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Lyrics: Landing On Water

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     WEIGHT OF THE WORLD 
     ------------------- 
     I used to carry the weight of the world 
     On my back 
     I never trusted my friends or my girl 
     Can you imagine that 
     I used to shuffle my feet  
     When I walked I hung my head down low 
     Kept to myself all my private thoughts 
     But when I met you girl. 
      
     I dropped the weight of the world 
     Weight of the world 
     I dropped the weight of the world 
     Weight of the world. 
      
     I knew some people used to dance all night 
     But not me 
     I never knew if it was wrong or right 
     To be so free 
     I used to close my eyes 
     And try to hide from the light of love 
     Spent all my time with the darkness inside 
     But when I met you girl. 
      
     I dropped the weight of the world 
     Weight of the world 
     I dropped the weight of the world 
     Weight of the world. 
      
     I was alone for all of my life 
     I was alone for all of my life 
     I was alone for all of my life 
     I was alone for all of my life 
     Until you came my way 
     I dropped the weight of the world 
     Weight of the world 
     I dropped the weight of the world 
     Weight of the world. 
      
      
     VIOLENT SIDE 
     ------------ 
     Here comes the night 
     Here comes the anger 
     Hidden so deep inside 
     No one can see 
     Behind these eyes 
     There walks a stranger 
     Wandering through the dark 
     Following me. 
      
     Control the violent side 
     Control the violent side 
     Control the violent side 
     Control the violent side. 
      
     Electric light 
     Shining on your block 
     Sayin' to everyone 
     The power is on 
     While your alarm 
     Set up for safety 
     Keeps out invaders who come 
     But still can't control. 
      
     Control the violent side 
     Control the violent side 
     Control the violent side 
     Control the violent side. 
      
     Got to fight to control the violent side 
     Every day and night 
     I've got to fight to control it. 
      
      
     HIPPIE DREAM 
     ------------ 
     Take my advice 
     Don't listen to me 
     It ain't paradise 
     But it used to be 
     There was a time 
     When the river was wide 
     And the water came running down 
     To the rising tide 
     But the wooden ships 
     Were just a hippie dream 
     Just a hippie dream. 
      
     Don't bat an eye 
     Don't waste a word 
     Don't mention nothin' 
     That could go unheard 
     'Cause the tie-dye sails 
     Are the screamin' sheets 
     And the dusty trail 
     Leads to blood in the streets 
     And the wooden ships 
     Are a hippie dream 
     Capsized in excess 
     If you know what I mean. 
      
     Just because it's over for you 
     Don't mean it's over for me 
     It's a victory for the heart 
     Every time the music starts 
     So please don't kill the machine 
     Don't kill the machine 
     Don't kill the machine. 
      
     Another flower child goes to seed 
     In an ether-filled room of meat-hooks 
     It's so ugly 
     So ugly. 
      
      
     BAD NEWS BEAT 
     ------------- 
     Have you heard the news 
     I lost my baby to another man 
     I got a bulletin of news 
     Late breaking story that I don't understand 
     Should I call her up late 
     Should I ask her how she really feels 
     Should I try to make a date 
     For a time when we can touch 
     And feel. 
      
     She' so on fire 
     She's my desire. 
      
     I've got the bad news beat 
     And my reception is loud and clear 
     I've got a man in the street 
     Telling me what I don't want to hear 
     I've got an eye in the sky 
     Taking pictures that I don't want to see 
     She's got a brand new guy 
     Looks like she's never coming back 
     To me. 
      
     She' so on fire 
     She's my desire. 
      
     I've got an eye in the sky 
     I've got a man in the street 
     I've got the bad news beat 
     I've got the bad news beat 
      
      
     TOUCH THE NIGHT 
     --------------- 
     Out on the road the traffic slowed down to a crawl 
     Strobe lights flashin' on the overpass 
     The tangled steel could not reveal what no one saw 
     Or how he walked away without a scratch 
     He thought of her and walked along the exit ramp 
     He touched the night between two old street lamps. 
      
     And every one will touch the night 
     And every one will touch the night 
     And every one will touch the night. 
      
     Imagine blue dissolve into the empty night 
     Slowly fadin' no one answerin'  
     She walked away and left him standing all alone 
     Between the shadows of his memory 
     And those who loved and lost will know the way it feels 
     To touch the night without the one you love. 
      
     And every one will touch the night 
     And every one will touch the night 
     And every one will touch the night. 
      
      
     PEOPLE ON THE STREET 
     -------------------- 
     People on the street need a place to go 
     People on the street need a place to go 
     Walkin' with the beat if it's not too slow 
     Walkin' with the beat if it's not too slow 
     When the night's dark shadow falls 
     On the sidewalk scenes and the concrete canyon walls. 
      
     People on the street need a place to go 
     People on the street need a place to go. 
      
     Walkin' through the night up and down the avenue 
     Lookin' for a place,  
     A place to go,  
     A place to go. 
      
     There's a muffled scream from the alley scene 
     From the alley scene comes a muffled scream 
     And the siren wails while the system fails 
     In the steaming heat people walk in the street 
     People can't run and hide 
     If you want to feel good then you gotta feel good inside. 
      
     People on the street need a place to go 
     People on the street need a place to go. 
      
     Rising through the grates come the fumes of industry 
     Floating to the sky 
     Keep walkin' with the beat, walkin' with the beat 
     Keep walkin' with the beat, walkin' with the beat 
     Keep walkin' with the beat, walkin' with the beat 
     When the night's dark shadow falls 
     On the sidewalk scenes and the concrete canyon walls. 
      
     People on the street need a place to go 
     People on the street need a place to go. 
      
      
     HARD LUCK STORIES 
     ----------------- 
     Don't tell me hard luck stories 
     And I won't tell you mine 
     Don't tell me hard luck stories 
     And I won't tell you mine. 
      
     Every time you're feelin' fine 
     Got another good one on the line 
     It slips away,  
     You feel it slip away, slip away. 
      
     I don't want no more from you 
     Won't do what you want me to 
     Turn me loose 
     Come on turn me loose, turn me loose. 
      
     Every time I'm feelin' good 
     The phone rings and I knock on wood 
     Hoping that it won't be you 
     Calling like you always do. 
      
     All you ever seem to say is 
     How much bad luck came your way 
     You won't try to start again 
     You just count on your old friends. 
      
     Don't tell me hard luck stories 
     And I won't tell you mine 
     Don't tell me hard luck stories 
     And I won't tell you mine. 
      
     Now you call up every day 
     Got no money no place to stay 
     That girl made a mess of you 
     You got what was comin' too. 
      
     Build her up and let her down 
     Tastin' everythin' in town 
     Treat her right, you never 
     Treat her right, treat her right. 
      
     Now she's gone and you're alone 
     Bite your fingers to the bone 
     Slip away,  
     You feel it slip away, slip away. 
      
     You don't know what's goin' on 
     How you lost it, what went wrong 
     What ever happened to 
     The love that you once knew. 
      
     Don't tell me hard luck stories 
     And I won't tell you mine 
     Don't tell me hard luck stories 
     And I won't tell you mine. 
      
      
     I GOT A PROBLEM 
     --------------- 
     I got a problem I can't explain 
     It's hard to solve it, I can't lose face 
     They all try to help me, but I can't see the light. 
      
     Me and my shadow are so in despair 
     'Cause we keep hurtin' someone who cares 
     Every time we talk about it I break out in a cold sweat 
     There must be some way outta here, but I can't find it yet. 
      
     I got a problem that's so intense 
     I try to fight it, but there's no defense. 
      
     Every time we talk about it I break out in a cold sweat 
     There must be some way outta here, but I can't find it yet. 
      
     I got a problem, I got a problem 
     I got a problem, I got a problem 
     Every time we talk about it I break out in a cold sweat. 
      
      
     PRESSURE 
     -------- 
     A funny thing happened yesterday 
     I felt the pressure in a brand new way 
     It kept hitting me from all directions 
     I got this feeling I was cracking up 
     My knees were shaking and I couldn't close my eyes 
     I fought to gain control and make corrections 
     A funny thing happened yesterday 
     I felt the pressure in a TV way. 
      
     Don't feel, don't feel 
     Feel pressure from me 
     Don't feel, don't feel 
     No pressure from me 
     Don't feel, don't feel 
     Feel pressure from me. 
      
     You watch the box and the video jocks 
     If you could talk that could even be you up there 
     That's why you need max head room 
     Too much pressure for peace on earth 
     Too much tryin' to get your money's worth 
     Too much dying 
     The Eldorado, the Mercedes Benz 
     The job security that never ends. 
      
     Don't feel, don't feel 
     Feel pressure from me 
     Don't feel, don't feel 
     No pressure from me 
     Don't feel, don't feel 
     Feel pressure from me 
     Don't feel, don't feel 
     No pressure from me. 
      
     I feel the pressure building every night 
     One of these days I'm gonna go out like a light 
     Oh, baby 
     I feel the pressure building every night 
     One of these days I'm gonna go out like a light. 
      
      
     DRIFTER 
     ------- 
     I'm just a drifter 
     I'll stay until you try to tie me down 
     I'm not a quitter, baby 
     I'd like to stay and see the whole thing go down. 
      
     Don't try to tell me 
     What I gotta do to fit 
     Don't try to rescue me, 
     I'm gonna go with my ship. 
      
     What about you, did I ever take a thing from you? 
     What about me, how do I know that your love is true? 
     What about you, how can I count on you to count on me? 
      
     I like to drive my car 
     If I've got someplace to go 
     I like to feel the wheel 
     Put down the top and let it roll. 
      
     Don't try to fence me in,  
     Don't try to slow me down 
     Don't try to speed me up,  
     Or tie my feet down to the ground. 
      
     What about you, did I ever take a thing from you? 
     What about me, how do I know that your love is true? 
     What about you, how can I count on you to count on me? 
      
     I'm just a drifter 
     I'll stay until you try to tie me down 
     Don't try to rescue me,  
     Don't try to rescue me 
     I like to feel the wheel,  
     I like to feel the wheel 
     I like to feel the wheel. 
 
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