These Days

 

Hey God

Hey God, I'm just a little man got a wife and family
But I almost lost my house
Yeah, I bought into a dream
We're barely holdin' on
W hen I'm in way too deep
We're two paychecks away from living out on the streets

She's a working single mom, like a Saint she don't complain
She never says a word, but she thinks that she's to blame
Her son just got convicted,
He blew some punk away
She did her best raise him, but the world got in the way

Hey God
Tell me what the hell is going on
Seems likes like all the good shits gone
It keeps on getting harder hanging on
Hey God
T here's nights you know I want to scream
These days your even harder to believe
I know how busy you must be
But Hey God
Do you ever think about me?

Born into the ghetto in 1991
Just a happy child playing beneath the summer sun
A vacant lots' his playground, by 12 he's got a gun
The odds are bet against him, junior don't make 21

Hey God
Tell me what the hell is going on
Seems likes like all the good shits gone
It keeps on getting harder hanging on
Hey God
There's nights you know I want to scream
These days your even harder to believe
I know how busy you must be
But Hey God
Do you ever think about me?

I'd get down on my knees
I'm going to try this thing your way
I've seen a dying man too proud to beg spit on his own grave
Was he too gone to save?
Did you even know his name?
Are you the one to blame?
I got something to say

Hey God
Tell me what the hell is going on
Seems likes like all the good shits gone
It keeps on getting harder hanging on
Hey God
T here's nights you know I want to scream
These days your even harder to believe
I know how busy you must be
But Hey God
Do you ever think about me?

 

Something For The Pain

Happiness, it's been no friend to me
But forever after ain't what it's all cracked up to be
Yeah, I had a taste, you were my fantasy
But I almost lost my faith when I hit reality

I don't need no Guru
To tell me what to do
When your feeling like a headline
On yesterday's news

Come on, come on, come on
Give me something for the pain
Give me something for the blues
Give me something for the pain
When I feel I'm danglin' from a hang-man's noose
Give me something for the rain
Give me something I can use
To get me through the night
Make me feel alright
Something like you
Come on, come on, come on

Loneliness has found a home in me
My suitcase and guitar are my only family
I've tried to need someone like they needed me
I opened up my heart but all I did was bleed
I don't need no lover just to get screwed
They don't make a bandage that's going to cover my bruise

Come on, come on, come on
Give me something for the pain
Give me something for the blues
Give me something for the pain
When I feel I'm danglin' from a hang-man's noose
Give me something for the rain
Give me something I can use
To get me through the night
Make me feel alright
Something like you
Come on, come on, come on

Pull me under (help I'm falling)
Run through my veins (night is calling)
Lost to a place (feels like I'm flying)
Where I feel no pain (Christ I'm dying)
Be the pillow under my head,
Give cover to me
When I'm in my bed
Take me higher than I've ever been
Take me down and back again
Come to me, be my disguise
Open your coat, let me crawl inside

Come on, come on, come on
Give me something for the pain
Give me something for the blues
Give me something for the pain
When I feel I'm danglin' from a hang-man's noose
Give me something for the rain
Give me something I can use
To get me through the night
Make me feel alright
Something like you
Come on, come on, come on

 

This Ain't A Love Song

I should have seem it coming when the roses died
Should have seen the end of summer in your eyes
I should have listened when you said good night
You really meant goodbye

Baby, ain't it funny, how you never ever learn to fall
You're really on your knees, when you think your standing tall
But only fools are 'know-it-alls' and I played that fool for you

I cried and I cried
There were nights that I died for you baby
I tried and I tried
To deny that your love drove me crazy, baby

If the love that I got you is gone
If the river I cried ain't that long
Then I'm wrong, yeah I'm wrong
This ain't a love song

Baby, I thought you and me would stand the test of time
Like we got away with the perfect crime but
We were just a legend in my mind
I guess that I was blind
Remember those nights dancing at the masquerade
The clowns wore smiles that wouldn't fade
You and I were the renegades, some things never change

It made me so mad 'cause
I wanted it bad for us baby
Now it's so sad whatever we had
Ain't worth saving

If the love that I got for you is gone
If the river I cried ain't that long
Then I'm wrong, yes I'm wrong
This ain't a love song

If the pain that I'm feeling so strong
Is the reason I'm holding on
Then I'm wrong, yes I'm wrong
This ain't a love song

I cried and I cried
There were nights that I died for you baby
I tried and I tried
To deny that your love drove me crazy, baby

If the love that I got you is gone
If the river I cried ain't that long
Then I'm wrong, yeah I'm wrong
This ain't a love song

If the pain that I'm feeling so strong
Is the reason I'm holding on
Then I'm wrong, yes I'm wrong
This ain't a love song

If the pain that I'm feeling so strong
Is the reason I'm holding on
Then I'm wrong, yes I'm wrong
This ain't a love song
Then I'm wrong, yes I'm wrong
T his ain't a love song

 

These Days

I was walking around just a face in the crowd
Trying to keep myself out of the rain
Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown
Wondered if I might end up the same
There's a man out on the corner
Singing old songs about change
Everybody got there cross to bear
These days

She came looking for some shelter
With a suitcase full of dreams
To a motel room on the boulevard
Guess she's trying to be James Dean
She's seen all the disciples and all the 'wanna be's'
No-one wants to be themselves these days
Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days

These days - the starts seems out of reach
These days - there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days - are fast, love don't last in this graceless age
There ain't nobody left but us these days

Jimmy Shoes he busted both his legs
T ryin' to learn to fly
From a second story window
He just jumped and closed his eyes
His mamma said he was crazy
He said Mamma "I've gotta try"
'Don't you know that all my heroes died?
And I guess I'd rather die than fade away'

These days - the stars ain't out of reach
But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days are fast, nothing lasts-it's a graceless age
Even innocence has caught the midnight train
There ain't nobody left but us these days

I know Rome's still burning
Though the times have changed
This world keeps turning round and round and round and round
These days

These days - the stars ain't out of reach
But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days are fast, love don't last-its a graceless age
Even innocence has caught the midnight train

These days - the stars ain't out of reach
These days - there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days are fast, nothing lasts-there ain't no time to waste
There ain't nobody left to take the blame
There ain't nobody left but us these days

 

Lie To Me

Rumour has it that your daddy's coming down
He's gonna pay the rent
Tell me baby, is this as good as this life is gonna get
It feels like there's a stranger standing in this shoes
But, I know I can't be lose me, 'cause then I'd be losing you

I know I promised baby
I would be the one to make our dreams come true
I ain't too proud of all the strungles
And the hard times we've been through
When this cold world comes between us
Please tell me you'll be brave
'Cause I can realise the danger
When forgiveness fades away

If you don't love me - lie to me
'Cause baby you're the one thing I believe
Let it all fall down around us, if that's what's meant to be
Right now if you don't love me baby - lie to me

Pour another cup of coffee, baby
I got something to say to you
I ain't got the winning ticket
Not the one that's gonna pull us through
No one said it'd be easy, let your old man take you home
But know if you walk out on me
That darling, I'll be gone

If you don't love me - lie to me
'Cause baby you're the one thing I believe
Let it all fall down around us, if that's what's meant to be
Right now if you don't love me baby - lie to me
Baby, I can take it

It's bitch, but life's a roller coster ride
The ups and downs can make you scream sometimes
It's hard believing that the thrill is gone
But we gotta go around again, so let's hold on

If you don't love me - lie to me
'Cause baby you're the one thing I believe
Let it all fall down around us, if that's what's meant to be
Right now if you can't love me baby - lie to me
Go on, lie to me
Baby, I can take it
C'mon, lie to me

 

Damned

Lying here beside you
In someone else's bed
Knowing what we're doing's wrong
But better left unsaid
Your breathing sounds like screaming
I t's all that I can stand
His ring is on your finger
But my heart is in your hands

Damned if you love me
Damned if you don't
It's getting holding on
B ut I can't let you go
Damned if you don't need me
Damned if you do
God, I wish it wasn't me standing in these shoes
Damned, damned

A door slams like a shotgun
You jump up to your feet
But it's just the wind blowing
Through the secrets that we keep
Made me want to want you
God knows I need to need you
By the time this love is over
I'll be sleeping on the streets

Damned if you love me
Damned if you don't
It's getting holding on
But I can't let you go
Damned if you don't need me
Damned if you do
God, I wish it wasn't me standing in these shoes
Damned, damned

( Why won't you talk to me?)
Because I'm too blind to see
(Why won't you look at me?)
Because I'm afraid to see
(What do want from me?)
All that I can stand
The lies are on my tongue
And I can't turn back I know
My soul is Damned

Don't worry I ain't gonna call
Or hear say my name
And if you see me on the street
Don't wave just walk away
Our lives are getting twisted
Lets keep our story straight
The more that I resist it
My temptation turns to fate

Damned if you love me
Damned if you don't
It's getting holding on
But I can't let you go
Damned if you don't need me
Damned if you do
God, I wish it wasn't me standing in these shoes

 

My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms

Misery likes company
I like the way that sounds
I've been trying to find the meaning
So I can write it down
Staring out the window
I t's such a long way down
I'd like to jump
But I'm afraid to hit the ground

I can't write a love song
The way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope
I got nothing to say
Life is feeling kind of strange
Since you went away
I sing this song wherever you are
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

I'm tried of watching TV
It makes me want to scream
Outside the world is burning
M an it's so hard to believe
Each day you know you're dying
From the cradle to the grave
I get so numb sometimes
That I can't feel the pain

I can't write a love song
The way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope
I got nothing to say
Life is feeling kind of strange
It's strange enough these days
I send this song whoever you are
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

Staring at the paper
I don't know what to write
I'll have my last cigarette
Well, turn out the lights
Maybe tomorrow
I'll feel a different way
But here in my delusion
I don't what to say

I can't write a love song
The way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope
I got nothing to say
And I can't fight the feelings
That are burning in my veins
I sing this song wherever you are
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

I can't write a love song
The way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope
I got nothing to say
And I can't fight the feelings
B uried in my brain
I sing this song wherever you are
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

 

(It's Hard) Letting You Go

It ain't no fun lying down to sleep
And there ain't no secrets left for me to keep
I wish the stars up in the sky
Would all just call in sick
And the clouds would the moon out
On some one-way trip

I drove all night down streets that wouldn't bend
But somehow they drove me back here once again
To the place I lost in love
And the place I lost my soul
I wish I'd just burned down
This place that we call home

It would all have been so easy
If you'd only made me cry
And told me how you're leaving me
To some organ grinder's lullaby

It's hard, so hard
I t's tearing out my heart
It's hard letting you go

Now the sky, it shines a difference kind of blue
And the neighbours dog don't bark like he used to
Well, me, these days I just miss you
It's the nights that I go insane
Unless you're less you coming back for me
That's one thing I know won't change

It's hard, so hard
It's tearing out my heart
It's hard letting you go

Now some tarot card shark said I'll draw you a heart
We'll find you somebody else new
But I've made my last trip to those carnival lips
When I bet all that I had on you

It's hard, so hard
It's tearing out my heart
It's hard letting you go

It's hard, so hard
It's tearing out my heart
It's hard letting you go

 

Hearts Breaking Even

It's been a cold, cold, cold, cold night tonight
I can't get you off my mind
God knows I've tried

Did I throw away the best part of my life
When I cut you off, I cut myself
With the same damn knife

Hide my tears in the pouring rain
Had my share of hurt and pain
Don't say my name
Run away
'Cause it's all in vein

My hearts breaking even
Now there's no use we even try
Hey I cried
Yeah I lied
Hell I almost died
Don't got a reason
Let's just fold the cards and say good-bye
It's all right
Just two hearts breaking even tonight

It's been a long, long, long, long time
Since I've had you love here in my hands
We didn't understand it, we couldn't understand it

But, nothing's fair in love and hate
You lay it all down and walk away
Before it's too late

We danced all night as the music played
The sheets got tangled in the mess we made
There in the stains
We remain
No one left to blame

My hearts breaking even
Now there's no use we even try
Hey I cried,
Yeah I lied
Hell I almost died
Don't got a reason
Let's just fold the cards and say good-bye
It's all right
Just two hearts breaking even tonight

Go on, get on with your life
Yeah-I'll get on with mine
Broken hearts can't call the cops
Yeah, it's the perfect crime
Twisting and turning the night keeps me yearning
I'm burning alive
I'm paying the price again,
But I'll see the light again

My hearts breaking even
Now there's no use we even try
Hey I cried
Yeah I lied
Hell I almost died
Don't got a reason
Let's just fold the cards and say good-bye
It's all right
Just two hearts breaking even tonight

 

Something To Believe In

I lost all faith in my God
In his religion too
I told the angels they could sing their songs
To someone new
I lost all trust in my friends
I watched my heart turn to stone
I thought that I was left to walk this wicked world alone

Tonight I'll dust myself off
Tonight I'll suck my gut in
I'll face the night and I'll pretend
I got something to believe in

And I had lost touch with reason
I watched life criticise the truth
Been waiting for a miracle
I know you have too
Though I know I won't win
I'll take this one on the chin
We'll raise a toast and I'll pretend
I got something to believe in

If I don't believe in Jesus
How can I believe the Pope?
If I don't believe in heroin
How can I believe in dope?
If there's nothing but survival
How can I believe in sin?
In a world that gives you nothing
We need something to believe in

If I don't believe in Jesus
How can I believe the Pope?
If I don't believe in heroin
How can I believe in dope?
If there's nothing but survival
How can I believe in sin?
In a world that gives you nothing
I need something to believe in

 

If That's What It Takes

I played the part of a broken heart upon a shell
lf I played that part so lonely and so well
Thought that love belong to someone else
Not me and you

Yeah, I know that you've been shattered
You've been bruised
We both know what it feels like when you lose
But I'd bet my life on a roll of the dice for you

If that's what it takes
That's what I'll do
Tonight's the night
I'm gonna prove it to you
Do I have to break down
Baby just to break to through
If that's what it takes
That's what I'll do
If that's what it takes...

I bet you counted all the tears I bet you've cried
I bet you swore you'd never let love back inside
'Cause it hurt you way
To bad to say good-bye

Now, there'll be times when
I might put us to the test
And it's hard for broken to just forget
But I'm driving blind, I'll lay it all on the line for you

If that's what it takes
That's what I'll do
Tonight's the night
I'm gonna prove it to you
Do I have to break down
Baby just to break to through
If that's what it takes
That's what I'll do
If that's what it takes...

So, when you feel like jumping
Just when your heart starts pumping
When standing out on that ledge
Staring over the edge
I'll be there to talk you down
I'll be there before you hit the ground

If that's what it takes
That's what I'll do
Tonight's the night
I'm gonna prove it to you
Do I have to break down
Baby just to break to through
If that's what it takes
T hat's what I'll do
If that's what it takes...

If that's what it takes
T hat's what I'd do
If we take the time to get it right
I know we'll pull through
If it took all my life
I'd prove it you
If that's what it takes
T hat's what I'll do
If that's what it takes

I'll do it, anything baby
I'll do anything you want me to do
Baby if it's for me and you
It's alright
It's alright

 

Diamond Ring

Diamond ring
Wear it on your hand
Gonna tell the world
I'm your only man
Diamond ring, diamond ring
Baby, you're my everything
Diamond ring

Red, red rose
Brought it home to you
Blood red rose
Tells me that you're true
Red, red rose
Blood-red rose
Like a fire inside that grows
Blood-red rose

When you're hungry
I will fill you up
When you're thirsty
Drink out of my loving cup
When you're crying
I'll be the tears for you
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
For you

You know, I bleed every night you sleep
'Cause I don't know if I'm in your dreams
I want to be your everything

Diamond ring
Wear it on your hand
Gonna tell the world
I'm your only man
Baby you're my everything
Diamond ring
Darling you're my everything
Diamond ring
Now, you've got me on your string...
Diamond Ring

 

All I Want Is Everything

Some 15 year old sits on his porch
Just half-past noon
Trying to figure out just what he's doing
Why he had to grow up so soon
With all the gangs, all the guns
Whatcha gonna learn at school

I used to know this Puerto Rican girl
Who lied to change her life
She changed her name her face because
The crass looked greener on the other side
She turned her back, she ran away
Straight into the night
Her friends, her family feel the pain
But she's the one who cries

Tell me what you want (tell me want you want)
Tell me what you need (tell me want you need)
I want everything (I want it all)
I've had enough of havin' nothing
I won't take just anything
Got my mind set on something
All I want is everything

It's my life Mr.-I ain't running
I'm no puppet on a string
I want more than I seen coming
All I Want Is Everything
All I Want Is Everything

Say a prayer for Donnie
He died in his room just the other day
His brother came home
Found him dead on the floor
With a needle in his vein
Cops come round with a body bag
They said Donnie was a casualty
I said, all it's about is the boy checked
He couldn't handle reality

Tell me what you want (tell me want you want)
Tell me what you need (tell me want you need)
I want everything (I want it all)
I've had enough of havin' nothing
I won't take just anything
Got my mind set on something
All I want is everything

It's my life Mr.-I ain't running
I'm no puppet on a string
I want more than I seen coming
All I Want Is Everything
All I Want Is Everything
I want it all

Tell me what you want (I'll tell you what you want )
Tell me what you want (won't you come and tell me what you want)
Tell me what you want (I'll tell you what you want )
Tell me what you want (won't you come and tell me what you want)
I Want Everything (I want it all)
All I want
All I want
All I Want Is Everything
I want it all
I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it

 

Bitter Wine

We met some time ago
When we were almost young
It never crossed my mind to ask you
Where did you come from?
I didn't have much money
So I stole you a rose
You were dressed like an orphan
In Salvation Army clothes

I never thought I'd lose you
No I'd rather go blind
I thought I saw the future
But the fortune teller lied

Your love was my salvation
It could always get me high
What was once holy water
Tastes like bitter wine

I know I wasn't funny
But you laughed at all of my jokes
When I was choking on words to say
You stuck your fingers down my throa
t The first night I said I loved you
You told me to go to hell
You were giving me head
On that creaky old bed
At the Ol' Duval Motel

Just like everything
Even good love has to die
Ain't no sympathy
When it says good-bye

Your love was my salvation
It could always get me high
What was once holy water
Tastes like bitter wine

Just like everything
Good love has to die (good love has to die)
Ain't no sympathy
When it says good-bye
No one even cries
When your one of a kind
One of a kind
One of a kind

Love left me stranded at the station
And the last trains gone by
What was once holy water
Tastes like bitter wine

Your love was my salvation
I t could always get me high
You take the bad from holy water
Now all that's left is bitter wine