The Light
I: The Dream
What
Makes a dream
So very different
From any other dream
Where is that
Straight line
That I can hold up
To the light
And say no!
This is not right
This does not
Stand up
In the light
II: One Man
Call me cavanaugh
I'm the one with the caveman jaw
Call me Smitty or Jones
Talkin' on the tv's and the telephones
I am the critical masses
Stand back and watch as time passes
I am the centerfold
I know the stories before they get told
You can call me Kennedy
You may have killed him but you cannot kill me
I am the crippled and blind
I paint the pretty pictures on the subway signs
Yeah, I am everything to everyone
And I won't go away at the point of a gun
All of this in one man
I am rock 'n roll
I am classical, country and soul
I am the nun and the flasher
I am the father, the son and the bastard
I am the church and the steeple
Open the door and see all the people
All of this in one man
III: Garden People
I'm coming down
People's garden
Garden people
People's garden
Garden people
IV: Looking Straight Into The Light
Look!
There's a light
Headed for the sun
Stand and you might
Turn to everyone
The lady, the lass
Melt into glass
Looking straight into the light
Stand at the door
That would not open wide
You tried so hard before
But now we're on your side
You see us all - the left and the right
Looking straight into the light
You see us all - the left and the right
Looking straight into the light
Looking straight into the light
Looking straight into the light!
In the light
V: The Man In The Mountain
I am the man in mountain
I stand alone - I've been downed
In a sea of loveless illusion
So many lost - so many drowned
Got no church - got no steeple
Got no time for you people
I live the life of a shadow
The only chance that I have now
Is there
In the light
They wore all kinds of things on their heads to disguise
That they'd rather be unfettered than be wealthy and wise
And they listened as their enemies made a similar sound
And they watched a million cars go by
They were gaining some ground
But they didn't know what to do
With this thing they had found
So they had a party!?
VI: Senor Valasco's Mystic Voodoo Love Dance
I am senor Valasco
I drink my milk with tabasco
Got no place to stand
Got no home, no land, but I
Don't ever want to die
Don't place no one before I
I am the mask and the chamber
I know of love not of danger
Got no place to go
Ain't nothin' better than be here
Don't ever want to die
Don't place no one before I
Don't ever want to die
Don't place no one before I
VII: The Return Of The Horrible Catfish Man
I am the catfish man!
I can't hear you!
Go ahead and have a nice day now
Go ahead and say what you say now
I stand humanis erectus
Stand back... ha... ha... ha!
I am... I am
All of this in one man
VIII: The Dream
What
Makes a dream
So very different
From any other dream
Where is that
Straight line
That I can hold up
To the light and say yes!
This is alright
This one will
Stand up
In the
Light
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Go The Way You Go
Look
Another heart is beating
But
how?
Why?
There must be some way to know
So many roads are
weaving
And I
Wish
I knew which way I should go
Go the
way you go
You can't know what you don't know
Go the way
Go
the way you go
So
You say the world if perfect
And
all
There is
is all there could be
But it's all just words to
me
Can
You
Say more 'cause I want to know
Go the way
you go
You can't know what you don't know
Go the way
Go the
way you go
Half moon bay playin' forty fives
Hammer's in the
window while the moose man drives
And they're passing cars like
people
And they never say the things they know
And the master of
disaster is sleepin' in the road
Carbon copy of the last place
you know
The past is telling how the future will go
And I can't believe you're asking (In your mind)
I can't believe it's taking (so
much time)
Sometimes you know the sun can burn you blind
Go
the way you go
All kinds of people
Ain't tied to no
mast
Got all kinds of visions
Of futures and pasts
They
won't confiscate you
They'll quote you no facts
They are the
human tides turning
They are the fire burning
Waving their
banner of white
The people are right
The people are right
The
people are right!
The people are right
The people are
right
Are they right?!
Look
Another day is
breaking
And hot
Light
Will soon turn the black to blue
I
know these roads are weaving
But it's
Alright
Trust in the
ones you choose
Go the way you go
(and trust what you
choose)
You can't know what you don't know
(there ain't no way
to lose now)
Go the way you go
(no matter what you do)
You
can't know what you don't know
Go the way you go
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The Water
I: Introduction/The Water
I am the water
I am the ocean king
I own
the red sky
I am the one who makes...
Dreams...
Real
II: When It All Goes to Hell
There you are
It's soft and it's red
Floating
free
In your own private bed
Then one day
You're pushed down
a well
And you feel your funny bone crack
When it all goes to
hell
You come into
A world cold and bright
And after a
while
It all seems alright
You dance and play
But it's too
soon to tell
That you'll find yourself scathed and attacked
When
it all goes to hell
When it all goes to hell
And you
don't even try to get up
When it all goes to hell
III: A Thief in the Night
I was a general
Of darkness and light
I was to
be the major man
It was some kind of sight
I was going to
stand alone
And do what was right
Now I'm just another stepping
stone
A thief in the night
So where were all of
those
Angels and priests
Who said they'd carry me
Beyond my
beliefs
Where are all of them now
They're gone from my
sight
My mother and father deserted me
Like thieves in the
night
Yes, where are all of them now
They're gone from my
side
My mother and father deserted me
Like thieves in the
night
I was the water
I was the ocean king
I ruled the
red sky
I could do anything
'Til you, you
You messed me
up
You, you
You all messed me up
IV: FU/I'm Sorry
You gave
me this home and then you left me alone
FUCK YOU
You act real
nice while you're exacting your price
FUCK YOU
Everyone's
got their opinions
They'll tell ya 'bout 'em all the time
What
makes 'em think i wanna hear them
I wish that you'd all fucking
die, die, DIE!
You don't give a shit about anything
FUCK
YOU
I don't know why you even bother to live
FUCK
YOU
Everyone's so pathetic
Always talking all the
time
What makes them think that
I give half a shit what's on
their minds, minds, MINDS!
FUCK YOU
[if the truth were told
I really hate myself]
FUCK YOU
FUCK YOU
FUCK YOU
FUCK
YOU!
I'm so sorry
I really am so, so sorry
If I ever hurt
you or caused you pain
I can't help it
I really, really just
can't help it
When the madman's on the rise again
Can you
understand what it's like?
You all must understand what it's
like
I can't help what happened to me
Sometimes it just comes
out now can't you see
Please understand and don't
Don't hate
me
I'm so sorry
I really am so, so sorry
If I ever hurt
you or caused you pain
If you don't understand it's all the
same
I guess I'll just be left alone again...
V: The Water (revisited)
I
am the water
I am the ocean king
I own the red sky
I am the
one who makes...
You...
Feel
VI: Runnin' the Race
Mocks
and spots
Rip up your face
But all that counts
Is that you
get to first base
Tension mouths
Then it's put in its
place
And you're finally having some fun
When you're runnin' the
race
Chinatown
Is off to your left
The motor pool
Is
there on the right
Tension in dot matrix
Right in your
face
And you're finally having some fun
While you're runnin' the
race
And you're finally having some fun
While you're runnin'
the race
Runnin' the race
Runnin' the race
VII: Reach for the Sky
After we've gone
After the moon rises
And the red
flags fly
Gonna reach for the sky
Gonna hold my head up
high
Gonna reach for the sky
Storm ragin'
That'll be
alright
If we reach for the sky
Yeah we reach for the
sky
Guess there never was...
A winner
Just a race against
time
I was mean - I was kind
Eventhough I was blind
I still
reach for the sky
Storm ragin'
That'll be alright
If we
reach for the sky
Yeah we reach for the sky
Come on
people
Reach for the sky...
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On The Edge
Well I'm out
On the edge
Yes I'm out on
the...
Edge
Put on your feet
Put on your face
Put
these people in their place
Check your hat
Check your
coat
Try to keep your checks afloat
Don't you
crack
'Cause they might see
That you're not who you're supposed
to be
Keep on firing this hard wire wiring
You can't win; you
can't seem to break free
I'm out on the edge one more
time
I'm out on the edge in my mind
'Tween a rock and a ledge -
yes I'm out
Out on the edge
Inside goes
Outside
feels
Like a knife softly
Ripping the wheels of time
You
don't know my mind
But I'm telling you - I am telling you
now
You cannot hold me - You... you... you!
Cannot hold me
down
'Cause I feel like you
Every chance I get
I just get
high
I'm out on the edge one more time
I'm out on the edge
in my mind
'Tween a rock and a ledge - yes I'm out
Out on the
edge
And I can't see the bottom
Can't look
down
Yeah
Well I'm out
On the edge one more
time
Reaching across the water
For a drink of wine
The
empty glass is fading
The children are all waving
And I'm out on
the edge
I'm out on the edge one more time
I'm out on the
edge in my mind
'Tween a rock and a ledge - yes I'm out
Out on
the edge
I'm out on the edge one more time
I'm out on the
edge in my mind
On the edge - I'm on the edge
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