HANG ON
Hang on baby
It’s gonna be a bumpy ride
Hang on baby
You run against the tide
Keep one eye open
When you go to sleep tonight
And hang on baby
It’s gonna be a bumpy ride
You spent your life
Learning the do’s and don’ts
You worked so hard
Harder than most
When night was darkest
You gave us hope
And in the end
It all goes up in smoke
Hang on baby
It’s gonna be a bumpy ride
Hang on baby
You run against the tide
Keep one eye open
When you go to sleep tonight
And hang on baby
It’s gonna be a bumpy ride
UNCLE CHARLIE
Uncle Charlie never knew
of him what was expected
And in this world no one ever
Expected Uncle Charlie
Uncle Charlie at a party
Sits in the corner
And in this world no one ever
Expected Uncle Charlie
But I have it on
Authority
He was the one
Who found the key
Yes I have it on
Authority
He was the one
Who set us free
No one ever expected Uncle Charlie
But it was Uncle Charlie
Who found the key and
Set us free
No one ever expected Uncle Charlie
SUFFERING FOR OTHERS
Antigone defied a king
And buried her brother
And took her place
Among the saints
Suffering for others
Solomon devised a ruse
To find an infant’s mother
Who he gambled more inclined
To suffer for another
Joan of Arc
She caught that spark
And passed it another
And took her place
Among the saints
Suffering for others
Take half of
Your daily bread
Give it to your sister
Take the shirt
Right off your back
And hand it
To your brother
And take your place
Among the saints
Take your place
Among the saints
Take your place
Among the saints
Suffering for others…
UNDERGROUND
Underground
Underground
Where I lay those things
I don’t want to be found
Deep down in a box
Under a rock
Not out of mind
And what I found underground
What I found gagged and bound
Deep down in a box
Under a rock
A question mark
Underground
And when I see you on the street
Beneath the smile and perfect teeth
Deep down in a box
Under a rock
A question mark
Underground
Underground
Underground
Underground
Hey
WHEN LOVE LEAVES
There was kindness at the start
And I opened up my heart
And then a cold wind blew
And she was someone new
When love leaves the room
Colors turn to gray
The warmth of the world
Simply drains away
Despair takes you up in her arms
When love leaves the room
When love leaves the room
When love leaves the room
It becomes a tomb
The days lose their names
They are all the same
Despair waltzes you into the gloom
When loves leaves the room
When love leaves the room
NONSENSE (IT’S OVER)
No sense in pretending
No sense in telling lies
No sense in pretending
No sense in telling lies
It’s over
It’s over
It’s over
It’s done
It’s nonsense
None of it makes sense
No sense in defending
No sense in telling lies
No sense in pretending
There are angels in the sky
It’s over
It’s over
It’s over
It’s done
Over
Yes it’s over
No sense in pretending
No sense in telling lies
It’s over
CAKE AND SORROW
Too much cake and sorrow
It’s makes me blue
I don’t know tomorrow
I don’t know you
Or why you do the things you do to her
All she ever wants to do is love you
You make it blue
So blue
Too much cake and sorrow
Everywhere I roam
I don’t need tomorrow
I need to know
Why you do the things you do to her
All she ever wants to do is love you
You make it blue
Too much cake and sorrow
WHY, TELL ME WHY
Why do we have
So many things
So many things
That we don’t need
When there are
So many things
So many things that people need
Why did god put a snake in the garden of eden
Why did god put a snake in the garden of eden
Tell me why
Why don’t we stop for a minute
Think about what we do
Do I really need this just because
Somebody said I do
Who do we keep making so many things
So many things that we don’t need
When there are so many things
So many things that people need
Tell me why
Why don’t we stop for a minute
Think about what we do
Do I really need this just because
Somebody said I do
Why tell me why
Tell me why
HIT MY HEAD
What you want
In this world
Is to see
Clearly
I see friends
growing old
Cold black skies
And gravestones
What you see
When you look
Is just what
You have known
I have known
From the start
She would one day break my heart
Must I believe
In a world I can’t see
I hit my head
On your ceiling
And I’m reeling
What I want
Is to be free
Of the lies
Told to me…
MR. MORALITY
Here comes Mister Morality
He’s always walking both sides of the street
Now just between you and me
He’s had himself a real bad week
Down is up and up and down
Everyone pushing him around
Mister morality, what you got for me?
There is something wrong with me
I look still I do not see
First A is B but B ain’t A
The rules to this old game never stay the same
Chameleon or empty suit
Just hot air or is there something there
Mister morality, what you got for me?
Put down that gun son
Where is your sense of what needs to be done?
Pick up that gun son
Where is your sense of what needs to be done?
What needs to be done, my son?
What needs to be done?
There goes Mister Morality
Beating a hasty retreat
He does not know what to do
He does what they tell him to
He’s had enough, thrown up his hands
Buried his empty head in shifting sands
Mister Morality
C’est la vie
UNDER THE GUN
Under the gun
Under the gun
From Day One
Everyone
Run run run run run
Day and night
Under the gun
Staring down
The long barrel
Of the gun
In the sun
Dreams narrow
Under the gun
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