JOHN GLASS JOHN GLASS I SAW A MAN NAMED JOHN GLASS HE OFFERED ME SOME ADVICE IF YOUR NOT REALLY NATURAL NO USE TO TRY HE TOLD ME HIS LIFE STORY THE BLOOD,THE GUTS,THE GLORY HE HAD THAT CERTAIN LOOK WITH-IN HIS EYE AT THE TENDER AGE OF THREE THE PRESS HAD GOT TO ME HE THINKS HE`S SUPERMAN HE WANTS TO FLY SHOT ME LIKE A CLOWN SPREAD THE LIES AROUND THE TOWN WAS THEN I LEARNED THAT PRESSMEN LIVE FROM LIES AT SCHOOL I MADE A TOKEN EXPRESSING MY DEVOTION HEARTS AND FLOWERS ON THE DAY OF VALENTINE IN MY HASTE TO GAIN FAVOUR I GAVE MINE TO THE NEIGHBOUR AND SAW THE HURT VEILED BEHIND MY MOTHERS SMILE AT THE CHILDISH AGE OF SEVEN I FOUGHT AND PLAYED WITH STEPHEN HE DIED OF GOD KNOWS WHAT AND LEFT THE GAME THROUGH ALL THE REASSURANCE , ALL THE GRIEF AND MOURNING DESPITE THE CRIES OF INNOCENT I STORED THE BLAME MY SCHOOLDAYS WERE ENLIGHTENING, SOMETIMES ALMOST FRIGHTENING IT`S NOT WHAT YOU KNOW IT`S WHERE YOU LIVE SO I PLAYED WITH THE PENCILS THE INKWELL AND THE STENCILS CAUGHT RED EAR DECEASE AND WAS CANED BEYOND BELIEF THOUGH I COULDN`T PAINT A BARN DOOR PHILIP SMITH SHOWED ME GUITAR SAVED MY LIFE AND FUTURE I SUSPECT WHILE THE MASTERS WEALED THEIR WEAPONS THE SARCASM AND THEIR RED PENS ONLY HE WAS WORTHY OF RESPECT A YOUNG MAN ON VACATION LEFT STRANDED AT THE STATION VICTORIA IS NOT WHAT SHE SEEMS NEVER SAW THE DANGER WHILST TALKING TO A STRANGER WHAT WAS IN HIS HEAD WAS BEYOND MY WILDEST DREAMS WHAT FOLLOWED WAS HORRENDOUS COLD STEEL IS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TIP IS AT THE NAPE ABUSED AND VIOLATED THE FACT I`VE ALWAYS HATED I NEVER TOLD A SOUL ABOUT THE RAPE I DRIFTED THROUGH TO EIGHTEEN A HEAD FULL OF MAD DREAMS A ZEST FOR LIFE I WAS WILD AND FREE WILLIE WHIGHTLAWS SHORT,SHARP SHOCK A PRISON DOOR SLAMMED,BARRED AND LOCKED CAGED THE BIRD THAT LIVES INSIDE OF ME SADISTIC SHEARS WERE SNAPPING THE QUACK MEDIC HANDS WERE FREEZING THE DELOUSING CREAM MADE US SCREAM LIKE MICE SYSTEMATIC DEGRADATION WET TOWELS WHIPPED IN THE GUARDROOM I THANKED GOD THE HALF-BAKED HADN`T GIVE ME LIFE WHEN ADOLESCENTS MARRY ESPECIALLY IN A HURRY AND VERY SOON THERE`S AN EXTRA MOUTH TO FEED THOUGH SHE TRIED TO UNDERSTAND THE CHILD WITHIN THE MAN SAD TO SAY SHE NEVER DID SUCCEED FEELING LOW AND WORTHLESS, LIVING LACKED A PURPOSE I DECIDED TO CHECK OUT OF THIS GREAT JOKE AND WHEN THE DEED WAS DONE A NIGHTINGALE DID COME SANG SO SOFT HER SWEET,SWEET SONG THE MURDER OF OUR DARREN THE FACTS ARE NOT IMPORTANT THE SCAR CUT DEEP BUT STILL I HAVE TO TRY TO WALLOW THROUGH THIS QUAGMIRE THE BRIMSTONE AND THE HELLFIRE THE DIE IS CAST AND SO REMAINS FOR LIFE THE TALE I`VE RELATED YOU MAY THINK EXAGGERATED I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT EVERY WORD IS TRUE UPON CLOSE INSPECTION WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR REFLECTION JOHN GLASS WILL BE LOOKING BACK AT YOU

HOW COME ? HOW COME IT`S ME THAT FEELS SO BAD HOW COME IT`S ME THWARTS HURTING INSIDE HOW COME IT`S ME THAT FEELS THIS WAY HOW COME IT`S ME WITH WOUNDED PRIDE HOW COME IT`S ME THAT DON`T FEEL GOOD HOW COME IT`S ME THAT THINKS IVÈ FAILED HOW COME IT`S ME THAT CAN`T BREAK FREE HOW COME IT`S ME DAY AFTER DAY HOW COME YOU THINK YOUR DOING ME A FAVOUR STUCK IN WITH ME TELLY ON A SATURDAY NIGHT NOTHING TO SHOW FOR A HARD DAYS LABOUR LITTLE BIRD TELLS ME SOMETHING AIN`T RIGHT HOW COME IT`S ME STANDING IN A BUS QUE SPLASHED BY THE PUDDLES AS THE CARS WHIZZ BY WAITING IN THE RAIN, OH! CHRIST IT`S FREEZING I GIVE THEM HALF ME WAGES AND THEY GIVE ME LIES HOW COME IT`S ME THAT FEELS A FOOL HOW COME IT`S ME THAT WEARS THE FROWN HOW COME IT`S ME THAT FEELS A FREAK HOW COME IT`S ME THAT PLAYS THE CLOWN WON`T YOU TELL ME HOW COME SAW IT ALL IN A GLOSSY MAGAZINE SAW THE BLOOD AND THE GUTS HEARD THE CRIES AND THE SCREAMS THOUGHT IT ALL SO BLOODY OBSCENE LIKE BEING AWAKE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BAD DREAM MULTIMEDIA TOYS THAT SATURATE THE MIND IMAGES OF GROWN MEN SLAUGHTERING A CHILD VIRTUAL REALITY ARE TERMS THAT THEY USE FOR GAMES OF DESTRUCTION, MISSILES THAT CRUISE MEN PLAYING GOD WITH OTHER PEOPLE`S LIVES GOING HOME MEEKLY TO BE RULED BY THEIR WIVES COMPUTER FOR A HEART, CALCULATOR FOR A BRAIN EAT MICROWAVE DINNERS THAT TASTE ALL THE SAME A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE CONTROL THE FOOD CHAIN WHILE MILLIONS OF INNOCENTS ARE PRAYING FOR RAIN HOW COME?

BRING IT ALL BACK HOME TALKING TO A P.C.-SERVING PLASTIC OBSESSED WITH T.V.FEELING TRAGIC GHOSTING HEROES 'TILL KINGDOM COME ON EARTH AS IN HEAVEN,THINE WILL BE DONE BRING IT ALL BACK HOME BRING IT ALL BACK HOME THIS WHOLE ARK IS FULL OF ROT THOSE THAT HAVE,BUT HAVE NOT THOSE WHO COULD THOSE THAT DON'T THOSE THAT WILL,THOSE THAT WON'T CHORUS GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD SHINE YOUR LIGHT ON THE ROAD AHEAD SHEEP WILL FOLLOW BLINDLY ON ON EARTH AS IN HEAVEN THINE WILL BE DONE

PENNY DROP SO YOU`VE HAD YOUR TWO PENNIES WORTH NOW I`LL HAVE MY SAY I CARRY MY GUILT AROUND MY NECK JUST LIKE A BALL AND CHAIN DON`T ASK NO FAVOURS FROM ANYONE I CAN STAND ON MY OWN TWO FEET CAN`T HELP IT IF YOU DON`T LIKE MY STYLE WE`LL AGREE TO DISAGREE YOU COULD CALL YOUR MOTHER I COULD CALL THE COPS NO I AIN`T COMPLAINING YOUR MY GIRL JUST WANNA SEE THE PENNY DROP JUST WANNA SEE THE PENNY DROP JUST WANNA SEE THE PENNY DROP I JUST WANT TO ROCK I JUST WANT TO ROLL IT AIN`T MUCH FUN LIVING IN A CITY THAT'S DEVOID OF SOUL YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU AS MUCH AS I CAN WISH I COULD LOVE YOU MORE SO LET`S KEEP ON ROCKING AND KEEP ON ROLLING OR ELSE WE CAN`T TAKE MUCH MORE WE`RE JUST HERE ON BUSINESS WE`VE SEEN A BETTER LIFE SO JUST KEEP ON ROCKIN AND ROLLING SOME DAY WE`RE GONNA GET IT RIGHT SOME DAY WE`RE GONNA GET IT RIGHT SOME DAY WE`RE GONNA GET IT RIGHT

DADDY`S EYE YOUR DADDY TOOK THE EASY ROAD BETRAYING PATRIOT LIVES LIVING LIKE A JUDAS YOU HAVE YOUR DADDY`S EYE SELF PRESERVATION -VIVE LA OCCUPATION THERE'S SILVER FOR A PRIZE KISS THE BETRAYED YOU HAVE YOUR DADDY`S EYE NO JOURNEY TO ETERNITY HE NEVER HEARD THE CRIES ISCARIOT WEPT YOU HAVE YOUR DADDY`S EYE PAINT A STAR ON A COUNTRY MANS DOOR THERE PAYING GOOD MONEY FOR LIES JUDAS IS IN THE GARDEN YES,YOU HAVE YOUR DADDY`S EYE YOU HAVE YOUR DADDY`S EYE CONTEMPT FOR YOUR FELLOW MAN YOU`D SELL ANYONE OR ANYTHING IF THEY LAY SILVER IN YOUR HAND YOU HAVE YOUR DADDY`S EYE MEAN AND COLD AS ICE SILVER CAN`T BUY BACK YOUR SOUL THIRTY PIECES WILL NOT SUFFICE HE SAID THERE NOT CLEAN IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN SO WE`LL CUT THEM DOWN TO SIZE JUDAS COULDN'T` TAKE THE GUILT BUT YOU HAVE YOUR DADDY`S EYE THERE NOT MUCH FUN THEY DON`T RUN DON`T EVEN TRY TO DISGUISE ISCARIOT CRIED WHAT HAVE I DONE YOU HAVE YOUR DADDY`S EYE WE`LL DESTROY THEM WITH LEAD, MAKE SURE THAT THERE DEAD TWIST THE KNIFE JUDAS THREW THE MONEY BACK YOU HAVE YOUR DADDY`S EYE YOUNG AND OLD,CHILDREN I`M TOLD PAYMASTERS SEVER FAMILY TIES JUDAS COULDN'T LIVE WITH THAT BUT YOU HAVE YOUR DADDY`S EYE

PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE ME VOMIT SCREAM A LITTLE LOUDER THEY CAN`T HEAR NEXT DOOR THE WAY YOUR ACTING NOW YOU SHOULD WIN AN AWARD BUT I HAVE TO SAY IN MANY WAYS I`VE SEEN IT ALL BEFORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE ME VOMIT CRY A LITTLE RIVER FLOOD A BATH FULL OF TEARS YOUR ATTENTION SEEKING METHODS FALL ON DEAF EARS I`VE SAT ON THIS STOOL FOR TWENTY YEARS GUESS YOU COULD SAY I`VE HAD A LONG CAREER PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE ME VOMIT IT`S JUST ANOTHER DRAMA JUST ANOTHER SHOW THE PLOT IS THIN,THE SCRIPT IS FLAWED YOUR ROLE IS CAMEO JUST THE CLOSING CURTAIN ON ANOTHER MINOR SCENE PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE ME VOMIT PLAY IT TO THE GALLERY TAKE A BOW OF CHEAP APPLAUSE A CURTAIN CALL FOR THE GREATEST HAM THAT EVER TROD THE BOARDS A KING IN NEED OF A TRUSTY STEED WOULD TRADE HIS KINGDOM FOR A HORSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE ME VOMIT CHARISMA OF A ROCKING HORSE THAT LIVES IN CUCKOO LAND AN ENORMOUS UNIQUE TALENT AN EXPRESSION BLEAK AND BLAND A TRAGIC SENSE OF TIMING A BAG OF FIRST NIGHT NERVES SHAKESPEARE SAID the WORLDS A STAGE AND WE ARE MERELY PLAYERS EACH PLAYS HIS PART THE KING AND THE PAWN THE KISSES AND BETRAYAL`S AND SINCE THAT DAY AT CALVARY WE`VE LEFT A BLOODY TRAIL PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE ME VOMIT

LOCOMOTIVE RIDE THE LOCOMOTIVE COME JOIN THE FREEDOM TRAIN RIDE THE LOCOMOTIVE LIVE LIFE COME WHAT MAY RIDE THE LOCOMOTIVE THAT'S WHY JA GIVE YA BRAIN RIDE THE LOCOMOTIVE TODAY'S A BRAND NEW DAY WHEN YOU WAKE UP EVERY MORNING STILL DARK AND YOU CAN`T STOP YAWNING MILKS OFF IT`S THE SAME OLD STORY DON`T DESPAIR HURRY DOWN NOW TO THE STATION THERE WAITS A RESERVATION FAITH FAILS WITH HESITATION SEE YOU THERE THIS TRAIN IS BOUND FOR GLORY THE TIME IS NOW FOR BOARDING THERE`S MILK THERE FOR THE POURING WHAT A TRIP GODS CHILDREN,ONE GREAT NATION EN MASS THE GREAT MIGRATION YOU HAVE AN INVITATION SEE YOU THERE

AT THIS POINT IN TIME ALL I HAVE TO DO IS WAKE TO LOVE YOU ALL I HAVE TO DO IS RISE AND SHINE ALL I HAVE TO DO IS STOP THINKING ABOUT THE POWERS THAT BE ARE DOING TO MANKIND AT THIS POINT IN TIME THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON AT THIS POINT IN TIME REFLECT ON THE PAST AT THIS POINT IN TIME AS THE CHANGING OF THE SEASONS WE COULD BUILD A LOVE TO EVER LAST SEE THAT GUY WAITING AT THE STATION DOESN'T`T REALLY KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO SO HE CHECKS IT WITH THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK AT THE INFORMATION JUST LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID I DON`T KNOW

STRONGER THAN THE ROAD AHEAD AND I NOT LOOKING FOR MY GOD WHO EVER HE IS WHO EVER HE IS KNOWS WHO HE IS DON`T HAVE TO SERVE HIM HE SERVES ME I`M IN NEED OF NO COMPANY HE`S STRONGER THAN THE ROAD AHEAD AND I WHEN I`M LISTENING FOR MY GOD HE LISTENS TO ME WHEN HE LISTENS TO ME I KNOW HE`S HEARD NO FALSE IDOLS NO FOOLS I DON`T EVEN KNOW THE RULES HE`S STRONGER THAN THE ROAD AHEAD AND I WHEN I`M TALKING WITH MY GOD HE`S TALKING TO ME WHEN HE`S TALKING TO ME I KNOW I HEAR LEARN TO LOVE HIM WITHOUT A TAG HE`S IN NO BOOK, I`M IN NO BAG HE`S STRONGER THAN THE ROAD AHEAD AND I YOU KNOW I SEE THE EVIL WHERE EVER IT IS WHERE EVER IT IS, IT`S SPOKEN AND HEARD DON`T NEED SACRIFICE DON`T NEED WEALTH ALL YOU DO IS LOOK INSIDE YOURSELF HE`S STRONGER THAN THE ROAD AHEAD AND I

Go with the flow Don’ have to worry about this and that Don’t have to worry about the shape of your hat Don’t have to worry about that big red nose Just relax and let everything flow Go with the flow Go with the flow Don’t have to worry about that guy next door Don’t have to worry about that drunk on the floor Don’t have to worry about the things that you need Just relax and let everything breathe Go with the flow Go with the flow Don’t have to worry about the shape I’m in Don’t have to worry if I’m skinny and thin Don’t have to worry if I’m high or I’m low Sometimes I fly sometimes I row

CIRCLE YOU GOT ME WORKING ON A SUNDAY YOU GOT ME GIVING MY BEST KEEP ME STRESSED OUT ON A MONDAY AIN`T NO DAY OF REST YOU KEEP ME BOXED UP IN A TIN CAN YOU GOT MY BACK AGAINST THE WALL YOU GOT ME WORKING ON A SUNDAY AIN`T NO REST AT ALL THE CIRCLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ROUND THE CIRCLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ROUND YOU GOT ME WORKING ON A SUNDAY TO PAY FOR TUESDAYS TEARS I`M IN DEBT AGAIN BY WEDNESDAY NO WAY OUT OF HERE YOU GOT ME WORKING ON A SUNDAY YOU GOT ME DANGLING BY THE BALLS WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE ONE DAY THE DAY OF THE LORD

SAFE AND SANE HERE WE ALL ARE FEELING SAFE AND SANE HERE WE ARE AGAIN FEELING SAFE AND SANE ARE WE REALLY SURE WE'RE SAFE AND SANE A FLY UPON THE WALL BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA BEYOND ALL EXPECTATION BEWITCHED AND BEWILDERED BEFORE YOU COULD SAY KNIFE AN ACT OF GOD AN ACT OF GOODWILL ACCORDING TO THE RULES ACCORDING TO THE PLAN CALL A SPADE A SPADE CAP IN HAND CARD UP THE SLEEVE DAGGERS DRAWN DAMN WITH FAINT PRAISE DAZZLED BY DARKNESS EASY COME,EASY GO EAT HUMBLE PIE EAT THE HEART OUT FATAL ATTRACTION FALSE ALARM FATHER CHRISTMAS FROM FIRST TO LAST FROM HEAD TO FOOT FROM HAND TO HAND SAFE AND SANE?

OUTRO THE PRICE OF FREEDOM IS TO EXCLUDE THE HUMAN HE CONTRIBUTES NOTHING WHILST CONSUMING ALL MIND,BODY AND SOUL IN SELFISH PLUNDER HE TEARS AT THE HEART OF SENSITIVITY HIS AROGANCE IS ONLY SURPASSED BY HIS IGNORANCE HIS INSECURITIES STIFLE CREATIVITY THERE IS NO BIGGER PROBLEM FOR HIMSELF THAN HIMSELF DOES THE WORLD NEED HIM DOES THE WORLD WAN`T HIM HIS SUPERIOR MANNER AND VANITY CHOKE HIM WHEN SWALLOWING PRIDE