Lamentations.

Swamp
Daddy Why
No Tengo Secretos
Better Way
Listen
Dust Me Off
Preachers' Son
Thru it All
Time
How far have we gone?
This is for the children
Rain Hat
Evil World

Swamp

Folks are shady and the mud is thick,

there’s a storm brewing out in the sticks

Sometimes it gets a little dark down in the swamp. X2

The church-house is built on top of an Indian burial mound,

Says the vood-doo woman that lives on the south side of town.

Sometimes it gets a little dark down in the swamp. X2

You hear screams and shouts, gun-shots at night

The cops say it aint nothing, just a family fight

Sometimes it gets a little dark down in the swamp. X2

Folks are shady and the mud is thick,

there’s a storm brewing out in the sticks

Sometimes it gets a little dark down in the swamp. X2

Daddy Why?

Daddy, Daddy Why? Daddy, Daddy Why?

Why did Jesus have to die?

Daddy, Daddy Why? Daddy, Daddy Why?

Why are those planes up in the sky?

Daddy, Daddy Why? Daddy, Daddy Why?

Why does god need blood to save?

Daddy, Daddy Why? Daddy, Daddy Why?

Why does some-one always have to pay?

Why do you strike me? Why do you strike me?

Why do you strike me again? X2

Daddy, Daddy Why? Daddy, Daddy Why?

Why does that man have a gun?

Daddy, Daddy Why? Daddy, Daddy Why?

Why are we always on the run?

Daddy, Daddy Why? Daddy, Daddy Why?

Why cant the people all be free?

Daddy, Daddy Why? Daddy, Daddy Why?

Why do you say this is the way it’s got to be?

Why do you strike me? Why do you strike me?

Why do you strike me again? X2

Daddy, Daddy Why? Daddy, Daddy Why?

Why do you strike me again? X2

Why do you strike me? Why do you strike me?

Why do you strike me again? X2

No Tengo Secretos

No tengo secretos, No hablo mantidas

Im somewhere between the devil and Jesus

Im a ghost and Im a believer

Deep in my bones ive got this fever

Mother Mary wont you please come down here and rescue me

From your grace ive fallen

Pacha Mamma, Pappa Sol I feel like I have lost control

Hear me now Im calling

Tears and smiles, Lagrimas y Sangresas

Solo el amor nace hace libras

Yo soy un poeta, Yo soy un Gitano

Mi pluma es mi espada, yo soy un soldado

Mother Mary wont you please come down here and rescue me

From your grace ive fallen

Pacha Mamma, Pappa Sol I feel like I have lost control

Hear me now Im calling

No tengo secretos, No hablo mantidas

Im somewhere between the devil and Jesus

Im a ghost and Im a believer

Deep in my bones ive got this fever

Mother Mary wont you please come down here and rescue me

From your grace ive fallen

Pacha Mamma, Pappa Sol I feel like I have lost control

Hear me now Im calling

Better Way

You say there is no right or wrong, no black and white just gray

In this cloud that you call ‘truth’ how can I find my way

Im searching, ever searching, looking for a sign

Searching for a hero, someone who walks that line

Looking for a light, groping for a door

Wondering the reason; what is this life for?

Im sick of all your reasons, Im tired of your lies

I want something more, something that satisfies

I’ve got a missing piece, a gaping hole within

I cant fill it with dope, I cant fill it with skin

You say that im free, but im shackled by chains

You feed me your ‘truth’ but this hole remains.

I look around and I don’t know how to deal with my pain

Voices in my head, demons, are driving me insane.

I struggle and shout, I try to get out like a butterfly in the rain

There’s gotta be a better way

There’s bound to be a brighter day

It can’t be too far away from here. X2

I look inside, I see a shining light

A ray of hope within

My fear aside, I found the strength to fight

The sun will shine again

There is a better way

Today’s a brand new day

Hope aint too far away from here. X2

Listen

A loner, A drifter, tormented by demons from behind and within

Struggling in vain to maintain a sense of balance in an unstable world

Equilibrium construed, haunting memories allude to atrocities his eyes have seen

His own hands commit

Listen to what I say.

Welcome to a world that you never knew existed

Step inside the mind of a soldier un-enlisted

Peer into the windows of a soul that’s torn and twisted

Can you see the shadows on the wall

Listen, Listen- oh, oh, oh,- Listen to what I say.

Put a cork in the bottle, put it on a shelf

Just embrace the hunger

Cuz you find god at the end of your self

Listen, Listen- oh, oh, oh,- Listen to what I say.

Have you ever been fed by angels?

Eaten manna from the sky?

Been drunk off the april rain

Or watched an eagle fly?

Listen, Listen- oh, oh, oh,- Listen to what I say.

Share your love with one another

Lend a hand to bear the load

Walk a mile with your brother

Cuz it’s a long and lonely road

Listen, Listen- oh, oh, oh,- Listen to what I say.

We all need to get together

We all gotta lift our hands up high

We all need to love one another

We all, we need to all get high

Listen, Listen- oh, oh, oh,- Listen to what I say.

Stop and smell the wild-flowers

Listen to the children play

Hang on to this moment

Cuz today is a brand new day

Cmon lift your hands up higher

Do you wanna get high?

Can you feel the fire?

Do you want to get high?

Listen, Listen- oh, oh, oh,- Listen to what I say.

Dust me off

Though I walk thru the valley of the shadow of death

No evil shall befall me

If I drown in the sea of my own regrets

I will cry out for your mercy

I cry out for your mercy

You are there everytime I fall. X2

Pick me up-and dust me off.x2

Repeat vs. 1

Preacher’s Son

I smoke when I drink, never when I’m sober

I listen to Hank when I get stoned

I only go to church when I’m hung over

Cuz it soothes my aching soul

I shake the preachers hand

Everybody calls me by my first name

The choir sings amazing grace, like you wouldn’t believe

Yea I sing along, to another happy song

With a smile on my face

Im the preacher’s son- yea- Im the preachers son x3

Im the preachers son

Sometimes the sun sets on my anger

Sometimes I cry myself to sleep

Can you hear me crying Jesus?

I pray the Lord my soul to keep

Sometimes I slip and fall

Yea, but don’t we all

Sometimes I fall flat on my face

Sometimes I lose my way

Sometimes I go astray

There’s nothing perfect about me.

Im the preacher’s son- yea- Im the preachers son x3

Im the preachers son

Thru it all

Sometimes I feel so helpless, I can’t see your face

I cry out lord save me, Im drowning in disgrace

I lift up my hands, I lift them to the sky

I cry out lord save me, can you hear me cry?

Can you hear me cry?

Can you hear me?

I wanna see your face

Feel you running thru my veins

Take these chains off of me

Set my soul free

Sometimes I feel so jaded, I can’t see you there

I wonder if you can even hear my prayer

But I feel you so near, everytime that I fall

And I know that you’re with me

With me thru it all

You’re with me thru it all x2

I wanna see your face

Feel you running thru my veins

Take these chains off of me

Set my soul free

Time

Time, the most precious commodity

Minutes tick by, lost to eternity

Where am I, in the midst of all of this

Stuck in this cycle, what is it that I missed?

How did I get so blind? I cant see.

What is it gonna take to set my soul free?

How do I get back to that place where I belong?

Show me the way and give my heart a song.

Day by day, they’re all filled with activity

A busy man I stay, but I lack productivity

My devotion is scattered among many different things

My true heart is longing and the hunger pain stings

How did I get so blind? I cant see.

What is it gonna take to set my soul free?

How do I get back to that place where I belong?

Show me the way and give my heart a song.

Its time we stand up and say…

Love is the only way

Everything else fades away

Time is spelled LOVE.

How far have we gone?

How can a man look into a childs face

And turn his back on the human race

How far have we gone?

It’s a fucked up world that we’re living in

Its full of hate, full of fear and full of sin

How far have we gone?

Let the children come unto me

Jesus said

Cuz my kingdom is made of such of these

How far have we gone? X2

This is for the children

Clinics of death, they specialize, in killing the unborn before they rise

Empty swings and un-used slides, homes void of lullabies

Diss-array in the name of freedom of choice

Dying cries of innocence lost in the noise

America turns a deaf ear to her slaughterd young

In the name of democracy lullabies are left unsung

Raise a fist for the children

Who will fight their cause?

The silence of good men

Is the friend of satan’s claws

A generation massacred before our very eyes

As one nation under god falls for satan’s lies

This is for the children

They laugh, run, and play

Our sons and daughters,

They’ll rule the world someday. X2

Rain Hat

Get your rain hat on baby

Cuz its fixn to storm

Get your rain hat on baby

Lets make a run thru the corn

The winds will whip and the clouds will swell

You’re gonna wish that you were in hell

So climb that tower and ring that bell

Cuz its gonna storm

Get your tobacco cuz you’re gonna need it

We gotta lotta walking to do

Get your jacket don’t forget your matches

And don’t forget to tie your shoes.

We’ll go down to the water and we’ll make our bed

The waves will rush in and they will fill your head

Don’t look back now, you’re gonna wish you were dead

We gotta go.

Get your rain hat on baby

Cuz its fixin to storm

Get your rain hat on baby

Lets make a run thru the corn

The prophet said that a hard rain’s gonna fall

The empire’s crumbling and it’s gonna kill us all

There’s a crack in the ceiling

So meet me in the hall

Cuz we gotta go.

Evil World

The theif breaks in and steals while the bandits raid outside

The devil sticks a knife between your ribs from behind.

It’ s an evil world we live in

Where we gonna run to now? X2

They claim they own the land

They claim they own the seas

We ran to the hills and now they’re burning all the trees.

It’ s an evil world we live in

Where we gonna run to now? X2

They demand that we bow down

But we’re still standing tall

Now its fight or flight

They got our back against the wall

It’ s an evil world we live in

Where we gonna run to now? X2

The meek shall inherit the earth...although I don't know when...this old world so full of greed and hate and war and sin...Im praying to the Sun and Im howling at the moon...Jesus if your your coming back you better make it soon...cuz when there's nothing left, there will be nothing left to say...there's a new dawn coming but today is judgement day.