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Hey God
Hey God, I'm just a little man got a wife and family
But I almost lost the house, Yeah I bought into the dream
We're barely holdin' on, when I'm in way too deep
We're two paychecks away from living out on the streets
She's a working single mom, like a Saint she don't complain
She never says a word, but she thinks that she's to blame
Her son just got convicted, He blew some punk away
She did her best to raise him, but the world got in the way
Hey God-tell me what the hell is going on
seems like all the good shit's gone
it keeps on getting harder hanging on
Hey God, there's nights you know I want to scream
These days you're even harder to believe
I know how busy you must be, but Hey God...
do you ever think about me
Born into the ghetto in 1991,
just a happy child playing beneath the summer sun
A vacant lot's his playground, by 12 he's got a gun
The odds are bet against him, junior don't make 21
Hey God-tell me what the hell is going on
seems like all the good shit's gone
it keeps on getting harder hanging on
Hey God, there's nights you know I want to scream
These days you're even harder to believe
I know how busy you must be, but Hey God...
do you ever think about me
I'd get down my my knees, I'm going to try this thing your way
Seen a dying man too proud to beg spit on his own grave
Was he too gone to save?
Did you even know his name?
Are you the one to blame, I got something to say
Hey God-tell me what the hell is going on
seems like all the good shit's gone
it keeps on getting harder hanging on
Hey God, there's nights you know I want to scream
These days you're even harder to believe
I know how busy you must be, but Hey God...
do you ever think about me
Something For The Pain
Happiness, it's been no friend to me
but forever after ain't what it's all cracked up to be
Yeah, I had a taste, you were my fantasy,
but I lost my faith when i hit reality
I don't need no Guru to tell me what to do,
when you're feeling like a headline on yesterday's news
Come on, Come on, Come on
Give me something for the pain
Give me something for the blues
Give me something for the pain when
I feel I've been dangling on a hangman's noose
Give me something for the pain
Give me something I can use
To get me through the night,
make me feel all right,
something like you
Loneliness has found a home in me
my suitcase and guitar are my only family
I tried to need someone, like they needed me
I opened up my heart, but all I did was bleed
I don't need no lover, just to get screwed
They don't make a bandage that's going to cover my bruise
Come on, Come on, Come on
Give me something for the pain
Give me something for the blues
Give me something for the pain when
I feel I've been dangling on a hangman's noose
Give me something for the pain
Give me something I can use
To get me through the night,
make me feel all right,
something like you
Pull me under (Help I'm falling)
Run through my veins (Night is calling)
To a place (Feels like I'm flying)
Where I feel no pain (Christ I'm dying)
Be the pillow under my head
Give me cover when I'm in my bed
Take me higher than I've ever been
Take me down and back again
Come to me, by my disguise
Open your coat, let me crawl inside
Come on, come on, come on
This Ain't A Love Song
I should have seen it coming when the roses died
Should have seen the end of summer in your eyes
I should have listened when you said good-night
You really meant good-bye
Baby, ain't it funny, how you never ever learn to fall
You're really on your knees, when you think you're standing tall
But only fools are "know it alls", and I played that fool for you
I cried and I cried
There were nights that I died for you baby
I tried and I tried to deny that your love drove me crazy, baby
If the love that I got for you is gone
if the river I cried ain't that long
Then I'm wrong, yeah I'm wrong, this ain't a love song
Baby, I thought you and me would stand the test of time,
Like we got away with the perfect crime but,
we were just a legend in my mind
I guess that I was blind
Remember those nights dancing at the masquerade
the clowns wore smiles that wouldn't fade
You and I were the renegades, some things never change
It made me so mad, cuz I wanted it bad for us baby
Now it's so sad that whatever we had ain't worth saving
If the love that I got for you is gone
if the river I've cried ain't that long
Then I'm wrong, yes I'm wrong, this ain't a love song
If the pain that I'm feeling so strong
is the reason that I'm holding on
Then I'm wrong, yeah I'm wrong, this ain't a love song
I cried and I cried
There were nights that I died for you baby
I tried and I tried to deny that your love drove me crazy, baby
If the love that I got for you is gone
if the river I've cried ain't that long
Then I'm wrong, yeah I'm wrong, this ain't a love song
If the pain that I'm feeling so strong
is the reason that I'm holding on
Then I'm wrong, yeah I'm wrong, this ain't a love song
If the pain that I'm feeling so strong
is the reason that I'm holding on
Then I'm wrong, yeah I'm wrong, this ain't a love song
Yes, I'm wrong, yeah, I'm wrong, this ain't a love song
These Days
I was walking around, just a face in the crowd
Trying to keep myself out of the rain
Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown
Wondered if I might end up the same
There's a man out on the corner, singing old songs about change
Everybody's got their cross to bear, these days
She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams
To a motel room on the boulevard
I guess she's trying to be James Dean
She's seen all the disciples and all the wannabes
No one wants to be themselves these days
Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days
These days - the stars ain't out of reach
But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets, oh no no
These days - are fast, nothing lasts, in this graceless age
There ain't anybody left but us these days
Jimmy shoes, he busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly
From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes
His mamma said he was crazy - he said mamma "I've got to try"
Don't you know that all my heroes died?
And I guess I'd rather die than fade away
These days - the stars ain't out of reach, yeah
But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets, oh no no
These days - are fast, nothing lasts, it's this graceless age
Even innocence has caught the midnight train
There ain't anybody left but us these days
I know Rome's still burning
Though the times have changed
This world keeps turning round and round and round and round
These days
These days - the stars ain't out of reach, yeah
But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets, oh no no
These days - are fast, love don't last, it's this graceless age
Even innocence has caught the midnight train
These days - the stars ain't out of reach, yeah
But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets, oh no no
These days - are fast, nothing lasts
There ain't no time to waste
There ain't anybody left to take the blame, oh no no
There ain't anybody left but us these days
Ain't anybody left but us these days
Lie To Me
Rumour has it that your daddy's coming down
he's gonna pay the rent
Tell me baby, is this as good
as life is gonna get
It feels like there's a stanger
standing in these shoes
But, I know I can't lose me,
'cause then I'd be losing you
I know I promised baby,
I would be the one
to make our dreams come true
I ain't too proud of all the struggles
and the hard times we've been through
When this cold world comes between us,
please tell me you'll be brave
'Cause I can realize the danger
when forgiveness fades away
If you don't love me, lie to me
'Cause baby you're the one thing I believe
Let it all fall down around us,
if that's what's meant to be
Right now if you don't love me baby, lie to me
Pour another cup of coffee, babe
I got something to say to you
I ain't got the winning ticket
Not the one that's gonna pull us through
No one said that'd it'd be easy
Let your old man take you home
but know if you walk out on me
That, darling I'd be gone
If you don't love me, lie to me
'Cause baby you're the one thing I believe
Let it all fall down around us,
if that's what's meant to be
Right now if you can't love me baby, lie to me
Baby, I can take it
It's a bitch, but life's a roller coaster ride
The ups and downs will make you scream sometimes
It's hard believing that the thrill is gone
But we gotta go around again, so let's hold on
If you don't love me, lie to me
'Cause baby you're the one thing I believe
Let it all fall down around us,
if that's what's meant to be
Right now if you can't love me baby, lie to me
Lie to me
Baby, I can take it
C'mon lie to me
Damned
I'm lying here beside you
in someone else's bed
Knowing what we're doing's wrong
but better left unsaid
Your breathing sounds like screaming
it's all that I can stand
His ring in on your finger
but my heart is in your hands
Damned if you love me,
Damned if you don't
It's getting harder holding on,
but I can't let you go
Damned if you don't need me
Damned if you do
God, I wish it wasn't me
standing in these shoes
Damned, Damned,
A door slams like a shotgun
you jump to your feet
But it's just the wind blowing through
the secrets that we keep
Made me want to want you,
God knows I need to need you
By the time this love is over
I'll be sleeping on the streets
Damned if you love me,
Damned if you don't
It's getting harder holding on,
but I can't let you go
Damned if you don't need me
Damned if you do
God, I wish it wasn't me
standing in these shoes
Damned, Damned,
Why won't you talk to me?
Because I'm too blind to see
Why won't you look at me?
Because I'm afraid to breathe
What do you want from me?
All that I can stand
The lies on are my tongue
and I can't turn back I know
My soul is Damned
Don't worry
I ain't gonna call you
or hear you say my name
And if you see me on the street
don't wave just walk away
Our lives are getting twisted,
let's keep our stories straight
The more that I resist it,
my temptation turns to fate
Damned if you love me,
Damned if you don't
It's getting harder holding on,
but I can't let you go
Damned if you don't need me
Damned if you do
God, I wish it wasn't me
standing in these shoes
My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms
Misery likes company, I like the way that sounds
I've been trying to find the meaning,
so I can write it down
Staring out the window, it's such a long way down
I'd like to jump, but I'm afraid to hit the ground
I can't write a love song the way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope, I got nothing to say
Life is feeling kind of strange, since you went away
I sing this song to you wherever you are
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms
I'm tired of watching TV, it makes me want to scream
Outside the world is burning, man it's so hard to believe
Each day you know you're dying
from the cradle to the grave
I get so numb sometimes, that I can't feel the pain
I can't write a love song the way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope, I got nothing to say
Life is feeling kind of strange,
it's strange enough these days
I send this song to you, whoever you are
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms
Staring at the paper, I don't know what to write
I'll have my last cigarette-well, turn out the lights
Maybe tomorrow I'll feel a different way
But here im my delusion, I don't know what to say
I can't write a love song the way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope I've got nothing to save
And I can't fight the feelings buried in my brains
I send this song to you, whoever you are
As my guitar lies bleeding
(It's Hard) Letting You Go
It ain't no fun lying down to sleep
and there ain't no secrets left for me to keep
I wish the stars up in the sky
would all just call in sick
And the clouds would take the moon out
on some one way trip
I drove all night down streets that wouldn't bend
But somehow they drove me back here once again
To the place I lost at love, and the place I lost my soul
I wish I'd just burn down this place that we called home
It would all have been so easy
if you'd only made me cry
And told me how you're leaving me
to some organ grinder's lullaby
It's hard, so hard, it's tearing out my heart
It's hard letting you go
Now the sky, it shines a different kind of blue
And the neighbour's dog don't bark like he used to
Well, me these days
I just miss you - it's the nights I go insane
Unless you're coming back
For me, that's one thing I know won't change
It's hard, so hard, it's tearing out my heart
It's hard letting you go
Now some tarot card shark said I'll draw you a heart
and we'll find you somebody else new
But I've made my last trip to those carnival lips
When I bet all that I had on you
It's hard, it's hard, it's hard, so hard
It's hard letting you go
It's hard, so hard, it's tearing out my heart
But it's hard letting you go
Hearts Breaking Even
It's been a cold, cold, cold, cold night tonight
And I can't get you off my mind
God knows I've tried
Did I throw away the best part of my life
When I cut you off, did I cut myself with the same damn knife
Hide my tears in the pouring rain, had my share of hurt and pain
Don't say my name, run away, cause it's all in vain
My hearts breaking even, now there's no use we even try
Hey I cried, Yeah I died, Hell I almost died
Don't got a reason, let's just fold the cards and say good-bye
It's all right, just two hearts breaking even tonight
It's been a long, long, long time
Since I've had your love here in my hands
We didn't understand it, we couldn't understand it
But, nothing's fair in love and hate
You lay it all down and walk away, before it's too late
We danced all night as the music played
the sheets got tangled in the mess we made
There in the stains, we remain
No one left to blame
My hearts breaking even, now there's no use we even try
Hey I cried, Yeah I died, Hell I almost died
Don't got a reason, let's just fold the cards and say good-bye
It's all right, just two hearts breaking even tonight
Go on, get on with your life, Yeah - I'll get on with mine
Broken hearts can't call the cops, yeah it's the perfect crime
Twisting and turning the night keeps me yearning
I'm burning alive
I'm paying the price again
But I'll see the light again
My hearts breaking even, now there's no use we even try
Hey I cried, Yeah I died, Hell I almost died
Don't got a reason, let's just fold the cards and say good-bye
It's all right, just two hearts breaking even tonight
Something To Believe In
I lost all faith in my God
in his religion too
I told the angels
the could sing their song to someone new
I lost all trust in my friends
I watched my heart turn to stone
I thought that I was left to walk this wicked world alone
Tonight I'll dust myself off
Tonight I'll suck my gut in
I'll face the night and I'll pretend
I got something to believe in
And I had lost touch with reason
I watched life criticize the truth
Been waiting for a miracle
I know you have too
Though I know I won't win
I'll take this one on the chin
We'll raise a toast and I'll pretend
I got something to believe in
If I don't believe in Jesus, how can I believe the Pope
If I don't believe in heroin, how can I believe in dope
If there's nothing but survival, how can I believe in sin
In a world that gives you nothing, we need something to believe in
If I don't believe in Jesus, how can I believe the Pope
If I don't believe in heroin, how can I believe in dope
If there's nothing but survival, how can I believe in sin
In a world that gives you nothing, we need something to believe in
If That's What It Takes
I played the part of a broken heart upon a shelf
I played that part so lonely and so well
Thought that love belonged to someone else,
not me and you
Yeah, I know that you've been shattered
you've been bruised
We both know what it feels like when you lose
But I'd bet my life on a roll of the dice for you
If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
Tonight's the night, I'm gonna prove it to you
Do I have to break down, baby, just to break through
If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
If that's what it takes...
I bet you counted all the tears I bet you've cried
I bet you swore you'd never let love back inside
'Cause it hurt you way too bad to say good-bye
Now, there'll be times when I might put us to the test
And it's hard for broken hearts to just forget
But I'm driving blind, I'll lay it all on the line for you
If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
Tonight's the night, I'm gonna prove it to you
Do I have to break down, baby, just to break through
If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
If that's what it takes...
So when you feel like jumping
Just when your heart starts pumping
When you're standing out on that ledge-staring over the edge
I'll be there to talk you down, I'll be there before you hit the ground
If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
Tonight's the night, I'm gonna prove it to you
Do I have to break down, baby, just to break through
If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
If that's what it takes...
If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
If we take the time to do it right, I know we'll pull through
If it took all my life, I'd prove it to you
If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
If that's what it takes...
Diamond Ring
Diamond ring, wear it on your hand
It's gonna tell the world, I'm your only man
Diamond ring, diamond ring
Baby, you're my everything, diamond ring
Red, red rose brought it home to you
Blood red rose, tells me that you're true
Red, red rose, blood-red rose
Like a fire inside that grows, blood-red rose
When you're hungry, I will fill you up
When you're thirsty, drink out of my loving cup
When you're crying, I'll be the tears for you
There's nothing that I wouldn't do for you
When you're hungry, I will fill you up
When you're thirsty, drink out of my loving cup
When you're crying, I'll be the tears for you
There's nothing that I wouldn't do for you
You know, I bleed every night you sleep
'Cause I don't know if I'm in your dreams
I want to be your everything ...
Diamond ring, wear it on your hand
It's gonna tell the world, I'm your only man
Diamond ring, diamond ring
Baby, you're my everything, diamond ring
Darling, you're my everything, diamond ring
Now, you've got me on your string... Diamond ring
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