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[death tribble]

Anthony works in the grocery store
Savin' his pennies for some day
Mama Leone left a note on the door
She said
"Sonny, move out to the country"

Oh but workin' too hard can give you a heart attack
You oughta know by now
Who needs a house out in Hackensack ?
Is that all you get for your money ?

And it seems such a waste of time
If that's what it's all about
Mama, if that's movin' up, then I'm movin' out

Sergeant O'Leary is walkin' the beat
At night he becomes a bartender
He works at Mister Cacciatore's down on Sullivan Street
Across from the medical center

And he's tradin' in his Chevy for a Cadillac
You oughta know by now
And if he can't drive
With a broken back
At least he can polish the fenders

And it seems such a waste of time
If that's what it's all about
Mama, if that's movin' up, then I'm movin' out

You should never argue with a crazy mind
You oughta know by now
You can pay Uncle Sam with the overtime
Is that all you get for your money ?

And if that's what you have in mind
Yeah, if that's what you're all about
Good luck, moving up, 'cause I'm movin' out

I'm movin' out

[death tribble]

She can kill with a smile
She can wound with her eyes
She can ruin your faith with her casual lies
And she only reveals what she wants you to see
She hides like a child
But she's always a woman to me

She can lead you to love
She can take you or leave you
She can ask for the truth
But she'll never believe
And she'll take what you give her as long as it's free
Yeah, she steals like a thief
But she's always a woman to me

Oh, she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time
Oh, and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind

She will promise you more
Than the Garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you
And laugh while you're bleedin'
But she'll bring out the best
And the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself
Cause she's always a woman to me

Oh, she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time
Oh, and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind

She is frequently kind
And she's suddenly cruel
She can do as she pleases
She's nobody's fool
But she can't be convicted
She's earned her degree
And the most she will do
Is throw shadows at you
But she's always a woman to me

[death tribble]

If you search for tenderness
It isn't hard to find
You can have the love you need to live
But if you look for truthfulness
You might just as well be blind
It always seems to be so hard to give

Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty is hardly ever heard
And mostly what I need from you

I can always find someone
To say they sympathize
If I wear my heart out on my sleeve
But I don't want some pretty face
To tell me pretty lies
All I want is someone to believe

Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty is hardly ever heard
And mostly what I need from you

I can find a lover
I can find a friend
I can have security
Until the bitter end
Anyone can comfort me
With promises again
I know, I know

When I'm deep inside of me
Don't be too concerned
I won't ask for nothin' while I'm gone
But when I want sincerity
Tell me where else can I turn
Cause you're the one that I depend upon

Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty is hardly ever heard
And mostly what I need from you

[death tribble]

Listen boy
Don't want to see you let a good thing
Slip away
You know I don't like watching
Anybody make the same mistakes
I made

She's a real nice girl
And she's always there for you
But a nice girl wouldn't tell you what you should do

Listen boy
I'm sure that you think you got it all
Under control

You don't want somebody telling you
The way to stay in someone's soul

You're a big boy now
You'll never let her go
But that's just the kind of thing
She ought to know

Tell her about it
Tell her everything you feel
Give her every reason to accept
That you're for real

Tell her about it
Tell her all your crazy dreams
Let her know you need her
Let her know how much she means

Listen boy
It's not automatically a certain guarantee
To insure yourself
You've got to provide communication constantly

When you love someone
You're always insecure
And there's only one good way
To reassure

Tell her about it
Let her know how much you care
When she can't be with you
Tell her you wish you were there
Tell her about it
Every day before you leave
Pay her some attention
Give her something to believe

Cause now and then
She'll get to worrying
Just because you haven't spoken
For so long
Though you may not have done anything
Will that be a consolation when she's gone

Listen boy
It's good information from a man
Who's made mistakes
Just a word or two that she gets from you
Could be the difference that it makes

She's a trusting soul
She's put her trust in you
But a girl like that won't tell you
What you should do

Tell her about it
Tell her everything you feel
Give her every reason
To accept that you're for real
Tell her about it
Tell her all your crazy dreams
Let her know you need her
Let her know how much she means

Tell her about it
Tell her how you feel right now
Tell her about it
The girl don't want to wait too long
You got to tell her about it
Tell her now and you won't go wrong
You got to tell her about it
Before it gets too late
You got to tell her about it
You know the girl don't want
To wait - you got to
Tell her about it

[death tribble]

We met as soul mates
On Parris Island
We left as inmates
From an asylum
And we were sharp
As sharp as knives
And we were so gung ho
To lay down our lives

We came in spastic
Like tameless horses
We left in plastic
As numbered corpses
And we learned fast
To travel light
Our arms were heavy
But our bellies were tight

We had no home front
We had no soft soap
They sent us Playboy
They gave us Bob Hope
We dug in deep
And shot on sight
And prayed to Jesus Christ
With all of our might

We had no cameras
To shoot the landscape
We passed the hash pipe
And played our Doors tapes
And it was dark
So dark at night
And we held on to each other
Like brother to brother
We promised our mothers we'd write
And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together

Remember Charlie
Remember Baker
They left their childhood
On every acre
And who was wrong ?
And who was right ?
It didn't matter in the thick of the fight

We held the day
In the palm
Of our hand
They ruled the night
And the night
Seemed to last as long as six weeks
On Parris Island

We held the coastline
They held the highlands
And they were sharp
As sharp as knives
They heard the hum of our motors
They counted the rotors
And waited for us to arrive
And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together

[death tribble]

Some people stay far away from the door
If there's a chance of it opening up
They hear a voice in the hall outside
And hope that it just passes by

Some people live with the fear of a touch
And the anger of having been a fool
They will not listen to anyone
So nobody tells them a lie

I know you're only protecting yourself
I know you're thinking of somebody else
Someone who hurt you but I'm not above
Making up for the love
You've been denying you could ever feel
I'm not above doing anything
To restore your faith if I can

Some people see through the eyes of the old
Before they ever get a look at the young
I'm only willing to hear you cry
Because I am an innocent man

I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am

Some people say they will never believe
Another promise they hear in the dark
Because they only remember too well
They heard somebody tell them before

Some people sleep all alone every night
Instead of taking a lover to bed
Some people find that's it's easier to hate
Than to wait anymore

I know you don't want to hear what I say
I know you're gonna keep turning away
But I've been there and if I can survive
I can keep you alive
I'm not above going through it again
I'm not above being cool for a while
If you're cruel to me I'll understand

Some people run from a possible fight
Some people figure they can never win
And although this is a fight I can lose
The accused is an innocent man

I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
An innocent man

You know you only hurt yourself out of spite
I guess you'd rather be a martyr tonight
That's your decision but I'm not below
Anybody I know
If there's a chance of resurrecting a love
I'm not above going back to the start
To find out where the heartache began

Some people hope for a miracle cure
Some people just accept the world as it is
But I'm not willing to lay down and die
Because I am an innocent man

I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
An innocent man

[death tribble]

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe

Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, The King And I, and The Catcher In The Rye
Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron
Dien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the Clock
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River Kwai
Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball
Starkweather Homicide, Children of Thalidomide...

Buddy Holly, Ben-Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia
Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger in a Strange Land
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician Sex
J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say?

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
Rock and Roller Cola wars, I can't take it anymore

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
It will still burn on and on and on and on
And on and on and on and on...

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

[death tribble]

Woah, oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh
For the longest

If you said goodbye to me tonight
There would still be music left to write
What else could I do
I'm so inspired by you
That hasn't happened for the longest time

Once I thought my innocence was gone
Now I know that happiness goes on
That's where you found me
When you put your arms around me
I haven't been there for the longest time

Woah, oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh
For the longest

I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall
And the greatest miracle of all
Is how I need you
And how you needed me too
That hasn't happened for the longest time

Maybe this won't last very long
But you feel so right
And I could be wrong
Maybe I've been hoping too hard
But I've gone this far
And it's more than I hoped for

Who knows how much further we'll go on
Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone
I'll take my chances
I forgot how nice romance is
I haven't been there for the longest time

I had second thoughts at the start
I said to myself
Hold on to your heart
Now I know the woman that you are
You're wonderful so far
And it's more than I hoped for

I don't care what consequence it brings
I have been a fool for lesser things
I want you so bad
I think you ought to know
That I intend to hold you for the longest time

Woah, oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh
For the longest time
Woah, oh, oh
For the longest time...

[Pariah]

John was a fighter, his fist in a glove
Across the universe, he spoke of love
Paul was a worker but he got the blame
When the party was over, we all felt the same

 

They let it be like they'd never been born
We heard the silver hammer till the break of dawn

 

Shining like the moon, the stars and the sun
They knew the revolution had already begun

 

George played guitar like ringing a bell
Ringo held the beat till the axe fell
Brian was the glue that held it together
Neil and Mal survived the stormy weather

 

They let it be like they'd never been born
We heard the silver hammer till the break of dawn

 

Shining like the moon, the stars and the sun
They knew the revolution had already begun
They gave us pins and needles on their Mystery Tour
Through the bathroom window without going out of your door

 

They came at a time, we'd lost our principles
Never did we sleep, we thought we were invincible
They'd always said you could take yourself higher, higher

 

As the muddy waters broke the lions heart
They should have known better but they fell apart

 

Shining like the moon, the stars and the sun
They knew the revolution had already begun
They gave us pins and needles on their Mystery Tour

Through the bathroom window without going out of your door

[Pariah]

Those that have lived before
They breathe and walk through us
A course relayed
Round our sacred fires
That light up these hillsides
At dawn we shall begin

 

With fear of extinction
We're pushed to the edge of the ice
Instinctive direction
X2 a drive to survive

 

All eyes to the east
All eyes to the east

In a vision
Snowflower Elder crossed

He has seen
Snowflower Elder
He has walked forest green
All eyes to the east

 

Stand tribe to tribe
For we are the lords of the future
True pillars of life
And if we're to arrive
Through such desperate times
We must stand unified

 

Traces of ancestral faces
Project on a blizzard torn sky
In a game of do or die
Fly clear with the falcon
Perceive through the eagle's eye
This is exponential ancient overdrive

 

No turning back
We must cross the Ice Bridge
Onward to sunrise
In a race against time

 

All eyes to the east

In a vision
Snowflower Elder crossed

 

All eyes to the east
In a vision
Snowflower Elder walked
Lands of green

 

All eyes to the east
In a vision
Snowflower Elder crossed

All eyes to the east
In a vision
Snowflower Elder walked

[Pariah]

Judging by the voice
He was free to himself so real
We slaved ourselves to sacrifice
More than that we do not know
Then you hear him on the radio
He would play the sacred themes
That my children sang to me

 

Amazing as it seems
It was the answer to my dream
His heart that touches me
More than that I do not not know
Then I hear him on the radio
Remembering his every word
That my children sing to me
We have seen the world, this ecstasy
Now my children sing to me
This loving place, beyond belief

 

You got to stand stand to to together
Keep the message alive
You got to stand stand to to together
To keep the message alive

 

Spirit up moving, spirit up
Rhythm of sunfire

 

You got to stand stand to to together
Keep the message alive

 

Listening for his words
He would speak in ancient verse
So we mesmerize a way to go
Reaching out the universe
Reaching out the universal
Not afraid to learn new words
That our children sing to us
We have seen the world, this ecstasy
So his children bring to us
This inner peace, beyond belief

 

You got to stand stand to to together
Keep the message alive

 

You got to stand stand to to together
To keep the message alive

 

Spirit up moving, spirit up
Rhythm of sunfire

 

You got to stand stand to to together
Keep the message alive

 

One voice
One world
One touch
One life... truly, truly say it
One world... one voice
One touch... truly, truly say it
Some people realise
Some people see it
From the beginning
One world... one touch
One voice... one life
One touch... one voice... one world... one life

[death tribble]

Lawnchairs are everywhere
They're everywhere
My mind describes them to me
Only to me

Lawnchairs are everywhere
They're everywhere
My mind describes them to me
Only to me

As you screen out the light that colors your skin
Can you just wear protection?
Are you having some fun?
Some fun

And are you sleeping with someone special tonight?
Does she drink tall drinks
Just to make it feel right?
Feel right

Because lawnchairs are everywhere
They're everywhere
My mind describes them to me
Only to me

Lawnchairs are everywhere
They're everywhere
My mind describes them to me
Only to me

And it's a holiday in the middle of the week
As you leave from your job
Just like a holiday

And it's a holiday in the middle of the week
As you leave from your job
For only two weeks

She's a boy that we like and gonna go far
She's a boy that we like
And he's gonna go far
Well, she's got to and he's got to and we got to

She's a boy that we like and gonna go far
She's a boy that we like
And he's gonna go far

Because lawnchairs are everywhere
They're everywhere
My mind describes them
Lawnchairs are everywhere
They're everywhere
And my mind describes them
Lawnchairs are everywhere
They're everywhere
And my mind describes them
Lawnchairs are everywhere
They're everywhere
And my mind describes them
And my mind describes them

[death tribble]

Questi giorni quando vieni il belle sole
La la la la la-la-la-la la la la la

On days like these when skies are blue and fields are green
I look around and think about what might have been
And then I hear sweet music float around my head
As I recall the many things we left unsaid

It's on days like these that I remember
Singing songs and drinking wine
While your eyes played games with mine

On days like these I wonder what became of you
Maybe today you're singing songs with someone new
I'd like to think you're walking by those willow trees
Remembering the love we knew on days like these

It's on days like these that I remember
Singing songs and drinking wine
While your eyes played games with mine

On days like these I wonder what became of you
Maybe today you're singing songs with someone new

Questi giorni quando vieni il belle sole
La la la la la-la-la-la la la la la

[death tribble]

This is the self-preservation society
This is the self-preservation society

Go wash your German bands, your boat race too
Comb your Barnet Fair we got a lot to do
Put on your dicky dirt and your Peckham rye
Cause time's soon hurrying by

Get your skates on mate, get your skates on mate
No bib around your Gregory Peck today, ehn?
Drop your plates of meat right up on the seat

This is the self-preservation society
This is the self-preservation society

Gotta get a bloomin move on
Babadab-babadabadab-bab-ba
Gotta get a bloomin move on
Babadab-babadabadab-bab-ba
Jump in the jam jar gotta get straight
Hurry up mate – don't wanna be late
How's your father ?
Tickety boo
Tickety boo
Gotta get a bloomin move on

Self-preservation society
This is the self-preservation society
Put on your almond rocks and daisy roots
Wash your Hampstead Heath and wear your whistle and flute
Lots of lah-di-dahs and cockneys here
Look alive and get out of here

So get your skates on mate, get your skates on mate
No bib around your Gregory Peck today, eh ?
Drop your plates of meat right up on the seat

This is the self-preservation society
This is the self-preservation society

[Pariah]

She sees me, she understands
She helps with all of my fears
When we stand together for life
Who will hold a child in her arms?

 

She reaches out, so many friends
Who seek to live this world
When we stand together for life
She will hold a child in her arms

 

Without woman, earth would fade and die
Without woman who am I?
Who am I on this island of faith?
Who am I on this island of life?

 

You are the sea, you are the sky
You are the ocean
I am the earth, I am the island of your love

 

She listens, she understands
For those searching for truth
We will stand together for life
We will hold a child in our arms

 

Without woman, earth would fade and die
Without woman who am I?
Who am I on this island of faith?
Who am I on this island of life?

 

You are the sea, you are the sky
You are the ocean
I am the earth, I am the island of your love

 

She sees me, she understands
She helps with all of my fears
When we stand together for life
She will hold a child in her arms

 

Without woman, earth would fade and die
Without woman who am I?
Who am I on this island of faith?
Who am I on this island of life?

 

You are the sea, you are the sky
You are the ocean
I am the earth, I am the island of your love

 

You are the sea, you are the sky
You are the ocean
I am the earth, I am the island of your love

 

Dreams are sent for the understanding of life
Dreams are sent for the understanding of love

[Pariah]

Made my escape just a few days ago
I don't wanna tell you how low you can go
Movin' on up get a job quickly
Somthin' hit me I don't know what it was
I wanna go back this week
I wanna go back this week
I wanna go back this minute

 

They said I was unruly
Better get a job
I really didn't understand the meaning of the word
I tried to get an understanding with the foreman boss
He simply put me down and said I wasn't
To be trusted
So I wanna go back
I wanna go back
I wanna go back

 

I wanna go back to school
I wanna go back to school
You might think I'm a crazy fool
I wanna go back to school
Man its safer in there
The world outside is so uncool

 

I need the money right now, I need the right job
The guys at work just needle me,

They just can't get enough
I telephoned my friend, he said "Same with me"
So what are we going to do in this unearthly factory
I don't understand, how I was pushed to the brink
I wanna go back
I wanna go back
I wanna go back

 

I wanna go back to school
I wanna go back to school

Learn the golden rule
I wanna go back to school
Man it's crazy out here in the 'outer' world
I wanna go back to school

Let me go

 

So I'm sitting in the dark
In my bed the other night
Thinking about my teacher
Now wasn't she right
They said you'd get a shock
Just like coming out of the womb
The world outside's enormous
There's only so much room
People kick and tear your brain
Life outside's insane
I wanna go back

Hear me know!

I really tried to work so hard
They told me scrub the floor
They kicked me like a toy
Nailed me to the door
I wanna go back to school

I wanna go back to school

I wanna hear it, hear it
Hear the golden rule
I wanna go back to school

[death tribble]

Just sixteen, a pickup truck
Out of money, out of luck
I've got nowhere to call my own
Hit the gas, and here I go

I'm running free, yeah
I'm running free
I'm running free, yeah
Oh, I'm running free

I spent the night in an L.A. jail
And listened to the sirens wail
But they ain't got a thing on me
I'm running wild, I'm running free

I'm running free, yeah
I'm running free
I'm running free, yeah
Oh, I'm running free

Get out of my way, hey

I'm running free, yeah
I'm running free
I'm running free, yeah
Oh, I'm running free

Right ?

Pulled her at the Bottle Top
Whiskey, dancing, disco hop
Now all the boys are after me
And that's the way it's gonna be, yeah!

I'm running free, yeah
I'm running free
I'm running free, yeah
Oh, I'm running free
Oh

I'm running free, yeah
I'm running free
I'm running, I'm running (I'm running free, yeah)
I'm running, (I'm running free) ooh yeah, yeah!
I'm running, I'm running (I'm running free, yeah)
I'm running, (I'm running free) ooh yeah
Running, I'm running (I'm running free, yeah)
I'm running, (I'm running free) yeah
Ow, ow! Ow, ow!

[death tribble]

Kill for gain or shoot to maim
But we don't need a reason
The Golden Goose is on the loose
And never out of season
Blackened pride still burns inside
This shell of bloody treason
Here's my gun for a barrel of fun
For the love of living death

The killer's breed or the Demon's seed
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
Don't you pray for my soul anymore?

2 minutes to midnight
The hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight
To kill the unborn in the womb

The blind men shout "Let the creatures out
We'll show the unbelievers."
The napalm screams of human flames
Of a prime time Belsen feast ... yeah!
As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy
We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies

The killer's breed or the Demon's seed
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
Don't you pray for my soul anymore

2 minutes to midnight
The hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight
To kill the unborn in the womb

The body bags and little rags of children torn in two
And the jellied brains of those who remain to put the finger right on you
As the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song
To the tune of starving millions to make a better kind of gun

The killer's breed or the Demon's seed
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
Don't you pray for my soul anymore

2 minutes to midnight
The hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight
To kill the unborn in the womb

Midnight
Midnight
Midnight
It's all night

Midnight
Midnight
Midnight
It's all night

[death tribble]

There goes the siren that warns of the air raid
There comes the sound of the guns sending flak
Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne
Got to get up for the coming attack

Jump in the cockpit and start up the engines
Remove all the wheel blocks
There's no time to waste
Gathering speed as we head down the runway
Got to get airborne before it's too late

Running, scrambling, flying
Rolling, turning, diving
Going in again
Running, scrambling, flying
Rolling, turning, diving

Run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die
Won't you run, live to fly, fly to live, aces high

Move in to fire at the mainstream of bombers
Let off a sharp burst and then turn away
Roll over, spin round to come in behind them
Move to their blindsides and firing again

Bandits at 8 o'clock move in behind us
Ten ME-109s out of the sun
Ascending and turning our Spitfires to face them
Heading straight for them I press down my guns

Rolling, turning, diving
Rolling, turning, diving
Going in again
Rolling, turning, diving
Rolling, turning, diving

Run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die
Won't you run, live to fly, fly to live, aces high

[Pariah]

Well, I woke up this morning
The place was such a wreck
I couldn't reach the bathroom
Thought I better clear the deck

 

I tried to call the lawyer
And asked him what to do
He referred me to his doctor
Who referred me back to you

 

And when you checked the manual
You kept inside the case
It said put it in a cool dry place

 

Now I drove around the city
Looking for a room
That was high above the water
Where my things could be in tune

 

There was no one to help me
Nobody even cared
I had to go through hell
To get those things up there

 

I paid my first subscription
Then I joined the idle race
And they said, store it in a cool dry place

 

I got guitar, basses, amplifiers and drums
Accordions and mandolins and things that sometimes hum
Cymbals and harmonicas, capos by the score
And lots of things in boxes laying all around the floor

 

Some places they get mildew
And others get too hot
Some places are so damp that
Everything you got just rots

 

All kinds of condensation
A direct result of rain
And not much compensation
When everything's been stained

 

Some have sentimental value
That cannot be erased
Go store it in a cool dry place

 

We got solids and acoustics
And some from plywood board
And some are trimmed in leather
And some are made with gourds

 

There's organs and trombones
And reverbs we can't use
Lots of DX sevens
And old athletic shoes

 

I bought a great big building
It took up one whole block
I made an inventory
Of all the things in stock

 

The place was getting longer
I was up all night
I used up all my pencils
But I went on despite

 

The blurring of my vision
The sweat upon my face
I got to put this stuff away
I mustn't leave a trace

 

The landlord's breathing down my neck
He says it's a disgrace
So I said, "Put it in a cool, dry place"

[Pariah]

Many a year ago
In a kingdom by the sea
There lived a maiden you may know
By the name of Annabelle Lee
No other thought did trouble her mind
But to love and be loved by me

 

We were children both
In this kingdom by the sea
But we loved with a love that was more than love
I and my Annabelle Lee
With a love that the winged angels high
Coveted her and me

This was the reason long ago
In this kingdom by the sea
A wind blew from a stormy cloud
That took my Annabelle Lee
Then her wicked brothers came
To steal her away from me

 

They shut her up in a tomb below
This kingdom by the sea
But no maiden's grave could sever my soul
From the love she bore for me
For the moon don't beam without a dream
Of my darling Annabelle Lee

 

For many years I've wandered
Through this kingdom by the sea
I've laid myself beside the bones
Of my beautiful Annabelle Lee
I'll make my bed near the rising tide
In her tomb by the sounding sea

[Pariah]

The Shankill butchers ride tonight
You better shut your windows tight
They're sharpening their cleavers and their knives
And taking all their whiskey by the pint

 

'Cause everybody knows
If you don't mind your mother's words
A wicked wind will blow
Your ribbons from your curls

 

Everybody moan, everybody shake,
The Shankill butchers wanna catch you
Awake

 

They used to be just like me and you
They used to be sweet little boys
But something went horribly askew
Now killing is their only source of joy

 

'Cause everybody knows...

If you don't mind your mother's words
A wicked wind will blow
Your ribbons from your curls

 

Everybody moan, everybody shake,
The Shankill butchers wanna catch you
Awake

 

The Shankill butchers on the rise
They're waiting till the dead of night
They're picking at their fingers with their knives
And wiping off their cleavers on their thighs

 

'Cause everybody knows...

If you don't mind your mother's words
A wicked wind will blow
Your ribbons from your curls

 

Everybody moan, everybody shake,
The Shankill butchers wanna catch you
The Shankill butchers wanna cut you
The Shankill butchers wanna catch you
Awake

[Pariah]

I saw you walking by yourself
Your eyes were crying out for help
I know you feel your pain is more
Than anyone's been hurt before

 

I know love hurts when its over
If you wanna cry it's alright
You're like a fallen soldier
But you just can't lay down and die

 

You've got to remember you're not alone in this world
Always remember you're not alone in this world

 

The moment that I looked at you
I recognized the killing truth
You really think there's no way out
But if you let me, I can help you now

 

Through all these shattered emotions
There's a lesson to learn
So come on let me hold you closer
Love can soothe what love has burned

 

You've got to remember you're not alone in this world
Always remember you're not alone in this world

 

You've got to remember
Never alone

Never alone

Never, never alone

 

I got to tell you baby
Through all these shattered emotions
There's a lesson to learn
So come on let me hold you closer
Love can soothe what love has burned

 

You've got to remember you're not alone in this world
Always remember you're not alone in this world
 

[death tribble]

Midnight at the oasis
Send your camel to bed
Shadows paintin' our faces
Traces of romance in our heads
Heaven's holdin' a half-moon
Shinin' just for us
Let's slip off to a sand dune, real soon
And kick up a little dust

Come on, Cactus is our friend
He'll point out the way
Come on, till the evenin' ends
Till the evenin' ends
You don't have to answer
There's no need to speak
I'll be your belly dancer, prancer
And you can be my sheik

I know your Daddy's a sultan
A nomad known to all
With fifty girls to attend him, they all send him
Jump at his beck and call
But you won't need no harem, honey
When I'm by your side
And you won't need no camel, no no
When I take you for a ride

 

Come on, Cactus is our friend
He'll point out the way
Come on, till the evenin' ends
Till the evenin' ends
Midnight at the oasis
Send your camel to bed
Got shadows paintin' our faces
And traces of romance in our heads

[death tribble]

You're floating down a tunnel
In a little wooden box
You're cold and your lonely and enveloped in fog
You've been pried open and left here to die
You should have trusted your instincts
'cause they don't tell lies

Something always goes wrong when things are going right
You swallowed your pride
To quell the pain inside
Someone captured your heart
Like a thief in the night
And squeezed all the juice out until it ran dry

You've been read like an open book
Page by page
You'll never tell anyone your inner thoughts again
You were taken in
By a heart of fools gold
Now you're drifting in circles
In the depths of your soul

Something always goes wrong when things are going right
You swallowed your pride
To quell the pain inside
Someone captured your heart
Like a thief in the night
And squeezed all juice out until it ran dry