5/4 HERE WE GO
Gut The Van, Disc 1 #9

[CHORUS:]
Here we go
Leave it on the back burner
Take it to the dry town
x4

I got the mean time slippin' down
The slide some uptight right wing,
Political homicide, do what you want,
Take what you will, take it in like a
Southpaw, flip it on the grill
Bourgeoise, protocol
Bottoms up boys this is the last call
Happy hour doesn't last too long
You know it never does
So I sit here on a bar stool looking at
The sky got a buck and a quarter
And a bucket full or rye
Don't step out of line you'll get time
In the brig don't yield to the mighty
You got your own dirt to dig

[CHORUS] x4

My and my flea bag friends we ran
To have our own feast of Crispan
Murphy was there with number 22
They were got caught in the middle
Of a coup, you will
Lose me if I don't lose you

We haven't chosen
Anyone of you to condemn
So make your decision and chose you
Side or let us begin

Steeped in knowledge
I'll step from the board
Down to the speak easy
With my double-edged sword
You know the deal
You got to spin the wheel
I heard the heavens are full of sevens
But as matter of fact
You know that cat suicide jack
He don't play like that
Truth is he don't really play at all

[CHORUS] x4

BANG BANG
Bang Bang #4

Yeah

She woke me up with the Bang Bang
Lookin' over crossed eyed
Had a big hunch that the world was a big lie
When I got up all the blood to my head
I got so dizzy fell back into my bed
I went over to the wayside
Lookin' for the high tide
What will I find
Will I find
Will I find find
All I saw was a man that had a hat that had a pompom
He's been there for years
Can someone tell me how long?

Wake up to tell me
Wake up to show me what I could not find
Wake up to tell me
Wake up to show me what I could not

Ya see this woman woke me up at a quarter to three
And I didn't know it then but she put a spell on me
Said I had to go down to where the cliffs meet the sea
And meet an old man to present my plea
So I headed way down to that big pier
To wait and confront my big fear
I wheeled around behind to my blind side
To find an old man with a lime and a kind eye
Said "Mister, Mister, with your beard so long
Won't you be a saint and tell me just where I'm goin'"
He pointed to a conch shell and then to the lime
And said this is all I really need to get by

Wake up to tell me
Wake up to show me what I could not find
Wake up to tell me
Wake up to show me what I could not

Hey (hey) Mister man
I know ya don't know who ya think I think I am
But I can safely say
That I shoulda been sleepin'
(been sleepin', been sleepin', been sleepin'...)
The day away
Hey Hey

I said excuse me
Have you got the time?
He shrugged his shoulders, said "Get a spine"
Coconut hit me on the head jonesin' for a fig
"I got booked last night... I need another fix, dig?"

Yeah
Just then I see a twinkle twinkle in the old man's eye
And a wave tossed bottle is thrown to the sky
I caught it on the rebound and landed with a soft sound
I took out the message and put the bottle down
Inside was the antidote to the spell
And I read it to the man 'cause he couldn't read so well
Said don't worry about a thing ya know your path is true
Just ease your mind have a banana or two
Well goodness goodness woe is me
The man nearly flipped to learn that he was free
But just before we left he started kickin' it
I picked up the bottle and star sixed it
Kick kick shuffle shuffle back to the beach with a
Tune on my lips and my quest in reach
That woman come to see you with her song so sweet
Say "Damn let the poor sucker sleep...let him sleep"

Wake up to tell me
Wake up to show me what I could not find
Wake up to tell me
Wake up to show me what I could not find

CUT IT YA MATCH IT
Gut The Van, Disc 1 #3

Cause ya cut it ya match it
Ya cut it ya match it
You do the final cut yeah
Ya cut it ya match it
Ya cut it ya match it
You do the final cut yeah
Ya cut it ya match it
Ya cut it ya match it
You do the final cut yea
Ya cut it ya match it
Ya cut it ya match it
You do the final cut yea

Cause it's a manifest destiny like a genocide recipe
Telling lords that wrestle me to be my own race
Challenge your god, another drink of your chalice
Dont underestimate the fate of a preordained mass

Where are my boots and where the hell is my balance
The hell you did come down from your planet
To see us all reach for the cocking of a a gun
Oh come if you're gunna get some

Cause forty seconds later and the cocking of a gun
A boy avoids confusion and his special agent scum
Two officers pushed a boy down on his back
Searched through his pockets found a vile of crack yea

This boy untainted
Its a typical mythical world we live in untaint me
Un-slay me, un-lay me
Going to the river cause I think I'm damn ready

There is a river where a riverbed should be
There is a river...yeah braddigan

There is a river where a riverbed should be
There is a river where a riverbed should be
There is a river where a riverbed should be
There is a river where a riverbed should...i'd like to

I'd like to jettison your medicine back to where you came from
You keep your Bell and Edison away from my grandson
Stand son on your own bone dont forget the home that you came from
Dont let them say your name wrong

Just like larry I take it to the hoop
I do one false move in one fell swoop
And then I, then I pass it to the trigger man
Bow down to the sound if you still can

Cause there's plenty of catcalls and plenty of misfalls
And I can attest to the rest of the pastfalls
Never have I ever made a match with sickness
Look both ways and dispatch with a quickness

Gimmie some roy, gimmie some speed
Gather all around to the word and read
On, 'til you get to the parts that's righteous
It's an unbearable likness

There is a river where a riverbed should be
There is a river where a ri ooooo
There is a river where a riverbed should be
There is a river where a riverbed should be

Oooh yeah
(Come on now) mmmmmmmmm whoa
Oooooooo yeah ooooooh

My name is Chetro (Chetro), and I do know (do know)
That I got to get some money to get the van towed
His name is Braddigan, and I'm back again
I wanna be that three with a tight plan

His name is Pete (Repete) Pete's got the goods
Spanking on my bass like I know I should
Lost in the draw for the freak and groove
Relax and relapse, and lets synapse this move

(Alright...check it out)
There is a river where a riverbed should be
There is a river where a riverbed should be
There is a river where a riverbed should be
There is a river where a riverbed should be

EVEN
Gut The Van, Disc 1 #6

Come down to the edge of the road
You can see them all crowded around
Soon they'll come in and come up here

Let them find an effigy
But they'll never find me
Head man, I live to see you roll away

They'll never ever ever find me
They'll never ever ever find me

Head man walking, right in front of me
Don't you look in, I'm not here you see
Dead man told me where I am to hide
Said he's waiting there, where it's all

Even
Even
Even
Even

Unless I misconstrue, the search continues
The hidden afraid are never betrayed
By the already found and taken away

Oh and in a different place
The hands that hold your face
Are only tryin' only tryin' to keep you warm

They'll never ever ever find me
They'll never ever ever find me

Head man walking, right in front of me
Don't you look in, I'm not here you see
Dead man told me where I am to hide
Said he's waiting there, where its all

Even
Even
Even
Even

Walk on, will we
Walk on
With our heads to the wall
Let them find that they'll never find us all
Say hey, wanted a life less hidden
They wanted a life, but I'll never give them

Part of me
Part of me
Part of me
Part of me

I will save my right
So hard to the ground
Until we all lay down
Until we lay ourselves down
Until we lay ourselves down

You can feel them
You can feel them coming
You can feel them
You can feel them coming
You can feel them
You can feel them coming
You can feel them
You can feel them coming

FLYING HORSES
Gut The Van, Disc 1 #8

The river of doubt gave birth to a beautiful stone
And in my hand I held it and I knew I was on my own
So I picked it up and I held it to the sky
And in my reflection, I knew I was all alone, yeah yeah

Then I saw this girl with the most beautiful hair
She had it wrapped around her for clothes she did not wear
I asked her for a lock and she complied,
After leaving gorgeous footsteps in the sand as if she didn't care

Well, she was the prettiest girl I ever saw
And the stone lay still without a flaw
The feelings I had defied the law
As I came to, and I went to
And I took a look, a look down the road
To see a badger and a one eyed toad
They didn't say a word, they just looked at me
With that wise old look of the old, yeah
The wise old loook of the old, yeah

Then I went down to town (then I went down to town)
To my favorite merry-go-round
To the place where the magic horses fly
And you seldom see a frown

But then I stole a ring from the flying horses
And I can't begin to explain how
I stole a ring from the flying horses
And it's all rusty now
I stole a ring from the flying horses
And I can't begin to explain how
I stole a ring from the flying horses
And it's all rusty now
It's all rusty

You see 'cause that stone fell through my pocket
And that lock of hair flew away with the wind
If you chance to meet upon either
Well you know where they've been

But don't pick them up or try to find me
They're much happier to be on their own
Beauty like that knows no home
And then if you take a look, a look down the road
You'll see a badger and a one eyed toad
They won't say a word they'll just look at you
With that wise old look of the old, yeah
The wise old look of the old, yeah

But then I stole a ring from the flying horses
And I can't begin to explain how
I stole a ring from the flying horses
And it's all rusty now
I stole a ring from the flying horses
And I can't begin to explain how
I stole a ring from the flying horses
And it's all rusty now
It's all rusty

GENERAL
Bang Bang #3

There was a decorated General with a heart of gold
That likened him to all the stories he told
Of past battles won and lost
And legends of old
A seasoned veteran in his own time.
On the battlefield he gained respectful fame
With many medals of bravery and stripes to his name
He grew a beard as soon as he could
To cover the scars on his face
And always urged his men on

But on the eve of great battle with the infantry in dream
The old general tossed in his sleep
A lesson with its meaning
He awoke from the night to tell what he had seen
And walked slowly out of his tent.

All the men held tall with their chests in the air
With a courage in their blood
And a fire in their stare
It was a grey morning and they all wondered how they would fare
'Til the old general told them to go home.

He said,
"I have seen the others
And I have discovered
That this fight is not worth fighting
And I've seen their mothers
And I will no other
To follow me where I'm going.
So take a shower and shine your shoes
You've got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living.
Take a shower and shine your shoes
You've got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living.
Go now you are forgiven."

Yeah...

But the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders
Not knowing what to do with the contradicting orders
The General said he would do his own duty
But he would extend it no further
The men could go as they pleased
But not a man moved
Their eyes gazed straight ahead
'Til one by one they stepped back and not a word was said
The old General was left with his own words
Echoing in his head
He then prepared to fight

He said,
"I have seen the others
And I have discovered
that this fight is not worth fighting
No, and I've seen their mothers
And I will no other to follow me where I'm going
So take a shower and shine your shoes
You've got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living.
Take a shower and shine your shoes
You've got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living.
Go now you are forgiven."

Yeah...

Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go

Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go oh

Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you got to be got to be got to be got to be got to be yeah

LIGHTNING
Who Are We Living For? #10

We hear the dealers with the words
That ride the tails
Of their cigarette smoke
Sliding through the tunnels of our ears

Those greasy marionettes of
Real bone and blood
Stand on the corner of Washington Square

Well our Vision was stinging
And our eyes were blurring

Elevator's got you rising so high
17 floors you want so much more
Elevator's got you rising so high
17 floors you want so much more

There's lightning on the ceiling
Coming from the corner of her eye

Somewhere horses flee from thunder
Somewhere the bones of a cat
Are buried under a garden
Well there's a radio on
Broken songs empty digression
Won't be long to you and me are gone from here

Lightning on the ceiling
Coming from the corner of her eye

OPEN UP
Who Are We Living For? #2

They were looking for me when I came to
They were looking for me when I came back
Said hey you, you're looking very suspicious
I said relax man get off my back
I said relax man get off my back

I, I, I ain't opposed to seek justice
But you're going about it all wrong
The man you're looking for does not exist
He's just a figment of the higher man's tongue

And they say
Open up we're coming inside
You can't run so you may as well hide
We got the place covered from head to toe, head to toe
Open up we're coming inside
What's it feel like to know you're going to die
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row

So they took me down to the gallows
And this boy he said to me
Why do you smile when the rope's around your neck
I said I tell you boy when I get back
I said I tell you boy when I get back

I, I, I ain't opposed to seek justice
But you're going about it all wrong
The man you're looking for does not exist
He's just a figment of the higher man's tongue
He's just a victim of the higher man's tongue

And they say
Open up we're coming inside
You can't run so you may as well hide
We got the place covered from head to toe, head to toe
Open up we're coming inside
What's it feel like to know you're going to die
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row

Hands above your head
Que la vie est bien
Step out of line and we'll fill you with lead
How are we to know that you are not a liar
Don't you see we have a job to do
And our job is the law, job is the law
You fit the description of a criminal crosser
We believe that he is you and that is your flaw
That is your flaw
That is your flaw
That is your flaw
That is your flaw
That is your flaw
That is your flaw

And they say
Open up we're coming inside
You can't run so you may as well hide
We got the place covered from head to toe, head to toe
Open up we're coming inside
What's it feel like to know you're going to die
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row

OUTLOUD
Bang Bang #10

Would you be the wind
To blow me home?
Would you be a dream
On the wings of a poem?
And if we were walking through a crowd,
Well you know I’d be proud
If you’d call my name out loud
If you’d call my name out loud
Do you suppose that I would come running?
Do you supposed I’d come at all?
I suppose I would…

And if we were walkin down a dead-end street
Would you be the one to let our eyes meet
Or would you just keep on walking down to the turnaround?
Cause you know I'd be proud
If you’d call my name out loud
If you’d call my name out loud
Do you suppose that I would come running?
Do you suppose I’d come at all?
I suppose I would…

And If I was gone
From the land we know
Would you be the dawn
let your beauty still show?
And if you were walking,
heard the cold night coming,
Would you call my name,
Cause you know I'd come running
If you’d call my name out loud
If you’d call my name out loud
Do you suppose that I would come running?
Do you suppose I’d come at all?
You know I would… (x4)
I’d come running… (x2)
If you’d call my name out loud

PASSERBY
Who Are We Living For? #6

I'm not crazy like my brother
But it's the way that I choose
I don't hang around with a six pence
When I got everything to lose

Would you bring me my money
And take from me all that I was worth
'Cause I wasn't worth nothing
And I wasn't yours

Oh, don't you be a passerby
Oh won't you sit down
And stay awhile
Oh, don't you be a passerby
Oh won't you sit down
And stay awhile
'Cause it's been too long since you been around
Since you've been around

Sold out man from across the way
He thought he heard what he heard you say
Hey now, man your watch it shines
For the bid of a second yields him 40 times

Oh, don't you be a passerby
Oh, won't you sit down
And stay a while
Oh, don't you be a passerby
Oh, won't you sit down
And stay a while
'Cause it's been too long since you been around
Don't wanna be high, high, high, high

Woman and little child
Woman and little child
Woman and little child, yeah
Woman and little child
Woman, yeah woman
Woman, little child
Woman, yeah woman
Woman, yeah woman
Don't you be a passerby
(whoa don't you be a) Passerby
(whoa don't you be a) Passerby
Whoa don't you leave me alone
Passerby
(whoa don't you be a) Passerby
(whoa don't you be a) Passerby
Whoa, don't you leave me alone

PRINCE OF SPADES
Who Are We Living For? #12

Comin Back Comin Home.
The Queen of love enters the room.
Silence ensues,
Tell the King "What have you done to my life?,
Did you take me for a fool or for a wife?"
I, I, I, I, I, I, I

The king is in his court,
Countin' all his diamonds.
One by one they do fall.

Says the queen I've heard
The prince of spades is comin' home.
Be nice if you could find some time alone.
After all, he's in line for the throne.

And the king is in his court,
Countin' all his diamonds.
One by one they do fall,
Oh, they do fall.

So now, just get up off your ass,
Leave all your treasures behind.
Your son is comin' home with you to spend time.
Show him how a good king should be.
And don't ever forget the day,
You turned your back on him and me,
Still I stay (2x)