Donald Moore

Relesed: January 1, 2003

One Crash

One crash and I'm a dead man. Funny how it's the
smallest things that make me think I destroyed the
best I had.
Now I'm waiting for my strength to call me back.

Got caught. Shot the neighbor. Some say I did her a
favor. Yesterday I swore that it was you. Who could
come and take away the sting of truth.

Please stop taking me so high.
I look at you I wonder why.
I stay up late at night
I want to know if it's all right.
If everything I did is gonna come back to me someday.

One crash, I can't explain it. It's like makin' sense
when you're wasted. No one told me this is the way
it's supposed to be. And I'm so scared to think
someday it won't be me.

Mexico

People get restless, people get reckless
You hit me so hard you left me breathless
I need some time to catch my breath
Am I outta line, the answer's yes

It's time to travel on, saddle up and leave this town
As I ride into the sunset I turn around to blow you a kiss

Since last December, return to sender
And it hasn't found its way back
I folded the letter so I could mail her
Now I'm waiting for the attack

Don't follow me I allow me to take this absence from you
I'm not quite sure if it's the thing that I should do but I'll do it anyway
I got these bills to pay

And when you turn around to see, I said I'll never show ya
I'm headin' farther out in the west--farther than California
Skip down bottom of the note it reads was nice to know ya
Search me out with your own eyes to see that I had flown ya

It's time to travel on, saddle up and leave this town
As I ride into the sunset I turn around to blow you a kiss
It's time to travel on, saddle up and leave this town
As I ride into the sunset I turn around to blow you a kiss

Role of a Lifetime

Stuck waitin' on the front line!
Now I'm takin' back my own life!
Why do I push so hard?

And there's nothing you can say to me!
Cause I'm not gonna apologize!
It's me I've been so wrong.

Realize that I haven't booked in months. This time
Can't blame it on the Gods. The explanation is I'm
Tryin'.
Scrape all the paint off my cell walls. Those who you
want to just won't call! and then I realize I'm tryin'

Out Loud

And then it hits me like a truck.
All those things that I forgot.
I'll dig my heels in, I'm tryin'.
When all these walls keep springin' up and I have only
just begun next time I'll realize I'm tryin'

They promised me that steady dripping wears away.
But now my soul's run dry I'm askin' for the strength.

Invitation

We're exception, Golden coastline, Solar system, Separate Divine
So Mistaken, Open our Eyes, Late on dues, We must pay the price
Neighbor's problems Cross our fence, No more such thing As long distance
Who's the leader, Who will follow, Violent pill We're made to swallow

We're archaic, Walking backward, Nursery full of Shallow Laughter
Education, One-day lesson, Feel the pain Of What's been missing
The same page, The same map, Dusting off we've Got to get back
How long will We search for Safe places To go indoors

Invitation
Welcome to the World
We're Members now--Not untouchable
On the same ground as five billion
Family Crowd, all breathe as one

What it feels like To be hated, Left it to Imagination
Realized here For the first time, Can't forget: Make friends with man-kind
Sympathize, Make allies, Kill 'em off, We take our own eyes
Breeding people's Hostility, One more enemy's mouth to feed

Welcome to the World
We're Members now--Not untouchable
On the same ground as five billion
Family Crowd, all breathe as one

Invitation, Welcome
Invitation, Welcome
Invitation, Welcome
Invitation, Welcome--Welcome!

Holly & John

A New York cop touches down on the California ground.

On this fucked up holiday.
The woman that I loved and so stubborn that I was.
I hope it's not too late to say:

Hey Holly, I miss you, I'm askin', why did you go
And change your name back to Gennaro?

Nakatomi offered you the job of jobs you worked so
hard.
My God I miss my family.
I probably said I love you a thousand times.
Tell her John says he's sorry.

The wrong guy, the wrong place, the wrong time, in my
bare feet, it's you that I'm survivin' for.
And Holly, I miss you, I'm askin' why did you go and
change your name back to Gennaro?

So John surprises them all night long while Holly
works to keep thing calm, there's only one thing left
to do.
When terror lurks on every floor he'll climb through
air vents not through doors the odds are stacked but
still he scores. He scores.

And Holly, I miss you, I'm askin', why did you go and
change your name back to Genarro?
I'm the wrong guy, in the wrong place, I'm picking the
glass out of my feet, it's you that I'm survivin' for.
It's you that I'm survivin' for.
I'm getting closer.
We'll start over.
I probably said that I love you, with a thousand miles
away from you when all I ever should have told ya is
I'm sorry.

John says I'm sorry.

B.B.N.Y.C.

It's Four-Oh-Three in a basement in Brooklyn
Is it the a.m. or the night?
It's hard to tell when you can't look outside no window
And so I'll look into myself

Well I go to bed in a peaceful world
In a bunker downstairs next to a fine girl
And I wake up with smoke in my lungs, ringing in my ears
Got a gas leak, water spill, lots of ghosts that wanna kill
Suckin' oxygen straight outta my soul till
Spiders culminate with the webs that build my fears

And I'll try sleeping under covers
I can't hear you, phone is unplugged
I'm still breathing, you're not near me
In touch with reason, victim of a…

Like no one ever said the world is gonna end
And I got an education and I got a suspicion
That it's starting all with me, way down deep, in this dark hole
If I run real fast how far am I gonna go
When the only welcome on the block's the liquor store
And delivery delivers me much too close too slow
I'll be living under tracks with the playground full of rats
And the canal's breeding everything from mosquitoes to bats
Just to rescue myself I'll keep playing guitar through the sewage cracks

And I'm just sleeping under covers
I can't hear you, phone is unplugged
I'm still breathing, you're not near me
In touch with reason, victim of a…Mind

I gotta lotta space so the dust be pilin' up
In the corners of my flesh so my skin keeps growing tough
When I go outside tomorrow I'll be thankful for the sun
At the end of the day when the sky begins to grey
When the wind is pouring ashes and the clouds are dropping rain
Returning to the safety of the cavern leaves me scarcely a complaint
It'll be four-oh -seven in a basement in Brooklyn
No Goddamn Idea what time it was
You know, It's fucking hard to tell when you can't look outside no windows
So I'll settle, just look into myself

You'll find me sleeping under covers
I can't hear you, phone is unplugged
I'm still breathing, you're not near me
In touch with reason, victim of a…

Crowded

My baby likes BBQ, she don't care what
Anyone says.
It's our pastime to lie naked in bed.
The red sneakers on her feet go rockin'
To the beat when the Hurry-Up takes the stage.
She laughs like cherry-coke, she's always down to
smoke,
Ya know I'm never gonna act my age.

And they'll try to shut us down, all those faces in
the crowd
I'll take your hand in mine we'll fight this fight
together now.
And in the middle of the week, you get up so damn
early
I'll give you all the help I can to make it through to
5:30.

My baby likes punk rock, we went to the Pennywise
show.
I dove into the mosh pit, you held my jacket and
phone.
Well as much as I know I just can't understand how
everywhere I go
I just want you around and I spend all my time just
waiting to see
Is if I'm thinking right now that you're thinking of
me.

And in the middle of the week, you get up so damn
early. I'll give you all the help I can to make it
through.
One New York night, I'm gonna get you through this
crowd.
I'll hold my hand out wide but I'm always gonna know
that you're right there my side.

Ignoramous

We make our future when we make our own decisions
Let others make the choice we end up all deceased…2-3-4!
There's never been a better time to stand for freedom
Let's bring this earth together, don't you tread the fuck on me

Fill up those army war tanks just remember what you're fighting for
Either for corporations or for good ol' boys who sell the oil

We make our problems when we make our accusations
Point fingers at the "BAD" to alleviate our fears…2-3-4!
There's never been a bigger cancer here within us
We will not kill for profits, don't you tread the fuck on me

Friends Like Enemies

Hangin' up the phone. I'm home again alone. Is this
what I was so damn desperate for?
Tomorrow comes with nothing new. Am I in control or
lost forever?
Why am I askin' you?
You don't know what to do. With friends like these
then who needs enemies?

Take two I think. I'm on the brink of scratching
everything they taught me.
Is it someone else? Why do I question myself? You, my
job, my sins for nothing.
Why am I askin' you? You haven't got a clue. It
never took so long to notice
this night, we'll talk it out we'll make things
right, we'll crawl in bed and order Chinese shut off
the lights and watch TV.
this night, by walkin' in you complicate my life.
Tonight. And it's time I told you that I need you by
my side.

High Crime (Version)

Well you took mine and I took yours
We hid 'em in our chest of drawers
You broke my arm and I broke your skin
You broke the rules and I cheated to win
You asked the judge and I called the cops
They told us both it was none of our faults
Our bodies tangled and no one to blame
No wonder we get off just playing this game

And when there's nothing left you point at me and you say, "theft"
With my eyes on the ceiling, you accuse me of stealing
I'm stuck inside this cell, how'd you like to bail me out
This goal is hard to tackle now you're locked up in the shackles

I took my chances, you took my luck
I lost my reason, your fingers got stuck
Slamming the door was my only intention
If I had some gloves I would have some protection
Shrunk in the machine my sweater's not mine
Thank you public servants for wasting my time
Searching in anger to find all the yarn
When you read the papers your feelings get learned

And when there's nothing left you point at me and you say, "theft"
With my eyes on the ceiling, you accuse me of stealing
I'm stuck inside this cell, how'd you like to bail me out
This goal is hard to tackle now you're locked up in the shackles
You're kicking me I'm helpless on the floor and in a ball
If you don't stop it soon I'll give in give my whole life long
The bruises that you gave me are all in the shape of hearts
But they hurt worse than all the others shaped like guns and knives and darts

And when there's nothing left you point at me and you say, "theft"
With my eyes on the ceiling, you accuse me of stealing
I'm stuck inside this cell, how'd you like to bail me out
This goal is hard to tackle now you're locked up in the shackles

Red Light Day

It's not going so well, thanks for asking anyhow.
The lines are long it's that train that never comes.
Someone take me away from this Red Light Only Day.
I swear to you I'm stronger than this.

I deny. I give up. I'm not gonna go outside today.
This is the last time. It's over. There's nothing
else that I can say.
I thought you were the only one.
Who put flowers in her hair.
I thought you were the only one.
Who wears satin underwear.
I thought you were the only one.
Who lives life without a care.
I thought you were the only one.
I was wrong.

It's not over just yet. I have got to go get dressed.

Hey tomorrow are you gonna go my way?
Someone take me away from this Red Light Only Day.
I swear to God I'm stronger than this today!

Crystal Meth Girl

Crystal Meth is bad for you but my Crystal Meth Girl is good
I don't owe her anything, she doesn't drink or smoke my weed

She's into Glass--and I'm not talking vases
Now she's in the past, I wonder where her face is

Crystal Meth--Bad for you
Crystal Meth--Girl is good

She stays up the whole night long, always smiling, always strong
I like to be by her side, she's so down she loves to ride

Her stash was found in her closet by her mom
She went to rehab instead of going to the prom

Crystal Meth--Bad for you
Crystal Meth--Girl is good
Crystal Meth--Bad for you
Crystal Meth--Girl is good

She has no idea that I wrote this song
When she turns eighteen she runs away from her home
I wonder where my Crystal Meth Girl has gone
Hope her habits have changed and that she still lives on
That she still lives on…she still lives on

Crystal Meth--Bad for you
Crystal Meth--Girl is good
Crystal Meth--Bad for you
Crystal Meth--Girl is good

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