If You Ignore the Truth (Bass Reeves - 2003)
If You Ignore the Truth
Hello chickky boom boom
I see you crawling 'cross the razor blade
Are you looking for that deal?
Are you still trying to get it made?
When you crawled across the floor
of broken diamonds
Did you see
the shining of your star
Did you feel tranquility?
Well, they try to get you wet
Well, they try to make you squeal
Don't mind if you lose your grip
And let your hand slip off the wheel
Deceit's a terrible friend
When you finally do embrace it
Despair's a curious lie
When you finally have to face it
And if you ignore the truth
She will find a way to stand in
front of you
Never pity wrongful doers
They will always pounce upon
you
Don't panic when the evil comes
And lays its wreaths around you
That picture's never pretty
When the good they taste defeat
And the sadness of that moment
Always seems to be repeated
Over and over
The blood flows for amusement
evil takes them all away
to torture and abuse them
Pretty little pictures
Taken for an ugly ride
Clever cruelty rules the day
And all the dreams lay dying
And if you ignore the truth
She will find a way to stand in front of you
From the time you were a child
You were fascinated
By the glowing marquee's glory
And all the famous stories
Never stopped to take a look
At those who'd gone before you
And now it's much too late
And your soul is just a feast
along his way
Hey hey chicky boom boom
Come sing a song for me
Come ride the horse of truth
Eat from the truthful tree
Come crawl across the floor
of broken diamonds
So you'll see
If your star is shining
And if you feel tranquility
You'll see them titillate you
You'll see how they try to rape you
You'll see the molders molding to
remake and recreate you
Deceit's a terrible friend
when you finally do embrace it
Despair's a curious lie
when you finally have to face it
So if you ignore the truth
She will find a way to stand in front
of you...
41 Cents
Got 41 cents in my pocket
that's all I got left after you
41 cents in my pocket, babe
but, at least I got my pocket, babe
Got away clean this time
Got a band new shot
Got away from you
And the slot machine
you call your heart
Your sweet incense still burns
hot in my mind
Kinda blinds me from the
awful truth sometime
That all you wanted was
the jingle of the coins
In my pocket
Got one last pair of blue jeans
One last pair of shoes
One last flask of Whiskey-wine
Gonna try to kill the pain of you
Gotta keep movin on
Move in a new direction
Move away from you
And the pretense that you
called affection
Your sweet innocence was
such a perfect act
You worked me over
till I discovered that
All you wanted was
the jingle of coins
In my pocket
Got one last dream to dream now
One last hope to hang on
One last finger 'round the limb
We'll, I hope that limb don't snap now
Climbing up one more time
One hand over the other
Looking for that love sublime
Looking for that perfect love
I know she's out there
With love inside her heart
We'll find each other
We'll never part
When she reaches 'round
She won't be tryin to get her hands,
Inside my pockets
In The Beginning Of The End
In the beginning of the end
You were dangling by a silken thread
Presenting the ideas so taken
by your head
Dancing 'round the ring
Slipping every punch
Thinking you were winning on points
In the beginning of the end
You did not see there was a starting point
In the beginning of the end
You spoke freely of those famous sayings
Quoting all those wise and wondrous
Fellows and their minds
Skating 'cross the ice
Thinking things were nice
Never thinking you could fall
on your ass
In the beginning of the end
You did not see the floor was made of glass
At Hollywood and Vine
It is the custom of the fool
To think that he inherits from wise
Declares himself... Celebrates
Before it's understood that he's the prize
No knowledge of
What will become
No oracle to tel the terrible truth
That wickedness and all the lies
Will take it all before the day is through
In the beginning of the end
There is no book of secrets
All the tales were told
You were not listening
Righteousness or darkness
Is it love or hate?
Reach out with your tongue and taste it
In the beginning of the end
There's just one chance
Don't waste it!
Feel Like Feeling Again
Well, you walked right through the door
And you looked up at the moon
And the moon looked back at you
And you began to swoon
You remembered what it was
To feel in love again
And you walked back through he door
And you took a look again
Well, she was half your age
And a stir went through your soul
No, it wasn't just her body
That made you lose control
There was a story in her eyes
You knew you understood
And you knew they'd say you couldn't
But you knew that you could
And you feel like feeling again...
Ohh...ohhhh...Your thunder rolls
Ohh...ohhhh...Your thunder rolls
So many lonely nights
Since heaven came to call
And cut in on your bride
And danced her 'cross the hall
Took her soul from you
And left you here to mend
Now you feel a sweet sensation
That the past is at the end
And you feel like feeling again
Ohh...ohhhh...Your thunder rolls
Ohh...ohhhh...Your thunder rolls
Now passion's blood's revived
Pulse through your veins
You know you want her with you
No questions that remain
Love has found a way
Through the brambles once again
Yes beauty's hand has found a way to
paint a perfect end...
And you feel like feeling again...
Some Things Never Change
I've got footprints in the concrete
Of the sidewalks of my mind
Something in my memory
Something left behind
I can see them when i take a stroll
And walk right through my past
Something left behind me
Something left to last
Some things never change
Some things remain the same
Sleazy two bit bullies
Still rape and kill and steal
Kids with bloated bellies
Still hunger for a meal
I can see them everywhere I go
In every country's streets
Even in America
Land of sacred freedom
Some things never change
Some things remain the same
The Bible tells a story
Of Noah and his ark
Two by two they marched aboard
To make a brand new shirt
But even when the earth was gone
And all had been redone
Evil found its way back in
And god's still on the run
Some things never change
Some things remain the same
It all comes down to basics
On the path to perfect ecstasy
There's a path of blistering pain
If you want to make it all the way
and feel the final glory
You'd better learn your lessons well
Learn the basic stories
Cause some things never change
Some things remain the same
The Times They Need A Changing
What more do you need?
There are children being raped
There are children being starved
'round the Horn 'round the Cape
It's happening here
In your backyard too
You'd better pray harder
There's still so much to do
Have you looked around lately?
There's still killers for hire
And blood flows like electrons
Down a telephone wire
Positive charges, negative too
They fight and they clash
Making history anew
And times they need a changing...
Sorry Mr. Dylan
I had to play with your line
I wish I could tell you
that everything was fine
But I'm sorry I can't
There's still trouble in the air
I'm still looking for g-d
But the devil he's everywhere
And the times they need a changing...
Well. the times they need a changing
Critical mass
Some rearranging
The question
Is it worth saving?
Well, the times they need a changing
It's such a simple thing
You just open your eyes
It's been said so many times
That he comes in fine disguises
All that it takes
Is a little good faith
To defeat the defector
From the hand of heaven's grace
And the times they need a changing
Look at the firestorms
Look at the sky
Look at the children
Waiting to die
It's not enough to ponder
And write those clever books
By the time you turn around
The virgin is a hooker
And the times
they need a changing
Ravage the poor man
Ravage the beast
Do we need another ark?
To carry us to peace
For sure we don't need lawyers
To make any new laws
Can't live by the ones
In the Freedom Eagle's Claws
And the times they need a changing
Johnny
Why'd you write
all those beautiful songs?
You must have known
your fate all along
He was a kook kook ka kook kook ka
kook kook ka kook kook ka chew
When the bullet took you down
Took the rest of us too
Here and now we go bleary
into the night
Wanting the candle
Wanting the light
That you shown on us all
Why'd you say all those
things that you said?
The Hatter, he just
wanted you dead
He was a kook kook ka kook kook ka
kook kook ka kook kook ka chew
When he looked in the mirror
he could see all was true
Here and now we go bleary
into the night
Wanting the candle
Wanting the light
That you shown on us all
Johnny...Johnny...
Johnny, you were a coat
of many colors
The world threw you into
the pit of a war
You said:
No no no no no no no no...
Give peace a chance!
But war is still dancing
It's hideous dance
When the fire hit the ice
There was a melting of their hearts
And the pain they both felt
No longer tore each one apart
Though few understood
The difference of their love
It was followed by the angels
And cooed by the doves...
There's a man in a wheelchair
Feeding the gulls
Where the hell did he come from?
And the woman over there
Carries the weight of her years
Throws some bread upon the pong
And the man over there
With the silence in his eyes
He can't see what's going on
They are there altogether
Never touching each other
No matter how much they want to
Condemned ever not to
Oh...all the lost and lonely people
We'll never know
where the all come from
Oh... all the lost and lonely people
Lost in the echoes
Ever marching along
There's a man and his dog
Crossing over the bridge
Is that his only friend?
And the woman with the cat
In the shadows over there
She's remembering when
And the boy over there
With the question in his eyes
Is there hope for anyone?
They are there all together
Never touching each other
No matter how much they want to
Condemned ever not to...
Oh...
Livin' In The Twilight
Going round and round
In a circle I'm getting used to
Going up and down
I can feel the change when it's coming
Sometimes higher than life
Then the devil comes out to greet me
No telling what delight
When I'm livin' in the twilight
Livin' in the twilight
Neither here nor over there
Sometimes the lips are real
Sometimes they're thinner than air
Cross the borderline
Put our chips down on the square
Livin' in the twilight
Neither here nor over there
Tasted all the life has to give
one mortal soul
Felt the sorrow and g-d's eternal glow
Smelled the perfume of the sweat
of our becoming
Heard the cryin' of my women's love
Seen the dying of our children
When I get this way
Never sure I'm coming back
Got no time to waste
But sometimes I gotta slip backwards
Don't mind the darkness
Don't mind the thickness of the night
As long as I'm livin'
Even if it's the twilight
Laugherman
You never know when
It's gonna happen
The greatest laugh you'll ever have
When that moment comes
Feel happy from the sadness
Pound your fist on the table
Roll around on the ground
An ache in your belly
From the touch of an angel
The heart and the soul
Of the clown
Takes you to a place
Where pain and pleaser mesh
A place where the poets
Put you to the test
Fulfilled by the nothing
Of the empty space of creation
Sorrow's transformed
With a roll of your tongue
The audience laughs
The sound of salvation
LaugherMan reach down
and touch your pain
Let the sunshine
pour right through the rain
LaugherMan shed your tears for me
Bare your soul to the crowd
In the hopes that you will please them
Life is full of surprises
Laughs are what we need
Sometimes hard to come by
Everybody Bleeds
You'll always find them
On the path to eternal bliss
Just remember it's those whose blood we seek most
Provide the laughs to set us free
Joyful Blues
So glad to have these blues
Better than having you around
All that fussin and fightin girl
Your selfishness abounds
and surrounds me
So glad to have these blues
Brings joy into my heart
My heart began to sing
The moment that we parted
Scat a tat tat............
All of a sudden things were different
Coiled like a snake ou squeezed for
Those changes
Almost choked me to death
But i finally caught my breath
Girl, you just had to make me choose
Between your love so bad
And these joyful blues...
That's How I Get
Woke up, it was tomorrow
As far as I can remember
That's how I get
when I'm thinking 'bout you
Woke up, it was Wednesday
Or possibly Thursday
That's how I get
when I'm thinking 'bout you
All the love that he has in his heart
Weighs less than the breath
that I take in a moment
Mine, is a mountain of gold
I wish you could see
through my eyes for a moment
I wish that the scales of justice would balance
But sometimes in love
the scales tip against you
sometimes the doors of justice
are closed
I try to get started
But something won't let me
That's how I get
when I'm thinking about you
I try to get high
But I just get loaded
That's how I get when I'm
Thinking about you
I try to get by
But my pack's overloaded
That's how I get when I'm
thinking about you
Sometimes It Comes Upon Me
Sometimes it comes upon me
I am an anvil to a hammer
Slamming me down
Not giving an inch
Steel vs Steel
At war in my head
So intensely
Sometimes it comes upon me
My flesh feels like food
for a snub nose 38
Exploding me open
With a force unexpected
Ripping and making me
hate my own fate
So immensely
Sometimes I feel
like a tree in a storm
Pushing back the winds of Hell
Sometimes I wonder why
it just wouldn't
Be better to break
Sometimes my soul feels
like sand on a beach
Eroding away with the swell
Sometimes I wonder why
he just don't reach
Down and take me..................
Sometimes it comes upon me
It's the fuel that feeds on the fire
Drawing it down
Bleeding the heat
In the furnace of love
the downfall descends from desire
Sometimes it comes upon me
Life a great fish hooked on a line
With one desperate run
One last heave of his soul
He struggles to break from the line
The taste of the bait
The taste of the blood
Too much freedom
can mess with your mind
If you ever get down
with it can't happen to you?
Here's a hook in your jaw
to remind you...
Sometimes
it comes upon me...
After The Battle
Oh, it's after the battle
And there's not much left around
Only the crying babies
And the baying of the hounds
Smoke arises from the fortress
People stare, but at the ground
Oh, it's after the battle
And the meek are lost
and waiting to be found
Oh. it's after the battle
And all those left they seek the light
Hope's been gone for much too long
We'll be needing something stronger
here tonight
Bones arising from the desert
Alert the coming of he king
Oh, it's after the battle
And in the distance
you can hear the angels sing
In the distance
you can hear the angels sing
Oh, Noah found favor
in the eyes of the Lord
And his fate was sealed
with a pitch
He was sheltered
from the torrents and
the flood of his tears
And the evil got washed
from the riches
Oh, it's after the battle
the trumpet's sounding
pierces through the night
Light breaks through the darkness
Lives again from depths
they do arise
Tyranny no more
only freedom
It is truth?
Or only disguise?
Only after the battle
Will we really know
the truth from all the lies
Yes, it's after the battle
And we'll finally know
the truth from all the lies!
Lots Of Ways To Blaze A Trail
Lots of ways to blaze a trail
Money roads to Rome
Lots of stars up in the sky
Only one can get you home
An adventure comes
An adventure goes
Into the mist it rises
Your spice route to the orient
Can't shield you from the lies
Your spice route to the orient
Can't shield you from the lies
A northwest passing
A trade wind blowing
It's plain as the nose on your face
Keep one eye looking back home for luck
Or be gone without a trace.............
A stack darkness is piled on high
A workman of the light
Digs for reasons only some will find
Long into the night
He digs and digs and digs and digs
Into the mountain's peak
Be careful what you wish for now
Sometimes you get what you seek
Be careful what you wish for now
Sometimes you get what you seek
A northwest passing
A trade wind blowing
It's plain as the nose on your face
Keep one eye looking back home for luck
Or be gone without a trace....
Lots of ways to tell a tale
Many versions of the truth
Lots of stories you will be told
Before you leave your youth
People come and people go
On their way to Rome
Be careful how you blaze your trail
'cause you blaze that trail alone
be careful how you blaze that trail alone...
Lots of ways to blaze a trail...
