FULL MOON BEAT DOWN

 BEAT DOWN AT 15 BROKEN LIKE A MAN                                   RODE HARD AT 16 WORKIN' IN THE SAND                                 EIGHTEEN AND NO LIFE OF MY OWN                                 WENT DOWN TO WHERE MY SOUL HAD LEFT ME        DOWN  TO WHERE THAT FULL MOON TOOK IT'S TOLL      DOWN TO FIND THAT PILE OF SPLINTERED BATS THAT BROKE MY BODY AND TOOK MY SOUL BUT THEY WERE GONE ~ JUST SWEPT AWAY

 (More to come, just need a break from me and myself)

 

GHOST

NEVER KNOWING WHEN OR HOW IT WAS YOU FADED FROM YOUR OWN REFLECTION ~ THE WORDS THAT YOU ARE THINKING  SOMEHOW HAVE ALL BEEN SPOKEN  

AND YOU EXIT AS YOU ENTERED ~ NEVER KNOWING WHEN OR HOW IT WAS YOU FADED BACK INTO THE LIGHT

WRATH

HE THUMBS THE LIPSTICK FROM YOUR AMERICAN MOUTH
HE ASKS YOUR AGE and IN YOUR RAGE
YOU NEVER FEEL 
THE JAGGED PENETRATION OF YOUR SOUL                             
                                                                        tmp

LISTEN

LISTEN TO THE HEARTBEAT OF A NATION THAT IS CRYING OUT FOR SOME SALVATION AND DELIVERANCE FROM GOVERNMENT THAT HAS IT'S HANDS AROUND OUR THROATS

CAN YOU HEAR THE WAILS OF DEAR ONES AS THEY  HEAVE IN CONSTANT SORROW
ALONE IN ISOLATION REACHING OUT INTO THE AIR
HOPING FOR SOME KINDNESS ~ HOPING FOR A TOUCH BUT ONLY FINDING MORE DESPAIR

LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE FRIGHTENED INTO HIDING
HEAR THEM WHIMPER AS THEIR BABIES WAIL
WANTING JUST TO COMFORT ~ NOT ALLOWED TO DRAW THEM NEAR ~ IN THIS NEVER EVER LAND

SEE THE RED SUPREMIST ON HER BIG WIDE BIKE
HEAR HER SPEAK IN TONGUES ABOUT A FOURTH AND FINAL REICH
CALLING OUT TO BIGOTS ALL AROUND THE WORLD
INTOLERANT OF IDEAS DIFFERENT FROM HER OWN
SPITTING HATEFUL IGNORANCE THROUGH HER DIRTY WHITE MEGAPHONE

TAKING LESSONS FROM BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
LEARNING HOW TO SOW DISCORD
SUCKING POWER THROUGH A STRAW
ANNOUNCING DEATHS AS IF A BORE
IS THIS WHO WE WANT TO BE?
IF IT'S NOT THEN COME WITH ME

CLAP YOUR HANDS AND STOMP YOUR FEET
"ARE YOU READY FOR A BRAND NEW BEAT"?
CLAP YOUR HANDS AND STOMP YOUR FEET
PICK UP ON THIS BRAND NEW BEAT
NAZIS OUT ~ SANITY IN
GET TRUMP OUT ~ AMERICA WINS!

WATCH OUT BIGOTS ~ YOUR TIME HAS COME
WHEN TRUMP IS OUT  ~ YOU'RE ALL DONE! 

CLAP YOUR HANDS AND STOMP YOUR FEET
PICK UP ON THIS BRAND NEW BEAT
NAZIS OUT ~ SANITY IN
GET TRUMP OUT ~ AMERICA WINS!

CLAP YOUR HANDS AND STOMP YOUR FEET
PICK UP ON THIS BRAND NEW BEAT 
NAZIS OUT ~ SANITY IN
GET TRUMP OUT ~ AMERICA WINS!

CLAP YOUR HANDS AND STOMP YOUR FEET
PICK UP ON THIS BRAND NEW BEAT
NAZIS OUT ~ SANITY IN
WITH TRUMP OUT ~ WE ALL WILL WIN!

I SWEAR

I SWEAR I COULD SING YOU THE NEW YORK TIMES 
I KNOW THAT I COULD ~ IF YOU'D LET ME I WOULD
I WAS ALWAYS GOOD WITH THE BLUES

I'LL SHOW YOU THE ASHES THAT ONCE WERE A MAN
THE BONES OF DEAD ANGELS AND WHERE THEY WOULD PLAY
ARE YOU FEELIN' LUCKY ~  WILL YOU GET AWAY?

ARE YOU FEELIN' LUCKY ~ DO YOU THINK YOU'RE CHARMED? I'LL SHOW YOU THE ASHES ~ COME TAKE MY ARM?

LOOK AT YOUR DAUGHTER ~ LOOK WHAT SHE'S DONE 
TOOK OFF HER MASK FOR THY KINGDOM COME
TOOK OFF HER MASK ~ JUST LIKE YOUR SON
ATTENDED A PARTY AND NOW IT'S DONE 
CORONAVIRIS ONCE AGAIN WON

I SWEAR I COULD SING YOU THE NEW YORK TIMES
I BELIEVE THAT I COULD ~ IF YOU'D LET ME I WOULD
I WAS ALWAYS GOOD WITH THE BLUES

THESE DAYS ARE INSANE ~ WILL THE ONE'S THAT REMAIN ALL BE THE SAME?
WITH THE GOVERNMENT SENDING IN "DIAMOND DOGS" STUPIDLY "PUTTING OUT FIRE WITH GASOLINE"

"IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING" BUT "A CHANGE IS GONNA COME"
"KISS THE RAIN" "PURPLE RAIN" "PAINT IT BLACK" IT'S A "SIGN 'O' THE TIMES" 

I SWEAR I COULD SING YOU THE NEW YORK TIMES
I BELIEVE THAT I COULD ~ IF YOU'D LET ME I WOULD
I WAS ALWAYS GOOD WITH THE BLUES

I'LL SHOW YOU THE ASHES THAT ONCE WERE A MAN
THE BONES OF DEAD ANGELS AND WHERE THEY WOULD PLAY
ARE YOU FEELIN' LUCKY ~ WILL YOU GET AWAY?

ARE YOU FEELIN' LUCKY ~ DO YOU THINK YOU'RE CHARMED'? I'LL SHOW THE ASHES ~ COME TAKE MY ARM

I SWEAR I COULD SING YOU THE NEW YORK TIMES
I BELIEVE THAT I COULD ~ IF YOU'D LET ME I WOULD
I WAS ALWAYS GOOD WITH THE BLUES

"KISS THE RAIN" "PURPLE RAIN" "PAINT IT BLACK" IT'S A "SIGN 'O' THE TIMES"
"A CHANGE IS GONNA COME"                                   tmp

"SOUL POSSESSED"

"DARK LADY" "COMING OUT OF THE DARK" "IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR" "WALKING IN A HURRICANE" "KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR" 

"WHY SHOULD I CRY  FOR YOU?" "THE GHOST IN YOU" 
"SOMEONE LIKE YOU" "CRYING IN THE RAIN"
"LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN"

"WHO'S GONNA RIDE YOUR WILD HORSES"
"WHO ELSE IS GONNA BRING YOU A BOTTLE OF RAIN"
"WHO WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL"

"LADY D'ARBANVILLE" 
"DOWN BY THE RIVER"
"SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY"
"IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT"

"WHY SHOULD I CRY FOR YOU?" 
"THE GHOST IN YOU"
"SOMEONE LIKE YOU" "CRYING IN THE RAIN"
"LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN"

"MISGUIDED ANGEL"
"ALWAYS CRASHING IN THE SAME CAR"
"DOWN IN THE WILLOW GARDEN"
"COMING AROUND AGAIN"

"REMEMBER (WALKING IN THE SAND)"
"DANCING BAREFOOT"
"NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN"
"SISTER MORPHINE" "SWEET JANE" "COCAINE"
"THE NEEDLE AND THE DAMAGE DONE"

"WHY SHOULD I CRY FOR YOU?"
"THE GHOST IN YOU"
"SOMEONE LIKE YOU" "CRYING IN THE RAIN"
"LIKE AN OLD TIME MOVIE"

"I'M LOOKING THROUGH YOU" "THE GHOST IN YOU"
"SOMEONE LIKE YOU" "CRYING IN THE RAIN"
"LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN"

"WHO'S GONNA RIDE YOUR WILD HORSES"
"WHO ELSE IS GONNA BRING YOU A BROKEN ARROW?" 
"WHO WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL"

"HELP ME OUT"
"I FEEL POSSESSED" 
"LIKE A VIRGIN" "LIVING IN A GHOST TOWN"
"STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE"
"I WANT CANDY" "SEX AND CANDY"

"WHY SHOULD I CRY FOR YOU?" "THE GHOST IN YOU"
"SOMEONE LIKE YOU" "CRYING IN THE RAIN"
"LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN"
"STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE WITH THE MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN"

"DARK LADY" "COMING OUT OF THE DARK" "IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR" "WALKING IN A HURRICANE"
"KNOCKIN' ON HEAVENS DOOR"

"I'M LOOKING THROUGH YOU" "THE GHOST IN YOU" 
"SOMEONE LIKE YOU" "CRYING IN THE RAIN"
"LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN"

"SOMETHING" "SOMETIME" "SOMEONE" "SOMEDAY"
"SOMEDAY, SOMEWAY"
"SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE IN SUMMERTIME"

"BETWEEN SOMETHING AND NOTHING"
 "NOTHING REALLY MATTERS"
"NOTHING'S CHANGED"
"SOONER OR LATER" "WE ALL SLEEP ALONE"

"WHY SHOULD I CRY FOR YOU?"
"THE GHOST IN YOU"
"SOMEONE LIKE YOU"
"CRYING IN THE RAIN"
"LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN"
"STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE WITH THE MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN"


 

THINGS THAT CRAWL

AIN'T IT FUNNY WHEN YOU'RE DOWN?
YOU DON'T MIND THE THINGS THAT CRAWL IN AND OUT OF THE ALLEY WHERE YOU'RE FOUND.

AIN'T IT FUNNY WHEN YOU'RE DOWN?
YOU DON'T MIND THE THINGS THAT CRAWL IN AND OUT AND ON YOU IN THE ALLEY WHERE YOU'RE FOUND.

YOU ARE YOUNG AND WANT TO BE USED
YOU LIVE FOR HAVING HANDS ON YOU
BUT AS SEASONS CHANGE AND YEARS GO BY ~ YOUR PASSION GROWS BUT SOON WILL DIE

YOU'LL END UP HERE OUT ON THE STREET ~ YOUR FADING LOOKS WILL NOT COMPETE WITH  INNOCENCE AND FRESH FACED YOUTH

YOU'LL SCRATCH AND CLAW BUT NEVER FIND YOUR WAY BACK TO THE LIGHT
YOU'LL HIDE IN SHADOWS ~ ALWAYS KEEPING OUT OF SIGHT

AIN'T IT FUNNY WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG?
YOU DON'T MIND THE THINGS THAT CRAWL IN AND OUT OF THE ALLEY WHERE YOU'RE FOUND.

AIN'T IT FUNNY WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG?
YOU DON'T MIND THE THINGS THAT CRAWL IN AND OUT AND ON YOU IN THE ALLEY WHERE YOU'RE FOUND.

IT AIN'T FUNNY WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THE THINGS THAT CRAWL IN AND OUT OF THE ALLEY WHERE YOU'RE FOUND?

IT AIN'T FUNNY WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THE THINGS THAT CRAWL IN AND OUT AND ON YOU IN THE ALLEY WHERE YOU'RE FOUND?

RED - WHITE AND BLACK AND BLUE

EVERY HEART BEATS TRUE FOR THE RED - WHITE AND BLUE
EVERY HEART BEATS TRUE BUT THEY'RE ALL BLACK AND BLUE
WE ALL ACHE FORSOOTH FOR THE SIMPLE TRUTH AND A REASON TO DEFEND THE INDEFENSIBLE  

WITH A RUM-TUM-TUM ~ SAYIN' SOMETHIN' DUMB
BEATIN' ON A DRUM ~ YOU'RE MAKIN' ME NUMB

EVERY HEART BEATS TRUE FOR THE RED - WHITE AND BLUE
EVERY HEART BEATS TRUE BUT THEY'RE BLACK AND BLUE
WE ALL ACHE FORSOOTH FOR THE SIMPLE TRUTH AND A REASON TO DEFEND THE INDEFENSIBLE

MAKING PROMISES YOU'LL NEVER KEEP
TAKING SIDES WITH WITH THEM THAT CREEP
IGNORING SCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE
THEN GIVING US ALL MICHAEL PENCE

WITH A RUM-TUM-TUM ~ SAYIN' SOMETHIN' DUMB
BEATIN' ON A DRUM ~ YOU'RE MAKIN' ME NUMB

EVERY HEART BEATS TRUE FOR THE RED - WHITE AND BLUE
EVERY HEART BEATS TRUE WHETHER BLACK WHITE OR BLUE
WE ALL ACHE FORSOOTH FOR THE SIMPLE TRUTH AND A REASON TO DEFEND THE INDEFENSIBLE

EVERY HEART BEATS TRUE FOR THE RED - WHITE AND BLUE
EVERY HEART BEATS TRUE WHETHER BLACK WHITE OR BLUE
WE ALL ACHE FORSOOTH FOR THE SIMPLE TRUTH 
AND A REASON TO DEFEND THE INDEFENSIBLE

TRANSPARENT

I CAN BE TRANSPARENT AND YOU CAN COME AND LOOK THROUGH ME
LOOK THROUGH ME AND SEE THAT I AM ONLY WHAT YOU SEE AND I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY

REMEMBERING THE WORDS THAT I HAVE WRITTEN IS HARDER THAN YOU'D THINK
BUT I'D LIKE TO TRY TO MAKE THOSE WORDS INTO A SONG
AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SING ALONG...
I CAN BE TRANSPARENT AND YOU CAN COME AND LOOK THROUGH ME 
LOOK THROUGH ME AND SEE THAT I AM ONLY WHAT YOU SEE AND I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY

I NEVER HAD ALLOT TO SAY
NEVER WANTED ANYONE TO GET TO KNOW ME
I WAS ALWAYS IN THE CORNER ~ NEVER OFFERING OPINIONS ~ NEVER UTTERING A WORD
I WAS SO VERY GOOD AT LISTENING ~ SOME THOUGHT ME ABSURD ~ BUT YOU COULD TELL ME ANYTHING AND I WOULD BE YOUR THERAPY

REMEMBERING THE WORDS THAT I HAVE WRITTEN IS MUCH HARDER THAN YOU'D THINK
BUT I'D LIKE TO TRY TO MAKE THOSE WORDS INTO A SONG AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SING ALONG...
I CAN BE TRANSPARENT AND YOU CAN COME AND LOOK THROUGH ME ~ LOOK THROUGH ME AND SEE THAT I AM ONLY WHAT YOU SEE AND I AM ONLY WHAT YOU SEE AND I AM ONLY WHAT YOU SEE 
AND I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY ~ NO ~ NO ~ NOT YOUR ENEMY

I CAN BE TRANSPARENT AND YOU CAN COME AND LOOK THROUGH ME ~ LOOK THROUGH ME AND SEE THAT I AM ONLY WHAT YOU SEE AND I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY

CHANCES (Limited)

DON'T LET THEM TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE
DON'T LET THEM TELL YOU JUST HOW FAR IT IS THAT YOU CAN EVER HOPE TO GO
DON'T LET THEM OR ANYONE CONVINCE YOU THAT YOU'RE LIMITED

EVERYONE IS SPECIAL AND NO ONE EVER STAYS THE SAME
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN PARIS OR MAKE YOUR LIFE INTO SOME SICK OR TWISTED GAME
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BE YOURSELF AND TAKE A CHANCE

THE BEATING YOU HAD SUFFERED NEARLY PUT YOU IN YOUR GRAVE
IT MADE YOU FEEL OUTSIDE YOURSELF TURNED YOU INTO YOUR OWN SLAVE

YOU FELT YOUR SOUL HAD LEFT YOUR BODY AND THAT YOU COULD NO LONGER LIVE
YOU FELT AS IF AN OUTCAST AND HAD NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE

EVERYONE IS SPECIAL AND NO ONE EVER STAYS THE SAME
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL IN MAGIC OR BASK IN SOME IMAGINED FAME

AND WHEN ALL YOU DO IS WONDER WHY
AND WHEN YOU SEARCH THE ENDLESS SKY
AND WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND WANT TO DIE
AND WHEN YOU'RE SO DAMNED DEPRESSED BUT CANNOT CRY
JUST SAY GOODBYE AND LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND
AND NEVER LET THEM TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE
DON'T EVER LET THEM TELL YOU JUST HOW FAR IT IS THAT YOU CAN EVER HOPE TO GO
AND BELIEVE WITH ALL YOUR BEING THAT YOU ARE NOT NOW AND NEVER WILL BE LIMITED

FIREWALL

YOU GET ME FEELING MIGHTY QUEER
YOU MAKE ALL MAGIC DISAPPEAR
YOU MAKE MY FLOWERS WILT AND DIE
I ALWAYS KNOW WHEN YOU WALK BY

LET'S NOT PRETEND ~ YOU'RE NOT MY FRIEND
YOU HAVE NO COMMON SENSE AT ALL
STOP TRYING TO JUMP MY FIREWALL
JUST LIKE I BLOCKED YOU FROM MY DOOR
I'M BLOCKING YOU FOREVERMORE

DON'T EVEN TRY SNEAKING UP ON ME
'CAUSE I WILL ALWAYS SEE
YOU CAN NEVER FOOL ME ~ NEVER FOOL ME ~ NEVER EVER FOOL ME

YOU GET ME FEELING MIGHTY QUEER
YOU MAKE ALL MAGIC DISAPPEAR
YOU MAKE MY FLOWERS WILT AND DIE
I ALWAYS KNOW WHEN YOU WALK BY

YOU GET ME FEELING MIGHTY QUEER
YOU MAKE ALL MAGIC DISAPPEAR
YOU MAKE MY FLOWERS WILT AND DIE
I ALWAYS KNOW WHEN YOU WALK BY

LET'S NOT PRETEND ~ YOU'RE NOT MY FRIEND
YOU HAVE NO COMMON SENSE AT ALL
STOP TRYING TO JUMP MY FIREWALL
JUST LIKE I BLOCKED YOU FROM MY DOOR
I'M BLOCKING YOU FOREVERMORE
YOU MAKE NO SENSE AT ALL
STOP TRYING TO JUMP MY FIREWALL
STOP TRYING TO JUMP MY FIREWALL
STOP TRYING TO JUMP MY FIREWALL