I've been around the world and i wrote a million songs it's all a bore to me i've slept in the gutter and I've lied with the dogs it never bothered me the sheriff he come to with his little boys in blue they been lookin' for me but with my crystal sheen guitar i'm another ego star so give it to me....... get me to the stage - it brings me home again this is shangrila i'm trippin on it now - it brings me home again this is shangrila i look bad in shorts but most of us do don't let that bother me i'm the football who is who, I don't believe in smack so don't you die on me cause love is all good people need and music sets the sick ones free without love no one ever grows nothing ever sings... this is shangrila you have gathered for the feast the bread is my body....the wine is blood get me to the stage - it brings me home again this is shangrila i'm trippin on it now - it brings me home again
Ah, ah, ah.... oh yes. San Francisco, where the flowers bloom in spring. I said fade to winter and see what disease brings. Augustino, with his eyes like a shinning sea. I said he's half a shadow... god don't let that be me.
I'm a Stardog Champion. I'm a Stardog Champion.
West Virginia, that where my father lies. He was a war time hero, The kind that money buys. Diamond bracelet for my mommy's memory. I said that's all she wrote for, that's all she wrote for me, yeah.
I'm a Stardog Champion. I'm a Stardog Champion. That's right. And the children, they used to sing of love With the grace from the lord above. I said the children, they used to sing out loud. Sing it loud...
Good god, I'm a Stardog Champion. I'm a Stardog Champion. I'm a Stardog, baby And I ain't gonna let you down, yeah Ain't gonna let you down.. I'll never let you down... Let the children sing Nah nah nah nah Nah nah nah nah Nah nah nahnahnahnahnowah....
Oooh baby gotta put me back together I need your smooth dog lovin' oh, yeah And so I'm sending off the little monster Gonna turn it up inside your head
Do you believe? Holy Roller Like a holy roller Like a holy roller to my head
I said you loin queen parader I won't get you down on all fours And then you gotta show me what you're made of - little darling I'll meet you child - by the backdoor babe
Like a holy roller Like a holy roller To my head
The love-bone breakdown.
That's right. All right you people. See I, see I got somethin' to say to you people out there. You gotta listen to me people, you gotta listen to me. Yeeeeeah, the lord's comin' down people. Yeeeeeah he's gonna take ya whole, he's gonna eat ya whole people. Like a big grizzly bahr comin' out of the closet and eat ya whole. Ya see the lord's gonna come and get ya people and ya gotta beware because the Mother Love Bone camp knows what to do about it. Ya see I been around I seen a lotta long haired freaks in my day, but those boys in Mother Love Bone I'll tell ya they know what's right for ya. Ya know they're like Malt-O-Meal for ya, they're good for ya. They're like soup, they're like nothing bad, let me tell ya that much. I tell ya people, the lord's comin', and if you don't believe, and if you don't believe in what I can convey to ya, I tell ya people: Love rock awaits ya people. Yeeeah lo and behold, lo and behold...
In the morning She gone crazy With a painted picture Her father's story.
Bone China, my friends.... Bone China, let the summer come again, come again. I said oh, oh She be dancing by the moonlit sky Oh oh She be moving like a butterfly Oh oh She be drinking all my early times I'm just a waitin' on that dream Cause the fast ones always ride for free.
Ugly morning She Jezebel's daughter She like a Brunhilda A child of the water.
Bone China, my friends Bone China, let the summer come again, Come again I said Oh oh She be dancing by the moonlit sky (I'm talking to you) Oh oh She be moving like a butterfly (sting like a bee) Oh oh She be shakin like the girl from Shine Oh oh She be moving like a... She be moving like a... High falootin' like a...
I'm just waiting on that dream Because the fast ones always ride for free I, I, I I'm just a waitin' on that dream Cause the fast ones, the fast ones Always ride for free...
How did I get here? What song did I sing? And just what have I done To deserve such a thing?
You say - I've heard all that before So won't you give it up babe - stop using me You say - I've heard all that before So bring me an apple - I'm cryin' I been persecuted - like a lying man
The spirit provides me The spirit gives but it also can take away
You say - I've heard all that before So won't you give it up babe - just stop using me boy You say - I've heard all that before
So come bite the apple I'm run down Like Sodom to Gomorrah, all dead now So please stop to laugh, and pity me My soul means well, but I'm sorry My skin it is withered and I'm nervous, yes I am My future was in my hands till I washed it all away Washed it all away
Said, get along - little sister Heard you're doin' well Get along little sister Doin' well
I'm crazy, crazy - I'm the boy Who defies all, yeah Lift me higher, than anyone And hold me arms
Woman, woman, she outta mind And simply out of soul She gets me higher than anyone And I miss her so So do it I miss her so
Stargazer you call the shots And I'll take all Stargazer won't you kick with me - oh please Stargazer you call the shots I take all Stargazer won't you kick with me Oh please
I dance a dancer - I'm all wrong She thinks she's young and wise But oh, no - no She dance around my - my dirty little cable car And fix me up with a guy - why? C'mon Why'd you do this to me, babe?
[Chorus] Stargazer you cry in blue Anything I've ever seen Ain't as good as you child I'm not trying to push your feelings But I know you hold me like butter in your hands Cry for me and rub it in Cry for the saviors and the prophet's son Dream of me and Julie Ann Oh xana come back again
Waste away my tears - babe I can't cry No more, no less - My love
I said, my brother's drowning Like a star babe, like a slower suicide Me I gave mine away
I give to you my heartshine Yes I do I give to you my heartshine Only for you
A sad hello to death, I'm a stubborn goat on trial No more, no less I said time will tell, if love is gonna have the strength to push it The strength to push it, my pain away
I give to you, I give to you my heartshine I give to you my heartshine I give you my heartshine I give to you my... X2
Love flourishes Love flourishes You've gotta value love supreme Love flourishes Love flourishes
I'm the instigator of the me generation The official seminator of the female population
Scoff at my rivals cause they ain't cool And I re-wrote the bible, and I made my own rules
Captain Hi-Top the love commander I'm the ego star forever after Captain Hi-Top the love commander Hide your mom, control your sister
I'm the hip-hop surgeon of the mindless eye I said - Take me babe, in between your (?) thighs And these stories of my image ain't up to par I'll tell you what I'll do I slid the beast to Farah, saying babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe Baby, I'm a star
Captain Hi-Top the love commander I'm the ego star forever after Captain Hi-Top the love commander Hide your mom, control your sister
I wanna show you something like the joy inside my heart. Seems I been livin' in the Temple of the Dog. Where would I live if I were a man of golden words? Or would I live at all?
Words and music (my only tools)... Communication...
And on her arrival I will set free the birds It's a pretty time of year when the mountains sing out loud. Tell me Mr. Golden Words, how's about the world? Tell me, can you tell me at all?
Words and music (my only tools) Communication...
Let's fall in love with music, The driving force of our living... The only international language, Divine glory... the expression. The knees bow, the tongue confesses. The lord of lords, the king of kings... The king of kings, oh yeah.
Words and music (my only tools) Comminucation. Words and music. Communication.
Stick it to me baby My loving father I showed him no pain Taste of Eucalyptus dances and shakes Mother Love Bone - mama papa talkin' to me Love breeds like rabbits I'm gonna set you free now Tell me about your dream Chartreuse regalia and purple pie petes You dance Electra and night becomes day
Got my mama in the kitchen She always bitchy bitchy bitchin So I made my proclamation To control my masturbation, babe
Mother Love Bone - mama papa talkin' to me, yeah Love breeds like rabbits i'm gonna set you free now Talk about your dream to me Got my mama in the kitchen She always bitchy bitchy bitchin So I made my proclamation To control my masturbation, babe
Burgundy baby With your blue eyed soul You play the hits and I'm on that roll Capricorn sister Freddie Mercury Jupiter Child cry
Mother Love Bone - mama papa talkin to me, yeah Love breeds like rabbits I'm gonna set you free now
written by Wood and Mother Love Bone --- like my world i'm on fire cause i'm full of desire no more preachin on your part no more love on my pillow come dance with me in my room you can hold me hands i shall be your boyfriend and you can call me names and nobodies gonna change the way i feel, for my love nobodies gonna slow my gentle groove till kingdom come thy work is done on earth as it is in dallas come play with me in romm you can hold me hands i will be your boyfriend and you can call me names and nobody gonna take the power away, from my love and nobodies gonna slow my gentle groove and nobodies gonna take my love away and nobodies gonna slow my gentle groove till kingdom come thy work is done on earth as it is in dallas ---
What can I take from you? What can I take from you? What's worth one plug nickel from a silly fool? What can I take from you why did I leave you there? Why did I leave you there? With your long black kitty and your funky hair Why did I leave you there? Give it to me!
Talkin' about a friend of mine
See Mr. Danny Boy Did ya see Mr. Danny Boy Why did I leave you there? Why did I leave you there? With your long black kitty and your funky hair Why did I leave you there? I said baby Stop lovin' by the rules I heard the rumors Danny Stop your talkin' Danny I heard the rumors Danny Lost down in Santa Fe I had love with a runaway And to think my daddy thought I was gay Said I lost mine in Santa Fe
The riff miester is my friend The riff miester is my friend I love that motherfucker till the very end Bolan was my man Said baby Stop lovin' by the rules I heard the rumors, Danny Stop your talkin Danny I heard the rumors, Danny It's a long long road for this here desperado And its cold cold cold visions of tomorrow So when was the last time you wrote for me a song
I said babe, stop loving by the rules And don't play for sorrow Don't play the fool Don't play the fool
You ever heard the story Of Mr. Faded Glory? Say, 'He who rides the pony must someday fall...'
Talking to my Alter Said, 'Life is what you make it And if you make it, death will rest your soul away... away... away' Yeah, child.
It's a broken kinda feelin'. She'd have to tie me to the ceiling. A bad moon's a-comin' Better say your prayers, child. I wanna tell you that I love you. But does it really matter? I just can't stand to see you draggin' down again... again... My baby, again... Oh yes.
So I'm singing This is my kind of love. It's the kind that moves on. It's unkind and leaves me alone, yes it does.
This is my kind of love. It's the kind that moves on. It's unkind and leaves me alone.
I used to treat you like a lady. Now you're a substitute teacher. This bottle's not a pretty, not a pretty sight.
I owe the man some money So I'm turnin' over, honey. Say Mr. Faded Glory is-a-once again a-doin' time, oh yeah.
And this is my kind of love. It's the kind that moves on. It's unkind and leaves me alone, yes it does, ah. This is my kind of love. It's the kind that moves on. It's unkind and, it's unkind and It LEAVE ME ALONE, YEAH!
Like a crown of thorns. It's all who you know. So don't burn your bridges, woman, 'Cause someday, yeah...
Kick it.... This is my kind of love. It's the kind that moves on. It's unkind and leaves me alone. And this is my kind of love. It's the kind that moves on. It's the kind that leaves me.
Baby... I said a come on, come on, come on, come on, do it. I said baby... Don't burn you bridges, woman... I'm gonna come back to you...
You can fadeaway my love I will always - Remember your faces, thru fadeaway - Bless all of your eyes, I realize you're my reason And I will always cherish the days, when our souls will be together She's my sunshine, my moonshine She's ma' hot, ma hotma Ghandi She's my lady, she's from Euphrates Sure 'nuff give that woman to me You're just another one, just another statistic You're needle-sickness, illed weakness Yeah, you killed, yeah you killed, yeah you killed me boy
That old viscious screaming within The talk of the building with the crashin' about And broken glass it slides across his skin They both cry till exhausted and wind up in each other's arms It's a mindshaker meltdown It's a spreading disease I've seen it before girl, I hope they come after me Cause I'm a bad motherfucker, selfish and sick You better say your prayers baby cause it's coming down quick It's a mindshaker meltdown It's a spreading disease It's a mindshaker meltdown I hope they come after me He lost control, her voice like a fire alarm Realize he could've hurt his love without knowing it at all It seems he transforms when she screams her song Possesed by a broken window and her crying for love It's a mass jubilation, with jesters and thieves A kind of group masturbation as they crucify me Cause I'm a hollywood dreamboy, a pinup in their eyes I represent mama all you despise
Scratching and dreaming till night turns into day It's a surefire method to waste your life away But me, I'm obliged to give you my disease I'm abracadabra I do what I please Stone cold mama - she's a bird from a feather I focus all my energy, understanding you Such a pretty little prancer in a burgundy blue Witch hazel eyeballs taking care of love Remember the key mama - understand my words Stone cold mama - she's a bird from a feather Half-assed monkeyboy Half-assed monkeyboy Half-assed monkeyboy Half-assed monkeyboy If you want a plate oof my beef swellington baby You're gonna have to pay the cover charge Open wide let me suck the gate
Ooo, yeah, yeah, yeah... Chloe don't know better Chloe's just like me, only beautiful A couple of years difference But those lasses never learn and you know Chloe danced the tables in the French Quarter She's always been given so I can't always make her laugh But I'm proud to say and I won't forget The time spent laying by her side, oh yeah, yeah The time spent laying by her side, oh yeah, yeah Dreams like this must die And a dream like this must die Dream like this must...
You ever heard the story of Mr. Faded Glory? Say he who rides a pony must someday fall Talkin' to my alter, life is what you make it And if you make it death well rest your soul away Away, away, yeah child
It's a broken kind of feeling she'd have to tie me to the ceiling A bad moon's a comin' better say your prayers, child I wanna tell you that I love you but does it really matter? I just can't stand to see you dragging down, again Again, my friend again, oh yeah
So I'm singing And this is my kinda love It's the kind that moves on It's the kind that leaves me alone, yes it does And this is my kinda love It's the kind that moves on It's the kind that leaves me alone
I used to treat you like a lady now you're a substitute teacher This bottle's not a pretty, not a pretty sight, yeah I owe the man some money so I'm turnin' over honey See Mr. Faded Glory is once again doin' time, oh yeah
And this is my kinda love It's the kind that moves on It's the kind that leaves me alone, yes it does And this is my kinda love It's the kind that moves on It's unkind and it's unkind and It'll leave me alone, yeah
Like a crown of thorns It's all who you know, yeah So don't burn your bridges woman Cause someday, yeah
Kick it! And this is my kinda love It's the kind that moves on It's the kind that leaves me alone, yeah And this is my kinda love It's the kind that moves on It's unkind and it's the kind that Baby i said com' on, com' on, com' on, com' on yeah I said baby don't burn your bridges woman