When Johnny joined the army, all the hometown folks was proud;
They hung his picture at the grocery store;
Now the picture’s edged in black, ‘cause he won’t be coming back
And no one writes good songs about the war.

CHORUS

About the war … about the war …
Does anyone recall what it was for?
Send the kids off overseas, and they come home to rest in peace
And no one writes good songs about the war.

Everyone remembers Katy as the girl who fixed their cars;
She was gonna run the station when dad got old;
Now dad works the place alone since they sent Katy’s body home
And no one writes good songs about the war.

CHORUS

In the park, they’ve built a stone for all the kids that can’t come home;
It says we’re proud of them forever more;
They wrote the names real small, so they’d have room to list them all
And no one writes good songs about the war.

CHORUS

Repeat last line of chorus, then first line of first verse to end.

Strange paradox, this species called man.
So much love in his heart, but so much blood on his hands.
He don’t know what to do today,
he just digs up the Mother to throw her away.

Strange paradox, this species called man.
So much love in his heart, but so much blood on his hands
He don’t know what to do today,
Better learn how to love before he blows it all away.

Strange paradox this species called man.
He’s got gold in his heart, got so much blood on his hands.
He don’t know what to do today.
Maybe he should just love before he blows it all away.

Strange paradise this species called man.
So much gold in his heart, so much love in his hands.
He must learn to love today.
He can change the world, make it play.

Strange paradox this species called man.
So much gold in his heart, so much love in his hands.
He can learn how to love today.
Save the planet before he blows it away. Strange paradise.

VERSE ONE:

Well I’m so sorry for the things I’ve done
And I’m so sorry that I had you on the run.
Now I just worry that you’ll never let me home
And I just worry that you’ll leave me on my own.

BRIDGE:

But I can change if you let me try.
I can hold on to your wings and fly.
I can re-arrange all the parts inside,
If you strip away all my useless pride.

CHORUS:

Just tell me, girl, what you want from me.
Tell me the way you want things to be.
My heart’s burnt out and this soul’s on fire,
But you can put it out cause you take me higher.

VERSE TWO:

I know full well that I let you down,
How you couldn’t show your face round town.
I went too many times to that wishing well.
I went over that line and I stepped in Hell.

BRIDGE:

Oh, my heart was black and my face was white.
I was always wrong, I wasn’t ever right.
I stepped out on that ledge every single night,
But when I look at you I can see my light.

CHORUS:

So tell me just what am I to do.
Tell me the way you need me to love you.
My heart’s burnt out and this soul’s on fire
But you can put it out cause you take me higher.

MIDDLE:

Baby, baby I know I’ve been bad.
I know I made you mad,
But if you leave me I’ll only be sad
Cos I can’t go on without you.
No, no.

VERSE THREE:

Well I’m so sorry for the things I’ve done
And I’m so sorry that I had you on the run.
Now I just worry that you’ll leave me on my own
And I just worry that you’ll never let me home.

FADE OUT:

Let me home.
Let me home.
I’m no good on my own,
So please just let me home.

Can’t She Can’t
Feel a Thing
Leave
Believe
Silently
When Soul becomes a test you’ll lose
Sleep Now Sleep
We are Free
Tired Now my Stomache aches
Master of my own poor taste
When Soul becomes a test you’ll lose the time, you’ll lose your mind
When Soul becomes a test you’ll lose the time, you’ll lose your mind
If Jesus Speaks to Everyone then Everyone is God

I’ll Lie to you
I’ll make you cry I’ll make you lose your mind

In Simple Rest, you’ll pass the test
The test is all a lie

I’ll Smile now to hide this frown the Devils eyes are mine

When soul becomes a test you’ll loose the time, you’ll loose your mind

MY HEART IS LIKE A PAWNSHOP

My heart is like a pawn shop
Where the empty shelves of mourning
Meet with calloused hands of loss
I trade for crumpled cash and some sad ticket stub
That I shove down in my pocket
Where it’s as worthless as a broken watch
My heart is like a pawn shop

Where gold chains and deadly weapons
Sad guitars and family jewels
Lie in wait behind glass counters
For mistakes by other fools
Where beneath that cruel florescent light
They’ll be compelled to take a shot
My heart is like a pawn shop

I have tasted of the Tree of Life A bitter fruit between my teeth I took a bite, and it wasn’t ripe I spit it out and I lost the seed

Now I wage bets against tomorrow
That rob the present of its breath
And carve warm and tender moments
Into cold ambivalence
So I can turn and run ‘way, quickly
From things I never dreamed I’d hock
My heart is like a pawn shop
My heart is like a pawn shop

Shaman, Shaman what can you say?
That hasn’t already been said to this day
Fire, wind and water consume and the earth just decays.
Shaman, what can you say?

Wiccan, Wiccan, what’s on your mind?
Nature’s forces have begun to unwind
Mother Earth’s in labor, no midwife she finds
So tell me Wiccan just what’s on your mind?

Pastor, Pastor who feeds your lambs?
The ones who’ve entrusted their faith to your hands
You preach, you teach, you breach God’s commands
Pastor who feeds your lambs?

And Rabbi, Rabbi where is the peace?
Ancient conflict refuses to cease
Eye for eye ends just leaves the blindness increased
Tell me Rabbi, where is the peace?

Father, Father how do you sleep?
Cardinal sins reveal you’ve no secrets left to keep
Paradise lost again and the Innocent weep
Tell me Father just how do you sleep?

Who guides the Hindu who guides the Sikh?
Sunni or Shiite, Beggar or Thief?
When the dogma & doctrines collide
It begs the question “Who Is On God’s Side?

Lessons from history when we gonna learn?
How much a Holy war costs in return
Beyond religious pretension we yearn
When we gonna learn?

Dancing in December

V1
We had no shame
Dancing in December
In the freezing rain
With no scarves we felt the bite
Warmed up in the flames
Of soft and sparkling embers
Bared our hearts for days
In the hue of Christmas time

Chorus
But you’d be gone one year
You ran your fingers through my hair
Tried to dry the tears
That’s what lovers do

V2
We felt the pain
Devoted in December
You boarded a plane
That flew you towards demise
They had no shame
Fighting in December
Mortar fell like rain
From a desert purple sky

Chorus
You’d be gone one year
You ran your fingers through my hair
Tried to rest my fears
That’s what heroes do

V3
Still felt the same
In late September
When choosing her name
‘Cause that’s what families do
Alone we traveled home
Where I tucked her in your uniform
As I held her close
I wondered if you knew

V4
Tried to refrain
From folding your dress blues away
But I buried a bronze star
In a wounded purple heart
It could never redeem love
Or compensate the loss of you
Never gleam enough
For the child you never knew

Chorus
You would have loved her song
Lullabyed her fears away
Taught her to stand strong
That’s what fathers do

Tag
We knew no shame
Dancing in December
Mortar fell like rain
From deserted purple sky

World on fire

The world’s on fire like Jimmy said
Speak your mind and you’ll end up dead
Who will save us from ourselves
Who’s gonna bomb us with our own damn shells

From Sudan to Afghanistan
From Iraq to the next one man
From Lebanon to Palestine
From Israel and on down the line

Well the gods of war will never stop
The world’s a whore and hates the crop
Turn your picket fence into a suicide bomber
You better learn to fear the genocide shop

From Christians to the New Islam
From Jews and how you all fight for god
From holy land to holy shit
Believe me they won’t ever quit

Cause there is no light is no good
You’re born to fight it’s in the books
It’s a tired song and a chorus blood
A rich mans suit and a poor mans flood

From New York down to New Orleans
From Britain and their dying dream
From California coast to coast
You can look for love but you’ll just find a ghost

The media spreads useless flare
On where to be and what to wear
While millions die from world neglect
You get a brand new car and a big fat check

While the world’s on fire like Jimmy said.

It seams that this world may be crumbling,
and the trees are all bowing down,
with iron boots upon their backbones,
pressing them into the ground,
But faith and hope with bring them round.

Speak your words with virtue
to enlighten the minds of our foes.
Seeing is believing so show them,
leave the smoke and fire to throws,
but courage and strength will bring them round.

I’ve spoke to and old man crying,
his sullen eyes fading away.
“You best be wise the world is drowning
in a boiling sea,
We all must pray.
We all must pray.
We all must pray.

A boy stands tall
and he’s smiling,
for an honest heart
will know no shame.

“Give me love!” he cries
to the sun baked earth,
“lets end this hurt,
lets mend this divide.

We shall endure
against the coming tide.
This passion we’ve found,
we will not hide.

I’ll bring them round.
I’ll bring them round.
from the golden peaks
to the ocean sound.
From stricken cities
to forgotten towns

I’ll bring them round,
oh yes, I’ll bring them round.

I respect these sights I’ve seen,
To go untouched is just obscene.
Confidence and vision to brave the storm.
From the dusty soil we’ll be reborn.

I’ll bring them round.
I’ll bring them round
from the golden peaks
to the ocean sound.

We’re All Gonna Be There When She Dies
Words & music by Neal Fox

verse 1.
She was young – she was ready
And her future seemed so bright
But a long road she traveled
Nothing changes overnight
And her spirit, she’s forgotten
Burried deep within her lies
And we’re all gonna be there when she dies

2.
When she was young, she was freedom
There was justice on her mind
There was truth, there was beauty
There was hope for all mankind
Now her darkness is showing
And we should not act surprised
That we’re all gonna be there when she dies

bridge

But didn’t we all forsake her
And take her for common ground?
And didn’t we use the best she had
And take everything we found? It’s a bad time to say it
And it hits between the eyes
But we’re all gonna be there when she dies

3.
And we look into the future
And forget about the past
We were young and we were foolish
Thought the things we had would last
But the dim light of freedom
Had the seeds of its demise
And we’re all gonna be there when she dies

(bridge)

4.
Now she’s lost in the jungle
Though she tries to carryon
And the wise may try to find her
And the fools won’t know she’s gone
And to those who sit and wonder
Why so few have heard the cries
We’re all gonna be there when she dies

bridge

But didn’t we all forsake her
And take her for common ground?
And didn’t we use the best she had
And take everything we found?
And it hurts me to say it
And it hits between the eyes
But we’re all gonna be there when she dies

© 2008, Foxalot Music – BMI