ROAD TO RUIN 
Am G Am 
Ignorance is bliss or so they say
Am G Em Am
If we don’t wise up soon, we’re gonna pay, pay pay
Smell it in the air, it’s something dire
it’s licking at your toes, fire, fire fire

G AM  G AM
You can wave your cash wave your flag
C Dm G Am
find another lonely soul to shag
G am G Am
(You can) pray all day, pray all night
C Dm G Em Am
Doesn’t mean everything’ll be all right
Am G F C E E7
watcha doin
watcha doin
watcha doin
watcha doin
watcha doin
Am E Am
Can’t you see.... we’re on the road to ruin

You’re never gonna climb up heaven’s stairs
 paving every rung with blue chip shares
We’ve sodomized the Earth, raped her dry
There’s nothing left to do, but cry, cry cry
You can drown in kush or bathtub gin
Never gonna wash away your sin
Duty call, Halo haze
You don’t even know you’re  runnin’ round a maze

Chorus

You’ve been preaching hate, while you lock and load 
Tick tick tick we’re gonna all explode
You can party on or hide away
Nothing’s gonna save you come judgment day

Chorus

Vul-tures cir-cle.... Look alive
It’s not...(cha cha cha) the meek... who shall survive

Chorus

a storm 
a  storm
a  storm
a storm
is brewin
hold on tight we’re on the road to ruin
Don’t you know the end
Is right around the bend?

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THE 99  

D   C            G D

The 99, they sweat and slave

And worry to an early grave

The one enjoys their labor’s fruits

And scoffs at all the working brutes


The one is to the manor born

Demands that all the sheep be shorn

entitled one, atop the heap 

It’s a wonder he can sleep 


CHORUS

D C D

The 99 are mad as hell

C D

not gonna take it anymore

C D

Don’t want to see their futures gambled

C D

Won’t sit still while their lives are trampled

C G D

Hey Mr. One they’re knockin at your door

Look out, Mr. One, We’re pounding on your door




The 99 can’t pay for bread

NO way they can get ahead

They bend and bend, but they don’t break

the one says coldly ‘go eat cake’ 




Congress dug this dirty ditch

Robbed the poor to feed the rich.

Occupied by self-concern

From history they never learn

chorus



Bm G Bm

Too long, they’ve been cast aside

G Em    A

Too long, been fed, only lies




The powers that be who cannot see

protect the one, not you or me

But revolution’s close at hand

Now’s the time to make a stand

Chorus 
Hey, Mr. One, we're pounding on your door!


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VIOLINS VIOLENCE SILENCE

Am C  G Am

Violins, violence, silence

Violins, violence, silence

Am D

Good and evil dance along the same high wire

breathlessly await the first misstep

The self-anointed righteous slayed the innocent

While helpless holy fathers watched and wept


Violins, violence, silence

Violins, violence, silence


We’re all just puzzle pieces strewn across the Earth

longing for a unifying sound

But the oneness torn asunder can’t be remedied

till the unifying stillness of the ground


Violins, violence, silence

Violins, violence, silence



Dm7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7

Have you felt the kiss of violins?

Fmaj7 G AM7

Have your cries cut through the silence?

Fmaj 7 G Am

Did violence sear your tender skin

Dm7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7

As you mutely prayed for guidance?


Violins, violence, silence

Violins, violence, silence

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BE SEEING YOU

D

Be Seeing You

Dm

There’s no goodbye

C

Sad but true

Am Am6   Am

There’s a little death in every sigh

C Cm  

Be seeing you... Be seeing you




D

Be seeing you

Dm

And that’s no lie

C

The life you knew

Am Am6  Am

Can’t be regained don’t even try

C Cm

Be seeing you... be seeing you

F C

Forget about everything you think you know

Bb C

It’s not real.... can’t you... feel it?

      F C

You’ve got nothing to be... You’ve got nowhere to go

Bb F G

No one is free.... can’t you.... see it?

D

Be seeing you

Dm

I feel your pain

C

Your deja blue

Am      Am6   Am

You’ve got to learn to love your chains

C Cm

Be seeing you... be seeing you


Be seeing you

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Invasion of the Pod People

A     G       A

You’ve got to watch so carefully, because they look like 

G

you and me

A     C G   A 

G

They’re putting an end to individuality

They seem to be so kind, but they want to read your mind

They wanna control every person that they find



A C D A  CG

It’s the invasion  of the pod people

Dm Fm

Don’t you sleep... They’re counting sheep

A C D     C

By the time you awaken They will have taken your 

A  

soul

E D

You’ll have a vacant stare.... but you won’t care

Am G Am D

Don’t lose yourself Don’t lose yourself




We all must be the same That’s the nature of the game

Identified by a number, not a name

They’er stomping out our roots.. With designer hobnail boots

We’re the living dead in thousand dollar suits


chorus



C Bm Am



Democracy is obsolete We’re marching down a one-way street

Our value system’s disappeared We’ve become what we most feared

They wash our brains and dry our tears; They say our prayers and shift our gears

We’re programmed in the love we fake;  oblivous to what’s at stake

Am C D

On a treadmill going nowhere we make haste

Am C D     C Am

We have lost the  human race



Don’t lose yourself.... Don’t lose yourself 


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ONE OF THE WANTED

I walk through life... unheard and unseen

Leaving no footsteps, of where I’ve been

I’m so tired... of anonymity

Tired of... invisibility



Chorus

Mirror mirror on the wall

Who’s the fairest of the them all?

How I wish it could be me... if only for a moment

I wanna be one of the wanted

Just wanna be one of the wanted



I walk alone... thiinking out loud

Hidden by shadows... a face in the the crowd

The world revolves ‘round conformity

Settling for... superficiality



Chorus  

Mirror mirror on the wall

Who’s the fairest of the them all?

How I wish it could be me... if only for a moment

I wanna be one of the wanted

Just wanna be one of the wanted



No more rejections

I’m gonna cover up my imperfections

I’m willing to change  the me that you see

(beat, beat) Who needs a soul when you’ve got... (beat, beat) personality?



Chorus

Mirror mirror on the wall

Who’s the fairest of the them all?

How I wish it could be me... if only for a moment

I wanna be one of the wanted

Just wanna be one of the wanted

I wanna be one of the wanted

Just wanna be one, one of the wanted


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THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED

Am Em

Sleight of hand, the quicksand man... 

hid behind the curtain

With wicked grin, he lured them in

Only death was certain

Dm     Am Dm     Am  Em

And the world just closed its eyes

Em G Am 

the day the clown cried



the devil saint in white greasepaint

led children to the showers

their mournful laughs, so gravely massed

no one brought them flowers


And the world just closed its eyes

the day the clown cried



The soulless man’s own master plan

held deadly sins all seven

the clown, irate, reviled fate

and lost all hope for heaven



And the world just closed its eyes

the day the clown cried



Gm Fm Gm Fm Gm Fm Am

ashes, ashes... we all fell down

Dm Em Dm Em DM EM AM

acid acid... tears of the clown



A painted smile, a clownish guile

a temple desecrated

The sky turned black, no going back

angels liberated



And the world just closed its eyes

the day the clown cried

Humankind went deaf and blind

The day the clown cried

We all killed and we all died

The day the clown cried


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CORPORATION NATION

Bm     E G Bm E G

The Corporation Nation just don’t give a damn

We’ve all been bloody buggered by our Uncle Sam

G A C E

Rights made wrong, weak made strong

The Corporation Nation just don’t give a damn

E G

Frankenstein creations rule all the nations

Live in ivory towers; Give us golden showers

Catch us bending over, plucking four-leaf clover

Majority is silent, gullible and pliant



The corporation nation just don’t give a damn

The eagle’s been replaced by.. the sacrificial lamb

Willing slaves, we dig our graves

The corporation nation just don’t give a damn



We rested on our laurels, turned away from morals

dancing stars distract us, political malpractice

Government repression brings on mass depression

Corruption is abhorrent, We’re spiraling down its torrent

F#m

(Beat( We sold... our souls... to the com-pany store

Em F#m Bm

gave away our power

Embracing all that we deplore

Em G  F#M A B

we’re easy to devour

Bm E G Bm

corporation nation just don’t give a damn

The bureaucrats look human... it’s nothing but a sham

G A C E 

The snakes uncoil and bathe in oil

The corporation nation just don’t give a damn


Damn! Damn! The corporation nation

Damn! Damn! The corporation nation



The corporation nation....damnation

The corporation nation....damnation

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The Neighborhood

C   Dm7 C

I’ve got to get back to Mister Rogers’ neighborhood

C Dm7 C

Picture, picture please... show me the way

Am Em7

I’ve put on my cardigan and sneakers

Am F Dm

I’m one of Freddie’s simple seekers

C Dm G C F G

(Just another Pan who wants to play)




Time to go back to Mister Rogers’ neighborhood

Trolley, trolley, how about a ride?

In the neighborhood of make-believers

We’re not afraid to be dream weavers

Here, imagination needn’t hide

Am C Am

Freddie likes us just the way we are

Fmaj7 G6

He likes to share... he likes to care

Everyone can be a superstar

Fmaj7 G

If we just dare.... to fly through the air




I want to return to Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Every day will be a beautiful day

The platypus, the owl and kitty

(beat) sing a pretty little ditty

While the world outside’s in disarray

(in rounds)

C Dm7  G   C

wanna go back... to the neighborhood..

Gotta get back... to the neighborhood

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No Way Out

The clock keeps ticking... the train keeps rolling

 don’t know where I’m bound

I’ve lost my ticket...my mind is hazy

When will I be found?


I need information on my destination

No way out....No way out


The landscape changes... the sun is falling

I’m going nowhere

For me no exit... for me no ending

It’s getting hard to bear



Is it all confusion...Is it just illusion?

No way out.... No way out



I see riders, but they can’t see me

As they go on and off... in and out

Purgatory... Paralyzed by doubt  

There’s no explanation... only desperation

No way out... No way out
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LITTLE BALL OF HATE

Little ball of hate

Conceived in love and majesty

Became a tragic travesty

You’re my one mistake



Thinking... I might be... dead and gone

(beat) 

You were emboldened

Fallen from grace like sdevil’s spawn

You worship only what’s golden



Bm  A G

you call me by a hundred names

Bm  A    G

and yet you know me not

Bm A Bm        A

Two thousand years and you’ve forgotten

slow

Em   F#m Bm        Em A  Bm

Everything I’ve taught



Ahhhh Ahhhh

Little Ball of hate

The garden has been withering

While the snakes keep slithering

I must exterminate

(retard)

Bm Em  A Bm

Let... there... be.... dark




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 SIFTING THROUGH THE RUBBLE

A G      C

I’m sifting through the rubble... don’t thank me

A G

It ain’t no trouble at all

A   C      G         D

I while away the time... searching for a sign

A

Of mankind in its prime

D F C G

Everything is rubble, Barney...Everybody’s dead, Fred

A G D  F

We’ve gone the way of the dinosaur

C E7

Humans just aren’t bein’ no more

A G    C   

Sifting through the rubble, mmm, mmm

A G

Sifting through the rubble... Oh, yeah



A G   A      A        G       E

Someone pushed the button, Doesn’t matter who

A G F E

Coulda been a dictator or a common hater

D E

A terrorist, me or you



Bye, bye Mona Lisa, Norma Jean and Peggy Sue

No more Capuccino, microbrew or vino

Gone is all we ever knew 



chorus



I don’t know which nation, this wasteland used to be

Gimme Bora Bora or Gloccomorra

 anybody hear my plea?

Am I the soul survivor, am I here all alone?

With no tomorrow, left to borrow

I’m living in the Twilight Zone



Siftin’ through the rubble, don’t thank me

it ain’t no trouble at all



bridge

C G D

We’ve erased our history instantly

I’m losing my grip on reality, mercifully

Am C G

Think I’ll listen to the radio.... activity

C       G F E

No children are playing... while I am decaying

sifting through the rubble.... mmm mmm mmm

sifting through the rubble, oh yeah




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LAST MAN ON EARTH

Am

It’s so quiet

AM7 Am6 Am Dm

The silence surrounds me and pounds in my ears

Am

There’s a riot

Am7    Am6 Am   E

Taking place in my brain and it’s feeding my fears




Fmaj7? Em    Em7

Sometimes I feel like the last man on Earth

C Em       Am

Laughter and song

Both now long gone

Loneliness gnaws at what’s left of my soul

All has been lost

C Em Esus4  E7

Who knew the cost?




Am

Shroud of  sadness

Am7 Am6 Am  Dm

Oh, how I long for the warmth of a touch

Here comes madness

Am7 Am6 Am E

I need     human contact need it so much




Sometimes I feel like the last man on Earth

Memories fade

like a distant parade

Can anyone hear all my desolate cries

Is life a montage

Or just a mirage?




DM Am

Trapped in a fortress of solitude

Dm Am

I miss the cacaphonous multitude

Dm     C   E

I never realized what conversation was worth

I never realized what a kind word could be worth



Break (verse)



Fmaj7 Em    Em7

Sometimes I feel like the last man on Earth

C Em Am

No Bells to toll

In this a black, black hole

I”m king of the world, but the world is just dust

C    Em   Am

I suddenly feel

C   Em    Esus4     

Nothing is real

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Contemplating Suicide


D

Well, I’m dancin’ in a mudslide, slippin in the high tide

A

Tryin’ to make some sense of it all




Floating on a black cloud, runnin with a bad crowd

D

Feel just like a voodoo doll

I’m in an endless rut, that’s the unkindest cut

G

Living like I’ve already died

  A D G

got nowhere to run, I got nowhere to hide

A D

I’m contemplatin’ suicide

A

Suicide... I’ll get a gun, So I can blow my brains out

D

Suicide... Then again, how would I get the stains out?

A

Suicide... Sleeping pills, they just might be the answer

D

Suicide.... If I’m patient, maybe I’ll get cancer

A

Suicide

D

Suicide



I been trying to get to dry land, mired in the quicksand

Sinking to new depths everyday

Searching for a true friend, led me to a dead end

Should I go or should I stay? 

All the ups and downs, all the runarounds,

G

I’m ready to get off of this ride



G A D G

I’m all outta hope, \all outta pride

A D

And I’m contemplatin’ suicide

Suicide... Take the gas or open up a main vein

Suicide.....But those both seem just a little insane

Suicide... There’s a noose hanging from the ceiling

Suicide... Too loose, I’ll be rockin and a-reelin’

Suicide

Suicide



   Bm  G    Em  G

To be or not to be

Em  G Em GA G

that’s the burning question... giving me indigestion

it’s me who holds the key

F#m Bm G E E D# D C#

(beat) Maybe this time,... I’ll set myself... free



Well, life is such a bitch... I got an urge to ditch

hell’s a place I’ve already been

I’m so self-destructive, reaper’s damn seductive

wouldn’t be my first mortal sin

D

Maybe tomorrow, if there’s tomorrow,

G

The world will end before I decide...

G A D G

But I’ve got to kill Jekyll to eliminate Hyde

  A D

So I’m contemplatin’ suicide



Suicide.... Take a leap, splatter on the concrete

Suicice... Such a messy way to hit the downbeat

Suicide... isn’t just another aberration

Suicide... it’s so cool, so Z generation

Suicide...


to sleep... perchance to dream

Ay... there’s the rub... a-dub-dub



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UNDERTOW


Em G       Em

I swim against the tide.... my limbs grow cold and weary

G A Em

The hungry water grabbing what it craves

I flail against the dark... the icy womb enfolds 

G A Em Bm

My tears go unnoticed by the waves




A G A

Hurtling, hurtling, hurtling, hurtling down (down, down)

I feel myself touch bottom as I drown

I can’t see the shore anymore

I can’t see the shore anymore/




            Bm      A   G

Swept away, I know

G A Em

Can’t escape... The undertow




I close my eyes at last... surrender to the numbness

Dashed upon the rocks, my fragile dreams

Pain -- it fills my lungs... No life to flash before me

The only comfort -- Soon I will be free




Hurtling, hurtling, hurtling, hurtling down (down, down)

I feel myself touch bottom as I drown

Will ... the angry sea swallow me?

Will the angry sea ... swallow me?

Swept away, I know

Can’t escape... The undertow.



break



1/2 chorus


can’t escape the undertow, the undertow, the undertow



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SOMEWHERE IN THE STARS TONIGHT

Dmaj7 Fm Em7

You’re gone... and yet you’re here

Dmaj7 Gmaj7 A

I feel you close to me... closer than ever

In worlds... beyond our own

Dmaj7 G A

There’s no impossible... there’s no never



CHORUS

   G Em7

If I close my eyes... wish with all my might

Bm Cm

I’ll hear you whisper your song... feel your... healing light

D Bm Em Gmaj7 D Dmaj7 Gmaj7

And I’ll find you... somewhere... in the stars tonight



Blind faith... can help me see

Through clouds of time and space... that’s how you gift me

Your soul illuminates

Glimmers with energy... You uplift me



CHORUS

Bm Am7

I know you’re out there somewhere

D Em7 D  Em7    Bm G         C A

Still perceiving, dreamweaving, believing... in me



Instrumental Verse


Chorus