Unreleased Songs 3

Stray Dog

She lies in her room

Feeling no pain for now

In an hour or two, she’ll wake

To another drink or again to shake

What can I do but watch

She’s like a stray dog on the freeway I see

From the safety of my car

If she doesn’t get off, she won’t get far

Chorus:

Honey, there’s love for you

But you’ve got to let it in

What are you running from?

A past that you can’t forget

Abuse that no child should take

A nightmare from which you just can’t wake

Chorus

Every hour of the day or night

They gather together unknown

To share each other’s pain

But in the end, they have to face it alone

Chorus

The Voice Inside Her

She was sitting on an old fallen oak tree

Watching the water as it rolled and rippled over the shallows

And her chin was resting on her knee beneath the gaze of her peaceful eyes

I approached her from the path leaving behind

The whole torrent of my life gone now for a moment

And I climbed beside her to a branch that seemed to grow from her peaceful core

She turned toward me with a strong look of surprise

And I didn’t understand until she started signing

And I watched in wonder as her graceful silence grew

Just like the fallen tree

Chorus:

And I could almost hear the voice inside her moving through the trees

I swear that I could feel the voice inside her moving inside of me

Natures sounds surrounded us like a symphony she couldn’t hear

We watched in silence for awhile, breathing it in

I sensed a sadness in her that I have felt many times

And when she held my hand, I watched it drift on down the stream

Until it disappeared

Chorus

They Killed Me

One night, I was crossing the street

Under a Memphissky

A car pulled up, I said, “Hello”

He said, “Goodbye”

And then he killed me

I don’t know why

But he fired the gun and so

I had to die

Chorus:

Yeah, he / she killed me

Now, I’m in the ground

So if you’re wondering

That’s why I never come ‘round

I’ll be waiting on down the line

He’ll get his and I’ll get mine

Yeah, on down the line

I could never leave you behind

One day, I was driving my car

Going to the store

Meanwhile on the other side of town

He was saying, “Give me just one more,”

Then, he killed me

I don’t know why

But he had to drink and so

I had to die

Chorus

I knew a girl I thought I could trust

She liked to have her fun

But she caught the silent death

From someone else’s gun

Then she killed me

I don’t know why

But she had to love and so

I had to die

Chorus

They Melt

In the classroom, she plays “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”

And all the kids sing along in perfect harmony

And when she asks them “Just what do you want to be?”

They melt

When I was just a boy, my country said to me

“Pick up that bayonet boy and follow me…down”

Well he led me past the rice fields and through the rain

And when I got hit, he said “Don’t think about the pain”

Back in the classroom, she plays “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”

And all the kids will sing along until…

They melt

This Country's Not An Eagle

The earth is crying

Because she’s in the hands of fools

And they’re playing a game with her

But they don’t know the rules

We are all responsible

There’s nowhere to run and hide

We can get up now and take the reins

Or just go along for the ride

because…

Chorus:

This country’s not an eagle

It’s a horse with blinders on

And it pulls us along

A road of victims that it walks upon

Polititions are leaders

Who follow right behind

The common folk who sweep the streets

Sweep the streets for mines

And when the deed is done

Armed with an alibi

They hide the truth beneath the bed

Where we’ve got to lie

Chorus

Wolves are on the prowl

They’re running with the pack

In the schools and on the streets

You’ve got to watch your back

And looks cannot define

The character within

There’s no sound, smell, taste

Or color of sin

Chorus

This Dark Day

It was time to lose our innocence

It was 1939

And we flew our Stukas proudly

Over the mighty Rhine

We dropped our precious cargo

To reclaim our right

We understood the reasons

We thought, that we should fight

Chorus:

But now I’m not so sure

There’s not a better way

Now, I’m not so sure

I’ll ever see an end to this dark day

Well, we walked right in at Inchon

They were standing in a row

We knew what we were there for

Had to stop the domino

When they pinned us down at Chosin

And Chesty walked the line

My will was never broken

And they got us out in time

Chorus

Now, the young still follow blindly

And it isn’t hard to see

The forces that control the game

Belong to you and me

But, we let them be our masters

Beat us at our own game

And we find ourselves upon a wall

With nothing but a name

Chorus:

And now I know for sure

There is a better way

But now I’m just as sure

I’ll never see an end to this dark day

Threw Me Over

It doesn’t matter what I think

What we ought to do

I’m going to have another drink

And go back to my room

She was just another woman

It was just another night

If I try to think about it

It almost makes it right

Chorus:

Then she threw me over

Threw me over

Over the edge again

Yeah, she threw me over

Threw me over

Over the edge again

It doesn’t matter what I do

In the light of day

Just as long as I’m with you

Where I want to stay

She was just another woman

It was just another night

Every time I think about it

It always feels so right

Something’s happening to me

Deep inside my soul

I don’t want to be set free

I want to lose control

She was just another woman

It was just another night

Every time I think about it

It always feels so right

Chorus

Trumpets Of Victory

Tanks roll over the feet of the future

As it stands on the battlefield

Deaf to the voices of history

Listen to the bombs, and the secret’s revealed

As they fall, so do the people

One and all as history repeats

Because the trumpets of just one victory

Can drown the drums of a thousand defeats

It takes just one to write the book

And everyone to learn it

It took millions to build this world

And it only takes one to burn it

As the hawk who wants to be elected

Will shake hands with anyone he meets

He knows the trumpets from just one victory

Drown the muffled drums of a thousand defeats

You know that there will always be

People living young and old

Who love to see blood running free

Until it’s forced from there own hearts cold

As it flows, so do the people

Like a river running through the street

Because the trumpets from just one victory

Can drown the drums of a thousand defeats

If the love of a girl cannot silence the guns

Next to the shadow of the wind we will lie

If the eyes of a child cannot answer the drums

Then there’s little hope for us than to lay down and die

Undertaker's Wind

Flames rise high into the night

Reaching out is the burning hand

Of the dying man

Beyond the pain, he can hear

The strangled cries from the mortal dawn that we are on

The undertaker’s wind

Blows as it burns

But there will be a time

When it returns

To the scenes of our crimes

Against nature, against ourselves

The time it tells

She has no malice or deceit

Follows only where her heart leads

Until it bleeds

But there will come a time

When we will meet

The undertaker’s wind

Swirls at our feet

Oh, prove to me that you believe

And I will open the gate

An undoomed man whose courage is good

Is often saved by fate

Every dog will have his day

To walk the burning road into the light

Into the fight

Every second of our way

Brings us closer to the death we find

It’s close behind

The undertaker’s wind

Cuts like a knife

We breathe it in

It gives us life

Oh, prove to me that you believe

And I will open the gate

I wish it was that easy

Walking Away

The last time I saw you

You were walking away, walking away

It’s been a long time, but this time there’s nothing you can do

So close your eyes and no one can see you

Drift away, drift away

Chorus:

They’ll forget your past, forget your name

When you’re gone, someone else can take the blame

Or you can blame it on the darkness

You can blame it on the day

You thought your dreams were shot down

But they got up and walked away

It ain’t easy, it ain’t easy to see

You’ve got no money, and nothing’s free

And it’s a hard road

But it seems like nothing good ever comes down here anymore

When they see you coming, do they bolt the door

And you keep walking like nothing even matters

Chorus

The last time I saw you, the last time I saw you

You were walking away, walking away

But it’s all over, it’s all over for you

The streets are talking

And this time, what they’re saying is true

They never let you in

Chorus

You Will Be With Me

I feel I’ve known you for miles

Every wink of your smile

We are connected to the same vibration

It talks to me when you’re away

And this is what it says girl…

Chorus:

Have you no faith in sorcery or madness

Underscore the magic of the lines on my hands

They say that you will be with me

Yeah

Last night, I woke from my bed

Shattered dreams filled my head

Then, I felt your body move beside me

With the rhythm of the night

What’s the matter girl, don’t you believe it?

Chorus

So, won’t you please take my hand

‘Cause I don’t know where we’ll land

We’ll fall together through a wall of silence

And echo off the other side

Chorus:

But, I have no faith in sorcery or madness

Only in the magic of the lines on your hand

They say that you are here with me

Right now

Only that you are here with me

They say that you are here with me

Only that you are here with me

Anymore

I stay all night, but still you change your mind

To make it right, why can’t I ever find the words

The words to heal, the way to make you whole, I

I cannot feel the emptiness inside my soul

Chorus:

I don’t know what you want from me anymore

I find my way, and like my shadow you are there

Blinding me, controlling everything I am, and I can’t see

A single sign I might have known, when I reach out

Like everyone, I am alone

Chorus

Get in my car, I turn it over and I drive

I’m breathing now, but I don’t know if I’m alive

I find our place in the sand and now I know

I know you’re gone

The time, I held it in my hand oh

It doesn’t feel like home to me anymore

Chorus

At The Crossroads

Two directions on the line

I’m thinking I don’t know

I get the feeling it doesn’t matter

Just which way I go

Chorus:

I’m at the crossroads signing the papers again

Just like the last time, I know it happened

But I don’t remember when

(In my bones, I hold the pen)

Out on tour now, I can travel

And I know I can’t see

Any reason for redemption, ‘cause I’m already free

Chorus

Good and bad are only words now

Written on a page

No concern though to me anyhow

When I’m up on the stage

Chorus

Am I lost now, it doesn’t matter

Just which way I go

They can’t tell me anything ‘cause

I already know

Chorus

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Strange Man

Stray Dog

The Voice Inside Her

They Killed Me

They Melt

This Country's Not An Eagle

This Dark Day

Threw Me Over

Trumpets Of Victory

Undertaker's Wind

Walking Away

You Will Be With Me

Anymore

Are You On Drugs

At The Crossroads