CRISIS MANAGEMENT BLUES
the earth shakes and buildings fall
and all the good folk jump and run
they never gave a damn before
and they won't give a damn when their good deed is done
no one loves the poor man
no one goes where the poor man lives
he's no one 'til the camera's roll
and the stars come out and ask us all to give
the have's they bitch and moan
about their can't get enough of a good thing wasted lives
the have nots lurk in the shadows
out of sight and out of mind
when the last child has cried
and all the good folks have gone back home
the poor man will still be poor
and the orphan child will still be alone
ALONE
everyone
i know needs forgiven
everyone
i know is just like me
all
of us seeking redemption
all
of us alone...
everywhere
i go is just the same place
everywhere
i go is just like here
unspoken
names, unfamiliar faces
all
of them alone...
everything
can seem like a mountain
everything
can get in the way
nothing
turns out quite the way we wanted
we
go on anyway...
every second
of my time is just repeating
every
moment a reflection of the last
my
only refuge is when i'm dreaming
i
dream alone...
BROKEN DREAM BLUES
no one showed up when they laid me down
laid me down in that cold cold ground
no one showed up to pay respects
no wife, no child, no kin, no friend
my whole life came and went it seems
like i was trapped in some broken dream
never had much that i could give
i was born, i died, but i never lived
the world, to me, just moved too fast
i came, i went, but nothing'd ever last
i stood on the outside looking in
where did one day end and the next begin?
my whole life came and went it seems
like i was trapped in some broken dream
i never had much that i could give
i was born, i died, but i never lived
one more day, just one more day...
LONE
CITY BLUES
well it's a
hot city day, i ain't got no friends
and
my sun she's gone away, into another man's den
so i got on my travelling shoes
i got the lone city blues
well i may be wrong in what i say
but i know the price of life ain't what it pays
i got no money
and i'm stuck here with you
so i got on my travelling shoes
i got the lone city blues
it's a big ol' world, people singing the blues
sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you can't win for lose
i'm gone to the world
with nothing to do
so i got on my travelling shoes
i got the lone city blues
I
KNOW A PLACE
i know a place
we two can go
a place we
can go that no one knows
it's
not too far, it's not too near
it's
just far enough away from here
will
you take the chance and step outside?
step
outside what you call life?
take
my hand, show me the light
let's
run while we can, let's run for our lives
bring only your love and leave the rest behind
let's run while we can, let's run for our lives
i know a place we two can fly
fly out of sight, and out of mind
it's somewhere else, somewhere between
reality, and a world of dreams
will you take a chance and step outside?
step outside what you call life?
i know a place we can disappear
disappear as if into thin air
there are no boundaries, it has no name
no walls, no ceilings, no lies, no games
will you take the chance and step outside?
step outside what you call life?
SAME
OLD BLUES
i've been down
in the dumps baby
just
plain down on myself
i'm
all out of coffee
down
to my last cigarette
i'm
tired of all this rain
cloud
filled, sunless skies
i'm
tired looking out my window
watching
the world go by
i turned
on my tv
just to pass the
time of day
it was nothing
but those talking heads
with
absolutely nothing to say
i
climbed inside my car
and
turned the music way up loud
you
know, i never left my driveway
i
was just too plum tuckered out
i
can't find my thoughts
sometimes
i think it best
to let
the time move on
and very
soon forget
why i'm so
blue...
i think about this
world
in all it's tints
and hues
at the end of
the day
it all comes down
to those same old blues
WALKING ON THE EDGE
WALKING ON THE EDGE ONLY LASTS SO LONG
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER YOU'RE BOUND TO FALL
GET OFF THE FENCE MAN AND TAKE A STAND
BEFORE YOU BECOME JUST ANOTHER ALSO RAN
WALKING ON THE EDGE ONLY LASTS SO LONG
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER YOU'RE BOUND TO FALL
YOU FIND OUT WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF WHEN
THE CHIPS ARE DOWN
WHEN
YOU'RE LOSING THE RACE, WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT
WHEN YOU TAKE ONE ON THE CHIN AND GO OUT OF YOUR HEAD
WHEN IT'S ALL YOU CAN DO TO JUST GET
OUT OF BED
WALKING ON
THE EDGE ONLY LASTS SO LONG
ONE
WAY OR ANOTHER YOU'RE BOUND TO FALL
HAVE
A DREAM ON ME
LET'S TAKE
LEAVE OF OUR SENSES, FORSAKE ALL WE KNOW
WHY NOT TAKE THE CHANCE AND SEE WHERE IT GOES
LET'S FORGET WHAT THEY TAUGHT US, PRETEND WE DON'T KNOW
WHY NOT TAKE THE CHANCE AND SEE HOW IT GOES
HAVE A DREAM ON ME
LET'S FORGIVE AND FORGET, LEAVE THE CLOCKS UNWOUND
TAKE OUR HANDS FROM THE FRETS, LEAVE
THE NOTES UNFOUND
HAVE
A DREAM ON ME
IT'S HOWEVER
WE CHOOSE, WE COULD WITHER OR GROW
LET'S BE WHAT WE DREAM AND SEE WHERE IT GOES
TO GO FROM HERE TO THERE WE HAVE TO TAKE
TO THE ROAD
LET'S TAKE
OUR TIME AND SEE HOW IT GOES
HAVE A DREAM ON ME
WHAT WAS AND WHAT FOLLOWS ARE NOT THE HERE AND THE NOW
IT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE, AND IT ALWAYS RUNS OUT
HAVE A DREAM ON ME
GRIEVING
BLUES
I'M EMPTY AND I'M
HOLLOW, AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL
I'M
LIVING IN A VOID THAT DON'T SEEM REAL
I'M
MOVING NON STOP IN MY BODY AND MY MIND
TRYING TO FIND THE WAY, THE WAY BACK TO MY LIFE
LIFE IS FOR THE LIVING, SO I KEEP TELLING MYSELF
GRIEVE AND MOVE ON, STOP FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF
THERE ARE YEARS LEFT TO FILL, MORE THAN ENOUGH TEARS LEFT TO CRY
FOR EVERY HELLO THERE'S ANOTHER GOODBYE
THE NIGHTS SEEM LONG WHEN YOU SPEND THEM ALL ALONE
WHEN THE MEMORIES START COMING, AND YOUR HEART SINKS LIKE A STONE
YET MEMORIES IN THE END ARE ALL THAT WILL SURVIVE
A DREAM OR A VISION CAPTURED FOREVER IN TIME
MY MOTHER, SHE'S GONE, NOW MY FATHER IS TOO
I NEED TO TAKE WHAT THEY GAVE ME AND STOP FEELING SO BLUE
TOMORROW WILL COME, THE TIME WILL SURELY FLY
BUT THE LOVE THAT WE SHARED, THAT LOVE WILL NEVER DIE
OVERLOAD BLUES
THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT
TIL I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE
GOD KNOWS WHAT EVER THEY'RE ABOUT TO SAY
AIN'T NEVER BEEN SAID BEFORE
24/7 DAY AFTER DAY THE DRONE GOES ON
AND ON
WHAT IF THIS? WHAT
IF THAT? WHAT IF THERE AIN'T NO RIGHT OR WRONG?
I GOT THE CNN/FOX NEWS, WHO CARES
IT'S ALL BULLSHIT ANYWAY
OVERLOAD BLUES
AFTER
THE PUNDITS AND THE TALKING HEADS
AND
THE EXPERTS HAVE ALL WEIGHED IN
THEY'LL
CUT TO SOME COMMERCIALS
AND
THEN DO IT ALL AGAIN
THEY
NEVER LET FACTS GET IN THE WAY
THERE'S A RATINGS WAR TO WIN
IT'S ALL ABOUT IDEOLOGY, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SPIN
SOMETHING JUST HAPPENED, AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED
BEFORE JUST DISAPPEARED
NOW THE OPINIONS AND PREDICTIONS
AND SPECULATIONS HAVE KICKED IN GEAR
THEY DRESS GOOD AND THEY LOOK GOOD
AND PRETEND TO BE THE BEST OF FRIENDS
ALL I WANTED WAS THE NEWS
NOT WITTY BANTER THAT NEVER ENDS
BUT A PICTURE OF MYSELF
HELLO MR DORIAN GRAY
I TOOK YOUR PORTRAIT OUT TODAY
IT'S A BAD SCENE, FACE'S DISFIGURING
BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO TURN AWAY
IGNORANCE IS BLISS I BET
THE MORE I KNOW THE WORSE I GET
WHAT CAN YOUR CONSCIENCE BRING
I'M FEELING YOU DON'T FEEL A THING
WHEN I LOOK ME IN THE EYE I CAN'T BUT WONDER WHY
MY ALL TOO MORTAL LIFE IS CHANGING
WHEN I SEE ME AS I AM IT'S MORE THAN I CAN STAND
AN ALL TOO TROUBLED MAN WHO'S FADING
I'M BUT A PICTURE OF MYSELF THAT'S FADING
HELLO MR DORIAN GRAY
I KNOW YOU HAVE A DEBT TO PAY
WHAT HAUNTED YOU IS HAUNTING ME
BUT NEVER CAN I TURN AWAY
HELLO MR DORIAN GRAY
I PUT YOUR PICTURE BACK TODAY
I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS HERE STUFF
TO LAST ME TIL MY DYING DAY
CIRCLES
I
CAN'T FIND MY INNOCENCE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE I LOST IT
I CAN NEVER BE STILL ENOUGH, MY THOUGHTS WON'T ALLOW IT
NOTHING MAKES ANY SENSE, TOO MANY WORDS SURROUND US
ONLY WHEN THE WORLD FALLS AWAY DO I SEE CLEARLY
I CAN'T SEE MY OWN FOOTFALLS, NO SIGN TO POINT THE WAY
DON'T ASK ME ABOUT TOMORROW, JUST BE WITH ME TODAY
NOWHERE IS A FINE PLACE TO GO, OUTSIDE THE CARES OF THE DAY
IF YOU ASK ME BROTHER, WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?
IT'S THE PEBBLE IN THE POND, THE RIPPLES THAT GO OUT
ON AND ON AND ON IT GROWS, CIRCLES WITHIN CIRCLES
VOICES FILL THE AIR WHEREVER THE WIND MAY BLOW
OPINIONS ARE EVERYWHERE, BUT THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THEM TO GO
IT'S ALL TOO MUCH FOR A SIMPLE MAN, MORE THAN HE WANTS TO KNOW
