01. SAY HELLO 2 HEAVEN

please, mother of mercy
take me from this place
and the long winded curses
i keep here in my head
words never listen
and teachers, oh, they never learn
but i'm warm from the candle
though i feel too cold to burn
he came from an island
and he died from the street
and he hurt so bad like a soul breaking
but he never said nothing to me
so say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven...
so say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven...
new, like a baby
lost, like a prayer
the sky was your playground
but the cold ground was your bed
i said poor stargazer
she's got no tears in her eyes
but smooth like a whisper
she knows that love heals all wounds with time
now it seems like too much love is never enough
yeah, you better seek out another road
cause this one has ended abrupt
so say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven...
so say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven...
i never wanted to write these words down for you
with the pages of phrases of all the things we'll never do
so i blow out the candle
and i put you to bed
since you can't say to me now
how the dogs broke your bone
there's just one thing left to be said
so say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven...
so say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven...


02. REACH DOWN

i had a dream the other night
you were in a bar in the corner on a chair
wearing a long white leather coat
purple glasses and glitter in your hair
and you said hey this is where i wanna sit
and buy you a drink someday
well you were going to the dog shows
but you kinda lost your way
now you say now i got all this room
and no money to decorate it
said you got some local customer who can put me in touch with the man upstairs
but he said little man you got no business being all frustrated
you gotta rest, you gotta rest, you gotta rest
you gotta reach down and pick the crowd up
you gotta reach down and pick the crowd up
carry back in your hands
to the promised land
to the promised land
now i had some angel shine my wings
she said nothin' but the best for the golden boy
she made me promise not to tell i had her under a spell
singing golden words in a broken voice
and i caught a blessing on the wind
i'm feeling lighter than a whisper from a dove
i've got no hands to tie behind my back
and i'm sparking like a heart attack
and now i've got room to spread my wings and my messages of love
yeah, yeah...love was my drug
but that's not what i died of
so don't you think of me crying louder than some million dollar baby
i wanna rest, i wanna rest, i wanna rest
i wanna reach down and pick the crowd up
i wanna reach down and pick the crowd up
carry back in my hand
to the promised land
to the promised land


03. HUNGER STRIKE

i don't mind stealing bread
from the mouths of decadence
but i can't feed on the powerless
when my cup's already overfilled
but it's on the table
the fire's cooking
and they're farming babies
while the slaves are all working
the blood is on the table
and their mouths are choking
but i'm growing hungry
i don't mind stealing bread
from the mouths of decadence
but i can't feed on the powerless
when my cup's already overfilled
but it's on the table
the fire's cooking
and they're farming babies
while the slaves are all working
and it's on the table
the mouths are choking
but i'm growing hungry
i'm going hungry...
i don't mind stealing bread
no, i don't mind stealing bread
i'm going hungry...
i'm going hungry...


04. PUSHIN' FORWARD BACK

mother mother found me on her step
gracious mother held me to her breast
until the day i started pushin'
too late to cry she turned away
i started pushin'
i saw no future in this lack
i started pushin', pushin', pushin' forward back
i was pushin', pushin', pushin' forward back
i was pushin', pushin', pushin' forward back
baby brother clinging to her hair
gracious mother pleading not another soul to bare
he started pushin'
all my kings have fallen down
i started pushin'
fallen heroes paved the ground
i started pushin', pushin', pushin' forward back
i was pushin', pushin', pushin' forward back
i was pushin', pushin', pushin' forward back
falling down, now i know her
i know i'll never drown
i was pushin'...
i was pushin', pushin', pushin' forward back
i was pushin', pushin', pushin' forward back


05. CALL ME A DOG

you call me a dog well that's fair enough
cause it ain't no use to pretend you're wrong
you call me out, i can't hide anymore
i have no disguise you can't see through
well you say it's bad luck
to have fallen for me
what can i do to make it good for you
you wore me out like an old winter coat
trying to be safe from the cold
but when it's my time to throw the next stone
i'll call you beautiful if i call at all
you call me a dog
you tell me i'm low cause i've slept on the floor
and out in the woods with the badgers and wolves
you threw me out cause i went digging for gold
i came home with a handful of coal
but when it's my time to throw the next stone
i'll call you beautiful if i call at all
and when it's my time to call you a bluff
i'll call you beautiful or leave it alone
you call me a dog
well that's fair enough
it doesn't bother me as long as you know
bad luck will follow you
if you keep me on a leash and you drag me along
and when it's my time to throw the next stone
i'll call you beautiful if i call at all
and when it's my time to call you a bluff
i'll call you beautiful or leave it alone
you call me a dog...


06. TIMES OF TROUBLE

when the spoon is hot
and the needle's sharp
and you drift it away
i can hear you say
that the world in black
is upon your back
and your body shakes
so you ditch away
and you close the shades
don't try to do it
don't try to kill your time
yeah, you might do it
then you can't change your mind
you've gotta hold on to your time
till you break through these times of trouble
when you try to talk
and the words get hard
and they put you down
don't you stay
don't ditch away
i saw you swinging
swinging your mother's sword
i know you're playing
but sometimes the rules get hard
but if somebody left you out on the ledge
if somebody pushed you over the ledge
if somebody loved you and left you for dead
you gotta hold on to your time
till you break through these times of trouble


07. WOODEN JESUS

wooden jesus, where are you from
korea or canada or maybe taiwan
i didn't know it was the holy land
but i believed from the minute the check left my hand
and i pray
can i be saved
i spent all my money on a future grave
wooden jesus, i'll cut you in
on twenty percent of my future sin
i'll cut you in...
porcelain mary, her majesties pure
looking for virgin territory
coat hanger halos that don't come cheap
from television shepherds with living room sheep and i pray
can be i saved
i spent all my money on a future grave
wooden jesus i'll cut you in
on twenty percent of my future sin
i'll cut you in...
wooden jesus, where are you from
korea or canada or maybe taiwan
i didn't know it was the holy land
but i believed from the minute the check left my hand
can i be saved
i spent all my money on a future grave
wooden jesus, i'll cut you in
on twenty percent of my future sin
i'll cut you in...


08. YOUR SAVIOUR

there are people like you, i know, myself
walk in the shoes of somebody else
whisper to me, my tragic fate
whisper to me, my tragic end
but don't give me your saviour
but don't give me your saviour
i said hey...
the people i choose, life on my own
burn me your fuse, throw me your stone
give your brand, burn on my hand
whisper to me, my tragic end
but don't give me your saviour
but don't give me your saviour
i said hey...
the people i choose, i know, myself
lay my need out, give you my help
but you give me your blues
and you whisper my fate
but don't give me
but don't give me
your saviour
don't give me, don't give me...


09. FOUR WALLED WORLD

well she cries, and she cries
all night to the sound of the freeway hum
and she swears she'll be gone
when the sun hits the ground
and she ain't coming back to my cell
to my cell...
well she's tired and she's tired
of this life she's been leading too long
and the time turns around
through these walls that surround
to the chimes of a jailors song
but in my four, in my four, in my four
my four walled world
in my four, in my four, in my four
my four walled world
yeah she tries and she tries
but my feet just won't leave the ground
and i'm tired and i'm tired
of this prisoners life and these chains that drag me down
but in my four, in my four, in my four
my four walled world
yeah in my four, in my four, in my four
my four walled world
well she cries, and she cries
all night to the sound of the freeway hum
and she swears she'll be gone
when the sun hits the ground
and she ain't, no she ain't coming back to my cell
and now the sun is low
and these walls try to break my soul
and now the moon is full
and i won't see nothing tonight
but the tears in her eyes and my four
yeah in my four
yeah in my four
walled world


10. ALL NIGHT THING

she motioned to me
that she wanted to leave
and go somewhere warm
where we'd be alone
but i do not know, what's going on
but i'm guessing it's an all night thing
it's an all night thing
if it's an all night thing
nobody is gonna make it end
and if it don't begin
don't worry that i'll take offense
and if it's an all night thing
and we fall like a tear falling to the ground
i'll never come around
and you'll never hear a word from me
if it's an all night thing
well i walked alone, feeling at ease
and falling like rain
into her scheme
she won't let on what that'll be
but i'm guessing
it's an all night thing
if it's n all night thing
nobody is gonna make it end
and if it don't begin
don't worry that i'll take offense
yeah if it's an all night thing
and we fall like a tear falling to the ground
i'll never come around
and you'll never hear a word from me
if it's an all night thing...


11. ANGEL ON FIRE

she stands on her suitcase
and looks out her window at me
the smile leaves her face
mirror don't like what it sees
so she hides all her secrets
she's thinking that i'll never know
that she burns like an angel
into her fire, she goes...
she don't miss nothin'
even though she pretends she don't see
everything's rushing
she puts her hand next to me
she says give me one reason
why i should be here again?
but then she blows out the candle
shows me the reason again
cuz she burns like an angel
she burns like an angel on fire
on fire...
after the movie
she walk in the park with a friend
she tells it to her straight
he don't mean nothing to me
she says i can't believe him
if i gave him enough rope he'd hang me
but when she turns to him
there's nowhere she'd rather be
cuz she burns like an angel
she burns like an angel on fire
and she's stuck
when she comes on so hot
and you have never felt
a heavenly slow burn
i'm so hot
when i leave her cold
frying in her room
like angels always do
and you think i love you
just cuz i said so
butterflies shiver
she lives all the things that i've known
she's thinking her diary
convincing her words as she goes
she says heaven forgive me
am i going to pay for my sins?
cuz she burns like an angel
everytime she lets me in...


12. BLACK CAT

black cat, black cat's gone
gone for good, gone for long
don't believe that he left me alone
and i hope he don't come home
looking back, the black path
trust him once, lost my map
trust again to save my bones
and i never made it back
black cat, black cat's gone
gone for good, gone for long
don't believe i made it home
and i hope he don't come home
never have anything
never lose and i never win
lost my only love, never get her back
there's a black cat on my back
black cat, black cat's gone
gone for good, gone for long
don't believe that he left me alone
and i hope he don't come home
beg for mercy, laying low
down where the poor dogs go
lick my wounds when i move home
death is spiraling down
death is low
black cat, black cat's gone
gone for good, gone for long
can't believe that he left me alone
and i hope he don't come home
every day, every hour
another baby's born
going to hang my head, ? and blind
till the black cat drags it home
black cat, black cat's gone
gone for good, gone for long
can't believe that he left me alone
and i hope he don't come home
beg for mercy, i'm laying low
down where the poor dogs go
lick my wounds, when i grow old
the sun is down and gone
the sun is down
the sun is down and gone
the sun is down
the sun is down and gone
the sun is down...
the sun is down and gone
black cat...
the sun is down and gone
i hope he don't come home
i hope he don't come home