1. |
One More Dance
04:00
|
|||
I got the blues today, I don’t know if I can say
I’m beat but I’m not broken
I may be down but I’m not out
Got some things to think about
I’m scared but I’m still hoping.
I got things in my mind to help me through these troubled times
Look into myself and find the hell that will make me find,
Another life, this time, I got a chance to improve my stance, one more dance.
Everybody’s got a special place, where they go to save face
It’s there but they don’t know it
Sometimes you got to go so far down, to the lowest point underground
You’ll be stronger and you’ll show it
This time I’ll be stoic
I got things in my mind to help me through these troubled times
Look into myself and find the hell that will make me find
Another life, this time, I got a chance to improve my stance
One more dance
|
||||
2. |
Out Of Control
03:47
|
|||
Got your satellite dish
Got your plasma TV
Got your fancy car, got your every wish
Got your home odyssey
Complete with full faculty
Got a 30 foot yacht
Got your ecstasy
You’re out of control, way out of control
You’re out of control, way out of control
Got your pretty face
Lifetime club membership
Dog’s drool at your feet
And lick the bones clean off the meat
You’re out of control, way out of control
You’re out of control, way out of control
What if it all was taken away?
Where would you be come judgment day?
You & all your luxuries
Life was good to you but not to me
You’re out of control, way out of control
You’re out of control, way out of control
|
||||
3. |
Troubled Times
03:35
|
|||
We’re in a time of trouble
We’re in a time of need
There’s no time like the present, to plant a brand new seed
We’re in a time of mistrust; we’re in a time of hate
There’s no time like the present, to change the way things are
Before it’s too late
When times are tough and love is hard to find
Things get rough and peace is out of mind
Why do we fight for what we think is mine?
Why can’t we try and make a world that’s kind.
We’re in a time of wanting; we’re in a time of greed
There’s no time like the present
To heal the wounds before they start to bleed.
We’re in time of trouble; we’re in an hour of need
There’s no time like the present
To euthanize the pain before it breeds.
When times are tough and love is hard to find
Things get rough and peace is out of mind
Why do we fight for what we think is mine?
Why can’t we try and make a world that’s kind
|
||||
4. |
The Way Time Flies
02:31
|
|||
You are born, you get older, you get wiser you get by
You get lonely, you get a need, to be free, then you die
It all depends on the way the time flies
In between, there are blocks, in your life that lasted long
Though those years, went on & on, when you learned the right from wrong, it seemed those times, weren’t long enough
There were days, that have passed, when you thought they wouldn’t last, & when they came to an end, you knew you could depend, on the way the time, man it flies
|
||||
5. |
Suburban Adventure
04:33
|
|||
Woke up in the early morning sunshine
Took a look around the neighborhood
Saw Mr. Jones crawl into his blue Rolls Royce
Tap the chauffer on the shoulder & said Go Boy.
Across the street lives Mr. & Miss America
Strolling up & down drive ways of gold
She flaunts the diamond ring there on her finger
His new Rolex is already old, well
I ain’t got a lot but what I got is good enough
Good enough for me, good enough for me
Good enough for me
Down the street there’s little Miss Pretender
Through her vanity mirror she never looked better
She got her hair on straight & lipstick red like ember
He’s all dolled up to be the new gender bender, well
I ain’t got a lot but what I got is good enough
Good enough for me, good enough for me
Good enough for me
Scenes from my real Suburb adventure
A very eventful day to remember
Scenes from my real Suburb adventure
I hope I never ever be like that, well
I ain’t got a lot but what I got is good enough
Good enough for me, good enough for me
Good enough for me
|
||||
6. |
I.O.U.
03:31
|
|||
When you’re in deep
And you’re losing sleep
Can’t find a way to make ends meet
With your back up against the wall
Want to get away from it all
Eyes of sympathy don’t ease the fall
I owe you owe we owe
I owe you owe me owe
Credit to the max
Fed up with all the taxes
Going to cause your heart to attack
There’s no easy street
All you know is deceit
Haven’t seen a friend all week
I owe you owe we owe
I owe you owe me owe
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you
Don’t leave the world that needs you
I know it’s too much for one man
Don’t save the ones who bleed you
Don’t con the one’s who please you
It won’t kill you to open up your hand.
I owe you owe we owe
I owe you owe me owe
Don’t think it hard
To ask for help in your moment of desperation
Not everyone’s above sub-par
Don’t give up hope, don’t take the pill that everyone’s trying to feed you, just ease the tension around my throat
|
||||
7. |
In '45
03:28
|
|||
Rode into town on a wounded horse
A scent of death lingers
Marred & scarred & a little off course
I grasped the trigger
In ’45 young men died, it was a fact of life
‘neath angry skies, blood draws flies
And never look into the eyes.
Walked into a local saloon
As the bartender sighs
A pint of ale, a shot of red-eye
I held the trigger.
In ’45 you’d show no signs
Fear could lead you to the grave
A sweaty hand or an itchy thigh
And never look into the eyes
In ’45 young men died
Townsfolk just look the other way
‘neath angry skies, cold as ice
No one would ever think twice
Rode out of town on a wounded horse
My hands still tingle..
|
||||
8. |
World Unwound
04:16
|
|||
Sitting on a stairway looking down
Wondering why the lost are never found
Never does love ever come around
Talking to the ones that hit the ground
What we were then was hardly seen
What we are now is too extreme
When you’re lonely down & out
Sometimes you have to do without
No silver spoons no living rooms
Sleeping where the flowers never bloom
What we were then was hardly seen
What we are now is too extreme
Shame on us all for what we seem
Safe behind the walls we cannot leave
Sitting on a stairway looking down
Wondering why the lost are never found
Never does love ever come around
Watching as the world comes unwound
Watching as the world comes unwound
No silver spoons, no living rooms
No silver spoons, no living rooms
|
||||
9. |
Pain
03:10
|
|||
Life, what a mystery
Love, for the well to be
Hate, such a tragedy
Death, is a destiny
Exploding clouds, so high above
Burning rain & falling dust
Black haze skies & heartless love
Brings the pain to all of us
Truths, are formality
Lies, what commodity
Words, such prosperity
Thoughts, actual reality.
Exploding clouds so high above
Burning rain & falling dust
Black haze skies & heartless love
Brings pain to all of us
To Whom It May Concern, reality is immoral, it deadens the senses & dilutes the mind. Let us revert from this tragic destiny of our unbridled society, leads down the road to destruction
|
||||
10. |
Never
02:48
|
|||
Gazing out to space, I spy a lonely face
It is calling, it is calling
Listen to the fears that cried a million tears
They are falling, they are falling
Oh, this aching pain, it drives the sane insane
Can you feel it? Can you feel it?
Will I never catch the train, as it tears along the track?
Will I ever be the same, if I’m not coming back?
Though the old ones know, they feel it in their bones
They are thinning, oh, so thinning
So, it’s over now, I grasp at floating clouds
Am I dreaming? Always dreaming?
Will I never catch the wind, as it blows at my back?
Will I ever know the truth, as I see a spiraled path?
Will I ever catch the train as it tears along the track?
Will I ever be the same if I’m not coming back?
|
||||
11. |
Problem
02:48
|
|||
Out of sight, out of mind
Out of place, out of time
You never knew, you got a problem like you do.
Never day, forever night
Child of gray, don’t feel right
This day and age, you almost always run away
You’ve done it all, you don’t see writing on the wall
You did it all, the only words are on your grave.
How many ways, do you escape
Into the haze, aren’t you afraid
It’s in your head, you might be better off dead.
You’ve done it all, you don’t see writing on the wall
You’re in a hole, only God can save your soul.
Out of sight, out of mind
Out of faith. out of time
You never knew, you got a problem like you do
You got a problem like you do, you got a problem like you do.
You got a problem like you do
|
||||
12. |
Remember Me
02:28
|
|||
Two stranger’s stand, on the road looking lost
Take another glance, familiar face from the past
Start to walk on, should have said hello
Could be very long, before you know
I remember you, how do you do? remember you
Yes I do, remember you, do you too, remember me
Remember me, remember me,
Why is it we pass like ships in the night?
Never understood, always afraid, of making some honest mistake
But we’re not alone.
I remember you, how do you do? Remember you
Yes I do, remember you, do you too remember me
Remember me, remember me
|
||||
13. |
Dark Hours
05:45
|
|||
What’s the point to be like everyone?
Make’s no sense to me, it can be done
Have my darkest hours just begun?
Are my greatest fears still to come?
Took a lonely walk out in the sun
Love won’t talk to me, I’ve been shunned
Wish I could take a pill & make it all go away
But I can’t deal with that escape
Wish I could take a drink & ease my mind of pain
But I’d regret it when I wake
But I’d regret it if I wake
Too many times I’ve had to, say no to my yearns
Some never learn, they need their rock to hide behind
I got my own, mountain to climb
What’s the point to be like everyone?
Make’s no sense to me it can be done
Have my darkest hours just begun?
Are my greatest fears still to come?
Took a lonely walk out in the sun
Love won’t talk to me, I’ve been shunned
Wish I could take a pill & make it all go away
But I can’t deal with that escape
Wish I could take a drink & ease my mind of pain
But I’d regret it when I wake, but I’d regret when I wake
|
The Soakes Lonesome Richmond Hill, Ontario
I am a survivor of childhood physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
Streaming and Download help
If you like Troubled Times, you may also like:
Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp