- Fool's Moon
- Life On The Outside
- Banks Of The Deep End
- Down And Out In New York City
- Effigy
- Maybe I'm A Leo
- Same Price
- Soulshine
- Sco-Mule
- Worried Down With The Blues
- Beautifully Broken
- Tear Me Down
- Sin's A Good Man's Brother
- Trying Not To Fall
- Time To Confess
- Greasy Granny's Gopher Gravy (Part 1)
- Greasy Granny's Gopher Gravy (Part 2)
- What Is Hip?
- World Of Confusion
- Hammer And Nail
- Slow Happy Boys
- Sun Dance
- Lay Of The Sunflower
- Catfish Blues
- Which Way Do We Run?
- Babylon Turnpike
FOOL’S MOON
Yellow moon shining like fool's gold
slipping softly into the sea
Memories how they linger, guess we weren't strong enough, you and me
Still I look to find a reason
search my mind for a vision
Hide from the questions as the answers burn in my head
Shining like a fool's moon
Shining like a fool's moon
Burning out way too soon
Shining like a fool's moon
I wish I'd known you as a child
I wish I'd known you when my heart ran wild
Never knew how much I'd miss those dream filled days
Shining like a fool's moon
Shining like a fool's moon
Burning out way too soon
Shining like a fool's moon
And when all is said and done
my loneliness has just begun
But you make it look so easy, never winning but never caring if you lose
Shining like a fool's moon
Shining like a fool's moon
Burning out way too soon
Shining like a fool's moon
LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE
Freedom train is coming - all around the world
Talking 'bout freedom - yeah bring it on
Drop what you're doing and climb on board
All it costs you is a song
Life on the outside
Life on the outside
Don't worry 'bout the weather - it's all in your head
We're all here for such a short time
We got to learn to live together or we might as well be dead
Loosen up, baby and have a good time
Life on the outside
Life on the outside
Leave behind your baggage - check your head, check your head
Life on the outside
Freedom train is leaving - be on it, be on it
Life on the outside
Inside is so boring - the old man is snoring
But the young man is dying to live
You won't want to go back once you're rollin' down the track
Can't get caught up in what they want you to be
Be who you are - that is the message
Beautiful world in dissonant harmony
Be who you are - that is the message
Leave behind you baggage - check your head, check your head
Life on the outside
Freedom train is leaving - be on it, be on it
Life on the outside
Life on the outside
Life on the outside
Life on the outside
Life on the outside
BANKS OF THE DEEP END
On the banks of the deep end
Where your soul is your best friend
Searching for a reason to go astray
Wild dreams turn to nightmares
Silver clouds turn to golden stairs
And everything that you used to know is slipping away
Here, I've got my puzzle piece
Only got it for a short term lease
No time for asking - no going back to get hurt
I take a little from the mixture
Try to fit it into the picture
Got a place where you're standing
Dig your shoes into the dirt
Trying hard to back - runnin' on the stones
Put you on my shoulders - we can be the only one
See the world's still spinning 'round
Getting' dizzy when we look
There's a reason to be home
There's a feeling when you smile
But it feels like it might take over
This feeling deep inside
And there's distance down the line
Far away from the station
We can leave it all behind on a rolling creation
Sit away from the window and lock the door
Can't you learn from the last time and the time before
See the world's still spinning 'round
Getting dizzy when we look
Got to leave town to see the yellow flowers bloom
Sun going down
It's gonna be rising soon
On the banks of the deep end
Twisted as the river bend
Searching for a reason to go astray
You couldn't hire twenty-five men
To do what the man could do
Just the sound of his walking
Could split the whole damn town in two
Into the night full of shadows
He still walks when the thunder rolls
This river ain't shallow
Reminds us that the bell still tolls
Bears in the kitchen
Tigers on TV
The singer's pretending that this song's for me
See the world's still spinning 'round
Getting' dizzy when we look
You took a long walk down by the waterline
I heard they had to drag you off the sand
Find a dune and the wind will miss you
Hold on to a piece of dry land
Got to hold on to a piece of dry land
Got to hold on to a piece of dry land
On the banks of the deep end
Where I lost my best friend
Searching for a reason to go astray
DOWN AND OUT IN NEW YORK CITY
I was born in New York City on a Monday
It seems I was out shinin' shoes 'bout Tuesday noon
All the bad cats, in the bad hats doing me a real big favor
The bad cats, in the bad hats playing it on real good
Here's a dime boy, give me a shine, boy
When the cold wind blows, it lives in New York City
The street's no place to be but there you are
So you try hard or you die hard, no one really gives a good damn
You try hard or you die hard, no one gives a damn
Here's a dime boy, give me a shine, boy
You're down and out in New York City
Ain't no place to be but where can you go?
Down and out, New York City
Never, never, never, never gonna get this way again
Gonna get myself together in the mornin'
Leave it all and one bad dream
All the bad cats, in the bad hats doing me a real big favor
The bad cats, in the bad hats, playing it on real good
Here's a dime boy, give me a shine, boy
Down and out in New York City
Ain't no place to be, where can you go?
When you're down and out, New York City
Ohh, time I want you down, to go
Need a friend, where can you go?
Down and out, New York City
Never, never, never gonna get this way again
EFFIGY
Last night
I saw a fire burning on
The palace lawn.
O'er the land
The humble subjects watched in mixed
Emotion.
Who is burnin'?
Who is burnin'?
Effigy.
Who is burnin'?
Who is burnin'?
Effigy.
Last night
I saw the fire spreadin' to
The palace door.
Silent majority
Weren't keepin' quiet
Anymore.
Who is burnin'?
Who is burnin'?
Effigy.
Who is burnin'?
Who is burnin'?
Effigy.
Last night
I saw the fire spreadin' to
The country side.
In the mornin'
Few were left to watch
The ashes die.
Who is burnin'?
Who is burnin'?
Effigy.
Who is burnin'?
Who is burnin'?
Effigy.
Why?
Why?
Why?
Yellow moon shining like fool's gold
slipping softly into the sea
Memories how they linger, guess we weren't strong enough, you and me
Still I look to find a reason
search my mind for a vision
Hide from the questions as the answers burn in my head
Shining like a fool's moon
Shining like a fool's moon
Burning out way too soon
Shining like a fool's moon
I wish I'd known you as a child
I wish I'd known you when my heart ran wild
Never knew how much I'd miss those dream filled days
Shining like a fool's moon
Shining like a fool's moon
Burning out way too soon
Shining like a fool's moon
And when all is said and done
my loneliness has just begun
But you make it look so easy, never winning but never caring if you lose
Shining like a fool's moon
Shining like a fool's moon
Burning out way too soon
Shining like a fool's moon
LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE
Freedom train is coming - all around the world
Talking 'bout freedom - yeah bring it on
Drop what you're doing and climb on board
All it costs you is a song
Life on the outside
Life on the outside
Don't worry 'bout the weather - it's all in your head
We're all here for such a short time
We got to learn to live together or we might as well be dead
Loosen up, baby and have a good time
Life on the outside
Life on the outside
Leave behind your baggage - check your head, check your head
Life on the outside
Freedom train is leaving - be on it, be on it
Life on the outside
Inside is so boring - the old man is snoring
But the young man is dying to live
You won't want to go back once you're rollin' down the track
Can't get caught up in what they want you to be
Be who you are - that is the message
Beautiful world in dissonant harmony
Be who you are - that is the message
Leave behind you baggage - check your head, check your head
Life on the outside
Freedom train is leaving - be on it, be on it
Life on the outside
Life on the outside
Life on the outside
Life on the outside
Life on the outside
BANKS OF THE DEEP END
On the banks of the deep end
Where your soul is your best friend
Searching for a reason to go astray
Wild dreams turn to nightmares
Silver clouds turn to golden stairs
And everything that you used to know is slipping away
Here, I've got my puzzle piece
Only got it for a short term lease
No time for asking - no going back to get hurt
I take a little from the mixture
Try to fit it into the picture
Got a place where you're standing
Dig your shoes into the dirt
Trying hard to back - runnin' on the stones
Put you on my shoulders - we can be the only one
See the world's still spinning 'round
Getting' dizzy when we look
There's a reason to be home
There's a feeling when you smile
But it feels like it might take over
This feeling deep inside
And there's distance down the line
Far away from the station
We can leave it all behind on a rolling creation
Sit away from the window and lock the door
Can't you learn from the last time and the time before
See the world's still spinning 'round
Getting dizzy when we look
Got to leave town to see the yellow flowers bloom
Sun going down
It's gonna be rising soon
On the banks of the deep end
Twisted as the river bend
Searching for a reason to go astray
You couldn't hire twenty-five men
To do what the man could do
Just the sound of his walking
Could split the whole damn town in two
Into the night full of shadows
He still walks when the thunder rolls
This river ain't shallow
Reminds us that the bell still tolls
Bears in the kitchen
Tigers on TV
The singer's pretending that this song's for me
See the world's still spinning 'round
Getting' dizzy when we look
You took a long walk down by the waterline
I heard they had to drag you off the sand
Find a dune and the wind will miss you
Hold on to a piece of dry land
Got to hold on to a piece of dry land
Got to hold on to a piece of dry land
On the banks of the deep end
Where I lost my best friend
Searching for a reason to go astray
DOWN AND OUT IN NEW YORK CITY
I was born in New York City on a Monday
It seems I was out shinin' shoes 'bout Tuesday noon
All the bad cats, in the bad hats doing me a real big favor
The bad cats, in the bad hats playing it on real good
Here's a dime boy, give me a shine, boy
When the cold wind blows, it lives in New York City
The street's no place to be but there you are
So you try hard or you die hard, no one really gives a good damn
You try hard or you die hard, no one gives a damn
Here's a dime boy, give me a shine, boy
You're down and out in New York City
Ain't no place to be but where can you go?
Down and out, New York City
Never, never, never, never gonna get this way again
Gonna get myself together in the mornin'
Leave it all and one bad dream
All the bad cats, in the bad hats doing me a real big favor
The bad cats, in the bad hats, playing it on real good
Here's a dime boy, give me a shine, boy
Down and out in New York City
Ain't no place to be, where can you go?
When you're down and out, New York City
Ohh, time I want you down, to go
Need a friend, where can you go?
Down and out, New York City
Never, never, never gonna get this way again
EFFIGY
Last night
I saw a fire burning on
The palace lawn.
O'er the land
The humble subjects watched in mixed
Emotion.
Who is burnin'?
Who is burnin'?
Effigy.
Who is burnin'?
Who is burnin'?
Effigy.
Last night
I saw the fire spreadin' to
The palace door.
Silent majority
Weren't keepin' quiet
Anymore.
Who is burnin'?
Who is burnin'?
Effigy.
Who is burnin'?
Who is burnin'?
Effigy.
Last night
I saw the fire spreadin' to
The country side.
In the mornin'
Few were left to watch
The ashes die.
Who is burnin'?
Who is burnin'?
Effigy.
Who is burnin'?
Who is burnin'?
Effigy.
Why?
Why?
Why?
Effigy.
MAYBE I’M A LEO
Peeping round the door I got a big surprise
Couldn't see a thing but open skies
They've taken her away where is she now
Wish that she was here wish she'd hold my hand
Maybe she could laugh maybe understand
Why was I so cruel where is she now
Acting like a fool I had to make her cry
Maybe I'm a Leo but I ain't a lion
I'm hurting oh so bad, I want her now
SAME PRICE
Billy dresses like Billie with an"ie"
Sometimes in the evening
But nobody seems to care
Nobody thought he was sane anyway
He stands by the door on Second Ave.
Watching people as they pass by
But have you ever seen the gleam-It's a gleam
There's a gleam in Billy's eye
But nobody knows if he'll try to save the world
Or if he'll try to shoot the President
And nobody knows if he just needs a girl,
Or if he wants to be a girl,
Or if he just needs to feel like a man
It's the same price - anyway
Same price - you have to pay
People put you down
That's where you're gonna' stay
It's the same price
Rudy Tootie got caught up in a scheme
Just before it backfired
Three years later, now he's back on the street
Word's out - he's up for hire
Rudy always liked the smell of a dollar bill
Especially if it's burning
Always had a thing for low I.Q.'s in high heels
Can't you feel the tables turning
In walks Billie - she's maintenance free
She'll be whatever he wants her to be
It's the same price - anyway
Same price - you have to pay
People put you down
That's where you're gonna' stay
It's the same price
Now Rudy's 0 for 2 - just another I.O.U.
She's watching as they take him away
He'll be better off behind those walls anyway
It's the same price - anyway
Same price - you have to pay
People put you down
That's where you're gonna' stay
It's the same price - Same price
People put you down that's where you're gonna' stay
It's the same price
Billy dresses like Billie with an"ie"
Sometimes in the evening
But nobody seems to care
Nobody thought he was sane anyway
SOULSHINE
When you can't find the light
That got you through the cloudy days,
When the stars ain't shinin' bright,
You feel like you've lost your way,
When those candle lights of home,
Burn so very far away,
Well you got to let your soul shine,
Just like my daddy used to say.
He used to say soul shine,
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Hey now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Got to let your soul shine,
Shine 'till the break of day.
I grew up thinkin' that I had it made,
Gonna make it on my own.
Life can take the strongest man,
Make him feel so alone.
Now and then I feel a cold wind,
Blowin' through my achin' bones,
I think back to what my daddy said,
He said "Boy, in the darkness before the dawn:"
Let your soul shine.
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Yeah now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine,
Shine 'till the break of day.
Sometimes a man can feel this emptiness,
Like a woman has robbed him of his very soul.
A woman too, God knows, she can feel like this.
And when your little world seems cold,
You got to let your spirit take control.
Let you soul shine,
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Lord now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine, Shine till the break of day.
Oh, it's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain
Yeah now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine,
Shine 'till the break of day.
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MAYBE I’M A LEO
Peeping round the door I got a big surprise
Couldn't see a thing but open skies
They've taken her away where is she now
Wish that she was here wish she'd hold my hand
Maybe she could laugh maybe understand
Why was I so cruel where is she now
Acting like a fool I had to make her cry
Maybe I'm a Leo but I ain't a lion
I'm hurting oh so bad, I want her now
SAME PRICE
Billy dresses like Billie with an"ie"
Sometimes in the evening
But nobody seems to care
Nobody thought he was sane anyway
He stands by the door on Second Ave.
Watching people as they pass by
But have you ever seen the gleam-It's a gleam
There's a gleam in Billy's eye
But nobody knows if he'll try to save the world
Or if he'll try to shoot the President
And nobody knows if he just needs a girl,
Or if he wants to be a girl,
Or if he just needs to feel like a man
It's the same price - anyway
Same price - you have to pay
People put you down
That's where you're gonna' stay
It's the same price
Rudy Tootie got caught up in a scheme
Just before it backfired
Three years later, now he's back on the street
Word's out - he's up for hire
Rudy always liked the smell of a dollar bill
Especially if it's burning
Always had a thing for low I.Q.'s in high heels
Can't you feel the tables turning
In walks Billie - she's maintenance free
She'll be whatever he wants her to be
It's the same price - anyway
Same price - you have to pay
People put you down
That's where you're gonna' stay
It's the same price
Now Rudy's 0 for 2 - just another I.O.U.
She's watching as they take him away
He'll be better off behind those walls anyway
It's the same price - anyway
Same price - you have to pay
People put you down
That's where you're gonna' stay
It's the same price - Same price
People put you down that's where you're gonna' stay
It's the same price
Billy dresses like Billie with an"ie"
Sometimes in the evening
But nobody seems to care
Nobody thought he was sane anyway
SOULSHINE
When you can't find the light
That got you through the cloudy days,
When the stars ain't shinin' bright,
You feel like you've lost your way,
When those candle lights of home,
Burn so very far away,
Well you got to let your soul shine,
Just like my daddy used to say.
He used to say soul shine,
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Hey now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Got to let your soul shine,
Shine 'till the break of day.
I grew up thinkin' that I had it made,
Gonna make it on my own.
Life can take the strongest man,
Make him feel so alone.
Now and then I feel a cold wind,
Blowin' through my achin' bones,
I think back to what my daddy said,
He said "Boy, in the darkness before the dawn:"
Let your soul shine.
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Yeah now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine,
Shine 'till the break of day.
Sometimes a man can feel this emptiness,
Like a woman has robbed him of his very soul.
A woman too, God knows, she can feel like this.
And when your little world seems cold,
You got to let your spirit take control.
Let you soul shine,
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Lord now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine, Shine till the break of day.
Oh, it's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain
Yeah now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine,
Shine 'till the break of day.
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(Instrumental)
WORRIED DOWN WITH THE BLUES
Been lying here for hours
Can't get my eyes to close
Can't get one moments peace
To save my doggone soul
I've been doing more than drinking'
Trying' to ease my pain
But everywhere I go, somebody speaks your name
All my friends keep on asking'
Boy what's wrong with you
I say I'm worried, worried down with the blues
Tried to be a good man
Worked my fingers to the bone
And you returned the favor
By wreckin' up my happy home
You played so many dirty tricks
'Til I lost my faith in you
Now you want me to take you back
What's a poor man supposed to do
Worried down with the blues
Oh, yes I am
Worried down with the blues
Feel like I was born to lose
I used to walk with pride
With my head held high
Now I'm staring down at my shoes
Yes, I'm worried, worried down with the blues
You made me turn my back
On my very best friends
And when my back was turned
You were messin' around with them
Still I'd give up everything
To have you back by my side
'Cuz in the cold, cold night
When I reach for you
All I'm holdin' is my foolish pride
Worried down with the blues
Oh, yes I am
Worried down with the blues
Feel like I was born to lose
I used to walk with pride
With my head held high
Now I'm staring down at my shoes
WORRIED DOWN WITH THE BLUES
Been lying here for hours
Can't get my eyes to close
Can't get one moments peace
To save my doggone soul
I've been doing more than drinking'
Trying' to ease my pain
But everywhere I go, somebody speaks your name
All my friends keep on asking'
Boy what's wrong with you
I say I'm worried, worried down with the blues
Tried to be a good man
Worked my fingers to the bone
And you returned the favor
By wreckin' up my happy home
You played so many dirty tricks
'Til I lost my faith in you
Now you want me to take you back
What's a poor man supposed to do
Worried down with the blues
Oh, yes I am
Worried down with the blues
Feel like I was born to lose
I used to walk with pride
With my head held high
Now I'm staring down at my shoes
Yes, I'm worried, worried down with the blues
You made me turn my back
On my very best friends
And when my back was turned
You were messin' around with them
Still I'd give up everything
To have you back by my side
'Cuz in the cold, cold night
When I reach for you
All I'm holdin' is my foolish pride
Worried down with the blues
Oh, yes I am
Worried down with the blues
Feel like I was born to lose
I used to walk with pride
With my head held high
Now I'm staring down at my shoes
Yes I'm worried, worried down with the blues
BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN
Mysterious
Blown in with the night
All this beauty captured in a frame
Visibly shaken but never stirred
Drives them insane
I see the way she plays her men
And I know I've got to know her name
She's so beautifully broken
Shaped by the wind
Dangerously twisted
Here I go again
I see the way she casts her spell
It's like drowning in moonlight
Discards them when she's done
They're lost in her twilight
I watch her move from star to star and I wonder why, Why it feels so right
She's so beautifully broken
You can barely see the flaw
Especially from a distance
Which is always how I fall
Why do I fall for the dangerous ones
The ones that never learned to let go
And why do I lie to myself
And pretend that I can break her
When she's already been so beautifully broken
Why do I fall for the dangerous ones
The ones that don't know how to let go
And why do I lie to myself
And pretend that I can break her
When she's already been so beautifully broken
She's so beautifully broken
Shaped by the wind
Dangerously twisted
Here I go again
TEAR ME DOWN
You sit there staring
With your little girl smile
You got it all figured out
So many others
You thought they were like me
You don't know
In this world of fear and desperation
You seem to have it all in your hands
So used to holding things - holding things
But no one ever made you understand
So come on and tear me down
Tear me down
Take anything you need - anything
Tear me down
Tear me down
I know what you want
So come on and tear me down
So many people headed the wrong way
Me, I've been - and I'm going again
Windsurfing on a fast train
Chances are none and slim
You think you're the only one
In the whole world
That ever danced upon the razor's edge
I don't need to pour more fuel on the fire
But if that's what you want come on
So come on and tear me down
Tear me down
Take anything you need - anything
Tear me down
Tear me down
I know what you want
So come on and tear me down
So come on and tear me down
Tear me down
Take anything you need - anything
Tear me down
Tear me down
I know what you want
So come on and tear me down
Tear me down
Tear me down
SIN’S A GOOD MAN’S BROTHER
Ain't seen a night, when things work out right, go by.
It take's all my mind, and I just don't have the time,
It don't seem right.
Ain't seen a day, when somebody didn't say,
You know we're going to die.
Well this may seem a little bit crazy,
I don't think we should be so lazy.
Well you may think you heard it all before
But, stick around I'm going to tell you more.
One just like the other, sin's a good man's brother,
But is that right?
You ask me baby please don't, and I tell you that I won't,
But you know I might.
They say we need a reveloution, maybe that's the only solution.
Some folks need an education,
But don't give up or we'll lose the nation.
TRYING NOT TO FALL
I see the faces laughing
are they laughing at me?
I know now where the traps lie
are they lying for me?
Only love can save you
but I don't feel it
I'm just a poor soul I'm weak
but I gotta stand tall
Trying not to fall into the abyss
I hear the sirens calling
are they calling for me?
I feel the tumblers falling
are the falling on me?
Only truth can save you
but I don't remember it
I'm just a poor soul I'm weak
But I gotta stand tall
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Where are all the others that fell before me
will I see them again?
And where is the strength that I've known for so long
is it failing me now?
Nothing left to save you
I'm just a poor soul I'm weak
but I gotta stand tall
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Trying not to fall into the abyss
TIME TO CONFESS
Only the darkness can keep you warm
On an evil night like this
Are you looking for someone
To give your little arm a twist
Everybody needs some danger sometimes
I'm no different
Just think of me as your equal
I won't undress you
I won't hold you down
I won't stick a knife in your back
The way you did that clown
Can you feel it
can you taste it
Yeh, you must've seen it coming
Surely you could've guessed
The game is up
I'm gonna take you down
No more crying
I think it's time to confess
You better pray for a miracle
Or you better pray this never ends
I, myself, can play the victim
I'll do whatever the part demands
You saw me watching you
You had time to run
Ain't it enough that you torture me
You had to go for his gun
Can you feel it
can you taste it
Yeah, you must've seen it coming
Surely you could've guessed
The game is up
I'm gonna take you down
No more crying
I think it's time to confess
You won't see no bright lights burning
But you'll feel the heat
This is what happens
When strangers turn to lovers turn to enemies
Can you feel it
can you taste it
Don't look at me that way
With that blood on your dress
The game is up
I'm gonna take you down
No more crying
I think it's time to confess
Only the darkness can keep you warm
On an evil night like this
GREASY GRANNY'S GOPHER GRAVY (PART 1)
Back in El Sobrante where the sun don't shine.
Near the Iron River past the old church line
Lives a hot gal, smells of stale wine
We call her greasy granny
She's a hopped up, bopped up, nor-cal witch
She's a slap down, cranked up two ball bitch
She's stone wash denim if she's wearing a stitch
We love our greasy granny
Get your gopher gravy from greasy granny
Separate your mind from your body
Granny's house is hotter than an old Moose Club
She's cooking up the gravy in a claw foot tub
Waiting in the kitchen you can get a back rub from old greasy granny
Greasy granny's gravy, it'll make you sing
It'll shrivel up your pecker, make your nostrils sting
Rot out your teeth and make your left ear ring
We love our greasy granny
Get your gopher gravy from greasy granny
Separate your mind from your body
Get your gopher gravy from greasy granny
Separate your mind from your body
Get your gopher gravy from greasy granny
Separate your mind from your body
WHAT IS HIP?
So you wanna jump out your trick bag,
Ease on into hip bag.
But you ain't just exactly sure what's hip.
Started to let your hair grow.
Spend big bucks to cop your wardrobe.
But somehow you know there's much more to the trip.
What is hip? Tell me tell me, if you think you know.
What is hip? If you're really hip, the passing years will show,
You in a hip trip, maybe hipper than hip.
What is hip?
You became a part of a new breed.
Been smoking only the best weed.
Hanging out on the so-called hippie set.
Been seen in all the right places,
Seen with just the right faces.
You should be satisfied,
Still it ain't quite right.
What is hip? Tell me tell me, if you think you know.
What is hip? If you're really hip, the passing years will show,
You in a hip trip, maybe hipper than hip.
What is hip?
Hipness is what it is!
Hipness is what it is
Hipness is what it is
Sometimes hipness is what it ain't
So you went and found you a guru,
In an effort to find you a new you.
And maybe even manage to raise your conscious level.
While you're starting to find the right road,
There's one thing you should know:
What's hip today might become passé
What is hip? Tell me tell me, if you think you know.
What is hip? If you're really hip, the passing years will show,
You in a hip trip, maybe hipper than hip.
What is hip?
What is hip? Tell me tell me, if you think you know.
What is hip? If you're really hip, the passing years will show
WORLD OF CONFUSION
My spirit sleeps like a sunset trapped behind the clouds
Dying to awake
Bright lights shine somewhere over the mountain
Much too far away
I don't know myself today
I can feel me slip away
World of confusion
Getting darker everyday
Morning comes - still I don't feel welcome
even in my own skin
Feeling kinda numb like the earth after the storm
I'm learning to breathe again
Bleeding softly on your floor
I can't take it anymore
World of confusion
Getting darker everyday
World of confusion
Getting darker everyday
Reality escapes me as I try to do the same
Once you saved me for a while till I fell again
Did you see your God rising in the smoke
Did he tell you that it was your time
Silence falls uncovered like the truth
Naked bathed in God's own light
World of confusion
Getting darker everyday
World of confusion
Getting darker everyday
HAMMER AND NAILS
It takes more, more than a hammer
More than a hammer and nails
It takes more than a hammer and nails
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
It takes a firm foundation built on faith and love
With a whole lot of guidance from up above
Show your neighbor what a friend is for
With an open heart and an open door
First one reaches for its' mothers' breasts
He knows up from down and he knows east from west
It takes more, more than a hammer
More than a hammer and nails
It takes more than a hammer and nails
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
It takes a firm foundation build on faith and thrust
So your wood won't rot and your nails won't rust
Show your neighbor what a friend is for
With an open heart and an open door
First one reaches for its' mothers' breasts
He knows up from down, and he knows east from west
It takes more, more than a hammer
More than a hammer and nails
It takes more than a hammer and nails
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
It takes a firm foundation built on faith and love
With a whole lot of guidance from up above
Show your neighbor what a friend is for
With an open heart, an open heart and an open door
First one reaches for its' mothers' breasts
He knows up from down and he knows east from west
It takes more, more than a hammer
More than a hammer and nails
It takes more than a hammer and nails
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
SLOW HAPPY BOYS
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Well I tried and I tried
To get you off my mind
Yeh you better believe it's true
Tried everything to stop the pain
But it all comes back down to you
And now I try to lose myself
Without your help
Oh but it just don't seem to do no good
Cause I cannot help myself, cannot help myself
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
I'm gonna keep on trying
To make it through the day
As if I had my right mind
Try not to think about doing without you
Anyway, ain't no use in crying
Yeh but here I am drowning in a hurricane
Oh, but I can't help but wonder
What the world would be like
Without you in my life
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
For thirty three years I've been on this earth
I plan on being here thirty three more
After all this time
Still, my only crime is to be riding in style with an illegal smile
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
SUN DANCE
BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN
Mysterious
Blown in with the night
All this beauty captured in a frame
Visibly shaken but never stirred
Drives them insane
I see the way she plays her men
And I know I've got to know her name
She's so beautifully broken
Shaped by the wind
Dangerously twisted
Here I go again
I see the way she casts her spell
It's like drowning in moonlight
Discards them when she's done
They're lost in her twilight
I watch her move from star to star and I wonder why, Why it feels so right
She's so beautifully broken
You can barely see the flaw
Especially from a distance
Which is always how I fall
Why do I fall for the dangerous ones
The ones that never learned to let go
And why do I lie to myself
And pretend that I can break her
When she's already been so beautifully broken
Why do I fall for the dangerous ones
The ones that don't know how to let go
And why do I lie to myself
And pretend that I can break her
When she's already been so beautifully broken
She's so beautifully broken
Shaped by the wind
Dangerously twisted
Here I go again
TEAR ME DOWN
You sit there staring
With your little girl smile
You got it all figured out
So many others
You thought they were like me
You don't know
In this world of fear and desperation
You seem to have it all in your hands
So used to holding things - holding things
But no one ever made you understand
So come on and tear me down
Tear me down
Take anything you need - anything
Tear me down
Tear me down
I know what you want
So come on and tear me down
So many people headed the wrong way
Me, I've been - and I'm going again
Windsurfing on a fast train
Chances are none and slim
You think you're the only one
In the whole world
That ever danced upon the razor's edge
I don't need to pour more fuel on the fire
But if that's what you want come on
So come on and tear me down
Tear me down
Take anything you need - anything
Tear me down
Tear me down
I know what you want
So come on and tear me down
So come on and tear me down
Tear me down
Take anything you need - anything
Tear me down
Tear me down
I know what you want
So come on and tear me down
Tear me down
Tear me down
SIN’S A GOOD MAN’S BROTHER
Ain't seen a night, when things work out right, go by.
It take's all my mind, and I just don't have the time,
It don't seem right.
Ain't seen a day, when somebody didn't say,
You know we're going to die.
Well this may seem a little bit crazy,
I don't think we should be so lazy.
Well you may think you heard it all before
But, stick around I'm going to tell you more.
One just like the other, sin's a good man's brother,
But is that right?
You ask me baby please don't, and I tell you that I won't,
But you know I might.
They say we need a reveloution, maybe that's the only solution.
Some folks need an education,
But don't give up or we'll lose the nation.
TRYING NOT TO FALL
I see the faces laughing
are they laughing at me?
I know now where the traps lie
are they lying for me?
Only love can save you
but I don't feel it
I'm just a poor soul I'm weak
but I gotta stand tall
Trying not to fall into the abyss
I hear the sirens calling
are they calling for me?
I feel the tumblers falling
are the falling on me?
Only truth can save you
but I don't remember it
I'm just a poor soul I'm weak
But I gotta stand tall
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Where are all the others that fell before me
will I see them again?
And where is the strength that I've known for so long
is it failing me now?
Nothing left to save you
I'm just a poor soul I'm weak
but I gotta stand tall
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Trying not to fall into the abyss
Trying not to fall into the abyss
TIME TO CONFESS
Only the darkness can keep you warm
On an evil night like this
Are you looking for someone
To give your little arm a twist
Everybody needs some danger sometimes
I'm no different
Just think of me as your equal
I won't undress you
I won't hold you down
I won't stick a knife in your back
The way you did that clown
Can you feel it
can you taste it
Yeh, you must've seen it coming
Surely you could've guessed
The game is up
I'm gonna take you down
No more crying
I think it's time to confess
You better pray for a miracle
Or you better pray this never ends
I, myself, can play the victim
I'll do whatever the part demands
You saw me watching you
You had time to run
Ain't it enough that you torture me
You had to go for his gun
Can you feel it
can you taste it
Yeah, you must've seen it coming
Surely you could've guessed
The game is up
I'm gonna take you down
No more crying
I think it's time to confess
You won't see no bright lights burning
But you'll feel the heat
This is what happens
When strangers turn to lovers turn to enemies
Can you feel it
can you taste it
Don't look at me that way
With that blood on your dress
The game is up
I'm gonna take you down
No more crying
I think it's time to confess
Only the darkness can keep you warm
On an evil night like this
GREASY GRANNY'S GOPHER GRAVY (PART 1)
Back in El Sobrante where the sun don't shine.
Near the Iron River past the old church line
Lives a hot gal, smells of stale wine
We call her greasy granny
She's a hopped up, bopped up, nor-cal witch
She's a slap down, cranked up two ball bitch
She's stone wash denim if she's wearing a stitch
We love our greasy granny
Get your gopher gravy from greasy granny
Separate your mind from your body
Granny's house is hotter than an old Moose Club
She's cooking up the gravy in a claw foot tub
Waiting in the kitchen you can get a back rub from old greasy granny
Greasy granny's gravy, it'll make you sing
It'll shrivel up your pecker, make your nostrils sting
Rot out your teeth and make your left ear ring
We love our greasy granny
Get your gopher gravy from greasy granny
Separate your mind from your body
Get your gopher gravy from greasy granny
Separate your mind from your body
Get your gopher gravy from greasy granny
Separate your mind from your body
WHAT IS HIP?
So you wanna jump out your trick bag,
Ease on into hip bag.
But you ain't just exactly sure what's hip.
Started to let your hair grow.
Spend big bucks to cop your wardrobe.
But somehow you know there's much more to the trip.
What is hip? Tell me tell me, if you think you know.
What is hip? If you're really hip, the passing years will show,
You in a hip trip, maybe hipper than hip.
What is hip?
You became a part of a new breed.
Been smoking only the best weed.
Hanging out on the so-called hippie set.
Been seen in all the right places,
Seen with just the right faces.
You should be satisfied,
Still it ain't quite right.
What is hip? Tell me tell me, if you think you know.
What is hip? If you're really hip, the passing years will show,
You in a hip trip, maybe hipper than hip.
What is hip?
Hipness is what it is!
Hipness is what it is
Hipness is what it is
Sometimes hipness is what it ain't
So you went and found you a guru,
In an effort to find you a new you.
And maybe even manage to raise your conscious level.
While you're starting to find the right road,
There's one thing you should know:
What's hip today might become passé
What is hip? Tell me tell me, if you think you know.
What is hip? If you're really hip, the passing years will show,
You in a hip trip, maybe hipper than hip.
What is hip?
What is hip? Tell me tell me, if you think you know.
What is hip? If you're really hip, the passing years will show
WORLD OF CONFUSION
My spirit sleeps like a sunset trapped behind the clouds
Dying to awake
Bright lights shine somewhere over the mountain
Much too far away
I don't know myself today
I can feel me slip away
World of confusion
Getting darker everyday
Morning comes - still I don't feel welcome
even in my own skin
Feeling kinda numb like the earth after the storm
I'm learning to breathe again
Bleeding softly on your floor
I can't take it anymore
World of confusion
Getting darker everyday
World of confusion
Getting darker everyday
Reality escapes me as I try to do the same
Once you saved me for a while till I fell again
Did you see your God rising in the smoke
Did he tell you that it was your time
Silence falls uncovered like the truth
Naked bathed in God's own light
World of confusion
Getting darker everyday
World of confusion
Getting darker everyday
HAMMER AND NAILS
It takes more, more than a hammer
More than a hammer and nails
It takes more than a hammer and nails
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
It takes a firm foundation built on faith and love
With a whole lot of guidance from up above
Show your neighbor what a friend is for
With an open heart and an open door
First one reaches for its' mothers' breasts
He knows up from down and he knows east from west
It takes more, more than a hammer
More than a hammer and nails
It takes more than a hammer and nails
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
It takes a firm foundation build on faith and thrust
So your wood won't rot and your nails won't rust
Show your neighbor what a friend is for
With an open heart and an open door
First one reaches for its' mothers' breasts
He knows up from down, and he knows east from west
It takes more, more than a hammer
More than a hammer and nails
It takes more than a hammer and nails
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
It takes a firm foundation built on faith and love
With a whole lot of guidance from up above
Show your neighbor what a friend is for
With an open heart, an open heart and an open door
First one reaches for its' mothers' breasts
He knows up from down and he knows east from west
It takes more, more than a hammer
More than a hammer and nails
It takes more than a hammer and nails
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
To make a house a home
SLOW HAPPY BOYS
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Well I tried and I tried
To get you off my mind
Yeh you better believe it's true
Tried everything to stop the pain
But it all comes back down to you
And now I try to lose myself
Without your help
Oh but it just don't seem to do no good
Cause I cannot help myself, cannot help myself
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
I'm gonna keep on trying
To make it through the day
As if I had my right mind
Try not to think about doing without you
Anyway, ain't no use in crying
Yeh but here I am drowning in a hurricane
Oh, but I can't help but wonder
What the world would be like
Without you in my life
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
For thirty three years I've been on this earth
I plan on being here thirty three more
After all this time
Still, my only crime is to be riding in style with an illegal smile
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
Slow happy boys deal with their frustration
Different than everybody else
SUN DANCE
(Instrumental)
LAY OF THE SUNFLOWER
I must leave you for a season
Go out logging that hardwood timber
Hardwood timber that grows so low
In the forest of Fennario
Tell me what you need to live, love
Do you ask that you might own
Keep my blue-eyed hound to guard you
I will make my way alone
I will not return in winter
If I be not back by fall
Seek me when this small sunflower
Stands above the garden wall
Fare you well and I would not weep
Bid you tend your prayers to keep
Hill by dale now must I go
To the forest of Fennario
Nine-month blew with sleeted rain
And still he came not back again
Summoned she the hound to go
To seek him in Fennario
He came back the fated day
To find his lady gone away
Made haste to follow in her track
Where she could go but not turn back
The blue-eyed hound at her side did bay
While fast her breath did fade away
She cried out: "Turn, my love, and go
I would not you see me so"
Fare you well and I would not weep
Bid you tend your prayers to keep
Hill by dale now must I go
To the forest of Fennario
I shall not turn, I shall not yield
Oh, selfsame serpent sting my heel
That bleeds my lady's blood away
Beside the blue-eyed hound to lay
Angels sing their souls to sleep
Four winds grace their breath to keep
Up above yon garden wall
Stands the sunflower, straight and tall
Fare you well and I would not weep
Bid you tend your prayers to keep
Hill by dale now must I go
To the forest of Fennario
Fare you well and I would not weep
Bid you tend your prayers to keep
Hill by dale now must I go
To the forest of Fennario
Hill by dale now must I go
To the forest of Fennario
CATFISH BLUES
Well, I wish I was a catfish
Swimmin' in a hole deep blue sea
I'd have all you good looking women
Fishin' after me
Fishin' after me
Fishin' after me
Sho nuff, sho nuff
I went down to my baby’s house
And I sat down on her steps
She said come on in, come on in, come on in,
Come on in
You know my husband just now left
You know my husband just now left
Sho nuff, sho nuff, sho nuff
Two trains runnin’
Nair one goin’ my way
One train at midnight
The other just before today, just before today,
just before today, just before today
Gypsy woman told my mother
Before I was born
You got a boy child,
boy child comin’
be a rolling stone
be a rolling stone
be a rolling stone
be a rolling stone
be a rolling stone
WHICH WAY DO WE RUN?
Time fades slowly across the plains
Dreams so real - you can reach right out and touch them
Me - why'd you have to go and pick me?
Do you know - do you even know? can you tell me?
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
Think - Instincts tell you nothing now
The shadow of a giant can be felled by the shadow of a man
Demons stealing down from the heavens
Here comes one now - with a lightning bolt in his teeth
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
I ain't gonna dream forever
But I'm gonna try and live
Tell me can you taste forever - right now, right now
right now, right now, right now
Little Elvis Hitler don't'cha follow me
These scars on my back - they're because of you
And these cuts on my wrists
They're just me trying to get away from you, oh yeah
And I'm still trying to get away
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
BABYLON TURNPIKE
LAY OF THE SUNFLOWER
I must leave you for a season
Go out logging that hardwood timber
Hardwood timber that grows so low
In the forest of Fennario
Tell me what you need to live, love
Do you ask that you might own
Keep my blue-eyed hound to guard you
I will make my way alone
I will not return in winter
If I be not back by fall
Seek me when this small sunflower
Stands above the garden wall
Fare you well and I would not weep
Bid you tend your prayers to keep
Hill by dale now must I go
To the forest of Fennario
Nine-month blew with sleeted rain
And still he came not back again
Summoned she the hound to go
To seek him in Fennario
He came back the fated day
To find his lady gone away
Made haste to follow in her track
Where she could go but not turn back
The blue-eyed hound at her side did bay
While fast her breath did fade away
She cried out: "Turn, my love, and go
I would not you see me so"
Fare you well and I would not weep
Bid you tend your prayers to keep
Hill by dale now must I go
To the forest of Fennario
I shall not turn, I shall not yield
Oh, selfsame serpent sting my heel
That bleeds my lady's blood away
Beside the blue-eyed hound to lay
Angels sing their souls to sleep
Four winds grace their breath to keep
Up above yon garden wall
Stands the sunflower, straight and tall
Fare you well and I would not weep
Bid you tend your prayers to keep
Hill by dale now must I go
To the forest of Fennario
Fare you well and I would not weep
Bid you tend your prayers to keep
Hill by dale now must I go
To the forest of Fennario
Hill by dale now must I go
To the forest of Fennario
CATFISH BLUES
Well, I wish I was a catfish
Swimmin' in a hole deep blue sea
I'd have all you good looking women
Fishin' after me
Fishin' after me
Fishin' after me
Sho nuff, sho nuff
I went down to my baby’s house
And I sat down on her steps
She said come on in, come on in, come on in,
Come on in
You know my husband just now left
You know my husband just now left
Sho nuff, sho nuff, sho nuff
Two trains runnin’
Nair one goin’ my way
One train at midnight
The other just before today, just before today,
just before today, just before today
Gypsy woman told my mother
Before I was born
You got a boy child,
boy child comin’
be a rolling stone
be a rolling stone
be a rolling stone
be a rolling stone
be a rolling stone
WHICH WAY DO WE RUN?
Time fades slowly across the plains
Dreams so real - you can reach right out and touch them
Me - why'd you have to go and pick me?
Do you know - do you even know? can you tell me?
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
Think - Instincts tell you nothing now
The shadow of a giant can be felled by the shadow of a man
Demons stealing down from the heavens
Here comes one now - with a lightning bolt in his teeth
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
I ain't gonna dream forever
But I'm gonna try and live
Tell me can you taste forever - right now, right now
right now, right now, right now
Little Elvis Hitler don't'cha follow me
These scars on my back - they're because of you
And these cuts on my wrists
They're just me trying to get away from you, oh yeah
And I'm still trying to get away
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
Which way do we run?
BABYLON TURNPIKE
(Instrumental)
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