Stanley was a genius, making twenty-eight grand a year
Working for the chemical plant, a brilliant engineer
Told his wife “This job is killing me, I swear it’ll be my death”
So he quit one day, set off to the basement cooking up Crystal Meth. Hey!
Just an ordinary person.
Just an ordinary guy.
Seven months producing, bought a Porsche and a Benz
Took his family on vacation, threw parties for his friends
Spruced up his wife’s old wedding ring, bought his kids each matching Macs
When he thought about his old life says, “I never am going back. No!”
Just an ordinary person.
Just an ordinary guy.
Aw, come on Sophie. Play me something extraordinary.
Ordinary people do extraordinary things.
At a rave out in Margate, old Stan supplied the juice
When the party started cooking and all hell was breaking loose
Sixteen kids O.D.’d that night. Two wound up in the morgue
Cops traced the stuff. Found their man, came knocking down Stanley’s door
Got himself a high-priced attorney who promised him he’d make bail
When the judge said “Sorry to bust your bubble mate, but I’m giving you life in jail”
Now he’s rotting up in Sutton, hoping one day to be free
When he looks about his prison walls and says, “What the hell happened to me!”
“I’m just an ordinary person!”
“I’m just an ordinary guy”
Yo,yo ladies and gentlmen out there in radioland
It’s time to get down, it’s time to get dirty, it’s time to get funky
With the one and the only.... TK !
Coming to you from the City of Fallen Angels.... LA !
Now I’m sending this one out for the Folk
Sending this one out for the Family
Sending this one out for the People
Cause everybody needs some love y’all
Michael
Are you looking for the answer ?
You know it won’t be found
Are you searching for redemption, baby ?
There ain’t none coming ‘round
Time to pay for our sins; it’s time to begin
To stop this madness that destroys us
Love will save us all. Our hate will fall
And then together we’ll be mended
Leon McQueen is only ten; he’s in the news tonight
Got a bullet in his head
His mother cried, she tore her hair, she’s inconsolable
Said, “My beautiful baby’s dead”
“Why does my son die, while others move on to spread their violence like a cancer ?”
“Love tells us to forgive. But how can I live?”
“I pray that God sends me the answer”
Michael TK
Meanwhile, out on the street. ( Where does it end brother ? )
We live by the code and we kill just to eat
See another color and there’s gonna be a fight ( Where does it end brother ? )
If somebody dies, well it’s just another night
You hate me. I hate you ! ( Where does it end brother ? )
We both got guns. Let’s see what we can do ( Where does it end brother ? )
Step up man cause you’re gonna get wasted ( Somebody do something, somebody say something )
Your boys are dead and your women getting tasted ( Somebody do something, somebody say something )
Killer ! Yeah, remember my name ( Stand up ! Stand up ! )
Killer ! Yeah, remember my name ( Stand up ! Stand up ! )
Killer ! I wanna hear it in the schoolyard ( Stand up ! Stand up ! )
Wanna see it on the TV screen ( Stand up ! Stand up ! )
Killer ! Stand up, say it louder ! ( Stand up ! Stand up ! )
Killer ! Well let me hear you say it louder ! ( Stand up ! Stand up ! )
Killer ! Let me say it louder ! ( Stand up ! Stand up ! )
Everybody say it louder now ! ( Stand up ! Stand up ! )
Killer ! ( Stand up ! )
TK
Yo, listen up now, I wanna tell you something
Listen up now, I wanna say
I know it’s hard, living in the hood
Trying to survive, trying to keep yourself good
With the could be’s, wanna be’s, trying to get v’d
Busted their balls for the multicolored beads
It’s not just Compton and East LA
Wake up Beverly Hills, it’s coming your way
Everybody’s doing business, everybody’s getting pay
So it spreads to every corner in the USA
There’s a war in Iraq, and a war’s right here !
Time to pick sides. Ain’t nobody in the clear
When you’re dead and it’s over and you stand before the judge
Crips or a Blood, everybody needs a little bit of love
Michael
Everybody needs love, everybody needs love
Love will be the answer
( repeats ) TK
Step up all you rapists, you murderers and you killers ( All you killers )
Step up all you pimps and all you whores and all you thrillers ( You pretty little thrillers )
Step up all you thieves and all you thugs and all you scum ( Mmmhhhhm hhhhmm )
Step up cause we found the rock from which you crawled out from ( Here they come, here they come )
Step up all you losers cause you know you ain’t no good ( You ain’t no ***king good )
Step up all you junkies who’d be straight if you only could ( Listen up, listen up now )
Yeah gather ‘round you sinners, if you want to rise above ( Do ya, do ya want to rise above ? )
And cross the bridge with me tonight ( Then surrender, then surrender )
Surrender to the power of love ( To the power of love )
Well I know what you’re going through,
Cause I come from the gutter too
Everybody needs love, everybody needs love ( Listen up now. The war is on brother )
Love will be the answer ( Listen up now. The war is on brother )
Everybody needs love, everybody needs love ( Listen up now. The war is on brother )
Love will be the answer ( Listen up now. The war is on brother )
Everybody needs love, everybody needs love ( Listen up now. This is America )
Love will be the answer ( Repeats )
( Repeats )
Killer ! Don’t forget my name ( Stand up ! )
Killer ! Don’t forget my name ( Repeats )
Killer ! Don’t forget my name
No love and I got no family
Killer ! Don’t forget my name
Killer ! Don’t forget my name
Killer ! Don’t forget my name
Don’t you forget about me! ( Listen up now. This is America ! )
I want to give you everything but there’s him.
( repeats )
If you want to understand, cause the Bogeyman, the Bogeyman can.
( repeats )
Ain’t it funny how the world goes round and round
Some people going up but we most stay down
There’s a guy upstate he’s a billionaire
Got women and money so he just don’t care
Had twelve-hundred people on his payroll
‘til he put ’em on the street collecting dole
Cause he closed his plant up in Tennessee
Bought Chinese labour for a dollar-sixty-three
I want to give you everything but there’s him.
( repeats )
If you want to understand, cause the Bogeyman, the Bogeyman can.
( repeats )
Not very American.
I want to give you everything but there’s him.
( repeats )
If you want to understand, cause the Bogeyman, the Bogeyman can.
( repeats )
Manuel’s doing time in Miami-Dade
Watching his hair and his hands turn grey
Had a good job had it mostly together
Now those days are gone forever
‘cause he killed his best friend for what he done to his sister
‘cause she said he got her pregnant but he really only kissed her
I want to give you everything but there’s him.
( repeats )
Yeah, he really only kissed her
If you want to understand, cause the Bogeyman, the Bogeyman can.
( repeats )
Well she’s young and she’s beautiful, she’s gonna be a star
Ain’t got no competition when she’s playing the guitar
So as her proud father, without further a-do
Step up here Sophie and show them what you can do
( guitar solo )
Some kids made a video in Lincoln today
Turned my stomach and I had to look away
What people won’t do for a little bit of fame
When they got no morals and they got no shame
To hell with being politically correct
To hell with being prudent cause we haven’t been yet
If you want to change the world and step for what’s right
You don’t win nothing until you get into a fight
Stand up for your country and the things you believe
Stand up altogether then we all achieve
Stand up for the wrong and the down and the damned
Show the kind of decency we all command
There’s a war outside we’re in it altogether
You think it’s something new and it’s been going on forever
There’s a war outside and things are going on
The way to rise above it is we gotta be strong
Be strong for the meek and the weak and the kind
Strong for the lost and the leapers and the blind
Strong for each other now don’t you fall
Cause if you quit now, then God have mercy on us all
I want to give you everything but there’s him.
( repeats )
If you want to understand, cause the Bogeyman, the Bogeyman can.
( repeats )
Stand up brother now and don’t you fall
Cause if we quit now, then God have mercy on us all
Come on sisters come on brothers
We ain’t got nothing if we don’t got each other
We gotta Damn we gotta damn
Goddamn the Bogeyman
Goddamn the Bogeyman
I want to give you everything but there’s him.
( repeats )
If you want to understand, cause the Bogeyman, the Bogeyman can.
( repeats )
Don’t like it on the ground
So I’m never coming down
Just started having fun
When we hit mach one
I’m happy in the sky
Ten thousand meters up high
Just tipped my wings to Superman
When I saw him flashing by
I’m flying
Flying through the stars
My boyhood dream
Was an F-16
Presents didn’t mean a thing
If they didn’t have wings
B-52 up high
Cadillac of the sky
Some men are born as lovers
Baby I was born to fly
I’m flying
Flying to the stars
I’m flying
Flying to the stars
Don’t like it on the ground
So I’m never coming down
Just started having fun
When we hit mach one
One day my baby up and left me
Don’t think I’m over it yet
She said you love somebody better
My shiny red Sparkle Jet
Well let me introduce you to her
I tried to make it up in Nashville
But now I’m leaving Tennessee
I think I’ll head down to Savannah
Hope my music rescues me
My baby left me
But I don’t think that I’m finished yet
Still got my shiny Sparkle Jet
Red Sparkle Jet
Red Sparkle Jet
Red Sparkle Jet
Gonna plug it in and play
Red Sparkle Jet
Red Sparkle Jet
Red Sparkle
Now fame and fortune have eluded me
A nightclub player is all I am
But when I plug in my red beauty
Makes me feel like I’m a better man
I lost my baby
But I haven’t hit the bottom yet
Still got my red Sparkle Jet
Red Sparkle Jet
Red Sparkle Jet
Red Sparkle Jet
Gonna plug it in and play for you baby
Red Sparkle Jet
Red Sparkle Jet
Let’s see if I can make it sparkle awhile
Red Sparkle Jet
Red Sparkle Jet
Red Sparkle Jet
Red Sparkle
Faith is a heartbreaking story about a girl who was terribly wronged and the fallout afterwards. { Tags : Faith, girl, guitar, rock, father, daughter }
Faith was from a family of seven kids
And a state supplied home was where she lived
Had no money ‘cept a welfare check
Said she’ll get an education and get out you bet
An abusive alcoholic was the one she called dad
And she hated him with all the passion she had
Though her love for her mother was strong and true
Committed to her brothers and sisters too
Faith was the one who was strong and sturdy
How the little ones loved her so
The only one who would succeed in the family
So level-headed at fifteen years old
Faith lives in my heart tonight
Shining with an angel’s light
Faith lives in my heart tonight
Wings and a halo burning bright
Now when her parents got to drinking it started out fine
But the argument would come in just a matter of time
And the argument would turn into a knockdown fight
The kids would hide together, try to cover their fright
Her older brother said they’d make him pay
But a man who beats his woman
Beats his kids the same way
In the morning Faith would clean it all
Broken glass in the kitchen and
Blood all over the wall
Faith lives in my heart tonight
Shining with an angel’s light
Faith lives in my heart tonight
Wings and a halo burning bright
Through the haze of a drunken night
Her father came to lie in her bed
Yeah he was out of his head
When he was finished his deed of blight
She felt as if her life had been shred
She cried a river, a river of dread
So she walked around for days
But all she seemed to do was cry
And with no one to confide in thought it better to die
So she got up on the tracks of an oncoming train
Broken-hearted as she left this world escaping from it’s pain
Her tortured mother found a note in her bed
So she snuck up on her man and took a bat in his head
On the note said “Mama don’t you cry, I’m never gonna leave you.
I’m always here at your side.”
I’ll live in your heart tonight
Shining with an angel’s light
I’ll live in your heart tonight
Wings and a halo burning bright
Faith lives in my heart tonight
Shining with angel’s light
Faith lives in our hearts tonight
Wings and a halo burning bright
“Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country”.
I believe in America, Yo!
I believe in it
I believe in it
I believe in it
I believe in America
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”.
I believe in America
I believe in it
I believe in it
I believe in America
I believe in America
I believe in it
Don’t go quitting on America baby!
I believe in America
Never gonna quit on America
“I have a dream”
I believe in America
“I have a dream”
I believe in America
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not
be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character”.
“I have a dream”
“I have a dream”
“I have a dream”
I believe in America
I believe in America
I believe in America
I believe in America
Never gonna quit on America
“The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country
and all who serve it - and the glow from that fire can truly light the world”
Well some folks say if she would have been kinder
America’s best wouldn’t be behind her
The economy’s bad and the war’s raging on
Our enemies think that we ain’t no longer strong
Well I got some news for you my friend
America’s down but this isn’t the end
We’re standing up together for the strong and true
Sing a little song about the red, white, and blue
My favorite song
America!
I believe in America
America!
I believe in America
I believe in it
I believe in America
America!
Never gonna quit on America
I believe in it
I believe in it
“This great nation will endure”
I believe in America
“There is nothing wrong with America”
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam
“As it has endured, will revive and will prosper”
I believe in America
Yeah, the rockets red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there
You, you are a dream
One I have seen before, but you closed the door
And I, I am a fool, just waiting for you
But I can’t wait no more
We, well we should be
In some romantic place drinking champagne
The islands on a terrace with an ocean view
Just me and you, but you aren’t coming around
You’re nowhere to be found
To collect my broken pieces off the ground
The king’s fine horses and his men
Won’t ever set me straight again
Baby you’re the one to save me now
Honey you’re the one who tore me all apart
Can you fix my broken heart?
Now I’m alone, wait by my phone
But I’m not hearing it ring
Sing I sing for you, Honey that’s what I do
When you hear this on the radio you’ll know I’m gone
Time to move on
Maybe I’ll start a new life, and find myself a wife
Leave behind this trouble and this strife
King Arthur lost his Guinevere
I feel the same when you’re not here
Honey you’re the one to save me now
You’re the only one whose torn me all apart
Can you fix my broken heart?
Sophie
Paris met Helen and he knew
And that’s the way I feel ‘bout you
Baby you’re the one to save me now
Honey you’re the one who tore me all apart
Can you fix my broken heart?
Can you fix my broken heart?
Tell you, all, all of his men, couldn’t fix, couldn’t fix me up again
Oh you’re my Guinevere
I’ll tell you I, I just want you near
Honey you’re the one who tore me all apart
Can you fix my broken heart?
My name is Norman Reynolds, I’m proud of who I am
I believe in my country, so I signed up for Afghanistan
I learned to use a rifle; I learned to use a knife
I learned to be an expert in the taking of another man’s life
Was sent out on patrol. It didn’t start out well
Got ambushed by the Taliban, the beginning of my personal hell
We took a wave of bullets, they shot off both my legs
And now where there was flesh, I’ve been fit with these prosthetic pegs
But I’m alive, Yeah, I’m alive
But I’m alive, Yeah, I’m alive
And I don’t know if I’m lucky or I’m cursed
When it comes to life I’ve seen the best
And believe me brother, I’ve seen the worst
They sent me to my mother, so glad to have me home
But she cries herself to sleep at night with nightmares of the combat zone
I tell her don’t be sorry for everything I’ve lost
Don’t want nobody’s pity, I got friends who came home in a box
When I go out I meet people, call me hero, shake my hand
But there’s others here who hate me, make me feel like I’m in enemy land
Now the army has retrained me, got skills I didn’t know
I learned to run computers and fix complicated weapons on the go
Well I’m alive, Yeah, I’m alive
Yes I’m alive, Well, I’m alive
And I’ve come to terms for what I’ve got in store
Don’t make a good civilian, so I’m headed straight back to the war
My name is Norman Reynolds and this is where I belong
Out here with the soldiers, with my friends, with the brave and strong
And if I die here in this desert, like we all know that we might
They won’t get me, ‘til I put up one hell of a fight
Cause I’m alive, Yes I’m alive
Well I’m alive, Yeah, I’m alive
And I don’t know if I’m lucky or I’m cursed
When it comes to life I’ve seen the best
And believe me brother I’ve seen the worst
Well I’m alive, Yes, I’m alive
Well I’m alive, Yeah, I’m alive
And I don’t know if I’m lucky or I’m cursed
When it comes to life, I’ve seen the best
And believe me brother I’ve seen the worst
This classic song is re-done with a guitar solo performed in unison. Sophie in the left speaker, Michael in the right. { Tags : rock, guitar, classic, father, daughter, vietnam, military }
Here come the Brady Boys cruising down the street
Terrorizing all the people that they meet
Oscar took his fourteen year old daughter to the mall
A stray Brady bullet was the one that made her fall
And now he’s screaming
I’ve got my guns in the front seat
I’ve got my bullets in the back
I’ve had it up to the eyeballs
Yeah, now I’m heading for attack
That’s all I want
That’s all I want
That’s all I want
Vigilante Man
Oscar wanted justice, but justice didn’t pay
So he set out on the streets, gonna fix it his own way
With weapons to the teeth and friends to watch his back
At one time he was normal, then something in him snapped
I’ve got my guns in the front seat
I’ve got my bullets in the back
I’ve had it up to the eyeballs
Yeah, now I’m heading for attack
That’s all I want
That’s all I want
That’s all I want
Vigilante Man
And now he looks around and knows he just don’t fit
His once great city is turning out to sh*t
Pollution in the street, murder all the time
Useless politicians with useless little minds
And he’s still screaming
I’ve got my guns in the front seat
I want revenge for the dead
I want an eye for an eyeball
Tooth for a tooth and a bullet in the head
Yeah, it must be hard to be a savior, living in a world of sin
Here, where all the saints are asked for favors, cause everybody wants to win
Just a little bit
Do you remember when you were little; you thought everything was good
Well they taught you to act like Jesus, just like all us good Christians should
Well my father told me something; he said, “Listen to me son”
“Be careful who you trust cause the world is full of scum!”
Living in sin, living in sin, living in sin
Now Kim went out for drinks to the club on a Friday night
Where she met a fine young gentleman and he looked like Mr. Right
But in his pockets he’s got Rufies, and he stuck ‘em in her wine
Carried her back to his dirty little shack, had himself a real good time
Living in sin, living in sin, living in sin
Yeah, it must be hard to be a savior, living in a world of sin
Here, where all the saints are asked for favors, cause everybody wants to win
Living in sin, living in sin, living in sin
Now Izzy was a cripple and he worked out on the street
Drawing caricatures of people, trying to get himself enough to eat
‘til he met up with some Rednecks and they robbed him for a buck
Yeah they kicked him down and beat him around, broke all his fingers for good luck
Living in sin
I want revenge baby!
Living in sin, living in sin, living in sin
Now I believe in Jesus and all the things he said
I know that love will be the answer if we can get it in our heads
But there’s people who are evil, well the kind that break your will
You know it’s hard to be a good Christian, when all you want to do is kill!
When all you want to do is kill!
You know it’s hard to be a good Christian
When all you want to do is kill!
Yeah, it must be hard to be a savior, living in a world of sin
Here, where all the saints are asked for favors, cause everybody wants to win
Yeah, it must be hard to be a savior, living in a world of sin
Here, where all the saints are asked for favors, cause everybody wants to win
(Repeats)
Now everyone hates the bangers, you know sometimes I do to
But I want you to ask yourself this question
What the hell else do you think they’re gonna do?
Talking about people that ain’t got no future
No education and they come from broken homes
You gonna drive to the projects on a Saturday night and
save a five year old boy on your own?
