*** Bad Attitude ***

Times are hard for us all.
You think it's just bad for you.
Complain, but it's not my fault.
So what am I supposed to do?
you've got a bad, bad attitude.

You'd better lose it fast.

You've got a bad, bad attitude.

I think your chance has passed.

I've seen your kind here before.
You think we did your wrong,
But selfishness was your cause.
Lost causes don't last long.
you've got a bad, bad attitude.

I've nearly had my fill

You've got a bad, bad attitude.

It's gonna get you killed.

You start again on your own.
(You) think all of us were just fools.
You want the world to be fair,
But you want to dictate my rules.
you've got a bad, bad attitude.

You'd better lose it fast.

You've got a bad, bad attitude.

I'm gonna kick your ass!

*** Bald Fury ***

You live the life of ignorance.
You're just a racist.
You persecute the innocent.
There is no basis.
Living in the land of freedom
And you say you love it.
Ignorance leads to violence,
But you're not above it.
The truth is told to you,
But you just can't believe it.
(I'm) sending out a message,
But you won't receive it.
(you) took the term of "Racist"
And you pushed it further.
Finally lost your senses.
Now it leads to murder.
Just like your fathers.
You're beating your brothers.
Feeding a Klan and
Abusing all others.
Senseless and stupid,
A fate of your choosing.
Toying with life.
It's your future, you're losing.

*** Darkie Love Affair ***

She wears skulls and silver crosses
Like they make her powerful.
She wears steel-toed, black Doc Marten's,
Thinks The Cure is wonderful.
(Her) face is white with baby powder,
Painted eyes and blood-red lips.
Hands as cold as Bela Lugosi
Hair dyed black as pitch.
(I) first met her at Rocky Horror.
She sat down right next to me.
After the show I got her number.
I was taken instantly.
She was strange, I have to tell you.
Just sixteen. She knew alot.
(I) should've known that she was danger.
Asked for what I got.
Took her out a few days later,
anywhere she'd like to go,
Coffee at Gelato Vera,
Dinner and a late-night show.
Never really got to know her.
Lust was all we had to share.
She's gone now and it's all over.
I don't really care.

*** Gotta Dance ***

Remember the days when the scene was fun?
When the crowd was young and you knew everyone.
The songs were simple and you had to dance.
(You) went to every show because you got the chance.
Well the scene's still here. You don't know anyone
And the crowd is young, we can still have fun.
The song is simple. Now you've got the chance.
It's the Unsteady beat that'll make you dance.
Remember the days when the scene was fun?
When the crowd was young and you knew everyone.
The songs were simple and you had to dance.
(You) went to every show because you got the chance.

*** Heavy Rotation ***

You won't play my song 'cause I use the word SHIT,
But it's something that you hear everyday.
You're puzzled with the universe.
The pieces don't fit
Can't you hear what my songs have to say?
You won't play my song 'cause I use the word FUCK,
But it's plain that it's something we do.
We can't all be responsible for your bad luck.
You're just angry 'cause there's noone for you.
You won't play my song 'cause I use the word DAMN,
But I'm only emphasizing what I feel.
I can say it when I'm angry.
That's the way I am.
To expect something else is unreal.
You won't play my song 'cause I use the word BITCH,
But it isn't something you can ignore.
Most everybody says it, both the poor and rich
And I've even heard you say it before.

*** Insecurity ***

Insecurity, making a mess of me
Reading in fallacies that weren't there.
insecurity, followed by jealousy
Leading to tragedy. Total despair.
Insecurity, everyone watching me.
Am I a paranoid, losing control?
Insecurity, plague that I failed to see.
Truly and finally tainting my soul.
Insecurity, sentimentality.
Weakness, infancy, acting ashamed.
Insecurity, fear and hostility.
Constantly feeling that I should be blamed.
Insecurity, once had control of me,
Guiding my actions and telling me lies.
Insecurity, only a memory.
Confidence forced it to early demise.

*** Joanna ***

Someday you could love me Joanna.
Someday, though I wish it were now.
Until then, I'll hold you, Joanna.
Until you could love me somehow.
My heart has been broken Joanna.
My heart needs a woman like you.
Until you can be my Joanna,
Until then, this heart will be blue.
You make me happy Joanna.
You make it all seem worthwhile.
You are the reason Joanna.
You are the reason I smile.
Since I first met you Joanna.
Since I first heard your sweet voice.
I had to have you Joanna.
I had but no other choice.
Your heart was broken Joanna.
Your heart was bruised by a man.
He hurt you badly Joanna.
he hurt you. That's not my plan.
By choice, I want you Joanna.
By choice, but not by design.
I'll wait for your answer Joanna.
I'll wait 'til you choose to be mine.

*** Kalinda ***

He's not your boyfriend,
But he sleeps in your bed.
You're not together.
Is it true what you said?
I don't know what I should believe.
When we go out now
He'll be tagging along.
Who do you want now?
Am I reading you wrong?
Is it him or is it me?

you live a mystery.
I can't figure you out.
Can't you just tell me
What your head is about?
I'm not so sure that I should know.
I really want you
And I'm empty inside.
I won't let on though.
I can't show you that side.
So I'll just leave and let you go.

*** Lucky ***

She broke your heart very easily.
She crushed your ego with a smile.
Now you're alone in your misery,
But drowning your sorrow's not your style.
She ran away with such suddenness
Without a word or note goodbye.
So you seek a cure for your loneliness,
Now that she's with another guy.

She left you. She left you and married someone else.

She left you. She left you and now you're by yourself.

Three years have passed. Now she's calling you.
She got divorced six months ago.
She wants to bring her kids to visit you.
You say "Hey, I'm busy, I gotta go."
Now there's a moral to the story here.
There's some meaning in the rhyme.
if you're downhearted, you'll get over it.
The tables always turn in time.

*** Martha ***

you want me just to mellow out.
I can't do that. I'm leaving you.
You say I'm just an egotist,
But really I'm too good for you.
You run around, lost in a haze.
Your situation sure is sad.
A little mouse trapped in a maze.
You soon get lost. You soon go mad.
Now, in your madness, clutch for me,

But you will find no comfort there.

No more compassion left to see.

You'll find an angry, burning stare.

You want to say I smother you.
You couldn't tell me this was so.
I had to read between the lines.
I didn't then, but now I know.
I won't come knocking at your door.
I won't go calling on your phone.
I won't insult you anymore.
You'd do the same thing on your own.
For you, I couldn't ever cry.
No more my feelings will I tell.
I wouldn't wish for you to die,
But I can tell you, Go to Hell!

*** Me ***

I don't agree with anybody, even when they cater to me.
When I'm right, I'm right and when I'm wrong, I'm right then too.
I've gotta tell you all my problems, though you've already heard about them.
You may think I'm done, But I'll come up with something new.

Well yeah, I guess that everybody's got a list of grievances
And everybody needs to vent some steam,
But I have no desire to live outside my little fantasy.
The things you say; I don't care what they mean.

Let's talk about ME!

I'm the only one with problems.

ME! I don't really want to solve 'em.

ME! I don't need an answer from you.

I'll just ramble on about myself.

I've heard that people talk about me, just 'cause they don't understand me.
I'm a blessed martyr to the church inside my head.
It's hard to live a life like I do. Everything is handed to you.
No appreciation and I'll whine until I'm dead.

*** Nevagonnabearockstar ***

No, I'm nevagonnabearockstar with the Steven Tyler dance,
With a Glamrock hairdo, big as my ego trip.
No, I'm nevagonnabearockstar with the tigerstriped stretchpants,
Cause I'd rather be playin' my horn than playin' hip.

you may think that I'm selfish,

Just a greedy, pompous ass,

But I don't take life for granted,

'Cause it slips away too fast.

If you'd only get to know me,

Figure where my head is at.

No, I'm nevagonnabearockstar,

'Cause I don't believe, I don't believe in that!

No, I'm nevagonnabearockstar, with a girl on both my arms,
With a white, stretch limousine, hottub in the back.
No, I'm nevagonnabearockstar. I won't succumb to the Industry's charms
And they're never gonna give me a million dollar contract.

*** One For The Road ***

You say that you drive better when you're drunk than when you're sober.
If it's true, I don't see how you could've got a license yet.
You could designate a driver, But its too much of a bother.
All that matters is the sweater of a girl that you just met.
So, it's one for the road. You're gonna take that risk again.

I'd make you work on the side of the road at midnight,

Paying for your stupidity, your life put to the test,

Wondering if the other drunks will plow right through you,

Homing on the beacon of your bright orange vest.

The band sounds really good to you, The horns are tight and punching through.
You down another pitcher and you swing another set.
And there's nothing here that worries you.
you've only had a drink or two...
You're a very cautious driver, But you make a sucker's bet.
So it's one for the road. You're gonna take that risk again

*** Postcards ***

Though you may never hear a word I'm saying,
I'll say it to you anyway.
Now that you're gone and we don't see each other,
I think about you every day.
I'm always hoping we'll get back together.
I wish that you would stay.
There's no address for me to send a letter.
I'll tell you in this way.

All my heart for you.

I could never love another.

Though I couldn't leave the life I live,

The love I have is yours.

I will always be true,

I couldn'tbe with any other.

And if you'll never wander back to me,

My heart's an open door.

My friends always tell me that I'm cold and bitter,
Since you walked out on me.
All of my logic tells me that I'm better.
My heart still disagrees.
You and the music were my two obsessions.
I couldn't have both ways.
Don't you know that I'm a fool musician?
So I just had to play.

Don't date musicians, unless you're insane too!

*** Race And Reason ***

Race is not a reason
If it's violence that you perpetrate.
We're all individuals.
You can't just pick a group to hate.
Race is not a reason
If you think yourself superior.
Melanin is only skin.
It's not in your interior.
Race is not a reason
When descrimination fills your head.
It may be true; some eyes are blue,
But everybody's blood is red.
Race is not a reason
If it's hatred that you had in mind.
Your ignorance- it makes no sense.
I can't believe you'd be this blind.
If you don't remember it,
It didn't happen.
If I couldn't prove it,
Then you weren't there.
With no one to hear it
And nobody watchin',
You'll only deny it,
So why should you care?

*** Rockabilly Lover ***

She was the girl with the rockabilly lover,
Strummin' guitar and singin' the blues,
Wearin' old dresses that she stole from her mother.
Beehive hair and Saddle shoes.
he was head to toe in grease-black leather.
He only smokes those Lucky Strikes.
She likes him 'cause they look good together,
Ridin' down the road on a motorbike.
He was fired from his job at the all-nite diner.
Couldn't take her out on the town no more.
Couldn't keep livin' on an empty wallet.
Time was comin', someone had to go.
She was real fine and he's sure gonna miss her.
She had somethin' that he really did like.
But he had to make a choice and he really didn't need her.
(He) left her for the love of his motorbike.

*** Sally ***

Sally was a girl I couldn't get to know.
It's been a couple (of) years. It seems so long ago.
I didn't understand her when I was just a kid.
I didn't really know her. Noone really did.
Sally was a good girl, but dropped out of school.
Sally hit the Boulevard. They played her for a fool.
She never had a boyfriend, but a lover every night,
Drivin' from a corner to a motel out of sight.
Sally was a young girl. It changed her, so I'm told.
The streets are very hard when you're seventeen years old.
She used to be so pretty but it seems she had to lose.
They identified her body on the Six O'Clock News.
Sally took a long ride lookin' for a lover.
Sally heard the same lies, one after another.
Sally had a hard life. It never got better.
Sally took a long ride and now she's gone forever.

*** Stop Looking At Me ***

Why do you stare at me? It makes me wonder.
When I look back at you, you don't look any longer.
Why do you stare at me? It doesn't matter.
I catch you pointing at me with your little finger.

A million peoploe in this city, but you look at me.

I'm not a viewpoint in your travel guide of sights to see.

Why do you stare at me? Is there a problem?
Is something wrong or is it my imagination?
Why do you stare at me? What's the solution?
Am I so strange that you would give me your attention?

A million people in this city, but you look at me.

I'm not a viewpoint in your travel guide of sights to see.

Living life oblivious. You don't know what it meant,

Like a dazed spectator to a traffic accident.

Why do you stare at me? I've got to know why.
I catch you rubberneckin' every time I walk by.
Why do you stare at me? You've got the wrong guy.
I'm gonna turn around and choke you with your necktie!

*** The Cost ***

Though I lack the satisfaction of success,
There's a part of me that won't give in.
Every failure, every loss, another test,
But I still believe that I could win.
They climb quickly, up the ladder of success.
Now I see them falling from the top.
When the time came that they should've been their best,
They didn't want to work, so they were dropped.

chorus
Running away is no solution,

Burning a bridge before it's crossed.

(I'm) hoping to find some resolution,

Some reward to match the cost.

There's a way that we can all achieve success,
Working hard to get the door unlocked.
Opportunity's an unexpected guest.
I'm waiting at the door until it knocks.

(chorus x3)

*** Universe ***

Why can't you see you're not the center of the universe?
You never listen up. You always put your ego first.
You think that all advice is not a help, but more a curse,
But by ignoring them, you only make your problems worse.

You won't say that you love me 'cause I know that you don't mean it

You won't say you need me 'cause I know that you don't care.

You won't pledge commitment, but you'll talk your way around it.

You can't act out emotions that were never really there.

Constructive criticism doesn't mean a thing to you.
You could improve yourself but that's not what you want to do.
If I seem angry, that's because I'm so fed up with you.
You turn a blind eye to advice that you can see is true.

You won't say that you love me 'cause I know that you don't mean it

You won't say you need me 'cause I know that you don't care.

You won't pledge commitment, but you'll talk your way around it.

You can't act out emotions that were never really there.

No understanding of the concept of integrity.
If you're a failure, it was only what you chose to be.
You feel intimidated, so you have to yell at me.
It's just a symptom of your infantile mentality.

*** What Kind Of Fool? ***

What kind of fool are you, are you?
Do you do everything you're told to do?
You just lie to yourself, but it's nothing new.
Tell me, what kind of fool are you?
Why did you go so insane, insande?
Every drug you've abused has infected your brain.
Was it acid, heroin, or just cocaine?
Tell me, why did you go so insane?
You're the kind of fool who begs for a high,

Kisses conscience, money, and life goodbye,

But there's just you to blame and there's no second try.

Tell me, what kind of fool wants to die?

What could've led you to this, to this.
You must be so happy. Ignorance is bliss.
You're laughing. What's the punchline to this joke that I've missed.
Tell me, what could've led you to this?
What has invaded your mind, your mind?
An encompassing hatred. Now you're totally blind.
You've left your friends and you're life behind.
Tell me, what has invaded your mind?
You're the kind of fool who begs for a high,

Kisses conscience, money, and life goodbye,

But there's just you to blame and there's no second try.

Tell me, what kind of fool wants to die?

*** Without You ***

now the sky is brighter and the sun still shines
Since the day you lied to me.
Now I'm movin' forward, leavin' you behind.
I was blind, but now I see.
I had dreamed you'd gone and left me,
Then my nightmare did come true,
But my future's so much brighter without you.
We had been together for a good long time,
But you didn't tell me how you feel.
I was there to holdyou every time you cried,
But you ran from what was real.
I could paint a pretty picture
Of a love we never knew,
But my future's so much brighter without you.
now the sky is brighter and the sun still shines
Since the day you lied to me.
Now I'm movin' forward, leavin' you behind.
I was blind, but now I see.
I had dreamed you'd gone and left me,
Then my nightmare did come true,
But my future's so much brighter without you.