Don't you mind people grinnin' in your face Don't mind people grinnin' in your face You just bear this in mind, a true friend is hard to find Don't you mind people grinnin' in your face
You know your mother would talk about you Your own sisters and your brothers too Yeah, don't care how you're tryin' to live They'll talk about you still
Ohh, but bear, ooh, this in mind, a true friend is hard to find Don't you mind people grinnin' in your face
You know they'll jump you up and down They'll drag you all 'round and 'round Just as soon as your back is turned They'll be tryin' to crush you down
Yes, but bear, ooh, this in mind, a true friend is hard to find Don't you mind people grinnin' in your face
"My guardian angel wears a hard hat," Said the boy with the microphone "Else, I wouldn't be standing here today Ever since I was a young a boy I couldn't leave well enough alone Always trouble standing in my way
Up, down, anywhere but in the middle Off the wagon, under the wheel again All or nothing - never could do just a little Never could leave it alone
Got to ride that rocking horse
Hard living be the death of me Lead me to an early grave To die in the saddle must be my destiny But to ride this rocking horse I must be crazed
Good clean fun is just my imagination Down and dirty that's the way the game is played This hard life has caused me aggravation Never could leave it alone
Got to ride that rocking horse
Can't leave it alone Got to ride that rocking horse
Last night and the night before The thunder crowed and the rooster roared I woke up sweating on somebody's floor You know how the story goes
The dirty streets, they can be so mean Everybody trying to live so clean Me, I'm stuck here in between And it's a fine line
Down on monkey hill Saw a brother screaming on the corner Talkin' 'bout some low down dirty shame And he said, "Gonna get so high that I just don't know my name"
Between the buildings and the alleyways That's where the living is done Where the young boys chase the dragon That's where flesh and steel are one
Down on monkey hill Saw another brother testifying this morning Talkin' 'bout how he lost everything And he said, "Gonna get so high that I just don't know my name"
Everybody's talking shit and jivin' Hard to tell which is which Dealers and healers Businessmen and bankers They all be scratchin' that itch
Down on monkey hill Saw another brother testifying this evening Talkin' 'bout how he left his soul in denang And he said, "Gonna get so high that I just don't know my name" Gonna get so high I don't know my name Down on monkey hill
you ask me when I'm gonna return I ask you "why so much concern?" the same snakes that drive you from my bed turn to voices and drive me out of my head for fourteen days since you been back around trying to keep my spirits high and my demons down but, can't you see you got to save me or set me free
'cause I'm falling in deeper - darkness, my old friend I'm in deeper - stay with me till the end deeper - you know I got no restraint I'm in deeper and lucky you you get to be my saint temporary saint
cleaning up one more time is sure getting old why don't you bury me like the dirt that's in my soul what makes you think you could love me, anyway? ain't nobody told you about the way I operate ain't nobody told you, baby? well, I guess that makes you the only one
'cause I'm falling in deeper - darkness, my old friend I'm in deeper - stay with me till the end deeper - you know I got no restraint I'm in deeper and lucky you, yeh, lucky you you get to be my saint temporary saint
angel of mercy, set me free do you really give a damn for me?
'cause I'm falling in deeper - darkness, my old friend I'm in deeper - stay with me till the end deeper - you know I got no restraint I'm in deeper
Say you try But you just can't help your self Wanna feel special Man wanna make you feel like everybody else Take away your freedom Strip away your pride Say you know you weren't born With the blue blood son So take your place in line
Where's my mule? Where's my forty acres Where's my dream Mr Emancipator Live this way Might as well meet my maker Where's my mule? Where's my mule?
I say trust me But you say it's too much bother Yeah, the way the man try to beat you down Make you wanna kill your brother So go on and bust me For what's in my mason jar Yeah, I owes my soul To the company store How I'm doing so far?
Where's my mule? Where's my forty acres Where's my dream Mr Emancipator Live this way Might as well meet my maker Where's my mule? Where's my mule?
Where's my mule? Where's my forty acres Where's my dream Mr Emancipator Live this way Might as well meet my maker Where's my, my, my, my, my, my mule?
In the painted silver light I watched you gently move Now, in the cold early dawn I long to have that vision in my head again Conjure, as I may, my guilt won't let me sleep Now I know what it means To have and to hold To let go and to lose
[Chorus:] In the screaming silence I try to lose myself But there is no hiding place No hiding place
Here they come again Those voices, they'll be with me till the end Maybe it helps the pain How would I know? I never slow down long enough But, ain't life funny I don't know if I will ever see you again But, in the painted silver light I watched you And I'll keep on watching you
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Seven days I watched the sun come rising No sleep for the wicked Seven nights I lie awake While my mind drifted across valley and streams Shadows everywhere Still I search for some kind of sign But, in the painted silver light I'll come running Running
I work hard every day, come rain or shine And I don't need no one to tell me 'bout a girl of mine She's got so much love and she saves it all for me Oh I would not be lyin', that's the way it's gotta be.
So Mr. Big, you'd better watch out, yeah I don't need you hangin' around me Oh for you now, I would dig, oh A great big hole in the ground.
Oh let me tell you I don't care who you are, so don't explain Just get out out of here and don't come back again I don't want anything from you, I don't wanna give you nothin' too Get outta here before I lose my cool.
Mr. Big, oh watch out, oh Baby and don't you hang around me Oh for you now, I would dig, yeah A great big hole in the ground yeah Oh I will dig it deep.
Oh yeah.
So Mr. Big, all right, you'd better watch out, baby now I don't need you hangin' around me Oh for you now, I would dig now, yeah yeah A great big hole in the ground, yeah.
I like my summer home Love my yuppie job Got a cellular phone in my brand new saab I love my wife and my girlfriend too I just love myself You're gonna love me too
Came out west to find myself Did the maharishi squat on the continental shelf Got a groovy set of morals And an Elvis Presley do I'll swap my wife for yours Anything for you
Got to stay away from the left coast groovies Living their lives like a cheesy movie The wrap around shades and the air-head cuties Got a new-age stench because he traded his pachuli
Can the wicked feed the hungry? Can the children teach the old? About a new way, a revolution We're moving backwards, out of control Out of control, out of control
Came out west to find myself Did the maharishi squat on the continental shelf Got a groovy set of morals And an Elvis Presley do I'll swap my wife for yours Anything for you
Got to stay away from the left coast groovies Living their lives like a cheesy movie The wrap around shades and the air-head cuties Got a new-age stench because he traded his pachuli
Black and white, it's all the same Good and evil - pieces in a medieval game Black shoot black, white take all Color will be our downfall Blood runs red And it's all the same
So tell me what you see When you look at me Close your eyes, you'll see A world of difference World of difference
I hate you 'cause you hated my fathers You hate him - his fathers raped your daughters Hate breeds fear, fear breeds sin Survival is your only friend When we die We're all the same
So tell me what you see When you look at me Close your eyes, you'll see A world of difference World of difference
There's a clock on the wall And it's angry and bleeding A world in pain Lashes out like children What can we do? We're too young to know
Brother, get down on your knees Too late to cry - too late to beg me please
So, tell me what you see When you look at me Close your eyes, you'll see A world of difference World of difference
All I ask from anyone Is that they ask nothing from me Stared so long at the future That I'm blind to reality Come a time will watch our lives Slip into the sea All I ask from anyone Is that they ask nothing from me
Dreams fly by like a thousand railroad trains Egos steadfast like mountains in our brains Those of us who let go will be swallowed Left here to die
Do not look to the sky It will not rain for you Do not look to strangers They won't help you through Only chance you got When you hear those war dogs bark Is to be one up on your brother Like a Blind man in the dark
Face to face we will meet again But never eye to eye Meanwhile, in your mania Your four wings touch the sky Fly too high the wax will melt
And you'll fall down to your knees All I ask from you my friend Is that you ask nothing from me
Dreams fly by like a thousand railroad trains Egos steadfast like mountains in our brains Those of us who let go will be swallowed Left here to die
Do not look to the sky It will not rain for you Do not look to strangers They won't help you through Only chance you got When you hear those war dogs bark Is to be one up on your brother Like a Blind man in the dark
Do not look to the sky It will not rain for you Do not look to strangers They won't help you through Only chance you got When you hear those war dogs bark Is to be one up on your brother Like a Blind man Blind man in the dark Blind man in the dark
Stand by to stand by Ain't no need to worry today Thorazine shuffle make everything OK I know how you feel You say you need your highs and lows But what if you could take your pain And just let it go
Step right back and watch me now I'll show you how it's done Stay right here with me now Till the damage is done And the damage is done
Time drags by When you're boring Don't care what you do care what you say There comes a time When you got to let the monster inside you Let him come on out, come on out and play
Step right back and watch me now I'll show you how it's done Stay right here with me now Till the damage is done
Step right back and watch me now Oh yeah till you change your mind Stay right here with me now Till the damage is done And the damage is done
Stand by to stand by Ain't no need to worry today Thorazine shuffle make everything OK
Yeah, somebody somewhere must have hurt you You must have been really abused A victim of your raising Isn't that your excuse, towering fool?
In a dream I watched you inflict yourself On everyone within reach Now frozen in time I see it still Like a movie How long has it been since you shook the hand Of those who fell under your feet And how long has it been since you washed yours clean From the blood and the dirt of the street Did you really think you could just fly away Fly right out of those blues Did you, towering fool?
Don't you know greatness comes to those who can hold it Did it slip right through your hands Did it brush your sleeve as it passed you by Do you compare yourself now to then
All this pent up anger Don't you feel alone, ranger? Don't you, towering fool?
So you use every ounce of your energy To keep those around you down But there is a tear in the eye of the ring master And a smile on the face of the clown Yeah, you couldn't see through your own arrogance To what the whole world already knew You had to keep pushing it past the point Till it all crumbled down on you Didn't you, towering fool?
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator wrote the book of the seven seals
Who's that writin' (John the Revelator) Who's that writin' (John the Revelator) Who's that writin' (John the Revelator) He wrote the book of the seven seals
(O yes, tell me who's that writin') John the Revelator (Tell me who's that writin') John the Revelator (Tell me who's that writin') John the Revelator wrote the book of the seven seals
Look, God walked down the hill one day Called Adam by his dame And Adam wouldn't answer 'cause he was naked and ashamed
(Tell me who's that writin') John the Revelator (Tell me who's that writin') John the Revelator (Tell me who's that writin') John the Revelator wrote the book of the seven seals
You know Christ (Christ) had twelve apostels (spirit willing) Three he layed away (O but the flesh was weak) He said watch me while I walked (Ooh) While I go out and prey
Listen
Well Christ rose on Easter morning (Hallelujah) Mary mother came down to see (the resurrection) He said Go and tell my disciples (Ooh) to meet me in Galilee
Yes
Who's that writin' (John the Revelator) Who's that writin' (John the Revelator) Who's that writin' (John the Revelator) wrote the book of the seven seals He wrote the book of the seven seals (Ooh) Yeah, yes he did
Tell me why I'm shouting (John the Revelator) Tell me why I'm shouting (John the Revelator) Tell me why I'm shouting (John the Revelator) (wrote the book of the seven seals)
Tell me what I'm shouting (John the Revelator) Tell me what I'm shouting (John the Revelator) Tell me what I'm shouting (John the Revelator) (wrote the book of the seven seals)
(The revelation of Jesus) You know I thought I was a policeman (The revelation of Jesus) An officer of the law (The revelation of Jesus) But then I had a revelation (The revelation of Jesus) Because of what I saw (The revelation of Jesus) The air was always so gloomy (The revelation of Jesus) Every day was dull and grey (The revelation of Jesus) But now I see very clearly (The revelation of Jesus) O, o, o, o happy day (The revelation of Jesus) Jesus (Jesus) Jesus (Jesus) Jesus (Jesus) Jesus (Jesus) Jesus (Jesus) My God my God (Jesus) Jesus (Jesus) Jesus (The revelation of Jesus) My my my my my my (Jesus) My my my my (Jesus) My my my my my my my my (Jesus) My my my my my God (Jesus) Yeah yeah (Jesus) My my my my my God (The revelation of Jesus) O... John the Revelator
