Let Water Wash Away, the shore of bleeding pain.
And erode to start anew, on foundations once consumed.
Glory [x4]
Pay homage with that pain. And relish all the same.
In fire of warm array, in arms, voice and days of
Glory [x4]
Our days are numbered surely. (La la la la la la la la la la la la la)
And this breath will soon be passing (La la la la la la la la la la la la la)
Just as the wind in the mountains (La la la la la la la la la la la la la)
Carries the dust of the once here (La la la la la la la)
Let water wash away, the shore of bleeding pain.
And erode to start anew, on foundations once consumed.
We are the common not fifth and disgrace. You were no better if you saw it that way. Lock up your scapegoats, shut out the lights. Lock up your secrets, give your skeletons the keys
We will never be what you want the world to be. You'll never have a glimpse of what true love can see. Mind the world is dying, it isn't yours to kill. Look around, it's what you will
She is not the type that will talk the talk despite over how and where she'll waltz when apparent duty calls. I am overly enthralled and delivered from the dark of a reckoning, awakening
And every move she makes with a cadence that she wakes takes my soul up to the sky through the shadows and some shine. I am overly inclined. I am captivated and concentrated. My sweet my valentine
I say it's made to know, just as as water's made to flow, I'll lay down with you tonight for tomorrow's another time. We will dance away, you know, somewhere high up in the snow. At the rain has grown too cold, where the heavens meet the Earth
And in the morning lights and the breathing soft inside and they(?) just go flashing by from all the dreams throughout the night. I could lay away like this, next to your for hours, and through another with my sweet my valentine
I say it's made to know, just as as water's made to flow, I'll lay down with you tonight for tomorrow's another time. We will dance away, you know, somewhere high up in the snow. At the rain has grown too cold, where the heavens meet the Earth
Well I shake when I walk
I spit when I’m down
I beat my head against the wall
Like the fool that I am
Catch one drop of a tear
In the palm of my hand
Pour the rest out in front
To the ground I couldn’t stand
On and on I declare
On and on I debate you
To cut my throat and bury me
In the ditch that I belong to
You showed me a sign
A glimmer of light
While some called it heaven
Oh but I called them eyes
Oh my lady
I never thought that I'd survive
When you hit bottom, man, it’s hard enough to climb
Much less not lay down
Much less stay awake
And hold your head high on up and see what’s in your way
If you live
If you live
But I followed the trail
Let my instinct work
For a shot in the dark
We have time to flush a bird
And from one special dear’s hand
In the palm of my own
You had to roll the dice and gamble now
To never be alone
On and on I declare
On and on I debate you
To mend this heart and pull me
From the ditch that I fell into
Yeah you showed me a sign
You were a beacon of light
While some called it heaven
I called it love at first sight
Oh my lady
I never thought that I'd survive
When you hit bottom, man, it’s hard enough to climb
Much less not lay down
Much less stay awake
And hold your head high on up and see what’s in your way
If you live
If you live
You get what you give
If you live
What is it worth
To stay in the dirt
To beat your head against the wall
Like a fool that’s been hurt
Oh what is it worth
To stand your ground proud
Dig your nails into that wall
Climb and scream loud!
Oh my lady
I never thought that I'd survive
When you hit bottom, man, it’s hard enough to climb
Much less not lay down
Much less stay awake
And hold your head high on up and see what’s in your way
If you live
Old man are you tired
Will I one day fill those boots
Walk the world over
In search of righteous truth
Old man are you gone
Down to the proving ground
Sir your time is served
Now let me make my rounds
For my cause I’m a walking down for my judgement day
For my land I’m a coming round to pay what you have paid
With my hands I will dig and build and bleed until I lay
Then wash my feet in the waves
It’s high time to carry on
And march to my own drum
Kick the dust up son
And wear the soles down some
It’s high time to carry on
horizon on the run
walk the world over
And know I’m not alone
For my cause I’m a walking down for my judgement day
For my land I’m a coming round to pay what you have paid
With my hands I will dig and build and bleed until I lay
Then wash my feet in the waves
For my cause I’m a walking down for my judgement day
For my land I’m a coming round to pay what you have paid
With my hands I will dig and build and bleed until I lay
What do you want to do tomorrow
Is it what you find yourself doing today
If it's not you better move
Before you find yourself being schooled
Wondering how the hell did I waste my life away
What do you want to do tomorrow
Is it what you find yourself doing today
If it's not you better run
Before you find yourself with a gun
Saying "so long world, I've got nothing more to say."
What do you want to be tomorrow
Is it what you find yourself doing today
If it's not you better run
Before you find yourself with a gun
Saying "so long world, I've got nothing more to say."
I smell the bullshit like trenchfoot on your breath
You're the disease they call 'we're sick to death
A personal friend of Mr. Sydney James you say
Oh no not now please go away
And we all lived to start a war and I don't understand anymore
And we've all lived in times of war and I don't watch these things anymore
I hear sounds coming forth from your full mouth
I don't believe what's coming out
You're telling me you've done more than any man alive
Jesus Christ how flies thrive
And we all lived in times of war and I don't understand anymore
And we all lived to start a war and I don't watch these things anymore
And we all start a war and I don't understand anymore
And we all lived to start a war I can't watch these things anymore
Nobody listens to a single word you say
Nobody turned up when they heard you were dead
You feared attics cause they were dark
But now you fear Manson fear Marx
And we all lived in times of war and I don't understand anymore
And we all lived to start a war and I can't understand anymore
And we all lived to start a war and I don't understand anymore
In 1649
To St. George’s Hill,
A ragged band they called the Diggers
Came to show the people’s will
They defied the landlords
They defied the laws
They were the dispossessed reclaiming what was theirs
We come in peace they said
To dig and sow
We come to work the lands in common
And to make the waste ground grow
This earth divided
We will make whole
So it will be
A common treasury for all
The sin of property
We do disdain
No man has any right to buy and sell
The earth for private gain
By theft and murder
They took the land
Now everywhere the walls
Spring up at their command
They make the laws
To chain us well
The clergy dazzle us with heaven
Or they damn us into hell
We will not worship
The God they serve
The God of greed who feed the rich
While poor folk starve
We work we eat together
We need no swords
We will not bow to the masters
Or pay rent to the lords
Still we are free
Though we are poor
You Diggers all stand up for glory
Stand up now
From the men of property
The orders came
They sent the hired men and troopers
To wipe out the Diggers’ claim
Tear down their cottages
Destroy their corn
They were dispersed
But still the vision lingers on
You poor take courage
You rich take care
This earth was made a common treasury
For everyone to share
All things in common
All people one
We come in peace
Looked into the sky, walked another mile.
Watching snowfall take its time to the ground,
To bury this town.
Yeah, one step at a time walking on the line.
Laid in the dirt of the pigs,
The saints and the clowns know 'em all too well.
Yeah, we already made our bed to lay our head to rest.
And we drove every nail in that old coffin for the trench.
Looked into the sky, walked another mile.
Cutting losses till my arm's dead tired.
Nothing to admire.
Yeah, one step at a time walking on the line.
Cut through the thick and thin on the way to hell,
Know it all to well.
Yeah, we already made our bed to lay our head to rest.
And we drove every nail of that old coffin for the trench.
Yeah, we already made our bed to lay our head to rest.
Cut the line I’ve heard the rest
You’ll never get me answering
To the cold hand of the dying man
Bred to take and to rape what the leavers left
Oh come on.
Show a little mercy to dying suns
Oh come on
Show a little mercy to humble ones
Some will go as the timid type
Facing down soul strapped inside
The method of the trilene knot
Never fails until the line is cut
So come on
Show a little sympathy tired ones
So come on
Show a little empathy busy ones
And slow down
We are all flesh and bone
Mere vessels so exposed
Just walking on the grove
We are constant wrath
With what we think we own
While we walk upon
And tread upon the grove
On the contrary some will walk
In the dirt cut up by the dogs
Soaking up the sun and rain
Just to break and to shake up captivity
So come on
Destruction is the nature of everyone
So come on
Destruction is the killer of everyone
So calm down
We are all flesh and bone
Mere vessels so exposed
Just walking on the grove
We are constant wrath
With what we think we own
While we walk upon
Some days we're ripped and torn away
From the shore and tossed to a watery grave
Set adrift in the depths of the drink in the hands of the gods we curse
We call for help when no one's around
Shot down fleeting thoughts never make a sound
Set adrift in the depths of the dark in the heart of the sea where we wish
I feel it in my bones when the storm is close
Then await for the rain and the wind to blow
As dark colors fill the sky I'm drenched I'm feeling so alive
Eyes closed tight my ears open for the boat
We all carry the tune we love
Think of home when the waves and the going get tough
Hold our breath and go down with the wish of just one last kiss to rest
I feel it in my bones when the storm is close
Then await for the rain and the wind to blow
As dark colors fill the sky I'm drenched I'm feeling so alive
How would we have known we would wash away. It's two solemn searching souls together to the sea. Amongst the creatures underneath the deepening. Hold it to the flame burning you and me.
Sacrifice the talk and praise the eyes and all. Wonder and amazement. Notice every star floating in the arms of symmetry so ageless.
How would we have known we would wash away. It's two solemn searching souls together to the sea. Among the mountains underneath the deepening. Rising to the sun but in the shadows all along.
Sacrifice the talk and live for holding on, to everything sacred. Surrounded by the mouths of broken oars and trouts covering the surface.
Sacrifice the talk and cherish what we told, come what may surround us. The drift with clutching arms in a world so ever dark, wonder what that took us.
How would we have known we would wash away. It's two solemn searching souls together to the sea. Amongst the creatures underneath the deepening. Hold it to the flame burning you and me.
Took a walk in Rotterdam, thinking about her train.
All along the banls of memory, holding tide away.
And on the end of every corner i could almost hear her sound.
Time went by in ecstasy, walking next to walls.
And the color of the water, was the rails that she was on.
And when the whistles blew far away, i felt she knew somehow.
For the train often rattles, from the rails shaking ground.
I close my eyes and almost hear her now.
Took a walk in Rotterdam, dodging spoke and wheel.
And a few unnerving riders, agile or insane.
And the rest, victims of fashion, lord we're all to blame.
Found myself a bar stool, and something on the rocks.
I was dreaming I could ride the sun, westward as it dropped.
And find her at the station, gracefully rolling a stop.
For the train often rattles, from the rails shaking ground.
I close my eyes and see her westward bound.
Well i'll keep that mind a wandering, of love on the rails.
Slow rolling days, steel pushing home.
Mile over miles gone in the blink of an eye...
For the train often rattles, from the rails shaking ground.
fare thee well old friends
fare thee well we go
burning up fuel and road
oh but bet your stars
one day we’ll return
for revival, sin and soul
well the color of road
is as black as the coal
the oldtimers burnt into ash
and the lines laid in gold
lead us all the way home
we follow them as hours pass
while the diesel engine’s humming like the rain
all while the rubber tires are burning up to sing,
fare thee well old friends
fare thee well we go
burning up fuel and road
oh but bet your stars
one day we’ll return
for revival, sin and soul
heading down, heading south
come south we head north
to the west where the west never won
chasing lonesome whistle bells
and iron to falling suns
while the diesel engine’s burning like a train
in that old familiar Norfolk southern way
fare thee well old friends
fare thee well we go
burning up fuel and road
oh but bet your stars
one day we’ll return
for revival, sin and soul
for revival, sin and soul
So long……
fare thee well old friends
fare thee well we go
burning up fuel and road
oh but bet your stars
one day we’ll return
for revival, sin and soul
Downright hopelessness
When the wrath of consequence comes knocking on that old front door
And we count the ways, the seconds have fallen into place with the emptiness
Don't hold the phone
I know some are counting on God above or methadone
To kill way and to take away the pain
I feel for the lost and empathize the cost for calamity
For what I've seen
Open up and wail, open up and cry
We are not the type for young to die
In a rattle cage, heads against the wall
Through dangerous nights
No more lullabies
Open up and wail
We've got what it takes
Everything that needs to make a fighting chance
At carrying the load
Of fallen day to day
Of gruesome cold reality, square in the nose
Bleeding to the toes
Open up and wail, open up and cry
We are not the type for young to die
In a rattle cage, heads against the wall
Through dangerous nights
No more lullabies
Open up and wail, open up and cry
We are not the type for young to die
In a rattle cage, heads against the wall
Through dangerous nights
No more lullabies
Open up and wail
The tired winds blow
And the restless go home
And the haggard lies down to sleep
Where the hours go slow
And the beauty we know is the love
That is the key
Lay awake and breath while the fire overtakes me
Down the lonesome road. Ole diesel, please take me home
When the curtains do close and the night becomes old
And the willing go on their way
No ones in sight so they shut down the lights
Since the bottles all have gone dry
When it rains son it pours, heaven opens its doors
To drop hell straight from the sky
The open road's gone and the darkness is calm enough to take your dear life
Stay awake and breathe, and struggle to stay in the lines
Down the lonesome road. Ole diesel, please take me home
When the curtains do close and the night becomes old
And the stragglers all find their way
No ones in sight so they shut down the lights
Since the bottles all have gone dry
Stay awake and breathe, while the fire overtakes me
Down the lonesome road. Ole diesel she brought me home
When the tired winds blow and the restless go home
And the haggard lies down to sleep
Where the hours go slow
And the beauty we know is the love
I came home late tonight
I may have been stuck in my thoughts
Or just in the snow
Buried deep under the white
Digging like an animal
Far from civilized
If I could feel my feet
I'm sure that they would probably hurt
But they're still a part of me
Tired of barking dogs
Tired of being lost
I know now what it costs
To be so sure
That I'm not a fool, breaking rules
Falling sun, luck has gone
Freezing cold, feeling old
One desire to move...
I still see the words
Far beyond the warning sign I passed hours ago
I still hear the voice
Telling me of all the things
Faces that could have been
Now I'm not so sure
That I'm not a fool, breaking rules
Falling sun, luck has gone
Freezing cold, feeling old
One desire to move...
Now I'm such a fool, breaking rules
Falling sun, luck has gone
Freezing cold, feeling old
One desire to move on
If I've come home late tonight
Another full moon sky, through the trees and filtered light.
And the silence oh my dear, is the storm drawing near.
Let it rain. I don't mind.
I'll keep you warm, high and dry.
Light your fire and hold you right.
And sing your song one more time.
Howl at the moon if you want.
Hell, you won't be the only one.
There's no place that I'd rather be, than at home with you next to me.
Let it rain. I don't mind.
I'll keep you warm, high and dry.
Light your fire and hold you right.
And sing your song one more time. At home inside.
I long to see them eyes.
And feel your skin on mine.
So let it storm all night, even days on end's just fine.
Let it rain. I don't mind.
I'll keep you warm, high and dry.
Light your fire and hold you right.
And sing your song one more time.
Let it rain. I don't mind.
I'll keep you warm, high and dry.
Light your fire and hold you right.
Well the rich are getting mighty
And the poor folks stay the same
As the middle class just seems to fade away
And on every death bed, no matter what the case
I can’t help to wonder what they’d say
“I could’ve been a better man.
I could’ve been a saint. Or maybe
Helped more neighbors along the way.”
Or just as well, “I did alright in most moves that I made.
Now show me the light as they say.”
Well I don’t seem to worry much.
No I don’t seem to mind,
Believing everything will work out fine.
I’m with the one that I dream to help me down the line.
So hold my bed, I’ll get there on time.
Well a hammer never knew a hand less experienced than mine
My voice is the only tool I know
And as I stare into the darkness of that great eternal sleep
My soul knows not which way it’s headed for
No I don’t seem to worry much no I don’t seem to mind
Believing that I’ll never run short on time
The sheets are getting tighter in this lonely bed I made
How do you get right
with one eye closed so tight
Slipping backwards, falling prey to plastic eyes?
So hard to walk straight
For the style has made you sway
And every cavalry on every strip that bears your name.
Open your eyes, you are standing empty and cold.
Open your mouth if you voice can never be sold.
Burn the bridge down.
Take the long road into town.
Where all the bastards and all the witches mark their ground.
Open your eyes, you are standing empty and cold.
Open your mouth if you voice can never be sold.
I only know that hearts made of stone
Will rarely sail far and may never reach home.
So is a cost to live dead and lost
Searching the stars to find which is ours.
Well in the corners where all the lost souls have been found
Heading east on 20, out of downtown Birmingham.
Clocking 57 days on the road.
The rig is still rolling. on to south Carolina,
Me and the boys got one more show to go.
And we keep on rolling smooth, like the old Cahaba river do.
Passing time with sleep and alcohol.
Everything's broken but we keep on trucking forward.
Brother, it's all good enough for rock and roll.
Heading east on 20, out of downtown Birmingham,
Burning diesel like it's going out of style.
The state line is coming and the road is getting shorter,
I believe we've got about 15 miles.
And we keep on rolling smooth, like the old Cahaba river do.
Passing time with sleep and alcohol.
Everything's broken but we keep on trucking forward.
Brother, it's all good enough for rock and roll.
Yea we'll hang this hat in west Columbia.
Leave it on the wall for later on.
Well there ain't no "good byes" on the road,
Unless you aim to be dead and gone.
Heading east on 20, out of downtown Birmingham.
Man the rain finally left us all alone.
Walker steering steady, like a man on a mission.
Doing everything he can to get us home.
And we keep on rolling smooth, like the old Cahaba river do.
Passing time with sleep and alcohol.
Everything's broken but we keep on trucking forward.
Brother, it's all good enough for rock and roll.
Yea we'll hang this hat in west Columbia,
Leave it on the wall for later on.
Well there ain't no goodbyes on the road,
Unless you aim to be dead and gone
Yea we'll hang this hat in west Columbia,
Leave it on the wall for later on.
Well there ain't no goodbyes on the road,
Unless you aim to be dead and gone
Unless you aim to be dead and gone
Transgressions are made
while cowards convey
with a demon's ear, fixed and set to slay.
While the statue awaits
to be whittled away
with a mock of a slogan hiding filth with fear.
Never to learn,
only to burn...and be burned.
Branded straight through slate.
Clear as common day.
What shall be the mark to be made?
When we crush it all to burn it down,
without sight, without sound.
Not anything but a casualty forgotten in the ground.
A simple shell, that's solemn still--without sight, without sound.
Go slowly cause at the moment
things you'd never think you'd ever see
are happening and you can't believe the hatred.
Make a martyr,
a pedestal with ribbons of slaughter.
Feed the altar,
stoke the fire it will take over.
Ignore the cut... the skin with callus as well as interest.
If all are reckless none is to profit,
none is to win it.
So who will pay for all the tears,
all the lives, from either side?
All the years, all the time of living blind
playing "God Deciding?"
And who will die next in line for the lie?
Justified for the rise of sitting high playing "God Deciding."
And who will walk away
from the rage and revenge?
Inhumane consequence comes in time
playing "God Deciding."
And who will fall in line to arrive,
Hold tight, Geraldine, I need to say what I mean.
Time's gone by for so long and I've seen all the wrongs that I've done.
Since we have yelled and stomped our feet after you took me in your arms.
Cut from you, near death you drew the breath that made me one.
And I must call on your sweet soul
In the times when we walk
In shadows of sorts
I cherish the mother you are.
Hold tight, Geraldine, I need to say what I mean.
Oh, I owe you for the stars in the sky
And the breath that was life of my own.
And I must call on your sweet soul
In the times when we walk
In shadows of sorts
I cherish the mother you are.
And I must call on your sweet soul
In the times when we walk
In shadows of sorts
I cherish the mother you are.
Yes, in the times when we walk
In shadows of sorts
I cherish the mother you are.
Don't cry if you've never seen the rain
A thousand ways we come undone, we're never quite the same
When the air we breathe is golden brown
I don't seemly understand
We have built a common masquerade
Don't cry if you've never seen the rain
Go back to where your memory served
And recognize the pain
Don't drink the water, war will bring
Or open gates not meant to swing
So we don't see the red spread on the ground
Don't let me down
Don't lay off
For the time that we cull is our own
We know we're coming around
And the way that we walk will last long
I've been afraid and so lonely
My heart's bleeding through to know only
There comes the moments we always
Look back to the sun that we know
Don't let me down
Don't lay off
For the time that we cull is our own
We know we're pushing change
Simple backbeats seem to soothe me.
If i could hold them i would let's say,
Take some rest as if not wicked.
And walk around enjoying silence.
A world away, elders gather.
Speak their tongue and hardly falter.
With words of bound, joy and grievance,
Simple songs, work and penance.
To drawn hate like a stone,
And walk the path overgrown.
Never to lay awake,
And if so for goodness sake.
Well down the road the deer are crossing,
And the grass is greener where they're walking.
Rattling beasts and heavy movements,
Mark them now son before we lose them.
Bear your arms ever so wisely,
Or burn them all if you have no need.
And dress to kill but kill so kindly.
A hollow heart's too weak and weary.
To drawn hate like a stone,
And walk the path overgrown.
Never to lay awake,
And if so for goodness sake.
Now call me crazy but all the old ways,
Of living simple are simply fading.
All we buy is time before we die,
And lay on down desensitized.
A wise old friend recently told me:
"An idle mind is the devils playpen".
Mind the gaps and watch them closely.
Spread the love but choose your friends wisely.
Love yourself to love your family,
And find the difference between wants and needs.
Be sure to stop and count your blessings,
Smell the roses and fight for something.
To drawn hate like a stone,
And walk the path overgrown.
Never to lay awake,
And if so for goodness sake.
Now call me crazy but all the old ways,
Of living simple are simply fading.
All we buy is time before we die,
Where are the ones who carry the guns to the far away lands with the blackened suns from the smokened narrow minds. The half-truth trails and the holy lies of an empty heart and overflowing mouth, a plastic smile and a cowards frown. Reprecussions come around when the word named free burns to the ground somehow.
Where are thh deaf and where are the dumb from the side of the tracks where no reason comes from and the tables never bare. The water runs and momma's always there so separates the world from the with such words and such words would cause a shot heard round the world. A justice that never hurt at all.
So down down down like a ball of flames, to the rotten core filling up with names of hypocrites what a massive list, don't exclude yourself from it. Don't compromise administration lies carried out and covered up with time, carried out and turned around to shine. High on a pedestal of broken lies.
The passion speaks loud for itself falls on broken ears and off the value shelf into the dirt left to the wind. Coming up strong ready to begin to obliterate the word from the start with such ideas come and such ideas cause a spark that will set a blaze and leave the embers red until the end of days.
Feeling funny in my mind, Lord,
I believe I'm fixing to die, fixing to die
Feeling funny in my mind, Lord
I believe I'm fixing to die
Well, I don't mind dying
But I hate to leave my children crying
Well, I look over yonder to that burying ground
Look over yonder to that burying ground
Sure seems lonesome, Lord, when the sun goes down
Feeling funny in my eyes, Lord,
I believe I'm fixing to die, fixing to die
Feeling funny in my eyes, Lord
I believe I'm fixing to die
Well, I don't mind dying but
I hate to leave my children crying
There's a black smoke rising, Lord
It's rising up above my head, up above my head
It's rising up above my head, up above my head
And tell Jesus make up my dying bed.
I'm walking kind of funny, Lord
I believe I'm fixing to die, fixing to die
Yes I'm walking kind of funny, Lord
I believe I'm fixing to die
Fixing to die, fixing to die
Well, I don't mind dying
A miner was leaving her home for work when she heard a little child scream
She went to the side of the little girl's bed
"Oh momma, I've had such a dream.
Oh momma don't go to the mines today
For dreams have so often come true
Oh momma, dear momma, please don't go away
For I never could live without you
I dreamed that the mines was all ragin' with fire
And the miners all fought for their lives
Just then the scene changed at the mouth of the mines
All covered with husbands and wives.
Oh momma don't go to the mines today
For dreams have so often come true
Oh momma, dear momma, please don't go away
For I never could live without you.
Go down to the village and tell your dear friends
That as sure as the bright stars do shine
That something is going to happen today
Oh momma, don't go to the mines.
Oh momma don't go to the mines today
For dreams have so often come true
Oh momma, dear momma, please don't go away
For I never could live without you
And we only want to love
Why do we never know
Questions come and answers go
Somewhere else besides our head
Wear the stripes until we're dead
Spending time here and above
Hopelessly devoted the flesh and blood
until we're done and done
Done and done
Wake up now we've got to go
Somewhere higher's all I know
Leave behind the walking dead
Leave the mess don't make the bed
And we'll ride on like a wave
Roll and never hesitate
Build momentum and create
Something to say
Something to say
Oh, let it go
Cut loose and roll
Rock steady soul
Get up stand up
Throw your hands up
Oh, let it go
Cut loose and roll
Rock steady soul
Get up stand up
'Til you're done and done
Done and done
Why do we never know
Questions come and answers go
Somewhere else besides our head
Wear the stripes until we're dead
And we'll ride on like a wave
Roll and never hesitate
Build momentum and create
Something to say
Something to say
Oh, let it go
Cut loose and roll
Rock steady soul
Get up stand up
Throw your hands up
Oh, let it go
Cut loose and roll
Rock steady soul
Get up stand up
Wake to sound again, still tinnitus reigns.
Waiting for the call, and the time to state it all.
Don't say a word.
Just lay like a stone and gather what it's worth.
I long to see her eyes, shining like a light.
That's taken hold my soul, and everything I know.
Don't say a word.
Just breath like the breeze, till those eyes open slow.
Before I rise I wish that I and everything I am.
Will never fail, fall or bail or be a spineless man.
Carry love till death and open up my chest.
To damn the world, damn the pain and find our way.
The will ist unsurpassed.
The courage always lasts.
The passion's always warm.
The spirit's never torn.
Don't say a word.
Just wake with the sun, and stand up for the one.
Now I rise I wish that I and everything I am.
Will never fail, fall or bail or be a spineless man.
Carry love till death and open up my chest.
Do you pray?
Do you fall
On your knees when everything goes wrong?
Go back to the word
In the good book you heard
That will save you a place somewhere.
Do you sing
From your soul
When you feel that calm before the storm?
Bleed out your throat
Or sound just like a bird
When she wakes from the light of first morne.
Brother don't doubt everything, we don't even have that power.
Sister don't heed the battles we breed, upon those waking hours.
I wanna dance like nobody's watching, and sing like nobody cares.
Climb to the top of those mountains we see, to find peace, and die up there.
Do you work?
Do you slave?
Breaking your back every day
Whether for food, or whether for pay
Or just for your baby's sake?
Do you die?
Belly up and cry
When you feel like there's nothing worth trying
Down on your luck
and hopeless for fate
Those tables will turn one day.
Brother don't doubt everything, we don't even have that power.
Sister don't heed the battles we breed, upon those waking hours.
I wanna dance like nobody's watching, and sing like nobody cares.
Come dance with me or I'll explode. The reckless side is now shining through you. So shake your hair and do what you do. And I'll break my legs to keep up with you
'Cause I don't like being alone unless I feel alone. And dancing with you is everything so I know that I can't be wrong. Watch the light shine through us like ghosts as the candles burn as low as they go
Spinning until we hit the floor, pain has never felt so good. Light ourselves up to crumble then just to never let it in
'Cause I don't like being alone unless I feel alone. And dancing with you is everything so I know that I can't be wrong. Watch the light shine through us like ghosts as the candles burn as low as they go
One simple word an you cut ´em down.
Severing life line with shame,
speak to the masses and make ´em smile.
Donning a halo you´ve made,
but the wind won´t carry you far this time.
The truth is you´ve lost your own wings.
Traded them in for mere shiny things,
while lining your pockets as well.
Oh and as the bow breaks, on come the stones.
To force your head down, as they are thrown.
Just as there´s lies, truth will be told.
Mind the forked tongue or wake up missing one.
To hell with political campaign charades.
I´d rather dig a hole in the earth
than to listen to a coward from a tailored world.
Who´d be hard pressed to carry their own worth.
Instead leave the death and the work
to those who suffer for freedom & food.
Fighting for family and home at hand,
and dying for nothing for you.
Oh and as the bow breaks, on come the stones.
To force your head down, as they are thrown.
Just as there´s lies, truth will be told.
Woke up one day
and made his way down
to the water front as he
did all the days
in his 44 years
as longs as the ships made it in
stands for a cause
stands for a union
for another day is gone
a dying breed of workers
who lived to carry on
who died for the age that we're in
in a cloudy haze
the fog drifted in
and men wore his colors
who chose to begin
as a younger man
working through his days
to carry home the food
to carry home the pay
woke up one day
and made his way down
to the water front as he
did all the days
in his 44 years
as long the ships made it in
the best day was the one
milestone in a marathone
on that oakland waterfront
well deserved reward
for a hard working one
served and now deserves
whats to come
in a cloudy haze
the fog drifted in
and men wore his colors
who chose to begin
as a older man
working through every day
to carry home the food
to carry home the pay
we all have a cause
worth waging war
worth making peace to keep
we all have a love
whatever that is
or whom is thee to seek
there comes a day
if were lucky enough
and the cards fall our way, i pray
to sit with the birds
and take the boots off
to sit with the birds
Pack up the truck and that old road
Headin' straight up 395
There ain’t nothing much like freedom and wind
To make a tired man feel quite alive
Oh and heaven’s having your girl by your side
Oh and heaven’s as close as taking a ride
Well Bishop has passed and I roll down the glass
To breath elevation and pines
The air way up here takes my soul off somewhere
To a higher ground off by and by
Oh and heaven’s having your girl by your side
Oh and heaven’s as close as taking a ride
Oh how the days change here fierce with the wind
From a sunny sky filled with blue
To a white blanket covering the mountains again
in a June Lake Village for two
Oh another cold night comin' in
Oh another snowy night closing in
First things first build a fire of course
And settle down to warm up the bones
In for the night and damn it feels right
To sit down and sip something strong
Oh and heaven’s having your girl by your side
Oh and heaven’s as close as taking a ride
Oh how the days change here fierce with the wind
From a sunny sky filled with blue
To a white blanket covering the mountains again
in a June Lake Village for two
Oh another cold night comin' in
How cold can a heart become
Before it crumbles
Or decides to stay numb
I know what it's like to feel cold
I don't wanna die alone
'cause I can't stand feeling nothing
I can't stand feeling old
I cant stand standing for nothing
When standing up is all I know
So why waste another day
Turning our backs
And walking away
I wanna feel everything
I wanna grow in every way
Because I can't stand feeling nothing
I can't stand feeling old
I cant stand standing for nothing
When standing up is all I know
I can't stand feeling nothing
I can't stand feeling old
I can't stand standing for nothing
They took him in arrest with a shot through his chest
And many more followed through
The men folk shook their heads and said we did what we had to do
While the women folk buried their heads in their hands and covered the children’s eyes
Before that mob turned to see Mr. Watson’s children and wife crying
Oh Lord, why the storm?
These shores you scorn
In the times we make
While our lives you take
Well you sent a devil down to the Ten Thousand Islands
To raise cane and wreck hell
Oh and now he’s face down, face down in those bloody shells
Here life ain’t grand as sugar cane is sweet
when the tides bring misery
Of two young lovers shot all to hell over land while Watson’s free
Oh Lord, why the storm?
These shores you scorn
In the times we make
While our lives you take
Well you sent a devil down to the Ten Thousand Islands
To raise cane and wreck hell
Oh and now he’s face down, face down in those bloody shells
Boys raise an ear before you raise your iron
Unless you aim with will
For Edgar J. won’t back down to you son
And that’s why he will be killed
Oh Lord, why the storm?
These shores you scorn
In the times we make
While our lives you take
Well you sent a devil down to the Ten Thousand Islands
To raise cane and wreck hell
I see the fire through the trees
Hear the hollers through the breeze
Drowning out the season like there’s none
Hold the blue steel in my hands
Moving my feet over land
While I’m thanking God I’ve got a gun
Nothing like a war at hand
To turn a boy into a man
Learning bout surviving on the run
Dodging whistles in the dark
Walking soft and hiding sparks
Praying bullets find another home
Oh here we go, another stand you know.
Carry on, carry strong, and pray that we don’t fall between the lines.
I was born with a choice
fight for freedom or fight the tours
either way the fighting never ends
stuck in mud in no mans land
or resting easy in the sands smelling that
great ocean in the wind
Oh here we go, another stand you know.
Carry on, carry strong, keep surviving keeping on.
Oh here we go, another stand you know.
What a rush oh what a ride either way I fall between the lines.
Oh please mama here my distant call
This may be my last stand after all
So if the night comes and I fall
somewhere in the dark I ask
know for greater good I gave my all
give the ones I know my love
tell them I was worth the blood
that I shed on grounds far from home
Oh here we go, another stand you know.
Carry on, carry strong, keep surviving keeping on.
Oh here we go, another stand you know.
Never underestimate the glory and the grace in the way you move
Moving through me, so enthusing
I've never seen the likes of you in any other year I ever knew
Searching through me, just to find you
And all I could ask for is a thousand moments
And all I could hope for is a thousand more
Never underestimate the beauty and the strength of the words you use
So amusing, never intruding
Dissection to a science, a mutual alliance to make us new
So sporadic and ever enthusing
And all I could ask for is a thousand moments
And all I could hope for is a thousand more
Then I could not beg for fire
Cause it'd be burning ever higher and higher
From deep inside to over and above the flames
And I'll die in time
But never without a fight
Oh California, if there's one thing I like to see,
It's miles of asphalt boiling under the sun.
I'm rolling up my sleeves and I'll wait
For the moon rise for any phase it's in.
Pray I see no black dogs running
And ride all night till the early morning.
Steer with the memories that swim around my head.
Some are foolish, some so wise, and some just better off dead...
And I won't slow down.
Oh California. One thing that I'll see.
It's blacktop burning under the gun.
Running state to state and I'll wait
For the sun rise and the calm before the storm.
Pray I see no black dogs running
And ride all night till the break of dawn.
Steer with the memories that swim around my head.
Some are foolish, some are wise, and some just better off dead...
And I won't slow down.
Oh California. You're where I need to be.
I'm heading to your mountains,
Through your rivers, on to your sea.
And I'll make it only if I stay rolling.
From there don't care where I'm going.
Break for food, smoke, and fuel,
Come on 50 cent cup to burn up my throat!
Steer with the memories, that swim around my head.
Some are foolish, some so wise, and some just better of dead...
And I won't slow down...
Oh I must say, my hearts on fire
since I've been away,
since I last saw your face.
Oh Come what may, it'll all get right
and lonely old nights will be a thing in the past.
All I wish is you to sleep
as sound as your eyes and as sweet.
I wish you to know I believe
that your company leaves me right as rain.
Oh I must say, my hearts on fire
but I don't mind the pain,
you're far worth the pain.
For now, I wish you to sleep
as sound as your eyes and as sweet.
I wish you to know I believe
that your company leaves me right as rain.
Leaves me right as rain.
After all, I wish you would sleep
as sound as your eyes and as sweet.
I wish you to know I believe
that your company leaves me right as rain.
Leaves me right as rain.
Come on brother take a ride with me
Something's gotta give between us ya see
Either way we'll speak or fight it on out
Yeah ‘cause this old blood
Runs far from thin
Thicker than the water we're drowning in
There's room for two here to swing
Or bury old blades
Come on a come around
Let's come around
I don't care what was said or done
No time to mind who was cut or spun
Take it out any way you wanna let go
Yeah cause This old blood runs far from thin
Thicker than the water we grew up in
Man to man we were brothers
Before we were friends
Come on a come around
Now come around
Just come around
Yeah when days are too numbered for war
Come on brother (x3)
(do you remember)
We were all for one for law and man
Come on brother (x3)
(do you remember)
When we rode out right through thick and thin
Come on brother take a ride with me
Something's gotta give between us ya see
Either way we'll speak or fight it on out
Well if you gotta go and
Go and take your swing
I can't say I wouldn't do the same
But we should just shake and embrace
Till We're underground
Come on a come around
Now come around
Let's come around
Yeah when days are too numbered for war
Come on brother (x3)
(do you remember)
We were all for one for law and man
Come on brother (x3)
When we rode it out right and never looked back
Again (x5)
When we rode it out right and we never looked back
Do you remember(x 6)
Till we rode it our right and we never looked back
There ain't no wasted time covering our own ground.
Sooner or later on, we're all surprised
by nights that we lay awake with the world just a caving in.
Truth can be deafening and lies can become.
Seems like if I had wasted time
I would've knelt to the gallows and gone.
Seems like I may have lost my mind
but walked away with a head to carry on.
Moments of time do pass. They're burnt in like photographs.
Sometimes it's hard to rest unless you dream.
You'll never know I guess what will befall our acts.
Sooner or later on we're all just taken back.
Seems like if I had wasted time
I would've knelt to the gallows and gone.
Seems like I may have lost my mind
But walked away with a head to carry on.
Whatcha wanna fight for?
Is it worth dying for slowly?
There ain't no wasted time covering our own ground.
Sooner or later on we're all just lost and found.
Seems like if I had wasted time.
I would've knelt to the gallows and gone.
Seems like I may have lost my mind
but walked away with a head to carry on.
Seems like I learned a lesson.
No regretting now that the cards have all been shown.
Seems like I learned a lesson.
Took a gander at the stars above me,
closed my eyes and took a breath for free.
Never understood the nature of madness,
the tragedy of the common so they say.
Are we not the ones that manifest our destiny?
Are we not the ones to spill blood in the streets?
Are we not the ones that eat our young,
destroy the land and sea,
then cry for help when all is said and done?
I could never gague a world around me,
I could barely scale the walls that we've built.
I shy away from hate, or at least I like to say.
But aren't all men capable of evil?
Are we not the ones that manifest our destiny?
Are we not the ones to spill blood in the streets?
Are we not the ones that eat our young,
destroy the land and sea,
then cry for help when all is said and done?
Yeah cry for help when all is said and done.
"Well is there such a thing as revolutions?"
Said the wax, collecting dust on the shelves.
Let's make a mockery of the tragedy we sell,
Camaraderie of the commons must be held.
Shall we be the ones that manifest our destiny?
Shall we be the ones that clean up all our streets?
Shall we be the ones that care for young,
and nurture land and sea,
and live and die for camaraderie?
6000 miles from Gainesville to Cali. Open road with a rocking my soul.
I'm here to get it, I won't quit it till I'm rolling up to my door.
Got some good times, 10 cylinders that fire and a woman at the end of the road,
chasing down a dream, running hard and clean with a worn out old radio.
I'm gonna lay my head on the chest I know.
We're gonna find that Yuba river shore.
Yea we'll wash these miles off us soon.
For now stay between the lines and wish on the moon
and sing along strong to a highway tune,
wrestle my eyes, my mind and my heart for you.
Sticking to my guns, rolling up the miles,
running down, chasing the sun. I'm here to get it.
I won't quit till I'm walking up with the one girl of my dreams,
go me in between the seams, got me right, right ready to show all of my cards,
all of my wrongs, all of myself and more.
I'm gonna lay my head on the chest I know.
We're gonna find that Yuba river shore.
Yea we'll wash these miles off us soon.
For now stay between the lines and wish on the moon
and sing along strong to a highway tune,
wrestle my eyes, my mind and my heart for you.
Take my hand, take my whole life too.
I haven't bought no ticket, haven't sold my soul for the one way lonesome road.
I'm gonna lay my head on the chest I know.
We're gonna find that Yuba river shore.
Yea we'll wash these miles off us soon.
For now stay between the lines and wish on the moon
and sing along strong to a highway tune.
Well I found myself on a lonesome highway.
So I cut my teeth rebelling my way.
I told myself I would not fail,
I would not fall and I would prevail
But it just takes one hit to put you in your place.
Well tell me what you want, I'm all ears.
I'll give you all I got, blood, sweat and tears.
Yea tell me what you need and I'll do my job
And meet you in the middle like it's going out of style.
A one-way ticket is a recipe for sorrow
If you're counting down miles in the eave of a long haul.
We're running on empty on numbers borrowed
With heavy eyes tripping between the lines and the dashboard.
Bless your heart, bless your soul
I'm proud to buckle up with you to grow old.
It just takes one hit to put you in your place.
Well tell me what you want, I'm all ears.
I'll give you all I got, blood, sweat and tears.
Yea tell me what you need and I'll do my job
And meet you in the middle like it's going out of style.
On a 50/50 deal, vowed to keep it real
While the world keeps spinning and tripping up our heels.
Get steady, ready and roll.
Holding fast down the road.
To meet you in the middle like it's going out of style.
If you haven't heard my voice in a while,
I'll meet you in the middle like it's going out of style.
Well I found myself on a lonesome highway
While you found yourself on a lonesome byway.
Well tell me what you want, I'm all ears.
I'll give you all I got, blood, sweat and tears.
Yea tell me what you need and I'll do my job
And meet you in the middle like it's going out of style.
On a 50/50 deal, vowed to keep it real
While the world keeps spinning and tripping up our heels.
Get steady, ready and roll.
Holding fast down the road.
To meet you in the middle like it's going out of style.
If you haven't heard my voice in a while,
I could walk for miles
looking for those eyes
to see the light I need.
Before the darkness
comes sealing up my fate.
Yea and listen close
for the ringing tone
and true to it
I'll be
and take the road
that was cut for you and me
I couldn't wait for the call
ever since you were all
and everything to break me from my sleep
Silence took me fierce and blindly
and shadows became one
I found the floor
with the broken boards
and the grits for the mill gone
With nothing left
but a chord to stretch
and a word to get on by
sometimes you reach for the bottle before the sky
Yea well we all rise
to fall in time
like governments gone wrong
and reverberate
a call to arms
to cut or wear out our tongues
I couldn't wait for the call
ever since you were all
and everything to break me from my sleep
Silence took me fierce and blindly
and shadows became one
I found the floor
with the broken boards
and the grits for the mill gone
So tell me lady
whatcha say that we
liberate some love?
I've got it on for you
and nothing to lose
or left to prove this world
Say what you want I don't mind
Say what you want I don't mind
Say what you want I don't mind
Say what you want
Say what you want I don't mind
Oh say what you want I don't mind
Oh say what you want I don't mind
Oh say what you want I don't mind
Silence took me
fierce and blindly
and shadows became one
I found the floor with the broken boards
and the grits for the mill gone
So tell me lady
whatcha say that we
liberate some love?
I've got it on for you
and nothing to lose
or left to prove this world
I've got it on for you
and nothing to lose
It seems we're okay
Through we are medicate
To come down from the pain if it's save
We all wait for rain when the dustbowl of shame
Feels our lungs with regret that we've saved
It seems we're okay growing old from a miles of
Broken hearted and love songs in shagri-la styles
Burning fumes, alone in rooms
Occasionally high through the wait, lord the weight
Interlude
Cough it up and sift thought the remnants of old news
And leave it in the gutte to wash
Cause there ain't no blackwoods or water there run to
Just to burnout the end or the cause
It seems we're okay growing old from a miles of
Broken hearted and love songs in shagri-la styles
Burning fumes, alone in rooms
Occasionally high through the wait, lord the weight
Through the wait, lord the weight
Let's get a handle on ourselves again
And hold truth to our love and our friends
It seems we're okay growing old from a miles of
Broken hearted and love songs in shagri-la styles
Burning fumes, alone in rooms
Occasionally high through the wait, lord the weight
Through the wait, lord the weight
We come and go to let it bleed.
Burning midnight oil and candles at both ends to see.
All I've known is nothing's free and nothing's easy
when you're sowing busted hearts on sleeves.
Oh I gave my hands to take you home
but I had no home to give you.
I can't say where I'm from.
I've been moving since my mama gave me to a Texas sun.
Some may say I'm a nomad by fate,
tempered from the road right after being forged in flames.
Oh I gave my hand to take you home
but I had no home to give you.
Do I take more than I give?
It's all I've known but I don't want to roam
from you for long, before I find you gone.
Oh I have my hand to take you home
but I had no home to give you.
I'm coming home before you're gone.