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Grey Gardens Allegiance I drive my SUV out to the mall And I buy, I buy, I buy it all When did we become consumers? We used to be citizens We used to vote But now they just tell us to spend I pledge allegiance with my hand over my heart Like some Holy Roman soldier armed with my credit card In my hometown there is but One lonely courthouse And there are 26 churches That want to save my soul I pledge allegiance to a nation not above Or even equal to, but under god Within twenty miles of my home There are three Wal-Mart Supercenters With their low, low prices every day Folks don't seem to realize That for every little penny they save There is a price, there is a price And we all have to pay We pledge allegiance with our hands over our eyes Like some Holy American soldiers, an army of credit cards I'm my biggest critic I think that you should be yours too I think you should question Everything you're told to do In the mirror every morning I don't have to look at you It's just me And sometimes it's not so easy I pledge allegiance to the red, the white, and the blue And I know you do, too Mr Rochester Remember when we met on the island You with your bright white suits and me with my sugar cane The tradewinds would come blowing in They'd bring in the strangest things Those island nights were humid The incense was thick in the air You'd wrap your arms around me And say baby, I'll get you out of here You could be my Mr Rochester And I could be the crazy lady in your attic If that's the only way I can have it I'm gonna take what I can get It's cold in my new home The east winds blow and they chill me to the bone This lonely life of curtains and belfreys It cannot compare To the island life I left so long ago I said baby, won't you get me back there And if you hear these footsteps on your ceiling Know that's me, but it's not me leaving You could be my Mr Rochester And I could be the crazy lady in your attic If that's the only way I can have it I'm gonna take what I can get Dear reader, don't you know? Dear reader, can't you see? He's the only man who knows my true name He's the only man for me He's the only man and he's only for me I could burn this all down In a fire so big that the Wide Sargasso Sea Could not douse all the flames Of my love's true insanity I guess you're my Mr Rochester And that makes me the crazy lady in your attic If that's the only way I can have you I'm gonna take what I can I'm gonna take what I can I'm gonna take what I can get Christmas In September The fallen leaves were on the ground The news came so fast, felt like my head was spinning around So I picked up the phone and made the call The same monotone answered us all Was it what you planned to do? (Did you get everything you wanted?) Was it all laid out for you? (On that September morning?) Was it like Christmas in September? (Had you been a good boy that year?) Do you remember? I lit a candle for the dead Got on my knees and prayed for forgiveness instead It was the first I knew of soil I believed that blood was thicker than oil (chorus) Now the fallen soldiers are on the ground So many miles from each of their hometowns A flag is draped across a box But no body count could ever say how much we've lost (chorus) The Best I think we both already know This is our final hello You list the reasons to escape I say wipe that smile off your face You gave me 21 days To make my peace or state my case Now you're out chasing the sun I should be the fortunate one Take this letter off my chest And wish me the best I am weak and you are strong You were right and I was wrong Now you're where you belong I am here and you are gone For all the lovers that I've lost I will tally up the cost I will carve it in the tree For everybody else to see Take this letter off my chest And wish me the best You know it's like you always said Being here is worse than being dead There's a flaw in your grand plan Here is wherever you land Sell your stuff, sell your car Follow your favorite star All the debts that we once owed They are buried in the snow Wrap your arms around my chest And I will wish you the best The Ballad of David & Jonathan I remember when I first saw your red hair You were standing near the temple with my father by the stairs You were a statue chiseled in concrete I was just a boy crumbled at your feet I loved you there and then I loved you more than all of your men David, you were my king David, you were my everything A mighty warrior slaying the beasts You slew me every night between the sheets I could take it, I could make it last But the prophecy told me what would surely come to pass I loved you even when You took the hand of my youngest kin David, you were my king David, you were my everything We were standing in the trees with my trembling knees You kissed me, I kissed you too And then you drew your sword and I said Oh my Lord This is all too good to be true And I loved you as I loved myself I loved you more than anybody else David, it's for you I sing If you asked me to I would wear your ring As for history, well it knows your name But for our love I could not say the same It's disappearing right there on the page This passion unconstrained by this ancient age David, you were my king David, you were my everything David, it's for you I sing David, you were my everything Faith copyright George Michael 1987 Good Christians My aunt is the wife of a Baptist preacher On Sundays she sings specials to the willing congregation They sing Hallelujah at the top of their lungs They're waiting for a salvation that never seems to come You know what they say about preacher's daughters, I can tell you that it's a fact My cousins were the very best when it came to being bad They'd smoke and they'd cuss and they'd spread their legs for whomever they'd choose There they'd sit on Sunday hung over in the pews If you're a good christian god will watch over you If you let Jesus in your heart you can do whatever you want to do I asked the preacher one Sunday if my friend could join in He said you better think again, or didn't you notice the color of his skin He said they've got their own church on the other side of the tracks He said that god wants it that way, he said here's the facts If you're a good christian god will watch over you If you let Jesus in your heart you can do whatever you want to do One day when I was about thirteen the preacher said these words If a man should lie with a man for eternity shall he burn I looked him straight in the eyes and I said you're full of shit Because god loves even me you fucking hypocrite If you're a good christian god will watch over you If you let Jesus in your heart you can do whatever you want to do But I say if you're a good person god will watch over you And if you let love in your heart you can do whoever you want to do The Other Side of the Rainbow Everyone knows the screws come off in the second act The hero will fail and the crowd will gasp at the stunning lack Of hindsight as he contends there was nothing he could do Everyone knows how this story ends but you Everyone follows the bouncing ball and sings along We've all committed to memory this happy song It makes us feel all warm but we know it's just a game The other side of the rainbow is just the same Everyone knows eventually the truth will out Honesty pays off in the end without a doubt Though truth is my choice sometimes it doesn't work Sometimes the less you know the less it hurts Everyone knows he'll get the girl in the end Happily ever after their lives they'll spend He'll say hi honey I'm home and she'll say how was your day He'll stop and he'll think, it was just okay Bastard I guess I needed to know I guess my eyes needed to see I just needed to measure the distance Between the apple and the tree So I looked up your number I drove out to your place I waited in the shadows To see your body with my face It's just a simple equation Adding up the X's and the Y's The roadmap of my identity Still leaves the big question why Maybe you had your reasons Maybe I was better off Without a man who wouldn't love me One who could not pay the cost Or one who would not pay the cost You might say there is some anger I might say I've got a right If you stood here in front of me I would call you a liar When I came into this world I was one parent down My conception was immaculate And I wear that like a crown When I look at my family Both by blood and by choice It makes me want to sing out In my own bastard voice I own this bastard voice I own my bastard voice Grey Gardens I think that my days at Grey Gardens are limited I hesitate to tell you all of the things I did While living alone in my bachelor pad I think of those nights that were spent mostly by myself I have to tell you I think that there's no one else That would reel me in and not throw me back There were so many men who came before you I loved each of them for at least an hour or two My best friend tells me no man, you should not fret The grass is always greener on the other side of it I know it's true, 'cause I've seen it, too It's a long, long road from my heart to your door It's a heavy load, more than we've ever carried before I think that you're ready but really more importantly I think that I'm finally ready to start to see That settling down could be really sweet I think that my days at Grey Gardens are limited I hesitate to give up all of the things I did As I say good-bye to my bachelor pad back |
