In a little war
A war of words
And attrition
No one ever wins
No one begins
To even ever listen
Fallin` down
Into the black cauldron of love
Fallin` down 19 miles
I fell for her
After the last word
Last word

In a battle of one
One lover`s lie

Here I sit
Trying to comprehend
What is it
While all around
The right-side up is
Upside down
This irony
Is not lost on me
I can't explain
God's mystery

In this dream
I am one
With everything
But separation
Bangs a
Dissonant drum
I

Grab your sweater darlin'
It's a foggy evening tonight
Stars flicker, fade and fall
As we wind along the canyon side
They're building homes
Up in them tumbleweed hills
Within these vacant walls of stucco
Sheets we can lose ourselves
Hoo-hoo... She gives awful good

Here she comes
Head in the clouds
Hummin` a song
To herself
Ribbons and bows
A smile says she knows
Secrets you can
Get her to tell
She`s so silly and fun
One by one
The fellas thrill
For just a little
Candy, Candy Hills

She`s a little naïve<

Brothers, others
Lovers in chains
Repressed
For too long a day
Crumble the walls
Overrun the palace
Everyone has a right
To justice, not malice
I`m down here
Stuck in a world
Of violence and fear
But I`m a cool, cool breeze
Chillin` in Hades

It`s all around us
No one escapes
Random acts
In violent ways
Seems like nothing
Ever shames us
But murder is outrageous
So long, what for
Another consequence of war
So long, what for
Another consequence of war

So many colors
And many faiths

Here we are
Once again
In all our vain-
glorious ambition
No doubt or
Second guess
And damned
The consequence
When the end
Is Justified
By ever changing
Reasons and lies
When hubris rules
Honesty wanes
It's a dangerous game

It's easy<

Welcome to the crusade
Get ready, here we come
To democratize the world
With shock, awe and bombs
The lemmings are ecstatic
Obsequious in glee
Sycophants of disaster
Genuflect to the king
We are everything and that
Which is in everyone, yet
Don't own up to

Freddie was cruisin`
In a white
Stolen `64
Impala one night
In a case
Of mistaken identity
His homeboy shot him down
He was seventeen
Ain`t life sublime
In all its grandeur and decay
In idiot paradise
Everyday`s a fools` parade
Gunnar`s a star

You laughed and said hello
But your smile was feigned
As you sank the dagger deep
'Tween my shoulder blades
At first I didn't
Feel a thing
Just some numbness from
Disbelief
Must have been the shock
Of your denial

Your words struck a chord
That still

Blinded by ambition and greed
And an I, me, mine mentality
Using hype and deception to satisfy
A voracious appetite, big
Business is nothin' but a Ponzi scheme
Profit rules over human needs
Lobbyists lobby, politicians stoop
Grovel for dollars of special interest

This is our world
This is our life
We are the sons and
Daughters of everyone
This is our fear
All in manifest
Trust and we get hurt, but
Violence, what is it worth
Here and now
Here and now
Here and now

Promises broken
Talk is a lie
See the f

I can see her 8 x 10
Black and white glossy
Naïve grin
She was gonna be
Someone
She said, someday

She left home at seventeen
For the lights and glamour
Of the movie screen
She was gonna be
Like Princess Grace
Yea, she was gonna be
This is your li

He says it all
All the right words
But he don`t come
With any real offer
The little fella thinks
He`s a king, he ain`t
Even prince charming
One by one by one
We come on
To clubland
And hang in the hall
One by one we
Get off and get on
And go ro

Everyday I am thankful
Humbled to be so blessed
I can't imagine a better life
Than I have
I can't forget the life I had
I was once a stranger, an
Uninvited guest in my own skin
'Till I surrendered to my higher
Self and trusted
Mi corazon esta abierto
Que h

I remember
We were thirteen
Holding hands
On Halloween
You were sad and
I was trying to
Be a man
And comfort you
Those days are gone
And over now
You married
And had two girls
But memories
Of you linger on
Sometimes I think
What might h

Blowin` down the highway
In venture and thrill
The rush in his veins
Is the alcohol and pills
Carry on, your ill-fated ride
Hit and run homicide
Do you feel contrition
Or anger and denial
Are ya thinkin` of yourself
Or the child, ah yea
Murder, murder

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And I know
Now she`s gone
And my world
Came crashing down
I was dazed
And confused
I was amazed
By a bit of truth
I`m not the same
I`m not the man
I was yesterday
I`m not the guy
She said I am

I may stumble
I may fall
Maybe sometimes<

The world is goin` crazy
And the state of affairs is very sad
The newscast is a tabloid
Even CNN is part of the fad
I understand the common man
Thinks it`s all a charade
So I sit and follow my breath
And I pray
And I om tat sat
I om tat sat
I om tat sat

Had a dream
Like I`ve had many a time
A belief for brothers
And sisters alike
And I know
It`s time we sow
A seed of love
A seed of hope
It`s time we trust
Just because
There`s only us

There`s a stream
That runs down my eyes
A disease you can`