Just Do Something
don't close your eyes / but raise your voice
before they take everything
/ including your choice
they shake your hand / like your best friend
then
the knife goes in / they twist and you shout
if there's nothing you can do /
it's gonna roll right over you
there's this machine / it runs on hate
it's only message is / condemn
and segregate
so here's to you / red, white and blue
black, yellow,
brown too / the flag's short by a few
if there's nothing you can do / it's
gonna roll right over you
if there's nothing you will do / I hope it rolls
right over you
look close you'll find / not just mankind
hey brothers you / you got
sisters too
and treat them like you would / have them treat you
I bet
you wouldn't choose / to walk a mile in her shoes
just do something
Saint
I'm a saint / I can do no wrong
cause I'm a saint / and I can do no
wrong
if you see me walking down the street / just throw flowers at my feet
and
if you've got something to say/ you best get on your knees and pray
cause
I'm a saint
I can't believe this crazy life I'm living / where I can do what I want /
and all is forgiven
can you see the trouble I'm in / I'm evil that just
can't sin
well I'll ride on your dash one day
cause I'm a saint
what's that you said? / where's that halo round my head
well as you can
see / it's slipped down to my knees
I hoped you wouldn't find me this way /
kneeling on judgement day
banging on the pearly gates / St. Peter set the
record straight
tell 'em
I'm a saint
Good Times
you're in love now / so here's the game
there's just one rule / no one
plays the same
they've got your number / they forgot your name
when
they're not looking / you're gonna do the same
there will be good times / to
drive you insane
there will be pain
hear what I'm saying
there will be no judge / other than a sense of danger
there will be no
jury / ruling in your favor
just me for you / and euphoria
with engines
revved / flying colors too
there will be good times / to drive you insane
there
will be good times / to drive you insane
there will be pain
hear what
I'm saying
there will be good times / to blow you away
there will be
pain
hear what I'm saying
Chain Of Roses
she wore a chain of roses / round here wrist
that's all I remember /
except that we kissed
and her eyes were green / tell me have you seen...
her
she drove a pick up truck / much too fast
I was not her lover / but for
the part I'd been cast
aside from all that / that girl left me flat...
broke
now there's a chain of roses / wrapped around my heart
if I ever need
this thing again / I wont know where to start
I've got chains around my
heart
She tied a yellow ribbon / around my wrist
to remind me of her / and
some kind of tryst
I threw the damn thing / down a wishing well
oh well
what in heaven and what the hell / am I doing here where I first fell
did
I really think / she'd come back to...
me
and this chain of roses /
wrapped around my heart
if I never see her face again / it'll tear me all
apart
I've got roses round my heart
I thought I saw her in a grocery store / but the truth was told
when the
eggs hit the floor / and she reached to the ground
and to my despair / her
arm was bare
there was no chain of roses / wrapped around her wrist
if I
ever have to love again / don't let it be like this
with chains around my
heart
with roses round my heart
chain of roses
Did You Hear What She Said?
she said she doesn`t want / your face haunting her door
you bought her a
gun, / now she knows what it's for
there was love once / well now it's gone
to war
keeping you away shouldn't / be some kind of daily chore
did you
hear what she said?
don't blame her / you sealed your own fate
with your god given /
inability to communicate
you express yourself with / the eloquence of a
cough
then your fists pick up / where your words left off
all I wanted was to talk to her / I'll be back when she's alone
you got your punching bags / yeah well I ain't one
and stay the hell
away / from our only son
I asked you twice / I even said please
I've had
enough John / call the police
did you hear what she said?
if you don't open this door / you're gonna hear more
than sirens wail /
let those cops come / haul me off to jail
I'll be back / faster than you can
say hate mail
I've got some friends / they're gonna pay my bail
let that
bastard do his time / all I know is I've done mine
Empty Bottle Trail
how you found me I don't know / I hope my gratefulness don't show
cause
from this corner of the bar / your face never seemed so far away
I didn't
turn around / when I heard you call my name
there's some things / that are
never gonna change
if you want to see / a grown man fail
just follow the
empty bottle trail
and at the end you will find me / barking up the family
tree
I cannot understand / why I treat it like a job
I didn't want to be / no
nine to five'n slob
since you're here / please hold my hand / and lead me
from this no man's land
and help me see the light of day / make this bad
dream go away
and I'll do what I can / to add up to half a man
some they
say I can't / some they say I can
but I'd sooner carry water / in a bullet
ridden pail
than have you walk beside me / down the empty bottle trail
Trouble Mountain
why the hell you standing there / with both hands in the air
I must have
mistaken you / for somebody who cares
trouble mountain everyday
still I
hear you say
close your eyes / and it will all go away
how much is the price of gas / it just went up today
you can leave your
first born son / we'll call it an even trade
trouble mountain everyday
still
I hear you say
close your eyes / and it will go away
I had a dream I took a walk / and left my e-z chair
climbing trouble
mountain
like I didn't have a care
I woke up and took a part / in someone's tragic play
I closed my eyes
it
did not go away
Over You
shut your mouth / mind your p's and q's
be very careful with the friends
you choose
cause friends like me get hurt easily
when firends like you
forget they hung the moon
I'll get over you / in a year or two
no matter
what you say / I was true
it happens everyday / true love fades away
nothing
more to say
from the break of dawn / till twilight's song
my head rings with what
went wrong
so if you find the time / spend one thin dime
and phone me
baby / say you love me too
I'll get over you / no matter what you say
I
was true / it happens everyday
true love fades away
you said thanks / for the bad times
there were bad times / yes that's
true
but there were good times too
and I know I will never love again
till
I'm over you
Rocking Chair
if you ever make it back this way again
won't you look me up every now
and then
I've been and I'll probably still be here
in my rocking chair
took me some to settle down
once I found you / there was no need to look
around
and when you left I sold everything
and your diamond ring
falling rain drops / just like the tears are coming down
rolling off my
face / making pools on the ground
Many Splintered Thing
thanks for calling / no one's home
someone's here, but they've been left
alone
you'll find him on his hands and knees
looking for mementos and
memories
and something more to remember you by
like a tear from your eye
but
the truth like a telephone does ring
love's a many splintered thing
take the ribbon from your hair
and tell me who the hell's / the one who
put it there
and have him find me in the street
cause with this broken
heart
he can't compete for something more
What Makes a Man
what will make / a young girl understand
that I'm doing everything I can
/ to be her one and only lovin' man
to keep this castle / from turning into
sand
what makes a man stand alone
what makes a house a home
like a
river flows into the sea / darling let your love flow into me
like an ocean
I cannot hold too much
like a river I run to feel your touch
what makes
a man refuse to cry
what makes a well run dry
but this love it won't go
away / it runs deeper everyday
and it looks like it's here to stay
the
day is getting very near the end / and to you all my love I send
here's a
question, answer if you can
tell me baby / what makes a man?
Established 1996; last update : 08 February 2002
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