Blackout

I've lost all the time that I have in this world
I spent it unwisely. Unwisely you see
And I can't get it back
And I can't move forward
I'm broken, I'm empty
It's over for me

If I could undo all the wrongs that I've caused
Fall to my knees pray for swiftness and just
But I'm just a fool
A fool driven to dust
And the world ain't gonna change for me

So give me one more chance to prove these problems and frustrations
are just manifesting memories we're destined to repeat
A second chance to prove I know right from wrong
I swear I'll do things different but can't promise to be strong

[Chorus:]
So come on all you losers, you bastards and cheats
Vagrants and barflies down on the streets
Oh, this precious salvation vindication awaits
We're marching on these broadway streets tonight

If you can look into this old face and try to see the young man
I swear I once was pretty, not the monster you now see
But I squandered all my chances
Lost my faith and took for granted
This life and precious one chance the world would now reep

If I could undo all the wrongs that I've caused
Fall to my knees pray for swiftness and just
But I'm just a fool
A fool driven to dust
And the world ain't gonna change for me

[Chorus x3]

In a neat little town they call Boston
Apprenticed to trade I was bound
And many an hour's sweet happiness
I spent in that neat little town
Then bad misfortune befell me
That caused me to stray from the land
Far away from my friends and companions
To follow the black velvet band

Well, I was out strolling one evening
Not intending to stay very long
When I met with a pretty young damsel
Who was selling her trade in the bar.
When I watched, she took from a customer
And slipped it right into my hand
Then the Watch came and put me in prison
Bad luck to the black velvet band

Her eyes they shone like the diamonds
You'd think she was queen of the land
And her hair hung over her shoulder
Tied up with a black velvet band

Before judge and jury next morning
Both of us did appear
A gentleman claimed his jury
And the case against us was clear
Now seven long years transportation
Right down to Van Dieman's land
Far away from my friends and companions
To follow the black velvet band

Her eyes they shone like the diamonds
You'd think she was queen of the land
And her hair hung over her shoulder
Tied up with a black velvet band

So come all you jolly young fellows
I'd have you take warning by me
Whenever you're out on the liquor
Beware of the pretty colleen
She'll fill you with whiskey and polar
Until youre not able to stand
And the very next thing that you know
Youve landed in Benjamin's land

Her eyes they shone like the diamonds
You'd think she was queen of the land
And her hair hung over her shoulder
Tied up with a black velvet band

Her eyes they shone like the diamonds
You'd think she was queen of the land
And her hair hung over her shoulder
Tied up with a black velvet band

BLACK VELVET BAND!

If they can make a law
Then they can break a law
If I can break a law
Will the law break me?
It comes tumbling down again
I can't comprehend
Is it destiny?
A nomadic state
Are you a refugee?
No place to call your home
Forever walk alone
As the world goes on
Forgotten by the ones you know

And all the words you gave me
I lost on bended knee
But you can't stop these cravings just by praying they would save

If I can make a life
Then I can take a life
If I can save a life
Will this life save me?
Time after time
I still seem to find
You're looking out for me
So wrap your arms around me
Hold me close and don't let go
Let me lean on you as I think things through
If I don't we'll never know

[Chorus x2]

Will I find this place where I belong? (Find this place where I belong)
Can you protect me from my troubles?
Keep my safe from harm?
Will you help me carry on?!

[Chorus x2]

If they can make a law
Then they can break a law
If I can break a law
Will the law break me?
It comes tumbling down again
I can't comprehend
Is it destiny?
A nomadic state
Are you a refugee?
No place to call your home
Forever walk alone
As the world goes on
Forgotten by the ones you know

Murphy, Murphy darling dear I long for you now night and day.
Your pain was my pleasure your sorrow my joy I fear now I've lost you to health and good cheer.

Darcy when I met you i was 5 years too young, a boy beyond his age or so I'd tell someone.
Anyone who'd listen and a few who couldn't care still I welcomed you with open arms my love I did share.

Darcy, Darcy darlin dear you left dying , crying there in whiskey ,
Gin and pints of beer I fell for you my darling dear.

You shut me off then you showed me the door.
But you always came crawlin back beggin me for more.
I showed you kindness a stool and a tab.
Then you poured me my pain in a dirty glass.
Yeah you left him bloody battered penniless and poor.
You know I often stopped to wonder how he made through my door.
With my brothers new non-duplicate registry I.D.
Well you bit off more than you could chew the first day you met me.

Darcy Darcy darlin dear you left me dying crying there in whiskey
Gin and pints of beer I fell for you my darling dear.

You weren't the first to court me mister you won't be the last.
Oh I'm sure I wasn't honey I know all about your past.
Well listen to the big shot with his pager on call you spent most of those nights in my bathroom stall.
Yeah, you got him high but you left him low.
Mind your own business boy how was I to know that he was just a fiend and a no good cheat.
Well thats all in the past bitch cause now I got it beat.

Its another November evening
As you remember your way home
You (beat?) out your aggressive tendencies
On whats left of your blackend soul.
You've come to this conclusion
As your dragged from another bloody fight
You've reached the edge where you decided
That you've lived out your whole life.

Another busted knuckle,
taken down by a kick to the balls
You've wasted time, wasted time
As our shadows grown so tall

Its another busted knuckle
Its a fight you'll never win
And now you bow your head in shame
For a sin no one forgives

[Chorus]
Fight fight you'll never win
(this is our life)
Tonight ill start again
(this is our time)
Fight fight you'll never win
(this is our life)
How will I make amends
(this is our time)
This is our life
This is our time
This is my life
Dont waste my time.

Your wife cant understand you
When you have alienated your oldest friends
Breaking back, and fingers to the bone
burning candles at your backdoor your
Tired of this pety life you lead
A series of dull events
A two bit half assed attempt
Of someone elses (trend?)

Another busted knuckle,
taken down by a kick to the balls
You've wasted time, wasted time
As our shadows grown so tall

Its another busted knuckle
Its a fight you'll never win
And now you bow your head in shame
For a sin no one forgives

[Chorus X2]

Nothing they could do but sit down there with the black coal all arou
nd them, and the water rose so quick and cold, an unlikely place to dr
own.

Nine in the mine, trapped down below- down, down, down in the ground
and this'll be the day I didn't kiss my wife goodbye, take care of my
family I'm buried alive

They held their heads up high as they struggled hard to breath
and asked the Lord to open his arms for the nine souls he'd receive

Nine in the mine...

They latched themselves together so in death they might be found
and prayed there for miracle some 24 stories down.

Nine in the mine...