So whistle in the sweet pine trees
The imaginary airport breeze
It flickers and flows
Fans fires in the road
And all we want to do is go home
Someone’s gonna break your heart
One cold gray morning
There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas
The trouble with the maples (and they’re quite convinced they’re right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty and they grab up all the light
But the oaks can’t help their feelings if they like the way they’re made
And they wonder why the maples can’t be happy in their shade
There is trouble in the forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream “Oppression!”
And the oaks just shake their heads
So the maples formed a union and demanded equal rights
“The oaks are just too greedy…we will make them give us light!”
Now there’s no more oak oppression, for they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe and saw
I dreamed, I saw Joe Hill last night
Alive as you and me
Says I “But Joe, you’re ten years dead”
“I never died” says he
“I never died” says he
“The copper bosses killed you, Joe”
“They shot you Joe” says I
“Takes more than guns to kill a man”
Says Joe “I didn’t die”
Says Joe “I didn’t die”
And standing there, as big as life
And smiling with his eyes
Says Joe “What they can never kill
Went on to organize
Went on to organize”
From San Diego up to Maine
In every mine and mill
Where working folks defend their rights
It’s there you find Joe Hill
It’s there you find Joe Hill
I dreamed I saw, I dreamed I saw, Joe Hill last night
Alive as you and me
Says I “But Joe, you’re ten years dead”
“I never died” says he, “I never died” says he
“I never died” says he"
Oh she walks slowly
Across a young man’s room
She said I’m ready, for you
I can’t remember anything
To this very day
'Cept the look, yeah the look
Oh, you know where
Now I can’t see, I just stare
I, I, I’m still alive
Yeah, yeah I, oh, I’m still alive
Yeah, yeah I, oh, I’m still alive
Yeah, yeah I, oh, I’m still alive
Is something wrong
She said
Of course there is
You’re still alive
She said
Oh do I deserve to be?
And is that the question?
Oh And if so, if so
Who answers?
Who answers?
I, I, I’m still alive
Yeah, yeah I, oh, I’m still alive
I’m still alive
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Perfection - one direction
One voice, one mind
Selection - mass dissection
Rebuild, refine
Creation - modification
Becoming something more
Mutations - bred to infect
Erase, restore
You made me strong, but you don’t fear me
No right or wrong, if you believe set me free
Feel the power inside of me
Alive, alive - rising up, I am alive
I am the dark - I am the light
Alive, alive - rising up, I am alive
Within you I’m alive
All the voices blur
Change to one face
Change to one voice
Prepare yourself for bed
The light seems bright
And glares on white walls
All the sounds of
Charlotte sometimes
Into the night with
Charlotte sometimes
Night after night she lays alone in bed
Her eyes so open to the dark
The streets all looked so strange
They seemed so far away
But Charlotte did not cry
The people seemed so close
Playing expressionless games
The people seemed so close
So many other names
Sometimes I’m dreaming
Where all the other people dance
Sometimes I’m dreaming
Charlotte sometimes
I’ve been looking so long at these pictures of you
That I almost believe that they’re real
I’ve been living so long with my pictures of you
That I almost believe that the pictures are all I can feel
Remembering you, standing quiet in the rain
As I ran to your heart to be near
And we kissed as the sky fell in, holding you close
How I always held close in your fear
Remembering you running soft through the night
You were bigger and brighter and whiter than snow
And screamed at the make-believe, screamed at the sky
And you finally found all your courage to let it all go
Well I’m here looking through an old picture frame
Just waiting for the perfect view
I hope something special will step in to my life
Another fine edition of you
A pin-up done in shades of blue
Sometimes you find a yearning for the quiet life
The country air and all its joys
But badgers couldn’t compensate at twice the price
For just another night with the boys oh yeah
And boys will be boys, will be boys
They say love’s a gamble, hard to win, easy lose
And while sun shines you’d better make hay
So if life is your table and fate is the wheel
Then let the chips fall where they may
In modern times the modern way
And as I was drifting past the Lorelei
I heard those slinky sirens wail, whooo
So look out sailor when you hear them croon
You’ll never been the same again oh no
Their crazy music drives you insane, this way
She was a level-headed dancer on the road to alcohol
And I was just a soldier on the way to Montreal
Well, she pressed her chest against me
About the time the juke box broke
Yeah, she gave me a peck on the back of the neck
And these are the words she spoke
Blow up your TV
Throw away your paper
Go to the country
Build you a home
Plant a little garden
Eat a lot o’ peaches
Try an find Jesus
On your own
Well, I sat there at the table and I acted real naive
For I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve
Well, she danced around the bar room and she did the hoochy-coo
Yeah, she sang her song all night long, tellin’ me what to do
Blow up your TV
Throw away your paper
Go to the country
Build you a home
Plant a little garden
Eat a lot o’ peaches
Try an find Jesus
On your own
Dropkick me, Jesus, through the goal posts of life
End over end, neither left nor to right
Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights
Dropkick me, Jesus, through the goal posts of life
Make me, oh, make me, Lord more than I am
Make me a piece in Your master game plan
Free from the earthly temptation below
I’ve got the will, Lord if you got the toe
Dropkick me, Jesus, through the goal posts of life
End over end, neither left nor to right
Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights
Dropkick me, Jesus, through the goal posts of life
Bring on the brothers who’ve gone on before
And all of the sisters who’ve knocked on your door
All the departed dear loved ones of mine
Stick 'em up front in the offensive line
Dropkick me, Jesus, through the goal posts of life
End over end, neither left nor to right
Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights
Dropkick me, Jesus, through the goal posts of life
There may be flies on you and me,
But there ain’t no flies on Jesus.
Jesus, here lies my brother
Tortured and blown
Stretch for the heavens and go…I watch him go
Here it comes
Jesus was a poor boy
Jesus was a poor boy
“It’s just a spring clean for the May Queen”
I’m coming home
And this one’s for the life
This one’s for the funeral in the rain
And if only for tonight
This one’s for the funeral in the rain
I know that you can love me
When there’s no one left to blame
So never mind the darkness
We still can find a way
‘Cause nothin’ lasts forever
Even cold November rain
Leave your nightlight on
You don’t have far to go
Down the stairs
Take your time, don’t be scared
You’ll be fine, nothing’s changed
In the dark it’s all the same
Close your eyes and sleep
There are demons in your dreams
Go to sleep my darling
there’s a demon underneath your bed
Demons in your bed
are going to eat you up
Stay in your bed
There are landmines on the floor.
The demons in your bed
are going to eat you up
Now I lay me down to sleep
Pray the lord my soul to keep
If I die before I wake
Pray the lord my soul to take
Hush little baby, don’t say a word
And never mind that noise you heard
It’s just the beasts under your bed,
In your closet, in your head
Exit: light
Enter: night
Grain of sand
Exit: light
Enter: night
Take my hand
We’re off to never never land
This means out
This is your way out
Do or drown
Do or drown in torpor
Leave no trace
All my files erased
Burn my clothes
Burn my Prada trainers
Let’s sleep together, right now
Relieve the pressure, somehow
Switch off the future, right now
Let’s leave forever
But touch my tears with your lips,
Touch my world with your fingertips,
And we can have forever,
And we can love forever,
Forever is our today,
Who wants to live forever,
Who wants to live forever,
Forever is our today,
Who waits forever anyway?
For the first time in forever
There’ll be music, there’ll be light
For the first time in forever
I’ll be dancing through the night
We’re walking in the air, we’re floating in a moonlit sky
The people far below are sleeping as we fly
I’m holding very tight, I’m riding in the midnight blue
I’m finding I can fly, so high above with you
Far across the world, the villages go by like trees
The rivers and the hills, the forests and the streams
Children gaze open mouth, taken by surprise
Nobody down below believes their eyes
We’re surfing in the air, we’re swimming in the frozen sky
We’re drifting over ice, see mountains floating by