Under The Wire

 Under The Wire

 

On La Rue Avenue the traffic light is stuck on red                            

All the working girls trade their entire worlds just to be fed             

Big Tiny’s cruising losing time in his pink Cadillac              

Listen to what I say one day the sun will set and never come back  

 

She cries out I got love some love for hire

Give me my desire under the wire

I got a fire and I wanna take it higher

Lust is a lousy liar under the wire

 

Down on Wall Street the bankers compete for just one more buck

If you’re poor and don’t want to fight this war you’re out of luck

The U.S.S. Liberty tells me everything I need to know

We can fornicate at eight get dinner then catch an early show

 

She cries out I got love some love for hire

Give me my desire under the wire

I got a fire and I wanna take it higher

Lust is a lousy liar under the wire

 

Mother Teresa chit chats about the poor devouring lobster and steak

Writing lyrics on pages of dreams looking for my big break

In Utopia Todd is called God and he still don’t wanna work

My the unknown has grown fear ferments in the shadows where they lurk

 

She cries out I got love some love for hire

Give me my desire under the wire

I got a fire and I wanna take it higher

Lust is a lousy liar under the wire

 

A gaggle of drunks stumbling along mumbling a song that they used to know

I knew Michelle very well it was hell watching her perform on the go

Meanwhile without a smile the poets create free verse not worthy of time

I’ve gone half way around the world in Timbuktu I found a happy rhyme

 

Home’s where I want to be I read that in San Francisco Bay

He was the man of her dreams but unfortunately gay

Love is a mysterious force the source of everything good

I would bring peace and joy to our planet Earth if I only could

 

She cries out I got love some love for hire

Give me my desire under the wire

I got a fire and I wanna take it higher

Lust is a lousy liar under the wire

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When I’m Gone

 When I’m Gone

 

Baby you’re the very best but ain’t nobody that sweet                     

Maybe a lovely melody but honey I’m the beat                                

You’re gold I agree but idols they only fall too short                        

Maybe I find you in my mind but you’re breaking my heart            

 

When I’m gone you will finally see

There’s a lot more than you in we

When I’m gone you will finally see

That’s there something sad about being free

 

When two lovers discovers that coins really have three sides

There’s the front and the back and the one that always hides

You’re lying there naked I see all that’s sacred and profane

We got our history but love is a mystery none can explain

 

When I’m gone you will finally see

There’s a lot more than you in we

When I’m gone you will finally see

That’s there something sad about being free

 

Making love all through the night we don’t fight when we are one

But darling I hear you snarling foul when the sex is done

Can’t you feel it there’s something out there bigger than us all

Take care and be aware say a silent prayer that we don’t fall

 

When I’m gone you will finally see

There’s a lot more than you in we

When I’m gone you will finally see

That’s there something sad about being free

 

Ecstasy is a pill ecstasy is a thrill you were a shark in the dark ocean deep

I was fishing be the shore but I wanted more something that I could keep

You bit that bait but I made you wait momma always said don’t be too easy

I gave you a try and made you my guy cause honey you knew how to please me

 

I’m a woman and women want to be cherished like treasure

But I feel that the deal is I perish for your pleasure

So take my advice love me twice and then hold on real tight

For sure as the coming sun we’re done after tonight

 

When I’m gone you will finally see

There’s a lot more than you in we

When I’m gone you will finally see

That’s there something sad about being free

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Flying Out To Anaheim

 Flying Out To Anaheim

 

If you ever get serious about love don’t hesitate                                           

Meet me at seven on Huntington Beach for our first date                             

We’ll have drinks at the Bungalow watching the sunset                               

I’ll give you tender surrender without any regret                                                                              

 

Here I Am flying out to Anaheim

I’m headed to the scene of the crime

Oooh, where can I find the perfect rhyme

There you go flying out to Anaheim

 

I have dreams about being a rock and roll superstar

Manic nights of delight playing my electric guitar

Writing songs about a kind of love that transcends life

That some day in some way we’ll become man and wife

 

Here I Am flying out to Anaheim

I’m headed to the scene of the crime

Oooh, where can I find the perfect rhyme

There you go flying out to Anaheim

 

The thrill of the chase merges with the glory of grace

You got a body of pure energy and a perfect face

Inside a heart that burns with a warmth of compassion

No idle hands you understand loves in the action

 

Here I Am flying out to Anaheim

I’m headed to the scene of the crime

Oooh, where can I find the perfect rhyme

There you go flying out to Anaheim

 

We are all playing our part but we get to decide a thing or two

Destiny be damned against the odds against the gods I chose you

Look at heaven above I won’t let the stars determine my fate

We are born to die some are crucified and baby I ain’t got time to wait

 

Running down the Garden Grove bursting free from my chains

There are answers to questions but nothing ever explains

But in your kiss there is a bliss I cannot forget

I’m flying to Anaheim cause you’re the winning bet

 

Here I Am flying out to Anaheim

I’m headed to the scene of the crime

Oooh, where can I find the perfect rhyme

There you go flying out to Anaheim 

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Jesus In A Plastic Bottle

Jesus In A Plastic Bottle

 

I love Amerikkka it’s the land of the free                              

Never mind genocide and chattel slavery                              

God is smiling giving us two big thumbs up                         

Hey darling get beer it’s time to fill the cup

 

I’ll have Jesus in a plastic bottle

With a little Plato and Aristotle

Put the spaceship full throttle

I’ll have Jesus in a plastic bottle

 

Remember that Jesus turned water into wine

So Saturday night drinking is simply divine

Thou shall not kill that means abortion is wrong

War and the death penalty’s a different song

 

I’ll have Jesus in a plastic bottle

With a little Plato and Aristotle

Put the spaceship full throttle

I’ll have Jesus in a plastic bottle

 

The good reverend speaks to God one on one

He’s downstairs with the choir girls having some fun

Them priests like the chief seats at the feasts for sure

Here come the altar boys I bet they’re gonna score

 

I’ll have Jesus in a plastic bottle

With a little Plato and Aristotle

Put the spaceship full throttle

I’ll have Jesus in a plastic bottle

 

I read the Bible and tore out all the passages that weren’t right

Don’t judge me but I’ll be telling you your sins with delight

Let’s hate everybody who’s got the mark of Cain

Love your enemy that sounds like your totally insane

 

God bless the poor souls but keep them in the hood

I may not be a perfect ten but still I’m good

Accept Jesus into your heart say that prayer

Then you can sin time and time again without care

 

I’ll have Jesus in a plastic bottle

With a little Plato and Aristotle

Put the spaceship full throttle

I’ll have Jesus in a plastic bottle 

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This Is Amerikkka

This Is Amerikkka

 

He was a hard man farming on dust

She was a good woman full of lust

All the children were sinners sweet

And none of them had shoes on their feet

 

This is Amerikkka the land of the free

This is Amerikkka stolen fair and square

This is Amerikkka do you look like me

This is Amerikkka I really don’t care

 

Hanging at the go-go without a care

God will forgive just say a prayer

He was drinking more than water

Onstage in a cage his eldest daughter

 

This is Amerikkka the land of the free

This is Amerikkka stolen fair and square

This is Amerikkka do you look like me

This is Amerikkka I really don’t care

 

He put a dollar bill in her G-string

He whispered let’s keep this a private thing

She smiled flattered with the attention

Like doing the crime without detention

 

This is Amerikkka the land of the free

This is Amerikkka stolen fair and square

This is Amerikkka do you look like me

This is Amerikkka I really don’t care

 

Lying at bed at night the troubles are keeping you from sleep

You have questions with no answers and mysteries deep

As you ponder tomorrow you pray that morning never comes

They’re planning another war you’re sure cause their beating the drums

 

Little Will insisted and then enlisted

Momma wailed with tears she resisted

The daughter’s stomach began to swell

In your mind you find that this is hell

 

This is Amerikkka the land of the free

This is Amerikkka stolen fair and square

This is Amerikkka do you look like me

This is Amerikkka I really don’t care 

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My Final Kiss Goodbye

My Final Kiss Goodbye

 

I am sailing on the sea                       

I am soaring through the sky             

I am searching for what will be          

I am wondering the reason why        

 

Yesterday has passed with a sigh

I gave you my final kiss goodbye

Today is sadness today I cry

I gave you my final kiss goodbye

 

Poets dream they cry out in rhyme

Love is grand but death is a crime

I am a traveler and I travel alone

You were the best thing I’d known

 

Yesterday has passed with a sigh

I gave you my final kiss goodbye

Today is sadness today I cry

I gave you my final kiss goodbye

 

When I wake up in the morning the bed is empty

When I journey through the day you are with me

I cannot escape this sadness I fight the tears

This world is insane madness I live with fears

 

I am sailing on the sea                       

I am soaring through the sky             

I am searching for what will be          

I am wondering the reason why        

 

Yesterday has passed with a sigh

I gave you my final kiss goodbye

Today is sadness today I cry

I gave you my final kiss goodbye 

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Fake Or Fate

 Fake Or Fate

 

I made love to you a million times inside my mind                          

Like a master thief full of crimes robbing you blind                         

I give to you to the point that you can longer take                            

And then I say amen and it’s all gone when I wake                          

 

Is it fake or fate maybe something more

Is it fake or fate tell me who’s keeping score

Is it fake or fate only the gods can say

Is it fake or fate won’t you come to stay

 

Celestial angel burning like a super nova

I imagine in grim sin I’m your Casanova

Soaring in heaven the flour full of leaven burns

Empty arms transgressions never forgiven the heart yearns

 

Is it fake or fate maybe something more

Is it fake or fate tell me who’s keeping score

Is it fake or fate only the gods can say

Is it fake or fate won’t you come to stay

 

I smile broadly at you I’m a distance far away

I’ll talk to you today is what I always say

You are the definition of beauty and so much more

I’ve got a lonely heart baby you’re the only cure

 

Is it fake or fate maybe something more

Is it fake or fate tell me who’s keeping score

Is it fake or fate only the gods can say

Is it fake or fate won’t you come to stay

 

My therapist tells me that I need to try to do something new

What would the shrink think if I gave him just a clue

Freud destroyed psychology from its very birth

Come to me cum with me I’ll prove to you my worth

 

I am that passing shadow lingering by the door

I’m the wild gigolo don’t you know I want to score

Time to turn to face your face life or the coffin

 Excuse my young lady but do you come here often?

 

Is it fake or fate maybe something more

Is it fake or fate tell me who’s keeping score

Is it fake or fate only the gods can say

Is it fake or fate won’t you come to stay

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Beto’s On The Road Again

Beto’s On The Road Again

 

The graffiti screamed home’s where you want to be                         

We live a lifetime but some are never free                                        

It’s east to west and then going north to south                                  

You’re the king of the hill but then there’s the doubt                        

 

Beto’s on the road again

And the whole church said amen

I swear one day’s he’s coming again

Until then… Beto’s on the road again

 

You’ve never lived until that Colorado high

Or gazed west to see where the sea meets the sky

Manifest destiny upsets me it’s a lie

A deep dark greed was the honest reason why

 

Beto’s on the road again

And the whole church said amen

I swear one day’s he’s coming again

Until then… Beto’s on the road again

 

In Psalm nineteen the heaven’s they testify

It’s a miracle each time you see a bird fly

Beto’s grooving moving taking in the scene

Never surrender and remember where you’ve been

 

Beto’s on the road again

And the whole church said amen

I swear one day’s he’s coming again

Until then… Beto’s on the road again

 

Don’t let my ukulele fail me there’s a song in my bones

I may not be the Beatles but I’m one up on the Stones

Deep in the forest the wild life meets in solidarity

If they didn’t have their guns they wouldn’t even scare me

 

Around the turn may we all learn something true

The fire will burn you but does that concern you

Crazy Horse rides the plains a ghost of the man

The very best things in life we never do plan

 

Beto’s on the road again

And the whole church said amen

I swear one day’s he’s coming again

Until then… Beto’s on the road again 

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In The End We Began

 In The End We Began

 

Greed was the American way but who are we                                  

Long live Nat Turner in the land of the free                                      

I know the Navajo share the Hopi dream                                          

Langston Hughes sung the blues in a dismal scream                         

 

In the end we began so the saying goes

A hot kiss in the apocalypse FIREWIND blows

In the end we began and nobody knows

In the end we began if only love grows

 

Orange you so glad that we’re becoming great

We’re stuck behind fifteen balls all number eight

In Chicago Fred Hampton lives on the wind

Get ready for pay day it’s the wages of sin

 

In the end we began so the saying goes

A hot kiss in the apocalypse FIREWIND blows

In the end we began and nobody knows

In the end we began if only love grows

 

If I was cynical I’d mention Charles Manson

On Monday Ted Bundy was simply handsome

Neil Young lost his groove somewhere in the great divide

I’m forced to fight cause there’s nowhere left to hide

 

In the end we began so the saying goes

A hot kiss in the apocalypse FIREWIND blows

In the end we began and nobody knows

In the end we began if only love grows

 

I am a patriot defying unjust laws

Black Elk speaks and Moses had flaws

FIREWIND is the band of my dreams

They blew up building seven so it seems

 

I’d insult you but you really ain’t worth the time

Nothing worse than poets who cannot even rhyme

Ronald Raygun is burning in the pits of hell

Jesus saves I say isn’t that totally swell

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Making Angels

Making Angels

 

From the heavens the pilots are full of fire

Rich men have no care for a poor man’s desire

Do as I say or you will meet a similar fate

And thus love loses to the forces of hate

 

They’re making angels crying we will win

They’re making angels the good of the sin

They’re making angels see the end begin

They’re making angels oh not again

 

We’re marching in the street we have no voice

We’re marching in the street we have no choice

One day I pray the woe of war will come to an end

He is not my enemy he is merely a distant friend

 

They’re making angels crying we will win

They’re making angels the good of the sin

They’re making angels see the end begin

They’re making angels oh not again

 

It’s half a world away so what do you care

God if but for once you heard our prayer

Evil men with evil goals they are in control

Evil men with evil goals they have no soul

 

They’re making angels crying we will win

They’re making angels the good of the sin

They’re making angels see the end begin

They’re making angels oh not again

 

I wish I was singing about flower blooming in June

I wish I was singing some whimsical merry tune

But this is a dirge of the empty apocalypse

Come closer sweet Lord Judas desires a kiss

 

Another unmarked grave to mock cruelty

Another war to bring us more futility

Meanwhile the angels circle in the wind

Press the button and everything will end

 

They’re making angels crying we will win

They’re making angels the good of the sin

They’re making angels see the end begin

They’re making angels oh not again

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You Went Rambling

You Went Rambling

 

I’m watching snow falling out of the window

I can hear the freezing wind blow

Ain’t no sunshine in my cloudy sky

You left me now I wonder why

 

We had treasures in our golden chest

Full of good times the very best

But winds of change gave no rest

You went rambling to points out west

 

I remember making love so sweet

Your hand in mine we were complete

I was a dream come true dear baby

Did you leave chasing some fantasy

 

We had treasures in our golden chest

Full of good times the very best

But winds of change gave no rest

You went rambling to points out west

 

It’s cold with no one to keep me warm

There’s no shelter from the storm

I stare at a picture of me and you

I can’t accept it we’re through

 

Tomorrow may it never come

Tears fall in an endless sum

I would search out where you hide

But sweet lover I got my pride

 

We had treasures in our golden chest

Full of good times the very best

But winds of change gave no rest

You went rambling to points out west 

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A Mother’s Love

 A Mother’s Love

 

I was a child of promise but ain’t we all

Had a mind of mine own even when small

Seventeen stretching my wings for the sky

When you’re young you’re never gonna die

 

A mother’s love is forever

I’ll wait till the fifth of never

You don’t need to be clever

A mother’s love is forever

 

Started running with the crowd we were cool

Momma tried of course she was just a fool

Smoking cigarettes whistling at the boys

Every Saturday night gonna make some noise

 

A mother’s love is forever

I’ll wait till the fifth of never

You don’t need to be clever

A mother’s love is forever

 

Somewhere lost between heaven and hell

Took a wrong turn and nothing was well

All my friends played the disappearing act

I had my pride but I wanted to come back

 

A mother’s love is forever

I’ll wait till the fifth of never

You don’t need to be clever

A mother’s love is forever

 

The prodigal daughter fresh meat headed for the slaughter

Despised I was baptized in the devil’s dirty water

Butt of the joke busted and broke walking far behind

Somewhere in my mind I said momma’s always been kind

 

I said Momma dear I’m sorry for sure

Momma said what you standing there for

Come inside let me make you some hot tea

You’ll always be a precious little girl to me

 

A mother’s love is forever

I’ll wait till the fifth of never

You don’t need to be clever

A mother’s love is forever

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Fascism On The Rise

Fascism On The Rise

 

In the temple of mammon even your soul has a price

Jezebel was raising hell she gave Ahab some advice

You don’t get to be king by being somebody nice

Now go to the pizza dealer and order a Sicilian slice

 

See the red white and blue in the skies

Taking temperature fascism is on the rise

Fueled by the hate of the god of lies

I wonder why he tries with fascism on the rise

 

I wanted to sit down and write me a lovely love song

Looking out the window I could see life going wrong

So I kissed my girl goodbye and said I just gotta try

And love and only love was the simple reason why

 

See the red white and blue in the skies

Taking temperature fascism is on the rise

Fueled by the hate of the god of lies

I wonder why he tries with fascism on the rise

 

Today there’s endless wars and hopes of reaching Mars

The Federal Reserve got some nerve defunding guitars

I hang out with the hookers at the all-night topless bar

Every woman who takes the stage dreams of being a star

 

See the red white and blue in the skies

Taking temperature fascism is on the rise

Fueled by the hate of the god of lies

I wonder why he tries with fascism on the rise

 

Mother Goose is on the loose tutoring math amongst the poor

The rich man has endless dreams and screams I want more

Jessie Jackson bit the dust I trust the Lord took him home

Sean was counting endless pennies for the greedy green gnome

 

Abigail tells me she doesn’t like Nina Simone

Every man and woman one day must stand alone

Rap is crap but I admit that Gil Scott Heron was cool

In the caves of Washington the evil orange ogre rules

 

See the red white and blue in the skies

Taking temperature fascism is on the rise

Fueled by the hate of the god of lies

I wonder why he tries with fascism on the rise

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