Stained red with the blood of devotion Taking down the flags today Thinking about the big picture Sublimation didn't cure my ills Tore the sheets right off my bed Along the corpse-strewn thoroughfare A funny thing happened on the way to oblivion [Guitar solo] Along the river the Don Cossacks rode Lost folk songs filled the barren fields Rhythm...Learn More

Don't dig your scene here, pouring in my ear Meet the new wave, same as the old wave I'm getting so sick of your face And I'm getting so fed up with this place Some new blood is welcome (oh-oh) To sharpen the edge (oh-oh) The boredom should warn you Gotta push ahead This year's model is last year's model in new boots But the brain is worse than...Learn More

Troops and tanks storm the Square June '89 Police cars blaze through the city Intimidating dissenters Identity card checks Don't get caught after curfew In a city rife with discontent and suspicion Broken bones, bloody faces The untold story. the face of denial A cry from Hell falls on deaf ears Nervous about dancing at Tienamen The Iron Heel...Learn More

(One, two, three, four!) It gets harder to suss out what's real with every passing day The more you know, the more you don't know What's in a kiss that makes me feel this way? What's in a voice that calms me for awhile? Is there really two sides to every story? Or is there really only just the truth? What's in a kiss that makes me feel this...Learn More

Signs on the wall reflecting social habit Romantic street scenes, bloodthirsty stealth fiends Garbage bag bed roll, newspaper blankets Traffic noise alarm clock No perfume, just diesel Connections for a shower and a place to stay Road map interrogation, nocturnal saunter Inner city lexicon, urban underground Miles from reality, got no...Learn More

Yankee gunboat diplomacy Bulldozer mass graves Dachau-style Greed and racism fuel the fire Business matters, not human rights Democracy from the barrel of a gun Democracy from the barrel of a gun Democracy Fire fights and bombings in Panama US-Contra-killed nuns and priests Civilians murdered by the thousands Put in a puppet for a good business...Learn More

I saw tragedy through your eyes Felt the anguish and despair Was confronted by men of hate I walked alone touching your face In a room cold and empty The betrayal was written down Now what I see is all I know Ugly memories represent reality Your eyes will never see Your eyes will never see Your eyes will never see Your eyes will never...Learn More

Soldier boy standing tall, tool of the State Soldier boy in the dirt, dying for corporate elites Soldier boy blown to bits for the president's image Soldier boy dies in vain, it happens all the time Take a look at Vietnam, Panama, Lebanon People, open up your eyes See through all those White House lies Soldier boy dies in vain, it happens all the...Learn More

Hear the beat of despair But it just makes me care Care about the things we must resolve I see only action by few So I know I must do Do something to make a change for good The staccato rhythm of machine gun fire (oh-oh-oh) The cassette machine howls in the midnight hour (oh-oh-oh) Desperate expectations fill the hollow homes (oh-oh-oh) The time...Learn More

Still haunted by your memory At which I should be through Whoa-oh, whoa-oh Last night I saw you on my wall But your face was just a blur Whoa-oh, whoa-oh I find it hard to swallow How quick your heart turned hollow I stay away from shows and scenes And places you might be Whoa-oh, whoa-oh At night I take my phone off the hook Even though you...Learn More

Got myself, and I got my friends Pile of books and some films Telephone calls and staying up late I saw real life today Never cared about fashion Or looking good on paper My personality's my only protection I saw real life today Did you? I saw real life today I saw real life today Did you? Some people live for death Some people live for...Learn More

The smell of hate and fear on streets that once felt kind Ideas you cannot kill with assassination tries Have you been there Where it's roughest? The smell of hate and war on streets that once felt kind Ideas you cannot kill with assassination tries Have you been there Where it's roughest? [Instrumental interlude] Hey! Ho! Hey! Ho! The...Learn More