Amen, Amen I'm siphoning gass from the high school bus Into the tank of my beat-up bug So I can drive away from the shouting and misery I drive into
I want to be somebody I want to make a difference Little boy caught in a drive-by Witnessed the killer who made his daddy die And 'cause he identified
The autumn leaves drift by my window The autumn leaves all red and gold I see your lips The summer kisses The sunburned hand I used to hold But since
Your eyes, they conjure up those cliffs of Moher Far away and not listening anymore Dreaming of life on another shore Not here, not now, with me, the
Carmen, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know if I can go back Carmen I'll never be never be never be the same again Carmen The way you set the table
Pulling on the apron strings, looking up Standing on the chair to be grown up I feel so little, I need my pillow I hate the time, I hate the clock I want
Tell me how the story will unfold, I know you see everything. Tell me all about the torch and scroll, I know you know everything. So why do you come
Lord, make me a lightnin' bolt to burn off this ring Comin' down, comin' down Lord, make me a skilsaw to cut through these chains Comin' down, comin'
I'm black on blacker velvet, milk skin and veins Like some El Greco painting, so full of pain So full of longing for light of day I thought I knew who
Love, love You make me feel like a sticky pistil Leaning into a stamen You make me feel like a Mister Sunshine Himself You make me feel like splendor
Here I am, a black-eyed bird, remaining silent. I simply watch, your little life from high above. Wanting to call you, wanting to sing, Inside your
Whether it be across the sea Kosovo, Baghdad, Korea Or here at home, right under our fingertips In new slavery prison systems Holding one in four black
I remember the pain in my mother's eyes I remember the pain of her compromise years ago I always wanted to help to make it go away I didn't know it was
Who is this hurting mother? I don't want to be her now Who in the hell's that sad reflection? How did I lose myself? How many time I walk the river, wondering
There is a diamond inside of me That lights up the sky of my soul Where fell the diamond when I believed That all of the hurt was my fault I'm opening
Where's my white knight, my prince to save the day? I've always paved my own way I'm all alone bringin' home the bread Raisin' the kid, fixin' the bed
Goya and El Greco, Gaugin and Van Gogh Painted light in the darkness, Chiaroscuro Imagine we were a painting a woman and a man Two lovers on a canvas,
I nearly died I suicided softly I saw her shadow through the cafe window I watched you lean across the table I watched you whisper in her ear And she
