‘New York City Blues’ Lyrics

New York City never can be beat
Selling charcoal candy in the street
Silhouettes of giant concrete feet
On rotating corners where they meet
You find it hard so hard to find
When you got New York on your mind

Purity is the star in a candles fight
Leaping at the tall ghosts of the night
Lighting up the traffics eyes in flight
Crying like the lonesome flood lit lights
You find it hard so hard to find
When you got New York on your mind

New York City pack your bags and go
Its the place to say I told you so
Nod your head at people in the know
Life begins within a stones throw
You find it hard so hard to find
When you got New York on your mind

‘Rumours’ Lyrics

Something whispers through the crowd
Building momentum rippling round
The frothing mouths
One shout turns three or four
And soon enough the oceans roar
Is all to be saw
On the crest a deep blue wave
The shouting crowd about to break
On a mistake
The storm a violent brew
Fists ready to be threw
Like lightning bolts to strike on cue
The wind blows on north it goes
It crouched and rose for crowds move
With the voices flow
Waves pound at word and law
For no reason anymore
Upon the shore

‘Frankie And Johnny’ Lyrics

Frankie and Johnny were lovers
At least thats what Frankie thought
Shed work in the sun dreaming of all the fun
Of running without getting caught
Johnny would come home at midnight
Smelling of smokes and cheap wine
Ready to show her the back of his hand
Incase she talks out of line
Frankies crying for Johnny to lay still
While Johnnys heart bleeds like a pistol

And though Frankie lets him mistreat her
He nurses her black eyes to sleep
Through all the ways he shows hatred
There still is a love that runs deep
Sometimes Frankie wonders why take all this pain?
I could leave any day any time
Then Johnny calls home leaves a time on the phone
That hes coming with a bottle of wine
Frankies crying for Johnny to lay still
While Johnnys heart bleeds like a pistol

But Johnny comes late back to her house
The bottle of wine is all gone
He bulges his eyes and flattens his fists
Says Ill teach you to speak in that tone
And after his tears stain the carpet
While the blood that aint his stains his head
All he wants to do is destroy himself
But ends up breaking her instead
Frankies crying for Johnny to lay still
While Johnnys heart bleeds like a pistol

He thinks back to old Johnny senior
The tyrant that tattered his face
Grew up in a mist that as showered in fists
And moved out when he found a cheap place
Frankies story aint much better
She just couldnt know
How to make ways in relationships
Before the first punch was thrown
Frankies crying for Johnny to lay still
While Johnnys heart bleeds like a pistol

Frankie and Johnny were lovers
Frankie and Johnny were weights
Holding down paper that cannot escape
With a signature signed to their fate
Frankies crying for Johnny to lay still
While Johnnys heart bleeds like a pistol

‘Black Rain’ Lyrics

Stay out of the black rain
It wont do you no good
Stay out of the black rain
The sky is poison
World powers designing
Killing machines for compromise
They tested it one time
Then flew it into the skies
Eight fifteen in the morning
A blinding light shatters upon high
Would they still have done it
If they knew the extent that would die
Not much was left for miles around where the bomb did lie

Stay out of the black rain
It wont do you no good
Stay out of the black rain
The sky is poison
A city leveled in seconds
What had these people done
Babies burned up and orphaned
What battle had they thought they had won
The survivors sat silent
Not even heard was the sound of a gun
As the rain fell upon them
Cant help but think something worse had begun
It seemed so long a time before the return of the sun

Stay out of the black rain
It wont do you no good
Stay out of the black rain
The sky is poison
And still I sit around asking myself why
The bombs still drop today and life is still denied
Each generation has its forms of genocide
And how anothers blood being shed can be called pride

‘Farewell’ Lyrics

On the lonely days when someones on your mind
Throw the thoughts away of the ones who were unkind
In the alleyways ignoring wretched signs
Youre in my head tonight

Dont you lay awake lamenting spoken lines
Dont you hesitate to break the bell with chimes
Even providence must forsake sometimes
Youre in my head tonight

On the twilight nights when no ones eyes can tell
And sleep occupies your idle iron bell
I want you to know I didn’t say goodbye I just said fare thee well
Youre in my head tonight

‘Talking Bin Laden Blues’ Lyrics

I was walking through the city streets
Minding business that was mine
I was shedding clothing from the heat
And wondering whether the next stranger had the time
I passed a fellow thin and tall
And tapped on his machine gun
He turned his back against the wall
And told me it was half past one
It was Osama (The worlds most dangerous man)
It was Osama (The most dangerous man alive)

I said Hey pal you look familiar
Aint I seen your face somewhere?
He said No mister I look similar
To a lot of folk out there
He could be hiding in your basement
He could be in the Indian sea
He could have been evicted for not paying up the rent
But sorry kid he just aint me
Im sure it was Osama (The worlds most dangerous man)
It was Osama (The most dangerous man alive)

It was about that time my mind moved forward And I got to thinking good
There must be a big reward
For catching Osama Bin Laden in my neighborhood
I said Hey wait a second fella
You dropped something out of those trous
He turned around thats when I clobbed him
With my old guitar
I bagged Osama (The worlds most dangerous man)
I bagged Osama (The most dangerous man alive)

I took him to the courthouse
Wrapped up in a fishing net
Threw him on the judges desk
Asked Anyone claimed the reward yet?
The judge hardly gave a second glance
Said Put him up beside the rest
Well see if youre in for half the chance to win
The Catch the Osama Bin Laden contest
Im sure it was Osama (The worlds most dangerous man)
Im sure it was Osama (The most dangerous man alive)

I waited like a decent man
Patiently on the benches side
To see if my Osama Bin Laden
Was indeed bonified
The judge came back from the courtroom
He said Hey boy the verdicts in…
Hes just not what were looking for
Good luck and try again
It wasnt Osama (The worlds most dangerous man)
It wasnt Osama (The most dangerous man alive)

Osamas average common too
Im just like him and Im the same as all of you
But if it came to one on one
Ill bet you a dollar Id take him down
I know kung fu.
Id take Osama (The worlds most dangerous man)
Id take Osama (The most dangerous man alive)

‘Yesterdays Way’ Lyrics

Taken are lives of small children
By bombers protesting
While people stand cueing
And storms are brewing away
Men with guns rotate the borders
With violent orders
To shoot before he does
As clouds hide the shadows of day
Suicide shelters the fears
That distorts memories
That makes someone appeased
That brings mothers to knees
That kills thousands of people
But martyrs dont see that
Their moment has been
And their sacrifice means
Just another release
On the medias fleece
Of gold wool
Pestilence brings out the demons
Who feast on diseases
That eats families
But the rain doesnt cease
As they prey
Cameras point at their face
In a silent disgrace
Its all just a race
For the journalists place
To be front of the page
With out deliberation
Of whether the story
Could all be a waste
When the cameras cost
Could buy food in its place
Images seen still occurring
Of fires still burning
Of religions turning
Of nations depraving
And offer no haven
For innocent laden
Babies in cradles
Who know nothing better
Than yesterdays way

‘Say Hello From Me’ Lyrics

I wish that I could sing
A melody so low for you
If you see her say hello from me
I wish that I could write
A sentence to slumber you
If you see her say hello from me
The summers sunshine stammers softly upon your face
While the vultures with nine knives stick their eyes at you at the race

I wish that I could see
The blind mans silver cane for you
If you see her say hello from me
I that I could save
Every raindrop on the pane for you
If you see her say hello from me
For forty days and forty nights I stood at the train in wait
With no recollection of the songs refrain but I didnt feel any pain
When you never appeared at the gate

I wish that I could sing
A melody so low for you
If you see her say hello from me

‘State Highway One’ Lyrics

Hay bales on new years day
A soup of grass served on the tray
And all the lakes are made of clay
Drinking at the matinee
We had no telling from the time of the sun
That shone upon state highway one

I asked Hannah G what she wanted to hear
She said to buy her a drink would be fair
So I looked far away and gave her my beer
She said Beer I dont drink and got up from her chair
She had the face of a wardrobe and the body of a nun
And she was on my mind on state highway one

We stopped by at the old train
Where the water had rained
In a tide of change
That left the gates all rusted and chained
We drove so far I was tempted to run
Straight down the line of state highway one

Vague memories in the head
The ace of diamonds the ace of spades
The ace of hearts lies in wait instead
For a tour that disappeared
The game that came and divided the nation
Either side of state highway one

The unrest was all there before
All we needed was reason for
Declaring civil war
Laying chairs upon the floor
People wanted to know whose side you were on
If you crossed state highway one

Id love to show you how to laugh
Put pebbles on your photograph
Count the hairs upon your head
Tuck your blankets into bed
Me and Hannah G we could have led the demonstration
Hand in hand down state highway one

‘Sunken Angel Blues’ Lyrics

Times began to waste away
Moving toward another day
Another sunrise another kiss
To reaffirm what we all miss
For if it all is set in stone
Id rather that its left alone
You can teach a boy to beg and lie
But you cant teach him how to cry
And as the footprint turns to sand
A fading mark upon the land
To learn the truth is not so nice
When illusions paradise
If in the end we go somewhere
Then you aint got a thing to fear
We go to heaven leaning on
The shoulder of a companion
And when my soul is taken in
Ill leave with a contented grin…