The great american road trip - lyrics
01 You came to save me
They say an angel came down from heaven
And that that angel was you
That you came to save a miserable sinner
And I was the most miserable you knew
You found me in this border town
Where everyone’s lives just go down and down
Try to find a ride with all its wheels and glass
Try to find a marriage that could ever last
This is a town where all the rats run free
And where the worst of the rats are people like me
Where the line to heaven is single file
And the ones to hell stretch out for miles and miles
You came to save me
You came to save me
You came to save me
You came to save me
With all your grace
And all my crimes
We are having the best of times
I prayed for my own salvation
They say God likes a challenge like me
So he packed me off an angel
Whose beauty even I could see
I saw you first in a blinding vision
At a time when my vision was blurred
There you were in that shaft of light
And then you were all I heard
You were vulnerable and you were radiant
Just as they say angels should be
I was a fumbling, mumbling calamity
Stumbling over everything I couldn’t see
You came to save me
You came to save me
You came to save me
You came to save me
With all your grace
And all my crimes
We are having the best of times
You cook while I lay the table
Our lives are one long bliss
As you float across the room to me
And bestow on me a sensational kiss
We drive to the mall on Saturdays
To stock up for the week
I am now working more than nine to five
Some people have even heard me speak
You have the most perfect of bodies
You have the most perfect of minds
But I have to keep on sinning
To keep you for the rest of time
You came to save me
You came to save me
You came to save me
You came to save me
With all your grace
And all my crimes
We are having the best of times
And that that angel was you
That you came to save a miserable sinner
And I was the most miserable you knew
You found me in this border town
Where everyone’s lives just go down and down
Try to find a ride with all its wheels and glass
Try to find a marriage that could ever last
This is a town where all the rats run free
And where the worst of the rats are people like me
Where the line to heaven is single file
And the ones to hell stretch out for miles and miles
You came to save me
You came to save me
You came to save me
You came to save me
With all your grace
And all my crimes
We are having the best of times
I prayed for my own salvation
They say God likes a challenge like me
So he packed me off an angel
Whose beauty even I could see
I saw you first in a blinding vision
At a time when my vision was blurred
There you were in that shaft of light
And then you were all I heard
You were vulnerable and you were radiant
Just as they say angels should be
I was a fumbling, mumbling calamity
Stumbling over everything I couldn’t see
You came to save me
You came to save me
You came to save me
You came to save me
With all your grace
And all my crimes
We are having the best of times
You cook while I lay the table
Our lives are one long bliss
As you float across the room to me
And bestow on me a sensational kiss
We drive to the mall on Saturdays
To stock up for the week
I am now working more than nine to five
Some people have even heard me speak
You have the most perfect of bodies
You have the most perfect of minds
But I have to keep on sinning
To keep you for the rest of time
You came to save me
You came to save me
You came to save me
You came to save me
With all your grace
And all my crimes
We are having the best of times
02 Wawa Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
I've found a girl
She likes me fine
I am hers
And she is mine
And we sure love
To bump and grind
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
She's gorgeous naked
She's gorgeous dressed
I have to say
I am most impressed
And as for the rest
I’ve been put to the test
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
New love
New love
Talk about lucky
Talk about fate
I’m finding it hard
To respirate
She deprives my breath
Of its natural state
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
I love her
And she loves me
And all the rest
Is geometry
Our uses of Euclid
Are a sight to see!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
New love
New love
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
I've found a girl
She likes me fine
I am hers
And she is mine
And we sure love
To bump and grind
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
She's gorgeous naked
She's gorgeous dressed
I have to say
I am most impressed
And as for the rest
I’ve been put to the test
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
New love
New love
Talk about lucky
Talk about fate
I’m finding it hard
To respirate
She deprives my breath
Of its natural state
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
I love her
And she loves me
And all the rest
Is geometry
Our uses of Euclid
Are a sight to see!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wawa – Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
New love
New love
03 Beautiful LA
It must be so hard to be so beautiful
Who doesn’t want their share of you?
One-night stands, those fair-weather friends
It must be like standing in a sea of blue
Not knowing what to do
Not knowing where to land
The shoreline can be cruel
It can strip you to the raw
In fact or metaphor
With what dread did you see us coming?
What dreams were silenced when we came?
What savage gods did we find you worshipping?
What did we promise in His name?
Did you know what to do?
Did you welcome us to your land?
The shoreline can be cruel
It can strip you to the raw
In fact or metaphor
How to find yourself amid this splendor?
Wisdom, they say, comes only with age
Where’s the merit of Occam’s razor
When your fortune is in your face?
Do you tremor at each moment
The fault of fault or the fault of fate?
The shoreline can be cruel
It can strip you to the raw
In fact or metaphor
Who doesn’t want their share of you?
One-night stands, those fair-weather friends
It must be like standing in a sea of blue
Not knowing what to do
Not knowing where to land
The shoreline can be cruel
It can strip you to the raw
In fact or metaphor
With what dread did you see us coming?
What dreams were silenced when we came?
What savage gods did we find you worshipping?
What did we promise in His name?
Did you know what to do?
Did you welcome us to your land?
The shoreline can be cruel
It can strip you to the raw
In fact or metaphor
How to find yourself amid this splendor?
Wisdom, they say, comes only with age
Where’s the merit of Occam’s razor
When your fortune is in your face?
Do you tremor at each moment
The fault of fault or the fault of fate?
The shoreline can be cruel
It can strip you to the raw
In fact or metaphor
04 Copperhead
You’re a copperhead, all hot-loving down below
The kind of girl I ache to get to know
Cross your path and you’ll try to strike me down
So that you’re dancing with Dixie while I am underground
You are always available but not to my kind
Playing it bad as best you have a mind
All eyes are drawn to your cow-hide and your spurs
And that small piece of cloth where eternity lies
You’re all attitude when giving me the eye
Not man enough for you is what you’re aiming to imply
Couldn’t handle you, not with a whip nor zipties
Better stick to those country girls and their moms’ apple pies
Yours lips quiver like vipers when a boy sashays up to you
He’d better have brass balls to live in your milieu
You ain’t aiming for the celestial, a trip right up to heaven
You’d rather have a hellraiser and his kick-ass ‘47
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
You’ve got one evil smile; some would call it wry
I would call it sulphurous with smoke pouring from your eyes
You’re bad deeds incarnate, not fooled by your disguise
Not so innocent as you think in your unsuspecting mind
I’m real handy with a switchblade and I claim what is mine
Ain’t taking no pushback, not standing in line
Won’t be long now and fast-talking ain’t your style
The field is darn even between your kind and mine
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
The kind of girl I ache to get to know
Cross your path and you’ll try to strike me down
So that you’re dancing with Dixie while I am underground
You are always available but not to my kind
Playing it bad as best you have a mind
All eyes are drawn to your cow-hide and your spurs
And that small piece of cloth where eternity lies
You’re all attitude when giving me the eye
Not man enough for you is what you’re aiming to imply
Couldn’t handle you, not with a whip nor zipties
Better stick to those country girls and their moms’ apple pies
Yours lips quiver like vipers when a boy sashays up to you
He’d better have brass balls to live in your milieu
You ain’t aiming for the celestial, a trip right up to heaven
You’d rather have a hellraiser and his kick-ass ‘47
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
You’ve got one evil smile; some would call it wry
I would call it sulphurous with smoke pouring from your eyes
You’re bad deeds incarnate, not fooled by your disguise
Not so innocent as you think in your unsuspecting mind
I’m real handy with a switchblade and I claim what is mine
Ain’t taking no pushback, not standing in line
Won’t be long now and fast-talking ain’t your style
The field is darn even between your kind and mine
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
Well, if you can dance with the devil, then you can dance with me
05 dust on my shoes
Got dust on my shoes
Can't seem to settle down
Thinking of all my friends
The ones I’ve left behind
Can't stand the gossip
The crazy jealousies
Analyses of all I've done
Of all I could have been
I bless the sun around me
I love the open road
Hanging out with everyone
Forget I’m growing old
Don't belong to anyone
Don't belong to any place
All that I ever was
Can be found in my suitcase
So here I am
In this one-square town
Made of mud,
With dust all around
All over this fine world
Seen solid mountain walls
Rivers in headlong flood
The rippling of the fields
The birds flying north and south
Migrating across the plains
Alaska for the freedom
Florida for the warmth
Liked it as a child
Until I went to school
Nothing to remember
Just other people’s rules
Stepped out one morning
As early as I could
Set out on the highway
It really felt so good
I get wet when it is raining
And cold when it snows
Hot across a desert
And thirsty like God knows
Fifty years I’ve lived this life
Every minute of each day
The happiness of a rambling man
Can’t do it no other way
Can't seem to settle down
Thinking of all my friends
The ones I’ve left behind
Can't stand the gossip
The crazy jealousies
Analyses of all I've done
Of all I could have been
I bless the sun around me
I love the open road
Hanging out with everyone
Forget I’m growing old
Don't belong to anyone
Don't belong to any place
All that I ever was
Can be found in my suitcase
So here I am
In this one-square town
Made of mud,
With dust all around
All over this fine world
Seen solid mountain walls
Rivers in headlong flood
The rippling of the fields
The birds flying north and south
Migrating across the plains
Alaska for the freedom
Florida for the warmth
Liked it as a child
Until I went to school
Nothing to remember
Just other people’s rules
Stepped out one morning
As early as I could
Set out on the highway
It really felt so good
I get wet when it is raining
And cold when it snows
Hot across a desert
And thirsty like God knows
Fifty years I’ve lived this life
Every minute of each day
The happiness of a rambling man
Can’t do it no other way
06 Someone else's life
I know what it’s like
To live your life
To wrestle with your demons
To fall in love with your wife
I know how you started
In a grim factory job
That your dad was a cop
The day you escaped through the bar
I know you were a writer
Who loved rock ‘n’ roll
And wanted to write music
That would never grow old
I know all about Alice
And that whiz kid from New York
And Irene in the bus station
And Rose on the sidewalk
You had your revolution
You were one of the boys
Up and down the freeways
In some luminous yo-yo toy
You were drowning in a gas tank
When the dandy rolled by
And suggested All the Young Dudes
Would make it all right
We all know all things must change
We all know all things must age
You’ve painted with Picasso
Who stayed at your house
Your guitarist and your chef
Before he was laid out
When the world was round
It washed us all away
With pails of soap and water
With the coming of the day
You can stand in your light
You can walk on water if you wish
Just ask Resurrection Mary
If the after-life exists
You’ve become an elder statesman
Under all that curly hair
Because you tell it like it is
Before we get outta here
You’ve lived in your heart
As you’ve followed your own journey
Never a marionette
The original mixed up kid
It’s been a long time
It’s really been a blast
And with both our fates in the balance
We’ve got our fingers crossed
To live your life
To wrestle with your demons
To fall in love with your wife
I know how you started
In a grim factory job
That your dad was a cop
The day you escaped through the bar
I know you were a writer
Who loved rock ‘n’ roll
And wanted to write music
That would never grow old
I know all about Alice
And that whiz kid from New York
And Irene in the bus station
And Rose on the sidewalk
You had your revolution
You were one of the boys
Up and down the freeways
In some luminous yo-yo toy
You were drowning in a gas tank
When the dandy rolled by
And suggested All the Young Dudes
Would make it all right
We all know all things must change
We all know all things must age
You’ve painted with Picasso
Who stayed at your house
Your guitarist and your chef
Before he was laid out
When the world was round
It washed us all away
With pails of soap and water
With the coming of the day
You can stand in your light
You can walk on water if you wish
Just ask Resurrection Mary
If the after-life exists
You’ve become an elder statesman
Under all that curly hair
Because you tell it like it is
Before we get outta here
You’ve lived in your heart
As you’ve followed your own journey
Never a marionette
The original mixed up kid
It’s been a long time
It’s really been a blast
And with both our fates in the balance
We’ve got our fingers crossed
07 Night Garden
Here I am sitting in my night garden
The frogs singing to the breeze
Here I am sitting in my night garden
The cicadas dancing as they please
Here I am sitting in my night garden
Jasmine floating across the air
Here I am sitting in my night garden
Music from a nearby bar
Here I am sitting in my night garden
The bunnies bathing in the moon
Here I am sitting in my night garden
The whole world living in tune
Here I am sitting in my night garden
On a warm New Mexico night
Here I am sitting in my night garden
Laughter making everything bright
Here I am sitting in my night garden
A glass of tequila at my side
Here I am sitting in my night garden
The others fast asleep inside
Here I am sitting in my night garden
The stillness a crazy gentle thing
Here I am sitting in my night garden
Just before turning in
The frogs singing to the breeze
Here I am sitting in my night garden
The cicadas dancing as they please
Here I am sitting in my night garden
Jasmine floating across the air
Here I am sitting in my night garden
Music from a nearby bar
Here I am sitting in my night garden
The bunnies bathing in the moon
Here I am sitting in my night garden
The whole world living in tune
Here I am sitting in my night garden
On a warm New Mexico night
Here I am sitting in my night garden
Laughter making everything bright
Here I am sitting in my night garden
A glass of tequila at my side
Here I am sitting in my night garden
The others fast asleep inside
Here I am sitting in my night garden
The stillness a crazy gentle thing
Here I am sitting in my night garden
Just before turning in
08 if that's what it takes (i ain't taking it)
They say it takes a lot
To live a life
It takes a lot
To keep a wife
It takes a lot
To earn a wage
It takes a lot
To reach old age
Well, if that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
If that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
If that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
They say it takes a lot
To stand up tall
It takes a lot
When you hit the wall
It takes a lot
To sit down and cry
It takes a lot
Not to lie
Well, if that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
If that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
If that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
They say it takes a lot
To reach the top
It takes a lot
Not to fall off
It takes a lot
To live in that world
It takes a lot
If you’re a girl
Well, if that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
If that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
If that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
They say it takes a lot
To always be brave
It takes a lot
To stand next to a grave
It takes a lot
When someone dies
It takes a lot
Not to ask yourself why
Well, if that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
If that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
If that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
To live a life
It takes a lot
To keep a wife
It takes a lot
To earn a wage
It takes a lot
To reach old age
Well, if that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
If that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
If that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
They say it takes a lot
To stand up tall
It takes a lot
When you hit the wall
It takes a lot
To sit down and cry
It takes a lot
Not to lie
Well, if that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
If that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
If that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
They say it takes a lot
To reach the top
It takes a lot
Not to fall off
It takes a lot
To live in that world
It takes a lot
If you’re a girl
Well, if that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
If that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
If that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
They say it takes a lot
To always be brave
It takes a lot
To stand next to a grave
It takes a lot
When someone dies
It takes a lot
Not to ask yourself why
Well, if that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
If that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
If that’s what it takes
I ain’t taking it
09 can I do things with your daughter?
“Hello, Sir, how are you?
Nice to meet you, really cool
Is Nia around anywhere?
Is Nia around anywhere?”
“I don’t know you
I’ve never heard of you
She’s never mentioned you
And you say she’s cool
What do you mean by ‘cool’?
What do you mean by ‘cool’?”
“Well, Sir, I like her a lot
You have to admit she’s pretty damn hot
She seems so much fun
She seems so much fun
“She’s so beautiful
Couldn’t ask for anything more
That’s why I came to your door
That’s why I came to your door”
“I don’t know you
I’ve never heard of you
She’s never mentioned you
And you say she’s ‘hot’
What do you mean by ‘hot’?
What do you mean by ‘hot’?”
“I respect her, I really do
She’s the best, bet you think so too
Oh, Nia, here you are
Oh, Nia, here you are
“Thank you, thank you,
You’re looking great tonight
Thank you, your eyes are so bright,
Thank you, thank you, thank you
Are you ready to go?
“Thank you, thank you,
I just love your smile
Thank you, I just love your eyes
Thank you, thank you, thank you
This is quite a night”
“You’re back at last
Where have you been?
What are you wearing, wearing in your hair?
What’s that in your hair?
What’s that in your hair?”
“Dear Sir, we had a great time
Nia was fun, she was quite divine
I’ll take her out any time
I’ll take her out any time
“Thank you, thank you,
I enjoyed her every breath
Thank you, I enjoyed her every caress
Thank you, thank you, thank you
She’s promised to be mine
“Thank you, thank you,
I really will be true
Thank you, I feel we’re just like new
Thank you, thank you, thank you
I’m sure she loves you too”
Nice to meet you, really cool
Is Nia around anywhere?
Is Nia around anywhere?”
“I don’t know you
I’ve never heard of you
She’s never mentioned you
And you say she’s cool
What do you mean by ‘cool’?
What do you mean by ‘cool’?”
“Well, Sir, I like her a lot
You have to admit she’s pretty damn hot
She seems so much fun
She seems so much fun
“She’s so beautiful
Couldn’t ask for anything more
That’s why I came to your door
That’s why I came to your door”
“I don’t know you
I’ve never heard of you
She’s never mentioned you
And you say she’s ‘hot’
What do you mean by ‘hot’?
What do you mean by ‘hot’?”
“I respect her, I really do
She’s the best, bet you think so too
Oh, Nia, here you are
Oh, Nia, here you are
“Thank you, thank you,
You’re looking great tonight
Thank you, your eyes are so bright,
Thank you, thank you, thank you
Are you ready to go?
“Thank you, thank you,
I just love your smile
Thank you, I just love your eyes
Thank you, thank you, thank you
This is quite a night”
“You’re back at last
Where have you been?
What are you wearing, wearing in your hair?
What’s that in your hair?
What’s that in your hair?”
“Dear Sir, we had a great time
Nia was fun, she was quite divine
I’ll take her out any time
I’ll take her out any time
“Thank you, thank you,
I enjoyed her every breath
Thank you, I enjoyed her every caress
Thank you, thank you, thank you
She’s promised to be mine
“Thank you, thank you,
I really will be true
Thank you, I feel we’re just like new
Thank you, thank you, thank you
I’m sure she loves you too”
10 Zombie time
Here we are in topsy-turvy land
Where what used to be great has been turned around
Where the living dead are after my head
To eat my brain and replace it with lead
Get me out of this squirming mess
I’ll live under a rock to avoid the duress
Reckon it’s a place where I can live in peace
Away from those idiots we seem to have released
It feels like zombie time
I thought you were a friend of mine
Until your flesh melted into slime
And your soul spewed out rivers of bile
It feels like zombie time
I thought you were a friend of mine
Until your flesh melted into slime
And your soul spewed out rivers of bile
I’ve stocked up on Twinkies, Slim Jims and Coke
And I’m heading for my bunker for a laugh and a joke
There are a lot of comedians out there in the wild
Who’re keeping us sane while our world is defiled
Reckon I’ll be staying there for one hell of a while
Clutching my loved ones and my espresso stockpile
It may not take a miracle to get us out of this mess
But if you happen to see one, let’s not second-guess
It feels like zombie time
I thought you were a friend of mine
Until your flesh melted into slime
And your soul spewed out rivers of bile
It feels like zombie time
I thought you were a friend of mine
Until your flesh melted into slime
And your soul spewed out rivers of bile
Where what used to be great has been turned around
Where the living dead are after my head
To eat my brain and replace it with lead
Get me out of this squirming mess
I’ll live under a rock to avoid the duress
Reckon it’s a place where I can live in peace
Away from those idiots we seem to have released
It feels like zombie time
I thought you were a friend of mine
Until your flesh melted into slime
And your soul spewed out rivers of bile
It feels like zombie time
I thought you were a friend of mine
Until your flesh melted into slime
And your soul spewed out rivers of bile
I’ve stocked up on Twinkies, Slim Jims and Coke
And I’m heading for my bunker for a laugh and a joke
There are a lot of comedians out there in the wild
Who’re keeping us sane while our world is defiled
Reckon I’ll be staying there for one hell of a while
Clutching my loved ones and my espresso stockpile
It may not take a miracle to get us out of this mess
But if you happen to see one, let’s not second-guess
It feels like zombie time
I thought you were a friend of mine
Until your flesh melted into slime
And your soul spewed out rivers of bile
It feels like zombie time
I thought you were a friend of mine
Until your flesh melted into slime
And your soul spewed out rivers of bile
11 Ghost
When I saw you standing in that line
It took me back to ancient times
It felt like I was seeing a ghost
The sort of ghost that hurts the most
I thought that door was locked and barred
But all the time you were lingering afar
You looked so sad, and frail, and lost
But, God knows, you come at such a cost
Every ghost that transcends time
Carries wisps of what was once sublime
And echoes of a long-lost world
A world of madness, pain and woe
Did you intend to find me here?
Were you tracing me across the years?
I could feel your anger in your frozen state
Your resentment that I didn’t know your fate
I have to admit that I just forgot
My life moved on, I changed a lot
There was new romance, work and friends
I assumed that we were at an end
Some memories haunt and others fade
Some friends are lost and others made
Time goes by in a momentous flow
That leaves the past an after-glow
It took me back to ancient times
It felt like I was seeing a ghost
The sort of ghost that hurts the most
I thought that door was locked and barred
But all the time you were lingering afar
You looked so sad, and frail, and lost
But, God knows, you come at such a cost
Every ghost that transcends time
Carries wisps of what was once sublime
And echoes of a long-lost world
A world of madness, pain and woe
Did you intend to find me here?
Were you tracing me across the years?
I could feel your anger in your frozen state
Your resentment that I didn’t know your fate
I have to admit that I just forgot
My life moved on, I changed a lot
There was new romance, work and friends
I assumed that we were at an end
Some memories haunt and others fade
Some friends are lost and others made
Time goes by in a momentous flow
That leaves the past an after-glow
12 song for all lovers
Love transforms us
Love redeems us
Love enchants us
Feels divine
Love lights passions
Love inflames us
Love absorbs us
Defies all time
Raise your lips and
Kiss me gently
Wrap your arms
Around me now
Every moment I spend beside you
Every thought we share together
Every smile that flies between us
Makes me realize how kind the world is
Every time we dream the future
Every touch against our skin
Every scent of jasmine or roses
Makes me yours and makes you mine
Love is calming
Love inspires us
Love surrounds us
Takes its time
Love is beauty
Love empowers us
Love defines us
Blesses our lives
Raise your lips and
Kiss me gently
Wrap your arms
Around me now
Every moment I spend beside you
Every thought we share together
Every smile that flies between us
Makes me realize how kind the world is
Every time we dream the future
Every touch against our skin
Every scent of jasmine or roses
Makes me yours and makes you mine
Love forgives us
Love reminds us
Love will spare us
Guides us all
Love is caring
Love is truthful
Love protects us
Shines and shines
Raise your lips and
Kiss me gently
Wrap your arms
Around me now
Love redeems us
Love enchants us
Feels divine
Love lights passions
Love inflames us
Love absorbs us
Defies all time
Raise your lips and
Kiss me gently
Wrap your arms
Around me now
Every moment I spend beside you
Every thought we share together
Every smile that flies between us
Makes me realize how kind the world is
Every time we dream the future
Every touch against our skin
Every scent of jasmine or roses
Makes me yours and makes you mine
Love is calming
Love inspires us
Love surrounds us
Takes its time
Love is beauty
Love empowers us
Love defines us
Blesses our lives
Raise your lips and
Kiss me gently
Wrap your arms
Around me now
Every moment I spend beside you
Every thought we share together
Every smile that flies between us
Makes me realize how kind the world is
Every time we dream the future
Every touch against our skin
Every scent of jasmine or roses
Makes me yours and makes you mine
Love forgives us
Love reminds us
Love will spare us
Guides us all
Love is caring
Love is truthful
Love protects us
Shines and shines
Raise your lips and
Kiss me gently
Wrap your arms
Around me now
13. Kathleen
Oh, Kathleen,
As you lie here by my side
Eyes so warm
Hair so wild
Nothing can change
This love of mine
All my love
All my life
Together
Forever
For all time.
As you lie here by my side
Eyes so warm
Hair so wild
Nothing can change
This love of mine
All my love
All my life
Together
Forever
For all time.
14. Rock, san francisco
From a land of fires and earthquakes
From hills of silver and gold
To the Barbary streets of Broadway
This is where we call home
From the hippy Haight revolution
From the Castro call for gay pride
To the Universal Rights of the plaza
This is where we call home
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
From Folsom Street and Mission
From Filmore and Washington Square
To Union Street and Valencia
This is where we call home
From the Western beach of Sutro
From the elegance of China Bay
To Hayes and Stockton and Geary
This is where we call home
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
From hills of silver and gold
To the Barbary streets of Broadway
This is where we call home
From the hippy Haight revolution
From the Castro call for gay pride
To the Universal Rights of the plaza
This is where we call home
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
From Folsom Street and Mission
From Filmore and Washington Square
To Union Street and Valencia
This is where we call home
From the Western beach of Sutro
From the elegance of China Bay
To Hayes and Stockton and Geary
This is where we call home
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
Rock, San Francisco
15 crossing the border
I came across the border
Suitcase in my hand
I came to this country
To do the best I can
Now I realize
I’m more slave than I’m a man
But I will make my home
In this land of Uncle Sam
Past the perils of the Minutemen
And the shades of the Klu Klux Klan
I have worked these fields
With the bareness of my hands
I hope one day
We will make you understand
That we will make our homes
In this land of Uncle Sam
‘America for Americans’
I often hear you shout
‘America for Americans
Everyone else just get out’
But we are the Americans, my friend
We’ve been here for25,000 years
It is you who are the invaders
With your diseases, your guns, your fears
If we can’t live together
Where do we all go from here?
I want my children
To flourish in this land
I want my children
To have the best life
That they can
No more running from the icemen
No more fire to frying pan
They will make their homes
In this land of Uncle Sam
You know that once these territories
Were ruled by Mexicans
They were taken from our people
With the canon and the gun
But there’s no use pretending
There is any justice to your plan
You can't just draw a line
And take away our land
‘America for Americans’
I often hear you shout
‘America for Americans
Everyone else just get out’
But we are the Americans, my friend
We’ve been here for25,000 years
It is you who are the invaders
With your diseases, your guns, your fears
If we can’t live together
Where do we all go from here?
I came across the border
Suitcase in my hand
I came to this country
To do the best I can
Now I realize
I’m more slave than I’m a man
But I will make my home
In this land of Uncle Sam
Suitcase in my hand
I came to this country
To do the best I can
Now I realize
I’m more slave than I’m a man
But I will make my home
In this land of Uncle Sam
Past the perils of the Minutemen
And the shades of the Klu Klux Klan
I have worked these fields
With the bareness of my hands
I hope one day
We will make you understand
That we will make our homes
In this land of Uncle Sam
‘America for Americans’
I often hear you shout
‘America for Americans
Everyone else just get out’
But we are the Americans, my friend
We’ve been here for25,000 years
It is you who are the invaders
With your diseases, your guns, your fears
If we can’t live together
Where do we all go from here?
I want my children
To flourish in this land
I want my children
To have the best life
That they can
No more running from the icemen
No more fire to frying pan
They will make their homes
In this land of Uncle Sam
You know that once these territories
Were ruled by Mexicans
They were taken from our people
With the canon and the gun
But there’s no use pretending
There is any justice to your plan
You can't just draw a line
And take away our land
‘America for Americans’
I often hear you shout
‘America for Americans
Everyone else just get out’
But we are the Americans, my friend
We’ve been here for25,000 years
It is you who are the invaders
With your diseases, your guns, your fears
If we can’t live together
Where do we all go from here?
I came across the border
Suitcase in my hand
I came to this country
To do the best I can
Now I realize
I’m more slave than I’m a man
But I will make my home
In this land of Uncle Sam
