Tom Blankenship

You can care if you wanna
You can care if you don't
But c'mon it's a big big world now
You gotta get what you want

Got no lack of frustration
Got no lack of disease
But c'mon it's a big, big world now
You gotta like what you see, and I do

Well you can ride, ride, ride on down to the aluminum park
Well you can ride, ride, ride on down with your head in the dark
Well, it's a little bit important to me, you get a whole lot of what you need
So you can ride, ride, ride on down to the aluminum park

Ride!

You can care if you wanna
You can care if you don't
But c'mon it's a big big world now
You've gotta get what you want

Got no lack of frustration
Got no lack of disease
C'mon it's a big, big world now
You gotta like what you see, and I do

Well you can ride, ride, ride on down to the aluminum park
Well you can ride, ride, ride on down with your head in the dark
Oh, it's a little bit important to me, you get a whole lot of what you need
So you can ride, ride, ride on down to the aluminum park
Yeah, you can ride, ride, ride on down to the aluminum park
Well, you can ride on down, hey

Ride!

is this "climbing up to the moon?"
or is it bailing out too soon?
i hope we didn't wait too long.
all that i wanted to say - words only got in the way.
but then i found another way to communicate.
is this "climbing up to the moon?"
or is it fadin out too soon??
i know we didn't, i know we didn't wait too long -
cause anytime's a good time to move on.
things i could say to myself - i could never say to anyone else.
but what madonna said really helped -
she said: "boy - you better learn to express yourself!"
i know we didn't, i know we didn't wait too long.
cause anytime's a good time to move on.

is this "climbing up to the moon?"
or is it bailing out too soon?
i hope we didn't wait too long.
all that i wanted to say - words only got in the way.
but then i found another way to communicate.
is this "climbing up to the moon?"
or is it fadin out too soon??
i know we didn't, i know we didn't wait too long -
cause anytime's a good time to move on.
things i could say to myself - i could never say to anyone else.
but what madonna said really helped -
she said: "boy - you better learn to express yourself!"
i know we didn't, i know we didn't wait too long.
cause anytime's a good time to move on.

at dawn they ride again, they'll haul you out to the streets.
They'll burn your papers and your empty trash cans,
beat this thought into your head, singin over and over again:
"all your life is obscene!"
"forget the papers, forget your musical dreams!"
but that's when my knife rises,
their life ends and my life starts again!

at dawn they ride again, they'll haul you out to the streets.
They'll burn your papers and your empty trash cans,
beat this thought into your head, singin over and over again:
"all your life is obscene!"
"forget the papers, forget your musical dreams!"
but that's when my knife rises,
their life ends and my life starts again!

sometimes I walk around town looking at faces
wonderin why their bodies go to silly places.
Walkin past the carpet mills looking in and takin stills,
your ass it draws me in like a Bermuda highway.
Oh, don't carve me out! Don't let your silly dreams,
fall in between the crack of the bed and the wall.
Two times I fell asleep in a dirty basement
snoozing in cobwebs and the cement.
Sometimes I wonder why that meek guy got all the fame,
maybe im to blame for his short bitter fucked up life.

butch cassidy i could've been your friend,
and rode with you and the sundance kid.
we'd laugh awhile and we'd smile a bit,
cause crimes like our arent counterfit.
they say you never even killed a man,
till it came right down to your final stand.
bullets flyin and the wounded cryin
and your buddy he's goin down.
get lower and the feelins show
and you gave off the final sound.
cause a soldiers death is so much better than defeat just hangin around.
defeat just hangin around.

you said, evan, is comin over again.
and i said, if he does, i'll kick his head in.
i've known you for years, i know all your moves,
i just cant believe that it caved in this soon.
and i'm playin it over and over again in my head.
you said evan is comin over again.
i asked where you go'd, and you said where you went:
he took you to movies and carnival tents.
bought you big houses and payed all the rent.
and i'm playin it over and over again in my head.
oh but Los Angeles ain't that far,
and the rest of the girls said they'd be there, by my car.

Spinning out, gracefully
Going nowhere, quickly
I'm older, day by day
But still going back to my childhood way

Circuital
Round and round patiently
Getting lost by the guide
And I'm all worked up over nothing

Circuits
All in and out
Connect my body
Deep into the ground

Circuits
Connect the earth to the moon
And link our heavenly bodies
And not a moment too soon

Well you can fling open the windows
Or you can board them up
Satan's jeweled crown
Or Christ's humble cup

You think you'll find yourself out there

Out in the lion's den
In some bloody battle
Over belief systems

Or disappear into the vacuum
Total neutrality
Where you can't lose nothing
But nothing can be gained

Well anyway you cut it
We're just spinning around
Out on the circuits
Over the hallowed grounds
Out on the circuits
Over the hallowed grounds
Ending up in the same place
That we started out
Right back in the same place
Right back in the same place
That we starting out

Let her know

Cobra comes up next to me
Anywhere he goes, he's silently
How do you take speaking so much?
How do you live without a lover’s touch?
Dale always says it’s easy
I’m hooked on four like one, two, three
I got them moves, declared to me
You need to listen cuz I guarantee you’re for sure

Now I know I’ve been movin’ too much
I’m gonna live for my hottie’s touch

How do you take him speaking so much?
How do you live without a lover’s touch?

Covered in charcoal, head to toe
Sticky, stick charcoal, I want you to know
How I long till I get these off
They’re so convenient but at such a cost
King I go out to plead
Sticky, sticky warmth, come and rush to me
I want to know, I want to see
There’s life for me

Oh how I long till I get these off
They’re so convenient but at such a cost.

I know somebody, yes, I know someone
Who loves to wait, loves to wait for the policeman to come.
I know somebody, yes, I know them well
And I’m aware of the thought they call ringing the bell

Four on the floor and four in the air
I’m drinkin’ cold, cold lightning with the bugs in my hair
I knew a partner, yes, I knew his house (now)

I know somebody, yes, I know someone
Who likes to wait, likes to wait for the policeman to come.

I know somebody, yes, I know them well
And I’m aware of the thought they call ringing the bell
Four on the floor and four in the air
I’m drinkin’ cold, cold lightning with the bugs in my hair
I knew a partner, yes, I knew his house

Why do my toes always feel so cold?
How come? How come? How come?
Why’s all the soap always burn like a rope?
How come? How come? How come?
When I see your reflection, it always frightens me
So strong that I can hardly speak.
How come?

Mixed up potion, the summer’s ocean
I feel I’m swimming in tannin lotion
Too many car chairs, and not enough leads
How come? How come? How come?

Thank you for all the sleep
So I know the spark’s aside
Stuff that keeps me clean
Stuff that helps me breathe
The lamps, the lights, the kerosene
Beautiful, two gardenias spring
How come?

Why does all the soap always burn like the rope?
How come? How come? How come?
Why’s all my toes always seem so cold?
How come? How come? How come?

Daybreak, nightfall, long as I believe
There ain't nothing glowing like the skin you're showin' and the keys you gave to me
Nightjails, poolhalls, some things are everywhere
So for the past I'm diggin' a grave so big, it will swallow up the sea
Oh I know... that it's easy... there's no trouble waitin' for me
Dancefloors, headlights, in my blood there's gasoline
For an urban boy on a dirty tour I never felt so clean
Loaded questions in an automatic world
You just won't be seein' the things you need, as if you thought you would
Oh, I know... it's never easy... when there's trouble waitin' for me

Daybreak, nightfall, long as I believe
There ain't nothing glowing like the skin you're showin' and the keys you gave to me
Nightjails, poolhalls, some things are everywhere
So for the past I'm diggin' a grave so big, it will swallow up the sea
Oh I know... that it's easy... there's no trouble waitin' for me
Dancefloors, headlights, in my blood there's gasoline
For an urban boy on a dirty tour I never felt so clean
Loaded questions in an automatic world
You just won't be seein' the things you need, as if you thought you would
Oh, I know... it's never easy... when there's trouble waitin' for me

some say, death is the easy way and I think they're right.
Cause nights tick, by like a long week except when you stop by.
And I know that tryin gets nothing done and I see you're about dry.
Cause nothing gets you high, you're poor the day you die,
and alcohol it only makes you tired.
But seein you feels good, and its always understood.
That anything much sweeter would make me die.

some say, death is the easy way and I think they're right.
Cause nights tick, by like a long week except when you stop by.
And I know that tryin gets nothing done and I see you're about dry.
Cause nothing gets you high, you're poor the day you die,
and alcohol it only makes you tired.
But seein you feels good, and its always understood.
That anything much sweeter would make me die.

In a dream, I saw you walkin'
Like a kid alive and talkin', that was you
In the classroom, you were teachin'
On the streets you were policin' that was you

To the one I now know most
I will tell them of your ghost like a thing that never, ever was

And all that ever mattered
Will some day turn back to batter like a joke
Behind thin walls, you hid your feelings
Takes four legs to make a ceilin' like a thing

In a dream I saw you walkin'
With your friends alive and talkin', that was you
Well I saw it in your movements
And even though you never knew it, well I knew

Just how sweet it could be
If you'd never left these streets

You had me worried, so worried that this would last
You had me worried, so worried that this would last
But now I'm learning, learning that this will pass
But now I'm learning, learning that this will pass

In a dream, I saw you walkin'
Like a kid alive and talkin', that was you
In the classroom, you were teachin'
On the streets you were policin' that was you

To the one I now know most
I will tell them of your ghost like a thing that never, ever was

And all that ever mattered
Will some day turn back to batter like a joke
Behind thin walls, you hid your feelings
Takes four legs to make a ceilin' like a thing

In a dream I saw you walkin'
With your friends alive and talkin', that was you
Well I saw it in your movements
And even though you never knew it, well I knew

Just how sweet it could be
If you'd never left these streets

You had me worried, so worried that this would last
You had me worried, so worried that this would last
But now I'm learning, learning that this will pass
But now I'm learning, learning that this will pass

If there was a place downtown
That they talked about every day
Then I'd wanna move uptown
Tell the microphone he can't play
Tell the acid man we don't want to
Tell the microphone he can't play
Tell the acid man we don't want to
Ohh
There's not a lot that you (you) can say
To make the microphone man go away
There's not a lot you can say

To make the microphone man go away
There isn't a lot you can say
I don't want to (I don't want to)
Ooh ooooooooh ooh ooh
I don't want to (I don't want to)
Ooh ooh ooooooooh ooh ooh
I don't want to

well the easy mornin rebel, well he has come.
come down from heaven, all bathed in sun
he'll take to flyin, he'll take to the road...
as long as he's movin to get dey blood!
he'll be the water if you'll be the wine.
sent down from heaven in this earthly disguise
well the evening rebel, his heart is stone.
this earthly body... just a temporary home
a dream of movin moves on thru the night
and he sure looks good when he moves in the light
he'll be the water if you'll be the wine.
sent down from heaven in this earthly disguise
black hearted ruler? I only knew...
that loving moment I had with you

ev-O-lyn i hope this cant be true.
ev-O-lyn, you know my hearts with you.
dont try to tell me there's another boy,
don't try to use me like a lovers toy.
ev-O-lyn you know this cant be true.
from what i found the ground remains with you.
don't try to tell me theres another boy,
don't try and use me like a lovers toy.
"aw take it away johnny!!!"

Honey, it's rotten and they got us so scared
Thinking there's some evil waiting under vain
Whooo! I made a nasty decision
To love whoever I want just-a whenever I can

Things they're saying--
Evil urges baby; they're just part of the human way
It ain't evil baby, if ya ain't hurting anybody
Evil urges baby; they're now part of the human way
It ain't evil baby, if ya ain't hurting anybody, anybody

It's all the same, we're tired of waiting, come on then
And dedicate your love to any woman or man
No racial boundary lines, no social subdivisions
If you want it, you can

Well we're not saying, I'm not saying that I want it someday
And we're not saying, I'm not saying that I want it somehow
Well we're not saying, I'm not saying that I want it someday, somehow
Woo, I'm ready it for now (I'm ready for it now)

I'm ready it for now (I'm ready for it now)
I'm ready it for now (I'm ready for it now)
I'm ready it for, ah (I'm ready for it now)
I'm ready for it now

Things they're saying--
Evil urges baby; they're part of the human way
It ain't evil baby, if ya ain't hurting anybody
Evil urges baby come on; bad is all the same, come on now
It ain't evil baby, if it ain't hurting anybody anybody

Evil urges baby, they're part of the human way
It ain't evil baby, 'cause ya ain't hurting anybody anybody

Gideon.
What have you told us at all?
Make a sound, come down off the wall.
Religion, should appeal to the hearts of the young.
Who are you? what have you become?
You animal.
Come on.
What does this remind you of?
Truly.
Truly we have become.
Hated and feared for something we don't want.
Listen.
Listen.
Most of us believe that this is wrong.
You animal.
Come on.
What does this remind you of?
Animal.
Come on.
What does this remind you of?
Animal.
Come on

Gideon.
What have you told us at all?
Make a sound, come down off the wall.
Religion, should appeal to the hearts of the young.
Who are you? what have you become?
You animal.
Come on.
What does this remind you of?
Truly.
Truly we have become.
Hated and feared for something we don't want.
Listen.
Listen.
Most of us believe that this is wrong.
You animal.
Come on.
What does this remind you of?
Animal.
Come on.
What does this remind you of?
Animal.
Come on

"Watchin' this stretch of road,
Miles of light explode,
Driftin' off the thing I've never done before.

Watchin' the crowd roll in,
Out go the lights, It Begins.
Feeling in my bones I've never felt before.

People always told me,
That bars are dark & lonely,
And talk is often cheap & filled with air.
Sure sometimes it thrills me,
But nothing could ever chill me,
Like the way they make the time just disappear.

Feelin' you're here again,
Hard on my skin again,
Feelin' good a thing, I've never known before,
What does it mean to feel?
Millions of dreams come real,
Feeling in my soul I've never felt before.

And you, you always told me,
No matter how long it holds me,
If it falls apart or makes us millionaires,
We'll be right here forever,
Go through this thing together,
And on Heaven's Golden Shore, We'll lay our heads."

"Watchin' this stretch of road,
Miles of light explode,
Driftin' off the thing I've never done before.

Watchin' the crowd roll in,
Out go the lights, It Begins.
Feeling in my bones I've never felt before.

People always told me,
That bars are dark & lonely,
And talk is often cheap & filled with air.
Sure sometimes it thrills me,
But nothing could ever chill me,
Like the way they make the time just disappear.

Feelin' you're here again,
Hard on my skin again,
Feelin' good a thing, I've never known before,
What does it mean to feel?
Millions of dreams come real,
Feeling in my soul I've never felt before.

And you, you always told me,
No matter how long it holds me,
If it falls apart or makes us millionaires,
We'll be right here forever,
Go through this thing together,
And on Heaven's Golden Shore, We'll lay our heads."

(Screeching sound)
Okay, cool

2o times i wish you'd understand, that you're breakin the
heart of this heartbreakin man.
20 times i wish you'd use the door, cause
you're makin this heart want some more. oooooo