Step Back - GOT the beat

Now it looks to me like the same old place, In the sky it looks like rain. The same old town with the same old streets, My address has not changed. You can find me there with the door shut tight, And the one wish that remains. Baby step back, baby step back, Either step up or step back. Now you know I don't write no bad checks, I have no wish to repent. I've seen a few but whatever I do, I don't cause no accidents. Whiskey and wine help me pass the time, I don't leave no evidence. Baby step back, baby step back, Either step up or step back. Baby step back, baby step back, Either step up or step back. (Inst.) Still I don't kneel down I was born to fight, So you best leave me alone. Maybe I'll get much more than I need, Or much less than I should own, Last of all let me say it again, Either step up or step on. Baby step back, baby step back, Either step up or step back. Baby walk back, baby walk back, Either walk on or walk back. (Inst.) Baby step back, baby step back, Either step up or step back. Baby walk back, baby walk back, Either walk on or walk back. Baby step back, baby step back, Either step up or step back. (Fade)

I'm in denial Of my surroundings. They're ancient ruins — Or so they became When I shut the world out To reach for something Beyond the walls that I built to keep safe. My hope is bare; I think I need to Take a step back and Fill my lungs with air And try to resuscitate The man that died inside To see if he is worth saving. Am I a victim of my own mind? I'm tearing these walls down daily; I'm breaking them bit by bit. My feet and my hands take a beating, As I fight to let daylight in. It's up to you if you want to end the suffering And pick your feet up when you feel you're at your end. It doesn't matter if it leads to nothing; At least you tried to make it right again. It's up to you but you still need to learn to breathe And just take a step back before you fall to your knees. And don't stop the fight to find your daylight. You won't be the victim of your own mind! My hope is bare; I think I need to Take a step back and Fill my lungs with air And try to resuscitate The man that died inside To see if he is worth saving. Am I a victim of my own mind? Am I a victim of my own mind? Am I a victim of my own...

There's a high wind blowin, & the stars are shining bright, Oh what a night, this is gonna be-- I think I'll let the world sleep without me. I got one eye open, one eye closed. & My thin body's trembling beneath the bedclothes, My hearts beatin' against the roof of my mouth --It's almost time to get out of this house. I got one hand on the radio, one hand on the wheel, I got my right foot on the floorboard,-- & I'm preparing to kill or be killed. There's a high wind blowin', & the stars are shining bright. & The rain upon the tarmac, --helps me sail through the traffic lights, I'm heading down to the dock of the bay, --to feel the power of the waves, I'm gonna move up close to that wind, & Wrestle with the thoughts solitude always brings. Y'see I'm stuck between hell & the deep blue sea, & I know that water's sucked under better man than me, I was just another western guy, --with desires that couldn't be satisfied, So one day, I asked the angels for inspiration, --but the devil bought me a drink, & He's been buying them ever since, He's had the liquor on my tongue --feel like the sea upon the sand, He's had me signing confessions --from this shaking hand, He's had me struggling to hang onto hope-- Like a drunken sailor in a tugboat With a bottle of vodka in my overcoat, & My dog eared bible lost--overboard Y'see he tricked me into temptation, So I've tricked him into this confrontation, I never said I was the man I appeared to be Not the flesh wrapped around the bones of necessity. Or the soul on fire--scribbling thoughts for posterity. I'm gonna have little lucifer, runnin' off to purgatory, --with his tail between his legs, I'm gonna teach him a lesson --he ain't ever gonna forget. All the vultures & crows are fixin up some tombstones But they won't be chewing the meat off my bones. There's a high wind blowin' & the stars are shining bright. Me & him are gonna have a little knife fight, --in the bowels of the big city skyline, Oh this feelin' inside runs dark & deep --Tonight my hearts not thumping --A Mercy Beat I was just another western guy, With desires that couldn't be--satisfied.

Depending on you see a thing The ship is free or is it sinking? Depending on how you see it You cage your mind or you free it Depending on how you see the times The world divides or it closely binds But I just wanna hear a good beat I just wanna, I just wanna But I just wanna hear a good beat I just wanna hear a good beat, ooh Depending on you see a thing The ship is free or is it sinking? Depending on how you see it The song is over or you keep it Depending on how you see the times We're wasting time or in a moving line But I just wanna hear a good beat Oh oh, oh ah I just wanna hear a good beat Just piano and bass Everything will be alright When you feel it tonight Zu zu zu, wah zu wah I just wanna hear a good beat