What's wrong with having it good for a change? Now they're gonna let us have it good if we just help them, They're gonna leave us alone let us make some money. You can have a little taste of that good life too, Now I know you want it, hell everybody does. You'd do it to your own kind, what's the threat? We all sell out every day, might as well be on the winning team. Can you still recollect those times, When the music carried potent prophecies of change? Could it be that our appointment's run it's course? Are we the liable ones? It seems we've ceased to even care. Has subjugation quelled the revolution, that once filled the air? Divide and conquer as they break us down and watch us fall, Believe their lies are true and just be glad it isn't you. Leave all your demands unpressed, Just fall in lines with all the rest, Another shill, a Judas all this time.

Born with these opinions we've chosen to ignore, Things once worth fighting for mean nothing anymore. The best laid plans, the complicated schemes, Marginalization of a people's hopes and dreams. The common man never had a choice, Too pushed aside to use our voice. Does our pride still run so deep, That we don't mind being put to sleep? The opulent look down with Madisonian disdain at the titillated insects, Too complacent to complain with Pavlovian precision, Doing just what we are told, Too entertained to realize the extent of their control. The common man never had a choice, Too pushed aside to use our voice. Does our pride still run so deep, That we don't mind being put to sleep? Ignore your dubious pretense of freedom in a different way, Oppression masked by false consent over one hundred fifty million, Without a thing to say, Without a thing to say.

You spoke your piece with a trembling voice,then turned away. I'm looking for reasons, why do I always act this way? Running on self pity, I was only thinking about myself . You said I never considered you, So you need some time alone now. You're upstairs and I'm going down, And I know that it's my fault you're not around. So this is loss, how sweet regret. Just don't give up on me yet. I know that I've hurt you, I made it harder than it has to be. If I wasn't so selfish, Would you want to stay with me under any circumstance? Could you give me one more chance? I want so much to turn it around, But this old behavior brings me down. Now you're upstairs and I'm going down, And I know that it's my fault you're not around. So this is loss, how sweet regret. Just don't give up on me yet. With an aching chest and a two ton heart, I retrace my steps trying to find my part, Regretting words, Words that came out wrong at the second cup, At the corner of queen, and john queen and john.

In every phase and facet of national life, There is a war being waged on america's poor. The only apparent solution to this scourge of homelessness, Is to build more and more prisons. The sun descends on the set so slowly, The prisoner waits for the final signs. One last look before the darkness takes him, As the system fails by it's own design. Believe you're really going to make them pay, Keep them out of sight and locked away, Compartmentalized with no way out, A generation's future now in doubt. This groundswell hypocrisy seems reserved for the few, Who find courts of law but no justice. Who dares disrupt the ordered lives, Of those too deaf to heed the cries? Ignore the torment of the faceless millions, And we'll share a common fate. This groundswell hypocrisy seems reserved for the few, Who find courts of law but no justice.

One plus one doesn't equal two, It equals me alone without you. The other one can stand for you, And all the things you said we'd do. It can stand in place of where you used to be, I thought you said you were there for me. I know changes happen when I'm gone, But I didn't think you'd totally move on. Next time can you do as promised? Or is that too much for you to be honest? I lived your life of make believe. I wonder what you've achieved? I guess I was wrong to put my trust in you. If I don't say goodbye today I never will. I wish you could have waited for me, Can't you please just wait for me? Never doesn't have to start today, Cant we go back to yesterday? I never wanted to push you into anything. Remember the words you used to sing? Remember the words you used to sing?

Staring out ahead to the horizon where the sun sets, At the end of this black line (my fears are close behind) My hopes and dreams distorted by the cracks, Inside the windshield that seem to grow and grow (if I don't try i'll never know) These things ain't easy and I knew they'd never be, But I always thought there was a fire deep inside of me. And as long as I keep trying, the flame will never die. There's so much I want to say, a wall of doubt stands in my way. So many paths for me to choose, so much to gain so much to lose. And if I fail will you tell me 'I told you so?' These things ain't easy and i knew they'd never be, But i always thought there was a fire deep inside of me. And as long as i keep trying, the flame will never die. Life is a gamble, just a roll of the dice. It's all or nothing now cause there's no chance to do this twice. Just don't seem fair, at least I can say 'I tried'. One chance, one chance to live. It has taken everything that I could give. Broken promises and broken dreams, And nothing ever is the way it seems. Stubborn pride and blind faith. When will you grow up for heavens sake? Just a little more, we're almost there. But time is slipping, time is slipping away. Can't see the future and I know that things seem bad. Why must I compromise and live a life that makes me sad? So many other people to please besides myself. These things ain't easy and I knew they'd never be, But I always thought there was a fire deep inside of me. And as long as I keep trying, the flame will never die. Life is a gamble, just a roll of the dice. It's all or nothing now, cause there's no chance to do this twice. Just don't seem fair. At least i can say 'i tried,' 'I told you so'.

Out here far from home, across the fruited plains. Dig my soul for peace, only to find pain. I now realize no one gives a fuck, And life is based on what you do. There's no such thing as luck. You say you want to see whats on my mind? Well guess what- you may not like what you find. Will I live to see another day? Is anybody really there for me? No one to call. No one to write. My own decision to walk away or fight. I'll make the best of it and conquer everyday, I'll do the best i can cause that's my only way. The school of life's experience has taught me not to trust, For few have got the will to turn away from lust, Impatient geed and selfish wants, outweighing any loyalties. Now I travel all alone because I don't want your sympathies. You say you want to see whats on my mind? Well guess what? You may not like what you'll find. Will I live to see another day? Is anybody really there for me? No one to call. No one to write. My own decision to walk away or fight. I'll make the best of it and conquer everyday. I'll do the best i can cause that's my only way. So here I am again all alone, At the beginning of a long and winding road. As many thoughts for every mile to go, Beat on sneakers with worn down soles. For every memory I keep inside. I'll remember all the times I tried. I'll remember all the times you lied, I'll remember all the times i cried.