Cycle Of Songs

[Song 1]
I thought there was no need to worry, and surely no need for alarm
I sent my brother two hundred bucks, and he put it in his arm
All was then forgiven, I understood his plight
He just had his own way to deal with the long boring nights
I reassessed the revolution, I tried to get it all in line
I had to change my disposition, I was wrong again this time
I reassessed the revolution, knew there was bloodshed every time
I would have paused to rethink my plan
I would have done it but really not that kind
I thought there was no confusion, and surely no need for alarm
I sent my sister a hundred dollars, and she put it in her arm
I called her up and asked her what she was going to do
She replied that all would change once she got the shit right off her shoe
I reassessed the revolution, I tried to get it all in line
I had to change my disposition, I was wrong again this time

[Song 2]
I have a lot of things I'm trying to forget
I have a lot of things I don't want to dwell on
The sort of things that make you crazy, the sort of things that make you weak
I've seen a lot, been kicked around
I've sure seen a lot, and I've been let down
I'll leave you alone, don't want to hear no sound in this room or in your room
I have a lot of things I'm trying to forget
I have a lot of things I don't want to dwell on

[Interlude 1]
Change my disposition, I was wrong again this time
Yeah
March 23rd, 1998, big day at the compound
March 17th, 1998, 2:11 pm

[Song 3]
One, two
It all was taken care of and no one was denied
And anything they needed was given back to them
I left my affairs in order, my will was laid out clear
Everything I'd accomplished was in the rearview mirror now
It was all laid out like a road map now
The song, the town, the city
The show is all you need to know now
Some drink to remember and some drink to forget
And it goes the same with dancing, too
The trail is blazed with happy times
The darker ones will take us out of here
And remember me during hard times
That may be the best time
Never forget how I told you to live
You always came to me for the master plan
I think I helped you all along
Some drink to remember and some drink to forget
And it goes the same with dancing, too
The trail's always been blazed with happy times
The darker ones will take us out of here

[Song 4]
Alright, here we go
You've driven them all away, you've driven them all away
They are gone now
You've driven them all away, you've driven them all away
They are gone now
Salutations of a musty room, invitations suspended by wires
Standard deviations as we race to the end
It really doesn't matter who wins, you know
You've driven them all away
Post-recreational blues in the making
Just left to the barker and the studio hand
It's getting bigger all the time
Just pay attention
You've driven them all away, you've driven them all away
They are gone now
All of them
You've driven them all away, you've driven them all away
They are gone now
All of them

[Song 5]
Don't want no information, don't wanna hear no sound
Don't want no information, don't wanna hear no sound
There's too many damn corpses littering the ground
They are behind me, they will be in front
The new year just started and there's already one
Don't want no information, don't wanna hear no sound
Don't want no information, don't wanna hear no sound
Don't want no information, don't wanna hear no sound
It was just too depressing in my room today
Guess I just thought life would have turned out differently
You can't buy happiness, but you can buy all the heroin you want
And you can sail on a ship to England
If that's what you truly want
Don't want no information, don't wanna hear no sound
Don't want no information, don't wanna hear no sound
Don't want no information, don't wanna hear no sound
I discarded a lot of baggage that I used to drag around
And picked up even more recently like I really need it now
And you can fly to the islands on a silver rocket ship
And I apologize, I think what I'm saying is
My fire is starting to slip
Don't want no information, don't wanna hear no sound
Don't want no information, don't wanna hear no sound

[Interlude 2]
Been kicked around

[Poem read by Cloud Tiger]
And some days you're driving across gray pavement landscapes with one Taco Bell and Pepsi and McDonald's sign after another, but you're not looking out for food, you're looking for something you ain't seen in a long time
That's a friendly face
And you might be looking all around, and it seems like the friendly face is something you just can't find, and you might wonder why that is, but this is America, this is America
And if you're looking for the light in someone's eyes, the light of intelligence, you might see it's been outshone by the light of all those damn Pepsi signs
And you might be looking for that light, but if you don't find it, you gotta reach deep inside yourself, you gotta create, you gotta live
Because this is America, this is America, this is America, and the only way to get through this crazy shit in America is to be who you are, and do what you came here to do, you gotta reach deep in yourself and find that light
Because this is America, this is America, this is America
Ain't no other way to live in America, and if you get desperate, just remember, nobody stays here forever
So remember who you really are in this land of America, America, America