ON A RAINY DAY

Sometimes I feel like I can do no wrong

But when I awake there's hell to pay

My mind is heavy and the wind is blowin' strong

I can't recall what I threw away...on a rainy day

 

When I first met ya you were so kind

You got down on your knees to pray

Now if you look close enough I'm sure that you'll find

One true love you did betray...on a rainy day

 

Just like the water that beats upon the ground

That sweet temptations here to stay

Cause what ain't lost can never be found

As every scene I do replay...on a rainy day

 

NASTY HABIT BABY

You're a nasty habit baby that's gettin' hard to kick

At first you made me tight now you're makin' me sick

I don't know how it happened but the ship sank quick

You're a nasty habit baby that's gettin' hard to kick

 

You got a careless heart baby that don't play fair

You're making me see things that aren't really there

Got me askin' the judge if my life he'd spare

You got a careless heart baby that don't play fair

 

You're a nasty habit baby that's got me down on my knees

Like cigarettes and whiskey you kill by degrees

You poisoned my soul like some kind of disease

You're a nasty habit baby that's got me on my knees

 

JOYRIDE

I drive around aimless just to feel the motion

So many memories stripped of all emotion

I can't seem to see myself without the help of a narrator

Well it's like I'm a caricature of somebody else

Some other guy with ticking time bomb health

I can't seem to reach myself with out the help of an operator

 

After travelin' for so many miles I'm surprised that I'm still here

It was only supposed to be for a couple of months

It turned in to a couple damn years

The roads gettin' dark but I'm traveling on

I can't recall how far I've gone

I'm not Dylan n' I ain't claimed to be Young

Don't got that cute face but got that same poison tongue

 

So now I'm here I'm startin' from scratch

All the parts of my former self I'm tryin' to detach

Cause the glue don't stick and the nails they just rust

And you can't find an honest woman to trust

That's why there's no one riding in the passenger seat

No air conditioning in 90 degree heat

Radio singing the song of my soul

I'll keep on livin' while the big wheels roll

 

GIVE MORE/EXPECT LESS

The worlds not fair get used to it son

It's no time for runnin' from what's been done

You did the deed and you had a fair shake

The consequences now you must take

The clock is tickin' your time away

Well you better speak up what have you got to say

There's only one road to success

You gotta give more / expect less

 

Dreams can pierce like a bowie knife

Some can haunt you an entire life

The road I walk is jagged and steep

The waters below run still and deep

Some people treat life like it's just a game

There's always a loser and someone to blame

When it will stop is anyone's guess

You gotta give more / expect less

 

So be sure of the steps that you take

And the future that you're bound to break

Things can happen in the blink of an eye

Hearts change overnight and it ain't no lie

The water in the pot is beginning to boil

And all your plans are startin' to spoil

I could say more but I digress

You gotta give more / expect less X3

You gotta give more / expect nothing

 

DEAD PROPHET WALKING

I'm in this world of constant change

Like shadows in alleys dangerous and strange

In a city that puts mercy to the test

Where we shoot our heroes and elect the rest

 

The road to salvation can not be bought

I dream of things that never were and then say why not

It's the last hope for the sane to rattle the cage

To break the path of violence opened up by rage

 

Every living soul, the same earthly fight

Cause a new revolution ain't too far from the sight

There are some truths that you can't deny

The dream can fade but never can die

 

Just take a walk turn off your TV

And watch for the things that you might not see

Cause it's still on the tip of every tongue

The rich, the poor, the old and young

 

Dead Prophet Walking

I saw the president last night in a wraith

The bands stopped playing but we kept the faith

Too much has been taken we are what we are

Every soul that acts is like a shooting star

 

I'm in this fight for better or worse

Can't be persuaded under your curse

Some actions no words can forgive

Every soul dies yet some never live X2

 

Unite the clans with a rebel song

Stand and fight to keep the troops strong

In the distance the bells start to ring

And the fear of death doesn't mean a thing X2

Dead Prophet Walking

 

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

To try and find the cause you must examine every inch of the land

If you ever wanna have a chance to understand

All the parts they must add up to a greater whole

One universal soul

 

(CHORUS)

Life's just begun and I don't know where I'm bound

I keep searching for love where no love can be found

The rabbit hole runs deep in the ground

 

Had a couple of close calls but I always got back up again

My back never broke but it certainly did bend

Nobody knows the hour they'll come face to face with death

Take one last universal breath

REPEAT CHORUS

 

ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE STREET

I'm left alone again sitting with the ghosts of love

All the poets of passion gently float above

My floor becomes the bed in the record breaking heat

There's no love for this tramp on the dark side of the street

 

 

Thoughts can drift like leaves returning to the earth

Seasons come and go...one's death is another's birth

Better get the best lines down before they become obsolete

Cause all I have is the beauty of song on the dark side of the street

 

Don't have a bank full of money or a mine full of gold

Don't place too much value on anything that can be bought or sold

I aim to please and I keep my business discreet

Spendin' my time hangin' around the dark side of the street

 

I don't have a queen but I got a pawn and a rook

Don't have the fists of a boxer but got one hell of a right hook

I'm hard as a mountain standing in defeat

I'm watching the sun shining from the dark side of the street

 

I'm kinda like ol' Carl Jung but I'm getting tired of dreams

That constant confusion where nothing is as it seems

But I raise a toast for lovers with their honey warm and sweet

And thank god that they know nothing about the dark side of the street

 

Some might find it lonely here but then again they're not me

I take comfort in the silence that ceases to be

My arms are open wide...knelt down to the mercy seat

Waitin' for a vision from the dark side of the street

 

BLESSINGS OF THE TROPICAL STORM

Driving into the smoke of the city

Listening to Slim Harpo on the radio

Smokin' cigarettes

Drinkin' wine and talkin'

Rollin' on the ice covered highways

And he just keeps on singing

'Bout the raining in his heart

I think I know the girl he's talking about

 

PEACOCK BLUES

Can't understand why we live the way we do

Of all the things I've learned I know this one thing to be true

At the end of the day we'll go our separate ways and bid adieu

 

(CHORUS)

I'll be walkin' with them weary blues

I've got no love to share

But I'm strutting like a peacock

And feelin' like millionaire

 

So many times I question the questions you ask of me

Would you please make up your mind girl what do you want me to be

If you wanted a bird I'd sit by your window and sing

Take my word for this love I'd do anything

REPEAT CHORUS TWICE

 

WHEN YOU DANCE

Sometimes we go our own separate ways

Everybody's got different debts to pay

Money keeps fools caught in a trance

But I swear the earth shakes when you dance

 

There's some people I'm glad I met

And a whole lot later most upset

Things can happen just by chance

And the earth shakes when you dance

 

A change is here like never before

Everybody's calling it the last world war

But it's not too late to make a stance

Cause the earth shakes when you dance

 

Anywhere we might happen to go

They've felt the thunder down below

From Woody Creek to Dieppe, France

The earth shakes when you dance

 

THAT AIN'T RIGHT

There's too much conversation and confusion on the streets

I can't find my madonna in any woman that I meet

No honor or virtue among the many in sight

And that ain't right

 

Everybody walks around parading fools gold

Buyin' in to every lie that ever was sold

One mans sorrow leads to another's delight

That ain't right

I see salvation in the horizon burning bright

That ain't right

 

This can't be real but it can't be a dream

Feel like I'm a train that's failin' to gather steam

Some men still searchin' for eternal light

That ain't right

Some do, some don't, some will, some won't but you might

And that ain't right

 

Don't speak of compassion or they'll lock yer ass in jail

Can I get you a drink of water you're lookin' kinda pale

How long will it be till the mind and body re-unite

That ain't right

How come the greatest wars are always the hardest to fight

That ain't right

 

RATTLE THEM BONES

They say that every dog gets his day c'mon

You got a heart breakin' way of livin' c'mon

I don't care how much you own

You gotta rattle them bones

You can not reap what is not sewn

You gotta rattle them bones

 

These words I speak to the young and old c'mon

Om Ah Hung Benza Guru Pema Siddhi Hung c'mon

Release yourself into the unknown

You gotta rattle them bones

Be a man instead of a king and come down from yer throne

You gotta rattle yer bones