Accept Me - Lou Algiedi

Running through the jungle Way back in '78 Here's the story of the people's temple And my great escape Communing with a madman The promise of utopia White nights, suicide drills Shades of things to come He said We're gonna mix it up Add the cyanide Then we'll drink it up You're gonna feel so fine I said Don't drink the Koolaid Don't taste the holy water Don't drink the Koolaid No matter what the preacher What the preacher says The day of disaster struck The murders did begin His sheep drank it willingly While mothers force fed their kin 33 escaped this hell Some would call it fate That's how I lived to tell the tale About the day he mixed the grape He said We're gonna mix it up Add the cyanide You better drink it up You're gonna get so high Don't drink the Koolaid Don't taste the holy water Don't drink the Koolaid No matter what the preacher says Don't drink the Koolaid Don't you down the holy water Don't drink the Koolaid Don't believe a word he says Most of the congregation 900 dead Jones found his own way out A bullet to the head Don't drink the Koolaid Don't you taste the holy water Don't drink the Koolaid No matter what the preacher says Don't drink the Koolaid I won't down the holy water Don't drink the Koolaid No matter what the preacher What the preacher says

I've been hurt so many times And been told so many lies No one cares what's on my mind At all I feel lost while on my own There's no place I call home But I still want to believe I've not been mistreated Not been mistreated It's my heart that goes on To believe there's someone Who needs me to carry on 'Till the end I'm holding on I've not been mistreated Not been mistreated Not been mistreated I know in ways - have to be strong Pouring my strain - it's turning out wrong Feels like a stream of endless old fears But I still want to believe I've not been mistreated Not been mistreated Not been mistreated I've not been These are the days when dreams are lost Bleeding in vain and wearing the cost Of nonpaid lies - i'm crying for help But I still want to believe I've not been mistreated Not been mistreated Not been mistreated I've not been I've tried more than once before To find out what I've done wrong Still don't know how to go on To understand why i've been mistreated - mistreated Still don't know where to go Still got no place I call home - call home I've been hurt so many times And been told so many lies No one cares what's on my mind

Screaming just for mercy I am no monster man Knowing makes you guilty Not free of any faults I see a hot, hot fighting On controversial sides They call me mercy killer 'Cause I did it right For love I gave your fading life For love I had to give you up I am no monster man – mercy or crime Dead or alive, dead or alive I am no monster man – mercy or crime Facing all the trouble I still remember our nights And we're swearing both to free us When life is only pain For love I had to give you up I am no monster man – mercy or crime Dead or alive, dead or alive I am no monster man – mercy or crime Monster man I am no monster man – mercy or crime Dead or alive, dead or alive I am no monster man – mercy or crime Dead or alive, dead or alive I am no monster man...

There's snow on the mountain And fog in the street Flickering candles in the room Hear the church bell ring See the children playing I feel their pure delight And the snow is falling Taking me away Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams Reflecting the sound of my heart It's my taste of freedom Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams Don't try to tear me apart - cold winter dreams Find myself in peace Warm from underneath Wish you would be here In this magic scene I've escaped from reality Dancing in the snow Cold blue sky gives me The innocence I need Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams Freezing the heat in my heart It's my taste of freedom Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams Chill me and tear me apart - cold winter dreams The world seems so clear Like a wonderful diamond Can't imagine there's meanness Can't imagine one lie But when I'm dead and gone And snow's pouring down I'm buried and covered Peaceful under millions of stars Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams Reflecting the sound of my heart It's my taste of freedom Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams Don't try to tear me apart - cold winter dreams