Ball & Chain
I’m coming down the street I got my ball and chain
It took me all night long to paint my portrait in the rain
If I fall out of my world and my touch starts to burn
You’ll hear the laughter of my love
When I turn to you
Ball and chain
There so much I havent said
In every book Ive read
(2x)
Someone is tellin you to run a little faster
I can hear the clapping hands
And now I’m at the end of the story
Where I walked across the sand
Im standing at a phone booth and my eyes are wide with fear
Were you damaged by the images
Were you touched by the tears
Ball and chain
There so much I havent said
In every book Ive read
(2x)
B U M
I finally got into a warm bed
You can say its cozy
I can see the people stare at me
Calling me lazy
I got a beer and my feet are warm
I’m walking any which way
I got a cigarrette that I bumbed last week
Its been tucked behind my ear for days
And i’m watching the color TV in a state of mind
Well I’m a bum they say dont you waste your time
I dont expect postcards from nobody
Im free of your religious views
I learned the facts at the age of 55
I earned the 6:30 news
So please have some pity for me
I’m just living off the land
Dont you teach me how to read or write
I got my crackers and a jar of jam
And I’m watching the color TV in a state of mind
I’m a bum they say dont you waste your time
Paper Crate
The road is gonna rise to meet me
The wind will be at my tail
There is a goal to be had in life
And I dont think Im gonna fail
I wont fail
I am not trusted by loved ones
My teacher turns in disbelief
Its time I took care of myself
And lived for the one who succeeds
I succeed
(c)
Its time I checked in my mirror
I gotta know who I am
I might be riding the right track
Cause I got two feet
And I dont know when
I will take off my shoes
And I wont have to wear them again
I might build me a country
I might stay at home
Ive only got one lifetime
To break out of the syndrome
Outta this syndrome
I might check in at the YMCA
I might be sippin champagne
I’ll be sowing seeds of happiness
And laughin in the rain
At the rain
(c)
I gotta check out my theories
I autta know who I am
I might be running the right track
Cause I got two feet
And I dont know when
But I’ll take off these chains
And I wont have to wear them again
Golden Opportunity
When I was young I had a big rock dream yeah
I was the clown who thought I’d make the girls scream yeah
But then she came and gave me everything i needed
I’m gonna stick around I just got to please her
She came into my life
One day she’ll be my wife
I cant believe such luck
I think that lightning struck
She was my silver opportunity
Thank god I got a gold one comin up
I’ll tell ya fellas now she aint gonna leave me
You’d better understand the future that I’m seeing
Sometimes I tell myself that this could not be happening
Sometimes I drink too much and see it collapsing
I tried and tried each day
To bring her love my way
As my persistence stood
And now she’s mine for good
She was my silver opportunity
Thank god I got a gold one comin up
After all the years of lies and mistreating
She came and cried and said I aint never cheated
Became accustomed to living in a pigpen
And she was the one sent to save me from ruin
She was my silver opportunity
Thank god I got a gold one comin up
Dawn
Why am I chasing Dawn
Dont I know that I might lose my soul
After all I’ve been through
Don’t I know that I could loose control
And fall into Dawn
And be burned Once again
Black embers blowing in the breeze
When will I finally win
I find myself
Stealing the break of Dawn
Trying to save her love
While finding my own
I get the hang of holding on
Once again
I get used to holding on
Well I woke up this morning
For what I do not know
But before the day was done
I’d let my love show
And Dawn was there
She was listening to this song
Trying to decifer
The right from wrong
I find myself
Stealing the break of Dawn
Trying to save her love
While finding my own
I get the hang of holding on
Once again
I get used to holding on
One day I just might wake up
And find Dawn lying next to me
I would shake off the snow
And open my eyes to see
A new way to live
A perspective for the birds
The kind that fly together
In so many words
I find myself
Stealing the break of Dawn
Trying to save her love
While finding my own
I get the hang of holding on
Once again
I get used to holding on
P.O.T.S.O.T.
It feels like I’m slipping thru the sands of time
Post archives with words that are not mine
I’m going to grab my guitar case
And find myself a new place
Got no directions
As we stumble right down the line
The tension boils until I’m insane
Built a sewer pipe dumping out my brain
I got the strain for modern reggae
And the plan to keep you froggy
Try all dimensions
As we stumble right down the line
Oh I dont have the time
Cant you see Im running from my troubles as it is
And the people that I meet
Have their heads in the nuclear age
All I want from life is a wife and kids
Life in this world gets you so distressed
Go to a restaurant they check out your chick
I dont want your lsd
I dont need your sympathy
I always feel like we’re pissing on the sands of time
Oh I dont have the time
Cant you see Im running from my troubles as it is
And the people that I meet
Have their heads in a virtual age
All I want from life is a wife and kids
Medusa
Well I met you in the bar
You were singing your song
I was standing in the corner
Nodding along
When the jukebox stopped
You suddenly sneered
I wanted to say this
But you disappeared
Medusa when you kiss me
Turn out the light
I looks like we’re in love
I like to see you when your makeups not right
I’m afraid I’ll turn to stone
Some say your ugly
And some say your slow
No one really knows
Just like heaven and hell
But I gotta find out
Just as fast as I can
I’m in love with medusa
I’m no ordinary man
Medusa when you kiss me
Turn out the light
And make sure we’re alone
I like to see you when your makeups not right
I’m afraid I’ll turn to stone
Burial @ C
In the midst of ice and snow
Hearts that burn
Theres one of them oh
That you will surely learn
The death of loneliness
Will keep you in one place
Soon the warmth of the sun
Will surely hit your face
This is forever
This is what its all about
Nothing is forever
Unless your buried in the ground
And in your lifetime
The mask is always there
And the women of your past
You’ll wash out from your hair
In the landing there is yearning
To go back out again
And kill the dream that always
Seem to follow from your pain
This is forever
This is what its all about
Nothing is forever
Unless your buried in the ground
The pain of loneliness
Will keep you in your place
But soon the rising tide
Will splash upon your face
Theres no dream greater
Than the one, the one about me
I was on a clipper upon the ocean
A burial at sea
This was forever
This is what its all about
Nothing is forever
Unless your buried in the ground
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