Here I stand a lonely man With my house made on the sand You must see me, will you know me? Once I was a happy man With a visionary plan Will you lead me? Does it bleed me? Just an image, with feet of clay Take my hand and you can show me Take me there, I'll let you know me There it goes my master plan Will the world understand Does it teach me? Can you reach me? Yes I take your good advice But I make the sacrifice Will it burn me? Does it bleed me? Just an image, with feet of clay Give me peace and let me know you Show me love and let me grow too (Nebuchadrezzar)

A country café Gingham squares She's reading about cover girls Prada, Gucci, Louis Vuitton She puts 'em on she wears them all Talks of fashion, and dreams of fame Moves to the city's concrete halls She gets the call, sweet audition Now she's a cover girl Well here she comes, with paparazzi Its another photo call She's got the look, they got the money Don't that just say it all? At the party, dancing all night Its like Studio 54 Eating paper, bulimic bathroom She'll hit the covers thats for sure But she's an image Another picture Just a pin up Oh yeah Like Aphrodite, Kate and Miranda Just another cover girl Well you can have her But you can't touch her Your eyes caress her You can see it all In a magazine You think you want her You hope she needs you Inside the cover You can see it all But you'll never make that scene The way she moves, a camera vision Wows all the pretty boys Madison Avenue, Hollywood Boulevard Movers and shakers, white noise A taxi cab, a rainy sidewalk Another New York dawn Mobile phone rings Self medication One more star is born But she's an image Another picture Just a pin up Oh yeah Like Greta Garbo, or Mona Lisa Just another cover girl But she is empty And kinda lonely Her sad smile sells it all She’s on top now, they can't replace her She's the cover girl But she's an image Another picture Just a pin up Oh yeah Like Mrs Derrick, or Farrah Fawcett Just another cover girl But she's empty and oh so lonely Her sad smile tells it all And when shes used up They replace her With yet another cover girl

I don't want you hangin' round my door I can buy a gun at any corner store Second amendment, civil rights Reloaded redneck, hit the lights Sandy Hook, NRA, G.W. Bush James Earl Ray The camera follows in slow motion The dust rises, shows no emotion He fingers the trigger with devotion Who's got ‘em on the run? Its an American with a gun Turn my streets into the O.K. Corral Take that thing outta my face Listen to me pal Nazi republican, make my day Cold dead hands, sniper, J.F.K Columbine, guns are hip Al Capone, autoclip Who's got the Blackhawks in the air? Look out for his steely stare Everyones dead but he don't care Who's walking off into the sun? Its an American with a Gun Valentine's day, John Wayne Armalites, its in vain Jesse James, Oswald too One a minute, its a zoo I can't understand The point they want to make How many times Must they make the same mistake? They don't learn, they can't see It ain't the land of the free Whats the most dangerous thing to be? Its an American With a gun

Risin' outta nowhere Fallin' like the rain Dogs of war comin' Hear the thunder again Its a time of trouble And its coming for you And the sun don't shine And the stars fall too No place to hide No way to run And you must let go Of your place in the sun Shinin' like a rainbow Its an eye in the sky Movin' in the shadows Time to die You were given fair warning But you turned away There’s a new world dawning But not for you today Its an hour of test And you're coming undone And its time for you to lose Your place in the sun

Betrayed by a friend Its how many stories end With a Judas kiss Its always hard to watch Kinda hard to miss But there's a price to paid No matter what you say You lose, you never gain Its hard to stop the monster Now its off the chain You play the game But how is it now? You feel the shame Shot down in flames All your life, some grand parade Showing off the plan you made But we know, it was a game you played The curtain closes, the lights all fade The crowd has all faded An empty stage Who knows your name? Shot down in flames All the moves that you make Always seemed kinda fake Your imitation plastic smile The Hydra's teeth are upon you child All of this time You tried to break the rule As you sow so you reap Even if what you harvest is kinda cheap The truth will always come on out Of that there never was a doubt When you hurt the ones you love You always lose, thats always true You are so jaded Shackled and chained You live the shame Shot down in flames All the moves that you made It was just a masquerade All the faces had so many names Now its all shot down in flames

Well the shadows are a moving In the corner of your eyes And the water keeps on dripping Through the holes in your mind And the man in the mirror can't lose Because he's not ready to fight And something’s gotta tell him Its another trick of the light Well theres a storm thats slowly brewing In the hollows of his soul And the water’s constantly rising And its bound to overflow And the man in the picture seems worried By the coming of the night Or maybe he just realises its another Trick of the light Well theres a change thats a comin' And its carried on the wind Its got your name written on it You can't miss it my friend And the man in the subway Is singing his heart out tonight And his song’s all about One more trick of the light

The monkey ripped off your skin And let the spiders in Another voodoo child arrives 27 Club The face behind the mask you wear The leather’s wearing thin Your orphan son is left undone Its not a joke to him The waters rising all around Black snake lizard king A bus arrives, takes him along 27 Club Hold your cards, aces and eights Its a funny thing With her mojo rising, its so suprising An L.A. Woman sings Come now, don't wait Showtime, don't be late Another fool gets off the bus At the 27 Club Takes his seat in the scenic lounge Where everything is free I got no time for suicide Its a waste of time for me Chasing fame Its all over now Make a name ‘Cos you're shot down The snowman drops some dust around So it all begins Nirvana's king strides through the doors 27 Club The tears around your heart-shaped box The mess in deepening You didn't have a gun is what you sung... The air is thinning all around Lonely blonde haired boy They found a home for Mr Jones 27 Club The rolling stone still hesitates At the mention of that game Its clear to see That the maître d' Had a table in your name Roll up, today Tickets please, just one way Another fool gets off the bus At the 27 Club Takes his seat in the scenic lounge Where all the drugs are free I got no time for your suicide ‘Cos I saw it on TV Losing game All over town Such a shame Now you're shot down

You were queen Oh how you shone Blinding minds In confusion Drunken cup Falls from your hand You were drunk On the blood of innocent man Your world, it lies bleeding Under the blaze of a burning sun On the wind, voices screaming You killed in my name On a bed Of compromises Drying up Oh it surprises Kings were lovers Not anymore Yes the blame Is laid at your open door In an hour What you're hiding You will fall From the beast you're riding Blood and fire Smoke and flame The angels sing You killed in my name

My baby don't talk no evil My baby speaks no evil Butter wouldn't melt In her mouth My baby she talks in riddles My baby speaks in riddles She could cut you With a knife This feeling's so much better You get what you want I gave you everything you want You get what you want We gave you everything you want My baby moves in circles My baby turns in circles You won't catch her Out at night She don't cast no shadow My baby leaves no shadow You won't find her No no no This feeling's so much better You get what you want They gave you everything you want You get what you want He gave you everything you want My baby don't speak no evil My baby talkss no evil Butter wouldn't melt In her mouth This feeling's so much better You get what you want He gave you everything you want You get what you want She gave you everything you want You get what you want God gave you everything you want You get what you want Your god gave you everything you want