I gave you everything, took you under my wing With open arms brought you in the family You took the life from me, now you're my enemy Soon to be a memory of the dearly departed We were the best of friends Thought it would never end I curse the day they said you're selling me out Now everybody's hurt You're singing like a bird Spilling all your guts like a dirty rat When it's time to die You can cry your heart out when you're lying face down The cards, they never lie Don't tell me that you're sorry 'Cause no one else is sorrier than me Whatever happened to the person I once knew? You always had my back when all the bullets were flying You know we had it all but I won't take the fall I'll never turn my back on the ones who love me When it's time to die You can cry your heart out when you're lying face down The cards, they never lie Don't tell me that you're sorry 'Cause no one else is sorrier than me When it's time to die You can cry your heart out when you're lying face down The cards, they never lie Don't tell me that you're sorry 'Cause no one else is sorrier than me No one's sorrier than me No one's sorrier than me No one's sorrier than me

Damn, dearly departed (ha-ha-ha-ha) Been there done did this You got the t-shirt with my number on it Ain't going back there's no backtrack Having flashbacks of that last time Gave it all until my last dime Did mine and they switch sides Came home with a different mind Ain't no open chairs here at dinnertime Had your hand out and I lent mine You showed yours and it's not the same When it gets the grain and it's such a shame We were so cool now it's hot flame On my back listen I'm Raymond Red But there's no feds just me and you Got a clear view with a back hard enough shit to lose That I'ma see it through I ain't being rude, I'm just speaking truth If it's rotten to the core gotta pull the tooth I ain't the fool and I drank the juice They shook my cage and then they let me loose (huh) Did you do that for? Monkeys can't hang with gorillas And I'm all out of bananas to feed y'all Ooh baby, ooh baby, proceed with caution Move baby, move baby, we're in the darkness Ooh baby, ooh baby, why I'm so heartless? Dearly departed, dearly departed Ooh baby, ooh baby, proceed with caution Move baby, move baby, we're in the darkness Ooh baby, ooh baby, why I'm so heartless? Dearly departed, dearly departed More money more problems no changing that They pop in when they need you and fade to black Talking this, talking that but let's state the facts So many knives in my back, I can make a map I woke up and I pray for you man (I pray for you man), and I pray for your fam If a man gets bit for holding a snake in his hand Who do you blame, the snake or the man? Pulling all these skeletons out of my closet I fucked around and ended up fighting the monster I fucked around and found out my house was haunted I can't believe there's a confidential informant I played up for the ones trying to down me I gave a life right after those trying to drown me Went to the circus with the ones trying to clown me I didn't see all these vocals clownin' round me I talked to Mondo in a dream, he said fuck it We've been through worse, this ain't nothing Made it out the streets big boy, ain't that somethin' You can always go home where they still gon' love ya (I talked to Mondo in a dream, he said fuck it) (We've been through worse, this ain't nothing) (Made it out the streets big boy) (Ain't that somethin', ain't that somethin', ain't that somethin'?) Ooh baby, ooh baby, proceed with caution Move baby, move baby, we're in the darkness Ooh baby, ooh baby, why I'm so heartless? Dearly departed, dearly departed Ooh baby, ooh baby, proceed with caution Move baby, move baby, we're in the darkness Ooh baby, ooh baby, why I'm so heartless? Dearly departed, dearly departed Ooh baby, ooh baby Ooh baby, ooh baby Ooh baby, ooh baby Dearly departed, dearly departed

When I woke up it seems Like my world was caving in I won't break down this time I'll be fine With dull dimensions speaking of the truth And howls of chaos the bleeding of the moon Rounding up this time I'll be fine Let your love caress me Like the tide embraces the sea Let our soul connection Bring me alive today Am I lost and can be found Heaven's locked, hell not a sound All my angels left and gone It rains down Turn the key enough for rescue And burn the light The light that burns through But here it comes again It rains down It rains down It rains down We'll live your life a little Breathe in and out a little Say a prayer for you Let your love caress me Like the tide embraces the sea Let our soul connection Bring me alive today Today Today Bring me alive

It's the third of October You should come over Best laid plans are not sober And maybe not the way we thought we planned But both of us will take this hand For a couple of days then we'll disappear We don't have to talk of where we go from here Oh, my dearly departed My dearly departed One final shoulder Here before we're none And then there were none This last call could be all we can do for each other Embrace for a dear old friend Bring wine to bed We'll toast what could have been My dearly departed To my dearly departed I don't know how to mend it When this chapter ended When all of my plans have depended on you But at least tonight we'll still pretend Hold each other close like its not the end And you can send me balloons And we can laugh at the doom We both thought of that Doesn't it say something too Oh my dearly departed My dearly departed One final shoulder Here before were none Until all are none This last call could be all we can do for each other Embrace for a dear old friend Bring wine to bed We'll toast what could have been My dearly departed To my dearly departed Every masterpiece I'd write again You'll always be my porcelain I crossed my heart but I stuttered too So truth or dare, was I good to you? And I had enough of you all to myself Still right beside you in sickness and health Forever after you will be my home And there's no place like home We never sent the cards, they're all still on the table Wanna throw them out but I'm just not able My dearly departed My dearly departed (Toast what could) What could have been (Toast what could) What could have been Dear old friend (Toast what could) What could have been Dear old friend Toast what could What could have been My dearly departed (Dear old friend) (Toast what could) (What could have been) My dearly departed (Dear old friend) (Toast what could) (What could have been) My dearly departed (Dear old friend) (Toast what could) (What could have been) Dear old friend

Black top shine Like an oil slick in the night Got a new life waitin' out West It's gonna fit me right No bill collector on the telephone Nothin' but me and the open road You know the devil may care But I'm never comin' home Leaving it all behind me in the city Now it's wall to wall stars shining in my eyes I got no bill collector on the telephone Nothin' but me and the open road You know the devil may care But I'm never comin' home No bill collector on the telephone Nothin' but me and the open road You know the devil may care But I'm never comin' home In the city lights I can't relate I need outer space in interstate I got no bill collector on the telephone Nothin' but me and the open road Don't you know the devil may care? But I'm never comin' home Comin' home Comin' home Comin' home

Do you really believe that you can never be sure? They're leaving bodies in stairwells Washing up on the shore Do you really expect us to care what you're waiting for? When you're high in your castle Keeping an eye on the door The door, the door If I only see what I can see I know it isn't there And if only need what I can keep I know it isn't fair Oh, baby You can look away While they're dancing on our graves But I will stop at nothing Oh, I will stop at nothing And you can look away While they're dancing on our graves But I will stop at nothing No, I will stop at nothing now Do you really believe that you are one of a kind? If you don't have a heart I can offer you mine Do you really expect that you will always be fine? When you're high on your throne and Never toeing the line, the line, the line If I only see what I can see I know it isn't there And if only need what I can keep I know it isn't fair Oh, baby You can look away While they're dancing on our graves But I will stop at nothing Oh, I will stop at nothing And you can look away While they're dancing on our graves But I will stop at nothing No, I will stop at nothing now Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away From all that we've done Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away From all that we've done Oh, baby You can look away While they're dancing on our graves But I will stop at nothing Oh, I will stop at nothing And you can look away While they're dancing on our graves But I will stop at nothing No, I will stop at nothing now Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away From all that we've done Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away From all that we've done Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away From all that we've done

This heart of mine Keeps decent time Though my ears may be weak And my eyes may be all but blind I still have sense enough to fear That I'm not much without you near I've paid my dues Loved one or two But still it keeps boiling down to you So choose to be my victory or vice Either way, I still want you here tonight Heaven knows it's hard to find another Oh, hell knows it's got a home for folks like me There will come a day (there will come a day) When the Earth will cease to spin (Earth will cease to spin) You'll hold me close and say (hold me close and say) "My god, where have you been?" I've been around Old Chinatown Happily lost But oh, so easily found Yeah, counting the stars above the hill Beneath some old moon Humming my tune I'll see you soon