LITTLE EASE-
We've become dispensable, a generation lost,
pack your bags we're moving out, there's not a place for us.
Kicking me, kicking me, you keep kicking me harder,
Kicking me harder when Im down,
Kicking me, kicking me, you keep kicking me back to the ground...
I fill my lungs, and I scream for freedom,
I want to but don't have the words,
I want the rush, and I want the fury,
we're statues when we're standing still.
I've been feeling colonised, taken for a fool,
led by men who see me like the shit thats on their shoes.
Kicking me, kicking me, you keep kicking me harder,
Kicking me harder when Im down,
Kicking me, kicking me, you keep kicking me back to the ground..
I fill my lungs, and I scream for freedom,
I want to but don't have the words,
I want the rush, and I want the fury,
we're statues when we're standing still.
I don't know why not.
KILLING TIME-
The tragedy of our lives is that we don't get to spend enough time
doing those things that remind us all that we're human,
I'm staying out late at night, I'm getting up early just to make things right,
I didn't lie when I said that this would be forever.
I don't call, but neither do you
we're killing time, but what else are we going to do.
Another life that I forgot, I split my head so I can spill my thoughts,
and twitch in my sleep from the memory of something better.
I'm giving up all I've got, you're kisses fail when you smile so hard,
I want to be the one to make you whole, to make you happy.
I don't call, but neither do you
we're killing time, but what else are we going to do
The tragedy of our lives is that we don't get to spend enough time
doing those things that remind us all that we're human, human human human.
SILENT MEN -
Twenty five years on the factory floor,
George was quiet, George was strong,
He had a family that treated him like a king.
The lifeblood of a coastal town,
The one place for sons and fathers,
Its going to have to move with the times.
They thank George for his years of service,
And tell him its time he was moving on,
He says "Im fifty seven years old, where am I gonna go?"
I was born and I will die in this town
I was born and I will die in this town.
Twenty five years on the factory floor
Twenty five years on the factory floor,
I want twenty five more.
He signing on, because there's nothing else,
A proud man in a desperate time,
He doesn't want to be a burden.
They tell him "George, your going back to school, you're gonna learn how to use a computer,
We'll make a modern man of you yet".
He says "Im made of sinew and bone, I pay my way with my sweat
If I cant keep my family warm then kill me now".
I was born and I will die in this town
I was born and I will die in this town
Twenty five years on the factory floor
Twenty five years on the factory floor
I want twenty five more.
He was always an operator, never begging from no one, he just wants to go back where he belongs.
He was never an aggravator, never begging from no one, he just wants to go back where he belongs.
I'll see you when I get back home
I'll see you when I get back home.
George was quiet, George was strong,
He had a family that treated him like a king.
The lifeblood of a coastal town,
The one place for sons and fathers,
Its going to have to move with the times.
They thank George for his years of service,
And tell him its time he was moving on,
He says "Im fifty seven years old, where am I gonna go?"
I was born and I will die in this town
I was born and I will die in this town.
Twenty five years on the factory floor
Twenty five years on the factory floor,
I want twenty five more.
He signing on, because there's nothing else,
A proud man in a desperate time,
He doesn't want to be a burden.
They tell him "George, your going back to school, you're gonna learn how to use a computer,
We'll make a modern man of you yet".
He says "Im made of sinew and bone, I pay my way with my sweat
If I cant keep my family warm then kill me now".
I was born and I will die in this town
I was born and I will die in this town
Twenty five years on the factory floor
Twenty five years on the factory floor
I want twenty five more.
He was always an operator, never begging from no one, he just wants to go back where he belongs.
He was never an aggravator, never begging from no one, he just wants to go back where he belongs.
I'll see you when I get back home
I'll see you when I get back home.
AFTERDARK -
I was a regular outside the station bar,
but no one would see me catch a train.
I was the holder of your cigarette,
but I'll be gone when you turn around.
I go out, to make friends, to get some understanding
I don't like the bright lights, I come back home.
I was a rider of the circular
with no thoughts to where I'm getting off.
I will fall in love with everyone
that I see staring back at me.
I go out, to make friends, to get some understanding
I don't like the bright lights, I come back home,
you lead me on, I fall back down.
I don't have an opening line, but I'll try.
Will I get to come inside, if I wait all night.
I go out, to make friends, to get some understanding
I don't like the bright lights, I come back home,
you lead me on, I fall back down.
AMERICAN DREAMS -
Tell me do you mean a single word you say or are you just leaking words
giving it a name because everybody says,
"its the time for growing up"
I love you, I don't care, I'm excited, I despair,
say is this the dream America?
We can share our fears, you've got issues, are those tears?
say is this the dream America?
Tell me things to make me feel better, better,
tell me Im alright.
I love you, you make me feel better, better
get me through the night.
Watching from the front as a generation falls, looking up from bended knee,
I would rather die as a failure than a trier, than be just another casualty.
I love you, I don't care, I'm excited, I despair,
say is this the dream America?
We can share our fears, you've got issues, are those tears?
say is this the dream America?
Tell me things to make me feel better, better,
tell me Im alright.
I love you, you make me feel better, better
get me through the night. say is this the dream America?
We can share our fears, you've got issues, are those tears?
say is this the dream America?
Tell me things to make me feel better, better,
tell me Im alright.
I love you, you make me feel better, better
get me through the night.
