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Me Be
Let me rant and let me ramble You're lookin'
at lunatic in shambles I've got real issues I must wrestle
I'm unfit to steer the vessel Somebody please take the wheel I can't
cope now, no I can't deal To do so would be too great a gamble
Let me rant and let me ramble Let me be 2x Let me ramble, let me
rant I've got shit to get to but I can't Get to shit in this
condition It will pass soon, I keep wishing I keep wishing, I keep
waiting This couldn't be more irritating Right now I'm feeling like
an ant Let me ramble let me rant Let me be 4x
One day my skeletons appeared I knew where they were coming from Hung by a rope I volunteered I never thought the day would come Some boundaries I once overstepped Shortcomings I must now accept Secrets that could not be kept I wish my skeletons had slept You're not being honest really You're really not and ought to be Take an honest look at yourself Try a little honesty To further add to my demise Demons never exorcised Appeared before my very eyes To noone's just my own suprise A scenario just so surreal Demons once so well concealed Were now throughout my whole ordeal So real and painfully revealed You're not being honest really You're really not and ought to be Take an honest look at yourself Try a little honesty You're not being honest really And honestly you've never been You ought to take a look at yourself Let the honesty begin In flew the accusations, razor-toothed insinuations Each ghost my own creation, and every monster my invention Beasts they came to burden, hell I let whatever stirred in And I couldn't get a word in, at this unearthly intervention They let up when they knew they got through They knew I'd never be the same With little left to say or do They left as quickly as they came The life was scared half out of me Some way somehow I survived A part of me was proud of me The day my skeletons arrived You're not being honest really You're really not and ought to be Take an honest look at yourself Try a little honesty try a little honesty There is this older guy That comes around
from time to time We're sure that he fought in the war The
war in Vietnam Most of what he tells us No one's verified He
swears that he was there The day that Brendan Behan died He
also claims he trained A kid name Cassius Clay And cost Goldwater
the election On election day If he was still with us today
Then he would introduce Us to his closest friend The one and
only Lenny Bruce The truth is what he's been through What he's
had to do What he's seen, and what he's done All things considered,
what he's telling us Isn't hurting anyone We knew it's true
He's short a few Check out the deck, it's light Said he wrote
the entire soundtrack for A Hard Day's Night On Peyton Place, played
second base He says but he regrets The stadium was Shea, the
team, the New York Mets
I'll let you in on how I'm feeling You've got a lot of nerve You'll get what you deserve Granted this feeling's un appealing m bitter I'll admit Now I've got to deal with it Just one more thing o.k. It's all so sad to say It's so sad to say What we had has gone away You could say it's sad Think of what we could have had I'll let you out without resistance Parting this way is not The way we ever thought In fact I always thought we'd go the distance But we went nowhere quick So sad it makes me sick Just one more thing o.k. It's all so sad to say It's so sad to say What we had has gone away You could say it's sad Think of what we could have had My animosity has got the best of me It's been feeding off a sadness deep inside me that will fade I pray And in time it will I know So far it's fading slow Just one more thing o.k. It's all so sad to say It's so sad to say What we had has gone away You could say it's sad Think of what we could have had So sad to say 2x Allow them They just crawled out of the woodwork Allow them like The roach in the expensive suit and tie Allow them Failure has far too many fathers Allow them Succeed and you're an orphan 'til you die Now then no one is saying they deserve it Noone is saying so it What's more they've gotten more than they deserve Thats why its gotta go Allow them They've got a pitch and a proposal Allow them The runaround might be a better term for it Allow them They think that they've got us at their disposal Allow them Sit still this won't hurt a bit Now then no one is saying they deserve it Noone is saying so it What's more they've gotten more than they deserve Thats why its gotta go The day will come when there is nothing left to be afraid of Allow them They will destroy themselves if we allow them to It's such a cold, cold whorey place There's more than rats running in the race And more than weasels calling in the plays These are cold, cold whorey days Deception is an ax they wield There's wands to wave with every call they field This just is not us at all And if it is, we've dropped the ball And we know who's not a carrier They hide behind a barrier That they'll destroy themselves somehow It's up to us if we allow They will destroy themselves if we allow them to Allow them Well now They're setting it in motion Unaware, unaware where they are heading to right now Allow them We'll wait for the commotion That's bound to come it's Bound to come Bound to come if we allow Now then no one is saying they deserve it Noone is saying so it What's more they've gotten more than they deserve Thats why its gotta go The day will come when there is nothing left to be afraid of Allow them They will destroy themselves if we allow them to Yeah They will destroy themselves if we allow them to They gotta destroy themselves if we allow them to High School Dance Hello world Remember me? I'm the sad little fuck that you failed to see Who you should have recognized When you had the chance Hello motherfuckers now its time to dance Hello mom-dad Is this a bad time? If it is too bad See the reason that I'm Disturbing you both I'm settling scores You fucked me up bad This dance is yours I love to make 'em dance dance dance dance everybody dance now Hello student body Hello faculty Show of hands how many Of you here have met me? Not too many - who am I? I'll try not to keep you guessin' I'm your fucked up dance instructor And you're here for your lesson So dance dance dance, dance dance dance I love to watch 'em dance now dance dance dance Hello world Take a look at me Well you didn't when you should have So I'm sure you agree Not paying attention Has cost you greatly Some other little fucks Have been dancing lately I love to make 'em dance Dance dance dance everybody dance now Good-bye student body So long faculty Show of hands how many Of you here have met me? Not too many - who am I? I'll try not to keep you guessin I'm your fucked up dance instructor Hope you've learned your lesson so Dance dance dance Dance dance dance I love making them dance now Dance dance dance Dance dance dance I'm over the eggshells I've been walking on My eggshell walking days are done I don't give a fuck about the apple cart I'll upset everyone Don't tell me on what or where to walk my friend You once did, but those days are gone I'm so over the eggshells The ones that I've been walking on Walking on, I'm waking up Waking up, I'm walking out Waking up and walking out on you! You're under the assumption I'll be moving on Assuming it's the next move that I'll make You've figured out I'm heading out Now we're both wide awake So rise and shine former friend of mine Did you ever think this day would dawn You can trust your assumptions Damn right I'm moving on Moving on, I'm waking up Waking up, I'm walking out Waking up and walking out on you Walking on, Im waking up Waking up, I'm walking out Waking up and walking out on you! I'm over the eggshells I've been walking on My eggshell walking days are gone I'm so over the eggshells The ones that I've been walking on Walking on, I'm waking up Waking up, I'm walking out Waking up and walking out on you Walking on, I'm waking up Waking up, I'm walking out Waking up and walking out on you! Walking on Waking up Walking on I'm Walking What took her to the city Was some sort of scholarship Some fancy New York fashion institute Her junkie boyfriend took to crime Which took up too much of her time It only took a year until she took a different route What just happened? She just happened She just happened to cross my mind Without warning she crossed my mind What just happened to me? She moved into this building Next to the one I used to trash She lived there with this roommate I despised We found a room against the tracks "Don't stay out late and watch your backs" "Make sure to lock the door" we were advised What just happened? She just happened She just happened to cross my mind Without warning she crossed my mind What just happened to me? What just happened? She just happened She just happened to cross my mind Without warning she crossed my mind She just happened to me Ho yeah, hoyeah 2x She's just happenin to me From there it went nowhere Then after that it fell apart The next thing I remember here we are Not to diminish what it was There's no reason to because Ago it was so long and away it seems so far What just happened? She just happened She just happened to cross my mind Without warning she crossed my mind What just happened to me? What just happened? She just happened She just happened to cross my mind Without warning she crossed my mind She just happened to me? Ho yeah hoyeah I've gone for so long and in a way it seemed so far Ho yeah, hoyeah She's just happenin to me Just yesterday when I was faced Get up and on or be misplaced Tomorrow or until my end Come make or break - I tend to bend Hey! Hey! Last night I think when I was forced To reevaluate everything that I've endorsed Then separate what's left from right I think that all went down last night Finally Finally! Finally I was forced to face Another first for me Finally I was forced to face And for the first time finally, I can see Finally I can see so clear and For a moment don't mind me Finally I was forced to face Finally I was forced to face my fears Hey! Hey! Today at some point I awoke Got up and finally got the joke Got up the nerve to face me finally force a change To say the least, today's been strange haha Tonight I'll finally just relax Proud having finally faced the facts The facts forced me and I've concluded Tomorrow I'll be less polluted Finally Finally! Finally I was forced to face Another first for me Finally I was forced to face And for the first time finally, I can see Finally I can see so clear For a moment don't mind me Finally I was forced to face Finally I was forced to face my fears forced to face my fears Finally! Finally! finally finally finally Finally! finally finally Finally! Finally I was forced to face Another first for me Finally I was forced to face And for the first time finally, I can see Finally I can see so clear For a moment don't mind me Finally I was forced to face Finally I was forced to face my fears Hey! Somebody bring me back to the beginning A place as nice as any place to start That's where I must have misplaced my opinion I wasn't sure where I was headed I was following my heart In the beginning I'm recalling Thinking I thought I knew it all And I think I thought I knew a lot Now I know I knew so little So bring me back to where and when I was convinced I could go up against whatever came along Bring me back and I'll bring back what I've learned since Lately I'm convinced in the beginning I was wrong In the beginning I'm recalling Thinking I thought I knew it all And I think I thought I knew a lot Now I know I knew so little As time progressed, I've reassessed I know that now I know at best It isn't all or nothing It's somewhere I know in the middle I know more - I know Now then I knew then I know I know, now I know I know Then I knew less Than I thought so I know more - I know Now then I knew then I know I know now I know Then I knew less Than I thought so In the beginning I'm recalling Thinking I thought I knew it all And I think I thought I knew a lot Now I know I knew so little As time progressed, I've reassessed I know that now I know at best It isn't all or nothing It's somewhere I know in the middle My father once told this to me Boston city's gritty history Another ruthless battle In a useless holy war Handed down discrepancies And tensions that will never ease One early afternoon on Broad Street It blew up down there for sure Broad Street's just not broad enough And you just don't love God enough And if that isn't odd enough We've taken too much crap You've pushed us 'round the sod enough We've scrapped and rapped and jawed enough You poke, provoke, and prod enough Something's gonna snap The Boston fire-fighting volunteers On their way to fight a fire somewhere Met with a funeral procession Proceeding way too slow A brownstone burns out of control We need to lay to rest this soul Loggerheads on Broad Street Eye to eye and toe to toe Broad Street's just not broad enough And you just don't love God enough And if that isn't odd enough We've taken too much crap You've pushed us 'round the sod enough We've scrapped and rapped and jawed enough You poke, provoke, and prod enough Something's gonna snap Riot down on Broad Street Hand me a brick, a stick, a picket Bottle, ax or cobblestone Riot down on Broad Street If I'm going down Hell, I'm not going down alone I won't go down alone When the fight was over They retired to the Clover Silver Dollar, Thirsty Scholar Whatever pubs they had back then The brownstone was in ashes Broken bones and bloody gashes A casket sat on Broad Street 'Til the sun came up again Broad Street's just not broad enough And you just don't love God enough And if that isn't odd enough We've taken too much crap You've pushed us 'round the sod enough We've scrapped and rapped and jawed enough You poke, provoke, and prod enough Something's gonna snap Riot down on Broad Street Hand me a brick, a stick, a picket Bottle, ax or cobblestone Riot down on Broad Street If I'm going down Hell, I'm not going down alone 3x Riot down on Broad Street 4x If I could have my way you wouldn't leave There's nothing I can do about it Nothing I believe There's got to be a million reasons to stay A million more to not walk away If I could have my way you wouldn't leave and I could list each one What would that get me? It's been said and done It's just a list A million reasons That I missed I realize I probably brought this on What good's that going to do me Probably no good When you're gone There's got to be a million reasons to stay A million more to not walk away I realize I probably brought this on I could list each one Where would that get me It's been said and done It's just a list A million reasons And I don't want to list the reasons That I missed I was caught off guard I've never been hit so hard I've never been hit as hard as this Too hard to be explained Nothing will be regained And I'll gain nothing from the list from the list from the list If I could have my way you wouldn't leave I realize I probably brought this on 1,2,3,4 A million reasons why to stay 4x Bad News and Bad Breaks Bad news if he could choose Would he refuse to be the bearer Seems what he has to do Could not be any clearer It's a job he can't neglect Its consequences will affect I'm glad that I'm not in his shoes He's the bearer of bad news What can he do? He's got an ugly job to do Oh! There's always something That can set you back That's the way life is Bad breaks for heaven sakes And mistakes he couldn't count To put it politely It's a very large amount Whenever he gets involved You end up with problems you can't solve You're cleaning up the mess he makes He's a victim of bad breaks What can you say? Will he always be this way? Oh! There's always something That can set you back That's the way life is It's not sunny everyday And there are bumps on every road Toss in one more cliche Like life can be a heavy load Said life can be a heavy load now Oh! There's always something That can set you back That's the way life is Oh! There's always something That can set you back That's the way life is Oh! There's always something That can set you back That's the way life is Oh! There's always something That can set you back... I saw a man break down on New Year's Eve Drop to his knees and cry hysterically Screaming nonsense you would not believe On the sidewalk right in front of me And I asked him Mr. what's the matter Calm down are you alright Looks like you could use a doctor And how much have you had to drink tonight Remember this is just a temporary trip If you stay down too long you can sometimes lose your grip I helped him get back on his feet again And brushed the slush off his overcoat He wiped his eyes he shook my hand and then Before he walked away he sadly cleared his throat Then he said son I'm just old and lonely But thank you for your concern Here's wishing you a Happy New Year I wished him one back in return Remember this is just a temporary trip If you stay down too long you can sometimes lose your grip Then he said son I'm just old and lonely But thank you for your concern Here's wishing you a Happy New Year I wished him one back in return Remember this is just a temporary trip If you stay down too long you can sometimes lose your grip Remember this is just a temporary trip If you stay down too long you can sometimes lose it It's not where you come from It's more where you're going And knowing the going might get strange The world's greatest writers Are all drunks and fighters Get going, that isn't going to change Will you still wager on the egg? Is it the egg or are you chicken? There's an outside possibility Your life might start to kick in Your heart will start the race Will you chase or set the pace? Brace yourself the plot's about to thicken It's not where you come from It's more where you're going And knowing the going might get strange The world's greatest writers Are all drunks and fighters Get going, that isn't going to change It's been a thousand years or two And still the seconds keep on clicking Clogging cogs and greasing gears Still you can't stop the clock from ticking It's time that's overrated And being great's become outdated The apples, oranges? Not worth picking It's not where you come from It's more where you're going And knowing the going might get strange The world's greatest writers Are all drunks and fighters Get going, that isn't going to change Come on! Where is it you're going? Who was it who said it? Which stones are worth throwing? Who will we discredit? A pathetic aesthetic In a world less poetic It's not where you come from It's going, go get it It's not where you come from It's more where you're going And knowing the going might get strange The world's greatest writers Are all drunks and fighters Get going, that isn't going to change It's not where you come from It's more where you're going And knowing the going might get strange The world's greatest writers Are all drunks and fighters Get going, that isn't going to change Go! Where is it you're going? Who was it who said it? Which stones are worth throwing? Who will we discredit? A pathetic aesthetic In a world less poetic It's not where you come from It's going, go get it 4x How could I forget The day that he didn't die That day he knew what he was up to He had this look in his eye How could I forget There's now way I could forget him Or ever forget the day And then the day after that Just after the afternoon It was the day after Christmas In his living room He died on that day In his house - with his wife Still I won't forget the day before The last day of his life I really miss him He would have loved this I hope he can hear me I really miss him He would have loved this I hope he can hear me And how I loved how he lived How he was loved and admired A knack a certain flare for life And how he had it wired He'd never give up-he wouldn't give in He had a wonderful way of living There's not been a day One hasn't gone by When I don't think about The day he didn't die I really miss him He would have loved this I hope he can hear me I really miss him He would have loved this I hope he can hear me I really miss him He would have loved this I hope he can hear me I really miss him He would have loved this I hope he can hear me... |
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