Joy
He is the kind of man to walk the night with me.
To kiss my hand kneeled down upon his knee.
To whisper to me sweet dreams I never knew.
And carry me home when our walk is finally through.
He is the kind of man that when I’m very cold,
He offers his coat, even when I’ve told him no.
He takes my hand, and he looks into my eyes.
I fall into his arms, and he holds me through the night.
When I’m with him, my soul returns from long ago.
From when I was young, and hoped to never be alone.
Like music, his gentle arms surround me.
I let myself be carried on the rivers of his dreams.
He is the kind of man who breaks the solitude.
He casts it down, takes away a sombre moon.
He brings me close and, says “When the night is done,
I’ll always be here, you will always be the one.”
Rebecca and Alicia
He'll keep you from harm.
Oh, never let him leave your arms.
Joy
When I’m alone, my thoughts return to long ago.
To when I was young, and feared I’d always be alone.
Like music, his gentle arms surround me.
I let myself be carried on the rivers of my dreams
I pull him close and say, “When the night is done,
I’ll always be here, I will always be the one.”
Return to the Songs
Cliff
There's a man out there.
A man, and beware:
He'll take your soul and bury it,
Bury it down,
Down, down deep within his dark, dark ground.
He hides within the shadows of what he believes is true.
He hides within the shadows, so you better leave real soon.
He'll take your soul and bury it,
Bury it down,
Down, down deep within his dark, dark ground.
Backups vocals
He's the Soul Digger,
Soul Digger.
Cliff
Lock yourself up tight.
Backups
Soul Digger,
Soul Digger.
Cliff
Hide your kids at night.
Never say a prayer,
‘Cause if you do, he'll be right there.
Backups
Soul Digger,
Soul Digger.
Cliff
Haven't got a prayer.
He just rides with the demons, they're all cloaked in silvery-white.
They appear to their believers as the soldiers of the light.
But I have seen his face beneath that beautiful cowl.
It's a mon-ster-ous vision that just makes me want to howl.
Backups
He's the Soul Digger,
Soul Digger.
Cliff
Take your soul and fly.
Backups
Soul Digger,
Soul Digger.
Cliff
Kiss your life good-bye.
Never say a prayer,
‘Cause if you do, he'll be right there.
Backups
Soul Digger,
Soul Digger.
Never had a prayer.
(Instrumental soul-os :)
Cliff
He goes a-ridin' with the demons, they're all cloaked in silvery-white.
They appear to their believers as the soldiers of the light.
But I have seen his face beneath that beautiful cowl.
It's a mon-ster-ous vision that just makes me want to howl.
Backups
He's the Soul Digger,
Soul Digger.
Cliff
Take your soul and fly.
Backups
Soul Digger,
Soul Digger.
Cliff
Kiss your life good-bye.
Never say a prayer,
‘Cause if you do, he'll be right there.
Backups
Soul Digger,
Soul Digger.
Cliff
Never had a prayer.
(Backup vocals with interjections by Cliff)
Backups
Soul Digger,
Soul Digger.
Cliff
He's a riteous (could not find a spelling anywhere) man.
Backups
Soul Digger,
Soul Digger.
Cliff
If you haven't got a plan.
Backups
Soul Digger,
Soul Digger.
Cliff
Watch out or he'll get you.
Backups
Soul Digger,
Soul Digger.
Cliff
Be careful what you do.
Backups
Soul Digger,
Soul Digger.
When You’re alone to run your life,
You always make mistakes, choosing your own way.
You will need someone to help set your mind.
To run with your ideas, shape them into line.
And you try to lead your own way,
But find it’s too much weight.
Leave room for someone else to help you,
Someone else to guide you,
And you will have no need to want to...
Think for yourself.
But when you think everyone is just out to run your life.
Time to turn around, and face up to your own mistakes.
You’ll find that when you have help to run your life,
You’ll make far less mistakes, choosing’s not so hard.
But you need to make space for your own mind.
Try thinking for yourself, you know it’s not so hard.
Can you break yourself from that mold,
Get warmth from frozen coals?
Run back for someone else to help you,
Someone else to guide you,
And you will have no need to want to...
Think for yourself.
And then you think everyone is just out to end your life.
Time to turn around, and face up to your own mistakes.
Let your reasons go, let strength decide your end in life.
Let your conscience flow, and you will have no alibis.
All that you need to know, you can always find
Inside your heart, inside your soul,
And it could give those corners light.
Now you’re alone to run your life.
Can you withstand the pain, choosing your own way?
Maybe now you will turn back for some kind
Advice from someone else that you left far behind.
But remember what you have learned,
And you will not be burned.
No room for someone else to help you,
Someone else to guide you,
And you will wand the deed to want to...
Think for yourself.
‘Cause when you think everyone is just out the end your life.
Time to turn around, and take the blame for making everyone
Make you want to think for yourself!
After you left, I couldn't feel you anymore.
Couldn't forget you walked right through that door.
I couldn't stand to watch the stars out anymore.
Never forget loving you.
I've been so tired, I've been so helpless in the storm.
Thinking of you can't help me to stay warm.
Why don't you call me just to say you're not sore?
I wish that it was not true.
Now that you're gone, I can't get feelings straight.
Hating myself loving you.
Breaking the lights, and breaking my own face.
Breaking my heart once again.
You never wrote, you never thought once of my face.
Never put down that guy keeping my place
I wonder if you can remember my name.
I wonder if you still care.
My world is dark and so cold for the sun.
Loving you just seems to hurt.
Why did you go and leave this smoking gun?
Left me to crawl through the dirt.
My world is gone, my world is over without you.
Nothing to do but die here loving you.
I guess it's fitting to see clouds hiding the moon.
Fitting ‘cause I don't have you.
Cliff
My religion is one that is simple.
But simple is too small a word.
In fact it is rather confusing.
These words are not light to be heard.
Our people have such a great future.
To die and to never feel pain.
In life they need only to prosper,
Be wholesome and good, not to wane.
To follow this path means to travel.
Your soul takes the path to Gospo.
Your life he begins to unravel.
Through the gates to Amehr you will go.
But if he discovers from path you did stray,
Your sins he uncovers. Now heed what I say.
Your soul he will send back to Earth in a flash.
Or if you annoy him, you’ll turn to ash.
For into the fiery depths of Ymra.
He'll toss in your spirit, and there you will rot.
With flames, oh they're burning,
how strong is the yearning
for the cold, cold, embrace of the grave.
Eternity flaming's
the price for too many
a life without willing to save
Yourself.
Now you say you want to belong.
But I tell you that's where you are wrong.
There are but three ways
to join in the glee, Yes
Three ways you can only belong.
(spoken over music)
The first is of course to be born to it.
The second, high priest invitation.
And thirdly, you must be invited
By a member, with evaluation
And blessings from the high priest,
and that's to gain access
to our humble and chaste congregation.
(sung)
To be caught in the halls of Amehr
Without proper and formal permission,
Means to suffer the brunt of our law,
And be locked up for interrogation.
And now you see
why you cannot be
a member of our congregation.
Joy
You said that one way I could be a member
Was with invite from one of your few.
Well, then why don't you take me to Amehr,
And ask Peagan to bless what you do?
Cliff
It's not possible for me to permit.
I've seen bad things come to those like you.
They'd see you're disbelief in a minute,
And you'd wind up a prisoner too.
Joy, you must believe me.
Amehr's not the right choice for you.
It's too dangerous, though you don't see.
Promise you will not pursue.
Joy
Okay. If it means that much to you, I promise.
Cliff
Thank you.
Share your dreams.
Share my fears.
Hold me once again.
Turn your face.
Change your place.
Hold me not again.
Tell me we’ll never part.
Then turn your back, turn your heart.
You always promised me that we’d flee this place.
I never thought that you’d turn your face.
Save me from evil eyes.
Then shred my soul with hateful lies.
You always said that you’d be there for my pain.
I never dreamed you’d leave me again.
Leave me now.
Dying now.
Do what you must just turn your face.
Congregation
What is Amehr? This is Amehr!
What is Amehr? This is Amehr!
Come to Amehr! Open your life!
Come to Amehr! Come to the light!
Open the door! Turn on the light!
What’s it all for? Sleep well at night!
Peagan
When you’re alone the air feels like winter,
Turning your life around to make sense.
But at Amehr we’ll take out the splinter.
Free up your mind, stop building a fence.
Free up your mind, there can be no other.
Amehr will put you in Gospo’s sure hands.
Just take the fruit that we have to offer,
Sit down a while, you’ll see where we stand.
Congregation
Amehr will take away your troubles.
You have troubles that double.
You matter much to us, when you’re one of us, with
All of us. With Amehr
Peagan
Creating a life, things get in the way.
Worshipping life will not get you far.
Just let Amehr ease up your day.
We’ll help your eyes to see where you are.
See where you are, climb out of the gutter.
Brush off the dirt, and towel off the dew.
Here is your home, you’ll travel no longer.
Lay down your bricks and start life anew.
Because at Amehr, you’ll find so much to see.
We are happy to make your pleasure.
For here at Amehr, we shall joyfully
Hand to you Gospo’s rich treasure.
And he will pass you on to the next life.
But those who deny us,
Shall walk right on by us.
They can not deny us the truth that we behold.
For those sorry people,
Who choose another temple
Will make a good example when Gospo takes his hold.
You have no life, you have no money.
You live inside a rotted out rind.
Break from the mold and join in the run, hey
Pick up the pieces, make up your mind.
Make up your mind, don’t sit there and squander.
These little things that life has to hold.
Before you find your soul starts to wander.
Just come and see what we have to behold.
Congregation
Life, money, and mind.
These are dumb things to forget.
Don’t spit when you find
These things as an individual, or
When you’re with Amehr.
Congregation (split x 3)
BASS
Amehr will take away your
Troubles.
Life
money and mind.
You have troubles that
Double.
These
are dumb things to
forget.
You matter much to
us When
Don’t
spit when you find
You’re
One
of us
With
These things as an
individual or
All of us
with Amehr!
Amehr!
When you’re with
Amehr!
Novac
Losers.
Ev'rywhere I look I'm surrounded by losers.
Takin' their money, and spreadin' my honey,
It's as easy as swattin' a fly.
Losers.
Losers.
Sometimes it's hard to believe
What they'll do for my fee.
It's just like a free ride throughout life.
I can't stand how it seems
I can take all their greens
And just slide my way through as do steam.
Dream.
If I had a dream,
It would certainly seem
That to follow my dream there'd be hooks.
Like keepin' the books.
But no hooks.
I am good.
I take my work soft
And I work from aloft
In my tower in soft flowing clouds.
I look down on the crowds.
They seem like all those bugs hangin' ‘round.
They're losers.
When I slide my hand in,
Then I say with a grin,
"I will certainly do the job right."
And I certainly do the job right.
And always at night.
‘Cause I'm so hot,
That to work on the spot
By the light of the day
I would set them aflame
With my heat.
Oh, so neat.
Neat and tidy.
What else could I do?
It's the way I do biz'
There's no way that there is
I can do more.
Life's a whore.
She'll do you so right,
As long as after the night
You have her cash.
Like cigs with their ash.
(spoken)...I'm too good.
(Quasi-rapped over music)
Jerry
What's the job?
Spencer
Has the old man gone off of his knob?
Novac
Oh yeah.
He's gotta be off of his rocker
To pay us straight out of his locker.
It's a sugar job, guys.
Spencer
Ev'rything is a sugar job with you, Marty.
Novac
What have I told you ‘bout calling me that, Spency?
Spencer
Sorry, Mr. Novac.
Jerry
Ha, "Mr. Novac"
Novac
Shhhh....
(Softly) Ev'rything is a sugar job with me.
I don't know how I can do it,
But baby I do all the time.
Jerry
You're the best that there is, Novac!
Spencer
Ain't nobody else in the biz, Novac!
Novac
I'm the best that there is in the biz!
And ev'ryone else is just losers.
Simple losers.
Takin' their money and spreadin' my honey.
I'll show a good time to that whore
Of life!
Here in your arms,
I can't believe that I am here in your arms.
It seems I've barely met you,
But, I have surely known you
For all time.
Here in your arms.
Dancing with you only serves to
Heighten my scared feelings for you.
I’m not afraid to touch you,
Yet I tremble as I hold you
Here in my arms.
If I could hold you for all time,
Then I would say you are mine.
And love you for all time.
Yes, love you, and I'd find...
...that you would love me too.
What else could you do?
I will hold you here in my arms.
As you hold me here in your arms.
As we dance we know that we can
not refuse the feelings we hold deep within our hearts.
You know it had to start.
We couldn't hide away from these pure thoughts that we're
afraid to show, for fear that we may never find the strength
to let each other go.
And should we let each other go?
To that I say no.
For I will hold you here in my arms.
Please say you'll hold me here in your arms.
And never let me go.
For this is what I know:
There's no place I would rather be,
and no place I could ever be,
But here in your arms.
Joy
When I was young, I learned to live my life alone.
Just me and my parents, no one to share dreams of my own.
It was a hard life, but a good life.
I thought I had everything I wanted.
As time went on, I grew to like my life alone.
And, true, I was blind to my heart freezing to stone.
It was all an act, then the stone cracked,
And I thought I had nothing that I wanted.
I worked so hard to be independent.
I tried so hard to live it through.
I cried so hard that I should end it.
To find someone else, and then I knew.
I needed him.
Everything I want.
Everything he is.
Is it everything I want?
I try to tell myself it is.
Now that I'm grown, I love independence.
I never want to lose that which I am.
If I give myself to him, is it good-riddance,
To the woman I've become, to my own plan?
I know I should let myself have this joy in life.
I'll still be Joy in life,
But will I be?
Can I give away the freedom I have held in life?
All of the thrill in life?
Will I be free?
I know that someday I will turn around and have to say,
"This is it, I'll stay,
And settle down."
But is that someday for today or maybe yesterday?
Or tomorrow's day?
I'll remember how
I needed him.
Everything I want.
Is it mine to be?
Should I never want?
Should I never be?
Cliff
When I was young, I learned to live my life alone.
When she left me, I learned that I was on my own.
Sure I was young, and had my whole life to live through.
But I was young, and had my whole life to live through.
How I yearned for just one touch of someone's gentle hand.
How I needed to belong to someone's welcome land.
I thought that someday I would meet her, who? Well I don't know.
As long as someone was there to fill this vacant hole.
I tried so hard to be independent.
But I knew that I would surely fail.
For in my heart I will be dependent
On the touch of someone's flesh and tooth and nail.
I needed her.
Everything I want.
Everything she is.
It is everything I want.
Everything that never was.
I realized soon that all I needed was a joy in life.
I needed Joy in life.
I never knew.
I thought "Surely there is reason for my lot in life"
She is my lot in life.
Is my search through?
I searched hard into the night for one small light of day.
So I could proudly say,
"I'll settle down."
But how could I ever have the strength to find that day?
And gladly wind that day
My life around.
I needed her.
Everything I want.
Is it mine to be?
Everything she wants.
Oh, let it please be me!
Both
As I walk here I begin to realize
That the wonders in my life have no compare.
Is it s/he who in my life I've come to realize
Is the reason my world has the joy to fare?
I could be sharing all my dreams and my fantasies,
But they're my fantasies
And personal.
I think "I should not be worried 'bout my fantasies"
They're just fantasies
They're his/hers to know.
I believe my head's not willing to be compromised.
But it's not compromise
To give my soul.
It's no wonder that my heart feels no sad compromise,
And it's no surprise
And now I know
S/he is
Everything I want.
Everything there is.
I have not to want.
This is all there is...
Joy
You seem handsome, a well-dressed man,
I would like to know you a little more.
I'll let you have any way you can,
And if you so please, you can be left sore.
If you see something here to please,
All you have to do is just reach right in.
And you can have me for anything
That your heart desires, or that other thing.
I'll be your woman,
And you can live out your fantasies.
I'll give you anything
Any part you like of me.
Novac
You think I'm just some dumb ignorant
That just fell into this sad world off the truck?
You should know now that I can never be swayed by stupid whores that want
to
make a buck.
You'd better put those things up.
Joy
You don't know that you're missing out
On a great adventure you've never seen.
If I were you, I'd think twice about
What I offer you, play it mister clean.
I've got worlds you've just read about,
I've got moves to make a priest wet his pants.
I've been known to personify
The desires in gods, you should take the chance.
I'll last all night,
Even when you've spent your last breathless moan.
I never rest,
As you sweat and bleed and cry and groan!
Novac
You think you're hot just ‘cause weaker men have gone sniffing the sheets
after
just one scent.
Maybe now is time for a stronger man to show you just what it means to pay
the
rent.
And what a price will be spent.
Joy
You can scream, and then you can shout,
But remember this, I won't be left out.