Jet Lag
glasses of wine
feelin fine
overload
across the road
I look across the valley and all I Can see is the lights
coming on
the hill is shook
and you dont know what, is going on
’cause there aint no sound
yeah feel the bass
cause its in your face
I don’t know what to make
of the fire.
baby!
baby!
bebop
bebop
bebop
I’m sitting in the lounge alone
I got the carpet and the walls just moan.
banging the lamps
smashing the stamps
I’m drinking the pool
and the mountains looking down
down, down, down on me
they’re looking down
you know its…the
voodoo apparition.
Little Grey Angels
load up on drugs, kill your friends
load up your guns
aint it ugly this revenge, aint it ugly
blood like cold needles that slide in my veins
you fell from heaven in the yellow rain
steal the flowers of the day
singing fragments of a tender Song,
black embers of a time now gone,
crosses and candlesticks, conquests and cathedrals
now forgotten
little grey angels surround all your gallows
little grey angels surround all you girl
they all scatter just like shadows
they all shadows you cant hold on…to
I don’t think I understand
Why god made you
I don’t think I understand
if he would save you
I don’t think understand
I don’t think I want to
on every single day
across the city
they’ll tow you away
show no pity
harbor city towing, theres no way of knowing, where you’re going with my ride
cause you’ve taken all my money, it aint even funny
now you’re wasting all my time
when you’ll arrive, when you’ll arrive
cause you cant park in the street
you cant park in the sea
and you cant park in the sky
you cant park in the bay
you cant park here all day
they’ll tow you right away
200 bucks down, down on my luck now,
200 bucks down, you can get fucked now
cause theres no sense in even trying, maybe even lying, cause the car aint even mine
cause the car aint even legal, I know that you’re just evil, but you make me pay the fine
give me …. an official receipt now
leave me…. the taste of deceit now
Lord of the Flies
You came down from the sky
You promised everything It was all lies
You walked in, nothing, in your eyes
No surprise, to find,
You’re a liar and a cheat
You’re a liar and a thief
You never new about the few
who saw you through and helped you why?
You kinda knew you blew it all; she wouldn’t
lie for you, cry for you, die for you.
….the rain….
All your lies, All you lies
you’re the Lord of the Flies, Lord of the Flies
death’s too good for you
Ill be dancing, on your grave
Ill be singing on your stones
Ill be pissing on your bones
I`ll be laughing all alone
Take me up the river
Take me to the sea
Take me to the ocean
Take my body down and burn me on the beach. ‘S’all been done before
Up in the sky, Floatin around, on white horse,
Never made no sound,
They call him the devil
Friend of mine
I never like him but I traded my time…
With the devil
The devil a friend of mine
Cast your bones
into the sea
into the sea
You know you Wanna
Curses, curses on you, Curses, curses on you
“Out here all the hills have eyes
Time itself don’t tick it only cries
Between the rusty butterlfies
The broken eagles empty tears that fall and crawl…
Burnin holes in the sand”
You`ll melt into the desert
You`ll melt into the sun
Let your flesh retire
Let your sense be dumb
I bring the earthquake
Speak in wind and fire
All the ghosts are telling me it’s a perfect day to day to die
The dark is peeling off the night
the devil sits in quarantine
Dead birds are falling from the air
I pick their bones and skulls
and weave myself a god machine
Cast your bones,
I put the mud in Mississippi
I drank the vinegar of thieves
I burnt your captains on the mountain
I brought the plague to your ruined streets
I call down the bad in the sky
To destroy you and I know I can
There are demons everywhere
And I`ll let them in
Down by the sea
I whisper it in the ear of the tide
It will last forever
And sail all around your life
Cast your bones
Curses, curses on you
Take me to the ocean take me to the sea take me up the river, take me down and burn me on the beach. S`all been done before.
Prince of Cats
…those Eyes that never left the ground,
no-one made a single lonely sound – around
the skeleton people with the tight yellow skin
sleepin` all day, on heroin,
the neighbours only found him
when the buzzards fill’d the sky.
pouring all the kerosene
in your singing eyes
One day the ground will swallow you up
so sing a sad sad song, if you aint got long,
so sing a sad sad song,if you aint got long
I watched you break the furniture, the french flags in tatters,
the guns from your battles
warm & beating
lazy beside you, your head in the stream…
lazy beside you your head in the stream…
lazy beside you your head in the stream…
lazy beside you
One day the ground will swallow you up -
in the tear blown eyes of god you ain’t nothing but dust,
so sing a sad sad song, if you aint got long,
so sing a sad sad song,if you aint got long
Rakaia River Murder
So go on down to that big old river
and sit on down amongst a million lonely stones
all tired and old, muddy coloured
its no good driftwood company
There’s a storm rolling in
inking up the sky
Downwind
So she goes down to the edge of the water
And fills up here pockets with stones
Whilst behind her crippled daughter
Weeps and moans
three bells toll in the clock tower warning
waters gonna rise by the hour of morning
moon goes down while the wind blows up some
meaner weather
black top seeds rattle the Rakaia river
There’s a storm rolling in
inking up the sky
Downwind
She slowly sinks into the fast flowing water
pulled way down by the weight and the cold
there’s no prayer and no way we ought to
let anybody know
Meet me where the waters freeze beside the telegraph trees
and set your crosses free down upon the water
go call the priest say a prayer down in the canyon
her rusty chair hidden by the chapel abandoned
There’s a storm rolling in
inking up the sky
Downwind
…and there beneath the blue of the water
eyes shining like the moon on the stones
eyes smiling the crippled daughter
as her mother walks home
There’s a storm rolling in
Vengeance in the sky
Downwind
And you were warned Vengeance in the sky
Vengeance in the sky
Downwind
air….
air….
eyes, eyes…
hair is falling out
hair is falling out
dead astronauts
monkeys and dogs
dead astronauts
monkeys and dogs
floating by, it’s alright; it’s alright
Hallelujah’s not enough
What does it feel like?
With so much trouble in the world
An` no matter how hard we try
What does it feel like…really breathing?
To fill up the sky….with broken stones
you know you cant lay down and die now and you know you’re not alone so
Don’t be a liar now because written on the water in a world gone wrong….
We’re golden, yeah, and i`m holding; on (what are you singing?)
Storms will come, yes in this world gone wrong
So bring them on – yeah.
There`s no dishonour in wanting to be free,
so sing along:
golden hearts, in a world gone wrong, burning hearts (what are you singing?)
broken hearts, empty hearts can sing
on.
yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
We laid our wheels down to the road – we`ll fight forever lay our souls down to the road
We’ll get the hell out of forever in this bucket of old ghosts – we`ll fight together burning flags and gold
triumphant shining in your tear blown eyes
Glory and despair
all your banners, all your lies…
golden light shining through in your smile
in your smile, golden lights,
in your smile
What does it feel like…really breathing?
To fill up the sky….with stolen gold
you know cant lay down and die now and you know you’re not alone so
Don’t be lying to yourself now, because written on the water in a world gone wrong….
golden hearts, in a world gone wrong, burning hearts (what are you singing?)
broken hearts, empty hearts can sing
on.
golden heart.
burning heart.
shine on through.
broken heart.
burning heart.
golden hearts all gone wrong. golden hearts all alone. golden hearts.broken hearts.
what are you singing ? shine on through
(scattered on the road lonely bleeding)
(mumbled:Is it the wine on the lips of women you met
Or the salt petre match of the cigarette
The blood stained red of the tv set
The white and the blues
that you cant forget…)
Life Support
Flick the switch turn off the machine
Cauterise my soul and set me free
Please god help me I can’t breathe
I only want to see the sun
Collide with space and
Slowly burn away
Cant we heal?
Can we repair?
It Hurts so bad, hurts so bad.
Dont try to cut the wires
Dont try to cut the wires
Dont cry
Life support it isnt life
Life support it’s just a lie.
Jesus Drifter
It was one friday morning three years ago
when he appeared the way a cigarette smokes
a name of warning, a lonely sermon about the war
with the truth
He said “theres only them and us, the good lord above
And now; just me and you”
Sho.. he was standing at the side of the road when I come around the curve standin there face and no face, hangdog determined and calm too like he done desperated himself up for the last time.
[break - fall, break - fall, break - fall]
[for the last time, to take the last chance, for the last last time]
With Blood yellowed eyes and dirty nailed hands
We sealed with signs our terrible plans
Lord strike me down
You dance with the devil else you don’t dance at all
In Jackson town
[break - fall, break - fall, break - fall]
[for the last time, to take the last chance, for the last last time]
Fate and circumstance had brought us together
But memory believes before knowing remembers
I coulda bit my tongue in two when he shot her down
Love and hate is all we got, all we really need
And all we believe.
Take two stolen pistols down that dirty old road
Past a pillar of salt and a yella column of smoke
Hi Ho Silver lightning and away we go, Hi Ho, Hi Ho
A bloodless coward and a prodigal son
A one armed messenger with the rebel’s gun
Get outta here Judas, you’ll kill us all
(he shot me down)
So sing a song of six cents
And a pocket full of rye
Hoist me like a mainsail…HI HO HI HO HI HO
Swinging through the sky
Onward christian soldiers
Marching as to war
“I never meant to kill her”
Where the grapes of wrath are stored
Where the grapes of wrath are stored
(lord forgive me , please forgive me now)
Stamping out the glory
(lead us not into temptation)
Stamping out the glory
(And forgive us our sins)
Sho.. he was standing at the side of the road when I come around the curve standin there face and no face, hangdog determined and calm too like he done desperated himself up for the last time.
Architecture of Destiny
The conversation thus ignored flies on up towards the yellow ceiling
Cant decipher being bored, cant decode this desperate feeling
Whilst the truth fights the trash on the garage floor
Between the rotten old chairs and the broke down doors
And the rusty old cars, that rot out on the lawn
And I just don’t care
Really I don’t anymore
You say we`re all equal but some more equal than others
Who does the judging and as your god discovers
Your history is all lies and all your truths are whores
Call all your prophets, call your disciples call them to your cause
Your suffering fathers and all your surrogate mothers
To wash all your dishes and sort out the cupboards
The kids start to fight and the rain beats the shutters
Theres a howling in the wind for Jacqueline, but she only mutters,
Strange cries in the kitchen the antenna just stutters
Smoke ourselves to death outside whilst the rain fills the gutters…
And of course you`re just so, over it all, and you say I don’t give nothing
back at all
Oh mercy me, bad luck designed
Oh mercy me, bad luck design, my destiny
Three sisters in the distance their resistance fills my eyes
They fight the amber rain, whilst silently we drive
I’m waiting at the station for the future to arrive
In this desperate situation the conversation… slowly dries
There`s Jesus at the crossroads hanging out to dry
Abandoned by his god baptized in thorns and lies
And even that kids got something to say
When the arguments don’t go your way
Its okay I`ll leave all my faults here at the door
You can stamp them all out as they creep across the floor
Guess it`s just a change you’re going through, guess its got something
to do with the moon
Oh mercy me bad luck designed
Oh mercy me bad luck design
I think the house is talking to me, asking me to leave
Your fucking friends who hang around are just old buildings falling down
Falling down.
Back down from heaven Elijah brought the widows sun
Raven fed by demons fighting
Pursued by Ahabs demon jezebel
On Saianai the winds did chime farewell
Set forth a plague of birds that flew into the sun
And with earthquake fire murdered demons thereupon
Dem bones dem bones
Gottem on the inside Why not on the outside
Dem bones dem bones
Why not on the outside Gottem on the inside
For forty nights in silent hollow heart he hid
From the death threats fled of Princess Hate
And her King Jealousy, who kneels & curses……..
Crowned in barbs his violent verses whilst he prays…….
And in defiance of this prophecy I burn
Dem bones dem bones
Gottem on the inside Why not on the outside
Dem bones dem bones
Why not on the outside Gottem on the inside
So tell me what you know
Well you reap just what you sow
Your words they burn like bones, falling off the world
Across the waters trailing chariots of fire
A whirlwind blew from out the sun
Ascending true into his god look down upon
Her broken body burning in the parking lot
Feast upon by hellhound wailing like a thousand dogs
Dem bones bem bones
Gottem on the inside Why not on the outside
Dem bones dem bones
Why not on the outside Gottem on the inside
And tell them what you`ve learned, the prophecy returns…..
Returns…..
(theres a musick in the ole bones yet, yayuh, a musicking the ole bones yet…)
IS there half a chance for love to learn
god have a heart to give
everywhere I look I see people burn
love have a life to live
after the tide when all the light burnt out
land fill up the sky with sea
fire rains down to drown the path to love
what is within is all without
in truth, certainty and doubt
IS there half a chance for love to learn
god have a heart to give
everywhere I look I see people burn
love have a life to live
then I asked the lord in love
where had he been
when the times in life were hard
you said you’d walk beside me
through one and many guide me
he said suffer unto me
for forever so to sleep
hurt hammers nails through hearts and into hands
this is your land, the promised land
living in the eye of a needle
All the bars are drunk right dry
now Napoleon’s come here to die
with a sacred codex, that everybody else…seems to…know
pour yourself another bourbon and wait until the timeball come down
old ghosts’ll dance the rattle-bones in prison cells across the town
beneath the chapel that’s falling down
we all fall down, we all fall down.
“But that was back in ’69 when the Queen of Bath went down the sink”
Mack Says: “Yowa goddamned liar!” and then storms outside to think,
But back in the bar with a cluster of stars he has stolen from the trinket sky
“Never turn your back on a drink!” Says Mack, but we all know that’s a lie
In walks the local providore who’s brought his cross to bear
And drags behind a broken anchor, a sextant and a broken square
Where rusty hulls of dying fleets are drowning in the Irish bar
the guitar maker plays the barb wire whilst speaking to his guitar
Silent Russian sailors are drinking poison in the seafront hotel
Flaking paint dolls head lampshades glimmer for a different clientele
Gramophonic histories from broken trombones groan their mysteries
to the people that know me well.
Say hello
If you’re passing her by
If youre not stopping then kiss her gooddbye
Say goodbye sundown sunflower
through everybody seems to shine
and though you cant believe it, she can help you see it, only love
will heal in time
through the one and many become divine, you’re ready she can heal your worried mind.
Say goodbye sundown sunflower
through everybody seems to shine
through the one become divine only love will heal in time
Forthcoming songs & lyrics include:
Alocin
The Way of the Gun
Sundown Sunflower
Lyseanne
Who you want to be
Supernova (instrumental)
Symphonium in Sadness
©jake Edwards 2005-2011