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If you all get to Heaven

Say a prayer for my mother

Say a prayer for my father

Say a prayer for my brother

But most of all please say a prayer for me



Words of a feather

All flock together

Going round and round

A soul is astral travelling

Watching human motion

Wasting thy seed upon the ground

Discreet intermissions

Coroners petitions

Their work goes into the sand

Voices from the middle

Are gaining very little

It's getting all out of hand



If you all get to Heaven

Say a prayer -volace menteh-

Say a prayer for food and plenty

Say a prayer -sehr sensible-

But most of all please say a prayer for me

If you all get to Heaven

Say a prayer for my camel

As I ride through the desert

Say a prayer for the rumours

The rumours of war



The last moody summer

Was autumn in covers

Bespeaks of dogs in the dark

A perfect reunion

Of bloody communion

Where do we find

Noah's ark?

A thousand words or more

Seep through the floor

And then take root in the soil

Growing trees of doubt

Helpless people shout

Until their blood starts to boil



If you all get to Heaven

Say a prayer for Asmodeus

Say a prayer for Belial

Say a prayer for his denial

But most of all you gotta say a prayer for me

If you all get to Heaven

Say a prayer for St. Religion

Say a prayer for blood baptism

Say a prayer for it's division

But most of all please say a prayer for me



Old men's cigars puff up the wars

To protect their fuck-ups again

Young men must die!

To keep the old ones alive

And to prove they're studs once again



It you all get to Heaven

Say a prayer for the people

Who will kill for cross and steeple

Say a prayer for righteous bullets

But most of all please say a prayer for me

If you all get to Heaven

Say a prayer for my mother

Say a prayer for my father

Say a prayer for my brother

But most of all you gotta say a prayer for me

Spoken:

Sweetheart listen,

I know the last few pages

Haven't been good for the both of us

And I've caused you a lot of grief

But put those bags down, o.k.?

Before you make a decision like that,

Please just listen to me

'Cos I don't want you to leave.

I definately don't want you to leave

Just hear me out.



Honey, don't leave me now

With my head on my shoulders wrong

Have I done something wrong for you to leave?

I know I've been careless, girl

And I must apologize

I'll try better next time, baby

If you let me stay



If you let me stay

I'll say what I should've said

If you let me stay

I should have said that I love you

It you let me stay

And I should have said it from my heart

If you let me stay



How can I compensate

For my indiscretions, dear

Tell me it's not too late

That I'd love to hear

If you walk out on me

You will see a grown man cry

I didn't miss my water

Till my well ran dry



But if you let me stay

If you let me stay

I'll say what I should've said

If you let me stay

I should have said that I love you

It you let me stay

And I should have said it from my heart

If you let me stay



Your pretensions aim for gullible fools

And now who needs you anyway?

I'll get mine elsewhere

I taught the school

You will regret it someday



If you let me stay

I'll say what I should've said

If you let me stay

I should have said that I love you

It you let me stay

And I should have said it from my heart

If you let me stay

Kissing like a bandit

Stealing time

Underneath a sycamore tree

Cupid by the hour sends

Valentines

To my sweet lover and me

Slowly

But surely

Your appetite is more than I knew

Sweetly

Softly

I'm falling in love with you



Wish me love a wishing well

To kiss and tell

A wishing well of butterfly tears

Wish me love a wishing well

To kiss and tell

A wishing well of crocodile cheers



Hugging like a monkey see

Monkey do

Right beside a riverboat gambler

Erotic images float through my head

So I wanna be

Your midnight rambler

Quickly

Quickly

The blood races through my veins

Quickly

Loudly

I wanna hear those sugar bells ring



Wish me love a wishing well

To kiss and tell

A wishing well of butterfly tears

Wish me love a wishing well

To kiss and tell

A wishing well of crocodile cheers

This isn't living now

A thing my father said to me

And get a haircut, boy

If you want a chance in respectable society

Why did you stop writing?

I knew you had some trouble, son

But you should know by now

That my number doesn't change

Because my dirty deed is done



All I need from you

And that's all

Regardless of whatever you do

And that is that you understand

That I'll never turn my back on you



How are your wife and child?

I'm sure your little girl has grown

And give them a kiss and a smile

That's what my daddy said

In a letter very long

What kind of man would I be?

If I left you in despair (and then he wrote)

And I miss your mother, son

Cause if she were still alive

She'd tell you too

You should cut your hair



All I need from you

And that's all

Regardless of whatever you do

And that is that you realise

That I'll never turn my back on you



Whatever you do just try to get through to me

Remember the time we got drunk on wine by the sea

And I laughed when you tried to stagger home by yourself

You were stubborn then and you are still stubborn now



All I need from you

And that's all

Regardless of whatever you do

And that is that you understand

That I'll never turn my back on you

Get up 'outta' your rockin' chair grandma!

Or rather would you care to dance grandmother?



Hey you! Give up to the ghost

That's haunting you now

Shout it out

Don't let it stay inside

And eat you alive

Make up your mind

Don't you want to stay

This side of the line

I can assure you

When you're my age

You'll learn

From all you've left behind



(You've got to)

Dance little sister

Don't give up today

Hang on till tomorrow

I don't wanna hear you're late

Dance little sister

Don't give up today

Hang on till tomorrow

Don't give up your stay



Say now share the weight

And lay your cross down

And let the long reaching arm

Of hope bring you around

It ain't easy but giving up

Is the easy thing to do

Time is on your side

Would you just watch the clock

And let it tick for you



(You've got to)

Dance little sister

Don't give up today

Hang on till tomorrow

I don't wanna hear you're late

Dance little sister

Don't give up today

Hang on till tomorrow

Don't give up your stay

Teardrops rusting on a steel bar

Harmonica blues

Heartblood thick enough for pine tar

I've got a hole in my delta shoes

Grown men wither and they dry away

Their lives compromised

I've gotta hold on

Struggle through another day

To see the fire in my baby's eyes

Society's debt have been more than paid



In seven more days

I'll be home to you

And the walls will tumble down

That's separating us two

The Jericho mile and a river so wide

In seven more days

There will be no more divide



Bad dreams, cornerstone realities

Bears witness to shame

Hell's gate - a landscaped brutality

All material gain

But she's home praying on her hands & knees

That safe shall I part

But I am guilty of her memory

But there's no crime in my heart

Society's debts have been more than paid



In seven more days

I'll be home to you

And the walls will tumble down

That's separating us two

The Jericho mile and a river so wide

In seven more days

There will be no more divide



Lawful society

Says this is what you get

Tearful sobriety of

Matters that you soon regret

It all adds up to time

Debts have been more than paid



In seven more days

I'll be home to you

And the walls will tumble down

That's separating us two

The Jericho mile and a river so wide

In seven more days

There will be no more divide

Let's go forward with our love

I don't ask for your money

I don't ask for your honey

All I want is love

Let's go forward with our love

I don't ask for your wallet

Let's finish what we started

All I need is love



And in your private moments

When all the world is sleep

I watch you as you toss and turn

And pray my soul you'll keep

I sense you are afraid

That I'm not holding fast

But you are just nervous

And I'm certain that this too will pass



Let's go forward with our love

I don't ask for your money

I don't ask for your honey

All I want is love



Our dedication wanders

You're hurt from what you hear

But then the rain falls down

And wipes away your tears

The stars are everlasting

But even they shift from time to time

If we just slow down

Catch our breath

We'll be fine



Let's go forward with our love

I don't ask for your wallet

Let's finish what we started

All I need is love



Silver turns to black

And gold turns into green

Giving my love back

Would tear away our seed

Like real silver and gold

We can keep our vows

Your hand I will hold

Until the killing ground

Let's go forward with our love

Take off your topcoats

Put on your raincoats

And now give up your birthright

And don't you cry

'Cause in 23 verses now

A storm is a-comin'

And you'll be too surprised

To wonder why



And it will

Rain rain

Go away, go away

Rain rain

Come back again another day



Step out your cool suit

Snap on you wet boots

And now eat all you mushrooms

Until you see

That in 22 verses now

A storm is a-brewin'

And you'll be too annoyed

For victory



'Cause it will

Rain rain

Go away, go away

Rain rain

Come back again another day



China glass &

A chocolate bar

I'm leaving behind

So my children's children

Children's children

Will see what's left of me



Cue up the James Brown

And jack up the funky sound now

Say it won't be the last time

You hear a scream

'Cause in 21 verses now

A storm is a-ragin'

And you will satisfy your destiny



And it will

Rain rain

Go away, go away

Rain rain

Come back again another day

Fortunately you have got

Someone who relies on you

We started out as friends

But the thought of you just caves me in

The symptoms are so deep

It is so much too late to turn away

We started out as friends



Sign your name

Across my heart

I want you to be my baby

Sign your name

Across my heart

I want you to be my lady



Time I'm sure will bring

Disappointments in so many things

It seems to be the way

When your gambling cards on love you play

I'd rather be in Hell with you baby

Than in cool Heaven

It seems to be the way



Sign your name

Across my heart

I want you to be my baby

Sign your name

Across my heart

I want you to be my lady



Birds never look into the sun

Before the day is gone

But oh the light shines brighter

On a peaceful day

Stranger blue leave us alone

We don't want to deal with you

We'll shed our stains showering

In the room that makes the rain



All alone with you

Makes the butterflies in me arise

Slowly we make love

And the Earth rotates

To our dictates

Slowly we make love



Sign your name

Across my heart

I want you to be my baby

Sign your name

Across my heart

I want you to be my lady

Out by a shanty where the dust hangs high

Far from a river where things grow green

The flowers weep and they lean away

From the blood stained soil beneath my feet



The thorns outnumber the petals on the rose

And the darkness amplifies the sound of printers' ink

On propaganda page

That will rule your life and fuel my rage



I tried to bend my knees

But my knees were already bent

I haven't stood like a man for such a long time now

I called to my god but he was sleeping on that day

I guess I'll just have to depend on me



Shall I tell my children if they ask of me

Did I surrender forth my right to be?

Y'see my daddy died to leave this haunting ground

And this same ground still haunts me



The cool September blows the seeds away

The harvest blown again this year

But I'll return a stronger man

I'll return to me my homeland

No grave shall hold my body down

This land is still my home



I said:

But I'll return a stronger man

I'll return to me my homeland

No grave shall hold my body down

This land is still my home

This land is still my home



Meanwhile, on the other side of the world

When I had you

I treated you bad and wrong my dear

Girl since since you been gone

Don't you know I sit around

With my head hanging down

And I wonder who's lovin' you



I, I, I, I should have never made you cry

And girl since since you've been gone

I sit around with my head hanging down

And I wonder who's lovin' you



Life without love is oh so lonely

I don't think I'm gonna make it

All my life, all my life belongs to you only

Come on and take it girl

Come on and take it because



All, all I can do

Since you been gone is cry

And don't you ever wonder

And worry your pretty little head

'Bout what I do

Don't you know I sit around

With my head hanging down

And I wonder who's lovin' you