Too Big To Fail

Once we were the light on the hill

A beacon a for the world to see

We stood for truth and justice

Yea that was the American way

Now our government bows to Wall Street 

And does just what it's told

They declare war for profit

They must have sold their souls

It's a corporate need

It's corporate greed

It's corporate domination

Too Big to Fail

The laws don't apply

Too Big to Fail

No need to justify

It must be swell

When your too big

Too Big to Fail

The supreme court's in their pocket
They have gone beyond their reach
Corporation's are now people
And money is now speech 

They spend our taxes on warfare

Then they cry about the national debt
There is no money for healthcare
'cause they gave it to the one percent

It's a corporate need

It's corporate greed

It's corporate domination

Too Big to Fail

The laws don't apply

Too Big to Fail

No need to justify

It must be swell

When your too big

Too Big to Fail

With senators in their pockets

They believe they're chosen by God

To control the wealth of nations

With a wink and a nod

Too Big to Fail

The laws don't apply

Too Big to Fail

No need to justify

It must be swell

When your too big

Too Big to Fail

Framed

Annie Walsh was murdered at the age of fifty one

She was a Manchester factory worker.

Jack Butler arrested Margaret Brown's son

He claimed he was the perpetrator

His name was Bobby, he was just nineteen

He was jailed, October seventy seven

Justice Milmo, said he didn't believe

And told the jury it's a simple decision

There's corruption down at the Platt Lane Station

They're sharing the proceeds of crime

There's corruption down at the Platt Lane Station

And everyone is involved

Believe the detectives or believe Bobby Brown

That would be the jury's decision

Everyone discussed it, all over town 

And it was a short deliberation

They convicted Bobby while his mother cried

He got life in Kirkham prison

Based on all Jack Butler's lies

And the jury's quick decision

There's corruption down at the Platt Lane Station

They're sharing the proceeds of crime

There's corruption down at the Platt Lane Station

And everyone is involved

Bobby was vindicated 2002

Thanks to solicitor, Robert Lizar

He never forgot the cry for truth

In the eyes of Bobby's mother

Now Annie Walsh's killer is still hiding

And it don't look likely he'll be found

But eventually the lord will find him

And he'll burn in hells fire for what he's done

There's corruption down at the Platt Lane Station

They're sharing the proceeds of crime

There's corruption down at the Platt Lane Station

And everyone is involved

The Absence of Applause

It's December in New York City

And the chief is on TV

He plays the audience like a fiddle

But he'll never convince me

I firmly believe he's on the wrong course

So please accept my apology 

For the absence of applause

Oslo brings clear skies

As he strolls the boulevard

He'll be accepting his peace prize

With his wife and bodyguard

But outside the protest is full force

So please accept my apology 

For the absence of applause

He would stop the war in a minute

If his children were on the line

But it's only collateral damage

When the casualties are yours or mine

He's got spit shined shoes

And he says he wants peace

But he ordered 30 thousand troops

And I see gloom on his face

He says they'll be fighting a worthy cause

So please accept my apology 

For the absence of applause

Now somewhere in Afghanistan

Our enemy takes aim

A scream fills the air

As the bullet makes its claim

Another beautiful life is lost

So please accept my apology 

For the absence of applause

He would stop the war in a minute

If his children were on the line

But it's only collateral damage

When the casualties are yours or mine

It's December in New York City

And the chief is on TV

He plays the audience like a fiddle

But he'll never convince me

I firmly believe he's on the wrong course

So please accept my apology 

For the absence of applause

Just Let Go

It’s a New York evening

It's eight o'clock

But she's feels such anxiety

So she's popping those pills

From her psychiatrist

To try and drowned her memories

There's something deep inside

She needs to hide

If she could just let go

She's be better than fine

There'd be no rules, no boundaries

She'd be safe to live her life

Come and go as she pleases

If she could just let go

Friday nights he's out with the boys

He's a legman

He's no gentleman

Still he wants her home

Waiting by the phone

She's his back up plan

I wish she could see him 

As clearly as I do

If she could just let go

She's be better than fine

There'd be no rules, no boundaries

She'd be safe to live her life

Come and go as she pleases

If she could just let go

In a raven black dress

With a split on the side

Tonight she's not going to take it

She's gonna tell him off

She's gonna say goodbye

She's gonna break this nasty habit

Then from somewhere deep inside

She feels her hope rise

If she could just let go

She's be better than fine

There'd be no rules, no boundaries

She'd be safe to live her life

Come and go as she pleases

If she could just let go

Stop the Car

In a flash I saw her, waiting for a ride

Smoking a french cigarette

She must have been poured into that dress

Now I'm an engine in perfect tune

Like the string on a gypsy violin

And my life has new direction

I can feel a change is coming

Stop the Car

Can you feel the love surround us

Falling from the sky like star dust

This could be our special night

So come on baby hold on tight

While I stop the Car

Positively lost on a never ending trail

Till I heard someone whisper her name

All at once she's the color in my vision

I can see the future and she's wearing something red

Dancing in a soft warm breeze

I'm smiling like a visitor in heaven

I can feel a change is coming

Stop the Car

Can you feel the love surround us

Falling from the sky like star dust

This could be our special night

So come on baby hold on tight

While I stop the Car

I can tell you what the future brings

And I promise I'll always be there

Stop the Car

Can you feel the love surround us

Falling from the sky like star dust

This could be our special night

So come on baby hold on tight

While I stop the Car

The World of Silence

I'm listening but somehow your words aren't clear

It's a stream of useless debris

Like a jig saw buzzing in my ears

Causing an audio calamity

I'm listening in silence completely strapped in

Your words could fill an empty sea

Like a runaway train headed for brooklyn

My heart stops and then starts to scream

Come enter the world of silence

It's peaceful and beautiful here

Feel a velvet wave passing through your ears

Like a comforting cloud washing away your cares

When you enter the world of silence

You tell me you're trying some new type of drug

That will slow down your endless chatter

Like a swimmer drowning in her own bath tub

In the end it's not the distance that matters

You Need a Real Love in Your Life

It's two o'clock in the morning

As she runs through her lines again

Tears wash her makeup away

Somewhere on the lower east side

She's been up all night

Her boiling emotions cascade

Then she calls me on the phone

And I have to say

You need a real love in your life

Feel the healing warmth of someone

Who brings you to new heights

You need a real love in your life

She lives in the very worse section

But the F train takes her to freedom

She's the actress and the character

She looses herself in the role

Watch as she let's herself go

As she leaves this world for another

Then she calls me on the phone

And I have to say

You need a real love in your life

Feel the healing warmth of someone

Who brings you to new heights

You need a real love in your life

Take a chance feel my heart beat

This love is real not fantasy

And I'll be waiting in the wings

You need a real love in your life

A gentle loving spirit

To hold you close at night

You need a real love in your life