The sweetest wine in the world
Is the fruit on the vine
The sweetest love and our truth
Is the love of your youth
At fifteen I saw her and thought her
So beautiful I kissed her from a distance
For my young love was locked inside
The sweetest wine in the world
Is the fruit on the vine
The sweetest love ‘neath the skies
Is the love she denies
At sixteen I met her and Yet her
Sweet loving lips were eager for another
And my young love was cast aside
The sweetest wine in the world
Is the fruit on the vine
The sweetest love I had learned
Is the love that’s returned
At eighteen I mood her
Afraid love would once again you loot her
I pursued her and I made her my darling bride
She’s mine now forever and ever
I’ll sip the wine of fifteen, sixteen, eighteen
You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors
It's the morning of your very first day
And you say hi to your friends you ain't seen in a while
Try and stay out of everybody's way
It's your freshman year and you're gonna be here
For the next four years in this town
Hoping one of those senior boys will wink at you and say
"You know, I haven't seen you around before"
'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen feeling like there's nothing to figure out
Well, count to ten, take it in
This is life before you know who you're gonna be
Fifteen
You sit in class next to a redhead named Abigail
And soon enough you're best friends
Laughing at the other girls who think they're so cool
We'll be outta here as soon as we can
And then you're on your very first date and he's got a car
And you're feeling like flying
And you're momma's waiting up and you're thinking he's the one
And you're dancing 'round your room when the night ends
When the night ends
'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
When you're fifteen and your first kiss
Makes your head spin 'round
But in your life you'll do things greater than
Dating the boy on the football team
But I didn't know it at fifteen
When all you wanted was to be wanted
Wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now
Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday
But I realized some bigger dreams of mine
And Abigail gave everything she had to a boy
Who changed his mind and we both cried
'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen, don't forget to look before you fall
I've found time can heal most anything
And you just might find who you're supposed to be
I didn't know who I was supposed to be at fifteen
Your very first day
Take a deep breath girl
Take a deep breath as you walk through the doors
Hate your friends
Cos they're the only ones that make you want to die
And they make their scene the priss and preen
They'll never get it right
The mirror on the living room wall
Aint been too kind since you hit grade four
But honestly, the last thing he'll say tonight
Just put your things away, you know its just not your time
He's the boy you got
He's the ticket stub that never won a prize
And and there's no hard sell cos he's got a face
Came straight from a fight
But he answers we he calls
And he's under six feet tall
But honestly, the last thing he'll say tonight
Just put your things away, you know its just not your time
He's big and dumb like a dagwood dog
He's jeans never fit quite right
But there's a razor blade cut
And a feeling in your gut that says
There aint no way to disguise it
Hate your friends
Cos they're the only ones that make you want to die
And they make their scene the priss and preen
They'll never get it right
The ones who shine so bright
Are made or broke come Friday night
But honestly, the last thing he'll say tonight
Just put your things away, you know its just not your
He's big and dumb like a dagwood dog
He's jeans never fit quite right
But there's a razor blade cut
And a feeling in your gut that says
There aint no way to disguise it
But honestly, the last thing he'll say tonight
Just put your things away, you know its just not your time
That's the way, we're gonna get it right
Just the other day she was a little
Taking over the world
With her smile
But just the other day I saw that little girl
Taking a tongue down her throat
By a boy that didn't give a damn,
That she was only fifteen
Cause she was more than willing
To take a chance to find romance and grow up fast,
But I
Know she is so much better
Than to give it all away to the first guy, first try, first lie,
First goodbye.
Just the other day she was a little girl
Taking over the world
With her laugh
And just the other day I saw that little girl
Taking her time with him
And I can't say I've ever been so proud
Cause she Is only fifteen
But she is more than willing
To take a chance to find romance to grow up fast,
But I
Know she is so much better
To give it all away to the first guy, first try, first lie,
Fifteen I'm strung out
Once again and kicked out
I think well I'm on my own,
I'm on my own now,
Sixteen and I said goodbye
To those I knew I'll never see
Well I can't see home
I can't see home now
When I look at the path
That I chose and I'll say to you
Live Fast Die Young
We'll stay out on the run
So live fast and die young
Live Fast Die Young
We'll stay out on the run
So live fast and die young
Seventeen I'm sleepin on the
Streets and no hope
I think well I'm in the cold
I'm in the cold now,
I look to a god I said
In my own life
I'll never see well
I can't see home
I can't see home now
When I look at the path
That I chose and I'll say to you.
Live Fast Die Young
We'll stay out on the run
So live fast and die young
Live Fast Die Young
We'll stay out on the run
So live fast and die young
We'll cherish every moment last forever,
We'll cherish every moment now,
We'll cherish every moment last forever,
Fifteen years old and already on your own
A house that isn't happy doesn't feel much like a home
So you take things in your own hands, you're making your own choices
Gave up trying to talk to them cause they wouldn't hear your voice
Fifteen going on forty, but nowhere near grown up
Between a rock and a hard place the situation sucks
You aren't the first to be there, you sure won't be the last
Catch 22, your future shaped by your past
Acknowledge me as a human being
Look inside and find the love
I don't understand the pain I feel
Look inside and find the love
Fifteen going on forty, but nowhere near grown up
Between a rock and a hard place the situation sucks
You aren't the first to be there, you sure won't be the last
Catch 22, your future shaped by your past
You're a Winner, a loser, a glory confuser
Sometimes you wanna be all alone, don't be such a loser
Acknowledge me as a human being
Look inside and find the love
I don't understand the pain I feel
Look inside and find the love
I recognize your struggle I see through your pleading eyes
Camouflaged by an anxious smile your paid identified
It looks like the end of the world is here for you
Now you're thinking about enternal rendezvous
But listen to me please, don't kill yourself today
Be strong, I know you'll pull through someway
It's gonna get better someday you won't have to cry
It's gonna get better you don't have to die.
And all I ever say
Got tangled along the way
And our communication chain is years away from functioning
It's a gap, just don't explain
(chorus)
Yeah and you're only 15
Never mind hot mother on the scene
That's fine it's a permissive age
Wear something bright and obsence
That's ok, it's a personal dream
Take care of me until I get treated-oh
Feeling and understand and what you need
It's better that you get it all from me
Let's turn that around
Your uniform lies out on the lawn
My brow furrows into a frown
It's this stupid town
Feeling and understand and what you need
It's better that you get it all from me
Feeling and understand and what you need
It's better that you get it all from me
Better that you get it all from me
In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue for love of god and me and you(no)
In 1941 we intervened to stop the spread of world fascism(no)
Listen up boys and girls it's the history of the whole world and you know it's true(no)
6 million jews they call it genocide 100 million native americans what
an unfortunate price for todays quality of life
All people every person experiences violation
When told what is right and told what is wrong
And todl what to do under the threat of violent intimidation
Virus kills us now virus kills us then over and over and again and again
Sun goes down in my town Berkeley CA sold me on too many dreams of justice and brotherhood
Sun goes down in my town Berkeley CA sold me on too many dreams of peace on the earth in our time
In 1969 my forefathers(mothers) said stop this land is his and hers and yours and mine
In 1992 Rosebud sailed the sky so blue she gave her life for me and you
All people...
Sun goes down in my town
They say They say, You should want to be richer than everyone
They say they say, you should want to have more than everyone
They say they say, you should want to be better than
everyone
They say they say, you're never good enough anyway
Better get down on your knees boy
Better pray to our god his name is greed
They say they say, you should want power over everyone
They say they say, you should want to control everyone
They say they say, you should want to be better than
everyone
They say they say, you're never good enough anyway
Better get down on your knees boy
Better pray to our god his name is greed
I get on my knees and i thank god today, for not making me a rich man
I get on my knees and i thank god today, for not making me a politician
I get on my knees and i thank god today,'cause i'm the envy of no one
worker amongst workers, man amongst men.
Where have all the good times gone, when we were together, and life was fun
I wanted to give you the Moon and the Sun, and share my life with someone
I didn't want to change your life, I just wanted affection, not a wife
I didn't want to steal your individuality, and it wasn't just about sexuality
I used to think of your smile to myself
But now my life's a guessing game
Communications, broken down, Communications, broken down
My head is spinning round+round you pick me up then push me right back down
I just wish things could be the same, I know they can't go on this way
Sitting here on my birthday, wondering what can I do or say
To bring your friendship back my way, A million times I want to say
If you didn't feel so far away: I'd be picking flowers for you again today
But if you leave me in the dark today: I'll just have to be on my way
The homeless are a problem for only one reason
Their presence raises the question
Who owns the Land?
The homeless are a problem for only one reason
Their presence raises the question
Who owns the Land?
Who owns the Land?
Who owns the Land?
Could it be millions of dead indians
Who owns the Land?
Could it be 6 million Jews?
Who owns the Land?
Is there a connection
Who owns the Land?
To our imperialism
Who owns the Land?
Won't someone please tell me.
Who owns the Land?
'cause I am just a white man
Who owns the Land?
I live in the Americas
Who owns the Land?
How did I get here?
This morning I was awoken, by a man with a hand gun
He's got a book of rules that says,
I ain't got no right to sleep
This morning I was awoken, by a man with a hand gun
He's got a book of rules that says, I ain't got no right to be
Who owns the Land?
Who owns the Land?
Is there a connection?
Who owns the Land?
To my daily eviction
Who owns the Land?
And the extermination
Who owns the Land?
Of the Native American
Who owns the Land?
Won't someone please tell me.
Who owns the Land?
'cause I am just a white man
Who owns the Land?
I live in the Americas
Who owns the Land?
How did I get here?
Who owns the Land?
Who owns the Land?
Who owns the Land?
Maybe it's you and me
Who owns the Land?
Maybe it's not
The corporations
Who owns the Land?
Maybe the Earth owns itself
Maybe it's the Native American
Ecocide,
Genocide,
Heard my brother tell a story about a world gone mad
People building their own cages rage at thoughts of liberation
About one girl and about one boy so lost in each other's joy
that he can only say Right On and she can only Shine On
Shine On
Meanwhile all around the people tear each other down
But the two unable to no appreciate the coming of another day
Cuz with each rebirth a renewed gift of sun and earth
So right on my mother earth and shine on my sun
My Sun
And while the world tears itself apart with its certainty
The two just sit back in the wonder and the joy
Of the last artifact we have yet to destroy
Every since you've been gone, my tired mind runs on and on
Through my memories of being with you
I got to wonder why my love grows stronger, as these lonely nights
Grow Longer, And the pain of missin' your sweet love just won't last
Another day, come and gone, another shot won't do any harm
But the love I need to hold me can't be fixed
I hope that someday you'll be the one you'll be the Rain and you'll be the Sunshine
But sometimes I'm afraid, it's all in my mind
Babe we let our time run out, missin' you really gets me down
Never through I'd fall for you so hard
But now I'm left with this emptiness
Once so hopeful, lost and lonely again
Gotta find that feelin' I had when I was by your side
Cause you gave me everything, everything my heart desired
And I got to find a way back to you
I hope that someday you'll be the one
You'll be the Rain and you'll be the Sunshine
My beloved sister called me on the phone today
She said, "I hate to be the one to tell you this"
My beloved sister called me on the phone today
She said, "Lucky Dog shot himself in the head today"
My beloved brother called me on the phone today
He said, "I saw them take his body away"
He said, "I found a note next to a rock of speed
It said, give my dog to my folks
Sell my shit, I can't trust anyone, goodbye"
Got me to thinking how we used to drive around
Listen to NWA and steal people's recycle
Got me to thinking how we cut up every door
In the house, burn them up in the fireplace
Got me to thinking how we used to hang out the window
Fish for pigeons and little black girls
Got me to thinking how we used to do dumb shit
And think it was so cool
Hey, kid I hope you know
Sometimes life is gonna suck
Hey, kid I hope you know
Sometimes everything is gonna be fucked up
Hey, kid I hope you know
The only way around your problems is straight through them
Nothing is insurmountable, nothing is undo able
Negativity's too enchanting
Cuz the world seems so depressing
But I know it can't always be
Can't always be that way
I get caught up in my situation
But I know my life's just begun
We all need Inspiration
And the thought of a hundred million smiles
And a hundred million buildings burning to the ground
From a hundred million miles away, I can hear the sound
Of a hundred millions burning definitions
And a hundred million dead restrictions
And a hundred million minds set free
From the chains put there a generation before
I can see the world falling to it's knees
Screaming please someone help me
Now I can see, we've destroyed ourselves with certainty
And this machine will crumble and fade
To a hundred million miles away
Where there's someone just like me
Thinking everything will be o.k.
From a hundred million miles I can see a man
And I know he understands
Saying your chains are your own
I heard a song once and it was beautiful and it was free and it was my dream
I lost my housing at the sweet young age of fourteen
I heard a song on the radio, it was my dream
I found the value of a song walking in the rain cold and alone with no place to go
I found the value of a song singing to myself
Just make it through the night, keep awake till the sunlight
It don't matter who sold 6 million
It don't matter who made 6 million
What you call success I call excess
What I'd call important is relevance
I heard a song once it was by Husker Du
They tried to sell their songs for a million dollars
They probably never knew that they kept one scared kid alive
They traded gold for what they had inside
All my friends now now on TV
All my friends now sold what they love for money
All my friends now are bought and sold so easily
Hey friend you always had a smile for me
Hey friend you always had a smile for me
Hey friend you went and OD'ed and left me
After a life of abuse I could hardly blame you
Can we have a world where girls can be girls and boys and be boys
Where the adults don't use us as outlets for anger and as sexual toys
Bye-bye-bye, bye-bye-bye, bye-bye-bye-bye
Bye-bye-bye-bye-bye
Just say no, hands off-my body
You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors
It's the morning of your very first day
And you say hi to your friends you ain't seen in a while
Try and stay out of everybody's way
It's your freshman year and you're gonna be here
For the next four years in this town
Hoping one of those senior boys will wink at you and say
"You know, I haven't seen you around before"
'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen feeling like there's nothing to figure out
Well, count to ten, take it in
This is life before you know who you're gonna be
Fifteen
You sit in class next to a redhead named Abigail
And soon enough you're best friends
Laughing at the other girls who think they're so cool
We'll be outta here as soon as we can
And then you're on your very first date and he's got a car
And you're feeling like flying
And you're momma's waiting up and you're thinking he's the one
And you're dancing 'round your room when the night ends
When the night ends
'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
When you're fifteen and your first kiss
Makes your head spin 'round
But in your life you'll do things greater than
Dating the boy on the football team
But I didn't know it at fifteen
When all you wanted was to be wanted
Wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now
Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday
But I realized some bigger dreams of mine
And Abigail gave everything she had to a boy
Who changed his mind and we both cried
'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen, don't forget to look before you fall
I've found time can heal most anything
And you just might find who you're supposed to be
I didn't know who I was supposed to be at fifteen
Your very first day
Take a deep breath girl
Everyone is on the way out Everyone gets knocked down
Your time has come and gone
Everything fades away and moves on But I'll still be here
In a food pantry in Springfield, Massachusetts
In the Mellow House Garage in Albany, California
In the Cupertino library with Al and Gwen
At the Eco-Action center in Austin
In an abandoned sewage treatment plan in Las Vegas, NV
In the video store in Albuquerque with Scared of Chaka
In the blue chair in Tampa Florida
At the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma
In A field in Dayton Ohio
At Mrs. Neilson's farm outside of El Centro
In the basement of ABC NO RIO
At the Neilhouse in Columbus Ohio
In Little Rock at the Das Youts a Go Go
At the Dick St. House in Greensburough
In Curtis' basement and The Loft in Sacramento
At Marties in Sweet Home Mankato
At the graveyard in Lexington Kentucky
At the baseball diamond in Peaceful Valley
At JJ's Rose Arcade in Rapid City
In the living room at 1640
In an abandoned warehouse in Miami
At Owns Pizza and New Method laundry
At Club Foot and the Farm in the city
At the Dupont circle in Washington DC
Where I can Work the door at 924
Gilman St. in Berkeley and the People's Park where the food is always free
I'll still be here
'cause the only ones who know the truth are under 14
They play in a band in a garage in the middle of Missouri
They don't really know how to play but they got some songs and They got a lot to say
They sing about how racism sucks and the police are fucked
I'll still be here
Oh darlin' you, you got what I need
And you say he's just a friend, but he works for A and M
Oh darlin' you, you got what I need
All the money in the world ain't never gonna make you happy
All the money in the world ain't never gonna set you free
All the wealth you can steal and hide away ain't never gonna bring you no kind of security
When just about everybody else in the world wants to burn down your house and steal all your money
Ain't life a drag when you got it all
Then you gotta find out it's not what you wanted after all
Ain't life a drag when you got everything you want
And just about nothing you need
All the cocaine in the world ain't never gonna make you happy
All the alcohol in the world ain't never set no one free
All the speed and cigarettes and coffee ain't never gonna bring you no kind of health
All the heroin in the world ain't never gonna give you nothing you ain't already got inside of yourself
Ain't life a drag when you got it all
Then you gotta find out it's not what you wanted after all
Ain't life a drag when you got everything you want
And just about nothing you need
All the power in the world ain't never gonna make you happy
All the contol in the world ain't never set no one free
All the people you can intimidate it ain't never gonna make you safe
What are you gonna do when everyone's got their sights on you
What are you gonna do when everyone's got their sights on you
Ain't life a drag when you got it all
Then you gotta find out it's not what you wanted after all
Ain't life a drag when you got everything you want
And we've got
Soviets and Americans - Brothers and
Sisters
Iraqis and Iranians - Parents and Children
Mexicans and Americans - Brother, are you an alien?
No brother I'm from the planet Earth
And we got
White man and Black man - Brothers and Sisters
Yellow man and Red man - Parents and Children
Brown man and every man - Brother, what's your Race?
No Brother I'm from the Human Race
Separation, division, it's so easy to find a reason
But it all means nothing, when the end comes crashing down
I've heard a million reasons why we should hate each other
I ain't heard no reasons why we should get along
We should get along
And we got
Rich man and Poor man - Brothers and
Sisters
Right wing man and left wing man -
Parents and Children
Businessman and Everyman - What's your Classification?
No Brother I think we're all the same
Yeah Brother I Know we're all the same
I saw, I saw we're all the same
And we got
Protestants and Catholics - Brothers and
Sisters
Jews and Hindus - Parents and Children
Christians and Muslims - Hey man what's your Religion?
No Brother We're all God's Children
Every day we get a little bit closer
And every year we look back to see how far we've come
Well now your baby boy has got a story to tell
So sit back mom and dad and listen well
Always knew that I could make it
Even when I forgot what I was chasin
Had a dream I'd meet such a sweet little girl
To share all the love that you taught me
And friends who were as good to me as you
but now all my dreams they have come true now
Which leaves me with one final chore
To say thank you for all the time you gave
And all the irreplaceable love and understanding
In Germany- They blamed the illegal aliens
They blamed the homosexuals
They blamed the racial minorities
They blamed the nomads and the homeless
In Germany- They built too many prisons
They said they're for our protection
They got everyone's consent
They got voter approval
They had to justify the effects on the economy
Of the rich stealing everything
What w don't learn we'll be doomed to repeat
Over and over and over and over
In America- We blame the illegal aliens
We blame the homosexuals
We blame the racial minorities
We blame the nomads and the homeless
In America- They built too many prisons
We say they're for our protection
We got everyone's consent
We got voter approval
We have to justify the effects on the economy
Of the rich stealing everything
What we don't learn we'll be doomed to repeat
Every year at this time
I'd look over at some friend of mine
I'd realize and say Hey, have you seen the skies
They've been clear for days
I think we have survived
Another Year
Hey Brother
The newspaper said you were 38 years old
Dead from hypothermia
I didn't even know
That California got that cold
Hey Brother
The cops found your body
In the Ivy next to the tree
Right there on University
And I couldn't help thinking
It could've been me
Every year at this time
I'd look over at some friend of mine
I'd realize and say Hey, have you seen the skies
They've been clear for days
I think we have survived
Another Year
Hey Sister
Newspaper said they found your murdered body
Beheaded, flaoting in garbage
Right there in the Oakland estuary
Hey Sister
Cops said no one reported you missing
No friends or Family
Just another homeless woman
Found dead on the street
And I couldn't help thinking
It could of been me
Mother, Earth
Father, Sky
I am the intersectino of you both
I am heaven on Earth
I am union
Hey Mother
You always took such good care of me
And I can't help thinkin'
That I get everything I need
Hey Father
Sometimes it's so scary
Being a kid
Living on the street
But I get everything I need
I get everything I need
Every year at this time
I'd look over at some friend of mine
I'd realize and say Hey, have you seen the skies
They've been clear for days
I think we have survived
Armed gangs out of (your town here)
Tell the police to go home
No more guns in (your town here)
Tell the police to go home
How many times do I have to get fucked up, how many times
How many times do we gotta get Jacked up,
Before we realize we all need to be on the same team
This place used to feel like my home
Now I'm living in an occupied zone
This place used to feel like my home
Now I'm living in an OCCUPIED ZONE
How many times do you gotta get Jacked-up how many times
How many times do we gotta get jacked up before we realize we need to be on the same team
MORE COPS IS MORE GUNS IS MORE CRIME IS
MORE VIOLENT DEVASTATION
So the rent increase has got you down, and you can't afford to live in your own home town
Well I bet everybody's feeling the same way
Say you're feeling disconnected from the ground, private properties got you down
Private properties got you shut out of your own world
I was born here and I'm not going anywhere
I was grown here and I'm not going anywhere
This is my town, this is my ground, going to take it all back now
And give it away to everybody
Say your boss man had got you down, say her treats you like some kind of clown
Say he treats you like he owns your soul
Say the tax man has got you down, says he takes your money, leaves you sitting around
Spends your money on bombs to promote peace and democracy
I was born here . . .
This land is their land, this land ain't our land
It's based on greed and god and stealing people's land
It's intimidation conquest and mutilation
This land was stolen from you and me
This land is their land this land ain't our land
It was under the guardianship of the native american
Who knew we belonged to the earth the EARTH DID
NOT BELONG TO THEM
We are merely guardians
The other night dear as I lay sleeping
I dreamt you held me in your arms
But when I broke you were being tortured
I grew up with a kid named Dennis
His mom beat him up so bad
There was nothin' we could do about it
It happened to his brothers too
As we got older his brothers
Started acting just like his mom
Somehow he knew
He didn't want to be like that
Later on, I took him to some shows
We saw Fang and the Ramones
We saw Violent Coercion over and over
I have him some acid
I thought it might do him some good
As it already shown me
I didn't want any part of this sick society
but It didn't seem to work
I heard he's training at the police academy
I heard he's training at the police academy
I heard he's one of the CONCORD police
Life goes in circles I know,
I just wish they weren't so ugly
Life goes in circles I know,
I just with they weren't so stupid
Life goes in circles I know
I just wish they weren't so brutal
Life goes in circles I know
You don't look at me no more and I don't look at you
Well that all right pretty baby, 'cause I'm just looking for something to do
You're telling me that you don't feel the same
Well that's all right pretty baby, 'cause I don't mind driving myself insane, sometimes
I don't mind at all, and then again sometimes baby
I feel like my whole world's gonna fall apart
When you tell me you don't feel the same,
but that's all right pretty baby, 'cause I don't mind being insane
Sometimes
You don't talk to me no more, and I don't talk to you
Well that's all right pretty baby, 'cause I'm just looking for something to prove
You're telling me that you don't feel the same
Well that's all right pretty baby, 'cause I don't mind driving myself insane, sometimes
I don't mind at all, and then again sometimes baby
I feel like my whole worlds gonna fall apart
When you tell me that you don't feel the same, but that's all right pretty baby, 'cause
I don't mind being insane
Where have all the good times gone, when we were together, and life was fun
I wanted to give you the Moon and the Sun, and share my life with someone
I didn't want to change your life, I just wanted affection, not a wife
I didn't want to steal your individuality, and it wasn't just about sexuality
I used to think of your smile to myself
But now my life's a guessing game
Communications, broken down, Communications, broken down
My head is spinning round+round you pick me up then push me right back down
I just wish things could be the same, I know they can't go on this way
Sitting here on my birthday, wondering what can I do or say
To bring your friendship back my way, A million times I want to say
If you didn't feel so far away: I'd be picking flowers for you again today
But if you leave me in the dark today: I'll just have to be on my way
As the world keeps on turnin'
My heart remains burnin'
And I must wonder
Is there any escape from being alone
Is there any shelter
Is there any home (cuz I'm 3000 miles from home)
Is there any escape from being alone
Please lord won't you give me some meaning
A definition to what I've been feeling
Words can't rationalize, years that I've cried
Words don't help me understand much anyway
Please lord won't you shed me some light
Cuz I'm just looking to feel all right sometimes
I lose my mind, I lose my life, I lose you
Yesterday don't seem so far away.
When I'm dreamin' about cha
Tomorrows sun used to shine so bright,
When you were mine
Sometimes I don't want to live,
Another day without you
So I keep on trying to find,
My way back home
But this road just leads on back,
To where we started
So I'd better be on my way now,
So I'd better be on my way now
I want to be the one you dream about,
I want to be your everything
My certainty will never, never die;
You're the only one for me
We must not forget the children that will follow
The same road that we have paved
Our greed has crippled our willingness to love
Once a caring man must be shot down
We have all built a culture, Where all is wasted, and nothing is saved
Teach them that our domination meant our own destruction
Teach them not to be deceived when given choices that confirm this greed
Together we can overcome this poisoned culture,
And start again
No one should have to struggle to live their lives
If we are all created Free Men
Our self authoritative misguided rule gives us the right to remain silent
And warns us that anything we say or do can and will be used against us
My hands are tied now, I cannot be silent in the face of the man
That denies me, the right to be free
When I was only five years old
They said to do just what you're told
And maybe when you grow up
Maybe we'll let you make your own choices...but not now
They said nothing in life is free
And so there ain't no use in dreaming
Now tell me what you want to be
We'll give you choices 1 thru 915
I think I know what I want to be now mama
I'm gonna be the man who tears down slavery
I know it's not in the right set of choices
But I think it's the right thing for me
See I believe we're all created free people
And anything less than that just ain't the same
(Lynard Skynard Break)
Emancipation Proclamation
Now the black mans free to join the white mans slavery
Wages and terrorism are one in the same
Or are we afraid of what it is we really want to be
And the importance of our military industry is nothing
And the importance of our economy is nothing
And the importance of our self-deceptive convenience is nothing
And the importance of all our ists and isms are nothing
And it cares not for me, cares not for you
Cares for nothing but the selfish game
That tears us from one another
Sometimes I just want to Fly, Sometimes I just want to Die
Life is so full of dichotomy, It's so plain to see
The only sane choice is insanity
Welcome to the land of plenty, We are all so busy
In our quest for permanence, we lose sight of the relative
Unimportance, of our conquest to see who can produce the most trash
Before you Die
Welcome to the end of the century, Life is so easy
Wouldn't it be nice, if we could find a compromise, between technology
And the well being of the Earth that grants us every goddamed thing we need
You can't see the sun rise
When the buildings have grown too tall to see the skies
And the smog is too thick to be pierced by your eyes
You can't feel the rain come down
When you're locked in a box, nailed to the ground
It's the end of the summer, come to the time when we have to say good-bye
But only for awhile, we'll have time to reflect,
Maybe look into each others eyes
Maybe it seems just a little harsh now but
When it's all over we'll have another
Summer holding hands and staring at the moon light
So when I'm alone I'll dream of the summer you and I,
Had with not much else except for each other
And I'll dream about you, and the day that we can be together, for
Another summer holding hands and starting at the moon light
Seemed like no one could tear us apart
But I can see and it's fairly obvious now
Maybe it seems just a little harsh now but
When it's all over we'll have another
Summer holding hands and staring at the moon light
So when I'm alone I'll dream of the summer you and I,
Had with not much else except for each other
It is a test, to see how strong our love is for each other
And if there ever comes a day, when you should turn and
Walk away
I didn't take a drink today,
I didn't smoke nothing today
I didn't get in a car today,
I rode my bike on the freeway
I'm not your savior today,
I'm not your lover today
I'm not your object today,
I'm your brother today
Revolution
I didn't pay no rent today, just so I could lie on the ground
I went and picked a house out,
I kicked the door down
I didn't shoot no dope today, just put on my guitar and play
I get on my knees and pray, that we're gonna find a way
Revolution
I don't need to kill anyone, cuz it's all in my head, do I believe
And abide by the rules of property
Do I submit myself to the never ending wage slavery
I don't need to kill anyone, cuz it's all in my head, do I believe
That the women and the children, and the animals are my property
I don't need to kill anyone, cuz it's all in my head, do I believe
That to get through the today I need nicotine,
I need caffeine,
Lately I've been working in a factory in an industry yeah
Lately I've been working in a factory wage slave that's me yeah
Lately I've been working in a factory in an industry yeah
Lately I've been working filling barrels 10, 003 yeah
How much wine is enough, to sell to americans
How many products are enough, to sell to Americans
How much profit is enough for one rich man to make off my labor
'cause he knows damn well it comes at the expense of me having time for my children
Lately I've been working in his factory in his winery yeah
Lately I've been working filling barrels 10, 003 yeah
Lately I've been working in his factory so I can feed his babies
Lately I've been working in his factory, wage slave that's me yeah
How much wine is enough, to sell to americans
How many products are enough, to sell to Americans
How much profit is enough for one rich man to make off my labor
'cause he knows damn well it comes at the expense of me having time for my children
I wanna be famous and have my face on TV
I want all my old friends to hate me
I don't wanna be able to walk down the street
In this town I won't be around
And you can read all about my life on the newspaper stand
My agent says you can't call me back but you understand
Hey now I'm famous and it really sucks
Hey now I'm famous can you lend me five bucks
Hey now I'm famous when will this all end
I used to sell a lot of things CD's Records Tshirts and Magazines
I used to sell a lot of things, patches and sticker
So I could buy guitar strings
I used to buy a lot of things
Cigarettes, and coffee and gasoline
It kinda sucks when you're in a band
You gotta pollute the air, just to travel across the land
It just got me down
I just get in the car and drive from town to town
I tell people not to drive, but im just a clown
Cuz I drive more than anyone Yeah,
I just drive around
Tell people to eat right and follow their heart.
But you know I'm not very smart
Cuz I get my dinner at the mini-mart
I went to the demonstration to say no war for oil.
And the cops sprayed mace in my face
We go on tour in the summer, but the van's got a leak.
We spray oil all over the place.
I went to see Judi Bari talk about saving some redwood trees.
And she sang some songs
She didn't use no electricity
She didn't have to press up no cds
She didn't have to make no booklets or sleeves
She didn't have to kill nothing to say her peace
And it got me to thinking about
How maybe I'm just too attached.
To people talking about my latest record
Selling shit and getting tax free cash
And it got me to thinking about
How I'mnot really living the life I'm talking about
So I gave it up, and I left the city
Got a place with a yard and I planted myself a garden
I used to sell a lot of things
Until I found out how many
About 15, 000 of each release
That's roughly one mountain of shrink wrap
I used to buy a lot of things
But you know I'll just sit and watch my garden grow
And when the summer time comes
I'll just eat from my garden and live like a bum
I'm gonna put some roots down
My congressman says I cant give my brother a clean syringe
If he should get aids and die, that's just too bad
My senator says I can't give my sister a clean syringe
If she should get hepititis and die, that's just too bad
My president says I cant give my brother a clean syringe
If he should get hepititis and die, that's just too bad
The policeman says I cant give my sister a clean syringe
If she should get aids and die, that's just too bad
My county superviser likes to think he's so much wiser
Than all the doctors put together
Who say we should give away clean syringes
My city councilman says it's not a problem
We're only gonna spend millions on treatment won't work
For people who will die
My community likes to claim immunity on the basis of homophobia
And a lack of medical fact
Hey america there's needle users sleeping with your children
With your daughters, with your sons and with your husbands.
We got a law, says you can't own a needle.
Without a presciption
Do you think that ever kept anyone from shooting up?
All the politicians say, we cant legalize exchange
Because that would be sending the wrong message
But did you ever notice,
On every billboard, in every magazine, in every corner store, on every tv screen.
The message is "buy cigarettes and alcohol"
Don't you know drugs are everywhere, you can't stop it
Criminalize it, make it profitable, ensure its longevity
Don't you know drugs are everywhere, you can't stop it
It's not a law enforcement issue,
Addiction's a disease
If you find your self in the position of having to share a needle with another person,
Take the steps to ensure that you don't get infected.
Suck water up to the top of the needle, and squirt it out.
Suck water up to the top of the needle, and squirt it out.
Suck water up to the top of the needle, and squirt it out.
That's step one
Suck bleach up to the top of the needle, and squirt it out.
Suck bleach up to the top of the needle, and squirt it out.
Suck bleach up to the top of the needle, and squirt it out.
That's step two
Suck water up to the top of the needle, and squirt it out.
Suck water up to the top of the needle, and squirt it out.
Suck water up to the top of the needle, and squirt it out.
That's step three, you're done
We got a law, says you can't own a needle.
Without a presciption
Do you think that ever kept anyone from shooting up?
All the politicians say, we cant legalize exchange
Because that would be sending the wrong message
But did you ever notice,
On every billboard, in every magazine, in every corner store, on every tv screen.
The message is "buy cigarettes and alcohol"
Don't you know drugs are everywhere, you can't stop it
Criminalize it, make it profitable, ensure its longevity
Don't you know drugs are everywhere, you can't stop it
It's not a law enforcement issue,
Addiction's a disease
My congressman says I can't give my brother a clean syringe
If he should get aids and die, that's just too bad
My senator says I cant give my sister a clean syringe
If she should get hepititis and die, that's just too bad
My president says I cant give my brother a clean syringe
If he should get hepititis and die, that's just too bad
The policeman says I can't give my sister a clean syringe
If she should get aids and die, that's just too bad
My county superviser likes to think he's so much wiser
Than all the doctors put together
Who say we should give away clean syringes
My city councilman say's it's not a problem
Were only gonna spend millions on treatment won't work
For people who will die
My community likes to claim immunity on the basis of homophobia
And a lack of medical fact
Hey america there's needle users sleeping with your children
Heard the news from Colorado,
About a couple of kids,
Who went to school and tried to kill everyone.
They said they did it just for kicks.
I saw the president on the T.V.
He said we really gotta do something about this.
He said we gotta end this culture of violence,
And he went on to explain how we need to starve,
All the Serbian kids.
Maybe it's too many burgers,
Maybe it's too much beer.
Maybe it's in the water,
Maybe it's in the fear.
Maybe it's too much pollution,
Maybe we are just dumb.
But it really seems to me that...
Americans are stupid.
We'll fall for anything and everything.
The only thing worse than a stupid American,
Is someone who actually gets it,
And decides to do nothin'.
Saw the news from Havannah,
An economic embargo...
It started 39 years ago,
They said it would get rid of Fidel Castro.
I saw Jesse Helms on the T.V.
He said it just needs more time.
If we deny the people of Cuba food and medicine,
Then everything will work out just fine.
Maybe it's too many burgers,
Maybe it's too much beer.
Maybe it's in the water,
Maybe it's in the fear.
Maybe it's too much pollution,
Maybe we are just dumb...
But it really seems to me that...
Americans are stupid.
We'll fall for anything and everything.
The only thing worse than a stupid American
Is someone who actually gets it...
And decides to do nothin'.
We believe,
That if we have beliefs,
Then we don't gotta do nothing.
We believe,
That it we have beliefs,
Somehow they will magically change everything.
We believe,
That if we have beliefs,
Someday everyone will realize that they were wrong.
We believe,
That if we have beliefs,
We were driving in a van
All over the place
Broke down in Mankato
I thought it was outer space
We got home
We got a call on the phone
15, 000 for 1 record
'cause we needed a new van
They put it out
18.50 in record stores
No lyric sheets in the tapes and records
Starting feeling like whores
They had the option of a second record
20, 000 dollars more
Enough money to put out our own records
If only we had some more songs
So I wrote this one to say
Sorry for the overpriced records
If you send us a letter we'll send you a lyric sheet
Sweet distraction, I wasn't looking for you
I was chasin' down a rainbow, but I must have had my eyes closed
Cause you were everything that I dreamed of, just raining down on me
My rainy day fantasy, you're just a reflection of the sunshine
But once I blinked and I missed her, cause she's headed back to the grind
Don't you know success in this world is prostitution, stupid pride
And I got a lot of better things to do, than worry about tomorrow
Cause I can't just lay my dreams down by my side
Cause it's such a long road to walk all alone
And if I fall you know I'm gonna get up
And wait for the next time the sun comes shinin' through
And paints my rainy day with your smile
So come on and rain down on me, and I'll give you anything I got to give
If you'll paint my shattered dreams, and show me some way out
I know you can't think
Something is wrong inside your brain
Why do you want to take the wrong way?
If you are safe with me
You can't see, you can't feel
Someday you will fly away
Someday you will fly away
From me, away from me
Can you remember how to smile?
Now I can't see your face
Your drug addiction makes you hide
You have to change and be yourself
You can't see, you can't feel
Now you have to change or...
Someday you will fly away
Someday you will fly away
From me, away from me
I wanna to hold you
I wanna be with you
Don't go away
I want you back... again
You can't see, you can't feel
Someday you will fly away
Someday you will fly away
From me, away from me
I wanna to hold you
I wanna be with you
Don't go away
I want you back again
Fly away from me
Fly away from me
Your daddy beat you up
Your daddy beat you down
Your daddy put your mama in the hospital
Your daddy left town... he broke your heart
Your mama drank too much
Your mama hit you in the face
You had to make excuses for the bruises to all your friends
You had to live in disgrace... She broke your heart
Daddy came in your room at night
He took whatever he want
Your daddy was your first time
And your mama never tried to stop him... they
broke your heart
My mama beat me up
My mama beat me down
My brother raped my sister
My family threw me out... they broke my heart
America is the place where the kids got broken hearts
America is the place where the kids got twisted minds
bent on self destruction
America is the place where the kids got their wills broken
into and broken in two
America is the place where the kids got broken hearts
And the adults say hish, keep it down now,
voices carry
They say, don't tell anyone, don't tell em
anything
Don't tell 'em what went on, don't tell 'em
what really happened
Don't tell anyone, don't tell 'em anything
They won't believe you cuz it's all your fault
Hush
I made a bag out of a piece of cloth
I made a wish and I wrote it down on a piece of paper
I put th epaper in the bag and I wished with all
my heart
I said, please please deliver me; low and behold it
became reality
So I can say today
I refuse to believe that god created me to be
tortured
I refuse to believe the earth created me to be
abandoned
I refuse to believe that god created me to be
neglected
I refuse to believe the Earth created me to be
abused
I picked up the pieces of my broken heart off of
the dirty boulevard
I found a punk rock kid who had a needle and
some leather string
I made a wish and I said it, again and again I took
the needle and threaded it
I sewed my broken heart back together again
I got family now, sew my broken heart back together again
I got a wife I love, sew my broken heart back together again
I got two daughters I love, sew my broken heart back together again
I got a family now
Who ever you are, whatever you do, where ever
you are you don't deserve Abuse
I need Coca-Cola I need Preparation H
I need Texaco and Shell and Exxon I need Chevrolet
I need Camel cigarettes I need Budweiser Beer
I need cable channels 195
I need 10 kinds of shampoo just so I can stay alive
I need gainful employment I need a rental agreement
I need a CAREER I need enslavement
I need a hole in my head I need a hole in my head
Sun comes up rains light down on the sky warms the Earth that's where I live
Sun comes up pulls rain down from the sky wets the Earth that's where I live
Sun comes up rain and light grow the food on the Earth that's where I live
Jonny won the war today
He found out that no one wins
Just a simple interchange
Between this and that
And it's really all the same
And races and places
Just create another subdivision
And one man's enemy
Is another mans Brother
Jonny won the war today
Narrowly avoided going insane
But it all seems quite plain
And it seems quite plain
It seems quite plain to me
That one mans enemy
Is just the same
As You And Me, You and Me
White man, black man, yellow man, red man
This side, That side, You're wrong, I'm right
Every division is artificial
Ain't no reason to right anyone
We're all the same mankind
We all possess the same life
And sometimes I wonder if selfishness
Will be our end
I have a dream today
That all the armies will walk away
And go home to celebrate
Love and life and laughter
I dream the end of win and lose
Because there's no Victory without
Cooperation
In a world so full of enemies
I dream the end of competition
And five billion people
Learnin' to lose their fear of one another
I dream of a world free of enemies
A single Solitary smile
That's what makes it all worthwhile
It makes you stick around for a bit
Keeps you going when you want to quit
It'll make you drive a thousand miles
I never knew anything that felt this good
It comes in many different styles
And every time you turn the dial
You hear the reasons why you stayed that way
And never say I think I'll change my style
Wake up in the morning go to work
Fire up the truck and drive to Sonoma
Hop on the forklift and load up the truck with 10, 000 pounds of newspapers
10, 000 pounds of racist, classist lies
Drive the truck back to Santa Rosa
Get the newspapers in the recycle
So the rich white man
Can print up the same batch of lies again and again
Like "it's too bad the cops had to that man, but he had a broomstick
And he was asian
And we all know they're all Kung Fu masters.
Samurai warriors, they're all just like Jackie Chan
It's too bad they had to restrain his wife,
'cause she was a registered nurse and she tried to save his life
That goes against regulations, We'll just chalk it up to a bad night.
We're so proud our boys in blue
'cause they always do what's right"
I saw Aylene today
I saw her children play, in the front yard
The thought occurred to me, how does a mother
Tell her children their daddy got killed by the police
Wake up in the morning go to work
Fire up the truck and drive to Sonoma
Hop on the forklift and load up the truck with 10, 000 pounds of newspapers
10, 000 pounds of racist, classist lies
Drive the truck back to Santa Rosa Get the newspapers in the recycle
So the rich white man
Can print up the same batch of lies again and again
Like, "It's too bad the cops had to kill that kid
But someone called in a stolen walkman
The cops had to chase him down
But he refused to lie face down on the ground
He just walked away, the cops said
His black skin walked away into the black night
So I had to shoot him in the back of the head from 50 feet away
I had to kill him it was self defense
I was afraid he would circle back around behind and kill me"
I saw Cornelius speak today, at Hayward Bart
About how his son's life was stolen away
Over a walkman that wasn't worth more than change
How does a father find justice for a son stolen away
I don't want to hear your newscast anymore, it's bullshit
I don't want to see your headlines anymore, 'cause they're bullshit
I don't want to hear your press release anymore, 'cause it's bullshit
When we're done cleanin the rubble from the last wall torn down
When we're done putting back what we took from the ground
When the last republican and bureaucrat and liberal can admit to being a human being
When the last stubborn men stops refusing to learn from who he's met and what he's seen
There will come a day when there will be no more enemy, and no one left to hate
And on this day the earth will stand up and walk away
When the last line on all the maps has been erased
When the last person learns to derive the simple pleasure, of seeing another's smiling face
When we lose the reasons for division, and the separation has gone away,
When we know the love will stay
When all the songs have been heard and all the books have been read
I knew a girl who had a miscarriage on the bus on her way to Highland Hospital
I knew a girl who was 17 and pregnant she shot heroin in her arm.
I knew a girl was 23, she overdosed and died and now I guess she's free
I knew a boy who threw his body in front of a train guess he couldn't take the hell that lived in his brain
Welcome to Berkeley
Punk Rock wonderland
Your heroes on every corner
Fun for the whole family
Fun for the whole family
I knew a girl who couldn't stand being attacked
She died when three bullets pierced her back
I knew a boy who tried to stop a fight he got stabbed to death
I knew a girl who was fifteen years old she died of an overdose and no one seemed to notice
My momma got gang-raped, brought me into the world and gave me away
Welcome to Berkeley
Punk Rock wonderland
Your heroes on every corner
Fun for the whole family
Fun for the whole family
You can watch your innocence corrupt
You can watch your friends corrupt
You can watch your innocence self-destruct
You can watch your friends self-destruct
A junkies life is so glamorous
A junkies life is so glamorous.
A teen parent's life is so glamorous
In the unemployment line
Sitting around the welfare office
Waiting for the food stamps to come in
Our eyes meet and we both know
Sitting on the sidewalk
Getting jacked up
Waiting to be booked and released
Our eyes meet and we both know
Everybody knows authority is just abuse anyway
Everybody knows it's just no use anyway
So kill your elected officers today
We will win
You got your eyes on me when I'm in your store
'cause you know I've got to steal just to eat
But your boss don't pay you shit
You're one check away from
Being homeless just like me.
Lower class, middle class, no class we're all the same
We got all the bosses, we got landlords, we all play the slavery game
They've got the guns but we got the numbers.
When the people are one we will be unstoppable
Everybody knows employment is just abuse anyway
Everybody knows its just no use anyway
So Kill your boss today
We will win
At your eviction
Your landlord throws your shit out on the street
He's got help from his best friend, the pigs
There's really no way to explain it to your kids
Now we're in the soup line
Next door to the supermarket Mega-store
We know it's only a matter of time
Before we kick down the door and
Take away everything
And everybody knows wealth is abuse anyway everybody knows it's no use anyway
So kill your land lord today
America can not afford another Viet Nam War
Another prolonged foreign war will tear the system down from the inside
The enemy is you, the enemy is me
We got the war on drugs
We're the enemy
What it means is incarcerate all the young black men
What it means is incarcerate all the Mexicans
What it means is incarcerate all the poor whites
What it means is incarcerate all the homeless
At what point does it become ok for a person to
Stand up and say out loud
It's racist,
It's genocide,
It's slavery,
It's a police state
America can not afford another Viet Nam War
Another prolonged foreign war will tear the system down from the inside
America can not afford another prolonged foreign war
Thank God we have George Bush to find us an enemy within our own borders
The enemy is you, the enemy is me
We got the war on drugs
We're the enemy
What it means is incarcerate all the young black men
What it means is incarcerate all the Mexicans
What it means is incarcerate all the poor whites
What it means is incarcerate all the homeless
It's all been done before in the last world war
It's a solution for unemployment,
Internment
My enemy is a fucking pig
My enemy lives up in the capital
My enemy his name is Grey Davis
My enemy his name is William Bennett
My enemy wears a gun and a badge
My enemy he guards the Mexican Border
My enemy is building a prison just for me
My enemy he throws down law and order
My enemy is not a heroin junkie
My enemy is not a speed freak
My enemy is not a skid row alcoholic
In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, for love of god and me and you
In 1941 we intervened to stop the spread of world fascism
Listen up boys and girls it's the history of the whole world,
and you know it's true 6 million Jews they call it genocide,
100 million Native Americans, what an unfortunate price for today's quality of life
All people, every person experiences violation
When told what is right and told what is wrong and told what to do under the threat of violent intimidation
Virus kills us now virus kills us then over and over annd again and again
Sun goes down in my town, Berkeley California sold me on too many dreams
Of justice and brotherhood
Sun goes down in my town,
Berkeley California sold me on too many dreams
Of peace on the earth in our time
In 1969 my forefathers said stop! this land is hers and his and yours and mine
In 1992 Rosebud sailed the sky so blue, she gave her life for me and you
All people, every person experiences violation
When told what is right and told what is wrong
And told what to do under the threat of violent intimidation
Bullets kill us now bullets kill us then over and over and again and again
Sun goes down in my town
I believe in me
I make my dreams real
Did we give up our dreams and trade them in for a 12 pack
Did we give up our dreams and trade them in for a bag of speed
Were our aspirations too high, was there something wrong with not wanting work and rent
Were our aspirations too high, was there something wrong with not wanting a police state
Did we give up our dreams and trade it in for a bag of weed
Did we give up our dreams and trade them in for a million cigarettes
Were our aspirations too high, was there something wrong
with wanting an end to those who abuse their authority
from mom and dad to the president and every cop in between
We need parking lots and we need shopping malls
Otherwise we'll die
We need more cops and more guns to keep us safe from armed gangs-
Or we'll surely die
We need cable TV to keep the kids in line
Turn off our mind-to kill some time
We need nuclear power and children with 6 eyes
We need to mutate-so the species will thrive
We need global welfare, bombs falling everywhere
And peace will come to me there when there's no one left to fight anywhere.
And god will roll down from the clouds and gosh I'll be so proud
I met a girl who was 15 years old, she seemed so on top of the whole world
But I was blind to the facts, she had a predisposition towards being attacked
I met a girl who was 15 years old, she seemed free to roam the whole world
But I couldn't realize, she was running for her life
See, mama taught me how to take it, and I guess it's important to survive
But now my only wish is to extract the poison from my mind
Some people have abused me so bad, that now I do it to myself
And now my only wish is to kill the poison and find some kind of health
I met a boy who was 15 years old, he just wanted someone he could always hold
Which turned into control, which turned into paranoid narcoleptic vision
I met a boy who was 15 years old, he was so hell bent on control
He took the offered gender role, he had a sickness right down to his soul
See, mama taught me to live in a Rage, Dad taught me how to live in a cage
And now my only wish is to remove the poison from my mind
Can you hear me brother
We got so much work to do
We're as fascist towards some of us
As the pigs who try to keep down me and you
No problems or worries in my life, Just smooth sailing in my sights
But as soon as I turn my back, Everything just falls apart
I try to take these things in stride, But my hurt feelings I just can't hide
I'm not the one to lay down and die, But I'm not afraid to cry
I can't let these things get me down
Gotta let it go and get my feet back on the ground
In time things will always turn around
It still hurts and I feel so betrayed
But I know with time, it all just fades away
Just have to remember, tomorrows another day
Look to the future for the calm after the storm
When I see the gleam in your eyes, I hesitate run and hide
Keep all the good things I'm thinkin' to myself
Should be no reason to hide 'cause I know you'd be flattered
It's just that I'm afraid that you'd turn away
If I saw we can share some time, please keep in mind the importance is in two people reaching out
If you question my motives, just let down your walls
I will look at you and you'll see what's in me
It's just a fantasy I have of being with you, so I can show you how much you mean to me
Say you saw another, act on his hate and misunderstanding
And it makes you so angry, and it makes you so mad
So what kind of example, are you gonna set
Cuz violence breeds violence baby, and forgiveness breeds forget
We were told violence was wrong, and handed a list of situations
In which it would be justified, to compromise
Our disposition of offering forgiveness, to those who don't understand, there ain't no reason why
So wait just a minute now, what happens to your righteousness
The moment you justify your ill intentions towards another person
And it's gone
Say you got a problem, and you want a solution
Where you going to find it now, where you gonna get resolution
Will you find it in angry words? no
Will you find it in a hateful mind? no
Will you find it in a clenched fist? no
Will you find it in the end of a gun? I think not
So take one word of advice
From Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther
King and Jesus Christ
You'll find resolution, in a Loving Heart and in a Loving Mind
He needs Love
She needs Love
We needs Love
I know I understand mom and dad beat you up
I know I understand you've been incested you've been assaulted
I know I understand 'cause it all happened to me
I know I understand it's time to run away to Berkeley
Take the first plane, Hope the first train
Hitch the first ride, save your own life
Stick your thumb out on the freeway, it's the only way your gonna be free
I know I understand your worried about a place to stay
I know I understand we got plenty of real estate
I know I understand your worried about what to eat
I know I understand we got three meals a day every day of the week
Kids won't take it anymore
You call it discipline we know it as terrorism and war (on us)
Kids won't take it anymore
You call it love we know it as terrorism and war (on us)
Take the first plane, Hop the first train
Hitch the first ride, save your own life
Stick your thumb out on the freeway
And if I turn away, maybe I'm just too afraid to let you into my life
Let you into my heart, maybe I think you won't like what it is you find
And if I run away, maybe I'm just too afraid to let you into my life
Let you into my heart, maybe I think you won't like what it is you find
And if I leave today my intention is not to be away
And I know the only worthy act is union
I'm not seeking distance, only somewhere where I feel safe
I know the walls between us are the illusion, so I say
The separation between you and I is just an illusion baby
Cause my eyes can't see what your mind thinks about what it is my heart is feeling
And your ears can't hear my mind is screaming, want to let it all out but I just drown in doubt,
And I want you
I had a dream about such a sweet young girl, but now she seems so far away
Had a dream we would be together forever, but now it seems so far away
And now she seems so far away, because nothing lasts forever
And sometimes dreams seem to fade, because nothing lasts forever
Sometimes I think tomorrow will be much worse
Sometimes I think that I should just give up today
I had a dream about justice in our world, but now it seems so far away
Had a dream about peace on earth, but now it seems so far away
And now it seems so far away, cause nothing lasts forever
Sometimes I think tomorrow will be much worse
Sometimes I think that I should just give up today
Never give up
(Same as Separation 1)
And if I turn away, maybe I'm just too afraid to let you into my life
Let you into my heart, maybe I think you won't like what it is you find
And if I run away, maybe I'm just too afraid to let you into my life
Let you into my heart, maybe I think you won't like what it is you find
And if I leave today my intention is not to be away
And I know the only worthy act is union
I'm not seeking distance, only somewhere where I feel safe
I know the walls between us are the illusion, so I say
The separation between you and I is just an illusion baby
Cause my eyes can't see what your mind thinks about what it is my heart is feeling
And your ears can't hear my mind is screaming, want to let it all out but I just drown in doubt,
And I want you
I had a dream about such a sweet young girl, but now she seems so far away
Had a dream we would be together forever, but now it seems so far away
And now she seems so far away, because nothing lasts forever
And sometimes dreams seem to fade, because nothing lasts forever
Sometimes I think tomorrow will be much worse
Sometimes I think that I should just give up today
I had a dream about justice in our world, but now it seems so far away
Had a dream about peace on earth, but now it seems so far away
And now it seems so far away, cause nothing lasts forever
Sometimes I think tomorrow will be much worse
Sometimes I think that I should just give up today
Never give up
In this world of changing faces
New ideas from newer places
Come learn from their distant traces
We all have something to give.
In crying for peace for eternal places
Hugs and kisses and good vibrations.
Bring forth to this new celebration
And let the new world begin
Experience the world so you can see
Different kinds of people in different countries
You'll find you're no different from the rest
Laughing at the same jokes crying at someones death
Not to know someone yet trust them.
Without worry or assumption is great, but you better watch out.
'cause without hate there is no love, and without love
There is no hope to help ourselves.
Break out of our shells.
For we must show who we are
We must show what were made of
We're all special people inside
So let's bring forth to what we've created
And let the new world begin
Experience the world so you can see
Different kinds of people in different countries
You'll find you're no different from the rest
Laughing at the same jokes crying at someone's death
If you try to look inside
You'll find what you need
All the ways to be happy
All the ways to be truly free
You'll find that introverted is not what you wanted to be.
In this world of changing faces
New ideas from newer places
Come learn from them
We all have something to give.
In crying for peace for eternal places
Hugs and kisses and good vibrations.
Bring forth to this new celebration
And let the new world begin
For we must trust each other
To believe in one another
For if we try and we do succeed
We'll find true tranquility
In crying for peace for eternal places
Hugs and kisses and good vibrations.
Bring forth to this new celebration
And let the new world begin
Experience the world so you can see
Different kinds of people in different countries
You'll find you're no different from the rest
The situations are irrelevant now.
She loves the way that I tease.
I love the way that she breathes.
I touched her (ohh).
She touched my (ahhh).
It was the craziest thing.
I love the girls who hate to love because they're just like me.
A certain girl she took my hand and ran it up her thigh.
She licked her lips and pulled my hair I fall in love for a night.
She can't behave and I'm just a slave.
Don't worry I'll be gone when the morning comes.
Darling what is going on?
Honestly that never happened lying is your favorite passion.
Leave me go where you belong,
Higher heels and lipstick napkins dying is your latest fashion.
The frustration it's a regular thing
I hate the ones who love to hate because they're just like me.
A certain girl she took her hand and put in my lap
It's way too full she said once you have me you'll always come back.
She can't behave and I'm just a slave,
Don't worry I'll be gone when the morning comes.
Darling what is going on?
Honestly that never happened lying is your favorite passion
Leave me go where you belong
Higher heels and lipstick napkins dying is your latest fashion.
I know you love to insist and all it takes is a kiss and you just
Love to hate me.
You know you love all the lies so don't act surprised that I just
Love to hate you.
I kissed your lips you pulled my hair it was the craziest thing. I
Love the girls who love to hate. (Breathing)
(Whoa! ) Darling what is going on?
Honestly that never happened
Lying is your favorite passion
Leave me go where you belong
Higher heels and lipstick napkins dying is your latest fashion
Darling (leave me) what is going on?
Honestly that never happened
Lying is your favorite passion
Leave me(darling) go where you belong
Moms' in the kitchen giving her power way to a bottle of wine
Dad's in the office giving his power away selling his time
I didn't learn shit about life I learned to give my power away
I learned how to escape I learned to be a slave
Mom's in the kitchen teaching me about obedience and battery
Dad's in the TV room screaming something about authority
I didn't learn shit about life I learned how to get high
I learned how to check out and I learned how to die
LSD my friend, cocaine and speed my friend, beer and weed my friend, amphetamines
Coffee and cigarettes and never ending need,
Jack Daniels and needles and little cotton balls full of speed
My friends pick me up and take me away from my middle class hell I call home
My friends pick me up and take me away from my middle class hell I call alone
Thanks for the ride, it's time to say goodbye
In the hour and 28 minutes you spent writing for your zine about
How so and so sold out and lost all credibility in the punk rock scene
1000 children died of starvation and you didn't do a damn thing
In the hour and 28 minutes you spent writing for your zine about
How things aren't the same as they used to be and how change is a bad thing
22 more people went to prison and you didn't do a damn thing
Hey MRR I really got to hand it to ya
You do the best job of reporting on political news from around the world
The only thing is
If you extracted all the irrelevant bullshit
You'd be left with a three page magazine
Yeah
Who really cares about what you think of my record anyway
Who really cares that you pierced your tongue and moved to San Francisco
Who really cares who's the official enemy of Punk Rock today
Who really cares about the cigarrettes you smoke and the cool people you know
Big brothers little brother
In the hour and 28 minutes you spent writing for your zine about
How so and so's band sold out
'cause they're only 10 grand in the hole right now
The US destroyed another small country today
Hey MRR I really got to hand it to ya
You do the best job of reporting on political news from around the world
The only thing is
If you extracted all the irrelevant bullshit
You'd be left with a three page magazine
Yeah
Who really cares what you think of my record anything
Who really cares that you pierced your tongue and moved to San Francisco
Who really cares who's the official enemy of Punk Rock today
Who really cares about the cigarrettes you smoke and the cool people you know
Yeah baby you and me, we're the perfect match
Maybe we could (Ab)use our sexuality, to justify being attached
Yeah we're perfect for each other, cause someone needs to care for me
And you need a reason for living, and baby that's me
And you seem to need a man, to retain an identity
And we need each other, cause otherwise we'll die so obviously
Together in crippled bliss, we can perpetuate our insanity
See mom and dad taught us, what we need to find in a mate
Find a man with power, find a woman with beauty
In our social sect, we call the punk rock scene
This means the man with the most popular, the woman that looks straight out of fashion magazines
See I'm afraid I'll die, if someone don't provide for me
And you seem to need a man, to retain an identity
And we need each other, cause otherwise we'll die so obviously
Together in crippled bliss, we can perpetuate our insanity
I found out the truth today
I found self-sufficiency inside a human being
I found my real savior today
I've been having a hard time trying to justify
The clouds arising from the cars we drive
And a little too easy seems just a little too hard today
And I'm afraid my children are going to have to watch the world waste away
Been having a hard time trying to accept the fact
That paying money for four walls leaves the slavery intact
And a little too easy seems just a little too hard today
And I'm afraid my children are going to have to watch the world slip away
I know, I know, I know, life has become slavery
Costs two dollars a minute and additional charges to pray to god today
See I've been looking for some guidance but the voice on the phone ain't got a damn thing to say
And a little too easy seems just a little too hard today
And I'm afraid my children are going to have to watch the world fade away
I was born a little too late to see the dream that they called America
See I only want to be a Free man but it's against the law to sleep on the ground in Gods land
And a little too easy seems just a little bit insane
And I'm afraid I'm going to have to run for my life one of these days
I know, I know, I know, life has become slavery
The ground is my body, it's been poisoned with lead and junk food and toxic waste
The sky is my mind it's been clouded with cigarettes and fluorocarbons and petroleum distillates
The water's my heart, it's been broken with booze and drugs and shooting up paste
The sun is my spirit, it belongs to all of us, I guess we're all one sick race
And autonomy shall reward itself with freedom
And humility shall reward itself with peace
And the dissolution of possession and the integration of humanity
Shall bring forth a sharing of our responsibility
Fuck Marxism
Fuck Socialism
Fuck Capitalism
Fuck Anarchism
White man's got a whole lot of solutions
White man's got a whole lot of problems
White man's got a lot of bright ideas
White man like to play God
White man says, he says that God is a white man.
Everybody else and everything else gets systematically objectified
Fuck Communism
Fuck Democracy
Fuck science
Fuck reason and rationality
White man's got a whole lot of solutions
White man's got a whole lot of problems
White man's got a lot of bright ideas
White man like to play God
White man says, he says that God is a white man.
Everybody else and everything else gets systematically objectified
White man says, he says nature is not a part of God
White man's got progress, but its only pollution
White man's got technology, it's only confusion
White man's got Nature yeah, and he's got the papers to prove it
White man's got a bomb and he's stupid enough to use it
White man says, he says that God is a white man
Everybody else and everything else gets systematically objectified
White man says, he says nature is not a part of God
To kill her becomes justified
White man says, yellow man, red man black man they are not a part of God
To kill them becomes justified
Man against God
Man against Nature
Man against Woman
Man against child
Man against Man
Land Mine - Blew my legs off
Now I sit by - The subway station
Land mine - Blew my legs off
I ask for change - You turn your head and walk away
I was a kid once - I got forced into it
I couldn't afford college - I didn't have a deferment
They call it service - Dismemberment
They call it service - Amputation
Germany Panama Lebanon Korea
Vietnam Philippines Iraw. This time it's Bosnia
Favorable Statistics - And smiling confident Presidents
Couldn't ever portray - An 18 year old
Cut in half never gonna walk again Never gonna run again
Never gonna Stand again
Land mine - Blew my legs off
I ask for change - You say to yourself just another alcoholic
Land mine - Blew my legs off
I got some change - I think I think I'll drink it all away
I was a kid once - I got forced into it
I couldn't afford college - I didn't have a deferment
They call it service - Dismemberment
They call it service - Amputation
Germany Panama Lebanon Korea
Vietnam Philippines Iraw. This time it's Bosnia
Favorable Statistics - And smiling confident Presidents
Couldn't ever portray - An 18 year old
Cut in half never gonna walk again Never gonna run again
Never gonna Stand again
Jail all the owners of the mainstream media for the crimes of violence against humanity
Jaill all the owners of the defense industry for the crimes of violence against humanity
Jail all the presidents and senators and congressmen for the crimes of violence against numanity
Jail Ted Turner, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Henry Kissinger and Al Haig
I was trying to kick speed, so I followed my friend Steve
We went to the chatuea, we cut up so many vegetables
We proceeded to get high, and to my surprise
I had achieved an appetite, all my paranoia dissolved into the sunlight
I was looking for a change
I was looking for a plan
I was looking for some kind of healing,
I was looking for peace of mind
I found peace of mind,
I found healing of body
I found a way to kill the money demon,
I found rest in my soul
Believe me when I found out, what sleep is all about
Believe me I found out what SOUP is all about
Food not Bombs, bikes not bombs, community not bombs, heal the world
Mama said, pour me some wine son
And you can have a sip for your self
Mama said, do your homework
And you can watch TV all you want
Mama said, do what I say or I'm gonna beat the fuck out of you
Mama said, this is normal-see
You don't have it as bad as the other kids on the block
So then we all pretended that I grew up
Mama said, I got a letter today
Says you've cut 187 out of 190 days
Mama said, we've noticed lately
You have no interest in gainful employment
Mama said, it's time to lock you up
Make your round brain fit in a square hole
I said, sure thing, I'm just gonna play one last show
In the city, but you know, I didn't ever go home again
I stopped pretending that I had a family
We all pretend, that we love our children
Until they show any signs of having their own will
Then we beat them, into submission
We beat them into the superior ways of our way of thinking
The brain tends to divide between what's yours and what is mine
And what it believes to be wrong and right
The brain does not seem to know that we all share the same home
And existence is a fact it's not a right
The land is the land, the sky is the sky, the water belongs to all of us
And I can find no reason to mutilate our mother with fences and borders
And obsessive thinking, of proving our individuality
Yeah, so what can you do when your fellow man, criminalizes your plan
For getting by, and the presence of your body means you've acted
Irresponsibly, and you've failed to be born before all the world was taken
Yeah, and you got nowhere to call home, on a globe, 22, 000 miles around
And gravity breeds illegality cause it'll always bring you down
On someone else's piece of ground
The brain seems to think with enough manipulation
The brain could be master of the sea, the land, the sky
The poor little brain could not seem to realize
That no measure of intelligence could ever improve upon
The land is the land, the sky is the sky, the water belongs to all of us
And I can find no reason to mutilate our mother with fences and borders
And obsessive thinking, of proving our individuality
Yeah, we can put a man on the moon, but that won't help us
When the ground's too poisoned and there ain't water enough
Left to grow our food
And rhinoplasty and transplanted hair will keep us sexy
As we slowly die from poisons in the air we breathe
Yeah, we can build a town in half a day, blow each other all away
Go home latter on that day, watch it all on the evening news
Despite our age of information, It won't help us without wisdom
And all our ingenuity, has only brought us to the brink of Annihilation
Technology cannot replace responsibility
And 55(m.p.h.) don't justify our own poisoning
And progress seems like backwards lies, cause we all started off with paradise
So leave your mark on our world by leaving no mark at all(moreno)
Maybe it's security Maybe it's simple amibition
When you're only fifteen
How can you know what hurt means?
When I saw that look in your eyes, ran out into the cold night
Stole a car just to sleep inside
I realize when you're fifteen
You surely know what love means
And when that gets taken aside and replaced with nothing but fighting
You'll know what hurt means alright
I did not know where to go
And then you showed up like a rainbow
But I got much more than a pot of gold
I got a mate for my soul, babe
A mate for my soul
We were only fifteen
Trying to work out what it means
To want someone by your side for the rest of your life
And yet not over butterflies
Before I met you at fifteen
Back in nineteen-sixty
I was always on the run, unsure of what to run from
Or where I'd be when morning would come
I did not know where to go
Then you showed up like a rainbow
But you brought me much more than a pot of gold
I got a mate for my soul
A mate for my soul
A mate for my soul
I've heard it many times before
All is fair in love and war
But now I question everything
What together we might bring
What together we might bring
Who are we hurtin' with our love
Contagious love and secret death
Aren't we protected by our loving breath
It feels so good can't we forget the rest
We feels so good can't we forget the rest
Who are we hurtin' with our love
I've seen it now with my own eyes
How a lovin' person dies
A new disease amongst us stalks
Aids is not just chicken pox
Aids is not just chicken pox
Who are we hurtin' with our love
We are all one now nature says
So now we need careful ways
So our love retains its true intent
And nightmare is not how life is spent
Nightmare is not how life is spent
Mama it's been seven long years since I came and talk to you
Mama you said don't worry son this whole world is here for you.
Mama you told me people who claim to own the Earth are fools.
Mama you told me its only human arrogance that claims to make all the rules
And surely there's only one law
What goes around comes around
Mama lately I've been thinking about how us people tend to think
That Nature is here, or nature is there or nature is one place but not everywhere
Mama I guess we're just too afraid to admit
That streets are violence,
Buildings are violence,
Our lives are violence.
And surely there is only one law
What goes around comes around
Hey mister Conquistador,
500 years, of pillage and plunder, it will crush you
Hey mister Missionary, 500 years, of kidnapping and brainwashing, it will destroy you
Hey mister Military, 500 years, of rape and murder, it will crush you.
Hey mister CEO, 500 years, of pillage and plunder it will destroy you.
I learned a new word today, that word is NO
You don't get all the money I make just cause you own real estate
You don't get forty hours a week from me
You don't get to make my choices for me
You are only your own authority
You don't get possession of me 'cause you got something I need
You don't get to abuse me at all just 'cause you're big and you think that I'm small
You don't get possession of me just 'cause you got something I need
It used to be that I knew exactly where I stood with you
To tell the truth it wasn't all that bad
But recently there's been change, and my whole life is rearranged
Now I wonder what the hell we had
To say it was nothing would be a lie
At least that's how it looks from where I stand
But how you feel, has been concealed
I'm falling and I don't know where I'll land
Did I mean anything to you
Did I mean anything to you, maybe not but I thought
That I meant something too
So I was A fool to spend all my time with you
Is that the way you see me now
But you won't tell me how you feel so I don't know what the deal is
Just let me know somehow
To say it was nothing would be a lie
At least that's how it looks from where I stand
But how you feel, has been concealed,
I'm falling and I don't know where I'll land
Did I mean anything to you
Did I mean anything to you, maybe not but I thought
And then I saw him in the crowd
A lot of people had gathered round him
The beggers shouted and the lepers called him
The old man said nothing
He just stared about him
All going down to see the lord jesus
All going down to see the lord jesus
All going down
Then came a man before his feet he fell
Unclean said the leper and rang his bell
Felt the palm of a hand touch his head
Go now go now you're a new man instead
All going down to see the lord jesus
All going down to see the lord jesus
All going down
It all began with the three wise men
Followed a star took them to bethelehem
And made it heard throughout the land
Born was the leader of man
All going down to see the lord jesus
All going down to see the lord jesus
All going down
It all began with the three wise men
Followed a star took them to bethelehem
And made it heard throughout the land
Born was the leader of man
All going down to see the lord jesus
All going down to see the lord jesus
More pain than joy, more fear than peace
When you are gone I'll be way more at ease
Two sides to you, Jekll and Hyde
I'll never trust you and we over-tried love
I confide, love, in you
I'm letting you go
Today begins the end
I'm letting you go
I know
Before I wasn't so sure
But now I am, no whim
I'm letting you go
Not much support for what I do
I try to tell you but I can't get through
The life you lead, leads me to this
It'll suffocate the purest bliss, love
Every kiss, love, is doomed
I'm letting you go
Today begins the end
I'm letting you go
I know
Before I wasn't so sure
But now I am, no whim
I'm letting you go
This time it is for real
No room for your appeal
The truth has been revealed
You think we're the same
I've had enough
You try to guess and you are so far off
It takes so long to know someone
It was so hard and not a bit of fun, love
We are done, love, it's true
I'm letting you go
Today begins the end
I'm letting you go
I know
Before I wasn't so sure
But now I am, no whim
