Immigrants

 Immigrants

 

Grandma Helen was a woman who knew no fear                            

She loved her children and adored her beer                                    

Anthony was a man chiseled out of steel                                

They were players in a game called This Ordeal                   

 

Immigrants without a penny to their name

Got holes in their shoes but no shame

Wage slaves dancing in the shuffle

When you’re poor you gotta hustle

 

Down in Green Point Brooklyn Polish was the lingo

The nights got real cold no one stayed single

True love’s a dream but marriage was close enough

When you’re working twelve hours shifts life becomes tough

 

Immigrants without a penny to their name

Got holes in their shoes but no shame

Wage slaves dancing in the shuffle

When you’re poor you gotta hustle

 

Too busy surviving for anyone to live

There are secret sins we cannot forgive

Dark times of history I’m looking at shades

I see Tony in the mirror but he quickly fades

 

Immigrants without a penny to their name

Got holes in their shoes but no shame

Wage slaves dancing in the shuffle

When you’re poor you gotta hustle

 

The rules are only for the fools Rockefeller cries

We got a World War to fight as all hope dies

Lessons of the depression stomachs all empty

Someone tell me is this how life was meant to be

 

We always build on the things that came before us

But I never heard the words of the chorus

I cry in a manic high asking the world Why?

But without a look the world passes on by

 

Immigrants without a penny to their name

Got holes in their shoes but no shame

Wage slaves dancing in the shuffle

When you’re poor you gotta hustle

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

We’re The Song

 We’re The Song

 

Just a Jersey girl full of Jersey charms                          

I’m so proud to hold you in my arms                                    

Walking the boardwalk sharing our dreams                          

Down and dirty underneath crying screams                          

 

You’re the words I’m the melody

I’m rough and tumble you’re pretty

Together we’re the song The road may be long

But together we’re the song

 

High hopes for the future living today

Long ago we left the narrow way

Trading golden crosses for the now

I’m sure Jesus understands us somehow

 

Crucified denied on the spinning wheel

Sounds like fantasy but love is real

You and me baby until we die

The stars in heaven testify to why

 

You’re the words I’m the melody

I’m rough and tumble you’re pretty

Together we’re the song The road may be long

But together we’re the song

 

I whisper you my secrets sealed with trust

Whatever we got it’s more than lust

Let life freeze us in an endless kiss

My thoughts turn to you I need more of this

 

You’re the words I’m the melody

I’m rough and tumble you’re pretty

Together we’re the song The road may be long

But together we’re the song

 

And so the guitar goes on a solo

We improvise the parts we don’t know

Our one-night stand was many years ago

Now every night so tight we do the show

 

You’re the words I’m the melody

I’m rough and tumble you’re pretty

Together we’re the song The road may be long

But together we’re the song

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

Lady Kay

 Lady Kay

 

Hey Lady Kay your headlights burn me through the night

I don’t pray I’ll just say I’m feeling all right

A boat in motion on the ocean in sweetest devotion

If your fire has more desire I’ll second the notion

 

Picture pose Lady Kay you’re the show

What we want we all know

Today Lady Kay you’re the star

Tomorrow we don’t know who you are

 

Smile even if you gotta fake it this is fiction after all

You signed on the line you’re mine if you don’t recall

Five purple moons shining in the distant horizon

Laughing drinking Champaign with the whisky cryin’

 

Picture pose Lady Kay you’re the show

What we want we all know

Today Lady Kay you’re the star

Tomorrow we don’t know who you are

 

Diamond studs in your ears pearls dangle about your neck

In your royal presence we give you utmost respect

But all alone with Little Willie we cry and moan

You’re the queen of the scene come down from your throne

 

Picture pose Lady Kay you’re the show

What we want we all know

Today Lady Kay you’re the star

Tomorrow we don’t know who you are

 

And God has His will but we’re unsure

Sex is good but sex is a war

Pills give thrills you want more

We’ve walked this road long before

 

Surrender is sweet and there’s victory in defeat

Come into the room before the boom I’ll lick your feet

And in the still of the moment tears flow insane

Money fools rule the world but the rich are vain

 

Picture pose Lady Kay you’re the show

What we want we all know

Today Lady Kay you’re the star

Tomorrow we don’t know who you are

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

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

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS

GREAT BOOK OF SONG LYRICS