And So Goes The Song

 And So Goes The Song

 

I have chests of treasures and you’re the key            

Gone with the wind in the end love’s free     

Ashes of Gomorrah a story to be told                        

It ain’t the winning hand if you fold              

 

And so goes the song

Sing it loud sing it strong

We’re here we all belong

And so goes the song

 

On Mulberry Street we don’t lock the doors

A soldier of fortune fought many wars

The greatest battle always within the mind

Oh wounded warrior strive to be kind

 

And so goes the song

Sing it loud sing it strong

We’re here we all belong

And so goes the song

 

She’s a pop star he plays rhythm guitar

Nobody really knows who you are

A sultry voice but the lyrics are mine

Say hey Willie May this is my line

 

And so goes the song

Sing it loud sing it strong

We’re here we all belong

And so goes the song

 

Brenda Bops leaves the city but never the hood

Evil is evil and evil good sir is never good

In the scheme of the dream love is misunderstood

If you’re offering me forever I would

 

Jeff Walker is a talker on the scene

With his art and his heart caught between

Nashville skyline looks fine in a rosy sunrise

To see the beauty open your eyes

 

And so goes the song

Sing it loud sing it strong

We’re here we all belong

And so goes the song

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

All That Matters

 All That Matters

 

Mathew and I went in the woods hunting frogs                                

We found adventure seeking what’s under logs                                

The truth of our youth caressed in nature’s breast                            

We were too young to know how much we were blessed                 

 

All that matters was the love we shared

All that matters was that we cared

Take your temptations of silver and gold

All that matters are the things you can’t hold

 

Schoolyard bullies the wicked lessons of high school

All them Christians not knowing the golden rule

Life was confusing I didn’t even know I was lost

The sun shined brightly living in a land of frost

 

All that matters was the love we shared

All that matters was that we cared

Take your temptations of silver and gold

All that matters are the things you can’t hold

 

Off to college because it was the thing to do

I learned my lessons but I hadn’t a clue

I burned so I turned to an artificial high

You couldn’t call it heaven but I reached the sky

 

All that matters was the love we shared

All that matters was that we cared

Take your temptations of silver and gold

All that matters are the things you can’t hold

 

The psychiatric institute is a mean machine

To keep control they shoot you up with Thorazine

Innocent of crime doing time against my will

Everything I cherished perished in the kill

 

Help me Jesus I’m a stranger in a strange land

In the suffering I began to understand

This is the land of the living full of the damned

But the choice is mine the wheel turns by my hand

 

All that matters was the love we shared

All that matters was that we cared

Take your temptations of silver and gold

All that matters are the things you can’t hold

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

Wednesday

 Wednesday

 

I heard John Lennon on the radio I cried

I saw Jesus on the cruel cross crucified

Satan preaching in the pulpit he lied

Folk singer singing ringing don’t be denied

 

On Wednesday afternoon the rent is due

Wednesday morning dreams come true

Seven days a week I confess I love you

But on Wednesday the sky is blue

 

In Frisco they banned all disco down in the hood

Ken Brown the clown declared that it ain’t no good

I need a miracle but don’t we all

Sitting on the chair deep in prayer give me a call

 

On Wednesday afternoon the rent is due

Wednesday morning dreams come true

Seven days a week I confess I love you

But on Wednesday the sky is blue

 

Serial killers most of them wearing gold stars

Crude oil is the spoil we need gas to fuel our cars

Flashing red lights the death car zooms on by

License insurance registration tell a lie

 

On Wednesday afternoon the rent is due

Wednesday morning dreams come true

Seven days a week I confess I love you

But on Wednesday the sky is blue

 

The fellow in banana yellow screams mellow out

I believe in the Bible but I still got my doubt

Imagine there really was a working-class hero

Nero fiddling around I have found digits add to zero

 

Laying in the casket maybe you found peace at last

The days grind by long but the years vanish fast

I think of the billions now but a number

Children sin while their parents are deep in slumber

 

On Wednesday afternoon the rent is due

Wednesday morning dreams come true

Seven days a week I confess I love you

But on Wednesday the sky is blue

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

Little People

 

It was a sunny day with the sun shining in the sky               

In her funny way we were dining on apple pie                      

Fluffy white clouds passed they were blown by the breeze  

I kissed her and then I missed her she was a tease                

 

Little people with little talk

I laugh when little people walk

See the vampire see him stalk

Little people with little talk

 

It was a sunny day I think I said that just before

In her funny way we were cheering on the war

Grizzly black clouds passed they were blown by death

To avoid the smell from hell I went and held my breath

 

Little people with little talk

I laugh when little people walk

See the vampire see him stalk

Little people with little talk

 

It was a moonless night with dark terrors full of fright

We rolled in the void annoyed by an ugly sight

A green dragon was flying wagging his tail

Some people are meant to succeed others doomed to fail

 

Little people with little talk

I laugh when little people walk

See the vampire see him stalk

Little people with little talk

 

Loose lips there was a total eclipse caused by the moon

Making love under the stars above our climax too soon

With a roar the flying behemoth soared into the abyss

Little people they got a little of that they got a little of this

 

It was a sunny day you okay it’s a sunny day?

On our knees in a funny way trying to humbly pray

We have answers we have questions they don’t match

Gone fishing in the wishing well there’s nothing to catch

 

Little people with little talk

I laugh when little people walk

See the vampire see him stalk

Little people with little talk

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

Unforgettable Fire

 Unforgettable Fire

 

Gentle embers burn inside a circle of bricks                    

Ancient wizard pulls from his bag of tricks                      

A deck of cards everyone the queen of hearts                            

So we go with the flow deep in the arts                   

 

Unforgettable fire it burns till the day is done

Unforgettable fire this is God’s sun

Our infinite journey it has only begun

Unforgettable fire we shall overcome

 

Camera flash we pay the ladies off with cash

Sipping our fine wine sometimes smoking hash

Four vagabonds in room eight and a half

I think of the past and I have to laugh

 

Unforgettable fire it burns till the day is done

Unforgettable fire this is God’s sun

Our infinite journey it has only begun

Unforgettable fire we shall overcome

 

An endless quest there’s no rest in the test

God don’t want perfection merely your best

I see Jesus in the pain of stain glass glory

If U2 rebel you’ll share the story

 

Unforgettable fire it burns till the day is done

Unforgettable fire this is God’s sun

Our infinite journey it has only begun

Unforgettable fire we shall overcome

 

Leo roars anticipating the coming of the dawn

In the blink of an eye empires are gone

A rock cut without the use of human hands

Read the Apocalypse no one truly understands

 

Pop singer with a pop song but there’s more

Pop singer protesting against endless war

From a forgotten time a rhyme that’s pure

Don’t bother knocking sir walk through the door

 

Unforgettable fire it burns till the day is done

Unforgettable fire this is God’s sun

Our infinite journey it has only begun

Unforgettable fire we shall overcome 

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

No Dollar Bill

 

No Dollar Bill

 

Sweet Jesus singing the blues with brown skin                         

Pale man says the white you is coming again                            

Mother Mary singing O sweet child of mine                             

Sister Rosetta Tharpe she’s an angel divine                               

 

I got rhythm I got thrill

Ain’t got no dollar bill

I gotta swallow the pill

Ain’t got no dollar bill

 

We forget what we are told not to learn

The Beatles weren’t the first records to burn

Down in Africa the pyramids stand tall

Who invented calculus I just can’t recall

 

I got rhythm I got thrill

Ain’t got no dollar bill

I gotta swallow the pill

Ain’t got no dollar bill

 

Back to the blues and the old auction block

Tell me all the people who invented rock

An ugly inconvenient truth lie to the youth

Do you know the real story about John Wilkes Booth?

 

I got rhythm I got thrill

Ain’t got no dollar bill

I gotta swallow the pill

Ain’t got no dollar bill

 

Put your hand on the television I’ll cure your acne

Send me cash and hash in order to thank me

The loneliness of a child isolated and hated

The truth of the church is something I debated

 

Rock and Roll can’t save but neither do you

Jimmy Swaggart paid his whore I know it’s true

There are miserable mysteries I can’t explain

We can go dancing romancing in the purple rain

 

I got rhythm I got thrill

Ain’t got no dollar bill

I gotta swallow the pill

Ain’t got no dollar bill

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

Rock And Roll Zap

 

Rock And Roll Zap

 

I got a girl her name is June

I shot the rocket over the moon

I got a girl her name is June

I want to see her really soon

 

Bom bap bap ba bap bap

Electrical rock and roll zap

Bom bap bap ba bap bap

These words are a snap

 

I just love to milk the cow

The time baby it’s always now

I really love to milk the cow

And in morning I go plow

 

Bom bap bap ba bap bap

Electrical rock and roll zap

Bom bap bap ba bap bap

These words are a snap

 

Little Richard was my second cousin

All them pale boys they come by the dozen

Pat Boone was the good Lord’s loon

The devil jives with songs of boon

 

I got a guy won’t tell his name

I got a guy ain’t that a shame

Maybe he’s trans I don’t know

What do I care life’s a show?

 

Bom bap bap ba bap bap

Electrical rock and roll zap

Bom bap bap ba bap bap

These words are a snap

 

I’m a poet singing a rhyme

The Little Richard of my time

I’m a poet singing a rhyme

And I don’t give a dime

 

Bom bap bap ba bap bap

Electrical rock and roll zap

Bom bap bap ba bap bap

These words are a snap

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GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

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I Remember

 I Remember

 

They were yesterdays of pain hurt falling like rain             

Words or phrases would never serve to explain                  

Outcast for the dark crime of just being me                          

And until this day I am still fighting to be set free      

 

I remember how could I ever forget?

I remember the past haunts me yet

I remember my Lord on Calvary

I remember the cross I carry

 

In the company all of the dogs call me sir

In the family I caused a little stir

I desire to destroy Babylon the Whore

They’d shoot me dead but they’re all afraid of nuclear war

 

I remember how could I ever forget?

I remember the past haunts me yet

I remember my Lord on Calvary

I remember the cross I carry

 

I misquoted Steven Tyler on my resume

I put a question mark under current pay

I ain’t mean but they do kill on my behalf

It ain’t a joke brother so I hope I don’t hear you laugh

 

I remember how could I ever forget?

I remember the past haunts me yet

I remember my Lord on Calvary

I remember the cross I carry

 

The wisdom of the system is from Lucifer

I’ve got lyrics do you know a record producer?

Myron lost in dorm sixty-two of Graystone U

So tell me the sorrows you’ve been through

 

The mystique of a freak my God is on my side

I can’t run because there ain’t no place to hide

So I sit and reflect on years of disrespect

Every day we’re dealt a new set of cards from the deck

 

I remember how could I ever forget?

I remember the past haunts me yet

I remember my Lord on Calvary

I remember the cross I carry

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

More Than A Prayer

 More Than A Prayer

 

There is no dreamy home on the Caribbean Sea               

No pleasant ride in the sunset for you and me        

I weep over the things that could have been                    

More than death are the wages of our sin                        

 

I can’t give you more than a prayer

And to hold your hand with care

I can’t give you more than a prayer

And be by your side as you lie there

 

Dementia is the dance darling you’re center stage

We’re at the end of the book near the final page

I cry in the long goodbye asking ‘Why?’

God in His wisdom gives me no reply

 

I can’t give you more than a prayer

And to hold your hand with care

I can’t give you more than a prayer

And be by your side as you lie there

 

I remember all the good times grateful for the day

In this trip called life the ticket’s only one way

God may be Love but tell me is He fair?

Blaspheming billionaires live with no care

 

I can’t give you more than a prayer

And to hold your hand with care

I can’t give you more than a prayer

And be by your side as you lie there

 

Everyone has a hustle everyone wants another buck

They promise happy bliss and wish you good luck

In the end a friend is the one who stands by your side

I remember Jesus so lonely when he was crucified

 

So sweet Sylvia death will come to swallow you up

With one big swallow the reaper empties your cup

I’ll go one when your gone such is this life

Goodbye lover friend goodbye dear wife

 

I can’t give you more than a prayer

And to hold your hand with care

I can’t give you more than a prayer

And be by your side as you lie there

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

A Kid's Face

 A Kid's Face

 

by John Kaniecki

 

Kelly Thomas had a kid's face

Showed up at the wrong place

Kelly Thomas had a kid's mind

Society had left him behind

Schizophrenia is a harsh disease

But Kelly Thomas was at ease

Until the big man in blue

Said what he intended to do

Police wanted him to move

Police had something to prove

It was plain for all to see

Police brutality

Kelly Thomas had a kid's face

Angelic and pure

Kelly Thomas had a kid's face

But not any more

 

They say that this is a civilization of law

But America has a tragic flaw

Cause dogs in blue with authority

Have their own brutal reality

Beating a man with no worry

Crying as he's dying

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry

Gasping in desperate despair

That he can't get any air

Finally crying for his dad

They knew Kelly Thomas was crazy mad

But they didn't care at all

Then they lied about it all

 

Well Kelly Thomas had his day in court

And I am so sad to report

The jury said there was no wrong done

The jury said there was no wrong done

It's easy when it ain't your son

 

Kelly Thomas had a kid's face

Angelic in it's glow

Kelly Thomas had a kid's face

But now it ain't so

Victory

 Victory

 

We shall walk together

Marching as if one

We shall walk together

Until victory is won

 

Down the narrow way

God guide us we pray

Sharing our burden

Until victory is won

 

Holding our cross high

We are willing to die

Give glory to the Son

For the victory won

 

We shall walk together

Love will conquer hate

We shall walk together

Through heaven’s gate

 

We shall walk together

Marching as if one

We shall walk together

Until victory is won

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Dollar Bill Refugee

 Dollar Bill Refugee

 

Tent city we’re living under the highway

The well to do wish we’d just go away

If Jesus was on Earth he’d kick back down here

Instead we’re fed with looks of fear

 

I’m a dollar bill refugee

The landlord put one over on me

A victim of the economy

I’m a dollar bill refugee

 

At the mission house you get a hot meal

A full belly and a prayer what a deal

God in His great wisdom puts you through a test

All of us poor we’re doubly blessed

 

I’m a dollar bill refugee

The landlord put one over on me

A victim of the economy

I’m a dollar bill refugee

 

And poetry my friend won’t pay the rent

While John’s in the city crying repent

Whispers of revolution vibrate in the air

As billionaires laugh without care

 

I’m a dollar bill refugee

The landlord put one over on me

A victim of the economy

I’m a dollar bill refugee

 

Bombs are falling made in the U.S.A.

More death and taxes coming your way

All our young march with a gun in their hand

Zombie apocalypse legions of the damned

 

The American dream oppression of the poor

Jails overflowing we’re ever knowing war

It’s only business so don’t take it to heart

Hustling bustling now do your part

 

I’m a dollar bill refugee

The landlord put one over on me

A victim of the economy

I’m a dollar bill refugee

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

Mister Wilson

 Mister Wilson

 

Hey Mister Wilson all numbers have their sum

And hey Mister Wilson they play the numbers in the slum

A Salvation Army banding piping we shall overcome

Hey Mister Wilson please tell me what have you done

 

Mister Wilson you’re a man on the rise

Life is truth and your truth is lies

Mister Wilson you’re a man on the rise

Mister Wilson you’re the devil in disguise

 

A world away you play with digits on the screen

When you don’t see the tears the evil don’t seem so mean

Welfare mothers kicking back with the brothers in the hood

In a black and white world color is misunderstood

 

Mister Wilson you’re a man on the rise

Life is truth and your truth is lies

Mister Wilson you’re a man on the rise

Mister Wilson you’re the devil in disguise

 

Ghetto defenders with righteous pretenders romance and dance

Every child in the wild is a victim of circumstance

And Mister Wilson we know you’re a self-made man

But your rich father sure did lend a hand

 

Mister Wilson you’re a man on the rise

Life is truth and your truth is lies

Mister Wilson you’re a man on the rise

Mister Wilson you’re the devil in disguise

 

The roaches swarm immune to toxic chemical swarms

Rats larger than cats abuse and refuse to conform

Still the money flows and everybody knows just fine

That in this world of greed the green is bottom line

 

Truth be told Mister Wilson you’re lost as could be

You heart in the frost counting the cost of idolatry

Hell is a fire burning in a rage out of control

You’ve made the upper grade while losing your soul

 

Mister Wilson you’re a man on the rise

Life is truth and your truth is lies

Mister Wilson you’re a man on the rise

Mister Wilson you’re the devil in disguise

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

Rich Hippies

 Rich Hippies

 

Rich hippies so hip they’re following the master plan                        

Don’t worry Diane they’re doing the best they can                               

If the solution of revolution doesn’t come our way                               

It’s okay they can always rely on their four oh one k                            

 

Rich hippies stuck in the mud

All they wanna do is smoke bud

Bang their drums hear the thud

Rich hippies stuck in the mud

 

I’m packing up my stuff because of the eviction                        

We’re free in America I really love good fiction                            

Rich hippies boldly say they want peace love and understanding          

Unless in the cause they break laws and life’s too demanding                 

 

Rich hippies stuck in the mud

All they wanna do is smoke bud

Bang their drums hear the thud

Rich hippies stuck in the mud

 

There’s a wrecking ball smashing what’s left of the sixty’s dream

We chant we sing and when really upset we let out a scream

I don’t hate I just advocate seizing the means of production

Come on you rich hippies this is your introduction

 

Rich hippies stuck in the mud

All they wanna do is smoke bud

Bang their drums hear the thud

Rich hippies stuck in the mud

 

Rockefeller wasn’t a nice fellow he’s with Hitler in Hell

The stink of the fumes consumes rich hippies as well

Sell all that you possess and give it to the poor

Jesus Christ did more than just preach against war

 

Why don’t we get real and try to follow our ideals?

We’ll blow up the backroom so there ain’t no shady deals

See the rich hippies they’re dressed up in a tie dye shirt

Rich hippies are on the people’s side until it starts to hurt

 

Rich hippies stuck in the mud

All they wanna do is smoke bud

Bang their drums hear the thud

Rich hippies stuck in the mud

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS