LYRICS GOOD CITIZEN HOME
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| It's Gone Bad | |||||||||
| Ain't We Happy | |||||||||
| Talk it Up | |||||||||
| Last time that we Met | |||||||||
| War of the Ages | |||||||||
| You Know It | |||||||||
| Standing in My Light | |||||||||
| Almost Normal | |||||||||
| Lower Wacker Drive | |||||||||
| Crater | |||||||||
| Willmore City |  |
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| Willmore Wipeout | ||||||||||||
| Aquaman | ||||||||||||
| Brand New Day | ||||||||||||
| Dr. Thompson | ||||||||||||
| I, Rodan | ||||||||||||
| Dead Brother | ||||||||||||
| Beneath Me | ||||||||||||
| Take It Back | ||||||||||||
| Thunder | ||||||||||||
| Don't Want to be Like That | ||||||||||||
| Devil Boy | ||||||||||||
| For the Life of Me | ||||||||||||
| Smiting God | ||||||||||||
| The Dave Williams Sessions | ||||||||||||
| Well Oiled Machine |  |
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| Willmore City | ||||||||||||
| I Can't Wait | ||||||||||||
| So Amazed | ||||||||||||
| Up n' Comer | ||||||||||||
| My Maiden | ||||||||||||
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| Songbird | ||||||||||||
| Venus | ||||||||||||
| Bad Reaction | ||||||||||||
| Loud as Mink | ||||||||||||
| For the Record | ||||||||||||
| I Needed That | ||||||||||||
| Obedient Child | ||||||||||||
| Ordinee | ||||||||||||
| Surf Jig | ||||||||||||
AWH
There's crosses on the hill
Lookin' down upon me
Crosses on the hill
Lookin' down upon me
Through the middle of the state in sweet undulation
Out-racing my fate and chance at salvation
Gotta get beyond the line up there
'Cause there's crosses on the hill
Lookin' down upon me
Crosses on the hill
Lookin' down upon me
It was somewhere in Elysian, in a 427
Twisted speed and hemi noise
Listen here boys, this is my kind of heaven
I got the devil in my blood on a year-long bender
My loved ones beggin' me to repent
I'll open this baby up till I'm spent
Those crosses on the hill
Chasin' a sinner like me
Crosses on the hill
Chasin' a sinner like me
On hot summer nights
I do everything but dream
The sentrys are closing in, closing in
They got one thing in mind, drive out my sin
Preacher himself drivin' a hell-bent Ford
Yellin' to me I got to earn my reward and meet the holy ghost, but mostly I'm runnin' from the crosses on the hill
Killin' a sinner like me
get up, get up
get showered, get changed
don't polish those boots, get your ass into gear
hightail it out the door, it's gone bad
get in the car and drive
go fast, faster
don't be gentle, hit it Jim
you know you're headin' for disaster
don't look left don't look right
don't look back, it's gone bad
take a taxi, grab a plane
just walk, find some new terrain
can't hide, can't sleep
you're in too deep
no trend, no fad, it's gone bad
start fresh, new town
don't blow it, keep straight
keep movin', no ties
head down, flat eyes
your thoughts aren't yours
it's gone bad
go home, 'fess up
12 years in your cup
cold steel on head
wake up, you're dead
take a swim in your plaid
it's gone bad
I love the way your hips roll when you're leaving me
tv news has murders everyday
drinking on the front porch 'til I cannot see
cops roll up and haul us all away
I don't got no money so please leave me alone
ain't we happy
burgers with the juices running down my arms
read Inquirer in the grocery line
listenin' to Mose singin' Parchman's Farm
drying laundry outside on the line
packin' up and leavin' all my good friends behind
ain't we happy
40 dollar hookers when the sun comes up
lookin' out the window at a fence
drippin' dish detergent in my coffee cup
Dow Jones went, lost me 50 cents
sing out my bretheren
and shake it
ain't we happy
Revolution, turning a wheel
Absolution, how clean you feel
Propaganda for all to see
Written in History
If you hunger for some action, keep you reaching for the ground
Searchin' for the king of what and groovin to the loud sound
Talk it up
Let's go where the words are free
Light your thoughts up, burn the library
The pen can slice out your heart
And spill what the sword cannot
When I can I'd like to take and firmly shake the hand
Of the one who put those nasty, nasty, nasty thoughts
Inside my head
Talk it Up
Oooh Baby, oooh you move me so
Just like Hitler, and that dude Nero
I love how you ramble on
When they're putting the handcuffs on
The speech police can lock you up and throw away the key
But even though you're body's gone you're fucking words are here with me
Talk it Up
the last time that we met
the moon was yet the same
to miss you was a game, so divine
and that's not all, I tried to make you small
and begged to make you mine, and put your soul to shame
the last time that we met was the very first time this lad was tame
the last time that we met
I pet your arab skin
and chased you deep within, forget-me-not
you walked on water, like Gabriel's daughter
this blood runs hot, soaking up the sin
the last time that we met, I wondered where the hell I'd been
the last time that we met
you knocked me back to when
a master of all men, show no fear
we rode for days, in an irish haze
come by here, and wrestle in your den
the last time that we met I swore yet we'd meet again
you thought you saw a happenin' at the masthead
you thought you saw the captain and the captain was dead
you stop awhile and think about the things you been taught
'tween the difference in what you heard
and what you thought was said
it's all in your head
you thought you saw him screwin' some girl you knew
you thought that she loved it 'cause it felt like you
you stop awhile and contemplate nature and law
it got ya excited, the things you saw were all new
you hadn't a clue
lay your head upon my lap
don't you wag your tongue at me like that
based on this misinformation
don't get near the congregation
resulting in action from minimum wages
you looked through the hallways and
found those dames in cages
it's the war of the ages
what if you laid your heart upon the track
what if she took it and never looked back
what if you thought as you came on her chest
and announced to the world, like all the rest
you're the best
that's a laugh
CHORUS
i'm going to play a little game that no one plays
i'm going to walk ten miles in the pouring rain
i'm going to talk like i've got brains of ten
i'm going to howl like a wolf prowlin' in the den
i want to howl baby all night long
i want to ball baby all night long
i want to rock baby all night long
till i see red, i see red, i see red
you thought that she'd fall in love with just one look
you thought that the in and out was all it took
you thought you could convince her with the bump and the grind
but she's not in love son,
she's just being kind to you
so you're off the hook
CHORUS
Girl, you're the worst in the worst kind of way
And you know it
Steamin up the mirror while you're putting on your face
So caught up at the start of the chase
You wipe off the mouth of the bottle on your sleeve
After a long, hard pull
The phone rings again, you know who's at the other end
You know it
Licking your chops while you're scoping out the street
Dog gets bone while man gets meat
This picture is worth a whole pile of green,
It's worth a whole pile of green
Pick it up, Pick it up
Hip slippin' gyp stroll
Watch that belly work under that belly roll
Make him think he'll cover up the stink
When he kisses you, you still sink knee deep
Into the mud again you're sinking knee deep again
And you know it
Something in the dark's all slimy and green
Everyday you're prettier but three times as mean
Sheba of the Jungle and the Queen of the Nile
They're calling you home again
You can't help how you roam
You hate to be alone
And besides all those lies I see summer skies
And women deep and wise to call you home
My head's against the tile cuz my brain's about to burst
Trying to remember which one of us came first
You say it's imperative that I see things quite clearly
You make such an issue I think you mean it sincerely
You tell me from this angle I will never regret
I'm putty in your hands, I'm just about to get it then
Wait, you're standing in my light
Wait, you're standing in my light
I was getting really close and then you touched my face
I was starting to focus, you blew it baby
Wait, you're standing in my light
Why can't I see what you are looking at?
I see a whole lot of ink blots, you insist that they're ink blats
I guess you'd expect that these things happen without thinking
As if by magic I should fly when I'm inclined to sinking
You tell me if I close my eyes I'll make it happen quicker
But all I see are headlines and the arms going tick, tick,
Wait, you're standing in my light
Wait, you're standing in my light
All this stupid talk about giving and taking
Just to get you to shut up I'm gonna start faking it
Wait, you're standing in my light
I can't go on like this, I'm dying from the heat
I know you're trying your damndest to make it all complete
Staring at the wall like it's a monet or matisse
Buying into what you say about my release
I'm laughing like a banshee cuz it's all so goddamn funny
I'm on my last legs and you mention something about the phone is ringing?
Wait, you're standing in my light
Wait, you're standing in my light
I was getting really close and then you touched my face
I was starting to focus, you blew it baby
Wait, you're standing in my light
and it's almost normal, we've come this far
everything around here looks the same
feels like we've been drivin' 'round in circles
1 more mile and we'll be right back where we are
I can see for miles and miles but there's nothing to see here
and it's almost normal, thank god you're here
especially at those times when I must complain
especially at the moments when I'm sensing trouble
sleeping at the wheel, thank god the road is clear
we could come back in 100 years, it never changes
it's almost normal
it's almost normal
I'm not scared by total strangers
I stop and say hello to everyone
though I've never said hello before
why do I do it now
It's almost normal
Last night I dreamed about Chicago
I walked down Wacker drive
The wind was bitter, you were there
I pulled my coat around me extra tight
And walked with a swagger, you were there
Managed to find ourselves a couple of bar stools
Our cigarettes blazing alight
Every night in Chicago
Is all right in Chicago
I got the sight in Chicago
And you are there
Last night I dreamed about Chicago
I met up with my old pals
Dave and Jules, Ed and Renee
We drove around town with my boys from school
They called me a slacker, a bum from L.A.
We laughed and laughed deep into the night
Until the sun came up over the city gate
It's Great in Chicago
Hell raising in Chicago
I've got a date in Chicago
And you are there
Last night I dreamed about Chicago
I went to our favorite joints
I ordered up lots of food
You were there
I kissed your lips, I stroked your hair
I danced with you real close
You were there
Sweet Home, Sweet home
Howling and moaning in Chicago
I'll never roam from Chicago
I got a home in Chicago
I love the South side Chicago
I Love the West side, Chicago
Forget the North side
They're ain't no East side
Dogs at O'Malley's
Lower Wacker Drive
Lower Wacker Drive
What about the future of which I sing
I used to be scared by this nuclear thing
But any stupid yahoo who's had a fight with his wife
Can fuck it all up and end my life
Oh one fine day I might blow a crater in this world
But I guess I would make the best of it
After yelling, screaming, slapping him 'round a bit
He wouldn't give a damn, probably threaten to sue
So I'd have my friends over for a barbecue
In the crater in the world
Oh one fine day I might blow a crater in this world
Waxing rhapsodic and drinking too much
We'd call the President and with any luck
He'd remember the times before our fate
The things that we love and the facts that we hate
Oh one fine day I might blow a crater in this world
We'd do a rain dance for forty days, or maybe three
Just as long as the food holds out
When I die put me in the crater, the crater
Put me in the crater, in the crater in this world
Oh one fine day I might blow a crater in this world.
WC
Ooohh, oooo
catch me if you can
I am aquaman
I don't want to come up
I won't break the surface for life or death
this is no easy trick
watch the numbers click
shark swimming martyr
I'm a school boy built for water
searching for a lullaby
lovely and tender
lights are out my mind is dim
down where the fishies swim
here comes my nemesis
he's a classic nemesis
he's everything I'm not
he's got a real cool gun and deadly shot
but I got web feet diggin' for the depths
side-slung bottle, watch those steps
no noise, no noise, no noise, I pray, I pray
rock-a-bye upon the waves
salty and tender
lay me down my soul to keep
in the rapture of the deep
oh yeah
they're on my tail but I don't care
check me out Neptune, triple gainer with a double-half twist
I kick the covers and grit my teeth
waiting for the plunge of sweet relief
silencio, I pray, I pray
Keep that lip buttoned, got a chance to start again, it's gonna be a brand new day
Don't lose sight of the mess, control yourself, don't show yourself, watch the things you say
Turn the other cheek and walk away
Bring the mountain over here, make the horse drink, it's easy as pie
Put on wings of wax, throw yourself off the highest tree, watch the world go by
It's gonna be a brand new day
Tread so lightly momentum will carry you
You hit the wall again
These big feet should kick it down
These big hands should tear it down
If it weren't for this toe-sized jamb
Knee sized lift
Man sized fence
Hill sized wall
I'd be Okay
Shocked by my own brilliance, hope no one knows the truth, get out of my way
Leaning forward going faster, got new shoes on, fresh clean slate
Happy as can be and looking great
Walking on air I am flying on gossamer…
The bloody wall again
These big hands should punch a hole
Like hammers, should pound a hole
But instead I'm panning for gold
Dig that ditch
Throw that rock
Spike that rail
Every damned day
Sitting up in bed, 3 am, Wide awake, think of everything I haven't done today
Writing up a list, minding my own business and the phone rings only once.
Star 69, I dial on my telephone
A gentleman picks up and tells me I am not alone
Did I lock the doors? The windows? How 'bout the garage?
I really need some help, there's just one man who can help it's
Dr. Thompson
Calling Dr. Thompson
The meth lab's all set up, got my guns all packed in shopping bags, the front yard is suburban middle-class
If the cops show up I'll just say that I'm a caterer, these are only chafing dishes
A knock on the door, I have no friends, no family
Well who could it be? Who's questioning my lifestyle choice?
I'll never make it out, place a shopping bag to my head
My finger's on the trigger
There's just one man who can help it's
Dr. Thompson
Calling Dr, Thompson
Walking through the city, got my money in my wallet on a chain handcuffed to my belt
Got some folding money in my shoe, don't carry change, 'cause strangers hear it jingling
Waiting for a train, these folks are out to get me, Got to show that I belong
But the people here won't let me
Don't stand too close to the edge 'cause they'll shove you right onto the track
I really need some help, there's just one man who can help it's
Dr. Thompson
Calling Dr. Thompson
Dr. Thompson
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
you should see the view from up here
the skyline is stunning and clear
the people look so small and nice
I'm ready to take on the world
in a balance of terror and bliss
you can bet that it comes down to this
breathing fire like breathing the air
and dying to take on the world
born with the might, I believe I'm right
soaring the hills are a'blaze
people are shocked and amazed
squashing flat all in my path
as I lay waste to the world
can't we just start over here
I'm begging for some peace
don't you know that I don't want to feel this way
I'm gonna slash and burn, I'm gonna slash and burn
clear the land 'til it is clean and watch it grow again
who'm I kidding it don't change a thing
I've been clipped in my wing
as I lay my tired soul down
tomorrow I'll take on the world
I'm tired, I've gotta rest
tomorrow I'll take on the world
bodies fall beneath my feet
blood spilling in the street
even as I fight to stay awake
fighting all I know, why can't I just let go
use my might powers up and simply fly away
what the plan is at this moment isn't clear
I don't think we'll ever get our land legs here
where we stand feels like smoke and mirrors
you shed some light as a matter of fact
I will join you in a place you love to stay
I will memorize everything you say
this ain't it, I'm going for the brother
it turns out to be a dead brother this time
that's ok 'cause you'll be riding shotgun when you cut below
I'll be right beside you, that's the plan
I will meet you there
on the other side of number 6
you'll eat sand and get up laughing
I remember you like this
not that one, that's a dead brother
Begging for life, Begging for death, is beneath me if I lie
I won't bring myself to tears but they relieve me when they dry
And the heels of my boots tell a tale short and sweet
Of the road beneath me at my feet
CHORUS:
And the dirt that is beneath me, I'll dig deeper until something blooms beneath me
In the garden of the world beneath me
I would strip my body bare to fill my belly and pay my rent
I would sell the smile I wear and sleep well when the money's spent
And the devil in my head whispers words soft and sweet
The devil beneath me at my feet
CHORUS:
I walk the floor, it holds my weight, it's just one step from here to hell
Every day I fill my plate 'cause it's one thing I do well
I look right in the face of fear and laugh out loud each time we meet
The fear beneath me at my feet
CHORUS:
She said get out and take the lot, you're killing what little I got
Hit the road, goodbye
Split the red sea if you can but don't forget you are a man
Willing love to die
She can't recall exactly when the last straw hit a level 10
Time for him to go
But she knew she was amazed it was different than other days
And she told me so
I watched them from a distance, anger growing by the minute
I was afraid, I was undone by the same cages she had sprung
It's a vicious dance
Swear you'll never bet again then lay it all on red to win
In the name of romance
I traveled to her homeland, and now I understand
He stands on rainy streets and marvels at the silence
A strange beautiful place he's come home to the highlands
He whispers in his native tongue a sweet refrain
Don't I deserve this? All those nasty habits?
I will make my way
Take it back, Take it back, filling in for all I lack
Learning from the best
Change your choices like a hat, find love with a beach rat
Different from the rest
At the end of our existence, there'll be no more resistance
But in this moment sweetheart, I tell you I am gonna
I'm gonna take it back, I tell you I will take it back
One of those days of Thunder oh yeah
One of those days of Thunder oh yeah
The night are long, your sleep is drawn
One of those days of Thunder oh yeah
One of those days for Killin' oh yeah
One of those days for Killin' oh yeah
Your blood it races, you feel alive
One of those days for Killin' oh yeah
One of those men of righteous oh yeah
He sees your eyes, He knows you inside out
He stands just like a mountain oh yeah
He runs you through, you thank him coolly
One of those women blowin' oh yeah
Your skin is hot, you let loose your shot
Oh her hair, her hair, her hair
You want to lose your courage in there
You're on your knees, you feel so old
One of those women blowin' oh yeah
I was a child of sorrow oh yeah
Those days are gone, I laugh day in and day out
I was a child of anger oh yeah,
I was a child of hatred oh yeah
But I got rid of every hated thing in my path
I was a child of anger oh yeah
in the middle of nowhere
at the end of a streak
I look down at my watch
I will it to speak
I'm up to my neck
and I need it to stop
spend a lot of time waiting
for the next shoe to drop
I don't want to be like that
in the interest of clarification
I don't want to be like that
at a bus stop down yonder
at a beach that I knew
there's a buzz in my pocket
the vacation is through
looking out of a window
of a slow moving train
right on cue for my drama
it's beginning to rain
I don't want to be like that
in the interest of self-preservation
I don't want to be like that
at the foot of an altar
which way do I go
the incense and candles
on with the show
a miracle happens
when I wake up each day
my sins are my own
you can't take them away
I don't want to be like that
holding out for eternal salvation
I don't want to be like that
there's trouble all over
my trouble is here
I look up at the moon
so shiny and clear
as it calls the tide
I howl and I pound
look up to see everyone staring
but there's no one around
I don't want to be like that
just another man losing his station
I don't want to be like that
all those internal conversations
I don't want to be like that
Devil boy why are you so mean, you so mean
Standin' around with a chip on your shoulder
Devil boy why you so mean?
You blame it all on your mommy I bet, your mommy I bet
You blame it all on your daddy I bet, your daddy I bet
Walkin' around like the world owes you something
Devil boy why you so mean?
I don't care what you've been through
I've got no sympathy for you
You're a low-down, dirty, ornery cuss
Devil boy why you so mean?
I can’t for the life of me (figure it out)
Watching all my steps being careful to not offend my brethren
While Mexican music through a bad P.A. and an open window wrecks me
Have to learn enough Spanish to say "Shut the hell up" but of course I won't
I'll just try and learn the words to the song
Little boys with little guns and little minds make life harder
Maybe I'm a little jealous wishing I was that bad willing to die for no cause
God, mother and a gang tattoo is all I'd need
Drive a car off a cliff in a high speed chase to make the evening news
When do I get to relax, when do get to know I'm safe?
The obvious answer is never
All you can do is make your little slice of the world your own
And know that somewhere someone you don't know might want in
Underground music is the new disco, quiet is NOT the new loud
Kiss my ass, I'm going out for a smoke, it's the last real vice I have left
Like Fee Waybill said back in '79, I was a punk before you
You can stand, you can follow, you can raise your fist and fight, just so long as you mean it
I believe in a smiting god
a great big mean old smiting god
hurling fire, snorts and rips,
best friends with the apocalypse
I believe in a smiting god
floods and famines, raining frogs
yes I believe in a smiting god yeah yeah
TMF
down the next town over, across the road a ways
past the old highway, and the new one that took its place
beyond the family market, where the townhall used to stand
back up against the graveyard lives a strange little man
we used to sneak behind the ESSO, and smoke cigarettes
play out in the cotton, rollin' dice and dreamin big
we used to steal grandpa's whiskey drink it from an old fruit can
I swear I'd seem him watchin', that strange little man
Grandma lost the farm, had to sell it to get by
and no one comes around here, unless somebody's died
and in times of reflection when I don't know who I am
I fade down the road a bit to that strange little man
let me be the one take you
from your reckless life
each time you tumble
into colors, lots of colors
and the pain that nestles in your eyes
when you pass this way again
I've got the means
I've got 16 arms to wrap you up
when you attempt your plunge into
colors, all those colors
and pray to the moon that holds the truth
that you won't pass this way again
Bridge lead-in
my feet are bound by waves
and the air that we breath, I'm not noble
to reach for the constant sun
as it rises in the East
this is heaven to me
Verse instrumental
I've got the means
I'm the curator for your last meal
takin' on the 'verse like it's no big deal
I've got the means
I'll weave (stich) wings to set you free
you'll fly blind to a place you call heaven
listen to me
I see colors in your eyes and I see your pain
7 Days of Light
Creation, creation
Pluck the stars from the night
Creation, creation
Move the mountain to here
Realign the river
You think you're mighty
You're not
You're nothing, you're nothing
I would burn your temple down if I had my way
On the hill high above
Your creation, creation
Sit and watch private waves
From the table, your table
The nature disturbing the view
Will keep returning
Try as you might
You're nothing, you're nothing
I would burn your temple down if I had my way
Blot out the sun
With your creation, creation
On the run through the desert
We're drowning, we're drowning
Welco me to the end of mankind
Constant pressure endlessly applied
You and me we're the same
We're nothing, we're nothing
I would burn your temple down if I had my way
They're drunk again
On words they hear, in a tailspin
A dime is dropped on the night
And for one brief moment I see the light
Chorus:
Patience, while I define my limbs
And toil in the yard
Spirit talk is heartless and hard
Let's go to war
And expedite the dinosaur
At the break of day the sky is blue
We'll return to the ground like good soldiers do
CHORUS
Congregation, World Peace
Good intentions come in threes
The rock of ages, on the rolling rock
Destroys mankind with spirit talk
Chorus
You walk like a great big man
You will do what you want
I've got nerves of steel
But my will's a little blunt
"I'm the lord of all I see"
These are the things you said
Why can't you be like a man
Dry your tears and blow instead
CHORUS: In the cool, quiet sanctuary
Temple that is temporary
Wash my hands, Test my Faith
I try to stay out of your way
There's going to be hell to pay
You hit me when you think I fail
Then look concerned when I grow pale
I'm not going anywhere
I'm a'gonna stay right here
You can look around all day
You'll never, ever see me there
CHORUS
I'm not gonna try again
I'm not gonna try again
I can wait to test my faith
I'm not gonna try again
I'm not gonna try to call
I'm not gonna try to call
A little voice inside my head
I'm not gonna try to call
Chorus
when the hills are ablaze
the sun turns bloody
and the ashes fall like a crime
oh the colors they bear
makes us stop and stare
how i long for that time
we stand at the tide as the waves abide
and we ride 'til we're lost in the haze
bringing pain on the land
we strike up the band
when the southland hills are ablaze
when nothing is clear
all you hold close
as you're lulled by the fragrance of fire
makes you tip back your head
pray for the dead
and laugh in the face of desire
of the passion that kills
and heads for the hills
leaving a path of remorse and praise
halleluiah, alleluia
what else can you do when the southland hills are ablaze
when the hills are ablaze
the city goes quiet
and the beaches holler and drone
we splash and we play like any other day
and lord we feel so alone
let's gather round and make a joyous sound
firmly bound in our ways
we'll rule the earth 'til the moment of our birth
when the southland hills are ablaze
Children of the dark
Feel pain beyond compare
Oh, the world has gotten hard
With all these expectations
There's no place that's safe and free
From the judgement and the stares
Wear their statements on their sleeves
And fall into temptation
When the bloodhounds of the night
Call you to take flight
I wish you peace children of the dark
When the sunlight chills the bone
When you're lost and all alone
Come to me children of the dark
Who said there's riches for the taking
So they take and they take til the backs of the folks they poke are breaking
Who said I am the greater man
To take the folks out of the fire into the frying pan
Chorus:
The well has run dry, the river paved over
The low-hanging fruit has been plucked to the bone
Don't bother to holler they won't hear your voice
Find your comfort in going alone
Rolling along the ribbon of highway
I see oil in them thar hills I'll get it my way
And who said you got to drill and drill
Take America the Beautiful and score a kill
Chorus
Who said you are a patriot?
Speak against us one more time and you'll get shot
You're on a very special list
So you'll have to prove to us you're not a terrorist
Chorus
You know real heroes never die
They plant the seeds of freedom growing to the sky
You know you sing a lonely song
Just sing and sing until the day they sing along
Chorus
This road and no other road is safe
Cousins and Uncles I piss on your grave
Now I'm forced to undo the damage you've done
Get the hell out of town you sun-of-a-gun
Walk in the shoes of my brother from hell
He died for the cause and I swear he died well
Find reassurance in the bitter cup
Hold your head up, hold your head up
And march through the valley of shame
Chorus:
As we march the valley tonight we shout and wave our banners high
For ours is but to question our is not to do or die
And all above and all below will never bleed us dry
'Til the breath we draw is no longer on this field of battle cry
He plays the God card with an ace up his sleeve
A less able man would be greater to grieve
Sanction the violence with blood on our hands
Cast away life, reputation and lands
Don't dare utter sounds that you can't comprehend
The beauty of truth is our doom in the end
Walk in the shoes of my brother from hell
He died for the cause and I swear he died well
Find reassurance in the bitter cup
Hold your head up, hold your head up
And march through the valley of shame
Chorus:
The choice here is yours as you circle the drain
You swear by the brew but you drink it in vain
Your dull proclamations don't lighten your fall
You can't further stand and you can't further crawl
Realization has taken its toll
Muttering from the depths of your soul
Sanction the violence with blood on our hands
Cast away life, reputation and lands
Don't dare utter sounds that you can't comprehend
The beauty of truth is our doom in the end
Walk in the shoes of my brother from hell
He died for the cause and I swear he died well
Find reassurance in the bitter cup
Hold your head up, hold your head up
And march through the valley of shame
Chorus:
It's too hot, it's too cold
And your woman, She's too bold
Your Hair turning gray
Just another messed up day
How can you live that way? You're just a big baby, yeah
Your Mommy gave no love
And your Daddy gave too much
Little Sis got it all
So you piss and moan and into your bottle you crawl
All lit up, sure are tough
Telling everyone, had enough
"I'm too old, I'm too fat
I'm too smart to live much more like that"
Let 'em know you've had enough and end it all you big baby, yeah
Gotta walk through downtown
Ain't no cabs, car's broke down
All the citizens look like thieves
Hiding pipes and knives and guns and bombs and shit up their sleeves
There's a cop walking by
Blowing kisses, waving "Hi"
Hope he don't recognize
All the hate, hate, hate in my eyes
"Life's so unfair" You're just a big baby, yeah
Big baby, yeah
Big baby, yeah
Big baby, yeah
I went to DC to see my congresswoman
Went to Washington DC to see my Senator
I prayed she would hear me as I shouted from the window
Barbara, Barbara, Barbara meet me on the Capitol Steps
Meet me on the capitol steps, meet me on the capitol steps
Be careful what you're saying though you haven't said it yet
Meet me on the capitol steps
Yipee Ki Yay, the capitol of Auld Amerikay
I got to DC and called my congresswoman
Got to Washington DC and called my Senator
Her answering machine told me to leave a message
I screamed Diane, Diane, Diane meet me on the capitol steps
Meet me on the capitol steps, meet me on the capitol steps
What the hell were you thinking when you sent our boys to death?
Meet me on the capitol steps
Yippee Ki Yay, the capitol of Auld Amerikay
There wasn't no one there but cops with big ol' guns
There wasn't no one there but a military man
I started up the steps for to meet my congresswoman
He said SIR, SIR, SIR you can't go up the capitol steps
Can't go up the capitol steps, can't go up the capitol steps
Now get into that line before you draw another breath
Can't go up the capitol steps
Yippee Ki Yay, you can't go up the capitol steps today
Who do I have to pay to see my congresswoman?
Who do I have to pay to meet my senator?
I finally got through to an influential lobbyist
He said bring a bag of money, meet me on the capitol steps
Meet me on the capitol steps, meet me on the capitol steps
So this is how a country gets 4 trillion into debt?
Meet me on the capitol steps
Yippee Ki Yay cuz money drives good Auld Amerikay
Meet me on the capitol steps, meet on the capitol steps
Send a letter to the senate I'm not finished with 'em yet
Meet me on the capitol steps
Yippee Ki Yay, the capitol of Auld Amerikay
Two majestic rivers run right through
Carrying this heartfelt pleas to you
What once was will always be
In my Ghetto by the sea
Stand here feeling cheated by this town
Hope the council's buying the next round
One thing they can't take from me
Is my ghetto by the sea
Nothing so foolish as my foolish self believing that I'll convince you
We used to stand upon the shore and dream of what would be
But your master plan and your sleight-of-hand it leaves me hopeless
We used to stand upon the shore
We used to stand upon the shore
The last great southern swell has crashed and burned
When will we learn, when will we learn
Begging you to hear our plea
From the ghetto by the sea
What once was will always be
In our ghetto by the sea
Stumble down the sidewalk
Tumble into bed
3 in the morning
Shane in my head
A blank stare in the mirror
Another wrong night
We swore we'd live forever
Sadly, we were right
Chorus:
It's a day, no hope no fear
It's a day like any other, just another year
It's a day, no light up ahead
It's a day like any other, better than dead
A cup of resolution
A swagger, a curse
Another deep devotion
Heartfelt at first
Pour another whiskey
Chase it back with beer
Think about my family
A thousand miles from here
Chorus
Running thru the alley
At home again
We should have known better
We were never honest men
We watch the sunset together
Glasses raised high
Toast the blasted morning
And swear we'll never die
Chorus
I can never get enough
I got popped for the task
It don't have to be a task
This is prime rate stuff
You don't have to get rough
All you've got to do is ask
Is that you slippin' off the line
What's with the pouty lip?
Steady your, steady your ship
Come tomorrow you'll be fine
Regaling tales of the decline
Conveniently forgetting your slip
Stop that spinning in your wheel
I am lost in your regard
I never knew you'd be so hard
Ask yourself how I feel
Am I just your latest meal
Or your true-blue love ambush
Don't push
DWS
Look at that monster roll
Pistons for your soul
I'm a well oiled machine
In my blue sky I hold my breath
Why oh why must I hold my breath
Gentle melodies careen and creep upon my door
Kiss me and insist you'll never reach for any more
All the cats and dogs are howling in Willmore City
Keeping blood letting at bay
Allt he corner jacks are hopping in Willmore City
Hustling another day
Doing time in Willmore City
Walking through a mine field Willmore City
Everywhere you look they're giving green
Bring me to a place where I can lay my head
Dealing meds in Willmore City
Dodging Feds in Willmore City
J'n parle pas iglesh aqui
Oh you gotta give in or get out, get out
There's a very queasy truce in Willmore City
That keeps me up at night
I can't get no respect in Willmore City
'Cause I'm too bloody white
AT the break of light Willmore City
Survive another night Willmore City
There's no prettier place to be
Bring me to a place where I can lay my Head
Bring me to a place Willmore City
Where I find grace Willmore City
Let it wash over me
Oh, you gotta give in or get out, get out
I ain't got no hope in Willmore City
Can't get no dough in Willmore City
Settle for less Willmore City
Must confess Willmore City
They keep saying they do for me
But look around
It's just a shame
I'm a stranger Willmore City
It'll never change Willmore City
There's no prettier place to be
Oh, you gotta give in or get out, get out
Simon says you're stupid, Simon says you're weak
Simon says sit down, don't speak
Lying in bed, thoughts on fire
I'd like like to quit that job by this time next week
Lately I've been running hard on dreams of my brothers
Yes sir, yes maam, yes, yes, as you're looking out to greener pastures
What you think you're doing playing that way
You're just another artist you've got no say
Gab jab yapping, talk talk talk
'til I finally close my eyes and they fade away
Lately I've been running hard on dreams of my brothers
With the world at my feet is it any wonder
I can't wait?
Holes in pocket, holes in head
Holes in the lies of things they said
Pay up front, cash in hand I'm holding out for truth instead.
Lately I've been running hard on dreams of my brothers
With the world out of reach is it any wonder
I can't wait?
Short changed in the army with a cadence set on wages
Pouring out and peeling in ending up in cages
Minus details that were formed for years
With my knuckles gripped and white
I've been driven to tears
I'm amazed, I can't think that fast
Chorus:
Well the rug's been pulled
And my world's been cooled
It took thinking, precision, hours and sweat
So now it's just forgive and forget
I'm amazed
Arguments have passed me but the spirit's disallowed
Shaped like this and shaped like that they all were well endowed
And I shake, and I twist and I run at the mouth
Well they landed on the ground just as they were headed south
I'm amazed, I can't think that fast
Chorus
Up N' Comer
My Maiden
(Chorus)
I claimed you in a loss, you're my Maiden, My Maiden
Prettier than a Summer Day
Hope to hell you don't run away
You lost now you're a claimer
I claimed you in a loss
You Don't know the grace to win
I don't know no life but sin
But I just got to make that killing
I claimed you in a loss
Chorus
Go to work but what;s the use?
Only end up getting juiced
'Cuz you're too pretty not to win
Our Day'll come along
One of these days when it's all done
And Saint Peter says "Welcome Son"
He;ll open the gate 'cuz I picked a winner
I knew it all along
Chorus
Songbird
Outside my window
'neath the Jasmine tree
My sweet songbird, do you love me?
I wait and wait for night to fall
Outside my window
In my Mommy's garden
Where the okra grows
My sweet songbird, I love you so
I want to kiss you and lay you down
In my Mommy's garden
By the mouth of the river
Where my Daddy creeps
My sweet songbird, I'm yours for keeps
I'm gonna light a fire so I can watch you sing
By the mouth of the river
Venus
I hear you calling starry night
So clear and pretty in your light
How fun it would be to fly
And touch the planets in my sight
Lat e at night I sit and view
Your landslips, screes, and moraines too
I close my eyes and wonder why
I'm not side by side with you
One night I had the strangest dream
The planet of Poison was loving me it seems
I flew like Superman fast as a bullet orbiting your very center
Wrapped up tight like a child I lost my breath to my surrender
A million G's the stars came out, kissed my swollen lips
and the black, black, black, black, black swallowed me whole
The brightest object in the sky
You almost make me want to cry
When your face comes into view
I don't know why I even try
You're so large and I'm so small
A man who's set up for a fall
Lava flowing from your eyes
I don't know anything at all
Last night I had a strange, strange dream
This planet of wonder was loving me it seems
So now I sit and star at soundless sights of smoke and air
And as I'm looking through my scope I try to find some way to cope
with all the gases in my braining saying soon "we" will be "us"
My loving planet my, my, my, my, my Venus
And now you sit upon your throne
And toss me visions like a bone
You can beat me if you like
At least I'll never be alone
Bad Reaction
Oh what a beautiful morning
So sweet and so alive
Til I had a bad reaction
South-bound on the 5
My bad reaction came easy
That's why I'm so annoyed
The words from my mouth were garbage
The top of my head destroyed
My Bad Reaction is alive
Why can't I let it die?
My Bad Reaction won't give up
Here it comes, here it comes
I never thought it would happen
I wasn't prepared for this
The sweat upon my forehead
The sweet paralysis
My bad reaction comes easy
Breaks out on my chest
With a choice between hate and love
The first one is the best
My Bad Reaction, Mercy cry
Why can't I walk on by?
My Bad Reaction, look at me
Want to scream, want to scream
I promise to behave myself
And stay out of the sun
Avoid my bad reaction
Or pay for what I've done
My Bad Reaction
Loud as Mink
My oh My, you're cuter than a baby bear
But you're loud as mink
I just want to love you, I don't want to hear you
You make me cry, your kisses are so fine and rare
But you're loud as mink
Everyone can hear you, Everyone can hear you
My peace of mind is shattered when you speak
You're always right and I am wrong
Your noise goes on, and on, and on
Stop and think
You require that I exalt your every breath
But you're Loud as mink
I don't want to hate you, please don't make me hate you
You're loud as mink
For the Record
In a country without freedom, to relinquish what was free
For the chance to buy what's sacred right off of the freedom tree
I say what's mine is mine, what's yours is mine and all the time
I got a dozen women all around me sayin' "I'm coming, I'm coming"
Look out below, I'm going for the record this time
Have nots? I know
But I got, and I'm just taking what's mine
(chorus)
Enough is not enough I need some more I need it all
Gimme just a little, just a lot, maybe some more
Well give me every, every, everything you got
I'm off, Godspeed
I'm going for the record this time
I want, Don't need
And you know it's my American right
Chorus
I got more money in my pocket than you'll ever, ever spend
Got more Cachet than I'll ever need, ain't got none to lend
I'll eat the dirt from out beneath your feet and never lose a wink
And if you think that I'm just playin? Well have another think
Look out below, I'm going for the record this time
I Needed That
I recall the time you slapped my face
God, I needed that
I woke up in a state of surrender
Delivered from that hateful place
Monkey on my back
And an acre of lies that no one can remember
In my most vivid dreams I'd likely ravish you
I'd likely take the pain away
A life with no regrets, well maybe just a few
As long as we are here today walking together
It's a dilemma, God I needed that
We're exhausted by the acts of our past
It's a dilemma, God I needed that
Obedient Child
I'm an obedient child of measured breath
Just before I flap my lips I shut my trap
I read the warning signs, I grit my teeth
Rules were made for idiots like me
I cover my eyes, I don't drink much
I once did but if I did what's all the fuss?
You can't deny my obedience
I stand at the door, I pound on the door but I don't break in
In the last great days of revolution
(chorus)
I won't say anything, anything
I won't sputter nothing, nothing
I drool and I moan, leave me alone
I didn't do anything, anything
(repeat)
Every day after I comb my hair
I take a deep breath, unlock the door, and walk out scared
I'm a deflated tire, I'm a lowly man
I don't feel, I don't think, I can't stand
In the last great days of revolution
Chorus
Ordinee
Ordinee, Ordinee, you surround me, Ordinee
You're in my blood, you make me sigh
If there's a god, I'd rather die
Tossed with a force that can leave me quite hopeless
Breathing in water like acres of roses
When all fades away, Ordinee
Ordinee, Ordinee, you surround me, Ordinee
You're in my blood, you make me laugh
If there's a god, I'll drown at last
Tossed with a force that can leave me quite hopeless
Breathing in water like acres of roses
End over end on Sandy's Beach, Ordinee
Surf jig
Oh, I got the calling the surf is up, let's ride some waves
All praise the waves, God's here, God plays
Eat Sand! Eat Sand!
A new religion, the sky above
The waves are calling, the waves of love
Eat sand, eat sand
