(This is a song Charles Manson stole from the Beatles. We're stealing it back.)
When you get to the bottom
You go back to the top of the slide
And you stop and you turn
And you go for a ride
Then you get to the bottom
Then you see me again
Do you, don't you want me to love you
Coming down fast I'm right here above you
Tell me tell me tell me the answer
Ain't no lover but you ain't no dancer
Helter skelter
Helter skelter
Helter skelter
Do you, don't you want me to make you
I'm coming down fast now don't let me break you
Tell me tell me tell me the answer
You ain't no lover but you ain't no dancer
Helter skelter
Helter skelter
Helter skelter
When you get to the bottom
You go back to the top of the slide
And you turn and you stop
And you go for a ride
Then you get to the bottom
Then you see me again
Do you, don't you want me to love you
Coming down fast I'm right here above you
Tell me tell me tell me the answer
Ain't no lover but you ain't no dancer
Hold me now, oh hold me now
'til this hour has gone around
And I'm gone on the rising tide
For to face Van Dieman's land
It's a bitter pill I swallow here
To be rent from one so dear
We fought for justice and not for gain
But the magistrate sent me away
Now kings will rule and the poor will toil
And tear their hands as they tear the soil
But a day will come in this dawning age
When an honest man sees an honest wage
Hold me now, oh hold me now
'til this hour has gone around
And I'm gone on the rising tide
For to face Van Dieman's land
Lover, I'm off the street
I'm gonna go where the bright lights
And the big city meet
With a red guitar, on fire...
Desire
She's the candle burning in my room
I'm like the needle, needle and spoon
Over the counter with that shotgun ...
Pretty soon, everybody's got one
I'm in fever when I'm beside her ...
Desire
Desire
Right
And the fever getting higher...
Desire
Desire
I'm burning...
I'm burning...
She's the dollars
She's my protection
Yeah, she's a promise
In the year of election.
Oh sister, I can't let you go!
I'm like a preacher
Stealing hearts at a traveling show
For love of money, money, money
Money, money, money
Money
Money, money
Money, money
And the fever gettin' higher...
Desire
Desire
Desire
Desire
All right
Desire
Desire
All right
Like a desert needs rain
Like a town needs a name
I need your love.
Like a drifter needs a room
Hawkmoon...
I need your love.
I need your love...
Like a rhythm unbroken
Like drums in the night
Like sweet soul music
Like sunlight
I need your love.
Like coming home
And you don't know where you've been
Like black coffee
Like nicotine
I need your love.
I need your love.
I need your love.
I need your love.
I need your love...
I need your love.
When the night has no end
And the day yet to begin
As the room spins around
I need your love.
I need your love.
Like a Phoenix rising
Needs a holy tree
Like the sweet revenge
Of a bitter enemy
I need your love.
I need your love.
Like a hawk needs the sun
Like honey on her tongue
Like the muzzle of a gun
Like oxygen
I need your love.
I need your love.
Need your love.
I need your love.
I need your love.
Yeah.
I need your love.
When the night has no end
And the day yet to begin
As the room spins around
I need your love.
I need your love.
I need your love.
I need your love.
I need your love.
I need your love.
I need your love.
I need your love...
I need your love...
I need your love...
Like the thunder needs rain
Like a preacher needs pain
Like tongues of flame
Like a sheet stain
Need your love!
I need your love.
Like a needle needs a vein
Like someone to blame
Like a thought unchained
Like a runaway train
Need your love!
I need your love.
Need your love.
I need your love.
I need your love.
I need your love.
I need your love.
I need your love.
Like faith needs a doubt
In the heart of the heat, oh my love
Like a free way out
In the heart of the heat, oh my love
I need your love.
In the heart of the heat, oh my love
In the heart of the heat, oh my love
In the heart of the heat, oh my love
Like powder needs spark
In the heart of the heat, oh my love
Like lies need the dark...
In the heart of the heat, oh my love
I need your love.
In the heart of the heat, oh my love
In the heart of the heat, oh my love
In the heart of the heat, oh my love
In the heart of the heat, oh my love
In the heart of the heat, oh my love
There must be some way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
There's too much confusion here
I can't get no relief
Businessmen they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth
None of them know along the line
What any of this is worth
No reason to get excited
The thief, he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who think that life is but a joke
But you and I, we've been through that
And that is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now
Because the hour is getting late
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While horsemen came and went
Barefoot servants too
All I got is a red guitar
Three chords
And the truth
All I got is a red guitar
The rest is up to you
There's no reason to get excited
The thief, he kindly spoke
There are some among us here
Say that life is just a joke
You and I, we've been through that
And that is not our fate (at least today)
So let us not talk falsely now
Because the hour is getting late
Late...
I have climbed highest mountain
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you
I have run
I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire
I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I believe in Kingdom Come
Then all the colours will bleed into one
Bleed into one
But yes I'm still running
You broke the bonds
And ya loosed the chains
Carried the cross
Of my shame...
Of my shame
You know I believe it
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
And in the shit house, a shotgun
Praying hands hold me down
If only the hunter was hunted
In this tin can town
Tin can town
No stars in the black night
Looks like the sky fall down
No sun in the daylight
Looks like it
Chained to the ground
Chained to the ground
The warden said,
"The exit's sold,"
If you want a way out
Silver and...
Broken back to the ceiling
Broken nose to the floor
I scream at the silence ... it's crawling
It crawls under the door
There's a rope around my neck
And there's a
Trigger in your gun
Jesus, I say something!
I am someone!
I am someone!
I am someone!
Captains and kings in the ship's hold
They came to collect
Silver and gold
Silver and gold
Seen the coming and the going
Seen them captains and kings
See them navy blue uniforms
See them bright and shiny things
Bright and shiny thing, yeah
The temperature is a-rising
The fever white hot
Mister, I ain't got nothing,
But it's more than you got
Chains no longer bind me
Not the shackles at my feet-uh
Outside are the prisoners
Inside the free
Set them free
Set them free
The prize fighter in a corner is told
Hit where it hurts
For silver and gold
Silver and gold
Yep, silver and gold...
It was a cold and wet December day
When we touched the ground at JFK
The snow was melting on the ground
On BLS I heard the sound
Of an Angel
New York like a Christmas tree
Tonight this city belongs to me
Angel
Soul love, and this love won't let me go
So long... Angel of Harlem
Birdland on 53
The street sound -- like a symphony
We got John Coltrane and "A Love Supreme,"
Miles, and she's got to be an Angel
Lady Day got diamond eyes
She sees the truth behind the lies
Angel
Soul love, and this love won't let me go
So long... Angel of Harlem
Angel of Harlem, yeah
She sings with heart
Heart and soul
Yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah, hey, hey, all right now
Blue light on the avenue
God knows they got to you
An empty glass, the lady sings
Eyes swollen like a bee sting
Blinded you lost your way
On the side streets and the alleyway
Like a star exploding in the night
Fallen to the city in broad daylight
An Angel in Devil's shoes
Salvation in the blues
You never looked like an Angel
Yeah yeah... Angel of Harlem
Oh no...
Angel, Angel of Harlem
Angel, Angel of Harlem
Angel, Angel of Harlem
Angel, Angel of Harlem.. yeah, all right
All right
Angel
That's all right
That's all right now
Angel of Harlem
All right
Love rescue me
Come forth and speak to me
Raise me up and don't let me fall
No man is my enemy
My own hands imprison me
Love rescue me
Many strangers have I met
On the road to my regret
Many lost who seek to find themselves in me
They ask me to reveal
The very thoughts they would conceal
Love rescue me
And the sun in the sky
Makes a shadow of you and I
Stretching out as the sun sinks in the sea
I'm here without a name
In the palace of my shame
Said, love rescue me
In the cold mirror of a glass
I see my reflection pass
See the dark shades of what I used to be
See the purple of her eyes
The scarlet of my lies
Love rescue me
Yea, though I walk
In the valley of shadow
Yea, I will fear no evil
I have cursed thy rod and staff
They no longer comfort me
Love rescue me
Sha la la...sha la la la
Sha la la la...ha la la...
Sha la la la...sha la la la
Sha la la la...sha la la
Sha la la la...sha la la la
Sha la la...
I said love, love rescue me
I said love
Climb up the mountains, said love
I said love, oh my love
On the hill of the son
I'm on the eve of a storm
And my word you must believe in
Oh, I said love, rescue me
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah...
Yeah I'm here without a name
In the palace of my shame
I said love rescue me
I've conquered my past
The future is here at last
I stand at the entrance
To a new world I can see
The ruins to the right of me
Will soon have lost sight of me
Love rescue me
I was a sailor, I was lost at sea
I was under the waves before love rescued me
I was a fighter, I could turn on a thread
Now I stand accused of the things I've said
When love comes ta town
I'm gonna jump that train
Jump that train
When love comes ta town
I'm gonna catch that plane
Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down
But I did what I did, before love came ta town
Hey ay
Hey ay
I used to make love under a red sunset
I was making promises I was soon to forget
She was pale as the lace of her wedding gown
But I left her standing before love came to town
I ran into a juke joint when I heard a guitar scream
The notes were turning blue
I was dazed and in a dream
As the music played I saw my life turn around
That was the day before love came to town
When love comes ta town
I'm gonna jump that train
When love comes ta town
I'm gonna catch that flame
Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down
But I did what I did, before love came ta town
When love comes ta town
I'm gonna jump that train
When love comes ta town
I'm gonna catch that flame
Baby, I was wrong to ever let you down
But I did what I did, before love came ta town
I was there when they crucified my Lord
I held the scabbard when the soldier drew his sword
I threw the dice when they pierced his side
But I've seen love conquer the great divide
When love comes ta town
I'm gonna catch that train
Catch that train
When love comes ta town
I'm gonna catch that flame
Catch that flame
Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down
But I did what I did, before love came ta town
Hey, yeah-eah, yeah
See the sunrise over her skin
Don't change it
See the sunrise over her skin
Dawn changes everything
Of dawn ...
Love worth time ...
And the delta sun
Of dawn...
Burns bright and violent
Mississippi and the cotton wool heat
Sixty-six...
The highway speaks
Of deserts dry
Of cool green valleys
Gold and silver mines
And the shining cities
In this heartland
In this heartland soil
In this heartland
Heaven knows this is a heartland
Heartland
Heartland...
See the sunrise over her skin
She feels like water in my hand
Freeway like a river cuts through this land --
Into the side of Love
Like a burning spear
And the poison rain
Brings a flood of fear
Through the ghost-ranch hills
Death Valley waters
In the towers of steel
Belief goes on and on
In this heartland
Love
In this heartland soil
Ohh Ohh
In this heartland
Heaven knows this is a heartland
Heartland
Soil...
Soil... soil...
Heart
Heaven knows this is a heartland
Heartland soil
Heart...
Heartland soil
Heart...
Heartland
Heartland soil
Heaven stay here in the heartland
Heart, heartland soil
Don't believe the devil --
I don't believe his book
But the truth is not the same
Without the lies he made up.
Don't believe in excess ...
Success is to give.
Don't believe in riches
But you should see where I live.
I... I believe in love.
Don't believe in forced entry ...
Don't believe in rape
But every time she passes by
Wild thoughts escape...
I don't believe in death row
Skidrow or the gangs.
Don't believe in the Uzi ...
It just went off in my hand.
I... I believe in love.
I don't believe in cocaine ...
Got a speed-ball in my head.
I could cut and crack you open ...
Did you hear what I said?
Don't believe them when they tell me
"There ain't no cure" ...
The rich stay healthy, the sick stay poor.
I... I believe in love.
Love
Love
Love
Mmm... Don't you make me
Don't believe in Goldman ...
His type like a curse.
Instant karma's going to get him
If I don't get him first.
Don't believe that rock 'n roll
Could really change the world
As it spins in revolution, baby
Spirals and turns...
I... I believe in love.
Don't believe in the 60s
Is the golden age of pop
You glorify the past
When the future dries up.
Heard a singer on the radio,
Late last night
Said he's gonna to kick the darkness
Till it bleeds daylight.
I... I believe in love.
I feel like I'm falling
Like I'm spinning on a wheel
Yeah the world stops beside a name ...
A presence I can feel...
I... I believe in love
In the howling wind comes a stinging rain
See them driving nails
Into the souls on the tree of pain
From the firefly, a red orange glow
See the face of fear
Running scared in the valley below
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue
In the locust wind comes a rattle and hum
Jacob wrestled the angel
And the angel was overcome
You plant a demon seed
You raise a flower of fire
See them burning crosses
See the flames higher and higher
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue
(Yeah...alright)
So this guy comes up to me
His face red like a rose on a thorn bush
Like all the colors of a royal flush
And he's peeling off those dollar bills
Slapping ;em down
One hundred, two hundred
And I can see those fighter planes
I can see those fighter planes
Across the mud huts where the children sleep
Through the valleys and the quiet city street
We take the staircase to the first floor
We turn the key and slowly unlock the door
As a man breathes into a saxophone
And through the walls we hear the city groan
Outside it's America
Outside it's America
So I'm back in my hotel room with Johnnie Coltrane and the love supreme. In the next room I hear some woman scream out that her lover's turning off, turning on the television.
And I can't tell the difference between ABC news, Hill Street Blues, and a preacher on the old time gospel hour stealing money from the sick and the old.
Well the God I believe in isn't short of cash, mister.
I feel a long way from the hills of San Salvador, where the sky is ripped open, and the rain pours through a gaping wound...pelting the women and children...pelting the women
and children...
You say
You want
Diamonds on a ring of gold
You say
You want
Your story to remain untold
But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all
I want
Is you
You say
You'll give me
A highway with no one on it
A treasure just to look upon it
All the riches in the night
You say
You'll give me
Eyes in the moon of blindness
A river in a time of dryness
A harbour in the tempest
But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all
I want
Is you
You say
You want
Your love to work out right
To last with me through the night
You say
You want
Diamonds on a ring of gold
Your story to remain untold
Your love not to grow cold
All the promises we break
From the cradle to the grave
When all
I want
Is you
All I want is
You
All I want is
You
All I want is
You
All I want is
You
