WELCOME TO THE SLUM

 

WISE  MAMA

WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN IN MY  NEIGHBOURHOOD

MAMA USED TO CALL  MY NAME

WITH A BLACK  OLD DRESS AND A ROCKIN’ SOUL

YOU KNOW I STILL CAN HEAR HER SAY

 

YOU GOT TO KNOW YOUR LIFE IS NOT TO WASTE IT

DO  WHAT  YOU WANT AND GO YOUR WAY

DON’T LET THE PAIN YOU VE ALREADY TASTED

TO LET YOU DOWN AND LET YOUR SELF FREE

 

MAMA,IT IS LIKE YOU SAID,IT’S LIKE YOU THOUGHT

BUT I GO  DOWN LOW

MAMA AM I RIGHT OR WRONG,CAUSE I WALK THE ROAD

OF A HONEST MAN

 

SHE HAD BLESSED MY  LIFE WITH A HOLY DREAM

FIND MY SELF SOME PIECE OF MIND

SHE SAID DON’T FORGET YOU CAN ALWAYS GET

WHATEVER YOU GOT ON YOUR  MIND

 

YOU GOT TO KNOW YOUR LIFE IS NOT TO WASTE IT

DO  WHAT  YOU WANT AND GO YOUR WAY

DON’T LET THE PAIN YOU VE ALREADY TASTED

TO LET YOU DOWN AND LET YOUR SELF FREE

 

MAMA,IT IS LIKE YOU SAID,IT’S LIKE YOU THOUGHT

BUT I GO  DOWN LOW

MAMA AM I RIGHT OR WRONG,CAUSE I WALK THE ROAD OF A HONEST MAN

 

MAMA..MAMA…MAMA..

CAN YOU HEAR  ME?

 

WATER IN A  FOREIGN  LAND

WHEN  I  WAS YOUNG,IN  MY HOMETOWN

EVERYTHING SEEMED  SO FINE

PEOPLE AROUND ME WERE DREAMIN,

NOW THEY  RE ‘BOUT  TO LOSE THEIR  MIND

 

NOW THAT THE TIMES  ARE CHANGING

THE EVIL  OF MAN ARRIVED

JOHNNY  HES  NOT  EVEN WALKIN’,

NOONE CAN  SAVE  THEIR  LIFE

 

GIVE  THEM  BACK,GIVE THEM BACK NOW

WHAT THEY HAD BEFORE

GIVE THEM PEACE ‘N LOVE AND LET THE RIVER FLOW

CAUSE EVERBODY OUT THERE IS DYING

 

SEEKING WATER IN  A FOREIGN LAND

WATER IN A FOREIGN LAND

 

PRAYING FOR MERCY IN A BLACK  LAND,

DOWN IN THEIR WOUNDED KNEES

TRYIN TO GET BACK IN THE DREAM LAND,

NOONE CAN  CURE THE DESEASE...

 

THEY HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR COOL BOOKS,

NOW THEY CAN  BREAK THE LAW

LEADERS THEY TALK FOR  SALVATION,

BUT EVERYTHING’S  FAKE LIKE A SHOW

 

GIVE  THEM BACK,GIVE THEM BACK

WHAT THEY HAD BEFORE

GIVE THEM PEACE ‘N LOVE AND LET THE RIVER FLOW

CAUSE EVERBODY OUT THERE IS DYING

 

SEEKING WATER IN  A FOREIGN LAND

WATER IN A FOREIGN LAND

 

FIRE IN HER EYES

WELL I ‘M IN LOVE WITH THAT WOMAN

AND I KNOW THAT I  ‘M GONNA BE BURNED IN HELL

SHE WAS BORN IN THE LAND OF DREAMS 

WHERE ANGELS FLY AND DEVIL SCREAMS

 

EVER SINCE I SET MY  EYES ON YOU

I REALISED THAT  YOU ‘RE MY DREAM COME TRUE

COLOURED PICTURES ARE  FILLIN’ UP  MY MIND

 NOW I KNOW THAT TRUTH IS JUST SO HARD TO  FIND

 

I SEE FIRE IN HER EYES

AND SHES BURNING DOWN MY LIFE OF MISERY

I  SEE LOVE  IN THE SKIES

AND I ‘M RUNNIN DOWN A DREAM OF MYSTERY

 

ANGELS FLY IN MY WORRIED MIND

AND I JUST DON’T CARE WHAT IS WRONG OR RIGHT

CRAZY BLOOD IS RUNNIN THROUGH MY BONES

ALL  I FEEL IS  THAT SHE IS MY  HOME

 

I SEE FIRE IN HER EYES

AND SHES BURNING DOWN MY LIFE OF MISERY

I  SEE LOVE  IN THE SKIES

AND I ‘M RUNNIN DOWN A DREAM OF MYSTERY

 

WHAT’S WRONG

YOUR  LIFE        SEEMS FINE           BUT ITS TRUE THAT…

YOU  NEED MORE        MUCH  MORE           TO BE HAPPY

GOT A JOB             A HOME              AND A WOMAN

SO WHAT?         LIFE’S HARD            FOR A GOOD MAN...

 

CAUSE  I KNOW,YES I KNOW

EVERYTIME YOU DREAM YOUR BACK’S AGAINST THE WALL

AND ALL YOU SEE IS A BITTER WORLD

SO ITS TIME TO SAY THE THINGS YOU VE  NEVER  TOLD

 

TELL ME WHAT’S WRONG-TELL ME  WHAT’S WRONG BROTHER

SAY  THE TRUTH CAUSE I JUST  DON’T  BOTHER

TELL ME THE  WAY THAT YOU CLIMB YOUR LADDER

SAY THE TRUTH CAUSE I ‘M  NOT  YOUR FATHER

TELL ME WHAT’S WRONG-TELL ME  WHAT’S WRONG BROTHER

 

YOU WAKE  UP         AT SIX           YOU FEEL  SLEEPY

BACK THEN            YOU WERE          A HIPPY….

YOUR DAD             WAS  CRUEL             AT FIFTY

YOUR MOM           SHE RULED               HIS PITY

 

AND  I KNOW… YES I KNOW

EVERYTIME YOU DREAM YOUR BACK’S AGAINST THE WALL

AND ALL YOU SEE IS A BITTER WORLD

SO ITS TIME TO SAY THE THINGS YOU VE  NEVER  TOLD

 

 

TELL ME WHAT’S WRONG-TELL ME  WHAT’S WRONG BROTHER

SAY  THE TRUTH CAUSE I JUST  DON’T  BOTHER

TELL ME THE  WAY THAT YOU CLIMB YOUR LADDER

SAY THE TRUTH CAUSE I ‘M  NOT  YOUR FATHER

TELL ME WHAT’S WRONG-TELL ME  WHAT’S WRONG BROTHER

 

BLACK STONE

SO MANY TIMES I ‘VE THOUGHT  THAT EVERYTHING IS WRONG

SO  MANY  TIMES I FEEL THAT  NOTHING MAKES ME STRONG

 I KNOW THERE MUST BE SOMETHING MORE TO FIND

BEFORE I FADE AWAY ‘N LOSE MY MIND..

 

I GOT TO THROW A BLACK STONE IN  MY PAST

AND  CHASE THE CLOUDS AWAY

I GOT TO THINK  THAT BAD TIMES NEVER LAST

OH NOTHING CAN SAVE ME NOW

BUT THE NAKED TRUTH THAT LIES BENEATH THE GROUND

 

SO MANY TIMES I VE THOUGHT THAT LIFE CAN BE SO CRUEL

SO MANY TIMES I  DREAM OF A LIFE WITHOUT A RULE

I KNOW  THERE ARE  SO  MANY  THINGS TO CHANGE

BEFORE I  FADE AWAY I ‘LL TURN THE PAGE

 

I GOT TO THROW A BLACK STONE IN  MY PAST

AND  CHASE THE CLOUDS AWAY

I GOT TO THINK  THAT BAD TIMES NEVER LAST

OH NOTHING CAN SAVE ME NOW

BUT THE NAKED TRUTH THAT LIES BENEATH THE GROUND

 

HONEY BEE

IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN

GIRL YOU GOT  TO  UNDERSTAND

IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN

I AINT GONNA  BE YOUR BACK DOOR  MAN

 

NEVER HAD A WOMAN

TREAT ME BABE THE WAY YOU DO

NEVER HAD A WOMAN

MAKE MY SWEETEST DREAMS COME TRUE..

 

COME ON

BABY WON’T YOU LET ME  BE

COME ON..

PEOPLE SHE’S A HONEY BEE

 

HEY BROTHER CAN  YOU HELP ME...

CAUSE I  DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT LOVE

I WAS  JUST A POOR BOY

AND NOW  SHE STOLE A POOR MAN’S SOUL

 

CAUSE ALL I EVER WANTED

WAS S A WOMAN MINE ALL MINE

ALL I EVER WANTED

WAS TO FIND SOME  PEACE OF MIND

 

COME ON..

PEOPLE SHE’S A HONEY BEE

COME ON

BABY WON’T YOU LET ME  BE

 

HEY WOMAN IF YOU WANT ME

YOU GOTTA CHANGE  YOUR CRAZY WAYS

YOU  ‘RE NOTHIN BUT A HEARTACHE

YOU ARE JUST  MORE THAN I CAN TAKE

 

STRANDED

CANT SLEEP EVER SINCE SHES GONE,I CANNOT FIND HER TRACE

I SEE  THE PICTURES ON  THE WALL, I CANT  ESCAPE  HER FACE

I DIDN’T CARE ABOUT WASTED DAYS, I DIDN’T CARE ABOUT  PAIN

AND NOW I THINK I M A  HOMELESS  CHILD  OUT  THERE IN THE RAIN

 

ROUGH NIGHTS AND MY DAYS ARE DARK,MY FACE AINT GOT NO SMILE

I TAKE A WALK  IN THE MISTY PARK,ALTHOUGH ITS NOT MY STYLE

OHH IT USED TO  BE LIKE THE SWEETEST DREAM,THE BEST THING IN  MY LIFE

AND NOW I M LIVING  IN  A HORROR FILM,SHE CUTS ME LIKE A KNIFE

 

STRANDED , BLINDED

BY  HER LOVE THAT’S FADED

NOW I  KNOW THAT

YES I KNOW I VE BEEN THE FOOL  

 

SOMETIMES WHEN I SEE THE SKIES,I THINK I SEE HER SMILE

I LISTEN TO MY  FAVOURITE SONGS,I FEEL I AM IN EXILE

OHH NOW I KNOW I AM A WISER MAN,I KNOW JUST WHAT  IT TAKES

TO GIVE YOUR LOVE FOR  A  BROKEN DREAM THAT NOTHING CAN REPLACE

 

STRANDED , BLINDED

BY  HER LOVE THAT’S FADED

NOW I  KNOW THAT

YES I KNOW I VE BEEN THE FOOL 

 

OH SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY,SHE WAS JUST THE ONLY REASON

WHY I GO  MY  WAY

OH WHAT ELSE CAN  I SAY

NOW I M JUST ANOTHER STRANGER WITH  MANY DUES TO PAY…

 

SING ME A ROCKIN’ SONG

GIRL  THE DAY THAT I  LL  DIE,I  DON’T  WANT  YOU TO  CRY

THERES NO NEED  TO FEEL BAD,BRING ME A ROCK  N  ROLL BAND

 

TO SING ME A ROCKIN  SONG

THIS IS REALLY WHERE I  BELONG

CAUSE LIFE IS A WAY TOO LONG

DRINK MY  WINE AND DON’T GET ME  WRONG

 

I VE BEEN GOOD TO THE BAD,I STOOD TALL IN THE MUD

CAUSE OUR LIFE IS A JOKE,ALL THE WORDS THAT WE SPOKE

 

 SING ME A ROCKIN  SONG

THIS IS REALLY WHERE I  BELONG

CAUSE LIFE IS A WAY TOO LONG

DRINK MY  WINE AND DON’T GET ME  WRONG

 

 

HEART ‘N  SOUL

IN MY WORRIED  MIND I CAN  FEEL THE RAIN

SOMETHING DEEP  INSIDE GOT ME IN AN  ENDLESS PAIN

LET ME SAY SOMETHING ‘BOUT THE  THINGS I KNOW

I  WANT  BACK  THE GOOD TIMES AND THE  DAYS OF ROCK  ‘N  ROLL

 

THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF MY  HEART N MY  SOUL

NOW THAT I KNOW THAT THEY SHOOT YOU  TO  FALL

THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF MY HEART ‘N  MY SOUL

WE USED TO LIVE  FOR THE TRUE ROCK ‘N  ROLL…

 

I CAN SEE NOBODY IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD

WHERE IS EVERYBODY?WE WERE  IN A  CRAZY MOOD

NOW THE TIMES ARE CHANGING  NOTHING IS STILL THE SAME

GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON WHY I HAVE  TO LIVE IN SHAME

 

THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF MY  HEART N MY  SOUL

NOW THAT I KNOW THAT THEY SHOOT YOU  TO  FALL

THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF MY HEART ‘N  MY SOUL

WE USED TO LIVE  FOR THE TRUE ROCK ‘N  ROLL…

 

 

THESE WHERE THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE IN MY SOUL

NOW THAT I  KNOW THAT THEY SHOOT YOU TO FALL

THESE WHERE THE DAYS OF MY  HEART  N MY SOUL

WE USED  TO LIVE ONLY FOR ROCK N ROLL

 

TRADE

I ‘M  DROWNING IN A RIVER,SURROUNDED BY THE STORM

SOMEONE SEND ME AN ANGEL,TO LOVE ME N KEEP  ME WARM

I FEEL LIKE I ‘M IN PRISON,BEHIND THE CITY WALLS

MONEY CANT BUY FREEDOM AND MOTHER NATURE CALLS

 

IT SEEMS I VE LOST THE REASON,THE REASON  WHY I LIVE

I TRADED LIFE FOR NOTHING,I  LOST THE WAY TO DREAM

 

SOMETHING DEEP INSIDE OF ME IS TELLING ME I  ‘M WRONG

USELESS INFORMATION KEEP ME GOING ON

I THOUGHT I WAS IN HEAVEN,THEY PUT ME DOWN IN  HELL

I USED  TO BE A REBEL  AND NOW I ONLY YELL…

 

IT SEEMS I VE LOST THE REASON,THE REASON  WHY I LIVE

I TRADED LIFE FOR NOTHING,I  LOST THE WAY TO DREAM

 

SHIP NEVER SAILED

THE WINTER’S COMING INTO YOUR SOUL

LIKE A DREAM YOU ‘VE NEVER KNOWN

TOO TIRED OF SEARCHING THE PARADISE

EVERY  TIME YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES

 

STAYIN HOME, ALL  ALONE

 

LIKE A SHIP NEVER SAILED IN THE UNENDED  SEA

LIKE A TRAIN NEVER FOUND OUT ITS RAIL

BUT THE LIGHT IN YOUR SOUL SHINES LIKE NEVER BEFORE

SO BABY DON’T YOU CRY

ANYMORE

 

INTO THE DARK  THERE’S A FAIRYTALE

ITS TELLING HOW  YOU CAN  FIND  YOUR WAY

YOU WASTE  YOUR TIME THINKING  OF YOUR LIFE

BUT  YOU KNOW YOU WON’T BE ALIVE…

 

STAYIN HOME, ALL  ALONE...

 

LIKE A SHIP NEVER SAILED IN THE UNENDED  SEA

LIKE A TRAIN NEVER FOUND OUT ITS RAIL

BUT THE LIGHT IN YOUR SOUL SHINES LIKE NEVER BEFORE

SO BABY DON’T YOU CRY

ANYMORE