1. CUT THE ROPE

Bad boy-Jimmy says where it's at?
Down the hallway of kids playing flipper with the Jax
And the tax for the trench coat I bought
Measures up for the fines that we paid today
And for those who couldn't run away
Well they got beaten up and thrown in jail

And we never cut the hope
'Cause we never cut the rope

Here's your money for all that I've done
E's and lizards broken pistols and the promise about the sun
Get it on! All this brag about us
Measures up for the shit that we wrote today
And for those who couldn't get away
Well they got beaten up and thrown in jail

And we never cut the hope
'Cause we never cut the rope

No the bastard's on their way
They have been reading too much crappy
but then again I ain't that lucky bloke they've read about
I am a lone star, cut it again...
Bad boy-Jimmy says how do you do?
Down the hallway of kids playing poker with the fools
And they loose every dime they've got
But it's good for us 'cause we got paid today
And the brothers that couldn't get away
Well they got beaten up and thrown in jail

And we never cut the hope
'Cause we never cut the rope...


2. GOD KNOWS

Well I turned left just like you told me to
I get excited by the moves you do
I'm on a mission and I'm gonna get away
Well I saw her standing all colored in red
I felt the blues just by the things she said
I want my mission so I can escape today

God knows - I ain't sleeping but I want my line
God knows - I ain't happy so I want it bad tonight
Oh brother can you help me out
God knows - I've got nothing so accept my time
God knows - it ain't easy to behave in this spotlight
Oh brother can you help me out
Brother can you help me out
Oh brother can you help me out

Well I turned the page from number three to four
You had nothing on you by my bedroom door
You had your mission now I'm gonna get away
When this is over and our souls are saved
When I am buried when I've got my own cave
I've done my mission so I won't be here today

God knows - I ain't sleeping but I want my line
God knows - I ain't happy so I want it bad tonight
Oh brother can you help me out
God knows - I've got nothing so accept my time
God knows - it ain't easy to behave in this spotlight
Oh brother can you help me out...
Brother can you help me out
Oh brother can you help me out
Oh brother can you help me OUT

I turned right just like I thought you would
I got excited like you said I would
I'm on a mission and I'm getting blown AWAY
Well I saw her standing all colored in red
I felt the blues just by the things she said
I want my mission so I can escape today

God knows - I ain't sleeping but I want my line
God knows - I ain't happy so I want it bad tonight
Oh brother can you help me out
God knows - I've got nothing so accept my time
God knows - it ain't easy to behave in this spotlight
Oh brother can you help me out...
All right


3. CLEAN TOWN

You wanna worship its feelings
The ones who's squeezing the shame from every man
And if mama says it's dinner time,
If she ruins your love, run away
So you live in a prison
So you're wasting your life
On a system you never will understand
Are you the one I dreamed of. Man!

[Chorus]
Clean town if you want to get away
You pack your cases and you hope for a better day
Mama's alright she said she didn't want your love
Clean town if you want to get away,
You pack your cases and you hope for a better day
Joni's alright she said she didn't want your love

Won't you walk down the main street
Take the bridge over never ending rails
And even if you're falling down
That's an open door to the outside world
So you live in a bubble
So you're wasting your life
On a system you never will understand
Are you the one I dreamed of. Man!

[Chorus]

You can drive to the east cost
Disappear for a while
Put the band-echo on, then we'll give him a ride
Are you the one I dreamed of. Man!

[Chorus]

Won't you get away...


4. DOWN IN THE PAST

Well I don't wanna hang around with you
I've got my motor baby and I'm gonna see you through
You think I wanna be alone with you
It doesn't matter baby cause you're overreacted too

But since you're down there, where will I just be
I'm getting fine girl, dressing up for stormy weather

So touch me down in the past where my mother will last
And it's true that I'm in for a punch and a blast
Yeah down in the past where my mother will last
And she will make sure that you remember

Well I don't wanna slide away with you
I've got ten little soldiers pointing at you
Honey you just left me for a new one
It doesn't matter baby cause your hair is ugly too

But since you're down there, where will I just be
I'm getting fine girl, dressing up for stormy weather

So touch me down in the past where my mother will last
And it's true that I'm in for a punch and a blast
Yeah down in the past where my mother will last
And she will make sure that you remember

Well I don't wanna hang around with you
I've got my motor baby and I'm gonna see you through
You think I wanna be alone with you
It doesn't matter baby cause you're overreacted too

So touch me down in the past where my mother will last
And it's true that I'm in for a punch and a blast
Yeah down in the past where my mother will last
And she will make sure that you remember

That you remember... Come on...


5. YOU CAN'T STEAL MY LOVE

I was walking down the street
With my chains chains chains
Tied up to my feet
I leaned instead of jiggie
With the sidewalk
Now this street tells the same old boring tale
That has failed in so many ways of life
To trust its stories
You've got to be dull as them

And all the love i've got in here
You've just killed you peasants
Didn't even care
The love I had in store you raped for more
And all the dreams I had in here
You've just stolen
You peasants didn't even care
But the dreams I had for her you cannot touch,
My golden hand
'Cause it's guarded by your promises
Yeah, yeah, yeah!!!

I met her in a crowded room
Where the bookshelves help you and knowledge takes your hand
I watched her beauty from an armchair
I said "Hey girl have you seen that film
With those kids in New York in the eighties
Oh, you have - Well, can I watch it with you anyway"

And all the love i've got in here
You've just killed you peasants
Didn't even care
The love I had in store you raped for more
And all the dreams I had in here
You've just stolen
You peasants didn't even care
But the dreams I had for her you cannot touch,
My golden hand
'Cause it's guarded by your promises
Yeah, yeah yeah, yeah!!!

Congratulation Mr. Major
You savior,
Betrayer,
You stinking master of trusts
How does it feel to ride all those horses
You cannot touch our hearts
When we're in bloom
I assume that we'll win over the heads again
We conceal non,
You'll feel none,
That's what I promise

And all the love we've got in store,
You can't kill You peasants!
We won it all
And the love I have for her
You cannot touch,
My golden hand,
'Cause it's guarded by your filthy promises

And all the love i've got in here
You've just killed you peasants
Didn't even care
The love I had in store you raped for more
And all the dreams I had in here
You've just stolen
You peasants didn't even care
But the dreams I had for her you cannot touch,
My golden hand
'Cause it's guarded by your promises
Yeah, yeah, yeah!!!

Honey I love you, like the summer falls
And the winter crawls you're above and beyond me
Honey I love you, like the summer falls
And the winter crawls you're above and beyond me

Honey I love you, like the summer falls
And the winter crawls you're above and beyond me


6. ADDED FAMILY

There's a town I know where all who enters mutter
And the head has bought a crown that doesn't fit
So when coffee shops and supermarkets burn down I know
They have only the sun for witness and believer that's a shame
'Cause the stars have closed their eyes so they won't

See Jim light his management
And watch Dan lose his tournament
And poor Dolores' hardcore star
They tried to rule but ran to far
And Jimmy fucked the glam for fun
As he screwed his chicks he's done
And all you dandies thought you won
Now look who's made it again

There are bootlegs being released but nothing happens
There are father figures wearing shirts of you
And the church of Sweden loves your dirty makeup
'Cause you dyed hair makes reflections in their souls it's a sin
Now my team has closed their eyes so they won't

See Jim light his management
And watch Dan lose his tournament
And poor Dolores' hardcore star
They tried to rule but ran to far
And Jimmy fucked the glam for fun
As he screwed his chicks he's done
And all you dandies thought you won
Now look who's made it again

See Jim light his management
And watch Dan lose his tournament
And poor Dolores' hardcore star
They tried to rule but ran to far
And cocaine snorting she-male-bands
No lust in you stands a chance
To the killer-seeds we spread
Now open your mouth if you dare


7. ANNIE'S ANGLE

I was a stoned drunk silhouette of my past
I lost my nerves when he took me on
He was this high-healed smooth talking middleclass bastard
Who tried to stab me for where I was from
And though his words was covered in yesterdays mud
The boys around him laugh his way
But on the parking lot where I was born
He didn't come to play

No he didn't dare to stay

You think you're better than us
You think you're better than who
You think you're better than Annie's angle
You think you're down with the people who laugh when you frown
And then move from ground to ground

You think you're better than us
You think you're better than who
You think you're talking to Annie's angle
You think you're down with the people who laugh when you frown
And then move from ground to ground

Such a pit no one's hurt from your punch
Must be a drag to look so debased
On the other side you've still got your kids to die for
So why take it all out on me
That angry look doesn't suite your face
You've got your medals in a box
And on the telly there's this leader saying
Blame it on the boss

You've got to blame it on the boss

You think you're better than us
You think you're better than who
You think you're better than Annie's angle
You think you're down with the people who laugh when you frown
And then move from ground to ground

You think you're better than us
You think you're better than who
You think you're talking to Annie's angle
You think you're down with the people who laugh when you frown
And then move from ground to ground (x3)


8. IF I LEAVE YOU

Burning your fiddle that's an easy job
If you set the twilight reeling
I've got 15 cents is that alright with you?
No you didn't want that, bad
And your dad is rich but your brother's poor
And your children sing come on (come on)
Join my circle now make me a man, but always remember this

If I leave you (and I think I'm gonna leave you soon)
At the wrong time (don't think that I will come back soon)
If I leave you (and I think I'm gonna leave you soon)
At the wrong time (don't think that I will come back)

Driving your car at Baker Street
It's a sin to go on uppers
You've got a new telly and a heart of gold
But you're not allowed to smile
And your dad is rich but your brother's poor
And your children sing come on (come on)
Join my circle now make me a man, but always remember this

If I leave you (and I think I'm gonna leave you soon)
At the wrong time (don't think that I will come back soon)
If I leave you (and I think I'm gonna leave you soon)
At the wrong time (don't think that I will come back, come back to you)

If I leave you (and I think I'm gonna leave you soon)
At the wrong time (I've got nothing left to come back to)
If I leave you (and I think I'm gonna leave you soon)
At the wrong time (I've got nothing left to come back to)

If I leave you (I don't wanna be a part of you)
If I leave you (no, I don't wanna be a part of you)
If I leave you (I don't wanna be a part of you)
Your Mama will die at the wrong time


9. RINGING BELLS

Stick around your neck and see what it can bring
Lonely stands the butcher on the ground
Little angel fly, fly among the stars
Jupiter will comfort you with love

So who are you gonna follow
Are you going out somewhere
Can it be the new thing money enough
Where's that hat you loved once
Let us spoil it for a day
Bring 'em in she said just for a day
Just for a day

On the way to you between busy moon
Crash beneath a window left in bloom
The days are few my friend and winter comes again
Clap, clap and the boy is to lose

So who are you gonna follow
Are you going out somewhere
Can it be the new thing money enough
Where's that hat you loved once
Let us spoil it for a day
Bring 'em in she said just for a day
Just for a day

Bring 'em in she said
I said just bring 'em in she said

Ringing bells in Saxton and Oakland bringing you home...(x4)


10. THIS DREAM IS OVER

Baby, why'd you leave me
On the airport with my fingers
Put together while I was praying for your lover
I wasn't keen on love at the moment
I didn't even like your modesty hairstyle
But then I froze when you left me for another

Don't tell me this dream is over
And don't stop telling me your love
Don't tell me this dream is over
And don't stop burning my eyes my bird of blue

Well I waited on the corner of your street
'Cause you're a street cat and I'm a mad dog
And this night is ours whether you want it or you don't
Well I picked you flowers and wrote you a poem
About a guy who owned the world but no women
Maybe you'll see, maybe someday that I might end you
I'll do you ill

Now, don't tell me this dream is over
And don't stop telling me your love
Don't tell me this dream is over
And don't stop burning my eyes my bird of blue

I can't live without you breath by my past babe
I can't breath without your life by my future
I can't see clear without your teardrops in my eyes

Don't tell me this dream is over
And don't stop telling me your love
Don't tell me this dream is over
And don't stop burning my eyes my bird of blue

Don't tell me this dream is over
Please don't tell me this dream is over now


11. WHITE WALL

Yellow burning thing, it's a dirty sin
I know
I'm on the pavement of my own mind it's silly
Silly as the weather in June, March or December
Silly as a man can be, and I'm down, yes I'm down

And I sang my:
La la teacher my, la la teacher for you (I'm coming on the window)
My la la teacher, my la la teacher for you (I'm coming on the window again)
And I watched my little baby from the seaside

Do you remember, the days when we were young
All tied up, by a teacher's hand,
I was too shy and they said you're too dry, but I didn't notice,
Flowers were hot in the cold winter night and so was I,
yeah so was I

And I sang my:
La la teacher, my la la teacher for you (I'm coming on the window)
My la la teacher, my la la teacher for you (I'm coming on the window again)
And I watched my little baby from the seaside
Yeah I watched my little baby from the seaside
I watched my baby from the seaside

Though it's been far away
I'm gonna help you out
Though it's been far away
I'm gonna help you out
Though it's been far away, yes it's been far away

And I sang my:
La la teacher my, la la teacher for you (I'm coming on the window)
My la la teacher, my la la teacher for you (I'm coming on the window again)
And I watched my little baby from the seaside
I watched my little baby from the seaside
I watched my baby from the seaside
I watched my baby from the seaside


12. ALL MY SENSES

Pull the trigger, break down in a love affair
When I said I didn't care, you started searching for tomorrow
Pull the trigger, my girl you're running all alone
I said I was back home, but I'm far away

And there ain't no point in the words I write
There ain't no way to know me
But it sure felt right when I saw your eyes
But now they feel like, oh yeah they feel like Mondays

And all my senses seem to shine through the day
Seem to shine through the day, honey that's okay
Yes all my senses seem to shine in the night
Seem to shine in the night, honey that's alright

In your heart girl, I see a jealous butterfly
You wanted me high, love, but I'm sober still
In your heart girl, there's nothing left but misery
Come dance while I'm getting free I'm gonna lie again

Cause there ain't no point in the words I write
There ain't no way to get me
But I sure was high when I saw your smile
But now your always, oh yes you're always gone girl

And all my senses seem to shine through the day
Seem to shine through the day, honey that's okay
Yes all my senses seem to shine in the night
Seem to shine in the night, honey that's alright

All my senses seem to shine in the night
Seem to shine in the night, honey that's alright
And all my senses seem to be in this song
Thinking all day long, honey what went wrong
Tell me what went wrong?
Tell me what went wrong?


13. KINGDOM & GLORY

It feels like I'm water
What do you mean son?
It feels like I'm crying flesh
It looks like tears have dropped on Messiah
And all of the flood can fit into your screen

It must be the soil I was using
To stop ghosts from feeding my brain,
Lost in the woods where my generation grows
And where they write

[Chorus]
That every kid owns every house
Well it's gonna be different now that I'm gone
And the tilted bodyguards took your wife and your dog
Life is better now when you
Own every tree, own every yard
Well it's gonna be different now that I'm gone
To shot some aliens for kingdom and glory
For welfare and for life itself

Take me away son; wash all the years,son
Away with the tears of my youth
Today I'm sober, today I'm clean
Today I feel like I'm stuck in between

It must be the soil you where using
To stop ghosts from feeding my brain,
Lost in the woods where my generation grows
And where they write

[Chorus]

Birthdays are your days
The first days of your days
We're gonna be having some fun

[Chorus](2x)


14. NEXT TO BE LOWERED

He went 20.000 lightyears from home
And agreed he'll be the next to be lowered
And though he knew that life ain't just a good start
The advance did break him

Filling textures on some tear-weathered note
And on purpose he just spelled them all wrong
And though he knew that life ain't just a good start
He didn't even count with

The wild must be drawn into papers at once
And if you got money then share it too
The race will begin when it's finished of course
And if there's some money then share it too
And if there's some money then share it too

You're the oldest star ever to fall
Yet you didn't you have failed to be sold
And though you know that life ain't just a good start
Your blues' forgotten

The wild must be drawn into papers at once
And if you got money then share it too
The race will begin when it's finished of course
And if there's some money then share it too
And if there's some money then share...

The wild must be drawn into papers at once
And if you got money then share it too
The race will begin when it's finished of course
And if there's some money then share it too
And if there's some money then share...

And if there's some money then share!
And if there's some money then share!