Infected

I've got too much energy to switch off my mind,
But not enough to get myself organized.
My heart is heavy--my head is confused,
And my aching little soul--has started burning blue!

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I can't give you up, till i've got more than enough.
So infect me with your love--
Nurse me into sickness. nurse me back to health.
Endow me with the gifts--of the man made world.

When desire becomes an illness instead of a joy,
And guilt a necessity that's gotta be destroyed.

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Take me by the hands and walk me to the end of the pier.
Run your fingers through my hair,
And tell me what i wanna hear--
Will lies become truths in this face of fading youth
From my scrotum to your womb, --your cradle to my tomb.

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Nurse me into sickness, nurse me back to health
And tell me what it is that i want in this world!!

There's a high wind blowin, & the stars are shining bright,
Oh what a night, this is gonna be--
I think i'll let the world sleep without me.
I got one eye open, one eye closed.
& my thin body's trembling beneath the bedclothes,
My hearts beatin' against the roof of my mouth
--it's almost time to get out of this house.

I got one hand on the radio, one hand on the wheel,
I got my right foot on the floorboard,--
& i'm preparing to kill or be killed.

There's a high wind blowin', & the stars are shining bright.
& the rain upon the tarmac,
--helps me sail through the traffic lights,
I'm heading down to the dock of the bay,
--to feel the power of the waves,
I'm gonna move up close to that wind,
& wrestle with the thoughts solitude always brings.

Y'see i'm stuck between hell & the deep blue sea,
& i know that water's sucked under better man than me,
I was just another western guy,
--with desires that couldn't be satisfied,
So one day, i asked the angels for inspiration,
--but the devil bought me a drink,
& he's been buying them ever since,
He's had the liquor on my tongue
--feel like the sea upon the sand,
He's had me signing confessions
--from this shaking hand,
He's had me struggling to hang onto hope--
Like a drunken sailor in a tugboat
With a bottle of vodka in my overcoat,
& my dog eared bible lost--overboard

Y'see he tricked me into temptation,
So i've tricked him into this confrontation,
I never said i was the man i appeared to be
Not the flesh wrapped around the bones of necessity.
Or the soul on fire--scribbling thoughts for posterity.

I'm gonna have little lucifer, runnin' off to purgatory,
--with his tail between his legs,
I'm gonna teach him a lesson
--he ain't ever gonna forget.
All the vultures & crows are fixin up some tombstones
But they won't be chewing the meat off my bones.

There's a high wind blowin' & the stars are shining bright.
Me & him are gonna have a little knife fight,
--in the bowels of the big city skyline,
Oh this feelin' inside runs dark & deep
--tonight my hearts not thumping
--a mercy beat


I was just another western guy,
With desires that couldn't be--satisfied.

The rising moon faces the sickening sun,
As the lights in the tower blocks go on, one by one,
A big shot, overlooking this black iron skyline--
Surrounded by his symbols of prosperity--
Sits back in his new leather chair
Ripped off the back of some unfortunate beast.
I'm smiling through my teeth.
Anybody can be a millionaire,
So everybody's gotta try
But by the laws of this human jungle
Only the heartless will survive.
& down there--but for the grace of god
--go i.

The smoke & the steam, & the broken down dreams,
The hope, & the hunger, frustration & anger,
The little drunken lives,--
Driven' through the traffic lights
& away from who they are!

But i've been thinking of you--
In this great city of great solitude.

Crossin' the central reservation, of my imagination,
Searchin' for the world i...left behind.
A shadow hunting shadows of childhood life.
It's all i want--& all i miss--
But how can i return, to a place that don't exist!!

From mombosa to miami, beiruit to bangladesh,
I've flown around the world standing
On the wing of a jet.
Tryin' to salvage my emotions
From the bottom of the oceans--

Y'see i sold my soul, to pay for my dinner.
My stomach grew fatter, but my heart grew thinner,
I ain't foolin' i'm fallin', i wasn't wicked, just weak,
I ain't lyin' i'm dyin', crippled by deceit--

Oh the hand that wrote the agony
Has just begun--
Will be the hand that pulls the trigger
--of this gun!!!

Well its high noon at the u.k. corral,
& its high time i got myself back on the rails,
I'm the lonesome cowboy, ridin across the range,
With just a hand held radio--to keep me sane,
Ridin through the f.m. stations, the tumbleweed,
& the petrol stations,
Will all on board this yankee station
Prepare themselves for battle stations--

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Jesus wept. jesus christ.
I can't see for the tear gas, & the dollar signs in my eyes.
Well, whats a man got left to fight for
When he's bought his freedom
By the look of this human jungle
It aint just the poor who'll be bleeding!

Most everyone round here thinks they're something special
That destiny will be kind--
While they're digging for gold, diving for pearls,
& aiming for heaven from this man made world.

Come on down--the devil's in town
He's brought you sticks and stones
To bust your neighbors bones,
He's stuck his missiles in your gardens,
& his theories down your throat--
& god knows what your gonna do with him
Cos i certainly don't

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Down by the river, i've been washing out my mouth,
Cos deep in the heart of me
There's a frightened man breaking out.
Oh i was just looking for paradise
Anywhere in this world
While they're gunning for heaven--
From this man made hell!!!

Angels of destruction.
Angels of destruction!!!!