Cool Hand Luke

Well, you ain’t no Cool Hand Luke

You never ate no fifty eggs

You never cut the heads off of any parking meters

Or had chain gang chains on your legs

Well, you ain’t no Cool Hand Luke

You never spent a night in the box

You never made the best with a hand full of nothin’

And learned to live with your hard life knocks

Gonna bounce another rock right off your head

Gonna put another name on you instead

‘Cause you ain’t no Cool Hand Luke

Well we don’t know why we fail

In our attempts to communicate

It seems you blame the world and the ones you love

For your sorry life and your injured state

Well, we ain’t done nothin’ to you

You live your own little life full of bile

I don’t understand  how your mind works

But your bullshit is quite a pile

Save The Whales

Save the whales, save the whales

Whales are cool, they are my friends

I hate to see them come to unfortunate ends

Harpoons in their sides, killed for their blubber

Don’t want no whale killin’ I’m a whale lover

Hey, listen hear me, what I say, whales are cool

And unlike fish, they don’t swim in schools

Whales what I love and you better love them too

Otherwise you’ll find a harpoon sticking in you

Save the whales, save the whales

Whales are cool, they got blow holes

And they are mammals like cows and does

They don’t hurt no one so dig what I say

To hunt them for money just ain’t a good way

To take care of our world, it’s the only one we’ve got

And if the whales are gone then there’s no way to stop

Those aliens comin’ down like Star Trek IV

‘Til we ain’t got no world anymore!

Bless Me

 There is sadness deep inside me

Somehow I couldn’t explain

Even if I tried

My silence speaks louder than the words

And I know you hear my prayer

Jesus, please bless me

With a peace that passes my understanding

Hold me in your arms

Keep me in your heart

I need your love

Lord, I need you now

Hear me as I am calling out

I come before you with a sorrowed soul

Jesus don’t ever let me go

One day our tears will be dried away

And I will see you face to face…

Just the thought of you calms my fears and keeps me strong

I’m down on my knees calling out your name

And I know, I know, Lord I know

You hear my prayer

I Don’t Care Anymore

I don’t want to know

And I don’t want to care

And I don’t want to feel

And I don’t want to dare

Giving up is the easy thing to do

Giving up makes me lose only you

And I don’t care at all

And I don’t want to grow

And I don’t want to change me

And I don’t want to go

I only want to be

Did You Proud

 Nostradamas did you proud

Discipleship proved you were all deserving

Following in footsteps bold I followed

But I knew the tide was turning

But they no longer cared

They took me away from you

I tried my hand at loving you

But I found you were far beyond approach

I trusted you completely

But you changed to everyone you know

But you cannot shut me out

Because I’m not one of them

You know I’ve seen it all before

The open stage, the open door

But they never let me through

They never let me in to see you

Your crowd of minions gets me down

They make me want to go and be your martyr

Flog it in your senseless mind

The dirt you preach forgets me all together

But I once loved you so

But you don’t want me back

You know I’ve seen it all before

The open stage the open door

But they never let me through

They never let me in to see you

People run away each day

Like you they turn and slip away

They lose their minds, they lose control

Until they are no longer whole

Don’t know what I’m going to do

My life means nothing without you…

Clueless

(instrumental)

Right Thinking Man

Your indignation stirs me and I’m really quite amused

While you laugh at those around you and I think you’re so confused

Well, no one here can tell you what is right and what is wrong

As you point your finger accusingly at those who don’t belong

So tell me everything you know

As the wind of lunacy from your mouth flows

‘Cause you’re a right thinking man

You’re a moral thinking man

Well, Hannity and Limbaugh are your daily dose of bile

Topped of with Bill O’Reilly and his snarky pointed style

Well, the talking points drone on and on in the realm of the absurd

And the daily portion of hate and rage from coast to coast is heard

Well, you wrap the flag around you and you preach your Gospel of Hate

I’d like to help you save your soul, but I guess that it’s too late

Global warming is a lie you say, we’re the invincible human race

As Americans we rule the world and shove our morals in their face

“Oh, why do they hate us,” we can be heard to wonder aloud

As we shove our God right down their throats ‘cause their god’s not allowed.

Something’s Wrong

I sit here late and I ponder

If we will ever learn

There is no strength in numbers

If no fire within us burns

As we grow in ways to suit

Our vanity and greed

Looking to gain the things we want

Rather than what we need

Good intentions put aside

We need to be honest with ourselves

Do we serve others to glorify God

Or put trophies on our shelves

Give in silence asking for nothing

Forget you’ve done it and go your way

Make it part of how you live

A normal routine on a normal day

We need to find ways to serve

That don’t glorify ourselves

Because if we have to sing our own song

Something’s wrong

Ultra Cool

(instrumental)

God Speed

I will not even pretend to be your friend

And I won’t even try to be nice

I trusted you and what did you do

You abandoned me and hung me out to dry

I thought you held the keys to the kingdom

I thought you were there to anoint me

But you’re nothing to me

And all that that  means is that you and I

Have nothing more to say

So God speed you on your way

You have your world and I have mine

And you have had your hand at playing God

But once I was free, I saw the problem wasn’t me

The problem was you all along

I don’t know where I’ll be called next

But I think I know me better than you

One day you’ll realize we all don’t fit one size

But it’s too late now to patch things up anew

All lyrics copyright (c) 2007 by Stephen Berg

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