EASY TONIGHT You were wrong You were right You are gone Tonight You were free So alive You were wrong You were right You were down You could see You wore hearts For me You were sharp Sharp as knives You were wrong You were right Shot down...said you never had the chance Took a ride on a suicide romance Could have sworn there was somebody home To facilitate the great unknown Woman, I ain't going to meet you anywhere Don't know where I'm going yet...but I sure am getting there Shotgun fire...anybody home I got two in the telephone Alright...it's not easy tonight You were bound You were free You wear black For me You were dark Dark as night You were wrong You were right Shot down...said you never had the chance Took a ride on a suicide romance Could have sworn there was somebody home To facilitate the great unknown But woman, I ain't going to meet you anywhere Don't know where I'm going yet...but I sure am getting there Shotgun fire...anybody home I got two in the telephone Alright...it's not easy tonight She's in. Over my head...and it's not easy It's not easy tonight Shotgun fire...anybody home I got two dimes in the telephone Alright...it's not easy tonight You were free...now you're not...you were free BLOODY MARY (A NOTE ON APATHY) Over by the still she says, "Man I think you better wait for tomorrow! Take this pillow for your head And I'll take you." Back against the beast I went To feel her coming, hot for the follow-up Here comes the sun again... (to see me through) On and on she takes me from you, my love On and on she rakes me from you Happily I leave her fed Tonight I swear, I swear on tomorrow... (wait) Here comes the sun again To see me through... On and on she takes me from you, my love On and on she rakes me from you Bloody Mary's for all... Bloody Mary's for all... On and on she takes me from you, my love On and on she rakes me from you All of my dreams for you...to follow All of my dreams for you...to swallow All of my dreams for you... SUPERMAN (IT'S NOT EASY) I can't stand to fly I'm not that naive I'm just out to find The better part of me I'm more than a bird...I'm more than a plane More than some pretty face beside a train It's not easy to be me Wish that I could cry Fall upon my knees Find a way to lie About a home I'll never see It may sound absurd...but don't be naive Even heroes have the right to bleed I may be disturbed...but won't you concede Even heroes have the right to dream It's not easy to be me Up, up and away...away from me It's all right...you can all sleep sound tonight I'm not crazy...or anything... I can't stand to fly I'm not that naive Men weren't meant to ride With clouds between their knees I'm only a man in a silly red sheet Digging for kryptonite on this one-way street Only a man in a funny red sheet Looking for special things inside of me It's not easy to be me AMERICA TOWN I know I should be happy in your land It's not all that wild to me Not that I want to be any other where I know it's hell out there Here in the borders of America Town All the dollies are spinning round and round Hail to the chief Let's just drag them all down There's got to be a hero somewhere Used to get annoyed at the fire and the flag Now it just seems old to me (Everyone is old to me) And I know we'd kick your ass But first I'll take a nap tonight And know someone's looking over me Here in the borders of America Town All the dollies are spinning round and round Hail to the chief Let's just drag them all down There's got to be a hero somewhere I tried it I've seen it I bought it all Not that I'm upset I can still make my bed on the basketball game And I got my spare change I'm even o.k. with the hoodlums on the hill They're in my will Like her and you Whom and who In America Town We all spin around In America Town I'm really not down... We all spin around In America Town America Town America Town | SOMETHING ABOUT YOU I don't know where to begin I don't know how to get out there to see you I don't know where to dig in I don't know how to get in there...to feel you It's been too long and I'm about to be in time for me It's been too long and I'm in time Baby there's something about you that I can hold on to I'm going to hold on to that Baby there's something about you that I can hold on to I'm going to hold on to that I never thought I would win I never thought much about that (It's been a long time coming) I never stopped to begin Thinking about the process (It's been a long time coming) It's been too long and I'm about to be In time for me It's been too long and I'm in time Baby there's something about you that I can hold on to I'm going to hold on to that Baby there's something about you that I can hold on to I'm going to hold on to that And I'm going to be there...be there...alright I don't know where to begin I don't know how to get out there to see you Baby there's something about you that I can hold on to I'm going to hold on to that Baby there's something about you that I can hold on to I'm going to hold on to that It's been a long time coming I'm going to hold on to that JAINY Jainy sells for three dimes a night Morning helps her find her way blind And I love her more than I can tell Heaven help me now Seems I found to find her just as well... Jainy yea... Jainy yea... Jainy takes me three times a night Morning saves me and I find my way blind And she loves me more than she can tell Heaven help her now Seems she found to find me just as well Jainy yea... Jainy yea... Jainy stares at stars every night Morning takes her eyes every time And she'll love me more than you can tell Heaven help us now Seems you've finally found us...just as well... Jainy yea... Jainy yea... She'll be alright She'll be alright MICHAEL JORDAN My shirt, my hat, my books A trip to the zoo My couch, remote, a large Coke (yea) I'd get on my knees, my God, If I could I would give anything...to be you... My job, my car, my cash My house on the hill My piano, I'd burn to ashes (yea) I'd get on my knees, my God If I could I would give anything To be you... My voice, my worm, my wife A first born or two I'd give the knife, my Mike if just, Cut me at the knees My God (my Jordan) I would give anything I would give to... Be You... OUT OF LOVE I'm out of love again And I need anyone I'm out of love again And I need everyone I'm out. I'm in again And I need some love I'm out of touch again And I need you babe I'm out of love again But I got your stuff I'm out of love again But I got your love I'm out of whack again And I need soft heat I'm down too far to bend And I need something sweet I'm out of love again But I got your stuff I'm out of love again But I got your love I'm out of love again But I got your stuff People in my life...you're the one Of people in my life you're the one I'm out of love again But I got your love I'm out of love again But I got your stuff I'm out of love again But I got your love I'm out of love again Not while you're by my side | THE LAST GREAT AMERICAN Mr. Merry cries in his coffin For days he says he can remember And through the town the pallbearers sing old songs Of a beautiful purple mountain From every walk of life we've come to see the Last Great American May I now present you the speaker, "Friends he was a man of men, a man of gold... He had a how do you say, ethical-like sense" That's when the President started to giggle Then the children gave the blessing Though the service weren't half done Each of them sued the other one For the Last Great American Merry reaches up, we bow our heads He pulls the lid on down and his stone is read Here lies our Merry The man with the heart so spent That in this day and age Is sick of living And the judges argue letters Fabric come undone For every daughter every son Of the Last Great American For every daughter every son Of the Last Great American LOVE SONG Put away your tears and your sleepy eyes Put away that bullshit, big boys they don't cry to their mamas ...she'll be back soon Put away your raincoat and make your bed Take another bullet right to your head We're going on a picnic and we'll get there soon She says...maybe it's over He says...there's plenty more fish in the sea I say...don't go away from me... Put away your dinner and have a snack Tie your little brother up in a sack now We're moving to the country and we'll get there soon (she says) Pack up all the things that you don't deserve Take another swing...here comes a curve ball I bet you can't hit it cause you'll swing too soon She says...maybe it's over He says...there's plenty more fish in the sea I say...don't go away from me... Don't go away Please don't go away from me... Take those damn pictures off of that shelf Put away your mommy you don't need her I found you a new one...she'll be here soon She says...my God it's over He says...I found another fish in the sea I say...why me? Why me? Why me? Why is it me? BOAT PARADE There's a crack in the hull Where the penitents used to live There's a crack in the hull Where the penitents used to live And we can make it right if we row all night Give all that we can give There's a crack in the hull Where the penitents used to live There's a leak in the hold Where the infantry used to sleep There's a leak in the hold Where the infantry used to sleep And we can make it right if we roll all night Baby dust off your knees There's a leak in the hold Where the infantry used to sleep Little monsters (on the table) Crazies here to play Little monsters on the boat parade There's a hole in the hat Where the captain kept his dreams There's a hole in the hat Where the captain kept his dreams If we sail all night Better pray for a breeze There's a hole in the hat Where the captain used to be ALRIGHT I took her leaving like I did before I turned around and I asked for more And she didn't even mean a thing to me I left my spirit at the chapel door I sailed around 'til I lost the war And you didn't even think to send a thing But I'm alright, alright, I feel alright I never been better in my life You know the score I'm just fine, I'm fine, feeling fine A regular sawed-off valentine That nothing more I hit my head upon the chamber door And all the marbles rolled on the floor All all the psychos in the ward start screaming... I'm alright, alright, I feel alright I never been better in my life You know the score I'm just fine, I'm fine, feeling fine A regular sawed-off valentine That nothing more My baby I'm alright, alright, I feel alright I never been better in my life You know the score I'm just fine, I'm fine, feeling fine A regular sawed-off valentine That nothing more |