WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN
I've been knockin' on the door that holds the throne
I've been lookin' for the map that leads me home
I've been stumblin' on good hearts turned to stone
The road of good intentions has gone dry as bone
We take care of our own
We take care of our own
Wherever this flag's flown
We take care of our own
From Chicago to New Orleans
From the muscle to the bone
From the shotgun shack to the Superdome
We yelled "Help" but the cavalry stayed home
There ain't no one hearing the bugle blown
We take care of our own
We take care of our own
Wherever this flag's flown
We take care of our own
Where the eyes, the eyes with the will to see
Where the hearts, that run over with mercy
Where's the love that has not forsaken me
Where's the work that set my hands, my soul free
Where's the spirit that'll reign, reign over me
Where's the promise, from sea to shining sea
Where's the promise, from sea to shining sea
Wherever this flag is flown
Wherever this flag is flown
Wherever this flag is flown
We take care of our own
We take care of our own
Wherever this flag's flown
We take care of our own
We take care of our own
We take care of our own
Wherever this flag's flown
We take care of our own
EASY MONEY
You put on your coat
I'll put on my hat
You put out the dog
I'll put out the cat
You put on your red dress for me tonight, Honey
We're going on the town now looking for easy money
There's nothing to it mister
You won't hear a sound
When your whole world comes tumbling down
And all them fat cats they just think it's funny
I'm going on the town now looking for easy money
I got a Smith & Wesson .38
I got a hellfire burning and I got me a taste
Got me a date on the far shore
It's bright and sunny
I'm going on the town now looking for easy money
You put on your coat
I'll put on my hat
You put out the dog
I'll put out the cat
You put on your red dress
You're looking real good, Honey
We're going on the town now looking for easy money
SHACKLED AND DRAWN
Great morning light splits through the shade
Another day older and closer to the grave
I'm closer to the grave and come the dawn
I woke this morning shackled and drawn
Shackled and drawn
Shackled and drawn
Pick up the rock, son, and carry it on
Trudging through the dark in a world gone wrong
I woke up this morning shackled and drawn
I always love the feel of sweat on my shirt
Stand back, son, and let a man work
Let a man work, is that so wrong
I woke up this morning shackled and drawn
Shackled and drawn
Shackled and drawn
Pick up the rock, son, and carry it on
What's a poor boy to do in a world gone wrong
Woke up this morning shackled and drawn
Freedom, son, is a dirty shirt
The sun on my face and my shovel in the dirt
The shovel in the dirt keeps the devil gone
I woke up this morning shackled and drawn
Shackled and drawn
Shackled and drawn
Pick up the rock, son, and carry it on
What's a poor boy to do but keep singing this song
I woke up this morning shackled and drawn
Gambling man rolls the dice, working man pays the bills
It's still fat and easy up on bankers hill
Up on bankers hill the party's going strong
Down here below we're shackled and drawn
Shackled and drawn
Shackled and drawn
Pick up the rock, son, and carry it on
Trudging through the dark in a world gone wrong
Woke up this morning shackled and drawn
Shackled and drawn
Shackled and drawn
Pick up the rock, son, and carry it on
What's a poor boy to do but keep singing this song
I woke up this morning shackled and drawn
I want everybody to stand up
I want everybody to stand up and be counted tonight
You know we got to pray together
But I want everybody to stand up
I want everybody to stand up and be counted tonight
JACK OF ALL TRADES
I'll mow your lawn
Clean the leaves out your drain
I'll mend your roof to keep out the rain
I'll take the work that God provides
I'm a Jack of all trades
Honey, we'll be alright
I'll hammer the nails
And I'll set the stone
I'll harvest your crops when they're ripe and grown
I'll pull that engine apart and patch her up
Until she's running right
I'm a Jack of all trades
We'll be alright
A hurricane blows
Brings a hard rain
When the blue sky breaks
Feels like the world's gonna change
We'll start caring for each other like Jesus said that we might
I'm a Jack of all trades
We'll be alright
The banker man grows fatter
The working man grows thin
It's all happened before and it'll happen again
It'll happen again
They'll bet your life
I'm a Jack of all trades
We'll be alright
Now sometimes tomorrow comes soaked in treasure and blood
Here we stood the drought
Now we'll stand the flood
There's a new world coming
I can see the light
I'm a Jack of all trades
We'll be alright
So you use what you've got
And you learn to make do
You take the old, you make it new
If I had me a gun
I'd find the bastards and shoot 'em on sight
I'm a Jack of all trades
We'll be alright
I'm a Jack of all trades
We'll be alright
DEATH TO MY HOMETOWN
No cannonballs did fly
No rifles cut us down
No bombs fell from the sky
No blood soaked the ground
No powder flash blinded the eye
No deafening thunder sounded
But just as sure as the hand of god
They brought death to my hometown
They brought death to my hometown
No shells ripped the evening sky
No cities burning down
No armies stormed the shores for which we'd die
No dictators were crowned
High off on a quiet night
I never heard a sound
The marauders raided in the dark and brought death to my hometown, boys
Death to my hometown
They destroyed our families' factories and they took our homes
They left our bodies on the plains
The vultures picked our bones
So listen up, my Sonny boy
Be ready for when they come
For they'll be returning sure as the rising sun
Now get yourself a song to sing and sing it 'til you're done
Yeah, sing it hard and sing it well
Send the robber baron's straight to hell
The greedy thieves that came around
And ate the flesh of everything they've found
Whose crimes have gone unpunished now
Walk the streets as free men now
And they brought death to our hometown, boys
Death to our hometown, boys
Death to our hometown, boys
Death to our hometown
THIS DEPRESSION
Baby, I've been down
But never this down
I've been lost
But never this lost
This is my confession
I need your heart
In this depression
I need your heart
Baby, I've been low
But never this low
I've had my faith shaken
But never hopeless
This is my confession
I need your heart
In this depression
I need your heart
And I've always been strong
But I've never felt so weak
And all my prayers have gone for nothing
I've been without love
But never forsaken
Now the morning sun
The morning sun is breaking
This is my confession
I need your heart
In this depression
I need your heart
This is my confession
I need your heart
In this depression
I need your heart
This is my confession
I need your heart
In this depression
I need your heart
WRECKING BALL
I was raised out of steel here in the swamps of Jersey, some misty years ago
Through the mud and the beer, and the blood and the cheers, I've seen champions come and go
So if you got the guts mister, yeah if you've got the balls
If you think it's your time, then step to the line, and bring on your wrecking ball
Bring on your wrecking ball
Come on and take your best shot, let me see what you've got
Now my home was here in the Meadowlands, where mosquitoes grow big as airplanes
Here where the blood is spilled, the arena's filled, and Giants play the game
So raise up your glasses and let me hear your voices call
Come on!
Because tonight all the dead are here, so bring on your wrecking ball
Bring on your wrecking ball
Take your best shot, let me see what you've got
Yeah we know that come tomorrow, none of this will be here
So hold tight on your anger
Hold tight on your anger
Hold tight to your anger, and don't fall to your fear
Now when all this steel and these stories, they drift away to rust
And all our youth and beauty, it's been given to the dust
And your game has been decided, and you're burning the clock down
And all our little victories and glories, have turned into parking lots
When your best hopes and desires, are scattered through the wind
And hard times come, hard times go
Hard times come, hard times go
Bring on your wrecking ball
Come on and take your best shot, let me see what you've got
Bring on your wrecking ball
Take your best shot, let me see what you've got, bring on your wrecking ball
YOU'VE GOT IT
No one ever found it
Ain't no school ever taught it
No one ever made it
Ain't no one ever bought it
Baby you've got it
Baby you've got it
Come on and give it to me
Ain't no one can break it
There ain't no one can steal it
Ain't no one can fake it
You just know it when you feel it
Baby you've got it
Baby you've got it
Come on and give it to me
Yeah, you can't read it in a book
And you can't even dream it
Honey, it ain't got a name
You just know it when you see it
Baby you've got it
Baby you've got it
Come on and give it to me
Well, now listen up
Your reckless love is precious so don't waste it
Can't tell you what they made it of
But I know it when I taste it
Baby you've got it
Baby you've got it
You've got it in your bones and blood
You're real as real ever was
Baby you've got it
Baby you've got it
Come on and give it to me
ROCKY GROUND
I'm a soldier
I'm a soldier
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
Rise up shepherd, rise up
Your flock has roamed far from the hills
The stars have faded, the sky is still
The angels are shouting Glory Hallelujah
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
Forty days and nights of rain have washed this land
Jesus said the money changers in this temple will not stand
Find your flock, get them to higher ground
Flood waters rising and we're Caanan bound
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
I'm a Soldier
Tend to your flock or they will stray
We'll be called for our service come Judgment Day
Before we cross that river wide
Blood on our hands will come back on us twice
I'm a Soldier
Rise up shepherd, rise up
Your flock has roamed far from the hills
Stars have faded, the sky is still
Sun's in the heavens and a new day's rising
You use your muscle and your mind and you pray your best
That your best is good enough, the Lord will do the rest
You raise your children and you teach 'them to walk straight and sure
You pray that hard times, hard times, come no more
You try to sleep, you toss and turn, the bottom's dropping out
Where you once had faith now there's only doubt
You pray for guidance, only silence now meets your prayers
The morning breaks, you awake but no one's there
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
There's a new day coming
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
I'm a Soldier
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
There's a new day coming
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
I'm a Soldier
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
There's a new day coming
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
I'm a Soldier
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
There's a new day coming
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
I'm a Soldier
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
We've been traveling over Rocky Ground, Rocky Ground
LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS
This train, this train
Grab your ticket and your suitcase, thunder's rolling down this track
Well you don't know where you're going now, but you know you won't be back
Well, darling, if you're weary, lay your head upon my chest
We'll take what we can carry, yeah, and we'll leave the rest
Well, Big Wheels roll through the fields where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams
I will provide for you and I'll stand by your side
You'll need a good companion now for this part of the ride
Yeah, leave behind your sorrows, let this day be the last
Well, tomorrow there'll be sunshine and all this darkness past
Well, Big Wheels roll through fields where sunlight streams
Oh, meet me in a land of hope and dreams
Well, this train carries saints and sinners
This train carries losers and winners
This train carries whores and gamblers
This train carries lost souls
I said, this train, dreams will not be thwarted
This train, faith will be rewarded
This train, hear the steel wheels singing
This train, bells of freedom ringing
Yes, this train carries saints and sinners
This train carries losers and winners
This train carries whores and gamblers
This train carries lost souls
I said, this train carries broken-hearted
This train, thieves and sweet souls departed
This train carries fools and kings thrown
This train, all aboard
I said, now this train, dreams will not be thwarted
This train, faith will be rewarded
This train, the steel wheels singing
This train, bells of freedom ringing
Come on this train
People get ready
You don't need no ticket
Oh, you gotta do this
Just get onboard
Onboard this train
People get ready
You don't need no ticket
You don't need no ticket
You just get onboard
You just thank the Lord
You just thank the Lord
WE ARE ALIVE
There's a cross up yonder up on Calvary Hill
There's a slip of blood on a silver knife
There's a graveyard kid down below
Where at night the dead come to life
Well, above the stars they crackle in fire
A dead man's moon throws seven rings
Well, we'd put our ears to the cold grave stones
This is the song they'd sing
We are alive
And though our bodies lie alone here in the dark
Our spirits rise to carry the fire and light the spark
To stand shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart
A voice cried I was killed in Maryland in 1877
When the railroad workers made their stand
Well, I was killed in 1963 one Sunday morning in Birmingham
Well, I died last year crossing the southern desert
My children left behind in San Pablo
Well, they've left our bodies here to rot
Oh, please let them know
We are alive
Oh, and though we lie alone here in the dark
Our souls will rise to carry the fire and light the spark
To fight shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart
Let your mind rest easy, sleep well my friend
It's only our bodies that betray us in the end
I awoke last night in the dark and dreamy deep
From my head to my feet, my body'd gone stone cold
There were worms crawling all around me
My fingers scratching at an earth black and six foot low
And alone in the blackness of my grave
Alone I'd been left to die
Then I heard voices calling all around me
The earth rose above me, my eyes filled with sky
We are alive
And though our bodies lie alone here in the dark
Our souls and spirits rise
To carry the fire and light the spark
To fight shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart
To stand shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart
We are alive
SWALLOWED UP
I fell asleep
On a dark and starless sea
With nothing but the cloak
Of God's mercy over me
I come upon strange earth
And to a great black cave
I dreamt I awoke
As if buried in my grave
We've been swallowed up
We've been swallowed up
Disappeared from this world
We've been swallowed up
Bones of sailors from the north
And sailors from the east
Lay high and up high
In the in the belly of a beast
A beast should you wander in its path
On your ship and your flesh you serve
You disappear from this world
'Till you've been swallowed up
We've been swallowed up
We've been swallowed up
Disappeared from this world
We've been swallowed up
We trusted our skills
And our good selves
Put our faith that with God
The righteous in this world prevail
But we've been swallowed up
We've been swallowed up
Disappeared from this world
We've been swallowed up
We've been swallowed up
We've been swallowed up
Disappeared from this world
We've been swallowed up
AMERICAN LAND
What is this land of America, so many travel there
I'm going now while I'm still young, my darling meet me there
Wish me luck my lovely, I'll send for you when I can
And we'll make our home in the American land
Over there all the woman wear silk and satin to their knees
And children dear, the sweets, I hear, are growing on the trees
Gold comes rushing out the river straight into your hands
If you make your home in the American land
There's diamonds in the sidewalks, there's gutters lined in song
Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long
There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man
Who will make his home in the American land
I docked at Ellis Island in a city of light and spire
I wandered to the valley of red-hot steel and fire
We made the steel that built the cities with the sweat of our two hands
And I made my home in the American land
There's diamonds in the sidewalk, there's gutters lined in song
Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long
There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man
Who will make his home in the American land
The McNicholas, the Posalski's, the Smiths, Zerillis too
The Blacks, the Irish, the Italians, the Germans and the Jews
The Puerto Ricans, illegals, the Asians, Arabs miles from home
Come across the water with a fire down below
They died building the railroads, worked to bones and skin
They died in the fields and factories, names scattered in the wind
They died to get here a hundred years ago, they're dyin' now
The hands that built the country we're all trying to keep down
There's diamonds in the sidewalk, there's gutters lined in song
Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long
There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man
Who will make his home in the American land
Who will make his home in the American land
Who will make his home in the American land
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