The Storm Won’t Come
I’m longing for a storm to blow through town And blow these sad old buildings down Fire to burn what fire might And rain to wash it all away But the storm won’t come But the storm won’t come I’m longing for the storm But the storm won’t come There’s a smell of death where I lay my head So I’ll go to the storm instead I’ll seek it out and stand in the rain Thunder and lightning, and I’ll scream my name But it’s never the same But it’s never the same The storm must come to me And the storm won’t come But a leaf is stuck, the dust is blowing There is no storm so I’ll make my own Paint up the walls and I’ll buy what’s rotten Throw out all the old and the half-forgotten But I’m not as strong But I’m not as strong As the wind and the rain And the storm won’t come But the storm won’t come The storm won’t come I’m longing for the storm But the storm won’t come
The Rattle Within
Oh, holy man save you from a dance with the Devil Jesus save you from the bottle of gin Voodoo save you from a sleepwalk woman Who’s gonna save you from the rattle within? Well, that voice might come when you’re taking your pleasure The voice might come when you’re resting your bones Seek you out when you’re sad or smiling Drags you down when you think you’re alone [Chorus:] Just when you think that your horses are running Just when you think that you’re fixing to win There’s that wandering deep inside you Who’s gonna save you from the rattle within? Save me, save me, save me From the rattle within He wears your shirt and he wears your shoes He’s living right there inside your skin You’ve got notions, he’s got notions Who’s gonna save you from the rattle within? Well, a man’s made of muscle And he’s gonna wrestle But when he gets weary, he ain’t gonna win Who’s gonna save you when the tank is empty? Who’s gonna save you from the rattle within? [Chorus:] Ah, just when you think that your horses are ready Just when you think that you’re fixing to win There’s that wandering deep inside you Who’s gonna save you from the rattle within? Save me, save me, save me From the rattle within Well, holy man save you from a dance with the Devil Jesus save you from the bottle of gin Voodoo save you from a sleepwalk woman Who’s gonna save you from the rattle within? Who’s gonna save you from the rattle within? Who’s gonna save you from the rattle within?
Her Love Was Meant For Me
Gypsy fang twists my love life She’s my soul and destiny Three times I turned the queen of hearts But her love was meant for me Cupid shoots just like a baby Her Romeo won’t let her be Shoot them darts in my direction Her love was meant for me [Chorus:] As a kid, I saw rainbows But life, it turns you upside down It shakes the money out of your Wranglers Leave you heaving on the ground Oh I’ve followed all the prophecies From sea to shining sea She came to me walking backwards Her love was meant for me [Instrumental] [Chorus:] Now she’s mine, I plan to keep her So put your eyes back in their sockets Your holes of the upholstery Put your hands back in their pockets Oh she doesn’t look at you, brother The way she looks at me Like a razor through a scarecrow Her love was meant for me [Instrumental] Don’t need a ticket for the future The apocalypse is free Armageddon’s in the mirror Her love was meant for me (love was meant for me) Her love was meant for me
Bones Of Gilead
What’s my name? My name is Trouble Trouble of the tender kind From the ruin, from the rubble I will rise like London pride No checkpoint will stop me There is no plan Like an earthquake, I’ll rock you Run if you can By the flesh of Gilead By the bones of Gilead By the flesh of Gilead By the bones of Gilead What’s my name? My name is Heartbreak Heartbreak of the giving kind I will come and whisper sweetness Sweetness that will dawn your mind No ribcage can hold me No loving cup I don’t fit your wise world I tear it up By the flesh of Gilead By the bones of Gilead By the flesh of Gilead By the bones of Gilead What’s my name? Just call me Micah Micah like the Bible says I can’t help it, it’s within me Runes are written on my face False prophets accuse me Their days are few I heal all before me I will heal you By the flesh of Gilead By the bones of Gilead By the flesh of Gilead By the bones of Gilead By the flesh of Gilead By the bones of Gilead
The Dog In You
It’s not love that you’re looking for It’s not love that you’re hunting down You’re just on the train of the innocent, the frail And you’re gonna rob them You don’t mind causing pain Or who you drive insane Those timebombs explode years down the road But that’s not your problem [Chorus:] All of the pain Again and again To put a twinkle in your eye All the grief To give you some relief And to satisfy the dog in you Please don’t say "That’s the way God made me" Please don’t say "I can’t help who I am" You can’t justify, you’re beyond any measure Just I get your pleasure [Chorus:] All the pain Again and again To put a twinkle in your eye All the grief Just to give you some relief And to satisfy the dog in you The dog in you The dog in you
Trying
What kind of breeze do you think you are? You bend me 'til I break And what kind of dance did you drag me to? Like a Baptist, I moan and shake [Pre-Chorus:] If I should fall, fall off the shelf I’m only trying to be true to myself To be true [Chorus:] I’m trying, I’m trying, I’m trying, I’m trying I’m trying, I’m trying, I’m trying Well, I’m trying, I’m trying, I’m trying, I’m trying, I [Post-Chorus:] I thought I could fake forever But I was wrong I thought I could wait forever I thought I was strong Can’t put on the brake forever Forever’s too long You shake me 'til I don’t know right from Right from wrong And what kind of house are you building for me? The sand shifts under my feet And what kind of pill did you slip in my tea? The bitter taste, so sweet [Pre-Chorus:] If I should fall, fall off the shelf I’m only trying to be true to myself To be true [Instrumental] [Chorus:] I’m trying, I’m trying, I’m trying, I’m trying I’m trying, I’m trying, I’m trying Well, I’m trying, I’m trying, I’m trying, I’m trying, I [Post-Chorus:] I thought I could fake forever But I was wrong I thought I could wait forever I thought I was strong Can’t put on the brake forever Forever’s too long You shake me 'til I don’t know right from Right from wrong Right from wrong Right from wrong
Do All These Tears Belong To You
Holdin', lovin', sharin', kissin' Hauntin', hurtin', tearin', missin' Losing love and losing love again Fakin', fakin', sometimes break Searchin', longin', hiding', wonderin' Somewhere there’s a face, and there’s a name We could end it right away We could wish our lives away We could twist the night away Oh, could look into above Pretend it’s all just a dream But I’ve never seen two eyes so green Or see it back so black and blue Do all these tears belong to you? Wishin', dreamin', bumpin', schemin' Longin', yearnin', never turnin' Somewhere, out there, there’s a part of you Fightin', knowin', laughin', rollin' Weepin', spillin' tears for feelin' All the pieces of the dream came true We could end it right away We could wish our lives away We could twist the night away Oh, could look into above Pretend it’s all just a dream Oh, I’ve never seen two eyes so green Or see it back so black and blue Do all these tears belong to you? Do all these tears belong to you?
My Rock, My Rope
In my pain, in my darkness Is my comfort and hope In my loss and in my sorrow Is my rock, is my rope Oh give me the strength to bear it Oh give me the strength to seek But this is not forever But what must be, must be In my cloud of illusion Give me somewhere I can steer Through the shores and the shipwrecks Till I see my way is clear Or let me be uplifted Or take this away from me And hear me from my demons And forever I’ll be free In my pain and in my darkness Is my comfort and hope In my loss and in my sorrow Is my rock and my rope Is my rock Is my rock Is my rock Is my rock
You Can’t Reach Me
I can reach you but you can’t reach me Not a damn thing that you can teach me Get my education direct Direct from up above I take on board the bits that fit The war and Armageddon 'n' shit I did show them mercy and kindness [?] kindness and peace and love You can’t reach me You can’t reach me You can’t reach me I’m out in the cold You can’t reach me You can’t reach me You can’t reach me I’m out in the cold The way I see it, the world’s not fair I don’t fit here and I don’t fit there I was born not belonging to one thing To one thing or the other But I found a rock that I can cling to I found a flock that I can sing to Corner of the world and here they call me Here they call me "Brother" You can’t reach me You can’t reach me You can’t reach me I’m out in the cold Don’t give me that innocent stuff Don’t give me that line There’s guilt in everything that you do You’re guilty all of the time You think I’m one of you but I’ve got things cooking I hide in the open right where you’re looking You know what I come here for Well, I’m knocking on your door You can’t reach me You can’t reach me You can’t reach me I’m out in the cold You can’t reach me You can’t reach me You can’t reach me I’m out in the cold
O Cinderella
I’ve been drifting along with a skeleton crew [?] O’Grady, [I’m?] blackjack and Willie McGrew But I run into top of the day [after?] running you I thought you was looking for money stuffed under the bed You were talking to the mirror, I thought you was gone in the head But you were just saying Hail Marys to comfort the dead [Chorus:] O Cinderella, your rags are so sheik Did they come off the peg at your favorite boutique? Could you please spare the time to run an old [tire?] up the creek? Well I hope that you’re listening, I’m stating my case I say it again 'til I’m blue in the face O Cinderella, I’m not very house-trained, it’s true But I want to make cupcakes with you O Cinderella, you run like I’m Jack the Ripper Won’t you trade up your rags and slide your foot in the slipper? You’re working-class cool, but a glass slipper is hipper [Chorus:] O Cinderella, your rags are so sheik Did they come off the peg at your favorite boutique? Could you please spare the time to run an old [tire?] up the creek? Oh I hope that you’re listening, I’m stating my case I say it again 'til I’m blue in the face O Cinderella, I’m not very house-trained, it’s true But I want to dust cobwebs with you Cobwebs with you I want to dust cobwebs with you
No Matter
No matter what you say, I believe I don’t see [?] up your sleep Can’t you see me smile? Just the shadow of a frown? Even if wanting you would tear my mansion down No matter what you say, my head’s in the sink Born yesterday, I don’t think I’ve seen it all before Love [left is burnt?] Contemplating suicide before the tide has turned [Bridge:] And I can [/can’t] leave my life like Shakespeare on the run Some lads are [?] [soliloquies?] won’t come [Chorus:] I’m living on fantasy Real life’s too good for me Let me disappear from here And be no one No matter what you say, do you need me? Doesn’t mean you’ll stay, doesn’t mean that you’ll leave 'Cause every body bleeds And everybody cries Now it’s time for bandages and rags to dry our eyes [Chorus:] I’m living on fantasy Real life’s too good for me Let me disappear from here And be no one [Outro:] No matter what you say, I believe I believe I believe I believe I believe
Pride
What would you do if I pricked your balloon? Would you burst into tears and run to your room? Or say it’s just once in a very blue moon Would you be aware you were leaking air? Would you know some bitch of a witch somewhere? Who’s sticking pins in you, pins in you? [Chorus 1:] Pride won’t let you walk away Without blood on your fists Pride won’t let you walk away 'Til you’ve ticked off your list Come on baby, strut your stuff [?] 'cause you’re tough enough 'Til pride is satisfied and we can all go home When you’re [?] like you it’s hard to be humble You never think twice, you never stumble The seeds of doubt, they never rumble Vanity! Vanity! All is vanity! Do you feel something for the rest of humanity? We can’t live up to you, up to you, up to you [Chorus 2:] Pride won’t let you walk away Without blood on your fists Pride won’t let you walk away 'Til you’ve ticked off your list You look so majestic standing there With the playful breeze blowing in your hair 'Til pride is satisfied and we can all go home Show 'em what’s wrong, show 'em how to do it They fluffed it, they muffed it, they scuffed it, they blew it The spanner’s in the works and you know who threw it A coupon short of a toaster there Will you use your wit or your famous stare To write the symphony, infamy, infamy? [Chorus 1:] Pride won’t let you walk away Without blood on your fists Pride won’t let you walk away 'Til you’ve ticked off your list Come on baby, strut your stuff [?] 'cause you’re tough enough 'Til pride is satisfied and we can all go home
Shaking The Gates
If angels are real then who needs dreams? I think I’ll never close my eyes again If my feet betray me lock the door My heart may never be this wise again [Chorus:] I’m shaking I’m shaking I’m shaking the gates of hell [Bridge:] I used to hold the world, it turned to gold Now everything that moved me has grown cold If life is forever then I’m your man Devil was inclined to [pine away?] Echoes and shadows are my [wall?] All I’ve done is lead myself astray [Chorus:] I’m shaking I’m shaking I’m shaking the gates of hell If angels are real then who needs dreams? I think I’ll never close my eyes again [Chorus:] I’m shaking I’m shaking I’m shaking the gates of hell I’m shaking I’m shaking I’m shaking the gates of hell