Love and youth

*** Thanx a lot to Hyper & DillyDally for these lyrics ***

Crazy Summer

Crazy summer
Hot breeze
Don't care about what people said

Be brave
Don' think about the consequences
Just think about yourself

You better fight if you have to
Don't forget yourself
Be brave

In a dark breeze
Of that crazy summer

In a dark breeze
Of that crazy summer
Crazy summer
Dark breeze
Crazy summer

Summer Time – The Roughest Time

Books oh books along a dusty road
Take to the right, right after the sign you'll find me there
My nose is bleeding from rubbing it into books
I'm working hard on an intellectual look

Got a piece of paper to put poetry upon
But I'd rather write a crib so I can cheat
Come on!
 
I've slept more films than I have seen
I've talked about dreams that I never ever dreamed, yeah
I've slept more films than I have seen
I've talked about dreams that I never ever dreamed

Then the summer comes
Hey, ain't that the roughest time of roughest times
Sun bleached hair
No matter what you've just got to have fun
And fall in love
Got to meet a boy to fall in love with quick
With a dazzling smile
No matter what, you've better not ask why

Love's like viper but I can't resist
To sip that poison, lick my lips, bite my finger tips
My head's fallin' off
It's rolling away, am I astray
Head, wait for me!

Summertime's the roughest time
Everybody's telling me how easy things become
Summertime's the roughest time
Everybody's telling me how easy things become

Then the summer comes
Hey, ain't that the roughest time of roughest times
Sun bleached hair
No matter what, you've just got to have fun

And fall in love
Got to meet a boy to fall in love with quick
With a dazzling smile
No matter what, you've better not ask why...

Let My Shoes Lead Me Forward

Tie my shoes and zip my jacket
I lock the door and check my pockets
I'm leaving the light on just for the sight
Might make someone think that I'm still around

Sold my bed, no need to sleep these nights
Walking rounds in search for stars these nights
The sky is perfectly brown instead of black
I let my shoes lead me forward, please bring me some luck

It's ok, hey come on, no time for education so let's go
I can't stand all these rules,
I'm gonna turn my back to everything I know
It's ok, come on, I won't do the things they learned me

I pick up stones 'cause I might need them
You're gonna throw'em, aren't you
I tried with books but I'm not pleased yet
Come on and read it for me, read it for me
Sold my bed, no need to sleep these nights,
I'm walking rounds in search for, doesn't matter

It's ok, hey come on, no time for education so let's go
I can't stand all these rules,
I'm gonna turn my back to everything I know
It's ok, come on, I won't do the things they learned me...

Those Winters

They beat you up, they force you down against the snow
Sun's been further and the snow has benn harder
You know the sky's been greyer before
You know the winter has been colder
You know, 'cause you know those winters so well

All the parents and the kids are erased by the snowflakes
But you hear their trembling voices
They're gathering in the haze
And the fists and bony elbows force you
They beat you up so badly this time
But you know the darkness has been darker before
And that the shadows have been shorter
You know 'cause you know those winters so well

You remember all those winters
The snow drifts under your back
The blizzard is making tears in your eyes
And the strokes bruisers in your face
Soon, I guess, the summer comes around
From time to time it's better to be beaten up in the backyard
When the sun sets with a pink sky above

Bitter? No I Just Love To Complain

Went to the city with all these lights
With the people to fall in love with or dislike
And music is like a pouring rain
I made my decision : I wanna stay.
Made songs, taped'em on my machine
Sent cassettes to a record company
(They Said) "You know you're here to entertain?
You look good girl but I can hear no refrain"
Swing and sway, be colorful and sweet
Or you just waste my time.
Pick a word and sing it constantly,
About a million times.
If your voice was clear and not so keen
Hey, we could change your style!
This is just another industry"
Well, I swept floors, I made hotel beds,
While I kept my songs like in a warehouse, in my head
"Bitter?"
No I just love to complain.
And I made my decision, here's the refrain :
"Swing and sway, be colorful and sweet
Or you just waste my time.
Pick a word and sing it constantly,
About a million times.
If your voice was clear and not so keen
Hey, we could change your style!
This is just another industry"

"Disappointed?"
"No, I just like to complain"
'Cause I don't wanna do this, I cannot take it
I put on my shoes now and walk away.
I don't wanna do it, it's just a waste of time
And I don't like your rules.
I don't wanna do this, I cannot take it
I put on my shoes now and run away.
I don't wanna hear your lies and promises or your "useful" advices

"Swing and sway, be colorful and sweet
Or you just waste my time.
Pick a word and sing it constantly,
About a million times.
If your voice was clear and not so keen
Hey, we could change your style!
This is just another industry"

Would I Play With My Band

I work four days a week
And the rest of the days I spend my time on the streets
I work four days a week
And the rest of the days I spend my time on the streets
I'm looking for something
What would I've become if you still were alive
Would I work in a bank?
Have four kids with a man?
Would I play with my band?
Still I don't know how things would be
Probably this is what's supposed to be
I think I saw you in the haze such a dream
I saw you were waving from a plane.
(You said:)"I know we're rising while the sun is going down
I know we're rising though the sun is setting now"

What would I've become if you still were alive
Would I fight with my bare hands
Go to the church and get married
Would I let people down
Would I play with my band
Still I don't know how things would be
Probably this is what is supposed to be
I think I saw you in the haze such a dream
I saw you were waving from a plane
(You said:)"I know we're rising while the sun is going down
I know we're rising though the sun is setting now"

Love And Youth

I've got a stone in my shoe.
I guess that's why I sit here with you.
On a bench in a park in a town.
You think you gotta comfort me, so the kissing has begun

You've got the answers, you've got the facts.
But I know the truth...
You might have some good lines,
You might be a man.

But I know the truth.
This supposed to be Love and Youth
When I was sixteen,
I left school without telling the teachers
Anyway they were all fools.

Got rid off all my childish proof
Hid away all my comic books, hid away from youth
And all the fun outside.
Summer nights outside.

Don't got the answers, I don't got the facts.
But I know the truth...
Might be a good time,
It might be the end.

Anyhow, I know the truth.
This is what they call Love and Youth.

And the guy says to me...
'Look the horizon , the well known line.
Look at the good sky but never on the ground,
You can trace the future there,
Come on we're young !
(Come on we're young...)

Maybe we're young but that doesn't make us last long
Maybe we're young but that doesn't make us last long.
Maybe we're young but that doesn't make us last.
You got the answers as you got the facts.
But I know the truth

Might have some good lines
You might be a man
But I know the truth
It supposed to be

Don't got the answers as I don't got the facts.
But I know the truth

Might be a good time,
It might be the end.
Anyhow I know the truth

It's what they call
Love and youth

I've got Love and youth
(I've got nothing to do with this youth...)
I'm sayin' Love and youth
I've got nothing to do with this youth

A Hesitating Cloud of Despair

Posters from teenage magazines,
Closed the door , you locked it with a key
The pictures would keep you company at night
Handsome strangers to hold on tight
You put some music and it filled the room
Gently like a snowfall.
We were always interrupted by your mother
She was knocking at the door, offering cookies,
Candy, ice cream from the store.
I thought you were spoiled, you screamed
"Piss off you fuckin' whore"
And then you whispered
"Let's steal some wine, mom won't notice anything"
And while the music melted down
We heard her steps, she was staggering.
We were bored, but you know,
You're not supposed to play at that age
The only thing you talked about was guys
And getting laid
You had big tits and every boy in school wanted to fuck you
You told me stories about what these boys could do
"they rip off your clothes, all they wanna do is screw"
Cans of hairspray piled up like skyscrapers
I remember the smell of dark
Fat food that your mother fried in the cigarette smoke
And in a hesitating cloud of despair.

Love Ain’t Just A Four Letter Word

No, love ain't just a four letter word, never!
Let me put it like this, let me tell you
You feel it in your chest and in your arms
You feel it in your legs and in your heart
While "words" are what you find in newspapers,
Have you ever read a newspaper, baby?
You know you can wipe your ass with'em
Or stuff your shoes or make a roof, oh!
My heart is a pumping thing, fistful of pumping thing.
I guess it comes quite automatically,
You know the butterflies inside one's chest
You know the feelings, the warm wind
The hunt of a fresh breath.
Don't stop, oh, don't think too much
Get these bad thoughts tucked in bed.
Don't stop pumping, don't stop that jumping
My little stubborn heart.
To come and guide me, guide me, guide me instead!
But I'm shaking, I'm trembling, I'm dancing around
I take two steps at a time (x2)

Love is a pretty thing
"Ehm, it's an outworn word"
Who cares? Not me!
Cause words is that you put on papers
Is what you place in letters and in crosswords too
But when you feel love, the warm wind
It's a taste, it's on your tongue!
Don't stop, oh, don't think too much
Get these bad thoughts tucked in bed.
Don't stop pumping, don't stop that jumping
My little stubborn heart
To come and guide me, guide me, guide me instead!
But I'm shaking, I'm trembling, I'm dancing around
I take two steps at a time

Oh, oh my God, it feels good, but it tastes like blood
And it tickles, it bites me, it tickles and tickles and tickles!
Oh Shit! I can see him, and he belongs to me
In every pumping beat and beat,
In every pumping beat.
Oh here he comes!!
I'm shaking, I'm trembling, I'm dancing around
I take two steps at a time

Common Around Here

I've got my new shoes, they're yellow like the sun
I walk to my new school,
Perhaps I'll make good friends in time
Blue winter jacket will make me look like them
I know I'll better be a part of the game
You Know I'm new, but I'm not special
I wanna fit in cause that makes impression

Well in the school meals I tried to despise the food you should despise
And steal things like toothpicks, make fun of some fat girl,
Then you're member of the gang".
Rules are just the same, tables all the same
At least ten thousand of spoons, and forks and knives and plates
"Nice Jacket, won't you join us" they probably will say
"Not today but tomorrow"
There's no problems, this is like sort of fair
I've got so many new friends admirers in a line
I can' tell how fun it is, mum

I wear a black cap and guess it's common around here
I'm pickin'up stones, suppose they're like weapons in a war
How many of you are still in the game?
My Shoes are new and fast but I won't run away
I'm sure I'm not a chicken
I could prove you I can fight
I'll do what it takes, at least I try

There's no problem, this is like's out of there.
I've got so many new friends and my ears in the line
I can' tell
Funny this book oooo-oh

You know it ain't true
You know it ain't true
You know it ain't true

You should know...

Hey, What’s The Matter

And this is what the school's made of:
Concrete and stone of confusion and sloth.
Our hope and aspirations are reduced to these last pages of the yearbook
The best dressed chicks and the most clever guys
Where are you in these pages
Hey now, what is wrong
Perfume, toothpaste, fresh and strong.
Sweaty shirt, my jeans are too tight
Stay awake all night

Come on let's hide on the playground
Let's go
But make sure no class mates find ou that you play, you're too old.
Smoking fags in shade of the slide makes you cool.
"Stash it, stash it"
Watch out or your parents will catch you

Hey now, what is wrong
Perfume, toothpaste, fresh and strong.
Sweaty shirt, my jeans are too tight
Stay awake all night
Hey now what is wrong
Ugly skin, you're bored and young
Sweaty shirt, your jeans are too tight
Stay awake all night

Wish I could go some place where I could fall in love..
With anyone! Just someone or you, just anyone,
Go anywhere, just some place with you
C'mon with anyone, just someone or with you all right
There must be a better place of that

Balcony Smoker

Balcony Smoker you're standing there again
Glowing and fading for every breath you take
No singing ambulance, no car alarms so what keeps you awake ?
You hear the floating blood through your veins
The flood of blood, the flood of blood.

I think I know you but I've never seen your face
And I Bet you're lonely, there's a cloud of smoke again
You remind me of a dove
Who lost his feathers in a fight
With the sound of blood running through your head
The flood of blood in the search for love
You might drown in the flood of love
Flood of love

Hardships!

The Path

I wanted to be born
So I crawled out in the middle of the night
Out of my mother
I looked at the stars
And I looked at the bushes
Then I crawled along the path

In a pair of dusty shoes
I walked a long my youth
I was left with a number of needs to please
The more I walked the more they increased
"We have to eat, bring us food for peace!"
And quicker than you turn a silver coin
The magic, the childhood, the night was all gone

Oh will I always walk alone
Oh man I think so
Oh will I always walk alone
Oh man they say so

Oh will I always walk alone
Oh man I think so
Oh will I always walk alone
Oh man they say so

Later on
I found me a horse and a rifle
This power would save my life
Bang! I fired a shot in the sky
For god’s sake someone could have died

And the horse it kicked backwards
And the hoove it hit my head
Then I was all knocked out for a decade

Oh will I always walk alone
Oh man I think so
Oh will I always walk alone
Oh man they say so

Oh will I always walk alone
Oh man I think so
Oh will I always walk alone
Oh man they say so

Oh will I always walk alone
Oh man I think so
Oh will I always walk alone
Oh man they say
Oh will I always walk alone
Oh man they say

Ten years later I opened my eyes
I stared at the bushes and searched the sky
How many losses
How many earnings
Do I know love, or only learning

No one lay here next to the fire
With a baby born on my chest to admire
Don’t crawl away from me yet little boy
I know a path but it can wait little boy

Don’t crawl away from me yet little boy
I know a path but it can wait little boy
Don’t crawl away from me yet little boy
I know a path but it can wait little boy

Don’t crawl away from me yet little boy
I know a path but it can wait little boy

Like a Fading Rainbow

No, no more sugar left
No more soap to clean my hands with
No songs left for the choir

Oh, no more stitches for the dress
No more bread here left to bless
I raise my hands to reach the sky

So I left my fading life
I left my house with an open door
Left it like an open sore
I couldn't stop the wind, oh, blow

So I left my fading life
I left my house with an open door
Left it like an open sore
I couldn't stop the blood, oh, flow

So I left my fading life
I left my house with an open door
Left it like an open sore
I couldn't stop the wind, oh, blow

No, no more firewood
No sweep to brush away the mud
That's stuck upon my shoes

Oh, no birds that are flocking around my feet
No pockets full of grain and crumbs of wheat
No cake that's soft and sweet

No, no more shimmering stars
No more strings upon on my guitar

So I left my fading life
I left my house with an open door
Left it like an open sore
I couldn't stop the wind, oh, blow

So I left my fading life
I left my house with an open door
Left it like an open sore
I couldn't stop the blood, oh, flow

So I left my fading life
I left my house with an open door
Left it like an open sore
I couldn't stop the wind, oh, blow

Oh, no birds that are flocking around my feet
No pockets full of grain and crumbs of wheat
No cake that's soft and sweet

Oh, no birds that are flocking around my feet
No pockets full of grain and crumbs of wheat
No cake that's soft and sweet

So I left my fading life
I left my house with an open door
Left it like an open sore
I couldn't stop the wind, oh, blow

So I left my fading life
I left my house with an open door
Left it like an open sore
I couldn't stop the blood, oh, flow...

Clattering Hooves

Eyes black as the darkest lake
And wiser than you ever can say
I speak to an old working horse
Every doubt I've felt is gone

Now, I ain't gonna let you plow in this mud
Freedom is running in your blood
I ain't gonna let you, cause we're just the same kind
Freedom is running through our mind
Oh, what are we waiting for

Up and gone with clattering hooves
Clickety-clack they make me move
Go go gone with clattering hooves
Clap your hands and rattle your keys
Snap your fingers move your feet
Go go gone with clattering hooves

Oh what a feeling!
Come on let's run forever
Oh we can make it
Or am I wrong
Oh what a feeling
The wind against our faces
We took the wrong road
Now we're going
Where are we going
Home

Oh man
Look at me now
You see my unwashed face
Look I've got dirt under my nails
Can I wash them another day

I ain't gonna go on plowing in this old mud
Freedom is running in my blood
I ain't gonna go on though I know that I should
Freedom I've heard it's something good
Are you coming with me

Up and gone with clattering hooves
Clickety-clack they make me move
Go go gone with clattering hooves
Clap your hands and rattle your keys
Snap your fingers move your feet
Go go gone with clattering hooves

Oh what a feeling!
Come on let's run forever
Oh we can make it
Or am I wrong
Oh what a feeling
The wind against our faces
We won this battle
How's it going
I think we're doing quite

Ok
Ain't gonna go there
Clap your hands
Clattering hooves
Home

The Wooden Chair

I sit here singing a song
A song that'll make you sleepy
Oh I sing a harsh hymn all through the night
So I won't fall asleep
Oh oh lil baby in my arms
I am armed
I'm standing in the line of fire

My heart is beating
It goes boom boom boom
Both my feet
Wanna march right out of the room
It's like a fever and I don't feel fine
I wanna leave you baby
But our veins are entwined

Oh no I'm sitting on a chair
Sing oh man I'm sitting on a chair
Oh no I'm sitting on a chair
I wanna leave you baby but our veins are entwined
Oh no I'm sitting on a chair
Sing oh man I'm sitting on a chair
Oh no I'm sitting on a chair
Sitting on a wooden chair

Said
Oh I've seen so many come and go in a flow
Bring me along
Oh let the soup get burned in its pot
The holes grow bigger in the socks

My heart is beating
It goes boom boom boom
Both my feet
Wanna march right out of the room
It's like a fever hey I don't feel fine
I wanna leave you baby
But our veins are entwined

Oh no I'm sitting on a chair
Sing oh man I'm sitting on a chair
Oh no I'm sitting on a chair
I wanna leave you baby but our veins are entwined
Oh no I'm sitting on a chair
Sing oh man I'm sitting on a chair
Oh no I'm sitting on a chair
Sitting on a wooden chair

Wait don't go
Where holes begin to grow
Never say no
Stay

Wait don't go
I'm not gonna go there
Ain’t gonna go
Where holes begin to grow
Ain’t gonna go
I'm not gonna go there
Ain’t gonna leave my baby
‘Cause our veins are entwined

Oh no I'm sitting on a chair
Sing oh man I'm sitting on a chair
Oh no I'm sitting on a chair
I wanna leave you baby but our veins are entwined
Oh no I'm sitting on a chair
Sing oh man I'm sitting on a chair
Oh no I'm sitting on a chair
Sitting on a wooden chair

Porcelain Castle

There is only clear soup
In the pot
I left it on the stove for you
Piping hot
But the table spoons are stained
And full of holes
I haven't changed the sheets since
Five weeks back
When you left us
I rip them into rags
Wind them round my chest
Oh like a bandage

Oh I build a porcelain castle
Of the cups you used to drink from
I build a porcelain castle
On my dirty kitchen sink

I give a stranger on the street
All your clothes and all unsent letters
That I wrote to you
You are sailing a white ship
While row row row row a boat
Everybody seems to know
That a father should protect his kids
It has turned the opposite way
They adore you still
While you left us here in badlands

Oh I build a porcelain castle
Of the cups you used to drink from
Oh I build a porcelain castle
On my dirty kitchen sink

Row row row a boat
Row row row a boat
Row row row a boat…

There is only clear soup
In the pot
I left it on the stove for you
Piping hot
But the table spoons are stained
And full of holes

Oh I build a porcelain castle
Of the cups you used to drink from
I build a porcelain castle
On my dirty kitchen sink

I build a porcelain castle
Of the cups you used to drink from
I build a porcelain castle
On my dirty kitchen sink

Anchor Made of Gold

Box of matches and a pocket knife
Some lumps of sugar this will save my life
While my heart is full of confidence, my head is a mess
I've got a golden anchor hanging round my neck

I said, no I'm hauling up no white flag
No, I'm sending out the troops
No I'm hauling up no white flag
No, don’t need more water in the soup
My mama told me this would bring me luck
‘Cause it's an anchor made of gold

I'm gonna build me a black little boat
Gonna sew a thin white sail
And learn the messages from the wind
Learn if a storm is gathering

Braid a hat of golden grass
It’ll protect me from the sun
Learn the meaning of the rain
Collect the water in a can

Girl what are you searching for
I haven't been told
Girl what takes you further
An anchor made of gold
An anchor made of gold

Tighten the ropes when in dangerous heights
Wear three layers of coats in the cold cold night
I know I will survive I am no baby bird
I've got a golden anchor, it will save me so I've heard

No, I'm hauling up no white flag
No, I'm sending out the troops
No, I'm hauling up no white flag
No, don't need more water in the soup
My mama told me this would bring me luck
‘Cause it's an anchor made of gold

I'm gonna build me a black little boat
Gonna sew a thin white sail
And learn the messages from the wind
Learn if a storm is gathering

Braid a hat of golden grass
It’ll protect me from the sun
Learn the meaning of the rain
Collect the water in a can

Girl what are you searching for
I haven't been told
Girl what takes you further
An anchor made of gold
An anchor made of gold

I'm gonna build me a black little boat
Gonna sew a thin white sail
And learn the messages from the wind
Learn if a storm is gathering

Braid a hat of golden grass
It’ll protect me from the sun
An anchor made of
An anchor made of gold

Girl you gonna find what you're search
Girl you gonna find what you're search
You have to go further, further

Girl you gonna find what you're search
Girl you gonna find what you're search
But you have to push harder, harder

Girl you gonna find what you're search
Girl you gonna find what you're search
You have to go further, further...

I know you have it in you...

Bad Waters

Let them search for us
We will not return for a while
Let them call our names
The wind will blow them back anyhow

It's oh so sweet
Your hair grown long oh shoulder long
It's oh so sweet out there
My back has turned strong

Can we hide here forever
Can we hide here forever babe
Look what we found
What we found is a wasteland
Can we stay here for all time darling
We left what we had
Across the bad waters

We couldn't get along with them
We couldn't sing our songs with them
Look all the landmarks have been erased
We couldn't get along with them
We couldn't sing our songs with them
Look our old land has been replaced

We walked the dry fields, the dry fields
You're humming a song I've heard
A song I've once heard
I know the words

It's oh so sweet
But I'm telling you now
That we keep knocking on the wrong door
Oh let the wind blow
‘Cause we can't go back

We must stay here forever
We must stay here forever babe
Look what we found
What we found our wasteland
Can we stay here for all time honey
We left what we had
Across the bad waters

We couldn't get along with them
We couldn’t sing our songs with them
Look all the landmarks have been erased
We couldn't get along with them
We couldn't sing our songs with them
Oh what a waste
What a waste

Let's stay here forever babe
Let's stay here for all times honey
Let's stay here forever babe
Let's stay here for all times honey

Can we hide here forever babe
Look what we found
Can we stay here for all time darling
We left what we had
Across the bad waters

We couldn't get along with them
We couldn’t sing our songs with them
Look all the landmarks have been erased
We couldn't get along with them
We couldn't sing our songs with them
Look our old land has been replaced

We couldn't get along with them
We couldn’t sing our songs with them
Look all the landmarks have been erased
We couldn't get along with them
We couldn't sing our songs with them
Look our old land has been replaced

We couldn't get along with them
We couldn’t sing our songs with them
Look all the landmarks have been erased
We hide here forever babe
We stay here for all time darling...

Only Here for the Fight

Are you asleep
Stop with that dream, dream oh no

Oh man, listen up
The holes been fixed in my shirt
Combed my hair with my fingertips
And washed away the dirt
Will I make it
I know I must go on
Am I right or wrong

I won't give up
I'm armed, I'm tough, I'm strong
And prepared for the rough days
I sing the fighters song
‘Cause I will make it
I know I must go on, yeah
I'm only here

Only here for the fight
Listen to the choir
Only here for the fight
My arms have become so strong
Only here for the fight
Hunker down there's a fire shot
Only here for the fight
Lick the plates clean
Only here for the fight
I don't wanna lose
Only here for the fight
Don't screw it up this time, woman

Wear a coat made of doubt
But I roll up my sleeves
And my pockets full of questions
I'm spitting blood on the street
I remember
What my mama said
Woman always be prepared

For the fight
Listen to the choir
Only here for the fight
My arms have become so strong
Only here for the fight
Hunker down there's a fire shot
Only here for the fight
Lick the plates clean
Only here for the fight
Don't wanna lose this
Only here for the fight

I'm all knocked out
I've fallen asleep
Don't wanna wake up yet
From this wonderful dream

I stalk through the grass
I'm proud like a queen
My eyes are sharp as neon lights
My voice is clear and clean
Oh glorious, oh glorious, the choir sings for me
And for the rest of the herd
The word, the words, the words
You must have heard
And it goes like this

Only here for the fight
Only here for the fight
Only here for the fight
Only here for the fight

Only here for the fight
I don’t know
Only here for the fight
Only here for the fight…

Pass Me the Salt

Don't touch it yet it's hot
Your fingertips will fall off
The kitchen's burning while I'm scraping the pots

Come on now eat your food
Cartridges fried and stewed
This table has become a combat zone

Sit down please be calm
Let's load our weapons now
This is a civil war

Oh please pass me the salt
I need some salt, salt
But you go on insult-insulting me

Feed the kids with what we've got
Chicken bones and porridge in a cup
They eat while I fall asleep with an open mouth

Yet no inspiration
Bread will do for ammunition
The fork and knife will be just fine
Grab anything let's start a fight

What do we know about war
What did we do before
Things we for certain don't remember anymore

Oh please pass me the salt
I need some salt, salt
But you go on insult-insulting me

What do you want my little son
A jack knife or a gun
Don’t use that language
And don’t chew with an open mouth

Licking for some salt
I'm taking from whoever cups his hand
Looking for some shelter
Looking for a better sweeter land

Do you know what it takes
Have you really passed the test
I think you could do it
If you really wanted to...

Motherhood

Motherhood motherhood
Carved out of wood
Through all your hardships and good deeds
Feel the beat
No thoughts left only mouths to feed

Mother oh motherhood
Carved out of wood
Through all your hardships you must dream
You must dream
Is it a battle
Warm your hands in the heat

Motherhood motherhood
Carved out of wood
Through all your hardships and good deeds
Feel the beat
No thoughts left only mouths to feed

Mother oh motherhood
Carved out of wood
Through all your hardships you must dream
You must dream
Is it a battle
Warm your hands in the heat
Motherhood motherhood

Hardships

Got to get some gold medals
Come put them on my sleeve
Baby
And a diploma too with my name on top
For all the hardships and deeds
You know what I mean
Do you know what I mean

Push, push the pram, all right
I push till my hands are getting white
Salty tears are rolling down my cheeks
Where's the cigar the awards
Come on before my breasts will start to leak
You know what I mean
Do you know what I mean

If I'd returned from a fight
From a battlefield with some new scars on my face
And shot holes in my knees
If I was bloodstained and wild
If I held a trophy in my arms oh man
Not a newborn child
If I'd returned from a fight
Then people would have called me a hero

Push, push the pram, oh mum
I push it forward until my feet are getting numb
Sweat is dripping down my chest
Haven't seen no medals yet
Baby can I ask you why
I know you can not speak yet son
You know what I mean
Do you know what I mean

If I'd returned from a fight
From a battlefield with some new scars on my face
And shot holes in my knees
If I was bloodstained and wild
If I held a trophy in my arms oh man
Not a newborn child
If I'd returned from a fight
Then people would have called me a hero

If I'd returned from a fight
From a battlefield with some new scars on my face
And shot holes in my knees
If I was bloodstained and wild
If I held a trophy in my arms oh man
Not a newborn child
If I'd returned from a fight
Then people would have called me a hero

Through all the hardships and the deeds
No nights sleep but some haunting dreams
Through all your hardships you must dream...

We Had Everything

Nothing
We had nothing
Nothing but the air
That we were gasping for

Not much
We hadn't much
But we had many dreams
And a list of what we lacked

Oh enough
I could tell we had enough
I carried my own children
Upon my back

Everything
Now I know that now
We had everything though we did not know
We had love

So now what I'm dreaming of
Hey what I'm longing for
Who's there to save me now

Soon it's all gone with the wind
It's flying like a kite of paper in the storm
Soon it's all gone with the wind
It's flying like a kite of paper in the storm
Soon it's all gone with the wind
It's flying like a kite of paper in the storm

Nothing
We had nothing
But the roof had many holes
And it was raining

Not much
We hadn't much at all
But at least we saw the stars
During the starlit nights

Oh enough
I swear we had enough
A fireplace in the middle
Where we gathered all of us

Everything
I know I know that now
We had everything though we did not know
We had love

So now what I'm dreaming of
Hey what I'm longing for
Who's there to save me now

Soon it's all gone with the wind
It's flying like a kite of paper in the storm
Oh soon it's all gone with the wind
It's flying like a kite of paper in the storm
No, no, soon it's all gone with the wind
It's flying like a kite of paper in the storm

We had nothing
We had not much
We had enough
Please don't ever let us have too much...

Strings of Glass

Like a song you have sung
Ever since you were young, little baby boy
The words tattooed upon your tongue
You can tell the right from wrong
Know your mothers and fathers of generations
You know where you belong

All though this song is drifting like a gas
Played on a guitar made of driftwood
Strings of glass
It's hard to catch, impossible to stop
Now, go with the flow, with the rhythm, the rhyme
The stampin' on the floor

I put a chalk in my hand, draw a land
Draw the lines for rivers and streets
Raise a mountain made of concrete
Grab a stone, pick some straws, build a shelter
Please come here, I'll let you in
I hold you tight against my skin

Oh love, the hissing sound of you
Whining like a harsh hymn
Howling like a blues
I know you're impossible to stop
So I go with the flow, with the rhythm, the rhyme
The stampin' on the floor

Let it blow, let it blow
Just don't let me know
Where it will blow

Let it blow, let it blow
Just don't let me know
Where we will go

Hold my breath, I can't control
I'm sliding, falling down in a hole
Oh, wow! Oh, man, love is like no other song
Oh, please let them in
Let the choir sing
To the beat, to the flow
The stampin' on the floor

Now what about the things I've learnt
I stare at the blue sky
Potatoes getting burnt
I can't explain, but nothing seems too far away
I can have it if I'd like
I think I can, if I dare

Like a song you have sung
Ever since you were young, little baby boy
The words tattooed upon your tongue
You must know the right from wrong
Know the rhythm, the rhyme, the beating
The stampin' on the floor

Let it blow, let it blow
Just don't let me know
Where it will blow

Let it blow, let it blow
Just don't let me know
Where we will go
Where we will go