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SKIN DEEP :

Many people tell you that they're your friend

You believe them

You need them

For what's round the river bend

Make sure that you're receiving the signals they send

'Cause brother, you've only got two hands to lend

Maybe there's someone who makes you weep

And some nights loom up ahead

When you're asleep

Some days there's things on your mind you should keep

Sometimes, it's tougher to look than to leap

Better watch out for the skin deep

Better watch out for the skin deep

(Better watch out) Watch out for the skin deep

(Better watch out) Watch out for the skin deep

Better watch out for the skin deep

One day the track that you're climbing gets steep

Your emotions are frayed

And your nerves are starting to creep

Just remember the days

As long as the time that you keep

Brother, you better watch out for the skin deep

Better watch out for the skin deep

Better watch out for the skin deep

Let me down easy

Let me down easy

When I rest my weary head

After all my words are said

When my eyelids close with the weight of a hundred years

Please let me down easy

Let me down easy

My boat can slip away into a calmer sea

Let me down easy

I know there'll be nothing to fear

Let me down easy

Let me down easy

Let me down easy

Let me down easy

My body slips away out into weightlessness

Let me down easy

Now I know that there's nothing to fear

Every day you're working like a slave

Sweating buckets hoping that you get it right

Will it be as tough tomorrow, have to wait and see

Life shows no mercy

Every day your love is getting warmer

Just look at her and love her, did you get it right?

Will she soothe your brow with kisses, only meant for thee?

She'll show no mercy

She'll show no mercy

And when you hold her close to you

Just when you're feeling good, it's true

Life shows no mercy

Life shows no mercy

Life shows no mercy

Life shows no mercy

Everybody has some secret wishes

Just keep your fingers crossed, maybe they'll all come true

But don't worry if they just remain a fantasy

Life shows no mercy

Everybody seems the same all over

The search is on for love and comfort constantly

If it comes your way tomorrow, count yourself lucky

Life shows no mercy

Life shows no mercy

And when you hold her close to you

Just when you're feeling good, it's true

Life shows no mercy

Life shows no mercy

Life shows no mercy

It shows no mercy

I saw an orange road burning

I saw a youth on fire

I saw metal machines that were turning on

A generation that hadn't yet tired

I heard of two generations that were

Being murdered

In a Europe that was shrouded in black

I witnessed the birth pains of new nations

When the chosen people finally went back

North Winds Blowing

I wish they'd blow you all away

North Winds Blowing

I wish they'd blow you all away

I saw a freedom in the shape of disease

And mainly men had to quench their desire

And while a few could do just as they please

I saw kid's whose bellies were all on fire

And then all is dead and war is over

When hollow victory has been won

Who will join in the celebration of

An evil that can't be undone

North Winds Blowing

I wish they'd blow you all away

North Winds Blowing

I wish they'd blow you all away

I use to dream about destruction

Now that I feel it getting near

I spend my time watching the ocean

And waves are all I want to hear

I wish I was a believer

I'd spend less time maybe

In being sad

So many laws against disbelieving

I don't know who's good or who's bad

North Winds Blowing

Blow all away

story behind NORTH WINDS :

That was JJ's 'where things are now' song. It was one of his melancholy songs about the very strong images that had occurred during his life, while he was growing up. The 'Orange road burning' was about the self immolation of Buddhist priests during the Vietnam war, (original line "An Orange Robe Burning") setting themselves on fire. The 'Youth on fire' referred to Jan Palak, who he talked about before on Euroman. The 'Metal machines…' line was about the Prague spring in '68, when the Czechs tried to be much more liberal and the Russian tanks just rolled in. 'Two generations' referred to the two world wars, 'Birth pains' was about the birth of Israel and what he remembered about the Yom Kippur war. 'Freedom in the shape of disease' was about AIDS, suddenly this new word AIDS had arisen when they were writing Sculpture. It was an unknown disease then. 'Kids whose bellies' was about the west and the rest of the world having so much food while there were images of kids with huge distended bellies starving on television. The title North Winds referred to where he was living in East Anglia which was subjected to winds from the North Sea and it gave a melancholy feel to living there…

UPTOWN

Gonna grab my crop gonna grab my hat

Gotta change my situation

I'm gonna pick a steed who's been built for speed

Who's a flat-racing sensation

I'm racing Uptown gotta saddle up

So I take my seat I'm off to the meet

Don't know when I'm getting back

I don't care who wins as the race begins

It's a pleasure at the track

I'm racing Uptown gotta saddle up

I'm racing Uptown gotta win that cup

We're all meeting at the track uptown

We're all meeting at the track uptown

I'm racing Uptown gotta saddle up

I'm racing Uptown gotta win that cup

You gotta rein in strong if the race is long

You'll be hoping for a place

Can you believe your luck

You're uptown and stuck

But every jockey won the race

We're all meeting at the track uptown

We're all meeting at the track uptown

I'm racing Uptown gotta saddle up

I'm racing Uptown gotta win that cup

==this song was a metaphor for cocaine, not about a horse race=

SOULS :'

Just like an Indian I climb

Offering sacrifice

Up to the temple on the hill

Can human heart suffice?

Can I survive the world alone

Without a well within my home

Without the one idol's love

Shining down upon me?

She eats Souls

She eats Souls

All that I'm offering's the heart

That's all I have to give

With all this heat surrounding me

My deity forgives

And if she needs it every day

I'll climb the steps my savage way

Uttering incantations up up above me

She eats Souls

She eats Souls

Souls

Can I survive the world alone

Without a well within my home

Without the one idol's love

Shining down upon one?

She eats Souls

She eats Souls

it's about the Mayans, great great groove, and the best 'fade in' intro of any song

I was never sure of the accurate score

When I sat in for a hand with the Ice Queen

It was just a game with a noble name

When I sat in for a hand with the Ice Queen

I didn't have time The aces weren't mine

I knew the stakes were high

She started melting when I was dealt in

I thought I'd just go along for the ride

I was never sure of the accurate score

When I sat in for a hand with the Ice Queen

Cards were laid and the hand was played

When I sat in for a hand with the Ice Queen

I didn't play fair I was beyond care

The stakes were getting high

She started melting when I was dealt in

I thought I'd just go along for the ride

I thought I'd just go along for the ride

I knew the Ice Queen

I knew the Ice Queen

I was never sure of the accurate score

When I sat in for a hand with the Ice Queen

One day I'd win and the next I'd lose

When I sat in for the blues with the Ice Queen

I didn't play fair I was beyond care

The stakes were getting high

She started melting when I was dealt in

I thought I'd just go along for the ride

I knew the Ice Queen

his gf was a model in NYC, badass brass section, LSD & MDA