Mischief

Fight dirty. That's what he said After 7 pints of beer and 30 cigarettes. Cue ball corner pocket Blue chalk on his chin Some lonesome balls In a sky of dents Gotta throw them a curveball A swing and a miss Play nicely That's what they taught to me Said share-fairing good sports will do the same But the more that I sweat The more that I bleed While the hotshot on top is counting all his beans He highlit & backspaced my father's factory 'Cause as far back as I can remember The ballfield was never that level or even The wind in the tides The sand in our eyes So if we're to rise Gotta stand on each others backs And fight dirty. No more fooling around for me With permits and escorts And picnics for peace There's a top to take back Like a bus seat to keep Time to put up your dukes Scratch fight kick and SCREAM I just wanna see the schoolyard bullies cry and bleed. Fight dirty Hit below the waist That's how it's done to us Behind closed doors each day Laws they don't follow, Treaties they snap With a shake and a putt And the raise of a glass You fixed the game? I'll cheat if I must to take it back. TAKE IT BACK! So I shrug, take a shot He says, "You disagree?" Well go up with the same old And beg of the thieves That your job will be saved Your prisoners freed That you'll stop starving millions And cure the disease See me, I'm the spanner, And they've always got discs to clean 'Cause far back as I can remember The ballfield was never was that level or even The wind in the tides The sand in our eyes So if we're to rise Gotta stand on each others backs Gotta beat them at their own game Throw the tear gas right back in his face AND FIGHT DIRTY Fight dirty Fight dirty Fight dirty Fight dirty YEAH

Feels like my life is ready to blow Me and my love we'll take it slow I hope she knows that I love her long I just don't know where the hell I belong How optimism led me astray Two hundred things I took the wrong way But I saw her love gauge runnin' low I tried to fill it, but it overflowed Feels like my life is ready to blow Me and my love will take it slow I hope she knows that I love her long I just don't know where the hell I belong She remembers my name Could be blown way out It's all going to change She remembers my name But she was only messing around Please, no more playing with my heart Ooh, go with Mr. Right just for once No more mischief with my mind No more getting it wrong I'll be frozen, here on If forever, we'll see No more guessing for me Ooh, I was just so sure of everything Ooh, that's what you get for dreaming aloud Then it all just came out Guess I'll hold in, now on If forever, we'll see No more guessing for me

It was dawn and I Waited on the filter So to typify Said she called me mister Under misty skies Hit to get there quicker Rebel through the night 'Cause I truly missed her Universal charm 'Cause she thinks it's humour And I mean no harm Lie down into this Fall back she says Let's just keep this mutual It's these lines I dread Too much life force simple Midnight mischief strolling through my mind Caught you there but I left you behind Midnight mischief strolling through my mind It's my midnight mischief time As the night awaits I can see her sleeping Stare down mistake Does she know my secret? I'm in love with her Let the love manifest Watch me take my serve Does she know I'm master Watch me take control She doesn't know what hit her Glimpses of her soul As a seamless dinner Numbers on the plate It's my turn now One minute to the hour Midnight mischief strolling through my mind Caught you there but I left you behind Midnight mischief strolling through my mind It's my midnight mischief time Come back home to the place I like when it's over I've been waiting all day Never seem to hold myself and notice It's a dangerous place Used to care but I can see your holding (I'll wait for days) For a better place (I'll wait for days) Midnight mischief (I'll wait for days) Creeping through the curtain Midnight flow press rewind My mind's melody shows that tonight Midnight flow press rewind My mind's melody shows that tonight I'll wait all day for you, I'll wait for you I'll wait all day for you, I'll wait for you I'll wait all day for you See I can't blame myself, I got the right of way Midnight call me alright, my lover you take control And I can't blame myself, I got the right of way Midnight call me alright, my lover you take control See I can't blame myself, I got the right of way Midnight call me alright, my lover you take control

Fight dirty. That's what he said After 7 pints of beer and 30 cigarettes. Cue ball corner pocket Blue chalk on his chin Some lonesome balls In A sky of dents Gotta throw them a curveball A swing and a miss Play Nicely That's what they taught to me Said share-fairing good sports Will do the same But the more that I sweat The more that I bleed While the hotshot on top is counting all his Beans He highlit & backspaced my father's factory ' Cause as far back as I can remember The ballfield was never that Level or even The wind in the tides The sand in our eyes So if We're to rise Gotta stand on each others backs And fight dirty. No more fooling around for me With permits and escorts And picnics For peace There's a top to take back Like a bus seat to keep Time to Put up your dukes Scratch fight kick and SCREAM I Just wanna see the schoolyard bullies cry and bleed. Fight dirty Hit below the waist That's how it's done to us Behind Closed doors each day Laws they don't follow, Treaties they snap With a shake and a putt And the raise of a glass You fixed the game? I'll cheat if I must to take it back. TAKE IT BACK! So I shrug, take a shot He says, " You disagree?" Well go up with the same old And beg of the thieves That your job will be saved Your prisoners freed That you'll stop Starving millions And cure the disease See me, I'm the spanner, And they've always got discs to clean ' Cause far back as I can remember The ballfield was never was that Level or even The wind in the tides The sand in our eyes So if we're To rise Gotta stand on each others backs Gotta beat them at their Own game Throw the tear gas right back in his face AND FIGHT DIRTY

Well, a cop got away With murder today Sparked the march Of the fiery brigade How they screamed at the lenses, the lawyers and lights And they hurled all their curses with all of their might And the news Said glad that it's over The newspaper rags Said there goes another And both sides left the signs with the stacked barricades It'll wash it all away when it rains Well, they came down from high rises Mansions, estates Down into a city Of catered champagne And they laughed And they danced And they dined on their steaks There were floors to be swept And bills to be paid And the mayor Said glad you came over And now what to do With these jailed wild rovers? All the courts, and confetti, and dumpsters in flames It'll wash it all away when it rains There's a man on the bridge Old rust and new paint While the marching machine's Spilling sand by the bay Pump's busted again For the rivers and trains While the choirs all preach 'Bout an earth to be saved Don't you know There's no need to worry Of the old tale With a beautiful ending All the shells And the smoke And the hallowed ground paved And the scraps And the crumbs And the mess that we made And I wish that it all would just go away It'll wash it all away When it rains

The only way to roll is off the books Never really up to any good I've been a shoeless cobbler for as long as I remember And I'm always having trouble staying put Sorry, I'm no longer taking checks Pay me bills no larger than a ten The less you own, the more you get to hitch a ride and leave The longer that you stay, you're just a fading mystery And the more they buy, the more you'll sell the junk you'll never need So the only way to roll is off the books You see me on the corner in the rain Just waiting for the vans to hit the brakes You say Apprentice is hung over, can you haul a stack of lumber? Can you fill the holes before a coat of paint I say, I stand knee-deep in shit I wish my well upon your lazy kids They say He's such an able worker, thing or two about the trade If only he would stay in one place for more than days And earn a wage instead of running 'round and getting paid But off the books is easier anyway The only way to roll is off the books Can't find you if they don't know where to look So I'll say it off the record that I leave without a trace Come to think of it, you never even knew my last name My history is written on the walls under the paint 'Cause the only way to roll is off the books There's an army hiding underneath the table In solidarity I march along You wanna stand around and watch the kettle Someone else will gladly take you to your crummy job You wanna stand around and watch the kettle Someone else will gladly take you to your crummy job So the only way to roll is off the books