[Verse 1]
I’m gon' make my way through this world someday
I don’t care what nobody say
American dream, political scheme
I’m gon' find out for myself someday
But I’m half-lit, I can’t dance for shit<
But I see what I want, I go after it
And my girl’s alright, treats me nice
Sayin’ nothin’, but a woman puts out that light
[Chorus]
I got a dream, I’m gonna fight 'til I get it
I got a dream, I’m gonna fight 'til I get it right
'Til I get it right
[Verse 2]
Oh well, my baby no doubt dreams further out
Makin’ moves to get us someway someday
Well, my honey don’t trip, shoots from the hip
Tell me everything gon' be OK
[Chorus]
I got a dream, I’m gonna fight 'til I get it
I got a dream, I’m gonna fight 'til I get it right
'Til I get it right
[Bridge]
Well, my mama's so sad, daddy’s just mad
‘Cause I ain't gon' have the chance he had<
My success is anybody’s guess
But like a fool, I’m bettin’ on happiness
[Chorus]
I got a dream, I’m gonna fight 'til I get it
I got a dream, I’m gonna fight 'til I get it right
Got a dream, I’m gonna fight 'til I get it
I got a dream, I’m gonna fight 'til I get it right
'Til I get it right
See those fault lines
Lay down like land mines
It's hard to relax
A promise broken
The ground breaks open
Love falls through the cracks
And I've got a few of my own
I've got a few of my own fault lines
Running under my life
Running under my life
I'm alone here
I play the odds, dear
I go where I please
Down the road
A man I know might not be me
And I've got a few of my own
I've got a few of my own fault lines
Running under my life
Running under my life
On the high-wire, above the wildfire
An old acrobat
On faulty cable, still he’s able
Not to fall flat
And I've got a few of my own
I've got a few of my own fault lines
Running under my life
Running under my life
She’s got a 3D Jesus in a picture frame
Got a child she never named
She shakes a snake above her hair
Talks in tongues when there’s no one there
So meet me tonight by the Red River
Where the water is clear and cold
Meet me tonight by the Red River
And look down into your soul
Look down into your soul
She’s got a rosary and a rabbit’s foot
A black cat bone that keeps her good
A tiger tooth and a gris-gris stick
Still it don’t do the trick
So meet me tonight by the Red River
Where the water is clear and cold
Meet me tonight by the Red River
And look down into your soul
Look down into your soul
I’m gonna walk her down to Gypsytown
Find the spirit queen I’ve seen around
Paint her body up in mud and clay
Let the river wash it all away
So meet me tonight by the Red River
Where the water is clear and cold
Meet me tonight by the Red River
And look down into your soul
Look down into your soul
Look down into your soul
I like to move on sure and easy
Like a cat creeps through the grass
And the full moon seems to know me
'Cause I've found myself at last
And I'm a full-grown boy
And there's laughter on the hillside
From voices far away
How am I gonna tell her that I love her?
When this might not be the day
And I'm a full-grown boy
Hey, my mind floats away
Yeah, and I'm changing every day
Can you see her in the firelight
Hear how soft and low she sings
How am I gonna tell her that I love her?
When words don't mean a thing
And I'm a full-grown boy
I saw a ghost by the road tonight
And then my mind ran away with me
I had a vision in the changing light
Something saying that it's time to leave
Take what you can, all you can carry
Take what you can and leave the past behind
Take what you can, all you can carry
Take what you can and leave the past behind
We gotta run
I saw the flames come across the ridge
Falling ashes in the northern wind
You and I have burned every bridge
And now we've got to save our souls again
Take what you can, all you can carry
Take what you can and leave the past behind
Take what you can, all you can carry
Take what you can and leave the past behind
We gotta run
There's something moving in the dark outside
I gotta face it when it hits the light
No one can say I didn't have your side
No one can say I left without a fight
Take what you can, all you can carry
Take what you can and leave the past behind
Take what you can, all you can carry
Take what you can and leave the past behind
We gotta run
Who's gonna come and take this badass down?
Who's gonna come burn this other playhouse down?
Can you see me against the sun
Crying out to reach someone
He's power drunk
Yeah, look at his eyes
Better sober up
It's the truth within him makes a good man rise
God protect us from the thoughts in some men's minds
God protect us from the pain he leaves behind
Now you see him against the sky
Believing in his own lies
And he's power drunk
Yeah, look at his eyes
Better sober up
It's the truth within him makes a good man rise
Pin on a badge and a man begins to change
Starts believing that there's nothing out of his range
You and I are left in the wind
In the wake of a rich man's sin
And he's power drunk
Yeah, look at his eyes
Better sober up
It's the truth within him makes a good man rise
Make a good man rise
Well I feel like a forgotten man
I understand the dark
When it hangs upon the water
When the wolves and dogs all bark
Well I feel like a forgotten man
I feel like a forgotten man
Well I feel like a four letter word
I know what few can do
How angry words can pierce the heart
How a soul can sink so low
I feel like a forgotten man yes
I feel like a forgotten man
Well I feel like I'm forever damned
Since our love is gone
No lust, no rage, no wicked thoughts
Just pain, that lingers on
I feel like a forgotten man
I feel like a forgotten man yes
I feel like a forgotten man
You will find no wicked way in me
Look me over, you will see
You will find no weary change
I'm worn and wounded, but still the same
Oh, let me tell you the truth
I love you more, than the sins of my youth
When the past gets up in your face
Memories slide out of place
All those things that were hidden away
Ain't so bad in the light of day
Oh, let me tell you the truth
I love you more, than the sins of my youth
You say you love me, wish you liked me more
I'm no angel, that's for sure
Said you forgave me each time I was caught
But you still paint me as something I'm not
Oh, let me tell you the truth
I love you more, than the sins of my youth
I love you more, than the sins of my youth
I remember feeling like this
I think it was as a child
Inspiration at my fingertips
Imagination running wild
Ohhh ohhh, you get me high
You get me high
You give me something so deep
You get me high
I remember feeling this way
You can lose it without knowing
You wake up and you don't know which way
The wind is blowing
Ohhh ohhh, you get me high
You get me high
You give me something so deep
You get me high
I ain't afraid of what people say
Ain't afraid of the great deception
Every bad dream comes my way
Turned to smoke on closer inspection
Ohhh ohhh, you get me high
You get me high
You give me something so deep
You get me high
You get me high
You get me high
You give me something so deep
You get me high
Yeah!
I was walking down the street the other day
A woman stopped me
She said: why are you looking so down in the mouth?
And I told her
This is a burnt out town
It's full of dirty looks
There's ashes on Main Street
And the mayor is cooking the books
Even my best friends
Are turning into crooks
Yeah this is the burnt out town
New Emperor, same clothes
They dancing on glass ceilings
While the filthy money flows
Yes and here I am stealing gas, with a garden hose
Yeah!
Take that, honey!
This is a burnt out town
The city fathers have come to blows
It's out of their realm of reality
The truth's indecent when exposed
Yeah, it's the burnt out town
It's going down but no one knows
Yeah, it's the burnt out town
Ain't dead but getting close
Shadow people, what's in their head?
In the car next to you, when the light turns red
Could be thinking of love, might be thinking of hate
I guess it pretty much could go either way
Shadow people, in shadow land
That one's thinking of great art
And eloquent words
That one's strapped on a gun
And joined up with the herd
That one's saving up water
Got some food stored away
For the war that is coming on the judgment day
Shadow people, in shadow land
And this one carries a gun for the USA
He's a 21st Century man
And he's scary as hell
'Cause when he's afraid
He'll destroy anything he don't understand
Well I ain't on the left
And I ain't on the right
I ain't even sure
I got a dog in this fight
In my time of need
In my time of grief
I feel like a shadow's falling over me
Like shadow people, in shadow land
Shadow people, in shadow land
Waiting for the sun to be straight overhead
'Til we ain't got no shadow at all