1. SAY HELLO 2 HEAVEN

Please, mother of mercy
Take me from this place and the long winded curses
I keep here in my head
Words never listen and teachers, oh, they never learn
but I'm warm from the candle though I feel too cold to burn
He came from an island and he died from the street
And he hurt so bad like a soul breaking but he never said nothing to me

So say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven
So say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven

New, like a baby
Lost, like a prayer
The sky was your playground but the cold ground was your bed
I said poor stargazer
She's got no tears in her eyes but smooth like a whisper
She knows that love heals all wounds with time
Now it seems like too much love is never enough
Yeah, you better seek out another road
'Cause this one has ended abrupt

So say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven
So say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven

I never wanted to write these words down for you
With the pages of phrases of all the things we'll never do
So I blow out the candle and I put you to bed
Since you can't say to me now how the dogs broke your bone
There's just one thing left to be said

So say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven
So say hello to heaven, heaven, heaven


2. REACH DOWN

I had a dream the other night
You were in a bar in the corner on a chair
Wearing a long white leather coat
Purple glasses and glitter in your hair
And you said hey this is where I'm gonna sit
And buy you a drink someday
You were going to the dog shows
But you have kind of lost your way
You say now I got all this room
And no money to decorate it, so some
Local customer put me in touch with the man
Upstairs, he said little man you got no
Business getting frustrated

You gotta rest
You gotta rest
You gotta reach down
And pick the crowd up
Carry back in your hands
To the promised land

Now I had some angel shine my wings, she said
Nothing but the best for the golden boy
She made me promise not to tell I had her under
A spell singing golden words in a broken voice
And I caught some blessing on the wind I'm
Feeling lighter than a whisper from a dove
I've got no hands to tie behind my back
And I'm sparking like a heart attack, now I've got
Room to spread my wings and my messages of
Love, yes love was my drug, but that's not
What I died of, so don't think of me
Crying louder than some billion dollar baby

Cause I gotta rest
I gotta rest
I gotta reach down and pick the
Crowd up, carry back in my
Hand to the promised land


3. HUNGER STRIKE

Well I don't mind stealing bread
From the mouths of decadents
But I can't feed on the powerless
When my cup's already overfilled

Yeah
But it's on the table
The fire's cooking
And they're farming babies
The slaves are all working

Blood is on the table
The mouths are all choking
But I'm going hungry
Yeah

I don't mind stealing bread
From the mouths of decadents
But I can't feed on the powerless
When my cup's already overfilled

But it's on the table
The fire is cooking
And they're farming babies
The slaves are all working

And it's on the table
Their mouths are all choking
But I'm going hungry

Going hungry
I'm going hungry
Going hungry
I'm going hungry
Going hungry


4. PUSHIN FORWARD BACK

Mother, mother found me on her step
Gracious mother held me to her breast
Until the day I started pushing
Too late to cry, she turned away
I started pushing
I saw no future in this lack
I started pushing forward back

Baby brother clinging to her hair
Gracious, pleading not another
Soul to bare, he started pushing
All my kings have fallen down
I started pushing
Fallen heroes feed the ground
I started pushing forward back

Falling down, now I know her
I know I'll never drown
I was pushing forward back


5. CALL ME A DOG

You call me a dog well that's fair enough
Cause it ain't no use to pretend
You're wrong
When you call me out I can't hide anymore
I have no disguise you can't see through

Well you say it's bad luck
To have fallen for me
Well what can I do to make it good for you
You wore me out like an old winter coat
Trying to be safe from the cold

But when it's my time to throw
The next stone
I'll call you beautiful if I call at all

You tell me I'm low 'cause I've slept on the floor
And out in the woods with the badgers and wolves
You threw me out 'cause I went digging for gold
And I came home with a handful of coal

But when it's my time to throw the next stone
I'll call you beautiful if I call at all

And when it's time to call your bluff
I'll call you beautiful or leave it alone

You call me a dog
Well that's fair enough
It doesn't bother me as long as you know
Bad luck will follow you
If you keep me on a leash and
You drag me along


6. TIMES OF TROUBLE

When the spoon is hot
And the needle's sharp
And you drift away
I can hear you say
That the world in black
Is upon your back
And your body shakes
So you ditch away
And you close the shades

Don't try to do it
Don't try to kill your time
You might do it
Then you can't change your mind
You've got a hold on to your time
Till you break through these
Times of trouble

When you try to talk
And the words get hard
And they put you down
Don't you stay
Don't you ditch away

I saw you swinging
Swinging your mother's sword
I know you're playing but
Sometimes the rules get hard
But if somebody left you out on a ledge
If somebody pushed you over the edge
If somebody loved you and left you for dead
You got to hold on to your time till you break
Through these times of trouble


7. WOODEN JESUS

Wooden Jesus where are you from
Korea or Canada, maybe Taiwan
I didn't know it was the holy land
But I believed from the minute the check left my hand
And I pray

Can I be saved, I spent all my money
On a future grave
Wooden Jesus I'll cut you in on twenty percent of my future sin
And I pray

Porcelain Mary her majesties pure
Looking for virgin territory
Coat hanger halos don't come cheap
From television shepherds with living room sheep
And I pray

Can I be saved,I spent all my money on a future grave
Wooden Jesus I'll cut you in on twenty percent of my future sin


8. YOUR SAVIOUR

People like you, I know myself
Walk in the shoes of somebody else
Whisper to me, my tragic fate
Whisper to me, my tragic end
But don't give me your savior

People I choose, life on my own
Burn me your fuse, throw me your stones
Give me your brand, burn on my hand
Whisper to me, my tragic end
But don't give me your savior

People I choose, I know myself
Lay my need out, give you my help
But you give me your blues
And you whisper my fate
But don't give me your savior


9. FOUR WALLED WORLD

Well she cried and she cried
All night to the sound of the freeway hum
And she swears she'll be gone
When the sun hits the ground
And she ain't coming back to my cell

Well she's tired and she's tired
Of this life she's been leading too long
And the time turns around
Through the walls that surround
To the chimes of a jailer's song

In my four walled world

Well she tries and she tries
But my feet just won't leave the ground
And I'm tired and I'm tired
Of this prisoner's life, and these chains
That drag me down

In my four walled world

And now the sun is low
And these walls try to break my soul
And now the moon is full
And I won't see nothing tonight
But the tears in her eyes and
My four walled world


10. ALL NIGHT THING

She motioned to me
That she wanted to leave
And go somewhere warm
Where we'd be alone

I do not know, what's going on
But I'm guessing it's an all night thing
If it's an all night thing
Nobody is gonna make it end

And if it don't begin
Don't worry that I'll take offense
And if it's an all night thing
And we fall like a tear falling

To the ground
I'll never come around
And you'll never hear a word from me
If it's an all night thing

Well I walked along, feeling at ease
And falling like rain
Into her scheme
She won't let on what that'll be

But I'm guessing
It's an all night thing
If it's an all night thing
Nobody is gonna make it end

And if it don't begin
Don't worry that I'll take offense
And if it's an all night thing
And we fall like a tear falling

To the ground
I'll never come around
And you'll never hear a word from me
If it's an all night thing