Kevin Sharp

i'll swing to the left, you'll sway to the right
think for yourself, zombie-ritualistic sight
fuck that
false-worlds, false words
fuels religions hypocrisy
fooled religious mockery
to justify your treason
obey, you prey
the hope in possibility
to preach life today
if love is lost pay the cost
bleed your fucking soul
break your hearts divinity
capitalist fucking whore
open cash proceure
to prey on social weak
fuck your reservations
i've tried your fantasies

1st Verse

I am strong
I have faith
And I am not afraid to try
And you are
You are the reason why

2nd Verse

I'm on my feet
I have hope
Where I walked before, now I fly
And you are
You are the reason why

Chorus

You are the reason why
I have everything I do
And I hope someday
I can give it all back to you
Oh, yes I do


(Repeat Chorus)

3rd Verse

The rain has stopped
The clouds are gone
There's a rainbow 'crossed the sky
And you are
You are the reason
You are
You are the reason
You are
You are the reason why

Tag

I am strong
I have faith
I have hope
I can fly
You are the reason why

1st Verse

I am strong
I have faith
And I am not afraid to try
And you are
You are the reason why

2nd Verse

I'm on my feet
I have hope
Where I walked before, now I fly
And you are
You are the reason why

Chorus

You are the reason why
I have everything I do
And I hope someday
I can give it all back to you
Oh, yes I do


(Repeat Chorus)

3rd Verse

The rain has stopped
The clouds are gone
There's a rainbow 'crossed the sky
And you are
You are the reason
You are
You are the reason
You are
You are the reason why

Tag

I am strong
I have faith
I have hope
I can fly
You are the reason why

Drawing.
From the truth.
Innocent few cast their chip in.
Praying.
Count accounts.
Believe in something for a price.
Cop-out.
Broken dreams.
Deceiving more - you've raped their heart and soul.

Capitalize - false gimmick for the weak and needy.
Blind angel - the shortest distance from the truth.
Rotted minds - believe your loaded lot of shit.
Forgotten few - sorry victims of divine crimes pay their lives.

You're faceless.
Beyond crimes - you've taken on a new level.
Hatred.
More spite...than any other.
Gutless.
Gutting victims, hollow shells, empty lives.
Lifeless lives.

(Linda Thompson/Reed Vertelney)

I sometimes feel you drift away
And I wonder if you'll always stay
I hold you close, to feel your heart
Yes, then I know, we'll never part

'Cause I can give you everything
My love will never leave your side
I'll be there in your darkest night
Be your strength when you want to hide

And what other man
Would give every thought he has
Speak with love in all that he says
Give all he is and hopes to be
And what other man could love you like me?

No other love for me will do
I've known the thrill of loving you
All of my dreams sleep in your eyes
I give them to you to realize

'Cause I can give you everything
My love will never leave your side


I'll be there in your darkest night
Be your strength when you want to hide

And what other man
Would give every thought he has
Speak with love in all that he says
Give all he is and hopes to be
And what other man could love you like me?

I'll build you a wall
Keep you from harm
When life is cold
I'll keep you warm

And what other man
Would give every thought he has
Speak with love in all that he says
Give all he is and hopes to be
And what other man

Oh, And what other man
Would give every thought he has
Speak with love in all that he says
Give all he is and hopes to be
And what other man could love you like me?

(Jeffrey Steele/Kim Carnes)

A simple disagreement
Over something so small
That's how it always starts
It ain't no one's fault
We both had to be right
That's when it all went wrong
Making something out of nothing when we should have been holding on

We can get through this
We can ride it out
Love's what we're about
We've been deeper down
This is shallow water baby
We've been up that hill
It ain't no big deal
Ain't no easy fix
But we can get through this

Get out of that rain
Baby come inside
We're gonna kiss and make up
If it takes all night
Let a little misunderstanding
Turn into a great big war
Talk about quitting, we're forgetting what it really is that we're fighting for

We can get through this
We can ride it out
Love's what we're about
We've been deeper down
This is shallow water baby


We've been up that hill
It ain't no big deal
Ain't no easy fix
But we can get through this

A little more forgiveness
Tenderness

We can get through this
This is shallow water baby
We've been up that hill
It ain't no big deal
Ain't no easy fix
But we can get through this

We can ride it out
Love's what we're about
We've been deeper down
This is shallow water baby
We've been up that hill
It ain't no big deal
Ain't no easy fix
But we can get through this

We can ride it out
Love's what we're about
We've been deeper down
We can get through this
We've been up that hill
It ain't no big deal
Ain't no easy fix
But we can get through this

Preconditioned.
Accepting your role.
Robbed of life and stripped of soul.
Fall into the same routine.
Of drab existence, what does it mean>

Are you satisfied with the way that you exist?
Every single day just like the one before.
Don't you feel the need to express the way you feel?
Wake your sleeping brain, there's so much more.

Just a walking corpse!

Preconditioned.
Accepting your role.
Robbed of life and stripped of soul.
Fall into the same routine.
Of drab existence, what does it mean>

Are you satisfied with the way that you exist?
Every single day just like the one before.
Don't you feel the need to express the way you feel?
Wake your sleeping brain, there's so much more.

Just a walking corpse!
Just a walking corpse!

Preconditioned.
Accepting your role.
Robbed of life and stripped of soul.
Fall into the same routine.
Of drab existence, what does it mean>

Are you satisfied with the way that you exist?
Every single day just like the one before.
Don't you feel the need to express the way you feel?
Wake your sleeping brain, there's so much more.

Just a walking corpse!

Preconditioned.
Accepting your role.
Robbed of life and stripped of soul.
Fall into the same routine.
Of drab existence, what does it mean>

Are you satisfied with the way that you exist?
Every single day just like the one before.
Don't you feel the need to express the way you feel?
Wake your sleeping brain, there's so much more.

Just a walking corpse!
Just a walking corpse!

vision - can't find any
real reasons
vision - can't find any solutions

can't you see the flaws
in your decisions
enslaving sound for your
money hungry cause
fact is, you're fucked in the end
bastard, we laugh and watch
you fall

vision
i don't care
too blind to feel their kind...
vision

vision - can't find any
real reasons
vision - can't find any solutions

can't you see the flaws
in your decisions
enslaving sound for your
money hungry cause
fact is, you're fucked in the end
bastard, we laugh and watch
you fall

vision
i don't care
too blind to feel their kind...
vision

Visions behind walls.
Hide sordid truths.
Unjust suffering.
Upper hand blinds you.

Blind eyes never see.
Sheltering.
Forever unjust compromise.

Raping others.
Terminate will.
Forced extinction.
Capitalize the kill.

Blind eyes never see.
Sheltering.
Forever unjust compromise.

Ours not meant to be.
But you'll never see.
The tales of misery.
Small minds crushing fees.

Blind eyes never see.
Sheltering.
Forever unjust compromise.

(Bob Regan/George Teren)

Throw away the book, forget about the rules, set aside your doubts
They don't apply now
Everything you know, all that's gone before
Ain't what we're about, it's here and right now
Compared to any other love, baby this is way more
Beyond the physical

This ain't your typical
Predictable
Here today and gone tomorrow fling
It's more of a magical
Mystical
Once in every lifetime thing
It may sound improbable
It ain't logical
But when love is this undeniable
It's everything and it's anything
But typical

Jealousy and pride, all that petty stuff, trips the others up
With us there's no way


We can rise above, go against the gray
We'll be strong enough to make our own way
The future that I'm seeing ain't a paint by numbers picture
It's an original

This ain't your typical
Predictable
Here today and gone tomorrow fling
It's more of a magical
Mystical
Once in every lifetime thing
It may sound improbable
It ain't logical
But when love is this undeniable
It's everything and it's anything
But typical

It's everything and it's anything
But typical
Predictable
It ain't typical
It ain't typical

[Brutal Truth]

Act it up all you want
Play your bullshit front
Crawl back to nothing
Turn face, lose your case
No reason, you lose control
No reason, your lies unfold
Burn me
Burn me
Burn me
Burn
And I'll fucking burn you

I see through
The grey facade
Solemn expression
Time goes on

Ageless questions
Pointless passing thoughts
Time goes on
Backwards forwards
Meaningless answers
Time goes on

Insight on model values
Problems faced?
On scriptless parts
Screaming
The confrontation
Problems faced?
Time, time goes on

I see through
The grey facade
Solemn expressions
Time goes on

I see through.
The gray facade.
Solemn expression.
Time goes on.

Ageless questions.
Pointless passing thoughts.
Time goes on.
Backwards forwards.
Meaningless answers.
Time goes on.

Insight on model values.
Problem faced?
On scriptless parts.
Screaming.
The confrontation.
Problem faced?
Time, time goes on.

I see through.
The gray facade.
Solemn expression.
Time goes on.

In every life,
They say
One perfect love comes
Your way.
I know from my heart
That's true.
There's only you.

When sorrow brings
Me pain
If teardrops fall
Like rain
Who else can I
Turn to?
There's only you.

Every night
I thank the Lord above
For giving you
To me.
All my life
I'll give you all my love
True and faithfully.

So darling say
You'll stay.
Don't take your love
Away.
I'll never find some
Oh someone new
There's only you.

I'll never find some
Oh someone new
There's only you.

prey, right now
principally, i'd follow
if i could fly, i'd fly away
bullshit time confine today
reason? logic? nothing really
new passes my way
be strong, wear sympathy
sympathy cares not,
nor wants not

i cannot shed your tears

if i could fly, i'd fly away
bullshit time confine today
reason? logic? nothing really
new passes my way
be strong, wear sympathy
sympathy cares not,
nor wants not

i cannot shed your tears

was out you pain,
wipe out your mind
wipe out your mind

escape systems,
breakdown, delude
social farce in your
magic kingdom

be strong, wear sympathy
sympathy cares not,
nor wants not

prey, right now
principally, i'd follow
if i could fly, i'd fly away
bullshit time confine today
reason? logic? nothing really
new passes my way
be strong, wear sympathy
sympathy cares not,
nor wants not

i cannot shed your tears

if i could fly, i'd fly away
bullshit time confine today
reason? logic? nothing really
new passes my way
be strong, wear sympathy
sympathy cares not,
nor wants not

i cannot shed your tears

was out you pain,
wipe out your mind
wipe out your mind

escape systems,
breakdown, delude
social farce in your
magic kingdom

be strong, wear sympathy
sympathy cares not,
nor wants not

(Skip Ewing/Kevin Sharp/Chris Farren)

We don't talk much, anymore
Though I'm dying to call
You say it's over, now for sure
But for me it isn't over at all
I lie awake and struggle every night
Though it's less than what it was
It's more than I can fight

It's still love and it still has awesome power inside and over me
Look inside my heart, it's still love
Even though we're not together there's a part of me
That's never gonna change, that's still burning with the flame
Even though it's not the same as it was
It's still love, to me
Still love

I don't know quite who's to blame
Truth is I don't really care
'Cause either way the story's just the same
I reach out for you but you're never there
I'd like to hate you but I know that I can't
I'm angry and I'm hurt but on the other hand

It's still love and it still has awesome power inside and over me
Deep inside my heart, it's still love
Even though we're not together there's a part of me
That's never gonna change, that's still burning with the flame
Even though it's not the same as it was
It's still love, to me
It's still love

It's still love and it still has awesome power inside and over me
Deep inside my heart, it's still love
Even though we're not together there's a part of me
That's never gonna change, that's still buring with the flame
Even though it's not the same as it was
It's still love, to me
It's still love

It's still love
In these arms, in this heart, in these eyes
It's still love
In this room, in the dark, every night
It's still love
In this town, in this world, in my life
It's still love
It's still love

Motivation, greed and pride, you don't care how many die.
Mother earth raped once more, mutilated to the core
- NEVER CARING - =

- NEVER SHARING - =

- FILL YOUR POCKETS - =

- WITH THE STENCH OF PROFIT -
Don't you see what you have done?, blocking out the fucking sun,
Savage progress, twist the fate, you won't see until it's too late.
- NEVER CARING - =

- NEVER SHARING - =

- FILL YOUR POCKETS - =

- WITH THE STENCH OF PROFIT -

It's five o'clock at the sad cafe
Dinner for one, table for two, another lonely day
She tries to hide the pain
But her strong will is just a weak disguise
It's there in her eyes

(Chorus)
She wants to be somebody's baby
She wants to be somebody's friend
She just needs a shoulder to lean on now and then
She's no stranger to danger
She's had her heart broke a time or two
She wants to be somebody's baby
But she's nobody's fool

Someone long ago promised her the moon
But the fairy tale didn't go so well
It ended way too soon
And the scars of love have been known to take some time to heal
Can't you see how she feels

(Repeat Chorus)

She's no stranger to danger
She's had her heart broke a time or two
She wants to be somebody's baby
But she's nobody's fool

inbred the liars
they're bying and selling
in soft minds
castrate their mission
your loss of dscisions combine
your faith in the after
enslaving the present
varies in crime
your faith in the after
enslaving the present
divine in their claims

falls in their line
malediction - pass suspicions
through divisions by tradition
contradictions - pass suspicions
through divisions by tradition
all consuming

falls in their line
malediction
contradictions
all consuming

inbred the liars
they're bying and selling
in soft minds
castrate their mission
your loss of dscisions combine
your faith in the after
enslaving the present
varies in crime
your faith in the after
enslaving the present
divine in their claims

falls in their line
malediction - pass suspicions
through divisions by tradition
contradictions - pass suspicions
through divisions by tradition
all consuming

falls in their line
malediction
contradictions
all consuming

(Bruce Roberts/Gary Burr)

One good bye
And the world that I knew
Just slips away
And dares me to forget it
I know my heart
Will heal one day
If memories will let it
It hurts when everything reminds me of you
So to protect myself, what else can I do?

I think of the sun
I think of the rain
I'll count the shadows on the wall, so I won't feel the pain
'Cause if I think of you
My strength will be gone
So I'll do anything at all
So tears won't fall

How I try
Never to slip
And speak your name
It would come so easy
That would just stir the fire again
That I swore was cold inside me
I almost loved you, but I stopped just in time
If I'm to save myself, you can't cross my mind

I think of the sun
I think of the rain
I'll count the shadows on the wall, so I won't feel the pain
'Cause if I think of you
My strength will be gone
So I'll do anything at all
So tears won't fall

If my thoughts would let you through
You'd find your way back somehow
That's not what I need right now
So to protect myself

I think of the sun
I think of the rain
I'll count the shadows on the wall, so I won't feel the pain
'Cause if I think of you
My strength will be gone
So I'll do anything at all
Yes I'll do anything at all
So tears won't fall

We decided to try
Going our own ways for a while
And give each other some space
But I never dreamed it would be miles
I thought she would cry
While she was packing up
I guess something isn't wrong enough

She's sure taking it well
Taking my heart and my soul
You'd think I wasn't here
Falling apart watching her go
If she knows it's killing me
You couldn't look at her and tell
My heart's breaking and
She's sure taking it well

There go all of my dreams
Melting like sugar in the rain
I would love to believe
She's only smiling through the pain
All the tears are mine
Shouldn't she be sad
After losing everything we had

She's sure taking it well
Taking my heart and my soul
You'd think I wasn't here
Falling apart watching her go
If she knows it's killing me
You couldn't look at her and tell
My heart's breaking and
She's sure taking it well

She's sure taking it well
She's sure taking it well
She's sure taking it well

(Chris Farren/Gary Burr)

I wrote it down when I was only
A young boy of seventeen, a long list of what true love means
Now I'm here on the wrong side of lonely
'Cause I never really knew what really matters to me

She don't have to be rich
She don't have to be wild
She don't have to be seen in the latest style
I don't care if she's tough, of just a little bit shy
Either one will be fine
She just has to be mine

How could I been so foolish?
Right there in black and white, my future Mrs. Right
Hey, I barely scratched the surface
But that's not what I'm looking for anymore

She don't have to be rich
She don't have to be wild
She don't have to be seen in the latest style
I don't care if she's tough, of just a little bit shy
Either one will be fine
She just has to be mine

It took a while to see
All that she has to be
Someone who faithfully
Just stays in love with me

She don't have to be rich
She don't have to be wild
She don't have to be seen in the latest style
I don't care if she's tough, of just a little bit shy
Either one will be fine
She just has to be mine

She don't have to be rich
She don't have to be wild
She don't have to be strong, she just has to be mine
She don't have to be hip, or drink the finest wine
She don't have to be tough, she just has to be mine

(Chris Farren/Michael Dulaney)

At the Praire View Motel
They've got a swimming pool shaped like the state of Texas
And a room with a view, on our honeymoon
We were learning new dances
I remember my hands were shaking
I didn't know what to do
You had to show me
And the world just seemed to stand still
In that road-side adobe
Two hearts, beating as one
Lost in the moon, found by the sun
Too soon to know for sure, but too late to run

I wanna be scared like that again
Feel the wave of emotion come rushing in
My trembling lips, the taste of your kiss
The touch of our skin
I wanna be loved like that all night
I wanna be shocked by the morning light
Let love take us back, I wanna be scared like that again

Lately we've been coasting
Living day after day
Safe and familiar
But hidden somewhere
Is that feeling we shared
When love was an adventure
So tonight let's walk to the edge
Where love is so deep it scares us to death
You catch me when I fall, and I'll catch my breath

I wanna be scared like that again
Feel the wave of emotion come rushing in
My trembling lips, the taste of your kiss
The touch of our skin
I wanna be loved like that all night
I wanna be shocked by the morning light
Let love take us back, I wanna be scared like that again

I wanna be scared like that again
Feel the wave of emotion come rushing in
My trembling lips, the taste of your kiss
The touch of our skin
I wanna be loved like that all night
I wanna be shocked by the morning light
Let love take us back, I wanna be scared like that again
I wanna be scared
Let love take us back

life load, a time to re-evaluate
pitcure the crimes
you re-evaluate
pull unto your greater
promised land
punching through
the conscience of your
promised land

pull unto it's just a shame,
if not the same,
at fault is not the issue
if blood is red, it's not the same,
the end to meet is bullshit
the issue of its higher
conscience, its fucking
deathstrike
decriminalize, time at hand,
bring forth the promised land

life load, a time to re-evaluate
pitcure the crimes
you re-evaluate
pull unto your greater
promised land
punching through
the conscience of your
promised land

pull unto it's just a shame,
if not the same,
at fault is not the issue
if blood is red, it's not the same,
the end to meet is bullshit
the issue of its higher
conscience, its fucking
deathstrike
decriminalize, time at hand,
bring forth the promised land

["prey" x 21m45s]

inner meltdown
core within
time has come now
re-evaluate
right conclusions
are forsaked
moral issues
dominate

blind faith chikes the
life out anyway
postulate then liberate... before
it's too late

breeding, seething,
feeding, breeding

oush one reality, push two for
what you wanna see
for what's to be
program finance inconsistencies

for some legalities
preaching out,
their righteous ways
preaching rape,
preaching rape through their
enslaved cash hogs

it's not my reality... yeah!
seething, feeding, breeding

breeding, seething,
feeding, breeding

oush one reality, push two for
what you wanna see
for what's to be
program finance inconsistencies

for some legalities
preaching out,
their righteous ways
preaching rape,
preaching rape through their
enslaved cash hogs

it's not my reality... yeah!
seething, feeding, breeding

(Chris Farren/Kevin Sharp)

I'm proud of my history, proud of my home
But there comes a time in a young boy's life
When he feels he's got to roam
Daddy says I'm crazy, Mama thinks I'm naive
But if I don't do it now then I'll never leave

‘Cause I've driven every back road in this part of the state
Ain't a girl in my graduation class that I didn't date
Tried everything on the menu down at Fiddler's Bar & Grill
I got a taste for something this town will never fill

There's a great big world out there for me to see
I might sail a boat to China, chase dreams in Tennessee
Right now the motor's running, just a few things I gotta do
Tell my friends goodbye
Drive these streets for one last time
Change that city limit sign
To "Population 4000 Minus 1"

Gonna see the bright lights, gonna make my mark
So many things I've got to do I don't know where to starts
Play cards in Vegas, walk the beach at Malibu
Learn a few things that I never knew

There's a great big world out there for me to see
Might play for the '49ers, Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Right now the motor's running, just a few things I gotta do
Tell my friends goodbye
Drive these streets for one last time
Change that city limit sign
To "Population 4000 Minus 1"

Now I'm stuck in New York City, staring at these walls
Thinking how the grass out here ain't that green at all
Ain't that green at all

There's a great big world out there for me to see
I might wed a farmers daughter and raise a family
Right now the clock is ticking, just a few things I gotta do
Tell my friends goodbye
Ride that subway one last time
Change that city limit sign
To "Population 12 Million Minus 1"
To "Population 12 Million Minus 1"
Coming home, coming home

your subtle swing, afflicted mind
no control, flawed traits released from your obvious end
next hand, start a new, or duck the shattered glass of your mind
time for ... change

can't you see, see your fears of moving on
clear of doubt, as on and the same regrettably
see your fears moving on, doubting the action
long forgone
controlled by inner games, with none to blame

[repeat first verse]
[repeat second verse]

I'll blame your scapegoat
for all your sins
You fix the broken
I'll break your mends
it's hard to give in
it's hard to bend
this world of deceit incites revenge, and...

fashion your look
fashion your smile

stack all policies laugh at follies

pass some down

[Intro]

I pretend that I'm glad you went away
But these four walls close in more every day
And I'm dyin inside
And nobody knows it but me

Like a clown I put on a show
The pain is real even if nobody knows
And I'm cryin inside
And nobody knows it but me

Why didn't I say - the things I needed to say
How could I let my angel get away
Now my world is just a - tumblin down
I can see it so clearly, but you're nowhere around

(Chorus)
The nights are lonely, the days are so sad
And I just keep thinkin about the love that we had
And I'm missin you
And nobody knows it but me

How blue can I get - you can ask my heart
Just like a jigsaw puzzle it's been torn all apart
A million words couldn't say - just how I feel
A million years from now you know - I'll be lovin you still

The nights are lonely, the days are so sad
And I just keep thinking about the love that we had
And I'm missin you
And nobody knows it but me

Nobody
(The nights are lonely, the days are so sad)
No one knows
(And I just keep thinking about the love that we had)
Nobody knows
(Nobody knows it but me)

(The nights are lonely, the days are so sad)

I pretend that I'm glad you went away
But these four walls close in more every day
And I'm dyin inside
And nobody knows it but me

Like a clown I put on a show
The pain is real even if nobody knows
And I'm cryin inside
And nobody knows it but me

Why didn't I say - the things I needed to say
How could I let my angel get away
Now my world is just a - tumblin down
I can see it so clearly, but you're nowhere around

(Chorus)
The nights are lonely, the days are so sad
And I just keep thinkin about the love that we had
And I'm missin you
And nobody knows it but me

How blue can I get - you can ask my heart
Just like a jigsaw puzzle it's been torn all apart
A million words couldn't say - just how I feel
A million years from now you know - I'll be lovin you still

The nights are lonely, the days are so sad
And I just keep thinking about the love that we had
And I'm missin you
And nobody knows it but me

Nobody
(The nights are lonely, the days are so sad)
No one knows
(And I just keep thinking about the love that we had)
Nobody knows
(Nobody knows it but me)

(The nights are lonely, the days are so sad)

I pretend that I'm glad you went away
But these four walls close in more every day
And I'm dyin inside
And nobody knows it but me

Like a clown I put on a show
The pain is real even if nobody knows
And I'm cryin inside
And nobody knows it but me

Why didn't I say - the things I needed to say
How could I let my angel get away
Now my world is just a - tumblin down
I can see it so clearly, but you're nowhere around

(Chorus)
The nights are lonely, the days are so sad
And I just keep thinkin about the love that we had
And I'm missin you
And nobody knows it but me

How blue can I get - you can ask my heart
Just like a jigsaw puzzle it's been torn all apart
A million words couldn't say - just how I feel
A million years from now you know - I'll be lovin you still

The nights are lonely, the days are so sad
And I just keep thinking about the love that we had
And I'm missin you
And nobody knows it but me

Nobody
(The nights are lonely, the days are so sad)
No one knows
(And I just keep thinking about the love that we had)
Nobody knows
(Nobody knows it but me)

(The nights are lonely, the days are so sad)

Corruption of power.
Leads into darkness.
Mind control.
Thoughts to devour.

Monetary gain.
Profit from pain.

Cash for death.
Life is wealth.
The largest sum.
Can not be won.

Decay.
Of all morality.
Destroying.
All rights to charity.

Corruption of power.
Leads into darkness.
Mind control.
Thoughts to devour.

[The Germs]

[extra throat noise by Mike Willians (EYEHATEGOD)]
[courtesy of Century Media Records]

[The Germs]

[extra throat noise by Mike Willians (EYEHATEGOD)]
[courtesy of Century Media Records]

I may never buy me a big house
A Cadillac, cruisin' with the top down
That ain't the way I am
I judge a man by the gold on the inside
I'm not fooled by the glitter on the outside
That ain't the measure of a man

It ain't how far you go
It ain't how much you make
Son, it's what you give
Not what you take
It's being strong and true
To those countin' on you
It's lendin' a hand, makin' a stand
That's the measure of a man

I give an honest day's work for an honest day's pay
I'll stand behind every word I say
I'll seal a deal with a shake of a hand
If I'm a few rungs short of the top of the ladder
When I meet my maker what will it matter
That ain't the measure of a man

It ain't how far you go
It ain't how much you make
Son, it's what you give
Not what you take
It's being stong and true
To those countin' on you
It's lendin' a hand, makin' a stand
That's a measure of a man

It's lendin' a hand, makin' a stand
That's a measure of a man
That's a measure of a man

[Brutal Truth]

Slit the bein to lost and found
Tie the sickness ingested down
Rush of heat, sippress the pain
Eyes roll, days away
Grasping thoughts connect the does
Crease the gap and fold the mark
Cattle grazed to pass their trick
Boot your brick and bless your next fix

It is all...
Sick desire
Kicks for liars
Fuel for fire
Your head shoved firmly in your ass

Nod out
Right now

production declined, machines
we all march on
life swallowed in lies
detachment conclusion
your taste for pure freedom

the passion is over
no last goodbyes
you gained your pure freedom
and left us behind

can't you lok back before you
fucking booted smack
thought it was cool, in fact
you're wrong for taking life
deal pressure from life, not stray
for today, don't run away
machine parts all march on

production declined, machines
we all march on
life swallowed in lies
detachment conclusion
your taste for pure freedom

the passion is over
no last goodbyes
you gained your pure freedom
and left us behind

can't you lok back before you
fucking booted smack
thought it was cool, in fact
you're wrong for taking life
deal pressure from life, not stray
for today, don't run away
machine parts all march on

(Robert Ellis Orrall/Angelo)

Met her on Monday down at the Blue Star
Where we all hang out
I picked her up at work Tuesday afternoon
That night we were rocking the town
Wednesday, Thursday, Time sure flies
When you're having a ball
A perfect match, no strings attached
By Friday we'd done it all

Saturday night under the stars
Huggin' and a-kissin' in the back of her car
I said, "Ain't this the life, what could go wrong?"
When all of a sudden she dropped the love bomb

Those three little words
Set off a chain reaction like I'd never seen
I was shakin' in my boots
When she lit the fuse I was blown to smithereens
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, It hit me like a ton of bricks
She'd got a mind to cross that line
I shoulda known it would come to this

Saturday night under the stars
Huggin' and a-kissin' in the back of her car
I said, "Ain't this the life, what could go wrong?"
When all of a sudden she dropped the love bomb

I was keeping it loose, taking it slow
Playing it cool, but wouldn't you know

Saturday night under the stars
Huggin' and a-kissin' in the back of her car
I said, "Ain't this the life, what could go wrong?"
When all of a sudden she dropped the love bomb
When all of a sudden she dropped the love bomb

The farm was still standin' at the end of the road
The mailbox still carried our name
In spite of the rust and the weeds and the dust
The old place looked almost the same

The screen door was slammin' real slow in the wind
Like it did bout this time each November
Like someone applauding the end of a dream
That no one could seem to remember

When she came around from the side of the house
She looked like the day we first met
Before I could speak she was there in my arms
Sayin somethin I'll never forget she said

(Chorus)
I knew you'd come back my heart told me so
Men like you search every corner on Earth
When there's love here at the end of the road

It was hard to believe he was seventy-one
The way that he still got around
His station was still full-service, by gosh
And he fixed every car in this town

I stood in the door and saw nothin had changed
That stubborn old son-of-a-gun
Not the clock on the wall, not the soda machine
Or the sign that said Miller And Son he said

(Repeat Chorus)

The roof needed mending and the walls needed paint
But the stained glass still gave them a glow
I couldn't bear one more unanswered prayer
So I turned and I started to go

Then I heard a voice from the back of the room
That would make any sinner believe
The words that he spoke they went right to my soul
And brought me on down to my knees He said

(Repeat Chorus)

You're searching for your mind don't know where to start
can't find the key to fit the lock on your heart
you think you know but you are never quite sure
your soul is ill but you will not find a cure.
Your world was made for you by someone above
but you chose evil ways instead of love.
You made me master of the world where you exist
the soul I took from you was not even missed.
Lord of this world Evil possessor
Lord of this world He's your confessor now!

bang! bang! bang!
sure fire aim
pokes and prods the
pistol-whipping john wayne
tell me why?
assert to justify?
follow humanities guide crucify
i say, why follow their ego
let's go to war
for media frenzies
on felonious decisions
of hierarchy treason
forced upon to justify
let's go to war!!!

(Bob Regan/George Teren)

There's a little voice inside your head
That's getting hard to ignore
Your pulse is racing and your heart is set
What are you waiting for?
How many moments like this come along?
The kind that change your whole world?
If you just stand there, it could be gone

Kiss the girl, take a chance
Let her know where you stand
Hold her close, make it real
If it's love that you feel
Kiss the girl

Don't you see the way she looks at you?
Can there be any doubt?
Everything you feel, she's feeling too
Your chance is here and now
All this emotion you've been holding inside
Can't be put into words
Best way to show her is to just close eyes and

Kiss the girl, take a chance
Let her know where you stand
Hold her close, make it real
If it's love that you feel
Kiss the girl

Kiss the girl
Go on and kiss the girl
Kiss the girl

your fashion, kills trends to their end
your cycle of nonsense bleeds to its core, repeats once again
perfection, best play by the rules
this shit by you false-core will kill your own trip
play you the fool
kill trend suicide
false-core genoocide

the fashion, gone glory to capitalist ways
faceless, sold into corporate ways
no vision or thought is what you get out, fight for your own belief
for in the end you must give in, fuck off trend casualties

this way,
that way,
no way,
well anyway

your fashion, kills trends to their end
your cycle of nonsense bleeds to its core, repeats once again
perfection, best play by the rules
this shit by you false-core will kill your own trip
play you the fool
kill trend suicide
false-core genoocide

the fashion, gone glory to capitalist ways
faceless, sold into corporate ways
no vision or thought is what you get out, fight for your own belief
for in the end you must give in, fuck off trend casualties

this way,
that way,
no way,
well anyway

about your policies
well i wonder
its crisis overload
and no wonder

falling, we're falling, falling
down this fucking hole

begin the slaughter and
welcome pigs
slop the bullshit, welcome in
insert the blade,
i'll stick and plunge
twist the fucking blade,
bloodlust... kill all politicians

About your policies
Well i wonder
Its crisis overload
And no wonder
Falling, we're falling, falling
Down this fucking hole
Begin the slaughter and
Welcome pigs
Slop the bullshit, welcome in
Insert the blade,
I'll stick and plunge
Twist the fucking blade,
Bloodlust... kill all politicians

[Brutal Truth]

Hated... time and time again
Force fed, supress senseless fear of difference
True self suppression, hollow dreams of misery

Blind wish to see
Indifference to be

Freedom, expressionless bouts of legislation
True self repression, take a stance of fall to your needs

Corrupt in the system
Laws bent to other needs
God fearing idiocy
Ignore just pleas

Blind wish to see
Indifference to be
Concrete hypocrisy
Weigh heavily

Idosyncrasy
Ruling powers be
Idiosyncrasy
Never really free

cricket's home,
right high where he outta' be
sailing high (through his)
crystal clear cash flow rainbows
our sweet drug man,
please don't try to understand
shot alone, we're alone,
so alone
getting kicks on taking risks
fucking with the numbers
turning tricks

the art of the deal,
the numbers feed, life surreal
cricket's home all alone
thinking kicks without the trip
kicking back and turning on
punching out reality
while sifting through
the hand that feeds

the art of the deal, life goes on
life is true, can't you see, your
backing out on family
everything to live for,
pure euphoric dream
life is pure, can't you see,
your backing out on family

the art of the deal, life goes on
cricket's high sky high

cricket's home,
right high where he outta' be
sailing high (through his)
crystal clear cash flow rainbows
our sweet drug man,
please don't try to understand
shot alone, we're alone,
so alone
getting kicks on taking risks
fucking with the numbers
turning tricks

the art of the deal,
the numbers feed, life surreal
cricket's home all alone
thinking kicks without the trip
kicking back and turning on
punching out reality
while sifting through
the hand that feeds

the art of the deal, life goes on
life is true, can't you see, your
backing out on family
everything to live for,
pure euphoric dream
life is pure, can't you see,
your backing out on family

the art of the deal, life goes on
cricket's high sky high

Blinding, choking, our lives constrict, stallow misconceptions can =

be brought.
Corrupted...Suffer!
Lost in ill neglect
In the Shadow of Misconception, misguide opinions, fatal endings
Destroy all happiness from the start, thoughtless in cold visions.
Lies hope/no hope.
The values of humanity cave in.

Mount Everest, I'll climb it
No problem, just say when
Mississippi, I'll swim it
Down to the delta and back again

If you love somebody, it ain't that hard
If you love somebody, to go that far
Well, there ain't no limit to the things you do
If you love somebody the way that I do you

Get a ladder, a cheap guitar
And serenade you under the stars
Scream and shout, make a scene
Tell the whole world you're the girl of my dreams

If you love somebody, that's what you do
If you love somebody, and your love is true
You don't think twice about being a fool
If you love somebody the way that I do you

Send me down the river with my soul on fire
The thought of you
Makes the weight of this world seem a little bit lighter
If you love somebody
If you love somebody

Ooh, send me down the river with my soul on fire
The thought of you
Makes the weight of this world seem a little bit lighter
Taking me higher, higher

If you love somebody, you do anything
If you love somebody, you jump up and sing
Well, there ain't no limit to the things you do
If you love somebody the way that I do you

If you love somebody, that's what you do
If you love somebody, and your love is true
Well, there ain't no limit to the things you do
If you love somebody the way that I do you
The way that I do you, girl

(Chris Farren/Gordon Chambers)

If she only knew, what I knew but could not say
If she could just see that part of me I hid away
If I could just hold her in my arms again
And just say 'I love you'
What can I say, maybe she'd stay, if she only knew

If she could just feel, what I feel here in my heart
She'd know it was real, going true right from the start
But I'm just a man who didn't understand
What she was going through
She's gone away, maybe she'd stay, if she only knew

How? How did I let her get away?
Love, love is so easy to feel, but the hardest word to say

If she could just see, what I see when I close my eyes
She's all that I dream, surely she would realize
But like a fool I waited much too long
To let her know the truth
She's gone away. maybe she'd stay, if she only knew

How? How did I let her get away?
Love, love is so easy to feel, but the hardest word to say

If she only knew, what I knew but could not say
If she could just see that part of me that I hid away
If I could just hold her in my arms again
And just say 'I love you'
She's gone away, maybe she'd stay, if she only knew

Only knew
My world is gray, each night I pray, she only knew
That she only knew
The price that I'll pay, what can I say?
If she only knew
If she only knew
If she only knew
Oh...yeah

(darrell scott/tia sillers)

She said I'm not pointing fingers
And he said yes you are
'cause you wouldn't bring it up if you weren't
If I told you I'd been walking
Out in the dark night thinking
Would you take as truth this alcholoics word?
I can't change what's done is done
But I can tell you this
Not a day goes by that I don't curse myself and all my sins
And I need you to hold on to while this part of me is dying
Though I haven't kicked the demons that haunt me
I'm trying
I'm trying

She sat down on the floor
And said I wish I was stronger
Right now I feel fragile as glass
I want to believe you
Believe what's held you has freed you
And I hate these doubts that keep on coming back


My parents think I'm crazy for staying here this long
But there's nothing more I want for us than to prove to them they're wrong
I don't want to be afraid, I don't want to think you're lying
And though I haven't found the faith yet, that I need
I'm trying
Oh, I'm trying

He asked, do you want me to leave?
'cause if you do, you know I will
But she said, much to his disbelief
No, I love you still

He said I don't know why I've been the fool
But I can tell you this
Not a day goes by that I don't curse myself and all my sins
Then he dropped down to his knees, by now they both were crying
Said, I haven't been the man I want to be
But, I'm trying
Oh,i'm trying
I'm trying
Oh lord, I'm trying

(Chris Farren/Jeffrey Steele/Larry Park)

When it comes to love I've had my doubts
But when you walked in my heart checked out
And like a schoolboy crush
I knew it when we touched
I'm already loving you too much

Mind and body, heart and soul
You came in and took control
And, oh what a rush
This is powerfull stuff
I'm already loving you too much

Too much, I'm already falling too fast


Too much, It's too late for me to turn back
I can't stop this love that we've started

Too much, I'm already falling too fast
Too much, It's too late for me to turn back
I can't stop this love that we've started

Who knows where I'll go from here
I'm too far gone to see it clear
So my heart I'll have to trust
And hope that it's enough
'Cause I'm already loving you
There's nothing left for me to do
I'm already loving you too much
Already loving you too much

I could runaway go somewhere far
Pack all my things in the back of my car
I could drive all night for a week or so
Listen to sad songs on the radio
whoaa, whoaa

I could take a walk in the days of sun
All by myself I wouldn't need noone
I could learn to live out on my own again
Ya I could be gone before you count to 10

(Chorus)
ooh but I think I'll stay
I really kinda like the way it feels when you put your arms around me
& I love everyday waking up here next to you
Thats all I wanna do
I think I'll stay

I could lose myself in a cloud of dust
Find me someone else and forget about us
I could try my hand & let it go
But I just wanted you know

(Chorus)
I think I'll stay
I really kinda like the way it feels when you put your arms around me
& I love everyday waking up here next to you
Thats all I wanna do
I think I'll stay

My mind wonders with you sometimes
My heart knows its destiny tonite

(Chorus)
I think I'll stay
I really kinda like the way it feels when you put your arms around me
& I love everyday waking up here next to you
Thats all I wanna do
I think I'll stay
I think I'll stay
I think I'll stay

I could runaway go somewhere far
Pack all my things in the back of my car
I could drive all night for a week or so
Listen to sad songs on the radio
whoaa, whoaa

I could take a walk in the days of sun
All by myself I wouldn't need noone
I could learn to live out on my own again
Ya I could be gone before you count to 10

(Chorus)
ooh but I think I'll stay
I really kinda like the way it feels when you put your arms around me
& I love everyday waking up here next to you
Thats all I wanna do
I think I'll stay

I could lose myself in a cloud of dust
Find me someone else and forget about us
I could try my hand & let it go
But I just wanted you know

(Chorus)
I think I'll stay
I really kinda like the way it feels when you put your arms around me
& I love everyday waking up here next to you
Thats all I wanna do
I think I'll stay

My mind wonders with you sometimes
My heart knows its destiny tonite

(Chorus)
I think I'll stay
I really kinda like the way it feels when you put your arms around me
& I love everyday waking up here next to you
Thats all I wanna do
I think I'll stay
I think I'll stay
I think I'll stay

[Brutal Truth]

Slack wish for fancy free
Pluked fromthe money tree
Cash crop for all to see
Shotgun your fantasy
Preordained by destiny
Overwhelmed monopoly
Class act
You'll kiss the bat
Your fault
At last, meets its crack
Bite the roll
Chew your fat
Curse your fowl
Waste of cash...

I killed my family
why, why, why, why?

too much pressure on my job
prices are rising way too high
something snaps, cracks in my head, in my head

I killed my family
why, why, why, why?

baseball bat connects with warm flesh
blood splattered walls, couches & carpets
crush and smash their faces like a ripe grape, like a ripe grape

i know, i know
the social programs program lies
fail to see just compromise
casualties yet unforseen
logic dictates sinking shit
i'm not homesick...
told to see just what to see
blind to ways that life can be
life awakening
i'm still beating