Black Sabbath
What is this that stands before me? Figure in black which points at me Turn around quick, and start to run Find out I'm the chosen one Oh nooo! Big black shape with eyes of fire Telling people their desire Satan's sitting there, he's smiling Watches those flames get higher and higher Oh no, no, please God help me! Is it the end, my friend? Satan's coming 'round the bend people running 'cause they're scared The people better go and beware! No, no, please, no!
The Wizard
Misty morning, clouds in the sky Without warning, the wizard walks by Casting his shadow, weaving his spell Funny clothes, tinkling bell Never talking Just keeps walking spreading his magic Evil power disappears Demons worry when the wizard is near He turns tears into joy Everyone's happy when the wizard walks by Never talking Just keeps walking spreading his magic Sun is shining, clouds have gone by All the people give a happy sigh He has passed by, giving his sign Left all the people feeling so fine Never talking Just keeps walking spreading his magic
Behind the Wall of Sleep
Precious cups within the flower deadly petals with strange power faces shine a deadly smile back up on you at your trial Chill and numbs from head to toe icy sun with frosty glow Why'd you go reaching your sorrow? why'd you go read no tomorrow Feel your spirit rise with the priest feel your body falling to its knees Take your walk of remorse take your body to a corpse take your body to a corpse take your body to a corpse if you want all remorse take your body to a corpse Now from darkness, there springs light Wall of Sleep is cold and bright Wall of Sleep is lying broken Sun shines in, you are awoken
N.I.B.
Oh yeah! Some people say my love cannot be true please believe me, my love, and I'll show you I will give you those things you thought unreal The sun, the moon, the stars all bear my seal Oh yeah! Follow me now and you will not regret leaving the life you led before we met You are the first to have this love of mine forever with me 'till the end of time Your love for me has just got to be real before you know the way I'm going to feel I'm going to feel I'm going to feel Oh yeah! Now I have you with me, under my power Our love grows stronger now with every hour Look into my eyes, you will see who I am my name is Lucifer, please take my hand Oh yeah! Follow me now and you will not regret leaving the life you led before we met You are the first to have this love of mine forever with me 'till the end of time Your love for me has just got to be real before you know the way I'm going to feel I'm going to feel I'm going to feel Oh yeah! Now I have you with me, under my power Our love grows stronger now with every hour Look into my eyes, you will see who I am my name is Lucifer, please take my hand
Wicked World
The world today is such a wicked thing Fighting going on between the human race People give good wishes to all their friends While people just across the sea are counting the dead A politician's job they say is very high For he has to choose who's got to go and die They can put a man on the moon quite easy while people here on earth are dying of old diseases A woman goes to work every day after day She just goes to work just to earn her pay Child sitting crying by a life that's harder he doesn't even know who is his father
Sleeping Village
Red sun rising in the sky Sleeping village, cockerels cry Soft breeze blowing in the trees peace of mind, feel at ease
Warning
Now the first day that I met ya I was looking in the sky When the sun turned all a blur and the thunderclouds rolled by The sea began to shiver and the wind began to moan It must've been a sign for me to leave you well alone I was born without you, baby but my feelings were a little bit too strong you never said you love me and I don't believe you can 'cause I saw you in a dream and you were with another man You looked so cool and casual and I tried to look the same But now I've got to know ya tell me who am I to blame? I was born without you, baby but my feelings were a little bit too strong Now the whole wide world is movin' 'cause there's iron in my heart I just can't keep from cryin' 'cause you say we've got to part Sorrow grips my voice as I stand here all alone And watch you slowly take away a love I've never known I was born without you, baby but my feelings were a little bit too strong
War Pigs
Generals gathered in their masses just like witches at black masses evil minds that plot destruction sorcerers of death's construction in the fields the bodies burning as the war machine keeps turning death and hatred to mankind poisoning their brainwashed minds, oh lord yeah! Politicians hide themselves away they only started the war Why should they go out to fight? They leave that role to the poor Time will tell on their power minds Making war just for fun Treating people just like pawns in chess Wait 'till their judgement day comes, yeah! Now in darkness, world stops turning ashes were the bodies burning No more war pigs of the power Hand of god has struck the hour Day of judgement, god is calling on their knees, the war pigs crawling Begging mercy for their sins Satan, laughing, spreads his wings OH LORD YEAH!
War Pigs From Concert in Paris Dec 1970
Generals gathered in their masses Just like Witches at Black Masses In the fields their bodies burning As the war machine keeps turning Evil minds that plot destruction Sorcerer of death's construction It's the same wherever you go To the War Pigs people know OH LORD YEAH! Politicians hide themselves away They only started the war Treating people just like pawns in chess Wait till their judgement day comes ... Yeah! People running like they're sheep in fields People blowing out their minds Say that you're dying here ... I know it now Hey, you're the goner at the end ... Yeah! On the scene a priest appears Hell is falling at his knees Satan sends out funeral pyre Cast the priest into the fire It's the place for all bad sinners Watch them eating dead rat cinders It's the same wherever you go To Black Masses people go OH LORD YEAH!
Paranoid
Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind people think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify Can you help me occupy my brain? Oh yeah I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry Happiness I cannot feel and love to me us so unreal And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state I tell you to enjoy life I wish I could but it's too late
Planet Caravan
We sail through endless skies stars shine like eyes the black night sighs The moon in silver trees falls down in tears light of the night The earth, a purple blaze of sapphire haze in orbit always While down below the trees bathed in cool breeze silver starlight breaks down the night And so we pass on by the crimson eye of great god Mars as we travel the universe
Iron Man
Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind? Can he walk at all, Or if he moves will he fall? Is he alive or dead? Has he thoughts within his head? We'll just pass him there why should we even care? He was turned to steel in the great magnetic field Where he travelled time for the future of mankind Nobody wants him He just stares at the world Planning his vengeance that he will soon unfold Now the time is here for Iron Man to spread fear Vengeance from the grave Kills the people he once saved Nobody wants him They just turn their heads Nobody helps him Now he has his revenge Heavy boots of lead fills his victims full of dread Running as fast as they can Iron Man lives again!
Electric Funeral
Reflex in the sky warn you you're gonna die Storm coming, you'd better hide from the atomic tide Flashes in the sky turns houses into sties Turns people into clay, radiation minds decay Robot minds of robot slaves lead them to atomic rage plastic flowers, melting sun, fading moon falls upon dying world of radiation, victims of mad frustration Burning globe of oxy'n fire, like electric funeral pyre Buildings crashing down to a cracking ground Rivers turn to wood, ice melting to flood Earth lies in death bed, clouds cry water dead Tearing life away, here's the burning pay Electric Funeral Electric Funeral Electric Funeral Electric Funeral And so in the sky shines the electric eye supernatural king takes earth under his wing Heaven's golden chorus sings, Hell's angels flap their wings Evil souls fall to Hell, ever trapped in burning cells!
Hand Of Doom
Whatcha gonna do? Time's caught up with you Now you wait your turn, you know there's no return Take your written rules, you join the other fools Turn to something new, now it's killing you First it was the bomb, Vietnam napalm Disillusioning, you push the needle in From life you escape, reality's that way Colours in your mind satisfy your time Oh you, you know you must be blind To do something like this To take the sleep that you don't know You're giving Death a kiss, Oh, little fool now Your mind is full of pleasure Your body's looking ill To you it's shallow leisure So drop the acid pill, don't stop to think now You're having a good time baby But that won't last Your mind's all full of things You're living too fast Go out enjoy yourself Don't bottle it in You need someone to help you To stick the needle in, yeah Now you know the scene, your skin starts turning green Your eyes no longer seeing life's reality Push the needle in, face death's sickly grin Holes are in your skin, caused by deadly pin Head starts spinning 'round, you fall down to the ground Feel your body heave, Death's hands starts to weave It's too late to turn, you don't want to learn Price of life you cry, now you're gonna die!
Fairies Wear Boots
Goin' home, late last night suddenly I got a fright Yeah I looked throughout the window and surprised what I saw Fairy boots were dancing' with a dwarf, all right now! Fairies wear boots and you gotta believe me yeah I saw it, I saw it, I tell you no lies Yeah Fairies wear boots and you gotta believe me I saw it, I saw it with my own two eyes, well all right now! So I went to the doctor, see what he could give me he said "Son, son, you've gone too far. 'cause smokin' and trippin' is all that you do."
Sweet Leaf
ALRIGHT NOW!! Won't you listen? When I first met you, didn't realize I can't forget you, for your suprize you introduced me, to my mind And left me wanting, you and your kind Oh yeah! I love you, Oh you know it My life was empty forever on a down Until you took me, showed me around My life is free now, my life is clear I love you sweet leaf, though you can't hear Oh yeah! Come on now, try it out Straight people don't know, what your about They put you down and shut you out you gave to me a new belief and soon the world will love you sweet leaf Oh yeah baby!
After Forever
Have you ever thought about your soul - can it be saved? Or perhaps you think that when you're dead you just stay in your grave Is God just a thought within your head or is he a part of you? Is Christ just a name that you read in a book when you were in school? When you think about death do you lose your breath or do you keep your cool? Would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope - do you think he's a fool? Well I have seen the truth, yes I've seen the light and I've changed my ways And I'll be prepared when you're lonely and scared at the end of our days Could it be you're afraid of what your friends might say If they knew you believe in God above? They should realize before they criticize that God is the only way to love Is your mind so small that you have to fall In with the pack wherever they run Will you still sneer when death is near And say they may as well worship the sun? I think it was true it was people like you that crucified Christ I think it is sad the opinion you had was the only one voiced Will you be so sure when your day is near, say you don't believe? You had the chance but you turned it down, now you can't retrieve Perhaps you'll think before you say that God is dead and gone Open your eyes, just realize that he's the one The only one who can save you now from all this sin and hate Or will you still jeer at all you hear? Yes! I think it's too late.
Children of the Grave
Revolution in their minds - the children start to march Against the world in which they have to live and all the hate that's in their hearts They're tired of being pushed around and told just what to do They'll fight the world until they've won and love comes flowing through Children of tomorrow live in the tears that fall today Will the sun rise up tomorrow bringing peace in any way? Must the world live in the shadow of atomic fear? Can they win the fight for peace or will they disappear? So you children of the world, listen to what I say If you want a better place to live in spread the words today Show the world that love is still alive you must be brave Or you children of today are Children of the Grave, Yeah!
Lord of this World
You're searching for your mind don't know where to start can't find the key to fit the lock on your heart you think you know but you are never quite sure your soul is ill but you will not find a cure. Your world was made for you by someone above but you chose evil ways instead of love. You made me master of the world where you exist the soul I took from you was not even missed. Lord of this world Evil possessor Lord of this world He's your confessor now! You think you're innocent you've nothing to fear You don't know me, you say, but isn't it clear? You turn to me in all your worldly greed and pride But will you turn to me when it's your turn to die
Solitude
My name it means nothing my fortune is less My future is shrouded in dark wilderness Sunshine is far away, clouds linger on Everything I possessed - Now they are gone They are gone They are gone Oh where can I go to and what can I do? Nothing can please me only thoughts are of you You just laughed when I begged you to stay I've not stopped crying since you went away The world is a lonely place - you're on your own Guess I will go home - sit down and moan. Crying and thinking is all that I do Memories I have remind me of you
Into the Void
Rocket engines burning fuel so fast Up into the night sky they blast Through the universe the engines whine Could it be the end of man and time Back on earth the flame of life burns low Everywhere is misery and woe Pollution kills the air, the land and sea Man prepares to meet his destiny Rocket engines burning fuel so fast Up into the night sky so vast Burning metal through the atmosphere Earth remains in worry, hate and fear With the hateful battles raging on rockets flying to the glowing sun Through the empires of eternal void Freedom from the final suicide Freedom fighters sent out to the sun escape from brainwashed minds and pollution. Leave the earth to all its sin and hate find another world where freedom waits. Past the stars in fields of ancient void Through the shields of darkness where they find Love upon a land a world unknown where the sons of freedom make their home Leave the earth to Satan and his slaves leave them to their future in the grave Make a home where love is there to stay Peace and happiness in everyday
Wheels of Confusion
Long ago I wandered through my mind in the land of fairy tales and stories Lost in happiness I knew no fears Innocence and love was all I knew was it illusion? Soon the days went passing into years Happiness just didn't come so easy Life was born of fairy tales and daydreams Innocence was just another word was it illusion? Lost in the wheels of confusion Running through furnace of tears Eyes full of angered illusion Hiding in every day things So I found that life is just a game But you know there's never been a winner Try your hardest, just to be a loser The world will still be turning when you're gone yeah when you're gone!
Tomorrow's Dream
Well I'm leaving tomorrow at daybreak catch the fastest train around nine Yes I'm leaving the sorrow and heartache before it takes me away from my mind Send me love and I may let you see me Send me hopes that can spin in my head But if you really want me to answer I can only let you know when I'm dead When sadness fills my days It's time to turn away and then tomorrow's dreams become reality to me So realize I'm much better without you You're not the one and only thing in my heart I'll just go back to pretending I'm living so this time I'm gonna have to depart
Changes
I feel unhappy I feel so sad I've lost the best friend That I ever had She was my woman I loved her so But it's too late now I've let her go I'm going through changes I'm going through changes We shared the years We shared each day In love together We found a way But soon the world Had its evil way My heart was blinded Love went astray I'm going through changes I'm going through changes It took so long To realize And I can still hear Her last goodbyes Now all my days Are filled with tears Wish I could go back And change these years I'm going through changes I'm going through changes
Supernaut
I want to reach out and touch the sky I want to touch the sun but I don't need to fly I'm gonna climb up every mountain of the moon And find a distant man a-waving his spoon I've crossed the ocean, turned every bend I found the crossing near a golden rainbow's end I've been through magic and through life's reality I've lived a thousand years and it never bothered me Got no religion, don't need no friends Got all I want and I don't need to pretend Don't try to reach me, 'cause I'd tear up your mind I've seen the future and I've left it behind
Snowblind
What you get and what you see Things that don't come easily Feeling happy in my vein Icicles within my brain (cocaine) Something blowing in my head Winds of ice, it soon will spread Death would freeze my very soul Makes me happy, makes me cold My eyes are blind but I can see The snowflakes glisten on the tree The sun no longer sets me free I feel there's no place freezing me Let the winter sun shine on Let me feel the frost of dawn Fill my dreams with flakes of snow Soon I'll feel the chilling glow Don't you think I know what I'm doing Don't tell me that it's doing me wrong You're the one that's really a loser This is where I feel I belong Crystal world with winter flowers Turns my day to frozen hours Lying snowblind in the sun Will my ice age ever come?
Cornucopia
Too much in the truth they say Keep it 'till another day Let them have their little game illusion helps to keep them sane Let them have their little toys fast sports cars and motor noise exciting in their plastic place frozen food in a concrete maze You're gonna go insane I'm trying to save your brain I don't know what's happening My head's all torn inside People say I'm heavy They don't know what I hide Take a life, it's going cheap kill someone, no one will weep Freedom's yours, just pay your dues We just want your soul to use You're gonna go insane I'm trying to save your brain
St. Vitus' Dance
So you think you know what's going on inside her head You think she wants your money but it's you she wants instead When you think about the things that she did long ago it breaks your heart but deep down boy you know it hurts to go You feel your love so shattering you feel you want to die Just because someone did take off telling you a lie If I were you I'd try again and try to make amends She only thinks of you, you know I'm talking as a friend
Under the Sun / Every Day Comes and Goes
Well I don't want no demon to tell me what it's all about No black magician telling me to get my soul out Don't believe in violence, I don't even believe in peace I've opened the door and my mind has been released Well I don't want no preacher telling me about the god in the sky No I don't want no one to tell me where I'm gonna go when I die I wanna live my life with no people telling me what to do I just believe in myself, 'cause no one else is true Every day just comes and goes Life is one big overdose People try to ruin me and I can't seem to eliminate them People riding their real pace keep on running their rat race The ante is risen once a week in their world of make-believe So believe what I tell you, it's the only way to fight in the end Just believe in yourself, you know you really shouldn't have to pretend Don't let those empty people try and interfere with your mind Just live your life and leave them all behind
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
You've seen life through distorted eyes You know you had to learn The execution of your mind You really had to turn The race is run the book is read The end begins to show The truth is out, the lies are old But you don't want to know Nobody will ever let you know When you ask the reasons why They just tell you that you're on your own Fill your head all full of lies The people who have crippled you You want to see them burn The gates of life have closed on you And now there's just no return You're wishing that the hands of doom Could take your mind away And you don't care if you don't see again The light of day Nobody will ever let you know When you ask the reasons why They just tell you that you're on your own Fill your head all full of lies Where can you run to What more can you do No more tomorrow Life is killing you Dreams turn to nightmares Heaven turns to hell Burned out confusion Nothing more to tell Everything around you What's it coming to God knows as your dog knows Bog blast all of you Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Nothing more to do Living just for dying Dying just for you
A National Acrobat
I am the world that hides The universal secret of all time Destruction of the empty spaces Is my one and only crime I've lived a thousand times I found out what it means to be believed The thoughts and images The unborn child that never was conceived When little worlds collide I'm trapped inside my embryonic cell And flashing memories Are cast into the never ending well The name that scorns the face The child that never sees the cause of man The deathly darkness that Belies the fate of those who never ran Well I know its hard for you To know the reason why And I know you'll understand More when it's time to die Don't believe the life you have Will be the only one You have to let your body sleep To let your soul live on I want you to listen! I'm tryin to get through! Love has given life to you And now it's your concern Unseen eyes of inner life Will make your soul return Still I look but not to touch The seeds of life are sownCurtain of the future falls The secret stays unknown Just remember love is life And hate is living death Treat your life for what it's worth And live for every breath Looking back I've lived and learned But now I'm wondering Here I wait and only guess What this next life will bring
Sabbra Cadabra
Feel so good I feel so fine Love that little lady always on my mind She gives me lovin' every night and day Never gonna leave her Never going away Someone to love me You know she makes me feel alright Someone who needs me Love me every single night Feel so happy since I met that girl When we're making love It's something out of this world Feels so good to know that she's all mine Going to love that woman till the end of time Someone to live for Love me till the end of time Makes me feel happy Good to know that she's all mine Lovely lady make love all night long Lovely lady never do me no wrong I don't wanna leave ya I never wanna leave ya Anymore no more Lovely lady Mystifying eyes Lovely lady She don't tell me no lies I know I'll never leave you I'm never gonna leave you Anymore, I said no more
Killing Yourself To Live
Well people look and people stare Well I don't think that I even care You work your life away and what do they give? You're only killing yourself to live Killing yourself to live Killing yourself to live Just take a look around you what do you see Pain, suffering, and misery It's not the way that the world was meant It's a pity you don't understand Killing yourself to live Killing yourself to live I'm telling you Believe in me Nobody else will tell you Open your eyes And see the lies, oh yeah You think I'm crazy and baby I know that it's true Before that you know it I think That you'll go crazy too I don't know if I'm up or down Whether black is white or blue is brown The colors in my life are all different somehow Little boy blue's a big girl now So you think it's me who's strange But you've never had to make the change Never give your trust away You'll end up paying till your dying day
Who Are You
Yes I know the secret That's within your mind You think all the people Who worship you are blind You're just like Big Brother Giving us your trust And when you have played enough You'll just cast our souls Into the dust Into the dust You thought that it would be easy from the very start Now I've found you out I don't think you're so smart I only have one more question Before my time is through Please I beg you tell me In the name of hell Who are you? Who are you?
Looking For Today
It's complete but obsolete All tomorrow's become yesterday In demand but second hand It's been heard before you even play Up to date but came too late Better get yourself another name You're so right but overnight You're the one who has to take the blame Everyone just gets on top of you The pain begins to eat your pride You can't believe in anything you knew When was the last time that you cried Don't delay you're in today But tomorrow is another dream Sunday's star is Monday's scar Out of date before you're even seen At the top so quick to flop You're so new but rotting in decay Like butterfly so quick to die But you're only looking for today Everyone just gets on top of you The pain begins to eat your pride You can't believe in anything you knew When was the last time that you cried Looking for today Glamour trip so soon to slip Easy come but oh how quick it goes Ten foot tall but what to fall Hard to open yet so easy to close Front page news but so abused You just want to hide yourself away Over-paid, but soon you fade Because you're only looking for today Looking for today
Spiral Architect
Sorcerers of madness Selling me their time Child of god sitting in the sun Giving peace of mind Fictional seduction On a black snow sky Sadness kills the superman Even fathers cry Of all the things I value most of all I look inside myself and see My world and know that it is good You know that I should Superstitious century Didn't time go slow Separating sanity Watching children grow Synchronated undertaker Spiral skies Silver ships on plasmic oceans In disguise Of all the things I value most in life I see my memories and feel their warmth And know that they are good You know that I should Watching eyes of celluloid Tell you how to live Metaphoric motor-replay Give, give, give! Laughter kissing love Is showing me the way Spiral city architect I build, you pay Of all the things I value most of all I look upon my earth and feel the warmth And know that it is good You know that I should
Hole in the Sky
I'm looking through a hole in the sky I'm seeing nowhere through the eyes of a lie I'm getting closer to the end of the line I'm living easy where the sun doesn't shine I'm living in a room without any view I'm living free because the rent's never due The synonyms of all the things that I've said Are just the riddles that are built in my head Hole in the sky, take me to heaven Window in time, through it I fly I've seen the stars disappear in the sun The shooting's easy if you've got the right gun And even though I'm sitting waiting for Mars I don't believe there's any future in cause Hole in the sky, take me to heaven Window in time, through it I fly Yeah! I've watched the dogs of war enjoying their feast I've seen the western world go down in the east The food of love became the greed of our time But now I'm living on the profits of pride
Symptom of the Universe
Take me through the centuries to supersonic years Electrifying enemy is drowning in his tears All I have to give you is a love that never dies The symptom of the universe is written in your eyes Yeah! Mother mooch is calling me back to her silver womb Father of creation takes me from my stolen tomb Seventh night the unicorn is waiting in the skies A symptom of the universe, a love that never dies Yeah! Yeah! Take my hand, my child of love come step inside my tears Swim the magic ocean I've been crying all these years When our love will ride away into eternal skies A symptom of the universe, a love that never dies Yeah Yeah! Oh my child of love's creation, come and step inside my dreams In your eyes I see no sadness, you are all that loving means Take my hand and we'll go riding through the sunshine from above We'll find happiness together in the summer skies of love
Megalomania
I hide myself inside the shadows of shame The silent symphonies were playing their game My body echoed to the dreams of my soul This god is something that I could not control Where can I run to now? The joke is on me No sympathizing god is insanity, yeah Why don't you just get out of my life, yeah? Why don't you just get out of my life now? Why doesn't everybody leave me alone now? Why doesn't everybody leave me alone, yeah? Obsessed with fantasy, possessed with my schemes I mixed reality with pseudogod dreams The ghost of violence was something I seen I sold my soul to be the human obscene How could it poison me? The dream of my soul How did my fantasies take complete control, yeah? Why don't you just get out of my life, yeah? Why don't you just get out of my life now? Why doesn't everybody leave me alone now? Why doesn't everybody leave me alone, yeah? Well I feel something's taken me I don't know where It's like a trip inside a separate mind The ghost of tomorrow from my favourite dream Is telling me to leave it all behind Feel it slipping away, slipping in tomorrow Got to get to happiness, want no more of sorrow How I lied, went to hide How I tried to get away from you now Am I right if I fight? That I might just get away from you now Sting me! Well I feel something's giving me the chance to return It's giving me the chance of saving my soul Beating the demigod, I'm fading away I'm going backwards but I'm in control Feel it slipping away, slipping in tomorrow Getting back to sanity, providence of sorrow Was it wise to disguise How I tried to get away from you now Is there a way that I could pay Or is it true I have to stay with you now? How I lied, went to hide How I tried to get away from you now Am I right if I fight? That I might just get away from you now Suck me! I'm really digging schizophrenia the best of the earth I've seized my soul in the fires of hell Peace of mind eluded me, but now it's all mine I simply try, but he wants me to fail Feel it slipping away, slipping in tomorrow Now I've found my happiness, providence of sorrow No more lies, I got wise I despise the way I worshipped you yeah Now I'm free, can't you see And now instead I won't be led by you now Free!
The Thrill of it All
Inclination of direction, walk the turned and twisted rift With the children of creation futuristic dreams we sift Clutching violently we whisper with a liquefying cry Any deadly final answers that are surely doomed to die Won't you help me Mr. Jesus, won't you tell me if you can? When you see this world we live in, do you still believe in Man? If my songs become my freedom, and my freedom turns to gold Then I'll ask the final question, if the answer could be sold Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it 'Cause I've got no reason to lie, yeah Forget your problems that don't even exist And I'll show you a way to get high, oh yeah Oh yeah! So come along, you know you matter to me Remember freedom is not hard to find, yeah Time to stop all your messing around Don't you think that I know my own mind, oh yeah Oh yeah! Why can't you believe, it's not here to perceive Do you always have to be told, yeah For you have been taught that if your mind has been bought Life's entire answer was sold, oh yeah Oh yeah!
Am I Going Insane (Radio)
Everybody's looking at me, feeling paranoid inside When I step outside I feel free, think I'll find a place to hide Tell me people, am I going insane? Tell me people, am I going insane? Every day I sit and wonder how my life it used to be Now I feel like going under, now my life is hard to see So tell me people, am I going insane? Tell me people, am I going insane? So I'm telling all you people, listen while I sing again If I don't sound very cheerful, I think that I'm a schizo brain So tell me people, am I going insane? Tell me people, am I going insane?
The Writ
The way I feel is the way I am I wish I'd walked before I started to run to you Just to you What kind of people do you think we are? Another joker who's a rock and roll star for you Just for you The faithful image of another man The endless ocean of emotion I swam for you Yeah for you The shot troopers laying down on the floor I wish they'd put an end to my running war with you Yeah with you Are you metal, are you man? You've changed in life since you began Yeah began Ladies digging gold from you Will they still dig now you're through Yeah you're through You bought and sold me with your lying words The voices in the deck that you never heard came through Yeah came through Your folly finally got to spend with a gun A poisoned father who has poisoned his son, that's you Yeah that's you I beg you please don't let it get any worse The anger I once had has turned to a curse on you Yeah curse you All of the promises that never came true You're gonna get what is coming to you, that's true Ah, that's true Are you Satan, are you man? You've changed in life since it began It began Vultures sucking gold from you Will they still suck now you're through (Cats, Rats) The search is on, so you just better run And find yourself another way Probably dead, they don't feel a thing To keep them living for another day (Rats, Rat) You are nonentity, you have no destiny You are a victim of a thing unknown A mantle picture of a stolen soul A fornication of your golden throne A smiling face, it means the world to me So tired of sadness and of misery My life it started some time ago Where it will end, I don't know I thought I was so good I thought I was fine I feel my world is out of time But everything is gonna work out fine If it don't I think I'll lose my mind Yeah! I know, I know, I know, yeah yeah I know Listen to me while I sing this song You might just think the words are wrong Too many people advising me But they don't know what my eyes see But everything is gonna work out fine If it don't I think I'll Blow my mind
Back Street Kids
I'm just another back street kid Rock 'n Roll music is the only thing I really dig Can't stop the music going round inside my head I'm a rock 'n roll soldier, gonna play it until I'm dead Nobody I know will ever take my rock 'n roll away from me Sitting in the back seat of a shiny limousine Living in a taxi can't remember where I've been Playing my music, sitting in my hotel room Writing about the stars and thinking about the hand of doom Nobody I know will ever take my rock 'n roll away from me Living life comes easy if you know which way you're going Got to see yourself in other's eye's, surprised? Living like I want to don't come easy, but I'm trying Sorting out what's true and what are lies, it's wise Brought up in a back street living with the salt of the land Seems that now my music's paying off my tax demands So listen to the music, want to see you get so high 'Cause I'm a back street rocker and I will be till the day I die Nobody I know will ever take my rock 'n roll away from me
You Won't Change Me
I'm just a man and I am what I am Nobody will ever change my ways I don't need money and I don't need no lies I only need to live for today But I'd like to talk things over with you I want to hear the things you say, today Although you won't change my anyway, no no way I wish you'd come and see me, I'd like to hold you I want to set my mind all free You understand me woman, you give me time But I don't need no sympathy Still I wonder what it's like to be loved Instead of hiding in myself Nobody will change me anyway, no no way Nobody's gonna change my world That's something too unreal Nobody will change the way I feel So listen to me now, hear what I say Please give me time and maybe love If there's a God up there, well I hope he helps me I need him now to set me free 'Cause it may be that it's over for me If you don't hear the things that I say, today Nobody will change me anyway, no, no way Nobody's gonna change my world That's something too unreal Nobody will change the way I feel
It's All Right
Told you once about your friends and neighbours They were always seeking but they'll never find it It's alright, yes it's alright Where to go and where to see It's always been this way and it can never be It's alright, yes it's alright Give it all and ask for no return And very soon you'll see and you'll begin to learn That's it's alright, yes it's alright Don't you know that it's so good for you You can be making love and see it all go through But it's alright, yes it's alright So I told you once about your friends and neighbours They were always seeking but they'll never find it It's alright, yes it's alright
Gypsy
Watch the universe at the death of another day Fatalistic ships from a distant shore In the back of my mind I could see she was standing there Like the feeling you have When you've been there before She was a gypsy woman She was as cold as the day She said I'd got it coming And then she took me away She took me through the shadows of her sunken dream I thought it's over for me, she wasn't all she seemed She took my hand and then she started to speak She told me she'd had the call With eyes of fire that were burning my soul She looked into her crystal ball She read my fortune then she read my mind She didn't like my thoughts at all She showed me shadows, a spectre of life My soul just wanted to scream She stared so deeply into my eyes That's when I fell into a dream When I awoke in bed she lay beside me And then she read me with her eyes, she said: So you wanna be a gypsy, come on now So you wanna be a gypsy, come on now So you wanna be a gypsy, come on now, now, Now! Gypsy woman you're the devil in drag You are the queen of all hell You took my body, now you're wasting my soul You've got me under your spell And as the sun shines on another day You're gonna take my mind as well, it's over So you wanna be a gypsy, come on now. So you wanna be a gypsy, come on now So you wanna be a gypsy, come on now So you wanna be a gypsy
All Moving Parts Stand Still
Super animation, turning on a nation And they're saying all moving parts stand still Since he was elected, adrenaline injected Hear him saying all moving parts should kill Just like the hero he's got them all on the run, Yes he's won Since he passed the motion They're building in the ocean And he's saying all men should all be free What a combination, peace and radiation And he's saying free men should fight for me Just like his momma, he seems to get his pleasure from pain And the rain, ain't that strange? Very strange I like choking toys You've got to see me before you meet the boys Teacher's burnt the school He's had enough of sticking to the rules People stop and see He's got to be more decadent than me Just to pass the time He gets his kicks from licking off the wine Pretty silly ladies All Cynthia's and Sadie's Call him and he takes their numbers down Says he is a woman Should have seen it coming And she says she's married to a clown Just like a lady she'll keep you guessing through the night Not tonight, well I might, oh alright...!
Rock'N'Roll Doctor
Well I'm sick and tired of hearing 'bout the world and it's hang ups Gonna get myself together, Take a ride downtown Gotta see my Rock'N'Roll doctor Gotta see my Rock'N'Roll doctor Gotta see my Rock'N'Roll doctor Gotta see him, see him today. He's gonna blow me away He makes me happy when I'm feeling down Take away my worry takes away my frown Gotta see my Rock'N'Roll doctor *3 Gotta see him, see him today He gonna blow me away If you wanna feel groovy Give the doctor a call Doctor rock will help you anytime at all Gotta see my Rock'N'Roll doctor *3 Gotta see him, see him today He gonna blow me away Blow me away
She's Gone
I've been a long long time, waiting for you I didn't want to see you go, oh no, no And now it's hurting so much, what can I do? I wanted you to be my wife The days are passing slowly, since you've gone Your memories are all I have, yes I have I sit here waiting but you'll never show Without you I can't carry on, ooh my baby You said you'd always love me, all of my life And then you said your last goodbye, yes goodbye Why the sudden change, why all of the lies, I should have seen it in your eyes The endless hours of heartache, waiting for you My summer love has turned to rain, oh the pain The silent emptiness of one sided love My life means nothing now you're gone... Ooh my baby
Dirty Women
The neon lights are shining on me again I walk the lonely streets in search of a friend I need a lady to help me to get through the night, Through the night If I could find her then everything would feel all right The sleepy city is dreaming the nigh time away Out on the street I watch tomorrow becoming today I see a man, he's got take away women for sale Yes for sale Guess that's the answer 'Cause take away women don't fail... Oh dirty women, they don't mess around Oh dirty women, they don't mess around You've got me coming You've got me going around, let's go Oh dirty women, They don't mess around Walking the streets I wonder will it ever happen Gotta be good then everything will be o.k. if I could score tonight then I will end up happy A woman for sale is gonna help me save my day...
Never say die
People going nowhere, taken for a ride
Looking for the answers that they know inside
Searching for a reason, looking for a rhyme
Snow White's mirror said: partners in crime!
Don't they ever have to worry?
Don't you ever wonder why?
It's a part of me that tells you
Oh, don't you ever, don't ever say die
Never, never, never say die again
Sunday's satisfaction, Monday's home and dry
Truth is on the doorstep, welcome in the lie
All dressed up in sorrow, got no place to go
Hold back, 'till it's ready, taking it slow
Don't they ever have to worry?
Don't you ever wonder why?
It's a part of me that tells you
Oh, don't you ever, don't ever say die
Never, never, never say die again
Don't you ever say die
Don't you ever say die
Never say die
Panic, silver lining, writing's on the wall
Children get together, you can save us all
Future's on the corner, throwing us a die
Slow down, turn around, everything's fine
There's no need to have a reason
There's no need to wonder why
It's a part of me that tells you
Oh, don't you ever, don't ever say die
Never, never, never say die again
Shock Wave
There's no reason for you to run You can't escape the fate of the chosen one Black moon rising, in a blood red sky This time you realise that you're gonna die Drinking your blood brew is your answer That's what you plan to do No dreaming, time you cheat this master You're on your own going through Wind of mist has taken over your mind And you think you're on your own Don't believe you are the only one here Look around, you're not alone Feel the forces from another world Ghostly shadows fill your mind Evil power hanging over you As you freeze, you're like a child Look behind you! Somebody's calling Someone is near Feel yourself falling Falling with fear You tell yourself you're dreaming You realise you're screaming You know that this shouldn't happen to you You tell yourself that it's scary too But there is nothing you can do, oh! Ghostly shadows from the other world Evil forces in your mind Trapped between the worlds of life and death Frozen in the realms of time Look behind you! You feel yourself falling, you're at the end of the line Your body is crawling, but your senses are blind Cold, cold feelings are running through your brains Ice cold fingers, flowing through your veins
Johnny Blade
Tortured and twisted, he walks the streets alone
People avoid him, they know the street's his own
Cold blade of silver, his eyes they burn so wild
Mean as a tiger, society's own child
Go the tiger, burn in hate
You know you have to, Johnny Blade
He's the meanest guy around his town
One look and he will cut you down
Johnny Blade, Johnny Blade
Life has no meaning, and Death's his only friend
Will fate surprise him, where will he meet his end?
He feels so bitter, yes he's so full of hate
To die in the gutter, I guess that's Johnny's fate
Rivals all across the land
He kills them with his knife in hand
He's the meanest guy around his town
One look and he will cut you down
Johnny Blade, Johnny Blade
Johnny Blade, Johnny Blade
Well you know that Johnny's a spider
And his web is the city at night
He's a victim of modern frustration
That's the reason he's so ready to fight
He's the one that should be afraid
What will happen to you, Johnny Blade?
Oh he knows his future's decided
And he ain't gonna change it, no way
He was born to die in the gutter
He'll keep fighting 'till the end of his days
Been alone all through his life
His only friend is a switchblade knife
He's the one who should be afraid
What will happen to you, Johnny Blade?
You fool the people
Who's fooling who?
It's time to listen
The fool is you
Hard Road
Old men crying, young men dying World still turns as Father Time looks on On and on Children playing, dreamers praying Laughter turns to tear as love has gone Has it gone? Oh, it's a hard road Oh, it's a hard road Whirlwind churning, lovers learning On this path of life we can't back down Is it wrong? Widows weeping, babies sleeping Life becomes the singer and the song Sing along Oh, it's a hard road Carry your own load Why make the hard road? Why can't we be friends? No need to hurry We'll meet in the end Why make the hard road? Why can't we be friends? No need to worry Let's sing it again Brother's sharing, mother's caring Night time falling victim to the dawn Shadows small Days are crawling, time is calling To the Earth that not that life has gone Love line drawn Oh, it's a hard road Carry your own load Oh, it's a hard road Oh, it's a hard road \dots We're living in sorrow We're living the best And look to the future 'Cause life goes together now
Junior's Eyes
Junior's eyes looked up to the skies in tears He prayed that his maker, the giver and taker, would 'pear Junior sighed, as his hands reached out to the sky Junior cried, the day that his best friend died Yeah! They're coming home again tomorrow I'm sorry it won't be for long With all the pain I've watched you live within I'll try my hardest not to cry when it is time to say goodbye Junior's eyes, they couldn't disguise the pain His father was leaving, and Junior is grieving again Innocent eyes watched the man who had gave everything Junior's sorrow, who knew what tomorrow would bring? Yeah! They're coming home again tomorrow I'm sorry it won't be for long With all the pain I've watched you live within I'll try my hardest not to cry When it is time to say goodbye Junior's eyes looked into the skies once more Now he knew well, this life was hell for sure He desperately tried, his fingertips stretched to the stars, yeah Reaching for reason, along with the time and the stars Yeah! They're coming home again tomorrow I'm sorry it won't be for long With all the pain I've watched you live within I'll try my hardest not to cry When it is time to say goodbye
Air Dance
She sits in silence, in her midnight world Her faded pictures, of her dancing girls Her distant dreamer, on the seas of time Her happy memories, dancing through her mind In days of romance She was the queen of dance She'd dance the night away And as the seasons turn the days to years She holds her pictures, hears the silent cheers The days grow lonely for the dancing queen And now she dances only in her dreams In days of romance She was the queen of dance She'd dance the night away, away, away, away
Over to You
Born in the window Nobody's fool Raised in the prison You called the school Taught young in legends Told what to do I handed my childhood Over to you Travelling endlessly I'm searching for mind I'm almost afraid of what I will find Wandering aimlessly Oh what can I do? I handed my future over to you, to you Over to you Future looks blue What can I do? Watching for freedom Fighting your wars Feeding your children Keeping your laws Someday you'll suffer And what I'll do I'll hand all your promises Over to you Standing inside myself I'm losing control You made me believe in the stories you told Waiting impatiently What else can I do? I handed my future over to you, to you Over to you Future looks blue What can I do? Tears filled of sadness Stealing myself Which burning secrets? What to they tell? Mad politicians Can tell it true I handed my children Over to you All over, over to you All over, over to you All over, over to you...
Swinging the Chain
It's against my uniform
To be a civil judge
All the songs are history now
'Bout rock stars and their grudge
Let us cast our minds back
To thirty years or more
You took up all the vandals
Will Hitler beat 'em all?
And we're sad and sorry
Really sorry that it happened that way
Yes we're sad and sorry
But why'd you have to treat us that way?
Compare ourselves with others
And cover them in sin
Oh, God what a terrible
A terrible state we're in
There must be some way out of here
A compromise that's right
If we cannot work it out
We're gonna have to fight
Yes we're sad and sorry
Really sorry that it happened that way
Yes we're sad and sorry
We cannot go on in those days
I'm talking about my brothers
Yeah, I'm talking 'bout sisters as well
And I wish you good luck
Good luck!
Oh, but the world's still on fire
Chain the hope you take on, liar
This fire
We're on fire, we're on fire, yeah