| NOTHING’S
EASY
Words and music by Doug Fieger
1999 Doug Fieger music (ASCAP)
Oh I can hear the whisper of that still small voice
Didn’t want to listen but I’ve got no choice
Everything got clearer as it spoke to me
Said nothing is as easy as it’s hoped to be
Echo in the silence as I speak your name
I could never reach you
but you’re not to blame
I just kept pretending it would come to me
But nothing is as easy as it’s hoped to be
No nothing is as easy as it’s hoped to be
All of your life
you look for a love
That fits like a glove on your hand
It opens your eyes when you realize
(It) Was only a handful of sand
Some people say that loving is an act of faith
While others say what’s lost can never be replaced
For me there’s still the hope that love can set you free
But nothing is as easy as it’s hoped to be
No nothing is as easy as it’s hoped to be
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WISHING
DOESN’T MAKE IT SO
Words and music by Doug Fieger
1999 Doug Fieger Music (ASCAP)
Woke up this morning to an empty bed
With words unspoken ringing in my head
In my head
Baby
It seemed so simple once upon a time
The words came easy and they always rhymed
In my mind
Words are all that I own
Words are dreams turned to stone
Words that should heal the wound
But they don’t
No they don’t
Baby
And so I wander through another day
Just wishing there could be another way
But I know
Yes I know
Wishing doesn’t make it so
I wasn’t looking but it caught my eye
A distant sparkle in a cloudless sky
Passing by
Baby
A special star that I would wish upon
A ray of hope to hang my dreaming on
Then it’s gone
And I’m standing alone
And it cuts to the bone
Truth that might set you free
But it won’t
No it won’t
Baby
And so I wander through another day
Just wishing there could be another way
But I know
Yes I know
Wishing doesn’t make it so
Last night I dreamed that you were by my side
A wish to wash away the tears I cried
Then it died
ohhhh
And so I wonder through another day
Just wishing there could be another way
But I know
Yes I know
Wishing doesn’t make it so
And I know
Ohh how I know
Wishing doesn’t make it so |
| PRAYING
FOR YOU
Words and music by Doug Fieger
1999 Doug Fieger Music (ASCAP)
I lit a candle
And watched the flame
Stared at your picture
Inside it’s frame
Love and religion
You are my saint
Face crucifixion
Without complaint
Baby baby give it one more chance
This sacramental Byzantine romance
We’ll spill some blood before this devils’ dance is through
And I’m praying for you
Praying for you
Praying for you
Tell me your secret
Deepest desires
Let’s light a candle
And fan the fire
Baby baby won’t you take my hand
I’m on my knees and here at your command
Your passion player , a sacrificial lamb come true
And I’m praying for you
Praying for you
Praying for you
Praying for you
Praying for you
Heaven is hidden
beneath your touch
Purchased indulgence
buys only so much
The seventh circle
of fire and ice
Sin and salvation
each has it’s price
Baby baby take another glance
inside your soul and give it half a chance
maybe the body and the blood will dance
and you
will pray for me too
Praying for you
Praying for you
Praying for you
Praying for you |
LIE TO ME
Words and music by Doug Fieger
1999 Doug Fieger Music (ASCAP)
How often lovers cry
To be rescued from the feeling
That their love will die
(With) three words said silently
Lie to me
Craving love’s sweet caress
To be locked inside the prison of your loneliness
These words can set you free
Lie to me
In the silence of the heart
In the silence of the heart
I hear the sighs
Of lovers lies
That’s just loves fool you see
chasing something that it is not what it pretends to
be
Praying only for the truth but saying silently
Lie to me
In the darkness of the heart
In the darkness of the heart
A light still shines
Behind the blindness
You’re secret’s safe with me
I’ll say nothing to disturb you in your fantasy
Still the knife inside my heart will not so easily
Lie to me |
| SHE SAYS
Words and music by Doug Fieger
1999 Doug Fieger Music (ASCAP)
I know
Love is open
Follow , this is easy
Hiding inside
A heart has been lying alone
Hollow, in an empty space
I know, you could please me
Living a lie
A part of me tuning to stone
And then
She says
Love’s dangerous
Love burns
like acid and
She says
Love teaches you pain, pain
And then
She says
Love heals you and
love’s touch is needed and
She says
You’re never the same ,same, same
,same
Living a lie
A part of me turning to stone
And then
She says
Love’s dangerous
Love burns
Like acid and
She says
love teaches you pain, pain
And then
She says
Love heals you and
Loves’ touch is needed and
She says
You’re never the same, same ,same
,same
And then
She says
Love’s dangerous
Love burns
Like acid and
She says
Love teaches you pain, pain
And then
She says
Love heals you and loves’ touch is
needed and
She says you’re never the same, same
and then
She says love’s dangerous, love burns
like heroin
She says love teaches you pain, pain |
RIGHT OF
CENTER
Words and Music by Doug Fieger
1999 Doug Fieger Music (ASCAP)
Wooo!
Hey you war birds
Walking on the wire
Got an itchy trigger finger
Suckers in your line of fire
I don’t want the madness
I don’t need the pain
You can take your war machine and flush it down the drain
Talk’ng about the peace
While you’re fixin’ for a fight
Fate’ll escalate
Until you blow it out of site
Ain’t that right
Quite right
Hey you yahoos hootin’ in the holler
I can see your cross is burn’ng tribute to the God you
follow
Blame it on the nigger or the dirty Jew
Cast the blame on anyone who doesn’t look like you
Wrapped up in the flag, ya you really look a fright
Change into a bed sheet in the middle of the night
Ain’t that right
Quite right
All right!
Look out here I come
I’m a royal terror
I’m a liberal conspiracy
The son of Che’ Guevera’
Jump inside a man hole
Like a sewer snoid
Light yourself a candle
Man you’re very paranoid
Circle all the wagons
‘cause there’s gonna be a fight
Fuck the prince of peace man
Don’t you know that might makes right
Aint that right
Hey!
Quite right
I’m right
Hey!
Quite right
Right
All right!
That’s right |
| WE ALL RIDE ALONE
Words and music by Doug Fieger
1999 Doug Fieger Music (ASCAP)
You’re rolling down this empty road
You look around for what you’re told
You should have known
It’s never shown
Another night
Another day
You lose the light
You’ve lost your way
Somewhere along
You just went wrong
What does this all mean
Is life what it seems
or just some strange dream
That then fades away
Even though you try to hold on tight
You know tonight’s the night
You’ll feel the faithlessness of flesh
and bone
You’ll find there’s no returning home
We all ride alone
You see her ‘cross a crowded room
Then all is lost
You know you’re doomed, right from
the start
You play you’re part
‘Cause when you trust a pretty face
The pieces just fall into place
All on their own
You should have known
And when you told her
You long to hold her
Your world grew colder
When she turned away
Even tho’ you try to hold on tight
You know tonight’s the night
You’ll feel the faithlessness of flesh
and bone
You’ll find there’s no returning home
We all ride alone
You’ll dream how it could be
Maybe, if, only
Still leaves you lonely
Even tho’ you try to hold on tight
You know tonight’s the night
You’ll feel the faithlessness of flesh
and bone
You’ll find there’s no returning home
We all ride alone We all ride alone |
HOUR OF
THE STORM
Words and music by Doug Fieger
1999 Doug Fieger Music (ASCAP)
When the seventh angel blows his trumpet
And the seventh seal is broken on the door
And the seventh curse is cast among us
In the distance
hear the rumor of the roar
And the people prayed for their deliverance
Like the sound of waves upon the shore
And the faithless beg for their forgiveness
In the hour of the gathering storm
In the hour of the gathering storm
As your heart cries out in hunger
And your soul is begging to be born
Every ear will hear the thunder
In the hour of the gathering storm
Seemed so real to me
Oh so real you see
Was the dream so strange
And you’ll hear the voices of the crucified
from the mouth of the truth is torn
And you’ll no there’s nowhere left for you to hide
In the hour of the gathering storm
In the hour of the gathering storm
In this world of many wonders
In the streets that team and swarm
No you’ll find no safety in numbers
In the hour of the gathering storm
In the hour of the gathering storm
Alright! |
| LOVE HURTS
Boudlefeaux Bryant
House of Bryant Publications (BMI)
Love hurts
Love scars
Love wounds
And mars
Oh’ and any heart
Not tough
Or strong enough
To take a lot of pain
Take a lot of pain
Love is like a flower
Holds a lot of rain
Love hurts hmmm hmmm
Love hurts
I’m young
I know
But even so
Oh I know a thing or two
I learned from you
I really learned a lot
Really learned a lot
Love is like a stove
Burns you when it’s hot
Love hurts hmmm hmmm
Love hurts
Some fools dream of happiness
Blissfulness
Togetherness
Some fools fool themselves I guess
But they’re not fooling me
I know it isn’t true
I know it isn’t true
Love is just a lie
meant to make you blue
Love hurts hmmm hmmm
Love hurts
Love hurts hmm hmm
Love hurts hmm hmm
Love hurts |
SHAKE ME
Words and music by Fieger/Davis
1999 Doug Fieger music (ASCAP)
No need to purchase a ticket
Don’t gotta pay me no rent
Don’t have to slip me
A single dead president
Don’t gotta walk on the water
Don’t gotta swim in the stew
Gotta shot gun shimmy down
That’s all you do
You can shake me if you wanna
Shake me if you wanna
You can shake me if you wanna
Shake me if you wanna
Shake me (Do you wanna?)
Don’t have to paint me a picture
Don’t gotta write me a poem
Don’t need a road map
All roads lead to Rome
Don’t gotta wrestle the devil
Or hold your breathe till you’re blue
Gotta shot gun shimmy down
That’s all you do
You can shake me if you wanna
Shake me if you wanna
You can shake me if you wanna
Shake me if you wanna
Shake me (Do you wanna?)
Pow! Pow!
You can shake me if you wanna
Shake me if you wanna
You can shake me if you wanna
Shake me if you wanna
Shake me (Do you wanna?)
Pow! Pow! |
| WITHOUT
YOU
Words and music by Doug Fieger
Doug Fieger Music (ASCAP)
I’ve got no reason to live without you
Life’s lost it’s meaning somehow
I’ve got no reason to live without you now
You told me that you were through pretending
I can’t pretend to go on
I got no reason for living
Now you’re gone
They say that love
can break a heart
But hearts don’t break
they slowly tear apart
I got no reason to live without you
I’ll have to face it somehow
But I’ve got no reason to live without you now
They say that love can break a heart
But hearts don’t break
They slowly tear apart
I got no reason to live without you
I’ll have to face it somehow
And find a reason to live without you
I’ll find a reason to live without you now |
AMBITION
(Doug Fieger/Stan Lynch)
© 1998 Doug Fieger Music/Matanzas Music (ASCAP)
Who wants it
Who dares
Why bother
oh yeah
You're eager
You're square
You're headed somewhere
Take a little off your backspin baby
just remember how to play and play to win
Just like an uptown hope chest someone's throwing overboard
Another downtown leftout living on the second floor
You're still the same just rearranged
Hey!
Ambition
It's guaranteed
Ambition
It's all you need
Hey!
Taking nothing on the backend baby
Just a smile and a knife will close the deal
Just like an uptown hope chest someone's throwing overboard
Another downtown leftout living on the second floor
You're still the same just rearranged
Hey!
Ambition
It's guaranteed
Ambition
It's all you need
I hear knocking ( are you for real)
Are you just shopping ( for a better deal)
Hey!
Who needs it
Who cares
Why bother
Oh ya
You’re bleeding
You’re scared
You’re speeding nowhere (nowhere baby)
Take alittle off the back spin baby
Just remember how to play and play to win
Just like an uptown hope chest someone’s throwing overboard
Another downtown left out living on the second floor
You’re still the same just rearranged
Ambition it’s guaranteed
Ambition it’s all ya need
Ambition! Ambition! Ambition! |
| YOU GOTTA
BE THERE
(Doug Fieger)
© 1998 Doug Fieger Music (ASCAP)
You don't gotta tell me what I want to hear
and you don't gotta tell me that you care
You don't have to whisper loving words in my ear
You just gotta be there
Just be there
I know you want someone who'll be good for you
Someone with a life for you to share
I could be that someone if you want me to
but you gotta be there just be there
Yeah you gotta be there just be there
Take a moment to trust
Take a moment to just be loving
You don't have to say that you're in love with me
or run your pretty fingers through my hair
You don't have to be what you don't want to be
but you gotta be there just be there
You don't gotta tell me what I want to hear
and you don't gotta tell me that you care
You don't have to whisper loving words in my ear
You just gotta be there just be there
Yeah ya just gotta be there just be there
You just gotta be there just be there |
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