Deliver Me From Blue
Is she just another girl
with another pretty face;
or a temporary memory
that i just can't erase?
There's so many that
i meet; wish i could love them all,
but they just pass
by on the street or drift on down the hall.
Chorus:
Take me to heaven;
take me to hell;
take me there and
back and love me just as well.
I don't care what
you do, 'cause i'm in love with you.
Take me away; deliver
me from blue.
An endless line of
faces; perfume and shining earrings;
can't see the forest
for the trees; can't even find a clearing.
Is she just another
toss of hair; another lovely leg?
The more i say i just
don't care, the more i seem to beg.
Is she just another
whisper; another killer smile;
an assassin dressed
in satin; just to take me down in style?
A whisp of hair and
sweet shampoo; i'm in love with you.
Won't you kiss me
once or twice and leave me lost and blue?
Oh, i don't know what
to do; i don't know what to say.
They just leave me
lost and blue and then they go away.
Do they even care
if i live or don't?
Do they even notice
me? I guess i'll never know.
My Clock Ticks For You
Sheri, Sheri,
you are so very
pretty/brazen/sweet/fly
Sheri, Sheri,
you are so very
fine/amazin'/neat/high.
Chorus:
My clock ticks for you;
got rocks in my shoes.
Your box trips a wire
and it knocks out my blues.
I talk, talk to you,
like I got something new;
I can't quench the fire
when you walk like you do.
Bridge:
My socks fell down
into my shoes
that day you rocked
my world with the
news; the day you
kissed me and I
heard the music
go off in my head.
My Heart's
In Your Hands
I ran into the girl i love just the other day.
She said she had moved in with him; we didn't have much
to say.
she smiled and said how good it was to see me;
but how good could it be if she never calls me back.
Chorus:
I'll hold your hand.
I'll understand.
I'll even give all my songs to the band,
but this one is yours;
i did the best that i can;
'cause you're in my heart
and my heart's in your hands
Now i don't have her number or her address anymore.
I can't just stop by casually and knock on her door.
When i think of her with him it crushes my heart.
I want to show how much i love her
but i don't know where to start.
She is just a waitress but she makes me cry.
I can't stand to be away from her and i don't know why.
She is so beautiful; she's got class and style.
If i can't kess her, maybe i can make her smile.
Sittin' here singing' about you don't do no good.
I never seem to call you but i wish i would.
I'd leave it up to God if i really believed
that if i just sat here you'd marry me.
Can't you tell i love you but you won't know what to do?
Won't you call me up and let me listen to you?
The sound of your voice is the most beautiful sound.
Why don't you answer me? Please come around.
Bridge:
Because of your smile i get up in the morning.
Because of your style i can sleep at night.
If you didn't care i would feel so blue.
If you weren't out there i would still be yearning for
you.
Bedbug (U.C. Lover)
I'm a lover undercover;
my identity's a secret.
If i tell her, i might lose her love;
this way i get to keep it,
and i know that she loves me;
she just doesn't know it yet.
If i tell her, she might laugh
but that's a chance she'll never get.
Chorus:
I'm too afraid to take the chance
and so i'll sit and cry.
The tears that fall would rather dance,
but they'll just roll on by.
I'll cry myself to sleep again;
night is drawing nigh;
while somewhere blissful lovers kiss
beneath the starry sky
If i can keep it quiet
(i'm too afraid to show it),
i'll love her always in my dreams
and she will never know it;
so i'll just sit and watch
and hope she'll notice me.
At least i know that in my mind
our love will always be.
She walks around oblivious;
someone better warn her,
and tell her not to break my heart
while i hide in the corner.
If i never tell her,
she won't know what she's missing;
but i long ever day to touch
those lips that i'm not kissing.
Bridge:
I've confessed my love inside my mind
a hundred thousand times.
If only she could read and see
the love that's in these rhymes.
Come True
As beautiful as an angel;
as soothing as the light.
Mysterious as a stranger;
just passing in the night.
Misty morning dances
taking chances
laugh beneath the trees
deep in a forest in the land of love
awash with falling leaves.
Chorus:
Come true; come true;
i’m in love with you.
Won’t you kiss me in my sleep
and wake my dreams from blue?
Wake me at the dawn of time,
with earth’s first sleepy morning dew;
when laughter was a distant dream,
i fell in love with you.
A wind that whispers nothing
crescendoes to a chorus;
a soothing breeze
that moves the leaves
and trembles through the forest.
Gentle creatures shyly peering,
listening for the sound;
for the glory of a princess;
to see the queen of beauty crowned.
Bridge:
Whether you are real is a mystery,
but the way i feel, you're my destiny.
What the future will reveal,
i can't conceive,
but the gel will congeal
if you just believe.
Undaunted, rushing past me,
runs the sound of tiny feet;
to find the crowning glory
of the love they long to meet.
She gazes at the flowers,
smiling brightly by the stream;
and stops to touch the petals
of my heart, and wake the dream.
Just Wanna Rock(, Dammit)
Come in here, please and slap my cheek;
been sleeping way too much this week.
I need a kick and i need it fast.
I hope these lazy blues don't last.
Chorus:
The door stays shut unless i knock.
I've got the strength to break the lock.
I want to move but i'm still talking.
Really, i just wanna rock
My speedboat's running at the dock.
I'm tied up in the starting block.
I want to run but i'm still walking.
Really; i just wanna rock.
Am i weak or am i strong?
The road to fame takes way too long.
If i can't get up off the floor,
i'll never make it through that door.
This stupid job i do all day
is bullshit, but at least i'm paid.
I just can't take it anymore.
Can't stay awake when i'm so bored.
Bridge:
I just wanna rock.
I just wanna roll.
I wanna bring the house down;
i wanna steal the show.
I wanna blow you away from the top of the bill,
I came to play, and baby you know i will.
I know that i'm as smart as hell.
got no experience- oh, well!
The world's my oyster; i'm a pearl
trapped in the darkness of my shell.
Nina
Nina, Nina, Nina;
she's my cardio cantina;
the libation of my heart.
Oh, the vibrations that she starts;
the liberation of a nation
of elation torn apart.
Through a war i cannot lose
into the party that she started;
it's her love so true;
she frees me from the blues.
Chorus:
I love Nina
I love Nina
Nina, Nina, Nina;
she's my bedtime ballerina;
gives new meaning to the term
"race relations"; makes me
squirm in jubilation.
Shining through the time that's blue,
dancing shoes tap to the music;
i will lose it to her fancy
when she dances with me
truly frees me from the blues.
Nina, Nina, Nina;
she's my sunny day marina.
We'll sail away upon the sea;
into the sunset, her and me.
The sun will shine for her so fine;
so soft and warm, must be divine.
From grapes of gold, no sweeter wine
has ever come to blow my mind.
I love her so;
if i am hers, she's mine.
Bridge:
Nina, Nina, Nina:
she's my rock and roll arena;
i'll turn her up, 'til she won't go
any higher, then i'll blow
her amplifier.
Rock
When i wake up and down and out
i hear the humming, humming.
When i go into town i hear the
drumming, drumming, drumming.
The music's playing louder,
in my head it's getting louder.
Inside i hear the crowd,
they're shouting "more!"
it's getting louder.
Banging 'round inside my head,
the screaming sound that
knocks me dead
crescendoes to a volume
so obscene and so unreal
that my ears have bled
but not before my head explodes
and turns the world
into shades of red.
Can't stamp me out, i'll scream and shout;
not one of you can stop me.
My battered brain remains unchained;
the blues will always rock me.
Can't strap me down or make me frown,
not ever, now or never.
Unbound, i'll always be around;
i'll rock your world forever.
Chorus:
Rock
Rock
Rock and roll
Rock
Rock
Rock and roll
It's a sin to hold it in;
suffer not in silence.
The overload that will explode
will wreck you with a violence.
Don't hesitate, or it's too late;
don't let anyone stop you.
Before they raise the parking rate;
shout it- "i will rock you!"
Bridge:
All hail the fanfare,
the rock and roll.
All hail the night gale,
the rock and roll.
All hail the fanfare;
all hail the king.
Feel for the freedom and
let it ring.
To please the crowd, appease them now;
oh, and how they rock.
This rock and roll that's in our soul,
it screams aloud in shock.
From a nightmare to a dream,
the sweet release will break the lock.
From in the dream, the minions scream;
the hordes, they holler, "Rock!"
Don't Jump The Gun
(Hold Your Fire)
I might try too hard, but it ain't that easy.
I might move too fast, but i can't slow down.
Faster than a speeding bullet flying high off the ground;
but i can't leap tall buildings in a single bound.
Chorus:
Don't jump the gun or it might go off.
She might be the one or she might not.
If your aim is true, set her in your sights,
but hold your fire until it's right.
I got all excited when i saw the loot;
drew too fast and shot myself in the foot.
Instead of ringing her bell, i tried a drive-by shooting;
knocked down the door and lost the booty.
I'm a freelance man, i'm a gun for hire,
but i don't get loaded 'til i'm ready to fire;
'cause i shoot, shoot, shoot to kill,
but i don't jump the gun and i don't botch the thrill.
Lookin' Down
Didn't mean to fall in love
Didn't mean to lose my heart
Didn't mean to call her bluff
Didn't mean to fall apart
Now i'm crumblin'
and mumblin';
think i'm losin' my head.
Please don't pull the trigger
and shoot me full of lead.
Chorus:
I'm looking down the barrel of a loaded gun.
It just don't seem fair, when she's my only one.
I wasn't lookin' for trouble, was just lookin' for fun;
now i'm looking down the barrel of a loaded gun.
You opened up my heart, and i fell in.
Drop that grenade, now; don't pull the pin!
Please don't pull the trigger and blow me away.
Together we can figure out a better way.
What can i do to get you to surrender,
and turn you from a murderess into a mender?
They didn't warn me that you were armed and dangerous;
a regular army; an airborne rangeress.
I'm a prisoner of war in the Geneva convention.
Don't want to be a casualty; an honorable mention;
a footnote in the history of your long and lonely life;
i'd rather be the mister(y), and you my only wife.
Bridge:
A casualty of love caught in the crossfire of emotion
blown away one stormy day; another love explosion.
It's a jungle there, so just beware; they don't play
by the rules.
If all is fair in love and war, why do i always lose?
Fate
Fate,
how can you be so cruel
to take away my whole world;
to take my life away from me? Oh, you;
don’t you ever wish you had a heart
like mine, like ours,
so you could feel love, too?
But pain’s there too,
when you’re feeling blue,
there’s emptiness in everything you do.
Chorus:
You
Fool
Simple twist,
the fickle fist
of fate
Fate,
how can you be so cold
to let us all grow old?
And though the truth be told,
so hard to hold onto…
When all the love that longs to last
has come to pass,
we hope that love will last.
We know we need to know,
we’ve got to let it go,
but will we see in time to save our soul?
Fate,
how can you be so blind
to feeling so unkind,
the way you blow my mind all the time?
And so I live my life in pantomime
and try to find
the rhythm and the rhyme.
The rhythm and the rhyme,
so elusive, so divine;
the fight to find the truth in our own time
Fate,
how can you be so sure,
to let us all endure?
We’ll never find a cure for your lure.
Without a thought to us, your wanderlust
thrives, imbibes,
and laughs while we cry.
Then that wonderful surprise
will steal across the sky,
but still it seems we’re never satisfied
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Don't You Want Your
Own?
You didn’t have enough
so you took out a loan.
He told you he loved you
and he bought you a stone.
You know he is hers
but you won’t leave him alone.
Don’t you want someone that’s yours?
Don’t you want your own?
Someday he’ll leave her
and come stay with you?
Of course he would say that,
what else would he do?
His children are wondering
why Daddy’s not home.
He’s out with some poor thing
who can’t find her own.
Chorus:
Don’t you want your own,
to have and to hold,
to keep you warm
when the nights are cold;
for worse and for better,
through thick and thin,
through the stormy weather
‘til the better end;
to love and to honor,
‘til death to you part,
from this day forward;
one hand, one heart?
Won’t you find yourself a friend
when you find yourself alone?
Won’t you find someone that’s yours?
Don’t you want your own?
He’s got the best of both worlds;
the hugs and the kissing.
She’s got his kids
and all the things that you’re missing.
What are you thinking
while you sit there alone?
How nice your life would be
if you had your own.
How can you love someone
who won’t be true?
You know the way he treats her
is the way he’ll treat you.
If you love him make him leave her, first;
but make sure you’re sure.
Don’t be surprised to find
he won’t come back anymore.
Bridge:
If you don’t believe in yourself,
you’ll have to take what you get;
so don’t settle for less,
don’t give up yet.
There’s someone for you;
someone else who’s alone.
When you find love together,
then you’ll have your own.
Livin' In The
Riddle
As long as that tape keeps rolling,
i’ll keep singing the blues.
As long as time goes strolling along,
i’ll be wearing out shoes;
walking down the sidewalk,
rocking down the road;
just trying to get where i’m supposed to be.
Chorus:
I don’t mind doing my time;
i’ll squeeze a little lovin’ in the middle.
Just trying to find some peace of mind
while i do a little livin’ in the riddle.
As long as that camera keeps rolling,
i’ll keep doing my part.
As long as time goes strolling along,
i’ll be true to my heart;
reading each scene
from a script i’ve never seen;
just trying to see who i’m supposed to be.
Bridge:
I don't mind at all
when my back's up against the wall;
if I can't figure out what it's all about,
i just walk on down the hall.
As long as that spotlight’s shining,
i’ll keep dancing away.
As long as that clock keeps winding around,
i’ll be facing the day;
repeating the routine;
sleeping in between;
just trying to be who i’m supposed to be.
Oh, Judy
Oh, Judy;
ever since you sat behind me in the movies,
i've been feelin' so fine and so groovy.
Meet me at the love-in and we'll do some lovey dovin',
make a pie in the sky; gitchee-goo me.
Chorus:
Judy, so fine, will you ever be mine?
Guess i'm gonna have to stand in line.
Don't leave me holding my own like a rolling stone
oh, Judy.
Oh Judy, so fine, always loose in my mind,
If i have to keep this up, i'll go blind.
Don't send me out on the run with a smokin' gun,
oh, Judy.
Oh, Judy;
ever since you sat behind me in that class,
i just couldn't stop looking at your...lashes;
so long and so sweet. When you walk down the street,
all the guys whistle as you pass.
Oh, Judy;
when i see you walking down the hall,
i can't think of anything at all
to say to you tonight. Will you be my wife,
or at least hang out at the mall with me?
In an Angel's
Little Hand
Mesmerized , by those eyes that took me by suprise;
those laughing eyes that smile so high;
too bright to light the sky.
The highlight of my life to see;
a high life's promise rendered;
released from soothing has-been jazz;
turned into a contender
Chorus:
A butterfly in paradise in love's ecstatic throes;
a fairy tale without a price, so as the story goes,
comes true and frees a dreamer, released from never land,
into always and forever, in an angel's little hand.
Ever joyous, as a clown; the sunshine turns a frown
into a smile, and never seen; a sun that burns so brown.
Eyelash brushes silky cheek; a tender hand set down
to reach for fingertips of glory; love without a sound.
Hesitation's torture; a chance to hold the world.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained; an angel- just a girl.
A kiss; a twitch of touching lips; whispers; soft as
hair,
to vanish into wonderland; nirvana, on a dare.
Bridge:
The moon and stars are Mari's;
are the nights too deep to sleep?
If I should cry before I wake,
for her- my soul to keep.
State Of Mind
It's about time for a
revolution
in the state of my
mind and in its execution.
The state of the union
is all out of tune;
the bond that unites
us is feeble.
The ones we elect
to serve and protect
can't change the mood
of the people.
Chorus:
I'm starting to find
it's the state of
my mind
that keeps me under
sedation.
Together we'll find
the ties that unbind,
and free the soul
of our nation.
Color's just an illusion,
creating confusion
and tipping the scales
of justice.
It's not so amusing
when you're the one losing
and justice don't
seem so blind.
Don't sit on the couch
in a potato-head slouch;
get up to change the
station.
Try to recall how
to tear down the wall
and free the soul
of our nation.
Bridge:
No remote control
can run this show,
there are no stage
directions;
so play your part
performance art
and make the love
connection.
The stage is set,
your part is cast;
you're the director
and the writer.
Don't be content to
be the audience;
you're a lover and
a fighter.
If we follow our leaders
they'll take us to hell;
we've got to do it
ourselves.
It's up to us to wipe
off the dust;
and save the face
of our nation;
to do what we must;
to be true and be just;
save a place for the
next re-generation.
Mind
Your Own Business
(Jeffrey Dahmer's
Lament)
got their brains in
my room left
some flesh on the
floor
my apartment's a tomb
just don't
walk through that
door
i've got drugs in
your soup
poison in your glass
im
your friend and your
pal i'm
a pain in your ass.
chorus:
mind your own business
everybody said so
everyone did and
now they're all dead
can you smell the
stench from
behind my closed doors
please
don’t leave me alone
can't
face these walls any
more.
skulls in the icebox
crossbones for lunch
a heart to eat later
and
a poisonous punch
handcuffs on the doorknob
a knife beneath my
bed what
would my neighbors
say if they
knew all my friends
were dead
nobody noticed when
i cut off their heads
they were too busy
watching tv instead
they tried to get
away but
you know i was so
nice that
they came back for
more and
then they paid the
price.
bridge:
i guess its just an
obsession what
else can i say ill
make my confession
then
ill go away i
feel kind of bad though
when
all i see is red i
feel kind of sad no
i wish i was dead
Music Of The Ages
Something great is stirring deep inside my soul;
a revelation is occurring; i need to rock and roll.
It's time to get it started; i've got to get a-rockin.
I've been waiting for the good times; i hear them knocking.
Poetry in motion; rock is in my soul.
Music is the notion that puts me on a roll.
A daily devotion that only God could know;
i hear the commotion; got to make it to the show.
Chorus:
The music of the ages comes down from on high
to guitar-playing sages from the tears in children's
eyes.
Through the joy and pain of living, i hear the minstrel's
cry;
release my soul to heaven and my song into the sky.
Some folks pray at church; i worship at the stadium;
my cathedral's an arena; my chapel, a palladium.
The choirboys are rockers; the priests are stacks of
amps;
the congregation is rejoicing as it's walking up the
ramps.
There's a certain smell of incense and candles made by
Bic ®;
the crowd is hushed and waiting for the blast of that
first lick.
We sing our hymns in unison; rock anthems forged from
pain.
Make the choice to use your voice and join in our refrain.
Though everything is separate, it's all part of one big
whole.
Part of that is music; part of that is rock and roll.
When the band is all done singing, i wish they'd play
again.
My ears will still be ringing; i'll still say "Amen."
You don't know what you're missing
if you're looking for the spirit.
I know if you would listen, you couldn't help but hear
it.
So don't ignore the music from the membership of souls;
a voice from God's own spirit; the heart of rock and
roll.
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