scheme
Just before it backfired
Three years later, now he's back on the street
Word's out - he's up for hire
Rudy always liked the smell of a dollar bill
Especially if it's burning
Always had a thing for low I.Q.'s in high heels
Can't you feel the tables turning
In walks Billie - she's maintenance free
She'll be whatever he wants her to be
It's the same price - anyway
Same price - you have to pay
People put you down
That's where you're gonna' stay
It's the same price
Now Rudy's 0 for 2 - just another I.O.U.
She's watching as they take him away
He'll be better off behind those walls anyway
It's the same price - anyway
Same price - you have to pay
People put you down
That's where you're gonna' stay
It's the same price - Same price
People put you down that's where you're gonna' stay
It's the same price
Billy dresses like Billie with an"ie"
Sometimes in the evening
But nobody seems to care
Nobody thought he was sane anyway

My guardian angel wears a hard hat
Said the boy with the microphone
I wouldn't be standing here today
Ever since I was a young a boy
I couldn't leave well enough alone
Always trouble standing in my way
Up, down, anywhere but in the middle
Off the wagon, under the wheel again
All are nothing - never could do just a little
Never could leave it alone
Hard living be the death of me
Yes, lead me to an early grave
To die in the saddle, must be my destiny
But to ride this rocking horse I must be crazed
Good clean fun is just my imagination
Down and dirty that's the way the game is played
This hard life has caused me aggravation
Never could leave it alone
Oh now Baby
Can’t leave it alone
Got to ride that rocking horse
Can't leave it alone
Never could leave it alone

I never knew you
But then who really did?
If you were at all like me
You managed to keep yourself hid
A patchwork quilt of a life
Memories embroidered
On your soul
So please forgive me
For putting you in my song
But the spirit she moves me
In fact she pushes me along
It's a patchwork quilt of a life
Can't stop the river
Just let it roll
We were at Jones Beach
When we got the word
Saddest sound that I ever heard
The bluest note that nobody could play
Ravens sang with us that night on the stage
Tears of sadness, tears of rage
But nobody spoke, we all felt old
And in the way
So walk beside me
Or above me, I don't know
These days it sure seems
I'm lost where ever I go
God, how could you, I heard someone say
And what do we do with our lives now anyway?
Now that our North Star can no longer be found
But there's a banjo moon in a tie-dyed sky
Hippies dance and babies cry
Church bells ring as a silver-haired angel look down
And the blood of his music runs through the veins of our guitars
Bright lights, Dark Star
I never knew you
But then who really did
If you were at all like me
You managed to keep yourself hid

We all tried to warn you
But you already knew
So you blame it on jealousy
You say the rumors are untrue
But you feel yourself slipping away
You awoke from a dream
Things were different than now
You were gonna be a superstar
Elvis was teaching you how
You met a man in a suit
He said "Sign on the line
But you'll need a little something to help you unwind"
You got to ride like Hell
Your face into the wind
One day you're everything
Then you're nothing again
We all know that the journey means more than where you wind up
But they don't know what it's like to drink from your cup
Still they got something to say
You met a girl on the highway
She made you feel like a man
But somewhere along the way
Your poor heart just caved in
So you smoke a little that and you drink a little this
And soon you can't separate the misery from the bliss
You got to ride like Hell
Your face into the wind
One day you're everything
Then you're nothing again
Nothing again
Nothing again
Anyone can be blinded
Caught up in the lust
But we all must go back
Back to our own dust
Back to yesterday
One cold night in the sixties
In a small town serene
A young boy sits and stares at a black and white screen
He's caught up in the rhythm,the words,and the sound
And it feels just like a ticket out of this town
You got to ride like Hell
Your face into the wind
One day you're everything
Then you're nothing again
You got to ride like Hell
Your face into the wind
One day you're everything
Then you're nothing again

Say you try
But you just can't help your self
Wanna feel special
Man wanna make you feel like everybody else
Take away your freedom
Strip away your pride
Say you know you weren't born
With the blue blood son
So tak eyour place in line
Where's my mule?
Where's my forty acres
Where's my dream
Mr Emancipator
Live this way
Might as well meet my maker
Where's my mule?
Where's my mule?
I say trust me
But you say it's too much bother
Yeah, the way the man try to beat you down
Make you wanna kill your brother
So go on and bust me
For what's in my mason jar
Yeah, I owes my soul
To the company store
How I'm doing so far?
Where's my mule?
Where's my forty acres
Where's my dream
Mr Emancipator
Live this way
Might as well meet my maker
Where's my mule?
Where's my mule?
Where's my mule?
Where's my forty acres
Where's my dream
Mr Emancipator
Live this way
Might as well meet my maker
Where's my, my, my, my, my, my mule?

Mr. High and Mighty standing with your back against the wall
They better jump when you say jump, they better crawl when you say crawl
Buildings crumble and peasants cower at the sound of your name
But was it God that gave you that power or is it merely fame
Mr. High and Mighty who are your sights set on now with your fair-weather fortune and your gold sacred cow
You reunite with your long lost brothers on an old abandoned ship
There was a time when you brought joy to others
Guess you got caught up in the trip
Mr High and Mighty remember when you were low
On the sunny streets of Georgia but that was a long time ago
Mr. High and Mighty will you ever join us again
Will we dance and sing together, will we all join hands
Can't you hear the voices calling or is it just time for another show
Once again the great have fallen
Did you really have that far to go

last night and the night before
the thunder crowed and the rooster roared
i woke up sweating on somebody's floor
you know how the story goes
the dirty streets, they can be so mean
everybody trying to live so clean
me, i'm stuck here in between
and it's a fine line
down on monkey hill
saw a brother screaming on the corner
talkin' 'bout some low down dirty shame
and he said
" gonna get so high that i just don't know my name "
between the buildings and the alleyways
that's where the living is done
where the young boys chase the dragon
that's where flesh and steel are one
down on monkey hill
saw another brother testifying this morning
talkin' 'bout how he lost everything
and he said
" gonna get so high that i just don't know my name "
everybody's talking shit and jivin'
hard to tell which is which
dealers and healers
businessmen and bankers
they all be scratchin' that itch
down on monkey hill
saw another brother testifying this evening
talkin' 'bout how he left his soul in DeNang
and he said
" gonna get so high that i just don't know my name "
gonna get so high
i don't know my name
down on monkey hill

Born on the edge of a lonely town-searching for something no one had
Smart enough to say good-bye to this lonely town
But not smart enough to never look back
Night falls early on these lonely streets-and time rolls by like a midnight train
Innocence in abundance on these lonely streets-but I feel guilty just the same
Now the words that I have written are ringing in my head
Oh,and I think I believe them
A million miles from yesterday and a million more to go
Still I search each day
Trying to find my way home
Dreams die young in a lonely heart-and the past seems to follow close behind
There's an age old remedy for a lonely heart
But there's no peace in this soul of mine
Now the words that I have written are ringing in my head
Oh,and I think I believe them
A million miles from yesterday and a million more to go
Still I search each day
Trying to find my way home
Still trying to find my way home

We're at a place in history where the bar is at an all time low
We've applauded mediocrity till there is no lower we can go
Art has no place in this world of supersize
Follow the leader to the latest pile of shit
Like flies
And those who peddle it sold their own souls long ago
They would not know the difference between Vin Diesel and Van Gogh
They stare at me with envy with their big green bugging eyes
Spreading filth, buzzing all around my head
Like flies
Like flies
Feast or famine, peace or war - life will get you in the end
Sex, drugs, powerlines and vaccinations - something's going to do you in
There ain't no way of stopping death when it's time for your demise
All my heroes and friends are dropping
Like flies
Like flies

Freedom train is coming - all around the world
talking 'bout freedom - yeah bring it on
drop what you're doing and climb on board
all it costs you is a song
life on the outside
life on the outside
don't worry 'bout the weather - it's all in your head
we're all here for such a short time
we got to learn to live together or we might as well be dead
loosen up, baby and have a good time
(chorus)
leave behind your baggage - check your head, check your head
life on the outside
freedom train is leaving - be on it, be on it
life on the outside
"inside" is so boring - the old man is snoring
but the young man is dying to live
you won't want to go back - once you're rollin' down the track
can't get caught up in what they want you to be
be who you are - that is the message
beautiful world in dissonant harmony
be who you are - that is the message
leave behind your baggage - check your head, check your head
freedom train is leaving - be on it, be on it
life on the outside
(chorus)

I like my summer home
love my yuppie job
got a cellular phone in my brand new Saab
I love my wife and my girlfriend too
I just love myself
you're gonna love me too
came out west to find myself
did the Maharishi squat on the continental shelf
got a groovy set of morals
and an Elvis Presley do
I'll swap my wife for yours
anything for you
got to stay away from the left coast groovies
living their lives like a cheesey movie
the wrap around shades and the air-head cuties
got a new-age stench because he traded his Pachuli
can the wicked feed the hungry?
can the children teach the old?
about a new way, a revolution
we're moving backwards, out of control
out of control, out of control
came out west to find myself
did the Maharishi squat on the continental shelf
got a groovy set of morals
and an Elvis Presley do
I'll swap my wife for yours
anything for you
got to stay away from the left coast groovies
living their lives like a cheesey movie
the wrap around shades and the air-head cuties
got a new-age stench because he traded his Pachuli
REPEAT

I must leave you for a season
Go out logging that hardwood timber
Hardwood timber that grows so low
In the forest of Fennario
Tell me what you need to live, love
Do you ask that you might own
Keep my blue-eyed hound to guard you
I will make my way alone
I will not return in winter
If I be not back by fall
Seek me when this small sunflower
Stands above the garden wall
Fare you well and I would not weep
Bid you tend your prayers to keep
Hill by dale now I must go
To the forest of Fennario
Nine-month blew with sleeted rain
And still he came not back again
Summoned she the hound to go
To seek him in Fennario
He came back the fated day
To find his lady gone away
Made haste to follow in her track
Where she could go but not turn back
The blue-eyed hound at her side did bay
While fast her breath did fade away
She cried out: "Turn, my love, and go
I would not you see me so"
Fare you well and I would not weep
Bid you tend your prayers to keep
Hill by dale now I must go
To the forest of Fennario
I shall not turn, I shall not yield
Oh, selfsame serpent sting my heel
That bleeds my lady's blood away
Beside the blue-eyed hound to lay
Angels sing their souls to sleep
Four winds grace their breath to keep
Up above yon garden wall
Stands the sunflower, straight and tall
Fare you well and I would not weep
Bid you tend your prayers to keep
Hill by dale now I must go
To the forest of Fennario

John The Revelator
Up on the isle of Patmus
A man was cast one day
As he was left alone to die
He began to pray
The Holy Ghost fell on him
The Spirit, he came down
Well, he began to write about the things he saw
The revelators' name was John
(Talkin' 'bout John)
John the Revelator
He saw Jerusalem comin' down
(Yes, it was John)
John the Revelator
And when he looked around
He saw feet like brass
Eyes like fire
Heard a great voice sayin' "Come up higher!"
(It was John)
John the Revelator
He wrote about the city of God
While in the spirit prayin'
John turned around to see
If the voice he had heard
Was what it seemed to be
Just like the many waters
A great trumpet sound
Well He said, "I am the first and last."
The revelator wrote it down
(Talkin' 'bout John)
John the Revelator
He saw Jerusalem comin' down
(Yes, it was John)
John the Revelator
And when he looked around
He saw feet like brass
Eyes like fire
Heard a great voice sayin' "Come up higher!"
(It was John)
John the Revelator
He wrote about the city of God
(Repeat last verse twice)

If I had possesion over judgement day
If I had possesion over judgement day
All these women I've loved would have no right to pray
I went up on the mountain, far as my eye can see
I went up on the mountain, far as my eye can see
Another man got my woman - lonesome blues got me
Well I folded my arms, slowly walked away
Well I folded my arms, slowly walked away
In my mind, in my mind - gonna be trouble some day
Well I rolled and I tumbled - cried the whole night long
Well I rolled and I tumbled - cried the whole night long
When I woke up this morning - my biscuit roller gone
Well come on here mama - sit down on my knee
Well come on here mama - sit down on my knee
I'm gonna tell you all about the way they treated me
If I had possesion over judgement day
If I had possesion over judgement day
All these women I've loved would have no right to pray

The dealer sits alone in the dark
A cigarette shines on his very last card
Everything he had - he watched it come and go
On a Gambler's roll
A cold wind blows a young girl's world apart
She bet it all on the jack of hearts
She gained her freedom - but she lost her soul
On a gambler's roll
The Gambler he rides - rides on a fool's train
Trading silver for gold
But his luck will change - time takes it toll
On a gambler's roll
The dealer knows - it's just about his last game
Not even she knows the sorrow and the shame
As the .45 deals a fatal blow
On a gambler's roll
The Gambler he rides - rides on a fool's train
Trading silver for gold
But his luck will change - time takes it toll
On a gambler's roll

Yellow moon shining like fool's gold
Slipping softly into the sea
Memories how they linger
Guess we weren't strong enough, you and me
Still I look to find a reason
Search my mind for a vision
Hide from the answers as the questions
Burn in my head
Shining like a fool's moon
Shining like a fool's moon
Burning out way too soon
Shining like a fool's moon
I wish I'd known you as a child
I wish I'd known you
When my heart ran wild
Never knew how much
I'd miss those dream-filled days
Shining like a fool's moon
You're shining like a fool's moon
And burning out way too soon, yeah hey
You're shining like a fool's moon
And when all is said and done
My loneliness has just begun
But you make it look so easy
Never winning but never caring if you lose
Shining like a fool's moon
Shining like a fool's moon
Burning out way too soon

When you're walking down the street
I'll be the one that stares like a statue
You turn the corner
I'll be the one that follows you downtown
When you finally notice me
I'll be the one fumbling with his feelings
Totally oblivious to anything and everything else around
Girl, when we met
I'll be the one that showers you with attention
To win your love
I'll fight until the very end
When you treat me like a fool
I'll be the one that doesn't need redemption
Yeah, drive me away
I'll keep coming back again and again
I'll be the rain if you want me to be
Help you to grow with no guarantee
Even be the clown sad but true
But don't use me up
Or I'll be the one that used to worship you
When silence fills your world
I'll be the one that knows what you're thinking
And when passion burns like fire
I'll be the one bathing in the light
When the curse of darkness falls
I'll be the one who offers a candle
I'll even be the cushion
For things that go crazy in the night
I'll be the rain if you want me to be
Help you to grow with no guarantee
Even be the clown sad but true
But don't use me up
Or I'll be the one that used to worship you
I'll be the rain if you want me to be
Help you to grow with no guarantee
Even be the clown sad but true
But don't use me up
Or I'll be the one that used to worship you

Back in El Sobrante where the sun don't shine.
Near the Iron River past the old church line
Lives a hot gal, smells of stale wine
We call her greasy granny
She's a hopped up, bopped up, nor-cal witch
She's a slap down, cranked up two ball bitch
She's stone wash denim if she's wearing a stitch
We love our greasy granny
Get your gopher gravy from greasy granny
Separate your mind from your body
Granny's house is hotter than an old Moose Club
She's cooking up the gravy in a claw foot tub
Waiting in the kitchen you can get a back rub from old greasy granny
Greasy granny's gravy, it'll make you sing
It'll shrivel up your pecker, make your nostrils sting
Rot out your teeth and make your left ear ring
We love our greasy granny
Get your gopher gravy from greasy granny
Separate your mind from your body
Get your gopher gravy from greasy granny
Separate your mind from your body

Back in El Sobrante where the sun don't shine.
Near the Iron River past the old church line
Lives a hot gal, smells of stale wine
We call her greasy granny
She's a hopped up, bopped up, nor-cal witch
She's a slap down, cranked up two ball bitch
She's stone wash denim if she's wearing a stitch
We love our greasy granny
Get your gopher gravy from greasy granny
Separate your mind from your body
Granny's house is hotter than an old Moose Club
She's cooking up the gravy in a claw foot tub
Waiting in the kitchen you can get a back rub from old greasy granny
Greasy granny's gravy, it'll make you sing
It'll shrivel up your pecker, make your nostrils sting
Rot out your teeth and make your left ear ring
We love our greasy granny
Get your gopher gravy from greasy granny
Separate your mind from your body
Get your gopher gravy from greasy granny
Separate your mind from your body

As this wheel goes 'round and I search to find my way
Struggle just to hold on through an ordinary day
I do believe I'm slipping away
But I shall return though I'm losing myself
I shall return
I shall return from the depths of my own hell
I shall return
Fate should not have blinded me
For your beauty steals my eyes
and what good is my wisdom
when there are no words to say
How I feel everyday
But I shall return though I'm losing myself
I shall return
I shall return from the depths of my own hell
I shall return
Daylight finds me sleeping dreaming of my youth
But darkness calls my name out loud
And I answer to the truth
But I shall return though I'm losing myself
I shall return
I shall return from the depths of my own
I shall return
Oh, I shall return though I'm losing myself
I shall return
I shall return from the depths of my own hell

Hello again - It's me, the fool on the hill
Life here ain't so bad
My friends are tired - their lives are wasted
Just like their moms and their dads
And they don't know what I am talking about
And they may never know
I'm just fourteen - but I know where I stand
Behind these walls - life ain't so easy
But it's turned me into a man
Sometimes I don't know what I am talking about
And I may never know
Far away - the cool taste of reality
Far away - perfect little family
Far away - the little boy I used to be
Look at my eyes - maybe they'll show you the truth
The truth I cannot see
Once in a while I catch a glimpse of it all
But it slips away from me
Someday I'll know what's going on in my head
For now, I'll just stay here
Far away - the cool taste of reality
Far away - perfect little family
Far away - the little boy I used to be
Far away
I hate it when they look right through you
It sends me into a rage
I know I ain't crazy - and I don't need your proof
I just need out of this cage
Hello again - It's me, the fool on the hill
Life here ain't so bad

A primadonna with a premonition feels like he's preachin' to the choir
A superstar filled with superstition can't pull himself out of the mire
All you ever dreamed of is finally in your reach but careful what you wish for
If you don't practice what you preach
The circus came to town, I guess it must have stayed
It's like an endless parade
All these people you can see through like ghosts, maybe you've seen too much
Nothing's real, nothing you can feel, no one you can touch
Strangers stare in silence, they think they know your mind
No place to jump off, that's the way the game's designed
Another new day dawns, another sunset fades
It's like an endless parade
Music, music and more music imploding inside your brain
The life that you have chosen did it finally drive you insane
Psychophantic tirades fill your head with ammunition
Sights set on your enemies but you keep losing your position
Reluctantly you face the day try to get your gameface on
What used to be a fantasy has now become a marathon
Every heart you ever broke, all the people you've betrayed
Another new day dawns
Another sunset fades
Yeh, the circus came to town, I guess it must have stayed
It's like an endless parade

Starin' at the boob tube, turnin' up the big knob
Tryin' to find some life in the waste land
Fin'ly found a program, gonna deal with Mary Jane
Ready for a trip into the hate land
Obnoxious Joe comes on the screen
Along with his guest self-righteous Sam
And one more guy who doesn't count
His hair and clothes are much far out
While pushin' back his glasses Sam says
He was elected by the masses
And with that in mind he starts to unwind
A vicious attack upon the grasses
Well it's mean, evil, wicked and nasty
(Don't step on the grass, Sam)
And it will ruin our fair country
(Don't be such an ass, Sam)
Well, it will hook your sons and daughters
(You're so full of bull, Sam)
All will pay that disagree with me
Misinformation Joe and Sam
Are feeding to the nation
But the one who didn't count counted them out
Exposing all their false quotations
Faced by a very awkward situation
This is all he'd have say to save the day
Well it's mean, evil, wicked and nasty
(Don't step on the grass, Sam)
And it will ruin our fair country
(Don't be such an ass, Sam)
Well, it will hook your sons and daughters
(You're so full of bull, Sam)
All will pay that disagree with me
(Please give up you've already lost the fight alright)
You waste my coin Sam, all you can
To jail my fellow man
For smoking all the noble weed
You need much more than him
You've been telling lies so long
Some believe they're true
So they close their eyes to things
They have no right to do
Just as soon as you are gone
Hope will start to climb
Please don't stay around too long
You're wasting precious time
Well it's mean, evil, wicked and nasty
(Don't step on the grass, Sam)
And it will ruin our fair country
(Don't be such an ass, Sam)
Well, it will hook your sons and daughters
(You're so full of bull, Sam)
All will pay that disagree with me
(Please give up you've already lost the fight alright)

Do ya know me?
I'm the driving rain.
And my Momma ....was a hurricane.
Dear old Daddy...'fore he stormed out
high on window pane (??)
Said, 'You my one and only boy child,
Call you the Drivin' Rain.'
Drivin' Rain
Drivin' Rain
T- t- talkin' 'bout the drivin' rain
Pretty women say it drives them insane
They all want to know me
I'm the drivin' rain
It all started
Back in 69
Yeah, I hit the ground runnin'
Couldn't wait to hear those gears grind
Just like my Daddy
I'm stone cold outta my mind
I've been 'round this world
1-2-3-4- five hundred times
Drivin' Rain
Drivin' Rain
I'm talk-talk-talkin' 'bout the drivin' rain
Pretty women say it drives them insane
They all wanna know me
Yeah, I'm the drivin' rain
(solo)
Do you remember
First time you heard that thunder call?
Wind was moanin'
Creepin' through your bedroom wall
Moonlight splashin'
Enough to make a rich girl fall
Lightenin' crashin'
Make a strong strong woman crawl
Drivin' Rain
Drivin' Rain
T-t-talkin' 'bout the drivin' rain
Drivin' Rain
Drivin' Rain
T-t-talkin' 'bout
T-t-talkin' 'bout the
Drivin' Rain
Drivin' Rain
T-t-talkin' 'bout the drivin' rain
Pretty women say it drives 'em insane
Well they all want to know me

As I stand here searching for the right words
I know that wisdom comes from despair
And I realize it's harder to find your own voice
Than to follow one already in the air
And as our time draws nearer
I wonder just when we stopped being young
And I know my greatest deeds will go unnoticed
And our treasures were here all along
Child of the earth hear my confession
Please don't tell me that it's overdue
And from the four corners of the universe
I will make my way to you
A gentle touch known only to each other
And a breath that comforts like the rain
And a taste no other shall ever know
That upon my tongue shall remain
Child of the earth heal me with your whisper
Hold me close to your breast
Dress my wounds with your innocence
I am weary let me rest
Let your rain wash over me
You know all I ever hoped to be
Is half of what you are to me
So take me from this island
Lead me to the mountains of the moon
As long as you lead I will follow
And the end of time will be too soon
Child of the earth hear my confession
Please don't tell me that it's overdue
And from the four corners of the universe
I will make my way to you
Child of the earth heal me with your whisper
Come and hold me close to your breast
Dress my wounds with your innocence
I am weary let me rest
I am weary
I am weary
I will make my way to you
I will make my way to you
I will make my way to you

If I live till I die, will I be justly rewarded
If I sleep till I wake, will I remember the dream
If I lie to myself, will I have something to believe in
If I face my fears, will I know what they mean
Long for brighter days far behind me
Before my life was just a haze
When love was still inside me
If I find myself, tell me will I lose me to others
If I hang my head, will I feel the spirit of my mother
If I bury my face, will I uncover the truth
If I slow my pace, will the past gain on me
Long for brighter days far behind me
Before my life was just a haze
When love was still inside me
Long for brighter days far behind me
Before my life was just a haze
When love was still inside me

Brand new angel, did you just fall down from the sky
Come to your sweet daddy, wipe the tears from your eyes
This must be your lucky day, I hope you like surprises
Save my weary soul, take me from this hole
Lead me to the light or just take me through the night
Brand new angel, never turn your back on me
Look deep into my eyes and tell me what you see
People say you should stay away but I disagree
Save my weary soul, take me from this hole
Lead me to the light or just take me through the night
Brand new angel, don't be so easy to deceive
Things are different down here
You gotta let your body breathe
Save my weary soul, take me from this hole
Lead me to the light or just take me through the night

All I ask from anyone
Is that they ask nothing from me
Stared so long at the future
That I'm blind to reality
Come a time will watch our lives
Slip into the sea
All I ask from anyone
Is that they ask nothing from me
Dreams fly by like a thousand railroad trains
Egos steadfast like mountains in our brains
Those of us who let go will be swallowed
Left here to die
Do not look to the sky
It will not rain for you
Do not look to strangers
They won't help you through
Only chance you got
When you hear those war dogs bark
Is to be one up on your brother
Like a Blind man in the dark
Face to face we will meet again
But never eye to eye
Meanwhile, in your mania
Your four wings touch the sky
Fly too high the wax will melt
And you'll fall down to your knees
All I ask from you my friend
Is that you ask nothing from me
Dreams fly by like a thousand railroad trains
Egos steadfast like mountains in our brains
Those of us who let go will be swallowed
Left here to die
Do not look to the sky
It will not rain for you
Do not look to strangers
They won't help you through
Only chance you got
When you hear those war dogs bark
Is to be one up on your brother
Like a Blind man in the dark
Do not look to the sky
It will not rain for you
Do not look to strangers
They won't help you through
Only chance you got
When you hear those war dogs bark
Is to be one up on your brother
Like a Blind man
Blind man in the dark
Blind man in the dark

Instrumental

Instrumental

On the banks of the deep end
Where your soul is your best friend
Searchin' for a reason to go astray
Wild dreams turn to nightmares
Silver clouds turn to golden stairs
Everything that you used to know
Is slippin' away, yea
Here I've got my puzzle piece
Only got it for a short term lease
No time for askin'
No goin' back to get hurt
I take a little from the mixture
Try to put it into the picture
Got a place where you're standin'
Dig your shoes into the dirt
Tryin' hard to get back
Runnin' on the stones
Put you on my shoulders
We can be the only one
See the world's still spinnin' 'round
Gettin' dizzy when we look
There's a reason to be home
There's a feelin' when you smile
But it feels like it might take over
This feelin' deep inside
And there's a distance down the line
Far away from the station
We can leave it all behind
On a rollin' creation
Sit away from the window
Who will lock the door?
Can't you learn from the last time
And the time before
See the world's still spinning 'round
Gettin' dizzy when we look
Got to leave town
To see yellow flowers bloom
Sun goin' down
It's gonna be, gonna be risin' soon
On the banks of the deep end
Twistin' as a riverbed
Searchin' for a reason to go astray, yea
Couldn't hire twenty-five men
To do what the men couldn't do
Jus' the sound of his walkin'
Split the whole damn town in two
Into the night full of shadows
He still walks when the thunder rolls
This river ain't shallow
Reminds us that the bell still tolls
Bears in the kitchen
Tigers on T.V.
The singer's pretendin'
This song's for me
See the world's still spinnin' 'round
Gettin' dizzy when we look
Took a wrong turn down by the waterline
Heard they had to drag you off the sand
Find a dune and the wind will miss you
Hold on to a piece of dry land
Got to hold on to a piece of dry land
Got to hold on to a piece of dry land
On the banks of the deep end
Where I lost my best friend

Come in with the sunrise
Who knows where you go
Smellin? like something
I don?t want to know
Your sister can?t save you
She don?t know what to do
Your bad behavior
Has finally caught up to you
Bad little doggie
Bad little doggie
Soul all tweeked out
Lifeline thin
Loose little school girl
What a shape you?re in
Blue violence, red rosaries
Roots of evil growing into trees
I?m through messin?
Time to learn your lesson
Bad little doggie
I?m through messin?
Time to learn your lesson
Come in with the sunrise
Gone with the wind
Devil in your eyes
With the head full of sin
Fire can?t melt you
When your mind?s made up
Ice can?t cool you
Oh you, naughty little pup
Bad little doggie
Bad little doggie
Bad little doggie

Hesitation is a hole in the head
And contradiction buys you time
A battle worth winning is a battle worth losing
Sometimes revolution is kind
Can stop and pray for rain
We can march and beat the drum
The storm's about to rage
He who speaks loudly will surely be heard
But a whisper cannot be ignored
Heaven and hell are one and the same
When desperation's all you can afford
Knowing all along
The truth will overcome
The storm's about to rage, about to rage
Anger and tears
Will wash away our fears
Some pages in history will surely be burned
Revisions are not always wrong
Time to discover what's really, really, really right
Instead of what makes us feel strong
Blood is on your hands
But it's what the part demands
The storm's about to rage, about to rage
Storm's about to rage, about to rage, oh yeah
The storm's about to, about to, about to rage

in the painted silver light
I watched you gently move
now, in the cold early dawn
I long to have that vision in my head again
conjure, as I may, my guilt won't let me sleep
now I know what it means
to have and to hold
to let go and to lose
CHORUS
in the screaming silence
I try to lose myself
but there is no hiding place
no hiding place
here they come again
those voices, they'll be with me till the end
maybe it helps the pain
how would I know?
I never slow down long enough
but, ain't life funny
I don't know if I will ever see you again
but, in the painted silver light
I watched you
and I'll keep on watching you
CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS
seven days I watched the sun come rising
no sleep for the wicked
seven nights I lie awake
while my mind drifted across valley and streams
shadows everywhere
still I search for some kind of sign
but, in the painted silver light
I'll come running
running
CHORUS

In a lonely dream a boy goes walking
Drowned in shame, drunken with emotion
He says his world is just an ocean
Says his poor heart too many times been broken
The bones in your closet
Once bore the skin of your fathers
Guess that means it's out of your hands
Or you're too tired, too tired to bother
Help me now, save the wandering child
Now that you're broken, who'll clean up this mess
Now that your vision is blinded, I guess
You say where do I fall, now that my strength is gone
And who do I tell, I've done nothing wrong
Float upon the river till the water runs still
Dive to the bottom-got to drink from the well
Till I find out who I am, till I find out who I am
Now that there's no one to show me
Help me now, save the wandering child
Help me now, save the wandering child
In a lonely dream a boy keeps walking
Drowned in shame, drunken with emotion
He says his kill-it is his crown
Says his angels are no longer looking down
A horse and a monkey, no kids and no wife
A hell of a way for a hero to spend his life
Time to unearth the worm
Let this bridge fall down and burn
Help me now, save the wandering child
Help me now, save the wandering child
Help me now, save the wandering child

I like my summer home
love my yuppie job
got a cellular phone in my brand new Saab
I love my wife and my girlfriend too
I just love myself
you're gonna love me too
came out west to find myself
did the Maharishi squat on the continental shelf
got a groovy set of morals
and an Elvis Presley do
I'll swap my wife for yours
anything for you
got to stay away from the left coast groovies
living their lives like a cheesey movie
the wrap around shades and the air-head cuties
got a new-age stench because he traded his Pachuli
can the wicked feed the hungry?
can the children teach the old?
about a new way, a revolution
we're moving backwards, out of control
out of control, out of control
came out west to find myself
did the Maharishi squat on the continental shelf
got a groovy set of morals
and an Elvis Presley do
I'll swap my wife for yours
anything for you
got to stay away from the left coast groovies
living their lives like a cheesey movie
the wrap around shades and the air-head cuties
got a new-age stench because he traded his Pachuli

Only the darkness can keep you warm
On an evil night like this
Are you looking for someone
To give your arm a little twist
Everybody needs some danger sometimes
I'm no different
Just think of me as your equal
I won't undress you
I wont' hold you down
I wont' stick a knife in your back
They you did that clown
Can you feel it - can you taste it
Yeh, you must've seen it coming
Surely you could've guessed
The game is up
I'm gonna take you down
No more crying
I think its time to confess
You better pray for a miracle
Or you better pray this never ends
I, myself, can play the victim
I'll do whatever the part demands
You saw me watching you
You had time to run
Ain't it enough that you torture me
You had to go for his gun
You won't see no bright lights burning
But you'll feel the heat
This is how it happens
When strangers turn to lovers to enemies
Can you feel it - can you taste it
Dont' look at me that way
With that blood on your dress
The game is up
I'm gonna take you down
No more crying

on the banks of the deep end
where your soul is your best friend
searching for a reason
to go astray
wild dreams turn to nightmares
silver clouds turn to golden stairs
and everything that you used to know
is slipping away
here i've got my puzzle-piece
only got it for a short term lease
no time for asking
no going back to get hurt
i take a little from the mixture
try to fit it into the picture
got a place where you're standing
dig your shoes into the dirt
trying hard to get back
runnin' on the stones
put you on my shoulders
we can be the only one
see the world's still spinning 'round
gettin' dizzy when we look
there's a reason to be home
there's a feeling when you smile
but it feels like it might take over
this feeling deep inside
and there's a distance down the line
far away from the station
we can leave it all behind
on a rolling creation
sit away from the window
and lock the door
can't you learn from the last time
and the time before
see the world's still spinning 'round
gettin' dizzy when we look
got to leave town
to see the yellow flowers bloom
sun going down
it's gonna be rising soon
on the banks of the deep end
twisted as a riverbend
searching for a reason to go astray
you couldn't hire twenty-five men
to do what the man could do
just the sound of his walking
could split the whole damn town in two
into the night full of shadows
he still walks when the thunder rolls
this river ain't shallow
reminds us that the bell still tolls
bears in the kitchen
tigers on tv
the singer's pretending
that this song's for me
see the world's still spinning 'round
gettin' dizzy when we look
you took a wrong turn
down by the waterline
i heard they had to drag you off the sand
find a dune and the wind will miss you
hold on to a piece of dry land
got to hold on to a piece of dry land
got to hold on to a piece of dry land
on the bands of the deep end
where i lost my best friend

Hey, still here, morning light
Last night was a world I?ve never known
Parallel universes, one small room collided
Now the seed is sewn
Time, time, my friend, we?ve been through so much, it seems
Alone together till the end
Now though I find this all so threatening
I can feel it sinking into my skin
Gods must be nervous, can?t you feel it shaking inside you
World must be trembling like I am
Clouds must be breaking, blood raining down from the heavens
And it feels like gold, tastes like wine
Strength has always been my enemy
Solitude I?ve known like my own name
People by now know what to expect from me
Nothing, and I will do the same
Gods must be nervous, can?t you feel it shaking inside you
World must be trembling like I am
Clouds must be breaking, blood raining down from the heavens
And it feels like gold, tastes like wine
Gods must be nervous, can?t you feel it shaking inside you
World must be trembling like I am
Clouds must be breaking, blood raining down from the heavens

When you can't find the light
That guides you through a cloudy day
When the stars ain't shining bright
And it feels like you lost your way
When the candle lights of home
Burn so very far away
Well you got to let your soul shine
Just like my uaddy used to say
He used to say soul shine
It's better than sunshine
Better than moonshine
Damn sure better than the rain
Hey now people don't mind
We all feel this way sometimes
Got to let your soul shine
Shine till the break of day
Grew up thinking that I had it made
Gonna make it on my own
But life can take the strongest man
And make him feel so alone
But now sometimes I feel a cold wind
Blowing through my aching bones
I think back to what my daddy said
He said, "Boy, in this darkness before the dawn"
Let your soul shine
Oh, it's better than sunshine
Better than moonshine
Damn sure better than rain
Yeah now people don't mind
We all feel this way sometimes
Got to let your soul shine
Shine till the break of day
Sometimes a man can feel this emptiness
Like a woman has robbed him of his very soul
Woman too, God knows, she can feel like this
And when your world seems cold
You got to let your spirit take control
Talking about the soul shine
Better than sunshine
Better than moonshine
Damn sure better than rain
Lord, now people don't mind
We all feel this way sometimes
Got to let your soul shine
Yeah, shine on and on and on and on
Oh, it's better than sunshine
Better than moonshine
Damn sure better than rain
Yeah, now people don't mind
We all feel this way sometimes
Got to let your soul shine

Babies were crying before you got here
I believe they're crying still
The world as we know, it keeps right on turning
I guess it always will
Still something's changed, I hate to admit it
I ain't been the same since you came around
My mind is swollen from the weariness
Wish you'd never flagged me down
Twisted angel cast out of some strange heaven
Sent down here to pull me out of my shell
You show up on my doorstep, honey dripping from your mouth
Like some slackjaw jezebel
Flesh and bones is all I'm made of
I couldn't have stopped you if I tried
Spell you were casting way too heavy
Now I can't be satisfied
But you think you're going to save me, you better think again
I've had saviors galore
And although you are a vision, an angel wrapped in sin
I've seen it all before
Twisted angel cast out of some strange heaven
Sent down here, landed on my window still
Now you're walking through my back door, honey dripping from your mouth
Like some slackjaw jezebel
You've got your bag of dust, your divining rod
I wonder how I got myself here
Wheel's spinning faster and I know I got to jump off
I guess I'm weighing the fire against the fear
You spoon-fed my ego, made me feel so young
Kissed me 'til my lips were sore
But I know you're just a jezebel with a poisonous tongue
I've been down this road before
It's full of twisted angels, cast out of some strange heaven
Sent down here to put me through hell
You show up on my doorstep, honey dripping from your mouth

One, two, three
Serene, what a dream
A pillow to rest your weary bones
Recharge, redefine
Time to repaint the lines
Change your world, it's time
Life's around the corner
Death's grip is far behind
Life can be sweet
Wounds can start to heal
Stay and be destroyed
Move and be renewed
Grow or wither
It's all up to you
None of us has built a perfect shelter
Don't christen me
With your condescending laughter
Don't, don't, don't
Don't put me in a box
Don't forget I once knew
A few things about you too
I think you'll see
Life can be quite the paradox
Stay and be destroyed
Move and be renewed
Grow or wither
It's all up to you
None of us has built a perfect shelter
None of us has built a perfect shelter
Stay and be destroyed
Move and be renewed
Grow or wither
It's all up to you
None of us has built a perfect shelter
None of us has built a perfect shelter
None of us has built a perfect shelter

you ask me when I'm gonna return
I ask you "why so much concern?"
the same snakes that drive you from my bed
turn to voices and drive me out of my head
for fourteen days since you been back around
trying to keep my spirits high and my demons down
but, can't you see
you got to save me or set me free
'cause I'm falling in deeper - darkness, my old friend
I'm in deeper - stay with me till the end
deeper - you know I got no restraint
I'm in deeper
and lucky you
you get to be my saint
temporary saint
cleaning up one more time is sure getting old
why don't you bury me like the dirt that's in my soul
what makes you think you could love me, anyway?
ain't nobody told you about the way I operate
ain't nobody told you, baby?
well, I guess that makes you the only one
'cause I'm falling in deeper - darkness, my old friend
I'm in deeper - stay with me till the end
deeper - you know I got no restraint
I'm in deeper
and lucky you, yeh, lucky you
you get to be my saint
temporary saint
angel of mercy, set me free
do you really give a damn for me?
'cause I'm falling in deeper - darkness, my old friend
I'm in deeper - stay with me till the end
deeper - you know I got no restraint

Woman - suspended in time
Heal yourself - no need to stay blind
Spiral dreams - too much to bear
Spiraling who knows where
Let me take you down
No need to suffer anymore
Wrap yourself in the warmth of my arms
And we'll lie awake till sleep overtakes us
Can't you see
There's no need to suffer anymore
Defenseless, trapped in a cage
Blissfulness devoured by the rage
Fate's been cruel, though the years have been kind
You've go to heal yourself - no need to stay blind
Let me take you down
No need to suffer anymore
Wrap yourself in the warmth of my arms
And we'll laugh out loud while the earth dies screaming
Can't you see
There's no need to suffer anymore
And we'll fly away
And look down at the earth below
Fly away and we'll never look back
No, we'll never look back
Woman suspended in time

How much more can we ignore the voices?
How much longer can we keep our heads in the sand?
Can't hear me, don't you even hear me?
I'm screaming as loud as I can, can't you hear me, Mr. Man?
There's no concern for the people dying
There's more concern for keeping the upper hand
In their faces, we're laughing in their faces
And you still don't understand why they hate you, Mr. Man
You better get ready, I said ready
Time to get ready
Can you see that day when your world starts crumbling?
Can you see that day when you meet your Maker again?
Will He be like you, do you think He's really like you?
You bet your soul depends on that, Mr. Man
It's time to get ready, better get ready

dont make me beg
maybe just a little
please dont make me crawl
what you got baby
is killin me
its makin me ten feet tall
a southern pride
...?
weak in my knees
my head is spinnin
feelin kinda dizzy
i guess im makin peace
lola leave your light on
i said lola leave your red light on
lola leave your light on
i said lola leave your red light on
dont tease me
maybe just a little
dont tantalize my heart
its hard to know whether
torture is
whether pleasure starts
you can taste the pain
i can feel the fire
seepin through my soul
mother mary
is a peacefull gimme
im about to lose control
lola leave your light on
i said lola leave your red light on
lola leave your light on

Woman - suspended in time
Heal yourself - no need to stay blind
Spiral dreams - too much to bear
Spiraling who knows where
Let me take you down
No need to suffer anymore
Wrap yourself in the warmth of my arms
And we'll lie awake till sleep overtakes us
Can't you see
There's no need to suffer anymore
Defenseless, trapped in a cage
Blissfulness devoured by the rage
Fate's been cruel, though the years have been kind
You've go to heal yourself - no need to stay blind
Let me take you down
No need to suffer anymore
Wrap yourself in the warmth of my arms
And we'll laugh out loud while the earth dies screaming
Can't you see
There's no need to suffer anymore
And we'll fly away
And look down at the earth below
Fly away and we'll never look back
No, we'll never look back
Woman suspended in time

It's heavy-lay your burden down
It's heavy-lay your burden down
Brother can't you see stars in the night
Brother can't you see stars in the night
There's a road up yonder far beyond the light
Take a ride this morning on a slow train through the sky
Take a ride this morning on a slow train through the sky
My life is just a fast train, gone in the blink of an eye
It's heavy-lay your burden down
It's heavy-lay your burden down
Felt the hand last Sunday when the stars refuse to shine
Felt the hand last Sunday when the stars refuse to shine
I'm just a young man, I don't feel like dying
It's heavy-lay your burden down
It's heavy-lay your burden down
Can't you hear the angels screaming or is it all in my head
Can't you hear the angels screaming or is it all in my head
Looking out my window and the sky is blood red
The sky is blood red

He was a cowboy in an Indian bar
Not a real cowboy - but I think you know what I mean
She wasn't no movie star, but then again
She wasn't exactly green
He said -like it hot
She said -I like it on fire
He said -ready or not
She said -I'm ready, baby
Come on, I'm ready, baby, make me out a liar
And the walls exploded into a white smoke-screen
Well, not exactly - but I think you know what I mean
She was a country girl - never been no where
Straight from the woods - I think you know what I mean
Told her sister she was out of there
Next stop Hollywood - barely seventeen
And a voice said -Need a job
She cried -desperately
It whispered -bow your head
She said -Oh Lord,
I never thought that this could happen to me
And her spirit kind of floated away in a muddy slip stream
Well, not exactly - but, I think you know what I mean
He was a movie star turned president, not like Eisenhower or DeNiro
But, I think you know what I mean
Tried to convince us he was heaven sent
With that carny smile and a missile in his sleeve
He says -feed the poor- yeah, feed 'em to the lions
We're screaming -even up the score
He's screaming back, now, -we're number one, and we ain't even trying
And, now, ain't you proud to be part of the American dream
Well, not exactly - I think you know what I mean
I think you know what I mean

As this wheel goes around
And I search to find my way
Struggle just to hold on
Through an ordinary day
I do believe I'm slipping away, yeah
I shall return from losing myself
I shall return
I shall return from the depths of my own hell
I shall return
Fate should not have blinded me
For your beauty steals my eyes
And what good is my wisdom
When there are no words to say
How I feel everyday, oh yeah, oh yeah
I shall return though I'm losing myself
I shall return
I shall return from the depths of my own hell
I shall return
Daylight finds me sleeping
Dreaming of my youth
But darkness calls my name out loud
And I answer to the truth
Oh you know oh, I shall return from losing myself
I shall return to find a way
You know oh, I shall return from the depths of my own hell
I shall return, return
Don't you know, you know
Oh, I shall return though I'm losing myself
You know, I shall return from the depths of my own hell

Bigelow the gigolo, had no where else to go
His sad eyes had seen it all
Scarred and lonely, tough as nails
Open your heart when all else fails
Wear the veil and the Trojan horse smile
Looking back on yesteryear
Seems like, maybe, you missed your calling
But hindsight is very clear when loneliness is falling
And you have fallen down, down from the heavens
Stuck out in the desert
Amazing grace - such a lonely place
For heroes like you and me
Fallen down, just like a shooting star
With no fallen angel standing by
To carry you away
Target practice with other people's lives
Hit a few right between the eyes
But, most of the time, you were wounded by the ricochet
You say play to win, boys, never play to lose
Long as your playing, boy, you're bullet-proof
But think about it - you're bleeding to death anyway
And you have fallen down, down from the heavens
Stuck out in the desert
Amazing grace - such a lonely place
For heroes like you and me
Fallen down, just like a shooting star
With no fallen angel standing by
Angel of mercy, take pity on a fool
That spent a lifetime wondering
What Napoleon would do
If he were in your shoes
Rich, without pleasure - respected without love
Drinking poison from a golden cup
While anger, brother of fear, creeps like a knife into your heart
Looking back on yesteryear
Seems like, maybe, you missed your calling
But hindsight is very clear when loneliness is falling
And destiny's through calling
And you have fallen down - fallen down
Amazing grace - it's such a lonely place
Oh yes it is
Fallen down
Fallen down
Fallen down
Fallen down
Fallen down

Mysterious, blown in with the night
All this beauty captured in a frame
Visibly shaken, but never stirred
Drives them insane
I see the way she plays her men
And I know I've got to know her name
She's so beautifully broken
Shaped by the wind
Dangerously twisted
Here I go again
I see the way she cast her spell
It's like drowning in moonlight
Discards them when she is done
They're lost in her twilight
I watch her move from star to star
And I wonder why, why it feels so right
She's so beautifully broken
You can barely see the flaw
Especially from a distance
Which is always how I fall
Why do I fall for the dangerous ones
The ones that never learned to let go
And why do I lie to myself
And pretend that I can break her
When she's already been so
Beautifully broken
Why do I fall for the dangerous ones
The ones that don't know how to let go
And why do I lie to myself
And pretend that I could break her
When she's already been so
Beautifully broken
Shaped by the wind
Dangerously twisted