1.A Couple Ideas
The downstairs girls have alot to say
about the uptown boys that always get their way
There's a loner on the corner and a stoner on the border
A schizo who's two faces eyes show lots of empty spaces
Next to a workingman, who does intend
to make a stand in front of his dead end..
If anyone has got the nerve to try him..
The local columnist writes his word
he's flying the flag of all he calls absurd
and the body politic, of the town, is working thru a panic
to elect a clown..
And the never ever boy endeavours on a clever ploy
his motive like a locomotive, he'll go till there's nothing else
for to
live
the tracks he's on end.. and he has got to walk..
It's just an idea that i'm tryin to say..
There's more than black and white that make up gray..
Nothin' won't move that's not in my way..
Can't you hear that train, cause it's comin'
It's a loud one..
This morning i poked myself in the eye
it wasn't the only reason i had to cry..
Someone i know is quite misleading, she doesn't go where she's
leading
Her present's no longer her past, she's still always first
class..
Others i know, are all too clear
in making it well known that they've got nothing to fear
Except their boss, because, he can fire them..
The unqualified beggars' lifes gone up in smoke
now he finds it hard, to take a joke..
To the burning of fires and a squeeling of tires
a cutting of wires in a circle of liars
The law stretches far, to reach it's mark
and there's nowhere you can hide when it's after dark
and you're paranoid, you can never be alone..
It's just an idea that i'm tryin' to say
there's more than black and white that make up gray
There's nothin' won't move that's not in my way
can't you hear that train, cause it's comin',
it's a loud one..
A poet's been down, but now he's on the rise
on forbidden thoughts he will theorize
On a paradise lost, an exaggerated cost
A well shined gloss, and a summer frost
Flying like rockets thru writings in red
are the ghosts of great spirits, both alive and dead
Standing on the corner where the bricks are piled high
and the first floor windows touch the sky..
and looking up, there is nothing left to say..
2.China Song
Do you remember that day back in 1989？
In Beijing some kids built a statue in a square..
They made it out of paper
And they sang songs in the street
They only wanted to be heard
and a new age to greet
They didn't call it revolution
They didn't call nobody wrong..
In that moment a bright promise bloomed
but the old guard stood opposed
It was then that the lines were drawn
but lines of battle, none supposed
Then in came the artillary
and in their way stood one man..
He held back all the tanks
with his bare, upheld hands
Then the tv crews were all scattered
so no blood was shown on no hands
Do you remember that day back in 1989？
In Beijing a statue was burned in a square..
But nothing really happened
whatever the secret envoys all ignored
It was then that the slate was wiped clean
as clean as they could afford
To hell with those who care to forget
those who died on that day..
Do you remember that day back in 1989？
In Beijing some kids built a statue in a square..
3.Desparation Blues
The ceilings are low and the floors are high
I can't think it backwards i can't even try
Much ado about nothing i fear this will be
I once planted a rock, it washed into the sea..
A name on a page, a smile in my mind
sometimes my dreams can be real unkind
Which came first？ the chicken or the egg
What should i do now, should i borrow or beg？
It's needless to say i'll take what i get
but there's not much to see and there's nothing to bet
Forever is long, need i say more？
but bein' here, darlin' is never a chore..
It's not that you give, less than you receive
of whatever it takes, to make me believe
You say monkey see, i say monkey do
whatever it takes to get next to you..
4.Displaced Revolutionary Blues
Once I heard a man, talkin' mostly to himself
tellin' tales he'd heard around the world
He said, 'Son you'll see your big time, and you'll fight your
boxing
match,
and there's always gonna be that fish that you didn't catch..'
However far your ventures lead you
however far your fences stretch
There's something that keeps callin' you back
No matter how much it decides you, it's something deep inside of
you
Somethin' beggin' to be cut some slack..
{chorus}
It seems I go, where I don't expect
should I have made a right when I made a left？
It seems I go, where I must perfect
a bigger system, that's got a bigger defect..
They're displaced revolutionaries and a captive audience
They have seen what's never been done before
If there are castle dragons they can't respect to the least
degree
then they'll find it forced upon them more and more
I've seen them wanderin' on the road, they're dreamin' of
somewhere else
from the old school they've learned to hate their ways
Living future memories, the best that they can crawl
and hating everybodies latest craze..
From the most crazy aspirations come the most noble philosophies
but see which one will get you anywhere
The shadow prince you walk behind, has lost his crowning jewel
and now it's you alone just standing there..
5.If I Can Give It To You
Time is movin' quickly
I have never seen it go so fast
I was tryin' to recover but my
watch was just a minute fast
It's not that I haven't been there though
I just cannot stand to let you go..
And I have to say
It shouldn't be that way
What I have to do
Is get through to you
That all I've got to give is yours
if I can give it to you
All I've got to give is yours
if I can give it to you..
Bums are sleepin' in the alley
you can hear the streetcats cry
But I can't get no rest, i doesn't
really matter where I lie
Sometimes I think I should be feeling sad
but then I end up thinkin' that it ain't so bad..
{chrous}
Well, the night is growin' heavy
I can barely get up off the floor
I've been tryin' to forget you
but I think about you more and more
It used to be such a simple thing
to wait around and see what would tomorrow bring..
{chorus}
6.Theater Girl
You've got your beauty queen makeup
and your hair just right
Anyone who gets to see you
sure is in for a sight
I sit here in wonderment
and in disbelief
your glance is so uncomfortable
just like a petty thief..
{chorus}
You are a queen, you are a picture
Of what a man is supposed to want to love
You start to get closer
and then you're sitting next to me..
As you walk by i can
smell your perfume
I can actually smell it everywhere
there's a trail across the room
I listen to your conversation
I am hypnotized
If it's got an end like that
it must be memorized..
{chorus}
Your lips so red and your skin so white
Your platinum hair gives off a glow
Your head begins to turn
and then you're lookin' right at me..
To a girl like you I just don't
know what to say
It's too bright here in the theater
perhaps another day
It's something in the way you move
it's something I just don't know
But it's kinda hard to wanna love you
when I wanna throw you out the window..
{chorus}
Your heart is being broken by someone!
And someones' heart is being broken, by you, by you!
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