1. Say Hello To Heaven
Please mother mercy
Take me from this place
And the long winded curses
I keep hearin in my head
Words never listen
And teachers never learn
Now Iīm warm from the candle
But I feel too cold to burn
He came from an island
And he died from the street
He hurt so bad like a soul breaking
But he never said nothing to me
So say hello to heaven
Say hello to heaven
New like a baby
Lost like a prayer
The sky was your playground
But the cold ground was your bed
Poor stargazer
Sheīs got no tears in her eyes
Smooth like whisper
She knows that love heals all wounds with time
Now it seems like too much love
Is never enough, you better seek out
Another road cause this one has
Ended abrubt, say hello to heaven
Say hello to heaven
I never wanted
To write these words down for you
With the pages of phrases
Of things weīll never do
So I blow out the candle, and
I put you to bed
Since you canīt say to me now
How the dogs broke your bone
Thereīs just one thing left to be said
Say hello to heaven
2. Reach Down
I had a dream the other night
You were in a bar in the corner on a chair
Wearing a long white leather coat
Purple glasses and glitter in your hair
And you said hey this is where Iīm gonna sit
And buy you a drink someday
You were going to the dog shows
But you kinda lost your way
You say now I got all this room
And no money to decorate it, so some
Local customer put me in the touch with the man
Upstairs, he said little man you got no
Business gettinī frustrated you gotta rest
You gotta rest you gotta reach down
And pick the crowd up
Carry back in my hand
To the promised land
Now I had some angel shine my wings, she said
Nothinī but the best for the golden boy
She made me promise not to tell I had her under
A spell singing golden words in a broken voice
And I caught some blessing on the wind Iīm
Feeling lighter than a whisper from a dove
Iīve got no hands to tie behind my back
And Iīm sparking like a heart attack, now Iīve got
Room to spread my wings and my messages of
Love, yes love was my drug, but thatīs not
What I died of, so donīt you think of me
Crying louder than some billion dollar baby
Cause I gotta rest I gotta rest I gotta
Reach down and pick the
Crowd up, carry back in my
Hand to the promised land
3. Hunger Strike
I donīt mind stealing bread
From the mouths of decadence
But I canīt feed on the powerless
When my cupīs already overfilled
But itīs on the table
The fire is cooking
And their farming babies
While the slaves are working
The blood is on the table
And their mouths are choking
But Iīm growing hungry
4. Pushin Forward Back
Mother mother found me on her step
Gracious mother held me to her breast
Until the day I started pushinī
Too late to cry she turned away
I started pushing
I saw no future in this lack
I started pushinī forward back
Baby brother clinging to her hair
Gracious mother pleading not another
Soul to bare he started pushinī
And my kings have fallen down
I started pushinī
Fallen heroes feed the ground
I started pushinī forward back
Falling down, now I know her
I know Iīll never drown
I was pushinī forward back
5. Call Me A Dog
You call me a dog well thatīs fair enough
Cause it ainīt no use to pretend
Youīre wrong
When you call me out I canīt hide anymore
I have no disguise you can see through
Well you say itīs bad luck
To have fallen for me
Well what can I do to make it good for you
You wore me out like an old winter coat
Trying to be safe from the cold
But when itīs my time to throw
The next stone
Iīll call you beautiful if I call at all
You call me a dog
You tell me Iīm low cause Iīve slept on the floor
And out in the woods with the badgers & wolves
You threw me out cause I went digging for gold
And I came home with a hand full of coal
But when itīs my time to throw the next stone
Iīll call you beautiful if I call at all
And when itīs my time to call your bluff
Iīll call you beautiful or leave it alone
You call me a dog
Well thatīs fair enough
It doesenīt bother me as long as you know
Bad luck will follow you
If you keep me on the leash and
You drag me along
But when itīs my time to throw the next stone
Iīll call you beautiful if I call at all
And when itīs my time to call your bluff
Iīll call you beautiful or leave it alone
You call me a dog
6. Times Of Trouble
When the spoon is hot
And the needleīs sharp
And you drift away
I can hear you say
That the world in black
Is upon your back
And your body shakes
So you ditch away
And you close the shades
Donīt try to do it
Donīt try to kill your time
You might do it
Then you canīt change your mind
Youīve got a hold on to your time
Till you brake through these
Times of trouble
When you try to talk
And the words get hard
And they put you down
Donīt you stay
Donīt you ditch away
I saw you swinging
Swinging your motherīs soul
I know youīre playing but
Sometimes the rules get hard
But if somebody left you on the ledge
If somebody pushed you over the edge
Youīve got a hold on to your time
And brake through these
Times of trouble
I saw you swinging
Swinging your motherīs soul
I know youīre playing but
Sometimes the rules get hard
But if somebody left you on the ledge
If somebody pushed you over the edge
If somebody loved you and left you for dead
Youīve got a hold on to your time till you brake
Through these times of trouble
7. Wooden Jesus
Wooden jesus where are you from
Korea or canada or maybe taiwan
I didnīt know it was the holly land
But I believed from a minute
The check left my hand, and I pray
Can I be saved, I spent all my money
On a future grave
Wooden jesus Iīll cut you in
On twenty percent of my future sin
Iīll cut you in
Porcelain mary her majesties pure
Looking for virgin territory
Coat hanger halos donīt come cheap
From television shepherds with living room
Sheep, and I pray
Can I be saved, I spent all my money
On a future grave
Wooden jesus Iīll cut you in
On twenty percent of my future sin
Iīll cut you in
Cut you in
Wooden jesus where are you from
Korea or canada or maybe taiwan
I didnīt know it was the holly land
But I believed from a minute
The check left my hand
Can I be saved, I spent all my money
On a future grave
Wooden jesus Iīll cut you in
On twenty percent of my future sin
Iīll cut you in
Iīll cut you in
Iīll cut you in
Iīll cut you in
Iīll cut you in
Iīll cut you in
8. Your Savior
People like you, I know myself
Walk in the shoes of somebody else
Whisper to me, my tragic fate
Whisper to me, my tragic end
But donīt give me your savior
People I choose, life on my own
Burn me your fuse, threw me your stones
Give me your brand, burn on my hands
Whisper to me, my tragic end
But donīt give me your savior
But you give me your blues
And you wisper my fate
But donīt give me your savio
9. Four Walled World
Well she cried, and she cried
All night to the sound of the freeway hum
And she swears sheīll be gone
When the sun hits the ground
And she ainīt coming back to my cell
Well sheīs tired, and sheīs tired
Of this life sheīs been leading too long
And the times turn around
Through the walls that surround
To the chimes of a jailorīs song
In my four walled world
Well she tries and she tries
But my feet just wonīt leave the ground
And Iīm tired and Iīm tired
Of this prisonerīs life, and these chains
That drag me down
In my four walled world
Well she cried, and she cried
All night to the sound of the freeway hum
And she swears sheīll be gone
When the sun hits the ground
And she ainīt
No she ainīt coming back to my cell
And now the sun is low
And these walls try to break my soul
And now the moon is full
And I wonīt see nothing tonight
But the tears in her eyes and
My four walled world
In my four walled world
10. All Night Thing
She motioned to me
That she wanted to leave
And go somewhere warm
Where weīd be alone
I do not know whatīs going on
But Iīm guessing itīs an all night thing
If itīs an all night thing
Nobodyīs gonna make it end
And if it doesnīt begin
Donīt worry that Iīll take offense
And if itīs all night
And we fall like a tear falling
To the ground
Iīll never come around
And youīll never hear a word from me
If itīs an all night thing
I walked along, feeling at ease
And falling like rain
Into her scheme
She wonīt let on what that will be
But Iīm guessing
Itīs an all night thing
If itīs an all night thing
Nobodyīs gonna make it end
And if it doesnīt begin
Donīt worry that Iīll take offense
And if itīs all night
And we fall like a tear falling
To the ground
Iīll never come around
And youīll never hear a word from me
If itīs an all night thing
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