Lyrics
Eventually, this page will contain the lyrics to every relevant song I have ever written, from 1988 to the present.
This page will be updated frequently, so keep checking in regularly.
FACE THE WIND
Well, the wind was blowin' hard
On the day that I was born
Its intention was to kill me
That very day
And, seven years later,
It almost did me in
But God wouldn't let it happen that way
I've lived to see the evil
And deception of this world
And there were many times
I prayed my life would end
But it's time to give up everything
I ever could've wanted
It's time to turn around
And face the wind
CHORUS: It really does no good to say
The wind might blow a different way
It'll knock you to the ground someday
It won't let up on you
It really does no good to stay
I'll admit I'm pissed
But I still can say
I'm gonna fight the wind someday
No matter what I have to do
The wind was blowin' hard
On the day I was enlightened
Didn't want me to live to see the Truth
And a few years later
It blew all my dreams to Hell
There was really nothin' I could do
Now the days go by faster
Than I ever could've imagined
And I'm goin' down the same damn road again
It's time to give up living
The way that I've been living
It's time to turn around and face the wind
REPEAT CHORUS
TAG: Now the days go by faster
Than I ever could've imagined
And I'm goin' down the same damn road again
It's time to give up living
The way that I've been living
It's time to turn around and face the wind
8/1988. 1988 Ahtanaram Productions. Copyright Protected by Heckler & Koch, Inc.
BILL OF RIGHTS
I remember when we got together
We both were running from the weather
And you know it seemed so right
We were so much alike
We'd both been bound and tied and screwed
You gave me hope
And then you crushed it
The only one I ever trusted
You won my love
But then you lost it
And there's no way I'm gonna be used
By a fucking little bitch like you
CHORUS: I'm gonna write me a Constitution
I done won me a revolution
Is it me or just the institution?
I don't know
I just can't believe you did it
Sometimes it seems like you really tried
You never knew how much we tried and died
You're infringing on my freedoms, bitch!
I'm gonna have to write me a Bill Of Rights
We were so distant from each other
I hated your morals and your brother
But when I looked into your eyes
I could see so many lies
And, like a fool, I believed that they were true
You had to cling to your religion
Your world of fear and superstition
You walk the aisle with such contrition
You put on such a facade
I hope they sacrifice your ass to the gods
REPEAT CHORUS
3/26/'89. 1989 Ahtanaram Productions. Copyright protected by Heckler & Koch, Inc.
YEAR OF THE DRAGON
When I look across this room
What do you think I see?
Just worried faces with weary eyes
Blinded by hypocrisy
Must be the Year of the Dragon
You left me on the verge of a revolution
But now we've been defeated
And I'm gonna fight like hell
To make sure the past won't be repeated
And if we're gonna make it
We've got to regain our sight
We've been blinded by "a thousand points of light"
CHORUS: Must be the Year of the Dragon
The silent enemy
This world is gonna be crushed
By a force that we can't see
Must be the Year of the Dragon
We're drowning underneath a foreign tide
Those who promised us peace and prosperity
Just took us for a ride
Must be the Year of the Dragon
When I look into my TV screen
What do you think I see?
Just repressive, hung-up souls
Trying to find some peace
Must be the Year of the Dragon
Bearded Jews with twisted views
Promoting catastrophe
And religious freedom has been replaced
By the politics of blasphemy
People lying to each other
And lying to themselves
Their "applied survivalism"
Was just a bullet-train to Hell
REPEAT CHORUS
When I look across this world
What do you think I see?
Just frightened leaders everywhere
Crying for peace
But there is no peace
Must be the Year of the Dragon
Sitting in their control rooms
Knowing that the world moves on their command
And if the wrong button is pushed
It would mean the Ruination of Man
Shivering in their ivory towers
Trying to fake a smile
They try to tell us everything's all right
But it ain't right
REPEAT CHORUS
4/7/'89. 1989 Ahtanaram Productions. Copyright protected by Heckler & Koch, Inc.
I'VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE
How do you excuse
The way that you abuse
Neglect and screw
And then kill when you're through?
How can you attempt
To prove you're exempt
From all the troubles in the world
Surrounding you?
How can you justify
The things that you do?
The distorted beliefs
That you hold true?
It seems I've spent my whole life
Just trying to escape from you
Tired
Of running from the storm
Trying to stay warm
Trapped here in this cell
While the whole world writhes in Hell
CHORUS: I think I've heard it all before
Another time
Another war
Just different faces
Different names
But nothing's changed
It's just the same
How can you dignify
The things that you identify
As being fit to kill or die for?
Why do you abstain from
Things that might cause some
Reason to wonder why for?
Deny for?
Cry for?
Or lie for?
Tired
Of looking through these eyes
At the world that I despise
Your world
And all its lies
REPEAT CHORUS
5/13/'89. 1989 Ahtanaram Productions. Copyright protected by Heckler & Koch, Inc.
LOOKING FOR A LOOPHOLE
I just want to die in my sleep
Is that too much to ask?
Just want to be free from all these chains
Is that so hard to grasp?
I just want to live in my dreams
Reality's much too strange
Don't know why I've got to wake up
I just can't take the pain
CHORUS: I'm looking for a loophole
In the stratosphere
I'm looking for the Path Not Taken
Free from harm and fear
I'm searching for a soft spot
In the heart of the Dragon
To shine the light of Truth on things unclear
I'm looking for a loophole
In the stratosphere
Sammy Davis says I shouldn't drink
Just so his book will sell
But it doesn't matter what he thinks
He's gonna burn in Hell
And Tony Danza wants me to die a virgin
His tactic is to scare
He fears his daughter may've contracted AIDS
But, Tony, LIFE AIN'T FAIR!!!
REPEAT CHORUS & FIRST VERSE
REPEAT CHORUS ONCE MORE
6/'89. 1989 Ahtanaram Productions. Copyright Protected by Heckler & Koch, Inc.
Eventually, this page will contain the lyrics to every relevant song I have ever written, from 1988 to the present.
This page will be updated frequently, so keep checking in regularly.
FACE THE WIND
Well, the wind was blowin' hard
On the day that I was born
Its intention was to kill me
That very day
And, seven years later,
It almost did me in
But God wouldn't let it happen that way
I've lived to see the evil
And deception of this world
And there were many times
I prayed my life would end
But it's time to give up everything
I ever could've wanted
It's time to turn around
And face the wind
CHORUS: It really does no good to say
The wind might blow a different way
It'll knock you to the ground someday
It won't let up on you
It really does no good to stay
I'll admit I'm pissed
But I still can say
I'm gonna fight the wind someday
No matter what I have to do
The wind was blowin' hard
On the day I was enlightened
Didn't want me to live to see the Truth
And a few years later
It blew all my dreams to Hell
There was really nothin' I could do
Now the days go by faster
Than I ever could've imagined
And I'm goin' down the same damn road again
It's time to give up living
The way that I've been living
It's time to turn around and face the wind
REPEAT CHORUS
TAG: Now the days go by faster
Than I ever could've imagined
And I'm goin' down the same damn road again
It's time to give up living
The way that I've been living
It's time to turn around and face the wind
8/1988. 1988 Ahtanaram Productions. Copyright Protected by Heckler & Koch, Inc.
BILL OF RIGHTS
I remember when we got together
We both were running from the weather
And you know it seemed so right
We were so much alike
We'd both been bound and tied and screwed
You gave me hope
And then you crushed it
The only one I ever trusted
You won my love
But then you lost it
And there's no way I'm gonna be used
By a fucking little bitch like you
CHORUS: I'm gonna write me a Constitution
I done won me a revolution
Is it me or just the institution?
I don't know
I just can't believe you did it
Sometimes it seems like you really tried
You never knew how much we tried and died
You're infringing on my freedoms, bitch!
I'm gonna have to write me a Bill Of Rights
We were so distant from each other
I hated your morals and your brother
But when I looked into your eyes
I could see so many lies
And, like a fool, I believed that they were true
You had to cling to your religion
Your world of fear and superstition
You walk the aisle with such contrition
You put on such a facade
I hope they sacrifice your ass to the gods
REPEAT CHORUS
3/26/'89. 1989 Ahtanaram Productions. Copyright protected by Heckler & Koch, Inc.
YEAR OF THE DRAGON
When I look across this room
What do you think I see?
Just worried faces with weary eyes
Blinded by hypocrisy
Must be the Year of the Dragon
You left me on the verge of a revolution
But now we've been defeated
And I'm gonna fight like hell
To make sure the past won't be repeated
And if we're gonna make it
We've got to regain our sight
We've been blinded by "a thousand points of light"
CHORUS: Must be the Year of the Dragon
The silent enemy
This world is gonna be crushed
By a force that we can't see
Must be the Year of the Dragon
We're drowning underneath a foreign tide
Those who promised us peace and prosperity
Just took us for a ride
Must be the Year of the Dragon
When I look into my TV screen
What do you think I see?
Just repressive, hung-up souls
Trying to find some peace
Must be the Year of the Dragon
Bearded Jews with twisted views
Promoting catastrophe
And religious freedom has been replaced
By the politics of blasphemy
People lying to each other
And lying to themselves
Their "applied survivalism"
Was just a bullet-train to Hell
REPEAT CHORUS
When I look across this world
What do you think I see?
Just frightened leaders everywhere
Crying for peace
But there is no peace
Must be the Year of the Dragon
Sitting in their control rooms
Knowing that the world moves on their command
And if the wrong button is pushed
It would mean the Ruination of Man
Shivering in their ivory towers
Trying to fake a smile
They try to tell us everything's all right
But it ain't right
REPEAT CHORUS
4/7/'89. 1989 Ahtanaram Productions. Copyright protected by Heckler & Koch, Inc.
I'VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE
How do you excuse
The way that you abuse
Neglect and screw
And then kill when you're through?
How can you attempt
To prove you're exempt
From all the troubles in the world
Surrounding you?
How can you justify
The things that you do?
The distorted beliefs
That you hold true?
It seems I've spent my whole life
Just trying to escape from you
Tired
Of running from the storm
Trying to stay warm
Trapped here in this cell
While the whole world writhes in Hell
CHORUS: I think I've heard it all before
Another time
Another war
Just different faces
Different names
But nothing's changed
It's just the same
How can you dignify
The things that you identify
As being fit to kill or die for?
Why do you abstain from
Things that might cause some
Reason to wonder why for?
Deny for?
Cry for?
Or lie for?
Tired
Of looking through these eyes
At the world that I despise
Your world
And all its lies
REPEAT CHORUS
5/13/'89. 1989 Ahtanaram Productions. Copyright protected by Heckler & Koch, Inc.
LOOKING FOR A LOOPHOLE
I just want to die in my sleep
Is that too much to ask?
Just want to be free from all these chains
Is that so hard to grasp?
I just want to live in my dreams
Reality's much too strange
Don't know why I've got to wake up
I just can't take the pain
CHORUS: I'm looking for a loophole
In the stratosphere
I'm looking for the Path Not Taken
Free from harm and fear
I'm searching for a soft spot
In the heart of the Dragon
To shine the light of Truth on things unclear
I'm looking for a loophole
In the stratosphere
Sammy Davis says I shouldn't drink
Just so his book will sell
But it doesn't matter what he thinks
He's gonna burn in Hell
And Tony Danza wants me to die a virgin
His tactic is to scare
He fears his daughter may've contracted AIDS
But, Tony, LIFE AIN'T FAIR!!!
REPEAT CHORUS & FIRST VERSE
REPEAT CHORUS ONCE MORE
6/'89. 1989 Ahtanaram Productions. Copyright Protected by Heckler & Koch, Inc.
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