"White Crosses"

Well I packed all of my things into this blanket
To call this year to earn coyotes fill
Kiss my wife and kids goodbye choke back the quiver in my breath
And took my first steps into this corridor of death

If I’m lucky I will make it to a drain
With 500 of my brothers, I would share the strain
Of standing in this boxcar praying for rain
It’s the only the way we will quench our thirst

[Chorus:]
In these gardens of white crosses
Growing in the California sand
In these gardens of white crosses
We are the children of poverty trying to a make a stand

If we make it past the border, we will scatter
Vanish just like smoke in autumn wind
I will run until my color will not matter
Hopin’ I can find some work or possibly a friend

There are others who have made it here
They will show me how to find a job and a place to lay my head
And I cannot be concerned with dreams of my children
For there are 5 others in line for my bed

[Chorus:]
In these gardens of white crosses
Growing in the California sand
In these gardens of white crosses
We are the children of poverty trying to a make a stand

I will gladly pick your peaches or clean your hotel rooms
I will do the jobs American won’t do
With cell phones to their heads and $700 dollar shoes
I will risk my life ‘cause it’s all I have to lose

Let the devil in the mountains promise me a ride
Found an 18 wheeler and put all of us inside
And just outside of victory, 19 of us died
None of our bodies hit the floor

And so my wife she still wonders when I’m coming home
The riches that I promised her for leaving her alone
I said I would send her all that I could save
But I ended up in California in an unknown grave

[Chorus:]
In these gardens of white crosses growing in the California sand
In these gardens of white crosses we are the children of poverty trying to a make a stand
[repeat]

"Wild At Heart"

Sometimes I wish there were two of me
One to stay at home, the other runs free
One man to hold you, the other's long gone
Chasing the girls, laughing til dawn

[Chorus:]
I'm just wild at heart
This battle is raging inside
This double fantasy tears me apart
I'm wild at heart
I'm wild at heart

I can't fill this hole in my life
The bottom is endlessly deep
You're the lucky one 'cause you know who you want
And I wrestle demons alone while you sleep
[Chorus]

Love your way and the things that you say
But this loneliness creeps in my mind
I should be happy to live out this life
But it feels like I'm running out of time

[Chorus]

"Gramercy Park Hotel"

Ol' Babe Ruth, he was a drunkard just like me
He lived it high, and he lived it low
Staggered down the New York streets
They throw him out the pub, when he raised a little too much hell
And then he lay his big fat head down at the
Gramercy park hotel
The Gramercy park hotel

All these hit men, look like organ grinders to me
Rock stars on golden chains, little monkeys dancin' round their feet
Well give me a little hat, little vest, and a little monkey bell
And send my bananas baby to the
Gramercy park hotel
The Gramercy Park Hotel

And all the publicists sing

La di da di da da, La di da di da da, La di da di da da
La di da di da da, La di da di da da, La di da di da da
La di da di da da, La di da di da da, La di da di da da

And its so far gone
And its so far gone

Maybe this is just a beggars life, and maybe its all dream
Maybe its just about kindness I should forget all my silly schemes
Maybe I'm just a fool, but my fool shoes fit so well
Snuggled up in my big fool blanket at the
Gramercy Park Hotel

The Gramercy Park Hotel
The Gramercy Park Hotel
The Gramercy Park Hotel

And all the publicists sing

La di da di da da, La di da di da da, La di da di da da
La di da di da da, La di da di da da, La di da di da da

"The Kiss"

On the six O clock flight
It takes all my might
To find the reasons why
I'm buckling in
To leave you again
From the corner of my eye
I see a perfect lipstick kiss
That can't be what it is
On the outside of the plane
Smack right on the pane
Through rain clouds, ups and downs
Even in this thin frozen air
The kiss is still there
Kiss is still there
Was it an angel
Or a maintenance girl
Showing off for the crew
Its finding the way
Because here in 5A
It feels like I'm with you
Through rain clouds, ups and downs
Even in this thin frozen air
The kiss is still there
Kiss is still there [repeat]
The lover in waiting
Leaves the light on
I hope you feel it
When I am gone
Through rain clouds, ups and downs
Even in this thin frozen air
The kiss is still there
Kiss is still there
The kiss is still there
Kiss is still there

"Welcome To Struggleville"

All is quiet on the Western front,
There appears to be a lull.
John and Jane Doe are sleeping well tonight
With the little thoughts inside their skulls.
Salome she's undressed to the nines
Although a few pounds fatter.
She's got Pavlov's bells on her ankles and wrists,
She coming at you with her platter.
I stole down to the waterfront
To escape the desert heat.
What on earth you gotta do around here
To try and get yourself a drink
Heard John the Baptist preaching
"Make way for the King,
But if you wanna recognize him,
You gotta tell me all your sins"

They are building a new gallows
For when You show up on the street.
Polishing the electric chair,
They're gonna give You a front row seat.
Heard a sneer outside the garden;
Salutation so well-heeled:
"Welcome all you suckers to Struggleville"

I've been trying to negotiate peace
With my own existence.
She's gotta stockpile full of weaponry;
She breaking every cease-fire agreement.
Whole thing is full of decay
Just as sure as I'm made of dust,
And into rust I know the beast is falling.

They are building a new gallows
For when You show up on the street.
Polishing the electric chair,
They're gonna give You a front row seat.
Heard a sneer outside the garden;
Salutation so well-heeled:
"Final Stop! No points beyond Struggleville"

"Truly Believe"

I didn't reach out,
Cause I didn't need saving.
I wasn't drowning,
I was just waving.
I apologize,
For the misunderstanding.
But I wasn't falling,
I was just landing.
I'm not over,
Just getting started.
I'm not gonna be some,
Dearly departed.
I wouldn't shatter,
To the touch.
Baby you worry,
A little too much.

[Chorus]
If you let me be,
Who I'm becoming,
Stop seeing me,
As everything I've been.
You could be free,
From the wondering.
Let me give you something to,
Truly believe in.

If I'm guilty,
It's not murder,
But is killing time,
So unkind?
And we take this struggle,
Further and further.
Only to find,
Oh no finish lines.

[Chorus]
If you let me be,
Who I am becoming.
Stop seeing me,
As everything I've been.
You could be free,
From the wondering.
Let me give you something to,
Truly believe in.

We can chose to fight the war,
Or find the little things.
There's music in the notes,
It's in the space between.

[Chorus]
If you let me be,
Who I'm becoming.
Stop seeing me,
As everything I've been.
You could be free,
From the wondering.
Let me give you something to,
Truly believe in forgiveness.
I truly believe,
We can begin again.
I truly believe,
I can fix this.
Let me give you something

"Lost In America"

Well I made a small fortune sellin used cars
And it's buried out back in a cookie jar
I raise a toast to Senior Escobar
For givin me a pot to piss in

Well I ran a little scam until '92
Now I hang around here for somethin to do
And I just keep talkin till I'm blue
To any one who'll listen

[Chorus:]
Yes, we're lost in America
And this land we're so proud of
We got the cars, the girls, the money, the drugs
To get you out of your rut
Yes, we're lost in America

She got a brand new lease on an Escalade
And a bumper sticker bout a whale to save
And she's burnin up gas like they gave it away
At least her kid's on the honor roll

She got a handful of pills to improve her mood
Liposuction, big, fake boobs
She got a Mexican maid that brings the food
To the birdcage made of gold

[Chorus]

[Bridge:]
I'm droppin out
And I'm quittin this game
Yes, I'm washin my feet, turn off my phone
Changin my name, hittin the road
Don't really know where I'm gonna go
But I'm gettin the hell out of here

[Chorus]

In America

"My Mystery"

If you had your way
You would be mine
When this beautiful ache
Is all that you find
You've got your life
We missed our time
Such a passionate crime

You'll always be
My mystery
You'll always be
My mystery

I'll touch your skin
You tremble and shake
And I fight the desire
When I'm awake

You'll break their hearts
Thinking of me
Such a careless disease

You'll always be
My mystery
You'll always be
My mystery

Nobody said it would be fair
They warned you before
You went out there
It's always the chance
To get restarted
To a new world - new life
Scarred but smarter
And nobody said it would be fair
But in the end I think it is
Karma, justice
Whatever you call it
It's waiting there
Keep looking for it

You'll always be
My mystery
You'll always be
My mystery

Oh yeah

"Black And Blue"

Showed up in a sleeve of tattoos
High definition broadcast of attitude
It's like she wants me to know she's got nothing left to lose
Me too
Little bag of junk gets her high
Keeps her from thinking bout the shadows in her mind
She likes me
She knows i won't ask her why she cries
Let me fall down
You can fall too
We'll call us banged up black and blue
Let me find out what happened to you
Wakin' up banged up black and blue
Sometimes it's the struggle that makes it good
I woudlnt' judge ya even if i could
There's no magic in the line
It's misunderstood
You could
You would
Let me fall down
You can fall too
We'll call us banged up black and blue
Let me find out what happened to you
Wakin' up banged up black and blue
[sax solo]
Let me fall down
You can fall too
We'll call us banged up black and blue
Let me find out what happened to you
Wakin' up banged up black and blue
Banged up black and blue
Banged up black and blue

"Bitter And Twisted"

A born killer
Bitter and twisted
Taking it out
On your mother and sister
White lie
I've been a bad boy
Does anyone know the way
Out of the freak show
Kill joy
Jonny come lately
He's taking my pain
And driving me crazy
A child star
Messing with fire
Guns in my hand
And I'm walking the wire

Could it be I'm not worth saving
Do you see
Any redemption for my soul
I believe I can make it
When the darknes comes
Down on me

Outside you got the feeling
The walrus cried out
But no one was listening
He said "happiness is a warm gun"
Give me some chances
We'll work in the long run

Could it be I'm not worth saving
Do you see
Any redemption for my soul
I believe I can make it
Whent he darkness comes
Down on me

So wasteful
And distasteful
What can we destroy

Could it be I'm not worth saving
Do you see
Any remption for my soul
I beleve I can make it
When the darkness comes
Down on me

Down on me