I cross the street to find my dream
But it had gotten so tired
And as I feel past these alley ways and buildings
I see all the faces, they all look straight ahead
I turn the coroner for some shelter
And the ground begins to quiver
I hold the past in this fist
I will go if you beckon me on
I threw broken glass
I see a hand, it's reaching, telling me to hurry
I hear a voice inside, God it sounds like mine
Don't Remake Me
Turning the clock I find that you are not fault for what you did
Don't Remake Me
Sometimes its hard well, you are not at fault for what you did
I am going to pretend I'm flying
Because I can't, cant see the ground from this window
When I get down you and me we're gonna kick our feet
Kick our feet through a sea of fears
You pulled on my arms, on my legs, tried to talk,
You always answered me with that wild old stare
Don't Remake Me
Turning the clock I find that you are not fault for what you did
Don't Remake Me
Sometimes its hard well, you are not at fault for what you did
Well if you knew what was really boiling in my head
Would you drive the nail through me?
Don't Remake Me
Turning the clock I find that you are not fault for what you did
Don't Remake Me
Sometimes its hard well, you are not at fault for what you did
Don't Remake Me
I'd like to jettison your medicine
back to where you came from
you keep your bell and edison
away from my grandson
stand son on your own bone
don't forget the home that you come from
don't let them say your name wrong
just like larry I'll take it to the hoop
make one false move in one fell swoop
and then I pass it to the trigger man
bow down to the sound if you still can
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I got my beautiful dutiful cargo 250
plenty of misshalls and plenty of cat calls
and I can attest to the rest of the best stalls
but never have I ever made a match with sickness
look both ways and dispatch with a quickness
gimme some roy and gimme some speed
gather all around to the world and read on
til you get to the part that's righteous
it's an unbearable likeness
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headlights
highways
your life collides with mine
leavin' our shoes behind
we cross the water
our words flow
from mouth to mouth
like fish seeking dark places
the mist covers our traces covers our faces
headlights
highways
your life collides with mine
we're stepping into shelter
movin out of shadow
we made some wrong moves
along the way
oh we might have strayed
will I forget your face
and your fluid gait
or will I stare into the stillness
this is where I miss you
so long
th what's done
how come we've gone
so much time's been wasted
so many thoughts been lost on you
headlights
highways
your life collides with mine
cold wind rushes
down on my face
smoke heats the black throat
of the chimney
the door is open
she woke me up with a bang, bang
looking over cross eyed had a big
hunch that the world was a big lie
when I got up all the blood to my head
I got so dizzy fell back to my bed
I went over to the wayside
looking for the high tide
what will I find will I find will I find
all I saw was a man that had a hat
that had a pom-pom he's been there for
years can someone tell me how long
[CHORUS:]
wake up to tell me
wake up to show me
what I could not find
you see this woman woke me up
at a quarter to three
and I didn't know it then but she put a spell on me
said I had to go down to where
the cliffs meet the sea and meet an
old man to present my plea
so I headed way down to the big pier
to await and confront my big fear
I wheeled around behind to my
blindside to find and old man with a
lime and a kind eye
mister, mister withyour beard so long
won't you be a saint and tell me
just where I'm going
he pointed to a conch shell and then
to the lime and said this is all
I really need to get by
[CHORUS]
hey mister man
I know you don't know
who you think I am
but I can safely say
that I should've been sleeping the day away
I said 'scuse me, if you've got the time
he shrugged his shoulders
said get a spine
coconut hit me on the head
jonesin' for a fig
I booked last night
I need another fix
just then I see a twinkle twinkle
in the old man's eye and a wave
tossed bottle in thrown to the sky
I caught it on the rebound
it landed with a soft sound
I took out the message and put the
bottle down
inside was the antidote to the spell
I read it to the old man 'cause he
couldn't read so well
said don't worry about a
thing you know your
path is true just ease your
mind have a banana
or two
well, goodness, goodness, woe is me
the man nearly flipped to learn
that he was free but just before we
left and started kicking it
I picked up the bottle and star sixed it
kick kick, shuffle shuffle
back to the beach
with a tune on my lip
and my quest in reach
if that woman comese to you with
her song so sweet, say damn
I saw you yesterday
your eyes were the color
of some kind of grey.
I hear what you're saying
please, don't let me go
I've got all the people
down below.
they rush to talk; they rush to say
man overboard...
may day...may day... may day...
troubles are brought back by you
funny how we, we go down
we go anywhere, but to the ground
so I hear that you're doing fine
you've flown all those planes
that have been on your mind.
I can't understand
I don't need to know
I'll speek to you through this radio.
they rush to talk; they rush to say
man overboard...
may day...may day... may day...
troubles are brought back by you
funny how we, we go down
we go anywhere, but to the ground
they rush to talk; they rush to say
kasiwa i
makasimba ere
ndakasimba kana makasimba ow
ndakasimba
you raise your head, you beat the sun
but your boys they lie so close to you
do you dare get up and wake the two
oh elias, I see you there at work in the day time
do you think you could answer all the questions in the world
in just one word- I think you could
'cause if you die will I get word that your gone
or will I hear it in passing conversation
or will I stop short and fall to the ground
distance is short when your hand carries what your eye found
hold my hand just one more time
to see if you're really going to meet me
hold my hand just one more time
to see if you're really going to meet me
honest and manuel, well they're at school now
given the chance that their father's never seen
to see what's beyond section 17
and in ten years when you look back at your boys
well you know they've grown way taller than the tallest
sugar cane in the field
I see your wife she stands stooped over by the fire outside
and I see your boys and when they look up
you know I think they got their mother's eyes
'cause she looks so proud she looks so happy
the furrowed bed of sand worries again
as it had before, waves left the land.
for the falling leaves the child weepeing alone,
he's letting go of the anchor and all the lines...
waiting for the fingers of the grey wave
of his mother's hand to roll over him
with endless water... 10,000 bridges
show me father.
now I'm older, now much older
and this wake can take me out to sea.
and this wake can take me out to sea.
I can see her, she is calling me
I can feel her there...I can feel her there.
waiting for the fingers of the grey wave
or his mother's hand to roll over him
with endless water... 10,000 bridges
born a normal child, but the dream it didn't last long
would you hold him down, my god why does he hang on
someone do somethign, don't turn in disgust
look him in the eyes
can he hear us- can he hear us
calling back to my friend
won't you write me again, won't you say this is the end
eight years gone by
wanted to scream but he could not cry
suffer he so gallantly
he says, you have no idea what it's like to be me
I'm not saying that I do
I just wish that something was different
I'm not saying that I do
I just wish that something was different
someone was different
so hide your indifference away
what punishment is this
what did he do lord to recieve all this
and was it a narrow miss
clench your muscles hard my son
do what you must do
look him in the eyes
can he hear us
can he hear us
calling back to my friend
won't you write me again, won't you say this is the end
away yes I hear you I have all ideas in the world
away yes I hear you I have all ideas in the world
away yes I hear you I have all ideas in the world
Daddy I want to drive today
I wanna get up and go
wanna find some time
Mama I hear what you're sayin'
I wanna feel alive and get inside
hey I wanna drive
I'm alright if you're alright
tell me what to think
it's been years since we've been
flyin'
show me what you're seein'
I wanna feel alive wanna take this
old man river said
you can go your own way
if you just leave him alone
do not deliver all your things today
we are going home
oh mama we now so hungary
I got bats in the belfry
I'm in the kitchen, boiling society
I'm in the open catching all the leaves
we all see what we want
old man river...
oh mama we now so hungary
I have a crazy idiosyncrasy
it's affinity to serendipity
and in this eternal epiphany
no hypocracy or duplicity
Let it be known
To all your misbelievin'
What you've been seein'
That we will not stand
Will not be mistaken
We'll go there leave this weakness
Don't take this from me
We'll go there leave this weakness
'Cause I have been waiting
[CHORUS:]
Lo we are not so we're on a mission
Lo we are not so we're on a mission
Lo we are not so we're on a mission
Lo we are not so we're on a mission
To be so well, oh well, the way I see
(Oh steady goes)
Damn this, damn that
There'll be no talk of turnin' back
Damm this, damn that
There'll be no talk
We will fly sometimes
We will find our own way
We will fly sometimes
We will find our own
[CHORUS]
To be so well, oh well, the way I see
We are not so
We are not given
We are not sold on what we have seen
We are not so
We are not given
We are not sold on what we have seen
We're going, we're going to fly away, never come back
We're gone, we're gone
The list is long, we are many strong
The ceilings are coming down
here we go
leave it on the back burner
take it to the dry town
I got the mean time slippin' down
the slide some uptight right wing,
political homicide, do what you want,
take what you will, take it in like a
southpaw, flip it on the grill
bourgeoise, protocol
bottoms up boys this is the last call
happy hour doesn't last too long
you know it never does
so I sit here on a bar stool looking at
the sky got a buck and a quarter
and a bucket full or rye
don't step out of line you'll get time
in the brig don't yield to the mighty
you got your own dirt to dig
my and my flea bag friends we ran
to have our own feast of Crispan
Murphy was there with number 22
they were got caught in the middle
of a coup, you will
lose me if I don't lose you
we haven't chosen
anyone of you to condemn
so make your decision and chose you
side or let us begin
steeped in knowledge
I'll step from the board
down to the speak easy
with my double-edged sword
you know the deal
you got to spin the wheel
I heard the heavens are full of sevens
but as matter of fact
you know that cat suicide jack
he don't play like that
when you dove, drunk with sleep in your eyes
you stole what was left of the sky,
I remember how you freed your hair,
hung your head in a forgotten stare
and I thought... and I thought
when will the water stop, will it pour all day?
when will the water stop?
I know that you can't say.
turning to fall out of our lives,
spinning pictures: blue screams and red kisses,
you sank into yourself and I got lost somewhere in between
when will the water stop, will it pour all day?
when will the water stop?
I know that you can't say.
she is washed up on his shore,
there's no time to get into his life,
she is washed up on his shore,
I heard a story about a boy, who was swept off the deck
the sweeping tide swept the sea over his neck
but it did not end there, the boy began to swim
and dared to the sea that dared to invade him
did you ever want to know me
did you ever feel like I could
it's a silent steeple that carries us down
it's a silent steeple
but the sea wouldn't so much as reply
so the boy swore to the ships that were fated to die
red sky at night, sailors take delight
red sky in the morning, sailors take warning
sail on, take it back, sail on, take it back, sail on, take it back
we were going with the wind in our hair
and we didn't want to look back 'cause if we did We would not care
and if we all were to die now
well it wouldn't be that bad
'cause the boy in the waves said he'd give us everything, everything he had
to go on and trace that scar, like we did ten years before
sail on, take it back, sail on, take it back, sail on, take it back
the wind blew and her hair stood still
he sits beneath her window sill...
she awaits the magic in his hands
he walks her out into the night
and takes her in a different light
her eyes divert to the water beneat his feet
oh, the water beneath his feet
oh, the water beneath his feet
boy wakes up and runs outside
to find that all his fears have died
and all the shells are laying on the sand
she kicks a rock along that road
and stood still while the story was told
do you believe in me he said, can you believe in me...
oh, you believe in me
oh, you believe in me
the wind blew and her hair stood still
he sits beneat her window sill...
she awaits the magic in his hands
he walks her out into the night
and takes her in a different light
her eyes divert to the water beneat his feet
oh, the water beneath his feet
oh, the water beneath his feet
oh, you believe in me
the river of doubt gave birth to a beautiful stone
and in my hands I held it and I knew I was on my own
so I picked it up and held it to the sky
and in my reflection. I knew I was all alone
then I saw this girl with the most beautiful hair
she had it wrapped around her for clothes she did not wear
I asked her for a lock and she complied, after leaving
gorgeous footsteps in the sand as if she didn't care
she was the prettiest girl I ever saw
the stone lay still without a flaw
the feelings I had defied the law
as I came to, I went to
and I took a look, a look down the road
to see a badger and a one eyed toad
they didn't say a word, they just looked at me
with that wise old look of the old
then I went to down to town
to my favorite merry-go-round
to the place where magic horses fly
and you seldom see a frown
but then I stole a ring from the flying horses
and I can't begin to explain how
I stole a ring from the flying horses
and it's all rusty now
I stole a ring from the flying horses
and I can't begin to explain how
I stole a ring from the flying horses
and it's all rusty now
You see 'cause that stone fell through my pocket
and that lock of hair flew away with the wind
If you chance to meet upon either
well you know where they've been
but don't pick them up or try to find me
they're much happier to be on their own
beauty like that knows no home
and then if you take a look, a look down the road
you'll see a badger and a one eyed toad
they won't say a workd they'll just look at you
green river flows
like grass melting
later it will run black
down its track
into an ocean
she stans on the bridge
dimlight on her back
someday
I will carry you...
I want to float higher
above waves of electric wires
stare down onto the street
see a drunk with kiln-glazed eyes
tell me about the girl I should meet
someday
a whirlwind came into my life
and it tried to rescue me
will you come, will you go
will you tell me seriously
twistin', burnin', my thoughts turnin'
back to you again
sweet thing take me to the end
You better dig
and take a look inside yourself
so the story goes or so I've heard it said
that you left your land to trade for a place
so far away, so out of date
that only you could understand
and at the ceiling of my feeling
backed up against the wall
sweet thing you know I'd fall in line
You better dig
and take a look inside yourself
she wants to be free
and I want to know
that she wants to be free
and I will walk with you
using the stars as guides
on a homeward path we go
knowing our time is nigh
I, I will walk... to be with you
so put your hand in mine
and lay your head to rest
we'll light the candles now
they won't be lit for long
we'll know our day was blessed
and I will walk with you
using the stars as guides
on a homeward path we go
knowing our time is nigh
I, I will walk to be with you
all that I've done, and all I say
I stick loneliness, your lips
and the two coins of your eyes
into my pockets..yeah...
well the train skates into
Port Henry late Sunday
sometimes when I'm riding high
feeling fine you know there's something
troubling my mind
so I reach into my pocket for some
small change
I reach into my pocket for some
small change
I want bones like iron blood like mercury
so I can tell you when I'm rising
and when I'm sinkin' in
[CHORUS]
we're gonna take it to the people
hey let's drink from the cup
share some luck
go ahead and laugh cause it don't
cost much
I stick loneliness, your lips
and the two coins of your eyes
hold up the firing line
hold steady on the trigger's time
walk away counting backwards from nine
holdin' his breath so to start his own dying
time served
to the ones that left you here
no people here, only names
soon to be put to numbers so it's one and the same
it's anyone's game as long as the fire flickers
the throat stickers, they place their bet
the trouble is that no one's added it up quite yet
cause when they do, when they do it'll be a
riot and the wire is down
hold up for the fury to sound
hold up you head from the ground
or they'll keep you on it
your time's served
to the one's that left you here
from tower to wall to guard to guard to wall
ever ready for th fire to fall
the confiners haven't seen the sun since
the lifers let got of their irrelevent innocence
but long before a single round was shot
word was spread from block to block to cell block
they're going to take him
and make an example of him for the escapees to fear
the incoming of the
incoming of the gun
oncoming of the year
you either die on the inside or trying to get out
Root down, I put my root down
I kick it root down, I put my boot down
So how you gonna kick it, gonna kick it root down
Yeah, how you gonna kick it, gonna kick it root down
So how you gonna kick it, gonna kick it root down
Gonna break or damn, gonna kick it root down
It's not a put down, I put my foot down
And then I make some love, I put my root down
I'm like sweetie pie by the stone alliance
Everbody knows I'm known for dropping science
I'm electric like Dick Hyman
I guess you'd expect to catch the crew rhymin'
Never let you down with the stereo sound
So Mike, get on the mic and turn it out
We're talking root down, I put my root down
And if you want to battle me, you're putting loot down
I said root down, it's time to scoot down
I'm a step up to the mic in my goose down
Come up representing from the upper west
Money makin' putting me to the test
Sometimes I feel as low, I've been blessed
Because I'm doing what I want, so I never rest
Well, I'm not coming out goofy like the fruit of the loom guys
Just strutting like the meters with the look-ka py py
'Cause downtown Brooklyn is where I was born
But when the snow is falling, then I am gone
You might think that I'm a fanatic
A phone call from Utah and I'm throwing a panic
But we kick it from the root when we break it on down
Jimmy Smith is my man, I wanna give him a pound
I kick it root down, I put my root down
I kick it root down, I put my root down
So how you wanna kick it, gonna kick it root down
Yes, how we gonna kick it, we gonna kick it root down
So how we gonna kick it, gonna kick it root down
We gonna break it or damn, gonna kick it root down
Well, Ad Rock, don't stop, come on
Just get on the mic with the tic and the tac
I'll fill you with the fuckin' rim like brim
I'm walking down your block and you say that's him
There goes the guy with the funky sound
The Beastie Boys, you know we come to get down
Because I've got the flow where I grab my dick
And say oh my God, that's the funky shit
So I'm going to pass the mic and cause a panic
The original nasal kid is doing damage
Every morning I took the train to High Street station
Doing homework on the train, what a fucked up situation
On the way back up hearing battle tapes
Through the underground, underneath the sky scrapes
It's like Harlem world battles on the Zulu beat show
It's Kool Moe D. vs. Busy Bee, there's one you should know
Enough of that, I just want to give some respect due
M.C.A. grab the mic and the ma bell will connect you
Bob Marley was a prophet for the freedom fight
If dancin' prays to the Lord, then I shall feel alright
It feels good to play a little music
Tears running down my face 'cause I love to do it
And no one can stop this flow from flowing on
A flow master in disaster with a sound that's gone
I'll give a little shout out to my dad and mom
For bringing me into this world and so on
I kick it root down, I put my root down
I kick it root down, I put my root down
So how we gonna kick it, gonna kick it root down
Yeah, how you wanna kick it, gonna kick it root down
So how we gonna rock it, gonna kick it root down
They were looking for me when I came to
They were looking for me when I came back
Said hey you, you're looking, very suspicious
I said relax man, get off my back
I said relax man, get off my back.
I, I, I ain't opposed to seeking justice
But you're going about it all, wrong
The man you're looking for does not exist
He's just a figment of the higher man's tongue.
Chorus:
And they say
Open up, we're coming inside
You can't run, so you might as well hide
We got the place covered from head to toe, head to toe
Open up, we're coming inside
What's it feel like to know you're gonna die
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row
Yeah
So they took me down to the gallows
Woah
And this boy, he say to me
Why do you smile, when the rope's around your neck?
I said I tell you boy when I get back
I said I tell you boy when I get back
I, I, I ain't opposed to seeking justice
But you're going about it all wrong
The man you're looking for does not exist
He's just a figment of the higher man's tongue.
He's just a victim of the higher man's song.
Chorus
And they say
Open up, we're coming inside
You can't run so you might as well hide
We got the place covered from head to toe, head to toe
Open up, we're coming inside
What's it feel like to know you're gonna die
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the... row
Hands above your head
Que te vaya bien
Step out the line and we'll fill you with lead
How are we to know that you are not a liar
Don't you see we have a job to do
And our job is the law, job is the law
You fit the description of a criminal crosser
We believe that he is you, and that is your flaw
That is your flaw
That is your flaw
That is your flaw
That is your flaw
That is your flaw...
And they say
Open up, we're coming inside
You can't run so, you might as well hide
We got the place covered from head to toe, head to toe
Open up, we're coming inside
What's it feel like to know you're gonna die
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row
so all of a sudden I'm facing a
raging river that passed me by
do I turn around, do I turn my eye
to the sun in the apex of the high noon
I'm on a flatbed yellow pick up
underneath a half moon
so cut me some slack jack and jump in
the back if you can't handle the candle
they you can't handle the wax
you're just going to get sacked
it's as simple as that
but before I know it
I'm going down this itty bitty river in
a boat a little bigger
than a bath tub
my bones begin to shiver
'cause I'm aching to deliver
this water that I must give her
can I get some
down by the railway station
people moving in a new direction
take a ticket from who you can
drive that train
she was a black-tie bomb shell
out of Bombay
she was easy on the eyes
so I had nothing to say
she said take the water to the
leprechaun man you got till the bell
rings three, do you understand
a little peice of me wants to go
I don't know
turn around what do I do
I don't know
ding dong ding that's the bell
and I know you know I know
I don't know you very well
but if I did, I would groove
and hit the ground running
but I don't and I won't
so you got another thing coming
he kicked up the river
with a flick of his wrist
I popped him in the kisser
'cause I couldn't resist
I said to my side kick
I'm up to my high wick
and now I'm getting a little homesick
but before I know it
I'm going down this itty bitty river
in a boat a little bigger
than a bath tub
my bones begin to shiver
'cause I'm aching to deliver
this water that I must giver her
can I get some
I went down to the drug store to check my head against
the bright light but she caught me from behind
and though I did not know and though I did not care
I could not tell that I was blind to think my world a bubble
and to think that my brother's was too
and that she had come
to shatter all that I knew
so I straightened up my back and I cry
do what you must do
take me now before I change my mind
take me now before I lose my mind
so I headed to the deep, deep forest
to catch my earnings
but my earnings were all up
my brother looks up at the sky and says
why have you poisoned my brother's cup
and I say don't you worry boy
cause the woman who came for me
will surely show you your bliss
for she holds the answers to all your fears she
I'm coming back coming home the queen of love enters the room
Silence ensues... to the king what have you done to my life
Did you take me for a fool or for a wife
And the king is in his court
Counting all his diamonds
One by one they do fall
Says the queen our pride the prince of spades is coming home
It'd be nice if you could find some time alone
After all he's in line for the throne
And the king is in his court
Counting all his diamonds
One by one they do fall
So now just get up off you ass and
Leave all your treasures behind
Your son is coming home with you to spend time
Show him how a good king should be
And don't ever forget the day
When you turned back on him and me
I'm not crazy like my brotherI'm not crazy like my brother
but it's the way I choose
I don't hang around with a six pence
when I got everything to lose
would you bring me my money
and take from me all that I was worth
cause I wasn't worth nothing
and I wasn't yours
oh don't you be a passerby
oh won't you sit down
and stay a while
cause it's been too long since you been around
sold out men from across the way
he thought he heard what he heard you say
hey now man your watch it shines
for the bid of a moment yeilds 40 times
oh don't you be a passerby
oh won't you sit down
and stay while
don't you be a passerby
oh don't won't you sit down
and stay a while...
cause it's been too long since you been around
woman and little child
don't you be a passerby
I'm not crazy like my brother
but it's the way I choose
I don't hang around with a six pence
when I got everything to lose
would you bring me my money
and take from me all that I was worth
cause I wasn't worth nothing
and I wasn't yours
oh don't you be a passerby
oh won't you sit down
and stay a while
cause it's been too long since you been around
sold out men from across the way
he thought he heard what he heard you say
hey now man your watch it shines
for the bid of a moment yeilds 40 times
oh don't you be a passerby
oh won't you sit down
and stay while
don't you be a passerby
oh don't won't you sit down
and stay a while...
cause it's been too long since you been around
woman and little child
would you be the wind to blow me home
would you be a dream
on the wings of a poem
and if you were walking through a crowd
you know I'd be proud
if you call my name out loud
do you suppose that I would come running
do you suppose I'd come at all
I suppose I would
and if we were walking
down a dead end street
would you be the one to let our eyes meet
or would you just keep on walking
down to the turn around
'cause you know I'd be proud
and if I was gone from the land we know
would be the dawn
and let your beauty still show
and if you were walking
and heard the cold night coming
would you call my name
Well I'm moving kind of slow
Down that same old path
Wasting time inside this hour glass
She's coming up ahead now
And I feel, yes I feel
My head turning like a race car wheel
Maybe I'll try to say hi another time
I've gotta find a way to get inside your mind
I'll talk smoothe and walk one step closer
Be real cool, dang real cool
say what you want, say what you mean
question yoursel, are you really what you seem?
say what you want, say what you mean
question yoursel, are you really what you dream?
now here I come one more time
but she slides on by
not even a second look
she took the bait right off that hook
I've got my blinders on tight
I pull my cap a little lower
I can't hide away
you might think that this is easy for me
but there's a lot of things you don't know
you don't care, you don't want to see
long while since I've got myself across
but maybe there's a reason for that
even if I caught you I'd throw you back.
hey... hey...
I really don't wan to fall back
because you don't seem like you care
and if I would fall back
you don't seem like you care
and if I would fall back
you don't seem like you care
fall down your back, fall down your back
fall down your back, fall down your back
I will not, I will not hold, hold you back
you don't seem like you care
Fall back... you don't
Fall back... you don't
there was a decorated general with
a heart of gold, that likened him to
all the stories he told
of past battles, won and lost, and
legends of old a seasoned veteran in
his own time
on the battlefield, he gained
respectful fame with many metals
of bravery and stripes to his name
he grew a beard as soon as he could
to cover the scars on his face
and always urged his men on
but on the eve of a great battle
with the infantry in dream
the old general tossed in his sleep
and wrestled with its meaning
he awoke from the night
just to tell what he had seen
and walked slowly out of his tent
all the men held tall with their
chests in the air, with courage in
their blood and a fire in their stare
it was a grey morning and they all
wondered how they would fare
till the old general told them to go home
I have seen the others
and I have discovered
that this fight is not worth fighting
I have seen their mothers
and I will no other
to follow me where I'm going
Take a shower, shine your shoes
you got no time to lose
you are young men you must be living
go now you are forgiven
but the men stood fast with their
guns on their shoulders not knowing
what to do with the contradicting orders
the general said he would do his own
duty bout would not extend it not further
the men could go as they pleased
not a man moved, their eyes glazed
straight ahead till one by one they
stepped back and not a word was said
and the old general was left with his
own words echoing in his head
he then prepared to fight
come now to the edge of the room
you can see them all crowdin' around
soon they'll come in and come up here
let them find an effigy
but they'll never find me
head man I live to see you roll away
they'll never ever ever find me
they'll never ever ever find me
head man, walkig, right infront of me
don't you, look in, I'm not here you see
dead man told me wher I am to hide
said he's waitin' there, where it's all
even...
you can feel them coming
up through your heels
outside misconstructed the search continues
the hidden afraid are never betrayed
by the already gound and taken away
oh and in a different place
the hands that hold your face
are only trying only tryin' to keep you warm
they'll never ever ever find me
they'll never ever ever find me
hedman, walking, right in front of me
don't you, look in, I'm not here you see
deadman told me where I am to hide
said he's waitin thre, where it's all
even...
walk on, will we, walk on
with our heads to the wall
let them find taht they'll never find us all
hey I wanted a life less hidden
they wanted a life but I'll never give them
part of me...
part of me...
I will save my right
so hard to the ground
til we lay down
we hear the dealers with their words
that ride the tails
of their cigarette smoke
sliding through the tunnels of our ears
those greasy marionettes of
real bone and blood
stand on the corner of washington square
vision stinging
eyes blurring
elevators got your rising so high
17 floors you want so much more
elevators got you rising so high
17 floors you want so much more
there's lightning on the ceiling
coming from the corner of her eye...
somewhere horses flee from thunder
somewhere the bones of a cat
are buried under a garden
well ther's a radio on
broken songs empty digression
won't be ling to you and me are gone from here
lightning on the ceiling
Came forward, had enough
Don t really wanna hold much longer
Silver sun up I feel your love
There be soon we will rise
So get ready boy cause here I go
I ve been waiting my whole life
Just to let it go down
Think to ride away, I fly
Back to the road we came from
Hey back to the road we fall
And there were ...dreaming alone
It s early ever, wind is strong
There s a world on its way
So get ready boy cause here I go
I ve been waiting my whole life
Just to let it go down
Think to ride away, I fly
Back to the road we came from
Hey back to the broken fall
Back to the road we came from
I waited so long for the sun to rise
This afternoon I see it in your eyes
The sky is opening, the world is shining
All in your day
It feels so good now, it feels so good now
It feels so good now, it feels so good now
Can't believe it, he said I'm alive
You make my heart feel with light
The sky is opening, the world is shining
All in your day
It feels so good now, it feels so good now
It feels so good now, it feels so good now
The sky is opening, the world is shining
All in your day, all in your day
It feels so good now, it feels so good now
Well I'm moving kind of slow
Down that same old path
Wasting time inside this hour glass
She's coming up ahead now
And I feel, yes I feel
My head turning like a race car wheel
Maybe I'll try to say hi another time
I've gotta find a way to get inside your mind
I'll talk smoothe and walk one step closer
Be real cool, dang real cool
Say what you want, say what you mean
Question yoursel, are you really what you seem?
Say what you want, say what you mean
Question yoursel, are you really what you dream?
Now here I come one more time
But she slides on by
Not even a second look
She took the bait right off that hook
I've got my blinders on tight
I pull my cap a little lower
I can't hide away
You might think that this is easy for me
But there's a lot of things you don't know
You don't care, you don't want to see
Long while since I've got myself across
But maybe there's a reason for that
Even if I caught you I'd throw you back.
[Chorus]
Hey... hey...
I really don't wan to fall back
Because you don't seem like you care
And if I would fall back
You don't seem like you care
And if I would fall back
You don't seem like you care
Fall down your back, fall down your back
Fall down your back, fall down your back
I will not, I will not hold, hold you back
You don't seem like you care
Fall back... you don't
Fall back... you don't
You want me, and keep me here
You call us close, to dispel your fear
You paint in the corner of peace with your hands
As the water flows north miles west
They come moving
Raising up their hands
As the thunder calls, we'll come to
The straightest tree
What flag are you? Are you flying?
I've seen you come from miles
I've seen you come from miles
Great father in ...says well be
Only white like ...used
Only as long as the day hold a blessing
Will we pass
He offers to us our own hands
And the lines upon our lands
Dark soldiers, dark soldiers
Don't ignite the led
What flag are you? Are you flying?
I've seen you come for miles
I've seen you come for miles
What flag are you? Are you flying?
I've seen you come for miles
I've seen you come for miles
Oh, will you hurdle to the trees?
And holding in both hands
The center we will be together
As one we will stand
Frozen tears, frozen tears
Check me pout before you go
Time you've got to really know
You got this wonder show to... all the times that you're here
All the love that you feel
Come right down and take you away!
Soldier, I get broken... there's a letter on the shelf
Guess she had my.. to feel the sign all that time that you're here
All the love that you feel
Come and down and take you
Love that you fear!
Calm right down and take you away!
Come down from where you are, where are you are!
Come down from where you are where you are!
Now's a time our ...
Knowing that...it will never be you away
..all the times that you're here
All the love that you feel
Come and down and take you
Love that you fear!
Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain, once again
Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain, once again
Does anybody know this man?
Can Anybody understand
How long it is the road we've come to date?
Days now wrapped in silence
Wonder what is this violence
Keeps his mouth locked shut and tongue at bay
Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain, once again
Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain, once again
Senora I have a question,
You is there a lesson?
Story wrapped so tight, that you need to share
We've got the trusted ears of strangers
Escaped your recent dangers
So tell me what in this life we need be ware
Please excuse my insolence
I do nothing here to offend
Though my eyes don't blink, yes my mind does think
In you I found a friend
Please accept my innocence
I do nothing more this day
When I was lost, you were the cost I that I knew would surely pay
Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain, once again
Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain, once again
Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain, once again
Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain, once again
Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain, once again
Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain, once again
Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain, once again
(One two three)
What's real these days
Am I your friend
I wanna run, run
From all my foes
Hey I'm still, still
So alone
Got news for you boy
Got news for you boy
I'm on the other side
You don't know
You can't tell
I'm on the other side
I'm all dressed up
In disguise
Well it's easy they say
You just smile the day away
Yeah, yeah, yeah
So push away what hurts
We'll show you a drink
To hold, hold
Yet I hold you in
And you give, give them
All they need
While you choke on
While you choke on
I'm on the other side
You don't know
You can't tell
I'm on the other side
I'm all dressed up
In disguise
Well it's easy they say
You just smile the day away
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Crossing your heart
Won't be easy this time
When you raise your trembling hands
And swear away
Swear away your life, yeah
When will life change for me
Could you answer that
I wanna crawl, crawl on a new shore
And know, know what's on my chest
Rest my heart
Rest my heart
I'm on the other side
You don't know
You can't tell
I'm on the other side
I'm all dressed up
In disguise
I'm on the other side
I'm all dressed up
In disguise
Well it's easy they say
You just smile the day away
Yeah yeah yeah
The other side
The other side
The other side
The other side
The other side
You just smile the day away
One old man a ten hour day
And not a dime to spare
Playin' on his pawn shop horn
And breathin' into the air
I've got more coal to fire
And another soul to feed
Little old lady left the scene
About an hour ago
Her purse was filled
All her silver unsold
Little old lady had a mouth
But nothing to say
Despite her allegiances
She has found a way
Even a bling squirrel needs a nut yea
Do rebut that
And if you open up your mouth
You better shut that
It's never ever gonna go away
"I'm homeless, God bless, good day"
Would that I were you
Would I be free
And would that you were me
Would you burn or flee
The blood is on your hands
You've got it on your feet
Your first is in the air
Until the philosophy that holds one race
Superior and another inferior
Is finally and permanently
Discredited and abandoned
Everywhere is where
Rumors of a war
Rumors of a war
Rumors of a war
Until there will no longer
First class and second class citizens of any nation
And until the color of a mans skin
Is of no more significance than the color of his eyes
Theres a war
And until the basic human rights
Guaranteed to all without regard to race
Theres a war
Everywhere is war
War in the east
War in the west
War up north
War down south
Rumors of war
Rumors of a war
Rumors of a war
Rumors of a war
Until that day
The dream of lasting peace
World citizenship
And the rule of international morality
Will remain but a fleeting illusion
To be pursued, and never attained
Everywhere is war
Rumors of a war
Rumors of a war
Rumors of a war
Rumors of a war
Rumors of a war
Down here at the pawn shop
Down here at the pawn shop
Down here at the pawn shop
Down here at the pawn shop
The microphone explode, shattering the molds
Ya eighter drop the hits like de la o or get the
Fuck off the commode
With the sure shot, sure to make the bodies drop
Drop an dont copy yo, dont call this a co-opt
Terror rains drenchin, quenchin the thirst of the power downs
The fire sided fist-a-gon
The rotten sore on the face of mother earth gets bigger
The triggers cold empty your purse
They rally round the family
With a pocket full of shells
Rally round the family
With a pocket full of shells
Rally round the family
With a pocket full of shells
Rally round the family
With a pocket full of shells
Weapons not food, not homes, not shoes
Not need, just feed the war cannibal animal
I, walk the corner to the rubble that used to be a library
Line up to the mind cemetery now
What we dont know keep the contracts alive and moving
They dont gotta burn the books they just remove them
While arms warehouses fill as quick as the cells
Rally round the family pockets full of shells
Rally round the family
Pocket full of shells
Rally round the family
With a pocket full of shells
Rally round the family
With a pocket full of shells
Rally round the family
Drop into the mystery of a whip
Speak, repeat, I'm not listenin'
Sit up undress...
we'll do the rest
tongues as long as hallway carpets.
I ride a tear...
through this world and disappear.
I ride a tear...
through this world and disappear.
Take all your bones
and make a new throne.(?)
Ice in your eyes,
is getting too cold. (too cold)
See the flame figure
in the window.
She's got her word...
to say.
I ride a tear...
through this world and disappear.
I ride a tear...
through this world and disappear.
Drop into the mystery of a whip
speak, repeat, im not listenin'.
situp undress...
we'll do the rest,
tongues as long as hall way carpets.
I ride a tear...
through this world and disappear.
I ride a tear...
through this world and disappear.
Through this world and disappear
through this world and disappear
through this world and disappear
through this world and disappear
Old man river said
You can go your own way
If you just leave him alone
It doesn't matter
Do not deliver all your things today
We are going home
Oh, mama we now so hungry
Oh, mama we now so hungry
Oh, mama we now so hungry, I'm
We now so hungry
'Cause I got bats in the belfry
I'm in the open catching all the leaves
I'm in the kitchen, boiling society
We all see what we want
Old man river said
You can go your own way
If you just leave him alone
Doesn't matter
Do not deliver all your things today
Everyone will be alone
Oh, mama we now so hungry
Oh, mama we now so hungry
Oh, mama we now so hungry, I'm
We now so hungry
I got bats in the belfry
I'm in the open killing society
I'm in the kitchen, boiling all the leaves
We all see what we want
I have a crazy idiosyncrasy
It's affinity to serendipity
And in this eternal epiphany
No hypocracy or duplicity
Oh, mama we now so hungry
Oh, mama we now so hungry
Oh, mama we now so hungry, I'm
We now so, we now so, we now so, we now so hungry
Hey hey hey
I got bats in the belfry
I'm in the kitchen, boiling society
I'm in the open catching all the leaves
We all see what we want
'Cause I got bats in the belfry
I'm in the kitchen, boiling society
I'm in the open catching all the leaves
We all see what we want
Ya, we all see
Old man river
Old man river, yeah
Old man river
Old man
Old man river, yes
Old man
Old man river, yeah yeah yeah
Oh mama, oh mama, oh mama
Oh mama, oh mama, oh mama
Oh mama, oh mama, oh mama
We now so hungry
We now so hungry
Oh, mama we now so hungry, I'm
We now so, yeah yeah yeah hungry, hungry
Got to turn my hubs
'Cause I'm spinnin' my wheels
Got to turn my hubs
'Cause I'm spinnin' my wheels
Got to turn my hubs
'Cause I'm spinnin' my wheels
Got to turn my hubs
'Cause I'm spinnin' my spinnin' my
Go to Mozambique
And they say, they say to me
You must wait
Another day
Another day
Too long
Too long
Get up and go
Take what you know
I'm leavin'
Oh, I'm leaving, yeah
I don't know my
I don't know my I don't know my friends
I don't know my, oh
I don't know my I don't know my friends
The path to Mozambique, yeah
Unsafe today, they say
They say, unsafe today
And my feet are wearin'
Too long
Too long
Yeah
Get up and go
Take what you know
I'm leavin'
Take no time
There's no time to sit around
You better get moving.
I don't know my
I don't know my I don't know my friends
I don't know my, oh
Wounded, you can take me there
I was wounded, you can take me there
It was a crime that I was left
But will you go on without me?
Think I'll just walk myself to sleep
Cause I ain't working for your father
But I might as well be
I ain't lookin' for confusion
But it tends to follow me
You can come into my house, she said
If you do it quietly
But I said
There ain't no chance at that
Cause I am listenin' to what you got
Put up your hands if you want me to stop
And I turn around, but I think you're crazy
If you think this happens a lot
Oh, do you like this?
Do you need someone to cover you
Just to show you what you missed
Wounded, and I will go if you go first
But I, ain't gonna wait around
Tell me how much is your dime worth
We got, ten minutes to get there
We got, ten minutes to go
Throw this one in for the money
Cause the next one's for the next show
I ain't working for your father
But I might as well be
I ain't lookin' for confusion
But it tends to follow me
You can come into my house, she said
If you do it quietly
But I said
There ain't no chance at that
Cause I am listenin' to what you got
Put up your hands if you want me to stop
And I turn around, but I think you're crazy
If you think this happens a lot
Oh, do you like this?
Do you need someone to cover you
Just to show you what you missed
So hey
Where you going?
Do you need somebody, somewhere
To help you get on by?
Cause I think, you know who I am
I'm gonna make this, as fast as I can
Some people call me the pusher man
I promise it won't take long no no no no
Just close your eyes
And get in the van
Cause I am listenin' to what you got
Put up your hands if you want me to stop
And I turn around, but I think you're crazy
If you think this happens a lot
Oh, do you like this?
Do you need someone to cover you
Just to show you want you missed
Cause I am listenin' to what you got
Put up your hands if you want me to stop
And I turn around, but I think you're crazy
If you think this happens a lot
Oh, do you like this?
Do you need someone to cover you
In a place where I belong...
On my own.
Comin' back,
Comin' home,
The queen of love enters the room,
Silence ensues.
To the king, what have you done with my life?
Do you take me for a fool or for a wife?
And the king is in his court,
Counting all his diamonds,
One by one they do fall.
Says the queen,
Our pride the prince of spades is comin' home,
It'd be nice if you could find some time alone.
After all, he's in line for the throne,
For the throne.
And the king is in his court,
Counting all his diamonds,
One by one they do fall.
So now just get up off your ass.
Leave all your treasure behind.
Your son is coming home with you to spend time.
Show him how a good king should be,
And don't ever forget the day
That you turned your back on him and me,
And still I stay,
And still I stay.
And the king is in his court,
The king is in his court,
The king is in his court.
Counting all his diamonds,
One by one they do fall.
In a place where I belong...
Cause ya cut it ya match it
Ya cut it ya match it
You do the final cut yeah
Ya cut it ya match it
Ya cut it ya match it
You do the final cut yeah
Ya cut it ya match it
Ya cut it ya match it
You do the final cut yea
Ya cut it ya match it
Ya cut it ya match it
You do the final cut yea
Cause it's a manifest destiny like a genocide recipe
Telling lords that wrestle me to be my own race
Challenge your god, another drink of your chalice
Dont underestimate the fate of a preordained malice
Where are my boots and where the hell is my balance
The hell you did come down from your planet
To see us all reach for the cocking of a a gun
Oh come if you're gunna get some
Cause forty seconds later and the cocking of a gun
A boy avoids confusion and his special agent scum
Two officers pushed a boy down on his back
Searched through his pockets found a vile of crack yea
Nothing can be done about this boy untainted
Its a typical mythical world we live in untaint me
Un-slay me, un-lay me
Going to the river cause I think I'm damn ready
There is a river where a riverbed should be
There is a river... yeah braddigan
There is a river where a riverbed should be
There is a river where a riverbed should be
There is a river where a riverbed should be
There is a river where a riverbed should... i'd like to
I'd like to jettison your medicine back to where you came from
You keep your Bell and Edison away from my grandson
Stand son on your own bone don't forget the home that you came from
Don't let them say your name wrong
Just like Larry I take it to the hoop
I do one false move in one fell swoop
And then I, then I pass it to the trigger man
Bow down to the sound if you still can
Cause there's plenty of catcalls and plenty of mis-falls
And I can attest to the rest of the past falls
Never have I ever made a match with sickness
Look both ways and dispatch with a quickness
Gimmie some roy, gimmie some speed
Gather all around to the word and read
On, 'til you get to the parts that's righteous
It's an unbearable likeness
There is a river where a riverbed should be
There is a river where a river
There is a river where a riverbed should be
There is a river where a riverbed should be
oooh yeah
(come on now) mmmmmmmmm whoa
oooooooo yeah ooooooh
My name is Chetro (Chetro), and I do know (do know)
That I got to get some money to get the van towed
His name is Braddigan, and I'm back again
I wanna be that three with a tight plan
His name is Pete (Repete) Pete's got the goods
Spanking on my bass like I know I should
Lost in the draw for the freak and groove
Relax and relapse, and lets synapse this move
(alright... check it out)
There is a river where a riverbed should be
There is a river where a riverbed should be
There is a river where a riverbed should be
craze a chance
you learn to dance
most people they just go on
doing what they can
dont you know, dont you know
one feeds the monster
one feeds the soul
learn to see the old man
and he was sitting on his cracked land
dont you know hes tuning the wheel of everyday
and hes afraid of what he cant see
was it in the fire or the photograph
if its hard, its gunna get harder
if its hard, its gunna get harder
cause the babys crying
as the old man sighs
and the babys crying
as the old man sighs
would you go
would you try to look a man in the eye
learn to see the old man
and his cracked land
hes turning the wheel of everyday
you learn to see the old man
and his cracked land
hes turning th wheel of everyday
hes afraid of what he cant see
hes afraid of what he cant see
hes afraid of what he cant see
was it in the fire or the photograph
well if its hard, its gunna get harder
if its hard, its gunna get harder
cause the babys crying
as the old man sighs
well the babys crying
as the old man sighs
the babys crying
the children scream
the old man sighs as I begin to dream
the babys crying
the children laugh
the old man sighs as I take that path
-repeat-
learn to see the old man
and his cracked land
hes turning the wheel of everyday
you learn to see the old man
and his cracked land
hes turning th wheel of everyday
hes afraid of what he cant see
hes afraid of what he cant see
hes afraid of what he cant see
What do u wanna be
I don't know
And what do u wanna feel
I cant tell you
And what do u wanna see
I don't know
Just take me down to the watering hole
What do u wanna be
I don't know
And what do u wanna feel
I can't tell you
And what do u wanna see
I don't know
Just take me down to the watering hole
We're going, tiptoe
Back to the place that i know so
Oh wont you please just say so
Cause im not gonna leave until you let me go
Tiptoe back to the place that i know so
Oh wont you please just say so
Cause im not gonna leave until you let me go
ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k
ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k
ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k
ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k
ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k
ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k
What do u wanna be
I don't know
And what do u wanna feel
I cant tell you
And what do u wanna see
I don't know
Just take me down to the watering hole
What do u wanna be
I don't know
And what do u wanna feel
I cant tell you
And what do u wanna see
I don't know
Just take me down to the watering hole
We're going tiptoe
Back to the place that i know so
Oh wont you please just say so
Cause im not gonna leave until you let me go
Tiptoe back to the place that i know so
Oh wont you please just say so
Cause im not gonna leave until you let me go
ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k
ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k
ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k
ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k
ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k
ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, o-k
Gotta be so eh eh eh
You got your electricity.
The heat is on high, you can't keep your eyes away from the TV.
You walk outside with your face on the ground, too tired to hear the sound.
Of a child on the rooftops and he was kicking off slate.
Do you remember when you were a boy and you were void of hate.
Because I know a place where the smiles last for days, and the people celebrate at the drop of rain.
(They last for days)
They go outside, on the barefooted ground.
(They last for days)
They can hear the sound, they can hear the sound.
But switch back to the first world, a smiling face on the TV.
A man walks out of a square house into a square car and he wonders, "What's happened to me?"
And don't ask him where he's going 'cause he doesn't know when he'll be back.
He sits there in his car, with his keys in his lap.
Well have you figured it out, out
(Have you figured it out)
Well have you figured it out, out
(Have you figured it out)
Well have you figured it out, out
(Have you figured it out)
'Cause I haven't got a clue
I was crossing the tracks, I saw a big yellow light coming for me.
What happened to the blinking red lights?
They must have run out of batteries.
And I should stand up for my friends, because I believe in them.
And if someone puts them down, why am I silent 'til the end?
And you better smile when I say, "Hi" 'cause I'm smiling whenever you're nearby.
Well I guess you don't make a big deal out of anything anymore.
And ya pass a car turned over on the side of the road, you contemplate a reversal of the roles.
But you don't pull over to help, you'll forget about it 3 seconds down the road.
Well have you figured it out, out
(Have you figured it out)
Well have you figured it out, out
(Have you figured it out)
Well have you figured it out, out
(Have you figured it out)
'Cause I haven't got a clue
And I held everything against you, 'cause you see you never held anything at all against me.
And you better smile when I say, "Hi" 'cause I'm smiling whenever you're nearby.
Well I guess you don't make a big deal out of anything anymore.
I was crossing the tracks, I saw a big yellow light coming for me.
What happened to the blinking red lights?
They must have run out of batteries.
Everybody put your lights on
everybody stand up 'cas the fight's on
(repeat 3 times)
save your words and
ya save your speeches
as we gather in the main street for light pieces
and when the cobbler's son has got no shoes
you will bear your tongue for the language that you use
save your words and
ya save your speeches
as we gather in the main street for light pieces
and when the cobbler's son has got no shoes
you will bear your tongue for the language that you use
and i got one question
can you tell me that
can a zip gun
can endure like that
wide right turns
if you can't see my mirrors then I can't see you
wide right turns
if you can't see my mirrors then I can't see you
wide right turns
Black birds send bullet holes
Scattered across the sky
I wander
These steep hills
Into the grey light.
My fingers collapse around my pen
Like soldiers tryin' to hold up the flag
I'm callin' out, once again
In this letter to you my friend
In this letter to you my friend
In this letter to you my friend
And don't tell me you been comin' up easy
Stop, drop, you're life is greasy
You used to say that you would come around
Oh baby, but you're never here
You have been
Up above (so high so high so high)
And lived, in the dirt
You have felt
Some love
And you
Have been hurt
Well I've gone to shorten my road
With a fistful of matches, but nothin' to strike (nothin' to strike)
And as we walk along the cove
You will know that this is right
You may think I'm crazy
You may think I'm foolish
But I'm coming through the lightening
Comin' back to you
Don't tell me you been comin' up easy
Stop, drop, you're life is greasy
You used to say that you would come around
But you're never here
You have been
Up above (so high so high so high)
And lived, in the dirt
You have felt
Some love
And you
Have been hurt
Oh my my my my my my my
I'm feelin' fine
Oh my my my my my my my
I'm comin' through
Oh my my my my my my my
Oh my my my oh my
You have been
Up above so high so high so high
And lived, in the dirt
You have felt
Some love
And you
Have been hurt
Oh you have been, you have been
Up above, up above
And you've lived, and you've lived, in the dirt, in the dirt
Oh you have felt you have felt
Some love, oh some love
And you, you have
Been hurt
A forgotten whisper screams at me now
So that I don't forget how
To sit like a child on my mothers knee
How dare that child be me
And it's trot trot to Boston
And trot trot to Lynn
And trot all the way home again
But don't let me fall in
Cause I'm slipping through your legs
I'm slipping through your legs
I'm slipping through your legs
I'm slipping through your legs
So race me up the loft
Up the ladder until I get lost
And let you be an arms length away
So you can wake me and tell me of the day
Cause we'll trot trot to Boston
And trot trot to Lynn
And trot all the way home again
But don't let me fall in
Cause I'm slipping through your legs
I'm slipping through your legs
I'm slipping through your legs
I'm slipping through your legs, legs
So where are you going did you follow me?
And how could you see so well? So well
You were helpless like a dove at bay
But what did you say
When he pulled it out
Did you shout, did you shout
Did you woah
Cause I'm slipping through your legs
I'm slipping through your legs
I'm slipping through your legs
I'm slipping through your legs, hey
So where are you going?
Did you follow me?
And how could you see so well? So well
You were helpless like a dove at bay
But what, what did you say when he pulled it out
Did you shout, did you shout, did you woah
And the way it goes, and I can't remember
And the way it goes, and I can't remember
And the way it goes, and I can't remember
And the way it goes, and I can't remember
And the way it goes, and I can't remember
Would you be the wind
To blow me home?
Would be a dream
On the wings of a poem?
And if we are walking through a crowd,
Well you know I'd be proud
If you'd call my name out loud
If you'd call my name out loud
Do you suppose that I would come running?
Do you supposed I'd come at all?
I suppose I would
And if we were walkin down a dead-end street
Would you be the one to let our eyes meet?
Or would you just keep on walking down to the turnaround?
Cause you know I'd be proud
If you'd call my name out loud
If you'd call my name out loud
Do you suppose that I would come running?
Do you supposed I'd come at all?
I suppose I would
And If I was gone
From the land we know
Would you be there, darling?
Would your beauty still show?
And if you were out walking
In the cold night coming
Would you call my name?
Cause you know I would come running
If you'd call my name out loud
If you'd call my name out loud
Do you suppose that I would come running?
Do you supposed I'd come at all?
You know I would(x4)
I'd come running(x2)
Heard of a land held by untroubled hand
Where the whisky runs cold
Don't you dare go ask the newsman ‘cause he'll tell you everything
He don't know
She was a child of the second American Revolution
Strong girl with a stones constitution
When she fell into the hands of the enemy
She touch her hand and sank her ankles deep
So go riddle me over
I'm a man got nothing to show for
My work in the ground
In this here London town
So go riddle me over
I'm a man got nothing to show for
My work in the ground
Got my back to the fire but it ain't the bridges that are burnin' down
Ophelia used to swim in the rain
Ain't nothing she'd rather do
I was besides myself when the news had came
And it had nothing to do with you
They said they would never fight no more
After the day she went away
What in the world are we all askin' for?
If we don't give they're gonna take
So go n' riddle me over
I'm a man got nothing to show for
My work in the ground
In this here London town
So go n' riddle me over
I'm a man got nothing to show for
My work in the ground
Got my back to the fire and my feet on the ground
But it ain't the bridges that are falling
Go n' riddle me over
I'm a man got nothing to show for
My work in the ground
Go ahead and go and riddle me over
I'll go back to St. Johnsberry to breathe the air
Thats where I met a girl called Josephine
They call her Josephine the Fair
She had Manch Vegas written across her back
She just cut off all her hair,
We shared a blanket by the tracks in Lebanon, New Hampshire
I couldn't have sleep a better dream
But I never felt so awake in my life
till I noticed my jacket was gone and so was Josephine
Josephine, Josephine, Josephine
How come you aint no where to be seen
Josephine, Josephine, Josephine
How come how come Josephine?
Soon after she musta had a change of heart
but as the train was catching up speed
like seeing the moon in the middle of the day
I felt like my feet were just gonna float away
when i heard her yelling "Chicoree"
she was takin off her jacket as she ran
I said forget the jacket just gimme your hand
I'm gettin off at the first stop up in canada
I can make you happy there
she said it would be a while
I said I'll wait
she said it could be a while
I said I'll wait
keep the jacket just bring it to me someday
Josephine, Josephine, Josephine
How come you aint no where to be seen
Josephine, Josephine, Josephine
How come how come Josephine?
She had caught in the crowd
with the rain so loud
that you couldn't hear your up and down
heart beat now
did you come back to New Hampshire to stay?
did they catch you at the border
and send you to back down?
should I give up and stop lookin around
but im still waitin for this day
Josephine, Josephine
Josephine, Josephine, Josephine
How come you aint no where to be seen
Josephine, Josephine, Josephine
How come, how come Josephine?
Josephine the fair
Josephine the fair
Josephine the fair
Cast a spell on me, don't shake my constellation
I'll be riding out all damn time
Man, I got so lost, such a cost
I let you down
See the love shining down on you
Tell me things, all that we can do
Come to me, come to me, for you need it
Come to me, come to me, for you need it, for you need it
Underneath it all I cast in my chips to win.
I thought I looked so steady,
baby I was ready
but I find I lost it
See the luck shining down on you
Tell me things, all that we can do
Come to me, come to me, for you need it
Come to me, come to me, for you need it, for you need it
I'm always up in the clouds, I don't wanna come down!
I'm always down in the clouds, I don't wanna come down
I don't wanna come down, I don't wanna come down
I don't wanna come down, I don't wanna come down
I don't wanna come down, I don't wanna come down
I don't wanna come down, I don't wanna come down
I don't wanna come down, I don't wanna come down
It's as if the fore fathers
Gonna trade it for a piece
They can lick the wound slow
Like they're from the northeast
They resist I'm going easy
Bankin on the hearsay
But they all know the man with the co-pay
Mixed up in the mid, they get the high to low rap
Its a tight rope, til the rope goes slack
It'll blow your mind, but it don't get you around,
I ain't messin' around.
I ain't messin' around.
So I got my gold parachute
Turn one more left turn
With my chloroform and a monet
'fore we can take a long ride down the narrow drive
And keep ya head down, yeah
They come and jump in
Now may I ask to who you reach all the money so I
Don't sell the van
Can't find my,
Can't find my cat's got nine times
So let the poochie on the record and ya got 'em on the messin around
Can we do a re-vote
Backed by hard-earned job
It's hard to get to things of my own
As if I don't think, think, thinkin up and sippin on the world
He was lookin from the top look out
Say preach,
Buy them treats, and this guy he prayed
Father told them pick them on the fallen tree
Father picked them off the top
And so we're getting caught up in the mountain,
Still no pay check.
To be found
I ain't messin' around
Are ya sorted?
Are ya sound?
Are ya sound?
Are ya sound?
When he was born, the doc said “What's this?”
He's much too small, it's like he's weightless
When he turned six, they answered tests
They searched science, he's patriotic
Ah let's send him where no one else has gone
And after all he can not speak or walk
Let's send him out to moon, do circles round the Sun
When he was twelve, the time had come then
And with his eyes he said he loved them
Then came the suits, then came the government
She stayed and cried, she could not keep him
Ah let's send him where no one else has gone
And after all he can not speak or walk
Let's send him out to moon, do circles round the Sun
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Oh, oh, oh
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Oh, oh, oh
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho
Then he came back, yeah he came back
The doctors were shocked by his vital signs
She said would you like to go home now?
Ah let's send him where no one else has gone
And after all he can not sṗeak or walk
Now for the freakshowdown,an hollow end
Came to see me break down for what it´s worth.
Now for the last words we never said, I´m losing my voice in this fearful fight
..and I hope to shape this into a better life.
To feel again, this dreadful pain is wrong.
..yeah I hope, I wrote down the last lines of this life.
Could be wrong, but I guess it´s worth a try.
I see it for the first time,(sick mind comes clean) feel torn by the mess.
Come and break me down now for what it´s worth.
Manufactured good times, but I feel like home.
Feel destined for that hysteric last way out.
I´m living by your rules.
(I´d write a thousand pages)
To be free
You where to strong for me
With moral indecision & pure desperation
I wrote an end to a nightfall imagination
I felt the season change the lives of the unwanted
The leaves scattered as my smiling eyes started to bleed in confirmation.
This was the end.
Maybe not the disregard of thousend bleeding memories
Cause this story seems to fade. Too beautiful to be true.
