AGAINST THE 70’s 

I asked him if he knew what time he had
He said he wasn't sure maybe a quarter past
The kids of today should defend themselves against the seventies
I peered in his eyes as we stood in line just to have a look
But the pages I found looked like an unbound coloring book
The kids of today should defend themselves against the seventies [2x]
It's not reality, just someone else's sentimentality...
It won't work for you...
 
Baby boomers selling you rumors of their history
Forcing youth away from the truth of what's real today
The kids of today should defend themselves against the seventies
Stadium minds with stadium lies gotta make you laugh
Garbage vendors 'gainst true defenders of the craft
 
The kids of today should defend themselves against the seventies [2x]
It's not reality, just someone else's sentimentality...
Look what it did to us...
 
Speakin' as a child of the seventies...
 
The kids against the seventies
Kids against the seventies
The kids of today should defend themselves against the seventies [12x]

ANTON

Anton was his name
Anton was his name
anton was his name
Anton was his name...
Know it's hard to be 
He's always in the way 
He's always in the way 
Leaves such a silly look
Etched upon your face 
Etched on your what?!
On your face!
Anton, anton, anton, anton 
Anton, just like any other name 
Anton, just like any other name 
Anton, just like any other name 
Anton, just like any other name...
Any other name...
 
 
 
ANY WAY YOU WANT IT
 
any way you want it
you can always hear me say hey, hey, hey...
any way you want it
you can always hear me say hey, hey, hey...
it's alright, it's alright, it's alright...
so any way you want it 
that's the way it should be
you don't want money 
you don't want a diamond ring hey, hey, hey...
you say you want my loving more than any other thing hey, hey, hey...
it's alright, it's alright, it's alright...
so any way you want it 
that's the way it should be
any way, any way you want it 
that's alright, my babe
any way, any way you want it 
that's the way it should be 
any way you want it
you can always hear me say hey, hey, hey...
any way you want it
you can always hear me say hey, hey, hey...
it's alright, it's alright, it's alright...
so any way you want it 
that's the way it will be 
any way, any way you want it 
that's alright, my babe
any way, any way you want it 
that's the way it will be 
any way you want it
you can always hear me say hey, hey, hey...
any way you want it
you can always hear me say hey, hey, hey...
it's alright, it's alright, it's alright...
so any way you want it 
that's the way it will be
that's the way it will be
that's the way it will be...
 
 
 
AMERICAN JESUS 
 
I don't need to be a global citizen,
Because i'm blessed by nationality,
I'm a member of a growing populace,
We enforce our popularity 
There are things that seem to pull us under
And there are things that drag us down,
But there's a power and a vital presence
That's lurking all around
We've got the american jesus
See him on the interstate,
We've got the american jesus
He helped build the president's estate
I feel sorry for the earth's population
'Cuz so few live in the u.s.a,
At least the foreigners can copy our morality,
They can visit but they cannot stay,
Only precious few can garner the prosperity,
It makes us walk with renewed confidence,
We've got a place to go when we die
And the architect resides right here
We've got the american jesus
Bolstering national faith
We've got the american jesus
Overwhelming millions every day
He's the farmer barren fields, [in god]
The force the army wields, [we trust] 
The expression in the faces of the starving millions, [because he's one of us]
The power of the man [break down]
He's the fuel that drives the clan, [cave in] 
He's the motive and the conscience of the murderer [we can redeem your sins]
He's the preacher on TV, [strong heart]
The false sincerity, [clear mind]
The form letters that written by the big computers, [and infinitely kind]
He's the nuclear bombs, [you lose]
And the kids with no moms [we win]
And i'm fearful that he's inside me [he is our champion]
 
 
 
 
BREATH 
 
Oh, tonight began with anything
Shadows, a light, a warm breath and a scream, ah yeah...
Oh, tamper if you like between the doors, oh yeah...huh...huh...
Oh, can't expect to go out...to go out...
With anything...anything more...
Oh, reach the door...a breath and a scr...oh, reach the door
And a nada lada yeah...
Life ain't what it's worth...a breath and a scr...oh, reach the door
 
All these reaching hands out grabbin' things, grabbin' me
Day in, day out, accumulating, ah yeah
Whoa, I suggest you step out on your porch
Oh yeah, huh, huh, huh, huh, yeah...
Run away my son, to see it all...oh, see the world
Oh, reach the door...a breath and a scr...oh, reach the door
Oh, and a nada lada yeah...
Life ain't what it's worth...a breath and a scr...oh, reach the door
 
Come...here it comes...there it goes...when it comes...
Where it goes...where it comes...can't see through the faith...
Ooh, come...here it comes...there it goes, grasp what you can...
Don't you know there's something inside your hand, yeah...
 
Oh, if I knew where it was I would take you there...
There's much more than this, ooh...whoa, much more than this
Oh, see the world...much more than, oh...
 
Much more than...
Why?
 
 
 
CATHOLIC BOY
 
I was born in a pool
Left in my mother's stand
I spat at that surgeon and his tremblin' hand
When I felt for life, I was the nursery boy
I stole the doctors scalpel and I slit the cord...
 
I was a Catholic boy...
I was redeemed through pain, not through joy...
 
I was two months early, they put me under glass
I screamed and cursed at children when the nurses passed
Was convicted of theft as I slid from the womb
They led me straight from my stroller to a cell in the tombs...
 
I was a Catholic boy...
Redeemed through pain, not through joy...
 
They starved me for weeks, they thought they'd teach me fear
I fed on cell-mates trees, it gave me flyin' ideas
When they cut me loose, the time it served you well
I made allies in Heaven, comrades in Hell
 
I was a Catholic child...
With the grand red...the grand wild...
 
I make angels dance and drop to their knees
When I enter a church the feet of statue bleed
I understand the faith of all my enemies
With that Christ and the God, it's never me...
 
I'm a Catholic boy...
I was redeemed through pain and not through joy...
 
I watched His sweetest psalms stolen by the choir
I dreamed of all his bones hangin' from a wire
I take the contribution, I get absolution
I make the resolution to verify my soul...
 
I'm a Catholic boy...
Redeemed through pain, not through joy...
 
And they can't touch me now, I got every size of the...
They got Baptism, I got Penance
I got Communion, I got extreme...
Man...I got Confirmation...
 
I was a Catholic boy...
Redeemed through pain and not through joy...
And now, I'm a Catholic man...
I put my tongue to the rail whenever I can...
 
 
 
CRAZY MARY 
 
She lived on a curve in the road, in an old, tar-paper shack
On the south side of the town, on the wrong side of the tracks
Sometimes on the way into town we'd say:
'Mama, can we stop and give her a ride?'
Sometimes we did, but her hands flew from her side
Wild eyed, crazy Mary
 
Down a long dirt road, past the Parson's place
That old blue car we used to race
Little country store with a sign tacked to the side
Said 'No L-O-I-T-E-R-I-N-G Allowed'
Underneath that sign always congregated quite a crowd
Take a bottle, drink it down, pass it around [3x]
 
One night thunder cracked, mercy backed outside her windowsill
Dreamed I was flying high above the trees, over the hills
Looked down into the house of Mary
Terrible thoughts, newspaper-covered walls, 
And Mary rising up above it all
 
Next morning on the way into town
Saw some skid marks and followed them around
Over the curve, through the fields, into the house of Mary
That what you fear the most, could meet you halfway [2x]
Take a bottle, drink it down, pass it around [3x]
 
 
 
CROON SPOON [Mark Blitzstein]

Croon, croon til it hurts baby, croon
My heart is searched baby
Croonin' in spurts baby
Is just an urge for a tune
Spoon, in a canoe baby, spoon
One built for two baby
Just me and you baby
I can canoe baby, spoon
Oh the crooner's life is a blessed one
He makes the population happy
For when all of his cares of distressin'
Oh the spoon is grand in the june day sun
He spoon and spoon and never gets tired
But it's nicer at night than in the noon day sun
Cuz then you're gary cooper and i'm greta garbo
Just croon, even the poor are not immune
If they're without a suit
They shouldn't give a hoot
When they can substitute...
Find me a dream man and leave us in dreamland
Where me and my dream man can...
When they can substitute...
Croon...

DAYTIME DILEMMA [DANGERS OF LOVE]

She came from a happy home
A very happy home
A very happy home

Miss personality
A grade 'A' student naturally
She had it all worked out

But things aren't what they seem
Is this real or just a dream
And things will never ever be the same again

She came from a happy home
A very happy home
A home of happiness

Miss personality, a grade 'A' student naturally
She had it all in place
But things aren't what they seem
Is this real or just a dream
Things will never ever be the same again

It's the dangers, it's the dangers of love
It's the dangers, it's the dangers of love

She came from a happy home
A very happy home
A very happy scene

She caught him with another
It turns out it was her mother
What a tragedy
Can things be what they seem
Is this just some crazy dream

It's the dangers, it's the dangers of love
It's the dangers, it's the dangers of love

Keep telling lies, but you did
You know you did
It's coming... it's coming... its coming

It's the dangers, it's the dangers of love
It's the dangers, it's the dangers of love

What went wrong she couldn't tell
but we know it all too well

It's the dangers, it's the dangers of love
It's the dangers, it's the dangers of love
 

DEVIL DOLL

She won't get out of bed
Shake her snakey hair
Grab her, throw her in the tub
She says, "coffee and a piece of pie"
She never wears a dress on sunday or any monday afternoon
But this is some fucked up country to wander alone
Devil doll, devil doll
Rags and bones and battered shoes
Devil doll, devil doll
Rags and bones and battered shoes
Devil doll, devil doll
Devil doll, devil doll
People turn their heads
She scares little kids
Eyes narrow, jaw is set
She'll fix you with a stare
She keeps her body hidden
Let's her eyes make her bid
I'd wrap her up in a bullet
Shoot her 'round the world
Devil doll, devil doll
Rags and bones and battered shoes
Devil doll, devil doll
Rags and bones and battered shoes
Devil doll, devil doll
Devil doll, devil doll
She won't get out of bed
Shake her snakey hair
Grab her, throw her in the tub
She says, "coffee and a piece of pie"
She never wears a dress on sunday or any monday afternoon
But this is some fucked up country to wander alone
Devil doll, devil doll
Rags and bones and battered shoes
Devil doll, devil doll
Rags and bones and battered shoes
Devil doll, devil doll
Devil doll, devil doll

DYING DAYS
 
All these dying days
I walked the ghost town
Used to be my city
I seen a holy man
Seen him crying with the mother mary
All these dying days
Yes, it's too late
This life isn't mine
Lord hear me pray
Can you ease my mind
Now that they're gone forever
Jesus i done gone over
Sleeping alone, you stay on your side 
If i could lie like all of a thousand other times
I wouldn't be on this highway
Taken on down this highway
All these dying days
I walk the ghost town
Used to be my city
I seen a holy man
Seen him crying with the mother mary
All these dying days, ah yeah
All these dying days
I walk the ghost town
Used to be my city
I seen a holy man
Seen him crying with the mother mary
All these dying days, ah yeah
Yes, it's too late
This life isn't mine
Lord don't you hear me pray
Can you ease my mind
Waiting for the sunshine
Waiting for the sunshine
All these dying days
I walked the ghost town
Used to be my city
I seen a holy man
Seen him crying with the mother mary
All these dying days, ah yeah
Dying, woah dying, oh dying, days
 

ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY

When you're in the dark and you want to see
You need a... electricity, electricity
Flip that switch and what do you get?
You get a... electricity, electricity
Every room can now be lit
With just a... electricity, electricity
Where do you think it all comes from?
This powerful... electricity, electricity
Through high wires, to here it comes
They're bringing a... electricity, electricity
Every building must be wired
To use it a... electricity, electricity
Power plants most all use fire
To make it a... electricity, electricity
Burning fuel and using steam
They generate... electricity, electricity
Turn that generator by any means
You're makin' a... electricity, electricity
A generator is a machine that contains a powerful magnet that creates a magnetic field
When wires are rotated rapidly through this field, then a current of electricity is produced
Now, if we only had a superhero who could stand here and turn the generator real fast
Then we wouldn't need to burn so much fuel, heh, to make... electricity, electricity
Benjamin franklin flyin' his kite
Was searchin' for... electricity, electricity
He knew that it had something to do with lightning
It's all a... electricity, electricity
Rubbing a comb with wool or fur
Will give you a charge of [static]... electricity, electricity
Stroking a cat to make it purr
You're building up [static]... electricity, electricity
Electricity at rest is called static electricity
Like in the winter, wearing a heavy coat, you get a shock off the doorknob
Or you scrape across a carpet and sneak up on your very best friend and zap him him on the ear
With a shock of... electricity
Current flowing to and fro
Makes a circuit of... electricity, electricity
Voltage is depression that makes it go
It's pushin' a... electricity, electricity
Watts will tell you just how much
You'll be usin' a... electricity, electricity
Powerful stuff, so watch that plug
It's going to... electricity, electricity
Electricity, electricity
Electricity, electricity...

EVOLUTION

Better call the ships, they been caught sailing
Better call the captain, he’s been caught stealing
Better call the porter man, he’s been caught leaving
Better call all the guys on the deck; they’ve been caught with no feeling
Better call the fisherman, cause they’re coming on land
Better call the head nurse, wrap us up, to throw us in the dark
Better call with some resistance, better way to feel no shame
Better call with some persistence, that way you feel nothing at all
Better call on evolution, better way to make a revolution
Better make your mind up quick
Better make your mind up quick

FEVER DOG

Oh-oh-oh
Fver dog
Scratchin' at my back door
I hear you howl
But i don't listen no more
Got a feeling i could taste
Every hair of the fever dog
Come around again
Well that would be the end
Of the fever dog
Fever dog
Oh i take the dislikes today
I'm not surprised
Been beggin' now for two days
Got to spit it out
The taste of the hair
Of the fever dog
Come around again
Well that would be the end
Of the fever dog
Got to spit it out
The taste of the hair
Of the fever dog
Come around again
Well that would be the end
Of the fever dog
Oh-oh-oh
Scratchin' at my back door

 
GIRLS EYES
 
Girl's eyes, butterflies
How she cries, can't get through to you
She knows all the charts
Breaks her heart, thinks a lot of you
Each time you play a melody
It means the earth to this little girl
Can you be cruel and break her heart?
Tear her small world apart...
She's there, eyes aglow
Very front row, don't throw sticks at her
Please don't look away
See it her way, don't care anyway
It's you who led her on i see
Just leave her down in her misery
We don't want help from you or me
Can't tell a note from a symphony
It's you who led her on i see
Just leave her down in her misery
We don't want help from you and me
Can't tell a note from a symphony
Girl's eyes, butterflies
How she cries, can't get through to you
She knows all the charts
Breaks her heart, thinks a lot of you
Each time you play a melody
It means the earth to this little girl
Can you be cruel and break her heart?
Tear her small world apart...

GOOD WOMAN

I want to be a good woman
And I want for you to be a good man
And this is why I am on leaving
And this is why I can't see you no more

I will miss your heart so tender
And i will love this love forever

I don't want to be a bad woman
I can't stand to see you to be a bad man

I will miss your heart so tender
And i will love this love forever

This is why I am leavin'
And this is why I can't see you no more
And this is why I am lying
When I say "I don't love you no more"

Cause I want to be a good woman
And I want for you to be a good man

 
GREMMIE OUT OF CONTROL
 
Every Beach Has A Clown Who Thinks He Knows It All
And He's Always Practicing His Cowabunga Call
But He'll Never Scramble When The Big Waves Start To Roll
Cause There's Nothing Worse Than A Gremmie Out Of Control
Gremmie Out Of Control [2x]
There's Nothing Worse Than A Gremmie Out Of Control
 
The Kids Always Know That Gremmie's Talk Is Cheap
Oh They Just Try To Ignore This Ugly Creep
His Board Is Always Full Of Dings
Cause He's Always Doing Stupid Things
And There's Nothing Worse Than A Gremmie Out Of Control
Gremmie Out Of Control [2x]
There's Nothing Worse Than A Gremmie Out Of Control
Gremmie Out Of Control [2x]
There's Nothing Worse Than A Gremmie Out Of Control [3x]
 
 
 
HARD TO IMAGINE
 
Paint a picture, forty shades of gray
Light your pillow, lay back, watch the flames
I'll tell a story, no one would listen that long
It's hard to imagine, it's hard to imagine...
 
Fuck tradition, no one's safe from harm
Wait a little, cup and curse these arms
After having seen all that they saw
It's hard to imagine, it's hard to imagine...
 
Things were different then, all is different now } [2x]
I tried to explain, some how... }
 
Things were different then, all is different now
I tried to explain, I hope this works somehow...
Things were different then, all is different now
I tried to explain, oh, somehow...
Ooh...oh...oh...
 
 
 
HEART TO HANG ONTO
 
Johnny Boy, he's always propping up the bar.
He sees life crystallized through his jaw.
He says he only lives for beer.
But his whole life is just a cry of fear.
 
Give me a heart to hang on to.
Give me a soul that's tailored new.
Give me a heart to hang on to.
A heart to hang on to.
 
Oh Sally, gets bigger every day.
She evens out in a contented way.
Up on the pulse of every guy.
But deep in the night you can hear her cry.
 
Give me a heart to hang on to.
Give me a life that's tinted new.
Give me a heart to hang on to.
A heart to hang on to.
 
Give me a heart to hang on to.
Give me a soul that's tailored true.
Give me a heart to hang on to.
 
Danny, gonna save for a new guitar.
He's gonna learn to play, but he won't get far.
Thinks it's a easy going high.
But his whole life is just another try.
 
Give me a heart to hang on to.
Give me a suit that's tailored true.
Give me a heart to hang on to.
A heart to hang on to.
 
Give me a heart 
Give me a heart
We need a heart Need a heart }repeat
 
To hang onto }repeat

HERO

I am so high
I can hear heaven
I am so high
I can hear heaven
No heaven, no heaven don't hear me
And they say that a hero can save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles
Watch as they all fly away
Someone told me love will all save us
But how can that be, look what love gave us
A world full of killing, and blood-spilling
That world never came
And they say that a hero can save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles
Watch as they all fly away
Now that the world isnt ending
Its love that i'm sending to you
It isn't the love of a hero
And that's why i fear it won't do
And they say that a hero can save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles
Watch as they all fly away
And they're watching us
[watching us]
As they all fly away

 
 
HEY BABY
 
Come on...
Well hey baby, where do you, comin' from
She looked at me and smiled, 
And looked into space
And said, 'i'm comin' from the land of new rising sun'
And i said, 'hey, baby...where you tryin' to go to'
Then she says, 'i'm gonna spread...spread around piece of mind
And a whole lotta love to you and you' 
Hey girl i'd like to come along
Yes, i'd like to come along
"Would you like to come along?"
She asked me
"Yes take me along right now."
Hey baby, can i step into your world a while?
"Yes you can" she said
"Come on back with me for a while
Well we're gonna go across the Jupiter sun
And see all your people one by one
You gotta help your people out right now
That's what i'm doin' is all about"...oh about
May i come along? yeah
May i come along?
May i come along?
Please take me
May i come along?
I said may i come along?
 
 
 
HYMN
 
and when you showed me Brooklyn bridge 
in the morning, ah god...
and the people were slippin on ice in the street
twice, twice
two different people came over, goin to work 
so earnest and tryful, clutching their pitiful morning daily news 
slip on the ice and fall 
both inside five minutes 
and i cried, i cried 
that's when you taught me, tears
ah god, in the morning, ah thee 
and me leaning on the lamppost wiping eyes
eyes, nobody's know i'd cry 
or woulda cared anyway 
but oh, i saw my father 
and my grandfather's mother
and the long lines of chairs 
and tear sitters and dead
ah me, i knew god
you had better plans than that 
so whatever plan you have for me 
splitter of majesty 
make it short, brief, make it snappy 
bring me home to the eternal mother 
today, at your service anyway 
and until...

I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES

I used to be on an endless run.
Believe in miracles 'cause I'm one.
I have been blessed with the power to survive.
After all these years I'm still alive.

I'm out here kickin' with the band.
Suddenly I'm a solitary man.
Every day my time runs out.
Lived like a fool, that's what I was about, oh

I believe in miracles.
I believe in a better world for me and you.
Oh, I believe in miracles.
I believe in a better world for me and you.

Tattooed your name on my arm.
I always said my girl's a good luck charm.
If she can find a reason to forgive,
Then I can find a reason to live.

I used to be on an endless run.
Believe in miracles 'cause I'm one.
I have been blessed with the power to survive.
After all these years I'm still alive.

I believe in miracles.
I believe in a better world for me and you.
Oh, I believe in miracles.
I believe in a better world for me and you.

I close my eyes and think how it might be.
The future's here today.
It's not too late.
It's not too late, no!

I believe in miracles.
I believe in a better world for me and you.
Oh, I believe in miracles.
I believe in a better world for me and you
Alright  

 
 
LAST KISS
 
Oh where oh where can my baby be
The lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
We were out on a date in my daddy's car
We hadn't driven very far
There in the road straight ahead
A car was stalled the engine was dead
I couldn't stop so I swerved to the right
I'll never forget the sound that night
The screaming tires the busting glass
The painful scream that I heard last
Oh where oh where can my baby be
The lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
When I woke up the rain was pouring down
There were people standing all around
Something warm flowing through my eyes
But somehow I found my baby that night
I lifted her head she looked at me and said
Hold me darling just a little while
I held her close I kissed her our last kiss
I found the love that I knew I had missed
Well now she's gone even though I hold her tight
I lost my love my life that night
Oh where oh where can my baby be
The lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
Woh [x4]
Ohh [x4]  
 
 
 
LEAVING HERE
 
Hey, fellas, have you heard the news? Oh yeah...
The women of this town are being misused...oh yeah...
I've seen it all in my dreams last night...oh yeah...
Girls leaving this town 'cause we don't treat 'em right, yeah...oh yeah...
 
Well, I'll take a train...take a train...
Fly by plane...fly by plane...
They're getting tired...getting tired...
They're sick and tired...sick and tired...
 
All you fellas better change your ways...oh yeah...
They're leaving this town in a matter of days...oh yeah...
Girls are good, you better treat 'em true...oh yeah...
Seen fellas run around with someone new...oh yeah...
 
I'm getting tired...getting tired...
Sick and tired...sick and tired...
They're leaving here...leaving here...
Are leaving here...leaving here...
 
Are leaving here...yeah, yeah...
Leaving here...been a while...
Oh yeah... [4x]
 
The love of a woman is a wonderful thing...oh yeah...
The way that we treat 'em is a trying shame...oh yeah...
I'll tell you fellas, yeah, it won't be long...oh yeah...
Before these women, they all have gone...oh yeah...
 
They're getting tired...getting tired...
Sick and tired...sick and tired...
Yeah, take a train...take a train...
Fly by plane...fly by plane...
 
They're leaving here...yeah, yeah, yeah...
Leaving here...
Leaving, leaving...oh, leaving here, now...
Baby, baby, baby...please don't leave here...oh...
 
 
 
MAGIC BUS
 
Every day i get in the queue [too much, the magic bus]
To get on the bus that takes me to you [too much, the magic bus]
I'm so nervous, i just sit and smile [too much, the magic bus]
Your house is only another mile [too much, the magic bus]
Thank you, driver, for getting me here [too much, the magic bus]
you're being inspected, have no fear [too much, the magic bus]
I don't want to cause no fuss [too much, the magic bus]
Can i buy your magic bus? [too much, the magic bus]
can i buy it?
I don't care how much i pay [too much, the magic bus]
Drive the bus to my baby each day [too much, the magic bus]
Everyday you'll see the dust [too much, the magic bus]
As i drive to my baby in my magic bus [too much, the magic bus]
Magic bus
Magic bus [magic bus]
Magic bus [magic bus]
I want it, i want it, i want it
I want that bus
I'll give you a hundred
You can't have it
I said i'll give you a hundred
No, no that ain't enough cash
You know i need that bus
I need that bus
I need that bus
I need that bus
I need that bus
I need it more than you do
That's not true peter
I'm older
I need the bus
I need the bus
I don't care how much i pay [too much, the magic bus]
Got to ride to my baby in the bus each day [too much, the magic bus]
Everyday you'll see the dust [too much, the magic bus]
As i drive to my baby in my magic bus [too much, the magic bus]
I want it
I think i'll go and take it
She's a bus-like wonder
Drives like thunder
Bus age wonder
Bus age wonder
Too much, the magic bus
Magic bus...
I want the magic bus, i'm going to drive it
I'm going to take it, you're not going to have it
No, it's mine
All mine
That magic bus...



MAN OF THE HOUR

Tidal waves don’t beg forgiveness
Crashin on their way
Father he enjoyed collisions
Others walked away
A snowflake falls in May

And the doors are open now
As the bells are ringing out
Cause the man of the hour's taking his final bow
Bye for now

Nature has its own religion
Gospel from the land
Father ruled by long division
Young man may pretend
Old men comprehend

And my sky breaks at dawn
Shedding light upon this town
We’re all comin round
Cause the man of the hour is takin his final bow
Goodbye for now

And the road...
the old man paved...
with broken seeds...
along the way...
to rusted signs...
and just for me

He was guiding me
love.. his own way

Now the man of the hour's takin his final bow.
As the curtain comes down,
I feel, that this is just...
goodbye for now

 
 
MASTERS OF WAR 
 
Come you masters of war, you that build all the guns
You that build the death place, you that build all the guns
You that hide behind walls, you that hide behind desks
I just want you to know, I can see through your masks
 
You that never done nothing, but to build and destroy
You play with my world, like its your little toy
You put a gun in my hand, then you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther as the fast bullets fly
 
Like Judas of old, you lie and deceive
A world war can be won, and you want me to believe
But I see through your eyes, and I see through your brain
Like I see through the water that runs down my drain
 
You that fasten all the triggers, for the others to fire
Then you sit back and watch, while the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion, while young people's blood
Flows out their bodies and is buried in the mud
 
You've thrown the worst fear, that could ever be hurled
The fear to bring children, into this world
For threatenin' my baby, unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood that runs in your veins
 
How much do I know, to talk out of turn?
You might say that I'm young, you might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know, though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never forgive what you do
 
Let me ask you one question, is your money that good?
Will it buy you forgiveness? Do you think that it could?
Oh, I think you will find, when your death takes its toll
All the money you made will never buy back your soul
 
And I hope that you die, and your death will come soon
I'll follow your casket, in the pale afternoon
And I'll watch as your lowered, into your deathbed
And I'll stand on your grave till I'm sure that your dead
 
 
 
NOT FOR YOU
 
Restless soul, enjoy your youth
Like Muhammad, hits the truth
Oh, can't escape from the common rule
If you hate something don't you do it too, too...
Small my table, sits just two
Got so crowded, i can't make room
Oh where did they come from? Stormed my room
And you dare say it belongs to you, fuck you...
This is not for you
This is not for you
This is not for you
Oh, never was for you, you...
My friends call me ed, they call me
My friends call me...
All that's sacred comes from youth
Dedication, naive and true
With no power, nothing to do
I still remember...why don't you? Don't you?
This is not for you 
This is not for you
This is not for you
Oh, never was for you...fuck you
This is not for you
This is not for you
This is not for you
Oh, never was for you, you...
 
 
 
NOTHINGMAN
 
Once divided, there's nothing left to subtract
Some words when spoken can't be taken back
Walks on his own with thoughts he can't help thinking
Future's above, in the past he's slowly sinking
Caught a bolt of lightning...cursed the day he let it go
Nothingman...
Nothingman... 
Isn't it something, nothingman?
She once believed in every story he had to tell
One day she stiffened, took the other side
Empty stares from across a crowded room
One just escapes, one's left inside the... Well...
And he who forgets will be destined to remember...oh, oh, oh...
Nothingman...
Nothingman... 
Isn't it something, nothingman?
Oh, she don't want him
No, she won't feed him after he's flown away
Oh, into the sun. Yeah, into the sun
Burn, oh burn
Nothingman... 
Nothingman... 
Isn't it something, nothingman?
Nothingman... 
Nothingman... 
Coulda' been something, nothingman
Yeah, ohh...
 
 
 
OH! SWEET NUTHIN'
 
Say a word for Jimmy Brown
He ain't got nothing at all
Not a shirt right of his back
He ain't got nothing at all
And say a word for Ginger Brown
Walks with his head down to the ground
Took the shoes right of his feet
To poor boy right out in the street
 
And this is what he said
Oh sweet nuthin'
She ain't got nothing at all
Oh sweet nuthin'
She ain't got nothing at all
 
Say a word for Polly May
She can't tell the night from the day
They threw her out in the street
But just like a cat she landed on her feet
And say a word for Joanna Love
She ain't got nothing at all
'Cos everyday she falls in love
And every night she falls when she does
 
She said
Oh sweet nuthin'
You know she ain't got nothing at all
Oh sweet nuthin'
She ain't got nothing at all
 
Oh let me hear you!
 
Say a word for Jimmy Brown
He ain't got nothing at all
Not a shirt right of his back
He ain't got nothing at all
And say a word for Ginger Brown
Walks with his head down to the ground
Took the shoes right of his feet
To poor boy right out in the street
 
And this is what he said
Oh sweet nuthin'
She ain't got nothing at all
Oh sweet nuthin'
She ain't got nothing at all
She ain't got nothing at all
Oh sweet nuthin'
 
She ain't got nothing at all
She ain't got nothing at all
She ain't got nothing at all
 
 
 
PASSIN' THRU
 
I saw jesus on the cross, on a hill called calvary
Do you hate mankind for what they've done to you?
He said, talk of love and not hate
Things will do, it's getting late
There's so little time and we're only passin' thru...
Passin thru', passin thru'
Sometimes happy, sometimes blue
Bad that i ran into you
Tell the people that you saw me passin' thru...
I saw Adam leave the garden with an apple in his hand
I said, now you're out, whatcha gonna do?
Plant some crops and pray for rain, he said
Maybe raise a little cane, he said
I'm an orphan now and i'm only passin' thru...
Passin thru', passin thru'
Sometimes happy, sometimes blue
Bad that i ran into you
Tell the people that you saw me passin' thru...
I was with Washington in valley forge
I was shootin in the snow
I said how come men here suffer like they do?
Men will suffer, men will fight
Even die for what is right
Even though they know they're only passin' thru...
Passin thru', passin thru'
Sometimes happy, sometimes blue
Bad that i ran into you
Tell the people that you saw me passin' thru...
Was with Franklin Roosevelt’s son on the night before he diedHe said, one world must come out of world war ii
Yankee [?], you know a man is just a man
Even though they know they're only passin' thru...
Passin thru', passin thru'
Sometimes happy, sometimes blue
Bad that i ran into you
Tell the people that you saw me passin' thru...
Passin thru', passin thru'
Sometimes happy, sometimes blue
Bad that i ran into you
Tell the people that you saw me passin' thru...
Passin thru', passin thru'
Sometimes happy, sometimes blue
Bad that i ran into you
Tell the people that you saw me passin' thru...
 
 
 
POOR GIRL
 
You sat at home...
The windows tinted black.
He hit you hard and you cried so long.
Life turned and wandered...
Never to come back again.
Take what she gives you...don't feel sorry boy.
When you fell out...
Out of starlight in you...
To hard to walk...
To bad to begin...
I looked at the sign...
But I couldn't feel sad for you.
Take what she gives you. 
Don't cry when you kiss her.
Poor little girl...ran away for good.
I tried to explain why she won't say a thing.
Sad, sad thing...I'm so far away girl.
How can I say why she won't talk at all.
She holds her deck of cards...she wants to be alone.
When you ran out...out of petes hotel you...
Didn't look so good...
And you didn't feel so ill...
You said hold me tight.
But I couldn't get it right.
Take what she gives you...don't feel sorry boy.
Poor little girl...ran away for good.
I tried to explain why she won't say a thing.
Sad sad thing...I'm so far away now.
How can I say why she won't talk at all.
She holds her deck of cards...she wants to be alone. 
She still drinks in the dark...the radio is left on late.
She saw a madman fight...and break it up.
'Cause he hated himself. 
And she felt better off
'Cause she was only drunk...
 
 
 
PORCH
 
What the fuck is this world
Running to, you didn't
Leave a message, at least I
Coulda' learned your voice one last time
Daily minefield, this could
Be my time, 'bout you?
Would you hit me? [2x]
Oh oh oh...oh whoa whoa...ow...
 
All the bills go by, and
Initiatives are taken up
By the middle, there ain't gonna be any middle any more
And the cross I'm bearing home
Ain't indicative of my place
Left the porch [2x]
Oh oh oh...
Hear my name, take a good look
This could be the day
Hold my hand, walk beside me
I just need to say...
 
Hear my name, take a good look
This could be the day
Hold my hand, lie beside me
I just need to say
I could not take a-just one day
I know, when I would not ever touch you
Hold you...feel you...ever hold...never again...
Yeah... [12x]

PUSHING

Come on, come on, come on...
No it really doesn't matter 
Coz at last count, i'd won thirty million dollars 
No sleep all day, black coffee, and cigarettes 
I'm taking a hot shower 
But you keep pushin' me 
Yeah you keep pushin' me away
Oh yeah, baby come on 
Can't you see it my way?
Coz on a good day you can see for miles, yeah 
But to take it from you, you see the smog rolling in from santa catalina 
But you keep pushin' me 
Yeah you keep pushin' me away
But you keep pushin' me yeah
You keep pushin' me away yeah
B-b-b-b-breathe 
Ah help me 
Hey hey hey hey
But you keep, yeah pushin' me 
But you keep pushin' me away yeah 
But you keep a-pushin' me yeah
You keep pushin' me away

SEE ME, FEEL ME

See me, feel me, heal me 
Listening to you I get the music 
Gazing at you I get the heat 
Following you I climb the mountain 
I get excitement at your feet 
Right behind you I see the millions 
On you I see the glory 
From you I get opinions 
From you I get the story

 
SILVER LINING

What about me
What about you
Are we on our own
I won't call you anymore
And I'll find a silver lining 
I know you loved me
Back when we were friends
Back when I was cool
Before I broke some rule 
Now you've moved into another place
But I miss you still
As I always will
And then you say to me
You can't deny
There's something here that makes us hurt
and you say, isn't it love? 
So what about me
What about you
Are we on our own
And I won't call you anymore
And I'll find a silver lining
In my own black little cloud 
Maybe I was proud
Maybe you were proud
The way we talked it out and walked away
Like ghosts in the day 
I have nothing new to offer you
You're my own best friend
And I'll say again
As you said to me
You can't deny
There's something here that makes us hurt
and you say, isn't it love? 
So what about me
What about you
Are we on our own
And I won't call you anymore
And I'll find a silver lining
In my own black little cloud 
I'm alone
Yes, I'm all right
I know that I can make it through this night 
So what about me
What about you
Are we on our own
And I won't call you anymore
And I'll find a silver lining
In my own black little cloud 
So what about me
What about you
Are we on our own
And I won't call you anymore
And I'll find a silver lining
Yes I will 
So what about me
What about you
Are we on our own
And I won't call you anymore
And I'll find a silver lining
Yes I will
Yes I will 
So what about me
What about you
Are we on our own 
So what about me
What about you
Are we on our own 
Will we find a silver lining
Will we find a silver lining
Will we find a silver lining
[fade]
 
 
 
STATE OF LOVE AND TRUST 
 
Oh...
State of love and trust as I busted down the pretext
Sin still plays and preaches, but to have an empty court, uh huh
And the signs are passin', grip the wheel, can't read it
Sacrifice receiving the smell that's on my hands...hands...yeah
And I listen for the voice inside my head
Nothin', I'll do this one myself
 
Lay her down as priest does, should the Lord be a countin'
Will be in my honor, make it pain, painfully quick, uh huh
Promises are whispered in the age of darkness
Want to be enlightened like I want to be told the end, end, yeah...
And the barrel shakes, and, a-directly at my head
Oh, help me, help me from myself
And I listen, from both sides of a friend
Nothin', I'll do this one myself
Uh huh, huh, oh...
Myself...myself...
 
Yeah, yeah...
Hey, na, na, na, na, hey, that's something [3x]
Wanna back, back it away, yeah, huh, uh
And I listen, oh, for the voice inside my head.
Nothin', I'll do this one myself
Oh, ah, and the barrel waits, trigger shakes, aimed right at my head
Won't you help me, help me from myself
 
Hmm...State of love and trust, and a...
State of love and trust, and a... [2x]
State of love and...yeah...
 
 
 
SOLDIER OF LOVE
 
Lay down your arms and surrender to me.
Oh lay down your arms and love me peacefully. Yea.
Use your arms for squeezing and please I'm the one that loves you so.
Oh there ain't no reason for you to declare war on the one who loves you so.
So forget the other boys because my love is real.
Come off your battlefield.
Lay down your arms and surrender to me.
Yea lay down your arms and love me peacefully. Yea.
Use your arms for squeezing and please cuse that's the way it has to be.
The weapons you're using are hurting me bad.
But someday you're going to retreat.
Cause my love baby is the truest you've ever had
A soldier of love that's hard to beat.
Lay down your arms and surrender to me.
Lay down your arms and love me peacefully. Yea.
Use your arms to hold me tight. Baby I don't wanna fight no more. [x2]
Oh baby, lay down your arms. [x7]
Please baby lay down your arms.
 
 
 
THE FACE OF LOVE
 
Jeena kaisa Pyar bina [What is life without love ] }
Is Duniya Mein Aaye ho to [Now that you have come to this world] } [2x]
Ek Duje se pyar karo [Love each other, one another ] }
 
Look in the eyes
Of the face of love
Look in her eyes
Oh, there is peace
No nothing dies
Within pure light
 
Only one hour
Of this pure love
To last a life
Of thirty years
Only one hour
So come and go
 
Jeena kaisa Pyar bina [What is life without love ] }
Is Duniya Mein Aaye ho to [Now that you have come to this world] } [2x]
Ek Duje se pyar karo [Love each other, one another ] }
 
Look in the eyes
The face of love
Look in her eyes
Oh, there is peace
No nothing dies
Within pure light
 
Only one hour
Of this pure love
To last a life
Of thirty years
Only one hour
So come and go
 
 
 
THE LONG ROAD
 
And i wished for so long, cannot stay
All the precious moments, cannot stay
It's not like wings have fallen, cannot stay
But still something's missing, cannot say
Holding hands of daughters and sons
And their faiths are falling down
I have wished for so long
How i wish for you today
Will i walk the long road? Cannot stay
There's no need to say goodbye
All the friends and family
All the memories going round
I have wished for so long
How i wish for you today
And the wind keeps rollin'
And the sky keeps turning gray
And the sun is set
The sun will rise another day
I have wished for so long
How i wish for you today
I have wished for so long
How i wish for you today
Will i walk the long road? 
We all walk the long road
 
 
 
THE REAL THING 
 
It's time, I came to get mine
Runnin' through the hoods with a hand on the nine
Why do the pigs come?
Bring your ass on cross the line so I can get the blast on
Oh shit, I'm empty, but I got a shank on the side so don't even tempt me
Runnin' the program, Cypress Hill on the real
With the Pearl Jam and I'm packin' the steel
Don't come my way, 'cause it only takes one minute to reach for the AK
Then POW!, whatcha' gonna do now
Nowhere to run when my dog's on the prow
Prowlin', howlin', give it up punk, you might want to throw the towel in
I like doin' the ill thing, 'cause ain't nothin' like the real thing
 
It ain't nothin' like the real thing
It ain't nothin' like the real
Ain't nothin' but the real thing
Ain't nothin' but the Hill
Ain't nothin' but the real thing
Ain't nothin' but the real
Ain't nothin' but the real thing
Ain't nothin' but the Hill
 
Keep me a tazer up in the blazer
And the black nine by the waistline
Never know when someone'll test ya'
Let you know I got mine by my body, yes y'all
I'm the victim that became the attacker
Have my little friend waitin' for the carjacker
That'll do anything for the looper
When I leave the Hill I strack when I swoop
 
Clack, clack, bang, bang, 'cause it ain't no thang
When I hang with Stone and I kick that funky slang
I got the funk when I got ta' do the ill thing
'Cause ain't nothin' like the real thing
Ain't nothin' like the real thing } [2x]
Ain't nothin but the real }
 
Ain't nothin' like the real thing } [2x]
Ain't nothin' but the Hill      }
 
 
 
THE WHALE SONG

The sun was in clouds. 
The sun looked out.
Exposed a trail of mist and spouts.
Ships followed the ancient lead. 
Deceiving friends under the sea.
Wow, imagine that? They won't fight back. 
I got a theory on that.
A whale's heart is as big as a car. 
A whaler's thought must be smudged by the dark.
They won't fight back. 
I'm sure they know how.
Means they love or are too proud.
They won't fight back. 
I'm sure they know how. 
Means they love or too proud.
They swim. 
It's really free. 
It's a beautiful thing to see. They sing.
Hunters of land. 
Hunters of sea. 
Explored anything formally.
I refer to anybody that takes advantage of what that is free.
They won't fight back.
It's only a thought that makes it seem right. 
What you don't see is because of your sight.
Take what you want. 
Kill what you can. 
That's just one way of the mind of man.
Take their lives. 
Sell their parts but there is not taking of their hearts.
If I was lost at sea. 
That harpoon boat in front of me. 
It's the whale I'd like to be.
They won't fight back. [x5]
They don't know how.
They won't fight back. [x3]
 
 
 
WATCH IT DIE
 
I was born on planet earth
The rotating ball where man comes first
It’s been around for a long, long timeBut now it´s time to watch it die
I saw a man on my big blue screen
He ruled the world economy
He said the rich would never concede
But some day soon he´ll be put to sleep
I´ve seen the life of the forest green
And adaptations of the deep blue seas
And who knows who is the fittest
They will all soon be put to rest
On a plunging flight and we’re sittingIn the pilots seat in the midst of life
People on a dark horizon praying
Somebody will save their lives
I was born on planet earth
At a drastic time full of plastic mirth
And everyday I´ve seen increasing signs
And you would too if you’d opened your eyesYou had a chance you did not try
So now it´s time to watch it die
 
 
 
WHO YOU ARE
 
Come to send, not condescend
Transcendental consequences to transcend...
Where we are...Who are we? Who we are...
 
Trampled moss on your souls...
Changes all, you're a part...
Seen it all, not at all...
Can't defend the command...
 
Take me a for a ride before we leave...
Circumstance, clappin' hands...
A-driving winds, happenstance...
Off the track, in the mud...
That's the moss in the aforementioned verse...
 
..miraculous...and a little...
 
Just a little time, before we leave...
Stoplight plays its part...
So I would say you've got a part...
What's your part? Who you are
You are who, who you are...
 
 
 
YELLOW LEDBETTER
 
unsealed on a west side a letter said, 
i don't have to ever write him again, no no
on the west side, on the front side a letter said,
i don't have to ever feel this way again, no no
on a west side i want to wish it all away
and i sigh and i fall and i know that i'm never going to see him again, no no
on the west side, on the front side a letter said,
i don't, i don't know whether it was the boxer or the bag
oh yeah, can you see them?
out on a porch yeah, but they don't wave
i see them round the front way yeah
and i know and i know i don't want to stay
unsealed i wanna wish it all away
oh and i write and i write and i don't believe,
he's gonna change today, no no
on a porch side, on the front side a letter said,
i don't, i don't know whether it was the boxer or the bag
oh yeah uh yeah, can you see them?
out on the porch yeah, but they don't wave
i see them round the front way, yeah
and i know and i know i don't want to stay
at all...
i don't want to stay
i don't want to stay
i don't want stay, no no
"thanks a lot you guys"

YOU'VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY [The Beatles]

Here I stand head in hand
Turn my face to the wall
If she's gone I can't go on
Feelin' two-foot small

Everywhere people stare
Each and every day
I can see them laugh at me
And I hear them say

Hey you've got to hide your love away
Hey you've got to hide your love away

How could I even try
I can never win
Hearing them, seeing them
In the state I'm in

How could she say to me
Love will find a way
Gather round all you clowns
Let me hear you say

Hey you've got to hide your love away
Hey you've got to hide your love away