Wicked Man
Written by Paul Cufflin and Paul Otten

I've been thinking it over
Thinking it over again and again
I've been running for cover
Running for cover from your grip
Wicked man

I've been doing alright
Doing alright at my thing
You've been making my ears bleed
with your preaching ways
Wicked man

Oh, wicked man, wicked man
I ain't going to fall into your trap

Standing tall ain't easy 
But I'm doing what I can
Following this road
With no idea where it might end
And all the while these thoughts 
Keep spinning circles in my mind
I'm tearing up the rule book
I refuse to tow the line

Oh, wicked man, wicked man
I ain't going to fall into your trap

I'll never sell my soul down
that dirty river bleeding through your town

So I'll just keep on marching
To a different kind of drum
I don't know where I'm going 
But I know where I belong
I don't want to look back
And regret I didn't try
To stick it to the man
So I refuse to tow the line

Oh, wicked man, wicked man
I ain't going to fall into your trap
Oh, wicked man, wicked man
I ain't going to fall into your trap
I ain't going to fall into your trap
I ain't going to fall into your trap
No, no


Wicked Man

Please don't judge me too harshly
Words and music by Paul Cufflin and Paul Otten

The headwind rattles my bones
As I walk this broken road
My soul is weary
My will is weak

Unheeded warning signs
Misled by foolish pride
My soul is weary
My will is weak

So please don't judge me too harshly now
That's all I beg
That's all I'm begging you

To my eternal shame
I brought you nothing but pain
But now I'm paying
For what I did

So please don't judge me too harshly now
That's all I beg
That's all I'm begging you

Won't you have mercy on my soul?
Won't you have mercy on my soul?
Won't you have mercy on my soul?

This white flag's too torn to fly
I'm tired of all the lies
My soul is weary
My will is weak

The headwind rattles my bones
As I walk this lonely road
My soul is weary
My will is weak

So please don't judge me too harshly now
That's all I beg
That's all I'm begging you
That's all I'm begging you
That's all I'm begging you


Please don't judge me too harshly

I know you better
Words and music by Paul Cufflin and Paul Otten

You don't have to say
What is on your mind
'Cos I already know
Yeah, I already know
You're like an open book to me
You're like an open book to me

I know you better than anybody else      
I know you better than you know yourself
And I know that you want me, honey
Oh yeah

You don't have to try                        
To be someone you're not
'Cos I'm already sold           
On the one I've got           
I need nothing more than you             
I need nothing more than you, oh no         

You know me better than anybody else
You know me better than I know myself
And you know that I want you, honey           

We ain't got nothing to hide from each other
There's nothing but our hearts on our sleeves
It's always so easy
It's always so easy 
With you and me

I know you better than anybody else
I know you better than you know yourself
And I know that you want me, honey
You know me better than anybody else
You know me better than I know myself
And you know that I want you, honey

We ain't got nothing to hide from each other
There's nothing but our hearts on our sleeves
It's always so easy
It's always so easy w
With you and me, oh yeah
With you and me, oh yeah
With you and me, oh yeah
With you and me, oh yeah

I know you better

I can’t stand up for falling down 
Words and music by Paul Cufflin and Paul Otten

I’m beginning to unravel
And you know it’s all your fault
Your graceful beauty
Haunts my every waking hour now
And I can't get a handle on
Why I can't let you go
For me it isn't over
But you just don't want to know

And I've tried to shake you
But all I've ever lost is myself

I've tried leaning on a better state of mind
But I can't stand up for falling down each time
Your shadow's pulling at my heart from every side
And I can't stand up for falling down

My cards were on the table
I wore my heart upon my sleeve
And I thought that our horizon
Stretched as far as eyes could see
And I needed you, I needed you
I thought you felt the same
I know you didn't mean it
But you broke me anyway

And I've tried to shake you
But all I've ever lost is myself

I've tried leaning on a better state of mind
But I can't stand up for falling down each time
Your shadow's pulling at my heart from every side
And I can't stand up for falling down

You said not even wild horses
Could ever tear us both apart, darling
And like a fool I believed the lie

I'm beginning to unravel
And you know it's all your fault
Your graceful beauty haunts
My every waking hour now

I've tried leaning on a better state of mind
But I can't stand up for falling down each time
Your shadow's pulling at my heart from every side
And I can't stand up for falling down

I've tried leaning on a better state of mind
But I can't stand up for falling down each time
Your shadow's pulling at my heart from every side
And I can't stand up for falling down

I can't stand up for falling down
I can't stand up for falling down
I can't stand up for falling down
I can't stand up for falling down

I can't stand up (for falling down)

Rock bottom blues
Written by Paul Cufflin and Paul Otten

Down in the vacant 
Rooms of my lost soul
An empty cold basement
Where no one should ever go

Sometimes you hit rock bottom
Before you get up again
Sometimes you hit rock bottom
Before you get up again

Holding the hand of doubt
Shutting all senses out
Wearing a crown of thorns
Haunted by tainted thoughts

Sometimes you hit rock bottom
Before you get up again
Sometimes you hit rock bottom
Before you get up again

I feel the wind on my back
I see the sun piercing the cracks
I hear the static start to fade
And so this story turns a page
I can see a break in the clouds
I feel the rain drying out
Oh, when the load eases up
I’ll drink from overflowing cups
Yeah, yeah yeah…

Sometimes you hit rock bottom
Before you get up again
Sometimes you hit rock bottom
Before you get up again
Sometimes you hit rock bottom
Before you get up again
Sometimes you hit rock bottom
Before you get up again…


Rock bottom blues

Do you want a man?
Written by Paul Otten and Paul Cufflin

Baby, what you want?
I'll tell you what I need
'Cos I don't think you know
What a real man can bring
It's time you come around
Step out of your scene
'Cos baby this child's play
This ain't the real thing

Do you want a man?
Do you want a real man?
Then get on out of the playground
And come see what only a man can bring
Do you want a man?
Or just want child's play?
I think you want a man
And baby, that man is me

Don't bother with them boys
They'll only bring you down
Well you'll never go back 
When you try a real man out
'Cos a real man delivers
What only boys can dream
So take off those kid gloves
And baby slip into my ring

Do you want a man?
Do you want a real man?
Then get on out of the playground
And come see what only a man can bring
Do you want a man?
Or just want child's play?
I think you want a man
And baby, that man is me

Hey
Oh, do you want a man?
Oh, do you want a man?
Oh, do you want a man, baby?
Well do you?

Baby, what you want?
I'll tell you what I need
'Cos I don't think you know
What a real man can bring
It's time you come around
Step out of your scene
'Cos baby this child's play
This ain't the real thing

Do you want a man?
Do you want a real man?
Then get on out of the playground
And come see what only a man can bring
Do you want a man?
Or just want child's play?
I think you want a man
And baby, that man is me

Yeah, yeah, yeah, hey !

Oh, I think you need a man baby, baby
 Yeah, I think you need a man baby, baby
 I think you need a man baby, baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey, do you want a man?
Do you want a real man?
(Oh hey, hey, hey)
Do you want a man?
Do you want a real man?
(Oh hey, hey, hey)
Do you want a man?
Do you want a real man?
(Oh hey, hey, hey)
Do you want a man?
Do you want a real man?
Oh-oh yeah


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