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Threads in the Balance 3/31/92 
Wait! Before you run and hide
I need to see just one more time
The sunshine on your face
Lends beauty to disgrace
…Leaves me behind.
Knew it wouldn’t last
The carefree moments - now our past
And yet I had to play anyway
…Sure wish you’d stay.
Treacherous caves of aloneness are
More comforting by far and then
The dawn that comes on you my love
Would necessitate a memory of
…the years we’ve known and lost.
Tried to tell you from the start
I’m not the man you thought I was
My life hangs by threads in the balance
and conscience turns my soul to dust.
© 1998 Orcastration Music (ascap) top
Must Be Love 5/5/93
This must be love…
Lifeless parade of sorrow
Inner workings ground to a halt.
My heart shatters within this thin-skinned shell
…when you’re unhappy with me. Tried to fuel the fire
anger burns longer than contentment,
A defensive maneuver for sanity
brings only empty resentment. Let’s together annihilate the past days
one’s only trip to romance,
Forget about the “forever years”
and begin tonite’s last dance. Chorus Friend my soul, erosion
has bitten fatal now,
Visibly angry corrosion
hath killed the fatted sow. The poison urns so deeply
that each mere shallow breath,
Could shatter some small sanity
and bring Sir Ally - death. Chorus Once Holy force impenetrable
the pictures faintly see,
This kingdom hath taken thorns
and proven as mortal as me. Chorus
This must be love, no blade ever has cut to the bone;
This must be love, because it took me so far from home.
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Prisoner 9/17/89
(Marc Bailey)
Looking for answers
emotions unfold,
Seeking utopia
I wait to behold.
Dreams of future
visions of past,
pray for today
a meaningful task.
Questing for knowledge
hiding in ignorance,
morals an issue
serving my penance.
Breaking for freedom
Alcatraz of existence,
I am the judge
deciding my sentence.
Courtroom of catalysts
enlighten the cause.
Pleading insanity
displaying my flaws.Captured by life
Timid of death
A fortunate soul
Whose train just left
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Ride On 3/25/98
I don’t wish to care
though I really do,
Times like this I’m far too likely
just to up and leave you.
You throw your anger at me
too weak to think it through,
Too much righteous indignation
will soon destroy you.I throw my hands in the air
as my heart hits the floor,
I’ve opened up myself again
and got it like before.
got to stop this madness
all good things must come to an end,
The flood of childish tantrums
has cost you a friend.Ride the wave of rage
feel it charging through your veins
When you ride your feelings change
and your hate keeps getting stronger
got to make it last much longer
When you ride.
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Show Me 8/23/87
Thread put through a needle
And I am unto life
Squeezing through the narrow holes
Barely making it by. Lazy is the spirit
That swells inside of me
The less I do, the worse I feel
But it just won’t be set free. Going through the motions
No feeling showing through
The souls around feel I’m a clown
With no sorrows in my view. My life’s a dead horse in disguise
That’s why I’m so sincere
At least at last I’ve seen the truth
No more uncertain fear. I’d gladly give my last few coins
To have the gift of some
The driving force that burns within them
To carry them through the slums. To open my eyes each morning
Knowing I am prepared
To face the challenge of the day ahead
And never to be scared. Decisions are for genius’
At least that’s what I feel
That’s the way the case must be
Cause with them I can’t deal. I’d flip a coin if I had to
To decide which way to go
If no one said “just follow me”
And show the path to follow. Chorus
Show me the way
I’m useless now, worthless
How will I ever live this day?
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Watching 10/4/95
(Marc Bailey)I want to meet the others
The ones we always talk about
The ones that I can’t live without
Come and take me away.
The dead ends of human nature
Faced daily in the news and on the street
Hunger in the eyes of those we meet
Lost souls without a reason.
Take me away
To Nirvana, or another world to stay
I know you’re out there watching us
Please come and take me away.So sick of all the thievery
Passed down from the beltway’s hierarchy
All the way to the addicts on the street
Please come and take me away.
Short-sightedness of those who make the rules
Claim ignorance of those which they abuse
Compromising beliefs which they excuse
Just trying to get along.
Can’t change direction now
Too far gone to remember how
We’re busy feathering our own nests
Come and take me away.
The greed corrupts our hearts
Dividing God’s children apart
Time to make a new start
Please come and take me away.
Featuring Johnny Bailey on Bass
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Freedom 11/20/95
(Marc Bailey)
What are we here for?
Living this madness,
The daily fight for freedom
A torturous existence.
Can’t expect to win, now
Outnumbered and outgunned,
But death still seems more pretty
Than fitting into their mold.Panic sets in frequently
My prison bars get stronger,
The freedom they provide us
Has strings attached to your soul.
We have to jump through their hoops
So they won’t fuck with our lives,
But step outside what they call right
And truly you will pay the price.Society will protect them
And their twisted rules too,
We’ve got to have order
To keep us safe from ourselves.
Oppression grows daily
Every aspect of our lives,
Tell them all to get out
Or are you too blind?FREEDOM
We want it
FREEDOM
Will you fight for it
And will you die for it?
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Hide 1/30/96
Yes, I told you
That your sick mind would make me cry,
And yes I knew you
those twisted thoughts that build inside.
Been there before you
I see with knowing eyes of light,
The sheer frustration
You feel will cling until you die.
At least inside.I can see you
Over in the corner killing time,
Why did you come here
And let these people see you hide.
You are alone
Whether as one or in a crowd,
the walls around you
Make your thoughts seem so loud.
And they’re too loud - I can’t hear you.Yes I told you
Not to feed those monsters in your mind,
Inferiority
A non-conformist’s badge of pride.
My badge for life, I pay the price.Have I convinced you
That there’s another on this road?
You’re not alone
And we will never fit their mold.
Their bought and sold - doin’ what they’re told.Not like the rest
I’m different inside,
Society’s chosen ones
Have so much to hide.I’ll never fit in
Their edicate bites
They can’t see what my eyes see
And so they must hide.
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Believe 3/13/96
(Marc Bailey)
I can’t take back all the things
I’ve said and done,
If I could only have just one
I’d have this one.
See, you never let me down
Just like a dream,
Yeah, you turned all their heads around
Made them believe.I turn around and watch you go,
I sent you away and never let you know.
The thoughts in my head are never true to me,
And yet constantly, I believe.I look at these things and I feel my head ring and
I see that I’m close to the edge,
There’s no room for mistakes, I’ve kissed you goodbye and
I’m paying just like they said.Nothin’s ever good enough
To keep me in peace,
Locomotives in my head
rock me to sleep.
The enemy within my brain
Steals serenity,
He speaks of what I want and says
It’s what I need.Selfishness and self-centeredness
have robbed me of this happiness.
I care no longer what you do to me
Because finally, I believe.
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My Wyld Friend
Please release me from my callused hands
Deliver me into your rain soaked cloud
so I can come down with the rain
like a tear freed from a heart felt pain
Rumbling train
rattles my window pane
I’m thinking of you, again - My wild friendHave I found what seems to be
my favorite homesick memories
when I would tell you my secret strategy
for beating the odds, flying free
Empty streets
are good company
when I’m walking with my wildest friend
Talking with my wildest friend… forever….There were things I meant to say
Pride was always my hardest hand to play
looking back I now realize
the best things about those times were your
Windy avenues
sweep away my blues
when I remember walking with my wildest friend
Talking with my wildest friend…forever… This seems like the hardest thing for you
to take credit for all the great things you do
I know you are not counting or pretending
that’s why I’m bringing, I’m singing
Walking with my Wyldest friend
Talking with my Wyldest friend forever.
© 1998 Brownbud Music
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