1. KNEE DEEP

Daddy was a preacher from the old boy’s school
He taught the fear of God and put the blame on you
He’s always drunk in back alleyways
While mother and her lovers couldn’t care anyway

So I drink from a jug of white lightning and rain
Try to forget before I go insane
I’m sinking

Knee deep and getting deeper and deeper
So low I don’t know which way to go
I’m sinking
Knee deep and getting weaker and weaker
So low I don’t know which way to go

They looked right through me like I didn’t exist
It’s in their eyes I was meaningless
Was knocked out cold flat on my back
Out of the blue and into the black

So I drink from a jug of white lightning and rain
Try to forget before I go insane
I’m sinking

[Chorus]

Night after night my world is spinning round
Day after day can’t find no solid ground so alone

I’m sinking
Knee deep and getting deeper and deeper
So low I don’t know which way to go
I’m sinking
Knee deep and getting weaker and weaker
So low…Whoa I’m sinking
Knee deep and getting deeper and deeper yeah
Well I don’t know I don’t know
Getting weaker and weaker yeah
Somebody save me


2. THESE EYES

Finally I get the chance to say
These words to you from me
I’ve got to find a way
To live to love again

Constantly I am reminded of the pain
The truth the past
Oh how my heart relives that day
I laid her to rest

The darkest day
The longest night
How can I say
It will be alright now
But I’ll find a way

These eyes can’t cry
I’ve seen it all before
My love she’s gone
I’ve got to find an open door

Patiently you have been waiting
For this time
To fade to pass
Well could I ever look to you
To fill this empty space

[Bridge]

These eyes can’t cry
I’ve been it all before
My love she’s gone
I’ve got to walk
That lonely road
These eyes can’t cry
I’ve seen it all before
My soul’s ice cold
I’ve got to find an open door

We danced the nights away
Face to face a game we played
We thought we had it made
But I can’t stay and watch the flame
Burn and turn to pain

[Chorus]


3. WALKING

Father can you hear me
I’ve taken my first step
And I won’t be coming home
Till I get some respect

Mother can you hear me
I travel fast and light
I only take the baggage
That gets me through the night

Father can you hear me
Across a trail of tears
And when I try to reach the sky
I fall down in fear

Mother can you hear me
I taste the bitter truth
Poisons fill my body
And take away mu youth

Walking the edge
I’ve crossed the line
Taking my time to get
My peace of mind
Get out

Father can you hear me
The rivers strong and deep
A sea of people drowning
Face down in the street

I said mother can you hear me
Through the concrete and steel
I feel the city breathing
All noise
No fell, just pain I say
Get out
I can’t hear her

Walking the edge
I’ve crossed the line
Taking my time to get
My peace of mind


4. MARCHING IN TIME

Battle cries in the wind
Echoes on as the fight begins
Thunder rolls over broken plains
I feel a distant gun load the shell with my name

I’m just a man of flesh and blood
And soon they’ll have one less soldier
To march in time

Writing home to those it may concern
My hands are shaking for the boys
I know won’t return

I’m just a man of flesh and blood
And marching to a different drum

We go marching in time
You see we don’t remember
As we go marching through time
Now will we all be forgotten

Morning broke to cold light of day
The guns have stopped with no more to say
Silent tears and wounds that won’t heal
I can’t forget the pin it was all to real

I’m just a man of flesh and blood
And marching to a different drum

We go marching in time
You see we don’t remember
As we go marching through time
Now will we all be forgotten

I’ve seen the smoke from fields of fire
And crossed the lines that made me blind
Closing your eyes won’t stop the pain
Won’t buy me time to fight again

[Chorus]


5. THE RAIN

I feel the past is coming back to life
How could you hope to leave this all behind
I see your eyes are bathed in red this time
Why can’t your tears bring on the rain
Bring on the light

Coz I feel it
The rain will fall
I feel our shame will wash right off
I feel it
The rain will fall
I feel the rain will wash us all

I hear the whispers getting loud tonight
How can they judge
Just what is wrong from what is right

[Chorus]

So who am I to make you cry
Well I must be blind
So who has won when love is gone
I say the rain will wash us all

[Chorus]


6. LITTLE SISTER

Now what you said to Jimmy
Came right back to me
He said you met with sister
And she just set you free
You say you need her badly
You say she’s good for you
The little girl is deadly
She’s just a fix and a spoon

Little sister talks sweet to you
She whispers things that just ain’t true
Little sister she deals in pain
She’s dealt the cards
That you’ve got to play

She’s picked a bad night
We’re gonna stand and fight
We’ll help you get it right
It will be standing room only
When you get yourself through

You through I’d keep your secret
You know that just can’t be
You’re not the first to suffer
You’re not the first to bleed

Little sister talks sweet to you
She whispers things that just ain’t true
Little sister she deals in pain
She’s dealt the cards
That you’ve gotta play

She’s picked a bad night
So stand and fight
We’ll help you get it right
It will be standing room only
When you get yourself through
She’s picked a bad night
We’re going to stand and fight
We’ll help you get it right
It will be standing room only
When you get yourself through

[Chorus]


7. PAYS OFF BIG

Read in the press
I can do no wrong
A street sensation who lives on and on
I heard the crowd singing out in praise
Then, lost control in the smoky haze
I see a face screwed tight to the bone
From running scared in a world of my own
I need some room and I need some time
To pick up pieces of my broken life

They think they own you
They control you
But it pays off big
Once they find you
They’ll never leave you alone
And it pays off big

I’m out of touch with the boys back home
They try to call but I won’t pick up the phone
Don’t waste your breath explaining to me
How this damn life of mine
Has been one long dream

They think they own you
They control you
But it pays off big
Once they find you
They’ll never leave you alone
And it pays off big

Too many voices ringing in my heal
I start to scream and
I begin to sweat
Deeper and deeper it’s pulling me in
Wish I could start all over again

[Chorus]


8. JUST A WISH

You’ve walked my dreams many times
We’ve only spoken twice
I’ve built our world here in my mind
You never realize

I’ve watched you time after time
You never see me
What gives me chills to the bone
When you come near me
You ask me why am I here
And why I’m smiling

Just a wish before I go
Just a dream to have and hold
I’ll close my eyes and
I’ll make that wish once more
Just once more

I’ve played the fool many times
This one’s topped them all…them all
Another day has come and gone
But still my dream lives on

You turned to ask what I said
You couldn’t hear me
I see surprise in your eyes
What are you feeling
How could I live with the pain
Of never trying

[Chorus]


9. BATTERED ‘N’ BRUISED

If you wanna enter heaven
Got to break out of hell
I’m breakin’ the chains
To find the keys to my cell
I’ve carried the monkey
For too many miles
Till he laughed in my face
And I forgot how to smile

She said
Open your eyes
And take a look at yourself
Now stop living your life

Battered ‘n’ bruised
I’m so black ‘n’ blue
That’s the truth
Battered ‘n’ bruised
I was the king of the fools
But now I’m on fire

I took the good with the bad
But the bad got worse
Livin’ like that
You’re livin’ with the curse
Like hittin’ the brakes
On the passenger side
That helpless feeling
Leaves you empty inside

She said
Open your eyes
And take a look at yourself
Now stop living your life
Like you were somebody else

[Chorus]


10. JUNGLELAND

I didn’t want to cry
But when I stood there
My heart died
We lost so many lives
Engraved their names
On a long black wall

Blind faith was all around
They marched you up
They marched you down
Tin soldiers one and all
They marched you up against the wall

What’s this game we’re playing
With our tanks and planes
Boys on battle lines
They didn’t want to die

Who is the enemy
Is it them or you and me
When they came home to find
They’re in a war fought on both sides

Somewhere deep inside
Shattered dreams and broken ties
Still we draw those lines
Till the end of time

One by one and hand to hand
Time stood still for every man
Eye to eye and man to man
All were scared in jungleland

Blind faith was all around
They march us up
They march us down
Tin soldiers one and all
They march us up against the wall

What’s this game we’re playing
With our tanks and planes
Boys on battle lines
They didn’t want to die

[Chorus]


11. TELL ME

Her boy came home three hours late
They shot him down at her front gate
Her only thought his dinner’s cold

Fourteen years and fear untold
Now it comes to this in her own home

Go wash your hands my little one
Your sisters here to help your momma
Talk to the policeman
And you’ll hear her say

Tell me my boy will see tomorrow
Tell me why he had to die
Tell me that we’ll be safe tomorrow
Tell me

They say the man next door
He watched it all
A car drove by
He saw him fall

Come take my hand my only son
We want no part and
What I know won’t help
Your friend is gone
Yet you’ll hear him say

[Chorus]

You know the man in blue has questions too
Like how do I sleep when this is through

He’ll find their man
His fear is gone
He feels their pain
He’s seen it all
Yet you’ll hear him say

[Chorus]


12. NO WAY OUT

Hungry eyes looked up to me
I swore to God
I’d put it right they’ll see
Temptation whispered in my ear
Hard times
Took away my fear

It’s too late to hope and pray
Under a blood red sky
On both sides the river lies
With no escape in sight

No way out
No saving me
Those days are gone
No looking back
That I can see
Those days are gone

Shot guns and black and white flash
Red lights
There’s no turning back
Cat’s eyes glow in the street
White lines point to freedom from the heat

It’s too late to hope and pray
Under a blood red sky
On both sides the river lies
With no escape in sight

No way out
No saving me
Those days are gone
No looking back
That I can see
Those days are gone

On both sides the river lies
With no escape in sight

[Chorus]