My amazon six-triggered bride
now searching for a place to hide
still sees the truth quite easily
but shrouds all else in mystery
while madmen in top hats and tails
impale themselves on six-inch nails
and some Arabian also-ran
impersonates a watering can

Some Santa Claus-like face of note
entreats my ears to set afloat
my feeble sick and weary brain
and I am overcome with shame
and hide inside my overcoat
and hurriedly begin to quote
while some Arabian sheikh most grand
impersonates a hot-dog stand

The Red Cross ambulance outside
can only mean that I must hide
’til dusk and finally the night
when I will make a hasty flight
across the sea and far away
to where the weary exiles stay
and some Arabian oil-well
impersonates a padded cell

Nothing I can say
Can make your picture talk
I feel so tired and
Nothing I can do
Will make your picture move
I feel so helpless but
I can feel
A child with the ghost here
You let your heart slip away

If I had one wish
I’d wish to talk with you
I have some questions
Things only you could know
If I had one wish
I’d wish to talk with you
Nothing you can feel
Can feel as cold as this
I’ll sing this song and
I’ll say goodbye forever

I wonder
If God is all they say
I can’t believe in such things.
I suppose
Some games are hard to lose
But you don’t have to play ‘cos
I can feel
A child with the ghost here
You let your heart slip away

Che or’?, scusa ma che or’? che non lo voglio perdere l’ultimo spettacolo
Fine del mondo in Mondovisione. Diretta da S.Pietro per l’occasione
La Borsa sale, i maroni no
Ferri batte il record di autogoal
Le liste del Giudizio Universale saranno trasmesse dai telegiornali
a reti unificate e poi sulla pagina 666
Prima, per?, sul canale 9 ci sar? il terzo festival del dolore
con la finale dei casi umani meno meno meno umani che mai
I puttanieri ci diano dentro che la di l? niente ciccia niente
niente ma tu giri pi? leggero
bruciando le tue scorte di preservativi
Fiorin fiorello, l’amore ? bello, se ci sei tu

A che ora ? la fine del mondo?
A che ora ? la fine del mondo?
A che ora ? la fine del mondo?
Che rete ??

Destra sinistra su gi? centro
fine del mondo con palle in giramento
Che chi ? fuori ? fuori e chi ? dentro ? dentro
e fuori TV non sei niente!
Ultimo appello per i merdaioli: finitevi la merce che di l? non funziona
Altro girone, altro regalo, niente caramelle per i leccaculo
Ok il girone ? giusto! Ok?

A che ora ? la fine del mondo?
A che ora ? la fine del mondo?
A che ora ? la fine del mondo?
Che rete ?? Che ora ? ? Che rete ? ? Che ora ? ?

A che ora ? la fine del mondo?
A che ora ? la fine del mondo?
A che ora ? la fine del mondo?
A che ora ??

Forse l? di l? mancher? qualcosa: casa, chiesa, tele o cosa?
Serial killer, serial politici, morti in diretta, i migliori casi clinici
I cazzi vostri in piazza, ok? Ok!

A che ora ? la fine del mondo?
A che ora ? la fine del mondo?
A che ora ? la fine del mondo?
Che rete ??

I was born by the river in a little tent
And just like that river I’ve been running ever since
It’s been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

It’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid to die
Cos I don’t know what’s out there beyond the sky
It’s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

BRIDGE:

And then I go to see my brother
And I ask him to help me please
And he just winds up knockin’ me
Back down on my knees

There were times when I thought I couldn’t last for long
But now I think I’m able to carry on
It’s been a long, been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

REPEAT VERSE 2
/A/

[Intro]
You look good out there, baby

I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh, just like the river, I been running ever since
It’s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh, yes it will, look it here

It’s been too hard living and I’m afraid to die
Look it here
Cuz I don’t know what’s up there beyond the sky
It’s been a long
I wish I could come out there where you are baby
A long time coming but I know
Look it here
A change is gonna come, oh yes it will
Look it here

Let me say one more thing
I go to the movie and I go downtown
But I don’t like it here
Somebody keep telling me oh boy, don’t hang around
It’s been a long, a long
If anybody know what I’m talking about
Lemme see you wave your hands
I know a chance gonna come, oh yes it will
But I gotta take, say this here

Then I go to my brother, yes sir
And I tell ’em, I say brother help me please
But he winds up knockin’ me
He knocks me back down, back down on my
Oh there’s been times that I fall
Somebody say yeah
Life could pass me on, no no
I know I’m able, I’m able, I’m able
I’m able to carry on
It’s been a long, good God almighty
A long time coming but I know, yeah
A change is gonna come, oh yes it will
Look it here, one more time

Then I go to my brother
Somebody take your hands back and forth like this
Everybody, everybody
You sittin’ in the first balcony too
All over the auditorium tonight
But he winds up knocking me down, my
Back down on, back down on my knee oh

I’ve been down but I thought I could last
Oh, I know I’m able, I’m able, I’m able
I know, I know, I know a change gonna come
And oh yes it will
Somebody say yeah
You all back here, lemme hear ya say yeah
Somebody say oh yeah
Somebody say oh yeah
Somebody say yeah
Whoa, right on

Ten years living in a paper bag
Feedback baby, he’s a flipped out cat
He’s a platinum canary, drinkin’ falstaff beer
Mercedes rule, and a rented lear
Bottom feeder insincere
Prophet lo-fi pioneer
Sell the house and go to school
Get a young girlfriend, daddy’s jewel

A change would do you good
A change would do you good

God’s little gift is on the rag
Poster girl posing in a fashion mag
Canine, feline, Jekyll and Hyde
Wear your fake fur on the inside
Queen of south beach, aging blues
Dinner’s at six, wear your cement shoes
I thought you were singing your heart out to me
Your lips were syncing and now I see

A change would do you good
A change would do you good

Chasing dragons with plastic swords
Jack off Jimmy, everybody wants more
Scully and angel on the kitchen floor
And I’m calling Buddy on the ouija board
I’ve been thinking ’bout catching a train
Leave my phone machine by the radar range
Hello it’s me, I’m not at home
If you’d like to reach me, leave me alone

A change would do you good
A change would do you good
Hello, it’s me, I’m not at home
If you’d like to reach me, leave me alone

A change would do you good
A change would do you good

(R. Springer/T. Martin)

Daddy was a drinkin’ man
He never took to preachin’
Said he found heaven in a drink
Well momma was a bible totin’, God fearin’ Christian
Would tell the devil to his fate
Exactly what she thinks

As far as daddy knew
Momma couldn’t drive
So every Sunday morning he’d give us a ride
Well he’d wait out in the car
Drinkin’ Jim Beam from a sack
But as the summer days grew hotter
He found a pew in the back

Daddy never had a chance in hell
Somethin’ that my momma knew so well
While everybody else gave up
Momma wore him down with love
Daddy never had a chance in hell

Well, Summer came and went
But he stayed in the back row
Blamin’ it on the cold north wind outside
Well I guess that explained
The flannel shirt and jack
But he had no explanation
When momma asked about his tie

He’d move up a little closer
With every passing year
He said it was because
He simply couldn’t hear
I never thought that Dad would ever
Draw a sober breath
Much less lead us all in prayer
When we laid mom to rest

Daddy never had a chance in hell
Somethin’ that my momma knew so well
While everybody else gave up
Momma wore him down with love
Daddy never had a chance in hell

While everybody else gave up
Momma wore him down with love
Daddy never had a chance in hell

Girl don’t you know it’s all I can do
To keep my hands off of you
Anytime you’re around
When the stars come out at night
I dream of holdin’ you tight
Everytime I lay down
It feels so good for me to have you this way
The only other thing
I wish I had was a chance
A chance
To tell you how I feel about you
And how it feels to live without a chance
A chance
To tell you I’ll love you forever
Knowing that I’ll never have a chance
Sometimes reality hurts
And you wonder if life’s worth
Living at all
Knowing no matter how much you care
You’ll never have a prayer
Of having what you want
At least I’ve been close enough I could taste
Beauty at it’s best
But never a trace of a chance
A chance
To tell you how I feel about you
And how it feels to live without a chance
A chance
To tell you I’ll love you forever
Knowing that I’ll never have a chance
A chance, a chance
To tell you I’ll love you forever
Knowing that I’ll never have, a chance

A certain shade of green,
tell me, is that what you need?
All signs around say move ahead.
Could someone please explain to me your ever present
lack of speed?
Are your muscles bound by ropes?
Or do crutches cloud your day?
My sources say the road is clear,
and street signs point the way.
Are you gonna stand around till 2012 A.D.?
What are you waiting for,
A certain shade of green?
I think I grew a gray watching you procrastinate.
What are you waiting for,
A certain shade of green?
Would a written invitation
signed, “Choose now or lose it all,”
sedate your hesitation?
Or inflame and make you stall?
You’ve been raised in limitation,
but that glove never fit quite right.
The time has come for hand-me-downs,
choose anew, please evolve,
take flight
What are you waiting for?
A written invitation?
A public declaration?
A private consolation?

Shake! Shake!

Don’t go
I believe in a celebration
I believe you set me free
I believe you can loose this chains
I believe you can dance with me
Dance with me

Shake! Shake!
Shake! Shake!

I believe in the third world war
I believe in the atomic bomb
I believe in the powers that be
But they won’t overpower me

And, and you can go there too
And, and you can go go go go

Shake! Shake!
Shake! Shake!

And we don’t have the time
And everything goes ’round and ’round
And we don’t have the time
To watch the world go tumbling down

Go! Go!

I believe in the bells of Christ’s Church
Ringing for this land
I believe in the cells of Mount Joy
Doesn’t understand

And, and you can go there too
And, and you can go go go go

I believe in the walls of Jericho (And you…)
I believe they’re coming down (Can go there too)
I belive in this city’s children (And you…
I believe the trumpet’s sound (can go go go go)

And you can go there too
And you can go go go go…

I believe in what I’m doing
What am I doing here…