In this gray harbor of tears we are capsizing. Still waters belie the current that drags us down. Without a sun, shallow waters can only be black. As cold and as weathered as the leaves that clog your dead mouth.
What have you done?. Yes I'm talking to you. Your only son. The one you dressed in nails. . But I know how hard it is for you to show, show your love.
Never will you find the reasons. Sand is just a broken stone. Like your love it changes with the seasons. And in the dark I read the lines upon your hand.
See the moon roll across the stars. See the seasons turn like a heart. Your father's days are lost to you. This is your time here to do what you will do.
I've seen the Rolling Stones. Forgot about Johnny Rotten. Saw the Who back in '69. Saw Bobby Seal. Talkin' to the Panthers. Sayin' just what he had on his mind.
Pretty girls in beat up cars. Throwing kisses to the soldiers. Pale blue eyes and whisky bars. The lines on her face say she's getting older. You better reach out to me.
I'm tired of being grateful for a chance to take a dive. I'm sick of everything I do just to keep myself alive. When you cut away the skin that bears the brand.
We weren't afraid of nothing. Wasn't nothing we couldn't do. She held her breath once for seven minutes. And never turned blue. She could burn a woman down.
When you were a kid you received no good instruction. And your mother was never nowhere to be found. The lies were yelled and the truth was seldom spoken.
When Jesus left Birmingham. All the disciples went crazy. When Jesus left Birmingham. All the people went completely nuts. They all busted out on a wild night.
What if I came knocking. On your front door some night?. Would you open the window. And drop me down the key?. What if I came knocking. On your bedpost that same night?.
In the cool of the evening. I don't know the reason. But I long to touch. Some young tender hearts sometimes. So I go to this party. With a bunch of me hardies.
If you're feelin' shut down. May my thoughts be with you. If you're a Black man bein' beat down and shoved all around. May my thoughts be with you. If your world's gettin' a little too tough.
Sister help take this pain from my fheart. Help me stand up and find out what is right. Don't want to exist here in the dark. When the gates of Eden offer so much light.
Well, I get up i the morning. Have a smoke, have a drink. Then I get dressed. I don't want to get to work too late. 'Cause that bossman, he's a real mean son of a bitch.
(Janis Ian/John Vezner/John Mellencamp). They are master and slaves. We are sunlight and shadow. All roads to the river. I am lost, I am saved. I'm beloved and betrayed.
I was watching a movie the other night on TV. The actress reminded me of you. Her attitude, the way that she smiled. She was doin' a part, girl, like you used to do.
I've had a lot of girls in my life. They never meant that much to me. A good time was always had by all. But those good times, they were fleeting memories.
Please be quiet, everyone's asleep. Stella's locked her door and she's requested some peace. She teaches the English at the American school. She teaches imaginary numbers and the golden rule.
They're so tough. They like to make us feel little. They like to make us feel small. And keep us down. 'Til we feel no good at all. Then they tell us that we're stupid.