What About Sweet William

It's Not The End Of The World

The Sound And The Furious

One death by a lover’s hand
One death by a jealous husband
One death typically will do
But one death ain’t enough for you
Wrecked and ruined, forever doomed
One death. One death.

One death suspicious circumstances
One death illegal substances
One death is ten too few
One death ain’t enough for you
Endless misery for all your cruelty
One death. One death.

And just when you think it ends
Another death and another death again and again and again and again
One death. One Death.

One death amidst a fevered dream
One death in the waters deep
One death, the debt’s come due
One death ain’t enough for you 
All the cash you’ve accrued won’t do no good, it won’t do no good.
One death.

And just when, you think it ends
Another death and another death
Here it comes here it comes again and again. Again and again.

One death nobody saw it coming
One death happened all a sudden
One death, dead through and through
One death ain’t enough for you
Last words memorized. All of it lies, all of it…

One death by a lover’s hand
One death by a jealous husband
One death typically will do.
One death ain’t enough for you.

One Death (Ain't Enough For You)

There's a girl in my neighborhood
She turns all the heads
She looks so good
In my neighborhood
In my neighborhood
I gotta stop
Think for a minute
How much better this world is
With all of you in it
In my neighborhood
In my neighborhood.

There's an old man
Just up the street
Sometimes he's surly
Sometimes he's sweet
In my neighborhood
In my neighborhood
I gotta stop
Think for a minute
How much better this world is
With all of you in it
In my neighborhood
In my neighborhood

We don't have to be like
Best friends or lovers
We don't have to be
Like sisters or brothers
Ain't too hard to realize
To grasp or discover
We got nothing in this world
We got nothing in this world
If we don't have each other

Bunch of young kids
Playing on my grass
Obnoxious and loud
A pain in the ass
In my neighborhood
In my neighborhood
I gotta stop
Think for a minute
How much better this world is 
With all of you in it
In my neighborhood
In my neighborhood

Now there's some people
I don't recognize
They're not from 'round here
I realize
In my neighborhood
In my neighborhood
I gotta stop 
Think for a minute
How much better this world is
With all of you in it.

We gotta stop
Think for a minute
How much better this world is
With all of us in it
My neighborhood
In my neighborhood

In My Neighborhood

We got one soul gone
We got one soul gone
I heard a baby wailing in the eye of the storm
Got one soul gone and another been one born

The way outta Egypt is the way outta hell
No comfort or shade far as I can tell
All the broke down bodies walking best as they can
Cause there ain't no stopping til the promised land

One soul gone
We got one soul gone
Heard a baby wailing in the eye of the storm
We got one soul gone and another one born

Set sail from the shore just a little 'for dawn
Three hundred men women children barely hanging on
Through the treacherous sea violent and cold
Til the seagulls screeching hallelujah land ho

One soul gone
We got one soul gone
Heard a baby wailing in the eye of the storm
We got one soul gone and another one born

Baby pack up your bags
Baby say your goodbyes
Baby don't look back
On the road of flight
Some may perish somewhere 'long the way
Some gonna make to a better place

One soul gone
We got one soul gone
Heard a baby wailing in the eye of the storm
We got one soul gone and another one born...

One Soul Gone

Not Gonna Fall For That

What's Got Into You

All the huddled masses
From faraway shores
Yearning to breathe free
May there be peace and love
For all humankind
But tonight, what about me

Save the spotted owl
The dolphins and whales
And every redwood tree
May there be peace and love
For all humankind
But tonight, what about me

What about me here alone
What about me one lonesome soul

I see the crippled children
Makes me want to cry
May every illness be healed
May there be peace and love
For all humankind
But tonight, what about me

I wish and pray
That there could be a home
For every soul on the street
May there be peace and love 
For all humankind
But tonight, what about me

What about me here alone
What about me, just one lonesome soul

The bombs that fall
The guns that fire
The millions of casualties
May there be peace and love
For all humankind
But tonight, what about me

All them huddled masses
From faraway lands
Yearning to breathe free
May there be peace and love
For all humankind
But tonight, tonight, what about me

What About Me

I heard it's so very far
I got no boat
I got no car
Still I'm going
Somewhere I never been
Walking to Jerusalem

I heard people telling me
The breeze there is cool
The honey sweet
Peace and love among everyone
Walking to Jerusalem
Walking to Jerusalem

Might take quite a while
Many days and night
It's gonna be perfect
When I arrive
Just one prayer
Gonna pray it again
Walking to Jerusalem

There's nobody fighting
That's what I heard
No bombs or injustice
No unkind words
Just peace and love
Among everyone
Walking to Jerusalem
Walking to Jerusalem

Might take quite a while
Many days and nights
It's gonna be perfect
When I arrive
Just one prayer
Gonna pray it again
Walking to Jerusalem 
Walking to Jerusalem...

Jerusalem

Wake up in the morning
With the dawn not far behind
Air raid sirens blaring most all of the time
Monkey in the tree swinging vine to vine
Got more money in my pocket
Everything is fine

Life is pretty great
Got nothing to lament
Brown people lined up 'neath the exit sign
Got more money in my pocket
Everything is fine

Brilliant sun in a brilliant sky
If the gun fire stops
I might go outside

Come on over and meet my girl
But keep your voice low
She still startles pretty easy
Why, I don't know
Got a bunch of little babies
Happy all the time
Got more money in my pocket
Everything is fine

This was the land of the free
The home of the brave
Gave it all up for a lower price on eggs
Sometimes I miss voting
But I don't really mind
Got more money in my pocket 
Everything is fine

Brilliant sun in a brilliant sky
If the tide ever goes out
I might go outside

Wake up in the morning
Air raid sirens blaring most all the time
Monkey in the tree swinging vine to vine
Got more money in my pocket
Everything is fine

Everything Is Fine

No to the one who once came calling
With gifts simple and pure
No to the one with love in his heart
It was you he'd come for

No to the one who face you unflinching
With as much courage as love could bear
What was it you said as you turned your head
A curse or a prayer

Ninety-nine ways to say no
Ninety-nine ways to say it
Ninety-nine ways to say no
What about yes

No to the one who stammered and stuttered
In a language plain and unadorned
No to the one whose poetry stumbled
Just when you wanted to soar

No to the one who failed to amuse you
With gifts simple and pure
Goodliness only seemed to confuse you
It was you he'd come for

Ninety-nine ways to say no
Ninety-nine ways to say it
Ninety-nine ways to say no
What about yes

Yeah, yeah, it took all I had
But at least now I know
Yes, yes, ain't that what you do best
End it clean, say no

And now in this hour of dullness and darkness
Everything past seen anew
You were the judge, the jury, the jailer
But you were the prisoner, too

Things fall apart things fall apart
Why, it's not mine to guess
But when there was a chance to grab hold of beauty
I said yes

Ninety-nine ways to say no
Ninety-nine ways to say it
Ninety-nine ways to say no
What about yes

Ninety-Nine Ways To Say No

Somewhere cross the world
People free and brave
Anything they want they take
It's a land of plenty
Enough for everyone
Except for those with none

Don't worry darling 
Little one dry your tears
It's somewhere far from here

Got tiny little hearts
To hear the way they live
So little love left to give
And if they got no house
They live on the street
Or maybe in a car's backseat

But don't worry darling
Little one dry your tears
It's somewhere far from here

Late at night they sing their songs
With all the grace of Babylon

My beautiful child
May you never see
What's become of their dream
Soon the day will be dawning
We'll wake and rise my darling
While somewhere night has fallen 
Somewhere far from here

But don't worry darling
Little one dry your tears
It's somewhere far from here

Somewhere Far From Here

And now for my next act
It's not the final one
That act is still to come
Now for my next act
Just when you thought it was done
It's only just begun
The best is yet to come

Now for my next act
Please, please don't leave yet
This is where it gets good
Now for my next act
A rabbit out of a hat
And on top of all that
The best is yet to come

I know the sun is soon to set
But I know I got so far to go before I rest

Now for my next act
Something you won't believe
Can you stay seated please
Now for my next act
I know it's getting late
But it's worth the wait
The best is yet to come

I know the sun is soon to set
But I know I got miles to go before I rest

Now for my next act
It's called the Tower of Doom'
Could you make some room
Now for my next act
Can I get a volunteer to stand up here

Now for my next act
It's not the final one
That act is still to come
Now for my next act
Just when you thought it was done 
It's only just begun

Now for my next act...

And Now For My Next Act

He walked the world with no socks and no shoes
Everybody be calling him the King of the Jews
He's got a whole damn church
You'd think that'd be enough
Things were good 'til Jesus messed it up

There's a hundred different ways
To have a little fun
But to walk the path of righteousness
There's only one
I was the favorite son until the day I wasn't
Things were good 'til Jesus messed it up

I get no pleasure from causing wreckage and ruin
It just happens to be the one thing I'm so good at doing

For centuries people been falling for me
Through greed, ambition, and lust
You'd think there'd be a little respect for Uncle Beelzebub
But for me they got scorn while for Him they get reborn
Things were good 'til Jesus messed it up

Take any ten souls together have 'em standing in a line
Take any ten souls together, eight of 'em are mine
Yet I cannot break free from this inadequacy
Things were good 'til Jesus messed it up

I get no pleasure from causing perpetual doom
It just happens to be the one thing I'm so good at doing

Had a girl in Cincinatti everything was going grand
Until Jesus comes along says take my hand little lamb
I had endless weed and coke
He had endless love and hope
Things were good 'til Jesus messed it up
Everything was going well
Everything was going to hell
Things were swell 'til Jesus messed it up.

Jesus Messed It Up

Even though there's nobody watching over
I offer this prayer to the empty air
That someone may see that someone may care
Even though...

Even though there's nobody watching over
With these hands I hold to a slender hope
That someone may hear that someone may know
Even though...

This whole world may explode
Still, I'll be at this bar drinking and praying alone
Even so, even so I know there's nobody watching over me

Even though I've no faith no more
I wanted to be lifted by the gospel choir
I want to be sanctified, I want to be sanctified
Even though...

Even though I'm one infinitesimal soul
I got no cause to believe
And yet I want to believe that
Somebody may be watching over me
Even though...

Even though there's nobody watching over...

Drinking And Praying

This is the love march
Come on get in line
To all the beat-down disheartened 
It's you I got in mind
What's that they say
Someday the mighty gonna fall
And the last ones among us
Be the first ones after all

This is the love march
Cuz we got love in our hearts
Everything else fades away
Everything else falls apart
Got a drum beating a rhythm
A poet with a rhyme
Come on step it up now
Take it double time

Oh, oh, how did we get so low
Lord up in heaven
Lord up above
Would you give us the strength
To bury the bastards with love

This is the love march
Armed with love and understanding
We're many million strong
Every day we been expanding
When there's nothing left to fight with
And nothing left to say
We stand up on our feet
We go marching anyway

This is the love march
Just take a look around
Heads help up high
Feet on the ground
Saying no to the bullies the villains and thieves
I know a bit about love
And they ain't love to me

Oh, oh, how did we get so low
Lord up in heaven
Lord above
Would you give us the strength
To bury the bastards with love

Though I'm so tired
I keep going
We keep going

Selma, Alabama
Washington DC
Delano, Ohio and everywhere in between
They can't hold back the tide
Try as they may
Eventually it's gonna be
Love that wins the day

This is the love march
Cuz we got love in our hearts
Everything else fades away
Everything else falls apart
Got a drum beating a rhythm 
A poet with a rhyme
Come on step it up now...

This is the love march
When there's nothing left to fight with
We still got love, love, love
All you need is love, love, love
This is the love march...

(Hey there, in case you don't know, Paul Butterfield Blues Band had a wonderful song called Love March...perfect for the times)

Love March

American Exceptional

Dubiousity Of Love

Sweetness as an act of defiance in a time of cruelty

Sweetheart Mine

Stoplight stuck, red, yellow, green
Show at the movie house, already seen it
If I were to leave where would I go
Cause dreams and roads don't go nowhere no more

Map of the world, go on, spin the globe
Possibilities abound if you say so
Ships may sail far offshore 
But dreams and roads don't go nowhere no more

Into the night I'll be watching the skies
Satellites and rocket ships flying by
Apparently there used to be a future I'm told
I'm guessing that's all in the past a long time ago

It's a whole new thing, the signs entice
But stick around long enough
Seen everything twice
Waters may rise, rivers may flow
But dreams and roads don't go nowhere no more

Into the night I'll be searching my heart
But all I see looking back at me
Nothing but darkness
Apparently there used to be a future I'm told
I'm guessing that's all in the past
A long time ago

Stoplight stuck, red, yellow, green
Show at the movie house 
I already seen it
Atoplight stuck, red, yellow, green

Dreams And Roads

Redemption Train

American Girl (cover)

I Was Right About You

Feels Good To Feel Bad live

Paint It Black live (cover)

Jerusalem live

One Soul Gone live

I got a baby's bassinet and a clarinet
Don't know that it still plays
This exercise bike was my ex-wife's
My liquidation sale

You could probably use this fine pair of shoes
Barely been out on the trail
An assortment of Tupperware
A kick drum and snare
My liquidation sale

The stuff of my life thoughtfully priced
Displayed on my front lawn
Soon enough all of this stuff
Gonna be gone, gone, gone

That trinket in your hand's very special my friend
But I'm gonna make you a deal
Was from my sweet daughter Jane before we become estranged
My liquidation sale

Name your price, let me know, it all has to go
Down to the loose screws, bolts, nuts, and nails
My lease has expired now I'm nothing but tired
My liquidation sale

The stuff of my life thoughtfully priced
Displayed on my front lawn
Soon enough all of this stuff 
Gonna be gone, gone, gone

These things that you see once were special to me
This ring from a love since passed away
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Everything goes like it must
My liquidation sale

Paul Haas

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