1.Riot
The dark and stormy clouds of rage came rumbling in
And the city burn a blaze so bright the night resembled morning
There was vengeance in their eyes as their voices pierced the
silence
The city smelled of chaos and the news reported Riot (Riot Riot
Riot!)
Drop the routine and go
The common consensus down every single road
One a looting next a shooting... it left you wondering what's
next？
The city burned a blaze because of mans ignorance
We took a stand (but were we as one)
We made demands (based on opinions)
So here we stand (in our waste land)
Back where we began
Too much power made the human greed
The milk is sour and we're still in need
Eleventh hour let the blind man see
That we're back where we began I said were back where we began!
Riot, Riot, Riot (4x)
From the cold concrete ruins came the echoed cry
As the morning broke so did the sky
To reveal the seal that had been broke
The past the present the future..a joke
I saw the market place I saw my house
I saw the school yard, park, windows broken out
Under a brand new day, a brand new sun
I stood amongst the chaos...god what have we done？
(Chorus)
Oh my god what have we done
We waged a war that can't be won (2x)
And now we're back where we began
Riot, Riot, Riot (4x)
2.Never Forget
I've watched the good times come and go so fast
I remember the first time we met
How it felt ... to share a laugh and not feel alone
Thinking back on those days brings a smile to my face
A warmth in my heart, a pleasant escape
Memories like a puzzle, helping us reconnect
This life's long learned lesson I will never regret
Oh These Days...
These days I will never forget
Never forget... (Ohhh) These days
I will never forget...
These days I will never forget
Scattered torn tattered photographs litter on my bedroom floor
I've read and re-read the letters
We wrote... Ten billion times each one memorized
As the days fade and pass as the months turn to years
As we grow our own ways... as we laugh and she'd tears
As we struggle, rejoice, make mistakes, come correct
Each life's long learned lesson we should never regret
(Chorus)
Take your time...Never forget
Where you come from...never regret (2x)
These days, these days I will never forget
(Chorus)
3.John Doe
There was this wise man I once knew
Who lived down my street a block or 2
In a back alley where the autumn leaves blew
A simple man with a heart so true
John Doe was a quiet man, who kept to himself and lived off the
land
He panned his living with a rusty tin can
Been living off the streets since Vietnam
When Johnny came marching home
From the Vietnam war he was alone
Slapped with a label, he hid his face, the nightmare of war
Was one he couldnæ° erase, when Johnny came marching home
(he said) I canæ° let go, I canæ° forget
25 years later, that smell I still remember
As I watched so many young men lose their lives, on that
battlefield
To Vietnam they sent us barely, old enough they placed us
On the front lines in a land we had no placeå'e had no place!!!
On the day I left that battlefield, I might as well have died
Because nothing in my life this far, has ever felt quite right
And each and everyday I try to pick the pieces up
But the pieces never seem to fit, the pain becomes too much
It's hard to describe, so hard to relate, it's hard letting go
When you can't escape
To think that when we came home our country turned it's back
And labeled us all murderers, spit on us, spit on us and laughed
He spoke with such convicting words, I felt like I was there
A simple frail and shattered soul, the soldier never dies he
sang
I thought about how it must feel to watch all your friends die
So far away so far from home, fighting wars we had no place!
4.Battle On
He hangs his flyers on the wall, religiously, his efforts so
small
It doesn't matter even though
Punk rock is his life he has got nothing to show for it
He sits stuck in a daydream, everything sucks, the music the
scene
The people, his friends, everything has changed
He battles on remaining the same
Here's to you, who battle through
Battle on, battle on! (2x)
He watched it rise, he watched it fall
Stabbed in the back by the ones he used to call his friends, the
trends
Must have brainwashed their minds
His life has gone full circle, his struggle forged and refined
Defined his crime he stood true, with his heart while the others
Dropped their fist, he fought so it wouldn't fall apart
Oh this battle, this struggle, most will never comprehend
For he'll battle on till the very end
(Chorus 2x)
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