Lifts You Up

I stole the outside runnin' into the sun
I'm alive, I'm loud as a golden gun,
I killed my pride
So once again I'd see

Live and learn
You've fallen one thousand times
I feel the burn
There's fire from a crazy sky,
I sealed concern
So once again I'd be
And it lifts you up
Then it puts you down.
Then it feeds you life, then it lets you drown.
While it holds your heart then it slowly tears you apart
And you know that life is what I mean.
If I could, you know I'd stand on the rock
Where Jesus stood,
Innocence and evil bad and good
Walkin' side by side
Alright, alright, alright

And it lifts you up
Then it puts you down.
Then it feeds you life, then it lets you drown.
While it holds your heart then it slowly tears you apart
And you know and you know and you know life is what I mean.

Without a way of makin' up our minds
How could I run just leave it all behind
When it breaks me up inside still I
Refuse to hide
And it is just what it is
And that's all right

And it lifts you up
Then it puts you down.
And it feeds you life, while it lets you drown.
While it holds your heart then it slowly tears you apart
And you know you know
And it lifts you up
Then it puts you down.
Then it feeds you life, then it lets you drown.
While it holds your heart then it slowly tears you apart
And you know and you know and you know life is what I mean.
And you know and you know and you know life is what I mean.
And you know and you know and you know life is what I mean.

Lifetime

She got a lover's soul she lost her radio
She got her memories, her extremities
She's drivin' much too fast
She wants to make it last
She wrote a song for you
She calls it black and blue
Ain't no way to live a lifetime
Ain't no way to live at all
Ain't no way to live a lifetime
It just aint no way darling to live at all
She's sick of being late
She knows she's' second rate
She wonders if you'll stay
And love her anyway
She's crawling back again
It's such a bitter end
She knows she don't belong
She screams a children's song
Ain't no way to live a lifetime
Ain't no way to live at all
Ain't no way to live a lifetime
It just aint no way darling to live at all
And the sun don't shine my way
And the moon don't make me dance
If you're listening hear me pray
I'd give my hands for just a second chance
My plea is not in vain
She lost her lover's soul she lost her radio
She got her memories, her extremities
Just let that bad man go
She's sweating in the snow
No one to call her own
Don't call the truth ain't home
Ain't no way to live a lifetime
Ain't no way to live at all
Ain't no way to live a lifetime
It just ain't no way darling to live at all
It just ain't no way to live at all
All alone, lonely all alone, lonely
All alone, lonely all alone, lonely
All alone, lonely all alone, lonely
All alone, lonely all alone, lonely
All alone

Leave the Light On

I seen myself with a dirty face,
I cut my luck with a dirty ace
I leave the light on
I leave the light on
I went from zero to minus ten
I drank your wine then
I stole your man
I leave the light on,
I leave that light on.

Daddy ain't that bad he just plays rough
I ain't that scarred when I'm covered up
I leave the light on
I leave the light on
Little girl hiding underneath the bed
Was it something I did
Must be something I said
I leave the light on, better leave the light on.

Cause I wanna love and
I wanna live
Yeah, I don't know much about it
I never did no no

Seventeen and I'm all messed up inside
I cut myself just to feel alive
I leave a light on
I leave a light on
Twenty-one on the run
On the run on the run from myself
From myself and everyone
I leave the light on, better leave the light on

Cause I wanna love and
I wanna live
I don't know much about it
And I never did,
I don't know what to do, can the damage be undone
I swore to God I'd never be what I've become

Lucky stars and fairy tales
I'm gonna bathe myself in a wishin' well
Pretty scars from cigarettes
I never will forget, I never will forget
I'm still afraid to be alone
Wish that the moon would follow me home
I leave the light on
Yeah I leave that light on
I ain't that bad I'm just messed up
I ain't that sad but I'm sad enough

Cause I wanna love and
I wanna live
I don't know much about it
And I never did,
I don't know what to do, can the damage be undone
I swore to God that I'd never be what I've become

I leave that light
I leave that light
I leave that light on

God bless the child with the dirty face
Who cuts her luck with a dirty ace
She leaves the light on, I leave that light on

If God Only Knew

If God only knew how much I love that man
Ain't no words to say the way I feel
It's like a bad dream but it's real
It seems like only yesterday
We were talkin' in the most familiar way
Now everybody knows the way I am
They all see right through my show
I aimed so high now I'm so low (so low)
I'm all dressed up and I got nowhere to go

If God only knew how I loved that man
I would have died for you
I guess he'll never understand
I loved you right or wrong
It was you all along
Heaven knows
That it's true hard as it's been
I'd do it all over again
(Over and over and over again)

Say goodbye to dreamin'
It's only water in my hands
(Over and over and over and over and over and over again)
So when you see me walkin' down that street
Don't ignore me if I speak
'Cause I knew you better than anyone else
And I loved you more than you could ever know yourself

If God only knew how I loved that man
(Why don't you tell him about it)
I would have died for you
I guess he'll never understand
I loved you right or wrong
It was you all along
Heaven knows
That it's true hard as it's been
I'd do it all over again
(Over and over again)
If God only knew
Over and over and over and over
Over and over and over again
Over and over and over again

Bottle of Jesus

I got my wine and cigarettes
These twenty cents is all I got left
Don't bother me, I'm trying to swim
I guess I'll lay around all day
Sit back and smile just fade away.
A drunk yard dog is what I am

Break out the bottle of Jesus
Plug in the black light rosary
Somebody's waiting to save me yeah

I know my neighbors wish I'd die
I'm much too loud when I get high
I think I'll send around some pie
I'll spike that dish with a touch of herb
It'll numb their lips
And soothe their nerves
I'll build my kingdom on the curb

Break out the bottle of Jesus
Plug in the black light rosary
Somebody's waiting to save me yeah

Be it rain or shine
I'll get high like summertime.
It's an All-American party time
Tell that landlord man
I'll kick that bastard like a can
It's an All-American party time
And I don't listen to rules or Gospel
They're just trying to shut me up
Call me the master of ole misfortune
A weasel a weaselin' away.
Dear Lord. Hold the sight.
Oh Lord. Gonna set me free

Break out the bottle of Jesus
Plug in the black light rosary
Somebody's waiting to save me alright
Break out the bottle of Jesus
Plug in the black light rosary
Somebody's waiting to save me
Somebody's waiting to save me
Somebody's waiting
Somebody's waiting
American party-time
An American party-time
An American party-time
A time, a time, a time

Monkey Back

Oh God save me for I am wicked and damned
Oh God show me a better way to the Promised Land
'Cause I I can't take it no I can't shake it no I can't break it no
Don't wanna eat it no more I cannot hide it
I'm undecided I can't fake it no I can't shake it
I can't take it I can't shake shake shake shake
Shake that 'ol monkey off my back
Gimme my money back slip through your crack
Gimme my money back sit back

Oh God know me I'm just dirty footprints at your door
Oh God hold me from one more trip and a liquor store
'Cause I I can't take it no I can't shake it no I can't break it no
Don't wanna eat it no more I cannot hide it
I'm undecided I can't fake it no I can't shake it
I can't take it I can't shake shake shake shake
Shake that 'ol monkey off my back
Gimme my money back slip through your crack
Gimme my money back get back

I'm not praying for a miracle
Just a little peace of mind
And if what I do is all in vain as I'm screamin' goin' insane
Still I am not my name no no honey now
God wouldn't save me,
So now it's me and my rotten friends
The drugs ain't working, no they're just jacking me off again
'Cause I I can't take it no I can't shake it no I can't break it no
Don't wanna eat it no more I cannot hide it
I'm undecided I can't fake it no I can't fake it
I can't take it I can't shake shake shake shake
Shake that 'ol monkey off my back
Gimme my money back slip through your crack
Gimme my money back sit back
Gimme my money back slip through your crack
Gimme my money back sit back, sit back, sit back
Sit back, sit back, sit back, sit back
Sit back, sit back, sit back, sit back

World Without You

Days and nights and nights and days,
In silent shades of lazy grays
I call your name, It's all the same
Sitting staring at the ceiling,
Dripping painted pictures peeling
From my walls, The time just crawls

Was it yesterday? I don't know
Was I dreaming? Or did I lose everything I believed in?
If you could only see what I see
Every time you leave

Imagine a world with no sky
Imagine the ocean run dry
Imagine and you'll see the view
Of my world without you
Imagine no sun and no rain
Imagine that each day's the same
It doesn't matter what I do
In a world without you

Doers doing, Thinkers thinking,
Lonely lover's lips are sinking
In my tea, They're burning me
Wasted weeping, Someone speaking
In my head the bed is leaking tears again
And there's no end

Was it yesterday? I don't know
Was I dreaming? Or did I lose everything I believed in?
If you could only see what I see
Everytime you leave

Imagine a world with no sky
Imagine the ocean run dry
Imagine and you'll see the view
Of my world without you
Imagine no sun and no rain
Imagine that each day's the same
It doesn't matter what I do
In a world without you

And this nothing lasts forever
And this empty never ends
I can't stand the thought of breathing
Till I see you again

Imagine a world with no sky
Imagine the ocean run dry
Imagine and you'll see the view
Of my world without you
Imagine no sun and no rain
Imagine that each day's the same
It doesn't matter what I do
In a world without you
In a world without you
In a world without you
I don't wanna be alone
In this world without you

Imagine a world with no sky
Imagine the ocean run dry
Imagine and you'll see the view
Of my world without you
Imagine no sun and no rain
Imagine that each day's the same
It doesn't matter what I do
In my world, your world, our world

Sky Full of Clover

Why do you carry a pocket of stone?
Body and mind are tired from the load
Still searching for shelter in your own restless thoughts
Believing in anything and still you are lost

I will be there
Just look over your shoulder baby
Longing to share a sky full of clover

Come to the grass where the orchids run wild
See how they're laughing a land full of smile
People in clover are holding up their hands
Praising the holy one the wiser of man

And I will be there
Just look over your shoulder baby
Longing to share a sky full of clover

I'm not trying to make no contradiction
And I'm not trying to make you go my way
Said I'm not trying to tell you what I think you need to know
I'm still trying and I'm still trying and I'm still trying
To figure out my own

I will be, I will be, I will be there
So now you say to me
Do I still have time to live out these precious things
That swell up my mind?
Raise me then lay me down and humble my soul
Wash me in patience I'll be whiter than snow

I will be there
Just look over your shoulder baby
Longing to share a sky full, there's a sky full a sky full of clover

Lay Your Hands On Me

Hold me as long as you can stand it.
Hold me as long because I need it.
Hold me as long until we make it.
Take your time, take your time.
Hold me as long until you're, until you're better
Hold me as long I'll be your nature
Hold me as long we'll come together
Don't be shy
I'm inviting you, I'm inviting you
Lay your hands on me
Run as fast as you can, run as fast as you can
Lay your hands on me
Hold me as long my body's shaking
Hold me as long I'm anticipating
Hold me as long your woman's waiting
Don't be shy
I'm inviting you, I'm inviting you
So lay your hands on me
Run as fast as you can, run as fast as you can
Just lay your hands on me
Hold me as long you're all I've wanted
Hold me as long long long long long
I'm inviting you, I'm inviting you
So lay your hands on me
Run as fast as you can, run as fast as you can
Just lay your hands on me
Just lay
Yea lay your hands on me
Just lay your hands on me
Just lay
Just lay your hands on me
And don't be shy

I'll Stay With You

Yes I'll stay with you, I'll stay with you
Yes I'll stay with you, I'll stay with you
Close your eyes and I'll hold you here
It's all right if you're feelin' scared
It's just the sound of your aching heart
You've hurt for so long inside the dark
Now you can cry for the world out there
Come inside and I'll kiss your tears
It's still the sound tearing you apart
Loving out loud with only half a heart

Yes I'll stay with you
I'll stay with you
I won't leave you alone
I'll stay with you yes I want to
Make your pain my own
And if you need me all night or until I grow old
No you don't have to ask me to
I'm wanna take good care of you
Yes I'm gonna stay with you

And I'll be right at your fingertips
Just hold on tight and we'll get through this
Angels are calling from all around
Lifting what's broken comforting what is bound
Now you can rest in your time of need
Yea I am here when it's hard to breathe
If you can't remember what is good anymore
Then I will surrender and kick down heaven's door

Yes I'll stay with you
I'll stay with you
I won't leave you alone
I'll stay with you yes I want to
Make your pain my own
And if you need me all night or until I grow old
No you don't have to ask me to
I'm wanna take good care of you
Yes I'm gonna stay with you

Yes I'll stay with you
I'll stay with you
I won't leave you alone
I'll stay with you yes I want to
Make your pain my own
And if you need me all night or until I grow old
No you don't have to ask me to
I'm wanna take good care of you
Yes I'm gonna stay with you
You don't have to ask me to
I wanna take good care of you
Yes I'm gonna stay with you

Broken & Ugly

Me and my dog really get along
She don't howl when I'm screamin' my songs
I cuss, I drink, I lie, I spit,
Guess I don't really give a shit
Broken and ugly, yes I am
Alright, alright
Still I look good divin' in
Mama I'm runnin' again

Down in Alabama where I'm wanted in jail
I'm a little nervous in the Bible belt
I'm broke I'm smoked and passed out on the bar
Then I took all the money and your grandma's car
Broken and ugly, yes I am
Alright, alright hey
Still I look good divin' in
Mama I'm runnin' again
Mama let me tell you something right here
Here it go, here it go
Do what you do say what you say
Don't waste no time on yesterdays
Cash in your ticket to ride
Don't let them talk you into walkin'
Into no one else's shoes
Don't be no sucker in line

Broken and ugly, yes I am
Alright, alright hey
Still I look good divin' in
Mama I'm runnin' again
Mama I'm runnin' again
Mama I did it again
Alright yea yea
Alright yea yea
Yea yea