1. STAND UP AND BE STRONG

You might be right
You might be wrong
You might just think your life has gone on for too long

Your knees get weak
And your heart grows cold
And you're tired of doing everything you're told

And nothing can take away from you
What you take and what you've been through

Stand up and be strong
Stand up and be strong
It won't take long
You can't go wrong
Stand up and be strong

You might have to fight
You might have to cry
You might have to cry
You might have to fight
Stand up and be strong

If you live in the hills
You take too many pills
If you've lost the thrill
Against your own will
Stand up and be strong

And nothing can take away from you
What you take
Well, you know what you've got to do

Stand up and be strong
Stand up and be strong
It wont take long
You cant go wrong
Stand up and be strong

If you get all depressed
When you get undressed
If you're life's a mess
Remember you're blessed

Stand up and be?
Stand up and be?

Stand up and be strong
Stand up and be strong
It won't take long
You can't go wrong
Stand up and be strong
Stand up and be strong

Stand up and be strong
Stand up and be strong
You can't go wrong
It won't take long
Stand up and be strong


2. LATELY

In the foglights
There was tear gas floating through the twilight
And he wondered what life would be like
With a giant screen TV, a fridge full of beer and a conscience that's clean

You see lately
She'd been thinking 'bout her little tiny baby
And the boy who had gone to defend me
She's a good friend of mine but I can't take the place of her man anytime

And it won't be long
'Til he's coming home

You gotta bring your soldier home
All those stones have all been thrown
You gotta give a kid a chance to get a look at his kid
And hope he can live with whatever he did

Now, meanwhile, he was reading magazines on the frontline
He was trying not to think about her life
And what he might have done
'Cause it seemed like neither one of them were having any fun

You see, lately
She'd been acting kind of crazy lately
Oh, man, I thought she was gonna hate me
'Cause I couldn't watch her little one, I had so much to do, I was so high-strung

And it won't be long
'Til he's coming home

You gotta bring your soldier home
All those stones have all been thrown
You gotta give a kid a chance to get a look at his kid
And hope he can live with whatever he did

Lately all the hate escapes me
Lately all the hate just escapes me
Lately

So he phoned her
He said, "Darling I've been feeling so alone here
Am I making myself perfectly clear?
That I'm on my way back, just a couple more missions and I'll start getting packed"

You gotta bring your soldier home
All those stones have all been thrown
You gotta give a kid a chance to get a look at his kid
And hope he can live with whatever he did

Lately
I was wondering if she'd heard from him lately
Lately
I was wondering if she'd heard from him lately


3. CRAZY MIXED UP WORLD

Now that you're old enough
And all grown out
Trying to act so tough
Here comes a slap right in the face

Branding irons and cattle prods
And cowboys everywhere
Ropes flying through the air
Leave some kind of funny aftertaste

And when the room gets small
And the streets are filled with fighting
You'll find a way to escape
You'll find a better place

'Cause it's a crazy mixed up world out there
Someone's always got a gun
And it's all about money

You live with loneliness or you live with somebody
Who's crazy
It's just a crazy mixed up world

Jet fighters streak the air
And where they're going nobody seems to care
I guess we'll just wait and watch 'em fade

I don't think much about
The things I thought I just couldn't live without
I live without them everyday

And when you just can't handle one more panhandler
It leaves you wishing for change
Fast car to take you away

It's a crazy mixed up world out there
Someone's always got a gun
And it's all about money

You live with loneliness or you live with somebody
Who's crazy
It's just a crazy mixed up world

So take your shattered faith
And make it just like new
With crazy glue and tape
You're gonna need it again someday

You're gonna need it again
You're gonna need it today

'Cause it's a crazy mixed up world out there
Someone's always got a gun
And it's all about money

You live with loneliness or you live with somebody
Who's crazy
It's just a crazy mixed up world


4. ALL IS WELL

Black lights and a disco ball
Got the carpets going wall to wall
Maybe someday
Won't be just one way

Had a dream I was laying in hell
Looked a lot like this hotel
Maybe one day
It won't be just one way

But it's one big maybe
Maybe I'm the one who's crazy
How can I find out, how can I wind up
Trying to be like you?

And all is well in hell
I wish you were here
I'm wishing you well

You know who asked about you?
As far as I can tell
All in all, all is well

A bomb shelter and some cans of food
A gas mask looks good on you
Come and see me
You wouldn't want to be me

I think I injured my funny bone
I'm gonna cry when I get home
Maybe one day
Save it for Sunday

And it's one big maybe
Maybe you're the one who's crazy
How can I find out, how can I wind up
Trying to be like you?

And all is well in hell
I wish you were here
I'm wishing you well

You know who asked about you?
As far as I can tell
All in all, all is well

All is well

All is well here in hell
I wish you were here
I'm wishing you well
All is well here in hell
I wish you were here

All in all, all is well (×3)


5. BUS NAMED DESIRE

Calling you from inside the wire
I'm paying my dues underneath your tires

Standing out in the middle of traffic
Photographing the crash
Waiting in line with little old ladies
With a bug up my ass

I wanna live in your car
I'm never going too far

Calling you from inside the wire
I'm paying my dues underneath your tires

I got a hostage situation
Someone's cracking the whip
Some are putting up a fierce resistance
Some are getting their kicks

Out of the blue and into the fire
I've got no use for being tired

Calling you from inside the wire
I'm paying my dues underneath your tires

A bus named Desire

Now I'm all alone here waiting
Like I'm buried alive
Gotta crawl my way out, maybe
If I plan to survive

Born in a zoo, raised in a cage
What's it to you if I break through anyway?

Calling you from inside the wire
I'm paying my dues underneath your tires
(Calling you)

Calling you from inside the wire
(I'm paying my dues)
I'm paying my dues underneath your tires

A bus named Desire (×5)


6. WATCHA NEED

He spraypainted his wardrobe black
To make the scene
He special ordered boots and hat
From a magazine

Say hello to the… the underground
Say hello for me

You make believe the end is coming
You'll be leaving, don't stop running

You can have your bullets back
Go back to your chicken shack
You can scare the daylights out of me
If that's whatcha need

She started dating men in black
And circus freaks
She tied their hands behind their backs
And left them there for weeks

Say hello to your… your mom and dad
Say hello for me

It's strange to me to hurt somebody
Strange to me that no one's coming

Orchestrating your attack
Disappear and fade to black
You can scare the daylights out of me
If that's whatcha need

If that's whatcha need

The light came crawling through the cracks
And it reminded me
That I forgot to call you back
And that you're mad at me

Say hello to your… your bitter friends
Say hello for me

Take your pills and throw 'em back
Watch yourself fall through the cracks
You could scare the daylights out of me
If that's whatcha need

If that's whatcha need (×3)


7. STANDING WATER

Down from the mountain
Running wild through the trees
A crystal glimmer
Rolling along so effortlessly

Trickled down from the country
But the city sucked it in and spit it out
Now the gravity pulls you
Through the curbside now as it's getting light

And it's too soon, too fast
And that ain't ever gonna last

Standing water
Standing too close to the sun
With your rainbow runoff
You're like a sitting duck waiting for the summer rain to come

I was a lowlife in the highlands
I was barely living up to standards and demands
I had? I had run out of reasons
To let myself believe in anything

I wanted to phone home so many times
But I've never given in, you know dreams never die
Woke up in a cold sweat
I was breathing still, my heart wasn't open yet

Dried out by the hot sun
There's never anywhere to run

It's like standing water
Standing too close to the sun
With your rainbow runoff
You're like a sitting duck waiting for the summer rain to come

Where there? there once was a country
With champagne rivers running wide
There was free land flying
Out the door in the middle of the night

And they were pushing every button
They were paving their way to the blight
They were breaking laws that they had made themselves
Dictating what's wrong and what's right

So proud, so strong
But that don't mean you're never wrong

It's like standing water
Standing too close to the sun
With your rainbow runoff
You're like a sitting duck waiting for the summer rain to come

Standing water
Standing too close to the sun
With your rainbow runoff
You're like a sitting duck waiting for the summer rain to come

Like a sitting duck waiting for the summer rain to come


8. SUCCESS IS NOT SO SWEET

Blood on the sidewalk
Washing down the drain
Rushing 'round the crime scene
To hide behind the stain

Hide behind the pain

Blue-colored lady
Black eye behind her shades
It's funny how the players
They can't survive the game

I'll survive the game

Rulemaker
Dreamtaker
Numbers on a sheet

The execution
The grand delusion
Success is not so sweet

Damaged for the first time
Who knew it'd be you?
You could try to save me
And I'll try to save you

Try to save you

Dealmaker
Heartbreaker
Numbers on a sheet

The wild confusion
The strange delusion
Success is not so sweet

Success is not so sweet

You want a baby
I know you do
I'll be your baby
And I'll take care of you

I'll take care of you

Widowmaker
Dealbreaker
The blood runs down the street

The execution
Conclusion
Success is not so sweet

Dreamfaker
Pocket-shaker
The numbers on a sheet

The execution
The institution
Success is not so sweet

Success is not so sweet (×2)


9. GREAT EXAGGERATOR

Can we not talk about this?
I don't wanna talk about that
So maybe put on some records
And kick back

'Cause I'll blow it way out of proportion
Make it loud beyond distortion
Don't ask me now and please don't ask me later
'Cause I am the great exaggerator

Please don't argue with the great exaggerator

We're so misunderstood
Every little thing's taboo
Sometimes I'm so hard
To talk to

'Cause I'll blow it way out of proportion
Make it loud beyond distortion
My mind is bubbling like a percolator
'Cause I am the great exaggerator

Please don't disagree with the great exaggerator

So can we not talk about this?
I don't wanna talk about that
Maybe turn on the TV
And kick back

'Cause I am the great exaggerator
Don't ask me now and please don't ask me later
'Cause I'll blow it way out of proportion
I'll make it loud beyond distortion

Please don't argue with the great exaggerator (×2)


10. OXYGEN

Wishing upon a mattress
Falling off the axis
Slipping the stillness
Flipping the bird

I'll walk you home when you’re wasted
I can almost taste it
All this oxygen’s for you

But it’s a couple more volts of shock treatment for you
When a couple more votes of confidence will do
I'll walk you home when you’re wasted
I can almost taste it

But it’s a couple more volts of shock treatment for you
When a couple more votes of confidence will do

Always there to remind you
Before and behind you
It follows you everywhere you go

They may say you’re crazy
But it don’t even faze me
Cause you’re the sanest one I know

Just a couple more breaths of oxygen will do
They may say you’re crazy
Makes you so amazing

But it's a couple more volts of shock treatment for you
(Couple more votes of shock treatment for you)
A couple more votes of confidence will do
(A little bit less loneliness will do)

Just a couple more breaths of oxygen will do
But its a couple more bills and a couple more pills
And a couple more "Why do you do those things you do?"

(Shock treatment for you)
Just a couple more volts of shock treatment for you
(Shock treatment for you)
Just a couple more breaths of oxygen will do
(Shock treatment for you)
Treatment treatment for you
Shock treatment for you

That'll do (x5)


11. GOOD FOR YOU

It brings me peace
When you're asleep
Alone together
In a moment that lasts forever

And when you smile
It brings me peace
It's like everything
I ever wanted

And I want to be so bad to be good for you
I could be good for you
I think I'd be good for you
Yes, I think I'd be good for you

Just like orange juice
A walk around the lake
Like putting to good use
Something you thought was fake

And the afterlife
Who really cares?
This one's good enough
Just as long as you're there

And I want so bad to be good for you
I could be good for you
I think I'd be good for you
Yes, I could be good for you

And what is sacred
This I know
It's just me and you
On a train moving slow

To Heaven

It's just like my momma
She used to say
When I told her
That everything's okay

She'd just say "Good for you
That's so good for you
That's good for you
I think it'd be good for you"

Yeah, I think I'd be good for you
I could be good for you
I could be good to you
I think I could
I think I could

I could be good for you

I think I could
I could be good for you, for you
I could be good for you

I think I could be good
Think I could be good
Think I could be good for you (×2)

Yes, I think I'd be good for you


12. SLOWLY RISING

She don't need an introduction
She ain't gonna stop production
She's gonna make you feel a suction
She's got the weapons of mass destruction

She's solar-powered
She's never saying anything
And the sun shines out of her everywhere

She sees best without her glasses
She does well in all her classes
A cheek for your lips and a cheek for the masses

She's got weapons (she's got weapons)
She's got weapons

It's so strange
You don't change
It's so strange
You don't change

Slowly rising

She's solar-powered
She's never saying anything
And the sun shines out of her everywhere

He's got the money and you can't have it
(He's got the money and you can't have it)
She's got the power and he's got the habit
(She's got the power and he's got the habit)
She's gonna make you feel her posture
(She's gonna make you feel her posture)

She's got weapons (she's got weapons)
She's got weapons (weapons, weapons)

It's so strange
You don't change
It's so strange
You don't change

Slowly rising

She's solar powered
She's never saying anything
And the sun shines off her everywhere


13. FEARLESS LEADER

Jesus was a hippie
Peace and love was all he was about
That's why they killed him
'Cause that shit's something people can't figure out

Now some folks who worship him are the ones
Who would have cheered at the crucifixion
They got no conviction
It doesn't matter if the man was fact or fiction

Nixon was a liar
It's the one thing believed to be true
But Tricky Dick was not a crook
Whatever that means, whatever presidents do

Money can't buy you children
And nothing can bring them back to you
We all make mistakes
We all need someone to look up to

But who're you gonna call your fearless leader?
Who's gonna put your fears to bed?
'Cause heroes will never let you down
Just as long as they're dead

Satan is a feeling, deviance it lurks in everyone
Guilty pleasures, mischievous behavior can be fun
No one made you do it, nobody but yourself to blame
It's always at your door and trouble is its name

But who're you gonna call your fearless leader?
Who's gonna put your fears to bed?

Sometimes you gotta pick and choose
Sometimes, no matter what, you lose

Divine was a woman
His private parts said she was a man
Those were his private parts
The parts that he could never understand

But she was an actress
She could be anything that she wanted
Her reality was the very
Thing that she flaunted

But who're you gonna call your fearless leader?
Who's gonna put your fears to bed?
Heroes will never let you down
Just as long as they're dead

But who're you gonna call your fearless leader?
When you run from fear you leave yourself behind
You can't dump your fears on someone else
'Cause it's all in your mind