1. PAIN

Time, waits for no one
Cares for no one, anywhere
Maybe you're a deceiver
Maybe you were used
Maybe mistreated
Maybe abused
Maybe you're the victim
Maybe the accused...I don't care
Time, waits for no one
Time, cares for no one, time
Time, waits for no one 'round here
It waits for no one anywhere
Time's just an observation of...

Pain, waits for no one
Cares for no one, anywhere
Maybe you're a dealer
Maybe you're a priest
Maybe you're Jesus
With no true belief
Maybe you're a giver
Maybe the thief...I don't care
Time, waits for no one
Time, cares for no one, time
Time, waits for no one 'round here
It waits for no one anywhere
Time's just an observation of...
Pain

Maybe you're a deceiver
Maybe you were used
Maybe mistreated
Maybe just abused
Maybe you're a victim
Maybe the accused...I don't care
I don't care
Pain
Waits for no one
Pain

Pain


2. I STAND BEFORE YOU

It's no secret I've been down and out
It's no secret at all
I've been fightin' shadows off my back
To learn how to walk I must crawl
Lies will heal all my wounds
No matter how deep or wrong
It's no secret I've been losing touch
It's no secret, it's no secret at all
And so here you find me

I stand before you and your peers
It's no secret at all
Judge me, but only if you dare
I stand before you
I stand before you without a care

There's no reason that I stand and shout
There's no reason at all
I find myself in a cold, hard, world
I feel that I don't belong
Time will break all the rules
No matter how true or how strong
There's no reason that I cry out loud
There's no reason, there's no reason at all
And so you find me here

I stand before you and your peers
Judge me, but only if you dare
I stand before you
I stand before you without a care
And so you find me, stand here beside me
Don't dare deny me, I'm not the mighty

Its no secret, it's no secret at all
I've been fighting, I've been learning to crawl
Lies, will heal all wounds
No matter how deep or wrong
It's no secret I've been losing touch
Its no secret, it's no secret at all
It's no secret at all
And so you find me here

I stand before you and your peers
Judge me, but only if you dare
I ask no mercy not a tear
And so you'll find me without a care
There is no darkness that I fear
I stand before you
I stand before you


3. TOO MUCH TALK

Susie had a razor
But Jimmy, he had a gun
She tried to end it all one day
He helped her get it done
She was no more than fifteen
But Jimmy, he was a man
She heard the neighbors whispering
'Twas more than she could stand

Too much talk
It's not a question of love that's lost
It's not a question of things gone wrong
It's just too much talk...too much

Jimmy, he was a loner
But Susie, she was his friend
She tried her best to please him
Until the very end
Yeah when the gunshots screamed through the air that night
And Susie's long blond hair turned red that night

Too much talk
It's not a question of love that's lost
It's not a question of things gone wrong
It's just too much talk
Too much talk
It's not a question of love that's lost
It's not a question of things gone wrong
It's just too much talk, it's just too much talk, too much talk

Susie had a razor
But Jimmy, he had a gun
She tried to end it all one day
He helped her get it done
Yeah when the gunshots screamed
Yeah when the gunshots screamed

Too much talk
It's not a question of love that's lost
It's not a question of things gone wrong
It's just too much talk
Too much talk
It's not a question of love that's lost
It's not a question of things gone wrong
It's just too much talk, it's just too much talk, too much talk

Too much talk
It's not a question of love that's lost
It's not a question of things gone wrong
It's just too much talk


4. BLOW BY BLOW

Here comes the man in the three piece suit
And what he's doin' no one really knows
And there he goes
He's got his pride and his problems too
You want to help him, it's really up to you
Whatcha gonna do?

No one ever saw a thing, not a word was heard
Blow by blow, they knocked him down, kicked in his head
Blow by blow, it didn't matter if he's innocent

They held his trail in the woods out back
No judge or jury, he never had a chance
They crushed his hands
You know their names and you call them your friends

If truth be told, you're really just like them
Guilty as hell

No one ever saw a thing, not a word was heard
Blow by blow, they knocked him down, kicked in his head
Blow by blow, it didn't matter if he's innocent
Blow by blow, they held him down, beat him till dead
Blow by blow, it didn't matter, he's not one of them


5. MAD MAGGIE

Gotta little money
Gonna get me a girl
It don't take much more than that
It don't take much to get me one of her

Gonna do some drinkin'
Gonna go into town
I don't care where I end up then
Just as long as I'm having a good time now

She's got a little bit of lovin'
And a whole lotta hate
If you visit Mad Maggie
Be sure that you're not too late
Don't be late

Just do me a favor
Don't tell my ma
Gonna become a man tonight
Gonna get into the back of my new car

She's got a little bit of lovin'
And a whole lotta hate
If you visit Mad Maggie
Be sure that you're not too late
Don't be late

Come on, yeah
Come on Maggie
Come on Mad Maggie
Come on, Come on
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

Got a little money
Gonna go into town
Gonna get me another girl
Gonna get me another one right now

She's got a little bit of lovin'
And a whole lotta hate
If you visit Mad Maggie
Be sure that you're not too late...
Don't be late


6. BIRD ON A WIRE

By the rivers down south
There's gonna be a hangin'
He took the life of another man's wife
The evidence was damning
Let me simplify
Justice will be served
Let no one stand in our way
Let no one be concerned

In his eyes there was no regret
But you could feel the snap of his neck

They had all been friends
The couple and this man
And there was something wrong
With the story at hand
But I was blind with rage
And I was blind with hate
But now I had my doubts
But now it was too late

In his eyes there was no more pain
I think we'll have ourselves a hangin' again
Like a bird on a wire

One day they'll come for me
But I have no fear
I only did what I thought was right
Cast a stone if you dare
And so I stand alone
Before this great debate
But beware my words
As you seal my fate

In my eyes there was no regret
But you could feel the snap of my neck
Like a bird on a wire

In his eyes there was no more pain
I don't think this brid'll fly again

By the rivers down south
They had a bunch of hangings
They took the lives of everyone there
You know it was quite savage
But they were blind with rage
And they were blind with hate
And so I stood alone
Like a bird on a wire


7. WHAT'D YOU EXPECT

Got a pocket full of change
But it ain't gonna get me far
I'm a movin'' violation
This ain't even my car
Somebody roll up the windows
Somebody turn up the tunes
Somebody get me a valid ID
Or I'll be wearing the blues

There's no reason or rhyme, but so what
Tis the season for crime and here we come
Ready or... ooh what'd you expect
Oh what'd you expect

Got a rocket eighty-eight
But the bitch wont give it back
It's a stupid situation
But she's got a nice rack
Somebody get me a shotgun
Somebody give me a ride
somebody tell me what's going on
I'm here to take what's mine

There's no reason or rhyme, but so what
Tis the season for crime and here we come
Ready or... ooh what'd you expect
Somebody get me a shotgun
Somebody give me a ride
somebody tell me what's going on
I'm here to take what's mine


8. I WAS TOLD

I get up in the morning and I work all day
I come home late at night and I sleep life away
There's nothing I can do, it's the way of the world
I was told
I've spent fourteen years at the job I got
I'll spend fourteen more till I've done my lot
There's nothing I can do, it's the way of the world
There's nothing I can do, it's the way of the world

I was told and I heard what was said
I was told, I listened till I was dead
I was told... Yeah, I was told

I've spent half my life tryin' to make ends meet
Now I'm half way there but I think I'm beat
There's nothing I can do, it's the way of the world
I was told I look in your eyes and all I see is hate
There once was love but now it's too late
There's nothing I can do, it's the way of the world
There's nothing I can do, it's the way of the world

I was told and I heard what was said
I was told, I listened till I was dead
I was told... Yeah, I was told

Never had it easy, but I never had it this damn hard


9. THE HARD GRIND

Well they can put me in a jail cell
And they can throw away the key
They can give me a life sentence
It don't mean shit to me
'Cause the rules by which they play with
And the rules by which they live
Seem so damn archaic
Something's gotta give
Something's gotta give
Got no future here now, ain't no lie
Just a bunch of losers doing time
I'm on the hard grind
I'm on the hard grind

Well you can dump me in a trash can
And you can hang me by my balls
You can shoot me with a shotgun
It don't mean much at all
'Cause this thing that you call justice
Yeah, this thing for which you fight
It makes you so self-righteous
But it don't give you the right
No it don't give you the right
Got no future here now, ain't no lie
Just a bunch of losers doing time
Say goodbye
I'm on the hard grind
I'm on the hard grind

Five to nine
This ain't no part time

I'm on the hard grind

I'm on the hard grind

I'm societies menace
I'm a felony crime
I'm a bad example
I'm a parasite


10. WORLD GONE MAD

Business man with love in his eyes
He's got to get away
Made his move like a suicide
There's not a better way
Come here, show me your eyes
You're not a winner in love
Back off, you ran outta time
And now you'll come undone

Instigator, masturbator
Manipulation of lies
Now you're mine, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Wave goodbye to a world gone mad
Wave goodbye to a world gone mad

Preacher man with a gun in his hand
Pray his aim is true
Walked a mile in no-man's land
His time in mass is through
Kneel down, open your mouth
In the name of the son
Kneel down, close your eyes
And bite down on your gun

Instigator, masturbator
Manipulation of lies
Now you're mine, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Wave goodbye to a world gone mad
Wave goodbye to a world gone mad