Waco Brothers Cowboys in Flames SEE WILLY FLY BY In this suburb of Babylon, they don't like to wait They kill the messenger 'cos the message was late Kill the child starving at the gate Predicting the rain of the state See Willy fly by, in the by and by In the never you mind, in the wait and see In the us and them, in the them and us, in the them and me He's the exception that proves the rule All your dreams are a lie Now much will you swallow when Willy flies by? There's something rotten round here, nobody forgot All the rest on the bottom, white men still on the top Walk and talk with Suzie, shoot to cripple and main Shoot to kill again and again and again Gonna build me a house, on a mountain so high Sit in my car and stare up at the sky The dream is a lie, put it to the test One man rising up on the backs of the rest On the backs of his family, all the duds and the Does 'Til the sun melts his wings and down we all go See Willy fly by, in the by and by In the never you mind, in the dollar store light In the there you go, in the wait and see In the us and them, in the them and us, In the should have been me He's the exception that proves the rule All your dreams are a lie See trains all leaving without you, when Willy flies by OUT THERE A WAYS You're just out there a ways It'll be alright You're just out there a ways With your flagging career And your peeling veneer You've still got it You're just out there a ways There's always big, big money Big, big thrills Big, big clean-up And big, big bills Out there a ways You're just out there a ways It'll be alright-you're just out there a ways (Repeat chorus) You're a recent divorce from your menagerie You're still standing You're just out there a ways You're the queen of the ball-warts and all Hang on tight We're going out there a ways (Repeat chorus) Out there a ways You're just out there a ways It'll be alright You're just out there aways WACO EXPRESS Everybody's on the bandwagon again Get on board the Waco Express again She's got thirteen gears twelve in reverse A funky mess in a silver purse Everybody's on the bandwagon again The reason why you don't tell me you love me The reason why you don't tell me you care The reason why you just tower above me Is darlin' you're scared Everybody wants a sure thing these days Nobody wants to go out on a limb these days Everytime I see you asking for more You turn into a puddle out on the floor Nobody wants to go out on a limb these days (Repeat chorus) (Repeat 1st verse) TAKE ME TO THE FIRES When my time expires Take me to the fires And we'll all go The only way we know Thanks, I'll live my life now Not tomorrow You won't see my face In so higher place Oh dear father, please listen to me I've not long to live, standing on this cliff One side the land lays, but these jagged old rocks Are so way for a good man to go Offer so redemtions, there's no takers near Just you mind your manners, we've got company here I've had a feeling about those crusty old men I'm not sure if they're angels or ghosts (repeat chorus) You can't stake no claim on my last name When it's time to go, just throw me in that hole And there I gladly lay, cuz this world wears me out With all these offerings of false gold The dogs want my money, the vultures want my eyes From where I'm standing I realize One side the land lays, but those jagged old rocks Are starting to look real good to me (Jump you bugger jump!) (repeat chorus) I've seen the light I've seen the light I've felt those flames Throw another one on We're going down I've seen the lights I've felt those flames COWBOY IN FLAMES You feel disgusted and confused Manipulated and abused You're not the reason, you're just the means It's a brutal little lesson in being free 40 days & 40 nights, out of mind is out of sight Talking trash, conspiracies Handing all your weapons to your enemies I claw at another door and everything will slip away > There's so much money washing round out there Can't a little bit come my way? Uh Uh Uh Oh! PUNISHMENT PUNISHNMENT! Earthbound & heaven seat Brainwashed, lobotomised Cowboy in flames, bombs in the sky General Custer's on the trail His last letter's in the mail It's propaganda, it's marketing Oooh General Custard died for your sins And the good old rock where we once stood Has got too old to be much good And the good old ways are sick and lame Third world on horseback Cowboy in Flames DOLLAR DRESS She is dancing with death in the Dollar Dress There's a box in an attic in a run down northern town There's a key on the shelf so you can look inside There's a song that will pick you up and spin you round A photograph and a letter left behind Can you prove you're alive? Do you know where you're been today? Sown into the fabric of your life, washed and mended, worn away She is dancing with death in the dollar dress The hooter sounds and the whole town shakes again A line of ghosts clock out at the factory gates Cousins, sisters and brothers are spirited home They block the streets and make the traffic wait Will the flag still fly, if the wind don't blow today? It's sown into the fabric of your life, washed and mended, worn away OUT IN THE LIGHT As the night wears on - it gets so black As the night wears on - it gets so black There was a time you shined like chrome What turned you into such a hack? Won't you tell me why It looks so apealing It looks so disguised Won't you tell me why It loses it's charm when its Out In The Light Shiny new car on the showroom floor Shiny new car on the showroom floor There was a time you ran so hard What turned you into such a bore (repeat chorus) My love is an anchor, my heart is a stone My love is an anchor, my heart is a stone Should ever you wander far and wide Hope you have the good sense to find your way home FAST TRAIN DOWN On my way out on a westbound train Well it gets in my blood - it gets in my brain They say all that you need is a dollar and a dream But a lifetime is such a long time to wait From the shores of the Atlantic To that evil desert town Unseen forces pull us forward And I'm riding that Fast Train Down Spent thirteen years in this old warehouse The boxes come in and the boxes go out I caught my first glimpse of sunlight today When I pinned my hopes on the westbound train The conductor holds his wallet while the steward eyes his watch Unseen forces pull us forward As I'm riding that fast train down You pull on the arm and the wheels turn round Press on the handle and it all swirls down Push on the button someone comes to ease your pain And you rattle them bones - you're at it again So count your winnings, count your losses Pawn your trumpet, hock your crown Unseen forces pull us forward And I'm riding that fast train down DO WHAT I SAY Do what I say don't do what I do There's already one of me and we don't need two Drinking all night and sleeping right through the afternoon Oh! Do what I say don't do what I do Saturday night, sunday morning I'm staring at the door Sitting here waiting 'til you stumble in around about half past 4 You're in trouble, you're seeing double Is there on of me or two? Looking at you, looking at me, looking at you I called home I got the ansafone I said "don't wait up for me" When I got home full of PBR it was only half past 3 The bed was empty, the sheets were cold, you forgot what I told you Oh! Do what I say don't do what I do I don't think it's asking too much that you be here for me You say it's all double standars & hypocritical old bollocks We drink hard all night 'cos we work hard all day You say you'll do what I do but you won't do what I say THE DEATH OF COUNTRY MUSIC My body is a temple safer than a prison But I've done some demolition and in a world gone wrong The Death Of Country Music rattles round the planet So we light a flame and fan it deep int the night Where the city casts its shadow we leave the straight and narrow And tomorrow and forever seem so far away Where the dancefloor's overcrowded and the music's getting louder People do some breathing while they're cheating death Tonight the west is sleeping and the desert will be creeping Inch by inch across the continent And the bones of country music lie there in their casket Beneath the towers of Nashville in a black pool of neglect So we cast our nets in the water, dragged the pool and caught 'em Grind 'em up and snort 'em, deep into the night And we spill some blood on the ashes Of the bones of the Jones and the Ca-ashizz Skulls in false eye-lacher whast riders in the sky!