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Beloved
She eats a lonely dinner
At a table set for two
Fine china, candles, flowers, linens
And steamy dreams of you.
Hope dies hard.
She still turns down your side of the bed
Out of yearning every night,
In a barren bed of fantasies for one
That roll into the light.
Love lives forever with Miss Lonely-hearts LA.
You can watch her
Through the window
In the house across the street.
Drinking, dreaming, drugging, drooling
To make her feel complete.
And what is she? What is she?
She is hopeless
A loser
Out of her mind.
She is my sunlight, stardust,
She is my self
She is my beloved.
She was a lover, friend,
Companion, soul mate, wife, beggar, worshipper
Doormat falling under your feet.
Tasting ev’ry forbidden fruit
Until the day you hit the street.
But take Jacobs Ladder to the sky
And through the open door.
Past the celestial piano, pizza, merlot,
Prayers and lore.
You’ll see a soul searching for scripture in the stars.
Now she’s awake and letting go
And the crowds are cheering
No longer searching for the smile she found so endearing
She’s found love in herself,
Her strength is appealing.
Now she’s vowed to worship Him
To whom she is endowed.
It’s because of Him that she exists
To have His love she’s proud.
Her faith is not marred.
And what is she? What is she?
She is
Faithful
Strong
Spiritual
Passionate
Precious
A hopeful Romantic
A True Believer
She is my Stardust
She is my self
She is my Beloved.
The view at the top of the ladder
Shows a soul searching for what she can keep.
So stop making nasty comments,
Cuz you’re making me feel cheap.
And don’t think you’ll ever nibble on me
Cuz deep down I know you’re a creep.
So take your hands off my ass
And remove your
Fanatic gaze from my breast.
And don’t pretend you care
When you’re just a user like the rest.
Give me the respect I deserve
As His beloved child.
And if you’re privileged enough to touch me
I dare you to turn your back
On me one more time,
You’ll make me stronger than ever.
I’ll come back as Medusa
Mary Magdalene times ten
What am I? What am I?
I am strong
Independent
Faithful
Confident
Hopeful
Loving
Searching,
Ruthless
Convicted
Fed up
A selfish bitch
I am His one and only
I am Beloved, I am beloved.
Listen to the Silence
The streets are quiet tonight
There must be somethin’ goin’ on
There’s an old man beggin’ for life to no one at all
Listen to the Silence
Listen to it whisper and moan
Listen it just might tell us what’s going on’
The streets are quiet tonight
And I’m feelin’ so alone
The old man finds a place to sleep
He prays the Lord his soul to keep
He mocks the wine and holy host
Father, Son and Holy Ghost
Listen to the Silence
Listen to it whisper and moan
Listen it just might tell us what’s going on’
There’s a light on out there somewhere
Theres’ a symphony to the soul
Listen it just might tell us which way to go
And now with fog in the streets
Clouding my way, making my heart race
Look at us baby, where are we goin’
Are we ever gonna get out of this place
Listen to the Silence
Listen to it whisper and moan
Listen it just might tell us what’s going on’
Listen to the Silence
Listen to it whisper and moan
Listen it just might tell us
Where to go from here
Where to stop from here
Where to turn from here
When to leave here
Where to go from here
Where to go from here
The Best Money Can Buy
Blue green eyes over a black tar morning
No fame or fortune
Just clocks alarming
And coffee steaming
And a car warming up in the garage
And a child with toothpaste on his mouth
Old blue Chevelle with a screaming driver
Pounds the dashboard with a cigarette lighter
“You’re late for school and I’m late for work,
damn him anyway, he really should have left her.”
“And I almost had it my way,
I almost had it made,
The best money can buy
I could have had
the best there was,
I would have sacrificed the love.”
Big brown eyes do lavish lunches
Talk on cell phones, while driving his Benz,
“Heaven’s made of money and it’s all waiting for me,
I control it all,
Oh, the world is mine,”
”And I almost have it my way,
I almost have it made,
The best money can buy,
I’m gonna be the best there is,
Gold’s worth the sacrifice of love.”
Neither one has noticed what’s up ahead
They haven’t even noticed the lights have changed.
One moment with your head turned can really change your life.
Worship money, you’ll lose it all,
Then you’ll really pay
Blue and red flashing lights,
Tired cop, up all
night,
”Three dead bodies, and what the hell for,
Take them away, I don’t want to see no more”
“And I almost had it my way,
I almost had it made,
The best money can buy
I could have had
the best there was,
I
would have sacrificed the love”
”And I almost had it my way,
I almost had it made,
The best money can buy,
I could have been the best there was,
Gold’s worth the sacrifice of love.”
Second chance
I’ve got the lines on your face memorized
Like the lines in a book that I’ve always liked
Thought of you over and over again
Calls I’d make, letters I’d send
But in my heart it’s still the same
And in my heart It’s never changed
And I feel like I’m falling all over again
Suddenly I can smile
Sometimes a lover forever a friend
Hope you stick around a while
That winter when I got the news
That I was not the one you’d choose
I cried beneath the wedding bells
Then kissed your cheek and wished you well
But deep inside it’s still the same
And deep inside it’s never changed
And I feel like I’m falling all over again
Suddenly I can smile
Sometimes a lover forever a friend
Hope you stick around a while
Surprised me when I got your note
The warmth inside the words you wrote
How sometimes in the darkest night
Is finally when we see the light
And in your heart it’s still the same
And in your heart it’s never changed
And I feel like I’m falling all over again
Suddenly I can smile
Sometimes a lover forever a friend
Hope you stick around a while
And I feel like I’m falling all over again
Suddenly I can smile
Sometimes a lover forever a friend
Hope you stick around a while
Hope you stick around a while
You know you make me smile
Hope you stick around a while
HELLO IT’S ME
Operator I’d like to report some trouble please
Someone’s breaking in can you call the police
No I can’t see him, but I know I heard somethin’
What can I do I’m all alone
Operator I’d like to report some trouble please
My imagination is running wild
My thoughts are crumbling as I speak
I can’t seem to feel my hands anymore
And she said
Hello, its me
I’m the answer to your prayers
I’m your savior in disguise
Tell me your stories
Tell me your problems,
I’ll solve them for you
Tonight
Psychic hotline I’m a first time caller
Can you tell me what my future will be
Will I answer the phone or be a street sweeper
What does tomorrow promise me?
Psychic hotline do we have a connection?
I can hear you breathing over the phone.
Are dion and Latoya waiting with answers?
Do they know I’m all alone?
And she said
Hello, its me
I’m the answer to your prayers
I’m your savior in disguise
Tell me your stories
Tell me your problems,
I’ll solve them for you
Tonight
Hello father john can I see you
The sisters said I can find you here
They said you’d have the answers to end my wonderings
What do you have to ease my suffering?
Oh father you’re pounding that book at me?
Have I really been that bad?
Will you stop damning if I give a donation?
Is my salvation in your plans
And he said
Hello, its me
I’m the answer to your prayers
I’m your savior in disguise
Tell me your stories
Tell me your problems,
I’ll solve them for you
Tonight
Hello, its me
I’m the answer to your prayers
I’m your savior of the skies
Tell me your stories
Tell me your problems,
I’ll solve them for you
Tonight
RESTLESS GENERATION
I FEEL LIKE I NEED SOMETHING
TO TURN THIS COLD GREY WORLD INTO A BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW
I AM ONE OF THE RESTLESS GENERATION
JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING TO MAKE ME FEEL GOOD
WOKE UP TODAY IN DENVER
TWENTY DOLLARS TO MY NAME
STOLE IT FROM DADDY’S WALLET
HE WONT MISS IT ANYWAY
NOT SO LONG AGO
FOUND A BUTTON IN MY DRINK
SWIRLING COLORS, GREAT FIELDS
OF RED, BLUE AND PINK
I FEEL LIKE I NEED SOMETHING
TO TURN THIS COLD GREY WORLD INTO A BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW
I AM ONE OF THE RESTLESS GENERATION
JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING TO MAKE ME FEEL GOOD
SO HERE I AM IN COOS BAY
STANDIN’ IN THE GOD DAMNED RAIN
I AM SO FILTHY PEOPLE LOOK AT ME IN PAIN
I AM SICK AND LONELY AS I CAN BE
BUT I GO A WHOLE BOTTLE OF GIN
AND THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME
AND I FEEL LIKE I NEED someone
Who’ll let me be the way I wanna be
I AM ONE OF THE RESTLESS GENERATION
JUST GIVE ME A DRINK AND LET ME FLY AWAY
ON SATIN SHEETS IN VEGAS
IS WHERE I LAY MY HEAD
A WARM BODY IS BOUND TO FEEL ALRIGHT
I NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME
FILL THE EMPTINESS INSIDE
GIVE ME SOMEONE TO LOVE
GIVE ME SOMEWHERE TO HIDE
I FEEL LIKE I NEED SOMETHING
TO TURN THIS COLD GREY WORLD INTO A BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW
I AM ONE OF THE RESTLESS GENERATION
JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING TO MAKE ME FEEL GOOD
AND I FEEL LIKE I NEED SOMEone
Who’ll let me be the way I wanna be
I AM ONE OF THE RESTLESS GENERATION
JUST GIVE ME SOME LOVE AND LET ME FLY AWAY
LET ME FLY AWAY
Cinderella’s Lies
I’m trying to deal with Cinderella’s Lies
A shattered slipper and no happy ending
Dreams come true and then you realize
They’re not for keeps.
You know I bought it, the whole screen play
Believed the fairy tale was true
Now midnight’s come and what am I to do.
Sleeping beauty awoke to a kiss.
But what happens when the story ends
Did she think:
“I woke up for this? A prince or a frog?”
I came home one day
And found I’d lost my best friend
Please turn back time
And make this night mare end.
Fantasy built on a sandy beach
That truth washed away
The two of you will be come one
And you’ll never be alone.
Tell me Diana did it hurt your pride
Knowing that he didn’t really love you
Is it better on the other side.
Are you at peace?
Peace I’ve learned is found within
Trusting in his love
For the only true love comes down from above.
You don’t have to lie anymore
The truth has been told.
And I’m not alone anymore
I’ve found the key that unlocks the door.
WILL YOU EVER TELL
WILL YOU EVER TELL
THE SECRET YOU’ VE BEEN KEEPING
WILL YOU EVER SELL
SELL THE TRUTH TO ME
WILL YOU EVER FIND
FOR WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN SEARCHING
WILL YOU EVER SHARE
SHARE THAT GOLD WITH ME?
DID YOU EVER LOVE ME
OR WAS IT JUST A GAME
OF HIDE AND SEEK BEHIND ME
GIVING YOU A NAME?
DID YOU TRY TO WALK
THE PATH THAT THEY EXPECTED
DID YOU TRY TO HIDE
WHAT OTHERS SUSPECTED
OH WHAT A GAME
OH WHAT A RIDE
I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU’D BE
RIGHT BY MY SIDE
THE MAN THAT I ONCE KNEW IS GONE
WHO’S HERE I DO NOT KNOW
WHOEVER HE IS HE DON’T LOVE ME
AND IT’S REALLY STARTING TO SHOW
OH NO
CAN YOU OVERCOME
THE FEAR THAT’S IN YOUR HEART
WILL YOU EVER FIND
THE PATH YOU’RE MEANT TO WALK
WILL YOU LEARN TO LOVE YOURSELF
THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD BE
FINALLY STANDING UP TO SAY
THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE
OH WHAT A SHAME
WHY DOES LOVE DIE
IT’S STILL ALIVE FOR ME
I CANNOT LIE
BUT I AM JUST LOVING A DREAM
A DREAM THAT’S PASSED ME BY
I WOULD LOVE TO LIVE BACK THERE
I’M GIVING IT A TRY
DO YOU THINK I’M TOO AMBITIOUS?
OR DO YOU THINK THAT I’M INSANE?
DID FAMILY STUFF JUST WEAR YOU OUT?
OR DID I NEGLECT YOU
I’M FILLED WITH SHAME
ISN’T THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK
ALL OUR HOLIDAYS SHOVED TO THE BACK
WHEN DADDY DIED YOU DIDN’T EVEN COME BACK
TELL THE TRUTH YOU OWE ME THAT.
WILL YOU EVER TELL?
ALL THOSE YEARS
WILL YOU EVER TELL?
ALL THOSE TEARS
WILL YOU EVER TELL?
HALF MY LIFE
WILL YOU EVER TELL?
PAIN AND STRIFE
Third World Station
You can see the sadness in their eyes
Wondering how they got there
You can see despair in their faces
Wondering what went wrong
What led them to this space?
When did they take the fall?
They’re waiting for a bus
That doesn’t (never) come(s) at all
Third world station
Just off Second and Elm
Third world station
Uncle Sam at the helm
Third world station
It makes me wonder why
They feel like they’re trapped here forever
So do I
They stand in line
While the busses wait
But they never get on
Too far back to get ahead
They’ll always wait too long
Filthy faces and unwashed hair
Clothes all tattered and torn
There’s garbage everywhere
I hope I’m movin’ on
Third world station
Just off Second and Elm
Third world station
Uncle Sam at the helm
Third world station
It makes me want to cry
They feel like they’ll be here forever
So do I
hungry and dirty
Oil on my face
Destitute, lonely and
Going no place
We’re long since forgotten
By policies rotten
And choices of greed over grace
Fairytale dreams
have scarred up my soul
Prozac and Popov
have taken control
My Angel has fallen
The serpent is callin’
He’s ready to swallow me whole.
What led us to
this space?
When did we take the fall
We’re waiting for a bus
That will never leave (come) at all
Third world station
Just off second and elm
Third world station
Uncle Sam at the helm
Third world station
I’m dreaming of the afterlife (I think they’re trapped for life)
I guess they’ll sleep here forever
And so will I
A NEW REALITY
Is it what you expected?
This new reality?
Fantasy is really more your style.
That way you can deny them,
these traditions that you keep
Changing doesn’t come up in your file
Maybe you think
It just wasn’t meant to be
This new reality
Are you tired of playing the game my friend?
You know I feel the same my friend
I guess it’s me and jack again
Tonight
Remember when I first met you?
That sparkle in your eye?
New York had never seen a sweeter face.
Pounding the tar of Broadway
Starving every night
Bowing to Baccus, nicotine and lace
now maybe you think
It doesn’t belong to me
This wintery face I see
Are you tired of feeling sad my friend?
Another night alone again?
Pray to Dionysus tonight.
Tell me how I can reach you
What’s going to make you come alive?
When I look into your eyes
there’s just emptiness inside.
Half-seas-over one more time
There’s no turning back
There’s nothing left for me.
funny how life changes
the turning of the tide
I’m afraid that you woke up a bit too late.
I guess he got tired of waiting
for you to sort it out.
It’s over now, have you sealed your fate?
Now maybe you think
I’ll live in this reverie
The truth wasn’t meant for me
Are you falling on the floor again?
Wishing he were home again
You know I feel the same my friend
I think it’s time for this to end
I guess it's me and jack again
tonight.
New Moon Tonight
Been a Black cat Howlin’
Outside of my window
For six nights in a row
She moans all night for lack of lovin’
Don’t ask me how but I know
Maybe we’re not so different
I do my cryin’ deep inside
When it all comes down
We’ve got to move on
Without a destination we die
I’m pulling the rug from under myself
Letting go of beliefs that I’ve held
I’m saying goodbye to the ghosts of the past
There’s a new moon tonight
I’ve had voices whispering in my ear
Since the day I was born
Telling me things I should and shouldn’t do
Well thank you I’ve been warned
This faded world can’t hold a candle
To the vision in my mind
And If I could
I’d jump out of my skin
and leave this restlessness behind.
I’m pulling the rug from under myself
Letting go of beliefs that I’ve held
I’m saying goodbye to the ghosts of the past
There’s a new moon tonight
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