[Instrumental]
Looking for justice, it seems I don't look in the right
places
The law is a joke in this system without hope and nobody
gives a fuck!
When rapists get one or two years
And snatchers are brutally abused
By the cops who just don't give a fuck
About what's right or wrong
Looking for justice, it seems I don't look in the right
places
The law is a joke in this system without hope and nobody
[Bonus track]
Watch out, they're on the loose
They creep into your privacy, lurk in all corners for you
Justice - that's what they scream
But can they find verdicts on me while they're corrupt like...
Shit, I don't know who or what
They say that they're friends and they fight for your rights
They say that they're helpers
But they only teach you to stand real tight
Out there in the streets: Law and order
In out battlefields: Law and order
No way, you can't escape
You can't make mistakes or have fun or just do what you feel
They'll keep you locked in, you might be a troublemaker
Keep him safe
You bastard, you'd better be dead or something like this...
Now he's safe
Everybody's down in the centre of town
Doing nothing wrong we're only hangin' around
They put you up against the wall
Make loud mouthed jokes just to make you feel small
Laugh at your appearance and the clothes you wear
Call that justice just isn't fair
Talking bout their law and order
They don't do what they ought to
Law and order
There's no justice in it
None!
I had a friend who was lifted by the law
Lifted and shifted and dumped on the floor
They treated him like shit
Kicked him in the head and then laughed when he bled
Spat in his face and pulled his hair
Call that justice just isn't fair
I'm not trying to say we're always right
No-one's saying that it's black and white
All I'm saying is we don't agree
I don't think like you don't think like me
I hope you never do
And that's the way they try and run this land
How they hold you down and keep you in hand
You're just a pawn in their game
Just another number you ain't got a name
Just a little punk y'know they don't care
Last Years Wishes,
Are This Years Apologies,
Every Last Time I Come Home,
I Take My Last Chance To Burn a Bridge Or Two,
I Only Keep Myself This Sick In The Head,
Because I Know How the Words Get You,
We're The New Face Of Failure,
Prettier and Younger,
But Not Any Better Off,
Bulletproof Loneliness,
(At Best, at Best)
Me And You, Setting In A Honeymoon,
If I Woke Up Next To You,
If I Woke Up Next To You,
Me And You, Setting In A Honeymoon,
If I Woke Up Next To You,
If I Woke Up Next To You,
Collect The Bad Habits,
That You Couldn't Bear To Keep,
Out Of The Woods, But I Love,
A Tree, I Used To Lay Beneath,
Kissed Teeth Stained Red
From A Sour Bottle Baby Girl,
With Eyes The Size Of Baby Worlds,
We're The New Face Of Failure,
Prettier and Younger,
But Not Any Better Off,
Bulletproof Loneliness,
(At Best, at Best)
Me And You, Setting In A Honeymoon,
If I Woke Up Next To You,
If I Woke Up Next To You,
Me And You, Setting In A Honeymoon,
If I Woke Up Next To You,
If I Woke Up Next To You,
Me And You, Setting In A Honeymoon,
If I Woke Up Next To You,
If I Woke Up Next To You,
Me And You, Setting In A Honeymoon,
If I Woke Up Next To You,
If I Woke Up Next To You,
The Best Way To Make It Through,
With Hearts And Wrists Intact,
Is To Realize,
2 Out Of 3 Ain't Bad, Ain't Bad
Me And You, Setting In A Honeymoon,
If I Woke Up Next To You,
If I Woke Up Next To You,
Me And You,
Honeymoon,
Me And You,
Honeymoon,
If I Woke Up Next To You,
If I Woke Up Next To You,
Me And You,
Honeymoon,
Me And You,
Honeymoon,
If I Woke Up Next To You,
I remember the days by the river
Out in the back country
Watchin' the leaves that fell to the ground
Floatin' on downstream
Tossin' rocks from the shoreline
And takin' some time to think
The water moves down, but it's funny how
The difference can't be seen
You never know which way it flows
The river runs through me
There's a time in life to wander
And a time for certainty
Let the light inside guide you down
The river of eternity
So do you know, do you remember
A place that brought you peace?
It's life that flows like the river rolls
On continously
Now before you ever spill again
The waters that you need
The river runs through me
And the river flows back into the sea
So the white man who's a bigot
Hurts a black man out of fear
He's too blind to see the truth
While another black man breeds hatred
Using racism as his tool
He thinks he needs no excuse
And your politician claims he's powerless
As he walks down from his stand
To wash the guilt off his hands
Ask the poor man who tries to feed himself
In the filth he sits alone
In a hole he calls his home
Catholics teach you to suffer
The mass is an exercise of control
There is no freedom of perspective
You just sit and chant your prayers just like you're told
And these religions, these corporations
They prey on your beliefs
The narrow minded, who pass their judgement
Spread like a disease
The church, now a business
You can only worship here if you confrom
God gave me my freedom
I refuse to wear your mental uniform
Segregation by separate labels
Based upon belief
All these hypocrits who pass their judgement
Spread like a disease
I've always thought God forgave and he loved
And all of his children were equal and one
Man fighting man, each thinks God's on his side
Proudly they kill, what God wants they decide
And these religions, these corporations
They prey on your beliefs
The narrow-minded, who pass their judgement
Spread like a disease
Segregation by separate labels
It's all the same
Mary, Mary like to dream all day
When cold eyes would pull her
Down to the ground. Oh, yeah
She'd say, "Why, oh why has the world such pain
When you and I could take some time and float away"
But the days got hard as time slipped by
And it just didn't seem fair
How she'd treat me during those times
Oh, there's no reason
Mary don't you understand?
In her eyes shined a far off light
When she looked back on days
When everything was alright
She said, "Life's a stream of broken dreams
And I'd hate some day
To think what might have been."
Mary, don't you understand?
People more concerned with making money
Why waste your time with pointless caring?
Never understanding what they're missing
The plague of ignorance is spreading
It's so sad
That money grants us space
It's so sad
To be a number in the human race
Is freedom slavery
With knowledge dead?
Our sanitation pays more than our schools do
So why waste your time pursuing college?
With our values in our pockets -- not in our hearts now
How can our children respect knowledge?
It's so sad
When there are children selling crack
It's so sad
Do they know who they're supposed to be?
Is freedom slavery
With knowledge dead?
What will it take for you just to see the light of day
People dying, children crying, while our mother's
Does anybody care at all
A million gallons spilling and killing
Does anybody fear enough
To leave a world in waste to our children
Mother if only I could be
The one to end your misery
You know I would
A world diseased by those who look the other way and ignore
While our hospitals wash their neeles on Her shores
Mother it seems we've made it so hard
To hold this world together
What will it take for you just to see
The light of day
And all the rain that would have fallen on Her forests that are gone
Cut down by greed and all that's left is a hole in the sky
Mother I pray it's not too late
To hold this world together
Can you decide for yourself?
You tell me money will bring freedom
Forget my principles
but it's my world, my way of thinking
Is not conventional
They try to tell us how to fill this space inside
Following the t.v. crowd is the way to stay alive
They move so fast to try to change the way
We think, it's not for me
Do they know
Decide for yourself
Numb my heart yeah, sweet morphia
My back's against the wall
Go the way of all flesh she said
It's the final call
This corporate bullshit makes me feel so sick inside
And their hearts are dead while they're all still alive
Unfeeling beaurocrats turn the gears
Of the machinery
Can you decide for yourself?
Dawn over zero, the machine is unchained
Fear builds inside me, I cannot hide away
I just don't understand living this way
They kill tosurvive, but come home as heroes
Madness swirls around me and burns right through my heart
I've lost a part of me. Is there no end?
We see the signs, leave our hearts behind
While they decide
Where we go we walk alone, our hands are tied
And follow blind
WAR
Dawn over zero poisons our souls
I count down the days but it never seems to end
A shattered earth that cries, preys on my mind
Hatred falls down from all around
I fear the skies and hear the lies, I cannot fall apart
Dear God don't let me die, don't let me die
You say with time these days will pass
But can they forget with the scars that will last?
Will the dead understand as they lie in their graves?
So cold, so cold
Tell me how I get it through to you
So cold, so cold
It's comin' 'round
Comin' 'round to you
ANother night he puts a life on the line
He doesn't think about it or care at all
And now he's sittin' in a cell doin' time
A mother cries, "He can never be mine"
It's more now, I am afraid
That it's more than you can hide
You know your sister does
The writing's on the wall
Don't you know your sister does
You just can't hide
Your body's shakin'
And your head's flyin' high
You're doin' fine, oh yeah
You'll spend it all for a little more
Tell me, was it as good as yesterday
Could it be you, so close to home
You're walkin' a mighty fine line
It will get on down to you
You know your sister does
The writing's on the wall
Don't you know your sister does
You just can't hide
Oh the world is full of puppets and leaders
Tell me what are you gonna do
When it's your time
Will you fall or do you have the power
Can you leave it all behind?
You know your sister does
The writing's on the wall
Don't you know your sister does
You just can't hide
Got on the open road west of the city
Leavin' behind a long trail of gasoline
Far from the New York way
Came laong this girl named Whiskey
Long blond hair, ripped up dirty jeans
Listen to what I say
Kind of girl I can't get enough,
She left me wantin' more
What she gave me that night
Nearly knocked me to the floor
And all night, I'm drinkin' whiskey
Lo and behold, she was 14 by day, 40 by night
Oh my soul
Her mean old daddy's got his fingers on the trigger
Gonna hang me on his wall, so I've been told
Hangin' on Friday night
Dancin' on dynamite
Siad see you 'round, walkin' on Whiskey
Sweet Whiskey, doused out on Whiskey
Haul me out the door
I was dancin' and a singin' at a county fair,
She was lookin' so fine gonna meet me out back door
I was on my way
She was lookin' so fine gonna blow my mind
Better throw away the key and lock me up for sure
Or I'll be bailin' straw
Hangin' on Friday night
Dancin' on dynamite
Said see you 'round, walkin' on Whiskey
Sweet Whiskey, doused out on Whiskey
Hold me out for more
I said, "Give me another shot?"
Can we reach what does not die?
People homeless
Children starving
Cries of hunger
Rip through the sky
It's the last time that I close my eyes
Killers walking
Lawyers bribing
Is there no justice
This system lies
It's the last time that I close my eyes
I don't care how things used to be
Where is God when our leaders die
Does he hear us at all?
Her chair is empty
But the scars sit with me
The burning echo
I can't forget
The last time that she closed her eyes
I don't need your sympathy
I can't believe God can close his eyes
Or does he see us at all?
Can we reach what does not die?
Does he hear us at all?
We don't see God
I say it's alright
Somebody said
"Why would you lie to yourself?"
I can't stand to see you this way
This can't be where you want to be
Nothing, nothing that you can say
Can hide that you've thrown it all away
I've seen the life run out of you
You've sacrificed it all too soon
You know at times it seems as though
Your thoughts can curse you
Day after day, don't leave things this way
If only you could see what you've missed
You've always said, "It's the fool who gives in"
Why make your life much harder than it is
I've given all I could
It seemed too much at times
I guess sometimes I fear inside
That you're too far gone
It was another late night of crawlin' home
With a bottle
And I was feelin' like I don't care
My old lady says she's lonely at night
And she's bitchin' that I'm never there
Come on baby, you know
There ain't no reason
Don't shed no blood for me
But one time more means nuthin' to me
Say you love me or say goodnight
Say you need me or say goodnight
She says while you're messin' 'round
I'll be sex feet underground
'Cause ya really know I don't care
Same threat, just lookin' for attention
We never get anywhere
Come on, you know
There ain't no reason
Don't shed no blood for me
But one time more means nuthin' to me
Say you love me or say goodnight
Say you need me or say goodnight
Inside my home flares the late night T.V. glow
Deceptively warning my window to the globe
I'm watching you, I'm watching what's not on
And what's allowed to be shown
I watch it flow, I see their truth
And make my own
It's so simple how mind control is used again
They'll let you down but show you how
To make us proud
Possession of control
Media muzzles geared to keep the status quo
So few dictating what many need to know
On and on, what's advertised ends up
Being sold
Our senses gone, and censorship
Creeps in and up and on
And it's so simple how mind control is used again
They'll sit you down, shake you down
Then let you down
Possession of control
Hard workin' man, raisin' his kid
Save him his love, showed him how to live
Said, "Life is hard but life is good
Just stand tall and learn how to give"
Don't let the evil inside take you down
The strong minded will sruvive, yes they will
There's nothing inside
When you're livin' a lie
No love lost
And crossing the line
Won't get it off your mind
No love lost
He raised him up shomehow something went wrong
That boy don't care to live
His world came crushing down
Now he's lost, so lost he never can be found
Oh come on home, come on home, before too long
Lord bring him home
Because a breakdown you can't hide
And it rips you up inside
Can you say no love lost
Now hope is hard to find
When you're runnin' out of time
No love lost
He's burnt out, strung up, hopeless, so alone
He'll search the streets all night
And do it over and over again
No love is stronger than this love for a child
And if you break it down, it's in the hands of fate
Because a breakdown you can't hide
And it rips you up inside
No love lost
Hope is hard to find
And you're runnin' out of time
No love lost
Silent cries of closing minds
The walls that we've built so high have colored us blind
We bang our songs and seemed to strong
The serpents of pride have set us aside
It turned us to stone
Oh we had too much to let go
But everybody bleeds a little
Love reality
All the stars once were ours
And the tides of life steadily flowed
But darkened skies filled our eyes
And apart we wander into the unknown
But you never know
Where the wind shall blow
Cause everybody bleeds a little
Love reality
The voices echo on awake I like 'till dawn
Scorned from time that has passed and that is gone
Withmy frief I life in this world alone
But only with the heart can one see clearly
And understand what is unseen to the eye
Now every pulse in my veins beats stronger
Love reality
See how they're tied to the shelter
They can't see the sky in the shelter
Oh see how they cry in the shelter
In the night and the morning light
I see that it's alright, it's alright
Sometimes I turn away, to hide from yesterday
I remember, another way
Nobody told me that the wind
Would blow this way
Some time ago, I can't say when
It seemed so simple then, so simple then
Now I find that there's no time
To turn and change my mind
I remember, your clouded eyes
Nobody told me that the leaves
Would change this way
See how they're tied to the shelter
They can't see the sky in the shelter
See how they cry in the shelter
In the shelter
In the shelter
What she needs is hard to give so honestly
Love was the drug I injected so carelessly
She lives and dreams where she finds reality
And I think it's gonna rain today
I see the pain in her eyes
I think it's gonna rain today
It's raining harder every time
She was a rose in the countryside
But our love was the thorn that saw no light
Her heart denies that this love is meant to die
And I think it's gonna rain today
I feel the pain in her heart
I think it's gonna rain today
It's raining harder every time
Got it in my mind that there's only one thing left to keep me high
Crack dens, and bag men sippin' on some cheap wine
Found me a girl who's gonna give me her sunshine
Our generation lives fast and rides so high
And if it feels alright, I'll take it
It keeps me cool,
Nobody's fool, you can feel my weight on you
You've got nothin, it's takin' you over
Downtown suicide
You've got nothin, it's takin you over
Takin' over your mind
It's a one way ride this is fuckin' suicide
It's gonna break you down inside
The love of hate is the people's fate
This is jail and you can't escape
And if it feels alright, I'll take it
It keeps me cool,
Nobody's fool, you can feel my weight on you
You've got nothin, it's takin' you over
Downtown suicide
You've got nothin, it's takin you over
Takin' over your mind
Got it in my mind that there's nothing left to keep me high
I always find that the city's got me under fire
Found me a girl who's gonna give me her sunshine
So call out the law
And if it feels alright, I'll take it
It keeps me cool,
Nobody's fool, you can feel my weight on you
You've got nothin, it's takin' you over
Downtown suicide
You've got nothin, it's takin you over
Takin' over your mind
Law man watchin' just sittin' in the shade awhile
Says your blues ain't nothin' cause you ain't got money now
The trial's over -- it's all been said and done
It's been a tired ride since Highway Sixty-One
It's a long way down to New Orleans
Had to sing those blues with some soul
Had no rolling stone to put them on the cover
Either hold it down or pack it away
Everybody had to pull their weight on their own
And after the shows were played and gone they're alone
Big daddy soul came a long way from anywhere
Was a limited edition and he can't seem to sell it now
Newspaper stories don't pay the rent anyway
And it doesn't make a difference when you have no place to stay
It's a long way to come from New Orleans
Just to find yourself with some change
Big city producer didn't get you too far
Just cut himself a piece of the cake
Nobody ever had nothin' come there way on their own
And those times won't ever be replace when they're gone
She had two diamond earrings
And one bad history
She's got no reservations
When it comes to gettin' what she needs
And the fools believe
What they need to see
Get down, down, dawg get off of me
She was three parts submissive
And one part tragedy
And when she's infected
You know she'll drop down to her knees
She's a bad disease
In the first degree
Get down, down, dawg get off of me
Helpless dancer, the night giver
Of golden delight
On your own pray for your life
Oh my sweet lord
Hope there's a light to see
She's a bad disease
In the first degree
Get down, down, dawg get off of me
Why can't people live their lives believing in a vision
And look to the sky with loving eyes of hope and devotion
They could hold their heads up high, that's alright
And open their hearts to find their soul inside
I see so many people in lonely places waiting for happiness
And the helpless grow weary walking alone through the darkness
They have no hopes and dreams, and that's not right
They should open their hearts to find their soul inside
Living in fear could overcome us someday
And eventually destory us all
So tell me are we living or are we wasting time?
It's our future that lives in the eyes of our children
Fighting sisters and brothers why can't we try to live as one
Hold out your hands and in time it will be alright
And open your heart to find your soul inside
Ive got a battle and some peace of mind
Come on baby throw some cash on the bar
I'm not gonna come home now
I met a friend that was feeln' down
Witht he blues, heaven knows I've been there
When I was feelin' alone
People say that the best in life's for free
I never had much choice, don't you know the truth about me
Always ready and I ain't too proud
But I won't take this anymore
Unless I'm cold on the floor
Most women say that they don't give love for free
That never held much ground, don't you know the truth about me
Did you see it coming, burning fast like a candle's falme?
At the gates of desperation was endless pouring rain
The padded truth that helped to hide a world turned upside down
Lying alone in a sea of tears, for now she's safe and sound
Oh God open your doors
Along the eternal shores
You know my Momma's coming there
As the blood ran thin, a judgement was passed down
Hands all around unknowing, stained with ashes and filled with doubt
From beneath the seed that spread the hunger, the blessed ascend
The river's red, the haunting ceased, and nothing more could be said
Sweet love, sweet love, so much you gave
I love you 'til this day
Sometimes you're rollin'
Sometimes you can't get goin'
Yeah, but you find a way
Through it all -- you just ride it, ride it, ride it
Yeah, get on your way
Get on along the eternal shores
Woke up early this morning and crawled out of my bed
Had to see someone about these voices in my head
Went outside you know my brain felt just the same
I tried to run and scream, but the voices still remained
Can you help me find my way?
You know I needed someone
Then the voices said:
"All the hop and the hunger, baby, lies behind your eyes
There's a box I've locked myself inside
All the hope and the hunger, baby, doesn't make it right
Cause I'm locked inside you now."
A chemical induced psychosis is what they said
Or a gene abberation finally went to my head
I've just got to think of simething -- I don't care
I won't have a padded room be my final jail
Can you help me find my way?
You know I reached out for someone
Again the voices said
Can't you see there's something gnawing on my head?
Won't you end my misery before they come again
Holding on I'm so confused
In a time when life's so hard
The fears I've built on disbelief
The broken dreams have left their scars
I don't know why they turn their heads away
And I don't know if they've turned my heart to stone
And I don't know if this is the price I've paid for faith
And another day passes by
Then suddenly your world is torn
The one who lived in innocence
Tarnished now by bitteness is gone
I don't now why they turn their heads away
And I don't know, is this the price I've paid for faith?
There's nothing sacred anymore
I can't forget what I've lived for
There's nothing sacred anymore
Is nothing sacred anymore?
We've all wandered in the dark
Misled by those who've lived in chains
I cannot help but feel at times
That all my hopes have died in vain
I sit and stare with hardened eyes
Through a time when it's so hard
