If you feel like a riot, then don't you deny it Put your good foot forward No need for heroics, I just want you to show it Now's the time to shine Your independence is a half-assed deliverance The train left the station The recognition of the same old condition Your symptoms showing through
Well, regardless of the truth You still act so aloof In the face of your judge and jury You got the nerve to say not guilty
Can you sting me, yeah Can you sting me, ooh Can you sting me Can you sting me right to my rotten bones Yeah, right down to
Well, the bell rings out for the crimes of the century Courtesy of your mother Well, the sign reads welcome to the valley of discovery Look at what money can buy Sons and daughters better open your eyes Tell me what you're seeing 'Cause this submission is a tired tradition It's everyone's sacrifice
Oh, believe you me I've got nothing up my sleeve 'Cept this heart and a chip on my shoulder You see, I'm young and I'm not getting older
Can you sting me Can you sting me, ooh yeah Can you sting me Can you sting me right to my rotten bones
Ooh, come on my sweet young thing What new things you wanna show me today I got one question, believe it's subjective What is a wasp without her sting?
I don't mean to sound bitter Yeah you touch me baby just like murder Living ain't so easy When all I want from you is to sting me
Can you sting me Can you sting me, oh yeah Can you sting me Can you sting me Can you sting me Can you sting me You wanna sting me
Baby here I am I'm the man on the scene I can give you what you want But you gotta' come home with me
I forgot some good old lovin' And I got some more in the store When I get through throwin' it on you You gotta' come back for more
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Boys and things that come by the dozen That ain't nothin' but drugstore lovin' Pretty little thing let me light your candle 'Cause mama I'm so hard to handle now Yes I am
Action speaks louder than words And I'm a man with great experience I know you've got another man But I can love you better than him
Take my hand don't be afraid I'm gonna prove every word I say I'm advertising love for free So you can place your ad with me
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Boys come along a dime by the dozen That ain't nothing but ten cent lovin' Pretty little thing let me light your candle 'Cause mama I'm so hard to handle now Yes I am
I find it hard to shed a tear You brought it all on yourself my dear Wrong, yes I may be Don't leave a light on for me 'Cause I ain't comin' home It hurts me baby to be alone Yes, it hurts me baby
A hundred years will never ease Hearing things I won't believe I saw it with my own two eyes All the pain that I can't hide And this pain starts in my heart And this love tears us apart You won't find me bent down on my knees Ain't bendin' over backwards baby Not to please
'Cause I'm seeing things for the first time I'm seeing things for the first time, oh yeah I'm seeing things for the first time In my life, in my life
I used to dream Of better days that never came Sorry ain't nothin' to me I'm gone and that's the way it must be So please I've done my time Lovin' you is such a crime You won't fine me down on, on my knees Won't fine me over backwards baby Just to please
'Cause I'm seeing things for the first time I"m seeing things for the first time Seeing things for the first time Oh I'm seeing things for the first time Yeah, seeing things for the first time I'm seeing things for the first time Yeah, I'm seeing things for the first time In my life, in my life
How could I've been so blind So empty that I've never felt warm Can I spell it out Turn myself out of my home Lookin' like a fool Feelin' even worse than it seems Tryin' hard as nails Believin' only in myself
And now it looks like innocence is gone I know right and I know what's wrong Feeling lonely that's the way it goes Sometimes
But my greatest fear Paint a smile from ear to ear Alone and cryin' Living like this is no better than dying
I tell you baby things are gonna' change Looking like we were caught out in the rain Feeling lonely That's the way it goes Sometimes
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Could I ever have been so blind Could I ever have been so blind Could I ever have been so blind Could I ever have been so blind
Solo Could I ever have been so blind Could I ever have been so blind
Hardest thing I ever had to do Was stand up straight and tell it all to you Look you right in the eye Tell you baby sorry but I have lied
And now it looks like innocence is gone I know right and I know what's wrong Feeling lonely that's the way it goes Sometimes
Worried sick my eyes are hurting To rest my head I'd take a life Outside the girls are dancing 'Cause when you're down it just don't seem right
Feeling second fiddle to a dead man Up to my neck with your disregard Like a beat dog that's walking on the broadway No one wants to hear you when you're down
Sister luck is screaming out Somebody else's name Sister luck is screaming out Somebody else's name
A flip of a coin Might make a head turn No surprise, who sleeps Held my hand over a candle Flame burnin' but I never weep
Sister luck is screaming out Somebody else's name Sister luck is screaming out Somebody else's name
Cheat the odds that made you brave to try to gamble at times Well I feel like dirty laundry sending sickness on down the line Tell you why
'Cause I'm jealous, jealous again Thought it time I let you in Yeah, I'm jealous, jealous again Got no time, baby
Always drunk on Sunday, trying to feel like I'm at home Smell the gasoline burning, boys out feeling nervous and cold Oh yeah
I'm jealous, jealous again Thought it time I let you in Jealous, jealous again Got no time, baby
Stop, understand me I ain't afraid of losing face Stop, understand me I ain't afraid of ever losing faith in you
Never felt like smiling sugar wanna' kill me yet Find me loose lipped and laughing, singing songs ain't got no regrets Oh yeah
I'm jealous, jealous again Thought it time I let you in Jealous, yeah, I'm jealous again Got no time, baby
Stop, understand me I ain't afraid of losing face Stop, understand me I ain't afraid of ever losing faith in you
Don't you think I want to, don't you think I would Don't you think I'd tell you baby if I only could Am I acting crazy, am I just too proud Am I just plain lazy, am I, am I, am I, am I
Jealous, jealous again Thought it time that I let you in Jealous, jealous again Got no time to let you in Oh yeah, I'm jealous, jealous again Got no time now to let you in Jealous, yeah, jealous again Got no time, baby Oh yeah
Twenty-five pounds of pure cane sugar She's got in each and every kiss You wouldn't know what I'm talking 'bout If you never had a love like this Well, I don't mean to be frank with you all It's a natural fact Good things come wrapped up in small, small packages now Well you can't argue with that Oh, oh, yeah Ninety-nine pounds of natural born goodness Ninety-nine pounds of soul, oh, oh Ninety-nine pounds of natural born goodness Ninety-nine pounds of soul Twenty-five pounds of tenderness She got in each and every touch Twenty-five pounds of understanding my woman 'Cause I was the one running 'round town worrying too much Twenty-four pounds of Sunday That I can't see, yeah And it all adds up to ninety-nine big pounds Oh, I'm talking about a feline friend Ninety-nine pounds of natural born goodness Ninety-nine pounds of soul Ninety-nine pounds of natural born goodness Ninety-nine pounds of soul Ninety-nine pounds of natural born goodness Ninety-nine pounds of soul Ninety-nine pounds of natural born goodness Ninety-nine pounds of soul Ninety-nine pounds of natural born goodness Ninety-nine pounds of soul Ninety-nine pounds of natural born goodness Ninety-nine pounds of soul
She never mentions the word addiction In certain company Yes, she'll tell you she's an orphan After you meet her family
She paints her eyes as black as night, now Pulls those shades down tight Yeah, she gives a smile when the pain comes The pain's gonna make everything alright
Says she talks to angels They call her out by her name Oh yeah, she talks to angels Says they call her out by her name
She keeps a lock of hair in her pocket She wears a cross around her neck Yes, the hair is from a little boy And the cross is someone she has not met, not yet
Says she talks to angels Says they all know her name Oh yeah, she talks to angels Says they call her out by her name
She don't know no lover None that I ever seen Yeah, to her that ain't nothing But to me, yeah me It means everything
She paints her eyes as black as night now She pulls those shades down tight Oh yeah, there's a smile when the pain comes, The pain's gonna make everything alright, alright yeah
She talks to angels Says they call her out by her name Oh yeah-eah-eah, angels Call her out by her name Oh-ooh-oh-oh angels They call her out by her name Oh-oh, she talks to angels They call her out Yeah-eah-eah, they call her out Don't you know that they call her out by her name?
JAH would never give the power to a baldhead Run come crucify the dread
Time alone, oh! time will tell Think you're in heaven but you're living in hell Think you're in heaven but you're living in hell Think you're in heaven but you're living in hell Time alone, oh! time will tell Think you're in heaven but you're living in hell
Back them up, oh not the brothers But the ones, who set them up
Time alone, oh! time will tell Think you're in heaven but you're living in hell Think you're in heaven but you're living in hell Think you're in heaven but you're living in hell Time alone, oh! time will tell Think you're in heaven but you're living in hell
Oh children weep no more Oh my sycamore tree, saw the freedom tree Saw you settle the score Oh children weep no more Weep no more, children weep no more
JAH would never give the power to a baldhead Run come crucify the dread
Time alone, oh! time will tell Think you're in heaven but you're living in hell Think you're in heaven but you're living in hell Think you're in heaven but you're living in hell Time alone, oh! time will tell Think you're in heaven but you're living in hell
Dizzy found me last night Saw some kind of new light I woke up in a whirlwind Just you watch my head spin The spectacle that made you cry It's a thrill a minute plane ride It's over time at ring side, no lie
March me down to the seven seas Bury me with a ruby ring Kiss me baby on an Easter Sunday day Make my haze blow away
I hide I seek and I find Truth in a fable faith in a rhyme So why you want to bad talk me Are you surprised by what we see? Like the tables and the tides turn On my bed the emperor worn Is that enough for me, could be
If music got to free your mind Just let it go cause you never know, you never know If your rhythm ever falls out of time You can bring it to me and I will make it alright And if your soul is let go Oh you never know, no you never know And if your heart is beating free For the very first time it'll be alright
Sleeping eyes sleep awhile And let me get to know your language If I believe all I see I would hate to be around for the dawn Sleeping eyes stay awhile And give me some cause to rejoice A parody of the scene Where my three wishes were granted to me
What you got buried? In your backyard What secret do you sleep with when the black moon come
Sleeping eyes please come clean I'm not giving you the third degree When you live with no man's time Ain't it hard to find some peace of mind Sleeping eyes don't you cry And don't pretend this is not an ending Your history yes it seems Has been swept out with the leaves
Oh good heavens, baby where's my medicine? I must have left it outside with my etiquette The undertaker's rule of thumb It's hard to talk with a novocain tongue
This room smells like hotel illness The scars I hide are now your business I can't seem to make hair nor hide of this No baby love is not a punishment.
Hypnotize by your rotten behavior This week's fashion is last year's flavor I got a head full of sermons and a mouth full of spiders The politics of the world's greatest liar
So tell me baby is it true all those things that they say about you...
To lessen my troubles I stopped hanging out with vultures And empty saviors like you I wish I had a nickel for every miracle That you easily tricked me into
You can lead a horse to water But faith is another matter So don't you surrender Cause sometimes salvation In the eye of the storm
I've no time for accusations Or conversations on all the bad, bad things you do. Just a note from your jailor Drugs and the relations To all the people around you
You can lead a horse to water But faith is another matter So don't you surrender Cause sometimes salvation In the eye of the storm
I've kept secret your superstitions And all its twisted wisdom That I fell into
Wake me when the day breaks Show me how the sun shines Tell me about your heartaches Who could be so unkind? Do you dream to touch me? And smile down deep inside Or could you just kill me? It's hard to make up your mind, sometimes.
My angels, my devils, my thorn in my pride. My angels, my devils, my thorn in my pride.
Are you wanting inspiration You spill your secrets on me Then you tell me with a whisper Of things that will never be. Do you hear me breathing? Does it make you want to scream? Did you ever like a bad dream? Sometimes life is obscene.
My angels, my devils, my thorn in my pride. My angels, my devils, my thorn in my pride. My angels, my devils, my thorn in my pride. My angels, my devils, my thorn in my pride.
Lover cover me with your sleep Let your love light shine, let it shine Lover cover me with a good dream Let your love light shine, let it shine
Sometimes I have a ghetto in my mind Other times sunshine high head fine In between I get cold, old mean Intertwined with country pride open and kind This draws a line Sorry to coin a phrase On either side is wisdom and rage So keeping track of time Racing with my age Sleeping with the snakes Forget that you showed up late It ain't worth it baby Chorus: A charmed life it is At least they tell yo so I got a good idea It ain't like they say is so And if it is then let me go Let me go Any day there might be hell to pay But in other ways It makes it seem ok I'll tell you what I mean It's not a plot nor a scheme It's just peace in my mind Again can I use the word kind I ain't sorry about it baby Chorus
Have mercy baby I'm descending again Open your eyes This time it's sink or it's swim No sermons on ascending No verdict on deceit No selfish memorandum No confusion for me Chorus: Curses Curses and clues A feast for fools Have mercy baby And hand me downs It was just a few years ago You'd hand me ups and map Right out of town But I would let it slide Like mercury Silver and quick Poisonous and deadly So deadly
