Pedro The Lion

Be thou my vision
O lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me
Save that thou art
Thou my best thought
By day or by night
Waking or sleeping
Thy presence my light

Riches i heed not
Nor man's empty praise
Thou my inheritance
Now and always
Thou and thou only
First in my heart
High king of heaven
My treasure thou art

Arizona curled up with California
Then she tried to hide the whole thing from New Mexico
Who knew before he saw them making out in Yuma
That she had been loving someone new
But California not California how could you
The bully loved her cactus
The underdog her pine
But she would only love one at a time
New Mexico had always hated California
And though he knew that Arizona wore the pants
He got loaded then he started throwing punches
The poor injun never had a chance
Scissors cut paper
Paper covers rock
Rock crushes scissors
Scissors break apart

Having no idea that his youngest son was dead
The farmer and his sweet young wife slept soundly in his bed
In the shadow of the mountain as the cattle hung their heads
Grazing only feet from where the broken body lay
And would lay undiscovered for another couple days
When the farmer would find vultures at their banquet in the hay
The killer traveled eastbound in a golden brown sedan
Weighing his most recent deviation from the plan
Counting down the hours til the sun came up again
Hired to hit the farmer by the farmer's asshole sun
He had not yet decided between poison or a gun
When suddenly he realized he would not use either one

Deep green hills whose shoulders fade into thick grey
Tall wet grass whose flesh makes fools of grazing sheep
Whose fleecing makes a fool of me
Who shall I blame for this sweet and heavy trouble
For every stupid struggle I don't know
I could buy you a drink
I could tell you all about it
I could tell you why I doubt it and why I still believe
But I can't say it like I sing it
And I can't sing it like I think it
And I can't think like I feel it
And I don't feel a thing
Why I still believe it
Why I need it
Who shall I blame for this sweet and heavy trouble
For every stupid struggle I don't know
Why I still believe it
Why I need it
And what the pharisees don't see
We'd have more drinks
And speak of so many things
But I don't know you and you don't know me

I don't want to believe that all of the above is true
But I could be persuaded if you were to give me proof
Why don't you come over Thursday maybe we can talk it through
As if some new information were possible to comprehend or introduce
And after all you and I are nothing more than foregone conclusions
You were too busy steering the conversation toward the lord
to hear the voice of the spirit begging you to shut the fuck up
You thought it must be the devil trying to make you go astray
Besides it couldn't have been the lord because you don't believe he talks that way
And after all you and I are nothing more than foregone conclusions
Too close to call
Yet we're still so tightly wound around our foregone conclusions
Yeah we're nothing more than foregone conclusions

Bands with managers are going places.
Bands with messy hair and smooth white faces.

But you don't believe when I say that it won't be alright.
(Alright)

Vans with 15 passengers are rolling over.
But I trust T. William Walsh and I'm not afraid to die.

But you don't believe when I say that it won't be alright.
(Alright)
That it won't be alright.
(Alright)

Cause it won't be alright.
(Alright)

crazy people know a special place to go when the pressure's on
neurons re-align til the feelin is fine,
or trouble is gone
they're in the business of inventing saviors

there's always trouble
so tell yourself again that help is on the way
and safety abounds
and safety abounds

when you need some kind of guarantee that you're protected
you start to trust the things that deeper comfort brings,
before you've checked it
you might be waiting for a long time.

there's always trouble
so tell yourself again that help is on the way
and safety abounds
that safety abounds
that safety abounds
that safety abounds

you said that you would not love me last summer
and you said that you would not love me last spring
but i hoped that you would change your mind by autumn
especially when i bought that diamond ring

but you still said no
you wouldn't have me
you still said no no no

i heard that you've been sleeping with your old friends
and i heard when each one left and broke your heart
i told you then that i would never leave you
and i told you that i'd loved you from the start

even though you haven't any answers
you still think that you don't need anyone
to save you from the mess that you've created
even when i gave my only son

Dad, Dad why did you let that man
Push you around like that?
You should have beat him down
Down to the ground
Down to the ground for that.
He said "Son, you're still young
and you always jump the gun."

There's real people in the big, big trucks
That you flip off when they get in your way.
You get so hacked that you pay no mind
To the great big sign that says "Oversized Load"
You really think they can go as fast
As you in your 87' Trans Am?
They know you're in a terrible rush,
They're going just as fast
As fast as they can.

Dad, Dad, I really don't understand
What driving big trucks has to do with that man
You should have taught him a lesson
About being rude.
About talking to you with such an attitude.
"Son, you're still young
and you always jump the gun."

There's real people in the big, big trucks
That you flip off when they get in your way
You get so hacked that you pay no mind
To the great big sign that says "Oversized Load"
You really think they can go as fast
As you in your 87' Trans Am?
They know you're in such a terrible rush
They're going just as fast,
As fast as they can.

You got drunk
Drunker than you'd ever been
You hailed a cab and passed out cold
Before you told the driver where to go
So he drove you around Chicago
You woke up sicker than you'd ever been
You threw up and shit the bed
And there was no one there to clean you up
And the room was spinning all around
Make a fist and take a deep breath
Close your eyes and count to ten
Just keep swinging 'til you're over it
The mess you left had got you feeling pretty bad
But she is a maid I guess that's what she gets paid for.

it's weird to think of all the things
that have not been keeping up with the times
it's ten o'clock the sun has now
just begun to set the western hills on fire
i hear that you don't change
how do you expect to keep up with the trends
you won't survive the information age
unless you plan to change the truth
to accommodate the brilliance of men
the brilliance of men
some folks think we're better now
social evolution's new synthetic will
will keep us on a straighter path
as better men use brand new math
with no wrong answers
i'm just a little bit worried
do you have some sort of plan
have you been finally defeated
by the cunning of these fully evolved men
i hear that you don't change
how do you expect to keep up with the trends
you won't survive the information age
unless you plan to change the truth
to accommodate the brilliance of men
yeah, the brilliance of men

crazy people know a special place to go when the pressure's on
neurons re-align til the feelin is fine,
or trouble is gone
they're in the business of inventing saviors

there's always trouble
so tell yourself again that help is on the way
and safety abounds
and safety abounds

when you need some kind of guarantee that you're protected
you start to trust the things that deeper comfort brings,
before you've checked it
you might be waiting for a long time.

there's always trouble
so tell yourself again that help is on the way
and safety abounds
that safety abounds
that safety abounds
that safety abounds

Satellites mediate for us the day's events
Through fiber optics
I hope we can change the same
I wouldn't mind, but you are my only hope
I wouldn't mind, but you are my only hope

Clear as a bell are the short breaths
That you take when you're distracted
Same as the way that you roll your eyes
When I ask too many stupid questions

My faith in zeros and ones to host our romance
Rests on hope you gave that
I've some claim to your heart

I wouldn't mind, but you are my only hope
I wouldn't mind, but you are my only hope

Clear as a bell are the short breaths
That you take when you're distracted
Same as the way that you roll your eyes
When I've asked too many questions

I will call you in three weeks
Maybe then you'll have some more to say

I saw in your bedroom
the drawers had been emptied
looking for answers
but you won't admit it now

you don't need a reason
that's what you tell me
but I still don't buy it
you drink yourself silly
night after night

it makes me feel so good
to always tell you when you're wrong
the big man that I am
to always have to put you down

then there's your girlfriend
she opens her legs and
gives your life meaning
is that what you love her for?

the angel's always looking down
he's perfect with a frown
the bully always wins

it makes me feel so good
to always tell you when you're wrong
the big man that I am
to always have to put you down

it makes me feel so good
to always tell you when you're wrong
the big man that I am
to always have to put you down

it makes me look so good
to always put you in your place
I can write it in a song
but never say it to your face
to your face

The sun shines and leaves blow
And my hope like autumn is turning brown
And I know it seems like I'm always falling down

But it does not matter to me
Although it seems like it should
It's because I know I'm understood
When I hear Him say

Rest in Me, little David and dry all your tears
You can lay down your armor and have no fear
'Cause I'm always here when you're tired of running
And I'm all the strength that you need

It's uphill both ways
Tomorrow I swear, I won't act this way
And I know it seems like that is what I always say

But it does not matter to me
Although it seems like it should
It's because I know I'm understood
When I hear Him say

Rest in Me, little David and dry all your tears
You can lay down your armor and have no fear
'Cause I'm always here when you're tired of running
And I'm all the strength that you need

You know I want to be like Jesus
But it seems so very far away
When will I learn to obey, obey

A hole that big I'd never seen before
In the tummy of a good ol' boy who always wanted more
Then just yesterday I saw him satisfied
It seems he'd met the hole fixin' man much to his surprise

But are you for real, Mr. hole fixin' man?
You fixed my friend, can you fix me?
Hey Mr. hole fixin' man, I'm as broken as a boy can be
So how about fixin' me

All the charms that never were enough
It seems the hole was always twice as big
No matter what it was, but to see him now is almost to believe
That maybe Mr. hole fixin' man might have what I need

But are you for real, Mr. hole fixin' man?
You fixed my friend, can you fix me?
Hey Mr. hole fixin' man, I'm as broken as a boy can be
So how about fixin' me

Mr. Whole fixin' man, he says you died on calvary
Hey Mr. hole fixin' man, if you've got proof I'll believe it
So how about fixin' me, won't you please, won't you please?
Start by fixin' me, start by fixin' me

Deep green hills whose shoulders fade into thick grey
Tall wet grass whose flesh makes fools of grazing sheep
Whose fleecing makes a fool of me
Who shall I blame for this sweet and heavy trouble
For every stupid struggle I don't know
I could buy you a drink
I could tell you all about it
I could tell you why I doubt it and why I still believe
But I can't say it like I sing it
And I can't sing it like I think it
And I can't think like I feel it
And I don't feel a thing
Why I still believe it
Why I need it
Who shall I blame for this sweet and heavy trouble
For every stupid struggle I don't know
Why I still believe it
Why I need it
And what the pharisees don't see
We'd have more drinks
And speak of so many things
But I don't know you and you don't know me

The poison makes its way through my body slowly
Into the pleasure centers of my brain
If you were here I would admit that I'm an asshole
But now it's over and I can't stay sober
Though it isn't like I've tried
On the front porch or on an airplane on vacation
Or out for dinner in a nearby town
I was so proud just to have you sitting with me
But now it's over and I can't stay sober
Pour and swallow follow one shot with another
I'll keep on til you agree to come back over
Or until there are x's on my eyes
My old man always swore that hell would have no flame
Just a front row seat to watch your true love pack her things and drive away

Roll me over I wanna wave at the kids
I can't say I prescribe cause I don't know what it is
I'm down at the track I'm just calling to check in
If you start without me say my name as you begin
It's not like it wasn't all for you
But like everything I do it's misunderstood
Take a message I'm on my way out of town
But the wording's important so make sure you write it down
There's money behind every picture in the place
Sincerely your husband on my way to the next race
If it's once I got it
If it's twice I don't