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Last Chance
03:43
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Last Chance 12/31/88
This is your last chance
I was born with no distinction
I was taught to tell the truth and never hurt a friend
Only love can end confusion
Only love can shape a life a person can defend (to themselves)
There’s no more I can offer
Please don’t expect me to change
I know you feel I lack ambition
Don’t you?
This is your last chance to change your spiteful ways
This is your last chance and I do mean today (oh yes I do)
If you want to feel better, then
Don’t be jealous, don’t be vain, don’t get joy from other’s pain
We are all our own redemption
For we all can go to bed feeling we’ve done our best (yes we can)
There’s no way I can please you if you do want me to change
Make money my sole decider, no way
This is your last chance to change your spiteful ways
This is your last chance and I do mean today (oh yes I do)
There’s no denying that power’s just a game
Where winners are survivors and losers are doused in pain
We all make this decision
We all choose to play this game
This is your last chance
To stop the game
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Whispering Heart
05:49
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Whispering Heart 2/12/90
Whispering heart in the evening breathing in slowly
Your need left unsaid
Tucked beneath the smile fragile and lonely
Don’t be afraid of my ever searching eyes
Don’t pull away from the fires deep inside
I’ll listen well to your whisperings of desire
I’ll hold the mirror for you to admire
I’ll come again when you’re feeling
A little bit stronger
No need to feel bad
Our eyes take time adjusting to darkness
As I walk away I feel confident and strong
My soul is enthralled in the reflection it just saw
The vault is open her love is flying free
Her silent cry is winding thru the trees
Here it comes looking out for me
Here it comes reaching out to me
Love, is on my mind
I feel comfort in the moment
Cradled by the night
Girl, I feel you sailing
In your warm winds of desire
Come to me I’ll comfort you
I’ll feel what you do
I’ve searched so long for you
Whispering heartbeat getting stronger
Love is giving me power
Whispering heart sing a little louder
Love is giving me power
Whispering heart speak to me
Whispering heart set us free
This is all I ever wanted
Feeling loved, feeling connected
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3. |
U Girl
03:00
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U Girl 5/15/04
I want you girl to be smart
I want you girl to play the part
I want you girl to be smart
I want you girl to be a star
The tawdry lies have all come into view
Denying the obvious is the best they can do
It’s so cruel girl they broke our hearts
It’s so cruel girl they’ve gone too far
I want you girl to be smart
I want you girl to be the star
We’ve used it all up so fast
These golden times cannot last
I want you girl to be smart
I want you girl to be the star
I need you girl to raise the bar
I need you girl to stop the car
These dangerous times call out for truth
A caring mind can unstick the glue
Let’s not sit out this dance
For it could be the last
Let’s not wait
Let’s not wait
There’s no miracles going to come
There’s no miracle going to come
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4. |
Opportunity Lost
05:21
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Opportunity Lost 12/26/03
I’d like to feel a part of this life
I’d like to have a child, home and wife
Each time I settle down I gaze so far ahead
I see the pendulum swing this way and back again
I feel very lonely riding the crest of the wave
Cuz my friends just keep bobbing left in its wake
Some like to dream others work till they drop
Some complain with zeal others swallow till they pop
If life’s a mystery than solution is a chore
For what’s found ends the quest mystery demands more
I just love to smile feel the sun on my face
I wish the human race could be run at a comfortable pace
As the tidal wave approaches I move far ashore
I plead with my friends to fish no more
As I lie in bed awake yeah, feel my body aching
For I sense disaster coming soon
I stumble thru the darkness feel for the door
Hope the knock I hear is not just the winds mighty roar
Everybody’s fervent prayer hanging heavy in the air
If we try hard we can make it come true
Let the winds take you away don’t fight it now its OK
I pause to see what’s coming I shudder at opportunity lost
Let’s not waste our time with hating when we should be celebrating
I’ll share my fondest wish with you
Everybody’s fervent prayer hanging heavy in the air
If we try hard we can make it come true
Let’s not waste our time with hating when we should be celebrating
I’ll share my fondest wish with you
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5. |
Making Money
04:05
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Making Money 7/15/92
Years ago I was anxious to talk
I spoke my mind to all that would listen
Times do change, words have become my little secrets
Television cameras seem so out of place
Reporters leap at me in desperation
Why oh why, do I feel like lying?
Why should I answer these vultures?
Asking me what I saw
Did I see the driver (or the car)
Who hit my wife and children?
They don’t want the truth they’re just looking for a story
They want tears, or shouts of anger,
But no swearing, keep it clean but gory
What would they do if I were to talk about the booze
Or the drugs which buy and sell the new
And make some idiot jump the curb
And in one moment take my life away
Not getting what they want
They all tape my family’s mangled bodies
Soon the flashing lights are gone as are the TV cameras
I guess I should have said something, but what could I say?
You’ll never see me again
I was just some haunted face on the 11 o’clock news
But someday you’ll feel the same way I do
About how people act, how they lies steal and cheat making money
It’s all about making money
Causing pain, making money,
People are starving, homeless and bleak
Watching others making money
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6. |
Lies
03:52
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Lies 6/24/92
I don’t know why I feel so nervous
Is it just the future pressing near?
I’m not chasing after phantoms
I’m just expressing all our fears
Each day every passing hour
The lurking shadow increases power
Lies become a way of life
Fear cuts like a laser light
Look into the shiny prism
Binding men while causing friction (schisms)
Making heroes arousing villains
Fictitious realism
I don’t know why I can’t get in motion
Seeing, hearing what can one man do?
The newsman tells me we won another battle
Smiling, cheering I know it’s not true
Drive awhile on the open highway
Buy a burger have them make it my way
Make a move on some haunting eyes
Try to stop feeling paralyzed
When it comes down right to it
I just refuse to use her
Like a fish dangling from the pole
I just have to let her go
I don’t know why I feel no emotion
Touching, holding I know it’s a fluke
I’m never happy preying on devotion
Singing, praying I know it’s not true
Lies in the dream, lies on the screen, lies of hope, lies to cope
Medical lies, spiritual lies, lies of passion, lies in fashion
Lies on the job, lies to the mob, lies to fool lies to rule
Ooh, lies, success they say has its price, ooh, lies, you get nowhere by being nice
Political lies, steals the truth from our minds, historical lies says we deceive to survive
Lies, lies everybody lies
Lies, lies why can’t I?
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7. |
Demonic Democracy
03:04
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Demonic Democracy 10/25/03
I partied quite a lot it’s true
My wife killed a boyfriend from school
My dad tortured evil men so cruel
Thru failed businesses my wealth grew
I’ve lived a shallow life well connected well advised
Almost everything goes my way
I will sacrifice a few thousand lives
To gain your support and your praise
I’ve faith in god and so should you
We’ll kill off evil at its roots
If you question me you’re a fool
For god is right and I’m his tool
You will have to sacrifice a few basic rights
To make this land totally free
I may have to hide from you many important clues
To insure our national security
I got you traumatized so afraid you buy all my lies
I’ve got you running scared passing laws that give me power
There’s no limit to what I can do give to friends what I take from you
Pumping up our national pride cutting deals that give me power
I’ve got you mesmerized making war and making prisons
I’ve got you mesmerized making war and making money
Making money for me and my buddies
Making money lots and lots of money
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8. |
Mundane Blues
04:55
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The Mundane Blues 6/8/01
Why am I so glum today?
Floating on this sunny day
There’s barely a cloud in the sky
Or a trouble to cast a shadow on my mind
Relaxing with no point of view
Chilling got my life on cruise
Got my jams and my remote control
Plenty of babes willing to rock and roll
It all seems so easy, yet why am I so queasy?
Maybe I just need to crash
Maybe I got to do something fast
But my mind won’t let it be
Behind my tinted shades not one senses something’s eating me
I really need to be where….
If I could I’d beat the…..
Where is the joy I used to…..?
Yes. I’d like to know
Loving is the only way
Tripping dispels the bleakest grey
A funny thought comes into view
A silly picture of a frantic cartoon
Yet the irony comes bleeding thru
My heartbeat pounds out the truth
I really can’t get away
From the clouds and the rain
Wreaking havoc on my brain
A strident call an endless refrain
“Help me,” I hear someone say
“I’m dying,” I hear it once again
I recognize the voice as my own
I feel dread in its stilted tone
I see the shock in the many faces
I hear the tic-tock in the silent spaces
I think I’m going to sleep
I think I’m going to weep
I think I’m going to…….
I know I really ought to………
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9. |
Political Guys
04:40
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Political Guys 9/17/92
Lost in the fire of yesterdays is the passion which powers reason
Now we smile at everything, treading light avoiding tension
Saying nothing silence is but a tool
Making friendships with bonds that have no clue
How long can we live a lie?
Shaking hands and hugging bodies
Acting like we’re close
Not knowing anything about anybody
Incorrigible lies, lie behind those eyes not blinking
Despicable smiles, convicting you while they’re gleaming
Searching long to find someone willing to drop their mask
That’s all I ask
Locked on the screen I see a smile
Quite like the one’s I see around me
Every word is a lithograph
Every pause so well acted
No one’s thinking for reporters explain it to you
The smile keeps talking never missing a cue
It’s hard to swim across the river of contradictions
It’s hard to find a smile which speaks with some distinction
Political guys, decisive roads to indecision
Political guise, leave no trails of comprehension
Political guys, buy our freedom through corruption
Political guise, use our boys for more extortion
When innocent lives are shattered to pieces
Oh, I don’t love anyone any more
Oh, I don’t hate anyone any more
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Empathy
04:38
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Empathy 3/15/04
Have we lost our humanity?
On the slippery slope of personal responsibility?
Have we lost our compassion for our fellow man by saying all decision lies in his hands?
How can I judge, what another can endure?
And not cry when their house is on fire?
Here’s my hand if you need something to hold
I’ll understand if you want to be alone
We all regret some of the choices we take making painful situations on a pile of mistakes
What you sow is what you reap
But love doesn’t end with blame
We’ve seen such pain on so many faces
Past our fears and righteous taunts we would never trade places
The stare of hate is cold and makes us so impatient
Lies are told to get our goat and fuel are indignation
All said, the cost of war is dire
Empathy is what I feel
Gives us hope defines the real
Beliefs often divide and take a stand making competition the cosmic plan
Our basic needs give us clarity
Our hearts understand delight
We’ve seen such pain on so many faces
Past our fears and righteous taunts we would never trade places
We’re told that bringing home the bacon
Is the litmus test of a person’s worth and we must fight hard to make it
All said, the cost of hate is dire
Care, there is no mistaking
Care, the bridge that leads to safety
Empathy
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11. |
Everybody
04:13
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Everybody 5/13/04
I do feel this life so frail as I walk my path each day
There are woes and times to sail, I’ve had conquests and times I’ve bailed
Everybody lives everybody dies everybody gives everybody tries
Well I don’t know if it’s right to say
Everybody is everybody smiles everybody wins everybody lies
Well I won’t be here when it goes away
I’ve seen troubles I’ve been dismayed
I’ve been excited I’ve played in the rain
Everybody laughs everybody cries everybody cracks everybody sighs
Well I just hope we love each day
Everybody asks everybody whines everybody basks everybody dines
Well I just wish we could share the grain
I do feel this life so frail as I walk my path each day
Everybody’s right everybody’s wrong everybody’s trite everybody’s strong
Well I just know we find our way
Everybody’s good everybody’s bad everybody cares everybody’s sad
Well I feel a passion to get inside
I do feel this life so frail as I walk my path each day
I’ve seen troubles I’ve been dismayed
Everybody lives everybody dies everybody gives everybody tries
Well I don’t know if it’s right to say
Everybody is everybody smiles everybody wins everybody lies
Well I won’t be here when it goes away
I’ve been excited I’ve played in the rain
Well I just wish we could share the grain
Everybody’s right everybody’s wrong everybody’s trite everybody’s strong
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