red rain
is coming down
red rain
red rain
is pouring down
pouring
down all over me
I am standing
up at the water's edge in my dream
I cannot
make a single sound as you scream
it can't
be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch
this
place is so quiet, sensing that storm
red rain
is coming down
red rain
red rain
is pouring down
pouring
down all over me
well I've
seen them buried in a sheltered place in this town
they
tell you that this rain can sting, and look down
there
is no blood around see no sign of pain
hay ay
ay no pain
seeing
no red at all, see no rain
red rain
is coming down
red rain
red rain
is pouring down
pouring
down all over me
red rain-
putting
the pressure on much harder now
to return
again and again
just
let the red rain splash you
let the
rain fall on your skin
I come
to you defences down
with
the trust of a child
red rain
is coming down
red rain
red rain
is pouring down
pouring
down all over me
and I
can't watch any more
no more
denial
it's
so hard to lay down in all of this
red rain
is coming down
red rain
is pouring down
red rain
is coming down all over me
I see
it
red rain
is coming down
red rain
is pouring down
red rain
is coming down all over me
I'm bathing
in it
red rain
coming down
red rain
is coming down
red rain
is coming down all over me
I'm begging
you
red rain
coming down
red rain
coming down
red rain
coming down
red rain
coming down
over
me in the red red sea
over
me
over
me
red rain
Sledgehammer
you could
have a steam train
if you'd
just lay down your tracks
you could
have an aeroplane flying
if you
bring your blue sky back
all you
do is call me
I'll
be anything you need
you could
have a big dipper
going
up and down, all around the bends
you could
have a bumper car, bumping
the amusement
never ends
I want
to be your sledgehammer
why don't
you call my name
oh let
me be your sledgehammer
this
will be my testimony
show me
round your fruitcage
'cause
I will be your honey bee
open
up your fruitcage
where
the fruit is as sweet as can be
I want
to be your sledgehammer
why don't
you call my name
you'd
better call the sledgehammer
put your
mind at rest
I'm going
to be-the sledgehammer
this
can be my testimony
I'm your
sledgehammer
let there
be no doubt about it
sledge sledge sledgehammer
I've kicked
the habit
shed
my skin
this
is the new stuff
I go
dancing in, we go dancing in
oh won't
you show for me
and I
will show for you
show
for me, I will show for you
yea,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I do mean you
only
you
you've
been coming through
going
to build that powerr
build,
build up that power, hey
I've
been feeding the rhythm
I've
been feeding the rhythm
going
to feel that power, build in you
come
on, come on, help me do
yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you
I've
been feeding the rhythm
I've
been feeding the rhythm
it's
what we're doing, doing
all day
and night
Don't Give Up
in this
proud land we grew up strong
we were
wanted all along
I was
taught to fight, taught to win
I never
thought I could fail
no fight
left or so it seems
I am
a man whose dreams have all deserted
I've
changed my face, I've changed my name
but no
one wants you when you lose
don't
give up
'cos
you have friends
don't
give up
you're
not beaten yet
don't
give up
I know
you can make it good
though
I saw it all around
never
thought that I could be affected
thought
that we'd be last to go
it is
so strange the way things turn
drove
the night toward my home
the place
where I was born, on the lakeside
as daylight
broke, I saw the earth
the trees
had burned down to the ground
don't
give up
you still
have us
don't
give up
we don't
need much of anything
don't
give up
'cause
somewhere there's a place
where
we belong
rest your
head
you worry
too much
it's
going to be alright
when
times get rough
you can
fall back on us
don't
give up
please
don't give up
'got to
walk out of here
I can't
take anymore
going
to stand on that bridge
keep
my eyes down below
whatever
may come
and whatever
may go
that
river's flowing
that
river's flowing
moved
on to another town
tried
hard to settle down
for every
job, so many men
so many
men no-one needs
don't
give up
'cause
you have friends
don't
give up
you're
not the only one
don't
give up
no reason
to be ashamed
don't
give up
you still
have us
don't
give up now
we're
proud of who you are
don't
give up
you know
it's never been easy
don't
give up
'cause
I believe there's a place
there's
a place where we belong
That Voice Again
I want
to be with you
I want
to be clear
but each
time I try
it's
the voice I hear
I hear
that voice again
I'm listening
to the conversation=
judge
and jury in my head
it's
colouring everything
all we
did and said
and still
I head that sharp tongue talking
talking
tangled words
I can
sense the danger
just
listen to the wind
I want
you close I want you near
I can't
help but listen
but I
don't want to hear
hear
that voice again
I want
to be with you
I want
to be clear
but each
time I try
it's
the voice I hear
I hear
that voice again
I'm hearing
right and wrong so clearly
there
must be more than this
it's
only in uncertainty
that
we're naked and alive
I hear
it through the rattle of a streetcar
hear
it through the things you said
I can
get so scared
listen
to the wind
I want
you close I want you near
I can't
help but listen
but I
don't want to hear
hear
that voice again
what I
carry in my heart
brings
us so close or so far apart
only
love can make love
I want
you close I want you near
I can't
help but listen
but I
don't want to hear
I hear
that voice again
I want
to be with you
I want
to be clear
but each
time I try
it's
the voice I hear
I hear
that voice again
In Your Eyes
love I
get so lost, sometimes
days
pass and this emptiness fills my heart
when
I want to run away
I drive
off in my car
but whichever
way I go
I come
back to the place you are
all my
instincts, they return
and the
grand facade, so soon will burn
without
a noise, without my pride
I reach
out from the inside
in your
eyes
the light
the heat
in your
eyes
I am
complete
in your
eyes
I see
the doorway to a thousand churches
in your
eyes
the resolution
of all the fruitless searches
in your
eyes
I see
the light and the heat
in your
eyes
oh, I
want to be that complete
I want
to touch the light
the heat
I see in your eyes
love,
I don't like to see so much pain
so much
wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
I get
so tired of working so hard for our survival
I look
to the time with you to keep me awake and alive
and all
my instincts, they return
and the
grand facade, so soon will burn
without
a noise, without my pride
I reach
out from the inside
in your
eyes
the light
the heat
in your
eyes
I am
complete
in your
eyes
I see
the doorway to a thousand churches
in your
eyes
the resolution
of all the fruitless searches
in your
eyes
I see
the light and the heat
in your
eyes
oh, I
want to be that complete
I want
to touch the light,
the heat
I see in your eyes
in your
eyes in your eyes
in your
eyes in your eyes
in your
eyes in your eyes
Mercy Street (song dedicated for Anne Sexton)
looking
down on empty streets, all she can see
are the
dreams all made solid
are the
dreams all made real
all of
the buildings, all of those cars
were
once just a dream
in somebody's
head
she pictures
the broken glass, she pictures the steam
she pictures
a soul
with
no leak at the seam
lets take
the boat out
wait
until darkness
let's
take the boat out
wait
until darkness comes
nowhere
in the corridors of pale green and grey
nowhere
in the suburbs
in the
cold light of day
there
in the midst of it so alive and alone
words
support like bone
dreaming
of mercy st.
wear
your inside out
dreaming
of mercy
in your
daddy's arms again
dreaming
of mercy st.
'swear
they moved that sign
dreaming
of mercy
in your
daddy's arms
pulling
out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth
tugging
at the darkness, word upon word
confessing
all the secret things in the warm velvet box
to the
priest-he's the doctor
he can
handle the shocks
dreaming
of the tenderness-the tremble in the hips
of kissing
Mary's lips
dreaming
of mercy st.
wear
your insides out
dreaming
of mercy
in your
daddy's arms again
dreaming
of mercy st.
'swear
they moved that sign
looking
for mercy
in your
daddy's arms
mercy,
mercy, looking for mercy
mercy,
mercy, looking for mercy
Anne,
with her father is out in the boat
riding
the water
riding
the waves on the sea
Big Time
I'm on
my way, I'm making it
I've
got to make it show, yeah
so much
larger than life
I'M going
to watch it growing
the place
where I come from
is a
small town
they
think so small
and use
small words
but not
me
I'm smarter
than that
I worked
it out
I've
been stretching my mouth
to let
those big words come right out
I've had
enough, I'm getting out
to the
city, the big big city
I'll
be a big noise with all the big boys
so much
stuff I will own
and I
will pray to a big god
as I
kneel in the big church
big time
I'm on
my way-I'm making it
big time
big time
I've
got to make it show yeah
big time
big time
so much
larger than life
big time
I'm going
to watch it growing
big time
my parties
have all the big names
and I
greet them with the widest smile
tell
them how my life is one big adventure
and always
they're amazed
when
I show them round my house to my bed
I had
it made like a mountain range
with
a snow-white pillow for my big fat head
and my
heaven will be a big heaven
and I
will walk through the front door
big time
I'm on
my way-I'm making it
big time
big time
I've
got to make it show-yeah
big time
big time
so much
larger than life
I'm going
to watch it growing
big time
big time
my car
is getting bigger
big time
my house
is getting bigger
big time
my eyes
are getting bigger
big time
and my
mouth
big time
my belly
is getting bigger
big time
and my
bank account
big time
look
at my circumstance
big time
and the
bulge in my big big big big big big big
We Do What We're Told Milgram's 37
we do
what we're told
we do
what we're told
we do
what we're told
told
to do
we do
what we're told
we do
what we're told
we do
what we're told
told
to do
one doubt
one voice
one war
one truth
one dream