
When I Grow Up
Heros come and go that's the only thing I know
Now I'm waitin' for a my idol to show up
Been waiting here so long,someone to come along
And show me what to be when I grow up
I could be a power ranger or a terminator
Or maybe some kind of superman
Save the world, save the girl, make somebody's day
Save the air, the sea and the land
When I grow up d'ya think I'll find a little peace of mind
in knowing that I done all I can
Who's gonna wash my socks and shirts and underpants
If I'm out there saving the day
Guess I'd better bring along my mom just in case
To help me scare the bad guys away
When I grow up d'ya think I'll find a little peace of mind
in knowing that I done my very best
(bridge)
Please don't make me take the fall
Maybe I could just stay small
Can't you see what we've become
Just take your filthy money and run
(ride)
But every time I see a hero I could be
Just another tin god to me
Oh, Dennis Rodman, Eminem, Snoop Dog and O.J.
KMartha Stewart in the kitchen
Mike Tyson, Phil Spector, pick your Kennedy
Colonel Sanders choking his chicken
And if'n I'm already over thirty three
How old will I be when I grow up
Don't wanna grow up
Invincible
Have you heard the news that I've got nothing to lose
I'm the man who has everything
I've got wealth and riches and the world is at my
beckon call should I want anything
Can't you see I've never been lonely
And you know I've never been hungry
I've had everything all of my life I'm invincible
I'm protected and respected
People like a money machine
You can try but ya can't take me down I'm invincible
Do you think I give a rat's behind about the
Bleeding hearts who think that life's unkind
If you think there ain't no justice in this world
Just wait and see what else I have in mind
Can't you see I've never been lonely
And you know I've never been hungry
I've had everything all of my life I'm invincible
I'm protected and respected
People love the money machine
You can try but ya can't take me down I'm invincible
Watch me pocket all of the dough
Nothin' nobody can do (I'm invincible)
Take it from somebody who knows
I'm takin' it all from you (I'm invincible)
You can spit and holler and moan
Don't make no diff'rence to me (I'm invincible)
Look at everything that I own
Look at all that you need (I'm invincible)
No Sympathy
I don't want no sympathy
Don't need no one to pity me
But I'll take a quarter, a nickle or a dime
Don't have no cares to worry me
Pressing responsibilities
And I don't need a purpose, a reason or a rhyme
Don't have no job to burden me
Don't have no home to smother me
And I don't gotta any place at any place at any given time
I'm right where I wanna be
It's all part of the irony lurking in the shadows of your mind
Ten thousand pages handed down through the ages
While history changes and you wait, but the change never comes at all
Yet I never lose the will to survive
Lost in the mazes of the back streets of the city
Where no one is out there who gives a damn whether you live or die
And you're not even sure you're alive
Don't waste no time to think at me
Here in the pit of society
Just look away and keep walking by
(break)
Standing alone in the street
Amid the clamor and the cheer still I only hear my own heart beat
The dark sun beating down
As I'm watching the crowd I'm confused by the sound of laughter
And I know how it feels to have a life
A warm bed and a home and I think that I know what I'm missing
In one fleeting moment I let it all slip away
As I watched through my tears tell me what the hell was I thinking
(repeat)
AND GOD LAUGHED
Sitting on a nebula
Checking his agenda
Sipping his morning cup o' joe
Yesterday he finished fixin'
A busted galaxy
One down eight billion to go
Stars and planets not to mention
All the things that need attention
Dark matter energy and time
Light years of endless space
Distances too far to trace
Dimensions that boggle the mind
(break)
Through his cosmic looking glass
He spies a little cluster of stars
So very far away
Zooming in he saw the sun
And all the planets all around
In a corner of the Milky Way
A long way from no-man's-land
Earth is but a grain of sand
Somehow he heard the people cryin'
Lookin' for the answers
To their petty problems
Why are they all on me relyin'
And god laughed at the little creatures praying
God laughed
God laughed at the ludicrous displaying
God laughed at the tiny ants marching by
(Ride)
Everybody's busy
Always in a tizzy
And so there goes another day
Fussin' and a-fightin'
Kickin' and bitin'
It's enough to make me wanna pray
Look into the mirror
Nothin' could be clearer
Tell me what you think that you see
Think you're really somethin'
But you're really nothin'
Nothin' you can guarantee
And god laughed at the egos all inflated
God laughed
God laughed at the the circus he created
God laughed at the tiny robots clamouring by
I Dream
There was a single page of history
And where it went remains a mystery
It was like driving through a small town
Blink your eyes and it's no longer around
We saw the times they needed changin'
And so we did some re-arrangin'
We rallied 'round our new conception
With visions through a new perception
Ahhhh, it breaks my heart
When I think of how it all came apart
Ahhhh, where did you go
When greed reared its almighty head
And I know we could have made a difference
With a better organized resistance
But change it never comes on golden wings
It's just the way the pendulum swings
Listen to me Mr. New Age man
I dream, therefore I am
So you got stuff but it's never enough
And me, well I'll always be free
I dream therefore I am
I dream therefore I am
I dream therefore I am
I dream therefore I am
CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
( The Ego That Ate the World ! )
So you're the center of the universe
Everybody's waits 'cuz you're always first
Your favorite topic of conversation is you
You'd think at your age you would realize
Sooner or later you'd be cut down to size
Then you'd have to take your ego trip somewhere new
How can anybody be so long-winded about themselves
When they got nothing to offer the world
Standing naked for the whole world to see
You ain't no different from him, her or me
'Cept that one head's too big and the other's too small
Your life's a mirror of old Oedipus Rex
The perfect stage for your Napoleon complex
You'd give up your Mazaradi just to be tall
Everybody's got a season a rhyme and a reason
But yours is a big mystery to me
Everybody knows the answer but never the question
Everybody's got something to say
***********************
You're always tellin' people what you're worth
Cuz you're the center of the universe
The occupation with your size fixation
Where cars and guns will be your compensation
Going Down
Feeling so old, I'm hungry and cold
Ain't never been so down
I keep losing weight, how much more can I take
My head is spinning 'round
Ain't never been so down
Well I never lost perspective
And I think I know I never lost my head
Was it something I forgot to do
Or maybe only something that I said
Now she's gone
I don't know why
I'm going down
PAY THE LADY
Went down to the yoga center just to clear my head
It was one of those days might as well have stayed in bed
I had just closed my eyes when I felt a little tap on my shoulder
He said, "Sorry, you can't stay, not until you pay the lady"
She resides in a mansion the size of the Grand Hotel
And she hobnobs with people of influence, wealth and fame
She got butlers an' maids an' chaufers an' gourmets
Lots of em'ralds and jades and a car for every day of the week
And keeps the rif-raf at bay, that is unless they pay the lady
The psychic said there was someone special in my life
I said "How did you know? did somebody tell?"
She said something would happen, don't know what it is
Could be good, might be bad, that'll be fifty bucks, in cash please
When she flashed her nails my way, thought I'd better pay the lady
We're poor lost souls and we've got nowhere to go
All we want is a place to call home
We'll atone for our sins if you'd kindly take us in
And we promise to behave from now on
Heard the Maharishi had a private 707
And for ten Gs he would fly you straight to heaven
We don't need gods or gurus but the ones inside of ourselves
Enlightenment ain't free anymore,
No matter how they lie about it, it's for shore
But you can let your head down and pray
And you don't have to pay........... nobody
Copyright ~ Tommy Bittle 2005
EVOLUTION
a. Before Time
b. Chaotic Space
c. Dharma
( Instrumental )
Note:
Before Time is a paradox. How
could there be a "before" if time hadn't started yet?
Chaotic Space was taken from Star Trek Voyager. I have read many books on these phenomena including Steven Hawking and have never seen this term. It was originally going to be "Cosmic Chaos" but I like the sound of Chaotic Space.
Dharma is a word with several meanings including one's unity with nature, divine law fulfilled (Hinduism & Buddhism) or Cosmic Order. Take your pick!
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