Who Will Save Your Soul
People living their lives for you on TV,
They say they're better than you and you agree.
She says, "Hold my calls," from behind those cold, brick walls.
She says, "Come here, boy, there ain't nothin' for free."
Anther doctor's bill, a lawyer's bill, another cute cheap thrill.
You know you love him if you put him in your will. But

(Chorus)
Who will save your soul, when it comes to the flowers, now?
Oh, who will save your soul after all those lies that you told, boy?
And who will save your soulds if you won't save your own?
La da da da di da da la da da ya die.

We try to hustel them, try to bustle them, try to cuss them.
The cops want someone to bust down on Orleans Avenue.
Another day, another dollar, another war,
Another tower went up where the homeless had thier homes.
So we pray to as many diff'rent gods as there are flowers,
But we call religion our friend.
We're so worried about saving our souls, Afraid that God will take his toll that we forget to begin. But

(Chorus)

Some are walking, some are talking, some are stalking their kill.
Got social security, but that don't pay your bills.
There are addictions to feed and there are mouhts to pay,
So you bargain with the devil, but you're OK for today.
Say that you love them, take their money and run.
Say, "It's been swell, sweetheart, but it was just one of those things,
Those flings, those strings you got to cut,
So get out on the streets, girls, and bust your butts."

(Chorus)

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Pieces of You
She's an ugly girl, does it make you want to kill her?
She's an ugly girl, do you want to kick in her face?
She's an ugly girl, she doesn't pose a threat.
She's an ugly girl, does that make you feel safe?
Ugly girl, ugly girl, do you hate her
'Cause she's pieces of you?

She's a pretty girl, does she make you think nasty thoughts?
She's a pretty girl, do you want to tie her down?
She's a pretty girl, do you call her a bitch?
She's a pretty girl, did she sleep with your whole town?
Pretty girl, pretty girl, do you hate her
'Cause she's pieces of you?

You say he's a faggot, does it make you want to hurt him?
You say he's a faggot, do you want to bash in his brain?
You say he's a faggot, does he make you sick to your stomach?
You say he's a faggot, are you afraid you're jus the same?
Faggot, Faggot, do you hate him
'Cause he's pieces of you?

You say he's a Jew, does it mean that he's tight?
You say he's a Jew, do you want to hurt his kids tonight?
You say he's a Jew, he'll never wear that funny hat again.
You say he's a Jew, as though being born were a sin.
Oh Jew, oh Jew, do you hate him
'Cause he's pieces of you?

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Little Sister
Hey little sister, I heard you went to mister so-and-so,
Knock, knock, knocking on his door
Again last night, said you needed it bad.
You know that ain't right.
'Cause so many times you've come to me cry, crying,
Trying to stop, you said it hurts so bad
But please don't let you
Go back for more.

My little sisiter is a zombie in a body
With no soul; a role she has learned to play,
In a world today where nothing else matters.
But it matters, we gotta start feeding our souls,
Not our addictions or afflictions of pain.
To aviod the same questions we must
Ask ourselves to get any answers,
We gotta start geeding our souls...

Have been lost to the millions with lots
Who feed on addiction selling pills and what's hot.
I wish I could save her from all their delusions,
All the confusion,
Of a nation that starves for salvation.
But clothing is the closest approximation
To God and He only knows that drugs
Are all we know of love.

Ev'ry day we starve while we eat white bread
And beer instead of a handshake or hug.
We spill the pills and sweep them under the rug.
My little sisiter is a zombie in a body
With no soul; a role she has learned to play,
In a world today where nothing else matters.
But it matters, we gotta start feeding our souls.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Da, da ,da da, da, da.

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Foolish Games
You took your coat off and stood in the rain,
You're always crazy like that.
And I watched from my window,
Always felt I was outside looking in on you.
You're always the mysterious one with
Dark eyes and careless hair,
You were fashionably sensitive
But too cool to care.
You stood in my doorway, with nothing to say
Besides some comment on the weather.

(Pre-Chorus 1)
Well in case you failed to notice,
In case you failed to see,
This is my heart bleeding before you,
This is me down on my knees, and...

(Chorus)
These foolish games are tearing me apart,
And your thoughtless words are breaking my heart.
You're breaking my heart.

You're always brilliant in the morning,
Smoking your cigarettes and talking over coffee.
Your philosophies on art, Baroque moved you.
You loved Mozart and you'd speak of your loved ones
As I clumsily strummed my guitar.

You'd teach me of honest things,
Things that were daring, things that were clean.
Things that knew what an honest dollar did mean.
I hid my soiled hands behind my back.
Somewhere along the line, I must've gone
Off track with you.

(Pre-Chorus 2)
Excuse me, think I've mistaken you for somebody else,
Somebody who gave a damn,
Somebody more like myself.

(Chorus)

You took your coat off,
Stood in the rain,
You're always crazy like that.

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Near You Always
Please don't say I love you.
Those words touch me much too deeply.
And they make my core tremble.
Don't think you realize the effect you have over me.
And please don't look at me like that.

(Chorus)
It just makes me want to make you near me always.

Please don't kiss me so sweet,
It makes me crave a thousand kisses to follow.
And please don't touch me like that,
Makes every other embrace seem pale and shallow.
And please don't come so close.

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
And please don't bring me flowers,
They only whisper the sweet things you'd say.
And don't try to understand me.
Your hands already know too much anyway.

(Chorus)

And when you look into my eyes,
Please know my heart is in your hands.
It's nothing that I understand.
But when in your arms,
You have complete power over me
So be gentle if you please, 'cause

(Coda)
Your hands are in my hair, but
My heart is in your teeth
Baby, and it makes me want to make you near me always.

(Coda)

Want to be near you always.
Want to be near you always.
Want to be near you always.

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Painters
Eighty years, an old lady now, sitting on the front porch
Watching the clouds roll by.
They remind her of her lover,
How he left her, and of times long ago,
When she used color carelessly, painted his portrait
A thousand times, or maybe just his smile,
Her and her canvas would follow him wherever they would go.

(Chorus 1)
'Cause they were painters, and they were painting themselves
A lovely world.

Oil-streaked daisies covered the living room walls.
He put water-colored roses in her hair.
He said, "Love, I love you, I want to give you the mountains,
The sunshine, the sunset too.
I just want to give you a world as beautiful as you are to me."

(Chorus 2)
'Cause I'm a painter, and I want to paint you
A lovely world.

So, they sat down and made a drawing of their love,
They made it an art to live by.
They painted every passion, every home,
Created every beautiful child.
In winter they were weavers of warmth,
In summer they were carpenters of love.
They thought blueprints were too sad
So they made them yellow.

(Chorus)

(Bridge 1)
Until one day the rain fell as thick as black oil,
And in her heart she knew something was wrong.
She went running through the orchard, screaming,
"No God, don't take him from me,"
But by the time she got there,
She feared he already had gone.
She got to where he lay,
Water-colored roses in his hands for her.
She threw them down, screaming,
"Damn you, man, don't leave me with nothing left behind
But these cold paintings, these cold portraits to remind me!"

(Bridge 2)
He said, "Love I only leave a little, try to understand.
I put my soul in this life we've created with these four hands.
Love, I leave, but only a little,
This world holds me still.
My body may die now, but these paintings are real."
La de di, la de di, la de di, de di.

So, many seasons came and many seasons went,
And many times she saw he love's face watering the flowers,
Talking to the trees and singing to his children.
When the wind blew, she knew he was listening
And, oh, how he seemed to laugh along, and
How he seemed to hold her when she was crying.

(Chorus 4)
'Cause they were painters, and they had painted themselves
A lovely world.

Eighty years, an old lady now, sitting on the front porch
Watching the clouds roll by.
They remind her of her lover,
How he left her, and of times long ago,
When she used color carelessly, painted his portrait
A thousand times, or maybe just his smile,
Her and her canvas would follow him wherever they would go.
Yes, her and her canvas still follow.

Because they are painters and they are painting themselves
A lovely...

'Cause the are painters and they are painting themselves
A lovely world.

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Morning Song
Let the phone ring.
Let's go back to sleep.
Let the world spin outside our door,
You're the only one that I wanna see.
Tell your boss you're sick,
Hurry, get back in, I'm getting cold.
Get over here and warm my hands up, boy,
It's you they love to hold.
And stop thinking about what your sister said.
And stop worry'n about it,
Yes, the cat's already been fed.
Come on darlin', let's go back to bed.

(Chorus)
Put the phone machine on hold.
Leave the dishes in the sink.
Do not answer the door.
It's you that I adore, (for you I'll be a poor man's wife)
I'm gonna give you some more.

We'll sit on the front porch,
The sun can warm my feet.
You can drink your coffee with sugar and cream,
I'll drink my decaf herbal tea.
Pretend we're perfect strangers
And that we never met.
My, you remind me of a man I used to sleep with,
That's a face I'd never forget.
You can be Henry Miller and I'll be Anais Nin,
Except this time it'll be even better,
We'll stay together in the end.
Come on darlin', let's go back to bed.

(Chorus)

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Adrian
Adrian came home again last summer.
Things just haven't been the same 'round here.

(Chorus)
And people talk,
And people stare.
Oh, Adrian, come out and play.

An unfortunate accident in a canoe;
Doctor said, "I'm sorry, not much I can do."

(Chorus 2)
And the air was so still,
And his eyes, they did not blink.
Oh, Adrian, come out and play.

Little Mary Epperson liked him
And she vowed always to watch after him.

(Chorus 3)
But still he did not move
And the doctor said it's no use.
Oh, Adrian, come out and play.

(Bridge)
And she sat by his side
And watched the years fly by.
He looked so fragile, he looked so small
And she wondered why he was still alive at all.

Everyone in town had that "I'm so sorry" look;
They talked in a whispered hush, said,
"I'd turn the machines off,"

(Chorus 4)
But still she sat by his side;
She said, "Life he won't be denied."
Oh, Adrian, come out and play.

Yellow flowers decorate his bedroom;
Sign above his door says "Welcome Home."

(Chorus 5)
But he just sits and stares.
He's awake but still not there.
Oh, Adrian, come out and play.

(Bridge)

And little Mary Apperson grew up lovely,
And she still comes to visit him on Sundays.

(Chorus 6)
He's like an unused toy;
He's got big hands but the mind of a little boy.
Oh, Adrian, come out and play.

Adrian came home again last summer.
Things just haven't been the same 'round here.

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I'm Sensitive
I was thinking that I might fly today,
Just to disprove all the things that you say.
It doesn't take a talent to be mean.
Your words can crush things that are unseen.

(Chorus)
So please be careful with me, I'm sensitive
And I'd like to stay that way.

You always tell me that it's impossible
To be respected, and be a girl.
Why's it gotta be so complicated?
Why you gotta tell me if I'm hated?

(Chorus)

And I was thinking, that it might do some good
If we robbed the cynics and took all their food.
That way what they believe will have taken place
And we'll give it to everybody who has some faith, though.

(Chorus)

I have this theory, that if we're told we're bad
Then that's the only idea we'll ever have.
But, maybe if we are surrounded in beauty,
Someday we will become what we see.

'Cause anyone can start a conflict;
It's harder yet to disregard it.
I'd rather see the world from another angle.

(Chorus)
We are everyday angels
Be careful with me 'cause I'd like to stay that way.

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You Were Meant For Me
I hear the clock, it's 6 A.M.,
I feel so far away from where I've been.
I got my eggs, got my pancakes, too.
Got my maple syrup, ev'rything but you.
I break the yolks and make a smiley face,
I kinda like it in my brand new place.
Wipe the spots above the mirror,
Don't leave the keys in the door.
I never put wet towels on the floor anymore, 'cause

(Chorus)
Dreams last so long,
Even after you're gone.
I know, that you love me
And soon you will see
You were meant for me,
And I was meant for you.

I called my momma, she was out for a walk.
Consoled a cup of coffee, but it didn't wanna talk.
So I picked up a paper, it was more bad news.
More hearts being broken or people being used.
Put on my coat in the pouring rain.
I saw a movie, it just wasn't the same.
'Cause it was happy and I was sad
And it made me miss you, oh, so bad.

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
Go about my bus'ness, I'm doing fine.
Besides, a-what would I say if I had you on the line?
Same old story not much to say,
Hearts are broken ev'ry day.

I brush my teeth and put the cap back on.
I know you hate it when I leave the light on.
I pick a book up and then I turn the sheets down,
And then I take a deep breath and a good look around.
Put on my pj's and hop into bed.
I'm half alive, but I feel mostly dead.
I try and tell myself it'll be all right,
I just shouldn't think anymore tonight.

(Chorus)

Yeah, you were meant for me
And I was meant for you.

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Don't
Don't walk too close,
Don't breathe so soft
And don't talk so sweet,
And don't sing.
Don't lay, oh, so near.
Please, don't let me fall in love with you again.

Please let me forget all those sweet smiles,
All of the passion, all of the heat,
The peace, the pain,
All those blue skies, where your words were my freedom.
Please, don't let me fall in love with you again.

Too many times I've cared too much.
I stood on the edge.
And saw that you held my hand,
And knowing too well
I couldn't hide from those eyes
Please, don't let me fall please.
Don't let me fall in love in love with you again.

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Daddy
My bones are tired, Daddy.
I don't get enough sleep.
I don't eat as good as I could, Daddy.
What's that say about me?
You know, sometimes I sleep past noon, Daddy.
I drink lots of black coffee and I smoke like a chimney.
And yes, I left the refrigerator door half-open, Daddy.
What's that say about me?
Sometimes I want to rip out your throat, Daddy,
For all those things you said that were mean.
I'm gonna make you just as vunerable as I was, Daddy.
What's that say about me?
Sometimes I want to bash in your teeth, Daddy.
Gonna use your tongue as a stamp.
I'm gonna rip your heart out the way you did mine, Daddy.
Go ahead an' psychoanalyze that.
'Cause I'm your creation, I'm your love, Daddy.
Grew up to be and do all those sick things you said I would do.
Well, last night I saw you sneak out your window
With your white hood, Daddy.
What's that say about you?
I'm sloppy, what's that say about you?
I'm messy, what's that say about you?
My bones are tired, Daddy.

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All through the night I'll be standing over you.
All through the night I'll be watching over you.
And through the bad dreams I'll be right there, baby.
Holding your hand, telling you everything is all right.
And when you cry I'll be right there
Telling you you were never anything less than beautiful.
So don't you worry.
I'm your Angel standing by.

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Amen
Your mother's child.
But night lays you down.
Hair aflame, wild look in your eyes.
Naked belly to the ground
A forest fire nibbles at your veins,
Crawls up your arm, runs away with your mind
And burns dry thoughts like leaves.

(Chorus)
A-men.

Eyes stare up, but something's in the way.
In the Bible, only angels have wings
And the rest must wait to be saved.
A dry tongue screams at the sky
But the wind just breathes words in
As a strange bird tries to fly.

(Chorus)

Pieces of us die every day
As though our flesh were hell.
Such injustice, as children we are told
That from God we fell.
Where are my angels?
Where's my golden one?
Where's my hope now that my heros have gone?
Some are being beaten, some are being born.
And some can't tell the difference anymore.

(Chorus)

Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.

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