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1.Gonna See My Friend

do you wanna hear something sick?
we are but victims of desire
i'm gonna shake this thing
i wanna shake this pain before i retire

i'm gonna see my friend, i'm gonna see my friend
make it go away
i'm sick of everything, i'm gonna see my friend
make it go away

buona sera, won't be long before we all walk off the wire
i'm gonna see my friend, i'm gonna see my friend
for what i require

buona sera, cut my quick
don't want my flame to get no higher

i'm gonna see my friend, i'm gonna see my friend, make it go
away
i'm gonna see my friend, i'm gonna see my friend, make it go
away
i'm gonna see my friend, i'm gonna see my friend, make it go
away

wanna leave it all
wanna give it up
wanna see it, gone once & for all

wanna feel withdrawal
want an overhaul
wanna be there, hard as a statue
black as a tattoo, never to wash away

gonna take me an astral plane
i'm gonna tunnel through denial
i'm gonna shake this thing
i wanna shake this pain 'for i retire

i'm gonna see my friend, i'm gonna see my friend, make it go
away
i'm gonna see my friend, i'm gonna see my friend, make it go
away
i'm gonna see my friend, i'm gonna see my friend, make it go
away


2.Got Some

Every night with the lights out
where you gone
What's wrong?

Every time you can try
but can't turn on
A rock song

I got some if you need it (repeat 4x)

Get it now, get it on, before its gone
Let's everybody carry on, carrying on
Turn it up, set it off, before its gone
Let's everybody carry on, carrying on

This situation, which side are you on?
Are you on the rise, are you falling down?
Let me know come on let's go yeah

I got some if you need it (repeat 4x)

Get it now, get it on, before its gone
Let's everybody get it on
Get it on
Turn it up, set it off, before its gone
Let's everybody carry on
Carrying on

This situation, which side are you on?
Are you on the rise, are you falling down?
Let me know come on let's go yeah

This situation, which side are you on?
Are you on the rise, are you falling down?
Let me know come on let's go yeah

I got some if you need it
Got some uuuuh

Get it now, get it on, before its gone
Let's everybody carry on carrying on
Turn it up, set it off, before its gone
Let's everybody carry on carrying on

This situation, what side are you on?
Are you dropping bombs, are you getting out?
Have you heard diplomatic resolve? Yeah

Precipitation, which side are you on?
Are you drying up, are you a big drop?
Are you a part of fool detrimental?

Got some, got some
Carry on, carry on

I got some if you need it
I got some if you need it
Carry on, let's go!


3.The Fixer

When something's dark let me shed a little light on it
When something's cold let me put a little fire on it
If something's old I wanna put a bit of shine on it
When something's gone I wanna fight to get it back again
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Fight to get it back again
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

When something's broke I wanna put a bit of fixin on it
When something's bored I wanna put a little excited on it
If something's low I wanna put a little high on it
When something's lost I wanna fight to get it back again
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Fight to get it back again
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

When signals cross I wanna put a little straight on it
If there's no love I want to try to love again
I'll say your prayers I?ll take your side
I'll burn as a way to make light
I'll dig your grave
We'll dance and sing
What's saved could be
One last lifetime

Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Fight to get it back again
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Fight to get it back again
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Fight to get it back again
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah


4.Johnny Guitar

Johnny Guitar Watson staring at me
Riding on three wheels, a woman on his knee
With a leg under a red dress i wish i could see
Further north a warmth alive & lingering

Now Johnny he be having lots of women
The reason he be smiling known to him

On the left the girl in red so innocent
Never sheds her clothes even when she goes to bed
The type of girl responsible for original sin
Can't help but wonder where & who she is

And the memory is always getting clearer
For that's 30 years or more i've loved her so
And i know i need to know.. why she's with him

And i sleep with the light on.. in case she comes
And i sleep with the light on.. in case she

Recently as i was waiting on a dream
She came to visit lost & lonely me
She leaned over the bed & with her lips above my head
She asked if i had seen her Johnny

Oh and i hide my disappointment
Cause for years i had been hoping
Oh yeah, i had been hoping
That when she came, she would come for me

I hide my disappointment
Cause for years i had been hoping
That when she came,
She'd be coming just for me

I hide my disappointment
Cause for years i had been hoping
That when she came,
She'd be coming just for me


5.Just Breathe

Yes I understand
That every life must end
As we sit alone
I know someday we must go

Oh I'm a lucky man
To count on both hands
The ones I love
Some folks just have one
Yeah others they got none

Stay with me
Let's just breathe

Practiced on our sins
Never gonna let me win
Under everything
Just another human being

I don't want to hurt
There's so much in this world
to make me believe

Stay with me
All I see

Did I say that I need you?
Did I say that I want you?
What if I did and I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me
'cause I come clean

I wonder everyday
As I look upon your face
Everything you gave
And nothing you would take
Nothing you would take
Everything you gave

Did I say that I need you?
Did I say that I want you?
What if I did and I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me
I come clean

Nothing you would take
Everything you gave
Hold me till I die
Meet you on the other side


6.Amongst the Waves

What used to be a house of cards
Has turned into a reservoir
Save the tears that were waterfalling
Let's go swim tonight, darlin'

And once outside the undertow
Just you and me and nothin' more
If not for love I would be drownin
I've seen it work both ways

But I am up
Riding high amongst the waves
I can feel like I
Have a soul that has been saved
I can feel like I've
Put away my early grave
I gotta say it now
Better now than too late

Remember back the early days
When you were young and less amazed
Suddenly the channel changed
the first time you saw blood

Cut to later now you're strong
You've bled yourself the wounds are gone
It's rare when there's nothing wrong
Survive and you're amongst the fittest
Love ain't love until you give it up

Riding high amongst the waves
I can feel like I
Have a soul that has been saved
I can see the light
Coming through the clouds in rays
I gotta say it now
Better now than too late
I gotta say it now
Better now than too late


Riding high amongst the waves
I can feel like I
Have a soul that has been saved
I can see the light
Coming through the clouds in rays
I gotta say it now
Better now than too late
I gotta say it now
Better now than too late


7.Unthought Known

All the thoughts you never see
You are always thinking
Brain is wide, brain is deep
Oh are you sinking?

Feel the path of everyday
Which road you taking?
Breathing hard, making hay
Yeah this is living

Look for love and evidence
That you're worth keeping
Swallowed whole in negatives
It's so sad and sickening

Feel the air up above
Full of blue sky
Fill the air up with love
Black with starlight

Feel the sky blanket you
With with gems and rhinestones
Feel the path cut by the moon
For you to walk on
For you to walk on

Nothing left
Nothing left
Nothing there
Nothing left
Nothing left
Nothing left
Nothing there
Nothing left
Nothing left
Nothing left
Nothing there
Nothing left

See the path cut by the moon
For you to walk on
See the waves on distant shores
Waiting your arrival

Dream the dreams of other men
You'll be no one's rival
Dream the dreams of others then
You will be no one's rival

You will be no one's rival

Distant time, distant space
That's where we're living
A distant time, a distant place
So what are you giving?


8.Supersonic

Yeah...

Yeah, I been dreamin' of gettin' along
Now I'm awake dreamin' keepin' on, keep it up
I test your faith then I punch through the hip
I smile big with a toothless grin, yeah

Supersonic goin' into my soul
I caught the rhythm but ain't got much soul, yeah
Supersonic, truth be told
I don't need you to live to ever let you go, yeah

Yeah...

Yeah, I been thinkin' I already know
Nothin' 'bout nothin' or so I have been told, yeah
I'm not the paper, I'm more like the fold
I cut the crease, put the shit in the hold, yeah

Supersonic goin' into my soul
I caught the rhythm but the clock was slow, yeah
Supersonic, truth be told
I don't need you to live to ever let you go, yeah

Supersonic, gonna feel it now
I need to hear it just to feel it loud, yeah
Supersonic, truth be told
I wanna live my life with the volume full...


Supersonic gonna take my soul
I stopped the rhythm but my god was full, yeah
Supersonic, truth be told
I don't need you to live to ever let you go, yeah

Supersonic, gotta feel it now
I need to hear it, need to feel it loud, yeah
Supersonic, truth be told
I wanna live my life with the volume full, yeah...

Yeah yeah yeah (yeah yeah yeah)
Yeah yeah yeah...


9.Speed of Sound

Yesterdays, How quick they change
All lost and long gone now
Want to remember anything moving at the speed of sound
With the speed of sound

And yet I'm still holdin' tight to this dream of distant light
In that, somehow I'll survive, but this night has been a long
one
Waiting on a sun that just don't come

Can I forgive what I cannot forget
And live a lie?
I could give it one more try

Why deny this, drive inside, just looking for some peace
Every time I get me some it gets the best of me
Not much left, you see

And yet I'm still holdin' tight to this dream of distant light
In that, somehow I'll survive, but this night has been a long
one
Waiting on a word that never comes

A whisper in the dark
Is that you or just my thoughts
I'm wide awake and reaching out

Its gone so quiet now
Could it be I'm farther out
Movin' faster than the speed of sound


10.Force of Nature

Understand she's a force of nature
Contraband hiding deep inside her soul
Exercise in the will to lose control
She lets go

Common man he don't stand a chance no
One to love gonna allow this in the hole
No way to save someone who won't take the rope
And just lets go

One man stands the end of the ocean
A beacon on dry land
Eyes above the horizon
In the dark before the dawn

Hurricane has the trade winds blowing
Gale force shakin windows in the storm
Shipwrecked on the lot that he calls home
With one light on

Somewhere there's a siren singing
A song only he hears
All the strength, you might think
Would disappear resolving

One man stands alone awaiting
For her to come home
Eyes above the horizon
In the dark before the
darkness meets the dawn

Makes me ache
Makes me shake
Is it so wrong to think that
Love can keep us safe?

Last I saw he was out there waiting
Silhouette in the black light full moon glow
In the sand there he stands upon the shore
Forever more

Somewhere there's a siren singing
A song only he hears
All the strength, you might think
Would disappear resolving

One man stands alone awaiting
For her to come home
Eyes are closed, you cannot know
But his heart don't seem to know


11.The End

What were all those dreams
we shared those many years ago,
What were all those plans we made,
now left beside the road.
Behind us in the road.

More than friends, I always pledge,
cuz friends they come and go,
People change as does everything,
I wanted to grow old,
I just want to grow old.

Slide on next to me,
I'm just a human being,
I will take the blame,
but just the same,
this is not me, you see, believe,
I'm better than this
don't leave me so cold,
I'm buried beneath the stones,
I just want to hold on and know
I'm worth your love, and I, don't think,
there's such a thing.

It's my fault now, I've been caught,
a sickness in my bones.
How do you think it is to leave
you here with the kids on your own,
Just don't let me go.

Help me see myself,
Cuz I can no longer tell,
Looking up from inside of the bottom of a well,
it's Hell, I yell, but no one hears before,
I disappear, whisper in my ear.
Give me something to echo in my unknown future,
you see, my dear, the end, comes near,
I'm here, but not much longer.