1.Welcome To Struggleville
Artist：Vigilantes of Love
Song：Welcome to Struggleville
All is quiet on the Western front,
there appears to be a lull.
John and Jane Doe are sleeping well tonight
with the little thoughts inside their skulls.
Salome she's undressed to the nines
although a few pounds fatter.
she's got Pavlov's bells on her ankles and wrists,
she coming at you with her platter.
I stole down to the waterfront
to escape the desert heat.
What on earth you gotta do around here
to try and get yourself a drink
Heard John the Baptist preaching
'Make way for the King,
but if you wanna recognize him,
you gotta tell me all your sins'
They are building a new gallows
for when You show up on the street.
Polishing the electric chair,
they're gonna give You a front row seat.
Heard a sneer outside the garden;
salutation so well-heeled：
'Welcome all you suckers to Struggleville'
I've been trying to negotiate peace
with my own existence.
She's gotta stockpile full of weaponry;
she breaking every cease-fire agreement.
Whole thing is full of decay
just as sure as I'm made of dust,
and into rust I know the beast is falling.
They are building a new gallows
for when You show up on the street.
Polishing the electric chair,
they're gonna give You a front row seat.
Heard a sneer outside the garden;
salutation so well-heeled：
'Final Stop! No points beyond Struggleville,
Welcome all you suckers to Struggleville'
In the hole from the beginning／wherever
Truth shows up, it'll go on the chopping block.
Note： Inspired by Edward Knippers' painting, 'The Prize'
(Salome with the head of John the Baptist)
2.Love Cocoon (Slow Dark Train Version)
Lyricist：Mallonee Bill
Honey, I wanna attack your flesh with abandon
I wanna look for your fruits, I wanna put my hands on them
Pump up the thermostat beneath your skin
I wanna uncover your swimming hole and dive right in
I'm a moth when I fly to the light of my doom
You wrap me up in your love, love cocoon
There's an explosion of grace dripping in my bed
Is it somewhere else？ Is it in my head？
Is it weak and tender？ Is it rough and ready？
Is it fragile and delicate？ Is it rock hard and steady？
Now the world keeps on banging and they come and go
It's just a part of their scenery, a part of their show
But I got this wedding band wrapped around my finger
Honey, I'll be your poet, your gunslinger
Some call it freedom, some call it shackle
Honey, let's get together
And build a tabernacle of holy flesh and holy mirth
Let's take what's coming and enjoy every inch worth
Now the world keeps on banging
They come and go
It's just a part of their scenery
A part of their show
3.Watching The Moonlight
Lyricist：Mallonee Bill
I've been watching the moonlight
Slow caress your face
I seen it flicker and draw back
In the presence of your grace
I've been watching the moonlight
Steal across your lips
And you must have whispered His name
'Cause I know I tightened my grip
I've been watching the moonlight
Rake across your brow
And the secrets that you kept there
Spilled out on the ground
4.Bolt Action
Lyricist：Mallonee Bill
Man at the crossroads
With a voice of anticipation
He's playing Elmore James
And reciting Lamentations
I am one, I am two
To whom the stroke was due
Up here in this tower for 48 hours
Without food or drink or water
Maybe I oughta
Try to remind yourself
Tell yourself it doesn't really matter
Why are my lips so blue？
My pulse ever getting shallow
Didn't hurt？ Whatever do you mean？
Didn't feel a thing
I know I can hear it, if the truth be told
Step right up and pop this trip wire soul
My bolt action, my dissatisfaction
5.Thorn In Your Flesh
Lyricist：Mallonee Bill
Darling, better mend your ways
And mark this word so well
Darling, better mend your ways
Beware the gates of hell
Let me put it all quite bluntly
Let me be most direct
Be the rose you'd love to hold
And the thorn that's in your flesh
Mister, better mend your ways
The time is growing near
The analysts keep talking
While their hearts fail for fear
It's taking inventory of the things
That you respect
Find the rose you'd love to hold
And the thorn that's in your flesh
Children's cries are never heard
By the needle or the knife
I swear, I heard their voices
On the other side of life
Shall we expose this wisdom
To the elements for a test？
Show the rose you'd love to hold
And the thorn that's in your flesh
Prisons and the jail houses
Of this worthless currency
Brick by brick dismantled
By the truth that sets one free
Thrust your hand inside the wound
It's there for you to inspect
Find the rose you'd love to hold
And the thorn that's in your flesh
6.Flames Of Hell
Lyricist：Mallonee Bill
I feel the flames of hell licking 'round my feet
There's a man over there just dying to meet me
I feel the flames of hell licking 'round my shins
I'm face to face with all my might have beens, child
I feel the flames of hell licking 'round my waist
Everything I do is so distasteful
I feel the flames of hell licking 'round my chest
I've been victimized by my need to impress you
Oh, Johnny, impress me
I feel the flames of hell licking 'round my head
Is Jesus coming back to judge the quick and the dead soon？
Ah, this stuff I bought
I thought it was jewelry
Ah, Jesus, this stuff I bought
I thought it was jewelry
I thought this stuff I bought was jewelry
But I believe you tied to take the chains off of me
There's a gospel train leaving on track 99
Come on aboard
Don't be left behind
7.Take No Prisoners
Lyricist：Russell Donald Freeman
Here come lonely days
It's like taps being cut off
On Saturday night
Here come lonely days
I've been wishing that
I wasn't such a parasite
I dialed your number 20 times
And I know that it ain't wrong
Lately it occurs to me
This time you're really gone
I'm so lonely
Here come lonely nights
I've been sending out distress signals
Morse code and the light
Here come lonely nights
This bed's become an ocean
And there is no land in sight
Suddenly it dawns on me
This time you're really gone
You know all my secrets
You know all my crimes
My degree of treason
And my sick state of mind
But your love is like a cannon
Ripping through the dark
Once I used to stagger
Now I've learned to walk
And I'm so lonely
Jesus, Jesus
It's my hour of pretense
I pray it would be followed by
Heartfelt repentance
My cranium's a battle zone
Break on through the compound
And take no prisoners
Lately it occurs to me that
You were never gone
When I'm lonely
8.Songs On The Radio
Lyricist：Mallonee Bill
Pardon my imposition
And the slurred speech on my tongue
But I couldn't help but notice you were looking
For ruins to hide among
See, I've tried on all these faces
To see if they might fit
I've tried to mumble phrases
But I'm tripping over it
The songs on the radio just suck
I'm afraid
It is my turn to drive
And I can barely stay awake
Hazardous conditions
The pavement is wet
I've got an 18 wheeler future
Breathing down my neck
And the bridge is icing over
And the brakes are shot to hell
And the voice on the radio says
'Here comes the '60s'
They were arguing the merits
Of Freud and Darwin on MTV
Oh, the things they foist upon men's minds
In the blessed name of free inquiry
Buy stock in psychiatric hospitals
Soon there'll be no vacancy
If they see no one's at home out there
Then someone else has got to fill that need
The songs on the radio still suck
I'm afraid
It is my turn to drive
And I can barely stay awake
I need someone tonight
My condition
I need someone tonight
You have got my permission
Now when a need is nonexistent
You've got to create desire
Eastern Europe is
The most likely buyer
They've been dying for it
Crying for it ever since the wall
For syringes, porn, designer drugs
Orgasms and shopping malls
Won't you pardon my imposition
And my lack of tact and flair？
I was looking for salvation
I was hoping you might tell me where
I can smell it on your breath
Smell it on your hair
I can almost reach and grasp it
But my vision is so impaired
'Cos there's dung on the airwaves
As far as I can see
As far as the ear can hear
In the 1990s
9.Drunk On The Tears
Lyricist：Mallonee Bill
I been eating
The fare of the wicked men
Under the guise
Of sophistication
It's poisoned my senses
And my sight needs correction
It's bad for my bowels
And my general complexion
It's been my staple
For so many years
It's hard to taste the wine
When you're drunk on the tears
Hey, we got new ways
To treat the soul
That succumbs
Electroshock and Valium
The 20th century
You don't need salvation
We got chemists dedicated
To your recreation
Nicole works the streets
For 12 hours a day
She don't charge much
For what she'll trade away
In a few short years
Her business will fade
That's what happens
With the tools of the trade
Jim and Tammy
And Reverend Swaggart
They don't look like Jesus
And they're a whole lot fatter
Don't miss the truth
For a stupid sideshow
Don't confuse the cup
With the contents it holds
God, I need a drink
And I need one fast
Make it a strong one
One that'll last
Have You got anything
That's been selling brisk
For a soul diagnosed
At a terminal risk？
Jesus, lover of my soul
Let me to Thy bosom fly
I'm so weak, and I'm so cold
And the lambs in the West
So speedily die
Alibis roll off my tongue
I'm looking for ruins to hide among
I got a soul piled high to excess
With the wonderfully useless
And the frivolous
The praise due
Your name evades my lips
There's no helping hand
On my fingertips
I used to be someone
Now I'm not worth a shit
I got a truckload of things
I'm trying to forget
Since back in the garden
On the first page
Something about the cradle
To the grave
The promise is broken
More promises made
All in the image
I've so defaced
Played out
On the pages of history
Dripping in blood
That flows from a tree
Where the Father and Son
Part company
Come back together
For you and me
I don't know why You did it
What was Your motivation？
Crucifixion's not
A cool sensation
You had something to say
And You started to speak
The cross is the place
For Your coronation speech
10.As Big As Christ
Lyricist：Mallonee Bill
Gotta get out of here before the rain comes in
Even though you swear up and down you're my friend
Parting won't be sweet, sweet sorrow
Thank God I won't have to wake up with you tomorrow
In the middle of this long, drawn-out session
In the middle of your gathering depression
Pardon me if I interpose a question
Big as Christ smaller than your life
I don't know why I feel such great dissatisfaction
Maybe I don't stand in the place where
I work and take affirmative action
Baby, when I sleep around, it's a come-and-go reaction
I've been victimized, hypnotized by the latest distraction
See, I have no motivation
I have not any drive, I've got no hunger
Fascination with the higher things in life
Friends say they're so happy
Friends say they're well-fed
They're well-drugged and laid and entertained
So beautiful and deadly boring
Can't you see the landmines
So well-placed underneath the skin？
Set to go off in your face
How can I hear Your voice with the noise in my head？
All the clamor for attention from the dying and the dead
Hey, can I come in my chains？
Can I come empty-handed？
Can I come empty-hearted？
You say you demand it
I lie to myself, it's long overdue
Try to make myself believe the truth isn't true
Big as Christ
Smaller than my life
11.Words Of Love Spoken
Lyricist：Mallonee Bill
We were sitting at the bar
Finishing our last drink
Talking like mature adults
And hormones did their thing
Run my hand under your dress
And gently squeeze your thigh
You're wearing my wedding ring
I don't need an alibi
Now I know that cathode ray
Lies and steals
It pays no attention
To the way that you feel
And I will pray without ceasing
I will play while unleashing
Sanities and the vanities
And the empty keep reaching
Hope to be brutal
As I examine every motive
I will strain my soul
To hear the words of love spoken
Honey, I've got visions of your flesh
And more rolling around my brain
Hear angel voice choruses
Around each and every bend
When I come to you
With my bleeding little heart in my hand
Tough time getting it off my sleeve
But I knew you'd understand
Now I know that asphalt highway
Lies and steals
It pays no attention
To the way that you feel
I am stricken with malaise
I am smitten with the vapors
It defies all known description
Every current nomenclature
Given to excesses
Gross exaggerations
Manifold weaknesses
And diverse temptation
Now I know that James Earl Ray
Lies and steals
It pays no attention
To the way that you feel
12.Hang On Every Word
Feelings in reverse
Now I hang on
Every word from you
Too fast on the curve
Now I'm straining
Every nerve come through
You can only play the victim
Just a short amount of time
Your own wounds
You'll have to lick 'em
'Til the ambulance arrives
Given all I've heard
Hang on every word
I hang
Hanging by a thread
Walking here among the dead
Pleased to meet you
What's with my chemistry？
My fallenness that strangles me
What am I crawling towards？
You can only play the hero
'Til your mask begins to slip
And the fist on your bravado
Starts to lose its sacred grip
Wife asked the other day
'Where's your joy？
Did it slip away？'
I could say nothing
Even though I am a son
How quickly I've forgotten
But I'm yearning
You can only play the star
'Til the real truth comes to light
All those hungry tabloids
Got you in the check out line overnight
13.Willingly
Watch the sun play on your hair
As we stare across the fields of nurture
Weeds that grow up in my heart
Now I will start to pull them by the roots
Yeah, consider my last remark
Don't leave me out here in the dark
Where I go
A stone cast in the undertow
Where I go willingly
Hold the promise bright and sure
Keep your heart pure as the shovel turns the earth
Elements will have their say
Grace, hope and pain tended faithfully
Yeah, circumscribe my last remark
Carve it deep down into my heart
Where I go
A stone cast in the undertow
Steel yourself against the night
In desperate times, men will do their desperate deeds
Just before the sky's erased
I see your face all over the fields of nurture
Yeah, big kiss for everyone
I grab you and try to hold on
'Cause I know I jump into the undertow
14.Cold Ground
Well, headlights kick the darkness
Of some back road of Alabama
This time there'll be no news team
No AP or UPI cameras
Well, car door opens
He's kicked to the ground
No one's gonna hear
Those hideous sounds
It's a long time waiting 'til the justice kicks in
I wanna work for my wife and pray for my kids
Leave this world a little better than I found
Oh, in the cold ground
Yes, legislation won't change
Hell's march in human hearts
It's been such a long time
Since I've seen the Spirit moving
Around these parts
Now from the blood
Of Abel under the earth
Crying to the Lord
Every drop screaming worth
There's a man in the field with a bullhorn
And a sixth grade education
And he's feeding us all his twisted ideas
Of some kind of race relations
He's got his finger on the trigger
He's been known to use it
He's got his boot in my gut
Lord, I'm sweating bullets
15.Black Crow
If you can do anything with this
Well, if not, I don't blame you
I'm all over the pavement
And here is the remainder
Black crow, yellow sky
Red eyed raven on a telegraph line
Your rabbit's foot got left behind
And here is the remainder
I'm breaking down
I thank God there's no one around
To see me when I get like this
Don't tell a soul about my predicament
Yes, I've got no credentials falsified my reports
Altered my appearance on the passport
Your honor, this leg is hard to stand on
It's been giving me nothing but grief and yes
I dwell in this wreckage but the rent is cheap
Earth and sky will soon wear out
Your words will not decay
You come with glorious shout
And the tears are wiped away
Thought I killed the sin of pride
A hundred rounds I must have spent
Now everywhere I turn my eyes
I'm all over the pavement
Whispers from the furnace
Offers a disclaimer
Justifies every falsehood
And hands you the remainder
16.Taking On Water
Yes, you're a big ship loaded down
With a whole lot of baggage and freight
And life's a luxury liner
Cutting through each circumstance and wave
Now the cold icy waters
Have sent the captain with his bottle off to bed
The temperature's dropping
Radio is dead
Taking on water, going down fast
Yes, under the breakers, send an SOS
Tell all the passengers to spend what they wanna
Taking on water
Call it catastrophe
Or the hand of the Good Lord reaching through
Call it a tragedy
But there will be no last minute interviews
Got to be a bit heavy handed
When you're swimming in the shark infested seas
Yeah, to get my attention off my treason and mutiny
Yeah, call me irresponsible
Baby, call me undeniably true
Well, at least for the moment
When I first set my eyes on you
Got a big hole in a small heart
Asking you, no, begging you to fill
Gonna take some radical surgery
But you know my nasty will
17.Tokyo Rose
Well, am I defecting？ Well, I don't know
I fell under the spell of Tokyo Rose
All those hot nights in the jungle
With the rockets' red glare
I heard all of those bombs, they were everywhere
Come and check out my condition
Honey, I'm in love with your transmission
I waited up for you every night
I hear your voice, and the jungle's bright
I once bought a magic marker
The kind with permanent ink
I wrote down all my bad thoughts
I got them all, I think
In every bathroom stall
On every vacant wall
Highly classified information
I exposed it all
Everybody wants to be unopposed
We leave the straight and narrow
For the lowest of roads
We all need somebody to lie to us, I suppose
That's why everybody needs Tokyo Rose
18.Judas Skin
What is it you need to hear？
It's on your lips and in your ears
If too much static or unclear
Still he holds you dearly
Hound of heaven on your trail
Keen sense of direction and smell
Knows your need before you do
And when you bleed, he does too
On my own again
On my slow dark train
How is it I am found
In my Judas skin spinning down？
What is it you need to know？
You don't already understand？
When you offer me a drink
I just keep you at arm's length
What is it that I fear？
Why is it I don't trust？
When hiding out becomes career
What am I covering up？
What is it you need to find？
Love your spirit working overtime
And when I come out of this spin
And I see you're still my friend
19.Bitter Price To Pay
Some are painting on the canvas to show the way they feel
Some are filling up notebooks to tell the same ordeal
I could walk through the door but the truth gets in the way
And yours is a bitter price to pay
Some are talking on the radio through a satellite dish
Beaming to my front lawn every dream
And wish I put a bullet through my TV at point-blank range
And yours is a bitter price to pay
Now, I know I'm a bad man got no leg to stand on
Laying down my alibis
Laying down my guns, got blood on my hands
And oh, by the way, yours is a bitter price to pay
I been taking out the trash of my twisted little heart
It was long overdue but I was coming apart
You're the life of the party, you got nothing to say
But yours is a bitter price to pay
20.All The Mercy We Have Found
Gotta keep a sharp eye on your heart
And the company it keeps
You know the spirit is willing
But the flesh is weak
These days, people swallow about anything
To relieve their starvation
I see a whole lot of ghosts
On the day of their capitulation
Think about my ship aground
All of the people I let down
Yes, and the mercy we have found
I'm not saying my hands are clean
Lord knows my guilt and I'm not faultless
I've numbered, addressed and confessed
These skeletons in my closet
Ah, please draw near, would you bathe and caress
These equal parts, faith and hopelessness？
Equal parts joy and gloom
All wrapped up inside this empty tomb
If you borrow heavily
From a thief in an effort to save
What you spend on your false self
You've got the devil to pay
21.Facsimile
Yeah, they're closing down the line, it's almost quitting time
Plotting their next crime as the evening descends
It's amazing what you'll sell when you're not doing all that
well
The stories you'll tell to make you a friend
Yeah, you worry about your looks
And from the magazines and books, you get a chic little hook
(If you've got the wealth)
It's amazing what you'll buy if you think last chance went buy
You weave a new set of lines to cover yourself
'Cause love is just a plea at the deepest point of need
We take the reasonable facsimile most of the time
Ah, sure you'll take the risk
But then scanty evidence can be used against you at any old time
They'll read you your rights in the heat of the night
What you thought you held so tight slips right through your
hands
There's been a raging debate as of late and a storm of
controversy
As faith pins her corsage on Easter morning's new mercy
We know the terrain well, but you kicked down the gates of hell
Prison cell's open, threw away the key
Yeah, dragging out of bed, got a big noise all in your head
Living and the dead run in the clear light of day
It's amazing, what you sold always leaves you feeling old
Less water and more coal to try to make your way
22.Locust Years
Here's one more raw emotion to contend with
One last bullet to defend the fort with
I was drowning in complacency's cheap perfume
Licking my wounds
One more specimen, one with real potential
If the suit fits, well, you're looking quite presidential
I picked your face out of some police photos
Steps of the wicked overthrown
Come have your way with me
There's nothing left to see
Salome's overweight, she broke Jacob's ladder
Where the corpse is, honey, you know the vultures gather
Yes, I'd always been taught that love was worth keeping
The truth worth believing
23.Version Of The Truth
Spend your life, search the world over
Jump headfirst into your savage disorder
Scratch your head after every wrong choice
Lose your life trying to find your voice
Front porch when the storm came through
Took down some trees tore off some roofs
Exposed all my grubby little roots
Hurricane force, I've seen the proof
Fist too tight, tongue too loose
Up on my soapbox with my poor excuse
Everybody's got their version of the truth
Record business, nothing to regret
Only sales projections and figures not met
Hear you did something for me long ago
Well, what was your name again and how much do I owe you？
24.Points Of My Departure
I know a man who wept a song about a mess he'd made
Bound up by the lashes of denying
You know the chasm between what's done and said
But you can't blame a man for trying
Come to me like when the rain falls
Like the arrows from the archer
Let the wind behind the stars call me
From the points of my departure
Happens to the best of us these inconvenient things
Happens to the rogues, the kings and queens
The heart has its poison she keeps hidden away
'Til someone holds it up to the clear light of day
The drowning know they're sinking
The dead know they're not breathing
And I will take this song and be forever grateful
At least as much as I am able
Come to me
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