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Hey God, I'm just a little man got a wife and family
But I almost lost the house, yeah I bought into the dream We're barely holding on when I'm in way too deep We're two paychecks away from living out on the streets She's a workin' single mom, like a saint she don't complain She never says a word, but she thinks that she's to blame Her son just got convicted, he blew some punk away She did her best to raise him, but the world got in the way Chorus: Hey God - tell me what the hell is going on Seems like all the good shit's gone It keeps on getting harder hanging on Hey God, there's nights you know I want to scream These days you're even harder to believe I know how busy you must be, but Hey God.... Do you ever think about me Born into the ghetto in 1991, just a happy child Playing beneath the summer sun A vacant lot's his playground, by 12 he's got a gun The odds are bet against him, junior don't make 21 Chorus I'd get down on my knees, I'm going to try this thing your way Seen a dying man too proud to beg spit on his own grave Was he too gone to save? Did you even know his name? Are you the one to blame, I got something to say |
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| 2. |
| 4:46 |
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Happiness it's been no friend to me
But forever after ain't What it's all cracked up to be Yeah I had a taste You were my fantasy But I almost lost my faith When I hit reality I don't need no guru To tell me what to do When your feeling like a headline On yesterday's news Chorus: Come on come on come on Give me something for the pain Give me something for the blues Give me something for the pain When I feel I've been danglin' On a hangman's noose Give me something for the pain Give me something I can use To get me through the night Make me feel all right something like you Come on come on come on Loneliness has found a home in me My suitcase and guitar Are my only family I've tried to need someone Like they needed me Well I opened up my heart But all I did was bleed I don't need no lover Just to get screwed Oh yeah they don't make a bandage That's going to cover my bruis Chorus (Help I'm falling) Pull me under Run through my veins To a place Where I feel no pain (Night is calling) Be the pillow under my head Give me cover when I'm in your bed (Feels like I'm flying) Take me higher than I've never been Take me down and back again (Christ I'm dying) Come to be my disguise Open your cool let me crawl inside Come on come on come on Chorus Come on come on come on Give me something for the pain Give me something for the blues Give me something for the pain |
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| 5:08 |
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should've seen it coming
when the roses died should've seen the end of summer in your eyes should've listened you said good night You really meant good bye Baby ain't it funny how you never ever learn to fall You're really on your knees think you're standing tall but only fools are 'know it alls' and I played that fool for you I cried and I cried there nights I died for you baby I tried and I tried to deny your love drove me crazy baby if love that I got for you is gone if the river I cried ain't that long then I'm wrong yeah I'm wrong this ain't a love song baby I thought you and me would stand the test of time like we got away with the perfect crime but we were just a legend in my mind I guess that I was blind remember these nights dancing at the masquerade the clowns were smiles that wouldn't fade you and I were the renegades some things never change it made me so mad 'cause I wanted it bad for us baby and now it's so sad that whatever we had ain't worth saving if the love that I got for you is gone if the river I've cried ain't that long then I'm wrong yeah I'm wrong this ain't a love song if the pain that I'm feeling so strong is the reason I'm holding on then I'm wrong yeah I'm wrong this ain't a love song I cried and I cried there nights I died for you baby I tried and I tried to deny your love drove me crazy baby if love that I got for you is gone if the river I cried ain't that long then I'm wrong yeah I'm wrong this ain't a love song if the pain that I'm feeling so strong is the reason I'm holding on then I'm wrong yeah I'm wrong this ain't a love song then I'm wrong yeah I'm wrong this ain't a love song then I'm wrong yeah I'm wrong this ain't a love song |
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I was walking around, just a face in the crowd
Trying to keep myself out of the rain Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown Wondered if I might end up the same There's a man out on the corner Singing old songs about change Everybody got their cross to bare, these days She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams To a motel room on the boulevard I guess she's trying to be James Dean She's seen all the disciples and all the "wanna be's" No one wants to be themselves these days Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days These days - the stars seem out of reach These days - there ain't a ladder on the streets These days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age There ain't nobody left but us these days Jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes His momma said he was crazy - he said, "Momma, I've got to try. Don't you know that all my heroes died? And I guess I'd rather die than fade away." These days - the stars seem out of reach But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets These days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age Even innocence has caught the midnight train And there ain't nobody left but us these days I know Rome's still burning Though the times have changed This world keeps turning round and round and round and round These days These days - the stars seem out of reach But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets These days are fast, love don't last in this graceless age Even innocence has caught the midnight train And there ain't nobody left but us these days These days - the stars seem out of reach These days - there ain't a ladder on the streets These days are fast, nothing lasts There ain't no time to waste There ain't nobody left to take the blame There ain't nobody left but us these days |
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| 5. |
| 5:34 |
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Rumour has it that your daddy's coming down
He's gonna pay the rent Tell me baby, is this as good as this life is gonna get It feels like there's a stranger standing in these shoes But I know I can't lose me 'cause then I'd be losing you I know I promised baby I would be the one to make our dreams come true I ain't too proud of all the struggles And the hard times we've been through When this cold world comes between us Please tell me you'll be brave Cause I can realize the danger when forgiveness fades away Chorus: If you don't love me - lie to me 'Cause baby you're the one thing I believe Let it all fall down around us, if that's what's meant to be Right now if you don't love me baby - lie to me Pour another cup of coffee, babe I got something to say to you I ain't got the winning ticket Not the one that's gonna pull us through No one said that it'd be easy, let your old man take you home But know if you walk out on me That darling, I'd be gone Chorus Baby - I can take it It's a bitch, but life's a roller coaster ride The ups and downs will make you scream sometimes It's hard believing that the thrill is gone But we got to go around again, so let's hold on Chorus Baby I can take it C'mon lie to me..... |
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I'm lying here beside you
In someone else's bed Knowing what we're doing's wrong But better left unsaid Your breathing sounds like screaming, it's all that I can stand His ring is on your finger, but my heart is in your hands Chorus: Damned if you love me - damned if you don't It's getting harder holding on, but I can't let you go Damned if you don't need me - damned if you do God , I wish it wasn't me standing in these shoes Damned, damned A door slams like a shotgun, you jump up to your feet But it's just the wind blowing through the secrets that we keep Made me wanna want you, God knows I need to need you By the time the love is over, I'll be sleeping on the streets Chorus Why won't you talk to me? Because I'm too blind to see Why won't you look at me? Because I'm afraid to breathe What do you want from me? All that I can stand The lies are on my tongue and I can't turn back I know The soul is damned Don't worry I ain't gonna call you or hear you say my name And if you see me on the street, don't wave just walk away Our lives are getting twisted, let's keep our stories straight The more that I resist it, my temptation turns to fate |
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| 5:42 |
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Misery likes company, I like the way that sounds
I've been trying to find the meaning, so I can write it down Staring out the window, it's such a long way down I'd like to jump, but I'm afraid to hit the ground Chorus: I can't write a love song the way I feel today I can't sing no song of hope, I got nothing to say Life is feeling kind of strange, since you went away I sing this song to you wherever you are As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms I'm tired of watching TV, it makes me want to scream Outside the world is burning, man it's so hard to believe Each day you know you're dying from the cradle to the grave I get so numb sometimes, that I can't feel the pain Chorus Staring at the paper, I don't know what to write I'll have my last cigarette - well, turn out the lights Maybe tomorrow I'll feel a different way But here is my delusion, I don't know what to say Chorus I can't write a love song the way I feel today I can't sing no song of hope, There's no one left to save And I can't fight the feelings, buried in my brains I send this song to wherever you are, As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms |
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It ain't no fun lying down to sleep
and there ain't no secrets left for me to keep I wish the stars up in the sky would all just call in sick and the clouds would take the moon out on some one-way trip I drove all night down streets that wouldn't bend but somehow they drove me back here once again to the place I lost at love, and the place I lost my soul I wish I'd just burn downthis place that we called home It would all have been so easy if you'd only made me cry and told me how you're leaving me to some organ grinder's lullaby It' hard, so hard - It's tearing out my heart It's hard letting you go Now the sky, it shines a differentkind of blue and the Neighbor's dog don't bark like he used to Well - me, these days, I just miss you - It's the night that I go insane Unless you're coming back, For me, that's one thing I know that won't change It' hard, so hard - It's tearing out my heart It's hard letting you go Now some tarot card shark said I'll draw you a heart and we'll find you somebody else new But I've made my last trip to those carival lips, when I bet all that I had on you It's hard, it's hard, it's hard, so hard it's hard letting you go It's hard, so hard, it's tearing out my heart But it's hard letting you go |
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| 5:06 |
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It's been a cold, cold, cold, cold night tonight
And I can't get you off my mind God knows I've tried Did I throw away the best part of my life When I cut you off, did I cut myself with the same damn knife Hide my tears in the pouring rain, had my share of hurt and pain Don't say my name, run away, cause it's all in vain Chorus: My hearts breaking even, now there's no use we even try Hey I cried, yeah I died, hell I almost died Don't got a reason, let's just fold the cards and say good-bye It's all right, just two hearts breaking even tonight It's been a long, long, long time Since I've had your love here in my hands We didn't understand it, we couldn't understand it But, nothing's fair in love and hate You lay it all down and walk away, before it's too late We danced all night as the music played The sheets got tangled in the mess we made There in the stains, we remain, No one left to blame Chorus Go on, get on with your life, Yeah - I'll get on with mine Broken hearts can't call the cops, yeah it's the perfect crime Twisting and turning the night keeps me yearning I'm burning alive I'm paying the price again But I'll see the light again My hearts breaking even, now there's no use we even try Hey I cried, yeah I died, hell I almost died Don't got a reason, let's just fold the cards and say good-bye It's all right, just two hearts breaking even tonight |
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| 5:26 |
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I lost all faith in my God, in his religion too
I told the angels they could sing their songs to someone new I lost all trust in my friends, I watched my heart turn to stone I thought that I was left to walk this wicked world alone Tonight I'll dust myself off Tonight I'll suck my gut in I'll face the night and I'll pretend I got something to believe in And I had lost touch with reason I watched life criticize the truth Been waiting for a miracle I know you have too Though I know I won't win I'll take this one on the chin We'll raise a toast and I'll pretend I got something to believe in Chorus If I don't believe in Jesus, how can I believe the Pope If I don't believe in heroin, how can I believe the dope If there's nothing but survival, how can I believe in sin In a world that gives you nothing, we need something to believe in. Chorus |
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I played the part of a broken heart upon a shelf
I played that part so lonely and so well Thought that love belonged to someone else, not me and you Yeah, I know that you've been shattered You been bruised We both know what it feels like when you lose But I'd bet my life on a roll of the dice for you If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do Tonite's the night, I'm gonna prove it to you Do I have to break down, baby just to break through If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do If that's what it takes... I bet you counted all the tears I bet you've cried I bet you swore you'd never let love back inside 'Cause it hurt youway too bad to say good-bye Now, there'll be times when I might put us to the test And it's hard for broken hearts to just forget But I'm driving blind, I'll lay it all on the line for you If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do Tonite's the night, I'm gonna prove it to you Do I have to break down, baby just to break through If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do If that's what it takes... So, when you feel like jumping Just when your heart starts pumping When you're stading out on that ledge-staring over the edge I'll be there to talk to you down I'll be there before you hit the ground If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do Tonite's the night, I'm gonna prove it to you Do I have to break down, baby just to break through If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do If that's what it takes... If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do If we take the time to do it right, I know we'll put through If it took all my life, I'd prove it to you If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do If that's what it takes... |
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| 3:46 |
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Diamond ring, wear it on your hand
It's gonna tell the world, I'm your only man Diamond ring, diamond ring Baby, you're my everything, diamond ring Red, red rose brought it home to you Blood red rose, tells me that you're true Red, red rose, blood-red rose Like a fire inside that grows, blood-red rose When you're hungry, I will fill you up When you're thirsty, drink out of my loving cup When you're crying, I'll be the tears for you There is nothing that I wouldn't do When you're hungry, I will fill you up When you're thirsty, drink out of my loving cup When you're crying, I'll be the tears for you There is nothing that I wouldn't do for you You know, I bleed every night you sleep 'Cause I don't know if I'm in your dreams I want to be your everything... Diamond ring, wear it on your hand It's gonna tell the world, I'm your only man Diamond ring, diamond ring Baby, you're my everything, diamond ring Darling, you're my everything, diamond ring Now, you've got me on your string.....Diamond ring |
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Some 15 year old kid sits on his porch, just half-past noon
Trying to figure out just what he's doing Why he had to grow up so soon With all the gangs, all the guns - whatcha gonna learn in school There's got to be some way out of here He says Man, this life is cruel I knew this Puerto Rican girl who lied to change her life She changed her name, her face because the grass looked greener on the other side She turned her back, she ran away straight into the night Her friends, her family feel the pain, but she's the one who cries Tell me what you want Tell me what you need I want everything I've had enough of havin' nothing, I won't take just anything I got my mind set on something, All I want is everything It's my life Mr. - I ain't running, I'm no puppet on a string I want more than I see coming All I want is everything All I want is everything My next door neighbor Donnie, died in his room just the other day His brother came home, found him dead on the floor with a needle in his vein Cops came down with a body bag, they said Dannie was a casulaty I said, All it's about is the boy checked out, he couldn't handle reality Tell me what you want Tell me what you need I want everything I've had enough of havin' nothing, I won't take just anything I got my mind set on something, All I want is everything It's my life Mr. - I ain't running, I'm no puppet on a string I want more than I see coming All I want is everything All I want is everything Tell me what you want Tell me what you need I want everything I've had enough of havin' nothing, I won't take just anything I got my mind set on something, All I want is everything It's my life Mr. - I ain't running, I'm no puppet on a string I want more than I see coming All I want is everything All I want is everything |
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| 4:36 |
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Some 15 year old kid sits on his porch, just half-past noon
Trying to figure out just what he's doing Why he had to grow up so soon With all the gangs, all the guns-watcha gonna learn in school There's got to be some way out of here He says "Man, this life is cruel" I knew this Puerto Rican girl who lied to change her life She changed her name Her face because the grass looked greener on the other side She turned her back, she ran away straight into the night Her friends, her family feel the pain, but she's the one who cries Tell me what you want Tell me what you need I want everything I've had enough of havin' nothing, I won't take just anything I got my mind set on something, all I want is everything It's my life Mr. - I ain't running, I'm no puppet on a string I want more than I see coming All I want is everything All I want is everything My next door neighbor Donnie Died in his room just the other day His brother come home Found him dead on the floor with a needle in his vain Cops come down with a body bag They said Donnie was a casually I said, all it's about is the boy checked out He couldn't handle reality Tell me what you want Tell me what you need I want everything I've had enough of havin' nothing, I won't take just anything I got my mind set on something, all I want is everything It's my life Mr. - I ain't running, I'm no puppet on a string I want more than I see coming All I want is everything All I want is everything |
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