ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR I live my life in the city There's no easy way out The day's moving

just too fast for me I need some time in the sunshine I gotta slow it right down The day's moving just too fast for me I live my life for the stars that shine People say it's just a waste of time When they said I should feed my head That to me was just a day in bed I'll take my car and drive real far They're not concerned about the way we are In my mind my dreams are real Now you concerned about the way I feel Tonight I'm a Rock 'n' Roll star Tonight I'm a Rock 'n' Roll star (I) You're not down with who I am Look at you now, you're all in my hands tonight Tonight I'm a Rock 'n' Roll star

(I)

1979 Shakedown 1979 Cool kids never have the time On a live wire right up off the street You and I should meet Junebug skipping like a stone With the headlights pointed at the dawn We were sure we'd never see an end to it all
I don't even care to shake these zipper blues And we don't know Just where our bones will rest To dust I guess Forgotten and absorbed to the earth below

Double cross the vacant and the bored They're not sure just what we have in store Morphine city slippin' dues down to see We don't even care as restless as we are We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts And poured cement, lamented and assured To the lights and towns below Faster than the speed of sound Faster than we thought we'd go Beneath the sound of hope Justine never knew the rules, Hung down with the freaks and ghouls No apologies ever need be made I know you better than you fake it to see
The street heats the urgency of now As you see there's no one around

BKACK
Sheets of empty canvas Untouched sheets of clay Were laid spread out before me As her body once did All five horizons Revolved around her soul As the earth to the sun Now the air I tasted and breathed Has taken a turn Oh and all I taught her was everything Oh I know she gave me all that she wore And now my bitter hands, Chafe beneath the clouds Of what was everything, Oh the pictures have All been washed in black Tattooed everything I take a walk outside, I'm surrounded by, Some kids at play I can feel their laughter, So why do I sear Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin Round my head, I'm spinning Oh, I'm spinning How quick the sun can, drop away All the love gone bad Turned my world to black Tattooed all I see All that I am All I'll be, Yeah I know someday you'll have a beautiful life I know you'll be a star, In somebody else's sky, But why Why, Why can't it be, Why can't it be mine

LIGHT YEARS
I've used hammers made of wood I have played games with pieces and rules I have deciphered tricks at the bar But now you're gone, I haven't figured out why I've come with riddles, and jokes about war I figured out numbers and what they're for I've understood feelin's and I've understood words But how could you be taken away? And where ever you've gone, and where ever we might go It don't seem fair, today just disappeared Your light's reflected, now Reflected from afar We were but stones, your light made us stars With heavy breath, awakened regrets Back pages and days alone that could've been spent Together, but we were, miles apart Every inch between us becomes light years now No time to be void, or save up on life Oh, you gotta spend it all CHOURS We were but stones, your light made us stars.

WISHLIST
I wish I was a neutron bomb for once I could go off I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on I wish I was a sentimental ornament you hung on The Christmas tree I wish I was the star that went on top I wish I was the evidence I wish I was the grounds For 50 million hands upraised and open toward the sky I wish I was a sailor with someone who waited for me I wish I was as fortunate as fortunate as me I wish I was a messenger and all the news was good I wish I was the full moon shining off a Camaro's hood I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down

NUTSHELL
We, chase misprinted lies We, face the path of time And yet I fight And yet I fight This battle all alone No one to cry to No place to call home Oooh...Oooh... Oooh...Oooh... My, gift of self is raped My, privacy is raked And yet I find And yet I find Repeating in my head If I can't be my own I'd feel better dead Oooh... Oooh... Oooh... Oooh...

ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD

There's colors on the street Red, white and blue People shufflin' their feet People sleepin' in their shoes But there's a warnin' sign on the road ahead There's a lot of people sayin' we'd be better off dead Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them So I try to forget it, any way I can. Keep on rockin' in the free world (x4) I see a woman in the night With a baby in her hand Under an old street light Near a garbage can Now she puts the kid away, and she's gone to get a hit She hates her life, and what she's done to it There's one more kid that will never go to school Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool. Keep on rockin' in the free world (x4)

NO ONE KNOWS
We get some rules to follow That and this, These and those No one knows We get these pills to swallow How they stick, In your throat Tastes like gold Oh, what you do to me No one knows And I realize youre mine Indeed a fool of mine And I realize youre mine Indeed a fool of mine Ahh I journey through the desert Of the mind, With no hope I found low I drift along the ocean Dead lifeboats, in the sun And come undone Pleasently caving in I come undone ( CORO ) Heaven smiles above me What a gift there below But no one knows A gift that you give to me No one knows.

(Coro)

LIKE A STONE
On a cobweb, afternoon In a room full of emptiness By a free way, I confess I was lost in the pages Of a book full of death Reading how we'll die alone And if we're good we'll lay to rest Anywhere we want to go In your house I long to be Room by room patiently I'll wait for you there Like a stone I'll wait for you there Alone On my deathbed I will prey To the gods and the angels Like a pagan to anyone Who will take me to heaven To a place I recall I was there so long ago The sky was bruised The wine was bled And there you led me on (CORO) And on I read Until the day was done And I sat in regret Of all the things I've done For all that I've blessed And all that I've wronged In dreams until my death I will wander on

(Coro)

NOT FOR YOU

Restless soul, enjoy your youth Like muhammad hits the truth Can't escape from, the common rule If you hate something, don't you do it too...too... Small my table, a sits just two Got so crowded, i can't make room Oh, where did they come from? stormed my room! And you dare say it belongs to you...to you... This is not for you This is not for you This is not for you Oh, not for you...ah, you... ...scream...my friends...don't call me... ...friends, no they don't scream... ...my friends don't call...my friends don't... All that's sacred comes from youth Dedication, naive and true With no power, nothing to do I still remember, why don't you...don't you... This is not for you This is not for you This is not for you Oh, never was for you...fuck you... This is not for you... Oh, this is not for you...yeah, you... This is not for you... Oh, not for you... Oh, you...

ALIVE
Son, she said, have I got a little story for you What you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a... While you were sittin' home alone at age thirteen Your real daddy was dyin', sorry you didn't see him, but I'm glad we talked... Oh I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey I, oh, I'm still alive Hey...oh... Oh, she walks slowly, across a young man's room She said I'm ready...for you I can't remember anything to this very day 'Cept the look, the look... Oh, you know where, now I can't see, I just stare... I, I'm still alive Hey I, but, I'm still alive Hey I, boy, I'm still alive Hey I, I, I, I'm still alive, yeah Ooh yeah...yeah yeah yeah...oh...oh... Is something wrong, she said Well of course there is You're still alive, she said Oh, and do I deserve to be Is that the question And if so...if so...who answers...who answers... I, oh, I'm still alive Hey I, oh, I'm still alive Hey I, but, I'm still alive Yeah I, ooh, I'm still alive Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

LIVE FOREVER
Maybe, I don't really wanna know How your garden grows, cos I just wanna fly Lately, did you ever feel the pain In the morning rain, as it soaks you to the bone Maybe I just wanna fly Wanna live, I don't wanna die Maybe I just wanna breathe Maybe I just don't believe Maybe you're the same as me We see things they'll never see You and I are gonna live forever I said maybe, I don't really wanna know How your garden grows, cos I just wanna fly Lately, did you ever feel the pain In the morning rain, as it soaks you to the bone Maybe I will never be All the things that I wanna be But now is not the time to cry Now's the time to find out why I think you're the same as me We see things they'll never see You and I are gonna live forever (I) You and I are gonna live forever Gonna live forever Gonna live forever Gonna live forever Gonna live forever Gonna live forever Gonna live forever (I)

CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL

Is it my imagination Or have I finally found, something worth living for? I was looking for some action But all I found was cigarettes and alcohol You could wait for a lifetime To spend your days in the sunshine You might as well do the white line 'Cause when it comes on top . . . You gotta make it happen! Is it worth the aggravation To find yourself a job, when there's nothing worth working for? It's a crazy situation But all I need are cigarettes and alcohol! You could wait for a lifetime To spend your days in the sunshine You might as well do the white line Cos when it comes on top You gotta make it happen! You gotta make it happen! You gotta make it happen!

ROLL WITH IT
YOU GOTTA ROLL WITH IT YOU GOTTA TAKE YOUR TIME YOU GOTTA SAY WHAT YOU SAY DONT LET ANYBODY GET IN YOUR WAY CAUSE ITS ALL TOO MUCH FOR ME TO TAKE DONT EVER STAND ASIDE DONT EVER BE DENIED YOU WANNA BE WHO YOUD BE IF YOURE COMING WITH ME I THINK IVE GOT A FEELING IVE LOST INSIDE I THINK IM GONNA TAKE ME AWAY AND HIDE IM THINKING OF THINGS THAT I JUST CANT ABIDE I KNOW THE ROADS DOWN WHICH YOUR LIFE WILL DRIVE (YOUR LIFE WILL DRIVE) I FIND THE KEY THAT LETS YOU SLIP INSIDE (SLIP INSIDE) KISS THE GIRL, SHES NOT BEHIND THE DOOR (BEHIND THE DOOR) BUT YOU KNOW I THINK I RECOGNIZE YOUR FACE BUT IVE NEVER SEEN YOU BEFORE (I) ( II ) (I) DONT EVER STAND ASIDE DONT EVER BE DENIED YOU WANNA BE WHO YOUD BE IF YOURE COMING WITH ME I THINK IVE GOT A FEELING IVE LOST INSIDE(SO TAKE ME AWAY)

(I)

(II)

SOMETIMES JACKS RULE THE REALM

Sometimes jacks rule the realm Can't you tell The swimmers drown Without a sound A chalkboard scratching sound Could craze the town An emperor's clothes Never be exposed I took it as a compliment Regardless what they meant It could have been innocent Spent, so spent Railing against undeserved Dangling precipitants Raining down idiots Always flapping in the Flapping in the wind I took it as a compliment No matter what they meant Could have been belligerent Could have been half percent Could have been wanting Afraid to have been caught promising Ended up taunting me I can't change that, I can't change ( x2 ) I'm watching you, Not sure what's true Life can be so cruel, There's nothing you can do But it fades..., Only to return I feel your eyes burn, I really am concerned Sometimes jacks will rule the realm Sometimes jealousy will dwell, You can't begin to dispel When you can not even tell What makes me act the way I do, And why am I asking you ( x3 ) Sometimes jacks will rule the realm Sometimes jealousy will dwell You can't begin to dispel, When you can not even tell ( x2 )

BETTER MAN
Waitin', watchin' the clock, it's four o'clock, it's got to stop Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech As he opens the door, she rolls over... Pretends to sleep as he looks her over She lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man... She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man... Can't find a better man Can't find a better man Ohh... Talkink,' to herself, there's no one else who needs to know... She tells herself, oh... Memories back when she was bold and strong And waiting for the world to come along... Swears she knew it, now she swears he's gone She lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man... She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man... She lies and says she still loves him, can't find a better man... She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man... Can't find a better man Can't find a better man Yeah... She loved him, yeah... she don't want to leave this way She feeds him, yeah... that's why she'll be back again Can't find a better Can't find a better Can't find a better Can't find a better... man man man man...

DON'T TREAD ON ME
Before you're pointed at me There is a possibility You better turn that thing around The fits come easily So don't you tread on me Cause I will knock you down Some days it seems it's not worth it The fight in me is all gone And I'm not trying to be perfect But just get one damn thing done Before I lose control I pick myself from the floor I Oh there's a clock in my head And despite what it says Another one on the wall They don't agree at all And there's a schism in me And despite what you see You might see me as calm But I go out like a bomb I Oh in the comfort of strangers You don't see the danger Of just letting it flow This I know