And Out Come the Wolves

I figured out the problem yea the problem is you
You didn't see us comin' now there's nothin' you can do
Times are gonna change, change or step aside
It's my point of view that took you by surprise

The sun's comin up yea the new dawn arrives
New generation standing stand with anger in their eyes
No love in the city 'cause there's no connection
Been stricken with disease a racial infection

I'm a rattering ram comin' through to you
In every alleyway on every avenue

Actions could erase all the fear that we suffer
People segregated no one understands each other
He's a different color but we're the same kid
I will treat him like my brother he will treat me like his

Well an eye for an eye yea a tooth for a tooth
Brother against brother should be singin' with the group
The inner cities burnin' yea it's screamin' black and blue
The power and the passion of a million youth

I figured out the problem yea the problem is you
You din't see us comin' now there's nothin' you can do
He's a different color but we're the same kid
I will treat him like my brother he will treat me like his
All the blood that spills of all the guts that fly
The media paints a picture that stands
Pits dogs against cats now who is responsible
The power in the issue
The force is unstoppable

Echos of reggae comin' through my bedroom wall havin' a party up next door
but I'm sittin here all alone two lovers in the bedroom and the others start
to shout all I got is this blank stare and that don't carry no cloud at all
destination unknown ruby soho he's singin' and she's there to lend a hand he's
seen his name on the marquee but she will never understand once again he's
leavin' and she's there with a tear in her eye embraces with a warm gesture
it's time to say good-bye destination unknown ruby soho Ruby's heart ain't
bleedin' cause she knows the feeling is gone she's not the only one who knew
there's somethin' wrong her lover's in the distance as she wipes a tear from
her eye Ruby's fading out she disappears it's time, time to say good-bye
destination unknown ruby soho

The way that she moves well I was aroused impowered, impassioned by every move
it's cold outside we need a place to hide go into the club to thaw out for the
night she's automatic the way that she moves she asked me if I would stand by
her side like glue that I would till the end of the night my head was spinnin'
a million miles an hour the chance I was takin' I get anxious around her she
put her head on my shoulder I started to hold her swingin' and swayin' the
morning began

If you wanna make the move then you better come in it's just the ability to
reason that wears so thin living and dying and the stories that are true the
secrets to a good life is knowing when you're through black coat, white shoes,
clackhat, cadillac the boy's a time bomb he's back in the hole where they got
him living like a rat but he's smarter than that nine lives like a cat take
him to the youth authority home first thing you learn is that you got to make
it in this world alone now he's gotten out he's gotten free he's gotta go
gotta car 21 years old he's runnin' #'s from the bar his pager's beepin' he's
got in deep in what ever he can move on in you know that kid's a creepin' in
tears come from the razor that's been tattooed below his eye his mother cries
she knows that he is strong enough to die he's rollin' in the Cadillac it's
midnight sunroof is down three shots rung out the herd's deal the new king is
crowned.

Reconcile to the belief consumed in sacred ground for me there wasn't always a
place to go but there was always an urgent need to belong all these bands and
all these people all these frieds and we were equals but what you gonna do
when everyone goes on without you to the end I'll journey to the end started
in '87 ended in '89 you got a garage or an amp we'll play anytime it was just
the four of us yea the core of us too much attention unavoidably destroyed us
four kids on tour three thousand miles in a four door car not knowing what was
going years it would turn out like this hell no no preminition could have seen
this my friend came from far away from New Orleans into the East Bay he said
this is a Mecca I said this ain't no mecca man this place is fucked three
months go by he had no home he had no food he was all alone matty said fool me
once shame on you he said fool me twice he went back to New Orleans

I saw an old man on the street he was in a dumpster lookin' for somethin' to
eat he moved so slow like a dyin' dream like a machinist who got caught in
the machine I saw this lady and she was cryin' she said it's hard when someone
you love is dyin' I saw this kid who was about 5 years old he was in the park
all alone he was cold there's something coming around as wicked as it may seem
as wicked as anything could be I know this girl she's barely alive she's all
haggard she's only twenty-five she said she never had a friend before I said
'hey girl I'll be your friend but who's keepin' score' I saw this other little
girl on the phone her mother comforts her from far from home the little girl
was very hesitant her best friend lie dead on the pavement I always end up
back on the hill lookin' down at the landfill I always go there when I can my
friend Marty said Tim you're a lucky man

Look up you're in Cleveland again a solid line that never ends I've got
stories you'll never realize and I know it I wear it on my sleeve there must
be somethin' about you that I liked but right here in the rain you know it
just don't seem right I always go out I never hide but in Cleveland I should
have stayed inside good morning heartache your like an old friend come and see
me again testify my love for you I know it runs deep through your body too
from the cold blacktop to the hot concrete the old tan van it ain't so sweet
somewhere in America in the city at night we were far from home but you know
it was gonna be alright the unfortunate get prayed on by vultures eyes 86
cents in these pockets of mine

Hey little sister do you know what time it was
When you finally seen all your broken dreams
Come crashing down your door
They demand an answer and they demand it quick
Or the questions fade and the wasted days
Come crawling back for more

Do you know where the power lies? and who pulls the strings
Do you know where the power lies it starts and ends with you

The face of isolation
Well that's one you recognize
Well you can't get straight
It's a lonely place and
It's one you do despise

Boredom is for sale now
And helplessness you feel
It's a wounded dove and the hawks are above
Blood splattered on a reel to reel

I was almost over my world was almost gone
In a sudden rush i could almost touch the
Things that i'd done wrong
My jungle's made of concrete
Through silence i could feel
My aim is true i will walk on through
These mountains made of steel.

Maxwell can tell he's in hell he just wants you to visit him there same old
game that he's playing his rules are never fair nobody want to look back
everybody want to get high tonight before they run out of time where's the
felon the chargiale felon the name of the crook who committed the crime 999
if you really want the truth dial 999 if you can't see it through he ain't
Jack the Ripper he's your ordinary crook calling maxwell murder for you
Maxwell got ahand in this plan he knows who you are in this plan chop the rock
before you bought it sickness Maxwell knows you caught it nobody want to look
back everybody want to get high tonight before they run out of time where's
the felon the name of the crook who committed the crime!

Hangin' out with Lars on 6th street he knew I was in trouble I was feeling
much like the devil there was something burnin' deep inside of me ran into
three Puerto Ricans these girls took us to the funhouse where we played a
lonely pinball machine hangin' on the corner of 52nd and Broadway cars passin'
by but none of them seem to be goin' my way New York City well I wish I was on
a highway back to Olympia...I'm having a hard time understanding it gets all
too demanding she's all gone and I'm stranded something burning deep inside of
me all I know it's 4'o'clock and she ain't never showed up and I watched a
thousand people go home from work how many times will it take me before I go
crazy before I lose everything something burning deep inside of me ran into
three Puerto Ricans those girls took us to the funhouse I don't wanna be alone
again.

Pick me back up just to throw me back down apoogies too like when you're up
against the wall compassion heals while duplicity kills you say I'm different
the only thing different is the way I feel about you You moved up the ladder
at a very rapid speed we mived methodically and calmly when you got to the top
you see enemies if I knew back then what I know that it would all turn out
like this I'd sit back and I'd watch you squirm cause you say I'm different
the only thing different is the way I feel about you.....

I figured out the problem but you can't take my heart it's in the city behind
yea the problem is you you didn't see us comin' now there's nothin' you can do
times are gonna change, change or step aside it's my point of view that took
you by surprise the sun's comin up yea the new dawn arrives a new generation
standing stand with anger in their eyes no love in the city because there's
no connection been stricken with disease a racial infection I'm a battering
ram comin' through to you in every alleyway on every avenue actions could
erase all the fear that we suffer people segregated no one understands each
other he's a different color but we're the same kid I will treat him like my
brother he will treat me like his well an eye for an eye yea a tooth for a
tooth brother against brother should be singin' with the group the inner
cities burnin' yea it's screamin' black and blue the power and the passion of
a million youth figured out the problem yea the problem is you you din't see
us comin' now there's nothin' you can do he's a different color but we're the
same kid I will treat him like my brother he will treat me like his all the
blood that spills of all the guts that fly the media paints a picture that
stands pits dogs against cats now who is responsible the power in the issue
the force is unstoppable