Human Radio - The second album

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HUMAN RADIO II

Yesterday Girl
She wore an onyx on her alabaster finger.
I chased away a swarm of bees that tried to sting her
She said if I could guess her number I could ring her.

I tried to think of something beautiful to bring so
I wrote a song I did not have enough to sing it.
She let me know it would be better if I winged it.

Yesterday Girl
Knocked me over in a gypsy wind
Yesterday Girl
She really gave my world a spin
I don’t think that I would fall as hard as I did yesterday girl.
Yesterday Girl

Walked in the country with the pine needles in our hair
Smiling like children on the first day of the county fair.
It really seemed like nothing there we didn’t share.

Walking the line between reality and pretending
So unaware of all the rules that we were bending
So unaware the story had to have an ending

Yesterday Girl
Knocked me over in a gypsy wind
Yesterday Girl
She really gave my world a spin
I don’t think that I would fall as hard as I did yesterday.
Girl
Yesterday Girl
Won’t be here tomorrow
But we used every single minute we could borrow
Waking up is gonna be much harder now
Yesterday Girl
Yesterday Girl

Was it for real
was I a fool to let it slip away?
and will I feel again
the way that I felt Yesterday

Girl
Knocked me over in a gypsy wind
Yesterday Girl
She really gave my world a spin
I don’t think that I would fall as hard as I did yesterday girl.

Girl
Yesterday Girl
Won’t be here tomorrow
But we used every single minute we could borrow
Waking up is gonna be much harder now
Yesterday Girl
Yesterday Girl

Will I ever feel again the way that I felt yesterday?

15 Million Worlds Apart
I’d like to act’lly need you sometime
but we’re 15 million worlds apart
There’s even a chance that you might like me
but we’re 15 million worlds apart

I know I’m not the only guy
Picking the star out of the sky
But you don't even know that I'm alive
cause we’re 15 million worlds apart

I’d like to call you on the phone
but we’re 15 million worlds apart
It’s just my luck you’re not at home
cause we’re 15 million worlds apart

Communication might take days
with all these planets in the way
I’m probably not your type anyway
cause we’re 15 million worlds apart... Oh yea

Sometimes I wonder if I’ve been cursed
to be alone in this universe
all my signals seem to be delayed
and even if you get this message it will probably be too late

It’s really hard to catch your eye
cause we’re 15 million worlds apart
wish I knew the reasons why
we are 15 million worlds apart

you can put men on the moon
but there ain’t nothin’ science can do
to give me enough to talk to you
cause we’re 15 million worlds apart

This House
I built this foundation
Out of solid belief
with all of my love
Oh these decorations
Little parts of my life
I could never give up
Took me forever
To get this roof over my head
And feel like I had a home
Through all this bad weather
These walls were my friends
And I did not feel alone

This house is not for sale
No not at any price
Your world will not prevail
I will not sacrifice mine
This is my home and I belong here
This house is not for sale

So you can’t see it my way
You think that condo uptown
is where I really should be
Well if you want your highway
Then that bulldozers gonna
have to roll over me

While You Were Sleeping
Good morning my friend
another brave new day began
While you were sleeping
stretch your arms out and yawn
lotsa things been goin on
While you were sleeping

We started up another war
I guess the generals got bored
the marines went on patrol
and your breakfast got real cold
While you were sleeping

Business could not meet the ends,
all the money was pretend
While you were sleeping
Bankers stole all that you saved
Bought a jet and flew away
While you were sleeping

And your unhappy family
all wish they were on TV
just thinking this can not be right
did it happen overnight
While you were sleeping

They been poisoning the well
They turned heaven into hell
While you were sleeping
Tore a hole up in the sky
now your kids can’t go outside
While you are sleeping

so go ahead go back to bed (sweet dreams)
pull the sheets up over your head
Now your world went down the tubes
It could have all been stopped by you.
But you were sleeping

World Gone Crazy
The media feeding on the beady-eyed liaison
whose immediate believers never hear about the bleeding
they say this time will be clean, we've got superior machines
It’s the same old thing, day after day
Shoot a big gun and nothin’ stands in your way

And some followers of the savior with un-Jesus-like behavior
said eliminate your neighbor while he’s rattling his saber
Then victory can be savored as we bury the cadavers
It’s the same old thing, day after day
We’ll get ‘em on their knees and we’ll teach ‘em how to pray

I live in that house of cards, in a world gone crazy
Hope the wind does not blow to hard, in a world gone crazy
I washed myself clean in that crystalline lake
I was feelin’ all right, till the alarm put me awake
It’s a world gone crazy

Financial institutions, without fear of retribution
give lawmakers contributions, practice wealth redistribution
milk the funds to destitution, strap on golden parachutes and
It’s the same old thing, day after day
The one’s who get screwed are the one’s that gotta pay

And some pompous politician spewing out hot air emissions
say the planet's demolition's not verified by their commision
Poverty and malnutrition are caused by lack of ambition
It’s the same old thing, day after day
You pull down the shades but it won’t go away

I walked up that mountain just to see what the master said
He says you worry too much boy you know it’s always been this way

Think Too Much
My mother, the government
is getting more and more upset with what you see and hear
She doesn’t want my money spent
on anything she considers controversial or weird

That’s the game I’m in I’m an average guy
I like to rock and roll, I get a little bit high
They're rolling back my rights, you know i just don't care
I’ve got a date tonight I need to fix my hair

I don’t wanna think too much
it taxes my brain and I don’t think it can take the strain.
It’s easier to drink too much
and leave it up to the judge if it's the music drivin me insane

My mother, the government
is makin sure I don't know too much for my own good
She gonna make my choices for me
and everything is gonna be like Mr. Rodger’s neighborhood

That's OK by me, too many freaks out there
callin bullshit art, comin up millionaires
don't like the laws we got? get yer ass outta here
I ain't got time for this, i need another beer

I don’t wanna think too much
it taxes my brain and I don’t think it can take the strain.
It’s easier to drink too much
and leave it up to the judge if it's the music drivin me insane
I don’t wanna think too much
it taxes my brain and I don’t think it can take the strain.
It’s easier to drink too much
and leave it up to the judge if it's the music drivin me insane

Drivin me insane, yea yea yea yea HEY!

I don’t wanna I don’t wanna
think too much think too much
I don’t wanna I don’t wanna
think too much think too much
Lookout WOW!

I don’t wanna think too much
Oh it taxes my brain and I don’t think it can take the strain.
It’s easier to drink too much
and leave it up to the judge if it's the music drivin me insane

Serendipity
I know some things that I don’t understand
There ain’t no chance I’ll ever figure it out (but)
You live your life like there was some master plan
Well ever since time began it’s never been that easy babe

I wanna see your face, light up the room like a christmas tree
When you get your first taste, of Serendipity
Leave it all up to fate, casue it’s the one thing that real
You’ve got to give it up, give it up, up to Serendipity

Well I don’ t know nothin’ but I know this is right
I refuse to live in fear and doubt
Your eyes disagree with what your mouths tryin to say
Let your heart out to play, think of me as a happy ending mystery

I wanna see your face, light up the room like a christmas tree
when you get your first taste, of Serendipity
Leave it all up to fate, cause it’s the one thing that real
You’ve got to give it up, give it up, up to Serendipity

When you finally set your sails to the wind
Maybe you can begin to live a better life
It’s never easy but it’s well worth the try
Don’t ask me why, but it’s the only road I know that leads to paradise

So take my hand and throw your compass away
and let the music roll right thru your soul
Kiss to my role might be your very last thing (?)
so let your heart out to play, then we can stay a step ahead of history

I wanna see your face, light up the room like a christmas tree
When you get your first taste, of Serendipity
Leave it all up to fate, cause it’s the one thing that real
You’ve got to give it up, give it up, up to Serendipity... yeah yeah yeah

give it up, give it up, up to Serendipity...

Have a Beautiful Day
News Flash, heard about the Big Crash, man
We see the king has got no clothes while all the bums sing ring-around-the-rosies
Blood lines, mixin’ in the bread lines oh baby
I’m diggin’ for dimes I’m pullin’ up holes
I’m pokin’ at coals and watchin’ those big wheels roll

Now if the sky is cloudy, I don’t care
Least I can laugh about it, I don’t care
i know my brain is scorched, i offer no defense
i'm naked on my porch, i wave to all my friends..... how ya doin?

Have a beautiful day, playin’ in the sunshine
All the happy people say Yeah!
Have a beautiful day, playin’ in the sunshine
All the happy people, I said all the happy people say Yeah...

No cash, gonna have to gate crash, man
My phony rolex on my wrist, don’t get to eat unless they think I’m rich
Hard times, yeah but things are just fine
Just leave a dollar in the cup and we’ll keep playin’ til your time is up

Tough luck but who’s to blame now I don’t care
Was it president whats-his-name? now i don't care
I got my quart of beer, transistor radio, I feel good I feel good
yo-de-lay, yo-de-lay-hee-hoo Wow, go and get it

Have a beautiful day, playin’ in the sunshine
All the happy people say Yeah!
Have a beautiful day, playin’ in the sunshine
All the happy people, I said all the happy people say Yeah...

Up in the penthouse, have a beautiful day
Down in the celler, have a beautiful day
ya’ll in the middile, have a beautiful day
Everybody in the world, have a beautiful day

Have a beautiful day, playin’ in the sunshine
All the happy people say Yeah!
Have a beautiful day, playin’ in the sunshine
All the happy people, I said all the happy people say Yeah...

There is No Harmony
There is no harmony
music has been broken
symphony‘s gone up in smoke, and i just can’t believe my ears
There is no harmony
and the orchestra is dyin
the ticket takers are all tryin to grab the cash and disappear
There was a time when the hall was full
the music was invincible
we were sustained here by the magic, but the curtain fell too soon

There is no harmony
yet the choir never ceases
They’re all singin’ different pieces, listening only to themselves
There is no harmony
and all the melody’s forgotten
the conductor has been shot, and no one even calls for help

It seems the audience was fast asleep
I guess the beauty’s not enough to keep their interest
When they wake up, there’ll be words and noise
but There’s no harmony
There is no harmony

The crowd shuffles out the door
The composer rips up the score and heads on home
no one will ever hear that song again
but There’s no harmony
There is no harmony

Glamour Zone
Hey
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

Neon fashion dreamboats smiling for the paparazzi
Skippin out the glitterati as the limousines unload
and in the lobby by the fountains stands the spandex rhinestone rock stars
who's advertising corporate cola so he can go back on the road
Some TV game show hostess flanked by 2 CIA agents
while guys from Forbes 500 stiff their waitress on their tab
some star from some soap opera's got white powder on his mustache
With a presidential candidate grabs a girl and hails a cab,

Welcome to the Glamour Zone LA

Brooks Brother stock brokers boast of recent acquisitions
celebrate their new positions and six digit salaries
While the sequin-studded actress flirts with handsome would be gigolos
as she spills her full champagne glass on her thousand dollar shoes
some steriod beefcaked wrestler jokes with some teenage transvestite
who's mega-hyped debut LP sports all the latest stars,
While the leather clad comedian shouts obscenities at the bellhop
the millionaire plastic surgeon has just passed out at the bar

Welcome to the Glamour Zone

There's a teacher in my home town who's retired without a pension
never got too much attention, but she sure taught me alot
There's a farmer in the heartland, whose farm faces foreclosure
he never got too much exposure, but he gave all that he got
And there's men who work the steel mill and the coal mine and and the railroad
It’s everything we live on and they still get no respect
The historians chew their pencils wondering why our so-called heroes
are all measured by the zeroes counted on their fat paychecks

Welcome to the Glamour Zone