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Defiance
Milk Cow Blues (Public Domain)
Well I tried everything
Just to get along with you
And I'm gonna tell you just
What I'm gonna do
Well I'm sick of all your cryin
When you should be leavin me alone
If you don't believe me
You pack me bags, I'm gone
Wontcha please
Don't that sun look good goin' down
You almost lost your love girl
When your ol man ain't around
chorus:
Won't you please
Don't that sun look good goin' down
When your ol man ain't around
Won't you please
Don't that sun look good goin' down
And you best believe I love ya baby
When your old man ain't around
chorus (repeat)
round and round
Not The Only One
I'm not the only one, the only lonely one
You know who you are, afraid to lose your hearts
You sit in the corners of a world gone square
You can see them but to them you'r not there
Did you ever wonder why you'r stranger than - close?
I'm not the only one who's tired of the gun
There must be something more than marching off to war
Bleeding in the trenches 'neath a 90 lb pack
18 years old and never coming back
How can their dying ever make us feel - free?
I'm not the only one trying to get ahead
Working everyday harder than I'm paid
Going through changes - working my job
Thinking things be better if I get on top
With everybody yelling "Hey, what about me/me?"
CRYSTAL IS FALLING
THE NIGHTS ARE LIFTING LIKE COLORED GLASS
THE DAWN THAT BREAKS MIGHT BE THE LAST
FOR POINTLESS VIEWS THAT I WAS AFTER
LEAVE ME STRUGGLING WITH DISASTER
WITH PEN IN HAND, THE THOUGHTS THAT FLED
SEEMED TO SHATTER IN MY HEAD
TELL SOMEONE, CRYSTAL IS FALLING
YOUR PAPERBACKS AND MAG-BY-LINES
SEASICK WRITERS NOONE FINDS
THE FEELING THAT WE KNOW THEY'LL CENSURE
FOR FEAR THEY'D BE CAUGHT IN ADVENTURE
THE RUMORS WE COULD NOT DEFEND
WILL FIND A CLIMAX IN THE END
TELL SOMEONE, CRYSTAL IS FALLING
FOR ALL THE BLOOD THAT'S TURNED TO INK
FOR QUICKSAND MOODS WHEN SPIRITS SINK
FOR ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN NEGLECTED
MY EYES ARE NAKED, INSPECTED, INFECTED
MY GOD ARE WE ALL TWISTED GLASS
CATCHING PIECES OF THE PAST
TELL SOMEONE, CRYSTAL IS FALLING
Revenge
Bad blood stirring in the boiling pot
finger on the trigger of a gun
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
It's an old web being spun
born from the seeds of anger and hatred
do it to them like they do
it's only revenge and the worst of it all
it all comes back to you
Envy treads at the breaking edge
wheredogs begin to wail
sarrow imprisoned the widows eyes
like arrows too, they fell
trying to balance the scales of injustice
do it to them like they do
it's only revenge and the worst of it all
it all comes back to you
the hounds pursue the weary step
as silver etched the sent
chasing down the passions of mans convictions
escaping time he'd never spent
half starved and running
he'll pay for his blindness
racing the bullets of hate
thirteen steps an a dead mans walk
it's always been this way
it all comes back to you
Dagger Moon
Release me from your wire dagger moon
Release me from your wire dagger moon
Release me from your wire
I'm the hang of your desire
Release me from your wire dagger moon
Release me from the chamber dagger moon
Release me from the chamber dagger moon
Release me from the collars
Shadows and the tarnish yeah
Leave me on the outside dagger moon
Ah now what you came for dagger moon
Tell me what you came for dagger moon
You came in with your needle
Deep inside my fevers
God above you dagger moon
Shadows are a-fading dagger moon
Shattered 'neath my patient attitude
Nervous sooner changes
Goddamn I hate you
Always on the outside dagger moon
Release me from your wire
Dagger moon
Sorry, did this one by heart, I'll check with the sleeve later OK? (April 4th '98)
Walking On My Grave
I can't stay knowing what's going down
I can't stay, darkness on the edge of town
streetwise kids in an act of defiance
out to defeat what's already behind us
rattle and shake their political cans
giving directions without any plans
there's a new kid on the block
and he's taking my place
walking on my grave
I can't stay staring down a .44
I can't stay dying on the killing floor
a man in blue and he's drawing a gun
a child in the shadows too scared to run
crack on the mirror of a teenage dream
like a lost generation on L.S.D.
There's a new kid on the block
and he's taking my place
walking on my grave
I can't stay knowing what's going down
I can't stay, darkness on the edge of town
the brain's still twitching but the eyes are closed
my best friends dying from an overdose
a red light flares unacounted for
it's happening now and it's happened before
there's a new kid on the block
and he's taken my place
walking on my grave
Johnny's Got A Gun
You've crushed the resistence before it's begun
silenced the voices who've dared to confront
laying your hands upon all that you rule
becoming the man who you overtrew
now you better watch out
'cause johnny's got a gun
you've got all the armies, you've got all the arms
you've got all the armories
the harbor's blockaded, the streets barricaded
every thought is under lock and key
there's an idea rising that you can't detect
from the same poor souls you claim to protect
there's a violent burning hatred in every mothers son
you better watch out, 'cause johnny's got a gun
you've anchored your warships, cleared all the airstrips
readied the seeds to decay
stolen the youth to fill ranks in your troops
keeping rebellion at bay
the fathers before you who now line the graves
are being remembered before it's too late
and their sons you call rebels are coming one
you better watch out, 'cause johnny's got a gun
the hour's upon you, the past will soon haunt you
yesterday becomes today
the helpless, the hopeless, the lost ones, the homeless
the weak can afford to be brave
there's only much a poor man can take
before he no longer fears making mistakes
if dying's the answer, then dying be done
you better watch out, 'cause johnny's got a gun
They've come from the country, the city and shore
they've come from the wind and the rain
the come from the fires who's ashes are cold
they come from the desert and snow
they fear they'll be dying but more than that fear
the cries of oppression that no ears can hear
until every last rebel surrenders or runs
you better watch out, 'cause johnny's got a gun
I'm Out Nine
Runaway horses under my hood
can't catch me when I fly
blue sky over me, six feet under me
touch me when you cry
I caught sight of you, I've got altitude
in my clouded eyes
isn't that mainstream? Finding you empty
socially I'm out nine
Innocent highway, stranger than my way
turn me like a page
taken a wrong turn, deafly won't be heard
damaged but I'm ok
checking the chamber, nervous I came here
looking through colored blinds
careful don't miss me, going out easy
socially I'm out nine
Kicked Out - Kicked In
When I was 16 I was kicked out of school
they couldn't dig my anti-social attitude
when I was 20 looking for a job
they told me "kid, you got hair too long"
and things ain't changed a lot since way back when
I'm still a loner without many friends
kicked out - kicked in, I can't open the door
When I got older and I learned the truth
some things don't matter if they ain't no use
if you can't get there without playing games
or pointing fingers at who's to blame
I'm only human but time will tell
who's sold out and who is for sale
kicked out - kicked in, I can't open the door
Now muddy water's running through my brain
that deep depression's coming on again
it's no secret why I'm so damn down
It's how you end up in the underground
I can't remember how I fell out of sight
it's like I'm on the other sight of the light
kicked out - kicked in, I can't open the door
Unknown Passage
Asked, "Where are you going?"
"Somewhere far away. "
She was standing at the window
I won't forget her face
With my suitcase and my old car
I'm driving somewhere blind
Unknown passage
Cuttin' like a knife through the night
Cuttin' like a knife through my eyes
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