knock knock knock in the half light if you knock knock knock and if you knock knock knock and if you call me i ll be free and if you ring for me the fox in the attic has swallowed the moon and every red doorway is bending to blue the lights on the stereo gather round you in the half light you broke both my legs and you asked me to stay and all of the enemies trickled away the lights on the stereo faded to grey in the half light

i really don t know how to answer your questions i ve been thinking about you how are you doing these days i m just trying to laugh the blushes away i really just want to protect you and let my feelings stay at bay but the tables they keep turning your way maybe this will have a happy ending if i stay strong and you and i will still be best friends do be do be do be i still don t know how to ansewrs your questions when you ask me to stay when you ask me to stay i just wanna play play play

the winter you started cussing and talking bout the moon flying saucer blues and past lives the winter you started drinking and waking up at noon things you didn t used to do but i love you so who cares if you re lazy that winter when we stopped going out into the streets built saucers out of sheets to blast off in but i love you so who cares and you love me so who cares if we re crazy if we re crazy if we re crazy and my we ve got a good thing going we just hang around fucking off all day but i love you so who cares you love me so who cares life is easy so who cares if we re lazy if we re lazy if we re lazy

once upon a time a few mistakes ago i was in your sights you got me alone you found me you found me i guess you didn t care and i guess i liked that and when i fell hard you took a step back without me without me and she s long gone when she s next to me and i realize the blame is on me i knew you were trouble when you walked in so shame on me now you flew me to places i d never been till you put me down oh i knew you were trouble when you walked in so shame on me now you flew me to places i d never been now i m lying on the cold hard ground trouble trouble trouble trouble trouble trouble no apologies she ll never see you cry pretends she doesn t know that she s the reason why you re drowning you re drowning and i heard you moved on from whispers on the street a new notch in your belt is all i ll ever be and now i see now i see now i see she was long gone when she met me and i realize the joke is on me i knew you were trouble when you walked in so shame on me now you flew me to places i d never been till you put me down oh i knew you were trouble when you walked in so shame on me now you flew me to places i d never been now i m lying on the cold hard ground trouble trouble trouble trouble trouble trouble and the saddest fear comes creeping in that you never loved me or him or anyone or anything i knew you were trouble when you walked in so shame on me now you flew me to places i d never been till you put me down oh i knew you were trouble when you walked in so shame on me now you flew me to places i d never been now i m lying on the cold hard ground trouble trouble trouble trouble trouble trouble

you know i had a job on the levee i had a good looking woman who lived in hughes i had a job on the levee i had a good looking woman she lived in hughes you know that pretty little thing she kept me with the government fleet blues you know on every payday she d be standing around the landing crying on every payday she d be standing around the landing crying she be saying why don t that big boat hurry and bring home that man of mine you know on every pay day she could she could hear the big boat when she blow well on every payday she could hear the big boat when she blow but when i donna get the check she told me she couldn t use me no more but i said that s all right big girl honey that s all right for you yeah hoo little girl that s all right for you i say you treat me low down and dirty see baby that s the way you s do i packed up all my clothes left her settin in the back door crying ah yeah i left her settin in the back door crying you know that done run the poor girl crazy i believe she gonna lose her mind you know don t come here honey throwing up your doggone hands don t come here baby i said throwing up your doggone hands you know i i been your dog ever since that i been your man but i said baby when you get lonesome set right down and write to me yeah yeah set right down you can write to me you know i can read your little writing baby don t care where in this world i ll be you know love make you do things you don t want to do you know love make you do things you don t want to do you know from love sometime will leave you feeling so sad and so blue oh listen here honey think about poor me sometime yeah hoo think about poor me sometime you know i feel so bad when you roll across my mind you know if you never no more see me you ll forever be on my mind if i never no more see you yeah you ll forever be on my mind you know every time i think about you honey i just can t keep from crying oh it s so hard to love when they don t love you ah yeah yeah when they don t love you you can t do nothing baby when they do not want you but i tell em look it here baby your little trouble is coming home some day yeah just like i tell you your little trouble is coming home some day i said you gonna be sorry that you treated poor me this way

i live in an apartment on the 99th floor of my block and i sit at home lookin out the window imagining the world has stopped then in flies a guy who s all dressed up just like union jack and says i ve won five pounds if i have his kind of detergent pack i said hey you get off of my cloud hey you get off of my cloud hey you get off of my cloud don t hang around cause two s a crowd on my cloud baby the telephone is ringing i say hi it s me who is it there on the line a voice says hi hello how are you well i guess i m doin fine he says it s 3 am there s too much noise don t you people ever wanna go to bed just cause you feel so good do you have to drive me out of my head i said hey you get off of my cloud hey you get off of my cloud hey you get off of my cloud don t hang around cause two s a crowd on my cloud baby i was sick and tired fed up with this and decided to take a drive downtown it was so very quiet and peaceful there was nobody not a soul around i laid myself out i was so tired and i started to dream in the mornin the parkin tickets were just like flags stuck on my windscreen i said hey you get off of my cloud hey you get off of my cloud hey you get off of my cloud don t hang around cause two s a crowd on my cloud baby i said hey you get off of my cloud hey you get off of my cloud hey you get off of my cloud don t hang around cause two s a crowd on my cloud baby

i m the keeper of the flame my torch of love lights his name ask no pity beg my shame i m the keeper of the flame played with fire and i was burn gave a heart but i was spurn all these time i have yearned just to have my love return years have passed by the spark still remains true love can t die it smoulders in flame when the fire is burning off and the angels call my name dying love will leave no doubt i m the keeper of the flame years have passed by the spark still remains true love can t die it smoulders in flame when the fire is burning out and the angels call my love dying love will leave no doubt i m the keeper of the flame

face it homie nigga show me i get guap and niggas know me fuckin smell me early money i m just high but very grow take your shit like jesse owens i prefer my bitches horny hit the block it s very stormy laser we got heavy arms flexin niggas talkin on my metal we got guild for problems trust me boy just ask your honor i can fuck her after college fresh that s a missin guard pick you up for target we got like some targets don t man us for chargin we got checks and progress waitin on a deposit mo money mo problems i rather go solve it i rather go solve it i rather go solve it they fuckin wit my money i just want the honey s i m gettin my paper nah i ain t dodgin dummy let s keep it real boy i m talkin what s comin them niggas ain t fo real ain t makin no money i got paper chills and bentleys for real she got fatties boy her dreams can get filled that s a bad boy most niggas be squeals we on the route to get this paper no money no deal swear these niggas think they know me pussy i get gaup for shows it s patience boy my mama showed me not to judge but you best be strollin voices got me feelin lonely money still my bestie on me taken she like every moment face it i might berry bonds her i could rob it i could tow the boat i see that scary moment lace it boy let s keep em runnin bank can keep em check don t want em i could be my own employer fuck pay the double bonus leave your bitch in vomit makin moves with money i promise not to harm it no excuses scrapin my niggas boy we mobbin my niggas boy we mobbin they fuckin wit my money i just want the honey s i m gettin my paper nah i ain t dodgin dummy let s keep it real boy i m talkin what s comin them niggas ain t fo real ain t makin no money i got paper chills and bentleys for real she got fatties boy her dreams can get filled that s a bad boy most niggas be squeals we on the route to get this paper no money no deal1

hey hey oh mister backstabbin son of a bitch you re livin in a world that ll soon be dyin and i know everybody knows you try to be like me but even at your best as a man you couldn t equal half of me i am realizin that everybody s lost their simple ways and now that it s here i see it all so clearly i ve come face to face with the enemy oh the enemy you you re another shit talkin punk to me you re a living inspiration for what i never wanna be and i see you ve been blinded by what you believe and now back up and sit down shut up and act like you need to be i am realizin that everybody s lost their simple ways and now that it s here i see it all so clearly i ve come face to face with the enemy oh the enemy come to me come to me the enemy come to me come to me so predicting you re the reason why i lie simple decision took me too much time to fly oh checkmate i am realizin that everybody s lost their simple ways and now that it s here i see it all so clearly i ve come face to face with the enemy oh the enemy come to me

so call me a bitch in heat and i ll call you a liar and we ll throw stones until we re dead there you go again you cut me off from talkin you bask in the glory the center of the circle all the friends think you re a fuckin comedian so kind and generous but i am suffering away from here i wanna be away from here away from here away from every little thing i have every little thing i used to love your every little every little thing now you call me a bitch in heat and i ll call you a liar and we ll throw stones until we re dead you re the puppeteer and i m the puppet you manipulate me with your real catholic shit everytime i try to talk it through you turn it around and make us out to be david and goliath away from here i wanna be away from here away from here away from every little thing i have every little thing i used to love your every little every little thing now you call me a bitch in heat and i ll call you a liar and we ll throw stones until we re dead your arms beneath me you re lying inside me i used to love your every little every little thing your eyes blue stars your hand in my purse now i hate you every little every little thing now oh mama i didn t know life was this hard oh mama my innocence has been tarred my inner vision dulled and darkened i give myself away to you i felt my sorrow humble me and throw my crown upon the ground it was you i hoped for and us i prayed for and me that i believed that was wrong but now my anger is my best friend and careful i may bite your head off liar so call me a bitch in heat and i ll call you a liar and we ll throw stones until we re dead so call me a bitch in heat and i ll call you a motherfucker and we ll throw stones until we re dead

i know i m big and proud all over not just on the stage my secret self has many sides that laugh and crush and sting i m red and thick like fire i like it from behind round to back red to white i m pure inside and silent i ve got a piece of my heart on the sole of your shoe i ve got a little bit of thunder trapped inside of that cloud that dog in you spit me out into the mississippi i m gonna know who can love my many selves the wife the bitch the rapunzel the one who cries and calls for you the one who is always alone i ve got a piece of my heart on the sole of your shoe i ve got a little bit of thunder trapped inside of that cloud that dog in you spit me out into the mississippi oh mississippi come and wash my pain away oh mississippi come and take my pain away i feel i m drowning i feel i m drowning i feel i m i feel i m dying i ve got a piece of my heart on the sole of your shoe i ve got a little bit of thunder trapped inside of that cloud i ve got a piece of my heart on the sole of your shoe i ve got a little bit of thunder trapped inside of that cloud i ve got a piece of my heart on the sole of your shoe i ve got a little bit of thunder trapped inside of that cloud that dog in you spit me out into the mississippi

lucky guy you re the one she s thinking of and that s easy to see lucky guy you re the one who has her love when it used to be me do you know that there once was a time when she said said she ll always be mine oh that s when my friends said i was such a lucky guy lucky guy now she s yours and yours alone while i watch from afar lucky guy how i wonder if you know just how lucky you are oh if i hadn t been such a fool she d be mine she d still love me not you oh i d give anything if i were still the lucky guy oh if i hadn t been such a fool she d be mine she d still love me not you oh she d love only me and i would be a lucky guy i d be a lucky guy i d be a lucky guy i d be a lucky guy

23 hour lockdown where they treat you like a ho slide you a plate up under the door nigga have to shit in the middle of the floor prison ain t a place that we need to go so til they free pimp c i ma leave up to u g o k k k to keep it street this one here for the street this one here for the street life can be so hard shit can hurt so bad always have you sad constantly making you mad life can be so hard shit can hurt so bad always have you sad constantly making you mad in a lil bitty room where there ain t no light thinkin bout decisions the wrong and the right the dark and the light the strong and the weak your conscious eatin at you trying to get your sanity you gotta hold your ground can let it strip but htey your friends in the eatership but why they always dip left you by yourself stuck up f ked up behind them bars them times is hard thought you was smart now you losin jumping around the room giving yourself a bruisin trying all types of suicidal tactics the people walk in and put you in strait jacket until they free pimp c i ma leave it up to u g o k k k to keep it street that s why me and my brother got bun b to bounce wit us on this beat 23 hours lockdown in a cell can drive a nigga crazy as hell looking at four walls can do nothing at all got you feeling like a dog in a cage a monkey on the rage and the guard wanna spit in your face take your privilege away but keep your head up son be brave don t let the worries of jail bring you down keep a focus head and gain more knowledge instead i know it s not where you wanna be but take it from me i know everybody love to be free so god dammit free pimp c i know he ready to hit the streets and jumb back to makin beats and i know that nigga miss bun b so we gon keep it on the g that s comin for my brother and me and we gon be here when you hit the streets we waiting on the date that they free pimp c d roc let me put somethin on your brain how would you feel if they locked up kane kane how would you feel if they locked up d well that s what the f k happened to me with pimp c my right hand my best friend my ace boom coom man we closer than ken we ve been on the grind holdin it down till he got caught up in some bullshit that got him some time almost lost my mind started drinkin a fifth a day couldn t understand why they was takin a pimp away we right on the edge we bout to blow and dependin where a cat in his position need to go sittin in the cell watchin time go pass lookin at your kids and your momma through a glass if i could turn back time i would of told him keep the glock down but now i pray for the day he may get out 23 hour lock down

john henry moved a mountain outta nothing but a hammer and sweat well he beat that damn machinery down he said you ain t seen nothing yet cause he had himself a woman well she must have been something like you when you re a man with a plan got a hammer in your hand ain t nothing you can t do chorus when you re the right man you re the right man you re the right man you re the right man for the job well there used to be a dude named samson and he had himself some hair every skinny cowboy at the pyramid bar said the gene pool just ain t fair but he went down to the barber cause he had to wear a tux that night and even though he didn t ook like hanson y all he made delilah giggle with delight chorus 2 he was the right man he was the right man he was the right man hew was the right man for the job bridge well you loved yourself a carpenter he never ever went to school he was thick as ol brown gravy and he had the wrong kind of tool solo well i ain t got no big muscles and i ain t got lots of hair and i ain t no sheik from arabia just a fellow with some love to spare so if you come back here to texas girl from wherever you re at tonight i m gonna kiss you like you ve never been kissed before for the rest of your doggone life chorus 3 cause i m the right man i m the right man i m the right man yeah i m the right man the right man for the job chorus 4 i m the right man i m the right man i m the right man i m the right man the right man for the job

well you told me that you wanted me to be the one but all you every wanted was to have some fun you cheated and you lied i hope you re satisfied why won t you let me be well i try to walk away but everytime i do you tell me that you re sorry and that you ll be true i take you back again and then you lie to me again why won t you let me be why don t you set me free oh baby baby why why won t you let me be baby baby why let me know all i want to know why won t you let me go i guess that i will always be in love with you and yet i know that you re the kind that can t be true so let me go away don t try and make me stay please won t you let me be

what a waste of a day such a waste of time i d never admit to say that the fault is mine i m never too far away i m never too close behind these songs are my way to keep you in my mind too close is too far away from you you are the one and only sign why did it take so long so long for me to come to all i needed was time too stubborn too ignorant too crazy about you i didn t know that love was blind to say this world was made for us i never knew i never tried how can we make it through today without thinking about tomorrow one heart is enough to save just sit back and watch it all go how can we make it through today without thinking about tomorrow one heart is enough to save just sit back and watch it all go i m never too far away i m never too close behind these songs are my way to keep you in my mind too close is too far away from you you are the one and only sign why did it take so long so long for me to come to all i needed was time how can we make it through today without thinking about tomorrow one heart is enough to save just sit back and watch it all go

you re a falling star you re the get away car you re the line in the sand when i go too far you re the swimming pool on an august day and you re the perfect thing to say and you play it coy but it s kinda cute ah when you smile at me you know exactly what you do baby don t pretend that you don t know it s true cause you can see it when i look at you and in this crazy life and through these crazy times it s you it s you you make me sing you re every line you re every word you re everything you re a carousel you re a wishing well and you light me up when you ring my bell you re a mystery you re from outer space you re every minute of my everyday and i can t believe uh that i m your man and i get to kiss you baby just because i can whatever comes our way ah we ll see it through and you know that s what our love can do and in this crazy life and through these crazy times it s you it s you you make me sing you re every line you re every word you re everything so la la la la la la la so la la la la la la la and in this crazy life and through these crazy times it s you it s you you make me sing you re every line you re every word you re everything you re every song and i sing along cause you re my everything yeah yeah so la la la la la la la so la la la la la la la la la la la

i hear a voice that s calling that will not be denied cold dark memories are frozen from the inside i buried all my demons in a shallow grave knowing all the while id dig them up one day but i know who i am and i cant go back to where ive been im dying in the pain someone help me break these chains i dont want it i dont need it just give me back my life get me through another night i dont want it i dont need it the guilt that you still carry will sink me like a stone each time i hit the bottom i still cant let it go i live my life in circles its driving me insane this worn out path is proof that something s gotta change because i know who i am and i cant go back to where ive been im dying in the pain someone help me break these chains i dont want it i dont need it just give me back my life get me through another night i dont want it i dont need it im dying in the pain someone help me break these chains i dont want it i dont need it just give me back my life get me through another night i dont want it i dont need it i dont want it i dont need it just give me back my life get me through another night i dont want it i dont need it i dont need it i dont need it i dont need it

where do i put this fire this bright red feeling this tiger lily down my mouth he wants to grow to twenty feet tall i ve left bethlehem and i feel free i ve left the girl i was supposed to be and someday i ll be born i m so tired of being shy i m not that girl anymore i m not that straight a anymore i want to sit with my legs wide open and laugh so loud that the whole damn restaurant will turn and look at me look at the tiger jumping out of her mouth i ve left bethlehem and i feel free i ve left the girl i was supposed to be and someday i ll be born no more sex starved teachers trying to touch my ass i can finally be a teenager at age twenty six go to hell lions tigers and bears i m not afraid of you anymore and my fear broke apart like fifty balloons and i m thrown around the room like party confetti now i ve left bethlehem and i feel free i ve left the girl i was supposed to be and someday i ll be born someday i ll be born someday someday someday i ll be born someday someday someday i ll be born

you could be all that you want to but you can t make someone want you you try your best if you want to but you can t change her mind even if you like to you could be all that you want to but you can t make someone want you you try your best if you want to but you can t change her mind even if you like to you could be all that you want to but you can t make someone want you you try your best if you want to but you can t change her mind even if you like to wish i could find a door to her head you could be all that you want to but you can t make someone want you you try your best if you want to but you can t change her mind even if you like to you could be but you can t make you can try you can try you could be but you can t make you can try you can try you could be all that you want to but you can t make someone want you you try your best if you want to but you can t change her mind even if you like to you could be but you can t make you try your best if you want to but you can t change her mind even if you like to