1. "Adina"                                                                 

i want to go where the action is
i want to fly through the urban blight
i want to live like a shadow in the dark
and only move at night

a story bought a one story house that
let's the winter bleed
21 years old and no money

how did she know the roof would cave in
over and over again
beat up bruised a record that's broken
adina's crying again

beat up chevy with a trailer in town
is what they call home now
one more hill or river to cross on
on the way to another town
crying in her beer and always running away
may be not so much running but hopin'
for better days

how did she know the roof would cave in
over and over again
beat up bruised a record that's broken
adina's crying again

[repeat 4x]
Hey Hey

she's crying again

I'm money broke and it's no joke can't core use the rope this time (Hey !!)

i asked'em if i could come in and the first thing they said was no (Hey !!)
           if i can't come in thats mean that i can't come back that means i got nowhere to go

[repeat 2x]
i'm a hyena fighting for lion share
sometimes the lions share ain't there

absent from political authority an animal i've become (Hey !!)
total disorder and confusion is the life style that i run (Hey !!)
permit me to do what i want and i will i'm a nomad to travel (Hey !!)
concrete class stone and gravel

[repeat 2x]
i'm a hyena fighting for lion share
sometimes the lions share ain't there

every time i turn around it's the same sad story
getting ganked i wish it could end in lifes comisary
i'm a bad missionary with a wicked message i sent
who can i trust in a world of greed
when i'm taught to take and not to give

who can i trust when i'm taught to take and not to give

I'm money broke and it's no joke can't core use the rope this time (Hey !!)
nuckel up buckel up the ride's getting rough but i will not loose my mind (Hey !!)
permit me to do what i want and i will i'm a nomad to travel (Hey !!)
concrete class stone and gravel

i'm a hyena fighting for lion share
sometimes the lions share ain't there
sometimes the lions share ain't there.....sh*t

3. "Detroit"

i didn't know what time it was until the sun went down
Detroit mild on the bus downtown
last night i was fighting on the street
but tonight i have a girl next to me in this cold world
she brings me heat

i got a good feeling in a bad city tonight
i gotta good feeling everything's gonna be alright
some run some fight
i got a good feeling in a bad city tonight

detained in illegal custody spent the night in jail
with a drunken priest and a hooker $500 bail
nobody knew who was who standing in the street like that
i hit the ground to make a sound

i got a good feeling in a bad city tonight
i gotta good feeling everything's gonna be alright
some run some fight
i got a good feeling in a bad city tonight

bus droped me off and i had to cough i couldn't breath
'cuz i got ripped off i couldn't realize by being satisfied 'cause it runs so thin
and thats why im pissed off we had no money we had time
she had the champagne i had the cisco wine
she said do you want to come you better hurry because
we'll have hell to pay

4. "Rats In The Hallway"

knock knock
come in
you wanna fight
i'm gonna win
i'll take you out
in a minute
step in my flat
see what's in it

i live in the land of wellfare state
my flat used to be section 8
now it's a rat infested cocaine run
my whole world plays like a broken drum

drunken bum
yeah yeah yeah
rats in the hallway again

get up get out go ahead and ride away
sit up our bed up your bed to lay
kick up our rip up this place apart
even when i'm finished i'm back at the start i'm out of line
at adeline st. heat don't keep the crooked beat 4am
no waves breaking what's left of the pm the am has taken

drunken bum
yeah yeah yeah
rats in the hallway again

outside my gate my crew is drinking a 40
oz the asked my if there's still rats in the hallway
i said somethings ain't like the weather
they never change for the better
this girl came up to me she said she would do me no harm
rolled up her sleeve and shoved me the tracks on her arm
i said what's your name she said Mya
she said Tim, wanna take you higher

junkie drunken
yeah yeah yeah
rats in the hallway again

zombie walking kid out on his own with no morals
mr.high leaves the body in comes mr withdrawl
pain is the only thing the body will alow
the kid wants to dance the gangsters knows how

johnny bought some shit down on market
street shoot up boot up the human target
he hit the dirty spike when he hit the scene
it's easy to stay dirty when nothing is clean johnny's a writer

who tags up jackel jackel just clamped on unclampable shackels
rout up shoot up some dope to go
like leagal currancy it's money it's like that
rat tat tat kid got shot point blank in the back my land lord said
not to be bumming he was on cocaine stoop and he had it coming he had it coming?
he was only 12 years old he was in the blizzard he got shot for being cold
it don't seem right tonight hit the lights alright
watch the roaches run into the darkest room

[repeat 2x.]
drunken bum
yeah yeah yeah
rats in the hallway again

5. "Another Night"

in the dark with the okland skyline
as i cross the city i avoid the landlines
all i wanna do is make it through without dying
all i wanna do is keep on trying

another night
in the streets for me
another night
no sanctuary
another night
come and watch me bleed
another night
in the streets for me

she wouldn't move until the coast was clear
she always knew the final battle was near
if you have a bag of dope she give it up for free
if you got a song of hope it will help her see

another night
in the streets for me
another night
no sanctuary
another night
come and watch me bleed
another night
in the streets for me

6. "Animosity"

break down the fear
i got my animosity
i'm gonna breake it down

armageddon is coming so you better start running
cause the big wave is coming to the shore
no suprise that you see throu the lies
of the system that's rotten to the core

high tech survailance
paranoia and violence
keeping the city at a calm
break it down
tear it apart
the city's going off
like a bomb

break down the fear
i got my animosity
i'm gonna breake it down

helicopters coming down on me tonight
my brother selling cocaine he knows how to fight
hounded and arrassed in a power elite bought
sun ain't arise so i abite by my route
i remember a cold december when i heard the revolution rock
didnt hear what they were saying i ran thru the mayhem
of a police state on my block
high tech survailance
paranoia and violence
keeping the city at a calm

break it down
tear it apart
the city's going off
like a bomb


11. "The Bottle"

climb in
climb in
climb inside me.. pain

another night of drinkin'
another night of beeing
out of my head and i don't know
where i was last night
drinkin' on a empty stomach
or an empty mind
it makes no difference when i'm way out of line
things i can't remember comes back to haunt me
a lot of people out there who seem to want me
climb in the bottle and never come out

i may know nothing but i'm good at something
i will drink till the sun comes up
no more one of these days gonna come out of my haze
better hurry up it's getting harder to come back

12."Trenches"

1987 at a 7-11
police out looking for problems
but i'm no average hoodlum
still running from the pigs
so it seems to me this is not
the land of love and liberty
it's more like a waiting room in hell
drink a qwart and watch me dwell
i got it right out in the trenches tonight
glass towers rise above the filth and the pain
im a moral degenerate feel my pain
pass out in a squat on mission
that night i was shocked into submission
straight down straight down to hell i head
systems of sewers is where i lay my head
people on their way are like on a different dimension
i need no correction
i got it right out in the trenches tonight
some of my friends moved on a simple domestic life
they're all gone only a few of us remain
only few of us want to keep in the same
i got it right out in the trenches tonight

13. "Holiday Sunrise"

so i packed everything i owned
midnight christmas eve
a kid could feel alone
i drink my scotch
my mind goes astray
midnight christmas eve
starts out in a way
i cried when i had no shoes
'til i met the man with no feet

it's just a
holiday sunrise
i suddenly realized
i got no alibis
holiday sunrise

relatives of mine said
they were born again
fucked up world has made me born against
i'm a sinner and my soul should be cleansed
i'll take my chances when i'm dead

14."Unwritten Rules"

kick the kick drum increase the weight of the sound
the dialog of maximum decibles is enough to move the fucking ground
i'm gonna amplify the rage of a class
that's thought inferior the message in the volume
this song a carrier

unwritten rules
rules understood
unwritten rules

boomin' out the speakers and amps in the hood
i like to drink beer play music and go to shows
it's not about paying your dues if you do it out of love
i'm not a jaded junkie running dry
i don't know anything else
i'll be playing till i die


   15. "Union Blood (Untitled)"

Bloody thursday was july 6th
the pigs killed 3 workers
harry bridges grabbed the mic
The city shut down july 6th
the workers outrage it was a general strike
The media clamed that the commies were taking over and some believed it was true
3 uncompremising strikes was paved the way Minn Sf and Toledo

But on the situation
But on the street sometimes
You're gonna hit the cold concrete


  16."Get Out Of My Way"

Go ahead start causing trouble
Get outta my way get outta my way...
Don't want your lies and I don't want your rat race
I don't see any fun
In getting fucked up around this place
I played as much as you

Get outta my way get outta my way

Rich kid rich kid get outta my hair

Get outta my way get outta my way

I'll sing what I'll sing
I'll wear what I'll wear

Get outta my way get outta my way

I try to love mankind and I try to do what's right
But I can't do anything...

Get outta my way get outta my way

Go ahead start causing trouble
Get outta my way get outta my way...
Who do you think you are
Do you think you're some kinda cop
Why did you come along you're a f*ckin' cop!

Kid get outta my way kid get outta my way
Kid get outta my way kid get outta my way [repeat]
Get out... of my way!



Let's Go (1994)

1."Nihilism"

come into the union district
drive down on sharmon palms
white ghettos paint a picture
broken homes and broken bones
i was so full of scotch i could not stand up
i was hittin the shots and i moved to a cup
release me from moral assumption
total rejection total destruction
nihilistic feelings are moving if i try real hard
i'll see right through them

nihilism!

walkin a path of self destruction
not affected by the repercussions
lady on the billboard offer me a drink
said not right now i need time to think
nihilistic feelins are movin
if you try real hard
you'll see right through them

i was so full of scotch i could not stand up
i was hittin the shots and i moved to a cup
white ghettos paint a picture
broken homes and broken bones

2."Radio"

Never fell in love
until i fell in love with you
Never know what a good time was until i had a good time with you
If you wanna get the feeling and you wanna get it right
Then the music gotta be loud
for when the music hit i feel no pain at all

Warm summer night i was drinking with my dad
He tried to give me the love that i never had
But he gave more love to his bottle of wine
So i had to go out and find love of another kind

Here it is
Here i am
Turn it up
f*ckin' loud

Radio, Radio, Radio...

When i got the music
i got a place to go

Radio clash
magnificent 7
I was a choir boy
you showed me no heaven
Two tools surley lost
no remorse ignoring the cost

Here it is
Here i am
Turn it up
f*ckin' loud

Radio, Radio, Radio...

When i got the music
i got a place to go

3. "Side Kick"

I had i dream i was a vigilante sidekick
my name is tim im a lesser known character
I had a dream i was a vigilante sidekick
fighting crime in the streets together

Down in Oakland
off of west grand,
st joseph relief
a program

A good place were good people get food,
help your fellow man is a good thing to do
Government agency said
be afraid of me,
i shut your doors down it won't phase me
Wolverine came through left
the agent for dead, opened up the doors
back up everyone was fed

Do not bill the abandoned buildings,
it's nice to sleep when you've got a ceiling.
Neighborhood watch said we gotta put a stop,
can't have people livin' for free call the cops.

Here comes the SWAT team, and the M-16,
shoot the walls in, destroy the building.
Wolverine was sad and it made him mad,
every single cop got a bullet in the head.

4."Salvation"

Come on baby won't you show me what you got
I want your salvation

there's a neighborhood called blackhawk
where all the rich people hide
I was down on my luck working for the salvation army
The shelter is where i reside
Everyday we drive into blackhawk
and we pick up the offerings
Microwave, refrigerator for the suffering

Come on baby won't you show me what you got
I want your salvation

I can't believe these people live like kings
Hidden estates and diamond rings
I'm a rat out on a mission
I'm in your front yard under suspicion

Come on baby won't you show me what you got
I want your salvation

5."Tenderloin"

Realize you're dehumanized
You critisize your existance
It's your demise when no sun arise
When you're paralized by your lack of resistance

She know she is
She knows she's going
Down below where the fire's glowing
Tenderloin

The tricks she gets them she's not a victim
She makes a list of them and reads them all alone
For money she's walking down on larkin'
In T.I. they're rocking all night long

6. "Let's Go"

Jimmy said he could handle this
Ohhhh, he's from Los Angeles ohh!

Jimmy said he could handle this
Born and raised in West Los Angeles
Dad's a lawyer, Mummy's sleep,
runs down the family can't ya see,
One thing seems very clear
Daddy's got no connection here,
Everything's reject and demanded,
Lived your life and thought handled it
Let the dying shorten this Rythmmmm!!!

Let's Go! Where the shores are green
Let's Go! Where the music's loud
Let's Go! Where there ain't no problems, f*ck this, f*cking transit

I ain't forty, I like your stories
Keep them coming cause It's kind a boring
It ain't coming you have to find it
'Cause all of a sudden you got grounded
You didn't care, you just did
At the sign that said: "all beware",
In and Out and said: 'Oi, Tik, Tok',
I'm glad you got away of me
Let the dying shorten this Rythmmmm!!!

Let's Go! Where the shores are green
Let's Go! Where the Music's loud
Let's Go! Where there ain't no problems, f*ck this, f*cking transit

Yeah, yeah, yeah!!!
Yeah, yeah,yeah, yeah!! yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

7."As One"

War between races
War between lies
War between something that was deep inside
You was wrong all along
I was right you lied
U to the n to the ity
Straight down too late can it kick the feeling
Looking from the bottom i can't see the ceiling
Shots rang out in the oakland winter
Can't stand alone you can?t stand together

as one, as one, as one

No matter what they do they'll try to divide you
fear you up what's inside you way down down down
The scale hook the anchor to the gates of hell
Once you realize that it was so simple
What you given you can't take with you
I asked somebody if if they had the same vision
He said yeah i had the same vision

8. "Burn"

13 red and white stripes flying
White for skin and red for dying

Why can't i
walk on through
And not feel like
one is in hell

We don't need no water
Let the motherf*cker burn

    9. "The Ballad Of Jimmy & Johnny"

Jimmy and johnny two friends of mine
skinheads what they clamed
Outside simalarities but they don't feel the same
Johnny thinks jimmy is a mod
and jimmy thinks johnny's a punk
Jimmy listens to ska
and johnny likes last resort
Jimmy and johnny in the trenches
We down tonight
Drinking guiness smoking 555's
Once you're in the middle you feel alright
Skinheads tats and a fred perry
There's a was in the cemetary
Start to fight stop drinking
What the f*ck were they thinking

Jimmy and johnny tell me what you're seeing
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Jimmy had his two tone girl on the back of his scooter that night
Johnny had a jackes up chevy that could blow you right off the line
Skinheads tats and a fred perry
There's a was in the cemetary
Start to fight stop drinking
What the f*ck were they thinking

Jimmy and johnny tell me what you're seeing
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

10. "Gunshot"

Everybody wants to come down
but no one wants to pay
I try to show 'em
but they do anyway

I was "nock shock nock nock down" to my knees
Same thing for my duty quiz

Gunshot! Gunshot! Gunshot through my heart

Sometimes there are guys
who can deal with me
Everything's imperive
but I don't fucking need

I know where you are but I don't care
I thought I'd use my "no decision"
Gunshot!
Gunshot!
Gunshot through my heart

Gunshoooooooooooot!
Gunshoooooooooooot!
Gunshoooooooooooot!
Gunshoooooooooooot!

Gunshot!
Gunshot!
Gunshot through my heart
Gunshot!
Gunshot!
Gunshot through my heart

11."I Am The One"

Are you gonna be ready to use it
If you hesitate they'll pursue it
Put the gun to the dome no question
Now the holy ghost in queston

what about the banks
When they say go
Standing at the top and can't let go
Standin' can't take can't take that time
When i try sometime i can't stay high

Are you gonna be ready to use it
If you hesitate they'll pursue it
Good and evil erme from above
Death peace eternal love

Bleeding at the gates and i can't come in
Courage that abates a life of sin
Sure that it holds and it holds no others
With the lies of the brave and the kid don't matter

12. "Gave It Away"

I went to Mary
Far to, too long
Jubilee was cold as f*ck
Why do they make it that cold
Stand aside while she
picked me for you
for the time you gave it away
You gave it away
You gave it away
You gave it away
I seen you finish
I saw you at the start
I remember you straight from my heart
You'd ask me and I'd say "What'd you say?
"You gave me your heart and then you're taking it
You gave it away
You gave it away
You gave it away
You gave it away
You gave it away
You gave it away

13. "Ghetto Box"

Ghetto box talkin' (time for the back streets)
Cocaine's rockin' (time for the back streets)
And I'm not finished talkin' (time for the back streets)
And the PUNX say stop it (time for the back streets)

Let go of my hand
I don't understand
Street lights comin' through
Time for the back streets with you!

Cadallic rollin' (time for the back streets)
Police are patrolin' (time for the back streets)
Is it safe where we're goin'? (time for the back streets)
Mississippi highway (time for the back streets)

? with a K-9 unit
Nazi cops fuck you!
Time for the backstreets with you.

Ghetto Box talkin' (time for the backstreets)
Cocaine's rockin' (time for the backstreets)
And the four were stalkin' (time for the backstreets)
And the PUNX say stop it!!! (time for the back streets)

Let go of my hand
I don't understand
Street lights comin' through
Time for the back streets with you!

14. "Harry Bridges"

Bloody thursday was july 6th
the pigs killed 3 workers harry bridges grabbed the mic
The city shut down july 6th the workers outrage it was a general strike
The media clamed that the commies were taking over
and some believed it was true
3 uncompremising strikes was paved the way
Minn Sf and Toledo

Over and over again the doors are locked
and the windows are broken

Eddie worked for general motors and he swore
that he'd never lose his job again
A union man who owned his own home
in beautiful flint michigan

Eddie lost his job and eddie lost his wife
So eddie lost his self esteme
The last time i saw eddie
he was living in the trailer park again

Over and over again the doors are locked
and the windows are broken

I believe eddie for gave too much too soon
I got a letter from eddie and it was bad news

Over and over again the doors are locked
and the windows are broken

15. "Black & Blue"

I started watchin' them all down the line
Keep steppin' and rejectin' all the time
They try to pull me in
Can't let that happen again
They try to do it again all on me

Sedation through the nation
We're screaming black and blue
Intoxication of a generation
We're screaming black and blue

The blind leading the blind
They told me i was dumb
They said their security system was too big to outrun
I broke away and i'm never goin' back
For all the souls they broke
Mine never cracked

Sedation through the nation
We're screaming black and blue
Intoxication of a generation
We're screaming black and blue

16. "St. Mary"

She's got a ticket and she's waiting at the station
She's got to get away as far as she can
Her problems will arise as sure as the sun shine
She's got to get used to living on the lam

Now marry's out the door with a loaded 44 in her hand
Shooting down the law that shot down her dear departed man

When i last saw her she was looking trouble
She said this is the 90's i'm gonna be alright
She took the greyhound into salinas
I got a letter that she dropped out of sight

Now marry's out the door with a loaded 44 in her hand
Shooting down the law that shot down her dear departed man

Shrouded in anger encompassed by pain
He was your best friend and you will never ever ever see him again

Now marry's out the door with a loaded 44 in her hand
Shooting down the law that shot down her dear departed man

17. "Dope Sick, Girl"

This song is about a girl
who ripped me off
she was dope sick

Dope sick girl hit and run
she took my money
87 dollars gone
now she's running

How was i i to know
That girl could take my heart
everywhere she go
Dope sick girl a rig and a ride she got no freedom
Little deamon gonna hide inside she's gotta feed them

How was i i to know
That girl could take my heart everywhere she go
Everywhere, everywhere she go

Dope sick girl there she was at the methadone clinic
She drank a coup called it a base coat
She swore not to get back in it

How was i i to know
That girl could take my heart everywhere she go

Dope sick girl gotta rig and a ride to new york city
Gonna run away gonna watch it burn in the heart of new york city

How was i i to know
That girl could take my heart everywhere she go

18. "International Cover-Up"

[repeat 2x]
Back down no back down comin' up
Rise up no rise up showin up
Lock down no lock down comin' up
International cover-up

What about the state of the union
What about the guns they're using
What about the kids that don't matter
What about a genaral strike

You don't know what it's like
Whats it's like what it's like...

[repeat 2x]
Back down no back down comin' up
Rise up no rise up showin up
Lock down no lock down comin' up
International cover-up

What about the cage getting rattled
What about the international battle
What about the kids who are dreaming
What about the kid who got stopped

You don't know what it's like
Whats it's like what it's like...

19."Solidarity"

Solidarity love and unity
Set me free with a bullet and a gun

You said it was nothing
I knew it was something
It was no surprisin' i saw you cryin?

About you
Said what went wrong
About you
Said you can't go on
About you
Said it's a long time gone
About you
Said your life's too long

Solidarity love and unity
Set me free with a bullet and a gun

Didn't see it coming
Your fears went hunting
9 millimeter
stops you running

About you
Now you're long time gone
About you
So what went wrong

Solidarity love and unity
Set me free with a bullet and a gun

20. "Midnight"

Midnight
I know where i am
That's right
I know where i'm going
Shut down
Vacant city ghost town
Tensions rising
Kick kick kick the door in
Lock lock lock around
And affairs affairs of the nation

When the presure came down
Sustain autority

Midnight
I know i can
That's right
I ain't broken
Shut down
Vacant city ghost town
Tensions rising
Kick kick kick the door in
Lock lock lock around
And affairs of the nation

When the presure came down
Sustain autority

21. "Motorcycle Ride"

If you wanna make a move then you better come in
It's just the ability to reason that wears so thin
Living and dying and the stories that are true
The secret to a good life is knowing when your through...

...before she died
I bit the bullet on a motorcycle ride

...If you wanna make a move then you better come in
It's just the ability to reason that wears so thin
If you wanna make a move then you better come in
It's just the ability to reason that wears so thin

...before she died
I bit the bullet on a motorcycle ride

22. "Name"

[repeat 3x]
You don't know my name
man you don't know my name

Paint a number on my head
work me 'til i'm dead
I can't believe i've wasted
all these years i've tasted

A million days and nights all this pain and struggle
All for what i ask all the hate and trouble

You don't know my name
man you don't know my name

Punch drunk from the punch clock
opportunity never gonna knock
No more blue collar
all the unions gettin' smaller

A million nights and all the pain and struggle
All for what i ask all the hate and trouble

You don't know my name
man you don't know my name

23. "7 Years Down"

There's a place where i like to go
When i got no food or i got no shelter
It's a house where i can get away
For maybe 3 days
To get off the drink and stay off the haze

Who's the opposition i'm 7 years down
The human spirit prevails
Yeah I'm down down down

Woke up in the bushes 6:30 tuesday morning
With a unopenned heineken a head that was burning
For 7 years i walked the same path
Dreams of being loved was all i ever had

Who's the opposition i'm 7 years down
The human spirit prevails
Yeah I'm down down down



...And Out Come the Wolves (1995)

1."Maxwell Murder"

Maxwell can't tell he's in hell
he just wants you to visit him there
same old game that he's playin'
his rules are never fair

nobody want to look back evrybody wanna get high tonight
before they run outta time where's the felon the chargible
felon the name of the crook who committed the crime

dial 999 if you really want the truth
dial 999 if you can't see it through
he ain't jack the ripper he's your ordinary crook
calling maxwell murder for you

maxwell got a hand in his plan
he knows who you are in this plan
chop the rock before you bought it
sick maxwell knows you got it

2."The 11th. Hour"

Hey little sister do you know what time it was
when you finally seen all your broken dreams
come crashing down your door
they demand an answer and they demand it quick
or the questions fade and the wasted days
come crawling back for more

do you know where the power lies? and who pulls the strings
do you know where the power lies it starts and ends with you

the face of isolation
well that's one you recognize
well you can't get straight
it's a lonely place and
it's one you do despise

boredom is for sale now
and helplessness you feel
it's a wounded dove and the hawks are above
blood splattered on a reel to reel

I was almost over my world was almost gone
in a sudden rush I could almost touch the
things that I'd done wrong
my jungle's made of concrete
through silence I could feel
my aim is true I will walk on through
these mountains made of steel.

3."Roots Radicals"

Took the 60 bus
out of downtown Cambell Ben Zanato
he was on there he was waitin' for me
all the punk rockers
and the moon stompers
are out on the corners where
they sparing for change

I started thinkin'
you know I started drinkin'
you know I don't remember too much of that day
somethin' struck me funny when we ran out of money
Where do you go now when your only 15

with the music execution and the talk of revolution
it bleeds in me and it goes

give 'em the boot the roots the radicals
give 'em the boot you know I'm a radical
give 'em the boot the roots the reggae on my stereo

the radio was playin' Desmon Dekker was singin'
on the 43 bus as we climb up the hill
nothin' incoming but the reggae drummin'
and we all come from unloving homes
why even bother I pick up the bottle
hey mr. bus driver please let these people on
rude girl Carol was a mini-skirt girl
my blurry vision saw nothin' wrong.


4."Time Bomb"

If you wanna make the move
then you better come in
it's just the ability to reason
that wears so thin
living and dying and the stories that are true
secrets to a good life is knowing when you're through

black coat, white shoes, blackhat, cadillac
the boy's a time bomb

well, he's back in the hole where they got him living
like a rat but he's smarter than that nine lives
like a cat 15 years old take him to the youth authority home
first thing you learn is that you got to make it
in this world alone

now he's gotten out he's gotten free he's gotta go
gotta car 21 years old he's runnin' from the
bar his pager's beepin' he's got in deep in
whatever he can move on in you know that kid's a creepin'

tears come from the razor that's been tattooed below
his eye his mother cries she knows that he is strong enough
to die he's rollin' in the cadillac it's midnight sunroof is down
three shots rung out the herd's deal
the new king is crowned.

5."Olympia WA."

Hangin' out with Lars down on 6th street
he knew I was in trouble
I was feeling much like the devil
there was something burnin' deep inside of me

ran into three Puerto Ricans
these girls took us to the funhouse
where we played a lonely pinball machine

hangin' on the corner of 52nd. and Broadway
cars passin' by but none of them seem to be goin' my way

New York City well I wish I was on a highway
back to Olympia...

I'm having a hard time understanding
it gets all too demanding
she's all gone and I'm stranded
something burning deep inside of me

all I know it's 4'o'clock and
she ain't never showed up
and I watched a thousand people go home from work

how many times will it take me
before I go crazy
before I lose everything
something burning deep inside of
me ran into three Puerto Ricans
those girls took us to the funhouse
I don't wanna be alone again.


6."Lock, Step & Gone"

The ending isn't here (there's somethin' wrong)
but it's comin'real soon (i lock step I'm gone)
i said the feeling isn't fear (there's something wrong)
it's just telling you to move (i lock step I'm gone)

there's a fire on the corner and it's never gonna stop
killer in the neighborhood never got caught
I lock up my door step out and I'm gone
waitin' for the buses but the buses won't come

all the docks are quiet (there's somethin' wrong)
and there's no ships comin' in (i lock step I'm gone)
where there once was a riot (there's somethin' wrong)
there's a whole lot of nothin' (lock step i'm gone)

the stop signs broken and the meters goin' down
wild dogs are runnin' themselves into the ground
everything was clear for that moment in time
if I don't come back well throw me a line

well the docks are quiet (there's somethin' wrong)
and there's no ships comin' in (i lock step i'm gone)
where there once was a riot (there's somethin' wrong)
there's a whole lot of nothin'.......

7."Junkie Man"

The common man doesn't suffer pain like this
only the soul that has never been kissed
let us adore our beautiful son
he's ridin' on the river of Babylon

bootin' up, shootin' up bring on the brightness
see the son of god is comin' up and I see a likeness
internalize the lunacy of the misery is showin'
when you're brought up you're caught up in a system that's goin'

no one answers no one takes that call from you
junkyman tell me what your story's...

water I desire
some parents house is on fire
slowly the house gonna burn to the ground
the neighborhood will watch without a sound

will someone be a witness please tell me that he's crazy
but he's not and they know that and they can't get him cause he's not crazy
beat lock him knock him take him away his authority
hit 'em, ship 'em, club 'em submitted conformity

my hand went blind clairvoyant
i make love to my trance sister my trance sister
went on and my trance parents see from the balcony
I looked out on the big field
it opens like the cover of an old bible
And out come the wolves
their paws trampling in the snow the alphabet
I stand on my head and watch it all go away

bootin' up, shootin' up bring on the brightness
see the son of god is comin' up and there's a likeness
internalize the lunacy the misery is showin' when
you're brought up and caught up in a system that is goin'

8."Listed M.I.A."

god damn it man i almost had it
Stuck in the sewer beneath all the maggots
i ain't foolin' i've been pursuing
a way to get out of these dirty old ruins

I'm checkin' out i'm never comin' back again
i'm checkin' out I'm listed M.I.A.

god damn it man i almost had
it threw me out the door and called me a faggot
i ain't done i've only yet begun
West Oakland is the place where i'm comin' from

god damn it man i almost had it
well i did it again yeah i do it outta habit
well i'm numb it ain't no fun i'm less than zero
when you add up the sum

I'm checkin' out yeah
it ain't no doubt yeah
a courtship built from anger is what it amounts
i almost had it I came so close
man i almost had it i almost had it

9."Ruby Soho"

Echoes of reggae comin' through my bedroom wall
havin' a party up next door but i'm sittin here all alone
two lovers in the bedroom and the other starts to shout
all i got is this blank stare and that don't carry no clout at all

destination unknown
ruby ruby ruby ruby soho

he's singin and she's there to lend a hand
he's seen his name on the marquee but she will never understand
once again he's leavin' and she's there with a tear in her eye
embraces with a warm gesture it's time, time to say goodbye

destination unknown
ruby ruby ruby ruby soho

ruby's heart ain't beatin cause she knows the feelin' is gone
she's not the only one who knew there's somethin' wrong
little lover's in the distance as she wipes a tear from her eye
ruby's fading out, she disappears, it's time, time to say goodbye

destination unknown
ruby ruby ruby ruby soho

10."Daly City Train"

He was an artist and a writer
and a poet and a friend
in a man's life he will take a fall
but how low he goes it just depends

he's shooting dope in the men's room
at the station daly city train
have you ever seen an angel well I know I have
they'll stay here for a while and then they'll fly away

Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I seen him
when he rolled the dice he never thought twice
never thought twice about being

some grown up and some grow old
but what about the kid who never learned the rules
spent all these years on this earth
when you look back it's just a flicker of time

Jackyl was one of the one's that he was one
of the one's that was already saved
through all the evil and wreckage
he maintained a sense of himself

some men are in prison even though they walk the streets at night
other men who got the lockdown are free as a bird in flight

11."Journey To The End Of The East Bay"

Reconcile to the relief
consumed in sacred ground for me
there wasn't always a place to go
but there was always an urgent need to belong

all these bands and
all these people
all these friends and
we were equals but
what you gonna do
when everybody goes on without you?

to the end to the end i'll journey to the end

started in 87 ended in 89
got a garage or an amp we'll play anytime
it was just the 4 of us, yeah man the core of us
too much attention unavoidably destroyed us
4 kids on tour, 3000 miles in a 4-door car not know what was goin' on
we got a million years
tourin' out like this hell
no no premonition coulda seen this

my friend came from far away
from new orleans into the east bay
he said this is a mecca i said this ain't no mecca man, this place's fucked
3 months go by, he had no home he had no food he's all alone
matty said fool me once shame on you didn't fool me twice
he went back to new orleans


12."She's Automatic"

The way that she moves
Well I was aroused, impowered, impassioned by every move
It's so cold outside, we need a place to hide
Go into the club to thaw out for the night

She's automatic, so automatic
The way that she moves, the way that she moves
She's automatic, so automatic
The way she moves

The situation was tricky, I was feeling so down
The bass and the drums, the music so loud
She asked me if I would stand by her side
Like glue that I would till the end of the night

She's automatic, so automatic
The way that she moves, the way that she moves
She's automatic, so automatic
The way she moves

My head was spinnin' a million miles an hour
The chance I was takin', I get anxious around her
She put her head on my shoulder, I started to hold her
Swingin' and swayin' the morning began

She's automatic, so automatic
The way that she moves, the way that she moves
She's automatic, so automatic
The way she moves

I say the way she moves, yeah
I say the way she moves, yeah
I say the way she moves

13."Old Friend"

good morning heartache
your like an old friend
come and see me again

Look up you're in Cleveland again
a solid line that never ends
i've got stories that you'll never believe
and i know it i wear it on my sleeve

there must be somethin' about you that I liked but
right here in the rain you know it just don't seem right
I always go out I never hide but in Cleveland
I should have stayed inside

good morning heartache
your like an old friend
come and see me again

testify my love
for you I know it runs deep through your body too
from the cold blacktop to the hot concrete
the old tan van it ain't so sweet

somewhere in America in the city at night
we were far from home but you know it was gonna be alright

the unfortunate get prayed on by vultures eyes
86 cents in these pockets of mine
You can take my money, you can take my time
But you can't take my heart, it's in the city behind

14."Disorder & Disarray"

Business man come shake my hand
Show me numbers that I understand
Your my candle I’m your burnin’ wick
Two sides comin' in quick

Say goodbye when you see me sign
Now I'm crucified!

Crucify me [repeat 4x]

The ground is fertile and the grass is green
So many things to be seen
So many bands to be heard
Just for once can I be ignored?

Say goodbye when you see me sign
Now I'm crucified!

Crucify me [repeat 4x]

Yeah…

He back, cool I say
Oh, gotta get away
No no no no reason for me to stay
But I’ll come back another day
Get on the bus and
Hand the guy my money
He tried to say “It ain’t enough, man”
I said “What the fuck you talkin ‘bout?!”

Say goodbye when you see me sign
Now I'm crucified!

Crucify me [repeat 4x]

Business man come shake my hand
Show me numbers that I understand
Your my candle I’m your burnin’ wick
Two sides comin' in quick

Say goodbye when you see me sign
Now I'm crucified!

Crucify me [repeat 4x]

[Lars:]Ohh, what the papers say
We're caught up in the disarray.
[Tim:] Well'd you see their faces when we dropped the bomb?
[Lars:] Haha, Tim, let's play along.

15."The Wars End"

Little Sammy was a punk rocker
you know his mother never understand him
went to his room and smashed his Billy Bragg record
didn't want him to hear that communist lecture

Little Sammy was a punk rocker
you know his mother tried to take him to war
Sammy now the war is over now we're at the wars end

Little Sammy was a punk rocker
now it's time for you to leave home

16."You Don't Care Nothin'"

A cat lies awake when it sleeps
was she conscious of her own miseries
will the agony of her pain
win her to enlightenment and set her conscience free

do you really wanna know what's happenin'
do you really wanna know what's goin' on
hey girl you better please take a look around
explore your heart and find out for yourself

Jenny Demilo you don't care nothin' about me

I never really had a reason
never had a use for one before
but now I know that there's now a prize
but for the wise and the unwise

do you really wanna know what's happenin'
do you really wanna know what's goin' on
hey girl you better please take a look around
explore your heart and find out for yourself

Jenny Demilo you don't care nothin' about me

17."As Wicked"

I saw an old man on the street
he was in a dumpster lookin' for somethin' to eat
he moved so slow like a dyin' dream
like a machinist who got caught in the machine

I saw this lady and she was cryin'
she said it's hard when someone you love is dyin'
I saw this kid who was about 5 years old
he was in the park all alone he was cold

there's something coming around
as wicked as it may seem
as wicked as anything could be

I know this girl she's barely alive
she's all haggard she's only twenty-five
she said she never had a friend before
I said "hey girl I'll be your friend but who's keepin' score"
I sawthis other little girl on the phone
her mother comforts her from far from home
the little girl was very hesitant
her best friend lie dead on the pavement

I always end up back on the hill
lookin' down at the landfill
I always go there when I can
my friend Marty said Tim you're a lucky man

18."Avenues & Alleyways"

I figured out the problem yea the problem is you
you didn't see us comin' now there's nothin' you can do
times are gonna change, change or step aside
it's my point of view that took you by surprise

the sun's comin up yea the new dawn arrives
new generation standing stand with anger in their eyes
no love in the city 'cause there's no connection
been stricken with disease a racial infection

I'm a battering ram comin' through to you
in every alleyway on every avenue

actions could erase all the fear that we suffer
people segregated no one understands each other
he's a different color but we're the same kid
I will treat him like my brother he will treat me like his

well an eye for an eye yea a tooth for a tooth
brother against brother should be singin' with the group
the inner cities burnin' yea it's screamin' black and blue
the power and the passion of a million youth

I figured out the problem yea the problem is you
you din't see us comin' now there's nothin' you can do
he's a different color but we're the same kid
I will treat him like my brother he will treat me like his
all the blood that spills of all the guts that fly
the media paints a picture that stands
pits dogs against cats now who is responsible
the power in the issue
the force is unstoppable

19."The Way I Feel"

Pick me back up just to throw me back down
apologies too late when you're up against the wall
compassion heals while duplicity kills
you say I'm different the only thing different is

the way I feel about you
Na na na na na na na na na na

You moved up the ladder at a very rapid speed
we moved methodically
and calmly when you got to the top you see enemies

if I knew back then what I know now
it would all turn out like this
I'd sit back and I'd watch you squirm
cause you say I'm different

the only thing different is
the way i feel about you.....

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