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Masquerade
«masquerade» – das neue Album von COAL, Ehrlich, entwaffnend, demaskierend – so präsentiert sich COALs neues Album «masquerade». Der Singer-Songwriter zeigt darauf sein wahres Gesicht: Mit dem Herzen auf der Zunge entlarvt er schonungslos die grinsenden Fratzen und die schöngeistigen Gurkenmasken der Gesellschaft.
Unlock My Love
No more digging for some fools gold
No more waking up when cold
No more Sunday morning lonesome blues
No more crying, no more
If you just would…Turn it on, turn it up
I’ll give you the key to unlock love
Turn it on, unlock my loveNo more wishing on a falling star
No more scratching the same old scars
No more sneaking out your house by dawn
No more empty kisses, no more
If you just would…Turn it on, turn it up
I’ll give you the key to unlock my love
Turn it on, turn it up
I Show you the reason for moving on
Turn it on, unlock my love
So let’s chase this wild goose
You can’t win if you got nothing to lose
And if we’re running out of gas
We’ll be riding on hot air
But We won’t really care
Do you?
Repeat Chorus
The Roundabout Blues
Went down to the crossroad
Outside on the edge of town
Went down to the crossroad
I laid my shadow downI had my world strapped to my back
A sheet of paper and a pen in my hand
The devil showed up looking slack
He asked: “What’s happening in no-man’s land?”He’s goin’ around a roundabout
Goin’ around and down
Till he got himself the endless Roundabout BluesWent to the roundabout
Thought some hoodoo tricks would do
The third night at the roundabout
Li’l ole funny boy still was blue
I strummed some on my strings but still
It’s out of tune and I just can’t write
Don’t wanna lose my skill
Mr. Johnson help me tonight
Goin’ around a roundabout
Goin’ around and down
Till I got myselves the endless Roundabout Blues
My beginning is your end
Then your end will begin again
Your beginning is my end
Then my end will begin again
Repeat Chorus
Who Will Go? (Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe)
Pull some names out of a hat
And nail ’em to the wall
While I hang out in this hall
All around are foreign tongues
But they ask with one voice
How do you make your choice?Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe
Catch a stranger by the toe
Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe
Who will stay and who will go?Who will go? …At your desk you take a guess
And keep our lives on hold
Time will take its toll
Distant lands we left behind
Lives and loves we all lost
For the stamp that lets us cross
Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe
Is it yes or is it no
Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe
Who will stay and who will go?
Who will go? …
Born into this world but no one asked me
Through hell and high water, I sailed and railed
Names of places, games of chances
I’m done with flipping heads or tails
Pull some names out of your hat
And nail ’em to the wall make sure my name’s among ‘em all
Who will go? …
Outside The Black Cathedral
Outside the black cathedral
Your huntsmen fill the square
And the burning torches light their faces
As your breath hangs in the airOutside the black cathedral
I’ve feared the hunger & frost
Just like all the innocents
Fear your huntsmen’s holly crossWitches and werewolves and vampires and ghouls
Even the bogeyman’s coming to get all you foolsOutside the black cathedral
Your preacher seals their fate
By baptizing the children
In waters of hate
Outside the black cathedral
You set the Bloodhounds free
And fill the pistols with lead and fear
To shoot what you can’t see
Witches and werewolves and vampires and ghouls
Even the bogeyman’s coming to get you fools
Outside the black cathedral
The gargoyles will contest
That all the souls you sacrificed
Will follow you in death
Outside the black cathedral
You’ll cross that bridge and you’ll sigh
When you learn that even your monuments
Will fall as time goes by
Witches and werewolves and vampires and ghouls
Even the bogeyman’s coming to get you fools
Call Up The Handyman
There’s a masked ball for one and all
Sweethearts line up for the cattle call
Point Cupid’s bow at Romeo?
Hit a home run with Don Juan?Then you’ll call me up, call up the Handyman
When they’ve had their fill and the bitter pill is waiting
Confide in me I’ll ease your achin’You’ve stayed off screen like Norma Jean
Now give a show like Ms. Monroe
Too many guys with staring eyes
Hard-Hearted Hannah hands you adviceCall me up, call up the Handyman
Together we can visit Madame lonely
And drink green tea with Eleanor Rigby
724 5162 Call up the Handyman
Your Brother’s dressed in his Sunday best
With a home made bomb strapped to his chest
Old Man Scrooge supplied the fuse
Sees you, drools and plays the fool
So call me up, call up the Handyman
You’ll see I master nothing but disguise
It’s true I see through lies
724 5162 Call up the Handyman
You ring me up I bring you down
There’s something in the way you sound
You want to share what isn’t there
With a cowardly lion who’s scarred and scared
Call me up, call up the Handyman
I’m someone who’ll refuse to move his mask
As yours is gone, you’re an outcast
So get out fast
You couldn’t last
Don’t even ask to join this miserable but irresistible cast
You moved up in class
Applause Of Tears
You held your breath for a long last kiss
Another sad goodbye
I closed my eyes, closed my eyes
You offered your love one minute too late
I offered no reply
I closed my eyes, closed my eyesDon’t you tell me that your falling apart
Because I can’t help you with this traveler’s heart
When I’m feeling like it’s all gone wrong
I put on my favorite songs
And cry an applause of tearsYou take back what can’t be taken back
And write in a letter you’ve sent
“Did I lose a friend? Lose a friend?“
When you write: “I’m afraid to see you again”
Makes me wonder in the end
Did I lose a friend, too? Lose a friend?I do get lonely when home seems too far
Away, it can’t be helped with this traveler’s heart
When I’m feeling like it’s all gone wrong
I put on my favorite songs
And cry an applause of tearsGoodbye my friend, we’ll meet again
I’m heading to a brave new world
I wanna climb a mountain, achieve my goal, on my own
I wanna hear the sound of the sun sinking in the deep blue sea
I wanna see the forever smile of my love
Wherever she goes, whatever she does, whoever she knows
When I’m near my death, I’ll take my last breath
And dream about life
It’s beautiful and I’ll cry an applause of tears
Couldn’t Change
I looked through a viewfinder
I took a photo of what I found
Her smile couldn’t be nicer
Maybe she laughed a lil’ too loudI peeked through a keyhole
Another view of you was gained
What burned-in behind my eyeballs
I disliked and couldn’t changeI couldn’t change, no, I could not change
How I feel about you now
I could deny it but anyhow I couldn’t changeI got me this telescope
Thought some distance would do me good
You felt left alone
You overacted, you misunderstood
I skimmed through a photo book
Saw this person so estranged
It’d be easy to reset the clock
But the times, I couldn’t change
I couldn’t change, no, I could not change
How I feel about you now
I could ignore it but anyhow I couldn’t change
As we stand face to face
Clouds roll in, it starts to rain
Oh, we chase sunny days
Don’t you say I’m acting strange I couldn’t change
I couldn’t change, no, I could not change
Clouds roll in it starts to rain
Let it all run down the drain
Don’t you say I’m acting strange
There are things that can’t be changed
And I couldn’t change
Crying In The Whorehouse
TGot home from work she told me all the news
She was on repeat I got a little confused
Ain’t it sad that silence won’t last?I tried to make sense, but she gave me a frown
She wears like an old worn-out crown
She’s still good at acting out good timesAnd she talked and talked I could not strike her dumb
So I walked and walked away to find someone
Who can listen
I’m crying in this whorehouse tonightYou know I’ve loved and been loved
But never at the same time
I could never understand
How one and one can be one
Repeat Chorus
Through the bottom of the bottle I look you in the eyes
I buy you a drink, it buys me three lies
One for you, one for me and one for her
And she talked and talked I could not strike her dumb
So I walked and walked away to find someone
Who can listen
Now I’m crying in this whorehouse
Don’t Need Love
Babe I don’t love you
But you pretend I do
That works just fine throw me a dime
And I’ll pay our duesYou look good in white
Well In a certain light
We’ll say our vows buy a little house
And make peace with ChristWe don’t need love
No don’t need love we’re above
We won’t change from a major to a minor in this song
We don’t need love
No don’t need love we’re above
This silly little thing called loveMoms & Dads in court
Try to settle scores
Though our unborn child took us down the aisle
God will chart our course
It takes two to two-step
Two to do the tango
When we asked romance: “Would it like to dance?”
It answered: “no”
Repeat Chorus
I have burned in loves sunshine and I’ve bathed in loves rain
I have asked for loves pleasure, and received loves pain
Repeat Chorus
But what if we really, really need love?
Here’s To A New Beginning
Misery starts the day she leaves
My clock winds down It’s hard to breathe
The world moves fast, look it’s passed againI kissed a girl with poisoned lips
Skies grew dark; like an eclipse
Black clouds burst, now I’m cursed with rainTrade my raining heart
My raining heart with one that’s weatherproof
To bring me through a hurricane
Trade my bleeding heart
My bleeding heart with one that’s bulletproof
For any kind of war I’m in
Here’s to a new beginningMisery starts on her return
I guess as men we never learn
The loss of battle is hard to handle within
The second try is always doomed
It just reopens those old wounds
Another curse that hurts beneath my skin
Repeat Chorus
Now Sorcerer behind the bar
Brew me a potion in this jar
As I raise it high let this toast break her spell
Repeat Chorus
Keep Movin’ On
The air was getting thick
As I stepped out the door into the morning dew
Afraid her love was true
Gave her no reason toThe air smelled raw
As I strolled the street, the sun was about to shine
Shadows would turn into light
Brought no colors to my eyesWell I could cry at least sigh for a while
But I’d rather die (deep inside)
So I gotta keep
Keep movin’ on…You lay out your doubts
You don’t have to say a word it’s understood
Let’s change things for good
How I wish I could
Now you lay down your head in my bed
And I read it as a sign
For tonight we’ll be fine
Guess we’re just doing time
Well I could cry at least sigh
But I gotta keep
Keep movin’ on…
‘Though I’m feeling numb I gotta keep
Keeping on movin’ on, I gotta keep
As long as the last song hasn’t been sung I gotta keep
Keep movin’ on…
The Bell On The Hill
The town is on its feet, celebration in the air
True love betrayed
Flowers in the street, a dance without a care
A father’s debt repaidA smile on her face frozen
With a lovers promise brokenAnd her fate was sealed
By the sound of the bell on the top of the hill
The bell on the hillWhile the town is asleep darkness taken from the sky
People run everywhere
Windows break, rooftops fall, grown ups pray, children cry
It’s all lit by the glare
The life they knew was ended
By a chance, a spark unintended
And their faith was revealed
By the sound of the bell on the top of the hill
The bell on the hill
A new baby born, a new life begun
Another hour goes by
A life slow and steady, nothing lost and nothing won
A last rite, goodbye
They search for better direction
And ask for divine protection
And their lives were healed
By the sound of the bell on the top of the hill
The bell on the hill
Rest In Sleep
Fading darkness chills him to the bone
The sun fills up the front porch of their home
He turns into the drive as usual, parks it there
And tries to face a life that no one sharesWhy, why tryRest in sleep
While she rests in peace
Lay at the foot of glory
Time will write it’s own storyThey moved in there with nothing but themselves
And built their home out of an empty shell
But the colors on the walls fade fast and so does he
A “For Sale” sign hangs where they used to be
Why, why try
Rest in sleep
While she rests in peace
Lay at the foot of glory
Time will write it’s own story
It’s time to say goodbye
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Let’s Build Us A Rocket
Let’s Build Us A Rocket
1944 Grandpa crawls in the dirt
Wife and son wait at home for so long nothing heard
‘Cause he, he is gone, the government has sent him abroad
To fight for freedom, Grandpa dies in war
If that’s what this world stands forLet’s build us a rocket
Let’s shoot it to the moon
Let’s build us a rocket
Let’s get goin’ pretty soon
And start it all over new1969 the streets are packed, the crowd is mad
Slogans held high, then cops knock down my dad
He shouldn’t have died for beliefs he hadLet’s build us a rocket
Let’s shoot it to the moon
Let’s build us a rocket
Let’s get goin’ pretty soon
And start it all over new
Let’s build us a rocket
2000 and something, are Dylan’s times a-changing?
And ain’t it sad Hank never got out of this world alive
Is John’s Imagine all we have?
Let’s build us a rocket
Sell apartments on the moon
Let’s build us a rocket
We get goin’ pretty soon
If it gets too crowded we’ll go to Neptune
Let’s build us a rocket
X-Girl’s Moonshine
Stick to your bourbon, stick to your wine
But don’t you drink my x-girl’s moonshineShe knows how to brew that poison
It makes you feel so good
I saw your eyes as she went by you think she’s such a hoot
But let me give you some advice boy
Fools aren’t hard to find
‘cause while you cry for help
She get’s laid by someone elseStick to your bourbon, stick to your wine
But don’t you drink my x-girl’s moonshine
My ex-girl’s moonshine
You’ll want more & more & more
Till you pass out on the floor
My x-girl’s moonshineYou know the devil loves temptation
And dang I love it to
All the lovin’ and the hatin’ and the trustin’ and the fakin’ it’s a full time job for you
So let me ask you this one question
Do you like to lose?
Well I know that I do
That’s why I’ll take my ex from you
Stick to your bourbon, stick to your wine
But don’t you drink my x-girl’s moonshine
My ex-girl’s moonshine
You’ll want more & more & more
Till you throw up on the floor
My x-girl’s moonshine
You’ll want more & more & more
puke your guts out on the floor
My x-girl’s moonshine
My x-girl’s moonshine
Railroad Man
I’m a railroad man
I drive on tracks laid by other hands
I just shovel coal
I’m a railroad manThrough sagebrush valleys I follow steel
I drive the owners and men from the mill
I’m a simple man
I learned how to read and I learned how to write
I learned how to get on my knees at night
But what is god’s plan?I’m a railroad man
I drive on tracks laid by other hands
I just shovel coal
I’m a railroad manI fear the future’s coming near
They’re closing down the last frontier
Whipped and routed
Every day they’re building more fences
More houses, more pretences
It’s getting crowded
I’m a railroad man
I drive on tracks laid by other hands
I just shovel coal
I’m a railroad man
Tell me what good is the country for
When they act like the world’s a checkerboard
filling spaces in
I replaced the horse but I see the signs
Time doesn’t end on a line
What replaces me?
I’m a railroad man
I drive on tracks laid by other hands
I just shovel coal
I’m a railroad man
Stuck In Love
Heavy storms in our bedroom
We’re not making love
But the bed sheets fight
The sun is gone and the shadow’s cold
There’s rain in your eyes
That once shone like goldMaybe you, or maybe me
We live it up and then let it be
We are far, far away
Stuck in loveWe should try to put these pieces back together
To a picture of us
Well, honey I know how it is without you
This lesson I’ve learned
And I just got burnedMaybe you, or maybe me
We live it up and then let it be
We are far, far away
Stuck in love
How could we get that far
Is it me or things I’ve said
Did you ever think about us
Going back to what we had
‘cause we are far, so far away
Baby, stuck in love
Maybe you, or maybe me
We live it up and then let it be
Baby you, maybe we are stuck in love
Maybe you, or maybe me
We live it up and then let it be
Baby you, or maybe we are stuck in love
Rain Keeps Falling Down
Mr. Trooper turns on the red-light
To save his ass patrolling the black night
Darkness cries and some kids die youngMr. Broadcast is on repeat
All he does is read from a blank sheet
He says: “Nothings wrong, It’s all under control”The news just takes your mind
Wants you to walk the lineBut the rain keeps falling down
It’s flooding my hometown
The rain keeps falling down
On me and you
Mr. Carpenter is stuck in the mud
He’s got his oldest boy pushing the truck
There’s lost belief where they used to find relief
Mr. Anarchist laughs at it all
And keeps a smile by hitting the bowl
The world’s cracking sure gonna get him stoned
Don’t dare to take a deep look
Some things just might be wrong
And the rain keeps falling down
It’s flooding my hometown
The rain keeps falling down
On me and you
Don’t dare to take a deep look
Some things just might be wrong
And the rain keeps falling down
It’s flooding my hometown
The rain keeps falling down
On me and you
Heartache Town
There ain’t no map to lead my way
I’m waiting for rain while my world turns grey
Too many thoughts, too many cigarettes
Too much love, what did you expect?We grew up in the same town
You up north, me down south
I tried to cross town, tried to bridge the gap
Now I stumble around
In heartache TownI ain’t got you, you ain’t got me
Unspoken words, oh they hurt
I ain’t got you, you ain’t got me
But girl it’s true, I still love youI can’t see your tears when it rains
But your heart aches and I’m to blame
Believe me I’m sorry, please be aware
Just don’t go down
In heartache Town
I ain’t got you, you ain’t got me
Unspoken words, oh they hurt
But our love is buried, where it can’t be found
In a secret place in heartache town
And the wounds are deep, but meant to be
‘cause we hang out, in heartache town
I ain’t got you, you ain’t got me
Sad but true, I still love you
Yeah girl it’s true, I still love you
Sweet Sixteen
I’ll do anything for my sweet sixteen
And I’ll do anything for little runaway childGave my heart an engagement ring, she took everything
Everything I gave her, my sweet sixteen
Built a moon for a rocking chair, I never guessed it would
rock her far from here, oh, oh, oh, oh, ohSomeone’s built a candy castle for my sweet sixteen
Someone’s built a candy brain and filled it inI’ll do anything for my sweet sixteen
And I’ll do anything for little runaway child
Memories will burn you, mem’ries grow older as people can
They just get colder, like sweet sixteen, oh I see it’s clear, baby
That you are all through here, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Someone’s built a candy castle for my sweet sixteen
Someone’s built a candy house to house her in
Oh I do anything for my sweet sixteen
Oh I do anything for little runaway girl
Sad and lonely and blue
Getting over you
How, how do you think it feels
To get up in the morning , get over you
Up in the morning, get over you
Wipe away the tears, get over you
Get over, Get over my sweet sixteen?
Gave my heart an engagement ring, she left everything
Everything I gave her, my sweet sixteen
Built a moon for a rocking chair, I never guessed it would
Rock her far from here, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Someone’s built a candy castle for my sweet sixteen
Someone’s built a candy house to house her in
And I’ll do anything for my sweet sixteen
oh I’ll do anything for little runaway child
do anything for my sweet sixteen
I’ll do anything for little runaway girl
Oh sweet sixteen, oh sweet sixteen
Too Young To Write A Song
I hear honky tonk songs across the road
And then I know, I got a long way to go
Until I’m there
The place where
I belong and look back onAll the things that I’ve done
The simple things that make my life runSo many ups
So many downs
So many friends come and go
So many hearts get broke
Still I haven’t done it all
I’m just too young, too young to write a songPassin’ by an old man as he sits on the porch
The lines on his face tell a story about
A life worn out
But now he’s found
He can sit and smoke his pipe so calm
And look back on the things he’s done
The simple things that made his life run
So many ups
So many downs
So many friends come and go
So many hearts get broke
Still I haven’t done it all
I’m just too young, too young to write a song
I gotta walk this road, many others did before
There ain’t no shortcuts, a few wrong turns that’s for sure
I hear honky tonk songs across the road
And then I know, I gotta long way to go
But I don’t mind
‘cause I will write
A honky tonk song and I will sing
About the things that I’ve done
The simple things that make my life run
So many ups
So many downs
So many friends come and go
So many hearts get broke
Still I haven’t done it all
I’m just too young, too young to write a song
I’ll write a song
Runnin’
Uh uh uh
Shots ring out while I sniff cocaine
Lightning flashes on a dead man in the rain
I try to hide in the night, but red lights shine bright
And they’re waiting with a ball and a chainI’m runnin’, runnin’
I’m runnin’ away from a lifetime in jail
I’m runnin’ away from youUh uh uhAs my buzz gets loose, need to get some booze
They’re calling out my name on the news
My picture fits the frame, the town’s getting armed
Hunting me, but I just killed my blues
I’m runnin’, runnin’
Runnin’ away from a lifetime in jail
I’m runnin’ away from you
Uh uh uh - counting bricks
Uh uh uh - just makes me sick
Uh uh uh - when I think
How the devil with the gun got away
Runnin’, runnin’,
Runnin’, he was runnin’ faster than me
Signed: The Liar
He plays some old records and drinks by himself
He thinks about her and how good holding her felt
And how he screwed up
He pays the price, cheap perfume and lies
All the nights she waited up
The song plays again and again
As he writesMy dear beloved, I’m doin’ fine on my own
I stay so busy, I’m hardly ever at home
Yeah life goes on, since we moved on
Signed: the liarShe takes off her apron and counts her tips
The bus drops her off near the duplex she rents
Her life’s a mess
She knows she’s missing him
As she writesMy dear beloved, I’m doing fine on my own
I stay so busy; I’m hardly ever at home
Yeah life goes on, since we moved on
Signed: the liar
The song plays again & again
She knows she misses him
And life ain’t easy when
You’re a liar…
I’ll Be Gone
Girl let’s make love one last time
Next day while it’s still dark you’ll hear my boots clicking goodbye
We’ll be nominated for the first couple that broke apart
Without breaking each others heartsOh oh I’ll be gone
The dog in me needs to run
Drinkin’ late nights having fun
Oh oh I’ll be goneThere’s no juke joint jumping in this town for me
All the girls look the same and the modern music just hurts my ears
I’m sick ‘n’ tired of this, it really tears me down
So me and my 6 string cover some groundOh oh I’ll be gone
The dog in me needs to run
The road’s a place I call my home
Oh oh I’ll be gone
I Ain’t Over You
Get yourself an apartment and make a stand
Put on some make-up and go out whenever you can
Find wild parties and live a life with no plan
But don’t stand still the way I do‘cause I ain’t over you
It’s sad but true
I still long for you
So I’m the foolGet yourself high and pop some corn in a pan
Put on a movie or spend the night with some man
You can let him get you weak between your legs with his hand
But don’t stand still the way I doI ain’t over you
It’s sad but true
I still long for you
‘cause I’m a fool
But what can a fool do?
When he still longs for you
It’s just sad but true
I ain’t over you
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Workin’ Man
Billy Brown
I knew a boy named Billy Brown
No one to help when he went down
Spent time with his father
‘Cause the mother had left with another
Billy finished high school
Went to see the world he met a girl
Got married quickly but suddenly she was goneBilly Brown down all alone
Who’s to blame, was he framed?
Billy Brown down without a sound
A sound of love that should have shown him the way
So Billy Brown broke downYears past and no one knew
What he did do on Fifth Avenue
The place where he lived
Where he worked and where he died
Father said: “be a fightin’ man”
Misunderstood, took a gun in his hand
His dreams of a family were now all goneBilly Brown down all alone
Who’s to blame, was he framed?
Billy Brown down without a sound
A sound of love that should have shown him the way
So Billy Brown broke down
Billy went to a coffee shop
Shots rang out, the barrel got hot
A woman and himself with the gun, just dropped
Billy Brown down all alone
Who’s to blame, was he framed?
Billy Brown down without a sound
A sound of love that should have shown him the way
So Billy Brown broke down
Workin’ Man
Shift boss watches me doing my job
He don’t know a lot about my work
That makes him a jerk
He wears a badge on his right sleeve
And it shows, he decides who goes
So it’s me who leavesSome guys work hard and they get far
Fought their lives, well they paid the price
Others with rich folks
Inherit a life at a real cheap priceYeah a workin’ man I am
As a workin’ man I stand
On my own and I won’t crawl home
My pride I’m gonna save
I’ll take it to my grave
On my own and I won’t crawl home
‘Cause a workin’ man I amWhen I left my home I kissed my mom goodbye
I said: “don’t cry, I am ol?d enough
To look for my stuff”
Seems like I was wrong
‘Cause all I’ve done came out wrong
And I sleep on a bed of stone
But my dreams aren’t gone
Yeah I learned my lesson and I’m still young
Gonna get my life and make a better run
Got my fathers hands, they know how to work
I’ll change myself and will deserve my badge
Yeah a workin’ man I am
As a workin’ man I stand
On my own and I won’t crawl home
My pride I’m gonna save
I’ll take it to my grave
On my own and I won’t crawl home
‘Cause a workin’ man I am
I believe if you work
You’ll get what you deserve
Yeah a workin’ man I am
As a workin’ man I stand
On my own and I won’t crawl home
My pride I’m gonna save
I’ll take it to my grave
On my own and I won’t crawl home
‘Cause a workin’ man I am
Scarred Boy
There’s a boy walking down the street
There’s a scar on his right cheek
He’s walking with ol’Jimmy and some other guys
Messing around with timeJimmy says who’s to pay
And scarred boy knows a way
Flippin’ out his knife he walks into a bar
Just like he got his scar
But he won’t get farYou ain’t cool you’re a fool
Just take care for who you are
You ain’t cool you’re a fool
Like this you will have it hard
Like this you won’t get farThe word was out today
Bad boy came of his way
A city cop caught him with a blood stained shirt
At least he won this fight
But got cut short
You ain’t cool you’re a fool
Just take care for who you are
You ain’t cool you’re a fool
Like this you will have it hard
You thought you were more
More than you could have been
You thought you’d change the world
For your hero called jimmy
You ain’t cool you’re a fool
Just take care for who you are
You ain’t cool you’re a fool
Like this you won’t get far
You ain’t cool you’re a fool
You ain’t cool you’re a fool …
Bell Rings Wrong
I came home today things were different
Frightened me
The girl I love was wearing a new dress
I didn’t see
Nothing’s on TV what else is there to do
I gotta get out of here to joe’s bar, that’s nearI walk down the street the church bell rings
Check my watch and I find outThe bell rings wrong
As folks move on I stand like a stone
I wish I could fly
Fly away to a better dayFinally there, some guys hang around
It’s the usual crowd
I feel alright but as soon as I order
The music’s too loud
Sittin’ there and drinkin’ my earnings from today
But that won’t get m?e far, so I pay and go on my way
But suddenly then the church bell rings
I check my watch and I find out
The bell rings wrong
As folks move on I stand like a stone
But I wish I could fly
Fly away to a better day
Maybe tomorrow the bell rings right again
I’ll fly away with you
Beauty-Queen
19 years old I tried to do what I’d been told
But I knew that there must be more
I opened up the door went out and down the back yard
And took my daddy’s old white carI tried to drive slow but started to speed up
Met a girl, she caught me with her smile
We drove on so fast but then we had a crash
All in all I just had this crushUh… she’s a Beauty-Queen
At a blink of an eye, so kind
Uh… she’s a Beauty-Queen
She knows what she wants and what she’s gotBroke down on the highway did not know where we’d stay
‘till the girl took me by the hand
She said: “come on let’s walk away don’t bat an eye and don’t ask why
Don’t even try to understand”
She had enough of her life being pretty and nice
Just like me, I had this feelin’ too
Uh… she’s a Beauty-Queen
At a blink of an eye, so kind
Uh… she’s a Beauty-Queen
She knows what she wants and what she’s got
And one thing she’s got is me with all my love
My Angel’s Whining
I look in the mirror what do I see
A lonesome boy who lost his songs but still plays along
Well that’s me, me dressed up I tied my tie
Try to put on a perfect smile
To make me ready for this day
But I can’t, don’t ask why I can’tI hear my angel is whining
She kneels on the floor with a broken heart
I hear my angel is crying
She hides her face – she’s lost her faith in meI look at my lifeline it’s short but tight
Full with all the things I’ve said and done so damn wrong
I feel ashamed, ashamed of me
‘Cause I scared ?the ones who cared
Now their gone and I’m all alone
Should give a call and then they’d come
But I don’t, don’t ask why I don’tI hear my angel is whining
She kneels on the floor with a broken heart
I hear my angel is crying
She hides her face – she’s lost her faith in me
Gentle
Today in the news I heard about a woman I once knew
She was gentle
She didn’t talk much about her feelings Her hours off were few
Poor woman
I knew you and what you did toShe worked her days alone when her man came home hearts turned to stone
Poor woman
She hardly ever left the farm and when she hoped she could talk
To other women
Mostly it ended in small talksShe didn’t die yesterday
Long ago
Alive in a row
A life meant to work and to wait
Until you die
Until she died
Gentle woman, gentle womanAt dinner time the kids were shoutin’ around she tried to slow ‘em down
With gentle talkin’
But nothin’ happened ‘til the father shouted at them then all was fine again
But the smallest boy
Wasted a tear because of fear
She didn’t die yesterday
Long ago
Alive in a row
A life meant to work and to wait
Until you die
Until she died
Poor gentle woman, gentle woman, gentle woman
A Honky Tonk Tale
Another story of a honky tonk guy
Who lost his heart
To that sweet little western girl
They won’t fall apart
All the men in town were sad
And they asked why
I can tell you it’s his style
A honky tonk guyHonky tonk, you don’t need no cadillac
Honky tonk, you can even be a little fat
Honky tonk, you just need an old guitar
A million songs to play and you’ll go farAnother story of a honky tonk guy
He ain’t rich
The girl saw him on stage one time
She said: “i’ll make him mine”
Invited him for a long cool beer
It’s a sign of hers
She don’t like to drink oh dear
That’s the only curseHonky tonk, you don’t need no cadillac
Honky tonk, you can even be a little fat
Honky tonk, you just need an old guitar
A million songs to play and you’ll go far
Now they’re married and have a boy
What’s his favourite toy?
It’s a guitar in his hand
He’ll be a honky tonk man
Honky tonk, you don’t need no cadillac
Honky tonk, you can even be a little fat
Honky tonk, you just need an old guitar
A million songs to play and you’ll go far
A million songs to play and you’ll go far
Easy Life
Waitin’ to be picked up
Waitin’ by the bus stop
In front of a department store
Nothing here, looked before
Anyway it’s locked
No way to talkA few people walk by
They hardly can say hi
I stopped asking why
‘cause I think it’s me
Hidden I feel safe
Now I’m in a caveYou should know that I’m goin’ to break through
The grey wall that stands between me and you
I don’t know
How time runs now
I better be a quiet man
You’ll be happy againThe bus is here I get in
Feeling not, just my skin
All ?my thoughts and my pain
No more blood in my veins
I got an easy life
Faked friends give me five
You should know that I’m goin’ to break through
The grey wall that stands between me and you
I don’t know
How time runs now
I better be a quiet man
You’ll be happy again
Heart Of Stone
I need hope but it is the hardest thing to keep
When you done no deeds
I saw this girl she stood there
I should have asked where she’s from
Now I sit at homeWith a beer in my hand in my old corner chair
It’s not yet dark but getting there
I just gotta wait
I can finally ask myself
Why things have turned out so
Well I can’t explain
I guess my heart is a heart of stoneNow I remember back, back to my first love
Oh, she sure was fine
But never meant to be mine
Three days ago I got a call
It was her sweet voice
Well, I just hung upI couldn’t talk was it fear or my false pride
Now I sit here with a beer to drown
And I can finally ask myself
Why things have turned out so
Well I can’t explain
I guess my ?heart is a heart of stone
With a beer in my hand in my old corner chair
I’m as blue as blue can be
I sit and stare
And I finally ask myself
Why things have turned out so
Well I’m alone
‘Cause my heart is a heart of stone
I’m all alone, with a heart of stone
