The Last Ride
Lately you seem disenchanted by false truth
Illuminated “I don’t know you”
We both know that’s a lie.
Lying still I’m not making a sound till
You can tell me how you feel
Or turn me away.
All these miles we have walked
They have led me into the rain without warning
Still if you ask me I’ll say lover please stay.
Oh god, I want a fair shot
I want that last ride
Give me this
I am waiting on that new train.
One that makes us forget where weve been
And will take us a way.
After you’ve seen all your options and sort through
Everyone you might run to Will I be on top
All these nights I have laid awake thinking
Of what you say when your dreamin
You never mention my name do ya babe?
Missed Me
Rise up from the city like the fire that ate your bones
The coldest mystery of misery is
Dying here on your own
I’ve seen all the answers
But all the questions remain unknown
I’m still giving away the only escape that remains
Come on come on
Help me out
Show me the way
You could be
I wanna know, I wanna know
I’m coming home to a girl
who’ll say
she missed me when I’m gone
Fire and rocknroll–
They’ve been crawlin through my veins
Grab your best dress honey and let’s ride the interstate
I won’t make you sorry
All I ask is you stay with me
I’m still giving away the only escape that remains
Come on come on
Help me out
Show me the way
You could be
I wanna know, I wanna know
I’m coming home
To where we hide
To where we’re all alone
Don’t leave my side
I’ll treat you right
I’ll be looking for you…
I’ll be looking for you…
I don’t wanna let you go
I don’t wanna let you go
I don’t wanna let you go…
Fire Escape
I see you bite your bottom lip
Can you feel my kisses on your hips?
I almost hear you catch your breath
My ghost is whispering in your head
‘No… you’re not home…’
I’m on a fire escape
Where you said to wait
And I did, I did
I heard the cold wind say
‘You’re a fool to stay’
but I did, I did
no…you’re not my home
no matter how my heart tries
I’m not too blind to realize
That when I’m free from the grip of this life
You wont be there by my side
No…you’re not my home
I’m on a fire escape
Where you said to wait
And I did, I did
I heard the cold wind say
‘you’re a fool to stay’
but I did, I did
no…you’re not my home
every word I wanted to sing
got replaced with a wedding ring
Still Alive
Birmingham, 1963…
a blue-eyed boy on safe ground just like me…
can you hear those screams comin over that mountain?
the sound of supremacy forced on thousands…
can we recall
when hearts haven’t changed at all?
when hate reigns in rings of fire,
and genocide is still alive…
James Byrd, can you hear me cryin?
a white boy in Alabama—head down tryin
to figure out why they might do it to you…
three up front, prowlin like animals do…
string him up behind the truck, forty miles an hour
run it red so the nigger can feel your white power
can we recall
when hearts haven’t changed at all?
when hate reigns in rings of fire,
and genocide is still alive…
in Sudan there’s a western fire burnin…
a child’s eyes wide, watchin barrels turning…
they’ll stake claim inside of your wife and daughter,
a bullet in the head for the government’s honor….
can we recall
when hearts haven’t changed at all?
when hate reigns in rings of fire,
and genocide is still alive…
Out On Our Own
I was nothing but a reason
To a girl with a feeling
Now she’s looking for a man who can flip a switch
And not give a shit
Write a nice check
Nothing to risk
I was everything she wanted
Nice and dead and disappointed
Now I’m looking for a woman who can show her eyes
Can’t change her mind
Walk away still, but can’t say goodbye
Is it getting closer
To finally being over
Are we getting out on our own?
Are we getting out on our own?
You remember when I called you
Shortly afterwards I saw you
Now the handcuffs are on
And you smile and sneer to wipe out the fear
Look at you now – wife of the year
Is it getting closer
To finally being over
Are we getting out on our own?
Are we getting out on our own?
Are we getting further from always needed cover
Are getting out on our own?
