Тексты песен «Greg Graffin»

He wakes with the glow of adventure and hope The morning smells sweet and replete with opportunity He dressed into another day feeling lucky to be alive Though nobody follows him he's sure his future is bright Bring him...

My driftin' memory goes back to the spring of '43 When I was just a child in momma's arms My daddy plowed the ground and prayed someday he could leave This run-down mortgaged Oklahoma farm And then one night I heard my...

Blacktop pavement cover me Like a Chemical Reaction or a steam roller Spreading randomly There's a distant buzz, and a low frequency It tickles my ear, it rumbles under my feet And it shakes the leaves off of every...

Whispers of ancients buried by dust, Echoes of ages in canyons of rust, Is heaven so lonely? I'll know soon enough Cold as the clay, dark as a mine, Wasting away blood, sweat, and grime Panning for gold, picking for...

Down in the holler there's a thriving town A treasure trove that makes the world go 'round, When the city barons bring their legal papers and guns, Oh darlin', don't be afraid to run When we came to settle here we came...

There's a leaf in the sky and it's floating on by A new season dawns but something is gone There are days in the past and days waiting for me I don't need a visionary in order to see You can do what you want to me 'Cuz...

Tired old man you're a wastin' slowly battling grey and blue, Built your empire as a shell so nobody prays on you, Remember when you were fresh and bitter like a blossom in its bud? Struggle to keep the memories free...

"In The Mirror" Your arrogance! It will surely bring you down Is there a judgement appropriate for you That you spit at others? Look hard in the mirror Then in ten years look again There will be lines, sags, and rashes...

Went out last night to take a little round, I met a little Sadie and I blowed her down, Bummed a ride home, got in to bed, 44 smokeless under my head I began to think what the deed I'd done, grabbed my hat and away'd I...

Laws of gravity fight uncertainty But I sit here without a clue Life had different meaning and I was only dreaming Someone else came to her rescue Now she's gone and I am too Maybe she will Want to have me near enough...

Come listen to my story, I'll tell you no lies, how John Lewis did murder a little Omie Wise, He asked her to meet him at Adams's spring, said he'd bring her money and other fine things, So fool-like she met him at...

"One More Hill" Rich man, poor man, beggar or thief No matter which one in this life you lead If you think you've reached the top of the world Just look around and all you'll see There's one more hill, just one more...

"Opinion" The first thing i remember was the friction in the room And that brown spinet piano that never played in tune The cruel impatient tyrant, the frustrated malcontent The need to find the pieces, and the absence...

"Predicament" I've got hope but I can't talk about the future I've got desire but I can't exercise it on my own Time won't solve this predicament Time won't solve this predicament I've got pain but to tell it hurts...

Oh the lilies were laid on the marble in the field where the ancestors lay, And the forest was dark and primeval but the boughs seemed to cradle as they swayed, And the church choir sang hallelujah, and the vernal...

Talk about suffering here below And let's keep a-loving Jesus. Talk about suffering here below And let's keep a-following Jesus. Oh, can't you hear it, Brothers? And don't you want to go? And leave this world of sorrow...

You have always lived like this The ice blue chill The dark gray sky The frozen ground And the helpless feeling of insignificance You have always lived like this The day's routine The day's unsure The day is done And...

"The Fault Line" The sun comes up with promise and my eyes burn open wide And the sting compounds the torture from the vacant hole inside My conscious recollection of the past events all seem To verify the emotion that...

Oh, yonder stands the prophet, words are music to our ears, But down among the sinners, only pain and sweat and tears The sermon soothes the simple but the rest are rapt with fear, Oh no, too late to hold a trial, time...

"When I Fail" One day my life will be a chocolate shake and late night t.v. But right now I'm afraid of everything that is goin' down Too many decisions Too much responsibility And no one is there To hold me when I...