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AS THINGS STAND

today is the same as every other day

the old men die, their ignorance remains

the same old notion with a brand new face

the same old bullshit, the same old hate...

we go backwards, forwards, left and right

anarchists dance on the edge of delight

nothing adds up, everything divides

the same old bullshit, the same old lies...

you can't go back to what never was, though you believe

when all that matters is being right, something's wrong

talk all you want, it's just more noise for us to hear

it's why today is much the same...

we just go up, before crashing down

we go rushing in, just before running out

we just go on and on and on

we like to think we can have it all

we love to think we've got the world by the balls

we just go on and on and on...

A QUIET DAY

ON A QUIET DAY, DOWN A QUIET ROAD

OUTSIDE A QUIET TOWN

A SIMPLE TIME FOR SIMPLE THOUGHTS

THE KIND YOU FIND JUST LYING AROUND

A BIRD SINGING, DOG SLEEPING

DAY LIKE A THOUSAND OTHERS

FRONT PORCH SITTING, TALKING, DREAMING

IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER...

A QUIET DAY FOR QUIET SOULS

SO TIRED OF THE NOISE, SO TIRED OF THE GAME...

IN A QUIET WOOD, IN A QUIET CORNER

OF A GREAT BIG WORLD

LIFE UNFOLDS, AS INDEED IT DOES

THRU EVERY TWIST AND TURN

THE SUN PEEKS IN EVERY NOW AND THEN

FROM BEHIND A PASSING CLOUD

ON A QUIET DAY, DOWN A QUIET ROAD

OUTSIDE A QUIET TOWN...

BETWEEN THIS AND THAT AND ALL THE REST

I FIND IT HARD SOMETIMES TO JUST KICK BACK

TO JUST LISTEN, TO JUST WATCH WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON

TO REALLY SOAK IT IN...

TRUMPTY-DUMPTY

something's a foot, i feel it in my bones

it's inside my head, it feels that close

and i'm disturbed to say the least

and what i'm thinking is...i need to just leave...

trumpty-dumpty...built a great wall

trumpty-dumpty...took a great fall

and all his flunkies and his yes men

couldn't put trumpty-dumpty back together again...

something's coming, my skin just crawled

and i swear i heard the other shoe fall...

the unkown perplexes us, caresses us

scares the shit out of us...

COME AS YOU ARE

COME AS YOU ARE, SAY WHAT YOU MEAN

YOU'VE NOTHING TO LOSE

THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO, NO PLACE TO HIDE

EVERYONE, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE

SOMETIMES GETS THE BLUES...

IT'S A HARD WORLD, IT'S OUR WORLD

NOT ONE WE'D CHOOSE

MAKE THE MOST OF IT, BE A PART OF IT

EVERYONE, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE

SOMETIMES GETS THE BLUES...

EVERYONE SOMETIMES GETS THE BLUES (2X)

THIS IS YOUR COUNTRY, THIS IS YOUR GOD

THIS IS YOUR HOME SWEET HOME

THIS IS YOUR JOB, WE ARE YOUR FAMILY

AND SO IT GOES (2X)

(1ST VERSE)

EVERYONE, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE

SOMETIMES GETS THE BLUES...

 

THE WHIMSICAL SONG

LET ME SEE YOU SMILE, TAKE ME BY THE HAND

WHATEVER SHALL WE DO TODAY?

LET'S SWING, LET'S SLIDE, STARE UP AT THE SKY

MAYBE JUST FLY AWAY...

THE MAN WOULD BE A CHILD, THE CHILD WOULD BE A MAN...

LET ME HEAR YOU LAUGH, JUMP INTO MY ARMS

AND OFF WE GO

LET'S RUN UNTIL WE DROP, BE SILLY TIL IT HURTS

AND TAKE IT SLOW...

QUESTION AFTER QUESTION, LIFE ONE GREAT UNKNOWN

WHERE DO RAINBOWS COME FROM? WHY DOES THE WIND BLOW?

WHAT MAKES OUR GARDEN GROW?

WILL THIS ALWAYS BE MY HOME?

DOES EVERYONE GROW OLD?

WILL I EVER BE ALONE?

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SIMPLY LEAVING

soon i'll be away from here, soon enough none of this will matter

on the wings of doves i'll fly away, and disappear all together

not so much retreating, as simply leaving...

do you feel overwhelmed? well i surely do

there's too much crazy in the world...

someday can't come soon enough, a day no other day can follow

i'll flash a smile, close my eyes, say goodbye to my tomorrows

not so much retreating, as simply leaving...

perhaps my mind's long gone, perhaps my soul has become lost

i'm fading oh so slowly, i wonder if i'll remember...

 

A LOSS FOR WORDS

CHAPTERS FLY, PAGES TURN

FROM GOOD TO BAD TO EVEN WORSE

I'M AT A LOSS FOR WORDS...

ONE MORE DAY FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH

ONE MORE POINT OF NO RETURN

I'M AT A LOSS FOR WORDS...

SOMETIMES I JUST SHAKE MY HEAD

SOMETIMES I JUST SAY, OH WELL

SOMETIMES I JUST RUB MY EYES

SOMETIMES I JUST BE MYSELF...

SOMETIMES WE BEND, SOMETIMES WE SWAY...

 

MOONLESS NIGHT

crooks just robbed the thieves of all their loot

crazies picked the locks and set insanity loose

some whack job grabbed the mic n started singin the blues

it's dark n gettin darker on a moonless night...

paranoia put fingers to keys

got busy plotting lunatic conspiracies

fact became whatever one might choose to believe

it's dark n getting darker on a moonless night...

the unspeakable lurks, the rats all scurry and hide

mere shadows walk the streets shakin each other down for bribes

they're out of their fucking minds

it's dark n getting darker on a moonless night...

take me home darlin, tuck me into bed, i'm wasted

tell me a story, make me happy again, i'm wasted

hold me tight, don't let me fall, i'm wasted...

politics is religion turned inside out

they share the same bed when the lights go down

and when it comes to money they ain't foolin around

it's dark n getting darker on a moonless night...

bankrupt concepts rule a bankrupt world

the air is thick with poorly chosen words

everyone's forgooten everything they learned

it's dark n getting darker on a moonless night...

 

THE WEEDS STILL GROW

I CAN FIND MYSELF, EVEN LOSE MYSELF

SLOWLY CHANGE INTO SOMEONE ELSE

I STOP AND GROW BUT THE WEEDS STILL GROW...

YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF, EVEN LOSE YOURSELF

SLOWLY CHANGE INTO SOMEONE ELSE

YOU STOP AND GO BUT THE WEEDS STILL GROW...

WE CAN FIND OURSELVES, EVEN LOSE OURSELVES

SLOWLY CHANGE INTO SOMEONE ELSE

WE STOP AND GO BUT THE WEEDS STILL GROW...