let's go do what happens 1998

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I believe in a happy land

where the people die so we can understand

I still don’t know if I’m for sure

but I hold a faith that what I feel is right

If you believe that your number one

very soon you’ll be number one

Last night I crucified an old belief of mine

Then I told everybody that I could fly

and the whole damn world they said I’d lost my mind

The priest and the bishop and the girl next door

laughed in my face they'll laugh no more

‘Cause I don’t know if I want them to see that I’m living in a world

My own reality

What’s true for you ain’t true for me

One small step for man

One giant leap for mankind

I believe in a happy land

where the present day is really promised land

I still don’t know if I’m for sure

but I hold a faith that what I see is right

If you believe that pigs can fly

very soon your pig will fly

Last night I crucified an old belief of mine

Then I told everybody that I could fly

and the whole damn world, they said I’d lost my mind

The priest and the bishop and the girl next door

laughed in my face they'll laugh no more

‘Cause I don’t know if I want them to see that I’m living in a world

My own reality

What’s true for you ain’t true for me

And if you believe that the world is against you

Then so it will be in your experience

And if you believe that you are poor and always will be

Then your experience will so prove to you

And I just know that your gonna be free when your living in your world

Your own reality

What’s true for you ain’t true for me

I would like to fly to the moon

And walk across my feelings for you

I would take a bucket and a spade

Dig a hole and then look at the love that I made

I would like to buy you sunflowers

I would like to build you a flower

And Lord it would be my finest hour

I would take that glint in your eye

Light a candle and hold up my love to the sky

I would like to buy you sunflowers

And so I looked at my watch on the way to the moon

I feel my love shining down on you

The feelings I traveled upon, flowers

Then I would like to buy you sunflowers if only I had the will to change

I would like to buy you sunflowers if only I had the guts to change

I would like to buy you sunflowers if only I had the time to change

And so I looked at my watch on the way to the moon

I see my love shining down on you

The feelings I traveled upon were

Hopeless, lifeless until the moon turned to the sun

Now I would like to buy you sunflowers

Hide away all your fears

and the truth in your heart will follow

Show yourself to yourself

and you don’t have to wait until tomorrow

You make me feel, you make me see

I want you by my side to throw that perfect shape inside of me

All my life I’ve been telling myself that I can’t go on no longer

I don’t know why I’m crying ‘cause I feel so happy

Now the words are cast in numbers

And you make me feel, you make me see

I want you by my side to throw that perfect shape inside of me

You make me high, you make me free

I want you in my mind together so we can be free

to grow that perfect shape inside of me

Come to me now ‘cause I’m ready

You’re the light of my world

You make me feel, you make me see

I want you by my side to throw that perfect shape inside of me

I never knew you could get high on water

I never knew you could get full on nothing at all

What if the question is the answer?

What if living here isn’t living here at all

It’s a big hallucination

and crazy is a pitstop when your on your way home

I went back to 1937

then I went and landed on the moon

I often visit my dead father

but I never leave the room

And your not here like you think you are

Crazy is a pitstop when your on your way home

I know what I sound like I know what I mean

I want to discover love inside of me

I want to fly away into a sky that I created

Where the only thing you need to know

is where the greatest thermal winds will blow

I should’ve died there, inside, I think I’m on my way home

Lord of attack conjoins with the Lord of learning in the house of

The Lord of wisdom

Last chance to make it in the sunlight

Last chance to get yourself a good time

I drove a taxi across the water

I didn’t know that thinking was real

and every single thing I recognize, I realize

The only truth is what I feel

And whether you like it or not, you are me and I’m you

as we dream ourselves together

as I contribute to the weather

Crazy is a pitstop when your on the way home

And I’m crazy ‘cause I know that everyone’s inside of me.

You can hear me call your name

but I haven’t said a single word tonight

Like a bird that sails a thermal sky

trusting the invisible

How can I fall?

How can I fail?

When I’m Jonah inside the whale.

So I cry out like a baby

because I know you’ll hear my words

And I can get tomorrow

if you hold on to this heart of mine

You can hear my cry for freedom

as I learn to trust the living that’s inside

In a world that sells a pack of lies

and draws me to my ego

How can I fall

How can I fail

When I’m Jonah inside the whale

And I know you’re always with me

even though you can’t be heard

A perfect understanding

as you breathe into this heart of mine

So the fox is in the hole again

The hounds are at the door

News paper stories

lying more and more

There’s a little girl starting school today

to learn the whole thing over

But how can she fall

How can she fail

When she’s Jonah inside the whale

Molly came home from work and found her cat dead

She suddenly realized she wanted a dog instead

She dashed down to the kennel and bought herself a puppy

And on that first walkies she ran across a yuppie

His name was Steven, he was very clean shaven and patient

Just the type of guy to help her build the kinda life

That she’s been craving

And still to this day, coincidence is all the rage!

I’m riding on the back of a giant bird

Bigger than you, bigger than me

On the west side of your memory

The scent that sings your pot poureé

The flour in your bakery

Johnny and Rita had a real thing going on

Johnny shows Rita to his best friend called Bobbie

Who freaks over Rita, she finds herself smitten

With Bobbie’s commitment to old fashioned values

So they run off together, it’s a match made in heaven

She is a painter and he is a turpentine seller

Just the kind of love to make a lonely man

And lonely woman better

And still to this day coincidence is all the rage!

I’m riding on the back of a giant bird

Bigger than you, bigger than me

It’s the fight in your artillery

The painting in your gallery

The food in your delivery

I don’t want to break your heart in two

There's just one thing I’d like you to try

Don’t let science take your wings away

You can live tomorrow from today

Frankie got out of school and found himself dead

Instead of a diploma they gave him some white bread

And Graham was in Chicago in a middle class home

Destined for marriage and a lock on his bone

And Johnny was Italian and it was meant to be

All kinds of stupid till he moved to New York City

Just the type of town to help create

The type of music that’s free

I’m riding on the back of a giant bird

Bigger than you, bigger than me

Bigger than all history

I just bought a ticket for the journey of my life

I gotta do this thing so I can feel all right

Oh not me again, not me again

Someone points a gun up to my head but I’m alone

I want to run away but I can’t let it go

Oh not me again, not me again

Drove down the I’95 with a cigarette in my hand

2000 reasons that I don’t understand

The Philly sun is shining in my eyes

I start believing when I hear that voice inside

"Hey there man, do you wanna be happy, do you wanna be free?"

Blessed be the angry for angry they will be

I gotta change this thing that screams inside of me

Oh not me again, not me again

Drove down the I’95 with smile across my face

I see the flowers bloom I see the human race

I got my power back from talking to my friend

60 miles of reason and I hear that voice again

"Hey there man, do you wanna be happy, do you wanna be free?"

Drove down the I’95 with the whole world in my hand

Got all the things I need to finally understand

Still on a journey that I started long ago

The car is round the corner but the wheels have just come home.

Whats the point of hanging on to an image of yourself?

I question my redemption and I knew it had to go

because the story about the struggle in life is completly over.

I should’ve known that when I left you

That you wouldn’t run right back to me

I should’ve changed the way I feel ‘cause I know you changed the way I

see

I should’ve opened up my eyes and let you walk right back for free

Now I can’t get you off my mind

The photograph is lost in time

It’s all because of this crazy little heart of mine

This old heart of mine

If angels never made us then how come you look heavenly

And they say God is within us is that why your inside of me

I wanna hold you right beside me ‘cause I don’t know what God I see

Now I can’t get you off my mind

The photograph is lost in time

It’s all because of this crazy little heart of mine

This old heart of mine

A crazy little heart

A crazy little heart

A crazy little heart

So I close my eyes and I go to bed

But I still have you in my head

It’s all because that I didn’t take the time

To get to see you shine

This crazy little heart of mine

Lord have mercy on me

Reading too many newspapers watch too much TV

and it gets to the part where the black lady says

"We’re gonna go down with the money we’re spending now"

Now I don’t wanna sound like your savior

and I don’t wanna represent blue but

where ever you go where ever you are

You got a home in my heart

Lord take a look at my home

Too many afternoon talk shows and crap on the phone

and it gets to the part where the old lady says

"We’ll never be happy with the money they’re giving us now"

Now I don’t wanna sound like your savior

and I don't wanna represent blue but

where ever you go and where ever you are

You got a home in my heart

Who brought me here to this world so long ago?

Who shaped my young face and welded my bones?

Who watered my hair and twisted my nose?

I need a light to see where I'm going

So whoever brought me here will have to take me home.

I heard a voice in my head the other day

It wasn’t my voice ‘cause I don’t have much to say

"Better get direction or you might have a fall"

I need a light to see where I'm going

Whoever brought me here will have to take me home.

Freedom leaks from your every pore

You’ll find free if you give him a go

The sticker that your mother pinned to your head

Should’ve been exploded a long time ago

Magic moves in mysterious ways

Mystery lives in the energy waves

Energy lives in the back of your mind

A higher vibration you will climb

If you’re 64.5 FM you’ll see 64.5 FM

you’ll see bugs in your walls

struggling souls trapped in a life of winner takes all

If you’re 98.2 FM you’ll see 98.2 FM

you’ll see banquet halls and nature calls

You’ll be free in a world of friends

I found myself inside a big cocoon

I thought I was toilet but I’m living room

8 brand new batteries make a much bigger smile

I need a light to see where I'm going

Whoever brought me here will have to take me home.

How can I sing like an angry man

When I’m not particularly angry anymore

I’m selling hope to all the people

Like selling sins to the devil

But the TV shows another war

I think I’ll start a fire and throw it

I’m as free as a bird

I didn’t have the time to read the headlines

Spent my whole life

caught up somebody else’s dead lines

But freedom’s calling revolution

Freedom’s calling Revolution inside

How can I sing like a bitter man

When I’m not particularly bitter anymore

I’m selling light to all the people

Like selling scent to the flowers

But the TV shows a world at war

But 98% are not at war!

I was raised by my mam

We didn’t have the time to meet the breadline

I spent my whole life

caught up in a cloud to make the headlines

But freedom calling me revolution

Freedom calling Revolution inside

The doctor comes and he’s looking for a reason

Selling you pills for the next flu season

Bus stop sign says your gonna get ill

The drug store sign says your gonna get ill

The TV says you better watch your back

It will all be well with a vitamin pack

Therapy says that you’re all wrong inside

Dirt and filth in the back of your mind

But the only thing wrong with you and me

is the lies they sell so you can’t be free

So trust yourself

and I swear I saw the promised land

I swear I saw an eagle

I swear I feel an evolution

I swear I feel a Revolution

Maybe its the time for another Revolution

Maybe its a sign to question constitution

They say the national interest is mine but I don’t need the illusion

They paint another crisis sign but I don’t buy pollution

Freedom’s calling Revolution inside

When I came out of my mother’s womb

They put a sticker on my head that said

Roman-catholic-white-trash-piece-of-garbage isn’t going anywhere

I believed them for a while

But then I started getting all these anti-messages from my psyche

This is a message to all the youth of 1998

Give up your day job

and follow the grief trail home

Follow the grief trail home

If you’re sixteen years old with final exams

Society’s got you by the balls

You can learn that grown up stuff in your 40’s if you want to

Take no heed what teacher says

They’re teaching you the garbage that I learned some years ago

Children has society got you by the scruff of the neck

Have they got you all pumped up on prozac

Has the government got you thinking that they really care about you

Have you stopped listening to your own inner voice

by watching all that disaster TV

Well I have a message for you, well I have a message for you amen

Tune in, turn on and smash it all up, because nothing really matters

Like you think it does anyway

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