I am You:
V1
We want you on our team
baby dont think like nobody wants you
we want you livin our d-ream
i've got a dream and its burning the taste on my tongue
its a sense of unlimi-ted range
its a people willing to change
V2
Everybody shout and scream
baby dont think like nobody's listening
check it out we're chugging full steam ahead
i got steam and its shooting right out my eyes
its a view of umlimi-ted sight
its the peace between wrong and right
B1
peace between wrong and right
peace between wrong and right
peace between wrong and right
peace between wrong and right
V3
We took it to the Extreme
when we built that wall we didnt know what we were doing
now we're cutting through it with our laser-beams baby!!
(everybody make lazer beam noises) we're breaking it down
and its a force you can never fully know
its a power you gain by letting go
B2
so let it go, all you hatred and your revenge
let it go, your need for security
dont be afraid of things you cant see
learn to love the mystery
and i hope someday we'll all agree
I am you (and you and you)
and you are Me
Yeah yeahs, yee-has, allrights, ect....
Rumble-Tumble Down:
V1
peeling, peeling out of the parking lot painted on your pencil-tip,
behind your ear, it was plain to see, your arms were making ROPE LADDERS, lassoing Benny, AND SOME MAD DOG 20/20.
We were all tangled up in ropes of glee
and everybody sing "ah-ah-yip-yippie"
V2
breaking, breaking into the montesorri school, no one around just me and you and zosia blue, and a push'n'talk TEDDY RUXPIN.
your catholic cousin, she was really something. i just wanna be apart of your family
and everybody sing "ah-ah-yip-yippie"
B1
(everybody individually tell/make up a story/poem from you that takes about 30 seconds to tell. i suspission it'll sound really cool if you pick your three or four favorite words in the story/poem that you like best and say them a little louder than the rest so we get different flashes of images comming from around the room at different times)
V3
(breath in through your teeth and stop it with a "P" before singing last verse super loud)
SPRAYING, SPRAYING SPIT, SPILLING DOWN ANY OLD HILL, BIG BLOCKS OF ICE AND A TOWEL, PLASTIC SLEDS
YOU CAN EVEN GO WITHOUT YOU JUST RUMBLE-TUMBLE DOWN
ANY OLD SEASON WE CAN FIND A REASON
HEY LETS GO, LETS GO RIGHT NOW, AIN'T NO REASON TO STAND 'ROUND HERE NO MORE
Black Stone Mirror Heart:
V1
if you feel your heart turning dark as iron
take a rag and polish it up just like a mirror
a BLACK STONE MIRROR HEART (YEAH)
so that you can see (BABY) WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE
AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE PLACES TO WHICH I'VE BEEN
WHERE I WILL WAIT FOR YOU (AND YOU AND YOU) ALWAYS
yeah YEAH yeah-heah YEAH-HEAH
V2
if you feel your mind begging time from angel
steal a plane and gut it for parts
then tape the motor to your brain
an AIRPLANE MOTOR MIND (YEAH)
so that you can fly (BABY) WHERE YOU WANNA FLY
AND I HAVE NEVER FLOWN TO THE PLACES WHICH I'VE KNOW
WHERE I WILL WAIT FOR YOU (AND YOU AND YOU) ALWAYS
yeah YEAH yeah-heah YEAH-HEAH
V3
if you feel your soul take control then lose it
send it spinning on a spinning-top
THEN DIP IT IN CHOCOLATE
a SPINNING-TOP CHOCOLATE SOUL (YEAH)
so that you can feel (BABY) WHAT YOU WANNA FEEL
AND I HAVE NEVER FELT THE GROUND ON WHICH I'VE KNELT
WHERE I WILL WAIT FOR YOU (AND YOU AND YOU) ALWAYS
yeah YEAH yeah-heah YEAH-HEAH
On a Rock
river woman walking chest-high water won't you take what you need to survive
is it any wonder that anybody's still alive
New Orleans, you're in my dreams, y'inmy hopes and my nightmares too
we just want you to know, we never forgettin you
i see'em standing on a rock at the edge of the water
i see'em standing and their faces are many
i see'em standing on a rock at the edge of the sea
prick you on your finger put/take a drop of your blood in a vile held up to the sun
we can help you, but we can not help everyone
Africa is America to me, and America(my tribe) is all the world
and the world is just the apple in the eye of a child at the edge of the sea
i see'em standing on a rock at the edge of the water
i see'em standing and their faces are many
i see'em standing on a rock at the edge of the sea
See you in the desert, your helmet or your turben, your guns, and your feet and your tears
what can we do when we've been fighting for thousands of years?
its holy war, a cross, a moon, a star
we'll never have peace if we dont look at eachother
and so i'm taking my first look, im lookin- right now
I see'em standing on a rock at the edge of the sea
(or in haiku)
folks caught unawares
I see'm standing on a rock
cracked, at the sea's edge
Hip roman suicide
drink some lead in your water
Gracias, eh? De nada
lets put some salt on your jelly
hurry up
i see the cause and the effect
i seen the maufacture deffect
i see the hole in your belly
hurry up
all on a hip roma suicide
ya put your hand on your heart and ride
and flip that visor to see just what you want to see
and you say just what you wanna, say just what you wanna say
your capi gains and your profits?
i see they're little miss muffets
a spider sits down beside ya
hurry up
you got a trillion dollar debit
ya bought a tan and a senate
you bought a spoon and a lighter
hurry up
all on a hip roman suicide
you put your hand on your heart your right
and flip your visor so you see just what you wanna see,
and jya say just what you wanna, say just what you wanna say
you get your motor checked offen?
you got a flag on your coffin
get that box of the boxed T.V.
hurry up
and its the all holy bible
you're making it a false idol
graven pages made of silver and gold
...
all on a hip roman suicide
you put your hand on your heart you're right
and flip your visor so you see just what you wanna see,
and jya say just what you wanna, say just what you wanna say
The Captain's Last Words
in this life I know that I have always taken my fair share
and i've given what i've owed, nothing more nothing less
and if ever i have stepped above my duties it was not me
it was the grace of a higher power
which i have never understood, or met
and so..
i'm giving all my friends and loved ones a rusty nail before i die
for to seal me up in my coffin when we say goodbye
for to lay me down good for good when it's my time to go
old men talking young men dying, this the way of war and hatred
young men YAWLPing, old men dancing, these are things that can lead to peace
this i've known since i was born
now it seems, with every morning i forget a little more of this knowledge
and so...
i'm giving all my friends and loved ones a rusty nail before i die
for to seal me up in my coffin when we say goodbye
for to lay me down good for good when it's my time to go
with my words and with my thinking i've always tried to find some concrete answers
what i found was the simple value in a listning mind and a silent smile
and so won't you go ahead and smile?
Chase and Jenny
guess who's back from the mountains no it aint moses, its just chase and jenny
the suns a-rising they drove all night and thier legs are frozen but their back as sweaty, and aint that how it is after a long car-ride
just in time for the celebration summer's over the harvest coming soon we're ringing out summer's end
people say "have you seen chase and jenny since they been back from that mountain? there's something different about'em, the way they dance on the straw. and its anybody's guess to which cliff or precipice with it's view was generous enough to show-em whatever it was that they saw. and you'd ask'em but you dont wanna butt in.
we're all here at the celebration summer's over the harvest coming soon we're ringing out summer's end just right
and everybody was sing and dancing and having a good time, they were singing, and a-dancing, and the room started spining around yeah, and the room started spining around yeah, and it was spinning around, it was spinning around, it was spinning around, well, oh lordy. SOME PEOPLE DIE, HIGHER. SOME PEOPLE DIE, HIGHER. SOME PEOPLE DIE, HIGHER.
and chase says to jenny "we'll be married next year", she said "thats a nice idea chase, but how can you know." he said "dont you remember the day last september when the grass was green and soon too be covered in snow? honey baby thats how i know.."
and wont you let me take you home from the celebration summer's over the harvest coming soon we're ringing out summer's end just right
Like Candy
And if you want it to taste like candy, smell like the air where the beaches are sandy, come on honey baby now all you gotta do, is honey love me too, oh baby love me too -oo-oo-oo-oo-oo yodelady yodelady yodelaywho-do, eeyodelady yo-deh, yodelady yodeleh who
and if you want it to sound like music, stumble when you're kissing and you can't refuse it, come on honey baby now all you gotta see, is your love for me, oo-babe your love for me-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee yodelady yodelady yodelayhee-dee, eeyodeleedy yo-dee, yodelady yodeleh-hee
and if you like it when you body is aching, your heart-ache is a thumping and your fingers are shaking, come on honey baby now all you gotta say, forever and a day, forever and a day-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa yodelady yodelady yodelayhay-day, eeyodelady yo-deh, yodelady yodeleh-hay.
And if you want it to taste like candy
and if you want it to sound like music
and if you like it when you body is aching
come on honey baby now all you gotta do, is honey love me too, oh baby love me too
the seeds of peace
this is a country which draws many kinds
from the native tribes to the imagrents
then and now some come from dark places
some have believed they were heaven sent
what comes from heaven like Noah's dove?
how do you distinguish from what comes up from hell?
oceans craddle the coasts, rain falls from the sky
yet water is drawn from a well.
this in the land of a constant sorrow
this in the land of that pains relief
carrying the promise of a brighter tomorrow
this is the land where we plant the seeds of peace
if a man is to grow to find the joy of motion
his blood must flow through the entire man
if a nation's to flower in freedom and gladness
her resources must flow through the entire clan
who is my clan? your clan is the people
who are these people, the people on earth
divided by hatred, separated by fear
chained to the lands of thier birth
this in the land of a constant sorrow
this in the land of that pains relief
carrying the promise of a brighter tomorrow
this is the land where we plant the seeds of peace
and we watch them grow, then we plant some more
and we watch them grow, then we plant some more
and we watch them grow, then we plant some more
Davy Goes to the Fair with us
wont you come down to the minnesota stair fair?
I'll even buy you a ticket, if you lend me some money first Davy.
just a couple of buck and i'll buy us some Chucks and some Carmelcorn
cause i know whats good for you, and if you let me davy i'm gonna do
everything that i can to make you the man you were ment to be
make you the man you were ment to be
and lets a-float down the river ride
the one they built out of bent steel and rubber sheets
its garunteed to get you soaked no matter were you sitt on the boat
no it dont matter were you sit at all
cause at the end there's a waterfall
and wont you agree its just like the man you were ment to be
just like the man you were ment to be
and lets go down to the midway Davy
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8, 9 10
nad lets a-spin that bottle up on the top of your head
we'll see how long it take till it flls and breaks
and shatters all over the floor
i know you were hoping it'd point and show you the way to go
but now its broken, i guess we'll never know
and cantchya see, its just like the man you were ment to be
just like the man you were ment to be, all right
