Across State Lines.

You say it's all getting old,
That this part of the deal,
Was left untold,
Now the tale has gotten too real,

I took your hand,
And then I let go,
When you could no longer stand,
On your own,

Now you say,
You want to,
Be taken,
Across state lines,

I couldn't hold,
My end of the bargain,
You'll break your chains when you get,
Across state lines,

All those lines,
On your face,
Have left a trace,
That weights on my head,

The salty tears,
That run down your cheeks,
In my mind,
Tucked away I do keep,

Now you say,
You want to,
Be taken,
Across state lines,

I couldn't hold,
My end of the bargain,
You'll break your chains when you get,
Across state lines,

I waited for something,
A miracle or a winning hand,
But all I got was nothing,
A handfull of sand,

Now you say,
You want to,
Be taken,
Across state lines,

I couldn't hold,
My end of the bargain,
You'll break your chains when you get,
Across state lines,



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To The Sun. (Let's Hide Away From The Moon)

Let's close up the shades,
And bar the windows,
Play a record and rest,
Our heads on feather pillows,
Let's get carried away,
By the sweet tunes,
Let's make this bed our island,
And let's scape the moon,

Let's hide away from the moon,
And don't let it catch us,
But if it shall,
May it do so in bed,
And like faithful prisoners,
Deliver us,

To the sun, to the sun,
To the sun,

Let's tread our bodies,
With nowt but our lips,
Touch, grab, squeeze,
Bite, fall and kiss,

Everything goes,
In this mystical room,
Locked eyes and bed sheet croons,
Sing me away from the moon,

Let's hide away from the moon,
And don't let it catch us,
But if it shall,
May it do so in bed,
And like faithful prisoners,
Deliver us,

To the sun, to the sun,
To the sun,

Like a burning smoke,
I'll rise up,
From your feet,
To your thighs,
Never mild,
Always fierce,
My wild child,
I'll love for a thousand nights,

Let's hide away from the moon,
And don't let it catch us,
But if it shall,
May it do so in bed,
And like faithful prisoners,
Deliver us,

To the sun, to the sun,
To the sun,(8X)


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Be At Peace Little King. (Ring 'Em Bells)

It hasn't hit me yet,
And when it's about to,
The waves fall back,
And I'm left standing at the shore alone and dry,

Memories of you visit me now,
From, oh, so far away,
But still, here I am, out and about,
And all I can really say,

Is goodbye, farewell,
I'll be sure to ring 'em bells,
For you once again,

It must've not been easy for you to leave your shell,
But it sure was quick,
And so I'll be sure to ring 'em bells,
For you once again,

Be at peace little king,
Shine on little king,

Your light went out,
Like a candle's flame in the nightly wind,
Yet somehow like the scent of perfume on clothes,
You're still lingering,

And maybe someday,
When the veil of life is lifted from my eyes,
I'll hear your laughter and see your face again,
But all I can say until then,

Is goodbye, farewell,
I'll be sure to ring 'em bells,
For you once again,

It must've not been easy for you to leave your shell,
But it sure was quick,
And so I'll be sure to ring 'em bells,
For you once again,

Be at peace little king,
Shine on little king,(4X)

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Aún sin ser golpeado,
Y cuando veo venir al fin el embate,
Las tempestuosas olas retroceden,
Y, a un lado, sin ser tocado, por las amargas aguas, soy abandonado,

Recuerdos de ti, me visitan ahora,
Desde un lugar tan lejano,
Mas, sin embargo, afuera, aún me encuentro,
Y sin más remedio, puedo decir sólo, lo que habita en mis adentros,

Adiós, hasta luego,
Sonaré las campanas por ti,
Una vez más hoy,
Y mañana de nuevo,

Hazaña fácil no fue, el dejar atrás tu caparazón,
Pero que rápido lo hiciste,
Adiós, hasta luego,
Sonarán hoy por ti las campanas, y mañana lo harán de nuevo.

Tu luz se apagó,
Como la llama de una vela en el viento de la noche,
Y sin embargo, como el perfume que en ropas viejas deja su esencia,
Así tanto en el corazón como en la mente has dejado plasmada tu presencia,

Y quizá algún día, sólo el destino sabrá cuando,
El velo de la vida se levantará de mis ojos,
Y podré escuchar el sonido de tu risa y ver tu cara otra vez,
Pero hasta entonces, lo único que puedo decir es,

Adiós, hasta luego,
Sonaré las campanas por ti,
Una vez más hoy,
Y mañana de nuevo,

Hazaña fácil no fue, el dejar atrás tu caparazón,
Pero que rápido lo hiciste,
Adiós, hasta luego,
Sonarán hoy por ti, las campanas, y mañana lo harán de nuevo,

Descansa en paz pequeño rey,
Eres ahora una chispa en el cielo,
Que ilumina el camino a los que han quedado atrás en duelo,
Descansa en paz pequeño rey,

Adiós, hasta luego,
Sonaré las campanas por ti,
Una vez más hoy,
Y mañana de nuevo,

Hazaña fácil no fue, el dejar atrás tu caparazón,
Pero que rápido lo hiciste,
Adiós, hasta luego,
Sonarán hoy por ti, las campanas, y mañana lo harán de nuevo,

Hey, You!

They put you down,
At every turn,
They say you're wrong,
And you never learn,
They say in ten years,
You'll understand,
For now put,
Your life in our hands,

Be a good sport,
And go hit the books,
If you comb your hair the right way,
And groom your looks,
Soon you'll be,
In a tie and a suit,
A productive soul,
With shined shoes,

Hey, you listen,
You may not know,
What you're missing,

But I do,
And I don't wanna,
End up like you,

I don't wanna be bored outta my mind,
I want it all,
And I want it all the more,
'Coz my fuel line,
Is running short,

They say with dough,
All is well,
It paves your road,
Up to heaven and away from hell,

Hey, you hear me,
You must not fear me,

But if you get in my way,
Oh, sonny,you better run,
Coz if you don't, you're gonna pay, pay, pay, pay, pay,

Hey, you listen,
You may not know,
What you're missing,

But I do,
And I don't wanna,
End up like you,

I don't wanna be bored outta my mind,
I want it all,
And I want it all the more,
'Coz my fuel line,
Is running short,

ARealRock'N'Rolla

Violence

You didn't know that it all,
Was gonna be this way,
You thought there would be,
A light shinning at the end of the day,

And what can you say,
What do you see,
You feel like screaming,
And saying someone, please, take this life outta me,

You say you feel like,
An amputee,
'Coz you can't hold anything in your hands long enough,
And outrunning the dark rising waters is an impossible feat,

Everyone told you this was a carrusel ride,
A ferris wheel,
Everyone taught you how to dress and how to smile but they forgot,
To teach you how to cry, how to scream, how to act when it all get's a tad too real,
They only told you fairy tales, they skipped the sad stories, the dirty parts,

The tears, the rage, the blood, the broken hearts,
The dirty bed sheets, the ice cold silence,
The pain, the hope, the tightenning rope,
The sex, the scars, the love, the death and all the visceral violence,

Oh, yeah, a sea of violence,
We're all sailing on a sea of violence,
We're all capsizing on a sea of violence,
We're all drowning in a sea of violence,

A sea of violence,

Violence (12X),


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This Is The Human Race. (I Love)

I love the stories you never tell,
I love how when you're going down in flames,
You never call for help,
I love how scared you get,
When it's time to pay the bill,
I love how fearless you are,
Putting your life on the line only for a thrill,

Yeah,
This is the human race,
All we wanted was time and space,
And now that we got it we let it go to waste,
Yeah, this is the human race,
We're all thrown together in this place,
Only to vanish from it and leave it behind without a trace,

Yeah, this is the human race,

I love how clueless you are,
Thinking that for us, there's always gonna be a tomorrow,
I love how well you justify,
Your staying put and never getting on the go,
I love how small,
You make the big things seem,
And I love how the damn small things,
Are the ones that mean,
The most to you,

Yeah,
This is the human race,
No matter the dirt and all the mess,
There are always those who keep the faith,
Yeah this is the human race,
One soul, one spirit, one flag, one heart,
One world, one blood, one song, Just one face,

Yeah , this is the human race,

Well I love how,
You're always just running wild,
Well I love how,
You never quite quit being a child,
Well I love how,
You never let nothing get you down,
Well I love how you can keep your feet on the ground,
And your head,
Up in the sky,

Yeah,
This is the human race,
There are always those who help us see,
Through the blinding haze,
Yeah, this is the human race,
We live and we die, and all the while,
Some throw themselves in a fool's race,
While others are trying to know,
How it feels or just trying to get a taste,
Of something real,
Before time runs out and we fade away,

Yeah, this is the human race

Well, this is the human race,
All we wanted was time and space,
And now that we got it we let it go to waste,
Yeah, this is the human race,
We're all thrown together in this place,
Only to vanish from it and leave it behind without a trace,

Yeah, this is the human race, (6X)

ARealRock'N'Rolla

Tramps Like Us (Off Into The Sun)

Well you and I were thrown,
Into this spiriling story,
Where words like love and forever,
Were uttered for the sake of glory,

Living out in the night scene,
Full of broken hopes and lost dreams,
Where people live in the balconies,
Of bottles while riding death machines,

And all along only looking for,
A way out, an exit ramp,
With the devil always at our heels,
What could we do but turn into tramps,

Driftin from here to there,
With our hearts living in the exhile,
Well, we may be broken and we may be torn,
But we'll fight and claw our way out of this green mile,

Out of this green mile,

Coz there's gotta be something better than this,
Better than always living on the run,
And being chased down by empty promisses,
Otherwise, Let's call it quits, blow me kiss and lets run off into the sun,

Coz tramps like us we weren't born babe,
By freedom, blood and guts we were made,
And with tears in my eyes and blood on my face,
I tell you now, for us, out there somewhere, there is a place,

There is a place,

Coz there's gotta be something better than this,
Better than always living on the run,
And being chased down by empty promisses,
Otherwise, Let's call it quits, blow me kiss and lets ride our death machines,
Off into the sun,


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Wet Tears

Walking out on the wire,
There ain't no better feeling,
The peril of falling into the fire,
In your every bone is seeping,

The danger makes everything,
More beautiful than it is,
Then when you shake loose,
From the spell, all there is, is this,

Wet tears,
Burning cigarettes,
Warm alcohol,
Sad songs,
To soothe an aching soul,

You knew better but you didn't see,
The signs were clear,
But you missed them all,
You went down and your heart took the fall,

Thought you were rolling,
Ah, so smoothly,
You were the king of the world,
Now you're the bum of the city,

Wet tears,
Burning cigarettes,
Warm alcohol,
Sad songs,
To soothe an aching soul,

Well now, ain't it a damn shame,
While you were on the edge,
You thought you'd never fall over the ledge,
Thought you were flying high,
When you were really out on the wire,
Well now, what you gonna do,
Thought you were making it across,
To the other side of the river bank,
Tell me now, was it fun to walk the plank
Now all you got are,

Wet tears,
Burning cigarettes,
Warm alcohol,
Sad songs,
To soothe an aching soul,

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To Save Our Last Dance

Baby upped and left me,
Baby didn't shake me,
Baby didn't wake me,
To even say goodbye,

Baby got tired,
From walking out on the wire,
She jumped into the fire,

Now I'm burning in the pyre, pyre, pyre (3X)

Oh no, Oh, Oh, no,
You've made your point now come back,
Oh no, Oh, Oh, no,
Step into the house and unpack your bags,
Oh no, Oh, Oh, no,
I think this time she's really gone,
Oh no, Oh, Oh, no,
Lord knows I pray I'm wrong,
Oh no, Oh, Oh, no,
I lost her in the distance,
Oh no, Oh, Oh, no,
I didn't get the chance,

To save our last dance (4X),

Baby wanted more,
Than I was aiming for,
No crums on the floor,
So she walked out the door,

Oh no, Oh, Oh, no,
You've made your point now come back,
Oh no, Oh, Oh, no,
Step into the house and unpack your bags,
Oh no, Oh, Oh, no,
I think this time she's really gone,
Oh no, Oh, Oh, no,
Lord knows I pray I'm wrong,
Oh no, Oh, Oh, no,
I lost her in the distance,
Oh no, Oh, Oh, no,
I didn't get the chance,

To save our last dance (4X),

Baby didn't see,

What she was making of me,

Baby didn't know,

What life was like on the go,

Baby didn't wait,

She just wanted to scape,

Baby jumped the gun,

Now I'm stranded while she's on the run,

I didn't get the chance,

To save our last dance (4X),

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The Old Man

The old man says he's ready for the ride,
To take that canoe across to the other side,
He says it's all been done and there ain't no use,
To sit 'round waitin' for the boatman to come by and pick him up,

The old man says he's tired and he's seen,
All the things he needed to see,
He says his heart ain't in it anymore,
He just wants to close his eyes, and go to sleep,

And see the angels playing by the sycamore tree,
And have the wind sing him songs that'll never come to be,
For after a lifetime of fighting every war a man can,
He's ready to feel some peace, in his old shrinkled hands,

The old man says he's just another soldier on a broken road,
Says he has no rifle, since he dropped it, oh so many years ago,
For the killing, he believed, was building him a cell,
Death by death, brick by brick, Oh my, the stories that cell could tell,

The old man says by the winter he will be no more,
That before the first snow, he'll be on the go,
That before the lakes freeze and the families start buying christmass trees,
He'll be in that eternally long slow sleep,

Watching the angels playing by the sycamore tree,
And having the wind sing him songs that'll never come to be,
For after a lifetime of fighting every war a man can,
He's ready to feel some peace, in his old shrinkled hands,

The old man says it's over, at the dinner table there's now and extra place,
In the ranks of the departed you can now see his face,
His smiles shines bright as he holds the candle that lights up the night,
He snuck behind the boatman and he finally took the canoe across to the other side,

And now he marvels at the angels playing by the sycamore tree,
And at having the wind singing him songs that'll never come to be,
For after a lifetime of fighting every war a man can,
He finally knows what it means to feel some peace, in his old shrinkled hands,

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At The Hours's End

Come with me,
On a journey,
Into our disease,

Look into my eyes,
Feel my breath on your cheeks,
No mask, no disguise,
No secrets do we keep,

Treading unknown streets,
And empty squares,
Where fallen angels meet,
To comb their ash-like hair,

Walking deserted paths,
Across broken fields,
No hands, no promises,
Do we ever yield,

You touch my lips with yours,
Fire has opened the doors,
We stand before,
Hand on heart we swear for more,


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Wish I Fall In Love One Day

Maybe someday I'll look up at the sky,
And it'll be on fire,
A kindled light shinning bright,
And life will rejoiced in the meaning it acquired,
When on a rainy day, a passing face,
May make you feel the things you felt some yesterdays ago,
And your heart will take it's place,
And quit being on the road,

Stranded in the middle of the passing time,
Like a castaway to the will of erratic currents,
You'll sway back and forth,
And your heart will wonder,
If it was all worth,
The blows it took,
The silly looks, the tears, the stories,
The words that fill the pages of it's book

A daily and ordinary occurrence,
Can in one second,
Change the stars and turn off the sun,
Before you can even ask why,
It's all done,
And uninvited happiness,
Will blossom,
And long forgotten promisses,
Will be held closely,
While the recent ones are discarted,
As scars of a brokenhearted past,
It's alright to want to say,
Wish I fall in love one day,



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We're All Burning

Trapped at the bottom of a bottle,
Where dreams are made of gasoline,
This is the only world I know,
The only world I've been,

All it takes is a spark,
To light the fast burning fuse,
There ain't no scaping,
Runnin' ain't no use,

Cause we're all burning,
And the world is turning,
Upside down,

And all the things you say,
Only get in my way,
You're bringing me down, down, down

I'm stuck in a place,
Where the days stand still, like in a daze,
They say it's a phase,
That all I need is time and space,

They tell me I'm a lost cause,
That there ain't no fixing me,
I say I got swindled in the coin toss,
So just let me be,

Cause we're all burning,
And the world is turning,
Upside down,

And all the things you say,
Only get in my way,
You're bringing me down, down, down

But I just wanna go,
I don't wanna stay,
I just wanna leave,
I just wanna breath,

I feel like dying for a while,
Don't ask me to laugh and smile,
I feel like going for a run,
Into the barrel of your gun,

Cause we're all burning,
And the world is turning,
Upside down,

And all the things you say,
Only get in my way,
You're bringing me down,

ARealRock'N'Rolla

Decissions

Fine decissions,
We're making it again,
Get a grip my friend,
There's still a long way ahead,
Before we reach the end,

Fine memories,
All the choices,
Lying on a bed of roses,
When the right answer was,
All along under our very noses,

But we pretended not to be,
And we intended not to see,
So we walked over what was lying,
Right in front of our feet,

And the days went by,
And we couldn't get it right,
And what took us so long building,
So fast came crumbling,

Bad memories,
Spawned out of the cold,
The lack of will to be bold,
To dig each other up,
From under the rubble,

Bad decissions,
Made time and time again,
We never seem to mend,
What got broken in ourselves,
The first time around the bend,


But we pretended not to be,
And we intended not to see,
So we walked over what was lying,
Right in front of our feet,

And the days went by,
And we couldn't get it right,
And what took us so long building,
So fast came crumbling,


And so with the unbeareble,
Weightlessness of missfortune,
I bid you adieu,
Maybe someday, many years,
From today, old an grey,
We'll look at ourselves in the mirror and wonder,
What ever happened to you


 We pretended not to be,
And we intended not to see,
So we walked over what was lying,
Right in front of our feet,

And the days went by,
And we couldn't get it right,
And what took us so long building,
So fast came crumbling,


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I Imagine

I imagine,
Yes, I imagine every day,
No matter what people may say,
Or what they may throw my way,
I imagine every day,

I try and love,
I try and love every day,
I heard what you were singing of,
While the sky was falling away,
And the bombs were going off,
And the people's cry was heard night and day,

If only you were here today,
Would things be any different,
I wonder,
Probabbly,
You'd still be singing your song,
We'd be pushing on and on,
Standing tall,
By the city walls,
Tearing down barriers and barricades,
Fighting off the powers that be,
With chantings of peace, love and liberty,

I dream,
Oh, how I dream those ancient,
And eternal dreams,
That keep our blood red and burning,
And make us place our hearts and souls over the ledge,
That drive us over the edge,
That make us look far beyond the horizon,
And catch a glimpse of what lies ahead,

What would you say,
If you could speak out today,
Tell me, would you still,
Be fighting the folks at capitol hill,
That drop their bombs and shoot their guns
Only for the thrill to kill,
I imagine you would,
And I'd be standing beside you,

I cannot believe,
That so long ago,
Your life line was cut off so,
But 'till this day,
Your cry is heard,
From the cold shores of liverpool,
To the subway trains of NYC,
From the coastline of california,
To the deserts in India,


I imagine,
Yes, I imagine every day,
No matter what people may say,
Or what they may throw my way,
I imagine every day,

 ARealRock'N'Rolla

My Friend

My friend fell and bit the dust,
Though he pleaded not to the heavens,
They simply whispered back, you must,
He vanished before you could count from six to seven,

Not with cautious resolution,
Rather with swift violence,
Striped, he was, from lively functions,
And to the wind, casted it was, his sweet innocence,

Why did he have to cross that door,
Why did he have to die for,
Life, from his bosom, was so dispatched,
While we could only but helplessly watch,
Now the bitter tears I cry,
Not even the harshest of winds could ever dry,

Quickly was he beckoned,
To that place that lies beyond,
Never again will he utter a word,
Never again will he feel, turning, beneath his feet, this old world,

His song, shall no longer be heard,
For he's fallen cold and dead in the dirt,
And now my heart, broken, weeps,
Were I the one who fell in the webs of the eternal sleep,

Why did he have to cross that door,
Why did he have to die for,
Life, from his bosom, was so dispatched,
While we could only but helplessly watch,
Now the bitter tears I cry,
Not even the harshest of winds could ever dry,

He never had a chance to be,
Now his dreams and  hopes,
Are scattered at sea,
While I'm at the end of my ropes,

I'll never...,
He'll never...,
I'll never see him again,
He'll never breathe again.



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Alibi (Para Ti Extraña)

Be my alibi,
As I steal away,
Your precious heart,
And vanish into the dark,

Be my alibi,
When your mind,
Comes asking for me,
Tell it I'm the ghost you never see,

Be my alibi,
As I strip you,
Of your fear,
Act like I ain't been here,

Be my alibi,
As I kidnapp you,
And take you to a place,
Where we can hide from those who chase,

Be my alibi,
Stash me away,
In the places you hide so well,
Far away from the ringing bells,

Be my alibi,
Tell 'em that I,
Am a man you once knew,
But now you no longer do,

Be my alibi,
As I dug you with my eyes and breath,
And make you forget,
All the tears, all the pain and death,

Oh, be my alibi,
Don't let 'em catch me,
Throw it all away,
And let's run off to sea,

Oh, be my alibi,
Don't let 'em take me away,
Oh, Be my alibi,
Forever and a day,

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