Breathing is the hardest thing to do
With all I've said, and all that's dead for you
You lied...goodbye
Leaving on a southern train
Only yesterday, you lied
Promises are what i seemed to be
Only watched the time go by
All of these things i said to you...

One for Bella

THE LIGHTS ARE ON IN MICHIGAN

Times are tough in Michigan but we've seen hard times before
Like nineteen eighty-two, thirty-six or seventy-four
When the auto plants are shutting down, everybody feels the squeeze
The last one out of Michigan, will you turn the lights off please? ---
That's what the bumper stickers say on the cars a-heading south
Well you gotta do what you gotta do to feed a hungry mouth
But some of us aren't running, we're here to make a stand
Tough old wolverines in this northern stretch of land

The lights are on in Charlevoix and lovely Grand Marais
The lights are on in the Keweenaw and they shine across the bay
The lights are on in Cadillac, Grand Rapids, and in Clare
In summertime the lights still shine on the Jackson County fair --
Hey, they're all lit up in green and white and shades of maize and blue
Nearly every weekend in A-square and MSU
From Pointe aux Barques to Saugatuck, and every other port of call
Menominee to Manistee the lights are standing tall

Now stick your right hand in the air, put your left hand up above
And there you have the outline of the state we dearly love
Now, It takes both hands to make that work and I'll give you all a clue
You put left and right together there ain't nothin' we can't do --
You talk about the rust belt - but I'll tell you how I feel
A little grit and elbow grease takes the rust down to the steel
And when that steel is polished and shining like it's new
Turn around and look - you'll find the lights are on for you.

The lights are on in Evart, where the water tastes like wine
And the lantern lights at deer camp still shine in Engadine
The harbor lights still sparkle on the port of Manistique
And the lights are on for breakfast down in Battle Creek --
The lights are on in Detroit in case you didn't know
And over on the west side - Benton Harbor and St. Joe
The lights are on in Pontiac and down in Highland Park
& when it comes to Flint - that tough old girl still sparks

The northern lights still dance from Ironwood to the Soo
And the teachers burn the midnight oil in Ypsilanti and Kalamazoo
And in many a mother's window you'll find a special light
Shining for her soldier sons and daughters in the fight --
Yeah, we keep the home fires burning every night and every day
From Flat Rock up to Calumet and every town along the way
Yeah, we're not about to give 'er up - we're here to see it through
Yes, the lights are on in Michigan - we'll keep 'em on for you

Shine your light and make it bright - It's up to me and you

I've never seen a diamond in the flesh I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies And I'm not proud of my address In the torn up town, no post code envy


But every song's like: Gold teeth Grey Goose Tripping in the bathroom Bloodstains Ball gowns Trashing the hotel room


We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams


But everybody's like: Crystal Maybach Diamonds on your timepiece Jet planes Islands Tigers on a gold leash


We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair


And we'll never be royals (royals) It don't run in our bl00dThat kind of lux just ain't for us, we crave a different kind of buzz Let me be your ruler (ruler) You can call me queen bee And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule Let me live that fantasy


My friends and I we've cracked the code We count our dollars on the train to the party And everyone who knows us knows That we're fine with this, we didn't come from money


But every song's like: Gold teeth Grey Goose Tripping in the bathroom Bloodstains Ball gowns Trashing the hotel room


We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams


But everybody's like: Crystal Maybach Diamonds on your timepiece Jet planes Islands Tigers on a gold leash


We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair


And we'll never be royals (royals) It don't run in our bl00d That kind of lux just ain't for us, we crave a different kind of buzz Let me be your ruler (ruler) You can call me queen bee And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule Let me live that fantasy


ooh ooh oh ooh We're better than we've every dreamed And I'm in love with being queen


ooh ooh oh ooh Life is great without a care We aren't caught up in your love affair


And we'll never be royals (royals) It don't run in our bl00d That kind of lux just ain't for us, we crave a different kind of buzz Let me be your ruler (ruler) You can call me queen bee And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule Let me live that fantasy

"Sitting out on the Palm Beach Road. I'm so drunk and the car won't go." Richard Clapton. Deep Water. It's an Aussie Classic.

Something in the way she moves attracts me like no other lover.

I read that Frank Sinatra said it was the finest love song written in the last 50 years. He probably knew what he was talking about.

I've been really tryin , baby Tryin to hold back these feelings for so long And if you feel, like I feel baby Come on, oh come on,


We're all sensitive people With so much love to give, understand me sugar Since we got to be Lets say, I love you

There's nothin wrong with me Lovin you--- And givin yourself to me can never be wrong If the love is true

Don't you know how sweet and wonderful, life can be I'm askin you baby, to get it on with me I aint gonna worry, I aint gonna push So come on, come on, come on, come on baby Stop beatin round the bush....

Your knuckles whiten on the wheel
The last thing that your hands will feel
Your final flight can't be delayed

No land just sky it's so serene
Your pink fat lips let go a scream
You fry and melt I love the scene

Sometimes I fantasize
When the streets are cold and lonely
And the cars they burn below me
Don't these times
Fill your eyes
When the streets are cold and lonely
And the cars they burn below me
Are you all alone?
Is anybody home?

I'm standing warm against the cold
Now that the flames have taken hold
At least you left your life at style

And for as far as I can see
Tin twisted grills grin back at me
Bad money dies I love the scene

Sometimes I fantasize
When the streets are cold and lonely
And the cars they burn below me
Don't these times
Fill your eyes
When the streets are cold and lonely
And the cars they burn below me
Are you all alone?
Is anybody home?

Sometimes I fantasize
When the streets are cold and lonely
And the cars they burn below me
Don't these times
Fill your eyes
When the streets are cold and lonely
And the cars they burn below me
Are you all alone?
Are you made of stone?

Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time
For y'all have knocked her up.
I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe
I was not offended
For I knew I had to rise above it all
Or drown in my own shit.
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I'll answer then, Funkadelic- Maggot Brain.

But who are they to judge us?
Simply 'cos our hair is long.
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No one got this classic?
Marvin Gaye- What's Going On?

There's a time for lies
And a time for truth
I say, eye for an eye
Eye for a tooth

She's so fine
She's so sweet
Her mom and pop they raised her
On huge slabs of meat

Tomorrow I'm gonna leave here
I'm gonna let you go and walk away like every day I said I would
And tomorrow, I'm gonna listen
To that voice of reason inside my head telling me that we're no good

[Chorus:]
But tonight I'm gonna give in one last time
Rock you strong in these arms of mine
Forget all the regrets that are bound to follow
We're like fire and gasoline
I'm no good for you
You're no good for me
We only bring each other tears and sorrow
But tonight, I'm gonna love you like there's no tomorrow

Tomorrow I'll be stronger
I'm not gonna break down and call you up when my heart cries out for you
And tomorrow, you won't believe it,
But when I pass your house,
I won't stop no matter how bad I want to

[Chorus:]
But tonight I'm gonna give in one last time
Rock you strong in these arms of mine
Forget all the regrets that are bound to follow
We're like fire and gasoline
I'm no good for you
You're no good for me
We only bring each other tears and sorrow
But tonight, I'm gonna love you like there's no tomorrow

Baby when we're good, you know we're great
But there's too much bad for us to think that there's anything worth trying to save

[Chorus:]
But tonight I'm gonna give in one last time
Rock you strong in these arms of mine
Forget all the regrets that are bound to follow
We're like fire and gasoline
I'm no good for you
You're no good for me
We only bring each other tears and sorrow
But tonight, I'm gonna love you like there's no tomorrow

Tomorrow, I'm gonna leave here
I'm gonna let you go and walk away like every day I said I would

Maybe I don't really wanna know

How your garden grows cos I just want to fly

Lately, did you ever feel the pain?

In the morning rain as it soaks you to the bone


Maybe I just want to fly I want to live I don't want to die

Maybe I just want to breathe maybe I just don't believe

Maybe you're the same as me we see things they'll never see you and I

were gonna live forever


I said maybe I don't really wanna know

How your garden grows cos I just want to fly

Lately, did you ever feel the pain?

In the morning rain as it soaks you to the bone


Maybe I will never be all the things that I want to be

But now is not the time to cry now's the time to find out why

I think you're the same as me we see things they'll never see you and I

We're gonna live forever


Maybe I don't really wanna know

How your garden grows cos I just want to fly

Lately, did you ever feel the pain?

In the morning rain as it soaks you to the bone


Maybe I just want to fly I want to live I don't want to die

Maybe I just want to breathe maybe I just don't believe

Maybe you're the same as me we see things they'll never see you and I

You and I are gonna live forever

We're gonna live forever


Gonna live forever

Gonna live forever

Gonna live forever

Gonna live forever

Gonna live forever

Creep on in, on in, on in Woo, see I'm riding high, high, high Woo, kinda broke you see me all, so all I got is five, I got five

Player, give me some brew and I might just chill But I'm the type that like to light another joint like Cypress Hill I steal doobies, spit loogies when I puff on it I got some bucks on it, but it ain't enough on it

"This was a triumph
I'm making a note here, huge success
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction..."

For someone who is missed....same song..Marry me girl be my Fairy to the world Be my very own constellation

Destruction leads to a very rough road But it also breeds creation And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar They're just another good vibration And tidal waves couldn't save the world From Californication

Now, walk into the club like, "what up I got a big cock" Nah, I'm just pumped I bought some shit from a thrift shop Ice in the fringe is so damn frosty The people like "Damn, that's a cold ass honkey!" Rollin' in hella deep, headed to the mezzanine Dressed in all pink, 'cept my gator shoes those are green Draped in a leopard mink, girls standin' next to me Probably shoulda washed this, smells like R. Kelly's sheets Pissssssssss But shit it was ninety nine cents (bag it) Copin' it washin' it Bout to go and get some compliments passin' off on those moccasins Someone else has been walkin' in but me and grungie fuck 'em in I am stuntin' and flossin' and Savin my money and I'm hella happy that's a bargain, bitch I'mma take your grandpa's style, I'mma take your grandpa's style, No for real ask your grandpa can I have his hand-me-downs (Thank you) Velour jump suit and some house slippers Dookie brown leather jacket that I found diggin' They had a broken keyboard I bought a broken keyboard I bought a skeet blanket, then I bought a kneeboard Hello, hello, my ace man my mello John Wayne ain't got nothin' on my fringe game Hell no I can take some pro wings, make 'em cool, sell those The sneaker heads will be like "Ahhh he got the velcro"

I'm gonna pop some tags Only got twenty dollars in my pocket I-I-I'm huntin' Lookin' for a come up This is fucking awesome

I'm gonna pop some tags Only got twenty dollars in my pocket I-I-I'm huntin' Lookin' for a come up This is fucking awesome

Whatcha know bout rockin' a wolf on your noggin Whatcha knowin about wearin' a fur fox skin I'm diggin', I'm diggin', I'm searching right through that luggage One mans trash that's another mans come up Thank your grand dad for donating that plaid button Up shirt cause right now I'm up in her skirt I'm at the Goodwill you can find me in the (Uptons) I'm not, I'm not stuck on searching in that section (Uptons) Your Grammy, your auntie, your momma, you mammy I'll take those flannel zebra jammies secondhand and rock that mothafucka The built a onesie with the socks on the mothafucka I hit the party and they stopped in that mothafucka They be like "oh that's gucci that's hella tight" I'm like "Yo! That's fifty dollars for a t-shirt" Limited edition, let's do some simple addition Fifty dollars for a t-shirt that's just some ignorant bitch (sheeeeit) I call that getting swindled and pimped (sheeeeit) I call that getting tricked by a business That shirt's hella dough And havin the same one as six other people in this club is a hella don't Peep game come take a look through my telescope Tryin'a get girls with my brand man you hella won't Man you hella won't (Goodwill... Poppin' Tags... Yeah! )

I'm gonna pop some tags Only got twenty dollars in my pocket I-I-I'm huntin' Lookin' for a come up This is fucking awesome

I'll wear your granddads clothes, I look incredible I'm in this big ass coat From the thrift shop down the road

I wear your granddads clothes, I look incredible I'm in this big ass coat From the thrift shop down the road

A fucked up childhood, is why the way I am It's got me in the state where I don't give a dam, hmm Somebody help me, but nah they don't hear me though I guess I'll be another victim of the ghetto Ain't no escaping, cause I'm way too young Pops is dealing, and on top of that got moms sprung Scheming off the top, pops never figured That he'd go down by the hands of another nigga Now my pops is gone and that ain't no good Got to follow in the foot steps of the homies from the hood And where's the role model? Niggaz putting brew in my fuckin baby bottle! Dam, and through all the motherfuckin pain They done drove my moms in-sane So I guess I gotta do work so I ain't finished I grow up to be a straight up menace, gyeah

Uhh, come on y'all Straight up menace

Now I'm of age, and living in the projects Gettin paid off the clucks and the county checks I'm Fil-ia fresh outta high school, never did I wonder That the motherfuckin hood would take me under Gyeah, I'm kickin it with the homies and they got the straps Off to the corner store, owned by the fuckin {Japs} See a bitch in the right lane so I comes with the mack Astro Van pulls a motherfuckin jack from the back Now he's got the strap to my homie's head See him play that shit cool, and don't be a fool! He shot my nigga in the fuckin head I caught one in the shoulder, if I didn't run I was dead Now I'm layin in the hospital bed Thinkin about them punk motherfuckers and my eyes is bloodshot red Gyeah motherfuckers, I ain't finished Be on the look-out for the straight up menace, gyeah

--You ain't got to lie ta kick it--

I'll serve your ass like a rabid chef
If your girl steps up, I'll stab her to death
Word to your mother
A scrub from the gutter
That'll cut through your neck, hot knife to butter

I turn the moon off and dance in the darkness
Choke the life, right up out of your carcass
I got sick jokes for you, there not fun
Fuck you in the ass with a shotgun

I plead insanity, ' and shout to the death
Then I'll bust a WOO with my last breath
Tell me to Chill.. I don't think I will
'Cause when I shoot the shit, I shoot to kill....

Ice-age heat wave, can't complain.
If the world's at large, why should I remain?
Walked away to another plan.
Gonna find another place, maybe one I can stand. 
I move on to another day, to a whole new town with a whole new way. 
Went to the porch to have a thought. 
Got to the door and again, I couldn't stop. 

You don't know where and you don't know when. 
But you still got your words and you got your friends. 
Walk along to another day. 
Work a little harder, work another way. 

Well uh-uh baby I ain't got no plan. 
We'll float on maybe would you understand? 
Gonna float on maybe would you understand? 
Well float on maybe would you understand? 

The days get shorter and the nights get cold. 
I like the autumn but this place is getting old. 
I pack up my belongings and I head for the coast. 
It might not be a lot but I feel like I'm making the most. 
The days get longer and the nights smell green. 
I guess it's not surprising but it's spring and I should leave. 

I like songs about drifters - books about the same. 
They both seem to make me feel a little less insane. 
Walked on off to another spot. 
I still haven't gotten anywhere that I want. 
Did I want love?
Did I need to know? 
Why does it always feel like I'm caught in an undertow? 

The moths beat themselves to death against the lights. 
Adding their breeze to the summer nights. 
Outside, water like air was great.
I didn't know what I had that day. 
Walk a little farther to another plan. 
You said that you did, but you didn't understand. 

I know that starting over is not what life's about. 
But my thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth. 
My thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth. 
My thoughts were so loud...