DON'T DAMN ME

Don't damn me When

I speak a piece of my mind

'Cause silence isn't golden

When I'm holding it inside

'Cause I've been where

I have been An I've seen what

I have seen

I put the pen to the paper

'Cause it's all a part of me Be it a song or casual conversation

To hold my tongue speaks

Of quiet reservations

Your words once heard

They can place you in a faction

My words may disturb

But at least there's a reaction Sometimes I wanna kill

Sometimes I wanna die Sometimes

I wanna destroy Sometimes I wanna cry

Sometimes I could get even

Sometimes I could give up Sometimes

I could give Sometimes I never give a fuck It's only for a while I hope you understand

I never wanted this to happen

Didn't want to be a man

So I hid inside my world

I took what I could find I cried when

I was lonely

I fell down when

I was blind But don't damn me When I speak a piece of my mind

'Cause silence isn't golden

When I'm holding it inside

'Cause I've been where

I have been An I've seen what

I have seen

I put the pen to the paper

'Cause it's all a part of me How can I ever satisfy you An how can I ever make you see

That deep inside we're all somebody

An it don't matter who you wanna be

But now I gotta smile

I hope you comprehend

For this man can say it happened

'Cause this child has been condemned

So I stepped into your world

I kicked you in the mind

An I'm the only witness

To the nature of my crime But look at what we've done To the innocent and young

Whoa listen to who's talking

'Cause we're not the only ones

The trash collected by the eyes

And dumped into the brain

Said it tears into our conscious thoughts

You tell me who's to blame I know you don't wanna hear me cryin'

An I know you don't wanna hear me deny

That your satisfaction lies in your ILLUSIONS

But your delusions are yours and not mine

We take for granted we know the whole story

We judge a book by its cover

And read what we want

Between selected lines Don't hail me An don't idolize the ink

Or I've failed in my intentions

Can you find the missing link

Your only validation is living your own life Vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time

So I send this song to the offended

I said what I meant and

I've never pretended

As so many others do intending just to please

If I damned your point of view

Could you turn the other cheek But don't damn me

When I speak a piece of my mind

'Cause silence isn't golden

When I'm holding it inside

'Cause I've been where I have been

An I've seen what I have seen

I put the pen to the paper

'Cause it's all a part of me

Don't damn me

I said don't damn me

I said don't hail me

Don't damn me

THE GARDEN

You know you're all alone

Your friends they aren't at home

Everybody's gone to the garden

As you look into the trees

You can look but you don't see

The flowers seem to tease you at the garden

Everybody's there, but you don't seem to care

What's it with you man, and this garden TURNED INTO MY WORST PHOBIA,

A CRAZY MAN'S UTOPIA

IF YOU'RE LOST NO ONE CAN SHOW YA,

BUT IT SURE WAS GLAD TO KNOW YA

ONLY POOR BOYS TAKE A CHANCE,

ON THE GARDEN'S SONG AND DANCE,

FEEL HER FLOWERS AS THEY WRAP AROUND,

BUT ONLY SMART BOYS DO WITHOUT You can find it all inside

No need to wrestle with your pride

No you ain't losin' your mind

You're just in the garden

They can lead you to yourself

Or you can throw it on the shelf

But you know you can look inside

For the garden I WASN'T REALLY SCARED

LOST MY VIRGINITY THERE,

TO A GYPSY WITH BLOND HAIR

BUT NOW NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE

LIKE A MOUSE INSIDE A MAZE WANDERING

ROUND 4 DAZE WITH A SMILE UPON MY FACE,

I NEVER WANNA LEAVE THIS PLACE

ONLY POOR BOYS TAKE A CHANCE,

ON THE GARDEN'S SONG AND DANCE,

FEEL HER FLOWERS AS THEY WRAP AROUND,

BUT ONLY SMART BOYS DO WITHOUT

TURNED INTO MY WORST PHOBIA,

A CRAZY MAN'S UTOPIA

IF YOU'RE LOST NO ONE CAN SHOW YA,

BUT IT SURE WAS GLAD TO KNOW YA

BYE BYE SO LONG,

BYE BYE IT'S GLAD TO KNOW YA

BYE BYE BYE BYE AW...SO LONG

RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELL

I'll take a nicotine, caffine, sugar fix

Jesus don't ya git tired of turnin' tricks

But when your innocence dies

You'll find the blues

Seems all our heroes were born to lose

Just walkin' through time

You believe this heat

Another empty house another dead end street

Gonna rest my bones an sit for a spell

This side of heaven this close to Hell Right next door to hell

Why don't you write a letter to me yeah

I said I'm right next door to hell

An so many eyes are on me

Right next door to hell I got nowhere else to be

Right next door to hell

Feels like the walls are closing in on me My mamma never really said much to me

She was much too young and scared ta be

Hell "Freud" might say that's what I need

But all I really ever get is greed

An most my friends they feel the same

Hell we don't even have ourselves to blame

But times are hard and thrills are cheaper

As your arms get shorter

Your pockets get deeper Right next door to hell

Why don't you write a letter to me yeah

I said I'm right next door to hell

An so many eyes are on me

Right next door to hell

I never thought this is where

I'd be Right next door to hell

Thinkin' time'll stand still for me Fuck you Bitch Not bad kids just stupid ones

Yeah we thought we'd own the world

An gettin' used was havin' fun

I said we're not sad kids just lucid ones yeah

Flowin' through life not collectin' anyone

So much out there Still so much to see

Time's too much to handle

Time's too much for me

It drives me up the walls

Drives me out of my mind

Can you tell me what this means...huh?

PERFECT CRIME

Kickin' back in the shadows

Got no need for the light

Who's sorry now old timer

Look at how you've spent your life

Scroungin' for change

To put some money in your pocket

My how scratch does burn

Laughin' at the suckers as you pissed it away But I got the time and I got the muscle

I got the need to lay it all on the line

I ain't afraid of your smoke screen hustle

It's a perfect crime

Goddamn it it's a perfect crime

Motherfucker it's a perfect crime

I said it's perfect Keep the demons down

And drag the skeletons out

I got a blind man followin' me in chains

I said he's fun to watch When the world has stopped

An I think he's got somethin' to say

"You wanna fuck with me, don't fuck with me-

'Cause I'm what you'll be so don't fuck with me

If you had better sense

You'd step aside from the bad side of me

Don't fuck wit'da bad side o' me Stay away from the bad side o' me

Don't fuck wit'da bad side" T MINUS 1:09 AND COUNTING Ostracized but that's all right

I was thinkin' about somethin' myself 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Call on everybody who's got last rites Said it's better if you locked 'em away

Runnin' through the visons at the speed of light

Won't ya let me be Motherfucker just let me be

Goddamn it better let me be

Don't ya know ya better let me be... Perfect crime Goddamn it it's a perfect crime

Motherfucker it's a perfect crime

Don't cha know

It's a perfect crime

COMA

Hey you caught me in a coma

And I don't think

I wanna Ever come back to this...world again

Kinda like it in a coma

'Cause no one's ever gonna

Oh, make me come back to this... world again

Now I feel as if I'm floating away

I can't feel all the pressure

And I like it this way

But my body's callin'

My body's callin'

Won't ya come back to this... world again

Suspended deep in a sea of black

I've got the light at the end

I've got the bones on the mast

Well I've gone sailin',

I've gone sailin'

I could leave so easily

While friends are calling back to me

I said they're

They're leaving it all up to me

When all I needed was clarity

And someone to tell me

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON GODDAMN IT! Slippin' farther an farther away

It's a miracle how long we can stay

In a world our minds created In a world that's full of shit HELP ME

HELP ME

HELP ME

HELP ME

BASTARD Please understand me

I'm climbin' through the wreackage

Of all my twisted dreams

But this cheap investigation just

Can't stifle all my screams

And I'm waitin' at the crossroads

Waiting for you

Waiting for you

WHERE ARE YOU No one's gonna bother me anymore

No one's gonna mess with my head no more

I can't understand what all the fightin's for

But it's so nice here down off the shore

I wish you could see this

'Cause there's nothing to see

It's peaceful here and it's fine with me

Not like the world where

I used to live

I NEVER REALLY WANTED TO LIVE ZAP HIM AGAIN ZAP THE SON OF A BITCH AGAIN Ya live your life like it's a coma

So won't you tell me why we'd wanna

With all the reasons you give it's

It's kinda hard to believe But who am

I to tell you that

I've Seen any reason why you should stay

Matbe we'd be better off

Without you anyway

You got a one way ticket

On your last chance ride

Gotta one way ticket

To your suicide Gotta one way ticket

An there's no way out alive

An all this crass communication

That has left you in the cold

Isn't much for consolation

When you feel so weak and old

But is home is where the heart is

Then there's stories to be told

No you don't need a doctor

No one else can heal your soul Got your mind in submission

Got your life on the line

But nobody pulled the trigger

They just stepped aside

They be down by the water

While you watch 'em waving goodbye

They be callin' in the morning

They be hangin' on the phone

They be waiting for an answer

When you know nobody's home

And when the bell's stopped ringing

It was nobody's fault but your own

There were always ample warnings

There were always subtle signs

And you would have seen it comin'

But we gave you too much time

And when you said

That no one's listening

Why'd your best friend drop a dime

Sometimes we get so tired of waiting

For a way to spend our time

An "It's so easy" to be social

"It's so easy" to be cool

Yeah it's easy to be hungry

When you ain't got shit to lose

And I wish that I could help you

With what you hope to find

But I'm still out here waiting

Watching reruns of my life

When you reach the point of breaking

Know it's gonna take some time

To heal the broken memories

That another man would need Just to survive

DUST N' BONES

DUST N' BONES He lost his mind today

He left it out back on the highway On "65" She loved him yesterday

Yesterday's over

I said okay That's all right

Time moves on

That's the way

We live an hope to see the next day

That's all right Sometimes these things they are so easy

Sometimes these things they are so cold

Sometimes these things just seem to rip you right in two

Oh no man don't let 'em get ta you She loved him yesterday

He laid her sister She said O.K.

An that's all right

Buried her things today

Way back out deep

Behind the driveway

And that's all right Sometimes these women are so easy

Sometimes these women are so cold

Sometimes these women seem to rip you right in two

Only if you let 'em get to you Ya get out on your own

And you/take all that you own

And you/forget about your home

And then you're/just fuckin' gone There's no logic here today

Do as you got to, go your own way

I said that's right

Time's short your life's your own

And in the end We are just

DEAD HORSE

Sick of this life

Not that you'd care

I'm not the only one with

whom these feelings I share Nobody understands, quite why we're here

We're searchin' for answers

That never appear But maybe if

I looked real hard I'd

I'd see your tryin' too

To understand this life,

That we're all goin' through

(Then when she said she was gonna like wreck my car... I didn't know what to do) Sometimes

I feel like I'm beatin' a dead horse

An I don't know why you'd be bringin' me down

I'd like to think that our love's worth a tad more

It may sound funny but you'd think by now

I'd be smilin'

I guess some things never change

Never change I met an old cowboy

I saw the look in his eyes

Somethin' tells me he's been here before

'Cause experience makes you wise

I was only a small child When the thought first came to me

That I'm a son of a gun and the gun of a son

That brought back the devil in me Sometimes I feel like I'm beatin' a dead horse An

I don't know why you'd be bringin' me down

I'd like to think that our love's worth a tad more

It may sound funny but you'd think by now

I'd be smilin' I guess some things never change

Never change I ain't quite what you'd call an old soul

Still wet behind the ears

I been around this track a couple o' times

But now the dust is startin' to clear

Oh yeah!!! Sometimes I feel like I'm beatin' a dead horse

An I don't know why you'd be bringin' me down

I'd like to think that our love's worth a tad more

It may sound funny but you'd think by now

I'd be smilin' Ooh yeah, I'd be smilin'

No way I'd be smilin' Ooh smilin'

DON'T CRY

Talk to me softly

There's something in your eyes

Don't hang your head in sorrow

And please don't cry

I know how you feel inside I've

I've been there before

Somethin's changin' inside you

And don't you know Don't you cry tonight

I still love you baby

Don't you cry tonight

Don't you cry tonight

There's a heaven above you baby

And don't you cry tonight Give me a whisper

And give me a sigh

Give me a kiss before you tell me goodbye

Don't you take it so hard now

And please don't take it so bad

I'll still be thinkin' of you

And the times we had...baby And don't you cry tonight

Don't you cry tonight

Don't you cry tonight

There's a heaven above you baby

And don't you cry tonight And please remember that

I never lied

And please remember how

I felt inside now honey

You gotta make it your own way

But you'll be alright now sugar

You'll feel better tomorrow

Come the morning light now baby And don't you cry tonight

An don't you cry tonight

An don't you cry tonight

There's a heaven above you baby

And don't you cry

Don't you ever cry

Don't you cry tonight

Baby maybe someday

Don't you cry Don't you ever cry

Don't you cry Tonight

NOVEMBER RAIN

When I look into your eyes

I can see a love restrained

But darlin' when

I hold you

Don't you know

I feel the same 'Cause nothin' lasts forever

And we both know hearts can change

And it's hard to hold a candle

In the cold November rain We've been through this auch a long long time

Just tryin' to kill the pain But lovers always come and lovers always go

An no one's really sure who's lettin' go today

Walking away If we could take the time to lay it on the line

I could rest my head

Just knowin' that you were mine

All mine

So if you want to love me then darlin' don't refrain

Or I'll just end up walkin'

In the cold November rain Do you need some time...on your own

Do you need some time...all alone

Everybody needs some time... on their own

Don't you know you need some time...all alone I know it's hard to keep an open heart

When even friends seem out to harm you

But if you could heal a broken heart

Wouldn't time be out to charm you Sometimes I need some time...on my own

Sometimes I need some time...all alone

Everybody needs some time... on their own

Don't you know you need some time...all alone And when your fears subside

And shadows still remain

I know that you can love me

When there's no one left to blame

So never mind the darkness

We still can find a way

'Cause nothin' lasts forever

Even cold November rain Don't ya think that you need somebody

Don't ya think that you need someone

Everybody needs somebody

You're not the only one

You're not the only one

LIVE AND LET DIE

When you were young and your heart was an open book

You used to say live and let live

you know you did you know you did

you know you did

But if this ever changin in which we live in

Makes you give in and cry

Say live and let die

Live and let die What does it matter to ya

When ya got a job to do

Ya got to do it well

You got to give the other fella hell You used to say live and let live

you know you did

you know you did you know you did

But if this ever changin in which we live in

Makes you give in and cry Say live and let die

Live and let die

DOUBLE TALKIN' JIVE

Found a head and an arm in da garbage can

Don't know why I'm here

Livin' on the run for oh so long

I gotta go collect

Double talkin' jive

Get the money motherfucker

'Cause I got no more patience

Double talkin' -I got (lies)-

No more patience man Back in town an'a all new friends

They sayin' how ya been?

Fucked up and outta place

That's how I felt back then

Double talkin' jive

Get the money motherfucker

'Cause I got no more patience

Double talkin'

-I got (lies)-

No more patience man

You dig what I'm sayin'?!

GARDEN OF EDEN

It's a critical solution

And the east coast got the blues

It's a mass of confusion

Like the lies they sell to you You got a glass jawed toothache

Of a mental disease

An they be runnin' round back

See 'em line up on their knees

'Cause the kiss ass sycophants

Throwin' penance at your feet When they got nowhere to go

Watch 'em come in off the streets

While they're bangin' out front

Inside their slammin' to the cruch

Go on an throw me to the lions

And the whole damn screamin' bunch

'Cause the pissed-off rip-offs

'R' everywhere you turn

Tell me how a generation's

Ever s'posed to learn

This fire is burnin' and it's out of control

It's not a problem you can stop

It's rock n' roll I read it on a wall

It went straight to my head

It said "Dance to the tension of a world on edge"

We got racial violence

And who'll cast the first stone

And sex is used anyway it can be

Sometimes when

I look out

It's hard to see the day

It's a feelin' you can have it

It's not mine to take away Lost in the garden of Eden

Said we're lost in the garden of Eden

And there's no one's gonna believe this

But we're lost in the garden of Eden

This fire is burnin' and it's out of control

It's not a problem you can stop

It's rock n' roll Suck on that Looking through this point of view

There's no way I'm gonna fit in

Don't ya tell me what my eyes see

Don't ya tell me who to believe in

I ain't superstitious

But I know when somethin's wrong

I've been draggin' my heels

With a bitch called hope

Let the undercurrent drag me along Lost in the garden of Eden

Said we're lost in the garden of Eden

And there's no one's gonna believe this

But we're lost in the garden of Eden Most organized religions make

A mockery of humanity

Our governments are dangerous

And out of control

The garden of Eden is just another graveyard

Said if they had someone to buy it

Said I'm sure they'd sell my soul This fire is burnin' and it's out of control

It's not a problem you can stop

It's rock n' roll

Lost in the garden of Eden

(An we ain't talkin' about no poison apple or some missin' rib ya hear)

Said we're lost in the garden of Eden

And there's no one's gonna believe this

Said we're lost in the garden of Eden

This fire is burnin' and it's out of control

It's not a problem you can stop

It's rock n' roll

YOU AIN'T THE FIRST

I tried so hard just to get through to you

But your head's so far from the realness of truth

Was it just a come on in the dark

Wasn't meant to last long

I think you've worn your welcome honey

I'll just see you along as

I sing you this song Time can pass slowly, things always change

You day's been numbered

And I've read your last page

You was just a temporary lover

Honey you ain't the first

Lots of others came before you woman

Said but you been the worst

Sa' you been the worst So goodbye to you girl

So long, farewell

I can't hear you cryin'

Your jivin's been hell

So look for me walkin'

Down your street at night

I'll be in with another

Deep down inside

DEEP DOWN INSIDE

BAD OBSESSION

I can't stop thinkin' Thinking 'bout sinkin' Sinkin' down into my bed I call my mother She's just a cunt now She said I'm sick in the head She said you ain't special So who you foolin' Don't try ta give me a line But I can't stop thinkin' 'bout seein' ya one more time (Oh no) But I already left you And you're better off left behind It's a bad obsession It's always messin' It's always messin' my mind It's a bad obsession It's always messin' It's always messin' my mind Too bad you're fucked up I used to be wasted Always tried to take it Take it down into my vein I call the doctor He's just another He said I'm sick in the brain He said you ain't special So who you foolin' Don't try ta give me a line But I can't stop thinkin' 'bout doin' it one more time (Oh no) But I already left you And you're better off left behind (Oh yeah) Aw it's a bad obsession It's always messin' It's always messin' my mind It's a bad obsession It's always messin' It's always messin' my mind So bad... Boy It's a It's a Heads up It's a bad obsession It's always messin' It's always messin' my mind Now it's a bad obsession It's always messin' It's always messin' my mind But I can't stop thinkin' 'bout doin' it one more time (Oh no) See I already left you And you're better off left behind (Oh no, oh no) It's a bad obsession And you're always messin' my mind See I already left you And you're better off left behind Uh huh...no Maybe you'll do better next time PUNK!!

BAD APPLES

Diamonds and fast cars

Money to burn

I got my head in the clouds

I got these thoughts to churn

Got my feet in the sand

I got a house on the hill

I got a headache like a mother

Twice the price of my thrills

An it's a cold day,

It's a continental drift

I said this traffic is hell

Can you give me a lift

An I'll try to paint a story

Got your pictures to tell

Yeah you got to make a living

With what you bring yourself to sell I got some genuine Imitation

Bad Apples Free sample

For your peace o' mind

Only $9.95

I got my camera back from customs

Got my law fees up to date

Hell they musta seen me comin'

Ain't this life so fuckin' great When the shit hit the fan

It was all

I could stand

Yeah, well I'm a frequent flyer

My body's breathing while it can

But what I don't understand is that

My world ain't gettin' no brighter

If I could touch the sky Well I would float on by

While everybody's talkin'

Hell I'm just another guy

If it were up to me

I'd say just leave me be

Why let one bad apple

Spoil the whole damn bunch Gold and caviar

Now why'nt you pour my apathy

I'd have all my bases covered

If I could teach my hands to see

But now we're down in the deep end

Where they'd love to watch you drown

I said your laundry could use washing

We'll hang it up all over town

I said Hollywood's like a dryer

An we're down on Sunset

Strip An you'll be suckin' down the Clorox

'Til your life's all nice and crisp When the shit hit the fan

It was all I could stand

Yeah, well I'm a frequent flyer

My body's breathing while it can

But what I don't understand is that

My world ain't gettin' no brighter

If I could touch the sky

Well I would float on by

While everybody's talkin'

Hell I'm just another guy

If it were up to me

I'd say just leave me be

Why let one bad apple

Spoil the whole damn bunch When the shit hit the fan

It was all I could stand

Yeah, well I'm a frequent flyer

My body's breathing while it can

But what

I don't understand is that

My world ain't gettin' no brighter

If I could touch the sky

Well I would float on by

While everybody's talkin'

Hell I'm just another guy If it were up to me

I'd say just leave me be

Why let one bad apple

Spoil the whole damn bunch

Why let one bad apple

Spoil the whole damn bunch BOY!!

BACK OFF BITCH

Oh baby, pretty baby

Oh honey, you let me down honey

I ain't playin' childhood games no more

I said it's time for me to even the score

So stake your claim, your claim to fame

But baby call another neme

When you feel the fire, and taste the flame

Back off, back off bitch

Down in the gutter dyin' in the ditch

You better back off, back off bitch

Face of an angel with the love of a witch

Back off, back off bitch

Back off, back off bitch Makin' love

Cheap heartbreaker, broken backed,

Nasty ballbreaker, stay out of my bed, outta my head

If it's lovin' you, I'm better off dead Back off, back off bitch

Down in the gutter dyin' in the ditch

You better back off, back off bitch

Face of an angel with the love of a witch

Back off, back off bitch

Back off, back off bitch Emotions ripped, gone on a binge

Life lipped,

I said you're off the hinge

Tellin' lies of such fame and glory

I don't even wanna hear your story Back off, back off bitch

Down in the gutter dyin' in the ditch

You better back off, back off bitch

Face of an angel with the love of a witch

Back off, back off bitch

It's such a pity that you're such a bitch Back off, back off bitch

It's time to burn-burn the witch

Back off, back off bitch

Back off, back off bitch

Back off, back off bitch

Bitch Bitch Bitch Bitch

Hey wha'd'ya think he's tryin' to say there, anyway?

I think it's something each person's s'posed to take in their own special way

Fucking bitch