FREE
I heard her laugh
a long time ago
now she can't smile
unless it's for show
Playing a part
to make me happy
when she knows in heart
she wants to be........
CHORUS
Free....and I got the key
Free....and it's up to me
Free ....to open the door
Free....that's what it's there for
I know we can't be
who we were before
but I can't help hoping
that there's something more
I couldn't believe
what you said to me
I only just heard
I didn't receive
But I don't want you
to have to lie to me
and I wouldn't ask you
to try for me
(cause you're)
CHORUS
Free....and I got the key
Free....and it's up to me
Free ....to open the door
Free....that's what it's there for
I know we can't be
who we were before
but I can't help hoping
that there's something more
One in a million
woman of my dreams
Why can't you love me
and what do you mean
when you say you've changed
need to be by yourself
It feels so strange
being left on the shelf
BECAUSE
Laid off
out of work
and unemployed
aggrivated
alienated
and annoyed
dejected
rejected
and ineffective
repressed
obsessed
and really depressed
CHORUS
Be all you can be
join the army
Misguided
uninvited
misinformed
dropped out
copped out
and forewarned
Pumping gas
pushing papers,
washing cars
flying kites
installing lights,
hanging out in bars
CHORUS
It's not just a job
it's an adventure
It's quick
it's easy
and it's the law
It's sick
it's diseased
and it's because
It is the law
the law because
because-because
the said it was
STOP + GO
I can see you
Can you hear me?
Can we be two
Do you fear me?
CHORUS
Stop and go
stop and talk
I think I need
to go for a walk
Stop and talk
talk and stop
I hear it all day
I do it a lot
Talk and stop
stop and shop
A need to need
to need a lot
Stay and talk
talk and stay
say something
something today
Can you see me
I can hear you
Can you be free
let me near you
please don't watch me
close your eyes
Try to touch me
no more lies
CHORUS
Stop and go
stop and talk
I think I need
to go for a walk
Stop and talk
talk and stop
I hear it all day
I do it a lot
Talk and stop
stop and shop
A need to need
to need a lot
Stay and talk
talk and stay
say something
something anyway
Am I near you
I can't see you
I feel fear too
now I need you
REAL PEOPLE
Witness the winters
of those without
food clothing and shelter
shut up and left out
Wandering useless
parkbench to doorways
shivering nightlong
raining for days
Laughing at nothing
begging for bread
I sometimes wonder
if they're better off dead
CHORUS
(Real People) live for today
(Real People) lurk in subways
(Real People) worship the past
(Real People) don't carry cash
(Real People) expect too much
(Real People) reach out and touch
(Real People) reach for the stars
(Real People) drive fast cars
With words we whip
those who endlessly wander
helplessly, hopelessly
hither and yonder
Proceeding to presume
to predict their salvation
nevertheless we neglect
any communication
CHORUS
(Real People) die on a cross
(Real People) live at a loss
(Real People) pretend to pray
(Real People) slave everyday
(Real People) sleep in the park
(Real People) make love after dark
(Real People) forget to vote
(Real People) live without hope
Fragments:
What would you say
and could you conceive
killing trees affects
the air we breath
If you believe
dreams can come true
you better wake up
cause nightmares can to
Pull your head
out of the sand
then pull someone else's
if you can
In dreams of death
and lives of lies
You take what you get
and then you die
In moments of hope
there is relief
If you can you know
know how to believe
Opening up and letting go
loseing to win
More than I can ever know
to know when to begin
If I had the days
and dreams to drive them
I'd find the ways
to live and try them
If I had the heart
and soul to guide it
I wouldn't lose control
and then try to hide it
Have you heard
the latest news
fifty thousand times
over and over
so as not to confuse
out little bitty minds
Bottle fed babies
born to be bought
might be that maybe
they've already been caught
Bottle fed babies
want what they ought
there's a cure for rabies
but not what they've got
I wish it were just a rumor
what some men say
we need more consumers
more every day
All we need is to need all
we need is to need all we need....
Is love the love
they sell on TV
or what comes after sex
and how much does it cost me
and what comes on next
Given 3D dreams
a thousands choices
and stereo screens
with digital voices
selected answers
to obvious questions
the distance dances
tricks of transmission
Pleasure potions provide
delightful diversions
eliciting emotions
with exotic excursions
I see signs......
all the time
Going blind.......
and seeing signs
I see signs....
signs of something between me and you
signs of impending doom
signs on mens room stalls
signs sprayed on cement walls
I see signs.....
signs that tell me what to buy
signs that tell me when to try
signs that tell me when to walk
signs that tell me not to talk
simply
stupidly
we search the endless days
violently
silently
we touch in so many ways
passionately
fashionably
making the inevitable scene
we dismiss our dead dreams
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GUESS
Guess ,guess
and guess again
try to remember when
Trust, trust
and trust too much
now too afraid to even touch
The tears you shed tomorrow
for the pain you feel today
are the only signs of sorrow
and of the price you pay
When the meaning of moments
seen through loveblind eyes
leaves the impression
that memories lie
And wishes were curses
of the inevitably haunted
feeling forsaken
and so unwanted
kiss the dreams of love away
and other apparitions of the night
awake to another empty day
without an end in sight
give up the ghost
of a lover long gone
dry your eyes
and carry on
hope,hope
hope in your heart
to begin you have to make a start
give,give
and give some more
give in, get up and walk out the door
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
Soldier of fortune
he'll fight your war
educated in Nam
he doesn't care any more
Just as long as he's paid
for his valuable skills
he's the best in his trade
he only knows how to kill
There was no hero's welcome
when he came home from the war
no real reasons
what we were killing them for
No wonder he's angry
and wants to hurt someone
it's not just money he sees
at the end of his gun
soldiers of fortune
playing with toys
guns your fathers gave you
when you were still boys
now you are men
with a job to do
your piece in your hands
you know who to screw
GOOD PEOPLE
Good people good people
coming up on our right
good people good people
they're the ones who've seen the light
good people good people
want to save human lives
good people good people
want all women to be wives
Making her a whore again
selling herself for survival
in a world owned by men
ruled by religious revival
Good people good people
say we need to build our might
good people good people
say god's on our side
good people good people
kill peasants to keep them free
good people good people
dictate in the name of democracy
Making another war again
in the name of national survival
in a world owned by men
ruled by religious revival
BETWEEN DREAMS
I was between dreams
between dreams
when legends die
between dreams
where truth lies
burning in lost lust
bleeding in the dust
I was between dreams
between dreams
when duty calls
between dreams
where angels fall
I was between dreams
between dreams
and growing older
between dreams
becoming bolder
with a lot less to lose
and even less to choose
No more dreams
in the young man's mind
No more pain in his heart
No more living for the night
to make love in the dark
If you catch me keeping to myself
it might be best
if you looked somewhere else
If you want reassurance
and a helping hand
if words were commerce
lies would be in demand
No more insults and inuendoes
No more apologies
No more fools and heroes
or applied psychology
If you tell me no lies
I'll ask you no questions
And if you don't reply
I won't be guessing
If you leave me alone
I won't bother you
I'll just go on home
nothing else to do
If you hear I've gone
don't look for me
just carry it all on
and don't forget to be free
More fragments:
Here to there
distance is dead
raining acid
drinking lead
look straight ahead
accept a lie
get in bed
don't cry
Don't think about
the way it could be
push it out
be free
The last I heard
you had lost your mind
You had wandered too far
too far to find
.....the way home
the last I'd heard
you had given it up
Gave away your soul
broken your cup
The last I'd heard
you'd let yourself down
coming off a high
you thought you'd found
......the way home
The last I'd heard
they'd put you away
you couldn't be trusted
you'd lost the way
The last I'd heard
they let you out
still mumbling on
stuttering something about
....the way home
Our fathers
had dreams for their sons
our fathers' future
and what we would become
Our mothers
married a man an became
a loving bride
and played the family game
Some of their sons
aren't making the grade
some other ones
are lost, I'm afraid
And the darling daughters,
some still search for the right man
and some of the others
have all but forgotten
that part of the plan
Within the question
lies the means
with which to build an answer
perchance to dream
Within a dream
lies an illusion
with which our lives are lead -
in confusion
Full of deceit
devoid of drama
can you you keep a secret
get treatment for trauma
Need what you want
want what you get
try to remember
to learn to forget
want what you get
get what you need
there are no hungry
there is no greed
Guess,guess
and guess again
wind up wondering
where you fit in
gone to school
and read the book
nowhere to turn
to turn and look
A dream to have
a story to tell
wishing to believe
you might as well
Given great gifts without the wisdom
with which to recognize,
and knowledge to use them
Need what you want
want what you get
try to remember
to forget
Want what you get
get what you need
there are no hungry
there is no greed
Get what you need
need what you want
Being careful
not to appear to care
about the things we do
and how it makes us feel
She helps men
she helps men buy
She shows them
she shows them why
Buy this
buy that
She shows them things
are where it's at
They salivate every
time she wags her tail
They just can't wait
they're all american males
Buy this
buy that
they know that things
are where it's at
She the girl with the guy
with the fast car
She the girl with the guy
who uses Ultrabrite
She the girl with the guy
with the clothes of a star
He knows these things
make her feel alright
Girl of their dreams
girl on the screen
They'll be the men in the magazine
Convalescing crusaders
pretend to perceive
They don't wonder
they believe
Home from beruit
in civilian dress
In hot pursuit
of happiness
Stories to tell
lies to share
lives to sell
they don't care
policeing the world
keeping the peace
or chasing young girls
unrelenting release
They're a lot like vultures
circling the endless sky
sucking up some culture
waiting to die
They're a lot like pigs
they eat when they're full
they're easy to keep
to keep under control
They're are like flies
they have a lot of eyes
and are attracted to shit
They're a lot like cows
Take solemn vows
too dumb to remember
and easy to forget
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