MIND FUNK Mind Funk all songs written by Mind Funk (c) 1991 sony songs inc / zazmar music / mindfunk music SUGAR AIN'T SO SWEET good god, yeah! well, sugar ain't so sweet with blood on your feet said welcome to the world around ya if you want out ya gotta get it done ain't nobody here to help ya momma's in the bathroom fixing her addiction gotta make herself feel better businessman he come and kill it all for fun walk away and leave ya dying hey, hey, hey what da ya say? new york city has put the devil in me down to missouri my daddy was a poor boy he ain't got nothing just another hard-luck champion got to earn that money got to get himself a better way around the back, outside the right man's shack see the joker and the fallen hero just beggin' for some wine and a little time to pick themselves up from zero i don't want no free ride cause i got too much pride but a pain like this i'll sure remember seems luck is only bad and love is only sad when life is now or never hey, hey, hey what da ya say? new york city has put the devil in me down in missouri my daddy was a poor boy he ain't got nothing just another hard-luck champion got to earn his money got to get himself a better way [guitar solo] goin' southbound on the break went to the old man to find the answer and he said the river knows been to the old man to hear the story and this is how the story goes it goes bang! and you're dead! life's like a bullet to the head boy there ain't no black or white only wrong and right, what da ya say? new york city has put the devil in me down in missouri my daddy was a poor boy he ain't got nothing just another hard-luck champion got to earn his money got to get himself a better way get a better way RIDE & DRIVE my engine can't clean it makes me want to feel it with passion i get on here comes full-on destruction to spit you out like no other spin the wheel for another bones aching to ride it i got no power left to fight it and love it as it bites stings me like a pack of bloodflies back to dance, got to love her shake you motherfucker ride & drive mother thru it grinds you as it cuts inside you it lives to drive you purple sunshine burns right through you kick you down like n other cash you in for another overblown, ya get on can't stop 'til everything's gone it loves to drive you can you feel it die inside you, bang! no one rides forever we can go together ride & drive come take a ride in overdrive just a little ride, yeah ride, yeah we can ride come on and ride get on and ride ride with me [guitar solo] kick you down like no other cash you in for another you see it, you need it now toy hunger just to feel it and hate it but you take it child i watch ya kill to taste it back to dance got to love her shake you motherfucker ride & drive come on time to ride tonight we fly i'll take you high in overdrive BRING IT ON mood for some, i'll be king yes the king of everything bring it on, child it's time to go mood for love, see i, i need to know bright shiny one dance in the sun get down down on the gun rise, said won't you ride on she does this she does that everlastin' love knows all my tracks pushin' hard climb inside my mind i got to get to the other side bright shiny one dance in the sun get down down on the gun rise, said won't you ride on [guitar solo] kick by kick walls do move mystery tries to find her groove miss glitter i know ya taste like bring it on 'til we explode bright shiny one dance in the sun get down down on the gun rise, said won't you ride on BIG HOUSE BURNING trouble got your name boy, yeah high fall down, yeah you fall down motherfucker you've been takin' down down on your back sold that razor jack see that river flow man you ain't never coming back thinking 'bout time dying looks divine the lonely thought of freedom still burning in your mind well you get it, so take it, yeah take it and burn this mind and body down and down, and down just burn this mind and body i fall down, yeah you fall down say hey brother you been fallin' down down on this life time cuts you like a knife see that train a roll looks like you're going for a ride fever starts to burn waiting for your turn lord something in your eyes says you ain't never gonna learn you'll get it, yeah so take it, yeah take it cold burn this mind and body down and down, and down cold burn your mind and body come on and burn it down your big house is burning down hard time will burn you down let me see ya burn it down i fall down motherfucker move your shit right now you fall down sure-nuff brother it a comes around down on this life time cuts you like a knife see that train a roll looks like you're going for a ride fever starts to burn waiting for your turn lord something in your eyes says you ain't never gonna learn you'll get it, so take it, yeah take it and burn this mind and body down and down, and down just burn your mind and body down FIRE superman inside my brain hit me like a rumblin' train this crucifixion sets me free mind-addiction pulling me into a void so cold and real hammers like a ton of steel expansion lies beyond decay push all the limits until they crumble no one can find me here i'm on fire blazin' fierce yeah the end is oh so near no you can touch me here i'm a fire blazin' fierce everything down in here is getting all so clear birth of a man first flower shines watch them breed and come alive the unborn self so rarely seen hallucination eating me these thoughts my soul try to conceal just hammer on 'til i reveal all the secrets that pave the way push all the limits until they crumble no one can find me here i'm on fire blazin' fierce yeah the end is oh so near no you can touch me here see, i'm a fire blazin' fierce everything is getting all so clear down in here [guitar solo] no one can find me here i'm on fire blazin' fierce yeah the end is oh so near no you can touch me here see, i'm a fire blazin' fierce everything down in here is getting all so clear i'm on fire it's on fire i walk down terror boulevard and i go alone he said the end is terrible even for the good there is no moment of truth yet i must endure stretch the outer limits baby i'm searchin' for the cure i must reach the pinnacle high to be set free well past this hideous nothing which devours me and i'm willing to sacrifice all this primal space for one minute of solitude found in this other place i'm rolling like a winter tide unlock the doorways of your mind for isolation works on the time we borrow motion breaks the silent tide vision seeks but will not find for all the answers lie beyond tomorrow, yeah no one can find me here i'm on fire blazin' fierce yeah the end is oh so near no you can touch me here see, i'm a fire blazin' fierce everything is getting all so clear down in here i'm looking for a new way lady i got to get a new trip baby can't ya see i'm on my way BLOOD RUNS RED watch it people blood on the feather blood on my father and now it's a comin' down quick, look out saw my father indian dying down in garbage land now misery won't say goodbye man i'm all messed up inside like billy jack's soul attack i'm one injun you won't forget bad mutha rollin' mean and proud see the lord of hate, come down down, falling gently stargazin' child i'm silent and sick when i lose my head and you go down quick the blood runs red and now you're dead the blood runs red from love's revenge the blood runs red and now you're dead the blood runs red i'm glass on skin spiritman my crazy friend i'm broken glass across the skin baby come i'm undone yes i am the red man's son a child insane in voodoo's game they'll ride my carousel of pain broke promise is the hollow sound makes my anger ring so loud down, falling gently some lightning white and a little junk now the old chief rides on a different horse the blood runs red and now you're dead the blood runs red from love's revenge the blood runs red and now you're dead the blood runs red i'm glass on skin ha ha ha, ya better find the preacherman people see the water flow down like a war dance in the rain [guitar solo] down, falling gently stargazin' child i'm electric trip i set the spirit wild and let the beauty drip the blood runs red and now you're dead the blood runs red from love's revenge the blood runs red and now you're dead the blood runs red i'm glass on skin SISTER BLUE bless this soul away please lovin' sister don't show me no pain turn up the joy in this dyin' boy funny how the good ones always seem to destroy 'round and 'round lay down your soul i know it hurts to let it go sister moon keep a shinin' on sister blue i won't let you down said hey sister blue lord i've given everything to you i crucified me just to set love free so don't you paint me a pretty picture then wash it all away i've been looking for a heart roll me like a shootin' star if you're everything you seem sister blue won't you set me free today it ain't easy to believe in love [guitar solo] waitin' on a dream child of the goldest memory she'll be a healin' these scars from a world so dark think i'll die just a little today and write you this song 'round and 'round lay down your soul i know it hurts to let it go sister moon keep a shinin' on sister blue i won't drag you down today it ain't easy to believe [guitar solo] WOKE UP THIS MORNING sunshine, goodbye she was lovely give her back so damn lovely i want her back woke up this morning kicked in the door door to the world war on the world it's time to make them see time to make them plead i'm gonna claw the open sore until it starts to bleed she was lovely give her back so damn lovely i want her the way she used to be wait for the evening she never comes beautiful girl raped like a whore couldn't make them see giving her a disease infected womb will perish, there's a sickness in the seed war on the world this means war [guitar solo] sunshine, goodbye, war she was lovely give her back so damn lovely i want her for that last time woke up this morning looked for the world but she was gone torn from her hole couldn't make them see poison veins don't feed violated earth aborted drowned in the disease yes, you will believe lord, don't you think they saw it coming! INNOCENCE momma's hurtin' but she don't cry just drown her sorrows in another's wine daddy left us here to die the hour is too late for the good life made of flesh and bone i'm a suicide hero, yes i will return innocence is gone lord it's so easy, cause i've got nothing to lose so they kick me harder but i'm not riled they can't break me, i got murder in my style they sent me off on that no-chance train must have lost my ticket, for the american dream make me an idol think they got the money, dollar to buy my soul but i won't be controlled and it hurts 'em so bad, knowing they can't hold me they can't hold me sit in front of the tv set, light another cigarette always tryin' to forget you're lonely man on the tv set, lights another cigarette he's only tryin' to forget he's lonely momma's hurtin' for yesterday you can have it all, but there's a price to pay you change the channel, but i don't go away you took love from her, but you can't take it from me made of flesh and bone i'm a suicide hero, yes i will return and innocence is gone but lord it's so easy 'cause i got nothing to lose innocence TOUCH YOU been down so long i need something to move me honey sing that song the one that kills these lonelies you're my crown of thorns dressed in a pretty little smile i can give you a reason to stay for a while groove so mean in motion it hurts just to touch come on and take my hand and i'll show you how to, yeah! let me touch you said baby shine like flowers in the springtime cold hazel eyes put here to make the world scream made of flesh and blood and a lightning mind tear the heart apart leave a big hole inside but you ain't ever had nothing like me and i ain't lookin' for love but something i really need so won't you let me touch you [guitar solo] we got to get it on we got to make it move we got to get it on ya got to dig the groove, so touch it! [guitar solo] by the morning sun exhaustion cries i love you sister come on we both know motion burns thru so let's take and take yeah, take this so high let it fly until our hearts collide set it free until our body and soul are torn we need an addiction to call our very own so won't you let me touch you touch it!