Joseph Arthur

[fox69]

"Speed Of Light"

"Speed Of Light"



Good night New Orleans
Things are exactly as they seem
But I'm nowhere around
Hello Mexico
You're where I was told to go
If I don't want to be found
There's no end to the winter
Waking at the break of dawn
In the middle of summer
Living at the speed of light

Someday we may
See each other and look the other way
But I'll love you just the same
And if you hate your life
Just remember there used to be a time
When we could not feel a thing

In my heart is a hunger
I will never give away
Just try and stop from going under
'till the dawn of judgment day
Living at the speed of light
Living at the speed of light
Living at the speed of light
And burning your love on the way
Burning your love away

 

[fox69]

"Star Song"

"Star Song"



You got a lot of nerve, dear
To treat people that way
You need to find a lover
Who could hear what you could not say

Need a little time away, dear
Need a little time away
Need a little time away, dear
Need a little time away

You set the world on fire
But you never got away
You want to take it higher
But you ain't got a place to stay

Need a little time away, dear
Need a little time away
Need a little time away, dear
Need a little time away

You need to find a dream
That could give what you could not pay
Cuz you got the ears of the world now
But you ain't got a thing to say

Need a little time away, dear
Need a little time away
Need a little time away, dear
Need a little time away

 

[fox69]

"Stephanie Says"

"Stephanie Says"



Stephanie says that she wants to know
Why she's given half a life to people she hates now
Stephanie says when it's down to all
What country should I say is wrong from across the world?

But she's not afraid to die, though people call her less than
A dream world so the people ask her
Cause it's all in her mind, it's all in her mind

Stephanie says that she wants to know
Why it is though she's been good she can't leave her room
Stephanie says, but doesn't hang up the phone
She is calling you from across the room

But she's not afraid to die, though people call her less than
A dream world so the people ask her
Cause it's all in her mind, it's all in her mind

They're asking is it good or bad?
It's such a messy feeling
It's so cold in Alaska
It's so cold in Alaska
It's so cold in Alaska

 

[fox69]

"Still Life Honey Rose"

"Still Life Honey Rose"



If I say I can't explain
Left my soul in Africa
Heard my name across idiot cries
Left my soul and went after your goodbyes

With the still life honey rose inside
With the still life honey rose

"Let me out," said the man to the child
"How could you?" he asked, with his fist waving in the sky
Angry eyes and an idiot tongue
Don't you despise all the things you have done to you?

With the still life honey rose turning blue
With the still life honey rose

I'm gonna chase you down
I'm gonna chase you down
I'm gonna chase you down
I'm gonna chase you down

He went back, his wife she had gone
His family left, his home was now torn
And though quite old, a coward he was
Through the heat and the cold, apart from all that he loved

With the still life honey rose up above
With the still life honey rose

I'm gonna chase you down
I'm gonna chase you down
I'm gonna chase you down
I'm gonna chase you down

I'm gonna chase you down
I'm gonna chase you down

 

[fox69]

"Still The Same"

"Still The Same"



No religion is going to cure you of your pain
Life is a terminal condition
And we almost repeat it's aura frame

You're still the same
Oh how much have you changed?
Now you're still the same
Ohhh

There ain't no drug
Thats going to give you another start
And there ain't no great love
That's going
To find the missing pieces
Of your broken heart

You're still the same
Oh how much have you changed?
Now you're still the same
Ohhh

You're following yourself
Into an empty space
There is nobody else
Left in your hiding place

Cause you're still the same
Oh how much have you changed?
Now you're still the same
Ohhh
Now you're still the same
Ohhh
Now you're still the same
Ohhh
Now you're still the same
Ohhh

 

[fox69]

"Stumble And Pain"

"Stumble And Pain"



All your gifts come out of hell
You brought them back for love
Throw a bucket down into your well
You fill it with your blood

And you let it go
With the greatest ease
Cause something always stays the same
And always seems

With the need you never fill
Try to leave before it come
Like a man you've paid to kill
Asking you what should be done

And you let it go
With the greatest ease
Cause something always stays the same
And always seems

Sun down on a shady grin
Shaking hands on a sinking ship
Prostitute and a poison friend
Telling you you'll never quit

 

[fox69]

"Sunrise Dolls"

"Sunrise Dolls"



Memories of a world torn up
You never had it so you lose yourself
On the way to the dream you cut
Out of the mind of the one you held
I never thought that you weren't tough
But you never could take anybody's help
So memories of a world torn up, it's torn up
You never had it so you lose yourself

And I
Walking through the city to survive
And I
Walking through the city to survive
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive

Memories of a world torn up
Across the bottom of a raging sea
Your empty promise in my empty cup
Keep the distance between you and me
I never thought that you weren't tough
But you never could take anybody's help
So memories of a world torn up, it's torn up
You never had it so you lose yourself

And I
Walking through the city to survive
And I
Walking through the city to survive
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive

Sunrise dolls
Sunrise dolls

And I
Walking through the city to survive
And I
Walking through the city to survive
I'm alive, I'm alive

And I
Walking through the city to survive
And I
Walking through the city to survive
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive

Sunrise dolls
Sunrise dolls
Sunrise dolls

 

[fox69]

"Surrender To The Storm"

"Surrender To The Storm"



I surrender to the storm
I surrender to the storm...

I surrender to love reborn
I surrender to the storm

I surrender to love reborn
I surrender to the storm

 

[fox69]

"Sword Of Damocles"

"Sword Of Damocles"



I see The Sword of Damocles is right above your head
They're trying a new treatment to get you out of bed
But radiation kills both bad and good it can not differentiate
So to cure you they must kill you the Sword of Damocles hangs above your head

Now I have seen lots of people die from car crashes or drugs
Last night on 33rd st. I saw a kid get hit by a bus
But this drawn out torture over which part of you lives is very hard to take
To cure you they must kill you the Sword of Damocles above your head

That mix of morphine and dexedrine we use it on the street
It kills the pain and keeps you up your very soul to keep
But this guessing game has its own rules the good don't always win
And might makes right the Sword of Damocles is hanging above your head

It seems everything's done that must be done from over here though things don't seem fair
But there are things that we can't know maybe there's something over there
Some other world that we don't know about I know you hate that mystic shit
It's just another way of seeing the Sword of Damocles above your head

 

[fox69]

"Take Me Back Home"

"Take Me Back Home"




Take me back home now
Take me back...