1.900 Song
You dial one nine hundred lookin' for a fix
You dial one nine hundred and get off on your kicks
When you're all alone, and you're stranded at home
And you're sitting by the phone, after you've been wrecked by a
cyclone
Dial one nine hundred.. when you're gettin' down to the bone..
You dial one nine hundred it shouldn't be for real
You dial one nine hundred it could be your last meal
They can bring you a million bucks, they can bring a change to
your bad
luck
But if you find that you're really stuck, and you see them
comin', you'd
better duck
You dial one nine hundred.. your life must really suck..
You dial one nine hundred to hear a prayer from the lord
You dial one nine hundred you sometimes must get bored
But they say it's true, that you just dial, they'll do it for
you
They can make all of your dreams come true, it'll hit you out of
the
blue
You dial one nine hundred.. they'll make a liar out of you..
You dial one nine hundred, you're lookin' for a cure
You dial one nine hundred, it's quarter after four
But it's the only help that you can see, it's comin' at you from
your tv
You're lookin' down out of nights lonely tree, and you know, you
would
agree
You dial one nine hundred.. your life sometimes must get
lonely..
2.Charlie's Song
A friend named Charlie told me a story one day
as we were talking over a beer
How he'd sit as kid at the stadium
from outside the fence he would cheer
The price of a ticket was too much to bear
Besides, you could see the game from out there
And now you're back and you can't help but to pretend..
Back to where you started once again..
He'd done many a hard job and wore many a scar
it was the only life he ever knew
That one question never really hounded him
How could so much belong, to so few
You have got to make due with what you can get
There ain't no use in carryin' a load of regret
And now you're back and you can't help but to pretend..
Back to where you started once again..
Of the worst situation he would never complain
for what is there to say？
In a world where judges reservations of you
are fit to mold like clay
His world his judges could never conceive
All that they can see is all that they can believe
And now you're back and you can't help but to pretend..
Back to where you started once again..
To be legit is for all you can hope to ask
against the hard blown winds of circumstance
Where the same one who robs you
is from who you can steal
The whole situation becomes cruel and unjust
to all involved parties that just do what they must
And now you're back and you can't help but to pretend..
Back to where you started once again..
Now it seems Charlie has dropped out of line
on a side road he's now tired enough to pursue
It's the road from rags to riches
but it ain't no park avenue
You have got so many hard years upon your soul
You can't stop now, you're on a roll
And now you're back and you can't help but to pretend..
Back to where you started once again..
3.Isadora
Heads are turnin' sidewardsley as she walks up to the stage
dressed in black, hair blazin' red, gold slippers on her feet
She's got a company of boys, she keeps as her slaves in tow
But when the night is done, none of them follow where she goes..
The room is a little smokey, in a half filled kind of way
as she takes an extra minute to put her last drink away
And the big band's growing anxious, they're outside shaving all
their
heads
And the boss has put his foot down and you know the bosses
foots' made
out of lead..
So she grabs the introduction back, and throws it in his face
then she starts to wail and shatter every window in the place
Her band is a computer, but it hasn't got any glitch
It asks her for the next song, and she knows exactly which..
The crowd has stopped its' chatter long enough to catch its'
breath
When she hits the opening note and says, '.. here's a song about
sex..'
and then she wraps it all around me the way most good women do
I try to call the waiter, but he's all wrapped up in her too..
Then her song is over, and it's time to take a bow
'My name is Isadora,' she said, if it even matters now
I saw her by a car as I was walking out the door
Her boys had loaded most of the things, but they still needed to
load a
little more..
So I stopped a minute to tell her that I really like her voice
Then she smiled, thanking me, telling me that I really had no
choice
So now I'm sitting here deciding how this song is supposed to
end
And I guess I'll just have to wait until I see Isadora again..
4.It Could Be Day
It could be the middle of the day , it could be the middle of
the night
I dream I hear your voice call, is everything alright？
It might right now be summer, but it also could be spring
It could just be the sound of, the liberty bell that now rings..
What are you thinking, is something wrong？
Has your record been skipping, playing the same old song
The scene it may be changing and the future it may be far
But it's about you i've been thinking, when I'm drivin' in my
car..
Tomorrow could be yesterday, it seems hard to believe
But somebody's arm has been itching from the ace stuck in his
sleeve
Great reasons have been shouted at me, and whispered to me by
some
By guardians of my future, telling me what I should become..
But nothing really matters now, you say you know the way
There's so much I have to tell you, that I can't even start to
say
But I'll see you at the gathering, you'll be waiting at the door
And it could be day, and it could be night, but I just will not
be
sure..
5.Rockin' Downtown
It all started one day when the clouds obscured the sun
The whole town was turned upside down, even ice queens were on
the run
The temperture was rising, there was fire in the stack,
and the folks down at city hall had tried to turn the whole
thing back
Out on the street several did parade concern
but no more for the cause than for the time to burn
The cops had warned 'em fairly that mildly outlaw gang
that they had it comin', they were goin' out with a bang..
But life went on as usual in that smokey familiar place
where your hard pressed to remember a name let alone a face
But all the same they know you, and you in turn know them
but if it's a time of need, they aren't what you'd call a friend
Johnny was the first one hit, blown up in his car
He'd been a hard working man, but he'd gone a little too far
As the fire burned the masses took to the street
you could see every strange character you could ever meet..
The bars still made it open till half past ten,
but none of them ever made it open again
The fire swept thru everything, noone could escape
they were cutting logs for a video, they ran out of tape
Cameras couldn't catch the flames, they were a minute late
They couldn't design history, it's all left up to fate
Everything was burned to dust, the moon it came up red
and there was nobody left to hear what wasn't said..
I woke up again the next morning out of this crazy dream
I made a pot of coffee and I ran out of cream
Betty the next door neighbor was hanging up her clothes
across the street they were mopping up, the night before their
pipes had
froze
But the temp was warming, the day and sky were clear
as I walked across the melting ice a cracking sound I did hear
I no longer saw my shadow, I realized I had to run
that's when I noticed that the clouds, had obscured the sun..
6.She's Waiting
Well I first saw her by the door
lookin' better than ever before
I hadn't known her more than a while
but when I saw her, I threw my bags in a pile..
She's waiting, waiting, waiting, for her prince to come..
The empty season has come and gone
and now I've got my true colors on
Sometimes it ain't easy to tell
someone when they aren't doin' so well..
She's waiting, waiting, waiting, for her prince to come..
Sit watchin' tv, and read the news
doin', you're thinkin' whatever you choose
One step behind the line
still hangin' on, still doin' fine..
She's waiting, waiting, waiting, for her prince to come..
It's been a long day after all
havin' a great time havin' a ball
Come the night time, it's oh, so still
the crescent moon is on the windowsill..
She's waiting, waiting, waiting, for her prince to come..
7.Sleepin' Under The Stars
I woke up this morning on a bed on nails
All that I saw moving, it was leaving trails
They said I could plug in the batteries, if all else fails
But here I am sleepin' under the stars..
I ain't got a quarter for the evening news
And there is no help around I can kindly refuse
I can't even find an old cup to drink from and reuse
Here I am sleepin' under the stars..
All down the line it's been heaven sent
And there are no sins that I would want to repent
All I know is that my will has not been bent
So here I am sleepin' under the stars..
The night is growing cold, tonite it's gonna rain
But that's alright now 'cause I can feel no pain
I will still be here the day the sun comes back again
Till then I'll be sleepin' under the stars..
Till then I'll be sleepin' under the stars..
8.Sometimes
Sometimes it's a shame
Sometimes it's game
Losin' sleep, trying to decide, who is to blame
Sometimes it is me
Sometimes it is not
The one who does not deserve, all that he has got
Sometimes you can run
Sometimes you can hide
But you can't get away from the feelings, buried deep inside
Sometimes you can see
Sometimes you can hear
All that goes on around you, it seems perfectly clear
Somebody might tell you
Somebody might not
Of a love that is growing, or of a love that now rots
Somewhere beyond words
Somewhere I can't tell
It might be in heaven, it might be in hell..
9.Symphony #4
Caught in numbers, steel machines, face flat on cold desk
Errors, systems, directions, could I really care less？
Aside from all these trucks and cars, and vacant spiral stares
Are visions of infinity from people who don't care..
These schedules clocks, and stopwatches, and plastic bank
accounts
It sends a shiver up my spine, and fills my mind with doubts
Because anything is only big relative to it's size
And there is something else that's hidden, you will soon
realize..
The wishful thinker terrifies the man behind the mask
For it is he, authority, who will be taken to task
Despite his preachings and noble words he has a dark side too
And video cameras will keep him pent up in his personal zoo..
Fierce crusaders fighting battles lost long ago
Tripping over old truths that they can't see any more
Battling warlords left and right, they know will always win
Feeling that if they weren't to do so, it would be a sin..
10.The Grass Is Always Greener(Revisited)
Where have you wandered since the last time I saw you？
To what god now do you pray？
We sat in those treetops in those warm afternoons
passing that slow time away
And the crickets chirped and mosquitos bit the way we knew they
would
and back in those days sitting there away.. it seemed so good..
You could never figure a scheme you could fit in,
your plight was about the same as mine
An answer then you showed me too late upon the road
for then it seemed like it would be a crime
However long it takes you, to do the things you should
all those days of strugglin' away.. it seems so good..
You'll never return there tho, neither will I
It's a life we both have outgrown
Our characters there have played their roles and said all they
can say
and it's too late, our covers have been blown
Besides things there are different now, it turned out like we
thought it
would
and today more than ever away.. it seems so good..
What it was you were thinkin' of, I thought I understood
Away the doctor said must be the cure
I guess the away you set your sights on was a bit too far for me
but unlike me you had to know for sure
Happiness may be given to you if you meet Robin Hood
People they read fairy tales because away.. it seems so good..
Fate can play a stranger game than I could ever guess
Like wisps of smoke lookin' back behind
And if you made it this far babe then you'll know what I mean
there is always a new hill to climb
And even if it's out of a pit that's filled with your own blood
You know that you'll make it because away.. it seems so good..
I've seen confusion pass this way over many a face
It can spread like some contageous disease
Rendering victims judgmentless, fearing for their pride
waiting for the day of their release
This home we now live in, of plastic, steel, and wood
We are living here today because away.. it seemed so good..
11.While The Sabres Rattle
While the sabres rattle, and the forces start to move
Threats and reputations force the warlords all to prove
The power in their hands, that they have got to send
Thousands for to die, to achieve their ends
As petty as the conflict, may have beginned
As bloody as a war has got to end..
While the sabres rattle, and history's cards are dealt
Battle plans are drawn up as tradition starts to melt
Burned by a fury, as blind as a flag
After hopes for peace have started to sag
Of a mighty power, most are proud to brag
And your neighbor, to his possible death they are going to
drag..
While the sabres rattle, it has always been the same
Bracing for the storm to come, studying those that came
But that lesson, has yet to be learned
Even a good man, will kill if his home is burned
While the sabres rattle, to sirens near and far
Wailing forth their warnings, and their call to arms
These pictures I now see, as we begin to fight
They are pictures I have seen before, but they were in black and
white.
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